Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1937, Page 16

B—4 = CHAIR PREPARED FOR FATHER, SON "Torch Death in Effort to| Get $20,000 Insurance to Be Expiated. By the Assoctaied Press, BOSTON, July 17.—Massachuse! today prepared its electric chair for one of the few father-son executions n the history of the Nation. i Some time during the week of Au- gust 1, Frank Di Stasio, 54, revere candy maker, is scheduled to die for the “torch murder” of Daniel Crow- ley, obscure, unemployed Boston la- borer. Anthony Di Stasio, Frank's son, has been doomed to death the week of September 14 as an accessory before the murder. Only executive clemency can save either. Crowley died in the elder Di Stasio's flaming automobile in.Hudson on the | night of May 6, 1935. The State main- | tained Crowley was knocked uncon- | &cious and drenched with gasoline, | then, while he still lived. the eld man applied a match which burned the victim bevond recognition On one finger of the body found Frank Di Stasio’s, sianet ri Preliminary investication indicated was the elder Di Stasio who had death But detectives, seeking furthet proofs. discovered. with the aid of medical £cience, that Daniel Crowley. reputedly | unknown to either of the men, was the victim, At the trials State witnesses testi- fied the Di Stasios planned to make it appear the father had died. so tha 20,000 insurance carried on his life might be collecied. Of this sum, A thony was beneficiary for three policies Crowley. test been “picked up.” dom. by the father Anthony was acquitted on a murd tharge. but immediately was tried and convicted as an a ory, which, under Massachusetts la made him subject to the extreme penaliy, ony showed, had apparently at ran- SEAMEN T0 TAKE | BARGAINING VOTE Labor Relations Board Orders Elections for Choice Be- tween Unions. | Br the Associated Press. | troller of the currency, said vesterday yesterday that elections to determine & collective bargaining agent be held #s soon as possible among unlicensed personnel in the deck, enain> and stewards’ departments of 50 steam- ship lines operating from Atlantic and Gulf ports The seamen will choose between the International Seamen's Union of America and the National Maritime Union of America | The board ordered a concurrent elec- | tion among unlicensed personnel of the International Sun Oil Co. to de- | termine whether these two organiz tions or the Sun Marine Employes’ Association shall be the proper bar- gaining agent. The I S. U, affiliated with" the American Federation of Labor, asked the election last June 11, At a New York City hearing both organizations presented testimony claiming a ma- Jority of the unlicensed personnel of the 50 lines. ROOSEVELT AND LE BRUN DEDICATION SPEAKERS Ceremonies at Montfaucon War Memorial to Be Held - | August 1. Br the Associated Press. President Roosevelt and President Le Brun of France will be the principal | speakers at the dedication in France of the Montfaucon War Memorial on August 1. In making the announcement yes- | terday, the War Department said | President Roosevelt would make his | address from Washington, while the French President would be present ot the dedication Willlam C. Bullitt, Ambassador to France, will preside at the dedicatorv ceremonies. Other speakers will in- clude Gen. John J. Pershing and Marshal Petain of Prance | The monument to be dedicated at Montfaucon is in memory of 1,000.000 American soldiers who participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive in the ‘World War. COUNTRYSIDE IS COMBED FOR INTRUDER IN HOMES‘ Beveral Hundred Persons Hunt Man Who Frightened Two Orange Housewives. Br the Assoclated Press. ORANGE, Va., July 11.—A colored | man who frightened two housewives | near Orange was hunted today by ! several hundred persons. The crowd of county residents fol- | lowed a posse of 12 men which was | organized after the man grabbed Mrs, | Ernest Camper at her home four | miles from here. The intruder fled | into the woods when Mrs. Camper | screamed. | Yesterday the man went to the | home of Mrs. Johp Knighton, six | miles from Orange, and handed her | an illegible note. He asked if her husband was at home and upon being told he was not he grabbed Mrs. Knighton by the arm, but fled when | she screamed. { “GAY NINETIES” PARTY TO AID CHARITY FUND| Manassas Junior Women's Club Will Stage Benefit for Kiwanis Group Wednesday. Dispatch to The Star ASSAS. Va, July 17—A -wide “Gay Nineties” party for nefit of the Kiwanis Club y fund will be held Wednesday at the Portner estate, near An- nab¥g, after a picnic on the baltle- fleld§ near here, it was announced last "night at the club meeting by J. E. Bradford, president. The party will be staged by the Manassas Junior Women’s Club. A costume parade will be one of the features of the entertainment pros gram and prizes will be awarded. E. A. Kyhn, secretary of the Virginia Petroleum Industries - Committee, spoke at the m last night. Brec| M cou the cha nig! | sturdy | tractions. other features, including high trapeze ith, 10, of the dol tse Playground Mrs, S. Judges 4211 Military road that took the blue ribbon as the thing in the doll show at the Chevy were W. Richwine, playground THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, JULY 18, 1 Manre carnival being Church, dolls make up M Betty aret Loretta Norton of Conduit road displays the “most novel doll” exhibited at the Reservoir held by Our Lady of Victory and Conduit roads. The an Indian family. —Star Stafl Photos. GERMANYSU55 SGN NAVY PAE Accept Limitations of Lon- don Treaty in Bilateral Agreements. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, July 17.—Germany and | Soviet Russia accepted limitations | of the 1936 Tondon naval treaty to- day by signing bilateral naval agree- ments with. Great Britain These powers thus became sub- ject to the agreement limiting size of warships and providing for inter- change of naval building data. The treaty does not limit the number of warships. . The treaty alrcady has been rati- fied by France and the United States, and it was expected the two bi- lateral agreements would lead Great Britain to do_likewise. Japan refused to adhere to any such limitations at the London con- | ference Russia was freed from the obli- | gation of supplying information on naval vessels constructed or em- ployed in the Far East. Morcover, upon notification to Great Britain, Russia will be allowed to depart | from restrictions on the size of ves- sels in the Far East should Japan's naval construction exceed the treaty limitations The agreements with Germany and | Soviet Russia, a British spokesman | said, will go into effect at the same | time as the London treaty, which he | expected to be ratified in two weeks By 1he Associated Press l FARMINGTON, Utah, July 17— Here i5 an 1l-weck-old baby who walk Twelve-pound Brice Thomas, born April 21, has been picking up his tle legs and placing them down again since he was 5 weeks old —and his mother, Mrs. Bernard Thomas, has witnesses to prove it “Doctors cxplain his ability to walk because of unusually rapid develop- ment of his legs.” said Mrs. Thomas preparing her blond son for a demon- st at thewr modest home. “The first time he tried it, almost six weeks ago, it surprised me, so I nearly let him fall. Since then. it has been a regular thing, his walk- ing.” CARROLL COUNTY FAIR ANNOUNCED Balloon Ascensions and Parachute Jumping Among Features Scheduled. Srecial Dispatch to The Star MOUNT AIRY. Md. July 17.— Balloon ascension and parachute jumping is being planned as one of the outstanding events of the 1937 Carroll County Fair. The fair will | take place at Taneytown August 10 to 13, inclusive. There will daily The fifth annual horse and pony show on Tuesday will be comprised of 23 classes and in addition there will be a pony steeplechase, a pony flat race and a ladies’ mule race. Wednesday's outstandng will be a public wedding. the fifth public wedding the Fair Association. A trained animal circus has been booked as ane of the grandstand at- There will also be many | be balloon ascensions feature It will be arranged by Baby 11 Weeks Old Has | Walking 6 Weeks, Mother Says, ~ WILL BE DELAYED | them. | performances, dians and ac | inz a special feature for the Car | County 4-H Club members on Thurs- Been This is the way Bruce does it. He is given a massage to start cir- culation He then is placed on a table, carpeted with a thick blanket Placed in a kneeling position, like a sprinter at start of Bruce struzgles to his feet far too young to maintain ance, so his. mother against his chest. upright Then Bruce starts, leaning against his mother’s hand for balance, his legs churning as fast as he can move He walks to the end of the table, is carried back and starts all over again Iam the a race, He is his bal- ces her hand He stands almost ery anxious to see how he develops.” confided Mrs Thomas. With such a start. some day he should be a great athlete. slack wire acts, come- obatic acts, Amateur night will be observed Tuesday. Cash prizes will be awarded contestants receiving the most votes. Miss Adeline M. Hoffman, county home demonstration agent, is arrang- il day night. Spectacular displays of fireworks will be staged on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. Harness hor: macing will take place on Wednesday Thursday and Friday afternoons. Two new classes in the live stock department are being introduced this | year under the general direction of County Agent L. C. Burns. Full classes for draft horses and beef cattle will be provided There will be greased pig contests on Wednesday. Thursday and Priday afternoons Mule races w take place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday aftsrnoons. % Turnover Great. Telephone operators in London are 0 popular with Cupid this year that the English government has a stand- ing order for 120 new girls every month saving of KEY BRIDGE WORK azl | Highway Engineers Will Wait | | Until New Chain Span Is Completed. work of constructing an ad- ch ‘in Key Bridge at Ross- lyn. Va., will not be started until the new Chain Bridge has been pleted, it was decided vestorday lowing a co: between Bureau of Public Roads engin and Na- tional Capital Parks o s The Kev Bridge job will require par tial closing of that structure to traf- fic, and officials do not feel j ed In having both Chain and Key Bridges denied a full traffic flow at the same | time Frank T. Gartside, acting superin- | tendent of the National Capital Parks, | explained that the new arch in Kev | Bridge for the George Washington Memorial Parkway drive which will pass he west bank of the Potomac R Rosslyn Meanwhile, the annual rehabilita- tion of park mizhwavs was launched vesterdav as Gartside announced purchase of 30.000 gallons of bitumi- nous mate; to care for resuifacing of 120.000 e vards highway. This is expected to cost $10,000, and the program will be completed in about six weeks. 1 The ditional col fol- of | GUTTERS PLANNED ! CHEVY CHASE, Md., Julv 17 (Spe- cial).—Contracts for new gutters | on Meadow lane will be let by the Citizens' Committee of section 4. | Chevy Chase, Md., within the next six weeks Work on the construction of new gutters on Maple avenue, now under way, will be completed in the near future. Loren G. Polhamus. sccretary of section 4. reports In connection with the con. of new gutters on the two stred essary minor repairs to street also will be made. improvements, ir struction and otk will be approximately | hamus said. uction nec- paving The cost of street itter con- paving repairs, | $10,000, Pnl—‘ | for “Here We Rest.” Best Dressed DAUGHTER OF HIGH PRIEST WINS TITLE. MISS BAPSY PAVRY, The beautiful dawghter of a Parsee high priest, who is considered the best dressed. lady in India. Member of a wealthy Parsee family of Bombay, Miss Pavry has trav- eled all over the world. Edu- cated in India and America, Miss Pavry is a master of arts of Columbia University of New York —Wide World Photo. Indian Linguists Clmllen;_re Translations Smithsonian TInstitution experts on Indian linguistic systems yesterday | challenged the commonly accepted | translation of the Indian names borne | by many States Alabamans, who like to think that the name of their State was Choctaw were told that the best derivation suggested that Ala- | bama means “Thicket Cutters.” or possibly “Medicine Gathers.” Kentucky the experts insisted. does ! not mean “Dark and Bloody Ground.' but more likely “Level Country,” from the Iroquois term “Kentaventon-Ga.’ Remarking that citizens like to fancy that their State names convey poetical ideas, the experts contended that the Indian was little given to ex- ercising poetical talent in place names. living as he did before the days of suburban real estate develop- ment On the basis of latest researches the Smithsonian gave the following translations Arizona Springs.” Springs Ohio: “Beau! sense of good for “The “Place “Place of of the the Little or Few ul River.” in the camping or fishing People,” from the ini,” meaning man. “Friends,” or “Allies,” from the Hasiana word “Techas Dakota: “Feeling Friendly, the identical Sioux word. Missouri: “He of the Big Canoe.” not “Dwellers on the Big Mudd given by most dictionaries. | Minnesota: “Land of the Sky-Blue from | WHAY A DIFFERENC, IN PERFORMANC, P BAYERSON OIL catumala WORKS 5228 the first . . . new Willys, I have traveled the total distance of 21,028 miles on a total of 648 gallons of gas. This, according to my figures, is a saving of $216.92 _over last ycar on the same mileage for the same period.” 32.4 miles per gallon « + « is Mr. Coughlan’s average gas consumption! No wonder Willys owners cver)wherc are so enthus- iastic. Come in—let us show you how much you can save by own- ing the smart new Willys— pay- ments are as low as L ‘195 MONTH 14th and R Sts. N.W. WARRINGTON MOTOR CAR CO. 2035 13th St. N.W. HAINES MOTOR C 6303 Georgia Ave. N. BOYD-CARLIN Alexandria, Va. [ L So far 1this vear... ! - “So far this year, driving one of SAYS MR. CHARLES P. COUGHLAN DEDHAM, MASS. 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Oklahoma: Choctaw “Red People,” from the ebraska: “Flat Water,” oux phrase bthasca.” Wyoming: “On the Plain.” from the Delaware Indian term “M'Chue- Field of Blood the That was nia settl from the ) husett the Algonquin wor ing big. and “Wadsc Connecticut: “On River,” from the Al Tukq-Ut.” Iowa: “Sleepy Ones.” ba,” applied by as a term of ridicule The derivation of Arkansas and Tennessee, the experts were unable to determine. (Copy: S “Mass mean- " meaning hill the Long Tidal nquin “Quinni- from “Avua- Dakota Indians b sht. 103+ o New York Herald- ST Here's an per- DEATHS I CRAS FOUND ACCIENTAL Coroner Investigates Wreck Fatal to Four Near Triangle, Va. By a S1aff Correspondent of The Star. | TRIANGLE. Va, July 17.—Certifi- cates of accidental death were issued late today in the case of four per-| sons who lost their lives in the blaz- ing irfe: that followed a colli- sion between a coupe and an o laden truck and trailer on the Rich- mond-Washington ~ Highway this morning Dr. E. H Marstellar of Manassas, Prince Willlam County coroner, handed down his finding after ques- tioning two occupants of the coupe who escaped with minor injuries, and other witnesses to the gruesome ac- cident. He declared an inquest would not be necessary. The dead are: Pvt. Norton L. Whitman, Mass, a supply the M: e air base at Va., the driver of the coupne Miss Hectorine Morin, 30, of Water bury, 1., an occupant of Good- win's John Long of McColl, S. C ator of the truck. Reg Gillespie, colored, 23, McColl, Long's helper. e injured Pyt. V. J. 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