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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 17, 1932—PART ONE. 'C0Y PRESIDES AT ALFALFA CLUB Elaborate Program of Enter- tainment Presented at Dinner in Willard. The Alfalfa Club, one of the largest and most prominent dining organiza- tions in the Capital, met last night with their guests at the New Willard Hotel. Former Justice Walter I. McCoy, president of the club, presided. Gene Buck, wel known New York playwright, was the toastmaster. Among the guests at the dinner were: Dean G. Acheson, Eugene E. Alles, New York City; Representative Richard 5. Aldrich, Winthrop W. Aldrich, New York; Sidney Alexander, Senor Dr.on Horatio Alfaro, the Minister of Pan- ama; George E. Allen, Paul H. Alling, Chandler P. Anderson, Matthew Arm- strong, Hampton, Va.; strong, Hampton, Va.; Clarence A. As- pinwall, H. Leslie Atlass, Chicago, IIL; Ralph L. Atlass, Chicago, Ill.; F. Gloyd Awalt Harry Bacharach, mayor of Atlantic City, N. J.; Representative Isaac Bach- arach, Representative Robert L. Bacon, Bruce Baird, Charles H. Baker, Gibbs L. Baker, Representative Carroll L. Beedy, Dr. Edwin B. Behrend, Robert 5. Belknap, Baltimore, Md.; John G. Bell, Ulric Bell, Ira E. Bennett, Robert Root Bennett, Willlam H. Berri, New York ~City; Clifford K. Berryman, George T. Bishop, Wilbur H. Bladen, Oscar E. Bland, Representative Sol Bloom, Stuart O. Blythe, Represent- ative John W. Boehne, jr.; Rolfe E. Bolling, Representative Chester C. Bol- ton, Thomas P. Bones, Capt. Joel T. Boone, Chief Justice Fenton W. Booth, | Robert J. Bourke, John F. M. Bowie, Thomas E. Bragg, New Wprk City; ‘Thomas W. Brahal Dr. Paris E. Brengle, William W. Bride, Represent- ative Fred A. Britten, Frederick H. Brooke, Harry J. Brown, Thad H. Brown, Edward Bruce, John Stewart Bryan, Richmond, Va.; Gene Buck, New York; Walker S. Buel, Senator Robert J. Bulkley, Senator William J. Bulow, David Burham, New York City; Dr, John W. Burke, W. Eben Burnside, H. Ralph Burton, Harry C. Butcher, Senator James nes, Represent- ative Joseph W. R. Jan Bicker Caarten, Irving Caeser, New York Ci Morris Cafritz, Dr. James A. Cahill, jr.; Daniel J. Calla- han, Michael F. Calnan, Dr. George W. Calver, John W. Calvert, Representative Harry C. Canfield, John F. Carew, New York; Senator Robert D. Carey, Amon G. Carter, Forth Worth, Tex.; George H Carter, Representative Virgil Chap- nian, Enock A. Chase, Juan B. Cheva- lier, George Bowie Chipman, Wallace W. Chiswell, George B. Christian, ir.; Dwight Clark, Edward T. Clark, John Baldwin Cochran, Phillip O. Coffin, Prank J. Coleman, Representative James W. Collier, James E. Colliflower, Col. ‘W A. Colston, Senator Tom Connally, Levi Cooke, Senator Royal S. Copeland, Karl W. Corby, William 8. Corby, John J. Cornwell, J. Harry Covington, Henry D. Crampton, Lou R. Crandall, New York; Representative Charles R. Crisp, D. Richard Crissinger, John F. Crosby, Capt. Elmer E. Crowley, Dr. Jerome F: Crowley, Andrew J. Cummin; s, J Harry Cunningham, J. Max Cunningham. Representative George P. Darrow, Maj. Gen. Robert C. Davis, Cecil B. Dickson, Senator Clarence C. Dill, James E. Divver, Willlam H. Donovan, Charles A. Douglas, Representative Lewis W. Douglas, Charles D. Drayton, George ‘Thomas Dunlap, Representative Leonidas 1 m J. Eagan, Newark, N. J.; s S. Easby-Smith, Frederick East, Frank H. Edmonds, John H. Edwards, Jomes A. Emery, Richard P. Ernst, J. Fred Essary _Carter Field, Roy G. Finch, Albany, N. Y. Edward C. Finney, Harvey S. Firestone, jr. Akron, Ohio; Franklin L. Fisher, Donald Flamm, New York; Rob- ert V. Fleming, Isaac M. Foster, Repre- sentative Arthur M, Free. Edwin W. Gableman, Speaker John Nance Garner, Finis J. Garrett, Ulric J. Gendron, Thomas O. Kheen, Edward C. Gibbs, Malcolm G. Gibbs, Clinton W. Gilbert, Thomas A. Gillis, Bernard F. Gimbel, New York; Vincenzo di Girolamo, Christian J. Gockeler, Mark L. Goodwin, Dallas, Tex.; Justice Pey- ton Gordon, Representative Edward Wheeler Goss, Edwin C. Graham, Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Thomas E. Gr Dr. Louis S. Greene, William H. mes, Dr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Mel- Bell Grosvenor, Charles S. Groves, in W. Guider, Charles G. Guth, Long Island City, New York Henry Hall, retiring president, the Alfalfa Club; John Fontaine Hall, Wil- liam F. Ham, Representative Clarence E. Hancock from New York, John H. Hanna, Dwight Leroy Harris, George W. Harris, Floyd R. Harrison, Senator Pat Harrison, Willard L. Hart, Nelson T. Hartson, Senator Harry B. Hawes, Charles S. Hayden, Jay G. Hayden, William E. Ha , Charles O. Hearon, Spartanburg, S. C.; Ferry K. Heath, Bernard Hefferman, Robert D. Heinl, Dr. Joseph M. Heller, Lawrence J. Hel- ler, George R. Hemenway, Booneville, Ind.; J. Thilman Hendrick, Willlam B. Hibbs, Frank S. Hight, George G. Hill, Joseph H. Himes, Dr. P. L. Hodges, Frank J. Hogan, Representative John B. Hollister, George R. Holmes, Charles E. Hood, Edward M. Horne, Matt E. Horne, Brig. Gen. William E. Horton, Hilleary G. Hoskinson, Beale R. How- ard, George Adams Howard, Raymond Hubbell, Reginald S. Huidekoper, Harry E. Hull, William E. Humphrey, Edmund Pendleton Hunter, W. W. Husband, George W. Hutchison, Richard W. Hyn- son, former Surgeon Gen. Merritte W. Ireland Walter 'G. Jackson, Spartanburg, S. C.: Walter B. Jarvis, Enoch L. Johnson, Atlantic County, N. J.; Warren F. John- son, Pyke Johnson, Representative’| Royal C. Johnson, Edmund L. Jones. Dr. Harry M. Kaufman, John C. Keane, Dr. J. Thomas Kelley, jr.; John A. Kennedy, Frank R. Kent, Baltimore, Md.; J. Miller Kenyon, Jerome F. Kern, New York City; Representative Richard M. Kieberg, Representative Harold Knutson, Oliver Owen Kuhn. Harold A. Lafount, John Oliver La Gorce, Representative Fiorello H. La Guardia, Clifford Lanham, William E. Leahy, Harry J. Lebherz, Frederick, Md.; Ralph W. Lee, Edgar K. Legg, iT.; Rudolf Leitner, Charles P. Light, G. Gould Lincoln, John M. Littlepage, ‘Thomas P. Littlepage, Andrew D. Loffler, Charles Colfax Long, Daniel Caldwell Long, Phillip G. Loucks, Oscar R. Luhring, Charles F. Lynch, Newark, N. J.: David Lynn Maj. Gen. Henry P. McCain, Malcolm S. McConihe, Walter Irving McCoy, president of the Alfalfa Club; Repre- sentative John McDuffie, Paul J. Mc- Gahan, George B. McGinty, Dallas D. L. McGrew, Frederick D. McKenney, ‘Thomas W. McKnew, Willilam J. Mc- Nally, Senator Charles L. McNary, Marshall McNeil, John A. MacDonald, ‘Thomas H. MacDonald, Albert R. Ma kenzie, Arthur J. Mackey, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Joseph T. Mackey, Brooklyn, N. Y.; ‘Wayland W. Magee, Representative Carl E. Mapes, William C. Marrow, John Marshall, Maj. Gen. Charles H. Martin, Representative Joseph W. Martin, jr.; Julian H. Mason, New York:; Charles ‘H. Mathews,. jr.; Lowell Mellett, Wil- liam Payne Meredith, Eugene Meyer, jr.; Representative Earl C. Michener, Maury Middleton, Capt. Watson B. Mil- Jer, Charles E. Mitchell, New York; Wil- liam M. Mooney, Daniel L. Moorman, Charles P. L. Moran, Howard Moran, Dr. William A. Morgan, Frank P. Morse, H. Tudor Morsell, Grayson M-P. Murphy, - James S. Murray, Jefferson Myers, J. Gilbert Nettleton, Avon M. Nevius, Fleming Newbold, Walter H. Newton, William Niller, Claudian B. Northrop, Assistant Attorney General John Lord ©'Brian, Clarence A, O~ Richard Arm-| " My Most Interesting Case HE number of heartrending, tragic and distressing cases which have found their way into Washington during the year and gone to the Travelers’ Aid Society for help runs into the thousands. But there has been an oc- casional case which drew a smile de- spite the pitiful circumstances: which | surround it. The story of a “lost hus- | band sought by a woman and her three children at the Union Station recently makes one of the most humorous tales recorded in our 1931 annals. In a typical Union Station crowd, a | society worker first espied the little BT mother. “Yes, oh yes. He's lost and has our return tickets, money and everything. And this was | our first pleasure trip in 10 years.” The | mother wept. The children wept. It seemed that on their last sight- | seeing bus trip he had not returned to | the bus on time and she had gone to the station hoping he would be there. Four long hours passed and no hus- band appeared. After making what search was pos- | sible, & long-distance call was made to | the 'postmistress of their town, who | willingly sent a message to the neigh- -oup. “May I help you?” she asked the | Pind my husband. | BY MISS BEATRICE HODGSON, Assistant Executive Secretary, Travelers' Aid Society. bors. In two minutes a frantic and irate husband, “mislaid” but not “lost,” came to the telephone. “Sure, I got her money, but she's got the tickets. Tell her to look in her purse.” He explained that when he realized the bus had gone and he could not reach the station in time for the last train home, he had taken taxis and busses in an effort to get home before the train which he was certain she would take. “Gosh,” he added, “Guess T had bet- ter take Annie to the city oftener, She sure is a dumb Dora.” The tickets were found, care was ar- ranged for the night and “dumb Dora” and the children sent on their way the | following morning. Never before in the history of the Travelers' Ald Society has more aid | been given transients comlng into | Washington. Entire families, Titerally starving in their communities, have sought help on the way to some city which might offer employment. Youngsters, feeling that they should get work instead of depending on their already dependent families, have been | numerous in Washington. More se- | rious problems were faced by the so- clety in 1931 than ever before. Ap- proximately 16,000 new cases involving more than 26,000 persons received as- | sistance last year. Plans Drill EUGENE E. THOMPSON, Grand commander of Washington Knights Templar, is responsible for the conduct of the third annual competitive drill and ball of his order in the Wash- ington Auditoruim February 8. He is in direct supervision of the work of the Drill Committee, headed by James Graham. GIMBEL SUIT STANDS Court Refuses to Dismiss Action Filed by Countess. NEW YORK, January 16 (#).—Su- preme Court Justice J. Levy today de- nied a motion by Frederick A. Gimbel, a director of Gimbel Bros., depart- ment store owners, and Miss Mario de Rivera to dismiss the $2,000,000 dam- age suit brought against them by Countess Lillian Mendel Popielawski. The countess’ suit charges Gimbel and Miss De Rivera conspired to bring about her marriage in Paris on July 30 to Count Stanislaus Popielawski, a Pole, to relieve Gimbel of his alleged promise to marry her. — J. O'Brien, Robert Lincoln O'Brien. George H. O'Connor, Kenneth O'Con- nor, Benjamin Ourisman. Frederick J. Paff, Earl L. Packer, Frank C. Page, New York; Chesley R. Palmer, New York; Julius Pannen, New York City; John E. Parker, John B. H. Payne, Lewis A. Payne, William E. Pearson, Stanton C. Peelle, Nelson E. Perin, Frank M. Perley Dr. Benjamin C. Perry, Mason Peters, Walter J. Peterson, California; Julius I. Peyser, Arthur J. Phelan, Senator Key Pittman Controlier of the Currency John W Pole, Byron Price, Sydney R. Prince. J Chauncey Pugh, Representative Fred S. Purnell Robert E. Quirk, Representative Samuel Rayburn, Willigm F. Raymond, Algernon P. Reeves, Leon H. Reid, New York City; Sidney H. Reizenstein, Dr. Franklin W. Rice, Morristown, N. J.. Emerson L. Richards, Atlantic City, N. J.; Hamilton C. Rickaby, New Yorl Andrew D. Ring, Warren Delano Rol bins, Bertrand H. Roberts, Bernard Robinson, Akron, Ohio; Ira E. Robin- son, Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Rear Admiral Samuel M. Robinson. Rear Admiral George H. Rock, William A berg, New York; L. C. Rodino, Charles G. Ross, Waguih Rostum, S. L. Roth- afel, New York; Horace D. Rouzer, Henry C. Rowland, John F. Royal, New York;. Charles B. Rugg, Hal L. Rust, jr.; the Right Rev. James H. Ryan, John Ryan, New York City. Leo Sack, Joseph L. Saks, New York; Everett Sanders, John Saul, Hugh Saum, Thomas F. Scott, Marshall D. Sedam, Representative Francis Seiber- ling, Herry L. Sexton, C. Melvin Sharpe, Swagar Sheriey, Thomas R. Shipp, Ar- thur J. Sinnott, Newark, N. J.; William C. Sipple, jr.; Assistant’ Attorney Gen- eral Charles P. Sisson, C. Bascom Slemp, W. N. Smelzer, Alan B. Smith, Bernard E. Smith, New York; John Lewis Smith. Joseph L. Smith, Newark, N. J.; Ralph E. Smith, Willism Wolff Smith, Perry L. Smithers, Chicago, TIL; Representa- tive Bertrand H. Snell, Edgar C. Sny- der, Homer P. Snyder, Little Falls, N. Y.: Peter Frederick Snyder, Hugh Mac- Lellan _Southgate, William W. Spaid, Oley Speaks, New York; Paul D. P. Spearman, Henry Benning Spencer, Col. David S. Stanley, William D. H. Starbuck, Edwin C. Stefle, H. B. Stewart, Akron, Ohio; Frederick Stohi- F. Strine, Mark Sullivan, Jesse L. Suter, Eugene O. Sykes. Sidney F. Taliaferro, William H. Taylor, Philadelphia; Solicitor General ‘Thomas Day Thacher, Edwin P. Thayer, Corcoran_Thom, Corcoran Thom, Jr. Charles M. Thomas, Dr. Edward ‘Thomas, Frederick, Md.; Francis D. Thomas, Huston ~ Thompson, Merle Thorpe, editor; Representative John Quillin_Tilson, Bascom N. Timmons, Lewis Titus, Charles H. Tompkins, John B. Trevor, New York; Ray T. Tucker, Walter R. Tuckerman, Bethesdi, Md.; Joseph P. Tumulty, James J. Tunney, New York; James H. Turner, New York. George O. Vass, John H. Vincent, New York; Harry Viner. Senator Robert F. Wagner, Curtis walker, John C. Walker, Wilmer J. Waller, Edward J. Walsh, Richard T. Walsh, Brainerd H. Warner, jr.,; Charles Warren, Representative Lindsay C. War- ren, Robert Watson, H. M. Wells, George S. West, Boston, Mass.; Heriry Litchfield ‘West, Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Carl H. White, Assistant Secretary of State Francis White, Vice Admiral Arthur Lee Willard, A. Rea Willlams, Comdr. E. M. Williams, Judge Thomas 8. Wil- liams, Sydney B. Williamson, George H. Wilson, Lloyd B. Wilson, Philip St. Jullen Wilson, Samuel E. Win- slow, Lewis Wood, ~Waddy B wood, Representative Will R. Wood, James L. Wrignt, C. Cecil Wyche, Spar- tanburg, S. C.; Representative Adam M. Wyant, William F. Wiley, Cincin- nati; Frederick 8. Wynn, Paul C. Yates, Lieut. Comdr. W. B. Young, Robert A. ‘Brien, Daniel - Zachary, Newark, No-dy Parrish, Senator Roscoe C. Patterson, | Assistant Secretary of War Frederick | Rodenberg, Willlam Ridgway Roden- | man, George T. Stormont, Dr. Howard | KNIGHTS TENPLAR TEAMS WILL DRIL |Ball Will Follow Annual Con- test at Washington Audi- torium February 9. The third annual competitive drill and ball of the Washington Knights Templar will be held in the Washing- ton Auditorium on the evening of Feb- ruary 9. it was announced last night. Plans contemplate & more pretentious | and colorful display than in 1931 or 1932, when between 5000 and 6,000 persons attended, James Graham, gen- | | eral chairman of arrangements, stated. | Eugene E. Thompson, grand command- | | | er of the fraternity in the District of Columbia, is in direct supervision of the work of the committee in charge. | Teams Wili Compete. The feature of the affair will be the | contest between drill teams represent« | ing each of the six local commanderies. | clad in the striking black uniforms and white plumed chapeaux of the order. There will be 24 men on each team, with a ccaptain and two lieutenants | The drill captains are announced as Edward Poynton, Washington Com- mandery, No. 1; Charles ShacKelford, Columbia Commandery, No. 2; Tom King, Potomac Commandery, No. 3: J. Fred Huber, DeMolay Commandery, No. 4, Otto B. Roepke, Orient Com- mandery, No. 5, and Robert Boyd, Brightwood Commandery, No. 6. Massed Maneuvers Planned. All heads of allied and so-called higher Masonic bodies in the District have been invited to attend the affair. Invitations also have been sent to the grand commanders and their staffs in the jurisdictions of Pennsylvania, New sey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and W Virginia. Following the - competitive drill the knights will go through massed ma- neuvers for benefit of the spectators, and a ba!l will follow. Grand Commander Thompson, who is president of Crane, Parris & Co. investment bankers, and is well known here in financial circles, has requested every Knight Templar in this juris- diction to attend Chairman of subcommittees arrang- ing for the event include Dr. Frank Gibson, prizes; J. Fred Huber, drill, and Fred Blood, music. BLAST AT BELLEVUE REMAINS UNSOLVED Navy Board's Findings Fail to Fix Blame for Explosion Causing One Death. | The recent explosion at the Naval Research Laboratory at Bellevue, which caused the death of one man and in- | jured another, remains as much & mys- tery as ever, even after three of the most competent officers at the Wash- ington Navy Yard have delved into all aspects of the problem. No culif- bility was atached to any person, nor | were any future preventive measures | suggested to avoid a repetition, as it was | found that all precautions possible had | been taken. | This was the finding of the board of investigation of which Comdr. H. L. Merring was senior member, it was an- | nounced today by Lieut. Comdr. Lucien B. Green, 2d, aide to Rear Admiral Henry V. Butler, commandant of the | Washington Navy Yard. | " The cause of the explosion of ful- | minate of ‘mercury, in which W. E. | Carver, leading ordnance man, who died |in_ Providence Hospital as a result of | injuries received in the explosion, and | 7.°T. Lane, colored laborer, were ceal- | ing, when they were handling obsolete mine detonators, has brought much | speculation. The board was at a loss to explain the exact cause of the blast, pointing out that comparatively little is | known about the combinations formed |by old chemicals, under these circum- stances. | “serving on the board with Comdr. | Merring, were Lieut. Comdr. T. J. Keli- | her, jr. and Lieut. Comdr. Frank E. | Beatty. |CHURCHILL TO LECTURE | IN WASHINGTON FEB. 12 tiny of English-Speaking Peo- ples” for Community Institute. ‘Winston Churchill, British statesman, will lecture on “The Destiny of the English-speaking Peoples” at Constitu- | tion Hall February 12, it was announced | last night by the Community Institute of Washington Churchill, picturesque figure, is the son of an American mether, the tal- ented Jennie Jerome. In Parliament he bhas been one of its most powerful de- \ ! baters. The Community Institute offers the visiting statesman’s lecture as a special extra attraction of its 1932 course of events. Sul holding the spe< cial coupon for the Damrosch concert, originally announced for December, may exchange it for this lecture. This week’s event will take place Tuesday evening at 8:15 o'clock at Central High School Auditorium, when the popular American humorist and poet, Stoddard King, will be heard in readings from his own work and an| intimate talk entiled “Listen to the Mocking Bird.” England has 3,500,000 dogs, double the number-20-years ago. 2 . sponsor of the lecture. Ji T0BE CONSIDERED Commissioners Promulgate Principles for Use of Work Committee. ‘The District Committee on Unem- ployment must be “primarily con- cerned with employment for residents of WasHington,” but it should devise means for meeting the problems of transients, the District Commissioners asserted in a table of principle$ promul- gated late yesterday for the commit- tee. Concurrent with the Commissioners’ statement, Col. E, Goring Bliss, chair- man of the special subcommittee on work creation of the District Unemploy- ment Committee, announced that he intended to take advantage of Bicenten- nial year as a stimulus for extra em- ployment of jobless men and women in interior home decorating and general home improvement. Necessity of Co-Operating. In setting forth the principles for the Unemployment Committee, the Com- missioners that body co-operating with other Dis- trict and Federal agencies. They urged, also, thai the committee en- courage work which would be of perma- nent benefit to the District. After first recognizing the primary claim of Washingtonians to help, the Commissioners declared the committee “should not undertake the work of any | already established agency.” The committee announced the ap- pointment of a_special Steering Com- mittee to accelerate executive action of the parent body. The Steering Com- mittee’s membership is composed of E. C. Graham, chairman; E. H. Daniel, Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, Elwood Street, Rev. John O'Grady, Mrs. Benjamin J. Weems, Walter S. Ufford, Maj. James Asher, Sidney F. Taliaferro, Col. Bliss and L. W. De Gast. Wages Mean Business. Col. Bliss' plan to take advantage of the opportunities of Bicentennial year, he said, will include the urging of busi- ness men to realize that “every dollar spent in wages will come back in the form of business through restored con- fidence.” The subcommittee at present is studying the Rochester “block sys- tem,” under which each city block is made responsible for giving one unem- ployed man a job. Already, Col. Bliss sald last night, many social agencies have assumed responsibility of provid- | ing part-time work for women and girls, primarily in domestic work. TRAIN KILLS FIVE IN AUTO Seven Others in Car Injured as It Crashes Through Gates. CORNING, N. Y., January 16 (P The galety of a family party return- ing from a barn dance was turned | into tragedy early today when their crowded automobile crashed into a fast Erie passenger train at Addison. Five persons were killed and seven injured. Arthur Woodbeck, 30. was killed in- stantly; two of his children, Elthea 4, and Floyd, 3, and his wife Ruth. 24, died later in Corning Hospital. Har- old Stamford, 27, of Tuscarora, died in an ambulance. Frank Weldon of Corning, the watch- man at the Main street crossing, said the machine crashed through the gates just as train No. 5 reached the crossing. The wreckage, in which were imprisoned several of the injured. was carried down the track and burst into flames. THE WEATHER District of Columbia — Occasjonal light rains with slowly rising tempera- ture today; tomorrow mostly cloudy and warmer, probably showers, Maryland—Occasional light rain with slowly rising temperature today: to- morrow cloudy and warmer, probably showers. Virginia—Mostly cloudy with rising temperature today and tomorrow; prob- ably occasional light showers in the interior. West Virginia—Occasional rain and warmer today; cloudy tomorrow with mild _temperature, probably showers. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature—Midnight, 56; 2 am., 60; 4 am. 45; 6 am, 44; 8 am,, 43; 10 am, 45; 12 noon, 46; 2 p.m. 48 4 pm., 50; 6 pm, 47; 8 p.m, 45; 10 pm., 45. Highest, 56. Lowest, 43. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 38. Lowest, 16. Tide Tables (Furnished by United States Coast and |- Geodetic Survey.) Today. 2:51 am. 9:20 a.m. 3:19 p.m. 10:15pm. 11:11pm. The Sun and Moon. ‘Tomorrow. 4 a.m. 3am. Sun, today . T:25 Sun, tomorrow 7:25 Moon, today.. 12:06pam. 2:00a.m utomobile lamps to be light - nalf hour atter sunset, . o O Rainfall, Monthly rainfall in inches in t] Capital (current month to date): Month. 1332, Average. Record. January . 401 709 '82 February 684 '84 . 8.84 '91 9.13 '89 1069 89 1094 00 1063 86 1441 28 1081 '76 November i 8% b December .. . 332 56 '01 Weather in Various Cities, ~Tem t -~ . Max M Rl urdny night. S S me R e September October Asheville, N. C.... Atlanta, Ga Atlantic City, M. 3.053 Baltimore, Md.... B British Statesman to Discuss “Des- | o, uffalo, N. Y. Chicago, Til... Cincinnati, Ohio. Cheyenne.’ Wyo.. Cleveland, Ohio Davepport, Towa... Denver, Colo,... Des Moines, Towa Detroit, Mich. Duluth, acksonvill Kansas_City, Mo Little Rock,” Ark. Lo: . Ala, New Orleans. New York, N, North Platie, N ahs, Neb; Philadelphia, Phoenix, Ariz. Pittsburgh, land, Me llKhL; TRANSIENT IDLE ~ VOTE INTIVIDATION | | CHARGED AT PROBE Bankhead Witness Testifies He Imported Men to Aid Coercion at Polls. By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., January 16— Counter charges of intimidation of Democratic _voters in the 1930 elec- !tion were made by witnesses for Sen- ator John H. Bankhead today in hear- ings on the election contest filed by i former Senator J. Thomas Heflin. The witness told of what they de- scribed as the impartation of men from Nashville, Tenn, for the purpose of intimidating voters, and identified let- ters they said were sent to supporters of the Democratic ticket, saying they were under surveillance and’ warning them to be careful in voting. Heflin,” running s an indepcndent after being barred from the Democratic | primary for opppsing the party ticket in 1928, was defeated in_the general election by Bankhead, a Democrat. C. D. Comstock, chairman of the Jef- ferson = County Democratic ~Executive Committee, said many people refused to vote after receiving such letters as he described. He identified two com- munications bearing the signature of stressed the necessity of{J H. Gray of the “National Secret Service.” Tells of Importing Men. Charles L. Cullen, who was employed by & Birmingham Letter Service Co in 1930, said copies of the “National Secret j Service” multigraph letters were de- livered to Horace Wilkinson, who managed the campaign of Heflin and | is serving as his counsel in the present | hearings. He identified the letters previously mentioned by Comstock and Quinn and a third, instructing inde- pendent workers to appoint “two-fisted men” as election officials. Preston Young of Scottsboro, told of importing men from Nashville. 'He said he was employed by Tally Willis, deputy United States marshal at Huntsville, to aid in the job. Théy met four men in Tennessee he sald, and brought two of them to Scottsboro. He said he carried one to various voting places on election day. After the polls closed, he recounted, he took the two men back by way of Paint Rock Valley, where the other two were picked up. State Employes Assessed, Man Says. Young said the men were brought { in to intimidate Democratic voters, |but he could name no one who told him they actually did so. On cross- | examination he could not define the | word “intimidate* Assesment of State prison employes | for independent campaign funds was | charged by H. R. Cash of Hackleburg. former convict guard, who said he paid $30 to,Hamp Draper, then head of the { convict department. 'HOLDS UNCLE SAM | 1S IN NEED OF WIFE Ruth Bryan Owen Tells Women's Guild They Should Take In- terest in Public Affairs. Declaring woman’s_interests should | be first in the home, but in these mod- ern days should extend beyond for the | protection of her family, Representa- | tive Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida Fri- | day night told the Women's Guild of American University she thought Uncle Sam needed a wife “We need man’s technical knowledge |and woman's love of beauty in these days,” she said. “It's time for Uncle Sam to have a wife, for national house- keeping and national economy.” “It is useless for me to keep the in- side of my home safe for my boys and girls,” she said, “if the whole com- | munity is not safe for my boys and girls.” Mrs. Owen, daughter of William Jen- nings Bryan, added that modern wom- &an should interest herself in public af- fairs and in the laws which protect her children from traffic, unsafe foods and unwise entertainment. The motion picture was characterized by the speaker as the “greatest propa- ganda force in the world speaking to all of our youth.” One of the vital re- sponsibilities of women, she said. would be to try to get the modern motion pic- ture to speak “more of beauty and truth.” She predicted a tremendous increase in_ educational films, and said she believed she could produce a picture to_“make geography painless.” Reoresentative Owen referred to her family’s connection with American Uni- ity, of which her famous father was for many years a trustee, BAD FAITH CHARGED IN BAILEY CONTEST North Carolina Election Laws “Framed for Fraud,” Pritchard at Hearing. Says By the Associated Press. An assertion that the North Carolina election laws were “framed for fraud” was made before a Senate committee yesterday by George M. Pritchard, Re- publican, in protesting the election of hi: Democratic oppopent, Josiah W. Bailey, to the Senate in 1930. The declaration came in a hearing during which Senator Bailey told the Elections Committee Pritchard’s con- test was not filed in “good faith” and urged its dismissal on the ground of “insufficient.” . Bailey contended the petition con- sisted of “vague and sweeping allega- tions” without concrete instances of irregularities, Pritchard emphatically denied the accusation of bad faith, while his lawyers argued the complaint was stronger and more direct than that on which the Senate agreed to inquire into the Heflin-Bankhead election in Alabama. Chairman Shortridge, Republican, California, said he would call the com- mittee into executive session next week to decide whether the charges justify a Senate investigation. ONE DEAD, TWO INJURED WHEN PLANE FALLS IN FOG Pilot Says He Was Flying Com- panions to New York to Get New Ship. By the Associated Press. STONINGTON, Conn., January 16.— An airplane carrying three men from Boston to New York fell here yesterday afternoon, fatally injuring one man and severely injuring the others. Clesson Parker, 31, of Newport, N. H.,, died last night in a Westerly, R. I, hospital. Glenn Parker, 22, of St. ! Johnsbury, Vt. the pilot, and Earl Johnson, 22, of Newport, N. H.,, were the others injured. Flying low because of the heavy fog, the plane fell within a few hundred feet of the New Haven railroad tracks. Workers in 8 nearby factory ealled an ambulance and firemen, who chopped the wreckage away to remove the men. Glenn Parker told hospital attend- 13 'ants he was flying the men to New York Vicksburg, 'WABHIN( so they could pilot two new ships back to New England. The Parkers were ot relatives, - THE AVENUE AT SEVENTH \\§\\\§\\ \ ONCE IN A LEFETLIME -really! NE]THER you nor we remember a sale as truly dramatic as this. Stores like Saks & Co. retire from business only once. 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