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Evening star., 1938-07-23
Youth Admits
Writing Letter
Demanding $35
(Story on Page A-1.)

A charge Of attempted extortion was
lodged today against 19-year-old Ed
ward S. Burgess, first block Of K
street NV, after he admitted, accord
ing to police, that he tried to obtain
s35 from jewelry store manager by
means of threatening note yester-
day.
The youth at first had claimed that
the note which he handed to Mrs
Lillian M. Rector. manager of Tribby's
Jewelry Store, 619 Seventh street NV,
was given to him by three strangers
whom he had met at Fourteenth and
K streets NV. After questioning, he
confessed writing the letter, authori-
ties said
Burgess allegedly handed Mrs. Rec
tor q letter which said:
you and your brat are both being
watched, so one false move and there
will be funeral in few days Put
$35 in this envelope and put this let
ter with it or you and your store will
be demolished. Put your hand on a
telephone and an innocent boy will
be dead"
The note was signed Ace"
After reading the letter, Mrs. Rec
tor walked to the door and hailed q
policeman, who arrested Burgess.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
SYNAGOGUE DEDICATION
SCHEDULED IN AUGUST
Beth Sholom Structure Rites Set
for August 14-To Contain
School.

The Beth Sholom Synagogue, being
erected at Eighth and Shepherd streets
NV, will be dedicated at 2 pm. on
August IA.
The building has a seating capacity
Of 900 and a social hall that will ac-
commodate $50. It is conditioned
and is equipped with loud speakers.
1t will contain Talmud Torah, the
largest single Hebrew school in the
city.
On completion, the building will
mark the realization of the cherished
hope Of the Har Zion and Voliner
Sfard congregations, which were COM
bined year ago to form the new
congregation.
s. Feldman is president of the con-
gregation and G. Kay, president of
the Talmud Torah.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
MRS. P. c. ADAMS
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Wife of Prominent Architect Here
Was British Born-Funeral
Monday,

Mrs. Amy Elizabeth Adams, wife Of
Percy c. Adams, prominent architect
of this city, died yesterday in the Oil
City Hospital, Oil City, Pa, according
to word received here. She had been
in the hospital several weeks.
A native of Manchester, England,
Mrs. Adams came to this country
when a child with her parents, the
late DR.. and Mrs. Thomas Farmer.
She was affiliated with many chari-
table organizations in Washington.
She had been a director for many
years of the Episcopal Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital.
Mrs. Adams was member OF the
Church of the TRANSPORTATION, the
Twentieth Century Club and the Eng
disappearing Union.
Besides her husband. she Is survived
by a daughter, Mrs. Thomas Franklin
Stewart, and a son, Thomas Edwip
Adams, both of this city; two grand
children, Thomas Franklin Stewart.
jr, and Edith seep Stewart, and three
sisters, Mrs. Joseph McAlroy Bell.
of Bobinson, H.; Mrs. Charles Frank
lin Fuller of Winnetka, ILL.,, and Mrs.
Arthur F. Seep of Oil City.
Funeral services will be held at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Seep
in Oil City, at II am. Monday.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
MURDER CHARGES
FACED BY THREE
Man and 2 Women Held for
Trial in Shooting of Port
Republic Farmer.
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
PRINCE FREDERICK, Nd, July
23.-Four months in jail and trial on
charges of murder faced two young
women and 24-year-old man today
following a preliminary hearing into
the fatal shooting Of William Warren
CAN'T, Port Republic farmer.
The three, Walter Stinnett, "a,
Drum Point; Mrs. Margaret Abel, 1S;
Dowell, and Mrs. Evelyn A. Bajowski
Baltimore, yesterday were ordered held
without bond for trial at the November
term of the Calvert County Circuit
Court.
Before a crowd Of 300 spectators,
the trio sat silently while known de-
tails of the shooting were presented
before Justice w. w. Duke. State
police returned the trio to the Balti-
more City Jail after Mr.. Dukes ruling
that they be held without bond.
Mr.. CAN'T, an eccentric bachelor,
was shot five times and his body left
near the tenant shack on his farm
near Port Republic.
Benjamin Hance and John B. Gray,
jr., attorneys for Mrs. Abel and Stin-
nett, respectively, argued vainly that
statements credited to the defendants
should be introduced or the three
released because Of lack of evidence.
States Attorney Arthur Dowell con-
tended, and was upheld by Justice
Duke, that sufficient evidence was pre-
sented without the statements.
Corpl. Charles w. Magaha Of the
State. police testified that at Fred
ericksburg, Va, near where the three
were arrested. they made statements
admitting completely in the shooting.
Edward Bowens, Port Republic store
keeper, testified that prior to the
Shooting, Mr.. CAN'T made several pur-
chases in his store, and exhibited three
checks and a bank roll containing
several $100 bills.
David Elliott, Baltimore attorney,
has been engaged to- represent Mrs.
Batowski, who was originally named
on warrant as Mrs. Bette Bierer.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
RICHMOND MAN HURT
IN ACCOTINK CRASH
Automobile Struck by Hit-and-
Run Machine and Hurled
Into Trucks Path.

James Wootton, 81, of Richmond, Va,
suffered serious injuries to the head
and shoulder today when an automo-
bile in which he was riding was struck
by a hit-and-run machine throwing
his car in front of an oncoming truck
near Accotink, Va.
The machine was virtually de-
molished, police said, while the truck
was forced off the road some 40 feet
by the impact. No one else was re-
ported injured. He was treated at the
Alexandria, Va. Hospital.
Miss Doris Deal, 10, of Richmond,
was said by police to be the driver Of
the car in which Mr.. Wootton was rid
ing. They listed the truck operator as
D. B. Harley, Is, of Lawtey, Fla.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
MITCHELL URGES
W|DEN|NCOF BASE
A. F. G. E. Asked to Support
Bill to Broaden Civil
Service.

Bespeaking the support Of the
American Federation of Government
Employees for legislation to be intro
duced in the next Congress to put
under civil service positions now
exempt by law, Harry B. Mitchell,
president of the Civil Service Commis-
sion, last night declared the enact
ment of such legislation is vital"
Mr. Mitchell spoke at a meeting Of
the District Department, A. F. G. E.,
discussing some of the aspects of the
executive order issued last month by
President Roosevelt, which will extend
civil service to thousands of positions.
Ramspeck Sponsors Bill.
The proposed legislation will be
complementary to this order, being de-
signed to reach positions which the
President is not empowered to blanket
into the merit system because of speci-
fled statutory prohibitions. Among
these are many of those IN the New
Deal agencies.
1t is to be introduced by Repre-
sentative Ramspeck. Democrat, Of
Georgia, chairman of the House Civil
Service Committee, whose previous bill
to accomplish this died in the last
Congress.
Returns Made Slowly.
Mr.. Mitchell told the A. F. G. E. 1t
will be some time before results of
President Roosevelt's order, which is
to be effective February /, can be ap-
praised adequately. He said Govern
ment agencies are making returns
slowly on circular sent around ask
ing what positions they propose to
keep in an exempt status, but that
the commission was gratified at the
tendency to keep these exemptions at
a minimum.
The commission head emphasized
the importance of President Roose-
velts reform program in building up
the promotion system in the Govern
ment, and urged that the employees
strive for the maximum efficiency in
their work.
Workers at the Agricultural De-
partment Experimental Station at
Beltsville yesterday urged on the de-
partment to bring them under civil
service in accordance with the Presi-
dents order.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
GROUP IS NAMED
TOSTUDY BONDING
Plan to Coordinate Efforts
of the District and Police
Courts.

District Court Justice Jesse c. Ad-
kins yesterday named committee
to make recommendations to co-ordi-
nate efforts of District Court and
Police Court to regulate the activities
of professional bondsmen
At present. there is no adequate
supervision Of bondsmen and only in
Police Court are they restricted in
the amount Of bonds each may write.
The bonding situation has been the
subject of considerable criticism by
law enforcement agencies, notably the
Washington Criminal Justice Associ-
alton.
Members Of Committee.
The committee was appointed at the
request of Walter F. Bramhall, chief
clerk of the Police Court, who con-
ferred with Justice Adkins on the mat
ter several weeks ago. In addition to
Mr.. Bramhall, those on the commit
tee are Assistant United States At
torney Harry Underwood, Col. Charles
E. Stewart, clerk OF District Court;
William Adkins, clerk Of the Criminal
Court.
1t was understood appointment OF
the committee did not result from any
recent complaints against bondsmen,
but was the 'outgrowth of efforts be-
gun more than a year ago to protect
courts and public against the posi-
bility Of abuses in the writing of bonds
Present Procedure.
In Police Court, a bondsman can
write bonds only in sum aggregating
twice the total of his assets There
is no such restriction in the District
Court or before the United States
commissioner, however, and assets
pledged in Police Court may be used
as basis for bonds before the other
tribunal. Similarly, bonds written in
District Court or before the commits
sioner do not affect the assets of the
bondsman in the Police Court because
there is no coordination between the
tribunals that would enable officials to
determine the financial status OF
bondsmen.
1t was indicated the committee will
spend some weeks investigating the
situation before making report to
Justice Adkins.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
LAST STEP TAKEN
FOR WASHINGTON
PARKWAY START
Boulevard Contract Award
Announced by Bureau of ;
Public Roads.
ACTUAL WORK BEGINS
IN WEEK OR 10 DAYS
Construction of Unit Will Be
Carried on With Funds From
National Parks Office.

The final step toward actual con.
struction of the first unit of the long
sought George Washington Memorial
parkway was taken today with tho
announcement by the Bureau of Pub
lie Roads Of an award of contract to
Corson e. Gruman Co. for construc-
ton of double boulevard, trails and
other items along the Virginia shore
of the Potomac River between Coz
lumbia Island and Key Bridge at
Rosslyn.
OfIcers of the company announced
today that they will move grading
machinery and steam shovels into the
area in preparation for starting work
under their $89,688 contract within q
week or 10 days. A. c. Millb-ook has
been appointed superintendent in
charge Of construction.
Funds From Parks Office.
Regarded as one of the important
local development projects of the
year. since it marks the opening of
actual construction of the parkway
which eventually is to extend from
Mount Vernon to Great Falls, the
construction of unit l of the George
Washington Memorial parkway is to
be carried on with funds allocated by
the Office of National Capital Parks,
National Park Service
The project calls for paving of a
fraction under l mile of double boule-
ward highway and for incidental work.!
including bride paths and trails. The
first stage of the construction pro-
gram calls for excavation of approx.
mately $4,000 cubic yards Of earth.
Boulevards to Connect.
The new boulevard will connect with
the Lee boulevard and the Mount
Vernon boulevard at the shore end
of the present temporary bridge across
Boundary Channel from Columbia
Island and at the other end with the
Lee highway at the Virginia end OF
Key Bridge.
Efforts now are being made to raise
funds in Arlington County for the
purchase of land for unit Of the
parkway, extending from Key Bridge
to Spout Run Valley and up this
valley to Lorcom lane west OF Double
day Bridge over Spout Run at North
Uhle street. The Federal Govern
ment has 100000 available. which
must be matched by a similar sum
from the State and county govern
ments, to purchase lands in unit z,
The Virginia General Assembly ale
ready has set aside its $4,000, to be
matched by Arlington County.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
VAN DUzER WARNS
OF USING OLD TIRES
Heat of Pavements Makes Worn
Castings Dangerous, Traffic
Director Says. : :,

Calling attention to the fact old
tires are more apt to blow out when
operated on pavements heated by q
summer sun, w. A. Van Duzer, di-
rector of traffic. today called on the
motoring public to discard tires from
which the rubber tread has been worn.
Mr.. Van Duzer said Statistics show
substantial reduction in accidents
can be brought about by arousing the
motoring public to the necessity Of
having their cars equipped at all times
with safe tires"
The traffic director pointed out that
more accidents from unsafe tires re.
suit between June and October than
at any other time Of the year because
of "the tremendous heat generated by
high temperatures and hot roads,
Evening star., 1938-07-23
POLICE WILL START
CHECK ON PARKING
Enforcement Begins Monday on
Building Line Restriction,
Holmes Warns.

Enforcement will begin Monday Of
a parking regulation put into effect
May 2, Inspector William E. Holmes
Of the Trahic Division announced late
yesterday.
The new law forbids parking be-
tween the intersection of the curb lines
and point 20 feet back of the build
ing line, that point not to be more than
so feet from the curb intersection.
The marking of curbs with three
yellow lines now has been completed.
The public has had sufficient time, In
spector Holmes declared, to be aware
Of the new regulation.
The fne for violation Will be the
same - for other parking violations.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
TOWN HAS. SURPLUS

TAKOMA PARK, Md, July % (Spe-
ciaD The town Of Takoma Park took
in $66,669 and spent $63,226 during
the past fiscal year, according to the
report of j. Wilson Dodd, town treas
urer, filed yesterday.
General taxes brought in S50.644
and special assessments, $8,058. The
largest expenditure was for street
maintenance, $15,826. Other items
were $11,966 for collection of trash,
ashes and garbage, and street lights;
police, $6,377; parks and Fairgrounds,
$2,025; and fire protection, $4,000.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
DISTRICT TRAFFIC
CLAIMS 4TH CHILD
VICTIM IN WEEK
David Marshall Mockabee Is
Crushed Between Truck
and Auto.
DRIVER is ARRESTED
ON DRUNKEN CHARGE
13 of 40 Killed on Streets So Far
This Year Have Been
Youngsters.

The fourth child victim of trafic
accidents in the past week died yes
terday afternoon at Providence Hos
pital. despite valiant efforts to save
his life through blood transfusions.
The victim was 12-year-old David
Marshall Mockabee, GIG L street Sc,
who was crushed between an ice truck
parked in front of his home and an
automobile driven, police said. by WAL
ter Jackson, 27, colored, of 624 B
street Sc.
The child's mother, Mrs Emma
Mockabee. was among a number of
persons who offered their blood for the
transfusions
Young Mockabee died about 2:30
pm. A companion, Edwin Schneider,
is, Of 337 D street S E., was inside the
ice truck when the accident occurred.
He was thrown to the ground and
suffered scalp cuts.
Driver Is Arrested.
Police arrested Jackson as the oper-
ator of the death car and charged him
with driving while drunk. He was held
for coroner's inquest, the time of
which will be set later.
The Mockabee boys death was the
49th traffic fatality so far this year
1t occurred less than "a hours after
9-year-old Robert Williams, 1902
Forty-third street NV, was killed by
an automobile near his home while
riding a sled on wheels"
Alarmed hu hinh s,,
child fatalities during the first six
and half months of 1888, Inspector
William E. Holmes, in charge of traffic
enforcement, issued special instruc-
tons to patrolmen last night
The patrolmen were told to halt
children riding bicycles double or
riding scooters or wagons in the street
The officers also were ordered to
take the names of children who seemed
in danger and to notify their parents.
Thirteen Children Killed.
Thirteen children under Is have
been killed in Washington by auto
mobiles since January l. or more than
26 per cent of the total number OF
deaths.
Meanwhile, coroner's jury which
Investigated two traffic deaths yester-
day ordered a man and a woman held
for Police Court under the negligent
homicide act The two held were
drivers of cars which collided at Long
fellow street and Georgia avenue NV
on July T. Vincent j. Casey, 81, of
1925 Fifteenth street NV. was killed
in the accident.
Tho drivers were Mrs. Susie Jean
Gelder, %, of 1925 Fifteenth street
NV, operator of the car in which Mr..
Casey was passenger, and John w.
Everett, 26, Of 618 Rittenhouse street
NV. They were leased on $500 bonds
each.
The same jury absolved hewitt
Vanhook, A, colored, of oil Morgan
street NV. of blame in the death
of 3-year-old Joseph Lee Davis of
122 E street Sc. The child was
struck Wednesday while crossing the
street in front of his home by Bu-
reau of Fisheries truck operated by
Vanhook
Evening star., 1938-07-23
FIREARMS ACT TO GIVE
U. S. CRIME WAR WEAPON
Measure Effective July 80 Bars
Sale Of Gune to One Indicted
in Crime of Violence.

By the Associated Press.
Federal agents will have q new
weapon against crime when the Cope
land Firearms Act goes into eject
July 80.
The measure, which President Roose-
velt signed June 80, a fortnight after
Senator Copeland's death, is designed
to regulate the movement Of firearms
in interstate commerce.
1t requires all firearms manufac-
turers and dealers to obtain licenses
from the Bureau of Internal Revenue
and prohibits interstate shipment Of
firearms to any person convicted Of.
or indicted in connection with, .
crime Of violence, or to any person
lacking State permit If such permits
are required.
The measure also prohibits ship
ment or receipt Of . stolen frearm
through channels Of interstate COM
merce.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
BEET DISEASE BEATEN

BRAWLEY, Calf. (R.-Imperial
Valley farmers, thwarted by plant dis
ease in their first attempt to raise
sugar beets, will dig up 120,0oo-ton
crop this year.
Six thousand acres of Imperial VAL
ley, the largest irrigated area In the
Nation, are now under sugar beet
cultivation.
The valleys farmers attempted to
raise sugar beets 10 years ago, but
lost the crop through disease. Through
experimentation, q beet was obtained
that is resistant to the disease which
wiped out the earlier crop.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
Navy Lets Contracts.

The Navy announced yesterday
award Of contracts for construction
Of four torpedo boat destroyers, two
to be built by the Bath Iron Works
Corp, Bath, Me-. and two by the
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.,
Kearny, N. J.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED
Kappa Beta Pi Sorority to Give
Term at National q.

Omicron Chapter OF Kappa Beta Pi
International Legal Sorority is offer
ing three-year scholarship in law at
National University to girl high
school graduate interested in studying
law.
The selection Is based on scholastic
standing, personality and financial
conditions, according to Mrs. Vera w.
Rhine, chairman of the Scholarship
Committee,
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-03-04


The remains of Michael swartz
who died in Baltimore. were
brought here to the residence of
Mrs. David Smith, on East Wash
ington street, from which place
the funeral was held, with inter
ment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Wedding Bells: On Wednesday.
March IS, in the Lutheran Church
at Bakersville, by Rev. E. H.
Jones, DR.. V. M. Reichard to Miss
Fannie Line, both of Fairplay; on
Wednesday, March 26, at the resi-
dence of the brides father. South
Potomac st, by Rev. J. B. Stitt,
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Wise and
Miss Anna c. Scheuler, both of
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-03-04

"Only a Farmers Daughter"
was thrilling dramatic creation
billed for the Academy of Music.
The Philadelphia Ledger carried
a very complimentary story of
the presentation of the play in
that city.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-03-04
MAKE GOOD WIVES

A lady telephone operator in
India asserts that telephone girls
make good wives because they
come to understand men. She
says: The telephone girl has no
Illusions about men. After two or
three years at telephone ex-
change, she has dealt with men
OF all sorts, in all manner of
moods. She can tell by the tone
Of your voice whether you have
just had a raise in salary or
whether you are suffering from
the morning after. Whatever
your mood, she has learned al
ways to be patient and polite"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-03-04
BY THE OLD LAMPLIeHTER

ness. Henry Ward Beecher
finds the climate of the South
more congenial than it was %
years ago. - Although all roads
announce 81 as the rate from
Cincinnati to New York, it is
said that tickets were sold on
March %, 1885 in Cincinnati for
81. = Sylvia Hammond, a Spring
field, III. maiden OF Is, has been
masQuefading for three years in
boys attire. - There are two
pairs of whiskers in the Cabinet,
two smooth faces and three isoIat-
ed mustaches.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-03-04

W. F. Finger & Co. were clos
ing out their store.-Clapp's Jun
ior Hall Cheap Store, advertised
10000 notions OF every conceiv-
able character and their store as
the Cheapest Spot on Earth"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-03-04
LARGE BIBLE CLASS

Two hundred and eleven men
were present in the Mems Bible
Glass at St. PauIs U. B. Sunday
School last Sunday A Blue and
Red contest for attendance is on,
terminating on Easter.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-03-04

The Princess Beatrix, daughter of
Crown Princess Juliana and Prince
Bernhard of The Netherlands, pic
tured in the arms of her father, a
few days following her birth at The
Hague.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-03-04
BLIZZARD IN HISTORY

The most destructive blizzard
in history swept the North At
lantic States on March u. 1885.
Boston, New York and Phila-
delphia were cut off from all
direct communication with each
other except by long distance
telephone lines. All telephone
lines in New York City itself
went down.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-03-04

No Russian today is safe. Even
on an Arctic ice floe, he is in con-
slant danger of being liquidated.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-03-04

Maryland Matters: The best
candy is selling in Oakland for
13c per pound.-The Grand Coun-
Gil Of the Royal Arcanum report
ed 20 subordinate councils and q
823 members in this State.-This
has been a winter Of marked and
sudden OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a
visit from the cholera. the com
missioners of the towns of Easton
and st. Michaels, Talbot county.
as precautionary measures, have
passed ordinances prohibiting the
rearing Of hogs within the corpor-
ate limits.-B. F. Shriver & Co.'S
cannery at Westminster will be
operated the coming season.