Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1931, Page 26

D. €. MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1931. |FOOD POISONING BLAMED AS 14 WOMEN BECOME ILL Thousands in Houston, Tex., Watch | ‘ Stricken Loaded in Ambulances. Recovery Is Expected. WASHINGTON, This unit is headed by Lieut. Comdr. Victer Point. THE FEVENING STAR. Dr. John Oliver La Goree, vice presi- | dent o the National Geograpnic So- | outh e | LEARN TO swim | ASIAN EXPLORATION s FOR SPORT AND SAFETY E UNDER wAY SUUN;"' be in ghe feld Bbgwonthj 1 Under Auspices of The Star and Boys’ Department of the TWO BROTHERS SHOOT | Several others were recovering at mfiri ratory. homes from less serious effects. Physicians said that although the | women were “very sick,” it was ex-‘ pected that all would recover. A fleet o! ambulances removed the stricken women to hospitals. Thousands of ople watched the ambulances being f' oaded with the victims. | Dr. Allen C. Hutcheson, city h(fll.h | officer, ‘ doctors believed to be food poisoning. | food lerved examined in the city labo- BALLOU INDORSES “SWIN” EAMPAIBN De Maupassant Plaque Unveiled. PARIS, March 30 (#).—Mayor Jean de ‘Castellane yesterday unvelled & com- memoraiive plaque on the house at No. 19 Rue Clauzel, where Guy de Maupassant is said to have lived. Some 5, mr Associated Press. historians, however, say the writer lived Y. M. C. A. and Star Move- ment Promised Co-opera- tion in School Cireles. Dr. Frank W. Baulou, superintendent of schools, today voiced hearty approval of the “learn to swim” campaign to be conducted jointly by The Evening Star and the Washington Young Men'’s Chris- tian Association and offered co-opers- tion of public school officials. Free | swimming lessors will be given from April 6 to 11.in the pool of the Y. M. | C. A. boys' department, 1732 G street “I believe that every school child of proper age should know how_to handle himself in the water,” Dr. Baliou an- nounced. “Swimming is not only a healthful exercise that shculd b> en- couraged, but is a safety measure of great“importance in the conservation of human lives Non-Swimmers Handicapped. “The person who deos not know how | to swim is badly handicapped in an emergency on the water. Besides risk- ing his own life, he may cause others | to risk, if not sacrifice, theirs. | “Prom the standpoint of health and recreation, I can think of no o‘her sport that combines exercise and fun in such | liberal proportions as swimming. I would urge every boy who is. eligible | to take advantage of the ocpportunity offered by The Star and the Y. M. C. A. | to become proficient in swimming. { “I am glad to extend the active co- operation of the public schools in the forthcoming campaign.” Co-operation Promised. As a definite evidence of the interest of school officials in the campaign, Dr. Ballou advised J. C. Ingram, director of the boys' department of the “Y,” ihat principals of the various schools will co-operate by distributing applica- tion cards for the swimming course. “I am sure that the boys will ap- | Boys 10 to 18 years old NAME ADDRESS ..... PARENT'S SIGNATURE. (Required) TROOPERS GRILL PAIR IN OFFICER SLAYING | Wounded Buspect May Die After Arrest in Oklahoma With Car Stolen in Ohio. | By the Associated Press. McALESTER, Okla, March 30.— ky State troopers from New d hc-e vesterday and began assembling evidence .- which they ex- pect to send two youthful outlaws to the electric chair fer th: slaying of their fellow officer. Headed by Capt. John L. Keeley, the four questioned Stanley Chero, fn’ the Stats penitentiary hospital ward suf- fering from a gunshot wound, and Wil- liam Schemnitzer in his jail cell, with- out drawing from either admission of firing the shot that killed State Trooper John E. Frey on the Troy-New York road the night of March 18. It was doubtful whether Chero would live to face trial Chero was wounded when he at- tempted to escape after McAlester police had arrested the two here, found asleep in_an automobile they had stolen in Ohio. British railw April 6—11 Send this application to the Y. M. C. A, Boys’ Building 1732 G Street offered free lessons daily EDUCATOR’S SISTER DIES AFTER AUTO ACCIDENT Grand Bapids Woman Second Vie- tim of Crash in Which College Professor's Wife Was Drowned. By the Associated Press. IExpedmon to Traverse Route | 1of Marco Polo—Dr. La Gorce in Syria Awaiting Start. | A caravan of seven caterpillar tractors ! and sclentific apparatus is assembled at Beyrouth (Beirut), Syria, ready to start within'a few days upon one of the most ! extensive overland explorations of mod- ern times, according to word received today by the National Geographic So- ! clety. The expedition will traverse, in part, the route of Marco Polo and the track of Alexander the Great's conquering march to the Indus. The leader of the expedition, a French enterprise, in which the National Geographic Society is co-operating, is Georges-Marie Haardt, famous explorer, who was first to cross the Sahara by | motor car. EASTON, Pa., March 30.—Mrs, Mar- garet Eaglesficld, 52, of Grand Rapids Mich., died from injuries received Satur- day night in an automobile accident near here in which her sister-in-law, Mrs. George Allen of Easton, was drowned. Mrs. Allen's husband, Dr. George Allen, head of the Department of Ro- marce Languages at Lafayette Col- lege, their 16-year-old son, Morris, and a niece, Jeanette Allen, 12, were in- jured. Dr. Allen suffered a fractured skull and is in a critical condition. The children were not seriously hurt. Dr. Allen’s car_plunged into the | | Delaware canal after skidding on a | | sharp curve. Mrs. Eaglesfield, a sister | of Dr. Allen, and the two children | struggled out of the car, submerged and came to the surface. | Plans !m a Hansa Canll in Germany to join the cities of Hamburg, Lubeck which was | { The expedition will operate in two parts, joining forces at the Mid-Asia rendezvous of Kashgar, The seven cars | assembled at Beyrouth is the Pamii unit, under the personal leadership of H: The second division, the operating from Peiping 1l drive west across Mon- deserts and the plateau of | Turkestan toward Kashgar. | golian Chinese ViM G A, : ‘; o | EACH OTHER TO DEATH Double Slaying Climaxes Quarrel | Declared to Huve Begun at Party Both Attended. By the Associated Press. WALLINS, Ky, March 30—Two brothers—John Bailey, 45, and Jim Bailey, 43—shot_each other to death here early yesterday thus terminating a family quarrel that had started at a party a few hours earlier. Jim was shot five times and John Both died instantly. Their 12-year-old nephew, Denver Bailey, was the only witness to_the double slaying, which occured at The home of Biil Bailey father of the slain men Chief of Police Albert Simpson said he had taken John to his (Simpson’s) home after the two men had quarreled at a neighbor's party. He said John had been drinkihg and he had put him to bed. John slipped from the Sumpson home about 3 o'clock in the morning, went to the home of his father, where Jim was aslecp, and re- newed the quarrel. The boy said John took two pistols from the mantel of Jim's room and fired at Jim who had awakened. Jim, mortally wounded took a pistol from beneath his pillov and fired two shots at John. Both hit_their mark. The cause of the argument was not known. twice. USTON, Tex., March Fourwen young women, said to be | employed at a cafeteria, were being treated last night in hospitals for what | “AWFUL SKIN HAD ME FRANTIC” bualmtmml.hmwamdunm Biackheads, pimples and sore, red spots made my skin look terrible. 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Mr. Ingram. “and 1 know that the officers of the school system will be glad to co-operate with you in bringing tbr:‘e matter to the aticntion of the | ys.” The campaign is timed to fit in with | the annual Easter vacation of the cchools. The entire course of instruc- | tion will be free. Boys from 10 to 18 vears old, who are unable to swim at least 50 feet, are cligible to take the lessons. Boys may register for the course -by fllling in the application blank printed herewith and mailing to the boys' de- partment, Y. M. C. A, 1732 G street. ARKANSANS OPEN FIRE ON “EASY DIVORCE” LAW | Citizens- Join Ministerial Group in Movement Designed to Bring Re- peal of New 90-Day Law. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March 30— Arkansas' place in the current easy divorce law competition was threatened today by an organization of citizens pledged fo purge the new 90-day divorce bill from the statute books. 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