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Evening star., 1939-10-20
Gardening Ordered

Tenants of cottage plots In Lao
ighis, Fire, who do not cultivate their
gardens during the coming year will
be dispossessed of both cottages and
plots, according to an official notice.
Evening star., 1939-10-20

Within the Hall of Pantu hisrpiercing cry
was heard. Ahtea smiled scornfully. He
can never break through my guards. Even
if he should, he cannot save you now!"
Then the queen waved the high priest
to his station at the lever which would
open the fiery abyss.
Evening star., 1939-10-20
LETTER-OUT
STAR FLASHES
By Fontoine Fox

from
you LetteredOu"
recty they string up"
Saturdays LETTER-OUT.
Letter-Out.
Ox) ENLINK-LINEN comes from flax.
TAOISM-MOATS protective ditches).
ON) PERIANDER-REPAIRED (mended).
KERRITE-RETIRE (they don't work more).
(S) KERSHAW-HAWKER (street peddler)
Evening star., 1939-10-20

Mother-We will wash our hands,
and then I'll show you how to open
your new book
Sister-Bill is learning to take
such good care of his books, III
let him look at mine now.
Evening star., 1939-10-20

The mighty Tarzan took no account of the
numbers arrayed against him. Bounding
forward with the speed Of charging lion
the fierce challenge cry of the bull-ape
ringing from his throat, the jungle lord
leaped directly into the midst of the yellow
guardSmen.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Why Must
They Die?

Eighty-six persons were
killed last year in traffic acci-
dents in the District of Co.
lumbia-a needless sacrifice
Of lives. The 1899 record is
now being made. It will de-
pend on the degree of care
exercised in driving here.
The Star, believing a study
Of fatal accidents may cause
motorists to drive more care
fully, will offer during 1899 a
factual analysis of each fatal
accident in the District Of
Columbia, illustrated by pic
lures or sketches. What was
the accident? Where did it
occur? What factors were
involved? These facts, as pre-
sented, will be based upon
official findings.
The first of the series, al
though the third fatal acci-
dent of the year, is presented
today. An analysis of the first
and second fatalities will be
given after the coroner's in
quest. See Page B-1.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Dr.. Price, Protesting
Service ofG. H. A.,
Resigns Staff
Says Members Have to
Wait os Long as q
Week to See Doctor

DR.. Richard H. Price today re-
signed from the Group Health AS
sociation, where he has been in
charge of internal medicine for
more than year. He gave the "un-
satisfactory medical service" accord
ed the G. H. A. members as his rea-
son for leaving the association,
which is cooperative medical en-
terprise.
Members of the association some
times have to wait as long as a week
or more to see doctor whom they
should see at once, DR.. Price said of
the unsatisfactory service"
He complained further that men,
bers are treated like a herd of
sheep instead of being given the
service afforded the private pa
tients of physicians.
DR.. Price also said that a num-
Der of patients have not yet had
the major operations promised them
and that home calls are made by
physicians other than those who
have seen the patients at the Group
Health clinic.
DR.. Price went to the Group Health
Association from the National In
stitute of Health.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Capitals 'ApriI'Weother
Will End Tomorrow

Washington's April weather which
has persisted since the first of the
year will end tomorrow night prob
ably in freeze, the Weather Bu-
reau predicted today Generally
fair conditions will prevail in the
District today and most of tomor-
row. Freezing weather is expected
late tomorrow night. A low tenn
perature of As degrees is expected
for tonight.
The highest temperature during
the last "a hours was SO degrees,
registered at 2 pm. yesterday. The
low was 81 degrees at l am today.
At 10:30 am. the thermometer reg
istered So degrees.
The colds snap expected tomorrow
will come out of the Northwest, the
forecaster said, and there will be
moderate to fresh west and north
west winds. Storm warnings for
small craft were ordered put up
from Sandy Hook to Eastport, Me-,
where strong southwest and west
winds are expected along the coast.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Rare Specimen of Rhinoceros
To Come to Washington Zoo
British-Coptured Indian Male to Be Held
At Calcutta for Shipment in Spring

One of the rarest and most valu-
able exhibition animals in the world,
and Indian rhinoceros. has been cap
tured for the Washington Zoo in the
jungles of Assam, province in
Northeast India, and now awaits
shipment to the United States at
the Calcutta Zoo.
DR.. William NJ Mann. Zoo director
made this announcement today
after receiving by airmail an ac-
count from a Calcutta newspaper of
the capture of the rhino. healthy
3-year-old male. The fast-vanish-
ing Indian rhino sometimes COM
mands a price over $4,000
One of Few in World.
The Indian rhino', If it arrives
here safely after voyage half
around the world, will be one of a
very few in the United States, or in
the world, for that matter
The animal, all but extinct, lives
in the wild state only on the Jungle
grown, swampy plains of Assam.
Despite strict game laws. the In
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Roosevelt PLANNING
Caribbean Cruise
In February
Will Witness Part of
Fleet Moneuvers
And Relax
Bv the Associated Press.

President Roosevelt, it was learned
authoritatively today, has decided
tentatively on a Caribbean cruise
starting about February 18.
The trip will have the double pur-
pose Of enabling him to witness part
of the combined fleet maneuvers
between Cuba and the South Amer
ican coast and of affording him
relaxation from the grind of getting
the new Congress well N its way.
Although three shiys are under
consideration for the journey. official
sources thought the cruiser Houston.
an old favorite for presidential
voyages, would be used.
This vessel was used by Mr..
Roosevelt last summer for his trip
from the West Coast through the
Panama Canal to Pensacola, Fla
1t also took him to Hawaii in 1894
The President, it was said, prob
ably will embark at Charleston, S. c.,
February 10 or 20 and spend about
10 days or two weeks cruising and
watching the mimic feet and air
OdCt1C III uClCIloc VI Vic TdIldUla
Canal.
BLACK" and white" Armadas
already are converging on the
Guantanamo Bay area from the
East and West coasts. About 140
surface craft will take part in the
maneuvers. known technically as
Problem 90" The feet later will
go to New York for the Worlds
Fair.
Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire,
who Is doing double duty as surgeon
general of the Navy and as the Presi-
dent S personal physician, will ac-
company Mr. Roosevelt, as will Capt
Daniel J. Callaghan, chief naval
aide.
Should Mr. Roosevelt leave WASH
ington, February 18, he would have
to forego a trip to his Hyde Park
IN. " home over Washington S
birthday. His only other scheduled
trip is one to Warm Springs, Ga,
where he plans to spend 10 days or
two weeks in late March and early
April
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Prince Georges Gaming Houses
Ordered Closed in Drive
County Commissioners Join Wheot|ey
In Drastic Enforcement Move

nifty from Washington when the law
enforcement officers there drove
them out, was said by well-informed
persons to have more than trebled
its gambling population and activi-
ties since the congressional act for
the District of Columbia made pos
session of numbers slips prima facie
evidence of guilt of gambling.
1t was made plain by the Board
of Commissioners that "Jimmy's
Place." a notorious gambling estab-
lishment just across the District line
on the Bladensburg road, will be no
exception in the cleanup order. This
place, operating behind high board
fence and drawing its patronage al
most exclusively from Washington,
has been bone of contention in the
county for several years, but no
definite action has ever been taken
against it.
Mr.. Wheatley, in a statement last
night, said no exceptions would be
made In the prosecution of cases
brought before him. Several hours
(See GAMBLING Page A-s0
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Carols Palace Guarded :
Bomb Plot Denied
J, the Associated Press.


BUCHAREST. Jan. 10.-Police ad-
mitted today that special precau-
tions had been taken to guard King
Carols palace, but reused to discuss
rumors that bomb plot against the
monarch had ben uncovered.
In official quarters, where the re-
ports were denied, it was indicated
the rumors might have arisen from
an explosion Saturday night in a
Bucharest suburb in which a student
of chemistry was killed and another
injured. One student was arrested
and identified as a brother of an
official who had access to the palace.
AS investigation of the explosion
continued, the possibility that the
students engaged in political activity
was not ruled out.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
De Mile Carries On
From Hospital Bed
By TIE Associated Press

BY tie Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 1O.-Cecil B.
De Mile, who's been making movies
Is years, carried on today from a
hospital stretcher.
The 57-year-old director collapsed
Saturday night after recurrence of
a condition for which he under
went an operation in 1898.
He was ordered to bed for two
weeks, but on Sunday, microphones
were installed in his home and he
acted as master of ceremonies on
a radio program honoring his old
time film associate, Jesse L. Lasky.
Yesterday, on a stretcher, he di-
rected scenes for Union Pacific"
and last night went to a raio theater
for another broadcast.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
School to Teach New House Members
Plight Of District Is Planned

Veteran House members planned
today to request Speaker Bankhead
to set aside an hour or two before
national legislation takes the spot
light so they may acquaint the 1859
new members with the legislative
problems of the voteless residents
of the District.
The idea is attributed to Repre-
sentative Everett Mckinley Dirksen,
ranking minority member of the
District Committee, who believes a
thorough explanation to the new
House members of how Congress
must function as q legislature for
the District may lead them to take
a deep interest in local legislations
In recent years, Mr.. Dirksen
Evening star., 1939-01-10

pointed out, District day" in the
House e-the day devoted to consider
alton of local legislation-has been
a Roman holiday" But if House
members are fully informed of the
problems of the District and the
activities of the committee which
handles its legislation, Mr.. Dirksen
is confident there will be no more.
Representative Jennings Ran
dolph, Democrat, of West Virginia,
who is slated to head the District
Committee in the new Congress
and Chautauqua speaker of re-
nown-is expected to be assigned to
tell the new House members all he
knows about the District and its
legislative problems. Mr.. Dirksen
has volunteered to help.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Freighter Wrecks
Delaware Bridge,
Killing Tender
Ship, Rudder FouIed,
Roms Spon, TumbIing
1t Into Canal
b. the Associated Press.

ST. GEORGES, Del, Jan. 10.-The
freighter Waukegan crashed into
the Du Pont Highway bridge across
the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
today, tumbling the span into the
waterway and killing a bridge en-
ploye.
The Maritime Commission said the
impact stove a hole above the water
line in the vessels bow, wedged in
the wreckage of the steel bridge.
Robert Quinn. A, bridge tender,
was killed. William Oakes, As, his
companion, was taken to hospital
with both legs broken.
The freighter and the tangled
wreckage of the bridge blocked the
waterway. Highway traffic between
Wilmington, 16 miles to the north,
and Southern Delaware points was
detoured over the Summit bridge
half dozen miles to the west.
Rudder Fouled.
Spectators said the 6,OOO-ton
freighter apparently went out of
control when her rudder fouled.
The ship rammed one of the two
180-foot towers between which the
bridge stretches across the 25O-foot
canal.
Clement Vaughan, a United States
surveyor at work nearby, said the
ship apparently went out of con-
troll suddenly. He said both an
chors were dropped and the engines
were ordered full speed astern.
But the freighter swept on. It
jammed into the North Bridge
tower.
That tower crumpled and fell
with a splash and roar into the
canal, Is feet deep at that point.
The wreckage caught fast the prov
of the ship.
The roadbed of the bridge. which
is raised like an elevator between
the two towers to permit vessels to
pass, also fell, carrying with it the
top section of the south tower.
Terrible Noise.
4llcIC "do d CC1 1AlOAC llO1oC, od1O
one witness, "and the whole thing
seemed to collapse. The bridge struc-
ture fell on the forward part Of
the ship.
"The booth in which the operator
was working fell in the canal. I
couldn't see the operator"
The Waukegan, of which John L.
REYNOLDS is captain, was en- route
from Philadelphia to London by
way of Baltimore. The vessel owned
bv the U. S. Maritime Commission
and built in 1919, was one of two
vessels that entered the eastern
end of the canal shortly after dawn
Telephone communication in a
wide area was disrupted. A cable
across the bridge was broken.
The high towers of the bridge
were visible for miles throughout
the virtually level countryside. The
village of st. Georges found itself
q town divided, with no means of
passage between its halves on either
| side Of the canal except by small
boats.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
By staf Correspondent Of The Star.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Jan.
10.-Police today were ordered by
the Prince Georges County Board
of Commissioners Immediately to
close all gambling houses in the
county in one of the most drastic
moves in this nearby Washington
section in years.
In a special meeting as a board
OF police commissioners, the county
governing body joined with States
Attorney H. Winship Wheatley, jr,
In a campaign of strict law enforce
ment.
Meantime, Sergt. Elon Turner and
Pvt. Edwin C. Cissel of the county
police started their own cleanup
campaign. Raiding one place where
paraphernalia used in various forms
of gambling was confiscated and one
man arrested, the two officers later
confiscated one of the new types of
coin machines which was paying
off in cash.
Prince Georges County, for years
the mecca of the gambling frater-
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Senators to Quiz
Three Newsmen
About Hopkins
By the Associated Press.

The Senate Commerce Committee
may question three Washington
newspaper correspondents tomor-
row in an effort to determine
whether Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins ever said, "We will spend
and spend, and tax and tax and elect
and elect"
The committee, it was learned,
has asked Arthur Krock, chief of
the Washington Bureau of the New
York Times; Frank Kent, COL
umnist for the Baltimore Sun, and
Joseph Asop. also a columnist, to
be present tomorrow for hearings on
Mr.. Hopkins nomination.
A number of newspapers have
quoted Mr.. Hopkins as sounding the
spend -taX-elect cry in conversation
with friend while he was w. P. A.
administrator.
Mr.. Hopkins has denied saying it.
Evening star., 1939-01-10

dian rhiro' has been hunted almost
out of existence by natives who sell
its hairy horn and relish it's meat.
The horn commands it weight in
gold in the East, where popular
superstition credits it with miracu-
lous powers of rejuvenation, and
with a quality of destroying the evil
effects of poison.
Because of the rarity of the ami
NAL, export permits are almost i'm
possible to obtain. DR.. Mann's hopes
of getting an Eastern rhino were
dashed while he was in Sumatra re-
Gently. Word came that an expedi-
ton had tracked down and cap
tured Javan rhino', but the animal
died before he could be brought out
of the jungle
Worked to bag" Rhino'.
For years the American consul
general in India, j. c. White, has
been working to bag" rhino' for
the Zoo Last fall he was informed
that government forest raEge had
(Cao puTNOCEDOC po0n y
Evening star., 1939-01-10
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, JAN 10-Prime Min
lister Chamberlain, alarmed by re-
ports of new intensive Italian
German campaign for domination of
the Western Mediterranean, left for
Rome today to discover the 1899
aims of the Rome-Berlin- Toxic tri-
angle.
Armed with his famous gold
knobbed umbrella, the 69-year-old
prime minister boarded the Golden
Arrow Express for Paris at II am.
6 am, E. S. to
A group of jobless who had gath
cred to see him off greeted him
with shouts of "appease the unem-
ployed-not Mussolini."
Chamberlain carried with him a
last-minute report of French Am
bassador Charles Corbin, who ex-
pressed fears that Germany's new
fleet of "minnow submarines" was
being built mainly to hamper
French-British shipping in the
| Western Mediterranean.
Informed quarters admitted that
this premise together with the sue
cess of Generalissimo Francisco
Frances 1talian-German-supported
drive In Eastern Spain was causing
the prime minister a great deal of
worry.
Both Catcalls and Cheers.
About 500 persons crowded into
Downing Street when Chamberlain
left his official residence at 1851
am. Both cheers and catcalls
greeted his wave.
Another crowd jammed the plat
form at Victoria Station where the
group OF unemployed paraded past
the official party carrying a black
coffin.
The French Ambassador met the
Prime Minister and Foreign Sec
retary Viscount Halifax at the sta
tiQp. Chamberlain and Halifax
were expected to hear more about
French fears for the safety of their
trade routes when they stop for tea
with Premier Daladier and Foreign
Minister Georges Bonnet in Paris
this afternoon.
Until late Yesterday afternoon it
appeared Chamberlain expected to
do little more in his four-day Rome
visit than establish personal con-
tact with Premier Mussolini.
To Seek Personal Friendship.
1t is known theory to the Prime
Minister that if he can make a
personal friend out of Mussolini he
will be able to hold restrain
ing hand on the activities of the
anti-comintern triangle-Italy, Ger
many and Japan. After 1899 Cham
berlain hopes the success of Brit
aims vast rearmament program will
be sufficient to restrain them.
But last-minute reports wung the
spotlight away from I'alian cries
for share of the Fre..ch Mediter-
ranean empire to the immediate
prospect of an insurgent victory in
Spain.
Official reports here disclosed that
Franco had not been able to pay
for supplies received from Italy and
tSee CHAMBERLAIN, Page A-5J
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Business Manager
Under Commissioners
Considered for D. {.
Report Recommendations
Expected to Center
Financial Activities
BY JAMES E. CHINN,


to be recommended as the principal
feature of plan being developed
by municipal experts for increasing
efficiency and economy in the Dis
trlct government. it was learned
today from members of the House
District Committee who have closely
followed the congressional-directeo
reorganization survey since its in
ception last summer.
The business manager would be
subordinate only to the Board o1
Commissioners. He would be EN-.
powered to supervise the f1nancia
activities of every department ir
the District government, frame the
annual budget and exercise con.
troll over all expenditures.
With the lone exception of thu
creation of the Office of business
manager. no radical changes in tn.
administrative setup of the mu.
nicipal government are said to bt
contemplated. The present COM
mission form of government, estab.
lished in 1878, would be retained
with two civilian Commissioners
and an engineer Commissioner Sc.
lected from the Army constituting
the Board of Commissioners.
Departments Face Changes.
Numerous changes. however. ART
to be recommended in the variou!
departments and agencies of ths
municipal government, particularly
with view to effecting economic:
in operation. The experts. it was
said. have found many instances o1
overlapping and duplication of serv.
ices, which they propose to correct
through consultations.
Details, however, have not yet
been revealed. But those most like.
ly to be recommended, it is under.
stood. are the long proposed union
between the Metropolitan and PARK
Police forces and the various rec.
reational agencies, the administra.
ton of which is now divided be.
tween Federal and District depart.
ments.
The municipal experts also art
understood to be prepared to recon-.
mend enactment of oft-proposec
legislation that would give the Com.
missioners increased powers-auth.
ority to carry out comparatively
minor municipal duties which nov
must have the sanction of Congress
For instance, a gasoline pipe lint
cannot be installed on the Potomac
water front without Congressional
legislation. And, too. the Commits
sioners cannot grant a license tt
qualified person who wants t
practice the healing arts withou
the approval of Congress.
Studied by Engineers.
The reorganization study has beer
made by Chicago firm of mum
cipal engineers headed by E. O
Griffenhagen, who some years ag,
recommended change in the set
up of the municipal administration
in Baltimore which was followed
Congress appropriated $4,000 for tn
District survey, which was ex
hausted several months ago. Addi
tional funds are to be requested
to pay Mr.. Grif1enhagen's firm suf
ficient funds to prevent a loss.
Mr.. Griffenhagen's report is no
expected to be completed before th'
end of the month. He had planned
to return to Washington today tt
apply the finishing touches to tn,
detail work of his assistants, bu
the latest reports from Chicago in
dicate he will not be here unit
next week, when he plans to whir
the entire reorganization plan int
(See DISTRICT PAGE A-4l
Evening star., 1939-01-10
BY JOHN C. HENRY.

Two veteran "irreconcilables" of
the Senate, the Republican Borah
OF Idaho and the Independent Nor
ris OF Nebraska, led a spirited de-
fense OF New Deal appointee today
as they questioned closely the wit
neses appearing before a Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee to oppose
appointment of Prof. Felix Frank
furter to the Supreme Court.
With Dean Acheson, former Un-
dersecretary of the Treasury and
close personal friend of the nominee,
waiting to appear as DR.. Frank
furters counsel, the committee first
called on several who had asked op-
portunity to oppose the nomination.
The hearing adjourned shortly
after noon until tomorrow when Mr..
Acheson will be heard.
AS the subcommittee headed by
Senator Nicely, Democrat, of West
Virginia opened hearings on the
Frankfurter appointment, another
subcommittee headed by Senator
Logan, Democrat, of Kentucky pre-
pared to meet this afternoon to dis
cuss advisability of hearings on the
naming Of Frank Murphy, former
Governor of Michigan, as Attorney
General.
Several Hundred Attend.
Moving from its small Capitol
quarters to larger hearing room in
the Senate Office Building, the Neely
Subcommittee drew a capacity au-
dience of several hundred.
On motion of Senator Connally,
Democrat, of Texas, the subcommit-
tee voted, 5 to /, to limit witnesses
to 80 minutes each. Senator Norris
voted against the limitation.
The first witness was Coils o.
Redd of the Constitutional CRU
saders of America, sometimes known
as Soldiers of the Cross.
Explaining that he represented
the interests of everybody but the
c. I. O. and the A. F. L." Mr.. Redd
said he was opposing the appoint
ment of DR.. Frankfurter ION demo-
cratic principles.
"All I've got against him is that
he favors the New Deal of liberalism
of the brain trusters and not of our
forefathers," Mr. Redd said after
accusing the nominee of being the
father of the N. r. A."
Questioned Sharply by Borah.
| Questioned sharply by Senator
Borah, after several references to
Prof. Frankfurter's being Jewish,
the witness insisted he was not op.
posed to the nominee on this ground.
Il am the whole works myself"
Mr.. Redd concluded when asked
about the membership of his Or
ganiZation
George E. Sullivan, Washington
attorney, was the next witness. He
opposed confirmation, basing his
objections on the following char
acterizations of the appointee:
/. Alien-born. prof Frankfurter
was born in Austria)
2. minded affiliations. Mr..
Sullivan said Prof. Frankfurter has
been member of the Civil Liberties
Union.
3. Alien -mindedness Here Mr..
Sullivan quoted a magazine article
in which Prof Frankfurter wrote
that The Supreme Court is the
Constitution"
4. Appointment would wrong our
Jewish Americans" would promote
racial intolerance"
Pro-PrOpaganda Assailed.
Mr. Sullivan closed by urging that
press propaganda in support of
the nominee be dealt with as con-
tempt" of the Senate.
COL Wade H. Cooper, like Mr.. Sui
livan Washington attorney repre-
sentipg only himself, appeared next
| lSee FRANKFIIRTER PAGE A.al