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Evening star., 1938-02-27

0N all sides, you now hear
" people praisine this pleas
ant way to get rid Of acute con-
stipation, In one hour, or less.
For instead of feeling 1is"rable
for hours, this quick acting, non
habit forming saline laxative
water brings .:elief almost before
you realize it.
And all you have to do is this.
Mix Us Of Z. flass Of Pluto Water
In vs. Of . slfss Of hot watsr-and
Evening star., 1938-11-04
Pennsylvania Voters
Get Reduced Fares

The Pennsylvania Democratic
Club of Washington has arranged
special reduced-fare train trips to
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh tomor-
row for the accommodation of men
and women here who wish to return
to Pennsylvania and vote.
Thomas j. Mangan, jr., president
of the club, said that reduced fares
for the voters would be available
on a Pennsylvania Railroad train
leaving for Philadelphia and a Bal
timore & Ohio train leaving for
Pittsburgh tomorrow afternoon.
There will be another train with
the reduced fares to Philadelphia
Monday. Mr.. Mangan expects that
about 5000 persons will make the
trips.
Senator Guffey, Democrat, of
Pennsylvania, told the club members
last night that a Republican victory
In the State next Tuesday would
mean the New Deals end in 1910.
Two hundred Of his fellow Pennsyl-
vania Democrats heard him at the
Willard Hotel complain that Office
holders who refuse to vote are "fat
cats"
Joseph F. Quinn, chairman of the
clubs Executive Committee; Henry
H. Harner, solicitor of the Pennsyl-
vania State Authority; J. B. Shaw
and D. c. Campbell also spoke.
Evening star., 1938-11-04
Playing of Bingo Is Banned
In D. C.. School BUILDINGS

Bingo, be it OF the legal variety or
otherwise, was shut out in the cold
today SO far as public school build
ings in the District are concerned.
Barring of the game in schools,
often used in the past for that pur-
pose by parent-teacher and other
civic groups, came as result of an
order by Supt. Frank w. Ballou, it
was learned.
In letter to Mrs. Elizabeth K.
Peoples, director of the Community
Center Department, DR.. Ballou said,
I'm my opinion the Community
Center Department should not au-
thorize the use of any school build
ing by any organization that under
takes to provide entertainment
through the game of bingo or any
other game that is inconsistent with
police regulations"
1T is my understanding" the let
ter read, that certain games of
bingo are a violation of the police
regulations. 1t is my further under
standing that it has been the policy
of the Community Center Depart
Evening star., 1938-11-04
Young Democrats Plan
South-Stote Dances

Young Democratic organizations
OF Southern Maryland will hold
dances tomorrow and next Saturday,
November IL.
The Young Democratic Club of
Southern Maryland will sponsor a
dance at Griffith Farms, Forrest
vile, Nd, from 10 pm. until 2 am.
tomorrow. Norman Collins, chair
man, has announced that all candi-
dates present will be introduced.
j. Robert Sherwood, president of
the Young Mems Democratic Club
OF Prince Georges County, has an
nounced the completion of plans for
a victory ball to be held at the
Beaver Dam Country Club, Landover,
Md, Saturday, November IL. Dancing
will be held from 10 pm. until 2
am.
r. Earle Sheriff, chairman of the
Dance Committee, announced that
invitations will be extended to VIC
torious nominees.
Evening star., 1938-11-04

ment to require any organization
that contemplates playing bingo to
secure approval of the Police De-
partment Of the form of bingo which
will be played before a permit is
issued by the Community Center
Department authorizing the use of
the school building involving the
game Of bingo.
Il am Of the opinion that school
officers should not put themselves
in a position of undertaking TO keep
so closely to the line between the
legitimate and illegal games OF
chance in the District of Columbia.
Accordingly, I am writing to advise
you that in my opinion the Com
munity Center Department should
not authorize the use of any school
building by any organization that
undertakes to provide entertainment
through the game of bingo Of any
other game that is inconsistent with
police regulations.
Il should like to have this policy
put into effect from and after this
date"
Evening star., 1938-11-04
Pine Shelves -Four
Cases |nformers
Figured In
U. S. Attorney Feels
Evidence Too Weak
For Conviction

United States Attorney David A.
Pine today announced that he has
shelved four cases in which two
allegedly discredited colored inform
ers figured The Government be-
lieved that the absence of these
two witnesses would so weaken the
cases that no jury would convict
the accused.
Assistant United States Attorney
John w. Fihelly, placed in charge
Of the informer investigation by Mr..
Pine, said that these four cases
have been nolle pressed: Catherine
Douglas. liquor tax charge, in
which William Browning, colored,
was the agent; numbers case, in
volving a charge against George D,
Governor, in which the indicted
James R. Fallin was utilized to Sc
cure evidence; liquor tax case
involving the two defendants, Will
liam B. Fletcher and Harry F.. Rob-
inson, in which Fallin was the agent,
and a gaming case, in which Jones
B. Montgomery was accused and
Fallin was used to obtain testimony.
Two Other Cases Probed.
Two other cases in which the
alleged informers appear are under
investigation by the District Attor-
ney, Mr. Filhelly revealed. one a
motion for new trial in the case
of Samuel Madeoy, in which Fallin
was used as a witness. The other
case involved the use of Browning.
On Wednesday, the grand jury
in District Court indicted Fallin
and Wallace Martin, also coloreo,
on charges of conspiracy to commit
an offense against the United States.
Fallin alone was indicted in sperate
case on charges of offering to re-
ceive bribe as a witness.
Charged in Bribe Case.
On October 13 Fallin was arrested,
charged with accepting a bribe of
$50 to change his testimony in a
numbers case in District Court. At
torney j. Louis O'Connor, defense
counsel, told the vice squad about
the reported offer of Fallin to have
"a lapse of memory for the money,
and police say that they appre-
hended the colored man with the
marked money on him, which the
lawyer, in concert with the authori-
ties, had given him.
Mr.. Pine has been in conference
with Maj. Ernest w. Brown, super
intendent of police. regarding the
use of informers in future cases, but
no official announcement has been
made OF any radical change in policy
on this subject.
Evening star., 1938-11-04
Weightman-Langdon
School Graduates
Mark Anniversary
Of IA Attending Dinner
Five Are Employed
And Two Seek Jobs

Fourteen graduates of the Weight
man-Langdon school for crippled
children held their semi i-annual
alumni association meeting at the
Langdon School last night, which
also marked the 9th anniversary
of the establishment of the Weight
man School as a special center for
crippled youth.
Glasses were moved from Weight
man to Langdon last year and the
latter school will send out its first
eighth grade graduates in June.
Five of IA Employed.
OF the IA attending the dinner
meeting last night, no less than five
are employed. These include Nelson
Hanback,, president of the alumni
association; June Davis, Leroy Kess-
Ter, Hugh McNally and Jimmy An
derson, who was crippled by police
car as a small child and was gradu-
ated from Mckinley High School
last June. Ethel Hargett and Julis
Phillips are looking for jobs.
Several are pursuing higher edu-
cation. Two girls are enrolled in a
business college and another is q
student at Western High School
Two of the boys are at Mckinley
and another at Central.
The association under Mr.. Han
back is working toward the estab-
lshment of opportunity for higher
education for graduates of the Lang
don School, which is an elementary
school.
Want Separate School.
Coincidental with a plea from
Mr.. Hanback, to the Board of Educa-
ton that something be done came
the establishment by the board of a
special advisory committee on ply
sically handicapped children. The
committe is considering opening
classes on a higher than elementary
level at the Langley Junior High
and has as one of its aims the real
ization of a separate school for
crippled children to receive this
higher education along with the
necessary physiotherapy treatment.
Also present at last nights dinner
as special guests were Charles w.
Pimper, president of the Washing
ton Crippled Children's Society and
former chairman of the Committee
on Crippled Children of the Kiwanis
Club. and Mrs. Beulah j. Drake, who
taught them all. Mrs. Drake was a
factor in the establishment of the
Weightman School as a special
center for the physically handi-
capped and is now in charge of the
Langdon classes.
Evening star., 1938-11-04
October Crashes
Cut Despite
J Deaths

While seven persons were
killed in traffic mishaps dur
ing October, the total number
OF accidents reported during the
period was substantially less
than that during the Sc me
month of 1887.
According to figures released
by Inspector l.. I. H. Edwards,
assistant superintendent of po-
lice, there were, in all, 876 &C
cidents reported to the Police
Statistical Bureau during Oc-
tober. OF these, seven resulted
m death, 300 in minor injuries
and 598 in property damage
only.
A total of 1,102 accidents were
reported in October of 1887.
Evening star., 1938-11-04
Woman Bitten
ByHorse New
Traffic Hazard

Something old enough to be
new in traffic hazards bobbed
up mere today. The victim was
Odessa Vest, so, colored, of 121
Shots alley NE.
The woman told police she
was walking through Wonders
court S.W. when she passed a
trash wagon. The horse hitched
to the wagon reached out and
bit her on the cheek.
She was treated at Providence
Hospital and sent home. The
wagon, police said, was driven
by Charles Brown of 366 Dixon
court S.W.
Evening star., 1938-11-04
Believe Parking Bon
Must Be Gradual

A ban of all-night.parking in the
District, suggested recently by Com
missioner McCoach, must be put
in effect through a gradual elimina-
ton of curb parking, Washington I.
Cleveland, manager of the American
Automobile Association in the Dis
trict, said in letter to the Com
missioner yesterday.
Mr.. Cleveland pointed out that it
would be literally impossible" for
motorists to find space away from
curbs If such ban were enforced
Immediately.
Evening star., 1938-11-04
low-Rent Project
For Washington
Is 5peeded
Capital Is in Position
To Launch Program
With Dispatch

When President Roosevelt signs
a slum clearance and low-rent hous-
ing contrcat for the District which
he Is expected to do shortly, the
Alley Dwelling Authority will be in
a position to start its program here
sooner than most cities are able to
do under similar circumstances.
Weeks spent in shaping a loan
application acceptable to the A. D.
A. as well as to the United States
Housing Authority have advanced
the program considerably, it was be-
lieved, because all important ques-
tions at issue have been thoroughly
worked out in advance. In many
other instances contracts have been
expedited more rapidly, perhaps,
leaving certain matters of policy for
later determination. This has tended
to slow up construction.
The agreement between the U. S.
H. A. and the A. D. A., 1t developed
today, represents compromise as
indicated somewhat earlier and is not
what the local Alley Dwelling Au-
thority would regard as . "capitula-
| ton" on Its part. This should be
goo dnews to District taxpayers, for
1t develops that the municipal gov
ernment will not have to be held re-
sponsible for any financing of its
own.
Contribution Is Eliminated.
The A. d. A. will accept a 80 per
cent loan, as reported, but the 10
per cent contribution usually made
by other cities will not work out like
that here. 1t was understoond the
10 per cent payment will be taken
care of in way that will not re-
quire the expenditure of an addi-
tional appropriation.
The A. D. A. also is understood
to have gained a concession in the
matter of applying rent subsidy.
These subsidy payments will be ap-
piled in terms Of family need, which
is taken to mean that they will be
applied to reduce the rentals for
tenants in the lowest income brack-
cts, somewhat along the line that
Executive Officer John Ihlder first
proposed
The rent level and the income
group as a whole, however, will be
considerably below those originally
proposed and in general accordance
with housing contracts made for
other cities in this section. They
will conform generally to the figures
reported yesterday.
Both Mr.. Ihlder ana Admins
traitor Nathan Straus of the U. S. H.
A. are standing by an agreement to
make no statement until the con-
tract is signed by the President.
This may be in less than two weeks.
Both officials are unmistakably
gratified that the groundwork has
been laid for a comprehensive pro-
gram in Washington. The fact that
the final draft of the application
appears to be mutually satisfactory
is an indication that the program
now will move forward rapidly.
After the President signs the con-
tract little will remain to be done
before actual construction can start.
The plans for the five local projects
are in excellent shape and all OBJ
stacles to any future misunderstand-
ing appear to have been removed.
Evening star., 1938-11-04
Traffic Safety Group
To Meet Monday

Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, chair
man of the Advisory Committee on
Traffic Safety, has called q meeting
of the full committee for Monday
at $3.50 pm. at the National Guard
Armory, Sixth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV.
Among the subjects to be con-
sidered by the group are:
l. Additional recommendations as
to speed limits and enforcement.
2. Pedestrian control-a proposal
which the committee has recon-
mended to the Commissioners,
3. The proposed trafic safety
council.
Evening star., 1938-11-04
Automobile Show Section

All the latest developments the 1899 automobile models
together with Rotogravure pictures found the
Show Section of next Sundays Star
Besides carefully edited article on the various mecan-
ca changes by Frederick c. Russell the section will contain
interesting concerning afc matters and the automo-
bile industry in general motor trip Florida with map
will be published.
ordar Ths Sunday ntas M
Evening star., 1938-11-04
Go and See

Community Chest agencies
open to the public for "open
house" tours:
TODAY.
Providence Hospital, Second
and D streets Sc. Hours; 2 to 4.
Southeast House, Washington
Welfare Association (colored,
324 Virginia avenue Sc. Hours,
3 to S.
Christ Child Settlement
House, 608 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NE. Hours, 7 toe.
Boys Club of Washington,
Seventeenth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue Sc. Hours,
4 to 6 and 7 to 8.
BRANCHES.
Central, 230 G street NV.
Georgetown, 1906 Thirty first
street NV.
Northeast, 1868 Kramer street
NE.
Evening star., 1938-11-04
To Give Operettu

The young people of the Hamline
Methodist Church, Sixteenth and
Allison streets NV, will present an
operetta entitled THE Silly Isles"
at is pm. tomorrow at the church,
Evening star., 1938-11-04
Cos Victim Receivers

Arthur Ferguson. ST, found un-
conscious from gas poisoning in a
room at lit Fourth street Sc. yes
terday afternoon, was reported re-
covering at Casualty Hospital today.
Evening star., 1938-11-04
Thomas Browne to Speak

Thomas Browne will speak on
''Theism and Evolution" at a meet
ing of the Association of Philosophi-
cal Inquiry, at pm. Tuesday, at
| the National Museum.
Evening star., 1938-11-04

Extensive construction activities
have caussd skilled labor shortage
IA payt- q Ithuaaaa.
Evening star., 1938-11-04

WEIGHING IN FOR THE BABY SHOW-Displavinp his health
score card used in the Women of the Moose Baby
Jefferson Yates IT months shown tipping %
pounds during his physical examination yesterday Looking
eft to right Mrs Sullivan Mrs Blanche Mevers
both of Columbia Chapter No. $685. and babys mother Mrs
Naomi S. Yates.
Evening star., 1938-01-03
SaIe NoU n Hroeress, Savings q n

Bows Wear Reduced
Boys 49e KNIT CAPS; so in all sizes. AII-wooI
PREPSTERs' $3.50 Shirts; 100 in sizes Is to
l4R. Tom Sawyer, tailored in solid coIors and
patterns, Reduced eedto-------------------S1
Evening star., 1938-01-03
All $3.50 and 1895 COWBOY
and Indian Suits. .R Price

BOYS 35e GOLF HOSE; so pors in sizes sh
to II. Wool in 70 length. Reduced to----2Oe
BOYS $zls CORDUROY KhIcKERs; so poirs
in sizes to l8. Heather tones in brown and
oFoy Reoueed to o----------$1.88
BOYS $7.s5 BLUE SERGE SAILOR SUITS; 2 in
sizes 212 and 10. Mildly blouse and 2 poirs
OF trousers ] Short long. Reduced to $2.95
Boys $3.95 BLUE cHEVIoT MILDLY SUITS; 18
in sizes to 10. MILDLY blouse and long trousers
Reduced OK
BOYS S, CAPS; broken sizes Reduced to 4oe
PREPsTERs' sls.e5 ovERcoArs; 20 in sizes IS
to y. Double breasted and BoIrnocoon styles in
wool ploids. Reduced to--<13
BOYS Soe SHIRTS; 40 in sizes l3, l3H and
IA. Included few Tom Sawyer tailored,
slightly soed. Reduced
BOYS $o.95 WOOL MAcKIkAvvs; 8 in sizes II
to l6 Reduced o.
Boys Shop First Floor
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

So you think it's hot9 Well-just keep cool
And if you really want to know how, just
listen to the conversation between TAKU and
FRIDGE, the two hybrid bears at the Ma
tional Zoo, as they splashed and sloshed yester-
day. 1t went like this:
TAKU-What is the matter with all those
animals outside cage, Fridgee?
FRIDGEE-Why those animals are people, and
they do not have sense enough to come in out
of the dry!
TAKU-But their young cubs make frightful
racket don't they?
FRIDGEE-Wel they don't know how to woggle
under nice cool stream of water the way we
do. Wheel Slurp psrpslurp! How nice and cool
this water is on our teeth! It tastes like our
father, the Polar bear used to tell us the big ice
floes tasted.
TAKU-Or like our Mama the Kadiak used to
tell us the melting snow tasted as it flowed down
the Kadiak mountains!
FRIDGEE-I don't understand those animals at
ALL Why don't they find themselves a nice cage
where the cool water flows and where it is shady,
instead Of stalking up and down in front of our
bars like that? They are certainly dumb brutes,
aren't they?
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
Nine Injured
InACCidentS

One man remained in George
town Hospital in a serious condi-
ton, and eight other persons were
under treatment in hospitals or at
their homes for injuries suffered
in four automobile accidents in
Washington last night and early
today.
The most seriously injured was
Vincent Casey, 27, Of 1925 Fiji
teenth st. N. W., a clerk at the
RFC. Casey was given first aid
at Walter Reed Hospital, and
taken to Georgetown in an un-
conscious condition after the car
in which he was riding struck
another at Georgia Avenue and
Nicholson Street Northwest early
this morning.
Mrs. Susan ]. Gelder, %, Of the
Fifteenth Street address, driver of
the car in which Casey was riding,
received decorations of the chin
and had four teeth knocked out. A
third passenger, Catherine Rich
ards, 81, of 1925 Park Rd. N. W.,
suffered less serious injuries.
John w, Everett, 26, of 618 Rit-
tenhouse st. N. w., driver of the
other car, received lacerations of
the right side and the scalp. All
three were released after treat
ment at Walter Reed.
Joseph G.. Herbert, A, of 4601
Davenport st. N. w., received
fractured ribs and possible in
ternal injuries. and his wife, Mrs.
Margaret M. Herbert, suffered
shock and body bruises late yester-
day when the car in which they
were riding was in an accident at
Forty-fifth and Brandywine
Streets Northwest.
The car was driven by Richard
Johnson, 10, of 4441 Lowell St.
N. w. Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert were
taken to Georgetown Hospital. .
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
SCHOOL CHIEFS
SPEND SUMMER
ON BUDGET TASK
Like Tennyson's Brook
It Goes on Forever

While students and teachers arC
enjoying their annual vacation
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superin
tendent Of schools, and his assist
ants, Drs. Chester w. Holmes
Thomas L. Gosling, Robert Hay
cock and Garnett Wilkinson, are
working on the annual schoo
budget.
I'VE will" said a school off
cial, spend from six to eight
hours a day on it-and end up
by taking it home.
1.-THE budget" he explained,
usually consists of 500 pages
Of explanations as to what we
need, why we need it-and
how much it is going to cost.
WANT COMPLETE DATA
IF there is one thing Con-
greSS wants, it's complete and
detailed explanation of the
school budget"
by the end of July" the Off
cial continued, "the budget is
completed. Nothing more is
done until school opens in Sep
tember and then we send it to
the District Commissioners, who
slash off a million and send it
back.
I'VE revise it and by Novem-
Der it is ready for the Budget
Bureau"
The official ran his hands
through his hair:
'Then," he continued, "the
fun begins. The Budget Bureau
slashes off three million-and
sends it back.
by the time we've revised it
again-taking it up with the
Board of Education and pairing
where we can-it's December.
REAL HOWL STARTS
''Now it's ready for Congress.
It goes first to the House Appro-
priationS subcommittee. Then
the real howl starts. The House
wants to know why we need $14,-
100000 for our schoolS-we
started asking for $18,000,000
so we spend hours explaining.
By this time it's Christmas and
everybody wants to go home.
The budget is shelved until after
the holidays :"
He stopped-unable to go on
and another official took up the
narrative.
"Then the budget goes to the
Senate Appropriations subcom-
mittee which slashes it some
more. A week before Congress
adjournS the school budget is
passed. We now have $12,000,-
600 instead of the $18,00O,O0O
we asked for-and it's July.
Time to make up a new bud
get!"
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
Washington Grove
Ballots Saturday

WASHINGTON GROVE, Md,
July Town elections will be
held here Saturday. Mayor Irving
L. McCathren has been nominated
without opposition, to succeed
himself. Two councilmen are to
be elected from among the follow
ing nominees: Mrs. L. w. Hardy,
F. L. L. Hitler, Joseph w. Palmer
and Robert S. Billhimer.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
GALLOWs PREPARED
IA FACE OHIO DOOM

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July Z G.N.
SO.-Fourteen condemned slayers,
including one woman, Anna Marie
Hahn, were left in the Ohio pen
itentiary death row today after
the electrocution last night of
William Hobbs, 80. Hobbs killed
Patrolman Arthur Sponsel during
a restaurant holdup in Hamilton,
Ohio. The case of Mrs. Hahn,
convicted of Cincinnati poison
murder, is before the U. S. Su-
preme Court.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
DAWN HANGING.
IN MICHIGAN is.
SINCE 1880.
TuttIe Refuses to
Move Doomed Man

DETROIT, July 7 G.N.SO.
Tony Chebatoris, bank bandit
killer, will die at daybreak tomor-
row at Milan Federal Detention
Home, all efforts of Governor
Frank Murphy to have the execu-
tion site changed having failed as
Federal Judge Arthur ]. Tuttle
today announced he has neither
the power nor the inclination" to
move Chebatoris to another State.
He will be the first man to hang
in Michigan in 108 years.
Judge Tuttle, who sentenced
Chebatoris, refused to act after
the Department of Justice referred
to him President Roosevelt's re-
quest, to do everything in its
power to remove Chebatoris and
so preserve Michigan's century-old
tradition against capital punish
ment.
The President asked Justice De-
partment action after Governor
Frank Murphy sent an urgent re-
quest to him to remove ChebatoriS
4AO4A CIle OGdCe 1Or execution.
GALLOWS PREPARED
Meanwhile, under the direction
of GalloWS-Expert G. Phil Hanna,
Illinois farmer, the scaffold on
which Chebatoris is scheduled to
die at sunrise tomorrow was COM
pleted in a little wooden shed at
the Federal detention farm here.
He was sentenced under Federal
law and the Government ruled
he could be executed in Michigan
because never-osed State law pro-
Vltes the death penalty for trea-
son. Legally, the Government
may execute man in any State
which has a death penalty for any
crime.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

some one-perhaps in search for
narcoticS-had been feverishly
hunting through it.
Police feared the physician, last
seen Saturday night, may have
been murdered.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
Centenarian Buried
With Amputated Arm

DENVER, July Z 0NSO.-Rel-
atives took a small package from
a closet, placed it in the coffin of
Daniel S. Taylor, who died here
recently at the age Of 100 years,
and buried it with him.
The package contained an arm
amputated Sc years ago after a
machine shop accident.