Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1937, Page 3

(o WILL WINMONEY IN STAR DIORANAS Youngsteis Who Can Write Will Be Able to Earn Prizes in Contest. Youngsters who can write as ex- pertly as they snip scissors will be able to cut dollars right from the pages of The Sunday Star. The best children’s description of their work with the world museum dioramas, plus aptitude in piecing together these intriguing cut-outs, will be rewarded with weekly prizes rang- Ing from $5 to $2. For essays good enough to merit compliment, but not quite good enough to take one of the major prizes, there will be 11 “hon- brable mentions” of $1 each. If you are dreaming of a new base ball or perhaps a croquet set, Young Washington, here's an entertaining way to get a chance at money that will make the dream come true: Essay No More Than 150 Words. Cut out the bright-hued units of the dioramas in the color section of The Sunday Star, put them together according to instructions and you will learn the secret of diorama. Then you can write about it, telling why you like this fascinating museum series, how you made the one you are de- scribing, if you received help with it, how long it took you to put it to- gether and what it added to your education as well as to your enter- tainment. Your essay must not be longer than 150 words—about & page in long- hand. It must be sent to the Sunday Department of The Star. If it is edjudged prize-worthy, you must be prepared to submit the diorama sbout which it was written. 15 Will Get Awards. Fifteen of the essays submitted to The Star will be selected for awards. Any child not related to a member of The Star staff is eligible to compete. All the equipment you'll need in this unique enterprise is a pair of scissors, & pot of paste and some brown wrap- ping paper, to make the dioramas, and, of course, writing materials to write your essay. Besides affording an opportunity to win some of the wee essay prizes, the aioramas will provide youngsters with regular museums of their own construction. Viking ships, castles in Spain, ancient horse-hunters, a mod- ern airport—these are some of the subjects which the cut-outs picture when assembled. They furnish a regular hobby, something you can show your friends with the same pride of possession that you would show a collection of stamps or coins or ship models lection, this one is inexpensive and gives you that thrill of satisfaction that comes from making something with your own hands, something that | requires individual and imagination. —_— MISS JARRATT ON RANCH SAN ANGELO, Tex., May 21 (#).— Miss Janice Jarratt, whose scheduled marriage to Melvin Purvis, former G-man, recently was “postponed in- definitely,” was reported vesterday by the San Angelo Standard-Times’ junc- tion correspondent to be vacationing on a dude ranch. The correspondent said the former film actress’ mother is with her. Miss Jarratt, termed the most photo- graphed woman in the world, stead- fastly has refused to discuss recent developments in her romance with the man credited with tracking down the notorious John Dillinger. Woman of 96 Fire Heroine. CHICAGO, May 21 (#).—A 96-year- old woman assumed the role of heroine In a fire yesterday. The nonagena- rian, Mrs. Razel Rosovitch, was at- tracted by smoke from the apartment below her third floor quarters. She hastened down, lifted her 1l-month- old great-grandson, Allen Gross, and carried him to safety. _—— LOST. CHESAPEARE DOG. vear old, Tevels ark; re: 3 Salvaina District 3850. bmmovo DINNER RING. small diamonds; vicinity 100 reward. ongfellow_st. I, ingenuity Jost T Mrs. 5 3 large and 38 of Conn. ave IN WAT gmnoflrnmmed M, \u‘ Wed.. May 1 OUR VOLUMES of vi:inny 19th and Belmont; North 1994 ‘GOLD_CROSS AND CHAIN. Saturday_or Bunday, either R. I. ave. bus or Mt Pleasant car: reward. 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[} Unlike most hobbies of col- | lice investigation of the murder of THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MAY No Holds Barred in This Labor Fight A lot of face-scratching and hair-pulling resulted from efforts of the Ladies’ Garment Work= ers’ Union to organize employes of the Majestic Manufacturing Co., Inc., at Atlanta, Ga. .Com= batants included unionist pickets, union organizers and employes n] the concern. minated the hair-pulling match shown here. LEGISLATORS PLAN FIGHT FOR JORDON House Subcommittee Votes, | However, Not to Favor D. C. Crime Probe. Although planning an aggressive efforf, to save the life of Thomas Jordon, convicted slayer, a House sub- committee voted unanimously yester- day against recommending a con- gressional investigation of law en- forcement in the District. It was understood, however, that at least three members fo the sub- committee believe Jordon innocent and were severely critical of the po- Mrs. Lizzie S. Jaynes, for which Jor- don was convicted. One member of the subcommittee, Representative Shafer, Republican, of Michigan, said he thought it was a “lousy investigation.” Shafer said the subcommittee will call on Attorney General Cummings in a body during the next few days and ask that Jordon's execution, set for June 14, be stayed until the De- partment of Justice completes an in- vestigation it is now making of the case. The subcommittee will submit to the Attorney General the evidence it has gathered, and it was under- stood the meembers will present their personal views of the case to him Jordon Case Sole Topic. The subcommittee did not investi- gate any complaints of inadequate law enforcement except those per- taining to the Jordon case. The group, composed of Chairman Palmisano and Representatives Sacks, Democrat, of Pennsylvania; Bigelow, Democrat, of Ohio; Bates, Republi- can, of Massachusetts, and Shafer, was appointed by Chairman Norton of the House District Committee to ascertain whether law enforcement had “broken down” in the District. The committee was instructed to rec- ommend an investigation by the whole District Committee if it found facts warranting a probe. Mrs. Norton's action was taken after John M. Holzworth, former at- torney for Jordon, appeared before the committee and made serious charges against the Police Depart~ ment and the district attorney’s office. The formal report of the subcom- mittee was submitted to Mrs. Norton, who said she could not release it until it had been given to the whole committee. It was understood, how- ever, that this report merely recom- mended against further investigation and asked that the subcommittee be discharged. Shafer said that he, Bates and Bigelow felt Jordon would not have been convicted had he been properly represented at his trial. Jordon's trial attorney, who was 24 years old, was appointed by the court to defend him. The attorney was drowned last Summer. Investigation Denounced. “We did not feel that any evidence was suppressed by the district attor- ney,” Shafer declared, “but I think the police investigation of the murder was lousy. The officers let four eye- witnesses to the shooting walk out of the place (the Garden Tea Shoppe) without even getting their names and have never called any of them in an effort to identify Jordon as the slayer.” Shafer saild he did not believe Jor- don should be executed in view of the — e AUDIPHONE Bone or Alr Conduction DEMONSTRATION OPTICAL DEPARTMENT Jewelers, PlatinumenitAs, Stationers A. KAHN INC. Arthur J. Sundlun, President 45 Years at 935 F St. Exiled Maharaj To Be Buried By tle Assoctated Press. PARIS, May 21.—In death the exiled Maharajah of Alwar, sportsman- prince of India, is going back to his native state in the splendor that at- tended him in life. His whole retinue of 24 servants, including an orchestra, will accom- pany the body to Bombay, it was; disclosed today. There, in keeping with ancient Indian tradition, the potentate’s near- est male relative—having remained 12 days in solitude without either wash- ing or shaving, will kindle the funeral pyre on which the Maharajah's re- mains will be cremated. His Highness Raj Rishi Shri Sewai | Sir Jey Singhji Veerendra Shiromani Police ter= —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. ah of Alwar With Splendor Dev, Bharat Dharam Prabhakar, Maharajah of Alwar, died Wednesday of injuries to his hip and shoulder, suffered when he stumbled on a stair- way after leaving a squash court. The favorite of his three wives re- mained sobbing beside the embalmed body in a hotel here. Although she was not the official maharanee because she was not of proper caste, she had followed the maharajah into exile and had stayed at his bedside night and day, foodless, after the accident that caused his death. The 55-year-old maharajah lost his health after Britain placed a con- troller over Alwar four years ago and he began his wanderings in exile. His dying request was that his body | be taken back to India. “doubt” as to his guilt. “Where| there is real doubt,” he said, “I be- | lieve in giving & man a chance.” He said some members of the sub- committee felt the proceedings in the jury room were improper in view of the testimony that the foreman had an obsolete District Code brought into the jury room to substantiate his theory that a verdict of second de- gree murder could not have been re- turned against Jordon under the law. The foreman, when he was called | before the subcommittee, denied the | book was brought in, according to' Shafer. ‘The principal ||tnes: heard by the subcommittee yesterday was F. C. Schneider, who, with his wife and | another couple, Mr. and Mrs. Clark | R. Long, were in the tea room when | Mrs. Jaynes was shot. Saw Slayer at Close Range. Schneider, who saw the unmasked slayer at close range, is understood | to have told the subcommittee he | testified once in the case in Police Court and later gave two statements to the prosecutor, called in an effort to identify Jordon as the man he saw in the establish- ment. It was also understood the subcom- mittee was told Schneider's three companions have never been called in the case. Schneider bore out Shaf- er's assertion that this group was permitted to leave the place by the | police without being asked for their names. The committee also heard Holz- worth briefly yesterday. Holaworth, who also testified at the opening of the hearing, said he submitted docu- mentary evidence pertaining to other cases, but this was not considered by the subcommittes. Bribery (Continued From First Page.) authorities would be withheld pending the conference. Authorities said Braxton signed a statement alleging the officer asked him to offer the witness $35 not to testify against him at the forth- but was never | coming trial in Upper Marlboro. Also held, but without charge, was a colored woman, Myrtie Lewis, 35, of North Brentwood, Md., who came to police headquarters in search of Braxton after his apprehension. Trapped in Apartment. Braxton was trapped in the apart- ment of Charles Hamliiton, 32, col- ored messenger for a local candy store, at 1433 T street, police said. | Hamilton, who had appeared before the jury to testify he was a victim of the alleged collusion, assisted in Braxton's capture by revealing the expected visit to Walter Newrath, at- torney for the Keystone Automobile Club, which furthered the county probe. Hidden in the apartment on Brax- ton’s arrival, according to police, were Newrath, Detective Sergt. Jacob Wolfe, Louis Lebowitz, Mount Rainier, Md., attorney who began the investigation, |and two friends of Lebowitz, brought along as witnesses. According to Lebowitz, Braxton | walked in at 11 o’clock. He asked Hamilton to sign a paper which prom- | ised Hamilton's refusal to testify at| the trial and which asserted the wit- | ness had gone before the grand jury only because he hoped to regain funds | paid &s a traffic fine. Braxton took | $35 from his pocket, | and laid it on a table before Hamilton. As Hamilton began a pretense of sign- ing the paper, Wolfe walked from a closet and arrested Braxton. The Lewis woman was sent to the Women's Bureau by police after she appeared at headquarters following questioning of Braxton. Hamilton told police that Braxton and a woman companion first approached him about a month ago to warn him against testifying at the trial. According to the witness, Braxton came to his apartment again last Monday night. Hamilton reported the second visit to Newrath on Tuesday. The Keystone attorney then contacted Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown. _— Reich House Well Built. The Butchers’ Guild House in Hil- descheim, Germany, built in the year 1529, is the largest and finest timber- framed structure in Germany. Blackstone (igar THE CHOICE OF SUCCESSFUL MEN fiaf@ 49/.. eavars /z, recro, 2 /6 284 CABINIT OR .LONDRIES, 1Q) eaniTia, 20 CHILD LABOR BAN DRAFTUNDERWAY Three Senators Preparing Compromise Bill Follow- ing Hearings. By the Assoclated Press. Three Senators undertook today to draft & compromise child labor bill after Interstate Commerce Committee hearings produced a variety of sug- gestions. Chairman Wheeler appointed Sen- ators Johnson, Democrat, of Colorado; Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky, and White, Republican, of Maine, to pre- pare the legislation, which he said might be debated in the Senate ahead of the court reorganization bili, Some proponents advocated a law to prohibit shipment in interstate commerce of goods made in factories where child labor was employed. Others suggested legislation to stop child labor goods from being shipped into a State in violation of its own laws. Labor Department View. The Department of Labor has ap- proved the former principle. Wit~ nesses at the hearings pointed out its enactment would form the basis for a new court test of that type of control, Such a statute, enacted in 1916, was invalidated by & 5-4 Supreme Court decision, Wheeler urged that both principles be incorporated in a new bill, con- tending that if the court invalidated one, the other would obtain. Some legislators contended a con- stitutional ~amendment still was needed. Vandenberg Amendment. Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan has introduced an amend- ment which he believes would meet the objections of those opposed to the one now before the States. In 13 years the pending amendment has been ratified by 28 States. Eight more are needed for its adoption. The Vandenberg amendment would give Congress the authority to “pro- hibit” instead of “control” the labor of children. The age limit would be | 16 instead of 18 years. Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho has proposed an amendment with a | 14-year age limit. DRUNKENNE§S ARRESTS ARE LOWER THIS YEAR Total First Four Months Is 36 Lower Than 1938, Court Official Discovers. ‘There were 32 fewer arrests drunkenness during the first four months of this year than in the corresponding period in 1936, Leonard | Norris, docket clerk at Police Court, | discovered yesterday in looking over the records. From January 1 to April 30 in 1936, 6583 persons were taken into Police Court on drunk charges, while | for the same period this year there | were 6,551 cases. | Norris found traffic cases during | the same period have increased on an average of 52 each week this year as compared with the first four months last year. . Lehman Vetoes Dog Racing. ALBANY, N. Y., May 21 (#).—Gov. | Lehman vetoed today for a second | consecutive year a bill designed to legalize dog racing in New York State. 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SUNDLUN, President 43 Years at 933 F St. 21, 1937. Missing LEFT INDIAN SANITORIUM LAST FRIDAY. MISS MARTHA PIFER. Leaving clothing and per- sonal belongings undisturbed and her bank account intact, Miss Pifer, 40, formerly o/ Woodstock, Va., walked away Jromthe Umted States Indian Sanitarium at Albuquerque last Friday and hasn’t been heard of since. She was as- sistant superintendent at the institution. —A. P. Photo. NO TRACES FOUND OF MISSING NURSE| Virginia Woman Believed Victim | of Accident or Foul Play in West. By the Assoctated Press. ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, May 21—Assistant Chief of Police Pat | Dugan said today he is convinced Martha Rebecca Pifer, United States Indian sanitarium nurse who disap- peared mysteriously a week ago met with an “accident or foul play.” For six days special investigators of the Indian service had quietly sought to determine the whereabouts of the 40-year-old woman, member of a prominent Virginia family. She came here last October from Stras- Police were called into the case by relatives. | A check of Miss Pifer’s belongings, | Dugan said, showed she had taken nothing with her. Her bank account revealed no unusual withdrawals. | A careful search of the mesa east | of here, near the hospital, was made | today following a cursory search yes- terday. It was on this mesa, two years ago, that the only tangible disappearance of four Illinois tourists who dropped | out of sight in New Mexico, was found They were Mr. and Mrs. George Lo- rius of East St. Louis and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heberer of Duquoin, whose charred personal effects were discovered only a few miles from | the hospital BOAT TRIMMINGS CHROME PLATED 0.8, 8.0 2 . expels destructive rubbing! ESTIMATES ON REQUEST Jor the Summer in STEEL ATION every requirement. LADIES’ GRUEN 17 jewels, yellow or white gold filled case, duinty$33'75 round style INVITED Stationers | was unshaken in her statement that | TURKEY, FOR FIRST TIME, | Record Crop Drops Price to 14.3 CHEMIST SEEKING GIRL DEATH CLUE Coroner Thinks She Mayl Have Been Choked by Strap During Operation. By the Associated Press. BAKERSFIELD, Calif,, May 21.—A chemist's report, determining whether 19-year-old Dorothy Shrum had un- dergone an illegal operation, was waited today in the investigation ol‘ her mysterious death. Half clothed, her lifeless body was | found in bed at her home. Comner N. C. Houze said she may have been\ strangled with a red leather belt, found in the same room. Her mother, Mrs. Hildreth Shrum, NOW I EAT CABBAGE Upset Stomach Goes in Jiffy with Bell-ans Dorothy apparently had died as the | result of an appendicitis operation | six weeks ago. | Authorities also questioned the dead | girl's sister, Bernice, 17, who dis- | covered the body; Percy Masson, who employed Mrs. Shrum as house- keeper, and W. G. Benton, another employe. All denied knowledge she had met a violent death. | Investigation was begun Wednes- day after an undertaker reported finding black marks on the girl's throat. Blood stains were discovered on the under side of the mattress, deputies announced. The knotted belt was scrutinized for fingerprints. The theory advanced by the cor- oner was the girl may have been choked to death with the belt to silence her outcries during an at- tempted illegal operation. Another theory was that a prowler may have entered the isolated home, | slipped past two bed rooms occupied by the family and garroted the girl. 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