Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1937, Page 5

PISTOL 1S TRACED INREDWOOD DEATH Arrest Is Predicted as Last Owner of Gun Is Re- ported Found. BY the Associated Press. HACKENSACK, N. J., February 26. | —A source close to the county prose= cutor’s office said today the .38-caliber | pistol used in the killing of R. Nor- man Redwood, “sandhogs” union leader, had been traced to the last | owner and an arrest was expected soon. The source would not be quoted by name. Investigation of the gun is in charge of Inspector Richard F. Oliver, head of the Special Investigation Bureau of New York, and Bergen County po- lice, the source said. The gun, found on a highway not far from the Teaneck home of Red- wood, where he was slain last Friday night, was checked with the manufac- turer after the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation had raised the filed-off serial numbers. More Information Claimed. ‘The report from the source predict= ing an early arrest coincided with an earlier statement by Assistant Prose- cutor Sydney O. Sher that investiga- tors had more information on the gun than they were disclosing. Earlier, Prosecutor John J. Breslia, 3r., announced both the gun and a pair of blood-stained gloves found today in the automobile in which Redwood was slain had been turned over to In- spector Oliver. No further investig: tion of the two clues would be he! here, he said. One of the gloves, discovered by County Garage Supt. Robert Werder on the shelf in back of the coupe seat, had a patch of hair matted in a clot of blood, Breslin said. Hair of Different Color. Pointing out that the hair was ap- | parently blond or gray, while Red- wood's hair was dark brown, the pros- ecutor said the discovery might prove *“extremely important.” Breslin said no complete examina- tion of Redwood's car had been made and that he had assigned two State troopers and County Detective Chief Henry B. Lockwood to search the car for fingerprints today. At her home in Teaneck, Mrs. Red- wood said through a relative that the description of the gloves fitted that of & pair worn by her husband when he left for New York City the morning of the slaying. APPLICATION WITHDRAWN. Jersey Officials Rebuked by Judge for Seeking Rosoff. A of Louisiana (extreme right) g THE EVE Louisiana Girl Bride of Olympics Champion Thelma Riddle, daughter of State Representative C. A. Riddle of Marksville, La., became the bride of Glenn (Slats) Hardin, world’s 400-meter hurdle champion here last night. They're shown between best man, Sammy Allen (left) of Oklahoma, short distance indoor hurdles champion, and Katharine Overton, daughter of Louisiana’s Senator Overton, ave the bride away. NING _STAR, WASHINGTON Representative A. L. Allen —A. P. Photo. HOUSE NEUTRALITY BILL IS APPROVED McReynolds Measure Would Give President Discre- tionary Power. - By the Associatea Press. B Chairman McReynolds of the House | Foreign Affairs Committee said today & bill giving President Roosevelt dis- | cretionary power to decide whether | this country should sell raw materials | to belligerents in event of future wars would be brought before the House week after next. committee yesterday by a vote of 15 to 3. Like the present neutrality law ex- | piring May 1, the bill would set up a | rigid system of compulsory embargoes against exports of arms, ammunition and implements of war to belligerents. It would retain, too, existing bans on loans or credit to warring nations. ‘There are two important new provi- sions, however, and both face some | opposition in the House. A few members object to the bill's | The measure was approved by the | NEW YORK, February 26 (#).—Su- | provision for application of American preme Court Justice Aaron J. Levy | neutrality policy to civil wars, such as today consented to.the withdrawal of that raging in Spain. an application of Bergen County, N. J.,| Many more oppose giving the Presi- authorities for an order directing Sam- | dent broad discretion to restrict ship- the Government for about 20 years, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Flor- ence Shipton. | Corbin, au employe of the Internal | Revenue Bureau for some 15 years, has | a wife, Mrs. Beatrice R. Corbin, and | an 8-year-old daughter, Etta Marie. Shipton was a member of the Masonic Fraternity and belonged to Almas Temple, Mystic Shrine, FUNERAL II;I ATLANTA FOR BISHOP’S WIDOW | Mrs. Maria Bruce Mathews Nel- | son, Who Succumbed to Brief Illness, Was D. C. Resident. Funeral services for Mrs. Maria ' Bruce Mathews Nelson, widow of ' Right Rev. Cleland Nelson. Episco- pal Bishop of Atlanta, who died Wed-, nesday night in her apartment at Gun. ston Hall, 1904 Florida avenue, are be- ing held at 3:30 pm. today at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta. Bishop Harry H. J. Mikell and W. W. Meminger, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will take place in Atlanta tomorrow. | Mrs. Nelson died after a four-day | illness. She had never fully recov-| | ered from injuries suffered in an auto- mobile accident five years ago. i Born in La Plata, Md,, Mrs. Nelson lived at one time in Bethlehem, Pa., | where, her husband was made a bishop, and subsequently lived in At- |lanta until Bishop Nelson’s death, | | more than 15 years ago. She came to| Pi Kappa Alpha to Celebrate. The Washington Alumni Chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity will celebrate the 69th anniversary of the founding of the order with a banquet | at the Cosmos Club at 7:30 p m. today. PONTIAC IMMEDIATE DELIVERY WE NEED USED CARS Flood Motor Co. Direct Factory Dealer 4221 Connecticut Ave. Clev. 8400 F. A. NORTH CO., Inc. 715 9th St. N.W. Next Door Rialto Theatre Apartment Grand Used, but 3 wonderful y at this price. D. C. FRIDAY, OF STOCK DEALS Industrialist Reveals Loss in Shares Followed Sharp Rise. BY the Associatea Press. Harrison Williams, one-time bicycle manufacturer, who ran $2,072,000 up to a $680,000,000 investment in 1929, told the Securities Commission today this holding skidded to $5,000,000 by 1934. The investment, in Central States Electric Corp. stock, dropped from a peak at the end of August, 1929, Wil- liams said, to $174,000,000 in Septem- ber of that year. . These market values for the stock then were put into the record: 1930 — $89,000,000; 1931—$24,000,~ 000; 1932—$24,000,000; 1933 —$: 000,000; 1934—$5,000,000; 1935—$ 000,000. “You testified yesterday,” said Com= mission Counsel L. M. Smith to 9147 As Little As $1 a Week Buys FEBRUARY e B e e e e e R R i Williams, “that you considered the . market by means of pool operations?” | market S E c PRUBE Tfll-n market price of Central States stock | “This rise was due to the rise ml e e ey s ks Us 26, 1937. in 1929 a sound value. Don’t these figures show the whole structure was full of wind?” “Sound Value at Time.” “I consider it was a sound value at that time,” Williams replied. Through the Central States Electric Corp. Williams gained control of & $2,000,000,000 utilities empire. Smith said he wanted further information on the transactions by which this was accomplished. While unfolding yesterday for the commission the story of the pyramid- ing of his wealth in the boom days be- fore 1929, Wiillams deneid there had been pool operations in Central States’ common stock. Smith and David Schenker, another | commission attorney, had brought out | that the market value of the stock in- creased from $26,000,000 to $680,000,~ 1929. They asked if the increase was caused by “an upward push in the Saddlery and TRUNKS—*2e Repairing of Leather Goods G. W. King, Jr.,511 11th St. N.W. ** A—S5 | commission counsel at $612,000,000. value of stock,” Willlams said. Williams obtained this stock over & He testified that at that time he |13-year period starting in 1912, when owned about 90 per cent of all Central States’ common stock and had ac- quired it for $2,072,000. The value of his Central States’ holdings at this he organized Central States. Figures read by the commission counsel showed he received more than $2,000,= 1 000 from the corporation in dividends. 5% HOME LoANs 5% District of Columbia, Nearby Maryland and Virginia 3 to 15 Years Also 20-Year Loans On owner-occupied homes, not over 5 years old, payable $6.83 per month per $1,000, including interest and principal. 000 in the 18 months before August, | Other plans on monthly. payments, including F arterly or semi-annual A. insured mortgages. a H. RANDALL H. HAGNER & COMPANY INCORPORATED MORTOAGE LOAN CORRESFONDENT 1321 Connecticut Avenue N.-W. Telephone DEcatur 3600 is the deadline! ONLY 6 MORE DAYS! And uel Rosoff, wealthy subway contractor, | ments of materials, such as copper. wpyshington at that time to live with to appear in New Jersey for an exami- | steel and cotton, which could be used | the family of the late Mrs. William | nGoes ThePrice! nation in connection with the slaying | for war purposes. of Norman Redwood, union leader. Justice Levy, at the same time, re- buked the Bergen County authorities for the manner in which they pro- ceeded in endeavoring to have Rosoff appear in New Jersey for questioning. “Mr. Rosoff had every sound rea- gon for not permitting himself to be dragged to New Jersey,” the justice said. “I want the record to show this observation. I only know of one pro- cedure by which witnesses can be | transferred between States in State proceedings. That js based on a re- ciprocal statute which had existed between New York and New Jersey. That statute was declared unconstitu- tional in New Jersey. There is no such procedure in New Jersey at this time.” Meanwhile “sandhogs” climbed down into two subterranean workings of Rosoff today to signalize the end of a week's strike. John H. Delaney, chairman of the eity's Board of Transportation, said 5400 men would go back to wor® under the strike settlement, the terms of which were not announced. STORE PLEADS GUILTY $40 in Fines Assessed on Weights Law Violations. ‘Through one of its officials the G. C. Murphy Co., F street 5 and 10 cent store, today entered pleas of guilty to four violations of the weights and measures law before Police Judge John P. McMahon. The company was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 in each case—$40 in all. In assessing the fine Judge Mec- Mahon stressed the fact that intent to defraud had no bearing on short- weight cases. The mere fact that persons are short-weighted, even ac- cidentally, is sufficient for conviction, he declared. POLICEMAN IS INJURED AS RAILING COLLAPSES Injured in a fall last night when an iron railing on the stone steps at police headquarters collapsed, Police- man. Ralph E. Burton. 32, of 3559 Brothers place southeast was described 88 “resting well” at Emergency Hos- pital today. Burton was leaving headquarters to €0 to his motor cycle, parked in front of the building, and grasped the railing on his way down the steps. When the support gave way, he fell to the con- erete about 6 feet below. ‘At the hos- pital it was said he possibly suffered fractures of the right ribs and internal injuries. EDUCATIONAL. FEDERAL WITH EM TUESDAYS AN POTOMAC ELECTRI Funk & Wa HOWE P. COCHRAN ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HIS CLASS IN TACTICS AND PRACTICE EVENING CLASSES 7:15 P.M._TO 8:45 P.M: NATIONAL 2793 Text Material Supplied MR. COCHRAN'S “SCIENTIFIC TAX REDUCTION.” GOVERNMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS. This discretionary power is tne major point of difference between the | McReynolds bill and & neutrality | measure already approved by the Sen- | ate Foreign Relations Committee. ¢ — Accident (Continued From First Page.) ~ 2 | the automatic lights controlling the crossing were operating. They were working later in the morning when | another train passed. The cylinder head on the locomo- tive, piloted by Engineer J. H. Shew- | bridge, was crushed, delaying the freight nearly an hour. The train was in charge of Conductor C. W. House. Engineer Shrewbridge of Sandy Hook, Md., also was engineer of the freight train which crashed into a ‘Williamsport, Md., school bus at Rock ville on April 11, 1935, killing 14 chil- dren. | Shipton and Corbin left the home of Alvin U. Smith, 1840 Shepherd street northeast, another internal revenue employe, a short time before the crash. Corbin apparently was taking a short cut to Shipton’s home by the Bates road route. Regarded Dangerous Crossing. The grade crossing, the last of its kind in the District, has been the object of many protests by civic groups ard it has been planned to eliminate the danger there by constructing an overpass. The scene of the crash was not far from the spot where Corbin Boarman, retired lineman, threw himself beneath a train several weeks ago after killing three members of his family. Shipton, who had been employed by 609 Penna. Av. N.W. all parts of the U. S. Tel. District 4224 DOLLARS SAVED DAILY BY THRIFTY PEOPLE with these low fares. 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