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The Washington times., 1938-10-15
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CHICAGO, Oct. IS Q.N.S0.
Two men fought for their lives TO-
day following an attempted triple
assassination believed to have
been prompted by rivalry for con-
troll of the suddenly powerful Chi
cago Tunnel Workers Union.
The outburst Of firing came
within 4s hours of the signing Of
Chicago's new $1s,oo0,0O0 subway
grant.
Members of the tunnel union
will work on the project.
Gabriel Caro-, 81, and Frank
Delondi, 81, were walking with
Jerry Sasso, business agent for
the union, in front Of a motion
picture theater when an automo-
bile stopped at the curb and guns
blazed from it.
Sasso fell flat, escaping injury,
but Caro- was shot in the back.
neck and left leg, and Delondi
tumbled to the sidewalk with q
bullet in the abdomen.
The would.be assasSinS' car then
roared away within view Of 9
crowd leaving the theater, passed
a police car which gave chase Tor
a distance, and disappeared.
Discussing possible motives for
the shooting, police estimated that
dues from a probable 1000 new
members who will enter the union
because Of the subway project
would swell its treasury by q quar-
ter of a million dollars a year.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15
Church Institute
Opens "Wednesday

The annual convention Of the
Church School Institute Of the
Episcopal Church Of the Diocese
of Washington will be held
Wednesday at st. Paul'S Church,
Rock Greek Church Road and
Webster Street N. w. Two sessions,
at Sis and 8 p. m. will be held.
The Rev. Vincent c. Franks, rec.
tor Of st. Stephens Church, Phila.
delphia, and the Rev. Hiram r.
Bennett, dean Of the Cathedral
Church Of st. John, Wilmington,
Del, will deliver addresses.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15
DEDICATION
st. AnthOny's Parish
Hall ReOpened

The remodeled parish hall Of
st. Anthony's Church, Twelfth
and Lawrence Streets, N. E., was
dedicated last night at the first
Of q series Of entertainments at
tended by 900 parishionerS.
The hall was remodeled by par.
ishioners, who contributed their
time and services to make 1t into
a recreation center.
The st. Anthony's Booster Club
sponsored last nights ceremony,
with George Herring acting as
chairman. The Rev. Patrick e.
Conroy, pastor Of the church, and
the Rev. James P. Grace, spiritual
director, also participated.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15
Another BABY
Under Knife
InEyeMoIody.

BOSTON, Oct. Is U.N.SO.
Prayers of a mother and all
the resources of medical and
surgical science were pitted
today In q struggle to save
the life and sight In one re-
naming eye Of 16-mOnths-Old
James Abraham Mal0Of, af-
flicted with the rare disease
gliOma.
Jimmy's plight was almost
identical with that Of Baby
Helaine Judith COlan In Chi
cagO.
To the grief.stricken par
ents Of Jimmy. Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis MalOOf, there was no
thought Of debating whether
to let him die rather than
face . life of darkness.
His life comes first"
said Mrs. MalOOf.
So they wheeled him into
the operating room at Boston
City Hospital and surgeons
removed Jimmy's right eve
which was filled with the
malignant tumOr and already
sightless.
Dear Jesus, thank you,"
murmured Mrs. MalOOf as
she fell to her knees In the
hospital corridor when she
saw her son, still alive,
wheeled from the operating
room.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15
RADIO APPEAL
BY PRESIDENT.
SPEEDS CHEST.
American Generosity
UntaiIing, He Says

A personal appeal for the
American people to loosen their
pursestrtngs and contribute to the
Community Chest was made by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
in q Coast-to-C Coast radio broad
cast from the White House last
night.
Stressing the need for private
charity as well as governmental
aid for the needy and destitute
families, President Roosevelt de-
clared:
There is more than enough
work for both in our national
effort to lift up the lower one
third Of our nation to a stand.
ard Of living which will con-
form with decency and comfort
and self-respect."
private community effort Is
not contradictory in principle
to Government effort, whether
local, State or national. All
these are needed to make I'D
the partnership upon which our
nation is founded" President
Roosevelt declared.
And then, to illustrate his point,
the President cited the recent New
England disaster when the Red
Cross, WPA, CCC and NYA, Army
engineers and other Federal agen-
c1eS worked hand in hand with
local agencies, both private and
public, In rehabilitating the needy
in the stricken areas.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15
BALLOU TELLS
PIT. A. OF new
TEACHING TREND
Emphasis to Be Placed
On Current Problems

Purge Of fiction and propaganda
from the text books and an EN-.
phasis on current world problems
will be the trend Of teaching in
the District public schools in fu-
ture.
Frankly admitting at the outset
that he didn't know exactly how
this is to be accomplished, DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
Of schools, announced this as the
aim Of Washington educators in
addressing members Of the Par
ent-Teacher Association Institute
at George Washington University
last night.
Ancient history and ancient lam
guages and the more academic
pursuits of learning appeared due
for a secondary role in education
from the outline of DR.. Ballou.
Current history is much more
important than ancient history"
DR.. Rallou held. 1--WE can't deal
with problems Of the future II
we cannot handle those Of to-
day."
The program to streamline edu-
cation, a general plan Of central
committee" Of teachers, represent
ing the elementary, senior and ju-
nior high schools and the voca-
tional schools is contemplated to
discuss alteration In the teaching
subjects and methods.
sour plan is in general to
bring the students in violent
grips with the world as it Is"
DR.. Ballou said.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15
FEC Denies -Four
Radio Applications

The Federal Communications
Commission yesterday denied ap-
plications Of the Voice Of Detroit,
Detroit, Mich; the Cadillac Broad
casting Corp, Detroit; WWPA,
Inc. Pittsburgh. Pa; and the
Times Printing Co., Chattanooga,
Tenn, for authority to construct
and operate new broadcasting sta
tionS in those cities. All the ap.
plications failed to show a need
for the service to be rendered, the
FEC ruled.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15
SPY CONFESSION
STUNS ACCUSED.

NEW YORK, Oct. is G.Ns).
The sensation-studded story Of how
secret information on Navy ships,
Army planes, and coast defense
plans we're stolen from guarded
files on direct orders of the Ger.
man War Ministry will be told
from the witness stand in the
espionage trial by Guenther Gus
tave Rumrich, confessed Nazi spy,
it was disclosed today.
Rumrich, contact man for the
German spy ring, whose guilty plea
dramatically interrupted the trial
of himself and three others, is
prepared to reveal in detail the full
extent of the NaZi's undercover
efforts to obtain vital national de-
fense secrets.
CHIEF WITNESS
The 32.year-old former Army
sergeant is expected to incriminate
his co-defendants, who are:
Erich Glaser, %, private in the
18th Reconnaissance Squadron.
Mitchell Field.
Otto Hermann Voss, SO, air
plane mechanic.
Johanna Hofmann, 26. hair
dresser aboard the S. S. Europa,
who allegedly served as the rings
messenger.
United States Attorney Lamar
Hardy. chief prosecutor. gave
ample indication that Rumrich
will be his most valuable witness.
JURY SELECTED
The Government, 1t was evident,
expects to convict the remaining
trio on testimony supplied by Rum
rich and two mysterious women
witnesses. Mrs. Kate Moog Busch,
friend Of the fugitive DR.. 1gnatz
T. Griebl. AMI Miss Senta de Wag.
ner, friend Of many Army aviatorS.
Both are in protective custody"
With a jury selected for the
trial Of CHASER Voss and Miss Hof
mann. in the absence Of II others
indicted but now reported safe in
Germany, the drama-packed ses
sions are due to get under way
Monday at 1920 a. m.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15
'UrSide-DOCG'ss'
Stomach RigIsted

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. IS IN.S0
The "upside-down" stomach Of
Mrs. Roy Mckinney today was
back to normalcy following an
unusual operation.
A recent X-ray examination re-
vealed that Mrs. Mckinney had
suffered a diaphragmatic hernia.
An apparent tear in the diaphragm
had caused the stomach to take
the place formerly occupied by the
left lung, which had collapsed.
Mrs. Mckinney now will recover
use Of the lung, physicians said.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15
Laundyman Dies

NEW ORLEANS, oct. IS.
Charlie Tung, reputedly the
worlds richest Chinese laundry
is dead here. It was
estimated his wealth far exceeded
81 600, 900.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15
TRAFFIC BOARD
PLAN ASSAILED.
BY BR|GHTWOOD.
Group Urges Clayton
As Commissioner
BY A. ]. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

The Brightwood Citizens Asso-
citation will fight the proposed
establishment of a traffic safety
commission in the District at an
expenditure of $4,000. This
course was decided at the first
meeting of the season, last night.
Resolutions also were adopted
to be forwarded to President
Roosevelt, urging speedy appoint
ment of a District Commissioner,
and recommending william NICK.
Clayton for the post.
RAY is FLAG ENVOY
President Charles w. Ray was
named as representative to any
group that may be formed in Sc
lecting a flag for the District.
Criticism was made by A. Y.
Casanova, residing on Kennedy
Street, regarding alleged i'm
proper construction of sewer be-
tween Sixth and Eighth Streets,
which has resulted in pavements
sinking. The association urged
the Commissioners to place limit
On the 1910 District budget, now
being prepared, at $45, 10000
George R. wilhelm, Mr.. Clayton,
Elmer johnson and S. A. Swig-
gett we're named as committee
to call on officials of the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission to urge paving of the strip
OF land between Fort Slocum and
Fort Stevens.
Stop signs were requested for
the intersection Of Georgia and
Illinois Avenues and Longfellow
Street.
REELECTED 21ST TIME
For the twenty.first time, Ray
and John Clagett Proctor were
elected president and first vice
president. respectively. Other Of
ficers elected are Prof. L. j. Can
trell, second vice president; Mr..
Casanova, third vice president;
Mrs. Blanche Burroughs, fourth
vice president; ]. W. Ferriter, cor
responding secretary; Mr.. Swig
gett, recording secretary; Mr..
johnson, financial secretary and
treasurer; John A. Saul and Mr..
Clayton, delegates to the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations.
The following committee chair
men were announced by President
Ray: Public utilities, Mr.. Clay
ton; taxation and legislation, Mr..
Saul; zoning, Mr.. Wilhelm; streets
and lights, Capt. Walter Emerson;
public schools and Fairgrounds,
Milton M. Flanders; fire and
police, Mr.. johnson; post office,
Richard Sauer; historical and
Memorial Day, Mr.. Proctor; mem
bership, E. A. Aaronson: health
and sanitation, Miss Abigail T.
Murphy; program, Mr.. Wilhelm,
and library, Mr.. Casanova.
"MEDDLING" OPPOSED
The Central Business Mems AS
sociation meeting last night at the
New Colonial Hotel passed reSolu-
tionS opposing the Federal or Dis
trict governments interference in
the sale of alcoholic beverages
by duly licensed places.
A committee was appointed to
report on the proposed underpass
at Thomas Circle, and the crea-
ton Of permanent traffic safety
commission.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15

Equipped with identifying in
formation rushed here from Raj.
eigh, N. c., Chief of Police William
H. Peters left for Martinsburg,
W. Va, where a skeleton believed
to be that Of McCoin, will be III
vestigated.
KILLED BY BANDITS
The skeleton was found between
Martinsburg and Shomo, w. Va,
at a spot where McCoin was be-
lieved to have been murdered by
a group of young highway bandits
a few days before Christmas, 1882.
Dentists and doctors records
sent from North Carolina, Captain
Peters is confident, will establish
the skeleton as that Of McCoin.
Peters had worked on the case
since an anonymous letter sent
to the Chief Justice Of the North
Carolina Supreme Court told Of
McCoin's being robbed and mur.
dered by five highwaymen.
DROPPED FROM SIGHT
A. B. Wester, McCoin's law
partner, Ind Chief Of Police j. H.
Langston of Henderson, N. c.. ar
rived today to accompany Captain
Peters in his investigation Of the
skeleton.
McCoin, at the time member
of the North Carolina Budget
Commission, left his home De-
The Washington times., 1938-10-15
Luther Plans

A series Of social events for the
winter will be arranged during a
meeting Of the Luther League Of
Atonement Lutheran Church to-
night at the home Of Eulalia Solt,
tho president.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15
Rust|ess Steel Net
More Than Doubled

NEW YORK, Oct. IS G.N.S0.
RuStleSs Iron end Steel third quar-.
ter net was $1S,9S4 or 50 cents q
share VS.. $199.920 or "a cents a
year before For nine months
the company had a net loss Of
$77,354 VS.. net profit Of $571,s41
or 50 cents q share In 1887.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15
RUFUS S. McCOIN
Finding of Skeleton May
SolUe Mystery

cember %, 1892, to go to Rich
mond. He was never seen again.
Then letter postmarked in Chi
cago told of his being deliberately
run into at Petersburg, Va, by
an auto carrying five youths,
who demanded SIS in payment
for damages. McCoin refused the
demand, the letter said, and he
was then beaten to death and
buried.
McCoin's car was located in q
garage in Columbus, Ohio.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15
Murder Will Out!
@>~ w>~ @\x ~A~
Six-Year Mystery Near Solution

HAGERSTOWN Md, Oct. 15.-Mystery of the disappear
years ago Rufus McCon former North Carolina
legislator believed solved here today.
The Washington times., 1938-10-15

RATES By MAIL FOR VIRGINIA, MARY.
LAND, WEST VIRGINIA AND
NORTH CAROLINA
The Washington times., 1938-10-13
FOREST FIRES
BURST anew

FORT FRANCIS, Ont. Oct. 13
GN.S0-Subdued near Fort
Francis, forest fires, raging for
several days in this district
burned afresh in the neighboring
Stratton district today.
Terrified as the fires burned
nearer and nearer to their home
steads, residents of the district
hastily dug holes to bury their
money, their food supply-even
their furniture-before the scene.
In Stratton township, refugees
poured in from Dewart and Sifton,
already swept by the flames.
Hon. Peter Heenan, represent
ing the provicincial government,
was expected to reach here to-
morrow to take charge of rehabili-
tation of an estimated rs families
left homeless by the roaring
flames.
The Washington times., 1938-10-13
P RICE CUTTING
IN STEEL STIRS'
FEARS OF CIO|
Murray Warns Union
May Demand Probe

CLEVELAND, Oct. 13 G.N.S).
Price-cutting in the steel industry
is leading the country into an eco
nomic tailspin, Philip Murray,
chairman of the steel workers
organizing committee of the CIO,
said today.
Here while making a survey Of
conditions in the steel industry,
Murray warned that the union
might seek legislative investiga-
tion of the steel industry if the
companies did not put their own
house in order"
Murray said:
'The steel workers organizing
committe views with apprehen-
sion the terror-stricKen condi-
tion of the steel industry.
Chaos. chlseling in prices,
rebates and commissions TO Gus
toners are the order of the day.
The position of the steel indus
try may be likened to the posi-
ton of the bituminous coal in
dustry prior to the passage of
the Guffey coal stabilization
act"
The Washington times., 1938-10-13
RADIO STATION
Coast Guard Plans
Sl89,OOO Outlet

The U. s. Coast Guard is to
erect it's own radio station on the
Virginia side of the Potomac
River somewhere near Washing
ton, the cost to be betrayed by
q PWA allotment of $4,000.
The sum which was okayed by
PWA Administrator Ickes repre-
sents the cost of the site and the
equipment.
It is understood the Coast
Guard intends to use this station
in a new system of communica-
tions by which the Central office
in Washington can keep in coz
slant touch with all Coast Guard
cutters.
In addition to the money al
iotted for a radio station, the PWA
also allotted $4,000 for the cost
of equipping Coast Guard boats
with new radio facilities.
The Washington times., 1938-10-13
Farm Tax Called
Bread, BreeChes

Processing taxes on wheat and
cotton, as proposed by Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace to raise
revenue for benefit payments to
producers, were described by the
Millers' National Federation yes
terday as "bread d and breeches
taxes, since bread and cotton
cloth are among the indispensable
necessities of life"
The Washington times., 1938-10-13
ConVicts Can't Get
AWAY for Grid Game

FORT MADISON, Ia, Oct 13
uN.SO.-A scheduled football
game Saturday between Burling.
ton Junior College and the unde-
feated State Penitentiary Convict
Bulldogs has been called off,
Warden Glenn Haynes said today,
"I called off the game because
I can't let the team play outside
the walls" the Warden said.
'The game was scheduled on
the Fort Madison High School
Field"
The Washington times., 1938-10-13
GASOLINE BLAZE
IN n. J. PLANT.
UNDER CONTROL
Cities Service Damage
Over Million Dollars

LINDN, N. j., Oct. 13 GN.S0 :.
Fire which for hours threatened
to destroy vast gasoline and oil
reservations near Linden was
brought under control today after
damage conservatively estimated
at more than a million dollars
had been inflicted on property OF
the Cities Service Company.
Flames which consumed nearly
100000 gallons of oil and gaso-
line in more than 20 of the firms
ITS storage tanks have been ex-
tinguished in all except one tank.
The all-night labors Of freight
ers were crowned with success
when it looked as though the
roaring flames would resist water
and chemical and the fire con-
tinue until the week end.
BLAST BLAMED
Although definite cause of the
disastrous fire was not known, it
was believed to have resulted from
the explosion of a tank Of high
powered gasoline. Subsequent
blasts ripped apart the giant
metal storage tanks, releasing a
flood of oil and gasoline that soon
became a river of flames.
The heroic work of fire-fighters
prevented the flames spreading to
the valuable adjoining properties
Of the Sinclair and Standard Oil
companies and the American Cy-
anamiG Company, manufacturers
Of chemicals.
PERSONS HURT
Unable to bring the blaze under
control, workmen hastily built
dykes and dug bitches to provide
barriers so the flames would not
ignite other Cities Service tanks
or those on the adjacent reserva-
tions.
A loading shed on the Sinclair
property went up in flames but
that concerns main tanks, al
though t eaten d, were not
touched.
No deaths were recorded but
four persons we're injured or
treated for burns.
The Washington times., 1938-10-13
Municipal Stadium
Rent Is Reduced

City Council came to the rescue
of local athletic teams at their
meeting last night and reduced
the price for the use of the NUM-
cipal Stadium to $40 a Sunday.
The club here formerly payed SIS.
It also decided that 10 per cent
of the gross would be paid on all
gates of 500.
The Washington times., 1938-10-13
Gold Fish Thief
SCOTS at Police

SILVER SPRING, Md, Oct.
13.-Right next door to pO-
lice headquarters in the
county building here an ad-
venturOuS thief made off with
a bowl and two gold fish.
Discovery of the theft was
made by the owner of the
fish, Mrs. Katherine John
SON, a public-health nurse,
when she opened her office
today and she Immediately
went next door to dumfOund
The police with her COM
plaint.
Mrs. johnson e explain ed
that the fish were kept by her
to amuse children brought to
the baby clinic.
The Washington times., 1938-10-13
Architects Club
Elects Officers

William r. Hall was elected
president of the Landscape Archl-
tects Club of Washington at the
organizations last meeting, it was
announced yesterday. other off
GERS elected were Miss Cary Mill
holland, vice president, and Cor
don Van Setback, secretary-treas-
urer.
The Washington times., 1938-10-13
POISON F|END
Pet LOUers Aroused
At Dozen Deaths

Aroused pet lovers in southeast
Washington were searching today
for a fiend who has killed nine
dogs and three cats with poisoned
tidbitS in the past two weeks.
All of the poisonings have oc-
CURED in the area around Eighth
and B Streets Southwest. The
poisoner feeds pets strychnine-
coated food and leaves them to die
in agony.
It is believed the poisoner may
be the same person who recently
poisoned a number of dogs in
Georgetown and who caused the
death of more than twoScore dogs
in Anacostia several months ago.
"Alice In Wonderland" as n prac-
teal dream book" Maybe you're
superstitiOus enough to believe I'm
dreams-if so. and you dream of the
things Alice did. here's what the for
tune tellers say they mean. An illustra-
ted feature in The American Weekly.
the magazine distributed with next
Sundays Washington HeFald-Times.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31

magnates Of other days whose
sagacious handling Of their busi-
ness and whose two-fisted meth
DDS Of dealing with their prob
lens once caused the Stars and
Stripes to fly proudly over a
mighty merchant fleet.
The Shipping Boards admin
istration Of our maritime indus
try also has aided its decadence.
Many other factors probably
enter into it.
But Mr.. Bloque's inference
that shipmasters are "softies" is
far, far from the real state Of
affairs. No, Mr.. Bloque. the
trouble is elsewhere. Some day,
may be not so far off, we'll have
the stars and Stripes floating
over a great flotilla Of hand
some merchantmen, plying the
seven seas with glory.
LONGSHOREMAN.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Fingerprint All

I note that an organization
meeting here recently advo.
Gated universal fingerprintinS
of every person in the United
States.
May I add my approval to
this step, and hope that soon 1t
will be an accomplished fact.
Such q registration would
reveal the presence Of aliens.
many Of whom have no right to
be in the country, and would be
valuable in detecting spies in
event the threatened world war
becomes a reality.
Also this would prove Of great
value to police and the Depart.
ment Of Justice in trailing
criminals and missing persons.
Certainly no honest, upright
person should object to being
fingerprinted. J. o'D.
Il
The Washington times., 1938-01-31

probably felt that prosperity was
just around the year.
For those who are in doubt as
to whether there will be a fair
in 1889 there isn't much they
can do except wait and see II
a fair is really held in the big
city and then sue the world for
letting itself be misrepresented
on a license plate year ahead
of time.
And then to those people who
continually complain about the
high price Of a license plate,
they don't realize the extra let
tering they got this year and
also the privilege Of carrying the
Worlds Fair around with them
wherever they go, from Holly.
wood Boulevard to McGinty's
Alley. .
JONAS CLIFTON.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Spare The Animals

It seems that science, with
all its wondrous accomplish
ments, should be able to find
methods of experimentation
that would abolish the horrors
Of vivisection.
It's all very well to take the
hard-boiled attitude that prog
ress must goS forward at any
cost. That's easy enough for the
person who has never owned
and become attached to a dog,
or a cat, or some other domesti-
Gated animal.
To the imaginative pet owner
the thought Of the live body
Of q dog writhing with the
thrust Of a surgeons scalpeI
brings a shudder Of deep pain.
Surely, science can evolve
some method to eliminate the
practice Of vivisection.
DOG LOVER.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
A Fish Story

The arguments Of the anti
viviSectionists in support Of
their pet measure now pending
before Congress reminds me Of
the very dear old lady who
visited our local aquarium and
watched small minnows thrown
as food into the tanks Of one OF
the larger species.
She sought ont the head man
and called upon him to stop his
inhuman conduct before I call
the police"
Lady" saiG the head man,
"even the police can't change
human nature. Those little
fishes were made to be eaten
and those big ones were made
to do the job" H.K.