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Evening star., 1938-10-06
Hs the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS, Oct. GA very mod
ern version OF Venus arising from the
waves, with pert blond in scanties
in the title role and three midshipmen
in her supporting cast, stood on Police
Court records today.
Mrs. Buryll Lucas, %, Eastport, de-
murely pleaded innocent, by reason OF
temporary insanity, to disorderly con-
duct charges. and thereby hangs much
conflicting testimony
1t was admitted by all witnesses at
her trial before Magistrate Joseph w.
Armstrong that Mrs. Lucas was SWIM
ming in the Severn River at 4 am.
Saturday of the Naval Academy.
Her leatherlunged shouting tumbled
startled midshipmen out into the dawn
to investigate. Three Of them manned
boat and flshed dripping Mrs. Lucas,
clad only in underthings, from the
water.
She testified she was taken aboard
the station ship Cumberland and given
glass of warm milk and loaned q
pair Of Navy pajamas. The naval ply
sician in whose charge she was given
by her rescuers detailed four hospital
corpsmen, enlisted men, to take her
home to Eastport, she said.
County Ofacer Thomas Miller then
took up the story.
Evening star., 1938-10-06
$1,000 BOND SET
FOR GIRL SUSPECT
rs Housebreaking Charges
. Lodged Against NimbIe
CoIored Prisoner.

A small, 1.-THE colored girl believed
10 be the porch climbing burglar who
has looted homes in the Northwest
section for months, was held for the
grand jury In Police Court today
under $4,000 bond in one of Is house
breaking charges which police have
booked against her.
The suspect, Bernice Agnes Gaskins,
q, 100 block of Fairmont street NV,
pleaded not guilty and waived pre-
liminary hearing Judge Walter j.
Casey set the unusually high bond at
request Of the district attorneys
office
The girl insisted she knew nothing
of the burglaries. Detectives said,
however, they took her belongings from
her home and asked her to identify
each article and explain how she OBJ
tanned it. They showed her pair OF
black cotton gloves, they said, and she
declared they were hers and bore her
laundry mark.
Left on Premises.
The girl apparently had forgotten
detectives said. that a burglar who
obtained Sl00 from home in the 1900
block of Fourteenth street NV. left
them on the premises by mistake sew
eral months ago.
Detectives said several persons who
saw the girl on the roofs or near
robbed homes had identified her. She
was said to be able to shin nimbly up
a porch post and pull herself over the
cornice with ease.
Detectives said the girl was wearing
stolen diamond ring worth $3.50
when arrested and had other jewelry
In her possession.
They said the girl specialized in
money stolen from trousers pockets.
In almost every instance the bur-
elaries were committed by a person
who climbed to the second story and
entered through an unlocked window.
The detectives today were questioning
the suspect about 10 additional house
breakings of the last few months.
Victims of RObberies.
Alleged victims of the girl burglar,
and the amounts of their losses, in
clude: James ]. Beasley, jr., of 1927
Varnum street NV, in June, entrance
gained through an unlocked window
over a secondstory porch, So and
clothing missing, William Cafrltz,
1910 Varnum street, in June, en-
trance gained through second-floor
bedroom window, trousers containing
$40 missing; Enrique Espino, 1893
Irving street NV, in September, en-
trance gained through window over
second-hoor porch, miscellaneous jew
elry and S24 missing; Mike Miller,
1901 Varnum street NV, in June,
entrance gained through secondstory
window, watch and SIS missing: M.
Jeweler, TIA UpShur street NV, in
June, entrance gained through second
floor bedroom window, trousers with
SITS missing; Louis Bernheimer, 1900
Quincy NV, in May, entrance gained
through second-foor window, trousers
with $125 missing; Harry Weiner, SOL
Allison street NV. in September, en-
trance gained through second-foor
window, trousers and s6 missing; Gra-
hem E. Felzer, 1912 Varnum street
NV, entrance through second-f floor
window, billfold containing $3.50
missing.
How a colored man snatched her
purse containing $3.50 was related
to police last night by Margie S.
Hatcher of 2153 California street
NV. The robbery occurred as she
was walking in the 1900 block Of
Wyoming avenue NV.
Evening star., 1938-10-06
INSURANCE FRAUD
IS CHARGED TO a
Indictment Alleges Policies
Were Taken Out on
IncurabIes.
BY the Associated Press.

ALBANY, Ga, Oct 5.-A Federal
grand jury today indicted IA Hancock
County business and professional men
on charges of collaborating in a
scheme to defraud insurance COM
panies by placing policies on incurably
diseased illiterates
Assistant District Attorney H. Grady
Rawls said the formal accusation was
use Of the mails to defraud.
The extent of the scheme, he said,
could be determined only by investi-
cation of every death in Hancock
County for the past 10 years"
He reported those named in the in
dictments were Leslie Reams Moore,
his brother J. Percy Moore, J. Frank
Smith, J. E. johnson. DR.. Ernest C.
Hutchings. John Dickens, John M.
Holmes, Dr. Heman L. Earl, M E.
Waller, William w. Dougherty, Alton
P. Califf, H. L. Wynn, Smalley Brooks
and Boysie Bradley.
Trial will be scheduled at Macon,
Ga
INidciiNC WaS So"AASASo W PSCldl
inspectors at Sparta. the Hancock
County seat; Culverton and the sur
rounding territory.
Mr. Rawls said the indictments &C
cused the doctors, business men and
insurance agents Of arranging for COL
lection Of insurance by taking out
policies on more than dozen persons,
all uneducated. who were affiicted with
incurable diseases.
The scheme required payment Of
the premiums, he said. during the
short duration OF the lives of the in
sured and the collection of the face
values of the policies, with a small
remittance to the beneficiary, usually
q relative of the diseased"
The master indictment cited 10
cases, involving insurance in the
nei9hbOrhood of 5000
Evening star., 1938-10-06
u. S. FIRMS CONTRIBUTE
TO HITLER'S AID FUND
Pv the Associated Press.

FN Ine ASSoCldLed ereSS.
BERLIN, Oct. 6.-United States
firms having plants in Germany today
were among the first to respond to
Reichsfuehrer Hitler's appeal for sub
stantial contributions to Germanys
winter relief fund.
The Ford Motor Co. the Woolworth
Co., the Opel Motor concern, which
has relations with General Motors,
and the German-American Petroleum
Co. were among early donors
The largest contribution thus far
announced came from the United
Steel Works Of Dusseldorf, 100000
marks (s800,O00).
Hitler made his appeal before a
large audience at the Sportspalast
last night
Evening star., 1938-10-06
REPORTER STRESSES
NEED FOR CONTACTS
journalism Students Are Told
Newspaper Writer Must
Build Confidence.

The importance in newspaper work
of establishing and maintaining con
facts" among all potential news
sources was stressed by James E.
Chinn of The Evening Star staff in
an address last night before the jour-
nalism class of Arlington Institute.
Mr.. Chinn pointed out that the
successful reporter has hundreds Of
"contacts"-men and women in civil
and public life-who unhesitatingly
give him news because of their con-
fidence in him. This confidence is
built up, he explained, through hon.
est and accurate news reporting.
Other Washington newspaper men
are to appear before the class period
ically.
Evening star., 1938-10-06
JURY SUMMONSES OUT

United States Marshal John B.
Colpoys today actively launched the
job of acquainting $50 Washingto-
mans, in all walks of life, to be on
hand in District Court on October IT
as prospective grand jurors for the
additional grand jury that will in
quire into alleged violations of the
Sherman Antitrust Act, generally
believed to involve the American Med
ical Association and the District Med
ical Society.
Evening star., 1938-10-06
WEATHER REPORT

and colder, preceded light this
tonight partly cloudy and slightly
colder north winds
and ortions; omorro colder.
preceded light northeast portion colder
cloudy colder
Evening star., 1938-10-06
WIN N. |. T. H0N0RS

Five Washington students have won
scholastic honors at Massachusetts, In
stitute of Technology, it was announced
here today.
The five, who are on the deans list,
are Albert H. Bowker, who attended
Western and Woodrow Wilson High
School, william E. Lamar of Central
High; Charles Stuart Godfrey, Chester
B. Watts, jr., Of Western High. and
Sears williams of Western High and
Fishburne Military School.
Evening star., 1938-10-06
Physical Director to Speak.

Allen l.. Thompson, former Y. M.
C. A. physical director, will speak on
Exercising for Rejuvenation" 1T SIS
pm. Saturday at the League for the
Larger Life, 1414 Sixteenth street
NV. Mr.. Thompson will demonstrate
the Lous.Lloyd system Of health cal.
igthentos.
Evening star., 1938-10-06

The disturbance that was over Mort 0rn
Indiana Wednesday mornine has moved
ward Pressure is relatively low over the
northern Rocky Mountain region. Miles
City. Mont. 5000 inches. and over. the
middle and southern Plateau, Modena
Utah, 29.7s inches. A high pressure area
Of considerable intensity is moving east
River. 3o.72, inches, with one wedge s ex-
tending eastward to Southern Quebec
HARRINGTON. 1922 inches. and another
wedge extending south h-southwestward TO
Missouri. Pressure is also high along the
South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Charles,
ton. s. c. and Shreveport. La. 30 %
inches. During the last "a hours rains
have occurred in the Northern Rocky
Mountain region the Upper Ohio Valley;
the lower lake region and in portions OF
the North Atlantic States: Temperatures
have risen in the Appalachian region, the
Middle Atlantic States and the south por-
tion of the North Atlantic States. while
they have fallen in the lake region. the
Middle Rocky Mountain region, the pla,
teau and in the Upper Mississippi and
Lower Missouri Valleys.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1938-10-06
Explorers Club to Dine.

Local members Of the Explorers
Club will hold a dinner meeting at
the University Club on October 40.
The dinner will be informal, with no
special program planpPd.
Evening star., 1938-10-06

Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today
Highest. IS at 4:45 pm yesterday.
Lowest, 81. at $50 AM today Year
ago. 65.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 90, on August 15
Lowest Is. on January 2S
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 96 per cent. at 2 am today.
Lowest. 81 per cent at pm. yesterday.
Evening star., 1938-10-06
River Report.

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
at Harper's Ferry: Potomac slightly m
at Great Falls today.
Report for Last 81 Hours.
Evening star., 1938-10-06

The Sun and Neon.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

The Bureau Of Biological Survey,
master of migratory water fowl and Of
the hunters thereof, after three years
OF short seasons and stringent regula-
tions, has revamped the rules to give
hunters more of q chance and still
keep the birds protected.
The open season this year will be
As days instead Of 80; the possession
limit is two days bag instead OF one,
and you now can shoot canvasbacks
and redheads within reason.
Maryland and Virginia have
been placed in the Southern
zone. where hunting is permit
ted from November Is 10 De-
cember -.
State regulations, however. cut into
this somewhat, as no shooting is per-
mitted on Sunday. There are three
zones-Northern. where shooting Is
open October November IA; interme-
diate, October l5-November %, and
Southern.
Redheads and Backs Allowed.
This fall the taking Of redheads,
canvasbacks, buffeheads and ruddy
ducks is permitted. Three of any one
species. or an aggregate OF three in
the daily bag limit Of 10, is the figure.
In the last few years none at all were
allowed.
This slight easing Of the restric-
tions," explained DR.. Ira N. Gabriel
son, chief of the bureau, follows an
increase in most species that has pyra-
mided in the last three years as \
result Of reduced annual kills, i'm
proved conditions in the Northern
breeding grounds. and the Federal
refuge program. 1t should be remem-
bered, however, that recent improve
ments follow many years Of contin-
uous decreases in the number of water
fowl, and that continuing regulations
must be based on the needs and status
OF the birds"
Old regulations still in force
are no shooting between 1 p.m.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
NEW MOTOR BOAT
MARKSG 0KAY
E. F. Dobson Of Annapolis
Holds Two of Six Given
Official Sanction.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. July 23-Approval Of
six new motor boat speed records
made in sanctioned regattas this sea-
son has been announced by the Amer
ican Power Boat and National Out
board Associations.
Three OF the marks are new inboard
standards made at Havre de Grace,
Md, and two were made in the out
board hydroplane division at Rich
mond, Va, and Geneva, N Y.
The other was established in the
outboard runabout column at Waco,
Tex.
The new records approved follow:
INBOARDs.
al-cubc-inch hydroplane class IS miles,
Kerr Of Yoneers. e; N. N.Y. =. 1''." ~ e. a.
Class ] runahouts II mile,-46 03 :.
m phi: Watersprite driven by Z. +. Dob
son Of Annapolis; Md.
m. phi, Watersprite. driven BY Dobson.
Outboards.
OUTBOARDS
ul-62.,,6 m.p.h made by Harry Bird
sail. jr.. of Ardsley. N. Y.
Class F hydroplanes '5 miles. division
nos54is !, o55:ta Z %ph'' made BY Lewis Carlisle
Class c racing runabouts. % miles
division H)4s 80 m.p.h., made by Buddy
Reuter- of San Antonio, Tex.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
Rod and Stream
By GEORGE E. HUBER

and an. and no shotgun may
hold more than three shells.
The season on woodcock, announced
by the bureau at the same time, Is
from November IS to December Is in
Maryland and Virginia.
Smoking Is Expensive.
1t cost Jack O'Neil Of North Carolina
SIS to light his pipe recently at Ocean
City. Jack and two friends were out
marlin fishing with Capt. Bill Bunting
on the Miss Maryland, and Jack had
landed two fish. Each had put up an
hours tight. and Jack was feeling
tuckered out and in need Of q smoke.
While the skipper was rebaiting the
hook and raising the line to the out
rigger. Jack laid down his rod and
reel. filled up the old coffee burner and
started to light 1t.
Just ~ he struck the match
marlin hit his bait, knocked the
line sr0m the outrigger and
pulled the rod overheard.
The captain gave chase, but the
fish was much too fast to catch. Item
lied account: Rod, $25; reel, $40; line,
$40; total. SIS.
Over $50 fish have been landed there
since the season opened. which breaks
all previous marks for this young game
fishing center. They still are running
strong on the days when weather per-
mits fishing outside.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
COAST WATERWAY
DREDGING PLANNED
Army Engineers Soon to Start
Channel From Long Island
Sound to South Shore.

SOUND to South Shore.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
NEW YORK. July 23.-Federal i'm
pr0vement Of the Long Island intra-
coastal waterway between Patchogue
and Peconic Bay Is expected to start
soon when various municipalities along
the route complete their plans Of local
cooperation.
The Suffolk County Highway De-
partment and Brookhaven and South
ampton townships already have pro-
vided spoil areas for dredging oper-
ations and only = few minor details
remain to be ironed out before actual
work begins.
Army engineers have been author
lied to construct = 30-mile channel,
100 feet wide and 6 feet deep, extend
Ing eastward from the existing chan
mel OF Patchogue TO Peconic Bay via
the Shinnecock Canal and connecting
the waters Of Long Island Sound with
the inland canals along the south
shore OF the island.
Completion Of the project will pro-
vide q through waterway along the
south shore from East Rockaway In
let 70 Peconic Bay.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

away IS Miami Hyde will be making
bid for the crown Of the 1855 In his
Spectre.
Race at West River Today.
The West River Sailing Club .aes
this afternoon will be the seventh of
the series for all classes except
comets. Shippers of the 1e-footers
thought discretion better than broken
spars and torn sails last Sunday and
remained at their moorings. As it was,
the line squall that broke over the
racing scene forced several larger
boats to sail back to repair shops un-
der jury rigs.
One Of the younger West
River sailors rates the blue
water medal for his pluck that
afternoon.
Dick Cox saw his albatross Falcon
lose its sail as particularly nasty
gust fiattened out the fleet. He limped
back to the landing, located An old
sail and went out to finish the race IS
minutes after his last competitor
crossed the line.
New Waterway Project.
Uncle Sam has just allotted funds
for the improvement Of the 275-mile
stretch Of the intracoastal waterway
between Cape Fear, N. c.. and Savan-
nah, Ga. Army engineers will dredge
deeper channels that will give . L.
foot depth for 600 miles between
Chesapeake Bay and Savannah Har-
Dor. Eight. 10 and feet now limit
traffic in this section.
An all-time high for the dis.
tribution Of race information
was reached recently when the
Racing Commission Of the
American Power Association
mailed out 8,512 pieces Of litera.
ture TO members and drivers in
one day.
Between rs and 40 boats are ex-
pected to enter events next month in
the annual regatta of the South At
lantic Yacht Racing Association near
Wilmington, N. c. Attesting 70
the unprecedented growth of sail rae
ing, q record fleet of 1858 boats turned
out for one days events of Larchmont
race week on Long Island Sound this
week A newcomer to the Indian
Landing feet of comets on the Severn
River today will be the entry Of Bill
McKelway of Washington.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

.
ligious scruples prevent him from rae
ing on the Sabbath. There is yet .
way out for all concerned, as Leech
explained. II Wilson were to COM
pete only in the two heats on Satur-
day, the present point score system
still would give him a chance to win.
Canadian Or no, the show this
year will have . real interna-
tional tone.
Count T'heo Rossi and Guido Cat
taneo are bringing three new boats
from Italy-Alagi II, Aradem II and
another as yet unnamed-all specially
designed to meet trying conditions
which prevail in American racing
From France, two boats of Maurice
Vasseur are expected to cross the At
lantic for the local show.
Big Race Next Sunday.
Next Sunday morning of Baltimore
Light, just above Gibson Island, some
rs cruising and racing craft will get
under way for a small blinker that
lies of Poplar Island, .1s miles down
the Chesapeake Bay. and then returns
to the start, making it the second
longest race of the year for nearby
yachtsmen. It's oficial name-the
ninth annual Poplar Island race.
The Race Committee has given the
boats Is hours to complete the course
II any one is not in by mid
night he'll find the officials back
at Gibson Island Yacht Club
presenting trophies 10 the win
ners.
The cruising class has been divided
into three divisions. A, and C, A for
Marconi-rigged cutters, sloops and
yawk and staysail schooners over 40
feet, B for the older boats over 40 feet
and c group for all craft under 40 feet
on deck.
The racing class will be comprised
Of 6, 3 and 10 meter boats, two Qs
and . Larchmont o boat. The sloop
Lizzie M OF Washpgtonian George
Briggs is being prepared to enter her
first race on the bay, competing in the
c class The Lizzie recently made a
fast trip down to Rhode River from
Marble head. Mass.
Late Entry at Solomons.
Late entry for the events of Solo
mons Island Regatta today and new
conner to the local speed racing fra
ternity is the 22-foot inboard run
about Tipitin Of William B. Harrison
hailing from Hyattsville. The job
| built this spring by Driver Harrison
and son. Robert. his mechanic, is pow
cred with q l70-h.p Scripps. To-day
will be their first try against the cir
cult riders.
Those inyeterate regatta chasers
Gardiner Orme, Jack Hyde, Emery
Fuller and Bill Dyer, move on from
the Island this afternoon to Chester
town, Md. where next Saturday the
10th annual regatta Of the Chester
River Yacht and Country Club will
be staged.
The following week end will
be the big St. Michaeis show.
On August 13 Orme is planning tt
take in the Northport CLong 1sland)
Regatta before joining Hyde at Rec
Bank, N. j., for the National Sweep
| stakes.
The Jersey regatta will be the scene
Of championships for both the 81 and
1875 cubic inch classes. Orme, who
races in the 81 division. confides that
representatives are coming from IS fal
Evening star., 1938-07-24
NO SOCIAL SECURITY

Manager Fresco Thompson of Bir-
mingham was told recently that he
had = Nv. P. A. mound stad-always
in need of relief"
Evening star., 1938-07-24
MOTOR BOAT ACES VIE.

The East's leading inboard motor
boat drivers, including 8. Mortimer
kAuerbach of Atlantic City, N. j.; Mrs
Evelyn Bartell, Port Washington,
Y; Hector Alexander of New York
lty, Andy Kerr of Yonkers, N. Y;
mmy Crooks Of Rumson, Zalmon
hmons of Greenwich, Conn, and
}eorge Cannon of New Rochelle.
IN. Y, are expected to compete for
New York State titles at the North
port, Long Island. regatta July 30.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
WINS CRUISING TROPHY.

John B. Dawson of the Bayside
Yacht Club won the National Associa-
ton of Engine and Boat Manufac-
turers' Motor Yacht Trophy for the
best overall performance in the recent
cruiser race sponsored by the New
York Athletic Club. He had an error
Of only points in the predicted log
for his cruiser Melba in the 105-nau-
tical-mile contest.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
Am MERCAN MARINE
EXPORTS INCREASE
Substantial Margin Over First
Three Months Of Last Year
Shown in Report,

Exports Of American motorboats and
marine engines showed q substantial
increase for the first three months OF
1888 over the same period last year.
according to Department of Com
merce statistics.
Total unit shipments abroad for
the f1rst quarter were 3.975, valued at
s802,756. This compared with 2,s35
units. valued at $7S7,074, for the
first three months Of 1887.
March exports reached Its units,
valued at $292,656
Evening star., 1938-07-24
BOAT IN TITLE MEET.

SEASIDE PARK. N j., July "a
c. Wilson McNeely of Philadelphia and
his Stardust have been named as the
challenger from the Barneeat Bay
International Star Glass feet for the
world championship at San Diego in
September.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
REGATTA AT CAMBRIDGE

Speedboat Event August 8 One OF
Two Newly Sanctioned.
Two newly sanctioned resattas at
Saranac Lake. N. Y, and Cambridge,
Md, have been added to the Eastern
motor boat racing schedule.
The Saranac event, sponsored by the
Saranac Boat and Waterways Club. is
scheduled for Sunday. July 81, and Il
open to outboard hydroplanes.
The Cambridge regatta. for inboard
runabouts and hydroplanes only, will
be held Wednesday, August 3, between
the Chestertown and st. Michaels, Nd.
programs.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
NEW MARlNAS PLANNED
Corpus Christi (Tex.) Will Spend
$s5O,OOO on Projects.

Corpus Christi. Tex, has voted an
$3.50, 900 bond issue for bay-front i'm
provement and protection project.
Included in the scheduled dredging
operations are the creation Of three
basins to be developed as pleasure boat
maripas.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
pered Scrap Looms for Title in National Canoe Meet
FORE AND AFT
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.

Canadian Harold Wilson, owner of the Gold Cup Miss
Canada Gordon Leech chairman
Cup Regatta, stranded, to speak, at his mooring
The Dominion speedster is anxious enter his
feature scheduled Saturday Sunday September
and rs but he asked Gordon Cup