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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
By IDA JEAN KAHN

OOnC waste CneSe precious years
letting your muscles get soft and
lazy, going on diets which lessen
your vitality, and doing without
the sleep you need for good nerves
and proper development.
Sports in your youth will give
you good leg muscles, strong,
Shapely thighs, slim hips and a
supple waist. With trained mus
Giles throughout your body, you
cannot get out Of shape.
There is no time like youth for
acquiring posture that will carry
you through to success. st nd up
for every inch of your height. If
you are a tall girl, capitalize on
your height, and if you are short,
stand tall. Stopped shoulders, sway
back and Slumping at this age will
forever mar your figure.
Don't worry too much about
your weight. Teen Age curves go
with health, beauty and a sunny
disposition. Five or ten pounds of
rounded pulchritude are not
enough to send you on a diet.
If you are definitely overweight,
see your doctor before adopting
any type of reducing diet. Forty
pounds excess weight may mean
glandular deficiency, which should
be under the supervision Of a ply
Sician.
However, 20 pounds excess weight
may be due entirely to wrong food
habits. You are not eating enough
Of the protective foods for your
health, and too many carbohy-
drateS and fats for your weight.
You can lose the excess simply
by the correction of your eating
habits, not by going on a diet.
You need lean meat, milk, eggs,
fruits, vegetables and whole grain
every day. Teen age overweights
do not need in-between-neal cal
cries in th% form Of chocolate nut
sundaes. sodAS and candles.
Cut out all piece-mealing. Also, II
you are greatly overweight, it
would be best for you to trim the
fat from Jour meat, restrict des-
sertS to flesh fruits, use milk in
stead Of cream on fruits and
cereals, aud drink buttermilk or
SKINNED milk.
You have everything, so make
something of it! We almost agree
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
M0USEWRECKS
CAR, 3HURT

OLD sAYBROOK, Conn, July
ia man, his wife and their son,
summer residents of Old Saybrook,
were riding in their car near the
Connecticut River Bridge when q
mouse appeared on the steering
wheel. The motoriSt, terrified, lost
control of his car and it crashed
through a highway fence, tearing
down two posts.
The car. with a front tire blown
out, was abandoned until the
mouse was evicted. The shaken up
motorists refused to disclose their
identity and went on their way
when the damage had been re-
paired.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
MILK ACCORD
OPPOSED

Claiming to have obtained thou
sands Of Washington milk con-
sumers registered in opposition to
a proposed milk marketing agree
ment for the District area, mem
herS Of the Consumers Council
were prepared to put up a last
ditch fight at a mass meeting
Monday at the Department Of
Agriculture when hearing on the
proposed agreement is opened.
Mrs. John Boyle, head Of the
council. declared she was conf
dent the organization through
door-to-door canvaSses would have
at least 10000 signatures to pro-
tests to present at the hearing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
HOUR
CHANGE IS
APPROVED

Approval of a 9:l5 a. m. in
stead of 8 a. m. starting hour for
public schools as a means of i'm
proving conflicting traffic condi-
lions was voted by the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission yesterday in concluding
a tWo-day session and recessing
until September "a.
Chairman Frederic A. Delano
told the commission members a
canvass of parents by the Board
of Education revealed sentiment
for a change from the present 8
a. m. hour to $3.50 a. m. and $50
a. m.
The commission recommended
to Secretary of Interior Harold L,
Ickes that the new drives in the
Mall be christened Madison,
Washington, Adams and Jefferson
drives. The commission urged the
drive nearest Constitution Avenue
be named for Thomas jefferson,
the author of the Constitution.
Landscape plans submitted by
Municipal Architect Nathan C,
Wyeth for development in Judi
ciary Square and plans for two
projects submitted by John Ihlder,
Of the Alley Dwelling Authority,
were approved.
Senator William H. King, chair.
man of the Senate District Com.
mittee, reported traffic conditions
in the Capital had improved and
promised to speed up handling Of
any legislation for better improve.
ment sponsored by the commits.
sion.
Transfer of Battery Cove, near
Alexandria, from the War Depart
ment to the National Parks Serv.
ice and approval Of plans for q
land-use survey of a 120-acre tract
owned by the Federal Government
below Great Falls, both to be in.
corporated in the George Wash.
ington Memorial Parkway, also
was voted by the commission.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
Star Dwarfs the Sun

DT. Pease, Of Mount Wilson,
using the new 50-foot interferome-
ter. has succeeded in finding the
diameter Of the star, Epsilon
Pegasi. It is 100000 miles, or
about 100 times that Of the sun.
This star is 800 lightyears distant,
according to q Hayden Plane
tarium bulletin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
Efegie!

Etegie!
The critic tolls the knell Of
parting play,
The customers wind slowly to
the Ell;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
Berlin Counts Faiths

BERLIN G.N.SO.-Of about T..
100000 residents here, 100000 be-
long to the Jewish faith, latest
statistics reveal. Over 100000
are Protestants, 100000 Roman
Catholics, and $4,000 members Of
other religious communities. Six
hundred thousand do not belong
to any religious denomination.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18

with George Bernard Shaw that
youth is so wonderful it Is too
bad to waste it on children!
It's smart to be healthy and an
advantage to excel at sports. II
you will 60 in for sports, develop
lovely posture and form correct
food habitS-youu bring your fig
ure up right.
BALANCED REDUCING MENU
Breakfast
CALORIEs
Tomato Juice, 1 glass ............. so
Toast. thin slices .........:..!.. 100
Butter. ~ pat ................. 80
Coffee, 1 teaspoon cream ..........
1 rounded teaspoon sugar ....... 80
800
Luncheon
Cold meat sandwich (mustard) %. $50
Buttermiik or SKINNED milk. ...... so
$50
BrOiled chicken ...,.......,s... 200
Corn.On.cOb. 2 small ears ......... 100
Chopped vegetable salad (VinegRr).. 26
HOneydew melon :. ............ 50
Iced tea. heaping teaspoon singer. so
405
TOTAL CALORIES FOR DAY. 1885
Your Dietitian,
IDA JEAN KAHN.
copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
Camera Man Dies
In Picture Race

BIRMINGHAM, Mass, July 10
illustrating to get scoop"
photographs of a Southboro auto
crash, Harold Weeks, 40,
Wellesley photographer, was "a
tally injured yesterday when his
automobile crashed head-on with
a truck on the Worcester turnpike.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18

Producers know their heads are
growing gray,
For authors never do just
right by Nell;
Box offices, grow simmer by the
hour,
Each broker hopes to get his
Scalper's fee;
Fl. it nighters say the play Is
worse than sour,
And leave the show to Gains
warehouse and me!
-DEANE JANIS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
Program Tuesday at Sylvan

A varied program will be pre-
sented in tn National Sylvan
Theater Tuesday at 8 p. m. by
the Westbrook Trio, the Washing
ton Civic Orchestra, Hester Walker
Beall, Clarence w. Moore, Forney
Reese and the Estelle Wentworth
Opera Group.
The Washington times., 1936-12-17
INTERIOR SING
BIDS ISSUED

A blanket invitation for Christ
mas carol Community Sing" to-
day was issued all persons affil-
lated with the Department of In
terror by the Public Works Ad-
miniStration Chorus.
To be held Tuesday at 4:30 p.
m. in the auditorium of the De
partment of Interior, the "sing''
will be led by the PWA choristerS
-65 voices strong-and will be
augmented with a movie program.
At the same time, Jane r. Allen,
chairman of the membership COM
mittee of the chorus, stated that
35 additional singers are being
sought for membership. In re-
hearsal since october, the chorus
intends to present 100 singers at
it's initial concert in mid-January,
Miss Allen said.
According to Miss Allen, applica-
tions may be made to Kathryn
Whalen, of the Housing Division;
Kathryn Masco, Division of Ac-
counts; Ned Feigert, Inspection Di-
vision; Elizabeth Augermann, In
spection Division; Lee Riley, Prof.
ects Division, or Mary Know Will
lett, director of the chorus.
The Washington times., 1936-12-17
DR.. Molly Carroll
To Speak Tomorrow

DR.. Molly Carroll, director Of
the Research Division of the
Workers Education Bureau of the
American Federation of Labor,
will be one of the principal speak
ers Friday night at the first Of
the monthly forum meetings of
the Women's Trade Union League
of Washington.
The meetings will be held at
the Y. w. C. A. beginning at
8 p. m. DR.. CAROLS topic will
be Growth of Organizations in
the Service Trades"
The Washington times., 1936-12-17
Conference Tonight
On Navy Yard Dance

Members of the Navy Yard Re.
tirement Committee will hold a
special meeting at the Southeast
Library 7:30 o'clock tonight, to
make arrangements for it's annual
entertainment and dance January
30, 1887, at the Mayflower Hotel.
The committee on general ar
rangements is composed of Jack
O'Connell, chairman; Charles C.
Gillikan, James D. Sibbett, Edward
D. Dion, Thomas j. Hughes, Thorn
as D. Stuart and Harry H. Mccall.
The Washington times., 1936-12-17
u. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Sun rises tomorrow at 1922 a. m.
and sets at 4:48 p. m.
Moon rises today at 9:49 a. m.
and sets at 8:36 p. m.
Moon rises tomorrow at 1921
a. m. and sets at Gal p. m.
TEMPERATURES IN OTHER CITIES
The Washington times., 1936-12-17
Gold Output Up

CANBERRA, Australia U.N.SO.
A 80 per cent increase in Austria
las gold compared with last year
is revealed in the official returns
for the first nine months of this
year, just issued by the common
wealth statistician, DR.. Wilson.
The Washington times., 1936-12-17

District of Columbia-Generally
fair and colder, lowest temperature
about 80 degrees tonight; Friday
cloudy and somewhat colder, prob
ably followed by rain in afternoon
or at night; moderate to fresh
north to northeast winds.
Maryland-Generally fair and
colder tonight; Friday cloudy and
colder, followed by rain in after
noon or at night.
Virginia-Generally fair, colder
in east and central portions to-
night; Friday probably rain, colder
in the interior.
Temperatures
Yesterday Today
4p.m........43 4am. Al
pm. IA Sam. IS
Midnight. Al Noon. SO
Departures From Normal
Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January /, 1886, 377.
Deficiency of temperature since
December /, 1886, II.
Accumulated deficiency Of pre-
cipitation since January /, 1886,
1.31.
Excess of precipitation since De-
cember /, 1886, ITS.
Temperature same date last
year-higheSt, 80; lowest, 80.
Tide Table
High tide today at 1915 a. m. and
1926 p. m.
Low tide today at 4:52 a. m. and
4:43 p. m.
High tide tomorrow at II a. m.
and 11:19 p. m.
Low tide tomorrow at $50 a. m.
and 5:25 p. m.
Sun and Moon
Sun rises today at 1921 a. m. and
sets at 4:47 p. m.
Evening star., 1936-07-17
D. c. YOUTH BROWNS
AS CHUM WATCHES
Walter Yebens Loses Life in
/ Canal-Boy Thought Cries
Were in Jest.

Eighteen-year-old Walter Yebens,
6815 Sherrier place, was drowned in
the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal about
half mile above Chain Bridge shortly
before noon today.
Yebens, In company with a 14-year-
old chum, Raymond Miller, 1882 N
street, was in the water alone when
Miller saw him go under. As he came
to the surface Yebens called for help,
but the younger lad thought he was
joking and told him ito stop the
foolishness."
Two men-Dr. John Grady, 1905
Third street, a veterinarian, and O.
retired policeman named De Mean
were walking along the river side of
the canal about 200 yards from the
scene when they heard Yebens' cry.
They dived into the canal several
times, but failed to find the youth.
Yebens' body was recovered by sew
enth precinct police about an hour
and a half later.
Yebens' father, carpenter, said
his son and Miller, who lives next to
the Yebens home, had started out to
pick blackberries. He said Walter
could not swim.
Evening star., 1936-07-17
Drought Loss No,U Billion p.
As Deaths Cain IN Midwest

extreme Northern Wisconsin and the
western part Of upper Michigan.
Higher temperatures, with the mer-
curry well over the hundred mark, was
the dreary prediction for South Da-
kota, Nebraska, Kansas, Southern
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Northern
and Central Illinois, Indiana and
Southern Wisconsin.
The only bright spot in these States
was in Southern Illinois, where sud-
deh downpours drer1ched fields and led
Forecaster Lloyd to say that the
drought had been broken in that area.
Sizzling heat was forecast for Okla
homa, with continued high tempera-
lures In Montana and Wyoming.
A tenth of an inch Of rain fell at
Aberdeen, 8. Dak, last night, where
the mercury had skyrocketed to III
degrees. Rain ct Grand Forks, N. OAK,
dropped the temperature to 90 degrees
from q high OF 104.
Hot spots yesterday were: Phoenix,
Ariz, ll2: Bismarck, N. OAK, ITO;
Concordia, Kans., 10s; Devils Lake.
N. Oak, 106; North Platte, Nebr., 1o6;
st. Joseph, Mo-, LOG; Sioux City, Iowa,
108; Valentine, Nebr., 108; wichita,
Kans., l08; Kansas City, Mo-, l06;
Huron, 3. OAK, 10s; Omaha, Nebr-
LOG, and Boise. Idahos 104. 4
Evening star., 1936-07-17
Economists Help Byrd Seek
Changes in U.S.. Organization
BrOOkings Institution
and McCarI Push Studies
to LOtUer Costs.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

Under contract with Senator Harry
F. Byrd of Virginia, chairman of the
special Senate Committee on Govern
ment Reorganization, and with the
approval of Chairman Buchanan of
the special House Committee, which
is cooperating, the Brookings Insti-
tuition is making an intensive fact
finding study Of the governmental set
up, with suggestions for reorganiza-
ton, to report before Congress con-
venes January S.
Senator Byrd also will avail him.
self OF an offer by J. r. McCarl, who
has just retired as controller general,
to help in the proposed reorganization.
Senator Byrd. with his advisory COM
mittee, will then start hearings and
hope to get a reorganization program
before Congress early in the January
session.
Enjoying vacation at his Summer
cottage at Skyland, Senator Byrd en-
phasized that governmental reorgani-
zation is the biggest job ahead Of Con-
gress: Something must be done be-
cause of the very real need for re-
duction in cost Of government, which
the people are demanding" he said.
Evening star., 1936-07-17
b. the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. July ia whitening
sun in a cloudless sky glared down on
the vast "swelter belt of the Mid
west today in continuation Of its A.
day heat-drought siege. Loss of hu-
man life still mounted. Crop dam
age, estimated at more than a billion
dollars several days ago, rose.
And no general relief was sighted.
Weather Forecaster j. r. Lloyd held
out some hope for the northern tier
of Central States, where showers and
cooler weather were predicted for to-
night. The fatality total neared 4, 400,
despite q marked decrease In the
death rate.
With each day Of drought pyramid
ing the vast total Of corn irreparably
damaged, traders in the Chicago mar
ket again hoisted July corn contracts
at the opening 4 cents o bushel. to %
cents. This was on top Of an equal
rise yesterday-the maximum allowed
any one day under trading rules.
Profit taking later reduced the gain,
but the market remained buoyant.
Light to medium local showers and
cooler weather were forecast for North
Dakota, where much Of the grain was
beyond help; for Northern Michigan
Evening star., 1936-07-17
U. SIS ACE WITNESS
CALLED IN HAMM CASE
Bolton, Confessed Kidnaper, to
Testify in Trial of Peifer
Today.
Ry the Associated Press.


ST. PAUL, July 1.-THE Federal
Government today called its ace wit
ness, Byron Bolton, confessed kid
naper. to testify in the trial Of John
Peifer, former st. Paul night club
operator, charged with conspiracy in
the abduction of william Hamm, jr.,
wealthy brewer.
Bolton, member of the Barker -Karpis
gang, which engineered the kidnapping
Of Hamm here in June, 1888, and held
him for 100000 ransom. already has
pleaded guilty and Is awaiting SEN
tence.
George F. Sullivan, United States
district attorney, said Bolton was ex-
pected to be the Governments main
stay in the case against Peifer. Sulli-
van said the prosecution hoped to prove
that Peifer received $4,000 for his
share Of the kidnap proceeds and that
he also brought $50, 900 additional to
st. Paul for payments to unnamed
persons here.
Evening star., 1936-07-17
B0ATWR|GHT HERE
|NG-MEN PROBE
st. Paul Secret Service Chief
Confers With Treasury
on "Sniping."
BY REX COLLIER.

Grady L. Bostwright, Secret Service
agent in charge of the St. Paul Office,
arrived here today and went into con-
ference Immediately with Treasury
officials regarding mysteriously-
directed and Unauthorized" investiga-
ton of the G-men by Secret Service
agents in the Midwest
Boatwright, who is said to have ad-
mitted he conducted an inquiry in st.
Paul int othe fatal shooting in 1884 by
Justice agents of Eddie Green, Dillin-
ger machine gunner, was closeted with
w. H. Reynolds, administration assist
ant to Treasury Secretary Morgenthau
and w. H. Moran, Secret Service
chief.
Joseph Murphy. assistant chief Of
the service, who, it is understood, was
named by Boatwright as the official
who ordered him to make the inquiry.
is en- route to Washington from Los
Angeles. Murphy has telephone Nc
Reynolds his horror" that anything
l might have told my men had been
misconstrued by them"
Several Days Inquiry.
1t was said at the Treasury this
afternoon that McReynolds' investiga-
ton of the "ill-advised" activities of
secret service men in st. Paul and
Chicago will consume several days. A
number of persons are to be inter-
viewed, it was stated.
Secret Service agents in Chicago are
reported to have questioned police
officials there about the shooting to
death of John Dillinger by r. B. I.
agents in July, 1884.
Boatwright is well known in Wash
ington, having served at the White
House during part OF President
Hoover'S administration. He was with
Herbert Hoover on his good will"
tour Of South America in the Fall
of 1927.
Some of the persons interviewed are
understood to have been told the
Secret Service was gathering informa-
ton to be used in removing j. Edgar
Hoover from the dictatorship of the
F. B. I. They said they were ques-
toned about circumstances attending
the shootings in 1894. The trend of
the questions indicated belief by the
Secret Service men that the killings
were unwarranted.
To Apologize to Hoover.
McReynolds said Treasury investi-
gators have no authority to conduct
investigations of other Federal agen-
cies. He said apologies would be ten
dered Hoover and Attorney General
Cummings If the present inquiry sup
ports evidence already in hand. At
(see BoATWRIGHT, Page 81
Evening star., 1936-07-17
NOTE IN CAR CLUE
TO MISSING MAN
Laundry Managers Auto
Found-"Going Down on
Moonlight" He Wrote.

An automobile found in the 1900
block of Water street southwest with
note attached to the steering wheel
offered the only clue today to the
mysterious disappearance of Robert
Cuttings, 70, of Kensington, Md
Discovery of the automobile in
some respects served to complicate
the case, however. Whether Cuttings,
the manager of a cleaning establish
ment at 1925 New York avenue north
east, is dead or alive, or the victim of
murder or suicide, remained unde-
termined at noon.
The note, addressed to his wife
Kilt" read: Il can't stand these
hours any longer. 1 am through. !
am going down on the moonlight.
Take care Of Sonny. loved you all
ways. Bob"
A man believed to have been Git
tings was seen to park his car in
front of 1249 Water street, just op-
posite the Wilson Line steamer City
of Washington, shortly after 10 am.
yesterday.
Argued With Employe.
This closed part of the gap of time
intervening since Cuttings left his
cleaning place at about pm. We'd
nesday after an argument earlier in
the day with a colored employe, who,
according to Cuttings wife, told her
husband, I'll get you tonight" This
man, however, has not been located
by police. but they feel the automo-
bile and note may eliminate him from
the case.
The last Mrs. Cuttings heard from
her husband was when he telephoned
just before he departed from his place
OF business, saying he would be home
after he left some advertising copy at
The Star. He failed to reach The
Star Office, however.
His disappearance then was reported
to police yesterday by his mother. Mrs.
Grace Cuttings, with whom he and
his wife and son live at Kensington
The trail was a blank until this
morning when Harry Harrison, COL
ored, barrel factory worker, went to
harbor police station at $50 am. to-
day to report the car he had seen a
man park on Water street yesterday
(See CUTTINGS, Page 81
Evening star., 1936-07-17

The steamer Northland of the Nor.
folk & Washington Steamship Co.
and barge towed by a tug from the
Navy Yard were in a minor collision
at $40 am. today in the Potomac
River at North River View.
A report by the steamship company
said the Northland and the tug and
barge were drifting in the fog when
the accident occurred. The steamer
was not damaged, it was stated.
Evening star., 1936-07-17
HAIL Of FIRE KILLS
SHERIFF IN AUTO
Roanoke Deputy Slain on
Road by Killers in Speed
ing Auto.
ey the Associated Press.

ROANOKE, Va, July 17.-Struck in
the back of the head by hail of buck
shot as he drove along the Rocky
Mount road miles south Of Roanoke
about 8 o'clock this morning, Roanoke
County Deputy Sheriff c. E. CBis
Boy') Simmons, about IS, slumped in
instant death while car from which
the shotgun roared its deadly charge
flashed past and disappeared.
Another occupant of the police car
Deputy Sheriff Charles Boone, was un-
scathed as the leaden hail peppered
the rear curtain of the roadster's top,
nearly tore of the Back of his COM
panion's head and thudded out through
the windshield. Doing at the time,
Boone was relaxed in the seat.
Apparently unaware Of Boone's pres
ence, the unknown killers, who also un-
loosed .45-caliber slugs at the police
car, waited until the roadster careened
into q ditch, then roared past. Boone
said the killers car sounded like a
Ford" He said the cars lights were
on, but that he did not get the license
number.
Parallels Franklin Staying.
The mysterious Staying nearly par
allels the unsolved Staying of a Frank
lin County deputy sheriff, JEFF Rich
ards, several years ago. The Franklin
County officer also met death in hail
of buckshot and As bullets.
County police could ascribe no mo-
tive to the shooting. Simmons, whose
home is about a mile and q half be-
yond the scene, had been deputy for
about seven years under Sheriff
George Richardson. He has family
of eight children, the youngest 16
months.
City and county pqllce started an
immediate roundup, and by 6 am.
nearly a dozen persons had been
booked at headquarters here on charges
of "hold for investigation for Roanoke
County"
The two county officers were driving
south on the Rocky Mount road.
Boone said he was doing with his
head in the right corner Of the seat.
Saw Car Following.
AS the police car topped what is
Anown as Red HILL" Boone said he
noticed the lights Of a car behind
them.
About a quarter of q mile further,
a shot sounded, followed by several
others, all fired closely together.
1.-The car started for the ditch, "
Boone said, "and I thought a tire had
blown out. I pushed Simmons and
he topped over. grabbed the wheel
and tried to cut the car out Of the
ditch, and did keep it from tearing
into a telephone pole, but it went
into the ditch q little further on"
From the point where the shots
were fired to the place where the car
stopped in the ditch was about "a
feet. Marks on the roadway indicated
where Boone grabbed the wheel and
applied the brakes.
"Then," Boone continued, "the car
behind pulled up beside us and raced
down the road-it sounded like a Ford,
(see ROANOKE, Page So