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Evening star., 1938-09-09
PAINFUL CANCER
HELD |NCURABLE.
PathoIogist Makes Claim in
Interview After Talk at
Conference Here.

When cancer has reached the stage
where it causes pain the disease Is
incurable. This statement. unquali-
ned, was made today in an interview
by one Of the foremost pathologists
attending the three-day meeting OF the
American Association for the Study
Of Neoplastic Diseases at the May
flower Hotel.
The doctor. professor at Temple
University, received one of the biggest
ovations given this morning after his
talk but asked that his name not be
revealed If he granted an interview
dealing with the general causes, classes
and symptoms Of cancer.
BY far the greatest number of IA
talities in cancer, he said. are caused
by the disease in the gastro-intestinal
tract, which includes the stomach,
throat, mouth and associated organs.
Symptoms are continued indigestion,
vomiting and an inability to eat more
than few mouthfuls at a time. The
latter two symptoms are found in the
last stages Of the disease.
Second, from the standpoint of IA
tality, Is cancer among women, fire.
quently resulting after childbirth.
Cancer Of the lungs, once thought
incurable, can now be removed In
approximately so per cent of the cases
but Is still third in the cause OF
death. Chronic hoarseness or an un-
productive cough are symptoms of the
disease in the lung.
Although the specific cause of can
Ger has not been learned, he said, it
is known to occur most frequently In
places suffering repeated injury and
where long-standing inflammations
exist.
The cancer germ cannot be in
herited, the doctor said, but the
tendency toward the disease can. For
example, he cited the cases OF two
persons who had received similar
mechanical irritations Of the mouth
over similar length OF time. One,
he said, contracted the disease; the
otAici Oiu AloC. hHy uOuth cOIc WHlCIl
refuses to heal within two weeks time
should be Immediately examined by
a competent doctor, he said.
The purpose of the meeting Is an
exchange Of ideas between pathologists
and X-ray men with the hope Of
obtaining earlier and more accurate
diagnoses of the disease.
The meeting, which began yesterday
morning. will continue through to-
morrow morning.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
URGE MORE CARE
|NCHAS|NC AUTOS
Citizens Dep|ore Crash Fatal
to Two During Pursuit
of Liquor Car.

A resolution deploring the careless
ness Of persons involved in an accident
last week on Nichols avenue Sc, in
which two people were killed, one .
2-year-old child, was adopted by the
Congress Heights Citizens Association
at its first meeting of the year last
night.
Meeting in the Congress Heights
School. members of the association re-
quested that District and Federal Of
ficers exercise greater care in making
arrests OF law violators. The accident
occurred when liquor laden automo-
bile. being pursued by Federal officers,
crashed into car backing out from a
parking space on Nichols avenue
Eight occupants were injured, two so
severely they died few days later.
District officials were asked to cor
rect a condition now existing on Ala
bama avenue Sc. between Nichols ave-
nue. and Twelfth street, where storm
sewers are being laid The association
contends the sewer has not been piped
all the way through. thereby causing
flooded conditions on private property
in the lower sections of the COM
munity.
Plans were made to send representa-
tives to hearings Monday and Tuesday
before the Commissioners in the Dis
trict Building on the District budget
for the next fiscal year.
The association also planned to ask
the Capital Transit Co. to provide a
later bus to leave downtown Washing
ton for Congress Heights. The last
bus leaves about 1:25, it was said, but
quite a number of residents of the
community, who work in town later.
are deprived OF a means OF transporta
ton.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
THIEVES BREAK
IN FREIGHT CAR
25 Cases of Cigarettes Are Stolen
While En- Route to
Alexandria,

Thieves broke open the door Of a
freight car en- route from Fredericks-
burg (Va) to Washington last night
and made off with IS cases OF ciga-
rettes. John E. Baker. special agent
for the Richmond, Fredericksburg G
Potomac Railroad, told police here
early today.
The agent said the cases apparently
were pulled from the car with a rope
and loaded into an automobile waiting
alongside the tracks. The robbery
occurred somewhere between Fred
ericksburg and Alexandria, police were
told.
Other robberies reported last night
and early today include the burglary
Of George A. Brodie's home, 4007
Fessenden street NV. Mr.. Brodie
said his second-floor bedroom window
was entered by a thief who made
of with his trousers containing 50
and keys to his car The automobile,
however, was not stolen. Mr.. Brodie
an associate architect in the Treasury
Department., said the burglar appar-
emily climbed a tree and jumped to
the porch roof to reach the window.
Meanwhile. police arrested Vincent
w. Dziegielewski, SO, builder of 625
Mellon street Sc, on a charge Of
$1,000 larceny after trust. He was
arrested on a complaint Of Robert
Covall, TIT d street Sc. for whom,
police said, he had contracted to build
house.
Typewriters and adding machines,
valued at $3.50. have been stolen from
two public schools, police were told
yesterday. Lester T. Walter, princi-
pal of Powell Junior High School, said
four typewriters and an adding ma
chine are missing from his school. A
typewriter, valued at SIS. has been
taken from Langdon Junior High
School, Miss Catherine Scrivner, prin-
cipal, reported.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
STUDENT At c. j.
FIGHTS PARALYSIS
Iron Lung Aids Battle of
FIoridian at GaI|inger.
Condition Critical.

Reginald Weisenfeld, 23-year- -old
Georgetown University student. re-
manned in a critical condition today
in Gallinger Hospitals Iron lung" in
courageous fight against infantile
paralysis
The young man. who lives in Jack
sonville, Fla. was placed in the res
pirator when he arrived here from his
home about five days ago to continue
his studies in the Foreign Service
School at the university.
He first complained of slight ill
ness at his Florida home about q week
ago on his return from summer school
classes at the National University in
Mexico City, but said he felt well
enough to come to Washington.
On his arrival here, the lower part
Of his body became stricken with pa
ralysis, which has since spread to in
clude partial paralysis of his muscles
OF respiration. When he was removed
to the hospital he could breathe only
with difficulty and his arms were weak.
Physicians at the hospital say his con-
dition is critical. although his efforts to
breathe were aided as soon as he was
placed In the respirator.
His family was notified as soon as he
was stricken and his mother, Mrs.
Amelia Weisenfeld, and his sister
Katherine arrived here from Jackson
vile Tuesday.
Miss Weisenfeld said today her
brother always had been in excellent
health and that he appeared to have
recovered from the slight illness he felt
on his return from Mexico City. She
said he lived at the Delta Sigma pi.
social fraternity, at 1861 Thirty-fifth
street NV, while attending the uni
versity. where his scholastic record was
excellent.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
.DANC|NGPR|NCESS
IS RIBBON WINNER
First Horse Show Honors
Go to Entry From
Warrent0n.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

WARRENTON, Va, Sept. 9.-The
first blue ribbon Of the seth Annual
Warrenton Horse Show was awarded
today to Dancing Princess, owned by
Mrs. Randolph Duffy Of Warrenton,
as the best Of II entries in the half
thoroughbred mares foals-at- foot class.
Ten classes were shown before re-
cess and nine after, with 265 stables
for total of 700 entries. The show
will continue through tomorrow, when
the tri-colored rosette will be pinned
on the grand hunter champion Of the
show.
Summary:
Mares and foals-Dancing Princess,
Mrs. Randolph Duffy. Warrenton.
Thoroughbred yearlings - Chestnut
colt, Mrs. Cary Jackson, Keswick.
Thoroughbred 2-year- r-olds-Crestne
Sweep, J. North Fletcher. Warrenton
Thoroughbred 3-year-olds - Wood
Rock, Benton Stables, Middleburg.
A large crowd, including socially
prominent perons from Washington,
New York. Maryland and Virginia,
was on hand for the two-day exhibi-
ton OF some of the finest jumpers in
the land.
Washington was we'll represented in
most OF the 38 classes, as the record
breaking list Of entries included l3
thoroughbreds from the stable of u. S.
Randle, prominent Capital and Vir-
glnlA sportsman. Among his entries
are Randle's Pride, Sports Marvel and
Randle's Queen, horses that have ac-
counted for many blue ribbons through
out the show season.
Mrs. John Hay Whitney's Llangollen
Stable Of Upperville, Va, was expected
TO win q large share Of the honors
Mrs. Whitney has entered Bon Diable
The Bear. Airy Spirit and several other
prominent show horses.
Hexameter, recognized in many
quarters as the hunter champion of the
country, has been entered by Mr.. and
Mrs. Alvin Untermyer of Greenwich
Conn. Hexameter was winner of the
grand championship at the Washington
and Devon shows. A conspicuous alb
Sentee was Big John, grand champion
last season, owned by Mrs John Hanna
Among other stables represented are
those owned by Miss Margaret Cotter
OF Washington, DR.. L. NJ. Allen, Win
chester; E. L. Redman, Middleburg:
Miss Betty Couzens, Washington and
Detroit; Mrs. D. N. Lee, Middleburg;
Miss Ellie Wood Page Keith, Char
lottesville; Morris Clark, Orange, Va. (;
Nydrie Stables, Esmont, Va, and HUI
bert Phipps, Marshall.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
". c. CRAWFORD
D|ES|NNEW YORK
Was Prominent in Banking,
Real Estate Circles
Here Before War.

W. Gordon Crawford, formerly
prominent in real estate and bank
ing circles here, died yesterday after
a long illness in New York, where
he had lived since shortly after the
World War.
In recent years Mr.. Crawford had
engaged in real estate business in New
York In 1917 he became interested
in the manufacturing business in New
York and was general manager Of
the Motor Starting Corp. until the
latter's plant was used for the manu-
facture Of gas masks during the war.
He also was a director of the National
Shipping Co., which operated Gov
ernment-built ships during the war
Earlier he was a director of the OLD
Washington IL Southern Bank here
and took a prominent part in pro-
ceedings resulting in that bank being
taken over by the old Merchants Bank
and later in the old Du Pont Ma
tional Bank here becoming a part Of
the old Merchants Bank. which sub
sequently became the old Merchants
Bank & Trust Co.
A native Of New Orleans, Mr.. Craw-
ford was graduated in law from
Georgetown University. He was a
member Of the bar here. His father
was the late William Gordon Crawford,
and his grandfather the late John
Macintosh Crawford, who came to
this country prior to the Civil War,
was British Consul at Baltimore and
later at New Orleans
Mr.. Crawford had been an active
member of the Metropolitan and Chevy
Chase Clubs here, the Washington
Real Estate Board, the Real Estate
Board OF New York City and the
Church Club Of New York.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Kathleen Beale Crawford. daughter
Of the late DR.. Alfred M. Owen, at one
time Surgeon General OF the Navy;
a daughter, Mrs. Edgar T. Fell Of
Baltimore and Ruxton. Md. whose
husband Is q special assistant to the
Attorney General: four sisters and two
brothers of New Orleans.
Funeral services will be held at 10
am. tomorrow in the Church of the
Resurrection, New York Burial will
be private in Rock Creek Cemetery
here tomorrow afternoon.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
BODY OF ENJOYS KIN
ON WAY TO ECUADOR
Ambassador Alfaro and Wife on
Funeral Train of Sonora
Verdaguer.

Ecuadorean Ambassador Colon Eoy
Alfaro and Sonora Alfaro today ac-
companied the body Of Sonora Afaro's
mother, Sonora Maria Teresa Aro-
somena de Puig verdaguer, to New
York, whence the remains will be
taken tonight aboard the Santa Maria
to Ecuador. Sonora Verdaguer died
yesterday in Emergency Hospital.
Sonora Alfaro and her sister, Sonora
Ines de Iturralde, will accompany the
body to Ecuador. Ambassador Alfaro
will return to Washington.
Sonora Iturralde accompanied her
mother here three weeks ago when
she came from Guayaquil to enter the
hospital for treatment.
The funeral party was accompanied
to the station here by DR.. Homero
Viteri, chairman of the Ecuadorean
boundary delegation, and members Of
the delegation and embassy stats. DR..
Leo S. Rowe, director general Of the
Pan-American Union, paid his re-
spects to the bereaved personally and
expressed the condolences Of the union.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
TREASURY ISSUE
OVERSUBSCRIBED
$700,O0O,0O0 Securities for
Spending Plan Funds Bought
in "a Hours.

The Treasury's first large offering
of securities to finance the Govern
ments new spending program was
oversubscribed in less than "a hours
after it began. Secretary Morgenthau
announced yesterday.
Although not giving figures on sub
scriptions, Mr.. Morgenthau said offers
to buy 40O,000,ooo worth of 2i2 per
cent bonds and 5000, 900. 900 of 11s per
cent notes were enough to permit
termination of the securities sale last
night.
Holders of 100000 worth of
Treasury notes maturing December Is,
who were given chance to trade their
old securities for either the new bonds
or notes, will have until tonight to
accept.
Bonds or notes thus taken will be in
addition to the amounts offered for
sale.
Investors who put subscriptions for
the new securities in the mail before
midnight last night will be given .
proportion Of their requests based on
the ratio of total subscriptions to the
$700, 100000 of securities to be sold.
The ALLEGATION is expected to be an
nounced late Saturday.
The ready purchase Of the new Sc
curities by banks and other investors
had been expected generally because
the idle money Of banks alone amount
ed to 5000, 600, 900 on September Z.
This figure was announced today by
the Federal Reserve Board and was
$50 ,000, 900 more than week ago.
Next week, when purchasers pay for
the new securities and the Treasury
collects quarterly installments Of in
come taxes. the idle excess reserves Of
banks are expected to decrease by more
than $700, 900 900.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
POLICE UNCOVER
F|RE-TRAP JA|LS
Inquiry by PennsyIvania's
Police DiscIoses Many
Dangerous Conditions.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. Q (N.A.
N.Ao.-State motor police, inspecting
Pennsylvanias 613 jails and local
'lock-ups" have found many that
are dangerous firetraps and others
that are insanitary and unhealthful."
This was revealed by Secretary Of
Welfare Charles I. Engard, as the
police, acting as agents for his de-
partment, began their second weekly
inspection.
The inspections were ordered by
Gov. Earle last week, after he few
here to inspect the Holmesburg County
Prison, where four convicts were
baked to death" in the isolation cell
block where they had been placed
following hunger strike.
Action Is Promised.
Mr.. Engard said recommendation
for correction Of improper conditions
would be- made to the county and
municipal authorities concerned and
that if they failed to take action ths
attorney generals Office would be in
structed to begin proceedings.
Admiral T. w. Foote, in charge Of
State police, announced that the first
inspection was completed 48 hours
after 1t was ordered and that the
second would take about the same
time.
More than 500 troopers are being
used to make the inspections, he said,
and written reports are being made on
each prison and lookup visited.
Commanders of the four State police
squadrons have been ordered to give
precedence to the inspections.
Cooperation Given.
Secretary Engard said local and
county authorities had co-operated
with troopers SO far and apparently
had made no attempt Ito cover up or
hide anything"
Details Of conditions found by the
troopers. including those in Philadel-
phia's district police stations, will not
be made known until reports are COM
pleted,
We believe the weekly inspections
Will go far toward preventing a re-
currence OF conditions that caused the
Holmesburg Deaths" Secretary Engard
said.
Several troopers 60 to each OF the
larger institutions, and no advance
notice OF any of the visits is given.
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Evening star., 1938-09-09
$35, 900 IN G. O. P.
CAMPAIGN CHEST
Fund Will Aid Candidates for
Senate-Cash Sent Into
Nine States.
Ey the Associated Press.

ES the Associated Press.
Republican nominees for the Senate
have campaign chest balance Of more
than $4,000 to spend on the Novem-
Der election, q report to the clerk of
the House revealed today.
Robert v. Fleming, treasurer of the
Republican Senatorial Campaign Com
mittee, said committee funds already
had gone into nine States in an effort
to elect Republican Senator's this fall.
The States are Pennsylvania. Iowa,
Oregon, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Indiana, Kansas, Colorado and Dela-
ware.
The committee has received $57,250
since the start Of this year and spent
$21,2l9 to September l. The report
showed three Republican Senate ncm-
inees had each received $4,000 to aid
their campaigns. They were Senators
James j. Davis in Pennsylvania, for
mer Senator L. j. Dickinson in Iowa
and Rufus Holman in Oregon.
Three other Republican Senate en-
tries have each received $4,000. Senator
Gerald p Nye in North Dakota, Chan
Gurney in South Dakota and Ray
mond E. Willis. Indiana.
The committee listed $1,000 pay
ments for Clyde M. Reed in Kansas
and Archibald Lee in Colorado.
In addition to those for Mr.. Holman
in Oregon, the committee said $1,000
had been sent to Senator Charles L.
McNary and $3.50 to Fred W. Means,
both Of Salem, Oreg.. for Republican
organization work.
The committee listed 5000 for SINH
lar purposes In Delaware.
The Republican group said It's
$l8,569 in receipts since June came
from the Republican National Com
mittee except for three individual con-
tributors. These were E. T. Weir,
Pittsburgh, Pa, $4,000; Nelson A.
Rockefeller, New York City, $3.50.
and Seward Prosser, New York City,
$1,000.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Names of Mules
And Babies Used
In Mail Frauds
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. o.
Twelve persons entered pleas Of
guilty to mail fraud charges today
in q case in which postal inspec-
tors said names of mules, babies
and fictictous names had been
used to obtain merchandise from
mail order firm.
The IL, residents of the Bug
Tussle community in Cullmap
County, were placed under proba-
ton. Judge T. A. Murphree gave
10 Of them suspended prison SEN
tences. They were indicted after
the mail order flrm asked an IN,
vestigation Of wholesale losses In
thu community.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
LAKE ERIE BATTLE FETE
10000 Watch Celebration of
125th Anniversary.

LORAIN, Ohio. Sept. 9 (P).-Be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 persons
watched 1Ka-mile parade here last
night in observance of the 125th an
niversary of the battle Of Lake Erie.
This celebration opened four day
observance of Commodore Oliver Haz-
ard Perry's victory. It will continue
Friday, Saturday snd Sunday at San
dusky and Put-in-Bay.
Representative Dow Harter, chair
man Of the celebration commission, at
q banquet here gave q description Of
the famous battle at Put-in-Bay.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Millions for Better Phones.
Nearly s85, 5,O0o,oo has been spent
IN the last IL months to improve
Britain's telephone service.
WEATHER REPORT

District Of Comba-Mosty cloudy tomorrow SLOWLY nc
temperature tomorrow Sunday probably gentle northeast shf
~ 'Ai'"Ne W
Maryland and Vhgna-Mly
rising temperatures tomorrow;
West Virgnia-Mosty
showers and slightly V -
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Bishopric Rites Set.

CINCINNATI, Sept. Q R).-Arch-
bishop John T. McNicholas has set
October % for conservation rites by
which Msgr. Frank A. Thill will be
raised to the bishopric Of Concordia,
KanS
Evening star., 1938-09-09
W. (. SHAFFER DIES
Former Drug Store Owner Was
Lifelong d. c. Resident.

Lifelong ID. c. Resident.
William E. Shaffer. 80, Of IT'S N
street NV, former proprietor Of 4
drug store at Ninth and X streets
NV, died yesterday in Providence
Hospital after short illness.
A lifelong resident Of this city, Mr..
Shaffer was graduate pharmacist.
He retired about Is years ago, after
being in the drug business here many
years. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Harriet A. Shaffer.
Funeral services will be held at 10
am. tomorrow in st. Matthew's Cath
olic Church. Burial will be In cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
TYD|NGS LEADER
IN ANNE ARUNDEL
0'Conor Also Expected to
Win County, but With
Smaller Margin.

This i the seventh OF a series OF
articles surveying the Maryland
senatorial race bet,peen Senator
Nalard E. Tydings, seeking re-
election, and Representative Dapid
J. Le1Dis, the Presidents hand
picked candidate.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Report for Last a Hours,

Record fer Last "A Houps.
(from noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. "A 5 pm. yesterday.
Lowest, 81. $40 am. today.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 96, on August IS.
Lowest, Is, on January 20.
Humility for Last ~ Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, "a per cent. at $40 . m. today
Lowest. Al per cent, at pm. yesterday
Nurnished BY United States Coast and
Geodetic SurYeyl
Evening star., 1938-09-09

The Jewish Braille Institate, New
York City, ministers to Jewish blind
the country over,
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Precipitation.

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ADVENTURES club 49,
HEADLINES FROM LIVES ~VNME@1'
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF! mI
"Nad Weekend"
BY FLO1D GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter

hELLO EVERYBODY:
l. Talk about being in a tough spot! Here's just about
the toughest one l ever heard of. Suzanne Matthias of New
York City contributes this tale to the column and becomes a
Distinguished Adventurer on the strength of it.
AS far a Suzanne is concerned, the only redeeming feature Of this
experience is that a number of other people shared it with her. 1t was
down in Miami in December. 1929. A crowd of Suzannes friends had
dubbed together and chartered a boat for a weekend fishing trip. 1t was
a old boat of the cabin cruiser type with plenty of hunks sin it. and the
party sailed at midnight N the captains assurance that. by morning,
hed have them at a spot where thered be plenty of good fishing.
When they awoke next morning they were out of sight of land.
The only thing that showed Of the horizon a a small island that
looked as if it might be on Of the Florida Keys. Suzanne asked
the captain where they were, and he told her they we're about 80
miles from Miami, but he didn't say in what direction.
Their Captain Was Crazy.
And shortly afer that. things began to happen. The first inking
we had that anything was wrong Suzanne says, came from my
mother who was chaperOning the trip. She came up and asked us
what we knew about the captain. She had been talking % him. she
said. when suddenly he began raving-saying that his ION was The
High Priest o, the Temple" and that his father a the right hand man
to the king of Sweden. A couple of us decided to investigate, and started
a casual conversation with the captain. After talking with him a few
minutes we were left in no doubt. He was CRAZY AS A LOOM"
That didn't look so good. Ninety miles out at sea-out of sight of
land-and totally at the mercy of a crazy boat captain. The whole
crowd agreed that the best thing to do was to put back to Miami. But
the captain didn't agree with them. He fatty refused to move the boat,
and said a few things more. too. He told them that not one of them knew
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We've been reading a lot alb
out safe and sane driving. Great
stress has been placed on the
mechanical fitness of our cars,
and the mental fitness OF the
person operating the machine.
But let me tell you something
about a road. It leaves you
breathless after 80 miles of
driving. It is a continuous route
OF chuck holes, loose gravel and
blind curves. You've guessed it
its the st. Xavier road.
This isn't an ordinary ROAD
way serving a small community.
Two of the largest wheat cor
pOrationS in the world use this
highway for the business of
transporting grain, as do a
large number of smaller farm