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CA—2 %R THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON 6. W.LAW SCHOOL |LEAGUE ‘T0 DODGE GANGSTERS DEFY - CELANESE STRIE PARLEY SET TODAY All Parties Hope for Solu- tion—Nice Issues ; Statement, - By the Associated Press. CUMBERLAND, Md., November 30. ~—Representatives of all parties headed into & conference today which they hoped would bring a solution to the Celanese Corp. strike, now entering its eighteenth day. "‘Details of the agenda for the con- ference were not announced. Strikers, however, went out when the com- pany refused a demand for a 15 per cent general wage increase. The com- pany, manufacturing artificial silk, employed 9,000 persons. Last night and early today, officials of the State, Federal Department of Labor, the company and the union eonferred seeking to end the violence which has injured more than a score of persons recently. Details of Agreement. Out of that conference came this fagreement: Strikers would hold their last mass meeting at the plant gates just prior to the settlement conference. After that, pickets would be reduced to 25 and the number of State troopers on duty would be reduced to three. The company can keep its guards inside its fence. A committee of three strikers will be allowed to inspect the plant peri- odically to determine whether there is any attempt at production. Gov. Harry W. Nice, who attend=d the “armistice” conference, advised| Maj. Enoch B. Garey not to be present at the mass meeting. The Governor came here yesterday in an attempt to end the violence which, on two successive days, sent lice and strikers at each other in and-to-hand conflict. On his arri- val, he issued this statement: Nice's Statement. “Under our American system there are certain rights which appertain to capital and others to labor, whether in times of industrial peace or con- flict. There are, however, certain rights of society as a whole which are at all times paramount to any par- tisan interests. “I am here as chief magistrate ot the State of Maryland to insure the preservation of those processes of law and order which make for the general well being. It is my firm conviction that this can be done without preju- dice to the constitutional rights or privileges of either party in the pres- ent dispute. It is my intention to make this evident and to secure gen- eral co-operation for the common good. - “I want, moreover, to reiterate the opinion which I have already ex- pressed, that the successful work of arbitration and conciliation is im- possible in an atmosphere of physical violence. I am not passing judgment on the merits or demerits of the case of either party to this controversy. I | ‘want, however, the co-operation of all concerned, so that the conciliation meeting which takes place Monday can be earried on in a sane atmos- phere best calculated to lend itself to the just and amicable solution of this dispute. Thus the State can serve the people as a whole, while aiding employer and employe to reach en equitable adjustment of their problems.” U. S. AIDES AT PARLEY. Three From Labor Department at Celanese Strike Conference. 87 the Associated Press. Col. Frank P. Douglas, special com- missioner of conciliation for the tex- tile division, will represent the De- partment of Labor at a conference in Amcelle, Md,, today in efforts to set- tle a strike of workers of the Celanese Corp. of America at Cumberland. A. R. Hagner and John L. Conner, conciliators for the department, also | will attend. ‘The meeting will be held in the | office of the Celanese Corp. and will be participated in by officials of the corporation, representatives of the United Textile Workers of America, and members of the strikers’ com- mittee. PLANT CLOSES DOWN, Cumberland Strike Causes Lay Off of 400 in New London. NEW LONDON, Conn., November 80 (A).—A strike at the Cumberland, Md., plant of the Celanese Corp. of America caused the textile plant of the New London Fabrics Corp. to temporarily lay off more than 400 persons today, it was said by factory officials. , The heads of the New London firm announced the company’s stock of celanese yarn used in weaving fabrics virtually had been exhausted and efforts to replenish it had been in vain due to the Maryland strike. Thomas B. Congdon, manager of the New London Fabrics Corp., said the loom operation in the plant had been reduced from 572 to 60 workers &nd approximately one week's supply of the type of yarn used by the force still at work was on hand. - MERCER MAYFIELD, IR., CAPITAL NATIVE, DIES Chemist Succumbs at 43 in Yon- ! kers—Funeral Services to : Be Tomorrow. | Mercer B. Mayfield, jr., 43, New ‘York chemist and former Washington resident, died yesterday at his home In Yonkers, N, Y., the Associated Press Teported today. Mr. Mayfleld was born in this city &nd graduated from the University of Maryland. His parents and a sis- ter, Miss Mary Mayfield, live at 1420 Decatur street, and a brother, Robert E, Mayfield, at Chevy Chase. He also leaves his wife, Mrs. Ruth Galloway Mayfield. , Funeral services will be held to- mow at Yonkers. Burial will be :T. SULLIVAN IMPROVES Thaddeus Sullivan, 44, of- 111 Ana- costia road northeast was r in Casualty Hospital today’ from in- Juries received in a fight with an unidentified man at Minnesota ave- nue and Benning road northeast last ‘Thursday. . Sullivan was found unconscious and ftaken home, where he was treated by 4 private physiclan. His condition did not improve and he was taken to the hospital Saturday, suffering m head injuries, His condition Washington - Wayside ‘Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ‘WASHINGTON. IVING right here might induce & more narrow viewpoint of the whole thing, but you'd think almost any one in the land would think of the Capital at the mention of Washington. You might think so, but you'd be wrong. Even an institution like the Post Office De- partment is not sure where Wash- ington is. Saturday a chap in the office re- ceived & post card which had been mailed a week ago Friday in New Or- leans. It was addressed, “Evening Star, Washington.” There was no mention of the “D. C.” The absence of the further address may explain the P. O. notation: “Not at Seattle Star, probably Washington, D. C.” * x x X SUMATRA. ‘You might suppose that a Wash- ingtonian looking for up-to-date and specific information about Sumatra, on the other side of the world, might have to go far afleld. But not Dr. William M. Mann, who soon will go to the East Indies to collect animals. Dr. Mann has only to step down= stairs to a neighbor’s apartment to talk to a couple who have just re- turned ajfter years of residence in the far off equatorial island, * K X & DOORWAYS. MXSS ELINOR RYAN'S new house, out in the Northwest section, will boast, among other things, an original George Washington doorway, and this is news to the lover of antiquities who for years has always had his or her attention called to beds in which ‘Washington slept. No one, except perhaps Lafayette, has been credited with sleeping in as many beds as has the father of his country. The doorway in question came from a famous shop in Philadelphia, and once adorned the front of 426 Walnut street, in the then exclusive residential section of the City of Brotherly Love. ‘Who the occupants of this particu- lar mansion were in the Colonial days was impossible to discover, but the present owner has all the necessary data and knows that Mr. Washing- | ton often waited for the lovely door to swing open and let him in. * ok x ‘HE leader of a “bring 'em back alive” expedition to collect tigers, cobras and other jungle creatures, has to think of stocking such things as sawdust and chicken wire, for example —sawdust to go in the cages and | chicken wire to go around them. The lack of such homely commodi- ties in far-away ports has proved embarrassing in the past to Dr. Wil- liam R. Mann, Zoo director, who soon will head an expedition to Sumatra. On the long Pacific voyage he hopes to pay freight only on such supplies as cannot be purchased in Sumatra, and at the same time over- look no essential. A former resident of Sumatra said there would be plenty of sawdust, but he wasn't so sure about the chicken wire. A FAMOUS surgeon in town tells us that he received a call from & woman the other night who re- fused to give her name. She called to ask him if it was permissible for her to write an anonymous letter to a patient of his who was in the hos- pital suffering with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the foot resulting from an accident while shooting in the nearby Maryland woods. The re- cipient of the call, more than a little perplexed, asked the reason for this rather strange request and received in answer the following, “I should like to write and tell him how glad I am that at last he has inflicted upon himself what for years he has in- flicted upon countless harmless little birds.” * kK ok REVENGE. * k% CALL. The ways of woman on the tele- phone are wondrous, indeed. The other day the phone in the drama department jangled. “Could you tell me,” asked a pleasant Jeminine voice, “what’s playing at the Blank Theater?” The informa- tion was supplied. 5 “Oh, thank you,” said the voice. “Thank you so much. You're s0 sweet!” CHANGE. MRS. ‘WILLIAM ALLSTON GRAHAM, who for many years has been known to countless Wash- ingtonians as the long-suffering patron saint of the Thrift Shop, where trash has been profitably turned into cash for & number of the city's worthy charities, has & new job. You will no doubt be very sur- prised when you run into Mrs. Graham at one of the city’s newer night spots, where she is now alting as hostess. Mrs. Graham spends her days in & nice new office, with chromium fit~ tings and all, instead of bending over various packages, bundles and what not that are sent in by housewives when they just can’t stand looking at the contents in the home any longer or have just received a little note from “Ma” Willlams that their 30 or so donations & month are sadly in arrears. HOFFMAN-CALLS SESSION *x % BENEFITS INWILL Bulk of $291,000 De Knight Estate Will Go to University. Clarence W. De Knight, well-known ‘Washington lawyer, who died here November 22, left the bulk of his $291,000 estate to George Washington University Law School, it was dis- closed in District Court today when his will was filed for probate. The bequest will not take effect, however, until the death of five per- sons, who will receive the income from the state during their lives. . Mr. De Knight directed that the legacy be paid to the George Wash- ington trustees without restriction, but he stated it was his wish that the money be designated “The Clarence De Knight Fund” and the income from it be used for academic prizes or to endow some chair of law. After providing for 13 specific be- quests, Mr. De Knight left the rest of his estate in trust, naming the American Security & Trust Co. and Attorney Frank F. Nesbit as trustees. He directed that the income from the trust fund be paid as follows: Ten per cent to Lawrence Greely Straight, a friend; twenty-five per cent to Virginia Brenton Baldwin of New York City; twenty per cent to his secretary, Frances Green; tw:nty per cent to James T. Clark, local lawyer, and twenty-five per cent to Mrs. May Baldwin of New York City. Dr. William Gerry Morgan, former president of the American Medical Association, was left $1,000 “in great- ful recognition of his many years of voluntary medical trestment.” Mr. De Knight left his wearing parel to Harry Straight, a friend, and his jewelry and personal effects to Clark. Other bequests were: Mrs. L. G. Rose, & former stenographer, $250; W. A. Smith, $250; Virginia Brenton Baldwin, $1,000; Miss Green, $1,000; Archibald McCrae, $500; Chesley W. Jurney, sergeant at arms of the Sen- ate, $500; Adrian Sizer, $500; Mrs. Morris de Peyster, $500; Mary Shi- vers, $250, and Mrs, May Baldwin, $1,000. The petition for probate was filed by Nesbit. o 45 GUESTS ROUTED IN BLAZE AT HOTEL Man Rescued From Third Floor, Fireman Hurt at Rich- lands, Va. BY the Associated Press. RICHLANDS, Va., November 30.— Fire originating in the boiler room of the Eagle Hotel routed 45 guests in near-freezing weather here early yes- terday. One man trapped on the third floor was rescued by means of an extension ladder. He was overcome by smoke, firemen said. Robert Repass, a volunteer fireman, received leg and body injuries when he was run over by & hose truck en route to the blaze. Firemen battled the flames for four hours and calied the. Tazewell Fire Department for assistance. A truck from that town found that the hose it carried would not fit fire plugs here. The blaze was confined principally to the basement and second floor of the hotel and to a store in the same building. Paul Jessee, store manager, estimated his damage at $3,500, while hotel officials set their loss at about $6,500. Buying (Continued From First Page.) mary said that “there have been very definite indications in the last few weeks that New Yorkers are no longer ‘penny pinching’ and that money in increasing amounts is being spent on goods other than necessities.” The “unexpected money” pumped out in extra dividends in New Yorx, it was said, “is finding its way into purchases of fur coats, jewelry, furni- ture and automobiles.” Reports From Cities, In Chicago, the summary continued, trade volume this Christmas will top 1935 by 12 per cent, but increases in some luxury lines will reach 50 per cent. Reports on “luxury buying” from other cities: Philadelphia—Advances in luxury lines ‘will range from 17.5 per cent for furs to 100 per cent for gift arti- cles generally. Denver—Jewelry, furs and other “de luxe” merchandise expected to top last year by 10 per cent; automobiles will be bought in greater volume for gifts. Memphis—Greater buying of auto- ‘mobiles, furs, radios and higher prices apparel forecast. Pittsburgh—Holiday business ex- pected to reach all-time high, with general improvement in quality. Atlanta—Estimated holiday trans- actions average 25 per cent over last year, “with all lines of luxury goods selling in much greater volume than in recent years.” Boston—Luxuries make “excellent gains” as general rise of 15 per cent over last year is seen in holiday busi- ness. ‘Washington—Higher-priced articles in greater demand than last year. Detroit—Dividend and bonus pay- ments bring “greater demand for qual- ity merchandise” as 15 per cent _climb in retail trade is predicted. Woman Injures Both Hands. EL RENO, Okla. (#).—Mrs. Frank Crider had to bandage both hands. She cut a finger on her left hand slicing an egg, and then sliced a fin- ger on her right hand while attempt- ing to cut & bandage for her first in- Nt Final Delivered by Carrier Anywhere in the City CHARGES BY SPAIN Protest of Action by Italy and Reich Held Due to Be Ignored. By the Associated Press, GENEVA, November 30.—League of Nations sources expressed belief to- day the Council would decline to consider Spanish charges against Gere many and Italy, ‘The Spanish protest of German and Ttalian recognition and alleged active support of Gen. Francisco Franco's insurgents, these sources said, likely would be ruled to involve a domestic question which weuld place it outside League jurisdiction. ‘The secretary-general has convoked & meeting of the League Council to consider the Spanish note. The date of the session, depending on the pref- erence of the Council members, will be December 7 or December 14. Ledgue circles, fearing Spain’s ap- peal might aggravate the general in- ternational tension between Fascist and Leftist diplomacy, suggested shift- ing the question to the World Court, which is entitled to consider any ques- tion of international law. It was pointed out that the League covenant does not specifically forbid supplying arms, ITALY IS “SUSPICIOUS.” ROME, November 29 (#).—Authori- tative Italian circles said tonight that convocation of the League of Nation's Council to air the Spanish civil war might become another session aimed at discrediting Italian sovereignty be- cause it might challenge Italy’s right to recognize the government of the Spanish insurgent Gen. Francisco Franco, Well-informed sources, which re- garded such a move with unconcealed suspicion, said it was unlikely Italy would attend any such’session. ‘These persons said the maneuver ‘would be considered in Rome as simi- lar to that by which authorities at- tempted to “belittle Itallan prestige” by refusing to recognize her dominion over Ethiopia after Haile Selassie fled and at the same time giving him & voice in League discussions. Reliable sources reaffirmed Italy's recognition of Franco as based on Italy's assurance that Franco repre- sented the majority of Spanish opinion while Premier Largo Caballero was merely the “indirect functionary of the Soviet Komintern.” VISIT TO BERLIN HINTED, BERLIN, November 30 (#).—In- creasing cordiality of Italo-German relations during recent months has caused foreign observers to conjecture whether Premier Mussolini would soon visit Reichsfuehrer Hitler. Official quarters, however, said only that Il Duce would receive the warmest of welcomes if he should decide to come to Berlin. THREE MEN HELD IN WIFE'S DEATH Husband and Two Others Under Axrest, Although Case Called Accident. Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Vs, November 30.—Although Dr. €. A. Ransom, Fair- fax County coroner, gave & verdict of accidental death last night in con- nection with the fatal injury of Mrs. Agnes Hudgins, 52, in her home on Fort Buffalo road, near here, late Saturday night, authorities today con- tinued to hold her husband and two other men for further investigation. The woman died of a fracture at the base of the skull, sustained ‘when she fell against the base board of the dining room of her home, the coroner sald after an inquest yesterday. Her husband, Charles E. Hudgins, 66, employed as a chauffeur in Wash- ington; s house employe, James J. Kenny, 45, and George Henry Pell, 40, a boarder at the home, were ar- rested by Sheriff E. P. Kirby for questioning after the woman’s death. They are being held in the Fairfax jail pending a further investigation by Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul E. Brown, Sheriff Kirby sald today. According to their testimony at the inquest yesterday, Mrs. Hudgins fell after an argument with her husband. Hudgins denied striking his wife, but admitted he grabbed her when she ran at him and then released her. She ran into another room, he said. In the other room he heard s “thud” when she fell, he declared. Mrs. Hudgins was unconscious when the men picked her up. They sent for Dr. C. F. Kincheloe of Falls Church, who pronounced her dead and called Sheriff Kirby. Mrs. Hudgins leaves two children, Charles, 21, of Washington, and John, 19, who lived at home, but was not there during the altercation Sat- urday night. CONSUELO VANDERBILT'S EX-HUSBAND TO WED BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 30.—The engagement of Miss Mimi Richardson to Earl E. T. Smith, former husband of Consuelo Vanderbiit, was announced yesterday. Miss Richardson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cortlandt Richardson and Smith is the son of Sydney J. Smith and Mrs. Tailer Carpenter, all of New York. Smith and the former Miss Vander- bilt, daughter of William K. Vander- bilt and the late Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt, were married in 1926 and divorced at Reno in Febraury, 1935. She married Henry G. Davis, 3d, in Florida Friday. Miss Richardson attended Miss Por- ter’s School in Farmington, Conn., and made her debut three years ago. The wedding will take place December 28. Full Sports Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World. Whatever it is, you'l find it in The Night Final Sports Edition. THE by carrier—70c a month. Call National 5000 and service will start at once. NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered e e | oral invitation to come see what suf- These school children figure, and flgure correctly, that it takes a lon reach the North Pole, so they stay after class to tell St. Nick their needs time Jor letters to eals of many times this many Washington boys and girls will be answered this Christmas gringlnp a new toy or article of clothing to your neighborhood Warner Bros.’ theater as contri- butions to the sixth annual Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas toy campaign. [ STEPDAUGHTER, 14, FATALLY STAMPED Itinerant Repairman Arresf- ed on “Pitiful” Story of Child’s Mother. BY the Associated Press. JESUP, Ga., November 30.—Sheriff R. E. Warren announced today the | arrest of a 51-year-old itinerant re- pairman, charged with stamping to death his 14-year-old stepdaughter while the child’s mother, bound hand and foot, lay helpless nearby. ‘The child, bleeding about the mouth and ears, was removed last Wednesday died. ‘Warren said the stepfather, L. R. Ward, reported she had been struck | by & “hit-and-run motorist.” | The sheriff said the accused man denied he struck the girl, but that the mother “told us the most pitiful story I ever heard.” ‘The stepfather, Warren said, was arrested during funeral services for the child near Lyons, Ga. The sheriff de- clined to say where the stepfather is held. The sheriff said “jealousy” was the | motive for the attack. “We questioned the wife — and mother of two children, Maude, 14, the victim, and her little brother, 12,” | Warren reported. “She said Ward stamped the child at | a camp in Jeff Davis County between | Lumber City and Hazelhurst. The mother said Ward had tied her hands | with rope and her feet with a chain. ' ‘We found a chain she said he used. “The little girl weighed 72 pounds. | ‘The stepfather weighs about 200. | “The hospital at Brunswick said the child’s body bore numerous bruises and that her stomach was swollen, “The mother and the other step- child said they had been beaten also. ‘The mother had bruises on the arms, legs, face and head.” POLICE T0 ASK AID IN HUNT FOR MAN Circ:nllrl to Cover Nation in Ef-| fort to Trace Missing Farmer. By a Staff Correspondent ot The S:ar. FOUR CORNERS, Md., Ncvember 30—A police circular will- be sent throughout the Nation by Mont- gomery County authorities in hopes of finding some trace of Ellwood D. Matthews, 65-year-old truck farmer, whose disappearance nine days ago is still shrouded in mystery. Officers assigned to the case have expressed the belief the well-to-do farmer was robbed and murdered after he left a local store on the night of November 21, while a brother, who lived with the missing man, has expressed the same fear. Police Chief J. Willlam Garrett of Montgomery County, however, issued ‘an order today for police of the Silver Spring substation, who have been handling the investigation, to prepare a circular with Matthews’ photograph and description and mail it to other police departments, They will be requested to make s search for Matthews in hopes that he will be located, if still alive. The brother, Charles, said over the week end he expects to confer with State’s Attorney James H. Pugh early this week and offer & reward for in- formation leading to the whereabouts of the missing man. Matthews had $600 on him when he ‘Toys (Continued From Pirst Page.) in co-operation with the sixth annual Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas toy campaign. Their aims are identi- cal—to insure that there shall be no forgotten child in the Capital this Christmas. The police place the em- phasis of their appeal on food and clothing. Without enough of these, other gifts seem rather empty bless- ings. The toy drive, however, is of equal importance. Articles that de- light the heart give Christmas its | meaning, make it a day totally dif-! ferent from other days. To Distribute Food, Clothes. The police are equipped to collect and distribute as many thousands of food baskets and garments as Wash- ingtonians can give. Or they will ac- cept cash for the purchase of these and give the donor a receipt and an fering their kindness has alleviated. On their daily rounds policemen gain information on conditions in homes which few social workers have. I'l‘hey know when suffering is genuine. They know the citizens on their beats almost as friends. They are these cit- izens' friends, especially at this time of year. b The formula for the happiness of thousands of boys and girls this | Christmas is simple: Phone your pre- cinct station or police headquarters and announce that you have some gift, or bring or send a new toy or new article of clothing to one of the 11 special matinees to be held December 19 in 11 Warner Bros.’ theaters. The call to police will bring a scout car or other conveyance to your front door and your gift will be brought to the old National Hotel, at Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue, for delivery where it will help most. The visit to one of the Warner Bros. shows will repay you in entertainment for the new toy or garment you bring as price of admission. The gifts left in the theater lobbles will be distributed by the District Parent-Teacher Associa- tion, which has been canvassing the city to determine where the neediest children are located. Capt. Joseph C. Morgan, chairman of the police Christmas party, urged yesterday that contributors not give perishable foods. If cash is not given (this organization collected more than $1,700 for its 1935 party and distrib- uted more than 2,000 articles of cloth- ing), prepare a basket something like this: Small sack of flour (5 pounds), 2 pounds of granulated sugar, small sack of corn meal (2 pounds), one- fourth pound of tea, half a pound of coffee, one can of condensed milk, one of tomatoes, one of corn, one of peas, & half-pound can of cocoa, 10 white potatoes, onions, oranges, apples, canned soups, hominy, smoked meat, such as s small shoulder or ham, salt meat. ‘While the police prepared for their task, a task that all members of the force relisk, other plans for this drive against Christmas tears were rounded into shape. Santa Claus, as was an- nounced yesterday, will arrive at the ‘Washington Airport, December 18, to lead the fun making at the Toy Ball at the Shoreham Hotel, where a gift for the campaign will be the substitute for the cover charge. Before Santa’s gala arrival, however, are at least three big events, aimed to make life pleasant, both for the donor and for the child whose Christmas he will brighten. The first of these will be an hour’s broadcast over Station WRC or WMAL, or both, from 10:30 to 11:30 Wednesday night. Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police, will speak, and there will be entertain- ment galore, including some provided by Roy Smeck and Eddie Carr, head- liners at the Earle Theater this week. A week later will be a similar broad- cast, half of it from the pall-mall |room of the Raleigh Hotel, where a special toy floor show will be pre- left the store and started for his home, only & short distance away. Pact (Continued From First Page.) ] alignment of Germany, Italy and Japan. Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos, who already has said informally, “If Brit- ain is ready to aid us in the case of unprovoked aggression, we are ready to help them in the same circum- stances,” was described as ready to repeat his promise in the Chamber of Deputies Friday. na~ L another na- / will to Belgium, sented. On December 14, from 10:30 to 11 pm., will be a broadcast from the Club Troika. A special program of Russian entertainment has been a ranged for that evening. Patrons a asked to bring some toy or other gift as a contribution to the campaign. The night club itself, in addition to | providing radio entertainment and a floor show,in behalf of the drive, will donate a generous portion of the night's receipts. Toy Matinees. ‘There. will be another N. B. C. broadcast December 16, and on De- cember 19, of course, will be the fol- lowing toy matinees: Metropolitan—Joe E. Brown in Warner Bros.’ “Earthworm Trastors.” Earle—Jane Withers in the Twen- tieth Century-Fox production, “Paddy O’Day.” Tivoli—PFreddie Bartholomew in United Artists’ “Little Lord Faunt- leroy.” Ambassador—Harold Lioyd in the Paramount picture, “The Milky Way.” Uptown—Laurel and Hardy in M-G-M's “Bonnie Scotland.” Penn —Laurel and Hardy in M-G-M’s “Bohemian Girl.” Apollo — Eleanor Whitney in the Paramount picture, “Timothy's Quest.” Home—Joe E. Brown in Warner Bros.' “Sons o'Guns.” York—Buster Crabbe in the Para- mount production, “Desert Gold.” Colony—Jane Withers in the Twen- tieth C-;My-h picture, “Little Miss Savoy—Richard Dix in R-K-O's ~Yellow Dust.” L n writing. The ug- Vv —Star Staff Photo. ILLNESS IS FATAL TOMISSIONARY 0 Rev. Bernard Keany Dies at Infirmary of George- town. Rev. Bernard Keany, 80-year-old Jesuit missionary, died yesterday in the infirmary of Georgetown Dni- versity, where he had been confined for 10 years. | Father Keany went to Georgetown |in 1926, following a nervous break- down in Philadelphia, where he had been engaged in mission work for a number of years. Since then he had | never left the cloister at Georgetown College. His condition became worse several weeks ago and before leaving a few days ago for New York City, Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, president, admin- ‘mma the last sacraments to the dying priest. Born in Ireland November 9, 1856, | Father Keany came to this country | when he was 17 years old. Ten years | later he entered the Society of Jesus. He had always been engaged in mis- | sion work. Little is known of Father Keany's record, except that he was stationed in Jersey City prior to his last assignment in Philadelphia. His only surviving relative is a nephew, who is stationed in St. Paul, Minn. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 7:30 am. from Dahlgren Chapel will be. said. the college cemetery. { BLANKET SUFFOCATES INFANT IN ITS CRIB Artificial Respiration Fails to Revive 9-Week-0ld Child of Mr. and Mrs. Munyon. Robert Gillam Munyon, 9-week-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Munyon, 4813 Third street, was suffocated in his crib yesterday morning by his blanket, which he had pulled over his face while asleep. His parents had not heard the in- fant make any noise for about an hour and thought him asleep until Mrs. Munyon went to feed him about 10:30 am. Unable to arouse the child, she called a private physician and later the Fire Department rescue squad and the Casualty Hospital ambulance Artificial respiration failed to revive him. Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald issued a certificate of accidental death from suffocation. Simpson opinion—public as well as official— with which he will be unable to cope. By a lengthy dissertation on inter- party co-operation in the House. of Commons, the Londen Times this morning—although carefully avoiding all mention of either the King or Mrs. Simpson—comes the closest it ever has come to mentioning the matter. Citing at length the unity shown by the various parties on questions of de- fense on the banning of political uni- forms and on the distressed areas, its leading article concludes with a rally- ing call to the parties to maintain this co-operation in further circumstances. “Given the continuance of this apirit,” it says, “—and it shows no sign of weakening—the House of Commons may well prove itself, what the coun- try has often required in similar times during its long history, but has seldom been given by—namely, a council of state which is able to demonstrate its solid strength in any crisis that may arise, whether foreign or domestic.” “Council of state” is a term fre- quently used by Ramsay MacDonald during the period when his govern- ment had no majority in the House of Commons to rally the House to sup- ports its measures in a non-partisan spirit. At present the disagreement be- tween the King and the cabinet is rendered particularly difficult of solu- tion by the utter conviction of each at Georgetown, where requiem mass | Interment will be in POLICE, JURY SAYS Conditions in Charles Called Shocking—Outside Aid Asked. Special Dispatch to The Star. LA PLATA, Md., November 30.— Charging that “shocking conditions centering about four licensed liquor places at Mason Springs indicates clearly that a crowd of gangsters has developed” in that part of the coun- ty, the Charles County grand jury today was on record with a demand that outside investigators be called to clean up the situation. The jury also recommended that the State law be changed to allow State police to be deputized to act with full power in Charles County. Conditions similar to those existing at Mason Springs are to be found at Marshall Hall and points along the Washington road near Waldorf, the jury declared. The investigators es- serted that conditions were so bad that local residents feared to testify against offenders. Report Quoted. The report follows: “Our investigation has just dis- closed shocking conditions centering about the four licensed liquor places at Mason Springs which indicates clearly that a crowd of gangsters has developed in that part of Charles County which threatens to bring the same discredit to the county that it suffered at the hands of the Black Shirt gang several years ago. “Testimony before us disclosed that disorderly crowds which center about Mason Springs resorts, especially on | Saturday and Sunday nights, defy peace officers, threaten them with vio- lence and scout the law. “Decent residents of the county avoid Mason Springs on account of the drunken, disorderly crowds which gather about its liquor dance halls. Drunken men and women stagger about in the roads which center there and drunken drivers make traffic dan- gerous, Fear {o Protest. “Loudspeakers in the dance halls, mingled with the shouts and cries of wild reveiries, make Saturday and Sunday nights hideous for residents of that district, many of whom fear to protest because of the desperate character of the gang leaders. “A similar condition exists at Mar- shall Hall and at points along the Washington road near Waldorf. Many of these disorderly resorts are on the roads used by school busses. Some of them are intersections where chil« dren must wait for busses. “Mason Springs already has one murder to its discredit this year. That crime grew out of s drunken quarrel at 3 o'clock one Sunday morn- ing in June. A colored man, who was stabbed near Waldorf, lies at death’s door in & Washington hospital. Urge Outside Help. “The situation apparently demands the help of outside investigators to get the evidence necessary to prosecute the keepers of these disorderly places and either close them or force them to live within the law. “Conditions are such that local residents fear to testify against the offenders. That was evident when the grand jury questioned witnesses. Many of the disorderly places with licenses to sell only beer are selling bootleg liquor or harboring agents who sell it to the crowds collected for dancing.” “Both the State and the Federal governments are losing revenues through these disorderly places which provide s market for outlaw liquor and liquor dealers who operate legally are discriminated against. Hold-ups Reported. “But the financial consideration is relatively small in importance as com= pared with the menace to peace and security. Gangdom is in the saddle in these centers and challenges the rightt of decent men and women to live in quiet and safety. “There are grave suspicions that the ! gang of thieves which has been sys- tematically robbing stores in Charles and adjoining counties centers at Mason Springs and that liquor places in that vicinity harbor prostitutes. “Two attempted hold-ups were re- cently reported from Mason Springs district. Markers Stolen. “Last Summer the handsome alume inum markers erected by patriotic so- cieties to guide tourists to three of the historic places in the vicinity of Mason Springs were broken off and carried away by vandals, who were never ap- prehended. “Charles County citizens clearly are in need of more police protection than can be afforded by a sheriff and two deputies. “Under the existing laws the State police have no power to make arrests in this county except for traffic viola- tions. This county and two others failed to get full police authority for | the State police. They were exempted "IG the request of Senators from Charles, Montgomery and Garrett Counties.” BANK CASHIER WOUNDED IN ATTEMPTED- ROBBERY B the Associated Press. SOUTH HILL, Va., November 30.— | Three hnpfllu escaped in an automo- | bile today after shooting and wound- ing George W. Bowman, cashier, in an attempted robbery of the bank of Boone Mill. It was reported that no money was taken. The bandits entered the bank through a rear window during the night and were discovered by Bow- man, who was wounded in the leg by a charge from a sawed-off shot SHOPPING DAYS LEFTY