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Evening star., 1938-02-18
FAIRFAX QUARTERLY
MEETING is MOVED
Friends Building to Give Way to
Construction of New Doc
tors HOSPITAL,

For the first time in generations
the Fairfax Quarterly Meeting will
miss holding its regular February ses-
sion In the old Friends Meeting House.
1911 I street NV. which is to give
way to the construction of the new
doctors hospital
Instead the group will meet tomor-
row and Sunday at the Friends Meet
ing House, 2l1l Florida avenue NV.
At 2:30 pm. tomorrow the group
Will hear Howard Brinton, director of
the Pendle Hill School at Wallingford
Pa. and the business session will be
held at pm
Sunday morning. after the usual
worship meeting at II o'clock, the
group will hear George A. Walton
headmaster Of the George School in
Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
DR.. P. J. P0NTIUS DIES:
WAS EYE SPECIALIST
Deceased, Well Known in Wash
ington Circles, Passes Away
in PHILADELPHIA.

DR.. Paul J. Pontius. 70, prominent
eve specialist. who is well known here,
died Wednesday at his home in Phila-
delphia. Funeral services will be held
there tomorrow afternoon.
DR.. Pontius for many years was
chief OF staff of the Wills Eye Hospital
III Philadelphia. retiring in 1893
Prominent in the Masonic fraternity,
he belonged to many Masonic organ
izations in Philadelphia and had
been a honorary member of the Co.
lumbia Commandery, Knights Temp
lar. here.
DR.. Pontius had visited here a
number Of times and frequently spoke
before groups of local physicians. He
belonged to the Philadelphia County
Medical Association and the Philadel-
phia College Of Surgeons.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
MAROONEDM|NERS
SAVED IN TUNNELS.
One of Ten Loses Life When
Water Loosed by Blast
Floods Mine.

Bs the Associated Press
HAZLETON. Pa, Feb 18.-After an
all-night struggle by fellow miners
In mud, water and debris, seven of
eight men trapped in the rush of
water in the Lehigh Valley Co. anthra-
cite mine at Jeanesville were rescued
at dawn today.
The eighth man, Paul Kuritz of
Hazleton. was found dead. his body
buried in mud. Mr.. Kuritz died be-
cause he ran in the wrong direction
when the flood waters from an old
mine operation rushed upon the men.
The rescued men were brought to
the surface an hour and half after
they were found in a rock hole"
above the reach of the water.
Two Taken to Hospital.
All said they were uninjured. Two
of them, although protesting they felt
f1ne," were taken to a hospital for
observation.
The rescued walked out amid the
cheers and shouted greetings of wives,
children and others who spent an
anxious might about the mine mouth. .
But there was silence when the
body of Mr. Kuritz was carried from
the dark workings and placed in an
ambulance.
The seven men rescued were Michael
Olexa. Hazleton; Joseph Fidishin,
Stephen Stefranko and John Lava
raski, all of Jeanesville; Andrew Hav-
rilla, Tresckow; William Davis, Halle
ton Heights, and Paul Molnar, Beaver
Meadow.
Divided Lunch Boxes.
Mr.. Olexa and Mr. Molnar were the
two men taken to the hospital Both
showed the effects of the long wait
Broad smiles lighted the faces of
The seven. Not one admitted he
feared for his life during the l8-hour
imprisonment
I'VE felt sure We would be released"
was the typical comment
Some of the men had .emains of
their noon lunch with them and they
divided it with the others when they
began to get hungry. Each had his
miners lamp to furnish light in the
rock-hole prison.
A rock hole is an opening drilled
through rock to reach adjoining coal
veins
Two men rode to safety yesterday on
the face of the wall Of water which
deluged the mine
One of them, Bernard McAlarney.
said:
Il had just fired off two sticks Of
dynamite to make hitch in the
bottom rock for set of timber"
Evening star., 1938-02-18
DR.. NOLAN LISTS THREE
CRIME WAR DETECTIVES

Dr.. James A. Nolan. executive di-
rector of the Washington Criminal
Justice Association, listed three fronts
for conducting an attack on crime
IN talk before the Cosmopolitan
Club yesterday.
DR.. Nolan declared that community
requirements for fighting crime would
include adequate child care to remove
the possibility of improper associa-
tions, well-supporteed law enforce
nent league and facilities for the
proper care of those who have fin
tshed prison sentences.
], L. B. Murray, president of the
association, presided at the meeting,
which was held at the Carlton Hotel.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
NO INCREASE SEEN
INA. A. A. PERSONNEL
Law Permits | Per Cent of Ad.
ministration Expenses for
D. C.. Paw Roll.

Despite the size of the program
demanded by the new Farm Act, prac-
tically no increase is expected in the
number of men and women employed
here or in the field by the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration, it was
indicated today.
The law permits only per cent
OF the $440,000,000 annual cost of
administering the act to be spent on
personnel in Washington and per
cent in the field. or $4.4O0.000 here
and SS,s00,000 outside the Capital.
The Agricultural Adjustment ADJ
ministration pay roll now includes
about 5000 men and women. Much
Of the work of administering the new
law is to be placed in the hands of
volunteers.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
FINAL NOTICES MAILED
TO TAX DELINQUENTS

Final notices to 1887 real estate tax
delinquents in Alexandria were being
placed in the mails today by Purvis
Taylor. city collector.
He notified delinquents property will
be advertised for sale for past-due
taxes in June or July. He said pay
ments may be made on the INSTALL
ment plan at present so they may be
completed by the time the public sale
is advertised.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
WAGE-H0UR BILL
TO BE COMPROMISED
House Leaders Abandon Hope of
Enacting Type of Measure
Shelved.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
House leaders indicated yesterday
they had abandoned hope of enacting
the type of wage-hour legislation
shelved at the recent special session.
Their attitude became known short
~ after the House Labor Committee
resumed consideration of the subject.
Chairman Norton, Democrat, of New
Jersey told reporters she was having
substantial changes made in the meas
ure which the House sidetracked last
December, and would offer it as IAN
administration compromise" The
principal change would be elimination
of all exemptions, she indicated.
Mrs Norton said the bill would re-
tain the principle" of the original
measures wage-hour standards. The
shelved measure would have empow-
cred Federal board to fixe minimum
wages at not more than 40 cents an
hour and a maximum work week at
not less than 40 hours.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
NEW TYPE ATTACK
FROM AIR IS TOLD
Inventor, at Naval Hearing,
Says Revision of Program
Is Necessary.
By the Associated Press.

A military inventor told the House
Naval Committee TODAY an entirely
new type Of aerial attack" to be an
nounced In the immediate future.
would necessitate great alteration OF
the proposed 81 900, 900 900 naval ex-
pansion program.
Lester P. Barlow Of Stamford Conn,
who claimed to be the first man to
use bombs in aerial warfare, told the
committee the new form of air war
fare would permit effective attack
on all types Of naval ships from
attitudes above $4,000 feet.
This new form Of aerial offensive
action against naval craft" he said,
lis equally applicable to all marine
movements, such as troop ships, and
to all forms Of supply ships"
He declared designs now are avail
able for aerial mines - not aerial
bombs as now understood by our mill
tary organizations, but aerial mines
which have similar relation to the
air above the water as marine mines
have below the surface of the water"
Launching of Mines.
In support Of his contention that
battleships would have no value for de-
fense OF this country in face of the
new air weapons. Mr.. Barlow said
with planes equipped for launching
aerial mines and operating at $1,000
to 10000 feet, only a superior air
force could prevent Americas air
forces from sweeping the seas 500
miles from our coast lines and on
short notice"
DR.. Thomas Healey of Georgetown
University told the committee the
premises on which the need for the
new naval program is based are "un-
supportable and confused"
He declared it would be very un.
wise for Congress to authorize the
program without first making an eS-
haustive investigation of the United
States foreign policy.
The American people are in a CON-
plete daze," he said, "as to our foreign
policy, especially in the Far East"
Fears Results of Passage.
Passage of this bill on top of this
confusion might itself shove us into
war" he added
Dr. Healey said he knew of nc
sound reason for the fear of a Japa
nese invasion. He said at this point
the conflict in the Far East was really
between Russia and Japan rather than
between China and Japan.
Mr.. Barlow was the first of a group
OF non-military witnesses to sppesr
before the committee.
Others who are to testify are Boske
Carter, radio commentator: DR.
Mauritz Hallgren. Baltimore editorial
writer. and Benjamin Marsh of the
Peoples Lobby
Chairman Vinson. after PROLONGED
argument, won approval of a motion
TO limit their remarks TO 10 minutes
each. Members of the committee we're
restricted to two minutes of CUES
tioning.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
EAS0N RESIGNS POST
ON ST. JOHNS FACULTY
Associate Professor of PHYSICS To
Assume New Task in
North Carolina.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. 18 P.-
Marion A. Eason, associate professor
OF physics at st. Johns College. re-
signed today to the Board of Visitors
and Governors, through Stringfelbow
Barr, president of the college. It be-
comes effective August 81.
Prol- Eason plans to go to Wilson.
N. C., to take up work OF preparing
candidates for entrance to the Naval
and Military Academies.
He joined the St. Johns faculty
as assistant professor OF physics in
1897, becoming associate professor in
1884. Previously he had been a mem
Der OF the mathematics and physics
faculty at the Naval Academy for
nine years. He also taught in a local
Naval Academy preparatory school,
Evening star., 1938-02-18
WOMAN IS INJURED
Hurt When Struck by Swinging
Street Car Door,

Miss Eva Chapman, 81, Of 1918
Grard street NV. suffered a possible
fractured pelvis today when she fell
after being struck by street car door,
swinging inward, as she prepared to
allsht at Eighth and e streets Sc.
nth precinct police reported.
The one-man car. operated by P
5. Johnson, 1l13 Sixth street SW
stopped at the corner to Discharge
passengers, and Miss Chapman was
leaving by the middle door when the
accident occurred. She fell inside the
car, police said.
A passing motorist rushed her to
Casualty Hospital.
Evening star., 1938-02-18

Cei Iain IuIlneT VINO OLD not happen
to be at headquarters when it was
raided.
While the big shot" was not on
hand either, he might have been in
volved directly in the case through
the arrests and the mass of docu-
mentary evidence seized had the court
not held the search warrant invalid
and hence tossed the whole case out
the judicial window.
The proposed amendment to the
law, pending in bill which passed
the Senate year ago and awaits
hearings before the House District
Committee, would have allowed the
raid on an affidavit that the police
had good cause to believe a numbers
game was being operated from the
address cited.
Here's What Happened.
As it was, this Is what happened:
Detectives bought numbers tickets
from writers working for this syndi-
cate. The writers were watched as
they turned over their tickets each
day to runners. The pickup men
were shadowed, the apartment where
they turned in their slips noted.
Finally, after number Of plays
with marked money had been traced
to this headquarters, a search war
rant was obtained. It alleged enough
wagers to show regular commerce in
the game, named the runner who
daily visited that section Of town and
gave the address of the purported
headquarters.
The raid was staged at the hour
the various runners could be expected
to turn in their tickets. Inside the
apartment the police found some Is
adding machines being operated,
thousands Of tickets spread about. q
large amount of money-every evil
dence Of numbers headquarters.
But it happened that the particular
runner described in the warrant had
come and gone before the raiders
arrived.
Equipment Seized.
Every one present was arrested
marked money and equipment seized.
But the whole case was thrown out Of
court because the runner who had
turned n e tickets and the marked
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Congress in Brief

To-Day:
Appropriations - House debates
$3.50, 100000 supply bill for four de-
partments. II am.
Anti-lynching-Week end Senate
recess hAlts fllibuster.
Taxes-House committee considers
tax revision bill. 10 am.
NavaHOpponents OF naval defense
program testify before House Naval
Committee. 10 am.
Relief-Senate committee studies
$250, 900. 900 emergency fund. 10 am.
Proflteering-House Military Com
mittee considers bills to take profits
out of war. 1890 am.
Maritime Labor Commit
tee considers labor sections of mer-
chant marine program. 10 am.
TOMORROW.
Neither Senate nor House will be
In session,
Evening star., 1938-02-18
M'NUT TO BE H0N0RED

Quentin Paredes. resident commits
sioner Of the Philippines, and Filipino
members of the Joint Committee on
Philippine Affairs, will give q dinner
next Thursday ut 1880 pm. at the
Willard Hotel in honor of Paul v.
McNutt, United States high commits
sioner to the island commonwealth.
Mr.. McNutt returned to the United
States Wednesday, landing at San
Francisco on Pan-American Clipper.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
W. P. A. ROLLS INCREASE
44,692 Added to List During
Week Ending February s.

The Works Progress Administration
reported today an increase of 1882
in w. P. A. work-relief enrolment
during the week ended February S.
Total enrolment was l,945,3l7,
compared with 1,900,625 on Janu-
ary 20.
Largest increases were S,073 in
Pennsylvania, 7.024 in Ohio. 1898 in
Michigan and 3,Sl0 in illinois.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
ACQUITTED OF PERJURY
Jury Frees Former Assistant Dis
trict Attorney.

trict Attorney.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (P.-A Brook
lyn Supreme Court jury yesterday
acquitted william w. Kleinman. for
mer assistant district attorney Of Kings
County. of perjury charges.
Kleinman was accused of testifying
falsely during conspiracy trial in
June, 1895, growing out of the Sam
Drukman murder, that he did not
know Louis Luckman, a figure in the
case.
The 35year-old former prosecutor
in a three-and-one-half hour plea to
the jury asserted his trial was a plot
to get District Attorney william F. x.
Geoghan of Brooklyn and to justify
the tremendous expense of the entire
Drukman murder investigation"
The jury acquitted him after de-
liberating seven hours.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
DEBATE TONIGHT

University Of Maryland and Bridge
water College debating teams will meet
tonight at Sis o'clock in the feature
event Of the membership meeting Of
the American League for Peace and
Democracy at the Grafton Hotel.
The subject will be, Resolved. That
the National Labor Relations Board
should be empowered to enforce COM
pulsory arbitration"
Evening star., 1938-02-18
BANQUET PLANNED
Order of Ahepa Expects Attend
ance of 1000 Persons.

The third national banquet Of the
Order Of Ahepa at the Mayfiower Hotel
March 2 will be attended by approx
imately 1000 persons. according to
v. I. Chebithes. supreme president Of
the order.
The banquet will be followed by
dance at which the 600 members Of
the Washington chapters Of the order
will entertain visiting delegates and
guests.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
S4,895 is REQUESTED
Deficiency Declared Needed fol
Compensation Board Staff,

The District Unemployment Com
pensation Board today requested the
United States to grant $4,8o5 to cover
the cost of the employment of A clerks
and interviewers during March, The
administrative costs OF the board are
paid out of social security funds.
Members of the District Board have
said the deficiency sum would be need
ed because the stan had to be en-
larged to meet the demands of the
]obless which have increased since
payment of the BENEFITS to the unem-
ployed was begun recently.
Evening star., 1938-02-18

disturbance of great intensity is CEN
trail about 300 miles east-southeast of Cape
Race. Newfoundland, with lowest pressure
about 1900 inches Another disturbance
OF slight intensity is moving slowly east
ward over extreme Eastern Ontario. Of
tava. 29.92 inches, with a trough extend
ing southwestward to the Texas coast in
.fssurs 80 Is hsh nch.. from labrador
Nova Scotia. Halifax. 3O.26 inches Press
ure is also high along and OF the south
inches. and St. Georges, Bermuda. 20 40
inches Pressure is also high over the
northern Plains States, Huron. s. OAK
1870 inches and over the middle and
northern Rocky Mountain region, Yellow
stone Park. Wyom., 30. .46 inches During
the last - hours rains have occurred on
west Gulf States. Tennessee. the Ohio. the the
lower Missouri. and Mississippi Valleys. the
lower Lake region and the North Atlantic
States. and light SHOWS in Kansas and the
upper Lake region. Temperatures have
risen in the upper Ohio Valley. the lower
Lake region, the Atlantic States. and the
middle Plateau, while they have fallen in
the upper Lake reRion. the upper Missis-
sippi and lower Missouri Valleys. the west
eastern Plains States.
River Report.
Potomac River little cloudy and Shen-
andoah clear at Harpers Ferry: Potomac
clear At Great Falls today.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. so, on February a.
Lowest. is. on January %.
TidA TAhlea
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Glen Echo Rummage Sale.

The Chapel of the Redeemer of
Glen Echo will sponsor a rummaee
sale to be held from II am. to 4 pm.
tomorrow in the Chapel hail. accord
ing to Mrs. Leslie Engel, chairman of
the sale.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Racing Results
HioIeoh Pork

BY the Associated Press.
FIRST RACE-Pur.e. $500; s.v.sr-ord
tcbute). sa
Ovid tWrGhb ( an Sgo
High Blame ,WalD tn
Time, O:351S.
Also ran-Teehnirian. Galpen. West
naddon, Pradis. Epusr. Satin Marvel In
The shade, Dicty Step and Sure OFF
Evening star., 1938-02-18
THE WEATHER REPORT


peaure about degrees tomorrow and colder At
moderate southwest ~ - "' iNe''
maryland and Vngna-Cloudy
tohsnt warmer tonight and in extreme tomorrow
west Vgna-Ran tonight
pouoh onsnt ana colder in portion afternoon night
Evening star., 1938-02-18
big Shot, Numbers Racketeer
Slips Through Weak d. c. Lav
Absence of One of ''Sn,aH Fry 4 gents
at Time of Raid FOils Police Effort
to Smash Operations.

The crime situation to
national disgrace
conditions in community long body Of ciny
remains Indifferent uninformed hostile
ATTORNEY GENERAL, CUMMINGS.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.


raid on his headquarters recently police
this rich racket
NUMBERS pankerrepuedy
hot pc moeo the ocer pointed described
Evening star., 1938-02-18

passengers carried by air from
England to the Isle of Man in one
year totaled l2.744.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
HULL TO SPEAK

Address in Des Moines Saturday
to Be Broadcast.
Secretary of State Hull will address
the annual meeting of the National
Farm Institute at Des Moines, Iowa
Saturday night, it was announced to-
day. His speech, on the international
situation and the reciprocal trade pro-
gram for economic disarmament. will
be broadcast over Nationwide net
work. 1t will be delivered at 8 o'clock
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Precipitation
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
Record far Last "A Hours.

Mec0fd fNf LAST "a H0Nfs.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon todayl
Htahest. 81. at noon today. Year $50. 40.
Lowest. 20. 10 pm. yesterday. Year aso.
t. 4
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Report for Last "a Hours.
Weather In Various Cities.

o. Temp. Rain
stations. Baro. High. Low. fall, weatI
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. go. on February a.
Lowest is. on January %.
Tide Tables.

The Sun and Mool
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Equipment Seized.

Every one present was arrested,
marked money and equipment seized.
But the whole case was thrown out OF
court because the runner who had
turned m e tickets and the marked
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-05-19

A. H. Vihstadt of Minneapolis
was a business caller here Tues
day.
Mary Haubrich of Danube was
here Sunday to visit her cousin
Mrs. Mary Muehlbauer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hawton
came from Detroit and are visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. R. Hawton.
Mrs. Hugo Mattke and son
Herbert and August Klause of
Morgan visited their daughter and
sister Mrs. Otto Radatz Thursday.
o. S. Klopstad and Miss Sophie
Klopstad of Sioux City returned
home after spending a few days
with Rev. and Mrs. w. Henry
Westby here.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Colville re-
turned Tuesday from weekend
visit with their son-in-law and
daughter Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry
House in Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Yackel
and children left Sunday for a
convention of radio servicemen
and trade show at the West hotel,
Minneapolis. They returned We'd
nesday.
Robert Hyslop of Slayton and
John Hyslop of Fulda visited
their sister Mrs. T. E. Finn
Thursday while here to attend a
meeting of the Mankato Presby-
terry at the Presbyterian church.
Rev. J. w. Mettam who has
been superintendent of the Man.
kato district of the Methodist
church for the past five years
has resigned his post to accept
the position of visiting chaplain
in the Rochester hospitals. This
work in supported by the Board
of Home Missions of the church.
Reede Gray, J. J. Salzwedel, S.
w. Limburg, Ben Tom, Charles
Wallblom, Wayne Braker and
Wallace Zimmerman of the school
faculty with Richard Jueneman,
N. H. Bovee and E. o. Charlebois
will go to Whitefish Lake, north
of Brainerd Friday evening to
spend the weekend fishing. They
will be joined there by c. N.
Nicholson of Grand Rapids and
Irwin Buss of Lake Mills, Wiscon-
sin, both former members of the
faculty here.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-05-19
WATERBURY AND
JOHNSONVILLE
NEWS REPORTED
By Mary Hess

Waterbury and Johnsonville-
A brooder house on the William
Struebing farm burned last We'd
nesday evening killing $50 two
weeks old chicks, 81 goslings and
II hens. The loss was not discov-
cred until Thursday morning.
Conrad Hess and daughter Lor-
eta, Robert and Agnes Schaffran
and Mary Hess were business
visitors at st. Paul Tuesday
They visited Joe Langenberge1
and family and were supper
guests of Ella and Adella Schaff-
ran.
The Foreign Mission society OF
Johnsonville Methodist church
was entertained by Mrs. Frank
Maker Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Montiel
motored to Delhi Sunday where
they were guests at the Claus
Hendrickson home.
Walter Zimmerman who spent
the weekend at the Sophie Gerth
home returned to Minneapolis
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Wandersee
were Sunday evening visitors at
the Frank Mas home near Lucan.
Silvia Mammenga was a week.
end guest of Mrs. Emma Graft.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lange
were Friday visitors at the Emil
Bitker home at Milroy.
Dow ord NG,rc iv,Ialyr14n1 ov,d
daughters attended the Luther
league rally at Gaylord Sunday
and went on to the Twin Cities to
visit for a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Pfarr and
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Dallmann
spent Sunday at Currie lake.
MIR. and Mrs. George Hoffrogge
of Revere, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Mammenga and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Henning and son George
were Sunday visitors at the And
rev Martinson home east of Wa
basso.
Clarence Kumerow who under
went an operation for appendicit-
is at New Ulm is expected home
soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rue en-
tertained Sunday afternoon when
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon
Norman and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Hausamann of Lucan
and Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Hess
and family.
Dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Bittner Sunday were Mr..
and Mrs. Sigurd Forde and fam
lily of Delhi, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hagert of Marshall, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Otto and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Bittner all of
Lucan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Rudenick
accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Bittner to Redwood Falls Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Willie and
daughter Mona Rae of Waterbury,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Haag and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Haag and daughter Shirley Ann,
Mr.. and Mrs. August Siedschlag
and daughter Hilda and Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Giesler and daugh-
ter Janice Carol, all. of Lucan
were entertained at a picnic din