Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1935, Page 21

\ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 24, 1935—PART ONE. * B-S MRS. CLARA BOLEY, CLUBWOMAN, DIES Easton Pneumonia Victim Was State Federation Leg- islative Chairman. By the Associated Press. EASTON, Md., February 23.—Mrs. Clara Benson Boley, legislative chair- man of the Maryland Federation of ‘Women'’s Clubs, of Royal Oak, is dead after a brief illness from pneumonia. She succumbed here late yesterday at the Easton General Hospital, Where she had been since Monday. The funeral will be held at the Methodist Episcopal Church at Royal Oak, in Talbot County, Monday at 3 pm. Mrs. Boley, wife of Alfonso Baley, had taken a leading part in women's State club affairs for several years, at one time being president of the East- ern Shore district of the Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs. Was Club President. She also was president of the St. Michael’s Women's Club Prior to enactment of the nine- teenth amendment, Mrs. Boley had been one of the most prominent workers for women's suffrage in the State. When the amendment was adopted, she was one of the first women candidates for the Maryland Legislature. She took part in many philan- thropic activities, and was a leader in Eastern Shore Red Cross work. This week she was to have gone to Annapolis to represent the Mary- land Federation of Women's Clubs before the General Assembly in an effort to place women on juries in the State. Praised by Mrs. Whitehurst. “She was the most influential club- woman of the Eastern Shore,” Mrs. John L. Whitehurst, president of the federation at the time Mrs. Boley was Eastern Shore district president, said. “She was well liked and a nat- ural leader, very sincere and relig- jous in a deep and genuine sense.” . Mrs. Boley played a leading role in shore church activities and was the Royal Oak Methodist Episcopal Church's representative at the annual meetings of the Wilmington (Del) Conference. MISSING BOY'S FATE MYSTIFIES POLICE TOY GUN BANDITS CAUSE MONTREAL TO BAN SALES e Stores Warned After Wave of Hold-Ups by Thugs Armed With Playthings. By the Assoclated Press. MONTREAL, February 23.—Because several hold-ups in Montreal have been perpetrated with toy guns, Mont- real stores today were forbidden to sell toy pistols. Officials of the Police Department said Police Director Fernand Dufresne warned all merchants not to display or sell the toys, under penalty of confiscation, in an attempt to fore- stall toy-gun hold-upe. FRENCH MARINES END SUGAR STRIKE Three Warships Steam Into Island’s Capital Harbor to Halt March on Fort. | By the Associated Press. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Febru- ary 23.—Passengers arriving by air- plane today from the French island of Martinique said three warships were brought into play yesterday to control an island-wide strike among sugar workers. ‘Thousands of laborers, angered by general 20 per cent wage reductions, were marching on Fort De France when the warships sped into the capital city’s harbor, according to the passengers. Order was restored quickly as marines landed and spread through the city, they said. Negotiations looking to settlement of the strike were opened later, but their orogress was shrouded in strict secrecy, the passengers reported. . RAILROAD DETECTIVE DIES OF INJURIES W. M. McIntyre Shot Four Times After Discovering Men in Rail Yards. W. M. McIntyre, 35, Southern Rail- way detective, of 1235 U street, Wash- ington, died last night in Alexandria Hospital from the effects of four bul- let wounds inflicted Wednesday night. MclIntyre's assailants were three colored men whom he discovered ap- parently hiding behind coal cars on a siding in the Southern Railway Marine Corps Reserve Detail Left to right: First Sergt. Frederick Belton, Sergt. Frelan 8. Ham- rick and Sergt. Charles Sorenson, non-commissioned officers, who have been detailed by the Marine Corps as instructors with the 5th Battalion, Fleet Marine Corps Reserves, at 458 Indiana avenue. Work Will Begin Next Month On Wisconsin By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md.,, February 23.— Delayed for more than a month by snow and cold weather, contractors expect to begin the resurfacing and widening of Wisconsin avenue, re- garded as the foremost highway de- velopment project in Montgomery founty, early next month. R. B. Umstead, acting manager of the Highway Engineering & Con- struction Co.’s Washington office, said today that preparations are now under way to start the grading work within the next two weeks. The Philadelphia firm won the contract for the work with a bid of $91,000. The existing dual traffic lanes will Avenue Project be widened to 30 feet and resurfaced between the District of Columbia line | and Old Georgetown road. Each lane | will be improved separately, however, 80 that there will be no interruption in the movement of traffic. A number of local clubs have ap- pealed to the State Roads Commission to take some step toward the improve- | ment of the center of the avenue { occupied by the Capital Transit Co.’s right of way, but no action has been | taken as yet. -— 170,000,000 in Russia. Soviet Russia’s population is now estimated at 170,000,000. |and Paul trustees. POLICEMENTOFACE TRIAL WEDNESDAY Trio Accused of Assaulting Man Waive Jury Rights to Speed Case. The trial of Policemen John I Shotzberger and Ernest T. Wesselles of the sixth precinct on charges of having assaulted Harrison M. Fuller, 841 Ingraham street, on Wednesday morning was set yesterday by Police Judge John P. McMahon for 1:30 o'clock next Wednesday. Shotzberger and Wesselles were ar- raigned yesterday, entered pleas of not guilty and elected, through their at- torney, James O'Shea, to wave jury trial. The two policemen are charged with having assaulted Fuller, mistaking him for his brother, Allen Fuller, when they went to the home to serve a parking warrant against the latter. Deputies in the office of the District attorney at Police Court yesterday re- fused to issue papers requested by the officers charging Harrison Fuller with assault. Counsel for the policemen, who are under suspension, insisted that the case be heard yesterday. He pointed out that neither is receiving pay and are anxious to be tried as soon as possible so they may appear before the trial board in an effort to secure reinstatement. Judge McMahon, how- ever, said that Wednesday is the ear- liest he can hear the case. Duckett Is Elected. 'T. Howard Duckett has been elected aresident of the University Club. Other officers are W. B. Clarkson, first vice president; Stanley P. Smith, second vice president; George S. Ward, sec- retary; Edward Freeman, treasurer; Andrew Sharp, assistant secretary, and W. C. Miller, assistant treasurer. Homer Cummings, Claude Houchins Shorb were re-elected In Police Assault Case Lower, left to right: Policemen Wessells. Upper: Allen and Harrison Fuller. TRAIN HITS AUTO; ONE DEAD, 3 HURT William Shaw, White Plains Resident, Killed—Driver Seriously Injured. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PLAINS, Md., February 23.— William Shaw, 60, of White Plains, was killed this afternoon when the automobile in which he was riding was struck by a train at a grade cross- ing here. Thad Willett, driver of the car, suf- fered a spinal injury, and his two daughters, riding in the back seat of the automobile, also were injured. Willett and one of his daughters, Agnes Irene, 9, are in Providence Hos- pital in Washington. The girl has a fracture of the right leg. Her sister Edna Marie, 7, was released from the hospital after being treated for cuts and bruises. The automobile was demolished. C. W. Crozier of Baltimore was en- gineer of the Pennsylvania line train | which struck the automobile. The train was a combination freight and passenger carrier running over the Popes Creek branch. Shaw, brought to Providence Hos- pital in an ambulance following the crash, was pronounced dead there, and Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald of the District of Columbia issued & certificate of accidental death. Sher- iff Russell Howard said no inquest would be held Shaw died of a fractured skull and 'internal injuries. He was riding in the front seat of the machine with Willett. All four passengers in the vehicle were residents of White Plains. Irving Shotzberger and Ernest T. —Star Staff Photos. More Companies Formed. New company registrations in New | South Wales increased 15 per cent |last year. Party Is Planned. BRANCHVILLE, Md., February 23 Jobless Gather Shellfish. (Special) —A card party will be held Jobless men are gathering shellfish | by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Branch- |on the Firth of Forth coast of Scot- ville Volunteer Fire Department Mon- land ! | day night in the fire hall. | yards in Alexandria. The men opened | fire upon being challenged and Mc- Intyre was wounded twice in the ab- Weather Forces Youngstown Searchers to Abandon Dragging of Lake. By the Associated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, 23.—Police tonight day’s search for Frank Suhovecky, 13, with the boy's blood-stained cap re- maining the sole hint of his fate. Police Chief Leroy Goodwin is con- vinced the boy’s body is in Lake Co- hasset, in Mill Creek Park, but no further effort to drag the lake was made today because of weather con- ditions. Robert Boyle, who lives near the spot where the cap was found, said today that he saw blood stains on the snow at the same place that Frank was last seen, Tuesday, trudging home with a sack of scrap metal which he had salvaged from a dump. Boyle said he found the sack Tues- day and dumped out the metal, but did not see the cap. He said the snow showed signs of a struggle. The caretaker of a nearby estate, who has been held on suspicion since ‘Thursday, still remained in city jail, but police attached little importance to his detention. F.E.R.A. DEM.ONSTRATION CONVICTS TEN PERSONS Federal Jury in Oklahoma Finds Group Guilty on Charges of February Conspiracy. By the Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY, February 23.— Ten persons were convicted by a Fed- eral Court jury here today of con- spiracy charges growing out of an un- employment demonstration at F. E. R. A. neadquarters here last May. The charge alleged the 10 conspired to interfere with Government officials in the discharge of their duties. J. ©O. Cooke, defense attorney, said he .would file a motion for a new trial. If the motion is overruled, Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaughat said, he ‘would pass sentence Saturday. ‘Those convicted include C. C. Nis- bett, Harry J. Snyder, Mrs. Wilma Conner, Joseph L. Paskvan, Dan Wo- mack, Thomas Pearson, George Hop- kins, George Taylor, R. A. Seymour and George Wilson. domen, once in the back and once | in the left shoulder. After the escape of the men, Mc- Intyre walked to the dispatcher’s of- fice about 300 yards away and col- lapsed. Police are seeking Walter Davis, 35, of Alexandria in connection with the ended another | shooting. —_— 10-FOOT SNOWDRIFTS CONQUERED BY TRAFFIC Plows and Shovelers Buck Penn- sylvania Conditions—Several Sleighers Hurt. By the Associated Press. BLAIRSVILLE, Pa. February 23.— Storm-bound busses and automobiles, carrying scores of passengers, rode to safety over precarious roads today behind snow plows which bucked their way through 10-foot snow drifts. After being sheltered for hours in a road house on top of Penn View Mountain, “the travelers were able to go on their way without great incon- venience. This region, high in the Allegheny Mountains, bore the brunt of a storm general in Pennsylvania, where more than 30 inches of snow fell. Hun- dreds of snow shovelers were put to work. At nearby Indiana an ambulance arrived with four person injured in a sleighing accident at Numine, a re- mote point, 22 miles from a hospitel. Huge drifts were bucked by the am- bulance over the country roads it had to traverse. Seven other persons were less se- riously injured in the accident. The victims brought here said their sleigh, carrying 22 persons, had been rammed by a gasoline truck. Harold Larsen, 29, was seriously injured in the crash. The marooned travelers said they experienced no hardships. s Textile Strike Ended. HUNTSVILLE, Ala, February 23 (A)—H. M. Rhett, general manager, today announced that the Dallas Tex- tile Mill here, closed for two weeks by a strike, would reopen next week. An agreement with the 800 striking employes has been reached, Rhett said. New Lottery Drive Bars Mail To 152 Persons and Concerns By the Associated Press The Post Office Department yester- day made another of its periodic at- tacks against lottery tickets which stream through the postal ban, by ordering 152 persons and firms ex- cluded from the United States mails. Lottery and sweepstakes tickets are barred from the mails, but hundreds of thousands of chances enter he country each year through subterfuge. The order yesterday was aimed at persons and firms that postal inspec- tc . believed were dealing in the tickets. 85 Affect Canadians. Eighty-five of the orders were di- rected at residents of Canada, inciud- ing the Montreal Post-Graduate Hos- pital Trust Fund. The others were divided, 37 in Havana, Cuba; 16 at Dublin, Irish Free State; 11 at Rome, Italy, and one each in Brussels, Bel- gium, and the Duchy ot Luxembourg. Yesterday's action followed closely upon seizure on Priday by customs inspectors of Philadelphia of $1,500,- 000 worth of Irish Sweepstakes tick-- ets. The order, however, had no con- nection, officials said, with the Phila- delphia seizure. The department, in recent years, has issued thousands of fraud orders aimed at breaking up the surreptitions sale of sweepstakes tickets in this country. Hundreds of orders have been aimed at individuals and firms in the Irish Free State, Canada and Cuba, where lotteries in one form or another are being operated. 400 Previously Issued. Three weeks ago more than 400 .. 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