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Evening star., 1936-04-29
DR.. Bartsch Sues
For Final Decree;
Wed "a Years Ago
5-Year Separation Basis
for Action by Curator
at Smithsonian.

DR.. Paul Bartsch, the Smithsonian
Institutions internationally known
curator of mollusks, filed suit today in
District Supreme Court for absolute
divorce from Mrs. Signe G. Bartsch.
whom he married "a years ago.
The basis of the suit was volun-
tary separation for five years, which
was made a ground for absolute di-
vorce by the new District divorce law,
which went into effect last Summer.
Mrs. Bartsch obtained a limited di-
vorce several years ago or grounds Of
cruelty.
DR.. Bartsch told the court today
that when his wife filed her suit he
consented to pay her 5000 a month
while the action was pending and
that when she obtained her decree the
payments were reduced to $3.50
month. The scientist said he was
willing to maintain the present ali-
mony payments
The couple was married June 81,
1902, and have one grown son, the
suit stated. DR.. Bartsch lives at 1855
Belmont street and Mrs. Bartsch at
l640 w street southeast. it was stated.
Evening star., 1936-04-29
Nichols and Schultz Head
Groups Appointed by
Mrs. Norton.
HEARINGS ARE PLANNED
"AS SOON AS POSSIBLE"
Increase in Penalty for Reckless
Driving Reported Favorably
by District Unit.
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

Two special subcommittee were ap-
pointed by Chairman Norton of the
House District Committee today to
expedite consideration of two meas
ures which she hopes to push through
Congress before adjournment.
One subcommittee will handle a
bill to moderniZe Juvenile Court pro-
cedure. The other was given Senate
approval bill providing for regulation
of the manufacture, sale and posses
sion Of narcotic drugs. Both of these
measures languished in the Judiciary
Subcommittee for several months and
were returned to the full committee
without recommendation last week by
Chairman Palmisano
The subcommittee which will handle
the Juvenile Court bill is headed by
Representative Nichols, Democrat, of
Oklahoma. The other members are
Representatives Randolph of West
Virginia, Schultz of Indiana, Demo-
Gratis, and Dirksen of Illinois, and
Brewster of Maine, Republicans.
Schultz was appointed chairman of
the special subcommittee to consider
the narcotic control bill. Representa-
tives Wood. Democrat, of Missouri.
and Cole. Republican, of New York.
will serve with him.
Prompt Hearings Urged.
Mrs. Norton declared the Juvenile
court bill is one of the most important
now pending in the District Commit
tee, and urged the special subcom-
mittee to begin hearings as soon as
possible.
The committee ordered a favorable
report on a Senate approved bill
which would increase the penalty for
first-offense reckless driving from
maximum of a s100 fine or 80 days
in Jail, or both, to $3.50 fine, or 80
days in Jail. or both.
During consideration of this meas
ure, Wood facetiously inquired if it
applied to members Of Congress.
YES" replied Representative Car
penter, Democrat, of Kansas. 1T ap-
plies to everybody"
The committee, in executive session
following the public meeting. favorably
lCpOL LCQ INO Dll1o EcqucSlcO Oy = -
O'Connor, controller of currency, and
briefly considered Mrs. Norton's plan
to abolish standing subcommittee.
Would Assess Credit Unions.
One of the bills would assess credit
unions in the District for the actual
cost of an examination by the con-
troller's office. The other would gran.
perpetual charters to Washingtons four
trust ompanies-American Security u
Trust, National Savings g. Trust,
Munsey and Union.
OConnor told the committee there
are 25 credit unions in the District
which had total assets of 1881 sos al
the last examination.
He explained that in the past ths
examinations have been financed out
of the national bank fund, but he
doubted whether there is legal au-
thority to continue that practice.
Mrs. Norton's plan to abolish stand
ing subcommittee will be considered
in detail at the next meeting of thu
committee. She announced that mem.
bers of the committee Endorsed 1t in
principle during the executive session.
Evening star., 1936-04-29
Tests Reveal Chimpan7ee
Is Mans Nearest Relative

within reach. Then the box was
piled with weights, so that the whole
strength of one chimpanzee was not
sufficient to bulge it, although it
could be moved if both animals tugged
on the ropes IN unison.
At first they would tug haphazardly,
one at a time. Sometimes, when both
happened to pull together. the box
would move a little. It did not re-
quire many trials before both had
concluded that the only way to get
anything to eat was to pull together.
This, it was emphasized, is perhaps
the highest bit of mira human be-
havior yet reported. Not only was
it necessary for at least one of the
chimpanzees to reason out" prob
lem, but actually to communicate
to companion whose help was neces-
sary.
The same experiment was tried
when one of the chimpanzees was
quite hungry and the other satiated
with food. The first had a powerful
motive to get the heavy box within
reaching distance. To the other it
was matter of complete indifference.
Any exertions would be entirely un-
rewarded, so far as its own needs were
concerned. Yet with succession of
tugs and gestures the hungry animal
was able to get the other to help
obviously quite unwillingly-to bring
its breakfast within reaching distance.
The National Academy's Agassiz
medal for oceanography was awarded
yesterday to DR.. T. Wayland Vaughan
of the University of California in rec
ognition of his Investigations of corals,
foraminifera and submarine deposits
and for his leadership in developing
oceanographic studies on the Pacific
Coast.
The public welfare medal was
awarded to DR.. F. F. Russell, former
director of the International Health
Division of the Rockefeller Foundation,
for his work on the etiology of yellow
fever and studies of epidemic areas.
The annual dinner Of the National
Academy last night was addressed by
President Frank r. Lille. The great
depression, DR.. Lille said. has i'm
pressed science with social respon-
sibility and duty to see that its
power and authority are not exag-
gerated.
Evening star., 1936-04-29
D. c. REPUBLICANS
ELECT DELEGATES
43 to Meet Tomorrow to
Select 43 More for State
Convention. :

Republicans of the District of Co.
lumbia have elected 43 district dele
gates to the State convention in
primaries held within the last few
days. it was announced today.
These district delegates, represent
ing the divisions of the District of
Columbia for voting purposes, will
meet tomorrow night at Republican
headquarters, Sixteenth street and
Scott Circle. to elect a like number
of delegates at large to the State con-
vention.
The State convention. which will be
attended by the district delegates and
the delegates at large. is to be held
May T. The IS delegates will consti-
tute the Republican State Committee
of the District.
At the State convention three dele
gates to the Republican National Con-
vention and three alternates will be
elected. The Republican national
committeeman and national commit
teewoman also will be chosen at that
time. Edward F. Colladay is the COM
mitteeman and Mrs. Virginia White
Speel the committeewoman and it is
expected they will be reelected.
The election of delegates to the
State convention has been conducted
in accordance with the rules laid down
by the Republican State Committee,
sanctioned by the Republican National
Committee. In a number of the dis
tricts the primary elections were
warmly contested by the Young Re-
publican group.
The list of delegates to the State
convention elected in the various dis
tricts is as follows:
Leo A. Rover, Andrew A. McGar-
raghy, DN Les A. Walker, E. M. Rich
ardson, Richard A. Buddeke, w. A.
Longe, j. r. Boyd, Roberts B. Larson,
M. Leroy Goff, Charles D. Carroll.
Mrs. Louise Hunter Snow, Russell
Jewell, Louis Levay, Joshua Evans, jr.;
Clyde D. Garrett, Mrs. Rollin A. Hunt
er, Luther w. Linkins. Mrs. Waldo
Clark, r. w. Harris, DR.. George A.
Baker, Harry L. Hamilton, James C..
Wilkes, Theodore L. Medford, F. T.
Shull. w. H. Pardoe, Warren w. Multi
gan, E. E. Colladay, DR.. c. Herbert
Marshall, Matthew j. O'Cahaghan,
jr.; Julian L. Latimer, jr; Mrs. Jo-
sephine F. Ferguson, Churchill B.
Groves, William H. Carter, jr.; j.
Franklin. Wilson, Josephine Sneerin-
ger, Stephen Franks, Thomas C. H.
Bragg, Francis Wells, Imogene Nc
Garraghy, John T. Rhines, Grant van
Denmark, Charles L. Hutchinson, The
odore r. Newman.
Evening star., 1936-04-29
CAR FIRM AGREES
TO REPAIR DOORS
Automatic Devices Will Be
Regulated, Transit Com
pany Assures Roberts.

After numerous complaints, the
Capital Transit Co. today notified
William A. Roberts, peoples counsel
that it is taking steps to correct diff
ficulties encountered with the opera
ton of treadle doors on cars and
buses.
"An investigation of the operation
of treadle doors shows that clearly
some of them are closing too quickly. n
John H. Hanna. president, said. "Ad-
justments are being made to bring
them to standard closing time OF
two seconds, which experience indi-
Gates is satisfactory
Roberts took the matter up directly
with the company instead of through
the regular channels of the Public
Utilities Commission. He acted chief
ly on complaints from the Southeast
Washington Citizens Association.
That group has complained that
rear-door exits close so quickly that
passengers clothing frequently is
caught in the doors. Roberts sug-
gested the pneumatic check affecting
the last four inches of closing would
assure the freedom of the passenger
Hanna explained that one of the
difficulties is that passengers think
doors are closed by the operator and
do not understand the bus cannot be
started as long as something is caught
in the door.
Roberts was satisfied with the COM
,pany's recognition of the troubles and
efforts to remedy them.
A request that the Public Health
Service make tests to determine
whether the air in Washington busses
is dangerous to the health of pas
sengers was made meanwhile by DR..
George c. Rutland. District health of
f1cer, after a conference with Roberts.
Roberts had acknowledged he can
not bring successful court action to
compel the bus companies to improve
air conditions unless he knows for q
certainty that lack of proper ventila-
ton is dangerous,
tAc OASeiiSt I1cdltu OcpdT tuleut, LII.
Rutland said, has no apparatus with
which to make accurate tests of car
bon dioxide, and is asking the Public
Health Service, which has the neces-
sary apparatus, to make such tests.
Meanwhile, the Public Utilities Com
mission, which has had an order un-
der advisement for several months,
was awaiting the results of tests being
made on ventilation in new buses at
the Bureau of Standards.
Evening star., 1936-04-29
ALUMNI TO BANQUET

The Southern Alumni Association Of
Phillips Exeter Academy will cele-
brate its thirtieth anniversary with a
dinner at z pm. tomorrow at the
Army and Navy Club. Howe Totten,
president, will preside.
Honor guests and principal speakers
will include James A. Tufts. professor
emeritus of the New Hampshire pre-
paratory school; Prof. Corning Benton
treasurer; Prof. Frank Cushwa, and
Ezra P. Rounds, director Of admis-
sions.
Members of the Arrangements CON-
mittee are Totten, Constant South
worth and Buel w. Patch.
Evening star., 1936-04-29
G. u. Psychiatrist Testifies
He Is Sure Defendant
Was MaIingering.
INSTRUCTIONS REMAIN
BEFORE DEBATE OPENS
Defense Seeks Charge Making
Possible Second-Degree Murder
and Manslaughter Verdicts.
BY WILLIAM S. TARVER.

Testimony in the District Supreme
Court first-degree murder trial Of
William H Reaguer, 57-year r-old Cul-
peper, Va, undertaken, was completed
this morning and there was posi-
bility that the case may reach the
jury today. 1t began week ago last
Monday.
An agreement between Justice Oscar
r. Luhring and both Government and
defense counsel on instructions to the
jury remains to be reached before
final, argument begins. Chief Defense
Attorney James A. O'Shea is expected
to make strenuous effort to persuade
Justice Luhring to include in his
charge instructions which will make
possible conviction of second-degree
murder and manslaughter as we'll as
a finding of not guilty because of in
sanity.
DR.. Richard B. Thibadeau, George
town University professor of psychi-
airy, the only witness today. told the
jury he believes that Reaguer was
sane October II, when he is alleged
to have killed Willie Mae Wood, 81
year-old bride of II days, in a down.
town hotel room. The girls head was
almost severed from her body with a
pocket knife.
Thinks Defendant Malingered.
The physician was put on the wit
ness stand to rebut testimony by
three defense alienists, who said they
thought the defendant was of un-
sound mind. DR.. Percy Hickling.
District alienist, another Govern
ment witness, testified yesterday that
Reaguer was sane.
DR.. Thibadeau said he examined
the undertaken week ago last Tues
day and found no evidence Of psy-
Ghosts. His test convinced him that
the man was malingering and at
tempting to feign insanity, DR.. Thi-
-hadeau declared. He said Reaguer
could remember testimony of the
opening day Of his trial and what he
had for dinner. but when given an
address to remember as a mental
test said he was unable to do So
Using blackboard, DR.. Thibadeau
demonstrated the effect on the brain
of arterio sclerosis. or hardening of
the arteries, with which Reaguer is
afflicted. The condition, he empha-
sized, had not unsettled Reaguer,s
mind
Mental "Borderland" Argued.
The case is being prosecuted by
Assistant United States Attorneys
Irwin Goldstein and Cecil r. Hef1in.
There was considerable discussion
between DR.. Hickling and both O'Shea
and Goldstein concerning a mental
'borderland" in which the doctor
said Reaguer belonged. He explained
that the percentage of persons so
classed who finally become insane is
smaller than that of normal indi-
viduals who go crazy.
Four lay witnesses, who knew Rea-
guer in Culpeper, also were presented
by the Government in rebuttal of the
insanity claim. They were Floyd H.
White and Giles Miller, bankers;
Sheriff Jesse j. Nash ard Turner
Foster, business man. All said they
noticed no change in Reaguer's behav-
ior or evidence of mental derange-
ment.
Evening star., 1936-04-29
WINS ORATORY CONTEST
Langley Student Takes First
Place in Optimists' Competition.

Glaston Hathaway, 14-year-old
Langley Junior High School student,
won first place in the Optimist Clubs
oratorieal contest yesterday at the
Mayflower Hotel. defeating Bollen Bell,
IA, and Lawrence Rosen, IS, in the
finals.
Glaston, who lives at eo7 Third
street, will represent Washington in
the district oratorical contest at the
Optimist convention here next month.
Winners of similar contests in Rich
mond and Baltimore will participate.
The winner win go to Fort Worth,
Tex, where he will compete with
Optimist orators from the United
States and Canada.
Evening star., 1936-04-29
RATS BITE CHILDREN
III SLEEPING IN BED

Thomas Seger, S, and his 3-year- old
sister, Roberta, $40 Potomac avenue
southeast, were recovering at their
home today from rat bites received
while they were asleep in bed yes
terday.
Their father was attracted by their
screams. He found Thomas bleeding
from bite on the lip and Roberta
from a bite on one hand.
n Mrs. Seger said the rats were excep-
Menally large They were attracted,
She told police. by grocery store in
the neighborhood.
Evening star., 1936-04-29
GOVERNMENT PREPARES
TO COMBAT DROUGHT
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Government is preparing for
action in the event of another great
drought this year despite week end
rains in the Southwestern dust bowl.
Secretary Wallace made this an
nouncement yesterday. He explained
the rains were .hopeful signs" but
much would depend on whether they
continued. The Secretary expects
May and June to be critical months"
In a radio address Wallace discussed
the Governments efforts to develop
long-range forecasting. and added:
I'VE cannot yet stop drought, but We
can make the consequences easier to
bear"
Evening star., 1936-04-29
Michigan Group to Dance.

The Observation-Disclosures Demo-
cratic Club will hold its third annual
dance tomorrow night in the Hamil.
ton Hotel. Guests of honor include the
following Representatives and their
wives: Brown. sadowski, Rabaut, DIM
sell and Lesinski Of Michigan.
Evening star., 1936-04-29
Iose Units Named Rush Juvenile Court Drug Control Bills
CrOn1,UeIIs Return
To Ne,U York after
Brief Visit Here
Former Doris Duke and
Husband Guests Of
Absent Host.

After a brief stay in Washington
as the guests of an absentee host,
MIR. and Mrs. James H. r. Cromwell
eluded reporters and left by train for
New York at 10 am. today.
Mrs. Cromwell, the former Doris
Duke, who has been described as
Americas richest BRIDE" and her
husband remained several days at the
Shoreham Hotel in the apartment of
George Marshall, head of chain
laundry. Marshall was out of the
city, however.
The Cromwells were married in
February, 1885, in the New York
mansion of the Dukes, and departed
for an extended honeymoon in Italy
and Egypt.
Employees of the hotel denied a
published report that the couple had
been sightseeing in "a cheap sedan. -
Why" exclaimed an attendant,
"the car in which they drove to the
station was gold-plated!"
DURHAM, N. c., April 20 CR.-Mrs.
James H. Cromwell of New York, the
former Doris Duke and one of the
worlds wealthiest women, played CO.
ed last week to observe campus life
at Duke University, it was revealed
today.
Dressed about like the average CO.
ed, hatless and wearing dark glasses,
Mrs. Cromwell went about the campus
for two days and escaped recognition
as the daughter of the university's
benefactor, the late J. B. Duke, to-
bacco and power millionaire.
Her hostess at the university was
Miss Mary Grace Wilson, assistant
dean of women.
Evening star., 1936-04-29
BR0WNURCESD.C.
BACK BOYS CLUB
Police Chief Cites $15,00O,.
600 Annual Cost of Crime
in Capital.

Pointing out that crime costs the
District more than s15,000.000 an
nually, Supt. of Police Maj Ernest w.
Brown today called upon citizens in
general, and business men in particu-
lar, to support the campaign to finance
the Boys Club of the Police Depart
ment.
The activities Of the club have
proved conclusively that juvenile de-
linquency can be materially reduced"
Maj. Brown said. Since the three
boys clubs now operating were
founded in 1884 juvenile delinquency
has decreased "a per cent in the COM
munities in which the clubs are
located"
Special Plea to Business Men.
Maj. Brown made special plea for
the support of business men, since, he
said, 'it is this group which pays
most of our crime bill"
The police chief emphasized that
every resident of the District pays $50
year as result of crime and its up
keep. The cost was listed as S6,927,-
900 for the maintenance of police,
courts, jail, reformatory, juvenile cor
rection and other agencies; $4,000, 900
as the Districts share in the Federal
war on crime and $3,000,000 property
losses to racketeers.
Clubs Aim to Nip Crime Early.
"Crime cannot be stamped out merely
through the arrest. conviction and
sentence of the criminal" Maj. Brown
said. THE boys clubs are doing their
part to prevent crime and to kill it in
its infancy"
The Police Department is seeking
s135, 900 to carry on its boys club work
and to wage fight on juvenile delin-
quency during the coming IL months.
Evening star., 1936-04-29

Italy's Living Costs Up.
Complaints against high living costs
are being heard in Southern Italy.
Evening star., 1936-04-29
WADES AFTER FISH
Man Lands 2So-Pound Sturgeon
With Hands,

COLUMBIA, sc. R).-When Lonnie
Goodwin noticed commotion in the
shallow waters Of the Columbia Canal
he waded in and hooked his fingers
in the gills Of a huge fish.
Two passersby saw his struggle and
beat the fish on the head with rocks.
Together they dragged it out.
It proved to be 289-pound stur-
geon measuring 3 feet.
The Washington times., 1936-06-10
Highghts From Steiwers Keynote Speech to G. o. P.

good enough then and Is not
good enough today.
This Is one way Of saying that
youth had been fettered and
mistreated in q society con-
trOlled by adults. He insinuates
that fathers and mothers lack
pride in their sons and that par.
ents and grandparents are in.
different to the future Of those
who bear their names.
Nor can this supposed handi-
cap compare with the cruel
slavery caused by the inherit
ance Of the New Deal debt.
New Deal extravaganza is bend.
ing the backs of the people with
an unfair burden and has con-
demned all the babies of the en-
tire nation to be rocked in era
dies decorated by debt.
I ask this questiOn-fOr how
long q period has the Federal
deficit exceeded that which the
President denounced? For three
long years!
The Nation must choose. We
can stand exposed to this chaos
or we can preserve for ourselves
and for our children q righteous
order of free opportunity.
The Washington times., 1936-06-10

ner In Washington, the New
Deal candidate asserted that the
basic issue In this campaign Is
the retention Of popular govern
ment. We agree. But we do
not agree that the peoples gov.
eminent Is retained under . sys-
tenn headed by . New Deal
Caesar.
Let us see how we as a nation
earn our living. In 1880 the
percentage of our people en-
gagged in agriculture was about
% and in industry was about
80. The other IS per cent gain
fully employed were in the serv.
ice occupations and dependent
upon the two great pillars, agri-
culture and industry.
The New Deal has driven .
wedge between what 1t calls the
"underprivileged' and the bust
ness man, the professional
man and the producer. To
strengthen its political hold, 1t
has adopted the un-American
attitude Of setting class against
class.
1t asserts that it has driven
the money changers" from the
temple. Where are these
money changers? They are
still in the temple. For the
present Administration, by its
tax bills, has tried to abolish
thrift in business and to put
every concern, big or little, into
the hands Of money lenders.
Indeed, the only business sue
ceSSfully fOStered by this Ad-
ministratiOn has been the debt
business. That has prOSpered.
at cOddleS agitatOrs and en-
cOurageS the purveyOrS Of un-
rest at q time when the nation
needs a firm and dignified lead
erShip. Not content to employ
professors and theorists as eco
nOmic advisers, the New Deal
has placed the affairs Of govern.
ment in their hands.
The New Deal prOpagandiStS
boast of its humanitarian pur-
poses and support this boast
by pointing to Federal aid Of
those in distress. Such aid was
and is an obvious duty of q
civilized nation. But the irony
of it is that the AdminiStra-
ton made only one gesture Of
a permanent character toward
fulfilling its pledge to balance
the Federal budget.
That was an act to reduce
compensation and to withhold
disqualification from the dis
abled veterans of our wars,
while at the same time the New
Deal planned lavish spending
for other purposes.
The Republican party will not
turn its back on those in dis
treSS, but it will make sure that
public funds voted to feed
hungry mouths will be used for
that purpose and will not be
employed for the enrichment Of
political StraphangerS.
When national resources and
credit are exhausted, the nation
The Washington times., 1936-06-10

the snoring in a room where some
500 men were sleeping. The scien-
lists have been puzzled by snoring
qualities, it is said, and will later
report their findings
The Washington times., 1936-06-10

has just conducted tests on sleep
ing noises in the dormitories of q
lodge for homeless men. Noise
measuring machines were used
and decibel ratings were given to