Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1932, Page 6

Pair Kidnap Cleveland Mer- chant on Street and Force Him to Open Safe. By the Associated Press CLEVELAND, April 1.—Jewelry with 8 vetail value of $100,000 was stolen Jast night by two robbers who kidnaped Charles Sands, proprietor of & down- town jewelry store, and forced him to open the safe. It was the biggest rob- bery of the kind here in -several years. Sands - was surprised by the robbers in fromt of the Masonic Temple on ‘Easclid avenue. him by name as he stepped from a street car, then approached and said: “This is a stick-up. Don't make any noise and do as you are told." The other robber was waiting in an sutemobile. They forced the jeweler to get inside and drove him around suburb nearly an hour, giving him orders what to do when they should arrive at the store. “I don't want any gunplay.” Sands told his kidnapers as he agreed to open the safe. Once inside the store, Sands opened the safe and the robbers took from it 20 to 30 of diamonds and other gems and jewelry. They firs o to dump the Ioot into a tyF cover, but found this was not 1a enough, so they used a bag in which Sands had kept a pair of Tiding breeches Then the robbers tied up their vic- tim with strips of a towel and fled. He struggled loose an hour later and called police. U. S. S. HOUSTON WINS ANTI-AIRCRAFT TROPHY Flagship of Asiatic Fleet to Receive | D. A. R. Award for Excellence in Heavy Cruiser Class. ‘The U. S. 5. Houston, flags! of the Asiatic Fleet, will be awarded anti- aircraft trophy presented by the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution . for excellence in the heavy cruiser class during this gunnery Capt. R. A. Dawes commands the Houston, which exceeded the marks mwade by the Salt Lake City, Pensacola, Chester, Louisville and Augusta Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, presi- dent gen of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution, presented three trophy plaques to Secretary Adams for awarding an- nually to the battleship, heavy cruiser and light cruiser excelling in anti-air- | aft gunnery. Four naval officers today were given letters of commendation by Secretary Adams for creditable performance at short-range battle practice. The quartet thus honored is: Lieut. (Junior Grade) N. S. Prime of Yonkers, N. serving on the U. S. §. Mil- waukee; Lieut. (Junior Grace) A. R. Quinn of Chicago, on the U. S. S. Omaha; Lieut.. T. 'W. Greene of Nel- sonville, Ohio, attached to the U. S¢B. Salt Lake City, and Lieut. E. J. O'Kane of Philadelphia, now on the U. 8. 8. Chicago. v | Secretary Adams gave a letter of rezognition to t. C. F. Espe, aboard the U. 8. S. Detroit, for attaining a merit of mcre than 95 per cent of the highest-merit made by the 6-inch-cali- ber gun division. He lives in Pitts- burgh, Pa. CHILDREN IN DRY FIGHT ERIE, Pa. April 1 (#).—The dimes of Sunday school children will be enlisted in the drive against anti-prohibitionists. Mrs. S. White of Albion, district chair- man, said the dimes, to be solicited April 3, would help the National Board of Prohibition Strategy send delegates to political conventions. _ Suicide ENDS LIFE AFTER DEATH OF DOCTOR. One of the pair called | } MISS MONA O. RITTENHOUSE, Twenty-seven, a registered nurse. who committed suicide by drinking poison in }Bnltimore. Md., yesterday, a short fime |after Dr. Fred B. Hennings, jr.. 42, an | instructor in the Medical School of | Johns Hopkins University, had taken | poison and died. Miss Rittenhouse was | a Canadian, it was said, and a graduate | of a Buffalo, N. Y., nursing school, tak- |ing a graduate course at Jonns Hop- kins. She had been ca for the doc- tor, both having recen ned from saranac Lake. N. Y, he doctor received treatment P. Photo HAWKS TO TAKE OFF HERE WITH PORTO RICAN FUND LSO {Will Carry Relief Money Check to Island in Famous Mystery S, | Starting April 12. | Capt. Prank M. Hawks, holder of & | score of airplane speed records, will ke off from the Capital April 12 in is famous Mystery S racing plane for an Juan, Porto Rico, carrying a check | for_relief work there. | Capt. Hawks will receive the check. | representing _voluntary _contributions Tow being made to the Porto Rico Child Feeding Committee, from Vice Pre: dent Curtis on_the afternoon of April 111. Hawks will mail from Porto Rico the relief fund The flight is to be made as Capt awks' contribution on behzlf of Porto Rico’s needy children, 42,000 of whom re being fed one meal a dav by the | Child Feeding Committce. This work was started uncer the administration | of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, and now being carried on under direction of Gov. James R. Beverley. More than 1.200 people have been vaccinated in the Kent area of Ei land, where 11 cases of smallpox have been reported. DELICIOUS on Crackers ... Underwood Deviled Ham makes crackers taste scrumptious! It's finest ham, baked, Just the minced, a special acknowledgment of receipt of | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. RAID ON “ARSENAL JALS 6 AS BANDITS Chicago Police Believe They Have Broken Gang Whose Loot Totaled $70,000. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 1.—The police said they were tightening their grip of evi- dence today arouad a band of alleged Midwest bank robbers they seized in a | lightning swoop on an apartment “arse- | nal” in the fashionable suburb of Lake | Forest 1 Six men were under arrest and three weré officially said to have confessed staging nine spectacular hold-ups of six Illinois and two Wisconsin banks in which bank officials were terrorized into helping the robbers to loot esti- mated at $70,000 Raiders Arrest Four. | The raid on the apartment was staged | | 1ast night and so rapid were the move- | ments of the police that four men | found within had no chance to reach | for an arms rack, on which hung 13| shotguns, 4 revolvers and 12 automatic pistols. | The men whom the authorities cred- ited with the confessions were Mickey | Yaro, tenant of the apartment. Edward Bennct and Ed Hallgren. The identity of the fourth man seized was not re- | vealed, but police said they were satis- ‘341 he was not connected with the xob- | | beries. | | " Edward Kuzma was later seized as an | accomplice, whose part, police said, was ' SPECIAL | $3.95 has tie so jauntily aro come in tan or Smok welted soles. Due to Sizes 12 to 3 $.65 Sale of s, | joined“the_learn-to | nected with the university who desire | pay the pool fee 1 Junior Women’s & Misses’ “Hahn Special” lowest previous price . . . N these sporty, unlined elk oxfords that “Deal” with the factory—we tomorrow an- nounce these new, lower prices: *Open Nights “Lady Luxury” to provide refuge in his home to the others after the robberies. Intimidated Officials. The police said the confessions im- plicated Frank Faifer as being a mem- ber of the actual robber band, and as a search for Faifer was started it was discovered he_was in the Cook County Jail on a charge of staging a mincr robbery. In most of the robberies staged by the band, the authorities said, they entered the homes of officials, made themselves comfortable and discussed topics of the day with their victims and their families, and when time came for time locks on the bank vaults to open, forced the officials to accompany them to banks and admit them. SWIMMING INSTRUCTION ANNOUNCED BY G. W. U.'! Free Classes for Faculty and Stu- dents. Will Be Held Four Days a Week. George Washington University has wim movement. | Maj. E. L. Dyer, university swimming | instructor, today announced free swim- ming classes for faculty and students of George Washington in the Ambassa- | dor Hotel pool. The classes Will meet daily except Friday, Saturday and Sun- day, from 9 to 11 am. For the benefit of persons not con- swimming ' instruction, Maj. Dyer has arranged to provide special instruction during these periods, providing they Maj, Dyer commended The Star and | the Washington Young Men's Christian Association for their “fine campaign” | to teach boys how to swim, now under way. - | Wholesale commodity prices in 14 impertant foreign countries continue to | drop. - SELLING “GHILLIE” been our und the ankle. They ed Elk, with flexible a special After- Sizes 3 to 8 $9.95 **Juniortown” 1207 F 7th & K *3212 14th Superb 1. 1932. Acadl aboard, all under 18 and most of them | from California. Officers and crew number 30. The California State is now at sea, en route here from Port of Spain, Trin- MERCHANT MARINE’S SCHOOL SHIP COMING| or s e on et of 50" .. : 2 before returning to the West Coast. California State, on Which Officers | o hile bere the Califormia State will 3 : : open for inspection by Go t Are Trained, Will Arrive officials, members of Congress and other Here on April 6. | dignitaries, with the general public be- ‘Washingtonians will be afforded an ing admitted on Sunday, April 10. This is the ship's first voyage from San Prancisco to the Atlantic Ocean. opportunity next week to see an up-to- | : = . dute schocl ahip for training offcersfor| vomen Quit Dance, Fight Fire. the American merchant marine when Leaving the dancing floor during a the U. §. §. California_State arrives at | ball at the Cloister Hotel, Bickley, Eng- the Washington Navy Yard April 6 for | land, women in evening dress formed a a one-week stay. | bucket brigade and fought a fire in the Under the command of Lieut. Comdr. | builéing. So effective was their work Emile Topp, U. §. N, retired, the Cali- | that the blaze was subdued in half an State has about 100 h Yes, we have BLONDES Blonde Kid Sandals were the most popular Easter shoes. Our shoppers reported them extremely scarce at most other stores—but we had plenty. Many new After-Easter styles. 3% Low heel Morocco effect—trimmed with brown. T-strap Sandal— rounded toe. (Tth St. Store) Diagonal Strap—with brown kid. (7th St. Store) “Peekaboo” Cloth | M:iss Sanico- 158 goesontheai!;dafly (except Sunday), begin- ning Monday morning. Two New “Sanitary” Meat Markets Open Tomorrow 14th & N Sts. N.W. 1301 14th St. NW. Now Hyattsville, Md. Arundel and Maryland Aves. You Can Buy Your Entire Food Needs At One Store Until Saturday's Closing! Del Monte Del Monte Picnic Tips. . SMALL GREEN Asparagus. .2 %o 1 am Q¢ on 15¢_ 2 29 Del Monte Pears. . . .vis can 20¢ 2 bis eans 39¢ Golden Tip Peas. ..2a=2lc National Park Cut Beans .......4 »=25¢c Standard Corn Libby’s Corned Beef. . . Domestic Oil Sardines . ........ 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' Betty Crocker Milk Chocolate Cakes Sanico Flour 1> | Exceptionally 2 fine Royal Pe Special Ib. 29c =30c | Gold Medal > 30c l:;‘f:’lun-und bag 436 Sanico Mayonnaise . » ]3¢ Jos. Phillips Sausage. .» 28¢ Sanico Sliced Bread. . .iat §¢ . 4. 10c bag cans Sanico Pan Rolls JUMBO BREAD . . . =¥ 5¢ In O Lean Pork Chops. . . . Lean Smoked Hams . . Tender Beef Liver. . .n 121c¢ Smoked Shoulders. . . Fresh Killed DUCKS b 25¢ ... direct from Riverton, Va. ‘Chuck Roast ur Meat Markets - 15¢ w 17¢ -» 10c Salt Fatback . ... Lettuce ...2 s 19¢ | Tomatoes. . . Fancy Fresh Peas ",¢*..........2m 25¢ Fancy White Potatoes . ........]15 = ]9¢}