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Evening star., 1937-09-29
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
CLAIM 18TH VICTIM
Clyde V. Arner Is Fatally In
jured When He Falls From
Grocery Truck

Traffic accidents claimed their sew
enty-rfth victim today when Clyde
V. Arner. As. colored. 1885 Twenty
third street, fell of a grocery truck
and was fatally injured in the 1900
block on Fifth street northeast.
At this date last year 81 fatalities
had been recorded in the District.
Arner was taken to Casualty Hos
pital and pronounced dead on arri-
val.
Jack Fewer, %, of 11O7 Seven
teenth street suffered head wounds
when the car he was driving was in
collision with another machine at the
corner of Thirteenth and s streets
last night. He was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital
Two colored persons, passengers in
the other car, were slightly injured.
Lucille Jackson, 20, colored, 1888
Florida avenue, was cut about the
right eye and, Clara Thaw, -. col
ored, 645 Florence street northeast,
suffered bruises to the head. The
driver Of the car, James jackson, II,
colored, 1888 Florida avenue, was
charged with reckless driving and
having no permit. He was not in
jured.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
zoo VISITORS SEE
NEW COLLECTIONS.
Dragon Lizard, Tupai and
Hog-Badgers Among Rare
Arrivals From "Ark."
BY w. II. SHIPPFN JR

Zoo fans got their first look today
at the strange creatures brought back
from the other side Of the world by
the National Geogra phic- Smithsonian
Institution expedition.
The buildings were closed to the
public yesterday while keepers trans
ferred the captives from their crates
to the display cages which will be-
come their permanent homes.
The 7-foot Komodo dragon lizard.
unique in the United States, was one
of the few reptiles placed on display.
The others, including huge pythons.
king cobras. vipers and crocodiles will
remain in their crates until the return
of Roy Jennier, chief keeper of the
Reptile House.
Supervising Care OF Giraffes.
Jennier now is in Athena. N. J.,
supervising the care Of four young
giraffes and other hoofed animals in
l5-day quarantine there A spectacu-
lar display cage which takes up one
end of the new Pachyderm House.
| awaits the igraffes. The walls of the
cage have been painted in vivid colors
with African scenes.
Into the new pachyderm house YES
terday were brought three Malay
tapirs, the only large animals which
did not go to quarantine The new
elephant house, with its spacious Wis
tas, decorative effects and modern
display cages. probably will become
the Zoos most popular attraction
when it is thrown open TO the public.
Scores of animals, mostly from
Sumatra, were placed in display
cages yesterday in the new house for
small mammals and great apes. Wres-
tier, one of the expeditions two
I orangutans, swung about his big cage
quite happily. After six weeks Of
confinement in the hold of freienter
his muscles needed the exercise. The
older oraneutan in the adjoining
cage also was getting rid Of his sea
legs. The henna- -colored apes showed
] to excellent advantage against the
forest-green background of their
cages.
Gibbons in Prominent Positions.
The expeditions four young gibbons
were assigned to prominent positions
as were the lutan9s, rare leaf-eating
monkeys. An equally rare clouded
leopard. two golden cats, pair Of
three-climbing kangaroos and pair
Of binteronp, or bear cats" now
occupy cages in the mammal house.
Other rare creatures we're the tupai. a
| Sumatran tree shrew, and a pair OF
! hog badgers
The big cats were ouartered in the
lion house, and included two tigers.
two black leopards and one spotted
leopard The regular inhabitants
greeted the newcomers with q COM
bined roar which almost raised the
roof. The East Indian cats replied in
kind-sll. that is, but Harry, the ex-
petitions pet tiger. Harry still was
wearing his brass-studded leather
harness, symbol of his submission to
man. He seemed bewildered by the
rage and hatred about him.
One of the most vivid pictures wa
| presented in the bird house, Vhera
some 700 bright -plumaeed denizens Ct
| Eastern jungles we're assigned to cages
The collection was made from Aus
tralia to Africa. II includes brigh.
birds of paradise, 2rotesoue casso-
warts and shoe bill storks. and scores
Of other varieties with plunage rangirg
the colors Of the rainbow.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
AutOist Arrested
After Driring on
Airport Ru,,,Uay

Some fancy auto driving was dis
played by two youths in a high-pow-
cred roadster on the runway of the
Washington Airport this morning. ac-
cording to officials of the flying field.
Police of Arlington County arrested
Bruce l.. Irvine. 81, who gave his ad-
dress as 6l8 Quebec place, Washing
ton. and were holding him in the coun-
ty jail on charge Of driving while
drunk
Airport officials first noticed the car
on the field as it was running down
the taxi strip ordinarily used by
airliners. They said the automobile
then proceeded by circuitous route
through the long runway and turned
it into speedway"
Fortunately, of1icials added. no
planes were scheduled TO take of or
land at the time.
One of Irvine's companions. said
by police to be Dwight K. Shurtleff
10, Of the Quebec place address, was
arrested on a charge OF drunkenness.
The girl. witnesses at the field said
left the car before police arrived.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
.IECH LIFE GETS AWARD
AS OUTSTANDING PAPER
Mckinley High Publication Given
First-Place Honors by Quill
and Scroll.

AS Tech Life. Mckinley High School
newspaper, prepares for its first issue
judges OF the Quill and Scroll criti-
cal service, under the auspices of the
Medill School of journalism. gave
the publication an international hrst-
place award, 1t was announced TODAY
In their yearly survey the Quill
and Scroll, an international honor
society for high school journalists
rated the newspaper as one Of out
standing achievements.
The judges commended Tech Life as
being "newsy and attractive pa
per" The rotogravure section. an
pearing in several issues last year
and considered an unusual feature
for high school paper, was praised.
The staff which edited the papers
entered in the contest was: Harry
Hutson, editor in chief; Louis True
managing editor: Earle Davis. news
editor; Jack McNiel, business man.
sEer; Milton Cole, sports editor: Xie
Storey. feature editor; Maxine Cor
don, literary editor; Marion VOL
ford, art editor: Hubert Augstein
Margaret Loveless and Caroline stiles
Robert Brinker, journalism and Eng
lish teacher, is the faculty adviser for
the publication.
Editor in chief of this years paper
Is Storey, formerly feature editor.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
COUPLE IDENTIFY
ROBBER SUSPECT
Prince Georges Storekeeper and
Wife Point to Quantrille
in Lineup.

Andrew Gill. 7o-year-old Prince
Georges County storekeeper, and his
wife, identified Carmen G. Guam
trille. 80, of the 100 block of N street.
in lineup at police headquarters
last night as the man who robbed
them of s1,70O in the Spring OF 1895
according to detectives.
Quantrille, police said, had been
picked out of the lineup the pre-
vious night by four victims Of recent
hold-ups in the District and in Ar
lington, involving loot of spproxi-
mately $4,000.
He already is under indictment in
connection with the Gill robbery.
police said.
A man suspected of being an ac-
complice of Quantrille was held by
police at the ninth precinct for in
vestigation. His identity was not
disclosed.
Police said Quantities police record
began in 1929, when he was arrested
for assault, but that he never has been
convicted on a robbery charge. He
served year in Lorton Reformatory
for violation of the prohibition Law.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
BRIDGE FACTIONS
TO BURY HATCHET
American Bridge League
and U. S. Association
Agree on Peace.

The American Bridge League and
the United States Bridge Association
buried the hatchet today and united
to end five years of warfare. The
two organizations control. the laws
and championship tournaments OF
more than 100000 contract bridge
players.
The two warning factions in contract
bridge will surrender their previous
names and hereafter be known as the
American Bridge Association. 1t was
announced from the American Bridge
League headquarters in New York.
The new organization will take
over the activities Of its two predeces-
sors, including the conduct Of the
national contract bridge tournament
which will be here at the Shoreham
Hotel November 20 to December s
this year.
Ely Culbertson. executive chairman
of the old United States Bridge Axso-
citation, will be here for the national
championships, it was announced.
Culbertson and George Reith, presi-
dent of the United States Bridge
Association, will accept official posi-
tions in the new organization.
Present officers Of the American
Bridge League, headed by Gordon NJ
Gibbs, president, and James H. Lemon
OF Washington, vice president, will
finish out their terms as officers of
the new organization
Nate B. Springfield, who was an
honorary member Of the American
Bridge League, is said to be the
unanimous choice of the Executive
Committee for president OF the COM
bind group in 1898.
The organization changes will not
result in. any change in laws of the
game, bridge players were assured in
the official announcement. Leaders
are determined that there will be no
changes in scoring or other rules be-
fore 1910, it was said.
The new organiza ton will recog-
nize tournaments and master point"
awards, by which contract bridge
players are ranked, which previously
were issued by the separate organiza-
tions. but in the future will assume
full control of the issuance Of the
ranking points, it was announced.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
CENSUS
SOON WILL BEGIN
Publication of Blanks to Be
Used in Count May Start
Tomorrow.

Publication OF between $4,000 900
and 100000 blanks to be used in
collecting national unemployment
census may begin tomorrow. according
to John G. Biggers, administrator of
the census
Appearing as a guest" at the press
conference Of Secretary of Commerce
Roper, Biggers said every effort is
being made today to complete a first
OF not to exceed IA questions which
will appear on the cards. Since the
return of the cards is to be entirely
voluntary. Biggers said the framing
OF these questions presents delicate
psychological problem"
we hope to be able to impress on
the minds Of the Nations unemployed
that they have nothing to lose in fill
ing out and returning these blanks,
and that in several respects they stand
to gain"
The administrator revealed that for
the purposes of the census all en-
ployes on emergency Federal and local
governmental pay rolls are to be con-
sidered as unemployed, This applies
not only to W. P. A. workers but also
to c. c. c. enrolIees. he said.
At least one card will be distributed
by letter carriers to each Of the 3D.
100000 homes in the United States
and its possessions. except Puerto Rico.
which does not come within the scope
OF the census law. Biggers explained.
The duty Of seeing that cards are
placed in the hands Of all persons for
whom they are intended will be largely
responsibility Of letter carriers on
the individual routes, the administra-
tor explained
Earlier, associates of Biggers said
their November search for facts on the
jobless situation may include an in
quiry into the ability OF w. P. A.
workers IN hold Tou-p rorrlor iohe
Evening star., 1937-09-29
LIP-READING CLASS
TO BEGIN SATURDAY
Sessions to Be Held at Curtis
School in Georgetown, and
at Episcopal Hospital.

The lip-reading class for hard of
hearing children in Georgetown in
augurated last March by school prin-
cipals will reopen at 10 am. Satur-
day In the Curtis School, on o street
between Wisconsin avenue and Thir-
ty-third street. The first session will
last until noon.
The class will be in charge of Miss
Frances H. Downes. graduate teach
er for both children and adults. who
taught last year. The work, inaugu-
rated through the initiative Of Mrs.
Ruth Webb, principal Of the Hyde.
Curtis and Addison. Schools, is
financed by the Washington League
for the Hard of Hearing and is open
to all white children
In cooperation with the Episco-
pal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
lipe-reading classes for both white
and colored adults will start at the
hospital next Tuesdau night. Glasses
for colored persons will be conducted
at pm. and for white at 8 pm.
These classes are free and open to all.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
CONTRACTS OF S45,575
ARE AWARDED BY NAVY

Contracts totaling s45,575 were an
nounced yesterday by the Navy Depart
ment, including s2.992 for repairs to
elevators and dumb-waiter at the Ma
val Hospital here. This job was given
to the Otis Elevator Co, $40 Eight
eenth street The Navy will spend
$4,000 for filling for the pistol and
machine-gun range at the Naval
Academy, Annapolis, and the contract
was awarded Long Island, N. Y,
firm
The Westinghouse Electric e. Man
ufacturing Co., in the WASHINGTON
Building, was given contract for
$l,645 for inspection of turbo-alter-
nators at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
Other contracts along the same line
as these cover work all over the
country.
The Bureau of Yards and Docks,
Navy Department. will supervise the
construction of these public works.
Evening star., 1937-09-29

p, the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY, September %
Pope Plus XII today issued a dramatic
encyclical which WAS construed as a
faceted attack on. Communist Russia,
Nazi Germany and the leftist-inclined
governments Of Spain and Mexico.
The document. IAN encyclical letter
on the rosary Of the Blessed Virein
Mary" urged the Roman Catholic
faithful to pray against the evils of
communism and the tendency of some
state leaders who war against COM
munism to ''exhume pagan errors and
morals"
The encyclical was published as the
Italian press carried the texts OF ad-
dresses in Berlin last night by Italian
Premier Mussolini and German Chan
cellor Hitler. Both heads of state had
lnveighed against the threat of Dol
shevism" in Europe.
The encyclical urged the practice of
rosary devotion during October which
is especially reserved on religious
calendars to homage for the maternity
OF the Virgin Mary.
In an omcial summary of $50 words
the Vatican Secretariat OF state said
the encyclical credited the Virgin in
the past with having been victorious
over all heresies.'
The summary quoted the Pontiff s
letter as saying:
Inc dangers which threaten are
no less grave than in the past; the
world is observed to be in a moral
and spiritual crisis due to the forget
fulness OF God; deep dissensions rend
the classes of society; on one hand.
communism rears itself in denial of
all right to private property; on the
other, the cult OF state and desire to
restore order and public authority
against the intrigues of communism
leads men to forget the wisdom of the
gospels and to exhume pagan errors
and morals.
"A wave Of atheism sweeps over
the world and threatens destruction
OF all civilization
Prelates Interpret Remarks.
The aging holy father did not men,
ton Germany by name, but prelates
interpreted his remarks on paganism
and atheism as directed at Germany
just as the remarks on communism
were believed to be aimed at Russia
republican Spain and Mexico.
The Vatican has extended QUASI
official recognition to the insursent
regime in Spain, as against the Va
lencia government. There has been
considerable friction between the
church and the Socialist Mex
ican Republic, chiefly over the latter's
church policies
The Pope. in urging greater devo-
ton to the Virgin Mary. said:
AS the terrible sect of the Albigen-
slams was overcome by the invocation
of Mary, so. We hope, shall they be
overcome who. AS Communists Of to-
day. remind us Of them by their crafti-
ness and violence"
Evening star., 1937-09-29

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. September 49,
Genaro Estrada, former secretary of
foreign affairs and author of Mexico's
answer to the Monroe doctrine, died
at sos am. (o:05, Z. 8. T).
He was 81 and was stricken by an
attack Of apoplexy.
The Estrads doctrine. accepted by
his government, sets forth that every
nation has the right to adopt its own
laws without foreign Intervention and
that recognition Of government
should b granted regardless Of its
origin.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
MRS. KATIE DU BOSE, 80,
LONG I'LL, is DEAD HERE
Funeral for Mother Of Rear Ad-
miral to Be Held To-

Mrs. Katie Bibb Du Bose, 81, Of
1880 Kalorama road, mother OF Rear
Admiral william G. Du Bose, chief
Of the Navy Bureau Of Construction
and Repair, died here yesterday after
long illness.
Mrs. Du Bose had lived here for IS
years and was q member of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
She was the widow Of Commodore
William Richard Du Bose, who died
last February.
Besides her son, Mrs. Du Bose leaves
a daughter, Mrs. A. Chester Flather,
this city; four grandchildren and two
grcat-grandchildren
Funeral services will be held at 3
pm. tomorrow at the Naval Academy
Cemetery, Annapolis, Md. Burial will
be there.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
JOHN CLAPPER DIES;
FATHER OF COLUMNlST

John W. Clapper, 80. father of Ray
mond Clapper, 2o9 Primrose street,
Chevy Chase, Md, widely known
newspaper man, died yesterday in
Kansas City, Kans., it was learned
through the Associated Press.
Raymond Clapper, columnist for
the Scripps-Howa papers. il in Mos
COW at present. He was chief political
writer and night manager Of the WASH
ing Bureau of the United Press,
le23-28. and manager of the bureau.
192934. He was a special writer for
the Washington Post, l934-35, and has
been with the scripps-Howard papers
since January, 1885.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
Secretary Awaits
Arrival of Black
To Get Suit Back
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
One man eager for word from
Justice Hugo L. Black-and not
about the Klan-is Rudolph
Black, secretary to Representative
Boren, Democrat, of Oklahoma.
secretary Black wants to know
II Justice Black has his suit. a
checked one.
He took it to a -dry-cleanine
establishment shortly before Jus
tice Black sailed for Europe, and
when he went to get it it couldn't
be found.
1T must" said clerks. have
been delivered with several Justice
Black left here to be pressed"
Evening star., 1937-09-29
100000 SUIT FILED

Theodore w. Noyes, 1880 New
Hampshire avenue, editor of The Star,
filed suit for $100.07l.3o in District
Court today against Harry Wardman,
real estate man.
The suit grew out of a transaction
In 1929 involving Ave promissory
notes.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
INFECTION FATAL

Funeral for Donald Silver, 7, to
Be Held Today.
Funeral services for Donald Silver.
7. son OF Albert Silver, 1884 Z street
southeast, who died yesterday Of =
foot infection, will be held today At
the residence.
The boy was taken to Children's
Hospital last Friday. but infection
from a blister on his foot and slight
scratches on his leg grew steadily
worse,
Evening star., 1937-09-29
Hearst Aide Dies.

SAN FRANCISCO, September 20
CP)-Bert Meek, SO, executive vice
president Of Hearst Corp, died yester-
day at his Atherton home.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row in the Stanford University Me-
mortal Chapel.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
MEETING POSTPONED
Hamilton s Illness Causes Delav
in G. o. P. Session.

in G. o. P. Session.
Postponement until October IA of
the meeting of chairmen of Repub-
lican State Finance Committees,
scheduled for tomorrow, was an
hounced today because of the illness
Of John Hamilton, chairman of the
Republican National Committee.
Hamilton has been confined to his
home with bronchitis,
Evening star., 1937-09-29
|PAPAL LETTER HITS.
REICH AND RUSSIA
Leftist Spain and Mexico
Also Seen Attacked in
EncyCIicaI.
BACKGROUND-N

bAC Il hITROUNU-N
Catholic Church has carried on
persistent warfare against COM
munism in Russia, and has been
put on defensive by neo-paoan
mopement in Germany under lead
ership Of Rosenberg and Hess, Hit
lers aides. MMssolini Dns report
ed carrying concilidtorp message
from Pope to Hitler on present pisit
to the Ndzi Reich.
Evening star., 1937-10-29
LABOR BOARD AIDES
OPEN CONFERENCE
Regional Officers Assailed by
A. F. L. Are Present-Policy
Is Reported Considered.

Fifty regional directors and attor-
neys Of the National Labor Relations
Board were in Washington today,
summoned for administrative confer
ences with members of the board and
its legal staff
Although disclaiming the conference
had any bearing on recent criticism
of the regional officers by officials Of
the American Federation of Labor, all
Of those named in the complaints we're
present today. 1t was understood, also,
that among the foremost issues under
consideration was that of board policy
in the face of the fierce conflict be-
tween the Federation and the Com
mittee for Industrial Organization.
1t also is understood the assembled
officers are studying final drafts of
the yearly report of the board, to be
submitted to Congress in January. The
year closed last June 80 and the re-
port has been in process of prepara-
ton since that time.
The report annually contains i'm
portant explanations and examples OF
board policy. closely concerned during
the last 10 months with the issues
raised by labor's civil war
A similar meeting of regional on
GERS was held about a year ago.
All three members of the board
Chairman j. Warren Madden, Edwin
S. Smith and Donald w. Smith, were
present. Also attending was Charles
Fahy, general counsel.
Evening star., 1937-10-29
BABY is CREMATED
IN BLAZING HOME
Father Seriously Injured in At.
tempt to Rescue Child From
Flames.

By staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ARLINGTON, Va, Oct. 29.-An
1l-month-old baby girl was burned
to death shortly before noon today
while she slept in her bed.
The girl was Barbara Frances Her
ring, daughter and Mr.. and Mrs.
Franklin Herring, 5729 North Eighth
street.
The father was seriously burned
and cut while attempting to rescue
his daughter from the blazing home
Neighbors said that the parents of the
child were away when the fire
started. Mrs. Herring is q house.
keeper and was at work only one
block away, while the father ran
home from nearby garage when he
saw his house ablaze.
He injured himself seriously in at
tempting the rescue. He was taken
to a Washington hospital by a neigh
Dor.
Firemen found the girls body on =
bed which they pulled from the one
story frame structure.
Evening star., 1937-10-29
NEW HOUSING UNIT
GETS 49 PROJECTS
Roosevelt Transfer Order
Is Made Pub|ic-600
Employees Shifted.

BY an executive order made public
today, President Roosevelt formally
transferred to the United States Hous-
ing Authority. under Nathan Straus of
New York, 49 existing P. w. A. housing
and slum clearance projects with all
their assets, totaling more than
$134, ,00O. .000
Mr.. Strauss is returning here imme-
diately after Tuesdays election in New
York and will take over P. w. AS
housing division from Director How
ard A. Gray, who has been promoted
to assistant administrator Of public
works. -s
The approximately 500 employees of
the old P. w. A. Housing Division
were transferred under executive Or
der to the new Housing Authority
About 400 Of these employees are in the
Washington headquarters. The trans
fer includes all employees actually
serving" who shall be certified within
six months from the date of the order
as having been engaged with housing
or slum clearance on or prior to the
enactment of the Wagner-Steagall
Act.
Under provisions of this act only
those employees whose annual salary is
$1,780 or less may acquire a COM
petitiye civil service status.
Exempted from the transfer of
housing projects under the executive
order were the two projects in Puerto
Rico. A balance of 100000 will be
transferred to the Puerto Rican Re
construction Administration for the
completion of these projects.
The Langston Courts, which is be-
ing developed for colored tenants on
Benning road NE, is one of the 49
P. w. A. housing projects turned over
to the new independent agency. AS
of october 6, Langston Courts was II
per cent completed. OF the remain
ing projects, % are now being occu-
pied,