Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1931, Page 18

" B2 ¥ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, MODEL AIRCRAFT l Principals in League Dinner " WINNERS NAWED Harold Franke Wins Indi- | vidual Honors at District Meet Yesterday. Individual honors were won by Hare old Franke, 822 Madison street, in & model aircraft tournament yesterday at Constitution Hall under the auspices of the District Model Aircraft League. Ships were entered by 38 Washington youngsters ranging in age from 10 to 20. ‘The contests were a part of the Eastern States indoor telegraphic tournament, sponsored by the Philadelphia Mode! Aeroplane Association and staged simul. taneously in 17 States, as well as the District. Franke's plane soared aloft 5 minutes 515 seconds, to take first place in the junior division of the hand-launched scientific group. Edward Arkin, 17 Sixth street southeast, was second with the time of 4:32, while Robert Wiehle, 2612 Cathedral avenue, finished third with 4:074. Takes First Place. Everett Meeks, 2608 Myrtle avenue northeast, took first place in the senior | classification with 4:4325; Jack Parke, | 1332 Fiftecnth street, was second with 3:0945, and George Leffler, 1006 B street northeast, was third with 2:10. Leffler won the senior competition for baby rise-off-the-ground planes with 1:45, while Parke was second with 0:5445. Morris Krucoff, 100 Sixth street southeast, headed the juniors with 2:12; Kenneth Wright, 2134 Wyoming avenue, was second in 1:43%;, and Blair Ben- nett, 1410 M street, was third in 1:2315. Parke took the senior division first place for rise-off-the-ground fuselage- | type ships with 1:01'5 and Dudley Skinker, 1617 Longfellow street, was the Tunner-up with 0:21 Leads Junior Division. ! Morris Arkin, 17 Sixth street south- east, finished in front in the junior division of rise-off-the-ground fuselage planes with 2:0725; Krucoff was sec- ond, with 1:443;, and Cecil Rowley, fozlvlylmm street northeast, third, in Meeks headed the seniors in the rise-off-the-water group with 2:2515. Robert Wiehle led the juniors with 2:10%; Morris Arkin was second, with 1:40%, and Edward Graonis, 1615 Kennedy street, third, with 1:3525. The judges included Paul Edward Garber, curator of aeronautics, Smith- sonian Institution; Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, U. 8. A. Tetired, former chief of the Army Air Service, and William Enyard, contest manager of the National Aeronautic Assoctation. Officials explained fiime of the ships would have done tter except for “heavy” stmosphere within the hall. FIVE RECORDS BROKEN. Tiny Hydroplane Soars Five Minutes to Set New Mark, PHILADELPHIA, November 28 (#).— Uppe! 8 the first of what is planned as a series of dinners and meet- District of Columbia League of Woman Voters, at which the pro and con of timely subjects will be discussed, the league will hold a din- ner meeting at the Raleigh Hotel to- morrow evening at 7 o'clock. Gov. Pin- chot of Pennsylvania will speak on “Federal Aid and Employment Relief” and Elwood Street, director of the Washington Community Chest, and one of the regional directors on the Pres- ident’s Committee for Unemployment VOTELESS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WOMEN TO HEAR OF RELIEF. MOTHER ARRESTED INGIRL'S KIDNAPING Youth and Girl, 16, Missing After Alleged Abduction. Man Also Held. r, left to right: Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania and Elwood Street, director of the Washington Communit Lower: Mrs. Edward P. Costigan, wife o Mrs. Max Stern, chairman of the Program Committee. Relief, | employment Relief. Mrs. Ruth 8. McKelway, president of Chest. the Senator from Colorado, and | will discuss “Measures for Un- ings arranged by the Voteless | the league, will receive the guests with | members of the Board of Governors, and | introduce Mrs. Edward P. Costigan, wife of the Senator from Colorado, a past | president of the league and one of its founders, who will preside. Mrs. Max Stern, chairman of the Arrangements | Committee, will present the speakers. The league announces that reserva- | tions for the dinner may be made with Mrs. Gardner Jackson, chairman_of reservations, until noon tomorrow. Her telephone number is Wisconsin 2981. JOB RELIEF PARLEY One national record and five local Tecords were broken today at a model a e competition in which 125 con- its were entered. William Hice, 15, captured the na- tional honors when his tiny hydroplane took off from & tank of water and re- mained in the air 5 minutes 36 2-5 sec- onds, breaking the national record of 5 minutes 23 3-5 seconds, established at Atlantic City in 1930 by Ferris Thomas of Knoxville, Tenn. Pive local cndurance records were tablished. The youthful “pllots” of the models are competing witk boys of 13 other cities. The names of the winners will be published Monday. $50,000 BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED Canada Authorities to Return Man to Indiana, Where He Is Wanted in Theft. By the Asgociated Press. CALGARY, Alberta, November 28— A man who gave his name as Theodore | Benr, but who pclice said also was | known as W. Frazier, today waived ex- tradition to Madison, Ind., where he is wanted as a suspect in_the $50,000 rob- bery of the National Branch Bank of Madison. es Officers from Madison were en_route here to escort him to Madison. Police, :‘hn at . first r?fusfid to disclose the an's name, said he was arrested in a bank while indorsing a traveler's Ic;lc;ck, alleged. to be part of the bank More than $4,000 in eash, $3,000 worth of Liberty bonds and 10 shares of stock of a par value of $100 each PLANS PROGRAM Joint Committee to Submit Findings on Winter Needs in Cities to Congress. Relief for the unemployed in Amer- ica’s larger cities this Winter will be discussed by leaders of rellef work at a two-day conference of the Joint Com- mittee on Unemployment in the Ham- ilton Hotel tomorrow and Tuesday. The delegates will undertake formu- lation of a program for presentation to Congress, conferring with members of the Senate and House Tuesday after- noon for this purpose. Prom unemployment relief leaders representing the larger cities the com- mittee will receive reports on the num- ber of unemployed, amounts raised for relief and the additional amounts needed for adequate relief. Federal Aid to Be Topic. The need for Federal relief will be discussed at the opening session tomor- row, at which Frof. John Dewey, chair- man of the committee, will preside This discussion will be continued at a luncheon at which Dr. Sidney Gold- stein of New York will preside. The speakers will be Dr. Dewey, on “The Federal Government and Unemploy- ment”; Norman Thomas, “The Duty of Progressives ‘n Congress”; Mayor William A. Anderson of Minneapolis, “The West and Washington.” The speeches will be broadeast from 1:30 to 2:15 over the national nmetwork of the National Broadcasting Corporation. FLEEING BANK ROBBER KILLED BY VIGILANTES Overtaken by Posse After Being Shot. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, November 28.— A rain of fire from the guns of a posse of vigilantes killed a robber a few minutes after he had fled with $1,500 from the Spencer State Bank near here vesterday. identified as Ben Perry, (Citv, died in & hospital Mrs. E. 8. Poole, vice president of the bank, cried for help as the robber ran for his automobile after he had {forced her to hand him the money. Jesse Judkins, a blacksmith, opened fire on fhe robber's car and attracted other vigilantes. A posse was quickly formed. Two miles south of Spencer the robber was overtaken after he had been wounded. [Oklnhaml Bandit With $1,500 Loot | Mrs. Viola C. Dorsey of 1328 Colum- bia road, and Bernard Tretick, 529 Lamont street, were arrested here late last night in connection with the al- leged abduction yesterday at Mechanics- ville, Md., of Mrs. Dorsey's daughter, Eugenia Robercht, 16. Mrs. Dorsey admitted to police that she took her daughter from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Guyther, well-to-do residents of Mechanicsville, where she lived. Mrs. Guyther is a sister of the girl's father, J. F. Roberchi, jr. Rob- ercht_was divorced several years ago from his wife and, he said, was awarded the custody of the girl. He placed her in the Guyther home. Youth Sought in Case. Police are still seeking Mike Tretick, 19, who is said to have taken the girl from Mrs. Guyther's home to Mrs. Dor- sey’s car, which was waiting a short distance a 5 The alleged abduction occurred short- ly after noon yesterday, According to Bernard Tretick, he drove his brother to Mechanicsville and waited outside while the brother went inside to see Miss Robercht. Mrs. Guyther for- bade Tretick taking the girl from the house. They slipped out, however, ran down the street and jumped into a large automobile driven by Mrs. Dorsey. Last night Mrs. Dorsey refused to tell police where her daughter was staying or the loeation of Mike Tretick. She admitted taking the girl from Mechan- iesville to Washington, but said she did 50 at her daughter’s request. Girl Still Missing. Early this morning police were still looking for the girl and the 19-year-old | boy. Warrant for the arrest of Mike | and Bernard Tretick and Mrs. Dorsey were sworn out by Mrs. Guyther before Justice of the Peace Robert Burroughs | at_Mechanicsville, Bernard Tretick was arrested by De- tective Sergt. Larry O'Dea, while Mrs, Dorsey voluntarily came to police head- quarters. She assumed full blame for the removal of her daughter to Wash- | ington. | ASKS COURT TO ANNUL DIVORCE FROM DEAD MAN | | Ex-Wife Seeks Third of Million | Estate—Claims Husband’s Assets Hidden. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 28.—Mrs, Mar- | guerite D. Willett today filed suit in the Superior Court asking annulment | of a divorce she was granted 10 years ago from Walter D. Willett, who died six months ago. Mrs. Willett, charging fraud was in- volved in the divorce proceedings be- cause her husband conspired yith rela- tives to conceal his assets and deprive her of a rightful alimony agreement, asked a third of Willett's estate, esti- mated at $1,000,000, in eonsideration of her dower rights, | 8he married Willett, who was a wealthy official of the Willett Motor Coach Co. of New Jersey an dthe Willett Trucking Co. of Chicago, in 1916. They | were divorced in 1921, Peacemaker Killed. LOS ANGELES, November 28 (#).— Alexander Usuka, 36, saw two men fighting. He stepped between them, hoping to stop the fight. At that mo- | ment_one drew a revolver and shot, | wounding Usuka. He died today and | | Charles Peters and Julius Klimper were | held, charged with the attack. Hawali's sugar crop this year will | total 1,000,000 tons. D. C, NOVEMBER_ 29 1931—PART ONE. Oldest Sailor 73-YEAR-OLD BOS'N'S MATE JOINED NAVY IN 1873. ISAAC OTIS CASTLE, Chief boatswain's mate, enlisted in the United States Navy back in the “wood- en ship and iron men” era, in 1873, but was out and in, off and on, until now, at 73, he has only 18 months to serve before he completes his 20 years and retires to growing strawberries at Aums- ville, Oregon. At San Diego, Calif,, he #aid, 14 doctors examined him and found “my blood pressure was better than theirs.” He was born at Armo, Wis. MRS. SHAVER WARNS PARTY A LA RASKOB Seven Points Offered in Countering Chairman on. Prohibition Question. | By the Associated Press. A countering program of seven points of warning to the Democratic Party was set fcrth yesterday by Mrs. Clem Shaver in answer to the seven ques- tions on prohibition recently submit- ted to 88,000 party contributors by John J. Raskob. Mrs.. Shaver, vice president of the National Woman's Democratic Law En- forcement League, in a statement said the Democratic 'National Committee chairman should “remember that the women are the most independent factor in American pclitics, and they will never flock to the Democratic Party it it favors any liquor system.” Among the other points in her com- ment were: Resentment of women to the Raskob prcposal “to open the way for cease- less campaigns against prohibition in dry States * * * " ‘Reslltln‘ adoption of any home rule plan. Distrust of any assurance “in Mr. Raskob's proposals” that the saloon wquld nct be restored. “The women will not believe that a law enforcement plank would mean that the party prefers to ignore the economic situation because they are convinced that prohibition in the ratio of its observance and enforcement is one of the chief factors tending to les- sen suffering in these days of depres- | slon,” Mrs. Shaver sala. 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Smith ‘asserted a story attributed to Jefferson in the pamphlet about a cab- inet meeting at which Washington used some oaths was unauthentic. He also criticized references to Wash- ington's large salary, saying “every well informed person, except the author of this pamphlet, knows that WasHington never received a cent of salary o!!co:a; m! | pensation for public service.” | nce as President for rental of the Ex- ecutive Mansion, salaries of secretaries and expenses of a public nature. The pamphlet was one of eight issued | by the Bicentennial Commission in preparation for the Nation-wide observ- | ance next February of the 200th anni- versary of Washington's birth. At the office of the United States Bi- centennial Commission yesterday Rep- resentative Sol Bloom of New York, as- sociate director, said the commission had received no word from Prof. Smith concerning the pamphlet. | | It was pointed out, however, that| several of the “errors” cited by the | Kansan appeared in a first printing of the pamphlet and later were corrected Defore being distributed. ¥ B County Supervisors to Meet. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, | ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT| HOUSE, Va., November 28.—The Board | of County Supervisors will meet here | at 10 o'clock Monday morning. While nothing of known importance is sched- uled to come before it, it is inted out that the present board will have but ‘two more meetings after this one and that almost anything may hap- pen at these meetings. Wright Co. 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AZING Values HOLLYWOOD, Calif, November 28| (#).—Ann Harding, her director, Tay | Garnett, and a company of 12 left to- | exteriors for Miss Harding's current THREE SERIOUSLY HURT IN VIRGINIA ACCIDENT : Two Victims Are Expected to Die From Injuries Received as Car Hits Obstacle. By the Associated Press. WAYNESBORO, Va., November 28.— Three men were injured seriously, two of them probably fatally, in an auto- mobile dccident here today. Tommy Fitzgerald and Dorse Taylor, both of Lindhurst, this county, are not expect- ed to live, and the latter's son, Irvin Taylor, is in a serious condition with & probable spinal injury. The accident occurred when the au- tomobile, driven by Carroll Blew of the routhwestern limits of the city. Neither the driver nor Rae Meeks of this city, the fifth occupant of the ma- chine, was seriously injured. The injured were carried o a Staun- ton hospital. 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Meeting, N n“’f"p lish , National Polish Alli Willard Hotel, 8 p.m, thre { Future. . Luncheon, Alpha Delta Phi, Univer- sity Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Annual oyster supper and bazaar, Ladies’ Ald Society, H Street Christian Church, Sixth and H streets southwest, ‘ednesday, 5 to 7 p.m. Births Reported. Hlowine birthe have been reported to "Id'xplk.n-;l;gz'i: '.Lfn;:f..l"fn"rfo'ff.vl ! P Ed Gatharine it orater red H. and June Lee, bo; i . boy. William J._and Cora Kenyon, girl rUB. 8. and Susie E. Guy and Clarence nd Brooks, airl Pensamin and Esther Goldstein, boy. uis N. and Dorothea Zouras, boy James and Anta M. Moore. bov Wiliiam Y. ‘and Laure B. Duncan, boy. Willie E. and Libbie 8. Frankiin, boy e W. and Thelma M. Danlels. boy Joseph ¥ and Marion K. Gonsalves. hoy. Peter A and Katherine Fabrizio, boy. James A and Ine; L. Lee, boy James and Viola Greenard, b Willlam L. and Annie Peter and Maggie McL; ‘Theodore and Rosetin a Harry and Isabel L. 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L tal . ‘Turner. #5. 1414 Corcoran st. é..:?:’.fl’n!‘.... 40, Fome for Aged and In- Hospital. re | Tomorrow afternoon Mr. 'l‘hxrmn‘ vill speak on “Fcderal Aid to Munici- | pal Housing and Community Projects” and Darwin Meserole, president of the | National Unemployment League, will discuss Federal jublic works. There will be a night session tomor- | Prof. Mercer G. Evans University and Dr. Harry W. | Laidler, director of the League for In-| dustrial Democracy and president of | the National Bireau of Economic Re- search, will lead a discussion on unem- ployment insurance for the United | States. WARRANT IS REFUSED IN ALLIED YOUTH MOVE- Detroit Px';secutor _Holds That Prohibition Speaker Did Not Violate Law. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, November 28.—Prosecutor | Harry S. Toy today refused to recom- mend a warrant sought by State Rep- | resentative Robert D. Wardell for the | arrest of Robert X. Ropp of Chicagy, | chairman of the Allied Fourth division | of the allied forces campaigning in De- | troit in behalf of prohibition. | Wardell charged that Ropp had vio- | lated the State law which forbids the solicitation of funds in any building | exempt from the general property tax | in behalf of or against any candidate | for public office or in behalf of or| against any proposed measure that may be submitted to a popular vote. | Ropp spoke last night in the Cass| Technical High School, a building with- in _the provisions of the act. Prosecutor Toy held that Ropp had not violated the law inasmuch as he had not solicited funds in behalf of or against any specific candidate or any | proposed measure that was coming up for a vote by the people. UNWRITTEN LAW LOSES Blayer of Alleged Rival for Wife's Affections Gets Seven Years. 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