Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1935, Page 6

A—6 Sk D INFRST Woman and 5 Children Per- ish in Tenement Flat in Harlem. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 4 —A new | blaze, set in rubbish piles in a Harlem ‘ apartment house, was discovered md!‘ extinguished today as police searched for a fircbug blamed for a tenement house fire which took six lives. Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy said he believed the new fire had been set by the person responsible for the deaths | of Mrs Margherita di Donato, 36, and | ter fiw ahfldren. Tixir docies were found in the kitchen of their fourth-floor flat after 8 fire early yesterday. From 7 to 15 years old, the children apparently had huddled around their mother and perished with her while Luigi Di Donato. 25-year-old relief worker and sole survivor in the family, | etaggered about East 121st street, too | hysterical to tell firemen of their peril. Meanwhile, fire officials said, the| same pyromaniac was firing another | Harlem tenement. The second blaze, | started in a baby carriage, was qmcklyg extinguished. The six victims of the first fire were trapped in their fourth-floor apart- ment. Firemen entering the rooms found the bodies. some nude, some in scanty nightclothes, piled on top of each other in the middle bed room. Spectacular rescues by firemen who elambered up 85-foot ladders saved the lives of another family of three in the | same building. Mrs. Mary Cunningham and her two sons, Thomas, 9, and Joseph. 6. About 40 other tenants left their “railroad” flats by rear balconies to | cross over to adjoining buildings and to safety, An 88-year-old woman was assisted to the street by her son. MAJ HILL IS BURIED Bombing Plane V;;tim Given Military Honors, NEWBURYPORT, Mass, Novem- ber 4 (#) —Funeral services for Maj. Ployer P. Hill, Army Air Corps officer killed Wednesday in the crash of a large bombing plane at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, were held yesterday at the Newburyport Universalist Church. He was buried with military honors At Belleville Cemetery. An American Legion post fired a salute of 18 guns. Russian Scholars. Nearly 104.000 students are reported to have entered Russian colleges this scmester. squad Buy GAR W0OOD QUALITY OIL FURNACES For Highest Heating Efficiency Lowest Fuel Cost See Them in Opcration NATIONAL ECTRICAL SUPPLY CO Y. Ave NAt 6800 ALL RAIL AND THE SOUTH ON SALE DAILY FROM WASHINGTON TO JACKSONVILLE Day One B 3% | &, 11 MIAMI e | &, 7 ST. PETERSBURG TAMPA Wiy Couh Also, 80 day, 6 months and 9 months low round-trip fares—on . hg un «Trip THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Beatrice Lillle, the Duke of Verdura, and Tallulah Bankhead are seen, left to right, at Mrs. Tiffany Saportas’ annual hurdy-gurdy ball in New York. Miss Bankhead appeared in the costume she wore as “Sadie Thompson™ in “Rain.” —A. P. Photo. Arlington Meeting Postponed. | Democrats to Meet. | LYON PARK. 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Although Miss Seidel was placed under & physician’s care, she gave offi- | clals & thorough description of the abductor. She reported he was about 25, of medium height and weight, wore an onyx ring bearing the initial “M” and told of working in a Joliet bakery. Detectives have sought & man of this general description since he spread terror through the West Side other was struck with & hammer and » girl was assaulted by a degenerate gunman who forced his way into her hotel room. MARTINSBURG RITES Clarendon Woman, Who Died Friday Formerly Resident of West Virginia City. 8Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., Novem- ber 4—Rites will be conducted here today for Mrs. Myrtle Virginia Bayles, 26, wife of James L. Bayles, and a res- ident of Clarendon, Va, who died Friday at the home of a brother, Charles Penwell, this city. She had been ill three months. She ‘was a daughter of 8. H. and Sarah Penwell and resided here before moving to Virginia. “Survivors are the husband, parents and three children, Richard, Mary and Betty Bayles of Clarendon and nine brothers, Burial will be in Jefferson County, |W. Va. Berwyn Card Party Arranged. BERWYN, Md., November 4 (Spe- cial).—The Woman’s Community Club will hold a card party in the Berwyn | School auditorium next Friday night at 8 o'clock. There will be prizes and by whipping and assaulting several | refreshments. 1A 1 TO CAMELS. SMOKING CAMELS STEADILY DOES NOT AFFECT ON THE GREATEST STORY €UER OLD abouf a new low priced car/ 1| AGREE ! M DEVOTED AND WHAT E'S NERVES \v‘ LIKE THEIR | MILDNESS SMOKING CAMELS CONSTANTLY NEVER BOTHERS MY NERVES. GRAND TASTE THEY HAVE! D. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1935. WW%W THRDFIREISSET, | [ Sadie at Hurdy-Gurdy Bant ||GIRLISKIDNAPED |55 s i 2 08 B e et . e et FROM ISLE IN GALE Monte Blue, Film Actor, Among Group Rescued by Coast Guard Cutter. HELD FOR MRS. 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