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Evening star., 1938-07-21

Suppose big fire should raze
pling the telephone and telegraph
services, and even the power lines
supplying current to the regular radio
stations.
How would appeals for help and
other emergency messages get to the
outside world?
In preparedness for just such a
disaster that cant happen here"
amateur radio operators in the Capt.
tails metropolitan area are being organ
lied into an emergency corps ready
for instant and efficient action to
maintain communications.
"Dah-dah- -dit-dah dit-dah-dit dit
ah-dit"-QRR, or the land distress
signal equivalent to SOS on the high
Seas-would flash out from selected
stations. Immediately routine ham"
chattering would cease and hundreds
Of amateur radio operators over the
country would be standing by, ready
to receive and relay to proper authori-
ties the emergency messages.
Co-ordinator Describes Work.
Work Of perfecting the local emer-
gency corps organization was described
today by Roy c. Corderman, recently
appointed American Radio Relay
League emergency co-ordinator for
the District. An enthusiastic ham"
since 1909, MIR. Corderman operates
amateur radio station W3ZD at his
home, 4401 Leland street, Chevy Chase,
Md, during most of his spare time
from his duties as commercial repre-
sentative for the Chesapeake g. Po-
tomac Telephone Co. here.
W3ZD works on both radiophone
and c. w, or telegraph code transmits
sion, on several amateur frequencies.
In addition, Mr. Corderman has near
completion a mobile outfit that will
operate from his automobile on either
the voice or c. ". frequenctes, using
storage batteries for power.
If community in nearby Maryland
should be isolated by some catastrophe
that crippled all local communications
and power service there, for example,
Mr.. Corderman could drive in and
maintain emergency communications
with other "hams" from his automo-
bile.
Members of the A. r. r. L. emer-
gency corps in this area will have
dozen or more such portable, inde-
pendently powered transmitters and
receivers available for emergency use,
Mr.. Corderman said. Approximately
20 local hams" already have sent in
applications for membership in the
Evening star., 1938-07-21

corps, and many more are expected to
sign up. There are about 300 licensed
amateur operators in the District, but
only 80 or so Of these are on the air
regularly.
Tradition Of Service.
The Nations amateur radio enthu-
siasts have a tradition of years Of
public service in emergencies behind
them-serving efficiently as the sole
means of communication in such
disasters as Florida hurricanes and the
comparatively recent California and
Ohio River Valley floods-but in most
cases have been handicapped by lack
Of efficient organization.
Through the work of its new emer-
gency co-ordinators in each locality
the A. r. r. L. hopes to have the
hams" prepared for the most eff
cient emergency service, with stations
and operators assigned to specific
duties in case of disaster 50 they can
swing into action without any lost
motion.
Part of the work involves prelimi-
nary contact with organizations that
would require emergency communica-
ton services in catastrophes. such as
the Red Cross, National Guard, Coast
Guard, American Legion, telephone,
telegraph, radio, railroad and aviation
companies and newspapers. Mr..
Corderman is preparing a directory
to facilitate prompt contact between
these agencies and members of the
emergency corps.
Tests and Drills.
Robert A. Gallery of Montgomery
lane, Bethesda, Md, owner of Sta
ton W3CTQ, has been appointed al
ternate emergency co-ordinator for
this area and other members of the
corps will be designated to carry OIL
the work should either he or Mr.. Cor
derman be unavailable in an emer-
gency.
When the organization is COM
pleted. tests and drills will be con-
Quoted to make certain the service
would function efficiently when and
called upon.
All the work is voluntary public
service on the part of the amateur
radio operators, who never can ac-
cept remuneration for sending or re-
ceiving messages.
Although the chances are heavily
against any catastrophe ever crippling
Washington's regular communications
with the outside world, Mr.. Corderman
said he hoped local hams" could
make their emergency organization
here an example for the rest of the
country
Evening star., 1938-07-21


car, driven by hewitt Vanhook, A,
colored, 2l1 Morgan street NV, po-
lice reported Vanhook was held for
the coroner The victims father,
Thomas Davis, is w. p A. worker.
An inquest will be held at 1870 am.
tomorrow
An unidentified colored man, struck
by an automobile in the TOO block of
K street NE, died early today at Cas-
ualty Hospital. His body was taken to
the morgue to await Identification
He was about so. His clothes bore a
New York tailor's label.
The driver, according to police, was
Donald A. Swope, 25, 916 Tenth street
NE
Martha Tharp. Is, of 2o3s New
Hampshire avenue NV, was injured
seriously last night in collision at
G and Eighteenth streets NV, in
which two other young women were
cut and bruised. Miss Tharp was
taken to Emergency Hospital with a
possible skull fracture, a dislocated
knee and other injuries. Those hurt
less seriously were Sarah D. WEIGH,
IS. Of 1885 Saratoga avenue NE, and
Dorothy Wilson, Is, of 1929 o street
NV.
pr. Daniel I. Skidmore. So, chief
veterinary surgeon in the virus serum
laboratory of the Agriculture Depart
ment, and his wife, Virginia. 40, were
injured severely yesterday when their
automobile plunged over a 20-foot en-
bankment near Glens Falls N. Y, the
Associated Press reported.
They were taken to the Glens Falls
Hospital, where it was found that DR..
Skidmore had fractured arm, chest
injuries and multiple bruises. Mrs.
Skidmore suffered lacerations about
the face and bruises on the right leg.
George S. Shoup, 80, $500 Four
teenth street NV, suffered frac-
tured knee when his car hit a tree at
Klingle road NV. and Beach drive.
late yesterday. Lucille Fisher, IS, 3997
Thirteenth street NV, passenger,
received broken rib. They were
taken to Garfield Hospital.
Two brothers, Fred w. Stevens, 26,
and Harry J. Stevens, %, of Dorsey,
Md, were injured seriously last night
when their car skidded near Beltsville
and crashed into a tree stump.
Both were removed to Casualty Hos
pital by the Bladensburg Rescue Squad,
where the elder brother was treated
for head and shoulder injuries and
multiple cuts and bruises and the
younger brother was treated for head
injuries and cuts and bruises.
Evening star., 1938-07-21
ARMY ENGINEER
REPORTSFORDUTY
Col. Thomas to Take Local
Post as Successor to
Maj. LupIoW.

Col. Robert spencer Thomas, Army
Corps of Engineers, today reported
here in readiness to take over the post
OF Army engineer for the local district,
succeeding Maj. Walter D. Luplow, who
on August 16 will be transferred to
the Intelligence Division, War Depart
ment General Staff.
Col. Thomas and Maj. Luplow are
expected to spend the next week or
two inspecting local engineer projects,
including the Washington Channel
waterfront development, channel main
tenance operations. river and harbor
dredging and maintenance operations
in the local engineer district, which
includes the Potomac and Rappahan-
mock River Valleys and the new Poto-
mac River flood control survey project.
Has Served Here Before.
Col. Thomas is we'll acquainted with
the local district as result Of two
tours Of duty in this vicinity, one from
July. 1922, to August, 1924. as director
of the Department Of Military Art,
Engineer School. Fort Humphreys, now
Fort Belvoir. Va, and the other in
the Militia Bureau. now the National
Guard Bureau, from August, 1924, to
May, 1928, as officer Is charge OF con-
struction and repair matters.
A native of Brownsville, Tenn, where
he was born September 27, 1882, Col.
Thomas was graduated from the
United States Military Academy in
June. 1905, and commissioned q sec
ond lieutenant of engineers. He rose
to the temporary grade of colonel in
the National Army during the World
War and attained the permanent grade
of colonel in the Regular Army August
!, 1885.
Was Mobile Engineer.
He was graduated from the School
Of the Line, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.,
in 1921. and from the Command and
General Staff School there the follow
ing year. He has served as district
engineer at several posts, including
Mobile, Ala. and Buffalo, N. Y, where
he was in charge of the improvement
and maintenance of harbors in Lakes
Erie and Ontario and the Niagara and
St. Lawrence Rivers.
Col. Thomas came to Washington
from the Hawaiian Islands after serv-
ing since January %, 1886, as COM
manding officer Of the Sd Engineers
and department engineer, Hawaiian
Department
Maj. Luplow, who has been district
engineer here since February, 1897.
was selected for duty with the gen.
eral staff on the basis of personal
qualifications under the terms of q
new act passed by Congress during It's
past session. Formerly only graduates
OF the Army War College have been
eligible for such duty.
Evening star., 1938-07-21
ROSSO ARRIVES
italian Ambassador to Russia and
Wife in q. S. on Vacation.

NEW YORK, July 81 (P).-Augusto
Rosso, italian Ambassador to Soviet
Russia and former Ambassador to the
United States, arrived with his Amer
lean wife on the S. S. Rex today for
an American vacation.
Their holiday goal is Colorado or
Wyoming for uninterrupted horseback
riding.
They also will visit Mrs. Rosso's
children by a former marriage, Adele
and George Bunker, now attending
school in New York, who saw them last
in Moscow Then they will visit Mrs.
Rosso's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
L. Wilkinson of Evanston, III.
Ambassador Rosso, who served in
Washington from February, 1882, to
August, 1886, will remain in the United
States five weeks. Mrs. Rosso will
stay until October.
Evening star., 1938-07-21
TWO STEERING WHEELS

NOBLESVILLE. Ind. R.-When
John Duckwall, rural mail carrier, goes
out IN his automobile for a pleasure
drive he just slides from the right to
the left side Of the front seat.
He has two steering wheels, one on
the right and the other on the left
side of his car. Mail must be delivered
from the right side, hence the extra
wheel.
Evening star., 1938-07-21
Full and Happy Life.

CHICAGO R.-James Alexander
Hendry, st. Louis businessman, says
he has had full and happy 81 years
Of living although he has never:
Read novel, danced, smoked nor
chewed tobacco, taken 4 drink Of
liquor, played cards. seen q ball game.
But, he said, he has:
Not missed q church or Sunday
school in IS years.
He is here for the convention Of
the Gideon Association,
Evening star., 1938-07-21
F. A. HESSICK HONORED
Chairman of Acknowledging
Division of Merchants Group.

Fred A. Hessick, president of the
Commissioner Corp, has been elected
chairman of the newly-formed Air
Conditioning Division of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association,
it was announced today.
Other officers elected were James
Price of the United States Clay Prod
ucts Co. vice chairman, and p. H.
Erisman, Washington Refrigeration
Co.. secretary. A meeting to complete
details Of the organization will be held
at Nelson's Grill. Fenwick and Okie
streets NE. at 6 pm. Tuesday. 4
Evening star., 1938-07-21
Vesuvius Tanned.

ROME P.-Vesuvius, 1taly's famous
volcano, is still active, but q govern
ment observatory keeps tabs" on it,
and ordinarily it is calm enough 80
that tourists may walk right down
onto the floor Of the crater.
Evening star., 1938-07-21

at CnS QaGe laSC
year.
Three-year-old
Joseph Lee Davis
of 122 e street
Sc. died at Prov
i d e n ce Hospital
last night from
injuries suffered
W h en- he was
struck by an
a u t o m o b lie in
front of his home
late in the after
noon.
The child was
struck by a Bu-
~ao,, 0f Mich
Evening star., 1938-07-21
TWO ARE KILLED
IN D. c. TRAFFIC
Child, 3, Dies in Hospital
After Being Struck by
u. S. Car.

Two deaths within few hours, last
night and early today. brought WASH
1ngton traffic fatalities for the year to
~. Sixty deaths had been recorded
Evening star., 1938-07-21
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Excess Acid

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water, direct from famous Hot Springs,
arkansas to secure natural help for irri-
tated muscles, nerves and joints. Phone
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The Washington times., 1938-10-19
ARMY ORDERS
new DEFENSES

dN.S.) The American Army
today took a major step to
strengthen alarming weaknesses
in its defensive armor.
In a single contract let to
scores of private industries, the
Army purchased in excess of nine
million dollars in artillery sup
plies, ammunition and projectilesD
The major portion Of the huge
expenditure is concentrated on
anti.aircraft artillery and aerial
defenses.
The purchases brought to $19,-
87,050.74 the total of this years
Army appropriations spent with
private industry for providing
vital deficiencies in the Army's
defensive strength. A total OF
$24,631, ,444.61 will be spent with
private industry for these pur-
poses this year, while the balance
of SCI, 100000 will 60 to Govern
ment arSenalS.
The Washington times., 1938-10-19

PARIS, Oct. 10 d.N.SJ.-Foun-
dations for a German-French rap
prochement for peace for our
time" akin to the Anglo German
agreement were laid today at
diplomatic meetings here and at
Berchtesgaden, Chancellor Hitler's
Bavarian mountain retreat.
HitIer's farewell to Andre Fran
co.'s -Poncet, ambassador to Ger
many who is leaving to take up
the same post in Italy. and the re-
ception accorded German Am
basSador Count Johannes Won
Welczech by Premier Daladier
here, gave rise to rumors that
formal conversations had been
opened.
This was doubted in official
quarters, but the visits we're looked
upon as demonstrations of Franco
German friendship, preliminary
to more formal conversations in
the future.
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
Slot Machines
OoGSted at Fair

HAGERsrowN, Nd, Oct. 10.
One Of tie chief attractions at the
1Iagerstown Interstate Fair was
missing today after police had
ousted all slot and claw machines
from the grounds. The action was
ordered by Captain Of Police Carl
il. McCleary.
Andrew Coffman, president Of
the fair, said the machines had
proved one Of the most popular
attractions along the midway.
Today's big attraction at the
fair win be the h0rse show with
the entries judged by w. Lodge
Bowles, Richard Peach and w.
r. Barrett.
Another attraction today will b
. dog show.
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
Two Facing Rabies;
Parents Spurn Aid

MENLO, Cal, Oct. 10 QN.Sn .
Unable to give two high school
children anti-rabies treatment be-
cause their parents refuse to con-
sent, county health authorities to-
day considered bringing court
action to save the children from
possible death. The children,
Robert Stentiford and Ruth Hun.
nell, each IA, were among six per-
sons bitten or scratched by a
rabies-infected fox terrier. Labora-
tory tests showed the dog had
hydrophobia.
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
Canal
Opened by Ickes

YUMA, Ariz., Oct. ia 20
year dream materialized yester-
day when Interior Secretary Ickes
punched a button and diverted the
flow of the mighty Colorado River
via the Imperial Dam into one Of
mans greatest achievements, the
$24, 4,000, 900 all-American C a n a
which ultimately will bring to
fruitfulness 100000 acres of now
barren land.
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
.HITLER.ORDERS
ENVOY PURGE

LONDON, Oct. 10 G.N.S)-A
ruthless purge Of the German
diplomatic service has been or
dered by the Nazi Reich's foreign
minister, Joachim Won Ribben-
trop, acting under orders from
Chancellor Hitler, the Daily Mir.
ror said today.
The purge Is termed the first
result Of Hitler's fury at blunder.
ing German methods as revealed
in the trial in the; United States
of suspected German spies.
According to the Mirror, the Of
tenders include Hans Dieckhoff,
ambassador to Washington; Chris
tian August Won HasSell, former
German ambassador to Italy, and
Franz Won Papen, once German
ambassador with special mission
and vice chancellor in the Hitler
cabinet. The article continued:
won Papen has been invited
to resign from the diplomatic serv-
ice, and the ambassadors to
Washington, Rome and BuenoS
Aires have been recalled"
An authorized spokesman said
the German Embassy Knows
nothing" Of the report in Lon
don that Ambassador Dieck.
hoff has been recalled in a Nazi
diplomatic purge. He said diplo-
matte transfers might he in the
offing. but declared there was
nothing to indicate the Washing
tnn embassy u1nllld he affected
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
N. {. Fugitives
Seized in Newark

NEWARK, N. j., october 19.
-Four North Carolina youths who,
police said, had escaped from the
East Carolina Training School
near Rocky Mount, N. c.. were
arrested here and held for
North Carolina authorities. They
were Keith Garner, II, KinSton;
Claude Rose, II, Nashville; Leon
Robinson, II, Kcrnersville. and
Ernest willard, 1S, GibSonville.
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
: ranco Planes Bomb
2 British Steamships

BARCELONA, Spain. Oct. 10
G.N.SO.-Two squadrons of ma
tionalist war planes raided BARGE
Iona today, killing two persons
and wounding Is.
The British steamers Hallwil
and African Explorer were dam
aged by falling bombs.
Government anti-aircraft guns
and pursuit planes drove off the
machines, one Of which was re-
ported shot down.
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
Hitler HOEeO7'S Li1s1n
With COUefed Cross
Filler FluStered as
GOering BeStOwS
Medal on Him
BY PIERRE ], HUSS

BERLIN, Oct. 19 U.N.S0 Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, ia m ou S
American airman, has received
the second highest honor which
the German government can be-
stow, it was revealed today.
At a dinner at the home of Am
bassador Hugh R. Wilson last
night, it was learned, Field Mar
shall Hermann Goering, in the
name of Chancellor Hitler,
awarded to Lindbergh the Order
Of the German Eagle, with a star.
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
Plan for Rehiring
Countess Barbara
Has Tooth Pulled

LONDON, Oct. 10 G.N.S0.
Countess Barbara Haugwit1 Won
Reventlow, heireSS to Woolworth
millions, entered q London clinic
for q dental operation, it was
learned today. She had a wisdom
tooth pulled and remained in the
clinic for "a hours. The operation
was said to have cost about SITS.
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
Death NeNrS
TOV1'k Premier

1STANBUL, Oct. 10 Q.N.S.).
Death Of Premier Ataturk, victim
Of a kidney ailment at Ankara, Is
expected at any moment, accord
ing to information here today.
The Turkish cabinet was In con-
slant session, and police were re-
inforced here and in Ankara to
deal with possible demonstrations.
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
Don Bulge Fined

OAKLAND, Calf, oct. i9.-
j.. Donald Bulge, tennis star, paid
q SIS fine for speeding 70 miles
an hour through pleasanton yes.
terday. In q statement to the court
he added: 'aThe next time come
through your town the only thing
they can get on me will be OBJ.
Structing traffic"
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
Widow
In Congress Race

TRENTON, N. J., Oct. 19
G.N.S0.-Contrary to her wishes,
Mrs. Elizabeth j. Kenney, widow
Of Representative Edward A. Ken
ney, Of Cliffside Park, today was
an independent candidate from
New Jerseys Ninth congressional
district.
Mrs. Kenney, pleading poor
health, sought to have her name
removed from the November
ballot. Secretary Of State Thomas
A. Mathis refused to take such
action and has been upheld by
Supreme Court Justice Thomas
Brogan.
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
Treasury Condition

QN.S0 Treasury balance Octo-
ber II, $2,736,010.743.63: internal
revenue, $8,678, 1853 .85: customs re-
ceiptS, $16,314,570.59; receipts,
81, 1884, ,124,035; expen diture s,
50, 1863, ,568,O2
The Washington times., 1938-10-19

The raid occurred Just as mem.
berS Of the International League
Commission were preparing to visit
Premier Juan Negrin.
VALENCIA, Oct. 10 QN.SJ.
Eighteen persons were killed and
"a wounded in nationalist air
raids on Denia. government au-
thortties stated today. Bombs
also destroyed several houses.
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
BRITISH ORDER.
SMASHING OF.
arab REBELS
Palestine Troops TO
Crack Down

LONDON, oct. 10 G.N.SJ.
strong-arm methods by the $4,000
British troops and police in Pal
estine to smash the Arab revolt
were approved today by the
cabinet.
While determined to push Ara
bian rebels out Of Jerusalem, Beth.
lehem, and other terrorized spots
in the Holy Land. the government.
In a thorough review Of the whole
Palestine situation, virtually aban.
doned the partition scheme.
Instead, it was decided to dis
cuss at its meeting week hence
q plan for a united Jewish-Arab
state under British guidance.
~ Partition Hit
THE Woodhead commissions re-
aort on the scheme to split PaleS.
tine into three states, Arab, Jew
ish, and British, declared it i'm
practicable and ineuuitable.
During the battle &against the
Arabs. the British will likely re.
strict Jewish immigration into:
Palestine to . figure even lower
than the present 1000 monthly.
There is no intention on the part
Of the authorities, however, to-
maintain this curtailment indef.
initely. "a
Malcolm Macdonald, colonial
secretary, asked and won from the
cabinet permission to take the ut
most military measures against
the Arabs.
Position Reversed
His recommendations reversed
those of the royal commission
which studied the Palestine situa-
ton last year and suggested that
Britain relinquish her mandate
over the Holy Land.
The cabinet also reviewed
Anglo American trade treaty nego-
tiations, which have long been
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The Washington times., 1938-10-19
Ford Once Honored

Henry Ford was the first Amer
lean, and one of a handful of men
to receive the German Eagle.
Colonel Lindbergh outranks
him, however, since the flier re-
ceived the cross with star, whereas
the automobile m nufacturer
lacked the supplementary decora-
tion.
This honor in Germany cores
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
It's Legal

I.N.S.) Colonel Lindbergh
Is legally entitled to accept
the German cross conferred
upon him, it developed today.
Army, Navy and Marine Of
ficers are prohibited from &C
cepting such decorations ex-
cept by special congressional
sanction. Lindbergh is a Col
Onel in the Army Reserve.
However, the national de-
fense act of 1880 exempted
reserve officers mot on ac-
tive duty"
The Washington times., 1938-10-19
Roper Declares Trade
Is Making Big Gains

QNS) widespread improvement in business conditions
and general increase in purchasing hailed today
by Secretary Of Commerce Roper.
The Secretary declared that in the last few days much
crete evidence has been gathered by the Government
port forecast for healthy Improvement in the nations
industry.