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Evening star., 1939-05-03
Two Cited on Charqe!
OF lmpersonating
Federal Officials
Forty Indictments Are
Returned by District
Court Grand Jury

Two men were indicted today by
the District Court grand jury on
charges of impersonating Govern
ment ofhcials-one an agent of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and
the other letter carrier In all, 40
indictments were handed up today
to Justice James M. Proctor in
Criminal Court No. /.
Edward v. Riegelsperger, AZ. OF
705 Sixth street NV, truck driver
was accused of pretending to be a
special agent of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation and on February
II demanding of Jack E. Key, en-
ploye of a credit company in the
700 block of Seventh street NV,
two women's dresses, valued at
$1,000.
The grand jury indicted Burch
Sizer, colored, 40, accusing him of
obtaining $6 from DR.. Charles j
Shellhorn, 21OO Nineteenth street
NV, last August 10 on pretense OF
being a letter carrier
Willie James Ross, colored, 81
was indicted on charge of second
degree murder in the fatal stab
bing of Willie Ray Ross, colored, 26,
his common-law wife, on April 10
at 1920 Macomb street NV. Po-
lice said Ross told them the woman
threatened him.
Charles c. Jackson, colored, 49,
was indicted on a charge of man
slaughter in connection with the
Staying of Edward Washington, col
ored, %, at Clarks court S.W.
Washington died on April %, day
after he was injured with a brick.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are: Joseph Stanaitis,
nonsupport of wife; Merle Johnson,
James c. Proctor, joyriding and
grand larceny; James R. Carter and
Nelson S. De Gore, grand larceny;
Nelson S. De Gore, robbery; Daniel
R. Holland, William H. Preston,
Everett Taylor, Alonzo F. Daddys-
man, Luther G. Kirk, Milton Vigal,
Frank Nash, William A. Page, John
H. Sherwood, jr., housebreaking and
larceny; John H. Sherwood, jr.,
forgery and uttering; Frederick R.
Stewart, violation National Motor
Vehicle Theft Act; George Williams
and Joseph Martin, violation OF the
Numbers Act; Kenneth Morgan,
William H. Cole, Frank Vaughn,
Edward E. Davis, James A. jackson
and Homer Jackson, assault with
dangerous weapon, and James w.
Palmer, abortion.
Evening star., 1939-05-03
Band Concert

BY the United States Marine
Band Symphony Orchestra this eve
ming at 8 o'clock in the Marine Bar
racks auditorium Capt. Taylor
Branson, leader; William F. Santle-
man, second leader.
Program.
Overture, "Polyeucte" -DukaS
"Symphony No. in E Minor"
Opus "a Tschaikowsky
I. Andante-Allegro con anima.
II. Andante Cantabile.
III. Valse, Allegro moderate.
~. Andante maestoso-Allegro
Vivace.
Hungarian Rhapsody for Violoncello
and Orchestra" Opus 68 Pepper
(Soloist, Musician John Auer0
Symphonic poem, "Stenka Razine,"
Opus 13---- ------ Glazounow
Overture and Bacchanale from
"Tannhauser" ---W Wagner
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1939-05-03
Firm Challenges
Arlington S Ban
On Bi||boards
Plans Appeal to Court
On Refusal to Issue
Permits

A legal battle contesting the
validity of the billboard regulations
of the Arlington County CVa) zon-
ing ordinance has been started in
the county Circuit Court, it was
learned today.
Naming Donald R. Locke, zoning
administrator of the county, as
defendant, the General outdoor Ad-
vertising Co. of New Jersey, Inc,
has filed a motion for a declaratory
judgment on the legality of the
retroactive clause in the recent bill
board amendment to the zoning
ordinance.
The company has also given no
tice to Virginia State Highway
Commissioner H. G. Shirley that it
will appeal to the Richmond Cir
cult Court his refusal to issue in
dividual permits for the mainte-
nance of 81 billboards in Arlington
County.
In the motion filed in Arlington
the company alleges the signs cost
about $3.50 each and were erected
prior to the adoption of the Airing
ton County zoning ordinance on
April 26, 1880. On April of this
year. it is alleged, the company was
notified that it must tear down the
81 signs within 80 days.
In cooperation with the States
recent efforts to clear the highways
of billboards and other signs, Ar
lington County recently amended
its zoning ordinance banning bill
boards from any area not zoned
heavy industrial" All applications
to the State for permits, therefore.
are sent to the county so that local
authorities may determine if the
proposed sign would violate the To-
cal ordinance. The county notifies
the State of its recommendation,
and the Virginia authorities pass
on the application in accordance
with the recommendation.
The company expresses the be-
lief that those signs which we're
erected before the county had its
zoning regulations are exempt from
the requirements of conforming to
the regulations later imposed.
Evening star., 1939-05-03
Increased Use of Coal
Described by Speaker

The increasing use of coal in the
manufacture of chemical products
was described as an aid to mine oper-
ators last night by L. F. Livingston,
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., ex-
ecutive, in a talk before the Wash
ington section of the American So
ciety of Agricultural Engineers at
Wesley Hall.
Mr.. Livingston said that chemical
conversation today accounts for IS
to 20 per cent of the consumption of
coal, and the proportion is growing" 3"
He pointed out that one chemical
plant alone consumes a million tons
of coal per year in making more than
100 products, including antifreeze,
fertilizer, plastics, refrigerants and
solvents.
Although the coal industry IS
hardly prosperous one" he asserted,
"it is a recognized fact that it's plight
would be even worse without the new
chemical outlet research has Gre
ated."
Evening star., 1939-05-03
Baltimore Reflects
Mayor Jackson by
24,536 Majority
Democratic Leaders
Blame Small Margin
On Dull Campaign
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, May 3.-Mayor
Howard w. jackson won a fourth
term despite a Democratic factional
split that reduced his majority to
24,536 votes and gave his young
Republican opponent several usually
Democratic precincts in the munich
pal elections yesterday.
Slightly more than half those eli
gible voted, giving Mayor Jackson
109,36S and Theodore R. McKeldin
1882 in complete returns from All
precincts.
Mayor Jackson's least support
came from those precincts domi-
mated by William Curran, attorney
and political leader, who with How
ard Bruce, Democratic national
committeeman, led Gov. O'Connor' S
successful campaign against Mayo,
Jackson in the gubernatorial pri-
mary last September.
The factionalism appeared out
wardly to have been healed since
Charles Buck, Gov O'Conor's candi-
date for mayor in the primary, was
defeated by Mayor Jackson month
ago by $4,000 votes, the largest
mayoral majority in Baltimore
history.
Evening star., 1939-05-03
Why Must They Die?

The Star, belieDing study OF
fatal accidents may cause motor
lists to help reduce the 1910 traffic
toll belo,D the S6 of 1888, this year
Is Offering q tactual, illustrated
analysis OF each fatal accident in
the District. Facts, as presented
are based on Official findings, as
reuealed at each coroner'S inquest.
Facts regarding the ninth trat-
tfc death, as DeH as the 10Th, both
hit-run cases, are still incoT-
plete. Today the details OF the
31st death appear. At this time
last year, 29 persons had been
killed in traffic.
Evening star., 1939-05-03
Fire Damages Homes
In Southeast

Three homes in the 1900 block OF
Ridge place Sc. were damaged
today by fire which broke out In one
of the Easements.
Firemen, responding to an alarm
turned in from the Anacostla High
School box a short distance from
the fire, quickly brough the flames
under control and damage was kept
under $1,000, officers estimated.
The homes were those of j. P.
Smith, 1888 Ridge place Sc; Frank
Davis. 1910 Ridge place, and Arthur
Jacobs, 1342 Ridge place. The
blaze started, police said, IN the
basement of the Davis home.
Evening star., 1939-05-03

he comes downtown-though not
often.
Long before the present public
school system got its start, Mr.. Heit-
muller, as boy, attended parochial
schools-aad eventually took up
farming. AS young man he helped
work farm that stood just north
Of Thomas Circle. Among his men,
cries are the visits Abraham Lincoln
paid to the Soldiers Home. Often
he saw the Civil War President go
out Lincoln road, in the summer
time, to the cool Of the great estate
north Of Michigan avenue.
Evening star., 1939-05-03
Weothermon Warns
Mercury Is on Way
Up for Summer

Any cool weather Washington
gets from now until next fall
may be counted as pure velvet"
the Weather Bureau forecaster
said today. To cinch his argu-
ment he reminded local resi-
dents that just last week they
were "stewing in summer heat
while still wearing winter
clothes
He said the general tendency
Of temperature here will be up
ward throughout this month.
Officially, he forecast a rising
temperature for the remainder
of the week. With the tenn
perature at SIS degrees at noon,
a drop to AZ degrees was expect
ed tonight. During the last "a
hours the high temperature was
so degrees at 2 pm. yesterday
and the low of Al degrees was
recorded at 2 am. today.
Evening star., 1939-05-03
Gen. Beck to Command
Philippine Division

The War Department today as
signed Maj Gen. Robert McC. Beck,
jr., to duty as commander of the
Army's Philippine Division.
He will relieve Maj. Gen. Walter
S. Grant, who has commanded the
division since last October and will
soon take command of the Philip
pine Department.
The new division chief has been
assistant chief of the Army general
staff in charge of operations and
training since March, 1898. The or
ders directed him to sail for Manila
in September.
Evening star., 1939-05-03
Locher to Be Speaker

John Locher, president Of the
Washington Central Labor Union,
will be the principal speaker tonight
during radio broadcast marking
the 10th anniversary of founding of
the Milk Drivers and Dairy En-
ployes' Union, No. 246. The program
is to be heard through Station
WJSV at 10:30 o'clock.
Labor's views on the dairy in
dustry here are to be explained by
James A. Holden, financial secre-
tary-treasurer Of the union.
Evening star., 1939-05-03
Home Accidents Rival
Warm TotoI Killed

More than $4,000 persons were
killed in home accidents during the
past 18 months, w. Graham Cole,
safety director of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co. of New York,
declared at a meeting last night
sponsored by the Washington Safety
Society in the North Interior Build
ing auditorium.
Comparing this with 50,51O men
killed in the American Army during
its months in the World War, Mr..
Cole suggested mass education as a
solution to the problem of accidents
in the home.
Evening star., 1939-05-03
Van Nuys Back in D. c.
After Operation
nv thu Associated preSs

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Van Nuys, Democrat, of
Indiana returned to the Capital
today after undergoing an abdom-
inal operation at the Mayo Clinic
in Rochester, MINI.
The Senator said he was feeling
pretty good" and expected to be able
to resume his official duties shortly.
Evening star., 1939-05-03
Davies Name
|sLinked With
Fair Trade Bill
Casey Renews Charge
McKesson Lobbied
For Measure

The Districts fair trade practice
bill is an offshoot of the Miller
Tydings national fair trade bill
which was pushed through Con
gress with the help, among other, {
the McKesson- Robbins Drug &C
Eugene Casey, known as Farmer.
told a subcommittee of the Hous
District Committee today.
Mr.. Casey, an opponent of tt
bill, linked the names of Joseph /
Davies, American Ambassador
Belgium and the -in-law
Senator Tydings, Democrat, {
Maryland, the co-author of the Mi
ler-Tydings bill, with McKessol-
Robbins operations in behalf of Il
legislation. The witness said he reI
resented the Maryland Farm b
reau and the National Grange.
Renews Charges.
washington attorneys for Il
famous McKesson and Robbins a
the law firm of Joseph E. Davies
Mr.. Casey said. He added that He
bert Levy, Senator Tydings' la
partner, was the national attornt
for the Retail Druggists Associ;
ton, which also supported the Tyt
ings bill.
Mr.. Casey renewed charges
made last summer during the sen:
torial primary campaign betWet
Mr.. Tydings and former Represent
tive David Lewis, that drug concerl
spent thousands of dollars in 10
bying the Tydings bill through Coz
gress. 1t finally was enacted as
rider on the District appropriate
bill.
Suggests Votes Answered.
Representative Kennedy, Dem,
crat, of Maryland, halted the di
cussiol by suggesting that Il
Maryland voters had given the
answers at the polls last year to NJ
Casey's charges. The voters cho
Senator Tydings.
Roland Jones, jr., Washingto
representative of the National A
sociation of Retail Druggists, wi
are urging passage of the Distri
bill, pointed out that "all the opp
sition has been thrashed out befo
the Judiciary Committee of bot
House and Senate and they r.
ported it out"
Mr.. Jones reminded the committC
that the bill had been passed by tt
House last session. Neither hou.
of Congress has acted on the bi
! this year. Mr.. Jones said the NJ
tional Association of Druggists ha
never received contributions frol
McKesson & Robbins. The real pul
pose of this bill, he explained, is /
prevent the practice of chain drus
stores in taking a loss on some &C
vertised leaders in order to dra
customers into their stores while il.
dependent druggists cannot affor
to take that loss on standard proc
uctS.
Evening star., 1939-05-03

street is a one-way street between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets.
The vehicle: The driver said he
was going between 10 and Is miles
an hour. The car was a sedan.
The brakes were not tested until
the day after the accident. be-
cause no report of the accident
was made until the next day, when
the man went to the hospital. At
that time the brakes were reported
good.
The driver: A 36-year-old ac-
countant with eight years. driving
experience. He gave the victim IS
Evening star., 1939-05-03

because he said he felt sorry for
him. He said he did not report the
accident because the man told him
he wasn't hurt. He quoted the man
as saying: II fell on the bucket"
Coroner jurys verdict: Accidental
death.
General: Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald, at the request of the
defense attorney, pointed out that
the victims statement was to be
accepted only on the same basis as
the other statements, since the VIC
tim while making 1t did not know he
was going to die.
Evening star., 1939-05-03
No. 3 |

The diagram showing the intersection where 76yearod
struck indicates conflicting testimony to exactly
where the accident took place shows where the driver
the accident shows where took place
according statement given police by the victim shortly be-
death hardware the mans destna
ton before he fatally injured.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
ESKIMO BOY HANGS
HIMSELF AT BETHEL

A coroners jury at Bethel re-
turned a verdict of suicide after an
inquiry into the death there Of
Charles Lind. an Eskimo boy, Il
hanging at the end of a rope in a
small building near his home. The
lad had not come home Saturday
night, and early Sunday his mother
searched for him. In an clubhouse
she found the child hanging with a
rope around his neck His knees
Just cleared the floor His face was
purple, but she did not think he
was dead She grasped him by the
shoulders to shake him. Immediately
on touching him, she realized the
body was frozen stiff The boy mad
lived at home with his mother and
her second husband, who was the
lads stepfather.
When the death was first report
ed to the L. S. Commissioner at
Bethel he reflected on the possibil-
ity that the boy had been ehoked
to death before he was hung up. At
the inquest the murder theory was
eliminated. Il is supposed that he
stayed out later than usual Sat
urday night and that filled with re-
morse, he took his own life.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
FAIRBANKS RAISES FUND $1,000
TO FIGHT INCREASED G0LD-TAX

FAIRBANKS - A fund of $1,000
was raised here at a business meet
ing of the Alaska Miners Assoeia-
ton to finance a concerted fight
against increased taxation on gold
produced in Alaska. The hall was
filled to capacity with miners and
business men who consider the issue
of vital importance to Fairbanks.
Charlie Murray, president of the
Boundary Dredging Company, pio-
neer in the Fortymile country, is
going to Juneau Sunday represent
ing the Association. Suggestions foI
new tax laws are being drafted here
and will be submitted to the terri
torial Legislature. They call for re-
vision of the present per cent
gross tax downward.
The Chamber of Commerce passed
a resolution to send a telegram tC
the Legislature decrying any in.
crease in the present taxation.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
ESKIMO STUDENTS PREPARE
FOR FUR RENDEZVOUS

EKLUTNA - Eskimos are having
literally high" time here prepar-
ing for the Fur Rendezvous to be
held in Anchorage February Is to
q, as they practice their sporting
events which will have a prominent
part on the program.
Almost daily the youngsters are
turning out to practice their spec
tacular "nalaucatuk," in which they
have already gone Is feet in the air
as they are bounced on walrus skin.
Other games include the graceful
"ahgrahg.' the tricky "epooktuk,
and the difficult "ahgrakauk.
Robert L. King, superintendent of
the school, said Il of his students
are taking an active part in the
"nalaucatuk' and they hope to at
tain the record of Is feet in the air
before the Rendezvous.
The "nalaucatuk" is one of the
most popular Eskimo sports. Boys
stretch a walrus skin tight and a
student, either a boy or a girl, gets
on it. The skin is then worked up
and down and the boy or girl is
tossed higher and higher in the air.
It is one of the rules of this game
that the bouncer must land each
time on his feet He is disqualified
if a landing is made in any other
fashion.
The "ahgrahg" is game played
with ball baout the size of bas-
ketball. The ball is bounced, first by
being hit with the hand and then
caught on the rebound in the instep
of the foot, kicked into the air and
again bounced with the hand after
it hits the floor. While this sport
is no as spectacular as others, it is
colorful and graceful. Beatrice Lee,
daughter of one of the school in
structors, has so perfected it that she
can continue the game indefinitely
without missing.
The "epooktuk" is a more exciting
sport. One boy stands ON the end of
a teeter board while another boy
jumps on the other end. The first
boy is thrown into the air. He lands
on the board, throwing the other
boy in the air. This continues as the
boys go higher and higher with each
bounce. The game ends when one
of the boys fails to land on the
board
The 'ahgrakauk" is a difficult
game in which the Eskimos test
their skill at kicking high in the
air with both feet at once. Their
agility is surprising in reaching
high attitudes.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10

and the reserves to 33 per cent
of the original estimate and the
total production from the creek
will be 100000 instead of ST.
10000. With the present gold
buying policy, geld produced
from other than American sour
ces will make up the other ST.
100000 and a subsidy to for
eign labor and capital.
Now about the small miners
should your tax go through. Just re-
member that not a single one Of
them will be on your or any other
relief roll. They have the pride, the
energy and the integrity that would
not allow that. They have fought
their way through the summers
heat, the plaques of mosquitoes and
the SO below zero. They are among
the II per cent of the people thai
come to Alaska and stay. They are
your last frontiersmen and they are
here for you or in spite of you, but
Mr.. Ickes, they are here"
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
Anchorage Mining Operator Answers
Ickes Demand For Gold Tax

dredge on which there are still pay
ments to be made, there are the
operating expenses Of repairs and
spare parts there is the fuel oil that
some oil company must be able To
furnish US, there are the pumps
which supply the water, the pipe
line, the food and the labor for the
mess, and the camp buildings. From
this you can readily see that our ma
jor initial expenses are the direct
payments to industries widely scat
tered in the states. We cannot run
our projects unless we meet these
obligations and no single part of our
plants could be furnished unless Zach
one OF the manufacturers could meet
theirs.
AS you noticed the three per
cent OF any other per cent Of de
rect tax was not included in the
foregoing obligations. It does
not belong. From any basis of
economics it does not come in
until each expense item IS
charged off, then let the Tegul-
lar income taXman at the pro-
fits. He at least won't cheat the
lab0rer and the manufacturer,
which is another word for de-
ferred labor charge, out of their
just due.
4 don't expect you to agree with
me and one of your first retorts
will be that gold was raised to $40
an ounce by the administration. Let
me answer you that the policy of
this administration is also one of
buying gold from the world markets
and in so doing subsidies the forced
labor in the mines of Russia as we'll
as the Negroes in the @kraalls' in
the Union of South Africa. If we
paid not single cent of any kind
of tax and just took care of our costs
OF machinery, labor, etc, which ev-
cry single one OF US do, plus, you
have all that wealth distributed as
living wage to our poor relief
stricken industries in the States.
Another point you might bring
out is that gold is a naural resource
anu lint Tic A4GAB 5uO41u NC La2Gu
at the source of production. Do not
compare gold with any other pro-
ducts at all. There is a set price of
$50 per fine ounce and there is just
one market for our product, the L.
S. Mint, All the source taxes on coal
fish, lumber for and the rest are
passed on to the consumer directly
We feed canned salmon in our mess
houses and refund the fisherman his
original tax on each can. He had to
carry the tax cost until the sale of
his product and if he is a business
man at all he slaps on a carrying
charge for the time between tax
payment and sale.
Should your eight per cent go
through, l know of nine small
operators that must close now
or after bankruptcy in a year.
l also know of one project
where this tax will cut the life
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
HORSES BURN TO DEATH
IN TANANA VALLEY FIRE

FAIRBANKS - Two horses
burned to death late Saturday after
noon in a fire that destroyed the
barn and all its contents of Harry
Warren on the Lazelle road about
five miles from Fairbanks. There
was no insurance.
The flames in Mr.. Warren's opin-
ion were caused either by the stove
in the barn becoming oYerheated or
by sparks from the chimney of his
nearby dwelling igniting hay that
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
AUDITORS REPORT SHOWS
RATING OF ALASKAN TOWNS

An index TO the rating of the var
ious cities of Alaska at the present
time might be gathered from a re-
cent report of the territorial audi
tor. which shows what funds were
returned to the municipalities dur
ing the 1898 biennium.
As the amount of aid thus given
municipalities is based upon reYe-
nues originating in each city, which
in turn is determined by the pop
ulation and wealth of that locality,
the index should be fairly accurate
as to the relative Importance of
each city.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10

Should your eight per cent go
through, l know of nine small
operators that must close now
or after bankruptcy in a year.
l also know of one project
where this tax will cut the life
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10

The old narrow trails where two
cars could scarcely pass without col
liding are happily being replaced by
splendid wide highways on which
six or eight cars can collide at the
same time.-Montreal Star.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10

had been piled around the bottom Of
the barn to keep out cold. The two
animals that were burned comprised
one of the largest and the best Of
the few remaining teams in the
Tanana Valley.