Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1936, Page 2

A—2 #¥» - RELIEF 1S GUIDED BY GROP REPORT Smallest Corn Harvest in 55 Years Predicted—New - Program Mapped. Bv the Assoolated Press. - . A Government estimate that th 1936 corn crop will be the smallest in 55 years served as a guide today to Federal relief moves in the drought area. ‘The yield of 1439,135000 bushels, estimated by the Crop Reporting Board late yesterday, is the lowest since 1881, when the population of the Nation was only 50,155,000, as compared with more than 127,000,000 at present. Secretary Wallace and other ad- ministration officials who had anxi- ously awaited the forecast immedi- ately proceeded anew with relief plans. Drought relief officials added 30 more counties in seven States to the emergency list, which now includes 920 counties in 22 States. Relief efforts are concentrated in these counties. There was some speculation as to whether President Roosevelt might use his powers under the tariff act to reduce the 25-cent-per-bushel tariff on corn imports or eliminate it on specific purchases for drought needs. Another move included the forth- coming tour of nine States by the Great Plains Drough Committee. Morris L. Cooke, chairman of the Long Range Planning Group named by the President, said the committee would leave the capital this week end and would start a motor tour from Texas next Tuesday. The corn crop forecast, based on August 1 conditions, was more than 800,000,000 bushels under the esti mate of one month earlier and more than a billion bushels less than aver- age production between 1928 and 1932. Wheat-Production Drop. A smaller decline in the production of all wheat was also forecast in the broad report. Production this year was placed at 632,745,000 bushels, compared to the July 1 estimate of 638,399,000 and the five-year average of 863,564,000 Coupled with the corn shrinkage were declines in forecasted yields of oats, barley and grain sorghum and other feed grains, so the total for the our classifications rated 42 per cent below the 10-year average feed produc- + tion from 1923 to 1932. However, because of the reduced humbers of live stock that must be fed this Fall and Winter, the Govern- ment experts said the “live stock feed situation was somewhat less serious than it was this time in 1934.” They conditioned this, however, upon widespread rains later, which would improve pasture conditions. An increase in hay supplies this year, compared to 1934, also figured in the outlook. “Readjustments in numbers of live #tock” were termed necessary. Heavy marketing of hogs was predicted, be- cause they need corn. Hog Purchases Possible. Some saw the possibility that the present emergency purchases of cattle by the Goyernment might be expanded to include hogs. It is known that several million dol- lars could be obtained for emergency purchases from the 30 per cent of customs receipts Congress set aside to aid agriculture. i Comparing estimated production of *important” crops this year with per- centage of the five-year average pro- duction from 1928 to 1932, the Crop Board rated only sweet potatoes, beet and sugar cane, rice pears and wal- nuts equal or above, ‘The percentages were: Corn, 56; Winter wheat, 83; durum wheat, 17; other Spring wheat, 56; cotton lint, 85; oats, 64; barley, 52; rye, 71; buck- wheat, 68; flax, 40; rice, 102; grain sorghum, 83; tame hay, 89; wild hay, 65; dry beans, 86: Irish potatoes, 79; sweet potatoes, 100; tobacco, 78; sugar cane, 153; sugar beets, 109; broom corn, 86; hops, 79; total apples, 64; peaches, 76; pears, 102; total grapes, 83; apricots, 98; dry prunes, 84; plums and fresh prunes, 98; almonds, 68; walnuts, 122. The Government's estimates caused some surprises in the grain trade be- cause corn and oats were far below earlier private forecasts. In general, however, private authorities said the ‘broad report was a representative pic- ture. ‘The Agriculture Department'’s state- ment that this year's corn crop of 1,439,135,000 bushels was the smallest in 55 years at first caused some con- usion in view of the fact that the 1934 crop had been reported as 1,- 877,126,000 bushels. Officials explained, however, that the 1935 agricultural census, figures for which became available in June this year, had resulted in a 60,000,000~ bushel upward revision of the 1934 corn estimate, bringing the total to 1,439,135,000 bushels. Revisions of the department’s esti- mates of crop acreage and production Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. OW would you like to read the story of a broken vase, a wife who loved antiques, & hus- H band who was clumsy and the Salvation Army? An operative of ours thinks it is quite a piquant com- bination of characters. The story begins, as you might have guessed, with the husband breaking the vase. The wife wept, and wept, and wept and the husband wrung his hands and said how sorry he was and maybe he could have the vase re- paired. The wife didn’t believe him, but no one can go on forever crying over broken vases and so, eventually, she stopped. Some time later, when time and events proved to her that husbands who break vases are just the kind of persons who never can get them re- paired, the wife lost her temper and gave the remnants of the broken vase and its mate to the Salvation Army. As fate will contrive things, shortly thereafter the husband was walking by the headquarters of the Salvation Army and saw the two vases, the broken one now repaired, just sitting there waiting for a buyer. The price tag said they were $75. That might seem a high price to pay for your own clumsiness, but the husband paid it, took the two vases home to his wife (without breaking them), presented them to her and now the two, presumably, are living happily ever after. * ox ¥k X SHIRLEY. Unless something happens to divert the little girls now playing with dolls, the day is coming when every man—or perhaps just 90 out of 100—will marry a girl named Shirley. That much was implied at a doll's tea party held a few days ago at Friendship House in Sautheast Washington. Thirty little girls came with their dolls. Asked to introduce the latter, a few said “Mary” and several others offered “Helen,” but by far the majority announced gravely, “this is Shir= ley.” 1t is the kind of standardization which makes the future look pretty dark. * x ¥ % NO JINX. OU could look a long time before you found another person who likes the number 13 as well as does Dr. A. W. Shea. It is an attachment that goes far back through the years and shows no signs of weakening. It was during the war that Dr. Shea found himself a member of Company 313 and when that company moved up to the front, he was one of 13 men aboard a cer- tain truck. It happened to be the 13th of the month, which was put- ting quite a few 13s on the line for fate—and the Germans—to shoot at. Both missed, however, and Dr. Shea has looked upon 13 as a pal ever since. * x % x ANGER. There was a wonderful man on the bus with Mrs. Mary Hicks the other evening; ‘“‘wonderful,” be- cause he sat in the seat beside her and did what she and quite a few other bus riders frequently have wanted to do. Oblivious of the fact that others were watching him, he counted the passengers as if they were so many pawns in a private battle between himself and the bus company. His census taken, he recorded the nums= . ber of the bus, the hour—5:15— and the number of passengers, 64. The rest of the journey he just sat there looking grim with a glint in his eyes which implied that the Public Utilities Commission was going to hear from him. * ok x % REPORT. 'HERE is nothing compulsory about believing the story of a Washing- ton motorist named Curtin, but the tale is going the rounds that his 2,000-mile trip, just ended, was the funniest auto trip of the Summer. Something happened to the steering mechanism of his car which made it next to impossible to make a left turn Did Curtin have it repaired? That is the part of the story which is hard to believe. A friend of his reports that he made most of the 2,000 miles without allowing an alien mechanic to touch the car—making right turns are made every five years on the basis of the Census Bureau's figures of actual acreage and production. ‘DANGEROUS’ POND COSTS BOY'S LIFE Bernard Clark, 13, Drowned as Brother Watches—Warn- ing Issued. Drowning of another child in the deep pond near New York avenue and Bladensburg road northeast brought from police today a warning that the place will contirue for some time to be a dangerous swimming hole, al- though it is gradually being filled in. Bernard Clark, 13, colored, 2035 Clagett place northeast, drowned there yesterday while swimming with friends. He was the third or fourth to sink to death in the pond's treacherous depths, the previous victim being 9-year-old Mary Farrell, 1343 P street northeast, who drowned May 9. Capt. Richard H. Mansfield, ninth precinct commander, announced after the Farrell child’s death he would seek to have the pond filled in. He said today that this was being done, although the pond is so large and deep it may be a year or longer be- fore erough dirt can be dumped in. The pond is on the property of the United Clay Products Manufacturing Co. and is the result of excavations for brick clay. It is more than a quarter of a mile wide and 70 to 80 feet deep in places, Capt. Mansfield said. He added more accidents could be ex- pected if children in the neighborhood continued to disregard warning signs. take the place of the left ones which the vehicle simply could not nego- tiate, XN — ‘ Yeas? é%fli#‘ That, at any rate, is the story that is being told. * X X ¥ CROW. A YOUTHFUL Chevy Chase resident realized a life ambition today, though the victory was a Pyrrhic one. Sleeping on an outdoor porch,” he awakened to see & crow tearing at the canvas awning overhead. Quietly he slipped from beneath the covers, grabbed a broom and with the handle “smacked” the crow just as its head appeared through the hole in the awning. The bird's body crashed to the ground without so much as a flutter in the garage driveway 10 feet dis- tant. For years the youth had been at- tempting to shoot one of the “pests.” Phyrrhic was his victory, in so far as he ripped a 4-foot hole in the awning in place of the small rent being made by the crow for a piece of nesting. e Rooster’s Crowings Counted. OAKLAND, Calif. (#).—After previ- ous trouble with her neighbor’s rooster, Mrs. Reese D. Jones, awakened once more, 1ay still and counted. In court she testified the early morning ser- enade numbered 118 crowings. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1936. This exclusive and remarkable picture shows a rebel shell as it struck the water off the bow of a loyalist submarine patrolling the waters around Algeciras to prevent the transport of rebel troops from Morocco to the mainland. Rebel field guns placed around the seacoast town forced the submarine to scurry. Photo taken by an Englisman on a passing steamer. Mrs. Gaston B. To Husband @ Bilker of Mrs. McLean Won’t Submit to Life- Saving Operation. Adamant in his refusal to permit a life-saving operation, Gaston B. Means, former Department of Justice agent serving 15 years in Leavenworth Penitentiary for bilking Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean of $104,000 in the Lindbergh infant kidnaping, lay near death in the prison hospital today. Mrs. Means hurried by plane from Washington to reach her 57-year-old husband as soon as she heard he had been stricken with a gall bladder ail- ment. The Department of Justice reported his condition was growing steadily worse but that he would not sanction suggery. 3 Consent of his nearest relative must be , obtained before doctors can ply their skill to save his life. The attack seized him Saturday night. Mrs. Means, who has sought obscurity since heér husband’s conviction three years ago, sobbed at the airport but would not say whether she would authorize the operation. Means gained considerable notoriety in the 20s when he was sent to Atlanta Penitentiary for violation of the prohibition law. He drew more attention to himself in 1929 when he published his “Strange Death of Presi- | dent Harding,” which purported to be a revelation of the undercover activi- ties of Mr. Harding and his associates. But his career touched the zenith of the bizarre in criminality when he played on the sympathies of Mrs. Mc- Lean, wealthy owner of the “Hope diamond,” to entrust to him $104,000 to ransom the baby Charles Augustus Lindbergh, after he told her the gang- sters holding him demanded $150,000. Means, who in reality had no Olympics (Continued From First Page.) Ralph Gilman of Alameda, Calif, the Americans were caught in 9:03.2. Flanagan, leading off, swam the fastest leg for the Americans, 2:15.4, followed by Macionis, 2:16.0; Paul Wolf of Los Angeles, 2:16.0, and Medica, 2:15.8. Flanagan held Yusa to a length lead at the end of the first 200 meters, but during the next 200 Sugiura in- creased the Japanese advantage to three lengths as he went away from Macionis Wolf proved equally in- capable of matching Taguchi’s furious sprint toward the finish of the third leg, with the result that Medica faced an impossible deficit when he took after the fleeing Arai. Victor by One Foot. Miss Maehata was given a terrific struggle by Martha Genenger of Germany in the 200-meter breast stroke final, but won by one foot in 3:03.6, well above the new Olympic standard of 3:01.9 she set in the trials. The Japanese girl, second to Clare Dennis of Australia in the 1932 Olympic final, led by a foot going into the last 50 meters and clung tenaci- ously to that margin to the finish. Ingesoerenson of Denmark finished third, with Hanni Hoelzner of Ger- many, and Johanna Waalberg, Hol- land, tied for fourth. Sail-offs for first places in the six- meter and eight-meter championships of the yachting competition were post- poned and perhaps canceled as a result of a series of protests lodged against unideniified contestants. The charges were said to involve profes- sionalism. The International Amateur Ath- letic Federation indicated an Ameri- Means Flies , Il in Prison MRS. GASTON B. MEANS, Photographed as she boarded a plane here yesterday to fly to Leavenworth, Kans., where her husband is critically ill. —Underwood Photo. | knowledge of the kidnaping, told Mrs. McLean he was carrying on negotia- tions with a mysterious character known as “the Fox.” In real life “the Fox” was Norman T. Whittaker, Washington lawyer, who was also sentenced to Leavenworth. Means was arrested when he sought another $35,000 from Mrs. McLean. In July, 1933, he entered prison under conviction of conspiracy, grand larceny and embezzlement after a sensational trial in District. Court. The $104,000 ‘was never found by authorities. can move to legalize starting blocks might be approved at the next I. A. A. F. meeting in 1938. Germans Disclaim Responsibility. Whoever may be responsible for Peru's dissatisfaction, German au- thorities today denied the slightest responsibility. Peru threatened to withdraw yes- terday after the International Foot Ball Federation had ordered a replay of last Saturday's game in which the South Americans defeated Austria, 4-2. A high departmental official who usually accompanies Chancellor Hit- ler on his trips pointed out that “in the opinion of the International Foot Ball Federation, the Danish referee at Saturday's game was derelict in his duties and that therefore the feder- ation’s Appeal Committee has stepped into action.” “This committee,” the official said, “had a French chairman, Italian and French vice chairmen and Swedish and Czechoslovakian members. There was not one German on the commit- tee. It clearly was an international, not a German, affair. “When the replay was ordered for yesterday again it was a foreigner who awarded the game to Austria. The referee, Barlassina of Italy, waited the prescribed 30 minutes before pro- nouncing Austria the winner. Austrians “Mauled.” “Our definite view is that the Latin Americans last Saturday simply jumped over the enclosure and mauled the ‘Austrians. The Peruvians didn't complain then that the stadium did not comply with Olympic require- ments. It was only after the replay was ordered that they began to ob- ject. As a matter of fact the stadium where Saturday'’s game was played has been the scene of many interna- tional events. Never before did any- body take exception to the layout.” Night Final Delivered by Carrier Anywhere i n the City [ Full Sports Base Ball Scores, Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around.the World. What- ever it is, you'll find it in The Night.Final Sports Edition. THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered by carrier—70c a month. Call ‘National 5000 and service will start at once. | employes.” | BAKERY STRIKERS REJECT PAY OFFER Union Salesmen Vote Down Dutch Baker Boy Plan of Profit-Sharing. Having rejected another offer by Dutch Baker Boy, Inc, to share in “net profits,” Bakery Salesmen’s Union, No. 33, continued today on strike for $38 a week minimum wages, and shorter hours. The company trucks, however, continued to deliver goods. In an open letter to Robert G. Lester, business agent of the sales- men's union, published in full else- where in The Star today by the com- pany, W. M. Edwards, president, had | outlined the details of the renewed | offer. ‘The offer was presented to the union at & meeting yesterday at 720 | Fifth street, where the union re- | Jected it by vote. The offer, in effect, would have set up a plan, calculated by an “impar- tial accountant,” for the union bak- ery salesmen to share in the net| profits of the firm, pay to begin at the end of six months, figured on earn- Ings. The profits would be distributed in the form of extra pay each week, and would be continued until each man was receiving 10 per cent more than the present union scale. This would be continued until the men had received, “on the average, the | equivalent of the present union scale | over the period of their employment.” | After that the pay would be the cur- rent union scale. Says Higher Scale Hazardous. “Any fair-minded person will agree, we think,” wrote Edwards in his let- ter making the offer, “that we can- not do more than turn over to the employes the net profits of our busi- ness and to attempt to do more would lead to bankruptcy and the | throwing out of work of our m.myl The letter pointed out that the | company was unable to raise the | wages above $31 a week, but the union | is striking for $38. Edwards insisted he and the company were not op- | posed to unionization of the plant He said his organization was will- ing to unionize both the bakers work- ing inside the plant and the salesmen outside. He added that if Lester mis- interpreted the offer made for such unionizaticn, it would be rewritten to meet with Lester's approval, as regards unionizing. * Spokesmen for the union declared today the offer was rejected because it was not a “real contract,” but a “promise” to be fulfilled in about 18 months. The strike, they insisted, would be continued. Charles B. McClosky of the bakers’ union, said he and Lester of the salesmen’s union still were consider- ing the possibility of carrying picket signs on the automobiles in which union pickets are following the bakery trucks. Charges Dismissed. Charges of disorderly conduct, placed against 20 of the striking em- ployes for alleged interference with the driver of a company truck last Friday, were dismissed by Judge B. M. Hedrick in Arlington County Court yesterday. The judge announced he was dis- missing the charges on recommenda- tion of Sheriff Howard B. Fields and James Simpson, assistant to Common= wealth's Attorney Lawrence W. Doug- las. The men were warned not to repeat their actions, which police said consisted of congregating around the bakery truck when it stopped, to im- pede the driver in making prompt de- liveries. Reports on the number of trucks in operation differed. President Ed- wards of the company said 40 trucks were operating. Union spokesmen said the company had 37 trucks, and not all of them were operating. Union men claimed 321 bakery salesmen were out, while company officials sald only 19 were out, 3 men having returned to work Friday, after striking Thursday. The com- panys says 21 employes who did not are driving trucks as bakery salesmen. POPE NAMES BISHOP Msgr. Guilfoyle of Erie, Pa., Is Given Honor. ROME, August 11.—Pope Pius today named Msgr. T. Guilfoyle of Erie, Pa., to be Bishop of Altoona. \{ —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. No. 1—Marcus Goodrich, scenarist, and Ruth Chatterton, center, shown with Mary Astor at Los Angeles late yesterday after she left the witness stand. No. 2—Bennett Cerf, New York publisher, named in the Astor case testimony, admitted actress. he had been friendly with the He'is the former husband of Sylvia Sidney. No. 3—Miss Astor drinking water after a-day on the stand, during which she was questioned about her male friends. s ARTISTS AND WRITERS PAY STEFFENS HONOR Carmel's Colony Arranges to At- tend Funeral Services This Afternoon. By the Assoclated ™ress. CARMEL, Calif, August 11.—Car- mel's colony of artists and writers joined in tribute yesterday to Lincoln | The —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. Steffens and made plans to attend his funeral today. Steffens, 70, died Sunday night of a heart allment in his home here. He had not been in good health since he was stricken two years ago on a lec- ture tour. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. today in Cypress Lawn Cemetery, San Francisco, with burial in the family lot. P “While many of us frequently dis- agreed with him,” said Perry New- berry, the writer, “we all accepted him as & man of rare ability and genius.” National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. speech at Connersville, Ind, delivered a smashing indict- ment of the New Deal and outlined in graphic strokes the BEVEELY HILLS, Calif., August 11.—Col. Frank Knox, in his bill we must pay for the waste and extravagance that have run There is, riot for three years in Washington. of course, nothing unusual in an attack by a candidate on the policies of his opponents. markable if he didn't hit at them. It would, on the contrary, be re- But the Republican vice presidential nominee displayed a fairness that is distinctly unusual in a politi- cian warming up to campaign temperature when he gave credit to the administration for several of its measures. The compliment was limited and qualified, it is true, but nevertheless definite. Unless memory betrays me, no New Dealer has ever admitted the worth of anything done Alice Longworth. by & recent Republican administration. Like Gov. Landon last week, Col. Knox emphasized partnership and co-operation as preferable to In contrast to the class appeal of of which we can't hear too much. group competition and suspicion. the New Deal, this is a doctrine (Copyright. 1936.) OBSERVERS AWAIT ROOSEVELT TALK President Speeds Plans to Leave on Flood Tour End- ing at Chautauqua. Twenty-four hours after his return from a month's absence, Presideny Roosevelt made ready today to hit the trail again, as political observers spec- | ulated on what he would say in his foreign affairs address at Chautauqua, N. Y., Friday night. The trip to Chautauqua will follow a visit to the Great Lakes Exposition at Cleveland, Ohio, a side point om the itinerary of the presidential Penn- sylvania-New York flood area inspec- tion tour, which Mr. Roosevelt en- nounced he will begin Thursday morn- ing. In announcing the President’s plans for the trip, the White House said he has consented to make a brief talk at the luncheon to be given in his honor during his visit to Cleve= land. He will talk extemporaneously and, it is understood, will again re mind the country of the care being taken by his administration to eon=- tinue its “good neighbor” attitude toe ward foreign countries. Conferences Arranged. While at his Hyde Park home next week, the President will receive a num- ber of party leaders from different States. This was indicated by Nae tional Chairman Farley after a cone ference with the President. The President also held a conference with Dr. Arthur Morgan, chairman of the T. V. A, and other officials of that agency. In addition, he went through a long engagement list, which kept | him busy well up into the afternoon. Among the others the President conferred with were Brig. Gen. Frank | Hines, administrator of veterans' af- | fairs, who obtained the President's | consent to present personally a prize donated by the Army and Navy Legion of Valor to an American child se- lected for performing the outstanding | deed of valor during the year. | The President also discussed with | Morris Cooke the inspection tour the | R. E. A. administrator is soon to make of the drought area. The Chautauqua speech, to be deliv ered in the same place where G Landon, the Republican nominee, will talk August 24, was termed a major address by the White House, devoid of politics and limited to an explan: of this country's attitude towa: warlike behavior of the Europear ernments. It will be broadcast. Johnstown First Stop. | The President’s first stop will be Johnstown, Pa. He will be in Cle {land early the next day and, after inspecting projects of the Federal Government, will visit the expos He will leave Cleveland in the late afternoon for Mayville, N. Y., and will motor from there to Chautauqua, 4 miles away, where a tremendous gathe ering is expected to hear him. He will visit the flood area in Binge hamton, N. Y. the following morn« ing, then go to Scranton and Wilkes= Barre, Pa., and then will take a train | for his Hyde Park home, where he | will remain until he on his inspection of the drought area in the West, about August 26. During the President's tour of the flood area in Pennsylvania and New | York he will be accompanied by Govs. Lehman of New York and Earle of Pennsylvania, Maj. Gen. Markham chief of Army engineers. and Robert | Fechner, director of the Civilian Conservation Corps. While the Presi- | dent's speeches at Chautauqua and Cleveland are the only ones he has prepared for this important inspection trip. he is expected to make several impromptu speeches along the way. Astor (Continued From First Page) terspersed in the examination, Ander- son once asking “Isn’t it true that you have con- sumed one-fifth of a gallon of Scotch whisky a day since your divorce?” A heated “00"” was the quick reply. Barrymore. who last year made a speedy dash from New York to Holly- wood with his young protege Elaine Barrie, vainly attempting to catch up with him, poured out his troubles to Miss Astor after his “famous trans- continental trip,” the witness said. “Is that the time Barrymore fell | over her>” (Marylyn, Anderson asked. Denies Barrymore Was Intoxicated. “I don't know because that didn't | happen,” replied Miss Astor, denying that Barrymore was intoxicated. Barrymore was “always talking about his troubles,” Miss Astor added. Daniel Silberberg, New York broker: | Dr. Mortimer Rodgers, New York Jphysh:ian: Carlos Paraga, Cuban to- | bacco magnate; John Eldredge, actor | brother-in-law of Frederic Mareh: Count Alfonso Carpegna and George Oppenheimer, writer, were other men mentioned by Miss Astor in testifying of her acquaintanceships. Among those who came to see her in her Tower road apartment while | Marylyn was staying with her, she | testified, were Eldredge, with whom she appeared in two pictures; Count Carpegna and Oppenheimer. About each, Anderson asked: Miss Astor serve them drinks? | they go into her bed room? ever stay all night? were in the negative. Miss Astor told of visting Pain Springs, a resort city, when Kauf; was there, but pointed out she ais “saw several people.” She “did not think” she was with Kaufman last July 8 at the Troc- adero. night club rendezvous fcr film folk, “the night Mr. and Mrs. Irving Thalberg were there.” She was at the cafe with him in June, however, and she had a cocke tail before dinner. “Were you sober?” asked Anderson. “I certainly was,” Miss Astor re- torted. Anderson asked her if she saw Dr. Thorpe and Lillian Miles together in Pebruary and March of 1935. Miss Astor said she had not. The actress has testified that Dr. ‘Thorpe’s “open association” with Mrs, Miles was a motivating factor in her suit. The presiding judge ordered brought into court the property settlement approved when she and Dr. Thorpe were divorced—the settlement Misy Astor charges Dr. Thorpe cocerced her into accepting by threatening to “scandalize her.” Did Did Did the All her replies Former Fashion Editor Dies. ROCHESTER, N. Y., August 11 (#).—Mrs. Thomas A. Blackford, & former fashion editor of the Ladiey Home Journal, died yesterday. ’