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Evening star., 1936-12-01
CHRISTMAS LEAVE
FORU. s. WORKERS
Will Leave Offices at | Pm.
Thursday and Return
Monday Morning.

Government employees in the District
and throughout the country will be
given a half holiday Christmas eve, q
full holiday the day after Christmas
and full holiday on the day following
New Year day, under an executive
order by President Roosevelt, made
public today.
The order. issued at the White
House. specified that those employees
who work in shifts will be excused
from duty after four hours work the
day before Christmas and from all
duty the day after Christmas and the
day following New Year day.
The President pointed out in the
order that Saturday, December 26,
has been declared a legal holiday in
the District by public resolution No
ia of the last Congress. Hence, 1t
was not necessary for him to desig-
nate the holiday for employees in the
District, but only for Federal workers
in other parts of the country.
The Presidents order means that
Government employees will be free
from duty from pm. Thursday. De-
cember "a, until the morning of Mon
day, December %. The order does
not grant q half holiday on New Year
eve.
While the order does not cover en-
ployes of the District government,
it has always been the custom Of the
Commissioners to make such orders
applicable to the employees Of the local
government.
Evening star., 1936-12-01
MISS PERKINS AIDS
SILICOSIS VICTIMS
Appeals to Gov. Horner to Act in
Case of Those Discharged Al
though Able to Work.
b. the Associatec Press

By the AsSoctatec Press.
Secretary Perkins has appealed to
Gov. Henry Horner Of Illinois to act
in the case Of 81 silicosis-stricken pot
terry workers who. the Labor Depart
ment head was told, had lost their
jobs although still able to work.
Miss Perkins made public q letter
from Sam n. White of Robinson, NJ,
complaining that he and 80 other en-
ployes Of w. A. Case & Son, q pot
terry manufacturing concern, were dis
charged September 80, the day before
the Illinois workmen's compensation
act pertaining to occupational diseases
became effective
1T appears that at the instance Of
the insurance carrier" (underwriting
company, "the employees were given
physical examination, Miss Perkins
wrote Horner, "and those found to
have any indication of silicosis were
summarily dismissed despite the fact
that they had been employed by the
pottery concern for 10 to Is years, and
also Notwithstanding the fact that the
men were able to continue ut their
work"
White wrote the Secretary he ana
his fellow workers had contracted
silicosis from dust they hresthed while
sandpaperang dry elAy 1godud8.
Evening star., 1936-12-01
SCHEDULE TO CHANGE

Fifteen minutes will be clipped of
the regular northbound four hour run
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroads s
Royal Blue Limited. which operates
between Washington and New York,
beginning Sunday, it was announced
today.
The Royal Blue also will change It's
running schedule to leave here at
3:45 pm. instead Of Ais pm. South
bound there will be no change in run
ming time. There will be slight sched-
ule alterations in arrival time at Phila-
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
under the new arrangement. Number
ing of seats also will be put into effect.
Evening star., 1936-12-01
3 Youthful Riuer San,witans
Reap Harvest as Trouble Hits

Three District youths. who have
been in the habit Of helping others in
trouble on the Potomac. got into a
little difdculty themselves during q
Thanksgiving week end cruise, and
their 22-foot sloop had to be towed
back to Anacostia from Indian Head
by an oil boat, 1t was learned today.
In February. 1885. the trio-Ballard
Jameson, Frank Neumann and James
Ritchie, all under 2o-donned diving
helmets and descended into 80 feet Of
ice-covered water to aid in raising an
oyster oat for its owner. In March
Of the same year, they saved Ritchie's
5-year r-old sister, Laverne, when their
boat-which they had originally
raised from the river bottom on Bay
Ridge, Md.-capsized OF Hains Point.
The youths ran into trouble In the
breakwater at Quantico, Va Anchor
I'M there Friday night a1ts4 testing .
Evening star., 1936-12-01
MOTORISTS URGED
TO GET 1887 TAGS
Van Duzer Issues Plea to Car
Owners to Avoid Last
Minute Rush.

A plea for motorists to get their
1887 tags early and avoid the last
minute rush was issued today by Traf-
fic Director william A. Dan Duzer
Only 1914 days remain for motorists
to secure their new license tags, as the
Bureau of Vehicles and Trafic will be
closed not only Christmas day, but the
following day also, Van Duzer warned.
About 1000 tags were issued yester-
day. either over the counter at the bu-
reau Offices or delivered by messenger
to those paying the extra l0-cent fee
for personal delivery, he said. The Of
flee can handle about 5000 applicants
daily and it is not necessary to spend
more than q few minutes in line at
the present time. Later in the month,
during the rush period, applicants will
experience considerable delay.
About 1000 warrants remain to be
served on motorists who still have
traffic tickets outstanding against
them. The tickets average about three
to each motorist, so that approxi-
mately 1000 motorists will have to
settle their scores with the Traffic De-
partment before they can secure ap-
plications for their 1887 tags, Van
Duzer said.
Evening star., 1936-12-01
BAND CONCERTS.

BY the Navy Band in the sail loft
at the Navy Yard at 8 o'clock tonight.
Lieut.. Charles Benter, conductor:
Alexander Morris. assistant.
Program.
Overture, "Karelia" Jean Sibelius
"Knusperwalzer." from "Hansel and
Gretel" Engelbert Humperdinck
"Danse Slave" Emanuel Chabrier
"Danse Bohemienne," from la Jolie
File de Perth" Georges Bixet
Tone poem. November
Rhapsodie. Italia "---Alfredo Casella
Organ choral prelude, "Fervent Is My
Longing" Johann Sebastian Bach
(Arranged by Cailliet.)
symphony Number One" in c major.
op. 21---Ludwig van Beethoven
l. Adagio.
2. Andante cantabile con moto.
8. Menuetto, allegro motto vivace.
4. Adagio, allegro motto vivace.
THE Star Spangled Banner"
BY the Soldiers Home Band In
Stanley Hall at $50 pm. today. John
S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster: An.
ton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March. Navy Blue Zimmerman
Scotch overture,
"Guy Mannoring' Bishop
Antr'Acte
Ia BY the Brook" -Bpisdef1ro
(b) "At Evening" Debussy
Scenes from the comic opera
THE Grand Duchess Offenbach
Descriptive, by the Swanee
River - --Myddleton
Waltz suite. Joyous Vienna" .Kanxak
Finale. "Old Comrades" -Toike
The Star spangled 1AnAar."
Evening star., 1936-12-01

new rigging, their craft was hurled
against the breakwater by a wind
that snapped the anchor cable. The
mast was broken of three feet above
the deck, and the bowsprit was
crushed.
Finally able to drag the vessel into
shallower water, the boys cleared
away the wreckage and in freezing
temperatures improvised a rigging.
They had favoring wind and tide un-
til they reached Indianhead, where
both elements turned against them,
and they could make no headway.
The oil tug, which was dragging
three barges, took the tow-line and
brought them into Anacostia late
Sunday.
Glad to be back on time, the youths
think they'll wait until It's q little
warmer before they try out any more
new risgins.
Evening star., 1936-12-01
Var on Empty Liquor Bottles,
Temptation to Children, Begun,

Creation of flying squadron" Of
city refuse department workers to
patrol the District and retrieve dis
carded liquor bottles from tree boxes,
shrubbery and parks. lest they become
q temptation to children and a men,
ace to pets and automobile tires. will
be discussed by the Petworth Citizens
Association at its next meeting, De-
cember 15
Disturbed by reports that children
have been observed drinking the dregs
from discarded bottles, the associa-
tons Committee on Education has
appealed to the District Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board for aid. it
was learned today.
Although members Of the board
agreed that the problem of the emp
ties" was one deserving serious con-
sideration, it was reported. they held
it was one over which the A. B. c.
Board had no control. The sugges.
ton for a flying squadron was ad-
vanced by members of the control
board. 1t was said
Harvey o. Craver. examiner In
the Patent Office and chairman of
the Petworth committee, who ap-
peared before the A. B. c. Board,
said he presented to the board as
Evening star., 1936-12-01
FEDERAL FORCE
HERE DECLINES
U. S. Workers 100 Fewer
With October Total Set
at 114,510.

The dwindling of the Federal force
here, which has been in progress since
June, continued through October, ac-
cording to the monthly report of the
Civil Service Commission, issued late
yesterday.
This showed the total at the end
OF the month at 114,5l0, as compared
with l14,611 on duty on Septem-
Der 80.
In the field. however, the trend con-
tinued upward, the October figures be-
ing 726,507. as compared with 72l ,093
for September. The commission ex-
planned this growth was due to the
inclusion of the Inland Waterways
Corp. in the regular establishment,
and the expansion of activities by the
United States Employment Service.
The pay roll was $131, ,026, ,472, COM
pared to the September total of $129,-
275,993. In addition, the Agriculture
Department carried the customary al
lotment of emergency employees, dis
bursting $2.387,698 for 5l.666.
Enrolment in the Civilian Conser-
vation Corps jumped from 26l ,316 to
344,689.
Evening star., 1936-12-01
bandit SUSPECTS
DUE HERE TODAY
Joseph Kurz and Paul Berger
Waive Extradition in
North Carolina.

Waving extradition following their
arrest in North Carolina, Joseph Kurz
l9, and Paul Berger. 18. under indict-
ment on robbery charges and wanted
for questioning in the abduction Of q
Fort Myer sentry and the hold-ups
of three couples in parked cars. were
on their way to Washington today.
The youths. who were held at Win
ston.Salem after they were taken into
custody Saturday at Kernersville
N. c., were turned over to Detective
Sergts. Elmer Lewis and E. E. Thomp-
son last night for transportation here
Detective Chief Bernard w. Thomp-
son said he had word from the detec-
tives that they would arrive in the
city late today.
Third Under Indictment.
The pair will be taken to police
headquarters for questioning, along
with william N Beck, 81. also under
indictment in the robbery two weeks
ago of q market at 1909 T street
Beck has been held since Saturday
when he was taken into custody at
his home in the 900 block of C street
southwest.
Inspector Thompson today was still
without details of the arrest of Kurz
and Berger, but an Associated Press
dispatch said the youths were appre-
hended after what North Carolina
police described as a street brawl.
Kurz. the dispatch said, was
charged with driving while drunk, and
his companion with carrying a con-
cealed weapon. The pairs capture
followed recognition of pet dog. which
they are said to have purchased in
New York. The animal was described
in lookout sent for their arrest.
Victim to Face Prisoners.
Frank Ayers, 20-year Fort Myer
sentry. who was kidnapped from his
post November 16 by three bandits,
will face Kurz, Berger and Beck, prob
ably tonight. in an attempt to identify
them as his abductors.
Ayers was dumped into the rum
BILE seat Of an automobile, relieved OF
his automatic, ammunition and spurs,
and put out of the car at a lonely
spot near Chain Bridge
The three couples who were robbed
also are expected to appear at head
quarters to see if the youths were the
ones who held them up.
Evening star., 1936-12-01

mute testimony q number OF bottles,
some of them containing small
amounts Of liquor, which had been
collected by his committee from places
frequented by children.
Il have seen children drink from
liquor bottles they have picked up"
Craver said. Il also have q pet dog
which has cut its feet on broken
liquor bottles. The bottles unqles-
tionably are a temptation to children.
Even if they don't drink from them.
there is always the temptation to
break them"
Members Of Mr.. Craver's committee
who have taken an active part in
seeking to interest District officials in
an attempt to solve the dead soldier"
problem include Mrs. George McElwee
and Mrs. Horace j. Phelps.
Craver said his committee has not
discussed the situation with officials
of the municipal refuse department
in the absence of authorization from
the association to do so. The matter
will be presented to the association
at its December IS meeting, however.
he said. and q request probably will
be made that the committee be su-
thorized to take up the question with
the proper District of1ciak.
Evening star., 1936-12-01
Jealous Reporter
OF Drivers' 'sSIiDs"
Figures in Crash
T. F. Collier InpOIved in
Three-Way Collision
on M Street.

Teunis F. Collier, 3001 Dent place,
whose activities in reporting trafiic law
violations have made him q we'll
known figure at the seventh precinct
police station. was involved in q three
way accident at Twentieth and M
streets yesterday.
Golfers car, going west on M street,
eollided with one operated by Muriel
Gernahd, a. of Clarendon, Va. The
latter's car was turned over on its side
and forced against a third car, which
was going east on M street and had
stopped at Twentieth street. Police
did not learn the identity of the driver
Of the third car. No one was injured.
Golfers zeal in reporting violators
brought him special attention from
anonymous neighbors He awoke one
morning to find his front door plas-
tered with pies and other squashy
Seibles.
Evening star., 1936-12-01
TAKOMA BUS-CAR
ARGUMENTS FILED
Utilities Commission Gets 2
Briefs on Final Day From
Citizens.

Two briefs, concluding the argument
in the Capital Transit Co.'S proposal
to substitute bus for street car serv-
ice between Fourteenth street and
Colorado avenue and Takoma Park,
were filed with the Public Utilities
Commission late Yesterday, the limit
set for that purpose.
The commission gave no indication
as to when a ruling will be made
the huge volume of testimo ony taking
at the three-day hearing two weeks
ago.
The briefs came from William A.
Roberts, former peoples counsel. rep
resenting Ninth Street, Associated,
and from the Joint Mass Transporta-
tion Committee for North Washington,
composed of members of the Manor
Park Citizens Association. the Chill
lum Heights Citizens Association and
the Citizens Association of Takoma,
D. c.
Business Factor Stressed.
Roberts presented the demand of
Ninth street merchants, between
Pennsylvania avenue and L street,
for routing of the proposed bus line
down that street instead of via Ver-
mont avenue and Thirteenth street, as
proposed by the transit company. His
argument was confined to the effect
on the business houses that have in
vestments there.
The joint committee, which drew
10 conclusions, made its first demand
that none of the busses be placed
on the Ninth street route.
The committee agreed that the
present street car line which runs
along Kennedy and Third streets, be-
yond Fourteenth and Colorado, should
be discontinued since it results in
dangerous and unsatisfactory serv-
ice.'
Shuttle bus service between the
Fourteenth street line and the terri
tory involved should be operated at
10-minute frequency. the committee
argued. with full transfer privileges
to other lines.
Other demands call for divided
service north Of Fifth and Gallatin
streets, half the line following Fifth,
Madison and Thirteenth streets,
serving Takoma, d. c., and the other
half routed on Third street and
Kansas avenue to serve Takoma Park,
Md. This would apply both to ex-
press bus service during rush periods
and to non-ruSh service, with the
vehicles running ~ minutes apart.
Cut-back service would be run to
and from Fifth and Sheridan and
Third and Sheridan, under the COM
mittee's plan.
The group also asked that q num-
Der of the rush-hour express buses
be routed to Potomac Park as the
southern terminal. Express service,
it was held, should be run at least
as far out as Fifth and Gallatin,
without interference.
The committee also argued that
the proposed purchase Of 16 new
buses will not furnish sufficient
equipment to maintain the service
needed and asked that the company
be required to buy the additional
vehicles.
The committees brief was signed
by George A. Corbin, w. G. Magathan,
Cyrus T. Bright and w. H. Parsons.
Evening star., 1936-12-01
|J0RDAN'S COUNSEL
ASKS COURT TO
RECALL MANDATE
Seeks to Postpone Execu.
ton of Man Convicted of
T.Shoppe Staying.
PLANS TO CARRY FIGHT
TO SUPREME TRIBUNAL
Bases Hopes on Presence Of No.
tary Public on the
Trial Jury.

Fighting to postpone the execution
of Thomas Jordan, scheduled for De-
cember IL, attorneys for the 30-year-
old former bus boy who was convicted
last Winter of the Good Friday murder
of Mrs. Lizzie s. Jaynes in the Garden
T Shoppe hold-up five years ago, Pc
titioned the United States Court Of
Appeals today to recall its mandate.
The lawyers said they wanted an
opportunity to seek Supreme Court
review, basing their hopes on the pres
ence of notary public on the trial
jury.
Doubt as to the right Of a notary to
serve on a jury arose following q de-
cision by the Court of Appeals invali-
dating the Districts new jury law.
which rendered Federal employees and
others connected with the Government
eligible for the first time for jury duty.
That case now Is pending in the su-
preme Court.
Want Decision Reviewed.
The Court of Appeals subsequently,
however. expressed the opinion that
the relation of a notary public to the
Government was not close enough TO
vitiate q jury on which one served.
Jordan's attorneys. Harry T. Whalen
and William B. O'Connell. said they
felt the Supreme Courts decision IN
the jury law case might result In u
reversal of their clients conviction.
The manner of Jordan's arrest mad
distinct story-book flavor.
Free of all suspicion, he had made q
new life for himself in Mount Vernon,
N. Y, and wanted to marry. but his
conscience thrust him into the arms
of the law.
Wrote Letter 10 Garnett.
He wrote United States Attorney
Leslie c. Garnett, asking if there was
any possibility he might again be
questioned in connection with the
murder. He had been arrested shortly
after the Staying, but released after
police were convinced he had no con-
nection with the crime. In his letter
to Garnett, he said he wanted to get
married, but felt that he should assure
himself first that there was no danger
of his being arrested. ..,
Garnet turned the letter over to
police, who sent a detective to Mount
Vernon, where Jordan allegedly con-
fessed his part in the hold-up.
Mrs. Jaynes, cashier in the Garden
T-Shoppe. on Columbia road near
of the robbers supposedly lost his head.
The grand jury indicted both Jor-
dan and a former waitress at the res
taurant. Edith NJ Dodsworth. for the
Staying, but the woman never has been
apprehended.
Evening star., 1936-12-01
REFORM is ANNOUNCED
FOR SECRET SERVICE
Reorganization Of Field Force
Into Is Supervisory Districts
Revealed by +. ]. Wilson.

Reorganization Of the field service
of the Secret Service, to set 1t up into
IS supervisory districts, was an.
nounced today by Frank j. Wilson.
acting assistant chief of the organ
ization.
Under the realignment Washington
falls into the district known Is No. S,
with headquarters In Baltimore. The
territory includes Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia and North Carolina.
The new head Of District No. S is
Harry Cooper. who was transferred
from Omaha, Nebr., to take charge Of
the Baltimore headquarters.
The local agent In charge for this
city will continue 10 Be John 8.
Tucker, who for many yesrs has held
this same post.
Evening star., 1936-12-01

Eleven-year-old william B. Wright
42o Whittier street, became Washing
tons first and only foot ball fatality
of the season yesterday when he lost
three-week fight for life in Homeo-
pathic Hospital.
Funeral services were held at II
am. today at Hines funeral home
Fourteenth and Girard streets. Pri-
vate burial followed in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Billy" had injured his side in a
line plunge while playing with friends
on a neighborhood lot. An internal
infection developed and special serum
was rushed here from New York by
airplane to treat him. Apparently
improved at first, he later suffered a
relapse
William. who was in the sixth
grade at Whittier School, was the son
of Mr. and Mrs. John w. Wright
His father is a senior economist in
the Division of Cotton Marketing,
Agriculture Department. Besides his
parents the boy is survived by three
sisters.
Evening star., 1936-12-01
OFFICER LOSES WALLET
sy Q Stan Correspondent OF The star

TAKOMA PARK. Md. December l. .
Policeman Windsor Poole of the
Montgomery County force called upon
his colleagues today to assist him.
Poole lost his pocketbook containing
SGT and automobile permits either in
Takoma Park, where he is assigned
to duty. or on the way to his home in
Rockville, and asked that a search be
made.
Evening star., 1936-12-01
Bungalow Gutted BY Fire.

FORT FOOTE, Md, December /
tSpeciaD.-A six-room bungalow, on
the property of the Smoot Sand &
Gravel Co. along the Potomac River
near here was Quilted by fire last night.
Flames had demolished the structure
before Oxon Hill volunteer firemen
could reach the scene. No injuries
were reported.
Evening star., 1936-12-01
Parliament Date Set.

OTTAWA, December R.-Prime
Minister Mackenzie King announced
last night Parliament will open its
session January
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-20
Hitler is Rewriting
BibIesto Suit Ideals

BERLIN. Aug. 8.Hitler is re-
writing the Bible.
Under instructions from the fueh-
rer, Bishop Ludwig Mueller has
"Germanized" the scriptures to
bring them into line with modern
|nazi ideals. Some Of the changes are
sensational.
Here is a typical example. In the
English version of the Sermon on the
Mount Jesus reiterates the COM
mandment "Thou shalt not kill"
In Hitler's version, this is altered
to-, "You shall not commit assassina-
ton: such murderer shall be con-
demned to death"
Explaining the changes the bishop
writes: 'The national socialist awak-
ening which we have experienced
has opened our eyes to the impossi-
bility of retaining words and express
sions alien to our nature"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-20

Norfolk Railway and the great territory
forged ahead during the lean Being
railroad NJ w. is naturally proud of these
railway authorized the expenditure
of than for additions and betterments its
This
progressive program N W. folks work and spread
business along lines Our freight service has been
We speeded schedules We have naugurated
free collection and delivery of essthancaoad freight
We have provided the finest aforementioned equip
the land Each industries established
along the Norfolk and Western farms developed
businesses opened All of these things reflect progressive
spirit faith in railroad and territory. The Norfolk and
Western together with its its friends and its territory
will continue this march of America forward
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-20

TT is certainly that America has been
i passing through a depression. The railroads. like
every other business in the land, have had their
problems, and plenty of them And like every other
enterprising American business, the railroads have
faced those problems with honesty and patience,
with resourcefulness, most Of all Wth determination
to go ahead.
vast range and variety of bettermens in railroad
practice and equipment is the result - such better
ments air-condtoning, for example, which makes
a railroad passenger today the ceanest quietest,
most comfortable way to travel.
Conspicuous also is the notable stepup in passenger
schedules, to point where many limited trains
average mile-aminute speed. And freight transport
also has been speeded up average of 1870.
But the real story of railroad enterprise is scarcely
told by these figures, for it is story of speed with
safety unmatched by any other transportation in the
world!
In its details it is, perhaps, undramatic story
of light rails replaced by heavier of roadbeds
improved - Of brakes and couplings bettered of
locomotives increased in power of courageou
investment matched by constant thrift in order that
service might be maintained and even improved in
the face of reduced revenues.
The big fact. hOuOeOer, stands cears the American
railroads today ready America ahead ready
ith the facilities and the adequately and
reliably the tremendous required by recovering
nation