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Evening star., 1938-02-17
WRIGHT AWAITING
FREEDOM VERDICT
Slayer of Wife and Friend
Held Insane at Time
of Shooting.
BY the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 17.-Con-
victed Of manslaughter, yet, paradox
cally, held to be innocent of the slay-
ing of his wife and his best friend
because of temporary insanity. Paul
A. Wright may walk out of court to-
morrow free man
The effect Of a jury's verdict late
yesterday, holding the former airport
executive to have been insane Novem-
Der 9 when he shot Evelyn Wright and
John Kimmel was to exempt Wright
from the penalty for two counts Of
manslaughter-1 to 20 years in prison.
Tried by Same Jury.
The same jury of four women and
eight men who convicted Wright of
manslaughter said they believed he
killed when temporarily deranged
Wright's defense was that he suf-
fered an emotional shock in finding
his wife and Kimmel in what he
claimed was an abnormal embrace.
Today. county lunacy commission
composed of four psychiatrists. will
examine Wright. The commissions
findings will be reported at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning Il pm, Eastern
standard time) to Superior Judge Ben
B. Lindsey. The noted domestic rela-
tions arbiter then will rule on Wright's
status
Examination Formality.
The examination is in the nature of
formality Alienists who observed
Wright during the four weeks of his
trial testified they believe he is sane
now. After announcing the verdict
yesterday. Judge Ingall Bull made this
statement:
1T appears to this court that the
defendant has regained his sanity, but
I remand him to the custody of the
sheriff until his sanity has been de-
cided in the manner prescribed by
law"
Under California law, the jury was
bound to determine Wright's sanity
after convicting him of manslaughter
because of his double plea, innocent
and innocent by reason of insanity.
Wright collapsed after he heard the
jury's verdict and was carried from
the courtroom. He quickly regained
his self-control and returned to pose
smilingly for photographers.
Evening star., 1938-02-17
YourIncome
Tax
No. rs.
Automobile Deductions.

Aut0m0O1le Deductl0nS.
With the number of automobile own
ers registering in the millions, the
question of deductions for the cost Of
operation and maintenance of motor
car frequently arises. The purchase
price Of an automobile, whether it Is to
be used for business or pleasure, cannot
be deducted from gross income. II
used for business, it is a capital ex-
penditure; II used for pleasure, it is q
personal expenditure-both deductions
being expressly prohibited by the in
come-tax law.
Several deductions, however, are
allowable in connection with the cost
Of maintenance and operation Of An
automobile, used either for business or
pleasure. If used exclusively for bus
iness, deductions may be taken for the
cost Of gasoline. oil, repairs. garage
rent, and other necessary operation
and upkeep expenses. Depreciation
based on the cost of the car and its
estimated useful life also is deduct
Fible.
Other deductible items are as fol-
lows: Sums paid during the taxable
year for registration fees, drivers IL
licenses, personal-property tax, and mu-
(picipal taxes; interest on money bor-
owed for the purchase of motor car.
Bther for business or for pleasure;
ss sustained by reason of damage
ile car is being used for business,
yided such loss is not covered by
rance or otherwise; damages paid
injury to another, provided that the
was being used for business at the
and the damage was not covered
Surance or otherwise; and the
It paid for insurance on motor
used for business purposes.
Evening star., 1938-02-17
Absence Mark
OF l~ Days Set
ByDauies in ~
BY the Associated Press. /.

BY the Associated Press.
Records of a congressional commit
tee disclosed today Ambassador JOS
eph E. Davies established something
of a record for absentee diplomacy last
year by being absent from his post at
Moscow for 1879 days.
Representative Bacon, Republican,
Of New York had the State Depart
ment furnish this information to the
House Appropriations Committee be-
cause, he said, Mr.. Davies seems to be
on leave most Of the time"
OF the time Mr.. Davies spent away
from his Embassy, 80 days were at
tributed to Official business. He got
paid for all but 81 of the 199 days he
was absent.
The department reported that the
average leave taken by non-career
ambassadors and ministers las; year
was 20 days. while that Of the career
diplomats was 80 days.
Mr.. Davies, recently transferred to
Brussels as Ambassador to Belgium, is
on his way back to Moscow to wind up
his affairs there after having been on
leave to the United States since No.
vember IS.
Evening star., 1938-02-17
6O.4O D. C. COST
RATIO SUPPORTED
Dahlgren Terrace Citizens Asso.
citation Told U. S. Share
Preposterous.

Strict adherence to the 60-40 ratio
share in District expenditures was
advocated last night by the Dahlgren
Terrace Citizens Association, which
met in the Crosby S. Noyes School.
The resolution, which was drafted
by President Francis j. Mcdonald
and passed unanimously, backs up
the stand of the association several
months ago for less taxation.
Mr.. Mcdonald described the pres
ent Federal share as 'preposterously
low" adding that the District should
not be made to pay such large
percentage in the maintenance Of the
governmental seat when Congress
does not choose to abide by the basic
law which it enacted"
Possibilities of obtaining a COM
plete list of the expenditures neces-
sary in operating local government,
including salaries, equipment, ETC..
will be discussed with the Federation
of Citizens Associations, the Dahl
gren Terrace group decided.
The association opposed salary re-
ductions for public school librarians
and the issuance of liquor, beer or
wine licenses in the Dahlgren Terrace
area.
Mrs. Mary Kingsbury gave a pre-
liminary report on possibilities of Sc
curing larger playground and ten
mis- courts for the Crosby S. Noyes
School,
The Highway Department will be
requested to make Douglas street one
way eastbound and Evarts street one
way westbound from Tenth to Twelfth
streets NE. Street Improvements at
Thirteenth and Franklin streets NE.
will also be asked.
Evening star., 1938-02-17
MAINTENANCE COST
AT SCHOOL SLASHED
Reduction of 63ft Per Person Re.
ported in Comparison With
Last Year.

A reduction of SO per cent last
month in the cost of maintenance per
person at the National Training School
for Girls, as compared with figures for
January of last year, was reported to-
day to the Board of Public Welfare bv
Or. James Lewald, acting superin-
tendent
The average cost per inmate last
month was reported to be 1929 per
day, as compared with s6.33 In Janu.
ary OF last year. The figure for De.
cember. 1887, was s2.53.
Complaint over the per inmate cost
during the past year was voiced by
Chairman Collins of the House Dis
trict Subcommittee on Appropriations
during recent hearings on the proposed
1889 budget. At that time welfare
officials predicted the cost would be
reduced as the population of the in
stltutlon was increased. They said
today it was possible there would be a
still further reduction in the cost per
inmate
The daily average population of the
school last year was %, as compared
with II In 1886 and 80 in 1895. Last
month the average daily population
was IS.
Evening star., 1938-02-17

been found to have been in poor con-
dition, he stated. The bill had the
approval OF the American Automobile
Association.
On the back of the New Jersey in
spection card, which will be copied
here with necessary changes, the fol-
lowing appears:
The following is worth reading care
fully:
You are hereby notified that the
Department of Motor Vehicles has
found it necessary to reject the motor
vehicle displaying the registration
number appearing on the reverse side.
The items causing rejection are in
dicated by punch marks in the parallel
vertical columns on the reverse side.
The numbers in the one column refer
to the correspondingly numbered para
graphs in the inspection requirements.
A copy of the requirements may be
had at any State Inspection Station
or at any Motor Vehicle Agency.
Please keep this card nat and clean
do not fold it. This card is your
receipt for any inspection fee paid and
must be presented fiat and in good
condition when vehicle for which card
was issued is brought back for REIN
spection.
The motor vehicle inspection law
reads in part as follows:
If such inspections disclose the
necessity for adjustments, corrections
or repairs, it shall be incumbent upon
the owner of said motor vehicle to
Evening star., 1938-02-17

have such adjustments, corrections or
repairs made within the period de-
signated by the commissioner of motor
vehicles"
The designated period is within
seven CD days from the date on the
reverse side and within such period
the repaired motor vehicle must be
presented again for inspection at the
inspection station, the address of
which appears on the reverse side.
Among the reasons why this period
was set at seven days, the following
should be manifestly apparent:
/. 1t is not desirable to permit the
continued operation of a vehicle found
to be unsafe.
2. In order to avoid congestion at
the inspection stations and resultant
delay to owners and drivers and since
there are 100000 vehicles to be ex-
amined during the inspection period,
1T is imperative that a definite quota
OF vehicles be inspected every week.
The necessary adjustments, correc-
tons or repairs may be made by any
person and at any place. The depart
ment does not do any such work nor
will the department indicate as to how
or where such work should be done.
The commissioner OF motor vehicles
aims to render a service which will
leave no cause for complaint. Sug-
gestions and constructive criticism will
be welcomed. Station supervisors and
station employees wear badges display
ing a number by which they may be
identified. Any complaints should be
made Immediately to the station su-
pervisor; supplemented later if neces-
sary in writing to the commissioner of
motor vehicles. A. w. MAGEE,
Commissioner.
Penalty-The motor vehicle inspec-
ton law provides that any person who
violates such law or fails to conform
to its provisions shall be subject to a
fine not exceeding one hundred dol
lars (sl00. In addition such person
may suffer the revocation Of his regis
tration.
Evening star., 1938-02-17

pOrtanC pieces OF legislation Uetueo
by the District.
"You can't compromise with
racket like this" Mr.. Dirksen said.
If you tolerate it, the first thing you
know it's running the whole commu-
nifty. That's the history Of such
rackets.
"Of all cities in the country, Wash
ington should be the last in which
such a condition is allowed. Our Ma
tional Capital should be . model Of
law enforcement instead Of city
where illegal rackets flourish.
Get Rich on Suckers.
"The racketeers who run the num-
bers fatten OH the nickels. dimes and
quarters OF horde Of suckers. They
get rich. They become increasingly
influential. They're criminal gangs.
The only way to deal with them is to
smash them completely. There's no
use trying halfway measures.
What we need in the District is
law with more teeth, giving the au-
thorities more power to raid numbers
places and to prosecute those RESPONSE
bic for the racket. We also need more
severe penalties. We've got to send
those fellows to Jail to make any head
way against the racket. Fines are
nothing to big-time racketeers, even
$500 or 81 ZOO fines. They simply pay
them and go on running their rackets.
I'VE have a serious crime situation
in Washington, and Congress should
take steps to correct 1t. One Of the
first things We should do is to put the
numbers game out of business.
If the bill pending before the
House District Committee is what the
prosecuting authorities need, I'll fight
for It,"
Hopes for Definite Action.
! Mr.. Dirksen said he hoped to see
some definite action against the num-
bers at an early meeting Of the COM
mittee.
The illinois Representative made the
fourteenth member Of the committee
TO come OFT for anti-numbers legis-
lation. There are 20 members.
Three Of the committee have been
Evening star., 1938-02-17
CUMMINGS INDORSES
WAR.ON- N-CRIME PLAN
Program of Washington Criminal
Justice Association Wins At
torney Generals Praise.

Attorney General Homer Cummings
today gave his official support to the
program of the Washington Criminal
Justice Association, which has
launched campaign to raise $4,000
here in. its war against crime.
In a letter to James Nolan. man
aging director of the association, At
torney General Cummings said:
Il think you and your associates
are taking up task of the highest
importance to the Well-being of the
District of Columbia
You are approaching the crime
problem with firmness and intelli-
gence.
your program warrants the earnest
support of the well-disposed people of
this community"
Already $4,000 has been raised
toward the goal of $35,000, it was an
nounced at a meeting of volunteer
workers yesterday afternoon at the
Willard Hotel. The fund had been
obtained through efforts of an "ad-
vance" committee.
Speakers at the meeting included
Clarence Phelps Dodge, chairman of
the campaign; Mr.. Nolan, and James
NJ Hepbron Of Baltimore, adviser
to the. association.
Evening star., 1938-02-17
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Appropriation - House considers
1899 supply bills for State, Labor, JUS
tice and Commerce Departments.
Noon.
Anti-lynching - Southern Senators
continue f1libuster. Noon.
Naval-Rear Admiral Dubose ex-
plains details of expansion program to
House Committee, 10 am.
Merchant marine-Senate commit
tee hears Joseph Curran, labor leader,
10 am.
Wage-hour-House committee con-
siders bill to set labor standards, 10
am.
Rails-Senate committee resumes
inquiry into rail financing, 10 am.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
May debate $3.50, ,000,0 900 relief bill;
II not. anti-lynching filibuster will
continue.
judiciary Subcommittee hearing on
District Of Columbia judges bill, ex-
ecutive, 10 am.
Education and Labor Committee
hearing on merchant marine, execu-
tive, 10 am.
Interstate Commerce Committee
hearing on railroad finance legislation,
10 am.
House:
Continues debate on State, Justice.
Commerce and Labor appropriation
bill.
subcommittee Of Appropriations
Committee continue hearings on War
and Agriculture supply bill, 10 am.
Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee Of Dis
trict Committee resumes hearinss "a
revenue bill, 10 am. "
Evening star., 1938-02-17
HULL MAKES PLAN
FOR COOPERATION
Calls 1t Only "PeacefuI Way
Ont" of Troubled World
Conditions.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Secretary of State Hull has informed
Congress that widespread adoption OF
a policy Of economic cooperation and
maintenance Of international law af-
forded the only peaceful way out" Of
troubled world conditions.
His statement came during a House
Appropriations Subcommittee hear
ings on the State Departments 1889
appropriation bill
To-day we see IN many countries
nothing except the most trouble breed
ing methods Of trading and wild run
away races in ornaments" Secretary
Hull said.
"A widespread increase in unemploy-
ment can be expected in many foreign
countries as funds and credits to create
more ornaments become exhausted.
People will have no work with this
unsound economic structure, wholly
helpless to meet that situation, we
may find an economic collapse coming
on in certain regions with all of its
attendant repercussions on us.
With the foregoing there goes the
hope that in the meantime a military
catastrophe may be avoided. ..
I'VE see no plan pointing toward the
restoration of conditions of peace and
economic we'll being for the peoples
except that provided by this program
tthe 16-point program of economic CO.
operation he issued last summer), and
unless it is carried forward very ex-
peditiously, 1t may be too late because
either a military explosion or an eco
nomic collapse in due time may take
place. judging, in the light of past ex-
perience. from the wholly unsound and
dislocated conditions in various parts
Of the world"
Evening star., 1938-02-17
SALVATION ARMY SETS
GOAL FOR COLLECTIONS
$4,000 Bundles of Clothing and
5000 Pieces of Furniture
Needed to Meet Demands

At least 10000 bundles of clothing
and 5000 pieces of furniture must be
collected by the Salvation Army Mems
Social Service Department in its drive
March 7 to 19 if the budget require
ments for the ensuing year are to be
met, 1t was announced today.
Demands for assistance have been
steadily increasing at all the Salvation
Army's branches as the result of the
present business recession, officials
declared.
Nothing short of an immediate
response on the part of the general
public will enable the Salvation Army
to maintain its program, it was said.
The March drive has been indorsed
by the District Commissioners. A
statement issued by the army officials
asserted further that the employment
OF 80 persons each day depends on the
success of the campaign.
Evening star., 1938-02-17
TRIAL Of NOLAN
DRAWS TO. CLOSE
Testimony In False Pre-.
tense Case Expected To
Be Concluded Today.

Testimony in the lengthy District
Court trial of William J. Nolan, head
of the bankrupt Nolan Motor Co., is
expected to be concluded late today,
attorneys predicted this morning.
Nolan and his former aide. Benja-
min D. Jenkins are charged with
is cases of false pretenses and one
Of conspiracy to commit false pre-
lenses. They are alleged to have dis
counted conditional sales contracts for
identical automobiles with both the
Munsey Trust Co. and the Universal
Credit Co.. thereby defrauding the
latter concern of some 100000. His
defense is that R. M. Sigwald, local
manager for Universal Credit, knew
the contracts had been placed with
the trust company and considered the
deal a refinancing operation.
Defense Offers Letter.
In support Of this theory the de-
tense offered a letter written on
Universal Credit Co. stationery and
allegedly bearing Mr. Sigwald's sigma
ture, which it contends shows the
latter knew about the contracts at
the Munsey Trust Co., thereby dis
proving the Governments contention
that Nolan made false representa-
tions to the credit concern.
The authenticity of this letter was
the focal point of all testimony yes
terday Samuel F. Pickering, Federal
Bureau of Investigation technical eX-
pert was the star witness for the
Government, testifying that the two
parts of the letter. which have been
bound together with tape, were not
written on the same typewriter. are
not the same size and vary slightly
In color when viewed beneath violet
light
A violet light machine was set up in
a dark room of the courthouse and
the jury taken there to see for them
selves the alleged difference.
The defense countered with testi-
mony by Ira NJ. Gulhckson, District
police photographer and document
expert, who said his tests showed the
two parts of the letter were of the
same quality paper. He said chemi-
cal changes during storage of the
document might account for the diff
ferences under the violet light. He
said the variation in width might
be caused by the cutting process used
in the manufacture of the paper, and
that the tipping showed no dis
crepancies.
He was to be cross-examined this
morning by Assistant United States
Attorney John j. Wilson.
Evening star., 1938-02-17

non-committal and three others, in
cluding Chairman Palmisano, are op-
posed to the bill which passed the
Senate year ago and has been pend
ing before the committee ever since.
Mr.. Dirksen and several other men,
bers of the committee were attending
q hearing by their Fiscar Relations
Subcommittee on the District tax bill
yesterday and were unable to appear
for the regular meeting Of the House
District Committee.
With only Chairman Palmisano and
Representative Randolph, Democrat,
Of West Virginia present for the COM
mittee meeting, the chairman deferred
setting date for the hearing on the
gambling legislation which he has
promised to hold.
The hearing is expected to be set
next Wednesday for an early date. The
legislation Is expected to be urged by
Acting United States Attorney David
A. Pine. Police Supt. Ernest w. Brown
and other onlcials.
Evening star., 1938-02-17
Uncle Sam Places
Every Operator of
Steam Shovels

So well has the United States
Employment Service functioned
in some instances, Secretary Of
Labor Perkins told q House Ap-
propriations Committee during
hearings on the supply bill for
that department, that at one time
in the past two years there was
not q single known steam shovel
operator unemployed In the coun-
try.
"They had been sent from
Minnesota to Texas and from
California to Colorado" she said.
"They had been sent all over the
country in response to the de-
mand for steam-shovel operators.
It is, Of course, q highly respon-
-sible and specialized trade"
Evening star., 1938-02-17
GUNS HELD TAKEN
ROMMEM0R|ALS
Hoover Tells House Group
Brady Gang Used Such
Weapons.

Gangland has taken an interest in
war memorials, not because Of any
sentimental urge, but because they
provide source of rearmament, ac-
cording to j. Edgar Hoover, director
of the Federal Bureau OF Investiga-
ton.
The head G-man told a House ap-
preparations subcommittee that some
Of the machine guns used by the
Brady gang, with whom F. B. I. agents
fought fatal gun battle at Bangor.
Me, some weeks ago, had been stolen
from public monuments.
They took them of the monu-
ments, had them repaired and we're
using them" Mr. Hoover testified.
In the Bangor battle special squad
of sharpshooting agents shot it out
with members of the gang, fatally
wounding Al Brady, leader, and Clar-
ence Shaffer. jr.. co-leader, and cap
turing James Dalhover. Gang bull
lets slightly wounded Special Agent
Walter Walsh.
ATmUflcS are source.
Another fruitful source of arms for
underworld gangs, Mr.. Hoover. de-
.clared, is the National Guard armory.
Since January l. 1888, to January /,
1888, he said. 1928 guns and 36l, ,S0l
rounds of ammunition have been
stolen from armories. A total Of 1871
of these guns and 253,6l0 rounds OF
ammunition have been recovered.s
There were rs such robberies in
1888, he stated, 80 in 1884, 81 in
1885, rs in 1886 and 81 in 1887.
AS a protection against gangster
guns the F. B. I. director asked Con-
gress to appropriate $4,000 for two
armored automobiles of lighter type
than the two already owned by the
! bureau. The heavier cars, he ex-
planned, have proved to be cumber-
some Two cars of the lighter type
have been ordered for testing pur-
poses, he said. The armored cars
are used in emergency raiding opera
tions.
Because the underworld is so well
armed, Mr.. Hoover said, it is neces-
sary to keep all G-men well trained
in the use of all types of guns, in
cluding the Thompson submachine
gun. the automatic rifle, the auto
matte shotgun and the gas gun.
He said 1903 per cent of the bu-
reau's 618 agents have qualified as
expert marksmen, 1045 per cent as
sharpshooters and $50 per cent as
marksmen.
Increase in Serious Crimes.
Mr.. Hoover said bureau statistics
showed per cent increase in seri-
Gus crimes during the first three
quarters of 1887. simultaneously
work of the bureau has increased
along all lines, resulting in much
overtime work in Washington and in
the field He said this overtime work
was deplorable, but could not be
avoided in view of the mounting bur-
den of work. In response to ques-
tions by members of the committee
Mr. Hoover disclosed that substan-
tial increase in agents and clerks
would be necessary to catch up with
6,747 unassigned cases.
Advanced methods of crime detec-
ton are aiding the Government to
outwit the criminal, the committee
was advised. Intensive investigation,
increased use of scientific evidence
and other factors enabled the G-men
to obtain convictions in 9467 per cent
of cases taken to court.
Mr.. Hoover declared that SO per
cent Of persons indicted on F. B. I.
evidence pleaded guilty when brought
to court.