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Evening star., 1936-11-27
SELL
RECEIVER SLIPS
Federal and District Banks
Certificates Go for Christ.
mas Funds.

Depositors In two of the largest
closed banks here-the Federal Amer
ican National Bank & Trust Co. and
the District National Bank-have BE-
gun selling their receivers certifi-
Gates" at q discount to a dealer here
In order to raise funds for Christmas
shopping.
The dealer is paying 40 per cent Of
the balance due to depositors Of the
Federal and so per cent of the balance
due to District depositors. Each of
these banks already has paid so per
cent dividends.
At the Treasury Department it was
explained that the transactions are
being carried out according to estab-
lished practice and that both the de-
positors and the agent have q right
under the law to such dealings in ne
gotiable paper.
Indicates Amount Due.
The receivers certificate" Is issued
in the case Of any closed bank by the
receiver to indicate officially the
amount of claim the depositor holds
ASalIlot kklC 1CCCAtCloI oIAAP WAASA -
liquidating the bank. In presenting
this certificate to the agent, the dealer
explained today, the depositor is ex-
pected to identify himself properly as
the rightful owner Of the certificate
and indorse it over to the purchaser.
When the receivers pay dividends.
which are expected In the case Of both
of these institutions, the agent will
present the certificates he has bought.
and will be paid by the receiver on the
pro-rats basis of the dividend dis
tributed to all depositors.
The agent, it was further explained,
is thus making an investment in q
negotiable paper, providing cash to
the depositors who wish to sell, and
expecting returns when the dividends
are declared.
Example Of Transaction.
Here Is an example Of how the
transactions work. A depositor had
500 in the District National Bank and
already had collected the first dividend
of so per cent. leaving a remainder of
$50. He would sell his certificate to
the agent and receive so per cent Of
the balance due. which would be $25.
In the case of the Federal-American
Bank. the depositor would get 40 per
cent Of the remaining $50 or $40.
Evening star., 1936-11-27

will distribute Is per cent more play
things than last year. when a pack
worth s200,000.000 was distributed
throughout the country.
All Washington stores will be ready
for the Christmas shopping season
when they reopen tomorrow, following
todays holiday. Most of the larger
stores have had their Toylands open,
with Santas in charge, for a couple
Of weeks or so, and the others will
be added to the list tomorrow.
Through the cooperation Of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation. arrangements have been made
! to permit Capital residents to do their
yuletide shopping earlier this year
than ever before. This resulted from
study of last years merchandising
by a special committee headed by
John j. Halsey. On his statement
that District residents are eager to
shop early If they are assured that
complete Christmas lines are avail
able, many stores began ordering their
holiday merchandise as far back as
last Spring.
Rejecting this countrys enthusi-
asm for peaceful enterprise" said a
bulletin from the Toy Association,
more than SO per cent of Santa s
new toys initiate adult activity in
science, industry, homemaking, baby
care. fashion. art and transportation.
Toys and games inspired by G-men's
law enforcement activities, cowboys
and historical military events are the
battle strategies featured, but these
represent less than per cent Of the
total 1896 volume"
Complete Line Of Furniture.
Like the real world which it strives
to initiate, Toyland Is geared for q
record boom in home building and
furnishings, complete with landscap-
ing, garages and period and modern
istic furniture. And the field OF
transportation is represented by min
iature automobiles, trailers, airplanes,
airports and filling stations, in addi-
ton to the railroads.
Dolls also have gone modern, many
Of them featuring the latest coiffures,,
painted finger nails and, in the more
costly models, the ability to walk.
Adult demand for parlor games"
says the T. A. bulletin, have boosted
sales 100 per cent"
Here are some Of the other latest
developments in Toyland:
A catapult device to launch planes.
An electric train so small that 1t
works like watch. incidentally,
it's considerably more expensive than
many Of the larger models.)
Railroad systems with baggage
chutes, Illuminated passenger cars,
six-drive locomotives, milk cars, auto
cars, log and sand cars.
Doll Houses That Grow.
"Add-a-room doll houses, which
permit children to construct their
homes" gradually, with lamps that
light and door bells that ring.
Dolls that can smile or pout, or both.
An electric "eye," by which train
sets can be controlled with a mere
wave Of the hand.
An electric pencil for wood burning
from stenciled outlines.
A tapestry weaving set.
my, N.Y." Santa mused, running
his eye down the foregoing list. Aren't
the boys and girls and"-he winked
again-"their papas and mamas In
for swell time this Christmasl"
Evening star., 1936-11-27

spent much money and time making
the public familiar with it. But 1t
was only a week later when the
Metropolitan also revamped its store
front 80 as to substantially match,
copy and simulate the design adopted
by the plaintiff"
Sign Placed on Front.
1t was at this time, the Sun de-.
clared, that the Metropolitan had
placed on its store front, in large
black letters, the words use this
entrance" with the word entrance"
inside yellow arrow in front of the
Metropolitan store, the suit asserted.
1t added that the Metropolitan has
only one entrance.
There never has been anything on
the windows of the competing store
to indicate the name Of its proprietor,
the Sun stated, explaining that the
only designation has been q canvas
Evening star., 1936-11-27
Quick Thinking insufficient.

CHICAGO R.-Emerick Trandel
Of 3422 Augusta street did some quick
thinking when his car struck Edward
Evans, but it didn't stand up against
the more contemplative variety. Tran
del told Evans his name was Jim
Lednart." Evans later discovered the
name was false, but he found the cor
rect one by transposing the letters.
Trandel's penalty for fleeing the scene
Of an accident was i've days IN jail.
Evening star., 1936-11-27
ID. c. AIRPORT UNIT
TO RESUME STUDY
| 0NC!|v|L TERMINAL
Subcommittee vii! Make
Report at Meeting
December 7.
SITE INFORMATION
TO BE KEPT SECRET
None to Be Released Prior to
Presentation to House
and Senate.

The District Airport Commission,
created at the last session of Congress
to select site for civil air terminal
for the Capital, will meet December z
at Q pm. in the Office OF its chairman,
Senator King of Utah.
At this meeting, its first since early
in the Summer, the commission will
receive a report from a subcommittee
headed by Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover,
chief of the Army Air Corps, on the
results Of its study of local sites.
The report will be made confiden-
TALLY, Senator King said, and no in
formation concerning the sites or find
ings will be made public prior to the
submission by the commission Of its
confidential report to the Senate and
House, probably in January.
Legislation Long Considered.
For 10 years Congress has considered
legislation to provide a model civil
air terminal for Washington. Year
after year the matter has wound up In
a congressional pigeonhole or In q
deadlock as q result of controversy
over rival sites, chief among them
Washington Airport and Gravelly
Point. Creation Of the commission
last Spring was intended to break the
deadlock and give Congress a basis
upon which to work in legislating for
the aeronautical needs of Washington.
The Airport Commission is COM
posed of Senator King, chairman:
Senators Copeland Of New York and
Austin of Vermont; Representatives
Norton Of New Jersey, Nichols Of Ok
lahoma and Cole of New York; Gen.
Westover, Frederic A. Delano, chair
man of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, and Col Dan L
Sultan, District Engineer Commis.
sioner.
Subcommittee Members.
The subcommittee. which has been
studying sites and attempting to OUT
line the airport needs of the COM
munity. is composed Of Gen. West-
over, Senator Austin and Represent
ative Nichols. Nichols is secretary
both Of the commission and Of the
subcommittee.
The report Of the subcommittee, It
is understood, will include recon-
mendations as to the kind of airport
Washington should have, how large it
should be and the physical require
ments which must be met. It also will
include one or more recommended
sites. with detailed information and
aerial photographs Of each site.
The commission was authorized only
to make recommendations to Con-
gress, which must approve its choice,
pass enabling legislation and provide
funds for construction.
Evening star., 1936-11-27
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Army Band in the audi
torium at 4:3o pm. today, Capt.
Thomas r. Darcy, conducting.
PROGRAM
I.sso hsn'tsRs.i. o% G. .ss
Fox trot. "Biue Eyes" from Erik Cha
relPs white Horse Inn" ---Stolz
Duet for Z nat and B nat clarinets.
Dialogue" ----- Hamm
Ernest Thompson and Raymond Meyer,
soloists
Minuet and barcarole from ''The Tales
"sprinrtime In Chinatown" ----1-Renton
"Andsntino" for brass choir Mosart
March, Flag Of victory Blon
THE Bar 09enGle6 banner"
Evening star., 1936-11-27
BY JOSEPH s. EDGERTON.

Separated by death, whose touch
he, too, could feel, from his Siamese
twin brother, Lucio, Simplicio Godino
today faces q strange life as a normal
individual.
The Godino twins. % years old,
were well known in Washington, where
they lived, played and went to school
Since reaching manhood they had
spent number of vacations here.
Their childhood vow to 60 through
life together, attached at the base of
the spine by q mass of muscle and
cartilage, was dissolved Tuesday night
when Lucio died Of pneumonia in a
New York hospital. Although they
lay in their hospital bed, back to
back, as they have gone through life,
Simplicio knew the moment when his
brother died, he said later. In perfect
health himself, he told how he felt
distinctly the tide of death sweep
through his brother and though there
was no movement to tell the story, he
knew without putting his hand back
that Lucic was dead.
In that moment he knew q more
intimate contact with death and q
more personal experience Of the spirit
departing from a body in which he
then had part than any other man
according to accounts from the bed
side.
Operation Delicate One.
There followed a delicate operation
to separate the living from the dead
In addition to the broad. heavy mass
Of muscle and sinew which bound
them, they had part of the colon in
common and this had to be moved into
Simplicios body.
Simplicio smiled today when sur
geons told him he has excellent
chances of living as a healthy, normal
man, according to an Associated Press
dispatch. It was announced that
Simplicio had "a good night, with tenn
perature, pulse and respiration good
and the prognosis continus to be good.
It will be necessary for simplicio to
learn to stand and walk by himself
after his recovery from the mental
and physical shock of his brothers
death and their separation. From
earliest childhood 1t was Lucio who
walked forward and led the way, while
Eimplicio walked backward.
In their childhood, while they
lived in the Cleveland Park section
with their guardian, T. r. Yangco.
former resident commissioner from
the Philippines, it was Lucio who went
ahead always. When they were boys
one of their favorite diversions was
riding q sort Of glorified "kiddy car"
Lucio sat facing forward and did the
steering. Simplicio faced backward
and pushed with his feet.
During one of their last extended
vacations here, in 1924, they pointed
out to an interviewer points Of inter-
est in their memory Of the city. One
particularly important point is the
foot Of Q hill on Ordway street, where
they narrowly missed death one Win
ter day during . sleigh ride.
Fun-Isving and Polite.
They lived here In several parts OF
town. For about . year and half
they were In the vicinity Of Capitol
Hill. Later they lived near Rock
Creek Park on p street and later in
Cleveland Park. They are remem-
bered as active. happy, fun-loving
youngsters, well educated and very
polite.
During their 1924 interview here.
they said that, although they had been
assured by officials at Walter Reed
Hospital and ut Johns Hopkins Uni.
versity In Baltimore that they could
- a~narnfnA ~ aasraaeu thar Boo-
Evening star., 1936-11-27
Fox Frightens Hounds.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. R.-Urged on
by the hunters, the hounds tore after
the fox over snowy fields. In no
hurry. the fox stopped when sur
rounded and snapped ut the pursuers.
Back fell the long ears Of the hounds.
Down went their tails. And they
hacked away.
Evening star., 1936-11-27
So 900 ARMED FARMERS
to- JOIN MExICO'S ARMY
Rife-Bearing Agrarian Units to
Be Incorporated Into Main
Force December /.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, November a.
Farmers bearing rifles soon will swell
Mexico's army to the 100000 mark.
The armed sgrarian units number
ing $4,000 men will be incorporated
into the army December / and will
undergo military review November 20.
Nominaily reserves" the "soldados
Campesinos" actually will be used side
by side with an approximately equal
number Of regulars to police the coun-
.try-the chief use to which this
country's relatively small army Is put.
Organization Of the agrarian re-
serves was started April / this year.
I'VE are putting arms into the
hands Of the masses" President La
zaro Cardenas explained. so that
they can defend the patrimony which
the revolution u giving TO them"
Evening star., 1936-11-27

~ EAL life in miniature is tn,
- motif Of modern Toyland-
N and. according to q conf
4 ' Dental report from SAINTS
Claus. papa and mama play, as vel
as pay.
Take electric trains, for example
The more expensive models-and the!
run into rather fancy prices-will dt
just about everything real ones vii
do, short of carrying passengers ant
freight. They're streamlined, jus
like the fastest full-sized trains, anG
they'll travel at several different rate!
of speed; they'll respond to the usua
railroad signals, move backward a!
well as forward and, at the same time
keep the family informed as to theil
comings and goings by emitting {
variety of meaningful blasts on theil
whistles.
And don't think the family-the
whole family. that is-isn't inter.
ested!
Fathers Wide-Eyed, Too.
As a matter Of fact, fully two-thirds
of all the electric trains delivered te
good little boys and, for that matter
girls, Kris Kringle conf1ded, furnish
as much fun for adults as they dc
for children.
Fathers seem to be especially keer
about electric trains" said a down
town department store Santa. "Oi
course, mothers get kick out OF
them. too but it's nothing compared
to the fun that most fathers have
"You ought to see 'em come ir
here-dignified-lo looking gentlemen, ir
many instances, standing around the
train display, asking questions, watch
ing everything with the wide-eyed
interest of kids.
And it's the same with the mothers
except that most of them are more
interested in dolls than in any other
kind of toys. You can tell by the
way they pick 'em up and fondle
'em that they're just as thrilled as
any little girl would be-"
Father Tries Oman Set.
But adult interest in Toyland isn't
confined to trains and dolls. The
other day, for instance, a portly,
middle-aged man walked into a toy
department with a boy Of 7 or
and asked to see "G-man finger
printing set." A black case contain
ing, according to the blurb on the in
side of the cover, complete material
for q personal flngerprinting labora-
tory" was produced by the sales
man.
Gee" the boy exclaimed, eyeing
the case and its contents now I can
be a real Oman, can't I daddy?"
The father studied The directions
thoughtfully for minute or two, then
said:
Lets see how 1t works."
He took the youngsters right hand
and, with one eye on the directions,
made one fingerprint after another.
You could see he was having the
time of his life" said Santa. when
a print was good, he'd exclain, Fine
or Swell; when it didn't turn out Sc
well, however, he'd growl, Lousy.
was little afraid for while that he
was going to use up everything in the
box, but the kid kept chirping, Let
me try it, daddy and the father
finally stepped aside. Then, after the
boy had made one print, his father
said:
"'You 60 over and tell Sanity to
bring you one. I'll wait here
And, of course" Kris added with
wink, you know what happened
while the youngster was telling me
about i'll"
This is going to be a "big year" for
Toyland, according to the Toy Asso-
citation, which predicts that Santa
Evening star., 1936-11-27
WARMER is FORECAST
FOR D. c. TOMORROW
Continued Low Temperatures Due
to Prevail Today and
Tonight.

Washington tomorrow, according to
the Weather Bureau.
The forecaster wouldn't predict how
high the mercury would climb, but
said the weather would be appreciably
warmer than today.
Continued low temperatures were
expected to prevail today and tonight.
The highest Thermometer reading
yesterday was IS, only , degrees above
freezing. The "low" this morning
was 80.
Evening star., 1936-11-27
Veteran Engineer Retires.

William Sparshatt. rail speed
king" Of Great Britain, who made
records as engineer on fast trains,
has retired at SO after 4e years of
service.
Evening star., 1936-11-27
NHARGING that . competing
store had initiated its slogan,
as well as its window color
schemes, and finally displayed


Use this entrance" sign in order
to divert its customers, the Sun Radio
Service and Supply Co., 938 F street.
appealed to District Court today for
relief.
The trade practices complained of
have continued since the Metropolitan
Radio Co., Inc, was established at s04
F street in October. 1885, the Sun
asserted, asking for an Injunction. 1t
alleged that the Metropolitan has at
tempted to "inveigle a part of The
public into believing it was connected
with the plaintiff"
Early this month, the court was
told. the Sun changed the entire design
of its store front, although it had
The Washington times., 1936-12-21
II NEO WASHINGToHS a
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Law Enforcement Is a Tradition in the Cree
Family; Father and Two Sons Served
Department Here

There is a tradition in the Creel
family. It is a tradition of law
enforcement, and began in 1901
when Clarence S. Creel left the
U. S. Army and joined the Metro
politan Police Department.
Today Mr.. Creel is retired, and
his three stalwart sons have
taken up the tradition to serve
in the interests OF law and order.
There is one, Melvin P. Creel,
who is serving as a patrolman in
the Twelfth precinct, and another.
Ralph w. Creel, who is serving in
the same capacity in the Second
precinct. And there is still third,
the oldest, who is sheriff of Ala
media county, Calf.
And as their model, the three
sons take their father, the origi-
nator of the tradition of law en-
forcement.
The elder Creel was one of the
crack football players of the Army
when he was in service.
His Army days behind him, Mr..
Creel began to pound the pave
ments in "Foggy Bottom" and
Navy Place" at a time when a
nightstick broken over some cul-
prit's head was a necessary por-
tion of police routine in these Sec
tionS.
And not far away in Boston
town" in old Georgetown, Mr..
The Washington times., 1936-12-21
National University
Law School
Winter Term Begins

January 4, 1887, at $3.50 P. M.
Standard three-year course lead
ing to degrees of LIB. and I'D.
Graduate courses leading to de-
grees of LIN, M.P.L., and SID.
All classes held at hours con-
venient for employed students.
The Washington times., 1936-12-21
AIRPORT BODY
MEETS TODAY

Hoping to end a reported dead
lock over two proposed sites for
a municipal airport in the Ma.
tion's Capital, the Washington
Airport Commission was sched-
uled to meet today.
Sites under consideration are
the washington Airport and GRAY
ely Point. The commission Is
headed by Senator William H
King CD, Utah.
Since Congress adjourned both
sites have undergone consider
able improvements. The airport
has constructed new runways and
several acres of land have been
pumped into swampy sections al
GraVelly Point.
The Washington times., 1936-12-21
H0LDUPS
IN WEEKEND
REPORTED

Five persons reported holdups,
one woman reported her purse was
snatched and two reported thefts,
over the weekend, according to
police today.
James Morrow, of AIS Neal Pl.
N. W., reported that while walking
in the 400 block of o st. N. W.,
four colored men robbed him of
$3.50.
Delbert Rollison, 81, cab driver
living in the 5000 block of M st.
N. W., is in Garfield Hospital with
a possible fracture of the skull
after being slugged and robbed of
his cab and money by two colored
passengers who asked to be driven
to the 400 block Morton st. N. w.
Robinson was found unconscious
on the sidewalk by paSsersby who
called police.
Held Up In Home
Frank While, colored, reported
that two colored men came to his
house in the 1900 block Six and
Half st. N. w. last night looking
for a room," and held up While
and five guests at the point of
revolverS and robbed them of
about $18.
Clifton F. Smith, Al, of the 5000
block Forty-first st. N. w. told po-
lice he met man on Ninth st.
and had a couple of drinks with
him, hired cab and drove to an
alley in the rear of 1900 L st.
N. w. DismisSing the cab the
stranger Slugged Smith and took
SIS in cash. Smith is in Emer-
gency Hospital, his condition "un-
determined"
Mrs. Lawrence T. Merton of the
1000 block Monroe st. N. w. re-
ported the theft of her purse con-
tanning 1922, a ring valued at $3.50
and wedding ring valued at $40.
She told the police the purse was
hidden under the mattress. A
roomer was arrested and police
say they found the missing ar
ticleS.
Purse Snatched
Elizabeth Entriken of the 900
block D st. N. E. told police her
pocketbook containing $3.50 was
Snatched by white boy who made
a getaway in a sedan parked near
the corner of her home.
Hilda Sanford of the 100 block
P st. N. w. reported the theft of
her purse containing currency,
eyeglasses valued at SIS, some
stamps and a platinum pendent
with diamonds valued at $1OO. The
purse, she said, was left on the
table in her apartment.
The Washington times., 1936-12-21
HOLIDAY TRUCE
IN TAXI WAR

BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 81.
Christmas spirit was paid homage
by striking Baltimore cab drivers
today when they observed the first
day of truce which will continue
through to January 2.
Officials Of the Diamond Cab
Company here and chauffeurs rep
resentativeS laid aside differences
which have tied up more than one.
third of the city'S taxicabs for the
last eight days. and agreed on a
holiday armistice which permits
resumption Of service through the
'Yule season.
The agreement was made in
the presence Of Governor Nice
and the chauffeurs agreed to
give proper and efficient" Serv-
ice during the truce period.
Company officials agreed to
the terms Of the truce to rehire
all striking cabmen without
prejudice. This Includes the
chauffeurs whose discharge pre-
cipitated the strike.
The Washington times., 1936-12-21

Creel engaged in battle Of a life
time. He answered a call to help
a colored woman who was having
difficulties with her husband.
But when he arrived both the huS-
band and wife swung on him.
She welded a huge flatiron and
the husband took up a cudgel. The
law finally was triumphant, if q
bit SCARED.
During the World War Mr.. Creel
was assigned to stand guard at
the old Aqueduct Bridge, and re-
counts with pride the fact that
he gave President Wilson an
Army salute every day when the
wartime Presidents car drove by
Mr.. Creel and his wife live at
GIT Keefer Pl. N. W., and recently
celebrated their thirty-fifth we'd
ding anniversary.