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Evening star., 1937-02-05
is YEARS ADDED
TO PRISON TERM
Thomas Wofford, Now in Jail for
Robbery, Is Sentenced for
KIDNAPPING.
Ey the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA. February 5.-Thomas
Meryle Wofford, 81, now serving a
2O.year sentence in the Georgia State
Penitentiary for robbery, received an
additional sentence of IS years yester-
day from Federal Judge c. B. Ken
manner following his conviction on the
charge Of kidnapping L. c. Dobbins,
Asheville, N. c.. salesman.
Dobbins was kidnapped on March ~.
1885, by Wofford and an accomplice,
it was testified. and was brought at
gun point to Atlanta. where he was
put out of his own automobile after
being forced to exchange clothes with
the defendant. The accomplice, au-
thorities said, Is still sought.
Judge Kennamer, in passing SEN
tence, told the prisoner he did not be-
lieve the kidnapping of Dobbins was as
serious as the kidnapping Of = person
for ransom. but added:
I'll tell you this, however, any man
who puts gun in . mans side the
way you did is a potential murderer. B"
WofYord pleaded innocent to both
the Federal charge and also the State
charge, asserting Il never pleaded
guilty to any robbery"
The 15-year sentence will be served
in the Federal penitentiary here,
Judge Kennamer said.
Evening star., 1937-02-05
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated fress.
CHICAGO, February s.-Crop ex-
perts will peek beneath the soil to
forecast grain production this year
q method born Of recent droughts.
Bernard w. Snow, former Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture. and r. I.
Mansfield, both associated with . Chi
cago grain house, disclosed yesterday
the crop forecast method which they
said would be used on large scale this
year.
Snow, the dean of Chicago crop
authorities. said the method resulted
from three years experimentation
and involved detailed analysis Of rain
fall records and the systematic appli-
cation of this knowledge OF subsoil
moisture conditions in predicting crop
outturn. 1t stresses the importance
Of subsoil moisture.
Mansfield called the method "the
first approach towarc scientific esti-
mates of q crop in advance Of its
maturity"
In effect, said Snow, 1t will give
the crop inspector and student q view
of what Is going on in the plant be-
meath the soil surface. whereas here
tofore crop inspection has dealt largely
with conditions visible above the
groundH
Evening star., 1937-02-05
CRASHES ARE FEW
DESPITE ICE HERE
Only Three Accidents Re-.
ported, but 18th Fatality
for Year Is Recorded.

Despite icy streets, only three traffic
accidents, two of them minor. were re-
ported in the District during the last
a. hours.
A traffic fatality, the sixteenth this
year, was recorded yesterday, however,
and at the same time coroner's jury
ordered one driver held and cleared
another In two other deaths.
The latest victim was Ernest War;
ner. colored. 1900 block of u street,
who died in Garfield Hospital of in
juries received January 20, when he
was struck by hit-and-run car while
riding his bicycle. The accident oc-
CURED at Columbia and Ontario roads.
Skidding Causes Crash.
Arthur r. Brown. jr., "a, Of 1442
Iris street. was severely injured when
his automobile skidded into the front
of a bus at Sixteenth and Sheridan
streets and then crashed into q tree.
He was taken to Emergency, where
he was treated for multiple head in
juries None of the bus passengers
was injured
Wesley Pope. 33, colored. 81 r
street, was struck by an automobile to-
day at Fourteenth and E streets. where
he was sanding the street car tracks.
He was treated at Emergency Hospital
for broken leg.
In the other mishap today, Charles
r. Hull. 80. cab driver. suffered
bruises and shock when his machine
collided with one driven by John A.
Pulley. 38, of the 3700 block of Six
teenth street. The accident occurred
in the $500 block of Sixteenth street.
Held for Police Court.
The coroner's jury ordered Clarence
T. Day. %. of 17I7 Seventeenth street
held for action of Police Court under
the negligent homicide act in connec-
tion with the death Of William J.
Kanode, As. of Fort Eustis, Va, who
was run down last Sunday.
In the other inquest, Henry Lee
Heishman. 38, of 48O5 Wisconsin ave-
nue., was exonerated in the death OF
Charles r. Saylor, IS. of 1903 o street
who was struck at Wisconsin avenue
and Davenport street Monday night
by street car operated by Heishman
Evening star., 1937-02-05
Ne,c accurate Crop Forecasts
Based Upon Subsoil Moisture

Snow and other Chicago observers
repeatedly have called" crop devel-
opments weeks before they became ap-
parent to laymeh They predicted
last years serious grain losses during
the drought.
knowledge Of probable crop pro-
duction well IL advance OF the har-
vest," Snow said, "is important not
only to agriculture, but to all lines Of
business"
His latest moisture statistics. which
undoubtedly will be used to Judge
progress of the Winter wheat crop
now growing in the Southwest, indi-
cate only limited subsoil moisture in
many sections.
Shows record, compiled from
Weather Bureau statistics, systematizes
. comparison of current rainfall and
normal rainfall. making 1t possible, he
said, to evaluate at glance the de-
parture of the current season from
normal conditions rs rapidly as it oc-
ours. Thus, he said, it furnishes an
invaluable check upon the soundness
of judgment displayed by crop report
ers, whether of1cial or private, when
they report conditions.
Snow utilities the services OF hun
dreds of farmers and grain men in all
sections OF the farm belt in making
~ estimates Of nZohabls productaon.
Evening star., 1937-02-05
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. February 5.-Predictions
that German Ambassador Joachim
Won Ribbentrop,s Nazi salute to King
George might jeopardize his future at
the Court Of st. James stirred anger
and speculation today.
One newspaper. the London News
Chronicle. said outright that Won
Ribbentrop's salute and Hell Hitler"
at yesterdays diplomatic reception
might mean the German envoy would
not continue very much longer in
his present post"
The paper also said the incident
had aroused the British Cabinet"
against German propagandist activi-
ties" and that Won Ribbentrop no
longer is persona grata."
The former champagne salesman
who turned diplomat for Der Fuehrer
was angered by the News Chronicle
statements, German Embassy sources
said.
The British foreign ONCE also called
the newspaper '1Qupasanda" charge
Evening star., 1937-02-05
CHICAGO HOLDS BACK
TEACHERS PAY CHECKS
$4,000 Stretch Credit in Antici-
patton of "Payless Pay Day."
as in 1884.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 5-Thirteen
thousand public school teachers
stretched their credit last night in
anticipation Of the first 'payless pay
day" since the lean days Of 1884.
The Chicago Board of Education
made out checks totaling s1,600,00
for pay roll due today. but ordered
them held back until there was some
cash in the bank.
A $250,000 pay roll for about 5000
maintenance employees was passed
February /. and James B. McCahey,
president of the board, said another
two weeks pay for both classifications
might be held up before the 1887
financing was whipped into shape.
At Springfield the Legislature was
hard at work on the $4,000, 900
"pesged levy" bill, which would per-
init the board to issue tax-anticipa-
ton warrants to meet its expenses.
McCahey said he hoped to be able
to be on q cash basis again early in
March.
Evening star., 1937-02-05
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
Of Interesting Events
and Things.
MYSTERY.

" D GREATHOUSE. who came
- here the other day from q
| small town in Pennsylvania.
- took only few minutes to
land in the deepest mystery of his
life. The mystery concerned the mat
ter of where Ed lived, hardly the sub
stance of which mysteries usually are
made.
However. he took a room in an
establishment near the downtown
area in one of those very long blocks
in which all the houses look alike.
The particular house of his selection
made no great impression upon him
and he neglected to note the number.
On his return home late the first night
he found himself with no idea Of
where he lived. He walked up and
down the block several times to no
avail, so he went away for the night.
Evening star., 1937-02-05
BUILDER DIES

G. P. Zouck Erected Commerce
and House Office Structures.
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, February 5-George
P. Zouck, Baltimore construction man,
who built the Department of Com
merce and House Of Representatives
Office Buildings In Washington and
had started work on Library of
Congress annex, died at the Johns
Hopkins Hospital today of pneumonia.
He had been i'll for week
He was president of the Consoli-
dated Engineering Co., vice president
of the Lord Baltimore Hotel which he
built, and president of the North Ave-
hue Market Co.
Evening star., 1937-02-05
PARENTS OF GIRL, 13,
TO SEEK ANNULMENT
Flood Refugees Say Daughter
Reported Marriage at An
napolis to Man. 81.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, February S.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miner Carter food
refugees from Portsmouth, who are
staying with relatives here. said today
they would attempt to obtain annul-
ment of the marriage of their 13-year-
old daughter to 37-year -old farmer.
They said the girl, Isabel. told them
she married Harry Monroe last month
In Annapolis, Md.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.
ANNAPOLIS. February 5.-Court
records here show that a marriage
license was issued January 13 to Harry
Monroe and Miss Isabel Ross. both
giving Ohio addresses. Miss Ross swore
that her age was 18.
The couple was married the same
day by Rev. Paul R. Diehl. pastor of
the Trinity M. E. Church South. Rev.
Mr. Diehl said he questioned the couple
closely because the girl looked young"
but that both the girl and the man
insisted Miss Ross was 18 years Of
age The couple left Annapolis imme-
diately after the ceremony.
Evening star., 1937-02-05
RED CROSS FUND
NOW S15,776,00O
District Chapters Contribu.
ton Jumps $4,000
Overnight.

Increased by more than a million
and half dollars during the last "a
hours, the Red Cross national relief
fund today reached $l5,776,O00.
The District chapters contribution
jumped approximately $4,000 over
night, the last tabulation showing
1926, 1920 had been raised here.
Contributions made through The Star
totaled s33.0l727 today, with more
than $700 being reported during the
last "a hours. The bowling food fund,
sponsored by The Stars sports de-
partment, went over the $1,000 marx.
$4,000 Garments Shipped.
Red Cross headquarters reported
$4,000 garments packed in 1T cases
have been shipped to the food area,
while the Salvation Army announced
81 500 articles of clothing have gone
out from here.
Among large contributions made to
the national fund were: Guaranty
Trust Co., New York, $4,000; Singer
Manufacturing Co., $4,000; Thomas
w. Lamont, s2,5O0; Standard Oil Co.
of New Jersey, $2,50O. and William
Wrigley, Jr., Co., $4,000.
The Tidewater Associated Oil Co.
of New York sent a check for $4,000
to Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson,
chairman of the Red Cross, for the
relief fund.
Mrs. William A. Becker. president
general Of the Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution. sent the organizations
check for $1,000 and wrote Admiral
Grayson:
Our earnest prayers are with you
in your heroic efforts TO alleviate dis
tress in this hour Of a national ca
lamity"
Pepco Employees Donate.
Officers and employees OF the Poto-
mac Electric Power Co. contributed
1902 81 to the relief fund.
A special midnight show, featuring
the Three x Sisters, radio stars, and
the complete stage and screen show
and talent from four Washington night
clubs, will be presented at the Earle
Theater Saturday to aid the food fund.
Tickets are now on sale at all Warner
theaters here.
A check for 500 was presented
through The Star today by Byron
Sedgwick, president of the Suburban
Young Republican Club Of Montgom-
cry County. 1t represented the pro-
ceeds of a dance and auction held by
the club Wednesday night at the Ma
tional Womens Country Club About
$50 was taken in at the door. while
the remainder was raised at the auc-
ton. The auction accounted for
checks of s25 from r. L. McKeever.
$40 from Mark Coughlan. s6 from
Arthur Clarendon Smith and IS from
Mrs. Don E. Clark
Evening star., 1937-02-05
Buses
Continued From First Page.)

should accomplish several things.
first. less obnoxious gaSSes on account
of the more constant running OF the
gasoline engine, since the engine IL
not idled every time the gear shift is
operated. and second. the smoother
and faster acceleration possible with
the gas-electric drive, since this drive
avoids the use of gear shifts and
changes the power delivered to the
axle of the bus and the speed at
which the bus operates by q change
in the current between the generator
attached to the gas engine and the
motor attached to the wheel axle.
Satisfaction Expected.
1T might be stated that this vehicle
is being manufactured by the Amer
ican Car & Foundry Motor Co., which
has made large numbers of trolley
buses and is entirely experienced in
the application of motors to busses, and
since the electrical equipment is to bs
provided by the General Electrical Co.
reasonable assurance should be had
that the equipment will be satisfactory
in operation"
All IS of the new busses will be OF
4l-paSsenger capacity. They will pro-
vide total Of l .025 seats and therefore
permit the retirement of 35 Of the %
passenger busses or 48 of the old al
passenger busses. Sager said. He said
he believed there was fully such seat
capacity in the 81 or the 20 passenger
buses that were due for retirement.
Evening star., 1937-02-05
ACTIVE CLERGYMAN
DIES AT AGE OF SO
Dr. 0. S. Baketel, Methodist Epls.
copal Librarian, Is Vic
tim of Stroke.
az tha Arsoriafed preSS

BE- the Associated Press.
MAPLEWOOD. N. j.. February g.
Rev. DR.. Oliver Sherman Baketel, 80,
said to have been the Oldest active
Methodist Episcopal clergyman in
America, died yesterday. He suffered
q stroke 10 days ago.
He had been librarian of the Meth
odist Episcopal Historical Society Of
New York since 1890.
Born in Greentown, Ohio, he at
tended Canton public schools and was
ordained in his junior year at Mount
Union College, Alliance, Ohio. from
which he was graduated in 1871. He
received a doctor of divinity degree
there in 1898.
He married Miss Rosie L. Mack of
Kent, Ohio, in 1870. She died in 1910,
and two years later he married Miss
Annie J. McWhorter of Philadelphia.
DR.. Baketel leaves his widow, three
sons, DR.. H. Sheridan Baketel OF
Jersey City and Glen Ridge. DR.. Roy
v. Baketel Of Methuen. Mass, and
Leon B. Baketel, financial editor Of
the Portland (Oreg) Oregonian.
The funeral will be here Saturday.
Evening star., 1937-02-05
NO CHILD MARRIAGE

TAMPA. Fla. February S @.-
Iemuel G., Gillaspy, IS, retired
farmer of Limona, near here, stepped
into County Judge c. H. Cornelius
office yesterday and said he couldn't
be bothered with all this agitation
over cradle brides and child mar
riages.
But he did want a marriage license
60 wed Rose E. Adams, also of Limona,
whose age he gave as II.
Judge Cornelius obliged.
Evening star., 1937-02-05
MOODY DISCIPLES ASK
SPIRITUAL AWAKENING
Commemorative Programs Over
Nation Being Held on Tooth
Birthday.


By TIE Associated Press.
CHICAGO. February 5.-Disciples
OF Dwight L. Moody summoned Amer
lea to spiritual awakening" today,
the Tooth anniversary of the great
evangelist's birth.
In commemorative progra
throughout the land religious leaders
have launched Moody centennial
year, with a full calendar Of Moody
days and Moody weeks. They sought
not only to honor the man, but to per-
petuate the work to which he devoted
his life.
So today in Chicago, proving ground
for the Moody technique of soul saw
ing, hundreds gathered in the Bible
Institute he founded.
Admirers have computed that Moody
travelled nearly 100000 miles. ad-
dressed more than 100, 900, 900 persons
and, in his own words. reduced the
population OF hell by 10000 souls"
Evening star., 1937-02-05
AUTO "H0RR0R PARADE"
TO BE 5 MILES LONG
PN the Associated Press.

PS the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla, February 5.
A five-mile horror parade" Of
wrecked automobiles, ambulances,
hearses and floats showing dead"
and dying" will move slowly through
Jacksonville tomorrow.
After the parade. the city jail will
be thrown open to visitors.
Oficials said the affair is planned
as an object lesson to careless, reckless
drivers.
Said Mayor John T. Alsop: I'VE
want to get people to observe the law
to inspire them to protect themselves
and the lives Of others by careful
driving.
ITO do that I'm lending my support
to this parade Of horror 70 they
may see for themselves what careless
ness, recklessness and reconsideration
will do"
Evening star., 1937-02-05
STORMS BATTER
PACIFIC STATES
Snow and Rain Block Roads
and Railroads, Flood
LoWIandS.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Greg. February s.
Gale driven snow and rain heaped new
grief on Pacific Coast States today,
flooded lowlands and left highways
and railroads blocked by drifts and
slides.
Storm warnings few on the coasts
Of Oregon and Washington to defy
the end of the three month maritime
tie-up.
Trains were stalled in Northern
California and Southern Oregon.
Snow-laden winds lashed Northeastern
Washington and carried snow or rain
to other parts of the State. Lynden,
Wash, near the Canadian border,
was snowbound.
Rural Schools Close.
Many rural schools were closed.
Ranchers in Western Washington were
reported short of fuel and food. In
Seattle, windows gave way under a
driving deluge,
An unprecedented flood of the Rus
sian River at Ukiah, Calf, l30 miles
north of San Francisco, marooned
houses. The Napa River, flowing into
An arm of San Francisco Bay, swept
away boats and piers at Napa.
A blizzard cut off Lake Tahoe. west
OF Reno. Mount Shasta, in Northern
California, was isolated.
L0wiandS Flooded.
In the Coos Bay district OF South
western Oregon. where the weeks
rainfall approached II inches, thou
sands of acres of lowland country
were inundated.
In oregon the worst blizzard of the
season left central and south-central
portions snowbound.
Work on Bonneville Dam halted
Sixty miles southeast of Eugene,
Greg, 50 men were marooned in a
logging camp.
Evening star., 1937-02-05
EXPLAINED,

Until he came to town the other
day for the first time, Ben Washer
OF Net0 York al,o1ys Wondered Uhy
it took 80 long for Disitors to con-
duct business in Washington.
1T is the sight-seeingest toWn in
the iDorld," he said at the end of
his first day. and the hardest
place to get a,ody from I'ue eper
knoDn."
Evening star., 1937-02-05
LETTER,

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT attorneys
are wrinkling their brows over this
letter which recently came to the At
torney Generals desk:
Sir: What is the matter with your
Federal District Attorney at - is
he afread he will step on some Of his
freands toes. Dept. Justice has sent
to Jail in these States III. MINI.
Why not M police and Poles"
Evening star., 1937-02-05
GARDEN CLUB GIVES $50
Chevy Chase Group Votes Flood
Relief Contribution.

The Chevy Chase Garden Club Of
Chevy Chase. Md. at its latest regular
meeting Wednesday voted to contrib
ute $50 to the food relief fund now
being raised by the Montgomery
County division OF the American Red
Cross.
Evening star., 1937-02-05
LEAPS TO DEATH
Man Pulnges 100 Feet From Huey
P. Long Bridge.

NEW ORLEANS, February Cp-
A man parked his motor car on the
Huey P. Long Bridge early yesterday.
left the lights burning and the radio
playing and jumped 100 feet to his
death in the muddy Mississippi River.
P. D. Henbert. a State patrolman.
said investigation indicated the VIC
tim was Allen MONTE, 26, of Laplace.
La.
Miss Cidonia Simoneaux. a friend
Of Allen MONTE. informed officers he
told her in a restaurant 20 minutes
before his death that you'll never see
me again
Evening star., 1937-02-05
WANDERING SHOES.

w hlNOE1kxIN1 911OEAo.
MILLARD PURCELL, Bladensburg,
N wore his new shoes to the movies
the other night, and-as was, perhaps.
to be expected-they began to hurt
his feet long before the show was over
Without saying anything to his
feminine companion, he slipped them
off.
When time came to 60. Purcell felt
around with his feet. but-alas!-the
shoes weren't there.
wait minute" he told the girl
friend. Il dropped something"
While the girl stood watching, he
dropped to his hands and knees, final
ly locating the shoes about two seats
away-evidently kicked there by one
Of his neighbors.
Il thought for q minute" he said
later, that I was going to 60 home
in my stocking feet. As it was, the
girl friend had lot of fun"
Evening star., 1937-02-05
School Denied U. S. Prisoners.

DENVER, February S CP.-After
two prisoners said they were lashed
and fed spoiled food. Federal Judge
j. Foster Symes yesterday ordered that
no more Federal prisoners be placed
in the Colorado Industrial School for
Boys at Golden.
Evening star., 1937-02-05
Compounds of Carbon Many.

There are more than 100000 known
compounds of carbon which. with
hydrogen. is the chief ingredient OF
natural gas.
Evening star., 1937-02-05
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

TODAY.
Senate:
Routine business.
House:
Continues debate on extending
Presidents trade treatynpowers.
Hearings continue OF Farm tenancy.
Evening star., 1937-02-05

The correspondents letterhead set
forth his occupation as an expert in
the use of the famous So. American
determination for rats, mice, ed-bugs,
reaches and ants"
Evening star., 1937-02-05
4il@S
" = W. wv EKM

Next day he returned and resumed
the search. With the help of a con-
siderate policeman, who knew about
small-town boys in big cities, Ed final
" located the room he had rented his
luggage and the haven he needed SO
badly after "a hours Of wandering.
THRILLERS.
Mrs. Inqer Lancaster knoUs that
not all men are deeply moved by
phdt are supposed to be some OF
the more inflammable perform
unces OF one OF the screens most
sinuous sirens
When the lights came up after
the last show in Northwest neigh
borhood house last night, tChat re-
manned of the epening's audience
had far deeper laugh than at
anything it saw in the flms. 1t
1OdS caused by the deep sleep, NTH
an obligatto OF snores, OF a man
nho obviously ,Das just the type to
get the most out OF such picture.
y
CHORUS GIRL.
THE operative who gets around and
finds out about such things has
discovered the chorus girl who vindi-
Gates the calling. She provides a
contrast and makes up for the damsel
who wanted to go to Mount Vernon
and see the Capitol"
This young lady. named Mitl WAL
ton, dances for a living right now
but at heart she's pianist. Not just
an ordinary one. but a pianist whose
bent is toward the classical She can
play from memory technical things
from Bach, Beethoven, Greig and
other masters and she has ambitions
toward concert work.
And you'd never guess where she
has been spending her afternoons
while in the Capital. She goes-be-
lieve it or not-down to Capitol Hill
grabs seat in the spectators gallery
IN the Senate or House and there in
vestigates the manner in which laws
are made.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-10-21

tux sapjdio a parddekon. De
n,ikor lclki togyatSkossdgaika
a mi b0rInEre akarjdk felhass-
ndl7ai, akkor jussupk van hos-
su7aE.
A Dayt0nb1n tartott con-
Glaze Oagy mi a teszkes csoda
sordn feJfllott a repd "Most
Eminent Grand Master" neDen
emlegetett t6eIn0ke, Mark Nor
ris a naichigani Grand Rapids
vdrosb6l es kijelentette, hogy
az Egyesult Alln1n0kb1n lev6
idegeneknek 20 ssdsalekdt de-
p0rtdlni !tellene, "71em pedig
megtdrEi ss tdpldlni 6ket".
A f6EegyelmessegI 1agymes-
ter a mi eleve1 testInkbe Ud-
gott essel a ssemermetlen k0-
veteleseuel Act hosta tudonad-
Su7aErG, hOgy LeIEi rokOnsdg-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-10-21

ban dill a Klanistdkkal es veg-
setes r0uidldt6sdgdbnn mem
Dessi essre az in1n1dr t0rtenel-
mi ignssdgoEat.
Megssoktak act, hogy hasora-
10 korldro,t forrdsb6l ered6 td-
nauddsok irdnyulnat elIend,sk,,
tudjuk, hogy naindtg vessede-
lem reilik a hasonl6 kijelente-
SEX m0g0tt, csak eppen az le-
petit meg benniinket, hogy'
most a Knights Templar re-
sser6I er be7anI7,ket a goly6.
Es a ssabadk6n1ives re1ad ed
dig sensleges Dolt veliink ssena-
ben es most Ssi7ate Ddr1tI111nL
csereIte pol!tikdjdt. Vagy taldn
csdk dtn,sneti jelenseg es es
asert tGrtenhetett meg, inert
0eletleniil egg telkegyelnad lett
f6kegyc7nau a lovagoE sordba1a9'