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Evening star., 1937-06-07

PACIFIC COAST.
San Francisco. 3-3: Sacramento Ia.
Los Angeles. 81; Oakland So.
San DIEGO. 12-S; Portland. Is.
Missions. IS; Seattle. 1-6.
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NEW YORK-PENNSYLyANIA.
Wilkes-Barre. IA: Albany. 4.
trenton -. Williamsport. 20.
Elmfra. 1915: Hazleton, 40.
Blnghamton, 8; Scranton. &.
Evening star., 1937-06-07

Skipper Woodburn says all the signs
point to a good trout season, and the
yellow fins should be hitting in there
soon.
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'eden1E U0"11 11olH V1t HaKer tIdt nlV1ROrauHH |
Sunday afternoon.
Then, with the startling suddenness of lightning
flash, the changed BANG The left front tire had
blown out with the noise of thunder rclap terrible
drag set in Down went the brakes But too late. OF
the road they shot Fortunately, the did
turnlucdly the blowout had not occurred when they
were up in the mountains
Why any motorist should trust ordinary tires is be.
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yond me. Especially when the engineers of The B. F
Goodrich Company have perfected tire invention
that brings real protection to every American
motorist. This revolutionary construction which the
call the LfeSaver Golden Ply and which is found onb
in Goodrich Sivertowns, is layer of special rubbe
and full floating cords scientifically treated to resist tn
terrific blowout causing heat generated inside all tire
Evening star., 1937-04-04

to be hanged at the penitentiary July
8. Sheriff J. M. Slack did not an
nounce the time Of departure.
Describe Staying.
Dollman, 34-year-old Charleston
salesman, was en- route from Nor
gantown to his home for the Thanks
giving holiday last November. Testi.
mony at the trial brought out he met
three men in a stalled car and started
out with two of them to get gaso-
line.
Gingell testified quarrel broke
out and Read struck Dollman. He
said they returned to, the stalled car
and Read set fire to Dollmans auto
mobile Kirby said the same. They
also said Read took Dollman's money.
The proceedings before Judge
Fisher were brief Gingell and Kirby
had been scheduled to appear Mon
day, but the judge called for them to-
day and received their pleas.
Kirby and Gingell have yet to face
Judge S. Collett Littlepage in Charles
ton for sentence for robbing Paul p.
Wilson, Charleston banker, and Harold
Casio, filling station operator. They
pleaded guilty.
Read was convicted Of robbing Will
son and drew q life term.
All three are charged at Rockville,
Nd, with killing Elwood Mathews.
65-year old farmer, near Silver Spring
Statements announced by Lieut.
James H. Fillinger of the State Police
implicated the men in dozen other
robberies during tour of Virginia,
Maryland and West Virginia.
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partmental heads in the District gov
ernment, is expected to retire IN about
a month at his own request.
Capt. Barnard was presented with
two testimonial open books bearing
the signatures Of his subordinates,
along with an easy chair and day
bed couch.
C. B. Jet, foreman Of construction
at Lorton, acted as toastmaster. One
Of the testimonial books was presented
by Kenneth Dove, chief clerk Of the
reformatory, and the other by T. j.
McCollum, chief clerk Of the work.
house.
Speakers paid tribute to the accom-
plishments OF Capt. Barnard and for
his humanitarian work among pris-
oners during his long service.
With Capt. Barnard were his wife,
two daughters and five grandchildren,
Capt. and Mrs. Barnard will move
soon from the superintendent's home
on the reservation to new residence
near historic Pohick Church, about
miles from Lorton.
Capt. and Mrs. Barnard have just
returned from q months stay in
Florida.
One feature of the reception was
a huge cake bearing birthday
inscription.
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now support him since it has been
shown that completion of the project
is in the public interest"
When the late Senator Fletcher,
Democrat, of Florida failed by single
vote to obtain an appropriation last
year to carry on the work, Majority
Leader Robinson offered an amend
ment to the deficiency appropria-
tions bill to provide funds for the
project. The Senate passed this
amendment, but the House summarily
rejected it, and Congress adjourned
without making any funds available.
Contractors continued their opera
tions along the canal route until last
September. Army engineers aban-
doned the project. and dismissed, a
few at a time, the 5000 men the
project had employed Camp Roose-
welt, construction headquarters. was
turned over to the University OF
Florida for use as an adult training
school.
Fifth Report on Idea.
Gen. Markham's report was the
fifth that Army engineers have made
on the idea Of the Atlantic-Gulf
Waterway. Co-ordinating four pre-
vious studies and recommendations,
1t was made after a personal inspec-
ton Of the project.
The proposed canal would cut across
the middle of Florida to provide q
relatively high-speed ship canal be-
tween the Atlantic and the Gulf and
thereby reduce the time and distance
OF steamship travel between Eastern
and Gulf ports.
Gen. Markham's report was under
stood to follow closely the findings
submitted last year by special board
Of engineers appointed by President
Roosevelt to study the project. While
recognizing that its economic justif1ca-
ton might be questionable, he was
understood to have cited the con-
tinuing necessity for providing jobs
for the unemployed and national de-
fense and other benefits as warranting
completion Of the project.
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DEATHS DROP BELOW
3-YEAR AVERAGE
March 21-27 Is Low for Year.
Infant Mortality Falls
Sharply.

Deaths In the District Of Columbia,
which have been running far above
normal since the first Of the year,
decreased sharply during the week
ending March 81, according to re-
port by the Census Bureau. There was
a decided decrease in the number of
infant deaths locally
The report shows ITO deaths for the
week. as compared with 1876 for the
preceding week and with three-year
average of 1856 for the corresponding
week
There we're only six deaths of in
fants under year of age, as compared
with l8 during the week ending March
20 and with an average of 81 for the
corresponding week during the past
three years
Because Of the heavy death rate
during the early part Of the year, how
ever, the totals for 1887 to date are
running ahead Of last year. During
the first IL weeks Of this year there
were 2,494 deaths here, as against
2,436 during the same period last year
There were 227 infant deaths during
the IL weeks, as compared with 17e
during the first II weeks last year.
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Continued From First Page.)
to approval by the Board Of County
Commissioners before a license could
be issued by the State controller.
Proposed Levies.
The relief bill as it now stands
provides for the following levies:
Whisky floor tax-21a cents per
gallon.
Admission to theaters and other
places OF amusement-1 per cent OF
gross receipts Of such places.
Stamp tax on recorded documents
25 cents per $500 of valuation OF
transaction involved.
Re-registration Of automobile drivers
81 per year.
Claw machines-s25 per year per
machine.
Bookmaking-s5. 900 per year license
fee and l per cent tax on all wagers.
Corporation franchises-$l0 and up
Cosmetics-l0 per cent.
Beer-75 cents per barrel.
Automobile titling-l per cent Of
valuation of such vehicles.
Two Switch Vote.
Late today the Senate voted, IS tt
II, against legalizing bookmaking ane
in 50 doing knocked a 100000 holt
in the welfare program. A secone
vote was taken less than an houl
later, two Senators changing theil
votes and the bookmaking amendmen
carrying, Is to l3.
Those who switched were Senator
Joseph Donovan of Howard Count.
and Ridgely P. Melvin of Anne Arun
del Donovan and Melvin, explaining
their change, said they felt the entir'
welfare set-up might be jeopardized b.
elimination OF the bookie tax
There wa virtually no debate be
fore the frst vote on the bookmak
ing amendment. Senator Callan, on,
Of the opponents, said legalization o
handbooks would create a terrible
stencil in the nostrils of Maryland.
Sasscer Brought in.
Senator Stedman Prescott OF Mont
gomery County demanded a roll cal
Evening star., 1937-04-04

of the Senate before the vote WAS
taken. The roll call showed that only
Senate President Sasscer was absent
and the sergeant at arms was ordered
to bring him into the chamber for the
vote when requested by Senator Coad.
Sasscer and Prescott voted with IL
others for the bookmaking tax. while
l3 opposed it.
Other phases Of the taxation scned-
ule were adopted without discussion.
An amendment to the State tax bill
was offered early In the session tonight
which would raise the levy on real and
personal property by y Of cent in
1888 and cent in 1899. The amend
ment, offered by Senator Coad, is said
to be required by an increase in the
amount of State bonds.
The inclusion Of Prince Georges
County among the communities which
would legalize bookmaking under the
Statewide relief bill before the Senate
tonight was attributed to the need
for relief in the county"
Statement Issued.
Senate President LanSdale @. Sass
Ger and House members from Prince
Georges made the declaration in .
formal statement issued after the
amendment was Affixed to the welfare
measure.
They said the money that would be
wagered by Washington residents IN
Prince Georges establishments would
probably increase the State fund in
excess Of 100000"
It was also said by the legislators
that the move undoubtedly had been
made because it has been brought out
that police have been unable to en-
force the present anti-gambling law
After pointing out that the licensing
of bookmakers would be accomplished
only on the approval Of the county
commissioners and that the $25 COO
county license fee would go to relief
and general county purposes, they
stated
The relief program is State wide
and as the bill as adopted by the
Finance Committee is Statewide
measure, the county mus. be either
exempt from the operation OF the act
or be included in the bill.
In view Of the fact that there
is considerable need for relief In the
county, for which funos must be
raised, it Is believed the county should
share in the receipt of the monies
raised from the bookmaking tax.
1T is also felt there will be little
opposition to the adoption OF the
program If properly regulated through
the county commissioners who are
in touch with the local situation,
particularly in view of the fact that
in recent years the grand jury Of
Prince Georges County has on several
occasions recommended the legaliza-
ton of gambling.
The high fee set as q minimum will
undoubtedly prevent numerous book
making establishments from operating
in the county and the local contact
of the county commissioners will en-
able the county authorities to check
on the applications and require the
revocation of the license where neces-
sary.
In argument before the Finance
Committee it was explained that book
making exists throughout the State
and that it had been almost tmpos-
sible for the authorities to eliminate.
In addition it was pointed out that
most of the money wagered with book
making would come from Washington
residents and the State tax of l per
cent on all bets would probably in
crease the State relief funds in excess
Of s3000 900 without direct tax on resi-
dents of the State"
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Canal
Continued From First Page.)

were linked as two Of the Presidents
favorite public works projects in the
dicussions at that time.
Senator Pepper, Democrat, Of
Florida, said, 81 am gratified indeed
to learn that the chief OF Army en-
gineers, after having made a very
thorough and exhaustive study. has
recommended the completion Of the
Florida ship canal. This report, I be-
lieve, brings to Florida challenging
possibilities for the future
Representative Green, Democrat, of
Florida, who led the fight in the
House for the ship canal, welcomed
the recommendation, describing the
project as "the most important public
improvement before the American peo-
pie today and said it would carry
more benefits than any other piece
of public Improvement legislation y
Representative Hendricks, Democrat
of Florida, said, THE fact that the
Florida canal has now received the
strongest Endorsement from the Army
engineers makes certain that this
project will be approved by Congress" :"
Hendricks held that the only reason
the House was unwilling to provide
funds for continuing the canal con-
struction last June was that it had
not received a report from the chief
of engineers in response to a request
In the rivers and harbors bill of 1882
Representative Peterson, Democrat,
of Florida. an opponent of the project,
on the other hand expressed the feel
ing that "the position taken by the
board justifies the position which I
have taken consistently in opposition
to this project Certainly there is no
cause for elation on the part of the
canal advocates
Buckman Halls Advice.
Henry Holland Buckman, chief en-
gineering counsel for the Ship Canal
Authority of the State Of Florida,
hailed Gen Markham's recommends
ton as serving to "emphasize the wis
dom of the President in authorizing
and beginning construction of this
national enterprise"
1T Is shown to be the greatest and
most beneficial public work UNDER
taken by this administration" Buck
man said. IT am confident that those
who have heretofore conscientiously
opposed him in this matter, because
of lack of complete information. will
Evening star., 1937-04-04
WAR PROF|TSACT
OFFERS PROBLEM
Committee Members Fear
Reaction to Conscription
Provisions.
~ tho Associated Press.

~ tho Associated Press.
Some House members expressed
apprehension yesterday lest conscrip-
ton provisions of pending legislation
to take the profits out of war should
be interpreted abroad as a militaristic
gesture.
The measure, which is to be con-
sidered soon by the House Military
Affairs Committee, would clothe the
President with authority in an emer-
gency to conscript into the armed
forces members Of the "unorganized
militia" between the ages Of 18 and
81.
1T looks like draft act" said
Representative Maverick, Democrat,
of Texas, "and an unpleasant
gesture"
Some committee members expressed
concern privately lest Europe inter-
pref the legislation to mean the
United States is planning to build up
Its strength in preparation for war.
Difficulty also is being experienced,
one member said, in amending the
bill to assure labor that there is no
intention of drafting workers into
industry at service wages and at the
same time to retain power to pro-
vide sufficient personnel for essential
industries.
Chairman Hill of the Military Com
mittee said the tax provision, which
originally would have levied 95 per
cent tax on all profits in excess of
the average for a three-year period
Immediately preceding the outbreak
of war, probably would be amended,
but he volunteered no details.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

Nearly 100000 foreigners have left
France in the last few years.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
.SENTENCESG|VEN
KIRBY YANDG|NCELL
Plead Guilty and Get 18.
Year Terms in Staying.
Companion to Hang.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SUTTON, w. Va, April 3.-Two
l8-year sentences for War Joseph
Kirby and Lawrence Gingell brought
to an end today the strange case
which began four months ago with the
discovery Of the charred body OF w.
Earle Dollman in his automobile.
Kirby, 2l, Of Baltimore, Md, and
Gingell, 20-year -old former caddy Of
Kensington, Md. appeared before
Judge Jake Fisher in = brief court
session, pleaded guilty to second-de-
gree murder and received their SEN
tences.
Their companion, William Brown
Read, rs, of -Four Corners, Nd, against
whom they testified, waited in jail
at Charleston for trip next week to
Moundsville. He is under sentence
Evening star., 1937-04-04

M. M. Barnard,
retiring superin-
tendent OF Dis
trict penal insti-
tutions, on the
eve Of his 18th
birthday ami
Vengary.
The reception
was held in Capt.
Barnard's home
on the reserva-
ton of the penal
institutions a t
Lorton, Va. The
veteran execu-
tive, one of the
most. nOnlllar de-
Evening star., 1937-04-04
BURNS FATAL

Funeral arrangements for Charles
Butts, 80, who died OF burns in Cas-
ualty Hospital. were being completed
last night with the aid Of relatives.
Butts, employed Is . laborer by
the w. P. A., WAS burned when .
coal stove exploded in his home
March T.
In addition to his widow, Butts Is
survived by two children. Rosa, 10, and
Elmer, 8. The family is living at 1918
Eleventh street southeast.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Balbo Promotion Rumored.

ROME, April tP1.-Marshall 1talo
Balbo, Governor of Libya. was re-
ported by informed sources today as
a likely candidate to head the new
ministry of italian Africa" to be
created soon. The new cabinet unit
replaces the ministry of colonies and
Italy's African colonies will be known
as parts Of the empire"
Evening star., 1937-04-04

Record Until 10 PM. Saturday.
Highest, Sc, 2 pm. yesterday. Year
ago. 40.
Lowest. 43, 6 am. yesterday. Year ago,
80.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest rs. on January 8.
Lowest. 10. on February IS.
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Booknlaking

Continued From First Page)
to approval by the Board Of County
be issued by the State controller.
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THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Occasion
rain today and probably tomorrow;
not much change in temperature;
moderate to fresh easterly winds.
Maryland-Occasiona rain today
and probably tomorrow; not much
change in temperature.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. rain today and
probably tomorrow; warmer in south
east portion today, colder in west
portion tomorrow.
West Virginia-Showers today and
probably tomorrow; colder tomorrow.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear late yesterday afternoon.
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Tide Tables.

Automobile lights must be turned on
one-han hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
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H0N0RED
AT TESTIMONIAL
Retiring Head of Penal In"
stitutions Given Recep-
ton by Employees.

Two hundred employees Of the Dis
trict Reformatory, Workhouse and
Ninth Street Wharf gave a testimo-
nial reception last night to Capt.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-11
Unemployment Census
TO Beqin i'm Fl Centro

Taking of the unemployment !
census in Ell Centre is scheduled
to begin next week under the su-
pervision of a special committee
appointed by Mayor Roy Womack.
The committee is headed by Cal
G.. Mousseau, and includes Walter
B. HaVekorst, Dr. Norman E. Du-
pont, Paul A. Eyer and Postmaster
Frank Richmond.
Main purposes of the census are
to show the number of persons
actually unemployed in the COM
munity, those partially unemploy-
ed geographical location of un-
employment, work qualifications OF
the unemployed, industries whose
revival will contribute most to en-
ployment, number of dependents
on the unemployed, and income
if any. of the unemployed.
Since the work is to be done by
the post office department, no
canyassers and no enumerators
will be required To make the
work thorough, however, John d.
Viggers, requested Womack to ap-
point five persons to supervise
the work in Ell Centro.
Registration is voluntary 1t is
hoped everyone who wants to be
employed and who has no full
time employment at present, will
register
The post office department or
Nov. Is will leave a card at every
home. Unemployed persons should
fill out the cards and mail them
before midnight Nov. 20. No pos
tage is required Additional cards
may be obtained from the postman,
at the post office, or at the FL
Centro Chamber of Commerce.
Answers on the cards, it is ex-
planned, will be treated as con-
fidential by government officials
and will be used solely for statis-
tical purposes to determine the
number of unemployed and the
greatest centerS of unemployment
Congress provided for the census
at the last session to aid in forma-
ton of an unemployment program,
social security, and unemployment
relief.
Members of the registration COM
mittee have explained to inquirers
that the following persons are ex-
pected to fill out and mail a regis
tration card:
One: Persons who have worked
for pay, who are able to work and
still want work:
Two: Persons who formerly had
their own business, farm or pro-
fessional practice, who no longer
! work at it, who are able to work
and want work;
Third: Persons now looking for
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-11
SUICIDES BODY ON KITCHEN
FLOOR AS FAMILY HAS MEAL

NEW YORK, Nov. II. UP)-The
TrCeller family sat down to its first
real meal in weeks today but there
was no money to Day an under
taker so thev inst left the body of
13-year-cld Williem, who hanged
himself because ha was tired of
starving, under a sheet on the
kitchen floor.
His feet stuck cut from one end
of the sheet and there were big
holes in the bottoms of the shoes.
There were five Of them around
the table. gulping the food that the
men at the Herbert street police
station had bought after t6ey ar
rived to investigate the suicide. Mrs.
Ruth Troaller is tall and lean and
her cheeks are sunken because you
cant get much nourishment out Of
grapes and apples. AMI, anyway, it
seemed that she had saved most
of the grapes and apples for Ruth,
16: Grace. Is: Thomas, 10: James.
6: and William. who. they all
thou0ht was looking in the cup
board for grape when he put a
rope around his neck and died.
Talked rs They Ate
They talked a little as tGev ate
Mrs. Troeller, Ruth, Grace, Thomas
and James-and told how they al
ways went to bed early because
sleep was the easiest wav to forget
the pain in the stomach that grapes
and apples could not drive away.
One member OF the family, they
said. didn't have to worry about
focl. for Harold Troeller. hsad of
the house. is in Kings county hos
pital waiting for an operation and
Mrs. Troeller said she guessed hos
pital patients got fed all right.
Mrs. Troeller said they were get
ting along fine while they got S84
a mCnth from the relief people, but
last Christmas her husband thought
he could make some money BY SELL
ing trinkets for Two cents each. He
paid IS to 20 cents a dozen for the
trinkets. but didn't sell any AMI
when the relief people found out
about it they took the TroellerS of
the rolls.
After that. she said, everything
was doWnhill TIE gas and cleo
tricity were cut off. Some of the
children cot jobs once in while
and made just about enough to
pay for rent of $12 a month.
I'VE have been living on grapes
and apples and some corn meal
Mrs. Troeller said, "and yesterday
we had some sweet potatoes
William thought he might be able
to make some money by slining
shoes, but III the neighborhood
where the Troellers live people don't
have nickels and dimes to spend
on shoe shines. Over at public
school 126 somebody gave William
pair of shoes, but they were too
small and he had to go back to the
ones with the big holes i'll the
bottoms.
No Electricity
1t was dark when William cam"
into the house and, of course, he
couldn't turn on a light because