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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
War and Defense Units
To Move 10 New Offices

Units of the War Department and
National Defense Commission may
begin to move into the new Rail-
road Retirement Board Building
next Sunday, the Public Buildings
Administration said yesterday, "if
things continue to run smoothly"
The reference was to the recent
building trade strikes which delayed
completion of the new building as
well as a similar unit, the Social
Security Building. The Railroad
Retirement Building is the smaller
Of the two units erected in South
west Washington and will accom-
modate about 1000 persons.
The Social Security Building will
be three-fourths ready by october l,
it was said; and fully completed by
November l. according to present
schedules. Units will be able to
move into it by the end of this
month. 1t will accommodate about
1000 employees.
The buildings were erected for the
two agencies for which they are
named but expansion of the ma
tional defense program resulted in
their assignment to the War Depart
ment for the duration of the emer-
gency. The Secretary of War and
his office force. it was believed
would not move to the Social
Security Building until after Nov
en1ber !.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Dog Fonciers Are Kept Busy
With Three Shows in One Doy
Bulldogs Star at Mclean, Cookers
At Silver Spring, Nuts at HyottsviIe

Nearby Maryland and Virginia
dogs-cockers, bulldogs and Just
plain "biscuit-eaters" at their
bowling best in three canine exhibit
lions yesterday and last night.
The bulldogs and the NUTS of
questionable ancestry were shown at
Mclean, Va, and Hyattsville, Md,
respectively, with the cookers COM
plotting doggy day at an exhibition
last night in the Silver Spring Arm
DRY.
More than 100 just plain dogs
competed for honors in the Hyatts-
vile show, held under the direction
of the Prince Georges County w.
P. A. Recreation Department.
Every Dog Given Chance.
Every dog, regardless of size, breed
or appearance was given chance
to win a prize. The event was han
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08

died by H. E. Harris, recreation de-
partment supervisor for the county,
and a staff of assistants including
Mrs. Rebecca Arthur, Miss Emma
Cogar, William Kuchinsky, Ben K.
Savercool and Harold Snyder. Dave
Ginsburg, manager of the Hyatts-
vile Theater, was master of cere-
monies. Entertainment features in
Guided Hawaiian guitar music by
Joan and Gilbert Richbourg, and a
demonstration of dog training by
Mrs. Harvey Brown.
Prizes awards included: Largest
dogs, Prince, owned by Barbara
Hoist, College Park, and Joe, owned
by Ann Myers, Hyattsville. Smallest
dog. Trixie, owned by Mrs. Georgia
Smith. Edmonston. Dog with longest
tail, Joe, owned by Barbara Hoist.
Continued on Page b., Col. u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
By BEN H. PEARSE.

Add to the nomenclature of
scientific crime detection the di-
vision of "toothology," and credit
the discovery to lowly piece of
cheese.
So new is this science that the
designation, "toothology," will
have to identify it until better
one comes along. However, the
first case in which it is believed to
have been involved in the history
of crime detection in Maryland
is now pending in a Montgomery
County court.
AS pieced together from bits of
information gathered from vari-
Gus sources, the case developed in
the following manner:
Called in to investigate a gro
Gerry store robbery, Sergt. Vollten
found that the burglar apparent
ly was fond of cheese, and while
selecting his loot from the shelves
had nibbled freely from a five
pound slab of yellow cheese on a
counter In one of the pieces re-
manning was found a clearcut i'm
preston of the intruder's teeth.
The evidence did not seem
vital at the time, but Chief New
man requested the F. B. I. to
make a permanent record in the
form Of a moulage, similar to
those frequently made of foot
prints. When a suspect was
taken into custody few days
later Chief Newman had q Rock
vile dentist make an impression
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Man Severely Hurt
By Hit-Run Driver;
Arrest Expected
Victim Suffers Fracture
OF Leg and Skull
In Sofety Zone

The victim of a hit-run driver,
William B. Betters, IS, colored, of
$500 Jay street NE, lay critically
injured at Casualty Hospital last
night.
Police expected to make an arrest
in the case shortly.
The victim suffered a fractured
skull and leg wnen struck as he
waited on streetcar loading plat
form at Florida avenue and Ecking-
ton place NE. abou: 10:40 pm.
Witnesses said they secured the
license number of the car, Dis
trict vehicle, believed to be a light
sedan. Thomas Kinlow, colored, of
"a Decatur street NE, who was
walking nearby, said the car ran up
on the loading platform.
Driver Speeds Away.
The driver, Kinlow said, stopped
the car about 100 feet away, got out
and looked back at the man, but re-
entered his car and sped away. The
car turned off of Florida avenue
southwest on New York.
Oscar F. Adams, an attendant at a
filling station at the intersection.
said 20 minutes elapsed from the
time he called for an ambulance and
the arrival of the vehicle at the
scene. He said he called police at
10:40 pm. and informed them an
ambulance was needed and that he
kept watch on the time because of
the recent case in which IS minutes
passed before a traffic victim was
taken to hospital.
DR.. Herman Robbins of Casualty
Hospital, however, said the call was
not received there until 1857 pm.
and that the ambulance responded
Immediately. The victim was at the
hospital at HOS pm, he said.
Police said the first call, received
at 1887 pm. said that an accident
mad occurred at the intersection but
no request for an ambulance was
made.
Struck as he was riding his BIZ
cycle, Edward Thomas, 6, of 1882
Sixteenth street NV, was in Doc
tors Hospital with a compound
fracture of the left leg and bruises
on the face and head. Police said
young Thomas was struck in the
1900 block of Ellicott NV. by a
car driven by Alice Espy of 1888
western avenue NV.
Suffers Fractured Skull.
Seven-year-old Harold A. Flour
noy, colored, of 1888 Sherman av-
enue NV, was in Freedmen's Hos
pltal with possible skull fracture
after being struck as he crossed
Barry place NV. at the intersection
OF Sherman avenue NV. Police
said Robert L. Wadsworth of West
gate, Md. was driver of the car.
Esther Harter of Arlington, Va.
was taken to Emergency Hospital
with a possible conclusion of the
brain after being injured when the
car in which she was riding COL
hded with another at Seventh street
and Washington drive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Gambling Drive
Called Success
By Maj. Brown
Police Superintendent
Shows Years Activity
In Reports :

An effective and successful drive
on gambling was conducted By the
Metropolitan Police Department
during the past fiscal year, Police
Supt. E. w. Brown said yesterday
in his annual report to the Com
missioners.
There was an increase of 70 in
the number of felonies reported, as
compared with the preceding fiscal
year and the department was able
to clear 65 per cent Of the 1882
felonies 1t handled before the end
of the past fiscal year, June 80, Mai.
Brown said.
The First and Second precincts
had by far the most of these cases,
with the Second precinct in the lead
with 1921 cases reported. The First
precinct reported LIPS felonies.
Stolen Cars Big Item.
Property reported to the depart
ment as lost or stolen was valued at
81 1886 020, the largest item being au-
tomobiles, which were valued at
s874,400, using a valuation of $500
for each car, which would mean
that 2,186 cars we're reported stolen
during the past year Maj. Brown
reported that properly valued at
S222,S54 had been recovered during
the year, including only 233 auto
mobiles.
In reference to the Traffic Division
OF the Police Department. Mai.
Brown said it had rendered very eff
flcient service in handling the
many and complex problems" of the
past year. He added that the work
OF the division had materially in
creased due to the rise in popula-
ton and motor vehicle registrations.
The Women's Bureau, which Mai.
Brown praised as having functioned
efnciently, was reported to have
made TIC arrests, handled 1922 COM
plants. The Detective Bureau. in
handling 17,o22 assignments, a de-
cline of $50 from the previous year.
Maj. Brown said, rendered very eff
nc1ent service" and succeeded in
clearing a number Of major cases.
The Office Of the property clerk re-
ported it had received $685. 1o of
lost, stolen or abandoned property.
1t turned over to the Collector of
Taxes a total of 1924 from auction
sales Of automobiles, four boats, one
I-bearl, other unclaimed properties
and from cash received from the
United States mint for old gold from
various packages in the sale held last
December. The old gold receipts
amounted to 1868.
Would Regulate Wrestling.
Maj. Brown renewed his oft-re-
peated recommendation that wres-
thing contests be placed under reg
ulation, similar to that placed over
boxing events Conditions have de-
veloped at wrestling bouts that, in
my opinion, justify consideration of
legislation for the supervision and
regulation Of wrestling" said Mai,
Brown, who is a member of the
District Boxing Commission.
Maj. Brown also renewed his rec-
ommendation of the establishment
OF an additional police precinct sta
ton at Forty-second street and
Benning road NE, so as to permit
reduction of the size of the Eley-
enth precinct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
City Heads 10 Decide
Soon on Police Plan
For Accident Squad
Verdict to Await
Browns Statement
Justifying Move

The District Commissioners are
expected to decide in the next 10
days whether to approve the full
extent of the proposal of Police
Supt. E. w. Brown for the assign
ment of 10 additional police cars
and 10 additional men to accident
investigation work under the direc-
ton of Inspector A. E. Miller.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
announced yesterday final decision
over the issue would be withheld
until Maj. Brown could be called
before the Board of Commissioners
to justify his requests. Maj. Brown
is at Milwaukee attending a con-
vention of boxing commission Off
Gals and is not due back for several
days.
Will Not Reduce Patrol.
In a memorandum urging adop-
ton of the plan, Maj. Brown has told
the Commissioners: The men as
signed to this unit will enforce all
laws and regulations but will respond
to all traffic accidents and relieve the
scout car men in the precincts or
footmen of the investigation of these
accidents. This unit will not re-
(See SQUAD, Page BID.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Lond and Liberty Topic
At Realtors Session

Land and liberty, the part which
the free ownership of land has
played in the progress of America,
will be spotlighted at the annual
convention of the National Asso-
citation of Real Estate Boards to be
held In the birthplace Of American
liberty-Philadelph week of
November IL, with the Philadelphia
Real Estate Board as host.
With discussions of the part to be
played by real estate in the national
defense program headlining the con-
vention program, visiting realtors
will have opportunity to observe the
huge defense activity going on in
Philadelphia as well as to visit his
toric shrines. Elaborate arrange
ments are under way for entertain
ment of those attending the con-
vention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Vocational Schools
Get New System

School officials yesterday an
nounced a new system of admissions
to the five vocational schools under
which prospective enrollees will
clear through the two heads of the
vocational educational program in
stead of through officials at the
Franklin School or reporting di-
rectly to the school principals.
Overwhelmed with a flood of in.
quiriees about enrolment in the
vocational courses, officials at Prank
lin placed the matter in the hands
OF Harold A. Clark, in charge of
vocational education in the white
schools, and E. P. Westmoreland.
head Of vocational instruction in
the colored schools.
Mr.. Clark has Offices at the Abbot
vocational School and Mr.. West
moreland at the Berret School. now
known as administration annex
No. 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
District Churches
To Join Nationwide
Day Of Prayer Today
, Special Services Arranged
For Observance Asked
By the President

Washington churches will join
thousands of others throughout the
Nation today to observe "a day of
prayer" as set aside by President
Roosevelt.
Prayer and peace will be, the
themes of sermons at the special
services. Hymns and music ap-
propriate to the occasion are sched-
uled. Some churches will be open
all day for those wishing to offer
individual prayers.
The Presidents proclamation, is
sued last month, will be read at
some churches here. The Chief Ex-
ecutive has called upon all citizens
to observe the day with prayer, be
seeching the Ruler of the Universe
to bless our Republic, to make us
reverently grateful for our heritage
and firm in its defense, and to grant
to this land and to the troubled
world a righteous, enduring peace.
President to Participate.
The President, who is at his Hyde
Park home for the week end, will
attend services at st. James Epis-
copal Church there.
The Committee on Religious Life
in the Nations Capital yesterday
urged all Washingtonians, regard
less of their church affiliation, to
respond to the Presidents procla-
nation.
All persons here, the committee
declared in statement, Should feel
a special obligation and privilege
to join in a united remembrance
of the Divine Power and of our de-
pendence upon Gods merciful guild
ance," both in prayer at home and
in participation in some place of
public worship.
The committee, headed by the
Rev. Albert Joseph Mccartney, is
an organization of ministers rep
resenting the Protestant, Catholic
and Jewish faiths.
Special Mass at Greek Church.
The parish of st. Constantine
and st. Helen, Greek Orthodox
Church, Sixth and c streets S.W.,
will observe the day with a special
mass at 1920 o'clock this morn
ing, followed by a meeting at Do
doni Park, in Prince Georges Coun-
ty, Nd, this afternoon. Special
buses will take members to the
park, about II miles from Washing
ton on the Defense highway.
Another special mass and doxol-
ogy will be held at the park about
2:30 pm. Resolutions supporting
the course of the United States in
foreign affairs will be presented.
The Combined Hebrew Congrega-
tons of Washington have arranged
for a prayer meeting at the Beth
Sholom Synagogue, Eighth and
Shepherd streets NV, at S o'clock.
A number of local rabbis and cantors
will participate in the service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Two Bandits Hold Up
Grocery Store and
Flee With $50
Liquor DeIiYTmon
Making con Is
Robbed of $33

Two bandits, one of whom dis
played what appeared to be a toy
pistol, held up the proprietor of a
grocery store at 1901 F street NE.
last night and escaped with ap-
proximately $50.
The victim, Samuel Goldstein,
told police q pistol brandished by
one of the men looked like a 10Y,
but that held by his companion
seemed to be the real thing" The
men scooped up the contents of the
cash register and fed on foot.
Two colored holdup men robbed
Clyde e. Caniness, deliveryman for
q liquor store at 2442 Eighteenth
street NV, of $33 while he was
making a delivery in the 5000 block
of Eighteenth street NV. The
men, one of whom was armed, es-
capped in an automobile, police were
informed.
A colored youth snatched a
pocketbook containing $50 from
Lillian Collins. 1915 Sixteenth street
NV, as she was walking near Six
teenth and Caroline streets NV.
Alice Jones, 20, colored, ITO M
place Sc, was robbed of Sc by
several men, one of whom attacked
Johnny Jones, IS, colored. of the
same address, injuring him on his
face. He was treated at Providence
Hospital for a possibly fractured
jaw and finger and nose cuts.
Attendants at Prices Garage, "a
H street NE, told police colored
man was injured when he wrecked
a car in an attempt to steal it from
the garage. The automobile was
smashed on a ramp leading from
the second floor, police were told,
and the man fled. Attendants said
they noticed blood on his shirt,
adding he appeared to have received
neck and shoulder injuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Two Men Are Convicted
On Vogroncy CHARGES

Two men described by the prosecu-
tor as well-known "con workers, pen
ny-pitching aces and f1im-fiam art
lists" were sentenced yesterday by
Police Court Judge John P. MoMa-
hon to post bonds Of $500 each or
serve six months jail, following their
conviction on vagrancy charges.
The men, John Carbone, so. of New
York, and Henry Fine, 81, of Phila-
delphia, had been picked up Thurs
day morning near Union Station by
Detective Sergts. Harry H. Britton.
Walter D. Perry and Robert j. Mag
han. who recognized them from DO
lice photographs. Between them the
prisoners own six-page police rec
ord covering gaming arrests in more
than 20 cities from New York to
San Francisco since 1914.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Takoma Park Police
To Open Traffic Drive

A drive against double parking
and speeding will be launched in
Takoma Park, Md, Tuesday by town
police, it was announced last night.
All traffic regulations will come
in for renewed emphasis, but recent
complaints against improper parking
and speeding brought about the en-
forcement order, police said. The
practice of issuing verbal warnings
will be abolished and arrests will be
handled in Takoma Park Police
Court, police announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08

of his teeth, which was for
warded to the F. B. I. In WASH
ington for comparison with the
moulage in the files.
According to a report received
yesterday, the teeth of which the
Rockville dentist made the i'm
preston a few days ago, are be-
neved to be the same Is those
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Two Attend Convention

Richard B. Essex and Joseph C.
Monaghan. president and secretary.
respectively, of the American Bust
ness Club of Washington, were
among the delegates to the annual
two-day convention of the second
district of the American Business
Clubs ending yesterday in Green's
boro, N. c,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Bond Concerts

TUESDAY.
1880 pm.-Army Band, Band Au-
ditorium, Army War College.
800 p.m.-Soldiers' Home Band.
Soldiers Home Bandstand.
THURSDAY.
500 pm-Soldiers Home Band
Soldiers Home Bandstand.
SATURDAY.
500 p.n.-Soldiers' Home Band
Soldiers Homo Bandstand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Tea for G. U. Nurses

The 1910 graduating class of the
Providence Division of the School of
Nursing Education, Catholic Uni
versity, will be guests at tea at the
home of Miss Dorothy Marks, 6505
Sixteenth street N. w., from 7 to 8
o'clock tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08

which bit into the cheese found
in the Rockville grocery store
several days before.
While the evidence is expected
to be entirely new in a case Of
this type, authorities at the
United States Dental School at
Walter Reed Hospital, according
to T. B. I. officials, estimate that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08
Dry Forces Meet Tomorrow

The first fall meeting of the
United Dry Forces of the District
will take place at 8 pm. tomorrow
in the Central Y. M. c. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08

(See SQUAD, Page BID
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(See ZONING, Page B-20
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-04-25

Mrs. Louisa Jeffers Gessel, II,
died Tuesday afternoon at her
home two miles north of Beverly.
Her husband, Allen Gessel, is cou-
sin of T. j. Gessel of this place. For
many years they resided near Dun
cannon, moving 33 years ago to
near Beverly. Besides her husband
there are four sons and one daugh-
ter. Mrs. Gessel was a member Of
the Christian church of this place.
The funeral will be held this after
noon at 2 O'Clock at the family
home, with interment in Beverly
cemetery
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-04-25
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