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Evening star., 1936-11-12
EASTERN TO TAKE
OVERWEDE[[[|NE
Approval of Postal Authori.
ties Makes Possible New
Route to Texas.

Through airmail service. on 10
hour schedule, from Washington to
Houston, Tex, will be established
soon as the result of hearing at the
Post Office Department today.
Karl Crowley, department solicitor,
gave his approval to purchase of the
wedell- Williams Air Service Corp by
Eastern Air Lines and said he would
recommend transfer of the formers
airmail contract for service between
New Orleans and Houston to the new
parent company. This will enable
Eastern to conduct a through paSsen-
ger and mail service to the Texas city
via Newark, Washington, Atlanta and
New Orleans.
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, man
ager, and Paul Brattin, vice president
of Eastern Air Lines, testified at the
brief hearing.
Rickenbacker said Eastern would
buy three new Douglas transport
planes, costing $4,000 each, for the
new service. Flying time from New
ark Airport to Houston will be IL
hours, he said, and there will be
planes day and night.
The Wedell-Williams Line formerly
was operated by Harry Williams,
Louisiana lumber fortune heir, whose
hobby was building racing planes
which his friend, Jimmy Wedell, ia
nous speed pilot, few to new records,
including the East-West and West
East transcontinental records.
williams was killed in a plane
crash near Baton Rouge, La. Jimmy
Wedell met the same death later.
Then Jimmy's brother. Walter, died
when his plane plunged into the Gulf
of Mexico. The entire directorate OF
the Wedell- williams line was gone.
Evening star., 1936-11-12
Money Again Goes Up in Smoke
As Winter Fires Are Kindled

The Government is emphatic in its
advice about goats and dogs-call a
veterinarian, don't trust home rene
dies.
And don't get the idea that just
because you have some ashes. the
Government will search them for
money. Last year a man sent in a
375-pound garbage can which turned
out to hold nothing but trash.
Rules for redemption are:
II three-fifths of a bill are &C
counted for, you get full value.
If less than three-fifths and more
than two fifths. a settlement for half.
Exceptions, Of course, have been
made when accompanied by afndavits
and convincing evidence.
One time, the operator Of barbecue
stand in the South arrived at the
Treasury with a suit case full of ashes
and a story Of how fire had burned
down his place and consumed $4,000.
Examiners went through the debris
and found not only every dollar, but
$40 more than the man thought he'd
lost.
In dealing with the Redepmtion o.
fee. don't try any get-rich-qulck
schemes, for it's only step around
the corner to the Secret Service.
Evening star., 1936-11-12
D. c. TRAFFIC TOLL
REACHES73TODAY
Last Years Total Stood
at 95 Deaths at This
Time.

The seventy-third death OF the year
and a hit-and-run accident resulting
in injury to a 76-year-old woman
were marked up against District traffic
today.
The latest fatality occurred early
this morning when Elijah Willbanks.
SIS. colored, died in Gallfnger Hos
pital apparently from hurts received
in mishap almost week ago.
The hit-and-run victim was Miss
Clara Wilson. 1885 Eighteenth street.
She was knocked down at the inter-
section Of Connecticut avenue and M
street by car which. police were
told. tried to make a traffic light.
At Emergency Hospital, Miss Wilson
was found to be suffering from knee
injury and it was said she may have
fractured hip.
Driver Arrested.
Police later arrested Harold AnkS
ner, 20, Clarendon, Va, and charged
him with colliding and failing to stop
in connection with the Connecticut
avenue aCClQeut.
Willbanks, who lived at 939 F street
southwest, was struck near Twelfth
and Water streets southwest last Sat-
urday when, according to police, he
stepped from behind parked car into
the path Of moving machine.
: He was treated at Emergency Hos
pital, where it was believed his in
juries consisted only of slight head
cuts, and later transferred to CALM
ger. An autopsy will be performed to
determine the exact cause Of the mans
death.
Police said the machine that struck
willbanks was driven by Arthur T.
Park, 80, of Glen Echo, Md.
This time last year there had been
95 deaths In traffic accidents here. =
In trafic mishaps reported during
the last "a hours three other persons
required hospital treatment.
The most serious accident involved
Steven Queen, 49, colored, 408 Fifty
eighth street northeast, who was hit
by q street car near Sixtieth and Dix
streets northeast. At Casualty Hospital
it was said he was suffering from frac-
ture of the jaw, hand and leg and may
have q fractured skull and internal
injuries.
Hyattsville Man Hurt.
Edgar B. Hilley, 80, Hyattsville, Md,
received cuts about the face and per-
haps internal injuries when his car
left Livingston road southeast and
struck q light pole. He was taken to
Casualty.
william N. Rogers, 43, of Bethesda
was treated at Emergency for broken
leg and head injuries after he lost con-
troll of his car and hit a tree on Massa-
chusetts avenue at Observatory circle
Evening star., 1936-11-12
THREE CONVICTED
+ IN MANN ACT CASE
Await Sentence-7 Years I'm.
prisonment Is Maximum
for Woman.

Convicted of conspiracy to violate
the white slave traffic act, two men
and a woman were in the District Jail
today awaiting sentence.
They are Mary Sherman, alias Mary
Nipple, Joseph Sherman and Joseph
Marback. A jury of IL men found
them guilty after an hours delibera-
ton. The woman was convicted Of
violating the white slave act, in addi-
ton to conspiracy. The men may re-
ceive sentences of four months to two
years in prison, while Mrs. Sherman
can be imprisoned for from Is months
to seven years.
All three were charged with trans
porting young woman to the Dis
trict from West Virginia. They were
arrested following . raid on an alleged
"call house" in the 1400 block Of Bel
mont street.
Assistant United States Attorneys
Roger Robb and Allen J. Krouse prose-
cuted the case. Justice James NJ.
Proctor committed the defendants to
Jail Immediately after the jury re-
turned its verdict.
Another defendant, Jean Gordon,
was found not guilty by direction Of
the court.
Evening star., 1936-11-12
C, C. C. men ASKED
FOR PROJECTS HERE
Finnan Favors Use on Chevy
Chase and Randall Recrea-
ton Centers.

The use of Civilian Conservation
CORPS workers on improvement prof.
ects at Chevy Chase and Randall
recreation centers and the Rock Creek
and Potomac Parkway was recon-
mended today by G. Marshall Finnan,
superintendent of National Capital
parks.
He urged the National Park Service
and Robert Fechner, head Of the c.
c. c., to authorize the use Of c. c. G.
youths on grading operations at the
two centers, and in sloping and land
scsping banks in the parkway be-
tween K and p streets. The banks
were partially completed last Spring.
Large masses Of forsythia win be
planted there.
Restoration Of flood damage is pro-
ceeding rapidly in the parkway from
the Lincoln Memorial to K street, the
park chief said. The United States
Engineer Once Is raising the seawall
: feet to insure against . repetition
Of the disasterolH flood Of last March.
Finnan added.
Evening star., 1936-11-12
By the Associated Press.

.
This is the season for the Treasury's
annual harvest of damaged money.
All over the Nation people are
kindling fires for Winter and with the
first blaze come walls Of woe from
kitchen bankers whose currency has
gone up in smoke.
Officials of the Treasury's Redemp-
ton Once have never figured out the
reason for it. but the kitchen stove,
the furnace and the open hearth re-
main the most popular places to hide
money about the American home.
A dozen sob stories o day are filed
with the Redemption ONCE from mid
die November to the last Of December
Junior has started a fire in the stove
where daddy hid roll OF bills last
Summer.
Mother discovers to her horror that
daddy has built blaze in the furnace,
where she had been keeping the
Christmas money.
The tales of distress, along with
what is left of the currency, 60 to
expert examiners, and you would be
surprised how much of it is redeemed
at full value.
Fires are not the only cause OF de-
stroyed money. however. Goats and
dogs are high on the list.
Evening star., 1936-11-12
DEAN TOMBSTONE CITES
MEANS TO WORLD PEACE
Regional Pacts, Removal Of Eco
nomic Inequalities Are Advo-
Gated at Meeting.

Adoption of regional pacts, removal
of economic inequalities between ma
tions and retention Of democratic gov
ernment were advocated last night as
q means to world peace by Dean Will
liam c. Johnstone of George Wash
ington University before the Institute
Of the Jewish Community Center.
Pointing to the failure Of disarma-
ment conferences and attempts to out
law war along with the partial success
of the League Of Nations, DR.. john
stone suggested lowering Of tariff bar
riers and further development Of BIZ
lateral and regional trade agreements
as leading to the maintenance Of
peace.
DR.. Ahram L. Sacher, director Of the
B'nai Birth Hillel Foundation, will ad-
dress the next institute, at S:15 pm.
Wednesday, on the Present Crisis In
Jewish Life" with Louis Gutenberg as
chairman, 1t was announced last night.
Evening star., 1936-11-12
D. c. BRIDGE TOURNEY
UNDER WAY TODAY
Three Events Are Scheduled for
First of Four-Day Program
at Shoreham.

Tournament play for the bridge
championship of the District gets
under way today at the Shoreham
Hotel, with three events scheduled
for the first of q four-day program
sponsored by the Washington Bridge
League.
Opening at 2:3O pm. with the
women's pair championship for
ladies only" today's schedule will
feature two events at $50 pm
the mixed pair championship for the
Capital Cup. and the intermediate
event for The Star Trophy. The
latter is designed for players Of little
experience, with the committee re-
serving the right to refuse entry of
any player whose records show ad-
vancement beyond this classification.
Russell ]. Baldwin Of the American
Bridge League will direct the tourna-
nent, the sixth annual event CT the
kind.
Evening star., 1936-11-12
ALL SOULS DELEGATES
RECREATION CENTER
As New Members Guests of Honor
at Church Celebrates 115th
Year,

Dedication of the new Al1USouls'
Recreation Center was the main event
of the program as ALI Souls Church,
Sixteenth and Harvard streets, last
night celebrated its 1l5th year Of
existence. Chairman McFall Kirbey
presided.
bers. The principal speaker was Rev.
Ulysses @. B. Pierce, the pastor, who
congratulated the congregation on the
long existence Of the church, which
numbers among its early members
John Quincy Adams and John G. CAL
houn.
The Washington Badminton Club
staged an exhibition of the game to
show one Of the ways In which the
new recreation center might be used.
This was followed by dancing and re-
freshments. ~
Evening star., 1936-11-12
0'BR|EN REFUSES
TOTEST|FY ABOUT
|. STREET SHOOTING
Declines to Appear Against
One of Six Men Charged
With ASsauIting Him.
COURT WILL BE ASKED
TO COMPEL TESTIMONY
Harry (Spike) Behrle, Another
Witness, Also Refuses to Tell
Story to Grand Jury.

Joseph E. O'Brien, who police say
was "put'on the spot" in q gang war
July 81, refused to testify today before
the grand jury against one Of six men
arrested and charged with assaulting
him with intent to kill.
Assistant United States Attorney
Clinton Vernon said he would 60 be-
fore Justice Peyton Gordon to-
morrow and request that O'Brien and
Harry (Spike) Berhle, another witness
who refused to testify, be compelled to
tell their stories TO the grand jurors
Berhle was with O'Brien when the
latter was shot.
Another of O'Brien's companions,
William Russell Carpenter, went before
the grand jury also, and was said to
have testified without objection.
Both O'Brien and Berhle said their
testimony might incriminate them.
Attacked at Restaurant.
The attack on O'Brien occurred In
front Of a restaurant in the 200 block
Of Second street southeast. Witnesses
reported that two cars loaded with
men drove up and the occupant of one
Of them beckoned O'Brien toward him.
When OBrien approached he was
struck on the head with the butt of a
gun and shot as he lay on the ground.
Several Of the slugs entered his leg
and one kneecap was shattered. Con-
fined to Providence Hospital for
months, O'Brien is now able to walk
with crutches and to drive his auto
mobile.
Waiting in the witness room while
o'Brien was before the jurors were half
dozen policemen, II. .Iding mem
bers of the special squad which raided
a score Of gambling establishments in
search Of persons suspected Of par
ticipating in the attack.
Assault Charged 10 Six.
Under bail and charged with the as
sault are Charles rags Warning,
John w. Sweeney, Clarence L. Ware,
Joseph S. Bond, George Frederick
Tear and Samuel s. Montgomery.
Warnings bond was set at $4,000.
| Willie tAAC Ot4ACAS nAC A4CC u1IACI S4O,OOO
each. Tear and Montgomery were con-
victed in District Court last March of
conspiring with IS others to violate
the liquor taxing laws. Both are under
sentence. Their appeal is pending in
the Court of Appeals. Tear recently
pleaded guilty to assault with a dam
gerous weapon Sn another case and
using a smoke screen. and Is now
serving time in the penitentiary.
Evening star., 1936-11-12
ACADEMY OUTFIT
WINS AIR TROPHY
Award for Safest Flying Goes
to vN Squadron SD5, McFall
Commanding.

The Herbert Schif Memorial
Trophy, given annually for the safest
flying in the service, has been won by
vN Squadron sD5, stationed at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis. Secre-
tary Swanson announced today.
The squadron, commanded by Lieut..
Comdr. Andrew C. McFall, U. S. NJ,
flew q total of 4,154 hours to win the
award in competition with 81 other
naval aviation activities.
Planes of the patrol and seaplane
type comprise the squadron, which is
maintained for the training Of mid
shipmen.
The President usually presents this
trophy to the winner and the Navy
Department said today this years
presentation date will be announced
later.
Evening star., 1936-11-12
WASHINGTON MAN
KILLED IN CRASH
Coupe Bursts Into Flames
When Struck by Train at
BranchviIIe, Md.

Demolishing the coupe of Wash.
ington man and killing him instantly
speeding southbound Baltimore 4
Ohio passenger train narrowly missed
turning over and piling up its coaches
yesterday after a grade-crossing crash
at Branchville, Md. -..4 49,.
The body of the motorist; Clarence
z. Hollomon. 80, of 1476 Newton
street. was pinned in the flaming
wreckage Of the car and carried nearly
a mile as the engine of the train
bounced along the ties after leaving
the rails.
o II the locomotive had veered
little farther to the right as it bumped
over the ties, trainmen said, 1t prob
ably would have plunged into shall
low marsh, piling up the other cars
There were about IS passengers
aboard.
Hollomon, an employe Of the Paving
Supply & Equipment Corp, near Ber-
wyn, had Just left the stone yard
andsmade a right turn from an un-
improved road to pass over the tracks
at the Branchville crossing when the
crash occurred.
Warning Sounded.
The locomotive, which was said to
be going between 10 and rs miles an
hour, had sounded q warning whistle
and the crossing was equipped with
bells and lights.
H. D. White, fireman. who wa!
leaning out the window Of the loco
motive cab, said he saw the cal
moving very slowly. in the same direc'
tion as the train along the dirt roae
paralleling the tracks.
I'VE had been blowing our whis.
tle," White said, "and I naturally ex'
pected the auto to stop. But thu
next thing I knew the driver hac
turned to the right. AS the autt
reached the eastbound rails the drivel
looked our way, but continued acros'
the tracks.
"I yelled to the engineer, then there
was Q crash, the locomotive leaned
over and began jolting along the ties
thought every minute we Woult
turn over and pile up the train"
Car Bursts Into Flames.
The automobile apparently caugh
fire at the moment of the crash ant
it was necessary to extinguished tn.
flames before the body could be re
moved.
A coroner's jury, assembled on tn
scene, declared the crash accidental
william Blizzard of Halethorpe
Nd, the engineer, said he had giver
the usual 1.-TWO longs and two shorts
for the Branchville crossing and wa
about to repeat the signal for tn,
Berwyn crossing, which is less thar
half q mile beyond, when he heart
Whites shout. He Said he tmmed1'
ately applied all brakes.
The train failed to stop within I
reasonable distance after the crash, !
was pointed out, because the automo
bile tires became wedged beneath tn
locomotive wheels and prevented then
from gripping.
When the stop finally was made tn
train was only short distance from
o bridge over q small creek.
The impact hurled the motor o
the automobile $50 yards into q fielt
adjacent to the tracks. =.
Hollomon is survived by his widow
Mrs. Olivia Hollomon, and 9-month
old daughter, Emojean. The bod!
was taken to an undertaking establish
ment In Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1936-11-12
TROLLEY CRASH FATAL

RICHMOND. Ind. November II tP).
Two Indiana railroad interurban
cars collided head-on at switch west
Of this city today, killing the motor
man Of one car. Several passengers
on the two cars were cut and bruised.
but none injured seriously.
The motorman killed was william
Grandson, 81, Of New Castle, Ind.
He had stopped his car and was throw.
ing o switch. He was crushed be-
tween the cars.
Interurban company onicials ex-
pressed the belief rails made slippery
by frost or frozen leaves caused the
approaching interurban to slide into
Grandisons car.
Evening star., 1936-11-12
BAND CONCERT.

n BY the Soldiers Home Band In
Stanley Hall this evening at $50. John
D. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster. An
ION Pointner. assistant bandmaster.
n Program.
March, ''The Fighting Yanks" Crosby
Overture, "Figaro's Hochseit" Mozart
Two Hindu pictures, (a) Approach
i ing and Passing q Hindu Temple. !"
Il % 'The Shepherdess Of the Hima-
ii laydS
EEelange, Victor Herbert's Favor
q ites" Sanford
kylophone solo, ca Dance Of the
4 Toy Regiment -Shilkret- Green
Musician Wilbur D. Kiefer.
Waltz de concert, Morning Jour-
d mails" ---------------- Strauss
Finale, Franklin D. Roosevelt"
- Wooden
"The Star spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1936-11-12
GEN. KEAN DECORATED
BY CUBAN GOVERNMENT
Awarded Grand Cross of Order
of Carlos Finlay in Recognize
ing PHYSICIANS Work.

The Grand Cross of the Order OF
Carlos Finlay was awarded yesterday
by the Republic Of Cuba to Brig. Gen.
Jefferson Randolph Kean Of WASH
ington, the Army surgeon, who founded
Cuba's public health service. A decree
granting the honor was proposed by
DR. Manuel Mencia, secretary Of public
health and beneficence, and signed by
President Gomez.
The citation "for distinguished
service to Cuba" said Gen. Kean was
one Of the first to recognize the I'M
portance Of DR.. Carlos Finlay's work
in identifying the carrier Of yellow
fever.
Gen. Kean. now rs. was retired IN
1924 and makes his home at 1904 N
street. He was born in Lyncbburg, Va.
Evening star., 1936-11-12
ROOSEVELT'lNVITED
{ TO VISIT BRAZIL
Asked to Country if He Attends
4 Buenos Aires Peace
4 Conference.
~ the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
Z RIO DE JANEIRO, November 12.-
PRESIDENT Getulio Vargas Of Brazil, 1t
vas reliably reported last night, has
eabled President Roosevelt an invita-
xion to visit Brazil If he goes to the
1nter-American Peace Conference,
epening at Buenos Aires, December /.
Z Foreign Minister Jose Carlos Macedo
6oares said If the President came here
he probably would arrive November ~.
4 president Roosevelt has indicated
he is considering making the trip to
Buenos Aires for the conference which
ke proposed.)
Evening star., 1936-11-12
Conditioning Contract Let.

A $3.50 contract for air-condition-
ing in the dental clinic Of the Public
Health Service Building was awarded
by the Treasury today to the Rich
mond (va.) Ice 60. Inc.
Evening star., 1936-11-12
Ell. KELLY IN HOSPITAL

Police Inspectors Condition Not
Considered Serious.
Inspector Edward J. Kelly Of the
Metropolitan police force Is IN Provi-
dence Hospital suffering from Kidney
ailment, his friends at headquarters
said today. Although his condition Is
not considered serious, he Is not per.
mitted to receive visitors.
The inspector was taken to the IN
stitution Monday. =
Evening star., 1936-11-12
Wallace Particular
About Swear Words q.
InA.A.A. Discussion
BY the Associated Press.

Secretary of AgriculturesHenry
A. Wallace Is careful about cuss
words.
In a discussion Of farp plans,
the Secretary was asked whether
he agreed with a pro-New Deal
farm leaders statement that "the
old A. A. A. was the best damn
thing that ever happened for the
American farmer"
well, I don't agree with the
language" laughed Wallace.
Evening star., 1936-11-12
CLOUDINESS TONIGHT
TO FOLLOW RAIN HERE
Minimum Temperature of About
AZ Is Forecast-Tomorrow
to Be Fair.

A rainy afternoon, giving way to
cloudiness tonight, is the weather
forecast for the District.
The minimum temperature over
night Is expected to be about ~,
while tomorrow will be fair, with
not much change in temperature.
Yesterdays "high" was So at a:l5
pm. and the 'l0w" for the past "A
hours was 50 at IL o'clock last night.
It was As at 10 O'Clock this morning.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-24
Rernson News

Miss Cyra Aydelotte of Philadelphia
spent the weekend with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Aydelotte.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilary Coulbourne of
Greenbackville, Va, spent Sunday
with r. and Mrs. Clemon Jones.
We are glad to report that Mr..
Joseph Boston is able to be out again
after being four weeks in the PENN
sula General Hospital at Salisbury
and four weeks at his home. We hope
he continues to grow stronger.
Mr.. Ralph Miles of Pocomoke spent
Tuesday night with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Marion Ards.
Mr.. Will Payne is visiting his son,
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Payne in
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Olevia Aydelotte is spending
some time with her sister at Stock
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. James Davis.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-24
Mrs. Fred Avdelotte and Mrs shar-

Mrs. Fred Aydelotte and Mrs. Shar-
rard Aydelotte gave Mr.. Joseph Bos-
ton a surprise party on Tuesday
night in honor of his SEVENTEEN BIRTH
day, also Miss Anna Lee Aydelotte
and Master Roger Aydelotte. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ay-
delotte and family, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Aydelotte, Mr.. and Mrs. Sharrard Ay-
delotte and little son. The evening
was spent pleasantly and after re-
freshments were served which consist
ed of ice cream and cake the guests
left wishing Mr.. Boston many more
happy birthdays.
We are sorry to lose as neighbors,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Reid who will
soon move to Stockton to make their
home.
There will be Sunday School on
Sunday morning at Remson Church
at the usual hour-ten o'clock.
Mrs. Willie Bundick who spent last
week with relatives in Virginia re-
tnrned to her home on Monday.