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Evening star., 1939-01-30
Grand Jury 10 Hear
Long Transcript Of
Weinberg Testimony
Witness in Hines Cose
Snutches Pistol and
Ends Life
BACKGROUND


Tammany District Leader
James J. Hines is on trial for
second time on charge of pro-
riding political protection for
Dutch Schultz's $4,000, ,O00-a-
year lottery racket. Mtstridl ,Das
declared in District Attorney
Thomas E. Deweys first attempt
to gain conuiction. George Vein
berg 1Das ,Ditness for prosecu-
tiOn.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-The
spectre of George Weinberg, all
ing and fearful one-time gangland
"strong-arm" who killed himself
yesterday, fingered today over the
policy racket trial of Tammany
District Leader James ]. Hines.
District Attorney Thomas E.
Dewey announced that Weinberg,
on whose shifty testimony he leaned
In the miscarried first trial of
Hines, still was a witness in the
second and that the long transcript
of his testimony, although its verac-
ity was doubted by the judge him.
self, will be read by an assistant
prosecutor.
The admitted perjurer and guilty.
pleading States witness against
Hines was on the stand three and
half days and at one point in
his testimony Hines leaped angrily
from the counsel table and shouted:
you lie."
Shooting Takes Place - Hideaway.
Fear of gang vengeance, his
cronies believed, or a severe stom-
ach ailment, in the opinion of Mr..
Dewey, drove Weinberg to snatch
up pistol from a Dewey investi-
gators coat and shoot himself
through the head.
The shooting took place at the
pretentious hideaway in suburban
White Plains which Mr.. Dewey had
rented as sanctuary for Weinberg
j. Richard (Dixie) Davis, one-time
kid mouthpiece for the notorious
Dutch Schultz gang which Hines is
accused of protecting for pay; and
big Harry Schoenhaus. another
Schultz henchman. They were held
in protective custody"
All three pleaded guilty to charges
similar to those against Hines-con-
spiracy and contriving lottery in
the multi-million- dollar Harlem
numbers game-and turned evidence
against Hines.
The three, together with detectives
and Investigator Joseph Kaitz had
just finished dinner yesterday and
were preparing for drive through
the countryside.
Found Unconscious.
Weinberg, who had awakened sew
eral times in pain during the night
left the dining room ahead of the
others, seized the pistol from Mr.
Kaitz's overcoat and went into the
bathroom. They heard a shot a
moment later and he was found un-
conscious with bullet in his head
and his body propped to indicate he
had aimed carefully while looking
into the mirror. He died in a hos
pital.
Mr.. Dewey attributed Weinberg's
act to worry over his health, his ap-
preaching prison sentence and the
plight of his wife and two children
Evening star., 1939-09-04
Coast Guard Vessels
Watch German Tanker
In Boston Harbor
coptoin Threatens
To Blow Up Croft
To Avoid Capture
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Sept. 1.-Two Coast
Guard vessels stood guard today
over the German Tanker Pauline
Friedrich, which took shelter yes
terday in Boston Harbor with a
cargo Of lubricating oil.
Il will sink this ship with all
hands aboard her before I'll see
ner taken over by the British Navy
asserted Capt. Heinrich Heitzman,
who turned the vessel back from
a point OF Halifax, Nova Scotia,
upon hearing radio reports of Eng
lands declaration Of war against
Germany.
Customs officials said that the
tanker, which was en- route from
Port Arthur, Tex, to Hamburg
could remain in the harbor "A hours
before making entry at the GUS
TOMS house. If she had not en-
tered at that time, they said, she
had 4S hours before she must put
to sea.
The custom officials said they did
not know what course of action
would be taken If the tanker re-
mained over the 48-hour period.
The Pauline Friedrich carried a
crew of 30, 10 of whom were re-
ported to be Dutch.
Evening star., 1939-09-04

Society, and Mrs. William A. Nor
gan Of 2610 Thirty street NV,
are bound for New York aboard the
S. 8. Manhattan. Dr. Morgan said
his wife had cabled she would ar
rive Friday, but the ship was sched-
uled to dock Thursday.
Archives Chief Seeks Ship.
Vernon D. Tate, chief Of the
Division of Photographic Archives
and Research at the National
Archives, cabled his wife August 20
he had arrived in Holland and was
waiting for the first boat home"
Mrs. Tate thinks he might have
sailed Saturday on the Holland
American liner Noordam. She has
cabled the line for passenger list,
but has not yet received a reply
Mr.. Tate was making a study of
European archives.
Marshall Clagett, %, q George
Washington University graduate,
has left Paris for a town on the
Brittany coast, according to his
mother, Mrs. Claire Clagett, 1854
Columbia road NV. Temporarily
relieved by word that her son had
left Paris. Mrs. Clagett now fears
he won't be able to get passage on
ship home for some time. Her
son had been in Paris for three
months on years travelling fellow
ship from Columbia University,
studying for Phi. D. degree in his
tory.
Two Washington girls who have
been in Norway for the last month
notified their parents they are SAIL
ing tomorrow on the s. S. Oslofj lord,
Norwegian liner. They are Miss Mar
jorie Gould Lincoln. daughter of G..
Gould Lincoln. political writer of
The Star, and-Miss Christi Putnam,
daughter of George R. Putnam of
2126 Bancroft place NV. They have
been touring Europe together.
Mrs. Thomas H. Healy, wife OF
DR.. Healy, dean of the Foreign Ser
vice School of Georgetown Univer-
sity is in Southern France. She
had gone to Paris, her native home,
in early summer on the receipt of
news of her mothers death. When
heard from last week she had gone
to the Southern part of France.
Evening star., 1939-09-04
U. :. Counts 2O1 Dead
So Far on Holiday
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The United States counted its
Labor Day week end dead on the
highways and in domestic tragedies
today while Europe counted hers in
the zones of war.
With the third day Of the long
week end yet to run its course, at
least pol persons were dead: 100 in
traffic accidents, SO by drowning and
IS by shooting. falls, suicides, struck
by lightning and from miscellaneous
causes.
Illinois led the States in the grim
record with % fatalities. Deaths
by States from all causes included:
Alabama. 8; Arkansas, 3: Cali
fornia. 8: Colorado, 3; Connecticut,
8; Florida, 1; Georgia. Q; Illinois,
23,; Indiana, 2; Iowa, S; Kentucky,
IA; Maine, /; Maryland, 6: Michi-
gan. g; Minnesota. Z; Mississippi. 2;
Missouri, 1; Montana. 1; Nebraska.
6: New Jersey, II; New Mexico, Il:
New York. Is; North Carolina. /;
North Dakota. /; Ohio. Is; Okla
homa. 5; Oregon. 2; Pennsylvania,
IL; South Carolina. 3; Tennessee, /;
Texas, 8; Utah. 2; Virginia, s; WASH
ington. /; West Virginia, 4; Wiscon-
sin, 7; Wyoming, /.
Evening star., 1939-09-04
War Situation Broudcusts

2 pm. - European situation,-
WMAL.
2:30 p.m.-Kirg Leopold Of Bel
qtum, WMlL and VOL.
f3:55 pm-Associated Press news,
WMAL.
AIS p.m.-European broadcast,
WRC.
4:30 p.m.-British Broadcasting
Co. news, VOL.
4:45 p.m.-WilNam L. Shirer, Ber-
lin, WJSv.
Ass pm. - Raymond Gram
Swing, VOL.
sos pm.-European situation,
WMAL.
sos pm. European broadcast
WRC.
$50 pm.-Thomas Grandin, Paris,
WJSV.
$50 pm.-News broadcast, WRC
5:45 pm-Iowell Thomas, WMAL
5:45 pm.-Edward r. Murrow
London, WJSV.
0:15 p.m.-European broadcast,
WRC.
pm.-Fulton Lewis, jr., VOL.
VOL and WRC.
Evening star., 1939-09-04
A Practical Booklet
On Care of the Feet

CARE OF THE FEET, a 81
page booklet offered by this
bureau, is just what you suf-
ferers of minor foot ills need.
It contains authoritative gen.
eral information on selection
OF correct shoes and stockings,
foot hygiene, simple forms of
exercise that will strengthen
and improve your feet. 1t tells
you what you can do and what
you should not attempt to do
in the matter of home treat
ment Of foot Ills. Don't neg
lect your feet - order your
copy of this helpful booklet to-
day. It is well worth the cost
only a dime.
Evening star., 1939-09-04
Seven Daring Pilots
Ready for Thompson
Trophy Race Today
Lee Williams Croshes
To Death in Greve
While co. 900 Watch
By the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, Sept. 4.-Seven Of
the Nations most daring pilots were
ready for today's 300-mile Thomp-
son Trophy race, feature Of the Ma.
tional Air Races. holding the
memory of yesterdays death marked
200-mile Greve Trophy race which
was won by Art Chester, 80, of Los
Angeles, at a record speed OF 1853 800
miles an hour.
Lee Williams, 81, of Redondo
Beach, Calf, crashed to his death
at the start of the Greve when his
plane went into spin and smashed
into the ground, nose on. about 300
feet outside Cleveland Airport. A
crowd of 10000 looked on.
mo man could live through such
crash" declared DR.. Herbert B.
Wright, the races medical director,
who jumped onto the crash car
and was one OF the first at the scene.
Williams was instantly killed"
DR.. Wright said. His skull was
fractured, his arms and legs were
broken and his back broken in sew
eral places. 1t appeared he had be-
tween Is and 30 fractures through
out his body"
The ship did not catch fire.
The seven pilots expected to start
Cat pm, E. s. t. in the $35, 900
Thompson race. All are required to
carry 'chutes-which seldom save
their lives because most fly the 10
mile course at only 100 to 500 feet
from the ground to make sharper
turns around pylons, among other
reasons.
Col. Roscoe Turner, two-time
Thompson victor. qualified at closed
course world record speed of 297767
miles an hour. Earl Ortman, run
ner-up in each of the last three
Thompsons, resolved last year to
quit speed flying but obtained a 10
day leave from his plotting job with
Canadian Colonial Airways to try
again-this time in order to try for
a nest egg to wed Miss Winifred
Thorpe, airline stewardess.
Others expected to take OF In
the Thompson, their ships and
! qualifying speeds:
Tony LEVER, Los Angeles (Schoen-
feldt speciaD, 277.136.
1t. Joe Mackey, San Antonia
| (Weoell- Williams, 251221.
/ Steve Whitman, Oshkosh, Wis.
| whitman speciaD. 273.767.
/ Chester (Chester special, 268.-
857.
Harry Crosby, Burbank, Calf.
CROSBY speciaD, 263158.
Evening star., 1939-09-04
Families Of Stranded
D. T.. Folk Worried
By Submarine War
Some Wqshin9tonions
Are On or Booked for
British, French Ships

The sinking of the Athena has
brought new worries to relatives Of
Washingtonians abroad, who previ-
ously were only anxious that they
find room on ships bound for home.
Some Washingtonians, relatives
learned, are at sea on American
ships, while others, scheduled to sail
over the week end on French and
British ships whose sailings have
been cancelled, must begin waiting
all over again to secure passage for
America
The Rev. DR.. John X. Cartwright,
according to word to the Church
of the Immaculate Conception,
planned to sail from France on the
lie de France. A church spokesman
said the religious leader had board
ed the ship Friday. The Jiner, how
ever, is remaining at LIE Havre.
Apostolic Delegates Plan.
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Ci-
cognani. apostolic delegate to the
United States, was expected to sail
for America September 9. The dele
CATION here declined to name the
ship and added that his sailing was
uncertain
Robert and Barbara Myers. son
and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Myers of 1O2 East Melrose street
Chevy Chase, Md, have been await
ing passage from Southampton. Mrs
Myers said her children had cabled
her Saturday, too late for them to
have sailed on the Athena. Robert
who is 81, is a senior at Princeton
University, while 22-year-old Bar
bara was graduated in June from
the National Art School here.
Two Georgetown University pro-
fessors, Bernard Wagner and Ralph
Williams, both of the English De-
partment, are somewhere in Eng
land, according to DR.. James s
Ruby, secretary of the Georgetown
Alumni Association. He said he
didn't know what plans they had
made for sailing
Father Walsh Due Tuesday.
The Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S.J.
vice president Of Georgetown Uni
versity and regent of the foreign
service school, is due at New York
tomorrow aboard the President
Roosevelt. He was on the faculty Of
the Academy of International Law
at The Hague during the summer.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Louis c
Vaeth of Our Lady of Victory
Church is at sea on his way home
according to reports from the
church, but it was not known what
vessel he is on. The ship was sched-
uled to dock Thursday, however, e
it seemed unlikely he was on the
| Athena.
Mrs. Melville Grosvenor, daughter.
in-law of DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor
president of the National Geographic
Evening star., 1939-09-04

. pm.-Raymcnd Gram Swing,
VOL.
o pm European broadcast,
WMAL.
o:l5 p.m.-Blitish Broadcasting
Co., VOL.
$50 p.m-Senator Walsh, Star
radio Forum, WMAL.
$50 pm.-European bulletins,
VOL.
9:45 pm.-Edward r. Murrow.
London. WJSV.
10 p.m.-Fulton Lewis, tr., VOL.
1905 pm.-European broadcast,
WMAL.
1918 pm.-Thomas Grandin,
Paris, WJSV.
1890 p.m.-Roundup Of comments,
VOL.
l0:30 pm. - News broadcast,
WMAL.
10 p.m.-News broadcast, WRC.
1905 pm.-European broadcast,
WRC.
10:45 pm-Edward r. Murrow,
London, WJSv.
II p.m.-European broadcast,
WMAL.
Evening star., 1939-09-04
Announcement

The Star will not and has not issued extras except on
transcendent occasions which
its regular editions It's extra issued the German
invasion of Poland.
The Star will continue its regular editions up
until 545 p when the Night Final issued containing all
the news OF the day.
The Star the only afternoon member the Associated
Press in Washington and all of the reliable and the latest
Wrephoos of the day Europe printed the late after
editions of The Star
The Night Final Edition delivered by regular carrier
throughout the CITY, together with The Sunday Morning Star
at Is cents per month Telephone National 5000 and delivery
viii start at once.
Evening star., 1939-09-04
Families
Continued From First Page.) }

California. Fourteen months ago
they spent a few weeks here and
then left for Scotland, thinking they
might live there.
Mr.. Mcleod, finding conditions
hard there, returned to Washing
ton to get an auto mechanics job
His family was to remain with his
parents until he sent for them.
Warned to Return.
More than month ago, In the
face of war scares, he wrote them
to book passage Immediately. They
wrote back they were sailing on the
S. S. California.
That was the last time he heard
from them. When he read the S. s.
California had Cancelled its sailing,
he sought the help OF the State De-
partment where he was informed
his wife and children had been
transferred to the Athena.
When word was flashed that the
Athena had been torpedoed, he
Joined the line of anxious relatives
at the State Department. They told
him they had no information on
who had been saved.
"They thought the rescued might
be taken to Belfast" Mrs. Barnes
said. But We don't want them
taken back over there. We want
them here"
Mr.. Mcleod is Scotch and his
wife British but the three children
are all Americans.
Thought We'd Be Safe"
MY sister and came here just
before the last war" said Mrs.
Barnes, her eyelids swollen from
tears. I'VE thought we'd always be
safe"
Gen. Sunderland confirmed the
report that his daughter was aboard
the Athena. He had not heard
whether she was safe, but was max
ing efforts to find out through the
State Department. He was re-
assured by news dispatches which
reported that virtually every one
aboard was rescued. Gen. Sunder-
land lives at 2101 Connecticut ave-
nue. N. w.
Miss Sunderland boarded the ship
Evening star., 1939-09-04
Panama Canal Rules
Drawn 10 Preserve
U. 5. Neutrality
Prevention Of Naval
Bottles Near Waterway
Also Sought
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The use Of the Panama Canal by
belligerent warships will be issued
shortly, an official predicted yester-
day.
1t will contain a long list Of rules
governing the conduct of warships
in the canal or in the Canal Zone,
the length Of their stay and the re-
strictions that may be placed upon
them.
Generally, it was said, the regu-
lations have two main purposes:
One Is to preserve American neu-
trality to as high q degree as pos
sible; the other is to prevent naval
clashes from occurring close to the
canal
Rules for Passage.
1t was believed that the regula-
ton would follow these lines:
A warship would be permitted to
pass through the canal only after
its commanding officer had given
written assurance that the regula-
tons laid down by the United States
authorities would be faithfully OBJ
served.
A warship could not revictual or
take on stores in the Canal Zone
except those strictly necessary. No
fuel could be furnished except on
written authorization of the canal
authorities. In any event, no sup
plies could be sold directly by the
United States Government.
A warship could not embark or
disembark troops, munitions or war
materials in the Canal Zone.
24-Hour Limit.
A warship could not remain
longer than "A hours in the Canal
Zone except in cases OF distress.
and even in those cases it would
have to depart as soon as possible.
A warship of one belligerent would
have to stay in the Canal Zone for
"A hours after the departure of a
warship of its enemy. This would
tend to prevent the Canal Zone
from being used as a strategic
ose~A AAAA6 PoilAe AOk l&lOS dIlQ 10 Keep
naval clashes from occurring too
close to the canal. Moreover. a
warship could not leave the Canal
Zone until "a hours had passed
after the departure of a merchant
man OF the enemy belligerent.
No more than three warships of a
belligerent and its allies could be in
either terminal port of the canal
and no more than three could be in
transit through the canal at any one
time. The total number of war
ships of one power in the Canal
Zone could not be more than six
Repair Facilities Forbidden,
The repair facilities of the Canal
Zone could not be used by a warshir
except in case Of actual distress.
Belligerent warships would be for
bidden to use their radios except in
the navigation of the canal.
Aircraft of belligerents would be
forbidden to fly over the Canal Zone
Evening star., 1939-09-04
Colombian President
Asks Joint Stand
By the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt received yes
terday from President Eduardo San
tos OF Colombia . suggestion of
joint Pan-American action during
the course Of the European War.
Mr.. Roosevelt thanked the Colom-
bian President for his offer.
The telegram from the President
Of Colombia, which, unofficial re-
ports indicate, is backed by similar
messages en- route from heads of
some other Latin American States,
recalls the note handed this Gov
ernment by the Venezuelan govern
ment soon after the outbreak of the
World War. Venezuela proposed
that "the task of defining neutral
rights and duties in the light of
new conditions introduced by mod
ern war should be entrusted to q
congress of neutrals called for the
purpose Of considering their re-
vision, now become imperative.
President Santos of Colombia
telegraphed:
I'm view Of the extreme gravity
of the events which are developing
In Europe, I wish to reiterate to
you the Arm determination of the
government of Colombia, unani-
mously supported by its people, to
proceed in close agreement with
the Governments of America and
on the basis of the principles OF
solidarity proclaimed at the Pen
American Conferences, in defense
of the essential rights which are
common to us: The fullness o1
our independence and sovereignty
the normaity Of our economic de-
velopment, the essential features OF
our democratic governments, and
peace within whose fertile shade
the peoples Of this hemisphere de-
sire to attain their destinies."
| President Roosevelt replied: ~
am profoundly heartened by your
excellency's eloquent message reiter-
ating in this critical hour the earn.
est determination of the government
and people Of Colombia to act in
common accord with the nations ot
this continent to safeguard the Vita
principles for which our nation,
stand"
Evening star., 1939-09-04

A disturbance that extends from Hudson
Strait to Southern Illinois is moving rap
idly eastward. Port Harrison. Quebec; es9;a
NIB t29.2l inches). and South Bend. Ind.
1.004.4 NIB. SO inches. Another dis
turbance Is moyinH east-southetstward over
Alberta, simpson. district Of Mackenzie
t9rbssncs is central; about 400 miles east
600? inches! Pressure remains high
from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia south
ward over the ocean, and 4, is relatively
high and rising from the district of Kee-
watin southwark to Kansas, 9. 3. wash
inRtOn. about 400 miles south Of New
foundland. 1.0e4 NIB. Gao, "a inches; North
Platte Nsbr.. l.ol9.8 NIB t3011, inches :;
inches). Showers and thunderstorms have
occurred in the Lake region, the lower
Ohio and Upper Mississippi Valleys and
II Eastern South Dakota. and scattered
thoundershowers have occurred in the
Appslashisn apps rsgion, the extreme Upper
temperature has risen in the Ohio Valley.
the Lower Lake region and the Plateau
resion, while considerably cooler weather
has overspread the Plains States the
Missouri and Upper Mississippi Valleys and
the Upper Lake region
Evening star., 1939-09-04

at Glasgow after a tour Of Europe
this summer.
A Washington bound woman who
was on the stricken liner was Miss
Bernice Jansen, sister Of DR.. r.
j. Jansen, a physician, Of 1920
Seventeenth street NV. DR.. Jansen
said his sister, missionary to ia
pan, was returning on furlough and
mad gone around the world, sailing
on the Athena from Liverpool
She was on her way to visit her
brother.
Hecht Child Abroad.
The Fredericksburg graduate stu
dent had toured England and Ger
many. He notified his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert w. Harris, that
he was returning to Canada on the
Athena. He went to Europe with
William Buchanan. of Danville, Va,
classmate at Washington and Lee,
but word came that Mr.. Buchanan
was taking a later ship.
Another passenger was Miss
Rowena Simpson of Houston, Tex,
who attended Gunston Hall School
here in 1933-34
From Baltimore came word that
9-year-old Joan Hecht, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Julien S. Hecht OF
Pikesville. Md. and her governess
were on the Athena.
The governess is Miss Jean Nc
Vittie, 80, a native of Langholme,
Scotland.
The child's mother was playing
bridge at friends home last night
when word Of the disaster was
flashed over the radio. Mrs. Hecht
collapsed and was placed under the
care of physician. Mr.. Hecht
was on a yacht cruising in Chesa-
peake Bay and was not expected
back in Baltimore until tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Evans
OF 3512 Third street north, Claren-
don, Va, are waiting in Edinburgh
Scotland, for a ship home, Mrs
Earl B. Hull. Mrs. Evans mother
said today. She learned by cable
gram that the Evanses, who arrived
in England, August 81, for a tour
OF the continent. had gone to Scot
land In the hope Of getting 4 shir
from Glasgow. Mr.. Evans Is an
examiner in the Patent ONCE.
Ellen Rowland, mentioned In the
Athena passenger list is Mrs. Ellen
Dobbin Rowland, formerly of Elk
ridge, Md, but now living in Phil
adelphia with her daughter, Mrs
George Roberts, the Baltimore Sun
said. Mrs. Rowland has two mar
ried daughters living in England
and is reported to have had two
grandchildren with her, although
they are not mentioned In the list
Their naNe is Guinness.
Virginia Smith, mentioned in the
list, is Mrs. Wilson Levering Smith
sr., Of Stevenson. Md. (in Green
Spring Valley, the Sun said. The
Wilson Smith mentioned is her son
Wilson Smith, jr.. "a. They sailed
from Baltimore in August for q va
cation in England.
Evening star., 1939-09-04
Britain Restricts
Visa Issuance in u. s.

Clamping down on the issuance of
visas because of the war, the British
Embassy announced yesterday that
they would be granted "only in
cases Of clear necessity" and that
all granted or authorized before the
war started are void.
Only four representatives of the
British government in this country
may issue visas. They are the pass
port control oficer in New York, and
the consuls general at Boston, Chi
cago and San Francisco. Applica-
tions may be made to any British
consular oficer, and approximately
two weeks should be allowed for
their receipt.