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Evening star., 1939-02-06
Narcotic Agents Seize
30 in New York City Raids
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Treasury
narcotics agents struck again yester-
day in New York City, arresting 80
persons In a series of raids that ex-
tended from West One Hundred and
Sixteenth street to the lower East
Side and included four spots in the
famous Times Square area.
Maj. Garland Williams, head of
the Treasury Department squad, said
the Federal net had bagged some of
the city's most important wholesalers
and distributors, including the "larg-
est" Of all distributors of mari
juana.
The drive came on the heels of a
raid last Wednesday on San Juan
Hill, a shabby section just above
mid Manhattan west of Broadway,
where 40 agents surprised IL known
distributors" and corralled several
suspects In catacombs beneath q
score Of houses.
Maj. Williams said mo children
have been encountered using or SELL
ing drugs. For the most part the
users and dealers are criminals"
Evening star., 1939-02-06

Champ Clark" from 1893 to 1895
and from 1897 to 1921 sat in the
House. A presidential aspirant at
the 1912 Baltimore Democratic Con-
vention, he led the ballot 20 times
and on eight occasions had "a clear
majority" Woodrow Wilson finally
got the nomination.
Through his father Morris Shep-
pard used the House as a stepping
stone to the Senate. AS in many
instances when a member dies in
office the son or wife is appointed
to fill the vacancy. This happened
to the Texan On the death in
1902 OF his father, John L. Shep-
pard, after term and a half, the
son was elected and served five
House terms before moving across
the Capitol to the Senate, where he
is in his fifth term.
OF the five women who have been
named to the Senate, Mrs. Hattie
Caraway is the only one sitting in
this session. She was named to sue
ceed her husband, who died in 1881
in Office. She has been reelected
twice Mr. Caraway first came to
the House in 1913 and served until
1921, when he became Senator from
Arkansas.
The only other woman to succeed
her husband was Rose Mcconnell
Long, who in 1896 was seated to fill
the vacancy caused by the assas-
sination of Senator Huey Long in
Louisiana.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Key Bridge Opened;
Traffic 10 Be Diverted
IfF|ow Is Too Heavy
Enough Will Be
Detoured to Prevent
Jommine on Ramp

Key Bridge was opened today to
Ill types of traffic continuously un-
less traffic jams make it necessary
to detour some or all of the passen-
ger car traffic during the peak hours,
1t was announced by the Bureau Of
Public Roads.
Whether to detour traffic by way
of the George Washington Memo
rial Parkway and Arlington Bridge
will be made by traffic policemen
at the Rosslyn Plaza.
The newly completed steel ramp
at the Virginia end of the bridge
was opened to all types of traffic
without restriction this morning.
Reports received by the Bureau of
Public Roads indicated that traffic
was running very nicely" through
the morning rush period and that
no detouring was necessary.
This probably was largely due to
the fact that many motorists did
not know the bridge had been
opened and drove into the city by
way of Arlington Memorial Bridge
or Highway Bridge, bureau heads
said. The real test is expected to
come during the afternoon rush
hour today and tomorrow and the
morning traffic peak period tomor-
row.
Traffic policemen in charge of
the bridge will be instructed to per-
nit all traffic to cross Key Bridge
until it becomes apparent that the
flow is too heavy for the ramp to
accommodate. Enough traffic then
will be diverted to prevent hope
less jamming.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Police Recover $500
OF HoIdup Loot

With $500 of the loot recovered,
police were expecting today to clear
up the $1,000 holdup last Thursday
morning of the A. and w. Hot
Shoppe collector.
Detective Sergt. Robert Barrett
said the money was found yesterday
hidden about a building in the 100
block of Adams street NV. In
ashes in the furnace officers re-
covered a lock, all that remained
of bags which contained the money.
Three colored men, one a former
employe of the Hot Shoppe,, are in
custody in connection with the ROB-
berry, and police said they expect to
place charges against them during
the day.
The robbery occurred at the Hot
Shoppe at Fourth street and Flor
ida avenue NE. as the collector,
Mervel K. Hulster, started to get
into his truck. A lone, armed bandit
held him up at the point Of pistol
and took eight money bags from
him, each continuing $3.50. Others
held in the case are believed to r.
accomplices of the actual holduo
man.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
D. {. Bridge Players
Fare Badly in Play
For Maryland Title
Washington Entries
Return Empty Handed
From Tournament
From Tournament

Washington bridge players Jared
badly in the Maryland State con-
tract bridge championships held over
the week end at the Hotel Belvedere
In Baltimore, Md. Each year they
have returned with several trophies,
but this time returned empty.
handed.
In the women's pair Champion
ship Mrs. T. D. Sheldon and Mrs.
Robert Du Bois were beaten out by
six points by Mrs. Charles A. Wool
sey, Towson, Md, and Mrs. Isadore
Zeskind. In the mixed pair cham
pionship Mrs. S. Cunningham, Balti-
more, paired with Joseph Davis,
Philadelphia, captured the R. Helen
Rockwell Trophy. For Washington.
Mrs. Frieda Boyce and Louis New
man finished fifth and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilfred de st. Aubin came
sixth.
In the open pair championship,
played Saturday afternoon and eve
ming, Dick Skinner, who has played
in Washington frequently the last
three years, won the event, with Mrs.
Eve Latter, Wilmington, Del, cham
pion player. Mrs D. Hubbard Mott,
Wardman Park, finished fourth with
George j. Kennedy, New York rank
ing master player. Next Capital
stars to finish were the pair of Mrs.
w. S. Athey and Mrs. Charles
Kavanaugh.
Louis Newman and Alvin Roth,
who won the event last year and
were defending the Maryland Bridge
Trophy, were eliminated in the
qualifying round.
In the team matches yesterday
afternoon and evening, won by New
York, with Philadelphia second, a
team consisting of Mr. and Mrs.
James H. Lemon, Mr.. Thurtell and
Herbert Gerst, Norfolk (Va) were
! of form and finished in fifth place,
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Bankhead Sees Hope
For Merger Bill
Al This Session
Warren Plans to Offer
His Own Measure
During Week

Speaker Bankhead today ex-
pressed very strong hope and belief
a Government reorganization bill
will pass at this session." but said he
had no knowledge Of any informal
poll to show how the House stands
on the question now.
Two other House members who
took leading part in handling the
subject last year-Representatives
Cochran, Democrat, of Missouri,
and Warren, Democrat, of North
Carolina-also said they had not
made any checkup of present senti-
ment.
The Speaker is expected to COM
plete the roster of a new reorganiza-
ton committee within a few days,
after which a plan will begin to
take shape.
Mr.. Cochran indicated he favors
giving Congress an opportunity to
act on presidential reorganization
orders for the transfer or abolition
Of bureaus before they take effect.
He pointed out the House bill last
year provided for disapproval of an
order by concurrent resolution with
in go days This would not give the
President a veto power over con-
gressional disapproval, since a con-
current resolution does not require
the Presidents signature. If Con-
gress failed to act within so days
the silence would be equivalent to
approval.
Representative Warren is working
on new bill Of his own, which he
believes will offer the basis for a
meeting ground between opposing
viewpoints that defeated reorgani-
zation last year. He is not ready,
however, to divulge the terms Of his
plan until he introduces q bill
later in the week.
The Senate bill last year, which
met death in the House, would have
required passage of another law to
stop a reorganization order within
the so days. This meant that if
the President vetoed the act of dis
approval, it would take a two
thirds vote of Congress to override
the veto and sustain the disap-
proval.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Officer Who Served
81 Years Without
Going to War Dies
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated ffeSS.
BALTIMORE, Feb. Cit.
Col. John Carroll, a soldier for
So years, who was decorated for
bravery but never a partici-
pant in a war, died yesterday
at his home. He was COM
mander Of the 5th Regiment
Veterans Corps for many years.
Faulty eyesight kept him out
Of the Spanish American War
and he was too old to take part
in the World War. He re-
mained in the service, however,
and until a few years ago at
tended training camp annually.
He was in the real estate busi-
ness for 38 years. Funeral serv-
ices will be held Wednesday.
He was decorated for saving
several persons from drowning
when a Patapsco pier collapsed
several years ago.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Dog and Two Men
Found Slain in Room
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6-The failure
of bulldog to bark his usual greet
ing when Edward Duboff went to
tend the furnace In his Brooklyn
rooming house today led to the dis
covery of a double killing in base
ment apartment.
The two victims, identified
through plasterers' union cards as
Antonio Siciliano, so. and Cesare
Lattano, "a, were sprawled on the
floor near their beds, clothed only
in undergarments.
Police sought two unidentified
women who they said had been
visiting the men until 2 am.
Both men had been shot several
times
The dog also had been shot and
killed.
Duboff told police the men enter
tanned about every night and
seemed plentifully supplied with
money.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Nine. Lima Guest
AtC. u. Observance

Nine de Oliveira Lima, widow Of
the late DR.. Manoel de Oliveira
Lima, donor of Catholic University's
Lima library, was guest of honor at
a dinner last night at Caldwell Hall
given by the Right Rev. Joseph M.
Corrigan, rector of the university,
to mark the library's 18th anniver-
sary.
The library, which contains some
10000 volumes, is particularly well
stocked with books pertaining to the
Latin American countries. It rep
resents collection which DR.. Lima,
Brazilian diplomat, began as q boy
of Is in Portugal, and is probably
the largest Ibero-American collec-
ton in North America. The rare
book collection contains 200 volumes,
ranging from the beginning Of the
10th to the 20th century.
Evening star., 1939-02-06

information that there is foreign
airplane that is capable Of flying at
420 miles an hour" -
THAT is the fastest in history,
is 1t not?" he was asked by Repre-
sentative Houston, Democrat, Of
Kansas.
Eyes, that is the fastest military
airplane in history" DR.. Lewis re-
piled. "A speed Of 40 miles an
hour was attained at one time by
a small racer In Italy, but that was
a very small airplane equipped with
two engines having total Of 1890
horsepower.
"Will not the air resistance be
sufficient to prevent building an air
plane that will go over 500 miles
an hour?" Mr.. Houston asked.
1--WE now think it Is possible to
construct airplanes that will fly at
speeds in excess of 500 miles per
hour" DR.. Lewis replied.
Italy has built, near Rome,
whole city. Guidonia, devoted to
aeronautical research, DR.. Lewis
said. In addition, the Italians are
carrying on supplemental research
work in the universities.
New Equipment Urged.
DR.. Vannervar Bush, vice chair
man Of the N. A. c. A., PRESIDENT
elect of the Carnegie Institution,
told Congress 1t is necessary for
the N. A. c. A. to design and con-
struck new research equipment If
this country is to stay abreast of
progress abroad.
The most urgent need of the
United States, Dr. Lewis said, is for
a special laboratory for the study
of airplane structures and struc-
tural materials. This, he said, is a
new field of engineering science
which Is not being taken care of in
an adequate manner at any other
place in the country at the present
time" AS airplanes become larger;
he pointed out, more care and
knowledge must be employed in
their structural design. Such
laboratory, including equipment,
will cost $973,000. Congress was
told.
There also is urgent need for COM
pletion of a Observation-Disclosures
wind tunnel now under construction
at Langley Field, at an estimated
cost of $4,000 and for moderniza-
ton OF the 20-foot propeller-re-
search tunnel, 1t was testified.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Crippled Children Taken
On Capitol Hill Tour

Fourteen pupils from the class for
crippled children at the Langdon
School made sightseeing trip
through the Capitol today as guests
of Senator Capper of Kansas, rank
ing minority member of the District
Committee.
Senator Capper took them for a
ride on the monorail electric car in
the subway between the Senate
Office Building and the Capitol,
after which they watched Senate
proceedings from a reserved gallery.
They were accompanied by Mrs. B.
J. Drake, principal in charge of the
crippled class.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
A Large CoIored Map
Of the United States

What do you know about the ge-
ography and history of these United
States? Are you familiar with the
largest cities, the capitals of States,
and the location of places mentioned
in the daily news? Can you tell
when each Colony was settled, by
whom, and when the States were
admitted to the Union? If you feel
that you should brush up on any
Of these subjects, send for a copy of
this fine map. 1t will answer your
questions. It is 21x28 inches, and
printed in five colors. Inclose 10
cents to cover cost and handling.
Evening star., 1939-02-06

Lewis, research director Tor the N. "A.
c. A., declared there is nothing so
important" as aviation because 1t is
changing the lives and thoughts of
men" and because it is changing
'our whole concept Of government
and power"
The testimony of N. A. G. A. ON
cials, made public today with re-
porting to the House of the Inde-
pendent Ofnces Appropriations Bill,
reveals that Germany and Italy are
employing great scientific research
staffs to bolster their growing air
powers and that Germany now is
producing between 600 and 800 air
planes a month.
Reports From Lindbergh.
It was reported recently that
much of the N. A. c. A. information
on foreign conditions is based on
secret reports received here from
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, a men,
Der of the committee, as result of
his studies in European countries.
There is no question that the
present world situation is due en-
tirely to the unprecedented deveolp-
ment of military aircraft in one or
two European countries" DR.. Lewis
testified. "One country has made
tremendous efforts during the past
two years to build up its air arm.
1t has built giant shadow factories
which were built and equipped by
the government and erected ada
cent to large manufacturing plants,
like those of automobile companies.
Those factories are building parts
and completed airplanes, so their
production is going up daily"
All the major European powers
have greatly increased their research
facilities and personnel, DR.. Lewis
said, testifying that "one country"
employees 1900 men in a single one of
several aeronautical research labora-
tories, as compared with total of
$50 employees in the N. A. C. A.
laboratories at Langley Field, Va.
Reflected in Performance.
Il would say that at the present
time they have in one country four
times as many men engaged in
aeronautical research as we have in
our entire country. and that is re-
hected in the performance of their
aircraft" he said.
In response to q question as to
the ultimate limit of airplane speeds,
DR.. Lewis said he had received
within the last week or 10 days
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Suit to Enjoin
Daily Worker Is Ended
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FreSS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Attorney
General John j. Bennett, jr., today
withdrew a motion in Supreme Court
to enjoin further publication OF
the Daily Worker, Communist news
paper, when the paper agreed to
publish the names Of the corpo-
ration owning 1t as we'll as the ON
GERS and managing editor.
A complaint had been filed with
the attorney general by persons who
said they wished to bring suit
against the paper but were unable
to ascertain the names Of its omcers.
Since the enjoining suit was
brought the paper has carried the
information, the attorney geenral
said,
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Fund for Dies Probe
Studied by House
Accounts Group
Committee Members
Seek 100000 to
Continue Inquiry

BY the Associated Press.
The House now has to decide how
many un-American facts it wants.
It voted last week to let the Dies
Investigating Committee members
60 ahead. 1t gave them the same
broad freedom of action they had
last year. But last year the commit
tee had only $4,000 to spend. Now
it is asking for 100000 The request
will be considered by the House
Accounts Committee this week.
Committee members asked for
more money last year. They were
turned down. Chairman Dies. Dem
ocrat. Of Texas said then he would
go out and see If he could not find
enough smoke to convince the House
it should look into the fire-bucket
situation.
Hindered, Dies Says.
He said he was beset on all
sides by opposition and hindrances,
that Government departments put
obstacles in his way, that the best
he could hope to do was to show
there was enough off-side play
going on to warrant a full story
of the whole situation.
That was the idea to which he
turned after the inquiry started.
BY that time he already was en-
broiled in disputes with cabinet
officers and a hot fire of publicity
was beating down on his commit
tee.
The committees report to Con-
gress last month said scores of wit
nesses was told of things they had
seen, or done, or heard. The head
lines that carried them to the coun-
try's newspaper readers set a lot of
home folks to wondering.
Committee Wins Extension.
Then a block of organizations
with patriotic names went to work.
Members of Congress began to get
letters asking if it were true that the
work OF the committee was TO be
ended. kilograms demanded that
it be extended.
When the issue was pressed home
in the House last week, the COM
mittee won a renewal of its powers
by an overwhelming vote. It will
work through this year and report
again at the opening of the next
session-in January before the June
political conventions.
Already Representative Dies Is
furnishing his arguments for the
higher appropriation. One of the
criticisms last year was that the in
quiry was not thorough, that often
the committee heard only one side
of story. Representative Dies ar
gued he did not have enough money
to hire the men needed to make q
complete study of any case.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Junk Dealer Attacked
And Robbed of $13

Louis Caplan, 81, junk dealer.
922 M street Sc, was attacked
and robbed of $13 shortly before
noon today by a colored man, who
hit him on the head with a pickax
Mr.. Caplan told police his as
sailant entered his store and mur-
INJURED something about making
purchase. The next thing Mr.
Caplan knew, he said, he had been
felled by a blow on the head that
stunned him and was being trussed
up with string. While he lay on the
floor helpless, the bandit robbed
him Of his pocketknife and fled
the store on foot.
Freeing himself, Mr.. Caplan sum-
moned police who took him to
Providence Hospital where he was
treated for laceration Of the scalp.
He was not seriously injured.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Congress in Brief
b. the Associated Press.

TO-DAY.
Senate:
Considers $22,0Oo,ooo deficiency
appropriation bill.
Debates nomination of Floyd Rob-
erts to be Federal Judge in Virginia.
Probably will hear discussion of
administration foreign policies.
Interstate Commerce Subcommit-
tee questions Thomas r. Amlie on
qualifications to be I. c. G. member.
Monopoly Committee begins study
OF life insurance companies.
House:
Considers funds for independent
Federal agencies.
Ways and Means Committee re-
sumes hearings on social security
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Program uncertain.
Banking and Currency Committee
holds open meeting, 1890 am.
Special Silver Committee holds
open meeting, 1890 am, to hear the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Special Committee on Taxation
Of Government Securities and Sal
aries, open session at 10 am.
House:
Continues debate on independent
Offices appropriation bill.
Naval Affairs Committee considers
public works program at 10:30 am.
Interstate Commerce Committee
resumes hearings on railroad aid bill
at 10 am.
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee considers miscellaneous
bills, 1890 am.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
1t. Comdr. Saunders
Named for Promoticr

BY the Associated Press.
The Navy Department amour
yesterday selection of ~ lieutel
commanders for promotion to C
tain and commander IN the c.
struction Corps. They included:
For captain-Harold Eugli
Saunders, Takoma Park, Md.
For commander-Roy Thorn
Cowdrey, Battery Park, Md.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Officers Are Named
By CoIored Catholics

L. de Reef Holton was elected
president of the Washington district
chaper, Federated Colored Cath
olics, at the groups annual election
and installation yesterday.
Other officers are Mrs. A. j.
Greenfield, vice president; Miss Ma
halls Hill, secretary; G.. w. John
son, assistant secretary; James Will
lis, treasurer; j. Howard Quander,
sergeant at arms; DR.. Annie Green,
musical director, and Francis
Spriggs, publicity director.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Baseball Centennial
Stamp Planned
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Postmaster
General James A. Farley announced
last night at the New York baseball
writer's dinner that the Post Office
Department plans to issue COM
memorative stamp this year in honor
of baseball's centennial Mr.. Farley
said that to his knowledge no stamp
ever has been issued commemoratirs
a sport.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Philosophical Society

The 1,146th meeting Of the
Philosophical Society of Washington
will be held at the Cosmos Club
Saturday night at SIS. The speakers
will be H. F.. Stimson of the Bureau
of Standards and Edward Teller,
George Warrington University.
Evening star., 1939-02-06

Pressure continues low east of New
foundlaud, st. Johns. 29.52 inches. A
disturbance of slight intensity has de-
veloped along the North Carolina coast,
Hatteras, 1886 inches. whence it will
move northeastward with increasing in
tensty. Another disturbance of mod
crate intensity is moving rapidly eastward
over the Upper Mississippi Valley Duluth,
MINI. 1855 inches with a trough extend
ing southwark to the West Gulf Pressure
is also low over the North Pacific States,
Seattle. Wash 293s inches. High, pres
sure prevails in the region Of Bermuda. st.
Georges. 30.22 inches, and over Southern
California: San Diego. 3O22 inches. An
other high-pressure area is moving east
wardward over Western Quebec Father
Point. 30.1O inches. and pressure is high
trict Of Mackenzie 1886 inches During
the last "a hours rains have occurred in
the, North Pacific States. the Lower Ohio
Valley, Tennessee and portions of the
South Atlantic and Gulf States Light
SHOWS are reported from the Northern
Plateau. Temperatures have risen in the
Ohio and Middle and Lower Mississippi
Valleys. the Lake region and in the Middle
Atlantic. South Atlantic and East Gulf
States and over the Middle Plateau
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers very
muddy at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy
at Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Wushinqton Readers Club

The Washington Readers Club
will entertain the Tuesday Evening
Dinner Group of the Business and
Professional Women's Department
of the Y. w. c. A. at the Y. w. c. A.
building, Seventeenth and K streets
NV, at $50 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Weather Report

probably morning
slightly tonight 81 moderate
south winds.
Maryland Vigna-Ran tonight probably
ing; slightly tonight.
probably
in neaStp tonqh
Evening star., 1939-02-06

Europe|s Aviation Research
Surposses u. S., Congress Told
Foreign Plane Capable Of 420-MiIe
Speed, Dr. Lewis Informs House Group
Bv JOSEPH s. EDGERTON,

Revealing that European forging ahead Of the United
apane capable flying 42o miles hour the National Advisory
subject that facing nation in the world
Testng Appropriations Committee George