Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1930, Page 20

USIESS ADVANCE SEEN N CONTRAETS Building Plans Indicate Steady Improvement, Dr. ' Klein Declares. By the Associated Press. A sharp increase in building contracts 4s regarded by Dr. Julius Klein, the As- sistant Secretary of Commerce, as in- dicating a steady improvement in busi- | mess conditions. Delivering a radio address last night, Dr. Klein said that contracts of this type awarded in March were 45 per cent greater than in the preceding month and only 5 per cent lessethan in March of 1929, when business was moving at high speed. In addition, he said that even more important perhaps “is the fact that some of the ultra-conservative govern- mental economists right now are boost- ing their estimates for Nation-wide con- struction this year by approximately $1,000,000,000, placing the new total at $11,000,000,000, instead of $10,000,000,~ 000, as estimated a few weeks ago. Construction, he added, “makes jt and has a material and beneficial effect upon unemployment cenditions. EIGHT MEN ON TRIAL IN MURDER BY MOB Arraigned Today for Taking Pris-, oner From Jail Christmas Day and Shooting Him. By the Associated Press. IRVINE, Ky., April 7—The trial of eight men in connection with the mob murder of Chester Fugate, who was taken from Breathitt County Jail, at Jackson, last Christmas day and shot | to death is scheduled to open here today. Fugate was in jail charged with the slaying of Clay Watkins, attorney, when a mob abducted him and left his bullet-riddled body in a ditch besides the road. Although wounded 13 times, | Fugate lived some time after the | shooting. Six of the defendants arg relatives) of Watkins. They are Allle Watkins, | 16, a son; Sam Watkins, brother; L. K. Rice, son-in-law; Ben Howard, nephew; Earl Howard, nephew, and Lee ‘Watkins, nephew. All are charged with | murder. | The other defendants are S. L.| Combs, jailer of Breathitt County at| the time of the abduction, and his son Lewis, deputy jailer. Both are charged with accessory to murder. TRIO KILLED AS PLANE CRASHES NEAR CROWD SOCIETY (Continued From Third Page) entation of “The White Dress,” the play that won first prize in the nt - munity Drama Guild confest. Miss Ruth Welty is'the author, to whom the lays. This dramatic evening has erz;ged by Mrs E;hh Ogden Heidel, chairman, and Mrs. Walter E. Hilton, vice chairman of the playwriters’ group. Members are privileged to bring guests. An Easter party for the children of members of the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity in Washington is to be given tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the home of Mrs., Edward L. Bullock, jr., 3430 Por- ter street. It will take the place of the regular April business meeting of the Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club. Mrs. Bullock will have assisting her as hostess, Mrs. Benjamin McKelway, Mrs, Lee R. Pennington, jr., and Miss Marion Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson en- tertained at a supper party at their home last evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Williamson, who are sailing for Europe the last of the month to pass the Summer. Those asked to meet them were Senator and Mrs. John Marshall Robsion, Representative and Mrs. Maurice H. Thatcher, Gen. and Mrs. Stephan O. Puqua, Mr. Jesse F. Nicholson and Miss Dorothy M. Nichol- son. g The first out-of-door horse show of the season will be staged by the Ward- man Park §.ddle Club May 3, under the auspices of the Welfare and Recrea- tional Association of Public Buildings and Grounds. Mr. John O. Gheen will be manager of the show, which will be held in the equitation field in front of the club. The Arts Club will have as guest of honor tomorrow evening Mr. Charles F., Bittinger, who will give an illustrated talk on “Adventures in Color.” Mrs. Morris D. Wickersham will act as| hostess. The annual reception of Stonewall Jackson Chapter, U. D. C., which was to have been given last month, but which was postponed on account of of- ficlal mourning, will be given Saturday evening, April 12, at Confederate Me- morial Hall, 1322 'Vermont avenue. The principal speakers are to be Representa- tive John McSwain and former Gov. Robert Cooper of South Carolina. An| interesting musical program is to be | given by well known artists. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Fred, president of the chapter, will be assisted in receiving by the chapter officers. Further pztroriesses for the annual Club, to be held in the Spanish garden of Ho! tel Washington Wednesday, Aprid &, include Mrs, Harry \wes, Spring card party of the Entre Nous Tragic Deaths Conclude Nebraska Tree-Planting Ceremony Attend- ed by Governor and 5,000. By the Assoclated Press. TILDEN, Nebr., April 7—A tree- lanting ceremony, attended by Gov. eaver and 5,000 residents of North- eastern Nebraska, came to a tragic ending yesterday with the death of three aviators, trapped in a new biplane as it fell from a height of 500 feet. The ceremony had just ended and the crowd was dispersing when the lane crashed to earth and burst into ames. killed instantly and the pilot died last night. The dead, all residents of Plainview, Nebr., were: Kenneth Kirk, 26, pilot and co-owner of the plane; Leonard Alexander, 22, part owner of the ship, and Leon Baldwin, 24. | COURTESY SHOWN ENVOY | Mexican Describes Departure From Russia After Break. MEXICO CITY, April 7 (#).—Al- though he did not leave Moscow until a week after Mexico had severed diplo- matic relations with Russia, Jesus Silva Herzog, Mexican former Minister to | Russia, was shown every courtesy | and no effort was made to interfere | with his departure, he stated upon his arrival here. ‘ Mexico ordered Silva Herzog to quit Mexico in protest against demonstra- tions staged by Communists in front of Mexican embassies and legations in various countries, BLACK REACHES TOKIO | . S ‘TOKIO, April 7 (/).—Van Lear Black, Baltimore publisher, landed his plane, Maryland Free State, at Tachikawa airdrome, near Tokio, today, ending the long flight which started at Croydon on February 9. He had traveled more than 6,000 miles from England. Black, who flew today from Osaka, plans to ship his plane to Los Angeles | and then resume his flight to Baltimore, | completing a trip around the world. | SEATS 53_;5 TAPESTRY CHAIR Regular_$1.50 values TAPESTRY ' STOOL « Regular $2.50 values Beautiful designs, partly finished, easy complete in leisure time. EMBROIDERY SHOP 827 11th St. N.W. SLIPCOVERS Best grade BELGIAN LINEN Cushions, $1.25 Extra Reupholstering at Reduced Prices New York Upholstering Co. 617 F St. N.W District 3687 EXCURSION Washingt:m, D.C. Alexandria, Va. 0 Round Charlottesville, Va.. .35:30 Culpeper, V: .. 3.00 Danville, Va. .. 5.00 Lynchburg, .. 4.00 Orange, Va. ...... 2.50 SATURDAY April 19th, 1930 Two of the occupants were | . Oscar Blan Mrs. | Carnegie, Foundation Recommends udges gave highest honors after they BB B lered & Targe number of other e idings, Mrs, Robert McNeill, Mrs. Charles ?Iuden and Mrs. Charles Dasher. ANIMAL TRAINER DIES NEW YORK, April 7 (#)—Newman Leo Graham, nationally known exhib- itor of trained animals in vaudeville, died of a heart attack yesterday at the Hotel Belvedere. He was 45 years old. Graham created a vaudeville sensa- tion 24 years ago when he introduced at the old Hammerstein Theater what has been claimed to be the first trained rat on the stage. Since then he and his wife, Alice, had toured the coun- try's vaudeville circuits with the act, “Lady Alice's Pets.” Watersnake Cousins Shoes [ This is indeed a rare value! Cousins beautiful shoes in the very latest strap styles made of all-beige water- snake, beautifully trimmed with kid to match. Cousins watersnake Shoes are shown with either high or low Spanish heels. All sizes from 3; to 8. Shoe Salon, Becond Floor W. B, Moses & Sons LAW PROFESSION CLEAN-UP ADVISED s both too many representatives who un- seruj trade incompetent lawyers.’ Young Lawyers Be Shown Practioal Ethics. By the Associated Press. Teaching reviewing sald the best way to dispel public sus- picion of prominent practitioners and Jud, is to invoke fearlessly the dis- ciplinary powers of the courts. ‘The review sald that young men of “sound general principles need guid- ance, which they do not at present receive, as to how far they can legiti- mately go in using sharp practices against unscrupulous opponents, as to fees they should charge their clients and as to the whole fleld of legal etiquette, including the solicitation of business.” “Expertness in legal praciice and $14-50 F Street at Eleventh lish cities to London for those whd wish to view the art exhibit from Italy. * Time Out for Powder Puff. Civil service employes of Ulster, Ire- land, l.n" being given five minutes’ “This five minutes is purely a ‘%l o lege,” an official announced. irle :Pprechu the extra minutes, which ive them a chance to finish their toilette in more leisurely fashion and to finally powder their nose before starting work. 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