Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1933, Page 22

B—6 DRINKING REPORT DENIED BY CANNON Representative Says He Has Never Touched a Drop in 20 Years. By the Assoclated Press. “I have never been drunk in my life end have never taken a drop of liquor in the 20 years I have been in ‘Washington.” With this statement, Representative Cannon, Democrat, of Missouri, who was reported to have engaged in a fight in the House Office Building last Wednesday with Representative Rom- Jue, another Missouri Democrat, denied yesterday a report that he had been drinking last week. The report was published in a St. Louis newspaper. Silent on Clash. Both Cannon and Romjue have de- fl;fl to comment upon their reported Cannon’s statement was issued with- out comment. It follows: “In_response to the rumor reported by a St. Louis paper that I was drink- ing last week, I will say that I am a tetotaler. “I have never been drunk in my life and have never taken a drop of liquor in the 20 years I have been in Wash- ington. I have no objection to any- body else taking a drink if they want it, but all who know me in Washington or Missouri know I never use it. “As a matter of fact I was on the floor of the House every day last week participating in the proceedings and a part of the time presiding as Speaker pro_tempore. “I came in personal contact with practically all the members and not one of them will countenance the innuendo carried by this newspaper report.” Asks Wide Circulation. In harding out his statement, Cannon asked that it be given wide circulation. Representative Lundeen, Farmer- Labor, Minnesota, told of the fight be- twm’l‘(n the two Missouri Democrats last week. He said he separated the two men when he found them tussling together. Cannon was on the House floor on the day after the reported battle, but Rom- jue was confined to his hotel room. is secretary reported that he was ill. VETERAN OF.ZO BATTLES | TO RETIRE FROM ARMY | Master Sergeant Hume Saw Service | in Philippine Insurrection and World War. Veteran of more than 20 engage- ments against insurgents in the Philip- | g‘lrnns and with the 1st Division in ance, Master Sergt. John K. Hume, 44th Ordnance Company, will be placed on the retired list of the Army at| Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., on | March 31. He has had 30 years of | active service. | Sergt. Hume enlisted in New York City in 1899 and participated in 19 engagements in the Philippines under | Gen. Lawton and Gen. Schwan. In| 1903 while again in the Philippines, | he tcok part in several expeditions under Gen. Leonard Wood. During the‘ World War he was with the 12th and 6th Field Artillery and took part in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. | He re: isted in 1922, this time in the Ordnance Department and rose in this branch from private to master- sergeant, the latter the highest en- | listed grade in the Army. St meemtee HALLORAN TO TESTIFY AT MRS. JUDD’S HEARING Wealthy Sportsman ‘Cleflred of Any Connection With Slayings, Called for Clemency Probe. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz, March 20—Re- suming its clemency hearing of Mrs. | Winnie Ruth Judd, convicted blonde murderess, the Arizona State Board of Pardons and Paroles today summoned as a witness, John J. Halloran, wealthy sportsman. Mrs. Judd sought to involve Halloran as an accessory in the Phoenix trunk murders of October, 1931, in which Mrs. Agnes Ann Leroi and Miss Hedvig Samuelson were slain, their bodies dis- | membered and shipped in trunks to| Los Angeles. Halloran was cleared, | however, of all connection with the crime for which Mrs. Judd was con- | victed, the slaying of Mrs. Lerol. rs. Judd was not tried for the Samuelson slaying. Mrs. Judd is under sentence to be | hanged Good Friday, April 14. DERELICT SIGHTED Pishing BSchooner Reported Off Georges Banks Above Water. BOSTON, March 20 (P.—A three-| masted derelict, presumably & fishing schooner, was reported sighted yester- day east of Georges Banks by the schooner Maris Stella of Boston, the Coast Guard reported. Word from the schooner, relayed to the Coast Guard by the trawler Notre Dame, said simply that three spars were projecting 6 feet above the water. A general search by Coast Guard craft was already under way in that area for the two-masted fishing schooner Mary out of New Bedford which, with a crew of seven men under Capt. Michael T. Smith, has been unre- ported for nine days. Courtship Based On Salesmanship, Professor Holds Gouther Students Told Discussion of Past Up to Couple. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, March 20.—Courtship is a matter of salesmanship and a good salesman knows how to sell his goods, according to Dr. Ivan E. McDougle, professor of economics and sociology at Goucher College. ‘The remark came in reply to an in- quiry from one of the college students attending an address by Dr. McDougle on “Functions of the Family.” She asked whether a mutual discussion of a ! couple's past should be held before mar- ‘The professor sald whether the past should be revealed is a matter for couples to determine theméel:fi& H:| urged rtsmanship e past shgzld ‘::dmmed. and sald revelations should be made by both parties and not by one alone. Salesmen now have to issue certain guarantees or repeat orders are not given, Dr. McDougle luagnud. but he added that the chance for repeat or- ders is not offered in marriage as in other walks of life. Marriage for companionship alone may be very successful, he said in reply to ‘another query—whether successful marriage necessarily includes children. FARMER GOING TO CHURCH DISCOVERS TWO BODIES | i Slain Men Believed to Be Joseph ' Callegari and Frank | H Russo. . By the Associated Press. BEDFORD, N. Y, March 20—A farmer driving to church today found two bodies, apparently dumped from an automobile, each with two bullets in the heart and one in the head. Papers in their pockets indicated they were Joseph Callegari, an ex-convict, of Brooklyn, and Frank Russo of Ozone Park, Long Island. A parole card in Callegari’s pocket | showed he had been discharged from some New York State prison March 14. He also had several letters signed “Pop,” postmarked from Waynesboro, Pa. New York City authorities were asked to assist in the investigation of the double slaying. Here’s the New Alice in Wonderland Bandeau —that grew from the old fashioned “round comb” of Victoria’s day into this modern 1933 idea for dressy occasions. —Slim little hoops clasp across the top of the head and hold the hair in a be- witchingly quaint and be- comingly feminine wave. 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