Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1931, Page 12

A—12 »» WOMAN'S SCREAM THWARTS HOLD-UP Bandit Waits for Taxi Driver to Park and Hits Victim When She Shouts. Inabllity of & cab driver to find a parking place today is believed to have been responsible for the faflure of an | attempted hofd-up of a branch of the | Prazee-Potomac Laundry, at 1025 Pif- | teenth street. Mrs. Annabelle Powell, 26, manager | of the lsundry, was struck in the | mouth by the bandit after she had| screamed for help. rs. Powell sald the man cam® in Leaves Faculty JUDGE C. H. ROBB RETIRING FROM NATICNAL U, laundry office at about 11 o'clock and engaged in conversation regarding some laundry. Meanwhile, a taxicab driver who had picked the man up at & G street address was cruising around outside, waiting for him to come out. Waits Until Driver Parks. JUDGE CHARLES H. ROBB, " tly, according to Mrs. Powell, | Associate justice of the District of Co- e e reia® to ttermt o | lumbia Court of Appeals and a mem- Tob her while the taxicab driver re- |Dber of National University's Law School mained in sight on the outside. | faculty for 25 years, Saturday was re- Finally the man observed, “Well, the | tired from his post at the educational taxi driver has found & place to park.” | institution with the rank of professor ‘Then, holding his hand in his pocket as | émeritus, 1f grasping a pistol, e demanded of Mrs, | Judge Robb was made emeritus pro- Bowsil, “HAnd over: your inoney.” fessor of law by the action of the uni- When the woman refused and cried | Versity's board of trustees yesterday. for Miss Anna Quinn, in the office near-| Untll this Fall Judge Robb taught by, the bandit fled on foot, striking |admiralty law at National. Beginning Mrs, Powell in the face before leaving. | With the Fall term on Septerhber 28, Mrs. Powell sald about $20 was in the | however, he was succeeded in this ca. cash register at the time. Pacity by Judge D. Laurence Gromer o strict Court of Appeals. Police Learn Address. As emeritus professor of law, Judge The man had been to the laundry | Robb will give occasional lectures in once before this morning, Mrs. Powell | the National Law School. said. On his first appearance he wore & red sweater, she said. The taxicab driver, Millard W. New- man, 1103 D street southwest, said he drove the man to the G street address, where the robber changed his sweater for a coat. He then asked the taxi driver to drive him to the laundry. Millard furnished police the man’s ad- Headquarters detectives were search- ing for the man and making a check to see if they could find any one who knew him. The branch of the laundry of which Mrs. Powell is manager is in the basement of the Ethelhurst Apart- ments. Mrs. Powell said the man was about 26 years cild and hatless. TR G ST T CONDITION OF CARAWAY Decision on Operation for Kidpey Ailment 8till Pending at Little Rock, Ark. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, October 26.—Senator T. H. Caraway, in & hospital here be- cause of a kidney allment, is “getting :lon‘ fine,” his physician said yester- ay. Decision had not been reached as to whether an operation will be performed. Senator Caraway entered the hospital for examination and treatment after a recurrence of the illness which had caused him to enter a Hot Springs hos- pital a few weeks ago and a Washing- ton hospital prior to that. ‘There are nearly 13,000 panes of glass in the Empire State Building, New York's and the world's tallest sky- scraper. ADMIT ROBBERY Two Kansas City Bandits Confess Getting $25 From Drug Store. Two bandits in Kansas City, Mo., ad- mit they robbed the Brecklein and Wil- liams drug store of two strong boxes. < ‘They kept $25 in currency and burned ‘'some old papers.” The “old papers” were Liberty bonds, amounting to $500. Not New “FINE,” SAYS PHYSICIAN, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D, €, MONDAY ‘©€ TOBER 26, 1931. 1 ‘ Washington City Committee of the Mo- tion Picture Industry for Unemploy- organized_here of A. Julian Warner Bros. ment Relief. a grouj | under the chairmanship Brylawski of the local office. At a meeting yesterday the group was assured of co-operation by neigh- A0 THEATERS PLAN | matinee performances, and by the down- town theaters, which are planning mid- |Benefit Performances Billede“‘l{,‘;:n}":f‘;é?i;,:a the dtribution and ; ) sale of ticke se ? at Matinees and Midnight through various civic and community ssscciations. Tickets also will be made available through neighbor! ouses, November 18,21 and 23, | f"aiable through nelg! The neighborhood theaters will pre- e sent their programs on November 18, ‘ashington organizations for unem- | as will the Earle, Fox and Palace ‘The- ployment relief will be enriched by the | aters. The Columbia. Metropolitan, proceeds from a series of benefit per- | Rialto and R-K-O-Keith's will stage formances to be staged in more than 40 | performances following the regular per- motion picture houses next month, ac- | formance on the night of November 21. cording to plans_announced by’ the | A special midnight showing will be | | made at the Howard Theater cn U street the same night, Brylawski said A combination benefit’ dance and per- formance will be staged at the Lincoln | Collonade on Monday, November 23. | ney. cn-r:? forced' the firm into bankruptey to get revenge, a court hearing revealed. William J. Brown of Westboro, Mass.. was born at their home, street, on the 13th of the month. Clothes... 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