Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1933, Page 5

WOMEN WOUNDED INGANG ENFHT Broadway Pedestrians Shot - as Gunmen Fire Fusillade From Automobiles. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 25.—Gang gunners struck down two innocent women today in a skirmish that threw Broadway into 8 shrieking panic. | The women, one of whom may die, were dropped in the street by slugs, from automatic shotguns when two car- loads of hoodlums, racing south toward | the white lights arca, poured a fusillade into & third automobile. i The target car, spitting gunfire, careened around a corner and crashed into an iron fence. Two men, trailing | blood, limped away quickly. The shat- tered car, its tonneau ripped and blood- ‘ stained, was registered in the name of Edward Rosen, but at a Bronx nause‘ given as his address, he was not known. i Sadie Fortine, 45 years old, was walk- | ing in Broadway near Eighty-first street ‘when a slug struck her in the back. At| Knickerbocker Hospital, doctors found ! her condition to be critical. Trene Savage, 24, droppad with a bul- let wound in her shoulder. Walter O’Donald of Hornell, N. Y. had stopped to look at shoes in a dis- play window when the running battle roared by. A slug grazed his head, knocking him down, but he was not seriously hurl. Roars from an automobile exhaust, gangland's favorite device to drown the sound of bullets, signalled the start of the fights. Passersby, looking up. saw three racing cars, one of them sandwiched between the other two. | From the two outside cars, shots flashed at_the one in the middle. | Eleven slugs punctured it. In.the bloody tonneau were -two pearl gray| fedoras, one of them bearing a Newafk, | N. J., store label. Police, certain that the two' men who escaped after the| crash must be badly wounded. asked all hospitals to be on the lookout for bul-| let-wound cases. | No one in the panic-stricken throngs ' $00k the RUMDETS Of the OLHET WO CATS | s and police were without clues as to their ‘eccupants. | Lyle Womack Weds. LOS ANGELES, May 25 (#)—Lyle . Womack, former husband of Ruth Between $125 and $150 Contained Tracks showed some rubber-tired ve- Elder, the aviatrix, was married last night to Miss E. Louise Tucker, as| the climax of a romance which Womack | said “began in front of a lion cage. He first saw Miss Tucker among the | spectators when he was lecturing at a lion farm. They will leave next Fri day for Balboa Heights, Canal Zone,| where they will live. Capone’s él(}fl Given! Credit for Halting| Disorder at Prison Pennsylvanian Discloses, Offer Made Convicts Drop Knives. ¥ By the Agsociated Pres; PHILADELPHIA,” May 24—Al Ca- , “Public Enemy No.-1” before he | ed in Atlanta Penitentiary, today is credited with halting a prison riot— with a $100 bill. | Henry N. Woolman, president of the board of trustees of the Eastern Peni- tentiary, where Capone spent a year for carrying a pistol, related the story for the first time last night. He said, Warden Herbert Smith learned one day that about 100 convict | ‘workers in the n shoe shops had stolen knives. at afternoon the pris- | oners gathered in the prison yard to witness boxing matches. Smith called for the first bout.. No ene responded, but the circle of convicts started to close in. The warden told the men he kpew they had knives and that if they iropped them in a bucket nothing would happen. But no one made a move. ‘The men began to growl. *“T'll give $100 to the first man scoring | the first knockout,” Capore was quoted as shouting. ‘With a whoop, the boxers headed for the ring, leaving the knives scattered behind—and in the bucket ‘Woolman said Capone paid—and thus escaped being in the middle of what promised to be a first-class riot. How Helen Saved isa racke i By James E.Grant wish it were more, but it's all I have.” The cr owd, sympathy aroused, began to shove money into the crying wom- an’s hands when a voice cut 6§ ORRY, Jack,” the | street car conductor informed the shabby | man, “these transfers aren't any good.” The forlorn fellow shifted a child in his arms. The child’s bare toes could be seen through ragged shoes. The man's companion, a thinly clad woman with a baby, began to cry. “You in. “Never mind, folks. I'll take care of them—at the police station—it's a rackst.” Sergt. Hogan emerged from the crowd. “You, too, come along,” he barked at the E EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY much in the public eye since early hl 1930, when a receivership action was | successfully resisted. Control was then | taken from Willlam Fox by Harley | Clarke through General Theaters Equip- { ment. A year later Fox Film was con- - fronted by a maturity of a note issue of ’ $55,000,000 and this situation was met . — chiefly through financing by the Chase | interests. After that the Chase inter- ! e ests were regarded as the dominant . 4 a5 | financial interest in the company. ;Prowdes for Wrmng Off OF| The statement issued by the bank | | Jogterday ‘indicated that the action 2 en Was regarde s extremely con- \ Covering Reserves of | ervative and that “substantial recor- eries” on the cbligations may save the | Theater Concerns. use of all cf the reserves set up. No { details as to the obligations of General | Theaters and Fox held were given other | | than the statement that after write- lowns they now approximate $15,000,000. | JACKSON, MISS., CHOSEN for writing off or covering by reserves of obligations of the Fox Fim Corpora-| FOR M. E. CONFERENCE tionvand the General Theaters Equip- ment Corporaticn. Quadrennial Session to Be April 26, | oAt its meeting today,” said an an- nouncement, “the board of directors| 1934, and Will Conti of the Chase National Bank directed 2 oniats Two certain charge offs and additions to or Three Weeks. reserve accounts and authorized the recuction of the surplus of the bank | BY the Associated Press. ! to $50,000,000. | MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 25—The | e on Dt | Genera! Conference Committee on En- | tertainment of the M 8 “As one of the results of this action, Aboctt Eolooal the obligations of the General Theaters CNUrch South yesterday selected Jack- Equipment Corporation and the Fox |SOn. Miss, as the meeting place for the | By the Associated Press. | | NEW YORK, May 25—The Chase | National Bank yesterday announced a reduction of its surplus to $50,000,000, one reason for which was to provide —the woman can't put us off,” she cried, “the children are cold and hungry and we have no money.” A working man on the rear platform of the car pushed his way through the crowd, “T'll pay their fare,” and extract- ing the money, he added, “and here is a dollar to get some food for those kids. I These exposures of rackets are printed to advise and protect the public. (Copyright, 1933.) Film Corporation and its subsidiaries quadrennial general conference. have been written off or covered by ,The General Conference will meet | reserves, so that the total amount of |APril 26, 1934, and will be in session such obligations now remaining are ap- | APout two or three weeks, a member of proximately $15,000,000. [ e he capital of the bank will remain | $00 de'gates. Vi at $148,000.000. the surplus as stated [EFeEce, in Dallas, | Wil be $50,000,000. and the undivided | profit account will be in excess of $7,500,000. The total capital funds will therefore be in excess of $200,000.000. “It is the firm belief of the directors Saery N C: Columbia, that the bank will have substantial re- “MctHORE% TER L coveries in many of the items Which it mteting were Bo e HonE were subject to the action taken today.” | ville chairman: Fred N. Taté. High | The surplus was written down {0 point, *N. Becrbiry” Ty O 50,000,000 compared with $100.000.000 | Clark, Sweetwater. Tex.: Rev. R H. as reported in the statement of March Harper, Baton Rouge, La.. and E. C 31, The undivided profit in excess of | Watson of Clarksburg, W. Va. 2 $7.500,000 compared with $13,200,000 T4y o reported as of March 31. The General Theaters Equipment Corporaticn is in receivership. A few months ago action by a stockholder calling upon Fox Film to show cause | why & receiver should not be appointed | was withdrawn. Last March, W. W.| Aldrich, president of the Chase Na- | ticnal Bank, and several others retired as_directors of Fox Film. ‘ The fortunes of Fox Film have been It will assemble ; numbered about Five other cities were considered at | the final meeting of the committee here | today—Nashville, Birmingham, Winston. | s. C., and began to cry. | working man who had given his all. “A rotten racket, keeping these kids out in the cold and the poor youngsters only half dressed. “Be quiet,” he told the pro- testing crowd. “We investi- Eated these people. They ave been making $50 and $100 a day. This other guy, giving his only dollar, is the | come-on.” ~ FLYING ‘ANTS (Termites) of Washington 1 P Bldg. S S S MARTINSBURG ROBBERS STEAL LOCKED SAFE in Strong Box of Tire Dis- tributing Firm. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. . ¥ Unidentified robbers hauled away the locked safe from a tire distributing agency in the suburbs here some time last night. The management said this morning between $125 and $150 was in the sa A hurried check indicated the Women's “Rancho” Sport Shoes Are Worn by those who want Style One is assured comfort and fit in the “Rancho.” They are full of style and flexible, sturdy and light in weight. and are unlined and perférated. Toe is soft and braided—low heel. Beige and Brown Sportgrain, $6.50 Wolf's Walk-Over 929 F St. N.W. @ IM SORRY, BUT TLL HAVE TO LET YOU GO. THIS CANDY COUNTER ISNT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY TO SUPPORT AN EXTRA CLERK ORDER EVERY VARIETY OF CANDY ADE BY MARS. THE PROFIT PER BAR IS SMALL; BUT YOU'LL SELL SO MUCH | MORE OF THEM THAN YoU ! | robbers had not taken anything but the | cafe. Entrance was made through a rear door. The safe, welghing about | 500 pounds. had been carried to the | front of the station and imprints | | showed where it had been set down. Dobbs \\‘\‘\‘\“',’/'4/( Foot-Joy cked to this point. | hicle had been ba | & = | Former Stage Agent Dies. SAN DIEGO, Calif, May 25 ().— W. B. Gross, 72, once a prominent theatrical agent, died here yesterday.| Gross represented many celebrated | actors of the last generation, includ- |ing James A. Hearn and Robert | Mantell. He came here from New York | 20 years ago. Summer Suits Quality and Economic Prices You KNOW Are Reliable 2-pc. Linen Suits. ....... 3-pc. Linens 2-pc. Seersuckers 2-pc. Palm Beaches 2-pc. Cascade Cloth . ... 2-pc. Tropical Worsteds . ........ 3-pc. Tropical Worstqu S s, O Including Fruhauf Tropicals are “chic.” Exceptionally Soft counters Striped Serge Trousers. .from 55.00 Sidney West, Inc. 14th and G Sts. N.W. EUGENE C. GOTT, President MR. STURGIS, THIS JOB | MEANS A LOT TO ME. 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Each.ccm- mittee has charge of a certain number of meetings during the year and their reports show the progress made in various directions by the organization. ‘The' chairmen include Dr. Joseph W. Mountin of the Unitzd States Public Health Service. chairman of the Health Committee; Mrs. Wilson Compton, Recreation Committee; Lewis Meriam, Brookings Institute, Research and Sta- tistics: Miss Gertrude H. Bowling, di- rector of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society, Social Se! Exchange; Walter t manager of the % A-—§° Eastern area of the American M‘ Cross, Family Welfare Committee. The | SEEKS SCHOOL AID chairman of the child welfare division |~ | Das not yet u;een selected. | By the Associated Press. Mrs, Whitman Cross was el OKLAHOMA CITY, May 25 (@~ | fill the vacancy on the board caused by | Warned by Gev. Willlam ’H. M‘u’r‘n | the resignation of Miss Grace Abbott.| that only immediate re-enactment | Mrs. Cross also was named chairman | three tax bills with emerge clauses | of & committee to ‘e composed of mem- | would prevent chaos in the sohool sva- | bers of the boardd of agencies in the tem and place the State on a firm council to consider questions and plans ' financial basis, the seventh Oklahoma | relating to the agencies in which they | special Legislature convened yesterday. are interested. GARDENS INSPECTED Special Dispatch to The Star. SANDY SPRING. Md.. May 25—The gardens and two artificial lakes at the heme of Mrs. William H. Hough were inspected by the members of the Little Garden Club at & meeting held with Mrs. Hough. Judges for the annual flower show in Sandy Spring at Community House on the afternoon of June 3 are to be Mrs. Joseph 1. Prance of Baltimore and Mrs. William_F. Bevan of Ruxton, Md. Mrs. Henry Owings, president of the club, was its representative at the meet- ing of the Federated Garden Clubs Wednesday at the Hagerstown Country Club, with Mrs. Milton Bancroft. dele- gate, and Mrs. Joseph Tilton, alternate; Mrs. William Hough; director, and Mrs. Mortimer O. Stablel | alternate. Plan Strawberry Festival. GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 25 (Special).—A strawberry festival and | _The Qlovernor asked repassage of the | sales, income and cigarette tax bills | and re-énactment of the school land | regulation law. The bills were passed by | the regular session a few weeks | without emergency clauses and 'om not become effective until July 31. The sales tax bill provides a 2 #r cent rate on articles sold at retail. e | cigarette tax bill provides a levy | 3 cents a package. while the proposed | income tax rates are from 1 to § per | cent, with a surtax to 10 per cent. 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