Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1931, Page 10

FA—10 = THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1931. BOMB EXPLOSION ENDANGERS SIX Shatters Windows in Home| of Better Business Bureau Secretary in Toledo, Ohio. By the Assoclated Press. TOLEDO, Ohlo, August 18.—Lives of | six persons were endangered at 1:45 am. today when a bomb, described by | police as of crude manufacture, ex- ploded on the front porch of the home of Homer D. Frye, secretary of the Better Business Bureau. The bomb shattered the windows of the house, but did no other damage No one was injured. Prye's two daughters—Mary, 19, and Julia Belle, 16—were asleep in a down- stairs bed room and were only about five feet from where the bomb ex- ploded. Frye and his wife were sleep- ing in another room. Mrs. Belle Hofstadt and Mrs. Mattie Klein, other occupants of the two-family | house, were sleeping in a room ower‘ the porch. | ‘Police had no clues to the identity of the vandals. Frye sald he had received no threats and &knew of no one who might wish to kill him. Detectives cited the secretary's ac- tivity in a receni clean-up against a Toledo business group as a possible clue to the bombing WEDDING REVEALED “ Adam Gimbel Reported Becretly | Married to Mrs. Harry Rossbach. | NEW YORK, August 18 (#).—The New York Times says today that Adam Gimbel, merchant, and Mrs. Harry Rossbach of New York had been secret- 1y _married for a week, { The bride’s former marriage ended in divorce. Mr. Gimbel is a son of Charles Gimbel of Philadelphia, one of the founders of the Gimbel stores. | ticular forw: Slow Step Mode Set for Dancers By U. S. Masters Sofi, Dreamy Melodies Due, Convention Head Tells Delegates. By the Associated Press. 108 ANGELES, August 18.—Slow and rythmic steps 1o soft and dreamy melo- dies will be the 1931-32 dancing mode as decreed by the dancing masters of America, who opened their annual con- vention here vesterday. Misc Dorothy N. Kropper, president of the New York Dancing Masters' Associatior, said the day of the boister- ous Charieston and black bottom was far behind. She cited that no better evidence is needed than the popularity of the Brazilan “machiche” in which can be recogrized the Maxixe of 1914 vogue, but ‘which is even slower snd more dignified ‘The machiche, tors explained, fox trot, with long graceful strides in two-step time emphasizinz one par- <. step in which. the heel . ubh the toe raised. the dencing instruc- touches the 7 Bandits Sho(.t Berlin Cas}ner BERLIN, August 16 (#) men entered the Reichsbank Branch in the suburb of Schoeneberg today, shot Karl Kreyer, the chief teller, seized a considerable sum in cash and fied Members of the ban fI chased robbers through Martin strasse, the employes and the robbers firing wildly at each other. Stray btul lets struck a child and another pass- erby. Demand Hyglenie Towels and Toilet Tissues Prevent Contafious Diseases Spread- ing in Schools, Factories and Homes Back Home Excursion round trip to Middle West at 1/2 fare plus sLoo E SURE to take advantage of this opportunity to visit relatives and friends in the West at these remarkably low railroad fares. Tickets on sale Now —good leaving August 26 only to many Western cities, including PITTSBURGH CINCINNATI. DETROIT.; CHICAGO.. Two masked | Luther | ) suggests a greatly gentledy hurden on the country,” ILEGION “TREASUIRY RAID” CHARGE HIT Commandef Brands as Un- fair Statement Attributed to Dr. Pritchett. By the Associated Press PORTLAND, Oreg., August 18— Ralph T. O'Neil, national commander of the American Legion, yesterday branded as “erroneous and unfair’ a statement, attributed to Dr. Henry Smith Pritchett, president emeritus “of Carnegle Foundation for the Advance- ment of Teaching, criticizing the Amer- ican Legion for its “intended raid on the Treasury of the United States.” The American Legion never has in the past or, in my opinion, never wiil in the future ask legislation that is unfair or that will place an unjust financial " O'Neil said He said the real objective of the Legion has been to get disability com- pensation, but that it never has asked 2 pension of able-bodied men. Referring to the adjusted compensa- Why buy a the | tion bill pnssrd by the last Congress, | O'Nell sald the bill was indorsed by the Legion only after it had been passed by Congro“ thing this bill said 'u %o silow. veterans m borrmx theit own money at a rate of interest profitable to the Government.” O'Neil eaid he disliked to answer Dr. Pritchett’s_report until he had time to | | study it. He said he did not know wl‘fll Dr. Prnrhru meant by the quoted st2t ment that “plain notice was given to the people of the United States that the | | 1eaders of the American Legion intended | |m raid the Treasury of the United States by the same process through which the G. A. R. was transformed from a patriotic society to a political subsidy-seeking ornmmunn e OREGON TOWNS SHAKEN Phennmpnm‘ Pu) s Rv-snlpnts by Distant Rumbling Noise. ASHLAND, Oreg., August 18 (%) Windows rattled, dishes danced and porches creaked in Talent and Phoenix north of here, Sunday night to the ac companiment of a distant rumble and roar. Yesterday, as residents compared notes, no definite explanation for the phenomenon could be found. Some thought it was an_earthquake, | others a glant explosion and still others a by-product of an electric storm in| progress in the mountains at the time No blast was reported in the vicinity. | WorldCourt 7% ). S, MEMBERSHP INGOURT URGED Executive Counml of Amerl ican Federation of Labor | Approves Proposal. | By the Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. August 18.— The executive council of the American Fed n of Labor in session here yest v approved a proposal that the United States accept membership in the in accordance with the Root formula The council also expressed approval of the silk workers strike in Paterson, N. J.. and declared the employers were in violation of the wage scale main- tenance pledge to Pr Gent Hoover in 1928 by continued reductions in the | wage scale. William Green, Pederation president, speaking for the council, said that more than 90 per cent of the strikers were members of the organization identified with the Federation and had nothing to do with Communistic elements. The council's statement on the World Court said: “So ‘long as the interests of the United States are adequately safeguard. ed and so0-long as guarantees are given that there will b no interference in | purely domestic questions, the Ameri- ‘(.\n Federation of Laber believes that the United States should take its place with other nations in advancing the cause of world peace through the settie- examination and action.’ | VAN DUZER OPENS WAR ON TRAFFIC WEAVERS Traffic Director Van Duser toda: branded the driver who weaves in and out of traffic on congested streets as a menace to safety and announced h would appeal to the Traffic Bureau of the Police Department tq, take steps to break up the practice A driver who continuously and out of moving traffic is reckless Mr. Van Duzer said, and reckless driy- ing of any kind should not be tolerated Hv: believes a special crusade by the police against the traffic weaver wou'd bring about improved conditions Trafic weaving is said to be worse on_light-controlled thoroughfares. 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