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Evening star., 1938-09-26
Child's Toy Lantern Brought
Aid to Storm Trapped Mother

A 7-year-old boys toy lantern drew
rescuers to save his mother and him.
self from their flooded New England
summer home during the hurricane
last Wednesday night. his proud IA
ther revealed here today.
Other Washingtonians, returning
from the storm area, gave dramatic
eyewitness accounts Of the destruc-
tion wrought by the bowling wind and
raging seas on Cape Cod.
DR.. Edward r. Gookin, 1113 Six
teenth street NV, said letter from
his wife told how the toy lantern he
had given their son, Richard, Z. last
year, was used to bring Coast Guards
men to their rescue.
Hung Lantern in window.
Mrs. Gookin and Richard were
trapped in their summer home on the
beach 1T Woods Hole, Mass. by water
that rose swiftly over the first floor
during the hurricane. As it grew
dark, Richard lighted his lantern and
hung it in q second-story window.
Coast Guardsmen from the cutter
Gen. Greene saw the light and took 1
surfboat to their rescue.
Takn to Chatham by the Gen.
Greene, Ms. Gookin returned to
Woods Holleafter the storm suhsided
Evening star., 1938-09-26
WOMAN, rs, KILLED
IN BLAST AT HOME
Gas Water Heater Explodes in
Alexandra Apartmert-Police
Find Body.

Mrs. Elsie Munger, IS, of los North
Washington street, Alexandria, was
killed instantly yesterday morning
when gas water heater exploded.
The woman was alone in the second
story apartment of her sranddaush-
ter, Mrs. George Morris, At the time
OF the explosion. Patrolmen Robert
W. Peacher and Claude Nixon of the
Alexandria Police Department were
near the apartment building when
they heard the explosion At sos am.
They broke down the door to the
apartment and found Mrs. Munger
lying on the floor. She was pronounced
dead by DR.. Llewellyn Powell, city
coroner. who said he would issue 4
certificate Of accidental death today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris, With whom
Mrs. Munger had lived for the last
four years, had been away from the
apartment overnight in nearby Fair
fax County. police said. Mrs. Munger
is also survived by dauthtkr, Mrs.
Babel Blair Of Telegraph road, Fair
fax cd1pty, and Q sister In ola1c. y
Evening star., 1938-09-26
Versailles Treaty
Suggested Hitlcr's
Evacuation Demand
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Sept. 26.-A Berlin
newspaper. zwoelf Uhr Blatt. said
today that Reichsfuehrer Adolf
Hitler in drafting his Godesberg
memorandum took 4 leaf from
the Versailles treaty.
"One hardly makes 4 mistake
in assuming that the example
of Asace-Lorraine furnished
guidance for the German SuggeS-
tions as to how the demands can
be fuln]led." the paper said.
The methods employed for the
evacuation Of Alsace-Lorraine are
we'll applicable for the evacuation
of the sudeten German areas by
the Csechs Frances allies at
that time raised no objection to
this method-why should they to-
day?'
Evening star., 1938-09-26
SKY LEv|ATHAN
I TOPSPRED|CT|0NS
New 42-Passengsr Airiiner
Exceeds Expectations in /,
46 Test Flights.
~ the kssc esated Press.

~ the kssc ceiated Press.
SANTA MONICA, Cahf. Sept. 49,
The giant l3-passenssr Douglas DC-4
airliner In - test nights has exceeded
the predictions Of its designers, Arthur
Z. Raymond, vice president and chief
engineer Of the Douglas Aircraft Corp.
announced yesterday.
The ky leviathan was built to the
order of hve major airlines.. United,
T. ". A.. American, Pan-American
and Eastern, ut . cost Of nearly
$4,000. 900.
With the horsepower available still
ID be increased. Mr.. Raymond an
nounced these results:
The guaranteed high spssd Of 80
miles an hour waS exceeded by Q COM
Portable margin. A series Of flights
over measured speed course, including
one hour at full power at lo,0Oo feet
and one hour at 1000 feet, gave the
data for the test.
"On four engines. during 'sawtooth'
climbs, the plane rose above 5000
feet with . full load. Its rate of climb
was over 1000 feet . minute at 5000
feet.
Cli0bs - I've Eaginas.
"On three engines, in similar tests,
the plane reached . ceiling o( 10000
feet and had . rate Of climb Of $50
feet minute at 5000 feet.
''on two Of its four engines-both
power plants out Of action on one side
the DC-4 went through it, sawtooth
climb with flying colors. Instead Of
= guaranteed ceiling Of s.4oe feet, the
sky giant reached 1000. It had 4
rate Of climb OF nearly 100 feet min
ute at 5000 feet. with two engines
dead. instead OF the guaranteed 10 feet.
The take-o6 and landing distances
were equally sensational. With 81 200
pounds on broad. the DC-4 took on
In $50 feet. This. the engineers be-
lieve. will be bettered later.
pilots for the various airlines who
tried their hands at the controls Of
the DC-4 in the past few months re-
peatedly stated the big plane lands
ana takes on shorter than present-day
equipment Of much smaller size.
To date 4s separate flights have
,een made BY the De- under varying
conditions, loads and flight require
ments.
New Landing Gear.
These included climbs, stalls. banks
load and control tests, altitude, fuel
consumption and takeofs and iand-
ings with center Of gravity CHANGED
fore and AFT.
Severe tests Of the 'tn.nfetv'
tricycle. landing gear, with q nose
wheel under the pilots cockpit, have
demonstrated exceptional stability on
the ground.
Some Of the Nations outstanding
flyers rode as co-pilots with johnny
Gable. Douglas test pilot, on these
trips"
The plane il l3s feet 3 inches from
tip to tip, 81 feet long, has $500
horsepower for take on, = top speed
OF 240 miles an hour. 1t will carry
AZ passengers and . crew of S, have
. cruising range Of 1900 miles and
be able to carry IA tons Of mail.
baggage and express when placed in
service.
Production models will include su-
percharsed cabins for substra tosphere
nylng, 1t was announced.
Evening star., 1938-09-26

ofhcials joined him the President had
ready rough draft Of what he wanted
to say. The President had written
this draft In longhand and with pencil.
Judging from the numerous crossing
out Of words and the addition OF words,
it was plain that the President had
taken great pains in the composition
Of his vitality important message.
Sent u Gsvernnents.
After Mr.. Hull and Mr.. Welles had
listened to the Presidents reading Of
his draft, the three joined and put the
message in finai form. This was .ac-
complished about 1880 am. and soon
Afterwards Mr.. Hull and Mr.. Welles
hurriedly left the White House with
the completed draft and went to the
State Department where they had
1t typewriter. Then the message was
sent to heads of the various govern
ments Advance copies were then pre-
pared for the press. Although the
message was not for release before )
o'clock this morning, the advance
copies were in the hands OF news
paper men At the State Department
shortly after O'Clock in the morn
ing
Some time ago the President had
agreed to witness the speedboat races
in the regatta. Yesterday afternoon
was the time set for him to attend
and although he was absorbed in
European conditions. the President. in
company with Secretary Marvin Nc
Intyre and Frank Walker, former treas
urer Of the Democratic National Com
mittee and an old personal friend. and
Miss Marguerite LIE Hand, his personal
secretary, motored to the navy yard
and boarded the yacht Potomac and
took up position on the course Of the
cup races.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
NEW YORK MAY
RESORT TO DRAFT I
Major Parties Considering
Plan to Get Candidates
for Governor.
Sy the Associated Press.

ALBANY. N. Y. Sept. 26.-The
necessity Of both major parties in
New York using the draft" to get
their strongest candidate for governor
increased today on the eve of conven-
tions that will set the stage for a
new test of President Roosevelt's
strength in his home State.
Announcement by United States
Senator Robert F. Wagner, Democrat,
Of New York. that he would accept
only denomination to the Senate spur
red Democratic leaders to new efforts
to persuade three-term Governor Her.
bert H. Lehman to run again despite
his candidacy for the United States
Senate.
May Draft Dewey.
Continued silence of Manhattan's
racket-busting Prosecutor Thomas E.
Dewey As to his attitude toward =
gubernatorial nomination convinced
Republican chieftains that they must
draft him. particularly in view Of up
State sentiment that his chances were
strengthened rather than weakened
by the mistrial in the James j. Hines
case.
Republicans. who already have indi-
Gated they will make the Presidents
attempted purge" Of conservative leg
islators campaign issue, meet at
Saratoga Springs on Wednesday and
Thursday and the Democrats at
Rochester on Thursday and Friday.
Both will nominate complete State
tickets including two United States
Senators and two Congressmen At
large for the November 3 election.
Democrats make no secret they be-
lieve Gov. Lehman and Senator Wag-
ner are the strongest opponents for
Mr.. Dewey, whose political career was
launched in 1895 when Gov. Lehman
named him a special prosecutor.
Gov. Lehman, who opposed the
Presidents Supreme Court reorganiza-
ton plan. announced he was willing"
to campaign for the seat vacated by
the death of Royal S. Copeland. 4
term which expires in 1910.
Will Run Only for Senate.
Senator Wagner. = veteran of IL
years, said yesterday he wants to re-
turn to the Senate. II shall not accept
. nomination, If rendered, for any
office other than that of United States
Senator" he added.
Upstate Democratic leaders said they
have not given up hope that the Sem
ator, who will be the Democratic con-
vention's keynoter for 4 fifth time,
might change his mind.
Persistent reports from Washington
indicate that the Presidents choice
for the party's standard bearer is Rep
resentative James NJ Meade Of Buffalo,
ardent New Dealer and, like Senator
Wagner, . friend of labor. Mr.. Mead,
however. has said he wants to remain
in the House.
Republicans supporting the draft
Dewey" movement see in the prosecu-
tor not only . weapon against the New
Deal. but also. If he is elected Governor,
q possible 1910 Republican presidential
nominee.
Should the draft Dewey" movement
fail, Representative Bruce Barton of
New York City, who will keynote" the
Republican convention, Is q possibility
for the gubernatorial nomination.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
LAGUARD|A SEEKS
QUICK STRIKE END
$500 School Children Left
Without Bus Service.
5000 Walk Out.
By the Associated Press,


NEW YORK, Sept 26.-Mayor La
Guardia sought 4 speedy settlement of
the city-wide truck strike today Is the
firss effects Of the walkout left $500
Bronx school children and a smaller
group in Manhattan without bus trans
portation.
Union officials and Representative
OF the operators conferred with the
mayor at City Hall.
Along with the announcement from
New Jersey that $4,000 truck drivers
were called out in 4 similar but un-
related strike in that State. came word
from Joseph P. Ryan. president Of the
international Longshoremen,s Associ-
alton. that his organization would
support the strike.
Mr.. Ryan said that II truckmen
came to any piers for cargo not on the
exempt list, which includes newsprint,
hospital supplies, foodstufYs and flood
relief shipments, the freight would not
be delivered.
Michael J. Cashal. international vice
president Of the Transfers Union, esti-
mated that about $4,000 truck drivers
were on strike but would not hazard
. guess on the number Of trucks tied
up.
Few Trucks Moving.
An odicial of the Holland Tunnel
connecting lower Mania ttan and Jer-
sey City estimated that fewer than
5000 trucks would pass through the
tunnel today. Ordinarily on Monday.
he said. about $500 trucks are checked
through. Since this is . Jewish holi-
day. however, the number would nor
mally be about 5000, he said.
The Bronx and Manhattan school
children are transported to school
daily In buses paid for by the city.
Drivers Of the buses went to the
garages, noted pickets there and de-
cided not to cross the picket lines.
Police patrolled the West Side water
front today, but few trucks were NOV
ing save in the vicinity of the Forty
second street ferry to Weeha vixen. N. J.
Mayor La Guardia,s concern was ex-
pressed yesterday when he returned
BY airplane from California and said
ne would stay right with them (union
omcials and operators) until 4 sati.-
factory solution 10 reached"
Evening star., 1938-09-26
President Decided on Message
While Vie,oing Regatta Finals

Though President Roosevelt was
present at the final events Of the 1888
President's Cup Regatta yesterday, his
mind was far from boat racing. for it
was at that time he decided to make
his appeal for world peace.
Stephen Early. secretary to the
President. said today that Mr.. Roose-
welt, while sitting on the deck of the
yacht Potomac yesterday afternoon.
ostensibly watching the regatta,
reached his decision that the ''psy-
Geological moment" had come for his
peace appeal.
After congratulating Count Theo
Rossi. the Italian racer who set two
world records on the regatta course.
the President hurried to the White
House at $50 O'Clock. and Immediately
summoned Sumner Welles, Under
secretary Of State. to discuss up-to-
the-minute news from Europe.
Joined by Morsenthau.
Later Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau joined the President in q
conference.
Mr.. Early said that President Roose-
welt, after his visitors had departed,
sat alone in his second moor study,
pondering the situation, and at 10 pm
said he had reached definite con-
clusion to send plea to the heads
of the British. French. German and
Czechoslovak governments Further
more. he said he decided to frame this
appeal Immediately so it could be in
the hands of these leaders at the
dawn of the first working day OF a
week that may decide the fate of
Europe.
After reaching his decision, the
President summoned Secretary of State
Hull and advised him and Mr.. Welles
Of his plan.
When these two State DEPARTMENT
Evening star., 1938-09-26
GREENBELT PLANNING
COOPERATIVE STORES
Units Will Be Established When
Half Of Towns Iesidents
Become Shareholder
spteial Dispatch to The Star.

eptelal DlspAtCh 70 Inc Star.
GREENBELT, Nd. Sept. 36-oc.
operative stores will be established in
0reenbelt when half of the residents
OF the Government-built community
become shareholders in Greenbelt
CONSUMER Services. it was decided at
q banquet that brought together s7
heads Of organizations here. 1t is
planned tentatively to sell shares at
$40 each to Greenbelt residents.
Peter Carroll, chairman of the Co
operative Organising Committee, acted
as host. with Herbert Evans, vice pres.
ident Of the Greenbelt Consumer Serv-
ices organization in New York as guest
of honor.
All stores here are earning q profit,
it was reported at the meeting. The
leaders agreed there should be q CO.
operative here and that an educational
program reaching every citizen should
be launched as soon as possible.
Mr.. Evans said he was confident of
Greenbelt's ability to develop and
maintain cooperative enterprises.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
POLICEMAN KILLS YOUTH
Special Patrolman Says He Was
Attacked With Own Baton.

Special Policeman Oscar L. Millard,
"a. colored, 2804 Wade road Sc,
last night shot to death a colored
youth who, he said. attacked him
while he was arresting a third man
In . restaurant in the 1900 block Of
Seventh street NV.
The policeman said Johnny Simon
ton, "a. l400 block of Sixth street
NV, seized his baton, struck him
with it and had raised it to hit him
again when he whirled and shot his
: assailant through the chest.
Millard was held for action Of a
eoroner's inquest.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
& YOUTHS SENTENCED
ON KIDNAPPING CHARGE
South Carolinians Plead Guilty to
Tying Boy in Woods After
Auto Ride.
By the Associated Press.

bS the ASSoclAteo PreSS.
ELBERTON, Ga, Sept. 26.-Two
youthful South Carolinians were under
four-year prison sentences today after
pleading guilty before Judge Marshall
Allison to kidnapping Ralph Brooks, IT.
year-old Elberton boy, on the night of
July is.
Deputy Sheriff Mark Cleveland said
Judge Allison sentenced the youths,
whom he named as Fred Gibson and
James Robertson of Near Greenville,
s. c., to Tattnan Prison.
The two youths were accused, Sheriff
Cleveland said. of forcing Brooks to
drive them into South Carolina, tying
his hands and feet and leaving him in
a wooded area in Abbeville. County,
s. c.
Brooks freed himself and notified
authorities. who arrested the youths
after locating Brooks car in Green
vile the following day.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
Sea.Going Thieves.

COLONA, Ill. @.-Clarence Do
brinsky has found that it takes more
than food waters to stop robbers from
plying their trade.
He reported to police that thieves,
apparently travelling by boat. stole
$50 chickens from his farm which is
surrounded by food waters from the
Rock River,
Evening star., 1938-09-26

Saturday of .
heart attack at
his home in Golf
Club Manor, Ar
lingtOn, Va.
A native Of
Washington. Mr..
8 c h W / n n was
graduated from
c. n tral High
School in 1922
and was president
OF the class in his
S en- Tor ye q r.
S h o rt y after
ward he began
work for the
limited States Fl.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
LAWYER browns
ON SWIM IN RIVER
Brother in : Law Receivers
Body, but Resuscitation
Efforts Fail.

H. Mitchell PfefFer. 81, of 305l Idaho
avenue NV, Washington attorney,
was drowned in the Potomac 2 miles
below Alexandria last night after he
had dived into the water for . swim
from the Cruiser Mi-Jac.
Jack Shapiro. 3ool Davenport street
NV, brother-in-law of Mr.. Pfef1er,
recovered the body by diving. 1t was
taken aboard the cabin cruiser Gem,
owned and operated by Ralph Worth
inston. River Farm. Mount Vernon
boulevard, and brought to the Alex
andria wharf where efforts to revive
Mr.. Pfeffer failed. Mr.. Pfefier had
been in the water for several minutes
when he disappeared.
Also aboard the boat we're Morris
Shapiro, cousin Of Jack, also of the
Davenport street address; Mr.. and Mrs,
H. 8. Leibshutz. 1922 Twenty-sixth
road south. Arlington. Va, and Mrs,
&sAA AChCi uI1u JACk 0NAOlIO
owned the Mi-Jac jointly.
DR.. Llewellyn Powell, Alexandra
coroner, issued = certificate Of death
by accidental drowning and said an
Inquest would be unnecessary. The
coroner planned, however, to examine
the body later today.
In addition to his wife. Kitty, the
attorney is survived by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman PfefYer, and
four sisters. all Of Philadelphia. He
was . native Of that city and was
graduated from Dickinson College.
Carlisle, Pa. with an IL. B. degree
in 1882. entering law practice here
the same year.
Mr.. Pfeffer was a member of the
Amity Club and the B'Nai Israel
Temple, Fourteenth and Emerson
streets NV. Funeral Arrangements
had not been completed early today.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
FIRE KILLS4CHlLDREN

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept. 2s
R.-Four children were burned to
death about 2:S0 am. today when fire
destroyed q house IL miles southwest
Of Grand Rapids.
The victims were Doris, 10: Anna,
8; william, 8, and Josephine. 4, chill
dren of Roscoe Hazelton, . millwright.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
CURRENCY is REMOVED
FROM FLOODED BANKS
Armored Cars Garry 331 900, 900
From Rhode Island to Boston
Under Heavy Guard.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. Sept. 26.-Millions in sill
yer and currency moved last night out
of Rhode Islands food area-for safe
keeping.
Transported overland from Provi-
dence, r. l., to Boston in seven ar
mored cars was $3l, ,000, 900. including
7 tons of silver and the remainder in
silver currency.
The valuable load was brought to
the Federal Reserve Bank here under
heavy police escort. It was removed
from banks flooded by Wednesdays
hurricane-driven tidal wave.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
CAPITAL MEN HONORED
American Trade Association
Executives Elect Takler

American Trade Associate
Executives Elect Takler.
The American Trade Association
Executives elected Herman Fakler of
Washington president yesterday in
convention at Pittsburgh. Mr.. Fax
Ter also is vice president of the
Miller's National Federation.
Four other Washingtonians were
chosen for ofhcial posts at the close
Of the three-day session. They are
Vincent P. Ahearn, executive secre.
tary of the National Industrial Sand
Association, treasurer, and Sylvia L.
Pacelle, executive secretary. Bond
p. Geddes. executive vice president
Of the Radio Manufacturers Associa-
ton. and A. M. Ferry. secretary OF
the Wire Cloth Manufacturers Asso-
ciAtion, were named 70 the Board Of
Directors.
Evening star., 1938-09-26

intensity is moving eastward over Hudson
Bay and Hudson Strait. Nottingham Island,
Hudson Strait. 1892 inches and . broad
the Southern Plains States. Pressure re-
mains low over Alaska. Yukon and the
District Of Mackenzie, Barrow. Alaska.
2D.34 inches. High pressure prevails over
the Eastern and Southern States and from
British Columbia southeastWard to New
Mexico. Kamloops. British Columbia. 3O.4O
Conn. 3O.30 inches Generally fair
weather has prevailed. except for local
showers in florida, the Lower Mississippi
Valley the Rocky Mountain region and
Minnesota. The temperature has fallen
IN the Middle Atlantic and Nsrth Atlantic
States and In the Northern Rocky Noun
tain and Northern Plateau regions, while
the weather has become warmer almost gem
orally from the Plains States eastward to
the Saint Lawrence Valley and the Ap.
palachian reRion.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
SECURES RARE BLOOM
DR.. Woodson Brings Mammoth
Orchid to st. Louis,

ST. LOUIS, Sept. rs (R.-One ot
the worlds rare mammoth orchids
an orange-hued bloom with petals !
feet long-has been added to the
widely known collection of the Mis-
souri, Botanical Gardens.
DR.. Robert Everard Woodson, jr.,
secured it in the Panama jungles from
which he just returned. The species
known Is "Chinelas," has been found
only three times in the last century,
he said.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
Y SECRETARIES ELECT
Petersburg Man Named President

Petersburg Man Named President
at State Conference.
RICHMOND, Va, Sept. rs (R.-
The State conference of Y. M. C. A.
secretaries elected Guy Weeks of
Petersburg president at its 3oth an
nual meeting yesterday at Camp
Richmond on the James River.
Sam Jackson. physical director o.
the Lynchburs association. was chosen
vice president, and Frank H. Alex
ander. Of the Richmond association.
was made secrett<.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
Air Body to Be Feted.

Members Of the Civil Aeronautics
Authority will be guests OF honor at
q luncheon Of the Washington Aero
Club at 1890 pm. Thursday At the
Willard Hotel.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
GEORGE H. SCHWlNN
DIES IN ARLINGTON
Heart Attack Fatal to Officer Of
United States Fidelity &
Guaranty Co.

George Hamilton Schwinn, "a, su-
perintendent of the Surety Depart
ment Of the Washington Once, United
States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.. died