Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1937, Page 7

MRS. CODONA DIES OF PISTOL WOUNDS Couple Who Lived in Old Car Given Free Room, Many Gifts Any one who says Washingtonians aren't big hearted couldn’t prove it by the Clifton Butterworths, The young couple, who with their THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 1, 1937—PART ONXNE. of kindly Miss Maud Maxwell, who unfortunate family last night to give them .odging at called for the The Star, men and women, most of them people of moderate means, dropped in at the lot with small gifts of money, clothing and toys for the young painter, his wife and baby, who refused welfare aid because it would have meant even a short sepa- ration and elected to live since Tues- day in the sedan borrowed from Another woman brought $1.50 and soon, aided by a $5 gift from a local contractor, the Butterworths had $8, which they took over and deposited on a room in the 200 block of Third street. Upon learning from Love- bein of Miss Maxwell's telephoned offer they recovered the deposit. worth could not pay the $6 weekly rent. That same day he landed a job with an automobile painting shop at $15 a week, but pay day doesn't roll around until tomorrow. Mean- while they have been living on the few cents the parking lot attendant NAZI PROBE ASKED American Legion Posts Hit Bund Activities. American Legion posts of Bergen | A—7 Allendale expressed to the convention his opposition to “any organization being allowed in this country which shows only the swastika instead of the American flag, pictures of Hitler instead of our President LYNDHURST, N. J,, July 31 (®).— | her home, 129 North Carolina avenue southegst. “They can stay [ust as long as they want to,” Miss Maxwell told Sam Lovebein, parking lot manager, And, all during the day, foilowing publication of the family’s plight in could scrape - together for them and partially paralized from youth, has|Anderson has cheerfully gone with- been unable to land a steady job |Out the use of his car. tion of Camp Nordland at Andover and lost his last one three weeks 5 ; 5 ago. - The family was evicted from| Nearly 60 airplanes took part in|3Pd other German-American bund their home in the 1000 block of | the opening of the new Singapore, | Activities in the United States. Ninth street Tuesday when Butter- | Malaya, airport. Representative J. Parnell Thomas of | generous James Anderson, colored, parking lot attendant, A taxi driver drove in and left 50 cents for the family. A woman went down in & ‘taxi to leave a dollar and returned later with another woman bringing clothes and toys. Butterworth, because of an arm County adopted & resolution today 18-month-old daughter spent the calling for a congressional investiga- last four nights in a borrowed car in a parking lot at Constitution avenue and John Marshall place following eviction from their Ninth street home, were taken under the protective wing Divorced Wife of Trapeze Master Succumbs Despite Transfusions. By the Associated Press. LONG BEACH, Calif, July 31.— Double tragedy wrote an epitaph to- day over the ruined career of Al- gredo Codona, 43, once world-re- mowned master of the flying trapeze. His divorced wife, Vera Bruce, 32, alzo a8 famed aerialist, died of pistol bullet wounds he inflicted late yes- terday just before shooting himself $o death. They were at a lawyer's office to discuss a division of prop- erty. Twice even before his divorce, trag- edy struck at Codona, the one-time star performer of “The Flying Co- donas.” family troupe which sewral times toured the world. Divorced Month Ago. In 1931, his internationally-noted eecond wife, Lillian Leitzel Codona plunged to her death when an aerial ring broke while she was performing | at Copenhagen. Two years later, his shoulder was s0 badly injured in a fall during his act in New York that | he never was able to make a come- back Codona. who was the only circus werialist ever to make & successful rou- tine of the triple somersault, married Miss Bruce some 19 months after Miss Leitzel's death and she succeeded the latter as a member of the fly- tng Codonas. Miss Bruce divorced him a month #go, charging cruelty and jealousy. Died Immediately. Codona died immediately after the thooting. His ex-wif® lingered on in Seaside Hospital until 10:30 a.m. today when she succumbed, despite repeated operations and blood transfusions. Frisnds sald Codona became in- ereasingly gloomy after he abandoned, M 1934, A come-back training pro- gram which he started a few months after recuperating from his shoulder injury He later appeared in three motion pictures and traveled for a year as an executive with the Tom Mix Circus, Of recent months, he had been in the €arage business One Still Performs. Codona’s body will be placed be- neath a 17-foot marble monument in Inglewood Cemeterv. where lie the ashes of Lillian Leitzel Codona. He had the monument, inscribed “Re- union,” erected when her ashes were brought to Southern California On the monument are carved two trapeze rings, one broken, svmbolizing the accident that cansed her death One Codona still es. and swings oen the trapeze, in defiance of the Codona’s tragic tradition. He is Lala. | Alfredo’s brother, the man who hangs by his knees and catches his flying partner in the old Codona act, which now is touring Furope. HOME BUILDING GAIN IN JUNE IS REPORTED Permits Issued in Cities of Over 10,000 for 15,565 New Dwelling Units. June building permits issued tn eities of more than 10.000 population throughout the country provided for construction of 15565 new dwelling units, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board announced yesterdar. The total was 58 per cent higher than for the previous month, but it | was 15.8 per cent lower than in June, | 1936, ¢ The estimated total cost of the 15,- 865 dwelling units is $65 294,000, as compared with $71.689.000 in June Iast year. Included n the first amount | was the outlay of approximately $46,.- £09.000 for one and two family houses 85 against $45,800,000 in June a year ago. 0OF LEAK NA. 4370 GICHNER : g | JULIUS LANSBURGH FURNITURE €O. 909 F tT. N.W. $175 DUNCAN PHYFE DINING ROOM ([llustrated Above) 10 pieces in beautiful walnut veneers. Guaran- teed construction. Duncon Phyfe table, butfet, server, china cobinet and 6 chairs to match. 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