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Evening star., 1939-06-13
THE WASHINGTON, G., TUESDAY JUNE 49, 1885,
Autopsy Is Planned
In Girls Death Laid
To Policeman
Pennsylvania Officer
Relieved Of Duty in
Killing Of Child
By the A6socia ted Press

By the Associated Press.
NESQUEHONING, Pa, June 13.-
The body Of slain Joan Stevens was
taken from the grave today in a
move that District Attorney Albert
Heimbach predicted would dispel
"rumors" the 14-year-old girl was
mistreated before = State police
man shot her.
Heimbach said an autopsy would
be held Immediately but that results
probably would not be known, for a
week.
The district attorney repeated his
previous statement that the autopsy
was being performed only ito settle
once and for all" whether she was
abused before she was killed last
Monday night. ..-..
Disclosing that a physician had
examined the body before burial
last Friday and reported the girl
had not been mistreated, Heimbach
added:
There is absolutely nothing to
indicate there was anything out of
the way In the State policeman S
relations with her"
At the same time Maj. Lynn G.
Adams, commissioner of the State
police, announced at Harrisburg
that Corp. Benjamin Franklin,
charged with homicide in the girls
death, had been relieved of active
duty.
The 33-year-old corporal, held in
5000 bail. testified at an inquest
Evening star., 1939-06-13

he killed the 87-pound schoolgirl in
self defense when she threatened to
"blow his head of" with what ap-
peared to be pistol District At
torney Heimback said it turned out
to be a cleverly-fashioned toy.
Evening star., 1939-06-13
Soup Box Derby Rules

(Note to boys: The Star and
the American Legion again are
sponsoring a Soap Box Derby
this summer for boys of the
Washington metropolitan area.
The Derby is a race of motor
less, gravity-powered, mini
ature automobiles or coaster
racers, built and driven by boys.
The winner of the local Derby
on July 8 will represent WASH
ington in national and interna-
tional finals at Akron, Ohio, on
August 49,
These rules are your guide
for the second WASHINGTON
SOAP BOX DERBY:
l. Eligibility: Boys of WASH
ington and vicinity not younger
than 10 nor older than Is may
enter. A boy who has passed
his 10th birthday on the day
Of the local race is ineligible.
Members of the immediate
family of employees of The Star,
the Chevrolet Motor Co., Chew
rolet dealers or employees Of
Chevrolet dealers will not be
allowed to compete.
2. Official rule books and en-
try blanks: Secure these and
sign your safety pledge at the
salesrooms of your nearest
Chevrolet dealer in Washing
ton, Alexandria Or Clarendon,
Va; Silver Spring or Hyatts-
vile, Md. You must be ac-
companied by your parent or
guardian, who must also sign.
Read The Star Regularly jor
Derby NetDs
Evening star., 1939-06-13

The shooting occurred June 3 In
police car as Franklin and an
other State policeman questioned
the girl about purported bank
robbery scheme Of which she said
she had knowledge.
Evening star., 1939-06-13

husband, John Langan, at Warner
Brothers Studio.
Mr.. Langan charged in an affidavit
she paraded in front of the studio
with poster reading: John
Evening star., 1939-06-13

Langan, dialogue director, supported
for five years by wife, uses first job
in five years to destroy home and
take child"
He said he feared he would lose
Evening star., 1939-06-13

his job. Their daughter, Jackie. 6,
recently was placed in a neutral
home and the court ordered the
parents to stay away from each
other,
Evening star., 1939-06-13
'Picketine' Actress
Faces Contempt Quiz
3y the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, June 13.-Joan
Manners, blond English actress,
must show cause Friday why she
should not be held in contempt of
court for "picketing" her former
Evening star., 1939-06-13
Five Arabs Slain:
Six Blasts in Tel Aviv

By the Associated Press.
HAIFA, Palestine. June 13.-Five
Arabs were slain during the night
in a village on the outskirts of
Haifa by band of men dressed in
European clothing.
JERUSALEM, June 13 R.-Six
time bombs exploded in Tel Aviv,
the Jewish city, destroying five tele-
phone booths and damaging a ram
road station today A seventh ex-
plosion wounded British constable
in Jaffa suburb.
Evening star., 1939-06-13


Me1o accompanis; Cavanaugh
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
Mid-Air Killer
Gets Life Term

ride. handcuffed in an automobile
and by dark from Macon. Mo-
his case occurred at s p. m. yester-
where the surprise conclusion OF
day. At that moment he stood be-
fore Judge Harry Libbey, heard a
LAWYER plead him guilty to the flrst
degree murder Of Carl Bivens. 3s,
Brookfield flying instructor, and
heard this question asked:
In view of the fact that am
about to mete out TO you the lesser
of two punishments for your crime
do YOU swear that you will never
seek parole?"
He said calmly: 7 do Judge
I Iibbey then pronounced sentence.
It had all been arranged. but TO
the surprise of the entire citlzenry
of three towns that had been focal
points in the case of the flying
murderer" since last Friday after
noon.
Carl Bivens' widow. Eta, mother
Of two grown sons. had made II
possible. She asked the state to
spare his life but put him away
where he won't ever get to do any
more harm
Prosecutor Vincent Moody OF
Macon. granted her wishes and
when Pletch was arraigned he en-
tered no objection to the life SEN
tence. 1t was learned that a few
minutes before the arraignment'
Moody had met with Pletch, his
attorney. Walter c. Goodson, and
Judge Libbey. Mrs, Bivens' wishes
were announced and The case went
Immediately to its unexpected de-
termination.
Mrs. Bivens told the United Press
in Brookfield today that she was
motivated, in. a measure, by her
sympathy for Pletch's elderly par
entS.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
Japan Sets Up
New Government

TOKYO. Nov. ?. CUP)-The Chi
ma Affairs Board, supreme organ
for control of japanese relations
with China, announced formally
today that the movement for es-
tablishment OF a new central gov
eminent of China is making smooth
progress"
The announcement followed
conference in Marking between for
mer Chinese Premier Wang Ching
Wei, who will head the new regime,
and Gen. J. Nishio, commander-in-
chief of the japanese armies in Chi
ma. at which the general pledged
full japanese support for the move
ment.
Next step will be to obtain the
approval of Emperor .Hirohito which
probably will be given Thursday or
Friday when Premier Gen. Nobu-
yuki Abe calls on the ruler after
affirmation Of the government S
program by the full cabinet.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
Headlines Review
Scores Big Hitin
First Performance

HeaQllneS Revue lnlS year 5
show sponsored by the Lions club
scored a distinct success in its pre-
miere performance Wednesday night
in the high school auditorium
where large audience greeted with
enthusiasm this entertaining var
iety and minstrel show.
While the majority of the cast
is composed of amateur performers
the show moved with a rapidity anc
a smoothness characteristic of a
professional performance.
Attractive stage sets, colorful cos
tunes, unusually clever lines, plenty
of pretty girls in the snappy dance
routines and some of the valleys
best singers for the musical novel
ties make this years show out
standing. In short. Headlines Re
vue" has everything TO please the
most exacting audience.
The first half is a typical revue
with short, decidedly humorous
skits alternating with musical and
dance numbers while the second
half is a minstrel show with the
usual blackface comedians and a
large chorus of men and girls.
Some unusually fine singing is
featured in this act by both Choir
uses and Soloists.
The various acts in the first half
carry out a newspaper theme, the
first act showing newspaper office
where the editor, Charles Slocum,
and his staff are Making the Head
lines" preparatory TO going TO press,
the various headlines forming the
topics for subsequent acts. Slocum
also plays a dual role, being inter
locutor in the minstrel show.
Second and last performance of
Headlines Revue" is Thursday
night at S:l5 o'clock in the high
school auditorium.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
Klamath Bridge
Contract Awarded

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 2. UP)-
The state department of public
works today awarded a sl40,561 con-
tract for construction of a 6l5-foot
bridge across the klamath river at
Orleans, Humboldt county, to c.
w. Caletti and Co., San Rafael.
The department announced low
bidders on two other projects as
follows:
Surfacing SO miles of the Owens
Valley state highway in Inyo coun-
ty between Lone Pine and Inde-
pendence, Basich Bros, Torrance,
S60,657.
Landscaping IA miles of state
highway between Lake street and
the Golden Gate bridge approach
in San Francisco, Leonard Coates
Nurseries, inc, San jose, S38,944
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
Freeze Destroys
Hope for Lost Boy

WINssI OW, Ariz.. Nov. ,. IUP)-
Another. night of below freezing
temperatures destroyed virtually all
hope toIay that seven year ole
Bruce Clozier. lost since Sunday
in the mountains south of here.
would be found alive.
Half OF the search party of 800
men returned to camp this morn
ing without having found a trace
of the boy who strolled from his
parents camp while on a hunting
trip four days ago.
Sheriff Dan DivelbesS, head of
the search party. said it was hard
to believe" that young Bruce could
have survived in the icy tempera-
lures of the past three nights.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
Odds Haywire So
Alienists Called

SAN MATEO, Cal, Nov. 2. CUP)
The smart boys called in alien
lists today to examine the mechani-
cal brain that is the tote board of
Bay Meadows track. Iron Mike"
went on a bat yesterday and hoist
ed the odds on Stroud, the favorite
in the first race. to the point that
he paid S20.40 instead of the legiti-
mate Al shot that he was.
A Short-circuit in the mechanical
monster ran out 1880 worth of
tickets on lead-footed nag named
Green Tea, who was pegged a
Johnny -Come-Lately at the fancy
orice of 80 to |.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
Young Democrats
Called to Parley

CHICAGO, Nov. >. tUP)-Homel
Mat Adams, president of the Young
Democrats of America, today sum-
moned warning factions of the
Young Democrats of California to
a harmony convention at Holly
wood. Calf, Dee. l, 2 and 3.
Adams call was authorized by
a resolution adopted at the nation
al convention at Pittsburgh in Aug
ust. when the California fight ere
ated a turmoil There are two state
organizations with separate sets OF
officers.
A committee of five, with Adams
as chairman, will pass on conven-
ton credentials.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
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Children like them, too. Never harsh
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don't have t. keep up full dosage
TO get real Stuart results. Try them
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Laxative Compound at your drug
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ture on the seal is your guarantee
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02

STATE PRISON. jefferson City.
no Nov. 2. fUP)-Ernest Pletch.
5 whose mania for flying drove
him TO murder in mid-air, started
an earthbound existence behind
prison walls today. his life spared
by the woman he widowed.
His sentence was for life and he
had placed in court records a vow
never to seek liberty again. Thus he
had closed his world forever to the
skyways in which, in the brief span
OF four months, he had etched a
bizarre career-Indiana' Flying
Lochinvar." stealer OF planes. the
flying fool kidnaper, murderer.
He had come on a prosaic 80-mile
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02

NO Admittance" signs designed
to shoe peddlers away from Ell Cen
tro homes were offered residents
free of charge by the FL Centre
Chamber of Commerce Thursday.
Members of the Mercantile Trade
Relations committee expressed the
hope that the cards would be dis
played on every home in the city.
Display of the cards, they said,
would cut down the number of out
town peddlers calling at Ell Gen.
tro homes.
At the bottom of the cards the
following sentence appears 1--WE do
not need your goods-We trade in
El Centro."
The card carries a warning to
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02

As the wheels revolved and the
tote board began to act as if it
had ants in the pants, the bettorS
Sensed a coup. Green Teas price
dropped to As, and the jam at the
81 window was terrific, everyone
wanted to ride with the smart
money"
Green Tea, to spoil an Alger tale,
wasn't even near at the finish, but
the tremendous betting that fol-
lowed the electrical didoes touched
the skyrocket to the price of every
other horse in the race.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
New Shasta Dam
ConfracfLef

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. CUP)-
Secretary Of the Interior Harold L
Ickes today approved a change ir
the contract with the Columbia
Construction company. Oakland
Cal, enabling the company TO trans
port 100000 tons of sand and
gravel for Shasta Dam concrete
over a belt conveyor nine miles long.
Reclamation Bureau officials es-
timated that the conveyor would
save S250,OO0.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
TWO KEELS LAID

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 up
The navy announced that keels
were laid today for the U. S. S.
Nicholson and Wilkes, 1,630-ton
destroyers, at the Boston navy
ward.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
Chamber of Commerce Offers Signs
Warninq PeddIers Off of Premises

out-of-town solicitors who disre-
gard the notice To do SO, the card
sets forth, is a violation of a city
ordinance.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02

For best results read the Post
Press Classified Page.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
6. U. Foreign Service
Students Plan Program

Students of the Georgetown Uni
versity school Of foreign service are
sponsoring a program tonight and
tomorrow night, at o'clock, in con-
nection with the centennial of the
coming of the word, "cartography,"
by the Portuguese Viscount of San
tarem.
Tonight's celebration, which a
number of diplomats and other Of
ficials are expected to attend, will
feature discussions of famous maps
by students. Alfred Adler will dis
cuss the oldest map in the world
and Edgar Prochnik the Waldsee-
muller map of the world. Leonardo
Durso will talk on maps of the time
of Columbus and Francisco Linares
on the oldest map of Mexico City.
Kenneth D. Jordan will discuss
geodetic survey maps and John
Griffin will speak on modern Ameri-
can maps.
Tomorrow night Ivan Hasslocher
will tell of the life of Viscount of
Santarem and Howard B. Alison will
illustrate a talk on military maps
with moving pictures.
Viscount of Santarem is said to
have coined the word "cartography"
in q letter to a friend and it later
was accepted by dictionaries.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Christmas Heart
lContinued From First Page)

One gift which reached The Star
today bore this explanation:
Having eight grandchildren who
have grandmother who will give
them more toys than they can pos
sibly break, it gives me a great deal
of pleasure to send you my check
to buy shoes or toys for children
who are not so fortunate"
Similar manifestations OF "the
Christmas heart" are displayed by
the Government departments, labor
organizations and civic groups,
which have already announced the
part they will play in collecting
donations of cash and toys.
Commended by Woodring.
Secretary of War Woodring in a
letter to The Star declared: Il am
pleased to learn that The Star is
continuing its splendid work in this
direction and trust the results will
be entirely satisfactory"
Miss Mary Oliver, room 1925,
Munitions Building, will act as the
War Departments representative
for the Christmas campaign al
though gifts may also be made
through any Of the departments
welfare workers.
Secretary of Labor Perkins noti-
fled The Star that Samuel j. Com
pers, chief clerk of the department,
will serve as he has in previous
years in making collections for the
campaign. Each bureau in the de-
partment has appointed represen-
tative to receive donations.
Larry Kelly, president of the La
borers' District Council, an Ameri-
can Federal n of Labor affiliate,
also has set up collection arrange
ment. Members of the Building
Laborers' Local IA and Heavy Con-
struction Local 456 will have an op-
portunity to drop their Christmas
donations in a collection box when
they pay their union dues.
Wherever in Washington there's
some one with "the Christmas
heart" there's an effort being made
to help the mothers who can do
so much with so little to provide a
Christmas for their youngsters.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Neighbors Plan Benefit
For Paralysis Victim

Several neighbors are planning a
benefit bingo party Monday night
for William Cooke, 28, of 1929 Bay
street Sc, a victim of infantile
paralysis who has been under treat
ment for several weeks in the iron
lung at Gallinger Hospital. Mr..
Cooke has a wife and two children.
The party will be held at $3.50
o'clock in the Holbrook Farm Dairy
in Cottage City, Md. At least SO
prizes will be awarded, it was an
nounced.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Cookies wife, Mrs.
Tracie Cooke, has obtained Job at
a downtown department store. Con-
tributions and offers of assistance
have been received by the family
since Mr.. Cookies plight was revealed
in the newspapers around Thanks
giving
Mr.. Cooke is bus driver. At the
hospital it was said there was little
change in his condition. He has
been in the iron lung for three weeks
now.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Pensioners to Honor
Msqr. NV. DowIinq

A reception in honor Of Msgr.
John w. Dowling, newly elevated to
that position, will be given by his
parishioners tomorrow at $50 pm.
in the Holy Name School hall, West
Virginia avenue and Neal street NV.
The Rev. Ignatius Smith, Rev.
James Caulfield and Rev. Paul
Dougherty, assistants to Msgr. DoVl-
ing, will speak. John H. Doyle will
speak on behalf of parishioners.
Vocal solos will be presented by Miss
Generosa Fusco, Miss Mary Holdings
and Edward Collins, who will be &C
companied by John Salb.
Evening star., 1939-12-07

Belgium is warning on profiteer-
ing.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Censor's Resignation
Is Denied in Commons
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. Dec. 7-Sir John An
derson, home secretary and minister
Of home security, told the House OF
Commons today that Sir Walter
Monckton, director general Of press
censorship, lis not resigntng."
London newspapers reported De-
cember 2 that Sir Walter had given
his resignation to the home secretary
because he objected to his lack Of
authority.
Asked whether he would take steps
to establish one central censorship
control, Sir John said responsibility
for censorship must rest like respon-
sibility for news and its distribution
on the departments concerned"
That is the system now in oper-
alton.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Fair and Warmer
Is Weather Forecast

Fair and warmer weather was in
prospect today after an early morn
Ing fog along the Potomac held up
airplanes for several hours, delayed
the Norfolk boat and caused traffic
jams during the morning rush hour
on highways leading into the city
from the South.
The local fog developed about 8
o'clock last night, canceling ar
rivals and departures at Washing
ton Airport until the skies began
to clear about 8 o'clock. The boat
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Twins and TripIets
Run in Seitz Family

Twins and triplets run In the
family of Harold Seitz, Waldorf, Md,
employe in the stereotyping depart
ment of The Star.
Mr.. Seitz himself is one Of three
boy triplets and he has twin sisters.
Mrs. Seitz Is q twin. They have
twins, a boy and a girl.
Back of the generation Of his
parents, Mr.. Seitz says, there is no
tradition of multiple births In his
family, but the records are obscure.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Another Football Player
Has Leg Amputoted
BY the Associated Press.

0y tne ASSOCiuCeu EIeeb.
NEWARK, N. j., Dec. THE lett
leg of Edwin (Rip) Collins, 18-year-
old st. Benedict's Preparatory
School football player, was ampu-
tated above the knees today at
St. Michael's Hospital.
Collins, a 2OO-pound, 6-foot tackle,
was injured October In a game
with the Villanova College freshmen.
Doctors said an infected blood clot
made the amputation necessary.
DR.. George F. Hewson, team
physician, drew a parallel between
Collins case and that Of Don Her
ring, Princeton University tackle,
whose left leg was amputated re-
Gently.
Collins, an only child. is the son
of a Kearny police patrolman.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
High School Students
To Gather al s. W. j.

Delegates from high schools In
nearby Maryland, Virginia and the
District and even from Baltimore
and Richmond will convene at
George Washington University to-
morrow for the university's two-day
conference for senior high school
students. 4
The group will discuss federal
ownership and operation Of rail-
roads, which is the subject Of the
high school debates this year.
The session will open at 10 am.
Evening star., 1939-12-07

from Norfolk was an hour and 40
minutes late because of poor usi-
bility on the Potomac. ~
The current forecast Is flair and
warmer tonight, with a minimum
Of about "A degrees; tomorrow partly
cloudy and colder in the afternoon
and night" The mercury got down
to 80 degrees this morning and
there was heavy frost.
The high yesterday was 48 degrees.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
$1,2o0,o00 Fund
Eases Cleveland
Relief Crisis
Revenue Hunt Goes On;
City Fears Great
loud Next Year

0AI n honSOND
Limited by. a rurGl-minded
Legislature as to tares that may
be lepied or poted and tpith sales
tar receipts slipping into pur-
poses other than relief, Ohio's
major cities face the specter OF
,Dant for the unemployed. Off,
cials find themselves unable to
match shares 'o1ered by the Fed
ernl Government.
By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Dec. with the
Federal Government doubling ship
ments Of surplus commodities and
81 zoo, 900 forthcoming through the
sale of tax delinquency bonds,
Cleveland breathed easier today over
its immediate relief crisis as oficials
here and in Toledo, the States two
hardest hit cities, pressed their hunt
for all possible added revenues to
carry on until January l.
Mayor Harold H. Burton said the
81 200 900 would not restore normal
relief rations, but added:
"The bonds mean that we can
keep conditions from getting worse.
No one is starving and no one Will
starve before January l."
Mayor Burton said he figured the
city's relief load would be so great
in 1910 that even though the State
contributed SO per cent OF regular
poor aid costs and contemplated
special relief levy passed, an addi-
tional $1,700,000 would be needed.
In Toledo City Manager George
N. Schoonmaker said turning the
calendar would not allow the city
to restore to its rolls 5,913 persons
found to be "in actual want"
"No new moneys will be available
at the start of 1910 unless they are
taken out of operating expenses,
which in themselves are insuln-
Gent" he declared.
DR.. Harold Knapp, Cleveland
health commissioner, said medical
authorities are fearing the results
in the immediate future" of the re-
lief crisis. IF you have under
nourished or starved people you
haven't good health" he added.
"You may expect toll to be exacted
later"
In.Cleveland 5000 persons are on
'tow-thirds" relief rations, while
$4,000 others cut of the rolls are
dependent largely on the surplus
foods from the Federal Government.
Receives More Foodstuffs.
A city relief executive, informed
of dispatch from Washington in
dicating Agriculture Department
officials had no intention OF relev-
ing communities of relief troubles
by increasing surplus distributions,
said Cleveland was receiving well
over" 100 carloads of foodstuffs from
the commodities corporation this
month, against an average OF so
cars or less in September and Octo-
ber.
Sydney T. Rowley, assistant Cleve-
land relief commissioner, observed:
oscar F. Boyer of the Chicago
Federal Committees office, has been
here for the purpose of helping
Cleveland, and this Is the result
doubling the amount, and doubling
the variety as well"
Whereas only flour and apples
we're available last Monday and
Tuesday to those dependent on sur
plus commodities, Mr.. Rowley said,
new car arrivals and others on their
way will make seven foodstuffs
available within few days-squash,
onions, prunes, raisins, butter, ap-
Piles and flour.