Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1935, Page 19

PARADE WILL OPEN ANNUAL SESSION 0FDISTREGT LERDN 3,000 Persons Will Partici- pate in Colorful Pageant This Evening. COL. KENYON A. JOYCE WILL LEAD MARCHERS Department Commanders of Five States to Be Present—Bonus to Be Issue. About 3,000 persons will participate tonight in a parade opening the an- nual convention of the District De- partment, American Legion. Legion | officials promise a good show regard- less of the weather. The marchers will assemble around John Marshall place at 6:45 p.m. and | half an hour later will start down Pennsylvania avenue, under leadership of their grand marshal, Col. Kenyon A. Joyce, commander of the 3d United States Cavalry. Moving west on Penn- sylvania the procession will turn north on Thirteenth street to K street, thence westward to Connecticut ave- unue and north to the Mayflower, where the convention will be held. ‘The reviewing stand is in the 1000 block of Connecticut avenue in front of the Stoneleigh Court Apartments. Nine Divisions Provided. Nine divisions, including numerous | bands, floats, military units and deco- rated automobiles, will participate in the parade and prizes will be given for the best performances and displays. In the line of march, Legion officers announced, will be 22 musical units, including the United States Army Band, the 3d Cavalry Band and the | Elks Club Boys’ Band. Military groups will include the 2d Battalion, 121st Engineers; a military police company | from the 29th Division, the 260th Coast Artillery and a detachment from the Coast Guard. | Legion department commanders from Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsyl- | vania, Delaware and Virginia and the | commanders in chief of the Grand A.rmy of the Republic and the United Bpanish War Veterans also will join | the parade. | The last division of the parade will | comprise men and women on horse- back and in decorated floats and cars. | Trophy to Be Presented. At the Mayflower, Col. Joyce and his command at Fort Myer will be presented a trophy in appreciation for their help at Legion parades. Com- missioner Hazen will make a speech | of welcome. Other speeches will be | given by James J. Drain, past na- | tional commander and present judge | advocate general and treasurer of the | Legion; Representative Rankin of Mississippi and J. Ernest Isherwood, Pennsylvania Department commander, who was to fly here today for to- night's ceremonies. P;izes are to be awarded tonight to Legionnaires and posts for member- ship records, community service and &0 forth, The convention’s Friday night ses- sion will be devoted to the nomination | of officers and cousideration of resolu- | tions. Joseph J. Malloy of Sergt. Jasper Post is virtually unopposed for department commander to succeed James O'Connor Roberts, who de- feated him last year. On Malloy's ticket, which probably will be ap- proved without serious opposition, are Byron §. Carson for first vice com- mander, Mrs. Elsie Pinney for second vice commander, and Charles Warren for third vice commander. Bonus Resolution Seen. A resolution demanding immediate cash payment of the buaus is certain of introduction. The department also was expected to ask for a more de- tailed veteran's preference law, gov- erning appointment of ex-service men to Federal jobs and employment on Federal works projects; additional hospital facilities for Washington veterans (100 additional beds at Mount Alto Hospital are sought; and increased rank to commissioned war- rant officers in the Navy. Although its passage was considered impossible, a resolution probably will be offered calling for a congressional investigation of certain American Legion officials. Department officers said a similar demand was made at the last convention but was promptly quashed. They will attempt to reject any such motion if it is submitted again. Installation of officers will take place at Saturday night's convention session, to be followed by a supper and dance. SEEKS LICENSE BAN FOR U. S. EMPLOYES Sabath Would Prevent Federal Workers From Operating Public Vehicles, A bill to prevent issuance of licenses as operators of public vehicles to per- sons who are employed either in the Federal or District government service | ‘was introduced today by Representa- tive Sabath, Democrat of Illinois. Sabath said he was actuated by a number of complaints that Govern- ment employes are driving taxicabs after office hours and “cutting in” on the business of regular drivers. Neither the Public Utilities Com- mission nor the hack inspector’s office is able to estimate the number of Government workers who drive cabs after office hours, At the hack in- spector’s office, however, it was said a number of the 3,600 licensed drivers are employed in the Government de- partments, either on a temporary or permanent basis. Some time ago, it was said, the Board of Revocation and Review of the Department of Vehicles and Traf- fic blocked a number of Government employes seeking permits to drive cabs, but in recent months they had been issued licenses. Service Stations Talked. Gasoline service stations may invade ihue. - | council unanimously adopted a reso- | lution calling for Judge Smith's ar- MAYOR DOUGLAS M. BLANDFORD. & By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. OCKVILLE, Md., August 8.— I | Harold C. Smith, Montgomery County police justice, today was confronted with the pro- spect of being haled into court to answer the charge of overtime parking preferred against him last week. Corporation Attorney F. Bernard Welsh of Rockville drafted a petition | appealing to the Circuit Court in the name of the Town Council to desig- | nate a justice of the peace to issue a warrant for Judge Smith’s arrest and to preside when the case comes to trial. Welsh said that Judge Arthur D. Willaid of Frederick, who is presiding | in the Montgomery County Circuit | Court during the vacation of Judge | Charles Woodward, is here on another matter and the petition would be pre- sented to the jurist as soon as he could arrange an audience. Today’s developments were preced- ed last night by a stormy session of the town fathers—a session in which they deplored the attitude of Judge Smith in ignoring a ticket which Leslie B. Thompson, the new town officer, placed on his machine last week and in dismissing other cases breught in by the policeman. During the turbulent session the rest and the presentation of the re- quest to the Circuit Court to specify some justice of the peace to handle the case when it comes to trial. Welsh was instructed to obtain a warrant for the jurist's arrest, nam- | ing Mayor Douglas M. Blandford and the Town Council as plaintiffs. The meeting reached its stormiest | point when Councilman Edgar Reed, | who introduced the resolution, de- | clared that not only has Judge Smith | ignored the ticket served upon him | for violating the parking ordinance, ! he Zoening SHfar L) WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1935. Rockville Council Seeks Arrest Of Judgein Traffic Ticket Row F. BERNARD WELSH. LESLIE B. THOMPSON. —Star Staff Photos. but has also “killed every case Thompson has brought before him.” The town fathers then stormed over the judge's dismissal of parking charges lodged against Frank H. Karn, | president of the Board of Montgomery | decided whether to apply for Federal | County Commissioners, and Town | funds. Last year the commission de- Councilman G. La Mar Kelly when cided “too much red tape” was in- their cases were presented in court three days ago. Mayor Blandford came to the meet- ing with his own counsel, former State's Attorney Albert M. Bouic, and the town fathers conferred for several | hours with Bouic and their counsel before Reid finally offered the resolu- tion providing for Judge Smith's ar- rest on a town warrant. It was im- mediately seconded by Councilman Curtis Ward and adopted by the five members, FENWICK VOICES HARMONY APPEAL Arlington Chairman Urges * Democratic Unity—Offi- cial Count Starts. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., August 8.—As th Arlington County Electoral Board met in the court house today to make its official can- vass of the results of Tuesday's pri- mary, Democratic County Chairman Charles R. Fenwick appealed to all Democrats to “forget the bitterness of the campaign and work for the success of the whole Democratic ticket in the November general elec- tion.” “The primary is over and we want harmony in the party,” Fenwick de- clared. “The campeign was hard fought, but that should not prevent us all from throwing our shoulders to the wheel and electing our ticket.” Fenwick said he would call a meet- ing of the newly elected Democratic Executive Committee in about two weeks to discuss plans for the general election, The Electoral Board met in the clerk’s office around noon and began to check the tally sheets of the 11 precincts. The official vote is not expected to be ready until late in the afternoon. While it is expected discrepancies will be found in the unofficial vote, it is believed they will not be sufficient to change the results. The board is composed of W. W. Rucker, R. P. Balinger, Mrs. Mary Snyder, W. O. Pickett and Mrs. Azile M. Haley, with Claude O. Thomas as secretary. e DEATH INVESTIGATED - Mrs. Elizabeth W. Oaks Found TUnconseious in Kitchen. The coroner’s office today was in- vestigating the death of Mrs. Eliza- beth W. Oaks, 31, of 3331 N street, who died last night in Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Oaks was taken to the hos- pital six days ago, after she was found unconscious in the kitchen of her apartment. Police reported that the gas jets in the kitchen had been turned on and that the woman had taken several poison tablets. F. H. A. OFFICE OPENED Special Dispatch to The Star. WARRENTON, Va., August 8.— Frank H. Evans has been appointed by the Federal Housing Administra- tion as manager for Fauquier County and has opened an office in the Post Office Building. John S. Hutton, who has been chief administrator of the F. E. R. A. ever since the opening of relief work here in 1933, has left for Danville, » TRAFFIC ARRESTS DROP BELOW 200 128 Charged With Speeding Among 196 Taken—27 Accidents. For the first time since the traf- | fic safety campaign was started nearly | ing motorists totaled less than 200 | | for the 24-hour period ending at 8 am. today. There were 196 ar- rests. Of those arrested, 28 were charged with speeding, six with passing red ‘hgm.s. two with driving while drunk |and two with reckless driving. A total of 27 accidents in which eight persons were injured was re- corded for the period. None of the injuries was considered serious. David Rowley, 7, of 634 Second street northeast, is under treatment in Casualty Hospital for fractures of the leg and collarbone after being struck by an automobile in front of his home. Garbage trucks were called to the rescue this morning when several hundred watermelons were scattered | over the street at Fourth street and | Maryland avenue northeast in a col- lision between a North Carolina truck, bearing the melons, and a bakery truck. The body and trailer of the melon truck tilted over, while the bakery truck was completely overturned. The drivers escaped with bruises. Sev- eral small boys enjoyed a feast of the broken melons. . Reunion Set Saturday. ‘The King-Burdette reunion will be held at Wesley Grove Church Hall, Woodfield, Montgomery County, on Saturday. A program at 11 a.m. will be followed in the afternoon with base ball and other sports. | of the work this Summer and the SANITARY BOARD MAY TAKE ACTION FORP. W. A. LOAN Suburban Commission Heads Studying Advan- tages of New Set-up. EXTENSION REQUESTS CONTINUE UNABATED Schedule for New Bond Issue Now Being Prepared by Engineer. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, August 8.— Officials of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, who declined to accept a Public Works Administration | loan last year, today were studying advantages of a loan under the new P. W. A. and Works Progress Admin- istration set-up. Meanwhile, Chief Engineer Robert B. Morse began the preparation of a schedule of water and sewer line ex- tensions to be included in a new bond issue which the commission expects to market about September 1. Tssue Imperative. The engineer said the bond issue would be imperative to keep pace with the flood of applications for exten- | sions which has continued unabated | through the Summer months. The fa- vorable bond market also is said to be influencing commission members in their decision to apply to the Public Service Commission for permission to sell the bonds, regardless of whether they are to be used as a basis for pub- lic works grants. Until the schedule of work to be done is compiled by Morse the size of the proposed bond issue will remain | uncertaln. It is expected to be at| least $250,000, however, and may be as large as $500,000. Some members of | | the commission are known to favor | the latter sum, believing that in view number of applications for extensions on file a second bond issue would be | required soon if the first were not made sufficiently large. New Rules Received. This week, Morse said, the new three weeks ago, arrests of offend- | - 5 Works Administration regulations | were received by the commission and will be thoroughly studied before it is | | volved in the expenditure of such Tunds after having made an applica- tion and having it approved. Morse stated the commission would be interested in obtaining some Gov- | emment money this year, particularly if it would not be necessary to use | relief labor on the projects involved, 'SMALLEST OFFICER FIGHTS OFF CROWD Pvt. Thomas Smithson Repulses Efforts of Eight to Take Colored Prisoner. _Pvt. Thomas Smithson, No. 5 pre- cinct, one of Washington smallest | policemen, fought off a crowd of eight colored men last night and arrested . one of them after they tried to take from him an 18- year-old colored prisoner at Four- teenth and C| streets southeast. Additional| police arriving in scout cars found “the situation well in hand,” with Smithson | clinging to his| two priso ners| and the group of | colored men around becoming reluctant to “close Smithson had placed the colored youth under arerst for alleged dis- orderly conduct, police said. During the fight which ensued, the youthful prisoner received slight scalp wounds, for which he was treated at Casualty Hospital. The youth, Paul Yates, 18, of the 200 block of Seventeenth street south- east, and the other prisoner, George E. Seward, 26, of the 1400 block of C street southeast, were booked for investigation pending charges to be | placed against them later. Policeman Smithson is 27 years old and 5 feet 8% inches tall. He was appointed to the force in October, 1933, | * Thomas Smithson. s DELANO APPROVED Reappointment of Frederic A. De- lano as a member of the board of re- gents of the Smithsonian Institution was approved by the President today in signing a joint congressional reso- lution to that effect. Delano, uncle of President Roose- velt, is chgl.rmm of the National Cap- ital Park and Planning Commission. W Bird Expert Uses Vacation for Work Zoo Keeper Gathers New Specimens for Display Here in Panama Jungle, - shrill and persistent de- | mands of the Zoo's feathered guests, | he spent it in the Panama jungle col- after three weeks in Panama, accom- | HEN Keeper of the Bird for a monkey no bigger than a banana. | House M. Davis got a vaca- | It whines like a spoiled child when | g native boy on a wharf at Colon. He tion from catering to the |Keeper Davis parks him in & Cage ' became somewhat of a privileged while he attends to other charges. Davis returned to the Zoo yesterday M. Davis, in charge of the bird house at the Zoo, returned yester- day from a three-week “vacation” in the Panama jungle with “Jimmie,” the skeleton-faced monkey, and a “judas” tanager (on the left of the two birds), which lured captives into Davis’ traps. Numerous other specimens for the Zoo were collected #y Davis. Note Jimmie's size as com- pared with banana. —Star Staff Photos. two crab-eating coons, four Panama | squirrels, a number of land crabs and last, as well as least, Jimmie. ‘ Keeper Davis was as busy on his va- ‘cauun voyage as if he had been at work. Getting through the customs |was quite a task in itself, especially after the inspectors, who are psittacosis | conscious, discovered a couple of min- iature parrots tucked away in Davis’ Society ‘and General PAGE B—1 PLANNERS RUSH LAND PURCHASES FOR PLAYGROUNDS Early Advantagé to Be Taken of $800,000 De- ficiency Appropriation. 72 ACRES REQUIRED TO COMPLETE PROJECTS Most of Money to Be Spent for Improved Properties in 01d Section of City. Plans were drawn up by the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Commission today to take early ad- vantage of the $800,000 authorized in | the deficiency bill for additions to | the District’s playground and recrea- | tion system. Funds will be made | available as soon as President Roose- velt signs the bill The $800.000 will be used to pur- | chase approximately 72 acres of land in the District to complete 16 park and playground projects and make usable four others. Nearly $4,000,000 | has been invested in these 20 projects, and the additional purchases contem- | plated would make fully usable areas aggregating 700 acres. Two-thirds Completed. The projects average two-thirds luggage. Among Davis’ captives was a “ding- dong” tanager, a sort of “judas” bird, | which lured prisoners into a trap | which Davis set in the Panama jun- gle, by strange cries that excited the curiosity of other birds. | The tiny traitor, only half as large as a sparrow, had a big voice. He sat |in a little compartment and invited | 100 birds into the bamboo trap which | Davis attended in a volcano crater in | the interior near a village called El- | valle. Jimmie was bought by Davis from | character and won the comparative | freedom of a leash. Oddly enough, Jimmie's leash was lecting 100 more troublesome charges. panied by .various crates, cages and | pot attached to his neck, but to a Driven by the collector’s fever, he even passed from orinthology to mam- malogy, as witness Specimen Jimmie, the skeleton-faced monkey, otherwise known as a Titi or Morse monkey. This is a lot of nomenclature indeed boxes from which issued a variety of chirps, whistles, whines and howls. In them were 115 tiny tropical band about his stomach. “He can’t choke himself that way,” Davis explained. But this seemed | completion and some need only the | addition of a single lot or two to com- plete. Most of them at this time, it | was said, are in entirely usable state | and many are being seriously imperiled by real estate development activities, | The Cramton act authorizing the ; purchase of these lands requires re- | imbursement of the cost from District | funds at the rate of $300,000 per an- | num. | Completion of these projects will give the District 140 adequately equipped playgrounds. “Most of the $800,000 will be spent in acquiring improved properties in land in the old section of the city,” John Nolen, jr., director of planning | for the Park and Planning Commis- | sion, said today. Playground Need. The section most in need of play- ground facilities extends from North birds—tanagers, honey creepers, orioles | doubtful to those who watched Jimmie | Capitol street and Rhode Island ave« and such—together with half a dozen marmoset monkeys, a two-toed sloth, | disposing of & banana bigger than he | was. MAN KILLS WIFE AND SHOOTS SELF Children Tell of Quarrel Over Mother Playing Cards in Norfolk Home. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va, August 8.—Victor C. Griffin, 39, shot and killed his 32- | Players furnished by Happy Days, the | Capital Transit Co. to convert its | vear-old wife, Mrs. Thelma V. Griffin and then turned the pistol on him- self, inflicting a chest wound, in their home early today as the couple’s young son and daughter crouched, terrified, in their bed room. Griffin, said to have been drinking, house before firing the shots. The shooting occurred a few minutes after midnight. Attracted by the shots, neighbors { forced their way into the bath room!eye of owners and prompt them to {and found the body of Mrs. Griffin, the heart. Partly across her body was Griffin, clad in pajamas, a bul- let wound in the chest and a pistol in his hand. Edward Lee Griffin, 14, and Jane Virginia Griffin, 10, children of the couple, said their father became angry with their mother because she was playing cards downstairs with her niece, Edna Lee Griffin, 16. One empty whisky bottle and an- other nearly empty were found on a table in the kitchen. Following an investigation by the coroner’s office it was announced an inquest will be held September 6. Hospital attaches today said Griffin's condition was critical. U. S. SPENDING UP 579% The National Economy League said yesterday the Federal Govern- ment spent $727,535,078 in July, a 57 per cent increase over the $466,273,908 spent ‘n July, 1934. The league said a $150,000,000 in- crease in regular expenditures was due partly to salary increases, a $50,000,- 000 payment into the bonus amorti- zation fund and $55,000,000 for the sinking fund. Only $1,000 was set aside for debt retirement in July a year ago. Emergency outlays were said to have increased by $112,000,000 over a year | ago to $348,000,000. Base Ball Stars | Being Developed | At C. C. C. Camps Official Publication Fur- nishes Clubs With Data on Players. Civilian Conservation Corps camps | are becoming minor and major league | base ball “farms.” J Armed with data on outstanding corps’ official publication, owners of * | several big league clubs are prepared | tion and demanded a public hearing | to scout the Government camps for | potential stars. i Mel Ryder, co-editor of the C. C. C. paper, said today that last year sev- | eral corps members were drafted by | | organized base ball and now are on the pay rolls of minor league teams. | In a week or so, Ryder intends to | locked his wife and himself in a|seng out mimecgraphed records on the | consin avenue line into one-man car | | bath room on the second floor of the | petter players among the thousands of | operation and declared that also youths playing on C. C. C. teams. ’ Batting averages, pitching accom- | plishments and other qualifications will be listed in an effort to catch the send scouts to look over material in | clad in a nightgown and shot through | the camps. 'BALTIMORE GIRLS TAKE TOUR ON BICYCLES Library Employes Make Jaunt Through Southern Maryland for Vacation. Special Dispatch to The Star. PRINCE FREDERICK, Md., August 8.—Decidedly sunburned, but happy, | two young ladies, Ernestine E. Hoskins | and Norah M. Russell, both of Balti- more, stoped in Prince Frederick yes= terday afternoon for lunch while on a bicycling tour of Southern Maryland, having made the trip from Baltimore to Prince Frederick in less than two days. Both have positions at the Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, and decided a bicycle jaunt was as good a way to spend a vacation as any. Leaving here, they went on to Solomons for the night and then crossed over into St. Marys County. Will Address Farmers. ‘WARRENTON, Va., August 8 (Spe- cial).—C. A. Burmeister of the United States Department of Agriculture will address the farmers and stock raisers of Fauquier County at a meeting at the court house Saturday at Z o'clock. Melons Scatter as Truck ngrturns in Collision m-;mvwmm-mmnmemmmammmmd'mt:uckhadmwnw.‘ ROBERTS ATTACKS 1-WAN CAR PLAN Hearing Demanded on Tran- sit Company Move Before Utilities Body. People’s Counsel William A. Rob- | erts today assailed the move of the| 20 new street cars to one-man opera- | be held before the Public Utilities | Commission acted on the company petition. Roberts insisted that one-man op- eration is “notoriously slower than the full-crew cars and obviously less | safe.” He revealed there has been | a “suggestion” of converting the Wis- | should be prohibited. Petition Filed Today. Roberts’ petition for a public aire ing of arguments on one-man car operation was filed with the commis- | sion this morning. About the same time, Richmond B. Keech, vice chair- man of the commission, stated no consideration had yet been given to the company’s request, but that it was likely there would be a public hear- ing. John H. Hanna, transit company president, asked for the change so the company could effect a saving of some $55,000 by dropping half of the crew of the 20 new cars. It wil be necessary to effect all possible economies, Hanna said, because of the wage increase of some $700,000 just granted to employes of the company. Prepares to Fight. The move of the company was | disclosed yesterday. Roberts immedi- ately prepared to fight the proposal. The commission today directed its chief engineer, Fred A. Sager, and its secretary, James L. Martin, to study the effect of one-man opera- tion on safety and time in movement of the cars. There are now 71 one- man cars in use. TWO NEWSBOYS ROBBED OF PAPERS AND MONEY One Names Two of His Assail- ants—Burglars Get $275 in Clothes From Tailor Shop. Two newsboys, selling copies of & prize fight extra last night, were rob- bed of their papers and change by colored youths. Harvey L. Glascock, 1824 New Hampshire avenue, was thrown against a parked automobile at Eighteenth and Riggs streets by two colored youths and forced to hand over his papers and $1.25. The other victim, John Mulkey, 304 I street, was forced to give up $3.50 to three boys who attacked him at First and O streets, Mulkey named two of his assailants. ‘Burglars obtained $275 worth of clothing in & raid on the tailor shop of Morris Katz at 1614 L street, Katz reported to police yesterday. Two Couples Licensed. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., August 8 (Special).—Marriage licenses have been issued here to the following: Friend A. Hoar, 24, and Maxine A. Adams, 19, both of Seat Pleasant, Md.: Alfred J. Kienhofer, 32, and May R. m.mucu‘bum nue westward into the central par of the city. This section is entirely | built up. There are only about four | small areas to serve needs of the | thousands of children within the | congested district. Nolen said it would be impossible to | disclose the specific playground loca- tions for which the District will re- quire additional land, because of the | fears of exploitation by property own- ers if the plans are made known in advance. “We are very appreciative of the co-operation of Congress, the public and the press in securing the appro- priation of these funds,” he said. SMALL HOUSES HELD SCARCE BY OFFICIAL Loan Man, on Way to Salzburg, Sees Favorable Market Approaching Soon. A shortage in small houses is con- ¢ fronting the country, according to Morton Bodfish, executive vice presi- dent of the United States Building and Loan League, in Washington en route to the Fifth International Con- gress of Business in Salzburg, Austria. He emphasized the importance of this type of construction in revivifi- cation of the building industry, add- ing that the country is moving steadily into a favorable market for small residential properties. Bodfish said Washington is “the brightest spot in the country.” This {is evidenced, he continued, not only by new construction, but by a con- stant demand for modernization loans. * The Building and Loan League represents about 80 per cent of the building and loan association assets in the Nation, Bodfish declared. These resources now total between $6,000.- 000,000 and $7,000,000,000, he said,. while in 1932 they amounted to about $9,000,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 was taken over by the Home Owners’ Loan Corp. “Money in the form of savings is coming into building and loan organi- zations faster than withdrawals,” the official stated. “The demand fory loans for small houses is mainly for refinancing, but the requests for loans, for new construction gradually are; increasing.” ABDUCTION HOAXER | HELD FOR VAGRANCY “Girl With Perpetual Smile,” 16, Confesses to Police Kidnap Story Was False. By the Associated Press. BROOKLYN, N. Y, August 8— Evelyn Wisch, “the girl with the per- petual smile,” was under arrest today on a vagrancy charge after she con- fessed to detectives her story of hav- ing been kidnaped was a hoax. The 16-year-old girl from Midlo- thian, Ill, near Chicago, disappeared last Monday night from Coney Island, where she was seeing the sights with her uncle and aunt. Last night, after a five-State alarm had been sent, she appeared in a Brooklyn police sta- tion and told jof being abducted and imprisoned by five men. After several hours of questioning, the girl told police she had spent two days in a Brooklyn hotel. A facial affliction keeps Evelyn's mouth twisted in a constant. smile. St. John’s Picnic Is Set. FOREST GLEN, Md, August 8 (Special). —The annual picnic and festival of St. John's Catholic Church here, which is believed to be the old- est yearly affair of its kind in Mont- gomery County, will be held on the srvum. next Thursday.