Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1936, Page 2

S RICHMAN PLANE AT KANSAS CITY Musician and Merrill to Fly On to New York for London Hop. B the Associated Préss. KANBAS CITY, August 18 —Harry Richman, actor and singer, and Dick Merrill, pilot, landed at the municipal airport here at 9:50 a.m. (10:50 a.m., E. S. T.) today, from Albuquerque, in Richman's specially built $100.000 plane. In it they plan a round trip fight from New York to London. At Albuquerque today Richman said he hoped to arrive in New York by 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. The musician was jubilant over yes- terday’s flight from Los Angeles. Every- thing about the airplane functioned perfectly, he said, but the radio trans- mitter. “The flight has been taken as a joke,” said Richman. “Well, it {sn't. It is purely one of sportsmanship and the dream of six years.” Richman hopes to make a test flight to Newfoundland Thursday or Friday and if possible strike out for London | after breakfast S8aturday. HUGHES FLIGHT CHARTED. By (he Associated Press. H LOS ANGELES, August 17.—The Los Angeles Times says it has learned that Howard Hughes, wealthy airplane pilot, plans to follow the world-gird- ling course flown by Wiley Post in 1933, in an effort to better Nis record of seven days 18 hours 49'; minutes. ‘The Times quotes Dick Merrill, pilot for Harry Richman as authority. It says Hughes will carry a co-pilot, a navigator, a radio man to operate his instruments on a number of wave lengths assigned him some time sgo by the Federal Communications Com- mission. Hughes is in New York, where h2 flew last week with the transport plane he purchased early this year from Transcontinental-Western Air. He has applied to the Department of Commerce for permission to fly his giant ship in foreign countries, -— RENEW LOOKOUT IN SHOOTING CASE Capt. Keck Orders Search for Trio in Wounding of J. E. 0'Brien. A renewed lookout for three men wanted in connection with the shoot- Ing last month of Joseph E. O'Brien, 23, was issued today by Capt. Ira Keck, acting chief of detectives. Police received reports that the trio had been seen in Washington near their former residences, in the vicinity of Twenty-fifth street and Pennsyl- | vania avenue. Four men are under bond on charges of assault with intent to kill O'Brien and three others were released on bond. after questioning, to appear as witnesses in the case. O'Brien was shot in both legs from & car as he stood in front of a cafe in the 200 block of Pennsylvania ave- nue southeast July 21 and is still in Providence Hospital. The bone of one was broken. Physicians will be unable to determine for several weeks whether .O’Brien will fully recover. Charles (Rags) Warring, 23. is free on $20.000 bond, and Samuel 8. (Monty) Montgomery, 35. George F. , Tear, 33, and Joseph E. Bond, 28, are under $10,000 bond on the charge of | assault with intent to kill. Montgomery was convicted of con- | spiracy in a liquor case here in | March and received a sentence of | four months to two years. Bond and | Tear were also convicted and are free on appeal bonds. Harry (Spike) Behrle, 35; George | Carpenter, 30, and Harold J. Sweeney, 24, were questioned in the O'Brien | case and will be called as Government | witnesses. FEDERATIONS TO AID IN SHAPING D. C. LAWS | Commissioners to Confer With | Citizens' Groups in Prepar- ing for Congress. The Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions and the Pederation of Civic As- sociations will be invited by the Com- missioners to participate in drafting a proposed legisiative program for the District for the next session of Con- gress. The two organizations will be among a number of leading civie groups with which the Commissioners plan to confer. This assurance was given yesterday by Commissioner Hazen because in a story published Sunday by The Star the names of the two groups were not mentioned. The Commissioner has not yet listed all of the groups which will be invited to the conferences, but he intended from the first to include the two civic federations. EARTHQUAKES REPORTED #Moderately Strong,” G. U. Scien- tists Observe. ‘Two “moderately strong” earth- fquakes were reported today by George- town University Seismological Ob- servatory. The first, centered about 2,100 miles to the southwest, began at 2:13:34 a.m., reached maximum at 2:26 and ended at 3:30 a.m. Another quake, centered 8,300 miles In an Undetermined direction, was re- corded yesterday, beginning at 9:20:43 a.m. with maximum st 10:30 a.m. and ending at noon. Night Final Delivered by Carrier Anywhere i [ J Full Sperts Base Ball Scores, Race Results, 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 S8PORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered by carrier—70c a month. Call National 5000 and service | off, drove him home in his car. Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ARGUMENT. FRIEND who whiles away his nights in the tap room of a local country club reports that two fellows with nothing better to talk about were having s military argument the other evening. One of them mentioned that in some foreign countries soldiers carry their rifies on the left shoulder when marching. “Yeah, Italy, for example,” said the other. “Oh, no. not Italy. They carry ‘em on the right shoulder.” The debate lasted through at least two more rounds of drinks. They finally decided to settle it by trans- Atlantic telephone. They would call up the Italian war department or somebody and ask. Whoever turned out to be wrong paid for the call. The two got up and stalked oout of the room, ostensibly headed for confereinces with Rome. By the time they returned, our informant had left. He doesn't remember whether the bettors really made the call or not, but heard that they did | and it cost a lot of money. Nobody around the club, in spite of the number who heard the debate, seems to know on which shoulder Italian soldiers carry their guns, * % % ¥ BOTH SIDES. Both prohibition advocates and those who believe they can “take it or leave it alone” should feel at home in Virginia. For the “drys” there is a town named Temperanceville or the Eastern Shore peninsula. The oth- ers might prefer Brandywine. » v x v 80 DO WE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, GUARDSMEN FACE SURPRISE ‘ATTACK' Red Army Sends Motorized Column at Left Flank of 29th Division. BY WILLIAM S. TARV Staff Correspondent of The INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa., August 18.—In a daring effort to roll up the left flank of the 39th Division in the mimic warfare here today, the Red Army sent & column of srmored cars charging straight through the heart of the entrenched National Guard force. The Red enemy, which had been thought only make-believe, material- ized unexpectedly as a flesh-and-blood regiment, which struck suddenly sgainst the left fromt, held by the 88th Maryland Infantry Brigade. As Red rifiemen maintained a steady fire, & train of station wagons, representing Red armored cars, sped through the brigade and its support- ing artillery. The blow obviously was intendeqd to throw the Blues into con- fusion and permit the main Red force to administer a crushing. blow. Washington's 121st Engineers com- prised the Red, or enemy, force. Each of the two engineer battalions repre- sented a cavalry brigade. In com- mand of the Red division was Ma). Willlam T. Roy, who, in camp, com- mands the 20th Division special troops, and in civil life is assistant parliamentarian of the House of Rep- resentatives. Cars Swathed in Red. Each armored car was swathed in red with wide bands of bunting across the top and around all four sides. Maj. Roy wore an improvised Sam Browne belt of red and his troops | wore wide red hat bands. The four rifles in each car repre- sented machine guns and 37-millimeter guns, considered immune from small |arms attack, so that the cars were | able to pass unharmed through the Infantry lines. The 29th moved from camp here YOUNG Stephen Charles Andrews of Chevy Chase, whose brown eyes have lookel blandly upon this world for nearly 17 months now, came up from somewhere the other day with an astonishing estimate of what babies probably think of sun baths. One of the toys which is supposed to keep him amused while he sits in a play pen and takes a sun bath is a mechanical spelling device. It 1s, of | course, far too advanced to be of practical value to Stephen, but it Amuses him to move the Iletters around and around. On Sunday, by one of those odd quirks of fate, he moved four letters into position to spell out one of the most startling messages in his family | ever received, namely: “I try.” ® x * % DUEL. HERIFF EPPA P. KIRBY of Pair- fax County thought he had a to a secluded section of a back county road, he found an abandoned auto- mobile with blood on the seat and ing a furious struggle. Purther investigation disclosed, however, that two Virginians had chosen the spot for a two-fisted duel the night before. They drove there in two cars. After the argument was settled, one participant was unable to drive home. His friendly enemy, almost as bad * x ¥ % WHY, INDEED! OR her entertainment, a Washing- ton girl was taken out in the mid- by a young gentleman who had rented a rowboat for the occasion. Double bad luck came. First: A drenching rain sprang up. Second: One of the oarlocks broke. With but one oar functioning, the gentleman could do nothing but row in circles and the rain. So the girl had to grab the loose oar and act as an oarlock while her companion rowed. This allowed them to go in slightly larger circles, and 15 minutes of strug- gle same them pulling up to the boat ouse. “Look at my hands” sald our heroine to the man-who-rents-boats. “They dare. covered with blisters, punctured by splinters and ameared with blood by that wet oar.” “Ha,” replied the boat owner. “Why didn't you use them extra oarlocks under the seat?” % DEMOCRACY. This is such a democratic coun- try that even “special e” sometimes gets an unjust kick in the pants. Witness the case of an important railroad executive who took his wife and daughter to Un- ion Station ome recent sweltering night to put them aboard one of his road’s trains, One would think the erecutive’s family got the best accommoda- tions possible.. The truth is they got the worst. They found they had been given space on the only non-air-conditioned car on the train. And nothing was done about it n the City Complete Market News of the | murder on his hands the other day.| lex was shattered and the other leg | IN Tesponse to an early-morning call kept up. a continuous fire with rifles | the trampled ground nearby indicat- | dle of the Potomac above Great Falls | | yesterday into the position along the | Grantville Ridge between Swatara Creek and Blue Mountain, which it | was ordered to defend to permit the main Blue Army to pass unmolested through Indiantown and Swatara Gaps for an invasion of Red territory. | Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, com- | manding the 29th Division, had been | warned to expect a Red attack today, | since the enemy was anxious to close the mountain passes before the Biue | forces debouched into the valley. 8o closely guarded was the secret | that there would be a real opposing force, not even the Engineers knew the part they were to play until MaJ. | Roy drove into their bivouac at sun- rise today with 19 trucks and 12 service wagons. One battalion. commanded by Lieut. Cooper B. Rhodes, wzs placed directly | |to the front of the 58th Brigade and | the other, led by Capt. Louis S. Gos- | orn, was aligned on the brigade's left flank. The ist Battalion opened fire |28 9 am. the 2nd at 9:30. The armored cars took off on their dash at | Maj. Roy himself com- | ''10 o'clock. manded the plercing column. Result Not Known. Not untfl the war game is com- | pleted and the referees have rendered their decision will whether the ruse was successful. Throughout the battle, | and machine guns_ while the Artillery | fired salvo after salvo. Only blanks were used. Under command of Maj. Charles | A. Masson, the 104th Observation | Squadron, 29th Division Aviation, soared overhead furnishing informa- | tlon of the enemy and the efTect of | shell fire. Most of the Guardsmen spent the night with nothing above them but the stars, although units to the rear pitched pup tents. The movement from field assembly into defensive positions was conducted under cover of darkness, and the entire division | was under orders to be ready for ac- | tlon at dawn, which came at 4:20 Under command of Col. John W. Ooehmann, building inspector of the District, the 121st Engineers prepared maps yesterday showing the condition of all roads and the locations of com- mand posts and defensive areas. To the 1st Battalion of the regi- ment was assigned the task of sim- ulating the destruction of the three bridges across the theoretical unford- able Swatara Creek, which lay in the path of the main enemy advance. Supported by Artillery. Supporting the 58th Brigade was the 110th Field Artillery of Maryland, while the 91st Virginia Infantry Bri- gade, on the right, was supported by the 111th Pleld Artillery of Virginia. ‘The 176th Field Artillery of Penn- sylvania constituted the general sup- port and straddled the dividing line between the two other Artillery regi- ments. Despite the trend toward military mechanization, Gen. Reckord and his staff used horses as they inspected the various bivouacs last night. ‘The troops were fed from rolling kitchens while in the fleld. They were to return to the permanent camp here tonight and go out to- morrow for another overnight ma- neuver. TWO D. C. GUARDSMEN IN HARRISBURG HOSPITAL Robert E. Shannahan and Martin D. Brexbaum Are Taken From Camp. Py the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa. August 18.— Eight National Guardsmen, including two Washingtonians, today were in a hospital here, to which they were brought from their camp at Indian- town Gap, most of them with minor ailments, 4 Robert E. Shannahan and Martin D. Brexbaum are’the il Washingtonians. Sergt. Thomas Dowler, Wilkinsburg, Pa., was operated on last might for appendicitis. Hospital physicians satd the others were not seriously ill. SRR S e KNOX ALTERS ITINERARY CHICAGO, August 18 (#).—Repub- lican national headquarters an- nounced last night a change in the itinerary of Col. Frank Knox, vice presidential nominee, which will take him to Lewistown, Me., for an address the night of September 3 and to Wa- terville, Me,, the next night. Previously, it was said, Col, Knox was to have spoken at Bangor and Portland, Me,, on those nights. The ehange was made when the State organisation reported ‘at Lewistown and Waterville, he was needed GOV. OLSON BACK INMAYO HOSPITAL Chauffeur Says He Had Good Night, With Occa- sional Stomach Pains. By the Assoclated Press. ROCHESTER, Minn,, August 18.— Gov. Floyd B. Olson returned to the Mayo Clinic by airplane from his Summer home on Gull Lake, “rested easily” most of the night, Maurice Rose, his chauffeur, said today, al- though experiencing stomach pains several times. Rose, who spoke to the Governor for a few minutes, said Olson seemed cheerful and his pulse and tempera- ture were about normal. The Governor’s wife daughter arrived today. A Mayo Clnic bulletin, issued shortly after his arrival yesterday, said his condition was not critical and no further operations were contemplated. Privately, however, physicians said his condition “would be called very serious.” and their Had Two Operations. He underwent an exploratory oper- ation for the stomach disorder last December, followed by another for the insertion of a feeding tube into | his stomach early In the Summer. He was returned here after he had experienced pain while taking nour- ishment through the tube. Dr. A. B. Rivers, Mayo Clinie physician, recom- mended further hospitalization to per- mit intravenous feeding, supplement- ing the feeding through the tube. 8hortly after his arrival here Gov. Olson was given 3', ounces of miik through the tube, and a supplemental | | injection of glucose and saiine. He| | suftered no further pain. His attend- ants"said he was resting comfortably, and in good spirits. His pulse and tem- | perature were satisfactory, they said. Too Tl to Campaign. it be known Infantry | Olson is the Nation's only Farmer- | Labor* Governor and his party’s nom- | { Inee for United States Senator, but he | has been unable to take an active part | In the campaign. He is opposed by | Representative Theodore Christianson, former Republican Gcvernor, and Pat- | rick J. Delaney, Democrat. | Olson was elected Governor in 1930 | and re-elected in 1932 and 1934. He termed himself “a radical” in the lat- | ter campaign and offered a program | of economic change—the “co-operative | commonwealth.” based upon “produc- | tion for use rather than profit.”” The | proposal was rejected by the Legisla- | ture, VETERAN OF I. C. C. RETIRING AT 70, | Graney, Chief of Mails and Files in Traffic Section, Completes 44 Years. Another of the “old timers” is leav- | | ing the Interstate Commerce Commis- | sion. Edward M. Graney, chief of mails | and files, section of tariffs, Bureau of Traffic, is step-| ping out this week on reaching the | age of 70, after | 44 years' service. | More than 100 | co-workers felici- tated him at a surprise luncheon at the I. C. C. cafeteria yester- day, when he was presented with . | x lounging chair, | | smoking table and | : humidor. G. M. Crosland, section chairman, | made the presentation and with others | extolled Mr. Graney’s work, recalling | that in his years at the commission he had never taken a day of sick leave. |H. B. Bates was chairman of the luncheon. Mr. Graney entered Government service in the post office of the House of Representatives 46 years ago. He proposes now to “take things easy” at his home. 2312 First street. Mrs. Graney died three months ago. —_— Mute Held in Attack. YADKINVILLE, N. C., August 18 (P).—As a precaution against possible mob violence, Raymond Early Moore, deaf and dumb colored man, was held today in an undisclosed jail after his arrest on a charge of criminally at- tacking & white woman at Jonesville, near here. He also is charged with first-degree burglary, a capital offense. | Mr. Graney. Priest Bars Slacks Wearer Rina Breen, 21, poses in the slacks she was weari: ected from St. Josep . 1. Miss Smith afterward donned a jacket and re- turned to the church, but was again ejected, Father James A. Smith (inset) held it was desecration she was Babylon, : 4 | counting her millions and her mar- | D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1936. Careers Lure These “Bachelor Girls” Here are three of America’s eligible “bachelor girls” but they have their careers, too. Left is Nora Bullitt, daughter of Mr. an Mrs. William Marshall Bullitt of Louisville, Ky., who devotes her time to weljare; center, Hilda Smith of Glens Falls, N. Y., vice president of a bank and en- gaged in other business enterprises, and Judy King of Atlanta, right, who inherited real estate and loan fortune. ‘Bachelor Heiresses Lead Busy Lives, Despising Lazy Luxury The parade of America’s most eligible bachelor girls continues. In this second story, you will note how the times have changed. Ap- parently, the society girl of today prepares for a career, BY MARY ELIZABETH PLUMMER, Associated Press Staff Writer. NEW YORK, August 18 —Ammn‘n‘ beautiful and wealthy bachelor girls today own stores, serve as bank direc- tors. manage theaters, attend national | political conventions, write, paint, act and sing in night clubs. ‘They aren't content to “sit on a| cushion and sew a fine seam, and feast | upon strawberries, sugar and cream.” The modern heiress generally is a busy girl, and has neither the time nor the inclination to sit around riage prospects. She sails boats, rides, shows horses, | learns to fly. She operates book | stores. works for hospitals, talks poli- tics, real estate. social weilfare. Often she’s “serious-minded.” Hilda Smith of Glens Palls, N. Y. | 27 and attractive, is vice president and director of a bank, manages large real estate holdings, owns & grain and grocery business. 8he served on the State N. R. A. Executive Committee has attended the National and State Democratic Con- | ventions since 1928, and was an alter- nate to the national convention this year, Richmond Bachelor Girl. A piquant. blond “bachelor girl” of Richmond, Va., Louise Branch, daugh- ter of the late John Kerr Branch, banker, chose to become a Manhattan working woman, although a palatial house in Richmond, a country estate at Pawling, N. Y., and an Italian vilia awaited her choice as home. She opened a New York book shop with a gir! friend, and the shop is suc- cessful. A life purely of pleasure didn't ap- peal to Nora Bullitt, young, pretty and wealthy, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Marshall Bullitt, own a 1,000-acre estate near Louisville, Ky. She spent most of her Summer in welfare work at a camp for ipvalid children near her parents’ Summer home in Stockbridge, Mass. ‘Then there's Judy King, 26, tall, ; auburn-haired horsewoman of Atlanta, Ga., who inherited a real estate and loan fortune from the late Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon King. She specializes in hackneys, owns a stable that is an Atlanta show place—white brick with tiled floors and living accommodations for guests—and is entering her favorite horses in the ng when h’s Roman Catholic Church at —Copyright, ‘A, P. Wirephoto. LA} | pan: Tater Society. | {Careers Include Business, Journalism | and Art—Many Have Hobbies, But Are Serious-Minded. International Horse Show in Berlin next year. She has won many biue ribbons, Georgia Heiress. Another Southern heiress, Mary Davis, a beautiful brunette of Albany. Ga, i3 president of the Hospital League in her home city. Cleveiand has a typical 1936 “bach- elor girl"—Kay Halle, daughter of Samuel Halle, a wealthy merchant. 8he writes, does welfare work, is tall, slender and comely, and is known in New York as a sparkling conversa- tionalist. Margaret W. Dorrance of Radnor, Pa., who shared in the $150.000,000 estate of the late Dr. John T. Dor- rance (head of the Campbell Soup Co.), is s noted horsewoman and is learning to fly. Another eligible Philadelphia heiress, | Eleanor Widener Dixon, niece of Jo- | seph E. Widener, the turf man, goes | in for championship tennis playing. The New Engiand heiresses are equally active. Elmina Brewster of New Haven, Conn. a descendant of Elder William Brewster, is part owner, | with her brother William, of the | Moreland Stables at Durham, Conn., | and Dublin, N. H. | Mary Washington Hotchkiss of East | River, Conn., whose family fortune | accrued from railroads. brokerage. | Jumber and law, is an artist and also | & skilled horsewoman. More busy bachelor girls: Barbara Cushing of New Haven, Conn.. sister of Mrs. James Roosevelt. Virginia Prench of New York and | Newport, sister of Mrs. John Jacob Astor. Virginia Phelan. beautiful 18-year- % —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. FO0D PRIGES DUE FOR SHARP 1} \Drought’s Effects Likely to| Be Similar to Those Two Years Ago. Py the Associated Press. Experts “guessed” today that it won't be long before the housewife lays out from $11 to $12 for the same basket of food she now buys for a $10 bill. Government and private experts, admitting exact estimates are impos- sible, nevertheless forecast upward re- vision of the family grocery budgets. They explained that when the scorching sun shriveled crops in recent months the dollar's food purchasing power went into a dive. It already has affected milk, butter and eggs in some places, and eventually will reach meats, they said. The experts said their “best guesses” were based on what happened after the drought two years ago. Consumer purchasing power, which was on the upgrade after the 1934 drought and has been reported in- creasing since, also plays an important part in food prices, they said. Index Up 12 Per Cent. An intricate check on average food costs is kept by the Bureau of Labor to 1925 placed at 100. The bureau reported the food cost rose from an index of about 73 at the start of the 1934 drought to a peak of 82 in 1935, or about 12 per cent. The last retail food index in July was 84. Thus, increases in food costs because of the present drought may g0 much higher than the peak which came after the arid period of 1934, it was said. Meat prices may dip slightly for a IDLENESS BLAMED FORRIOT IN PRISON Unrest Held Cause of Trou- bie at Jessups When Pair Attempt Escape. BY the Associated Press. JESSUPS, Md., August 18.--Warden Walter E. Quenstedt today blamed enforced idleness for an attempted escape by two House of Correction prisoners and a subsequent riot in the prison yard yesterday. He said the unrest came to a head when Arthur Stewart and Ralph Waldner broke away from the drill yard, scaled a barp-wire fence, and fled across the fields. Both men were recaptured within half an hour after guards had fired numerous shots over their heads in the chase. Bit Warden’s Finger. The pair were drilling—drills have been instituted at the “cut” in an attempt to counteract the lack of work for prisoners—with 900 other inmates when they made their bid for freedom. Those remaining in the yard immediately began to riot. The disturbance was quickly quelled, but not before several prisoners had |been slightly injured. One colored man drew a knife and attempted to stab a guard. Stewart, classed by Warden Quenstedt as a ‘bad man.' almost bit off one of Assistant Deputy Warden Thomas L. Rudkine's fingers | before he surrendered. Stewart later was transferred to the State penitentiary, where he was placed in solitary confinement. Waid- ner and 10 ringieaders in the uprising were placed in solitary confinement here. Punishment No Solution. ‘Warden Quenstedt, however, pointed | out that the punishment was no so- lution to what he said was a grave problem confronting all prison au- thorities as & result of the Hawes- Cooper act. Referring to the disorder, he as- serted: “It can't help but be attributed to enforced idleness. “Out of a prison population of about 1,500, about 900 are idle. This condition has existed ever since Sep- | tember, when the Hawes-Cooper law | became effective. { “* * * The difficulty is in keepinz | the bad men active. That is why we | drill them and have calisthenic ex- | ercises regularly.” | | 'WIFE BARES INCOME OF AL SMITH, JR. | Diary Figures Revealed to Court in Fight for Alimony. By the Associated Press SYRACUSE, N. Y. August 18.—A | diary kept by Mrs. Alfred E. 8mith. jr., purporting to show that her hus- band's New York City law practice | income was sometimes zs high as | $30.000 a month from 1928 to 1932, | was quoted by Clifford H. Searl, her | attorney, in Supreme Court yesterday. He argued a motion for substantial | Statistics with the prices from 1923 | temporary alimony and counsel fees pending trial of her separation action. | As a hint of what the diary con- tained, Searl told Justice Abram Zoller that Mrs. Smith had recorded that the son of the former Governor had earned $30.000 in January, 1928: $10,080.83 in January, 1929; $6.200 |in Pebruary of that year, $1,200 in | March, $6,303 in April and $2,210 in May, 1929. | Searl read an afdavit by Mrs. | Smith referring to a recent series of alleged payments by young Smith old daughter of the late James J.|few months and then soar upward | totaling $12.300 to Miss Catherina Phelan, Boston banker. Alice Burra She does night club singing. | Lydia Fuller, 23, of Boston, daughter | | next Spring and Summer, according | payvlik of Astoria, . 20, of Boston, grand- | to C. A. Burmeister, economist at the | stenographer, as indicating that he daughter of a famous orchid grower. Agriculture Department, who has been | is still well supplied with money. following meat trends for 18 years. Burmeister said beef prices ad- Long Island, » A list of stocks he owns also was read. “His wife is without funds and is of former Gov. Alvan T. Fuller. She’s | vanced 38 per cent between May, now dependent upon her parents,” now playing in a Summer stock com- y. Rebekah Hobbs, daughter of Frank- first declining, due to increasing m: | 1934, and the peak a year later, after Searl remarked. He contended that Smith had | keting of animals. Pork followed a |ignored for 14 months a separation lin Hobbs, textile mill owner. 8he's| gmjar trend, he said, although it did | agreement exacuted January 20, 1934. Boston manager of the American The- Jane Bancroft, daughter of the late | Hugh Bancroft, president of the Bos- ton News Bureau. She's in New York | wying out for the legitimate stage. NORBECK THEATER PROJECT BLOCKED Montgomery Board Votes 4 to 1 Against Rezoning of Pro- posed Site. By & Staff Correspondent of I've Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 18.—The proposed construction of a Summer theater on the Seventh Street Pike near Norbeck was blocked by the Board of Montgomery County Com- missioners today when it voted to deny an application for the rezoning necessary to build the playhouse. The application was rejected by a vote of four to one following the re- ceipt of a recommendation from the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission that a permit be denied. ‘The lone supporter of the applica- tion was Commissioner Charles E. King. . Stephen E. Cochran, manager of the National Theater, Washington, had propoeed to erect a modern theater on the old Darby farm between Wheaton and Norbeck for the presen- tation of plays after the National ‘Theater closed in the Summer. Many protests developed, however, when the application for resoning the proposed site was filed with the com- missioners by Matthew Trimble, owner of the land. The petition opposing the move was presented to the board by a large qumber of residents along the pike, while a number of oppo- nents appeared before the commis- sioners at a recent hearing. It was contended by opponents that approval of the theater project would furnish an opening wedge for other commercial developmenis and de- stroy the residential character of the land along the thoroughfare. FOOD SENT TO ALASKA Beef, Flour and Corn Taken From Crop Surplus. ‘The A. A, A. said today 36,000 cans of beef, 88,000 pounds of flour and 4,000 pounds of corn had been sent to Alaska for distribution among Eski- moes suffering a food shortage. ‘The products were acquired by the Government in its efforts to remove erop surpluses. 1935. | Dairy Products to Be Curbed. | Almost 90 per cent of the corn crop | is fed for meat or milk production, | he said, and so the short crop this Fall will mean less meat and dairy | products next year. The drought already has turned prices of milk, butter and dairy prices upward in some places, according to the A. A. A. Consumers’ Council. This was established to watch the con- sumer angle under Pederal farm plans. | White bread prices have remained | about the same in recent weeks, the consumer group said. Secretary Wal- lace said recently that even the short | wheat crop was ample for milling fiour and other domestic needs. | —_— ISSUE OVERSUBSCRIBED | $50,064,000 in 273-Day Treasury Bills Sold. By the Associated Press. Acting Secretary of the Treasury Taylor announced last night that an offer of $50.000,000 in 273-day Treas- ury bills brought subscriptions of $182,740,000, of which $50,064,000 was accepted. The average price was 99.853, or at an average interest rate of 0.194 per The | | not reach a peak until September, | The agreement allowed Mrs. Smith $150 a month and provided for pay- ment by Smith of premiums on a $25,000 life insurance policy naming his wife as beneficiary. Nathan Blitman. counsel for Smith, was allowed until Friday to file an answer. CATS, OUSTED BY EDICT, RETURN AS “GUESTS" Owner 8till Has Companionship of 15 Felines by Legal Tech- nicality and Basket Carriers. By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J., August 18.—True | to an edict of the Board of Health. Wwilliam H. Hendrix has dispossessed 14 of his 15 cats, but he plans to bring them home as “guests” each day. Neighbors' complaints had led | to the edict. Hendrix took the excess cats a short distance across the city line to a Belleville cat and dog hospital. He registered them there and that, he said a New York lawyer had told him, made them legally out of his home. It was then a simple matter to buy & couple of big baskets to put in his automobile, so that he might bring the cats home to feed and play with, then take them back to the hospital for the night. National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. AN FRANCISCO, August 18.—There was strangely little jubila- tion among the tax ridden from the White House last at the proclamation emanating week that no new taxes will be proposed at the next session of Congress. The reason for the lack of rejoicing is not hard to find. Mr. Roosevelt has more than once made the same sort of announcement. But before its echo has had time to fade away, he has sent up new and drasti ic tax legislation, which was obedi- ently placed on the statutes by his congressional yes men. 1t is true that there was a sigh of relief at the statements give en out by Secretary Morgenthau, Senator Harrison and Representative Doughton after their conference with the President, but it was not because of the glad tidings those state- Alice Longworth. ments were intended to convey. It was merely relief that Congress was not in session, and that it has not, as yet, authorized imposition of taxes by Executive order. y (Copyright, 1936.)