Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1937, Page 16

B2 x BIRTHDAY BALLS DRAW FILM STARS List of Attractions for Roosevelt Celebration Here Grows. The “big show” being planned by Commissioner George E. Allen, in charge of the President’s birthday balls Janyary 30, assumed bigger and better proportions yesterday as addi- tional features of the elaborate en- tertainment program were announced. The birthday balls, to be staged in seven leading hotels here, will be cele- brated in more than 5,000 communi- ties, the proceeds going to aid children stricken with infantile paralysis. Each of the local hotels has en- gaged & well-known orchestra for the occasion and Abe Lyman’s Band, headed by thet noted maestro in per- son, will play at each of the hotels some time during the evening. Noted Stars to Appear. Arrangements also are being made to have Jean Harlow. Robert Taylor, Jeanette MacDonald. Mitzi Green and | other famous picture stars appear at various times during the evening. | Mrs. Roosevelt also will visit each of | the hotels “This is going to be the greatest carnival night in the history of | Washington,” Commissioner Allen sald. “In addition to the seven dances there will be elaborate mid- night shows at the Earle and Capitol Theaters. Allen Lauds Hospital. “I wish that every person in Wash- ington could visit Children's Hospital this week and see the work that is being done there for the victims of infantile paralysis. There would be no difficulty in selling tickets if the public could see this work.” Half the proceeds here will go to Children’s Hospital and the cest for research work at the Warm Springs Foundation. Tickets, at $2.50 per person, are now on sale at the Hamilton, May- flower, Willard, Shoreham, Wash- ington, Wardman Park and Raleigh Hotels; at A. A. A. headquarters, all police stations, fire houses, Govern- ment departments, and by special committees of physicians, dentists and real estate men. PHYSICIAN REMAINS AT POPE’S BEDSIDE Pays Early Morning Visit After| Pontiff Spends Painful Night. By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, january 17 (Sun- day).—Pope Pius, after -suffering pain and difficulty with breathing during | the night, was visited at 5 am. today (11 pm., E. 8. T, Saturday) by Dr. Aminta Milani, his physician. Reliable sources said Dr. Milani re- mained in the papal chambers as a | precaution againet a possible sinking spell in his patient's condition. Following his suffering during the night and early part of the morning, the Pope later was reported to be rest- ing more easily. ‘The Pope’s illness will prevent him from participating in Vatican cere- monies for nearly four months, even if his recent slight improvement con- tinues, sources close to the pontiff pre- dicted last night. Their conclusion was based on the tentative setting of May 11 as the date for inauguration of the new Pontificial Academy of Science—originally sched- uled for February 6—to permit the holy father to attend. PLAYFUL SC}JTTIE;COSTS MISTRESS $169,000 SUIT Terrier Blamed for Accident In- juring Seven Persons, All Awarded Damages. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 16.—A Scot- tish terrier cost his socially prominent mistress, Mrs. Greta V. Stafford, a total of $169,000 today in damage awards growing out of an automobile accident. Mrs. Stafford blamed the dog’s play- fulness for causing her chauffeur to swerve her station wagon into a car containing .five members of the family of James D. Philson, Mount Vernon contractor, all of whom were injured. They were awarded & total of $117.- 000 by & White Plains Supreme Court jury today. Two Stafford family serv- ants riding in the station wagon were awarded $52,000 by the Brooklyn Ap- pellate Division today also. Mrs. Stafford is the wife of Wil- l;m Stafford, Stock Exchange mem- T. ARIZONA PICKS RECEIVER| FOR PACIFIC MUTUAL Company Ordered to Show Cause | Why Permanent Appointment Should Not Be Made. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz, January 16— Judge G. A. Rodgers of Maricopa County Superior Court appointed Rob- ert W. Redwine temporary receiver today for Arizona properties of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. of California. The company’s holdings in Arizona include an estimated $3,000,000 in real estate mortgages. The action was taken on the com- plaint of Pauline Robertson, who said she held a policy issued by the com- pany. Judge Rodgers ordered the com- pany representatives to appear Jan- uary 27 and show why a permanent receiver should not be appointed. ‘The company was recently reor- * ganized in California. TO FERRET SECRETS PHOENIX, Ariz., January 16 (#).— ‘The “Women's Investigating Commit- tee of 500," organized with the an- nounced purpose of secretly ferreting out iniquities in public office, received a certificate of incorporation in Ari- sona today. The secret organization, according to its articles of incorporation, will compile information on “the habits, conduct and acts” of persons in public life, the information to be used at the discretion of the Board of Directors. TFounders of the organization said it was formed “for the promotion of the public welfare, aiding of law enforce- ment, prevention of crime and fur- therance of the American principles of good government.? Baltimore boulevard near the town. THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, Two Killed in Auto-Truck Crash The collision which demolished this sedan took the lives of Carroll Harrison, 33, Washington Navy Yard mechanic, and Brent Kaiser, 22, Greenbelt project employe, both of Laurel, who were killed instantly early yesterday. Bound homeward jrom a dance in Laurel, the pair met death when the automobile skidded 40 feet into the rear of a trailer-truck parked on the Washington- The truck driver, B. 1. Hodges of Richmond, Va., who had stopped his vehicle to repair a flat tire, was exonerated by a coroner’s jury last night. —Copynght AP erephoto BILL MAY ASK SIX - PRESIDENT'S AIDES {Relief Deficiency Appropria- tion Measure Thought Opportunity. By the Associated Press. Capitol Hill leaders heard yester- | day that authority and money for | six administrative assistants to the | coming relief-deficiency appropriation bill. The additional aides were recom- mended by the President’s Commit- tee on Administrative Management, and Mr. Roosevelt passed the sug- organization message Tuesday. Spot for Positions. President may be asked in a forth- | gestion along to Congress in his re- | Indian’s Money Of No Avail in Alimony Battle Kept in Jail When Government Won't Let Him Pay. BY the Associated Press TULSA, January 18.—Joe Bighorse has plenty of money, but the full- | blooded Osage remained in the county , jail tonight while attorneys prepared for further arguing whether he can | pay alimony to the second of his four wives. ment of Interior in Washington says | Joe's case, If it decides it's good | enough, may become a Federal court | test on whether a State court can lay claim successfully to the funds of a resiricted, incompetent ward of the | Government. White House said the relief-deficiency | | bill might be a favorable spot to work in the extra positions. Slated for enactment before February 1, the mentary funds for some Government agencies. It was considered likely that Under- | secretary of the Interior Charles West, the contact man between the White | House and Congress, would become | Often Seen at Capitol. West already has been seen at the Capitol on numerous occasions in recent weeks. | One administration adviser said acting budget director, and James son. In that triumvirate, it was sug- gested, James Roosevelt would look | after planning and policy matters, | Bell would be in charge of fiscal af- | fairs, and West would take care of executive business. CHEDESTER ELECTED D. A. V. COMMANDER New Head of Veterans’ Group Served in Medical Corps During War. John T. Chedester yesterday was elected department commander of the Di.ubled American Veterans of the World War. He formerly was senior vice com- mander. The new head of the veterans’ group served in the Medical Corps during the war and incurred disabilities which resulted in a long hospitalization. He has been active in organ- ization work and holds offices in the United Civil Service Employes, the Army and Navy Union and the American Federation of Government Employes. He also is | & member of the American Legion. e R HENRY L. DOHERTY ILL IN PHILA. HOSPITAL Utility Magnate Indisposed as Court Fight Rages Over His Holdings. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 16.—While & court fight over theé management of his vast utility holdings continued in a New York ocourt, Henry L. Doherty lay ill in Philadelphis, his associates disclosed tonight. John T. Chedester. A source closery In touch with the | | measure will supply money for work- | | relief through June 30 and supple- | | one of the administrative assistants. | A former Representative from Ohio, | West would continue as contact man, working closely with Daniel W. Bell, | Roosevelt, the President's secretary- | Attorneys for the white second wife, Ethel, obtained a week's continuance | uL District Court hearing today to the commitment, on the plea | th 'y were not prepared. Joe, who has been in jail since May | 3, said: “I want to get out.” Joe, 35, first married early in life. His second wife, who he married in 1933, lived with him seven days. | year later Joe had been married a third time and became a widower. month ago he married wife No. 4. a divorce and $2,000 alimony. Joe | | fought the case with the Govern- ment’s permission and lost in the | State Supreme Court. Last May, though his counsel contended the | Government wouldn't let him have the funds to pay, despite his willing- ness, he went to jail for contempt of court, U.S. LIST OF DAMAGE IN SPAIN INCREASES Wrecking of Malaga Consulate by Airplane Bombs Is Latest Incident. By the Associated Press. The United States has Malaga consulate, wrecked by an air- plane bomb, to a list of damaged prop- erty for which Spain may get a bill when peace is restored. The consulate was unoccupied, but no details of the bombing, not even to the date, were given in the State Department report received yesterday from Herbert O. Williams, United States Consul at Gibraltar. Malaga is a Mediterranean seaport. The consulatée had been closed and Americans willing to leave the city had been evacuated September 20. How many Americans are left there is not known. THIRD RAISE GRANTED MIAMI, Okla. January 16 (#).— The third wage increase in 10 weeks was announced today by operators in the Tri-State lead and zinc mining fleld. Effective January 15, the base rate will be 25 cents a day higher, a total gain of 75 cents since Fall. Shov- elers and piece workers will receive 1, cent more per car. ‘The raise brings hoistermen’s pay to 60 cents an hour, ranging down- ward to 47% cents for common labor and affects about 5,000 workers. The increase coincides with an ad- vance in zinc concentrates to $39 a ton, the highest since pre-depression days. SEEKS BUMPER LAW BOSTON, January 16 (#).—Among 500 bills offered today in the Massa- chusetts Legislature, is one that would to have bumpers at the same height from the ground—to facilitate pushe Minority stockholders are suing for an accounting and damages, charg- ing the loss of assets of the company through mismanagement of OCities . ‘The trial adjourned last night until Monday. Carl Byoir, publicity director for the annual dances to_raise money for the Warm Springs Foundation in the name of President Roosevelt, said tonight he had talked by telephone with Doherty in Philadelphis, but he declined to say the nature of Doher- ty’s continuing illness or the hospital where Doherty was a patient. Doherty is a director of the dance project. e Four Pickets Arrested. PHILADELPHIA, January 16 (#).— Police arrested two men and two ‘women in dispersing a group of about 40 pickets who marched today in front of & building where the Italian Consul has his office. The pickets oarried signs reading, Protesting the PFascist Orime in ' ing, the author, tative Ed- ward D. 8irois, Democrat of Lawrence, explained. measure, hat a salary basis and passing tips along to employes would have to wedr a sign :?uuonxu customers just where the ps go. LEOPOLD TO VISIT CONGO BRUSSELS, January 16 (#)— Belgium laid plans today to strengthen her empire bonds with the Congo in the face of revived moves to satisfy Germany's territorial dreams. King Leopold III was planning his first visit to the rich African territory since he ascended the throne, but the date for the visit had not been set. Although Belgium has held the Congo for & half century, Belgians believe Germany slways has been jealous of the vast African territory, and are determined the Congo shall never be given up to satisfy the Reich’s political and ambitions, The great white father's Depart- | In June, 1933, his second wife uon} added fits | require all automobiles in the State |- MATES TO ATTEND FOSTER FUNERAL |Base Ball Stars to Pay Trib- ute to Former Third Baseman. ‘Washington Base Ball Club officials and teammates of Eddie Foster in the days when he was the “sparkplug” of the Nationals' offense will be present tomorrow at last rites for the former third baseman. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm. in the Cherrydale Baptist | Church, followed by burial in Co- lumbia Garden Cemetery, Lyon Park, Va. The base ball delegation will be | headed by Clark Griffith, owner of | the Nationals, who was manager of the team when Foster came up from the International League in 1912. | Edward Eynon, secretary, and Mike | Martin, trainer, also are scheduled | to attend, as are Walter Johnson, Joe | Judge and Sam Rice, the only former players in this section who wore | Washington uniforms at the time Foster was active. Pallbearers will be employes from | the welding shop Foster had operated A | in Georgetown since leaving the major | leagues in 1923. Foster, who was 49, died Friday | night in Casualty Hospital from juries suffered January 7 when, po- lice believe, he was struck by a hit- | and-run autemobile on the Baltimore | boulevard near Beltsville, Md. Investigators were unable to learn from Foster what happened to him before he was found unconscious on the rain-soaked highway, the ball! player having remained in a coml until his death. Christened Edward C\mnlnzhlm' Foster, he was born in Chicago, After | | retiring from base ball, he had lived | | in Cherrydale, where he had been interested in church affairs. [ Surviving are his mother, Mrs.| Callie Foster of Chicago; his widow and three children, Betty, 16; Anne, | 12, and Frank, 14. LOW-COST HOUSES WILL BE PROVIDED, 13,000 Dwellings to Be Built in 1,000 Communties by Lum- ber Industry ‘The lumber industry announced yesterday it will build 3,000 small houses in 1,000 communities through- out the country in an effort to en- courage builders to provide homes for millions of families in the low- income group. The dwellings will be built at prices ranging from $2,000 to $4,500 each. In carrying out the demonstration, the industry will work in co-opera- tion with the small homes program of the Federal Housing Administra- tion, Wilson Compton, secretary and manager of the National Lumber | Manufacturers’ Association, stated. All the demonstration homes will be completed between March 1 and May 1. Last Fall the association erected three houses, according to F. H. A. specifications, in Bethesda, Md., to demonstrate to builders that it is pos- sible for private industry to enter the low-cost field and still make a profit. The homes were built to sell for an average price of $3,500. Success of this project: encouraged the organi- zation to sponsor a Nation-wide pro- gram. Fresh pineapples that cannot be marketed profitably in the United States will be used by Cuba’s new can- ning industry. With one D. C, 'TWO KENTUCKIANS | ports indicated Snelling shot the other JANUARY 17, NEW HOUSING BILL MAPPED FOR ARMY $150,000,000 to Be Sought for Construction at 35 Military Posts. The Army will ask Congress not to forget the officers and enlisted men in the Nation's 35 military posts and reservations when it gets around to voting money for new housing. A bill authorizing a staggered hous- ing program for military posts, total- ing $150,000,000—the largest author- ization of the kind since the World ‘War—is being drafted by the War De- partment for introduction, probably next week. Indications were the bill would be sympathetically received by the House Military Affairs Committee, of which Representative Hill, Democrat, of Ala- bama, is chairman. Hill, who made an 8,000-mile inspection tour of the country’s military posts last Summer, predicted the bill would be speedily acted on by the committee. Says Conditions Deplorable. “Conditions are deplorable,” Hill said, “we must do something immedi- ately. Adequate housing and other | facilities are just as important to the Army’s morale as pay and promotion.” The Army's program, it is under= stood, contemplates a staggered con- | struction program which would ex- | tend over a period of years. The aim | would be to begin with posts where housing facilities are least adequate | and continue until all the posts have proper quarters. Army posts in Ha- wail and Panama would benefit, as | well as those in this country. The construction probably would be carried out by the Public Works Administration and would afford em- ployment to thousands. Believes Morale at Stake. Representative Hill said he thought 8 important that the Armys morale should not suffer from disgruntlement over Army post quarters, particularly in “this time of acute international crisis.” The Army, he noted, has! been enlarged since the World War | from 100,000 to 165.000 men, but live ing quarters had not been corresponde ingly expanded. “The result is” he added, “that thousands are being housed in quare ters built as temporary structures dur- ing the war. These buildings are fall- ing into disrepair. Congress at its last | session revised the promotion act as an encouragement to men in the Army | to work for advancement. That leaves only housing and pay revision as the | flelds in which Congress can act to | improve morale. If we can get the housing taken care of at this session ‘we can concentrate on pay revision as soon as the unemployment problem abates somewhat.” DIE IN GUN BATTLE Three Others Wounded When! Rival Service Station Opera- tors Clash. By the Associated Press. PINEVILLE, Ky., January 16.—Five men were wounded, two fatally, in a | shooting affray tonight at a service station at Varilla, mountain com- munity 9 miles northeast of here. The dead are Nathaniel Snelling, 40, and Gillis McGeorge, 35, coal miner. Reported near death was Buster Mc- George, 20, cousin of Gillis. Seriously wounded were Hillary Bloomer, about 40, operator of the service station, and Otis Buell, 28. an employe. Charles A. Johnson, acting assistant Bell County attorney, said first re- four “without warning,” and was him- self killed by Bloomer. The Mc- Georges were described as "by-: standers.” | He quoted Bloomer as saying that | Snelling, from whom he leased the | station and who operates a competing station, was at his place drinking beer | with Buell when suddenly he pulled two pistols and began firing. — BRITISH SHIP DELAYED BY BOILER ROOM FIRE Fuel Oil on Aircraft Carrier Bursts Into Flames—Crew Uninjured. By the Associated Press. DEVONPORT, England, January 16. —Fuel oil in the boiler room of the | aircraft carrier Furious suddenly burst into flames today, preventing the ship's departure with other units | of the home fleet for the Spring Mediterranean cruise. The fire was extinguished quickly and no one was injured. A full inquiry into the cause of the blaze has been called. the com- mander in chiel said. He sald the vessel would sail Monday. The incident recalled various cases of alleged sabotage on government naval craft and the recent dismis- sal of five dockyard workers, pre- sumably for supposed connection with the damage to the ships. Confesses Sins, Plunges to Death. CHICAGO, January 16 (®).—An- | thony Odzinski, 53, having confessed his sins in St. Stanislaus’ Church, climbed to the fourth-floor fire escape landing on the adjoining auditorium today and plunged to his death. The Rev. Henry Jasinski, who had heard the confession, administered the church’s last rites. | to open the four doors of the elecmc of these machines you'll really enjoy your washing and ironing— they’re demonstrat- ors at this price $1 a Week Pays 1239 G St. Cor. 13th | 1937—PART ONE. Colorful Wedding Dress Pmnp. and ceremony featured this wedding in the Dutch East Indies of Prince Sudiman Adjeng l/banah Kartohadiprodio and Princess —A. P. Photo. THREE VICTIMIZED | BYBANDITS HERE Drug Store Robbed of $200 and Taxicab Driver GRANTS SEPARATION Court Awards Wife of Al Smith, Jr., $200 Monthly and Costs. 8YRACUSE, N. Y., January 16 (@) | A Supreme Court Justice James Cross of Rome today granted a separa- tion decree to Mrs. Bertha Gott Smith of Syracuse in her action against Ale fred E. Smith, jr., of New York, son | of the former Governor. Loses $7. | ‘Two drug clerks and a taxicab driver were victims of bandits shortly before | midnight last night. A trio of colored men robbed the two clerks on duty at Matthews' Drug Store, 1257 South Capitol street, of ap- proximately $200, threatening their lives in the belief money was being held out. John Whitsitt, 1207 Park road. clerk in charge, and John R. Gossage, 3230 | N street, soda clerk, said the bandits entered the store while Gossage was | counting receipts. Both clerks were | first forced to lie down behind the | counter and then Whitsitt was ordered | cash register. Sought Another Register. ‘The hold-up men insisted there was another cash register in the store, but were flnally persuaded they were wrong, and fled. Dr. George W. Matthews, proprietor, said the men answered the description of bandits who robbed a filling station | at Third and N streets Friday night. The taxicab driver, William Ker-| rigan, said he was forced to put nll‘ of his money (seven dollars) in his hat and pass it back to two bandits sitting in the rear seat of his cab. i Picked Up Pair on Avenue. Kerrigan told police he picked up ' two men near the corner of Pennsyl- vania avenue and D street. They gave him an address in the 200 block of G street northeast. He was told to stop | at the curb on Second street between P and G northeast and put his cash in his hat. Kerrigan said he was prompted with what felt like a revolver barrel in his | back and added the men failed to leave him his cab. ERIC MW'NAIR'S WIFE DIES Young Mother of 8-Day-Old Boy Succumbs in Mississippi. MERIDIAN, Miss., January 16 (/P\,i —Mrs. Mildren Kimbrell McNair, 22, wife of Eric McNair, a member of the Boston American League base ball team, died here today. She is survived by her husband, a 9-day-old son, her parents and sev- eral brothers and sisters. Pneumonia and complications caused her death.' The decree provides for an slimony allowance of $200 a month and the justice also assessed $105.25 in costs against Smith Mrs. Smith's action, in which she charged cruel and inhuman treatment and nonsupport, was tried here last October. Smith did not contest the suit. Pl A4 o dy FLORIDA Empine. of Susshine Havana « Nassau « South Fine, Fast Through Trains from Washington Daily *FLORIDA SPECIAL Golden Jubilee Season of the Aristocrat ot Winter Trains. Recreation Cat—orchestra incing — games — hostess. 2345 hours Washington to GUI.F COAST LIMITED 40 p.m. One-night out to Central, South lnd ‘est Coast Florida resorts. *THE MIAMIAN 2.15 p.m. One-night out to Florids East Coast points. 23 5/12 hrs. Wash. to Miami. *HAVANA SPECIAL To all Florids, Havana, etc. Lounge Car PALMETTO LIMITED To all Mid-south Resoris *THE “EVERGLADES" New, fast Non-stop Train ‘with early morning arrivals at Miami, Tampa, Sara- :uun St. Petersburg. Lv. WASHINGTON am. | ®Over F.E.C. Ry. 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The State officers said there was no in- criminating evidence against her. Brubaker, who is in command of the substation at Salisbury, said Officer J. J. Cassidy of headquarters probably would return to Baltimore “tonight or tomorrow” to make a preliminary report of the investiga- tion so far. The officers were occupied today in “routine check-ups” of testimony given at the coroner’s inquest. State's ‘Attorney Thomas F. Johnson was in Baltimore all day on business he said was not connected with the shootinz. Trader was found dead Thursday night. Earlier that day representa- tives of the Public Service Commis- sion had completed revision of the electric company’s books te conform with new evaluations of the company’s property. Refuse io Comment. State's Attorney Johnson quoted Mrs. Trader as saying her husband shot himself, but investigators refused to comment on her story. 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