Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1931, Page 5

NG STAR, WASHINGTON, SLAYING OF NURSE ! STARTS MAN HUNT One of Pair Sought for Quiz-! zing Already Held in Rhode Island. By the Associated Press. NEWPORT, R. I, March 25—One young man is In custody and another was sought today for the slaying of pretty Verna Russell, 20, a student nurse. The body was found in a ditch in a dreary spot. The medical examiner determined she was strangled. Vernon Vietor Galvin of Fall River, Mass., former New Hampshire State College foot ball star, furnished the State's investigators with virtually all| the information they had relating to the case and his story resulted in the issuance of & warrant for the arrest of | Elliott R. Hathaway, 28, of Fall River, son of & member of the Massachusetts | State Legislature. The warrant charged | Hathaway with murder in the first de- | gree. Galvin was held in $5,000 bail as a | material witness. Unable to raise the security, he was committed to the coun- il jall. ”A-Mn told the police that Hath- away told him that while he was driv- ing with Miss Russell they were beset by two men who took the girl a: from him and told him to “beat it Hathaway took him to the :..ne and Ppointed out the girl's body. Five hours later Galvin took this story to the Fall River police. ‘The body was found two miles over the State line in Rhode Island, a State in which life imprisonment is the maxi- mum punishment for murder. In Mass- achusetts it.is electrocution. i Rio de Janeiro Flies' British and Brazilian Colors for Visitors. RIO DE JANEIRO, March 25 (#).— Rio de Janeiro today was in gala attire in anticipation of the visit of the Prince of Wales and Prince George, expected here aboard the liner Alcantara from Montevideo and Santos. British and Brazilian colors flapped side by side in the breeze along the route from the quay to Guanabara Pal- ace, which has been redecorated for the royal occupants. President Getulio Vargas, members of the cabinet and the British Ambassador will meet the princes at the dock. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Mostly cloudy, with lowest. temperature about 38 de- grees; tomorrow fair and somewhat colder, shifting winds becoming mod- erate to fresh northwest late tonight. Maryland—Mostly cloudy and some- what colder tonight and tomorrow, probably light rain in north portion tonight and snow flurries in exireme west portion tomorrow, moderate shift- ing winds becoming northwest late to- night. Virginia—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow, except light raln or snow flurries in extreme west portion to- m; tomorrow fair and somewhat r, shifting winds becoming mod- erate to fresh northwest late tonight. West, nia—Mostly cloudy and colder, with light rain or snow in east and north portions tonight: tomorrow generally fair, except snow flurries and colder in morthwest portion. Record for Twenty-four Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 54: 8 p.m.,, 50; 12 mld;;l(ht. 46; 4 am, 43; 8 am, 39; 8 a.m. 29.80; noon, 29.75. Highest temperature, 54, occurred at 2:15 r.m. yesterday; lowest tempera- ture, 39, occurred at 7:30 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 69; lowest, 44. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic. Survey.) ‘Today—Low tide, 5:53 am, and 6:54 pam.; high tide, 12:01 p. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 6:40 a.m. and 7:52 pm.; high tide, 12:25 am. and 12:55 pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 6:05 a.m.; sun sets 6:24 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 6:04 am.; sun sets 6:25 p.m. Moon rises 9:12 p.m.; sets 12:02 a.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after’ sunset. Weather in Various Citles. £ Temperature. 22 1WonoT & Twjupe; souny wegowm “&wpa2isas “ausm asep 8y BeaBs2882 23588 Huron, 8. ¥ Indianapolis.Ind Jacksonville.Fla Kansas City. M Angeles 28252 538V SuZasageaRnzaaneaRRIIRanIS R R AR AR t3e | 88833R238! FOREIGN, (7 am., Greenwich time, today.) Temperature. Weather. 40 Ciea Priests to Preach Business, GUADALAJARA, Mexico, March 25 (). —Archbishop Prancisco Jimenez of Jalisco has priests of his diocese to deliver ser- mons in behalf of the “made in Mex- ico”_movement. Margaret Throckmorton (left) and Marian Hine, who are making arrange- ments for a cerd party to be given tonight by the Gamma Chapter of Phi Sigma Epselon Sorority at 1032 Connecticut avenue. -—Star Staff Photo. BALLYHOO SHOWS FACE SEASON WITH SLIM PROSPECT OF PROFIT Freaks, Showmen and Hangers-on of Carnivals Prepare to Wring Reluctant T RS » ’ By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 25.—“Step up, ladies and gentiemen! Try your hands at fortune's wheel. Faint heart ne'er won big prize Step up!” And as the fist warm breath of Spring suffuses the stony face of big town or little town, they're stepping up to take their c¢hante, thesz men and women who exhort the world to spend a nickel or.a dime for guerdon or for thrill. > For carnival time is here, and they're all astir. Pitch men, medicine m=n and jam men, short people, tall people, fat people d queer people, Hawalian dancers and rcpe workers and cowboys, guerrilla men and soothsayers. For them it's a big gamble and a bigger thrill than they ever offered gaping “churp.” Few of them ever gel rich and most of them face the hardest Summer of their careers, say some ex- perts. 4 Meet Difficult Times. “Eighty per'cent ¢f the small carnival shows are wondering what they're go- ing to mortgage next to get out on the road,” said F. J. Murphy, grizzled mas- ter showman. “What with the depression, daylight saving, new-fangled amusements, ex- orbitant license fees and miniature golf, oing Jooks rough. The laws against the gambling do & job on us, because peo- Coins From Public. ple like to win money, not sofa pillows. And a few rainy Sundays could ruin | most of us. | “Of course, they're some new attrac- | tions that pull em into the tent. The whales, for instance. Almost anybody |will spend his dough to see an em- | balmed whale, especially if he's never been near the sea water.” “Middle-aged man will pose as jungle lman with suit nature put on—entire | body covered with dark hair—interested party send 10 cents for picture,” says a hopeful ad in a trade paper. Half Man, Half Woman. “At liberty—half man, half woman- | own lecture on body—~flashy wardrobe, beasts another. “Whales! Whales! Whales! I make them. Also, two-headed baby in bot- | tle,” screams a third. | Carrousels, tile-whirls, kiddy rides, | pitch-till-wins, oplas, ocorn games, Oriental dancers, “the world's best sax- ophone artists,” and just plain cook- house help—you'd bs surprised ho many of them are either “at liberty” or “wanted.” v . It’s almost here folks. Carnival time. And the show folk are on the job, ready as one old showman has ex- | pressed it, to “defend the constitutional | privilege of the American-born child: to | ride the hobby-horse or experience the thrills of the ferris wheel.” SESSION T HONOR MANY D. C. DOCTORS American College Special Convoca- tion Fellowship Ceremony in Baltimore Tonight. P ~ Associated Press. ~TIMORE, Md, toial of 367 phiyeicians is to be made fellows of the American College of Physicians here tonight at a special convoeation ceremony. Those from Washington included James Earle Ash, George Pranklin Ay- cock, Carroll Royer Baker, Tho.aas Cajigas, George Wehnes Calver, Joseph Rogers Darnall, Arden Freer, Joseph Leroy Gilbert, Joseph Burton Glenn, Charles Mation Griffith, Harley James Hallett, Charles Clark Hillman, James Alexander Lyon, Paul Edgar McNabb, John Willlam Meehan, Charles Robert William * Francis - O’ e Paul Richmond, Albert Eugene Russe Otis Burgess . Spalding, Waiter Lew March 25.—A PAGEANT TO BE GIVEN Self-Denial Basis of Presentation at Church Next Sunday. Under direction of Mrs. Helen Turley, | a pageant based on the theme of self- “denial will be presented at the National | City Christian Church next . Sunday. | morning at 9:30 o'clock. | . Composing the cast are Mrs. Ralph | Meyers, Jack Meyers, Mrs. ~Wendell Calhoun, Joan Calhoun, Donald Cal- | boun, Ardell Payne, Mrs. J. W. Robbins, Junior Sweet, Raiph Updyke, Ashby Relly, Dobald Vining, Everett Dix, 1COunney Ryan and Russell Bradley. ! Births Rleporteé. The following births have been reported to | the Health Department in the last 24 hours: Guiseppe and Maria Froio. boy. Joseph M and Mabel V. | Willlam W' a lewellyn ‘W. . boy. erman C. and Clarice Biankenship, boy. William ¥. and Lalah Malone.:boy. Elmo T. Mabel Treadway, Edward Thomas B, Weldner | and Wallace Mason Yater. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR JOHN J. THOMAS Employe of W. R. & E., Native of Frederick, Md., Had Been Res- ident of Capital 35 Years. Funeral services for John J. Thomas, | 68 years old, employe of the Trans- | portation Department of the Washing- Railway & Electric Co, who died at his home, 1344 Ingraham street, Sunday, were . conducted at the residence this afternoon ‘at 1:30 o'clock. Interment, was 1o be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Md. His nephews served as | pallbearers. Mr. Thomas, an employe of the Wash- ington Raliway & Electric Co., for many years, had resided In this city 35 years, | :flln( from Frederick, where he was . He is survived by his widow, Mrs. A.| Elizabeth Thomas; daughter, Miss M Adelaide Thomas of this city, and son, R. Branson Thomas of Wynne-| wood Park, Md. He also leaves tw m&hfldm Katherine and Amelia 185 Subscribe Today j It costs cnly about 1% cents d-‘ and 5 cents ha“und-n to ve 's newspa- per dell regularly every evening and morn- iramedi- will col- th. | d Mariam Beck, girl. and Elsie Bridgett, girl. Frances Baxter, girl. nd Lillian Wood. Thomas L. { Elmer J. | Georee A, and Josie Krim, girl. Nicholas J. and Catherine Levay, girl, les N and Catherine Hess. girl. , wirl. d Alice Koerner, girl. Harrielte Sive. girl and Helen Heimburger, girl. Jessie Herbert. gir] d Lois Van M &l ces Copuano. Henry and Annie Johnson. Walter and Mary ‘Jones. boy. James O. and Ida Ivy. boy. Leo R. and Esther Brown. boy. F. and Annie:Featherstone. girl. ngersoll and Josephine Johnson. girl. James and Harrlett Slaughter, girl. Argentina plans to build 800 miles of motor_toll roads. ‘ Warehouse for Rent 802 R. I. Ave. N.E. 19,000 Sq. Ft. New 3-story. fireproof buildin on ‘corner, with fine offices an display windows on heavy t fic ariery. “B. and loading platform: icading plattorm for tru electric elevator. term Tow rental; i te Dosses- sion, 2 Coneult us for other avallable soace on terms and price to Shannon & Luchs, Tnc. 1485 K B¢, Natl. 3845, UTSDER 0PPOSED ONNENORALNORK Three Local Trade Bodies Urge Doric Temple Contract Be Given Local Firm. Belief that the contract for con- struction of the Doric Temple, the Dis- trict of Columbia World War memorial to be erected soon in Potomac Park, shculd be awarded to a local contractor is expressed in letters received by E. J. Murphy, chairman of the Buy-in- ‘Washington Council from the presi- dents of the three local trade bodies. The memorial will be erected south of the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial. Contracts for the construc- tion cf this edifice will be awarded shortly as the architect, Frederick H. Brooke, proposes to open bids in his office, 1218 Connecticut avenue, next ‘Tuesday. Letiers Oppose Outsider. Reports that an out-of-town con- tracting _organization might possibly submit the lowest bid fcr the construc- tion of the memorial and thereby gain the contract, resulted in the letters urg- ing that a purely local building organi- zation be given the work. George Plitt, president of the Board of Trade, writing to Mr. Murphy, ex- pressed the bellef that if the work is given to a non-local contractor “the whole spirit behind the movement for the memorial will be violated. Mark Lansburgh, president of the Merchants and Menufactures Asso- clation, states that a large part of the funds for the memorial was given by local labor unig1 members and de- clares that the letting of the work to Washington general and subccntrac- tors would be of financial and moral value to the city. View of C. C. President. rry King, president of the Cham- be‘::u%omm‘ercve. states: “Construction of the war memorial by out-of-town agencies would violate the principle and do injustice to the people of our city. The Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks is completing the removal of the old pclo fleld bandstand so that Army officers may play polo and ad- ditional opportunity be given for & number of £ports. Amh.nrity on Indians Dies. ST. ALBANS, Vt, March 25 (P)— Leslie E. Truax, 77, widely known authority on early Indian life in Ver- mont and Lower Canada, died last night. Truax made many excavations in collecting relics which were exhibited by the Smithsonian Institution and the Vermont Historical Society. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Washington Philatelic So- clety, 1518 K street, 8 p.m. Meeting, Soroptimist Club, La Fayette Hotel, 1 pm. Luncheon, Optimist Club, Chantilly Room, Hamilton Hotel, 12:30 pm. Luncheon, Monarch Club, Blue Room, Hamilton Hotel, 12 o'clock. Meeting, Brotherhood ef Locomotive Pl.rm*m and Engineers, Hamilton Hotel, all day from 9 a.m. General display, William E. O'Con- nor, Hamilton Hotel. Banquet, National Institute of Dyeing and Cleaning, Hamilton Hotel, 7:30 pm. Easter sale, First Congregational | Church, all day. Meeting, Anacostia Cltizens' Associa- tion, Masonic Temple, Fourteenth and | U streets, 8 pm. X Meeting, La Fayette Lodge Chapter No. 37.“‘0. E. 8., Obligation night, Chapter Hall, Fourteenth and Kenyon streets, 8 p.m. Meeting, Randle Highlands Citizens’ Association, Orr School, 8 p.m. Address | on District affairs by Willlam McK. | Clayton. Lecture, Dr. and Mrs. T. Hower Cur- tis, “Taking Jeries,” 3508 Quebec street, 8 pm. Lecture, Dr. Nina E. Pickett, “Be Ye Perfect or, Reincarnation,” Lodge, THeosophical Society, 1216 H street, 8 p.m. Lecture, Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, May- flower Hotel, 11 am. Lincheon, Lions Club, Chinese Room, Mayflower Hotel. Meeting, Association of Mill Schools and Colleges, Mayflower Hotel, banquet in Grand Ballroom. | Meeting, Interstate Commerce Com- ! mission, Chinese Room, Mayflower Hotel, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 to 5 pm. Card party, bridge, Victory Review No. 12, W. B. General Baking Auditorium, 2146 Geor: gia avenue, 8 p.m. Dinner, Syracuse University Alumnil, Burlington Hotel, 6 p.m. Two plays by woman members, “Fourteen” and ““Widows.” FUTURE. Cabaret dance, Brightwood Chapter No. 42, O. E. 8, Brightwood Masonic Temple, tomorrow, 9 p.m. Luncheon, Washington Chapters, Phl Delta Delta Legal Fraternity, Women’s City Club, tomorrow, 12:15 pm. Card party, Keane Council, Knights of Columbus, five hundred and bridge, Knights of Columbus Hall, 918 Tenth streét, ‘tomorrow. Card party, Confederate Flag Chap- ter, D. C. benefit Arkansas and Kentucky sufferers, Raleigh Hotel, to- morrow, 8 p.m. Meeting, Conduit Road Citizens' As- sotiation, Potomac Heights Community Church, tomorrow, 8 p.m. Commis- sloner Herbert Crosby will address the $52.10 New 3-Pc. Bath Room Outfit. . Get Our Low Prices on Al Plumbing Fix!uru 3Bu'n.¢hoi-3 ;T Baffles chtors MAN LIVES WITH BULLET IN HIS HEART. ILLIAM W. McCABE, 50, of Mountain Home, Ark., is ba fling the medical profess! by living with' a 22-caliber bullet in his heart. McCabe, & Representative in the Arkansas As- sembly from Baxter County, was shot March 12 and physicians say that he is on the road to recovery. H. G. Lans- dale of Atlanta, Ga. is béing held for the shooting, but he denies guilt. ~—Wide World Photo. RUSH FOR PLATINUM Prospectors Swarm Alberta Strike and Stake 200 Claims. EDMONTON, Alberta, March 25 (#).— Prospectors, converging on the site of a reported platinum strike on Sullivan Creek, about 170 miles west of here, late yesterday had staked 200 claims. Singe. two veteran homesteaders re- ported traces of inum Sunday, for- tune seekers have swarmed into the district. Doubt to whether there was any accumulation of platinum in the area was expressed by Dr. J. A. Allan of the Department of Geology, University of Alberta. to WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1., TOBEGIN PLAN | Public Construction Division will 1931. FOR EMPLOYMENT Return of President to Mark Permanent Steps for Stabilization. By the Associated Press. Permanent efforts by the Govern- | ment to stabilize employment are ex- pected to get under way formally soon after President Hoover returns from Porto Rico. The work of following up public build- ing programs, now being done by the President's Emergency Employment Committee, and much of the work of the division of public construction of | the Commerce Department will be taken over by the Federal Employment Sta- bilization Board, & permanent body created by the Wagner act. The board already has taken pre- | liminary organization steps. The Com- | merce Department announced today that final plans await only the naming of a director, and this is expected soon after the President returns. ‘The Federal Employment Stabiliza- tion Board is composed of the Secre- taries of Labor, Treasury, Commerce and Agriculture. Its work will be to bring abcut advance planning of pub- lic improvements in such a way that work can be speeded during depression and slowed down when times are pros- perous. “It is the theory of the law,” said a statement issued at the department, “that the speeding up and slowing down of construction will be accomplished on the basis of the board’s advice given after study of the business situation.” A nucleus of the expert staff required has existed in the department since 1929, when the Public Construction Di- vision was formed, with James 8. Taylor as director. Part of the staff of n; transferred to the board. Queen Marie in Paris. PARIS, March 25 (#).—Queen Mother Marie of Rumania arrived in Paris today for » short stay before proceed- ing to French Morocco, which she will visit_at the invitation of the French government. \Girl Flyer Walks | 30 Miles in Desert | After Plane Fails Fraulein Ely, Flying to Germany From Africa, Reaches Safety. By the Assoctated Press. TIMBUCTOO, Upper Senegal, Africa, March 25—Missing for more than four days on & return flight to Ger- | many from West Africa, Fraulein Elly | Betnhorn has arrived here afcot after |8 30-mile hike across the burning desert sands. ‘The fraulein explained that after completing most of a 450-mile flight from Bammaku, from where she took off Thursday, she was forced down in the desert by an oil pipe leak. She managed to land safely, but had insuf- ficlent runway for taking off again, so she trudged on here to get help. Fraulein Elly, who is flying alone in | & baby plane, took off from Berlin Jan- uary 4 and flew by stages to Bissao, Portuguese West Africa. CONSUTGETS NEW POST | Walter A. Foote Assigned as Afde in State Department. ‘Walter A. Foote of Texas, who has served as nited States consul at Medan, Sum...ra for the past four years, has been acsigned to duty as assistant chief of the division of current in~ formation at the Department of State. He relieves George C. Hanson of Con- necticut, consul at Harbin, Manchuria, who filled the State Department posi- tion after the departure s few months | ago of Robert M. Scotten of Michis | on duty as first secretary of embassy SMITHS MOVES2.STORES FURNITURE OFALLKINDS | gll YOU STREET, NW. 'HONE NO.3342-'3343 MCDNALDS FAE WTHLLDVDGEOREE Liberal Eeader Will Help La- bor Premier in Fight «- for Life, .. .- By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, March 25.—David Lloyd George today was able to e the Labor government of Prime Minister MacDonald probably sufficient Liberal support to keep it in office indefinitely, provided it asks Parliament to do noth- ing offensive to Liberal mclples. ‘The parliamentary Lil l party, in an 8-hour private meeting last night, after acrimonious debate voted 33 to 17 in indorsement of a statement of policy drawn up by Lioyd George, which must become the keynote of Labor legisla- tive policy if Labor is to remain in power. ‘The 17 votes cast against the doughty Liberal leader, who many believe en- aged in a fight to culminate his bril- iant political career with another term as premier, marked a high-water mark for the Sir John Simon opposition group, whose watchword has become “turn the rascals out.” The Liberals voted against an out-. right alliance with the government which has been darkly hinted for some time, but which apparently was spiked before the meeting with appointment of ‘Thomas Johnston, youthful undersec- retary for Scotland, as lord privy ses It is Our PriJe, Pn'vileée and Pleasure> to Announce Our Afpointment as INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED %K Sole Acc.;'edited Distributors of From all of America’s fine lines of clot]:ea we Jeli]:erntely cl:ose Stei_n-Bloc]m Clot]mes, tl:e finest of tl:em all b e Lecnuse ‘we want to sive our vlluctl patrons d:e funest intrinsic value oo tlle ficl:utn pattern woolens cee t]ae most enrluring tailorwork mc] tlxe most ltL vancecl stylerelesmce in tlle clre.u of a gentleman. 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