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Evening star., 1937-08-27
Defendant Gets
Back Collateral,
But Is Sentenced
Had Forfeited amount
on Drunk Charge
Once Before.

Roger P. McMonagle Of 400 L street
walked into Police Court yesterday
believing he could persuade Judge
Edward M. Curran to dismiss drunk
charge against him and return $40
he had posted as collateral at the
second precinct station Wednesday.
To his surprise the court did return
his money but also sentenced him
to serve 80 days in Jail.
The defendant said he previously
had forfeited collateral on intoxica-
ton charges, but this time thought
the charge was unjustif1ed. To prove
his point he said man had attacked
him in q restaurant, and when
he went to the station house to re-
port the alleged assault he himself
was locked up on drunk charge.
The case is one of the most unusual
on record at Police Court. because
ordinarily defendants are sentenced
to no more than the amount of col
lateral they have posted.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
CATHOLIC STUDENTS
GIVEN SCHOLARSHIPS

Four graduates of Catholic second
ary schools have been awarded three
year scholarships to Columbus Uni
versity.
June Hoffman, 13, St. Patricks
Academy: Elizabeth Callahan. 49,
Notre Dame Academy, and Joseph Nc
Cam, II. st. Anthony's High School,
will enter the School of Accountancy,
Dean James D. Cushman announced
today.
Miss Hoffman, who lives at sic
North Carolina avenue southeast, led
her class in her senior year. Young
McCann, 1899 First street northeast
founded and edited his school paper
led his class for four years and was a
member Of his basket ball team. Miss
Callahan lives at 2O32 North Capitol
street.
John A. Smith, II. of 1904 Calvert
street, a graduate of ST. Pauls Acad-
emy. will enter the School of Law, &C
cording to Dean John R. Fitzpatrick
Evening star., 1937-08-27

II there Is no return address
the mike" man makes every effort
to route the letter. And he shows
keen ingenuity. He's armed with
every sort Of directory obtainable,
including q street guide Of the
United States. The letter shows
every Main street and every Chest
nut street In the country, with its
range Of numbers. II, for example,
. letter Is addressed to . nom
existent street number in Rich
mond, Va.-say, 614 Veronica
drive-the street guide may show
there Is such . street and number
In Richmond, Ind.
The Carolinas are 4 source of
much work for Adams.
They viii put North Carolina
when they mean South Carolina
Evening star., 1937-08-27
BY DON S. WARREN.

Giving the Commissioners a pleas
ant shock, Fire Chief Charles E.
Schrom today advised them he could
operate the department next fiscal
year at a cost $20,3l6 lower than
appropriations for the present year
and still make good headway in re-
placement of the Districts most anti
quated fire-fighting apparatus.
Chief Schrom's estimates for 1899
call for funds totaling $2,449,204 as
against $2,469, $40 granted for this year
The shock was created by the contrast
OF his estimates to those of the vel
fare, school and health divisions, all
of which propose increases of so per
cent or more above the 1893 fiscal
year appropriations.
Purchase Of six new pieces OF fire.
fighting apparatus and three new
automobiles for the chiefs and con-
struction of an addition to No. %
Evening star., 1937-08-27
LIQUOR LICENSE
DECISION DELAYED
School and Church Groups
Win Continuance in
Rossiter Case.

School and church representatives
appeared before the Alcoholic Bev-
erage Control Board today to protest
issuance of hard liquor license to
Leo J. Rossiter for the premises at
4l32 Georgia avenue. They won
continuance of the case to September
8, when a second hearing will be held.
While not present at today's hear
ing, several members of Congress are
said TO be supporting the Rossiter ap-
plication. One Of these is said to
be Chairman Palmisano of the House
District Committee.
Leading the opposition today were
H. K. Stafford, principal of Mac
Farland Junior High School; Charles
E. Bish, assistant principal of Roose-
velt High School, and Arthur G. Cole,
chief clerk of the District Health De-
partment. speaking for the Petworth
Baptist Church. Objections were
registered by 80 residents of the area.
George w. Offutt. chairman of the
A. B. c. Board, said a decision would
be delayed until after the second hear
ing so the Board of Education would
have an opportunity to formulate its
official views.
Stafford explained that the location
is in the center of some 5000 pupils of
day and night schools Bish said Of
flcials OF the community center Or
ganization had complained of some
drunkenness at night in the vicinity.
He said it might be necessary to cur
tail some of the school activities, such
as dances and basket ball games, if the
permit were granted.
Both Stafford and Bish said, how
ever, they did not know of any pupil
of either Roosevelt or Macfarland hav-
ing been in Rossister's place, which
now has permit to sell beer and light
wines.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
Fire Chief Submits Budget
Calling for $50, ,3l6 Cut for '39
Schrom, Moreover, Says Equipment Re
placements Can Be Made-P0lice
Ask 10 Per Cent Boost.

and unsatisfactory" even for inter-
mittent use.
To show the need for the addition
to No. % engine house the fire chief
explained the house now has frame
annex which houses gas-propelled
apparatus. which he termed "unde-
sirable." Further he said, the addi-
ton is needed to relieve overcrowding
in sleeping quarters. All the increase
Of sl6,7S4 asked for the repair fund
Is for this engine company.
Chief Schrom asked permission to
transfer to the uniformed force the
II mechanics in the division of ap-
paratus, which would effect a saving
Of nearly $4,000. This would ac-
count for the increase Of $20,l00 in
the salary item, to raise its total to
1882 900, and the decrease Of $25, 900
in the item for repairs to apparatus,
reducing that figure from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Evening star., 1937-08-27

Washington's mike" clerk is
J. D. Adams and mike" letters
are sent to him from all over the
South, as well as from nearby post
ofices. His desk Is one of the
clearing points for "nixies." The
term came from that old negative
expression, mix" It Is short for
mo such post Office"
II mike" letter bears the ad-
dress Of the sender-as all letters
should-it goes back to him unless
the error is 30 obvious the mike"
man is certain Of the writer's in
tention. For instance, the mike"
people know there Is only one post
office named Lackawanna, and II
a letter came addressed to Lacka-
wanna, N. j., they'd be safe In
changing the N. J. to N. Y.
Evening star., 1937-08-27

Some Of these letters are ad-
dressed to towns which don't even
resemble any post office in any
State, There Is no clue to addressee
or addreasor. The writer's had some
sort Of brain storm Or misunder-
stood an address.
Some ''nixies" make four or five
trips out from Washington before
they finally reach the person for
whom they were intended. The
mike" desk suggests this place or
that as likely. Perhaps one Of
them will hit.
If . letter is addressed to Ia
coma, Md, it's . question whether
the writer destined it for Tacoma,
Wash. or Takoma Park, Md. Per-
haps the street address Will reveal
his intention, perhaps not.
Evening star., 1937-08-27

and vice versa ad infinitum, he ex-
planned.
Absent-minded letter writer's put
the town and not the State, leaving
the mike" clerk to worry over which
Lexington they mean-Massachu-
sets. Kentucky or Missouri. They
write the State aud. leave out the
city. Marked Tree, Ark, becomes
Bent Bough and Medicine Hat,
Alberta, may even turn into Min
eral Cape. It's up to the mike"
man to figure it out--f he can.
There are, Of course, many let
tiers which bafiie alike his expert
ence and his aliases and direc-
tories. These go to the dead letter
once, to be opened. And then If
there's no clue to the senders, they
are destroyed.
Evening star., 1937-08-27

When Mike" Clerk Adams arrives
At his desk each morning he finds
q large, miscellaneous stack Of let
ters and post cards and he goes to
work ON them hopefully.
No, there's no Springfield in
Delaware. Massachusetts,, Illinois,
or one Of the other %? Fort Con-
valescence? Oh, he means Fort
Recovery, Ohio. But, gosh, here's
one addressed simply to Marion.
There are only ~ post Offices by
that name. Which one has = JET
ferson street? Let's Sc
Here's q Washington post card
with only the wish you were here
on it" and no address whatever.
Ted's friend will have to wait until
hs gets home to hear about the
giories Of the Capital.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
There's Lot Of Mikes Washinqtons City Post Office

TN CASE you don't know it
and most people probably
don't-there are always 4 lot
of mikes" in the city post
Office next to Union Station.
Lest you say. Tut, tut, they
ought to fumigate the place." it
should be explained that q mike"
is q postal jargon for an Improperly
addressed letter-a letter that can't
be delivered without further re-
search, If, indeed, 1t can be de-
livered at all.
There are mike" clerks in key
post Offices over the country, whose
sole duty is to try to correct letters
which through inadvertence or
ignorance have not been consigned
to = deliverable address.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
BAND CONCERT

BY the Army Band at the Capitol
at 7:30 O'Clock tonight. Capt. Thomas
F. Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, as
sistant.
Program.
March, "Ihe Thunderer"- -Sousa
Overture, "A May Day" Wood
Fox trot, If Can Count on YOU"
Meskill-Ager
Duet for cornet and euphonium:
"Miserere" from III Trovatore" Verdi
Ralph Ostrom and Harold
Dawkins, soloists.
Characteristic, "Bolero and
Salterelle" Wi Willmers
Choral melody, "Komm, Susser Tod"
Bach
Folk dance, Hungarian Dance
Paraphrase on die Loreley,"
Nesvadba
xylophone solo. "Xylorimba" Young
Joseph L. Young, soloist.
Suite. Atlantis" -Safranek
(a) "Nocturne and Morning Hymn
of Praise"
(b) "A Court Function"
(c) II Love Thee" ("The Prince
and AanaD.
(d) THE Destruction of Atlantis"
March, Sons Of Australia" Lithgow
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1937-08-27
TRANSIT COMPANY
TO SHOW new CAR
First Of As Streamlined Vehicles
to Be Demonstrated
Tonight.

The first of As new $4,000 stream
lined cars purchased by the Capital
Transit Co. for duty here will be dem
onstrated at the Peace Monument at
8 o'clock tonight for = group Of in
Wted guests.
The cars were developed to embody
the latest improvements in safety,
speed and comfort through i've years
Of research by committee Of street
railway executives and manufacture
ers. Nearly q million dollars was spent
in perfecting the new street car, it was
said.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
Rothschild Dies

LONDON, August 27 LR.-The Sec
ond Baron Rothschild, SO, a member
OF the famous banking family, died
today at his home at Tring, Hert-
fordshire, after long illness. The
baron, Lionel Walter Rothschild, was
not banker himself. He was deeply
interested In zoology and was author
OF many writings in that field. He
was unmarried and his title passes
to q nephew, Victor Rothschild.
Evening star., 1937-08-27

tear gas is sought in q request for
$4,000. All now on hand is three
years old. Maj. Brown said this was
the limit fixed by experts for effective
life Of such equipment. He said the
department should have an adequate
fresh supply, since 1t was an effective
weapon in handling mobs. insane
persons and riots.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
FLORIS MAN SUCCUMBS
TO ACCIDENTAL GUNSHOT
War Veteran Wounded Self While
Cleaning Weapon-Dies in
Mount Alto,

Curtis H. Mcfarland, so, World War
veteran Of Floris, Va, died last night
at Mount Alto Hospital as result Of
gun shot wound in his left shoulder.
The gun was accidentally discharged
while Mcfarland was cleaning it. He
was alone at the time and was dis
covered by a 7-year-old daughter who
summoned neighbors.
Carried to Mount Alto Hospital.
McFarland's arm was amputated in
an effort to save his life.
He Is survived by q wife, who is
employed on q w. P. A. project, and
three children.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
UNION OFFICE OPENS
American Communications Asso
citation Gets Headquarters.

Opening of District headquarters
for the American Communications
Association, formerly known as the
American Radio Telegraphers' Asso-
citation, at room 402, Heurich Build
ing, 1927 K street, was announced to-
day.
The organization is an affiliate of
the Committee for Industrial Organi-
Eation. John Austin, District orga-
nizer for Washington, Baltimore and
Philadelphia, is directing campaign
to enroll communications workers un-
der the industrial plan.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
engine house at 5760 Georgia avenue
constitute the major Improvements
sought by the Fire Department.

engine house at 5760 Georgia avenue
constitute the major improvements
sought by the Fire Department.
Small Police Increase.
Police Department estimates for
next year, also made public, pro-
pose relatively small increase Of
10 per cent In appropriations, which
would raise its total from $3,749, ,005
to s4126, $50, or by $377,745. Police
Supt. E. w. Brown is seeking the en-
ployment of 100 additional privates
and seven officers, and again he is
urging the reopening of the old No
2 police station, the construction of
a police substation at Forty-second
street and Benning road northeast
and funds for renting a new home
for the Woman's Bureau, now using
old No. station.
Maj. Brown seeks employment of
16 additional civilian workers, Of
whom would relieve uniformed men
now doing clerical work. This move
Is In agreement with instructions laid
down by Representative Ross Collins
of Mississippi during hearings on the
1888 budget last Spring.
The new fire-fighting equipment
sought by Chief Schrom would con-
sist of three combination hose wagons,
costing $25,500; two new pumping
engines, costing $21 900, and one aerial
hook and ladder wagon, $17,500. The
three new chiefs cars would cost not
to exceed $3,60O
II to Be Replaced.
Chief Schrom emphasized that the
District still has 80 pieces of ap-
paratus which will be is years old
or older in 1899 Seventeen of these
will be replaced with funds now avail
able, leaving 13 still In use. He
asks that Of these be retired next
year under his estimates. He noted
that, in addition to the 13 pieces,
all the apparatus on reserve is more
than Is years old and is "obsolete
Evening star., 1937-08-27
Lawn Party to Be Given.

A lawn party will be given by the
Pride of Washington Council, Daugh-
ters of America, at 6 pm. today at
Thirteenth street and Potomac ave-
nue. southeast.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-02

San Diego, Cal, Jan. 2--(UP)--
An attempt TO bomb the home OF
Plutarco Gales, former president
and strong man" Of Mexico was
frustrated late last night. Gales
chauffeur saw O man, apparently a
Mexican, place q bottle on the Gales
front porch and light the fuse. He
frightened of the bomber. extin-
guishcd the fuse, then pursued the
man who escaped In the adjoining
park. The bottle was packed with
black gun powder. Police said the
charge was enough to blow on The
front Of the house wherein Gales
and his family were sleeping.
Gales was exiled recently by the
national revolutionary party Of
Mexico which he headed for q while
and which u now led by President
Lazaro Cardenas, q orle-tifne Gales
prosege. It was reported then that
Gales regarded the Cardcnas re-
girne too radical. Rufriors along the
Mexican border for weeks have
talked OF plans by exiled rightists to
overthrow the Cardenas regime.
Police said they had reports Of iIi-
creased political activity, along the
border recently, but added that they
were unable 70 connect the bombing
with the rtimors Of fascist revolt.
Department Of Justice agents, re-
poFtsllIy keepins q clos watch 81
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-02

Sioux Falls, 8. D., Jan. 2-UP-
Police OF five states searched today
for three men who bound a man
and q woman beside five tons OF
high explosive and left them to die
In a blast that shook the country
side for SO miles. The man, Harold
ED Baker, Sioux City. Ia, was be-
lieved dead. Police said they found
fragment Of his body. The woman,
Helen Seller, Is, Sioux City, dragged
herself away just before the blast.
and survived. The explosion shat
tered several thousand dollars worth
OF store and residence windows In
Sioux Falls, ratified dishes In farm
homes for IS miles around, hushcd
New Years eve revelry'
An hour later. police traced 1t TO
a lonely shack four miles from the
city, where the Larson Hardware
company had stored $500 pounds az
dynamite and 1880 pounds OF black
powder for WPA work. Where the
shack had stood war hole 30 feet
across and 20 feet deep. Splinters
were scattered for thousand yards
Ed Lacey. q farmer. found Miss
Seller crawling beside Q highway q
half mile from the scene. In Moe
hospital. she told this story:
In sioux City. she. Baker and
three men robbed the Mhlermarl
Jcwelry store Of $4,000 IN gems and
$1,000 IN cash Dec. ~. She wanted
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-02
Attempt To Bomb Home OF
Gales Stopped By Enaploye

Gales, Louis Morones and other po-
litical refugees, could not be con-
tacted.
General Rodriguez, another po-
litical enemy OF the Cardenistas and
now an exile In this country, re-
Gently was reported recruiting q
group called the gold shirts for a
march on Mexico City. He boasted
he would lead an army OF 100000
against Cardenas, but nothing has
come Of the movement. Police i'm
mediately assigned guard to tho
Gales home, and special squads
searched the large park adjoining
Gales property without finding any
trace Of the bomber.
Gales had retired, but his som
in-law, Fernando Torreblanco, said
that he had received no threaten
ing letters and that there had been
no indication that any person
wanted 10. harm him OF hts family.
The chauffeur, Braulio Estrada. had
taken several OF the Gales dinner
guests home. on his return. he saw
the bomber walline carefully up the
porch steps, carrying the bottle. Es-
trada watched him light the fuse
before he filadc his presence
known. WhereupCf the man ned. He
said the bomber was I'VE feet 10
inches sAIl. weighed ioQ pounds, was
baxe-headcd, ana wore q brown SUIT.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-02

The estate is summarized as fol-
lows: Stocks, $751; ,548.27; cash, ST.
842.02; miscellaneous, $3,2l4.15.
List OF Assets
The inventory lists the following
assets:
600 shares American Hardware Co.
$17,50O, dividend $125; 20 shares
American Tel. 81 Tel. $3.50, diyi-
dend, $45; 100 shares Bankers Trust
Co, $0,035, dividend, $65; n shares
Chase National bank, $3,657.50 5
shares Colonial Trust Co., $1,675,
dividend, SIS; 240 shares Colts Pat
emit Fire Arms, $l1,280, dividend,
$74.40;' 20 shares Connecticut Light
81 Power $3.50; 100 shares General
Food Corp, $3,925; "a shares Guar
anty Trust Co, $i2,121. dividend,
$l02; 1T shares Hartford Electric
Light CO., $3.50; 10 shares Keator
Land Co., 500; 293 shares Landers,
Frary, Clark, $13,038.50, dividend.
e109.27; SO shares Liggett g. Meyers
Tobacco Co., $5,206.25; Ill shares
New York Trust Co., $15,817.50, divi-
dend, $l38.75; Is shares J. g. Penny
Co. S2,287.50, dividend, $25; SO
shares r. ]. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,
$2,T93. rs. dividend, $3.50; 400 shares
Scovill Mfg. Co., $1,000, dividend.
$500; 100 shares SO. New England
Telephone Co., $l5,500; 100 shares
Standard Brands, $3.50, dividend,
$40: 20 shares United Shoe Ma
chinery Corp, $i,785, dividend,
$3.50; 20 shares Waterbury Masonic
Realty Holding Co., $500, dividend,
$40: 20 shares Wiley Co, 500.
The cash on hand amounted TO
82,o42.O2, the furniture and other
items In the home were appraised at
a2,61f. 30 and the iewelry ut SIS.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-02
Police OF Fiue States Are
Seeking Dynamite Slayers

to surrender TO police. Three OF
the gangsters. whose names Police
Chief Harry Morstad did not dis
close, feared she and Baker would
talk. ed Baker and ] were put M
the spot" she said.
New Years ev3 they drove her
and Baker to the Sioux Falls pow
der house and ordered them from
the car. They slugged Baker and
shot him. She started to run, vas
slugged with q hammer, and shot
twice. The men Thurst Miss Seller
and Baker into snowbank beside
the powder house. lit a fuse Mt
tached to the dynamite and fed.
Pain from her wounds awoke Miss
Seller. when I came to, I saw O
powder fuse burning few feet
from me-" she said. II could see Ed
Baker lying beside the shack. 1
dragged myself away. There was
q flash, and I was thrown forward.
Assistant States Attorney John
McQuillan said hopes for solution
Of tho plot rested with her story.
One Of the suspects Is q Sioux Falls
resident, the otherl Sioux City
racketeers, he said. Police OF Iowa.
Minnesota. Nebraska and the Da-
kotas we're asked TO look for the.li
Two srrrects were arrested yester-
day but Miss Seller said the5 were
not tire men. Miss Seller was ex-
pccted to racnyer from her wounds.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-02
THOUSANDS LOSE
AUTO LICENSES

Boston, Jan. O.. (UP)-Denied
1887 registration plates because Of
their inability to obtain compulsory
automobile insurance, thousands Of
so-called bad risk" motorists and
taxi drivers today Joined the ranks
Of pedestrians.
In the past week more than 5000
persons filed appeals with the state
board Of appeals on automobile in
surance, seeking hearings.
Insurance Commissioner Francis
j. DeCelles said insurance COM
panies had the right to refuse in
Surance and that the problem must
be decided by the incoming legisla-
ture.
The situation was reported serious
In Lawrence, Lowell and Fall River.
Taxi operators were targets Of the
ban, and In some cities taxi service
was at q premium.
Operation Of Massachusetts COM
pulsory automobile insurance sys-
TEN has been watched by other
states since this state In 1927 be-
came the first to institute such q
plan.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-02
ITALY, BRITAIN
SIGN AGREEMENT
Cooperate in Mediterra-
mean Interests; May Be
Important to Europe

Rome, Jan. up An Italian-
British agreement for cooperation
in the Mediterranean was signed
at noon today after months OF ne.
gotiations.
Count Galeazzo Ciano. foreign
minister, and Sir Eric Drummond,
British ambassador, signed the
treaty. Premier Benito Mussolini
was still absent. resting in his IA
vorite retreat at Rocca Della Can't
nate.
II was expected that the agree
ment. officially called exchange Of
assurances" would be published
simultaneously IN Rome and Lon
don Monday or Tuesday.
Diplomats believed that the agree
ment might have important bear
ing later OH the general European
situation and particularly on Italyf
relations with Nazi Germany.
Under 1t, Italy and Great Brit
ain define their interests In the
Mediterranean IN such manner az
to show that there Is no clash Of
nterests--interest such as sent q
gigantic British battle fleet 10 the
Mediterranean during the Ethiopian
crisis and caused tens OF thousand
OF soldiers TO be sent to Italian
Libya and to Egypt. adjoining 1t,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-02
FOURTEEN-YEAR-
OLD GIRL FOUND

Newark, N. j., Jan. 2 - (UPo--
Phyllis Manning, IA. (of 284 Federal
street, Greenfield, Mass, told New
ark police today that she ran away
from a girls school at Northfield,
Mass. last October. She was de-
tanned pending an investigation by
the Newark missing persons bureau.
Police said that the girl was taken
into custody for questioning when
she was found attempting To thumb
motorists for a ride on route rs near
the Newark airport.
The girl admitted having run
away from the school to take an UNI
authorized trip through the south.
The girl told them that she hitch
hiked and worked her way through
several southern states, obtaining
employment as a domestic when She
needed funds, police said. She told
detectives that she comes from a
well-to-do Massach family. Po-
plice said that the girl told them
that she had succeeded In working
her way up from Baltimore but that
she ran short Of funds Just before
reaching Newark. hence she was
compelled to hitch-hike.