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Evening star., 1939-06-24
Police Move in SecreI
70 Find Hitch-Hiker
Blamed in Staying
Lonsins Officers Heor
Story Told by oiImon's
Companion Supported
BY the Associated Press.

~ VIC HocOCAStG0 6AHo8s
LANSING, Mich, June 24.-Se-
crecy surrounded the next move Of
State police detectives trying today
to solve the mysterious killing Of q
middle-aged Detroit oil promoter,
allegedly by q hitch-hiker.
II the officers obtained any useful
information from several persons
they questioned and then released
last night, there was no indication
of 1t.
Most OF those interrogated were
business associates Of the dead man,
George G. Hall, so, or friends of
his woman companion on the fatal
automobile ride, Miss Ruby Doty, 80,
Of Pinconning. b..
Miss Doty also was questioned
and then left for her home. She
repeated the details Of the ride and
shooting after leading officers on an
all-day search which finally ended
with the finding Of Mr.. Halls body
behind syringa bush 30 feet from
road 3 miles south Of Laingsburg.
1--WE have nothing to hold any one
on" announced Capt. Ira H. Mar
mon, chief Of detectives. He said
those who had been questioned
promised to return to State police
headquarters If they were wanted.
Capt. Marmon said he found no
discrepancy as Miss Doty repeated
her story Of picking up hitch
hiker about 30 years old and with
q scar on one cheek: of his shooting
Mr.. Hall without warning and dump
ing the body on an unoccupied farm,
and of the killers driving around
with her a prisoner in the car for
eight hours. meanwhile making love
to her and finally releasing her in
Grand Rapids on a promise of
date
Some of the details in her account
which had perplexed police were
corroborated by a coroner's report
of an autopsy on Mr.. Halls body.
Miss Doty said Mr.. Hall lived for
some time after being shot and died
in her arms. The detectives Won
dered why there was no bloodstain
on the automobile seat or her cloth
ing.
But DR.. G. L. G. Cramer, Shia-
wassee County coroner, in whose
jurisdiction the body was found, said
the post -morten indicated Mr.. Hall
had lived IS or 20 minutes and died
from internal hemorrhages and a
punctured left lung. This, he added,
explained the absence of blood
stains.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
'|nsurgent' Threat
Stirs Townsendites
In Convention
Second Session Call
Is Hinted by Head
Of Kentucky Club
BY the Associated Press.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 24.-Threats
of an "insurgent" convention, "possi-
bly, within a month";" stirred the
heat-harrassed delegates to the
fourth National Townsend Clubs
convention today as they faced an
other full schedule of oratory and
looked forward to tonight's banquet
for which more than two miles of
tables we're lined up at the State
Fairgrounds.
Hints that a second national meet
ing may be called came from Har-
vey Smith, president of the Coving-
ton (Ky) Club, whose charter was
suspended.
Mr.. Smith said he represents
"about 1000 clubs which are dis
satisfied with the way the movement
is being run"
Oppose One Man Control.
"We don't think the movement
should be run by one man." Smith
said. "Dr. Francis E. Townsend,
the movement founder, is now in
control Of the organization. We be-
lieve the movement should be headed
by a 48-Member Executive Com
mittee, one member from each
State"
Mr.. Smith said it had not been
determined where the insurgent con-
vention would be held.
DR.. Townsend, In a counter Inter
view, said he understood "a num-
Der of revolts against my organi-
zation are under way" but hastened
to add. I'm not worried"
Madly cheering delegates dug
deep in their pockets and showered
dollars on Dr.. Townsend yesterday
when he obtained approval to raise
a 100000 fund for a thrice
weekly series of Nationwide radio
broadcasts. The audience heaped a
wastebasket high with $500 In sill
yer and bills of almost every de-
nomination, including one of 500.
Approve Committee.
A show of hands also approved
DR.. Townsend's proposal that he
appoint a committee of seven to
study possible reorganization of the
movements internal governing
structure and report January /,
1910.
Named on the committee we're
Ira Brinker Hinden, Mich; Mrs. l..
Mae Silverthorn. Middlefield, Ohio;
Eliza Forslind, Everett, Mass; John
Maxwell, Chicago; Bob Adams, Los
Angeles; j. E. Sparling, Orlando,
Fla, and Mrs. Maude Conant, Syra-
cuse, N. Y.
Representative Homer D. Angel.
Republican, Of Oregon told the con-
vention today in a speech prepared
for delivery that Uncle Sam should
right-about-face in this whole
crackpot scheme to borrow and
spend himself into prosperity"
He should inaugurate, Mr.. An
gell added, "a pay-as-you-go pro-
gram, reduce the back breaking tax
burden now strangling industry and
substitute in its place a good neigh
Dor policy of friendly cooperation
with industrial enterprise. Our a.
100000 unemployed can only be re-
stored to pay rolls by private in
dustry."
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Senators Seek to Keep
Skyline Gateway Open
By the Associated Press.

BY Lne ASSOCIATED I[eSS.
Both of Virginia's Senators have
moved to prevent the closing of two
of the main access roads to the
Skyland Drive in Shenandoah Ma
tional Park by the National Park
Service. which recently announced
its intention of closing all of the
many smaller roads down the
mountains on either side Of the
drive
The closing would be step in the
Park Services program for assessing
fees for entrance to the park.
The Senator's filed a resolution to
authorize and direct the Secre-
tary Of the Interior to keep open
and in safe condition for travel the
two roads known as Browns Gap
road and the Gordonsville- New
Market turnpike.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Navy Orders Air Tests
For Junior Officers

All junior line officers of the Navy
must take aviation physical exam
nations under orders issued by
Rear Admiral j. o. Richardson,
chief Of the Bureau of Navigation.
The Navy Department said there
is no intention of drafting" officers
for aviation duty, but that it is de-
sired that records of Junior line
officers shall indicate their physical
qualifications for duty involving
flying.
The order directs that all junior
line officers shall take the avia ton
examination, to be administered by
a qualified fight surgeon, within
18 months after the date of their
commissions as ensigns.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Muscular Action Described
As Protopiosmic Vibration
BY the Associated Press.

MILWAUKEE,, June 24-vibra{
ton Of protoplasmic jelly insid&
the "sinews" of muscles is the secret
of strength. 4
This discovery was described ID
the American Association for thS
Advancement of Science yesterday
by DR.. Eben J. Carey, dean of thS
Marquette University School Oh
Medicine.
The protoplasmic jelly fills tho
thread-shaped cells that link to-,
gether to form the "sinews" or bum
dies of muscles. How this jelly vi.
brates to cause the well-known conf
traction and expansion of muscles
in action DR.. Carey has mapped on
$4,000 slices of muscles, about one
thousandth of an inch thick.
These slices stop" the action Oh
muscles in all stages. They sllovs
that when muscle starts to df
work waves appear in the proto{
plasm.
Of pebble thrown into water. ThS
pebble" that starts this muscle
wave is the ending of a nerve.
Although starting from scattered
points, the vibrations synchronizel
To the eye they look like alternate
dark and light cross bands over tho
entire muscle. 4
These cross bands have beer
known since 1865 when they werd
discovered with aid of the newly
invented microscope. They wer1
thought to be membranes. Most
text books on physiology still cons
slider them to be fixed parts of ths
muscle.
DR.. Carey's work shows that they
really are optical illusions. Theif
positions are not fixed. They ard
merely the appearance of the viz
brating protoplasm at points where
1t gathers in knots, or peaks, OF
wave action. i
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Binding Cataract Removed
BY Suction Operation

eye. The cataract is withdrawn by
gentle suction. DR.. Ruddy explained
the old method of removing cata-
racts required cutting through the
eyeball and withdrawing the cata-
ract with a hooklike instrument.
"Out of 400 cases in which the
suction method has been used on
third stage cataract, which cause
total blindness, less than one-half
of l per cent have failed to regain
vision," said DR.. Ruddy. 'The use
Of this device will remedy 60 per
cent Of the cases of second stage
cataract without even cutting the
surface coats of the eye, and will be
100 per cent successful in treating
first stage, incipient cataract If gen.
eral systematic conditions are cor.
rected and normalized."
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Shrine Advance Guard
Reaches Baltimore
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated freSS.
BALTIMORE, June 24-An ad-
vance guard Of fez-topped Shriners
began a week of funmaking today
with round of water sports, aided
by the u S. cruiser Vincennes and
three destroyers that will lombard"
Fort McHenry. where "The Star
Spangled Banner" was written 125
years ago.
A regatta sponsored by the Mary
land Yacht Club brought sail and
power boats from the entire Allan
tic seaboard for two crowded days
of racing, beginning this afternoon,
and topped with the blank-shot as
sault on the ancient shrine in a
pageant tomorrow night.
Several thousand Of the expected
100000 Shriners and their families
arrived in advance of the conven-
ton opening Tuesday.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
BY the Associated Press.

DALLAS, June 24.-Using a vacu-
um appliance to extract a cataract
by suction, DR.. T. j. Ruddy Of Los
Angeles performed an operation he
expected to restore q mans eye
sight. The operation was at a clinic
of the American Osteopathic Society
of Ophthalmology and Otolargyng-
ology yesterday.
The patient, a 57-year-old Dallas
man, has been blind two years. DR..
Ruddy said the patient, although
totally blind in one eye, had nearly
100 per cent chance of regaining
sight in the eye operated on.
The new method originated by DR..
Ruddy employs q very small suction
cup which Is introduced into . small
opening made In the surface Of the
Evening star., 1939-06-24

Weekly Outlook.
Showers middle and again at end Of week.
cool over north portion and moderate tenn
peratures over south portion first half
warmer latter half
Ohio Valley and Tennessee-Freauent
local 6ssIl shower showers during week. especially IN
lures except cooler over Upper Ohio Valley
early part Of week
Pressure continues low, but rising slowly
southeast Of Newfoundland Cape Race
along and oil the Atisntie coast ert Nantncket se
Mass. and Charleston. s. C.. 1885 inches
rth-northeastward over western Quebec
Doucet: 20. 70 inches. and another dis
evan: ou'Appeile. %. so inches. th' With a
trough extending southwark over the Plains
States and the southern Rocky Mountain
reRion. Pueblo. Colo. 2974 inches. High
pressure prevails over Labrador, Cart
tsndins .a az southvard to Nova Scotia. Halifsx
Hudson Strait Resolution and NottinsSam
tsiands 500 inches. with a wedge ex-
Mnniinh;. MssnnihT southhwestWard to Northeastern
thence southward to Lake Superior. Mar.
ouette. Mich. 5000 inches Another inish-
pressufs area Is MOVING eastward over the
Onio valley; Parkersburs. w. Va, 80 Cf
hnenes hsy. DTrlns the last "a hours showers
Atlantic States. along the middle Atisntic m
portion OF the west Gulf States. Tempera
lures nave fallen in the Appalachian re-
srU ZION nsx ens Nortn Atlantic States the north
risen IN the upper Mississippi Vsiiev ni navs and
poTtio1s o1 the upper Lake re9ion,
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Lenieney Urged for U. S.
Drivers in Mexico

Recognizing that motorists from
the United States violate Mexican
trafnc regulations frequently mere
ly because they do not understand
the signs in Spanish, the Mexican
tourist department is urging mayors
and law-enforcement officers to ex-
tend leniency to tourists from north
of the Rio Grande.
Although the department is ask
ing that minor offenses be over
looked. it emphasizes that drunken
or reckless drivers Of all national-
ties will be dealt with severely, q
Pan-American Union announce
ment said.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Compression Theory.
Advanced 10 Explain
White Dwarf Stars
Energy Is Compared
To Heot Generated
BY Bicycle Pump
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PRINCETON, N. j., June a.
Some Of the white hot stars of tha
universe give of light by compress.
ing themselves like a ball of do,rph
into an ever-tightening sphere Of
flame, the American Physical So,
ciety was told today.
DR.. r. E. Marshak, young mathe,
matician Of Cornell University, del
clared that gravitational attraction
inside the white dwarf" stars, make
them generate energy Just as 1
bicycle pump generates heat whed
it congresses air. This is the onl1
apparent explanation for their 10,
600 degree surface temperature and
100000 degree internal tempera,
ture from small mass of matter.
He added that calculations mad(
in collaboration with DR.. H. A. Bethd
also Of Cornell, showed that the siz)
OF these white dwarf stars is onlj
about half what astronomers hay)
estimated.
The sun and many other stars genI
crate their radiations by reactions d
the nuclei of atoms as they conl
stantly break up and recombine mill
lions OF times per second, DR.. Mari
shak declared.
Such reactions, however, burn upl
hydrogen gas as a major contribul
ton to the energy they generatd
Thus, these reactions could not. b(
the energy source of the white star,
because they do not contain enough
hydrogen to make them possible.
DR.. Marshak said. Actual measure
ments indicate less than one one.
thousandth of l per cent of hydrogen
IN their atmospheres.
Astronomers of the new Mcdonald
Observatory at Fort Davis, Tex. ded
lcated last month. will soon begir
an investigation of the compression
concept to explain the white dwarf
radiation. The 82-inch mirror in.
stalled in the new telescope is spe-
clally adaptable to study of the faint
and distant dUarfS
Evening star., 1939-06-24
FilIina Station Robbed

Edward H. Russell, manager Of
the Cut-Rate Filling Station at 1902
H street NE, reported to police
today that two men, one armed
with a pistol, entered his estab-
ishment at 2:3O am. today, rified
the cash register of 1851 and fled
on foot.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Food Act Labelling
Provisions Delayed
3y the Associated Press.

President Roosevelt signed yester-
day a bill postponing until Janu-
ary l, 1910, the effective date Of
certain labelling provisions of the
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic
Act.
The postponement was designed,
in part, to- assist industries which
have on hand valuable stocks of
labels meeting the requirements Of
the old law, but which fall short of
requirements of a new law adopted
last year.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
lonitor Dies After Fall

The death of Raymond Harriday,
4-year -old colored janitor Of 1923
Lanier place NV, who received a
fractured skull yesterday morning
when knocked downstairs by a
swinging door. was reported to police
today.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
Leaders press for action on bill
to extend Presidents monetary
powers. II am.
Appropriations Subcommittee may
vote on 1e39-40 relief appropriation.
10 am.
Houset
In recesB,
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Weather Report
FURNISHED BY the United States weather Blu,


District of Combia-Fair
slowly rising becoming
Mayand-Far tonight and tomorrow;
Vgnia-Fair tonight and tomorrow; north portion
West VgniaFar tonight
and in northwest portion tonight
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Graduates Listed
From 18Th Division
0f5chooI System,
High Schools Named
For Those Finishing
Elementary Courses

Continuing the list of graduates of
the colored elementary schools begun
last Tuesday, The Star today pub
fishes the graduates of the 18th
Division and the schools they will
attend:
Evening star., 1939-06-24
River Report,

River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddi
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac muddy at Grea{
Falls today <
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in II
Capttal tcurrent month to datel:
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Report for Last "a Heurs

Record for Last - nours.
rrom noon YESTERDAY to noon today
Highest, a, 4:16 pm. yesterday. Year
ago. OIL.
Lowest, "a. s Am. today. Year go, ob.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 90 on June 16.
Lowest. II. on February %.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon Yesterday to noon today
Highest. 70 per cent, at $50 an. today
Lowest. AZ per cent, At noon today.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED BY Omitted States Coast and
Evening star., 1939-10-27
Natures Children
Starry Founder
Platichthys stellatus)

seems to be flattened out, and In
the process the head becomes
twisted.
The eyes are so prominent in the
starry founder that people speak
Of 1t as the star-gazer. The reverse
side Of the colorful fish is an immac-
ulate white. Instead OF swimming
along like other fish, the founder
spends its adult life flattencd out
on the sand.
All founders lack fin-spines. The
tail Is homocercal, terminating in
a large hypural plate The central
fms have about six rays. The jaws
are always provided with teeth.
Lying partly buried in the sand,
the founders have colors that blend
well with their surroundings and In
Evening star., 1939-10-27

their motionless attitude do not
attract attention. The bright eyes
are on guard and the mouth ready
To spring open when small fish come
by, usually in schools. When the
side swimmer decides to move to an
other and better feeding ground,
1t moves from the sand, stirring up
a considerable area, for these fish
are OF large size and they remain
IN one place long enough to have a
blanket of sand drifted over them.
With slow but efficient movements
the founder moves majestically to
another location, and though one
sided. it makes good time and does
not neglect to dine along the trip.
Evening star., 1939-10-27
Benefit Balls 10 Mark
Presidents Birthday

Benefit balls will be staged once
more in the Capitals large hotels
January 80 as a high light of the
local observance of President Roose-
velt's birthday anniversary. District
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen an
nounced yesterday.
Mr.. Hazen revealed the plan to
hold the affairs as he accepted
Craftsmanship of the District of Co.
lumbia Committee for the Celebra-
ton OF the Presidents Birthday. D.
Walker Wear assistant chairman
Of the national committee, offered
the appointment.
Committee organization has not
yet been completed, and precise
plans for the annual observance
here and in other communities
throughout the Nation have not
been formulated. but dances def
nitely have been decided upon again
as principal features OF the pro-
grams
Proceeds of the balls will be ap-
piled to infantile paralysis control
work, with the larger share re-
naming in the cities and towns
where realized for local projects.
The balance will be used for ma
tional researsch efforts.
Evening star., 1939-10-27
Expert Advisers Urged
For Sentencing Criminals

Committees composed of psychol-
ogists, psychiatrists and social work.
ers should be formed to assist judges
in deciding on sentences to be i'm
posed in criminal cases, Judge Ed
ward M. Curran of Police Court
said yesterday in a talk to the Co.'S
mopolitan Club, meeting in the Carl
ton Hotel.
Judge Curran said guesswork must
figure to some extent in sentencing,
no matter how conscientious the
jurist. since many crimes are COM
mitted by persons who previously
were normal, respectable citizens.
The effect on the prisoner when he
returns to society should be con-
sidered when passing sentence upon
offenders, he said.
Judge Curran emphasized he was
not disposed to "coddle' confirmed
criminals but felt the police records
of convicted persons should be ex
amined by group of the sort he
proposed in order to aid the court
in arriving at fair sentence.
Evening star., 1939-10-27
By LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

Only single species is found in
this genus. 1t is a most unusual
appearing fish, you will readily
agree, and is known as the great
or starry founder.
The species to which it belongs
is found on the Pacific Coast, rang
ing from Middle California to the
Arctic Ocean and south, on the
Asiatic side, to the mouth of the
Amur River.
This founder reaches a weight of
Is to 20 pounds. 1t is easily the
largest of the small-mouthed floun.
ders, and is considered most ex-
cellent food fish. In the markets 1t
is always in demand, and because it
is large and abundant, it is one Of
the cheaper fish.
The founders are of unusual in
terest, because of the strange ar
rangement of the eyes and the un-
symetrical head. When the floun-
der is very young, the body rests
upright in the water. Gradually the
f1sh turns to one side and the lower
eye begins its migration to the other
side. To accommodate such an un-
heard-of procedure. the interorbital
bones, or part of them. move ahead
of the eye and take care of it later.
The larvae of the starry founder
are very much larger than those Of
the others, and so the travelling eye
has been carefully studied. Three
days are usually sufficient for the
trip.
The young founder is symmetrical
and transparent. The eye appar-
emily moves over the surface of the
head, before the dorsal fin or across
the axil of its first ray. BY the time
the migrating eye is settled in it's
new location, the founder has be-
come different-looking fish. It
Evening star., 1939-10-27
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

In these days of quick change,
when you can get transferred to
another town at the drop of
hat YOU want the Job of moving
your furniture done carefully.
quickly. and most important of
all economicallyl Give US
ring and ask for a free eati-
mate. You'll be surprised and
pleased at the low prices!
See United States First"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-12
FitzGeraId Rites
Friday. Saturday

Funeral services for jefferson E
Fitzgerald, who died at the age oi
SO in San Francisco Monday follow
ing an operation made necessary
by sudden illness, were announced
Thursday by his son, j. e. FitzGer-
aid jr, in messages to friends in
Imperial Valley.
Rosary services will be held al
7:30 p. m. Friday at the Cabot NOR
tuary, 81 Chestnut street, Pasadena
and mass will be held at $50 a. m
Saturday at st. Elizabeth's church
1885 North Lake street, Pasadena
Flowers should be sent to the
mortuary.
FITZGERALD, prominent produce
shipper. spent much of his time in
Imperial Valley. With his sons, j
E., jr., and Freddie, he was well
liked here.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-12
Civic
Plans
Drafted
Anderson Presents
ChamberWi+h
Years S Program

An ambitious program of
community detectives "a
mapped by President H. R..
Anderson was adopted by
directors of the Ell Centre
Chamber pf Commerce wednesday
Among the objectives were plans
for participating in a celebration
to commemorate completion of the
All American canal, construction
of more arm-to-market roads, OBJ
tanning of outside capital for de-
velopment of Imperial Valley as
winter resort. establishment Of
new industries and factories, city
Identification, and a fall and win
ter merchandising campaign.
AS part of the Identification
program directors authorized P. E..
Ryerson, chairman of the beautifi-
cation committee, to ask the city
council to devise a plan to care
for parkways in the city.
The matter of closing retail
stores on Armistice day was refer
red to j. Duke Johnson, chairman
of the mercantile trade relations
committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-12
Crew Member Tells
OF Frantic Bremen
Voyage to Safety
Captain SwOre to Sink
Super-Liner Rather
Than Surrender Ship

AMSTERDAM, Oct. IL.
(UP)-The $20,OOO,OOO Ger
man liner Bremen's dash
from New York to sanctuary
in the Russian port of Muir
mansk was described today in a
newspaper interview with a sailor
described as a Dutch member of
the crew
The captain of the German super
liner vowed to destroy the vesseI
rather than let it fall into British
hands, the sailor said.
The crew member was Eduard
Post, a cook, who was interviewed
by the newspaper Hetvolk upon his
return to his home town of Ymui-
den, Holland. Post, only Dutch
member of the crew, said the Bre-
men averaged 33 miles an hour
from the time it left New York
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