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Evening star., 1941-11-17
Arlington Man Fatally Injured
As Truck Overturns in Ditch
Number Of Persons Badly Hurt in D. c.
And Nearby Area Traffic Accidents

another vehicle at Lee boulevard
and George Mason drive. police said,
He was admitted to Emergency Hos
pital
A tire blowout sent Murray Pace.
II. of 405 Massachusetts, avenue
NV. to Casualty Hospital with spine
contusions and leg abrasions. ac-
cording to police The mishap oc-
Cured near Largo. Md.
Another accident near Branch
vile, Md, sent Earl H. Brown, 48.
of Laurel to Casualty Hospital with
a fractured left leg, according TO the
police reports.
Charles B HAYNES, 81. 1884 Blad-
ensburg road NE. was removed
from an accident in the 200 block
of Seventeenth street NE. by a
police scout car, it was reported.
His injuries were listed at Casualty
Hospital as contusions and abra-
sions.
At the same hospital. Lewis E.
Smith, 33. colored, of 29l5 Georgia
avenue NV. was reported suffering
leg fracture after being hit by an
auto near his home.
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Patman Blocks Final
legislative Action
On Rent Control
Insists on Amendment
Designed to Protect
Tenants Paying High Rate!

Final legislative action on the Dis
| trict rent control bill was blocked
in the House today by Representa-
tive Patman, Democrat, of Texas.
First he objected to unanimous
consent request that the House con-
cur in Senate amendments and
few minutes later served notice he
would make a similar objection
sending the bill to conference. A
unanimous consent agreement is
needed under House rules to place
the revised measure before Con.
ference Committee of the House and
Senate.
Mr.. Patman apologized for delay
ing final approval of the bill be-
cause he said rent control legisla-
ton is needed in the District. How
ever, he declared the bill as revised
in the Senate is "a rent raising
measure
Moreover, he pointed out, if the
bill is sent to conference it would
go back into the hands of the same
people," who refused to approve his
amendment he said was designed to
protect tenants whose rents were
too high January l, the date on
which rentals would be frozen by
the proposed legislation.
The Patman amendment which
was eliminated in the Senate pro-
vided that the investment value of
a property should be factor in
fixing a fair rental.
Representative Patman declared in
the House today that some tenants
in the District are paying from &c
to 35 per cent of their salaries In
rentals and that these ''injustices'
would be frozen if the bill is enacted
into law in its present form.
Only House concurrence in the
Senate changes is needed to COM
plete legislative action on the bill
Mr.. Patmans action. however. is ex.
pected to delay final approval unit
the House District Committee car
work out a compromise with him
that will permit the measure to be
sent to conference.
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Autos Didn't Collide,
But Man Goes to Hospital

Two automobiles travelling today
along D street between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets S.W. did not
collide. according to pelice-but they
came close enough to send one man
to Emergency Hospital and another
to police station.
The near accident resulted in an
argument between occupants Of the
cars, police reported. Clayton
Lowry, 26, 1920 E street NE, went
to the hospital with a stab wound
in his left side above the hip. Will
liam C. Wall, 18, Alexandria, was
charged at the fourth precinct with
assault with a dangerous weapon.
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Farley on Financing
Court Building Called
Three justices are scheduled

Three justices are scheduled
confer with the Commissioners
pm. today on methods of financ-
ing the proposed new Federal Court
Building.
Justices James M. Proctor and
Oscar R. Luhring of District Court
Justice Fred NJ VinSOn of the Court
of Appeals and possibly several
other jurists are expected to attend
the conference.
The proposed new court BUILDING
would relieve congestion in the pres
ent District Court Building. which
has forced the activities of Justice
T. Alan Goldsborough and Bolith
j. Laws to be transferred to thc
new Police Court Building,
Commissioner Guy Mason saif'
the proposed building, to COS.
S., 900 900, would be on the old Pen
sion Office site.
Evening star., 1941-11-17
.HouseGroup
To Get Bill 10
Cut Job|ess Tax
D. c. Subcommittee
Will Act FovorobIy,
McGehee Says

The McGehee bill to reduce the
Districts unemployment compensa-
ton tax rate will be reported favor
ably to the House District Commit
tee Wednesday, paving the way fol
early action on the long-pendine
measure.
Although the Judiciary Subcom-
mittee of the District Committee
which has charge of the legislation
has taken no formal action on the
bill, Representative McGehee, Dem
ocrat. of Mississippi. chairman OF
the subcommittee and sponsor of the
measure, said that at least three
members had given their consent to
a favorable report.
The subcommittee completed
hearings on the bill about two weeks
ago. Congressional approval Of the
legislation would mean an immed-
late reduction in the tax rate from
the present 81 per cent to one-half
of l per cent. and 1t is estimated
District employers would be saved at
least s1,OOO,0OO annually under the
lower rate.
The bill has the support of the
District Unemployment Compensa-
ton Board. the Board of Trade.
Merchants and Manufacturers As
sociation, the Washington Taxpay-
ers' Associa ton and other groups.
Proponents have contended the
tax rate should be cut Immediately
because the District has accumu-
lated almost s24 4,0OO,O 600 in its unem-
ployment compensation reserve fund
an amount which D. U. c. Board
ofricials estimate is SUFFICIENT to pay
all claims for benefits for at least
10 years without collecting any ad-
ditional taxes.
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Dr., Mann 10 Probe
Report Of Threats
Against Elephants
Zoo OfficioIs Said to
Have Received Warning
About Two Animals

Zoo Director William NJ. Mann
planned to investigate today pur-
ported threatS against the lives Of
Kechil and Jumina, the Zoos two
elephants.
DR.. Mann said he had heard MOTH
ing about the threats. when told
that Henry Ringing North, vice
president of the Ringing Brothers
and Barnus and Bailey Circus, said
Yesterday that two Federal Bureau
Of Investigation agents had informed
him the Washington Zoo had re-
ceived threats against its elephants.
Mr. North told the Associated
Press in ST. Petersburg, Fla. that
the two F. B I. men had asked him
for detailed information on the
death of II elephants in his circus.
Had Not Heard Of Threats.
DR.. Mann said he had not talked
with Mr.. North since the day it was
learned definitely that the elephants
had died of arsenic poisoning.
He said the threats might have
been received by some one else at
the Zoo, but he had heard nothing
about them.
The Zoo has its own police force
and the guards keep constant
vigilance over what is fed the ele-
plants by the public, DR.. Mann
said. ........
An investigation of the circus
deaths was continued in ST. Peters
burg by Edward Mullin. private
detective: Assistant Police Chief G
Neal Ellis of the Atlanta Ca
force and Capt. S. w. Roper Of
the Georgia State patrol.
Excessive Quantity of Poison.
! Mr.. Ellis said an autopsy showed
| that the elephants died of arsenic
poisoning and that the excessive
quantity of poison indicated Il
had been given to the animals
deliberatly.
Mr.. Mullin stated earlier he hat
retraced the route of the circus t
Charlotte. N. c., where it stopped
November 2. 1t arrived in Atlanta
November for a two-day stand
and 10 of the elephants died there
Another died later in Augusta. Ga
Several others of the shows re-
manning 36 elephants became il
but Mr.. North said all the animal
were in good condition now.
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Aero Club Head Attends
Air Mail Society Session

Mrs. Mary B. Benson. president
of the Aero Club of Washington.
will be guest of the Washington Air
Mail Society tonight at its meeting
in the Thomson School, Twelfth
and l. streets NV.
Mrs. Lee Shawn, secretary to the
superintendent of the Division of
Stamps, Post Office Department. will
speak Tuesday at meeting of the
Collectors Club in the school, A
cover exhibition will be held.
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Laundry Proprietor
Beaten by Bandit in
Daylight Robbery
Attempt to Frighten
HoIdup Man With
Whistle FoiIs

The daylight holdup of laundry
today climaxed week end series OF
Capital robberies.
Flourishing a pistol, a masked COL
ored man. about 30, entered a
Chinese laundry at Alt Seventh
street SW. at am. demanding
money.
Charlie Lee, 81, proprietor, paid no
heed, according to police. Instead,
he drew from his pocket a whistle
and blew hard.
The intruder struck Charlie Lee
with the pistol, GRABBED a billfold
containing SIS and diamond ring
valued at $50, then fed. Charlie
Lee was treated at Casualty Hospital
for scalp laceration.
Masked Man Gets S25.
A colored man whose face was
similarly masked by handkerchief
had staged holdup just u hours
! earlier in grocery at 135 N street
NE.
! He searched the proprietor. Ma
than 'Leviton. 81. and when he
found no money on his person took
about S25 from a cigar box behint
the counter. ~- - <f
AS the thief backed out of tn,
door Mr. Leviton lifted jar Of
pickles from a shelf and hurled il
at the invader. He missed.
| Police said the robber was pur-
sued to a nearby alley, where he
stopped long enough to discard q
pair of white trousers he was wear
ing over dark ones. Then he van
ished in darkness.
A juvenile robber was reported tc
police by Richard Alvarado. IA. OF
| l706 M street NE. Police said he
told them half a dozen colored boys
slightly older than himself grabbed
him from behind as he stood in a
parking lot at Third and M streets
NE. yesterday While the rest held
him. one assailant went through his
pockets and took 81 bill
Held Up in Georgetown.
In Georgetown. three white men
staged a robbery, police said. Maur-
ice F. Kleindienst. 3415 P street
NV. was walking in the 5000 block
of @ street when he was stopped by
one man who asked for money
When refused, the stranger whistled
summons to two other men. To-
gether. they assaulted Mr.. Klein
dienst and robbed him Of Sl4.
A thief who approached him from
behind struck Edward F. Bradley. %
Arlington, Va, over the head last
night, as he stood in the 600 block
of Fourteenth street NE. police said
Twenty-seve dollars was reported
stolen.
Daisy McConally. 1914 Seventeenth
street NV, reported to police that
her purse, containing filled church
envelopes, vanished yesterday from
table in the LOBBY of 1900 Sixteenth
street NV. A total of SIT was lost
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Commissioners
'ApproveFund
Appeals Bill
| Measure Regulating
Solicitation Goes
To Congress

Tie Commissioners today for
warded to Congress their approval
of bill to regulate solicitation OF
funds in the District.
Introduced by Representative
Stefan, Republican, of Nebraska,
the measure calls for regulation and
control of all solicitations of funds
for charitable, benevolent or patrio-
otic purposes through registration
of the various organizations with
the Commissioners. In filing for
registration the organization would
be. required to give complete in
formation about themselves and
holders of certificates would have
to file annual reports with the
Commissioners.
Committee Would Aid.
An advisory committee consisting
of District residents also would be
appointed to aid the city heads in
enforcement of the act. Some de-
tails as to penalties have yet to be
worked out.
The bill was the outgrowth of a
series of stories some months ago
in which The Star called attention
to a number of questionable solci-
tations. The bill has the backing of
the Better Business Bureau.
In their letter to Chairman RAN
dolph of the House District Com
mittee. the Commissioners described
, the bill as "a lcng-felt need" and
| urged its passage at this session Of
Congress. Approval also has been
given by the Budget Bureau,
Purposes of Bill.
The Commissioners said the bill
! IS designed to correct abuses that
! from past experience cannot be
dealt with effectively under present
laws. They said they believed that
| persons desiring to contribute funds
| for worthy purposes should be as
sured of the authority of the indi-
vidual OF organization soliciting. as
we'll as afforded means to ascertain
how their contributions are ulti-
mately applied.
According to Corporation Counsel
Richmond B. Keech. the bill is de-
signed to protect not only the indi.
vidual against fraudulent solicita.
ton, but also bona fide organiza.
tions dependent on public donations.
Annual cost to the District for
administering the bill is estimated
at s6.500 However, section 7 of the
bill provides for registration fee,
which, though not yet decided on,
would probably produce enough an.
nual revenue to cover the cost.
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Three Men Are Treated
For Food Poisoning

Three young men were treated {
Casualty Hospital today for food
poisoning, according to police.
Arthur Vencenyi, "a. of 1249 New
York avenue NE; Paul Phillips, %.
Salisbury, Nd, and George Bowen,
26, of II Ninth street NE, were re-
moved to the hospital from the 1900
block of New York avenue NE.
where all were employed at the
Washington Truck Terminal, police
said.
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Mother of Tiny Body
Will Leave Hospital

Mrs. Leroy D. Bonbrest was sched-
uled to go home this afternoon from
George Washington University Hos
pital. but she will have to leave her
9-day -old daughter, Bette Gay. who
weighed only 26l2 ounces at birth,
in an incubator at the hospital.
The tiny baby was reported very
much improved" at the hospital to-
day. Attendants said Bette Gay
apparently has gained some weight,
but they won't know how much
until early in December. when the
first monthly weight check is to be
made.
Mrs. Bonbrest, who saw her
daughter for the first time Satur-
day, was permitted to see her again
yesterday.
Evening star., 1941-11-17

In November, Beware Of:
/. The hours between 4 and 6
pm. Six Of the nine traffic vic
Tins in November last year were
killed within this two-hour Pc
riod.
2. Crossing a street at some
point other than a crosswalk.
Three pedestrians lost their
lives in November, 1910, while
doing this.
3. Inclement weather. Three
fatal accidents occurred last
November while it was raining
or misty.
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Bozoor Sturts TONIGHT

The annual bazaar and turkey
supper of the Sodality Union OF
Washington will be held tonight
tomorrow and Wednesday at st
Aloysius School Hall. Supper will
be served from to $50 pm. and
the bazaar will be open until 10 pm
Evening star., 1941-11-17
Lions Club to Dine

The Brookland- Woodbridge Lions
Club will hold its annual charter
dinner at 7 pm. tomorrow at 2400
Sixteenth street NV Charles Hille-
giest will be master OF ceremonies
and Robert Shaw is dinner chair
man.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12

of the black and green Beech
craft.
Edward Brewster, a brother,
joined friends on one of the
flights.
Brewster, associated with the
investment firm of case POM
eroy and Co., is a member of
the class of 1929 at Yale. His
wife is the former Leonie De-
Barry Lyon, whom he married
two years ago.
An experienced pilot, Brew
ster has had more than 1000
hours in the air.
Close to 1000, 900 of the 49,
10000 people in Argentina are
Tfo1ionc
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12
Socially Prominent
Couple Long Overdue


watch. The Brewsters had plan
ned a weekend with Warren
friends.
The route now is guided by
radio beams which with other
improvements make the noun
tains comparatively safe. Storms
were in the area Friday, how
ever.
1t was report by c. H. Shat
fer late Friday that he had heard
a motor 60 dead on a LOVELY
ing plane near his home at Mad
isonburg, 20 miles away, which
concentratekAthe search in this
sparsely settled area.
More than 20 planes, many of
them piloted by socialitefriends
of the Brewsters, came here
from Roosevelt Field, Whining
ton, Del, and other ports.
In New York, Whitney Stone,
Brewster's brother law. post
cd a $1,000 reward for finding
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12
Volunteer FIiers Fan Out
Over Wide Areo in Hills

OBELLEFONTE, Pa, May r.
R)-Experienced woodsmen and
sportsmen pilots famed out over
aviation's old graveyard of the
Alleghenies" today in search of
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Brew
ster, socially prominent New
Workers whose plane is long
overdue on a cross country
jaunt.
Woods-wise veterans of many
q search for missing planes in
aviation's early days when this
thickly timbered mountainous
section of central Pennsylvania
got its nickname feared the
Brewsters may have been forced
down in some isolated section
and that the heavy spring foil
age had obliterated the signs.
All along the route from
Roosevelt Field, N. Y, where the
33-year-old business man and his
wife took off Friday, to Warren,
O., officials and volunteers kept
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12
Q SERIAL STORY
LOVE POWER

both messy and dangerous. But
il the Objectionable Tyler girl
were the victim of an accident
From the store of materials al
ready brought here, and from
her unlimited privilege of or
dering things, Leana constructed
a relatively simple device while
working six nights in the pri-
vacy of her home. In effect, it
was merely compact radio re-
ceiving set. but tuned into high
sensitivity and strength. More
over, it was SO arranged that a
small built-in electric generator
could be set in motion by it, from
considerable distance away. In
itial impulse could be radioed
from a small transmitter which
she built to serve this one par
ticular need. The transmitter was
easily portable.
Entrance to the old mine shaft,
deep in which the x-999 was
now safely stored, was guarded
in shifts by three men. These
three stayed in an old refur-
bished shack that had once been
the control station for the mar
row-gauge railway into the
mine. 1t was near the track,
800 yards or so around the solid
granite side of Tonic Mountain.
Because the track lay there on a
narrow ledge, no one could ap-
proach the actual mine tunnel
entrance without being seen
from this house.
Leana Sormi had free access,
hence was not interrupted when
she came quietly along there one
morning carrying a wrapped
parcel. AS she had done before.
she stopped at the guard shack
only TO pick up an electric hand
lantern. Complete electric light
ing had been strung in, but Ian
terms were carried for emergency
use.
She remained in the shaft for
more than an hour. Then she re-
turned the lantern. II the guards
noticed that she came out with
out her package, they had no oc-
casion to think that fact impor-
tant.
Actually. Leans had concealed
her improvised radio receiver
and generator under small stones
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12

oSAN FRANCISCO. May r.
R-Warship and other national
defense construction work az
gregating $500, 100000 was in
danger of being tied up today by
a strike called jointly by AL
and CLIO machinists to enforce
wage demands at IL shipyards in
the San Francisco Bay area.
All efforts of government and
high union officials to bring
about q negotiated settlement Of
the stubborn dispute failed and
the machinists ordered picket
lines thrown around Bethlehem
and four other big plants this
morning.
Five hundred Oakland and
San Francisco policemen were
modified rs . precaution should
violence develop.
The picket lines were expect
ed to keep between $4,000 and
&c, 900 shipyard workers in addi-
ton to the 100 striking ma
chinists, from working.
William Green, president of
the American Federation of La
Dor, declared the machinists' &C
ton was IAN outlawed strike"
and, in a speech at Paterson,
N. j., said I'VE are appealing to
the unions to rescind their strike
action" His plea was disregard
ed.
The Bethlehem Shipbuilding
company, with yards at San
Francisco and Alameda working
on cruiser and destroyer con-
tracts amounting to $500, 900, 900
was the most important concern
affected, from q defense stand
point.
The other four yards ordered
picketed were the General En-
cheering and Drydock company,
Columbia Machine Shops, Unit
ed Engineering and the Matson
Machine Shop.
The machinists ask Sis an
hour and retention of double
time for overtime. They have
been getting 81 an hour and
double time for overtime. EN-
ployers have offered SLIP an
hour and time and q half for
overtime.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12
u. s. Maritime
Commission
Plans Expansion

oTo meet the pressing need for
seamen to serve in the expand
ing linked States Merchant
Marine, the u. S. Maritime Conn.,
mission announces the establish
ment Of . special training course
for Q career 1t sea.
Administered by the u. S.
Coast Guard, the training course
il open to youths between the
ages Of 18 to % years Of good
general health and able to pres
ent proof of citizenship.
The course consists of three
months at q training station fol-
lowed by three months actual
sea work aboard training ships.
During the course the trainee
receives $21 . month with all
food, clothing, transportation
and living quarters provided.
Aptitude and preferences will
be considered In the training
for any of three types Of ship
work. Completion of the course
qualities the youth for full-time
Jobs aboard ships which are OBJ
tanned by the Commission.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12
PREPARATIONS FOR
MURDER
CHAPTER vXI

The practical, direct mind
which had made Leana Sormi
distinguished as scientist, was
brought into use now in her per-
sonal affairs.
She had tried one or two
round about ways of accomplish
ing her end. She had tried to
make Robert Hale aware of her
as a woman, with all implica-
tons of companionship and
'love" as she knew it. Next, more
desperately, she had tried to cor
ner their priceless supply OF
X-999 for herself, and with the
power it entailed, force Robert
and the world in general, to her
feet. But in each case, con-
temptible, little violet eyed
stenographer had wrecked her
plans! 1t was enough to infuri-
ate any woman.
Wherefore, Leana calmly
plotted to attain her goal in the
way that would bring most salts
faction. She didn't formally rec
ognize it as a revenge motive;
her plan to do away with Caro-
Ign Tyler was colder, more prac-
teal than that.
Revenge" would have sound
ed melodramatic to Leana. But
the Tyler person was in the way,
and just as she would have taken
pains TO eliminate any obstacle
in a pursuit of science, Leana
would stop at nothing to elm
mate Carolyn as an obstacle in
her personal pursuit. Neither
morals nor sentiment entered
into her calculations. She was
woman gone brilliantly mad.
Most potent weapon at hand
was the x-999 itself. Leana put
II down a. point No. 1. Only
three people had actual access
to the x-e0o, there deep in
Tonic Mountain. They were Rob-
ert Hale, Carolyn, and Lesna.
Now. out-and-out murder Is