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THE SUXI;AY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 22, 1931—PART ONE. WORKING WONEN 0T RED DNVORCES F Some Hushands Stay Home While Wives Earn Living. Female Sea Captains Latest. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 21.—In Soviet Russia they have woman sea captains. ‘Women are members of the army general staff. They attend military academies, command regiments and divisions and pilot military airplanes. They go in for engineering, railroad building, farming, work in the metal . trades. More than 3,000,000 women are now 8t work in industrial plants and offices. During 1931 it is expected that 1,600,- 000 more will go to work to help re- leve the labor shortage. Divorces Show Drop. “As the number of women at work increases,” Valery 1. Meshlauk, vice chairman of the supreme economic council of the Soviet Union, said today, “the number of divorces decreases.” Mr. Meshlauk was one of the framers of the famous five-year plan. He has been in the United States visiting in- dustrial plants and talking with bank- ers and manufacturers. Only a few of the most hazardous occupations, such as underground ; mining, are closed to women in Russia, Mr. Meshlauk says. And she can g0 as high as her capabilities will carry her. Vara Yakoleva is people’s commisar of finance for the R. S.- F. S. R. (So- viet Russia proper). She is conceded to have the best job held by any in Russia. Lenin’s Widow Works. Nadezhda Krupskaya, widow of Lenin, is in charge of the educational facilities for adults outside the schools. There is a woman at the head of the chemical laboratory of the central peat station. A woman is chief assistant of the Bio-Chemical Institute, and_ a woman is an administrator of the In- stitute of Applied Minerology. Of the 773 members of the All-Union Council of the trade unions 104 are mmngeyn. going into industries women privileges which were not theirs while they remained at home, Mr. shlauk said. u?'rhe“l’: is no inequality in wages. The job pays the salary, Whether it is filled by & man or & woman. A woman can earn more than her husband. Husbands Stay at Home. “In some cases the husband stays at home and takes care of the chil- dren while the wife goes to work, but oftener working mothers leave their children in special nurseries existing now in almost every factory, where the bables get scientific care. When the day's work is over the mothers take their bables home. "I‘hlb.l‘eq\lllity has its responsibilities, of course. If there is & divorce, and the wife is working and the husband is not, she must pay him alimony for onths.” e woman sea captains, Mr. Meshlauk says, command ships of the Black Sea, Mediterranean and Baltic. They are expert navigators and main- tain excellent discipline over their male crews. GOVERNOR EMERSON “ BURIED IN WYOMING Official Funeral Follows Private Rites Held at Executive Mansion. e Associated Pre « Mo . Wyo., February 21.— *The booming of distant canon, £ ‘mbolic of a nation's sympathv. intoned a ryequiem today as Wyoming placed Gov. Prank C. Emerson to rest. Wyoming skies were leaden and ac- eentuated the deep mourning that per- waded the State's capital. Intermitent flurries of snow sprin- Kled the funeral cortege as it followed the caisson carrying the body of the State's dead leader to Lakeview Ceme- tery. Full military honors were ac- corded. The official service at the State Capi- tol followed a private funeral at the ecutiv nsion. : “Pmr:: ihelr sick beds the Governor's widow, Mrs. Zennia Jean Emerson, and the Governor's eldest son, Frank C. Emerson, jr., only faintly heard the words of the minister who officiated. The private service was ordered by hysicians because Mrs. Emerson and er son are suffering { 1 streptococcus sore throat, & disease similar to that of which the Governor died, and the mansion was placed under quarantine. DANCERS ARE PREPARING FOR LEGION PRODUCTION Costello Post to Present “Songland’s Romance’ Here Abcut St. Patrick’s Day. e Denishawn group of ballet danc- !P;PhledD;y Lester gchafler and Marion Chase, will feature the ballet scenes in production_entitled “Songland’s Ro- mance.” to be presented by the Costello Post, American Legion, on or about St. Patrick's day. Other novelty dance pumbers are now being rehearsed under direction of Miss Chase. Those cast for a part in the produc- tion include Judge Robert Mat- tingly, Miss Florence Yocum, Fred East. Miss Ethel West, Edwin Steefe, Miss Romero Guaraldi, Henry Nesto: Dixle Clendanan, Al Stern, Miss Schilling, Dr. Seba L. Christie, Helen Markham, Murray Raymond, Miss Bessie M. Pease, Alex Boker, Maj. Albert Dondero, Harry Shannanan, Edwin P. Doyle, Enzra Brandon, Joseph King, Moses Herzog, Adolph Detito, Ciro Gilolatti, Milton McGhee, Nicholas Warren, Al Fay, Earl Heartwale, Dr. Charles Jordan, Connell Woodend, Mil- ton Schwartz, George Sullivan, E. H. Sweigart, Joseph Beerne, Aaron Kap- lan, Romero Guaraldi, George Halpap. Charles Newall, Charles Knight, Albert @nmmers and William Mitchell, to- gether with a chorus of 100 male voices. e SALES ENGINEER PLANS INSPIRATIONAL TALKS How to combat sales resistance dur- ing the current depression will be the theme of two “inspirational talks” oy William Burruss, sales engineer, to be given Tuesday and Wednesday nights 8t the Playhouse, 1814 N street, under auspices of Southeastern University of the Y. M. C. A, Mr. Burruss, it is stated, will “psycho-analyze” the prevailing busi- ness temperament and suggest effec- tive methods of sales attack. Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, he will discuss the “Right Mental Attitude for Today” on the part of the salesman and will tell the proper way to ap- proach the prospective customer. Wednesday night he will discuss further the relation between salesman and public and will give concrete sug- gestions on “How to Sell.” A large number of salesmen and other employes of local insurance and other business houses are expected to hear the lectures. oman | | clared vacant so that a new election Miss | on | Present “Our First Flag,” Colonial Play the flag bearer; Atterback, another flag bearer. Harrison Mesercle, as Gen. Washington; CHURCH GROUP TO PORTRAY STIRRING TIMES OF BETSY ROSS AND GEM WASHINGTON. bz presented at the Albright Memorial Church, Fourth and Rittenhouse streets, Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. OME of the principal characters in the play, “Our First Flag,” depicting the days of the Revclution, which will They are: Knecling—Peter Chorbajian, as Robert Morris, friend of Gen. Washington; back row—Henry Foot, as Margaret Roudabush, as Betsy Ross, and Florence SCHALL NOW FAGES FGHTTOKEEP SEAT Minnesota Democrats Charge| Senator With Federal and State Infractions. By the Assoclated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn, February 21.— Senator Thomas D. Schall, Republican, already at war within his own party, found himself with a new fight on his hands with the announced intention today of Minnesota Democrats to con- test his election of last November. J. J. Farrell, St. Paul, chairman of the Democratic State Executive Com- mittee, revealed the move with a state- ment that efforts to deprive the Sena- tor of his seat will be made some time before March 4, the date newly elected Congressmen will be sworn in. The contest will be made before the Senate Elections Committee, he said. Two Charges Are Made. ‘Two charges will be, brought against Senator Schall, the Democratic State chairman said, one accusing him of vio- lating the State corrupt 'prncllcu act and the other of violating Federal regu- lations governing the ‘use of postal franking privileges. He declined, how- ever, to reveal the exact nature of the evidence to be presented to the Senate Committee. Senator Schall was re-elected last November in a five-cornered contest by a plurality of 11,500 over Einar Hoidale, Democrat. Farrell said, however, that no effort would be made to have Hoi- dale replace the blind Senator. The contest will ask that the seat be de- may be called. Senator Schall already is at logger- heads with President Hoover and At- | torney General Mitchell over selection of a new Federal judge for Minnesota. His cholce for the post, Emest D. Michels, Minneapolis, was rejected by the President after the Attorney Gen- | eral had objected. Mr. Hoover named Gunnar B. Nordbye, Minneapolis dis- trict judge, yesterday, and . Senator Schall immediately announced he would contest the nomination in the Senate. Report Caused Decision. Decision to contest Schall's election, Farrell said, followed a report by a spe- cial committee created by the Demo- cratic State Executive Committee & month ago. Although Farrell declined to disclose the evidence to be presented in the contest, other Democrats said one basis for the corrupt practices act violation charge would be some of Schall's campaign speeches, particu- larly in radio addresses. Intimations also were given by Demo- crats that some Hoover Republicans in the State would support the ouster move against Schall because of the controversy over the Federal bench se- | lection. Farrell said the move already | is receiving ‘“‘wide_ support.” | Senator Schall has fought and won a battle before for his seat in the| Senate, successfully resisting efforts to | oust him by Magnus Johnson, Farmer- | Labor, whom he defeated in 1924. John- son, in his contest, also charged viola- tion of the corrupt practices act. \ |HINDENBURG IS OPPOSED | T0 REICHSTAG BOLTERS Writes One Absentee He Hopes He ‘Will Return to Aid in Legis- lative Tasks. | | By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, February 21.—President #indenburg, in a letter to a malcontent | member of the National Socialist or | Fascist party, which was published to- | day, implied his strong displeasure over | the recent action of that party in with- drawing_from the Reichstag. | Kurt Wege, who owns an agricultural estate near the Polish border and holds | a seat in the Reichstag, wrote to the | | President complaining that nothing is being done to relieve the distress cf the | farmers in the eastern provinces of Germany. President Hindenburg re- | plied that he had been following the | agricultural situation with the closest | attention and was continuing to take an active part himself in the govern- | ment’s attempts to solve the difficulties. | “However, I am Sorry to see that you | and the members of your party are not | | lending practical co-operation in regard | | to this problem,” the President wrote. “Replying to your appeal to me I ap- peal to you and to your friends most urgently not to stand aside in the com- | ing labors of the legislature, but to lend a hand therein.” | R Sir Thomas Inskip Elected. FAREHAM, Egnland, February 21 (#). —Sir Thomas Inskip, Conservative, has been elected a member of Parliament for the Fareham division of Hampshire by a big majority in a bye-election ne- cessitated by the retirement of the Conservative sitting member. He re- ceived 18,749 votes against 6,312 for the Labor candidate and 3,517 for the Liberal candidate. | behalf of Schroeder. Woodcock Offers Four Plans to Aid Law Enforcement By the Associated Press. Prohibition Director Woodcock made four recommendations to the Wickersham Commission for obtaining closer co-operation in enforcement from the States. They were: “I—A law making it an of- fense for any one to withhold knowledge of a felony from Fed- eral authorities. “2—A subsidy to the_ States, conditioned upon their bringing their law-enforcement agencles to a certain standard. “3A direct payment to the State officials for each prosecu- | | tion. “4—A speclal staff in each dis- | | trict to make investigations and | | to lay their evidence, without | | expense, before the local prose- cuting agencies.” PLAN TO TEST SANITY OF MURDER SUSPECT| Mobilian Faces Charges of Slaying Unidentified Man and Burn- ing Body. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, February 21— | Judge Frank P. Baker of the Criminal Court announced today he would ap- point two physicians to make an ex- | amination as to the sanity of Harold | Herbert Schroeder, whose trial on a | murder charge is’ scheduled to open Tuesday morning. Schroeder, a Mobile, Ala., business man, is charged with the killing of an unidentified man whose burned body was found in the ruins of Schroeder’'s automobile near here last May 31. Ira M. Holmes, defense attorney. has filed a statutory plea of insanity | indicated 1t would | The State has | demand the death penalty. Schroeder was indicted on three counts—one that he inflicted death on the victim by beating, striking or cutting him; another that he burned the man to death, and the third a | technicel charge that the unidentified man met death by means or methods unknown to the grand jury. | Schroeder was captured near his | home in Mobile about three weeks after the body was found. He con- fessed that after the 500-mile auto- mobile race at Indianapolis he picked | up a hitch-hiker while driving west out of the city. He said he later went to sleep at the wheel and that when he awoke the car was in a ditch and his companion “evidently had broken | his neck.” Schroeder said he drove | back to a lonely spot just west of here and set fire to the car and the | body, because he feared he would be accused of the man’s death. DAUGHERTY TO TESTIFY | g | Detense in Fraud Trial Will Call| Him to Stand Tomorrow. WASHINGTON COURT _HOUSE, | Ohio, February 21 (#).—Mal . Daugh- | erty, on trial here on charges of mis- | handling funds of the Ohio State Bank, of which he was president prior to its failure, probably will testify in his own | behalf 'Monday. | This was indicated today when the | court adjourned for the week end, the | defence announcing it would call only two more witnesses before calling Daughetry. | During_ the short session today the jury heard witnesses tell of stock trans- actions between them and the bank through Daugherty. Headache-Eye Strain Eyes Examined CHICAGO BOMBERS PERIL HUGE FIRMS Marshall Field & Co. Latest to Be Threatened—Po- lice Seek Motives. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 21.—A new swing of the bomber's missile in the | direc’ion of large merchandise houses | and manufacturing plants has centered police activity on this form of out- lawry. It even brought a threat of summary execution from Police Com- missioner John Alcock. Police headquarters today admitted the bombing squad had been reinforced with a number of specially detailed officers to ascertain the motive and perpetrators of the outrages which have struck at the two largest struc- tures in the world, the merchandise house of Marshall Field & Co. and the Furniture Mart. Bombings Increase. Bombings have increased, with few exceptions annually, the Employers' As- sociation said today in making public a total of 851 that had found their mark in the last decade. Damage has reached hundreds of thousands of dollars. But until last December “joints racketeer shops of various types, were the usual objectives. December set a high mark for the newer warfare with _explosions tearing away at the Merchandise Mart, $35.000,000 build- ing, the huge Furniture Mart, the warehouses of Sears ' Roebuck & Co. and the plants of Carson, Pirle, Scott & Co. and_the General Outdoors Ad- vertising Co. The damage at the Merchandise Mart $6,000, with lesser amounts reported | for the other blasts. Beverage Firm Blasted. January brought a blast at the large plant of the Canada Dry Co., beverage manufacturers, in suburban 'Maywood, while February’s heaviest explosion, directed at the Lakeside Press of R. R. Donnelley & Co., shook homes and hospitals in the neighborhood but only shattered windows of the structure. Labor tobubles were connected with some of the blasts by police through | interlacing contracts of the printing firm, Sears Roebuck and others. Thomas E. Donnelley, head of the Lakeside Press, is chairman of the committee enforcing the Landis award governing building construction in Chicago. “We are probably more active on these bombings than any other single form of crime at present,’ 'said a police official today, but he added, “we have no_definite clews.” The Employers' Association records show the high tide of bombings reached |in 1927 with 186 blasts, but the dam- |age in 1930 from 74 bombings set a | high mark, nearly four times that of 1929, with its total of 117. HERRICK HEADS SOCIETY | Elected President of War of 1812 Group at Recent Meeting. The following officers were elected at the recent annual meeting of the | District branch of the Society of the | War of 1812 at the Army and Navy Club President, Samuel Herrick; presidents, William H. ‘Somervell and Robert C. Jones: secretary, William H. Marbury, and treasurer, Maj. Harry A. Davis. It was decided to invite the na- tional organization to hold its biennial congress here in 1932, during the George Washington Bicentennial, Positively Relieved By DR. A. S.'SHAH Make sure of the real condition of your eyes by having them examined by an Optometrist—practicing in an Exclusive Optical Establishment. An Unusual Offer This Week Non-Pinch Model Durable Stylish Frame Reduced From $6.00 Kryptok Invisible Bifocal Lenses Toric Kryptck Bifocal Lenses (one pair to see near and far). viously $15.00. Special this Pre- week Colored and Cylindrical Lenses Not Included SHAH OPTICAL CO. - 812 F St. N.W. Thi was estimated at | vice | PAGEANT DEPICTS HISTORY OF A.U. Founders’ Day Observed With Banquet—Students Take Leading Roles. The fortieth anniversary of American University was celebrated last night at Founders’ day banquet in the college dining hall, where a series of historical episodes reviewed the story of the founding and development of the in- stitution. occasion was sponsored by the ‘Women's Guilds of American Univer- sity, and atrtacted a large gathering of friends of the school. The episodes were presented from & script -written by Dr. Lucius C. Clark, chancellor of the university, who de veloped the story out of official records of the institution. Participation of two Presidents, a Secretary of State, and several Methodist bishops was shown. The student cast was ably directed by Will Hutchins, professor of art. Romantic Episode Shown. Beginning with a romantic episode’ including William Murdock and his wife, formerly Nancy Addison, cousin of the famous author, the pageant de- pletured this young couple on their farm, part of which later became the 90-acre campus of American University at Massachysetts and Nebraska ave- nues. The Toles were played by Vir- ginia Pederson and Chester Carter. Bishop Hurst, impersonated by Edwin Ross, was seen buying the property, and the early stages of development of the institution and its backing by the Methodist Episcopal Church were traced. President Theodore Roosevelt was im- personated by Carl Levin, who repeated the words Roosevelt spoke on behalf of the institution in 1908. President Woodrow Wilson, impersonated by John Houston, and Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, played by Henry John- son, were represented in repetition of the addresses they made on May 27, 1914 when the inspitution formally was opened as a graduate school. During the World War, it was related by Keeler Faus, that the campus was used by the Government, and_thousands of soldiers camped there. Establishment of the College of Liberal Arts September 23, 1925, was depicted and the pageant closed with a graduation processional. headed by the flag, and symbolic stafl of American University. Others in Cast. Other students participating in_the cast were Arthur Murphy, Donald Har- ris, Theodore Lytle, Willlam Anderson, Ellsworth Tompkins, Helen Hope, Law- rence Hetrick, Henry Backinstoff, Glad- stone Willlams, Kay Heath, Virginia Maiden, Ruth Belden and Mary Daub. A college trio, including Anna Mary Sanford, violinist; Genevieve - Spence, pianist, and Calvin Brown, saxophonist, played for the dinner and the pagaant. The chainnan of the Guild Committee in charge was Mrs. Lucius C. Clark. |QUICK DIVORCE PLAN ' SOUGHT IN ARKANSAS | Parnell Ponders Bill Giving Non- Residents Results in 80 Days. Ministers Rap Idea. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., February 21. —Gov. Parnell retreated to the quiet of his farm today to ponder a legisla- tive enactment that would establish Arkansas as a competitor of Nevada in | the business of quick divorces. Before leaving the capital he refused to say whether he would sign or veto a bill passed by the Senate and House that would provide divorces for non- residents of the State 90 days after establishment of their domicile in Ar- Ransas. Ministerial associations throughout the State have opposed its enactment, and its opponents in the Senate charged “a bunch of hotel men is lobbying this bill through.” Under terms of the measure those coming to Arkansas for divorce would be permitted to file suit 60 days after | establishing _their residence, and the | divorce could be granted 30 days later. Grounds for divorce in Arkansas are infidelity, desertion, cruel and inhuman | reatment, impotericy and incompata- ty. |PRINCE OF WALES FLIES OVER ANDES TO SANTIAGO Ride From Air Field to Capital Triumphant Procession for Royal Party. By the Associateh Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, February 21.—Two Plays Wilson JOHN HOUSTON, A student, impersonating President Woodrow Wilson in an address opening American_ University, as seen in a pageant last night at Founders' day banquet. POLICE CAPTAIN YOCUM KIDNAPING SUSPECT Three Alleged Confederates Face Trial Monday on Charge of Abducting Banker. By the Assoclated Press. KEWANEE, Ill, February 21.—Orville ‘Whiskers, last of the quartet accused of kidnaping Earl Yocum for $50,000 ransom last October, was captured on a farm near Spencer, Iowa, today. His alleged confederates were sched- uled to go on trial Monday in Henry County Court on the kidnaping charge, punishable in Illinois by ith. ‘Whiskers agreed to walve extradi- tion and return to Illinois, where, he said, he expected “a hard wrap.” Vernon Ahlgren, Lloyd Winslow and Harry Whiskers, cousin of Orville, were to face a jury Monday. Orville Whisk- ers probably will be tried separately, as he_must first be arraigned. Yocum, president of a Galva bank, was kidnaped from in front of his home last October 25. On the fifth morning after his dis- appearance Yocum was liberated and returned unharmed. o CHURCH MASS MEETING FOR MEN IS PLANNED Session Called Tuesday Night for Purpose of Discussing Un- employment Situation. Called by the Washington Pedera- tion of Churches, a mass meet to which all men in the city are invited will be held at Calvary Baptist Church, Eighth and H streets, Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, to discuss the unemployment situation. Francis I. Jones, director general of the United States Employment Bureau, will speak at the meeting, discussing problems brought out by the unem- ployment situation. Other speakers will include Dr. W. T. Darby, secretary of the federation, and Dr. W. S. Aber- nethy, pastor of the church. ‘The meeting will be in charge of the Employment and Industrial Rela- tions Committee of the Washington Federation of Churches. PLATES HAND MADE OURSPECIALTY Many people need dental work but gular dentist and are in £y 38 {0 whom to consult. Dr. as been giving the best in dvice AT NO COST and the best in dentistry at the lowest cost for over hirty (30) vea tien ing towns SANITARY—GUARANTEED S OUR LOW PRI place. de dentistr in. ‘Oral . DR. FREIOT 407 Tth St. N. W. Mours: 8 A M. 1t 6 -, Sundaye: 10A. M. to-b R M trimotored American airplanes soared down the coast of the finger-lake strip of land that is Chile today, bearing the Prince of Wales and his party from Antofogasta to Santiago. Wearing the “10-gallon” hats of the Chilean gaucho, or cowboy, the Prince of Wales, Prince George and the others detrained at Antofogasta this morning. After brief formalities at the airport they entered the planes, one for them- selves and the other for the baggage— and sped toward Santiago, sometimes |over the coastline and again above the snow-capped Andes. They arrived at 5:19 p.m., with a stop for lunch at Copiapo. As the big plane alighted on EI | Bosque military air field thousands of | persons ~shouted greetings. The 10- mile journey from the field to the city was a triumphant procession, upward of | 70,000 persons standing along the route nd shouting. Froviiy dug o o Collsction <o ‘of 2 Arborvitaes, 2" Noriway ‘Spruce, 2 Mugo Pines, % Janiper Communis, 3 White Spruce. 'RING DELIVERY POSTPAID Colorado Blae Spruce 31.10 $q 0 5-year-old-trees, 3 for each, 10 tn 18 inches. 2 ¥O AMERICAN ARBORVITAE, 14 to 2 feet. EACH HIMALAYAS Jd's Most Beau- tifnl Evergreen! 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Four groups of players, two of them presenting serious plays and two com- edies, will enter the finals of the fifth annual cne-act play tournament, spon- sored by the Drama Guild of Washing- ton, at McKinley Auditorium, March 4, at 8:15 pm. ‘The Woodlothians, with “The Under Dog,” and the Arts Club Players, with “The House Cat,” will represent the serifous group, and the Orange and Blue Players, with “The Kelley Kid,” and the Drama Section of the Woman's Club of Chevy Chase, with “Fourteen,” will of- fer the comedies. Dramatic critics of Washington’s daily newspapers will rate the plays in the finals, and the 1931 winners will be named. Winners of individual awards for acting and for d -‘ion will also be announced at that tinic. . In announcing the names of the four companies to enter the finals, the judges of the preliminaries, held Friday night at Wilson Teachers’ College, gave two plays honorable mention. “The Wonder Hat,” presented by the Comus Club, and “Finders-Keepers,” as pre- sented by the Mackin Players, were the two named. Judges gave the reason for the selection thatneither fell into either of the two groups into which the plays were divided for judging. Priday night's plays presented the Towne Players in “El Christo,” the Stellar Dramatic Players in_ “The Bishop's Candlesticks,” the Mackin Club* in “Pinders-Keepers” and the drama section of the Chevy Chase Woman's Club in “Fourteen.” ‘The first preliminaries in the contest | were held February 11, SLAYER GETS 25 YEARS TOPEKA, Kans, February 21 (#)— Vergil Pointer, 37, convicted of second \degree murder for the killing last March of Roy Kramer, vice president of the Kaw Packing Co. here, was sen- tenced today to 25 years in prison. Louis H. 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