Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1932, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1932. ESCORTS SAY GRL FRENDS DROWNED Two Men Held in Minnesota| Fled in Fear of Scandal, They Assert. B5 ihe Associated Press ROCHESTER, Minn, July 23.—Two men, escorts of the two yours women who died my while on a swim- , were hed in the county jail today serted/the gi d acci aily drowned 12t they had fled be-auce of fear | ©f scandal. | The men, Reuben Kruger, 25, filling | station attendant, and Jesse E. Salley. | 30, garage mechanic, w:ire taken in custody te yesterday at their homes in Plainview. Both are married and have families. Admit Taking Clothes. Authorities said they admitted call- | g Tuesday night for Miss Louise Prigge, 22, of Rochester, and her chum, Miss Frances Polikowski, 21. They told officers they became frightened after the girls drowned, and left, taking the girls” clothes with them. An inquest startzd yestorday at Mill- ville, near where the bodies were foun rty left th> Prigge until Tues- t heard y A. A. Burkhardt of e caths cc- | which action his | regiment was opposed by enemy forces | vastly superior in number: he added | materially to the efficiency and effec- | fon in its opera- Residence at appointment, Washington, D. C. | County said filing of await completion of cf of the women's internal organs. Third Death Cleared Up. Tdentity of Kruger and Salley as their escorts was established after of- ficials learned the young women had been in Plainview Sunday inquiring for the men. The “date” apparently had been arranged then. The bodies were scantily clad when discovered, and officials said the miss- ing garments were found in a sack in Kruger's possession. The death of a third young woman in the Lake City dstrict was cleared with the announcement of a coroner’s ct of suicide in the case of Agnes 2, of Melrose, Mass. Miss als said, had shot herself while desponcent. DISTRICT WILL GIVE CUMULATIVE LEAVE : ‘Will Not Put Five-Day Week Into Effect for Workers on Regular Annual Pay Roll. The District Commissioners yesterday | fell in line with a majority of the ve departments and decided to i loyes cumulative leave without pay instead of the five-day week This decision applies to those on the regular annual salary roll The per diem employes are already on th five-day week. The layoff is necessar: under the terms of the economy act. One and a quarter day’s pay will be deducted from each pay envelope, but when the employe gets re to take his m s leave, without pay. the de- Cuction will be a month’s pay minus all deductions already made, Suppose the employe elects to take | New Issue Will Be Feature ofI‘ this month. Then his entire month's s deducted and for the rest of the fiscal year he will get his full pay, with no deductions. Should he take next month, he will get 2!, days’ pay while on leave and on his return he will get full pay for the rest of the fiscal year, and so forth. PURSEVOFiGOLD GIVEN TO CLERK ON RETIRING John D. Parker Served 52 Years| in War Department—Ousted TUnder New Act. Retired after 52 years' continuous service in the War Department, John D. Parker, chief clerk of the inspectcr gen- eral's office, yesterday received from his colleagues a purse of gold and their best wishes. | — Because of his unusual experience and | \WAKEFIELD VISITED proficiency, Mr. Parker's retention on | active duty was twice approved after he had reached the retirement age, but under mandatory provisions of the eccnomy act he could no longer be re- tained Mr. Parker has served the last 23 years as chief clerk of the inspectcr general's office and has put in a total of 41 years n that office. He is 72 years old. He was born in Culpepper Coun- \Z BRICKLAYER, WHITE Jon' 0o “small’ or too iare: 814 1otn st ne. L WILL BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUC Buick sedan, 1926, motor No. Chevrolet coach. 1926, motor No. for 'storage charges. ‘on’ Wednesday. 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S recorded in tne official cita- tion, George Williams, colone’ Cavalry, then colonel, 316th Ir. fantry, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Force, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious | and distinguished services in a posi-| tion of great re- | sponsibility. A regimental com= mander, 316th In- fantry, his rare prof<ssional _abil- ity and outstand- ing devotion to duty brcught his regiment to a high pomnt of _training and morale: he showed brilliant leadership, notably | in the assault lnd‘} capture of the Borne _au Ccrn-! uiller, France, Hill | 378, 'November 3 | to 6, 1918, during | Zonc, nolcs the rank of cclonel of the Cavalry 18 | OFF 12-MILE LIMIT {Crew and Guests Rescued From Vessel Anchored Outside San Pedro, Calif. By the Associated S. SAN PEDRO, Calif, July 23.— “Gamblers’ Row" off Long Beach now is a subdued stretch of water today, with one of its three barges of chance destroyed by an unexplained fire last night and another under surveillance b ious slaying. While Los Angeles police were mak- ing arrests in an endeavor to link the ose activities al- d Tuesdey in the death 1 Jol Miley. the barge Johanna Smith burned to the water's cdge with- in_three hou Forty members of the crew and | croupiers, and about 50 guests, were | aboard the former lumber schooner when flames broke out at bow and | stern almost simultaneously. In a mad | rush to reils, the ship's carpenter, E. A. Odette, received two broken ribs. | TFour Coasi Guard cutters and three ) shore beats sped up and re- moved all Clarence Blazier of Long Beach, owner, said Le belicved he had saved | all the ship's cash. scooping it from ables and safe and jamming it into satchels. The games ordinarily re- | quired oetween $50,000 and $100,000. | 'SALE OF 3-CENT STAMP BOOKS BEGINS MONDAY | Opening Session of Philatelic | Americans. The first sale of 3-cent stamps | in books will be a feature of the open- | ing session of the Society of Philatelic | | Americans in their thirty-eighth annual | convention at the Mayflower Hotel | Monday. The sale will be conducted by the | Po:t Office Department for the phila- | sts and the books will be put on sal= | public Tuesday. The | been invited by the phila- | visit the branch post office which will be set up in the hotel for | the first day's sale. About 150 members of the organiza- tion are expected to ettend the thre day meeting. There will be an auction sale_of ‘stamps, an exchange of stamp exhibitions and the dedication of a tree donated by the philatelists in front of the new Post Office Department. { BY 50,000 IN YEAR | Development Program for Wash- | ington’s Birthplace Pro- | gresses Rapidly. | More than 50.000 persons visited | Wakefield, the birthplace of George| | Washington, during the last year, the ifirst in which an official travel record was kept, according to a statement made today by Arno B. Cammerer, act- |ing director of the National Park Service. Visitors came from 43 States and 10 foreign countries, according to the register. The development program for Wake- field in accordance with the original plans of the Wakefield National Memo- ' | gressed rapidly in recent months. MALL PAVING TO START New Highway Will Vary From 30 to 35 Feet in Width. Construction of the new highway in the Mall has been started by Brady Bros,, the contractors, Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, said yesterday. The first work undertaken was on the short stretch between the Monument grounds and Fourteenth street. The new road between the south end of the new National Museum and Fourteenth street is to be started in a few days, Col. Grant said. Bituminous concrete will be used, and the new road will vary from 30 to 35 feet in width. $33,683 CONTRACT LET rium Water System Is Lowest. ‘The Commissioners yesterday gave the H. W. Cord Co. of this city a con- tract to build a sewerage disposal system and a water supply and distri- bution system at the new Children’s Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Buena Vista, Prince Georges County, Md. The Cord Co. submitted the low bid of $33,683. WANTED Well Located Apartment House L. W. 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