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Evening star., 1939-02-05
Street Car and 7 Other
Robberies Net S45

Three armed robberies, one of a
Capital Transit street car, last night
netted bandits approximately $45
and more than 100 car tokens.
Raymond Belfield of 723 Madison
street NV, operator of a one-man
car. told police that while he was
stopped at the Fourteenth street and
Maine avenue S.W. loop, two white
men. one carrying nickel-plated
revolver and the other with a hand
kerchief over his eyes, held up and
robbed him of $18 and car tokens,
afterwards making their escape.
Harry Schnitzer, driver for the
Holmes Bakery, told police that a
white man, about 80 years old, and
armed with blue-steel revolver,
robbed him OF 81 as he got into his
truck in the alley in the rear of the
bakery. He said the bandit escaped
in an auto driven by an accomplice.
In the other holdup, Albert c. AL
len, gas station proprietor. was
robbed of about $40 and a social Sc
curity check for $50 at his establish
ment at 241 Virginia avenue S.W.
He told police that two colored men,
one of them armed, held him up
and escaped on foot.
Evening star., 1939-02-05
P|aneiarium Plans Pushed
By Amateur Astronomers

Plans for a million dollar plane
tarium for Washington are going
forward, it was revealed last night
at meeting of the National Cap
ital Amateur Astronomers Asso-
citation in the National Museum.
For some time there has been
considerable agitation for the es-
tablishment of a national platetar-
ium here, Stephen Macy. president
OF the amateurs, said. Though the
project is still in the formative
stage plans are being worked out
and information gathered as to op-
Grating expenses and general costs.
The guest speaker, DR.. F.. R.
Moulton, permanent secretary of the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, in discussing
planetarium for the District said
1t would be good educational in
stitution and be of great value in
increasing national interest in as
tronomy.
At present it is planned to raise
funds through public subscription
or through the establishment of
an endowment. In addition, Mr..
Macy said, a bill has been intro
duced in Congress asking that a
platentarium be constructed here
as a national institution.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

The ramp. no small engineering
job In itself, is being constructed
Of structural beams and covers. A
timber floor will be laid and the
traffic using the bridge, as T. D
Harris, project engineer for the
Bureau of Public Roads, explained
will be limited "only to what the
ramp can carry" Two street car
tracks have been placed on the ramp
at the level and in the same posi-
ton they will occupy on the per-
manent structure. Pedestrians will
be cared for by separate walkway
erected on the west side of the
bridge.
Bridge Work to Be Resumed.
When the ramp is completed, work
will be resumed on the new arch and
span for the bridge, an undertaking
that will cost $500, 900. This span
will be: $50 feet in length and will
elevate the bridge for the 15O-foot
parkway that will be built under
meath. When the bridge span is
completed, it will stand between so
and IS feet above. the parkway.
This work also involves certain
changes at the south end of the
bridZ and rearrangement of some
of A1e present buildings there be-
cause of approach roads that will be
erected from the parkway to the
bridge.
The work. being done by De Lash
mitt & Bros. of Arlington, Va, be-
gan December q and is scheduled
for completion year from that date.
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Dr.. Peabody May Quit
Hospitals Supervision,
Aid in Consultation
Dr.. Finucone Is
Regarded os Leading
Candidate for Post

DR.. J. Winthrop Peabody will give
up his position as general super
intendent of District tuberculosis
hospitals. provided a suitable ar
rangement can be made for part
time consulting service, according
to word received yesterday at the
District Building.
The point of the case is that DR..
Peabody, in the past, received a
salary Of but $4,000 with an under.
standing that he could devote some
time to private practice. The pend
ing 1910 budget calls for a salary Of
$500 for the position and the un-
.derstanding is that hereafter the
general superintendent post would
be full time.
If DIR. Peabody resigns, the lead
ing candidate for his position is ex-
pected to be DR.. Daniel Leo Finu-
cane, now assistant superintendent
of the tuberculosis Sanatoria at
Glenn Dale, Md.
A number of conferences have
been held on the subject, one TAX
ing place yesterday between DR..
Peabody and DR.. D. L. Seckinger,
assistant health officer in charge of
hospital operations. The only issue
remaining to be settled, it was said,
was how much DR.. Peabody should
be paid as tuberculosis specialist.
DR.. Peabody said last night: 81
have stayed longer in this position
than I was justified in doing but
felt l should stay until the Glenn
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Jews Fate Declared
Held in Middle Glasses

The Jews of Europe have little to
hope for because they are tied up
with the doomed middle class, DR..
Abram L. Sachar, national director
of the Hillel Foundations of Bnai
Birth, said in an address last night
in the Jewish Community Center at
the midwinter session of the Ma
tiQnal Jewish Forum.
Not since the Middle Ages has
there been anything to compare with
the organized persecution of the
Jews in Central and Eastern Eu-
rope" DR.. Sachar said. Even in
the days of the Cars and the po-
groms in Russia the Jew was better
of.
To-day the attacks come from the
heads of states, from those to whom
oppressed groups should look for
help. The struggle for existence in
countries like Poland and Rumania
has become so difficult that the gov
ernments have been forced to look
for scapegoats to appease the grow
ing social restlessness. The Jew
happens to be the handy scapegoat."
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Roosevelt Will Greet
Boy Scouts Wednesday

President Roosevelt will greet Boy
Scouts of the Nation Wednesday
night via radio as a feature of the
annual birthday observance con-
Quoted by the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea. All major broadcasting net
works will carry the message at 10
o'clock.
The President of the United States
is honorary president of the organi-
zation during his tenure of the
White House, but President Roose-
welt boasts an additional link to
scouting. having served for II years
as president of the. Boy Scout Foun-
dation of Greater New York. He
also was at one time a member
of the Troop Committee of the
Warm Springs (GaD Foundation
Troop.
Scouts throughout the country
have scheduled special ceremonies
for the day, which marks the 29th
anniversary of the founding of the
Boy Scouts of America. The mem
bership now numbers more than
1,271, 900, including leaders.
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Child Drama
To Be Given
|For School

Mother Goose, Tom Sawyer, Hia-
watha, Alice in Wonderland and a
number of other popular children's
characters will step from a scene
showing a big book as Rose Robin
son Cohen's Children's Studio OF
Drama presents From the Pages
OF Children's Books" at the Chevy
Chase (Md.) Woman's Club Febru-
ary 10 at 8 pm.
The program is for the benefit OF
the school nurse funds of the Chevy
Chase Elementary School. 1t is
sponsored by the Parent-Teacher
Association. Mrs. Benham Baldwin
is chairman of arrangements.
Mrs. w. Kempton Crosby, presi-
dent OF the PIT. A., emphasized
the Importance of the benefit, as
serting that this Is the first group
OF parents in Maryland to sponsor
a school nurse.
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Yongtze PotroI Chief
Ordered to Hospital
By the Associated Press,

oS tlle ASSOClated ICeSS.
Secretary Swanson announced yes
terday that Rear Admiral David M
LIE Breton, commander Of the Yantze
patrol, has been ordered to the Mare
Island (Calif) Naval Hospital for
treatment.
Officials said they understood he
was suffering from an accidental
arm injury. Admiral LIE Breton, a
native of San Francisco, has been in
China waters as commander of the
Yangtze squadron since May II,
1887.
Comdr. Charles D. Letter, jr., a
staff officer, was made temporary
commander.
The Navy also announced that
Rear Admiral John Morris Smeallie,
now chief of staff of the fleets
scouting force, will relieve Rear Ad-
miral George j. Myers as COM
mandant of the 18th Naval District
in the Philippines and commandant
of the Cavite Navy Yard in May.
Admiral Seallie's home is in WASH
ington.
Evening star., 1939-02-05
W.,B. "a. Roadbed
Deal for Highway
Held impractical
O'Conor Commission
Urges Buying Portions
For LocoI Roods Only
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, Feb. 4.-Gov.
O'Conor's special commission to
study the States proposed purchase
Of the w., B. g. A. Railway right Of
way for a Baltimore Washington
trunk highway today reported the
plan is impractical.
Ten highway and planning leaders
who sat in on the study suggested,
however, that 80 miles of the right
of-way be purchased for local
secondary highway needs"
The commission did not set q
price.
Gov. OConor asked for the study
after he blocked plan to buy the
entire right of way for trunk
boulevard at a cost of $4,000.
Gov. O'Conor's action was based
on report that the w. B. & A.
held only easements and not a clear
title to some Of the land and that
the railroads right-of-way Is not
wide enough for a trunk road.
About the width of the w. B. d1 A..
holdings, the special commission
said:
"The intercity and through
traffic needs require a dual road
way with minimum right of way
of 300 or 400 feet. The 66-foot right
of way Of the w., B. g. A. Is there
fore only 16 to % per cent sufficient
In this respect alone"
Personnel Of Committee.
Among those who participated in
the study were Wilson T. Ballard
Of the Subcommittee on Highways
of the State Planning Commission:
Chairman J. Glenn Beall of the
State Roads Commission, Albert
Duenne of the Federal Bureau of
Public Roads and John j. Nolen, jr.,
of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
Abel Wolman was chairman and
transmitted the report.
The commission recommended
that the State buy. subject to the
approval of the Attorney General,
the following sections of w. B. & A.
right of way for relatively immedi-
ate needs:
/. From District of Columbia to
the Defense highway, miles.
2. From Odenton to Linthicum, 8
miles.
3. From Odenton to Annapolis, II
miles.
Anacostia Route Urged.
THE total cost of these separate
portions should be somewhat less
than the cost of the entire line"
said the commission. Although
the unit cost may be somewhat
higher, it will still be reasonable for
the portions desired.
The State should not purchase
the entire right of way between
Baltimore and Washington. - In
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Hooded Men Abduct
Three in Atlanta

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Feb. 4.-Three un-
identified men we're reported alb
Quoted In downtown Atlanta tonight
by several hooded men riding in
automobiles. The abductors were
described as wearing regalia similar
to that of the Ku Klux Klan.
Police Capt. Neal Ellis said un-
confirmed reports indicated IA hood
ed men forced the alleged victims
into their cars at different points
and vanished.
Capt. Ellis said eyewitnesses re-
ported five hooded men picked up
a middle-aged man on fashionable
Peachtree street and drove away.
Then followed unconfirmed reports
to city police of two similar kid
napings at nearby downtown points,
all within less than an hour.
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Sasscer Advocates
Representation
For District
Expects to Take Seat
In Congress in
About 10 Days

Representative-elec Lansdale G
Sasscer announced last night that
when he takes his seat in Congress
In about 10 days he will align him.
self with advocates of national rep
resentation for the District of Co.
lumbia.
Il have long favored giving Wash
Ington residents the vote so they can
have representation in Congress, u
Mr.. Sasscer said. The city's best
interests will be served if they have
their own representatives on Capt.
tol Hill
Meanwhile congratulations flooded
Mr.. Sasscer's home in Upper Marl-
boro.
From Gov. O'Conor, from his own
l6-year-old daughter away at school,
from 200 Democratic leaders, clubs
and friends, the former president of
the Maryland State Senate received
warm messages of commendation.
Governor Gratified.
Many of them hailed him for the
decisiveness of the vote in Fridays
special election. Complete unoffi-
cial returns from the six Southern
Maryland counties and five Balti-
more wards gave Mr. Sasscer 23,816
to 1924 for his Republican opponent,
A. Kingsley Love, Leonardtown
lawyer.
After reading the returns, Gov.
OConor said in formal statement: p:
The election was source of deep
qualification to me personally, and
will be source of continuing sat-
isfaction, I know, to Mr.. Sasscers
constituents in the city and in the
lower Maryland counties.
Mr.. Sasscer's qualification for
high Office were demonstrated so
thoroughly while he was a member
OF the General Assembly that there
can be no doubt in any ones mind
but that he will be worthy repre-
sentative of the State in WASH
ington."
The new Representative was
elected to fill the vacancy created
by the death of Stephen w. Gam
brill. who died in December only
few weeks after he had won re-
election over Mr.. Love last fall.
II will 60 over to Washington and
be sworn in as soon as there is an
opportunity" said Mr. Sasscer.
Keeps in Touch With Affairs.
II think the law says that the vote
shall be canvassed on the Thursday
following the election. Then it has
to be certified by the Secretary of
State.
when that is done I will be
sworn in"
Mr.. Sasscer already has conferred
with members of the Maryland
delegation in Washington. and since
his nomination as the Democratic
candidate has kept in touch with
Maryland matters on Capitol Hill.
From a stack of messages which
came to his home, Mr.. Sasscer set
one aside for particular attention.
1t was from Lucy, his daughter, who
is a student at Stewart Hall, at
Staunton, Va.
Knew you would make it, daddy"
the wire said.
Evening star., 1939-02-05
|ChHds Throat
Badly SIoshed,
Held
~ the Associated Press,


LYNCHBURG, Va. Feb. 4.-Hos-
pital attendants said tonight 5-year-
old Ramona Tyree, wounded in the
throat with a shoe knife this morn
ing. probably would recover unless
complications developed.
Meanwhile, Sheriff Jack Miles of
Campbell County said the child's
father, G. H. Tyree, 32-year- old shoe
worker, was being held in city jail
pending sanity hearing. The
sheriff said no charges would be
filed against Tyree.
Mrs. Tyree said she was awakened
by cries of the child about am.
and hurried to her bed to find a
six-inch wound in the chjld's throat.
A physician said several throat
muscles were severed, but the larger
arteries were undamaged.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

purchasing portions of the right of
way, the State should make clear
that it does not have in mind the
development of new through high
way along this line"
The conferees suggested instead
that the proposed Baltimore Wash
ington parkway through the Ana
costa Valley Park extension is the
best solution for the intercity and
through traffic problem.
1t pointed out that 40 per cent
of the length of this proposed park
way is through land already in
public ownership and more is in
the process of acquisition.
Gov. O'Connor did not comment
on the report.
Evening star., 1939-02-05
New Workers to Speok

Representatives Marcantonio and
Dickstein of New York are scheduled
to speak at meeting sponsored by
the Washington Jewish People s
Committee in the National Press
Club auditorium at pm. today.
They will discuss the persecution of
racial minorities in Germany.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

Dale project was completed and
was placed on an efficient operation
basis. This has been accomplished"
At the latest report there was
some disagreement between Health
Officer George c. Rutland and DR..
Seckinger, on one hand, and DR..
Peabody on the other as to how
much should be paid for part time
consulting service, but DR.. Peabody
explained last night there was no
controversy" indicating that the
question could be settled amicably.
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Dinner Dance to Be Held

The annual dinner dance of the
washington Section of the Amer
lean Institute of Metallurgical En-
gineers and its Woman's Auxiliary
will be held February 10 at the
Shoreham Hotel. Speakers will in
clude D. c. Jackling, retiring pres
ident Of the institute, and D. B
Gillies, his successor.
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Ban on Night Work
For Children Proposed
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Night work for children between
IA and is years of age would be
prohibited under proposed new reg
ulations Of the Labor Departments
Children's Bureau.
The bureau proposed to limit
hours of employment for children to
the period between 6 a m. and Z pm.
A hearing on the proposal will be
held here on February Is.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

The government of Latvia will
manufacture cosmetics.
Evening star., 1939-08-17

Miriam Hopkins, when she tired
OF the strenuous days on the set in
The Old Maid" in which she and
Bette Davis co-star, found comfort,
rest and sleep on her huge 7-foot
square bed at home.
Mae West has been noted these
many moons for the bed she de-
signed with a ceiling of mirrors.
Pat OBrien squawked when he
found new bed, boasting a padded
quilted headboard, In his room. He
sleeps there just the same.
In his home at Marthas Vineyard
Jimmy Cagney sleeps in a bunk bed
taken out OF an old whaler. In his
ColdWater Canyon place he sleeps in
handsome four-poster so high
from the floor that less active man
would need a short ladder to get
into it.
Dick Powell and Warren William
had special beds built according to
their own design.
All of these beds and manv others
in the film colony are successful pri-
marily because they have photo
graphic appeal. That's why Holly
wood beds are different.
Evening star., 1939-08-17
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showina

Capitol-"Hotel for Women" in
side dope on the female sex: 10:45
am, 1:35, 4:25, tbs and 10 pm
Stage shows: 1925, 3:15, 6:O5 and
$50 pm.
Earle-"Each Dawn I Die" Gag
ney VS.. injustice: II am, lao, 4:25
ITO and 9:55 pm. Stage shows:
12:45, 1885, $40 and s:O5 pm.
Palace STANLEY and Living
stone with Spencer Tracy and Sir
Cedric Hardwicke in the title roles:
1910, 2:30, 4:50, ITO and $50 pm
Keith's-"When Tomorrow Comes. u
with Irene Dunno and Charles Bower:
HAS am, LAS, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and
9:45 pm.
Columbia-"Second Fiddle" Hol-
lyWood's publicity romances: II
am, Las, 3:45, 545, 7:45 and GAS
pm.
MISUNDERSTANDING Takes a
Vacation" the Bumsteads are here
again: 11:50 am, 1:5O, $50, $50,
7:50 and $50 pm.
Little "Of Human Bondage "
Bette Davis in the Somerset
Vaughan story: II am, 12:45, 2:3O,
AIS, 6:05, 7:50 and $40 pm.
TranS-Lux News and shorts:
continuous from 10 am.
Open-Air - Nothing Sacred, ,"
comedy starring Carole Lombard
and Fredric March: At 1856 and
II pm.
IN THE COUNTRY:
Olney-"You Can't Eat the Gold
fish, new comedy with Ruth Chat
terton: $40 pm.
Roadside-"Aurora Floyd." melo-
Evening star., 1939-08-17

and largely a matter of default.
when the 1888 vote was conducted.
X X X
Supporting performances among
actresses, again proving it is a ladies'
year, will be almost as difficult to
decide.
To revert again to 'The Old Maid" !"
those of Miss Hopkins and Miss
Bryan are highly impressive. That
OF the former was to have been ex-
pected In view of her striking sue
cess as stage performer prior to
her Hollywood venture but Miss
Bryan's will be something of a
surprise. Heretofore, she has been
just another youngster on the War
ner pay roll assigned to the task of
being her age. Recently she has
been the object of build-up on the
part OF the studio which indicates
her employers belief that she DOS
sessed a real acting talent. That
view OF her is confirmed in several
scenes In the new picture in which
she splits honors $3.50 with such
stalwarts as Miss Davis and Miss
Hopkins.
The greatest challenge which Miss
Bryan's fans will have to laugh off
and probably cannot-if they are
disposed to choose her as the best
supporting performer of 1899 is
that of Geraldine Fitzgerald. The
pretty Irish lass has two very splen-
did pieces of work to her credit. one
as Irene in "Wuthering Heights"
the other as the secretary-com-
panion in Dark Victory"
Yet, no matter who wins in what
category, it can be written down as
a highly successful year for the
ladies. That still holds even if this
department is outvoted on Miss Hill
Ter as Eliza, Miss Fitzgerald as
Irene. 1t will be easy to lose grace
fully to any of the others mem
toned.
The whole company of the seventh
edition of Going Native" revue went
into final rehearsals last night when
Master of Ceremonies Paul Carrots
arrived in town There will be
more fast and furious final re-
hearsals today Lax as this de-
partment has been in saying so,
Marjorie King, vocalist who was
among last years most popular per-
formers, will be back again for the
newest edition of the show which
Producer Gene Ford promises will
be bigger and better"
Evening star., 1939-08-17

Clara Bow was renowned once
for her Chinese bed of red lacquer
shaped like a generous slice of pie
Bette Davis, who dotes on New
England antiques, owns and fire.
quently occupies the large Colonial
bedstead once owned and occupied
by Button Gwinnett, signer of the
Declaration Of Independence. 1t is
a priceless piece of furniture and
an excellent bed since being re-
modelled and modernized. 1t is
considered photogenic, too.
A long, wide, high four-poster bed
with canopy trimmed in hand
blocked linen is the bed which Lili
Damita prepared for Enrol Flynn
during one Of his vacations from
home and studio. He doesn't like
1t, but he sleeps there.
Zorina, now dancing in "On Your
Toes" at Warner Bros, saw the
boat-shaped bed built for Dolores
Del Rio to use in ''Du Barry" some
years ago. Zorina wanted it and
Is arranging to buy that bed or
have one copied from it.
After spending several weeks in
and out Of hospital bed for scenes
in "A Child Is Born" Geraldine
Fitzgerald decided that she liked
adjustable beds. She will have one
in her home when she returns from
Ireland.
w. C. Fields made barber chair
snoozing popular when he was forced
to use one for a bed after an acci-
dent.
Humphrey Bogart admits that he
often occupies an ordinary garden
hammock on warm nights and that
he sleeps better there than anywhere
else. He thinks it may be his Navy
training.
Evening star., 1939-08-17

tain OF the more sensitive Souls that
integrity had been compromised
that Miss Davis won the prize not Sc
much for an outstanding perform
ance but rather because hers was
the only one that could be remem-
bered at all. 1t simply was not the
ladies year.
Memories of the situation, a very
forlorn one, indeed, are induced by
performance of Miss Davis and two
of her associates in The Old Maid"
The other two are Miriam Hopkins
and young Jane Bryan. Watching
the three sets the mind to racing on
the notion there have been so many
good performances by actresses this
year that the eventual job of select
ing the best will be almost as diff
cult in December as it was last year
Instantly that one thinks at all on
the subject, half dozen outstanding
contributions to the public's enter
tainment come to mind They in
clude Wendy Killers portrait of the
guttersnipe who became a great lady
in "Pygmalion," Greer Carson as the
wife of Mr. Chips, Miss Davis as the
heroine of Dark Victory" Irene
Dunno as the flippant, brittle So
phisticate in Love Affair" Miss
Davis (again) as the elder sister in
'The Sisters" and several others.
At this, practically the three
quarter point in the year, this de-
partment still finds itself stubbornly
insisting upon Miss Killers per-
tormance as the best of 1899 to date.
Her Eliza Doolittle in Mr.. Shaw's
first motion picture was an unfor-
eettable character, completely
6havian, impressively different. It
had to be both Shavian and diff
ferent to hold its place against
the claims of Miss Davis who has
had three outstanding characterize
tions to her credit, the latest being
that of Aunt Charlotte in THE Old
Maid" 1t could excel that Of
Miss Carson as the wife of Mr..
Chips only because it was more i'm
portant to the essential story which
the film essayed to tell. Its SUI
periority to that of Miss Dunno
rs the heroine of Love Affair"
seems to lie in the fact that it had
newness and strangeness as we'll as
beauty.
The major point of contemplating
the subject is that the competition
Is as keen this year as it was dull,