Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1932, Page 10

A0 THE SUNDAY S TAR, WASHINGTON, -D. -C, APRIL 17, 1932—PART ONE. P-1. A WILL OPEN | SESSION TUESDAY 8ecretary Wilbur to Give Ad- dress—Election Is Set Wednesday. With “parental education” as a theme, the District of Columbia Con- gress of Parents and Teachers will open its annual meeting in the In. terior Department auditorium Tues- day morning. Sessions will continue through Wednesday. Secretary of the Interior Wilbur ! will open the meeting with a brief sddress. Dr. Mary Dabney Davis of the Department of Education, Depart- ment of Interior, will speak in the aft- ernoon. Two Are Candidates. i The annual election will be held Wednesday morning. Mrs. Joseph Ny Saunders has been nominated for re- election as president by the Nomi. nating Committee The congress will hold its annual dinner Tuesday night in the Interior Department dining hall. Delegates are asked to register from 9 a.m. until 20 a.m. and from 3 pm. to 4 p.m. Tues- | day, and from 9 until 10 on Wednes. day. Music will be furnished by Mrs. | Cecile Clark and Mrs. John Gates. I’ Mrs. E. C. Rittue, legislative chair- man of the congress. will be nomi. nated for the presidency by the Francis Scott Key P.-T. A. Prominent as Leader. Mrs. Rittue is prominently identified with many civic and other activities in | the District. She is a member of the Francls Scott Key Reservoir Parent-Teacher Assoclations, the Dis- trict League of Women Voiers, secre- tary of the Potomac Palisades Garden | Club and chairman of the Americani. gation Committee of the District of Columbia Daughters of the American Revolution. CAPITAL WOMAN’S WILL BARES $190,000 ESTATE Miss Belle C. Nimmo Left Personal Porperty Only—Probate De- layed to Notify Relatives. Miss Belle C. Nimmo, who died April 7, owned no real estate, but had per- sonal property estimated at $190,000, according to the petition of George W. White, her executor, for the probate of her will. She leaves $2.000 to Miss Katherine Cahill of Norfolk and directs that the | remainder be divided between Alfred Maitland Smith and his sister, Eliza- beth Smith. As a number of her relatives reside in Scotland and must be notified before the will can be probated, Chief Justice Wheat named the National Metropoli- tan Bank as collector. Attorneys Peelle, Ogilby and Lesh n-prcsem the executor. | TRUCK HITS BOY: OF 8 John Drescher Taken to Casualty With Cuts and Bruises. John Drescher, 8. of the 600 block of Beventh street northeast, was in Cas- ualty Hospital today suffering from cuts and bruises received yesterday ‘when knocked down by a truck operated | by James Whitney, colored, of the 1000 block of South Capitol street, on Seventh street between E and F streets north- east. The boy was hit by the truck when he ran into the stret to retrieve & ball. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Cloudy and cooler today; tomorrow partly cloudy; moderate north winds. Maryland—Cloudy, cooler in central and east portions today; tomorrow partly cloudy Virginia—Cloudy. possibly rain in ex. treme southwest portion, cooler in cen tral and east portions today; tomorrow cloudy, probably followed by rain in west portion West_Virginia—Cloudy in south porticn today: tomorrow clondy with slowly rising temperature, prob- sbly followed by rain, Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. 12 noon 2pm 4pm 6pm.. possibly rain Midnight 2am. 4am. 6am. 8am. X 8pm 10am. . 55 10 pm. Highest 63 "at’3 pm. yesterday ago, Lowest .'ss. at 6 am ago, 42. " Year yesterday. Year Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and | Geodetic Survey.) | ‘Tomorrow. 5:44am i 6:08 p.m 1 53 p.m. 1227 pm. The Sun and Moon. Rises 5:20 5:28 Sets, 6:47 6:48 3:40am. | it be turned on sunset Rainfall. in inches in nth to date) | Average, | Record. | 709 82| 6.84 884 o 1069 10.94 10,63 14.41 1081 857 8.69 756 Weather in Various Cities. Temveraty ure.—~ Precipi- Sat 1n m. to ht.8p.m.8p.m. Sun, today Sun, tomorrow Moon, today 308 pm Automobile lamps ene-half hour after Monthly rair Capital (current m: Month, 1932 January . 482 vee 246 . 645 191 the M 89 '89 | M | 89 Portlan: st fake Cuy Utah uis, M B Ru s San Antonio. T ~T. A. Candidates Upper: MRS. JOSEPH N. Lower: MRS. E. C. RITTUE. _ BEATER OF FINANCIER IS PAROLED TO WIFE Atlantic City Man Pleads Guilty to Assault on Salt Lake City Capita ist. By the Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY, April 16.—Clifford M. Crapo, 53, of Atlantic City. N. J., pleaded guilty in District Court here today to a charge of assault with a di weapon upon Ernest Bamberger, local capitalist, and was given a sus pended sentence of not loss than five years in the State Penitentiary. A charge of assault with intent to murder Bamberger, upon which Crapo ad been held to trial, was not filed in Distriet Court. Crapo followed Bamberger into the doorway of the Tribune-Telegram busi- ness offite here last February 23 and fired 8 shots at him from a pistol. Bamberger was unhurt, but Miss Alice Horan, a clerk in the office, was slightly wounded. A similar charge against Crapo, pre- ferred by Miss Haron, was dismissed in City Court after his sentencing. District Judge David W. Moffat passed | sentence after he had heard recommen- dations of District Attorney Ray Van Cott, attorneys for Bamberger and Crapo and the defendant and his wife, who had come here from Albany, N. Y., after his arrest ‘The district attorney recommended that the sentence be suspended and Crapo be paroled to his wife, and Judge Moffat agreed after Mrs. Crapo prom- ised to produce the defendant in court at any time. . S GAMBLER QUIZZED IN CADDIE SLAYING Titanic Thompson Tells Texas Po- lice Youth Attempted to Hold Him Up. By the Associated Press TYLER, Tex. April 16.— Titanic Thompson, nationally known gambler ted to have satin on the last card | | game Arnold Rothstein played before he 2| was shot to death in New York, was v fatal shoot 16-year-old questioned but not held pection with the Jimmie Frederick, golf caddie. old police that the youth leaped upon the running board last night and demanded that he raise his hands. Instead of complying,| Thompson sald, he fired caddie | died today as & result wounds. Near the scene were fo and a revolver. The he had been reading seeing too many mov tective stories. The gambler has been in Tyler about six months. Much of been spent on golf courses. name is A. C. Thomas, | AMERICANS ARE WARNED ON ‘EASY’ CUBAN DIVORCES Advertising Promising Quick Sep- of £ s based on de- His real arations Regnrded Misleading by Police Head. HA\ ANA. April 16.—Capt | Calvo, chief of expert police, sued a W divorce is Miguel yesterday ng to Americans not any too easy in The captain called the attention of urt to the advertisements of a law firm promising “divorces In {from 1 to 15 lized by the American consu | the cor at the Cuban divorce ted, and personal are necessary for divorce r in less than 30 days consulate has forward- he incident to Washing- ANCIENT EG;PT IS TOPIC Customs Discussed at Meeting of Delphian Society. s and events of ancient Egypt Thursday morning by he Delphian Soriety at a ting in the Willard Hotel. Those included Mrs. Eugene Brow Grattan Kerans, Mrs. C. H. Curl | and Mrs. Clyde De Bender. Mrs. John { K. Freiot presided MEMORIAL MASS SET All D. C. Knights of Columbus to Join in Rites Next Sunday. All five District of Columbia councils, Knights of Columbus, will participate in the annual memorial mass to be held next Sunday morning at St. Matthew's Church, Connecticut and Rhode Island avenues. The mass will be followed by a brea%fast p* the P ot-1, st ~h 3.2 SAUNDERS. | Thompson was efonerated after he | of his motor car | vorce could be granted | 1 10 NEW NUMBERS ON GONGERT LIST | Will Be Played for First Time | Tonight on Bandmasters’ Program. Ten new numbers, written especially for the occasion, will be presented for | the first time tonight at the annual | concert of the American Bandmasters’ Association, to be held at 8:30 o'clock |at Constitution Hall. The Army, Navy and Marine bands | will take part in the concert, spon- sored by the District of Columbia Chapter, American Red Cross, with the composers of the new numbers, | for the most part, conducting their {own works. In addition, a special arrangement of Chopin’s Funeral March, by Victor Jean Grabel, secretary of the associa- tion, will be conducted by him, open- ing ‘a series of four of John Philip Sousa’s outstanding marches The concert is to be dedicated to the memory of the great bandleader | who died last month Megal to Be Presented. ! The member of the‘association who | has done most to advance bands and |band music during the past year will be presented the Bandmasters' Medal at the concert tonight. The medal will | be presented by Secretary of Labor Doak, and its winner was not to be announced until tonight Among the new numbers is a fan- tasia, “Midshipmen,” by Peter Buys conductor of the Hagerstown, Md., Municipal Band, who will conduct the | Navy Band through his number | prelude and Scherzo, “Hammersmith written for the occasion by Gustay Holst, well known English bandmaster, who will direct the Marine Band in its presentation; “Huntingtower written for 'the concert by Respighl. celebrated Italian musician, which will be presented by the Marine Band, under the direction of Capt. Taylor Branson, its conductor. Other new numbers include “A Chi- nese Festival” by Maurice Arnold: “Concert, Overture in F Minor,” by Capt. Charles O'Neill: “The Wind in the s tone poem by Lieut, I overture, George C. Gaul by Nathaniel Shilkret; “S: Evening in Camp,” by Capt. R. B. Ha ward, and Edwin Franko Goldman new grand march, “Univ " to be | played by the massed service bands un- | der direction of the composer. Others Who Will Conduct. Bes those already mentioned, | bandmasters who will conduct either | one of the three bands or the massed | bands in presentation of some of the numbers are Lieut. Charles Benter, dis rector of the Navy Band, who was in charge of arrangements for the Wash: ington convention: A. A. Harding, di- rector of bands at the University of Iilinois; Capt. William J. Stannard, di- | rector of the Army Band; Walter M. Smith, head of Smith’s Band, Boston Frank Simon. director of the Armc Band. Middletown, Ohio; Herbert L. Clarke, director of the Long Beach, | Calif,’ Municipal Band and | premier solo cornetist, and Arthur Pryor. director of Pryor's Band. Besides the officers elected yesterday, the following were named directors of the association: Glen Cliffe Bainum, Lieut. Benter, Peter Buys, Richard B, Hayward, well known conductor, and Karl L. King, composer, band leader and publisher. i A_ commitiee composed of three A B. A. members and three members of the High School Bandmasters' As- sociation will select the high school student at the annual contest for stu- dent musicians in bands throughout the United States, to take place within the next few months, to receive the $300 | scholarship established yesterday by the association. The scholarship will en- title the student to attend the National Music Camp at Interlachen, Mich., for a season to continue his study of his favorite instrument. COLORED PHYSICIAN HELD FOR GRAND JURY Friend of Dead Girl Detained as Witness—“Long Shot Red"” Called Suicide. Dr. Samuel L. Stark, 51, colcred phy- sician, Friday was ordered held for the grand jury by a coroner’s jury at the District Morgue in connection with the death of Elizabeth Baldwin Baker, 20, as the result of an illegal operation | Vaughn S. McQueen, 26, a friend of the girl, was crdered held as a United States witne: The coroner’s jury gave a verdict of | suicide in the death Wednesday at Gal- linger Hospital of “Long-Shot Red” Wells, 39, colored, after an autopsy showed he had swallowed poiscn. It previously had been believed Wells died from a heart attack after an unsuccess- ful attempt to swallow poison. He dropped dead in the arms of a police- man assigned to guard him after the officer had knocked the bottle of poison out of his hand Wells was being held pending trial for murder of Ruth Wells, colored, in early March PLAYGROUNE) TREE SET Bicentennial Observance Held by | | i | | Birney School Group. At an Arbor day program yesterday morning a Bicentennial tree was planted by teachers and pupils of the Birney School at the Barry Farms Playground in Anacostia. In planting the tree, Miss Emma Smith, retired teacher, used the spade employed by President Hoover in planting the Bicentennial tree on the White House Grounds. The spade was loaned by the American Tree As- sociation The planting was preceded by a pro- gram of addresses by J. C. Bruce. super- vising principal of the 13th division; Miss Sibyl Baker, superviser of play- grounds, and others. Mrs. Jennie V, Smith sang a s0lo and directed the sing- ing of pupils. | | | PALAIS ROYAL 18-k. gold plated frames! Last two days — and then this annual event — with its scores and scores of grand value offerings — will be gone. Better HURRY! For ONE DAY a special purchase of New $7.95 and $10 Dresses: 6 9 O The widest variety of daytime, afternoon and semi-formal frocks, at a price so inex- Twice, the sensation pensive that you will not have to limit your choice. of the city! 1,000 pairs this time! Utility Oxfords 109 Women'’s, misses’ and half sizes. ! ! Tailored sheers! Chiffons! Printed sheers! 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