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Evening star., 1937-10-07

sonally supervises their breaking up
and disposal.
Naturally lot of space is needed
to store the accumulation of prop
erty that the department handles
From a small room with an area of
about 1000 square feet in 1881, the
storage space has been expanded to
more than 10000 square feet in two
buildings. Adjacent to police head
quarters on Indiana avenue the prop
erty clerk has an old apartment house,
in which are stored small articles OF
slight value. In back of the house,
in the old May Building, all bulky
property, such as furniture, is stored.
Valuable jewelry. silver and any con-
siderable sum of money are kept in
a large safe by the property clerk.
The department has two places for
recovered stolen cars. The garage
on Pennsylvania avenue is used until
it is full, and the overflow is sent to
a lot at South Capitol and G streets.
All recovered property is maintained
in as good condition as possible.
Furniture is handled carefully, and
clothes are put away to prevent de-
terioration. Fur coats are placed in
cedar chests after being sprayed.
All unclaimed estates must be held
for one year, no matter the value
Unclaimed estates under S100 in value
may be sold at auction at the end
of year, but those worth more than
500 must be held indefinitely or until
claimed by heirs.
Held for Six Months.
Lost and abandoned property for
which no claim has been made must
be held for six months, after which
it may be sold at auction.
When an accumulation Of salable
property warrants it the department
holds the auction. usually in one Of
the two storage places. The law re-
quires that the sale be advertised for
three days prior to the date OF the
sale, and it is the practice, Crawford
points out. to place the advertise
ment in three metropolitan Washing
ton papers. The actual sale, which
is supervised by Crawford with the
help Of Sergt. Price, is handled by
licensed auctioneer and usually is
we'll attended. Most of the bidding
comes from secondhand dealers, with
sprinkling Of private citizens.
Money received for the sale of un-
claimed stolen cars must be held for
three months after the sale. If the
money from the sale is unclaimed it
is turned over to the collector of Dis
trict taxes.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
POLICEMAN'S BULLET
STRIKES WRONG MAN

A bullet fired at a colored man
climbing from the base ball club Of
fee at Griffith Stadium last night
missed its mark and struck Anthony
lizard in the leg as he sat nearby on
the steps Of his home, 1914 Bohrer
street. according to report to police.
A special stadium policeman, John
E. Hurney, A, OF 1909 Lamont street,
said he saw the man climb from the
oface window, and when his command
to halt was unheeded he fired at the
fleeing intruder. The bullet, he said,
apparently glanced from the pavement
and struck lizard, who was treated at
Freedman's Hospital and dismissed.
Park ofdcials said nothing was miss
Ing from the once.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
D. c. AND COUNTY
POLICE HUNT THIEF
81, 900 in Gas Receipts
Taken From House at 1901
Eastern Avenue.

Uncertain of their jurisdiction Dis
trict and Prince Georges County po-
lice joined in hunt today for the
thief who stole purse containing ap-
proximately $1,000 from the home of
Mrs. Minerva Homes on the District
Maryland line at 1701 Eastern avenue
northeast.
Mrs Homes said the money repre-
sented yesterdays receipts of filling
stations operated by the Homes Oil Co.
She had collected these and taken the
money home with her last night after
leaving the company Office at Eleventh
and Maryland avenue southwest. She
estimated the amount at $1,000.
She left the money in her purse
lying on table in the living room
when she retired about midnight, Mrs.
Homes said. When she awoke the
purse was missing and the front door.
which she had locked when she re-
tired. was open. Apparently some one
mad entered with duplicate key. Mrs.
Homes said her neighbors reported
hearing somebody at her door about 4
am.
Reports to Both Forces.
She reported the robbery to both
Prince Georges County and District
police. Officers from both forces in
vestigated. Prince Georges County
police reported the case was in the
District jurisdiction, policemen at the
eleventh precinct said it was Mary
land case. However. they were CO.
operating in the investigation.
Mrs. Homes said she thought the
house was partly in Maryland and
partly in the District, but that taxes
on it were paid in Maryland.
Meanwhile, Pearl Spicknalm of the
Chastleton Hotel reported to police
that a shabbily dressed colored man
snatched her purse containing $40
as she walked along Sixteenth street,
near the hotel, last night. Two pas
sersby, Carlisle AmeS. also a resident
of the ChastletoE, and William A.
Loveless, l416 r street, chased the
thief through an alley to Fifteenth
street, where he escaped in waiting
automobile
Man Held Up by Two.
Roland Mccoy. janitor at 1910 Cali
fornia street, said he was held up and
robbed of $35 in cash and $12 check
by two young men who had asked to
see an apartment for rent.
A HOUSEKEEPING charge was placed
against Arthur R. Lutzweit, 35, alias
Henry Milton, of Laurel, Md, who was
arrested in Laurel Saturday night
after police said they traced to him
a check allegedly stolen from the safe
of the Washington Beef & Produce
Co. in recent $4,000 robbery.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
FRANCIS GLENN BOLAND =
DEAD AT GERMANTOWN
Lifelong Montgomery Resident
Succumbs to- Long Illness-Serv-
ices Set for Tomorrow.

srecial Dispatch to The Star. ,-s,gsg
GERMANTOWN. Md, October r.
Francis Glenn Boland, SO, lifelong
resident Of this. vicinity, died yester-
day at his home near Germantown
following long illness.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Edith Boland, formerly Miss Welsh
Of Libertytown, Md, and the follow.
ing children: Mrs. David Maughlin,
Boyds, Md, and Katherine, Ruth,
Claire, John and Joseph Boland, all
of Germantown, and William F. Bo-
land, Gaithersburg. He also leaves
four sisters, Mrs. Robert l.. Kicker
son, Germantown; Mrs. Hobart
Ramsdell and Miss Eulalie Boland,
both Of Gaithersburg. Md, and Mrs.
Leo Fitzsimmons, Middlebrooke, Md.
The funeral will take place from
st. Roses Catholic Church. Choppers,
Nd, at $50 Am. tomorrow, burial to
be in the church cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
adopted" by Newspaper.

When the Lord Mayor of Manches-
ter, England, T. Toole. recently visited
Copenhagen. Denmark, he was adopt
ed by a Danish newspaper. which
will send him birthday and Christmas
gifts.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
Recovery of Property in D. c.
Is $1,000, ,OOO.a-Year Business
Lost, Stolen or abandoned articles
Stored Systematically = $4,000 Sepa-
rate Lots Handled Since 1881.

Has your coat been stolen? Has the tire vanished
carp Did
belongings will
ment in the police headquarters building
The who heads the
District Commissioners for all
The Washington times., 1937-06-07
Words But No Action

1RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S letter to Congress
sional leaders urging upon Congress the desir-
ability of placing all but policy-forming positions I'M
der the merit system, would be more encouraging to
friends of real Civil Service if the Chief Executive
would back up his words with action.
This Administration has been very kind to the merit
system verbally.
It has not been as alert to befrend the system when
the time called for action.
President Roosevets letter to Vice President Garner
and Speaker Bankhead prompted by letter to him
from the Civil Service Commission pointing out that
seventy bills have been introduced in this session of
Congress which exempt from the Civil Service laws all
those who would be employed under the bills.
The President seems to join in the protest against
these bills as voiced by the commission.
But similar bills have been passed by Congress right
along
AND THE PRESIDENT HASN'T BEEN vEToING
THEM BECAUSE THEY DID VIOLENCE TO THE
FUNDAMENTAL DECENC1Es OF THE CIVIL
SERVICE LAWS.
Furthermore there is no hint from the White House
even now that should the seventy pending bills with
their exemption clauses be passed Mr. Roosevelt would
veto any one of them.
Time after time the Congress has sent to the Pres
dent bills with similar exemptions.
At any time since he took office as President, Mr..
Roosevelt could have PROVEN his adherence of the
spos system and his devotion to the merit system by
vetoing these measures.
THE TEST OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S ATTI-
tube ON THE MERIT SYSTEM DOESN'T LIE so
MUCH IN THE LETTERS HE HAS WRITTEN AND
THE SPEECHES HE HAS MADE AS IN THE REC
ORD OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR MAKING
WHOLESALE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE SYSTEM
IN IT'S BILLS CREATING THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF JOBS.
The Washington times., 1937-06-07
The American Wav

WHAT much-heraded "era of good feeling which Amer
fondly hoped they entering not many months
ago here yet and Judging by the tragic industrial dis
putes which taking lives and destroying property the
Middle West and elsewhere, it is still far in the future.
Why?
Why can't American capital and American labor and the
American PEOPLE settle their differences without resortng
to violence which is costly to all concerned!
The Wagner Act held constitutional by the Supreme Court
has not suced bring peace between employer and
pov-as witness the steel strike and the resulting bloodshed
in Chicago.
Production has been down. with the companies
and the unions.
An open of exists with company arpanes rdded
with bullets and union pcke fatal clashes with company
and municipal police.
is futile attempt to assess the blame for this condition
of affairs.
All that be said with certainty is that these disorders
disastrous not only to the workers but to the PUBLIC
and that they play directly into the hands Of Communist ag
tators whose sole purpose is to promote strife between
AMERICANS
Compulsory arbitration of industrial disputes is plainly the
ONE WAY OUT.
Neither employers employees continue take the
law into their own hands as they taking it now.
Further lawessness will wreck such recovery as al
ready has been achieved and will end that
cratic and orderly government under which the individual
States and the United States have hitherto successfully
functioned.
Americansin the government and out of -are deeply
concerned with wars and rumors of wars abroad.
them that problems sufficiently
pressing to require solution without worrying themselves
into the jitters the plight of poor old Europe
We want peace there but considerably important
to have peace HERE.
We will have peace here when the public COMPELS en-
ployer and employees arbrae their differences instead Of
shooting it out"
AND NOT BEFORE.
The Washington times., 1937-06-07
A National Shrine
BvJ, Williams, Jr.

MONG American papers the three public documents
IA precious the hearts Of the American people are
in the order of their birth:
The Declaration Of Independence, 4th July 1776.
The Constitution of the United states-17h September
1897
The Farewell Address-17th September, 1895.
Transfer originals of the Declaration and OF sew
ea the early copies the Address the home
provided by the Congress for these precious state papers will
be of the solemn and impressive ceremonies OF the
entire Sesquicentennial celebration.
The this transfer has not yet been fixed but it might
well be the high point of the Sesquicentenna Observance In
that event would take place April 3Oh 1883
the hundred and eth anniversary Of the first lnaugu
ration of George Washington the first President OF the
United States.
The Archives Building in the great hall Of which the Dec
laraon Constitution and the Address will find their per-
manent home shares with the White House. the Capitol and
Supreme Building the distinction of being OF the
four beautiful structures in the Federal City and among
the most beautiful from architectural point OF view In all
the world.
The Archives Building entire city block and
cost approximately $10000OOOOO In describing its build
recently the Archvlst OF the united StaeS Dr w. ~
W. Conner, said:
without boastng may say that the National Archives
Building will be the finest home for the archives OF
great government in the world Though Government
has Jagged far behind the others in making provision Tor
it's archives this tagging has had its advantages mas
enabled to profit by the experiences OF Osner DeT
single blueprint for building was made our archl-
Europe to study the archives OF some OF
the great countries Of that continent They learned many
valuable things perhaps many things not to do and have
INCORPORATED Them into our Building Each State has
contributed something the Building either in the way OF
materials going into it's construction the labor which
has built it, -,
Only the archives of the United States Government Will
find home in the Archives Building By the term
archives meant official records of the Government
excluding current records in present use.
BEFORE 1851 the national archives limited in number
because the vigilance of the States in guarding the
encroachmens from the Federal Government Then came
the Civil War which followed Dy sudden ana Ue"en
dous growth in Government records.
It congestion of records after the World war tna
brought home Congress the necessity OF the ATcnlveS
Building Public documents of the greatest historical value
were stored in fireraps all Washington Original letters
of Abraham Lincoln records of the Revolutionary war
were stored for time piled up in Government garage
Now all Government records worth preserving will ind
permanent files in fireproof building and will De easily
accessible for research workers from every State IN the UNION
and from foreign countries r.
The Washington times., 1937-06-07
''Thirty''

newspaper parlance thirty" means the end of story
L occasionally of life.
Gladys MaeKnght and Donald Wightman convicted
Ratchet murderer will understand this peculiar use of the
term well the oldest reporter Seventeen and nine
teen years old, respectively they sentenced maxi
of thirty years hard labor for the brutal killing of
Gladys mother
Each will be grayhaired when freed again. They are
condemned to living death Their story is ended
short word-thrty-but packed with bitter significance
for youngsters who thought their crime would find
them out
The Washington times., 1937-06-07

when sprngtme came the time to the Jackass was
opportune For some reason he just did not fill the BILL
50 am informed the iackass finally sold to farmer
BY the name Of J. B. Waters in Sewer County for the
measly of $500.
Down on the Waters farm in surroundings something
like he had been used TO- the acass to have taken
new interest in life. Anyway SO the story goes, the
ackass did well until one day this spring he Just lay
down and died Mr.. Waters and couple OF his nelgnoors
came to the conclusion the ackass had died Of broken
heart because he was the only iva jackass who could
not make good.
This is only parable"
Why, Mr.. Knutson!
The Washington times., 1937-06-07

cal condition, but few Of them
are technically prepared for any
other industry than cutting
brush and planting trees. In
some way they must be tied into
the Industrial pattern. Would
it not be possible to make negO-
tiati0ns with industry, whereby
the boys could be taken on rs
apprentices and given training
and part time work?
"The system pOpularized by
Antioch College, whereby stu
dents alternate between school
room and factory or farm, 10
conveniently applicable to the
CCC-thus inSuring the boys,
whom 1t has rescued from the
periIs Of unemployment, . fit
ness for and . future In per-
manent work. .
DAVID CURTIS, Is,
"San Francisco, Cal"
The Washington times., 1937-06-07

He tells it in connection with his views
on the iva.
He says that besides experimenting in
agriculture the IVA also did some expert
ments in animal husbandry and one day
they started out to find jackass for the
Norris farm After long search, COM
mittee bought jackass from farmer
for $780, and he continues:
'The jackass was finally hauled in state
in a truck to Norris, and there he became
the best cared for, the most tenderly cared
for. iackass in the whole State Of Ten
rassaa and orohobIv IN all historv
The Washington times., 1937-06-07

THEN WHAT?
THOUSANDS OF BOYS
WERE SAVED FROM DRIFT.
ING DERELICTION, DURING
THE DEPRESSION, BY THE
CCC. WHAT WILL HAPPEN
WHEN AND IF THE CCC DIS
BANDS, AS MANY ARE BENT
ON IT'S DOING?"
Dear Miss Robinson:
eve all know the fine work
done by the Gee, in reforesta-
ton and land reclamation, IS
well Is human rehabilitation.
There Is NO finer or more needed
form Of relief than the CCC.
YET WE ALL KNOW THE
COST OF RELIEF MUST BE
REDUCED: 1T WILL BE m
EVTTABLE THAT MANY OF
THESE BOYS GO HOME. BUT
WHAT THEN?
"The boys who come out Of
the camp are In splendid phySi.
The Washington times., 1937-06-07

fresh and vigorous attack vital problem David
and wins $40 prize Congratulations, son-AND COME
BACK AGAIN SOON!
FURIOUS PROTESTS
And here's MRS. CARL SEEFELD with the makings Of
even Bigger and Better Trouble! Young Mrs. Carl has
started One Woman Campaign AGAINST TAKING TINY
TOTS-SQUALLING ONES-TO THE MOVIES!
The Washington times., 1937-06-07

SELVES. Our grandparents
raised grateful families Of IL
and IA children and still stayed
happy and interesting them
selves, even though they couldn't
dash off every few nights to the
movies.
Motherhood has certain
duties, AND SELF-DENIAL is
ONE OF THEM. The average
young mother had her fun be-
fore the baby came, and she'll
have it again when infancy is
past. In the meantime-BOTH
THE CHILD AND THE AUDI
ENCE DESERVE SOME CON-
SHERATON! If parents
haven't decency enough to play
fair with q child. there should be
. law compelling them to do SO!
MRS. CARL J. SEEFELD
Houston, Texas"
The Washington times., 1937-06-07

With that suggestion this writer earnestly agrees and it
wins one Of the $40 prizes
At present insist upon preparation for the plumb
ing trade the roofrs job than do for marragehe
important relationship earththe relationship
which all happiness harmony peace and progress depend
Personally would go further than LEONARD, and sug-
gest instruction preparedness for marriage begin
the child approaches maturityhis instruction
be given by properly informed experts which, all too
often the parents are NOT.
However know that there will be much disagreement
this highly debatabe topic repeat-AL1 OPINIONS
ARE WELCOME AND WILL BE GIVEN FAIR TREAT
MENT AND SPACE IF POSSIBLE, PROVIDED THEY
BE CONTINUOUSLY EXPRESSED.
Politically this department takes sdesis absolutely
nonpartsan But does Young Americas out
let for debate and here fresh subject which agatng
Young America throughout the whole country today.
DAVID CURTIS speaking
The Washington times., 1937-06-07
Keep This Pledge

Resolved: That it be the sense Of this convention
that committee should be appointed BY the Congress
of the United States to make study OF and to report
ON the ordntino to the residents of the District of
Columbia the right of suffrage. Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia
June 26, 1886.
The Washington times., 1937-06-07
Caught Between Roll Calls

TT WAS right between two roll calls in the House 1t
dark and zing out went all the lights in the House
Office Building and the elevators stopped running
It was darker than any other place in the subwas and just
as the members who had answered roll CALL started back
to their offices another one came and they caught Some
of them kept right on going, shouting:
Hello there. Hello. Anyone coming my way7 Watch
out Here come"
There wore oe If casualties when several of the
copuent ones attempted pass the dark but no real dam
age except Representative Caroline oDy who was shaken
up when she stumbled some arcondtloning
in the corridor an she hurried through the subway for the
second call.
The Washington times., 1937-06-07

Dear Miss Robinson:
"Why permit MARRIAGE
which should be the happiest
haven next 70 hesven-tO be .
pitfalI? Thousands Of young
people plunge blindly into les
intimate Relationship with no
real information Of the sacred
union they are undertaking;
with hardly any more knowledge
Of each others fitness than
strangers would have.
REMOVE GAMBLE
''The success Of marriage
from Q physical, mental and
spiritual angle depends ON Ger.
tain facts on an ability TO
make certain mental and bodily
Adjustments. All this should be
The Washington times., 1937-06-07

determined BEFORE marriage
not AFTER.
There Oughtta be q Iaw!' I
don't mean It jestingly. A law
should be passed which would
make it imperative that cOmpe-
tent doctors and psychologists
examine the young people before
they are permitted to wed. Then
the bride and groom would
KNOW whether they were flt to
face the difficult challenge Of
constant companionship, and to
assume the great responsibility
Of fatherhood and motherhood.
TAKE THE CATTLE OUT
OF MARRIAGE! Then, indeed,
we can call It holy wedlOck.
LEONARD H. WONNEMANN,
Baltimore, Nd"
The Washington times., 1937-06-07

Whoops cheers wreaths and congressional medals for
YOU lady! Also this weeks SIS prize Believe me- several
million spectators will endorse This Sentment
Next comes AN URGENT REQUEST from an attractive
girl who for obvious does not wish her name pub
ished but who wants YOUR solution for her problem.
Here's the story
ANOTHER RIDDLE
She's private secretary aged o. engaged to young
engineer who adore her. His salary small but they could
and would marry if it not for her mother.
The mother is 49, widowed, pretty vivacious, and in
splendid health and until three ago. was welpa1d
buver in big department She have her job back
anv dav she wshes-BUT MAMMA DOESN'T WISH! She
saws she has worked long enough it's daughter to
her for the support given her since the dad died when
the voungser was TO- Daughter gallant and GIRL
touched by this plea says a friends would be horribly
shocked let my mother to work after all she has
done for me-. One just can't let mother workp
BUT is OR ISN'T THAT SOR is THERE ANY LOGICAL
REASON WHY A HEALTHY WOMAN OF AZ SHOULDN'T
SUPPORT HERSELFf
DOES THE GIRL WHO NEVER ASKED TO BE
BROUGHT INTO THIS WORLD, OWE HER MOTHER
ANYTHING SAVE LOVE, RESPECT, GRATITUDE-AND
FINANCIAL AID IN THE DISTANT FUTURE9 OR IS
SHE MORALLY BOUND TO SACRIFICE HER OWN
HAPPINESS THAT MOTHER MAY "PLAY AROUND"f
There's the riddle-and if know my human nature, it's
tough one So grab that fountain pen and send
< YOUR ANSWER
The Washington times., 1937-06-07
The Greatest Show on Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

ID REPRESENTATIVE Harold Knutson, of Minnesota, is
~ RECALLING COLLEAGUES with this story about aekass
The Washington times., 1937-06-07

'T'm . movie enthusiast"
says she, ''but ] do believe some
thing should be done about
mothers who inflict misery on
their helpless little ones, and
the whole audience aS well, be-
cause they can't control their
desires for amusement. It
makes my blood boil to see o
mother actually droOl with de-
light over some movie hero,
then slap and yank and shake
her poor baby because it dis
turbs her pleasure by its weary
whimpering.
Il realize that there will be
furious protests from young
parents. But 1 still maintain
that, unless they can leave their
children In capable hands,
THEY SHOULD STAY AT
HOME WITH THEM THEM
The Washington times., 1937-06-07
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
Young America ASks-ShOULd Marriage

Be MOdernized?
TAKE THE GAMBLE OUT OF MARRIAGE :.
= INSIST UPON SCIENTIFIC AS WELL AS SPIRIT.
UAL SAFEGUARDS FOR LIES HoLIEsT sAcRA-
MENT
MAKE TT COMPULSORY THAT PROSPECTIVE MATES
PASS MEDICAL AND PSYCHIATRY TESTS BEFORE
THEY BE GIVEN MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Such are LEONARD H. W0NNEMANN'S suggestions for
modernizine marriage Outrageous Sacrlegous" Many
rraybeard viii snort Yet their attitude not actually
more profane than that expressed in the following letter.
The Washington times., 1937-06-07
1t Wasn't the Size of Them

CIPEAKING about the reference of certain bill Sena
- tor Alben W. Barley, of Kentucky, declared:
II raising any point about that: do NOT care
what committee considers IT, As Of our chief justices
in Kentucky said about the first day OF he month";
when large assortment Of bills came in, 1t was not ne
size the bills but the university Of them that troubled
him"
Aren't ALL