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Evening star., 1939-02-05

inch of the mile and half from here to the
hundred yards"
"Oh, now Joel. Nobody brakes nowadays
in race
The superintendent frowned at her. took
a moment or two to reply as if he were try
ing to find way to make her see how serious
the matter was.
Look here, Miss Wentworth. l can't let
you start if you don't promise to use the
brakes. I'm not letting anybody but AL
drivers 60 down. Probably ought to have
closed the run altogether. I'm telling you
that on day like this you couldn't steer
either one Of the big curves without brakes
You might get around Whiteface by miracle
but you'd surely 60 over the top at Shady
Like that German sled in '32. If you'd ever
seen sled thrown out into the air at sixty
miles an hour into that mess of pine stumps
and jagged boulders ="
David felt the muscles of his throat tighten
Karen grinned cheerfully at the superin-
tendent. Joel! You make my blood curdle.
After that. we'll brake like passenger sled
full of old ladies. Mr. Alling here is my brake
Feeling strong in the arms, DOM"
Don had been listening impatiently to the
superintendent. Reasonably stout. Kay. But
perhaps Mr.. Todd would like it better if we
hitched snow plow behind the old boat"
They turned to watch sled take off. 1t was
French team from Chamoni1, entered in the
North Country. In their extra-size padded
helmets they made David think of soldiers
in gas masks going over the top. According
to the Continental custom. the four shook
hands with each other in silence before they
took their places. The driver gave sharp
command Number Four, the brake, pushed
the sled forward. running behind it for few
steps, then vaulting into his place. When the
sled reached the glare ice of the trough it
leaped forward as if it had been jerked from
ahead.
Within ten seconds it was travelling FAST
then faster and faster They couldn't stop
now if they wanted to, thought David Before
they disappeared around the first curve
fountain of ice dust leaped up behind the sled
as the steel claws of the brakes bit into the
trough.
Evening star., 1939-02-05


to 60 over the top" said Fritz, the Austrian.
Karen turned to JOEL will one of our seds
be up soon?"
"On the next truck. And look here. That
Davos sled of yours - that's the one you
want to use. isn't it ~ we'll, | was going to
tell you The brake rod was cracked at the
joint Would have broken the first time you
used it. l told Tony to put in a new one.
Karen nodded absent -mindedly as she
watched another sled prepare to start. She
never had to bother about such things as the
replacement of brake rods or the inspection
of her skis or the servicing of her plane. There
was always some competent person around to
attend to such matters. Accidents would
never be allowed to happen to Karen Went
worth
well I'll see you at the Finish, said Joel.
Remember, the brakes every hundred
yards" He took his seat beside the driver of
one of the trucks that was starting off on the
road that wound down the mountain side
close to the run.
A wonderful way to go down. thought
David.
AOIIlc dlOIiR, I)dFIO, Sdlu 1AolCH 1lulc
to put on the helmets"
Her glance fingered on him for moment,
the faint shade of question in it.
Now he'd really have to face it. Up to now
he'd been able more or less, to keep the thing
pushed to the back of his mind And. when it
insisted on thrusting itself before him. he
could keep saying to himself: Its safe its
oloso ls:,,
use the brakes - it's safe - I'm not going to
jump" That way you could drug yourself
into bearable state of mind.
But now he realized with shock that there
we're only few minutes left. A truck came
up the road and backed around to the start
ing point Here's our boat" said Karen.
The men began to lift the heavy sled down
to the SNOW Somebody handed David a
helmet
They ought to make em with springs"
said somebody else. so you'd bounce when
your head hits rock"
David managed CLASSY grin.
The sled last in line before Karen's came
up to the starting point - pushed off was
jerked away down the trough.
Team Number Seven ready" called the
starter.
Ready" said Karen
She took her place behind the steering
wheel Fritz sat down next to her and gripped
the side ropes. "Wtedersehen, he called gaily
to the spectators.
They were waiting for David 1t came over
him that this was his last chance. He didn't
have to 60 through with this thing He could
stagger little put his hand to his head -
say he had slight heart attack - sort of
thing he d been subject to since he was child.
Or he could just run.
Coming, David?" called Karen.
Right" he said. and took his place.
When the truck reached Shady Corner Joel
told the driver to stop and let him out.
This is the place that keeps me worried"
he said, when the runs like this"
There we're thirty or forty spectators now.
As they stared up the trough they had the
strained look. half fearful. half hopeful that
the crowd always has when the high diver is
about to plunge from his hundred foot tower
to the tiny tank below.
The sled ahead of Karen's came roaring
down the trough 1t rose to the wall - up. up
to within two feet of the top. Then it was
gone, down the run. Joel Todd shook his
head. Too damn close" he muttered
He wished that he had closed the run to-
Evening star., 1939-02-05

has CUTS enough to ride in a race. You'd be
surprised how many haven't"
Davids memory jumped back to that
horrible weekend at Placid last winter Some
fool girl at the hotel had dared him to 60
down the run. He'd never done anything like
that before A junior partner in law firm
who had to work for his living didn't have
much time for skiing and bobsledding and
that sort of thing. He didn't trust his reactions
to physical danger But everybody had said
that there was no danger in a passenger trip.
1t wasn't like racing Hundreds of people did
it, They started the sleds hallway down the
run and used the brakes all the way. No dan
ger at all.
But Just before he got on the sled they
made him sign statement absolving the
State of New York of liability for whatever =
might happen to him. Then the tough h-looking
state employe sitting at the brake made some
remarks for the benefit of the spectators.
About how a certain type Of woman passenger
always got hysterical when the sled hit Shady
Corner Curve. Threw her arms around the
person in front Tried to throw herself off.
1t even took some men the same way. Have
to watch those lads. You can wreck sled
that way. =.
Suddenly there was born in David the
devastating certainty that he was one of that
Sort the sort who cracked in crisis.
He couldn't remember the details of the
ride 1t was nightmare of binding. jolting
speed with his head almost jerked off his
shoulders But he did remember saying over
and over to himself: Mustn't get hysterical,
mustn't grab. mustn't jump" Saying it with
desperate intensity as the sled went faster
and faster.
Then the towering ice wall of Shady Corner
leaping toward him. He hadn't really tried to
jump. But he must have made some move
ment. He remembered now the brakes hand
touching him. the mans sharp command:
Take it easy, buddy"
All that streaked horribly through his brain
in the brief space that karen's eyes we're on
him waiting for him to speak.
He made himself say it Maybe haven't
CUTS CROUCH either. Maybe I'd lose my nerve
go to pieces let you down."
She looked at him Curiously and inwardly
he groaned Now she would say, "Oh." Then
she would say. Sorry Then she would turn
back to Don Alling And that would be that
But it wasn't What makes you think you
might" she asked.
lie shook his head He couldn't imagine
Evening star., 1939-02-05

StTdlneQ look, nall IedIlul. ndlI nOpcIul lIldC
the crowd always has when the high diver is
about to plunge from his hundred foot tower
to the tiny tank below.
The sled ahead of Karen's came roaring
down the trough. 1t rose to the wall up. up
to within two feet of the top. Then it was
gone down the run. Joel Todd shook his
head Too damn close" he muttered.
He wished that he had closed the run to-
day. Once he'd seen sled 60 over the top
here. Whenever he had bad dream he saw
that sled soaring high in the air. the four men
frozen upright in their places.
He signalled to truck coming up the road.
The driver stopped. Look here. Tony" said
JOEL did you replace that brake rod in Miss
Wentworth's sled like told you?"
The driver blinked at him and shook his
head. Rod wasn't broken, he said. II looked
it over this morning"
Joel jumped as if he'd been stung. His voice
was harsh with fear. Which one of her sleds
did you look over?"
Tony blinked again. The one she bought
in New York She amt got but the one, has
she?"
Joel raced for the telephone booth. STUN
(Confinvsd on "sxt pooe)
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Admits Killing 7 Women
And Attacking 50 Others
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 18-Detective
6ergt. Bernard Riley said 19-year-
old youth, Sam Hryciuk, today con-
fessed killing two Chicago women
within the last 18 months and ad-
mitted about so attacks or at
tempted attacks on other women.
Hryciuk first admitted that he
attacked, robbed and strangled to
death Mrs. Bertha De Meyer. 81. in
her home last November II. Serpt.
Riley said.
Then he confessed that on Octo-
Der 9, 1887, he accosted Mrs. Caro-
line Schenke in an alley, struck her
on the head with milk bottle. at
tackled her and left her dead.
Hryciuk was arrested Tuesday
after an attack on woman.
The boy was taken to Cook
County Hospital, where, Sergt. Riley
said. he was identified by Mrs. Anna
Burns, a widow, as the man who
assaulted her near her home last
september 10. She now is recover
Ing from automobile accident in
juries
Sergt. Riley added that Mrs. Ruth
Weinberg also identified Hryciuk as
her attacker last June /.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Mrs. Ellen |. McCuIIy
Dies al Home Here

Mrs. Ellen l. McCully, 81, Wash
ington resident for 80 years. died
last night at her home, 1907 B
street Sc, following an illness of
several weeks.
Mrs. McCully, native Of Phila-
delphia, made her home here fol-
lowing her marriage in 1900 to Sam
uel F. McCully. plate printer at the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
She was a member of the Holy Com
forter Church and the Sodality
Union.
She is survived by her husband:
four sons, Frank A. McCully, man
ager of the Southeast branch Of the
w. w. Chambers funeral home;
William F. McCully of st. Albans,
Long Island, N. Y; Samuel F..
McCully, jr., and Joseph A. McCully,
both of Washington; daughter,
Sister Mary Michael of st. Joseph's
of Nazareth, Orange, Calf, and
three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
the residence at $3.50 am. Wednes-
day, to be followed by a requiem
mass at the Holy Comforter Church
at 9 o'clock. Burial will be at Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

deeper significance Of Hitler's speech
to the Reichstag last January 80,
when he said Germany's millions
had to have living space unless they
could increase exports and imports
in great measure.
1t finds expression in his decree
for establishment Of the protector
ates Of Bohemia and Moravia.
Germans ON Balkan Path.
Fortunately for Germany, the
pathway into the Balkans Is studded
with Germans who can easily be
propagandized to want to come
home into the Reich" Hungary has
about 100000 Of them, Rumania
100 900 and Yugoslavia 10000.
1t Is hardly surprising that Ger
man efforts are exerted again and
again in the direction Of attempt
ing to convert the Balkan countries
to the authoritarian ideal and to
WOO them economically.
Persuading them to accept Reich
suzerainty would both bring home"
10000 Germans living there and
augment the German space for ex-
istence" by some of the richest and
choicest territory on the European
continent.
Left out in the cold, then, would
be only the 250,000 Germans Of the
South Tyrol. which is now Italian.
Hitler, friend Of Mussolini and his
guest In May, 1888, solemnly re-
nounced all claims to these Ger
mans, no matter how they may
clamor for him to bring them home
to the Reich"
Evening star., 1939-03-19
By the Associated Press.

oS tAC noSOClhtGo 1000.
POWELL, Wyo., March 18.-
Woods lore he learned on solitary
hunting trips in the mountains east
of Yellowstone National Park en-
abled the crafty slayer of two peace
officers to leave no visible trail today
for 80 grim possemen to follow.
A search eastward proving fruit
less, scouting parties worked north
ward today in the hunt for Earl
Durand, 26, who took to the woods
after shooting Undersheriff D. M.
Baker of Park County and Town
Marshal Charles E. Lewis of Powell,
Wyo.
So deadly marksman he can kill
a pheasant on the wing with a %
caliber rifle. Durand fatally wounded
the two officers with three shots
when they drove up to his ranch
Thursday night. He had over
powered Undersheriff Noah Riley at
the Cody, Wyo., Jail and forced Riley
to drive him to the ranch, five miles
northeast of Powell.
Members of the searching parties
admitted their task was doubly diff
flcult-first, because of the deadly
craftsmanship of the fugitive. who
equipped himself with four rifles be-
Evening star., 1939-03-19

than there would be for British
statesmen to consult Hitler on mat
ters within their own sphere of in
terest.
The basis for justifying the in
clusion of Bohemia -Moravia within
the borders of Germany was that
1t re-established 1,0O0-year- old ties.
Chamberlain Held Unobjective.
Reaction to the notes echoed the
answer to Mr.. Chamberlain's asser-
ton at Birmingham. England, Fri
day night, that Germany's imperial
drive had bighted British hopes for
European conciliation. The German
view was that Mr.. Chamberlain
lacked objectivity.
OF the United States Govern
ment's excoriation of the German
conquest as "wanton aggression"
and arbitrary force" a spokesman
said every syllable must be
weighed" before Germany would re-
ply officially.
Count Stefan Csaky. Hungarian
Foreign Minister, attested the
friendship between Germany and
Hungary and declared it had "once
again brought realization to our
aims, thereby contributing to the
pacification of Central Europe"
In Warsaw, Gen. Lucjan Zeli-
goswki asked in the Sejm (Parlia-
ment) for a report on Poland's S
moral and material preparedness in
the light of Czecho- -Slovakia' fate,
but his motion was turned down.
In consolidating Germans eastern
conquests, Goering created new
air force command-No. (which
will be based in the new territory.
Alexander Loehr, commander of the
air force for Austria, was put In
charge of air command No. 4 and
promoted to the rank of general of
aviation.
The German army remained in
control in Moravia- Bohemia pend
ing formation of a Czech govern
ment which was expected to be
headed by Emil Hacha, technically
still President of the Czecho-S -Slovak
republic. He would be subordinate
to Won Neurath in administration
of the protectorate.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Play Hits Dictator

Paris has taken a fancy to a new
play in which the hero refuses to
become dictator. 1t is LIE Monde
est Petit" by M. Julien Luchaire,
whose Altitude 5000" was popular
on stage and screen. The hero,
one Jacques Delatour, is an aviator
who lands on an unknown little
state, an earthly Paradise. The
population is carefree and long g-lived,
one character being 100 years
young" The airman's visit opens
the little principality to the eyes of
the world, which decides it must be
civilized" International rivalry is
aroused and this creates tense
political crisis. Jacques is invited to
become dictator. He refuses in a
lengthy speech about rulers and
politics, then marries the beautiful
young ruler of the state, Princess
Sophia.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Dead Shot Slayer Of 2 EIudes
Posse Less at Home in WiIds

fore vanishing into the hills, and
second, because Durand was capable
of living almost indefinitely-and
silently-in wild country.
Having a taste for raw game meat,
Durand would not need to build a
fire, that would disclose his hiding
place.
And If he cached a bow and arrow
some place along his trail, he would
not need to fire q shot that would
attract the searchers. J. M. Klindt
of Powell said Durand could kill all
the game he needed with a bow and
arrow.
Durand broke Jail while serving q
sixmonth term for game poaching.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

lngton, and private lenders have al
ready made binding commitments
in reliance upon the Governments S
fulfilling its obligations under these
annual contribution contracts. The
5000 900 proposed to be appropri-
ated in the pending Interior De-
partment supply bill, he said, is
merely to meet payments which will
accrue under these contracts.
Support came last night from the
headquarters of the American Fed
Grafton of Housing Authorities
through its executive director, James
Urich, who condemned the House
amendment. Using arguments SIM
liar to those of Mr.. Strauss, the
statement said the association is
convinced that the local authorities
are doing a remarkable job in keep
ing costs down.
IF the public low-cost housing
movement in this country is to con-
tinue, the $500 amendment must
be defeated" he warned.
Tydings to Renew Attack,
The so-called annual payments
which would be affected by the
amendment are for the purpose of
bringing the economic rents of pub
lie housing to social level that
families of incomes ranging less
than sl,l00 year can meet. Even
more than construction costs. the
anual contributions, which extend
for go years. have been the target
OF opponents of public housing
Senator Millard E. Tydings of Mary
land, who denounced the housing
program in a manner that brought
sharp reply from Senator Wagner
last Thursday, is expected to renew
his attack this week.
The outcome of the housing scrap
in Congress will have a significant
bearing on the progress of the slum
demolition program in the District
which expects to borrow an addi-
tional S8,400,0OO from the U. S. H. A.
1t is unbelievable to Federal officials
that Congress would deliberately
scrap" the Nationwide program. as
the pending House amendment un-
doubtedly would do.
The Alley Dwelling Authority
which may lose half or all of its own
independent funds for reclaiming
the inhabited alleys in the National
Capital, will be chiefly dependent on
the U. S. H. A. for financial sup
port. The curtailment of its funds,
in fact. was made on the basis of
loans already obtained from the
Federal agency.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

Neumann, leader Of the Memelland
Germans, has indicated by his
speeches in recent days that he
thinks the hour of Memels return
to Germany is not far distant.
Memel, a territory Of 1909 square
miles, was detached from Germany
by the treaty Of Versailles and
handed over to Lithuania in 1923.
Danzig, with its 100000 inhabi-
tants and 754 square miles, comes
to mind next. The Danzigers them
selves do not seem to think the hour
has struck just yet. Polish govern
ment circles. however, are keeping
an anxious eye on this Baltic port,
which they now control.
Danzig Made Free City.
Danzig, also German before the
World War, was made a free city by
the Versailles treaty and placed
within the Polish customs adminiS-
tration to give Poland an outlet to
the Baltic.
Neither Memel nor Danzig need
clamor for express trains back into
the Reich. They both already are
virtually ruled from Berlin and they
can wait.
Pomorze (part of the Polish Corri-
dor) also comes to mind as a possible
early acquisition of the Greater Ger
man Reich. There has been a great
exodus of Germans from this region
since the World War, but neverthe-
less there still are 175,OOO Teutons
in Pomorze and 345 900 in the dis
trict of Poznan. Germany never
has given up its claim to this Corri-
dor, which separates Germany prop
er from East Prussia, Danzig and
Memel.
The Polish Corridor was incor-
porated in Poland by postwar
treaties.
Then there are IS, 1000 Germans in
Lithuania, $4,000 in Latvia and 10000
in Estonia. One can often hear it
said in Nazi circles that midget
states like these have no right to
exist by themselves in our day and
age when lone must think in terms
of vast economic areas"
Baltic Germans "Returnable."
If it should suddenly dawn upon
! these three baby republics along the
Baltic to implore Hitler to accept
them as protectorates, the Germans
there would indeed be "returnable
to the Reich" In that case the
Corridor" would become all the
more unbearable for Germany. II
would cut of the entire northeast
from the fatherland.
Three million German-speakine
Swiss are, to be sure, contiguous
to the Greater Reich, but they have
shown anything but disposition to
| invite Hitler to "liberate" them. The
Fuehrer has solemnly assured the
Swiss he would respect their boun-
daries.
So long as Germany does not OBJ
tain colonies in one way or another,
she will try to increase her space
for existence by bringing more and
more European countries within her
economic domination. This is the
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Clipper Is Delayed
By Head Winds
By the Associated Press.

oS sne ASSOCIATED PreSS.
NEW ORLEANS, March 18.-
Clipper No. 20 of Pan-American
Airways arrived at Shushan Airport
tonight from San Diego, Calf, al
most two hours late because of head
winds.
The huge flying boat, sister ship
OF the Yankee Clipper, is en- route
to Baltimore.
Capt. R. o. D. Sullivan, COM
mander OF the airship on the cross
country delivery flight, said it would
be refueled tomorrow and the trip
would be resumed at am. Monday.
The clipper, of more than 10 pas
sengers capacity, originally had been
scheduled to leave for Baltimore
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

Baltic or Balkans!
HitIer's Next Move
Puzzles berIiners
Few Around Fuehrer Are
Informed of PIuns
In Advance
BY LOUIS p. LOCHNER,


BERLIN, March 18.-What is the
next thing up Hitler's sleeve?
This Is q question which thinking
Berliners in every walk of life asked
themselves today as the Nazi capital
organized q conquering hero's well
come for the returning Fuehrer.
That the wiping out Of Czecho-
Slovakia as q state was not the end
Of territorial arrangements in Eu-
rope was taken for granted by every
body here-both foreigner and
German.
The group Of men surrounding
Hitler who are told Of his plans in
advance is exceedingly small. Some
times it includes only Field Marshal
Herman Wilhelm Goering. Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
and DR.. Otto Dietrich, the Fuehrer's
press chief, whose star seems to be
rising. They are sworn to secrecy
and they keep dependably tight
Tipped.
Events Foreshadowed.
Nevertheless events have a way of
casting their shows before them
though, as the Nazi technique be-
comes perfected, these shadows grow
shorter.
The September crisis crept along
for a month. Dismemberment of
Czecho-Slovakia was clearly dis
cernable to those on the inside for
only about = week before 1t hap
pened.
Two cardinal principles of Hitler's
foreign policy furnish clues to the
direction from which forecasting
shadows are likely to fall.
The first of these is that all Ger
mans stand under the protection of
Hitler, who regards it as his Divine
mission to bring home into the
Reich" all whom it is physically pos
sible to rejoin Greater Germany
and to enable those who must re-
main outside to practice the Nazi
Weltanschauung, or world outlook -
The second key tenet of Nazi-ism
is that Hitler is determined to guar
antee "Lebensraum"-space for ex-
isting-to a constantly increasing
and expanding German nation.
When he annexed Austria the
press with one accord began to name
him the Leader of all Germans. ,
With his assumption of a protector
ate over Bohemia and Moravia, the
title of medieval German emperors
was applied to Hitler by leading
German publicists-"augmentor OF
the Reich"
German Space Widened.
The Saar Valley, Austria and the
Sudetenland were brought home tc
the Reich" by Hitler. Bohemia
Moravia and Slovakia widened Ger
man space for existence with thei,
industry, forests, minerals and agri-
cultural products.
Altogether 10000 900 Germans are
now home In the Reich" Some
30 900 900, however, still remain out
side.
In answering the question what
next?" it is justifiable to consider
who of those 10000 900 can physi-
cally come home into the Reich
Memel, with its 100000 Germans
comes to mind first. Nobody here
doubts that it will be annexed by
Germany sooner or later. DR.. Ernst