Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1935, Page 4

A4 ¢ NUMBERS REVENUE HELD HALF BILLION Demand to Smash New York Racket Comes After Ex- tent Is Bared. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 28—De- mands thst police smash the policy or “numbers’ racket echoed today from estimates that this poor man’s gamble is taking $10,000,000 a week from New Yorkers. ‘The estimate was made by J. Rich- ard Davis, erstwhile lawyer for “bankers” in the racket and for Dutch Schultz, who has been named at the kingpin that united the gangs. Davis made his estimate yesterday while on the stand in a municipal in- quiry into perjury and fraud in bail bond cases. Contacts Are Broken. He pointed out that he no ionger had contacts with the racket such as he had from 1930 to 1932—he placed the average income of 350 operators at $2,000,000 a week then—but “in 1934 I think it was sbout five times what it was in any other year.” ‘That would be more than $500,000,- 000 a year. It would be well over $1,000 & minute. 1t was enough to bring from the Society for the Prevention of Crime an immediate demand that Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia stop the racket at once. “Responsible public officials did not and have not acted,” the soclety said. Inquiry Was Ordered. Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine already had ordered a police investigation into testimony that Schultz had directed the activ- fties of the racket from its head- quarters in Harlem while a fugitive from justice. He surrendered two months ago. The numbers game gained its first greeat popularity among the Negroes of Harlem. Now, Davis testified, “it is everywhere.” FAIL TO FIX BLAME IN STUDENT DEATH Coroner’s Jury Returns Open Ver- dict in Fatality After Boxing Bout. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., February 28. —After deliberating for only a short time, a coroner’s jury last night brought in an open verdict in the death of Adolph Wolfson, 18-year-old University of Maryland student. Judge George S. Phillips of Berwyn, who presided over the hearing here, dismissed the jury following its ver- dict, which stated that Wolfson “came to his death on February 21 as a result of a hemorrhage of the brain, which appeared to have developed February 16 at College Park, Md., the cause of the said hemorrhage being unknown to the jury.” Dr. John T. Maloney of Hyattsville, who performed an autopsy on the body, told the jury that Wolfson had come to his death as “a result of two hemorrhages of the brain, one on the right side, a little behind the ear and another on the left side.” Dr. L. L. Hayes of Hyattsville, phy- sician, attached to the university, told the jury he had ordered the youth’s removal to Garfield Hospital for treatment and observation. Dr. M. Hinton of the Garfleld staff told the jury that Wolfson had been under constant observation there, but that nothing could be done for him. ‘Wolfson, who lived at Gaithersburg, Md., collapsed in the shower room of the gymnasium February 16, the jury was told by three university stu- dents with whom he had been box- ing during the day. ‘The students—Isadore Handler, Milton A. Diamond and Edward M. Blumenkranz, his roommate—told the Jury each had boxed with Wolfson; then they had “tumbled” on mats end performed other acrobatics for some time and had ended the exer- :ise for the day by playing basket all Two Pairs and Three of a Kind Are Sanitarium Winners CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Annual card party and dance, Co- lumbia Chapter, No. 15, O. E. 8, Wardman Park Hotel, 8:30 pm. Turkey dinner, benefit Parish Aid Society of Nativity Church, Four- teenth and A streets southeast, 5 to 7 pm. Dance, Michigan-Washington Dem- ocratic Club, Hamilton Hotel, 9 pm. Dance, Gonzaga College Alumni, Mayflower Hotel, 9 pm. Gridiron Club smoker, Willard Ho- tel, 7:30 pm. Card party and dance, American Federation of Government Employes, Willard Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Card and bingo party, Brightwood Chapter, No. 42, O. E. S. Masonic Temple, Georgia and Colorado ave- nues, 9 pm. Buffet supper, Harvard Club, Uni- versity Club, 8 p.m. Dinner, benefit Sixth Presbyterian Church, Sixteenth and Kennedy streets, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Dramatization of “Romance of Shawls” and dances, Universalist Na- tional Memorial Church, Sixteenth and 8 streets, 8:15 pm. Card party, the Silver-C Club of ‘Washington Young Judea, 60 M street northeast, 8 p.m. Dance, benefit Follow Me Post, No. 1830, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Ar- cadia, Fourteenth street and Park road. TOMORROW. Pre-Lenten dance, Holy Name So- .ciety of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kenwood Golf Club. Address by Senator Thomas of Utah on “Certain Aspects of the Far East- ern Questions,” before Washington Public Affairs Forum, 3034 P street, 8 pm. Bingo and card party, benefit St. Anthony’s Church, Twelfth and Mon- roe streets northeast, 8:30 pm. Dance, Life Begins at Forty Club, La Fayette Hotel, 9 pm. Address by Oliver M. Maxam on “The Work of the United States Coast Guard,” before Washington Round Table Club, University Club,‘ 12:30 pm. Dance, Washington Post, No. 2364, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1326 Mas- sachusetts avenue, 8 p.m. Banquet, Pi Kappa Alpha Fra- ternity, celebrating Founder's day, 1640 Rhode Island avenue, 7:30 p.m. Card party and entertainment, benefit Sodality of Holy Trinity Church, auditorium of school, 8 p.m. Card party, benefit Holy Name So- ciety of Holy Comforter Church, au- ditorilum of school, Fifteenth and East Capitol streets, 8 pm. Dinner meeting, G Co., Ambassador Hotel, 4 pm. Card party, St. Margaret’s Church, Shoreham Hotel, 2 p.m. Address by Dr. Abram Simon on “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?” Wash- END OF MONTH— SALE OF PIANOS We want to finish the month in high. Com- - plete stock reductions and large savings make this sale worth while to you. Trade in your old piano. Mason & Hamlin Chickering Cable & Sons Schubert Marshall Wendell $ DOWN 5 PAYMENT Balance On Easy Monthly SPECIAL Used Bargains Steinway Grand Steinway Upright Chickering Ampico Chckermg 1239.6 Street ~ Cor. 1I3% NW. HOME OF THE CHICKERING PIANO General Electric | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1935. Misses Mary and Cynthia Siepman, twin nurses- at Washing- ton Sanitarium, proudly displaying some new arrivals—the girl triplets born yesterday to Mrs. E. G. Haviland, 28 Grove street, Seat Pleasant, Md., and the twins, being held by the nurses, born a week ago to Mrs. Fred D. Vechery, 621 Joseph street, Riverdale, Md. ington Hebrew Congregation, 816 Eighth street, 8 p.m. Dance, Wilson -Teachers’ College, Wardman Park Hotel, 10 pm. Dance, Holy Trinity Alumnae, Wardman Park Hotel, 10 pm. Card party, Casualty Hospital, Wil- lard Hotel, 2 pm. Card party and dance. Brookland Chapter, O. E. S, Willard Hotel, 9 pm. lnler-hltcmfly dance, George Iva'uhsnzwn University, Willard Hotel, pm. Dinner, St. David’s Welsh Society, Mayflower Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Dinner, Heroes of "6, Mayflower Hotel, 6:30 p.m. Anniversary dance, Glover Park Citizens’ Association, La Fayette Hotel, 9 pm. Planes Take Long Hop. Four seaplanes recently flew 8,000 miles, from London to Singapore. «Star Staft Photo. JURY TRIAL IS ASKED ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT Alexander Abernethy Pleads Not Guilty to Minister’s Claim He Was Beaten. Alexander Abernethy of 1325 Thir- teenth street pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial when arraigned befcre Police Court Judge John P. McMahon today on & charge of as- saulting Rev. John J. Jones, middle- aged colored elevator operator at the apartment house in which the de- fendant lives. The warrant fqr Abernethy'’s arrest was issued yesterday afternoon after the elevatlor operator, accompanied by several white witnesses. informed offi- clals in the district attorney’s office that Abernethy struck him in the face, knocking off his glasses, last Saturday night. when the elevator did not respond as promptly as the tenant believed it should have, THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY WHEN YOU SAY SHOE REPAIRING—SAY 810 14th N.W. NA. 6780 CLASSES OPEN TONIGHT Beginning tonight at 8 p.m. classes in water life-saving will be conducted at the Ambassador pool under the di- rection of the director of instruction of the District Chapter of the Ameri- can Red Cross. The classes will con- tinue for five weeks. The course is designed for those who plan to teach swimming and life- saving during the Summer. An ap- plicant for the course must be at least 20 years old and already a Red Cross examiner or senior life-saver. LOCAL MERCHANTS* HIT TAX PUBLICI slip attached to his income tax ret: for public inspection. e Treasury Keeps Silent. t the Treasury asked to be ex- cused, at present, from expressing an onmlan Its attitude was that al- though publication of the returns ::ur t:;:yju;n in on March 15 would [ job, Congress should make the decision. Board of Governors Votes|, A« indication of what the congres. to Support Amendment of Tydings. Joining i the general storm against publicity for income tax returns, the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation’s Board of Governors yester- day voted to support the amencment of Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland, striking the publicity clause (m& the ‘zeuuu‘ action of the Washington or- ganization is one of hundreds of simi- lar protests that so stirred 1embers of Congress that Democratic leaders have launched a survey of sentiment on the proposal. Majority Held Opposed. On Capitol Hill it was predicted the survey would show an “overwhelming majority” favored elimination of the publicity, or “pink slip,” provision. ‘The Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association opposed the measure on the ground such information would be capitalized “by the underworld and unprincipled persons” seeking prey for their schemes to raise easy money. Both the Senate Finance and the House Ways and Means Committee chairmen have appointed six-man subcommittees to get together to dis- cuss the situation, Chairman Dough- ton of the House committee said the subcommittees would meet “soon.” ‘The question of what to do and how to do it has been left entirely in the hands of Congress by the ad- ministration. Doughton tried to de- termine what the Treasury thought of requiring every man to fill out a pink THOMPSON BROS. Over the River Convenient Payment Plan Anacostia, D. C. To Lower Prices THE NEW AND FINER NORGE WILL PAY FOR ITSELF ON OUR MODELS, $119.50 UP THOMPSON BROS. FURNITURE 1220-1226 Good Hope Rd. SE. Lin. 0556 FREE PARKING SPACE ‘GROSNER of 71325 F Street the Final act! Uit inthefouse Remaining From Our Annual Clearance IN TWO REDUCED GROUPS Were $29.75 &°. §35 Tartan checks, pin stripes and plain colors, in brown, dark greys and dark fancy patterns; hard finished worsteds and unfinished worsteds. Alterations at Actual Cost GROSNER of 1325 F Street =) b 20 Were $40—3$45 & $50 Double and single breasted drapes, double and single breasted lounge construction. Suits in the finest quality of worsteds. lers might have in mind was given by Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee. He sald a number of his committeemen had expressed themselves as favoring & provision giving the executive branch of the Government the right to make the returns public if it chose. Ton of Potatoes Roasted. A ton of potatoes was roasted in &’ grocery store fire recently in London. T'he Finest SHIRT of the Age! 5 Stiff-collar smartness with soft- i collar comfort. No wrinkle, wilt or curl! It looks like it’s starched, but it is not starched. Whites, Blues, Stripes and Fancy Broad- cloths. Sizes 14 to 17. New Spring TIES New_ Colors 2 for sl.m in Stripes and Plaids * K George & Cos New Collar-Attached SHIRTS With the Fused Non-Starch Collar Regular $1.95 Value! Fish Tank DISPLAY See this display comparing this new and the old shirts. REQUEST THE RETURN OF AN(THING THAY CAN BE BOUGHT FOR LESS ELSEWHERE LAST 2 DAYS for this Semi-Annual Sale If the fact that these Suits, Overcoats and Top- coats that brought much higher prices not so long ago, can be purchased as low as $15.85 « « « means anything to you . . . then you'll realize that now is the time to buy. However, WE WARN YOU! SATURDAY IS POSI- TIVELY THE LAST DAY FOR THIS SALE—then every garment in this event goes back to its original price. Many New Spring Arrivals Are in the Group BELL DROPS ROFITS in the Half-Yearly Sale * * 916 F St. * 941 Pa. Ave. * 721 14th St. .l:'i',é\ REMEMBER, GENTLEMEN, Saturday is the LAST DAY