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Evening star., 1939-08-06
.Motonusko Colony Is Blessed
With Bumper Crops

Wash, general manager of the Ma
tanuska Valley Cooperative Asso-
citation, said the colonists would har-
vest about 10000 bushels each of
wheat and barley, 5000 tons of hay,
200 tons of potatoes and 100 tons
each of cabbage, carrots and turnips.
Mr.. Stock, veteran of many years
work with co-operatives before COM
ing North last spring, struck out at
what he said was the mistaken idea
in the States that farmers are told
what they can plant"
1T probably arose from the valu-
able help the marketing association
and the extension service gives the
facmers," he said. But that's vitally
necessary. If everyone raised poto-
toes, a difficult situation would
arise"
He praised highly the work of the
valley experiment station, in exist
ence many years and now under
Superintendent Don Irwin, the
colony's first general manager.
The cooperative. which handles
all crops to be marketed by the 200
families, has ventured into the
Fairbanks market with meats-par-
ticularly sausages of various kinds
cheese, broilers and pan fryers, as
well as garden stun.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Lost Boy, 9, a Newcomer
Restored to Family by Police
Lad From Florida
Goes for Walk and
Doesn't Know Address

Nine-year-old Billy Bielling, whose
father is attached to the yacht of
the Secretary of the Navy, just got
into Washington yesterday and
found he'd left his ball back home in
Florida.
He went to the store to buy one,
but it was dark and bouncing the
ball before him, he turned in the
wrong direction. He knew there was
a gasoline station on one corner and
a well-lighted store on the other
corner of Isherwood street, where
the family was staying.
He walked and walked. 1t was
pretty dark and the youngster be-
gan to get little nervous. Finally,
some eight blocks from home, he
turned in at a gas station.
I'm lost" he told Paul Caldwell,
the manager of the station at Fiji
teenth and D streets Sc. Il want
to 60 home"
He didn't know the address and
although he tried to be man about
the thing, the tears were beginning
to come. So Mr.. Caldwell gave him
a peach and told him tales about
grizzly bears. The gas station man.
ager, it seems, is quite a woodsman.
The police cruiser came by Just
about then and picked up the
youngster. He told them about the
gas station and the store and they
started cruising around the neigh
borhood. 1t was only a matter of
minutes until they hit sherwood
street, where Billy's father, William
Bielling. was anxiously searching
for his son, now missing some two
hours.
The Biellings are staying at 1881
sherwood street while awaiting
orders from the Navy Department.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Royburn on Radio Forum
Majority Leader Of House to Discuss
Work Of Congress Tomorrow Night

'"The Work of Congress" will be
the subject of an address by Rep
resentative Sam Rayburn of Texas,
majority leader of the House, in
the National Radio Forum tomor-
row at $50 pm.
The National Radio Forum is ar
ranged by The Star and is broad
cast over a coast forecast network
Of the National Broadcasting Co. 1t
is heard locally through Station
WMAL.
Mr. Rayburn has not disclosed
what specific subjects he will touch
on in his speech, but he is expected
to devote much of his talk to
discussion of the present Congress.
He perhaps will bring in also a
brief review of the administra tons
record in Congress since the advent
Of the New Deal in 1888.
The House Democratic leader.
lawyer by profession, has served the
4th district of Texas in Congress in
every session since the Sixty third
Congress. Prior to his election as
a United States Representative, he
served six years as member of
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Drivers Warned 10 Lock
Autos Parked on Streets

A timely warning to automobile
owners to lock machines parked on
city streets, even for a short while,
was given last night by Inspector
Bernard w. Thompson, chief of
detectives.
Urging this simple precaution
against sneak thieves who steal
surprisingly number of valu-
able articles each week, Inspector
Thompson said an unlocked auto
mobile was an easy target for petty
thieves, especially If parked over
night.
Articles of value should, if pos
sible, be removed from the machine
when the occupant leaves" the in
spector warned, "or the car locked" "
He AIDED that if it was impossible
for some visiting motorist to lock
his car, some one should remain in
the car until the owner returns.
This precaution was recommended
to all out-of-town people who travel
with their luggage fastened to the
outside Of their machines.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
RuhIund to Renew Drive
For N. W. Health Center

Health Ofncer George c. Rutland
yesterday planned to renew his cam
paign for the provision of a health
center in the lower Northwest Sec
ton of the District, revealing he
would incorporate a request for
100000 to 100000 for this pur-
pose in his 1910 budget estimates.
Bids for the first of the proposed
series of health centers, to be erect
ed at First and H streets S.W., fer
which an appropriation Of $4,000
was made available last fiscal year,
are to be opened August 18.
During the last two yeais DR..
Rutland has sought funds for a
health center in the Northwest area,
where he found disease and NOR
tality rates were Ugh. The center
would be located somewhere near
First street and New York avenue.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Feared Unfairness
To Thorne Infant,
Mrs. Tilt Explains
Tells Why Husband
Did Not Fight Action
By ChiId's Parents

Mrs Albert Tilt, jr.. of New York
daughter of wealthy Colby Chester
chairman of the board of the Gen.
eral Foods Corp. revealed last night
why her husband did not fight the
court action here by the parents OF
5-month-old Barbara Alicia Thorne
to recover the baby after she had
been placed with the Tits for adop-
ton.
Mrs. Tilt told the Associated Press
in New York State she and her hus-
band, New York advertising execu-
tive, adopted the newly-born baby
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Thorne of East Riverdale, Md, fou1
months ago through the baby place
ment service operated by Mrs. Anna
Grover.
At first, Mrs. Tilt said, it was un-
certain whether the parents would
permit adoption, but later Mrs. Tilt
said she was informed the parents
had signed the necessary papers, and
the child was taken to the Tilt home
in Greenwich, Conn.
The Thornes filed habeas corpus
action two and a half months be-
fore the end of the six-month pro-
bationary period which would have
made the adoption permanent, Mrs
Tilt said.
Her husband said he did not fight
the court action because he did not
want the baby's true identity known.
"As soon as we learned that our
names had ben revealed, we felt it
would be unfair to the child to keep
her." Mr.. Tilt said. I'VE did not
feel it would be fair for the child to
be faced later with the decision of
choosing to remain with us, or re-
turning to her parents"
The Tits have son, Albert Sd, II.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Endurance Flyers
Tell Ground Crew
To Be Prepared
Moody Brothers Hope
To Stoy in Air Until
Tomorrow, However
BY the Associated Press.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Aug 5.-The
Moody brothers sent word down to-
night to have the ground crew
prepared for us to land any time"
but indicated they would try to keep
their vibrating little monoplane
aloft until they round out two weeks
of continuous flying late Sunday
afternoon.
Hunter, 25, the older brother, re-
ported by radio that he and 20
year-old Humphrey were feeling
fine, but the motor is little clogged
and carboned and one of our two
magnetos has gone completely dead
There's a little vibration, too, but
we're watching things carefully"
Leroy Murphy, chief mechanic
and manager of the flight. said the
motor was little rough but would
probably hold out until tomorrow
night all right
Il think the boys have already
accomplished their main purpose, +"
he added They've demonstrated
the toughness and reliability of
modern small aircraft"
With 3l3 hours to their credit at
pm. central standard time, the
! brothers were in their 14th day. The
55-horsepower motor of their little
monoplane had made more than
80 900 900 revolutions since the take
off, consuming approximately 1850
gallons of gasoline and pulling the
heavily loaded ship about $4,000
miles
At the 3l3-hour mark, the Moodys
had bettered by "a hours II minutes
the former light plane endurance
record of 218 hours 43 minutes.
Chief danger resulting from fail
ure of the magnetic, Murphy said,
threatened when the flyers swung
low over the field to take on fuel
from the refueling truck. A "cut-
out of the remaining magnetic
might prove disastrous he said.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Court Orders Bufano,
Sculptor, 10 Support Son
Hy the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press
SAN RAFAEL, Calf, Aug. S.
Brought into court on a charge by
his divorced wife that he had not
contributed s25 monthly to the sup
port of his son. as decreed in a
judges order last April. Beniamino
Bufano, widely known sculptor, was
given until Friday to pay up Or go
to jail.
The son. Erskine. lives in nearby
Mill Valley with his mother, Mrs.
Virginia Bufano, who divorced the
sculptor several years ago.
Mr.. Bufano told Superior Judge
Edward I. Butler his only income
was $l35 a month from the w. P. A..
and by the time he maintained his
studio. bought materials and food,
he didn't have anything left.
He also declared he gave his for
mer wife 81 pieces of sculpture some
time ago. that she had sold three
Of them for $4,000, and had "a left.
These he conservatively estimated
to be worth $l50,00O
Mrs. Bufano scoffed at this VAL
uation. saying the highest appraisal
she had obtained on the lot, includ-
ing the three she sold, was $4,000.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
By the Associated Press,

PALMER, Alaska, Aug. 5.-Crops
maturing rapidly under a warm, "a
hour day sub-Arctic sun gave evil
dence today bounty had come to the
colonists who turned a Northern
wooded valley into a promised land
for farms and gardens.
The Matanuska Colony, estab-
lished in 1885 by men and women
who had lost their economic footing
in the United States, began talking
for the first time about shortage OF
crop storage space; about yields in
the thousands of tons.
Truckload after truckload of gar
den stuff has been leaving the valley
daily, taking cabbage, cauliflower
head lettuce, turnips, beets, straw
berries, mushrooms, chard and new
potatoes to market. But the demand
for green produce at Alaska railroad
communities could not be met.
Walter Pippel, whose long differ
ence with the colony over marketing
his stuff ended last week when he
agreed to withdraw, has had a 5000
weekly income this summer, Coop
erative records showed. He was
compelled by an injunction to mar
ket with the cooperative.
l.. G. Stock. formerly Of Kelso
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Firestone Adds Unit
NEW YORK. Aug

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 (SpeciaD -
Another new unit in the worldwide
manufacturing facilities of the Fire
stone Tire g. Rubber Co. will COM
mence operations shortly, it was
learned today through an announce
ment of the establishment by the
company of a plant at Bombay, In
dia., Construction is now under way
and it is expected that the factory
will be ready to start manufactur-
ing by late fall.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Agrees With Roosevelt
On Park Proposal
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Robertson, Democrat
Of Virginia, of the select House Com
mittee on Wildlife Conservation
yesterday said he agreed to a sug-
gestion by President Roosevelt that
plans be developed so that those
who enjoy the recreational oppor-
tunities in national parks and for
ests make some personal contribu-
ton.
Mr.. Robertson, White House
visitor. said the President made the
suggestion in view of the big capital
outlays by the Federal Government
to promote such recreational oppor-
tunities, to say nothing of the TO-
100000 acres of migratory bird
refugees and 100000 acres under the
Resettlement Administration and
Soil Conservation Service.
This contribution would go into a
maintenance fund, Mr.. Robertson
explained. to relieve the Treasury
of carrying charges which will in
crease in the future.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
O'Conor Refuses Puy
For Non-Merit Workers
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Aug. 5.-Gov
O'Conor backed his budget and pro-
curement department director today
and disapproved requested budget
amendments to provide salaries for
seven workers not under the merit
system.
Walter N. Kirkman, budget direc-
tor, recommended the disapproval
and Gov. O'Conor acceded on the
contention that under such amend
ments "evasions of the merit sys-
tenn can be brought about by de-
partment heads who desire to make
personal appointments without sub
jecting the appointees to competi-
tive examination"
The amendments would permit
continued employment Of seven per-
sons employed for special services"
In the State Industrial Accident
Commission.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Thief Takes Auto
Owned by Attache Of
Brazilian Embassy
Sedan With Diplomatic
Toes Stolen From
Street Here

A sedan owned by Manuel
Pho Correa, jr., an attache at the
Brazilian Embassy, was stolen last
night from in front of 2907 Ca
thedral avenue NV, the home of A.
Boulitreau Fragoso, second secretary
Of the embassy, where the attache
had gone to visit. The car bore
diplomatic tags and was missing an
hour before the theft was discov-
cred shortly after midnight.
Raymond d. Muir of the Division
Of International Conferences of the
State Department, reported to police
last night that his house had been
entered by a thief through a rear
first-fioor window and robbed of a
box Of silver service valued at 500,
three pairs of shoes and a set of
cuff links valued at $1l. The robbery
occurred between July 27 and August
S. he reported. His home is at 4701
Western avenue NV.
Two street car passengers reported
their wallets stolen yesterday. John
w. F. Smith of 816 Fourth street
NV. reported his billfold contain
ing $40 in cash and a $36 money
order was taken while he was on a
street car on Fourteenth street be-
tween New York avenue and w
street NV.
Robert S. Himer of "A Rhode
Island avenue N.E. reported to police
he was jostled in a crowded street
car at Seventh street and Florida
avenue NV. and his pocket picked
Of 81 and personal papers.
John Yeps, %, Chinese laundry
proprietor at 806 Fourth street NE,
reported to police that shortly be-
fore midnight he was held up and
robbed of SIS in his establishment
by a dark-skinned colored man.
During the hold-up Yeps was hit
on the head with a flatiron. He
was taken to Casualty Hospital for
treatment of cut scalp and sent
home. Yeps said the robber was
about 20 years old, feet 4 inches
tall, l30 pounds in weight and wear
ing a dark suit and yellow straw
hat.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Z Gambling Ship Operators
Submit 10 Restrajners
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5.-Opera-
tors of two of the four gambling
boats moored in Southern California
waters capitulated today and State
officers, who raided them last Tues
day night came ashore
Assistant Attorney General War
rem Olney said the Tango and the
Showboat, anchored off Long Beach,
had agreed to issuance of tempo
rary restraining orders prohibiting
operation as gambling ships or re-
moval of gambling equipment.
Gambling equipment of the Texas,
moored off Santa Monica, was seized
during the raid, Mr.. Olney said, and
its activity as gambling boat was
thereby halted.
AS to the Rex, where Tony Cornero
has def1ed the officers to come
aboard and repelled them with fire
hoses, the assistant attorney gen.
eral declared he is not worrying.
He is sitting out there, cut off
from the shore and unable to op-
crate, and as far as we are concerned,
he might as well be in Alcatraz."
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Eight Persons Hurt
In Traffic Accident
Near Falls Church
Bus and Auto Collide:
Boy, IA, Is Injured in
Wagon Mishop

Eight persons were injured, two of
them requiring disqualification, In q
collision between bus and an auto
mobile on the Lee highway. near
Falls Church, Va, last night.
Earl Senter, IS, Of 1130 North Irv-
ing street, Arlington, a passenger in
the automobile which police said
was driven by C. w. Weast Of the
same address, was the most seriously
hurt. He was admitted to George
town Hospital for treatment of a
lacerated scalp and observation. Mr..
Weast was treated for a lacerated
elbow and released.
The injured men were taken to
the hospital by Sergt. Alton Shu-
mate and Benjamin Runyon of the
Falls Church police, who investi-
gated.
Minor Injuries TO Six.
Six persons. one of them a child
who were passengers in the Virginia
railways bus, were treated by Dr..
Bernard Schultz for minor injuries.
Police said v. G. Smith of 66
Hanover place NV, driver of the
bus. told them the automobile sud-
denly swung left in front of the
bus near Chimney Villa, midway
between Falls Church and Merri-
field, and he could not avoid the
collision.
Those treated by DR.. Schultz, and
their injuries, follow: Mrs. Mary
Gale, 27, 448 Lebaum street Sc.
bruised left shoulder and arm; Rob-
ert Cooper, SO, 1125 Eleventh street
NV, bruised leg; Evelyn Cor
ham, 9, colored, Bethel, N. c., cut
face: Hugh D. Thomas, Is, Atlee, Va,
cut face and head; Carl Torrance. %,
Richmond. Va, bruised and cut leg,
and Mrs. Irma Graham, %, Manas-
Sas, Va, cut mouth.
Coaster Wagon Accident.
Raymond N. Nelson, colored, "A, of
Rosaryville, Md, was treated at
Freedmen's Hospital for conclusion
of the brain and cuts received yes
terday when his homemade coaster
wagon collided with an automobile
on Grain highway in Prince Georges
County, Md.
Talmidge o. Kendrickson, 26, Of
533 Seventh street Sc, suffered cuts
and bruises on his right leg yester-
day afternoon when his automobile
and a Capital Traction Co. bus COL
lided at Fourth and M streets S.W.
He was treated at Providence Hos
pital.
Vernon Shepard, 38, of SPRING
field, Va. was believed to be in a
serious condition at Georgetown
Hospital from conclusion of the
brain suffered yesterday afternoon
in an automobile collision at Bradley
boulevard and Wilson lane, near
Bethesda, Md The driver Of the
other car escaped injury.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Dull Foreign Exchange
Holds Rates Even

BOSTON, Aug. 5 GP,.-A dull for
eign exchange market today held
rates even with or close to figures
reported at yesterdays closing.
Closing rates:
Great Britain in dollars. others
in cents. Great Britain, 4.68 3-16:
60-day bills, 467; Canada, Montreal
in Boston, 10000: Canada, Boston
in Montreal. 10000; Belgium, 16 $685.;
Denmark, 2090l2; Finland, 207;
France, 2.65; Germany, 40.1312;
benevolent, 1925; travel, 22.75;
Greece, .857s; Hungary, 1870; Italy,
5.26l4; Netherlands, 53.32; Norway.
1888; Poland. 1884; Portugal, 4.28;
Rumania. 70; Sweden, 24.12h;
Switzerland, 2258; Argentina (ofi- :
ciaD, 3l.20; Argentina free), 1920;
Brazil (off1ciaD, sos; Brazil (free)
$40; Mexico, 100; Japan. 27.30:
Hong Kong, 28.74; Shanghai, s.65;
Yugoslavia, 231.
Rates in spot cables unless other
wise indicated.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
(OIdest w. & N.
AIumnus to Mark
85th Birthday
BY the Associated Press,

oy tne hSSOClEteu FTeSbs
WILLIAMSBURG. Va, Aug. s.
John Peyton Little, jr., Oldest living
alumnus of the College Of William
and Mary. once listed as dead on
the college records, will celebrate
his 85th birthday anniversary Au-
gust IL.
Mr.. Little, the son of DR.. John
Peyton Little of Richmond and
Williamsburg, lived here during his
youth and received his degree from
William and Mary in 1874.
Mr.. Little, in letter to President
John Stewart Bryan from his Clear
water, Fla, home, said he was not
old, but that he had lust lived a
good many years"
Recorded as dead" on the college
records for many years, Mr.. Little
was found" through correspond
ence, and in November, 1887, he and
Mrs. Little were the guests Of the
college at the annual home coming
celebration. At that time he was
presented with the alumni medal
lion.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
D'0rsay Pa|mer's S Widow
Sues for S50O,OO0
BY the Associated Press.

BY tEe Associated Press.
SARASOTA, Fla, Aug. 5.-Pluma
Louise Palmer sued her socially
prominent father-in-law, Honore
Palmer. for $500,OOO damages today
as the result of his court attempt to
have her removed as administrative
of the estate of her late husband,
Potter D'Orsay Palmer.
The ex-waitress, who was the
fourth wife of the playboy heir,
charged Honore Palmer had sought
to bring her into public scandal,
disgrace and III repute."
Mrs. Palmer's attorney, Frank
Redd. sr., also filed an answer to her
laws charges in the estate
litigation, fatty denying any mis-
management of the estates assets.
The senior Palmer charged a $1,000
appraisal was too low. to which his
sons widow answered the valua-
ton of the estate was not her duty
but that of court-appointed ap-
praisers.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Transit Revenue Indicator

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 (SpeciaD -
Revenues for the transit industry,
for the week ending July %, 1899,
based on telegraphic reports re-
ceived from representative group
of transit operating companies,
showed moderate increase from
last year. Transit Journals Revenue
Indicator stands at 103.54, which
represents gain of 3.54 per cent
from the corresponding week in 1898.
For the week ending July %, 1899,
the Indicator was 10817.
The Indicator figure for the latest
week is lower than for the preceding
week but remained at approximately
the same level reached before the
sharp rise of last week.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Hope for Boy Abandoned

CRAMER, Mimi, Aug. P.-
Hope was virtually abandoned late
today for 2-year-old Kelly Whitman,
lost from his brushland home near
here since last Tuesday, after an
intensive four-day search failed to
produce a single trace of the boy.
o. M. Eckbeck. State forest ranger,
said possemen halted their search
this afternoon.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Ex-Senutor's Sister Dies

FA1RMONT, w. Va, Aug. S P).-
Miss Lucy Lee Watson, SIS, sister of
former United States Senator Clar-
ence Watson, died today after b long
illness. She was a daughter of the
late James Otis Watson, pioneer
West Virginia coal operator.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
National.
Washington and Vicinity.

Illegal slot machines operate openly
at Maryland beaches. Page Al
Progress made on revising landlord
tenant court. Page Al
Session produced more D. c. legis-
lation than usual. Page Al
Eight injured in crash between bus
and automobile. Page Az
A. F. G.. E. studies plan for legislative
representative. Page B-1
District prepared to mail out realty
tax bills Page B-1
Commissioners expect to refuse
Schultz milk plea. Page B-l
War Department officials move to
Munitions Building Page B-1
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Weather Conditions Last "a Hours.

Weather Conditions Last "a Hours.
Pressure continues abnormally high
southeast of Newfoundland and to the
east Of Bermuda, s. S President Harding.
1922 millbars (3O.4s inchesl. while
slight trough of low pressure extends from
the Canadian Maritime PROVINCES south
westward to Northern Florida. Pressure is
relatively high over the Middle Atlantic
States and the Upper Ohio Valley. Elkins.
w Va. 1853 millibars 5000 inches
disturbance is moving southeastward over
the Northern Plains, Prince Albert, 6as-
katchewan, 1890 millibars go 80 inches,
with q secondary disturbance over the
Middle Plains. North Platte; Nebr.. 1901 o
milibars SO inches), while pressure Is
rising along the North Pacific Coast. Lam
cara Island. British Columbia. 1O25.4 milli-
bars (3O2S inches) During the last "a
hours there have been showers over North
eastern sections and in scattered areas over
the West Gulf States. the Southeastern
States the Southern Rocky Mountain re-
zion. and at few points in the Northern
Plains Temperatures continue rather high
over the Plains region but much cooler
weather has oyerspread the Northern Rocky
Mountain region.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
at Harpers Ferry late yesterday.
IT, N
Evening star., 1939-08-06

Rome boasts that its famous Via
Vittorio Veneto Is always a mass OF
flowers. and it has become an at
traction for world tourists.