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Evening star., 1939-09-30
DR.. John ". Mann, As,
Dies Suddenly

DR.. John w. Mann, IS, physician,
died suddenly Thursday at his home,
1905 Farragut street NV. A native
of CataWissa. Pa, DR.. Mann came
to Washington four years ago from
Williamsport, Pa.
Graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania Medical School in 1917,
he served nearly two years in the
Army Medical Corps as a first lieu
tenant during the World War. After
ward he worked for the Veterans
Administration in Philadelphia for
five years.
DR.. Mann was a member of E.
Cope Mitchell Lodge of Masons in
Philadelphia, the Lions Club of
Washington, the District and Ameri-
can Medical Associations, Phi Beta
Pi fraternity and the Hamline
Methodist Church.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Naomi F. Mann; six children, John
w. jr.; James Packard, Robert
Urban, David Lawrence, Jean Carol
and Shirley Louise Mann; his
mother, Mrs. Lettie D. Mann, and
brother, DR.. Charles E. Mann, all
Of Washington.
Funeral services were held this
morning at the residence. Burial
was in Arlington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Spelling Bee Honors
Captured by Girls

Girls last night won the principal
honors in q spelling contest for the
District championship among COL
ored boys and girls under 10. held
by the Civic National Forum in the
Vermont Avenue Baptist Church..
lone Chase. 16, of '1726 Vermont
avenue NV. won first prize. Rosa
land Murray, IA, Of 1101 P street
NV. was second and Madgie Whit
aker, 13, Of 1918 Eighth street NV.
was third. -
The winners in the younger group,
which consisted of all contestants
less than IL years old. were Ruth
Hooper, II. of 1927 Fifteenth street
NV, first prize; Eleanor johnson,
10, of 1718 Vermont avenue NV,
second, and Audrey Samuels, II, Of
1924 Vermont avenue NV. third. :
The next educational contest to be
conducted by the forum will be In
history and will be held at S:l5 pm.
next Friday in the Phyllis Wheatley
2. w. q. 4. - '7''.. s
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Victor Devereaux Elected
To Regular Veterans Post

Victor Devereaux of Washington
was elected senior vice commander
Of the Regular Veterans Association,
at the organizations third annual
convention in New York City last
week.
Carl Gardner, of New York was
chosen national commander of the
veterans group, the membership of
which is composed of men who have
served one or more years in the
armed forces of the United States
Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Coast
Guard.
Other local men chosen for ma
tional posts include Roy Hopgood,
captain of the guard at the Vet
erans' Administration, and j. E.
Bennett, both of whom were elect
ed to the Executive Committee. Mr..
Devereaux also is in charge of the
Americanism division of the Vet
Grams Of Foreign Wars.
The convention adopted resolu-
ton advocating establishment Of q
universal salute in paying honor to
the American nag and the playing
Of "The Star Spangled Banner" The
association pointed out that . wide
variation now exists in the forms of
salutes given, according to whether
or not uniform is worm, The group
urged that the regulation salute of
the hand raised to the forehead be
given whether the person is in civil
ian clothes or in uniform, indoors
or outdoors, and covered or un-
covered.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
$4,000 Damage Suit
Is Filed by Deckhond

A SOS, 1000 damage suit was filed ~
District Court yesterday by Raleigh
Beddoo of Lerty, Wastmoreland
County,. Va, against the Smoot
Sand & Gravel Corp, 1920 K street
NV, under the Merchant Marine
Act for alleged personal injuries on
craft due to reputedly defective
machinery. !
The court was advised in the COM
plant that the company's dredge
Columbia No. was engaged in re-
moving gravel from the bed of the
Potomac River near Alexandria.
Va, and on August 3 the plaintifA
was employed as deck hand. An
endless chain running over q
sprocket wheel, the plaintiff said,
became worn and unfit for use and;
came of the wheel when the, en-
gine was negligently started, caus-
ing Mr.. Beddoo to be hit in the
head, thus suffering permanent
brain injury. Attorney Jacob N.
Halper filed the action. J
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Thomas F. McKeon Retires
After 46 Years j. ). Work

Thomas F. McKeon, chief of the
division of publications, Commerce
Department, will retire today after
46 years in Federal service. Officials
of the department gathered this
morning in the Office of E. w. Lib
bey, chief clerk, for the presenta-
ton of testimonial to Mr.. McKeon
A native of Yonkers. N. Y, Mr..
McKeon entered the service as an
editorial employe of the Govern
ment Printing Office. In 1909 he
was appointed an editor in the then
Department of Commerce and La
Dor. He remained with the Com
merce Department when it was
established as separate agency in
1918.
Mr.. McKeon is credited with much
success in the modernization, I'M
provement and coordination of
printing activities in the various
Government agencies. He lives at
1852 Otis place NV.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Navy High Command Gets
SquaIus Probe Report

The report of the special court of
inquiry into the Squalus disaster of
May %, in which 26 men lost their
lives, has been submitted to the
Navy high command here, it was
learned yesterday.
The formal report was made by
Rear Admiral w. T. Tarrant, COM
mandant of the 1st Naval District,
Boston, who headed the court. It
was compiled after lengthy hearings
before the court, including examina-
ton of the submarines 80 survivors.
Before the findings are made public,
the report must pass through vari-
GUS offices, including the chief of
naval operations, the judge advocate
general and the Secretary of the
Navy.
Navy officials said these Offices
have been delayed in making their
studies of the report owing to the
great amount Of work in connection
with the Navy expansion program
and the neutrality patrol.
Testimony at the hearings, which
were public, indicated some mechan-
ical difnculty caused the disaster and
not sabotage or any memciency on
the part Of the crew.
Evening star., 1939-09-30

The place: In the 600 block Of
Pennsylvania avenue S. E.
The accident: A 15-year-old high
school student, crossing from the
north to south curb of Pennsylvania
avenue S. E., was fatally injured
when she was struck and knocked
down by a westbound streetcar.
An eyewitness testified at the in
quest that the girl crossed from the
curb to the parking in the center
of the road without looking In either
direction. She crossed some distance
from the normal cross-walk, he said.
The victim apparently did not real
ize the proximity of the streetcar
until it was a few feet away from
her, the witness continued. When
she did see it, he said, she threw
up her hands as if to shield her.
self but did not see the car in time
to avoid being struck. The girl was
taken to Casualty Hospital, where
she died shortly afterward.
The time: About $50 p. M, Sat-
urday, September %. !.
Weather conditions: Clera, dusk.
The street: Dry, straight, level.
The vehicle: A Capital Transit
Co. stretcar, whose brakes, . pub
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Maryland Board
Warned byP. ". A.
To Speed Sewers
Stoppoee Of U. S. Funds
Threatened Because
Construction Logs

The Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission today was on no
tice that unless its s1.170,000 sani-
tary project is substantially" COM
pleted by June 80 next, the w. P. A.
will advance no more funds.
]. Darby Bowman, secretary to
the commission, said some of the
work had been delayed because the
commission rejected all bids on a
sewage disposal plant at Bladens-
burg. He said he felt no concern,
however, that the work would not be
completed on time
After bids on the plant were re-
jected the commission decided to
construct less elaborate plant at
a lower cost, Mr.. Bowman said
The P. w. A. allotted $44O, 1897 as
its share of The sanitary project.
Since the work is only per cent
completed and Al per cent of the
time elapsed as of September 9, the
p w. A. has given the commission
until october 9 to reply. 1t was
declared that only % men were en-
ployed on the project on Septem-
Der 9.
Reports indicate construction
progress on your project is seriously
tagging and doubt arises as to the
ability to complete the project with
in schedule" Col. E. w. Clark, COM
missioner of public works. advised
the commission Since this prof.
ect must be completed with the date
agreed upon you cannot expect grant
on work done after that date"
Warnings In Other States.
P. w. A. officials estimated the
commission still has S834,000 of the
estimated cost of construction to
place under contract.
Similar warnings were conveyed
by Col Clark to public bodies in 20
other States sponsoring P. w. A.
projects. Forty-nine projects are
involved in orders to speed con-
struction For these Federal grants
of $16,875, ,791 were given.
Last month the P. w. A. warned
96 public bodies with favorable re-
suits in most of the cases.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Man Serving Sentence
Escapes HospitQl

James Cyzart, IS, colored conf
dence man, was sought by police
today after he had made his escape
from Gallinger Hospital, where he
had been transferred from the
District Jail.
Cyzart, who was serving a 23-
month term at the Jail on a num-
ber of false pretense charges, jumped
from a porch on the second floor of
the east building at the hospital
last night. He apparently pried a
screen loose to make his escape.
He had been under treatment at
the hospital for about two weeks. /
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Arlington Moves
To End Boulevard
Traffic Hazard
Would Acquire Corner
Lond at Washington
And Quincy Street

Steps were instituted today by
the Arlington County (VaD Board to
straighten North Washington boule-
ward at Quincy street. to remove one
of the county's outstanding traffic
hazards.
The board adopted a report of
County Manager Frank c. Han
rahan in which it was recommended
that the county acquire 10.314
square feet of land on the north
west corner of the intersection
owned by John P. Divine. The pur-
chase price recommended is at the
rate of Is cents per square foot,
making the total cost 81 1547.1O.
Owner Summoned.
The intersection is described as
stair STEP affair. Traffic now is
required to make two right angle
turns on North Washington boule-
ward.
A resolution was adopted requir-
ing the owner, Mr.. Divine, to ap-
pear before the next meeting on
October IA to show cause, if any,
why the cour+,,' should not condemn
the property for Strengthening the
boulevard.
Water Bonds Retired.
The board approved the pur-
chase of sl7,291.25 of its own water
bonds. This amounts to retire.
ment of this particular issue, and
surpluses created in the county
have made it possible for authori-
ties to discount this portion of out
standing bonds against the Water
Department.. The purchase item
was included in the total expendi-
lures of s64,39499 for the last half
OF September. OF this amount, s20,-
79797 was for pay rolls.
A request of Lyon, Inc, to re-
zone from residential "A" to general
business a tract on the south side
OF Lee highway west of the WASH
ington & Old Dominion Railroad
trestle was granted on recommen-
dation of the county manager and
Board of Zoning Appeals.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Assistance for Jewish
Woyforers Sought

A plea for the Jews of Washington
to come to the aid of Jewish way
farers was voiced yesterday by
Simon Beloff following his appoint
ment as chairman of the committee
in charge of a banquet to be held
Sunday, October Is. at the Beth
Sholom Auditorium by the Hebrew
Travellers Sheltering Society.
"Never before have there been so
many Jewish wayfarers admitted to
our home for food and shelter" Mr..
Beloff, charter member of the So
ciety, said. Let the Jews of WASH
ington assist their fellowmen in their
quest for an honest livelihood, so
that they may not be forced to hold
out their hands for charity"
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Brown AssaiIs
Ticket Fixing
Publicity Plan
Police Head Holds
Seals Idea Unfair
In Some Instances

Police Supt. Ernest w. Brown to-
day termed unfair in certain in
stances" the proposal of Corpora
ton Counsel Elwood Seal to make
public the names of all persons for
whom traffic tickets are adjusted"
The police head admitted that
the plan had its advantages in re-
vealing ticket dodgers" but empha-
sized that it would be unfair" to
publish the names of those for whom
tickets were adjusted" where ex-
tenuating circumstances existed.
Mr.. Seal proposed yesterday that
the names of all persons, whether
extenuating circumstances exist or
not, be made public each week by
his Office at Police Court and the
Police Department. He had issued
strict orders to his assistants at
the court to fix no tickets simpHs
because the holder might be "in-
f1uential"
O,UVV IAcu i Ills ear
Mr.. Seal said roughly 5000 tickets
had been fixed between January /
and September 16 of this year. He
asserted some 10 per cent Of these
had been fixed on the request of
police officers, and about one-third
OF the cases had been fixed by his
Police Court assistants. He esti-
mated the District had lost about
$4,000 a year from the practice.
While recommending to the Com
missioners they approve policy of
requiring the publication of the
names of all persons whose tickets
are adjusted, Mr. Seal sent the fol-
lowing memorandum to his Police
Court assistants:
Il refer to the list of tickets ad-
justed between January l, 1899, and
September 16, 1899, all of which
tickets were adjusted by assistants
OF the corporation counsels Office
in the Police Court. Many of the
adjustments were made on the re-
quests of police officers.
Maj. Brown (chief of police) has
requested me to state to you that
there is procedure set forth in the
'police) manual whereby police Off
GERS must apply to the precinct
commander in which the ticket was
issued if adjustment is to be made.
Justified Cases Cited.
I'm the future. therefore, no tick
cts will be fixed or adjusted upor.
the request of police officers. Please
call their attention to the fact that
the major and superintendent of
police has asked the corporation
counsels Office to cooperate with
| him in seeing that the rules of his
department are not violated"
Mr.. Seal also proposed joint ac-
ton between his Office and the Po-
lice Department in making public
the name of the person interceding
in behalf of a violator and the rea-
son for the tickets cancellation.
Amplifying on his definition of
those in the category to whom pub
licity would be unfair, Maj. Brown
cited the case of the doctor who
parked in a no-parking zone while
answering an emergency call. He
also mentioned the member of the
diplomatic corps getting q ticket
when foreign government represen-
tatlveS are immune to arrest.
These persons are entitled to have
their tickets adjusted" without the
glare OF publicity, he pointed out.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Athena Survivor,
Here, Tells How She
Was Hurled Off Shin
Teacher in japanese
kindergarten Was on
FurIoueh From Work

War-torn areas will be avoided in
the future by Miss Bernice Jansen,
Athena survivor, who arrived in
Washington last night. Miss jan
sen is the sister of DR.. Russell Jon
Jansen Of 1920 Seventeenth street
NV.
Miss Jansen said she was thrown
into the water without a life-belt
when the sinking ship lurched. She
dropped about so feet and came to
the surface amid a mass of debris
which had fallen from the vessel
she said.
II saw nothing sensational because
I was too busy in the water" Miss
Jansen said. My one idea was to
fight to save my life" she added
Miss Jansen remembers woman
who clung to wreckage. The sue
ton of the boat kept pulling and
Miss Jansen urged the woman to
swim away from the boat with her
But the woman said she couldn't
swim. Miss Jansen finally got clear
Of the ship after suffering a scalp
cut. She said she saw a lifeboat
crash down where she had been
a few minutes before. The woman
holding on to the wreckage had
disappeared.
A lifeboat picked Miss Jansen up
and then she became unconscious.
she said. She was treated on the
Norwegian rescue freighter. Knut
Nelson, which took the survivors to
Ireland.
Still shaky from her terrific ex-
perience, Miss Jansen said that the
doctors had ordered rest and quiet.
Miss Jansen has been teaching
in a church kindergarten in Japan
for the last five years and is on a
years furlough, she said.
Evening star., 1939-09-30

lie utility inspector said, were in
"f1rst-class" condition, as was its
general operating condition. The
driver testified he was operating the
streetcar between 10 and Is miles
an hour.
The driver: A 32-year-old street.
car operator with three. years ex-
perience driving trolley cars. He
testified he did not zee the victim
until she was . few feet ahead Of
Evening star., 1939-09-30

him. He said he Immediately
sounded his gong and applied his
brakes but was unable to avoid hit
ting her. Il
Coroner's jury verdict: Accidental
death. ~
Nearest playground: The Wallach
School.
General: The edges of the park
ing on which the streetcar tracks
are laid are lined BY rows of trees.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Driver Is Killed
In Crash on
18th Street
Vincent d'EIio, 43,
Dies; Years Total
Reaches 81

The name of another traffic VIC
tim was added to the Washington
fatality records today. He was Vim
cent d'Elia, 43, of 65 M street NV,
who died shortly before last mid
night in Emergency Hospital. The
death was listed by police as the SD
Of the year.
The crash which cost his life oc-
CURED about $50 pm. at Sixteenth
and Harvard streets NV. Mr.
dElia. according to police, was
driving an automobile south on Six
teenth street. In the car with him
was Jewel K. Lineberg, q, of 8O3
Eighth street NV.
The car ploughed head on into a
long safety island which extends on
Sixteenth street from the intersec-
ton of Columbia road to Harvard
street. The car rammed a light
pole on the safety island.
Both persons were taken to Emer-
gency Hospital, where Mr.. d'Elia
was treated for fractured skull.
He died about three hours later
His companion was admitted to the
hospital and her condition today
was still undetermined. She suffered
q fractured jaw, cuts on her face,
brain conclusion and possible
fractured leg.
Auto Strikes Truck.
Miss Lillian Severe, 81, of Hyatts-
vile. member of the nursing staff
at Greenbelt, was injured in an acci-
dent on the Baltimore pike near
Riverdale early today when her car
struck the rear of trailer truck
operated by James j. Caudle, 80, of
Charlotte, N. c.
Prince Georges County police said
the truck stopped to avoid striking
a machine coming out of a side street
and the car driven by Miss Severe
and another operated by Albert A.
Allen, 26, of 25 Mississippi avenue
Sc. struck it from behind at the
same time. Both cars were damaged
but Miss Severe was the only one
injured. She was taken to Sibley
Hospital by James DAILY, 1866 Simms
place NE. She suffered cuts on the
head and injuries to her right ankle
and chest. Her condition was re-
ported not serious.
Louis Redmond, Is, of 81 Todd
place NE, was under treatment in
Casualty Hospital today for injuries
received last night in an accident on
the Marlboro pike. Robert Sloan, 25,
1748 Columbia road NV, said to be
driver of the car, was also treated
at the hospital for minor injuries.
Herndon Man Hurt.
Robert Harlow, 81, of Herndon.
Va. was in Emergency Hospital to-
day following an accident on Route
So near Falls Church, Va. His con-
ditlon was said to be not serious.
Lora Melcher, 60, colored, of 1923
Corcoran street NV. was treated
at Emergency Hospital last night for
minor injuries received when struck
by a street car at Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV. She
was not admitted to the hospital.
Two children were slightly in
jured by a car in front of their
home at 489 E street S.W. yester-
day. Alice Jackson. 9, was treated
at Providence Hospital and Henri
eta Karis, S, was treated at her
home.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Red!Cross Drive
Exceeds 1893 in
First Two Days
Speeches and Music
To Be Given Tomorrow
At Water Cote

With membership enrolment in
creased on each Of the first two
days Of the 1889 Roll Call, as COM
paired with initial days Of the drive
last year, the District Red Cross
today continued its intensive efforts
to enlist i25, 900 or more members.
Some 3,4l0 Washingtonians rallied
to the support of the Red Cross
yesterday. This number exceeded
the 1888 second-day enrolment by
378. On the first day 1881 signed,
topping last years initial day by
492.
Citizens interested in the Roll
Call, mindful of Red Cross Sunday
exercises and music scheduled to-
morrow from to 5 pm. at the
Water Gate, were cheered today by
an official weather forecast of flair
and cool" for tomorrow.
Prominent clergymen of Catholic,
Jewish and Protestant faiths will
address the riverside assembly, and
three choirs. combining more than
$50 voices, will supplement the Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard
Band on the musical program. The
services from 4:30 to pm. are to
be broadcast by Station WMAL
through cooperation Of the Ma.
tional Broadcasting Co.
Program Begins ut ; PM.
The public in invited, and special
buses will run from Seventeenth
and K streets NV. to the Water
Gate beginning at 3 pm. Speakers
will include Msgr. Lawrence j. Shee-
han of st. Patrick's Roman Catholic
Church and head of Catholic Chari-
ties; Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld of
the Washington Hebrew Congrega-
ton, the Rev. Edward H. Pruden,
pastor Of the First Baptist Church
and president of the Washington
Federation of Churches. and Bishop
James E. Freeman of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese.
Uniformed representatives of
number of patriotic organizations
and Red Cross volunteer workers
are expected to participate in the
massed tribute to the Red Cross.
A special message from Arch
bishop Michael T. Curley of Balti-
more will be read at each mass in
Catholic churches in Washington
tomorrow. and pastors of churches of
all denominations will call attention
to the Christian significance of the
annual Red Cross membership
drive.
Choirs TO Be Heard.
The choirs that will be heard on
the Water Gate program are those
of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints. directed by D.
Sterling Wheelwright: the First
Congregational Church, Mrs. Ruby
Smith Stahl, director. and the Wash
ington Missionary College A Capella
Choir, George w. Greer, director.
The program was arranged by Ar
thur w. Howes, choir master of st.
Johns Episcopal Church and Meyer
Goldman, director of the National
Guard Band. ,.z.1.
Today employees ar woodward D.,
Lothrop were addressed by Edgar
Morris, jr. member Of the Roll Call
Speakers Bureau and son of the gen.
eral chairman, in a special member
ship program. IN similar program
yesterday, Livingston L. Blair. as
sistant director of the American
Junior Red Cross: Chairman Morris
and Mrs. Frederick Warren, vice
chairman of the Speakers Bureau,
appeared before the Reciprocity Club
at the Mayflower Hotel
One hundred per cent enrolment
was reported by the office of the
sergeant-at-arms of the House of
Representatives and the Whittlesey
Drug Co., 1927 Connecticut avenue
NV.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
SLIGO Park Flower Show

Sligo Park Hills Garden Club will
hold a flower show and silver tea
tomorrow at the home of Mrs.
George Ellington, 8201 Saratoga
avenue, Silver Spring, from I 10 8
pm.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Beqmonn Named Director

Carl j. Begmann, treasurer of the,
Washington Permanent Building,
Association, was elected director Of.
the Fifth District United Building
and Loan League at its final con-
vention session in Atlantic City, NJ
j., an announcement stated today l
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Schneider Gets Fellowship

Edwin D. Schreiber of 1907 Hunt
ngton street NV. has been award
ed a fellowship in safety education
by the New York University Center
for Safety Education, it was an
nounced today. He is the son of
H. v. Schreiber. an executive of the
Capital Transit Co.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
WhV Muef Thew Oa7 No. 81 Killed in Traffic Same
' O/ me LostY Yeor-65


Analyses of the 9th, 10Th and
32d traffic fatalities haze not
been published, pending compile
tion Of official Investigations.
The first tWo mentioned Uere
hit.run cases.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Traffic Record

Tic CTdIIIC TeCOrd, as reVeaIed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today:
Fatalities, l.
Accidents, SO.
Motorists injured, 8.
Motorists arrested, 318.
Pedestrians injured, Z.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation Of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 9.