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A—2 ss» Lawrence, 7 Others Go on Trial Today In Pennsylvania ‘Macing’ of State Workers For Political Contributions Laid to Democrats By the Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa., March 25.— State Democratic Chairman David L. Lawrence and seven other mem- bers of his party went on trial to- day on charges of conspiring to “mace” or assess State workers for political contributions under threat of dismissal or demotion. | The charges resulted from accusa- tions hurled during the 1938 Demo- cratic State primary campaign. A grand jury investigation brought in- dictments of a number of high Dem- ocrats in the “Little New Deal” ad- ministration of former Gov. Earle, now Minister to Bulgaria, and con- viction of three men in a series of | trials. | Acquitted of Blackmail. District Attorney Carl B. Shelley ! charged in his petition for the grand | Jury investigation that Mr. Lawrence and his co-defendants sought to solicit State employes for contribu- tions totaling $2,000,000. during the Earle administration. He contended employes earning up to $1.200 an- .EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 25 1940, MR. SCHULTE GETS A RIBBING—No pow-wow in Persia is the above scene, but the committee room of the House Dis- trict Committee when a group called today to twit Repre- Pt o sentative Schulte, Democrat, of Indiana on the cancellation of his proposal to investigate crystal gazers. (Story on Page A-1.) nually were required to donate 3 per | cent of their salaries and those! earning more were asked for 5 per cent. | Mr. Lawrence, who served as Sec- | retary of the Commonwealth under Gov. Earle, was acquitted last sum- | mer of blackmail and extortion charges resulting from the grand Jury investigation. Other defendants charged with conspiracy include Ralph M.| Bashore, secretary of the State| Democratic Committee and secre- | ary of labor and industry in the Earle cabinet. and Carl K. Deen. Army Expects Garand Rifle To Improve Marksmanship Aimed Fire, Typical Won’t Be Changed, This is the last of a series of three articles discussing the new Garand rifle. In the series The Star endeavors to cover both the criticisms and defense of the new rifle in order to present a fair picture of the controversy. resident secretary of the party. | Party Workers Indicted. No departure from the traditional Five minor party workers have American military policy of building | been indicted on both conspiracy |up a combat infantry of trained and extortion charges. They are marksmen is contemplated because Frank R. Hean, former secretary of of the adoption of the Garand semi- the State Pardon Board: Robert M. automatic rifile as the standard in- Fager, William B. Freeland, Wen- fantry arm of the United States dell Morgenthaler and Clyde H.' Army, according to spokesmen for Smith. the War Department. The eight will be tried together Since the beginning, the American on the conspiracy charge. Trial of | soldier has depended for battle su- the five for extortion will follow. periority on aimed rifle fire. Euro- Previous trials resulted in convic- | pean tactics, on the contrary, since tion of Roy E. Brownmiller, former | State secretary of highways, on charges of failing to halt padding of State highway payrolls, and of James P. Kirk and Victor Skok, | Pittsburgh insurancemen, of con- spiring to monopolize the bonding business on road contracts. All three have appealed their sentences | and fines to the State Superior Court. Mrs. Alma Stierlin, Piano Teacher, Dies Mrs. Alma Ebert Stierlin; widow of William C. Stierlin, died vester- day after a long illness at her home, the Plaza Apartments, 2210 Penn- sylvania avenue N.W. 4 Mrs. Stierlin was the daughter of the late Charles and Mrs. Rosalie Ebert of Washington. She was well known as a piano teacher and was | active in church and club work. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. L. H. Quirollo of Los Angeles and Mrs. Charles S. Eisinger and Mrs. William T.-Reed, both of Wash- ington. s Funeral services will be held at 8:15 p.m. tomorrow at the Hines funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street N.W., with burial in Rock Creek Cemetery. Congress in Brief Senate: | Opens debate on reciprocal trade program. 1 Military Affairs Committec con-| siders inquiry into airplane sales! to foreign nations. 10 a.m. House: | | | have been supervising tests of the earliest days of gunfire, have called for laying down a “blanket” of fire and individual soldiers as a rule were not trained as marksmen. The tendency toward an unaimed, blanket or area fire method seems to have grown rather than decreased | with the improvement abroad of automatic and semi-automatic in- fantry weapons. Fear had been expressed that the adoption by the United States Army of the new Garand rifle, a gas- operated rifie equipped to fire with almost machine-gun speed. would lead to abandonment of the old, time-tested “policy which-~has been the foundation of Amerfcan mili- tary success since the days when the long-rifies -of the old frontiersmen smasheg the Yormations of the fingst veterans of Europe's afmies. ’ Claim Accuracy Improved. Nothing is further from the truth, according to military leaders who o new Garand rifle in the hands of 3 types of soldiers. from raw recruits who never have fired a military weapon to veterans .of the targe! ranges. 'They express the belief, | based upon the results of firing of | thousands of rounds of ammunition under simulated combat conditions, that the battle accuracy of Amer- ican doughboys will be improved, rather than diminished, by adoption of the Garand in place of the | Springfield, which has been the standard infantry weapon for nearly | three decades. Although admitting that there has been some controversy’' among military personnel over the com- parative efficiency of the Garand and the Springfield, military au- thorities express the belief that it | will be only a question of time be- Considers sales tax for District of | fore the Garand is recognized as Columbia. | the best infantry weapon yet de- Dies Committee resumes henrings.'veloped in this country or abroad. 10 am. Much of the criticism, they con- Weather Report (Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia—Fair and continued cold tonight and tomorrow; lowest tonight about 18 degrees; slowly rising temperature Wednesday; diminishing northwest winds becoming gentle variable tomorrow night. Maryland and Virginia-—Generally fair and continued cold tonight and tomorrow; slowly rising temperature Wednesday. ‘West Virginia—Fair tonight an d tomorrow; Wednesday light snow; continued cold tonight followed by slowly rising temperature by tomorrow afternoon and on Wednesday. Pressure is low_ over Maine 099 0 millibars (20.50 inchesi. trough extending with & dabout 300 miles east & ship. 10119 millibars (2088 inches) and thence southwestward across the Florida Peninsula fo another wave disturbance over the West Gulf re- @ion centered about 730 miles east-south- Brownsville, Tex. a ship. 1011.2 4 inches). " Pressure is low and falling over the Western Plateau re- gion. Salt Lake City. Utah. 1004.7 millibars (20,67 inches). and pressure continues low over the Gulf of Alaska and the Southern Alaskan_ coast. Kodiak. 9K9. millibars (2921 mhes). Hich pressure has over- spread the United States from the Rocky Mountains eastward to the Atlantic Coast and southward to the Gulf States Wwith hich M est_pressire centered over the Upper ppi Vall Minneapolis. _ Minn . 1 5 Light rains have occurred over in portions of the Pacific No» A hwest. Light snow has fallen from Montana and the | Dakotas_soufheastward into Western Iowa. and lieht to moderate snow has fallen over Tennessee vortions of Kentucky, the Carolines and Southern Virginia. ~Snow finrries have continued in the Appalachian yegion. while moderate to heavy rain has eccurred in connection with thunderstorms n extreme Southern Texas. The weather as become decidedly colder with tem- peratures considerably below normal {rom ©Oklahoma and Texas eastward to the South Atlantic States alley eastward. while the weather has become warmer with _unseasonably high temperatures over the Far Western States. Revort for Last 48 Hours. Temperature. Barometer Baturday— Degrees. Inches. 4pm 5 0.9 & pm Midnisht PINTOrS - by S o Zow Record for Last (Prom noon Highast, 32 0. R4 Lowest. 19. 6:4 aro. Al 1 to noon vesterday. today.) vesterday .4 pm. Year 5 am. today. Record Temperatures This Highest. 65. on March 20, Lowest. 7. on January 2. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to moon today.) Highest, 47 per cent. Year. 2y Lowest. 18 per cent. at 5 p.m. yester- day. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear at Harpers Perry; Potomac clear at Great Falls today. Caribou. % - southward to & wave | fornia and | Temperatures continue | elow normal from the Upper Mississippi | Year | at 5:10 am. | g8 Lo, | Tide Tables (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic ‘_fi'\’lrvu.l ay " Tomorrow 07 am. 9:58a.m | High Low ‘m High 9:34 pm. Low _ 2 4100 p.m. The Sun and Moon Rises. Sun. today 6:04 8un. tomorrow Moon today 6:0: 857 p.m. Automobile lights must be one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation Monthly precipitation in_inches tn the Capital (current month to date): 1940. Ave. Record, September October November P Rain- . Low, fall. Weather. 6 40 Cloudy’ Bismarck e 2 D15 3 B Chicago Cincinnati | Cleveland Huron Ind'napolis Jacks'ville | Kans. City | Los Angeies | Loutsville Miami P TUIR Ss b S e S2 PO TS 4 | New York | Norfolk | Okla. City Omabhi maha Phila’lphia o BRI BEZ % DI T A AT I of U. S. Battle Tactics, Officers Say tend, has been based upon & mis- understanding of the new rifle, it§ use and its capabilities and also upon the fact that critics were familiar only with earlier models of the Garand, which, it is said by the War Department, have been im- proved in a number of important re- spects since the weapon first went into production. Fine Sights Could Be Fitted. Some of the misunderstanding also is due to the fact, they said that the Garand, being intended for use purely as a combat weapon up to the limit of the so-called “battle ranges” of 500 vards or less, has not been equipped with the fine sights of the Springfield. With the greater rate of fire of the Garand, coupled with the fact that the user need not spoil his aim by working a rifle bolt between shots, extremely fine sights are not required on the new rifle, it is contended. There is no ruth to reports that the fine sight has been eliminated, because the Garand is essentially a less accurate weapon than the Springfield, Army officials insist, and they back their claims by pointing to the records of prolonged and exhaustive tests. With virtually the same barrel and the same ammuni- tion there is no appreciable differ- ence in the accuracy of the two rifles, they contend, and there is no season why the Garand could not De fitted with the fine Springfield sights - and used with equal ac- turacy. 5 Even with the coarse sights the arand in the hands of untrained soldiers has proved to be more ac- Turate than the Springfield in the hands of men of the same caliber, according to the War Department % In one of the comparative tests of the Springfield and the Garand, 2n equal number of men of equal ) | {raining fired over the same course. With thé~two weapans.” The-groul firing “the Garand obtaihet! - 2.36 times as many hits per man per minute as the group firing the Springfield, the War Department said officially. Firer's Position Not Disturbed. “The effect,” it was announced, “is to increase the fire eMciency of troops armed with this weapon— more accuracy per shot, more shots per minute and more minutes of effective firing,’ the War Depart- ment said. This is due to the fact that the firer’s position is not disturbed be- tween shots by the necessity for operating a bolt to reload the piece and by the great reduction in recoil of the gas-operated Garand, as compared with the Springfield and other high-power shoulder rifies The lessened recoil greatly reduces the drain upon the physical and nervous endurance of the firer, it is claimed, and prolonged firing does not result in the bruised shoulder, cheek and nose so familiar with other high-power rifies. The rear sight of the Garand, made possible partially by the les- sened recoil, is entirely new in prin- ciple and is regarded by the War Department as a great improvement in its fleld. The aperture is closer to the eye, and the longer sight radius thus provided makes possible more accurate firing, it is explained. One of the chief criticisms of the Garand rifle, voiced by Maj. Gen. M. A. Reckord, executive vice presi- 'm. | dent of the National Rifie Associa- tion, adjutant general of the State of Maryland, member of the Na- tional Board for the Promotion of i | Rifle Practice and A. E. F. combat officer during the World War, among others, is that it is not suitable for use with the powerful M1 ammuni- tion developed since the World War and that M2 ammunition, a refine- ment of the World War M1906 am- munition, has been specified for the new weapon. Can Fire Either Ammunition. Actually, according to the War 9 | Department, the question of ammu- nition does not enter into the picture at all, insofar as the Garand is con- cerned. Tests conducted at Fort Benning, Ga., show that the Garand will fire either M1 or M2 ammuni- tion with equal facility, it was an- nounced. It was explained by the War Department that the M1 cart- ridge, with a boat-tailed, 172-grain bullet, 22 grains heavier than the 1906 bullet, has a range so great that it has been difficult to obtain target ranges which permitted fir- ing this ammunition safely. It is conceded that the fire of individual rifiemen in combat will not be at ranges of more than 600 yards, the War Department said. “Why should the individual soldier carry a cartridge as powerful s the M1 when its excess power serves no purpose other than to subject him to a terrific wallop each time he fires?” Maj. Gen. C. M. Wesson, chief of ordnance, asked in a recent ad- dress before the National Rifle As- sociation. “It also adds nearly an extra pound of weight to his already heavy load, and has no more deadly effect on an enemy at effective ranges than a less powerful cart- ridge, such as the M2. “This led to quite extensive tests of the new M2 cartridge. The re- sults were so conclusively in favor (3 of this cartridge that it was adopted for all shoulder weapons. Subse- quently, it was adopted for all ma- chine guns, except the aircraft type, when tests demonstrated that its maximum effective range was ade- | quate.” Gen, Wesson expressed the be- lief that, as a result of further tests now being made, the M2 am- munition will also become standard for aircraft use and that the Army in the future will have only this one type of caliber .30 ball ammunition, which, he said, “is as it should be and ought to serve every purpose.” “From a military standpoint,” Gen. Wesson said, “it is my opinion | that the adoption of this M2 cartridge has been a great step forward. It not only provides our troops with an entirely satisfactory combat cartridge, but one which can be manufactured much more | readily than the M1 type.” With the Garand rifle and the | M2 ammunition, Gen. Wesson said, | | the American doughboy is on his | way to become “the most formi- dable rifleman in the world.” The Garand has met the follow- ing exacting requirements set up by the services for it, the War De- partment said offifficially: It is within the maximum weight limit of 9 pounds, it is well balanced and adapted to easy shoulder firing; it is simple, strong, compact and adapted to ease of manufacture, it is designed to prevent prema- ture unlocking and the use of oil or grease on the cartridge case is not necessary for proper function- ing. Passed in Field Tests. Field tests conducted by the in- fantry and cavalry passed the Garand with *flying colors, it was announced. | “It might be well to mention, in | | padsing, that these services are not prone-to ‘nurse’ a weapon along in | any test,” it was pointed out in an official statement from the ord- nance department. “In such cases it is custdmary to issue the test weapon to all classes of soldiers from the tyro to the expert rifle- | man. When a test weapon receives a diploma from the school of the doughboy it is truly fit for the warg. “In all comparative tests between | the _semi-auomatic . (Garand) and the-bolt-action, shoulder rifie (the | | Springfield), conducted by the Ordnance Department, as well as| the using services, the new rifle | clearly demonstrated its marked superiority. These tests included combat and anti-aircraft firing with expert, partially trained and untrained soldiers. It generally is | conceded that for short periods of | fire the M1 has the value of ap- proximately three bolt-action rifles. —Star Staff Photo. Hull Said to Be Urging Friends Not to Boost Him for Nomination Garner's Name Entered In Oregon Primary To Be Held May 17 By the Associated Press. Secretary of State Hull was re- ported authoritatively today to be urging friends to refrain from boost- ing him for the Democratic presi- dential nomination. These friends expressed the opin- ion, however, that the 68-year-old cabinet member would feel it a party duty to accept the nomin: tion if it should fall his way. Meanwhile, it was announced Vice President Garner has formally en- tered the Oregon Democratic presi- dential primary to be held May 17. His request for a place on the nominating ballot was signed Satur- day and sent to Earl Snell, Oregon Secretary of State. Well-advised informants said that Sales-Income Tax Or Some Other Levy, Donovan Declares Auditor Tells Women Additional D. C. Revenue Is Sorely Needed Proposed legislation providing a sales tax for the District, coupled with an income tax on salaries over $10,000, would provide additional revenue badly needed by the Dis- trict as “going concern,” Auditor Daniel J. Donovan told the District Federation of Women's Clubs today. Maj. Donovan declared that pro- ponents realized there will be a fight against the sales tax, but that if it is not adopted, some other theans must be found to provide new revenue. He estimated that under the pres- ent income levy the District will be confronted with a revenue deficit of about $1,000,000 at the close of the fiscal year, and that under present budget estimates this figure would be advanced to $1,800,000 next year These deficits would occur even if the present income tax covered all residents of the District, regard- less of their legal residential claim. Maj. Donovan pointed out that it was the objective of those design- ing the proposed sales tax to lessen the burden on the man in the street by accompanying it with a personal income levy on persons with salaries of over $10,000. He urged the women to bear in mind that the population of the District is growing and its demands as well as its costs are increasing. Under the present tax program the income tax levy would raise about $1,000,000, if all residents of the District were taxed, and the 5 per cent corporation tax, ap- proximately $2.200,000, he declared. This, he added, would result in a loss in local revenue of approximate- ly $2,000,000 over last year, when the intangible personal property tax raised approximately $3,000,000 and the business privilege tax, $2,200,000. Even with the increase of $1,000,000 |in the Federal payment over last year, there is a net loss of $1,000,000, | he said. " Schulte | (Continued From First Page.) ‘,appenred to puzzle the members. | Finally, as the committee was about to adjourn, the spokesman for the group, who gave his name to news- Secretary Hull determined some time ago not to seek any delegates to the Democratic National Conven- tion. He was described as believing that ary political activity on his part would impair his usefulness as head of the State Department. This attitude is in line with the only public comment the Secretary has madc on the presidential ques- tion He told reporters early in | January that he had no presidential ambitions. An aide reinforced this stard by declaring that Mr. Hull wanted no politics intermingled in his department’s affairs. Has Refused Backing. Several members of Congress, it was learned, have wanted to issue statements supporting Mr. Hull for the Democratic nomination, but the Secretary has requested them to re- m. in silent. Informed persons said that Mr. Hull probably would consider it both a personal and a party obligation | final action on several which had | papermen as Jim Mullings, arose and announced he had a birthday | present and a copy of a resolution | for Mr. Schulte. Mr. Mullings explained the crystal gazers, clairvoyants and tea leaf | readers in Washington had looked | | into the future and discovered Mr. Schulte would soon have a birth- day. Slowly he raised a large vari- colored handkerchief that covered crystal ball. Representative Schulte backed off and took another seat on the far side of the committee table. “Take it away,” he said, “I dont want it.” Mr. Schulte, as chairman of both the Public Health and Police and Fire subcommittees, had just pre- viously submitted reports on a num- ber of bills on which these groups acted last week. The full committee approved certain minor bills the sub- committees had tabled, but withheld Hotel Has to Stage Two Egg Hunts as Chipmunks Horn In FRENCH LICK, Ind, March 25 (#).—Chipmunks delayed the start of the French.Lick Springs Hotel’s Easter egg hunt. ‘They stole the eggs hidden for the youngsters and attend- ants had to put out more. Hours later the chipmunks were found chattering over bright-covered eggshells. Identification Discs Worn by Soldiers Also Show Blood Type New System Speeds Aiding of Wounded On War Fronts By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 25.—The identi- fication disc worn by soldiers in the European War has become also a “blood tag.” Inscribed on the disc along with the soldier’s name is his blood group, so doctors can tell at a glance what kind of blood to give him, in case of injury, or whether his blood can be used for transfusion to aid an- other, Reports to the American Medical Association show both English and German troops, and probably French also, wear around their neck identity tags with blood groups designated on them. An example of the medical pre- caution being taken was the Austra- lian Expeditionary Force, which went to Suez to swell the huge army the allies are massing in the Near East. D. C. Woman Opens Extradifion Fight In Slaying Case Philadelphia Authorities Charge Mrs. Smith Put ‘Finger’ on Victim Mrs. Effie Hattie Smith, 59, began in Police Court this morning a fight against extradition to Philadelphis, where she is wanted in connection with & murder five years ago. Mrs. Smith, through Attorney Homer L. McCormick, announced that she would not follow the ex- ample of four Washingtonians who had waived extradition and been returned to Philadelphia in con- nection with the same slaying. She was arrested here Saturday night at her home in the 3500 block of New Hampshire avenue N.W. and said at that time she would waive extradition. But when she appeared before Judge John P. McMahon this morning her attorney asked that she be granted the customary 30 days continuance to prepare her fight against the charges. Judge McMahon granted the con- tinuance, ordering her to be brought back on April 25 for a hearing. She was returned to the Women's Bureau and held without bond. Mrs. Smith, manager of .a down- town cafeteria, was arrested as a fugitive from justice. A homicide charge was brought by Detective Capt. William C. Engle of Phila- delphia, who said that Mrs. Smith had been named in a confession made by one of the four Washing- tonians already held for the killing in 1935 of Miss Winifred Flan- nery, 61. | Named by Guida. | Capt. Engle said Mrs. Smith had been named by Joseph Guida, 48, A report from London in the cur- | Washington produce merchant, as rent A. M. A. Journal said that be- | the person who put the “finger” on fore leaving Australia X-ray pho-|the murder victim. Miss Flannery, tographs were taken of every sol- |# housekeeper ror_ Lt. John 8. Mor- dier for signs of tuberculosis and |Tison, U.S. N, retired, was strangled the blood group of every man was| !0 death during the course of & recorded on his pay book and in- | burglary in the Morrison apartment. | scribed on his identity disc. | _Guida, with his wife, Helen, 37; In the last war, when transfusions JOhn Lagana, 37, and Angela La- were needed at advance dressing| 88n8, 35, was arrested here last stations, doctors had to determine | Week. accused of the killing. The | the patient’s blood type and then | fOuUr were extradited to Philadel | search for a donor having blood Phia. S | of the same type. At the time of the slaying. Phila- delphia police told the Associated a large dish and produced a baby | ~| It has been proposed also in Eng- | land that all civilians should have | their blood typed and should wear the “blood tags” because of the possibility of large-scale casualties from air raids. :'Old-fimers” Lunch Set for Tomorrow The Membership Committee of the | Board of Trade will stage its an- | nual “old-timers’ " luncheon tomor- | row at 12:30 pm. at the Willard | Hotel. This event is staged each year |in honor of former chairmen and | members of the committee. George | ‘Plitt, sr., twho served as chairman !in 1923, will preside in place of | the present chairman, C. Hayward | Marshall. | Three other meetings are on the trade board’s docket for this week. They are: | Health Department Co-operation | Subcommittee of the Public Health | | Committee, tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. at the Harrington Hotel; Dr. Darrell { C. Crain, chairman. Speciai committee of Insurance 10 support President Roosevelt if the | been favorably reported. These in- | Committee, Wednesday at 4 pm. in latter should be nominated for a third term. Speculation about a ticket com- posed of Mr. Hull and Postmaster General Farley has been active here ever since Mr. Farley announced last week that his name would go before the Democratic convention. Mr. Farley will go to Maine this week to address the State Demo- semi-automatic shoulder rifle.have | in the week, to an annual “Mule been converted by one personal ex- | Day” celebration in Tennessee Sat- | perience in firing this weapon. The | urday. and will spend the week end lack of fatigue after continuous fir- | With a friend of himself and Mr. ing and the ease with which the | piece can be held on the target | throughout the firing of a complete | Garner in that State. Will See Many Leaders. Before he gets back Mr. Farley clip is remarkable for the type of fire. The average rifleman is capable of firing approximately 40| shots per minute. will have dedicated post offices, ticians in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and most of the Southern States. talked with postmasters and poli- | | cluded bills to modernize and tighten existing law regulating the praciice of dentistry and to permit retirement of police and firemen at | half pay after 25 years’ service. | Chairman Randolph announced ap- | pointment of Representatives Poage. | | Democrat, of Texas and Sandager, | Republican, of Rhode Island as | members of the Judiciary Subcom- Many skeptics of the principle of a | cratic convention, to Kentucky late | mittee. and urged that early hear- ings be held on bills pending before it to regulate the small loan com- | panies. | Highefilet Reported | By lllinois Central Br the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, March 25.—The Illi- | the board offices in The Star Build- ing: Frederick P. H. Siddons, chair- | man. Traffic Committee, Friday at 12:30 | pm., at Harvey's Restaurant; P. Y. K. Howat, chairman. Fort Meade Regiment To Go to Fort Beaning Press, Mrs. Smith was operating a | tea room in the fashionable Ritten- | house Square district. Lt. Morrison | was one of her customers and, police said, he was pointed out as a likely prospect for robbery. Mrs. Smith, it was stated at her home, managed an eating place here. A man who identified him- self as Will Smith, and said he was | her husband, declared she had lived in Washington for about four years. The man—who stated that he was a Treasury Department clerk and a Sunday school teacher at a Ninth street church—said Mrs. Smith managed a cafeteria in the 1700 block of I street N.W. Says Arrest is Admitted. Detective Sergt. Guy Rone of the local fugitive squad, who arrestea Mrs. Smith, said she admitted being arrested in 1935-on charges of pass- ing counterfeit money in Philadei- | phia. According to the Associated Press she was convicted and sen- tenced to serve four years in the Federal reformatory at Alderson, W. Va. The murder of Miss Flannery, police say, occurred while Mrs. Smith was awaiting trial on the counterfeiting charges. In addition to the four persons arrested in Washington in connection with the case, Philadelphia authorities are holding Santo Ruggerio, 31, of New York. The arrests were made on | a tip from a New York woman. ‘Sturk,iA;ting for Navy, Indorses Army Day Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of The War Department today an- nounced plans to move the 34th In- | fantry, a two-battalion regiment | now stationed at Fort Meade, Md.. | to Fort Benning. Ga.. about April | 6, for two months’ temporary field training. ‘The department also announced a portion of the 21st Engineers, con- | sisting of the Headquarters Com- Naval Operations, yesterday for- warded to the Military Order of the World War a written indorsement of Army Day to be held April 6. On behalf of officers of the Navy, Admiral Stark wrote: “Occasions such as these serve a dual purpose: To acquaint the general public with Light “Kick” in Garand. “The rifle shows its greatest superiority over the Springflield in anti-aircraft work. The so-called ‘kick’ of the conventional, bolt-ac- tion rifle throws the line of aim well away from the target at each shot. The aim is further disturbed by manipulating the bolt for the insertion of a new cartridge. In the M1 (Garand) the ‘kick’ is very light and it is easy to keep the rifle on the target throughout succeed- ing shots. “The advantage of this for de- fense against high-speed, low-alti- tude aircraft, where the target is present for a fractional period of time, can be appreciated readily. Try, for the moment, to visualize a company of soldiers, on the march, equipped with semi-automatic rifles. An airplane traveling at a speed of about 200 miles per hour suddenly appears over the top of the trees. 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