Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1931, Page 13

@he Foening Star H SUNDAY MORNIN EDITION —n \\"\SUJNGT()I\;, D.- ¢, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1931. PAGE B—1 BETTERMENT SEEN N EDITH RILEY DY PSYCHOLOGIST iolbil 13th Christmas in Bed VETERAN, WOUND! | Mre. E. S. Eimore Says Con- diton Was Arrestment Due to Sense Deprivation. GIRL SPEAKS FLUENTLY AFTER HOSPITAL CARE Mind Failed to Develop Because of Sensory Isolation in Closet for Years, In the first of the menial closet Edith a Deprivation of Senses. t isolation ense “re- individual 1ch occurs two or more case Walks Nearly Normal. hospital Tt boats t n me. to prove d been neld ca again that she ¢ and asked her if 1 the closet. She as and aid 1 the nd then added: ‘It wa. a plue on the floor told me that the only person to bring mother, wt brought her meals in a sauccpan. She said she only had a spoon said her never leav- e stepmother spoke to her and locked the door ser o eat in the dark. Aft ild leaned her her ttie soldie suffer so mych and She then_ straighter eves were filled with and walked back b children’s ward Mrs. Elmore tain high lights patible with | ag as fixed by psychometric m telligence. and that in vario ance tests she has shown to manipulate form plan. Her reaction ratic, in mes ing she to do, Girl Can Be Taught. Imore expressed Edith may be she be taught rstands st cam Send d her rose up. She herself to cer- y incom of 6y said Edith showed perform- abili accomplish abilit Mrs. E hion to a has Mrs that while very ¢ can und much to the 1ces. b an i testing more than w hospital and the 2 in has by ing al- PASSENGER :l\ND MAIL RUSH FILLS AIRPLANES Go Out Many ular Runs—Weather Extra of Re Cuts Service to West. Sections on and g o passenger the Christmas 2 ness is Crow transport lines runnil ashington. with extra sections going out on many of the regular runs All the night airmail planes last night were jammed to the hatch covers, with equally heavy loads piling up for to- night. The mail compartments in pas- senger planes on the day runs also were jammed to capacity, even when extra sections were Hown. All lines were operating out of the Capital this morning, except on the Pittsburgh-Cleveland airw where heavy weather over the Allegheni’s and to the west put stop to operations This heavy weather. general in all tae country west of th> mountains, wes moving eastward, but was not expected to reach the Capital until tomorrow All the lines reported unusuzlly heavy assenger reservations away from the pital this afternoon. many of them made by Government employes who ex- pect to fly home for Christmas. the | | | ¥ BRUNO I8 e i | ! ND » keep smilin’ thru Flat on his back as a result machine-gun bullets that dled his legs on the battle- i fields of France, Bruno Isa- brand. patient at Walter Reed Hos- pital is spending his thirteenth con- © Christmas on a hospital cot him Christmas is Just another wlplessness. The same v treatment. of having ed upon like a child, of the world go by. From habit ander to the big clock that on the wall near him. only to oer that it doesn't mean a thing ay, Christmas cards and letters stacked high on his bedside and doctors and nuf and will drop in with cheerful Outside his window a huge trimmed with lights, wll rmly. and inside his ward is tree. also lighted Carolers for him and gifts will flood nds ngs gay w ble eal enjoyment of these things is & away from Bruno. Thirteen s f bodridden Xistence brought him too closely to reality not ccogniz> it. He can't forget that W they will sweep away the rib- the tinsel. The bright polish a happy imagination has been rub- bed away by the more than 50 opera- tions he has had But his smile is as happy and infec- tious as ever. Brunos gameness has been the great factor in the desper- ate fight Army surgeons have made to save his legs have ar THREE TAMI MEN ROBBERY VICTIMS Driver Grapples in Vain With Armed Quartet—One i Loses Cabh. Thre~ taicab drivers were held up last nig rcbbars who obtained a {total of $1680 and a cab. The auto- | mobile was found abandoned shortl, ; after it was taken from Austin T. Nor- |ris. 4516 Holliday streef, Brentwood, Md Norris was robbed of $5 by four men who entered his cab at North Capitol and H streets and ordered him to drive them to the 1500 block Half street southwest, where one of the men dis- played a gun while his companions took he driver’s money oy Grapples for Gun. Richard E. Leith, 320 Ninth street northeast, attempted to wrest the gun from one of a quartet of robbers. an- swering the description of Norris' pas- | sengers, who made him drive them from First and B streets southwest to Half | and N streets southeast and then rob- {bed him. He was unable to get the| { gun. however, and only managed to dis- | suade the men fromshooting him by | bleading that he had a wife and chil- ldron to support. The thieves obtained i $4 from him William F. Smith, 321 B street south- cast, wes robbed of $7.80 by two colored ! men after he had driven them to South Capitol and L streets about 2:30 this morning Alice Hunter. 3312 Northampton street, Cievy Chase. and Wallace T. Enright. Glenbrook road. Brthesda. yesterday {old local police their automobiles, | parked on the streets, were robbed. i Cars Are Ransacked. The former’s car was robbed of war- apparcl and other property valued t 8101 in the 1700 block of S street. hile wearing apparel. glassware, | Christmas scals and other articles, valued at $30.50. were taken from the | latt~r’s car at Seventh and M streets. | Loss of a satchel containing surgical instruments. small quantities of nar- cotics and book of liquor prescription | | blanks was report>d to_the police last | night by Dr. John H. Trinder of 3900 Conrnecticut avenue. ‘ Mor> than 30 arrests have been made in the stores by members of the police | squad deotailed to look after shoplifters. Detective B. C. Kuehling. in charge of the squad, said most of tho stealing in the stores involved the MH}W of lonly small quantities of Christmas goods. Ravmond O'Banen, 36. of the, 900 block of H street. reported to police | today that he was held by four white | men at the point of pistols, at Eleventh | street and N°w York avenue last night and robbed of $25. Each of the men drew a pistol, he told police. O'Banen furnished police with & | description of the four men and gave them the sorizl number of a $20 bill he said was included in the loot. Approves Police Sports. | rocn zation of basket bell. wrestling 2nd borving teams amone m: bers of | the Police Department has the ep- nroval of Brig. Gen. Pelbam D. Glass- ford. superintendent. Throuch the courtesy of the Boys' Club of Wash- inc'on. located at 230 C street, the athlotic equipment of the club has been made available to the police with- | out cost. 1 | hat and coat on the shore of | tions for bravery during | wife several weeks ago and AT FATE ABRAND. Star Staff Photo Bruno first “got his" at Chateau Thierry on July 15, 1918, the day “th Marne ran red.” He had enlisted a vear before in the 30th Inf 3d Division. This second Battle the Marne opened on the night of July 14 It was a German offensive. an attemp to march on Paris. The fightir bitier and lasted through t 15th. Bruno, whose outfit first Mne of defense. sudde down from a machine gun b was carried off the fi°ld and a base hospital Two months later he was back at th front. but in the Meuse-Argonn of October 8 he was hit Bruno's last scrap He From then on it became battle, with the front hospital cot. Complic the spectre of amputat constant _bedfellow Hospital he was opera in two vears. The best have worked to cure him in most of Governmet in the country. And There is one CI Bruno has wanted for 13 y something you can't stuff ing.” he says, “or tie u package. It's a simple t nobody scems to be able me. 1 want the power to get this bed and walk straight out haspital door foreve Until then. Christmas st another day SOUGHT IN RIVER AN REPORTS SAFE Chester Smith Unable to Ex- plain Suicide Evidence, Wife Tells Police. pped of of a for Bruno is Chester have wned h quarrel with his wife. tur last night after harbor poli the day dragging the Channel for his body The search for the war v was begun following discov had spent Georgetown eran’s body his chan- nel. near the District end of Key Bridge In the pockets of the coal were a wallet and a number of papers bearing Smith's name and address. Among the papers were copies of three cita- in which Smith, served as a sergeant At his wife's home in Cl Sergt. Coleman Brown and ren C. E. Adams and R. C. Ault. all of the harbor precinct. learned he had not been heard from since Tuesd ht when he telephoned to ask for a recon- ciliation Smith. the officers were tol fined $16.50 after a quarrel who is abou cons . was th his was com- mitted to jail in default. H leased Saturday. it was said Told of Smith's domestic difficultics the policemen began dragging the c nel. continuing their efforts to locate his body until last night They had just about given up for t night. determined to resume the dra ging this morning, when Mrs. Smith 1 tified J. M. Horten. night desk se at the police station, that she had h from her husband Although she said he told her he did rot know how his coat and hat hap- pened to be on the shore of the channel the officers offered the opinion he placed them there in the hope of effecting a reconciliation. He asked his wife to “make up.” she said The coat and hat are being held at the police station by Desk Scrgt. F. M Howard until called for by Smith. The veteran refused to tell his wife where he is staying, she said RECEIVES ST-IFF SENTENCE ON POSSESSION CHARGE Colored Man Fined $250 or 6o Days in Jail—Also Gets 60 Days on Gaming Count. One man convicted of possessing liquor received a Stiff sentence in Po- lice Court today, while a second ('llflljged with transporting 23 gallens of liquor, was held for the grand jury under bond of $1,500 by Judge Ralph Given. Buster Anderson, colored, 2 | K street was found guilty of a half gallon of liquor and was sen- tenced to a fine ®f $250 or 60 days in jall. Anderson was also convicted of permitting gaming and sent to Jjail for 60 days more on this charg-. He was arrested by a reiding squad headed by Sergt N. O. Holmes. Eugene Goodell, 30, of the 300 block V street was arrested for transporia- tion of liquor when police. who :topped his automobile for a minor traffic vio- lation, reported finding 23 gallons of alleged whisky in the rear of the ma- chine. His case was sent to the grand Jurge TREASURY HITS ' GRITICS OF PLAN Statement Holds Lower Brackets Would Contribute but Small Part. WEALTHIER PERSONS WOULD BEAR BURDEN Would Come From Those Earn- ing $5.000 or Less. | By the Assoc The administration day at criticisms that plan mainly affects all means. The Treasury comes of $5.000 tribute only $2 struck back to- its tax increase individuals with said persons with in- and less would 000.000 of the proposed increase of $222,000.000 which would come from the added income tax. It was estimated persons with incomes of $10.000 and more would cor | $182,000.000 additional Higher Incomes Cut reventue necded comes of $100.000 and 16.000 in 1928 to 6.200 tax on suck $700,000,000 to 1 |~ The formal | Treasury also was i the administration { Congress for more at $1.3 ago toda iropped from 40.000.000. tended to ask | ome tax receipts 903.000.000 1o be drive | of made tax ted o) comes of § e under tl ximum would be t be good the m resent law. the n £100.000 aximum rate 24 per cent be 43 to 46 NEW LINGOLN MUSEUM |TO OPEN FEBRUARY 12 i Oldroyd Collection Will Be Exhib- ( ited Free to Public in Old | Ford Theater. | The coln relics e Peterson rar E I be old Feb; valuable Oldroyd collection of now being moved from ouse. on Tenth strect housed in new rd Theater acr et e that has bee mber of years. Licut. Butler ex- plained this is made possible through the rearranging of Government per- | sonnel. Heretofore, he said. there have { been insufficient Government employes |to take care of the Lincoln house | The Welfare and Recreational sociation of Public Buildings and Grounds. Inc.. took care of this and |the 25-cent charge was made to aid |in_defraving expenses | "The house in which Lincoln died is !'to be restored as I¥ as possible to | the condition in which it was when hc ! died. | . 'KINDLER WILL JOIN ' FAMILY FOR HOLIDAYS m | As- was re- Symphony Conductor Will Return | Saturday to Resume Work on ! Personnel Problem. | = Hans Kindler. tional Symphony Orchestra ington yesterday afternoon to spend ! Christmas with Mrs. Kindler and their |three children at Philadelphia, but | Kindler's holiday will end Saturday | afternoon, when he must return to the | Capital to begin the work of repairing { the breaches in his personnel caused b; |the loss of eight men to a new theater i orchestra, This, it was explained. is one of the { reasons Kindler is asking $150.000 from contributors, plus an additional amount from ticket sales at the box office, to icarry on the National Symphony for its second season. Seasonal employ- ment for 80 musicians for 30 weeks or more is essential. in Kindler's opinion, if he is to guard his personnel from outside offers of permanent employ- iment by placing them on contract. At Dresent, the men of the National Sym- phony Orchestra are engaged from one | concert to the next or from one re- hearsal to another Kindler anticipates no difficulty in replacing the eight defections in his ranks with men of comparable ability The main difficulty, it was stated. the work of acquainting them with the { conductor’s style, his technique, and in- stilling the team play and the sense of familiarity with other musicians in the orchestra, STIMSON NAMES AIDE Secretary Stimson today announced the appointment of Harry A. McBride of Michigan as an assistant to the Sec- retary of State. cBride will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William H. Beck, recently appointed | United States consul general at Ottawa, Canada The Sccretary also announced ap- pointment of Clinton E. MacEachran of Massachusetts as chief clerk of the State Department. which office has been vacant since the death, last April, of E. J. Ayers of New Jersey. conductor of the Na-| left. Wash- | 10 RAISE TAXES Only $27.000.000 of 3222.000‘000‘ face of Center Market’s 50 BASK ew Center Market families faces bright K 2 booth or sta HELP 1S OFFERED DESTITUTE MOTHER Aid Woman Who Wanted Baby Killed. The woman who tried to induce an Animal Rescue League attendant to Kill her baby Tuesday night was urged to “bring her troubles to the Com- munity Chest” in a statement issued today by Elwood Street, director of the charity group. “There is no need for any mother in Washington, no matter how destitute she may be. to even contemplate such a thing.” Mr. Street said. “The Chest was created to take care of just such cases as that of this desperate mother. Police Search City. The mother, described as a shabbily dressed woman of about 35, took the infant to the League's headquarters, in the 300 block of southwest and told the attendant, Mrs. Jessie Height, colored, that it was a “sick cat. When Mrs. “cat” was explained for it “If you don't “I_ will." Mrs. Height notified police. but the woman disappeared before the arrival of officers from the fourth precinct. Although police have searched the city. no trace of either the mother or the infant has been found. Writes Letter to Mother. In a letter to the mother, which he asked The Star to publish, Mr. Street wrote: “Do not despair—there is help for you in Washington. Telephone or come to the Community Chest office. We will take care of you and your child if vyou are in need. " The Chest is in the Investment Building. The phone num- ber is Metropolitan 2284 “There is no need that your baby starve or need nursing and medical care. The Chest is able to care for the people of Washington. There is no need for suffering. Come t “It shall not be sald of ‘I was hungry and you gave me not food: I was thirsty and you gave me naught to drink.”” ATTORNEY IS NAMED Lehman Will Aid in Valfiatian of Gas Light Company. Roland J. Lehman, a valuation attor- ney, has been appointed a special as- sistant by Corporation Counsel William W. Bride to help in the valuation of the Washington Ges Light Co., ordered for next year. $500 a_month. Mr. Lehman has had considerable ex- perience in valuation work and was rec- cmmended to Mr. Bride by several mem- bers of the Interstate Commerce Com- Height discovered the really a baby the mother she was too poor to care kill it,” she warned. by the Public Utilities Commission. 0gus. \Q“a.smngton | Maryland avenue | a | car, through the high waters from the train at South Fork, to high land. and then gone back after the daughter. | that time he has been known as “John: town John.” NTRIBUTED BY MERCHANT! Ha Fifth. K and L streets Bounty Goes to Poor DELIVERED BY THE STAR. dispatched 100 baskets of food today qu ssembled merc grocer women ter association. by two w 5. B, M market The baskets the a dozen « d. 1 pound of co of cabbage The HERO OF JOHNSTOWN FLOOD In the presence of a large gathering of officials and employes of the Bureau of Customs. John L. Hughson chief méssenger of the bureau, signally his retir ice, to whi President Harrison after heroism in the Johnstown flood. | Hughson, at request of Commissioner | of Customs F. X. A. Eble. told the story of how he rescued two avomen from a Pullman_car missicner Eble then read a letter com- mending Hughson's 42 years of service, and presented him with a gold watch and substantial purse of gold, contrib- | uted by personnel of the Customs Bu- Teau It was a colorful story that Hughson | told of his rescue of Mrs. Elijah Hal- | ford. wife of Col. retary to President Benjamin Harrison. and their daughter Jeanette. | fluently and briefly, Hughson told how | a Pullman porter in charge of the In Hughson was appointed to Government service by an executive order of Presi- dent Harrison, | HOTEL CLERK INJURED Henry S. Hodges Victim of Auto Henry S. Hodges, 501 Eleventh street, chief clerk at the Harrington Hotel, was severely injured yesterday when an au-| tomobile in which he was riding ran | into a ditch at Ferrisburg. Vt. Mr. Lehman will be paid | tained several fractured ribs and minor injuries. the car, escaped with slight hurts. It was learned at the Harrington Ho- tel that Hodges was spending a short vacation at his family's home in Ben- | mission. The appointment was approved ' nington, Vt. said not to have any relatives here, ach ba eded it wer baskets were most VETERANS 10 Vi AT ON PR 8.000 World War Men Given Right to Demonstrate Here for Bonus. Retires SERVED 42 YEAR | . Marching in what thev call their ‘big parade.” about 8,000 World War veterans. many of them in uniform. are expected to come here from all parts of the country February 5 to petition Congress for full payment of the soldiers' bonus Assurances that the former service men would be permitted to parade through Washington streets and enter the Capitol Grounds were given John H. Fahey of Boston, legislative man of the Army and Na U. S. A. vesterday by Vice President Curtis. Speaker Garner and Brig. Gen Glassford, superintendent of police {ter parading from Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue to the ‘Ci\plldnlelrua the veterans will be re- 2 5 3 ceived by a delegation of Senators and JOHN L. HUGHSON. | Representatives. to whom they will de- —Star Staff Photo. | liver their petition for payment of the adjusted service certificates. The Re- ception Committee will be comprised of enators Shipstead, Minnesota: Harris. Georgia: Brookhart. Towa; Walsh. Mas- sachusetts, and Wagner, New York. and Representatives Patman, Texas: Con- nery. Massachusetts: McCormack, Mas- sachusetts, and Rankin, Mississippi. Banners Are Barred. Both the Vice President and Speaker | granted permission for the demonstra- | tion at the Capitol with the understand- ing there would be no ““Communistic or red” activities or any -objectionable” banners carried. Fahey, himself a World War hero, cited for bravery under machine-gun :and artillery fire while with the 101Ist Infantry. 26th Division. telegraphed the nearly 300 garrisons of the Army and Navy Union and other patriotic or- ganizations requesting them to join in S) ki | the aemonstration Peaking | This will be the biggest demonstra- tion of patriotic and political strength in the history of the Nation for any bill in the process of legislation,” the chair- man wired. “The Federal and District officials have been wonderful in their manifestation of confidence in the for- mer service men, assuring me that they know those who served their country in its hour of need will not do anything objectionable during this demonstration. We are pledged as citizens and soldiers to present our petition in a manly and dignified manner, without offensive banners and ‘red’ or Socialistic yells or speeches. Will Be Here Two Days. “Former service men in Congress, led by Representative Wright Patman, who made the fight for this legislation in the last Congress, will meet us at the Capitol Grounds and as members of the great legislative body will present our petitions to Congress.” The ex-service men expect to remain in Washington two days. and in order to secure food and shelter Fahey has advised Secretary of War Hurley and Veterans' Administrator Hines of their needs. Meanwhile, however, a group of vet- erans from the Pacific Coast, already here to present their demands to Con- ts Union colored, was honored on the occasion of ent from Government serv- h he had been appointed by during the flood. Com- Elijah Halford, sec- he had carried Mrs. Halford From recognition of his heroic deed Accident in Vermont. He sus- His brother, a passenger in He is not married and is ARTS COMMISSON OPPOSES LOCATION OF NAVAL HoSPrAL Letter to Officials May Re- open Whole Controversy on Departments’ Sites. MEETING CONSIDERS COMPOSITE GROUP PLAN Opinion in Favor of Change From Potomac Banks to “Place to Grow™ Reiterated e construction wil The Public Bu; the present time new War and Navy vicinity of the present Na and near the Interi Representative Will R ana, is on record as oppos struction in so-calle triangle, bounded by New Constitution avenue and street. because of the ex and the fact a have to be purchased ment to secure the site Navy Offi s' Views. Naval officials who believe that Fine Arts Commission will not have way concerning the fu new Naval Hospital point o commission desired to I War and Navy Departme; of Seventeenth street, alo vania avenue. The naval ¢ that that service has an inherent to the ground now occupied by N; Hospital. as the N represented there for a great of years. Previously the old Observatory stood on that site. ARTERIAL HIGHWAYV URGED ginia_avenue should be made an arterial highway. particularl; the vicinity of the Navy and Munitions Buildings, Capt. E. N. Chisolm. jr.. en- gineer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, said today. He pointed out there has been a num- ber ‘of serious automobile accidents on that thoroughfare recently Co-ordinating Committee has mended that stop signs be placed along the avenue, The next meeting of the Co-ordi- nating Committee, of which Capt Chisolm is_chairman. will be held on January 12, and it is expected that the matter will be brought up again, unless the District authorities carry out the program in the interim. Rabbi to Preach. Rabbi Abram Simon will deliver a special address on “Moses and Jesus™ the Hebrew Temple Friday evening, The discussion will draw a parallel between the lives of the two great bib- lical characters, gress, were cautioned last night by Comdr. C. W. Browning of Victory Post, American Legion, against any great in- flux of ex-service men into the Capital unless means for their support has been provided. The advice was given at an entertainment arranged for the Western veterans by the Legion post. which adopted a resolution urging the national officers not to “soft pedal” the anti-pro- hibition resolution adopted at the Na- tional Convention in Detroit. Post mem- bers called for positive and aggressive :(‘!ion toward execution of the resolu- ion. .