Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1932, Page 38

C—6 SPENDING SPREE ENDS IN SUICIDE Heir to $300,000 Honolulu] Fortune Kills Himself in San Francisco Hotel. By the Associated Press, SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.—Police today expressed the belief Leo M. Har- kins, 30, heir to a $300,000 Honolulu fortune, shot and killed himself here yesterday because lavish spending in Reno, Nev., had exceeded his income. Officers who arrested Harkins Wed- nesday at the request of Nevada au- thorities said he told them he went to Reno with $9,000 and one party alone cost $4,000. Neil West, operator of a “dude” ranch near Reno, ¢ ged a $937 draft drawn by Harkins had been returned unpaid. Harkins was released to appear in | court here yesterday morning. His body was found in a hotel room, where | he had shot himself, police said. Let- ters found in the room indicated he had tried to borrow $40,000 on his inher- | itance, which was held in trust. August 10, 1931, he filed suit for di- yorce in Reno against Mrs. Caroline Balding Harkins, a niece of Mrs. Ed- ward M. Lewis, wife of the retired major general. The suit later was dismissed. Harkins was a former regimental sergeant-major of the 27th Infantry, United States Army. inheritance by th ers, wealthy H only the income. Associates said he was a former ten- mis star at Villanova College TREE MOVING BIDS PLACED Bix Firms Seek Job of Transferring 14 Elms to Arlington Bridge. Six firms have placed bids with Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, for trans- planting 14 elm trees from lower Four- teenth street near the Bureau of En- graving and Printing to the east end of Arlington Memorial Bridge. This Is necessitated, officials ex- plained, because the approach to the Highway Bridge is to be altered to| affic conditions. ndale Co., Inc., of Bronxville, {., is the indicated low bidder, with an offer of $3,143. Bids ranged from | te William H. Lew- luan. He received He was left the | | GETS COMMITTEE 0. K. this figure up to $9,040. Oh Doctor! 1 surely need attention Do something right away, I’ll respond to treatments Three times a day ...” [ ] Directed by Ernst Lubitsch From a play by Lothar Schmidt Music by Oscar Straus "ONE A riotous, racy romantic tangle. Love that will keep you blushing for days! Laughs that will keep you chuckling for weeks! Songs that will keep you humming and dancing for months! And a Maurice Chevalier you’ll never forget! Church Playeré in Comedy “ALL A MISTAKE” PRODUCED BY LUTHERANS. HREE members of the cast of the comedy, “All a Mistake,” to be pre- sented tonight at the Church of the Atonement, North Capitol street | and Rhode Island avenue, for the benefit of the Walther League Hospice, a Lutheran residence for young people. Pieplow, Ethel Daggert and Arnold Eggen. THE ‘EVENING STAR; WASHINGTON, | Left to right: Edwin —=Star Staff Photo. PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE Expenditures Group Favors Con- solidation of Duties Under Administrator. By the Associated Press. The House Expenditures Committee yesterday approved a bill to consolidate under a new administrator all Federal public works save those done on rivers and harbors by Army engineers. In line with a recommendation by President Hoover, it would merge many Government activities, including light- house construction by the Commerce Department and post office construc- tion by the Treasury Department. The bill would authorize the Presi- dent to transfer such agencies as he sees fit to the new administration, sub- ject to the approval of Congress. Fail- ure of Congress to act within 60 days | when in session would be automatic | approval. Chairman Cochran said he would | exert every effort to get the House to | pass the bill soon in the interests of | economy. Numerous witnesses who testified before the committee esti- mated it would save from $25,000.000 to $100,000,000 annually by elu-mnaungi duplications. ‘The new administrator, to be ap- pointed by the President and approved | by the Senate, would draw $12,000 a | year. . I ot | UNDERSEA RADIO WORKS SPEZIA, TItaly (#)—Successful ex- periments’ have been conducted near | | here with a radiophone device for com- | munication between submerged subma- | | rines and ships on the surface. | The phone was invented by Capt. | | Attilio Brauzzi of the Italian Navy. It | has established a communication with ?uhmarmes immersed to a depth of 90 eet. 2 REDHOODS SAVED BY PRVATEFUS Rockefeller Gives $2,000,- 000 to Preserve Giants of Forest for Posterity. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.—Private philanthropy, supplemented by State funds, has continued the protection of the redwood forests during the present period of economic stress. As a consequence additional thou- sands of acres of trees, many of which were old a thousand years before the birth of Christ, have been transferred to the domain set aside fot the enjoyment of the public in perpetuity Rockefeller Gives $2,000,000. A $2,000,000 gift by John D. Rocke- feller topped the list of private cén- tributions In the last 10 years 47 other private donors have given more than $665,000. To this Edward S. Harkness | | of New York added $550,000. From a $6,000,000 bond issue the State has made available more than D.-C, $2,000,000 for preserving the redwoods (the Sequoia Sempervirens) and $137,- 500 for the “big trees” (the Giantea). - Since 1921 29,875 acres of the “ever living” and “giant” trees have been set aside for public ownership at a_total cost of $5,080,763. There remain 20,000 to 30,000 acres of virgin trees in areas it is desired to save. 856,000 Acres of Redwoods. At present there are about 856,000 acres of virgin redwoods. Privately owned lands are being cut at the rate of about 75,000 acres a year. The league through which the task of saving the redwoods is co-ordinated considers that the major areas of the most perfect growth of trees can be re- claimed for public use without conflict- ing with the interests of redwood lum- bering. DANCE PLANS MADE Adas Israel Sisterhood to Hold Fete Tuesday Night. Plans have been completed by Mrs. Joseph Wilner, Mrs. Y. Becker and Mrs. F. Schlosberg for the annual dance of the Sisterhood of Adas Israel Congre- gation at the Mayflower Hotel Tuesday evening, April 5. Chairman in charge of tickets is Mrs. Morris Stein. Mrs. Wilner is chairman in charge of the dance, with Mrs. Becker and Mrs. Schlosberg chairmen of the Program Committe Your Chance to See Thomas Robert GAINES Amazing Platform Demonstrations Renew Your Youth! . Discoverer of Vitalic Breathing Restore Your Health! Regain Your Strength! HE SHOWS YOU HOW! This Program Will Improve Your Whole Outlook on Life Sunday, April 3—Eating to Live Long—Health Is Yours Monday, April 4—Breathe and Be Well—Life at Its Best * Tuesday, April 5—Sure Ways to Health and Success Wednesday, April 6—Seventy Years Young—Youth Always 8 p.m. Seats are Free. Questions Answered. 8 p.m. Free Matinee Lecture for Women Only April 7, at 3 P.M. Beauty and Youth for the Mature Woman Willard Hotel, Small Ball Room On with the hat and coat— Ot on your merriest visit to the theatre this year! The Sweethearts of *The Love Parade™ MAURIC HEVALIER BEGINS TOMORROW WARI Const LUBITSCH 1 rotiction HOUR WITH YOU" Jeanette Mac DONALD GENEVIEVE TOBIN ROLAND YOUNG ¢ CHARLIE RUGGLES a Paramount PBcture "Now I ask you— what weuld you do? If—you just had a spat with your sweetheart And — her gorgeous ‘best friend’ was waiting for you with open arms . . . THATS WHAT I DID TOO™ . IN CONJUNCTION WITH FOUR STERLING ACTS VODVIL FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1932. WINGLESS AUTOGYRO TEST IS DELAYED, Spanish Inventor Says His Ma- chine Won't Be Ready for Several Months, By the Associated Press. MADRID, April 1—Juan de 1la| Cierva, Spanish inventor of the auto- | gyro has told La Voz that his new wingless autogyro would not be ready for practical use for several months. (On March 27 it was reported from | London that Cierva had perfected & new flying machine, similar to the nu-' togyro, which had no wings and could descend gently like a parachute. The machine is parked in a hangar at Hamble Airdrome, England.) Clerva in an interview said he was trying to make flying as simple as au- tomobiling, believing such a develop- ment was the logical one for the great- est future in aviation. I He said he did not think it was ab- surd or impossible to say that some day man would be able to fly to the moon, if means are discovered to har- ness atomic energy. 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