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Evening star., 1937-03-09
CONNALLY PLANS
FIRST MEET|NGON
D. c. AUDITORIUM
Will Confer With Ickes on
Organization for Sur.
vey Work.
CONGRESSIONAL GROUP
TO REPORT ON COST
Enabling Legislation May Be Con.
sidered Before End of Pres.
ent Session.
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

An early start will be made by the
Capital Auditorium Commission on its
survey of the need for a suitable as
sembly hall for large public events
in Washington, it was indicated today.
Chairman Connally of the Senate
Public Buildings and Grounds Com
mittee, said he would confer with
Secretary of Interior Ickes within a
day or two to arrange an organization
meeting of the Commission. Shortly
after the President signed the bill
creating the commission, Connally had
to go to Texas to attend the funeral Of
the late Representative Buchanan, and
just returned yesterday.
Others on Commission.
In addition to Connally and Ickes,
the Commission includes Senator
Austin of Vermont, ranking minority
member Of the Senate Committee;
Chairman Lanham of the House Com
mittee and Representative Taylor Of
Tennessee. ranking minority member
Of the House group.
While the bill does not authorize
actual construction of an auditorium,
it directs the Commission to study the
problem and report before the pres.
ent session ends on the estimated cost
of suitable structure, and how the
cost should be borne.
With indications that the present
session will last well into the Summer,
there may be time to consider the
enabling legislation before adjourn.
ment.
Movement Gains.
Although the necessity for a large
auditorium in Washington, similar to
those in other large cities. long has
been recognized, the movement has
gained greater headway in recent
months than ever before.
The widespread interest in the SUBJ
ject started on Inauguration day, Jan.
uary 20, when rain drenched the
thousands assembled for the outdoor
ceremonies.
Senate Majority Leader Robinson
introduced the bill to set up the Audi.
torium Commission and it won the
prompt approval of both branches Of
Congress.
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RESUMED RACING
SERVICE REPORTED
Further Plans of Garnett
in Campaign Are
Awaited Here.

With further plans of District At
torney Leslie c. Garnett in his cam
paign against dispensing racing in
formation being awaited here, the
National Telecast, Inc, resumed busi-
ness yesterday in its Fifteenth street
Office, it was learned from police.
The latter, acting independently OF
the district attorneys Office, raided
two alleged bookmaking places yester-
day, but later were forced to release
six men because they were unable to
get papers" necessary for prosecution.
In the meantime. aides for the dis
trict attorney began preparation OF
their case against 10 men arrested
on Saturday in offices Of the National
Telecast, Inc.
Mass of Conversation Overheard.
Source of their information was
the great mass of recorded conversa-
tions overheard by secret agents over
tapped telephone wires running into
the five-room Albee Building suite
occupied by the racing information
organization.
William (Jewboy) Dietz and Will
liam w. Cahill, described as co-chiefs
of the broadcasting business, and
eight fellow defendants were arraigned
yesterday afternoon before United
States Commissioner Needham c.
Turnage and pleaded not guilty. All
were allowed to remain at liberty un-
der the bail posted Saturday night.
Hearing was postponed two weeks.
Three of the men were employees Of
the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. One Of them. Charles F. Purvis,
600 block Of Tuckerman street, was
arrested in the Telecast ofices.
Oficials say it was Purvis who dis
covered the tap placed by Federal men
and local police on the Telecast wires,
precipitating the raid.
The other telephone company en-
ployes involved in the alleged gambling
conspiracy were Meade D. Kaufman,
1900 block of Thirty-fifth street. and
Charles E. Castle. 3700 block Of
Twelfth street northeast.
Other defendants are Raymond T.
Reeve, 1900 block of Thirteenth street;
BENJAMIN Cohen. 2120 Pennsylvania
avenue; Claude r. Irving. 900 block
of Park road; Samuel w. Lawder.
900 block of Kennedy street, and
Samuel B. Brown, 5000 block Of Rod
man street. Dietz, whose real name
ia said to be Abe Plisee. lives In the
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Purchases U. S. Goods.

Panama bought more goods from the
United States last year than from any
other country.
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BAND CONCERTS.

BY the Soldiers Home Band in
Stanley Hall at $50 pm. today. John
S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; An
ton Pointner, assistant
Program.
March, college Stunts" -Zamecnik
Overture Irish. "1nnesfallen" Koppitz
Paraphrase, 1.-The Voice Of Love-"
Schumann
Excerpts from musical comedy,
"The Dollar Princess" Fall
South American tango, "Querida"
(Sweetheart) Simon
Valse petite, Sweet Memories Joyce
Finale, Creole Bellies" -Lampe
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
BY the Navy Band Symphony Or
chestra in the sail loft at the Navy
Yard at 8 pm. today. Lieut.. Charles
Benter, conductor; Alexander Morris.
assistant.
Program.
Concert overture. In Bohemia"
Henry Hadley
Tone poem, "A Night on Bald
Mountain" ----M. Moussorgsky
Intermezzo-valse lente, "Valse
Poudree" Francic Poppy
Three orchestral scenes, "Endymion"
(Keats) ----Arthur Hinton
!. Sunrise;
2. Shepherds Song;
8. Dance of the Maidens.
Hungarian Dances" (Nos. l, 2
and 3)- Johannes Brahms
Rapsodie, "Espana,"
Emmanuel Chabrier
prelude to Lohengrin,"
Richard Wagner
Unfinished Symphony. No. 8"
(B minor Franz Schubert
!. Allegro moderate;
II. Andante con moto.
"The star-Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1937-03-09
STUDY Of JACOBS
DATA CONTINUES
Author of Report and Ad-
wiser Testify Before
Committee.

The House Subcommittee on Appro-
priations, in charge of the 1888 District
supply bill, resumed its study of the
Jacobs fiscal relations plan today,
hopeful of concluding its examinatio
before adjournment of two of the
principal witnesses-J. L. Jacobs, Chi
cago efficiency engineer who directed
the latest fiscal relations study, and
George McAneny, president Of the
Guaranty Title Co. of New York City,
who served as chairman of Jacobs
Advisory Committee.
The subcommittee spent less than
two hours listening to McAneny and
Jacobs discuss the new fiscal relations
plan yesterday, and covered only a
small portion of the 244-page report
in which it was set out in detail.
A number of members of the Dis
trict Legislative Committee of the
House sat with the subcommittee at
the invitation of Chairman Collins.
These included members of the two
special subcommittee created by
Chairman Norton to make independ-
ent studies of the Jacobs plan. Com
missioner Melvin c. Hazen and Maj.
Daniel J. Donovan. two outspoken
critics of the plan. also were present.
Members of the District Committee
who sat with the subcommittee in
cluded Representatives Kennedy Of
Maryland and Schultz Of Indiana,
Democrats, and Dirksen of Illinois,
Cole of New York and Bates Of Mas
sachusetts, Republicans.
Kennedy is chairman OF the special
subcommittee of the District Legisla-
tive Committee that will consider the
proposed new revenue legislation in
the Jacobs report. He expects to call
Jacobs and McAneny before his sub
committee as soon as they complete
their testimony before the Appropria-
tions Subcommittee.
Evening star., 1937-03-09
ANSWER PREPARED
TO MAXWELL PLEA
Court to Resume Hearing Today
on Teachers Petition
for Third Trial.
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoclateo PreSS-
WISE, Va, March 9.-Common.
wealth's Attorney Fred B. Geear in.
dicated he would be ready this after.
noon to answer charges made BY
defense counsel for Edith Maxwell in
its appeal to Judge E. T. Carter te
grant a third trial for the former
school teacher. twice convicted Of
killing her father
Geear told the court. in asking fol
the postponement yesterday, that hi
investigation would involve miner
working some distance away.
Defense Attorney Charles Henr,
Smith said in his motto. for a new
trial that three members of the jur.
which convicted Miss Maxwell had
definite and fixed opinions" as to hei
guilt before the trial
The defense motion citing 80 as.
signments eff error. charged amons
other things that the defendant had
not had fair trial because of i'm.
proper conduct the defense attri'
buted to Greear.
Two remarks to the jury, which
the defense held were prejudicial t
its case, contributed to improper
conduct" by the prosecution, the mo.
tion declared.
The two remarks by which Smith
said Greear prejudiced the casa
against the defendant at the Decem.
Der trail were his statement to th.
court that Miss Maxwell and heI
mother, Mrs. Ann Maxwell. who /,
under joint indictment for Trigg Max.
| wells death, were both aiding ane
abetting a homicide and anything sale
by either of them bearing on the
homicide would be admissible"
The defense also cited remark II
said Greear made that Miss Maxwell
probably decided on the night of heI
fathers death, Il will go and kill
The trial judge erred. the motion
contended. in making the reply, 81
think we are" to a defense attorneys
remark that I'VE are not dealing with
an AK"
Smith contended in his motion thai
the States medical witnesses lad.
mitted they could not testify posi-.
lively and beyond doubt that Trigs
Maxwell died as a result Of a blow
on the head" as the State charged
Miss Maxwell's attorney also asserted
State evidence did not "disprove" the
story the defendant told at the first
trial and her sister. Mary Kathryn,
partly repeated at the second, that
Edith struck her father with a shoe
while resisting his attempt to whip
| her.
The comely young woman is accused
of taking her fathers life in their
Pound, Va, cabin in July, 1885.
Evening star., 1937-03-09
WOMEN ASK BETTER
PROTECTION BY POLICE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHEVY CHASE, Md, March o.
Aroused over the recent attacks on
two young Chevy Chase matrons, the
Womans Democratic Club Of Leland
last night adopted a resolution call
ing for more adequate police pro-
lection for the Leland section Of Chevy
Chase. A committee, Of which Mrs.
Pearl Edwards is chairman, was ap-
pointed to request the Montgomery
County commissioners to detail po-
lice officer to patrol the Leland dis
trict regularly in an attempt to pre-
vent a repetition Of the recent assaults,
one of which occurred near the Leland
Junior High School.
Evening star., 1937-03-09
RAINBOW ANNIVERSARY
Veterans to Be Entertained by
Guard Thursday.

Celebrating the 18th anniversary Of
its founding, the District Chapter
of Rainbow Division Veterans has ac-
cepted the invitation of the District
National Guard to an oyster roast
Thursday at 7:30 pm. at armory,
Pennsylvania avenue near Sixth street.
The Rainbow Division Veterans
were organized as such at Bed Neunah.
where the 42d Division was part Of
the American Army Of occupation In
Germany, March IL, 1919.
Evening star., 1937-03-09

education throughout the United
States. Prof. A. e. Neyhart, the other
instructor. has had considerable ex-
perience in the driver training field
and Is on the faculty of a number
of Universities providing the subject
Both men are on the staff of the
Traffic and Safety Division of the
Automobile Association.
The course has already been intro.
duced as an experiment in Roosevelt
and Dunbar High Schools as part OF
the physical education curriculum. Its
extension to the others will depend
upon its success there.
Evening star., 1937-03-09
SAFETY DRIVING
SCHOOL OPENED
Students Learn Deficiencies
as Gadgets Reveal Ac-
curate Reactions.

GadgetS-the latest oneS-that tell
you all kinds of things you don't want
to know about yourself, all but filled
the room as the teachers course in
"sportsmanlike" driving opened yes
terday at George Washington Univer-
sity under the auspices of the Uni
versity School of Education and the
American Automobile Association.
People there, of varying ages and
both sexes, had a grand time being
educated. There were older men,
transit officials, Federal men from the
Indian Service. a man from the
telephone company: young men, stu
dents at the University, Boys Club
representative; women, including
secretaries. a community center repre-
sentative. and teachers. not to men
ton an attractive coed.
Some found out after playing with
a contraption requiring them to line
up several toy autos through a mir
ror giving the effect of 20-foot depth,
that they had no distance judgment.
Others found the sluggishness of
their muscular reaction no longer
private information after they had
tinkered with an electric key or the
automobile machine in the cor
ner. Still others learned that one
eye looks above or below the other or
that they had tunnel vision" The
reporter left the room. satisfied with
the his physical normalcy. He did not
take the tests.
"Sportsmanlike Driving"
All this relates to safety driving. ac-
cording to DR.. F. r. Noffsinger. who
conducted the opening session, be-
cause it teaches you your own physical
characteristics as well as those Of
others. The rest of the course is built
around lectures and pamphlets to put
out teachers on March 20 capable of
instructing "sportSmanlike" driving in
the schools and before other groups.
The academic work of the course
will be carried on daily in Building c.
Twenty-first and G, from to 8 pm.
with an hour out for dinner. The
2 to 4 pm. laboratory periods from
today on will provide the group with
sound movies, slides, charts and other
devices.
And that isn't all. This training
requires "roadwork" before a GER
tificate of capacity will be granted.
The Automobile Association has some
especially constructed dual control
cars for the purpose. That is, they
will have dual brakes and clutch ar
rangement but not two steering
wheels.
Professors Qualifications.
DR.. Noffsinger came here from the
University of Indiana where he was
professor Of education. He is now
engaged in promotion of safe driving
Evening star., 1937-03-09
1700 block of Hobart street, and Cahill
Racing Slips Confiscated.


in Baltimore.
Racing Slips Confiscated.
Meanwhile, raiding two cigar store
numbers" establishments yesterday,
vice squad detectives. led by Sergt.
George c. Deyoe, confiscated a num-
Der of racing slips, an adding ma
chine, a telecast and some numbers
slips. Unable to gather sufficient evi-
dence, the officers made no arrests.
Forcing an entry at the first store
in the 1400 block Of Eleventh street.
police found several men operating
an adding machine, which they con-
fiscated along with the racing slips.
Another store in the $500 block Of
Ninth street yielded the telecast. race
and numbers slips and numerous
empty cigar boxes.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
Washington Exchange
SALES.

SALES.
Washington Rwy. g. Elec. pfd.-l0 at
109, 10 at 100, at 100.
Washington Loan & Trust Col at
292.
AFTER CALL.
National Capital Bank-lo at l45I
10 at 14534, 9 at 1881
Mergenthaler Linotype-8 at ~.
Evening star., 1937-04-17

Approximate Sales of Stocks the N EXCHANGE
11:00 Pm. 100000 1900 Noon ~ 440 900
Dividend rates given the table the
trading 100 shares +Annual rate-
not including extras: Paid last Paid this
Z Ex
Evening star., 1937-04-17
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, April 17.-Mild sup
port appeared for leading stocks in
today's market and number of spe-
cialties pushed up substantially.
Dealings were exceptionally quiet,
even for Saturday, and numerous
issues held to restricted area
throughout the session. There was an
assortment of losers at the close.
Tending to promote slightly better
feeling toward the list was a moderate
comeback in some major commodities
which suffered worldwide crash yes
terday on European peace moves and
rumors Of an arms conference among
the powers in the near future
Bolstering stock favorites also were
brighter earnings statements and IA
vorable dividend actions
Coppers, leading Fridays slow re-
treat, drifted to still lower levels
Transfers were around 100000
shares.
Many traders remained in neutral
territory pending Transmission Of the
Presidents budget message to Con-
gress next week
Predictions the Chief Executive
will stress economy" in his advice to
the lawmakers helped to lift United
States Government securities N the
bond department. Corporation loans
were uneven.
Buoyed by further business opti-
mism, Certain-teed, International
Printing Ink and Mead Corp. got up
2 points or so each, the latter two at
new peaks for the year
Dome Mines rallied when directors
declared an extra disbursement to
stockholders of So a share Armour
was comparatively lively on the up
side on the lifting of this company's
dividend
Others displaying improvement
most Of the time included Loew's, u.
S. Industrial Alcohol, Bulova Watch,
N. Y. Central, Allied Chemical, Amer
lean Can, Du Pont, Chrysler, Graham
Paige, Boeing, Plymouth Oil and
Shell Union Oil
Narrow to off as much as q point
or more were Anaconda, Kennecott,
American Smelling, Seaboard OIL.
General Electric, Cerro De Pasco,
General Motors, Chrysler, U. S. Steel
Bethlehem, Goodrich, u s. Rubber,
Sears Roebuck, Great Northern.
Southern Railway, Lone Star Cement,
Canada Dry. Revere Copper and Con-
solidated Edison.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
FEDERAL LAND BANKS

NEW YORK April II R.-Federal
Evening star., 1937-04-17
new YORK COTTON
b. the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April 17-Cotton fu-
lures opened steady, up 4 to 13 points,
on higher Liverpool cables, trade and
foreign buying. May, 1894; July,
1926; October, 1900; December,
1895: January, 1891; March, 1896.
Trading was comparatively quiet
with initial advances representing only
partial response to firmness at Liver
pool. Nervousness continued follow
ing the developments OF the past week
and there was further tired long liqui-
dation.
Liverpool was a seller Of distant
positions here, but offerings were not
heavy and the market turned steadier
on trade price fixing in near months.
Wall Street buyers also appeared
and July sold up from 1925 to 1894.
Prices were holding close to the best
shortly after the first half hour, when
the market was net Z to 18 points
higher.
The weather map showed no rain
over the belt. Texas estimated for an
increase of 10 per cent in acreage in
that State were somewhat under trade
expectations.
Liverpool was firm following the re-
cent heavy liquidation and contracts
were scarce.
The Commodity Credit Corp. report
ed requests for release of 1,209, 1858
bales Of loan cotton through April Is,
representing but $4,000 bales for the
week
Evening star., 1937-04-17

connection with
the annual meet
Ing of the United
States Chamber
of c O m m e r C e.
Three prominent
speakers h a v e
been secured.
O. J. Arnold,
president of the
Northwestern Ma
tional Life Insur-
ance Co., Mime
apolis, will dis
cuss Investment
Policies of Life
Insurance Com
panies." John G.,
Evening star., 1937-04-17

BERKELEY SPRINGS, w. Va, April
II (SpeciaD All employees Of this
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Co. here
have been given q raise In pay amount
ing to 10 cents per hour. effective
April !.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
U. S. TREASURY NOTES,
tReported by ohas. D. Barney Ss COZ
U. s. TREASURY POSITION.
Special Dispatch to The Stal.
By the Associated Press.

The position of the Treasury April Is:
Receipts, $1s.373 .569.61; expenditures.
customs receipts for the month. sSs. .ea2. :
0S6.67: receipts for the fiscal year, So
939.20b.775.72; expenditures, S. .s91 :
Of emergency expenditures;, excess Of ex-
penditures. 81 .951. .071. .3O0.40; sros. debt.
$34. an increase Of -:
assets. S1l sos. .d63. .6e2 ~. including
1857 ASS e16.22 Of inactive sold.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
Spot steady: middling. 1899.

Cottonseed Oil.
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed steady. May, 1904; July,
10.17-18; September, 1919; October,
1904. Sales, 2o3 contracts, including
26 switches. 49,.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
WAGES ARE INCREASED.

a-Also extra or extras
e-Declared or paid so far this year.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
STOCK SEAT HIGHER,

NEW YORK, April II LP.-Arrange-
ments have been made for the sale
of a membership on the New York
Stock Exchange for $4,000. an in.
crease of $4,000 over the previous sale.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
INSURANCE MEN
ASKED TO ATTEND
D. c. Underwriters Invited
to Round Table ParIey
of U. S. Chamber.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Members Of the District Of Colum-
bia Life Underwriters Association have
been extended special invitation to
take part in an insurance round-table
conference on Tuesday, April ~, In
Evening star., 1937-04-17
RUBBER FUTURES,

NEW YORK, April II GP.-Crude rub
Der futures closed steady. 80 to A higher
May. 22.53; July, %: :72a73; September
% .S3as4. Smoked, ribbed. spot. 2.5On
Nominal.
Evening star., 1937-04-17

'Ex. dividend.
tPlus extra.
e-2% extra.
f-1hTo extra.
h-75c extra.
''--25c paid June 80. 1895: 45c paid
December 20. 1895.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
INVESTING COMPANIES

NEW YORK April II P.-New York
Security Dealers Association:
Moon Quotations
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-08
Hunt For Pencil
Cap Inside Lung
Ends i'm Success

LOS ANGELES, June 8. WP)--
A three-day search for a pencil cap
to match the one in Andrew Blake
lys lung SO that forceps could be
made for an operation, ended sue
cessfully last night.
The pencil was found. the forceps
made, the cap removed from the
12-year-old schoolboy, and the pa
tient was resting easily.
The boy inhaled a metal, bullet
shaped top from his pencil after
heaving sigh of relief for solving
an arithmetic problem. The cap
lodged in the lung and defied the
surgeons instruments when they
probed for it. 1t was necessary to
find pencil with an identical cap.
A nationwide appeal brought three
pencils by plane from New York,
but they failed to fit.
The right type of pencil was
found yesterday by Jack v. Detar,
a penman in Pomona, Calf.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-08


to the jury by Sellers. whose testi-
mony was used in the Hauptmann
case. The jury was permitted to
study the checks and the signatures
appearing upon them through
Sellers microscope.
He testified that certain of the
checks had been tampered with af-
ter they had gone through the
bank, ink used in the tampering
having run through bank stamp
perforations to the back of the
check
The word bearer" designating
the payee on the face of a $500
check, he testified, had been eras-
ed and the words California First
National Bank typed in.
On check for $l00, Sellers testi-
fled, the word bearer" had been
typed in on one typewriter to desig-
nate the payee While the words
Bank of America" had been typed
on another typewriter.
The two alleged changes mem
toned were on checks marked with
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-08
P PROSECUTOR
GATHERS DATA
IN BRlBE PROBE
Plans to Concentrate on
Oil, Road Bill
Charges

SACRAMENTO, June 8.
(UP)-District Attorney OTIS
Babcock said today his in
vestigation of alleged bril-
cry -snd corruption III the
California legislature will be con-
centrated, at least for the time
being, on the Tideland Oil and
Arroyo Seco road bills.
The district attorney returned
to Sacramento today from Los An
geles where he spent several days
seeking additional information in
the inquiry which brought grand
jury indictment against Assembly,
man Gene Flint, Los Angeles, last
week. Flint was accused of offer
ing bribe to a fellow legislator
in connection with assembly ac-
ton on the Welsh Tideland OH
measure.
Although he reported a satisfac-
tory trip In the southland, Bab-
cock said there were few new de-
velopments in the case. He said he
is contemplating action against
Ray K. Kahl, assembly assistant
sergeant-at-arms, to whom Mrs.
Albert Sherman Hoyt Of South
Pasadena said she paid $500 for
services in advocating approval Of
the road measure.
While he expressed uncertainty
as to a possible course of proce-
dure against Kahl, Babcock said
Kahl was employed by the state
to perform one service, and I am
convinced it was illegal for him
to accept money to go around get
ting votes or arranging committee
meetings in behalf of any BILL"
He said he would not issue a suLo-
pena for Mrs. Hoyt since she had
volunteered to tell the county grand
jury what she knows of legislative
action on the Arroyo Seco measure
when the body reconveneS.
Babcock said he definitely did
not plan to investigate handling
of a so-called second southern
California race track measure as
requested in letter from a Los
Angeles editor.