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Evening star., 1938-11-16

be1ore l compredended its Signifi-
canoe.
Are you right-handed or left.
Mr.. Burdon?' I asked, looking up
suddenly.
MY voice must have sounded odd,
because Nate Myles, the plain
clothes man who had accompanied
me South, stared queerly and Fred
Burden poised his half Lighted cigar
and frowned.
"Well?' I raped out.
Burden laughed, half in an
noyance. half in amusement. Why,
I'm rlght-handed, but what pos
Sible-'
"'Ah!' said. standing. And that
suit you're wearing. It's a heavy
suit. You wore it on the day you
came South and you haven't worn
1t since. Isn't that right?"
Nate had "uddenly grown tense
and Fred Burdens eyes had taken
look that was no longer amused
or annoyed.
"'Yes,' he said slowly. That's
right. How did you know?'
"'Ah!' I said again. Tt was
the day after the evening that Ray
SomerS was murdered that you came
South. You wore that suit on that
evening. You wore it when you
murdered Ray Somers!'
The cigar dropped from Burdon's s
hand. He sat up with a start. The
color left his face. What the devil
are you talking about? Are you
accusing me of numbering my best
friend?'
Yes I said fatty. Not only
accusing, but proving. We've known
all along it was you,' I lied. We've
been batting you, Burden. You
talked too much. You haven't a
chance
My object, of course, was to
make him reveal his guilt either by
word or expression. And he did.
Like most men who believe them
selves smart, I'd caught him with
his guard down.
Later we learned that Somers
had made poor investment for
Burden. They had quarreled and in
MT OF drunken rage Burden had
shot him.
|. How did I jump to my conclu-
slons? Why, it was the left-handed
business. That package of matches.
They had been used by left-handed
man. A left-handed man holds
package in his right hand and
tears matches off the left side. Look
at the next package you see and
youu discover I'm right. Burden
had idly picked up the package in
Somers' apartment and put it into
his pocket. He hadn't worn the
suit since, so there you are!"
(Copyright 1881
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Phelps Dodge Corp.
Declares Dividend Of
5Ceqts a Share
American Telephone Pays
Regular Quarterly; Other
Dividend News
By tie Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-Directors
of Phelps Dodge Corp. today de-
clared a dividend of SIS cents a share
on the capital stock. payable De.
cember 8 to stock of record Novem-
ber IS. Previously this year three
payments aggregating IS cents have
been made. In 1897 total disburse-
ments were $l.60 a share.
The company, one of the leading
domestic producers and ref1ners OF
copper, has mines and plants in the
West and executive offices in New
York.
American Telephone Quarterly.
Directors of American Telephone
Co. declared the regular quarterly
dividend of $225 a share on the
capital stock, payable January IA to
stock of record December IS.
Magma Copper.
Directors of Magma Copper Co
ordered a dividend of SIS cents a
share on capital stock, payable De-
cember Is to holders of record No.
vember %. Payment of Is cents q
share was made September Is and
IS cents in each Of the two preced-
ing quarters. In December last
year SIPS a share was paid.
50 Extra Dividends.
Alabama Great Southern Railway
directors declared extra dividends OF
Evening star., 1938-11-16

$3 a share each on 6 per cent par
ticipating preference stock and
ordinary shares, both payable De-
cember % to holders of record No.
vember 20. In December last year
extra payments of $4 on each class
of stock were made.
Pennsylvania Salt Mfx. Co.
Directors of Pennsylvania Salt
Manufacturing Co. declared a divi-
dend Of $l.25 share on the capital
stock. payable december is to stock
of record November 30. With this
payment, a total Of $3.50 a share will
have been disbursed in 1898, COM
pared with total of $8.75 in 1887.
International Salt Co.
Directors Of International Salt Co
declared the regular quarterly divi-
dend of 3712 cents a share and an
extra of so cents, both payable De-
cember Is to stock of record De-
cember l.
Evening star., 1938-11-16

pened last month. Remember the
Ray Somers murder? He was found
dead in his apartment. Shot
through the head. There were no
indications that the killer had at
tempted to make it look like suicide,
but there were no clues either.
Nothing at all to work on.
Our investigation revealed that
Somers was a stock broker of con-
siderable means He had no family;
lived a bachelors life. Naturally
he had a lot of friends, and we
began looking them up one by one.
They couldn't tell us much, though
none refused to answer our questions.
AT the end of two weeks we had
learned the following facts: Somers
was left-handed. He had no bad
habits. He was not interested in any
particular woman. His business
affairs were in good shape. No one
had bad word for him.
Not much to work on, eh? Not
even the hint of motive.
well, there were three men who
had known Somers intimately whom
we hadn't contacted. One had gone
to Nassau for the winter, the second
was on a tropical cruise, and the
third, a man named Fred Burden,
was in Miami. There was nothing
to do but continue our investigation
by questioning them. We decided
to go to Miami first for the obvious
reason that it was more accessible
and in the United States.
I'VE found Burden living COM
fortably with his family in WELL
known hotel The day that we ar
rived it happened that the golden
sands of Miami were swept by an
unprecedented cold wave Burden
was reading a book in glass-in-
closed sun deck when we located
him. He was wearing heavy dark
suit, fit for Northern climes.
I'VE told him who we were and
what we wanted. His face instantly
sobered
"'Yes, I read about poor Ray in
the papers, he admitted. "A sad case.
Have you any idea who murdered
him, or have you concluded that it
must have been suicide?'
1--WE haven't concluded doggone
thing told him, grinning. You are
one of three last hopes. What can
you tell us about Somers, Mr.. Bur-
don? Something that might help
us in our Investigations
"He was willing enough to help
He told us all he could about Somers,
which was substantially what all the
others had said. It began to look
as though here was one murder trail
that was going to come to a dead
end.
I'VE remained an hour, smoking
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Czech Shoe Firm Plans
Maryland Factory
BY the Associated Press,

6S tue hSsOClAleQ SleSS.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 16.-Robert H
Archer, counsel for the Bata Shoe
Manufacturing Co. of Czechoslo-
vakia, said yesterday construction
OF a plant in Hartford County, Nd,
Is expected to begin in about year
He said the company had purchased
about 1000 acres there.
Mr.. Archer, law partner of Sen
ator Millard E. Tyoings, made the
announcement at the State Roads
Commission Offices, where he paid
$1,000 for concession in road build
ing obtained by the company.
The company is one of the largest
shoe manufacturers in the world
Its main factory is at Zlinn, Czecho-
slovakia.
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Treasury Position
BY the Associated Press.


The position of the Treasury Novem-
Receipts. s15.7se,75e.16: expenditures,
$50, ,O63, ,924.36; net balance. S2,561, $685.
2S5.S9. including 81 .949 S35. .S4O0S work.
ing balance: customs receipts for the
month Sl2.249, ,636.91.
!9a 16s seai yssr tSsse say
322-1 Il. 1851. including S1,O64 231,-
25s.50 Of emergency expenditures: excess
debt; s.524,323 ,923. OF, an increase Of
S7.655675,97 above the previous day; gold
assets. S14,11S,529,972.3
Receipts for November 13. 1887 (com-
parable date last YEAR,: $7,s14,46s5s; ex.
penditures, S10,499. .04s.O1: net balance.
50, 662 ,068, 1888, including SS74,129,-
223.32 working balance: customs receipts
for the month, Sl4,2?9:I0:s3 50: receipts for
lures s.. s2l .337, ,237.39, including. $780,
641. .42704 Of emersency expenditures;
sTes: d. e.
'312.7ss.os6.o4s.2A
Evening star., 1938-11-16
SHORT s1oRY---
IEFT-HANDED' CASE
BY James Freeman
cigars that Burden
provided and en-.

cigars that Burden
provided and en-
joying the SUM-
S h inc Ut t h e
6 ! a S S e din sun
deck, but not get
ting very far in
our efforts to un-
earth a clue.
II finished my
cigar and reached
for a cigarette
and Burden hand
GU AAAC d pdCAdSc
of matches. I
lighted the Gig
arctic and idly
toyed with the
m a t ch package.
For some reason
that I can't ex-
plain I looked
down at it and
what I saw gave
me a jolt. It was
a minnie nr fuo
Evening star., 1938-11-16
"We have had all

w - AAA - AAANA AAA
sorts of interest,"
ing 'left-handed'
cases." Inspector
Joe Selby was
saying. I'VE had
the case of the
man who MUIR
dered his busi-
ness partner and
placed the lethal
weapon in his
hand to make it
look like suicide.
We solved LnaC
one after we dis
covered that the
victim was left
handed and the
murderer n ad
placed the gun IN
his right hand.
wv We h a d
other good ones,
too. but the most
surprising hap
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Odd Lot Dealings
BY the Associated Press.

The Securities Commission re-
ported today these transactions by
customers with odd lot dealers or
specialists on the New York Stock
Exchange for November IS: 7,117
purchases involving 204.25 shares;
8,699 sales, involving 232 1853 shares.
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Intervening Granted
B, the Associated Press,

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission gave permission today tc
the Mississippi Public Service Com
mission to intervene in reorganiza-
ton proceedings of the Chicago
indianapolis and Louisville (Monon)
Railway.
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Fish Liver Oil SuIes
Reach $35,00O,0OO
By the Associated Press.

By tne ASSoCISCeQ FTeSS.
The Commerce Department esti-
mates that the fish liver oil indus
try, which is only five years old,
has grown to an annual volume of
$35, 100000 The oil is now being
extracted from livers Of tuna, sword
fish, salmon, dogflsh, barracuda,
mackerel and halibut. Most is used
to feed baby chicks.
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON Nov. 10 tE tUnited States
Department of Agriculture) The wool
market in Boston today was very slow
Occasional sales were closed on moderate
quantities Of fne territory wool in oriRinal
bags at SO to 6s cents for average to short
cents for GOOD French combing wools.
Evening star., 1938-11-16
U. S. Dollar Abroad
REPORTED by Smith, b.

LONDON Nov. If lPl.-The United
States. dollar lost part. of its recent
strength to sterling IN foreign exchange
trading today closing l4-cent net lower at
4.69ss to the pound. The rate reflected .
recovery in sterling late Yesterday, which
placed New York's overnight quotation a
81 1Ol2.
French francs slipped back to 1889 To
the pound against l1s.37 yesterday
Evening star., 1938-11-16

by the Treasury and Budget Bureau
In preparing estimates for the Presi-
dents annual budget message to
Congress on January 3.
Evening star., 1938-11-16

PARIS. Nov. 16 LPJ.-Final quotation
for the United States dollar was 3aO31H
francs C629 cents 20 the france in the
1orelen exchange market today. This
IN New York overnight. Exchange on Lon.
don. 1885,
Principal rente issues in the Bourse we're:
3 per cent, 500 francs; 4lzs a." S45O:
4l2s. 1887 1850.
Evening star., 1938-11-16

Also extra or extras
Declared or paid so far this year.
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK. Nov. l6 R.-Investment
Bankers Conference, Inc:
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Community Chest
Continued From Page AID

Metropolitan Police
Maj. E. w. Brown, L. l. H. Edwards
Administrative Headquarters, Sergt
John j. Agnew NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Detective Bureau, Inspector B. w
Evening star., 1938-10-12
BROADCASTS SPUR
ROLL CALL DRIVE
Rally at A. U. Scheduled.
56,599 Are Enrolled.
Success Forecast.

Red Cross radio broadcasts and a
rally on the American University
campus were among the special events
scheduled today as the Districts roll
call neared the deadline Of the men,
bership drive at midnight Monday.
The message Of the Red Cross was
brought to passerzby at 8:45 o'clock
this morning, when q program was
scheduled over radio station WJSV
Arthur Godfrey presided. and was
assisted by Miss de Graffenried Wolley
and lie Roy Gerlach presenting a
marionette show in front OF the Earle
Building, on Thirteenth street.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox. roll call
chairman Of speakers, will address
Washington business men, during a
Commute session devoted by the
Washington Board of Trade to the
Red Cross at its monthly meeting at
the Willard Hotel tonight Civic The
ater players will present a Red Cross
Skit.
American University students were
to hear Fulton Lewis. jr., chairman
of roll call publicity, at a rally on the
school campus at l pm. Miss Mar
gerry Warner, university roll call rep
resentative, was to be assisted by cheer
leaders in signing student members.
Five other radio broadcasts also are
scheduled today, at 1l:45 am. and
8 80 pm. over Station WMAL, at $50
pm. over WRC and at and 11:05
pm. over WJSV.
Edgar Morris, Roll Call general
chairman. who presided at the final
meeting of committee chairmen yes
terday, announced today the total en-
rollment to date was 57,685 member
ships.
Reports showed the current pace of
enrollments to be favorable indica-
ton that the goal of 100000 men,
berships would be reached by Mon
day. he said.
Mr.. Morris pointed out. however,
that more than $4,000 memberships
still were needed before the goal would
be reached.
I'VE are definitely of the opinion.
Evening star., 1938-10-12
U. S. Rejects German Basis,
RY the Associated press

U. S. Rejects German Basis,
By the Associated Press.
Officials handling American foreign
commerce said last night the United
States would welcome a trade agree
ment with Germany, but not on the
basis of the German system of trade.
The German system, they pointed
out, repeatedly has been declared by
Secretary of State Hull and Assistant
Secretary Of State Sayre, in charge Of
trade agreements, to be contrary to
the American system and incompatibl
with it. ,-..' -. s-..
Evening star., 1938-10-12
ANT|-A|RCRAFTNET
FO|LS ATTACKERS
Engine Si|encers May Be
Necessary, in Opinion of
Air Corps Officers.
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON
Star Staff Correspondent.


FORT BRAGG, N. c., Oct. 12.-Use
Of efficient engine silencers on bonn
bardment airplanes may become an
absolute necessity as a result of unex-
pected success of the civilian anti
aircraft warning net now under test
in Eastern North Carolina, in the opin-
ion of Army Air Corps officers. They
have been seeking in vain to sneak"
formations and even single planes past
the keen-eared, alert North Carolina
roof-top observers.
Air Corps officers. expressing them
selves as thoroughly astonished at the
ability Of the civilian observers to pick
them up at all attitudes up to the
maximum ceiling OF the newest bomb
ers, admitted that the warning net is
Of great value to national defense.
They feel, however, that use of the
warning net is of greater value to pur-
suit aviation operating on interception
ment attacks, than it is to anti-aircraft
batteries.
They pointed out that aircraft will
not be used to attack strongly defend
ed ground points as long as there are
other undefended vital targets to at
tack. 1t obviously would be impossible
to provide sufficient anti-aircraft bat
teries to protect even small fraction
OF the vital points in the New York or
New England area, they said, pointing
out that IS per cent Of all the anti
aircraft equipment in the Regular
Army is not sufficient to protect COM
pletely mile-square airdrome laid out
on the Fort Bragg Reservation.
Attack Tactics Successful.
Members of the Air Corps board as
signed here are elated at the success
of high flying bombardment and low
flying attack in eluding both search
lights and gun batteries in a number
of their missions, despite the fact they
have been picked up and followed
across the State by the civilian net.
Last night, they pointed out, an at
tack flight and two bomber formations
got through the anti-aircraft ring
scot free, without being picked up by
a single search light and without be-
ing fired upon.
The mystery as to the fate of the
first night smoke screen in military
history was cleared up here today with
receipt of a report from the attack
commander at Langley Field. showing
that screen was laid by the attack
squadron over Fort Bragg last night,
to the south of the defense zone, at
Evening star., 1938-10-12
DEFENSE BUDGET
TO Be INCREASED
$780, ,0O0,0 900 to Be Needed
for New Warships, Says
Roosevelt.
BS the Associated Press.

y, the Associated Press.
The United States intends to ex-
pand its national defense program
next year despite an apparent relaxa-
ton of tension in Europe.
President Roosevelt disclosed this
policy yesterday when he told reporters
it would be necessary to increase the
defense budget in order to provide
$150, ,000, 900 for new warship con-
struction.
Navy officials said recently they ex-
pected to start work next year on two
more battleships, four cruisers eight
destroyers and six or eight submarines.
All these were authorized in the ST.
900 600, 900 expansion program ap-
proved by the 1888 Congress.
Would Set New Record.
The increase suggested by the Pres
ident would swell defense appropria-
tions to nearly $l.5o0, 900, 900, more
than twice as much as the Army-Navy
budget Of decade ago. The figure
would set new high for the period
since 1920, when defense cost $l,744,-
900 ,000
The War and Navy Departments re-
ceived 81 1892 ,047 ,452 this year, includ-
ing direct and deficiency appropria-
tions and public works allotments.
The Navy's share was s619,033,244.
Mr.. Roosevelt indicated that next
years increase would be necessary in
view Of the authorized naval build
ing program and the international
situation. He declined to discuss the
latter.
The two additional battleships would
bring to eight the number of capi-
tai ships on which work has begun
Evening star., 1938-10-12
SPONSOR MEETING

SANDY SPRING, Md, Oct. IL (spe-
ciaD.-In connection with National
Fire Prevention week. the Sandy Spring
Volunteer Fire Department will spon-
sor public meeting at Sherwood High
School, Sandy Spring, at 2:30 pm.
Friday.
Prof. Robert B. Criswell, head of the
fire extension service at the University
of Maryland, will be among the speak
ers and will demonstrate with labora-
tory equipment how fires start.
Robert T. Cuff, fire chief Of the
Sandy Spring group, who will conduct
the meeting, has called attention to
dangerous practices in the home that
are frequently responsible for fires and
loss of life and has offered suggestions
relative to elimination OF fire hazards.
Evening star., 1938-10-12
HOME HYGIENE COURSE

The District Chapter of the Amer
lean Red Cross beginning tomorrow
will sponsor six-weeks course in
home hygiene and care Of the sick,
under the direction of a graduate
registered nurse at Opportunity House,
First and I streets NV.
The free courses will be conducted
twice week, Tuesdays and Thursdays,
from to pm.
A first aid class also will be con-
Quoted by the organization. under the
direction of Mrs. Gertrude L. Cum
mings, beginning October 10. The
classes will be held from 10 am to
noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays. it
was announced today at chapter head
quarters.
Evening star., 1938-10-12
Jobs
Continued From First Page.)

at least 5000 people in the line. Many
had come equipped with blankets,
pillows. chairs and boxes to make
themselves as comfortable as possible,
and one opportunist went up and
down the line peddling sandwiches.
The police and civil service officials
had expected to start distribution Of
the applications at o'clock, but at
$50 the crowd had assumed such pro-
portions that it was decided to start
at once. For half an hour the women
filed through the precinct, quietly and
orderly, but then the push started and
the trouble was on.
When the distribution finally stopped,
those people who had reached the
station and were turned back had been
in line as early as o'clock this morn
ing. '.-.
A white woman with q small child
at her side was right at the end Of
those fortunate to get inside the pre-
cinct before the doors were closed.
Advised of the demonstration, Harry
B. Mitchell. president of the Civil
Service Commission, said that in the
future some other plan would have
to be worked out for handling applica-
tions when such a mass distribution is
contemplated.
Recently, in New York City, an
nouncement of an examination for
investigators brought out so many ap-
plicants that police were called to
maintain order, and the commission
Is planning to avoid . repetition Of
these scenes.
Evening star., 1938-10-12

however" Mr.. Morris declared, that
Washington is 100 per cent men,
bership city, and We feel that the
people of Washington are going to sup
port the Red Cross in reaching this
goal"
The committee yesterday reported
the following enrolment standings
Government, 36,749; financial, 2,425;
professional, 2,342; utilities, 1888;
general business-large, 6,238; general
business-small. 2,240; residential
apartments. 999; residential-other,
666; special gifts, i57, and booths,
2,l95.
Evening star., 1938-10-12
Honored at Cornell,

Milton M. Palmer, 1900 West Co.
lumbia pike. Arlington, Va. a senior
in the College of Architecture at
Cornell University. has been elected
to Spiked Shoe, club composed OF
those who have made good record
in track and scholarship.
Evening star., 1938-10-12

or will start soon All will be $4,000
ton vessels, costing a minimum Of
100000 each. y.
The Navy, meanwhile, has more
than doubled its new Atlantic squad
ron, formed as temporary unit.
Rear Admiral A. w. johnson VIII
be its new commander.
The force now consists OF 35 war
ships. including four battleships classed
as obsolescent or demilitarized.
Speculation over the possibility H
a disarmament conference was re-
newed in Washington after Secretary
Woodring said yesterday he hoped ma
tions would consider "outlawry Of the
plane as an instrument of war"
Evening star., 1938-10-12

Egypt may place heavy taxes on
Diesel motors.
Evening star., 1938-10-12

an altitude Of 500 feet, prevented from
dropping trial smoke pot and flare
to gauge wind direction on the ground
because of danger of grass and brush
fires, the attackers were not able to
place the screen effectively and 1t
reached only one gun battery. the at
tack commander reported Air Corps
officers said the screen made no differ
ence to their operations last night,
since their bombers were too high to
be picked up by search lights and con-
sequently to be fired upon. Except for
last Friday night, when bombers were
flying in the groove" for the express
purpose of testing the illuminating
power of the lights at various attitudes,
they said. no bomber has been picked
UP during any attack at attitudes OF
more than 10000 feet.
Move Searchlights Out.
Tonight the outer ring OF search
lights around Fort Bragg will be
moved still farther out into the coun-
try to test their effectiveness in il
Illuminating attacking airplanes for the
defense pursuit formations acting as
interceptors. The lights up to now
have been in two rough circles up
to a distance of 8 miles from the tar
get, for the benefit Of the gun bat
teries
Tomorrow night one of the major
ti-bombardment defensive weapons,
the black -out," Is scheduled for its
greatest test in the United States.
Every light not only on the 27-mile
Fort Bragg reservation, but in scores
of towns and cities. including popu-
lation of $4,000 or more people. over
a total area Of something like 5000
square miles, is to be snuffed out upon
warning from the network Of civilian
observers.
Evening star., 1938-10-12
VISITS CARDENAS

MEXICO CITY, Oct. IL Up.-Gov.
E. w. Marland Of Oklahoma called on
President Lazaro Cardenas yesterday,
spokesman said last night. They
talked for two hours, in part about
the oil industry.
Gov. Marland came here Sunday
on vacation, but members Of his party
hinted the visit might have greater
significance. There has been specula-
tion that it might be connected with
Mexico's appropriation of foreign oil
fields.