Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1931, Page 4

47 STARS MARRY, ~ WHILE 37 REPENT 1930 Scoring in Hollywood {. Puts Cupid Ahead, but > Divorces Lead in"31. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Merch 2—Dan Cupid; is still outscoring the divorce courts here, but their tallies are close. Dan marked up the marriage of Wil- liam H. Boyd in December and the courts recorded the divcrce of William | H. Boyd in January. They were two different Boyds, but they illustrate the nip and tuck race. One statistician said there were 47 marriages and 37 divorces among the motion picture prominent in 1930. So far this year Cupid is being outscored. MacLean to Marry. Charles Farrell and Virginia Vall have married. Kay Francis and Jo- sephine Dunne took new husbands, Douglas MacLean has filed notice of intention to marry. Against these are the divorces of Boyd, the former New York stage actor; Laye, Kathleen Williams and Jean Harlow. Mrs. Fred Beetscn has a suit against her husband,qgho is an sssistant to Will Hays. Ina ®laire has announced her permanent separation from John Gilbert. Loretta Young has moved back home with her mother, intimating a disagreement with Grant ‘Withers. In December the other William H. Boyd flew with Dorothy Sebastian to Las Vegas, Nev., where they were mar- ried. But in the same month Pauline Prederick was divorced by Hugh C. Leighton, her fourth husband. Gloria Gets Freedom. They had been married but a few monthis. Other divorces of this month ‘were Gloria Swanson and the marquis, the Tom Mixes, Robert, Ames from his fourth wife and Lina Basquette. ‘Billie Dove and Howard Hughes, the young millionaire picture producer, were among the 1930 divorced, but Hollywood seems. to. expect Cupid to bring forth an annhouncement from these two soon. gelg Hays was among those who mar- Other notable film marriages of 1930 were those of Bebe Daniels to Ben Lyon, Loretta Young to Grant Withers. Prancis Marion to George Hill, Lowell Sherman t> Helen Constello, Grace Menken to Bert Lytell, Jocelyn Lee to Luther Reed, Hoot Gibson to Sally El- lers, Dolores Del Rio to Cedric Gib- bons, Nils Asther to Vivian Duncan, Margaret De Mille to B. P. Fineman, John Garrick to Harriet Bennett, Jetta Goudal to Harold Grieve, Bradley King to George H. Boyd, Lewis Stone to Hagzel Woof, Betty Boyd to Charles Hoovet, jr.; Dorothy Lee to Jimmy Fid- ler, Gaston Glass to Lioba Karling, Nat- alie Moorhead to Alan Crosland and Betty Francisco to Fred Sparling. Get Quick Divorce. Miss Moorhead and Crosland were divorced and married in the same year. The 1930 divorces include William Powell, Constance Bennett, Helen Twelvetrees, Emmett Corrigan, Al San- tell, Colleen Moore, Betty Compson, Joseph Van Sternberg, Joseph Schild- kraut,” Ernst Lubitsch, Jane Winton, Cliff Bdwards, Lila Lee, Douglas Mac- Lean, King Baggott, Eileen Percy, Em- tmett Flynn and Benjamin Glazer. FRENCH AVIATORS BREAK DURATION FLIGHT RECORD Pair Remain Aloft 75 Hours and Fly 5,470 Miles fn Closed Circuit. By the Associated Press. ORAN, Algeria, March 2.—The French aviators Lucien Bossourout and Aime Rossi yesterday broke the record for duration flight in a closed circuit by remaining in the air 75 hours and 23 minutes and covering a distance of 5,470 miles. ‘The Frenchmen, who took off Thurs- day morning, bettered the record estab- lished last June by the Italian flyers Maddelena and Cecconi, who remained aloft 67 hours and 13 minutes and cov- ered 5,087 miles. Boussourout is & Veteran French pilot and also holds an altitude record for having flown 3,583 meters (about 11,755 feet) with a load of 5,000 kilograms (about 11,023 pounds). He attempted the first flight from Paris to Dakar, Africa, being forced down in Africa. He was lost for a week. Rossl formerly was a partner of Jo- l;ph Lebrix, another noted French yer. SNOW AND BITTER COLD HIT EUROPEAN NATIONS| Gale Claims Several Victims in| Channel and North Sea—Traf- fic and Farms Suffer. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 2—The greater part of Europe and the British Isles were under snow today. A biting wind piled the white blanket high in places and in others swept the ground bare. Bitter cold prevailed. Traffic was held up in many places, highways and rallways were blocked in Sweden and telephone and tele- | graph lines were down in Denmark. | Snowfall in the British Isles varied from two to three inches in the south 10 sevén to eight inches in the north, | with deep drifts in the mountain dis- tricts of Scotland, Wales and Ulster. Sheep farmers suffered severe losses of stock. The gale which accompanied the | snow raised dangerous seas in the Channel and North Sea, which claimed several victims, Sixteen were believed | to haye perished near Fraserburgh, Scotland, when a Dutch trawler turned over offshore and conditions were too | bad to attempt a rescie. One body was washed ashore 4 VOTE ON DRY LAW ASKED BY PORTO RICO FARMERS | | | By the Assoctated Press. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, March 2.— An eflort to do away with prohibition in Porto Rico was started yesterday by the Agriculture Association, which said fts enforcement here was & “joke.” Through its president, Jose Pesque ?, the associaticn has presented a resolli- tion to the Porto Rican Legislature ask ing that body send a memorial to Co gress through the resident commission= er, Felix Cordova Davila, seeking repeal of the eighteenth amendment or its ap= | plication and enforcement in this island. The resolution claims attempts to en- ct is menacing socially and | physically and causing a loss of revenue. The island voted dry in 1917, it was | eaid, through a misunderstarfding and | the farmers want opportunity to correct | i, - . what they term & COStly erTor by belng | Deteeas wr last W e e 5 granted a new referendum and recant- | ment of local regulatory laws, i A Spanish missionary ‘writing a book on Mexico about 60 years after the con- by Cortez has this to say of the m-'. “They have their presidents #nd lesser authorities to look after the old, or the married or the young about to be married, with such system and or- der that not even the newly born babe their notice. The man who one week was not allowed to {reach a ecritical stage. | our own resources for the kind of hos- | pected our sick and wounded to receive. Americans Forced to Use Hospitals of French to Care for Wounded at Chateau Thierty. TARDIEU CENSURED | FOR REQUEST TO U. S. British Join Celebration | . . | of July4—Belgian| Army, Is Placed Under Foch’s Direction. H cupied my attention the last week of June, 1918. Twelve of our divisions were then either in line or in reserve behind, the French, 5 were in training in rear of the British Army. Of those with the French, five were in training in rear of vicinity of Villers-Cotterets and Chateau Thierry, between the French front and Paris. The British seemed to think the French unduly nervous about the safety of Paris, and that Foch was holding a greater proportion of American troops b hind the French lines than necessary. They believed there was a strong prob- ability of another attack against their front, and felt Gen. Foch was not pay- ing enough attention to théir situation. However, they probably did not realize that a counter-offensive ,was contem- plated on this front should the occa- sion present itself. Four Corps Organized. The 1st Corps headquarters, or- ganized in Jayuary under Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett, with Col. Malin Cralg as chief of staff, had become a smooth- ly working machine ready for active service .anywhere, but events had moved so swifty there had been no opportunit: for the assembly of divisions Wik} the increasing size of oux AXiy T was evident that 4 greater number of di- visions wuthd be,able to take part in operations at earller dates than we had thought possible. Consequently, the or- ganization of the 2d, 3d and 4th Corps L -adquarters was at once completed. The '2d Corps, Maj. Gen. George Reed commanding, with: Col. George Simonds as chief of staff, and a limited number of staff officers, was charged with matters of administration and command pertaining to the divisions be- hind the British front. The 3d Corps, temporarily under Maj. Gen, William M. Wright, Col. Alfred Bjornstad, chief of staff, continued to supervise training of divisions serving in the Vosges area. The 4th Corps was temporarily under the corps chief of staff, Col. Stuart Heintzelman, with dquarters at Toul. By the actual constitution of these corps they were expected soon m‘ become efficient enough to hancle units in_operations. It was our policy throughout the war to make the basic corps organizations as permanent as possible. The corps com- mander and his staff and certain corps troops such as- heavy artillery, signal and engineer contingents and supply units thus formed a team that grew in | efficiency with experience. Divisions were assigned to corps according to cir- cumstances, but were not attached with any idea of permanency. Relied on French Hospitals. As to hospitals, when our troops be- came suddenly engaged in the Chateau Thierry region we had to rely largely upon the assistance of the French to care for our wounded. Although they had given us every assurance that hos- pital arrangements for those operations would be complete, and without question did their best, it was only through the mobile hospitals we had organized that we weer able to give our. casualties proper attention, In extenuation of the French failure to take care of our casualties properly, it must be said that when the Germans swept over the Cherin des Dames to Chateau Thierry the French lost 45,000 beds included in some of their best- 2quipped hospitals. We had no hospitals on that front and with limited trans- portation fourd it difficult to supple- ment the scant French facilities. In fact, the situation as to-hospital accom- modations for our troops was about to OSPITALIZATION and comple- tion of three corps headquar- ters and staff organizations oc- In this connection a csble was actu- ally submitted by Mr. Casper Whitney for the New York Tribune which was scathing in its denunclation of our Medical Department. The censor: im- mediately informed the medical repre- sentatives at my headquarters, and Gen. Ireland, the chief surgeon, re- quested an investigation, which was at once carried out by the chief of the Inspector General's Corps, Gen. Brew- ster. Mr. Whitney was asked to be present at all the hearings, and when the actual facts were brought out, showing the efficlency of the Medical Department, he was most apologetic &nd thereafter was an enthusiastic sup- vorter of the wisdom of the censorship. Had to Enlarge Hospitals. Our experience during these oper- ations showed that we must depend on pitalization and treatment that we ex- Mobile hospitals could not always take the place of more permanent installa- tions needed after a great battle. The important question of enlarged hospitalizations, with ample accommo- dations and attendants for the sick and wounded, was, therefore, receiving the very earnest attention of Gen. Ireland, in ‘whose judgment and ability I had complete confidence. Although new problems were encountered here and there as our troops were sent to, differ- ent parts of the front, they were all met in such a way as to reflect credit upon our Medical Department. My diary notes the following: “Paris, Tuesday, July 2, 1918.—After busy days at Chaumont came to Paris on Saturday, stopping at Orly to see new DH-4 with Liberty motor. S8aw Gen. nfitt on reorganization of 8. O. 8, which seems topheavy. “On _Sunday went to 1st Division and held first ceremony to confer decora- tions. Camps in "excellent condition. Motored to British G. H. Q. stopping with Col. Bacon. Called on Sir Doug- las Halg. Spent yesterday and today with Gen. Reéad, 2d Corps, inspecting new divisions, including 80th, 18th, 30th, 33d and 27th, and consider the person- nel most promising. “Returned to Parls tonight. Have learned that French at last have bey o enforce requisition for horses. Bishop Brent commissioned major, National Army. Brigade of Regulars, 2d Di- vision, stormed Vaux this afternoon, capturing 500 prisoners.” Opposed Liberty Motor. It was encouraging to see our own air- coming ‘While some dafects in manufacture had been observed in both the DH-4 plane and in the Liberty en- gine, these had been pointed out to the department at home and were in course 'of correction. Although ‘the French manufacturers | made many suggestions that we should | adopt this motor or that, and had none too mildiy opposed the adoption of the 1 Yankee Artillerymen in action, wearing gas masks. the requirements for our own Army and Navy Air Services both at home and broad. The tonnage situation consid- erably restricted the shipment of planes from home, but for the time being Prance and England could furnish them provided we could supply the engines, but at all times the demand for both planes and Liberty motors was greater than the supply. The horse question was one that gave us trouble continuously. Because of the tonnage situation and the scar- city of forage in France, and in view of the promise of the French to pur- chase and deliver to us 15,000 animals per month from April to August, both inclusive, we had in March recom- farmers were reluctant to sell, even at the increased prices offered, and the | climax came May 31, when the French advised that due to military develop- ments on the Western front the gov- ernment had issued orders suspending the purchase of any additional animals for the American forces. +« \ Promised 80,000 Horses. I immediately took the matter up with M. Arndre Tardieu of the Franco- American Committee, calling his atten- tion to the extent to which the French failure to supply animals would im- mobilize a considerable portion of our forces. As & result the French agreed to adopt a system of enforced requisi- tion throughout Prance commencing June 20 and extending to August 1. It was estimated that there were in France not in military service approximately 3,000,000 animals, from 300,000 to 400,- 000 of which were thought to be suit- able types. romised 80,000 of the 160,- We were 000 to be ined through requisigion, and in addition counted on appfoxi- | mately 14,000 from the British in ac- cordance with their promise to supply horses for the divisions behind their lines, Negotiations were also reopened for obtaining animals in Spain, and it from that source. ‘These numbe: however, would still leave us with a e shortage August 1 and the War Department was therefore requested June 30 to resume shipments t the rate of 8,000 per month. It was lized that this number would not meet requirements, but it was hoped we might obtain still further sssistance from the allies and thus avoid a greater demand on our already inadequate ton- nage. About this time M. Tardieu took the initiative, and without consulting any one sent 'a cable to the French Ambas- sador at ‘ashington requesting that our War Department begin the ship- ment of horses for our Armies at the ate of 35,000 per month, to be increased | progressively to 60,000 per month. The | department” was naturally alarmed as the cable indicated a situation entirely | at-variance with what I had reported. Recurrence of 1917 Incident. ‘This is mentioned as one of the many incidents to illustrate the sort of offi- clous interest exercised by the French. It will be recalled that exactly the same thing had occurred in the Fall of 1917 in connection with the chipment of horses, except that then M. Tardieu was on the receiving end in Washing- ton. When his attention was called to the importance of co-operation he was much embarrassed, and said that no differences in the future need to be feared. M. Tardieu was most efficient, and as chief of the Franco-American Committee aided us materially in pro- curement and in many other ways, My diary.says: “Chaumont, Saturday, July 6, 1918. Conferred with Lord Milner Wednesday morning in Paris and later with Haig, giving my objections to our troops in training being taken for an offensive. “Attended meeting Supreme War Council in the afternoon. “Reached Chaumont at noon the 4th ;ndvmnlclplmd in celebration at Hotel e Ville. French mission also gave an | the only entertainment, with movies of 1st Divi-present be! was thought 25,000 could be obtained | sion_at Cantigny. Gen. de_ Castelnau called and Gen. Petain, Gen. Ragueneau and de Chambrun dined with us and at- tended a troop entertainment. Received many telegrams. “As a compliment to the French, I issued orders yesterday making July 14 (Bastille ¢ay) a holiday. “Part of the 33d Division made an at- tack with the Australians on the 4th. “Held detailed discussion today with McA! 'w Hagood and Eltinge on S. O. 5. reorganization.” _ Haig Wanted Americans. Lord Milner came in from Versailles, and together we went over the problem of troop shipments and considered the continuance of tonnage for the increased American program. He assured me their plans contemplated the same help they were then giving us, but he was very anxious that the American divisions be- hind the British lines should remain there, and somehow I felt that his as- surance as to shipping might depend upon the pumber of divisions that would be_held for service with their armies. Marshal Haig, who called later, was alsc very solicitous as to the retention of our troops, and said he would be very much weakened #f any more divisions were taken away. I told him that for the moment the question where they would serve would depend upon where they were needed most. t had not been my intention to at- tend the July 3 session of the Supreme ‘War Council, but a telephone message came. from Mr. Lloyd George asking me to come. It gave me the opportunity of thanking him for the spirit behind the British purpose to celebrate the 4th of July with us, on which I had already | written him a note. As he had sent word through Col. Lloyd Griscom that he wished to visit some of our units, this was also & chance to extend him an in- vitation in person. At this session of the council there was an absence of that tenseress that had prevailed at the last two meetings, T.uutlon discussed while I was Ing whether the Belgian army This experiment was made 65 years ago- November 28, 1866 Enclosed find my order. It is miostly for other parties who are not yet satisfied that it is possible for food of a good quality to be furnished at your figures after paying former prices. I am sure, however, that a few experiments, resulting as favorably as my first, will give people confidence and insure you a liberal patronage from this locality. N —and it has been made by millions of “other’ parties” since then, with the result that today A & P has more customers than any other grocer in the world. The Great ATLANTIC & PACIFIC Teq Co. Liberty. engine, its success was instan- taneous, and the Interallied ttee soon found itself swamped with requests for allotments. To cover their new con- FORSPEECH TODAY Ex-Governor Will Address North Carolina Session, Coming Here Later. By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C, March 2.—Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York ar- rived in Raleigh today to address the North Carolina General Assembly. ‘The Democratic presidential nominee of 1928 came to Raleigh from Center- ville, Md., where he spent the week end as the guest of John J. Raskob, in Raskob’s railway car, “the Skipway.” Adjt. Gen. J. Van B. Metts met the New Yorker and escorted him to the executive mansion, where he and Mrs. Smith were to be luncheon guests of Gov. and Mrs.'Gardner. Smith’s ad- | dress was set for 2 p.m. GUEST AT RASKOB HOME. Ex-Go¥. Smith Ends Week End Visit| and Later Comes Here, CENTERVILLE, Md., March 2 (#).— | Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York, Democratic presidential candi- date ‘in 1928, who, with Mrs. Smith, | spent the week end here at the home | of John J. Raskob, chairman of the| Democratic National Committee, left Jesterday by sutomobile for Raleigh, | Mr. Smith also has been invited to speak to the Georgia legislators before he returns to, Washington and New York. The Georgia Assembly’s final adjournment is ‘expected in a few days. ‘The week end at the Raskob estate | here came on the eve of the meoting of the party’s National Committee in ‘Washington, set for next Thursday, the day after adjournment of Congress. Gov. Smith came here last Friday from Florida. The trip to Wilmington was made in Mr. Raskob's private rail- road car. At the Delaware city he was met by Miss Betty Raskob and driven to Mostley Hall, the chairman's home. During the time he was here no in- terviews were granted, and telephone conversations with either Mr. Smith or Mr. Raskob were denied. Appointed Vice Consul. William C. George of this Tity, who has been serving as a clerk at the United States Legation at Monrovia, Liberia, has been appointed United States vice consul at that post. would be under Gen. Foch. The Belgian chief of staff objected on the ground that a King could not be plaged under the command of a general. It did not appear to me that the point was well taken, as i the matter of rank both Haig and Petain were senior to Foch, who, after all, held his place by com- mon agreement. * Celebrate July 4. In spite of the technical question of rank, the Belgian authorities, as repre- sented by the King, were strongly in favor of co-operation, Once the portion of the line to be held by each of the allies was distinctly defined and the operations to be under- taken by each were agreed upon, Foch might have been called the chief co- ordinator. Each commander-in-chief was superior in his own army, as had been before, and Foch's task was to co-ordinate the operations of the armies in such a manner as to make it impracticable for the enemy to con- centrate against any one. In practice, this’ was the role' he actually played unde‘r the provisions of his appoint- ment. The Fourth of July found me in Chaumont. - The French people there never missed an opportunity to show their pleasure at having us in their midst and their appreciation of our aid to the cause. The principal ceremony of the'day was a reception to the offi- cers of my headquarters, by the local French officials, both civic and military, and the prominent citizens at the Hotel de Ville. This was an altogether de- lightful social gathering, including a series of suitable sgechcs. ‘The spirit of fraternity that prevailed made it easy to respond. In fact, on this, as often on similar occasions, I found myself almost as enthusiastic as the Prench speakers, though perhaps less content with my effort. ‘The allles elsewhere did not forget that it was Independence day, and| messages came from Clemenceau, Foch and Haig and many others from all over Prance. Jrox x Tomorrow: -‘The British, despite Pershing’s objections, get our troops | lnu; a premature Fourth of July' at- tack, 3 Recruiting Offices Watch for Boy, 18, Ordered to Enlist| | Army to Ask Refgerences| If Auto Thief Prefers U. S. Service to Jail. District recruiting agencies of the United States Army today were on the lookout for an 18-yeat-old boy. who re- cently was ordered to either enli.sv,d.n the Army or serve a jail term affer he was convicted of stealing an auto- mobile. The unusual sentence was meted out by & judge in Somerset, Pa. according to_press dispatches from that town. Officials of the 3d Corps Area Recruit- ing Headquarters, in Baltimore, on learning of the sentence issued a warn- ing to District, Maryland and Pennsyl- vania agencies to be on the lookout for the youth. In a statement issued at the 3rd Corps Area offices it was pointed out that the Army “is no haven for men of questionable character.” At present, it was said, recruiting standards are unusually high, and “any applicant for enlistment must present testimonials of good character, vouched for in writing by well known, reputable ciuzens of the community in which the spplicant resides.” The young man, according to the riews dispatches, was given three months in which to join the Army and to “learn some discipline.” Bus lines in the Tientsin-Pleping dis- trict @f China are expanding, YOUTHS SUSPECTED IN DEATH OF GIRL, 15 Detroit Police Hold Two After Stu- dent Dies From Frac- tured Skull. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 2.—The eass of a 15-year-old high school girl who Was found unconscious at the side of pavement at an East Side intersection Friday was described today by police as a homicide. The girl, Anna Gabriel, died yester- day afternoon shortly after an X-ral showed that her skull was in such & manner as to indicate that she could not have been the victim of a hit-run automobile driver, as polies at first thought. Two youths were detained in connee~ tion with the investigation, police an- nounced. ‘Witnesses were found who told of the girl entering an automobile in which two young men were riding Priday morning near her home a mile from the place she was found. Her gchoole }:ook.&~ lay beside her when she was oun Montgolfier, the famous French bel= loonist of the last of the eighteentn century, one day volunteered to air his wife's gowns. While engaged in this task he noticed tbat, when filled with hot air from the fire, the gowns be- came inflated and began to raise them= selves up. He was kee interested, and by the time his wife came in, Mont- golfier was sending up little paper bal- loons, and thus beginning the inven= tions that made him famous. H1I8 brilliant, new, 70-horsepower Studebaker em- bodies the greatest automotive advance since the electric starter—the same Free Wheeling that has been adopted by Pierce-Arrow and Lincoln. Studebaker engi~ neering genius makes momentum take the place of gaso- line—gives ten speedometer miles for eight engine miles —reduces costs of tires and repairs—saves 15% to 20% in gas and-oil. Driving a Free Wheeling Studebaker is motoring’s greatest’ thrill—yet highway commissioners approve it as offering new safety. Go to a Studebaker dealer today and drive a Free Wheeling Studebaker. LEE D. BUTLER INCORPORATED 1132-3¢ CONNECTICUT AVENUE % (Opposite the Mayflower) Col. 5050 STUDEBAKER z BUILDER OF CHAMPIONS (Copyright, 1931. in all countries by the North American Newspaper Alliance. World rights reserved, including the Scandinavian. | Reproduction m'\vhnx- or in part prohib- | ed. \ if you pay in easy monthly instaliments The lump-sum expense which taxes impose need cause you no worry, even though you may not have the necessary funds to meet your assessments. Morris Plan was established to give helpful When you obtain a loan for the tgln-plue paying your taxes or for any of .you will have an entire year for repayment. Loans may be made from The Morris Plan Bank with character and earning power as the principal basis for credit extension. MORRIS PLAN Under Supervision U. S. Treasury ler reason financial assistance in just such emergencies. You can arrange throigh the Morris Plan for a loan under terms that wili enable you to pay your taxes just the same as you now pay your rent. You can thus cancel your tax indebtedness through a convenient process of monthly payments. of BANK