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Evening star., 1937-12-05

adults and children pending final
settlement Of the controversy.
Despite the committee report, DR..
Rutland said last night he would
make no immediate change in the
revised policy. He said he would
await a ruling from Corporation
Counsel Elwood Seal on legal problems
involved, and probably the completion
of survey by the United States Pub
lie Health Service Of general health
conditions in the District before de-
termining his final action.
Predicting that much good" would
come from the Public Health Service
survey, DR.. Rutland moved to CO.
ordinate all the current studies of the
municipal hospital situation.
The health officer announced he
had invited representatives of the
Federal agency, the District Medical
Society and other groups which are
studying the health program to meet
with him next Friday at 10 am. to
outline plans for cooperation.
The Federal survey will 60 into all
phases Of the Health Department
facilities and services and is expected
(See HOSPITAL. Dor. Al, Z
Evening star., 1937-12-05
ROSS, CONVICTED,
T0F|GHT VERDICT
Facing 10-Year Sentence,
Davidson Killer Is Taken
to Fredericksburg.
By a staff Correspondent OF The Star.

Ss q Stah wi oiicSpOhucul VI ne SLaT.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Dec. A.
Walter L. Ross. 17-year-old marine
who was convicted at Stafford Court
house this afternoon of second-de-
gree murder in the staying of Elmer
J. Davidson, Washington, D. c., at
torney, was brought to the Fred
ericksburg Jail late today and will be
held there while his attorneys fight
the verdict, which prescribed q 10
year prison sentence.
A motion by Frank p. Moncure,
chief of the defense legal staff, to
set aside the verdict as contrary to
the law and evidence will be heard
at later date, Judge Frederick W.
Coleman advised counsel. The trial
judge ordered young Ross held here
during the .60-day period granted the
defense for its appeal.
The slender marine heard the jury
pronounce his conviction with no
show Of emotion. He had main
tanned his seH-assured air through
out the trial and up until the time
Of the jury's return about 800 pm.
The jury had deliberated So minutes
before reaching q verdict.
10 Years Punishment.
Jury Foreman st. Clair Brooks
read this decision Of the nine farmers,
. merchant, stone mason and q
county supervisor:
I'VE, the jury, flnd the within
(See ROSS, Page A-8.)
Evening star., 1937-12-05
Sergeant Looks for Oculist
In Ms, Campbell Pays 500

ITO test his eyes," testified Sergt
E. S. Haddaway, who arrested Camp
bell, Il looked under the MS for
oculists (when Campbell asked that
he look up the telephone number of
his oculisD.
He said: 7 think you'll have more
success if you look under the o's.
Then he said he would call informa-
ton for the telephone number. That's
my case"
Then" said the judge. "in your
opinion he could see the speedometer.
"Yes. If he could see the Ms in
the telephone book, see no reason
why he couldn't see the speedometef. I"
His attorney, E. H. w. Harlan, in
terjected: 1T would be a gross mis-
carriage of justice if Campbell were
blamed for taking precautions to pro-
tect his eyesight"
"On that basis" Haddaway put in.
Campbell would be allowed to come
through here at any rate of speed
when he wanted his eyes treated"
MOT at 100 bucks a throw" Camp
bell said dryly.
Testimony completed, Judge Probert
sat in silence for a few minutes,
rubbed his chin reflectively and an
nounced: Il find you guilty and fine
you 500 and COSTS
Evening star., 1937-12-05
5000 CAPITAL FANS
TO SEE REDSKINS
Five Special Trains Will Garry
- Them to New York for
Title Game.

More than 5000 Washington foot
ball fans will invade New York City
today to see the Washington Redskins
battle the New York Giants this
afternoon for the Eastern division
championship of the National Pro-
fessional Football League.
Five special trains were scheduled
TO begin leaving Union Station at
1850 am. to carry most Of the Capital
fans.
Approximately 5000 tickets for the
game were sold here before the re-
served seat supply was exhausted.
Many additional fans are going to
New York In the hope Of obtaining
some Of the 10000 general admission
tickets to be put Oh sale there this
morning.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
.$16,19,102 LEGAL
VICTORY IS WON BY
u. s. IN OIL SUIT
Title to Rich Square Mile
in Elk Hills Confirmed
Along With Damages.
$1,654,766 IS ALLOWED
FOR TAXES AND EXPENSE
Case Hinged on Mineral Status at
Time of 1908 Survey-Stand.
ard to Appeal.
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated freSS.
FRESNO, Calf, Dec. 4.-The Gov
ernment won a $l6,000,000 legal VIC
tory over the Standard Oil Co. of
California today when Federal Judge
Leon r. Yankwich confirmed its title
to a fabulously rich square mile of
land in the Elk Hills petroleum field.
Besides the land, which was valued
at $4,000, 900, the court ordered the
company to pay the Government So
l64,l02.42 as damages inflicted by
years of oil drilling there
The Government had asked $7,8l8.-
86863 in addition to the title, but
Judge Yankwich held the company
was entitled to a credit of $l,654,-
76621 for paying taxes and other ex-
penses incidental to operations.
Company to Appeal.
Company officials announced the
decision would be appealed.
The case was decided on a single
issue-whether the land was known
to be mineral bearing when it was
surveyed in 1908 prior to its being
conditionally turned over by the Gov
ernment to the State as school land.
The tract. known as section 36.
went into private hands when the
State began selling school land to
settlers. Standard Oil bought it
piecemeal from the settlers in 1909
and thereafter. The company as
serted it was not until 1911 that oil
was found within many miles of
section 36."
Part Retained as Naval Reserve,
When Elk Hills blossomed into
potential rich Oil field the Government
retained other domain sections there
in as naval petroleum reserve, which
eventually figured in the leasing
scandal centering about former In
terror Secretary Albert B. Fall.
In 1914 the Governments General
Land Of1ce started a move to reclaim
section SO, but Fall dismissed the pro-
ceedings without determining the title
on the mineral-bearing issue. A Sec
ond attempt was made and Interior
Secretary Harold L. Ickes in 1885 held
IN favor Of the Government.
Standard Oil resisted the Ickes
nnding and the Government went to
court.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
POLICE BUILDING
FUNDS APPROVED
Budget Bureau Also Favors
Re-EstabIishing Second
Precinct Set.Up.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
District budget for merit fiscal
year ending June 80, 1899. has been
subject of extended hearings be-
fore Bureau of the Budget and
goes OFFICIALLY to Congress Uith
Presidents budget message te,U
days after Congress conuenes jan
uary 3. House subcommittee in
charge of District appropriations
already is considering nert years
needs, hoDeUer.
Funds for beginning construction
of new building for the Police De-
partment and to re-establish the old
second police precinct have been ap-
proved by the Budget Bureau, it was
learned yesterday after the House sub
committee in charge Of District ap-
preparations inspected sites Of the two
projects.
The subcommittee, headed by its
chairman, Representative Collins,
Democrat, Of Mississippi, also in
spected several proposed school and
playground sites, as we'll as the old
tuberculosis Hospital at Fourteenth
and Upshur streets NV, the old
Police Court Building at Sixth and
D streets NV, and the retaining
wall around Mckinley High School
at Second and T streets northeast,
which has bulged in one section.
The new police headquarters build
ing, estimated to cost about 81 900, 900,
is to be located on property in vicinity
Of John Marshall place and c streets
NV, which the District acquired
some years ago as part of the munich
pal center site.
To Shift Woman's Bureau.
Re-esta blishment of the old second
precinct is to be done at minimum
of cost. Plans contemplate shifting
the Woman's Bureau of the Police De-
partment, now located in the old Sec
ond precinct station on Fifth street,
between M and N streets NV, to
the old Police Court Building, which
Is to be vacated as soon as the new
building in Judiciary Square Is COM
pleted.
The budget, it is understood, will
provide funds for remodeling both of
the old buildings and allow Police
Superintendent Ernest w. Brown a
moderate increase in the police force
to staff the new precinct.
For several years, both Mai. Brown
and the Commissioners have urged re-
establishment of the old second pre-
cinct, which was consolidated with the
old eighth precinct during the admin
iStration OF the late Commissioner
Crosby. Police statistics show the
present second precinct is the crime
center" of the District. BY splitting
1t, officials believe the territory can
be more effectively patroled.
Boundaries Of Precinct.
The second precinct now covers
the area lying between North Capitol
street on the east, Fourteenth street
on the west. K street on the south
and Florida avenue on the north. Its
original boundaries before merger with
the old eighth precinct were North
Capitol street on the east, Seventh
street on the west, K street on the
south and Florida avenue on the
north. These boundaries probably
will be retained wher the precinct is
re-estabhshed.
The budget estimates, it was said,
will not allow more than Is additional
policemen, but members of the Ap-
(see BUDGET BUREAU, Page A-I65
Evening star., 1937-12-05
picture on Page A-5.)
Es the Associated Press.

Es the Associated Press
KINGSVILLE, Md, Dec. 4.-The
magistrate-barber of Kingsville, who
doffs his white coat for a black one
while sitting on the bench in a cor
ner OF his shop, shaved Sl01.45 today
from the bankroll of Alan Campbell,
actor-scenarist husband of Dorothy
Parker, author and wit.
Campbell, in better humor than
yesterday when he went to jail rather
than pay the fine against himself af-
ter paying one of $101 As for his driver,
Louis Bohlman, grinned during the
hearing and paid the ine. His attor-
ney gave notice of appeal
Magistrate Harry D. Probert, who
gets 35 cents for haircuts. IS cents
for shaves and sl45 costs for hearing
speeding cases. found Campbell guilty
of allowing his chauffeur to speed 10
miles an hour through a 25-mile zone,
despite Campbell's pleas that:
He was on his way to Baltimore for
treatment for an eye ailment, had put
drops" in his eyes, was wearing dark
glasses, kept his eyes closed to avoid
strain. and couldn't see the speed
ometer.
He had never ridden in the light
truck before and didn't know the
feel" Of 1t at high speeds.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
"a Rector Kisses Some Girls
How Many? Page Einstein!
Annual Brain Twister in NJ. I. T. Alumni Journal
Leads Into Baffling-and Discour.
aging-Mathematica Fields.

the event by having a tea party to
which. besides themselves, only the
rector is invited. At this function
they all kiss each other, but the
rector kisses only those among the
girls who are his daughters. There
are 100 kisses all told. How many
girls were there and how many were
daughters of the rector?"
In just that form the problem seems
innocent enough-and probably not
very dif1cult for q competent
mathematician. It's lucky the rood
rector didn't kiss any girls except his
daughters. Very slight variations soon
carry 1t far beyond the possibilities
Of integral calculus.
The assumption must first be made
that one kiss doesn't mean two kisses,
and even rectors some times have
been known to be addicted to the two
in-one variety. In that case every
body present except the rector kissed
everybody else, and each kiss counted
for one. II there were K girls, each
girls gave x-minus-1 kisses, except the
daughters Of the rector, each Of whom
kissed her father. So the total num-
ber Of kisses was K times x-minus-l,
Evening star., 1937-12-05
Supreme Court Demonstrates
Sympathy for Toy Campaign

The justices Of the Supreme Court,
with Characteristic magnanimity, yes
terday demonstrated their sympathy
with the aims of The Stars Christmas
campaign, and Frank Key Green,
marshal Of the tribunal, said the $50
employees in the Court building will
be apprised OF its plan and purposes.
Under Mr.. Green's supervision,
posters announcing the drive-"You
are Santa Claus"-will be placed in
the court building. The campaign Is
being conducted by The Star, Warner
Bros. Theaters and the National
Broadcasting Co., with the aid Of the
Metropolitan Police Department, Par
snt-Teacher Association and Govern
ment employees.
Court building posters will inform
the employees the way Is clear for
them TO participate in the campaign
Evening star., 1937-12-05

If they wish. Mr.. Green will super
wise the Supreme Court division of the
Christmas campaign under the gen.
eral guidance Of the justices them
selves.
The placing Of the posters in the
Supreme Court Building is a part
Of the drive to enlist the support Of
all men and women on the Federal
pay rolls to this campaign of giving
toys, food, clothing, money-so that
nowhere in Washington this Christ
mas will there be q house lacking in
Christmas cheer.
Thomas Burke, chief Of the spe-
cialties division Of the Buerau Of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce, De-
partment Of Commerce, Is the CO.
ordinator Of the Government division
(ses TOY CAMPAIGN. Page AID
Evening star., 1937-12-05
TIRE SHOT F0|LS
DRIVERS ESCAPE
Detective, Thrown Off Car,
Shoots Straight-Chase
Ends After 5 Blocks.

Fifteen years on the police force
have taught Detective Sergt. Howard
E. Ogle the value of quick thinking
and straight shooting-two attributes
he put to good use last night.
The story, as related by Sergt. Ogle,
follows:
He and his partner, Detective L. M.
Wilson, were sitting in q police car
at Sixth and G streets Sc, shortly
before 8 o'clock last night. Their
attention was attracted by the screams
Of woman in an automobile that
drove past them and stopped in the
center Of the street.
Drive frightened at Badge.
Sergt. Ogle got out and walked over
to the automobile. AS he did so, the
right front door swung open and he
saw the woman, still screaming, on
the front seat. The detective ran
around to the other side, but the
left-hand door was locked. So he
stepped up on the running board and
exhibited his badge. The driver took
one look, threw his car into gear
and sped away.
AS he did so, Sergt. Ogle was thrown
(SAe CHASE poo. AE1
Evening star., 1937-12-05
Mixing Adults and Children
At Glenn Dale Is Upheld
Advisers Back DIR. Rutland, but He
Will Make No Change Pending
'Ruling' by Seal.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Criticism OF Gallinger Hospital
and Glen Dale Tuberculosis Sand
torium operations has resulted in
Health Department requesting
counsel OF Advisory Committees
and United States Public Health
SerDice in efforts to Improve and
coordinate entire District health
program. Hospital administration
,uas transferred to Health Depart
n,ent from Board OF Public Welfare
last July.
The tuberculosis Advisory Commit
tee of the Health Department last
night upheld Health Ofncer George
c. Ruhland's action in housing adult
and child patients in the same build
ing at Glenn Dale tuberculosis Sana-
torium as "in the best interests of the
community"
The committee was called in by
DR.. Rutland to review the Glenn Dale
situation after charges that treatment
Of communicable adult cases in the
children's building involved dangers
Of cross-infection had caused him to
revoke his original policy last Satur-
day and order separate housing Of the
Evening star., 1937-12-05
By THOMAS r. HENRY.


w WASHINGTON alumni of the
\A/ Massachusetts, Institute Of
wv Technology are on the
Ordinarily concerned with such un-
romantic mathematical problems as
determination Of the tensile strength
OF steel beams and the vibrations Of
concrete, they have been rudely con-
fronted with a conundrum in oscula-
tory engineering which is taxing their
trained wits to the utmost.
Fortunately-or unfortunately per-
haps- certain aspects of the problem
are subject to experimental vertical
ton and, purely in the interests Of
science, many volunteer experimenters
may be found to make whatever sac
rifice is essential.
Every year the Technology Review,
alumni journal Of the Massachusetts,
college, complies a list of brain
.twisters, some Of which call for COM
plex mathematical treatment and
others for pure logic. Here Is the
latest 'twister":
"A group Of young ladies In q
small town meet once . week to
embroider . nag for the church.
when II y finished they celebrate
Evening star., 1937-12-05
$5Q,0)O MAIL THEFT.
BATTLES OFFICERS
Almost Perfect Crime Nav
Be Very Simple Police
Declare.
picture on Page A-2.)
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Crack sleuths
OF Uncle Sans famed Post Office In
spection Service tonight grimly sought
clue that would lead to the solution
Of AN almost perfect crime"-the
theft without violence of $50, 900 worth
Of registered mail from a double
locked truck in transit
We'll find out how it was done. 4"
said Inspector James j. Doran. When
We do, it will turn out to be very sim
pie"
Here is the mystery he was trying
to solve:
In New York's great general post
ONCE behind Pennsylvania Station
three men, all trusted postal employees,
checked and double-checked packages
Of registered mail, destined for small
cities In New Jersey. a. they were put
into / standard truck.
Truck Doubly Locked.
In the glare Of noodlights, under the
eyes Of vigilant guards, the list was
checked Oh. The three men closed
the iron truck doors, slammed up the
heavy tailboard, ran through an iron-
lock bolt, and ON its end, fastened q
Government paddock.
There were only two known keys for
that lock-one was in Pennsylvania
Station, the other in the Lackawanna
Terminal at Hoboken.
In the bags in the truck were many
registered parcels-in one little sack
was $1,000 in currency. en- route from
the Federal Reserve Bank in Phila-
delphia to a small Pennsylvania bank
in another. a $400 piece of jewelry.
In other packages addressed to banks,
business firms and individuals were
packets of money, of checks. of Sc
curities, some negotiable, mostly non-
negotiable.
Easy Run to Ferry.
The truck had an easy i've or ten
minute run across the dark and gloomy
West Side streets-old lair Of the
famed Hudson Busters gang-to make
the 9 o'clock ferry at Twenty-third
street and the Hudson River.
But at Twenty-ninth street and
Tenth avenue q freight train pulled
slowly by. The postal truck waited
exactly four minutes by the wrist
watches of the impatient three men
in the armored front compartment.
When the train had ratified past,
the truck sped on, made the ferry,
and the men got out to stretch their
legs. The cautious railway mail clerk
looked behind the truck.
The undamaged padlock-open-
was hanging at the end Of its chain.
Eleven sacks were missing.
Five Of the eleven sacks, four Of
which contained registered mail, were
found, stuffed into burlap sugar bags
along with discarded, looted letters,
floating in the East River, on the
other side of Manhattan, yesterday,
by an unemployed fisherman.
The other known facts are few:
The three employees are not under
suspicion, although they admittedly
may be mistaken in believing the
paddock was securely fastened.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
TAXQU|zP![EDGED
IF HOOVER DESIRES
U. S. Will Act if Former
President Believes He Has
Been Prosecuted.
BY the Associated Press.

Secretary Morgenthau yesterday
promised most searching investiga-
ton" if former President Hoover "be-
heves that he has been harassed or
improperly dealth with" by revenue
agents.
The Treasury Secretary said COM
plant from any other taxpayer.
whether prominent or obscure" ("
would result in a similar inquiry.
If find that there has been perse-
cution, I shall see that the persons
responsible for it are dismissed from
the Government SERVICE" Secretary
Morgenthau said in a formal state
ment. Prof. William Starr Myers of
Princeton University has been quoted
as saying MIR. Hoovers income tax
returns have been investigated for
three weeks Ito try to get something
on him"
Secretary Morgenthau said he did
not know whether Mr.. Fioowr,s tax
returns had been audited in recent
years, but it would be a surprising
omission If they had not been"
Text of Statement Given
"A high proportion Of the returns
of persons having taxable income have
been examined and audited in that
time," he said.
The Secretary said mo stigma what
ever was attached to the mere investi-
cation of taxpayers return.
The text of the Morgenthau state
ment follows:
THE routine examination and audit
of the income tax returns of promi-
nent persons seems often to evoke sur
prise and concern among those who
are ignorant of the ordinary procedure
of Federal tax collection.
Persons of suspicious turn of
mind may at once conclude that perse-
cution is involved if the individual
whose returns have been investigated
in the usual course is q political oppo-
nent Of the administration. This con-
clusion is illustrated by statements
attributed by today's newspapers to
Prof. William Starr Myers of Prince
ton University as to investigation Of
the tax returns OF former President
Hoover.
Many Examined and Audited.
II do not know whether Mr..
Hoover's tax returns have been audited
within the last four years, but 1t
would be surprising omission if they
had not been. A high proportion of
the returns of persons having taxable
income have been examined and
audited in that time.
"The revenue agents of the Treas
ury Department investigate many
(See HOOVER, Page A-16)
Evening star., 1937-12-05
KILL BUCK BY ARROWS

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. Dec. 4 (P.-
Hunting with bows, and arrows, DR..
M. G. Colvin of Williamsport and
c. o. Samuelson of Cogan Station
today killed an 8-point buck that
weighed $50 pounds in the special
State archery preserve atop North
Mountain, about As miles from Will
Transport.
The men hit the deer at q dis
tance of 20 yards. One arrow pierced
the lungs and heart of the animal,
and 1t died within two minutes.
Evening star., 1937-12-05


Co. and the Warner Bros theaters, ir
undertaking to collect donations o,
food, clothing and gifts for distribu-
ton among the less fortunate people
in the District, are performing .
worthy Christmas deed in which We
can all share.
MANY Of us, absorbed as We are
in our daily round OF activity, are
apt to forget our neighbors, and II
seems to me that by contributing te
this cause we have a great opportu-
nifty to bring cheer to those who mos,
need it.
Sincerely yours,
"CORDELL HULL,
Secretary OF State"
Evening star., 1937-12-05
San Francisco Shaken,

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4 R.-A
slight earthquake was felt in the out
lying residential districts here at 7:09
am. Q0:09, E. S. To- today.
Residents reported they felt an
other shock, somewhat stronger, about
7:19 am.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
QUIZZED ON PHOTOS
NEAR NAVAL PLANES
Oriental Discovered Making Pic
lures During Air Maneuvers
at Miami Airport.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI. Fla, Dec. An Oriental
whose identity was not disclosed was
questioned by Federal Bureau of In
vestigation agents tonight after he was
discovered making photographs at Mu-
nicipal Airport, where Navy planes
were participating in air maneuvers.
The man was asked by Capt. H. O.
Enwall to submit to questioning and
voluntarily accompanied him to a ho-
tel, where the F.. B. I. agents were
summoned. Army officers said Capt.
Enwall acted in civilian capacity and
the Army had placed no charges
against the man. Whether he was
japanese or Chinese was not immedi-
ately determined.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
For a Happier Christmas
Secretary. of State Indorses The Stars Campaign

The Evening Star the Metropolitan Police Department.
he Association the National Broadcastng
Evening star., 1937-12-05
LUDENDORFF BETTER

In No Immediate Peril, Says Ger
man War Leader.
MUNICH, Dec. 4 H-Gen. Erich
Ludendorff, seriously i'll of q bladder
infection, today was reported by his
physicians to have taken q distinct
turn for the better.
Physicians said the German World
War leaders mind was lucid and that
he was in no immediate danger.
Evening star., 1937-12-05

Radio Programs, Page F-3.
Complete Inde1, Pass A-3.
Evening star., 1937-12-05

.tses PUZZLE. Pass A-s.)
Evening star., 1937-12-05

(see HOSPITAL. Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1937-12-05

Gu. .. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Occasional rain followed by clearing
and colder this afternoon and tonight;
tomorrow fair and colder. Temperatures
yesterday-Highest, ~, at 3 pm; lowest,
rs, at 6 am.
Full report on page A-2.
Evening star., 1937-12-05

(See CHASE, Page A-5.)