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Evening star., 1939-08-10
Central High Considered
For Police Radio Service

Inspector L. I. H. Edwards said
today police are considering asking
the Board of Education for permis-
sion to install relay station on the
grounds of Central High School in
connection with the proposed two
way radio service with which both
the Police and Fire Departments are
experimenting.
Inspector Edwards said the two
way service still is in a very expert
mental stage. He said high spot
was required for relay station. 1t
is estimated it would cost about $3.50
to install the system in one scout
car, he said.
Meanwhile, Herbert A. Friede,
superintendent of the fire alarm
system. said four fire stations have
been selected as desirable sites for
similar relay stations. These, he
said. would be at Engine Companies
16, %, Is and 81.
Also to be taken into the picture,
he said, would be the new fire alarm
headquarters planned south of the
Mcmillan Reservoir and the fire
boat
Efforts had been made to obtain
the Washington Monument, but the
request was rejected by the Monu-
ment Society.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Senator King Disagrees
With Monopoly Report
BY the Associated Press,

BY tne Associated HreSS.
Senator King, Democrat, of Utah,
differed today with the view of his
fellow members of the Monopoly
Committee that existing patent
rights should be curtailed.
The committee recently recon-
mended that persons who license
their patents to others be prevented
from restricting price. production or
sale of articles manufactured under
the patents.
In dissenting report today Sena-
tor King said 'patentees and stu
dents of patent law will defend
vigorously the theory of restrictive
licenses and there has been no show
ing that restrictive licenses are of
necessity undesirable. or that the
public interest would be better
served if restrictive licenses under
patents were prohibited,
Prices of patented articles are
not easily kept at abnormally high
levels, for it is rare article for
which substitutes are not easily
available Senator King continued.
AS matter of fact, in the glass
industry, where the policy of restric-
tive licenses has been followed,
prices have been steadily reduced
Evening star., 1939-08-10
19 Forfeit Collateral
In Ice Weight Cases

The Bureau OF Weights and
Measures has joined with Old Sol
to make it pretty hot for the ice man
these days.
Nineteen ice men forfeited COL
lateral at Police Court today for
selling ice without weighing it just
before delivery.
George NJ Roberts, superintend-
ent of weights and measures, said
numerous complaints about short
weights have come to his office He
said determined drive is under
way to halt the practice.
A Goth iceman, Lawrence Scott,
907 Half street S.W., forfeited COL
lateral for failing to have a tested
scale on his truck Assistant Cor
poration Counsel George Nelson
handled the cases in court.
The following forfeited collateral
totaling 500: Emanuel Mathews. 1928
Second street S.W.; Willard Berry,
616 Tenth street S.W.; F. Leo Baker,
635 K street NE; j. L. Withers. 1870
Thirty third street NV; Thomas
Washington, 1224A Carrollburg place
S.W.; Charles Stevens. 724 F. street
S.W.; w. B. Stevens, 1911 Buchanan
street NV; Charles Freeman. $40
M place SW.; William Hughes, Ala
Carrollburg place S.W.; J. L. Reidy,
2023 First street NV; Lloyd Fox,
GIT Third street Sc; Raymond
Corby, % Longfellow street NE;
Tony Azzarello, 706 Fourth street
NE; John Wesley $50 Callan street
NE; William Henderson, 9O6 French
street NV; William Hefin, 1915 A
street NE; Richard Striker, 727
Tenth street Sc: William Robinson,
308 Eye street Sc, and William Ty-
Ter, 1899 Second street S.W.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Oehmonn Praises Engineers
At Informal RegimentoI Day
Hozen and McCooch Expected
At Officers Dinner Tomorrow

ing as the advance detachment for
the regiment, arrived here last Fri
day morning at 5 o'clock, a dav in
advance of the main force, estab-
lished tent areas and built bridge
to assure safe movement of trucks.
The company'S transportation sec
ton proceeded to the Gainesville
railhead and unloaded in camp in
the record time of 3 hours the equip
ment and baggage of the entire
regiment OF l 100 officers and men.
Their camp is miles from the sta
ton at Gainesville
Gen Walters 9lst Brigade from
Virginia was engaged yesterday in
problem of defense and attack,
! supported by one battalion of artil-
lery for each force.
The lst Virginia Infantry. COM
manded by Col. J. Fulmer Bright.
Mayor of Richmond. left its bivouac
area at am. and proceeded to
Fairfax. Va, where the troops
formed into mechanical force and
spread out as an advance guard
until they reached the area near
Henry House. There they left their
trucks, deployed and attacked the
enemy force, the l16th Field Artil-
! lery. commanded by Col. George
Alexander.
Hot Battle Develops.
The ll6th took up a defensive
position in regimental sector and
met the attack with very hot and
close fighting.
The battle umpireS shortly called
of the battle to avoid any danger
OF injury to the men Both sides
had attained their objectives; the
lst made an attack and the ll6th
put up a strong defense.
The l04th Medical Regiment and
the 10th Field Artillery, Maryland
National Guard. have serenaded
Maj. Roy and his special troops
from. Washington for the last two
nights. The special troops have no
band of their own and the COM
manders of the regiments from
Maryland rendered them to Mai.
Roy.
Enlisted men of the 29th Division
are being entertained every night
with motion picture shows at an
open-alr theater in the special
troops Maryland area just north of
Division Hill. where 18th division
headquarters is located. This as
sures the men diversion and
place to CO. every night if they do
not wish to stay in camp or 90 to
/ town in Manassas, Gainesville or
/ Warrenton.
Officers of the 10th Field Artil-
lery have arranged for facilities to
the nearby North Wales Country
CLUB during their stay in camp
prior to the field maneuvers next
week. They will hold dance Sat-
urday night with a number of di-
vision officers as guests.
One of the visitors to the division
omcers mess last night was 1t. Col.
George A. Bonnet, now of Denver,
Colo, formerly OF Battery B, Dis
trlct National Guard Field Artillery,
battery later moved into Virginia
as part OF the 10th. Col. Bonnet
was welcomed back by a number of
old comrades. Now with the $3.50
Field Artillery, an Army Reserve
unit, he is in the Washington area
on a tWo-Week vacation.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Hiking Club to Tour
c. & O. Canal Parkway

The Capital Hiking Club will tour
the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Park
way from Seneca to Great Falls
Sunday.
The club will tour the Zoo Satur-
day with DR.. William NJ Mann. di-
rector, at 2 pm. For the benefit of
Government employees a special bus
will leave for the Zoo from 1416 F.
street NV, at 1:30 pm.
The club will visit Seneca sand
stone quarry, the viaduct over
Senece Creek and the abandoned
Ford gold mine, above Great Falls,
on its Sunday outing Lunch will be
taken at Oak Spring Lock, near
Trammel Island.
Buses will leave 141e F street
NV. at 8 am. Sunday.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Boys Are Sentenced
In Theft of Groceries

Stealing groceries and produce
from stands IN front of stores ana
peddling the loot on a huckster
truck today sent two youths to Jail
for total OF 800 days.
The youths, Daniel Martin Ostrow
OF the 500 block of Farragut street
NV. and Nathaniel Smith of the
500 block of Lamont street NV,
both 10, admitted that they stole
total OF $3.50 worth from four SAM
tary grocery stores between July 25
and August 5. They then peddled the
groceries. police said
Police Court Judge Hobart New
man sentenced Ostroy. to serve lSU
days and Smith 12O DAYS.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Fear of Russia Drives
Japan Toward AXIS Pact
By A. T. STEELE,

Chicago Daily News Foreien Correspondent.
PEIPING, Aug. 10 tBy Radio -
Fear OF isolation against Russia and
the international complexities of the
China campaign are driving the
japanese Army toward a military
alignment with the axis powers. it
Is widely believed in the Orient.
There are still powerful elements in
the Japanese government opposed
to this move which would sever most
Of the remaining moral ties with the
democracies and inevitably drag
Japan into a European conflict if
one occurs.
Pressure behind the move for such
an alliance was never stronger than
it is now. Rumors of possible efforts
to patch up Russo-German differ
ences, plus Soviet hostility on the
Manchurian border and the Anglo
French-Soviet negotiations, are
giving the protagonists of military
pact valuable ammunition for the
current Toxic conversations.
Russia is Japan's chief worry. The
japanese Army Is practically COM
mitted to an eventual war with
Russia, but emphatically does not
want to fight it alone War Minister
Gen. Seishiro Itagaki exposed the
Japanese weakness when he main
tanned, according to the Japanese
newspapers, that the China incident
could not be solved without definite
policy toward Europe.
This much is sure. Chinese re-
sistance cannot be completely
squelched as long as sympathetic
powers, especially Russia and Great
Britain continue to feed arms and
airplanes to China through routes
which the japanese are unable to
blockade.
AS far as Russia is concerned, the
Japanese cannot hope to block such
help except through Russo
japanese war. Militarists believe
that such war might kill two birds
with one stone.
(Copyright. 1899. by Chicago Daily News,
Inc)
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Ruling Lightens Ban
On Reorganization
Promotions
Transfer to Agencies
Not Affected by Law
Are Held Exempt

The promotion ban in the Re-
organization Act was lightened to-
day by Acting Controller General
Richard N. Elliott, who held that it
would not apply where an employe
was transferred from an agency in
volved in reorganization to one not
affected by the new alignment of
Government functions.
The question was raised by Secre-
tary of Interior Ickes in the case of
worker in the branch of build
ings management of the National
Park Service who was shifted to
the Indian Service at a proposed pay
increase of $1,000 to $1.6SO.
The transfer was initiated before
July l when the Building Manage
ment Unit went from Interior to the
Federal Works Agency, and Mr..
Ickes asked if the promotion could
go through despite the Reorganiza-
ton Act prohibition against changes
OF status for transferred employees in
the current fiscal year.
While Mr.. Ickes based his request
for decision on the fact that this
particular transfer was contemplated
before the Reorganization Act took
effect, although it was not con-
summated until afterward. Mr..
Elliott's ruling apparently took the
broader ground that the date was
not material under the conditions
of this sort of change.
The ban, he said, has no applica-
ton to the transfer of employees be-
tween the departments or establish
ments of the Government after
July /, 1889 having no connection
with the requirements of the Reor-
ganiZation Act"
Evening star., 1939-08-10
La Guardia Opposes
". A. Wage Cut
In Big Cities
Mayor Pouses Briefly
On Cincinnati, Chicago,
New York Flight

A plea for equity and Justice" in
fixing the new w. P. A. security wage
was sent to Work Projects Commits
sioner F. c. Harrington today by
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia of
New York when he stopped for IA
minutes at the Washington Airport.
The petition was left with Paul
Betters, executive secretary of the
United States Conference of May
ors, who met Mayor La Guardia at
the airport. The Mayor was en-
route to Cincinnati and Chicago on
a rush trip that was scheduled to
take him back to New York tonight.
Declaring w. P. A. wages undoubt-
edly should be increased in several
Southern States, Mr.. La Guardia
added
ANY reduction of the present
rates in Northern and Western cities
would bring the mere subsistence
wage down to the point of actual
want. A reduction in these cities is
simply unthinkable.
Mayor La Guardia, who is chair
man of the United States Confer
ence of Mayors, said the task of the
w. P. A. under the new Relief Act
would be IAN extremely difficult job"
The law, he pointed out, provides
that the monthly relief payments IN
any section of the country must not
vary more than is justified by the
!. cost of living from wages in other
sections.
Mayor La Guardia reached Wash
ington at 1925 am. and left for
Cincinnati at TAO. He planned to
hold 15-minute conference there
with Mayor James G. Stewart, and
expected to arrive in Chicago in
time to address the Federated Ad-
vertising Club on the worlds fair
He was scheduled to arrive in New
York at 0:55 pm. His final task Of
the day will be to rush to his Office
and sign bonds and other papers
awaiting him
The Mayor is accompanied by o.
M Mosier, vice president of Ameri-
can Airlines. A group of New York
reporters also went along
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Former Suitor Sought
In Camden Staying
BY the Associated Press.


CAMDEN, N. j., Aug l0.-A for
mer suitor of auburn haired Wanda
DWorecki who once roomed In her
home was sought in four States to-
day as the slayer of the 17-year old
minister's daughter.
I'VE know who the man is" Chief
County Detective Lawrence Doran
announced.
He refused to divulge the suspects
name.
The girls body was found two days
ago in weed patch bordering a dirt
road where trysting lovers often
park. She had been choked with a
grip that broke her breast bone The
murderer also beat her.
Pursuing an undivulged lead he
called plenty hot" Chief Doran
sent detectives to several New Jersey
communities and across the Della
ware River to Chester Pa. last
known home of the suspect. The in
vestlgation also branched to Brook
lyn, N. Y, 1t was learned. and a de-
scription of the man was sent to
Florida police.
Detective 1t. Samuel Johnson pre-
dicted the climax" in the case would
come today at the latest"
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Earl Of RossIyn Dies
At Age Of 70 in London
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 1O.-The Earl of
Rosslyn, 10, society leader. actor
and soldier, who said he lost S1,OOO,-
600 before he quit gambling, died
today.
A nervous breakdown followed a
garbled report while in South Amer
lea that his daughter, Lady Mary
Dunn, had lost foot bitten off
by crocodile. Actually she mere
ly had sprained her ankle on a
visit to a Florida alligator farm.
In 1928 his family attempted to
suppress MY Gamble With Life"
the Earl's story of his three mar
riages, his gambling and his trail
to bankruptcy court. Divorce ter
minated two marriages.
He served in the Northampton
shire Regiment and the Royal Horse
Guards. In 1900 he was a war
correspondent for the London Daily
Mail in South Africa.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Galinger Hospital
Situation Relieved
With Signing Of Bill
lunocy Examinations
Within Five Days
Provided For

Gallinger Hospital today was re-
lieved of conditions under which in
sane patients were confined III its
psychopathic ward for montn or
more pending action by the Mental
Health Commission and commitment
in st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
President Roosevelt YESTERDAY
signed an amendment TO the Llnacv
Act designed to remedy the situa-
ton which had been aggravated by
lack of equipment m the Gallinger
ward to handle violent cases.
Hitherto it has been necessary to
confine mental patients at Galiirger
until the Lunacy CommlsSlo1 has
the the opportunity of examining
them and applying to Districv Court
for writ of de lunatico inquirendo
This, according to a report on the
bill by Chairman Rand Jpn of the
House District COMMITTEE, takes a
minimum of 80 days ard cases are
on record of wait of 800 days be-
for commitment in st. Elizabeth's s
Hospital, which is equipped for care
of such patients.
Under the new law a person can
be temporarily confined at Gallinger
on written application of a re-
sponsible relative or authorized off,
clal. The patient will be examined
within five days by the Gallinger
staff. If sane, he would be i'm
mediately released. If adjudged in
sane he can be Immediately trans
ferred TO st. EliZabeth's and notifica-
ton of the transfer sent to the
Lunacv Commission.
If the commission likewise finds
him not sane, application is made
for writ and relatives notified of
the hearing date. Unless jury trial
is demanded the court can deter
mine the sanity of the patient and
if insane can approve indefinite
commitment to st. Elizabeths.
The new law also permits a
voluntary commitment and pro-
vides for a cured patient getting a
discharge order from the court.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Reported Plane Crash
In Mountains Doubted
BY the Associated Press.

BENNINGTON, Vt, Aug. 10
The probability that an airplane
crashed into the side of Bald Noun
tain last evening as reported by
several residents appeared remote
today when word reached here from
Brattleboro that monoplane passed
over that community Is minutes
after the supposed accident.
Bennington townspeople reported
monoplane passed here at 6.45 pm,
E. D. T., and that it apparently fell
into the forests on the mountain.
Brattleboro observers, however. said
a plane passed over there at p.m..
and pointed out it would take about
Is minutes to fly the distance from
Bennington to Brattleboro.
Meanwhile, Motor Vehicle Officer
Ara Briggs led a searching party
into the mountains in an effort to
locate plane.
Residents of the Chapel district,
hamlet miles north of Benning-
ton, reported the plane came out of
the Northwest after heavy shower.
They said its motor sputtered and
died and that it was flying too low
to clear the uninhabited mountain.
Mr.. Briggs said he had no clues
as to the identity of the plane.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
| Mailman Scores
High at Guard
battle-ground
b. = stan Correspondent of The Star.

b. Stan Correspondent Of The Star
MANASSAS, Va, Aug 10.-Sev-
enteen thousand National Guards
men have been encamped on the
battlefields of Bull Run since last
Saturday and Uncle Sans mailman
has followed them almost to per-
fection.
Thirty-five thousand pieces of
mail have come since Saturday to
troops of the 28th and 29th Division
and Sd Corps Area Headquarters,
the latter located in Manassas.
Believe it or not, the Post Office
Department reported today, every
last piece of mail except 10 has been
delivered.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
House Committee to Fly
To U. S. Military Bases
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
Members of the House Military
Affairs Committee will speak from
first-hand information in any argu-
r1ents during the next session on
national defense and military post
Improvements.
They'll gain the information on
months trip that will take them by
airplane and Army transport ship
to flying fields and military bases
throughout the United States, Pan
anna and Hawaii.
The group, headed by Chairman
May will hop off in Army airplanes
from Washington the morning of
September 18.
Evening star., 1939-08-10

Is
ward over Eastern Quebec, Clarke City,
9a97 mllibars t2a.52 inches). with
trough extending south southYestward OF
the Middle Atlantic coast. Pressure is
relatively high northeast of Bermuda A
high-pressure area is moving eastward
over the lake region and the Ohio Valley.
Green Bay. Wis. 1923 millibars t3O.16
inches, A disturbance is moving slowly
eastward over the Plains States. Phillips
burg Kans. 1O0f4 millibars ,2aT 70
inches), followed by rising pressure over
the Northern Rocky Mountain region.
Yellowstone Park. Wyo.. 102 o millibars
t3O15 inches) The tropical disturbance
is moving west-northwestward over the
Eastern Bahamas. During the last "a
hours there have been scattered showers
in the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic
States the southern portion o. the Ohio
Valley and over the Northern Plains.
Cooler weather has overspread the Ohio
Valley the lower lake region and portions
of the Middle Atlantic States.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
New N. B. c. Station

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (P).-The
National Broadcasting Co. an
nounced yesterday that Station
WBLK of Clarksburg, w. Va, would
become an N. B. c. affiliate on Sep
tember "a.
The station is licensed to operate
full time on $50 watts and on 1870
kilocycles.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Wrong Man Is Named
In Convention Story

In story on the Arlington County
Republican Convention published
in The Star yesterday it was er-
roneously stated that Harry Porter
presided over the convention.
The presiding officer was Herbert
H. Porter and not Harry W. Porter,
of the law firm of Adams e. Porter
of Arlington County. The latter is
a member of the Democratic party.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Chicogoon Picks 8
Winners at Track,
Gets $1,000 Prize
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. l0.-A. w.
Eaton, a contractor who spends
a day at the races occasionally,
picked the winners of all eight
races at Washington Park yes
terday to win $4,000 in the
patrons handicapping contest.
1t was only necessary to pick
the first seven to win, under
contest rules. Three of Eaton's
choices won by whiskers in
photo finishes. His seventh
race winner. Colonel Joe, was a
"a to l shot.
The $4,000 was a three day
accumulation, since no one on
Monday or Tuesday won the
$1,000 offered daily.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Youth Dodeed Lightning

HUTCHINSON, Kans., Aug. 10
R.-Heres Doniphan Zumalt's ex-
planation of how he escaped serious
injury by the lightning that bowled
him over
Il saw it coming" the 18-year-old
youth excitedly told physicians,
land I lodged"