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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
Sailing Trips Down Potomac
To Be Started Next Thursday

Sailing trips down the Potomac
on 61-foot Chesapeake Bay cutters
will be inaugurated from Hams Point
by the Welfare and Recreation As
ISOLATION next Thursday for the
pleasure Of sightseers, Capt. F. w.
Hoover, director, announced today.
Approval Of the plan has been
given by the office of National Capt.
tai Parks and Skipper" Hoover is
entering on the preparations.
Two Of the sailing vessels, equipped
with auxiliary motors for use during
Gains. will be put into service on
that date. Each will carry q cap
tain and a crew of at least two men
and as an added attraction a small
stringed orchestra will provide music
on the moonlight trips.
Capt. Hoover said that, if the bust
ness is good, an additional sailing
boat will be used Senators Tydings
and Radcliffe of Maryland are to be
invited to attend the ceremony in
cidental to the first trip, on May 10.
That is because the vessels are being
leased from Maryland owners. They
are now being used as mother ships
for oyster craft in Chesapeake Bay.
All the safety requirements Of the
Commerce Department will be OBJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
USE OF MAILS BARRED
TO GERMAN LOTTERY

A fraud order was issued by the Post
Office Department. this afternoon bar
ring the use Of the mails to the Saxon
State Lottery and August STREET., the
promoter, at Leipzig, Germany.
Postmaster General Farley author
lied the order on the basis Of adver-
Using circulars which pointed to the
advantages that the Saxon Lottery
assertedly has over Irish and Calcutta
Sweepstakes, which, it was pointed
out. have wide sale in this country.
THE Saxon State Lottery" the cir
culars say, ''is being conducted, super
vised and guaranteed by the govern
ment of the Third Reich and its leader,
Adolf Hitler. am acting in the ca
pacity of collecting and paying agent
for the government"
The lottery was founded, it was ex-
planned, in 1881 and is participated in
annually by 2,50o, 900 people. The adj
vantage for the players. it declares, is
that Is per cent of all shares sold are
winners and that S., 400, 900 Is distrib-
uted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

BY HARRY MACARTHUR.
Well, Olympic Bradna shas been
kissed And what's more there is
Photographic evidence to prove 1t, so
maybe this will see the end OF those
stories from the Paramount publicity
department which start out "Olympe
Bradna, who is II and has never
been kissed"
1t was all done in the interests of
The Star, of course, and for the
good of the country That never
been kissed" phrase has become tsrri-
bly, tiresome. Naturally, the fact that
Miss Bradna is an exceedingly attrac-
tive and vivacious lass who seems
definitely on her way to movie star
dom had nothing to do with it. She
was kissed for science or something.
So for science let it be set down
in the record that kissing Miss Bradna
is neither a trial nor a tribulation. 1t
is something of a trial to be sure, to
do it with a whole bus load of visiting
high school boys and girls grouped
around swapping candid cameras
when Miss Bradna steps from the
train at Union Station, but if she
can stand it, who are we to complain?
1t is a trifle disconcerting, also. to
do all this embracing with Mrs. Brad
ma. who is Olympe's mother, standing
by. But we fixed that by pointing out
to mamma that it was all done in the
bright light of day and therefore
aboveboard and all that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
G. A. R. PLANS ANNUAL
RITES AT ARLINGTON

Decision to sponsor annual Memo
rial Day rites at Arlington National
Cemetery was made at a meeting of
the Grand Army of the Republic
Memorial Day Corp. last night at
the Chamber of Commerce.
More than 500 persons, representing
patriotic. fraternal and veterans or
CARNATIONS, attended the meeting. It
was decided to open the services at Ar
lington with wreath-laying ceremonies
at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
at ii am, with the services in the
amphitheater to begin at pm.
The Committee on General Arrange
ments will meet on May Is and again
on May Is to complete plans for the
memorial exercises. The meetings will
open to the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
APPEAL AWAITED
|N-NUMBERS TEST
EmpIoye at Walter Reed
Found Guilty Under
New Statute.

With the first test of the new num-
bers laws upheld in District Court, the
case was headed today for the United
States Court of Appeals.
Robert H. Williams, colored employee
of the Walter Reed Hospital, was
found guilty yesterday of possessing
numbers slips, miSdemeanor pun
ishable by q maximum of six months
in Jail and $500 fine. The jury &C.
quilted him of another count in the
indictment charging him with con-
Quoting lottery, felony. for which
a maximum penalty of three years Is
provided in the new law.
Justice Joseph w. Cox upheld the
right of police authorities to search
a persons for numbers slips on prob
able cause" Defense Attorney Denny
Hughes pointed out that a person
could be arrested for misdemeanor
only when it was. committed in the
presence of the officer. Justice Cox,
however, agreed with Assistant United
States Attorney John w. FINELY that
the new law made possession of num-
bers slips prima facie evidence of
conducting a lottery, felony. and
thus created presumption of felony,
allowing a search which might result
in only a misdemeanor charge.
Williams was arrested April by
military police at the Army hospital.
They said he had 81 numbers slips
strapped to his body beneath his
clothing. It was the first arrest since
Congress late in March passed the
law amending the District lottery
statute by outlawing the numbers
game specifically.
Mr.. Hughes said he would move for
new trial, and If the motion is
denied he would carry the case to the
Court of Appeals. He contends that
the new law is unconstitutional.
Williams was released on $500 bond
pending the appeal
The new law was passed after the
District authorities had declared the
old law failed to reach the numbers
racket, which they described as the
richest and most widespread gambling
game in the metroDolitan area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
HOSPITALS OPEN
DOORS TO PUBLIC
Guides Show Latest Devices
and Several Provide
Afternoon Teas.

The hospitals of the city threw open
their doors today and invited the pub
lie to participate in their celebration
of National Hospital Day.
Guides were on hand at the institu-
lions to show visitors the latest de-
velopments in surgery, X-ray and
clinical laboratory facilities. Several
of the hospitals were holding teas for
visitors during the afternoon.
Among hospitals taking part are
Children's. Columbia Hospital for
Women. Mount Alto Emergency, Epis-
copal Eye, Ear and Throat, Garfield
Memorial. Georgetown University
George Washington University, Ma
tional Homeopathic and Providence.
At Children's, a tree was to be
planted at 1890 pm. in memory of
Matthew Foley, who originated the
idea of celebrating every May IL, the
birth date of Florence Nightingale, as
National Hospital Day.
Mrs. William j. Father, jr., presi-
dent of Children's Board of Lady Visi-
tors, was to plant the tree in the pres
ence of Charles D. Drayton. president
of the hospital; DR.. John Talbot, Sec
rotary of the Board of Directors. and
other guests. ,s-
At Mount Alto Hospital, the Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary was to be in
charge Of q tree planting at 4 PM. A
tea was to be held during the after
noon and an entertainment program
for the patients will be staged at 7:4s
pm. Dancers from the Virginia G.
Hunter School will offer several mum.
bers.
Radio talks on the celebration WERE
made last night by Ross Garrett. di-
rector of the Central Admitting Blu.
reau for Hospitals; Miss Emily Kleb
executive secretary of the Graduate
Nurses Association, and DR.. Watson
W. Eldridge of st. Elizabeth's Hos.
pital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12

Further for science let It be reported
that Miss Bradna does not close her
eyes when she is kissed. Some cad
might point out that this is something
to be blamed on the kisser instead
of the kissee. but we prefer to set it
down to inexperience or the fact that
there was a photographer on hand
Anyhow. Miss Bradna is an extreme
ly cooperative lass about it all, and
even came back for retakes. SO there.
But just now, as the enthusiasm has
worn of, and the immensely of it all
looms up on us, we can't 60 on. The
ice has been broken, Olympic Bradna
has been kissed ow the sceen for the
first time. To be the first person out
side of Olympe's family to do it awes
us. And at Is in the morning, too!
And as for the young lady herself,
she'll probably never live it down.
Seems as though she deserved better
beginning than this.
But Miss Bradna bore up. She has a
busy schedule ahead of her. First
there was the thrill of meeting Mrs.
Roosevelt at noon. Then there's a
greeting from Commissioner Hazen,
complete with key mot gold) to the
city; couple of personal appearances
at the Capitol. where her picture,
Stolen Heaven" opens tomorrow, and
sundry other activities.
But not for these things can Olympic
Bradna look back on this day. Thurs
day, May II, 1898, she was kissed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
E. B. Prettyman
Nominated to
Succeed Allen

E. Barrett Prettyman, former Dis
trict corporation counsel, was nomi-
mated today by Chairman Palmisano
of the House District Committee to
succeed George E. Allen as District
Commissioner.
"Mr. Prettyman did an excellent job
as corporation counsel, and I believe
he would make a fine Commissioner, :"
said Representative Palmisano. He
knows the District and its problems
and is in sympathy with move to re-
organize the municipal government in
the interest of efficiency and economy.
And, too, he's a Democrat"
Mr.. Prettyman, however, is a resi-
dent of Maryland and existing law
provides that a Commissioner shall
have lived in the District at least five
years Immediately preceding his ap-
pointment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
Defective Wins
Foot Race, Gets
SIS Bill Back

Determination both to catch q sus.
pect and to retrieve his IS bill yes
terday led Detective Elmer I. Dali
strom Of No. precinct to success in
two-block chase.
He had been sent to investigate
tip that a man was soliciting funds
at Twenty-second street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. in the name of
church.
In plain clothes, the officer idled by
and the suspect is reported to have
touched him for subscription. A
marked IS bill was the suspects re-
ward, but as the officer tried to arrest
him he fled.
The suspect and bill were captured
in the 2loo block Of street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

Finding of fourth and hitherto
unknown alkaloid-like substance in
ergot, whose action is much more pow-
erful and rapid than that of the other
three medicinal constituents of this
rye fungus, was revealed today in a
patent on the method of extraction
issued to DR.. Marvin r. Thompson of
Baltimore.
DR.. Thompson until recently was
professor of pharmacology at the Uni
versity of Maryland Medical School.
Ergot, rust which forms on cereals
chiefly in Europe, is one of the most
essential drugs the world over in the
practice of obstetrics because Of the
unique action of it's alkeloidal con-
stituents in forcing the contraction OF
striped muscles, thus Fastening child
birth.
In the past most of the supply has
come from Russia, where the ergot
fungus is common on rye. Eating Of
bread made from this rye has been
responsible for several outbreaks Of
weird epidemics of ergotism in which
breathing muscles were affected, often
with fatal results.
Constituent in Residue.
Three components have been OBJ
tanned in the past. ergotoxine, ergo
famine and senibamine, all of which
have in various degrees the property
of rhythmically contracting the mus
cles. DR.. Thompson found his fourth
constituent. ergostertrine, in the aka
loidal residue after the total amounts
of the known three were extracted.
Some time is required for the older
ergot preparations to start their &C.
ton. This substance, Dr. Thompson
claims in his patent application. pro-
duces an effect almost Immediately
when given either by mouth or by in
lection. 1t is obtained in the form
of dry powder. which is easily solu-
BILE in water
An automatically lighting electric
torch for swimmers, available either
for shipwrecked persons or for bath
ers In the dark, was patented by Will
liam o. Orland of Seattle. An cleo
trio socket and bulb is attached to 4
leather head harness. This in turn is
attached by wires to q peculiar kind
Of dry-cell battery contained in a belt
about the waist. The cells are "in-
active" The two poles are the zinc
casing Of the battery and a small car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
JUDGE REFUSES
VERDICT FOR WISE
Prosecution Rests Case in
Extortion Trial Of D. c.
- Detective.

The prosecution rested shortly be-
fore noon today in the District Court
extortion trial Of Luther c. Wise,
tenth precinct detective. who is
charged with obtaining $40 from a
Columbia Heights restaurant manager.
A motion by Defense Attorney
Charles E. Ford for a directed verdict
was promptly overruled by Justice
Jesse c. Adkins after Assistant United
States Attorney Cecil Heflin opposed it.
Wise is accused of telling Fred Kos
ma, night manager of cafe in the
1400 block of Irving street NV. that
he would have to pay $40 weekly IF
he did not want to get into trouble :"
Kosma said he first complained of
the threat to two policemen, who came
that the establishments liquor license
had been suspended for three days.
Marked Bills Furnished.
Inspectors Edward J. Kelly and
Maurice Collins and 1t. Walter H.
Thomas furnished Kosma with two
marked IS bills.
Both 1t. Thomas and Inspector Col
Inns testified today that Wise charged
he had been framed by Kosma.
Inspector Kelly gave similar testi-
mony late yesterday.
The accused policeman was con-
fronted by Kosma, Inspector Collins
and 1t. Thomas declared, and Kosma
said in Wise's presence that the de-
tective had asked to be paid off
weekly.
According to the testimony of both
witnesses, Kosma told them he said to
Wise, You are getting your lunches
here free and an occasional drink
isn't that enough?" and that Wise
replied that it was not.
Witnesses Quote Wise.
Both witnesses quoted Wise as say
ing that he had been framed because
of the suspension Of the restaurant
liquor license.
The first defense witness was Sergt.
Charles Nunnally Of the Richmond
(Va.) police force, who was asked only
if he knew Kosma. He replied he did
and then walked to where the resta-
urant man was sitting in the court
room and laid hand on his shoulder.
Earlier Kosna had admitted from
the witness stand that he had been
convicted in Richmond on a house.
breaking charge.
Several character witnesses testified
that Wise had reputation for truth
fulness and honesty. These included
Assistant Police Supt. L. I. H. Ed
wards and Capt. Ira Sheetz, COM
mander of the tenth precinct, where
Wise was assigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
Fourth Substance From Ergot
Revealed by Extraction Patent
Electric Torch for Swimmers, Substitute
for Rubber and Photoelectric Eve
Are Other Ne,U Devices.

bon rod. Packed tightly between them
is some such material as powdered
graphite or manganese dioxide which
act as electrolytes, or carriers of ions
from one pole to the other, only when
wet. Around this electrolytic material
is wound tightly some absorbent mate
rial such as blotting paper, which nor
mally excludes all moisture.
Once such battery is placed in
water, however, the packing becomes
moist almost Immediately and the
flow of electricity starts. Then the
torch on the swimmers head lights.
The light will continue, the patent
specification states. for about IL hours
and requires no attention. Such a
device should be of special Importance,
Mr.. Orland states. when a ship is
wrecked at night and passengers and
crew are floating around with life pre-
servers. They are almost wholly i'm
mersed. A rescuing ship now must
depend on its own lights to spot them
and they are likely to be missed in
the waves.
The torch can be arranged he
states, so that it can be turned on and
OF at the swimmers convenience. This
should make it of use, he believes, for
swimming on dark nights. The bather
can tell where he is going and even
look into the water beneath him.
New Rubber Substance.
A patent was obtained on q new
substitute for rubber by Peter j. Wei
zevich Of New York City. So-called
synthetic rubbers are produced by a
polymerizing-or molecule- combing-
process with such substances as vinyl
chloride, vinyl acetate, or chorprene,
all related to ethylene gas. The in
ventcr uses various hydrocarbQn resi-
dues for softening the polymerized
plastic until a product is obtained, he
claims, which is tough. probably elias
tic. and available for many Of the
functions of natural rubber.
Another use for the sensitive photo
electric eye-which already is doing
more than thousand jobs which
used to require man power-was the
basis Of patent issued to Clarence
P. Wood of New York City. This new
job is that OF guard for dangerous
machinery. 1t operates automatically
when a beam Of light is cut off by a
person passing in front Of 1t, just as
the doors of some department stores
are automatically opened as a custo-
mer approaches them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
CONFERENCE POSTPONED

The new conference scheduled for
today to settle differences between
the House and Senate over the District
taxicab insurance bill was postponed
ct the last minute, probably until
early NEXT week.
The main issue in dispute is
whether to permit fleets Of cabs to
be covered by blanket policy or to
require q separate policy for each cab.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12

served aboard the vessels, on which it
Is intended to carry from so to rs
passengers per trip. They are capable,
however, of holding 100 without
crowding. Each is equipped with a
comfortable cabin.
The boats will leave from the sea
wall at Hams Point opposite the tea
room. A small ticket booth will be
eSected.. Capt. Hoover said the trips
would last from an hour to an hour
and q half, depending on weather
conditions
The rates will be IS cents for adults
before 6 pm. and 40 cents after 6 pm.
Children will be carried for Is cents
during the day and Is cents at night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
EXPLORER VISITS HERE
E. F. Mcdonald, Jr., Docks at the
Navy Yard on Way North.

A brief visit was paid here yester-
day by E. F. Mcdonald, jr.. of Chi
cago, explorer and manufacturer. in
his yacht Miz-ah, which locked at
the Navy Yard.
Mr.. Mcdonald, who attended a
Gridiron Club meeting last night,
sailed with his wife and daughter,
Marianne Jean, at daybreak. He
was en- route to Massachusetts on
the l85-foot seagoing yacht from a
cruise in the West Indies. After a
visit there he will sail up the st.
Lawrence to the Great Lakes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12

The great seal of the United States
was used for the first time on Sep.
TENDER 16, 1852.
The Washington times., 1938-10-21
BY NANCY RANDOLPH

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-The car
riage trade had a fine wedding on
its hands today when Jane Parks
attractive daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elton Parks, of Park Avenue
became the bride Of De Witt
Peterkin, jr.
The ceremony took place in st
James Episcopal Church with the
rector, Rev. H. w. B. Donegan
and Rev. Frederick Sill, head
master Of Kent School, official
ing,
James ivory taffeta wedding
dress was the same one worn by
her mother at her marriage
Yards and yards of tulle yelling
floated down over the white velvet
train.
Bridesmaids were Jane Mellon
Mrs. Thomas Rodd Sd, Marie
Audibert, Beatrice Butler, Eleanor
Doolittle, and Mrs. F. Wilder Bel
lamy, jr.
The Washington times., 1938-10-21
QUAKE EXPERTS
RIDICULE CLAIM
OF 'FORECASTER'
Accurate Prediction
Called Impossible

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Seismo-
graphs in all parts of the world
today were jumping, jittering and
bouncing as they recorded the vio-
lent and mirthful reactions Of
famed geophysicists and SeiS-
mologistS following the prediction
Of Rafaele Bendandi, Italian
astronomer, that North America
soon will experience disastrous
earthquakes.
At Fordham University, Father
Joseph Lynch, S. j., director of
the Seismic Observatory, ridiculed
the Italian astronomers forecast.
He said:
II wish it were possible to pre-
dict or forecast earthquakes.
But so far it is an absolute i'm
possibility.
QUAKES EVERY DAY
"Of course, anyone can pre-
dict that there will be an earth
quake somewhere in the world
because there is a quake of some
kind somewhere almost every
day.
But to predict an exact time
and q place for an upheaVal of
the earth is a physical impos-
sibility.."
Father Lynch was emphatic in
his belief that predicting earth
QuakeS is just as uncertain as fore
casting when an automobile tire
will blow out. He said that Jap
anese seismologists come closer to
predicting earthquakes than those
in any other country. But even
in Japan, If they come within one
year of predicting the date and
place an earthquake will occur,
they consider they have done a
very fine piece of work.
DEEP IN EARTH
Explaining the reason for the
impossibility of forecaSting up
heavals of the earth, the Fordham
seismologist admitted that less is
known today about the causes OF
earthquakes than was known 10
years ago. He said:
Ten years ago it was the
general belief that earthquakes
occurred in the first five to fif-
teen miles below the earth's
surface. Today we are positive
that quakes occur as deep as 500
miles below the surface of the
earth, and some quakes have
been known to originate even
600 miles down.
earthquakes and their causes
are still a virgin study. But
there are so many possible
causes of an earthquake that to
make definite statement that
. any one cause was responsible
for a quake would be erroneous"
The Washington times., 1938-10-21

made it plain he wasn't joking.
The faction that wants the
statute to stand in the square
planned to meet with the faction
which believes it should grace
South Park, and an impartial com
mission was suggested. But it's hard
to give in after 80 years. Nothing
has been decided.
The bronze is the work of Jerome
Conner, the Irish sculptor, and q
replica of a $4,000 one, which
The Washington times., 1938-10-21
SteVedore Is Held
In S427,5OO Crime

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Thomas
Quinn, 40, stevedore, alleged part
owner Of a speedboat and a motor
launch used by 13 bandits to
escape after the $427 500 armored
car robbery at the Rubel Ice Com
pany plant in Brooklyn four
years ago, was held here in $50, 900
bail by County Judge Fitzgerald,
as a material witness.
The Washington times., 1938-10-21

deliberation is that most Of the
sponsors of the statue project, in
cluding both prime movers, are
dead. Another is that Peter
O'Brien, store owner in whose
basement the work of art lies, has
grown impatient.
IF that statue isn't out of
there this fall, I'll sell it for
storage" O'Brien threatened.
"As junk and salvage, the bronze
will Just about pay the bill" He
The Washington times., 1938-10-21

Better believe e NOW -. The
Believe It Or Not" Contest starts
next Monday -. You may win a
trip to the worlds fair -. or q
journey to Bermuda Read
complete details in next Mondays
Washington Herald. Tel. RE. 1924
for Home Delivery.
The Washington times., 1938-10-21

EMMETSBURG, Iowa, Oct. Al.
When the good people of Emmets-
burg pay $4,000 for a statue, they
believe in taking plenty Of time
to see it's properly placed.
They've been trying to place a
bronze of the towns namesake,
Robert Emmet, for 80 years now,
and it isn't erected yet. The
townSfolk can't agree as to where
it should stand.
One disadvantage to the long
The Washington times., 1938-10-21
Boy Scouts Accept
$4,000 and Land

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-A gift
of IS, ,857 acres of land and $50. 900
from Mr.. and Mrs. Waite Phillips,
of Tulsa, OKLA, has been accepted
by the executive board of the ma
tional council, Boy Scouts Of
America.