Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1931, Page 14

"AL14 THEATER FIGURES CLAIMED BY DEATH Lincoln Wagenhals Is Victimj of Pneumonia and Eva Fay. Dies in Accident. By the Associated Press. . { NEW YORK, September 12.—The | theater lost two of its glamorous fig- ! ures yesterday with the death of Lin- | coln A. Wagenhals, noted Broadway’ producer, and Eva Fay, probably the | best known of vaudeville mind-readers. | Both had been in retirement for sev- | eral years, but had planned returning ! to_the theater. Tt Wagenhals, who was started on the road to success by a robber’s bullet, died at the age of 52 at his home, | Montrose-on-Hudson. He suffered an | attack of pneumonia several days ago and failed to rally. Eva Fiy, daughter-in-law of the original mind-reading Eva Fay, died from injuries in an automobile acci- | dent that occurred while she was re- turning from a New_York theater to her home in White Plains last night. She was 53. Shot by Robber. It was back in 1906 that Wagenhals, then a low-salaried manager, got his first “break” by being shot in a box office hold-up attempt. An insurance company paid him §5,000 for the in- ury. £ He promptly took the money and, with his partner, Collin Kemper, pro- moted the Astor Theater on Broad- | way. After baving amassed fortunes, both Wagenhals and Kemper went into their second retirement several years ago. But Wagenhals insisted he | Wwould return when he found a suitable play. 3 g Besides his widow he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Mary Hannum of Colum- bus, Ohio, where he was born. Retired Two Years Ago. Tt was a general slackening in vaude- ville engagements, caused by the de- pression, that sent Eva Fay into what she hoped would be only temporary re- tirement two years ago. . Born near St. Louis, Mo, and edud| cated in a convent, she had spent more | than 30 years on the stage. She en- tered vaudeville after her marriage, about 1898, to John Fay, son of Anna| Eva Fay, a mind reader. ‘When John Fay's mother retired his wife took her name and carried on the act, becoming famous throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Her | husband died in San Francisco in 1901 | and a few years later she was married | to Hal Marlette, who had worked in her | act. They were divorced. Her mother | having died about four years ago, | friends said Mrs. Fay left no near rela- | tives. HOOVER DEBT HOLIDAY HIT BY MRS. NELLIE ROSS | ;ikens Planio 'v‘St‘d;tirve Adminis-‘ tered to Pain-Wracked Patient.” | Holds Tariff Is War Threat. By the Associated Press POCATELLO, Idaho, September 12.— President Hoover’'s moratorium debt plan was likened to a “ istered to a pain-wracked patient” log night by Nellie Tayloe Ross, who termed existing tariffs the prim: causes of economic ills. | Mrs. Ross, vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, con- | tended the debt holiday could *scarcely | serve as political capital for the Prr‘"i-‘ dent,” adding “we must credit him with too much honesty * * * to represent that the reversal of his isolation policy | was prompted by a sudden change of | heart or true altruism.” | The Hawley-Smoot tariff she viewed indirectly as a war threat, in addition to being blamed “for the cutting in| half of foreign trade” and “retaliatory measures of other nations.” | “The only hope of preventing war is| to remove the causes which nrecipitate | it,” she said. “The world now recognizes | that human greed is the greatest of all | causes of war. Let our Government | then follow up the step it has taken pro- | posing the moratorium on debts and, | abandoning its cut-throat policies, iead the world in lowering the barriers that | obstruct the healthy flow of trade.” | Von Hindenburg Leaves. | DIETRAMSZELL, Germany, SCDtEm-i | ber 12 (P).—President Von Hindenburg, who has been here on vacation for sev- eral weeks, left today for Berlin. . The appearance of tl/\is ad- vertisement in these columns is evidence that this co-operates with | been successful. Declares Forces Concentrat- ed on Use of Gas to Be Released by Planes. Also Says Forbidden German | Aviation School Harbored in Tambofp. Polson gases of horrible effectiveness, ' to be discharged from airplanes, will be the chief Russian weapon in case | of war, according to S. S. Pissarevsky, a capital visitor, who says he was a colonel in the Czar's famous 3d Regi- ment, exiled from Russia since the Soviet regime began. Not only are the Russlans concen- trating their war efforts on invention and preparation of gases designed to| penetrate all possible defenses, byt | they are harboring a German military flying school, in direct violation of the | Versallles treaty, Col. Pissarevsky | charged. Honored by British. The former guard officer is holder of the prized Order of Michael and,George, one of the highest military honors accorded by the British, whom he aided during the World War. He arrived in Washington yesterday and is & guest at_the Dodge Hotel. The war plans of the Soviets are in charge of & special department known as “Aviohim,” Col. Pissarevsky said. A | man named Bach, known as one of the | most capable professors of chemical | science in the country, is at the head | of this department, created by the gov- ernment for the study and discovery of new and more deadly poison gases | for use from airplanes. “Instead of devoting themselves to the assembling of a giant army,” Pis- sarevsky said, “the Ryssians—or Tathe the Soviets—are puting all their initia- tive intc this branch of war horror—gas. Great secrecy, of course, surrounds the department.” Says Communism Has Failed. Russian alliance with Germany in | case of war may be expected, Col. Pis- sarevsky belleves, not only because o(i the credit ties between the two coun- | tries, but because of the interest of Germany in the development of air- plane gases and because of the co- operation of Russla in permitting the operation of a forbidden German mili- tary flying school, which the colonel declares is located at Tambofp. A barbed wire fence surrounds the flying center and no visitors are allowed, Pissarevsky sald. “Russia,” the colonel said, “is on the verge of a crisis. No one knows the terrible things that are going on there. Communism has failed. Whether | or not capitalism will come back is a question. There is no doubt that Stalin | realizes that all the extreme measures | which have been inaugurated have not “He realizes, too, that without the support of other countries, Russia can- not go on. The depression is much | worse there than in any cther country. | The reason she csn undersell every country is because she doesn't pay her workmen anything. Most of the people | Headache—Eye Strain THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., SEPTEMBER '13. 1931—PART ONE. FORMER CZARIST OFFICER HERE, TELLS.OF SOVIET WAR PLANS COL. S. S. PISSAREVSKY. Star Statt Photo. hate Communism and the only reason they tolerate it is because the govern- ment has special troops Which keep the people frightened.” BANK MERGER REPORTED Story Says Five Closed State In- stitutions to Be Absorbed. NEW YORK, September 12 (#).—The Herald-Tribune says it has learned from authoritative sources that five banks recently closed by the State Banking Department with deposits ex- ceeding $30,000,000 are to be merged and taken over by one of the largest financial institutions in the country. Only formal signing of papers re- mains to complete the negotiations. The banks involved are the Ameri- can Union Bank, the International Madison Bank & Trust Co., the Times Square Trust Co., the Bank of Europe Trust Co. and the Globe Bank & Trust Co. The name of the institution that is to absorb the banks was withheld. SCOUT CLASSES SET Instruction Work Planned for Leaders of Girls' Groups. Special Dispatch to The Star. 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