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Airplane Slayer
Admits Killing Victim
Without Reason
Flying Lessons a 'Stall'
To Steal Craft; Bivens Not
Implicated, He Says
the Associated Press.
MACON. Mo., Oct. 31— In a new
account of the murder In an air
plane of Carl Bivens, Brookfield
Mo., flying instructor. Prosecuting
Attorney Vincent S. Moody said to
day Ernest Pletch, 29-year-old ama
teur pilot, had admitted that he
shot and killed Mr. Bivens without
reason 5.000 feet in the air.
"I just don't know why I killed
him. but I did." Mr. Moody quoted
Pletch as saying.
The Frankfort, Ind.. farmhand
who always had been "crazy” about
airplanes, said he had taken flying
lessons from Mr. Bivens "as a stall’
to steal the plane and use it to prove
some of his "inventions.”
Aamus i.ie .a nout Bivens.
Pletch admitted. Mr. Moody said
that he had lied when he told In
diana authorities, after his arrest
Saturday night, that Mr. Bivens had
planned to steal the borrowed plane
with him and fly to Mexico. He
said in that statement that he shot
Mr. Bivens during a midair quarrel
when Mr. Bivens "backed out.”
Describing Mr. Bivens' fatal flight
Pletch related, according to the
prosecutor, that after 40 minutes
the plane had reached an altitude
of 5.000 feet and was “zipping along.’
"Carl was telling me that I had
natural ability and how I should
follow that line,” Pletch was quoted
as saying.
"I had a revolver in my pocket
and, without saying a word to him
I took it out of my overalls and 1
fired a bullet into the back of his
head. He never said a word. He
never knew what struck him.
To Be Charged With Murder.
"His head fell forward and hit
the throttle—there are dual con
trols in a training ship—and threw
ii wide open. His feet wedged upon
the controls as his body slumped
down in the seat. We were both
etrapped in with safety belts.
“The ship began to pitch and
then to dive. It went crazy and I
remembered reading about a dying
man 'stiffening' at the controls and
then I fired another shot into the
back of his head."
Pletch said he pulled the ship
out of the dive at about 1.500 feet
and landed, but, because he saw
people nearby, took off at once. He
landed again near Cherry Box, Mo.,
and dragged the body into a thicket,
where he left it.
Mr. Moody said he would file mur
der charges against Pletch in the
midair slaying.
Hoffman Declares C. 1.0.
Gives 'Navy Orders'
By the Associated Press.
Representative Hoffman. Repub
lican, of Michigan said yesterday
that President Roosevelt should
“quit playing politics,” deny that
he seeks a third term and turn his
efforts toward "a sensible solution”
of domestic problems.
He placed in the Congressional
Record a report from the Navy De
partment that a labor strike had
delayed delivery of airplane parts
from the Bohn Aluminum & Brass
Corp. of Detroit and a statement of
his own which said Mr. Roosevelt
“may be commander of the Navy,
but the C. I. O. gives the orders.”
“I am not criticizing the Navy,”
the Hoffman statement added, for
the Commander In Chief of the
Navy, the President of the United
States. Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
Is responsible for this situation,
which he made possible by his cod
dling of John L. Lewis of the C. I.
O. and his tacit acceptance of . the
support for a third term of the Com
munists, headed by Earl Browser.”
Acting Secretary of the Navy Edi
son recently wrote Chairman Vinspn
of the House Naval Affairs Commit
tee that the C. I. O. United Automo
bile Workers Union had refused to
permit a Navy man to go through a
picket line and pick up Govern
ment-owned patterns.
soviet War 5tand Waited
As Parliament Meets
By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Oct. 31.—The Supreme
Soviet, Russia’s Parliament, gath
ered today for an extraordinary
session which diplomats watched
for a possible explanation and elab
oration of Soviet foreign policy.
Many observers believed Premier
Foreign Commissar Vyacheslaff
Molotoff would outline Russian pol
icy in the light of new developments,
but there was no definite word of
when he would speak during the
meeting, which probably will last
four or five days.
Il
PHOENIX, ARIZ.—“WELL, HERE I AM"—Winnie Ruth Judd sobs
at the Arizona State Hospital after she was caught and returned
late last night. Sedatives were used to quiet her.
—A. P. Wirephoto.
Through Bus Service
To Rockville Area
Will End Today
New Schedule
Calls for Transfer
At District Line
The Capital Transit Co. will dis
continue today Its through bus
service between downtown Washing
ton and Bethesda, Rockville,
| Gaithersburg and Washington Grove
in Montgomery County, Md., it was
announced today by Dean J. Locke,
chief engineer of the company.
| Starting tomorrow morning on a
new schedule, bus patrons in Mont
I gomery County will have to transfer
at the District line for the trip to
the downtown section
The new schedule of fares ap
proved by the Maryland Public Serv
ice Commission several months ago
also will be placed in effect. Mr.
Locke said. The new rates call for
a slight decrease in areas near the
District line and an increase to
points beyond Bethesda in the upper
section of the county.
urmg vuiiMUfrea.
I Meanwhile, the Interstate Com
I merce Commission was considering
a protest against abandonment of
the through service filed earlier this
month by Eugene B. Van Veen, a
resident of Bethesda. Mr. Van Veen,
in his petition to the I. C. C., con
tended the transit company's plan
for abandoning through service was
an “illegal evasion” of the I. C. C.’s
order against raising fares.
The protest also asserted that the
I. C. C. has the right to refuse the
transit company permission to aban
don the bus line. The I. C. C. has
the right to refuse permission to
abandon railroad lines, but the
question of whether this authority
extends to bus routes has never been
raised in court, it was explained.
Additional Buses Promised.
Officials of the Blue Ridge Lines,
which operate buses between Wash
ington and points in Maryland and
Pennsylvania, announced 10 days
ago that additional buses might be
put on when the transit company
abandons Its through service, but
no further statement has been forth
coming. The Rockville Chamber of
Commerce and other civic organiza
tions along the route have been at
tempting to obtain a continuance of
the through service.
Takoma Red Cross
Branch Meets Thursday
The Takoma Park <D. C.) branch
of the American Red Cross will hold
its annual meeting from 9:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Thursday in the Takoma
Presbyterian Curch. Knitting and
sewing garments for refugees and
making surgical dresssings will oc
cupy more than 40 volunteers ex
pected to attend.
A noon luncheon will be served
by canteen workers. Miss Mabel
T. Boardman, national director of
volunteer special services, will speak
at the celebration of the 11th an
niversary of the branch.
Peter Fritz Seeks
Bill of Particulars
In Beer Sale Case
State's Attorney Says
Request of Defense
Will Not Delay Trial
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I m*uhuu a u uut ui pat liv umi o
: in the case against Peter Fritz,
i proprietor of the Log Cabin Inn at
Wheaton. Md„ who is charged with
selling beer without a license, will
not delay the trial set for Friday at
10 a m. before Justice of the Peace
Ralph G. Shure in Silver "Spring
(Md.) Police Court.
States Attorney Ben G. Wilkinson,
jr.. today said he did not believe a
bill of particulars was warranted,
but would write one if Judge Shure
granted the motion of Defense At
torney James H. Pugh. Mr. Pugh
petitioned for the bill today.
Attorneys Join Defense.
The motion will be argued at the
opening of the trial Friday. Mean
while Miss Vivian and Joseph B.
Simpson, jr., counsel to the Board
ot County Commissioners, today
entered the case on the side of the
defense. They defended Mr. Fritz
on a charge of violating the zoning
ordinances more than a year ago,
raising the question of constitu
tionality of the act creating the
Maryland National Parks and Plan
ning Commission and, in effect, all
the county zoning ordinances. The
charge was later withdrawn.
When Mr. Fritz's application for
rezoning his property from resi
dential to commercial came before
the board a month ago they dis
qualified themselves from serving as
board counsel because of their pre
vious defense of Mr. Fritz.
Double Jeopardy Charged.
Mr. Pugh said today the defense
will contend at the trial Friday that
Mr. Fritz is being placed in double
jeopardy since he was tried on the
same charge last week. Mr. Wilkin
son announced when the second
warrant for Mr. Fritz was sworn
out that Mr. Fritz had not been in
jeopardy at the last trial because
Judge Shure ruled the first warrant
was illegal.
Pending his trial on the beer
charge, Mr. Fritz has temporarily
withdrawn his petition to have his
property reclassified from residential
to commercial. The Montgomery
County Civic Federation and other
groups are fighting the effort to
change the property's zoning.
400 Men Hunt Boy, 7,
Lost From Hunting Camp
By the Associated Press.
WINSLOW, Ariz., Oct. 31.—Addi
tional volunteers today joined 400
men already searching for 7-year-old
Bruce Crozier, lost in the rugged
region 60 miles south of here.
Bruce wandered from the hunting
camp of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. Crozier of Winslow, early Sun
day, dressed only in a light play suit.
Night temperatures drop below the
freezing point.
Searchers used gasoline lanterns in
the night blackness.
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Ruth Judd Guarded
After 'Wild' Return
From 6-Day Freedom
Mad Killer, Trapped
By Hunger, Flies Into
Tantrum When Quizzed
BACKGROUND—
Winnie Ruth Judd, held in an
Arizona State insane asylum
since the murder of Uvo of her
friends in 1931, escaped Seven
days ago. A dummy was left in
her bed and notes said she in
tended to visit her husband and
parents.
By the Associated Press.
PHOENIX, Ariz, Oct. 31.—Winnie
Ruth Judd, "literally a wild woman,"
who sobbed and screamed and threw
things until given a sedative to quiet
her, was back in the Arizona State
hospital for the insane today, care
fully guarded.
The mad trunk killer, dirty, un
kempt and half-starved, who said
she saw “horrible things” during
her six days of freedom, was
caught last night leaving an at
tache's home on the hospital
grounds which she had entered to
obtain food.
Her shoes were gone. There were
holes in her stockings. Bruises and
scratches on her legs indicated she
had fallen or bumped into objects
while wandering in the dark. One
ankle was sprained and she had
fashioned a brace from a girdle.
Carries Food.
In a pillow slip she carried bread
crusts, several cans of soup, spa
ghetti, a glass of jelly, and a nearly
green orange from which she had
sucked the juice.
The new frock and shoes which
she wore when she fled the hospital
last Tuesday night had been ex
changed for an old. brown coat and
drab blue hat, pulled down over
her ears.
Mrs. Judd, who in 1931 killed
Agnes Ann Le Roi and Hedvig
Samuelson and stuffed their bodies
into trunks which were shipped to
Los Angeles, apparently had been
in the vicinity of Phoenix since
' her escape.
Trlls of Hiding.
She told Dr. Louis J. Saxe, hos
pital superintendent, she had been
hiding in a cornfield, about l’i
miles from the main building, and
in a cemetery on the hospital
grounds.
Sheriff Lon Jordan said, however,
he had traced her movements and
that she apparently spent most of
her time hiding in one side of a
duplex, about eight blocks from the
home of her parents, the Rev. and
Mrs. H. J. McKinnell, w’hom she
visited a few minutes after her
j escape.
Sheriff Jordan said Mrs. Judd
spent the first night in an orange
grove. Wednesday night through
Saturday night at the duplex,
where she carved her initials, |
"WRJ'’ and the date ’TO 29 .39" on
a window sill. Sunday night she
visited a minister in Tempe, 9 miles
east of Phoenix, and spent three
hours at his house.
Allows Her to Escape.
The minister attempted to return
the insane blond to the hospital
but permitted her to flee when she
threatened suicide. He notified
Sheriff Jordan.
Attendants said they surrounded
Mrs. Judd last night as she left the
residence of Mel Larson, hospital,
engineer. When she saw escape was j
impossible, they said. Mrs. Judd
walked to the door of the ward j
from which she fled and knocked.
Nurses admitted her and rushed
her to Dr. Saxe’s office.
"Well, here I am," she said, when
Dr Saxe walked in.
To Gov. Bob Jones she said:
“I told you I would come back, and
I did. 1 kept my word to you. I
wanted to see my father. I saw
him and talked with him. then I
came back and gave myself up like
I said I would.”
Brother Is Glad
Mrs. Judd Returned
Burton McKinnell, brother of
Winnie Ruth Judd, said, “I’m glad
she's back—I’m glad she’s not at
large.” when he learned last night
she had returned to the Arizona
State Hospital.
Obviously shaken by the news, he
added in a low voice:
"This means that any efforts to
ward gaining her freedom will he
made in a legal way instead of ille
gally. I think it’s high time to wage
such a mental battle. • * • If she !
committed no crime the State of
Arizona has no further business
with Winnie Ruth Judd in a crim
inal way.”
Mr. McKinnell is a Government
employe.
Engineer Will Recommend
Speed Limit Reduction
A reduction in the speed limit on
Lee boulevard in Arlington County,
Va., will be recommended to the
Virginia State Highway Department
by Safety Engineer G. M. Robertson,
according to an announcement by
the Arlington County Safety Coun
cil.
Civic groups have sought the
change for some time, contending
increased traffic on the thoroughfare
occasioned by growth of the county
has made the State’s open-highway
maximum of 55 miles per hour dan-'
gerous.
The council also revealed a permit
has been granted for erection by the
county of a traffic signal at the in
tersection of U. S. Route 1 and
Twenty-third street, south. The sig
nal will be in operation in about a
month, it was said.
A tabulation for the first four
months of the second fleet operators’
safe drivers contest, sponsored by
the council, shows the County High
way, Sewer and Water Department
fleets have perfect records. The
Texas Oil Co., winner of the first
contest, which ended May 31, is
leading in number of accident-free
miles.
An invitation to colored civic
groups to send delegates to the Ar
lington County Safety Congress, to
be held November 15 in the court
house, has been extended by I.
Chance Buchanan, president of the
congress. Mr. Buchanan pointed out
that no colored organization has
been represented in the past, al
though all groups dedicated to civic
betterment have been eligible.
Uruguay has established heavy
penalties against hoarding and price
increases.
Montgomery Police
Will Be Augmented
For Halloween
Chief Orme Ready
To Aid Youthful
Glen Echo Officials
Chief Charles M. Orme of the
Montgomery County, Md., police
today served warning that destruc
tion of property by Halloween ce'.e
brators would be “adequately" dealt
with by a force augmented for the
occasion.
Every one of the 45 men on the
force will be on duty tonight, he
announced in an order sent to all
county police stations this morning.
“We are not going to spoil any
body's Halloween fun," Chief Orme
explained, "but we are going to do
our best to prevent practical jokers
from going too far. Destruction of
property will be strictly guarded
against and the men will not hesi
tate to make arrests when nec
essary.”
The chief said he would co-oper
ate with Mayor Beulah McCuen of
Glen Echo, who has established a
special police force composed of the
boys of the towm, in an effort to halt
unnecessary damage in that section.
He hinted that officers would be on
hand to lend aid to the amateur
force of Glen Echo youths if called
upon.
Tlie youths who are charged with
the responsibility of maintaining
peace and order in this town tonight
said they are prepared for a vigilant
watch against Halloween vandalism.
Thomas Meeks, 17-year-old mayor
for-a-day, declared this morning
town officials” have been promised
the full co-operation of local boys
and girls and said his colleagues and
himself anticipate no trouble.
“However," he added, “we have
full authority to make arrests if
necessary and if we detect any one
—young or old—damaging signs,
street lights, automobiles or windows
they will be arrested. We don’t want
to fall down on the job.”
Fifteen-year-old Jack Bradshaw,
in his role of town marshal, will
have charge of law enforcement
tonight and is to be aided by a large
staff of deputies, one of whom is
Nelson De Nell, 15. son of Mont
gomery County Policeman Thomas
De Nell.
The plan to put the youth of Glen
Echo in charge of the municipality
on Halloween is an experiment de
cided upon by Mrs. Beulah McCuen
Glen Echo's new Mayor, after con
siderable property damage last year.
Widespread Hunt Begun
For Peruvian Flyers
By the Associated Press.
LIMA. Peru, Oct. 31—There was
no word today of the two Peruvian
brothers who had expected to land
here yesterday on a non-stop flight
from New York.
The aviators—Comdr. Humberto
Gal’lino of the Peruvian Navy and
Capt. Victor Gal’lino of the Peru
vian Army—were last reported
sighted over Miami. Fla., at 10:58
p.m. <E. S. T.) Sunday, after leaving
New York at 1:43 p.m.
Their fuel supply of 1.150 gallons
was expected to last a maximum of
30 hours. That limit was passed at
7:43 p.m. yesterday. Lima Airport
officials said they may have been
forced down at some remote place
along the 4.014-mile route.
Government aviation authorities
began a widespread search for the
flyers, and pilots of commercial air
lines were asked to keep a sharp
lookout.
The Navy directed all its Carib
bean ships and shore stations to
night to keep watch for the two Pe
ruvian flyers who left New York
Sunday on an attempted non-stop
trip to Lima, Peru.
The Navy message, sent at the re
quest of the President of Peru, was
addressed also to United States mer
chant ships.
Power to Curb Complaints
Assailed in Commons
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 31.—A wide assort
ment of war-time complaints before
the House of Commons today and
high on the list was a protest
against powers by which the gov
ernment could put an official
damper on public complaints.
Up for consideration was a Lib
eral opposition attack on emergency
defense regulations which empower
officials to restrict expression of
opinion and impose a curfew on any
area between any hours.
The question was raised in the
midst of a running fire of com
plaints about "beaureaucracy” and
"controlitis,” resulting from numer
ous regulations covering food, cloth
ing, fuel and other things important
to everyday life.
For instance, the minister of
mines was asked to stop the ration
ing of coal since 80,000 miners were
unemployed and many pits were
working short time. Shopkeepers
everywhere have objected to early
closing hours.
Another source of complaints was
the air raid warning system. Cases
like those yesterday, when an aerial
dogfight on the East Coast brought
no warning to the town below and
London had a warning and no dog
fight, prompted the Daily Express
to observe:
“We never seem to get the two to
gether.”
Educators and Public Officials
Praise War Map Supplement
Schools and Colleges Lead in Demand
For Additional Copies of Atlas
Educators, students, public officials
and private citizens in many walks
of life joined in commendation of
The Star today for its publication of
the eight-page war map supplement
which was a part of yesterday’s Star
and which, reprinted on heavy,
smooth-finish paoer, was made avail
able today at The Star's business
office, Eleventh street and Pennsyl
vania avenue.
By letter, telegram, telephone and
personal visit to The Star Building
came praise for the atlas, and orders
for additional copies. Schools, col
leges and other organizations led in
the demand for the maps. George
town Visitation Convent ordered 100
copies of the smooth-finish edition.
Attention of public school students
was called to the supplement by
many teachers. The Star’s maps
will be used widely in classrooms,
it was indicated.
House Member Has Praise.
The supplement "should be in
every schoolhouse and every Ameri
can home today," Representative
Karl Stefan of Nebraska, said in a
letter to The Star today.
“I Just finished a two-hour study
of your War Map Supplement,” Rep
resentative Stefan, a member of the
House Appropriations Committee
said. "It should be in every school
house and every American home to
day, Since coming back from a
long trip through Europe I have
searched for good maps to check
my travels. Tonight's Star gives me
Just what I want. Congratulations.
It's the map scoop of our time and
The Star should be thanked for
giving the public something that
has been searched for all over the
country.”
Representative Ralph E. Church
of Illinois, a member of the House
Naval Affairs Committee, expressed
the opinion that the supplement is
"one of the most informative pub
lications on the European war I
have seen.”
"It is invaluable.” Representative
Church said. “Indeed, it is indis
pensable for an understanding of
the present crisis in Europe and in
following the daily events. The
Star is to be congratulated on the
completeness and detailed accuracy
of this atlas and you are to be com
mended for making it available to
the general public.”
Gray Lauds Supplement.
The supplement was character
ized by Chancellor Joseph M. M.
Gray of American University as "a
marvelously convenient thing and a
great service to those of us who
are trying to follow European de
velopments from day to day.”
The Very Rev. Edmund A. Walsh,
S. J„ vice president of Georgetown
University and dean of the George
town Foreign Service School, report
ed that 1.000 copies of the supple
ment, ordered yesterday, are being
distributed today to students of the
school.
‘‘The fact that we have ordered so
many copies of the supplement is
the most concrete possible expres
sion of our opinion as to its worth ”
Father Walsh said. "I consider this
supplement one of the most prac
tical publications of the sort that
has yet appeared, from the stand
point of the economic, political and
military backgrounds of the events
in Europe today.”
Dean Elmer L. Kayser, professor
of European history at George
Washington University, participated
during the past week end in two
radio broadcasts in connection with
an analysis of current world events,
based on The Star supplement.
Marylander Fined
$250 in Traffic Death
Of Greenbelt Boy, 9
Two Are Sentenced
On Murder Charges
In Prince Georges
By a Staff Correipondent ol The S'ar
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Oct
3L—Frank S. Little. 35. was fined
$250 by Judge Joseph C. Matting
ly in Prince Georges County Circuit
Court yesterday after he pleaded
guilty to a charge of manslaughter
in connection with the traffic death
of 9-year-old Allan Underwood at
Greenbelt August 25.
The boy was struck by a hit-and
run driver on Ridge road in Green
belt. His death was the commun
j ity’s first fatal traffic accident. Mr.
I Little a former resident of Green
i belt, was arrested several weeks
after the boy was struck.
Francis Ford, colored, was sen
tenced to eight years in the peni
tentiary after pleading guilty to a
second-degree murder charge. He
was charged with shooting his wife
in a beer parlor in Upper Marlboro.
William L. Smith, also colored,
received a seven-year sentence fol
lowing a guilty plea to a charge of
second-degree murder in connec
tion with the death of Cora Wilson
colored.
Eugene Washington, colored, was
fined $250 in connection with the
traffic death of Charles Hutchinson
near Largo, Md. Washington plead
ed guilty to a charge of man
slaughter.
Clarence Adkins received sen
tences totaling 3 years in the
Maryland House of Correction fol
lowing his conviction of the larceny
of an automobile. After sentencing
Adkins to serve 18 months on one
charge, the court ruled that the de
fendant should serve a two-year
sentence for a similar offense which
had been suspended, the sentences to
run consecutively.
Three Are Injured
In Traffic Accidents
Sam H. Wright, 25. 2440 S street
S.E., was in Gallinger Hospital to
day with serious injuries received
yesterday in an accident at Seven
teenth street and Potomac avenue
SJE.
Mr. Wright's automobile was in
collision with a truck at that inter
section about 4:20 p.m. He was
treated for a possible fractured
shoulder, back and knee injuries
and bruises.
Mrs. William B. Grogan, wife of a
Catholic University professor, was in
Sibley Hospital today with injuries
received when struck by a truck at
Twelfth street and Michigan avenue
N.E. Mrs. Grogan gave her age as
40, her address at 4212 Twelfth
street N.E.
Michael Lynch, 35, of 639 Eleventh
street NZ was brought to Casualty
Hospital last night for treatment of
serious head injuries received on
Central avenue, about 12 miles from
the District line, when his automo
bile ran into a telephone pole.
Dr. Frank H. Nelson Dies
CINCINNATI, Oct. 31 (>P>.—'The
Rev. Dr. Prank H. Nelson, 70. rec
tor of Christ Episcopal Church for
40 years and widely known clergy
man. died early today at his old
family home near Boston, Mass. Dr.
Nelson retired less than a month
ago.
Dancer's Friend Held Admitting
He Helped Steal Arms Designs
By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, Oct. 31.—Reports leak
ing today from a closed courtroom
where a pretty dancer is on trial
as a spy were that her handsome
friend, Roger Joel, confessed steal
ing models and copying designs
from a Swiss arms factory for her.
The dancer, known in continental
night clubs as “Nina” and whose
real name is Virginia Capt Rota, 35,
smiled scornfully as Joel, one-time
Iraftsman in an arms factory, testi
fied before five black-robed Judges.
Miss Rota and Joel face 3 to 20
pears in prison each on a double
count of espionage and treason,
rhey were arrested, police said,
when they attempted to cross Into
Prance with plans for an anti-air
craft gun and other military data.
On trial with the dancer and Joel
are Paul Rochat and his wife,
charged with organizing an infor
mation service for an Italian consul
general under the dancer's orders.
The dancer was reported to have
remained coldly silent, while Mme.
Rochat became so voluble she had
to be cut short by the court. She
denied all connection with the case,
although admitting she knew Miss
Rota.
Rochat was said to have denied
receiving any money from the
dancer, declaring that the informa
tion service was economic and in no
way violated Swiss law.
Mile Rota is an Italian-born
Swiss She took the name Capt
Rota after her divorce from a Swiss
named Capt.
Girl, 15, Loses Pearls
Mother Valued at $1,000
Fifteen-year-old Patricia Baker
was the tearful victim today of a
major tragedy of youth.
Patricia had long admired a string
of pearls owned by her mother, Mrs.
Charles Adams Baker. Last night
her mother allowed Patricia to wear
the jewels—90 graduating pearls
valued at $1,000—to a party.
The girl remembers that she had
the necklace on as she left the party
at 1823 Biltmore street N.W. to re
turn to her home at 2911 Olive ave
nue N.W. But when she got home
the necklace was missing.
In a panic, she returned to the
Biltmore street address and with
her friends searched through the
leaves that covered the ground out
side the house. They could find no
trace of the pearls and then asked
police to aid.
Mrs. Baker said she feared that
the pearls would be swept up with
the leaves and burned. Patricia Is
the daughter of Comdr. Charles
Adams Baker, U. S. N„ and was
scheduled to receive the necklace1
as a Christams present from her
parents.
Marylanders Must Pay
39 and '40 Auto Taxes
B» the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Oct. 31.—Marvland
motorists must pay both 1939 and
1940 auto taxes before they can
obtain 1940 license tags, and their ,
cars also must have passed a safety
inspection.
Although in past years payment of
only the preceding year's auto taxes
were required before tags could be
obtained, Attorney General William
G. Walsh ruled issuance of new tags
would be illegal unless the 1940 taxes
were paid.
Will Elect Delegates
The East Sligo Valley Citizens’
Association will meet tomorrow at
the Dispensary Building, Silver
Spring, Md., to elect delegates from
Indian Spring Park, Highland View
and Argyle Park. Residents of the
area who have not registered will be
given an opportunity to get on the
books at the meeting.
■ /
Alexandria Council
Votes Beverley Hills
Storm Sewer Facilities
$20,000 Appropriation
Placed on First
Reading
I 05 • Btaff Correspondent of The Stir,
j ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31—Ths
City Council instituted action last
night to provide storm sewer facili
ties for Beverley Hills despite a rul
ing from its legal adviser that it
was not legally bound to do so.
The council placed on its first
reading an appropriation for $20,000
to construct a storm sewer trur.i
line, with drains at intersections,
on Virginia boulevard in the sub
division. Three readings are neces
sary for the appropriation.
Agitation for the project was
brought before the Council bv a
score of Beverley Hills residents last
Tuesday, when they declared the
developer had failed to construct
the sewer lines and that rainy
weather made the roads impassable.
The Council agreed the situation
' was to be deplored and agreed to
; fix responsibility.
Contract Displayed.
I Last night one resident of Bever
| ley Hills displayed his contract vwih
i the developer, In which the devel
| oper had assumed responsibility for
| installing a ‘'sewer,'’ but the docu
ment did not specify the nature of
the improvement. Sanitary sewera
have been installed in the subdi
vision.
City Attorney Armistead Boothe
told the Council: “I do not believe
that the conditions of ordinance
No. 48 (requiring developers to pro
vide storm sewersi are applicable
to Beverley Hills. It has never since
' its adoption been strictly enforced
| by the city. Until the resurrection
of the Planning Commission this
year we had no machinery to en
force it.
"I do not believe, on the other
hand, that .nere is any legal lia
bility on the city to construct storm
water sewers in the Beverley Hills
area. Council may decide, as thev
often have in the past, that it is
highly advisable from the commu
nity's viewpoint for the improve
ments to be made. However, no one
can compel them to make such im
provements."
Don Loftus of Permanesque
Homes Village, Inc., developers of
the subdivision, told Mayor Richard
Ruffner that he did not believe his
firm was liable for the construction
of the storm sewers.
Financing Method Asked.
City Manager Carl Budwesky was
instructed to recommend a method
by which the appropriation may be
financed at the next regular meet
ing.
Also placed on its first reading
was an appropriation for $3,000 to
pay the balance of the cost of a new
community clinic at Washington
and Duke streets.
On motion of H. OB. Cooper, the
Council amended an ordinance em
powering the Planning Committee
to place certain restrictions on real
estate developers. The amendment
provides that the owner of property
on a street less than 50 feet in
width, who desires to subdivide the
property, shall dedicate one-half the ,
land required to make the street
50 feet wide. In cases where the
owner owns property on both sides
of such streets, he shall be required
to dedicate the entire amount neces
sary to make the street 50 feet in
width. The rule is not applicable
to existing subdivisions.
Salary Raise Voted.
On the recommendation of Mr.
Budwesky, the Council increased the
salary' of the Health Department
technician from a salary rate of
$1,200 to $1,500 annually for the
balance of this year.
Other action taken included grant
ing permission to the Immanuel
Lutheran Church to erect two road
markers indicating location of the
church; appropriated $480 to con
struct a sidewalk at the Parker-Gray
School; appropriated $146.75 for an
adding machine for the Police Court;
set for hearing on November 28 a
request of Mrs. M. L. Prevots to
change zoning of the northeast cor
ner of Henry and Wythe streets to
permit operation of a garage and
filling station, and set for hearing
on November 14 a request from
Walter S. Smith to rezone 263 feet
on Henry street and 95 feet on Mont
gomery street to permit operation of
a filling station.
Weather Report
(Pyrn^hed by the United State* Weather Bureau )
District of Columbia—Cloudy with rain tonight, minimum tempera
ture about 45 degrees; tomorrow partly cloudy; warmer in afternoon,
fresh north winds shifting to northwest.
Maryland—Rain tonight; tomorrow cloudy, not much change in tem
perature.
Virginia—Rain, colder in west and south portions tonight; tomor
row partly cloudy, silghtly warmer in west portion.
West Virginia—Cloudy preceded by rain in east portion, colder in
northwest portion tonight; tomorrow fair.
_. Vi —— wIB ucbi inr noun
Carolina coast Monday morning has ad
vanced north-northeastward with Increased
#rexlv!ty,^einl, central a short distance
off the New England coast. Nantucket,
Mass. 1008.1 millibars <29.77 Inches).
Another disturbance is cemral near Cape
Hatteras. Hatteras. N. C . inoo.7 millibars
uw.oo inches), whence It will move rapidly
north-northeastward with still further in
crease in intensity. A trough of low pres
sure is moving eastward over Minnesota*
Duluth. 1007.8 millibars <29.70 inches).
Pressure is high over the Rocky Mountain
region. Billings. Mont.. 1028.8 millibars
<30.38 inches), with a wedge extending
southeast to southern Texas and thence
northeastward to Indiana. During the last
24 hours rains have occurred in the At
lantic States and the lower Lake region
and showers in the Ohio Valley. Frosts
are reported this morning from Missouri.
Arkansas. Illinois and portions of Indiana
and Lower Michigan. Temperatures have
risen in portions of the North Atlantic
State* and In the Plains^ States and eastern
Colorado, while they have fallen In the
Gulf Statea and the Ohio and middle and
Report for Lest 24 Hours.
w_ * . Temperature Barometer
Yesterday— Degrees. Inches.
4 p.m- 48 2P.P3
- *8 CP.Pi)
Midnight - 48 2P.90
Today—
4 a.m- 49 20.80
8 a m- 49 29 73
Noon - 52 29.71
Reeord for Last 24 Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 52. noon today. Year ago. 59.
Lowest, 47, 11 p.m. yesterday. Year
ago. 42.
Record Temperatures TMs Year.
Highest. 100, on Semembar 8.
Lowest. 17. on February 23.
Humidity for Last 24 Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, 94 per cent, at noon yesterday.
Lowest. 87 per cent, at noon today.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac clear at Great
Falls today.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
... . Today. Tomorrow.
High ... 9:45 a.m. 10:29 a.m.
Lots--- 4:30 a.m. 5:08 a.m.
High -10:07 p.m. 10:52 p.m.
Low - 4:20 p.m. 5:04 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rise' Sets.
Sun, today _ 8:33 5:10
Sun. tomorrow_ 8:34 5:09
Moon, today._ 7:55p.m. 9:41a.m.
Automobile lights must bo turned on
ene-half hour after sunsot.
I
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Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1939. Ave. Record.
January -.1.41 3.55 7.83 '37
February-5.71 3.27 8.84 '84
March -2.8!) 3.75 8 84 '91
April -3.18 3 27 9.13 '89
M»y- 0.41 3.70 10 89 '89
June - 4.45 4.13 10 94 '00
July - 2.01 4.71 10.83 '88
Auaust - 3 22 4.01 14 41 '28
September_ 8.90 3.24 17.45 '34
October .. 3.75 2.84 8.81 '37
November - 2.37 8.89 >9
December 3.32 7.53 'm
vv tamer In various Cities
Temp Rsm
Barom. High. Low. fall. Weather.
Abilene __ 30.27 64 37 Clear
Albany _ 20.83 46 40 0.46 Ram
Atlanta . 20.86 62 30 Clear
Atlantic C. 20.71 60 63 1.14 Ram
Baltimore 20.77 52 so 0.53 Ram
Birming'am 30.03 64 35 Cloudr
Bismarck 30 15 53 33 Clear
Boston ._ 20.80 50 43 1.09 Ram
Buffalo 29.04 67 38 Cloudy
Charleston- 20.68 71 62 0.12 Rain
Chicago _ 30.03 46 36 Clear
Cincinnati 30.00 48 28 o:oi Cloudy
Cleveland (L0.84 50 42 0.05 Cloudr
Columbia- tSJ.77 64 60 0.04 Ctoudy
Denver _ 30.33 50 35 Clear
Detroit 20.07 46 33 0.03 Cloudy
El Paso 30.30 66 40 Clear
Oalveston 30.27 67 45 " Clear
Helena 30.27 63 36 I" Cloudy
Huron 30.09 43 32 ... Clear
Indiana oils 30.03 50 30 IVicer
Jacksonville 20.77 81 57 Cloudy
Kans. City 30.12 45 28 . clear
Los Angeles 2S.97 00 72 Clear
I/iulsyllle 30.00 50 36 0.01 Clear
M1*”* r. 29.77 81 65 5.46 Cloudy
Mpls.-St.P 20.86 37 20 Clear
N. Orleans 30 15 68 49 Clear
New York 20.77 58 47 0 71 Rain
Norfolk , 20.66 63 55 1.04 IUm
Okie. City. 30.24 56 37 Clear
Omaha 30.06 40 30 Clear
Philadel hla 20.77 56 40 0.83 Rain
Phoenix 30.03 80 52 Clear
Pittsburgh 20.86 60 41 R,m
P.J'andTde. 29.83 46 39 0.48 Rain
Pland.Ore. 30.12 70 51 Clear
Raleigh 30.03 53 30 0.37 Rain
St. Louis 30 12 36 20 0.03 Clear
S- Lake C. 30.27 63 36 .. Cloudy
S. Antonio 30.30 68 36 _ Clear
San Diego 20.07 89 61 _ Cloudr
San Pranc. 30.06 81 52 ... Cloudy
Beattie 30 12 60 38 ... Foggy
Spokane 30 24 58 34 . Cloudy
Tampa 20.83 85 62 Cloudy
WASH..D.C. 29.77 50 47 0.60 Rain
FOREIGN STATIONS.
(Noon. Oreenwlsh time, today.)
„ Temperature. Weather.
Horta (Fayal). Azores 60 Cloudy
(Current observation*.)
Ban Juan. Puerto Rleo 77 Cloudy
Havana. Cuba _ 73 Rain
Colon. Canal Zone_ 78 Clear
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