Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1936, Page 20

TRAFFIC HAZARD - OBJECT OF ATTACK Keystone Automobile Club to Start Drive on Bladens- burg Bcttleneck. Characterizing the Lanham-Blad- ensburg section of the Defense High- way as “the worst bottleneck in the East,” the Keystone Automobile Club yesterday announced plans for an in- tensive campaign to remedy week end traffic jams in that sector. The organization has actually been working for more than a year to im- prove the Washington-Annapolis road, President George E. Keneipp said. Numerous conferences with State Roads Board officials have been held, while the club made surveys at the scene of the automobile impasse. Shortly, however, Keneipp plans to Join Bladensburg Town Commissioner Vincent Osterman in a strong plea to the State agency for immediate re- lief of the situation. They will prob- ably confer with Board Engineer Nathan Smith in Baltimore this week, while Keneipp will present results of the surveys. Campaigned Since 1934. Osterman has been campaigning for improvement of the road since 1934. He' recently discussed the situation with Smith, who gave promises of *“doing something” this Fall. Nearly 70 per cent of the home- bound motorists, caught in the ijam over the five-mile stretch from Lan- ham to Bladensburg each Sunday, are ‘Washingtonians, according to Key- stone figures. From car-to-car can- vasses, conducted as the autos inter- mittently advanced at snail-like pace toward the Bladensburg Peace Cross, the club learned that an average of two hours is consumed in traversing the distance. Wedging into the Bladensburg road stream of cars from the two-lane, 20- foot-wide Defense Highway, 7515 automobiles were counted from 4 to 8 | p.m. one Sunday. Comments of the drivers, their tempers, sharpened by the delay, ranged from “caustic to| worse,” according to Keystone ob- | servers. Several Solutions Offered. Pointing out that removal of spacial limitations is the only solution to the problem, the club has considered sev- eral remedies. One is construction of en overpass at the Peace Cross. An- other is widening of the road. A third is extension of Kenilworth avenue to the Defense Highway, about a mile east of the cross. The last, Keneipp said. is probably the most sensible THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO Britain Offers Latest in Smart Cars This small, economical car for general utility purposes is known in England, where it was It can be driven on any road, has a speed of 45 miles per hour, cannot be overturned, and gets 8| built, as the “Scoota-Car Special.” It is priced at $400. ath or track 3'% feet wide, lymiles per gallon of gasoline. —Wide World Photo. IWMAHON T0 FAGE COURT TOMORROW Revolver Hurled at King and | Ultimatum to Sir John Simon in Evidence. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 12.—George Andrew McMahon, 32, the self-styled “damned soul,” is to go on trial Mon- | day in Old Bailey on triple charges brought after he hurled a revolver at King Edward VIII last July 16. Sir Donald Somervell, attorney gen- | eral and crown prosecutor, is expected | | to present as evidence the “ultimatum” | which McMahon is alleged to have sent Home Secretary Sir John Simon 14 hours before he flung the revolver at| the King. McMahon's “ultimatum” read, in| solution, from a financial standpoint, since it would cost only about $25,000. To frequent pleas, the State Board has repeatedly responded with lack- of-money arguments. Admitting an overpass would be a “very expensive proposition,” Keystone officials advo- cate the Kenilworth avenue extension as a temporary measure to relieve con- gestion until a new Washington-An- napolis thoroughfare can be built. New Road Recommended. Construction of a new highway, to replace the present winding 26-mile road, has been recommended in re- ports by the State Planning Commis- sion’s Subcommittee of Highways and by the State Roads Board itself. In March, 1935, the subcommittee stated that the Defense Highway is an ex- ample of the “wastefulness of con- structing or rebuilding roads without ® * * long-time planning.” In the face of Keystone figures, re- vealing traffic of 7,515 automobiles over a four-hour period, are state- ments by experts that no two-lane highway should carry a daily average ©of more than 4,000 vehicles. As a primary step in the campaign, a meeting of Keystone officials and the Prince Georges County Commis- sioners is under consideration. Oster- man, working with the club, has re- ceived support from residents through- out the Lanham-Bladensburg area. ‘The trip to Baltimore will probably be made on Wednesday or Thursday. FARMER FOUND SUICIDE AT CAMP SPRINGS, MD. Bhotgun Charge Nearly Decapi- tates John W. Darcey, Dead Two Days. By a Staff Corresponcent of The Star. CAMP SPRINGS, Md. September 12.—Virtually decapitated by a self- inflicted blast from a shotgun, the | body of John Warren Darcey, 38-year- old farmer, was found in his home here late this afternoon. He had been dead about two days. Discovery was made by a neighbor, who called at the home where Darcey and his wife and child had lived. Two days ago Darcey is said to have driven | ? woman and child away, while un- | r the influence of liquor. ‘The farmer was laying fully clothed Bcross & bed with the weapon nearby. Police of Prince Georges County were told by Eugene Darcey, a brother of the deceased, that the latter had threatened to end his life on several occasions and a certificate of death by suicide was issued by Dr. James| 1. Boyd. It was learned that Mrs. Darcey and her child had gone to Mrs. Dar- cey's parents at Meadows, Md. Darcey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Darcey, who live near here, was born Decem- ber 8, 1898, and had been a life-long resident of Prince Georges County. APPEAL GRANTED Chicago Trade Board Members Gain Point in Action. CHICAGO, September 12 (&).— Beven members of the Chicago Board of Trade, who were denied an injunc- tion to restrain the board and Federal officials from enforcing the commodity exchange act, today were granted an appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. ask an injunction on the grounds that Congress has no right to regulate transactions between a broker and his customer, which they claim are intra-State in nature. TWO STORMS WATCHED One in Gulf, Other in Atlantie, moving Northward. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., September 12 (P)—Two tropical storms moved slowly tonight, one northward in the Atlantic east of Puerto Rico and the other west-northwestward through the Gulf of Mexico east of Tampico, Mex. Neither offered any immediate threat of danger to any part of the United Etates, although the Weather Bureau edvised small craft on the Texas coast to remain close to shore. & part: “Simon: I deeply regret the neces- | | sity of this note, but I cannot contain | myself any longer. * * * For some years | I have been a victim of an organized | persecution by your hirelings. I have | | been tortured for many months. * * * | As previous appeals to the King have | been unsuccessful, I now demand full | | satisfaction within 14 hours. * * * In | the event of your failing to do so, I will | exercise my own prerogative and obtain the necessary satisfaction which I, in | my tortured mind, consider adequate. ! This is no silly boast. I demand justice | irrespective of the consequences.” Significance in Words. McMahon, at the preliminary hear- ing, -burst into sobs as Sir Donald de- clared: “Those words ‘within 14 hours’ are written in capital letters and underlined twice. I suggest to you that when you wrote them, and heav- ily underlined them, you were think- ing of something that was going to happen the following morning.” “Yes,” McMahon blurted, “I was!” The attorney general showed, on McMahon's own testimony, that the pudgy, bald-headed little assailant posted his letter to Sir John sxmun} | at 9 p.m,, July 15, and at 11 a.m,, the | next morning, took up his post on Constitution Hill, with a loaded re- volver in his hip pocket, to await the King. “How many hours is that?” snapped Sir Donald. “Fourteen, is it not?” “Yes,” McMahon answered, almost inaudibly. Another point may prove damaging to McMahon's smooth-flowing ex- planation of his actions. Bought for Safety. He testified he bought the nickel- plated, five-chamber revolver and car- tridges late in 1935 “for my own safety,” and claimed he had carried it, loaded, ever since. When he was arrested, at least eight months later, a search revealed he had two extra cartridges in his coat pocket. In the face of this fact, McMahon insisted he had not freshly loaded the revolver and did not specifically take the weapon with him on the morning of July 16 for any specific purpose. Presumably he must then have carried the extra cartridges in his coat pocket ever since he first purchased them nearly a year ago. Red hross (Continued From Page B-1.) corps has transported nearly 4,000 individuals to and from hospitals, recreation centers, clinics and other points, Surgical Aid Given. “More than 13,000 garments and 80,000 surgical dressings have been made by the Production Department for distribution in hospitals and homes of the needy. Hospital and recreation corps, health aides and home hygiene groups have been trained for services in hospitals and homes. “Over 70,000 juniors are enrolled in the schools of Washington and many are doing useful projects under Red Cross direction. Numerous volunteers have served in staff assistance and can- teen activities. “Participation in disaster service in collecting funds, clothing and in re- habilitation of many families in our own district during the recent floods completes a comprehensive program which I am able to mention only briefly. “Membership in the Red Cross made this work ible and I am sure we will find the people of Washington more than willing to enroll in this great humanitarian o n.” Chairman Wilson said the campaign would be organized so that no great burden would be placed on any worker, but that it would be possible for every citizen to become actively identified bership in the organization. “I believe it goes without saying that the Red Cross has proved its worth many times, not only to the people of America, but to the entire civilized world,” he said. Four Legs on British Chick. A four-legged chick hatched at Forsinard, England, has two feet point- ing forward -and two backward. with Red Cross work through mem- | - Seeks Throne CLAIMS TO BE KING OF ENGLA! ANTHONY W. HALL, Who claims to be a descendant of Henry VII and the rightful King of England. He claims that mo bill of Parliament since the death of Queen Elizabeth has received the royal assent. Hall also has issued specimen 1-pound notes to persons who contrib- uted to his campaign to gain the throne, and was recently arrested in Nyde Park while making the solicitations. Later he was released on a promise not to appear in the park for some time. Wide World Photo. Safe Driving (Continued From Page B-1) rate was increasing 81 per cent, thlt\ of drivers between the ages of 15 and 24 was increasing 140 per cent. Starting in with the high school stu- dents at State College, Neyhart trained 93 by his own thorough method. After a year and & half on the road, they still have a record of no accidents. His method consists of providing in- struction for each individual student | until he or she has thoroughly learned not to drive on the wrong side of the road, to pass cars on a turn or hill, or do any of the things which sooner or later result in accidents. Not until the students has learned safe driving habits does he receive credit for com- pleting the course. The text books would be made avail- able to the board at actual cost, Ham explained. In cities where adult classes are being conducted, a fee large encugh to cover gasoline expense is charged. Where the course has been instituted in high schools, the school boards have provided gasoline for the student instruction as an investment in safety, he said. No charge is made for the cars used in the instruction. o INJUNCTION DENIED REMINGTON-RAND Three-Month-Old Strike Reaches Labor Board—No Date Set for Hearing. By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., September 12. —The 3-month-old Remington-Rand strike reached the National Labor Re- lations Board today when Federal Judge John Knight denied the com- pany a permanent injunction to re- strain the board from hearing charges of unfair labor practices. There was no indication when the board would hold the hearing. Last July 11 the board charged the com- pany with “wholesale discharge of workers for union activity.” Judge Knight also dismissed a tem- porary injunction obtained by the company when striking employes com- plained to the Buffalo office of the Labor Board. A scheduled hearing was postponed when Remington-Rand obtained their temporary injunction. Landon Declines Free License to Fish on Sunday By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Me., September 12. .| —Democratic Gov. Louis J. Brann of Maine presented to Republican Gov. Aif M. Landon of Kansas tonight a complimentary Maine fishing license. “I'm sorry, Governor,” said the Republican presidential nominee, “but I can’t use it as tomorrow is Sunday and that would be the only chance I would have.” The presentation took place aboard Landon’s special train as the nominee arrived here for his speech, Landon was scheduled to pro- ceed West Monday morning. COUNTY CAN TAP WATER IF NEEDED Fort Myer Will Allow Arling- _ton Emergency Supply, Under Agreement. By a Staff Correspondent ot The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., September 12.—To insure a temporary | | water supply for Arlington County | residents in event of an emergency, | the County Board teday approved an agreement with Fort Myer officials which permits the county to purchase | water from the Army post. The county’s sole source of water, pipe lines that run under Chain Bridge | to connect its mains with the Dis- trict of Columbia Reservoir, was | threatened last March by the Po-| tomac River flood. New and larger lines, which will | cost Arlington County ‘“considerable money” will be installed under Chain | Brid_e when it is reconstructed nrly; | next Spring by Distriet uuthornuz.; County Manager Frank C. Hanrahan advised the board. The new, larger| lines will allow for increased consump- | tion as the county’s population grows, | Hanrahan said. 2,930 Dogs Licensed. A report of Charles T. Jesse, treas- | | urer, showing that 2,930 dogs have | been licensed in the county to date, | was submitted by Manager Hanrahan. | | At the same time last year, only 2,478 dog owners had obtained licenses for their pets. In line with the County Board's new ordinance to eliminate stray dogs, the report disclosed that 35 dogs were killed by Game Warden W. Harry Johnson during August. None of the dogs impounded were redeemed. The report also shows that two persons were bitten by licensed dogs last | month. | The board appointed Phillip O. | | Shepherd as delinquent tax collector | for ‘the county. He will receive 20 | | per cent commission on all collections | and have his office with County | | Treasurer Jesse. Mr. Shepherd will | continue his present work as delin- | quent tax collector for the State. Sewage Plant Rushed. J. T. Campbell, resident engineer | for the Chester Engineers, informed | the board that the county-wide sewer system and sewage disposal plant at Four Mile Run will be completed by | November 1. The contractor was | granted 60 days extension of time to | complete the disposal plant. Payment of $3,423.78 to the Arling- ton Athletic Club and several residents on Wilson boulevard for land con- demned to widen the highway was approved by the board, on a report from viewers recently appointed to fix Jjust compensation for the land. For 7,014 square feet of the club’s prop- erty the board agreed to pay $2,034.06. Action on a request of the Wash- ington & Old Dominion Railroad for rezoning of land on which its Rosslyn car barn is located to permit the erec- tion of & coal tipple was deferred. Wilson Farr, attorney for the railroad, | said the company proposes to move its car barn to Bluemont Junction. MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR MAY ACT IN VICE WAR Demands Sheriff Stop Open Sale of Liquor and Gambling. By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Miss., September 12.— County peace officers patrolled Ran= kin County’s amusement center—the | Brandon pike—today after Gov. Hugh White personally took a hand in a compaign against the open sale of liquor and the operation of gambling tables. Gov. White, who delivered an ul- timatum to Sheriff Tom Spann yester- day to “act or I will,” said today the D. C., SEPTEMBER 13, 1936—PART ONE l.UDKE AH[]RN[Y Most Pewerful Atom Gun READY FOR COURT Will File Mandamus Unless Maryland Education Board Gives ‘lmmediate Reply.’ Unless he receives an “immediate reply” from the Maryland State Board of Education in response to his petition. for review of the Ludke case, Attorney Edmund D. Campbell, seek< ing reinstatement of the six children in Prince Georges County schools, will start mandamus proceedings at Up- per Marlboro, the lawyer announced today. State Schools Superintendent Charles Cook, secretary of. the Mary- land agency, has declined to call a special meeting of the board, re- quested by Campbell, in his petition filed in Baltimore yesterday. Cook said he would “not even consider” s special session pending an opinion from the attorney general on the board’s jurisdiction in the dispute. The hext regular gathering of the agency will be held in October. Meanwhile, the children of August A. Ludke, members of the Jehovah's Witnesses sect, of Oxon Hill, adamant in their refusal to salute the Amer= ican flag at daily patriotic ceremonies at their local institution, remained barred from county schools. In his petition to the State board Campbell requested temporary rein- statement of the children pending the appeal. Campbell's decision to seek the mandamus, overruling the county board’s order, “within a short time if the 3State agency does not imme- diately respond,” is prompted by Ludke's desre to prevent delay in the chidren’s educational program, the lawyer said. PLANE, OUT ALL NIGHT, BACK SAFE AT BASE Radios Go Dead on Flight to Ship at Sea, So Craft Lands Near Island. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, September 12—A Coast Guard seaplane carrying five | men returned here today after a night sea which aroused fears for the safety of those aboard it. Both radios on the plane, the Arcturus, went dead yesterday while | anti-vice campaign was not for only a few 'days “but from now on.” Most of the “clubs” were open last night, but there was no gambling. Roulette wheels, keno and dice tables had been carted out of the buildings. There were no open bars, officers re- ported. —_—— ABINGTON CRASH FATAL New Yorker Dies um‘l Five Hurt in Auto Accident. ABINGTON, Va., September 12 (P). —One person was fatally injured and five others were hurt today when the automobile in which they were riding failed to negotiate a sharp curve at the west approach of an overhead bridge 1 mile east of Abingdon. Barney Fein, 51, of New York City, died a few minutes after reaching the hospital here. The injured are Mrs. Fein, Mr. and Mrs. Murphy. Fein, their 3-year- old son, and Phillip Fein, 34, 8 lawyer, Baldwin Curtis, research assistant in the physics depart- ment of the University of Michigan, inspects the new “cyclotron,” the most powerful atom gun in the world, which recently de- veloped the new record high voltage of 6,700,000 volts at the university. It is expected that 10,000,000 volts will be developed in the near future by the giant apparatus. Prof. James M. Cork of the physics department is responsible for the construction of this atom smasher, which will be used for erperimentation in radio activity, and possibly for the treatment of cancer. —Wide World Photo. steamship Alaskan, 200 miles out, tn' treat a sick sailor. Tne pilot, Lieut. Comdr. R. L. Raney, decided it would be impossible to find the steamer with night coming on and alighted in the lee of an island in the Bahamas. Meanwhile the Coast Guard started a search. The cutter Pandora | sighted the Arcturus in flight shortly | after daybreak. Soon the plane was back at its base, | The Alaskan reported later the sea- | the ship was flying a doctor to the man was recovering. | °/ . SALE PRICES! Rebuilt Practice Pianos Children’s Pianos $40 to $95 swao $50 to $120 Apartment Pianos stui. $175 to $295 Small Grands “viea New Gmd Pianos Slightly $200 to $525 $345 to $685 BISHOP TO PREACH B> 8 Staff Correspondent o1 [he Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 12—Bishop Arthur J. Moore, leader of work in Europe and the Orient for the Methodist Episcopal South, will preach at the 8 p.m. service of the Washington Street Methodist Church tomorrow. Bishop Moore recently returned from China, where he supervised mis- | sion work for the church. ARTHUR Church, | RAINS DECREASE JOB DEMANDS W. P. A. Administrator Re= ports Only 10,000 Ask Drought Relief Work. By the Associated Press. A reduction in the demand for drought relief jobs was predicted by W. P. A. officials yesterday as the re< sult of recent rains. A report to Corrington Gill, acting W. P. A. administrator, from Howard ©O. Hunter, in charge of W. P. A. op- erations in the drought area, said less than 10,000 drought victims had sought employment in the last week. ‘This was called the smallest number since W. P. A. began its drought re- lief program. Hunter placed the total now em- ployed on drought relief projects at 150,410. “Friday night's rains, which covered 8 belt 300 miles wide from Southe western Kansas to Northern Ohio, should help reduce job demands in some areas,” he said His report showed the bulk of the | W. P. A. drought employment was | centered in the two Dakotas, the States | first hit by lack of rainfall North Dakota had 34,534 persons on W. F. A project pay rolls and South Dakota, 34,462. The numbers eémployed in other States, as reported by Hunter, were: Colorado, 2,464; Iowa, 3900; Kansas, i 7,067; Kentucky, Minnesota, 5,650, Missouri, Nebraska, | 6,67 Wyoming, 100]; Montana, | 7,951; Wisconsin, 16,000; Illinois, 2,735, FLIGH T AGAIN DELAYED | Richman and Merrill May Leave England Monday. LIVERPOOL, England, September 12 (#.—Harry Richman, the Broad- way crooner, tonight again postponed his projected return flight to New York with Pilot Dick Merrill. This time Richman said they might or might not tzke off Monday with the Cat'log .1 Quality BULBS For Fall Planting ONDAY, Sept.21st JORDAN'S A\ School Time —— [sn] Sept. 144 Oct. 174 Do not let your child grow up without the advan- tages of a musical education. The piano is ac- knowledged as the foundation of all musical ine struments. 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