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Evening star., 1940-12-05
Medical Unit Of Guard
Has Ratings Available
For Specialists
Increase in Authorized
Personnel Creates
Several Places

Maj. Dan Suttenfeld, new COM
mander of the 121st Engineers
Medical Detachment, District Ma
tional Guard, announced today the
detachment has several specialists
ratings available for enlisted men
as the result of an increase in au-
thorized personnel from 20 to AZ
men.
Men who enlist now will have
the opportunity to secure a years
military training as members of the
detachment said Maj. Suttenfield,
a local physician, who succeeded
Maj. Joseph j. Greenlaw as COM
mander. Maj. Greenlaw resigned
recently after many years of service
in the Guard.
Strength of the detachment for
mobilization, expected next month
for the District Guard and other
units of the 29th Division, will be
four physicians and two dentists
as commissioned officers and AZ men,
the latter including several more
sergeants than the medicos now
have.
First 1t. Robert C. Hecker, Medi-
cal Corps Reserve, U. S. A, was
promoted to captain this week and
Evening star., 1940-12-05

connection with the recent ma
tional election the report must be
filed by December 80.
"We are trying to make this in
vestigation fair and impartial, and
for that reason 1 want to call at
tention to sections 305-306 of the
Federal Corrupt Practices Act
which may have been overlooked
by many people who made political
expenditures in the campaign" said
Mr.. Milligan. "The investigation is
directed principally against the al
legged excessive expenditure of money
in the campaign in violation of
the Hatch Acts, and we do not
want to be forced to prosecute a
lot of people who may have spent
$50 or 500 or even $1,000, but who
are unaware of their duty under
the law to report it.
"Of course, any one who made a
campaign contribution to a political
party or committee does not have
to make q report. That must be
done by the party or committee
itself. But there were so many
people in the last campaign who
personally paid for newspaper ad-
vertisementS, radio broadcasts
pamphlets, etc, that think it only
fair to warn them that the law re-
uuires an itemized statement from
them on their expenditures if the
money was used to influence the
election in two or more States"
Evening star., 1940-12-05
Disbursers Of $50
Or More in Election
Warned 10 Report
MiIIigon Statement
Hints Brood Probe of
Election Expenditures

Emphasizing the broad scope Of
the District Court grand jury probe
of expenditures in the recent cam
paign, the Justice Department has
called attention to section of the
Corrupt Practices Act which re-
quires, under certain circumstances,
that disbursements of as much as
$50 for political purposes be re-
ported to the clerk of the House of
Representatives.
A record of such expenditures, it
was explained, must be filed when
the money is not given directly to
a political committee and is de-
signed to influence an election in
two or more States. Under that
rule person spending $50 or more
for advertising or in other endeavors
in behalf of a presidential election
would be required to make a report.
The statement was issued by
Maurice M. Milligan, special assist
ant to the Attorney General, who
is in charge of the grand jury in
quiry which was launched yester-
day with the swearing in of the
jurors.
If the expenditures were made in
Evening star., 1940-12-05

some one who has paid a fare sit
down"
Mr.. James, who pleaded not
guilty, was sentenced to pay a SO
fine or serve 10 days in jail. His
attorney, Richard Harman, said he
would appeal the case.
Evening star., 1940-12-05
Fine on Drunkenness
Chorqe to Be Appealed

Elvin C. James, As. 1886 Concord
avenue NV, Treasury Department
worker, was found guilty in Police
Court yesterday of drunkenness
Policeman H. H. Vogel, who made
the arrest, testified that the Govern
ment worker had approached him
on a crowded street car on Georgia
avenue November % and asked:
"Why don't you get up and let
Evening star., 1940-12-05
Sc Foreign Students at G. w.

Panama, China and Puerto Rico
lead in the number of foreign stu
dents attending George Washington
University, survey revealed yes
terday. A total of Sc foreign stu
dents representing % countries is
enrolled. China has six, Panama
seven and Puerto Rico eight.
Evening star., 1940-12-05

assigned to the Engineer Medical
Detachment, leaving two vacancies
for medical officers yet to be filled.
Capt. D. A. White, dental officer
of the detachment for many years,
will be assigned an assistant under
the personnel increase.
Evening star., 1940-12-05
Opera to Be Given TONIGHT

The Columbia Light Opera Co..
will present Leslie Stuarts Flora
dora" at 8:15 o'clock tonight at the
Roosevelt Auditorium, Thirteenth
and Allison streets NV. Tickets
will be on sale at the box Office.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Will Of Gen. Johnston
Is Filed for Probate

The will of Brig. Gen. John A.
Johnston, former District Commis-
sioner, was filed for probate today
in District Court, but the extent OF
the estate will not be known until
an inventory is filed.
Gen. Johnston's will places the
entire estate in trust with the Wash
ington Loan g. Trust Co., of which
he had been a director for more
than 80 years.
4 number of specific bequests
were provided for.
Gen. Johnston's housekeeper. Mrs
Lottie L. Turner, will get $4,000
annually under terms of the will,
while the generals nephew, Samuel
Alexander Johnston. and an en-
ploye, Corlies B. Taylor, will receive
$1,000 annually. and his grand
niece, Mrs. Franklin A. Langsdale,
will be given 5000 annually.
Remaining income from the es-
tate will go to the John Dickson
Home for elderly men, Gen. Johnston
was president of the homes Board
of Trustees.
Off1cials explained today that the
income will be increased periodically
when beneficiaries named in the
will die. The Washington Loan &
Trust Co. was named executor as
well as trustee.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Democrats Expected
To Pick Mid-JuIy
Convention Date
Effort to Force 6. O. P.
Meeting Into EorIy
August Reported
By the Associated PreSS.

By the Associated Press.
Reports circulated in the Senate
today that the Democratic National
Committee would set the party's
national convention for mid-July in
a politically strategic effort to force
the Republican convention into
early August.
Republican Chairman John Ham
ilton and several other party leaders
have been represented as wishing
to hold their convention after the
Democrats nominate their candi-
dates and adopt their platform.
This may provoke a split in the
Republican National Committee,
however, for several Republican
leaders in Congress expressed the
view that their party should pick
convention date without regard to
what the Democrats might do. They
argued that the minority party
needs much more time to build a
campaign organization than the
party in power.
Decision February is.
These leaders expressed the opin-
ion that any jockeying for position
about convention dates might give
the impression Republicans were
unnecessarily concerned over what
candidates and what platform the
Democrats might select.
If the Democrats should agree on
a mid-July convention, the Repub-
licans probably would have to de-
eide whether to meet in late June
or early August. They will make
their decision February 16 at q Ma,
tional Committee meeting, II days
after the Democrats pick their con-
vention date and place.
Persons in touch with Chairman
Farley of the Democratic Commit
tee said he was highly pleased that
the Republicans had decided to de-
lay their committee meeting until
after the Democrats hold theirs.
Mr.. Farley was quoted as saying
that this gave the Democrats the
whip hand in the selection of con-
vention dates.
Late Convention Favored.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
of Michigan. a probable contender
for the Republican presidential
nomination, said he favored late
convention and saw no reason why
it should not run into August.
Senator Taft, Republican, Of
Ohio, an avowed presidential candi-
date, told reporters that he was
agreeable to a short speaking cam
paign but that the Republicans
would need time for campaign Or
ganization.
He suggested that it might be ad-
visable to hold the Republican Con-
vention after the Democratic meet
ing unless such procedure would
make his party's meeting so late
that thorough campaign organiza-
ton could not be set up.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Stimson Urges Legal Ban
On War Aid for Japan
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Henry L..
Stimson, former Secretary Of State,
has proposed in a letter to the New
York Times that Congress prohibit
export of arms. munitions or raw
materials for arms to Japan.
He urged extension Of the moral
embargo" but added he believed
legislation was needed to impress
Japan with "the seriousness OF the
feeling of our people as to this
matter"
He contended a number Of mer-
chants in the United States had
been aiding Japan by selling to
Japan the ore, steel and scrap iron
indispensable to her bombs" while
large oil producers are selling
to her the even more indispensable
aviation gasoline for her planes"
Legislation such as he advocated
would he asserted, produce re-
versal Of Japanese Army leaders
policy, a reversal without which, he
argued, "the stable equilibrium of
Eastern Asia = cannot be re-
stored"
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Ruling Presages Spread
OF Fight on Racing Data

BY the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1l.-A Su-
perior Court decision here uphold
ing the right of telephone COM
pany to discontinue service to per-
sons accused Of giving horse race
information to bookmakers may
stir action in other States.
This is a salutary decision" de-
clared Samuel Klaus, special assist
ant to the United States Attorney
General. land will go a long way
in aiding the Federal Government
in its fight against this kind OF
racket" -
Mr.. Klaus said he was forwarding
copies of the decision to Federal
officials dealing with similar cases
in Florida and Illinois.
Superior Court Judge Emmet H.
Wilson yesterday dissolved a tenn
porary order granted Russell
Brophy and Leonard j. Nevans,
publishers of racing scratch
sheet" restraining the Southern
California Telephone Co. from dis
continuing service to them.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
'Cown't' Upheld
If Uttered in
Pleasing 7 one
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FfeSS.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Jan. Ii
It's all right to say "cawn't" and
'bawth"-if you do it with q pleas
ing, musical tone.
So says Prof. Frederick G. Pack
ard, jr., associate professor and di-
rector of spoken English at Harvard,
in complete disagreement with Mrs.
Elizabeth Won Hesse, Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt's voice teacher, who
would toss those pronunciations
right out the window.
I'm the matter Of pronunciation"
Prof. Packard asserted in an inter-
view, "the personal factor-whether
a tone is uttered in pleasing or
an unpleasing manner-is one Of
three important items of speech.
The other two are intelligibility-
the speaker making himself under
stood no matter how he pronounces
words-and clear conveyance Of
meaning-not detracting from what
is being said by mannerisms focus
ing attention on how 1t is being
said"
He said he felt that q complete
leveling or Standardization Of &C.
cents would not be desirable since
then the charm and beauty Of many
regional dialects would be lost.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Student-Teuchers
Will Aid in Benefit

Student-teachers from the Wilson
Teachers College will help the Au-
thors of Books for Children in their
benefit program for the Polish unit
of the American Red Cross Sunday
at the penthouse of Earle Clark Cal
houn, 1923 Connecticut avenue NV.
Miss Jane Fletcher will tell the
story of the trumpeter Of Krakow,
the Nebery prize story on Poland
by Eric P. Kelly. She will be assisted
by Gene Davis and Robert Wagner,
trumpeters.
The string quintet will play music
of Polish composers. Members are
Virginia Roberts, Violet Gauss,
David Sickles, Don Swingle and
Verona Fulton,
Evening star., 1940-01-11

paign Of contemporaries to
sell" the city because "its q leader
In most industrial respects and its
potentialities are unlimited"
Evening star., 1940-01-11

Mayor Makes Fiery
Attack on Detroit
Business Leaders
Urges Action to Offset
False Reputation
Because Of Strikes
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Jan. 11.-Young Mayor
Edward ]. Jeffries, who took ONCE
avowedly to give Detroit the pub
licity 1t deserves" among other
things, has jumped into that Job
with both feet.
Calling q spade = spade, Mayor
Jeffries, who is 80 and has been in
ONCE less than fortnight, raked
the city's leading businessmen over
the Goals yesterday.
His language, remindful OF his
bitter fights as a city councilman.
was blistering at times.
Choosing the Rotary Clubs annual
municipal government" luncheon
! to loose some vehemence, the rookie
Mayor accused businessmen with
this stinger:
False Reputation" Deplored.
what you did-and 1t had an
injurious effect on Detroit-was to
sit back on your launches and say
that the town was going to hell IN
handcar."
Mayor Jeffries has deplored what
he called Detroit's false reputation"
in other cities largely because Of its
strikes. He urged the businessmen
to "get together" and see that De-
troit regains "its place in the sun In
this country"
Detroit is Just exactly what the
people In 1t make It," he said. If
Mr.. Ford was stih trying to have
horses In front Of his carriages this
would still be q small town. But 1t
was his initiative and the ability
and energy Of you and people like
you who changed It,"
"Sell Out" Charged.
Mayor Jef1ries, declaring there are
many things in Detroit which ARE
the envy and objectives of compet-
ing cities." charged the businessmen
with failing to do anything about
them. AS q result, he said, Detroit
has been sold out" to competitors.
I'VE have been the constant vic
Tins in Detroit of competing boards
OF commerce, Of civic clubs and
Rotary clubs. Instead Of building
up our own propaganda. you have
been agreeing with them that the
town was In terrible shape" he said.
Mayor Je1fries proposed q cam
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Woman Wins Divorce,
Keeps Job With Ex-Husband
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. LA d.
vorce decree has deprived Theodore
Laher of the association Of Mrs.
Geraldine Laher as wife. but not
as business colleague.
A settlement approved by su-
perior Court stipulated that Mrs.
Laher is to continue as "store man.
ager" for her husband, who operates
an auto body supply company.
She will be pad $25 a week for
her services, plus per cent of the
net profits of the business, work
five days week and get two weeks
vacation with pay.
Mrs. Laher blamed her husbands
association with an unnamed
Omaha, Nebr., woman as the cause
Of their marital discord.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
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Evening star., 1940-01-11
AeronuuticuI Award
For 1899 Goes to Mead
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE iSyl-
vanus Albert Reed award for 1899,
conferred annually for "a notable
contribution to aeronautical engi-
neering," will be presented January
26 to George j. Mead. vice chair
man of the National Advisory Com
mittee for Aeronautics, 1t was an
nounced last night.
Mr.. Mead was credited by the
Institute of the Aeronautical Sci
ences, donor of the award. with
"the design and development Of high
output aircraft engines for military
and commercial services"
Mr.. Mead, until recently a resi-
dent of Hartford. Conn.,, studied at
the Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
nology. In 1887 he received the
honorary degree of doctor of science
from Trinity College, Hartford
Since 1916 he has been engaged In
aircraft motor engineering.
An institute announcement said
Mr.. Mead had been largely response
BILE for the design Of outstanding
single and double row radial air
craft engines manufactured in this
country and abroad.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Whitemon in HospitoI

MINEOLA, N. Y, Jan. II R.-
Paul Whiteman, band leader, has
been a patient at Nassau Hospital
for five days, hospital authorities
have revealed. They explained he
had entered for "rest and observa-
tion," and would probably leave in
another week.
Evening star., 1940-01-11

this time near Castle Rock, Wash.
Recaptured at Centralia, WASH,
and finally placed on the Puget
Sound island, he bo1ted from it in
a sensational break September 5,
1921, while one companion was slain
by guards and another wounded.
In November, 1921, he tried to
rob a mail car in Phoenix, Ariz.,
but Herman Interned, the clerk,
him.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Mail Robber Takes
Own Life, Ending
Notorious Career
Gardner Penitent Over
Disgrace und Shame
He Caused Relatives
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-THE
notorious career of Mail Robber Roy
Gardner, who boasted that he could
escape from the law, was closed in
suicide today because he could not
escape from the stigma of "ex-
convict" after nearly 20 years in
prison.
Fashioning a lethal chamber In
the bathroom of his hotel quarters
here, Gardner, about 56, breathed
deadly fumes which he created last
night with chemicals, and died
quickly, "old and tried" but bearing
mo malice toward any human
being"
Since his release from Leaven-
worth Federal Penitentiary in June,
1888. he had tried to rebuild his life
in the world outside bars, trying the
motion picture business, writing
and lecturing.
"All men who have to serve more
than five years in prison are
doomed" he said in a note, but
they don't realize it. They kid
themselves into the belief that they
can come back but they can't.
There is a barrier between the ex-
convict and society that cannot be
leveled."
Refused to Shoot at Captor.
Gardner, whose final capture in
Arizona came about because he re-
fused to shoot at his captor-he
never fired q shot in q long series
Of robberies-was solicitous to the
last.
;. On the door of the bathroom he
posted q note which said, do not
open this door, Poison gas Call the
police"
Gardner's note, addressed to news
men, asked that they "let me down
as light as possible" because Il
have always played ball with you
all the way, and now you should
pitch me slow one and let me
hit it,"
Gardner appended request to
newspapermen that they not bring
the name of his married daughter
into the story of his death because
her in-laws do not know she Is my
daughter"
Wife Remarked.
His wife. who was separated from
him for Is years by his prison SEN
tences, obtained an annulment Of
their marriage in 1896, and later
married again, said, Il regret this
very much" when informed Of
Gardner's death at her present
home in Napa.
Now Mrs. Dollie Parks. wife of a
State hospital employe. she said she
planned to come here today. to claim
the body for burial.
The ex-convict. whose criminal
career began with an $4,000 mail
robbery in San Diego in April. 1920.
said he would have checked out"
then had he known what the future
held land saved my loved ones the
disgrace and shame that they have
had to endure these many years."
He added that every convict on
forbiddinG Alcatraz Island, where
he served about five years, would
be better off if they would jump in
the bay and start swimming for
China"
Boast Made Good.
Gardner, who was sentenced to Is
years imprisonment at Mcneil Is
land, Wash, for the San Diego rob-
berry, escaped from the train en-
route there near Portland, Greg. He
was recaptured in Roseville, Calf,
May %, 1921, and in the interim he
robbed a mail train of $4,000 in
securities.
He told the Federal Judge who
resentenced him to McNeal for SO
years that he would escape again,
and he did o., rol1te tn the priSOn
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Asthma !! !! Mut!us
Couq hing, Gaspinq

Thanks to Doctors prescription called
Mendoeo, many can now curb terrible at.
ing Bronchial Asthma by helping nature
dissolve the mucus or phlegm No dopes, no
smokes. no injections. Just tasteless, pleas
ant tablets. Mendoeo dissolves in the stom-
ach and circulates thru the blood. Often the
quick, delightful palliative action helps ma
ture bring welcome sleep and proves God
send. Mendoeo is SO satisfactory 1t is
on return of empty package unless COM
pletely satisfied. Ask your druggist for Men.
doeo today. The guarantee protects YOU.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Spoin Building Four Ships

MADRID, Jan. II R.-The di-
rector general of maritime COM
munications announced last night
Spanish shipyards were building
four merchantmen of 10000 tons
each as q start on a marine recon-
struction program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
CHICAGO POTATOES

CHICAGO, April 2.-R-(U. S.
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes 1853, on track
1856, total U. S. shipments 673; best
quality steady, fair quality barely
steady, supplies heavy, demand slow;
sacked per cwt. Idaho russell Bur-
banks U. S. No. 1, few sales 2.10 to
25; Colorado red McClures U. S. No.
1, very few sales 1877 IL to 200;
Nebraska bliss triumphs U. S. No.
1, washed 2.65 to rs; fair quality
washed 100 to 2.10; Minnesota and
North Dakota Red river valley Sec
ton cobblers 80 to 80 per cent U,
S. No. /, LAO to so; bliss triupmhs
80 per cent U. S. No. 1, brushed
$50; early Ohios rs to IS per cent
U. S. No. /, 1.15 to 40, unclassified
100; Wisconsin round whites U. s.
No. 1, $50, unclassified Ito. New
stock dull, supplies moderate, de-
mand very slow; less than carlots
bushel crates Florida bliss triumphs
U. S. No. 1, washed very few sales
2.40 to As, u. S. No. 1, size B, 1.SO.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
Financial Matters Are
Talked By City Board

The city commissioners met yes
terday morning to discuss a number
Of financial matters in the office of
Mayor Thomas E. Cooper, where
they have been holding their daily
meetings since they have returned
to the remodeled city hall.
Among the matters discussed was
the proposed lighting Of a softball
field here. At the meeting it was
pointed out that if any city funds
are expended on such a project. all
softball teams will feel they have
an equal right to use the field
while the teams which contribute
to the funds for erecting the lights
will feel they have a special claim
upon the field.
AS a result the commissioners
instructed ]. E. L. Wade, city com
missioner Of public works, to draft
a WPA program to make a lighted
softball field out of a city block
owned by the city at the southern
end of Fourth street, with the city
and the WPA to bear all the ex'
pense and with all leagues to have
equal opportunities to use the fielc
If it is found feasible to construct