Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1931, Page 3

TAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., SATURDAY, —_— 1% MVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, 8§ MAILPILOTTELLS | OF PERILOUS LEAP Jimmy Johnson Enjoys Christ- mas at Home After Es- - caping Crash. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 26— | Another day's work done, Jimmy John- son enjoyed Christmas to its fullest| at home with his family here yester-| No later than Thursday Johnson rode his crippled, plunging mail plane down | 12,000 feet before taking to his para- | chute, bringing to an even dozen the number of air mail pilots who have| been forced to leap for their life over | “Hell's Stretch” in the Snowshoe Moun- tains of Pennsylvania Several of that daring dozon who flew the Cleveland-N>w York mail never czme out to tell the story of their crash. Sees Left Wing Fall. | | | | hipparion and the horse (right). But Johnson did. His first intimation of danger, he said, came when he heard a sound “like the smashing of a box” | and saw his left wing hurtle off into space. “My head must against the side of the enoush force to daze me. I could pull the throttle b sble to locate the switch, "As we entered the clouds (at 13,500 feet) the other wing let go. I still wasn't able to locate the switch and began to tell myself that I hx be getting out. I tried to unf catch of the safety belt, but s my hands wouldn't respond. been thrown cockpit with fol k, T wasn't have of en_th mehow Spectators Saw Plunge. “Just how I got the belt open I don't know, but peopl> on the ground told me afterward that they W the wing- less fuselage come out of the clouds 2.000 feet off the ground and that I was just getting out. The fuselage was rolling over and over and centrifugal force ‘must have shot me out like a bullet when T finally managed to re- lease the catch. “The wind drifted by parachute to A landing in a farmer's field about a mile from where the plane crashed ‘The farmer wished me a ‘Morr mas’. He said I had it comung. “But. anyway, the mail harmed.” e SPECIAL NOTICES. I WILL NOT ~BE RESPONSIBLE FOR debts contracted Ly ony one other than my- self. JOS. E. FERSINGER, 140 avel s.c THE ANNUA EETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the Washington Railway & Elec- tric Company. for' the purpase of electing a board of directors to serve for the ensu- ing_vear and to transact such oth - ness as may properly come before the me ine. will be held at the office of the co 10th and E northwest, Wa n January 16, 10: wasn't <’ noon ction therewith, the books for the company CHAIRS FOR _REN1. SUTTABLE FOR | BRIDGE PARTIES, banquets, weldings and | althouch | better | Christ- | b BY JESSIE G. BEACH. KELETAL remains of a missing link which have long been need- ed by scientists in working out the evolutionary chain cf the mocern horse were recently ac- quired b; the National Museum in great | abundance. This new and long-soughe speci fossil horst, linking the present-cay animal with its thr toed ancestor, was recently unearthed man, Idaho, by a Smiths tion field party. Its dis sidered by scientists throughout country as one of the most impc in the field of vertebrate paleontology in recent years. The wide interest attached to this find is only natural, since the horse Fas long served as the type illustra- tion for the study of the doctrine of evolution by means of natural selec- tion and the adaptation of a race of animals to its environment. More- over, although much had been pub- lished on the evolution of the horse the immediate ancestor of the present- day horse was unknown prior to the of this new species, plesippus shoshoensis. the i Benes Are Numerous. Adding all more to the interest is the great abund: 3 in which the bones occur, representing the greatest accumulation of a_single species of fossil horse remains, Smith- sonfan paleontologists say. that has ever been found anywhere. the world over Prosnecting for fossil horse rkeletons n Idaho was begun in the Summer of 1929 by the late Dr. .James W. Gidlev of the United States National Museum who was well known as one of the lead- ing specialists in the valeontological St of the horse. and under whose upervision the work was carried on until the time of his death resently. Althcugh sufficient material was ob- tained during the Summer of 1929-30 ence the precence of this an- cient_horse in Idaho. it remained for the ficld work of 1931, just concluded. to reveal the great abundance with v . 10c up Fer day each: new chatrs. ¥_chairs for rent or sale STORAGE CO.. 418 10th | st Metropolitan_1844 | OFFICE"OF MUTUAL FIRE_INSUAANCE | { the District of Columbia. -301 D 1931, Policy- ¥ AND | ST BE ex- | s in | later | il ary t 7 p. be closed 10’ days prior to the JOHN G, MEINBERG, B. F. ROVER, Sec 5 THE REGULAR A shareho of W o | | Bank . Janu- ark se. 911 F D. C.. for the elec- such other business as me before the meetir from 12 noon until 1 o'clock p. ROBERT H. LACEY. Cashier. NOTICE _THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE shareholders of the National Bank D. C election of direc- N 1 for the trans- open beiween the hoirs of 12 moor oclock p.m VICTOR B. DEYBER. £ _President. | CE 1S HEREBY THAT THE | 1 meeting of the shareholders of the 1 B: { Washington. of Washing- or the ‘clection of directors and n of such other business as e before the meeting. will be held anking house on Tuciday. Januarv at 12 o'clock noon. The polls will Temain open ! NOTI an er. | THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE_STOCK- holders of the Columbia Title Incurance Company of the District of Columbia, for purpose of electing fifteen trustees of the company for the ensuing vear. will be held at the office of the company, 503 E st. nw. on_Monday. Dec. 21. 1931, at 1 o'clock p.m he polls will ‘be open between the hours ©f 2 and 4 o'clock pm The transfer books will Dec to Dec. 21, 1931, sve. CHAR | be closed from | 12 both dates incl THE ANNUAL MEETIN holders of the Lincoin election of directors ness as may prope ing will be held a Tuesc: 1 pm. ‘Books for the tiansfer closed from December 21. 1931 to Janu- v 12,1932, _JAMES A. SOPER, Cashier THE NATIONAL CAPITAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, D. C. meeting of the stockholders of tional Capite] Bank of Washington or the ‘election of directors and the tion of any other lesitimate busi- | may be brougit to the attention of the meeting, will be held at the bank Tues- day. January 'I2th. 1932, between the hours of 12 o'clock noon and 3 o'clock p.m. —________H. C. STEWART. Cashier. T WILL NOT BE RES ebts contracted by any other than myse EDWARD C. JOHNSON. 3467 14th 3t naw ¥ THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of W' T. Galliher & Bros T or the election of trustees for the ensuing vear and for the transaction of such other bucl- zess as may properly come before said meet- ing, will be held at_the office of the corpo- Tation at 30th and K sts. n.w. Washington, D. C.. at 3.30 p.m. January 26, 1932 C. EMERY GALLIHER, Secretary. INSURANCE Georgetown PONSIBLE FOR ANY OFFICE OF THE FIREMEN'S Company of Washinzton and Seventh_strcet and Indiana avenue northe west. The stockholders of (he Firemen's Insurance Company of ‘Washington own will meet at the cffice on an i Jogz, tor the bur en’ directors for the cnsuin Polls open from 11 am. to 12 m ° ALBERT. W. HOWARD. Secretary. WANTED-LOADS Y YORK Revna TO PHILADELPHIA TO "ROANOKE. And all points North and West. AGENT ALLIED VAN LINES ' We also pack and 8hip bv STEEL LIFT VANS anvwhere SMITH'S TRANSFER & STORAGE CO., 1313 You St. N.W.__Phoncs North 3342-3343, | You may have forgotten to ive the roof a chance to face the Winter storms. The next three months are the hardest. — Call us "up NOW! Roofing 1193rd St S.W. NEED PRINTING? Consult this million-dollar for ideas that will get you swing of good times. and | e of ...DEC. 28 . 'DEC: 26 ..DEC; 28 rinting plant ack into the The National Capital Press | 3rd and N N.E 5-b. can. best. 90c delivered. Write THE HONEY POT. 1065 31st St. n.w. APPLES, SWEET CIDER We have a large supply of our usual high-grade apples and sweet cider. _ Rockville Fruit Farm SERVICE DAY OR NITE On Plumbing Tinning_and Heating Years Experience. ranteed Work- manship. No Job Too Small BUDGET PAYMENTS if desired. FLOOD ¢ Juuv 0. St. N.W. Dec. 2700—Evening, Clev. 0619. _FLA. AVE. { I C. | Covington and wounded him which these bones oscur. Six complete eletons. upward of 75 well preserved skulls. together with a great mass of dissociated bones, comprise the spe-- mens that arc relatively free from he matrix. while boxes containing approximately 15 tons of bones that were embedded millions of vears ago in the firmlv_coherent Idrho formation of the late Pliozene era of geological tim> are now stored in the vertebrate fos=il halls of National Museum yet to be unpacked. Site Was Drinking Place. The great accumulation at a_single locality of the remains of this an horse,” which, as evidenced by bones, must have roamed the i1’y olains of Idaho in large herds for thousands of years during geological COLORED MAN KILLS Two Men Are Wounded Critically by Ex-Convict, Who Slays L. & N. Officer. By the Associated Press RICHMOND, Ky., December 26.— After wounding two other men during a fight, Jeff Covington. 31, colored. fatally shot James Turner, 57. Louis- ville & Nashville Railroad detective, at a railroad crossing here today. Police said Covington had critically wounded Howard Smith, 23. colored, and slightly wounded Phil Owens, 30, colored, several squares from where he shot_Turner. After wounding the two men, Cov- ington fled down the tracks, and, ac- cording to witnesses, shot Turner when he saw the detective talking to Pearl Abney, watchman. Abney said Cov- ington fired three more times at Turner after the officer fell. Turner fited at in the hand Covington was charged with murder and placed in jail here under heavy guard Covington recently was released from the penitentiary after having served a four-year term for shooting at Tur- ner some time ago. Bandits Hold Up Chicago Store. CHICAGO, December 26 (#).—Ber- nard Stecker of New York, a salesman and Samuel Brown reported to police yesterday that they were held up in Brown’s store by four bandits. Stecker said he lost a $1,000 diamond ring and $110. Brown reported his loss as five fur coats and $105. Horse’s Ancestor Found MISSING LINK IN EVOLUTION CHAIN DISCOVERED. Fossil remains found in Idaho which apparently supply-the “missing lin! in the evolution of the horse from the hipparion have been acquired by the Na- tional Museum. The above iHustration from an exhibit at the museum shows the THE EVENING S ! : | | - times, has been accounted for with the explanation that the bone depocit, t the time of its formation, was the te of a marshy terrain in which was located a drinking place for wild ani- mals in the semi-arid country where water holes were not abundant. This assumption is based on the general character of the deposits and the fact that the quarry contains the bones of literally hundreds of animals. the great- er part of which belong to this extinct species of horse. For the most part, the bone » disarticulaled, intermin- d and scattered. it is said, in such a way 1o suggest that they represent the slow nulation of many years, | during which time the animals are be- lieved to have been trapped, one by one, in the bog and died from natural causes rather than the sudden over- whelming of a large herd in one great catastrephe ‘The major steps in the development of the ancestry of the horse have been traced to near the beginning of the tertiary era of geological time. During this long period of time, estimated at four or five millions of years, these nimals gradually increased in size, sing through important changes in parts of the body, and especially in the teeth and feet, adapting them more and more perfectly to their particular environment. The earliest Eohippus | eared in North America during | Lower Eocene times and was s small | 2niral, no larger than a fox, or about | 14 inches tall at the shoulder, with | four complete toes on each forefoot and three on each hind foot. Increased in Size. Following Echippus was the Oligo- | cene horse or Mesohippus, the largest | known species of which was about the ! size of a sheep. Mesohippus had three | toes on each foot and a splint repre- senting the fourth digit of the fore foot of the Eocene ancestor. The mid- dle toe was much larger than the side | toes and bore most of the weight of the animal. Its teeth were in general the low-crowned browsing type. The third major type was Merychip- CULBERTSON BALKS AT CHRISTMAS PLAY Prefers to Spend Yule With Children—Opponents Inclined to Game. By the Associated Press, of a merry Christmas Ely Culbertson had to arise today at an unwonted early hour—for him. "Three bichelors were quite willing to devote some of the holi- day and the holiday eve to continuance of a test of rival systems of contract bridge, but not so the father of “Jump- bid" and Joyce Culbertson. In order to make up for tho inter- lude Culbertson gave to the children an afternoon session was called. Wirs. Cul- bertson would not permit a Saturday night session. Lenz Blames Bad Cards. Sidney S. Lenz and Oswald Jacoby who believe that far inferior cards ac- count for their deficit of 14,525 points in 86 rubbers, were willing to try any- thing once in fhe hope of a change of luck—even play by daylight. Theox A. Lightner, who his been one of Cu bertson's three partners, would rath play contract than do’ anything else any time. The contract for the match stipu- lates it shall be finished by January 15 It is some 10 rubbers behind the speed expected before it began Mrs. Culbertson, who withdrew from the match after 48 rubbers, when her side was only 410 points in the lead has to return to play at least 27 more rubbers. In order that she might shop and make other preparations for the ner, Mrs. Culbertson's Return Set. The latest time set for her return is after New Year and the earliest was this afternoon. Her re-entrance todav, hovcever, depended on how tired she was after a fam. his partner Culber as compared with the opposition’s. He and his opponents praised her play, and at times there were passages of words which threatened to become serious until she calmed everybody down. Cards or no cards, it is a fact that much of Culbertson's lead is due to heavier sets suffered by Lenz and Jacoby. Their penalties in 86 rubbers totaled twice Culbertson's standing this morning was 48 for C bertson’s side and 38 for Lenz and Jacoby Contract chess and cam-lot were em- ployed by Lenz and Jacoby to tune up for resumption of play. POLICE CHIEF GUARDED FROM MOB IN KILLING Several Towns Aid Alpharetta, Ga., 2s J. R. Farr Is Transferred for Safety. By the Associated Press ALPHARETTA, Ga.. December 26— Police from Atlanta and nearby towns pus, which marks the transition be- | tween the older short-crowned teeth without cement and the long-crowned, heavily cemented teeth of the later | stag Three toes were still present but_ much modified. Next came Hip- parion of the Upper Miocenc and early Pliocene cras, in which the lateral toes are still present, but much reduced in size and almost functionle After Hipparion was Plesippus, in which the latercl toes have entirely ppeared and the weight of the ani- ne on the tin of a single toe The teeth have un- ne great change, having greatly increased in height or length of the crown. Following this new species is Equus or the modern-day horse, which | differs from its immediate, newly dis- | covered ancestor by an increase in size, together with a slight variation in pat- tern of teeth and angulation of skull “ROBOT” IS STABBED; { ASSAILANT ARRESTED| Mummer's Jerky | ‘Automaton” Movements Stopped by Xnife Thrust in Thigh. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. December 26 —Joseph Dely. 30. who makes a living by attir- ing "himself as a “robot” for advertis- ing purposes, reacted in a decidedly human manner last night when a skep- tical man stabbed him in the thigh ! several times. | Daly, whose jerky movements and ex- pressionless face have made him well known to Broadwayites, was walking along Seventh avenue when William Corbin, 23, of Detroit, saw him. Cor- bin followed the “robot” a few steps | |and then drew his pocket knife and ' plunged it into the left thigh of the “‘automaton.” 0 Reacting ‘immediately, Daly whirled around and seized his assailant. Both fell on the sidewalk. Several cabmen, friends of Daly, foined in before Pa- trolman George Koch broke up the fracas. | Daly was taken to a hospital where | phrsicians said he had lost much blood. Corbin was locked up on a charge of felonious assault. S 5 Postmaster Dies. LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 26 () —Aubrey Cossar, 50, postmaster here, died yesterday in a hospital from lobar pneumonia. He was taken ill Wednes- | day and was transferred to the hos- }pna] Thursday. He is survived by a | brother, Griffith of Ann_Arbor, Mich.. | and a half-sister, Mrs. Mildred Wilde <f Briarcliffe Manor, N. Y. were summoned here lat> yesterday to aid in quelling a disturbance by crowd of men seeking entrance to the NEW YORK, December 26.—Because | flife, holiday her place was tiken by Light- | son thought his side's cards ran poorly | The rubber | | CARELESS DRESS - HITBY DR. BUTLER Columbia President Also At-| tacks Current Speech and Manners. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December Dr | Nickolas Murray Butler celebrated Christmas day by announcing that Co- | lumbia University, of which he is presi- | dent, operated at a profit this year, and also by firing a broadside at current dress, speech and manners Regarding financial matters, Dr. | Butler said Columbia added $28.000,000 to its capital resources in 1931 and | closes the year “with a favorable bal- ance of $170,290 instead of an expected deficit.” He projected a future nro- gram involving $30,000,000 for addi- tional endowment and $9,500,000 for building. He then turned discussing in turn politics and o to general topic: current modes of intercoligiate ath- | letics. Good Manners Gone. He deplored “a steady decline in the practice of good manners”” adding: “Carelessness and _inconsideration in [ dress, in speech and in personal habits have become all too common, not among the younger generation alone by any means, but also on the part of | their elders.” Asserting that schools are being asked to shoulder burdens they “should not be asked to bear,” he said that txo | factors had combined to produce this resull: “The virtual complete abdica tion of the family us the primary and controlling factor in education, togeth- er with the substantial collapse of the | Protestant churches.” He did not elaborate further on this, | but blamed objectionable charges upon | “the anti-philosophies and the pseudo | phychologies.” " He attributed lack of interest in | [ political affairs on the part of youth | | to the “sheer hyprocrisy of present-day | party divisions” and discussion,” add- | ing s it any wonder that youth | asks, ‘what's the use? " Athletics for Students. He praised the report of a commit- | tee of Columbia trustees, who recom- mended that athletics be conducted | solely for the benefit of students. . | “It so happens.’ he said, “that a | sports-loving public has been influ- ential in turning intercollegiate con- tests into undertakings projected on a vast scale, and they have become un- academic and too often commercial in spi i | | “Athletics should be academic affairs | and not looked on merely as means of | entertaining the public at huge costs | and in return for still more huge gate receipts.” | | | |GOV. ROOSEVELT PLANS NEW FORM OF TAXATION: {Increased Rate Would Be Spread | Over Longer Period in Rais- ing $100,000,000. a| Jail, where Chief of Police J. R. Farr | was held afte Wood A mand them. officers removed the police chief and tock him to Atlanta. The crowd made no attempt to attack them. but horities said the arrival of rein- fcreement: “proba vented” a serious affair. said he had tried t> arrest four men on a charee of being drunk and disorderly. cation several Wood fell. FIVE WOUNDED, TWO DEAD IN QUARRELS ON HOLIDAY Husband Kills Wife Who Sought to Make Peace—Ancther ‘Stabs the men surrounded the jail. de- shots Himself Fatally. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December persons were wounded, Christmas dav quarrels which termi nated in shooting cr stabbing affrays A woman was accidentally shot and killed by her husband when she es- sayed the role of peacemaker in a quarrel he had had with another man. he was Mrs. Laura Paparino, 46. Luigl Paparino, the husband, was booked on homicide charges The sccond Yule day victim was John Bruno. colored, who stabbed ‘him- 26 —Seven two fatally, in elf to death after attacking his wife | with a hatchet and sericusly wounding her. Among_those less seriously wounded during the day was Patrolman Jobn ! Lee, 35, stabbed in the abdomen while | ! endeavoring to break up a street brawl. | PINE SHIPMENTS GAIN Movement for Week of December 19 Doubles Production. PORTLAND, Oreg., December 26 (#) —Shipments of pine lumber from the Western pine territory were more than double the production for the weex ending December 19, the Western Pine Association announced today. Of 121 mills reporting to the asso- ciation, 99 were not operating. The total production for the week was 12, 926,000 feet, while shipments totaled 26,831,000 feet, and orders amounted to 32,235,000 feet. The association embraces pine mills in Arizona. California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington. PLOT TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON| EHoFrohl rices IN CONVICT-BUILT GLIDER BARED, ‘Reported Leavenworth Christmas Con- spiracy Fails as Plane Made by Flying Bootlegger Is Seized. By the Associated Press. | with a 16-foot wing spread—was dis- | 26 Uruguay Warns of Arrest of For- mer Argentine Minister. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, (/) —Attorney General Pineyro Chain has notified Argentina that Dr. Horaclo B. Oyhanarte, former loreign minister of Argentina, would be ar- rested if he entered Uruguay and his extradition would be permitted. Dr. Oyhanarte, Who is charged in Buenos Aires with malversation of funds as a member of former President Yrigoyen's cabinet, is living in Uru- guayana, a Brazilian town on the Uru- LEAVENWORTH, Ksns, December | covered on the factory roof and that SUayan border. 26—A story of an airplane rum run- ner’s bold plot to escape from the | Federal Penitentiary here in a glider built and ready to launch for atop the four-story prison shoe factory building was told in Leavenworth yesterday. In any event, the reported principal in the fantastic plot had his Christ- ma3 dinner—piece de resistance rabbit —inside the walls over which he al- legedly had hoped to soar to freedom and Yuletide celebration outside. The tale that an airworthy glider had been constructed by the rum run- ner while he repaired the roof of the factory was discounted by prison offi- cials, who said the craft was merely a model, too small to carry a human passenger. One authority said the glider was built in sections in the prison plumb- ing shop, that it never was on top of the shoe factory, that it was con- fiscated & half hour after it was as- sembled, later destroyed, and that the builder was reprimanded only for using material without permission. The Leavenworth Times, however, said it had learned from a reliable source that a glider—18 feet long and | it could be seen easily from a distance., | Two others conspired with the rum | runner, the Times said, and when it was discovered the glider could carry onl; two passengers, the prisoner who wa. |to be left behind informed officials of | the alleged plot. Bicycle wheels made | an_improvised landing gear. | The factory is about 200 feet from the north wall, which is 25 to 30 feet bigh. The alleged plotters were wait- ing for a strong south wind, the Times asserted, and hoped to fly to a patch of " heavy timber north of the penitentiary. The Times said the plane was in- spected by prison officials and several ! Federal agents, and adds the rum run- ; ner apparently had been given three | months “in the hole” for building the | glider and has just come out of segre- gation. The builder is described as an inter- national rum runner who operated be- tween Canadian sources and Detroit, The Times said he was captured after his plane crashed with a cargo of liquor near the home of a Michigan sheriff in | the vicinity of Detroit. Prison officials refused to confirm the report as to the builder’s identity. Will Rogers PEIPING.—Had 2 long talk with young Marshall Chang Si Liang. He was the war lord of Man- churia, and all Manchuria spoke English. He was a very pleasant young fellow. One thing you got to say about these Chinese, they are good losers. There is no yapping or ex- e thinks that China will even- tually absorb the Japanese the same as they absorbed the Mongolians, who captured China so much they 8ot tired. | the shocting of Gentle | that Farr be handed over to | During the ensuing alter- | were fired and | December f By the Asscciated Press ALBANY, N. Y., December 26 —Gov | Franklin D. Rooscvelt proposed yester- day a way of raising $100.000.000 to re- place the expected loss in State revenue | during the next fiscal year with the least possible harcship on taxpayers. | He said he would suggest to the Legislature that some new form of taxa- tion go into effeci February 1 instead of July 1. By spreading an increased rate over a longer period. he antici- making it lower than it otherwise Be i “It is obvious.” he said, “that after | the necessary sum fs fied, the greater | period that the tax can be spread over, | the smafler the tax will be." [MARYLAND M | AN WINS IN STOCK BROKER SUIT |Canadian Court Reverses Decision and Names Him Creditor of | Defunct House. By the Associated Press. 1 MONTREAL, Quebec, December 26.— | Bryant O. Butler of Easton. Md.. has been ranked as « creditor for $24,056.34 j of the bankrupt stockbroking firm of | Brochu & Co. by judgment of Justice ! L. E. Panneton in the Superior Court | The judgment reverses a decision of the | trustees of the firm, | Butier's claim to be ranked as a | creditor had been reiected by the trus- tees on the ground that Brochu & Co., and not Butler, were owners, on the date of their bankruptcy, of shares previously held for his account. DOG AIDES MISSING Helen Keller, Blind-Deaf, “Com- pletely Lost” Without Pair. NEW YORK. December 26 () — Miss Helen Keller, blind and deaf | author. reported to police yesterday that two of her dogs—Helga, a golden brown great dane, and Darkey, a black Scotch | terrier—had disappeared from her home | three days ago. She said she had felt completely lost without the dogs since | | they, apparently, wandered away on | Tuesday, as they were her constant companions. | “REDS” FIG'HT CHARGES Deny Possession of Trotsky Writ- ings Prove They're Communists. MEXICO CITY, December 26 (#).— Five prisoners told a court here yester- day that possession of the writings of Trotsky, Karl Marx and Lenin did not prove they were Communists or were | inclined to that party's principles. They applied for writs of habeas | corpus aftér police had accused them nr} | being Communists and produced litera- | ‘tixre taken from their homes as proof | of the charge. The men asserted the ! | arrests were illegal. | i Universal Grafico said there were sim- | ilar cases in other courts as the out- }come of a recent drive on Communists | by police. | | | \ i i CHURCH ISSUE RAISEL Proposed Separation From State Is Considered in Peru. LIMA, Peru, December 26 (#).—Sep- aration of church and state has been | prcposed in Peru, it was learned au- | thoritatively yesterday. | __The Constitution Committee of the , National Assembly is considering the proposal, with indications favoring its | approval, | The Catholic religion is recognized | by the Peruvian constitution as the state religion. The churches and con- vents are property of the state. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. Dance, Chi Sigma Sorority, Lambda Chapter, Hamilton Hotel, 10 p.m. Dance, Beta Gamma Phi Sorority, Alpha Chapter, Hamilton Hotel, 10 p.m. Christmas entertainment, Protected Home Circle Juniors, Northeast Ma- sonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, 8 p.m. | | | | | DECEMBER 26, 1931. €r marriage started where many end - - - i disillusioniment! PITE IFE What would you do if after your marriage you found your husband had married you only’to spite the girl who had jilted him —would you fight for his love? Is a happy solution possible in such a triangle of unhappy hearts? Begin “Spite Wife” and learn what Judy did. By Ann Forester * Beginning Monday, Dec. 28th atly and Sunday * k k k Kk k k Kk k %k