Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1931, Page 24

ANSBURCH'S 7th, 8th & E Sts. 'VETERANS' BEATING! RESULTS IN CHARGE |Representative Hess Re-| quests Gaflinger Hospital Contract Be Rescinded. A suggestion to the Veterans' Bureau | that contracts for veterans' requiring hospitalization at Gallinger Municipal | Hospital be discontinued and an ap-! peal for an investigation of treatment | | of veterans there have been made by Representative William E. Hess of Ohio. | This action grew out of chargss made by Joscph Edward Jaffee, a constituent of Mr. Hess, that at Gallinger Hospital | he was struck, mistreated and confined in the psycopathic ward and denied the presence of his friends, These charges are being investigated by the Federal grand jury. Jaffee, Tecently a patient at Mount office of Senator Cameron Morrison of North Carolina, tary gave him a letter to the Veterans' Bureau requesting that he be further medical treatment. The Vet- erans’ Bureau sent him on July 3 to Alto Hospital, was taken sick in the Eighteen-y THE EVENING LOAN FOR CANDY REFUSED. DAWSON W. CROWSON, 60 years old, Monroe, ar-old farm boy, confessed The Senator's secre- L0 Police he shot and killed Ira Castles, La, merchant, given 'and set fire to his store after Castles ' refused to lend hur $5 t» buy candy STAR, WASHINGTO PROSPECTOR'S BONES END GOLD HUNT TALE Australian Nomad Tribe Brings Skeleton From Wilds—Planes Failed in Ore Search. By the Associated Press. CANBERRA, Australia—A nomad tribe of desert blacks has brought the skeleton of ““Possum” Lasseter to the | outskirts of civilization, and there ends' | a story of a scarch for desert gold. | There have been many reports of | gold in the Central Adstralian desert; | some gold has been found, but many lives have been lost. Lasseter's expedition was the most spectacular and best equipped, but it | ended, like others, in death. little | more than a year ago Lasseter struggled | out of the interior with a story of gold in the dread Peterman ranges, and & company was formed to equip an ex- {pcdman Two airplanes, a eamel and a tribe | of blacks co-operated in placing stores +of food, water and gasoline along the route to the ranges. Lasseter was left at the most distant base to await the main party. The first airplane crashed and the pilot barely escaped with his life, and then the second plane met with a similar fate and its crew was rescued after privations. Through all this Lasseter waited. Finally he tried to make his way out of against a 20-mile wind, words were heard 18 miles, hurst, N. J., recently, a | mitted over the apparatus to the dirig- N, D. C, TUESDAY, PLAN SPEECH TESTS Navy Purchases Compressed Air Systems for Experiment. Compressed air has been summoned by the Navy to ald in catapulting the human voice long distances. The de- partment announced today it had pur- chased two sound systems of this type to be utilized in experiments. A speech, transmitted eight miles showed th possibilities and with the wind. the At Lake- message trans- ible U, 8. S. Los Angeles half a mile tin the air was heard above the noise of the craft’s engines. Messages wer audible in a plane 800 feet llo?t. i DEATH HELD ACCIDENT ter Was Unavoidably ‘Killed, A coroner's inquest yesterday in the case of Mitchell Bboher, carpenter, who | was killed by an elevator Saturda: ernoon while working in wuu% Apartments, resulted in a verdict of accidental death. ester aft- | JULY 14, 1931. FILM ACTOR TO REMAIN CITIZEN PENDING PROBE Warrant for Arrest of Duncan Re- | maldo as Alien Quashed—Claims | | New Jersey Birthplace. A warrant of arrest issued some time | ago for Diincan Renaldo, film actor, who rose to stardom in “Trader Horn,” has been quashed and he will be allowed to remain in the United States unless clusive proof that he is an alien. Renaldo *contended he was born an Amerfean In Camden, N. J., and taken to Rumania when very small. He said he ‘came to the United States in 1923 as a seaman, leaving in 1929 on an | “Trader Horn.” ‘The United States challenged Renal- Coroner's Inquest Finds Carpen-{do's citizenship, and an inquiry in Ru- mania disclosed a birth certificate for | a man of similar history, but a different name, Sentenced for Theft. trict Supreme ~Court Justice Peyton the Labor Department can find con- | American passport to Africa to make | Denying his plea for probation, Dis- | The deceased, who formerly resided | Gordon yesterday sentenced Harvey A. | Funeral services were conducted at 5710 Georgia avenue at 10 o'clock this at Camp Parole, Anne Arundel County, L€ to the penitentiary for three years. Md, is nux‘\;lvrld by his widow and two sons, one of whom was at work in the lpn'rdl;nenl. house at the time of the | Street. entered the store with a dupli- accident. Lee, while employed by the Standard Automotive Supply Co., 1800 Fourteenth cate key and stole $80. He pleaded gullty. PEPCO EMPLOYES TO HEAR ADDRESSES BY EXPERTS Dr. John Bellamy Taylor, consulting | engineer of the General Electric Co.’s | laboratories at Schenectady, N..Y., will give demonstration of “Audible Light” Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the auditorium of the Pepco Building. | At this hour a group of nationally | known advertising and merchandising experts from several of the leading radio manufacturing organizations are to address the employes of the Potomac Electric Power Co., Potomac Electric | Appliance Co. and’ Washington Rail- | way & Electric Co. Dr. Taylor will re- | peat his demonstration in the evening at 8 o'clock before the regular monthly meeting of the Electric League of ‘Washington. The sales meeting. sponsored by the Radio Division of Potomac Electric Ap- pliance Co., will have George W. Riley, radio manager, as chairman. Guest speakers include Ben C. Bowe, H. J. Francis, Sayre M. Ransdell, J. McCoy, Harold A. Brooks and C. Melvin Sharpe. FUR COATS Thoroughly Cle Inslde and Out, and Stored in Burglarproof and Fireproof Cold Stor- age Vaulls. Steaming and Glazing Free VERY LOW PRICES ON REPAIRING A" B0 SN Phone Nat'l 5628 and we will sladly call for your coat ISADOR MILLER Mig. Furrier 809 11th St. N.W. Nat'l 5628 LANSBURGH'S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store Interment was at Smithville, | Canada recently signed a new trade | £ 'agreement with Australia. --A. P. Photo. ' the “great thirst” and perished. Gallinger Hospital as a contract pa- for his sweetheart. tient. i { Representative Hess® letter of pratest | | is addressed to Dr. C. M. Griffith, head | ; Dok | s | | morning. Md. of the medical section of the Veterans’ | Bureau, and says that Jaffee claims he was struck and mistreated. “I have personal knowledge,” Repre- | sentative Hess further says, “that he | was brutally attacked on the following | Wednesday, when. with permission of the head of the Department of Public Welfare of the District of Columbia and of the superintendent of the hos- pital, he entered the ward to secure the names of witnesses to his ill treat- | ment.” —Fresh —Crisp —Tasty 9c Ib. Freshly roasted Blazes in North and in Montana m*h;'}\ s, ’)fi‘i‘?“l . PNMI\S Defy 1,500 Firefighters. and big, whole alntonds,| gpoany wash, July 14 (#).~For- ! salted to the Queen’s|est fires in Montana and Idaho defied ONE OF THE MANY BEAUTIFUL VIEWS FROM “WINDSOR PARK." ARLINGTON CO.. VA taste. the efforts of 1,500 to bring them un- | in the Clearwater | der control today. ’ illed | . A conflagration Phone Orders Filled | 0. &R0 1 the, Gl | by Jane Stuart | almost 12,000 acres. Nearly 1,000 men | o attempted to trench it last night and | NAtional 9800 200 more were' expect=d todsy from| T pokane.* i CANDY—STREET FLOOR. | ™1 the Ohallis Forest of Central Tdaho | fires had swept over 2,500 acres. The entire reglon was dark<ned by smoke L ANSBURGH’S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 LANSBURGH'S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store IDAHO FORESTS AFIRE . Cool Looking Washable Flock For Every Summer A ffair Summer Hats . It's easy to buy 2 Summer hat, for if you want to be smart vou'll have to narrow vour choice down to three styles—a picturesque rough straw, a panama (imitation) eor a snug. close-fitting turban. But you'll find many variations of these three styles in this group! White, pastels and dark shades. MILLINERY—SECOND FLOOR. Silk Dress Shields 3 for 95¢C Kotex San beit, 30c. Kotex San apron, 35c. Kotex, Modess or Veldown Napkins. 3 boxes, $1. Shoulder strap guards, 3 sets, 25¢. Sally hairnets, cap and iringe, all shades, doz. Soc. Scissors and shears, 39c. Dress snaps, 3 cards, 25c. Silk seam tape, 7 vards, 2le. Dressmaker pins, % Ib., 19¢. 6-yd. bolt Warren's bloomer elastic, 19¢. NOTIONS—STREET FLOOR. A new development, restricted entirely to residences, on Mt. Vernon Boulevard, about a mile south of Arlington Memorial Bridge. A few choice locations are still available at extremely attractive prices. Low building costs make this the ideal time to build. Take Alexandria local bus, ten minutes from Penna. ave. 1o “Windsor Park.” For a few days (to_ facilitate sales and terms) A. H. Miner (one of the owners) will be at Hotel Everett, 1730 H St. N.\W, Agents, George H. Rucker Co,, Clarendon, Va, or your own broker. “1932 WILL PROVE ‘WINDSOR PARK’' A WISE INVESTMENT" Dresses $2.95 A gem of a dress, beau- tifully made, of either navy or black voile with No Connectidn With Any Other Washington Store Shown for the first time tomorrow! 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Trim, tailored frocks, active sports frocks and smart jacket frocks for travel; with beautifully embroidered -trimmings, French colonial sashes and pleated skirts. : Pastels and whites. Sizes 14 to 20, 36 to 44. SPORTS DRESSES—SECOND FLOOR. Clearance! Dresses for Jr. Misses Higher-priced models in crepe, $5.95 Men’s Pre-Shrunk . Men’s Rayon-Mixed Broadcloth Shirts Novelty Socks $I.l9 27C Sipain Lustrous white shirts that are s Long-wearing and good-looking whale of a value! Two styles— socks with neat clocked effects; neckband and collar attached—in navy, green, tan and blue grounds; white only. Sizes 14 to 17. sizes 10 to 12. ME'NS WEAR SHOP—STREET FLOOR. printed chiffon, with jackets to match, plain chiffons and washable crepe sports frocks. Summery, cool- looking prints and pastels; 11 to 17. JR. MISSES—SECOND FLOOR.