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Evening star., 1938-09-16
CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST
IS ASKED ON BONDS
Holders Of Securities in Defunct
Street Railway Urge Deal Be
Declared Fraud.

Establishment of constructive
trust on bonds of a defunct street
railway company here, the assets of
which assertedly are held by the
Capital Transit Co.. the Washington
Railway 4, Electric Co. and the Balti-
more National Bank of Baltimore,
Md. was asked by David Fisher,
1869 Columbia road NV, and Emma
c. Dwight 1923 Fifteenth street NV.
in District Court late yesterday.
The plaintiffs sue as holders and own
ers of per cent bonds of the City
e. Suburban Railway of Washington
and say mat the bank is the trustee.
They ask the court to hold that the
transfer Of assets of the City & Sub
urban Railway to the Washington
Railway l. Electric Co. of August,
%, 1912, he declared fraud upon the
plaintiffs as creditor bondholders.
The City g. Suburban Railway of
Washington was organized. under au-
thority o. Congress. on June 10, 1888,
as the lexington & Soldiers Home
Railway Co., the court is advised in
the suit. ano later $780, 900 in bonds
were issued to bear per cent. The
plaintiffs contend that there are now
outstanding $l,676,000 of the issue.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
PETER J. PIERCE DIES;
PAINTING CONTRACTOR

Peter Joseph Pierce. 47, a painting
contractor. died yesterday at his home,
1858 Maryland avenue NE, after q
long illness.
A lifelong resident Of this city, Mr..
Pierce was an overseas World War
veteran. He conducted his painting
contracting business in Takoma Park,
Md. He was member of Local No.
1868 Of the Painters Union.
Surviving are two brothers,. William
Pierce. Capitol Heights. Md, and Guy
Pierce, Takoma Park, Md, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Mary Hoffman, this city.
Funeral services will be held at
am. tomorrow in Deals funeral home,
Sl6 H street NE. The Rev. DR.. C. S.
Abbott, rector of the Good Shepherd
Episcopal Church, will of1iciate. Burial
will be in Arlington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
HIGH HONOR WON
BY ARMY FLYERS
Builders of Substratosphere
Plane Receive Collier
Trophy Award.

The Collier Trophy, considered avia-
tion's highest honor, was present.
ed by President Roosevelt today to
the Army Air Corps for having de
signed. constructed and completely
equipped the XC-35 substratosphere
plane, the first pressure cabin airplane
to be flown successfully anywhere in
the world"
The award was announced by the
National Aeronautics Association
through Its president. Charles F.
Horner. 1t was the fourth time ac-
complishments Of the Army Air Corps
have merited the trophy.
Army officers cited as the principals
in the research and development work
on the plane were:
Maj. Carl F. Greene and Capt. Al
bert H, johnson, stationed at Wright
Field. Dayton, Ohio, and DR.. John E.
Younger, formerly aeronautical me-
chanical engineer at Wright Field and
now professor of engineering at the
University of Maryland.
It. Col. Oliver P. Echols, Wright
Field, was cited as administrative di-
rector of the research.
The Aeronautics Association Com
mittee on Awards was composed of
Maj. j. H. Doolittle. chairman; E. r.
Stettinius, jr., Leighton Rogers, Ed
ward P. Warner. William B. Mayo, DR..
George w. Lewis, S. Paul Johnston,
Henry B. du Pont and T. P. Wright.
Other awards to the Air Corps we're
IN 1924 for making the first flight
around the world, 1926 for work in
development OF the parachute, and in
1884 for achievements in blind flying
Evening star., 1938-09-16
INSPECTORS START
TOULSON PROBE
Justice Department Leaves
Lewis Aid Inquiry to
Postal Men.

The Department Of Justice will leave
to the Post Office Department the re-
sponsibility of investigating alleged
illega{ political activities by Mrs. Maude
R. Toulson, postmistress at Salisbury,
Nd, it was announced today.
The department has notified Chair
man Sheppard of the Senate Campaign
Expenditures Committee that postal
authorities have full investigative
jurisdiction under the criminal statutes
relating to offenses by postal employees.
The committee had expressed the opin-
ion the Justice Department should in
vestigate charges by Senator Tydings,
Democrat, Of Maryland that Mrs. Toul-
son had violated Federal laws by ac-
lively campaigning for his opponent,
Representative David J. Lewis.
The Post Once Department already
is conducting an investigation of COM
plants by the committee that Mrs.
Toulson also trespassed on admins
trative regulations of the postal service
by taking part in the unsuccessful
Lewis primary campaign.
Senator Tydings, in a letter to
Chairman Sheppard, charged Mrs.
Touson had carried advertisements to
Eastern Shore newspapers In behalf
Of Mr.. Lewis, had urged newspaper
editors to come out in support Of Mr..
Lewis and had accompanied the can
didate On campaign trips, during Of
flee hours.
The committee advised the Depart
ment Of Justice that its Investigators
had reported that, Senator Tydings'
complaint had been generally SUBJ
stantiated, and that the committee
was of the opinion that Mrs. Toulson
had violated Section 211, Title 1S, Of
the Criminal Statutes, prohibiting
postal employees from giving any
thing Of value (services)" to q men,
Der of Congress.
Attorneys in the Criminal Division
Of the Department Of Justice. after
examining the statutes, expressed the
belief investigative Jurisdiction lay
within the Post Once Department.
Acting Postmaster General w. w.
Hoves said the Postod1ce Department
haftheguu IT. investigation.
Evening star., 1938-09-16

No money. no friends. nothing-not
even sword to eat-a man gave
Judge Hobart Newman q new problem
to ponder in Police Court yesterday.
Appearing on a charge Of vagrancy,
Thomas william MCGEE had story
to tell that begins several months
ago in Scranton, Pa.
MCGEE was married and worked
for the Ringing Bros, Barnum g.
Bailey Circus-in a profession that
he's been following since he was 10
years old, He's only 20 now, but is
recognized as a veteran in the sword
swallowing business
When the circus folded up because
Of labor troubles and went into Florida
winter quarters, MCGEE was left with
out job and he began to wander
aimlessly.
A few days ago he found himself
in Danville, Va. In the railroad yards
there he spied comfortable box car.
Thinking he'd catch about 20 winks,
he crawled in.
The next thing MCGEE knew there
waS . rumble Of wheels, hs opened his
Evening star., 1938-09-16
BERNSTEIN is NAMED
TREASURY LEGAL AIDE
Heads Monetary and Exchange
Unit-Bernard Put in Charge
of Legislative Section,

Bernard Bernstein, who has been
associated with the Treasury Depart
ment since December, 1898, has been
named assistant general counsel for
the department, in charge of the None
tary and Exchange Section of the
Legal Division. Secretary Morgen-
thau announced today.
At the same time Lawrence j.
Bernard was named assistant general
counsel in charge of the legal aspects
OF legislative matters Except revenue) ,
executive orders and proclamations
pertaining to the department. Mr..
6ernard joined the legal stan of the
department in September, 1885, after
Two years on the legal stan Of the
N. R. A.
Mr. Bernstein is a native of New
YORK and a graduate Of Columbia
University Law School. Before joining
the Treasury, he was engaged in gen.
eral practice in New York Citv Mr.
Bernard is a graduate of stetson
Fla.) University Law School. He en-
gagged in private practice in Deland
Fla, before he joined the N. R. A
Recently he has been acting as q spe-
cial assistant to the chief counsel
Bureau Of Internal Revenue.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
; 3CH|LDREN HURT:
TRAFFIC SAFETY
DRIVE IS PUSHED
Police and School Officials
Planning Lectures
in SchooIrooms.
OFFICER is INJURED
BY WOMAN DRIVER
Bicyclist Is in Collision and Two
Pedestrians Are Hit
by Auto.

Three children were injured in traf-
nc accidents yesterday and last night
as police and school officials planned
to carry forward the city's traffic safety
campaign with special classroom lee
lures when schools open next week.
None Of the drivers of the vehicles
involved in the injuries to the chill
dren were arrested, but police placed
reckless driving charges against the
drivers Of cars that struck and injured
severely a woman pedestrian and a
policeman who was directing traffic.
Perhaps the most seriously hurt
child was William Alexander. 9, coll
ored, ga M street SW., who was
struck by an automobile as he was
crossing the street in front of his hons
last night. He was treated at Provi-
dence Hospital for possibly frac-
tured skull and transferred to Gall
lnger Hospital for further treatment.
Bicyclist Is Injured.
Oscar Lee, jr., 8. colored. 200 I
street NV, suffered possible con-
cussion Of the brain when his bicycle.
which police said he was riding on
the wrong side of the street, hit q
laundry truck near G and Second
streets NV. He was taken to Cas-
ualty Hospital.
fhree-year-old Earl T. Orme bruised
his head and nose when he ran into
the fender Of car passing in front
of his home at 73l Thirteenth street
Sc
The injured policeman, Edward VI.
Brown, &c. of 4O08 Chesapeake street
NV, attached to the eighth precinct,
was directing traffic from a safety
zone at Connecticut avenue and Ord
way street NV. when he was struck
by a car driven by Mrs Shirley r.
Meyers, %, Of New Rochelle. N. Y,
police reported Oficer Brown was
treated at Emergency Hospital for
fractured ribs, a broken collar bona
and brush burns.
Charged with reckless driving, Mrs.
Meyers pleaded not guilty in Police
Court today and demanded jury trial,
which was set for October 20.
Pedestrians Injured.
Helen Kerr, l8. of 3ols Georgia
avenue NV, suffered a possible frac-
ture to the back of her head when she
and Rod Bruce. 26, Glen Echo, Md,
were hit by an automobile as they
walked across the street at Eleventh
and Irving streets NV. The car
driver, Nick s. Demos, 2l, of sl6
Seventh street S.W., was released
under $500 bond on a reckless driving
charge. Miss Kerr was reported in
undetermined condition today at Gar
field Hospital, where Mr.. Bruce was
treated for bruises and brush burns.
The child traffic injuries focused at
tention anew on the plans for talks by
policemen and teachers in school
rooms in an effort to stimulate safety
consciousness among children in con-
nection with the concerted drive to
cut down the auto injury and death
toll here. Officials emphasized that
cooperation by parents and children
themselves IN avoiding danger is nee
essary for success of the campaign.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
Skyline Drive Tour.

The Capital Hiking Club will sponsor
tour OF Skyline Drive from Front
Royal to Skyland Sunday. A Smile
round "trip to the summit of Stony
Man Mountain, 1000 feet high, will
feature the trip. Reservations may be
mode by calling West 1246, branch 607,
by pm. tomorrow. Buses will leave
l4le F street NV. at $50 am. Sun
day and return late In the evening.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
B0xcar Rider Is Locked Up
2 Days, F00dless and Thirsty

eyes to pitch-black darkness. Crop
ing his way to the box car door. he
found himself q prisoner and going
he knew not where. Railroad men had
locked the door.
For what seemed to be ages MCGEE
Remained q prisoner in the car, with
nothing to eat or drink. The wheels
beneath him rumbled on, but finally
the car .jerked to a stop. Some one
opened the door.
Crawling out, weak from hunger and
thirst. MCGEE learned he had been
locked up for two days, and he was
in Washington, sick for lack of nour-
ishment. He went to Pvt. w. B. Piper
Of No. police precinct and told him
he wanted TO be locked up and that
he needed to 60 to the hospital. He
said he had q bad arm and that 1t
also had piece Of steel lodged in it.
The case came before Judge New
man, who turned it over to the proha-
ton officer. After receiving q report,
the court sentenced MCGEE to post .
$500 bond or go to jail for so days.
He'll be locked up and will get medical
attention Il necessary.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
ROW HOUSE RULES
CHANGES OFFERED
TO END DISPUTE
Amendments Submitted by
Arlington Group and
Hearing Is Set.
CONTROL OF TAxICABS
ALSO BOARD ISSUE
Keeping New Dwellings as One.
Family Units Is Part of
Compromise

The Arlington (Va) County Board
yesterday authorized advertising of
proposed amendments to coming ordi-
nances intended to solve the row house
controversy. The changes were sub
mitted by the special committee ap-
pointed to study the question. and a
public hearing was set for October IA
at the Courthouse
On motion of William p. Ames the
board instructed the county manager
to study with q member Of the county
board. zoning board and planning
board, the preparation of a fire zon-
ing ordinance.
Commonwealth Attorney Lawrence
w. Douglas was authorized to draw
up set Of regulations providing for
control and parking of taxicabs, on
motion Of William A. E. McShea.
Row House Changes.
The proposed row house ordinance
amendments we're:
No row-house dwelling shall be
erected or altered to provide for more
than one family or housekeeping unit.
Not more than three single family
dwellings shall be grouped or connected
to form one row-house building unit.
No row-house dwelling shall here
after be erected or altered on less than
1000 square feet of lot area and l8
feet Of lot width for each family.
In no case shall the lot occupancy
Of a row-house dwelling be less than
minimum Of 430 square feet.
All row-house dwellings on the in
terror lots, except those at the end of
q row. shall occupy the full width of
the lot.
Rear Yards Provided.
Each row house shall have a rear
yard for the full width Of the lot.
No row house shall be erected or
altered to provide for more than two
rooms in depth.
No row house shall hereafter be
erected or altered to exceed two and q
half stories in height.
The following regulations are pro-
posedaso be incorporated in the build
ing CODE
Exterior walls shall not be less than 8
inches trick and OF masonry, with
brick or stone facing.
Party walls in row houses shall be of
masonry construction not less than 8
inches tnlck and may be built of solid
brick or approved hollow building
blocks.
Stone-faced walls shall be construct
ed IN accordance with sections 50 and
73 Of the county building code.
One new application for row-house
construction near Nauck was received
but action was deferred until Sep
tember 29.
Changing Of the classification of
lots "a and Is in the WASHINGTON
View section from local to general
business was approved to permit the
construction of an automobile show
room on the southeast corner of Will
son Boulevard and Courthouse road.
Payment of salaries of engineers
working on plans for new storm
sewer project was approved. The
salaries amounted to s48827. Pay
ment of supplies totaling s944.65 also
was authorized.
Evening star., 1938-09-16

doing twice as much work as his COM
panions and probably in comfortable
circumstances.
There may be some affinity. he
pointed out, between the disease and
manic Oppressive insanity. which is
characterized by episodes of great ex-
citement. When any psychiatric con-
dition is found in the ancestry Of a
peptic ulcer victim 1t usually is of
this nature. The energy drives which
bring on the ulcers may be the same
sort Of manifestation as the manic
episodes encountered in mental hos
pital. An outstanding difference be-
tween the two maladies, it was
stressed, is that peptic ulcer patients
can always be depended on to pay
their bills. even if they are poor, while
Lucrative colitis victims are poor pay
even if they are we'll off. A peptlc
ulcer patient is seldom met with in
a charity ward.
Peptic Ulcer Cure Unlikely.
The peptic ulcer patient, DR.. Sui
livan said, may be in great pain, but
almost never complains of it. He
doesn't run to the doctor every time
he has a stomach ache and the cases
sometimes prove fatal because the
victim will work hard all day in great
pain, after the ulcer has perforated
the stomach walls. without calling for
help. He is usually, DR.. Sullivan
said. pleasant fellow to deal with,
while the Lucrative colitis victim is
complaining, disagreeable patient.
Neither condition, he stressed. car
be cured by laying on Of hands" OF
any other psychic treatment alone, bu,
in the ulcerative colitis cases a grea1
deal can be done to prevent recur.
rences up to point where the physical
condition Of the colon becomes so bad
that it is irreversible. Less can be
done for peptic ulcer, because its vic.
tins have such drives to work that
they do not take their condition Sc
riously
DR.. Jacob Weinstein. in charge OF
the newly established blood bank a,
Gallinger Hospital. which is expected
to serve the entire city, explained tc
the Georgetown alumni the technique
OF running this bank. Dr. Samuel Ben
jamin described newer methods for the
diagnosis and treatment of diabetic
coma resulting when too heavy a dose
OF insulin is given diabetic patient.
Some of the newer findings on high
blood pressure were described by DR.
Frank 8. Horvath, and DR.. J. Ross Veal
spoke on the indications for amputa-
ton of a limb.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
STATE LABOR HEADS
INVITED TO PARLEY
National Battery Group Acts to
Put 40 Cents Wage Rate
Into Effect.
1y the Associated Press.

1y the Associated Press.
Elmer F. Andrews, administrator Of
the wage-hour law, announced yester-
day that all State labor commissioners
have been invited to a conference here
October l8 and 10 on enforcement of
the law.
The administrator also disclosed that
the National Battery Manufacturers
Association had inquired how it should
proceed to establish a Accents AN
hour minimum. effective October "a.
That will be easy" Mr.. Andrews
remarked.
The wage-hour division, he said,
would set up an industry committee,
conduct brief hearings and get the
40-cent minimum into q wage order In
. few days.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
President Fails
! ToGreet CROWD
In Cumberland
- the Associated Press.

CUMBERLAND, Nd, Sept. 10
President Roosevelt, hurrying to
Washington because of the European
situation. stopped in Cumberland for
Is minutes yesterday, but failed to
appear to greet crowd Of about 400
who waited at the station.
His secretary. Marvin H. Mcintyre,
refused Mayor Thomas W. Rooms re-
quest for an interview while the
Presidents train stopped for servicing.
Mayor Koon said he wanted to ask
the Presidents aid for the building
OF the Savage River Dam and for
Cumberland's 100000 flood control
plan.
As the train pulled from the station,
. window blind in the rear Of the
last car was lifted and the President
waved to the crowd.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
EVENING SCHOOLS
ENROLL MONDAY
Registration Will Start in
Local Institutions for
Both Races.

Registration for the citys public
evening schools will open Monday
night at $50 pm. at specified build
ings in both the white and colored
divisions.
In the white schools registration will
be accepted at Abbott Vocational. Gen.
trail. Mckinley. Roosevelt and Western
High Schools, Hine Junior High School
and the Webster Americanization
School.
According to E. j. Lockwood, di-
rector, classes at Central and Western
will probably be consolidated with
those in the other schools in the spring
Hine, Mckinley and Roosevelt he said
may continue until June 81. Glasses at
Abbott will continue for about 90
nights.
Colored Divisions.
In the colored divisions registrations
will be taken at Armstrong and Car
dozo High Schools, Phelps Vocational
School, Garnet-Patterson, Francis and
Randall Junior High Schools and the
Lovejoy School.
c. o. Lewis, director of summer and
evening schools in the colored divi-
sions, said courses in sewing, cooking
cosmetology and cleaning and dyeine
Will be organized at the NJ M. Wash
ington School. under the George Deem
Act to develop vocational instruction
If demand justifies 1t.
AS nrouiNiye1v,
planning to enroll in the day schools
Monday should report at the ofice OF
the principal in the school nearest
their home which is the correct edu.
cational level-that is, senior high
junior high or elementary, with a few
exceptions for new pupils.
Exceptions Explained.
The exceptions provide that because
OF congestion, new senior high school
pupils from Takoma- Silver Sprinp
area in Maryland may enter Central
High School as we'll as Roosevelt. and
that students from Virginia should
attend Western or Central Highs
Pupils from the Bethesda Chevy Chase
area should 60 to Woodrow Wilson
High, while those from Maryland be-
yond Anacostia and Benning should
60 to Eastern High.
variations in the junior highs pro-
vide that Maryland pupils from be-
yond Anacostia and Benning should
attend either Hine of Eliot Junior
High and that those from beyond
Woodbridge should attend the Langley
Parents Of new students were warned
they must have vaccination certifi-
Gates. birth certificates and reports
from the last school attended.
Evening star., 1938-09-16

emergency. When family histories of
such patients are examined, there will
be found a record Of nervous diseases,
insanity. idleness and usually failure
for several generations. The patients
themselves are usually to be found in
the charity wards Of hopistals, since
they never have been able to make
a place for themselves In life.
They are the sort of folks, he
stressed, who are happy in bed. He
has only met with one case in COM
Portable financial circumstances, he
said, and this man happened to be
the son Of wealthy parents who de-
veloped a severe attack of the malady
as soon as his father died, leaving
him with the responsibility of the
family fortune.
Believed Personality Product.
The Lucrative colitis, DR.. Sullivan
said. is probably due to this sort of
personality rather than the other
way around He believes the actual
cause will be found from study of the
chemistry of the autonomic nervous
system. which varies from birth in
different kinds Of people.
Victims of peptic ulcer, he said be-
long to the salt of the earth. About
80 per cent Of them are ambitious,
work at three or four jobs and are
leaders In their communities. Some
cases undoubtedly are due to al
coholism. but even here the proper
ton is greatest among drinkers who
also are hard workers.
Here also, Dr. Sullivan said, the pep
tic ulcer seems to be the result Of
some chemical constituent Of the SYM
pathetic nervous system which is
also the cause of the dynamic per-
sonalities.
He found also that peptic ulcers run
in families and the family records
show several generations of energetic
men and women, possibly hard drink
ers but with records of success in life
and very small percentage of mental
disease. Almost always, he said. the
stomach ulcer victim Is man of high
standing, relative to his economic and
social class. He often is to be found
among self,made millionaires.
Bankers Often Victims.
Cases are especially frequent among
bankess on the eve OF bank exami-
nations when they have been work.
ing night and day to get their books
in order. Sales managers often come
down with bad cases after the nervous
stress Of outlining their campaigns
for the year. If the victim is a COM
mon laborer he will probably be found
Evening star., 1938-09-16
AUTOPSY ORDERED
IN DEATH OF. GIRL
Doris Paxton, Is, of Baptist Home
for Children Dies on Way
to Hospital.

An autopsy was to be performed at
the District Morgue today to deter
mine the cause of the death of Doris
Paxton. Is, Of the Baptist Home for
Children al Bethesda. Md, who was
pronounced dead on arrival at George
Washington Hospital yesterday.
The girl, student at the home for
four yeais, became i'll Tuesday. it was
said. Her ailment was at first believed
to be indigestion, but she became sud-
denly worse yesterday and died en-
route to the hospital.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
Mrs. Shiras Dies.

Mrs. Frances P. Shiras of 453O Kiln.
gle road NV, died suddenly, this
morning at her summer home in Mar
quette. Mich. according to word re-
ceived here from her husband, George
Shiras, Sd Burial will be in Park
Cemetery there.
Mrs. Shiras was the former Frances
p. White,
Evening star., 1938-09-16
WOMAN is INJURED
Falls From Window and Crashes
Through Skylight.

RIVERDALE. Nd, Sept. 16 (Spe-
ciaD Mrs. Peggy Jones. Is, was
seriously injured today when she fell
from the window of her home at 206
Maryland avenue here. while wash
ing windows, and crashed through the
skylight Of an adjoining building.
DR.. Martin Keane of Riverdale gave
her first aid and said she received a
broken leg, broken arm, possible skull
fracture and severe bruises. Mrs.
Jones was taken to Washington hos
pital in the Bladensburg rescue squad
ambulance.