Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1933, Page 3

P —— TIEVOTE IS CAST ON BOXING REPORT Board of Education Fails to Agree as Three Women Favor Use of Gyms. Its three woman members standing ‘vigorously in support of intercollegiate boxing, the Board of Education late yes- terday voted itself into a 4-to-4 tie on the application of Columbus University for permission to present its boxing bouts with other universities and col- leges in the McKinley High School gymnastum. So fervently did tnhe three women favor modern intercollegiate boxing that Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith, who has been confined to her home seriously ill with a mysterious infection of the eyes, had herself led into the board room long enough to cast her vote and thus make the active feminine support of the sport unanimous. Mrs. Henry Gratton Doyle and Mrs. William C. McNeill completed the trio and all are mothers with sons in their families. Gilligan Casts Fourth Vote. In the voting, the three women, who comprise the school board’s committee on community use of buildings, had only one man associate's support. He was Henry Gilligan and it was his ef- forts, in fact, which brought the inter- collegiate boxing issue into open board meeting. The tie vote yesterday was the climax to a period of public discussion that ran through three school board meetings, the first of which was held prior to the Christmas holidays. The ballot itself Wwas on the unanimeus recommendation of the Committee on Comunity Use of Buildings that Columbus University’s application for use of the McKinley gymnasium be approved. The vote, however, came only after a series of moves which ran the gamut of parlia- mentary strategy and which ended ‘when Dr. Hayden Johnson, president of the board, availed himself of the privi- lege of casting the negative ballot which brought about the stalemate. Mrs. Doyle, acting as chairman for Mrs. Smith, read the committee report and Mrs. Smith moved its adoption. Mr. Gilligan seconded it and opened the discussion. He told the board that a number of protesting letters had ac- cused him of favoring the granting of the Knights of Columbus-sponsored Co- lumbus University “because you are a Catholic.” As a matter of fact, the board member declared, he is a Metho- dist and a “school board member, citi- zen and taxpayer who sits on this board determined to accord justice and faire Tess to everybody no matter what their religious convictions may be.” He read & statement from United States Attor- ney Leo A. Rover pronouncing intercol- legiate boxing as it would be staged in McKinley High- School “thoroughly legal” Citing his own experienees in college atnletics, Mr. Gilligan said he was ceavinced that intercollegiate box- ing 4did far less injury to the partici- ’!Jlts than either foot ball or basket all. ‘Whitwell Opposes Report. George Whitwell, member, opposed the committee report. Citing the fig- ures of the Washington Post poll on in- tercollegiate boxing, taken with respect to Columbus University's application and showing 4.129 in favor of the sport and only 59 opposed to it, Mr. Whitwell asserted that such a ballot was of little use. . He argued that those who are against it won't bother to_say so.” Mrs. Doyle entered the discussion to point out the three points of consid- eration on which the committee acted. First, she said, the committee consid- ered the school board as the custodian of public property which recognized institutions of learning have a right to use for educational, cultural and recreational activities. Secondly, she continued, it decided boxing was not & “controversial” subject any more than any college sport, all of which were mentioned “with some acrimony” dur- ing the discussions on boxing. And the third point of consideration was the legality of intercollegiate boxing. It had the pronouncement of Corpora- tion Counsel W. W. Bride and United States Attorney Rover, and so the com- mittee was convinced. Mr. Whitwell added that since Dr. Ballou and all his associated school cfficers were opposed to boxing in the schools, he believed the school board should abide by their judgment. Mr. Gilligan replied, however, that while the superintendent’s opinion on strictly public school matters carries consid- erable weight, the question at issue in- volves not public school curriculum, but a community recreation and a building that happens to be public property. ‘The board itself has the greater re- sponsibility in such matters, he con- tended. Johnson Loses Point. President Johnson ruled that because the question was controversial the vote would be taken under a suspension of the rules necessitating a majority of the full board, or five votes, since one member, Rabbi Abram Simon, was ab- sent. The board, by a vote of 5 to 2, refused to sustain the chair on this ruling, however, and President Johnson asserted he would cast a vote if his vote would change the result. The board was poled. Those voting for the report, carrying permission to use the gymnasium, were Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. McNeill, Mrs. Smith and Mr. Gilli- gan. Those opposing it were Dr. J. Hayden Johnson, Mr. Whitwell and Rev. F. I. A. Bennett. President John- son then cast the tying vote. Some discussion centered about Presi- dent Johnson’s parliamentary license for voting when there was no ti& President Johnson cited Robert’s Rules under which the board operates, and Mr. Gilligan took exception to the vote. Later in the meeting, however, Mr. Gil- Jigan, who meantime had consulted Robert's Rules, withdrew his exception and admitted the chairman was within his parliamentary rights. After the board meeting, President Johnson explained his vote. He told The Star he had promised his fellow members he would vote even before a definite cleavage had been established. Hence, he said, he felt obliged to ad; here to that promlse He voted “no, @ sald, because he was convinced that intercollegiate boxing _“violates the spirit of the law,” whlch definitely prohibits pugilistic contests in the Dis- trict. This law, while probably about to be repealed by the now pending amateur boxing bill, on which a favor- able report already has been made, still is “on the books " he said. Book Gone 16 Years. A campaign for the return of over- due books at the Birmingham, Ala., public library, recently brought back a yolume missing since 1917, SPECIAL NOTICES. A 5 TRANSFER & STORAGE" CO. 1313 You st n.w. OTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT I WILL 3:0! ‘be_responsible for any debts or obliga- tions ’!QPQIXtE{, co{;‘tr-cud“?; mengafl av son other than my 381¥s6 18th st. nw. FURNITURE REPAIRED_ UPHOI Snisned about Y price: shop or home. dress Box 218-E. 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E party of students from South Africa now touring the United States and Canada—in quest of snow. they ad- | mitted yesterday—under the auspices of the National Student Federation were guests of the George Washington University's International Student Society at a tea yesterday afternoon. ‘The ohly disappointment the young South Africans suffered in the National Capital, they said. was the complete absence of snow which, they had heard, blankets Washington periodically. and young women now are looking forward to generous portions of it when they reach Canada. However, the young men —Star Stafl Photo. MILLS PREPARING INCOME TAX RULING Regulations to Determine | What Deductions Can Be Made in Returns. By the Assoctated Press. - Regulations under which approxi- mately 2,500,000 citizens will pay taxes on March 15 on their 1932 income are being prepared by the Internal Revenue Bureau. The regulations will set forth just what taxes paid by the taxpayer can be deducted from gross income in making out the returns and what taxes cannot be deducted. Until the regulations have been approved by Secretary Mills, they will not be made public. Heretofore, the bureau has ruled that a taxpayer can deduct only the taxes collected from him by the State or Government. Under this ruling. if con- tinued in forze, most of the excise tax:s levied under the billion-dollar tax bill cannot be deducted. Those taxes are levied on the manufacturer. In many | States the State gasoline tax can be deducted from gross income for income tax purposes, because it is levied upon the consumer, but in those States where the tax is levied on the distributor or manufacturer, the consumer cannot deduct them. The billion-dollar tax bill increases income taxes from 1, per cent, 3 per cent and 5 per cent to 4 percent on the first $4,000 of net income and 8 per cent on all income above that amount. The surtax starts at $6,000 of net in- come, whereas under the former law it | started at $10,000. Under the new law the exemptions are lowered to $1,000 for a single per- son and $2,500 for a married person. This lowering of the deductions is ex- pected to add approximately 1,000,000 persons to the income tax rolls. In 1931 approximately 1,455,007 per- | sons paid income tax and Secretary| Mills recently said he expected the re- | turn for 1932 would increase this num- ber to about 2,500,000. HELD VITAL LINKS IN SCHOOL SYSTEM Junior Highs and Colleges Bridge | Gaps Between Age Groups, West- ern Association Told. Junior high schools and colleges were seen as bridging marked gaps between different age units, solving disciplinary problems and keeping students in school when otherwise they would have stopped their studies, by speakers last night at a meeting of the Home and School Asso- ciation of Western High School in the school library. Dr. Stephen E. Kramer, assistant su- perintendent of schools in the District, discussed High School.” He said it keeps thou- sands of children in school two years longer than would be the case if the junior high school did not exist. Many pupils in the Junior High School, he said, ordinarily would stop school at the end of the elementary grades. Discipline is an easier matter, by rea- son of the junior high schools, Dr. Kra- mer said, as they group together pupils | of the same age and give them courses fitted to their ages, which the elemen- | tary schools could not do. Dean Henry Gratton Doyle of the Junior College of George Washington University stressed similar points in ex- phmmg the function of the junior col- lege. . Approximately 200 persons attended the meeting. “The Place of the Junior | Alabaman Wins “Leather Medal” For Hopefulness District Tags Because | He Was Here Once. Police thought their correspondent in Methuen, Mass., was the prize op- timist—they did, that is, until the man from Alabama mailed in his application. | police headquarters here of his ambition to become a detective and asked advice. | "He also asked a 44 automatic, a badge, a _detective suit, any one,” and closed with “please send haste.” Then the letter arrived from the Ala- | baman. He was in Washington 12 years | ago, he said, and thought of the Capi- | | tal as his home town. | On this showing he asked the force to mail him District of Columbia tags for his automobile, as he understood the fee was only $1. Thus far he seemed ‘cpllmisuc enough, but the final para- wraph was the final blow. | “I'll send you the dollar in a month or two,” it said. OF GHINESE CREW Seamen Charge Dollar Line Is Bringing 160 to Man S. S. President Johnson. By the Associated Press The Labor Department today had before it a complaint of the Seamen’s Union that the Dollar Steamship Line is importing 160 Chinese to New York to become a crew for the steamship President Johnson, now out of comis- | sion at a New Jersey wharf. Andrew Furuseth, president of the Seamen'’s Union, filed a charge with the department today and asked that the | Immigraticn Bureau take a hand in the situation. He charged that the | Chinese ‘are on board the steamer President Lincoln, now en route from San Francisco for New Yerk, under the guise of passengers. The department’s solicitor has been asked to rule on what action can be taken. This, Furuseth said, is not the first time a foreign crew has been brought to the United States, but is the | first time the matter has been taken | up officially. “These men cannot come as seamen, unless they have been signed,” Puru- seth said. “They cannot be signed un- til a captain is signed. The captain is in the United States. Therefore they were sent as’ passengers in transit threugh the United States. When they reach New York their status will change. “This isia palpable evasion of the law. We took the matter to the De- partment of Labor and asked a ruling. “Under the law, these people must leave the country in the status they entered it. If they are not passengers in trapsit they are immigrants and cannot enter. If not passengers they | cannot land. “The whele immigration system is at stake. If these men are allowed to change status en route there would be Alml:(k)xmg to prevent importation of such al e Antwerp, Belgium's largest port, can only be reached from the sea through Holland. Asks Police to Send Him | The fellow in Massachusetts wrote to | “so I can arrest the things so I can earn something in | PROTEST INPORTING DEMAND FOR RELIEF SEEN IN* ELECTION Col. H. W. Anderson Talks at Washington and'Lee U. Founders’ Day Rites LEXINGTON, Va.. January 19.—As- sertinz that far reaching and funda- | mental readjustments are necessary in the economic and social orders, Col Henry W. Anderson today termed the recent national clection a clear indica- | tion and a warning to those in charge of Government that the people were existing injustices and hardships. | posed, if the policy is adopted of treat- | | the result may be disastrous.” he said. “On the other hand. the necessary ad- Justments ean be made without violence, under definite and courageous leader- ship, if the people are told the truth, | expression of the popular will.” Founders’ Day Orator. Col. Anderson, Virginia Republican leader and member of the Wickersham Commission, spoke as Founders' day orator at Washington and Lee Univer- sity, selecting as his subject “Facing the Future.” | "“If only palliative measures are pro-| D. | determined to have efTective relief from! lieve |ing the symptoms and not the disease. | told and opportunity is afforded for the free| whereas some of the proponents aid The election of Roosevelt, he said, should make possible an early equitable adjustment of war debts. Ad- debts and collection at low interest and over a long period of post-armistice in- ternational loans, Mr. Anderson said the South and West to such a program. Had it been attempted by the Repub- licans the program would, however, un- to banking interests, he added. Expression for Repeal. ‘The election is generally accepted as a defjpite expression 1n favor of repeal of th¥ eighteenth amendment,” he said. “I do not so regard it. There is un- this was in no sense a controlling fac- tor in the election.” present unsettled state of public opin- the extreme of repeal, sound pohcy lay bemecn the extremes. HOPEFUL F FOR MEXICO MEXICO CITY, January 19 () — Jose Miguel Bejarano, chairman of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce of New York, who is in Mexico on a business trip, last night said “an era of pros- perity and earnings is approaching the Mexican Republic.” Senor Bejarano said many Mexican depositors in American banks will with- draw their funds and bring them to Mexico, a procedure that will be fol- lowed by many foreigners, thus making Mexixo a richer country. DIRECTS BRIDGE WORK SAN FRANCISCO, January 19 (A).— James Reed, San Francisco, bridge and highway district. ceeds Alan MacDonald, resigned. The new general manager was grad- uated from Annapolis in 1902. His ca- reer has included much work in the Mare Island Navy Yard, where he su- perintended building of the battlechip California, and- at the League Island and Bremerton Navy Yards. He now is employed by a lock company. RAYMOND RITES HELD mem services for Samuel J. Ray- mond, 77. who died Tuesday at his home, 1247 Thirty-first street, were held this afternoon at Joseph Gawler’s Sons Chapel, 1754 Pennsylvania avenue. Burial was to be in Arlington Nation- al Cemetery. Mr. Raymond was a member of the .| Association of Oldest Inhabitants. Woman Tricks Stores - Into Taking Sand And Bran for Coffee By the Associated Press. HOLDENVILLE, Okla.,, Jan- uary 19.—If Holdenville house- wives get sand or bran when they buy coffee, here’s why: Bringing in new cans apparent- 1y containing coffee, an unidenti- fied woman swapped S$and or. bran with nearly every grocery store in town week. She said she wanted to exchange the coffee for another brand. Police haven't found swapper, the The day has come when Washington, Maryland and Virginia fishermen trol- ling for scup, sea bass and fluke off the Virginia capes may trade their “weather | cess. eye” for a thermometer and make money on the deal, Fish Commissioner Henry O'Malley said yesterday. It has been found that the location of these valuable commercial species depends upon the temperature of the water. When the water' near shore cools in Winter the fish move out into deeper water, where surface tem| ture has not influenced the lower depth. Because of the “shelf” to gain the additional fathoms in depth which make the water comfartable for them. By using the thermometer the fisher- | ti men may determine the theoretical THERMOMETER URGED FOR THOSE WHO FISH OFF VIRGINIA CAPES Federal Experts Find Scup, Sea Bass and Flukc Seek Depths With Temperature of 45. location of these species and to work over a “fertile” section ul the ocean floor with better chances of suc- Bureau exeperts said they have de- termined that the approximate tem- perature in which these species are ukely to be found in Winter is over 45 degrees Fahrenheit. It is the opinion of the scientists that in cold weather - [ the 40-fathom contour and it is pos- sible that in an abnormally cold Winter they will be driven to still decper waters. the other hand, in abnormally warm Winters the temperature bar- riers in shallower witer are down and the fish may be Immd much closer to wxmu and , Maryland shores, > Jjustly, have been regarded as favorable | them were druuk. doubtedly a strcng sentiment in favor | wilson replied that he was not a of some change in the existing policy | medical authority, and was not prepared with respect to the liquor problem, but | t5 answer that question. Mr. Anderson said he felt it would | taken judicial notice of beer as an in- be most unfortunate to swing, in the | toxicating beverage. ion from the extreme of prohibition 0| no food elements, but is in reality noth- | asserting that | jng more than poisoned water. former | the opponents of the bill would conclude naval commander, was named yesterday | their case at a hearing beginning at 10 as general manager of the Golden Gate | a.m. Tuesday. The hearings will close He suc- [ with the presentation of rebuttal evi- ( ) Attorney for D. C. Church Federation Sees Lack of Ban on Saloons. ___(Continued From First Page.) by people who have violated the exist- ing law. “The Crusaders call this a model bill, yet it would authorize the sale of liquor in the best residential sections of the District. This so-called model bill does not limit the number of saloons in any one block. Even under the old law there was a maximum of four saloons to one block. “This bill contains no language what- ever to prevent the return of the saloon. It provides for licenses to res- taurants, clubs or hotels, but does not define the conditions under which liquor may be sold. It may be sold at @ bar in a restaurart, or in a saloon adjoining the restaurant. There are eating places in Chevy Chase adjoin- ing the best residential section, where beer could be sold under this law. I do not believe that either wets or drys who live in Chevy Chase want saloons in that district. “Gives Public No Protection.” “The proponents of this measure call it a model bill, and say it was drafted by come of the: best lawyers in the District of Columbia. As a matter of fact it is about as loose and carelessly drawn as a bill could be, and affords no protection to the public. :Except for the taxation feature, Al Capone could hardly have drawn a bill more to his | liking." 1 Mr. La Roe said his organization | agreed with an editorial published in | The Evening Star of January 4, whichw pointed out there would be very few | establishments that could not qualify to sell beer under this law. Concluding his attack on the bill, the | witness said: “I submit that is not setting a high standard for the Nation to pass a law | which does not prohibit the sale of | liguor to minors, which does not pro- hibit saloons, which permits suloons | next door to schools and churches, lndi which, by the admissions of its sponsors, | may convert every eating place into a | saloon, and authorize the sale of liquor | therein, which they are not prepared to say is not intoxicating in fact.” Silent On Constitutionality. During a discussion as to whether the constitutionality of the bill should be | examined at this hearing, Representa- tive Patman, Democrat. of Texas, pointed out that although the Ways and Means Committe> of the House | has approved the Collier beer bill, the | House Judiciary Committee has “failed | and refused to pass upon the constitu- | tionality of the beer it would legalize.” Turning to Representative Palmisano, | Mr. Patman said “I believe, Mr. Chairman. that you | used to be a bartender and that you are | qualified to pass upon this question. | Do you think the beverage proposed in | this bill is intoxicating®” “The Maryland Representative said he knew of very few instances in the old days of any one becoming intoxi cated on beer, and that he did not be- anybody could get drunk under this act. Col. William O. Tufts, president of the Washington Federation of Churches, | the committee 100 churches in Washington, representing about 58.000 citizens, were affiliated with his or- gamization. He also said that the op- ponents of the bill had no personal in- | terest to advance in pressing their case. have financial interests at stake. ’ Attorney Is Introduced. Andrew Wilson, Washington attorney, was introduced by Canon William S. Chase as the next dry witness. Mr.| Wilson declared Congress was. in effect, | trying to say that 4 per cent beer is | the same as beer containing > of 1| per cent of alcohol. He also dlscused‘ and [ at some length the activities of the brewers in pre-prohibition days, de- | vocating cancellation of pre-armistice | claring they succeeded to some extent | in subsidizing the press and corrupt-| ing politicians. He also read into the record an ac-| Mr. Roosevelt couid draw the support of | count of a beer party in Berlin, during | which 3,000 students sat for 12 hours | drinking beer. “At the conclusion of | this party,” he said. “35 per cent of Knowing as we do the reputation of German students as beer drinkers, does this not show that| beer is in fact an intoxicating beverage?” Mr. Palmisano asked the witness | what he thought would have happened | to the students if they had spent 12\ hours drinking water or ginger ale. Mr. | The witness cited a number of de- cisions in which various courts had| He also said scien- tific research had shown beer contains | Asks Unfavorable Report. | “Let us beware,” he concluded, “lest, as the Greeks smeared their arrows with death-dealing toxicon, that we do| not smear our souls and the souls that | are to be with the deadly poison, for which humanity can furnish no anti- dote, and prescribe none. unless it be ‘through the blood of everlasting| covenant.” I request an untnvornble‘ repcrt on_the bill.” Louis B. Nichols, representing the | Organized Bible Class Association of the District of Columbia, submittcd a statement _protesting against a favor- | able report on the bill. The statement | said the association cpposed the meas- ure “because our primary intcrest is the oral and social welfare of the people me of the District, which we believe to be | 2 seriously threatencd by the proposed return of legalized beer.” Chairman Palmisano announced that | dence on Thursday by proponents of the measure. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, IBLACK BEER BILL SCORED IN HEARING | drug? | By the Associated Press. | Adas Israel Congr |in the vestry rooms of the synagogue. 1933. MRS. PEABODY ASKS BEER BALL DEFEAT))L. I Appeal Madeé to Congress on Behalf of 40,000,000 Children. By the Adsociated Press. Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, chairman of the Woman's National Committee for Law Enforcement, in an open letter to members of Congress today, termed the Collier-Blaine beer bill “ridiculous” and appealed for its defeat on behalf “of 40,000,000 children.” In a s umem made public simul- taneously, Mrs. said a “wom- | en's revolution” hld been started in the capitals of 30 States “in active protest against their lawmakers.” Movements Cited. She cited movements which were begun today at St. Paul, Minn, and which will get under way within a few days at Des Moines, Iowa; Lincoln, Nebr.; Denver, Cheyerne, Wyo.; Boise, Idaho; Salt Lake City and other West- | ern cities by women prohibitionists who seek to defeat dry law changes. “Not often do American women rise | in active protest against their law- | makers,” the statement said. “They | are rising today and Congress and tie | Legislatures of 30 Gi.ico will hear of | their constituents. They are in revolt | against the movement to substitute beer for bread and to break down the pro- tective Federal law, the eighteenth amendment.” Mrs. Peabody said the women of the Nation would furnish the remedy and “secure protection for their homes and children.” Appeal Sent to Legislators. The open letter to members of Con- | gress said: “We are sending to you our appeal from mothers and teachers of 40,000,000 | children whom you are supposed to rep- resent. They have no vote and no pro- tection if you fail them. “The revised Collier bill is ridicu- lous * * * This bill offers no protec- tion and there is no possibility of uny real enforcement against admission to dry States. “Will you protect the children and the women—two-thirds of your con- stituents—or will you yield to the wet clamors of brewers and self-interested men, who would violate the Constitu- tion on behalf of this habit-making * * *You have no excuse if you do this evil thing, as you know what | alcohol does to children and others.” THREAT TO l.JOTORISTS IN GEORGIA IS DENIED Stories of Possible Trouble With Chain Gang Guards Declared “Ridiculous.” | SAVANNAH, Ga. January 19.—They srs telling it around in the North that ourists passing_through Georgia _are | lmhlr to have trouble with chain gnng‘ guards, and the Savannah Motor Club | has taken action to spike such stories | as “ridiculous and absurd.” A letter received by Mrs. Eva P. Royall, manager of the club, from the | Staten Island division of the Automo- | ! bile Club of New York, asked for con- | firmation or denial of the stories. It read “One of our members is making a trip to Flotida and was informed that |he is liable to have trouble going | through Georgia because of the recent driving a T7-passenger car, but there | will be only six in the car. He was told that if he carried more than four pas- sengers, he is liable to be held up and possibly lose his car.” MARRIAGE ANNULLED San Francisco Woman Blames Mis- | take in Divorce Report. | SAN FRANCISCO, January 19 (®).- Marriage of George Hoadley, San Fran. cisco, and Mrs. Katherine Clark Hoad- ley was annulled in Superior Court here | yesterday on the ground she had an- other husband living and undivorced when she and Hoadley married in Car- son City, Nev., last November. It was explained in court that Mrs. Hoadley's first husband, C. Clark of New York told her in a long distance tele- | phone ‘conversation that he had ob- tained a divorce in the East and that she was free to marry again. Later, Mrs. Hoadley said, she learned the statement was untrue. TWO 0IL WELLS AFIRE Spread of Gas Prevented by Ig-| niting Second Texas Property: | CONROE, Tex., January 19 (#).—Two oil wells were burning in the Conroe field yesterday. Both are the property of the Standard Oil Co. of Kansas, Nos. 1 and 2 Madeley. The second well, flowing out of con- trol, was set on fire Tuesday night tc prevent spread of gas. The No. 2 Madeley is 1,000 feet from | the No. 1, the latter igniting last Wednesday. RBabbi S. A. Metz to Speak. Rabbi Solomon A. Metz will speak on “Rabbi Ben Zakkai” at services of the | ation, Sixth and I streets, Friday night. Following the services a social hour will be conducted Dr. Elias Elvove will lead a discussion of current Jewish toplcs Any Car or Color Rear 1141 18th SI‘ NW. Ni GABAGE STAR IS HURT IN CRASH Helen Gahagan Is Bruised—Hus- band Is Injured Slightly. AN NUYS, Calif., January 19 (#).— Helen Gahagan, stage star, revealed at her home here last night she suffered | head injuries and body bruises last | Monday in a motor car accident near | ta Barbara. Her husband, Melvyn | Douglu actor, was slightly hurt. She said a fence kept the machine from rolling into a deep ditch after it | skidded on the coast highway. They were on their way to San Fran- | cisco, but returned to Van Nuys after receiving medical treatment at Santa Barbara. FOLLOW THE TREND TO AMERICAN SHIPS Fast route to Ireland, England, France and Germany MANHATTAN ¢ LEVIATHAN AUTO l 5 Qm:l Service S Scrambled are seasoned with GULDENS ‘Mustard‘ INUTE Fordney Is professor of criminglogy at » Tlinoos yeivers, advice is often sought by the Dolice_of many citirs When ronted with mtlcullfly baffiing cases. ‘This projsm as been taken from his case: covering hundreds of criminal investi- sations. gour wits on it! 1t takes but ONE UTE to very fact and every e Salutign ate in: the d there o only one answer. Vendetta. BY H. A. RIPLEY. n HOW so0d 'a deiective ‘are Sou? OR lhree hours Inspector Kelley Prof. Fordney had quesuoulnx Nick Rienti abo\u the murder of Toni Maroni, the night before. So far they had been unabie to break down his story. They were far from satisfied. His con- stant coughing was getting on Kelley's | nerves and he demanded irritably why Rienti didnt do something about i1} “Don’t worry, chief,” he drawled sarcastically. “I | won't fold up! I've had it a week and still going strong.” “Well, you won't be going strong when I get through with you,” exploded Kelley. “I'm givin' you the straight dope, inspector!” “‘What I want to know is, what were yuu doing in Ma- 's room?” Now, chief * * * you told me yowd | drch that if I told you what I saw. I didn't have to come to headquarters with my informat.on, you know, but I hate to see that dog Barolini get away | with the bumpoff. What I was doing there * * * well that don’t., concern you. “And you still swear you saw Baro- lin1_kill Maroni?” “That's what I said. I was in Ma- roni’s room when I heard them outside the door. I ducked in the closet as they came in. I didn't have to see them to know who they were. I know | both their voices well. In half an hour the argument got pretty heated so I opened the door slightly and just as I did Barolini knifed Maroni. I waited a few minutes and then beat it.” “You'd better take a look gt that closet, Kelley,” mterrupr,ed rdney. “Rienti, you're lying!" HOW DID THE PROFESSOR KNOW? (See Solution on Page A-16.) J0BPARLEYD.K'S HOUR CUT INQUIRY Geneva Conference Adopts Proposal to Study Project for World Pact. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, January 19.—The Interna- tional Conference on Unemployment today rejected a workers' resolution fa- | difficulties with the chain gang. He 15,‘0,,1,“g a 40-hour week., with mainte- | and then adopted a | governmental delegates’ proposal that “examine the detailed nance of wages, the conference aspect” of a project for reducing hours through an international which would maintain the workers’ standard of living. The employers op-‘ posed both resolutions. The rejection was by a vote of 31 to 21, while the pcposal of the gov- rnmental delegates was adopted by a| | vote of 41 to 21. ‘The resolution adopted recognized re- | hours as a contribution to | duction of the reduction of unemployment. The workers voted for both proposals. | The British government delegate ab- | stained from voting on the first pro- posal and opposed the second. The conference will continue with a discussion of the means to apply the principle which the vote indorsed. The vote amounts to a victory for the principle of shorter hours as a con- tribution to the solution of the prob-| lem of unemployment, but interpreta- | tion of the phrase “maintenance of standard of uvmg" is disputed between the employers and the workers. S e ‘The financial stringency in Austria has caused such a limitation on the imports of gasoline that automobiles are allowed to be used only three days a week, the days for each machine be- ing designated by license numbers. No “Lame Ducks” The high quality cleaned Famous Reading carries over from lo. no interruption in i load TODAY and hard coal is. Marlow 811 E St. NW. Dependable Coal Tel. National 1644 agreement | wxs A3 STUDENT'S DEATH TERMED SUICIDE Andrew Molnar, George |Washington Sophomore, Was Found Shot to Death. | Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald issued a certificate of suicide to- \day in the case of Andrew Molnar, 24- | year-old George Washington University | sophomore, who was found shot to | death last night in his room at 1918 »H street. Molnar, whose home was in Campbell, Ohio, was found by John H. Ford, manager of the rooming house, who ran to the student’s room when he heard a pistol report. The student was | lying on the floor beside his bed, with | a bullet wound in his head. The rescue squad, summoned by Ford, took Molnar to Emergency Hospital, where he was pronouncea deid. | Dr. MacDonald reported his investiga- tion disclosed that Molnar apparently | had been angered by a letter from home. The letter, torn to pieces, wes found in the room, but detectives were unable to piece it together. A note found on a table in the room said: “Please notify my mother, Mrs. M. Preeznyk, 274 Gordon avenue, Campbell, Ohio.” On the table also was a letter Molnar had started writing to his mother. He had written only a line, acknowledging receipt of his mother’s letter. NEWS PROSTRATES MOTHER. “Nothing to Live for Now,” Says Mrs. | Precznk of Ohio. CAMPBELL, Ohio, January 19 (#).— Mrs. M. Preeznk was prestrated today when told her son, Andrew Molnar, & student at George Washington Un: | versity, was found shot to death in his room at Washington last night “I have nothing to live for now.” she said. “I sacrificed everything to help him in school. When he left the last time he tried to comfort me by saying he would soon be through school and | then he could make a lot of money and help me.” Molnar was reported by his roome mate, Verne C. McDonald of Connecti- cut, to have been agitated after reading a letter from his mother yesterday. Mrs. Preeznk said she had not written her son for some time PLANE SAVES J0B Movie Sound Technician, Tardy, Gets to Work on Time. BURBANK, Calif., January 19 (&)- Dean Spencer. sound technician at film studio, knows tardiness means loss of hundreds of dollars to his em ployers, but he was late starting to work yesterday. His drive to the studio brought him past the United Airport. He hurriedly chartered a plane piloted by Buddy Smith, flew over a field near the studio and “bailed out” with & parachute, landing safely and arriving at work on time. It took him 7!; min- utes by airplane. By automobile it wcbuld have been 25 and possibly his Job. { Los Angeles Jobless Riot. 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