Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1936, Page 16

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 193 For Hospital Children VERDIGT SET ASIDE | ™2 2558 TOTE (e srie i s S mé"fi::: e Plea of Little Boy Falls on Ears| Karver bought & Christmas tree Id peace idea. Neighbors are ] of “Santa.” and found this note tied to it: at peace with each other, then “I am o little boy 10 years old. My 'W“M‘w:b;mmum" The READING, Pa. UP).—A 10-year-old | mother and father are very poor, as nded until all neigh- Nova Bcotis bay is golng o get & ]they have a large family, and I am |ley, Gruys Gounty, Nove Seotia | | oy rcocs I 8ll parts of the world are WARTIME RATIONS DECREED FOR NAZS “Fish Sausage” Urged as Germans Try to Con- serve Meats. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 24.—Wartime regulations on rationing of meat, vegetables, fats and bread, enforced by decree and propaganda, curtailed Nazl German's Christmas larder to- day. Animal feed likewise was ordered “rationed” in order to spread the dwindling domestic foodstuffs over the ‘Winter. The ultimate objective was Ger- many’s self-sufficiency, in accordance with Chancellor Hitler's four-year plan for economic rehabilitation of the Third Reich. The scarcity of fats, of which only half the annual average consumption is produced in Germany, has long harassed Nazi conservation plans. After January 1 butter and lard will be rationed closely, with tabs kept on each family. Bacon, long scarce, hardly can be obtained in Germany today becguse of the fat and hog shortage caused by fodder scarcity. For the same reasons there are| shortages of beef and pork. The four-year plan propagandists are urging substitution of fish for meat, with “fish sausages” pressed on housefraus. ‘Wartime methods have been dupli- cated in providing special garbage cans for housewives into which hog food may be thrown. In this manner Nazi leaders hope to obtain daily enough table leavings from Berlin's 1,400,000 households to fatten 350,000 hogs. CLAW MACHINE SUIT DISMISSAL WEIGHED U. §. Makes Motion—Jury Is Excused Over Christmas Holidays. Justice Jesse C. Adkins of District Court had under advisement today a motion by the Government to dis- miss the claw machine suit brought by operators of the devices to decide their questioned legality. The jury was excused late yester- day until Monday. Unless Justice Adkins grants the Government’s mo- tion, which was made by Assistant United States Attorney John J. Wil- son, the jury probably will get the case Monday. Most of yesterday afternoon was spent arguing the motion for a di- rected verdict. The question revolved about whether the side on whom the burden of proof rests can ask the court to order a verdict in its favor. Although the Government is the de- fendant in the current suit, it must show affirmatively that claw machines are gambling devices. The suit was brought by Mrs. Freda Boosalis to recover three claw ma- chines seized by police last April 10 | from a drug store at Fifteenth and H streefs. The police acted under orders from the district attorney to impound all claw machines as “evil chattels.” — FATAL 5-CAR COLLISION CALLED ‘UNAVOIDABLE’ Drivers Exonerated After Lengthy Hearing Before Judge Fainter at Hyattsville. By a Staft Correspondent ot The Siar. HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 24. ~—Participants in a five-car automo- bile accident, which took the life of & colored man last week, were exonerated by Justice of the Peace John J. Fainter at an inquest here yesterday. ‘The magistrate, after a lengthy hearing in the local fire house, decided that the drivers of the vehicles were not to blame in a collision which he called “unavoidable.” Stanford Ham- mond, 17, colored, of 1058 Bladensburg road northeast, Washington, was killed when the accident occurred on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard at Sunnyside an December 16. The exonerated autoists were Long- street Bradford, colored, of 651 A street northeast, Washington; E. W. Pulliam of Asheboro, N. C.; Charles C. Foote of Berwyn, Solon Tysinger of High Point, N. C, and Willlam J. Haid, jr., of Baltimore. FALLS THREE FLOORS John Ballinger Received Hip.In- jury in Plunge. John Ballinger, 45, suffered a dislo- <ated hip and injuries to the elbow and shoulder carly today when he fell from a third-floor window of his home at 944 New York avenue. Ballinger was taken to Casualty Hos- pital, where physicians said he was not seriously injured. Isobel Littell shown with house she will present to the free ward of the C the com; letelg furnished doll dren’s Hospital Christmas eve. The house and all the furnishings were donated by a group of Washington merchants. WINS LIEUTENANCY OF FIREMEN AT 31 Elmer F. Stein, One of Three Promoted Following Examinations. Elmer F. Stein, 31, whase promotion four years ago made him the youngest sergeant the District Fire Department has ever had, continued his rise in rank today, when he was elevated to the position of lieutenant. Stein’s latest promotion, as well as the one four years ago, was based on his outstanding record in civil service examina- tions. He was third in the ex- aminations this year, though but § %3 0.05 of a point separated him trom the leader. Stein's elevation is one of three made in the Fire Department due to the retirement of Capt. J. W. B Meyers from No. - 378 engine lcan: Lieut. Steln. pany, effective January 1. Lieut. H. F. Harding of No. 16 engine company will succeed Capt. Meyers, and Pvt. Robert R. Raynes of the Rescue Squad will succeed Stein as a sergeant. The men were sworn in today at 10 a.m. at the office of Fire Chief Schrom in the Dis- trict Building. Lieut. Stein, now on duty at No. 2 engine company, will assume his new station at No. 16 on January 1, as will the other two men. Stein’s father, Henry C. Stein, is a member of the Congressional Medal Award Commit- tee, which each year rresents medals for heroism to police and firemen who have performed the most outstanding service in the line of duty. His uncle, Lieut. John C. Stein, is in charge of No. 6 engine company. May Restrict Machinery. France may restrict the use of new labor-saving machinery on the ground that it tends to increase unemploy- ment. tar Staff Photo. ‘FLYING SANTA’ SET FOR TRIP TONIGHT Tunes Up Plane for Visit to Lighthousesyon North Atlantic. BY the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 24.—Capt. Wil- liam Wincapaw, veteran New England pilot, tuned up his tri-motor plane to- day for a 2,000-mile trip as a flying “Santa Claus” to keepers of 91 far- flung lighthouses. It is Wincapaw's annual pilgrimage to those lonely outposts on the bleak North Atlantic. Outlying Coast Guard stations also will receive gifts. Wincapaw planned to swoop down R over stations from Massachusetts Bay to Portland, Me. Tomorrow he will drop bundles of Christmas cheer at the marine traffic beacons from Portland to New Brunswick. His son, Willlam, jr., will accom- pany him as “bomber.”” Last year George Mason, vice president of v.be National Aeronautic Association, dropped the gifts. Two of them missed their mark. In one case a lighthouse keeper, in his dory, recovered the package from the sea. In the other instance, Win- capaw dived a second time and the “bomb” plopped at the door of the lighthouse. In addition to visiting lighthouses, this year, Wincapaw will swing over 25 isolated islands off the Maine coast, now inhabited for the Winter by fishermen. Until next Spring these men are virtually marooned from the mainland. They don’t know Santa Claus is coming. Virginia Girl Hopes to Raise Bond “to Enjoy Christ- mas” at Home. By the Associated Press. HOPEWELL, Va., December 24.— Kathleen Phelps, 18, whose conviction of voluntary manslaughter and five- year prison sentence in the death of her brother-in-law was set aside by the trial court, awaited today the re- sult of her attorney’s effort to secure bond for her release. Archer Jones, attorney for the girl, who said she shot Howard W. Watkins after a date with him to win a wager from her sister, declared he hoped to raise the $500 bail in time for Miss Phelps to “enjoy Christmas with her people.” Circuit Judge Marshall R. Peterson set aside the jury’s verdict and or- dered a new trial yesterday on motion of defense counsel. He said the jury did not follow instructions to acquit or mum a verdict of second-degree mur- llll Phelps testified at her trial in October that Watkins entered her bed room and threatened her because of “jealousy.” She claimed she shot in “self-defense.” The new trial is expected to be held early next year. “I remember,” the judge said yes- terday, “that it is one of the most loathsome and revolting cases that );:: even been brought to my atten- m.” “I think,” the court added, “the jury felt the whole thing was a fine kett] of fish. As much as I regret to do it, I will have to set aside the verdict and order a new trial.’ South Africa has had 3,722 murders in the last five years. “SERVICE PLUS” “Service at my 'lmr fips,” as all Taft guests say. “/And so convenient to everything in town.” 2000 ROOMS WITH BATH, from $2.50 HOTEL ALFRED LEWIS. Mgt «ins. NEW YORK Merry Christmas W hen this Christmas dawns may it prove the jolliest you ever knew. Good cheer. £. 9. Murphy Co., Inc. 710 12th St. N. W. NAtional 2477 This store will remain closed until Monday morning, December 28th—at 9:15 o’clock EACH CHRISTMAS WE AIM TO GIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE, BUT KNOW- ING THAT NO STORE IS INFALLABLE WE TAKE THE PRECAUTION TO ASK Have All Your Gifts From THE HECHT CO. ARRIVED? If they haven't, let us know at once CALL DISTRICT 9400 up until 12 o’clock toniglzt“ or from 9:15 till noon tomorrow Rest assured we will do everything within our power to see they are delivered in time for Christmas. bSR3 ALL DAY CHRISTMAS The Low Night Rates For Out-Of-Town Telephone Calls Will Be In Effect. SAY “MERRY CHRISTMAS" To Distant Friends s THE HECHT CO FSTREET at SEVENTH NATIONAL 5100