Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1937, Page 2

LINK TOMLINSON Testify Lawyer Planned Robbery of Tailor Shop Last August. A second colored man testified in District Court today that J. William Tomlinson planned the robbery of the Fourteenth street tailor shop last Au- gust 18 for which the lawyer is being ed. m’rhe witness, Walter Smallwood, 21, was indicted with Tomlinson and Philip John Pratt, colored, now on trial with the attorney in the tailor shop case, in connection with the Fairfax Farms Dairy pay roll robbery of March 14, 1936. Smallwood has pleaded guilty to that accusation. The first of Tomlinson's alleged sccomplices to testify against him was Charles Henry Bass, colored, who pleaded guilty in the tailor shop case shortly after the jury was sworn in yesterday. Smaliwood told the jury Tomlinson and Pratt tried to persuade him to take part in the robbery of Sam Siratonis, proprietor of the tailor shop at 3003 Fourteenth street. Taken to Shop. He said that in May or April of last year they took him to the shop to look over the layout and told him “the job was a pushover.” “Tomlinson said it was an ideal thing for Pratt and me to do,” Small- wood declared. “He said if we did it we would be sitting pretty. He said to us: ‘If you have to use force, use force—you'll have nothing to worry about for quite a while.’” The witness said that when he re- fused to go through with the pro- posed robbery Tomlinson said to him: “What's the matter? Do you want to rat on us? Are you turning yel- low?” It was after Smallwood's refusal that Bass allegedly was brought into the case. Hearing after the robbery that Bass had been arrested, Smallwood tele- phoned Tomlinson, he said, and asked: “What are you going to do?” “I'm not going to do anything,” Smallwood quoted Tomlinson as re- plying. Both Smallwood and Bass stoutly maintained their testimony had not been bought by promises of mercy. Robbery Is Described. Farlier at today’s session Tomlin- son, once counsel for Gaston B. Means, listened imperturbably as the robbery he is accused of planning was described to the jury by Siratonis. ‘The tailor, a short, swart man, was the first witness today. Pointing his finger, he identifled Bass and then climbed down from the witness stand to place a hand on Pratt’s shoulder to designate the second man who robbed him. He said he was struck from behind and knocked down. As he lay stunned on the floor he heard some one say, *“Go on and shoot him,” Siratonis told the jury. He said Bass had come to the shop on, eight occasions with clothes to be pressed prior to the robbery. Cash totaling $785 was taken from his pockets by the two robbers, he testi- fled Mrs. Eva V. Banta, bookkeeper at 8 service station adjoining the tailor shop, identified both colored men as the ones she saw enter and leave the shop around 7 a.m. on the day of the robbery. Policeman Edward D. Healy, tenth precinct, testified he found a gun and & blackjack lying on the floor of the tailor shop following the robbery. HOPE OF LEARNING FATE OF NURSE ABANDONED By the Associated Press. ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., May 25. —A slender hope the fate of Miss Martha Pifer, missing Indian Sana- torium nurse, whose home is in Vir- ginia, might be determined in the swirling waters of the Rio Grande ‘was abgndoned today by Sheriff Ross Salazar. Attention of officers was turned to- ‘ward the river last night when Police Chief Pat O'Grady received an anony- mous note saying the writer had “put her there” and that “maybe she is drown by now.” Salazar joined O'Grady in express- ing belief the note was written by a erank, but added he would press the search “if there were a chance of doing anything.” He said it would “take an army” to search the river, swollen by melt- ing snow. ENGAGEMENT DENIED Mrs. Natalie C. Prichett Spikes Rumor S8he Will Wed Vidal. A report that Mrs. Natalie Camp- bell Prichett and Eugene Vidal, for- mer director of the Bureau of Air Commerce, were to be married was denied today by the socially prami- nent Washington woman. “There is not the slightest founda- tion of fact in such a rumor,” Mrs. Prichett said, adding, “We are merely good friends,” Loser in Ruling On Security Says Act “May Work” “Probably Will Work Out All Right . . in Time.” By the Associated Press. WALTHAM, Mass., May 25.—George P. Davis, whose challenge of the con- stitutionality of the old-age pension provision of the social security act ‘was rejected yesterday by the Supreme Court, said today “the law will prob- ably work out all right in time.” The Circuit Court of Appeals, first district, acting on petitions brought by Davis, has held both the old-age pen- sion and the unemployment insurance sections of the act unconstitutional. Davis challenged the law in the first case as a stockholder of the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston and in the second as a stockholder of the Boston & Maine Railroad. “I am much surprised and disap- pointed in the decision, but of course we have no option but to accept it gracefully,” Davis, a Boston lawyer and resident of Waltham, said. “I have some difficulty in recon- clling decisions in these cases with some of the previous decisions of the court, however.” Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ‘WRINKLE, HERE is a new curbstone in front of the building for the Federal Reserve Board Gover- nors at Twenty-first street and Constitution avenue. It is 8 feet north of the present curb and about a foot lower, and doesn't seem to make much sense. To avoid misunderstanding among natives or visiting firemen who happen to observe the different levels of the curbstones, or fall over one or both of them, permit us to explain that the second curb, the Jower one, will eventu- ally be the only one. That is to say, if the road crown of Constitution avenue were in the center, which it isn't, the new curb would be at the proper level and lati- tude (or is it longitude?). Since the road crown is off-center, the curb has been put on genter, or on side, to use an old Rugby expression, until such time as Constitution avenue has a chance to get straightened up, like s sober, decent citizen, completely on keel. When Consitiution avenue is wid- ened and quits sprawling around on the wrong side of its face, the new north curb will be exactly even with the old south curb, and you may stumble over either one with impunity. We can't find any one who wants to be quoted about this, but that's the way it is—truly. * % x X ANNOTATION. In the morning mail, from a United States park policeman, who sometimes reads and frequently contributes to this column: “A poet says, “The heights great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward night.” “Sure, and how much were the night-toilers worth around the office nerxt morning, I want to know?” in the * % % % 80? A DISTINGUISHED English visitor was discussing with District Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen the governmental system operative in the District of Columbia. Mr. Hazen was pointing out the advantages of the commission form of administration, and jokingly wound up with the ex- planation that with the rsponsibility in the hands of three men there was less chance of graft and corruption than in a system where a mayor and numerous aldermen are in charge of municipal affairs. ““You see,” said Mr. Hazen, “I watch | the other two Commissioners and they watch me.” “Quite,” said the Englishman, sol- emn as an owl. “Ripping go.d idea, I'd say. Must remember to make a note of that.” Mr. Hazen still doesn't know wheth- er he was being spoofed, or classified 85 a good man to watch at all times. *x ok % GROWN UP. DEPITE our misleading references to the “puny wag” whose golf bag was being loaded with lead by his office compatriots, we find Story Art- ist Gib Crockett not in the least an- noyed by the trick played on him when we had him draw a cartoon of a fellow pufing around the golf course, then go out and do exactly that with his lead-loaded bag the next day. Mr. C’s colleagues have explained why they finally resolved to let the cat, or rather the lead, out of the bag after more than a year of torturing him. They can see he has grown up to be a big boy now, a trifie over 6 feet and weighing something more than 170 pounds of good bone and muscle, and they concluded he doesn’t need the exercise any more. ok x x REPAST. For months we worried about the health of various correspondents who were turning in items anent the most depressing menus, obvi- ously read in places where the Jood would be as bad as the spelling. This parental fretting is now dis- pelled by discovery that the report- ers in question make a habit of wandering into strange eating jernts, ordering a sarsaparilla or something and then copying fan- tasia off the menu. Latest news culled from the gas- tronomic wars: A spot downtown offers CRAB MOUSE. BAKED BLU FISH. (Am I blu? You'd be too, de da.) CHICKEN A LA KREOLA. STRAWB BERES & MILK (milk from kows?). PREEKNESS CAKE. (Who wan the Preekness?). RBOURCI.'!"UL as the young ladies who carry their own roller skates when motoring with strange men is a chap who lives out in Maryland, who comes to town each morning with & bicycle strapped to the radiator of his automobile. Determined not to go zooming around and around the village looking for a parking space, he puts his machine in the nearest handy spot within reasonable distance of the office, gets out, takes down his bicycle and pedals to work. In the evening he cycles back to the parked car, hoists the two-wheeler onto the four-wheeler and motors home. ‘We'd do the same, except we'd never be able to remember where in heck we left the car. A NG STAli, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 25 1937. TWO COLORED MEN Washington EIGHTU.S. GOLFERS SCORE IN ENGLAND John Levinson Advances to _Third Round of British Amateur. By the Associated Press. SANDWICH, England, May 25— Eight Americans, headed by the main threat, Dick Chapman of Greenwich, Conn,, remained in the chase for the British amateur golf championship after two days of firing in the first round had been completed today. Meanwhile John O. Levinson of Chicago, New England amateur title holder, gained the third round, de- feating C. W. Timmis of Great Brit- aln, 3 and 2. Chapman caught a tartar in 17- year-old James Bruen, jr., British boy’s champion, but uncorked two long, accurate putts on the 16th and 17th greens to win, 2 and 1. Surviving along with him and Levinson were J. C. Freshwater of Hollywood, Calif.; P. A. Valentine of Southhampton, N. J.; Wilford Wehrle of Racine, Wis., and Douglas Grant, Robert Sweeny and R. B. Foster, all three native Americans who make their homes in England. Wins on 20th Hole. Levinson and Grant had earned their second round brackets yesterday; Valentine advanced through the de- fault of his initial opponent, and Wenrle drew a first round bye but the others all had to fight their way past rugged opposition today to sur- vive. Freshwater went two extra holes before eliminating W. C. Carr at the twentieth; Sweeny ousted the well- known Briton, Harry Bentley, 2 and 1, and Foster took Denis H. R. Mar- tin into camp, 3 and 1. Two other invaders, Billy Sixty, Milwaukee golf writer, and Norman Macbeth, 58-year-old resident of Los Angeles, were eliminated. Sixty bowed to Harry Braid, son of Jim Braid, famous British pro, 3 and 1. Macbeth fell before Eric Chambers, 1 up. Freshwater and Carr, a former Cambridge Blue, the son of Sir Ems- ley Carr, prominent British newspaper man, waged a close match all the way. American’s Spurt Wins. The American made a fine spurt to win the eleventh, twelfth and thir- teenth holes in a row after being 2 down. He went 2 up at the fifteenth, but Carr rallied to take the sixteenth and seventeenth and send the match into extra holes. At the twentieth both were on the green in two and Freshwater holed out from 3 feet. Carr's second putt, however, curled sround the cup and the match was over. It looked for a time as though the 17-year-old Bruen would carry Chap- man to extra holes until the American sank a 10-footer at the sixteenth and then an 8-footer to end the match at the seventeenth, where the youngster sliced into the rough. Chapman’s putting was deadly all day. Chapman and his boyish rival had a falling out at the fourteenth, where Chapman drove into .casual water. Despite the opinion of 50 persons, in- cluding competitors, that Chapman could lift out without penalty, Bruen stubbornly insisted there should be an official ruling. Chapman said he was “thoroughly fed up,” played the ball out of the water and halved the hole. Dr. W. Tweddell, winner of the title in 1927, was eliminated by Ian Mitch- ell, 2 and 1. Cecil Ewing, one of the favorites, came through with a 1-up decision over R. Neill, however. Levinson in Fine Form. Levinson, a former Yale player, was in sensational form on the first nine, which he covered in 31 strokes, equal- ing the best score ever shot for those holes at the Royal St. George's lay- out. He was 4 up at the turn. The Chicagoan was in trouble on several holes coming home and could not end the match until the sixteenth green. He blew a putt on the eleventh and lost & ball at the fourteenth to give Timmis a chance to keep the match alive. Douglas Grant, a native Californian, who has lived is England for many years, was eliminated by Andrew Ja- mieson, jr., of Great Britain, 2 and 1. Grant played steadily against young Jamieson, but could not match the latter's fine scoring streak. Lionel Munn, Irish veteran, won from B. Drew, 6 and 5. In a battle of ex-champions, Cyril Tolley eliminated the Hon. Michael Bcott, 2 and 1. Tolley’s superior length was the deciding factor. To- morrow Tolley will meet Frank Pen- nick, English champion, who elimi- nated 8. H. Newman, 5 and 4, today. GOLF PROS BATTLE IN SECOND ROUND Runyan and Nelson in Fight for Medalist Honors at Pittsburgh. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH FIELD CLUB, Pitts- burgh, May 25—Paul Runyan of White Plains, N. Y., and Byron Nelson of Reading, Pa., were fighting for medalist honors in the second qualify- ing round of the Professional Golfers’ Association championship today, and several of golf’s great names were fighting for their lives. ‘Well behind the pace-setting, record- breaking 68 of Runyan and Nelson were Open Champion Tony Manero, Peabody, Mass.; Tommy Armour, Chi- cago; Johnny Revolta, Evanston, IlI, and Jimmy Thomson, Shawnee, Pa., all with 78's, and Willie Klein, East Elliston, N. Y.; Johnny Farrell, Short Hills, N. J, and Sam Parks, Pitts- burgh, all with 82’s. Yesterday morning practically all these boys were among the favorites. ‘Today they went out on the course knowing they had to come through with a good round or fail to make the select 63 who join Defending Cham- pon Denny Shute of Boston in the first match play round tomorrow. The early starters were favored by perfect scoring conditions. The morning was calm and bright. Pirst of the leaders to go out was Harold “Jug” McSpaden, Winchester, Mass., what shot a 71, one under par, yes- terday. Shute, who does not have to qualify, also was on the early pro- gram. Harold McSpaden, Winchester, Mass,, reached the turn in 38, two over par. Working on his opening 175, Vic Ghezzi, Deal, N. J., shot the first nine in par 36. He reached the long fifth in two shots for a birdie 4, but three- putted the sixth for a 4. Egg Scarcity Forecast. Poultry experts believe there will be & scarcity of eggs on the Fall market with & resulting rise in price. ) Man|Denies He Stabbed Boy, 6, Deinands Trial JOSEPH SCHUCK. Arraigned in Police Court today on a charge of stabbing a 6-year-old boy in the leg, Charles L. Clark, 61, of 482 H street southwest. pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial. Judge Walter J. Casey set bond at $300. No date was set for trial of the case. Clark was arrested yesterday by fourth precinct police after Joseph Schuck, 460-A H street southwest, complained the man had stabbed him when he refused to get off Clark's back fence. The boy was taken by his mother, Mrs. Russell Schuck, to Casualty Hospital, where his wound was said not to be serious. Clark subsequently was transferred to Gallinger Hospital at the request of his doctor, who said the man had been ill for some time. Police said he denied having stabbed the boy in- tentionally. Joseph told police he had been play- ing “airplanes and machine guns” with his playmates at the time. Clark, the boy said, threatened him with his knife unless he got off the fence. When the lad refused, the elderly man is alleged to have stuck him in the leg with a pen knife, . MOTOR CARDES/GN HIT BY LONERGAN Connecticut Democrat Plans Legislation to Regulate Streamlining. Declaring streamlined automobiles present a visibility problem to their operators and add to highway haz- ards, Senator Lonergan, Democrat, of Connecticut, plans to introduce legis- lation regulating this phase of auto- mobile construction. Obscured vision on the part of mo- torists has been held directly respon- sible for many: mishaps, he stated, adding some types of streamlined ma- chines reduce visibility as low as 4 per cent. Under the proposed law., he said, each community could establish visi- bility requirements depending on high- way conditions. Asks Condemnation Board. The Senator already has introduced & substitute bill for his annual com- pulsory motor vehicle inspection bill | for the District. The substitute pro- posed amendments including creation | of a condemnation board to pass upon defective automobiles. It also was revealed yesterday that Lonergan will press for immediate compilation by the Census Bureau of statistics pertaining to automobile fa- talities in the Nation. The Senator’s interest in having the Government meet the need for official data on motor deaths was secured by the National Safety Advisory Com- mittee of the American Automobile Association. Stating that the toll of highway deaths is a blot on the country, Loner- gan said the least the Government can do is provide official and accurate statistics to aid those attempting to solve the accident prevention probler, Driver Program Planned. TNe Safety Advisory Committee of the American Automobile Association yesterday began its preliminary session preparatory to broadening the pro- gram for driver education and train- ing in the high schools of the country. Approximately 4,000 high schools are now giving students the sports- manlike driving course formulated by the A. A. A, the committee announced. With safety specialists from a score of States present for the first confer- ence the group heard Senator Rey- nolds of North Carolina warn that “unless the Nation improves its driv- ing habits, the time is coming when drastic legislation will be written to control the movement of operators of motor vehicles.” S Salt for Animals. It is a8 necessary to provide salt for animals when they are on pasture as it is when they are in Winter quarters. Congress in Brief Senate: In recess. ‘Wheeler Committee continues rail- road financing inquiry. Military Committee continues hear- ings on helium export bill, House: Resumes debate on $1,500,000,000 relief appropriation. Agriculture Committee continues hearings on farm program. Interstate Commerce Cammittee considers bill to broaden powers of Federal Trade Commission. TOMORROW. Senate:, Program uncertain. Conferees on Civilian Conservation Corps meet at 11 am. Senate Appropriations Subcommit- tee continues hearings on District ap- propriations bill, 10 a.m. House: Holds memorial services for de- ceased members of the Senate and House. Immigration Committee considers Starnes bills, 10:30 a.m. Public Buildings and Grounds Com- mittee considers bill to allocate space in Government buildings to credit unions, 10:30 a.m. District Committee considers mis- cellaneous bills, 10:30 a.m. Tax Bubcommittee of District Com- mittee resumes consideration of tax program, 10 a.m. ’d HEARING PLANNED ON NUISANCE BILL Chairman Norton to Refer Measure ‘to Special Subcommittee. Confident the House will pgss the bill to prohibit slaughter houses and other so-called nuisance industries in Washington if given “fair considera- tion,” Chairman Norton of the District Committee made preparations today to refer the measure to a special sub- committee for hearings. The subcommittee is expected to be appointed at the regular meeting of the full committee tomorrow. Mrs. Norton made an effort to steer the bill through the House late yes- terday, but when what she described as “unfair opposition” began to de- velop, she had it recommitted to her committee for further consideration and hearings. She hopes to have the measure back on the House calendar in time for action the next District day, June 14. The principal opposition came from Representative O'Connor, Democrat, of New York, chairman of the power- ful Rules Committee. He, as well as several others, criticized the commit- tee for reporting the bill without hold- ing hearings on it. O'Connor also at- tacked the legislative form of the measure a. well as the committee's failure to consider 17 amendments he sald the Commissioners had recom- mended. Senate Record Examined. Mrs. Norton explained hearings on the bill by her committee were un- necessary since a subcommittee of the Senate District Committee held ex- tensive hearings on an identical meas- ure. She also pointed out she had carefully examined the transcript of the record of these hearings and was fully cognizant of the need of legis- lation to protect the District from nuisance industries. O'Connor declared the bill was aimed “solely and entirely” at the Adolf Gobel Co., which has planned to erect a slaughter house and ren- dering plant in Benning, D. C., and urged the committee to reconsider it “in justice to all.” “In view of the unfair opposition that has developed to this bill, and due to the fact some members think it was not given full consideration” sald Mrs. Norton, “the committee is willing to recall it and hold hearings. But I don’t believe anything will be gained by hearings except to satisfy some members." Vigorous objection to return of the bill to the committee was registered by Representatives Phillips of Connec- ticut and Mead of New York, both Democrats. ‘If we don't act quickly the Gobel company will build this slaughter house and it will be too late,” warned Phillips, Mead declared he did not want to see Washington “turned into an {ndus- trial city,” and-suggested that the committee turn out a bill for a “re- strictive building program™ for the District. Two Other Supporters. Representatives Dirksen, Republican, of Illinois, and Dingell, Democrat, of Michigan, also supported the bill, “Everybody who has any interest in the Nation's Capital” said Dirksen, “would like to keep it beautiful and free from noxious odors. It is un- fortunate, however, that this bill came out at this particular time. Dingell said he was familiar with slaughter houses that “produce foul smells and pollute neighborhoods.” Representative Ferguson, Democrat, of Oklahoma, argued, hawever, that if steps are taken to clean up the Dis- trict, all odors should be eliminated. “The odor of a fish whar!,” he de- clares, “out-odors any slaughter house you ever smelled.” Mrs. Norton opened debate on the bill by explaining its purpose, and de- claring similar legislation should have been enacted “years ago.” Other Cities Active. She said: “In many cities through- out this country similar legislation al- ready has been adopted, enforced and sustained. But action in other cities is often assured through the militant steps which can be taken by the electorate who, through their elected representatives, can prevent the establishment of these so-called nuisance industries. But action by residents of the District must be re- stricted to such tactics as resolutions, petitions, newspaper editorials, and the like. Having no vote, the residents here are at the mercy of the Congress which controls the District.” Mrs. Norton also declared another “peculiar situation” injects itself into the problem—‘“the responsibility of Congress, 30 far as the District is concerned, is not only to the residents here, but also to the country at large.” “Steps must be taken,” she said, “to insure that the Nation's Capital will be developed along those lines which will prevent the location in the seat of the Government of in- dustries whose operations are unduly injurious, obnoxious, or offensive by reason of noise, smoke, odor, gas or dust. It is therefore the joint stimuli ofh 11‘;1cnl pl;;tut and national pride which should induce Congress to this bill.” i Calling attention to the Senate hear- ings, she continued: “It is plain from an examination of this transcript that there is considerable at stake in con- nection with this bill. Responsible Gov- ernment officials have indicated their support of this bill and have demon- strated the possible effect upon Gov- ernment investment in various under- takings such as hospitals, public build- ings, parks, roadways and housing proj- ects, if such a bill is not adopted as soon as possible. Furthermore, wit- nesses have testified as to the need for this bill in preserving the orderly development of the District as the seat of the Government.” Mrs. Norton also pointed out the territorial limits of the District are fixed, and that the growing popu- lation “makes it necessary that im- mediate steps be taken to prevent the construction of buildings which will be used for purposes not consistent with the manner in which the Nation's Capital should be developed.” “We all know,” she said, “that the District is essentially a residential area, that this is not the place for heavy industries. It seems to me, therefore, that a bill of this nature only makes articulate what some of us felt was long necessary, and, I believe, what some of us mistakingly considered was already the law.” “Our function as legislators in the exercise of police authority,” Mrs. Nor- ton continued, “is to weigh the public benefit against resulting hardship to individual personal and property rights. Where the public benefit out- weighs individual hardships as strik- ingly as it does in this instance, per- sonal rights must yleld to the para- mount rights of the Government in ~ Seizing a Gun “Toter” Kentucky State police as they arrested a man listed as Murl McGuire at West Liberty, Ky., yesterday, taking a .41-caliber re- volver from him while Mrs. Roosevelt was speaking to a crowd of several thousand persons at school house. McGuire was charged with carryin, the dedication of ¢ W. P. A. a concealed deadly weapon, and later was released under $200 bond. Mrs. Roosevelt was not informed of the incident until after she finished speaking. Dioramas Take Hold —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. First Entries in Contest Tell of Enter- tainment. Following are the first essays re-| ceived by The Star. They are entries | No. 1 and No. 2 for the Diorama “Cas- tles in Spain,” which ran last Sun-| day, and they are eligible for any one of this list of awards: First prize; $5; second prize, $4.; Lhird_ prize, $3; fourth prize, $2, and 11| honorable mentions, each $1. The first essay was submitted by Bill Granat, who lives at the West- chester Apartments: It reads: Dioramas. 1 like the Dioramas, created by Hol- | ling C. Holling, because they are easily | constructed; nothing to buy; they are | entertaining, interesting, educational and amusing. The Dioramas can be made in short time. Pirst, I cut out the pieces and put them together roughly to see how it would look when I had finished. I pasted the frame to cardboard. Then 1 pasted the background to brown wrapping paper and then I pasted the tabs to the background and the Dio- rama was completed. It took me 1 hour and 40 minutes to make “Castles in Spain.” The Dioramas are very easy to make, and I needed no help in construeting “Castles in Spain.” “Castles in Spain,” which shows the Alhambra that has been destroyed in the Spanish revolution, is a remem- brance of a great castle. The two figures on the frame which have in- scriptions below are historic. Likes Dioramas. The second essay received by the contest editor was written by Anthony Delgado, a pupil of the Henry D. Cook | 8chool, 3-B grade, who resides at 1620 Fuller street. It reads: A “I like the ‘Dioramas’ because it's fun cutting them out, pasting them on cardboard, they are prettily colored and when completed are worth show- ing. Also there is no cost but when finished look as good as a toy bought | in a store. I like theaters and the finished Dioramas are like a stage | setting. B. “My daddy helped me make it. He | read about Dioramas in The Star and told me. C. “I cut out the sections, paste them on white cardboard with library paste. Then I trim the different sections. I attach the back sections to the frame with brass staples instead of paste. This is both quicker, cleaner and | neater. I made ‘Castles in Spain’ in ! an hour. D. “I showed my teacher all three | Dioramas and she wants me to give | them to the class as a permanent | exhibit. She explained and told in- teresting stories about all three Dioramas. End of Eseay. “I hope you like my essay. If you wish I can mail the dioramas for inspection.” Next Sunday's World Museum Diorama is called “Dragons That Walked on the Water” and shows a fleet of Viking ships sailing out from the fjords of Norway. It is beautiful and highly colored and lends itself well to lighting effects. Watch for it. Put it together neatly and submit your essay for the second week of The Star's Diorama contest. Cash prizes await you. All children under 16 years of age, other than those related to Star em- ployes, are eligible in the contest. To compete entrants should merely write an essay, answering these ques- tions: (a) Why I like the diorama, (b) Who helped me make it, (c) How 1 made it and (d) What it added to my | education. The essays should not be over 150 words, and should state the time taken in making the diorama. conserving the general welfare, This maxim of law is fundamental to our democratic system of Government. It is a maxim which the Supreme Court within recent years has extended s0 as to make municipal planning and zon- ing legally feasible.” Mrs. Norton also opposed proposals that owners of property affected by the bill be paid as “an unprecedented step.” “It would be, in effect,” she said, “a price paid by a legislative body to individuals under its jurisdiction for the privilege of exercising the police power residing in that legisiative body. It would be a step which would do violence to the very essence of the police power, for it assumes that de- spite the fact that a legislative body has determined that the interests of the community at large require the passage of a bill under the police power, the interests of certain affected individuals of that community are so superior to the interests of the entire community as to justify an apology in the form of monetary compensation for the exercise of that legislative body's sovereign power.” s SENATE EMPLOYES PLAN TRIP JUNE 5 Those Unable to Make Recent New York Excursion to Be in 8econd Party. Benate employes who were unable to make the recent New York excur- sion sponsored by the “Little Con- gress” today were planning a second trip on Saturday, June 5. Under the tentative schedule the group will leave at 10 o'clock that morning by train, spend the after- noon sight-seeing and the evening at Radio City and s night club. On Sunday a trip to West Point is planned with the return to Washington sched- uled that evening. Special train fares are assured if the minimum body of 30 signs up, with group rates also arranged for hotel accommodations and other fea- tures. 4 M’Nutt’s Toast Order Is Still Reverberating Quezon Amused, Re- calls Having Drink With Governor. By the Associated Press. MANILA, May 25.—Resentment and amusement mingled today in reactions greeting the Jnited States high com- missioner’s instructions that he be toasted before the President of the Philippine Commonwealth at social funotions. “As far as we are concerned, Presi- dent Quezon, being head >f the gov- errment, comes first,” said Assembly- man Juan L. Luna of Mindora con- cerning Commissioner Paul V. Mc- Nutt's circular letters to foreign Consuls. Most Filipino legislators expressed indifference. From other quarters there were manifestations of resentment. Administrative Assistant Wayne Coy stressed today the fact that the “toast” letters were sent out because of confusion over the proper pro- oedure in drinking to the honor of governmental heads. Coy #aid McNutt is “the ranking official in the Philippines” and implied a8 long as the Philippines are not in- dependent, he should have precedence over President Quezon. In New York, President Quezon ap- peared amused at the incident, and recalled having a drink with McNutt there. He said nobody was toasted first, “we just had & drink together.” To Receive Degree. Marcus George QGeiger, 1717 M street northeast, will receive an etched silver plaque and the degree of geolog- ical engineer at the sixty-third an< nual commencement exercises of the Colorado Bchool of Mines Pridsy at Golden, Colo. & YOUTH SAYS GIRL - WIELDED HATCHET Wighiman Testifies Former Sweetheart Killed Her Mother. By the Associated Press. JERSEY CITY, N. J.,, May 25.—Red- haired Donald Wightman, 19, counter accused Gladys MacKnight, his for- mer sweetheart, today on the witness stand of killing her mother with a hatchet last July 31. In a dramatic session of Hudson County's Oyer and Terminer Court tha youth flatly denied the story vo which she stuck through 11 hours on the witness stand placing the blame on him. “The blows (that killed Mrs. Helen MacKnight) were struck by whom?" questioned his counsel, Col. George T Vickers. “Gladys,” he replied. Girl Smiles Sardonically. The girl who blames him wk blames her for the actual sla leaned her chin in her blue-gl hand with a sardonic smile. Donald didn't look at I He sat chair, as he contradicted her story that: He wielded the hatchet while Gladys struggled with her mother sesion of a second knife—Gla she had already wrested one fr mother’s grasp—when Mrs Knight became angered on catching them in a love scene. There was no “petting scene” in the MacKnight kitchen before the slav- ing, Donald said. There was no “sec- ond knife.” He said he wasn't even kitchen when Gladys and got in an argument He was upstairs in the bathroom, he sadd. Couldn’t Bear Argument. The pale, brown-eyed youth, neat in a gray suit and a blue shirt, said he couldn't hear what was said in the argument that took place between Mrs. MacKnight and Gladys while he ‘was upstairs. A little earlier, he sa: some talk between G mother concerning supper, b: know what it was.” Confronted earlier in the her mother with admitted | inaccuracies in her police statement | accusing her sweetheart of the hatchet slaying of her mother, Glad back under cross-examina ing the statement was true.” » While her co-defendant listened to O'Regan’s continued eff to break down the girl's story, Gladys clung to her testimony that “Donald did it.” Story Largely Unshaken. Her story was still largely unshaken when the prosecutor ended his main cross-examination of the girl at noon after two days of questioning. The girl's counsel said redirect examina= tion would be brief. O'Regan, pursuing his relentless ex- amination, concentrated on the firss statement the girl gave police after she and Donald were arrested and charged with the hatchet murder. In this statement she laid the blame on Donald. A second statement, in which: she allegedly named herself as the hatchet slayer, she repudiated aj “manufactured by the police.” . insist= ubstantially BOYS CLUBS’ VALUE Delinquency Reduced in Areas Having Them, He Says in Funds Appeal. The value of the Metropolitan Po- lice Boys’ Clubs to the city was cited | last night in a radio address by Presi- dent James E. Colliflower, who pointed to the reduction in delinquency here | since establishment of the organiza- tion. “Delinquency has been reduced in every section where there is a club,” Colliflower declared. “They are, with- | out doubt, a real value to Washington and the people as & whole should lend their financial support in the cur- | rent $75.000 campaign.” The mone; sought is to cover expenditures of the | club during 1937. Part of it will be used to send the boys to Camp Ernest W. Brown. “At this Scotland (Md.) camp the boys will be given. a taste of the real outdoors,” Colliflower said. “It is planned that the club’s vegetables wiil be grown there and the fish used for food will be caught in a net placed in the river.” Paul Whiteman, orchestra leader, was to present a silver trophy to Maj Brown at a luncheon at the Willard | Hotel today. The cup wiil be handed down annually to the championst base ball team of the four bran clubs. CHILDREN'S HOME BENEFIT IS TONIGHT Bpring Festival by Sons and Daughters of Parsonage and * Swartzell Choir. A Spring festival for the benefit of the Swartzell Methodist Home for Children will be held at Calvary M. E. Church, Columbia road near Fif- teenth street, at 8 o'clock tonight by the Sons and Daughters of the Par- , sonage and the Swartzell Home Choir. The occasion is the 25th anniver- sary of the founding of the home, located at 6200 Second street. A group of Methodist ministers an¢ their sons will sing a hymn in tribute to the late Bishop McDowell. Mics Elizabeth Gray, daughter of Chan- cellor Gray of American University, will give readings. Music will be fur- nished by Ardis Atkinson Cannon and her husband, Thurston H. Cannon. The main address will be delivered by E. Barrett Prettyman, former cor- poration counsel and son of Dr. For- est J. Prettyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He will be introduced by Dr. James Shera Mont- gomery, chaplain of the House. Louis A Potter, Calvary Church organist, will play during the pro- gram. Mrs. B. T. Hynson, president of the Board of Managers of the home, will preside. Four Jailed in Bomb Plot. MANILA, May 25 (#).—Four mem= bers of the extremist Sakdal party were each sentenced today to a yeat in prison and fined $500 for illegal possession of bombs in connection with last October's alleged bombing and incendiary plot. 14 »