Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1935, Page 37

- GARY SLAYING LAID “BLACK HAND" Police Chief Says Alderman Reported He Had Been Threatened. By the Associated Press. 'GARY, Ind., October 24.—Gary po- | lice, acting under orders to “get the| slayers” of Dan Perotta, 25, “boy| alderman” of the City Council, worked | today on a theory that he was & vic- tim of a “Black Hand” feud. | Police Chief Lawrence said Peroun.‘ apparently a “ride” victim, several| ‘weeks ago reported he had been threat- 1 eried, but declined to give the origin | of the warning that he was “in a bad’ spot.” | Perotta, said to be the youngest | official ever elected in Gary, took| office last Spring. He was a bride- | groom of three months. The police | chief pointed out that his widow's | 3&1»{, Paul Niccolis, was slain in| farch, 1934, in a similar gangland | manner. The youthful councilman's body was found in a ditch alongside a deserted Griffin, Ind, street, six miles from here, by W. P. A. workers yesterday. They reported having seen three men in a black sedan speeding away from the vicinity. He apparently had been slain in s gangland manner, “taken for | ay ride,” and thrown into the | ditch with two bullet holes in the| head, one in the left arm and a| fourth in the left side of his body. ! During Council session Perotta 1re- quently had expressed opposition to | the gambling rackets, but the police were inclined to disregard this in the 1nvestigation of his death. No arrests have been made. The widow refused to discuss the shooting and denied herself to vis-| itors. STRIKE VOTE ORDERED AT VISCOSE CO. PLANTS| Head of United Textile Workers Charges “Discrimination” Against Union Members. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 25—Charg- ing “discrimination” against union | members, Thomas F. McMahon, presi- | dent of the United Textile Workers | of America. and other union officers have ordered a strike vote by workers 1n the five plants of the Viscose Co. | With head offices in Marcus Hook, Pa. and New York, the Viscose Co.| has plants in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. | The strike vote was decided upon, | McMahon said, “following a long dis- | cussion of the situations that devel- | oped among thesc plants as a result of discrimination against membership in | the United Textile Workers of Amer- ica.” | William F. Kelly, vice president of | the union, said the Viscose Federated | Council demands a flat 5 cents an | hour increase for hourly workers and a 10 per cent increase for piece workers. | AUTO SOUNDS ALARM ! DETROIT, Ill, October 25 (#).— Walter Ramft's automobile sounded' its own fire alarm. Ramft was awakened at night by‘ the steady blowing of the car’s horn and found that the garage was burn- ing. The flames apparently had caused a complicated short-circuiting. The garage and car were destroyed. Pilot Gains Weightl On Diet of Oxygen, But Science Scoffs Medical Men Contede,\‘ Houwever, Stratosphere l Holds Revelations. BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Associated Press Science Editor. NEW YORK, October 24.—A rare person it Pilot Gritz Secor—he gained 19 pounds in a few days flying with an oxygen diet in the stratosphere. Announcement of his experience by the Fairchild Aviation Corp. sug- | gests that the oxygen did it. Inquiry today among medical mem Indicates otherwise and suggests a | whole panorama of interesting things | awaiting passengers in the sub- stratosphere. Secor, at 23,000 feet making an serial survey in New Mexico for the | Department of Agriculture Soil Con- | servation Service, inhaled oxygen for & short time daily. Persons who are ill live in a heavy oxygen atmosphere in hospitals for | weeks and even months without gain- | ing weight. Their illness might ac- count for lack of weight gain. But Dr. Alvan L. Barach of New York, who has made oxygen studies, points out that he has had normally healthy dogs living in a 50 per cent oxygen atmosphere for a month with- out gaining weight. The cabins of the substratosphere ghips will have custommade atmos- pheres. It is known that these arti- fiicial atmospheres and pressures have no effect on most persons. But rare ones might show something unex- pected—even to coming down heavier than they went up. MEDICATED WITH INGREDIENTS OF Vicks VapoRue Modern successor to old-fashioned cough syrups more con- venient pensive.. longer in the throat. Scarf and Cap Set —designed to put nippy Novem- ber and biting December utterly to rout. Beautifully warm and festive in brown and maize, white and green, nevy il $7.50 orange and brown From a group, $1 to $2.95. GIRLS’ HaTs, FOURTH FLOOR. T HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1935. SHOES —to wear with Snow Suits —soft and flexibie under overshoes. Of- ficial Girl Scout Shoes, made on the roomy moccasin toe last. In brown elk with leath- erbbsole.;1 a 111 d rubber heels. Sizes 35 to 8__ $5 Kamp Tramps, the years around shoe for children. With supple leather soles and moccasin toes. In brown or white elkskin (not sketched. Priced by size— $3 1035 CHILDREN'S SHOES, FourTH FLOOR, Warm winter ahead for those youngsters whose mothers—with comfort aforethought — prepare now for that sudden morning when the W hether it snows or not they will want to wear Snow Suits Gay ones with plaid tops like “Toddy” right below. One-piece, with wider legs raglan sleeves for comfort. to 8. “Wendy,” a two-piece suit sketched. $6.95. GIRLS’ SPORTSWEAR, FOURTH FLOOR. Very voung, outdoor enthusiasts fasten their plaid top suits cosily with Talon fas- teners. One-piece & 5.95 style with matching cap. 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Shorter snow socks, too, in high colors festively hordered. Sizes 7 to 11. CHILDREN'S HosmERY, Arste 17, First FLOOR. SELF-HELP UNDERTHINGS —make life simpler for mother and $|‘15 youngster. Combinations in all cotton In mixtures of 15% wool, 15% the rest cotton. Sizes 2 to 12.__ Self-Help Sleepers. Sizes 4 to 6. $1.25 “BRAS” AND PANTIES —the brief affairs Junior Misses dote on. The panties are in Bemberg with lace npphque— the “bras,” the popular Thrill style, in lace, net or slightly weighted silk crepe. Each GIRLS’ AND JUNTOR MIsSES’ FURNISHINGS, FouRTH FLOOR. —and steps up to twelve—makes simplicity a fetish, turns an attentive eye to English princess fashion—and finds at Woodward & Lothrop, in coats and dresses, stellar examples of its creed. For example, we show: 7' Left—Simplicity in velveteen accented with white cuffs and demure collar, and a 57 95 parade of small buttons ped From a group of frocks in wool, \elveteen. and acetate crepes, in plain colors or merry plaids _ - = E $3 to $16.95 Center—PBeaver trims a coat with well-cut back and double-breasted front, with 522,75 checked wool lining Right—Ten buttons mlrch dnv\n the double- breasted front of a coat with a very British back. A velveteen collar, too, and a $|395 hat to match - From & group of coats in nice young colors; rust, wine, blue, green and navy. In tweeds and woolens. Untrimmed styles start at $10.95. Furred styles begin at $13.95. GIRLs’ APPAREL, FOURTH FLOOR, Younger Men's Suits —with two pairs of trousers, are trimly tailored of fine cassimeres and worsteds that the most eritical eye is sure to approve. Single and double breasted styles. In sizes 329 75 35 to 38 Lightweight Overcoats remove their linings quickly with a Talon fastener—to $35 become topcoats. Cravanetted, too THE SHOP FOR YOUNGER MEN, SECOND FLOOR.