Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1937, Page 6

THE EVENING ELEANOR HOLM DESIRES DIVORCE Swimmer Says She Has Dis- cussed Matter With Or- ! chestra Leader Husband. B the Associated Press CLEVELAND, July 20.—Mrs. Eleanor Holm Jarrett, swimming star who was barred from the last Olympics, said today she had discussed a divorce with | her orchestra leader husband, Art Jar- | rett, now appearing at the Dallas, | Tex., Exposition. | Mrs. Jarrett, star of Billy Rose's “Aquacade” at the Great Lakes Expo- | sition in Cleveland, disclosed she had | not seen Jarrett for 14 weeks, but had | told him by teiephone a few days ago | she wanted a divorce. “But maybe there won't be any if | we are lucky enough to get together | somewhere,” she said Wants Divorce STRIKE RIOTERS DOPING’ PROBED Chicago Policeman Glaims Narcotic Cigarettes Found on Scene. BACKGROUND— Picketers and strikers of the Republic steel plant, who had ar- ranged for a picketing parade be- fore its gates on Memorial day, were met by policemen as they reached the scene. A battle en- sued in which 10 strikers were killed by bullets jrom policemen’s guns. A Senate investigation fol- lowed the shootings. B the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 20.—Investigation of a charge that strikers smoked nar- cotic cigarettes before engaging in the STAR, WASHINGTON, cers injured in the riot, D. C., TUESDAY. e e s At b QUANT'TY DISCOUNTS had evidence that demonstrators had been drugged and that he found “scores” of the half-smoked cigarettes at the riot scene. ALLOWED BY F. T. C. Three other policemen Who partici- | Difference in Cost of Selling Rec- pated in the riot near the Republic Steel Corp. plant in South Chicago tes- tified yesterday they used firearms in self-defense. Officer Walter B. Oakes said the strikers shewered the policemen with bricks and clubs and pushed the police “in all directions.” “I was struck across the back with & club and knocked to the ground,” he said. “I was stunned, and was numb from my hips o my toes. 1 was kicked several times in the legs | and the back.” | Oakes said he looked up to see a man standing beside him with foot | ognized Under New Robin- son-Patman Act. By the Associated Press. The Federal Trade Commission said yesterday it had decided that com- panies can give discounts to big cus- tomers based on the difference in cost of selling to large and small customers. In the first decisions under the new Robinson-Patman act outlawing cer- tain price discriminations, the com- | ; | mission dismissed & case involving special discounts which Montgomery upraised. and believing his life in | ward & Co. of Chicago received on felt danger fired five shots. The man fell | backward, said Oakes. Patrolman Lloyd C. Casey testified he was felled by a brick. “I saw a man coming at me with a large meat hook fastened on a pole,” he said “There were two others with him. 1 warned him to stop. base floor coverings from Bird & Son and the Bird Floor Covering Sales Corp., of East Walpole, Mass. Although other Bird customers paid | JULY 20, 1937 more for the floor coverings than Montgomery Ward, the commission said the prices were not discriminatory | because “the cost of selling to Mont- | gomery Ward & Co. was much less | than to ordinary retailers.” The commission also dismissed & complaint against the Kraft-Phenix Corp., cheese company, saying uniform discounts given quantity purchasers b did not tend to create a monopoly. | Special Summer Offer $10.00 to $30.00 Allowance on Your Old Water Heater FEM AUTOMATIC WATER HEATERS GAS—ELECTRIC Over 30 Years Building Better Heaters Designed for those desiring a durable, efficient water heating aystem priced within their means. Constant, sufficient supply of hot water, Beautiful in appearance. Heavily insulated to insure eficiency L‘tmt devices for safety and reliability. Approved by American Ga ~ Kay Coal Co. DISTRIBUTORS OF HOFFMAN WATER HEATERS S-K OIL BURNERS FUEL SAVERS STOKERS AUTOMATIC BLOWERS FUEL OILS COAL 920 W St. N.W. NOrth 4380 In the next breath, however, she | we o [TCHING FEET Memorial day steel strike riot was or- | coming. Then I fired & shot in the AND #aid their careers had become widely | divergent and she saw little hope of | & reconciliation Mrs. Jarrett said she was “burned | up” that her name had been linked | in exposition gossip with that of Billy | Rose, husband of Fannie Brice | “He has nothing to do with this” | she said. Miss Holm was dropped from the American Olympic team as it neared Germany last year “for violation of lrnmmq rules.” “I had five or six glasses of cham- pagne,” she agreed later ‘I never: drink more than five or six." 1 In turn, she charged Ol,vmpnr Com- mittee officials had “disgraced” and “misconducted” themselves aboard a liner en route to the Berlin games. | The 23-year-old world backstroke champion made personal appearances | in theaters after her return from Ber- Mn, appearing part of the time with Jarrett. Since May she has been swim- ming and singing in the “Aquacade,” an extravaganza presented on Cleve- land's lake front She and Jarrett were married Sep- tember 2, 1933, in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Beverly Hills, Calif. | “I know nothing about it except as the producer of the show in which she is the star,” Rose, in New York, told the Cleveland News. “Remember Iam a married man." . s UNITED FRUIT Mrs. Holm said a diamond ring she | N had been wearing at the Aquacade had “nothing to do with this” and dered today at a coroner’s jury inquest into the slaying of 10 men in the clash. Coroner Frank Walsh instructed Po- Mautner to appear as witnesses after uhe latter submitted information con- | cerning the narcotics. Policeman Igoe was one of the offi FLEANOR HOLM JARRETT. Lathrop is librarian at the Navy De- Parlmcm. Mrs. Lathrop said Carol was visiting in Peiping as the guest of her sister, the wife of Capt. Kenneth Hall Cor- nell of the United States Marine | Corps, who 1s attached to the Ameri- can Embassy there. She left Wash- ington in Pebruary and is expected to | return in September Mrs. Lathrop accompanied her daughter to Feupmg\ and returned in April | Carol, 18 years old, had been a| student at Madeira School, here, | during the 1935 and 1936 terms and Just before leaving for the visit to China had begun studying designing | and illustrating. She was continuing | that study in Peiping. | The State Department had not been | formally advised of the Peiping inci- | dent this mornin ‘ e | i st | | BERMI'DA" VIA FURNESS, $60 up. round trip. with private bath on Monarch of | Bermuda and Queen of Bermuda denied she had any immediate plans for remarriage | “I bought that ring with my own|___ hard-earned money.” she said, “I've had it a year and a half.” { China i(‘fln'm.led F‘mm Fus[ Pnzi‘ ) | Chinese batteries across the Yungting River then took up the battle. { Japanese casualties were one killed | and one wounded. Chinese casualties | were mot known. | ‘The gates intc Wanpinghsien were ¢losed. and trains for the south to | Fengtai and other strategic junctions | were suspended. Chinese sources said fighting also | was going on at Fengtai, unconfirmead Chinese reports stating that Japanese had been driven back from that point The crisis again appeared highly | dangerous. Nanking dispatches said Premier Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek had returned there from his Summer residence at Kuling, ready to take full charge of Chinese plans to offset what Chinese consider to be 8 Japanese incursion in North China. JAPAN SIEZES WATER FRONT. Wharves, Offices Occupied as New | Troops Are Expected. TIENTSIN, July 20 (#).—The Jap- @nese army seized control today of the entire water front at Tangku, in- cluding wharves, Chinese customs of- | fices and foreign shipping companies, in preparation for the expected ar- rival of 35,000 troops from Japan. | Tangku is the port for Tientsin, | sonnected by rail and water with this | city in the center of the North Chmn eonflict. { Reports of the imminent arrival of | Japanese reinforcements indicated | four troop transports were expected | Thursday. & The Kailan Wharf was not imme- | dately affected and the British war- | ship Grimsby, which arrived this | afternoon, moored alongside it 3 Heavily loaded trains were expected | At Tientsin after midnight. further increasing Japanese concentrations here. Extensive new Japanese troop movements by railroad were reported Alarmed Chinese streamed from ‘Tientsin into the foreign concessions fighting near Pflpma Lalhrop lCnnnnued F’mm First PAge,» ricade staring me in the face. They made a loud clamor shoving us around, although, of course, we couldn't un- derstand Japanese. “Finally they let us go, shoving us ©ff roughly and giving me a final and very forceful kick from behind. We ‘went toward the Wagonslit (hotel) and contacted the United States Em- bassy guard and made an official re- port. “The front of the Japanese Embassy Wwas well lighted, and it was impossible that they couldn’t see we were women.” Mrs. Jones has been here for a year. Miss Lathrop is visiting relatives. The incident occurred at 9 o'clock last night. Father Was Navy Officer. Miss Carol Lathrop lives in Wash- ington, at 2129 Florida avenue, with her mother, the widow of Comdr. Patrick Moore Lathrop, U. S. N. Mrs. RESORTS. £ot National Park via f1an National. Stor sper Park Lodge in the Meart of the Canadian Rockies. 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