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Evening star., 1939-08-20
Meeting al Vienna
To Discuss Substitute
For Auto-RaiIer Line
Shuttle Bus Service
To Be Studied;.Leo
Fights Abandoning Route
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
VIENNA. Va, Aug. ia proposal
to raise funds locally to operate a
shuttle bus service between Fairfax
and Falls Church after September l.
if the proposed abandonment OF
service by the Arlington & Fairfax
Auto Railroad Co. is approved by
the State Corporation Commission
and Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion, will be discussed at a mass
meeting to be held in Vienna Town
Hall Thursday evening, it was an
nounced today
With the auto-railer line now ,af-
fording the sole source of public
transportation for large number of
persons living between Vienna and
West Falls Church., some type OF
substitute service must be worked
out at once, according to Herbert
Williams of Vienna, a director OF
the line
The auto-railer line. which oper-
ates approximately 214-mile sys-
tenn in Arlington and Fairfax
Counties, has given notice it will
petition the State Corporation and
Interstate Commerce Commissions
August % to abandon service over
its entire line September l.
Meanwhile, petitions have been
sent to both commissions by Will
liam F. Morian of Five Oaks, chair
man of the Fairfax Commuters
League, protesting the proposed
abandonment and asking for an
extension of at least 80 days dur
ing which patrons of the line might
take some action looking either to
a continuance of operation by the
auto-rail line or some other means
of transportation
Mr.. Williams declared abandon
ment of service on such short
notice will most seriously affect" g
large number of property owners
who must make daily trips. He
asserted many have built along the
railroad line and are not even &C.
cessible to year-around roads fol
private transportation.
Another serious problem confront.
ing property owners in the area be.
tween West Falls Church and Wen.
ma is the fact that schools will oper
shortly and more than 100 pupils
are dependent on the line, Mr.. vii.
liams said.
Evening star., 1939-08-20
DC. Will Seek
Collect Old
Assessments
Revised Statutes Are
Used to Advertise
1900 Pieces of Lond

A cleanup of old, delinquent spe-
cial assessments was planned yes
terday by Tax Assessor Fred D.
Allen, as he made use of revision
of the District statutes, approved at
the last session of Congress, appli-
cable to this subject.
The District Commissioners to-
morrow will advertise a list of 1900
real properties. which will be in
cluded in the annual tax deed sale
In January unless the delinquent
special assessments totaling some
S85000 are paid.
Law Is Amended.
Heretofore, the assessor was re-
auired to make personal service on
the property owners. In many cases
this could not be done. At one time
the assessor attempted to cover this
by sending out special mail notices,
but the corporation counsel ruled
this did not constitute personal Serv-
ice Therefore, the amendment to
the law was sought at the last seS-
sion.
AS the law now stands, if the
District attempts to make personal
service and fails, it then may comply
with legal requirements by mere
publication of the list of special
assessments. The list of l,500 cases
will be published Monday, and if
payments are not made the proper
ties will be included in the annual
January tax deed sale.
Some Date Back to 1873.
The assessments, some of which
date back to 1873. include bills for
special water main, sewer mains,
curb and gutter, and street improve
ments.
At the same time, Mr.. Allen made
a second appeal to owners of prop
erty to send in their names, ad-
dresses and list of properties, so they
may receive their first-half real
estate tax bill through the mails.
So far some 10000 persons have
complied with his request. The bills
will be mailed out on September /.
Evening star., 1939-08-20
Suspect Leads Police
To Pawnshops for
$1,000 Theft Loot
Two Companions Hunted;
Confessions to Several
Robberies Reported

Two Washington detectives re-
turned from New York City last
night with 59-year-old Arthur Nor
rison, alias Fred Owens, who, they
said, led them to paWnshops where
he disposed of jewelrv and silver
ware stolen from the homes of Dis
trict Court Justice James M. Proctor
and other prominent residents. The
detectives said they recovered about
1000 worth of stolen valuables.
Meanwhile. detectives continued
their search for two companions OF
Clarence D. Bache of the TOO block
of Euclid street NV, charged with
he $500 robbery of a collector for the
Goodacre restaurant chain on AL
gust 7. -- -.
Bache, who is 80 years old, was
arrested Friday night in a police
trap at Wisconsin avenue and Eli
colt street NV and charged with
the robbery after he was identified
police said, by the collector, Mrs
Beulah St. Clair. 10.
Held at Station.
Detectives Eugene Lambert and H
H. Carper took Morrison to New
York to visit pawnshops where, po-
lice say, he admitted disposing OF
his loot Morrison was questioned
at headquarters on his return last
night and sent to No. precinc,
station. where he is being held fol
investigation.
Morrison, detectives said, special
lied in robbing homes of persons
away on vacations. The man was
arrested in the home of D. F. Croft
5000 Ingomar street NV, on Au.
| gust 9.
| Other homes he was said to have
| entered were those of Frances Sayre
pines: Paul E. Lesh of 1920 Thirty.
second street NV. and Harry Hos
kinson of 3410 Garfield street NV.
Capt. Ira Keck of the detective
force said he hoped to link Morri
son in at least six burglaries during
the last year and that Morrison hat
confessed to several of them.
Grocery Driver Hurt.
John Cifolilli, %, of 1911 Holbrool
street NE, who operates a deliver,
truck for a grocery, was cut acroS
the forehead yesterday afternoon. h
told police, by one of four or fiv
colored youths he caught robbing hi
truck in the first block of K stree
NE. The youths fled after the cut
ting. The victim was treated a
Sibley Hospital.
Nine. Simone Oudet, an employ
of the French Embassy, of 1921 Kal
Drama road NV. was robbed of ST.
last night by purse snatcher a
Connecticut avenue and Belmon
road NV. The thief, a white NAL
of about Is, ran up. grabbed he
pocketbook and disappeared into tn
darkness, police we're told.
Nine. Oudet reported her pocket
book contained keys and her nat
uralization papers in addition t
the $40.
Evening star., 1939-08-20
Policeman Hurt
Answering Call
To Que|I Riot
Scout Car Crashes
With Coupe On
Wisconsin Avenue

A fight in the 1900 block of Wis
consin avenue NV. last night in
volving three white men and 13
colored opponents brought scout
cars hurrying from two precincts
in response to riot calls, and caused
an automobile crash that sent a
policeman to the hospital-While
the rioters made good their escape.
Policeman William G. Calvert of
the seventh precinct received
fractured right arm in the accident.
Policeman Edwin F. Talbot. driver
OF the scout car in which Mr.. CAL
vert was riding, said that he was
hurrying north on Wisconsin ave-
nue. when he struck a couple making
U turn at Upshur street, nearly
mile from the riot scene.
Driving the coupe was Miss Doro-
thy E. Shank. Pennsylvania Wis
iting at 304O N street NV. She was
thrown from her car but suffered
only bruises. At home, she later
protested she had heard no sirens"
Woman Is Charged.
Pvt. Talbot placed charges Of
| reckless driving against Miss Shank
| at the Seventh precinct station She
was released for appearance in court
on Monday.
DR.. John A. Reed, police physician
who was driving by in his car, pulled
out bag of flrst-aid equipment and
treated both of the injured at the
scene. Then he sent Policeman Call
vert to Georgetown Hospital Phy-
sicians there reported his condi-
ton as fair" but could not deter,
mine whether he had received in
ternal injuries.
Witnesses of the braWl said it ap-
parently began when a colored man
made remark to a young white
woman which her escort resented.
Friends soon joined the dispute, and
| bystanders estimated that l6 men
were in heated scufle for 10
minutes.
One Man Arrested.
Most of the riot-bound scout cars
renamed at the scene of the scout
car accident. BY the time police ar
rived at their destination everything
was pretty peaceful" according to
Policeman S. c. Belt of the Eighth
Precinct. No one would admit to
being more than an onlooker at the
brawl. No one appeared to have
been injured. Policeman Belt took q
38-year-old colored man to the sta
ton house, five blocks away. but at
a late hour no charge had been
placed against him.
Policeman Calvert, 27, was ap-
pointed to the police force in july,
1897. Last year he was commended
by his superiors for his excellent
work, and Inspector L. I. H. Ed.
wards hurried from police head
quarters to the hospital last night
to offer his sympathy.
The injured policeman lives at
3l5O Dumbarton avenue N. w.
Evening star., 1939-08-20
Banquet to Close
Camp Let's Season

Camp Let's, the Central Young
Mems Christian Associations BOYS
camp on the Rhode River near An
napolis, Md, will close its 1889 sea
son with a banquet at the camp
tomorrow evening.
The banquet program will include
harmonica selections by Chris
Chachis. camp counselor: rope and
whip tricks by Richard Drabble
member of the ''Y' staff and in
structor in Indian lore; magic" by
C. Mystini, magician: motion pic
lures, athletic and honor awards tc
campers for their accomplishments
during the camping season. Eugene
Brissie will be POSTMASTER.
Committees for the affair are as
follows:
Program-Ward M. Barrick. camp
director: John S. Shaw, associate
director: Mr.. Drabble. Robert Noble
crafts directors: Edward Naughton
associate waterfront director; Mr.
Brissie, camp program director, ano
L. W. Gunther.
Decorations - Dewitt Bragan
John Wilhelm, Henry Carl and
Charles Waite.
Safety should start when you step
on the street.
Evening star., 1939-08-20
COOPERATIVE Store Provides
New Income for 300 Farmers
Virginions, With Short Returns From
Crops, Toke Hand in Enterprise

embroidery, quilts, hooked rugs,
corn-husk mats and dolls are offered
in abundance.
The stores stock includes such
articles as stools, tables, chairs. many
made from the worm-eaten chestnut
of the mountains, book ends, flow
ers fashioned from pine cones, belts,
pipes and pipeholders, billfolds,
pocketbooks, girls hats, trays and
wooden salad bowls. Practical items
and colorful trinkets are side by
sioe on the shelves,
Mrs. Winter D. Powers, who, with
her husband, cares for the shop,
cites two instances of the many in
which this enterprise has brought
new hope to discouraged farm folk
dwelling on little strips of marginal
and submarginal land.
Has Thriving Business.
There is the young man who turned
to pottery and sent wares to the
store. His efforts attracted many
customers. Now this erstwhile farm
boy has modest but thriving busi-
ness. has received so many orders
he has been obliged to enlist as
sistants.
A colored boy decided to build a
model of his grandmother spinning
wheel. His product found its way to
the wayside mart and soon was sold.
But the boys efforts also came to
the attention of a Nationwide radio
program devoted to hobbies.
Representatives of the air feature
took the wide-eyed youngster to New
York City, interviewed him for ben
eft of a coast-to-coast audience
showed him the Worlds Fair and
the skyscrapers and sent him home
to a stack of orders for reproduc-
tions of his model.
Evening star., 1939-08-20
Trade Commission Head
Named in Divorce Suit

Chairman Robert E. Freer of the
Federal Trade Commission has
been named defendant in a divorce
complaint filed by Olive Roberts
Freer at Las Vegas, New, according
to an Associated Press dispatch.
The complaint, the dispatch said,
charges cruelty.
Neither Chairman Freer nor his
wife could be reached here last
night. Mr.. Freer's residence is listed
in the telephone directory as the
University Club. but attendants
there last night said that he does
not reside there, but receives his
mail at that place. The telephone
listed to Mrs. Freer in Westmore-
land Hills was said not to have been
in use for some time.
Evening star., 1939-08-20
Circuit Delegates Named

FAIRFAX, Va, Aug 19 (SpeciaD -
Delegates from the Fairfax Meth
odist Circuit to the Washington Dis
trict Camp at Western Maryland
College, August 21-26, have been an
nounced by the Rev. R. Carl Max
we'll, pastor, as follows: Esther Jean
Belcher, Centreville Church, Patricia
Daugherty, Fairfax Church; Floyd
Morris and Albert Elgin, Andrew
Chapel, and Eugenia Rice, Pender.
Evening star., 1939-08-20
High Tariffs Denounced
By College President
By the Associated Press

cf VIC hSSUCIdltu IcoS.
MASSANETTA SPRINGS. Va,
Aug. 19. - Asserting international
tension would be relieved if the
shave" nations by free trade might
open both the resources and the
markets of the world to the have
not" nations, DR.. John Coleman,
president of Geneva College, de-
clared here tonight I'VE want peace,
but we will not pay the price
Instead" he told the annual
Massanetta Springs Bible Con-
ference, I'VE have raised our tariff
walls three times since the World
War. We joyously sell to other
nations, but refuse to buy. When
they buy from us, they must Of
fer gold or buy on credit. They
have no adequate supply of gold,
and since We refuse their goods,
they cannot redeem their promises
to pay"
Evening star., 1939-08-20
Freed for Police Test

NEW YORK (P.-Charged with
burglary and grand larceny in the
theft of seven violins valued at 5000,
Harry Siegel, &c, asked that his bail
be reduced from $500 to $1,000 so
he could get out of Tombs Prison.
A judge granted the request. Siegel
said he wanted to get out to take
civil service examination for a
job as city patrolman.
Evening star., 1939-08-20
21,420 Suspects Quizzed
In Muttson Case
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
j. Edgar Hoover, director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
said yesterday his agents had exam
ined and eliminated 1920 suspects
in the 1886 kidnap-slaying of 10
year-old Charles Fletcher Mattson
at Tacoma. Wash.
Still unsolved, the crime is being
investigated by a squad of special
agents. The bureaus only other
unsolved kidnapping case is the 1888
abduction and Staying of Peter
David Levine at New Rochelle, N. Y.
Evening star., 1939-08-20
Two Flee Stalled Car
Before Troin Hits 1t
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ODENTON, Md, Aug. 19.-TWo
Fort Meade soldiers escaped from
their stalled car today a moment
before the vehicle was demolished
by Pennsylvania train speeding
10 miles an hour.
Pvt. Milton A. Rouss. %. was
driving the car. which skidded on
the rain-mired highway and stalled.
The train was delayed % min
utes while Wreckage was cleared
away. The engine was damaged, but
the train was able to proceed.
Evening star., 1939-08-20
EnroIIs at Virginia U.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Aug. 10 L4).
Martin Dies, jr., 17-year-old son of
the chairman of the House Com
mittee Investigating Un-American
Activities, has been admitted to the
University of Virginia and will enter
school here this fall as a frst-year
student.
Evening star., 1939-08-20
Carnival to Continue

ROCKVILLE, Md, Aug. 19 (Spe-
ciaD. Because of the rain last night
the annual carnival of the Rockville
Volunteer Fire Department will be
continued through Monday night.
The carnival was scheduled to end
tonight.
Evening star., 1939-08-20

Safety should start when you step
on the street.
Evening star., 1939-10-15

pony out in the Western United
States and how he became an un-
rideable.
Just as fascinating as these stories
are the true adventures of men
who have made the wilderness their
home. Constance M. Rourke's "Au-
dubon" takes the reader in the
footsteps of this naturalist, artist
and voodsman through frontier
America in search of birds. In
Master Of the Wilderness" John
E. Bakeless retells Daniel Boone's
adventures with the Indians and
the elements. Dan Beard, famed
pioneer in the Boy Scout movement,
has given all boys an understanding
Of the work in his autobiography,
Hardly a Man Is Now Alive"
An outstanding book on small
animals is Animal Treasure" by
Ivan T. Sanderson. The observa-
tions and drawings by this young
English zoologist and artist of the
ticks and shrews, ants, flying squir-
rels, frogs and other less-known
animals of West Africa make this
book exceedingly interesting.
Again in the realm of fiction is
Marjorie Rawlings very real por-
trayal of sensitive, nature-loving
Jody Baxter and his tame fawn,
Flag, who roam the Florida forests
in 1.-THE Yearling." Among the
older favorites is Paul Bunyan," !"
super-woodsman who built Niagara
Falls In order to take a shower,
whose exploits are recounted BY
James Stevens.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Nature>LOre Books Interest
Young People in October

October, with its multi-colored
Landscapes and brilliant forecasting
of winter, leads young people ire
sistibly out of doors. This emphasis
upon the world Of nature brings
books about the out-of-doors and
animal life into the foreground.
The Public Library, at Eighth and
K streets NV, and its numerous
branches have collections which
cover adequately the wide variety
of interests Of these young nature
lovers.
To the boy whose mind uncon-
sciously associates a walk through
the woods with the thought of his
dog companion. Mazo De La Roche's
Portrait of Dog" gives one mans
"reminiscences of his lively and ANUS
ing Scotch terrier. Fox hunting at
night in the Missouri hills is de-
scribed in 1.-THE Voice of Bugle Ann"
by Mackinlay Kantor. A tale of the
devotion between dog and master
in the sheep country is the ever
popular Bob, Son of Battle" by
Alfred Ollivant. Another great
sheep dog and his part in the big
drive from Australia to South Amer
lea is in Charles j. Fingers "A Dog
at His Heel"
Red Heifer," by F. D. Dawson,
gives readers of high school age a
vivid picture of cattle grazing in
Australia through the eyes Of a
restless, wild red calf. In Smoky,
the Cowhorse," Will James tells Of
the adventures q this prize COW
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Places.
Places.
FARE TO MIDLANDS. BY Henry
G. Beck. New York: E. p. Dutton

Places.
FARE TO MIDLANDS. BY Henry
c. Beck. New York: E. p. Dutton
Co.
A well-written account Of some
towns of New Jersey, their history,
their one-time prosperity, their de-
cline, their personalities, their houses
and landmarks. Very interesting to
the person with a taste for local an
tiquities.
ESTONIA. Edited by Albert Puller-
its. Tallinn.
A handbook to the little country
that is now in such parlous situa-
ton, giving the facts as to popula-
ton, education and economic life
Might well engage our attention at
this particular time.
INVITATION TO ROUMANIA. BY
Derek Patmore. Photographs by
Herbert List. London: The Mac
milan Co., Ltd.
Travel book on Rumania, written
with superior style and discrimina-
ton. Can be recommended.
The Soil.
FOREVER THE FARM. BY Mar.
ion Nicholl Rawson. New York:
E. P. Dutton Co.
Another Of Mrs. Rawson's fine
volumes, a collection of farm lore
from New England to the Far South
illustrated by the authors own de-
lightful pen and ink sketches. No,
a book to attract the common mind
but a treasure to lover Of the odd
and intricate.
Novels.
AGAIN THE RIVER. BY Stella E
Morgan. New York: Thomas Y
Crowell Co.
Story of rural America centerine
in one mans fight against q river
that would not be kind. Artless.
DALESACRES. BY Florence Ward
New York: E. P. Dutton Co.
A novel of an American family
one Of those fictional American fam
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Watch for the Dawn
Boston.
BIZ Stuart Cloete.
H0urhf0n Mimio Co

oy DLuu|L IlOCLC. oOSCOU.
Houghto1l, Mi61tn Co.
This novel, for some weeks now
on the best-seller lists, is Mr.. Cloete' S
second book. His first one was THE
Turning Wheels" f1ctionized ac-
count of the great trek of the Beers
into the Transvaal of South Af-
RIGA. 1t was an arresting thing, done
with a somewhat heavy hand but
undeniably talented. Reading it
one thought that a second book
would reveal whether its author
really had something to say or
whether he was just clever copy
ist. The second book being now
here, 1t can be said without hesi-
tation that Mr. Cloete is a first rate
story teller.
Watch for the Dawn" is, like its
predecessor, tale of South Africa
in the last century, tale of the
border where the white settlements
scattered out into farms, and the
hardy Dutchmen who owned these
farms lived in constant apprehen-
sion of raids from the natives. 1t
is scene of plentiful picturesque
ness, and the skill with which Mr..
Cloete makes it come to life is ad-
mirable. One has no sense of read
ing a historical novel as one goes
through it. The telling is so vivid
that one seems to live in the very
midst of the colorful, violent action
The story is of the adventures
of a young Dutch trader, a man
of good family and gentle breed
ing who, through the accident of
being in a certain place at a cer-
tain moment, finds himself an out
law with price on his head. BY
befriending an old farmer in diff
culties with the law the young trader
brings the full wrath of the law
upon himself. He takes refuge with
a band of similarly outlawed men
and subsequently with native tribe
From then on the story is pretty
much one of running fight. But
the scenes are of such force and
clarity and of such exotic pictur-
esqueness that a reader has no sense
of the device. 1t is just a story, no
more, but it is a story told with
the very maximum of effect.
MGR.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Brief Reviews of New Books

lilies of great substantially and little
ina gination. Saved by the genius
OF lovely young girl. Typical stun.
ONLY THE YOUNG. BY Elliott
Arnold. New York: Henry Holt
A Co.
Story of young newspaperman and
how he came to realize his soul
through seeing the hope for human
betterment which is in America, as
compared to the lifeless fascist rules
of Europe. Sincere and workman
like, but you have already read it in
half q dozen other novels.
Foreign Policy.
GIDDY MINDS AND FOREIGN
QUARRELS. BY Charles A.
Beard. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
A tart, vigorous review of the
waverings of the Roosevelt admin
istration In the field of foreign af-
fairs, and an even tarter suggestion
that we have reason to mind our
own business. A magazine article
now in book form.