Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1935, Page 3

MOTHER OF LEA SUCCUMBS HERE Mrs. Overton Lea Dies of Heart Disease—Son Is Granted Leave for Rites. Mrs. Overton Lea, mother of a for- mer United States Senator from Ten- nessee, died here yesterday of heart disease at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. O. Murdock. The Associated Press meanwhile reported that her son, Luke Lea, the former Senator and a newspaper publisher, now serving a sentence in the North Carolina State prison for State bank law violations, had been paroled temporarily to at- tend his mother’s funeral in Nashville tomorrow. Mrs. Lea had been in poor health for several years and lived here with her daughter at 1824 Twenty-third street. Second Leave Granted. ‘This is the second leave in a year granted to Lea. He was given a tem- porary parole from the prison when his son Percy was killed in an auto- mobile accident last August. At Asheville a bond in the sum of $10,000 was executed with F. L. Seely acting as bondsman. Seely, a friend, of Lea. acted as bondsman last Fall and will again accompany Lea to Tennessee and back. Will Return Sunday. Oscar Pitts, member of the prison staff who last year accompanied Lea to his son’s funeral, again will ac- ocompany him to the funeral of his mother. Lea will return to prison next Sunday. Mrs. Lea also is survived by an- other daughter, Mrs. William C. Robertson of Cambridge, Mass. After funeral services in Nashville, Mrs. Lea will be buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery there. RETIRED PROFESSOR DEAD IN MARYLAND Dr, Ferdinand Bonnotte Taught 35 Years at Western Maryland. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, February Ferdinand Bonnotte, for head of the modern language depart- ment of Western Maryland College, died yesterday at the Emergency Hospital here after a brief illness. A native of Paris, Dr. Bonnotte 11.—Dr. came to this country 53 years ago | and identified himself with many of the leading private schools of Balti- more City. A graduate of the Sor- bonne, Dr. Bonnotte received his de- gree of doctor of philosophy at Johns | Hopkins University, and had also re- | ceived the decoration of the French Academy. In 1896 he accepted the chair as head of the modern language depart- ment at Western Maryland. There he taught for 35 years, retiring in 1931, at which time he came to Anne Arundel County to make his home with his son, F. Bonnotte, jr. Dr. Bonnotte was married twice. His first wife died in Westminster in 1908. The funeral service will be held tomorrow morning from St. John's Catholic Church at Westminster. Dr. Bonnotte is survived by his widow, Mrs. Eugene Bonnotte; two children, F. Bonnotte, jr., of Oden- ton, and Mrs. H. P. Levely of this city, and four grandchildren. N SMUTS’ PACIFIC PLAN FROWNED ON BY BORAH Idaho Senator Opposed to Alli- ance With Any Nation and Holds Situation Exaggerated. A suggestion by Gen. Jan Smuts, deputy premier of South Africa, that the United States and Great Britain co-operate to preserve peace in the Pacific draws a frown from Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho. Interpreting the proposal as “a military alliance to enforce peace in the Pacific,” the one-time chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee, who still is credited with much influence in shaping congressional foreign policies, said he saw “in- superable objections” to it. He asserted there were “insupera- ble objections to any alliance with any nation,” and added that he thought Gen. Smuts “greatly exag- gerated the supposed troubles in the Pacific.” POLICE HOLD SUSPECT IN FAMILY SHOOTING M. C. Elliott, 48, Faces Charge of Carrying Weapons—Victim Is Recovering Milton C. Elliott, 48, of 1420 Twenty- first street, was arrested by police last night and charged with transportation and possession of a concealed weapon, & .45-caliber automatic, in connection with the wounding Saturday night of William Nesper, 27, of 1310 Orren street northeast. Police said Nesper was shot at El- lott’s home during an altercation over the moving of a radio. Police Lieut. A. C. Belt of precinct No. 3 said Elliott was arguing with his step-daughter, May Nesper, when he drew a pistol. As Elliott pointed the gun toward the girl, Nesper, the brother of the girl, stepped in front of her and was shot in the abdomen, Lieut. Belt said. Nesper is recovering at Emergency Hospital. BUSINESS MEN TO DINE Climaxing a year of improved busi- ness, the Columbia Heights Business Men’s Association is planning its tenth annual banquet and dance to be held at the Shoreham Hotel February 18, it was announced today. The program will call for speakers, floor shows, novelties and other features. 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The United States Supreme lComl‘t will decide which dollars are egal. Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. A. F. OF L. PARLEY AT WHITE HOUSE MAY HEAL BREAK} (Continued From First Page.) the present code expires in June we hope to see it improved.” | All Green would say about today’s | conference was: “We are going to pay our respects and discuss our common problems.” In making public the cigarette code, the N. R. A. said the wage rates pre- scribed were expected to result in an increase of 20 to 40 per cent in the earnings of unskilled workers over present rates. These latter rates were said to be 15 per cent higher than were paid before August, 1933, when the President’s modified re-employ- ment agreement for the industry be- came effective. The tobacco manufacturing indus- try, which employs approximately 150,000 persons, is concentrated in the three States of North Carolina, Vir- | ginia and Kentucky. Two on Board Dissent. Although the code applies to manu- facturers of snuff, chewing and smok- ing tobacco, cigarettes are the major product of companies affected by the code. The President, in his letter of trans- | mittal to the N. R. A. board, said S. Clay Williams, N. R. A. Board chairman, “took no part in the con- sideration of the code.” Williams, { who was chairman of a board repre- | senting cigarette companies in code negotiations before he headed the N. R. A, is former president of the R. J. | Reynolds Tobacco Co., of Winston- | Salem, N. C. | The letter said two members of the N. R. A. Board dissented, but did not announce who they were. The names of Walton H. Hamilton and Sidney | Hillman, a member of the Labor Ad- visory Council, were suggested as the | two by those in touch with the code consideration. The code, which is effective until June 16, establishes a 40-cent-an-hour minimum for all manufacturing em- ployes in cigarette factories and a 35- cent-an-hour minimum for pre-fabri- | cating processors, including machine | stemmers. - 30 Cents for Semi-Skilled. A minimum of 30 cents an hour is prescribed for hand stemmers, search- ers, pickers, cleaners, hangars, prizers and classers, except that 15 per cent of the hand stemmers in each estab- lishment may receive not less than 25 | | Danger Man Walked Into No. —— T Upper: WILLIAM H. BIXBY, Lower: F. EUGENE NORTZ. Bixby and Nortz are involved in two of the four cases before the Supreme Court to test the coun- try’s gold act. Bixby, part trustee for $34,548 in Iron Mountain Railroad bonds, demands that they be paid in gold or its equivalent in present currency. Nortz is seeking to recover $64,334, which he says is the difference between what he received for $106,300 in gold certifi- cates and what they were actually worth in the devalued dollar. —A. P. Photos. May and December ‘Weddings Are Seen If Pension Passes in Townsend Plan Foreseen by Young. | By the Associated Press. Many “May” and “December” mar- riages are predicted by Representative Young, Democrat, Townsend $200-a-m sion is adopted. of Ohio, if the onth old-age pen- “I remember that a Washington | newspaper the other day had a pic- | ture of a young man 23 who married | Hoover and Roosevelt until the cffice an elderly lady of 64, he said. “If the Townsend plan goes through such marriages would not be news. The, young men of the country would frequently marry the elderly ladies and many girls would marry elderly gentlemen.” " MEMORY RECOVERED 1 Police Station Yesterday Seeking Aid. A man who walked into No. 1 police cents an hour provided they receive the same piece rate per hour. A 35-cent-an-hour minimum was set for manufacturing and processing em- ployes in snuff and smoking tobacco plants, with hand stemmers to receive the same minimum as cigarette work- ers. A 25-cent-an-hour minimum was prescribed for all classes of employes engaged in the manufacture of chew- ing tobacco. station yesterday and told officers he had completely lost his memory later identified himself as Edward Perry, 24, of Jacksonville, Fla., after being taken to Gallinger Hospital for observation. The man told hospital attaches he remembers taking a long ride some- where, but does not remember leaving Jacksonville, Before he gave his name, police had wired to Jacksonville to try to identify him after they found a Jacksonville label on his clothing. REV. RICHARb KEENAN TO SPEAK AT NOVENA Prof. Harry W. Howard Will Di- rect Music at Immaculate Conception Rites. Rev. Richard Keenan of the Re- demptforists will preach the sermon tonight, at, 7:45 o'clock, at the closing of the solemn novena to Our Lady of Lourdes at the Immaculate Conception Church, Dr. John K. Cartwright, the pastor, will preside. Prof. Harry W. Howard will direct the music, with Norman De Meza ren- dering the Lourdes hymn and other selections. The girls of the academy will take part in the candle light pro- cession. Papal blessing will be given by Rev. Keenan. Dr. Cartwright will be the celebrant of Benediction, with Rev. Francis P. Harrity as deacon and Rev. Paul Bussard as subdeacon. W. C. T. U. to Give Social. LEESBURG, Va.,, February 11 (Special).—The Leesburg W.C.T.U. will hold a Valentine social Friday at 2:30 pm. at the home of Mrs. J. D. Lambert. A program will be given on the topic, “What Can We Do to Uphold the Cause of Tem- perance?” Are You One Perry will be detained at Gallinger until the identity is confirmed. Police Say Couple in Robbery In- Anna, 18, were arrested today by first precinct police in connection with a romming _house robbery in the 900 block of New York avenue. and his wife was carrying a .25-caliber automatic, according to police. and wa Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. 42 Years at 935 F Street MAN AND WIFE HELD quiry Carried Weapons. Joseph J. Luizzi, 26, and his wife, Luizzi had a .45-caliber automatic Both were booked for investigation. X, Turn your old S trinkets, jewelry tches into MONEY at A.Kahn Jnc. of Those ¥ —who did not enjoy the heating comfort of Marlow’s Famous Reading Anthracite during the last cold spell? If so, order a load of this super- cleaned Pennsylvania hard coal TODAY and find out how evenly your home can be heated—how little furnace-fixing you have to do—how little your heat will cost you. Just call Na. 0311. 77 Years of Good Coal Service Marlow Coal Co. 811 E St. NW. NAtional 0311 f 1 L0IS MORAN BRIDE OF NOTED AIRMAN Actress and Col. C. M. Young on Honeymoon Here. Wed Yesterday. Lois Moran, stage and screen star, and Col. Clarence M. Young, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, are honeymooning at the Hay-Adams House here today fol- lowing their unannounced marriage yesterday afternoon while en route from New York to Washington. Col. Young, now an aviation con- sultant to Pan-American Airways and other aeronautical groups, had plan- ned a business trip to Washington and’ last week made several appoint- ments with business and personal acquaintances here for today. Miss Moran told the Associated Press last night that she and the colonel made up their minds to be married while the colonel was pre- paring to leave New York for Wash- ington yesterday morning. Forget Minister’s Name. Accompanied by Miss Moran’s mother, Mrs. G. E. Moran, her sister, Betty, and a friend, A. L. Miller, they left New York in Col. Young’s auto- mobile. Arriving in Baltimore in mid- afternoon, they routed a court clerk from his Sabbath holiday long enough to get a license, then hurried to a minister, who performed the cere- mony. They said today they did not remember the minister’s name, but in Baltimore the Rev. William L. Hoff- man as “rateh surprised” to learn a couple he married were a well known actress and a former Assistant Secretary of Commerce. The bride was married in a black traveling suit and sports hat, while Col. Young was in street clothes. Friends of Col. Young, with whom he had made appointments here, knew nothing of his marriage until they read of it in the newspapers. It was said that plans of the couple are indefinite, except that they will go to San Francisco soon. The bride indicated that she might “make another picture or two if the chance comes.” Bride 25, Young Is 45. Mrs. Young. whose home was in Pittsburgh, will be 25 years old next month. Col. Young is 45 years old and a native of Colfax, Iowa. The bride, born and reared in Pitts- burgh, started her stage career as a dancer in the Paris National Opera. She was the star of motion pictures of a few years ago, among them “Stella Dallas,” “God Gave Me 20 Cents,” “The Road to Mandalay” and “The Music Master,” but returned to the stage several years ago. Since her return to the stage she has appeared here as co-star with William Gaxton and Victor Moore in “Of Thee I Sing” and its sequel, | “Let 'em Eat Cake.” Col. Young, a graduate of Drake ! and Yale Universities, began his fly- ing career in the Army Air Service in the World War and was 50 profi- cient in his ground training that he was one of three men selected from his class for duty overseas. During | the World War he landed a crippled plane in a marsh in front of a nest of Austrian machine guns and spent five months in a prison camp. Young played a vital part in the establishment of Federal control over civil aeronautics and when William P. MacCracken resigned in 1929, Young succeeded him as Assistant Secretary, bolding office under Presidents | was abolished in 1933 in the reorgan- ization which led to the creation of the present Bureau of Air Commerce. AIR PILOTS \.IICTIMS OF $1,500 FORGERIES Civilian Employe of Corps in Hos- pital Under Observation Pend- ing Investigation. Charged with obtaining about $1,500 by forging and cashing Government checks with the names of airplane pilots, Earle C. Wood, 40, a civilian employe of the Air Corps, War De- partment, is under observation in Gal- linger Hospital awaiting a hearing before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage February 19. Wood, who resided in the 1300 block of Vermont avenue, was arrested by secret service agents of the Treasury He was arraigned be- fore Commissioner Turnage and charged both with forging Govern- ment checks and presenting false claims. He was committed to jail and transferred to Gallinger Hospital. The names of several well-known pilots of the Army, whose identities are not disclosed, were used by the prisoner in obtaining his funds un- der false pretenses, it is charged. Department. The Evening Star Building 11th 8 Pa. Ave. Consult Supt., Room 603. Phone ‘Nat. 5000, Branch 25 | tions Col. Young Col. Clarence M. Young and his graphed today at the Hay-Adams House on their honeymoon. HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1935. CHANGE PROPOSED INREVENUE ACT 0’Connor Would Remove Apparent Discrimination Favoring State Banks. and Bride In order to remove an apparent discrimination against national banks, compared with State kanks, Controller of the Currency O'Connor in his an- nual report today recommended that the revenue act be amended so as to allow national banks to deduct from gress income the dividends paid 1w the Reconstruction Pinance Corporation. In his report, which goes into the question of new legislation at length, the controller makes many recomme: dations for banking legislation, vir- tually all of which are incorporated in the new bank bill now pending in Congress. The proposal concerning dividends to the R. F. C. from national banks, however, is not in the new bank bill, but would be an amendment to the revenue laws. As to this, the controller explained that State banks which have sold | capital notes or debentures to the R. F. C. may deduct interest paid in | computing their net income for tax- | able purposes, according to present | revenue law. | Additional control over State banks | taking Federal deposit insurance was | recommended by the controller. Un- | der existing law, the controller ex- plained, his office “is in a position to | require national banks to maintain adequate, sound capital, and also to| prevent the organization of a new national bank unless it has adequate. sound capital, and unless there is need for additional banking facilities | in the location chosen, and a reason- | able prospect that the bank will oper- ate successfully.” Reviewing the bank reconstruction period since the President’s famcus “bank holiday,” the controller said | “there is little evidence remaining of the collapse in March, 1933, cf the | banking structure of the Nation. The entire system has been rebuilt. bride, the former Lois Moran, photo- —Star Staff Photo. 'Patient’s Story of Experience . After “Death” Causes Dispute British Scientists Skeptical, Students of ; Supernatural Ju of Revived Man. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 11.—John Puckering’s account of his experi- ences in another world after his heart stopped beating on an operating table was received with mingled feelings ranging from outright skepticism to enthusiastic acclaim by British scien- tists and students of the supernatural. Sir Oliver Lodge, famous British physicist, declared gruffly that he was “not interested.” Lady Conan Doyle, widow of Sher- lock Holmes’ creator, and her eldest son, Denis, said Puckering’s revela- “entirely corroborated” what they end millions of others have known for years. “We recognized his experiences in- stantly,” said Mrs. Doyle. “We and countless other students have received precisely the same account of their experiences from our loved ones. “I am convinced that Mr. Pucker- ing’s experience has been sent to us in order that the people of the world will not fear death, but realize it is the happiest of all birthdays.” On the other hand, J. B. S. 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