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Evening star., 1938-03-07

0SNAA0 AASAONAA0At
as head Of the squad.
The squads special mission Is to
arrest men and women suspected of
committing crimes, those known as
notorious criminals here or elsewhere
and any other suspicious characters.
Prisoners not wanted on any other
charges will be prosecuted for vag-
rancy in an effort to keep them on the
streets as crime preventive measure,
police ofncials said.
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superin-
tendent Of police, who announced en-
larsement Of the pickup squad from
two to eight men after q long series
Of conferences with other command
ing officers, planned to confer this
afternoon with Corporation Counsel
Elwood H. Seal on measures to
strengthen the present vagrancy law.
Has Seven Aides.
Working under direction of 1t.
Shimon on the special squad are De-
tective sergts. H. H. Britton. Frank
o. Brass and J. K. Baker, and former
Precinct Detectives D. L. Guest, w.
@. Fawsett, H. H. Carper and E. E.
Fredette. Heretofore the squad has
included only Sergts. Brass and Baker
Detectives Guest, Fawsett. Carper
and Fredette were transferred from
their precinct assignments to the
headquarters squad because Of their
special knowledge Of crime conditions
In specific sections Of the city.
Maj. Brown said all eight detectives.
who already are known for their
memory of faces and their ability to
pick out suspects on the street, will
make it = part of their jobs to study
carefully ''rogues' gallery" pictures and
descriptions of known criminals 50 as
to be able to recognise them when they
show up in Washington.
Seen Cutting Down Crime.
Activity of the squad should cut
down crime in the District rs well
as speed solution Of those crimes that
are committed simply by making It
tougher for criminals to live here,
Maj. Brown said. He pointed out
that many undesirable characters
would stay out Of the city rather than
face police inquiry into their records
and possible prosecution for vagrancy
II nothing more serious was found
against them.
Maj. Brown emphasized. however,
the need for putting teeth into the
vagrancy laws. Convictions are din
cult under present broad interpreta-
tions Of the law. He did not predict
what might result from his conference
with Mr.. Seal.
The police superintendent has advo-
Gated law requiring al persons with
prison records to. register at police
headquarters. This would increase
the value Of the pickup" squad tre-
mendously. he said, because violators
Of such . law would ind it harder
to escape prosecution than under the
present vaSrancy statute.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
~ the AsSocia ted Press.


TOXIC, March War Minister
Gen. Sugiyama announced today the
army was prohibiting soldiers on the
active list from participating in the
1910 Olympics, to be held in Toxic,
and advocated their cancellation.
Home Minister Admiral Nobumas
suvetsugu. in less positive statement,
tndorsed the view 1T the situation
grows worse"
1t was the 1irst expression of op-
position to the Olympics from oflicial
quarters. Hitherto. an anti Olympic
movement has been carried on by
patriotic organizations not connected
v the government.
sdgiyama and suyetsugu appeared
Evening star., 1938-03-07
P.W.A. WON'T HALT
POWER PROJECTS
Says 1t Will Ignore Plea of
Private Utilities to Hold
Up Jobs in Dispute.
Digest Of Mr.. Morgdn's statement
on Page A-4.J

The Public Works Administration
announced today that it will ignore
request from private utility operators
that municipal power projects be held
in abeyance during negotiations be-
tween the power companies and the
Tennessee Valley Authority for the
sale of the private properties.
This statement, coming after Arthur
E. Morgan had indicated he would
stick to his post as chairman of the
T. V. A. board of directors despite
suggestions from his two co-directors
that he resign, served to intensity
further the acrimonious power con-
troversy.
1ntimating he would not relinquish
his post Chairman Morgan said TO
surrender the chance to make some
contribution to decency and effective
ness in Government does not seem to
be the right course"
Request Made by Willkie.
The request that P. w. A. suspend
its municipal power projects for so or
80 days was made Saturday night by
Wendell L. Willkie, president of Com
monWealth e. Southern Corp, after
T. v. A. Director David E. Lilienthal
had proposed plan for the purchase
Of the private utility properties in the
Tennessee Valley. Presumably, Mr..
WILKES request was made on the
theory the utility operators could not
negotiate freely with T. v. A. while
their power systems were being men,
aced by municipal competition.
The P. w. A. statement, issued
through an aide to Secretary of In
terror Ickes, said:
The private utilities have tried In
many ways to block the municipal
power program. They tried to dis
suade towns from building their own
systems and when that failed, tried
to tie us up with injunctions. The
Supreme Court. however, has ruled
in our favor and many contracts have
been made between municipalities and
P. w. A..
will Not Back Down.
The p. W. A. attitude is that we
will abide by these contracts. We will
not back down in any way. and won't
act in any way on Mr.. Wilkes pro-
posal." y
1t was said, however, that p. w. A.
will not seek to force any city to "a
ahead with its municipal program un-
less Federal funds already have been
advanced for it. Even In the latter
case, it was stated, the municipalities
may withdraw from their contracts II
they return the P. w. A. money.
This applies to Memphis, Tenn
which has received more than $1,000
600 from P. w. A. to start construction
Of a $l0.000,000 power distribution
system. Other. cities that may be
affected include Knoxville and Chatta-
nooga.
Asserting a firm belief in the social
and economic aims Of the T. v. A,
experiment, Mr. Morgan said.
For those great possibilities to be
lost by habits Of Misrepresentation
intrigue and arbitrary action seems
tragic"
Evening star., 1938-03-07
GEN. PERSHlNG BASKS
IN SUN At SANlTARlUM
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
TUCSON. Aris., March 7.-oen.
John J. Pershing looked forward to
basking in the sun again today Is he
continued his slow improvement.
The general, whose rally from .
heart ailment and uremic poisoning
last week amazed his physicians.
spent 10 minutes on the sun porch Of
Desert sanitarium yesterday. + was
the second day he had been rlleeled
but Of doorA
Evening star., 1938-03-07
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

President Roosevelt today signed an
act Of Congress to establish q small
claims and conciliation branch of the
Municipal Court Of the District of
Columbia.
This legislation was for the purpose
Of improving the administration of
justice in minor cases, to provide
assistance to needy litigants, and to
expedite the business of the Municipal
Court.
The creation Of this branch marks
the realization of the dream of Judge
Nathan caytoE Of the Municipal Court,
who almost singlehandedly brought
about the enactment of the law.
Judge Cayton was delighted when he
learned the President had signed the
act.
Il am happy" Judge Cayton said,
Ito learn that = two-year battle for
this measure has finally been crowned
with success. I am sure small claims
court will work to the advantage Of
all concerned"
According to wording Of the act,
che small claims and conciliation
branch will not be established until
80 days after the bill Is signed by the
President When the court ii set up
it will be possible for debtor and
creditor to meet In informal fashion
and discuss their case in nom judicial
language at virtually no expense.
Besides handling claims Of $50 or
less without the usual court pro-
cedurs. the small claims court would
be empowered to act Is conciliator tn
large cases regardless Of the amount
involved, II all parties involved re-
quest 1t. The small claims court win
reduce expenses to litigants BY provid-
ing . minimum nat tee Of 81. which
may be waived for those unable to
pay, obviattng needless and costly con-
tinuances and making 1t unnecessary
to be represented by counsel, either
to institute or defend . suit.
Judge Cayton said that between
now and the time the act goes into
effect the judges Of the Municipal
Court will adopt the necessary rules
for operation. The understanding now
Il that the five judges on the muni-
cipal bench will take turns presiding
over ANAL claims caseg and actinR n
arbitTators. Judge Cayton said that
he probably viii make special trips
to New York and Chicago to visit
small claims courts In those cities.
He added that no additional personnel
or funds will be ne1ded to finance
the new branch ~ the Municipal
Court.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
D.C SMALL CLAIMS
COURT BILL SIGNED
Move Intended to Provide
Assistance to Needy
Litigants.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Establishment OF small claims
branch OF Municipal Court was
proposed after such tribunals had
proved successful in other jurisdic-
tions. The ne,0 court ,Oould simplify
legal procedure for benefit of
needy iti0dnts unable to afford
counsel. Under the new plan the
presiding Judge. when necessary,
Dould be authorized to examine
witnesses and ignore formal rules
OF evidence in effort to settle dis
putes promptly and eQuitably.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
CAMERA EYE UNIT.
TO WAR ON CRIME
Eight Crack Detectives to
Rove About Capital in
Hunt for Suspects.

Eight crack detectives. picked for
their 'camera-eye" ability to recog-
nize hunted criminals. were assigned
today to an enlarged pickup" SQUAD
Evening star., 1938-03-07

which immedi-
ately began work.
ing out of police
headquarters on
r ov n 6 assign
ments in q new
attack on crime
in the District.
Detective Sergt.
j o 3 e p h w.
Shimon, credited
18th breaking
some Of the ma
jor robbery cases
here in the last
several months,
was promoted to
acting lieutenant
Evening star., 1938-03-07
LAWYER GETS 2 YEARS
IN NOBEL PRIZE THEFT
Kurt Wannow Receives Hard
Labor Sentence for Embezzlement
From Won Ossietzky.

~ the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March kurt Wannow,
. Berlin lawyer, was sentenced to two
years at hard labor today for en-
bezzling q large part of the 1885 Nobel
Peace Prize awarded to Carl Won
Ossietzky. German pacifist. >.
Wannow also was deprived of his
civil rights for three years and fined
5000 marks ($3,200).
It was alleged that the attorney
charged 10000 marks for fees and
spent large sums for other purposes,
leaving only 16,500 marks ($6,6O0) for
Won Ossietzky out of the 100 900 marks
($40,000) prize money.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
Summary Of Today's Star
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN. ...-
Japanese military seeks to bar 1910
Toxic Olympics. Page Al
Five planes attack British destroyers
OF Spain. Page Al
Britain to speed arms program If
peace talks fail. Page Al
Bucharin accused Of plan to kill
Lenin and Stain. Page AS
NATIONAL.
Supreme Court reverses two former
rulings on taxing right. Page Al
Big demand for rural relief since re-
cession, says Gill. Page Az
Byrd renews attack ON reorganization
bill. Page Al
WASHINGTON AND NEARBY.
Senate passes D. G. bill, votes parking
meter trial. Page Al
Roosevelt signs bill to set up small
claims court. Page Al
Eight Camera eye" detectives form
new pickup squad" Page Al
p. W. A. to proceed with municipal
power projects. Page Al
Dictators attacked By Kerensky before
I Town Hall, Page A
Symphony volunteers increased by
800. Page AS
Seven dead In trafic yesterday ana
early today. P1ee B-1
Fraud charges mark loan flfm $tssolu-
tion proceedings. H6ee HI
Evening star., 1938-03-07
D. c: BILL PASSED.;
TRIAL FOR PARKING
METERS IS VOTED
Measure Carries Fund of
$48, g. 900 for Coming
Fiscal Year.
$4,000 FOR GALL|NGER
EMPLOYEES is REJECTED
Parking Meter Amendment Not
Mandatory, Senator Thomas
Tells Senate.


The District appropriation bill
has been creeping through Congress
since January. The chief changes
made by the Senate in the bill, as
passed by the House, eliminated
appropriations for underpass at
Thomas and Dupont Circles and
added appropriations for bridges
ouer Anacostia Greek and Rock
Greek.
Evening star., 1938-03-07

(see PARK SAVINGS, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1938-03-07

(see COURT, Pare A-7.)
Evening star., 1938-03-07

(See LONDON, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1938-03-07

10. D. Weathef bureau Fofec6stJ
Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer to-
morrow: lowest temperature tonight about
80 degrees; gentle westerly winds. Tenn
peratures today-Highest, 10, at 3 pm;
lowest, IS, at am.
Full report on page Az.
Evening star., 1938-03-07

(See D c. BILL, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1938-03-07

(sse STAAPA Page A-6.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
Funds Up to New Congress:
22 Warships, 3 Air Bases, Navy Ain

Official quarters last night dis
closed that the Navy's 1939-40
budget will ask appropriations for
three Atlantic air bases and % new
warships, including two 45,000-ton
battleships.
Authorization would be predi-
Gated upon a finding by President
Roosevelt that Japan has exceeded
the 35-O00-ton limit fixed in the
1885 London naval treaty.
Invocation of the treaty's so
called escalator clause, allowing
tonnages beyond the treaty limit,
is permissible when a nonSigna-
tory power exceeds the limit.
Officials indicated one naval air
base will be recommends 1 for San
Juan, Puerto Rico, an outpost for
Panama Canal defense, and one
each on the coasts of the Middle
and South Atlantic States, the
latter possibly at Key West, Fla.
Establishment of a naval air
base in Alaskan waters and
strengthening Of the fleet and air
establishments in Hawaii also are
contemplated.
Besides the battleships. next
years naval construction calls fol-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
Eden Tours Capitol
AS Guest of Pittrnan

where Captain Eden displayed
great interest in the desk used by
Jefferson Davis, which still shows
marks of the bayonet holes driven
in it during the Civil War.
Other historic desks were
pointed out to him. Senator Pitt
man briefly described the manner
in which the Senate conducts its
sessions. The ancient snuffboxeS,
which in recent years have been
screwed to the walls to prevent
souvenir hunters from carrying
them away, were also seen.
Leaving the Senate floor, the
group passed through the Marble
Room, paused briefly in the Vice
Presidents office to gaze at the
mirrors and the great crystal chan
delier, wrapped in its recess dust
cloth and then went to the Presi
dents Room.
There the old green baize table
where Presidents sign eleventh
hour bills and gather with mem.
bers to confer with congressional
leaders on the eve Of adjourn
ments was pointed out to Captain
Eden,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
PHONES
Alexandria Votes on
Franchise Jan. Fl

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. IA.
Bids for a new 30-year telephone
system franchise in Alexandria
will be opened by the city council
on January "a, City Manager Carl
Budwesky said today.
The council voted to call for
franchise bids at its meeting last
night in view of the fact that the
present 25-year franchise with the
Chesapeake and Potomac T'ele-
phone Company expires in July,
1910. Under the new franchise,
the city is to be provided with II
free telephones.
An appropriation of $2.505 was
approved by the council for the
purchase of land at the southeast
corner of Wilkes and st. ASaph
Streets for a playground for the
Lyles-Crouch school. Another ap
preparation for funds to install a
two-way police radio system was
held over for action at the next
council session.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
SUBWAY BLAST
CAUSES PANIC

NEW YORK, Dec. IA d.N.sO.
Three persons were injured today
and many passengers were shaken
UP when a dynamite charge de
signed to blast rock out of the new
Sixth Avenue subway at the
Thirty-fourth Street station blew
away part of the station wall OF
the adjoining BIN. T. station.
A southbound BIN. T. local,
filled with Christmas shoppers,
was entering the station when
the blast let go. Several windows
of the train were shattered and
scores of passengers were knocked
off their feet or shaken up.
More than a thousand paSsen-
gers, waiting to board the train
showed and pushed each other in
a mad rush for the exits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
HITLER TO SCAN
JEWISH CURBS
BY PIERRE J. HUSS

BERLIN, Dec. IA G.NSO.
Chancellor Adolf Hitler is return
ing tonight to Berlin where within
the next few days he will preside
over the final year-end cabinet
session, which is expected to COM
plete forthcoming anti-Jewish de-
crees.
These DEGREES, it is learned, will
be designed to complete the legal
exclusion of the Jews from Ger
many's community life, pending
their final emigration from the
Reich.
It is the contention of the Nazis
that until their exodus from Ger
many the Jews within the Reich
must be permitted necessary liv-
ing facilities, but must not be
treated in a manner which might
encourage them to remain"
The chancellor, in addition to
giving his attention to the Jewish
DEGREES, will devote part of his So
journ in the capital to foreign az
| fairs.
He will receive the Czech and
Hungarian foreign ministers next
week. then go to Munich and
spend the Christmas at Berchtes-
gaden.
DEGREES were issued today by
Wilhelm Prick, minister of the in
terror, and Rudolph Hess, deputy
leader of the Nazi party, reducing
pensions of former Jewish govern
ment employees to only a fraction
of the legal amounts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
Gov. Davey Spares
Condemned SLAYER

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. IA
G.N.SO.-The death sentence of
George Wells, %, was committed
today to life Imprisonment by
Governor Martin L. Davey. Wells
was to have died in the electric
chair tonight for the Staying OF
William Pantazis, cafe owner, in
a holdup last December 16. Davey
a week ago refused to save Anna
Marie Hahn, poison murderess
from the chair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14

Slim, chic and pretty as a pic
ture, this little girl got a great
big hand from the fans gathered
at the White House yesterday to
cheer her husband when the
EdenS anC their hostess, Lady
Lindsay, wife of the British am
baSSador, came to tea with the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
ONLY TWO WORDS
But while her husband talked
with voluble and infinite grace
during his first day in the Nations
Capital, Mrs Eden continued in
her role of strong, silent woman.
After she was whisked away to
the British Embassy on her ar.
rival yesterday morning, the
American-born Lady Lindsay re-
quested washington police to see
that none of Washington's femi-
nine reporters crawIed over the
back fence-or the front one,
either-in their attempts to inter
view Mrs. E.
Two words only did the English
glamour girl manage to speak for
publication.
"She's charming" Mrs. Eden
said shyly of Mrs. Franklin Delano
Roosevelt as the EdenS and Lady,
Lindsay left the White House after
tea with the Chief Executive and
the First Lady.
A suggestion of a frown marred
Captain Eden's alabaster brow at
this point, and Lady Lindsay has
tily beckoned her chauffeur to nip
up under the portico with the en-
bassy limousine and thus terml-
nate the interview.
USHER TO RESCUE
Just as Mrs. Eden seemed on
the point of commenting on the
tea party itself, a White House
usher dashed up to run interter-
ence for the visiting firemen.
Sorry" said the usher, sweep
ing reporters oft the White House
steps, but not before the Hon.
Anthony had said, with just an
ittsy-bittsy note of brusqueness in
his dulcet voice, "Of course, we
enjoyed our tea tremendously"
Mrs. Roosevelt returned to
washington via airliner just one
hour ahead of the $50 p. m. tea
party, for which the Edens and
Lady Lindsay arrived on the dot.
The slim, lne-piece maroon wool
frock, which she wore for travel
ing beneath a maroon coat, was
Mrs. Roosevelt's choice of q frock
for the coy, intimate tea party.
Mrs. Eden was her usual best
dressed self in fitted coat Of hubby
black wool, with a flared skirt,
over a slim black dress. The mar
row revers were of mink, and her
perky pill-box hot was banded in
the same fur.
AND, WHY NOT?
A woman of outstanding chic,
Mrs. Eden wears her skirts quite
short, and, pray, WHY not, con-
sidering what a swell pair of Diet
richs she possesses.
Her complexion is of that divine
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14

variety which seems to bless Eng
lishwomen, and her figure is the
ultrafashionable and hipless slat-
model that also seems to be a dis
tinguishing characteristic of young
women of the British upper
classes.
my wife wants to see Holly
wood and all that sort of thing"
Captain Eden told the members Of
the National Press Club in a
luncheon address. Like American
glamour girls, Mrs. Eden cheriShes
a yen to see the movie colony.
And. like Americas Sprightly
young matrons, she loves to dance
and dances well. She likes night
clubs, as evidenced by her tour OF
New York'S hot-spots under the di-
rection of Noel Coward.
"A GOOD MOTHER"
Despite her glamour girl appear
ance and her love of good time,
one of her few intimate friends in
New York, when asked to sum
Mrs. Eden up in a few words,
promptly said, "A good mother
and a devoted wife"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
Woman Found Dead
OF Gas by Husband

ARLINGTON, Va, Dec. IA.
DR.. w. C. Welburn, Arlington cor.
oner, said today he will issue a
certificate of suicide for Mrs.
Eileen Gardner, 20, found dead
from gas aSphyxiation in the
kitchen of her home, 1900 block
N. Twenty-fourth ST., last night.
Police said Mrs. Gardner was
found by her husband, H. E.
Gardner, who summoned the fire
department rescue squad. Fire
men used oxygen for an hour be.
fore DR.. Welburn pronounced her
dead,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14

Holy See had no official knoWl
edge of the Wort report.
The points, according to the
Wort story, are:
l. The 1888 concordat between
the Vatican and Berlin is to be
abrogated.
2. Religious propaganda is to
be forbidden in the Reich.
3. Religious bodies guilty OF
alleged immortality can be dis
solved and their possessions con-
fiScated.
CENSORSHIP HINTED
4. Correspondence between
Pope Plus XII and German
bishops must pass through the
hands of the German govern
ment.
S. Religious orders may no
longer minister to the sick or
teach in Germany.
6. Religious orders will be
strictly organized by the govern
ment and their finances con-
trolled by Kerrl.
Z. Germans will be forbidden
to contribute to religious orders.
8. Priests will be forbidden to
baptize Jews and "non-Aryan"
Germans will be forbidden to
enter the priesthood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
WeIles Guest Tonight

Luncheon at the British EN-
bassy, and a dinner tonight as
guest of Acting Secretary of State
Sumner Welles, completes the
Washington program of the dis,
tinguiShed visitor. It was said he
had no engagements for this after
noon.
From Senator Pittman'S office
the party went first to the office
of Edwin A. Halsey, secretary OF
the Senate. who made the rounds
with them from that point. They
went next to the Senate floor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
PAIR SEIZED
BY U.S.. AGENTS
ON SPY CHARGE
One Suspect Employed
In Naval Intelligence

Girls BAL, Canal Zone,
Dec. IA O.N.S.).-The case Of
Hans Heinrich SchackOw, one
Of four Germans charged with
espionage in the Panama Canal
Zone, was given to jury today
in Federal court in CristObal.
SchackOw was the first Of the
defendants to 60 on trial.
LOS ANGELES, Dec IA G.N.S0.
Charged with espionage, two men,
said to be Russians, were held
incommunciado today by Federal
agents.
They were identified by agents
as Michael CORN, "a, PacifiC Coast
manager Of Introurist, Inc, So
Wet travel bureau, and dafis
Salich, 80, = former Berkeley police
officer, said gently to have been
working for the U. S. naval intel.
ligence.
HELD IN BOND
Both men were accused of trans.
hitting to a foreign power "docIl.
ments, writings and instruments