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Evening star., 1938-02-07
RAIL RETIREMENT BOARD
PAYS OUT $33,000,000
Annual Report Shows 26,O9O Re-
ceiving Annuities and 46, ,523
Pensions in November,
BY the Associated Press.

BY The ASSOCIATED Pre8s.
The Railroad Retirement Board re-
ported yesterday it had paid more than
s330O0,000 in pensions and annuities
since the original retirement act be-
came effective in 1888.
The boards annual report, covering
the period up to November 80, 1887,
showed 26.090 persons were receiving
annuities and 46,523 pensions on that
date
The board said collections under
the carriers taxing act in the first
nine months Of 1887 totaled $751;
722,0O0.
Evening star., 1938-02-07
French Becoming Fewer.

Frances population will decrease
approximately 100000 in the next
so years If the current birth and
death rates continue in the present
ratio.
Evening star., 1938-02-07
sink SUBS ORDER
REVEALED EDEN
British Warships Also to Re.
ta|iate Against Rebel
Planes.
er the Associated Press.

LONDON, Feb. 7.-Foreign Secre-
tary Anthony Eden told a cheering
House of Commons today that British
warships would attack any submerged
submarine in the western Mediterra-
mean and 'retaliate" against any
further Spanish insurgent airplane as
saults on British ships
Mr.. Eden did not disclose the new
"anti-piracy" measures in detail, but
said that Generalissimo Francisco
Franco, the insurgent leader, had been
informed that Britains patience now
has been exhausted" by sinkings of
British ships.
The government. he said, could not
continue to deal with these attacks
solely by protests and claims for COM
pensation"
Talks May Begin Soon.
1taly's quick adherence to the new
lo-French measures against Medi-
terranean piracy was seen in official
circles as evidence that the long de-
layed friendly talks between Great
Britain and Italy might begin soon.
The foreign office, however, refused
to comment on reports in the con-
servative pro-government press that
conditions now appear more favorable
for the talks.
Despite optimism on Anglo Italia n
relations, there was a tendency to
await concrete evidence that Premier
Mussolini was not merely bargaining
to counter possible weakening of
Rome-Berlin ties as a result of Ger
many's internal shake-up.
Secrecy Shrouds Sub Hunt.
Meanwhile. wartime secrecy covered
the movements of powerful Anglo
French destroyer feet operating of the
Balaeric Islands-Spansh insurgent
submarine and airplane base-to pre-
vent further attacks on neutral Ship
ping
The Anglo French fleet was sup
ported by seaplanes. In addition, the
British cruisers Coventry and Curlew
may be ordered to assist war vessels
guarding shipping lanes around the
Balearic Islands.
Evening star., 1938-02-07
Jellyish DELAY Liner,

Jellyfish choked the suction pipe
of liner at Durham. South Africa,
which was delayed six hours while
tugs propellers cleaned out the pipe.
Evening star., 1938-02-07
ICE JAM ENDANGERlNG
RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Feb. 7.-Serious danger
of being crushed in an ice jam before
rescue ships could reach them was re-
ported by four Russian scientists pre-
cariously adrift on an ice noe in the
Arctic Sea east OF Greenland.
Radio communications from the
polar party's commander Ivan Papa
min. said rapidly-shifting ice was piling
up around the drifting foe. The mass
of ice in the Arctic Sea already has
pushed the foe more than so miles to
the southwest.
OSLO. Norway. Feb. Z (P.-Thc
Soviet government today accepted
NorVay's offer to aid in rescuing the
four polar explorers adrift on An ice
foe in the Greenland Sea.
Evening star., 1938-02-07
DelbOs and Phipps Confer.

PARIS. Feb. 7 (P.-Foreign Min
lister Yvon Delbos conferred for more
than An hour today with Sir Eric
Phipps, British Ambassador. in what
sources close to the foreign ofIice said
probably was an exchange of views on
chances Of better understanding with
1to1v
Evening star., 1938-03-17

John c. Gouldman, 81, slightly
built night manager Of a filling station
at 3540 Fourteenth street NV, beat
of 6-foot "toy pistol hold-up man
early today with a soft drink bottle,
which he snatched from the bandit S
overcoat pocket.
His striped mask and light cap
knocked of in the scdffle, the bandit
fied without obtaining any loot. He
left his toy pistol. made to resemble
regular .38-caliber revolver, lying
on the floor. Police hoped to find
fingerprints on it today.
Mr.. Gouldman, who was kidnapped
and robbed last November by two
bandits who left him in his under
wear beside the Baltimore Boulevard,
near Laurel, Md, was cut and bruised
on the head in repulsing the attempted
hold-up today, but not hurt seriously
Despite their difference in size-Mr
Gouldman is feet Z inches tall and
weighs l40 pounds, and he estimated
his assailant rs q 6-footer weighing
about 165 paunds-the filling station
manager succeeded in knocking the
pistol he didn't know was q toy from
the bandits hand, and then taking q
pair of scissors away from him.
Il had been for one ride and was
determined not to 80 for another" Mr.
Gouldman said he thought when the
masked man walked in. pointed what
appeared to be real pistol at him
and ordered him into q rear room
Evening star., 1938-03-17
FOUR ASSAULT CHARGES
BRING FINE AND TERI

Four charges Of assault, two c.
policemen and two on colored womei
cost Lawrence T. Sims, 20, colore,
$50 and 180 days in jail when az
raigned before Judge Edward M. Cur
ran in Police Court today.
The policemen told the court that
Sims, who is an exceptionally large
man, knocked both of them down
when they were called to a house III
the 400 block of o street NV, where
the defendant is alleged to have as
saulted Florence McRabley and Bu-
chanon Brown, both colored. Before ar
rival of the officers, the women testified
Sims broke up furniture in the house
and assaulted them. Later. they said,
Sims knocked fellow prisoner sense
less in a cell at the second precinct
station house. Sims said he could
not remember anything of what had
occurred
The officers in the case were g. E.
Cooper and Irving Rosenburg. They
said when the prisoner hit them they
felt like they had been kicked by a
mule.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
PROCEDURE CHANGED
IN POLICE COURT
Speed in Clearing Jury Trials and
Relief of Jam in U. S. Branch
Sought,

Two changes in Police Court pro-
cedure, one designed to hasten the
clearance of Jury trials in United
States cases and the other to relieve
the daily congestion of defendants
and witnesses in the United States
branch Of Police Court, were an
nounced today.
Under a recent change one of the
four judges assigned to Police Court
will continue his regular five days
per week in hearing jury cases, and,
in addition, another judge has been
assigned to hear jury cases on Wednes-
days, Thursdays and Fridays.
The new set-up provides that the
regular jury court will be devoted to
United States cases the first, two days
Of the week and to the corporation
counsels office for the trial of traffic
and District Of Columbia cases the
last three days. The entire time of
the auxiliary court (three days per
week) will be devotede to the United
States branch.
Under the other change there will
be preliminary call af all defendants
on the convening Of court. Persons
wishing hearings on grand jury cases
or trial by the court on lesser charges
will be sent back until the court can
dispose Of grand jury cases in which
preliminary hearings are waived or
in lesser cases where defendants plead
guilty and can be Immediately sem
fenced. The cases requiring more
time will then be taken up In q
routine manner. This will permit
much quicker presentation Of cases
to the grand jury and will more
speedily clear the room and building.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
COLBERT new HEAD
OF GEODETIC SURVEY
Chief Of Division of Charts Is
Promoted in Appointment
by President.

Leo Otis Colbert, chief Of the Divi-
sion Of Charts Of the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey, today was
appointed by President Roosevelt to
be director Of the survey, filling the
vacancy caused by the death Of R. 8.
Patton.
Mr.. Colbert. . native Of Massachu-
sets, has lived for several years at
4408 Twenty street NV, and IS
well known in scientific circles for his
researches, particularly in connection
with ocean charting. He came into
prominence several years ago when he
commanded q charting expedition of
the Grand Banks Of Newfoundland.
Previously unmarked waters were
charted on this expedition and an
ocean canyon larger than the Grand
Canyon Of the Colorado was discovered.
Mr.. Colbert used the specially equipped
vessel Oceanograph.
Mr.. Colbert entered the Coast and
Geodetic Survey service Is . junior
of1icer in 1907. He has served contin-
uously except during the World War,
when he served as lieutenant COM
mander in the Navy transport service.
He has been chief Of the Charts Divi-
sion Of the survey since 1888. He is .
member Of the Mississippi River Com
mission and the American Society Of
Civil Engineers.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
PRESIDENT PASSES
0N5SLUM PROJECTS
First Contracts Are Approved
Under $500, 900, 900 Program
for Work in Five Cities,

President Roosevelt today approved
the first contracts for low-rent hous-
ing projects in five cities under the
Governments $500, 600, 900 slum clear
ance program.
Nathan Straus, administrator Of the
United States Housing Authority, pre-
sented the contracts to the President
and said he would announce them at
a press conference this afternoon,
when a letter from the President ex-
pressing his approval will be made
public.
Although more than sl6O,000, 900
in U. S. H. A. funds have been ear
marked" for some 140 cities and
towns, expenditures will be authorized
today for the FIRST time.
Mr.. Straus has a number of con-
tracts with other communities which
will be forwarded to the White House,
it was said, either before the Presi-
dent leaves Monday for Warm
Springs, Ga, or imediately after his
return.
The District Of Columbia, it is
known definitely, is not included
among the five cities for which ini-
tial contracts have been approved. An
appropriation Of 1000, 900 for the use
Of the District Alley Dwelling Author
ity Is pending In Congress.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
SUFFRAGE FOR D. C.
IS URGED BY CANS
G. A. 0. Employees Hear Plea at
Dinner for Representation.
Victory Is Predicted.

Representation in Congress for the
District was urged by Isaac Cans,
member of the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board, in an address at the
annual dinner Of General Accounting
Once employees at the Gingham Club
last night.
Turning from the main portion Of
his address. which was devoted to
washington, Past and Present." Mr..
Cans said Washington citizens have
cried out" for the ballot for more than
a century and predicted the fight for
the franchise would continue until it
Is won
Mr.. Cans cited the Districts large
increase in population, its contribu-
tions in the World War and the Lib
erty Loan drives and in Federal taxes.
There have been such marvellous
developments in the National Capital
that it really deserves greater recogni-
ton by Congress and by the Nation as
to its city rights and its citizenship
rights" he declared.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
STARVATION LAID
TO LACK OF RELIEF
Federal Taxpayers Should Give
$4O0, 900, 900 More Yearly,
Congress Is Told.
B. the Associated Press.

B! the Associated Press.
Asserting that people are actually
starving for lack Of adequate direct
relief" q Middle Western welfare on
cial urged Congress today to provide
s4o0 ,00o, 900 yearly for direct payments
to the needy.
F. M. Rarig. jr., executive secretary
of the Ramsey County Wslfare Board
at st. Paul, Mimi, told the Senate
Unemployment Committee that de-
spite tremendous expenditures for
w. p. A. and other forms OF public
assistance, local communities We're
facing bankruptcy because of heavy
direct relief demands.
Herman A. Gray, chairman of the
New York State Unemployment In
surance Advisory Council. told the
committee the present system Of han
ding compensation is cumbersome
complex and confused" He suggested
Fundamentally revision, including q
single Federal tax instead Of the nearly
so different types Of taxes he said were
being collected in the States and the
District Of Columbia, in addition to the
present Federal levy.
Evening star., 1938-03-17

"He walked too close to me and ]
grabbed him, knocking the pistol from
his hand as lunged."
During the scuffie, his assailant
seized q pair Of scissors from a shelf
and jabbed the point toward Mr.
Gouldman's head, cutting him slightly
The scissors fell to the floor as Mr.
Gouldman grabbed them away from
the bandit.
Then. still struggling furiously, Mr..
Gouldman pulled something from the
bandits overcoat pocket and struck his
assailant over the head with 1t. The
weapon was an unopened soft drink
bottle. The bandit staggered back to
the wall and then darted out the door,
his mask falling to the floor as he ran.
The mask appeared to have been
made from piece of striped shirt.
Eye-holes were cut in the cloth, which
had been tied around the hold-up
mans head
Mr. Gouldman, who lives at 900
Crittenden street NV, said he had
SIS in his pocket which the bandit
failed to get
He was working as salesman for an
automobile concern last November
when two men to whom he was DEM
onstrating used car forced him at
pistol point to drive toward Baltimore.
They put him out of the car. exchang-
ing pair of dirty overalls for his
clothes. after picking up two young
girl hitch-hikers on the road near
Laurel.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
new TAX LOOPH0LE
PROBE NOT PLANNED
Treasury Collected $615,947,71S
Income Levies During First
Is Days Of March.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary Morgenthau, satisfied
with March income tax collections,
said today he was not planning an
other tax loophole investigation.
Last year income revenue dropped
$50, ,000, 900 below estimated collections
and Treasury experts conducted an
inquiry which resulted in passage OF
special legislation designed to close
loopholes, especially in personal hold
ing companies.
The Treasury collected s6l5,947,71s
Of income taxes In the first is days OF
March. record-breaking increase Of
18 per cent over the same period last
year.
Secretary Morgenthau said he did
not know what effect, If any, the loop
hole legislation had on the increased
returns Treasury ohicials, however
attributed the increased collections tc
the fast pace Of business during the
hrst eight months Of 1887.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
THREE ARE KILLED
ON SOUTHERN TRIP
D. c. Sports Writer, U. S.
Worker and Woman Die
in Auto Accident.

A Southern vacation trip ended in
death last night for three persons, one
Washington sports writer and
another a Government employe, when
their car smashed into the rear of a
truck loaded with crossties on the
coastal highway near Savannah, Ga.
Those killed were Robert H. Garri-
son, jr., 2l, member Of the sports staff
Of the Post; Earl " Weatherford, SIS,
who worked at the Veterans Adminis-
tration, and the latter's sister, Miss
Marguerite Weatherford, about 80, OF
Baltimore.
The motor of the light sedan was
driven back and the dashboard of the
machine crushed against the two men
riding in the front seat. Miss Weather
ford, apparently riding in the rear seat,
was found jammed between the front
seat and the door post.
=. Attempted to Pass Truck.
The accident occurred, it was re-
ported, when Mr.. Garrison, who was
driving. attempted to pass the truck
and was forced by an approaching car
to turn in sharply.
The three had left Washington
Tuesday night. Mr.. Garrison having
made a last-minute decision to drive
South instead Of going by boat, as he
originally planned. The sports writer
had purposely delayed his vacation last
summer to be able to visit Florida
winter resorts. Mr.. Weatherford and
his sister had planned to visit their
home in Key West.
The bodies were taken to q Ridge
land IS. c. funeral establishment
while the driver of the truck, identi-
fled by an Associated Press dispatch
at Milledge Murdoch of Yemassee
S. C., was held pending an inquest.
Graduate Of Central High.
Mr.. Garrison, native of Newport
News, Va, joined the Post in 1885
after graduating from Central High
School, where he was sports editor
and later Of the school paper.
ASU CAlPAOyCu Ia J1lC CuCuld llO1l
department, he became q police re-
porter and then covered general as
signments before transferring to the
sports department. where he special
lied in college athletics. He had been
studying at George Washington Uni
versity as a part-time student
He was the only son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Holt Garrison, sr.. 1924
Twelfth street NV, with whom he
lived. Mr.. Weatherford also llveu
at that address.
Only q few minor traffic accidents
were reported here and in nearby areas
during the last "a hours.
In one Of them Bernard Cook, IL,
OF 1920 Fairfax street, Alexandria,
was cut about the face when he fell
asleep at the wheel, according to po-
lice, and crashed into three parked
cars on North Washington street,
Alexandria.
In another accident at Fairfax, Va,
Isaac Rhindress, 81, Colvin Run, Va,
suffered serious head injuries when
knocked down by an automobile which
police said was operated by Clarence
c. Rowe, colored, 1900 block Of Eighth
street NV. He was taken to George
town Hospital.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
0VERRULES MOTION
IN MULLEN CASE
Police Board Declines to Strike
Exceptions in Appeal on
Solicitation CHARGE.

The Board Of Police Court Judges
yesterday overruled without preju-
dice" 4 motion to strike . bill Of ex-
ceptions filed by Attorney William E.
Ieahy in the appeal Of Attorney Will
liam P. Mullen. recently suspended
from Police Court practice on 4
charge of soliciting a case. Mr.. Null
len had been accused, along with two
bondsmen. with conspiring with two
professional bondsmen to charge an
excessive bond fee, but was acquitted
on that charge.
A motion to strike the bill of ex-
ceptions was made by Attorney Aus
tin F. Canheld, chairman Of the special
Bar Association Grievance Commit
tee. which prosecuted the cases
against Mr.. Mullen.
1t was charged by Mr.. Canfield
that the bill violated rules Of the
Court OF Appeals in that it presented
too much Of the transcript OF the
case in question and answer" form.
He charged that at least half Of the
bill was IN this form instead of the
narrative, Is required by the appel
late court.
In defense Of the motion Mr.. Leahy
argued the rule permitted question
and answer" form where the narrative
Is impracticable. He contended the
Testimony of the principal committee
witness, Hans Otto Stasch. who is
now serving time on a drivine-Vh
drunk charge, was 50 rambling that it
could only be placed before the ap-
pellate court as carried in the court
record.
Mr.. Canfeld said he would file an
other motion in the Court of Ap-
peals when the record Is received
there
Mr.. Mullen Is permitted under the
law to continue with his practice un-
til the Court Of Appeals acts on his
case.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
HILLTOP IS QUIET
AFTER FLARE-UP
G. U. Officials Smile Off
Student Protest of
Board Charge.

Georgetown University officials re-
ported Everything quiet" this morn
ing At the Hilltop after college
students staged = demonstration in
the quadrangle after dinner last night
and presented . petition demanding .
reduction in board rates.
Since college students are boys with
normal appetities. after all, they
showed no disposition 70 60 on q
'hunger STRIKE" for the dining hall
had no empty places at breakfast.
Coming on the eve Of st. Patrick's
Day, college ofncials were not sur
prised at the demonstration, and the
Rev. John j. Kehoe, S. j.. prefect Of
discipline, to whom the petition was
formally presented. laughed the mat
ter of as lust an amusing incident"
Without doubt, the tableau had heen
planned we'll In advance, for students
began pouring into the quadrangle at
dark.
Other students and teachers watched
the proceedings from dormitory win
dows as red torches flared and The
leaders" harrangued the crowd.
Placards appeared protesting against
the prices charged at the cafeteria
and the petition asserted that the
$500 charged for board and medical
expenses annually was excessive. No
complaint was made against the quail
ity Of the food. however.
College ofncials were not inclined
to take the demonstration seriously.
The Very Rev. Arthur A. OIeary,
8. j., president. to whom the petition
was turned over later, had no state
ment to make other than saying that
the college planned no disciplinary
action.
The demonstration was engaged in
by only portion of the student body
and the Student Council had no part
in it.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
HOLD-UP VICTIMS
INVITED TOL|NE-UP
Representative Schultz Is
Expected to Attempt to
Identify Suspects.

Police today invited l25 victims Of
recent hold-ups and purse e-snatchings
to attend lineup at police head
quarters tonight when 80 "hot' sus-
poets will be paraded before them for
possible Identification.
Representative Schultz of Indiana
is expected to attend the lineup to
attempt to identify two colored sus-
poets, believed by police to have been
among the trio that held him up at
pistol point and robbed him near his
apartment here 10 days ago.
One of the suspects In the Schultz
robbery was released from Lorton Re-
formatory less than three weeks ago,
his three-year robbery sentence cut
short by eight months for good be-
havior.
Many Weeded Out.
inspector Bernard w. Thompson,
chief of detectives, urged those who
have been the victims of bandits re-
Gently to cooperate with the police by
appearing at the lipe-up, which is
scheduled for pm.
Many suspicious characters picked
up by detectives for questioning during
the last few days have been weeded out,
leaving to be paraded in tonight's
lineup only those suspects who, police
have reason to believe, have been ac-
tive in crime here recently.
Intensified activity of the recently
enlarged pickup squad" has resulted
in sharp drop in robberies for the
last several days, Inspector Thompson
pointed out. After publicity attend
ing the first few raids of the pick
up squad" the detectives have found
few suspicious persons on the streets
or in the usual underworld hangouts.
No Let-up in Drive.
Inspector Thompson said he be-
lieved many "hoodlums" had left the
city rather than face the prospect of
relentless police inquisition, while
others apparently had gone into hid
ing here.
There will be no let-up in the drive
to keep undesirable characters of the
streets, the inspector said.
The eight detectives in the pickup
squad cruised the streets last night.
especially on the lookout for hold-up
men or purse snatchers who usually
are most active on rainy, foggy nights,
but found no one to arrest.
Purse Snatching Reported.
One attempted hold-up in which
the intended victim beat of his as
sailant and one purse snatching were
reported during the night. The purse
snatching victim was Mrs. Alice De
Vaughn, $40 Kentucky avenue Sc,
whose pocketbook containing s26 was
taken from her hand by colored man
as she was walking near her home.
Milton Rivers, 5024 Third street
NV, told police s24s.3s in cash and
$l56.65 in checks, all company funds
were stolen from pie company truci.
while it was parked in the first bloc..
of o street NV.