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Evening star., 1939-09-01

night in Milwaukee to create q VOL
untary organization and arrange
plans for a campaign to obtain a
Vandenberg delegation to the ma
tional convention.
Meanwhile a group of Wisconsin
young Republicans discussed plans
for meeting to back a delegate
slate pledged to Thomas E. Dewey
Of New York. George Greeley of
Oshkosh, one of the sponsors, said
an organization meeting would be
held soon.
A statement by the Vandenbere
group said: I'VE believe that SEN
ator Vandenberg is the ablest, most
popular and most experienced pub
lie man in the Republican party to-
day and should be drafted to head
the Republican ticket next year."
Evening star., 1939-09-01
SwindIers Get $1,000

ERIE. Pa, Sept. R.-Two swim
dlers who promised to let Michael K.
Kuzmo distribute $4,000 to the
worthy poor" took the $1,000 he
put up for good faith" Mr.. Kuzmo
complained to Acting Chief of Police
William Donatue. One of the men
explained t., $4,000 was blood
money" left by brother who had
been killed in San Francisco, and
that he (the swindler) just couldn' t
handle it for moral reasons.
Evening star., 1939-09-01
Named Bor Chuirmon

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. / R).-Dr.
William T. Muse, professor Of law in
the University of Richmond School
of Law, has been appointed State
chairman Of the Junior Bar Confer
ence, a section of the American Bar
Association, to succeed Fielding l..
Williams, Richmond attorney, whose
term expired in July.
Evening star., 1939-09-01
Eight in Wisconsin Back
Vondenberq for 1940
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADISON, Wis, Sept. Lit.
Gov. Walter S. Goodland and seven
other prominent Wisconsin Repub-
licans yesterday threw their support
behind Senator Arthur E. Vanden-
berg of Michigan for the Republican
presidential nomination next year.
The group called upon other Re-
publicans to meet next Wednesday
Evening star., 1939-09-01

Italy has started to revise its land
assessments.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Sentencing Of Singer
Expected on FRIDAY

Sentence is expected to be passed
Friday in the case of B. Alexander
Singer, Washington patent attorney,
who was convicted in District Court
late yesterday on charge OF
forcibly preventing internal revenue
agents from seizing his automobile
to satisfy unpaid income taxes.
The lawyer, who runs the WASH
ington branch of a well-known firm
dealing in international patents,
faces maximum sentence of a yeal
or $4,000 fine.
A jury in the court ~ Justice
Jessee c. Adkins deliberated about
two hours before finding Singer
guilty The trial lasted two DAYS.
Evidence showed that the attor-
ney had stopped two internal reve-
nue. agents from taking his car
from the garage of the Shoreham
Hotel last October. Singer, who
lives at the hotel, allegedly snatched
the ignition keys, ordered the agents
to alight and then drove off.
In his defense, the lawyer held
the agents had failed to show their
credentials and added he was sus-
picious of their actions because he
had previously had the car stolen.
Earlier In the trial John r. Cox,
chief of the Internal Revenue In
telligence Unit. told the court
Singer had failed to pay income
taxes for nearly six years and was
more than $1,000 in arrears. 1t was
claimed the lawyers income has
ranged as high as $25,OOO q year.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Moser 'Unkidnaped,'
His Office Reports

The office of Representative Mo-
ser. Democrat, of Pennsylvania had
received no reports of his "kidnap-
ing today as the Congressman went
about his plan to speak at a cor
ner stone ceremony in Reading. Pa,
dlsregarding reports that Commu-
mist members of the Workers AL
lance had tried to plot to prevent
him from speaking.
At the same time, the Workers
Alliance stood by its denial of any
intention to kidnap Mr.. Moser or
anybody else. The whole thing, said
the alliance is a fake"
1t all started when Chris Doose
investigator for the House COM
mittee investigating the w. P. A.,
testified during the past week that
the Workers Alliance intended to
make away with Mr.. Moser if he
attempted to speak at the Reading
ceremonies today. The Congress
man has been opposed to increased
relief appropriations.
Yesterday, however. alliance Of
f1cials from the Reading area SUBJ
mitted written denial of any in.
tention to take over Mr.. Moser. ever
offering to supply bodyguards fol
him.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Park Police Chief
Celebrates 58th
Birthday

Capt. Patrick Joseph Carroll, chief
of Park Police who started work
for the parks Office as a 12-year-old
water boy at so cents a day, cele-
brated his 58th birthday anniver-
sary today.
A native of Washington he was
hired in 1893 by the Office of Public
Buildings and Grounds, now the
Office of National Capital Parks
BY 1896 he had become day laborer
and from then on rose through the
ranks to head the Park Police In
1927.
Now he commands II men and
although he could retire if he chose
he said today that he is not con-
templating any such move.
Besides being a self-made police
chief. he is an authority on Wash
ington traffic. serving at present on
the Traffic Advisory Council.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
| All Gold Braid
That GHtters
Isn't BeNboy's

A salesman from out of town
breezed into Washington one day
this week, went by taxi to his
favorite hotel and landed. with his
heavy sample case, on the sidewalk
at the hotel entrance.
Looking in vain for his friend
the athletic doorman. he finally
picked up two heavy cases and with
a grouchy gesture slammed them
down at the feet of man wearing
crimson trousers and gold braid.
What kind of service do you put
out at this hotel, anyhow" he
growled at the man who should
have been at least a bellhop.
Met with a splutter of foreign
language, the salesman looked up
into the amazed face of a distin-
guished medical officer of foreign
country attending the 10th Inter
national Congress of Military Medi-
cine and Pharmacy.
This, at any rate. is the story the
taxi driver Is telling.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Social Agencies Unit
Hits Proposed Shift
OF Fairgrounds
Recreation Division Asks
Senute Toke No Action
Under Present Setup

The Legislative Committee of the
recreation division of the Counci
of Social Agencies today announced
strong opposition to the proposed
transfer OF the Playground Depart.
ment to the Board of Education
and urged the Senate that no sucn
action be taken at this time.
The committee, headed by Mrs
Cazenove Lee. contended such &
consolidation is not in line vita
the best planning in cities compal-
able to Washington and that econ
omies will only result through cur.
| tallment of needed services.
AS a substitute for the transfer
made in the supply bill as passed
by the House, the committee rec
ommends a proposed bill approved
by the councils recreation division
! and the Board of Trade which
would create recreation COM
mission.
Transferring the appropriation OF
the 29-year-old playground unit tt
the Community Center Department;
of the public schools, the commit
tee pointed out, is to legislate on
/ of existence 1.-The only strictly rec
reational department in the city,
Subordinate Place Feared.
| The committee contended The
transfer will reduce recreation to
a subordinate position in the edu-
cational system. 1t would further
delay or prevent consolidation OF
public recreation services as planned
/ by the Recreation Committee headed
! by Frederic A. Delano, the men,
berS asserted.
In support of its position, the COM
mlttee presented the recommends
tlons of Weaver w. Pangburn of the
i National Recreation Association. who
analyzed the effect of the transfer
for the committee.
Mr.. Pangburn. according to the
members, felt that the transfer
would make a major civic funston
a minor one and that the general
national experience has been where
J recreation was a part OF the school
system it was the first item cu
when school funds were restricted.
Other Cities Experience.
There are not more than two
cities comparable to Washington il
the United States with successful,
developed public recreation programs
under public school auspices. Mr.
Pangburn's report to the commit
tee declared.
He further took the position, &C.
cording to members. that public rec.
reation should be based on neigh
borhood needs rather than on loca.
ton of school properties He citec
the present transfer as being pusnee
through in "ill-advised haste" anc
pointed to the proposal of recre.
alton commission as a better Solu'
ton.
The committee also mentioned il
support of its position a recommen
datlon of the Educational Policie
Commission of the National Educa
ton Association and the American
Association of School Administrator
favorable to recreation commission
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Walk Lights to Get Test
At Thirteenth and Pennsylvania
Results to Determine
InstulIution at
Eleventh Street

Pedestrian walk lights will be
added in the near future to the
traffic signal system at Thirteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. to provide better protection
for pedestrians crossing the inter-
section, Traffic Director William A.
Van Duzer announced today.
The traffic director explained that
If the system of walk lights works
successfully at this busy intersec-
ton, a similar pedestrian signal
plan will be inaugurated at Elev-
enth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV, considered one of the
most dangerous intersections for
pedestrians in the city.
Mr.. Van Duzer's announcement
came in the wake of another acc.-
dent at the Eleventh street inter-
section. Policeman Henry E. Jo-
hansen. a private attached to the
Traffic Division. suffered cuts about
the scalp and face yesterday when
he was struck by, or fell against, an
eastbound street car.
Favors Test.
Mr.. Van Duzer said he believes
pedestrian signal lights are needed
at both the Eleventh and Thir-
teenth street intersections, but that
he wished to give the lights a
thorough test at Thirteenth before
installing them at Eleventh street.
The lights will be installed within
the next few weeks" he said. 1T
the pedestrians obey them, they will
be afforded absolute protection in
crossing the intersection. If they
disregard the walk signals, then
the plan can't be successful"
Policeman Johansen. who was as
signed to pedestrian control at the
Eleventh street intersection, was
standing in the crosswalk facing
toward the east and was struck by
the front of the street car as he
turned to face northward, according
to Norman L. Pulliam. taxicab driver
of 1919 Calvert street NV. who
was driving a short distance behinc
the street car.
MotOrman Gives Version.
James 1nsley, motorman of the
street car, told police, however, that
he believed the officer either was
knocked or had fallen against the
side of the car near the rear end
He claimed the front part of the
car had passed by the policeman.
Since January. 1888, more than
so accidents have occurred at this
intersection. Sixteen persons have
been injured and IL of them were
pedestrians.
| One pedestrian was killed at tn,
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Bracket Is Named
Henderson's Successor
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Monopoly Committee yester-
day named James r. Bracket as it's
executive secretary to succeed Leon
Henderson. recently appointed to
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission.
Mr.. Bracket has been public re-
lations representative for the COM
mittee, having been lent by the S. E.
c. He is a native of Belle Fourche,
S. Oak, and before becoming con-
nected with the S. E. C. had been
writer for the Sioux Falls IS.
Dak) Argus-Leader. the Paris edi-
ton of the New York Herald -Tri-
bune and the Associated Press.
While Mr.. Bracket will take over
the Monopoly Committees secretar-
ial post, Mr.. Henderson will con-
tinue to serve as economic adviser
to the group. Mr.. Brackets salary
will be S6,500 year.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Thorough Probe
OF fPo|iceCourt
Under Way
F. B: !. Agents Bring
Their Investigation
Out in Open

With the establishment Of q Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation Office
at Police Court. an inquiry that will
be typical of the bureaus work In
other courts throughout the country
was officially begun.
The Federal agents started their
intensive probe only after prelimi-
nary groundwork had been COM
pleted. For at least a week four
men, strangers to court attaches at
first, but now known to be bureau
agents. have been noticed in specta-
tors benches in the four court
branches.
At various times. the four were
seen together in the corridors, COM
pairing notes. On one occasion, one
ofsthem was seen standing for al
most half an hour just outside the
main entrance picking up bits of
conversation between visitors on
court business.
With the announcement Thursday
by Attorney General Murphy that
an investigation of certain matters
pertaining to local courts was under
way, the agents moved into Police
Court more or less openly. having
been assigned to an Office in
section little frequented by the gen.
eral public.
Four Branches Watched.
Heading the probe is a veteran
thoroughly familiar with the local
courts. A sharp analyzer of records
and possessing memory that is
considered uncanny, he is reported
to have broken a number Of i'm
portant cases for the bureau. Those
assisting him are typical of the we'll
trained F. B. l. agents. With
background of university study that
has fitted each to be a combination
lawyer-certified public accountant,
they also have received special bu-
reau instruction on what is wheat
and what chaff in an "investiga-
ton"
Attaches at the court can talk or
think of little else since the agents
moved in Speculation on their
operations are rampant. All talk on
the investigation is confined 10
whispers, with each person seeking
to learn what the other has heard
During the next few days. the
agents probably will confne them
selves to more observation, prepar-
ing for interviews and examination
of records to follow. Close watch
is being kept on the operation of
each of the four branches-United
States. District of Columbia, Jury
and Traffic.
Thorough Probe Expected.
Interviews with court employees
are not expected to be confined
only to those who head the various
departments, but lower officers a5
well. Clerks. prosecutors. marshals.
bailiffs, lawyers and others con-
nected with the court are expected
TO be called either to the Office in
the building or the Department of
Justice. All those questioned will
be asked to state their views freely
without fear of reprisal
The records at the court have
become almost worth their weight
in gold Special care is being taken
that some of the papers are not
mysteriouslv missing" when the
agents begin an examination. In
formations. dockets, jury minutes
all will shed valuable light on opera
ton Of the court when statistics
are sought.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Bowie Exercises
To Dedicate Firehouse

Volunteer firemen from several
communities in Prince Georges
County will join in parade and
other exercises to dedicate a new
$1,000 firehouse at Bowie, Md, at
2:30 pm. tomorrow, it was an
nounced by Karl Young. president
of the Maryland Firemen's Asso-
citation. today,
Speakers will include Mr.. Young
William A. Carson. president of the
County Board of Commissioners
and Thomas P. Littlepage, Wash
ington attorney. The program will
be under the direction of Noah
Joffe, treasurer of the Bowie VOL
unteer Fire Co.
The new firehouse was construct
ed with a P. w. A. grant and con-
trlbutionS from Bowie residents.
The Bowie Post of the American
Legion will present the fire COM
pany with an American Flag and
the Post Drum and Bugle Corps
will play during flag-raising cere-
monies.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Catholic u. to Mark
Jubilee at Newark

The golden jubilee Of Catholic
University will be celebrated in New
jersey tomorrow night at banquet
in Newark. The Right Rev. Msgr
Joseph M. Corrigan, rector of the
university. will be among the speak
ers.
The event, to be held at the New
ark Athletic Club. also will mark the
first anniversary of the New Jersey
alumni organiza ton.
Other speakers include the Right
Rev. Patrick J. Mccormick, unlver-
sity vice rector; the Very Rev. 1gna
thus Smith, dean of the School OF
Philosophy; Arthur J. Bergman, dl-
rector of athletics. and Charles P
Maloney, national alumni president
Among the honor guests will be
the Right Rev. Msgr John L. Sheri-
dan. president of Mount St. Mary's
College, Emmitsburg. Md; the Right
Rev. Msgr. Thomas U. Reilly, vlcal
general of the Trenton Diocese; Wei
come w Bender, president of Rut.
gers University alumni, and james
j. Bowe, national secretary anc
treasurer of Catholic University
alumni.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
A. FL. Ready 10 Resume
Peace Talks Any Time

BY tbs Associated Press.
The American Federation Of
Labor is ready to resume labor peace
negotiations whenever the C. I. o.
names the date, President William
Green said last night.
He made the statement after his
Executive Council had received a
report from the A. F.. of L. Peace
Committee on the status of the ne
gotiations which were postponed in
definitely April by John L. Lewis.
C. I. o. president. because of the
soft coal wage conference and con-
gressional hearing on Wagner Act
amendments.
When the recess was taken, Mr..
Green added, no definite decisions
had been reached" on any points for
terminating the three-year-old civil
war in the ranks of organized labor,
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Birney Named to Head
Community Chest Unit

Dion S. Birney. Washington attor-
ney and member of the Board of
Directors of the Travellers Aid So
ciety, yesterday accepted chairman
ship of the Travellers Aid Division
of the Metropolitan Unit of the
Community Chest Campaign, Off
cials announced after a meeting at
the Y. w. C. A.. 612 E street NV.
Mrs. Harlan Fisk Stone, president,
presided at the session. which in
cluded resume of work being done
at Union Station by Mrs. E. E. Ham,
ilton and Miss Leonie Mccoy, men,
bers of the Service Committee, COM
posed of volunteers from the Junior
League.
Mrs. Margaret Ford. executive Sec
retary, reported 306 new cases &C
cepted during March and 226 cases
closed last month.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Rites Held for Mrs. BeoII

WOODFIELD, Md. May l3 (Spe-
ciaD The funeral of Mrs. Dorothy
w. Beall, 81. wife of B. Elwood
Beall, who died in Sibley Hos
pital, D. c., after brief illness,
took place yesterday from the home
of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs Elmer
w. Green, here. The services were
conducted by the Rev. w. A. Led
ford, pastor of Wesley Grove M. E.
Church, Woodfield, and burial was
in Wesley Grove Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Military Medicine
Leaders Inspect
Naval Academy Today
Sightseeing Scheduled
Prior to Resumption
OF Session Monday

Delegates to the Tenth Inter
national Congress of Military Medi-
cine and Pharmacy went to An
napolis today, where they inspect
ed the Naval Academy.
The regiment of midshipmen pre-
sented drill in honor of the dis
tinguished visitors.
Rear Admiral Wilson Brown.
superintendent of the academy, was
host to the delegation at lunch.
and plans were made for return
of most of the group this afternoon
for committee meetings at the Will
lard Hotel.
Sightseeing on Schedule.
Tonight and tomorrow were
scheduled for sightseeing and per-
sonal arrangements for the dele
gates.
The scientific program of the
congress is scheduled to be re-
sumed Monday at 9 am. in the
hotel, when number of subjects
will be discussed Sessions here
Will SoiltC W Il ClOSt Will lIlG lOI
NAL banquet Monday night.
To Go to New York.
Tuesday the delegates will go to
New York. where they are to con-
tinue scientific sessions at the WAL
dorf Astoria Hotel. and be guests
of honor Friday at the New York
Worlds Fair.
Among the questions for consid
Grafton at the final scientific ses-
sion here will be the international
use of helium in inhalation therapy
Already helium for medicinal pur-
poses is being exported under spe-
cial regulations, but the President
under the helium act, could GU,
of the supply to any, nation off
clally declared, during war, to be
a belllgerent. The United States
has the world supply of helium
Some American Army officers pro-
pose it should be made available
for military medicine everywhere.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Navy 10 Invite Bids
On Medical Center
Unit Next Month
Construction on BuiIdino
With 250-Foot Tower
Due After July

Bids for construction of the first
unit of the proposed naval medical
center at Bethesda. Md, will be in
vited by the Navy Department next
month and construction will begin
soon after the beginning of the new
fiscal year on July l.
The initial unit will include the
controversial tower to which obiec-
ton had been raised by the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion. according to construction plans
which now are being completed. Ex-
cept for minor details of design hav-
ing to do with the extreme upper
section of the tower. which will in
clude the elevator headhouses. the
construction plans are sufficiently
advanced to serve as basis for bid
ding, 1t was indicated.
To Be $50 Feet High.
The tower will reach a height of
approximately $50 feet and will be
an outstanding landmark in the
Greater National Capital area, it is
said.
Paul Cret, who yesterday was an
nounced as one of the 10 architects
chosen to submit final drawings for
the proposed Smithsonian gallery of
art, is collaborating with the NAVY
Bureau of Yards and Docks in prep
aration of plans for the medical
center.
The tower design. now becoming a
standard feature of hospital plan
nlng. Is intended to provide a max
lmum amount of light and air for
hospital wards to be used for the
treatment of certain types of all
ments. A difference of 200 feet
or more in elevation in the region
OF Washington is sufficient 10
make an appreciable difference in
atmospheric conditions, it was ex-
planned.
Central Unit.
The unit on which work will be-
gin in July will be the central
dominating feature of the whole
medical center plan. II will stand
dppI IoAlIHdIely IN Ine center OF the
24l-acre site, facing Wisconsin ave-
nut to the west. about 600 feet
back from the avenue. The front
OF the building will face upon a
great mall from which two road
ways, with wide formal mall park
way between, will lead to Wiscon-
sin avenue. where a large plaza
Will be located. separated from Wis
consin avenue by an architecturally
imposing entrance. In addition to
the two main drives, curving drive
ways will lead from the entrance
plaza to the north and south por-
tlons of the grounds and to auto
mobile parking areas and other
building units.
Plans for the main building. with
its central tower. indicate that ii
will be one of the most beautiful
structures of its kind in the country
and that it will be notable ad-
ditlon to the outlying portions OF
the National Capital, it was sale
by these who have seen the draw.
ings.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Savings Group Ad Funds
To Set New Record

BY the Associated Press,
The Public Relations Department
of the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board reported today that more saw
ings, building and loan associations
had set aside special newspaper ad-
vertising and business promotional
funds this year than ever before.
One factor accounting for this de-
velopment, the department reported,
was the increased business obtained
through such expenditures in 1898.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Etching to Be Made
Of Admiral TuyIor

Harry S. Moskovitz, Philadelphia
portrait painter and etcher, has
been commissioned by officers of the
Navy Construction Corps to make an
etching of Rear Admiral David w.
Taylor. u S, N. retired.
The etching will be presented to
the admiral on the occasion of the
opening of the new United States
Experimental Model Basin at
Carderock, Md, which will be named
for him.
Admiral Taylor has been confined
to Naval Hospital for several years.
He was chief of the Bureau of Con-
struction and Repair during the
World War.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Ribbentrop in Berlin

BERLIN. May 13 (P.-Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
returned to Berlin today from Berch-
tesgaden after an absence of more
than a week during which he con-
ferred in Milan with italian Foreign
Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano and
with Reichfuehrer Hitler In his
Bavarian mountain retreat.