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Evening star., 1939-10-04

crowded the doorways to see Knee
Hi.
Jaw, you've made me lose my
place." complained one employe to
customer with a grin.
Three other men from store
further down the street climbed on
a ladder to watch the demonstra-
ton. Others looked down from
overlooking windows.
Miss Roberta Shoemaker, prin-
cipal of the school, braved a stream
of traffic up Georgia avenue to get
few pictures of Knee-Hi doing
her keep cool in traffic" act.
If Knee-Hi is hoarse this morn
ing it probably will be due to her
vocal condemnation of the at least
half dozen motorcycles that
passed during the demonstration.
Motorcycles are among the things
she hates best.
Today she and her associates, DR..
George E. Brunson, her master;
Jack Dalton, her announcer, and
Bill Tobin, were to present their
demonstration before the children
of the Langdon School.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
zoning Body Debates
Apartment House Rule

Debate developed today before the
zoning Commission on a PROPOSAL
to ban the erection of apartment
houses in the area near Cortland
place, Klingle road and TWENTY
ninth street NV.
This was one of nine proposed
changes in zoning scheduled for
consideration at the commission s
fall meeting in the District Build
ing.
The apartment house proposal is
involved in petition for extension
OF the residential, 4O-foot "A" re-
strlcted area district in square 21O3
to include all lots abutting the south
side of Cortland place between
Klingle road and Twenty-eighth
street; all lots abutting the north
side of Cortland place between
Klingle road and the east line of
parcel 81 over 80; all lots abutting
the west side of Twenty ninth street
between Cortland place and Cathe-
dral avenue and all lots abutting the
south side of Klingle road between
Cortland place and the west line of
lot 811, square 2106, NV.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Louis Banks Named Head
Of Display Club

Louis Banks last night was elected
president of the National Capital
Display Club. Henri Lindeman was
named vice president and F. Cristel
was made treasurer.
The club voted to assist the
Greater National Capital Committee
of the Washington Board of Trade
in the design and construction of
the queens float for the Halloween
parade. The group also announced
it expected to enter several con-
testants for the queen. w. A. Gray
was named chairman of committee
to select contestants.
J. B. McCann. president of the
International Association of Display
Men, was among those attending the
meeting.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Allen |ndorses
1icket-Fixiing
Publicity
Will Pay Fine
Himself When
Asked to Adjust

Commissioner George E. Allen to-
day voiced emphatic approval of the
restrictions adopted by Corporation
Counsel Elwood H. Seal against the
ticket-f1xing abuse, indorsing Mr..
Seals proposal for regular publica-
ton of the names of those whose
tickets are fixed and the names Of
their sponsors.
The proposal for publication of
the names involved in ticket fixing,
including those who can give logical
excuses, is awaiting action by the
Board of Commissioners. Without
waiting for board action, however,
Mr.. Allen declared he was entirely
in favor Of the plan.
The Commissioner went even
further, announcing that from now
on he would pay the fine himself
whenever he sees fit to take care of
a request for what is politely called
an adjustment" of a ticket for
minor traffic offenses, such as over
time parking or parking in a re-
stricted zone.
Assistants Instructed.
Maj. E. w. Brown, superintendent
OF police, said last Saturday that he
felt that Mr.. Seals plan was unfair
to the Police Department in some
respects because there were cases in
which the substitution of warning
for traffic charge was warranted.
Mr.. Seal has instructed his assist
ants at Police Court they should
neither fix nor adjust any traffic
tickets on the request of police off,
GERS.
Mr.. Seal took this action after
estimating that between January l
and September l6 of this year some
5000 tickets had been fixed and that
about 1000 Of these had been han
died by his Police Court assistants.
commissioner Allen said of course
there were cases in which an ad-
)ustment was proper, such as the
case OF physician who parks lille
gally when answering a call from a
patent and finds no legal parking
space available. but he said he be-
heVed such cases were a very small
percentage of those fixed.
More Even Justice Seen.
In other words" said Mr.. Allen,
I can't see why we should 20 on
liking tickets for those who are well
aoIe to pay a small fine, and let
the little fellow who can't afford the
ilne and who has no friends at court
to continue to pay the penalty.
I approve the publication of the
names of those whose tickets are
nxed and the names of those who
asked that the tickets be fixed
These persons have nothing to be
ashamed OF if there is merit in the
adjustment of their tickets"
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Central High Students
Praise Winninq Puper

Central High Schools entire stu
dent body today devoted a special
assembly to the Bulletin, weekly stu
dent publication, which recently
was awarded all-America rating by
the National Scholastic Press Asso-
citation.
Speakers who praised the work of
the paper and urged its support by
the students included Robert Hill,
business manager of the Bulletin;
Herbert Benjamin, editor of the
paper last year; Ann Wickard, this
years editor, and James G. Deane,
editor of the Review, the literary
magazine.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Building Restraints Here
Held 10 Need Correction

The Department of Justice inouirv
INTO building restraints here has
pared conditions that require cor
rection, it was said today by OF
clals, but the procedure to be fol-
ioWeo mas not been determined def
initely.
IN several cities where the Nation
VIDE probe is in progress special
grand juries have been summoned
Ihe inquiry, designed to disclose
antitrust violations in the building
construction industry, has covered a
broad field here, material concerns
general contractors, subcontractors
ana labor coming under scrutiny
Bidding practices by subcontractors
are said to have attracted particular
attention,
Evening star., 1939-10-04
HoIdup Victims Bluff Traps
Bandit, Who Names 3 Aides
Armed Trig9ermon'
Is Held by Ruse
Until Police Arrive

William Scheer, 30-year-old elec-
trician, was declared winner today
in his war of nerves with gang OF
colored holdup men who had COM
mitted a number of robberies and
short-haul kidnapings here recently.
Mr.. Scheer was still in one piece,
although not able to understand
quite how, and the thugs were be-
hind bars
1t was on Monday night when Mr..
Scheer, who lives 1901 West Vir-
ginia avenue NE. and works at the
Government Printing Office, first
met the gang. He was driving near
Second and I streets NE. when
three of them boarded his car and
forced him to drive them around
town.
"One of them had pistol and
he kept threatening to kill me- he
said. Il guess I was pretty scared.
They took about SO and my coat
and finally let me CO."
Spies 'Triggerman.'
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Scheer
was driving along Massachusetts,
avenue near Second street NE,
when he spied the man who had
held the gun on him. He followed
the man along for some distance.
HE saw me and started over to
the car. I got out and put my hand
in my pocket like 1 had gun. I
told him I had him covered and
made him walk into store.
The storekeeper called police and
I kept talking to this guy and try
ing to scare him as bad as he had
scared me the night before. told
him all sorts of things-and I don't
know who was more afraid. You see,
didn't have any gun"
The colored man kept trying to
get his hands to his pockets, Mr..
Scheer said, and repeatedly asked:
How do I know you've got q
gun"
Holdup Man Armed.
II told him to make move if he
wanted to find out. I told him I
would blow him to bits"
The police came after about IS
minutes and found that the holdup
man had a gun tucked under his
belt and a lead pipe in his pocket.
He was very unhappy when he found
out Mr.. Scheer had been bluf1ng-
so unhappy that he gave the names
of three other members of the gang.
The men admitted they robbed Mr..
Scheer. They also admitted, police
said, that they had robbed several
other persons here recently, in at
least two cases abducting their vic
tins and carrying them across State
lines before releasing them.
Among the kidnap-robbery victims
of the gang we're: Marvin o. Sho-
walter of Harrisonburg. Va, held up
at Eleventh street and Maine ave-
nue. S.W., robbed of $40 and taken
to Accotink, Va, on September Is;
Peter Knitter of Bradbury Park,
Md, held up at Second and Canal
streets S.W., robbed of $3.50 and
taken to Accotink, on September %,
and the Rev. Len F. Stevens, 1914
w street Sc, held up Saturday
night, robbed of an undetermined
amount of cash and taken to Suit
land, Md.
Inspector Bernard w. Thompson,
chief of detectives, and 1t. Clement
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Why Must They Die? No. IS xms Killed o1 ,' Ts, Sam; ne
Series Of Factual analyses OF D. c. Traffic Fatalities
analyses of the 9th, 10th, 32d,
63d and 64th traffic fatalities haze
not been published. pending COM
pletion of official Investigations.
The first t1uo mentioned ,Dere hit
rim c0SpS

DtcLtOn OF OUICIUt IHUcSttyuLeOIto'
The first t1ro mentioned 1Dere hit
run cases.
The place: The intersection OF
Fifth and Quackenbos streets NV.
The accident: An 81-year-old man
crossing from the west to the east
curb of Fifth street was struck by
the right front fender of an auto
mobile moving south on Fifth street,
witnesses said. A snag in the
fender ripped a portion of the mans
coat off and spun him half around.
He fell to the street and struck his
head on the pavement. The victim
died in Emergency Hospital the
same day of a fractured skull.
Relatives of the deceased said he
was partially blind in one eye and
was hard of hearing. The body
was found about 8 feet from the
west curb on Fifth street, 16 feet
below the south curb of Quacken-
bos street. A witness stated the
car stopped Is feet beyond the body.
The time: About $3.50 am. SUM-
day, october l, 1899.
Weather conditions: Raining hard
and dark for the time of day.
The street: Wet, straight and with
a slight grade.
The vehicle: A 1927 model coupe,
the brakes of which were found
by police to be very bad" Car
was equipped with a hand-operated
windshield wiper. Horn was found
to be barely audible" police said.
Side curtains were of tin with small
apertures for windows. The driver
said he was driving at about is
miles an hour.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Congregation Reflects
Joseph A. Wilmer

Joseph A. Wilmer, head of the
Jewish Social Service Agency, was
reelected president of the Adas
Israel Congregation last night for
the 18th consecutive year. Rabbi
Solomon Metz and Cantor Louis
Movik were reelected.
Other new officers are Herman
Robin, vice president; Joseph Blu
menthal, treasurer; A. Scheffelman,
executive secretary; Lester Lazy,
recording secretary; Charles Piltzer
and Joseph Mazo, trustees.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Curruthers Won't Run
For Civic Post Again

L. A. Carruthers, completing his
second term as president of the Fed
GRAFTON of Citizens Associations, has
announced he will not be a candi-
date to succeed himself when NOM
nations open Saturday.
Mr.. Carruthers said he believes
service as president should be re-
stricted to two terms"
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Officers Are Installed
By Legion Post

Chaplain Daniel B. Richardson
and Third Vice Comdr. David Kis-
lux were installed as officers of the
Vincent B. Costello Post, No. Is,
American Legion. by Ray Queenin,
commander, at the posts meeting
last night at the District Building.
Harry Cedar, Arlington, Va, was
appointed publicity officer.
The post officers will sponsor an
air meet Sunday at Baileys Cross
roads, Va, Mr.. Cedar announced.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
100-Yeur-OId Tree
Removed From Park

Lafayette Park has lost its next
to the last copper beech.
Attacked by ambrosia beetles, the
tree had to be removed, the Office OF
National Capital Parks said today.
It was 100 years old.
Evening star., 1939-10-04

The driver: A 50-year-old unem-
ployed carpenter with 10 years
driving experience. Police quoted
him as saying he was watching a
car coming out Of Quackenbos street
and did not see the pedestrian until
he was at the fender Of the car.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Traffic Hurts
Fatal 10 Two
D. {. Residents
Young Woman Dies,
Printer Is Killed
In Arlington
Traffic Record

The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today:
Fatalities, l..
Accidents, "a.
Motorists injured, 4.
Motorists arrested, 318.
Pedestrians injured, 9.
Pedestrians arrested for viola
tions Of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 4.
Evening star., 1939-10-04

Coroner's jury verdict: Driver held
under the Negligent Homicide Act
for action Of Police Court.
General: Car bore South Carolina
license tags listed in name Of driv-
er'S son.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
japanese Army Leaders
Demand Tieup With Nozis

TOKYO. July S. (UP) = Army
leaders plan an effort 10 overthrow
the cabinet unless government lead
ers reconsider their refusal TO en-
ter an outright military alliance
with Germany and Italy, it was
said In authoritative quarters to-
day.
It was said that military chief
tains had decided to spend two
weeks in a campaign of argument
hoping to induce the government
to ally the country fully with the
Axis" nations.
If they fail, it was intimated, the
military leaders would create a sit
uation as the result of which Baron
Kiichiro Hiranuma. premier. and
his cabinet colleagues would most
likely be forced to resign.
During their two weeks cam
paign, it was understood, the MILL
tary men intended to take advan-
tage Of any European upheaval to
intensity pressure on the govern
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05

vile, Okla. radio operator; Ira
Jones, engineer, and A. Y. Owen.
photographer. both of Oklahoma
City.
Ice In the northwest passage is
open only six weeks of the year,
from Aug. l to Sept. Is. Ports of
call and water passages on the Pan
doras route include Juneau, Nome
and Wainwright. Alaska; Jones Is
lands, Melville Sound, Prince of
Wales channel. Ponds Inlet. New
foundland. New York. Panama Can
al, San Francisco and Seattle.
The Rev. Kellems bought the 38-
foot diesel-powered Pandora in
Long Beach, Cal, for 5000. Last
year he sailed the vessel to Point
Barrow to erect a monument to
the late VIII Rogers and Wiley Post,
who were killed there In an air.
plane crash four years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Poles Tunnel Out
Wartime Trenches
On Danzig Border
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perhaps in a formal note.
There has been much talk OF
a possible joint British-French-
Polish note to Danzig regarding
military preparations in the free
state, but whether 1t would be Is
sued depended on day-to-day de-
velopments.
Chamberlain made his statement
In reply to question by Vyvyan
Adams, conservative, who asked
whether the prime minister would
take some action, such as mobiliZ-
ing the fleet, to impress the German
government with Britain's determi-
nation to resist any aggressive solu-
ton OF the Danzig problem.
His majesty's government will
not fail to take any steps which
seem to them necessary or desirable
to make their attitude absolutely
clear" Chamberlain replied. This
already has been stated with pre-
cision in recent speeches by the
ministers.
Chamberlain and Viscount Hail.
fax, foreign secretary, both said
in recent speeches that Britain will
meet force with force.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
County Escapes
July 4th Deaths
ForSecond Year
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ever made in the valley. One man
was arrested for hit-and-run driv-
ing.
This was the second consecutive
year that the valley has emerged
from the July 4 holiday without
a traffic death.
Captain Frank Oswalt attributed
the "deathless" holidays to the good
sense and cooperation OF the motor
ing public, the constant vigilance
of the patrolmen, and front page
Post-Press story asking drivers to
observe traffic laws and cooperate
with officers.
The public was asked In the
newspaper story to be careful, and
warned that the patrolmen would
be on the job from Saturday noon
until Wednesday morning." Oswalt
said. That story deserves a lot of
the credit for the safe and sane
driving"
John Baird, 26, Brawley, suffered
conclusion of the brain, scalp
wound, leg and rib injuries in an
automobile accident at Live Oaks
San Diego county, at S am. We'd
nesday. Billie Ray York, also of
Brawley, was slightly injured in
the same accident. York, the driver,
was said to have gone to sleep at
the wheel. The car left the highway
and crashed into a post.
Arthur S. Escobar, 10, was ar
rested in Brawley for throwing
firecrackers under dancers feet
lust to hear the girls holler!" He
spent Tuesday night in Jail on a
charge of disturbing the peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Four.Day Holiday
Takes MANY Lives

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when a wooden stand crowded with
spectators at pageant and fire
works show at Waukegan, Ill, col
lapsed. Police said about 1000 per-
sons were thrown to the ground.
California. Maryland, Florida and
Texas had the fireworks fatalities.
Earl Hoover, 81, Los Angeles, was
killed by premature explosion of
home made bomb.
California counted 80 deaths in
traffic accidents, which long since
has replaced fireworks as the most
deadly element of Independence day
celebrations.
There were 20 suicides reported
In the state, five shootings, four
drownings and seven Of miscel-
laneous character. Northern Cali
fornia led the south in automobile
fatalities with IT; southern Califor-
MIA had IA and central California
five.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Japan Claims Big
Victory on Border

HSINKING, Manchukuo, July 5.
CUP)-Japanese dispatches report
ed today that Japanese-Manchu-
kuan troops had driven Outer Mon
golian- Russian forces from stra-
tegic nilltop III the Baisnagal sector
after a severe aerial and infantry
battle.
The Japanese triumph was re-
ported in Domei news agency dis
patch from the Manchukuo- Outer
Mongolian border where ft,htne
has been in progress fer weeks and
where japanese claimed this NOR
ming that they had shot down SO
Soviet airplanes.
japanese military sources indi-
Gated that they believed they had
crushed the Mongolian- Russian for
ces which they claimed invaded
Manchukuo territory in All attempt
to create another conflict such as
was waged last year at Chensku-
teng Hill. OH the Manchukuo-Sio-
erian border.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Junius Wheeler
Succumbs at u

JuniuS Wheeler, IA, Yale and
Heidelberg graduate and Imperial
Valley rancher for 80 years, died
at hi; home in El Centre at PIN.
Tuesday.
He engaged in hay ranching for
many years but later became in
terested in poultry raising. He
was active in all pioneering enter
prises during the early settlement
days in the valley.
When his health failed in late
years, he left his ranch In the
Acacia district and moved to Ell
Centro and lived there until his
death.
Wheeler vas born in Plainfield,
Mich, Oct. ?, 1865. He arrived in
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Former Philippine
Governor Killed

SANTA ANA, Cal, July .. UP)-
Newton w. Gilbert, II, governor
general of the Philippine islands
under President Theodore Roose-
velt died today of injuries suffered
March 26 in an automobile accident.
Gilbert, native of Worthington,
Ohio, was elected to congress from
Indiana in 1904. Previous TO that
time he had been lieutenant gov
ernor of Indiana and served in the
legislature of that state.
He served as governor general of
the Philippines until 1913.
Gilbert suffered the injuries which
proved fatal when his brother, Guy
j. Gilbert, struck him with his au-
tomobile as he was backing 1t out
of the driveway OF his home here.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Germans Move Out
OF Italian Area

BERLIN, July S. CUP)-Betweer
5000 and 5000 Germans have re-
turned to Germany from the Italian
Tyrol under an agreement between
Adolf Hitler and Premier Benito
Mussolini, it was understood today
It was made known officially at
Rome yesterday that negotiations
were in progress to solve the Ger
man minority problem in the South
Tyrol.
According to Italian estimates
there are in the italian Tyrol, Au-
strian territory awarded TO Italy
after the World war, about 200, 600
German speaking people, 10000
Italian speaking people and 10000
foreigners, mostly Germans.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Burgunder Linked
To Desert Murder

PHOENIX, Ariz., July S. (UP)-
A ballistics expert testified in the
murder trial of Robert Burgunder
today that shells found on the
desert near the bodies of Jack
Peterson and Ellis Koury, murder
ed automobile statesmen, were fired
from Burgunder's gun.
E. B. Crossman, of Los Angeles,
said that he conducted tests of the
gun brought to him by Sheriff Lon
Jordan of Maricopa county and
that at least four" of the five shells
were fired from the rs calibre auto
matte which the state alleges Bur-
gunder shot and killed the sales
men.
Five discharged shells were found
on the desert near Koury and Pet
erson. The pistol was in Peterson's
car when Burgunder was captured
In Johnson City, Tenn.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
.CIoudburst Takes
Toll of Lives in
Kentucky Village
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first, then into streets on hill at
the end of town.
Sirens In the brick plant of the
Leigh Clay Products company
screamed a warning to the others.
The volunteers organized quickly.
Outside help was not available be-
cause roads were blocked Even the
Chesapeake IL Ohio railroads main
line between Washington and Louis
vile was closed at Gates. six miles
away, because tracks were under
water and two bridges were washed
out.
Whenever we heard someone cry
for help. We rowed our boats that
way and rescued them Ii we could"
Duncan told the United Press cor
respondent.
I'VE saw some folks on the roofs
of their houses. The water came up
SO fast that they had to climb up
there to keep from being drowned"
Families huddled in little groups
in the flooded district. Women and
children cried and some prayed.
The rescue work went slowly be-
cause there were not nearly enough
boats for such an emergency.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Adventures Sail
Over Worlds Top

SEATTLE. July S. CUP)-Six per-
sons-five men and a 2l-year -old
college coed-from the sun-baked
plains of Oklahoma boarded the
cruiser Pandora today to begin a
24000 mile trip through the Arctic
in an effort TO become the first
ever to negotiate the northwest pas
sage from west to east.
The only one OF the six who ever
had been to sea before was the Rev.
Flint Kellems. 45-year-old leader
of the expedition. The others were
drawn into the adventure in the
hope of making as historic a jour-
ney as the Norwegian explorer,
Ronald Amundsen, did when he
sailed the route from east to west.
Amundsen spent three years, from
1908 to 1906. in making what re-
mains the only successful trip over
the top of the North American con-
tinent.
The vessel was docked for the
night at the goyernment-operat
Ballard Locks at the head of Lake
Union where the last bundle of
supplies remained TO be loaded be-
fore the Pandora puts out to sea.
The Rev. Kellems hoped to get
under way by noon.
Members of the Rev. Kellems crew
will be his daughter. Vivienne, a
student at the University of Okla
homa; the Rev. Cecil I. Brooks,
Oklahoma City; Leo Clark, Bartles-