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Wallace Determined to Push
Work on Highway Laboratory

Unless it receives . clear mandate
from Congress, the Agriculture De-
partment will not delay construction
Of the highway research laboratory
for the Bureau OF Public Roads, in
spite Of testimony that the plant may
jeopardize the Gravelly Point airport
plan advocated by President Roose-
welt.
Refusal Of the department to hold
up construction was voiced by Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Wallace in letter
to Chairman Lanham Of the House
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, it was learned today.
Representative Lanham's committee
called on the department recently to
suspend construction Of the laboratory
until Congress has been given an
opportunity to act on the pending
Smith bill, authorizing construction
Of the Graveuy Point airport. The
department also was asked to put on
construction Of the plant by the Avia-
ton Committee Of the Washington
Board of Trade. the National Aero
nautic Association and the Aero Club
Of Washington.
Fears Contract Claims.
Mr.. Wallace gave notice that "the
department does not feel that 1t can
order suspension OF the work without
incurring liability on the part Of the
Government for very substantial
damage claims for breach of con-
tract
Under these circumstances" he
said in his letter to Chairman Lam
ham, II would not be willing to order
suspension of the work without q clear
indication that it is the desire Of the
Congress that such action should be
taken"
Following testimony by A. B. Nc
Mullen, chief of the airport section
Of the Bureau Of Air Commerce.
and other witnesses, that construction
of the laboratory would create q
hazard to future air transport opera
tions in that area, the House COM
mittee instructed Chairman Lanham
to call on the Agricultural Depart
ment to suspend operations. Mr.. Lam
ham made the request ofncially in
the name Of his committee January
26 in letters to Secretary Wallace and
the chief of the Bureau Of Public
Roads.
Authorized by Congress.
In reply, Mr.. Wallace pointed out
that the site for the laboratory was
acquired in 1885 for that purpose
under an authorization by Congress.
THE site,' he said, comprises
about SO acres Of land west Of the
Mount Vernon Highway. It has been
the understanding of this department
that the Gravelly Point site lies
wholly east of the Mount Vernon
highway"
Additional funds for construction
of the laboratory were appropriated
by Congress in 1885, 1896 and 1897,
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bearing District Of Columbia tags
issued to Jackson under the name
Of Mcdaniel At the same time the
bureau took into custody Jane Carter,
with whom, agents said, Jackson
formerly resided at Houston. In her
possession, they asserted. we're found
a rife. revolver, pistol. dynamite caps,
hacksaw blades and ammunition. In
her apartment also was found $ll, 300,
it was declared.
Bureau officials here alleged that
Jackson bought the District of Colum-
bia tags to substitute for West Virginia
plates, in an effort to avoid detention.
Jackson gave an address in the 1900
block of Rhode Island avenue NV.
in applying for the license
Jackson was taken by surprise in
Baltimore yesterday before he had
an opportunity to use two revolvers
or a large knife which the agents
said they found in his possession. He
also had a large amount of smmuni-
ton, they said.
Under State Indictment.
Duvall and jackson are under State
indictment in Indiana for the murder
of Clayton Potts, 74-year -old manu-
facturer, who was shot fatally in a
hold-up in March, 1887. Jackson for
merly was an employe of Mr.. Potts.
They are charged also with wound
ing State highway patrolman in
Ohio last December during run
ming gun battle after the patrolman
had sought to arrest them as sus-
picious characters.
Federal charges have been lodged
against the pair as result Of the
armed robbery of the First National
Bank Of South Charleston. w. Va,
last January l9. In this robbery
three bandits, armed with sawed-off, i,
double -barreled shotgun and two pis-
tolls, held up q number of bank en-
ploes and escaped in a stolen car
with $4,000.
Confession Reported.
Amos Eugene Ward, alleged to have
aided in the robbery. was arrested in
Charleston on February Is with $500
in his possession. He is said to have
confessed the robbery.
Ward has a record of So arrests in
19 cities on charges, ranging from
trickery to assault with a deadly
weapon and robbery. He has been
paroled twice
Jackson was paroled from the In
diana State Reformatory on June l.,
1886, after serving less than two years
of a 1-to-1o year sentence for grand
larceny.
Duvall has served sentence at the
Indiana State Farm for vagrancy and
automobile theft.
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THUGS GET $1,6(O
|NR0BBER|ESHERE
z Safe Jobs Among Crimes
Reported-0ne of Stronu
Boxes Is Carried AWay.

Two safe Jobs" in one of which
the strongbox was carried off. were
among the reports of weekend rob-
berries that netted loot in excess of
$1.60O
Cracksmen who broke open the safe
OF the Federal Bakery. 1905 F street
NV, obtained nearly $500, Nell Blake,
SO. OF 56ll Second place NV, pro-
prietor of the shop, told police.
Entering the shop through a third
floor window after climbing a fire es-
cape, the thief pushed the safe from
the store into rear room, where
it was broken into.
In the other case, small safe in
gasoline station at 542O New Hamp-
shire avenue NV was stolen. An
drew Rolin, manager of the station.
said it contained about $3.50 in cash
and a number of checks.
Jimmy thieves entered the home
OF Ellsworth M, Mccullough, 1918
Jenlfer street NV, counselor for the
United States Chamber of Commerce.
and made off with approximately 5000
worth of clothing.
Walter S. Watt, proprietor of the
Columbia Photo Supply Co., 1924 New
York avenue NV. reported three
cameras valued at $239 we're taken by
some one who smashed a window.
Three overcoats and a hat. worth
about $500. were stolen during a dance
Saturday night at the Capital Yacht
Club. Eleventh and Water streets S.W.
The victims were Mrs. Ethel Vets.
1910 Eighth street NV; Mrs. Samuel
Williams, Beverly Hills, Va; Ben
Sebol, SOB Powhatan street NV. and
Louis Erickson, 1905 H street NV.
Marie Warren, 41o5 Wisconsin ave.
nue. NV. reported her purse, con-
tanning about IS. was stolen by three
colored men while she was waiting for
street car near her home. They
escaped in an automobile.
Thugs came off second best in two
encounters with taxi drivers. Joseph
Treadwell. 1915 Bladensburg Drive
NV, said two colored men, who hired
him at Union Station and later tried
to rob him, fled when he grappled with
them. Frank P. Kieffer, 40l Third
street NV, fought off two other
colored men and caused them to fee
after they had struck him on the
head with heavy instrument.
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Staying SUSPECT
HUNTED BY G-MEN
IN DISTRICT AREA
Leonard Jackson, Alleged
AccompIice of Fugitive Ray
DuvaII, Is Arrested.
BANK ROBBERY COUNT
ALSO FACED BY MEN
Federal Charges Are Lodged as
Result of West Virginia
Hold-Up.

Special agents Of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigations Washington
field Office were conducting an in
tensive search in this vicinity today
for Ray Duvall, ex-convict, wanted
on charges of murder and bank rob-
berry. following the arrest in Balti-
more yesterday of his alleged ac-
complice, Leonard c. Jackson.
Gmen traced Jackson to Baltimore
after he and Duvall. they said, had
emerged from hiding here at an un-
disclosed address.
Jackson, they reported. obtained a
District drivers permit and license
tags several weeks ago under the alias
Marcill Mcdaniel. The two left
Washington about the first Of this
month. but have been in and around
the city since that time, according to
the agents
Coupe Located in Texas.
The F. B. I. today announced the
recovery in Houston. Tex OF q collpe
Evening star., 1938-02-21
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Marine Band at 3 pm. to-
morrow in the auditorium, Marine
Barracks; Capt. Taylor Branson,
leader; William F. Santelmann, second
leader.
Overture, "Sakuntala" -Goldmark
'Kamenoi Ostrow'' Rubinstein
Xylophone Solo, Chicken Reel"
Breuer
Musician Oliver Zinsmeister.
March, '"The Corcoran Cadets" Sousa
Poem, "Finlandia" Sibelius
From the Days cf George Wash
lngton" --- ------ Schmidt
Trombone Solo, Thoughts of
Love" PRYOR
Musician Robert Isele.
Souvenir Drdla
Gypsy Caprice, "Zingaresca" Curzon
Hymn, What Friend We Have
IN Jesus Converse
The Marines Hymn, THE Halls of
Montezuma."
"The Star spAngled Banner"
Evening star., 1938-02-21

Pancake that can't be eaten, q Moon
that doesn't shine and q Star that Is
neither heavenly body nor q news
paper.
And If you think those facts rather
strange, see what you make of these:
Asbestos isn't fireproof. .
Ocean is dry land.
College isn't an educational insti-
tuition.
Sixty Isn't . Number.
Sixty isn't . number, and Twenty
nrst doesn't come after twenty.
You can't buy anything with Cash.
Height has nothing to do with how
tall you are.
Soles and feet have nothing In
common.
4 Return doesn't mean to 90 bacf.
Wintergreen isn't Q flavor.
Welcome isn't q sroetang.
Evening star., 1938-02-21
PLANS APPROVED
FOR LOAN
A Amounts 0versubscribed
and Orders Placed for
New Equipment.

Plans Of the Capital Transit Co.
to purchase so new streamlined street
cars and % additional buses. under
loan Of 1891 900 from a group of
Washington banks, were approved to-
day by the Public Utilities Commits
sion.
E. D. Merrill, transit company
president, had informed the COM
mission the loans already had been
oversubscribed and tentative orders
placed for the new equipment.
The new buses are to be delivered
about the middle Of March, and the
first Of the new street cars is to be
placed in service on July l.
The company is to pay Is per cent
OF the loan, or s248,o0O within five
days and the remainder of the loan
will be retired in five years, the notes
bearing interest at per cent per year.
The notes are to be curtailed by semi
annual payments Of 10 per cent Of
their face value, beginning next jan
uary /.
A similar expedient was adopted a
year ago by the company, to provide
new equipment. when Washington
banks subscribed to loan totaling
81, 100000. secured by As streamline
street cars and 72 new buses.
When the commission granted the
increase in the street car token fare
several months ago, it insisted that the
company should take steps to provide
for new equipment to replace the
Oldest of its rolling stock.
Evening star., 1938-02-21

Although ne denied this, police said
Miss Urbin told them Ponder sud-
denly entered the room and. pointing
the pistol at her, pulled the trigger
"a lot of times" without the gun dis
charging. He then turned the gun
on himself, with the same results,
the girl said.
The gun discharged accidentally
when, in disgust, Ponder threw it to
the floor, police said they learned.
After it had discharged. he was said to
have attempted to shoot both himself
and the girl again. but finally ran from
the house when it failed to fire again
All five bullets left in the .38-caliber
revolver were nicked several times by
the firing pin. an investigation re-
vealed.
Ponder, who was said to have left
two notes, one to his wife and one to
an aunt giving instructions for the
disposal of his effects. ran from the
building finally and drove off in a
taxicab, description of which was
furnished to police. Police in radio
scout car arrested him few minutes
later on New York avenue between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets NV.
He was charged with assault with a
dangerous weapon, carrying a con-
cealed weapon and firing firearms.
At the third precinct station Ponder
told newspaper men he had left his
wife sometime ago to keep company
with the Urbin girl. but that about
five months ago the latter had stopped
seeing him. He said he moved to Bal
timore at that time and is now en-
ployed there in a restaurant His
wife, he said, is Mrs. Gladys Ponder,
1435 Newton street NV.
Police said Ponder had seen his
wife before going to the house on
Pennsylvania avenue this morning.
Before the attempted shooting some
one called police and asked if there
had been any trouble at 1920 Penn
sylvania avenue.
Evening star., 1938-02-21

twisted over the bumper Of the off,
GERS car. 1t came of easily when
Comdr. Styer tried to pry it loose
from his car and the officer said he
called the other drivers attention to
it as he drove of.
Asked Inquiry.
Comdr. Styer said he reported the
mishap to park police and asked that
they investigate. This morning, how
ever. park police were unable to find
report Of the incident.
The congressional tag. which he
still possesses, is No. 435, according
to Comdr. Styer, who lives in Vir-
ginia Highlands. Arlington County,
and Is on duty at the Naval Observa-
tory. The officer said the other tags
were Massachusetts, ones, but he didn't
get the numbers
The Traffic Bureau caid congress
sional tag No. 435 was issued to
Thomas A. Flaherty of Boston. whose
Washington address was given as the
Mayflower Hotel"
Capitol police said congressional tag
No. ABS never has been issued
There is a Representative Thomas
A. Flaherty from Massachusetts who
was seated in December. He could
not be reached at his Office early
today. The Mayfower Hotel said no
one was living there by the name of
Thomas A. Flaherty
Evening star., 1938-02-21

Hurry and Rush is matched BY Vir-
ginias Hustle. and to Offset Accident,
Nd, there is q Hurt, Va. The ro-
mantle notion is fairly popular in both
States, Virginia having q Love and .
Lovesmill and Maryland = Loveville
and a Love Point.
Here's q list Of oddly-named COM
munities in the two States, culled more
or less at random during . brief ses.
sion with q gazetteer:
Maryland - Asbestos, Bivalve,
Chance, Detour, Fairplay, Fork,
Granite, Harmony. Level, Lime Kiln,
Ocean. Parole, Relay, Rising Sun,
sassafras, Savage, Secretary, Security.
T. B., Unity.
Airedale. Appeal, Ash, Bald Friar.
Basket. Black, Burnt, Chamn. Chew.
City Block, Cloud Cap, Colle3e Cover,
Cranberry, Daisy, Delight T1dality,
Evening star., 1938-02-21

weight, it was explained. This speed
is believed to be about 120 feet per
second. Lou Gehrig does better
Job than Old Man Gravity, SO DR..
Dryden had to find some better method
than dropping the ball and measuring
the bounce, especially since the live
illness Of the ball decreases with the
severity Of the impact and the conse-
quent reformation OF the ball in
creases, it was explained
So he developed a machine. In
this machine a compressed air gun
fires q 1-pound hard wood projectile
against the baseball under test. The
bali is propelled through a ballistic
pendulum which catches and stops
the wood projectile. The ball con-
tinues into second welded steel COMIC
pendulum. BY the amount of move
ment Of the pendulums the speeds Of
bat" and ball can be determined.
Since balls Of the same lot, no mat
ter how carefully made, vary in
weight, size and physical properties
it Is necessary to take large number
of measurements on q number Of
Evening star., 1938-02-21
Congressional Tag Incident
Proues Puzsling to Police
No. 435, Plate on Car Inu0lued in Acci-
dent, Never Issued to Any Con.
gresham, Capitol Officers Say.

Congress sank the Navy on the high
way yesterday and today the question
of immunity was burning one. par
ticularly with 1t. Comdr. Carl w
Styer.
For it was Comdr. Styer's automobile
that lost hairline decision to one
bearing congressional tags. The naval
officer stayed to talk the damage over,
but the other driver wouldn't talk
and fled.
About 2:30 pm, Comdr. Styer said
he was driving along Ridge road near
the intersection Of the road running
alongside Arlington Cemetery and
leading to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
Making a turn at the intersection,
the car with congressional tags
plowed into the side of the COM
mander's machine, Comdr. Styer said.
Motorist Drives OF.
Both machines stopped and both
drivers alighted. After surveying a
bent fender and a cracked bumper
on his automobile, Comdr. Styer said
he requested the other driver to let
him see his registration card.
With that, the naval officer said,
the other motorist, who was alone.
climbed back into his automobile
without word and prepared to leave.
The impact had caused the con-
gressional license plate on the front
OF the second machine to become
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Mr.. Wallace said, total Of $780,
600 being appropriated in all.
After several delays, the work was
advertised for bids on September 7,
1887. Mr.. Wallace said. Bids were
opened october 20. Ten were re-
ceived, the lowest In the amount of
$957,500, which was accepted.
After acceptance Of the bid and
before execution of the contract" the
Secretary stated, IAN informal pro-
test was filed with the department
for the alleged reason that the lab
oratory buildings would interfere with
= prospective airport at Gravelly
Point While engineers of the Bu-
reau Of Public Roads did not feel that
construction Of the laboratory, as de-
signed, could interfere with develop
ment Of an airport at Gravelly Point,
the department nevertheless held up
the actual execution OF the contract
until December Is, 1887, and on De-
cember 20. 1887, the contractor was
ordered to proceed with the work"
Testimony before Mr.. Lanham's
committee indicated that the pro-
testing agency" to which Mr.. Wallace
referred was the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
THE situation, therefore" Secre-
tary Wallace explained. "is that We
have at all times proceeded under
specific authority of Congress in this
matter, and the department now has
q valid contract in the amount of
$957, 500 for the construction of the
laboratory.
Furthermore, the contractor has
been at work since December 20, 1887,
and informally advises that he has
entered into subcontracts for portions
OF the work and has let other contracts
for materials and for machinery and
equipment for use in carrying out
his contract with the department.
THE contract contains no provision
which would authorize suspension Of
the work for the reasons upon which
your request IS based. Any action
now, therefore, to suspend this work
WOulQ uQOOuUVculy COllSt1CutC . DACoSAA
Of contract by the Government and
would serve as the basis for valid
claim by the contractor. The con-
tractor has been approached in
formally as to what would be his
attitude If the work were suspended,
and he has advised that he will not
accept suspension of the work without
insisting on full compensation for the
damages which he will suffer thereby"
Mr.. Wallace notified Chairman Lam
ham that since receipt Of the COM
mittee request the Bureau OF Air Com
merce has had under consideration
"the question Of conflict between this
departments laboratory buildings
which are being built and an airport
development at Gravelly Point, and
this department is informally advised
that it is the view Of that bureau that
the laboratory buildings will not con-
stitute a hazard to the proposed air
port development"
Evening star., 1938-02-21

Height, Helmet. Hopeful, Horse
Head, Index, Jump. Jumbo, Lady, Lark,
Lawyer. Layman, Lemon. Lent. Light,
Lone Jack, Low, Maggie. Noon, Mutt
(but no Je1).
Navy, Nesting, Nimrod, Nohead,
Novelty, Oldrag, Orange. Orchid,
Ordinary, Pancake, Pistol. Pocket,
Radiant, Rest. Return, Riddle, Sand
Bin, Shadow. Sideburn, Slash, Slant,
Small, Smart.
Snow, Snowflake. solitude. Star,
Success, Supply, soles, Thoroushfare,
Tiny, Trafhc. Tree, Upright. Vigor,
Vote, Wan, Well Water, Whittle. Wine,
Wintergreen, Wolftrap. zack, Zeal.
California and Oregon. according
to the gazetteer. are In Maryland, and
80 Is Jerusalem.
And If for any reason you've found
this brief survey Boring, remember
that Maryland hasN1 town Of that
name. while Virginia provides an Exit.
Evening star., 1938-02-21

Well water isn't water from well.
Those statements may sound silly,
but every one, Of them is literally
truelas you can easily determine for
yourself by consulting any gazetteer or
other book containing complete lists
of towns in Maryland and Virginia.
Hurry and Rush, for example. are
in Maryland-the former town Of
about 1000 population in St. Marys
County, the latter = mere dot on the
map Of Allegany County-and Cuckoo
Is . community Of 1,100 in Louisa
County, Va.
Just . Dot on the Map.
And speaking Of dot on the map
Virginia has . town which is that in
name as we'll as In fact. Dot, in Lee
County. { un is the residence Of mors than
At least 10 per cent of MAsyiand's
Evening star., 1938-02-21

Fiery Siding, Fluff, Gratitude, Hail.
way.
Husband, Issue, Island. Mutual,
Orchard, Ordnance, Pearl, Reliance.
Rock-a-walkin, Shady Side, Sunnyside,
Sixty, smoketown, Sparks, sweetair.
Trout, Twenty-hrst. Welcome.
Vrginia-Bee, Birdsnest, Brandy,
Busby, Cap, Clam, Coke, Coldwater,
Comet, Coffee, Clover, Dare, Driver,
Eclipse, Lively. Magnet, Rescue. Teas,
Tiptop, Unison, Wise.
Apple, But No Big Apple.
Acorn, Angle, Ante. Apple, Bachelors
Hall, Backbone, Bess. Bessie. Bob
white, Bridge No. 2, Cash, Cave,
Charlie Hope, Cheapside. Clinch, Cloud,
Cook, Creamery, Crusade.
Curve, Dip, Dispatch, Doctor, Dooms,
Drill, Ducat, Duet. Duty, Early.
Equity. Era. Fertili1sr, Fife. File.
Flood, Folly, Furnaces Glass, Gore,
0,aest. Hallway, Hardware.
Evening star., 1938-02-21
w. C. T. u. RITES HONOR
MISS FRANCES WILLARD
4Oth Anniversary of Death of
Former President of Organi-
zation Marked.

A group Of members of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union held
services yesterday in Statuary Hall at
the Capitol in commemoration of the
40th anniversary of the death of
Frances E. Willard, president of the
w. c. T. U. for SO years.
The women placed on Miss Will
lard's statue wreath of white car
nations on a background of green
laurel leaves and tied with large bow
OF white ribbon, the symbol of the
w. c. T. U.
Representative Robsion. Democrat,
OF Kentucky, spoke on Miss Willard's
unselfishness. He was introduced by
Mrs. Ida w. Ramsey, president of the
District w. c. T. U. Mrs. Walter
Franklin Atkinson played and DR..
Daniel L. Ennis, pastor Of the Trinity
M. E. Church, gave the invocation
and the benediction.
Evening star., 1938-02-21
BY JOSEPH s. EDGERTON.

BY JOSEPH s. EDGERTON.
4 SWISH Of air as the bat"
~ flies through the air. The
~ crack Of hickory on bsrsehide.
\ A clean hit! The balls of at
speed Of 200 feet per second, or
nearly l40 miles per hour.
But no cheers arise from the fans.
There are no fans. No fielder starts
after the whistling sphere There are
no fielders No batter starts for first
base. There is no batter. Neither is
there any first base Or any pitcher
to worry about the hit.
For the scene is not baseball dia-
mond. but a basement laboratory at
the Bureau Of Standards. Here, with
scientific precision, Uncle Sam is
finding some very important facts
about his national sport.
At the request of Clark Griffith,
president of the Washington Baseball
Club, the bureau has undertaken to
determine whether the ball to be used
by the American League is livelier
than that used by the National
League. 1t seems there has been q
controversy.
DR.. H. L. Dryden, chief of the divi-
sion of mechanics and sound, was as
signed to the problem. He set out
not only to determine the issue raised
by Mr.. Griffith, but also to find out
number Of other important things
at the same time, such as the amount
Of reformation of a batted baseball
speeds involved and other factors OF
value not only to league officials ard
players. but also to manufacturers.
Ordinarily, the scientific method OF
determining the "liveliness" or the
residence of body is to allow it to
fall on q hard surface and measure
the rebound. The method, however
DR.. Dryden found at once, is not
suitable for baseballs, for the reason
that the speeds involved in a home
run drive are greater than can be
obtained by dropping a ball.
The impact of a ball dropped from
the top of the Washington Monument
or higher, to the pavement below is
not believed to be as great as that OF
the bat hitting fast ball. The fall
ing ball is retarded by air resistance
and soon approaches constant speed
at which air resistance equals the
Evening star., 1938-02-21
FUNERAL TOMORROW

GAITHERSBURG, Md, Feb. 21
N.-Funeral rites for DR.. walter
Curtis Galloway, 81, former COM
mander in chief of the Sons of Con-
federate Veterans. will be held tomor-
row morning at the Episcopal Church
of Ascension here Burial will be in
Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington.
DR.. Galloway died Friday. Retired
in 1886, he had practiced in Will
mington, N. G.