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Evening star., 1937-10-04
ROAD MEN URGED
TO GUARD FUNDS
30 State Officials Hear Plea fol
Accounting System to Pre-
vent Diversion.

UNIFORM accounting systems should
be established throughout the 48
States to guard against diversion of
highway funds to other purposes, Col.
W. T. Chevalier, president of the Amer
lean Road Builders Association. told
the National Highway Advisory Coun-
ell OF the organization in session at
the Willard Hotel today.
Chevalier pointed out that such a
system OF uniform accounting would
aid the Federal Bureau of Public Roads
in administering Federal highway aid
funds equitably. He said many States
now divert money collected in taxes
on motorists for highway building and
maintenance to other State functions
The council heard discussion of
various other problems in connection
with the road-building industry today.
1t will end its session here tomorrow
after series of round-table confer
ences and action on definite recon-
mendations for legislation to carry on
the national highway program in a
manner adequate to meet modern
needs.
Murray D. VanWagoner, State high
way commissioner of Michigan, agreed
with Chevalier that the greatest pres
ent need is for action to prevent diver
sion of highway funds. He said that
Michigan now is using all money COL
lected in gasoline and automobile taxes
for road purposes and has appropri-
ated other money from the general
treasury to aid the highway program.
Raymond H. Combs, president of
the National Rural Letter Carriers
Association, discussed the need of i'm
proving country roads so farmers
could more easily transport their prod
uce to market.
Charles M. Upham, engineer -direc-
tor of the American Roadbuilders' As
ISOLATION, presided at the session, at
tended by 80 State officials.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
SLAIN UNION HEAD
LAUDEDASMARTYR
More Than 1000 Attend
Rites and Are Told to Band
to Fight Racketeers.
~ the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 4.-More
than a thousand lower East Side men
and women, many in tears. attended
an impressive funeral yesterday for
Sam Gappel. slain union leader, and
heard him eulogized as a martyr In
= fight against labor racketeers.
Gappel was one OF two union Off
eials shot down by unknown assail-
ants last Friday. The other, Max
Rubin. business agent of the Cloak
Drivers and Helpers Union, was re-
ported improving in Bronx Hospital
from bullet wound in the back of
his head.
Gappel was treasurer of a painters
local. Union officials declared. THE
people of the lower East Side will
have to organize to protect themselves
against vicious gangsters, who are
running wild here"
When Gappel was shot down at the
entrance to his home, Aaron Latker
said, he had just left a meeting where
he made report on actions of some
former union officials.
Gappel's Staying was indirectly
linked with the shooting Of Rubin
today, although police at first held
they had no connection. Funeral
speakers denounced the former lead
ers of the union, who had previous
alterations with Gappel as tools Of
Jacob (Gurrah) Shapiro and Louis
uepke) Buchalter, fugitives from
Justice and accused of bossing labor
racketeering
Rubin was an important witness
before grand jury which indicted
Shapiro, Buchalter and Max Silver
man on charges of racketeering.
silverman. captured in Los Angeles,
where authorities said he had been
living in luxury. arrived here by plane
few hours before the Friday night
shootings.
Special Rackets Prosecutor Thomas
2. Dewey said at Silverman's arraign-
ment yesterday that he was clearly
linked with the attack on Rubin on
Bronx roadway. The city has an
nounced rewards Of $4,000 each for
information leading to the capture
OF Shapiro and Buchalter.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
Petitioner Opposed to Black
Unafraid of Public's Vie,Us
81 KnO,U In, Right and
That's What COunts,"
He Declares.
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
Albert Levitt, who petitioned the
Supreme Court to bar Associate Justice
Black from taking his seat, has been
soldier Of fortune, preacher, professor,
corporation lawyer, Federal judge and
utility batter"
In each profession, he has stirred up
ripples.
II know what people are going to
say about me-" the 50-year-old Levitt
chuckled the day he filed the Black
petition. There goes Levitt fitting
at windmills again But don't care.
l know I'm right and that's what
counts"
When he attacked utilities in his
native Connecticut several years ago,
Levitt had neither electricity, gas nor
telephone on his farm. At least, he
laughed, none could accuse him of
venting a personal grudge for having
been nicked on his light bill.
As an insurgent Republican he ran
often for local Office, never getting
elected, but upsetting apple along
the way by splitting factions. Be-
tween elections and law cases he raised
goats, chopped firewood and composed
lullabys which he played on \ small
organ.
Several years Of wandering as 4
young man took him around the world
four times and to the Philippines as
soldier. In the World War he was
/ gassed and wounded.
The armistice brought Levitt a
quieter life. He settled down to
teaching law, philosophy and medical
jurisprudence, moving successfully
from Columbia to Colgate. Washine-
ton and LeNand Brooklyn Law School.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
Tropical Medicine Expert Dies.

NEW YORK, October (R.-Dr.
Frank w. O'Connor, SO, an expert IN
tropical medicine. died following an
operation Saturday night at the Hark-
ness Medical Pavilion.
A native of Ireland, he came to the
United States II years ago and was
engaged in research at Columbia Uni
versity at the time of his death. Work
ing in his chosen field, he lived for
many years in softh Africa.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
EXPERIENCES TOLD
BYRETURNEDNUN
III Patients in India Tie
Goats to Bed, Sister Mary
Laetitia Says.
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

Sister Mary Laetitia just back from
India, where i'll Hindus and Moham-
medsns tether their goats to their
go by the Mother House Of the So
ciety of Catholic Medical Missionaries
in Brookland today and remarked
that their pounding noise isn't any
thing as noises go in India.
why, over in Dacca, in Bengal, our
hospital is filled with noises" the nun
said. 1T overfows with bleats and
moos. A lot Of our patients bring
live stock or barnyard friends with
them for the sake Of soup. or maybe
a sacrifice One time We were tax
ing care of man whose chicken flew
up early in the morning on an empty
ward bed and laid an egg. 1t was the
signal for long, loud, triumphant
cackling"
Sister Mary, who is IS, grew up in
the quiet countryside of Sussex, Eng
land, but she learned about noise Just
after the World War. when she moved
to Brooklyn IN. " house, q few
blocks from the rumbling elevateds
She took her masters degree in noise
appraisal when she studied nursing
at Bellevue Hospital. New York, where
silence Is like a pearl in q lunch
| counter oyster-hoped for, but never
found.
Founded in 1925.
Sister Mary went to India in 1927,
two years after she joined the new
order Of the Society of Catholic Med
ical Missionaries. The society was
founded in 1925 by DR.. Anna Dengel.
an Austrian, to supply woman medicos
for ailing Hindu and Mohammedan
women, who would suffer ruptured
appendix before they would let male
doctor operate.
When she left India q month ago,
Sister Mary was superintendent of
the society's hospital at Rawal Pindi.
in the Punjab, near the Himalaya foot
hills, where malaria is as common as
the head cold in his country.
Often, Mohammedan husbands OBJ
J~Ss w eiiSA Wives SolliB W ally IlOS-
pital, even though it is stated by
women. and Sister Mary, who studied
midwifery at Queen Mary's Maternity
Hospital, London, has delivered many
q Moslem mother in q harem.
Permitted to Remove Patient.
So popular are the sisters that none
interferes with them, and during the
Dacca riots few years ago the ma
tives halted their pillaging and house,
burning long enough to permit the
nuns to enter 4 dwelling and remove
q patient
The most elegant patient in Sister
Marys recollection was Hindu prince
who arrived at the Dacca Hospital
with 40 retainers.
I want beds for all of them" he
told the nuns.
We explained that his retainers
were well and the beds were needed
for the sick" Sister Mary relates.
Finally, house was rented for 80
OF them and it was agreed that his
vizier would stay at the hospital with
him during the day and that his second
in command would stay with him at
night"
Evening star., 1937-10-04
20 D. c. STUDENTS
MAKE HONOR ROLL
Privilege of Unlimited Absences
Gained by II at Mary
land U.

b the Associated Press.
COLLEGE PARK. Md. October A.
seventy-one students were named on
the University of Maryland's under
graduate honor roll" and won the
privilege of unlimited absences from
class.
The District of Columbia topped the
scholarship list with 20 representatives.
Baltimore City placed IL. Only five
out-of-State undergraduates other
than Washingtonians gained honor
student" ranking.
To make the honor roll a student
must acquire 3.5 or higher average.
Such an achievement represents a
majority of "a" and "B" grades in all
subjects. Those who make the list
have optional class attendance right.
Students from Washington who re-
eeived a 35 or better average were:
Mary "; Conway .4l2o Eighth street;
lam B Davis, l2os street northeast;
Hlvove: s37 Decatur street Elwood Fisher,
4II3 Illinois avenue; Harold H FRANKIE
Georsia avenue: Vernon Gray. 1870 west
ern avenue: Elizabeth H. Hughes. 12O
Quincy street; Lillian Katz 1871 Holly
nue.: Julian Lawson 2219 Perry street:
Robert L. Mattinely 1858 Tennyson street:
Charles H. Pierce 1900 jackson street
northeast: Robert P. White. l015 Mon
ttssn1s tsns avenue northeast: Jane L.. Kraft,
I611 Twelfth street northeast: Mildred
Baitz 633 Lamont street and Marion e
Esch. 1910 Brookville road.
. Others on the list include Kathryn Alb
bott District Heights: Fred T. Bishopp,
Silver Spring: Allan H. Brown. University
Heights: Henry H. Carter Rockville Flor
ence Conner. Hyattsville: Eleanor G. Cooley
Berwyn; Shirley Danforth Riverdale:
Bernlce Barbara Hobson. College Park:
Mary e, Jenkins. Suitland; Jane F. Kephart.
Iakoma Park; Albin O. Kuhn. Woodbine:
lsidor. Lavine, Mount Rainier: Georgiana
Lishtfoot. Takoma Park: Belle McGinnis.
Kensinston: Philip Miller Brentwood:
Maud Roby. Riverdse: Eva Burroughs,
Mechanicsville: May Narrower. Manassas,
Va; Margaret Kemp, College Park: Evelyn
Parrish. Brentwood, and Kathryn Riedei,
Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
ARTHUR JAMES, Sc,
FIREMAN, IS DEAD
Veteran Alarm Telegraph
Operator Had Been 36
Years in Department.

Arthur James. 56. veteran fire.
alarm telegraph operator. died in Sib-
ley Hospital today after an Illness Of
two weeks, his first illness in 36 years
with the Fire Department.
Born in Washington on July 6, 1881,
Mr.. James entered the Fire Depart
ment in 1901. When the fire-alarm
office was transferred to the District
Building from the old No. IA engine
house in October, 1908, Mr. James was
the first operator to sound an alarm.
During the last 25 years Mr.. James
sent out the alarms for most OF the
biggest fires in Washington HE was
on duty the last half OF the night
Of the Knickerbocker Theater disaster
and he also sent out the call when the
executive Offices of the White House
burned in 1929.
When he first went on duty with
the Fire Department. Mr.. James
served year as elevator operator
Then he was transferred to the alarm
ONCE as telephone operator. A few
years later, he was promoted to an
alarm operator. In point of service he
was the senior employe in the Office
Mr.. James parents had lived in
Washington \ long time before his
birth. His mother, who is now more
than 80 years old, lived near the
Washington Barracks during the Civil
War When the arsenal exploded in
the barracks on an historic occasion
during the war, she was hurled
through the window Of her home by
the force of the blast.
Mr.. James was a widower, his wife
having died several years ago He i.
survived by son and two daughters
Recently the family moved to 430S
Thirteenth street northeast.
Arrangements are being made to
hold the funeral at his home IL am
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1937-10-04

In 1893. after failing to capture
Hiram Bingham's senatorial seat, he
was appointed special assistant to
the Attorney General.
Then he was named as Federal
judge to the Virgin Islands. He re-
signed after crossing administrative
and legal swords with Acting Gov.
Lawrence w. Cramer and returned to
the Justice Department.
AS mo man" to Attorney General
Cummings, Levitt was assigned to
study controversial subjects ito get
the other fellows viewpoint" but
when his memoranda, including one
criticizing the Presidents court bill,
were sidetracked before reaching Cum
mings desk, Levitt was irked. His
resignation followed.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
FILM COMBINE NEAR

LONDON, October 4 (P).-The Daily
Mail said yesterday that Alexander
korda. motion picture magnate, will
take a six months trip abroad and
that he expects completion of a deal
between himself and Samuel Goldwyn
Tor joint ownership of United Artists
Corp. would be made before his re-
turn.
korda and Goldwyn hold an option
until December to buy the United
Artists holdings of Mary Pickford and
Charles Chaplin for reported
$5,930,000.
London Film Productions, Ltd, Of
which Korda is managing director,
will cease production in the Denham
Studios while he Is away.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
VOTING TRAIN

Natives Of New York City were re-
minded today by the Fusioneers, q
non-partisan organization promoting
Mayor La Guardia's campaign for re-
election, that they cannot vote in the
election of November unless they
register in person.
registration train will leave Wash
ington at l:20 pm. next Saturday, ar
irving at $50, in ample time for all
to register. The train will be met by
Mayor La Guardia and other ofiicials.
Round-trip tickets. at a rate of $685.,
may be obtained from customers
headquarters, room 305, 140e G street.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
AIR CRASH KILLS THREE

AUSTIN, Mimi, October @.-
Three persons were killed when two
airplanes crashed in midair near here
last night.
The dead, all from Austin, were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Ephie Hull, each about
%, who were married last June, and
Duane Wehner, abovk Is.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
FREEMAN WARNS
Of CHURCH SPLIT
Bishop Calls on General
Convention to Avoid Debate
on Altering Its Views.

Right Rev. James E. Freeman
Bishop Of Washington, preaching at
Washington Cathedral yesterday aft
ernoon, called on the General Con-
vention of the Episcopal Church
scheduled to meet Wednesday At Gin
cinnati, to devote itself to only one
concern-namely, to reaffirm the
mission of Christianity in the world,
and to refuse to waste its energies in
discussion Of minor questions diversive
in character.
The bishop spoke on "An Unchang-
ing Church in q Changing World
and specifically deplored debate on
canon Al, regarding the remarriage
of divorced persons. Proposed alter
ations In the church's attitude, he
said, would divide us down the mid
die, split us in twain"
II belong" Bishop Freeman de-
clared, Ito an unchanging church, the
same today As yesterday. There is nc
departure from traditional doctrine in
this church. We have an unchangins
faith, and the imperative need Of the
present hour is for adhering with
f1xity to our ideal of Christian wor-
ship. There must be no catering to
changing fashions, no ecclesiastical
vaudeville, in the Episcopal Church.
This is q time when something must
remain fixed and firm. Do you want
to worship in q church which does
not know what 1t believes? The great
Roman church does not try to accom-
modate itself to every wind that blows
and I honor it for its stability"
The bishop argued that ANY ques-
ton which creates division in our
church" should be avoided at Cincin-
natl.
I'VE are facing the darkest days
the cause Of Christ in America has
ever known" he insisted, land there
must be unity among us-no high, NO
low, no broad church, but only one
church-the church OF Jesus Christ
ever the same. yesterday, today and
tomorrow.
In the general convention, would
not touch any great controversial
question. What do we care about no.
menclature when the house Is on fire.
The situation is desperately bad for
Christianity. We have been slipping
until our backs are against the wall
Realizing this, my conviction Is that
the one big issue for us at Cincinnati
is the spiritual revival of the Nation
Why draw back when it is Gods COM
mand to go forward? The only gospel
to save the world is the Gospel OF
Christ"
Evening star., 1937-10-04
SHANGHAI AIR BASE

The first offices to be established in
the Far East by q domestic American
airline have been opened in Shanghai
by United Air Lines, it was announced
here today by Walter Swan, local agent
Of the line.
Charles A. Perkes, with the title OF
Far Eastern traffic manager, has been
put in charge Of the Shanghai ONCE
which Is intended to develop business
from the connecting service Of PAN
American Airways and trans-Pacific
steamship lines.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
WOMAN, G2IEVING DEATH
OF HUSBAND, is SUICIDE
Mrs. Mary X. Hesson, SO, In
hales Gas in Kitchen of Res

thui 6At 0AC ORCA hIC0s
Despondent over the death Of her
husband nearly two years ago, Mrs.
Mary K. Hesson, 50 ended her life
yesterday by inhaling Illuminating gas
in the kitchen of a restaurant she
conducted at 2125 G street.
Police said they found Mrs. Hesson's
body slumped over the stove, gas
tube leading to her mouth and coat
over her head. Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald issued suicide certificate.
She lived at 1920 G street, and police
said had no known relatives.
Harold Morgan, clerk at an adjoin-
ing hotel, snelled gas and notified
firemen at q nearby fire station, who
in turn called police. Three notes
addressed to friends were found, one
stating her grief at the loss Of her
husband. The fire rescue squad at
tempted to revive her.
Evening star., 1937-10-04

Millard German, 81. Emsrsency Hospital
Hattie 1T F. Meies; ; 7s; oeorse washinstor
Mary Elisabeth Sherwood, "A. 3611 aOth
Frederick R. Brill, 20, s4O1 Hishviev
walter S. Townsend. 81, 2O1 D st. ne.
Robert H. Bloodsood. 64. 6133 31st st.
Catherine Sullivan. SO. 1901 I st.
RAYMOND Cook, 81. Emergency. Hospital.
Cora Wanser. ~. EMERGENCY Hospital.
Roy Commodore. 81, Casualty Hospital.
Infant Of Mary Marshall. freedmen's Hos
Evening star., 1937-10-04
Fire Destroys Two Sawmills.

PORTLAND, Greg, October 4 (P.-
Firemen stood by helplessly yesterday
as 4 spectacular blaze destroyed two
sawmills, with losses estimated at
&125,000 to the Blake-David Lumber
Co. and the Northwest Box Co. plants.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
Freeman TO Speak.

RICHMOND, October 4 (P.-The
Virginia Preaching Mission will spon-
sor four-day program at the mosque
here beginning November 4. Right
Rev. James Edward Freeman, Bishop
of Washington, will be one OF the
principal speakers.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
BIRTHS REPORTED
DEATHS REPORTED

William H. and Helen Talbot, girl.
william and Bessie eharkey, girl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-12
Here's A Humdinger For
Your Next Party

Never dull moment at Bab's
party for that Junior High crowd!
They're tumbling over one an
other for turns at CARD TOSS,
jolly icc-brcakcr for the zero
hour.
Bah cut ten cards from heavy
cardboard, wrote q fortune on each.
The player stands behind a chair
and tries TO toss @ card into hat
without hands. body or clothing
touching chair. He throws TIL he
wins or eXhausts the cards.
Polly threw Wild; her last chance,
Love" lies on the floor. Baseball
pitcher Bill tries. He can't miss.
But he doesi Cruise" joins Love"
amid gales Of laughter. He's try
ing Money" now.
Don't let your parties fizzle out.
Our 32-pagc booklet III full OF
charadcs. quiet and active games.
ice breakers TO make your party a
grand success. Hints for bazaarB
and clubs.
Send 1Oc for your copy Of
GROWN UP PARTY FUN 10 the
Waterbury Democrat Home Serv-
Ice, g35 Sixth Ave, New York. N. Y.
BE sure 10 write plainly your NAME,
ADDRESS, and the NAME Of book
let.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-12
HELEN WELSiIMER SAYS:-------
Love Is Only Ln1O
Man Needs To Make
Him Boss OF Home

husband wants him TO be the recog-
nized head of the family. She wants
him TO be tower OF strength on
which she can lean, Just as she de-
sires to help him at those times
when he comes beaten and weary
from battle and needs her SYM
pathy and tenderness. No normal
woman wants TO be the legal head
of a family which includes the man
she loves. She wants the man TO
rule--or pretend to, for she may
shape his decisions - because she
voted for him, not because a group
Of black-robed senators said he
should. Legal protection is a mark
of weakness--a mark of that very
wakness which the Frenchmen tried
to abolish.
Maybe Frenchmen went to law
for help because they couldn't get
justice alone. II man B earning
the housekeeping money, and one
address makes obtaining q liveli-
hood easier for him than another,
he should be permitted that de-
cision. A wife who doesn't agree with
him without benefit of court needs
TO be legally blocked. In such in
stances, we render our agreement
TO the senators In France.
Copyright, 1887, NEA Service, Inc. }
Australia mined 100000 more
gold In 1895 than in 1895.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-12


MUSCLE TONE AND POSTURE
Walking is less fatiguing than
standing. Stand at attention for q
few minutes and you will know why.
When any one, particularly q grow
ing child, has TO maintain the up
right, erect posture for consider
able time, or even has TO sit erect,
the strain on the back and the feet
Is severe and may result in serious
disability. Under such circumstances
the tendency is to relapse into q
posture OF relaxation and fatigue, to
slump into the LAZY" posture
rounded back, shoulders dropping
Onward, chin out, abdomen bullying,
feet rolled out-the picture OF neg
alive or minus muscle tone, firm
ness, elasticity. Not only the mus
cles, but also the other soft tissues
the skin, the fat, the ligaments--
share this loss OF tone. II the Strani
Is prolonged or frequent the nga-
ments finally fail to recover tone
or elasticity and structural or
growth changes follow, resulting In
fixed deformity.
That the human body is not yet
well adapted to the upright posture
LIS an inference suggested by the
prevalence Of hernias, displacemerlta
Of abdominal and pelvic organs,
varicose veins, hemorrhoids, fiat
feet, round back, spinal curvature
among men and the rarity Of such
conditions among quadrupeds.
The tone, firmness or elasticity OF
muscle and flesh Is determined
chiefly by nutrition and only Sec
Ondarfly by the amount Of daily
physical work, play or exercise the
individual does.
Discussing the prevention Of pos
tural deformities (Archives Of Pedi-
atrics, August, 80 DR.. r. H. Wig
gins said: ANY foodstuff which will
enhance the childs nutrition, at the
same time add to the tone 'of the
muscles and ligaments and strength
en- the bones will aid materially In
forestalling physical incapacity and
inferiority. In this instance cod
liver oil liz a specific. The rule may
be laid down that every child, from
one month to SIX years Of age (bet-
ter sixteen years. unless his entire
body Is being exposed to sunshine
or ultraviolet irradiationS, SHOULD
receive adequate amounts Of coo
liver oil routinely and regularly, re.
Numbering that there Is no stand.
ard dose for every child, some re.
quiring more than others"
We were still dishing out calome
when I was a tyro in practice
Haven't heard o word about calome
in the past ten years. Castor OF
was more or less an old standby
ten or twenty years ago. Toda,
castor oil is seldom used incidentally
Cod liver oil land other fish live
oils) has one well established virtue
namely, that 1t 10 Vie richest natura
source Of vitaniri ID. It Is also tn
richest natural source of vitamin A
The standard dose for adults is {
tablespoonful three or four times {
day; for children a teaSpoonfu
three or four times a day, grad
ually increased as the stomach vii
permit, and continued for q 1onl
time" AS the best cod liver oil con