Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1935, Page 30

MALL INSPECTORS TRAIL PRESIDENT Service Established by Ben- jamin Franklin Sees He Gets Mail. By the Associated Press. When President Roosevelt neads homeward this week from Warm | Springs, the postal inspection service | will breathe a little easier. Headquarters officials will write an- other job down as finished and drop back into the routine business of see- ing that the presidential mail is de- livered promptly and safely to the| ‘White House. | When the President travels, the in- | spection service has to send men along, too, just as does the secret| service. The one sees that the Pres- ident gets his mail. The other sees | that he is alive to read it. Ever since Benjamin Franklin did some work along the mail inspection line back in 1737, the postal inspec- tors have been functioning. They call their division the oldest civilian de- tection service in the Government. ‘Webster Was Inspector. Noah Web:ter, who catalogued all the words into a book that had no plot, was another postal inspector. ‘There are many other names written down into the files of the service, too. Under President Lincoln, Allan Pinkerton left the postal inspection service to organize the secret service | which guards the President and| catches counterfeiters. Elmer L. Irey organized the intel- ligence unit of the Bureau of Inter- nal Revenue, known in the movies &s “T-men.” | R. C. Bannerman left the service to | organize an intelligence unit for the | State Department in 1920, and a few years later Joseph Gartland, present assistant chief inspector, was “loaned” to the Intelligence Department, to organize its intelligence unit. Although only a small percentage of the employes of the Post Office Department sail into the teeth of legal winds. “purely service investigations” occupy 70 per cent of inspectors’ time. The remainder is devoted to the things for which they are known by | the public—tracking down mail rob- | bers, extortionists, confidence men, bogus stock salesmen and patent med- icine peddlers. Also Look for Weakness, “Almost every criminal case we | touch has a service background,” an | official explained. “While we track down the criminal, we look also for the weakness in the postal service which made his crime possible. “The two are interwoven. Thus, in & post office burglary, we must check the amount lost, study the character of the postal employes, determine who was responsible and seek changes in the system to prevent another bur- glary.” Thus New York's famaus “ferry boat mail robbery” led the inspectors to a | urer. postal worker. Heir Sued BRIDE ASKS SEPARATION FROM SPRECKELS. Adolph Spreckels, jr., the sugar heir, shown here with his bride, the former Gloria Debevoise, who has entered suit against him for separation. They were married last September. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. BIRD SHOW TO DISPLAY DOMESTIC CANARIES Club Sponsors Exhibition at Ham- ilton Hotel January 9, 10 and 11. Plans for the National Capital Bird Show, to be held January 9, 10 and 11, at the Hamilton Hotel, are rapidly nearing completion, according to an announcement by Frank J. Jefferson, secretary of the Washington Bird Club. “The exhibit is intended to stimu- late interest in domestic-bred ca- naries,” states Jefferson, “and entries by persons not members of the club are welcome.” ‘The Washington Bird Club, not af- filiated with any national organiza- tion, was formed recently by a group of men breeding canaries as a hobby. Meetings are held monthly at the Thomson School. In addition to Jefferson, the officers are: W. D. Smith, president; Elmer Nelson, vice president, and G. E. Letner, treas- Entries for the show should be A mail truck, loaded | directed to the secretary at 142 F with six sacks of mail, was sent from | street southeast. Jersey City to New York across the | ferry. When the guard unlocked the | —_— truck in New York four pouches were| SOCIETY TO HEAR FISH gone. Inspectors found that, during the erossing, the driver and guard had left the truck to warm themselves in the boat’s cabin. They decided the robbery must have occurred on the ferry. Their only clue was a peddler’s wagon, drawn by a white horse, which had crossed on the same ferry. When the first diamond out of the loot turned up in a pawn shop, they traced it back to the brother-in-law of a postal worker. The worker had not reported for duty on the day of the robbery. They found a white| horse and peddler's wagon in the| vicinity of his home whose owners New York Representative to Speak to Minnesotans Tomorrow. Representative Hamilton Pish, ir., of New York will be guest speaker at & meeting of the Minnesota State So- clety at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in the ‘Washington Hotel. His subject will be “Americanism.” Dancing, which is to begin at 9:30 p.m., will be preceded by a short enter- tainment program featuring James W. Flaherty, vocalist, and Mme. Sara Flakshaar, also a vocalist, who will said ha. been rented to him on the day of the robbery. They set up a pawn shop and passed out the word through underworld con- nections that they would take any- thing. A few days later the agent | for the robbers showed up with the | rest of the loot, and they obtained a confession. The postal worker had | stolen an impression of the key to the | mail truck. | Workers in the service never know when they are being watched. From‘ runways high above sorting rooms | inspectors can look down upon the, clerks. They check post office bookxj and the postmaster never knows when they will come. Their work covers the whole range of postal activities. They check air- mail and ocean mail contracts. They turned postman and moved $2,500,- 000,000 of gold from San Prancisco to Denver, handing the Treasury a postage bill of $550,000 for the job. Once Ran Post Office. Chief Inspector Aldrich once ran the Chicago Post Office. Others have operated the post offices at Pitts- burgh, Atlantic City, Akron, Ohio, and drew. How PLUTO WATER Reticves TROUBLES Amazing Double-Action the Secret Safely, Surely Relieves Conati-| « pation, in One Hour or Less! Stimulates Gall Bladder and e Liver to Normal, “Free-Flow- | ing" Action! Constipation, liver and gall bladder troubles often come together. Millions suffer them daily—yet don’t know be accompanied by Miss Dorothy An- | HEIRESS' HUSBAND EXPECTS DIVORGE Mere Dinner Together Does Not Mean Reconciliation, $Says Prince. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Noveniber 30.—Prince Girolamo Rospigliosi denied today published reports that a reconciliation had been effected between him and Princess Rospigliosi, 23-year-old heir- ess to the Snowden ofl fortune. “There will be no reconciliation as far as I know,” the prince said.. “You can quote me as saying that I antici- pate my wife's divorce in the near future,” ‘The former Marion Snowden and her husband dined at a hotel here last night. “Merely having dinner together The princess visited Reno in Sep- tember. While asserting that her plans for & rumored divorce were “absolutely indefinite,” she admitted at the time that she planned to seek & divorce “somewhere, maybe in Mex- ico,” within & month from that time. Accompanying her on the trip West was Reed, a family friend, who said that he “happened to be coming out West.” Princess Rospigliosi is an heiress to the oll fortune of James H. Snowden, ‘who died in 1930 leaving as estate of from $2,000,000 to $4,000,000. She married the Italian prince at his estate. near Rome, when she was 19—and precipitated the opposition of her mother, Mrs. Walter 8. Davidson, to the wedding. Mrs. Davidson was unsuccessful in her attempts to annul | the marriage by appealing both to the Pope and Premier Mussolini. When the young couple came to America in 1932, Mrs. Davidson at- ‘Ttempted, unsuccessfully, to have the prince interned at Ellis Island. In Pebruary of that year the prince and his wife married here for the second time. On April 23, 1933, the princess, on her 21st birthday anni- versary, received her share of her fa- ther's estate. POWER COMPANY SUES MINNEAPOLIS, November 30 (#). ~—The Northern States Power Co. has filed an injunction suit in Federal District Court challenging constitu- tionality of the public utility holding company act. The power company, although it controls 21 operating companies, which also are plaintiffs in the suit, contended it was essentially an oper- ating company and that more than 99 per cent of its business was intra- state, and therefore not subject to Federal regulation. Chest Dollars in Action 1IX hungry young mouths to feed —and business bad! 'Father suddenly taken i1l and a.help- less old person taken in to be given the loving care that no one else could give! Surely things looked bad for the A. family. Increased expenses, gradually dwindling stock in the little store that provided the family livelthood, with no money available to restock, and little time for the busy mother to atiend to the wants of their cutsomers resulted in business falling away rapidly. By the time Mr. A. had recovered sufficiently to attend to the business, there was little business to which to attend. Things were getting desperate. ‘Without the store the family of nine could not get along. Still they had never received nor asked for help. Always had they been able to care for their little brood themselves. ‘Pinally, her heart torn by the pros- pect of slow starvation for her family, Mrs. A. haltingly suggested to her husband that they ask for help, so he called the Community Chest. As soon as the situation was out- lined, Mr. A. was advised to go to the Hebrew Free Loan Association, 1300 Spring road. ‘There he was sympathetically re- ceived, his problems discussed, and a loan sufficient lo restock the store made to him, with no other collateral than his good record for honesty, and no charge whatever for interest. Now the business is flourishing and nine persons were allowed to keep themselves from being public charges, due to the fact that, through the funds distributed through the Com- munity Chest, this agency is enabled those deserving of the help. It is & wonderful testimony to those whérh/ | the association helps that practically' every cent lent is repaid at the first possible opportunity. AR e EDUCATOR DIES Dr. Lewis D. Brookwalter Was President of Two Colleges. |} ANSONIA, Conn., November 30 (#). —Dr. Lewis D. Brookwalter, 89, who served two colleges in Ohio as presi- dent. died today at the home of his | daughter. A retired minister, Dr. BrookwalteY was president of Western College at | Toledo for 10 years and president of Otterbein College at Westerville for five years. He served churches &t Dayton, Ohio, and Kansas City, Wel- " borne, Hiawatha and Muscoto, Kans. ‘The funeral will be held Monday at the First Congregational Church, of which his son-in-law is pastor. He to pay the small overhead that per- mits them to lend small sums to will be burled beside his wife, who' died 25 years ago at Hiawatha, Kais, ANSBURGH’S Basement Store * PHONE ORDERS TO Dlstrict " Men'’s Shirts 7th, 8th and E STREET ® You Know What a Riot of Bargains Our Last Dollar Sale Was! Monday Morning at 9:15—Mammoth pre-Christmas OLLAR SALES Women's, Misses’ & Children’s Galoshes All rubber. 1, 2, 3 snap style, according to size in both, black and brown. Fleece lined. High cuban, flat or college heels. $ Sizes for children—8 to 2. For women and misses—31; to 9. Women's & Misses' Slippers Genuine hard leather sole slippers in D'Or- say style. Cuban heels. Sizes 4 to 8. Also felt slippers with leather soles and rubber heels. Sizes 4 to 8. Women's Silk Slips Beautiful new silk crepe slips, elaborately lace trimmed or tais lored. Some with eme broidered yokes, others with satin tops. $ $ 48-inch lengths. Sizes 34 to 44, Celanese Crepe Gowns Soft, fine quality raye on crepes with lace trimmed yokes. Self tie belts, bias cut and full lengths. Sizes 16 and 17. Porto Rican Gowns Cotton gowns with dainty hand-embroid- ered appliques. Some Women's Blouses Acetates, taffetas and tailored blouses in wool or silk mixtures. High necks or turn- over collars. Long or short sleeves. Sizes 34 to 40. Women's Chardonize Hose 4 prs. For those who prefer the heavier-type stock- ing. First quality. Shaped leg, mock seam. 8%z to 10%2. Full-Fashioned Hose 2 prs. 1 First quality ringless Bemberg hose. Good quality, all colors in a heavy stocking. There are plenty of dark shades. Sizes8!,t0101:. Rayon Gowns & Pajamas 2 for Irregulars of higher- priced merchandise. Gowns in pastel s shades are lace trim- med and tailored, 2- piece pajama styles have contrasting color trims. 16 and 17. Rayon Taffeta Slips 2 for A large variety of styles for the holidays. Lace trimmed and tai- $ lored, rip-proof seams and adjustable straps. Sizes 34 to 44. Satin Chemise & Dance Set Beautifully lace-trim- med and tailored sets in dainty tearose and blue. Chemise sizes 34 to 42; dance sets from 32 to 36. New fall and winter styles. Every pair is perfect and Boys’ Wash Suits Poplins, broadcloths and linens in belted and button-on styles. Dark and light shades, lovely trims. Sizes 3 to 6 years. Boys’ Wash Suits Broadcloth —in _ solid colors and combina- tions, button-and and belted models. Colors and color combina- tions. Sizes 3 to 6 years. Boys’ Hi-Cuts To the first 30 cus- tomers! Heavy, good wearing soles that wear and wear. The ideal shoe for the youngster.. In broken sizes. Boys’ Winter Headgear 2 for ‘Wool and Wool mixed caps; also knitted hockey caps; leath- $ erette helmets ‘with goggles. Boys' & Youths' Sweaters Zipper and pull-over styles for boys of 4 to 10 years. And youths from 8 to 18 years. $ Very attractive, many with the new fancy 2« *1 Perfect and irregulars. White, solid colors and neat patterns. They stand plenty of wear, Sizes from 1313 to 17. with tucked waists and belts. Regular and extra sizes, 16 to 20. will give you good service. backs. Solid and patterns. Black, brown and patent leathers. Combination sizes 4 to 8 in group. Boys’ Corduroy Knickers Only 300 pairs of our regular speckled Porto Rican Gowns Fine lingerie cloth with contrasting bind- ings, hand embroider- ed and appliques, tuck waists and tie belts. Regular and extra sizes, 16 to 20, Sparkle Cloth Rayon 3 for only Undies A lovely—yet practi- cal Christmas gift! Panties, bloomers, step-ins and vests. Neatly tailored. Reg- ular and extra sizes. Flannelette Gowns 2 for only Warm flannelette gowns for women. 1 Women’s Silk Slips (Slight Irregulars) 2% Samples and seconds. Silk crepe, tailored and lace bodice and vee top Seconds will not ,affect wear. to 44. trimmed, styles. hardly noticeable — Sizes 34 elsewhere. why. Often, physicians say, it is not Because of the variety of their du- only because you're constipated, but ties, they must know every branch'also because biliary drainage from of the service. All of them come liver and gall bladder is not normal, from the ranks of postal workers.| Hence, ordinary laxatives that act O ihe 355 inspectors, 64 per cent ' only on bowels to temporarily relieve s lb;’; a‘a‘;;;s""“m““ SeENice constipation still leave you feeling After an inspector has proved hn‘!:emble. P luto Water, h_owever (."th abllity and has been assigned to a ter- | itS amazing double action), relieves ritory, he has complete freedom of ac- | 8ll these troubles at the same time. tion in proceeding to catch his man.| First, Pluto gives you a sure, gentle If he is in Boston and thinks his man |flush in an hour or less.' 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Chief Inspector Aldrich put it this way: “The inspector must be able to meet the suave sharper in Wall Street or the hill-billy in the sticks with equal ease, for he never knows what his next assignment may be.” i MANY WILL ADDRESS AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS Bus, Motor Truck, ' Lubrication and Airplane Industries Rep- resented Tomorrow Night. ting the bus, mo- at the University Club. tatives from the Baltimore and Richmond sections of the soclety ; The speakers will be Harrison J.| e|—1/5 Pluto, 4/5 glass hot water, lief is quick—and thorough! You feel amazingly better in an hour. Soon feel normal again! That’s why, for years over 50,000 doctors have used or recommended Pluto Water, That's why your own doctor, too, will tell ! . you there is nothing better. DO AS DOCTORS DO Dr.E. L. 8. of Ohio says: have found the use of Pluto in gall bladder cases to have remarkable results.” Sodoas doctors do next time you feel dull and listless from con- o stipation, liver or gall bladder troubles. Take Pluto Water in the tasteless, non-habif dose Cleanse your system of health-de- stroying poisons this sure way. You’l be amazed at the difference it makes! Two hundred million bottles of Pluto have been used—millions more each year. One of the pafest, surest, mosteconomicallaxativesyou can buy. Comes in 2 sizes—25¢ and 50c— styles. Plain colors with con- trasting trims. Regular and extra sizes, 10 to 20, Women'’s Tie-On Aprons In fast color prints, pretty floral colors, on solid backgrounds. Colored bias pipings, some with organdy ruffles. 3 for 3 Women's Cotton Frocks Stripes, figures and floral prints. Polka dots, etc. All fast color materials, cut full. Some with or- 1 gandy aprons to match. Sizes 14 to 52. Women's Smocks Prints or solid color smocks, full length or length. All long Wash Dresses Tttt for house or office wear. Makes a nice gift, too! Sizes 14 to $ 42. Silk Hose 3= *1 Ringless silk hose of first quale ity! Service and chiffon service weight. Mock seam, shaped leg, reinforced heel and toe and rune stop garter tops. 8% to 10%. Full lined and well tailored. In grey and brown. Sizes range from 8 to 16. Boys’ Golf Hose Boys’ perfect quality golf hose, all full length and well made. There are only 800 pairs so you'd better hurry down. Yes, we have all sizes, corduroy knickers. s Boys' Lumberjacks Roomy, warm jackets with the waist-hug- ging bottoms. A full $ cut and really warm lumber jacket for the outdoor boy. Here's just the thing for him. 8 to 18. Boys' Sweaters 2 300 sipper top vee neck or crew neck styles. Spun yarns, wool mixtures, ribbed, heather and shaker knits. Just the thing for a boy. Sizes 26 to 36. Smart Knit Ties 4 In the new effects! Sizes for for Just the thing for every school or so- cial occasion. The knit tie is very “high fashion” now. Boys’ Pajamas One piece. For boys 4 to 14 yrs., 2 pieces for youths, 8 to 18 years. Broadcloth of flannel- ette in middy or coat styles. Youths' Slacks Full cut and well tai- lored slacks with sep- arate waist band and cuff bottoms; of sturdy fabrics. Mixtures and herringbone patterns. 2 for $ $ Boys’ School Knickers 2 for Good wearing mate- rials. Every pair lined well and tailored. Yes, they have the knit knee cuffs and come in sizes ranging from 8 to 16 years, Men’s Hose For dress or business —for gift giving. Per- fect and irregulars of the better grades. Sizes from 10 to 12, Men’s Sweaters Lumber jackets, rib- bed coat sweaters, shaker knit pull-ons, half zipper and shawl collar types. Sizes 36 to 46. Men’s Shoes Only 75 pairs—and only one pair to a customer! Black only, in Blucher style. Sizes 6 to 11, Men'’s Better Hose 500 pairs of fine tissue lisle hose, knit ingrain. Purethreadsilk, ribbed lisleand others. All per- fect—reinforced. Sizes 10 to 12, Men’s Better Ties Hand tailored and resilient construction, Choose from 50 pat- terns and 1500 new ties! 300 are satin tipped and all are fully lined. Men's Unien Suits Checked nainsook, athletic style or knitted ankle or knee length models . . . all full cut and well made. Some irregulars in the group, Sizes 34 to 46. Men’s Pajamas Coat, middy and notch collar types of broad- cloth, or Amoskeag flannelette. Covered elastic waistband. Sizes A to D. $ 10 prs.; $ 2 for $ Men's Shirts—Shorts 4 for Athletic shirts in ribbed or panel knits. Broadcloth shorts with tie-sides and elastic inserts. All full cyt and well made. Sizes 30 to 46. Girls’ Wash Dresses Broadcloths, percales, lawns, organdies and dimities. Some with smocked yokes—others with contrasting trims and colors. Sizes 7 to 14. Girls' Raincoats Girls’ rubber raincoats in .grey, red, blue, green or wine. They s keep you dry when everything’s “all wet.” Small, medium and large. Children’s Socks Half and 3} lengths in patterns or plain weaves, Some with fancy tops. 6 to 10%. 4 pairs, $1. Girls’ long 4 prs. Tots’ & Girls’ Sweaters All-wool coat and slip- on sweaters for tots. Vee, square, crew and turtle necks, some with collars, 3 to 6 years. Girls’ sweaters ~—slip-on style, plain and nove elty weaves, 7 to 14, pajamas in plain colors, two- Flannelette Pajomas, 2 for color combinations and stripes. Some nursery prints in sizes 1 2 to 8 years. Others in 2- piece styles 8 to 14 years. Children’s Slips Boys' Corduroy Overalls All the. new colors, styled for junior boys 2 « 51 fine ribbed stockings. years old. Cuff but- toms make Snuggy-. {romdmloyuns them Boys’ “Wash Top” Suits The shorts are lined. ‘The broadcloth blouse is washable. Smart styles with matching belts and tie. Sizes 4 to 10 years. Boys’ Knitted Union zSuifs Dutch neck, trunk leg models. Or the short sleeve, knee length. ‘Warm ‘and well knit. For boys 4 to 18 years. for Winter Shirts, Drawers- 2 Some imperfeets of Otis and other fine makes in.] Merit Winter weights. Long and short sleeves. 36 balbriggans. . and Asquith. to 46, Drawers 30 to ' 44 in group. Men’s Work Clothes Men'’s overalls of blue denim. Strorgly made. "’ Sizes 38 to 46. 300 pairs work pants—ir= regs. of better grade. Made to stand hard wear. Sizes 30 to 46. Men’s Shirts ‘Women's Uniforms shoulders, lace trim- ; Sir Galahad Towa med and tailored. 4 to s . 2 Club. Artistic and other Jr. Boys' Wash Suits & SEEReT Beand! of 2 for men’s very fine shirts. Long - w'm’hua- Every one perfect! But- er cloth shorts, In the s E s button-on or the belt- ed models. Sizes4to0. Mercerized yarns. 6 to 10%. Tots’ Silk Dresses Silk crepe frock with ruffle trims, ruffle flounces, smocked yokes ribbon Broadcloths, percales, lawns, dimities and organdies in & variety of styles and patterns. Contrasting trims and belts. Frocks are washablel Sizes 1 to 6 years, 14. 4 for $§1. Rayon Taffeta Slips — lace- trimmed and tailored, 4 to 14. 3:fer $1. Nainsook and Taffeta Slips—lace trim- med and tailored. ¢to 14 3 for 31,