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Evening star., 1938-03-07
SYMPHONY FUND
GETS NEW BOOST
800 Volunteer for Service in
Drive as Result of
Appeal.

The number Of volunteer workers
in the National Symphony Orchestra's
sustaining fund campaign YVES swelled
by more than 300 today Is the result
Of an impromptu appeal at the Or
chestra's concert yesterday in Consti-
tuition Hall.
Campaign leaders, meanwhile. pre-
pared to hold their final report meet
ing Of the Today drive today at CAM
paign headquarters at the Carlton
Hotel
The goal OF the drive Is $103, 3,0G0
and at the last report luncheon
Thursday a total of some s63 900 had
been reported.
More than 1000 of those who at
tended yesterdays concert remained
after the end of the program to hear
a special message from Earl Nash, ad-
vertising assistant of the Chesapeake
g. Potomac Telephone Co. Calling at
tention to the fact the campaign was
falling short of its goal, Mr.. Nash
asked for volunteers to aid in the
solicitation for funds.
The response was immediate. Sew
eral prominent personages volunteered
to help direct this special phase Of
the drive in the hope of raising the
rest Of the 100000 before March IS.
These included Clarence Phelps
Dodge. former president of the Com
munity Chest; John Victory of the
Board Of Trade, Dennis Connell and j,
Evening star., 1938-03-07
G. W. u. RIFLE TEAM
FACES Three FOES
Undefeated Women Will Oppose
Michigan, Connecticut State
and Nevada This Week.

The George Washington University
women's rifle team. whose victory over
Drexel Institute of Philadelphia Sat-
urday was its sixth consecutive vic.
tory Of year in which it has met no
defeat, will compete in three dual
matches this week in preparation for
the National intercollegiate. Cham.
pionships.
The shooters, whose range Is IN
the basement of Corcoran Hall on
Twenty-first street between G and r
streets NV, will match fire with the
University of Michigan, the Connec-
ticut State Women,s College and the
University Of Nevada by telegraph.
The scores each team makes on its
home range will be wired to the COM
petitors so the highest score can be
determined.
The match Saturday with Drexel,
won by G. w. by 494 to 1872, was the
only shoulder-to-shoulder match Of
the season. In a shoulder-to-sh
match the competitors shoot on the
same range.
Other teams defeated by @. W. in
clude the Universities of Pennsyl-
vania. Washington, Indiana, Syracuse
and Northwestern.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
SUIT
ASKS $3O,0()D,0DD
Cancellation of Charters of
SixCement Firms Sought
in Texas.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex, March 7.-State At
torney General William McCraw filed
suit today seeking cancellation Of
charters and penalties aggregating
possibly $3O,OOO,OOO against six ma jor
cement manufacturing companies.
The suit, charging violation of
Texas antitrust laws, was against
the Lone Star Cement Corp. with
principal Offices in New York and
Dallas; the Southwestern Portland
Cement Co., Los Angeles and Ell Paso;
Trinity Portland Cement Co., Chicago
and Dallas; Universal Atlas Cement
Co., subsidiary of the United States
Steel Corp, Chicago and Dallas;
Longhorn Portland Cement Co., San
Antonio, and the San Antonio Port
land Cement Co., San Antonio.
The bill of complaint, filed in Dis
trict Court, charged the companies
entered into price-fixing agreements
about January 3, 1929. when the
Cement Institute, with headquarters
IN Chicago. was formed.
1t also asserted code of ethics"
and compendium of established
terms and marketing methods" adopt
ed by cement manufacturers had led
to identical terms of sale and mar
keting practices.
The 76-page petition requested
statutory penalties of from $50 to
Sl,5OO daily against each of the de-
PENDANTS for 3,348 days. or from Janu-
ary 3, 1929. to March 7, 1898.
The jury or court would determine
the exact amount which might range,
II the State were successful on trial,
from $l,0O4,4 400 to s3O,132, 900.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
Levine BELIEVES
SON IS STILL ALIVE
Father Seems Sure Contast Has
Been Made With Kidnaper
of Boy, IL.

By the Associated Press.
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, March T.
Murray Levine, father of kidna ped
12-year-old Peter Levine, said today
that he believed his son was still alive,
despite continued failure to make
actual contact with the abductors. He
also said he believed he was dealing
with the true kidnapers.
Commenting on the last ransom
note. but declining to say when he
received it, Mr.. Levine said
With the last note there was some
indication my boy was alive. and that
I was dealing with the right party"
Meanwhile police drained Indian
Lake in the Bronx in search of the
Evening star., 1938-03-07
Drunken Pedestrians Criticized.

HARRISBURG. March 7 P.-A
campaign to eliminate the drunken
pedestrian" as we'll as the drunken
driver was urged today by Commits
sioner P. w. Foote of the Pennsyl-
vania motor police.
"Our accident records show that
almost 10 per cent Of the total auto
mobile fatalities in 1887 were at
tributable to intoxicated pedestrians"
the commissioner declared.
Evening star., 1938-03-07

boys body. Draining of the basin.
300 feet wide and 600 feet long, was
expected to be completed late today.
New York police. seeking the man
who phoned them that the Levine boy
had been killed and his body hidden
IN the lake, questioned Joseph Laz-
zaro, 35. q Brooklyn laborer on re-
lief. Later they released him.
Police and Federal agents have
avoided open participation in the case
because OF the fathers public plea he
oe permitted to deal alone with "the
holders of my boy."
Evening star., 1938-03-07
HANGS SELF IN CELL

Jailed Saturday night on a charge
of assaulting his wife, Julia, Leroy
Robinson, 80. colored, 2267 Eighth
street NV, committed suicide today
by hanging himself in a second pre-
cinct cell with the lining of his coat
Robinson's body was found hanging
to the cell door, suspended from the
neck, by Pvt George L. Earle. Cor
oner A. Magruder Macdonald issued
q certificate of suicide.
Evening star., 1938-03-07

B. Wyckon. More thap 400 others vol.
untered their services and were given
punch cards as they left the hall.
Mr.. Nash emphasized that the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra Associa-
ton Is determined to discontinue as
sponsor Of the Symphony Orchestra
unless the full amount is obtained by
March Is. The work Of the musicians
and DR.. Hans Kinder, the conductor,
made . strong plea for an intensive,
last-minute drive by the volunteer
solicitors.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
Madison Will on View.

ORANGE. Va, March (P.-The
Will of James Madison, the Ma
tion's fourth President, has been
placed in case in the Orange County
clerks Office, where is may be In
spected by the public.
The document was executed April
IS. 1895, with a codicil in Madisons
handwriting. dated four days later
The will was written on a single sheet
of paper.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
WAGE BILL BACKED

National Committee Formed to
Push Enactment of Measure.
Organization Of the National Com
mittee for Labor Standards, pledged
to work for enactment Of a wages
and hours bill. was announced here
today by George j. Burke, Ann Arbor
tMich) attorney, who is chairman of
the committee.
Other members include Miss Grace
Abbott. former chief Of the Children's
Bureau. Department OF Labor, vice
chairman; Miss Elizabeth Magee,
executive secretary of the Consumers
League of Ohio. secretary, and Miss
Frieda Miller. director of the division
Of the women in industry and mini
mum wage of the New York State
Department Of Labor, treasurer.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
SLAYING VERDICT UPSET
Conviction in Wife Shooting Case
Is Reversed.

The United States Court of Appeals
reversed today the first-degree murder
conviction several months ago of Will
Kinard. colored. who was found guilty
OF shooting his wife, Laura, during
a quarrel November s, 1886. at their
home in the 200 block of Third street
SW.
The appellate court held that the
trial Judge erred in failing to instruct
the jury that it could, if it desired,
bring in a verdict of manslaughter.
A new tral was ordered.
Evening star., 1938-07-11
Burglar Slips
Through Police
With $38 Loot.

Because there were too many police
hnen in the wrong places at a critical
time early yesterday, police today still
we're hunting slippery burglar who
stole $SS.52 in cash and toilet articles
from the Alban Towers Pharmacy,
v700 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Police Sergt. Thomas Kelleher
taught the burglar in the store when
he was summoned by the Alban Tow
ers 5anitor, and held him at gun point
In q back room while the janitor went
to call scout car to pick up the
prisoner.
In few moments there came a
knock at the front door. Sergt.
kelleher turned his head to beckon to
the back door the officers who had
arrived in answer to the call. At that
moment his prisoner jumped through
Q window and escaped.
A check-up showed $1O77 in cash
and one bottle of perfume, one CAM
era, two toothbrushes, two tubes Of
tooth paste, one can of talcum powder
and . bunch of keys, valued at $27.75,
were missing.
Sergt. Kelleher recognized the bur-
glar ~ . 19-year-old youth with a
police record and hoped to catch him
again soon.
Evening star., 1938-07-11
LUNCHES SERVED
TO NEEDY CHILDREN
Peanut Butter Sandwiches Fare
on First of Free Meals
at Playgrounds.

Promptly at noon today 5000 needy
youngsters deserted playground swings
and seesaws to consume peanut but
ter sandwiches, as the summer free
lunch program got under way.
With only the week end to make
preparations, the District Works
Progress Administration, which is
operating the program, was unable
to provide complete lunches. After
today. however. the lunches will be
expanded to include fruit and milk.
Even the dry peanut butter sand
~iches, though, were welcomed eagerly
by the underprivileged youngsters,
most Of whom receive regular hot
lunches at school during the winter.
The lunches are being served at IA
Fairgrounds of the District Playground
Department and at IS Fairgrounds of
the Community Center Parks A staff
OF w. P. A. woman workers of thu
Division Of Women's and Professional
Projects prepared the lunches at the
central kitchen, 1640 Wisconsin ave-
hue.
The summer lunch program was as
cured when President Roosevelt ap-
proved grant of $169,995 for the IL
months w, P. A. project last Thurs
day. This will pay the salaries of the
woman workers TO cover the cost O,
materials used. Congress included in
the last Deficiency Act an appropria-
tion Of s65.000 as the District contri-
button to the w. P. A. project.
Evening star., 1938-07-11
SUES FOR EFFECTS
OF MRS. lands
Mothers Request Is Refused by
Slayer-Estate Valued at
Onlv 1882.

Before leaving the District for
Leavenworth to serve q life sentence
for the murder Of his wife. James L.
Lands, former fireman, refused to
give the slain woman's personal effects
to her mother, 1t was disclosed In Dis
trict Court today.
The refusal became known when the
mother, Mrs. Sadie M. Beckert. 30l0
Twelfth street NE, filed a petition for
authority to administer her daughters
estate.
Mrs. Beckert, in order to get her
daughters effects, filed the petition as
creditor of her estate, alleging that
she had betrayed funeral and medical
expenses aggregating 1898.
Mrs. Lands estate was valued at
only 1852, and was said to consist of
$40 in cash, wages due in the sum of
$l4, a bank account of So, and jewelry
and other personal effects, now in
custody Of the police department,
valued at 500. The petition was filed
through Attorney Leonard A. Block.
Lands. 23-year-old rookie fireman.
was convicted of fatally beating his
22-year-old estranged wife on the
morning of March "a. He said she
received fatal injuries when she
Jumped from his automobile.
Evening star., 1938-07-11

NV, cut forehead: Howard Mitchell.
80. Of 705 Eighteenth street NV.
cut face and leg; John Boyd, 50, Of
1855 Church street NV. cut leg. and
Anna Hill, ~, Of 1910 Thirtieth street
NV, bruises.
Four persons were injured in ana
other mishap at Forrestville, Md. Also
treated at Casualty, they were: Charles
Trunnell, II, Of 4522 Canal road NV,
cut face; Augustus Chaney. 4s. up
per Marlboro. Md, cut face, leg and
shoulder; Ann Tippett, 10. Forrest
vile, cut leg. and Anne Ridgeway, SO.
Marlboro, cut leg.
Dolores Warren, 13, colored, 1923
Sixth street NV, was treated at
Sibley Hospital for body cuts and
perhaps . compound fracture Of the
arm after she was struck by an au-
tomobile near her home.
Jacqueline Tippens, 4, Of 1922 stap-
Ter street NE, was cut above the eye
when Knocked down near her home.
Bobby Jordan, 4. Of $40 Fifth street
NE. was cut and Christina F1jozdal
81. Of Detroit, Mich. suffered . knee
injury IN the other n1dslaaps.
Evening star., 1938-07-11
APPELLATE COURT
UPHOLDS 0'BR|EN
PERJURY VERDICT
His Conviction Followed
Wounding in Bootleg War
2 Years Ago.
ATTRIBUTED ASSAULT
TO BUSINESS RIVALRY
Parts of Statement Repudiated
When Called as Government
Witness in Trial of 3.

The United States Court of Appeals
today upheld the conviction for per-
Jury of Joseph Edward O'Brien. we'll
known underworld chara cter who was
shot and seriously wounded in bot
LEG war two years ago.
Taken to a hospital after the shoot
ing, which occurred in front Of res
taurant in Southeast Washington,
O'Brien gave a statement to police in
which he named Samuel S. Montgom-
cry, Joseph S. Bond and George F.
Tear as his assailants. The state
ment attributed the assault to bad
feeling growing out Of rivalry between
himself and Montgomery in the boot
leg business
4, When the three men were brought
to trial later O'Brien. called as a
Government witness. testified he did
not remember making parts OF the
statement and fatty denied having
made other parts,
Duress Question Argued.
The principal contention on appeal
was that the statement was obtained
under duress since the police had
promised to release a woman friend
OF O'Brien's. who had been arrested
after the shooting, if he would make
the desired statement The appellate
court decided, however, that the ques-
ton Of duress was not important since
the essential issue was whether the
statement had been made to police
and not whether it was true or false.
The case was prosecuted by United
States Attorney David A. Pine, and his
former assistant, Roger Robb.
Despite the perjured testimony
Montgomery, Bond and Tear were con-
Ncted on the assault charge. Also
convicted in the same case for the
same offense were Charles r. Rags"
Warning. well-known numbers op-
orator who is still serving time. John
Sweeney and Clarence "Cocky" Ware.
Two Others Convicted.
Two other witnesses, William r.
Country" Carpenter and Harry
"Spike" Behrle. whose memories also
failed at the trial when asked to iden-
'tify the assailants, were convicted of
perjury. Their cases are still pending
in the Court Of Appeals
After tlae district attorneys ofIlce
had received information that threats
had been made against Carpenter and
Behrle, the two witnesses were placed
under police guard. Both men OBJ
3ected to the constant attendance Of
officers on the ground 1t was hurting
their business" and tried unsuccess-
fully to secure an injunction against
the policemen which would have re-
suited in the withdrawal Of the body
guards.
Evening star., 1938-07-11
PUT UT0NPROBAT|0N
FOR BRIDGE LEAP
Man Who Made 90-Foot
Jump on ST Bet Tells
Story to Judge.

William F. Dudley. "a. who couldn't
refuse a dare even when it involved q
90-foot leap from Key Bridge. was
placed on probation for year after
telling the story to Police Court Judge
Edward M. Curran today.
The high-diving Mr.. Dudley, accord
ing to police, was discussing the hot
weather with friend yesterday and,
in the course Of the conversation,
commented it was hot enough to in
terest a man in jumping of bridge
Police said Mr.. Dudley told them
his friend dared him to try it and
clinched the dare with a 81 bet. Mr..
Dudley and his friend repaired to the
bridge while apprehensive bystanders
notified police.
Pvt. c. w. Disney Of the seventh
Precinct said he arrived on the scene
in answer to q call and asked persons
on the bridge If they had seen a man
jump of. Mr.. Dudley, who was in the
group, answered truthfully that no
one had jumped of. If he said yet"
under his breath, Of1icer Disney didn't
hear him.
The officer had just reached the foot
Of the bridge when he saw Mr.. Dudley
hurtle through the air and land with
q mighty splash in the Potomac River
The Harbor Police boat stationed un-
der the bridge started for the man
but he was Immediately assisted into
the waiting boat Of some friends. The
police boat ordered the other craft
back to the dock where Officers Disney
and c. w. Pitts took Mr.. Dudley into
custody for violating a police regula-
ton forbidding citizens to Jump of
bridges.
Mr.. Dudley refused hospital treat
ment although he admitted he didn't
feel so well. The officers took him
back to the bridge long enough to
retrieve his shoes, which he had shed
for the leap, and then took him to the
seventh precinct station, where he
spent the night in lieu of $40 COL
lateral.
If we'd known he had bet on the
jump" said Omcer Disney, wed have
let him collect"
The bet was still uncollected when
Mr.. Dudley, who lives at 46S5 Conduit
road NV, went = Police Court.
Evening star., 1938-07-11

ROBBED OF $241
Hurled 20 Feet Into Ravine
as He Stops to Aid Man
Lying Beside Road.

Charles A. Cole. So, Cottage City,
Nd, was recovering today from pain
full bruises inflicted by two bandits
who hurled him down q 20-foot en-
bankment, beat him and robbed him
Of $24l late Saturday night.
Mr.. Cole said he was assaulted at
Bladensburg road and Corby lane NE,
while on his way to work at a nearby
yeast plant, when he approached a
man lying beside the road to offer aid
The man jumped up and threw him
down the embankment into q ravine,
he said.
A second thug struck him on the
head as he struggled In the ravine. and
the two attackers took his wallet,
which contained $241 he had neglected
to deposit in bank, Mr.. Cole told
police. He returned home after treat
ment at Casualty Hospital for con-
tusions on the head, face and back.
Meanwhile, Thirteenth Precinct Po-
licemen H. o. Hurd and g. T. Gulley
arrested a 26-year-old colored man in
market at 2160 California street
NV. after he had broken the front
door glass to enter the store and take
80 pennies and five packages Of Gig
arettes. He was being held for further
investigation. :.
John J. McNey, 1923 Gales street
NE, reported burglar entered his
home through an open front window
early yesterday and stole $128 and two
watches.
Colored bandits held up and robbed
two taxicab drivers early yesterday,
taking $l3 from Harry Hamilton, 80,
Of 121 Thirteenth street Sc, and 81
from Wilbur W. Santimer, rs, Of 746
Thirteenth street Sc.
Evening star., 1938-07-11
Kinder Introduced
As Fritz kreisler
To Concert Crowd

It was one Of those little hui
morous slips that are apt to occur
during any speechmaking. espe-
cially If the night is warm and
the crowd is large.
The first sunset symphony"
was about to begin. Spokesman
for the National Symphony Or
chestra had just formally accept
ed its floating concert stage, and
the thousands Of music lovers
settled back to enjoy great SYM
phonic music. A hush fell over
the throng as Otto ]. Cass, deputy
administrator of the District w.
P. A., stepped up to the public
address microphone.
And now. ladies and gentle
men," he said, your great con-
ductor-Fritz Kreisler."
For a moment, the audience
thought it was going to receive
an unusual treat. But Mr.. Cass
quickly corrected himself.
Il mean Hans Kinder" he
said, joining in the wave of
laughter.
Evening star., 1938-07-11
Thousands at Water Gate
Hear First Sunset Symphony
All Seats Taken and Hundreds Enjoy
Concert aboard All Manner of
Craft in River.

In q setting man could not have
created. with . lazy moon sending
sparkling beams across the calm
waters Of the Potomac. washington
last night extended an extraordinary
welcome to the return Of sunset SYM
phonies."
The picturesque scene seemed almost
incredible because 1t appeared as
though all Washington had converged
on the Potomac Water Gate to hear
the National Symphony Orchestra In
the first summer concert In a series
Of IL.
It was estimated that more than
$4,000 lovers Of symphonic music found
seats somewhere within or nearby the
outdoor concert hall. Thousands were
seated along the waters edge between
the Arlington Memorial Bridge and
the ramp on the north side Of the
concert stage, and on the steps leading
up to the Memorial Plaza. .
Thousands of others stood several
deep in the Memorial Plaza. Hundreds
lined the Arlington Memorial Bridge
and the high ramparts Of the Lincoln
Memorial Causeway. Still others lolled
in houseboats. yachts, canoes, row.
boats, small motorboats, launches and
other craft anchored near the huge
barge which held the orchestra.
Hearers on Water.
Long before the orchestra members
walked out on the barge the crowd
began to gather in the amphitheater.
Several of the larger boats had an
chored out in the river and q score Of
small craft tied up to the nlooring
ropes Of the barge, the seagoing music
lovers reclining lazily as they waited
for the concert to begin.
Enjoyment Of the excellent program
was not confined, however, to those
within earshot Of the orhestra. Radio
listeners heard the second half Of the
program over WMAI, The Stars radio
station. Although the, acoustics Of
the modernistic shell from which the
orchestra played made possible appre-
citation by the listeners for q consider
able distance around the hail." many
who came by car, but could not get
close enough, snapped on the radios
in their machines and sat and listened.
! Dr.. Hans Kinder, conductor Of the
orchestra, who directed the initial
concert, was in a gay mood. The occa-
sional drone Of an airplane apparently
annoyed him only once. During the
playing of the iinal number. 0odou-
nov's Coronation Scene and Love
Music" the conductor stopped the
orchestra completely for Z few seconds
while . plane passed overhead.
Prolonged applause hcunght ~
Evening star., 1938-07-11
D. c. C.MED|CSF|GHT
SOC|AL|Z|NC PLAN
81 Pct. Of 219 Ba||oting in
Poll Are Opposed to
Reorganization.

Approximately 81 per cent Of 219
District physicians who cast ballots
in a poll conducted by the magazine
Modern Medicine are opposed to re-
organization of medical practice in
the direction of "socialized medicine"
the magazine announced today.
The referendum showed reorganiza-
ton is favored by a greater propor-
tion of the specialists than the general
practitioners among the local doctors
taking part in the poll.
Al Per cent Yes-57 Per Cent No.
Among the specialists Al per cent
voted yes" and 81 per cent voted no"
to the question: DO you believe that
reorganization of medical service is
necessary to make adequate medical
care available to all classes Of the
United States population?"
The poll showed 81 per cent OF those
classed as general practitioners voting
no" to the same question, and 80 per
cent answering yes"
Physicians who have been practic-
ing only l to years were divided
equally on the question. while among
those with longer service the vote
was 66 per cent against reorganiza-
tion.
OF the local doctors voting In the
poll. only 36 per cent were members
Of the American Medical Association.
Favor Public Funds.
On another question as to whether
public funds should be used to pay
the cost of medical care for the in.
digent and low income group, 81 per
cent Of the District doctors voted
yes"
The magazine said 1911 ballots
were cast by doctors throughout the
Nation. with 81 per cent opposing
reorganization of medical service. The
heaviest favorable came in New York
City, where SO per cent of the ballots
were in the yes" column.
The results were at great variance
with the recently published Gallup
poll" which reported out of 10
doctors favored the principle of health
insurance, the magazine pointed out
Evening star., 1938-07-11
BAND CONCERTS

BY the Navy Band at the Capitol
at 1880 o'clock tonight. 1t. Charles
Benter, leader; Charles Brendler, as
sistant.
BY the Army Band at the District
War Memorial in West Potomac Park
at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Capt. Thomas
F. Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, as
sistant.
BY the Marine Band in the au-
ditorium Of the Marine Barracks at
8 O'Clock tonight. Capt. Taylor Bran
son, leader; William F. Santelmann,
assistant.
BY the Army Band in the auditorium
at 2:30 pm. tomorrow. Capt. Thomas
F. Darcy, leader: Kari Hubner. O..
sistant.