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Evening star., 1938-04-16
MAN LOSES MUSTACHE
IN FIGHTING STORE FIRE
Hunt for Passover Dishes Ends
in Battling Blaze When
Flares Flare Up.

R. H. Katz, IS, of 1922 Georgia
avenue NV. was nursing a singed
mustache today after q search for
Passover dishes. packed away since
last year, at q D street novelty store,
wound up yesterday in his attempting
to put out q fire.
Mrs. Anna Danneberg, whose SON.
in-law, s. 1Achman, operates the store
at TOO d street NV, had charge of
the dishes. which were stored In her
apartment on the fourth floor. Mr..
Katz, another son-in-law, was search
ing for the dishes when q barrel of
assorted flares in the same room
ignited.
Mr.. Katz told firemen and police
he tried to stamp out the blaze. His
mustache, however, was reduced to q
few singed hairs, his eyebrows short
ened by half and his shoes and
trousers rYiRed. Little damage was
done the ktuaAdins.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
BOYS CLUB DRIVE
WON'T Be EXTENDED
Campaign Ends Next Saturday,
Regardless Of Totals at
Deadline.

Irrespective Of final totals. the SIS
900 Metropolitan Police Boys Club an
nual campaign for funds will be ended
next Saturday, it was announced to-
day. Additional contributions from
Government department units are ex-
pected to swell the present $46,500
figure.
Complete results cannot be deter
mined, however, until proceeds from
the dance of States are turned in after
the May Is function at the Willard
Hotel. Some 5000 persons are ex-
pected to attend.
Tony De Toto, selected from the No.
1 club as the outstanding boy of the
clubs during 1897, was presented with
the J. Leighton Cornwell Memorial
Plaque this morning at the office Of
John A. Remon, vice president of the
G. & P. Telephone Co., who is chair
man Of the clubs Board of Managers.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
BOY, 9, IS KILLED,
6 CHILDREN HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
Other Victims Include Man
70 Years Old and Four
More Adults.
YOUTH DIES AFTER DOOR
HANDLE STRIKES FACE
Girl, 6, Injured by Car Driven
by Woman Operating It on
Learners Permit.

In what was a disastrous period
for children, 9-year-old boy was
killed and six other youngsters, rang
ing in age from to l8, were injured
by automobiles during the past "a
hours.
Other victims included a 7O-year.
old man and four other persons, none
Of them apparently hurt seriously.
The dead boy. John Jones, colored,
I'LL Sixth street NV, who became
the twenty-sixth fatality Of the year.
lost his life when the door handle Of
a car struck him in the face. He
was the third child to die in this
manner in less than month.
Hit near his home last night by a
car which police said was driven by
Maurice Knuchols, 80, Colony, Md.
the boy died early today in Gallinger
Hospital. He suffered deep mouth
laceration.
One of the injured children. Patricia
Mcmahon, 6. Of 2720 o street Sc,
was struck by woman who was
operating her machine on a learners
permit and had an instructor by her
side, according to police. The girl was
cut and bruised when knocked down
Evening star., 1938-04-16
RUNDOWN HOUSE
SPURT0 CLEANUP
Oilapidated Structure Is
Set Up in Park Near
Commerce Building.

A dilapidated and long abandoned
house that has stood for century at
Third and N streets S.W. today was
the center Of attraction in new sur
roundings.
As part of the Junior Board of Com
merce city-wide cleanup campaign
the tWo-story frame structure, about 81
by 13 feet in dimension, was moved
yesterday from its old brick moorings
to the park that lies between the Com
merce Department Building and the
Willard Hotel.
The old house will stand in status QUO
for few days and then have its face
lifted, coming forth in new costume
shortly after Wednesdays Cleanup
Parade.
Transported on Trailer.
Business, labor and Government
have combined to perform this opera
ton. The Parks Transfer Co. did the
moving job yesterday, using long and
heavy trailer to carry the old dwelling
through the streets to its new but tenn
porary site ="
The house will be painted and fixed
up generally, inside and out. with the
aid OF the local painters and carpen-
ters unions, the Building Trades Con-
gress. Federal Housing, the District
Bankers Association and the District
Commissioners.
The owner of the house is Ray
Taylor, a carpenter, who lives next
door. THE house has been vacant
for years, and I would have torn it
down long ago but for my wife" he
explained. Nov we are anxious to
see how it will look when it is fixed
up"
To Be Moved Back Again.
When the cleanup, paint-up, fix-up
campaign is over. the house will be
moved from its park home, sur
rounded by business and Government
buildings. back to the old location.
The moving idea was Matched by j.
W. Brabner-Smith, chairman Of the
Junior Board Executive Committee.
Meanwhile. campaign headquarters
at Ills Fifteenth street NV, con-
tinued to receive reports Of dirty lots
singled out by eagle-eyed boys and
girls of the Boy and Girl Scouts, clubs,
houses and Fairgrounds.
Thus far, more than 600 dirty lots
have been reported by the youthful
cleanup legions. To the teams doing
the best job in the city's new cleanup
districts" will go prizes Of a week in
camp, to 60 to the boy or girl
needing it most and otherwise unable
to pay for it.
Evening star., 1938-04-16

near her home. The automobile. DO.
lice said. was driven by Elsie Andrews.
80, of the $500 block of First street
NV.
The other children hurt and their
injuries were William Jones. 9, COL
ored, Al De Frees street NV. COM
pound fracture of the left leg Wallace
Eddins,t6. of SAT Park road NV. head
cuts and brush burns; Margaret Peter
son, Is. of 1885 Biltmore street NV,
brush burns: Wesley jackson, Is, Of
210 E street NV, cuts and bruises.
and Marion McRae. 10, colored, ll3
T street NV, severe face cuts.
The 7o-year-old man injured was
James G. Woodward, Carroll Arms Ho-
tel, who was cut on the head and
bruised about the body when struck
by street car at Fourteenth and F
streets NV. He was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital.
William Lucas. 25, Of AIS Franklin
street NV, was cut on the face and
Mary Washington. "a, 1878 Kramer
street NE. received injuries to her
head and face in other mishaps.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
GLENN DALE PATIENTS
EDUCATED FOR JOBS
Tuberculosis Association Aide
Explains System Of Courses
Looking to Recovery.

Glenn Dale tuberculosis Sanatori-
um has established q virtual uni
versity course Of education for the
benefit Of recovering patients, &C.
cording to Joseph A. McGroary. di.
rector of the rehabilitation depart
ment Of the District of Columbia
tuberculosis Association, who ex-
planned in radio talk over Station
VOL yesterday thta the service was
to bridge the gap between the physi-
cal cure Of the tuberculosis patients
and their normal social adjustment.
Mr.. McGroary explained that the
purpose of the department was to
provide an opportunity for retraining
and ultimate placement Of the pa
tients, on recovery certified by physi-
clans, in some field in keeping with
their physical ability. Patients TAX
ing the course of study. which in
cludes 16 different courses. are given
periodic medical examinations.
On recovery the patient is given
systematic aid in obtaining suitable
Job, or he may take further education
in . regular school or, If necessary.
take employment training. The aid
4eo6ered without cost to the patient
Evening star., 1938-04-16
RETIREMENT ACT
HEARING DATE SET
House Group Will Seek
Views on Revisi0ns
on April rs.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY,

The House Civil Service Committee
will start hearings April 26 on pro-
posed changes in the Retirement Act.
Chairman Ramspeck intends to open
the hearings to all amendatory pro-
posals. but hopes to have the proceed
ings held down so there may be some
action by the House on the legislation
at the present session.
The Senate Civil Service Committee
this week sordered a favorable report
on a bill sponsored by Senator Neely,
Democrat. Of West Virginia lowering
retirement ages and adding other
liberalizing provisions. One amend
ment, providing for survivor annuities
the so-called widows" pension-is
to be rewritten by the Civil Service
Commission and incorporated in the
measure.
Would Reduce Age.
The Nicely bill proposes to reduce
the optional retirement ages after
80 years service to 81. 60 and So
years. Existing law sets these ages
at 68. 63 and CO.
The bill provides for three one
year extensions Of appointment beyond
the retirement age, when the en-
ploye is willing and the Commits
sion approves. It also permits ad.
ditional one-year extensions by Exec
utive order when in the judgment
Of the President the public service
requires the continuance of an en-
ploye because Of expert knowledge
and experience. The present law
provides for compulsory separation
when the retirement age Is reached
unless extended by Executive order.
Under another provision employees
who may be retired for disability and
recover would be kept on the retire.
ment rolls for II months: the present
law retains them on the rolls 80 days.
Employees contributions would be
increased to 4 per cent of their basic
salary while the present law provides
3l2 per cent. Increased contribu-
tions to purchase additional annu-
tiles also are permitted.
Sponsors estimated additional cost
of this legislation at $604.0OO. in spite
Of estimates running to seven or eight
million dollars. The estimated in
crease in the Governments annual
contributions to the retirement fund
is $589,0o0. The administrative cost
Of the survivorship plan is placed at
$4,000. making the total estimated
cost $604 1000.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
MAY GET T. v. A. POWER
Neg citations Are Reported Under
Way-Line Of $50 Miles
Would Be Built.
BY tse Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
Informed persons said yesterday ne
gotiations were under way to bring
Tennessee Valley Authority power into
Virginia to serve municipalities in the
Southwest.
Details Of the plan were closely
guarded while negotiations were still
in progress, but reliable persons said
the plan contemplates construction Of
q line, possibly with Rural ElectriAca-
ton Administration assistance. OF
about $50 miles, looping into the State
and serving undisclosed Southwest
Virginia towns.
The, rural electrification program
in Virginia to date has set up Ais
miles Of lines ON nine different prof.
ects and aided IN the establishment
Of two cooperative generating plants.
The first Of these in the country was
recently placed in operation 1T Day.
ton, Va.
r. =. A. ailotments to Virginia
projects II data. totaled t2,307, 900.
Evening star., 1938-04-16

had left it In Silver Spring, Md, at 2
am. and hitchhiked the 80 miles to
his house.
Brown was planning to hitchhike to
Washington to see his mother With
out mentioning the murder, Mr.. Allen,
suspicious because of the story about
the car, offered him a ride, hoping
that he might meet police car on
the road to Rockville.
Reaching Rockville without seeing
any police, the reporter told Brown
to accompany him to the Office of
States Attorney James H. Pugh. Mr..
Allen told Mr.. Pugh he believed Brown
was connected with the murder
Brown denied it, but he was detained
in jail. and late that afternoon Mont
gomery County police. who were in
vestigating in Frederick County,
learned he was held.
The next day Brown confessed he
had killed his stepfather during an
argument and tried to burn the body
in the cellar Of the house at Doubs.
He is serving life term in the peni-
tentiary.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
PLEA IS RENEWED
T0BUY GAS FIRMS
Two Petitions Ask Order to
Bar Utilities Purchase
Be ReC0nsidered,

Two petitions wer filed simultane-
ously with the Public Utilities Com
mission today asking for reconsidera-
ton of the proposal of the Washington
Gas Light Co. to purchase the Alex
andria and Hyattsville gas companies
for price aggregating s1.2l2,5OO.
The applications we're filed by the
Washington firm and the Washington
g. Suburban Cos, the Massachusetts,
common trust which controls all three
firms.
The motions, practically identical,
asked the commission to rescind an or
der of March II denying the WASH
lngton companys third proposal to buy
from its parent trust the two suburban
concerns and to order a public hear
ing on the application.
Charging that the order of the Utili-
ties Commission is invalid in that it is
IN violation of the due process clause
OF the fifth amendment, the petitions
declared that the commissions find
lngs OF the fact were not supported by
any evidence in the record.
Order Held Arbitrary.
The petition asserted the order was
arbitrary and capricious and there
fore invalid, particularly but not ex-
clusively because the commission
Jailed and refused to grant the WASH
lngton Gas Light Co. hearing upon
its application"
In denying the third application
last month, the commission disre-
sarded the request of the company
Tor public hearing, holding that one
was not necessary because the pur-
chase plan, under the terms proposed
was not in public interest.
Declaring the application was in
public interest. the motions filed to-
day set forth:
The plan proposed = is desir-
able to protect and promote the busi-
ness OF the Washington Gas Light Co,
as public utility in the District" and
to protect and promote the interests
OF the gas consumers and investors in
securities OF the Washington firm.
The commission was told that the
plan is AN essential part Of a plan
for the dissolution of the holding COM
pany in accordance with the pro.
visions of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act OF 1885"
Price Defended.
THE plan proposed" the petition
said, would result in the economical
and eficient development of an in
tegrated gas public utility system in
and around the District"
The petition also conterded that
the price proposed to be paid by the
company for the securities of the
other two firms is less than the fair
value to it of the securities.
The first effort of the Washington
company to purchase the suburban
concerns was made in September, 1886
The commission ruled that the price
then offered-s1, ,375, ,000-was too high
In March of last year, the company
made new proposal, in somewhat diff
ferent form, with the price aggregatins
81 $50 900. The commission again ruled
the price as too high.
The latest petition was filed with the
commission January l3, coincidental
with the filing of the same plan with
the Securities and Exchange Commits
sion to bring the trust in accord with
the death sentence clause of the Hold
ing Company Act.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
UNFRAMED IN AFFRAY,
STABBING SUSPECT DIES
Autopsy to Be Made to Determine
Cause Of Death-Wounded Man
Fights for Life.

The victim of q knife attack was
fighting for his life today, while the
man police named as his attacker,
uninjured in the affray, was dead
from other causes -.
Third precinct police answered .
call last night to the 900 block Of
Twenty-seventh street NV, where,
they reported later, Charles Woody,
IS, colored, had stabbed Eugene Pal
mer, 81, also colored, Of the 1900
block Of Twentieth street NV, in the
chest. .........--.
Palmer was taken to Emergency
Hospital. He was not expected to
live.
Woody, found i'll by police, was
taken to Gallinger Hospital, where he
died at $40 am. today. Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald planned an au-
topsy to determine ~ exact cause.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
Radio to Dran,atize CAPTURE
Of Slayer by Star Reporter
Jack Allen Had Killer
in Jail Hours Before
Police Solved Crime.

Jack Allen, Evening Star reporter,
will be the central character in a
broadcast from New York at $50
O'Clock tonight, when radio actors
dramatize his gruesome discovery of
the burned body of Manuel Silva
Valera in Montgomery County. Md,
field and his apprehension of the
murderer hours before the police knew
that the slayer had been jailed.
The occasion is the Philip Morris
& Co.'S Front Page News" program,
presented on a coast-to- coast network
of the Columbia Broadcasting System,
whose Washington outlet is Station
WJSV. Mr.. Allen himself will speak
briefly after the dramatization.
The body was found at am, No.
vember 9, 1885, on the Dawsonville-
Barnesville road, about IS miles from
Washington. Mr.. Aliens detective
work began when he learned through
a call to the Department of Motor
Vehicles in Baltimore that car left
in ditch few miles from where the
body. under q pile of burlap bags, was
placed, belonged to Manuel Silva Va
lera, Spanish ships carpenter, liv-
ing in Doubs, Frederick County, Md.
Because of bits of burned burlap
found in the car the reporter deduced
that the murdered man was Valera.
He drove to Doubs, where he found
that Valera had lived with two STEP
children just outside Of the town. At
the house he came across Alfred
Brown, the stepson. just leaving.
Brown said Valera had left home two
days before to take a post on a ship
sailing for Europe.
Under Mr.. Aliens questioning
Brown said that his stepfather had
left In a strangers car. Brown had
been using the car found in the ditch
since his stepfather's departure. He
said he had been driving the car the
night before, but because Of a blowout
Evening star., 1938-04-16
MAXINE HOWARD READY
TO RESUME FLYING
AviAtrix Injured in Bendix Race
in 1885 Plans Flight
to D. G..
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. April 16.-Comely
Maxine Howard, whose flying career
was interrupted by crash during the
1886 Bendix Trophy race, Is ready to
pilot q plane again. The doughty
aviatrix plans to take off for WASH
ington today or tomorrow in her own
ship. .--
She has recovered from her brush
with death less than 20 months ago.
She and her husband, Benny. were
catapulting from New York to Los
Angeles In their speedster, Mister
Mulligan. One Of the propeller
blades dropped OF. They plunged to
earth on a New Mexico Indian reser-
vation.
Both Mrs. Howard's legs were brok-
en-. Mr.. Howard's right foot was
amputated. Months In hospitals en-
sued. -
Evening star., 1938-04-16
RECEPTION TO ENVOY
Fourth Degree K. Of G. to Honor
DR.. Castro Monday.

The Minister Of Salvador, Dr..
Hector David Castro, will be rendered
= reception by the Washington Gen.
eral Assembly, Fourth Degree, Knights
Of Columbus, Monday evening at the
Mayhower Hotel. The reception will
follow the assembly regular meeting.
Music will be furnished by the
Crimson Club Of Columbus University
and there will be refrs6ments.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
Heads Rural Women's Club,

LEONARDTOWN, Md, April 1e
(SpeciaD Mrs. Randolph Thomas
has been elected president Of the st.
o<Fges Island Rural Womens Club.
Evening star., 1938-04-16

In the office OF John Reon uice president Of the Chesa-
peake Potomac Telephone Co., today Tony Di Toto cente
H. 465 street SW receiued the Leighton corneH Plague
as the foremost member OF the Metropolitan Police Boys Club
for 1887 At the lett MAJ Ernest W. Bron superintendent
OF Metropolitan Police and at the right is Mr.. Remon Tony
attached to the fourth precinct club chosen oyalty
to the club for participation in most major sport activities and
for hdDing done the interest
tion in all respects during 1887"
Evening star., 1938-07-10
YOUNG DEMOCRAT
RALLY PLANS SET
5000 Delegates Expected
at National Gathering
in Seattle.
BY the Associated Press.

SEATTLE. July 9.-The Democratic
party's little brothers. the Young
Democrats Of America convene here
next week for national get-together.
their big assemblage Of the year. About
5000 delegates are expected.
With President Roosevelt nearing the
Pacific Coast on his western tour,
Postmaster Gen. Farley and numerous
OF the party's leading spokesmen will
come to the Pacific northwest. some,
including Mr.. Farley. tying the ma
ttonal rally with Alaska visits.
One Of the principal speakers, con-
vention onicials said, will be Represen-
tative John O'Connor, New York,
chairman Of the Rules Committee at
the last Congress. Representative o.
Connor opposed President Roosevelt's
reorganization bill at the last session.
Adding further zest to the rally, the
principals in forthcoming fall election
contests in Oregon. listed by some
observers as doubtful" State, will
also be on hand. Both Henry L. Hess.
gubernatorial candidate who won q
surprising primary victory over Gov
Charles L. Martin, and Willis L. Ma
honey. candidate for United States
Senator, are listed as speakers.
Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma, In
which State Senator Elmer Thomas
seeks reelection, will attend.
Opening Thursday. the three-day
rally follows the Washington State
Democratic Convention at Tacoma by
one day. State President Gerald
Shucklin said plans were made to
bring President Roosevelt's voice to
the convention.
We are arranging to have him ad-
dress the gathering by telephone from
some place in the Southwest" he said.
Breaking the Nations midsummer
lull in politics and with Congress
closed, the National Assembly offers
a sounding board for party leaders
with their addresses and speeches on
current problems.
Two special trains. one of them the
Presidents special" carrying Pitt
Tyson Maner. national president and
secretary to Gov. Bibb Graves Of
Alabama. have been chartered to bring
delegates West. The Presidents spe-
cial" will bring delegations from the
Southern States by way Of Los Angeles.
The second special, from Michigan,
will carry delegates from that State
and surrounding territory, headed by
Cows. George H. Earle of PENNSYLVANIA
and Frank Murphy Of Michigan. Mr..
Farley and his party, together with
Senator Lee and others, are expected
to arrive by automobile.
Other speakers and party leaders
coming here will include Senators
Claude Pepper. Florida: Dixie Bibb
Graves, Alabama; Homer T. Bone and
Lewis B. Schwellenbach, Washington;
Col. Louis johnson, Assistant Secre-
tary Of War: Gov. Clarence D. Martin,
Washington, and Representative
Patrick j. Boland. Pennsylvania
Evening star., 1938-07-10

that he had . somewhat large execu-
tive job in Washington" and that he
didn't have all the time he would like
for poring over maps and plans fol
conservation projects.
But I've got two great big boxes
full Of papers with me-" he added
with a laugh. When I get on my
Pacific cruise-in my spare moments
when I'm not hshing-Im going to
study them"
The President WAS introduced at
Wister by Representative Wilburn
Cartwright, a candidate for re-
nomination.
Earlier, in Bonneville, Ark, Mr..
Roosevelt had another "old friend"
remark to make for Senator Hattie
W. Caraway, opposed for denomination
by Representative John Mcclellan.
He remarked that the only woman
Senator lis very old friend of mine
and friend of yours"
Senator John E. Miller Of Arkansas
boarded the Presidents train with
Mrs. Caraway at Little Rock. Both
left it at Bonneville. Mr.. Roosevelt
also mentioned Senator Miller's name
during the brief stop, saying he had
talked with him about soil conserva-
ton work in Arkansas.
Evening star., 1938-07-10
CONTRACTOR NOTIFIED
OF CHANNEL CONTRACT

Maj. w. D. Luplow, Army engineer
for the local district, yesterday for
mally notified the Diamond Construc-
ton Co. Of this city that it has been
awarded a contract for construction
Of the first section Of the Washing
ton Channel water front program.
The contract between the Gov
ernment and the company must be
signed within 10 days and the contrac-
tor will then be allowed 10 days within
which to begin work after being given
notice to proceed. Actual work Is
expected to begin by August ! or
possibly sooner.
The initial contract. awarded on .
bid Of $3.50, ,427, calls for construction
Of the east halves of yacht basins Nos.
and 2, upstream and downstream of
the municipal hsh market wharf and
necessary accessories and equipment,
including . $4,000 sales and service
building. doodlight and power plant,
gasoline and Diesel oil system, retain-
ing walls and bulkheads. yacht berths
and catwalks, automobile parking
areas and drives and landscaping Of
the river front area adjoining the
basins.
Evening star., 1938-07-10
SUIT ASKS s14,s27

District Files Action Against
Capital Transit Co.
The District Of Columbia, as a
municipal corporation. filed suit in
District Court for $14,927 plus in
terest yesterday against the Capital
Transit Co.. claiming that amount
due for paving on P street between
Dupont Circle and Twenty eighth
street NV.
Through Ewood Seal. corporation
counsel, the municipality tells the
court that the defendant failed prop
erly to fix the street after the tracks
had been taken up there and is now
asking to be reimbursed.