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Evening star., 1938-07-08
CH0PAWAMSIC CAMP
TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE

The Center Camp, located in tn.
chopawamsic Recreational Area. win
hold open house from 2 to s p.m.
Sunday for members of organi,at tions
and individuals which support the
camp.
Groups to be represented include the
Senior and Junior Council of jewish
Women, the National Jewish Home for
Children, the Jewish Consumptive Re-
lief Society, the Brotherhood and
sisterhood Of the Warrington Hebrew
Congregation. the Washington Post
Of the Jewish War Veterans. the
Tifereth Israel and Bnai Israel syna-
gogues, the Adas Israel Sisterhood.
the Fifty Club, the Amity Club, A. z.
A.. and the women's auxiliary Of the
Hebrew Home for the Aged.
The camp also will be host to uar-
ents OF the campers. Burnett siman
and Allen de Ford are co-chairmen
OF the Open House Committee. Daniel
Alperin is executive director Of the
camp.
Directions to the camp site follow:
From Washington, to Alexandra, then
follow Route No. (Richmond road)
about 80 miles to Triangle, Va. At
the outskirts on the other aide Of
Triangle, turn right on dirt road ct
sign marked National Park Service
Chopavamsic Park Area Organised
Camps" following this dirt road ap-
proxtmately ~ miles 70 sian naasksd
'VanAeg oamn."
Evening star., 1938-07-08
NAN PLEADS INNOCENT
OF ASSAULTING PICKET

John A. Hurley. ~, . truck driver
for woodward d Lothrop, pleaded not
guilty to . charge Of assaultine q
picketer yesterday at the stores ware
house, First and M streets NE, when
arraigned in Police Court today.
Hurley was charged with assaultins
Robert B. Loughhead, 81, of ll43
Abbey place NE, said to have been
picketing the warehouse In protest
against employing non union truck
drivers.
Hurley, who lives at Cheltenham.
Nd, demanded \ jury trial, through
his attorney, Martin +. ODonoghue
Judge Edward M. Curran set his bond
at $500.
A charge Of disorderly conduct.
arising out Of the same ALLEGED alter.
cation, also was placed against the
driver, for which he will be tried Tues
day. He has 800 collateral up on
the disorderly charge.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
MILITARY TO SHUN
CIVILIAN AIR MEETS
Army and Navy Have Ordered
Sharp Curtailment in
Participation.

HS the Associated Press.
The Army and Navy have ordered
sharp curtailment of participation in
civilian aviation meets,
Under a new and rigid" policy an
nounced by the War Department, mil
ltary planes will take part In only two
or three such meets annually, and
these must have international as well
AZ national significance"
Omcials said today an important
reason for the new order was q desire
to avoid frequent Interruptions Of
training routine. Partial withdrawal
from exhibitions previously ordered
was reflected In improved training,
they added.
Army and Navy planes will take
part this year in the National Air
Races at Cleveland, September to s,
and probably in the American Legion
convention.
Newt year, however, Cleveland will
have to depend on civilian aviation en-
tirely, Louis johnson, Assistant Secre-
tary Of War, indicated. He said Army
and Navy participation would be
changed from year to year among
large population centers under the
new policy.
Evening star., 1938-07-08

man Of the Public Relations Commit
tee Of the Community Chest, chairman
of the District chapter Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross Public Relations Com
mittee and is member Of the Board
OF Trade. He Is also q member of the
Board Of Trustees of the Community
Chest and of the Campaign Executive
Committee Of the Chest.
Last year Mr.. Nash was vice chair
man Of the Business Group Of the Red
Cross roll call
The 22d roll call Of the local chap
ter OF the American Red Cross will
be held from September 26 to October
II inclusive. A goal Of $4,000 men,
bers has been set.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
Musical Toys
And Collector
In Radio Hour

Miss Sara Field, 20-year -old daugh-
ter of Mrs. Janet Field Of the st.
Alban Apartment, 3715 Woodley road
y the proud possessor Of what Il said
to be the most artistic and valuable
collection Of musical toys In America.
Al this has now become her habby,
to own the greatest such collection in
the world. Miss Field has been I'm
vited by Dave Elmer, who conducts
the Hobby Lobby Hour for the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co., to demon
strate and tell about her toys over q
Nationwide network on Sunday eve
ming. July ~, between 8 and Z o'clock.
with her best friend. Mias Betty
Strine, daughter Of DR.. and Mrs.
Howard +. strine, Miss Field 10 max
ing preparations to invade New York
with the five choice pieces Of her col
lection: A musical doll that plays
waltz or modern swing: bird cages, the
inmates Of which sing and dance when
the music plays; Christmas, trees that
20 round and round to the tune Of
old French songs; powder boxes that
play love songs when the tops are
opened. and even alarm clocks that
awahsn slsepsss 70 The musical chimes
q Na0AAAy.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
EXPLORER DESCRIBES
SAHARA EXPEDITION
Ashton Tells Cosmopolitan Club
= Of Making Desert Maps
: From the Air.

"A map-making expedition by air in
which his plane was forced down in
the Sahara Desert in 1920 was de-
seribed by Horace Ashton, welI-known
explorer, at the Cosmopolitan Club
weekly luncheon yesterday.
The speaker said he was mapping
Rif territory for the French Army
when his plane was forced down after
II q hours in the air. After locating
2 nomad band. it required six weeks
Tor Mr.. Ashton and his pilot to travel
the distance they had covered by plane
IN less than IL hours.
Joseph Parkhill won the attendance
prize donated by Robert w. Nc
Ohesney. James E. Collifiower, on
behalf of the club. extended con-
gratulations to President j., L. B.
Murry. recently made dean of the
Georgetown University Dental School.
Evening star., 1938-07-08

Twice the police car pulled along
side the taxicab, and Perry, it was
said, endeavored to force the police
car OF the road.
Patrolman Huber, who was driving,
said he narrowly averted q collision
both times and Onicer Thompson
then opened. fire with his .38-caliber
service pistol He emptied both his
own pistol and Ofhcer Huber's and
then blazed away at the tires and
tonneau Of the cab with q shotgun.
He said he made no attempt to hit
Perry, however, his only purpose
being to halt the fleeing cab.
Finally, with three tires shot from
the rims, Perry was forced to a halt
miles beyond Laurel. He was taken
to the Hyattsville police station and
held for investigation.
Police stated that Perry drove for
nearly miles at speed Of IS miles
an hour "on the front rims" They
said both front tires were punctured
oy gun fire as the two machines
raced through Laurel.
Oficer Huber said that every shot
Thompson fired took effect"
The taxicab was stolen from Jesse
G. Rosson, who had parked it at
Fourteenth and F streets.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
RIVER IS DRAGGED
|. FORNEWSVENDOR
Man Seen to Leap From Key
Bridge, but Efforts to
Find Body Fail.

Unsuccessful after dragging all
night. harbor precinct police today
continued to try TO locate the body of
William B. Tarman, 34-year-old
newspaper vender, believed to have
leaped into the Potomac last night
from Key Bridge.
The belief that Tarman was drowned
developed after . man was seen to
Jump from the bridge and a pocket
book and other belongings identified
as his were found near the spot.
Tarman lived at 2l5 d street NV
and had formerly sold papers for years
at the Washington Airport. His IA
ther. William M Tarman, 60, of 1000
M street NV, also a newspaper ven
der, said his son had appeared worried
when he saw him Wednesday night
The father said his sons health was
poor and that he had been unable to
hold w. P. A. job because the work
was too strenuous. He added his son
also recently had lost his place at the
airport.
The father said that when he last
saw his son he said "You will find out
something soon"
Evening star., 1938-07-08
BIBLE CLASSES OPEN
IN ARLINGTON TODAY
Children Sharing the Things of
the SCHOOL, Is Theme for
Vacation Studies.

The vacation Bible Schools being
conducted by the Arlington (Va)
County Council of Religious Educa-
ton under the direction Of Miss
Martha E. Bennett began today to
continue through July az.
The Arlington Community School
held the first classes at 1890 am.
today at the Arlington Presbyterian
Church. Other classes will be held
by the Cherrydale Community School
at the Cherrydale Methodist Protestant
Church and the Clarendon Baptist
Community School at the Clarendon
Baptist Church at pm. tonight. The
Clarendon Methodist Community
School holds one at 7:30 pm. tonight
at the Clarendon Methodist Episcopal
Church and the Ballston Community
School one at tbs pm. Sunday at
the Central Methodist Episcopal
Church South. The theme of these
exercises will be Children Sharing
the Things of the School,"
The final vacation Bible School
will open at . am. Monday at the
Arlington Baptist Church and viii
end July ~.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
CLAD IN BATHING SUIT
MAN is TAKEN BY POLICE

Raymond st. John, 40, address
Potomac River, has boat and
bathing suit, but apparently no beach.
Clad only in . white bathing shirt
and blue trunks, he was found last
night crawling along Pennsylvania
avenue, near Seventeenth street Sc,
by Policeman U. 8. Rogers. At No. 3
precinct he was charged with being
drunk.
This morning. still 20 attred, he
languished in = tomb-like cell beneath
Police Court Building. Later, with the
addition Of = pair Of trousers, he ap-
peared before Judge Edward M. Cur
ran, who released him under personal
bond.
He will return to his houseboat near
the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
BAPT|STS TOOPEN
SESSIONS TONIGHT
Summer Assembly to Begin
With Sunset Service
Near Frederick.

The twenty-second session Of the
Maryland Baptist Summer Assembly
opens at Braddock Heights, near Fred
erick, this evening with q sunset
service. The meeting, in which the
churches Of the District of Columbia
are cooperating. continues through
July Is.
The assembly is divided into three
sections: July to 10, Maryland
Baptist Training Union Convention;
July IL to IS, summer school for
Christian workers and the Maryland
Baptist Pastors Convention.
Chester A. Swor, Clinton, Miss, is
the conductor Of today's sunset service,
which begins at 7:3o pm. The audi
torium speakers tonight are c. Aubrey
Hearn and Mrs. Jerome o. Williams,
both Of Nashville, Tenn. A brief social
period will follow the evening program,
in charge Of Prof. T. L. Jacoby, Corn
ing, N. Y.
The convention program tomorrow
Will feature addresses by Mr.. Hearn,
Mrs. Williams, DR.. w. c. Tyler, Blue
Mountain, Miss, and the Rev. T.
Eugene West, Williamsburg, KY. Mr..
West will direct the music for the
entire assembly period.
The program Sunday will begin with
. morning devotional service followed
BY Sunday school departments and
classes and worship at the First Bap-
ttst Church, Frederick.
DR.. Williams will preach the an
nual sermon. Mr.. z. c. Hodges,
Catonsville. Md, will deliver an ad-
dress in the afternoon at Braddock
Heights. His talk will be followed by
the intermediate sword drill, in charge
OF Miss Eunice Bowers, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
PRESIDENT s SON
TO MAKE REPLY.
James Says Golfers viii
Publish 'Factuap Story
Of His Business.
~ the Associated Press.

=
ROCHESTER,. MINI, July s.-James
Roosevelt, son and secretary Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, announced in . state
ment today that Golfers Magazine
Will publish next month his "factual
account" Of his insurance activities.
The Saturday Evening Post recently
published an article which Mr.. Roose-
welt. here for treatment for . stomach
disorder, said, "purported to tell the
story Of my activities in the insurance
Held" He said he had had many re-
quests for reply. a
The statement:
Il have had many requests for q
reply to recent magazine article
purporting to tell the story Of my &C.
tivities in the insurance field.
What is needed Is not 20 much .
reply ~ factual account Of those
activities with . view to correcting
improper conclusions drawn from
statements 30 adroitly dressed up to
resemble . factual account that many
have evidently accepted them as taken
from the records.
"Inasmuch as now hold public
once, I feel that the public Is entitled
to clear statement Of all the facts
30 that they may judge for them
selves.
4 have offered Golfers the fact,
and access to all my personal and busi-
meas files and records concerning my
operations in the insurance business,
and they have agreed to publish them,
With guarantee Of sunicient space for
proper Recommendation, and the under
standing that they will make stimuli
taneous. releases to press and RADIO"
Evening star., 1938-07-08
OIL FIRMS AIDES
ARE SUBPOENAED
Ten Summoned to Testify in
Alleged Antitrust Law
Violations in Midwest.

0S tLe Assoeleted kresa.
John Levin. special assistant to At.
torney General Cummings, said today
that oil companies and 10 individ-
uas summoned to testify before q
FEDERAL grand jury At Madison, Wis.
were "only the first" facing sub
poenaes.
The grand jury, he said, will be
asked to investigate. complaints of
antitrust iaw violations by Md
western oil companies.
The alleged violations involve the
same kind Of subject matter: price,
nxtng-that was raised In the recent
Madison oil cases, Mr.. Levin said.
Mr.. levin, who will present the
Governments case to the grand Jury
July 70. said additional subpoenaes
would be issued when the time
comes" He will leave for Madison
about July Is.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
WH|TCOMBE WINS
BRITISH open
Fighting Worst Gale in
Tournament History
He Shoots 295.
BY the Associated Press.

SANDWICH, England. July g.
Reginald Arthur Whitcombe. 40-year-
old professional at the Parkstone Club
in Dorset. won the British open golf
championship with = 72-hole total
of 295 today as one Of the worst gales
In tournament history all but swept
the players from the course.
So terrific was the wind and 50 bad
were scoring conditions that only
Of the 81 survivors could break 80 in
the third round this morning when
Whitcombe, who had started with
n-7l-l42, posted . fine IS and
gained one-stroke lead over Dick
Burton. whose 70 gave him 2ls for 81
holes. Another stroke back at 7lS
was Jim Adams OF Scotland.
With this advantage, Whitcombe
added . fourth round 10 this after
noon for his winning total.
Henry Cotton, the defending cham.
pion. finished well with 77-74 for q
total Of 29S.
Youngest sf Three Brothers.
Whitcombe. youngest Of the three
famed Whitcombe brothers-the
others are Ernest and Charles-never
previously had won the title, although
he was beaten out by only two strokes
last year when Cotton staged . Gar
rison finish.
He was . member Of the British
Ryder Cup team which took . beating
from America At Ridgewood, N. j., In
1885, losing his singles match to
Johnny Revolta, 2 and !.
Cotton had . chance to win on the
final 1S. but folded up In the stretch
and had to yield runner-up honors to
Adams, whose fourth round 70 gave
him . total Of 297.
Adams turned this medal play cham
pionship into virtual match play, for
he was Whitcombe's partner on the
final round. He fought the eventual
winner on even terms all the way home
and was not beaten until the list hole,
where he poled his second shot into q
pit.
Two shots behind Whitcombe after
81 holes. Adams pulled up on even
terms at the SSth, where Whitcombe,
blown of his feet on the green, took
four puts for . six.
Three Tied for Fourth.
Five strokes behind Cotton, tied for
fourth place at sos, were ALI Padgham
j. j. Busson. Dick Burton and Allan
DALEY. Bill Cox. who with Burton and
Busson held the lead At the half way
mark, and Fred Bullock were next in
line with 3O4s.
Other leading scores were, sos
Charles Whitcombe. Bobby Locke and
Bert 0add; 307-Dai Rees and syd
Brews. and sos. H. Ballingan and
All Perry.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
MARTIN ATTACKS
FEDERAL SPENDING
Charges New Deal Has Financed
Another Civil War Every
1913 Days
y the Associated Press


Representative Martin, Republican.
OF Massachusetts, estimates that IS
cents Of evedy dollar spent since
establishment Of the Federal Govern
ment has been expended by President
Roosevelt's administration.
If We total the expenditures for
the five hscal years from 1851 to 1855,
We find the New Deal has financed
another Civil War every 1853 days," )"
Representative Martin said in the
nnal issue Of the Congressional
Record.
The New Deal has spent nearly
twice ~ much - has been spent in
any other i've years." he added.
Prior to March 4. 1888, he continued.
Congress gave Presidents discretionary
power over the spending OF only
1857, 900 900.
Estimating President Roosevelt had
been given blank check control" of
nearly $4,000. .0o0. 900, Representative
Martin asserted the power repre-
sented by such appropriations has
proved too much for administration
by one individual; waste and ILL.,
considered ventures have resulted"
Evening star., 1938-07-08

Three tires on stolen taxicab were
shot to ribbons and the machine rid
died with l8 pistol and shotgun slugs
before Prince Georges County police
captured q man who gave his name
as Oliver Perry. rs, of Bethesda. Md,
in q l6-mile chase along the WASH
ington- Baltimore boulevard early
today.
Omcers said they opened fire when
Perry, driving q Diamond cab stolen
at Fourteenth and F streets NV,
twice attempted to wreck their auto
mobile during the chase, which began
10 minutes after the broadcast of q
radio lookout for the taxi.
Perry, they declared. told them he
took the taxi Ito go to Baltimore to
get . Job" A truck driver. he had
been out of work for some time, police
said.
Patrolmen Earl ]. Huber and Edwin
r. Thompson sighted the taxi in
Hyattsville shortly before 1 am. and
set out after it.
They said that Perry stepped on
the gas" and fled through Riverdale
College Park, Berwyn and other COM
munities along the boulevard at speeds
ranging from "65 to IS miles an hour"
In an effort to escape capture
Evening star., 1938-07-08
COTTON ACREAGE Il
under 81 TOTAL
First Report on Crop Causes
Slight Decline In
Market.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department an
nounced today that "a, ,9o4. 900 acres of
cotton were in cultivation July /. This
was 7S.0 per cent Of the acreage year
ago, from which the record crop of
1S,S45,0 ,022 bales was ginned. It was
the smallest total since 1900.
CThe Government report caused
moderate declines in cotton TODAY
when the market reopened in New
York shortly after the figures were
issued. Although the figures were
somewhat larger than had been ex-
pected. trading was only moderately
active.)
1t was the first report on this wears
cotton crop. A law forbids issuance of
Government reports on condition and
probable total production before August
each year. That information will be
announced August 8.
34,471, 600 Acres in 1887.
Cotton in cultivation a year ago
totaled 34,471 900 acres, abandonment
amounted to per cent last year and
34,001, 900 acres were picked. The
yield of lint cotton was 1868 pounds
to the acre and total production was
lS,945. .022 bales Of 500 pounds each
records for both yield and production.
Cottonseed production was 1896. 900
tons.
Average acreage in cultivation July
l during the previous 10 years-1927-
ls36-was $4,000 acres, with aver
age abandonment of 81 per cent.
Acre yield in those years averaged
1877 pounds, average total produc-
ton OF lint cotton was 1920, ,857 bales
OF 500 pounds each and cottonseed
production averaged 5,867, 900 tons.
Cash Income High.
Cash income from cotton In the
1887 calendar year was reported by the
department in December last as 1884.
$4,000 for lint cotton and $l3s, ,535 900
for cottonseed.
The acreage in cultivation July l
and percentage of the 1887 acreage.
by States, follow:
Virginia. 44,00O acres. IS per cent:
North Carolina, Oil 900 and 81 South
Carolina, 1,313,000 and IT: Georgia,
2.l2l 900 and 70; Florida, 10000 and
IS; Missouri, 398, 900 and 10; Tennes-
see. $4,000 and 80; Alabama, 2,1sI,-
600 and 81; Mississippi 2,726,0 900 and
78; Louisiana, 1,244, 900 and 70; Texas.
$3.50, 900 and IS; Oklahoma, ,903, 900
and II; Arkansas, 2.479,0 and 90;
New Mexico, $4,000 and II: Arizona,
2l2.000 and II; California, 356, 900 and
81. All other States, $4,000 and 81.
Lower California (Old Mexico). not
included in California or United States
total, 1000 and g..
Evening star., 1938-07-08
MISSOURI RIVER DROPS;
WHEAT FIELDS FLOODED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PACIFIC JUNCTION, Iowa, July 3.
With hundreds of acres of corn and
wheat fields flooded, the Missouri
River today had dropped . tenth Of
an inch from its level here last night,
which, c. d. Delashmutt, long time
resident, said, was the highest in A
years.
Rivermen said they expected the
river to continue to drop slightly
today, but to rise again tomorrow or
Sunday as the result Of heavy recent
rains north. The rise was not ex-
pected to sweep away dikes hastily
thrown up by Civilian Conservation
Corps workers and farmers.
North and south OF Pacific Junction,
on both Iowa and Nebraska sides,
additional wheat and corn fields were
flooded. At Nebraska City, Nebr.,
william Lieben, river observer, said
the river today, At 17.01 feet, was the
highest since 1891:
Evening star., 1938-07-08
F. S. A. SEEKS TO END
VERBAL LEASE CUSTOM
Dy the Associated Press.


The Farm Security Administration
is going to try to put the relation
ships between landlord and renter on
. more harmonious basis.
Oncials, blaming "slipshod" relA-
tionships for mutual distrust" BE-
tween the owner and tenant. said
today they would endeavor to abolish
the customary verbal lease.
Through its II 900 field represent
atives, the r. s. A. will offer free
advice and assistance to 5000. 900
tenants and sharecroppers In nego-
tiating written leases.
The r. 8. A said surveys showed
fully . third Of the Nations tenant
population move from one farm to
another each year. II estimated that
% per cant Of Ill farm leases ware
only vegbal asTeamsnts.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
Man Pulls 400 Teeth.

: Visiting Pancevo, Servia, Mihajlo
Jovanovie. a merchant, pulled 400
teeth with his fingers, all without
charge. Then peasant brought a
donkey to the amateur dentist, who
extracted one Of the animals teeth,
and called 1t a day. All his life, says
Jovanovie, he could not stand tooth
ache. An aching molar in another's
mouth causes him pain. 50 he started
% pun teeth with his fingers, per-
FORMING the operation" quickly and
painlessly.
Evening star., 1938-07-08

Edgar M orr i S,
general chairman
of the 1888 roll
call.
Mr.. Nash, who
was born in Nash
willie, attended
Georgetown Uni
versity. He has
lived in Washing
ton since 1920
and until recently
was on the ad-
vertising staff of
t he Chesapeake
and Pot 20 m a C
Telephone Co.
W. 3D.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
WEATHER REPORT

Otrlct o. CumbaFai
followed by local hundehows
to northwest - ~ N' '"A~As
ana continued tonight
and IN
tomorrow afternoon
tonight
poron tomorrow
OF ngn slightly
norIow aernoon or night Sunday cooler
VgnLoca
Evening star., 1938-07-08
CATHOLIC FIELD DAY.
.. IS SET FOR JULY II
\
events to Be Sponsored by Father
:. Burgess Chapter of Colored
I
Federation.

The annual Catholic field day. spon-
sored by the Father Burgess Chapter
O the Federated Colored Catholics
Of Washington, the Knights of st.
John Commandery No. and the
knights of Peter Clavers, Baltimore
VIII be held at Carr's Beach. An
napolis, Sunday, July IT.
An automobile caravan will assem-
nle at st. Cyprian's Church, Thir-
teenth and C streets Sc, at 1890
am. Features will be a bathing
ofauty contest, children's beach carni-
val and pageant headed by a bows
band from Baltimore.
Francis Spriggs is general chair
man of arrangements, assisted 5y
Addie Marshall, Charles Quander
Louise Middleton, Beatrice Hall. James
Thomas, Charlotte Thompson, Paul
wills. Henrietta Carter and Marion
atkins. Charles Dorsey is head of
the Baltimore group.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
Dog Swallows Watch.

SENECA FALLS, N. Y. R.-spot,
. 3-year-old wire-haired terrier,
turned out to be real watch dog"
An X-ray examination Of Its stom-
ach revealed the dog had swallowed
. wrist watch. A veterinary surgeon
may operate.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
NASH IS APPOINTED
ROLL CALL OFFICIAL
Hecht Sales Manager to Be Vice
Chairman for Red Cross
Drive in Fall.

Earl A. Nash, sales manager of the
Hecht Co., has been appointed vice
chairman of the Red Cross roll call
campaign, it was announced today by