Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1927, Page 14

WOMAN UNDER FIRE WIL STAY ON 108 Secretary to Gov. Johnston Braves Political Battle, Sticking to Guns. By the Associsted Press [ SIX WASHIN OKLAHOMA CITY, Febru: 26.— Mrs. O. O. Hammonds, confidential secretary to Gov. Henry S. Johnston, | and described by Senator Jess Pullen | of Sulphur as the feminine “Col. House of Oklahoma,” intends to ignore l‘ul-‘ len's demand that she resign. And the little blue-eyed secretary, who has become an issue in Demo- | cratic politics in the State, will not be discharged, Gov.. Johnston indi cated today. Mrs. Hammonds announced she | wouid not step out under fire. She | said she took the job with the inten- | tion of easing the burden on Gov. | Johnston’s shoulders and accepts the opposition ‘to her with the philosophy that “any one who has strength of character and faith’ih her convictions is bound to have enemies.” Secretary to Remain. The governor, who was'at Ardmore, | refused to discuss the resolution in-| troduced in the Senate by Pullen de-| mandnig Mrs. Hammonds' discharge, | but he let it be known that his secre- | tary would not be let out. | Action on the resolution probably will be taken Monday. Pullen int- mated he entertained little hope that it would be adopted. A member of the Senate group which has voted according to John- ston’s expressed wishes on virtually every matter, Pullen declared that in sobmitting the resolution he was detuated only by friendship for the governor and regard for efficient ad ministration of the State’s business. e Was Active Campaigner. Senator Pullen asserted Mrs. Ham- monds had been barring the gover- nor’s door to legislators and had made the fdrmulation of a legislative pro- gram almost impossible. Mrs. Hammonds is the wife of the €tate health commissioner, and has two children of high school age. She was a member of the first Johnston- | for.Governor Club organized in the | State, and was an active campaigner. | In 1924 she accompanied the Okla- homa delegation to the Democratic national comvention in New York. Ehe is a graduate of Ward-Belmont College of Nashville, Tenn. | POOR BOX THIEF CAUGHT. Church Porter Planned Life of Ease in Italy. . NEW YORK, February 26 (P).— Visions of living in luxury in Italy on the proceeds of thefts from poor boxes in_the Paulist Fathers’ Church faded today for Quintin Prosperi when he landed in a police net. Police said he admitted stealing | more than $10,000 from the boxes | during the past 14 months, explaining he sent the money to a bank in Italy &nd intended to return there. He told the police he had keys made to open the boxes. P Prosperi, for four vears a porter at the church, fell into a trap set by po- lice. Detectives placed marked bills in the boxes and maintained a six- hour vigil. They said they saw him open seven boxes after he started his daily cleaning at the church. It wa$ charged $70 in bills and ehange, in- cluding the marked bills, was found Wwhen he was searched. TR Aiken-Augusta. Mean temperature during February &t these popular resorts is 50. Splen- did golf courses 'with fifteen golf events. Other interesting outdoor amusements’ Reduced fares. Excel- lent tourist hotels now open. Through siceping cars via Southern Railway leave Washington daily 7:26 p.m. Res- ervations and expert travel informa- to be held at the Arcadia March 31, A| THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHI) >TON BEAUTIES IN FASHION SHOW pril 1 and 2. A score of others will be selected. Left to right: Virg Marion Beavers, Laura Raeburn, Anna Greggs, Marguerite Newman and Mildred Swan. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn., February 26.— Leopold Newsalt of Owatonna, Minn., forgot about his service in the Civil War until just a year ago. Now the claim department of the Federal Pen- sions Bureau is to investigate. F. A. Walsh, acting adjutant gen- eral for Minnesota, said a claim for Newsalt’s back pension, amounting to thousands of dollars, is under prepara- tion. ‘Wounded after engaging in many KING GEORGE HATES BOB, SO COURT LADIES OBEY Indiscreet Are Forced to Wear Camouflages to Conceal Shorn Locks From Royalty. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 26.—Long hair and not magnificence of attire is one of the few distinctive signs of being at the British court in these dayshwhen | princesses and working girls wear | simple garments that are much alike. The reason, of course, is King George’s aversion to bobbed hair, While the Queen merely thinks the short haired fashion ugly, she recog- nizes its practical advantages, but the King has refused to sanction any of the ladies attached to the court appear- ing with shorn locks. 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He was given up as dead by his relatives at Dayton. A year ago a portion of shell was removed -from his head. Then shortly afterward he sat in a railroad station when some one mentioned “Dayton, Ohio.” The name brought back many things to Leopold’s mind. The Civil War came back to him with freshness. Although 84 years old, Newsalt now remembers details of the war. Al though she had traced the movements of her husband and thought hinf dead, he was welcomed back by his wife, with whom he is now living. Louisa Gargia. 70. Emergency Hospital. and Trene Owens, eity Hownital iver, 1154 19th st Charlotte Hawkina. 71. 23 ) Maggie Briscoe. 60, ith. 61 £ 1 . 1400 East Capitol. 408 9th len Dangby Smith. Contee. J1. 7 Naylors ct. 30, Providence Hospital 28, 440 New Y . Crosby. 27. nergency Hospita ontes X Frank Anderso . Tuberculos a) ital. Melvin Booze. 12, Providence Hospital. Marain Newman, 4. 125 P st. Alexander Lewis. jr.. 1”139 T st. Evelyn Ty] Adrian 8.W. 8,2 n. 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