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Evening star., 1939-07-25
Wounds Stepdoughter
And Kills Himself
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
THOMAS, w. Va, July 25.-A 63-
year-old w. P. A. worker shot and
seriously wounded his stepdaughter
today and then killed himself at
their home here, Sheriff Stark Co.
berly of Tucker County reported.
Sheriff Coberly identified the dead
man as John Yonush, former
miner, and the stepdaughter as
Amelia Dorkus, 25.
Sheriff Coberly said he learned
from neighbors that Yonush fire.
quently quarreled with the young
woman.
The woman craWled to the front
porch of the home where she was
found.
Evening star., 1939-07-25

Struck a telephone pole a glanc-
ing blow and plunged at 5-year-
old Betty King, at play in front of
the home of her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. King, at 811 Bayly ave-
nue., missing her by scant inches;
Headed for the scissors grinder,
who leaped into ditch and crushed
his grinder;
Changed its course, charged again
at the scissors man, who lodged
into a drain pipe and scrambled
under the roadway as the machine
tore into the ditch at the spot the
man just vacated.
The car finally came to a halt, up
ended, in the ditch.
w. J. Bailey of Petersburg, Va,
owner of the car. said he had parked
it with the machine in gear in the
300 block of Bayly avenue while he
called on friends and could not fig
ure how the gears became disen-
gagged.
Evening star., 1939-07-25
EVENING WASHINGTON D. c. TUESDAY, 25 1885,
Policeman Injured
When Motor Cycle
Crashes Truck
Three Other Persons
Are Bodily Hurt in
Troffic Accidents

Leo Day, Montgomery County
md motor cycle policeman was Sc
riously injured early today when his
motor cycle was in collision with q
truck on Brookville road near Ok
ford street in Chevy Chase, Md.
Mr.. Day was taken to Georgetown
Hospital by a doctor who was driving
by the scene of the accident. Police
said the driver of the truck was
George Gather, colored, 20, of
Gaithersburg, Md.
Witnesses told police that the
truck, loaded with slate, entered
Brookville road from Oxford street
after allowing an automobile to pass.
Shrubs growing almost to each cor
ner apparently obscured the view of
the truck driver, police said, and
when the truck swung out on to
Brookville road the motor cycle po-
liceman struck its left rear wheel.
Mr.. Day, who is %, lives at Silver
Spring. Md. The accident occurred
about $3.50 am.
William A. Garner, 10, of Arling-
ton Park, Va, was in serious condi-
ton today in Emergency Hospital
with injuries received when struck
by motorcycle yesterday at Eighth
street and Glebe road, Arlington.
Alice Willis, %, of GIG Sixteenth
street NV, was brought to Casualty
Hospital early today from the scene
Of an accident near Upper Marlboro,
Md. She was said to be in serious
condition.
Robert Barnard, 16, of 2003 Rose
mont avenue NV, suffered serious
injuries in a bicycle accident yes
terday. The boy was found un-
conscious on Piney Branch driveway
near the Sixteenth Street Bridge,
apparently injured in a fall from
his bike He was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital.
Evening star., 1939-07-25
Montgomery Towns
May Lose Through
Bus Service
Copitol Traction Seeks
Satisfactory Fare
On Rockville Line

Through bus service from Wash
tngton Grove, Rockville and other
points in Montgomery County, Md,
to downtown Washington may be
abandoned, Capital Transit Co., Of
f1cials said today, if satisfactory"
interstate fare schedule is not ap-
proved by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Increases which the company had
sought to place in effect since jan
uary on through routes of its sub
sidiary Montgomery Bus Lines, Inc,
were finally denied July IL by the I.
c. c., in a decision declaring, THE
evidence of record does not establish
that the proposed fares would be
reasonable"
An adjusted schedule for lines op-
Grating wholly in Maryland was ap-
proved late last year by the Mary
land Public Service Commission, but
the transit firm did not place them
in effect, seeking to gain I. C. C. ap-
proval of co-ordinated interstate
tariffs.
Agrees to Suspension.
1t was announced yesterday that
the Maryland body had agreed to
suspension of the new intrastate
rates, involving the Alta Vista
Montrose line, through September
9, following an application from
Edward D. Merrill, president of the
Capital Transit Co. In his COM
munication to the commission Mr.
Merrill stated the company believed
it had a legal right to discontinue
through service from Rockville and
Washington Grove and remove its
operations in Maryland from juris-
diction of the I. C. G.
A spokesman for the company
explained today the suspension of
new Maryland intrastate scales had
been asked in order that the firm
could have time lin which to make
up its mind" whether to apply again
to the I. C. c. for adjustment or
abandon through service and place
rates granted by the Maryland
Public Service Commission in effect
on all routes in Montgomery County
The spokesman said to employ
the new Maryland charges now with
current interstate fares would cause
great confusion" to patrons, and
the company preferred to wait until
it could achieve a uniformity of
schedules.
Compliance Demanded.
In a telegram sent last night to
the Maryland Public Service Com
mission, the East Bethesda Md
Citizens Association demanded
that the new Maryland rates be
placed in effect at once, in view
of the I. c. c. decision ending pro-
ceedings on the transit firms appli-
cation.
George H. Price, chairman of the
associations Public Utilities Com
mittee, said today that, while the
new rates include an extra zone
between the District line and Rock
vile, they would benefit passengers
using the line between the new Ma
tional Institute of Health and the
line. These furnish the bulk of
traffic on the route, he said
The fare would be a dime for
these people" Mr.. Price declared.
Its 25 cents now. and three peo-
pie can ride IN a taxicab to the
District line for that"
Evening star., 1939-07-25
1880, ,768 More Steps
Face Fuir-to-Fuir Hiker
Iy the Associated Presx

By the Associated Press.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, July 25.-If
milk-drinking, H-year-old Roy Mack
is on schedule in his "fair-to-fair"
hike, he has only 2,880,7 steps to
go.
Mack, an Allentown resident,
started from the New York Fair
80 days ago and is due in Law
renee, Kans., today on an attempted
hike to the San Francisco Fair.
He drinks six quarts OF milk q
day-his only food, he says-and has
a pedometer geared to 30-inch steps.
He figures fair-to-fair distance at
7,104, ,768 steps.
Evening star., 1939-07-25
Conqress

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1939-07-25
U. S.-AustruIion
Air Route Hustened
BY the Associated PrexS

BY the Associated Press
Commercial air travel between
the United States and Australia at
an early date appeared possible yes
terday when President Roosevelt
asked Congress to appropriate
$4,000 for airmail service on the
projected route during the current
fiscal year.
Civil Aeronautics Authority off,
clals said there was no certainty
when service would start. Pan
American Airways has done consid-
erable exploratory work under an
experimental certificate and planned
to resume experimental flights soon,
the c. A. A. said. The line prob
ably would operate from one of Pam
Americans trans-Pacific bases.
Evening star., 1939-07-25

adopted the only people who would
come under the law would be work.
ers in textiles and some manufac-
turing groups.
"If by any parliamentary trick
the amendments get to the floor
and pass, the President will veto
them, so I'm not worried
Ramspeck Offers Amendments.
Representative Ramspeck, Demo-
crat. of Georgia, yesterday intro
duced amendments to the wages
and hours law which he described
as mon n-controversial" and designed
to correct some faults" in the act.
The Ramspeck amendments are
similar to those previously intro
duced by Mrs. Norton, but which
never were acted upon by her Labor
Committee.
The Washington times., 1939-01-17
Leftover Gun Kick

In re your editorial on rifles
for the CCC. let's get the record
straight. The Government did
not have 2,300,0O0 Lee-Enfield
rifles on hand at the end Of the
war.
It did have a large number of
rifles, officially described by
the War Department as the
~. S. rifle, Cal. 80 Mod. 1917"
which became known through q
popular error as the Enfield"
Actually, they are another
Mauser adaptation without the
removable magazine which is
the chief characteristic feature
Of the British L1ee-Enfield.
Wartime .30'06 ammunition,
of which I have fired thousands
Of rounds, is practically useless
today. About six out Of ten
cartridges have cracked at the
neck, due to the unequal
stresses not eliminated in haSty
wartime annealing; they are
loaded with mercuric, chloride
primers: and the obsolete cupro'
nickel bullet jackets are q con-
founded bother, through metal
fouling in the barrel.
Incidentally, those CCC boys
to whom you want rifles issued
can get them now. AL they
have to do Is join the National
Rifle Association. and the d.
rector Of civilian marksman-
ship at the War Department
will issue rifles and ammunition
to them for training purposes
The Washington times., 1939-01-17
Your I. O.
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

Dy SA144OA4GA O1 A4N~AA4S
Score 10 for each Of these vo-
cabulary questions.
i. Abracadabra (a) is a good
English word meaning nonsen-
sical words, (b) is an ornate
chandelier, (c) is a nonsensical
word.
2. A knack is NOT ca a
sharp sound, (b) a clever way
of doing something, (c) apt
ness, Cd a projectile.
3. The word HECTOR means
a domineering bully. True.
False.
4. Rip rap is (a) foundation
of loose stones in deep water,
(b) utter carelessness, (c) same
as riff raft.
S. Dialogue is interlocution.
True. False.
6. An unruly clamorous per-
son making a disturbance is one
who is (a) obdurate, (b) obster.
porous, Co contumacious.
Z. Predatory pertains to some
thing (a) preferable, (b) intro
ductory, (c) desirable.
8. One who is bellicose is (a)
fat, (b) pugnacious, (c) lethar-
gic.
9. A recondite person or thing
is (a) stubborn, (b) profound,
Co friendly.
10. To hob-nob is to (a) clink
glasses together socially when
drinking, (b) be made part of a
group, (c) be popular.
ANSWERS ON Page 22)
The Washington times., 1939-01-17
Rollin' Along
By W. A. s. Douglas
COMETHING never knew before:

COMMITTING l never knew before:
~ That the Tennessee Valley Authority is in the straw
berries and cream business!
1t appears from report of the Comptrolers office that
IVA refuses to give intelligent query regarding
expenditure Of six million dollars strawberry patches
freezing plant strawberry marketing boat, dairy herd
and certain social and sports activities ndulged In by resi-
dents in the valleys of the abundant life.
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

points are not appreciated until
after they are gone. For in
stance, the work of great artists
is seldom appreciated until after
they are dead. When real love
is involved, people never forget,
regardless of circumstances"
\
Philip Julien, jr., $500 block
Seventeenth St. N. W., Govern
ment engineer:
The Washington times., 1939-01-17
Pistols at DGwn

I hereby challenge Rumanian
by Birth to q duel for writing the
Voice that we Times readers are
gamblers, racketeers, ETC., and
that Voice contributors are in
sane. No Rumanian or Scanda-
hoovian shall besmirch the fair
names or the literary abilities
Of Times readers, so name your
weapons, rummy. The noive Of
these people-and me q Demo.
crat. I just won't take it, that's
all, B. w.
The Washington times., 1939-01-17
Needs job

I am unemployed and not on
relief and have a family. I've
tried hard to get work but un-
able to find a job. I'm an ap-
parently arrested case of T. B.
myself. But I am willing and
will work ii given q job. My
rent Is due and food must be
obtained. I have one in my
family unable to work IT. B.
heart trouble) which was in
CURED while at work. Since
that, has been on relief receiv-
ing q small amount, but now
withheld.
STARTLING RICHARDSON.
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

undertaking. Such conditions
should not be tolerated here.
We appreciate the difficulty
that would be encountered ia
separating the wheat from the
chaff in human society. but we
feel certain that If a conScien-
tiouS effort were directed In
that field without favor to foe
or friend q worthy achievement
would have been accomplished.
Let the District take this first
step in wedding out parasites
from its rolls in the hope Of
doing greater good for the sim
cere citizen who is UP against
it. CWAR.
The Washington times., 1939-01-17
Spread the Work

You think in only one direc-
ton, Plumbers Wife, with your
Voice arguments for longer work
ing hours rather than shorter.
Don't you realize that q six-hour
day would make more jobs? If
our men were to work longer
and longer hours, some Of us
would sooner or later have them
home a. hours q day, and lack
ing a pay envelope.
ELECTRICIANS WIFE.
The Washington times., 1939-01-17
German Buying POsOer

In your editorial Maybe
We've Got Something Here" you
forgot something very impor-
tant. You should have said that
an American worker, WHEN HE
IS WORKING, can buy with an
average hours wages four times
as much as q German worker.
This nation has some 10000
900 unemployed or partly 50,
while Germany has practically
none. I doubt that those TO-
900, 900 can buy four times as
much as can German workers
who have been working 50 weeks
q year. MAX H.
The Washington times., 1939-01-17
Birthday Ball Sweepstakes

kkcN URE" said Commissioner Hazen when asked
y whether the Birthday Ball Committee would
keep an Irish sweepstakes ticket anonymous donor
forwarded as his contribution to the infantle paralysis
fund.
"Certainlyw the Commissioner exclaimed. "If it brings
home the bacon our campaign worries will be over"
In which the Commissioner, an estimable gentleman
and good sport as we'll as good Judge of horseflesh,
said mouthful.
HOW About 1t, If the equally estimable
H. ro,.u,~ooo,,u,0 gentlemen in Congress
"A good sports, they would
make it possible for all of to get American sweep
stakes tickets when could afford them precisely
the same principle.
If we don't want to let the money get out of the
country could the lottery home grounds,
holding an American Hospital Sweepstakes a Birth
day Ball Sweepstakes. There's idea! How about it
The Washington times., 1939-01-17
Call For Help

II things are half IS bad in
Mexico as Fred Pasley's Mexi-
can articles indicate, some ma
ton should intervene. If we
did so, we'd be accused Of ag-
gression. I move that we in
vite Argentina to send an army
Of occupation to restore order,
and to stay in Mexico per-
manently if necessary. # Ar
gentina cannot or will not
handle the situation, then we
should do it. s. r. 8.
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

cream, comes the revolution,
and dolduru ye, you'll like straw
berries and cream.
A MOTHER thing didn't
"A know before was that .
man butterfly, though an intelli-
gent fellow in all other respects,
can't recognize his girl friend.
My authority is DR.. Dorothea
Ilse, a German zoologist who
now, like many other higher
standard Germans, is teaching
in this country-at Barnard Col
lege, New York. The butterfly,
says DR.. Ilse, has through years
of persecution by marauding
birds developed a flight tech
nique which. what with camou-
flage and zigzag, makes the
birds dizzy.
A butterfly, the lady claims,
is not quite as bright as a bee
and cannot tell other butterflies
apart. That is, a he-butterfly
knows a she-butterfly when he
runs across her but he can't tell
whether this is Maggie or Alice.
DR.. Ilse sal / she had studied this
peculiar trouble with one he
butterfly and three ladies of
the species. He was forever mix
ing them up and cumming
around first with one and then
the other.
A cynic might have stood up
right in the doctors class and
presented the theory that the
he-butterfly knew all right, but
was quite a bit of q chaser. In
deed, before DR.. Use spends
much more time in New York,
she will learn that the town is
full of he-butterflies who know
who the ladies are all right, but
are ducking them. Broadway, as
the columnists tell us, is full Of
male and female butterflies with
this sort Of outlook.
HERE'S a mighty nice letter
"A from Margaret Chandler:
GAS the result Of Q delicate
constitution have had to drop
out from the line Of the worlds
workers. So watch the rest
Of the world go by. The other
day a little thin hardworking
woman asked me If I had a
sweater her daughter could
wear. This daughter has cur
Vature of the spine.
Then a colored woman said
to me: I've got a new dress
and I do wish I could get one
of them shiny pins to put on my
shoulder. But they cost rs
cents apiece and I need coal
The person who solves the
problem Of bringing together
the awful waste and the woeful
want Of the world will be its No.
l benefactor. There are dozens
of sweaters rotting in closets,
on nails and lying in trunks
and boxes. There are many
shiny quarter pins hiding their
artificial luster on unused gar.
ments.
IF I only knew the owners"
Copyright, 1888, BY WaShimgtOn
Herald-Tames
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

Why should the Comptroller
annoy the IVA?
You put concrete across a val
ley-and you get strawberries.
These require cream; ergo, you
get a dairy herd. The cows have
got to have dairymaids who in
turn require curling irons and
boy friends. The boy friends
need dancing lessons and sports
which require printing presses.
All this sounds like Lewis Car
roll at his worst-"Come to my
arms, my beamish boy" But it
really makes good sound COM
mon sense.
The curling irons that the
dairymaids must have so as to
present a creditable appearance
before the boy friends need in
their turn electricity which pro
duces flood control and naviga-
ton. Therefore, you must have
a boat to peddle the strawber-
ries and cream.
There you have the abundant
life-and if the Comptroller
can't get a grip on all this then
the best thing to do is to fire the
Comptroller. That, in effect, was
what the reorganization bill
proposed to do. Comes the revo-
lution-youll get strawberries
and cream. And happen you
don't like Strawberries and
The Washington times., 1939-01-17
FoUor President's Stand

Despite some congressional
opposition there are many who
are N full sympathy with the
President in seeking the full ap-
preparation for relief funds, in
sofar as it pertains to the al
levia zion Of hunger and shelter
for the underprivileged Of the
nation.
There are those in this group
who sincerely believe that If
relief funds could be definitely
earmarked eliminating the sor.
did political tieup Is brought
to the fore by Senator Shep-
pard'S committee, a great step
will have been taken marking
social progress.
Viewing the recent report Of
Mr.. Lewis Burdette, who gath
cred the facts for Represents
tive Ross Collins COMMITTEES.
conditions were found to exist
here that bode no good for
summoned witnesses when they
are brought on the carpet.
The report further reveals that
here in the District were to be
found certain unscrupulous in
dividuals prostituting Q humane
The Washington times., 1939-01-17
Crash Coming?

Hoover days are just around
the corner. The WPA workers
asked for it by voting in thou.
sand lots for Republican can
didates. rhe Republicans will
show you WPA workers in .
few weeks that they hope to
starve you out Of existence and
bring in German refugees in
stead. President Roosevelt will
go down in history as the great.
est President and humanitarian
Of all time. ANONYMOUS.
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

rience to find that other inter
ests and friends soon took their
place. Occasionally this phrase
may come true, but in most
cases I think it's the other way
around
y y X
Mrs. Esther Best, 500 block
Conduit Rd. N. w., housewife:
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

mers. My heart grows extremely
fond at times for that 100 in
the shade, because cold weather
is not always so comfortable.
But I do think the expression
can be true in many circum-
stances. Everyone is a bit lonely
when the people he loves the
most are not with him."
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

control a n d
n a v / cation
] u S t as are
curling irons
and refrigera-
tors. TV A
n e v er h a S
tim e to be
DOLnereQ WIN
such queries
a S a precise
accounting of
the money it
spends. And
The Washington times., 1939-01-17
Wise Words

The friends Of my adversely
I shall always cherish most. I
can better trust those who
helped to relieve the gloom Of
my dark hours than those who
are so ready to enjoy with me
the sunshine Of my prosperity.
General Grant.
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

for awhile, because they appre-
ciate each other more when
they are back together again.
It's my theory that when two
persons are in love and are a
bit bored with each other, if
one or the other takes a trip it
will revive his or her interest"
X y
Clarence H. Simmons, jr.,
14OO block Thirty-fifth st. N.
w., School of Foreign Service,
GEORGETOWN University:
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

rs o m e t lines it
does. Often a per.
son does not real
ize how fond of an
other he may be
until the person is
gone. Sometimes
it's a good idea for
people to go away
from each other
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

Eyes, it has for
me. A girl was
away during the
summer for one
month and I was
plenty glad to see
her when she came
back. I was even
more fond of her
and felt I knew her
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

mind. 1t depends greatly on
who is absent and what that
person means to you. I've been
away from my mother for 13
or IA years, except for short Wis
its, and absence could never
make me feel differently about
her, for whom I have all the
love in the world"
X
F. G. Kahlert, 300 block L St.
N. E., radio service man:
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

better when she came back. I
missed her right away and the
longer she was away the more
I thought of her. Absence GER
tainly did make my heart grow
fonder."
X
Miss Shirley Harris, 100
block Fifteenth st. N. W., book
keener.
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

yes, it does. If
you really are fond
of someone and
are constantly as
sociated with the
person, you can
miss that person a
great deal when he
is absent. Often
PEOPLES finer
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

Alt h ough I've
heard that express
sion all my life, I'd
hardly say it is
true. OF course, I've
missed people who
went a W ay, but
other interests and
people came along
and occupied my
The Washington times., 1939-01-17

mo, I've never
found it so. You
are bound to meet
other people who
will take the place
of the absent per-
son. While I've
been sorry for the
loss of friends. it
has been my eXpe-