Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1935, Page 11

GENERAL'S SLAYER NANED AT TOKO Colonel Accused in Death| of Superior Officer—Dis- | pute Cited. By the Associated Press. | TOKIO, August 13.—Lieut. Col: | Baburo Aizawa was named officially by the war department today as the assassin of Lieut. Gen. Tetsuzan Na- gata, director general of military af- fairs. Aizawa is a famous swordsman. Nagata was killed yesterday by a saber thrust through the chest. No motive was announced, but it ‘was understood that the younger offi- | cer bore a grudge against Nagata, vir- tually the administrative head of the army, over an assignment to a post considered undesirable. Repercussions against the assassi- | nation died down today on assurances | from Gen. Senjuro Hayashi, minister of war, that he would not resign be- cause of the incident, as was his re- | ported intention. It was understood he agreed to remain in office to carry through a plan for greater unity and discipline in the Japanese army. Gen. Hayashi went to the Emperor’s | villa at Hayama, southwest of Yoko- hama, today to apologize to the sov- ereign for the affair. o o PRIZE BABY’S ROUTINE INCLUDES MUCH REST| Early to Bed and Early to Rise' Are Habits of 25-Month-0ld | Seattle Winner. ] B the Associated Press. SEATTLE, August 13.—It's early to rize and early to bed that makes Barbara Legg a prize curly head. Barbara, 25-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Legg, was ad- judged Seattle’s champion baby, for beauty. health and general perfection | Saturday when the Seattle Sports- men's Show closed. Barbara's daily schedule is: 7 a.m.—Awakened, given a glass of orange juice, bathed and dressed. | 7:45 a.m.—Breakfast: Orange pulp, cooked cereal with variations of toast | and milk or a soft boiled egg. 10 a.m.—A glass of water. Noon—Barbara's main meal: Varia- tions of broiled beef and liver, broiled | or boiled fish, two or three vegetables, fresh fruit, milk. | 12:45 p.m.—Slgep. 3 or 4 pm.—Awakened and given @ glass of fruit juice with water 6:30 pm.—Dinner: Two vegetables, | cottage cheese, stewed or fresh fruit, milk. -~ After dinner—Bed. ARMY OFFICER CLEARED Blinn Absolved of Blame in Drowning of Two. | in yours. Capt. | mated thing. DAILY SHORT STORY-: HEAVEN By ]ames Lavr'n. T HERE were times when Everard Wiggers, faithful to his rou- tine duties as Gov- ernment clerk in Washington, felt very old, and there were times, too, when he could not but he certain his life still was all before him. He was growing noticeably bald, and he grew a mustache to see how he would look. Everard was uncer- tain and shaved it off, and he was still uncertain and let it grow in again, and then, again, | he shaved it off. All his life, more or less, Everard had been that way —uncertsin. His landlady in Takoma, a stout woman with a tuft of hair growing from a wart on her face, was his only con- fidant and his old-fashioned car his only pleasure. His landlady was 20 years older than he was, but when a man is 42 and has not married—in He washed | fact, has never been in love—any woman makes a ‘good companion. Everard would in the evenings often discuss with her at length affairs of | the day, or affairs at his office, where | and when there still was no lniwll‘i | he had started 19 years before as a | she ran excitedly to the phone and | file clerk and where he was still a | called the Fire Department, the Police file clerk. 3 . e N SUNDAYS, if the weather was nice, or even if it was raining a bit, Everard would take himsell out for a ride in his car. The automobile was as personal to him as any ani- name. He not only drove it, he ca- ressed it, and he knew every inch i of it. = | On Saturday afternoons, when he | he | did not have to work overtime, would take off the hood of the car and putter around it, testing the spark plugs and other such things as the horn. He washed it carefully and polished it and kept it in good repair at all times. “Well,” declared Everard after he put down the paper he had been| reading on one particular Saturday afternoon, “well, I guess I'll go out in the garage and tune up the old bus a bit.” “But it's raining out,” said Mrs. Mack, the tufted landlady, as she con- tinued to dust about the sitting room. “Oh, a little rain won't hurt me” boasted Mr. Wiggers. “It takes more than that to stop me.” “I ain't the one to be getting in any man's way. I never got in my husband's way when he was alive, poor soul, and I ain't going to get But the last time you went out in the rain you caught yourself a bad cold, Mr. Wiggers.” “I'll wear my muffler,” Mr. Wiggers compromised, and, dresing himself as well as he might to protect himself | against the rain, went out to the little | | garage at the rear of the house. LACROSSE. Wis., August 13 (P).— Capt. Fisher Blinn, U. S. A. Engineers, driver of a car which struck a bridge approach here Friday, causing a sec- tion of the bridge to collapse, with two deaths resulting. yesterday was ab- golved of criminal negligence charges by & coroner’s jury. Francis Landrieu, a Government engineer, and his wife, both of New Orleans, were trapped in the car and erowned. Capt. Blinn and his com- Ppanion, Miss Marceline Patro, escaped. The jury: deliberated an hour and 15 minutes and found the deaths were due to drowning following an auto- mobile accident. EXPLORER IS JAILED Dr. Otto Von Sikengen Had Re- fused to Leave Colony. PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, August 13 (#).—Dr. Otto von Sikengen, Austrian-born Czechoslovakian, who | claimed discovery of radium in a| Jungle on his arrival here a year ago after an expedition in Dutch Guiana, was sentenced to six weeks' imprison- ment yesterday when he fdiled to| comply with an order to leave the | colony. This quiet, strapping Englishman, an Unbeliever among fanatical Arabs, was the first white man to cross the “Dry Hell” of the Rub'al Khali—the wide, perilous desert of Southern Arabia. And he did it the native way, on a camel. How he worked for years among the Arabs, how he studied the languages in preparation for his great accomplishment is excitingly told by Lowell Thomas, author of “With Lawrence in Arabia,” who knows what a tough job it was. Don't fail to read this frue story of adventure—one of many features in It was a very snug little garage. Mr. Wiggers had put the tar paper on the roof himself, double thickness, to insure no leaks in the roof. There was good molding around the win- dows and around tie doors and there were substantial locks inside and out. It any one broke into Mr. Wiggers' garage it would not be without effort. Mr. Wiggers turned his collar up against the rain, scooted across the vard, fumbled a moment with the keys he kept on a heavy chain, and shortly was within the confines, small He had given it a| THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1935. 'S BELLS but ample, of hic garage. He looked upon his car, and he was happy. These times, when messing about and listening to* the firm chug of the motor, were those | in which Mr. Wig- gers felt youngest. The rain blew into the garage, made it feel damp and uncomfortable. Everard slammed the door. Mrs. Mack had long since finished her house clean- ing. She had come back fiom the grocery store, she had prepared sup- per, and she was patiently waiting for Mr. Wiggers; 8 her other guests | had already eaten. It was very un- | usual, for Mr. Wiggers was proud of his promptness. Mrs. Mack grew | uneasy. She decided to go out to | the garage. | | Mrs. Mack stood at the door of the | | garage. The rain had dwindled to‘ | & drizzle. She could hear the motor | | of the car running, and Mrs. Mack | | knocked on the garage door, but there | was no answer. She knocked again, | it carefully. | Department and a doctor, | | P WHEN the door of the garage was | smashed in heavy fumes of car- | | bon monoxide drifted out, and Mr. Wiggers was seen slumped over a | fender of his automobile, He was| carried out into the open. | | “I'm afraid it's no use” said the ! doctor after bending over him. “I'm afraid it's too late. He's dead.” “Too bad—funny little guy,” said a fat. short fireman. “Let's give him a try. You never kin tell about these little guys. They don't die so easy.” | | So the pulmotor was tried, and other things were tried, and the fire- man, and a policeman, and the doctor worked intensely over the stricken Mr. Wiggers. Several minutes passed, | and then Mrs. Mack almost screamed. for here she had heard the doctor say the man was dead, and his eye- | lids luttered. ... | “Do you remember anything at all?” | Mrs. Mack asked Mr. Wiggers a day | latter. She had come to visit him in his room, where he was bundled up and still recuperating. and hoping | he'd be well enough to go to work on | Monday. “No—not that I can say—"" began Mr. Wiggers. “Well. you see, I just thought— you've been a good man, and the doctor absolutely said you were dead, and I thought maybe——" “He actually said I was dead? Really dead?” “That’s what he said, and—" Mr. Wiggers contracted his brows. | Minutes passed, and Mrs. Mack sud- denly saw his face was brightening, indeed becoming as though illumined. “I do remember. Yes, I do. I have been a good man, indeed I have. I remember as though I was floating, upward, upward...and then there were great wings: maybe they were my wings. And I heard bells tolling. Yes, I did, I heard bells tolling—" Everard Wiggers looked out upon a world that suddenly was transformed before his eyes. He had been a good man. and he knew now for certain where in the end he was going. | (Copyright. 1935.) MOB DANGER OVER | e Carolina Sheriff Gets Guardsmen to Protect Prisoner. ABBEVILLE. 8. C., August 13 (#).— Sheriff 8. F. McLane expressed belief yesterday there was little likelihood of further mob threats against 10 Ne- groes in jail here for assaulting a white man. He indicated National Guardsmen called out to protect the Negroes would be demobilized soon. The sheriff early yesterday asked Gov. Olin D. Johnston for troops after hearing a mob was gathering. The | Governor ordered out Battery F, 115th ' {f~und the wallet. B P WRITES ABOUT m I Lowell Thomas—American—writer, explorer, radio commen- tator, tells the little known story of Bertram Thomas—Britisher =who has been called “the greatest living explorer.” your Sunday magazine. Field Artillery and when the mob ar- rived about 1:30 a.m. its members found the glistening barrel of a ma- | chine gun and the rifles and bayonets | of 35 troopers awaiting them. i S e | How to Aid the Police. | ST. JOHN, New Brunswick (#)— A tourist reported to police he lost his wallet, containing money and val- uable papers. | “It might have been at a point 10.1 | miles east of Calais, Me., on the St.| J 1n-St. Stephen highway,” he sug- | gested. | The police drove out 10.1 miles, | TWO HELD IN SLAYING OF TEXAS POLICE CHIEF Young Men Are Charged With Murder—One Admits Part in Killing. By the Associated Press. ORANGE, Tex., August 13.—Clyde were held on murder charges yester- day in connection with the fatal shooting of Johnnie Godwin, 31, act- ing police chief. Godwin died yesterday from a bullet wound received when he and a fellow officer attempted to guestion Thomp- son and Dawson. The latter admitted to Beaumont Police Capt. H. A. Downey that he fired the fatal shot. ‘Thompson was captured here shortly after the shooting and Dawson Was had kidnaped a couple and com- mandeered their auto. Solberg in Hornafjord. HORNAFJORD, Iceland, August 13 (#)—~Thor Solberg, who is flying from America over the original route of Leif Erikson, yesterday awaited better weather for the last lap of his flight, which will be to Bergen. He arrived Dawson, 21, and B. F. Thompson, 28, | arrested at Lake Charles, La., after he | here yesterday from Reykjavik. This August Sale is a Record-Breaker —Really a 2-Part Event for the builders are still busy with the interior changes—and that’s neces- sitated our giving prices an extra deep cut. Folks are finding out about these double-big bargains—and that's breaking all records for special August selling. 4-Piece Modern Bedroom Group One of the most effective and sensible expressions of the modern motif—and done in true “Furniture of Merit” quality. The price doesn’t begin to tell the full value. Come in and have a good look at it. See the beautiful walnut veneer finish tops and ends. sider that only $95 buys it! Two 3 Pieces for the Living Room Maple Groups 95 A Flying, Bearded Fish. | | PHILADELPHIA (%).—A fiying fish | with & four-inch beard and an eel 5o | transparent that print can be read | through its ribbon-body are among the specimens brought to the Acade- my of ‘Natural Sciences from a West Tadian expedition. A lantern fish dot- | ted with phosphorescent beads which | glow in the darkness of its home 3 miles deep is another newcomer to the | A—11 Dandruff!’ This Menace Must Gol a o cleani. mess—costslittle at dealer’s. LUCKY TIGER Real “Furniture of Merit” Note the graceful mirrors, look into the interior, see the splendid construction. Value Then con- What a Joy to Dine Off This Suite It's a dignified model—and of a type that will hold your favor throughout the years it will Attractive burl walnut veneer fronts, serve you. handsomely finished. A large buffet and china cabinet, extension table, serving table, complete set of chairs, with attractively upholstered seats. Ten pieces. The right kind of maple—Sturdy and well designed. Upholstered in bright colors, as such a suite should be. Cushions have spring seats; reversible spring- . Sofa with drop-leaves on arms, and a convenient ash tray concealed on filled back cushions. arm of chair Dinette Suite in Maple $ 59.50 Yes, that’s correct—only 2 Pieces of Downright Or May Be Had in Antique Oak Note that the Maple was grown in the hard sugar maple secti'on of Vermont. That means it’s fine maple. Well designed, and you'll see skilled craftsmanship in every detail of con- struction and finish. Beautiful hand-rubbed finish. Extension table with extra leaf; four ladder-back chairs_. You can arrange for credit as you want it. $27.5o outstanding this August event. Big, roomy pieces, sul sturdy construction. Deep seats, re- appearance and of L s handsome covering on the frames versible cushions: b | and fine quality frieze covering Comfort! g 75 Here is unusual value, put into these Living Room Suites. It has to be in quality at the price to have place in Houst & HERRMANN “Furniture of Merit”’ Seventh and Eye Streets 8433-35 Ga. Ave. bstantial in 110 Both stores open all day on Saturday.