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Evening star., 1940-08-14
Police Hunting
Man Who Shot
Sergt. Baker
Detective Critically
Wounded With Own
Gun by Porolee

A special squad of detectives and
police pressed a wide search today
for the paroled housebreaker who
critically wounded Detective Sergt.
Earl Baker with his own gun while
resisting arrest early today.
AS Detective Baker, 43, holder Of
two medals for bravery, was being
prepared for a second TRANSMISSION at
Emergency Hospital, his fellow offl-
GERS combed the city for 24-year-
old colored man, said to have
snatched his revolver in scuffle and
fired at him as he lay on the pave
ment.
The bullet entered the right
shoulder and struck an artery, po-
lice were told. Yet Mr.. Baker, rated
as one of the gamest men on the
force, rose and chased his assailant
until he collapsed from loss of blood
on the sidewalk in the 400 block of
Neal street NV. The fugitive es-
capped with the detectives revolver.
The shooting occurred at 12:40
am. Fellow officers hurried TO the
hospital to offer their blood. Tests
were made and blood taken from
Policemen J. F. Ash of No. pre-
cinct, j. E. Moore of No 13 precinct
and Lee S. Hensley of the traffic
division.
Physicians said today enough
blood was in storage to serve Mr..
Bakers immediate needs. He may
lose the arm, it was said.
Was on Way Home.
Mr.. Baker. member Of the head
quarters clothing squad, was on his
way to his home at 1887 Monroe
street NE. after going off duty at
midnight, when he saw the paroled
man in a car occupied by two other
colored men. The detective had
been looking for the man for some
time to question him in a recent
housebreaking.
Mr.. Baker forced the car TO the
curb near Fourth and N streets
NV. The man he wanted jumped
out and fed into an alley.
The detective chased the fugitive
Evening star., 1940-08-14
Churches Will Observe
Holy Day Of Obligation

Holy Day of Obligation will be
observed tomorrow in the Catholic
churches of the city.
At ST. Matthews Cathedral masses
will be at $50, T. 8, 9, 10 and 1910
o'clock.
Masses in the Church of the I'm
maculation Conception will be at
6:45. 7:30, and 1915. The miracu-
lous medal and st. Jude devotions
will take place after the last mass.
At St. Aloysius' Church the masses
will be at $50, 6, $50, 7, 7:30, 8, 9,
10, IL and 1905.
St. Dominic's masses are at $50,
6, 7, 8. 9. 10 and 11:10.
At Sacred Heart they will be at
6, 7, 8. 9. 10.
At St. Vincent De Paul they are
at $50, $50, and $50.
Evening star., 1940-08-14
30 Girls Taught Sef-HeIp at Barney House,
Get Stay at Camp to Help Girls of France
Group Chosen From
125 as Reward for
Summers Work

Thirty little girls who have been
going to the Barney Neighborhood
House all summer to learn to help
themselves will 60 to camp this
week to help the little girls of
France.
Friday they will go down to the
houses new camp on the Patuxent
River as a reward for good work in
vacation school classes.
The sewing skill they have learned
in making sun suits for themselves
will be turned to making layettes for
French babies and dresses for
French girls. The material is be-
ing supplied by the Committee for
the Urgent Relief of France, but the
interest and initiative comes from
the children themselves.
The 80 were chosen from group
of about 125 girls who were marked
during their siX-week course on a
basis of attendance, skill, co-opera-
ton and good Sportsmanship The
youngest child going to camp is 8,
the oldest, Is.
Spiritual Comfort.
The same interest in other chill
dren which prompts their older sis
tiers to sew for the French is re-
vealed in the pictures chosen by the
and year olds to paste in their
scrapbooks.
Out of a dozen scrapbooks. there
are pages and pages of pictures OF
other children. Right next to one
picture of a starving little war
refugee, one vacation school pupil
has pasted cut-out drawing of
roast chicken. Next in interest to
child pictures for the summer pu-
pills have been portrayals of Mickey
Mouse, and running a close third
are food pictures.
More advanced classes in sewing
have been attended by girls II to IA,
who picked out their own dress ma
terials. The average time to make
dress was three and a half weeks.
These girls will do the more compli-
Gated end of the refugee sewing.
Sewing scarves, pot holders and
pillows was not all they learned,
however. Some of the girls about
10 years old went even further back
in the process of clothing them
selves, and learned to weave. Tall
hand looms stand in an upper room
of the Barney House, and many
members of the Barney Scout troop
will be awarded badges for weaving
when the prizes for the year are
given out at an assembly for par
ents tomorrow night.
Songs and Dances as Well.
Some of the girls will be able
proudly to present bead bracelets to
their mothers tomorrow night. Even
some of the boys. at the prospect OF
being able to give their mothers a
present. have painstakingly thread
ed bead after bead into an intricate
pattern bracelet.
The children. who have been
learning American folk songs and
dances can show off their new
found skill tomorrow night. A re-
cital of songs and dances is also on
the program, and the dramatics
class is giving play, The Great
Evening star., 1940-08-14

through barbed wire fence and
into an areaway in the rear of the
1900 block of Fourth street NV.
Both men were cut by the fence,
the fugitive on the face and hand,
Mr.. Baker said. The fleeing man
then broke a rear window in house
and dashed through. with Mr.. Baker
in pursuit. The detective overlook
the fugitive and subdued him.
He was escorting his prisoner to
a patrol box when the man grabbed
him. The detective, who is small
of stature, wrestled with his prls-
oner and they fell to the sidewalk.
Mr.. Bakers gun fell from its holster
and the other man grabbed it. The
shooting followed.
ParoIed From Lorton.
Police said the fugitive, who Is s
feet l inch tall. and weighs $50
pounds, was paroled from Lorton
Reformatory in 1888 while serving
two to five years for HOUSEKEEPING.
Inspector Bernard w. Thompson,
chief of detectives. said the mans
sentence was not up until l941.
He came here from South Caro-
lima.
Notified of the shooting. Inspector
Thompson hurried to headquarters
early today to organize the search.
Almost a score of police and detec-
tives were detailed to the case. Three
witnesses were located.
Police found the car in which the
man was riding. They were hold
ing the other two occupants for
questioning along with the fugitive's
brother.
Mr.. Baker chased the man for a
block. Inspector Thompson said. A
passesby found the detective lying
bleeding on the sidewalk and called
for help.
Twice Cited for Heroism.
The District Commissioners have
twice cited Mr.. Baker for heroism
in line of duty. The last citation
was for shooting Morris C.. Beck,
leader of the "blackface" robbery
gang, during the holdup of the Blue
Bell Cafe on Bladensburg road NE.
in 1885. He received a gold medal,
the highest award in the depart
ment.
About eight years ago Mr.. Baker
crawled across an ironing board from
one building to another to subdue
youth who had been holding off
q big force of policemen with a gun
while he threatened to shoot girl
who had refused to marry him. The
detectives act was credited with
averting gun play.
Police Surgeon Warren w. Sager
said the bullet which severed an
artery also injured the muscle and
nerves in Mr.. Bakers right arm.
Even if the arm is saved the de-
tective probably will lose its full use.
Evening star., 1940-08-14
Richard Lowe Operated Van

In a story from Baltimore about
runaway race horse stopping WASH
ington to New York train The Star
on Monday said that Baltimore
police reported the horse escaped
from van operated by Worthing-
ton Lowe of Winchester, Va. Charles
Lowe of Baltimore, father of Worth
ington Lowe, said, however, that
the van was operated by Richard
Lowe, brother Of Worthington, who
is a clergyman.
Evening star., 1940-08-14
Danaher Favors
Insurance Code Bill
With Amendments
Would Limit Authority
OF Superintendent in
Disappearing Policies

Senator Danaher, Republican, OF
Connecticut promised today to
withdraw his opposition to a House
approved bill revising the District
Code regulating fire, marine, casual
ty and title insurance if a series
of amendments he proposed yes
terday are approved.
The amendments were offered
late in the day after Senator Cap
per, Republican, of Kansas told the
Senate he expected early congress
sional approval of the Summers
resolution providing a constltu-
tional amendment authorizing Con-
gress to grant national representa-
ton to the voteless residents of the
District.
Called Up on Friday.
The insurance bill was called up
in the Senate last Friday by Chair
man King of the District Commit
tee but returned to the calendar at
Senator Danahers request.
The principal amendment pro-
posed by Senator Danaher would
take from the superintendent of
INSURANCE of the District the au-
thority to disapprove a policy and
other insurance forms if lin his
opinion they are illegal, inequitable
or not in the public interest The
change would have the effect OF
giving the insurance superintendent
the right to reject only such forms
as fail to conform to the require
ments of the law, subject to appeal
to the courts.
Would Widen Scope.
The other proposed amendments
would include in the insurance code
regulation of liability insurance and
risks on loss to glass and ap-
purtenances thereto" other than by
breakagee, damage from explosions
or other accidents to boilers and
machinery, damage to property by
breakage, damage from explosions
other water pipes and insurance OF
money and securities against loss.
Senator Danaher told the Senate
if his amendments are adopted he
hopes the proposed legislation will
go apace."
Evening star., 1940-08-14
Frank T. Coin, So, Dies;
Park Police Veteran

Frank T. Cain, 54, veteran park
policeman, died yesterday of heart
attack at his home, lib East Stew
art avenue, Alexandria, Va.
Mr.. Cain, a native of 1ndianapo-
lis. Ind, had been a member of
the force 26 years. He was one of
the original members of the Mount
Vernon Memorial highway patrol,
to which he was assigned at the
time of his death. He served in
the Army before becoming a park
policeman.
He was a member of the Wood
men of the World and of the Holy
Name Society of st. Rita's Catholic
Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Esther Kuhn Cain, and daughter,
Miss Esther C. Cain.
Funeral services will be held at
IL am. tomorrow at the home.
Burial will be in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-08-14
New Disease Code
Permits Isolation
OF Carriers
New Regulations Adopted
To Aid in Control Of
Communicable MuIudies

The Commissioners yesterday ap-
proved a new communicable diseases
code for the District, under which
Health Officer George c. Rutland
can isolate persons with contagious
diseases in hospitals or other places
approved by him if he deems it
necessary.
The new regulations, carrying a
penalty for violations, have been
sought for some time by DR.. Ruh-
land to aid in the control of COM
municable diseases. They have the
approval of the District Medical
Society and were drawn in con-
junction with the Pnblic Health
Service. Violators are liable to a
S100 fine or 30 days in prison or
both.
Under the new code all persons
in charge of hospitals, institutions
or dispensaries are asked to report
a communicable disease carrier to
the department within "a hours
after discovery. All other persons
knowing of a person afflicted with
communicable disease are likewise
expected to report to the depart
ment in the event no physician is
in attendance.
The report will be investigated
by the department, which has au-
tnority to enter any public or pri-
vate property for inspection pur-
poses. At the discretion of the
health officer a placard may be
placed on the premises of the dis
eaSed person.
Forty-seven communicable dis
eases are specified in the code as
those to which it is applicable.
Twenty-Five of these are new, &C
cording to health officials.
In some instances a telephone re-
port is asked in addition to written
report. This applies to cases of
anthrax, cholera, diarrhea in in
fants under 3 weeks. diphtheria,
leprosy. food infection outbreak,
plague, infantile paralysis, parrot
fever, rabies. scarlet fever, small
pox, typhoid fever and yellow
fever.
Evening star., 1940-08-14

tax program were the income tax,
with s2.275, ,745 40; the alcoholic bev-
erage tax. with S1.421 .083.85. and
miscellaneous, with s3,453, ,460.41.
Water rents and water main as
sessments produced $4,000. .420 10,
and gasoline tax revenue was 81
943, 1857.
Collections from fees of all sorts
amounted to S550,983, running from
$3.50 in coroner's fees to S178. 1924 20
from the recorder of deeds.
The city's 272 parking meters
produced S36, 6,485l5.
Evening star., 1940-08-14
$325,341 Estate Left
By Grutz Dunkum, Sr.

Gratz E. Dunkum, ST.. prominent
civic leader, who died July "a, left
an estate valued at $325,34l a petit
ton for letters of administration
filed in District Court revealed to-
day.
The petition, filed by his son,
Gratz E. Dunkum, jr, told the court
that he and his mother, Mrs. Louise
Dunkum, were the only survivors.
The estate consisted of real estate
valued at $ll,752 and personal prop
erty, consisting mostly of stocks
and bonds, valued at $313,589.
Evening star., 1940-08-14
Fishing Spot Reserved
Strictly for Women

BY
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.-Re-
served strictly for women is choice
fishing spot at Montauk State Park.
Members of the State Conserva-
ton Commission said they thought
the feminine anglers were entitled
to a place where they could fish
without interference or advice from
men.
Evening star., 1940-08-14

several book ends and some of the
boys are learning block printing
A group of 80 boys has been
chosen from the 125 boys registered
this summer. and will take over the
camp September 3 when the girls
move out. Although the Barney
Neighborhood House has been rLn-
ming 80 years, this is the first year
they have had camp, according to
Miss Margaret Bell Merrill, director.
Even the babies seem to learn
something at Barney House. Out in
the nursery just before lunch, which
is served only to the toddle5s, a
rly-headed group was engrossed
in washing its teeth and combing
its hair before eating.
Evening star., 1940-08-14

est Profession" The. utilitarian at
titude of the Barney children is
marked in their choice of this play.
The Greatest Profession turns out
to be housekeeping.
Graceful swirling pictures of the
sea and trees have been painted by
some of the children with their
fingers and will be carried home
Thursday
Boys Gravitate to the Hammer.
The boys activities have centered
mainly around the hammer. Long
after the closing hour of the morn
ing classes, little boys hammer
happily on boat models and other
toys. Wedged among models OF
boats and houses and clowns are
Evening star., 1940-08-14
Wurdemun Will Filed

ROCKVILLE, Md, Aug. IA (Spe-
cial-.-Under the will of August
Wurdeman of Silver Spring, which
has been admitted to probate in the
Orphans Court here, his entire es-
tate, the value of which is not re-
vealed, goes to his widow, Mrs. Eliza
beth <. Wurdeman.
Evening star., 1940-08-14
Band Concerts

BY the United States Marine Band
from the District World War Memo
rial today at 7:30 pm, Capt. Will
liam F. Santelmann, leader; Henry
Weber, second leader.
Evening star., 1940-08-14

Program.
March, King Cotton" Sousa
Overture, "Phedre" e"--- Massenet
Intermezzo -------------Ar Arensky
Flute solo, 'Fantasie Pastorale
Hongroise" ------- Doppler
Musician. Clayton Lindsay.
Ballet music from The Bartered
Bride -Smetana
(a) Polka.
CD "Furiant."
(c) Dance of the Comedians.
Euponium solo, "Hentonian,"
de Luca
Musician, John Burroughs.
Waltzes from THE Count of Lux
emburg" Lehar
"Saltarello" --------Go Gounod
The Marines Hymn"
The Star Spangled Banner"
BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band on the bandstand at the
Home today at $50 pm. John S.
M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; An
ton Polntner, assistant leader.
Program.
March, Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine" --- John Philip Sousa
Overture, "Giralda" Adams
Suite Oriental. "A Lover in Damas-
Gus" -- Amy Woodford-Finden
(a) Far Across the Desert Sands. !"
(b) Beloved in Your Absence" !"
(c) How Many a Lonely Cara
van"
Excerpts from musical comedy, THE
Desert Song" --------R Romberg
Popular numbers. THE Cuckoo" ="
Arensky; "Jittery jim" Frang-
kiSSer.
Valsetto, LA Reve de Della" c"The
Dream of Delilaho ---- Wurm
Finale, Madison Square Garden" |"
Karl King
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1940-08-14

Diagram shows approximate distances in relation to
Eleventh and streets Sc, where was fatally injured
traffic accident The shaded section indicates the within
and the circed the approximate place
body to STOP The dark lines in shaded
area indicate skid marks.
driver with the Neg
perience q proba- gent Homicide Act.
ton victim widow with four
charge coliding dependent for
verdict: Held for support.
Evening star., 1940-02-09
Snow, Rain TO Dispel
Present Hint Of Spring

The hint of spring now lowering
over Washington is likely to fade
tonight and tomorrow, the Weather
Bureau reports. Snow may be mixed
with the rain predicted for the next
"a hours.
A low temperature of 80 degrees
Is predicted for tonight, compared
with a low of SO degrees at o'clock
this morning and a high of As de-
grees at pm. yesterday. Fresh
winds will bring cooler air from the
northeast and east, 1t was pre-
dicted.
Last night the steamer South
land, first vessel to attempt naviga-
ton of the Potomac in more than
two weeks, was reported to have
fought her way through ice inches
thick on her way to Norfolk. Her
crew found ice conditions in Chesa-
peake Bay improved, the Associated
Press said.
Agents for the Norfolk and Wash
ington line declared, however, that
they will keep the steamer District
of Columbia in port at Norfolk
though she was to have sailed for
the Capital at midnight. There
will be no further sailings until
tomorrow or Sunday and not then
unless Potomac ice should greatly
improve, they reported.
Evening star., 1940-02-09
Elliott Roosevelt Thinks
Father Should Not Run
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-Elliott Roose-
welt doesn't believe his father should
run for a third term.
In answer to a question regard
ing a third term for the President,
young Roosevelt said yesterday: Il
don't know whether he will run or
not. But all the jobholders want
him. Personally, I think he
shouldn't
After he had addressed an Illinois
Lumber and Material Dealers As
sociation meeting, Mr.. Roosevelt
answered several questions from the
floor concerning the country's labor
organizations and leaders.
To a query as to whether he
thought the power of c. I. O.
Leader John L. Lewis should be
curtailed," the Presidents son an
swered:
There is no need to curtail it.
You can do it more easily by laugh
ing him out of power"
The difference between Mr.. Lewis
and William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, he
said, is that Green wants to run
a labor union-Lewis wants to run
the country"
Evening star., 1940-02-09

trict benefit plan becoming ma
tional model" Mr.. Locher said /:
so what? If the jobless workers
are not getting enough here, and
we are now generally in line with
the States, then I would say workers
in other places are not getting
enough in benefit payments" He
declared only four States are not
now building up large surplus ac-
counts and that they should follow
the Districts lead.
Sidney R. Katz, secretary-treas-
urer of the Maryland-District In
dustrial Union Council of the c. I
O., protested the proposed benefit
payment liberalization was not lib
eral enough. He said:
"Only a nearsighted business in
terest can oppose liberalization of
unemployment insurance because q
good system stimulates trade when
employment is on the downgrade;
that is, when such stimulation is
most needed. If anything is to be
changed in the bill it ought to be
liberalized and improved.
Sees One Man Informed.
GAS a suffrage advocate, I feel
compelled to comment on the meet
ing at which the House District
COMMITTEE approved this legisla-
ton. Only one person there both
knew what the bill contained and
could explain its provisions. AS for
the rest, those persons on the COM
mittee who could understand the
bill didn't appear to be informed
on the subject at all"
Mr.. Katz also declared that the
"wave of criticism" against Mr.. Nc
Gehee's drastic" bill was due, in
part, to misleading propaganda by
some of the proponents of this bill
as to its liberalization of benefits.
He argued that in some respects
the bill is less liberal than the pres
ent law. For instance, he said, while
it had been proclaimed that the
duration of benefits would be in
creased from 16 to 20 weeks, 1t was
rather the fact that the maximum
duration was being reduced from
q to 20 weeks.
Evening star., 1940-02-09
$4,000 Motorists Given
Reprieve in Parking
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.-The
$4,000 San Francisco motorists who
faced arrest for ignoring overtime
parking citations got a reprieve to-
day.
Municipal Judge Alden Ames, who
ordered the arrests Wednesday, de-
cided the plan was neither feast.
BILE nor desirable" and said the Of
Tenders would be given two chances
to settle things before being ar
rested.
The revised plan was announced
last night following conference
between the judge and police off,
cials, who showed a decided lack Of
enthusiasm at the prospect of serv-
ing warrants upon $4,000 people.
Judge Ames said If the motorists
ignored two warning notices and
failed to appear at the traffic bu-
reau to deposit bail or pay fines war;
rants then would be issued for their
arrest.
Evening star., 1940-02-09
Auction Tomorrow
To Further Augment
Finnish Relief Fund
Sponsors Hope to Equal
453 Receipts From
First Two SuIes

With a total Of $453 realized yes.
terday from the first Of two public
art auctions, the Washington unit
Of the Finnish Relief Fund, for
which the auctions are being held,
expected a similar sum from the
auction in the Raleigh Hotel to-
morrow at $3.50 pm.
One of the highlights of the auc-
ton tomorrow will be the sale Of
painting of the late Speaker Of
the House Henry T. Rainey, which
has been donated by the Norwegian
American artist, Bjorn Egeli Of
Washington. The painting, for
which Mr.. Egeli once refused an
offer of 81 900, has been hanging in
the Office of Representative Keller
of Illinois. The picture will not be
sold for less than $500, it was an
nounced.
About 20 paintings and etchings
purchased at last nights auction
have been returned by the pur-
chasers for resale for the double
benefit of the fund.
The second auction will feature
the paintings of a Finnish diplomat
and the wife of another member
OF the diplomatic service, Mrs. Alex
ander Lee, chairman of the Auction
Committee. revealed.
Sibelius Bust Offered.
Tnn1nrrnur'c 81
bust of Jan Sibelius, the famed
Finnish composer. The bust is the
contribution of Yucca Salamunich,
one of the 81 artists who have do
mated works of art to the Finnish
relief auctions.
Another feature Of the second
auction will be the yankee auc-
ton of an unpainted portrait. Miss
Mary Ward, Washington artist, will
paint the portrait of the highest
bidder.
Paintings contributed by Firms
in diplomatic life include a land
scape OF Finland by Elmer Forest
berj, professor of art at the Uni
versity of Chicago and honorary
Consul of Finland at Chicago, and
a still life painting by Mrs. Helmi
Collander, wife of the honorary
Consul of Finland in Ohio.
The portrait of Hjalmar j. Pro-
cope, Minister of Finland, went to
Mrs. Emil Hurja at the auction held
IN the Shoreham Hotel yesterday.
Benefit Concert.
The Finnish Relief Fund was to
be further augmented this afternoon
when Garfield Swift, baritone, as
sisted by the Pro-Musica String
Quartet and Evalyn Tyner, pianist,
was to give benefit concert at the
MayfloWer Hotel.
Washington headquarters OF the
Finnish Relief Fund announced yes
terday the appointment of Miss
Lansing Hall to head the committee
celebrating the movie industry's
Help Finland Days" February IT
and 18. Members of this committee
include Miss Eleanor Hurwitz, Miss
Evelyn Freyman, Miss Doris Cooper,
Miss Janice Norton, Miss Sara
Meigs, Miss Mimi Norton. Miss Jean
Duke, Miss Helen Myer, Miss Clau-
dette Warfe, Miss Betty Seibert and
Miss Edith Sognier.