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Evening star., 1937-10-13
KNIFE BANDITS
HOLD UP TAX|S
C0Iored Pair Lose Hats as
Victim HurIs Meter Cap
Into Window.

Police today were hunting two COL
ored men who held up four taxicab
drivers last night and early today and
lost their hats in a Scuffle with their
fourth victim, who halted their fight
in his cab by hurting a water meter
cover through window at them.
Capt. James E. Bobo of the second
precinct said the same two men ap-
parently were responsible for the series
of similar holdups between 8:l5 pm.
yesterday and $50 am. today Three
suspects were arrested, but police
doubted if they were implicated
The first three victims lost small
amounts Of change and their cabs to
the bandits Two of the cabs were
recovered later.
The fourth victim. Robert Kulp,
1927 G street southeast, put up a
fight when the bandits drew a knife
Evening star., 1937-10-13
NEGRO LIFE STUDY
GROUP WILL MEET
Directors to Help Map Plans for
Annual Session of
Association.

Directors and afilliates of the As
sociation for the Study of Negro Life
and History will meet tomorrow at
$50 pm. at the Y. w. c. A., Seven
teenth and K streets, to formulate
plans for the annual meeting of the
organization, to be held October 81,
November / and 2, it was announced
today by G. c. Wilkinson, chairman
OF the groups general committee.
Organized in Chicago more than
20 years ago by Carter G. Woodson,
the association has for its purposes
collecting sociological and historical
data, publishing books on Negro life
and history, promoting the study of
the Negro through clubs and schools
and bringing about harmony between
the races by interpreting the one to
the other"
The association has headquarters
here ut 1888 Ninth street.
Evening star., 1937-10-13

ing. The walls Of the cage are painted
with the scenery of the African veAt
native to the giraff3.
In fact, the green foliage Of the
painted trees looked so realistic to the
newcomers that they stretched their
long necks and tried to lick the
leaves" from the decorated walls.
Among the hoofed animals which
arrived here from quarantine and were
placed on exhibition today were two
tiny mouse deer from the East In
dies, no larger than small fox terriers.
The deer have legs thinner than lead
pencils and their four hoofs could
be placed in a thimble. It seemed
almost incredible that the tiny crea-
lures should have been obliged to 20
to quarantine as precaution against
the importation of hoof and mouth
disease.
Wild Cattle Housed.
Two pairs of wild cattle were placed
in the pachyderm house. They were
the guar of South Central India and
the African buffalo.
The final shipment came through
in fine shape with one exception, a
rare goat-antelope which died at the
New Jersey quarantine station about
week after it had been success
fully landed in the United States. DR..
William M. Mann, director of the
Zoo and leader of the expedition, was
greatly relieved today when the last
Of the animals was safely lodged in
their new quarters here.
The animals arrived at an express
depot near Union Station in a bleak,
raw dawn today. The tropical beasts
were brought here in heated cars
Their transfer to the Zoo by truck
was accomplished as quickly as posi-
BILE
The young giraffes seemed in ex-
cellent condition at the end Of long
and perilous voyage from Port Sudan
in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. In their
crates, lashed on deck. they survived
the intense heat Of the Red Sea, storms
in the Atlantic and the chills of north
ern ATTITUDES.
The giraffes we're transshipped sew
eral times. due to Agriculture Depart
ment regulations. to prevent the i'm
portation Of hoof and mouth disease.
The new arrivals, which were seen
by the public for the first time today,
include blue sheep. pygmy buffalo
and = number 70 rare deer.
Evening star., 1937-10-13
Zoos Ne,v Pachyderm House
Opened, Feting Ne,u animals
-Four Young Nubian Giraffes Are Placed
in Elaborate Display Cage With
african VeIdt Setting.

The Washington Zoos new $500 900
pachyderm house was thrown open to
the public at noon today in celebra-
ton Of completion Of a $1,000 900
P. w. A. construction program and
arrival of the finest shipment of ami
mails collected in the East Indies and
Africa by the National Geographic
Society-Smithsonian expedition.
The four young Nubian giraffes were
placed in an elaborate display cage
occupying one end Of the new build
Evening star., 1937-10-13
SIR WILlM0TT LEWIS
TO BE DINNER SPEAKER
Correspondent of London Times
Will Address Transportation
Club on October 21. .g

Sir Willmott Lewis, Washington
correspondent of the London Times,
will be the principal speaker at the
Fall dinner meeting of the Trans
portation Club of Washington at the
Raleigh Hotel at pm. Thursday,
october 81.
The club is composed of representa-
tives of transportation agencies as
we'll as ofIicials in charge of traffic
for various local concerns.
Arrangements are being made To
care for q large attendance.
Evening star., 1937-10-13

1909 H street, Friday, will be turned
over to the fund.
A Joint meeting of all those working
on the project is planned tomorrow
at Wesley Hall. 1908 X street. At 3
pm. to discuss and coordinate planS.
Evening star., 1937-10-13
Rally Day Planned.

The Florence Crittenton Board will
hold its rally day Octobed 20. In
charge Of arrangements are Mrs.
Robert G. Mancill, program chairman,
and Mrs. Dayton A. Quincy, head Of
the luncheon committee.
Evening star., 1937-10-13
Room Isl, MoyfIower Hotel

AS the school lunch fund approached
the necessary minimum to permit be.
ginning the project, District officials
and volunteer emergency workers
rushed through the routine approval
required to begin the service to 5000
underfed children Monday.
At conference with District Audi
tor Daniel J. Donovan, Works Progress
Administration officials and Mrs. John
Boyle, jr., organizer of the Citizens
Emergency Committee, necessary pa.
pers were prepared and hurried
through in an effort to clear Up in q
day or so a process that generally take.
from four to six weeks.
The committee has raised approx.
mately $1,000 Of the $4,000 necessary
before the w. P. A. will authorize Z
3-month free lunch project for which
it will provide more than 100000 ir
labor costs. The community is tryine
to raise $67, 500 to cover food costs fol
the entire year.
Health Tests to Be Given.
Meanwhile, preparations are being
made in anticipation of getting the
remaining $4,000 by the end of the
week. w. P. A. workers who will han
die the food preparation will be given
physical examinations today. Even
drivers Of the trucks which will carry
the lunches from the central kitchen
on Wisconsin avenue to the schools
must take health test, Mrs. Boyle de.
clared. Food contracts will be let a.
quickly as possible.
William j. MCGUIRE, chairman oi
the Young. Democratic State Centra
Committee Of the District, announced
a benefit dance by the Young Demo.
Gratis Friday from 10 pm. to / am. al
the Old Dominion Boat Club in Alex.
andria, proceeds of which will be
given to the fund.
MCGUIRE congratulated Mrs. Boyle
on the drives progress and promised a
large turnout of his group at the grand
charity ball October rs at the May
flower Hotel. Fac F. Lyon is chair.
man of the committee for the dance
Friday night.
Committees Appointed.
After a conference in the District
Building this morning Commissioner
Hazen, general chairman Of the charity
ball. announced the appointment OF
the chairmen of committees.
Heading the Patrons Committee is
Secretary Of State Cordell Hull, while
Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal is
in charge Of the Ticket COMMITTEES.
Edward A. Dent is vice chairman OF
the latter group.
Admiral Cary T. Grayson is to head
the Floor Committee and Frank Berg
field the Government Committee.
Hazen also selected an advisory
group including Edward F. Colladay
Of the Board of Trade, Ford E. Young,
Merchants q Manufacturers Associa-
ton; Theodore S. Grape. Federation
Of Business Mems Associations, and
Thomas E. Lodge, Federation of Citi-
zens' Associations.
A Civic Affairs Committee is headed
by Katheryn Harrison, and Dick Leven
is In charge Of publicity.
Entertainment Committee.
The Entertainment Committee is
made up Of Hardie Meakin, Carter
Barron, Harry Lohmeyer. Sylvan King
and Sidney Lust. Miss Ruth E. Mad
den is vice chairman to Commissioner
Ha1en.
Opera Group Aids.
For every ticket sold to the per-
formance Of the opera "Rigoletto" at
the Rialto Theater next Tuesday the
fund will receive . 7-cent lunch, the
T. Arthur Smith Concert Bureau an
nounced, ana net proceeds Of the
opening Of the Birch Garden Tavern,
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
Scans
Auto Tag
Scheme

AS a means Of eliminating the
last-minute rush for automobile
license plates each year, CommiS-
sioner Melvin C. Hazen has sug-
gested a plan for the distribution
of tags through police precincts.
Too late to put the plan in opera
tion this year, Hazen said he will
discuss the plan with his fellow
Commissioners with view to per
fecting it for the distribution Of
the 1899 tags.
HaZen said one reason the plan
hsa not been put in operation here
tofore is because the law requires
all taxes be paid to the collector
of taxes and that official hasn't a
sufficient staff to place a man in
each precinct.
Tags now are distributed at the
Department of Vehicles and Traf.
fic, where long lines of motorists
who fail to have tags mailed to
them crowd the building in quest
of tags during the last few weeks
Of the year.
Meanwhile, Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer has under
consideration a plan to control
the fast driving Of persons con-
victed of speeding. Van Duzer re.
vealed he is considering having
speed governors permanently in
stalled in automobiles of persons
who repeatedly violate the speed
laws,
The Washington times., 1937-11-23

''Sing, Baby, Sing" ;. an article
explaining why teaching songs to
babies has q definite therapeutic value.
Children may be taught to make musi.
it in the American Weekly with Sun
days Washington Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
TIGHTER LEGAL
RULES OPPOSED

There will be no change in the
existing requirements for license
to practice law in the District, as
far as the District Bar Associa-
tion's Committee on Legal Educa-
ton is concerned.
The committee, which includes
at least three teachers in local
law schools, voted against pro-
posal to recommend that the bar
association urge legislation to re-
qutre that two years of college
academic work be completed be-
fore a student can study law. s
Four members of the seven-man
committee voted against the pro-
posal, three on grounds that a
two-year pre-legal course is not
enough; and the fourth that
many deserving young people
would find the doors to the pro
fession closed to them because
they had been unable to attend
college.
Members Of the committee are:
James j. Hayden, chairman:
Louis B. Arnold, E. Hilton Jack
son, w. ]. Nea1e, H. Mason WEIGH,
James A. Toomey, H. Winship
Wheatley.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
Fox Terrier Saves
Six Lives i'm Blaze

CLEVELAND, Nov. % IN.SO.
Six persons today were saved from
flames that swept a frame building
here by a fox terrier, who awak-
ened her master when the fire
broke out. " -r ...
"Cuddles," pushed through a
kitchen door and ran to the bed
room Of her master, Dennis Nc
Neil, AZ, barking and jumping On
his bed. Mcneil reused five other
persons in the house, two of whom
had to be carried from a porch by
firemen.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
z DIE IN FIRE
AT FARM HOUSE

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov.
23.-Trapped in their bedroom
when flames razed through their
frame farmhouse, 18 miles from
here early today, Robert Yancey,
26, and his brother, Dewey, is,
were burned to death.
C. R. Yancey. prominent Abe
marie county farmer, was burned
about the hands and face when
he attempted to rescue his trapped
sons.
Yancey's daughter suffered q
fractured leg when the burning
staircase collapsed beneath her as
she fled. Another son was burned
about the hands.
Cause of the fire was undeter-
mined. Yancey said he awakened
shortly after midnight to find
flames leaping up the stairs to the
second floor.
Volunteer fire companies were
unable to check the blaze because
of an inadequate water supply,
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
Still Coughing?

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold, or bronchial irritation, you can
get relief now with Creomulsion.
Serious trouble may be brewing and
you cannot afford to take a chance
with any remedy less potent than
Creomulsion, which goes right to
the seat Of the trouble and aids ma
ture to Soothe and heal the inhamed
mucous membranes and to loosen
and expel the germ-laden phlegm.
Even If other remedies have failed,
don't be discouraged, try Creomul-
sion. Your druggist is authorized to
refund your money if you are not
thoroughly satisfied with the bene-
fits obtained from the very first
bottle. Creomulsion is one word-not
two, and it has no hyphen in it.
Ask for it plainly, see that the name
on the bottle is Creomulsion, and
you'll get the genuine product and
the relief you want. (Adv0
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
If Ruptured-
And the Rupture Can Be
Put Back Regardless Of
Size, Duration and the
Trouble It Gives

two things chiefly concern you. One 10
living in comfort with that rupture; the
other is to throw all trusses away II
that be humanity possible.
It's time you did some thinking about
the famous Rice Method. The whole
secret of success lies in holding the rlp-
ture inside night and day and then aiding
Nature to tighten the abdominal wall so as
to form natural truss of its own wherever
that be possible. This is the easy, scien-
tific way.
So quit looking for free miracles. Use
common sense to help yourself. Write
now for full facts about the famous Rice
Method. Read the testimony of those
fortunate ones who once were as you are
now. Give yourself chance. Full in-
formation only costs you postage stamp.
Don't delay Write at once to William 8.
Rice Inc, 227N Main St., Adams. N. Y.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
RAIL POST FILLED

G.N.S)-The protective COM
mittee Of holders of common stock
Of the Chicago and Northwestern
today asked the Interstate Com.
merce Commission to approve the
election Of L. j. Schuster, of Clin.
ton, Iowa, as a member Of the
committee to succeed R. A. Craw.
ford, deceased.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
FARM MEASURE
STIRS HOT FIGHT
AMONG LEADERS
Drastic Changes Seen
Before Its Passage

(IN.S0. Vigorous opposition to
the Administrators omnibus
farm bin developed today as
Senate leaders scheduled it for
debate. A canvas of the bipartisan
agriculture bloc revealed strong
dissatisfaction with major pro-
visions of the bill, little over "a
hours old. ...
On the Senate side some far
belt leaders even went so far as
to say privately there may be a
drive to send the Senate measure
back to committee for revision.
This group declared the Admin.
istration has approached the farm
problem in the wrong direction"
They maintained a panacea can
be reached only through a more
equal distribution of farm pro-
ducts, rather than through pro
duction control.
Senator johnson CD of
Colorado, speaking principally of
the wheat and corn sections Of the
program, predicted it viii prove
great disappointment to the
country" and that the entire
measure will be debated widely
and changed drastically before
enacted by the two houses Of
Congress"
Pointing out that approximately
IS per cent Of corn production is
consumed domestically, and that
only 8 per cent of the wheat is
exported, johnson said these two
agricultural products constitute a
"local" problem.
TTa oHdoIs
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
PimpIes and Skin Irritations
Often Get Worse
IF Not Properly Treated

larity has swept the country over
10000 jars are now sold yearly
in the United States and abroad.
Although Noxzema contains zeal
medication it is not greasy ointment,
but dainty snow-white, stainless cream
that you can use day and night.
SPECIAL 7Sc lar for 49c AT this
time each year Noxzema makes Special
Anniversary Ofer-a large 75E jar for
only 40t. Get your jar from the nearest
drug or department store today.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
Attorneys Fight to Free Coed
Accused in Staying Of Child, S
Fear She May Talk
More of Case If
She Sleeps

NNOnbAuucu IEOm rage ~
came into the case and the husky
physical culture student, daughter
of a high school teacher in South
Philadelphia, refused to sign a
statement.
ATTORNEY GETS WRIT
To keep detectives from further
questioning his client and to pre-
vent them from having her re-
enact the crime before police ca
meras, Gray today took out writ
of habeas corpus before common
pleas court judge, Harry S. Nc
Dewitt.
The celebrated criminal attor-
ney contended Miss O'Connor has
been kept in the custody of Capt.
John Murphy, chief of the detec-
tive bureau, despite Mayor S. Davis
Wilson'S order that she be placed
in MoyamenSing Prison. pending
further hearing before him next
Monday.
Judge McDevitt allowed the
writ, which directs Murphy to pre-
sent the defendant in court this
afternoon. If Gray's appeal is sus-
tained, the student will be sent to
prison cell where detectives will
be kept from questioning her un-
til her trial.
There were different versions of
who told the police the dream
story. One had it that it was
her parents who took it as their
painful duty" Another said that
a college chum gave the tip.
HELD mot INSANE"
Still others credited the police
tip to neighborS and others.
Two weeks ago Mary was ad-
mitted to Pennsylvania Hospital
for the insane which once housed
Harry K. Thaw, but she was re-
leased shortly before her arrest,
according to hospital staff mem
ber who said that she definitely
was mot insane"
He revealed "she told us the
story of the death Of the Glenn
child. This was a very different
story from the one she told police,
We found she had an odd twisted
streak and was somewhat Sadistic
in her tendencies, but we consid-
cred her sane. She said the police
knew what had happened. She
told us her girl friends husband
had tipped the police off anony-
mously."
TELLS OF CONFESSION"
Arrested at her grandfather's
home in Merchantville, N. j.,
where she had repeatedly gone in
the desperate hope of avoiding ar
rest, Mary was brought here and
arraigned before Mayor S. Davis
Wilson, sitting as committing mag.
iStrate.
Detective John Murphy, head Of
the sex squad combating degen-
eracy, related the police version of
the crime and gave Mary'S con
feSSion."
Nancy tagged after me-" he
reported the girl as saying. "She
kept following me and she
laughed when I struck a stone
MARY was on her bicycIe) and
fell off. Then she begged for a
penny for candy. It made me
mad so I hit her."
Murphy claimed that Mary had
told him of burning her mud
Sogged gloves, of washing mud off
her legs after she had rolled the
little girl in the slime.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
TALL, HANDSOME
ROBBER HUNTED
IN D.. C. HOLDUP
BanditGets$1, ,450From
Meat Packing Office

Handsome" bandits we're sought
by police today in the S1,450
holdup last night of the Swift &
Co. packing concerns Office at
First and Streets Northeast.
In the wake of the Swift & Co.
robbery, a succession of smaller
holdups, housebreakings and purse
Snatchings provided police with ad-
ditional chores for the day.
STORE ROBBED
A lone and also handsome"
robber played a principal role in
the gun robbery of Mrs. Virginia
Graves, clerk at Highs ice cream
store at 1908 Fourteenth st. N. W.
Mrs. Graves was robbed of $50.
She is the same High employe
who was on duty at 806 Upshur
st. N. w. last April when Detec'
tive John Cation was seriously
wounded when he engaged in a
gun battle with bandits staging a
holdup.
Burglars with a penchant for
rare coins and Confederate money
also were reported at work during
the night. Perry B. Simms, OF
1924 Cathedral Ave. N. w., told
police Confederate currency and
bonds with a total Confederate
value of $4,000 was taken. A
roomer at the same address, Mar
garet E. Ham, was robbed of a
collection of old Scandinavian
coins and another roomer, Amy
Harrison, of $18 worth of jewelry.
RING ALSO TAKEN
Mr.. Simms said the Confederate
securities represented the familys
memento of the. contribution OF a
famous forbear, William Gilmore
Simms, famous Southern poet and
writer, to the cause of the South
in the War between the States. A
diamond ring worth $500 was also
taken from Mr.. Simms.
Employees at the Swift Co. office
said the man who held them up
at gunpoint and escaped in a
waiting car was "tall and hand
some" about %, clad in a sporty
suede jacket. Police used this de-
Scription as the basis of their
search.
A Palace Laundry branch at
1924 Seventh st. N. w. was held
up and robbed of SIG by a colored
robber, Helen Knight, branch
manager reported, and robbery of
another store of the same firm
at 1845 Fourteenth st. N. w. was
frustrated when Ruth Bell, on
duty, screamed and frightened a
holdup man away.
PURSE SNATCHED
Thelma Martin, of 725 E st.
N. W., reported a shabbily dressed
white man Snatched her purse con-
tanning $50 while she stood on the
corner Of Seventh and D Streets
Northwest. He jumped in wait
ing machine, she said.
Charles j. Byrne, 1473 Irving
ct. N. W., reported $167 was
stolen from his apartment.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23

ToNr squeeze orhandleugly PimpIes
- or other dishguring skin blemishes.
1t only increases irritation may even
cause serious infection.
Ifyou suffer from PimpIes. Cha6ng,
Badly Chapped Hands or any other skin
Irritation from external causes, use
Noxzema Medicated Skin Cream. Il
was prescribed originally BY douors
for the relief of Burns, Eczema and
many similar Skin Troubles.
Noxzema's popu.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
SUN AND MOON
TEMPERATURES
DEPARTURES

DEPARTURES
Accumulated excess Of tempera-
ture since January /, 1887, 471.
Excess of temperature since
November l, 1887, S.
Accumulated excess of precipi.
tation since January 1, 1887, 1882.
Excess Of precipitation since
November /, 1897, 1.39. ..
Temperature same date last
year-Highest, 46; lowest, 35.
TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
3 AutOists Killed
In Maryland Crash

BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. %.
Maryland's traffic death toll rose
to 500 yesterday as two men and a
woman were killed in an automo-
bile accident near Emmitsburg.
In the entire IL months of 1896
498 were killed.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
URGES ACTION

Congress ought to be doing
something to distribute these
crops, rather than working over
production control. I feel that
the country is soon going to
realize this and feel it keenly."
johnson declared also that pro.
duction control on wheat and
corn is a virtual invitation to
foreign producers to compete with
domestic growers.
"When we curtail production
we simply build up competition
in some of the foreign coun.
tries" he said.
Johnson's denunciation Of the
basic theories Of the bill followed
similar expressions in the Senate
by Senator Borah (R.), of Idaho.
Advocating system Of Federal
supervised surplus distribution to
needy, rather than storage against
adverse crop conditions, Borah
said:
''I have no objection to an 4
,ever.normal granary if it is
going to be used for the purpose
Of distributing food to the people
who ned it, but am not enthuSi-
aStic at all about an over-normal
granary which will be filled for
the purpose Of use in some
drought year which may come"
WOULD AID NEEDY
Borah's remarks were voiced in
support of a suggestion. that the
Senate consider whether it is pos.
sible or practical to distribute
food to needy through Govern.
ment purchase Of surplus. It was
proposed by Senator Pepper CD
Of Florida.