Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1935, Page 7

TEXANISJALED IN'WIFE'S DEATH Murder Laid to Him After Hei Says Son Shot Her in His Sleep. Rr the Assaciated Press, | GREENVILLE, Tex., April 24 —S. P. | Darden. who told officers his attractive 23-vear-old wife was killed by .heir | young son as the latter walked in his sleep, was held on a murder charge here today. “TI never expected anything like this” the Caddo Mills. Tex. filling station operator protested tearfully after he had been informed of the charge against him. “I expected an inquest. but nothing like this.” Darden, who was arrested after at- tending his wife's funeral, said he was | awakened early Monday morning by a | gunshot and saw his 8-year-old son Jackie standing over the bed where the woman lay. a shotgun in his | hands and still asleep. | Jackie says he “can't remember | what happened.” District Attorney Henry Pharr said 1t would have been physically impos- sible for the child to have fired the weapon. He also disclosed that Darden recently had obtained for himself and his wife a joint insurance policy, con- taining A clause providing for extra | indemnity in case of accidental death. | The amount was not disclosed. The 33-year-old Darden burst into tears upon being brought to the jail | and asked if he had a statement to | make “It's the first time T ever was in jail in my life." he said ‘What am 1 charged with? They tthe arresting officers) told me they wanted to bring me to Greenville for examination.” | Later Darden told the prosecutor he | would be ready to go before the grand jury. SPROUTS VS. SMUGGLERS Onions’ Halts Il- legal Entry Into U. S. DETROIT. April 24 (. —The onion-smuggling business. flourishing in recent weeks under the direction of former rum runners, has come to an abrupt halt, Walter S. Petty, acting collector of customs. said ves- terday. Investigation revealed that the onions now are sprouting and conse- quently are unsalable. “Just a seasonal lull,” Petty said. Spring Urge CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Regular business meeting of Kit Carson. Women's Relief Corps, at the | home of Mrs. Cleo Usry, 221 Rhode! Island avenue, northwest, at 8 p.m. i Meeting. Washington Philatelic So- | ciety, Carlton Hotel, 8 p.m. | Dinner. Washington Association of Credit Men, Hamilton Hotel. 5:30 p.m. | Meeting and lecture. Geological Society of Washington, Cosmos Club, & pm Dinner, Rotary Club, Willard Hotel € pm Meeting and buffet supper. Veterinary Medical Club. Willard Hotel. 8:30 p.m. Dance. Kentucky State Society, Wil- lard Hotel, 9 pm Dinner. Shaki‘sp@n‘ro Society of Washington, Mayflower Hotel. 7 p.m. Banguet and dance. Staufacherin | Swiss Society, Broadmoor Apartments. & pm. Dance. Georgetown ‘Washington Club, Wardman Hotel, 10 p.m. University’s Park Dinner. Washington Public Admm-? istration Association, University Club. | 6:30 pm. | and dance. Joppa 4209 Ninth street. Minstrel show Lodge, O. E. S, 8 pm. Meeting and lecture. National In- stitute of Adult Education. Burlington | Hotel, 8 pm TOMORROW. Supper dance. Indiana State Society. | Shoreham Hotel. 8:30 p.m. Luncheon. Cosmopolitan Club, Carl- | ton Hotel, 12:30 p.m Supper meeting. Board of Trade.| Mavflower Hotel. 8 p.m. Luncheon, Kiwanis Club. Mayflower | Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Dinner dance, Chi Sigma Sorority. Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Card party. Esther Chapter. O. E. S., Willard Hotel, 2 p.m. gl | Card party and dance. Catholic Daughters of America, Willard Hotel. | 8:30 pm. Dance. Brightwood Chapter. O.E. S. Masonic Temple, Georgia and Colorado avenues, | Dinner. Phillips Exeter Academy | Alumni. Army and Navy Club, 7 pm. | Kallipolis Grotto Drill| 8 Bingo party Co 30 p.m. Mattresses and Box Springs Made New OUR factors in Washinston is literally a hospital for bedding. 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[ARIZONA COUPLE DIE IN AIRPLANE CRASH - By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex, April 24.—Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Denkman, Tucson, Ariz., NG STAR, WASHEINGTON, |CRIPPLED CHILDREN SOCIETY WILL MEET tive Part With Interna- tional Group. When the International Society for Crippled Children holds its fourteenth | annual convention at the Mayflower | Hotel May 5 to 8, the recently reor- ganized District of Columbia Associa- tion for Crippled Children and Dis- | abied Adults will take an active part. | Plans for participation are alread | being made nnder leadership of Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, recently elected president of the District organization. The association also is undertaking to continue supplying transportation for | pupils at the Weightman School for | Crippled Children and to make a com- | plete census of the crippled children of the District. | Co-operating with the local group is a newly formed Medical Advisory | District Association to Take Ac-! better of the Lions Club and Dr. John Allen Talbot of the Rotary Club. Other recently elected officers of the | association are Dr. Oscar Blackwelder, pastor of the Church of the Reforma- tion, vice president; Miss Agnes Shands, secretary, and James Dulin, jr., tréasurer. Directors of the organization include Mrs. Jesse Adkins, Mrs. L. B. Castell, H. C. Corpening, Senator Arthur Cap- per, Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Henry Anne Carter: Greene, L. Bert Nye, | Charles W. Pimper, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Mrs. Robert. Howard, Mrs. Mark | Lansburgh and Frank Peckham. = Sy CHINESE TO LECTURE Dr. Chan, Head of Canton Medical College, at ‘“Y” Tonight. | Dr. Pack Chue Chan, president of | the Chinese Medical College at Can- | ton, China, will speak on Confucian- | ism, Buddhism, Taoism and Christi- | series of lectures tonight at 8:15 | o'clock at the Central Y. M. C. A., | 1736 G street, | The lecture will be sponsored by were killed and their bodies burned | Committee composed of Dr. A. B.| the newly-organized Chinese Com- beyond recognition when their air- plane crashed last night near Fort Hancock. The bodies were identified by E. Y. Pettus, Department of Commerce in- spector, a personal acquaintance. He relied largely on a metal belt buckle | bearing Denkman’s initials, and the | woman's wedding and engagement ! rings, found in the ashes. No witnesses to the actual crash were found, but persons at Fort Han- cock said they saw the plane, with its motor missing. flying low over the | post before the accident. COFFEE IS BLENDED FOR FLAVOR SOMETHING NEW THAT'S BLENDED IS COMING T0 YOUR HOUSE. .. listen for the doorbell SOCIETY MATRON. Ludlow Whitaker Ste of New York, says: “It | Bennett, president | Medical Society; Dr. Curtis Lee Hall :of the Kiwanis Club, Dr. G. W. Lead- | | | the public. Chinese tea will be served. There will be no charge. W. Draper, Mrs. Joshua Evans, Miss | D. €. WEDNESDAY. NATIVE LIFE SHOWN IN MISSION EXHIBIT 'Booths at Catholic University Show Customs of China, India and Palestine. A mission exhibition depicting na- | tive life in foreign lands, particularly those countries for which the religious | at the university’s gymnasium. It 18 the first time in history of the university that such & combined ex- | hibit by religious orders has been at- | tempted. | The exhibit opened Mgnday with a | pontifical high mass at 9:30 a.m. in the | crypt of the National Shrine of the Im- maculate Conception. Most Rev. John | Baltimore, was the celebrant. He was | assisted by Very Rev. Charles Barry, deacon, and Very Rev. Francis P. Goodall, subdeacon. “Archbishop Cicognani day” was of the District munity Church and will be open to | observed at the exhibition yesterda Today is | Thursday, “Bishop McNamara day”; AYTAG WASHERS Ave built for real serv- ice! does TERMS AS LOW AS 10c A DAY PAYABLE MONTHLY COLLEGE. STUDENT. “I amoke a lot, because 1find that Camels keep me on the alert... banish that ‘done in’ feeling.” savs Alford Archer. “And what a awell taste they havel” Mrs. vens, '8 re- markable the way a Camel renews your energy.” RANCHER. 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Camels suit me right down to the ground.” |West Vi it Bl Catiolie i icricall i || Lo RS Dis B OTSEstes | and Satur- | FREIGHT RATE INCREASE | FOUGHT BY COAL MEN| Ask | Railroads Show Change Is | Just and Reasonable, I | of the Josephites in southern United | By the Associated Press. H CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 24— | A plea of railroads that steadily de- | clining revenues make imperative in- | creased rates on freight shipments | within West Virginia was answered by coal operators before the Publie Service Commission yesterday with a demand the roads be required to show the proposed rates would be “just and reasonable.” Statisticians for the railroads traced the railway financial trend since 1929 and said that although business had improved in 1934, increased wages and high pices paid for equipment and material had more than absorbed the increased revenues. 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