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Evening star., 1939-10-30
Dies Gets Ticket:
Is Let Oft With
Porkinq Worninq

After receiving a ticket for park
ing his car in an official zone. Rep
resentative Dies, chairman of the
House Committee Investigating I'm
American Activities, was one of 167
persons who have been let off with
warnings during the last three
weeks, it was revealed today at police
headquarters, Mr.. Dies received his
warning at the request of Mai.
Ernest w. Brown, police superin-
tendent
Records in the police drive against
ticket fixing disclosed that during
the week of October 8, 70 traffic vio-
lators received warnings" From
October Is to 81, it was revealed
that So warnings" were issued and
II tickets were Cancelled, six of the
latter being disposed of at the re-
quest of Maj. Brown. Four persons
claimed diplomatic immunity. Last
week 81 persons received warnings"
and 81 tickets were Cancelled.
Several of the violators received
warnings or had their tickets can
celed because the offenses took place
while the recipients of tickets were
on official business. Among those
were William F. Mcdonald, United
States deputy marshal. of 3215 Sixth
street Sc, who was warned" after
receiving a ticket while guarding a
prisoner. James S. Dugan, sanitary
inspector for the Health Department,
had Cancelled ticket given for park
ing too close to corner. Sebastian
Evening star., 1939-10-30
Mrs. Brown, Wife
OF Foreign Editor
Of Star, Succumbs
She Had Been III Long;
Was Author of Book
And Short Stories

Mrs. Ethel Wheeler Brown, wife
of Constantine Brown, foreign edi-
tor of The Star, died early yesterday
at the family home in Port Royal,
Va. She had been i'll several
months.
Mrs. Brown was born May 10,
1888, in independence, Mo, later
moving with her family to Sioux
City. Iowa, where she was married
to Mr.. Brown October 21. 1909.
Since then she has spent much Of
her time travelling abroad with her
husband, formerly foreign corre-
spondent of the Chicago Daily News.
Mrs. Brown was the author of a
novel, THE Temporary President" :"
written in 1927, together with a
number of short stories.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by three children, Alexandra,
Constantine Pirie and Clover Ann
Brown. and her mother. Mrs. Mar
garet Wheeler of Port Royal
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at Port Royal, at 4 pm,
with Bishop Goodwin of Richmond
officiating.
Evening star., 1939-10-30
Employer Held Responsible
For Assault by EmpIoye

An employer may be held respon-
sible in a civil action for assaults
committed by an employe, while he
is acting within the scope of his en-
ployment. even though he may act
"wantonly and contrary to his en-
ployer's instructions, the United
States Court of Appeals held today.
In taking this action. the tribunal
affirmed the District Court finding
whereby jury awarded $1,750 to
William I. johnson of South Boston,
Va, against Edith L. Dill and
Marion Goodacre Williams, a part
nership trading as the Lighthouse
Lunch, 700 block of Ninth street NV.
Mr.. johnson. who was represented
by Attorney Milton Conn, testified
in District Court that in company
with two friends, about o'clock in
the morning of July II, 1886, he en-
tered the restaurant, seated himself
at the counter and ordered two ham,
burger sandwiches and a cup of
coffee, while the two friends ordered
only coffee.
The employe in charge served the
sandwiches, one allegedly being full
of unground meat. Mr.. johnson
asked the employe to exchange the
Evening star., 1939-10-30
Mrs. Emma Mitchell Kinq
Dies Of Iona Illness

Mrs. Emma Mitchell King, 80,
widow of Henry B. King. died yes
terday at her home, 20O9 Belmont
road NV, after a long illness.
Born in Wilmington. N. c.. Mrs.
King came to Washington with her
parents as a child and had since
made her home here. She was a
graduate of Georgetown Convent.
Surviving are five daughters. Mrs.
William Shoemaker. Mrs. S., R.
Moore and Mrs. Radford Moses. all
of Washington; Mrs. John j. Hay
don of California and Mrs. w. H.
Runge of Alabama; three sons. H.
Mitchell King of Alabama and
Philip e. and James A. King. both
of this city. Also surviving are 13
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at the home at $3.50 am.
and at st. Thomas Catholic Church
at 8 am. Burial will be in Holy
Rood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-10-30

bad one and was met with a refusal
and the comment that he need not
eat it If he did not like it. The
plaintiff then wrapped the sandwich
up to show it to the proprietor and
then, according to the appellate
courts opinion, the man in charge
of the restaurant reached under the
counter for a night stick and pro-
ceeded to hit Mr.. johnson on the
arm and head, resulting in injuries
so severe that he had to be taken
to a hospital, where his head was
dressed and a number of stitches
taken in his scalp.
The man in charge of the lunch
testified that Mr.. johnson made
an unprovoked assault on him and
that he was acting entirely in self
defense. After the jury returned
its verdict, the restaurants lawyers
appealed on the ground that after
the trial court had denied their mo-
ton for a directed verdict on the
ground that the evidence failed to
show that, in making the assault.
the worker acted in the discharge Of
the duties of his employment or IN
furtherance Of the interest Of his
employers
Evening star., 1939-10-30
Queen
Will Receive Crown
At Ball Tonight
Dinner and Dance
Preliminary to Big
Celebration Tomorrow

Winsome Winnie Porter. 18-year-
employe, will be crowned Halloween
Queen of Washington at a corona
ton dinner and ball tonight at 8
O'Clock at the Hotel Raleigh
The queen-to-be and ladies of her
court rehearsed their parts yester-
day and tonight Miss Porter is to
begin her reign as Queen Halloween
VII, with Edgar Kloten as king
Lawrence E. Williams is to be mas
ter of ceremonies and Robert v.
Fleming will crown the queen.
Decorative ladies of Queen VIM
nie's court are to be Patricia May
field, Virginia T. Clark. Dorothy
Ready, Jane Nolan, Hazel Warren,
Agnes Mills. Donna Dean. Evelyn
Martin, Teddy Oderman and Erma
Wooding Court jester is to be Will
liam Milton.
The royal encourage will take
places of honor in reviewing stands
capacity 5000 that have been set
up on Constitution avenue between
Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets
and watch colorful Halloween pa
rade featuring commercial and
civic floats. Thirteen bands are to
be interspersed with military, busi-
ness and civic units in the process
sion.
The parade and street celebra-
ton has been arranged by the
Greater National Capital Com
mittee.
Other Halloween night organized
celebrations will include a motion
picture party for several thousand
youngsters in the auditoriums of
Woodrow Wilson and E. v. Brown
High Schools from 7 to II pm. and
an entertainment of the Central
Branch of the Boys Club of Wash
ington for some 900 members.
Regarding informal Halloween
activities Maj. Ernest w. Brown,
superintendent of police, today
warned that while innocent pranks
will be permitted, the marking of
autos, windows and business places
OF, residences will not be permitted" !"
Members of the police force, Mr..
Brown stated, will be expected to
eater into the spirit of Halloween,
but in dealing with individuals who
are conducting themselves in such
manner as to cause offense to
other persons or destruction to
property they will assume an atti-
tude of flrmness and where
circumstances warrant arrests will
be made"
Evening star., 1939-10-30
Man Kills Self After Writina
Pruyer for Justice Gordon

found in Mr.. Carpenters room by
homicide squad detectives. One Of
the notes contained a prayer for the
District Court judge because "he
gave me a break"
Records in the District attorneys
Office showed that an Eli Christian
Carpenter was sentenced in October,
1887. by Justice Gordon to serve two
to three years each on two counts Of
an indictment charging housebreak-
ing and larceny, but directed that
they run concurrently. The jurist
then placed the man on probation.
Mr.. Carpenters body was found
sprawled across his bed, with two
jets on a nearby gas plate open. A
friend, ,Otis Schaffer, 806 Sixth
street S.W., who had come to call on
Mr.. Carpenter, smelled gas coming
from the room and broke in the door
to discover his body.
Detectives said the other notes
were even less legible than the one
concerning Justice Gordon.
Evening star., 1939-10-30
Civil Service Reform
Hearings 10 Start
Wednesday
Justice Reed Heads
Committee Engaged in
Merit System Study

The Reed committee will start
open hearings on President Roose-
velt's civil service reform program
Wednesday morning in the Supreme
Court Building.
Headed by Associate Justice STAN
ley F. Reed of the United States Su-
preme Court, the committee has
been engaged since last winter in
assembling material on which to
base a plan for making a career
service Of Government employment.
The hearings. scheduled to last
through Thursday, are designed to
give individuals and organizations
an opportunity to make their views
known. The committee is not max
ing public list of witnesses in ad-
vance of the hearings, but it was
said today that they would come
from both public and private en-
ployment. Some have been espe-
ciallv invited by the committee.
while others asked permission to
testify.
Created by President.
The committee was created by
Mr.. Roosevelt last February for the
broad purpose of bringing under civil
service several thousand upper
bracket positions now exempt. 1t
had been intended at that time to
extend civil service coverage to all
places not specifically excluded by
law, but the President and his ad-
visers decided that so far as the
higher-grade positions are con-
cerned, machinery over and above
that presently available is necessary
The upshot was that only minor
types of position were brought in
The committee studies have in
cluded recruitment, testing, selec-
ton, promotion, transfer, removal
and reinstatement of personnel in
the professional. scientific and
higher administrative and technical
fields. Out Of the study thus far a
tentative report has been drafted by
DR.. Leonard D. White, a former
member of the Civil Service Com
mission. who is on the committee,
and this, along with the testimony
to be obtained, will be the founda-
ton of the report that will ulti-
mately go to the President. No
date has been set for this final
report.
Others on Committee.
Others on the committee are Su-
preme Court Justice Felix Frank
furter. Attorney General Murphy,
William H. McReynoids of the White
House secretariat, Dano Dunn, a
New York engineer, and Gen. Robert
E. Wood, president of Sears, Roe
buck Co.
In connection with this civil serv-
ice expansion program, the admin
istration also has set up plan for
a new personnel machinery that is
expected to get attention in the next
Congress. Funds were refused for
this work at the last session, pre-
sumably because Congress had not
been given an opportunity to pass
on the proposed program until con-
fronted with request to finance it
in the deficiency bill. Hearings on
the matter are now probable.
Evening star., 1939-10-30

After scribbling a note of prayer
for Justice Peyton Gordon of Dis
trict Court, a 39-year -old man COM
mitted suicide by inhaling illumi-
mating gas in his bedroom at 1902
Fourth street S.W. yesterday.
The victim, Eli c. Carpenter, was
pronounced dead by a Casualty
Hospital. physician, who responded
to an ambulance call. and Coroner
A. Magruder Macdonald issued a
certificate of suicide last night.
Four almost illegible notes were
Evening star., 1939-10-30

manner so Municipal Court can
show good financial record" The
Mr.. Joneses have paid to Municipal
Court and the marshal's office nearly
a million and q quarter dollars in
this manner in II years. In the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1889, the
Mr.. Joneses paid more than $82, 900
in this manner-nearly $1,000 .
month.
Evening star., 1939-10-30

Man Hit by Truck.
among victims of accidents in the
District was Edward G. Shackel-
ford, so, of 1437 Spring road NV.
who was struck by a milk truck
which smashed into a loading plat
form in the $500 block of Georgia
avenue early today. Mr.. Shackel-
1ord was in an undetermined con-
oltlon at Emergency Hospital with
severe head and leg injuries. Doc
tors said he was unconscious for
some time after his arrival at the
hospital
An unidentified colored man was
IN a serious condition at Freedmen's
Hospital, where he was taken after
oelng run down by an automobile
on Seventh street NV. between R
and S streets. The victim remained
unconscious today with head in
Jurles. He was described as being
about As years old. tall and heavy
set, and wearing gray overcoat,
blue trousers, blue shirt and tan
shoes.
Mrs. Virginia Mcdonald. g. Of
32l8 Sixth street Sc, and her
daughters, Virginia, s. and EVELYN,
I, were injured in a collision at
Nichols avenue and Pomeroy road
Sc
The husband, Daniel A. Nc
Donald. was driving the car which
crashed with another operated by
Lawrence Robinson, %, colored, 3O2
Second street S.W.
Mrs. Mcdonald was admitted at
st. Ellzabeth's Hospital with
lacerated scalp and internal injuries.
Virginia also was admitted with
severe bruises and cuts on her right
leg. Evelyn was treated for bruises
and allowed to return home.
Drivers Unhurt.
Milton Jones, 25, colored, 225 c
street S.W., a passenger in the
Robinson car, was treated at Provi-
dence Hospital for chest injuries.
Both drivers were unhurt.
An automobile accident at Belts
vile, Md, early today sent Carroll
Jones. 30. and Hosea Hairston. u,
both colored. of Lakeland, Md. to
Casualty Hospital with severe head
injuries. They were admitted in an
undetermined condition.
Two colored men were run down
at New Jersey avenue and M street
Sc. by an automobile driven. police
said, by Clarence I. Brooks, 35. COL
ored. 624 M street Sc. Henry Car
ter, 81, of ia M place Sc, was
treated at Providence for a COM
pound fracture of his right leg and
shoulder sprains. His condition was
described as undetermined.
Others Injured.
William E. Hawthorne. 40. and
William P. beavers, "a. both of
Greenbelt, Md, were treated at
Casualty for head cuts and BODY
bruises following an accident at
Pendell, Md.
Mrs. Mildred Trotter, "a, of Ills
Flower avenue. Takoma Park, Md.
received leg fracture when she was
struck in front of her home by an
automobile repeatedly driven by
John F. Clark, jr, Is, of 1643 Flower
avenue, Silver Spring, Md. Mrs.
Trotter was treated at Washington
Sanitarium
More than Is passengers were re-
ported shaken up in a collision be-
tween street car and an electric
locomotive on Deane avenue near
Benning road NE. yesterday. Though
the front of the street car was
smashed, none of the passengers
was injured to extent of requiring
hospital treatment.
Evening star., 1939-10-30
Memorial Service Set

Memorial services for Mrs. Clara
Danielson Neigh. head resident of
the Barney Neighborhood House
from 1906 to 1885, and John Philip
Sheridan Neigh, the organization S
director of arts and crafts for 80
years, will be held Sunday at $50
pm. at 47O N street S.W.
Evening star., 1939-10-30

received a broken
lie G, lacerations
and possible in
ternal injuries.
His condition
was described as
serious, but not
critical.
Lewis Ellis was
employed at a
parking lot at
Eleventh and H
streets NV, and
his cousin work.
ed at the Lyon
Village Service
Station.
Evening star., 1939-10-30

Lewis Ellis. chester.
Howard Ellis died at the hospital
about 8 o'clock last night from a
fractured skull. A companion
Louis M. Orndorff, jr., 20. of 1920
First street, South Arlington, Va,
Evening star., 1939-10-30

Urgate, 1901 Argonne place NV, a
legal assistant to the Philippine
Islands resident commissioner here,
was warned" after being tagged for
parking in front of a no-parkine
entrance.
Evening star., 1939-10-30

ing while being
t a k e n to the
Winchester (Va.)
Memorial Hos
pital, of crash
injuries. The car
in which he and
his cousin, How
ard Ellis. 10, of
the S a m e ad-
d re s, and a
companion were
riding crashed
into a concrete
bridge on Route
so a bout six
miles from VIM
Evening star., 1939-10-30
1woAreK Killed,
Score Hurt
In Traffic
Youths Die After
Car Crashes Into
Concrete Bridge

Two youths were killed and more
than a score Of persons injured,
some seriously. in weekend traffic
accidents in the Washington area.
Lewis c. Ellis, 10, of 1868 Avon
place NV, died yesterday morn
Evening star., 1939-10-30
v. F. W. to Give Dance

Internal Revenue Post, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, will hold its eighth
annual fall dance at Beaver Dam
Country Club Friday, beginning at
10 pm.
Evening star., 1939-10-30
Press Photos.
How Tenants Fare in Court
Is Shown in Typical Case
Underprivi|eged Face Mounting Fees
To Satisfy Landlords Wrts
mo. 2 OF a SerieS.)
Ry HORACE KNOWLES.

Where does the interest OF the Municipal Court judges lie?
Is
plight Of $4,000
branch for above
through
keeping the court n the black
Evening star., 1939-10-30
Traffic Record

The traffic record. as revealed
at police headquarters, for "a
hour period ending 8 am. yes
terday:
Fatalities, l pedestrian.
Accidents, So.
Motorists injured, 6.
Motorists arrested, 1853.
Pedestrians injured. 9.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control
regulations, 3.
The traffic record for 24-hour
period ending at am. today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 80.
Motorists injured. 4.
Motorists arrested, 157.
Pedestrians injured, 5.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control
regulations. none.
Evening star., 1939-10-30
1000 Attend Annual
Field Mass at Aouio

AQUA. Va. Oct. 80 LP.-The
10th annual field mass at the Way.
side Cruciflx here yesterday was at
tended by approximately 1000 per-
sons from Virginia, Washington and
Baltimore.
The mass was offered for peace
among nations. The Rev. A. j.
Taylor of Richmond was celebrant
and the sermon was delivered by
the Rev. Thomas O'Connell of Rich
mond.
The crucifix was erected near the
spot OF the martyrdom of a small
body Of Jesuit priests who were
killed in 1871 by Indians.
Evening star., 1939-10-30
Celebration Held
At Mt. st. Mory's

EMMITSBURG, Md. Oct. 80 LP).
The Very Rev. Edward c. Fitz-
gerald Of Catholic University made
the principal address yesterday to
1000 persons attending the celebra-
ton of the feast Of Christ the King
on the Mount st. Mary's College
campus.
The drum and bugle corps of the
Fdererick American Legion post led
a parade of 600 members of the
Holy Name Society in Central Mary
land.
The Right Rev. Msgr. John L.
Sheridan, president of the college,
made the welcoming address and
Bishop Michael J. Keys Of savan-
nah, Ga, presided.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Mr.. Cans to Retire

After two terms as a member of
the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board,
Isaac Cans is preparing to retire.
He will be succeeded in February by
William Payne Meredith, who is now
executive secretary of the board
When Mr.. Cans was appointed as a
charter member of the newly created
A. B. C. Board, no consideration was
given to the possibility that he might
be beyond retirement age. This was
only natural, for the friends of this
unusually active citizen have been
wont to think of him as young
In mind and vigorous of body, what
ever his age might be. An act of
Congress was necessary to make the
appointment legal. And when Mr..
Cans first term was ended, the Com
missioners had no hesitation in re-
appointing him, for, as was to be ex-
pected of this veteran of public serv-
ice, he was still available for duty.
President Roosevelt, on the occa-
sion of Mr.. Cans seventy fourth
birthday anniversary, paid tribute to
Evening star., 1939-12-23

War such a truce might have been
possible. Something of the sort, it
Is said, came of itself one Yuletide,
constituting one of the strange
phenomena of the great struggle.
Today the allies have as their
foe a Christian people-but Chris
tian people dominated and terrorized
by man who has declared the CEN
trail thesis of Christianity to be
nonsense, who has openly proclaimed
a return to barbarism, and who ap-
parently regards the doctrine of
peace on earth as an atrocity.
The vast majority of the people Of
Germany want peace on earth at
Christmas and at all other times,
and they would abide by an agree
ment. So would the vast majority
of the peoples of France and Eng
land. There are a few men in Ger
many-ilst as there are few men
in France, England, the United States
and the Fiji Islands-who do not
want peace on earth at any time.
1t just so happens that at this par
ticular time, with respect to Ger
many, 1t is necessary to deal with one
of these few men-not with the mil
lions of honorable Germans. Under
such circumstances truce of Christ
would appear impossible.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Maryland Party Strife

Prospects of a bitter battle within
the ranks of the Democratic party
in Maryland are enhanced by the
expected announcement of Governor
O'Conor that he will support Ma
tional Committeeman Howard Bruce
for the senatorial nomination. Pre-
viously Senator Millard E. Tydings
had indorsed the bid of his colleague,
Senator George L. Radcliffe, for
denomination.
The Bruce-Radcliffe battle leaves
many State Democratic leaders in
the uncomfortable position of having
to choose between the two factions.
Among them is Mayor Howard w.
Jackson of Baltimore, who had Sen
ator Radcliffe's support in his last
reelection campaign after failing in
the primary to win the guber-
material nomination that went to
Governor O'Conor last year.
So far the alignments of the party
leaders have been the logical Sc
quence of recent Free State politics.
Senator Radcliffe. although a per-
sonal friend of President Roosevelt,
managed the campaign of Senator
Tydings last year when the New Deal
attempted to purge him in a primary
that long will be remembered. Hav-
ing triumphed over the New Deal
candidate, David J. Lewis, Senator
Tydings now is managing Senator
Radcliffe's campaign.
At the time that Senator Tydings
was crossing swords with Mr.. Lewis,
Governor O'Conor was having a stiff
battle with several gubernatorial
aspirants and had among his chief
hackers the influential Mr.. Bruce. It
is only natural, therefore, that the
Governor should do all that he can
now to further his friends ambition
to sit in the United States Senate.
While the present lineup has the
ingredients of strenuous party
fight, so far there is no element of
a New Deal purge, as there was in
1898. The primary may be further
complicated by the entry of other
candidates, for there is ample time
for new listings before the voters go
to the polls in May.
Party leaders, however, may be
counted on to use every effort to
reduce, rather than increase, the
number of candidates. A Bruce
Radcliffe campaign undoubtedly will
leave many scars. The Democrats
might like to avoid it, but at present
there appears to be no prospect of
sidetracking either candidate Al
though Senator Radcliffe withdrew
from the gubernatorial primary of
1884, paving the way for the re-
nomination of Governor Richie,
there is no indication that he will
step out of the senatorial race now.
Even if he wanted to, his friends
probably would not permit him, and
the same applies to Mr.. Bruce.
All of which means the Democrats
will be lucky indeed if they avoid a
senatorial primary battle next May.