Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1936, Page 2

ROOSEVELT LAYS INAUGURAL PLANS Hopeful of Finishing Them Before Leaving Tuesday " for Buenos Aires. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt today gave at- tention to plans for his inauguration January 20 and hopes to have them completed before he leaves Tuesday for Southern waters. It is doubtful, however, if he will announce who is to be chairman of the Inaugural Com- mittee before his return December 13. Although the President said yes- terday he would make up his mind definitely tomorrow whether he would extend his Southern vacation cruise to attend the opening session of the Inter-American Peace Conference at Buenos Aires December 1, White House officials said today the public announcement would be deferred un- til Monday or Tuesday. The Presi- dent is expected to leave Tuesday night for Charleston, 8. C., to board the heavy cruiser Indianapolis. The President is still desirous of having a simple celebration, with a minimum of pomp and ceremony, but it was believed he would be obliged to yield in some measure to demands from over the country for & big demonstration when he takes the cath for his second term. There is little likelthood of an in- augural ball being included in the plans. At least the President has said very emphatically that he would prefer not to have this feature in- . Cluded. Halsey Summoned. For the purpose of discussing the kind of stands he wants erected in front of the Capitol, where the oath will be administered, Mr. Roosevelt summoned Col. Edward A. Halsey, secretary of the Senate, to the White House today. Mr. Roosevelt wants the platform on which he and the Chief Justice stand during the cere- mony placed nearer the foot of the Capitol building so that most of the seats for spectators will be in front. Heretofore many have been in the rear. The President explained that by this change more persons will be able to see him take the oath. The President also conferred with Waddy B. Wood, architect, who de- signed the President’s stand in front of the White House for the Ifiaugura- tion four years ago. Already many requests have been received from organizations through- out the country, requesting reserva- tions in the line of parade. It was expected this would be a factor com- pelling the President to agree to a celebration not quite as simple as he personally prefers. McConihe at White House. Malcolm S. McConihe, Democratic nitional committeeman for the Dis- trict, also called at the White House today to discuss the recommendations “he has made for the chairmanship of the Inaugural Committee. McCon- ihe did not see the President, but dis- cussed the matter with Secretary Marvin H. Mclntyre. McConihé is urging the appointment of someone else, but it is known he himself has been mentioned. Others who have been suggested include: The Commis- sioners of the District, Joseph E. Davies, former member of the Fed- eral Trade Commission and & mem- of the Democratic Finance Com- mittee; Joseph J. Cotter, attorney, #8d George A. Garrett, broker. > The President today also studied the Budget for the next fiscal year. For &n hour in the forenoon he conferred with Daniel W. Bell, acting director of the budget. The President is pleased with the progress on the budget and hopes to have it about 75 per cent completed before he leaves Washing- ton. The President has indicated that estimates for relief will be sent to Con- gress in supplemental form after the “regular” budget. The President also spent an hour with Louis Brownlow, authority on city management and a former Dis- trict Commissioner, who is now chair- man of the President’s committee studying governmental reorganization. Other conferences were with Sec- retary Swanson and Admiral Stand- ley, chief of naval operations; Charles ‘West, Undersecretary of the Interior; Gen. John J, Pershing, Gov. Myers of the Farm Credit Administration and members of the United States Civil Service Commisison. Acting Becretary of State Moore and Assis- tant Secretary of State Sayre were luncheon guests. : Labor (Continued From First Page.) the Fort Wayne, Ind., plant of the International Harvester Co. The board held that the workers’ Jepresentation plan was a ‘“creature” ©f the company, that the company dominated it and that it gave workers E\'ly & “shadow” of collective bargain- Thus, the board said, the plan is lllegal under the Wagner labor rela- tions act, which seeks to outlaw em- ployer-dominated unions. The com- any was ordered to ‘“disestablish” e plan as representative of workers. There was no immediate announce- ‘ment whether the decision of the ‘board would be carried to the courts, but such a step was considered not ‘unlikely. Indications Lacking. Without going into the merits of the wage scale or of the employe representation plan, Miss Perkins found that “nothing in the plan in- dicates that agreements between the employe representnatives and the steel corporation concerning wage &cales, written or otherwise, are con- . templated.” Secretary Perkins did not go into the merits of the steel company’s pro- posed wage scheme. She also declined to give an opinion as to the legality of ‘The Secretary said the request for an opinion and review of the employe Tepresentation plan involved issues now in litigation before the Supreme <Court and that the National Labor Re- “ Jations Board would be the appropriate governmental agency to review the # plan. She informed Maloy and Patter- son that “your proper recourse would ‘be to invoke the powers of the Na- Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. BAGA. NE of these days, some one is going to be writing a success story about William Braxton, who probably never gave mueh thought to the principle of “mass production” but practices some- thing akin to it with highly satisfac- tory results to everybody. William has what would be known as the shoe-shining concession at the Post Office Department, if concessions were in order there. From top to bottom of the huge building he goes daily, shining shoes at a flat rate of 50 cents monthly and practically everybody is a customer. makes collections every two weeks and was never heard to com- plain about depression. *x* SURPRISE. Bryant A. Long’s vocation carries him daily into - legations and lean-tos, hotels de luze and hovels; so he was not surprised the other day to get @ hurry call to a southwest address only to dis- cover it to be the messiest and most utterly dilapidated junk shop he'd ever seen. Gingerly picking his way through piles of metallic trash, rubbish and dirt, he sought and found the grimy proprietor, “Just step this way, please.” And Long obediently followed him through & rickety door into positively the neatest little office in town—complete with steel files and typewriter desk—and presided over by a charming blond sece retary! *x *x SPEED. The young man carried his cafeteria tray to a vacant table. At once an efficient hostess seized it from him and began arranging his lunch. With a rattle of cutlery she unfurled his napkin. She splashed his milk into a glass. It all happened in the twinkling of an eye. AW # AINT INNO wore) e Slowly he turned to her, and in an Alabama drawl said: “Madam, I just don’t aim to hurry, an’ you can't make me.” *x xR RITES. A KINDLY individual here is draw- ing the jibes of friends—and all he can do is take if. 5 Away from his office for & few days, he saw—as he thought—a newspaper death notice of an associate. Preceded by flowers, he attended the obsequies, and being one of those persons who never look st any one after death, did not discover his mis- take even then. He did notice, how- ever—and resentfully—that no one else from the office was present, and made up his mind to speak very forcefully sbout it upon his return. He did just that—and then the story came out. A similarity of names, of course, had mixed him up. * % % ¥ TH! flight of one more illusion these days may not be historical, but what will the comic strip artists do? ©On the authority of M. A. Brown, an authority on the subject, policemen do not have flat feet. T m@ ot LAY “I don't know how that idea started,” said Mr. Brown, “but I have never seen a policeman with flat feet in the hundreds I have dealt with. On the contrary, the walking they do makes their feet muscles flexible and strengthens them. “The public should cease, stop and desist calling our guardians of the law by this designation for it isn’t true —at least about Washington police- men.” * k%% RIDE. One escalator story, it seems, be- gets another The one printed here the other day about the woman walking resolutely up the “ * escalator has superinduced the one about an elderly couple, the late seventies one would guess, who stood at the bottom and looking longingly at the moving stairway. “Want to go up?” a floor man nearby asked the pair. “That's what we came for, really,” the husband admitted shyly. Taking one on each of his arm, the store employe rode with them to the second floor, leaving them there looking three times as pleased as Punch. N0 w o. n‘ L Says Charlie Michelson It Can Be Told Don’t Miss His Stery i the Editorial Section of THE SUNDAY STAR THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, NbVEMBEfi 14, 1936. Mrs. KILLING VIGTIN'S BODY 1S EXHUMED Mrs. Taylor Killed by Shot Fired From Front, Inves- tigators Find, B7 the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., November 14— Detective John I. Messmer, chief of the Louisville Criminological Laboratory, said today that a surprise autopsy on Mrs. Vera Garr Taylor last night disclosed defmitely that the bullet which killed her was fired from in front. Investigators exhumed the attrace tive widow's body unexpectedly last night following intimations from counsel for Brig. Gen. Henry H. Den- hardt, who is accused of murdering her, that the body might be dug up to provide evidence for the defense. Sergt. Messmer said the autopsy by Dr. H. B. Blaydes revealed the bullet struck her in the breast, cleft the heart and came out the back. There had been speculation as to whether the bullet struck her in the back. Messmer said other findings of the autopsy were filed with Coroner D. L. Ricketts, who had not made them public. Quickly and quietly the grave at LaGrange Cemetery was opened last night and the body taken to a funeral home for the autopsy. Seven auto- mobiles carrying investigators and witnesses followed. Coroner Ricketts directed the autopsy in the basement of the building, assisted by Sergt. Messmer. Chest (Continued From First Page,) bill to punish them for the deeds that I teach them while you leave them unprotected. So I laugh at you, you Washingtonians, because you are all asleep and I have nothing to fear from your blind and careless folly.” Calling on the “C men” to take Crime into the background, Chairman Jennings called on Mrs. Sibley, who delivered a diatribe against Crime. “Public Enemy Crime,” she said, “in the name of the people of these United States, we indict you, because of the suffering you have caused, be- cause of the $15,000,000,000 a year you have cost us, each year, nearly half the total Federal debt-—because from time to time you fairly shake the very foundations or which Amer- ican democracy is built—which is the character of its citizens and the in- tegrity of its officials. “But we, the people of these United States are waking up—our Govern- ment is attacking you where you breed, in tenements, in dead-end streets, and tobacco roads, and with slum clearance bringing air and light and sunshine to your foul haunts. “And we as individuals, will have another weapon, not only of defense but of attack—we are going to build strong the foundations of character of our young people. We are remov- ing physical and psychological fac- tors. We are providing suitable meet- ing places for groups in our boys’ clubs and Y. M. C. A.’s, and for lonely girls in our Y. W. C. A’s, and other homes—and with the people of Wash- ington helping us, we will provide more. We are providing personal friends through our Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and family counseling through our agencies—and develop- ing standards and skills through our scouts, “We accept the premise that ‘Every man is his brother’s keeper—and espe- cially his younger brother.’ Mobilized to Defeat Crime. “So, well you may shake and cringe, coward that you are, as you face this army of campaigners, concerned with the youth of Washington, and repre- senting those thousands of citizens who are awake, and do care, and will no longer tolerate you in their midst. “We are mobilized for your defeat— and soon the adequate weapon of money will be in the hands of men and women who are straight shoot- ers, who care, and who will fight you to the end.” Mrs. Sibley said the whole Nation was looking to Washington for lead- ership, and predicted that “Washing- ton will not fail the country at this moment.” “Character building comes to us from giving,” she declared, “but char- acter deterioration comes from with- holding.” Herbert L. Willett, jr, director of the Chest, explained what campaign officials have decided to do to elim- inate confusion caused by contribu- tors living in the nearby counties and working in Washington, who desig- nate gifts to their home locality but make the checks payable to the Chest. “The Chest,” he explained, “does not accept pledges, checks, or the responsibility of collecting funds designated to the suburban areas. This campaign is co-operative. The Chest is not conducting the cam] for the counties. It is merely co-op- erating. County pledges and funds are handled by & separate unit and where the pledge designates a sub- urban area and the check is made payable to the Chest, the person making the pledge is notified and asked to straighten out the matter. “Pledges made to the counties are not counted on the Chest quotas of the unit turning them in. Only pledges made to the Chest count in fixing the daily percentage of quota of each unit.” The first of a series of broadcasts by remote control featuring the work of Community Chest agencies was staged by Station WJSV last night from the Boys’ Club of Washington. Hugh Conover, who attracted city- wide attention with & similar series during the last Chest campaign, inter- viewed boys at the club and will interview gther clients of other agencies later in the series. Among the Governmental Unit 3 i gt¥ Wins Contest FORT BELVOIR GIRL PHOTOGRAPHS BEST. MARY McMATH, 6 years old, of Fort Belvoir, Va. who has been awarde: first prize in a photograph contest conducted at Palais Royal. The judges based their decision on the reflection of personality and character in the pictures. dled annually to equal one for each individual contributor.” Reports from the unit chairmen at the report meeting yesterday were greeted with enthusiasm. Col. Willlam O. Tufts, reporting for the Metropolitan Unit, announced 1,121 gifts amounting to $19,896. Maj. Gen. M. W. Ireland, for the Govern- mental Unit, announced 6,461 contri- butions for $51,664. Chairman Marcy L. Sperry, for Group Solicitation Unit, reported 1897 gifts for $18377.13. Chairman Tumulty, of the Special Assignments Unit, introduced Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, who reported 68 pledges for $57,843. First groups in the Governmental Unit to report “over the top” were Public Utlilities Commission of the District, Riley -E. Elgen, keyman; Register of the Treasury, Byrd Lea- vell, keyman; Classification Commit- tee of the Veterans' Administration, J. H. Webb, keyman; Regional Agri- cultural Credit of Farm Credit Ad- ministration, J. C. Kitt, keyman; Chief of Chaplains, War Department, Chaplain Herbert A. Rinard, keyman. Notably increased gifts marking the second day's reports of Group Solicita- tion Unit were F. & W. Grand Stores, Social Service Exchange, Olds Motor Co., Walker-Thomas Furniture Co., D. J. Kaufman, Inc.; Cameo Furni- ture Co., Council of Social Agencies and Family Service Association. The standing of the solicitation units: Metropolitan Unit, Karl Corby, chairman, $184,173.00 in 2,070 pledges, or 21.10 per cent of total quota; Group Solicitation Unit, Marcy L. Sperry, chairman, $404,105.00 in 2,965 pledges, or 12.55 per cent of total quota; Special Assignments Unit, Joseph P. Tumulty, chairman, $566,- 645.00 in 426 pledges, or 73.8 per cent of total quota; Governmental Unit, Gen. M. W. Ireland, chairman, $725,- 00000 in 10,820 pledges, or 12.45 per cent of total quota. Larger Gifts Listed. Among the larger gifts reported yesterday were F. H. Kenworthy, $100; George L. Goodacre, $100; J. Frank White, $100; Col. and Mrs. Godwin Ordway, $100; Col. and Mrs. Edwin H. Watson, $100; Francis B. Sayre, $100.; Rebekah Leiter and E. Lashmutt, $100; Edward L. Reed, $100; John H. Bartlett, $100; Dr. and Mrs. David R. Craig, $100; National Biscuit Co., $100; Wakefield Dairy, $100; Loomis, Sayles & Co., $100; Mrs. Harold N. Marsh, $100; Asso- ciated Retail Credit Men of Wash- ington, $100; Louis J. Wahl, $1 Mrs. Anna Perkins Stewart, $1 Mr. and Mrs. William L. Austin, $100; Mrs. Elsa L. Sandusky, $100; Francis B. Silsbee, $100; Arthur S. Browne, $100; Henry L. Foster, $100; Adam A. Weschler & Son, $100, and Mr. and Mrs. L. E. F. Prince, $100. George Bond Cochran, $100; Par- melee, Inc., $100; Charles F. Roberts, $100; Henry 1. Quinn, $100; Dr. and Mrs. William Simkins, $100; George P. Plummer, $100; National Lumber Manufacturing Association, $100; David Salomon and Miss Julia Salomon, $100; Miss Enid S. Wilmerd- ing, $100; Mr. and Mrs. A. Weiss, $100; Dr. and Mrs. G. Victor S8imp- son, $100; Dr. Charles Marbury, $100; Skinker & Garrett, $100; Brodie and Colbert, Inc., $100; George F. Muth & Co., $100; Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Slepian, $100; Miss Jean S. Cole, $100; Mr. and Mrs. Willlam H. Savin, $100; ‘Whaley-Eaton Corp., $100; Mrs. Mary E. Guy, $100; Robert E. Quirk, $100; Rt. Rev. Eugene J. Connelly, $100; C. Enge, Sons, Inc, $100; Louis G. Caldwell, $100; John G. Larlin, $100; Model Shop, Inc., $100; Maurice Eise- man, $100; Rudolph B. Behrend, $100; George I. Borger, $100; W. A. Lock- wood Dental Co., $100; Dr. Sofie A. Nordhoff-Jung, $100; Mrs. George L. May, $115; John A. Selby, $120, and Dr. and Mrs. P. M. Ashburn, $125. Harold Singer, $140; I. L. Goldheim, $150; Dr. and Mrs. M. J. McInerney, $150; Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Hershfield, $150; Mrs. Anna May Somerville, $150; Martin Waxman, $150; Willlam K. Ryan, $150; Street Cleaners, D. C., $150; Col. and Mrs. Willlam W. Gibson, $150; Anonymous, $165; Mrs. Ruth Lester Buchanan, $180; Mrs. Gracle K. Richards, $200; Mrs. Vinton Chapin, $200; National Radio Insti- tute, $200; James E. Smith, $200; Mr. and Mrs. Lyman J. Briggs, $200; Miss Nanna H. Peters, $200; Max Hirsch, $200; Sol Goldstein, $200; ‘Walter Donaldson. $200; Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Gower, $200; Miss Grace Thompson, $210; Mr. G. C. Bowie, $250; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Nathan, $250; H. B. Stabler, $250; R. B. Swope, Mrs, Orme Wilson, $750, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, $1,000. ASKS ARBITRATION IN L F.OF L.ROW Berry Offers Plan as Faction Is Determined to Oust John W. Lewis. BY the Associated Press. TAMPA, Fla., November 14.—George L. Berry, President Roosevelt’s co- ordinator for industrial co-operation, today proposed arbitration to prevent the threatened split in the American Federation of Labor. Berry, also president of the Print- ing Pressmen’s Union snd of Labor's Non-Partisan League, told reporters labor always had insisted upon arbi- tration in its scraps with employers and now should use it in its own in- ternal feuds. Berry dropped this proposal into a pre-convention atmosphere charged with determination of craft union leaders to oust from the Federation John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, and his 10 rebel unions. The federation’s metal trades de- partment instructed John P. Frey, its president, to Introduce & resolution at the convention, starting Monday, call- ing for expulsion of the rebels. Green Roars Disapproval. Willlam Green, federation presi- dent, In two speeches, roared his dis- approval of Lewis’ tactics, predicted that the rebellion would collapse and said that when the unorganized were brought into unions, the A. F. of L. would do the job. The federation’s failure to bring more than 4,000,000 workers into its ranks led Lewis and his allies to set up the Committee for Industrial Or- ganisation last Fall. Lewis said this failure, was due largely to the federa- tion's policy of organization by craft. His committee set out to bring all the workers in each big industry into one big union. The A. F. of L. Executive Council then suspended 10 Lewis unions, with abeut 1,000,000 members, for “insurrection.” Expulsion Seems Possible. Even Lewis’ friends here agreed to- day expulsion seemed probable. The Committee for Industrial - tion's admission to membership last week of the United Radio and Electri- cal Workers and the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipyard Workers, both denied A. F. of L. charters, appeared to have intensified the feeling against the rebels. Berry, however, quietly talked with the craft unions' leaders about his ar- bitration proposal, and hoped that it —or another peace move—would stop a break that all sides agreed would mean a long and bitter labor war. “I suggest appointment of a com- mittee made up of equal numbers from each side with a neutral arbiter, with the majority decision to be a¢ cepted in advance by all,” he said. “This course, it would seem to me, would be entirely in harmony with the policy pursued by the American Federation of Labor since its organiza- tion. “Labor has insisted upon this prin- ciple in its dealings with employers. Why not in its own affairs?” Berry emphasized he spoke as s labor man, not as a Federal official. Frey Case to Be Alred. The Frey expulsion move will go to the convention's Resolutions Commit- tee, headed by Matthew Woll, a federa- tion vice president and vice president | of the Photo-Engravers’ Union. A committee report to the convention probably will be made late next week or early the second week of the ses- sions. The federation’s executive council was slated to meet today, but any ac- tion on the rebellion was improbable. The council will submit to the conven- tion Monday its report on the suspen- sions and ask for approval. Green predicted the approval vote would be overwhelming. The Lewis faction controlled about one-third of the voters at last year's convention. Most of these came from unions now suspended. Considerable discussion among the gathering delegates was evoked by the election yesterday of Charles P. Howard, president of the Typographi- cal Union and secretary of the Lewis committee, as & vice president of the federation's union label trades depart- ment. At the same time, the metal trades department decided to use stationery printed by non-union labor until the ical Union forces Howard out of the Lewis committee. DR. A. F. ANDERSON RITES TO BE MONDAY Funeral Services for Former D. C. Pastor to Be in Plain- field, N. J. Funeral services for Rev. Dr. A. Freeman Anderson, 70, formerly as- sistant pastor of Calvary Baptist Church here, will be held Monday in Pl 1d, N. J. Burial will be there. r. Anderson, who died yesterday in Presbyterian Hospital, New Ycrk City, had been pastor of the First- Park Baptist Church at Plainfield since 1929. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Lulu Anderson; & daughter by a for- mer marriage, Mrs. C. C. Fenn, Lyon Village, Va.,, the wife of Maj. Fenn, U. 8. A, on duty here in the Judge Advocate General's Department, and two sons, Burket and Charles Ander- son, both of Plainfield. Dr. Anderson received a bachelor Night Final Delivered y‘ Carrier of arts degree from Bucknell Uni- versity in 1804 and @ D. D. degree there in 1915. He was ordalned in 1894 and from that year to 1899 was pastor of Grace Baptist Church here. He was assistant pastor of Calvary Baptist Church here from 1900 to 1902 and again from 1914 churches m. Pa.; East Orange, N.J., Anywhere in the City Full Sports Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News es from Around the World. Whatever it is, you'll find Radiophoto of Mrs. Wallis Simpson (foreground) at the Waterloo station in London yesterday, where she waited to greet her aunt, Mrs. D. B. Merryman of this city. Mrs. Simpson’s maid is with her, Simpson (Continued Prom First Page.) King, at first it had the effect of mak- | ing him more headstrong than ever. His attitude was that, so long as he | discharged his public functions faith- fully, his private affairs were his own business, and he would not tolerate interference or unsolicited advice. Baldwin, the Archbishop of Canter- bury, Queen Mary, the Duchess of | York and the Duchess of Kent.were| variously reported to havs failed to| change the King's mind. i But at last the King’s mind has| been changed, and, of all things, the American press is credited with in- | fluencing him, however unwittingly. Sir Godfrey Thomas, one of the King’s secretaries, has been devoting | much of his time lately to collecting | Simpson stories from the American | press, and it has become almost a full-time job. Buckingham Palace | was horrified when clippings arrived showing American newspapers devot- ing columns to “King Edward will Marry Mrs. Simpson” yarns, and even fixing the wedding date as next June. The fact that some of the American | journals broke the news in gigantic | headlines that monopolized Page 1 did not ease the shock. King Sees Clippings. In due time the Thomas collection of clippings from America's white, yellow, pink and green press was sub- mitted to the [King. Edward, who, unlike his attendants, has a sense of | humor, was amused, but, even so, he | realized that his private affairs could not be kept private, at least in America. He was impressed also when his friends informed him that the ro- mance, although suppressed by Fleet Street and the British Broadcasting Corp., was common gossip in every Belgravia drawing room and at every Mayfair cocktail party. The King was told that not onl}'\ was his own popularity here and | abroad being undermined, but the future of Britain's monarchial system was being jeopardized and that he aione could save it. Talked It Over. Presumably Edward talked it over with Mrs, Simpson. Anyway, it is now understood that both have agreed to forget about marriage, and have so notified the interested parties. Mrs. Simpson is said to have met the King half way in their decision. To seal the bargain, Mrs. Simpson may g0 abroad in the near future. Mrs. Simpson remains Edwards closest friend. Those who opposed her marriage to the King concece that she has been a real friend and adviser to him. Whereas the King L R Eagg§§§§F g E ; —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. figure compared to the romantic Ed- ward. Besides, York stutters. England’s sentimentialists hope that Edward will be King many more years, and that the little Princess Elizabeth will grow up to be his suc- cessor. “That name ‘Elizabeth’ is a magic talisman,” it was declared. “England became great under the good Queen Bess, and we could use another Queen Elizabeth. AUNT TO BE CHAPERON, B\ the Associated Press. LONDON, November 14—“Aunt Bessie” Merryman has come to Lon- don to chaperon her niece, Wallis ‘Warfield Simpson, during the trying six months’ period until Mrs. Simp- son’s divorce becomes final, it was disclosed last night. “Aunt Bessie,” who is Mrs. D. B. Merryman of Washington, D. C, it was learned, landed at Southampton November 10 aboard the Queen Mary | and was affectionately greeted by her | svelte niece at Waterloo Station. With “Aunt Bessie” lending a fam- ily atmosphere to her sumptuous new home in Cumberland terrace, Mrs. Simpson told friends she did not in- tend to visit the Riveira villa of her friends, Mr. and Mrs. Herman L. Rogers of New York, as some May- fair circles believe she would. Friends said, however, that Mrs. Simpson might make a short visit to the continent with “Aunt Bessie,” but that it would not be an extended stay. “Aunt Bessie” is well acquainted with Mrs. Simpson’s admirer King Edward, whom she met when she was chaperoning her niece in Biarritz. Mrs. Simpson’s friends said that under the chaperonage of Mrs. Merry- man, the former Baltimore debutante felt she could entertain her friends, including King Edward, much more graciously that as & divorced woman living alone. Mrs. Simpson told her friends that after the excitement attendant upon her Ipswich divorce from .nest A. Simpson, her greatest desire for the present was for seclusion and a nor- mal routine in her household. Mrs. Simpson mingled with Lon- don’s fashionable society last night at a concert at the Yugoslavian Legation. The guests included the King's brother, the Duke of Kent, and other British nobles and their wives. The former Baltimore debuntante wore an emerald and diamond neck- lace with matching emerald clip ear- rings. She sat next to Mrs. Reginald Fel- lowes, known among London's smart set as one of Europe's best-dressed women. SAILS TO SPEND WINTER. The most-sought adviser and closest feminine relative of Mrs. Wallis War- field Simpson is her mother’s sister, “Aunt Bessie,” Mrs. D. Buchanan Merryman, 1911 R street. She sailed for England a month ago to spend the Winter with her famous niece. “Bessie” was inspired by her devotion to her aunt, who is a conservative and prominent figure in Washington ty. When the King of England, then the Prince of Wales, made his first Simpson Waits for Aunt FURMER RES“]ENI, ] A. C. PAUL, DIES Minneapolis Man, 79, Had Been Outstanding Patent Lawyer. Amasa Copp Paul, 79, former Wash« ington resident, died yesterday in Minneapolis, where he had been an outstanding patent lawyer for many years. A native of Wakefleld, N. H, Mr. Paul was educated at Dartmouth Cole lege and the Law School of the old Columbian College, now George Wash- ington University. He was admitted to the District bar in 1881 after have ing taught here at the old Franklin 8chool for four years. From 1881 until 1884, he was an examiner at the Patent Office, and then established law offices in Minneapolis. He cone tinued practice there until his recent illness. Work on Trade Marks. Mr. Paul was the author of “Paul on Trade Marks.” He served on the Executive Committee of the American Bar Association and was former prese ident of the Hennepin County, Minn, Bar Association. He was a brother of the late Edward Paul, principal of the old Washington High School, for which the Edward Paul Junior High School is named. Prominent in Clubs, Mr. Paul was a member of the Min- neapolis and Minnikahda Clubs of Minneapolis and the Union League Club of Chicago, the American Bar Association, the Minnesota State Bar Association, the American Patent Law Assoclation and was a Scottish Rite Mason. He is survived by his widow, Mrs, Martha Paul; three brothers, Arthur, Henry and Richard Paul. Burial will be in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Monday. — LIQUOR STORE HELD UP; BANDIT’S LOOT IS $22 Pedestrian Attacked and Robbed of $2.75—Christmas Toys Also Are Stolen. A bandit wearing smoked glasses and an ankle-length black overcoat held up Morris Binder in his liquor store at 1140 Florida avenue northeast last night and stole $22. Binder said the man carried a small-caliber pistol, About three hours earlier George F, ‘Williams, 1235 Madison street, was ate tacked by two colored men while walke ing in the 400 block of O street. He was dragged 50 feet into an alley and robbed of $2.75, he told police. Drums, dolls, phonograph attache ments and other articles remindful that Christmas is just around the core ner were stolen from 410 Ninth street, Joseph Wasserman, owner, valued the goods at $242. PRELIEL Sl T ESCAPING GAS FATAL Man, 80, One of 60 Overcome by Chlorine, Dies on Street. JOHNSONBURG, Pa., November 14 (#)~A coroner’s jury returned a vere dict last night asserting that the death of one of 69 persons affected by chlorine gas which escaped from & tank car was accidental. A. W. Nordstrom, 60, died last night on a street near the Castanea Paper Co. after a cloud of the deadly gas escaped from a broken connection of the tank car. Police said the car stood on a sid- ing inside the yards of the paper mill. Abattoir (Continued From First Page.) | Housing.” The location on the map was that of the Grover property This designation, however, did not mean that the land was owned by the F. H. A. or any other Govern- ment agency. The land in question, as The Star was informed, is owned by Grover, and negotiations between the owner and the F. H. A. over a financing loan were inaugurated some time ago. Would Push Plan. Grover sald that these negotiations have never been dropped, and that he has every intention, if the abate toir is barred from the area, of pure suing his plan for a large housing development on this tract of land, with or without F. H. A. financing. F. H. A. officials were under the impression, they said, that Grover had decided to abandon his negotiations, as they have not heard from him for two months. “That is because our plans are at & point where we cannot go ahead specifically at the present time" Grover said, “but as soon as they ma- ture to that point we fully intend to resume negotiation with the F. H. A. and hope to obtain its backing.” Grover said that the odors from a nearby slaughter-house, if the Gobel Co. succeeds in obtaining a build- ing permit, would permeate the whole neighborhood. “Nobody would be able to live in the houses if we succeeded in renting them under those circumstances,” he said, “and a packing house there would make it useless for us to com- plete our plans.” Washington is greatly in need of modern houses at low or reasonable rentals, Grover added, and it was with the intention of helping to meet this need that he and Layman planned a development in the Ben- ning section. The Gobel plant burned in 1934, and, like the Commissioners and park officials, no one apparently had any thought of the meat rendering busi- ness being resumed there. At Grover’s request, the F. H. A. had prepared a set-up for the pro- posed housing development, which had been submitted to the Commis- sioners and the Park and Planning Commission. Grover explained yes- terday that changes were suggested in connection with one of the parcels of land in order to conform with the desires of the Park and Planning Commission. Thee changes are still being studied, as he had every desire, he explained, to conform to local and Federal requirements. The land in question is so situated as to border on a- strip that is con- haired | templated as a part of the proposed return here, Baltimore rela- . Simpson relate, Mrs. Merryman proudly displayed a gun- metal bag, a gift from the now King of England. Another near relative of Mrs. Simp- son is her uncle, Mrs. Merryman's extension of Anacostia Park. Grover said the development con- templating 300 dwellings was not be- ing undertaken as a speculative ven- ture, but with the idea of providing reasonably ‘priced houses for persons who cannot afford to pay the rentals demanded in Washington for thor- oughly .. modern accommodations. Rentals ‘would be fized as low as pos= sible, he explained, so as to insure & return on the property. ’