Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1933, Page 9

" AS ‘THIRST RELIEF MoBride Denies ‘Tax Relief’ *In Measure Reported to Senate. By the Associated Press. F. Scott McBride, general superin- fendent of the Anti-Saloon League, in @ statement last night described the ‘beer bill reported favorably by the Sen- ate Judiciary Committee as “a measure for thirst relief and not tax relief.” He asserted that organizations op- d to the eighteenth amendment ave made no effort to prevent the re- turn of the saloon and have “only pre- tended” en interest in improved social conditions. Saloon Move Seen. “The wets have succeeded in doing something for the dry cause that the league had been trying to do for five years,” McBride said. “They have dem- onstrated to the country that they ere determined to restore the old-time liquor traffic, saloons, brewers, wet poli- tics and all. “They have shown that their pre- tended purpose to improve conditions was fraudulently put forward to gain the support of the dry, or the indiffer- ent. for the liquor program.” “Thousands of women have signed up with Mrs. Sabin's (Mrs. Charles H. Sabin of New York, president of the Women's Organization for National Pro- hibition Reform) group of women wcts under the delusicn that they were to bring about some sort of prohibition re- form that would decrease the use of in- toxicating liquor. Now this wet organi- zation insists on outright repeal, with- out the slightest provision for safe- fu!rds against the inevitable evils of legalized liquor. Scores Crusaders. “The Crusaders have loudly pro- claimed their self- fl‘fhwoui indignation over conditions under the eighteenth amendment, but now they are on recor for a proposed beer law in the District of Columbia that would bring back the ?loons and all the evils of the old wet ays.” —_— STUDENT HIKER DIES Brain Hemorrhage Fatal to Youth Visiting Home of Friend. CLEVELAND, February 4 (#)—G. Fred Zimmerman, 20, of Mifflinville, Pa. & sophomore at Ohio University, col- lapsed and died from a brain hemor- rhage yesterday after he and a com- gnmon hitch-hiked here from Athens, An attending physician said he was unable to determine the cause of the hemorrhage, but that it evidently had | been developing over a long period of | time. Zimmerman and Thomas Dom- | broski of Cleveland, a fellow student, | left Athens, seat of the university, Thursday morning and arrived at Dom- | broski’s home here Friday night. MISSING PLANE SAFE ANCHORAGE, Alaska, February 4 {®).—The United States Signal Station late yesterday reported the plane of Pilot Robert Reeves, lost in a blizzard ‘with four passengers since Tuesday, hud‘ arrived safely at Nome. ‘The passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Ole Hay | of Nome, and their two children, were | returning from Seattle. They boarded the plane at Seward. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Cloudy and colder, possibly light snow today; to- morrow partly cloudy; fresh west and northwest winds. Maryland—Cloudy and colder. sibly light snow today; cloudy. Vh’ginh Cloudy and slightly colder, '):;‘ceded by light rain or snow today; orrow_partly cloudy. West Virginia—Snow flurries and colder today; tomorrow partly cloudy. River Report. Potomac River clear and Shenan- doah cloudy yesterday afterncon. pos- tomorrow partly d | Mrs. Arthur MacArthur in 1930. Seated: Mrs. Raymond Marron (lef left to right: Miss Mary Lou Lester, Mrs. Mrs. Blaine Mallon, Mrs. Rutledge Irvine o INE womon, (‘onstilmlng the | first class of “gray ladies” of | District Red Cross to be trained in a civilian hospital here, will | be graduated —tomorrow at “commencement” exercises in the as- sembly hall of the National Red Cross. Until this year, this training was pro\'lded at Walter Reed Hospital, where it was inaugurated in 1919 by Mrs. Henry Rae and Miss Margaret Lower, and at the Naval Hospital, where it was directed by Miss Myrtle Ince and ‘This year's class has trained in the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hos- pital, under direction of Mrs. Reeve Lewis, chairman of the hospital and recreation service .of the District Red Cross, and Mrs. Raymond Marron, vice chairman of the group. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, FEBRUARY 5, 1933—PART O SMRES BEER B“_I_ ‘Gray Ladies’ to Become Nurses FIRST CIVILIAN HOSPITAL CLASS TO BE GRADUATED. ft) and Mrs. Reeve Lewis. Standing, Plerce Van Vleck, Miss Mary Thatcher, e and Miss Josephine Lee. COLORED BANKERS TO VISIT WHITE HOUSE But Permission Is Denied for Pro- posed Meeting in Lincoln Study. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, February 4—R. R. Wright, sr, Philadephia banker and president of the National Negro Bank- ers’ Association, said last night he had received permission to hold & meeting of the Executive Committee of the as- sociation in the Emancipator’s room of the White House in Washington Feb- mry 13, the day after Lincoln's birth- erht sald he was notified by luw resentative Edward Lowber Stokes of Philadelphia that Lawrence Richey, President Hoover's secretary, ranged the meeting and that Richey would escort the visitors. Stokes’ mes- sage, Wright said, added that “this has never been done before.” While permission has been granted for the Executive Committee of the National Negro Bankers' Association to visit the Lincoln room on the seocond floor of the White House February 13, no permiscdon was given for this body to hold & meeting there, it was said today at the White House. The association asked permission some time ago to visit the Lincoln room February 13. They were informed that President Hoover cordially invited them to see the Lincoln study on that day, but the association was advised that ceremonies of private organizations have never been held in the White House and that n Wwas necessary to " | maintain that rul given by afl, includ- superintend- cdonald, su- Dr. William A course of lectures w: members of the hospital ing Rev. Calvert E. Buck ent Deaconess Anna M: p(nnwndenl ol Thornwall Davis, inius Dabney, Dr. Ella M. Enlows, M. Leonard and Dr. Loren Johnson. Members of the class are Mrs. Rut- ledge Irvine, Miss Josephine Lee, Miss Mary Lou Lester, Mrs. Blaine Mnllnn Mrs, Marron, Mrs. W. Porter Ogelsby, Mrs. Prancis Rose, Miss Mary Thatcher and Mrs. Pierce Van Vleck. Speakers at the graduation exercises will include Rev. Dr. Buck and Brig. Gen. F. R. Keefer, chairman of the District Red Cross. The United States Navy Band Orchestra will provide the music. Once Vast Army Of Confederates Now Only 10,406 By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., February 4.—The once vast army of Con- federate veterans has dwindled to 10.406. ‘This number was disclosed in a survey completed today by the Sons of Confederate Veterans and represents a thinning of the gray ranks by 3150 since October, 1931 when a similar survey was mad E. R ‘Wiles, former commander of the S. C. V., made public the information here before a Legis- lative Committee on Pensions. The survey gives the number of veterans by States: Arkansas, 731; Alabama, 661; Mississippi, 84¢ 846; Georgla, lina, 872; V!rmmx 925; Texas, 2,064; Tennessee, 615: loulsmnn, 355; Florida, 294; Oklahoma, 401, and Kentucky, 124. LEGISLATOR’S EXPENSE PAYMENTS FORBIDDEN | “1% Alabama Treasurer Is Ordered by Court Also to Segregate School Funds. By the Associated Press, MONTGOMERY, Ala., February 4— The State treasurer of Alabama today was ordered by Chief Justice John C. Anderson to refrain from payment of $3 per diem expense allowance to Legis- lators and to segregate school funds in various depositories. The chief justice took the action on Record for Last 24 Hours. Midnight 12 noon. .m. 2pm. 6pm. 8pm. 10p.m Record Until 10 P.M. Saturday. Highest, 35, at 9 a.m. yesterday. Year ago, 50. Lowest, 30, at 10 a.m. yesterday. Year ago, 37. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 68, on January 19. Lowest, 20, on January 1 Tide Tables, (Furnished by United States Coast and | Geodetic Survey.) | Today. *" Tomorrow. ! am. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sun, today ... 7:11 Sun, tomorrow 7:10 Moon, today .. 12:43p.m. 3:49a.m. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to dn!e): Month. 1933, January...... 3.25 February. 0.50 November. December Weather ln Virlolu Cities. ~Temperature.~ Precipl. Min. " tation,8 to Chicugo, ' 1L Cincinnati, Ohio. Cheyenne.” Wyo.. Cleveland, Ohio. Dulyth, Minn Paso. Tex alveston, Te: elena, Mont Indianapolis, Ind acksonville, Fla. | torney for Jewel C. Hall, | County school principal, for & restora- | day night by Judge Leon McCord in | Montgomery Circuit Court. lhad acted, Wilkinson filed a cross ap- - | Wilkinson’s plea for restoration of the " | sweeping ipjunction an appeal by Horace C. Wilkinson, at- Jefferson tion of an injunction dissolved Thurs- Immediately after the chief justice peal to bring the petition and the origi- | nal temporary injunction before the entire Supreme Court for review. The original injunction ordered the treasurer, S. H. Blan, to make pay- ments of State funds only for educa- purposes, Confederate pensions, salaries and for retirement of highway bonds. “T feel the responsibility is too great for me to impair the credit of the State by ruling on a temporary injunetion to forbid payment of some of our debts,” | Chief Justic Anderson said in denying CAGNEY’S PAY CUT Actor Voluntarily Accepts Reduc- tion From Warner Brothers. HOLLYWOOD, February 4 (P.— Warner Bros.’ movie studio announced yesterday that James Cagney, who re- cently threatened to quit the films un- less he got a substantial pay increase, has taken a voluntary salary cut, amount of which was not disclosed. Cagney, who was getting $1,400 a week at the time of his one-man “strike,” was understood to have re- ceived $2,000 weekly under the agree- ment by which he went back to work several weeks THREE MEN HUNTED IN GIRL'S SLAYING New York District Attorney Avers Important Development Due in Hammer Death. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 4.—While some of New York's most skilled detec- tives tonight were hunting three sus- pects in the hammer slaying of 15-year- old Mary Helen O'Connor, District At- torney Elvin Edwards announced his men were “getting close to something.” He made this enigmatic statement as he stood close to the spot on Long Island where the girl—a high school henor student and beauty contest win- | ner—had fought in vain for her life with a man believed by police to be a maniac or the member of a white slave n New York, where the city toxicolo- gist was .an: the victim's vital organs, a perli ary report said there was sgme evidénce she had been ed. In East New York, where the school- girl was last seen, after missing a train connection, officers hunted a man known by the sobriquet of “Handsome,” a member of a vice ring. Other officers sought trace of a man with a badly scratched face, who was spotted on a subway and then vanished. Analysis of pieces of human skin under the victim's finger nails indicated she had gouged the face of her assailant. The hunt was being pressed also for a taxicab driver believed to have some knowledge of the case. Boy Scouts, forming & human drag- net, were tramping through the under- brush, with clasped hands, near the sfene of the killing, in search of fresh clues. — BARUCH TO MAKE TALK Will Deliver Commemoration Day Address at Johns Hopkins. BALTIMORE, February 4 (P).— Bernard M. Baruch, internationally known banker and financier, will be the chief speaker at the annual Com- memoration day exercises of the Johns Hopkins University on February 22. In a letter to the university, he indicated he would base his speech on current questions, ‘The exercises will be the fifty-seventh commemorating the founding of the university. Dr. Joseph S. Ames, presi- dent of the institution, will deliver his annual address. Coast to - Bon clining Chairs, Hot - Water H!lt. Bonded, ufiu:fl. .00 .00 8 .00 .50 .00 .50 125 CAPITAL BUS TERMINAL, 633 F St. N.W. PHONE Dist. 4224. Est. 35 Years KAHN on 7“\ s‘- Est. 35 Ygan Specials Monday and Tuesday Genuine ‘Toric Giasses Far or Near Complete With Sheil or Metal Frame Complete Outfit, With Case and Cleaner Included Genuine Toric KRYPTOK Invisible Bifocal Lenses First and best quality. Kryptok Bifocal Lenses (one pair to see near and far). Best made. Sold regularly $15. Special price Monday and Tuesday. ... ERRRRRTEE Toric lenses 7 .50 KAHN OPTICAL CO. 617 Seventh St. NW., Bet. F & G Building activity in Jerusalem con- tinues to increase. Music and Musicians Reviews and News of Capital's Programs. Children’s Concert Given at High School. ORN, trombone and tubs, with their weird high and low notes, were the delight- * ful subject of yesterday's hfldren‘i eoncm of the National Symphony Orchestra at the Central High Echool Auditorium. ‘This was, wi;hs;t tdhz“bt the most te!uflnx 0f concerts ar- ranged for the children, for in every boy’s, and some ¢!:h' heart is a love for the ents one can blow into and produce & noise. The heads of each division of the brass family in Mr. Kindler's orches- tra seemed u happy to give a dem- onstration their range and playability u the youngsters were to actually see and hear these instruments. Robert Clark, Vincent Squeo, Edward Gummel and George Gaul had practiced an “Ave Verum,” written by Mozart for four trom- bones, nnx played its soft melody as a speclll treat. Theodore Seder, first hornist, gave an artistic rendi- tion of the first movement of Mozart’s “Concerto for Horn and Orchestra” and was greeted with enthusiastic applause for his per- formance and compelled to bow again and again. Mr. Kindler, in formal talks, first explained the pos- sibilities of the instruments, as well as the story of the opera “The Se- cret of Susanne,” by Wolf-Ferrari, the overture of which was the first number played. The basis of folk music in general and Hungarian music in particular was then made clear, so that there was something to think about while Brahms' “Hun- gariar; Dances No-‘ B and 6" were Wmmns of the buuuml mel- Me Back to Old Vir- did not come up to Mr. ler’s expectations and he plead- ed with the adults present to sing mm themselves and so make sing- more spontaneous for their eh]mren By request of 150 Virginia children, John Powell's gay “Natchez on the Hill” was played, in con- clusion. Mr. Kindler reminded the chil- dren again to send in their impres- sions of the concerts, as the contest mwe“r.;.edm‘; :ll:: best, leturl will be a A young people’s con- cert on March 18. A E. WALKER REPORTED SUED $2,079 Debt to San Francisco Hotel Alleged. NEW YORK, Februery 4 (#).—The ! Daily News says James J. Walker, | former mayor, is being sued on a \32 079.07 hotel bill in connection with | | his 1931 trip to San Prancisco to argue | for Tom Mooney's release. A Supreme Court justice authorized | an attorney for the Crocker Hotel Co., | which operates the St. Francis in San Francisco, to nail a copy of the sum- mons and complaint on the front door | of ‘the Walker home here. Walker is | in_Europe. | The allegation is that Walker le!t bill. REVIVAL IS PLANNED FOR 101 RANCH SHOW Col. Zack T. Miller Reveals Nego- tiations to Recover Property Tied Up by Receivership. By the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH, February 4.—Good news for the “kiddies”—and grown-ups, too. Col. Zack T. Miller of Marlin, Okla., sald today he is negotiating to take over again the 101 Ranch Wild West Show and start a road tour this Summer. He said the show, now owned by the West- ern Show Co., never was organized and that receivership for the Miller Broth- ers’ 101 ranch will end this month. Miller, here awaiting favorable flying GENERA 903-N-NW, | BRAK weather to Chicago, refused to-name his new associates. % Tom Mix Case Delayed. ERIE, Pa., February 4 (&).—i {’nenu on :fll;wfion for a new trial Tom movie CO'M bo pay_$66,000 to Col. Zack T. former' owner of the 101 Ranch 8] geMnmgxpected to be heard until W. Pitt Gifford, Mix’s counsel, said today it will require five weeks to o cribe the testimony, which covers about 1,200 pages. 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