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Evening star., 1937-06-05
Police True Bill
Vn,,ishes From
Marlboro Files
Loss Viii Not Affect
Prosecution of Bond
Racket Case.
stan Correspondent OF The Star.

UPPER MARLBORO. Nd, June S,
Circuit Court attaches here were
dumfounded today by the disappear
ance Of paper indicting seven Prince
Georges County ex-policemen, 4
bondsman and justice Of the peace,
charged In blanket presentment with
conspiracy to obstrllct Justice and con-
spiracy to extort money
While the State attorneys ONCE at
tempted to find the record. a high
authority declared that the loss would
not affect prosecution OF the defend
ants.
The disappearance was revealed
when States Attorney Alan Bowie
made a routine check up of his records
preparatory to the opening day Of the
June court term on Monday.
A rapid canvass OF the three judges.
one Of whom, it was thought, might
have inadvertently taken the paper
with him when he left the court
house, failed to locate the record.
Ogle Marbury. special prosecutor in
the investigation OF county police
bonding activities, said he could not
conceive that the mere loss OF a
paper from the court files would stop
prosecution OF this case" Bowie
could not be reached for comment.
Trial OF the nine men. indicted by
the grand jury last December, Is
scheduled to start about June II.
They were charged with conspiracy
after some 30 Washington motorists
appeared before the jury to complain
OF alleged police bonding collusion
after their arrest for serious traffic
offenses
If the Circuit Court. opening It.
June term on Monday can clear the
docket OF some 20 other cases drGine
| the week, the defendants in the
police-bondins investigation will be
brought before the bench a week from
Monday.
A severe Illness will keep Chie1
Judge Walter j. Mitchell from the
bench during the trial He under.
went an operation at the Union Me.
mortal Hospital IN Baltimore or
Thursday and will be bedridden fol
several weeks. according to attending
physicians, who reported his condi
tion as satisfactory today
Judges Joseph c. Mattingly o
Prince Georges and William M. Loke
Of st. Marys County will hear tn,
cases despite Mitchelrs absence.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
MERITS.

The gray squirrels OF the Shen-
0rdodh National Park are clerer
animals. Ddrwin s. Lambert, park
naturalist, pouches for the state
ment that uhen one OF them bites
into bad nat he makes a little
mark NTH hts teeth on the opposite
side OF the nut from th2t on mhich
ne frst opened IT, Then, from
phdtener angle he mdp see that
nut dcuin he recognizes it dnd
1edstes no time on it.
Mr.. Lambert also says. Recently
7 haze matched cdptipe squirrel
kept in tUo-roon cdoe. He used
one room as kitchen and the
other as bed room. Alwdus he
cracked the nuts in the kitchen, so
ds not to get the shells in hu bed.
Neeyly es7y Gdy. whsn the sun
Shove into the esSe, he spread out
hb bed. shteh mas ms1e OF tnety
shre61ed bs1k, to stv end dyy, 5ssst
as . housekeeper often hex1s qsilts
and blankets on tks cIotAes ltxe.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
TRAVEL LORE.

YUST back from foray into the
Shenandoah Valley, rowing
correspondent Of ours brings
~ with him news of such impor,
and variety that we are prepared te
turn over today's column to him. VIZ
feel that any man who returns from
a brief jaunt into strange country
with a bookful Of information abou!
everything from the mortality rate
among peace officers to the strange
ways OF the kissing adder, should b
heard, but lengthily
We give you the Valley, in small
pieces:
SURVIVORS.
The mortality rate OF Virginia
herifs being high. the lovely
county OF Shenandoah boasts OF
some sort OF record Says the
Page County Mems and Courier:
1T has four living cr-sheri6s as
tolloms: William Stoner. a farmer;
Ernest Sine, the ne,D postn,aster at
Woodstock; Bernie Borden, NON
operating filling station, ard
Luther Sheetz. the police chief at
Woodstock. The record is nm
equdled in Virginia and ne doubt u
it erists in any other State in this
country"
Evening star., 1937-06-05
u. S. RUM BUSINESS
CONCERNS CONGRESS
House Members Wonder il New
Revenue Is Helping or
Hurting Natives.
y the Associated Press.


Questions whether the Government
is putting the natives Of the Vrxin
Islands ION their feet" or under ths
table bobbed up in Congress yester.
day
When the record of . recent hear.
ing on p. W. As funds for next wear
was made public. 1t showed that mem.
oers OF the House Appropria ttons Com.
n1ttee asked pointed questions shout
rum. The Government has rehabili.
tated rum distillery on the islands
a. . means of providing relief for the
natives and an outlet for sugar cane
Somehow" remarked Represents.
tive Ludlow. Democrat, OF Indiana,
1T crates on my nerves to have the
United States in the rum business"
Z. K. Burlew, P. w. A. administra-
tive assistant, replied:
You can see what it il doing for
the natives down there. 1t i PUTTING
them on their feet economically"
Is it putting them on their feet
or under the table," Ludlow asked.
Il imagine they are too poor to
drink rum" Burlew answered.
He said that in . year or two the
manufacture Of rum and alcohol
should wipe out the deficit Of tins
islands, which the United States hu
to make up by an appropriation Of
more than 100000 a year.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
18 INCHES OF SNOW
FALLS IN WYOMING
Unusual Weather Conditions in
Western States Set Record
for June.
By the Associated Press,

DENVER, June 5-A June snow
Westerners scarcely could believe
what their own eyes saw-melted on
the highlands of Colombo, wyoming
and Montana today. but the shocked
weather-wise were not ready to pre-
dict that Summer was here.
Weather Bureau records showing
''it doesn't snow in Wyoming and
Colorado after june l" were proved
wrong yesterday.
Contrasted with the freakishly
large fluffs of snow that fell on Chey-
enne, Wyo., was the muddy rain flung
on Lamar, tn Southeastern Co.ora dos
dust-blown sector. A duststorm
reached Lamar just as the rain
started
Snow ranged from . brief furry at
Denver during . drizzle to . 12-ho,1r
storm that left l8 inches OF snow on
some OF the Big Horn Mountains in
wyoming.
The skies began to clear last night
and airplane tyafhc, halted during
the day, was resumed.
large party renewed their search
today for Mrs. Margaret Kelly, IT.
yearold Wyoming ranch WOMAN, who
left neighboring ranch Tuesday to
hunt for COW and failed to return.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
PNEUMONIA CURE
IS AIDED BY DRUG
Doub|y Effective With Serum
in Curbing Meningitis,
Rat Tests Show.

Discovery Of "synergistic action"
between the newly introduced won
der drug" sulphanilamide, and spe-
ciflc serum in both pneumonia and
meningitis was reported today by Drs.
Sara E. Branham and Sanford M.
Rosenthal Of the National Institute
OF Health.
Sulphanilamide-best known In a
slightly different form under the
trade name of prontosyl-has proved
a powerful agent against the entire
bacterial family known rs the "cocci. u
but has been most successful against
the well-known ''streptococci," which
often are responsible for fatal infecl
ton.
Close relatives are the pneumococci
which attack the lungs. causing pneu-
monia, and the meningocecci. which
attack the membranes lining the
spinal cord and brain and cause men.
nights. Against the&e< two. the sui
phanilamide has Heen only indif1er.
emily beneficial
Tested Drus With Rats.
In the past theresnas been consid
cradle success in treaepg both pneu
monia and meningitis with variou
serums containing anti-oo1es- IA -th
specific strains OF cocci. ORA. Brandon
and Rosenthal gave rats the dosage.
OF the germs Of both diseases necessary
to produce death. Then they testet
the potency Of the sulphanalimide ane
Of the SPECIFIC serums separately ane
then when both we're used together.
For the types Of pneumonocci stu
oied, they found that the serum VA
more effective than the drug. Each
however, saved . maximum OF II pc
cent Of the animals. When they wer,
used together, from 20 to 45 per cen
| survived.
Thus. Drs Branham and Roaentha
point out, the combination is almos
twice ~ effective as the added re
suits OF both used separately wouk
indicate. In some way, one seems t,
increase the potency OF the other.
Death Rate Dee,tning.
They suggest that in trea ting hui
man cases Of pneumonia, it would b,
well to use both drug and specific
serum at the same time, rather thar
rely on the serum alone, a. has beer
the practice In the past. The pne,,.
monia death rate has greatly declinet
in the past few years, since the intro.
| ductton OF serum treatment.
With meningitis they found abou
the same phenomenon in a slightly
| different form. Sometimes serum
alone was more effective than the dru,
| alone and sometimes it was the oppo.
site, depending on the strain of men.
| ingococci with which the mice wer,
infected. In some the action wa
about equal In all cases. however
the combinat ton was much more efYec
tive than either alone
The results OF these experiment
suggest they conclude, that a com
bination Of drug and serum therap,
in neninsococcus and pneunocoecu
infections in man u worthy Of trial.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
NEW PLANES AWAITED
80 Craft Will Be Added to Canal
Zone Defense.

COLON. Canal Zone, June S R.-
Brig Gen. George H. Brett, 18th Wing
commander, announced yesterday the
Army's air force for defense OF the
str~tegic P4nama Canal Zone viii be
increased by 90 planes - next Feb
ruary.
Twelve new bomberg are expected
here next meath, aud the next con-
siSnnent is scheduled to srrtye IN No
vember. the commander said. The
new craft will include boEnbers, pursuit
ststps, and possibly Us1sport plans.
and Win bring the numbsI of war
PLANES s4 A1godk sna PfnDce A(iAs
To between - and -. . fall euUpl1>
nssut for ti1s 10 o11ssES aA4 1.1oo a.
NBtsa nm S&ataonsd thssA
Evening star., 1937-06-05
Licensed at Charles Town

CHARLES TOWN, w Va, June S
Especially Marriage licenses issued
here to Virginia couples include
Melvin Richard Riley. formerly OF
Little Washington, Va, and Miss
BeulAh Mary Woodward. formerly of
RAppaharnoek County, Va, both DOW
residing here: Raymond Arnold Lucas
OF New Sheffield, Pa. and Miss Char
lotte DingeS Of Luray, Va: Thomas
Wheeler OF Berryville. Va, and Miss
Marguerite Barr OF near Berryville.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
INSURANCE AGENT, So,
KILLS SELF IN VIRGINIA
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CATLETT. Va, June 5.-Dr. George
H. Davis, Fauquier County coroner,
said l.. R. Weenns, 52-year-old in
surance agent, died yesterday At his
home from self-tnnicted gunshot
wound.
Weems, despondent. took the gun
TO an upper porch and shot himself
In the abdomen. the coroner said.
Death was instantaneous
His widow, the former Miss Wilson,
daughter Of l.. l.. Wilson, prominent
cattle merchant, and . daughter sur
vive.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
NEW IMMIGRATION
LAWS HELD effective
Mexican Problem No Longer Con.
sidered Serious by United
States.

D. the Associated Press
Several officials agreed yesterday
that the Government no longer con-
siders Mexican immigration to the
United States serious problem.
Senator Connally. Democrat, Of
Texas Joined Secretary OF State Hull
and Secretary OF Labor Perkins in
expressing that opinion.
"Existing immigration laws have
the problem we'll In hand," said Con-
nAlly.
CounAIly said also the Mexican
governments policy IN recent years
had seen of assistance BY encourage
ing return Of many immigrants to
their home country. In oppostns .
ku by Senator Reynolds. Densocr1t,
Of North Carolina to impcss quoGa
restrictions on western Hemisphere
immigration, Secretary Hull wrote the
Senate Immigration CoMmittee that
immigration from Mexico. though
admittedly q serious proioiem prior to
lo2p. has been effectively reduced by
administrative action to . point where
y has averaged less thsn 1,4oe pr
Annum for the pa1 three yean."
Evening star., 1937-06-05
ENL|STMENTS IN ARMY
SUSPENDED FOR PERIOD
Delay Ordered Until Appropria.
tion Bill Goes Into Eject
First OF Next Month.

Suspension OF all enlistments for
the Army until the new War Depart
ment appropriation bin goes into e.
feet July /, has been ordered - the
War Department.
All corps area cAnsnsn1su1 we're
notified Of the SUSPENSION and ord<fod
not to accept nev enlistmeuts during
the remainder d the fiscal year.
n was expla med that enlistments
now sre up to dAe quota Of the 1897
appropriation aet, but additional
FUNDS VIII PERMIT q reopentng OF
enlistn6o1s during the coming hscal
-
Evening star., 1937-06-05
|C.L. 0. RIVAL ACTIVE.
IN FORD FACTORY
Brotherhood Claims 95 Per
Cent Of Workers Have
Signed Cards.
BACKGROUND

D Az n hoNOCVD-
Although bargaining contracts
hare been signed NTH General
Motors and other major automobile
companies IN Detroit area. c. /. o.
has been unable to entirely control
members and strikes hare fared
frequently. E6orts to bring Ford
into line haze been unsuccesstul
and union organizers haze been
beaten. Ford has repeatedly er-
pressed his opposition to unions,
but recently said workers mere "tree
to 5ofn. but pere foolish to do 30.
~ the Associated Press,
DETROIT, June 5.-Circulation OF
membership cards In the Ford
Brotherhood OF America as a rival OF
the United Automobile Workers OF
America was revealed today.
The existence Of such an organiza- :
ton became known. however only
after IT was reported that the distribl-
tion OF the membership applications
had stopped.
No explanation was made and COM
pany officials declined to discuss the
brotherhood.
Men who said they were Ford en-
ployes asserted that 95 per cent OF
the more than 10000 workers In the
company's mammoth Rouge plant had
signed the cards. paying a 50-cent in
itiation fee and pledg1ng to pay 81
monthly dues.
ChrysIer Strike Settled.
A strike in three Chrysler plant,
here WAS settled late yesterday. but q
Detroit Packard factory and two Gen.
eral Motors units in Pontiac wer.
closed because of labor troubles. They
DO not operate normally on Saturday
A grand jury investigating q f1ght ir
which l8 U. A. W. A. members wer,
hurt outside the big Ford plant ir
Dearborn May 20 also devoted soms
time to questioning witnesses concern.
Ing an alleged shipment of tear 60,
and gas masks to a steel mill here.
We understand that this new unior
meets all requirements Of the Wagner
act . man who withheld his name
said concerning the Ford brotherhood
I don't know how the cards could b.
circulated unless 1t had ofacial ap.
proval"
s0,69s Sign Pledges.
Harry H. Bennett, Ford personne
director, said today that 30, ess of tn.
% ,064 workers now on the pay roll O.
the plant have signed Ford loyalty
pledges. He disclosed a few DAYS aRt
that these were being signed and sale
the action was voluntary
The pledge states:
We, the following employees of tn,
Ford Motor Co.. wish to take thi
means OF voluntarily expressing ou
complete confidence and agreemen
with the policies Of Mr.. Henry Ford.
Furthermore, it is our hope tha
these policies shall be continued in tn
future IS they have been tn the past
that Is, without hindrance from an,
source"
Called to WashinEtsn.
A summons to testify before TIN
Civil Liberties Committee OF Senate
Robert M. La Toilette. Progressive. O
Wisconsin In Washington, possibly Of
July j, was served yesterday after
| noon on two Ford workers the U. A
W. A. said participated in the beat
ing of union members distributing
lea ffets at the Ford plant gates q
workers changed shifts.
The two-Wilfred J. Comment,
| foreman, and Oscar Jones, coIore,
foundry worker-aIso were called T.
testify before Common Pleas Juds
Ralph w. Liddy's grand jury inquir
| into the disturbance.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
CORRECTION

Due to an error in the Information
<lled in Police Court THURSDAY. N was
mated in The star Yesterday that .
wosaan fined SIS for failure to havs
lieAk in the hallway Of her n stYest
roonDng house resided ct 1858 PsTt
Hef rorrect address u 1865 PaSAs
Evening star., 1937-06-05
REAR ADMIRAL BERRlEN
Is I'LL At NEW HAVEN
By the Associated Press.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, June S.
Rear Admiral Frank D. Berrien, S.
retired, Of New Haven, collapsed last
night while walking across the oen-
trail green here and WAS taken to .
hospital. where his condition was re-
ported serious.
Berrien, since his retirement from
the United States Navy, has been
connected with Naval Reserve sctivi-
ties at Yale.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
Giant Tree Found.

In the waipou State Forest OF New
Zealand has been found fine old
kauri which has the largest srth OF
any tree in the country according to
the forestry oEicials at Wellington. It
10 50 feet around the base, With =
center gtrth only . ~ 8 inches ~.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
GETS YEAR IN JAIL
Woman Is Convicted Of Using

Convicted Of charging nearly S7o0
worth Of clothes and other articles
to the accounts Of four other persons
at downtown department store, MIS-
Mary Hughes. ~. 1 the ~ block OF
Twelfth street, was sentenced TO .
year in Jail today by PuaSee Court
Judge Robert Z. Mattingiy
SerHt. Herbert g. Wanna1naker, st.
tael1ed to headquarters, arresaed lerx.
Hughes Some time sep, afteT depart
naent store ofncials said she hnd been
uling the accounts Of otner vuum.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
NON-|NTERVENT|0N
ACCORD|SPRESSED
France and Britain Seek to
Pacity Germany
and Italy.
~ the Associated Press.

PARIS, June S. Diplomats OF
France and Great Britain, seeking to
make effective a policy 81 ISOLATION
Of the Spanish civil war, pressed hard
today to bring Germany and italy
back into the Non-Interventicn Com
mittee's fold with promises Of safety
for naval patrol vessels
At the same time French foreign
ONCE sources disclosed proposals
which the government Of Premier
Leon Blum hoped would widen the
naval cordon's scope and also make
easier the fixing of responsibility for
any untoward incidents.
Urge Foreign Troops Withdraw.
The main object of the negotia-
tions, authoritative sources said, vas
to renew efforts for the withdrawal
OF foreign troops in Spain.
France and Britain believe that
the recall of fighters from Spain
would simplify the problems of the
| neutrality patrols and lessen the like
lihood Of international incidents.
France will ask that all members
Of the 27-nation committee be rep
resented in the naval patrol which
had been composed only OF French
British, German and Italian ships.
Such . move would bring in Soviet
Russia as well as lesser European
powers to tighten the blockade against
men and munitions bound for war
torn Spain.
In addition, the French government
was said to desire neutral observer,
aboard each patrol ship to make il
easier in the future to fix responsible
tty for such incidents as the bombing
OF the German pocket battleshir
Deutschland, which resulted in the
deaths OF 20 German seamen at Ibiza
Gsaranteed ZsDes Favovea.
France was believed ready to accede
to British proposals to create guar
anteed zones in which neutral patro
vessels would be assured Of safety from
any attack.
With this promise the two nations
hopes to bring Italy and Germany
back into the committee from which
they withdrew after the Deutschland
incident.
It was Indicated, however, that
France wants the patrol membership
expanded so that Russia viii not be
frozen out" OF the Spanish neutrality
efforts
The patrol of only four powers, the
French foxeien ofbce was believed to
hold, might be used ~ An opening
wedge by Germany and Italy to At
tempt negotiation Of . four r-power pact
which would ALLEVIATE France from her
Soviet and Little Entente allies.
Evening star., 1937-06-05

THE picturesque old town af
Charles Town, W. Va, reports,
in the same journal, the most ex-
citing event in it, history since the
daily double at its race track paid
$1,000 . couple Of years ago:
The congregation of the Blank
church have won decisive victory
over family of skunks after q three
week battle for possession OF the
church basement The aroma had
become 10 penetrating that it was
impossible to hold services One lady
was overcome by the odor to the ex-
tent that the services Of a physician
were required"
THERE are nine kinds of snakes in
the Shenandoah National Park,
according to check-up by Carl
Gudat, National PARKS Service land
scaper.
Two of them, the timber rattler and
the copperhead, are very poisonous.
but they are moving out as man, whom
they don't like, moves IN. Some Of
the others are so rare that few ever
heard of them.
BY far the most fearsome, although
perfectly harmless, u the hissing ad-
der. As Mr.. Gudat reports IN notes
published BY the park nature society
Sometimes person walking
through meadow grxss may be startled
suddenly by loud kissing noise.
Glancing down. he is terrified 1t the
! sight Of . writhine snake, it, head
coiled back in the fashion OF . king
cobra. He Looks like the most deadly
thing alive. He u one OF the best
buffers IN the animal Kingdom. When
he learns that YOU are not afraid
he will roll over on his back and play
dead"
A very rare species encountered
there Is the green snake, which lives
in trees and blends 70 well with the
color o the leaves that II Is seldom
seen. Even rarer is the ring -necked
make, which = found under rocks
and logs. 1t u seldom more than Z
or inches lonG-gIossy black On top
and bright yellow beneath, with q
bright yellow band Just back Of the
| head
/ Editors note: This Is to help yo,,
identify the things you SEE in night
| mares.)
TOUGHIE.
THE toughest customer in the Blue
Ridge Mountains-suppoeed ter
ror Of shenandoah Park rangers and
hiksrs--h srunting IN q pen ut last.
He il eoo-pound wild hog. Hiksrs
II Is recounted in the Spring Journal
of the Shenandoah Nature Society.
used to think he WAS 4 bear. Ac-
tually, he was tougher and meaner
than any bear
| While ne did not turn on anybody
unless pursued and cornered, he did
chase one Man up a tree and fought
viciously with dogs, ripping them open
With his 5-Inch tusks. Covering a
range Of about 20 square miles, he BE-
came q Legend around the park and
was always showing up in unexpected
places.
He was the property OF q mountain
farmer, born wild and remaining un-
penned until about years old. The
wild pig Is. after all, the most dan
gerous animal In the Eastern United
/ States
Evening star., 1937-06-05
GETS CAR BACK
Chinese Legation secretary's Auto
Ii Found With Wheel, Nissins

''A p" nsels Missing.
AaunS Ticking, secretary to the Chi
nese legation, got hts automobile hack
sloer It had been stolen yesterday, but
non until thieves had strippsd It OK tts
four wheels.
Ne lest 1t in \ downtown earsee.
from which, attendants said, II v.s
taken by . man who lesped IN and
drove sway, It later v1s discovered
h Cszgseast tourt noYttansA
Evening star., 1937-06-05
German Reply Received.

LONDON, June S R.-German's
reply to Britain's proposals for bring
ing the Third Reich and Italy back
into the non-intervention patrol Of
warning Spain was received today, but
the foreign office refused to disclose
the tenor OF the reply. Italy has not
yet answered.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
DIPLOMAS AWARDED
AT DEWITT SCHOOL
80 Are Graduated-Achievement
Prizes Also Presented 1t
Exercises.

Diplomas were awarded to % sradu.
ates and achievement prizes were pre-
sented at exercises yesterday 1t the
Dewitt School, 1855 Upton street.
Awards were made by DR.. George r.
Dewitt. founder OF the school.
The commencement address VA,
delivered by DR.. Thomas H. Healy.
dean of the School Of Foreign Service
at Georgetown University, and the
invocation and benediction were pro-
nounced by Rev. l.. A. Semmes. dean
OF theology at the Washington MIS-
sionary College
Awards for general excellence went
TO James Grafton Gore, hrH year:
James L. NJ Logan, second year; VII
liam Lakeman, third year, and VIII
liam J. Rusch, senior year.
GrAdIIAteN wSrs.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

In recess.
i Joint Labor Committee continues
@wage-hour hsu heartnsS