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Aeronautics Trade Division Of the
Commerce Department.
During the first 10 months Of the
calendar year, the figures show, such
shipments reached a total valuation
of $18.271,077, as compared with $12.-
164,768 during the corresponding
period Of 1885, an increase Of approx
imately so per cent.
The total exports during the 10
month period included. aircraft hav-
ing a total value of s8,786, 1926, S.
089.513 worth of parts and accessories
and s266,794 worth of parachutes.
Approximately IS countries pur-
chased areonautical products from the
United States during the 10 months,
1t was reported. China was the larg-
est individual market, accounting for
S6,785, 1884, while Argentina ranked
second with purchases totaling ST.
535, ,755.
NEARLY three times as many air
passengers were transported by a
single airline in the United States
during 1885 than were carried by all
the combined airlines of France.
Reports from Paris show that the
five lines unified under the French
system, Air France, carried 60,719
passengers during 1885. American
Airlines, alone carried 176 ,005 travellers
during the same period, exceeding the
total Of the five French lines by 1898
per cent, 1t was stated by c. r. Smith,
president of American.
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names Of persons who redeemed the
stamps. Orders were Immediately is
sued to all Secret Service officials
throughout the Middle West to ques-
ton and, If necessary. arrest all who
sent the counterfeit stamps for re-
demption through post of1ices and
banks. AS result a score or more
were locked up the day after the Sec
and batch reached Washington.
The mead Of the Chicago ONCE,
Capt. Thomas I. Porter, then close to
80, remembered that several months
previously his men had confiscated
part Of a negative Of q 1919 war saw
ings stamp. This piece Of glass was
discovered in a loft in the Loop. The
loft had been occupied by a man
named Charles c. Leech, a photo
engraver. The negative was found
among some Of the debris left after
the occupant moved. With this as q
key, Capt Porter issued an order to
bring IN Leech.
Porter had a print made from
the negative. It showed only por-
ton of the stamp. Then he had made
a photograph of the counterfeit war
savings stamps. By placing the two
images together, In enlargement. their
similarity became apparent. The en-
larged photos were placed on wall
in the Secret Service office. Leech
was brought in and ordered to sit
down before the enlargements. He
was asked, as an expert. to point out
the difference, If any, in the work.
manship.
NO." he said, there isn't bit Of
difference"
YOU'D say. then" Capt. Porter sug-
gested that the same engraver did
this work?"
"Yep," Leech said, and almost
tainted when Capt. Porter told where
they found the negative.
Leech was trapped and knew 1t.
Agents swooped down on his plant.
They captured a printing press, q
lithographing press. a large camera,
an electric motor and 100 pounds of
paper similar to that used In printing
the war savings stamps. but there
were no stamps. Thus real evidence
was absent.
Word got around that Leech was in
custody.
While Secret Service men were try
ing to make their case against Leech
alright a murder occurred. One of
the suspects in the case, Tony Bam-
bara, was shot in a Chicago cafe at
o'clock on the morning Of January
%, 1925. Some of his associates be-
lieved Tony gave the Government in
formation leading to the arrest ot
Leech. Secret Service men claim Tony
was innocent.
Double pressure was put on Leech
for q confession. They had a hard
time stirring him. He showed no weak
spot whatsoever. Indeed, he was ar
rogant about his work. If they we're
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in the reading room and aisles Of small
tables, well lighted and with comfort
able chairs, have been provided. The
procedure Is the same here as in the
general reading room-nles are con.
suited, slips made out and q bell is
rung to call for the attendant to bring
the required book or document. Since
the establishment Of the section the
average number Of readers has been
between 600 and TOO weekly.
EVERYTHING within the scope Of
- the Library has been done to
facilitate the work in hand. Refer
ence books have been assembled and
numerous bibliographical aids. A re"
production of the shelf list Of Amer.
ican local history, on printed catalogue
cards, consisting Of several hundred
thousand entries. displays the titles OF
these books in the exact order In which
they are classified, 80 the reader does
not need even to resort to the shelves.
Local United States history Is IN
dexed by authors and by States, and
there are heraldic and armorial IN.
dexes and supplementary genealogical
indexes containing names Of families
and other biographical references.
The indexes to heraldry, to Sieb-
macher's ''Wappenbuch" and to fugi.
tive biographical sketches Of distin.
euished Americans are recent compila-
tions that have proved extremely
helpful to the consultants. More than
$4,000 Sensalo9ieal FeteFepces IN Amer
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adjusting her p,nce nez as she delves
into the records that will reveal her
own or SOMEBODY else's family strength
or weakness. She Is usually sur
rounded by resms and reams Of paper,
closely written across In a bold. PEN
ciled writing.
The young girl who casually dropped
in to look up some point that has per-
haps been q bone Of contention in
the family for years is there, too. and
you can recognize her for the absence
of well-nigh sacrosanct intenseness
that characterizss many of the Ab-
itues to whom family records are
weighty matters. The young girl
usually wears tolerant, and some
times an amused look, as If she didn't
put much stock in all this. and
wouldn't it be bit of racy news to
take back to Aunt Harriet If she could
find a record of a family hanging.
Many young men are in evidence,
bent earnestly above the little square
tables. They seem to be university
students engaged in particular as
signment, or it may be they ere agents
for houses that deal profitably in
coats of arms, and have been sent to
Washington to secure the necessary
authenticity for the claims they will
alluringly set forth later in catalogues
or private letters addressed to some.
body who, while possessed of worldly
goods, still lacks coat of arms or
crest for the best china.
VOU can recognise the paid research
worker at a glance. if it be a trim
ly attired young lady or brisk young
man. For one and all they wear a
professional air that is unmistakable
and they flip the pages of this and
that document with practical hand.
Likewise they consult the indexes with
an efficiency that bespeaks long ia
miliarity with small white cards, and
these small white cards in particular.
Some of these special workers put
in q full days work in the reading
room, leaving for luncheon or supper
as If they were on q supervised job.
Others stay for short periods at q time
but turn up every day throughout the
week.
The paid genealogy searcher often
works for q client who lives far from
Washington, and the matters they are
set to consult are varied. It may be
1t is necessary to ascertain relation
ship in the matter of q contested will
or to establish the legality of mar
riage. divorce, or evidence Of a birth.
In this case, when q purely legal
question is up for solution the worker
is In constant contact with his em-
ployer. When the matter in hand has
to do with gathering material for
book or records that promise to be
lengthy, workers establish temporary
homes in the Capital and set about
their tasks Independent Of whomever
may be footing the bills.
In other cases these paid workers
represent organizations in every sec
tion of the country that may require
family histories for their Fecordk
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fifth district, and was elected by 58,-
322 votes, as against the 1850 votes
of his opponent.
Widely known as a lecturer and
speaker, Mr.. Lee holds an M. A. de.
gree in political science frcm Columbia
University In New York City, an LII B.
degree from Cumberland University,
Tenn, Is an author and operator Of
q large ranch in Western Oklahoma.
He was born in Childersburg. Ala,
in 1892, but his family moved while
he was still very young to what was
then Indian Territory, in Pauls Valley.
Okla. With the opening Of the West
ern Strip in 1901 the pioneering spirit
of his father, DR.. Thomas Jefferson
Lee, caused them to pull up stakes and
establish themselves on q farm in
Kiowa County, 3 miles west Of Hobart.
The public schools of Hobart and
Rocky educated Josh Lee and later
the University of Oklahoma at Nor
1917.
Ten months overseas was the war
record of Mr.. Lee during the World
War and that experience shaped
many of his future activities, for he
has been q consistent advocate of
peace during his tenure of office in
the Lower House. He believes that
the profit should be taken out Of war
and with this In mind outlined
definite plan in the last Congress,
which included compelling munitionS
makers to operate under q Federal
license system. refusal on the part Of
the United States to send q military
protection Of private interests. equal.
zation of the burdens of war by q
universal draft law conscripting
money and materials as well as men
and the enactment Of tax laws to
recover for the Government 100 per
cent Of all war profits.
r HODE ISLAND sends q Governor
to the assembly of ex-Governors
who will form part Of the new Sen.
ate with its election Of Theodore r.
Green to the Seventy-fifth Congress.
Mr.. Green's two-year term expires in
January, 1887, just In time for him
to take his place with those other
Senators who, like himself, will con.
tribute q long and distinguished po-
litical career to their activities In
Washington.
South Dakota will have q Demo-
cratic Senator this year, Herbert
Hitchcock, who has Just been ap-
pointed by Gov. Tom Berry to succeed
the late Senator Norbeck, Republican,
who died December 20 at his home
in Redfeld.
Mr.. Hitchcock will serve until the
1898 general election. He Is Demo-
cratic State chairman. 50 years old
and q lifelong Democrat. He was
born in Maquoketa, Iowa, and at
tended schools in Anamosa and Daven-
port, Iowa, later taking . law course
in Chicago. He was admitted TO the
State bar at Mitehaa - aaas eaA
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ton with highway costs cannot be too
severely condemned"
THE automobile industry, 1t was
shown, continued during 1886 to
be the largest purchaser Of gasoline,
rubber, steel, malleable iron, mohair.
lubricating oil, plate glass, nickel and
lead. More than 3la million car
loads Of automotive freight was
shipped over the railroads. The in
dustry used rs per cent Of all the
rubber in the country. u per cent Of
the plate glass. IS per cent Of the
lead, % per cent Of the nickle. ~
per cent of the steel, II per cent of
the copper, is per cent of the alumni
mum. is per cent of the zinc, l3 per
cent Of the tin and Z per cent of the
hardwood lumber.
United States motor cars and trucks
gobbled up 80 per cent Of all the
gasoline used in this country last year.
motor vehicle consumption amount-
ing to II 900, 600, 900 gallons. The ma
tional "gas" bill, including taxes, was
$500. .000,0 900.
The association estimated that half
a million American-made cars and
trucks had been sold to foreign buy
ers. This figure represents II per cent
of the total United States production.
The value Of motor vehicles. parts and
tires exported from the United States
and Canada during 1886 was $685.
900, 900.
There were about 100000 truck
drivers In this country at the close
Of last year, the association reported.
Motor trucks in use totaled 4,020, 900.
OTHER truck and bus figures: Total
~ special motor taxes, 1854, 900 900;
communities served exclusively by
truck, 48,5OO; motor busses owned,
10000: number Of the busses in rev.
enue service. 47,500; number of busses
in local or transit service. 20 900; con-
solidated schools using motor trans
portation, 23,650; buses used by con-
solidated schools, $4,000; busses used
by street railways. $4,000; street rail-
ways using motor buses. 100: COM
panies in city service, including street
railways, 800; steam railroads using
motor busses, 65.
The association estimated there were
II 200 car and truck retail dealers in
the United States. Repair shops to-
tailed 97,500; wholesalers, 5000.
And here is a figure that will not
surprise any one, native or visitor
from abroad, who has seen the null
tiplicity Of gas" stations along every
highway and byway: Retail gasoline
] outlets totaled 5000.
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Nation OF motor CaTS-Lne NdClOu OI
motor cars-for at the end OF last
year motor vehicle registrations totaled
28,270, 900, compared with world to-
tai of 100000. Seventy-one per cent
Of all the automobiles in the world
are in the U. S. A., these figures
showed.
OF the total domestic registration of
motor vehicles, 24,250,000 were motor
cars and the rest trucks.
The association reported that the
1886 output of the entire automotive
and associated industries-motor vehi-
cles, accessories, service equipment,
replacement parts and tires-had an
aggregate wholesale value of $685.
$4,000, nearly the equivalent Of the
record Federal work-relief appropria-
ton of 1895.
Factory sales of passenger cars and
motor trucks in the United States
and Canada aggregated 4,565 900, Of
which 3,767,000 were passenger vehi-
cles. The total was II per cent greater
than in 1885.
A sSUM1NG there are about four
users for every car sold in this
country last year, there are about
10000, 900 Americans riding around in
fairly new cars.
Altogether, for both new cars and
old, there are nearly 100,000,000 mo-
torists throughout the 48 States and
the District of Columbia. In other
words, almost the entire population
is on wheels at one time or another.
The A. M. A. figures revealed that
for the privilege-not rare-of being
an American motorist, motor vehicle
users paid during the year q total
of s1,400,000,000 in taxes of various
kinds. Federal, State and municipal
gasoline taxes amounted to $3.50, ,000,-
900 of this total Motor vehicle taxes,
the association found, comprised IA per
cent of all taxes.
The tax total is too much, accord
ing to Alfred Reeves, vice president
and general manager of the associa-
ton.
There has never been any DISPOSE
ton on the part Of the industry or
the motorists to avoid the payment
of taxes which would represent fair
share of the cost of highways" he
said. In spite of this, taxing agen-
cies in some States have taken ad-
vantage Of the motorists readiness to
pay their share of highway costs by
imposing excessive taxes. In this con-
nection, tendency on the part Of
some governmental authorities to use
motor tax funds for other purposes
than their legitimate use in connec-
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as sergeant and he was captain Of
infantry during the World War. After
the European conflict he engaged in
farming and on November 8, 1882,
was elected to the Seventy-third Con-
gress. He was reelected to the
Seventy-fourth Congress with a ma
tority of $4,000 votes. Like the gen.
tlemen from Florida, he outranks his
fellow newcomers by three months,
having been appointed to the United
States Senate to succeed Senator
Murphy, who was killed last year in
an automobile accident.
Louisiana sends a new Senator Tor
this term in the person of Allen
Ellender, who was floor leader in the
Louisiana House of Representatives
during the Office of the late Huey p.
Long Mr.. Ellender was also Cover
nor and speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives during the term OF the
late Gov. o. K. Allen. In 1921 he
was delegate to the Louisiana consti-
tutional convention and a member Of
GllC LOulOldlld x1OuOC VI xNCPlVoCA1tes@
tives for three four-year terms. He
was born in Bourg, La, In 1891 and
has a degree of IL. B. from Tulane.
A DISTINGUISHED Republican
= will replace Marcus Coolidge Of
Massachusetts. He Is Henry Cabot
Lodge, jr., grandson of the famous
Henry Cabot Lodge, who was such an
outstanding figure in the United
States Senate in other years.
Mr.. Lodge promises to be an inter-
esting figure in the Senate, for he is
q distinguished journalist and author,
of which there have been few elected
to this high legislative office.
He was born in Nahant, Mass. July
S. 1902, was educated at Middlesex
School in Concord, from which he
was graduated in 1920, and received
his B. A. from Harvard In 1924. He
began his journalistic career with the
Boston Evening Transcript in 1928 and
has been q member Of the editorial
staff of the New York Herald Trit ne
since 1924 During this period he mas
covered" political conventions, af-
fairs in Nicaragua. Mexico, Europe and
the Far Eastern tropics.
For two terms he was member Of
the Massachusetts, General Court and
has been chairman Of the Committee
on Labor and Industries. He Is .
lieutenant in the Cavalry Reserves
and has received the decoration Of
Chevalier's Cross. He is the author
Of 1.-THE Cult of Weakness" published
In 1892.
Another member coming over from
the House side to join the Senate
forces this year Is Ernest Lundeen,
the one Farmer-Laborite in the dis
'inguished assembly.
Mr. Lundeen,s congressional expert
ence began with the WAR Congress
of 1917-19, when he was member OF
the Sixty-fifth Congress and voted
against entering the war and against
conscription for foreign service. After
this interlude Mr.. Lundeen returned
to his home in Edna village, Minnea-
polls, and resumed his work as editor
and publisher, until called as Con-
gresham at Large from Minnesota to
the Seventy third Congress. He was.
reelected to the Seventy fourth Con-
gress and thence comes to the United
State Senate.
The House side Of Congress also
sends to the Senate this term-Pren-
tiss NJ. Brown of st. Ignace. Mich.
Like Mr.. Gillette and Mr.. Lundeen, Mr.
Brown brings to the Senate the exper.
fence gathered in the Seventy third
and seventy-fourth Congresses ~ Rep
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Sales of Motor Vehicles
Increased II Per Cent
Nearly Billion and Half Paid in Taxes of
Various Kinds by Users Of Cars and Trucks;
Many Foreign Purchasers of u. S. Product.
Bv G.. Adams H0ward.

in the United States!
proportion motor to population at the
1886 Nineteen with promise Of new production
ton Of automobiles to people
by the Automobile
the United States IN truth
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Transport Designers
Stress Comfort, Safety
Quest for Speed to Give Way in Coming
Year to Search for Increased
Range.
By Joseph S. Edgerf0n.

NCE overnight between points in the United States
J their attention
- speeds increased comfort and safety
a
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MOST WHOLE COUNTRY IN 1896 TRAVELLED ON WHEELS


While Secret Serpice men
tDere gathering eptdence
against Leech, Tony Banbdrd,
one of the counterfeiting sus-
poets in the case, ,pas killed
In a Chicago cafe.
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Attempt to Cash in Fortune
in War Savings Stamps in
U. S. Treasury Building.

SItTOUUCU tGC UCLtOSGSCo W tfkC
United States Secret SerDice
for more than a halt century.
The. country has n1arDeled
ouer the breaking up of coun-
terteiting rings and capture
OF the men inDolDed in this
netarious business, but the
details haze heretofore been
buried in the terse report,
cease closed" Ho,D the Secret
SerDice succeeded-the meth
ods used, the dangers faced,
the thrul-p1cked bdttles-is
1toU described in q series of
articles of 1Dhich this is the
seUenth. The eighth in the
series ,0M appear neIt Sunday
NOT.
THE LEECH CASE.
TALL, thin, rather pale, the young
man in front of the cashiers
window at the Treasury De-
u partment slid a sheet of war
savings stamps across the counter for
redemption.
The stamps had redemption value
of $9,987-the largest amount ever
turned in by an individual. The girl
on duty grew alarmed. She said: IN
have to take this up with the chief"
20. K.," the man at the window re-
piled, lit a cigarette and waited.
The girls boss, when he saw the
huge order, leaned back in his swivel
chair and eyed the stamps suspicious
ly. At the time there had been quite
q number Of train robberies.
who turned in these stamps?" the
chief asked.
THAT man at the window" the girl
told him.
"Umph" the old chief grunted. He
did not like the mans looks. Prob
ably stole 'em. Go tell that man we'll
have to count these stamps. Tell him
to wait"
While the man waited the chief Of
the Division of Securities rushed the
stamps to the ofice Of the Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury. What
must I do about this?" the chief
asked.
Use your own judgment" said the
Assistant Secretary. Remember. the
money must be paid by check. Under
| the law no check for these stamps
can total more than $1,000. Nor can
two checks be made out to the same
person"
Then the chief of the Division of
Securities, United States Treasury, got
busy. He brushed the girl aside and
talked to the man. "Where'd you get
these stamps?" he asked.
From a friend in Pittsburgh"
whats his name?"
The man told him.
In that case" the chief said, you'll
have to get an afldavit from the
owner. I'll give you receipt for the
stamps. Hold them here till you re-
turn-for payment"
This transaction completed the chief
of the Division of Securities went i'm
mediately to headquarters Of the Sc
cret Service, only a few doors removed,
in the Treasury Building. He threw
the sheaf of stamps on the desk Of
| Chief william H. Moran and told him
of his suspicious.
After q cursory examination the
stamps were sent to the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing. There they
got the official o. K. They were
branded genuine.
The next day at the Treasury De-
| partment several thousand more
stamps we're received for redemption.
These were examined in the office of
the Secret Service and declared by
Chief Moran and his assistant. Joseph
Murphy. to be counterfeit. These ex-
perts discovered a strange smear on
one end of each stamp, probably
caused by a dented plate in printing.
CERTIFICATES bearing 20 stamps
~ each, or $100 worth, carried the
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CERTIFICATES bearing 20 stamps
- each, or 500 worth, carried the
Evening star., 1937-10-02
LEGAL NOTICES.


IN THE DISTRICT COURT or THE
T., United States for the District OF Co.
lumpla, Holding an Equity Court-In re:
Levitonss; Solomon Levitons. Irving Levi
L0ns:--No. 6551 ORDER OF PUBLICA-
TION.--Leizer Levitons. Minnie Levitons,
Solomon Levitons and Irving Levitons,
having flled petition in this Court pray
BENJAMIN Levine Minnie Levine, Solomon
Levine and Irving Levine. and having APP
plled 70 the Court for an order of publica-
tlop OF the notice required by law in such
cases, II Is by the Court this 1st day of
October 1917, ADJUDGED. ORDERED
AND AND DECREED, that, all persons concerned
the 22nd day OF October. 1897 why the
prayers OF said petitioners should not be
granted; Provided, that a copy of this
order be published once week for three
consecutive weeks before said day above
WTltten IN the Evening Star Newspaper
aLFRED A. WHEAT. Chief Justice fSeal)
a true copy: Test: CHARLES E. STEWART,
Clerk; By HARRY M. HULL, Asst Clerk.
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ACREAGE FOR SALE,

SUITABLE FOR LOW-COST HOUSING
$50 acres on Defense Highway. g miles
from d. G. line,- partly subdivided and
built. VIII sacrifice or exchange for in
come property. RANDLE &s GARVIN, INC
2515 Penna. ave. Sc.
ARLINGTON COUNTY.
3 acres on South Court House road. near
Lee Blvd. Will make nice subdivision
Terms If desired. Price reasonable
MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
13 acres adjoining Congressional Club
offered to close an estate. Price, $3.50 per
acre.
VIM, r BALLARD.
Phone Natl. 2265. 1921 Eye st. NV.
BUILDERS AND INVESTORS,
Choice acreage, nearby Va: water, sewer
gas elec; bargatn to prompt buyer.
Ralph Grain, 1880 Lee Hwy Walnut $3.50.
SMALL AND LARGE ACREAGE TRACTS,
close In: nr. country club area and further
out; both farm and woodland
w. S. HOGE, Jr.,
Walnut 7940. Walnut a15S