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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
Passenger Train
Saued From, Crash
Into DeraiIed Cars
Freight Fireman Rushes
to Stop Train Ap-
preaching Wreck.
P- Staff Correspondent of The Star

BURKE STATION, Va, April IS
Split-second thinking by fireman
last night probably saved several lives
when he ran along the tracks and
stopped a southbound express passen-
ger train on another track northbound
after Is cars Of his fast freight piled
up on the main line of the Southern
Railway here.
The cars, all except one of them
loaded, were derailed when a truck
on car near the head of the train
collapsed. No injuries were reported.
Traffic on the main line was tied
up for more than seven hours and
trains were routed over the R. F. & P.
tracks via Richmond. Only one line
OF track had been opened today,
while two wrecking crews rushed
clearing Of the wreckage.
The passenger train was three min
utes late and this probably saved it
from piling up in the wreckage. Had
it been on time it would have been
running parallel to the freight about
the time the cars left the track, train
men declared
AS soon as the airbrake line was
broken and the engine and one freight
car remaining on the track were
brought to halt, Fireman j. M.
Blanks of Monroe, Va, leaped from
the locomotive cab, ran down the track
and placed a red flare to stop the pas
senger just as it appeared around a
curve.
The train was brought to a stop
within a few feet of the piled-up
wreckage.
Members of the freight train crew.
in addition to Blanks, were Engineer
w. w. Clements, 100 Harvard street,
Alexandria; Conductor E. S. Houchens,
lit North Albert street, Alexandria;
Brakeman j. D. Warwick, 112 North
Albert street, Alexandria, and Brake
man G. R. Olinger, Braddock, Va.
The passenger train was pulled back
to Alexandria with the aid of a hastily
summoned engine, the regular locomo-
tive being unable to back the long
string of coaches alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
REALTY RACKETS
BAREDAT HEARING
Westinghouse Hoodwink.
ed, Marshall Tells House
Subcommittee.

INSCRIPTIONS real estate dealers
have hoodwinked" Washington peo-
pie in recent months with various
schemes, Joseph w. Marshall, director
of the Better Business Bureau, charged
today at a hearing before a special
subcommittee of the House District
Committee.
Marshall said nine different types
of real estate transactions had been
the chief cause of complaints filed
with his bureau, and called special at
tention to free lot-development
schemes and cemetery sales. The lat
ter, he said, has been and is a most
prevalent evil right now"
Marshall also charged that men
whose activities in the securities field
have gotten them into trouble have
turned to the real estate business. He
cited the case of group of men under
indictment for fraud in the District
who are attempting to get license
in Virginia to start real estate de-
velopment. Most of the cases that
come to the attention of the Better
Business Bureau, he said, cannot be
successfully prosecuted.
Free-Lot Scheme Described.
One of the cases described by Mar
shall involved a free-lot development
scheme. In this case, he said, the
letters sent to prospects declared the
offer was being extended only to IS
selected persons. Yet, Marshall de-
clared, his bureau received 225 in
quiries about this particular scheme.
Charles j. Rush, executive secretary
of the Washington Real Estate Board,
likewise told the subcommittee some
damnable Misrepresentation" have
been made by INSCRIPTIONS real estate
dealers in recent months.
They do everything that no legiti-
mate licensed broker would do" he
declared.
Endorses License Bill.
Marshall and Rush both Endorsed a
bill which the subcommittee had I'M
der consideration to license and reg
ulate real estate brokers and agents
through commission appointed by
the Commissioners.
Roger j. Whiteford, counsel for the
Washington Real Estate Board, ex-
planned various features of the bill,
and also urged its enactment. Other
witnesses included H. L. Rust. presi-
dent of the H. L. Rust & Co., and
Joseph w. Cheney.
Chairman Palmisano of the sub
committee suggested an amendment
to the bill which would prevent brok-
ers who are not members OF the bar
from drawing deeds of trust or mort
cages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15

THIRTY MONTH OLD Joseph
j. Audubon, jr., and his l.
year-old brother, Jimmy, today
had the fun Of being rescued"
by fremen after their mother had
accidentally locked the door behind
her as she stepped out of her third
floor apartment at PISS Macomb street
to visit friend down the hall.
The mother, Mrs. Jean Audubon,
spent many anxious moments outside
the door, however, while waiting for
the firemen to arrive
Il always carry key with me, but
I forgot one this time" she said Il
realized it as soon as the door closed"
Joe and Jimmy, who were left alone
in the apartment for about Is min
utes. kept on with their playing for
awhile. Then they missed their
mother and began to cry, Mrs. Audit
bon said.
They dried their eyes when they
saw something happening outside the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15

conditioned and no date has been set
for their opening. 49,,
The pay clay and concrete courts
at Seventeenth street and Constitution
avenue, operated by the Welfare and
Recreational Association OF Public
Buildings and Grounds, Inc, were
opened yesterday.
The new picnic groves in Fort
Dupont will be opened Saturday. Two
sections have 80 units, permitting large
parties up to 500 persons to be accom-
modated in q section. Each unit has
tables, benches, drinking water and
fireplaces.
Picnic groves at Ford Hunt, Va, on
the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway,
will be opened when ready, Clyde
Burton said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
Mai. BrO,Un Seeks Drivers Aid
To Bur Sunday Traffic Snarl

visitors would exceed in numbers
those here last week end.
The worst traffic tie-up police have
ever witnessed occurred last Sunday,
when cars made solid line between
Baltimore and Washington. 1t took
many motorists three hours to make
the trip between the two cities.
At a meeting of Maryland and
Washington automobile clubs in Bal
timore yesterday Maj. Brown jokingly
suggested the only solution to the cur
rent week end traffic problem was to
persuade the japanese government to
give cherry trees to Baltimore, Phila-
delphia and other seaboard cities.
The motor clubs decided to erect
signs in Baltimore, diverting all pos
sible traffic OF the Washington -Balti-
more Boulevard and through Ellicott
City and Glen Burnie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
SURVEY PRESSED
I. TO FIX SCOPE Of
LOCAL WAGE LAW
U. S. Women's Bureau Can
vass to Be Completed by
Time Board Is Named.
INFORMATION TO AID
STUDY BY CONGRESS
Statute Imperative Since 1928
Had Benefited 1880 Women
and Children.

With Census Bureau estimates III
dicating more than $4,000 women and
children will benefit from revival of
the District minimum wage law,
special governmental survey is being
pushed to determine more exactly the
scope Of the laws benefits
The study being made by the Labor
Departments Women's Bureau was
begun prior to the recent decision
holding the minimum wage law consti-
tutional, at time when a new law
was being considered.
1t is expected the canvass will be
completed by the time the new Mini
mum Wage Board for the District has
been appointed.
The Commissioners are DELAYING
formation of this board at the request
OF President Roosevelt, who wishes to
give Congress an opportunity to de-
eide whether new legislation to REIN
force or amplify the old law should
be adopted.
Previous Benefits.
When the original law was in force
after the World War, approximately
1880 women and children received
benefits. The law became inopera-
tive in 1928 when the Supreme Court
ruled 1t unconstitutional The ruling
was reversed several weeks ago by the
present court.
The 1880 census showed 2.375 en-
ployed minors and about 1900 women
employed in occupations most likely to
come within the provisions of the act.
In addition, there were more than 40
200 women employed in clerical and
professional jobs, and it has been esti-
mated that 10000 of these NAV benefit
| from the act.
Inc last census revealed 254 1856
women in the District, of which
88,825 were wage earners. Of the
latter group, 30,636 were in clerical
work and l0,524 in professional posi-
| tions.
| Categories most likely to benefit
were: Mattresses, 1,700: servants not
IN domestic service, 1886; hairdress-
ers, liza; elevator operators. 22e.
women in laundries, 1928: laun-
dresses who work at home, 2,726;
dressmakers and seamstresses not in
factories, 1900; in manufacture of
clothing, $50; food and allied indus
tries, l4o; paper printing businesses,
ss7 and miscellaneous types of work,
290.
Boys II or Under.
OF 59,7e2 boys II or under in 1880,
1875 were employed
| Census Bureau officials said no At
tempt has been made to revise the
ABOVE figures as of today.
| The Labor Department survey AL
ready has covered more than 1000
women employed in hotels. restaur-
ants, laundries. department stores. fac
tories, beauty parlors and other estab-
lishments.
Officials at the department refused
10 discuss details of the investigation
until the survey is completed. They
said an announcement will be made
when the final report is received.
Domestic workers are not affected nv
the law, but all other women and
minors engaged in trade, business or
industry or branches thereof are within
the administrative Jurisdiction of the
act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
Parks Permit Office Hours
Set for Rushing Business

Although Interior Department en-
ployes start on a warm weather sched-
ule Monday, coming to work at 8 am.
and quitting ats 80 pm, Albert Clyde
Burton, in charge Of recreation in the
National Capital Parks, today an
nounced the permit office will be open
from $3.50 am to pm. The permit
Office is now located in the new In
terror Building and visitors are advised
that they should use the Eighteenth
street entrance.
Soft ball and base ball diamonds
under the park system have been open
for some time. Tennis courts in Ana
costa Park, Montrose Park and Ban
neker Recreation Center are being ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
TRANSIT FIGURES
AGAIN S[ASHED
$576,134 Lower Land Ap-
praisaI in Utilities CON-
mission Evidence.

Again slashing the Capital Transit
Co. valuation estimates, the Public
Utilities Commission today placed in
evidence s576134 lower appraisal of
lands owned by the transit company in
the District.
This evidence was given in figures
prepared by Harry D. Scaftlin,
member of the oBard of Assessors
who took the stand during most of
the morning session Of the present
hearing
Scaftlins lower estimate on land
values served to accentuate the widen
ing gap between the valuation figures
prepared by the transit company and
those submitted by the commissions
experts. Earlier evidence presented by
the latter had eliminated approx
mately S10,0000O0 from reproduction
costs new" and 100000 from the
historical costs values as estimated
by the company.
Scaftlln placed total value OF
s2,121,e on the company's lands
in the District, as compared with the
company valuation of s2,708,065.
Lands used and useful for operations
in the District were valued at ST.
524567 by Scaftlin. The transit COM
pany gave these lands a value of ST.
886,590. Rights of way accounted for
Sl91 500, according to Scaftlin, as
contrasted with a value of $328,89
given by the company. Miscellaneous
pieces of land which are not used or
useful for operation purposes received
an appraisal of s4O5,775 from the
commissions expert. The company
had placed a value of $492,582 on
such land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15

Cooperating with the Maryland
authorities in an effort to avoid repe-
tition Of last Sundays trat1lc snarl
on the Washington Baltimore Boule-
ward, when thousands OF motorists
drove here to see the cherry blossoms,
Police Supt. Ernest w. Brown said
today he would appeal to the public
not to use the highway this week end.
Maj. Brown said he probably
would request radio stations here to
lend their aid In trying to keep WASH
ington drivers from doing their Sum-
day travelling over the main artery
between the Capital and Baltimore.
The police chief said reports from
railroads and automobile clubs indi-
Gated this Sundays cherry blossom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
BAND CONCERT,

BY the Soldiers Home Band in
Stanley Hall at $50 pm. today. John
5. M. zimmerman, bandmaster: An
ton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March. The Carnival King" PAUL
Overture, "Triumphal' Won Suppe
Trio for flute, violin and cello.
'Nocturne" Donnie
Musicians John PreZoso, Franklin
B. Charles and Leon Saylor.
Excerpts from musical comedy,
The Blue Kitten" Friml
Fox trots, There's No Depression
in Love" Dougherty): Under
the Texas Moon" Perkins
Valse Hawaiian, "Kilama VALIANT"
Kali
Finale, For the Freedom of the
World" Zamecnik
THE Star-Spangled Banner"
BY the Marine Band in Marine Bar
racks auditorium at s pm. TODAY:
Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; William
F. Santelmann, second leader.
Program.
DANA, "Huemac,"
De Rogatis (Argentina)
"Noviando"- -Gilardi (Argentina)
Violin solo with orchestra, "Scher-
zando Appassionata,"
Bemberg (Argentina)
Soloist, Musician Albert Schoepper.
Orchestra arrangement by the soloist.
Preludia, "Elegia" Calvo (CoIombia)
Arrangement by Musician Luis
Guzman
Three Argentina dances from Mil
longas" Top. So,
Williams (Argentina)
(a) "a la sombra de I'm ombu."
(b) "Equilibrista sobre botellas."
(c) "Arrastrando Ell ala"
"Cancion No. l" for string quartet,
Leng (ChilD
Second Leader William F. Santel-
mann and Musician Frederick Pfeif-
fer, violins; Musician Frank Seal
zetti, viola, and Musician John Auer,
cello.
Valse, "Secretos''- Calvo (Colombia)
Arrangement by Musician Luis
GuZmdn.
Symphonic poem, Campo"
Thomson (El Salvador)
Duet for vibraphone and xylophone,
La Golondrina" Serradell (Mexico)
Musicians Charles Owen and Oliver
zinsmeister.
Overture, Salvador Rosa"
Comes (BraziD
"The Star-S pangled Banner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
Fairfax Rotary Elects.

FAIRFAX, Va, April is (SpeciaD.
of Fairfax Rotary Club
have been elected as follows: Judge
A. c. Richie, Thomas P. Chapman,
jr.; George B. Robey, w. T. Wood
son and F. D. Richardson. Officers
for the club will be elected by the
directors next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
ATTORNEY TO SPEAK
Richardson Will Address Colum.
bia Historical Society.

William E. Richardson, local attor-
ney and president of the Society of
Natives of the District of Columbia,
will address the Columbia Historical
Society at 8 pm. Wednesday at the
Mayf1ower Hotel. He will tell the
story of the old Friends meeting
house" on street and its Colonial
background.
Frank K. Sanderson of the White
House staff will sing several songs,
accompanied by his wife. This will
be the 293d meeting in the history Of
the society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
Merle Thorpe Is Speaker.

Merle Thorpe, editor of Nations
Business, will be guest speaker at $3.50
o'clock tonight at meeting Of the
Amity Club at the Hamilton Hotel.
President Moe Blumenthal will pre-
side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
OFFICIALS NAMED
Heads of Divisions in Jewish
Appeal Announced.


Appeal Announced.
Heads of the mems and women's
divisions of the 1000 United Jewish
Appeal were announced yesterday by
Louis E. Speigler and Mrs. John M.
Safer, drive directors.
Mrs. Aaron Shalowitz, Mrs. Leo
pold v. Freudberg, Mrs. Fedora J.
Lewis and Mrs. Sidney Hechinger will
lead the women's division, and Ed
ward G. Ostrow, DR.. Ivy A. Pelzman,
William q. Hlch and Gilbert Hahn
will head the mems division.
Funds raised will 60 half for relief
Of European Jews and half for Pal
estine reconstruction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15

A check OF. the 675 students at the
Missouri College of Agriculture dis
closed representatives of 3 foreign
countries, 10 States and more than
100 Missouri counties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
Device Eliminates Fumes.

A device designed to eliminate the
harmful effects of carbon monoxid
fumes from exhaust gases has been
invented by George D. Wuerfel, To-
ledo, Ohio, mechanical engineer.
Evening star., 1937-04-02
NEW SENSATIONS
MARK GRAFT ROW
Judge WithdraWs When Jury
8 8 Refuses to Appear in
~
s 8 San Francisco.
BY the Associated Press.

pS tIt ASSoCIdleu
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2.-The
judges retirement and threat of the
sit down" grand jury he dismissed
to bring court action crammed more
sensations today into San Franclscos
vast graft investigation.
- The inquiry into charges that police
are paid Sl,000,000 in protection"
money yearly already had been
marked by a police commissioners
resignation and questioning of the
district attorneys right to continue
as prosecutor.
- Superior Judge George J. Steiger,
who only yesterday dismissed the
+ jurors for asserted refusal to appear
y before him Wednesday night, stepped
aside so that the utmost confidence
Of the public will be maintained"
:. Police Inquiry Asked.
~ His name was drawn into the in
~vestigation when police disclosed they
) arrested an asserted prostitute in
. 1881 in hotel in which Steiger was
3 financially interested. The judge said
he had asked for the police investiga-
ton after he became suspicious of
some persons in the building.
Joseph Gaddini, who said he was
spokesman for the ousted jurors. de-
clared they would discuss retaining
an attorney to fight for relnState-
ment.
= The jurors want clean bill of
, health" he said. The Judge himself
should be disqualified. His action is
unjustified."
= Judge Steiger said some members
were connected with persons named
in the inquiry and failed to keep their
. oaths of secrecy.
:. Judge James COnland replaced
, Judge Steiger.
There has been so much turmoil
Evening star., 1937-04-02

poration counsels once As to Its &C.
QUESTION.
Miss Vera Barnes was named chair
man OF a special committee which
will endeavor to obtain a field house
and recreation center for the COM
munity.
Edward Shape, a representative OF
Good Will Industries, gave a brief
talk on the work of the organization.
Further business was given over to
committee reports, particularly that
of the Oxon Run sewer. The Sewer
Committee reported that the House
Subcommittee on Appropriations had
included in the 1888 District supply
bill an item of $4,000 for beginning
of construction of the interceptor
Evening star., 1937-04-02

created by political opponents and
persons caught in the jam of this
investigation that I decided to step
aside and permit another jurist to
handle the grand jury Judge Steiger
said.
He presented his withdrawal from
jury matters to the IS other Superior
Court jurists in meeting at which
it was decided to impanel new grand
Evening star., 1937-04-02
DATA ON STREET
WIDENING ASKED
Washington Highlands Citizens
Seek Information on
Condemnation.

The corporation counsel's office was
asked in a motion adopted last night
at meeting of the Washington
Highlands Citizens Association if the
necessary land had been acquired for
the widening and surfacing of Nichols
avenue southeast from Upshur street
to Atlantic street. Previously con-
demnation proceedings for the land
had been put through, but as yet no
word had been heard from the cor
Evening star., 1937-04-02

Jury from the 1877 names on the present
panel.
Twelve of the judges signed a
statement expressing confidence in
Judge Steiger. Three others issued
a separate statement declaring they
had participated in no action other
than retention of the names remain
ing in the grand jury box" They
did not explain their stand further.
Evening star., 1937-04-02

Textile Weaving Course.
National University, Shangh l,
China, will have a textile-weaving
course
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-29
L. J. Connery Is
Sent To Congress
Winner Was Brother Of
Late Congressman

LYNN, Mass, Sept. 20. CUP
Winning a decisive Democratic
victory, Lawrence j. Connery OF
LYNN was chosen yesterday as
successor to his brother. the late
", S. Representative William z;
Connery, Jr. CD, in a special
election in Massachusetts seventh
congressional district.
Complete tabulations from the
districts 125 precincts gave Con-
merry 4O,456 votes: State Repre-
sentative Edward d. Sirois (R)
of Lawrence, 27,176; and DR..
Fred G.. Bushold (Union partly
of Lawrence, 9S3:
Connery will fill out the unex-
nired term of the late congress
man, who won recognition as a
labor champion during the Ia
wears he served this district. Dur
ING those years, Lawrence Con-
merry was his brothers secretary.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-29
Japanese Ready
To Form Another
State In China
Early Moves Seen in Set
ting up State in Hopei
and Chahar Region

PEIPING, Sept. 29.-CUP)-
Reliable persons told the United
Press last night that Japanese
have taken over all pOstoffices in
northern Hopei and Chanar prov
inces, apparently preliminary to
announcement of establishment of
the independent state of Mentu-
kuo in these regions.
A section of the Japanese army
long has advocated formation Of
a Japan-controlled state in these
areas to consolidate Japanese con-
troll of a buffer region between
Soviet Russia and China proper.
The informants said Japanese
officials from Manchukuo had ar
rived in Kalgan, on the Hopei-
Chahar border northwest of Pei
ping, and took over the postoffice
there, including its supplies of
stamps and money, which are the
property of the Chinese postal adj
ministration.
Other postoffices in the con-
quered areas had been taken over
earlier. All are being reorganized
along the lines of the japanese
and Manchukuoan postal systems.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-29
l. DUCE ENDS
BERLIN VISIT
He and Hitler Offer Peace
to All Nations But Sow
let; Terms Unnamed

BERLIN, Sept. 29.-(UP)-
Premier Mussolini's visit to Adolf
Hitler ended today with a parade
of the picked new German army.
The two leaders took official
farewells at Lehrater station.
Premier Benito Mussolini of
Italy, joining Fuehrer Adolf Hit
Ter in assurances Of Nazi-Fasclst
desires for peace, told a ram
drenched throng last night that
"the Europe of tomorrow VIII
turn to Fascism to save itself
from Bolshevism.
The two dictators said their
Rome-Berlin axis, whose policies
Of militarized security have con-
tributed to the greatest armament
race in history, represented the
strongest assurance OF peace III
Europe today. ,
"The Europe of tomorrow
said II Duce, twill be Fascist be-
cause of the logic Of events, not
because of propaganda: | do not
know when Europe will awaken.
Secret but well-armed forces
are engaged in turning a civil war
into a world war"
The one-time Austrian paper
hanger and the son of an Italian
blacksmith, now rulers Of ll5,-
100000 people, appeared togeth-
er on the stage Of Berlin's Olym-
pic stadium in a demonstration
climaxing Mussolinis triumphai
visit to Hitler.
They held out the offer OF
peace and collaboration to all the
nations except Soviet Russia.
But they made no mention OF
the terms of their pacific ges-
lures.
Mussolini boosted that thous-
ands f. Italian volunteers have
died OIL SPANS battlefronts IN
defense of European civilization
in a war against Bolshevism.