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contained in our series, as it has been
our object to disclose the manner in
which the schemer is mulcting the
people Of Washington, and the huge
sum Of money involved, as well as to
point out just what good would come
OF this money If contributed to the
proper charities.
The puff peddler" does not asso-
ciate with his charity chiseling BROTH
ers He Is a much higher type, and
since his operations are quasi-legal,
though obviously Of a questionable
nature, he is making handsome
income bamboozling the public, and
does not care to mingle with the
Storage" as he terms charity
racketeers.
His plan of campaign is just the
opposite to that used by the old scam
dal sheet, whose publisher used his
columns to extract cash from his
victims. This scheme came within
the bounds Of blackmail, since he
threatened his prey with the pub
LEGATION Of embarrassing news items
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-09

ago, ordered them to United States
base No. 2-as the York River in
Virginia was officially designated. In
that spacious river, not 50 far from
Washington, the battleshipe rode at
anchor, behind protecting sub
marine net. The York River remained
the major base OF the main fleet
throughout the war.
ILLUMINATING this fiscal years
activities afloat, the United States
Fleet, as it is now officially termed,
Will engage in war maneuvers. But
there will be the comforting knowledge
that the ships are not called upon to
go to foreign shores, as many of them
did during the World War. Withal,
the greyhounds that form Uncle
Sans line of defense will move with
secrecy: will have a radio silence"
imposed; will have strenuous watches
around the clock; will keep just as
keen an eye for the enemy" and will
attempt to win, for it will be serious
business.
Secrecy Grapes the movements of
the vessels. The United States Fleet
is split into two opposing forces.
Sealed orders are given the rival COM
manders and they will have separate
rendezvous and will attempt to better
the foe"
A defense of Hawaii an attack
| on Alaska eNy%{A ~a{ -
shores Of California, or Oregon, or
Wash1ngton-these are major consid-
erations in the war games. And sea-
soned seamen will match wits and
skill, tactics and strategy, In the lists.
This is the annual fleet problem in
which the fleet gives practical DEM
onstration Of some hypothetical prob
lem-with "all hands" participating.
Due to the changes of personnel that
periodically take place in the fleet, it
Is necessary to hold war games an
nually. The officers and men, at the
outset OF each year, start In with
elementary work and progress to the
grand result, which is the pending
maneuver, with some 5000, 900 square
miles as the theater of operations.
There are three natural areas in
which the American fleet can loei-
cally hold the war games. One is in
the Caribbean, with the Panama
Canal as the prize. The second is the
California Hawaii Panama area, with
the Canal and Honolulu as critical
pivots. The third is the California
Alaska Hawaii triangle, being utilized
for this years demonstration.
Theoretical studies carried on at the
Naval War College, at Newport, R. L.,
by officers Of the Navy and Marine
Corps, are here carried into practice.
Here Is the opportunity to introduce
certain phases Of war plans that are
jealousy guarded at the Navy De-
partment, and patroled, after work.
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ahead IN line or in column, as the
feet commander orders. BY visual
signals-the multi hags-or by
radio, the orders are transmitted, and
keen-eyed ensigns and -. G s" alertly
pass the word to their superiors. Tel
Escapes and binoculars are trained on
every suspicious object, for one of the
enemy submarines" might bob to the
surface and do deal of damage"
MORE than ever, the BLACK gang"
down in the bowels of the mon
sters, is admonished to conserve fuel
and not make smoke, for that would
be an accusing finger of smudge
across the sky and over the waters, in
viting the enemy" to look and learn
OF the whereabouts of the others.
Guns crews stand by battle sta
tons. ready to fire and put the foe
out Of action. OF course, real shells
are not fired on the ships of the OPP
posing fleet, but the umpires readily
tell when one is "out."
The feet commanders deploy their
ships In the most suitable battle for
nation. They "call the play" and
then it is up to each individual player
to handle himself. Thus, junior off,
GERS are enabled to prove their met
tle-or draw down censure If they
make a misstep.
On this grand scale the war games
will move ahead. Dutch Harbor in
Unalaska will witness strange sights
this Springtime and the bears will
blink in amazement at the big man
made contraptions speeding past their
glaciers as mimic battle proceeds.
Honolulu, which, with all Hawaii
is assuming more and more impor-
lance as aircraft take q major role
in transportation, will see some Of the
towers of steel-the battleships, the
destroyers, the submarines, the cruis-
ers, the supply ships, the mine sweep
ers, the hospital ship and the smaller
craft.
For Hawaii looms large in the ma
tional defense picture. There is the
Army's great Schofield Barracks.
There is major flying field. There
Is located the Nays Pearl Harbor,
near Honolulu. And during the war
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cut their course at "Jones's Corner"
in mid-Pacihc above brave ghosts Of

cut their course at "Jones's Corner"
in mid-Pacihc above brave ghosts Of
older clippers with their canvas piled
cloudlike In the tropic winds, calls
for every ounce Of American enter
prise-the enterprise that irresistibly
pushed back the barriers across the
face Of the continent.
So the drawing boards with their
three dinensional plans assume a
vital position. Travel the road to
Baltimore and on beyond few miles
to Middle River, Md A clean cut
group of buildings, surrounded on two
sides by green lawn, and approached
at the back by an inlet, bears the name
OF Glenn L. Martin From this source
for years has come a steady stream of
ideas that took wings and flew. The
Martin bomber, the Martin clipper
great ships. Now new plans are under
way.
Most recent was the announcement,
some two weeks ago, that for the
competitive service across the Atlantic,
Martin had planned and would build
the largest transport plane of any to
date. No details are public as yet.
but in comparison with the present
clippers that cruise at 100 miles per
hour, this ship is supposed to have
a speed Of ITS and 5,000-mile range
with pay load. With this equipment,
Europe would be only about 20 hours
away. The flying boat being built
for the Russian government will weigh
something like $4,000 pounds, cost
over 81 ,000, 900, have 1000 horse power
on four engines, a seating capacity Of
A passengers and crew Of four, and
maximum range of 1000 miles,
cruising at 100. Add to this the paper
plans, into which have gone long and
detailed experiment, OF the Martin
streamlineT, which will be designed
definitely for sub-stratoephere work,
and you have one door at least to
future possibilities in the air.
OUT in California, where aviation
production is concentrating with
q rapidity equalled only by the early
days Of motion picturess. Douglas
Aircraft is building fast and furiously.
Its ships are flying virtually. around
the world; on domestic airlines de-
liveries can't be made quickly enough
to satisfy the demand. Luxury rides
in these ships for the first time, built
to order-United with its "skylounge,"
q beautiful club car of the air; Ameri-
can with its pioneering sleepers, where
the customer stretches out full length
on q down-filled mattress in privacy
and Aforementioned comfort 10000
feet above the earth; Transcontinen-
tai, Western Air with It's still more
powerful version being released this
week
Hear what Jack Frye, president Of
T. w. A.. had to say when talked
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By William 4. MiUeu.
LEAR decks for battle!"

6 ~LEAR decks for battle!"
Such will be the dra-
matte order given by COM
~ manders of rival fleets
somewhere in the Pacific, between now
and June l, when they make contact
on "the wandering fields of barren
foam" And against the day when
the United States may face armed re-
sistance af1oat, these two fleets will be
preparing. For Uncle Sam is about
to enact his gigantic war games with
his battleships, cruisers, submarines,
destroyers and aircraft, with their sup
porting vessels, as the pawns-and in
supreme secrecy.
In this martial array, perhaps
spread out over battle line 100 miles
in length. will be upwards of 200 ships
and $4,000 officers and enlisted men.
The watery field of combat lies in a
gigantic triangle, embraced by the
California coast, Alaska and Hawaii.
There are romance and drama in
this years naval maneuvers. For the
United States Navy is as surely on a
war footing as 1t was 20 years ago
this April, when America entered the
World War. But the situation offers
. marked contrast, although there is
. parallel. The same old U. S. S,
Pennsylvania is flagship of the Amer
lean feet today, as it was in April,
1917, and there are many OF the othe.
old OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mississippi, the
Texas, the Idaho, the New Mexico,
the Nevada, the Maryland and others.
Shortly after the World War the bat
tleships West Virginia and Colorado
joined the feet and they are in the
war games now.
A score Of years ago, with the United
States on the threshold Of the war,
the Atlantic fleet, as 1t was then
known, was on its annual Winter
cruise In Caribbean waters. America
was proud Of its Navy then, for the old
white squadron"-white hulls and
yellowish smokestacks-had given way
to the newer designs in Dattleship
gray. the color they are painted today.
When war broke, the bulk of the
feet was in the West Indies. The fleet
was centering at Guantanamo Bay,
Uncle Sans naval base on the SOUTH
eastern coast Of Cuba, a heritage of
the war with Spain. AS soon as word
that the United States had entered
the World War flashed to the fleet
over the radio, the floating fortresses
went on combat status.
The Red Barn and Guantanamo
were forsaken for native shores, as the
Atlantic fleet steamed northward in
war array, ever watchful for German
U-boats. The great ships put into
Hampton Roads, Va, and Admiral
Henry T. Mayo, commander in chief of
the fleet. who died but few weeks
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EDITORS NOTE This is the fifth OF series OF articles
exposing icous rackets being practced the of charity
innocent uictis in Washington It is estimated that
ge4 over ha milton d9nars 19Hnd its ay INTO TIE
during the past The in tch these crooks operate
ploy to aulct and deraud their uicts ,o be explained in
these articles Dich detail actual charity
r1cketeerinq here.
Evening star., 1937-08-08
|PLOMAT|C' Jobs
H|NDER|NG POLICE
Crime Wave Laid to Force
Personnel Shortage Caused
by Extra Work.

Furnishing special details of detec-
tives and uniformed officers to cover,
diplomatic corps and congressional
social functions and sporting events
is partly responsible for the petty crime
wave which has swept Washington
during recent weeks, Inspector L. l.
H. Edwards, acting police superin-
tendent, said last night.
Such assignments, the inspector ex-
planned, leave gaps in the personnel
and pile up leave, causing further
temporary depletion of the ranks. At
present, he said, 35 of the forces so
detective sergeants are on leave.
AS result of one special detail, only
three patrolmen we're on duty in the
entire third precinct from midnight
Friday to 8 am. yesterday. The only
other police protection for this area
was four officers patrolling in two
scout cars.
Eleventh Precincts Plight.
An even worse situation was ex-
perienced at the eleventh precinct re-
Gently, Edwards said, when the short
age of men necessitated the pressing
of the switchboard operator into serv-
ice on beat" This left one officer
in the precinct The same condition
frequently arises in the eighth and
sixth precincts.
At society parties, officers are used
to prevent traffic snarls and handle"
crowds, Edwards explained Boxing
and wrestling matches also are regular
assignments.
Housebreakings Reported.
Despite the shortage of detectives,
only four housebreakings and one at
tempted hold-up were reported during
the last ID hours
The victims were Miss c. L. Scott,
5000 Connecticut avenue, who told
police her apartment was burglarized
Of SAT; Blanche Cohen, 1901 Argonne
place, who reported the theft of s5l
by a duplicate-key burglar; William
D. Thomas. 4004 D street southeast.
whose chicken house was looted of 50
fowl, and Isaac Miller, proprietor of
filling station at 2045 Georgia
avenue, who said his cash register was
robbed Of $40.
Evening star., 1937-08-08
HARVARD DEAN ASSAILS
WASHINGTON BUILDINGS
Hudnut Says Classical Design Has
No Place in Present Steel,
Concrete Age.
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, August Dean Joseph
Hudnut of the Harvard School Of
Architecture today called the pro-
passed classical design of the Thomas
jefferson Memorial in Washington
"hyperorthodoy."
What" he asked, writing in the
American Magazine of Arts, has a
notwithstanding age of steel and
concrete to do with honoring an
eighteenth-century statesman with a
second century temple dedicated to
the seven gods Of Rome?
And, moreover, what is the justin
cation for the cumbersome, monu-
mental office buildings recently built
in Washington, inefficient in layout,
dark, loaded with wedding-cake col
umns and Greco Roman ornament
which has no connection with either
modern times nor the early days Of
the American Repuolic?'
Dean Hudnut asserted, The rule Of
the pedant and the schoolmaster IN
architecture is already at an end"
Evening star., 1937-08-08
RUSSIANS CAMP DRIFTS
1873 MILES FROM POLE

by the Associated Press.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, August T.
Soviet representatives here received
word from their polar camp today
that it had drifted 1913 miles from
the Pole, apparently in the direction
Of Spitzenbergen.
Whether the earth's rotation had
anything TO do with the Arctic drift
was undetermined
The weather was reported anything
but favorable for q polar flight. There
was rain and unsettled conditions
throughout interior Alaska. and dense
ground fog and high cloud overcast
with a 28-degree temperature at the
polar camp.
The Russians came here TO assist in
projected passenger flight over
the Pole from Moscow TO the United
States.
Evening star., 1937-08-08
PALESTINE DEBATE
Z|QN|STS
Jewish State Party Leader
Calls British Plan
"Suicide Pact"
By the Associated Press.

ZURICH, Switzerland, August 8
tSunday) .-Spokesmen for and against
the British proposal to divide Pales-
tine into three states clashed today
in stormy debates in the World Zionist
Congress, which brought delegates to
their feet with applause or objec-
tions.
There were no meetings yesterday
because of the Jewish Sabbath, but
the general debate was resumed after
sundown and continued into today.
Meir GrosSman, leader of the jew
ish state party, told the congress;
Our leaders are beaten and ready
to surrender territory to make jew
ish state an impotent vassal of the
British Empire. To accept the Brit
ish plan is to enter suicide pact"
Three States Planned.
(The British plan, drafted by
royal commission, proposed the parti-
ton of Palestine into Jewish state,
an Arab state and an area under
British mandate.)
DR. Emil Schmork of Poland Sec
onded Grossman's stand and said that
less than 100000 more Jews could
be absorbed by the Jewish state pro-
posed by the British report.
David Ben Gurion, Jewish labor
leader, who was expelled from Pal
estine in 1917, but returned after
stay in the United States to rise to
position Of influence in the Jewish
labor movement, met the attacks.
Favors Negotiations.
He outlined the case for that part
Of the congress which favors agreeing
to negotiate with Great Britain on
the basis of the royal commissions
report.
He said the Jews will continue to
fight for full realization of the prom
lses made in the Balfour declaration.
by the Balfour declaration of
1917, Britain pledged her aid to facili-
tate the establishment Of a Jewish
national home in Palestine.)
Evening star., 1937-08-08
ATTACK
BELIEVED FAXED
LoyaIist Officials Hold Ship
Incident Was Staged by
Germans.
BY the Associated Press.

VALENCIA, Spain, August THE
Spanish defense ministry alleged
tonight that reported submarine
attacks on the German cruiser Leip-
zig in June had the appearance of a
fraud perpetrated by Germany to
build up a reason for war against the
Spanish government.
In support of its charges, the min
istry published statement which it
said had been obtained secretly from
a member of the cruisers crew.
(After the Leipzig incident in June
in the Mediterranean, Germany
announced underwater scrutiny of
the hull showed it had been scraped
by & metal object, but whether by a
torpedo or the superstructue of a
submarine was not determined,
Germany and Italy withdrew from
the European Non-intervention Com
mittees naval patrol around Spain
after the incident because Britain
and France refused to join in a four
power warning demonstration against
the Spanish government
The statement said the Leipzig was
visited a few days before the sup
posed attack by Italian and Spanish
insurgent naval officers and NUM-
tions aboard thereafter were shifted
to other positions so the ship might
be torpedoed without danger of
sinking"
A watch by picked sailors then was
maintained, the statement said, and
the rest of the crew knew nothing of
the "torpedoing" until shortly before
the cruiser reached Germany.
The ministry asserted that, based
on the evidence, it appeared no
attacks took place. At the time Ger
many charged the vessel was attacked,
the ministry said all of its submarines
were in port.
Evening star., 1937-08-08
u. S. INTERVENTION
OUT, RIVERS TOLD
Government Can't Help Georgia
Return Prisoners, Lawyers
Believe.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AsSoclateo Press.
ATLANTA, August Legal ad-
visers dropped part of Georgia's fugi-
tive convict problems back into the
lap of Gov. z. D. Rivers today with
the opinion that Federal authorities
couldn't help in extraditions
Rivers sought 10 invoke 1893 Fed
eral law to require return to Georgia
chain gangs Of Robert Elliott Burns.
James Cunningham and other fugi-
tives who have found havens in the
North
He asked Assistant Attorneys Gen.
eral w. II. Duckworth and Marshall
Allison to confer with Federal Dis
trict Attorney Lawrence Camp.
Il don't expect the Federal Gov
ernment to take any action in the
matter" said Duckworth, after a brief
conversation with Camp today. ANY
action would have TO be by State au-
thorities in the Federal courts and I
haven't analyZed the situation far
enough to see that We can do that"
Camp said extradition was purely
State matter"
Gov. Hurley OF Massachusetts re-
Gently refused extradition for Cum
ninghan', convicted colored burglar.
on grounds he had been "brutally"
treated in the chain gang from which
he escaped.
Evening star., 1937-08-08
Wirephoto Helps
Kin in Il. S. Find
Spanish Refugee
First NeWs to
Family of Girl Who
EIOped 8 Years Ago.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
DENVER, August THE Associated
Press wirephoto brought six Colorado
brothers and sisters Of Mrs. Pauline
Rojas. returned refugee from war-torn
Spain, their first news of her since
she eloped from Trinidad, Colo, eight
years ago.
The picture of her arrival in New
York with her six children elected
from John Frazzini, her brother, Den
yer Parks Department enploye:
Sure enough, that's her. all right. :"
The Associated Press dispatch re-
ported Mrs. RojaS' husband, miner
TO whom she was married against her
fathers objections, is fighting in the
civil war near Santander.
Reading that Mrs. Rojas was deter
mined TO get Job, F'razzini and his
sister, Mrs. Solleta Toti OF Trinidad,
offered TO help.
She doesn't know that her father
died seven years ago. Frazzini said.
Mother died two years ago. She
doesn't know that either"
Evening star., 1937-08-08
FEVER FATAL
TO YOUTH I'M VIRGINIA
First Death From Malady in
State This Year Reported
at Crewe.
By the Associs ted Press.


CREWE, Va, August THE first
death from Rocky Mountain spotted
fever in Virginia this year was reported
here today with the death Of Wilson
Hudgins, IT.
Dr. A M. Smith of Petersburg, who
attended the patient, said it was the
first case of the disease he had heard
Of in this region since it was reported
spreading eastward this Summer.
DR.. Smith said the disease is very
virulent and that the outh died very
shortly" after red splotches appeared
on his body and he was stricken with
severe chills and fever.
The doctor said the disease is spread
through the bite Of the common wood
tick and warned persons to guard
against the bite of the insect which is
carried not only by household pets but
by other animals.
Evening star., 1937-08-08
MOTORISTS TOLD
TOPLAN COURSES
Van Duzer Cites Neglect of
Hand Signals as Acct
dent Cause.

Like the skipper of vessel, motor
lists should chart a course" mentally
before they take to the highway, Traf-
fic Director William A. Van Duzer
suggests, in emphasizing that many
of Washingtons accidents result from
thoughtless maneuvers.
Aimless driving-with the person
behind the wheel making a decision en-
the spur of the moment while sur
rounded by heavy flow of traf1c-has
been leading factor in majority Of
nishapS, he said.
If more drivers planned turns in
advance of reaching intersections and
did not wait until the last minute to
swing into another traffic lane, acci-
dents would be fewer.
To illustrate his point, Van Duzer
produced a folder of diagrams,
sketched from reports made by police
on the causes of crashes during the
last six months.
Increase in Accidents.
During this period the number Of
accidents has Increased at an alarm
ing rate. sending the total of deaths
and injuries far ahead of the first
six months Of 1895.
The diagrams, based on mishaps
along Pennsylvania avenue, where
traffic moves in three lanes. showed
it is common practice for drivers to
turn to the right or left at intersec-
tions from the middle lane.
Another regulation frequently vio-
lated with disastrous results for both
offenders and innocent drivers is the
hand signal, Van Duzer said. The
tendency of drivers to disregard this
important warning signal became
more pronounced with the increased
popularity Of closed cars, the traffic
director believes.
Reason for Neglect.
'In cold weather" he said, mo
florists like to keep the windows of
their cars up. And. judging from the
actions of many of them. it's too much
trouble TO lower the glass and put an
arm out when the time comes to make
O turn or stop. Then when warm
weather arrives and the windows can
be lowered, these drivers usually have
developed habit of turning without
signaling"
Due to the many crashes that have
occurred at intersections where ma
chimes are parked too near the corner,
Van Duzer said he is considering
changing the 25-foot no-parking
the-corner" regulation to so feet.
He believes that much clearance may
be necessary at intersections if mo-
torists cannot learn to take it easy
at crossings and have their automo-
biles under sufficient control to stop
quickly. Il would mean the loss of
considerable parking space, the direc-
tor pointed out, but there seems to be
no alternative.
AS the drive to educate" drivers
passed the fourth Gay yesterday, cas-
ualties from mishaps continued to run
below normal, with only one person,
q child, being reported hurt in traffic
He was John Livingston, 5. of 906
Seventh street southeast who was
knocked down by a machine. The
child was cut and bruised.
Evening star., 1937-08-08
SURVIVES 1000 VOLTS

JERSEY CITY, N. j., August 7 GA0.
George Mccullough, 81, of Wood
bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad en-
gineer, touched wire carrying II 900
volts today and survived.
When his locomotive stalled here,
Mccullough climbed to the top to
make the necessary repairs. His body
touched the live wire above and he
was hurled to the ground. Taken to
a hospital, Mccullough was found suf-
fering from burns of the head and
legs, but his condition was reported
good