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Evening star., 1939-06-06
Police 10 Press Quiz
OF Suspected Bandits
As 5 Are Identified
HoIdup Victims
Link Prisoners With
Five Recent Robberies

Detectives prepared today to re-
sumo questioning seven suspected
bandits after five of the men were
identified by holdup victims in a
lineup at police headquarters last
night.
Two others-one a victim of po-
lice bullets during a wild chase early
last Friday and another allegedly
beaten up by his accomplishment
identified at Casualty by several of
the victims.
AS result of the lineup the sus-
poets were linked with at least five
recent robberies in the District, ac-
cording to 1t. John Fowler, who
added that they probably will not
be charged before Saturday, pend
ing further questioning.
Two Arrested in Baltimore.
Two of the men were arrested
yesterday in Baltimore as one was
attempting to pawn a watch in a
waterfront secondhand shop. One
OF the suspects, Baltimore authori-
ties said, admitted that the watch
was taken from Joseph Mastesky,
So, who was slugged during the
holdup OF a liquor store in the 1900
block of Hamlin street NE. Thurs
day night.
This robbery occurred after a
gang OF thugs had kidnapped and
robbed Walter T. Trittipoe, 24-year-
Old cab driver, and left him bound
and gagged on Livingston road Sc,
just across the District line.
The suspects abandoned Mr.. Trit-
tipoe's cab after spectacular police
chase on Nichols avenue Sc. One
OF the men was shot down and
tour others were captured within
few hours
Those Who Identified Suspects.
Besides Mr.. Mastesky and Mr.
Trittipoe, the following identified
the suspects last night:
Thomas H. Cribb, a cab driver
of 1914 Saratoga avenue NE, robbed
OF IS, his cab and a watch on
May Is; William Wishard, gas
station attendant at Central ave
nue. and Benning road NE, robbed
OF $27 and slugged with a bottle
May 81; Melvin Charles, a cab
driver of 214 Sherman avenue NV.
robbed of 81 and his cab, May 81,
and Samuel Ackerman, manager
of the Hamlin street liquor store
and son-in-law of Mr.. Mastesky.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
New Health Forum
Sponsors Named

New sponsors of the District
Health Forum, which will hold
conference at 2 pm. Saturday in the
Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church
on District health conditions as af-
fected by the, Wagner Health Act,
were announced today.
They include Miss Josephine
Roche, former Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury; Mrs. Prenitss WILL
son, Mrs. G. D. Lowe, William H.
Savin and the Rev. John w. Rustin.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Indian Delegation
Asks U. S. CITIZENSHIP
By the Associated Press.

0y Cnc ASSOCl8CeQ Pte66.
Bearing an American flag, a dele
cation Of natives of India called on
Chairman Dickstein Of the House
immigration Committee today to ask
his cooperation in their efforts to
become citizens.
The delegates said they represent
ed some 5000 of their countrymen
who have lived in this country Is to
20 years, but are barred from citi-
zenship because they are of Asiatic
blood. Mr.. Dickstein called q meet
ing Of his committee for June IA to
hear their case.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Col. Robins Named
For High Position
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt yesterday
nominated Col. Thomas Matthews
Robins to be assistant to the chief
of Army Engineers with the rank
of brigadier general.
Col. Robins, a native of Snow
Hill, Md, was engineer officer at
the debarkation port of Hoboken,
N, j., during the World War. Since
last year he has been commandant
at Fort Belvoir, Va, and the engi-
neering school there.
Mr.. Roosevelt also nominated
Capt. Leon Claude Covell to be as
sistant commandant in the Coast
Guard with the rank Of Rear Ad-
miral. He has been filling the same
post with the rank Of captain.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Two Deaths Studied
For Possible Listinq
As Traffic Victims .
Autopsy Ordered on BODY
Of Man Struck by
Street Car Sunday

The deaths of two persons here
were under investigation today to
determine whether they should be
listed as trafic victims.
An autopsy was ordered performed
on the body of John r. Sisson. "A.
2ll0 Massachusetts, avenue NV,
who died last night of injuries re-
ceived when struck by a street car
early Sunday.
The accident occurred on Ben
ming road at Oklahoma avenue NE.
and police investigation indicated
that 1t happened on the street car
right Of way. This fact raised doubt
as to whether the Traffic Depart
ment would recognize it as a traffic
accident.
Similar accidents happening on
private property have not been
listed by the department in the past.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said. however, that he was listing
Mr.. Sisson as the 38th traffic victim
OF the year, but did not know what
action the department would take.
The other person to die was
Maude Yates, So, 1869 Columbia
road NV, who succumbed in Gar
field Hospital. She was hurt April
3 as she left a streetcar in front of
her home and Coroner Mcdonald
said he did not believe she should
be counted as traffic victim.
-Four persons were brought to
Providence Hospital today with
painful injuries received in an ac-
cident at Marshall Hall. They were
Harry Pierce, "a, Fenwick, Md;
Walter Lessner, %, 327 Second street
NE; Nancy Pierce, 40, 2159 Brandy
wine street, Arlington, Va, and
Allen Sill, 81, 2301 Nicholson street
Sc.
Sylvester Dorsey, 8, colored, of
1876 Thirteenth street Sc, was in
Gallinger Hospital today with Sc
rious injuries received when hit by
a car at Thirteenth and G streets
Sc. yesterday.
James E. Hickerson, 3, colored,
1901 Sixth street NV, was treated
at Freedmen's Hospital for minor
cuts received when struck by a car
near his home yesterday.
Mrs. Bertha M Pard, A, of 2O9 S
street NE. was in Emergency Hos
pital with bruises received when
struck by a motor cycle in the 400
block Of H street NV. yesterday.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Stokes Testimonial
Dinner 10 Be Held
Tomorrow Night
Many to Pay Tribute
To Cathedral and
Welfare Official

Canon and Mrs. Arson Phelps
Stokes, who are to leave Washington
soon for Lenox. Mass, will be hon
ored at an informal testimonial din
ner to be held at Barker Hall, Y. w
c. A., Seventeenth and K streets
NV, at $50 pm. tomorrow.
Tribute to DR.. Stokes will be paid
by speakers representing diverse
races and religious sects, as we'll as
former fellow-workers in the field OF
social welfare. DR.. Stokes, whose
resignation from the clerical staff OF
the Washington Cathedral becomes
effective this month, has announced
he will devote his time to the COM
pletion Of two literary works.
The dinner, which has been ar
ranged by the Committee on Reli-
gious Life in the Nations Capital
under the leadership of the Rev. DR.
Albert Joseph Mccartney, will pre-
sent his friends with the opportu-
nifty to show in an informal way
their appreciation for DR.. Stokes
services to Washington's many re.
ligious and welfare agencies.
Several to Make Talks.
Speeches of tribute are to be made
by Justice Harlan Fiske Stone OF
the Supreme Court of the United
States; Senator King of Utah
Bishop James E. Freeman of the
Episcopal Diocese of Washington
Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Or. Mordecai Johnson, president OF
Howard University; John Ihlder OF
the washington Housing Associa.
ton, the Rev. DR.. William S. Aber.
nethy of the Calvary Baptist
Church and DR.. Leverett Lvon. vict
president OF Brookings Institute.
The committee, of which the Rev
Mccartney is chairman. includes the
following members: Henry C. Bar
oen, secretary; the Rev. r. w
BROOKS, the Rev. w. H. Burgan. thu
rev. William L. Darby, executive
secretary; Miss Dorothy Davidson
Waldron Faulkner, Mrs. Helen u
HoHman, Coleman Jennings, the
ReV. Edgar A. Love, DR.. BENJAMIN
M. Mays, Mrs. w. A. Roberts, the
Rev. J. w. Rustin, William H. Sayin.
the Rev. Maurice Sheehy and the
Rev. Lawrence Shehan.
Organizations to Pay Tribute.
Resolutions will be rendered at the
dinner from the following organiza :
tions, to which DR.. Stokes directed
much OF his interest: Washington
Federation of Churches, Episcopal
diocese and Cathedral Institutions,
Brookings Institution, Community
Chest, Howard University, Washing
ton Housing Association, Family
service Association, Northwest Set
tlement House, st. Monica's League
Advisory Council, District Health De-
partment; American Council on Edu-
cation, Sigma Theta Club. District
OF Columbia Employment Cente,
ADVISORY Committee, Alley Dwelling
authority, Non-Sectarian Committed
for German Refugee Children. Com.
mittee on Race Relations, COMMITTEES
on Social Welfare, Washington
Federation Of Churches; Depart.
ment OF Social Welfare, Protestan,
Episcopal Church; st. Albans Schoo
Tor Boys, st. Anna's Home, Episcopa
Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital,
Diocesan Committee on Fine Arts
National Urban League, Glorious o.
Protestant Episcopal Diocese oi
washington, Girl Scouts Of Wash.
ington, District WI Girl Scouts
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Legality Of District
Business Privilege
Tax Challenged
Arguments Presented
To Five Jurists in
Court Of Appeals

The United States Court of Ap-
peals today had under consideration
constitutional questions relating to
the Districts business privilege tax
legality, following the presentation
of a number of arguments by inter-
ested counsel. Arguments were held
before five jurists, while three usu-
ally near case.
Representing the Colgate Palm
Olive Peet Co. of Jersey City, N. j.,
Attorney Seth w. Richardson told
the court yesterday afternoon that
Congress does not have the power to
tax District of Columbia business,
which is in interstate commerce, and
gave an extensive list of citations to
prove his contention. He cited
Supreme Court decision, which de-
MED Puerto Rico the right to place
an impost on shipments to the
United States. In legislating for
the District, said Mr. Richardson,
Congress stands as State Legisla-
ture and had no further power and
cannot tax interstate commerce.
Attorney John Walsh, represent
ing the General Electric Co. and
the General Electric Supply Co.,
put up to the appellate court the
question of whether his clients had
paid the tax voluntarily and the
problem of whether Congress can
tax business in the District done in
interstate commerce. Mr. Walsh
told the court his firms had paid the
tax under protest, although District
officials held otherwise, and he ap-
pealed to- the United States Court
of Appeals.
Representing Butler Bros. in an
attack on the validity of the busi-
ness privilege tax was Attorney
Bradley Mettee of Baltimore.
The local firm of commission
merchants, Neild & Sauerhoff, 1903
Maine avenue SW., one of the lead
ers in the fight on the business
privilege tax, was represented at
the hearing by Attorneys Alvin L.
Newmyer, David G. Bress and r. G.
Lamensdorf
Arguing for the validity of the
tax, on behalf of the District gov
ernment, were Vernon E. West,
principal assistant corporation
counsel and Assistant Corporation
Counsel Glenn Simon.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
S100,000,000 War
Materials Bill Passed

BY the Associated Press.
Final congressional approval was
given yesterday to a bill authorizing
expenditure of Sl00.000.000 for
acquisition of strategic war ma
terials. Senate approval sent the
measure to the White House.
The money would be spent dur
ing the years 1889 -1943 in accumu-
lating stocks of tin, rubber and
other materials which this country
largely imports. Budget estimates
indicate only s1o.OOo,OOO will be
spent in the next year.
The Senate originally approved q
100000 authorization. but the
House voted for $100,000,00O. A
joint conference committee &C.
cepted the latter figure.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Style, Inc., Wins Prize
For Window DispIoy

First prize for the best decorated
window OF a member of the Connec-
ticut Avenue Association was award
ed today to Style, Inc, 1920 Con-
necticut avenue.
The associations committee of
judges included L. A. Banks, Joseph
McCann and William C. Bowman.
The judges awarded hnorable men
ton to Emile, Magruder's and The
Bootery. Pasternak's was given spe-
cial mention for an especially we'll
dressed window.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Senators Talk on Rudio

Senators Sheppard of Texas and
Capper of Kansas and Col. James
A. Moss, president of the United
States Flag Association, called for
a patriotic revival in a radio broad
cast held last night In connection
with the observance of Flag Week, I"
June o.lk
Evening star., 1939-06-06

TRANSIT LINES REROUTED FOR ROYALTY-This map pre-
pared by the Public Utilities Commission shows changes
and bus lines that will go effect at 945 am
Thursday to clear the for the parade King
and Queen from Union Station to the White House. Regular
service will be restored minutes ends
about All lines that usually Pennsylvania avenue
Union Station Plaza and the immediate Capitol
rerouted The map shows lines be sent over
routes far from their regular looped back to
avoid the parade area
Evening star., 1939-06-06

Women's Committe Of Washington
Cathedral, Episcopal Rectory Club,
Child Welfare Board Of Children's
Hospital and the National Capital
Parks and Planning Commission.
Evening star., 1939-06-06

WIZ
Senator La Toilette insisted, how
ever, even if DR.. Rutland has
. made many mistakes. that this is
) not the way in which to try the
case"
Senator La Toilette said DR.. Ruh-
land would have no opportunity to
be present when the bill gets into
conference. Senator McKellar said
Dr. Rutland had appeared before
the subcommittee and that his tes-
.tlmony would be available.
At the subcommittee hearing two
weeks ago Senator Glass questioned
DR.. Rutland on the salaries paid
the resident physicians at Gal
$ llnger as compared with the rates
in similar hospitals elsewhere. The
Virginia Senator also questioned the
health officer as to his views re-
= garding the visiting staff and
whether he had disparaged the
visiting staff.
DR.. Rutland testified that he be-
lieved he had remained entirely
within the factual experiences"
Library Item Provokes Debate,
The only other item in the bill
that provoked debate was to allow
! the Public Library to have half of
l.tts oookbinding work done at the
,sLorton Reformatory Senator Nc
Carran, Democrat, of Nevada had
this stricken from the bill on the
ground it would take EMPLOYMENT
away from free labor in the CITY.
The Senate approved without de-
Evening star., 1939-06-06

Key to rerouted street and bus lines:
STREET CAR. 50-14th St-Bmeau of Engrav-
Route ing.
@ oo cnI;u ,.,. 5254-14th St.-Pa. Ave.
on Tan,artoun ] ,7.h .,a D. 60-Eleventh st.
w Avn 1''i anu "a 90-New Jersey Ave.
~ M ~, ,sa rieaSah' 'HaS' oap'eoi BUS LINES.
42-Mt Pleasant 13th D No
Ne Az Congress ghts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-12

soon as they moved, the Vicar got
his bearings, only to find that they
were approaching the village of
which he was priest. At the sight
of the distant spire, his memory sud-
denly stirred.
Dear, DEAR he cried. I'D for
gotten. I shan't be able to come.
You must set me down at that vii
lage. I've got a wedding myself.
At that village?' cried the 9TH
er. But that is where I'm to be
married-in ten minutes time
"The Vicar smiled his rare smile.
Make it twenty, my friend he
said gently. you must give me
time to change
$50 they brought one another to
church-the priest and the groom,
for, had they not met as they did,
neither the one nor the other could
have arrived"
There was moments silence.
Then the Duchess of Whelp shook
her head.
"Too good to be true" she said,
Gas I'll lay the Count will agree. !"
Madam" said the Count, 81 am
with you. And who ever heard of
a.
"God in heaven!" cried Herrick,
and started up to his feet. His eyes
were upon the Count, and the Count
was staring back, with the eyes of a
beast at bav.
So for a long moment
'What them" said Old Harry,
sharply.
Herrick put a hand to his head.
s'But he's denied it," he cried,
and looked dazedly round. Sand !
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-12
o Dornford Votes

he answers that, think that that
will prove something +. and prove
it up to the hilt"
/ glanced at the Count.
The man was sitting up straight
and was staring directly before him,
but not at me. It was plain that his
eyes saw nothing that eyes can see,
that Apprehension possessed him,
body and soul. And this, I think,
was natural, for the Duchess had hit
very hard. She had publicly forced
the cupboard in which his skeleton
stood and had hung the sword Of
vengeance over his head. And this,
after % years
The Count seemed to take hold OF
himself: a shiver ran through his
limbs, and a hand went out to his
wine: and then he was glancing
about him, as though to take up his
place. But the look on his face was
haunted, and he might have been 20
years older than when he sat down.
In silence which nobody cared
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-12
SERIAL FICTION-
She Painted Her Face
4 stony Of lo~ and intrigue :. BY DoRNFoRD YATES

rim gave way The rest, Of
course, was easy, but the Vicar con-
tinued to help till the work was
done. Then at last he Strengthened
his back, to find the other beside
him, silk hat in hand.
Sir said the man, I never
can thank you enough. And since
you have done me a service which
/ can never repay, beg you will
do me the honor to be my guest.
I am to be married this day at half
past two, and I should not now be
happy if you were not there
My very good friend said the
Vicar, inspecting his state, you
know very well that am not fit
to appear
"That was true: he was not even
wearing clerical dress.
Whose fault is that?' said the
other, and ushered him into his
car
''Now, though, for the moment,
he did not know where he was, so
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-12
Strange Things Happen to Vessels at
Sea During Storms and i'm Accidents

During a hurricane in the Carib-
bean, in 1906, a British tramp
steamer, the Dorisbrook, was
caught by what her crew described
as a tidal wave. They said it
must have been nearly 100 feet high,
and that the big steamer was car
ried on its summit like a chip in
a mill race. At last she stopped
with a bump, and when daylight
came she was in a pine forest more
than 200 yards from the beach,
reports writer in London Answers
Magazine.
A dock was dug around her and
a canal to the sea. She was re-
f1oated and went under her own
steam to Galveston, where she was
repaired. In the following Febru-
airy she delivered her cargo safely
in London.
Extraordinary things happen at
sea, but perhaps nothing harder to
believe than the fate Of the large
wooden schooner, Fred B. Taylor,
She was run down by a steamer in
the Atlantic and cut in two. Her
crew was saved. The bow half
drifted to Delaware bay, on the
American coast; the stern came
ashore on Ascension island, 4,500
miles away.
One more story almost equally
strange. The British steamship
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-12
YUM! YUM!

Fulton Oursler passes along the
tale of a tough customer who
stormed into barroom, ordered a
Manhattan cocktail, tossed it off and
chewed up the glass. He ordered
three more cocktails, downed them
in turn and chewed up each glass.
Then he wheeled on meek citizen
standing beside him peacefully sip
ping a glass of beer:
"What are you looking att What's
it to your"
Nothing" the humble citizen re-
piled, 81 just wondered why you
leave the stems. That's the best
part"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-12
The Answers

1. A pride.
2. The first is a type of cyclone.
A tycoon is an important person
in business.
8. No. Nicotine is colorless; the
yellow is tobacco tar.
4. Most people keep a sponge in
the bathroom, which really is the
skeleton of very energetic ami
NAL, usually found by divers in
the sea.
5. Thomas Jefferson.
6. -"Drive slowly is better Eng
fish, although "Drive Slow is gen.
orally accepted as correct.
Z. The Naval observatory says
that no light is received from the
sun when it is Is degrees or more
below the horizon, and during
those hours there is no hour that
is regularly the darkest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-12
SAFETY TALKS
Driving Too Fast

OF THE % states which pub
~ lished fatal traffic accident
summaries for the year, 81 CLASH
fed more drivers as Exceeding
the speed limit or ''driving too
fast for conditions" than were
charged with any other kind Of
improper driving.
All % states combined, says the
National Safety council, in its 1888
edition of Accident Facts" re-
ported about Is per cent of the
drivers in fatal accidents and
about 9 per cent of the drivers in
non-fatal accidents were in this
category.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-12
ALCOHOLISM
fisk Me .4nofher
Q A General Quiz
The Questions

1. What is a party of lions
called?
2. What is the difference be-
tween typhoon and tycoon?
8. Does nicotine stain the fingers
yellow?
4. What animal skeleton is kept
in the bathroom?
S. Who was the author of the
phrase 'entangling alliances?
6. Which is correct, "Drive
Slow or "Drive slowly?
z. Which is the darkest hour at
night?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-12

to break, some dessert was served.
Then Old Harry spoke in German.
"John Herrick, relieve the ten
sion. You know how to tell good
tale"
Madam" said Herrick, ''com-
mand me-" He put hand to his
head. IA few minutes ago the con-
versation turned upon remembrance
"a precious faculty. By that my
story shall hang :"
(Here I should say that Herrick's
story was heard by every soul in
that room, for the Duchess had
taken her spoon, yet did not begin
to eat; and while we, at table, sat
waiting for her to begin, the serv-
ants had nothing to do, because the
course had been served.)
"There was once an English VIC
ar, very forgetful man. Now all of
us sometimes forget. I forgot my
pistol on Friday afternoon. But he
was much worse than that. He
would set forth to keep an engage
ment and, while he was on his way,
forget why he had gone out. He
would frequently enter shop and,
ere he was served, forget what he
came in to buy. And sometimes in
winter, when the heaven was dark
and he was rising early, as parsons
do, he forgot he was getting up, but
supposed he was going to bed, took
off the clothes which he had that
moment put on and then retired, as
though it were night and not day.
But, with it all, he was so gentle
and charming and had a nature so
sweet that his flock forgave his fail
ing with ready hearts, smiled at his
errors and said it was Parsons
way
"Well, one beautiful summer
morning, he could not resist the call
of the countryside, and, after his
early breakfast, he set out afoot to
prove the lively beauty he loved so
well and draw from it sermon
such as no books could give. For
the following day was Sunday
AS though upon air, he roamed for
mile upon mile. Of course he for
got all else: and of such was his
communion that he forgot all time.
In fact, it was past two o'clock, and
he had covered the best part of
Is miles, when he climbed stile in
a hedgerow, to find a man in the
road, with watch in his hand. And
the man was watching a chauffeur
changing tire-or, rather, trying
to change it, for the car had de-
tachable rims, and, because of the
heat of the day, the metal had ex-
panded and the rim had seized on
to the wheel.
"At once the Vicar perceived the
state Of the case. The man, who
was wearing full dress, was clearly
due at some function, for which he
feared to be late: the chauffeur
was needing assistance to pull off
the rim: but the other dared not
give it, because of his clothes.
without so much as a word, the
Vicar went down on his knees in
the dusty road-not to pray, but to
add his strength to that of a fellow
man. And after a moment or two,
before their united endeavors, the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-12
Reckless Spending

A husband and wife were having
a bitter discussion about who was
the more extravagant.
"You accuse me of reckless ex-
travagance," said he scornfully.
"When did / ever make a useless
purchaser"
"Well," said she,. there's the fire
extinguisher you bought last year.
We never used it once. not once"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-12
ANIMATED GHOSTS

"Smith has moved away from that
house he was living in. He says it
was haunted"
"And so it was. His creditors
were hanging around there day and
night"