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A—2 = 155250000 BEHNDININCINE $2847,000000 Three. Quarters Perigd Ffim “March Shows Sdrplus. By.the Associated Press. 2 "The Treasury closed its books on tiree-quarters of the fiscAl year yes- terday $2,193,000,000 in the hole, but griciified at a surplus for March, the| first in ¢1 months. ‘Not since September, 1931, the pub- lic accounts office said, have the books shown more income than outgo for agy month. come tax receipts turned the trick this time. e “They had been expected to produce some $300,000,000, but instead climbed to $323,000,000, and that with two days yet to be reported. In addition, nilscellaneous tax collections were $60,000,000 greater than March of last $585,000,000 Revenues. “The result was total revenues for the month of $585,000,000. Expendi- tlres aggregated $529,000,000, leaving =-tidy surplus of $56,000,000. -For the quarter and for the fiscal year to date, however, the situation was different. Since December 31, receipts have totaled $1,001,000,000, and expenditures $1495,000,000, for a deficit of $494.000,000. Figures for the nine-month period since the fiscal year began revealed income of $2.847.000,000, expenditures of $5,040,000,000 and a deficit of $2,- 183.000,000. - These figures are all on the right #ide of what the books showed for the corresponding period of the last fiscal year. This was: Receipts, $2,300,000,- 000; expenditures, $4,794.000,000, and | deficit. $2,494,280,000. Debt $276,000,000 Larger. Despite the surplus for the month, | the public debt increased by $276.- 000,000 due to large midmonth bor- rowings. This, however, was offset by | galls, seeker of a new transcontinental Unexpectedly large in-| \Post May Race THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 31, 1935—<PART ONE. Mrs. Roosevelt At;ends Ball Miss Ingalls On Stratosphere Plane Dash * Both Rush Plans for Trip East to Gain Speed Laurels. New Propeller Is Being' Put in “Winnie Mae® | for Test Hop. By the Assoclated Press. | LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 30.— The possibility of a Los Angeles-New York race between Wiley Post, stra- tosphere flyer, and Miss Laura In- flying record for women, was advanced today as both rushed final prepara- tions on their airplanes. Post. who returned to Los Angeles | recently after his second failure to conquer the transcontinental lane in| high altitudes, said he would be ready to go as soon as a new controllable pitch propeller is installed on his 5-year-old Winnie Mae, which he twice flew around the world. The propeller was expected tomor- row from the East, where it was sent for adjustment. Post said he wanted to make one test flight before soaring into the clouds, bound for New York. Miss Ingalls’ low-winged monoplane has been groomed for her attempt to! LAURA INGALLS. break Amelia Earhart’s Los Angeles- to-New York speed mark of 17 hours 7 minutes, 30 seconds. She said the motor was in tip-top condition and only adjustment was needed on the retractable landing gear, which should be completed by Monday. Both planes are quartered at Union Air Terminal, Burbank. Organist Dies i EDGAR PRIEST 5. ORGANIST, EXPIRES Cathedral Choirmaster Or- ganized Singers for Churches of City. Edgar Priest, 57, organist and ROOSEVELT SEEKS PEACE, SAYS NYE Determined to Keep Amer- ica Out of Another War, Senator States. By the Associated Press. LEXINGTON, Ky, March 30— Senator Nye, Republican, of North/| Dakota asserted in an address here! tonight that President Roosevelt “has voiced a determination to keep Amer- | ica out of another war at all costs.” The chairman of the Senate Muni- tions Investigating Committee coupled this with a warning that “the situation abroad” was “indicating a larger threat of war than was true 30 days before the World War broke.” “President Roosevelt has suggested,” the speaker continued, “that our Munitions Investigating Committee give study to the neutrality question and has voiced a determination to keep America out of another war at all costs. Conclusions Expected. “I expect the committee to reach some conclusions and to be prepared to make some recommendation along these lines very soon,” adding that he proposed giving the President vir- tually unlimited authority to preserve neutrality. He said the situation growing out of the German decision to expand its armament placed upon America an “obligation at once to consider and write law such as would largely guar- antee our neutrality in the event of European hostilities.” He advised that “if necessary in| making our neutrality secure, we should abandon all prospect of profit through trade with nations engaged |in war, even to the extent of forbid- ding use of the American flag on cargoes intended for a nation engaged | in war.” He proposed an embargo on all mu- nitions of war to belligerent countries, ' together with drastic restriction of | passports to individuals seeking to go into the troubled zone.” | Lorraine Imlay, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Imlay, presenting a basket of flowers to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt on behalf of the Newspeper Women's Club last night at the ball in the Willard Hotel. (See Page 1, Society Sectiom, for descriptive story of the ball.) —Star Staff Photo. DOPE “WHO'S WHO \“Fool’s Day’ Suicide Plotter Fails to Reply to Appeal an increase of $352,000,000 in the | Treasury's cash on hand, with the| difference accounted for by public, | choirmaster at Washington Cathedral | | for many years, died last night in' Profits Far Surpassed. IS TAKEN IN RAID | Wisconsin Pair Wait in debt retirements and gold increment. At the close of the month the public debt totaled $28.802,566,000 by com- parison with $26,155,717,000 a year ago and $26,155,000,000 when the fiscal year began last July 1. EUROPE GOLD BLOC NATIONS SEE METAL FLOW TOWARD U. S. (Continued From First Page.) gold currencies at a high level when & majority of moneys are drifting. The liner Europa, sailing tonight, carried the first installment of gold from the French. treasury to the United States, a consignment worth EDGAR PRIEST. | /-IM‘IZF_VYUN Show Attended by 10.000; Record First Day | | | { | 500 New Plants Placed Sibley Hospital after an illness of less than a week. He had been taken to the hospital last Monday after an abdominal at- tack which followed a severe case of grippe. He had been expected to re- cover, but yesterday an acute condi- tion arose and he died at 10:45 p.m. A native of England, Mr. Priest was educated in music at Manchester Ca- thedral and came to the United States in 1902 after having served as a sol- lied in the Boer War. Came Here in 1907. When he first came to this country he was organist at Christ Church in New Haven, Conn., and afterward was at St. Paul's Church in New York before coming to Washington about 1907. He first began his work at Recalling that his committee is | drafting legislation to embargo muni- | tions and restrict passports, he added: “We should not let chance of American business to profit from an- | other such war interfere with our con- | sideration. “The bill we paid during the last |two years of the war pushes into | nothingness the gains we won during the first two years of that war when we were profiting through the de- mands of those already engaged in, it.” PEACE MOVES ADVANCE. i | Senate Munitions Group to Back Arms Contrel. | By the Associated Press. | With the eighteenth anniversary of | | United States entry into the World | 30,000,000 francs, to be followed by Mount St. Alban—long before a singlc | War near at hand, twin moves to kee stone of ihe Cathedral structure had | the Nation out of another one yester- Wholesaler’s Arrest in New | York Brings Buyers to Light. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 30.—A “who's who" of the narcotics traffic was in the hands of Federal agents tonight following the arrest of a man they described as one of the largest whole- sale distributors ever apprehended The book was said by one agent to contain the names of customers in the Hollywood film colony, but Frank Igoe, chief of the local nar- cotics squad, declared it listed only the names d addresses of dealers. Following a clue that originated in Sacramento, the Government men ar- Vain for Letter From Mysterious ‘F. C. H.” By the Associated Press. OSHKOSH, Wis, March 30.—Op- timism faded into a dwindling hope today, as Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Case watched in vain for a letter from New York, telling them that their ap- peal to “F. C. H.” had been heeded. The Cases sent an appeal to the unknown man in New York last Mon- day, asking him to leave his child with them, rather than carry out his announced double death plot TApril 1, The Oshkosh couple was disappoint- ed in not receiving a response for | | today was the last mail delivery of the week. They wondered if their message had reached “F. C. H” and rested Barney Price, 38. whom they whether he had changed his mind other shipments. Bankers said de- | been laid—while organist at St. Paul's on Exhibit for Sunday Attendance. flation of the belga had shaken con- fidence in the gold bloc to such an ! extent that nervous capital was re- suming its search for a safe haven. (The belga weakened on London | exchanges to close at 25.60 to the pou‘nd on‘un uncertain market. Op- erators said the full effect of Cent,devaluation had ot - bien | Siates Department More than 10,000 vpersons- already | have attended the twenty-second an- ! nual amaryllis show of the United | of Agriculture. | reached. All currencies, including the | S cnc Shmore (e 2 United States dollar, moved against on the opening day was the largest on Tecord. | Episcopal Church here, his first post | in the Capital. | Almost immediately on coming here, Mr. Priest interested himself in the organization of young singers in choirs | of the city. Through his efforts, many Episcopal churches organized boys’ choirs. Mr. Priest served the Cathedral Foundation through the entire period of Right Rev. Herbert L. Satterlee’s sterling.) Premier Pierre-Etienne alarmed at increasing uneasiness in ‘the French capital, plans to appear “before Parliament on Tuesday to try Zto reassure the public and bolster up “government securities. The premier holds that the French »franc is solid, and bankers here see .ho technical difficulties, although . financial men and politicians alike | - admit that public psychology has be- . come a determining factor in finance. Rich Clients Hedging. Lawyers say there are signs that " the flight of capital will be small. % They say their rich clients are seek- - ing means to hedge, in case France - later resorts to devaluation. Financial quarters contend there care no danger signs here but agree ¢ that if the Swiss plebiscite leads to . devaluation in that country it will put s#8 tremendous strain on the French 4 franc. ; Prance’s gold reserve is 82,597,000,- #000 francs, which is 1,000,000,000 ‘:h‘ancs in excess of 100 per cent cov- . erage of outstanding bank notes. It is considered impossible that enough gold will be withdrawn to endanger the franc technically, but the loss of s even a small percentage, it is feared, may start a panic among the public. i -Many feel that President Roosevelt , 15 going to devalue the dollar further . and also are worried over fluctuations | " in sterling. CHINESE RED. ARMY FREES MISSIONARIES Expectant Mother and Man Walk : Four Days Before Reach- ing Hangchung. By the Associated Press. HANGCHUNG, Shensi Province, China, March 30.—A British mission- ary and his wife, an expectant mother, who had been given up for dead when they fell into the hands of the Red Army, today disclosed details of their hazardous adventure. Mr. and Mrs. 8. C. Frenchan only now have recovered sufficiently from their arduous experiences to relate de- tails of their capture. They made their way here after weeks in captivity. Frenchnan said they were captured at Ninkian February 7 and, although the reds “took a ghastly toll” among natives, they were not harmed. They were carried into Szechuen Province and held until March 21, when they were released. For four days the couple struggled through mountainous enemy territory to reach Hangchung. Flandin, ! More than 500 new plants have | | been placed in the show in anticipa- | | tion of the Sunday attendance. The ‘g'l'eenhouse at Fourteenth street ana | Independence avenue will be open all day today—from 9 am. until 9 pm. Several excursions from out of town | are coming to the Capital to see this | show. Two especially interesting plants | were added to the show last night— | sprekelia formosissima of the amaryi- | | lis family. The blooms are orchid | shaped. They were given to the green- house by the mother of the present Secretary of Agriculture. | Special parking space is provided in the Department of Agriculture ! grounds for the Sunday attendance. | | In these grounds also is a group of | | Japanese cherry trees in full flower. ETHER ANAESTHESIA DISCOVERER PRAISED Dr. C. W. Long, Whose Statue | Stands in Hall of Fame, Lauded by University. | By the Associated Press. | ATHENS, Ga. March 30.—The | “memorable contribution to scientific medicine” made 93 years ago by Dr. Crawford W. Long of Georgia was celebrated today as scientists paused to honor the man who took agony out of surgical operating rooms by dis- covering the art of anaesthesia. In this vicinity, where Long studied at the University of Georgia and seven years later discovered the use of ether |as an anesthesia, exercises were held honoring one of two Georgians whose statues are in the hall of fame in ‘Washington. Another alumnus of the University of Georgia, and himself an outstanding man in the field of medicine, Dr. Max Cutler of Chicago was the principal speaker at exercises held at the uni- versity in Long’s honor. WOMAN DROPS SIEGE 75-Year-Old Farm Owner Permits Road Work to Begin. GRAVETTE, Ark., March 30 (#).— A one-woman, six-gun blockade of a highway project was lifted today when Mayor Herb Lewis persuaded Mrs. Ida Robinson to lay down her arms and allow workers to resume tgsks held up four days. | Lewis said road workers took heed when the 75-year-old woman threat- ened to “kill the first man on my land,” and it was not until the mayor interceded that she gave in. W yoming Commences Drinking Tomorrow to Finance Relief o 3 By the Associated Press. CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 30.—For the first time since the Nation voted dry, Wyoming residents, Monday, can walk into what is going to be this State's successor to the saloon and legally get-a drink. And what Oscar O. Natwick of ‘Wheatland is hoping is that the liquor ‘consumption in the next year will ‘ ‘average one gallon for every one of the State’s estimated :225,000 citizens. If it does, Natwick, who is director “‘ef the newly-authorized Wyoming i State Liquor Commission, beliéves a good share of the State’s relief:prob- lems will be solved. Under the liquor law effectivé April 1, the Liquor Commission will' have exclusive control of the x!mle liquor business. Retailers sell, legally, only beverages purchased through the State Commission: Under the new law, & minimum of $300,000 must be earmarked for ‘re- lief. A part of the revenue go to underwrite the commission’s foperat- ing expenses. | episcopacy, then with Right Rev. Al- fred Herding and Right Rev. James E. Freeman, present Bishop of Wash- ington. Informed of Mr. Bichop Freeman said last night: “The sudden death of Mr. Priest is a loss to me personally of & devoted co-worker and frierd and to the Ca- thedral of a gifted and talented or- ganist and choirmaster. As a trainer of a boy's voice and indeed as a moral leader of boys, he occupied a unique place. I doubt if in these respects he had his superior among men of his profession. “He was a manly man, an exemplar of the best things of character, Christian gentleman, a great musician and throughout his long tenure, he had the unfailing confidence and af- fection of the entire Cathedral staff. | His going from us is an irreparable | loss.” Trained Many Boys. All the pupils of St. Albans School were “his boys,” as he called them. He trained literally hundreds of young voices and made it a rule to keep in touch with them in their later careers. Only a few days before the begin- ning of his final illness he was enter- tained at a surprise birthday party at the Cathedral by 150 of his friends, old and young. His concluding work for the Ca- thedral was that of rehearsing the choir for the presentation of the sacred cantata, “The Crucifixion,” to be given April 7. He was present at services last Sunday, though his physicians had forbid him to attend, and played in the great choir. Mr. Priest is survived by his widow, Mrs. Edith Priest. Puneral arrange- ments have not been made, but it is expected that he will be buried from | the Cathedral, with Bishop Preeman officiating at the services. His home was at 3035 Chain Bridge road. GYPSIES SOUGHT AS BOY DISAPPEARS Covington, Va., Offers Reward for Trace of 4-Year-0ld Frank Estill Rose. By the Associated Press. COVINGTON, Va., March 30.—Two car loads of gypsies, reported seen in the vicinity of Jackson River Thursday afternoon about the time 4-year-old Frank Estill (Sonny) Rose disappeared, were the objects of a search by State and city authorities in all sections south and east of Cov- ington tonight. Friends of the distressed parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garland Rose, were raising funds to supplement the $50 reward offered by the town of Cov- ington for the return of the child or information as to his whereabouts. The reward stands good until April 2, The theory that he fell into the river and ‘'was drowned veered to the belief that he was abducted. FLOWER SHOW OPEN Two Governors Attend Million- Dollar Display at Omaha. OMAHA, Nebr., March 30 (#).—The Sixteenth National Flower and Gar- den Show opened here today with Govs. Clyde Herring of Iowa and R. L. Cochran of Nebraska, participat- ing in the opening ceremonies. A million dollars’ worth of flowers. were on exhibib A Priest's death, | day neared a final drafting in the | Senate Munitions Committee. It was disclosed that the committee tomerrow will recommend to the | Senate, among other things, full sup- port of the efforts of the Geneva Dis- | armament Commission in framing a | new protocol for curbing the interna- tional arms traffic. Simultaneously, committee experts hope to have near final shape projected legislation designed to insure American neutrality in the event of another | European war, and companion plans | for curbing profits should the Nafn be drawn in . |RADIO COMMISSIONER | CRITICIZES PROGRAMS | EXCITING TO CHILDREN (Continued From J.rst Page.) | 1 | | homes; therefore if broadcasting is to | | continue successfully it must present | | clean, wholesome programs which will be acceptable in, and receive the sup- | port of, the average American home.” “It is my view that the radio people themselves would do well to eliminate | programs that arouse the imaginations of children to the point where they cannot eat or sleep. Good, clean ad- venture programs can be made edu- cational, and even their commercial messages can be helpful. Now as to what the commission can do: Under the communications act, as under the old radio act, we may not exercise any direct control over radio pro- grams. We cannot censor what is said on the air. That is right and proper. for you can readily see the | political ccnsequences if any govern- mental agency were invested with such bureaucratic powers while any one party is in the ascendancy. “What we can do is maintain a general surveillance over radio sta- tions and networks under our broad authority in the public interest, con- venience and necessity.” DION WOOLLEY DIES Founded One of Country's Earli- est Amateur Newspapers. MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., March 30 (#)—Dion Elliott Woolley, former publisher of the Hammonton (N. J.) Hornet, one of the country’s earliest amateur newspapers, died suddenly today. He was 72. ‘Woolley also had been publisher of the Philadelphia Musical Journal. He was a former president of the Philadelphia Plano Trade Association and former treasurer of the National Association of Piano Dealers of described as a “front man” for a ring about killing his son and himself. | and made regular shipments to Chi- ETHIOPIA BREAKS ITALIAN PARLEYS that had its source of supply in italy |cago. Los Angeles. Portland, Ore.; ‘Tampa, Fla., and other cities. Tried to Evade Arrest. Robert Primrose, dapper Broadway | expert of the narcotics squad Wwho | | helped lay the trap, declared Price, |tried to evade arrest by bolting for | | & second-floor window, but was halted. | Taken into custody with Price was | | Eugene Stan, 20, who drove his car ! to the midtown hotel, where the trap was laid. Both were charged with violating the Harrison act after agents said they had found narcotics valued at $28,000 on Price’s person and at his home. While the book and other docu- ments seized at the house gave him a working knowledge of how the ring operates and who its leaders are, Igoe ping up. He indicated the evidence was insufficient for a wholesale round- up. Agents Posed as Friends. The Federal operatives said they struck up an acquaintance with Price six weeks ago, posing as friends of one of his alleged confederates in Chicago, a man already in custody. They tried several times to buy $3,000 worth of narcotics, they said. but Price assured them he never did business on such a small scale. He finally agreed, however, to de- liver the stuff to them at a midtown hotel, the agents said, and when he did so today he was arrested. SATURDAY NIGHT BATH Issue of Augusta Newspaper of 1825 Indicates Hotels Barred Use of Baths on Other Nights. By the Associated Press. AUGUSTA, Ga., March 30.—Sup- port has been found here for the the- ory that the personal bath was a Saturday night institution in the days gone by—at least for the traveling public. An 1825 issue of the Augusta Chron- icle indicates that Saturday night baths not only were the custom in Augusta’s pioneer history, but that' baths were permitted only on Satur- day night at local hotels and inns. The management of the Planter’s Hotel, once a favorite stopping place of Georgia's great, announced in the 1825 issue: “We take pleasure in informing our guests that baths have been in- stalled and will be available for America. Saturday nights’ use only.” Adams to Speak in Forum administration’s bill re- vamping the Federal Re- serve System will be dis- cussed by Senator Alva B. Adams of Colorado in the National Radio Forum tomorrow at 10:30 p.m. The National Radio Forum is arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the network of the National Broadcasting Co. Senator Adams is a member of the Banking and Currency Committee of the Senate, to which this legis- Iation' has been - referred. THEORY SUBSTANTIATED | | Special Measures Taken to | Protect Foreigners. Note Sent League. By the Associated Press. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March { made no predictions of a general mop- | 39 __Taking special measures to pro- | tect foreigners in the capital against | possible hostilities, Emperor Haile | selassie’s government today broke off direct negotiations with Italy over the boundary disputes which have brought 30,000 Ttalian troops into neighboring | Eritrea and Somaliland. | Ethiopia then sent a new note to | the League of Nations. Dispatches | from Aden, Arabia, across the Guif of | Aden from East Africa, said all leave | had been cancelled for British officials | in British Somaliland because of the | uncertainty of the situation Ethiopia. In Addis Ababa a new chief of po- lice was appointed and assigned the task of reorganizing the police force in the capital to make it effective for any eventuality. It was explained this measure was taken in order to pro- | tect foreigners in the capital in case | of unexpected hostilities. ITALY DENIES BREAK. | Action on Ethiopia Regarded As | Merely Procedure. | ROME, March 30 (#)—Italy does | not_consider that there has been an | open rupture in negotiations with | Ethiopia, a government spokesman said tonight in commenting on a dis- patch from Addis Ababa that nego- tiations had broken down. ‘The Ethiopian refusal to accept an Italian suggestion for personal meet- ings between the Italian Minister af: Addis Ababa and the Ethiopian for- eign minister, with all the cards on the table, merely dealt with procedure, he said. It was made plain there was still hope on the Italian side of accom- plishing something with direct nego- tiations. If the Ethiopians refuse di- rect negotiations, conciliation by rep- resentatives nominated by the two powers would follow, it was said. ‘The Ethiopian charge d'affaires here said, however, that the matter was now up to the League of Nations. NOTE NOT RECEIVED. Geneva Gets Report, However, of Break in Negotiations. GENEVA, March 30 (#).—League of Nations officials said tonight they had received no new note from Ethi- opia concerning its border controversy with Italy, although they had heard reports that direct negotiation with Italy had been broken off. The League recently asked the African government whether Italy’s insistence on conciliation and arbi- tration would affect Ethiopia's atti- tude in appealing against Italy under Article XV of the League Covenant. The League is still awaiting Ethi- opia’s reply. Fuel Officials Sentenced. TACOMA, Wash., March 30 (#).— Alfred J. Davis, Kenneth D. Burnham and Prank G. Bampton, officials of the Pacific Fuel Co., were convicted by a Superior Court jury today on charges of grand larceny in defraud- ing the county of $1,089 on wood deals for the Welfare Departrient. Sentence was deferred. - in | HAMILTON FAVORS | " BULLET T0 CHAR [Freed Hostage Says Des- perado Told Him Why He Braved Posse. By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Miss., March 30.—One of the two hostages kidnaped by Ray- mond Hamilton, Southwestern des- | perado, in flight after a bank rob- ibery at Prentiss, Miss., said today the bandit told him he prefers death at the hands of posse to the electric chair. The hostage, M. E. Smith, county farm agent of Prentiss, and Ralph Bayliss, a Prentiss store clerk, wege snatched up by the fleeing Ham- ilton and his bandit companion, who ran the gantlet of a posse of 30 near Prentiss. Smith and Baylis got free in Memphis yesterday. the gauntlet of that posse of 30 men mear Prentiss Thursday,” Smith said. Z Prefers Being Shot. “Hamilton told us that he started to surrender when he came upon that large group of armed citizens and offi- | cers blocked the road. ‘I would have | done it,’ he said, ‘but I thought about that death sentence hanging over me | in Texas, and decided I'd rather be shot,’” Smith said. Hamilton and his companion disarmed the posse in a bold coup as daring as it was miracu- lo us. “Hamilton told us he had never less he had to,” the county farm agent said. Hamilton escaped the death cham- ber of the Texas Penitentiary, where he was under sentence to die for the |slaying of Maj. Crawson, a prison { guard, who was killed in a previous escape of Hamilton and several other prisoners from the penitentiary. | ~ Smith and Bayliss told interviewers here that the bandits hid silver” taken in the bank robbery, | somewhere near Prentiss. The “host- | ages” said the bandits divided the | currency taken in the hold-up Thurs- day night on a “side road” near Terry, Miss. Smith said the men coun‘ed out “something like $500” between them. HUNT SPREADS IN NORTH. Hamilton Eludes Police in Dash From Memphis. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 30 (#).— | Raymond Hamilton, brazen Texas gun- | man, eluded capture today as prac- tically every Federal and police officer | in the South sought him in the Gov- ernment’s latest “shoot-to-kill” man hunt. Police officials felt the desperado and a badly wounded gangster confederate | had left but a cold trail to follow, since they disappeared from here yes- terday after dumping two terrorized hostages in downtown Memphis. Memphis police believed the des- perado pair headed into Arkansas yesterday morning without further brushes with the law such as marked their wild ride through Mississippi ‘Thursday night following the looting of a bank of $1,100 at Prentiss. e —— Slayer Is Given Life. DES MOINES, Iowa, March 30 () —Life imprisonment at hard labor was the punishment specified by a jury which today convicted Dewey Berlo- vich, 41, night club proprietor, of murdering Don Merrigan in a fight. “Hamilton never expected to run! killed a man, and didn't expect to un- | “all the | FUSION DELEGATES SEATED BY HOUSE Memorials Dismissed Against Cantrel and Ma- gruder of Montgomery. LB j T B7 & Btafl Correspasident of The Star. STATE i, ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 30.—The House tonight dis- missed the memorials contesting the elections of Joseph A. Cantrel and ‘Walter M. Magruder and voted unani- mously to seat the iwo Fusion party delegates from Montgomery County. Rejection of the memorials removed the air of uncertainty that has shrouded the election of the two Mont- gomery legislators since Dr. Llewellyn Jordan of Takoma Park and John Imirie of Bethesda instituted the con- tests at the outset of the State As- sembly’s session three months ago. Dr. Jordan and Imirie, nominees of the Democratic party, had contested the seating of the Pusion delegates, claiming that they had been defeated by Cantrel and Magruder as the result of irregularities on the part of election officials and voters in the polls on November 6. Delegate Claude A. Hanley of Balti- more County, chairman of the House Elections Committee, who told The Star yesterday that his committee had decided to reject Dr. Jordan's anc Imirie’s pleas for recount of the ballots, introduced the order recom- mending dismissal of the memorials and it was passed unanimously on an { aye and nay vote. ‘The order set forth that the com- | mittee had given due consideration to evidence offered in support of the two Democrats’ appeals, but could find to warrant a recount. Cantrel, in a brief speech following an ovation tendered the two Fusion- ists after the order had been read, ex- pressed his gratitude of the action taken by the House. 'TRACY PAYS FINE FOR DRUNKENNESS Fired Into Floor to Scare Robber. He Says, but His Neighbors Doubt It. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, March 30.—Lc- Tracy of the films—who said he fire- five . bullets through the floor of hi | apartment to discourage a burglar— | paid $100 and costs for drunkennes: {in Sunrise Court today and drew the | conclusion that firearms are dange:- | ous. | Not denying he “had a sort of hign | polish on,” Tracy explained that wh | he sent bullets crashing into the apartment below his, he was trying to frighten someone tampering with tre rear door. Tracy said he didn't think the bul- | 1ets would go right through the floo: “It just goes to show you,” he said “Pirearms are dangerous.” In November 1933, Tracy figured in a balcony scene in Mexico, D, F. which necessitated an apology before Mexican government officials would release him. Mexican officers said his appearance at that time constituted a violation of public morals and an insult to the government. As a result, L. B. Mayer of M.-G.- M., also offered an apology to the Mexican government and announced ‘Tracy had been dismissed by the com- pany. The actor subsequently went 1o work for another studio. BERKELEY IS DEAD FROM PNEUMONIA Celebrated English Actor and Former Parliament Member Dies in Hollywood. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, March 30—Reg- inald Berkeley, 45, celebrated English actor and former member of parlia- ment, died today from pneumonia fol- lowing a major operation 10 days ago. The actor is survived by his widow and five children, all of whom were reported to be in England. Berkeley came to the United States two years ago to appear in the motion picture, “Cavalcade.” He remained to establish a strikingly successful career in Hollywood, both as an actor and a writer. During the World War, Berkeley was a staff major with the English army. He was a member of the Brit- ish delegation at the League of Na- tions, and was elected to parliament in 1924. He had been eritically ill in a hos- pital here for four days before his death. -— SLEEPING BEAUTY 30 Patricia Maguire Passes Her Third Year in Coma. CHICAGO, March 30 (#)—Miss Patricia Maguire—she’s been aslecp since February 15, 1932—will be 30 years old Monday. But it will be just another day to the “sieeping beauty” of Suburban Osak Park. “Patricia knows nothing about it.” her mother, Mrs. Peter Miley, said tonight. “We see no sense in having ; birthday cake or celebration for er.” The girl is the victim of a rare type of sleeping sickness. Sent to “Alcatr By the Associated Press. The gangster girl friends of Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell, much- sought outlaws, were disclosed yester- day to have been rushed in secret from Miami, Fla, to the Govern- ment’s “Alcatraz for women” at Milan, Mich. Sanford Bates, director of Federal prisons, made known that Wyona Burdette and Delores Delancey, erst- while companions of the gangsters, had been transferred secretly for fear that Karpis and Campbell might seek to rescue them. Both were sentenced to five years each after entering pleas of guilty on Monday to charges of harboring and concealing Karpis. Karpis and Campbell were forced to abandon the women last January at Atlantic City, N. J, after a gun duel with police. At Milan the women will find sev- eral others who were sentenced be- cause of association with gangsters. They include Evelyn Frechette, friend of the late John Dillinger; Kathryn Kelly, wife of George “Machine Gun” t \Girl Friends Who Aided Bandits az for Women” Kelly, and her mother, Mrs. Ora Shannon. Kathryn, under life sentence, and her mother were placed in Milan after threats by “Machine Gun” that he would break jail and free them. Director Bates said yesterday there are 18 woman convicts segregated at the Milan prison farm “under more secure detention than possible at Alderson, W. Va., the regular Federal reformatory, where 400 women are housed.” The women are on the top-floor tier inside the Milan prison block, which has been walled off from the adjacent cells of men prisoners. “The only man outside the super- intendent they see is the prison doc- tor as he makes his regular calls,” Bates said. Opaque glass has been installed to shut out any view of the men pris- oners. On the roof above is a yard guarded by steel barriers where the women may exercise. Their attend- ants are four woman matrons, three of them formerly at Alderson Re- formatory. b