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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1935. ____.___—_—_—______——__—_—_—!——————M—— “JIMMY'S PLAGE” REPORTED UPENEI]’ Commissioners. Claim No | Gambling —D. C. Police Harassment Thwarted. “Jimmy's place,” erstwhile gambling establishment. which has had a hectic open-and-shut existence in recent years, appears to have opened its guarded doors again despite a county | ban on its -gaming operations. Enhanced by a fine new macadam driveway on the Maryland side of the District line, the officially licensed *trading. lunch room and cigarette stand, ton gamblers, now is safe from harass- ment by District of Columbia authori- ties, Local police embarrassed the se- cluded staff and patrons last Decem- ber by tearing down a tall signboard fence and exposing the rambling old frame house to public view from the District side. The screen was removed to make way for extension of Eastern avenue to Bladen: road Restraining Order Issued. Right on top of that annovance the Board of Commissioners of Prince Georges County d an order per- manently restraining La Fontaine or any one else f: conducting a gam- ling house on the premises. The gambling e has been as- gociated with the name of La Fontaine for many yvears. La Fontaine spent 56 days in jail early in 1932 and paid to the Bureau of Internal Revenue some $200.000 in income taxes and penalties. The jail term originally had been fixed at nine months, after he had pleaded guilty to income tax evasion, but leniency was extended when physicians said his health was seriously impaired The owners of “Jimmy’s place” met the Was! on campaign of harass- ment—for such it was—by turning their ba on the city other high screen just autside the District line and constructing a new entrance entirely in Maryland. This gracefully urv road was com- pleted the past Summer at what must have been considerable expense Shortly after completion rumors reached the ears of the county com- missioners that Jimmy's place had re- opened. The commisisoners promptly embarked on a “sightseeing tour” to the place, picki 1p three police officers en route. They were received courtéously by one Francis (Slippery) McGuigan. who readily showed his un- announced guests through all but three rooms of the three-story house. He explained he didn't have the keys to the locked rooms See No Gambling. f past rendezvous for Washing- | buflding an- | The commisisoners saw no gambling | during th hour-and-a-half visit. al- though they saw large blackboards and a pile of tables and claqrs. In an ante-room thev found a counter containing race track slips several months old and a battery of discon- nected telephones During the tour the officials were introduced to a ng man who said he was “Mr. La Fontain nephew." ‘The commissioners we! fied that their injun n was b fll)?\(‘d and left out further Rece: ., however, there have been recurring reports renewed activities at Jimmy's Place. These reports ap- parently arose as a result of the com- ings and goings of men by day and night. via the new private road ‘To check on these repoits, The Star stationed a reporter to observe the place. He confirmed the reports as to resumption of some kind of “business” at Jimmy's old stand. The new driveway extends in an arc from the northwest corner of the fenced-in grounds to the Bladensburg road several hundred yards beyond the District line. A professional road crew, with steam roller and other road- building equipment, constructed the road. A sign warns trespassers that they are on a “priyate road” and that tres- passing is taboo. A “stop” sign, not of official status. halts motorists leav- ing the establishment to enter Bla- densburg road. County records fail to disclose issuance of any permit for construction of the road—but officials say a permit was not required. Supt. of Police Ernest ‘'W. Brown said today there is nothing local police can do about it if Jimmy's has re- on Constitution Day This Changing World France and Other Nations Are Backing Down on | | | tioned no names, Sanctions Against Italy—England Will { Be Left Holding the Bag. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. HEN the smoke screen pro- duced by the Geneva ora- tory begins to lift. 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Columbia Planograph Co. 50 L St. N.E. Metropolitan 4861. 18 one of the largest CHAMBERS undertakers tn wond, Complete funerale as low ar [ 8ix chapels. twelve parlors, seventeen (lr! hearses and ambulances. twenty-five Rock | % | Mussolini, Premier Laval and his fellow dele- | gates, Edouard Herriot and Paul- Boncour, have been trying the very | difficult game of running with the fox and hunting with the hounds. The game was easily played as long as it was confined to conference dec- lamations; going to war with what is today considered the greatest military | nation in the world is another thing. *x Nobody knows what Army, ian aviation is worth at the present moment. It has not been tried out, d France certainly does not intend m be the dog on which this experi- | ment can be made—even though she is sure of Great Britain's co-operation. | | Furthermore, the paramount prob- | lem in France's foreign policy is Ger- | many. Hitler has given the foreign | powers a glimpse at Germany's mili- tary preparedness. He has shown | his brand-new airplanes, his brand- ‘new tanks and motorized machine- | gun battalions. He has shown at | Nurnberg only samples. There are | strong reasons to believe that the | German war stores contain many more such units. * ox X % Moreover, Hitler has played a cagy diplomatic game. While everybody expected him to the Ttalian | | an in the Italo-League of Nations con- | fiict, Hitler kept mum. He merely | attacked the League of Nations for its attitude in the Memel case. x ok % ox The Nurnberg speech of the Reichs- fuehrer was interpreted in Rome, Paris and London as meaning that | the auction was operf and Germany's | support will go to the highest bidder. The Prench know that in this auction | they are bound to be overbid by who stakes his existence as a dictator and the existence of Italy as a Roman power in the game he was forced to accept by the League and by Great Britain. * ok ok x Of course, the French continue to | be in a predicament. The determin- ing factor in Laval throwing his sup- port on the side of the British at Geneva was the credits Hitler was negotiating in England. His repre- sentatives were endeavoring to ob- tain credits amounting to some $200,- 000,000 for industrial equipment— mostly for the completion of Ger- many’s war machinery. Sir Samuel Hoar: told Laval that the granting of such credits depended exclusively on France's attitude at Geneva. If zhe sided unequivocally with Great undmnken snd sssistants. 1400 Ghapin &t Columbia 0432 517 t. IAI, “Atiantic 6700. Britain these credits would not be the Italian Navy and the Ital- | | commit himself one way or the other | granted. If she adopted a doubtful He also took a shot at “one or two” former agents who, he declared. are exceptions to the rule of the bureau that men should not attempt to reputation that has come during the past few years. to them He men- “In the police training school” Tolson said, j'we hope eventually to | have an attendance that will reprei!nullx\p of all law enforcement organizations throughout the country. attitude Germany would get them “Subsequent training schools will be right away. * x X | Although the French government is | frequently following sentimental im- pulses, the French people are realists. They look facts in the face and real- |ize that the militaristic nations—Italy, Germany and, up to a point, Japan cannot be curbed with words. Herr Hitler has a grip upon the German people not less vigorous than that of Il Duce upon the Italians. If he were to follow the footsteps of Mussolini and stimulate Germany to war, as certainly as the sun will set this evening to war she would go—and with fierce enthusiasm. * ok % x Mussolini has brought his 47,000,000 | Italians to that war frenzy. It is safe to say that more than 99 per cent of the Italian people thinl today that | war is the noblest thing in the world | and the combined forces of Great | Britain, France and the smaller na- tions of Europe could not induce them to abandon Il Duce at the present mo- | | ment. What will happen after the stark reality of war is brought home to them is a different proposition. But today, there is no force in the world which can prevent Mussolini { marching forward to his destiny what- ever that may be. | e | The French know that. After all, the heroic adventures of Napoleon are still fresh in their memory, and | France at the time the little Corsican started his conquering career was much less prepared than the Italians| | are today. Statistically, Italy is not in a posi- | tion to flaunt the European nations. \ | In fact, however, thanks to the steady | ‘mmmy preparations, Mussolini ha.s‘ | undertaken for the last 10 years, Mus- | | solini has today “a nation in arms” 'and is seemingly prepared to fight on two fronts—in Africa and in Eu- rope. True enough, the TItalian battle- ships are no match for the British, but Italy’s light cruisers and sub- | marines can give a good account of themselves. Sicily has become a gigantic air- drome and is considered by experts as the Italian Gibraltar of the Medi- terranean on the rocks of which any eventual blockade will be defeated. Crime (Continued From First Page.) estimate that more than half a mil- lion armed criminals are roaming the | country today. “If it were known that an army of 500,000 men had landed upon our shores with evil intent,” he said, “the country would become aroused to the serious importance of this situation. The fact that the members of this army of enemies of civilization are scattered renders this menace only a trifle less serious.” Tolson deplored the fact that ine adequate funds are hampering the G- | men in their war oa the underworid. | S | held at Washington and courses of instruction will cover the broad gen- eral fleld of law enforcement.” He said the Government will make no charge either for instruction or equipment, but students will be re- | quired to pay their own living ex- penses and transportation costs. Tolson said the future plan is to confine the free training to “those of- ficers who have a broad general in- terest or administrative experience in law enforcement work and who, upon completion of the course, will be able ,to return to their departments and assist in the instruction of the personnel of their respecive organ- izations.” Roosevelt (Continued From First Page) would go ashore at an island which | never before has been visited by a white man. Mr. Roosevelt showed no inclination to reveal the name of this island nor to further discuss its his- tory, but he made it evident that he is taking a real delight in the antici- pation of his exploit. .There is some likelihood that me\ President will have the cruiser Hous- | ton put in at some port either on the | gulf or the Atlantic, in order to travel by train through the South on his way | back to Washington. This would in- dicate that he has in mind possibly visiting Little Rock, Ark., to speak in behalf of his good friend, Senator Joseph Robinson, majority leader of | the Senate. It is understood that the President has received an invitation from Vice | President Garner to drop off for a| | few hours’ visit at Uvalde. Tex. How- ever, this last leg of the President's | homeward journey has not been | worked out. The intimation that the President may have the Houston let him off at | some Southern port, instead of bring- ing him up the Atlantic, was given | when he was asked ‘oday if ne would disembark from the Houston at Annap- olis. The President’s reply was that it was doubttul, because of the uncer- tainty of the rough weather off Cape Hatteras at this time of the year. This was taken to mean that the President probably would disembark st either Galveston. Tex., or some | place on the lower Atlantic Coast like | | Charleston, S. C.; Savannah, Ga. or| Jacksonville, Fla., thereby avoiding | the hazards of Hatteras and, most im- | portant of all, affording an oppor- tunity to travel through the South be- | fore getting back to the White House. DODGE HOTEL DINING ROOM Dinner Music by National Symphony Ensemble THURSDAY DINNER $1,00—51.25—51.50 NO TIPPING Splendid Cuisi d Personalized, in or out of the service | “capitalize the |* Attentive Service The ON CAPITOL HILL DODGE HOTEL North Capitol and E Sts. it | Tietje, p. Upper left: Josephine Barr as Miss United States in the Con- stitution day parade last night. Upper right: Geraldine Gilmore as the Goddess of Liberty Below: A general view of the fireworks dis- play that climaxed the celebration on the Monument Grounds —Star Staff Photos. | (Story of Page B-1.) | | Boiton flied to Simmons. (Continued From First Page.) singled to left, scoring Washington and sending Hopkins to second. Phelps fanned. Two runs WASHINGTON—Haves threw out Miles. Myer was out. Bonura to Phelps covering first. Stone walked Simmons dropped Lewis' long flv for a two-base error, Stone scoring. Pow- ell flied to Simmons. One run Chicago, 3; Washington, 1. Washington, 1: Chicago. 3. FIFTH INNING. CHICAGO—Radcliff singled to left Simmons walked. Hayes sacrificed, Lewis to Myer, covering first. Bonura fanned. Muver threw out Appling NO runs. WASHINGTON—Bolton doubled off the right-field fence. Bluege singled to left, Bolton stopping at third. New- som sacrificed, Phelps to Bonura, Bol- ton holding third. Kuhel tripled to right, scoring Bolton and Bluege. Miles bounced to Phelps and Kuhel was trapped and run down, Phelps to Shea to Hopkins. On the rundown Miles went all the way to third. Myer grounded to Hayes. Two runs, Washington, 3; Chicago, 3. SIXTH INNING. CHICAGO—Washington went out, Kuhel to Newsom, on a fast play. Hopkins walked. Shea forced Hop- kins, Kuhel to Bluege. Phelps took a third strike. No runs. WASHINGTON—Stone lined to Ap- pling. Lewis flied to Simmons. Pow- | ell walked. Powell stole second, and when Shea’s low throw went into center Powell continued to third. Bol- ton singled to left, scoring Powell. Bluege grounded to Appling. One run. Washington, 4; Chicago, 3. ‘ SEVENTH INNING. | CHICAGO—Blueg= threw out Rad- cliff. Simmons flied to Miles. Hayes walked. Bonura popped to Myer. No runs. WASHINGTON—Phelps tossed out Newsom. Kuhel grounded to Bonura. | Hayes threw out Miles. No runs. ‘Washington, 4; Chicago, 3. EIGHTH INNING. CHICAGO—BIluege went back of second for’ Appling's grounder and threw him out. Washington sent a long fly to Miles, who misjudged the ball and it went for a triple. Sewe!l batted for Hopkins and grounded to Bluege, whose throw to the plats caught Washington. Bolton's quick | enap throw to Kuhel at first caught Sewell off first. No runs. WASHINGTON—Dykes went third base. Phelph tossed out My Stone singlad over second. Lewis | flied to Radcliff. Powell also flied to Radcliff. No runs. ‘Washington, 4; Chicago, 3. NINTH INNING. CHICAGO—Haas batted for Shea and singled to right. Taubey ran for Haas. Conlan batted for Phelps and sacrificed, Myer to Kuhel. grounded to Lewis, and Taubey was be | to Radcliff | Box Score FIRST GAME. CHICAGO. AB. Radclift, ___ 5 Simamons, cf.. 4 Hayes, 2b.... & e > Appiing, ss___4 Wash’gton, rf_ 3 Hopkins, 3b_.2 Dykes, 3b. Shea, ¢ Grube ¢ Phelps, p. cemomoOmOROmaN sooom~occ00cem=om Sewell .. Haas .. Taubey ... Conlan ScohOomOoOo=Neoe = o o o o 32 4112512 ‘Z‘ Sewell batted for Hopkins in el Hass batted for Shea in ninth. Taubey ran for Haas in ninth. Conlan batted for Phelps in ninth, One out when winning run seored. l WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. Kuhel, 1b._..3 0 1 Miles, rf.....4 0 O Myer, 2b 0 Stove, If_ 1 Lewis, 3b 0 Powell, cf Bolton, ¢ . Bluege, ss__ 2 Newsom, p...3 0 32 5 82716 0 SCORE BY INNINGS. Chicago .....100 200 001= 4 Washington._ 000 121 001~ 3 IMMARY: Runs batted in—Ha ©2). Bolton, CO =m0 mOmm=oWNmE e 0002000 OO OO =MD eS E. 0 4 i 4 1 ~ma20mo2eRy Struek ‘out—By Phelps. 1: by Hits—Of Phelps. & in ¥ inning: Passed ball on. Donnell, Quinn Simmons singled to center, scoring Radcliff. Hayes singled to right, send- ing Simmons to third. Bonura flied to Miles. One run. ‘WASHINGTON—Tiet je now pitching and Grube catching for Chicago. Bluege dou- bled down the right-field line. New- som singled to right, with the winning run. One run. | MacClary VON PAPEN PLOT STORY SUPPRESSED IN AUSTR|A Bars n.pnm From London Paper Claiming Nazi Seeks to Un- seat Government. | By the Associated Press | VIENNA, September 18 —Austrian police vesterday confiscated an issue of the Praha Press, which reprinted a story pablished in London that Franz von Papen. German Minister to Aus- tria, unseat the Austrian government. Government circles vigorously nied the story. The London account said Von Pa- pen personally advised Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg and other members of the cabinet to resign and make way for a regime friendly to Germany. Von Papen is in Germany. 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By the Associated Press The Government today cnndder!d unusual court procedure to stop alleged ‘ collusion of three major movie makers | to prevent three St. Louis moving pic- ture houses from obtaining films. | John Dickinson, Assistant Attorney LAWYERS' BRIEFS RUSH PRINTING BVRON 8. ADAMS | General in charge of anti-trust cases, sald the Justice Department may file |8 petition of “expedition” in St. Louis which would force its injunction suit | |against Warner Brother Pictures, | R-K-O Distributing Corp. and Para- mount Pictures Distributing Corp. into Turn your old tri & special court at the earliest pos.slble date. ‘The St. Louis case carries a pofllblr | threat to independent movie npframrs throughout the country, Justice De- partment officials said. Threatens Small Theaters. “If the Government fails,” Dickinson told reporters, “it will be the mos: tragic disaster that ever occurred to the small man in the motion picture business.” Government attorneys said they considered the unusual proceedings necessary in order to prevent the anti- trust suit “from becoming an autopsy over the dead body of a business con- cern.” The injunction suit charged that the defendants attempted to prevent the operators of the Ambassador, New Grand Central and Missouri theaters in 8t. Louis from procuring pictures for use at these theaters in order “to enable Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., to procure and operate the theaters itself” This suit was originally hearing September 30 Under the “expedition” rule, the case would be heard by a special court of three circuit judges. 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