Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1937, Page 4

A4 *¥w LARGENY SUSPECT CAUGHT IN“TRAP” $4,000 Worth of Alleged Loot Recovered After Ar- rest in Arlington. BY & Btaff Correspondent ot The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., May 26.—Arling- ton County residents whose homes have been broken into and ransacked dur- ing the past three months today were seeking to identify their valuables in the sheriff’s office while Doctor Albert Powell, 28, of the 1200 block of Thirty- sixth street, Washington, was being held in the county jail on charges of lafceny and housebreaking. Powell, caught in what the Sherift described as a “trap” in the home of Mrs. Margaret V. Payne, 4803 North ‘Washington boulevard, Monday night, was being investigated by Washington police today to determine if he is the “Cat” burglar who nine years ago terrorized residents in the Chevy Chase and Cleveland Park area. More than $4,000 worth of alleged oot was recovered by Detective H. H. Carper of the seventh precinct when he accompanied Arlington County offi- cers to Powell's Thirty-sixth street room. It was estimated that jewelry, clothing, silverware and other valu- ahles worth $10,000 was stolen in the 75 burglaries in the county during the past three months. Most of the valu- ables were sold or pawned in widely separated cities, it was believed by police, who said they found 50 pawn tickets in the band of the suspect's hat. “Trap” Described. ‘The “trap” described by the sheriff consisted of holding three officers in readiness at the county jail for a call. When a call was received late Monday I night, the three police went to the Payne home. Two of the officers, Raymond Crack and M. F. Ward, went into the house while the third, H. E. Mason, watched the outside. As the |two officers inside started to search the house, Powell is said to have 'jumped directly into Mason’s arms ifrom the porch roof. Among the articles spread out on a table 1n the sheriff's office for inspec- tion by citizens were jewels, silverware, | clothing, suit cases, pistols, license tags and practically valueless trinkets. As an outgrowth of the capture of the suspect, Washington police an- nounced that a Washington business man, owner of a second-hand store, | was to be arraigned in Police Court | today on charges of receiving stolen | goods, buying goods and failing to ! record in accordance with District law. Reports Withheld. Powell explained to police that{ “Doctor” is really his baptismal name and not a nickname or title. | Although hardly a night has passed during the past three months that one or more homes has not been entered, rabbed and reported to the office of the sheriff, no information was forthcom- ing from the sheriff on the ‘“crime wave.” Reporters seeking to learn of the robberies were met with the flat statement that “nothing is doing.” Newspapers were criticized by some residents, including 8 member of the‘ County Board of Supervisors and 8| high county offical, for not publishing \news of the housebreakings as a warn- ! ing to householders. Several members | of the Arlington County Civic Feder- ation held informal discussions, but no | action as & body was taken. These | residents took the attitude that where such a series of crimes were being | perpretated publication of the news was to the public interest. FIVE DIPLOMATS SPEAK TO OWN LAND BY RADIO | Use New Short-Wave Station W2XE—Guests of News Com- mentator Zalamea. Five South American diplomats &poke to their native lands from the Carlton Hotel last night over W2XE, new short-wave station of the Colum- bia Broadcasting System. The envoys were guests of Alberto Zalamea, C. B. 8. South American news commentator, at a dinner pre- ceding the program. ' The speakers were Oswaldo Aranha, Ambassador from Brazil; Don Manuel ‘Trucco, Ambassador from Chile; Don Miguel Lopez Pumaerjo, Minister from Colombia; .Don Luis Quintanilla, counselor of the Mexican Embassv, and Dr. Juan Mendoz Alamenara, counselor of the Peruvian Embassy. — ® LISTEN IN: Stories From Life Every Sunday on WRC at 12:30 and WOL at 3:30 You can have confidence in our optical service because it is based on accuracy . . . fashion and value. 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McGinnis received the cup donated by Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown from First Lieut. Forrest Caraway of the United States In- fantry, who, with Second Lieut. Clark Lynn, 16th Field Artillery, judged the contest. Company D was second and Company E third. In the individual manual of arms competition, in which each of the eight scompanies was tepresented by its ace performer, Pvt. Glenn Koep- nick, Company A. won out in a gruel- ling elimination contest over Otto von Herbulis, Company G. One by one the cadets faltered and were motioned out of line until only Koepnick and Von Herbulis remained. 8o unerringly did the two compete | that Lieut. Caraway was twice forced to call a rest period. Koepnick, a tall, siender boy, took the medal when his stockier opponent finally erred. The regiment, totaling about 450 cadets, led by the band, marched from the Vermont avenue school to the Ellipse, where the gray-clad, scarlet- striped units went through their paces before the judges. Following the individual and com- pany competitions a formal mount was held, and ceremonies were concluded with a regimental Teviey before Cadet Col. John F. Waldron. Last year's winner was Company G. DR. RUHLAND WARNS OF BOGUS INSPECTOR Police have been asked by Health Officer George C. Ruhland to keep | on the.lookout for a bogus “inspector” who is said to have levied a “fine” of $6.39 on a retaller after claiming his product did not meet sanitary standards. Dr. Ruhland pointed out District inspectors carry credentials and do not have power to levy fines. ‘The fake inspector is said to have purchased a small quantity of ice cream as a sample. Next day, it was said, he went back to the store and demanded payment of the “fine.” CARRYING CHARGES LAMP IS 60 INCHES IN HEIGHT English type base . , fluted column . . . ol ished bronze finish. 19-inch Pleated Genuine Taffeta Silk Shade Rayon lined, giving a soft light. Opaque glass reflector with 3-way bulb . . . A turn of the switch—100 watts—208 watts—300 watts, as you will. In addi- tion there are three candle lights for ordinary lighting. This lamp fills every possible lighting need whether you want your living room brightly lighted or with a subdued and cozy glow. Per- fect for bridge . . . sewing . . . writing and reading. This lamp must be seen to be appreciated. ‘The center three-way is included in price. 50 A WEEK P EWELRY (OMPANY, 409, 7th St. N.W, b guard | WASHINGTO WENDEL SUSPECT, PARKER CLAIMS Detective Thought Lawyer Was Linked to Kidnap- ing, Court Told. By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J., May 26—Ellis H. Parker suspected Paul H. Wendel was either the kidnaper of the Lindbergh baby or knew the kidnapers a few days after the celebrated crime, counsel for the Burlington County detective chiet told a Federal court jury today as he outlined the Parker defense to conspir- acy charges. “Mr. Parker immediately formed s suspicion against this man that he was the man who kidnaped the baby or knew of the kidnapers,” declared J. Mercer Davis, opening the fight to acquit Parker and his son, Ellis, jr., the Federal Lindbergh law in Wendel's abduction. After a preliminary eulogy of the Parkers, father and son, Davis de- scribed a telephone call which Parker received five days after the Lindbergh baby was stolen, March 1, 1932. The voice of the caller, he said, was Wendel, whose discredited Lindbergh “confession” three years later stayed briefly the death of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Wendel claims this “con- fession” was wrung from him by tor- ture after his abduction, The day after Parker received the mysterious call concerning the Lind- bergh case, Davis, continued, Wendel visited the detective’s Mount Holly home and discussed the crime with him. It was then, said Davis, that Parker recognized Wendel's voice as that of the man with whom he had spoken on the telephone. From that time forward, Davis de- clared, Parker suspected Wendel's knowledge in the case. “The day after the body identified as the body of the Lindbergh baby was found (May 12, 1932)° Wendel called Ellis Parker to request he look at the body and assured him it was not the Lindbergh child; that the Lindbergh child was still living,” he added. “And he continuously maintained he was in touch with the mob which | had the baby in custody.” Davis said Wendel took the Parkers | |and Mrs. Anna Bading, the senior | Parker's secretary, to the Lindbergh | home at Hopewell. “He pointed out roads, pointed out how the child was taken and gave | Parker the impression no one else could have known the facts he stated unless he was the kidnaper,” Davis asserted. Because of his suspicion, the at- | torney said, Parker kept Wendel under | surveillance. | But Davis denied the senior Parker had any connection with the alleged Seizure and imprisonment of Wendel‘ |in Brooklyn and said Parker's first | knowledge of the case was when Wen- | | del was delivered to him at his Mount Holly home. Hot Water at No Cost. HICKORY, N. C. (#) —The hot water system in Elbert Ivey's home costs nothing to operate. Ivey built a solar heating unit on | the roof of his house. It consists of | 80 feet of copper tubing in a glass- covered. cork-lined box. The heat of the sun raises the temperature of | the water in the pipes to high de- | grees. In the attic is & large, insulated storage tank. | Ner ‘D.” C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1937 LAST RITES HELD FOR ROCKEFELLER Activities of “Oil Empire” Halted Five Minutes in Tribute. B3 the Associated Press, TARRYTOWN, N. Y, May 26— Brief funeral services, marked by & quiet simplicity in keeping with the late years of his life, were held today for John D. Rockefeller in the mas- sive mansion of his Pocantico Hills estate. The body of the 97-year-old philan- thropist, who died Sunday at the Casements, his Winter home at Or- mond Beach, Fla., rested on a flower- banked bier in the main hall near a great window overlooking the Hudson River to the west. The Rockefeller family, headed by John D. Rockefeller, jr., close friends and a few long-time employes were seated in the library and dining room on either side of the hall. Rooms Filled With Flowers. Although the family had requested that no flowers be sent, the main rooms of the mansion were filled with blossoms of almost every known variety. A pall of ferns spread over the cas- ket and folded down onto the floor. Across the ferns was a full-length cross of orchids, the tribute of the finan- cler's son, above the window was a large cross of lilles of the valley, a tribute from Mrs. John D. Rocke- feller, jr. Tribute from the sons of John D. Rockefeller, jr., were wreaths of Spring flowers, sweet peas and yellow roses, which were placed in the corner of the hall. Service Is Brief. ‘The service lasted only half an hour. As the mourners entered the house, Archer Gibson, organist, played fa- vorite selections of Mr. Rockefeller— Handel's “Largo,” Bach's “Choral Prelude” and the “New World Symph- ony.” Rev. Lester P. Bent, pastor of the Pocantico Hills Union Church, opened the services by reading selections from the Psalms—the eighth verse of the 124th Psalm, the thirteenth and four- tenth verses of the 103d Psalm—and from John, 11, 23 and 26. Miss Dorothea Flexer, contralto so- | | loist of Riverside Church, New York, to the building of which Mr. Rocke- | feller made large contributions, sang “Oh Love That Will Not Let Me | Go. Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor of Riverside Church, in con- ducting the funeral service, confined | himself almost solely to selections | from the Scriptures. Dr. Fosdick stood at the foot of the casket as he read from the scriptures Then he moved to the head of the casket as he said a prayer in which he mentioned brifly, “The creative foresight, pioneering courage, high standards of character, consciousness of stewardship” of Mr. Rockefeller. At the conclusion of the services some 100 employes of the estate en- tered the mansion and filed past the casket to pay their final respects to the master of Pocantico Hills. As services were held, activities of the international “oil empire” Mr. Rockefeller founded were suspended throughout the world for 5 minutes out of respect for his memory. ‘The family will leave with the body on its pilgrimage to Cleveland and the Lakeview Cemetery there at 7 Freed From lease by paying his fine. Leon Bertrand, 15-year-old Los Angeles boy, who was sen- tenced to a chain gang at Tupelo, Miss., for possessing stolen clothing, was greeted thus on his return to his home yesterday. His mother, Mrs. Vera Bertrand, Chain Gang shown with him, gained his re- —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. pm. (E. 8. T.). Up the Hudson at Harmon, the family’s private car, the Pioneer, will be hooked to the Lake Shore limited at 7:50 p.m. and speed to Cleveland. There, where John D., sr., began his career, he will be buried tomorrow beside his wife and mother. CLUB REMODELING PLANNED BY U. M. W. | = e | Lewis to Have Spacious Offices in University Structure After Changes. Plans for remodeling the University Club as the new home of the United Mine Workers of America revealed today that John L. Lewis, head of the union and leader of the Committee for Industrial Organization, will be pro- vided a spacious private office with a vaulted ceiling 18 feet high The cost of the modernization of the building at Fifteenth and I streets was placed at $136,000, in plans filed with the District Building Inspection Department. The plans include construction of an additional story, which will provide and modernization of elevators and | other mechanical plants of the build- ing, at a cost of $96.000. | _ ADVERTISEMENT. (Corns Sleep Then Shed Off Throbbing corns quiet down when you apply E-Z Korn Remover. Numbs pain—loosens hardest corn and core comes right out. Easy to use—works fast. Used by thousands. Try it ! yourself. Only 35s at drug stores. | 11 office rooms at a cost of $40,000, | HOUSE GUILD FORMED | Congressional Employes Vote to Join C. I. O. A group of secretaries to members of the House completed organization of a new “Congressional Guild” yes- | terday and voted, 21 to 1, to apply for | a charter in the John L. Lewis Com- | mittee for Industrial Organization. | John Kennedy, secretary to Repre- sentative O'Connell of Montana, pre- NAZI FLAGS STIR BOYCOTT THREAT Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta Threatened—One Banner Cut From Wire. Es the Assoctated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, May 26.—8an Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge flesta was threatened with a maritime labor boycott today in protest over use in decorations of Nazi German flags. One was ripped down by unidentified men. ‘The festival already is harassed by & major hotel strike. Whether the flag incident, occurring on a downtown corner, wouid lead to a diplomatic protest could not immedi- ately be determined. German govern=- ment representatives here and in Washington were not available for comment. A group of men bearing a long pole fitted with a cutting device tore the flag from its overhead wire. The Bay District Council of the Federation of the Pacific, shipping union group, through fits district sec- retary, said a vote would be called on whether the organization would with- draw from celebrations dedicating the $35,000,000 bridge. Z. R. Brown, the federation’s bay area secretary, announced the vote after a stormy meeting yesterday with Mayor Angela Rossi. *‘As Mayor, I recognize any flag rec- ognized by the Government.” said Rossi. “I will not order these flags re- moved, and I think it is very unbe- coming of you to make such demands.” “Labor is going to have something to say about that,” replied Brown. WALL PAPER 100 Beautiful patterns to_ select from Enoush for room ¢ 10x12 feet s MORGAN’S Paints and Hardware sided at the meeting. VIA CINCINNATI and ST. Save up te & hours gging —the W, KANSAS CITY _ SAN FRANCISCO. DENVER _ ST. 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