Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1933, Page 3

TERNITE NVASIN INEAST I DENED U. S. Specialist“Allays Fea]'s of White Ant Menace; Sees ‘Racket. There has been no “termite invasion” In the face of a rapidly spreading GUESS the thief was | familiar with the fact that both Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy worked from home all day, In- away said Sergt. Mul- spector,” 757 /_ THP-#VENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1933 —~ v and wanted his wife to try the new car, too. Then this morning he came around to the sales room, and the sales- man took him out. The man said he wanted to pick up ‘SPINES' DEMANDED|MODERATOR NAMED IN WAR ON GANGS!BY PRESBYTERIANG New York Mayor Holds Par- ley as Bullets Claim Fourth in New Outbreak. By the Associated Press. 4 NEW YORK, May 26.—Racket bosses grown so bold that they send their Moderator Rev. Ernest Thompson of Charleston, W. Va., Elected at Montreat Session. By the Associated Press. MONTREAT, N. C, May 26.—The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States elected General Assembly yesterda terian Church in the U. S. A., defeated in their efforts to choose a moderator, wdn&mcm:dmnhmwmrxy on their fight against what they called “modernist tendencies.” Dr. John McDowell of New York, who said he both extreme fun mentalists and extreme modernists as “trouble makers,” was overwhelmingly elected moderator at the church's 145th y. -Dowell, by the ultra 3 mn votes to 120 for the fundamentalist candidate, Rev. Fev: George 13 Shen of Quarsywilies Ba. ¥ e H. Shea of e, Pa., & surprise nominee. After the election, Dr. J. Gresham Machen of Philadelphia, leader of the extreme fundamentalists, said: “Dr. McDowell, whatever his individual teaching may be, represented the pres- ent machinery of the church, which no one can for a moment think to be maintaining the gospel which is set Fur and garment storage' means Certified Cold Stor- age at the®prurity Starage Company 1140 15th Street, and absolute protection from all risks. The small cost is more than offset by the lengt}lened life of furs and fabrics. Coats, $2 and up. REDUCED BRIEF PRICES of the eastern United States. | | his wife on Forest road, so they drove over there, Mc- Carthy driving. They pulled rooney. “Yes, with that informa- tion, the rest was easy,” said killers forth>to do battle under Broad- way's bright lights stirred New York to & new drive on gangs today. Rev. Ernest Thompson, D. D. of Charleston, W. Va., moderator after hearing_his predecessor, Rev. William| forth in the Bible and in the Confes- sion of Faith.” The new moderator called on the hysteria over the possibility of the foun- dation of great cities being eaten away BYRON S. ADAMS by vast armies of hostile insects, Dr.| ‘Thomas E. Snyder, termite specialist 0(“ the Department of Agriculture who has | just returned from a trip through the ! Northeastern States was able to find no | more than a normal increase in the numbers of so-called white ants prey- ing on building foundations. The growing fear, which has resulted n from 50 to 60 requests a day for ad- vice from government entomologists, evidently has been engineered as part of a profitable “racket,” especially in | New York City, Dr. Snyder believes, | There are always termites in abundance at this time of year, he says, and they do considerable damage which usually escapes unnoticed. The general public knows little about them and when at- tention is suddenly called to their rav- ages in sensational language they are looked upon as an entirely new pest. Then there is a ready sale for various termite preventives. | No New Variety for Years He found the prevalent impression even among entomologists not espec ally familiar with the habits of ter-| mites, Dr. Snyder said, was that there had been an invasion of an especially destructive species from abroad, where- 8s no new variety has turned up in the United States for years. The ter- mite hysteria is spreading rapidly from New York to other Eastern cities. Builders are afraid to start new projects until the white ant invasion has been checked and investors are refusing loans for fear the new buildings will be eaten up in a short time. “The plain fact is,” Mr. Snyder said, | “that most of the termites now in the United States were here before the coming of the white men. Then they were beneficial insects, helping to| bring about the decomposition of fal- len logs in the forests and thus re- ducing them to soil. The forests have been replaced with cities. The ter- mites, %ith no logs to eat, turn to buildings which are the only available material. As this change continues the termite danger becomes worse ahd worse, but very gradually. ‘This Spring the idea has gotten abroad that it sud- denly has been magnified many times. People will hardly believe us when we say there has been no termite invasion, after the vast amount of material in the newspapers. | Looks and Acts Like Ant “We have termites here in the Na- tional museum found in North Amer- ican d ts fifty million years old. ‘They differ very little from the zpecies found in Washington today. Presum- ably they had much the same general habits.” Little known in this part of the world except to professional entomol- ogists, Mr. Snyder pointed out, the life story of the termite—one of the most marvelous of insects—makes a striking impression on the layman when pre- sented to him for the first time. It looks and acts like an ant. It has much of the elaborate social organi- zation of the ant, with its different castes of soldiers, workers, etc. Yet it is not even remotely related to the ants, but is a relative of the cockroach. Most of the termites in the eastern ‘United States are subterranean in habit, attacking only such wood as they can reach through the soil. Hence they are rarely seen, except during their annual colonizing swarm in the Spring, and most persons are unaware of their ence. The only certainly effective safeguard against these insects, Dr. Snyder says, is to insulate thoroughly ‘wood foundations of buildings from the soll. Other methods are still in an ex- perimental stage. Fumigations, poisons and spraying, he points out, are of no | anent value. They kill the flying | ts and those actually in the wood, | ‘but have no effect on those still com- | ing up through the ground. ———— D. C. HEBREW BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION TO DINE; Banquet at Community Center on Sunday Will Mark Its 50th Anniversary. The District of Columbia Hebrew Beneficial Association, largest independ- ent Jewish fraternal beneficial ul’ga.l"x-k ization in Washington, will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary with a banquet at the Jewish Community Center next Sunday. Representative Henry Ellenbogen of Pennsylvania will be the guest of honor and principal speaker. Isidor M. Lavine, former president of the associ- ation, will be master of ceremonies. Morris Garfinkle and Abraham Tash are co-chairmen of the Committee on Arrangements. Morris Fleishman is | president of the association. SPECIAL NOTICES. OFFICE OF “THE GEORGETOWN GASLIGHT CO." WASHINGTON, D. The annual meeting of the Stockholders of “The Georgetown Gaslight Company.” for the election of directors and the transac- tion of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. will be hel the offce of the company. 1339 Wisconsin avenue northwest. Washington, . on Monday, June 5th, 183 2 o'clock noon. 4 at | Inspector Willing as he turned —McCarthy drove to explain the case to the po- lice reporter who had just come in. “This will interest you, McGovern. “Advance Motor Sales re- ported that a fellow called yesterday, saying his name was McCarthy, and that he would come in for a demon- stration the following day, (Copyright INUTE YSTERY Can You SOlVey]I e Dr. Fordney is professor of criminology at @ famous university. His advice i5 often sought by the police of many cities when confronted with particulariy baf- fling cases. This problem has been taken from his casebook covering hundreds of criminal investigations. Try yeur wits on it!” It takes but ONE MINUTE to read! Every fact and every clue necessary to its solution are in the story itself—and there is only one an- swer. How good a detective are you? The Perfect Crime. BY H. A. RIPLEY. IM WILSON had one burning am- bition—to commit a perfect crime. After careful planning he chose burglary for his experi- ment and a mansion for the scene of his action. Learning its occupants had left town, he arrayed himself in a business suit of conservative cut, flung a light top- coat over his arm, picked up a Glad- stone bag, covered with foreign labels, and set out. He drove up in his swanky sport roadster, swung Sdewaix, ‘Scipped sidewalk, il up the steps, and fitted a skeleton key into the lock, to his eyes and silk gloves to his hands; the former for a I:g olfwl:cnrl color he couldn’t resist, e latter for more practical purposes. What a jolly thing this burglaring was! He quickly filled his Gladstone with silver and other valuables. Hurrying out, he removed his gloves after clos- ing the door. “Done, and not a single clue left!” he said to himself. As he was about to descend the steps he saw out of the corner of his eye a policeman rounding the corner. Feign- ing disinterest, he turned, quickly, pushed the bell button and stood there whistling. “Hey, you!” shouted the policeman, now standing at the bottom of the steps. “What are you doin’ there? Them people ain’t home.” “Howdy, officer. How goes it?” re- plied our hero blithely as he turned to greet the bluecoat. “I know they're not home; been try- ing to raise some one for five minutes. Annoying, too, after running out to see them. Oh, well,” he continued, “I'll be going along.” as he unconcernedly picked up his bag. 'You bet you will—right to the hoose- gow,” bellowed the guardian of the peace. “Your story I might have be- lieved, but . . ..Come on, now, I'm tak- ing you down.” Alas for the perfect crime! “WHAT CAUSED OUR HERO'S AR- REST?” ASKED MR. FORDNEY OF HIS DINNER GUESTS. For Solution See Page A-9. Perhaps you have a story or prob- lem you would like to submit to Prof. Fordney. If so, send it to him in care of this paper. He will be delighted to 933, at 12 FREDERICK K. HEUPEL. Secretary THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE METROP- olis Bujlding Association. for the election of dsuch ay 1 be f the association. Wednes- Polls open from ~_EDWARD A. TRIPP. Secretary THI POLLOWING CARS TO BE SOLD at Weschler x}«Pubhc ‘Auction on Sa ay, June 10. for charges Austin roadster. no tags, left by J. F. Shaw. Nash roadster, DC M 7497. left by Robt. Jackson. CALL CARL, INC.. 614 H St. N'W. THE TNG CAR TO BE SOLD AT Weschler's Public Auction on Saturdey, June 3. for charges Chevrolet Coupe, No. D. C. N-1702. left by Miss Elizabeth Dubols CALL CARL. INC., 614 H St. N.W. ‘WE_WILL_SELL Chevrolet” Coach, 1 0. 135 Title 3 14 for repairs Bystem_Repair Co.. | Kt BT, S WHEN YOU NEED AN ELECTRICIAN CALL the Electric Shop on Wheels, Inc. 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Don’t let rust destroy the tin. mous Protec-Tin Roof Paint keeps of y—lasts for years. Let us appl receive it. | POISON ALCOHOL FATAL | Three st. Drinking Party. ST. LOUIS, May 26 (#).—A drinking party with what police reported was| denatured alcohol yesterday caused the death of three St. Louis men. The dead are Erick Johnson, 68, a carpenter; Frank McCarthy, 64, & jani- tor, and Daniel Gleason, 54, also a Janitor. | " Emmett Lartin, an acquaintance of ! Johnson, said the latter told him he | had purchased alcohol from a hard- ware dealer. A bottle of alcohol was found on the floor near the bed where Johnson’s body was_discovere ’Hires (RY) \ Root Beer / | SAVE MONEY Make it at Home for less than 1c a glass DELICIOUS HEALTHFUL These exposures of rackets are printed to ad: Louis Men Die After | up and McCarthy asked the off with the car. fellow to go ring the bell. Just as the salesman was ringing the bell, McCarthy drove off with the car.” “They’re keeping the insur- ance dicks busy these days,” said McGovern. “That's as slick as any swindle I've come across in a good many years on the police beat.” and protect the public. t, 1933.) SUICIDE LEAVES APOLOGY FOR MESSING UP ROOM Body in Kansas City Hotel Dis- covered as Result of Loud Playing of Radio. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, May 26.—The loud playing of a radio in a hotel room yes- terday led to discovery of the suicide of & man who' registered as George E. ‘Weinman, Chicago, a salesman. A note to the assistant hotel man- ager, weighted down by a pair of large red dice, read: “Forgive me for messing up your room. I'm sorry. My account will be taken care of by my firm or my family. This pair of dice you can have as a souvenir of my hectic life and sad ending.” Another note was addressed to J. ‘Weinman, Chicago, believed to be the man's father. A deputy coroner said Weinman apparently shot himself. p— 7 S is known all over the order new window shades. Made to Measure D s¢. 3324-3325 w. STOKES A BERIES OF FRIENDLY U. S. Depository A savings account has hel succeed in any endeavor. gance. carefully guarded. Findi lost in the world. IN THE HEART OF THE 7th and E The Easy New Plan that has made Bailey’s Big Stores Washington’s Tire Headquarters. BAILEY'S (1) NO MONEY DOWN (2) BALANCE OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS (3) IMMEDIATE MOUNTING OF TIRES @ Your Guarantee of Real Ropt. Juices an to find himself after he or she is lost . . until a person does find himself he is not likely to “Stiffened spines” was Mayor John P. O'Brien’s prescription for a social malady that is killing scores and drain- ing millions from New Yorkers’ pocket- books every year. Calling in the police commissioner and the five district attorneys in the city, he demanded more backbone in enforcing the law. “Racketeering in all its devious ways must be driven .out” he said, “and racketeers either expelled or sent to Jail” Latest Killing in Brooklyn. Even as he spoke, racketmen were| riding another foe to death. Unlike Wednesday night's battle of Broadway, when two women and one man fell be- fore “bullets big enough to kill an ele- phant,” the latest killing occurred in the byways of Brooklyn. John Friscia, linked by police with the rich slot-machine racket, was done to death in an automobile and flung into the street. When passersby found his bullet-torn body one hand still clutched an armstrap ripped from the tonneau of an automobile. He was described as a pal of George Kennedy, shot to death Tuesday night with Kitty O'Brien, a showgir], in a Long Islandjapartment. Strife in the slotomachind Tacket was blamed for Crowe, D. D, of St. Louis, Mo., deliver | this shooting, too, and detectives sur- mised Friscia died because he knew who committed the murders. Kitty O'Brien was one of three wom- en who have fallen victims to gang fights in three days. The other two were wounded Wednesday night when two carloads of hoodlums battled each other in a racing skirmish down Broad- way. Stray bullets hit them as they walked along the sidewalk. Detectives are proceeding on the theory the fight was another episode in the enmity between Dutch Schultz, fugitive beer boss from the Bronx, and Waxey Gordon, who ruled the outlaw beer trade over much of New Jersey until Federal men caught him recently on a charge of dodging income taxes on a millionaire’s wealth. Hospitals are still on the watch for | two occupants of one of the cars, which crashed against a fence after the fight. The men, trailing blood, escaped in a taxi, and it is believed they will apply | for medical aid for their wounds. Detectives frcm Elizabeth, N. 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B WASHINGTON OWNED AND OPERATED a stirring appeal for an aggressive war against sin in the opening sermon here yesterday. Dr. Thompson, for 30 years pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of his home city, was elected over Dr. J. E. Thacker of Norfolk, Va. | Dr. J. D. Leslie was re-elected for another three-year term as stated clerk, a post he has filled since 1922. Rev. E. C. Scott, assistant stated clerk, was also re-elected. After election of offi- cers, reports of the four major executive Cu‘l:lvxendltteesd of the church were sub- mi and were ordered referr committees. g The Committee on Stewardship and Finance recommended that the assem- bly adopt an ‘“asking budget”’ of $2,000,000, the same as last year, but because of the financial situation it sug- gested a “spending budget” of slightly less than $1,200,000. For foreign mis- sions a spending budget of $608,920 was recommended. For home missions a $299,723 budget was recommended; for Christian education and ministerial relief, $235,502, and for religious educa- tion, $55,472. Church Makes Progress. Reports ‘of all departments showed sharp declines in revenue, but cited economies put into effect to offset the drop and asserted the church had made progress in spite of difficulties. “The church,” Dr. Crowe asserted, “is turning its back upon the most stu- pendous opportunity of all the ages.” He pleaded for an aggressive spirit of A BONUS DR. JOHN McDOWELL. battle in combat against sin, which, he declared, “has destroyed every govern- ment in existence prior to 200 years ago and Is bringing forth its evil fruitage in governments of our own day.” After his installation as moderator, Dr. Thompson named as temporary clerks Rev. H. H. Orr of Richwood, W. Va.; Rev. T. W. Hooper of Culpeper, Va, and Rev. E. G. Tompkinson of Jeffersons City, Tenn. Complaint Ordered Heard. 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