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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1929. 3 “Gangster” Murder —— and the test | murhl Highway between Mldd.lemxrllspeeduy and at the same time yield to nd Aldie, of which there has been‘fle ds that the be kept open. much complaint recently, gton to The commission'is said to have (ound ‘Winchester, where it 'connects with five Bender, Army Air Corps, oilot will be Phomas Carroll. for many years test pilot for the National Ad visory Committee for Aeronautics; Lieut. TIRE? Will Rogers JHEIf_ KLIN 764 4 Main 500 BROS. Pails (ATH Books Wanted Highest Cash Prices WASHINGTON MAP COVERS WIDE AREA Geological Survey Creation | Embraces 464 Square Miles. A new edition of its large map Is Bared as Strange Suicide. Upon Pyre |Chicagoan Wires Feet and Hands, Backs Into Fire and qhoole Self. By the Assaciated Press. RHINELANDER. Wis., ‘gangster murder” of the Wi: Northwoods was revealed foday as a strange and elaborate suicide. June 17.—The of onsin , PLANES COMPETE | IN SAFETY TESTS |Army, Navy and Other Ex- perts to Witness Flights at Mltchel Field. First actual flight tests of entries | | in the international safe aircraft com- Says: “SANTA MONICA, Calif.—You will pardon me, but this stowaway boy of ours! T am not going to be able to muster up much enthusiasm about anybody over 8 vears old that will crawl into a plane where every ounce in weight counts, and risk crashing the plane on its take-off and killing all the occupants. Well, I just can’t picture him in thé Hall of Fame. If he is not met with a long, keen hickory switch instead of | Edward W. Rounds, Navy Reserve, Nav: Itest pilot at the -Anacostia Naval Air | Station. . Stanley Umstead. test, pilot at Mitchel | 1 ROAD WORK EXPEDITED. , Lee-Jackson Highway Job. | Special Dispatch to The Star WINCHESTER, Va., June 1 |larger force of ‘men and fdditional | equipment _have been sont by the State | Highway Commission to the vicinity of Middleburg, Loudoun County, to hasten it difficult to proceed with the work|other main highways Discriminating people every- where regard MhikRock Water |'Washington and vicinity has just been produced by the Geological Survey of !the Department of the Interior and paid for entire libraries or small lots of good books. a brass band, then our confidence in parenthood will drop lower, if that's possible. completion of the work of rebuilding | the seven miles of the Lee-Jackson Me- as one of the good things of life. The victim was Benjamin Gisin. 26, Chicago lithegrapher, amateur artist and writer. His father. Henry Gisin of | bv Army, \pelmon begmnlng at Mitchell Field, | Y., Wed: y, will be v\ltnes*ed‘ Departm-nt of Com- Bring Them in or Pheone Us to Call Phone Metropolitan 5415 G. David Pearlman “The Big Book Shop” 933 G St. Est. 1907 | so | th ea |0 | ch tour lines. following e va This map 15 considered of particular | est and value to hoth officials and in the | development of the metropolitan area | of the National Capital, the department | explained, adding that it is also an ideal | map for the autoist, hiker and camper. pr MODERNIZE Your Home by the i EBERLY PLAN s ia | th |covers an area of 464 square | showing the surrounding territory of | {Maryland and Virginia. he map shows the latitude of Rock- { ville, int Md., uth of reat Falls of the Potomac e west, to Forestville, Md., st Its scale is 1:31,680 or tw on to a line three mi! Alexandria and from River on es. The department ex 1 of altitude above sea level 1v individuals concerned Department Comment. Commenting on the new map, Department of the Interior said | new edition is published opportunel; e in the investigations to deter: suitable site for the much di |airport of the National Capital is purpose it serves admirabl miles, the | th inches | he mile and measures 44 by 52 in- | lained today | that it is primarily a topographic map, showing the shape, size and relations ¢ surface irregularities by the use of con- | Ty 10-foot inter- | SANester. the Mound City, Kans., who came to claim | the body, said the young man had been deficient . although actually he was les | almost athletic in build and strength. | Gisin's body was found in a swamp {in Oneida County. It lay across the ve | PShes of a brush heap and was badly {burned. The head was partly torn {away by shoteun slugs. There were ! wires about the wrists and 1kles. There was everything to indicate & tor- ture murder and the police theory was that the victim had been a Chicago ut on the spot.” eztablished that the man his father had police decided self-inflicted. They believe rapped his legs and wrists with backed “himself against a tree in the center of a pile of brush which he had set. afire. and then fired a shotgun |by a wire from the trigger to his feet. on | \Vh"n it w Gisin and after 'la_lkpd with authoriti d n Parley Delegates Named. FRONT ROYAL, Va cial).—At the Republican mass meeting .. June 17 (Spe- | held at the courthouse here Saturday | merce, Bureau of Standards and private | | aeronautical’ experts from the Nation- al_Capital. | The competition is being conducted |by the Daniel Guggenheim Fund_ for | the Promotion of Aeronautics, which | has offered prizes of $150,000 for air-| el craft which demonstrate under special zules the greatest advances in_aerody- namic safety without loss of efficienc Regarded as one of the most im portant aeronautical events of the year, | the competition so far has attracted | official entries from Italy, England Rl‘ld\ the United States. The' tests will be | fiown publicly by pilots of the Gug-| gonheim orgenization, cne of them a Washingtonian. | includes | ee of judges YOUR FURNITURE IS SAFE IN THE UNITED STATES SAFE—MODERN FIREPROOF Orville Wright, chairman; F. Trubee ! Davison, Assisfant Secretary of War for Aeronautics; William P. MacCrack- | Assistant Secretary of Commerce 1 ; Edward P. aner ormer Assistant Secretary of the Nxvv‘ or Aeronautics, and Dr. George W Lewis, director of research of the Na tional nautics, Prof. Alexander Klemin of New York | University. Capt. E. E. Aldrin of New Jersey and Maj. R. H. Mavo. repre- sentatives of the Guggenheim fund in England, will act as technical advisors. The field manager is Capt. Walter Grs MeCorm Collese DR. CLAUDE S. Eyesight Specialist Phor.l': Main 1 hlen Blds St N.W 109410 Mol h and G Advisory Committee for Aclo-‘- s Fitted Gres Framinea SEMONES TROPICAL WORSTED SUIT! S $25 Open a charze account EISEMAN'S, 7th & F @“@" evening. with Chairman O. W. Borden | STORAGE. Its crystal purity is enhanced by just the right degree of sparkle. ericay J};ark/mq Wate w presiding apd R. R. Griffith secretary, delegates were elected to attend the Richmond convention. which will be | held in that city June 26. Delegates elected were: W. C. Deming, John Der- flinger, J. L. Mathews. Wilson Groves O. W. Borden. R. E. Herr; alternates were L. A. Rudicille, J. L. Borden. R R. Griffith, Lovell Hoffman, R. C. Thomason and L. M. Ritenour. | The Leipzig, Germany, Spring {ah’ oceu) h'd 46_buildings this vear. Real Estate ~ Loans (D. C. Property Only) 6% No Commission Charged You can take 12 years to pay off your loan without the expense of renewing. $1,000 for $10 per month including interest and prin- cipal. Larger or smaller loans at proportionate rates, PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Established 1881 ing with engineering exactne: | shape and altitude of the hills, valleys, i water bodies and streams, as well as all bulldings. roads and other features that | !must be considered in locating and ‘\mng an airport, | | “The map of Washington and vicinity | | was first published in 1917 For the present edition the engraved copper| | plates were corrected from photographs | obtained by airplane flights (‘fl‘fl'll’ll wish to have done—or if (np entire area by the Air Corps, U. 8. this is mot convenient, our || A and from revision and correctlve . b | work done by the Geological Survey. representative will be glad || " VD o 0 the Washingion | to call at your home. |urban area, the growth of suburban! | communities, and the progress in water A.EBERLYS SONS | front improvement projects during the (INCORPORATED decade 1917-27 produce a striking dif= 718 Sevcnth Qtreet NW. | ference in appearance between the | Phone \‘lam 6557 | original prints and the new map. 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