Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1937, Page 14

DETECTIVES NAB ROBBER SUSPECT Man Caught in Chevy Chase Escapes, but Later Is Rearrested. Detectives patroling the city in an effort to put down a wave of petty crime arrested an armed suspect last night as he came down the walk of & Chevy Chase home which recently had been burglarized. The man es- caped, but was rearrested a few hours later in a boarding house in the 900 block of New York avenue. The suspect identified himself as Charles F. Hartman, 54, who had | served at least one term in Sing Sing, police said, on grand larceny charges. At the time of his arrest he was carrying a suit case which, according to police, contained a loaded pistol, several watches, a pair of plyers, a screwdriver and an assortment of’ ? other tools. Hartman was seen coming down | a walk from a home in the 3800 block | of Livingston street last night by Detectives Eugene Lambert and Rich- ard Felber of No. 8 precinct. They arrested him after a chase. Escapes From Detectives. ‘The prisoner persuaded the detec- tives to take him by the home of a | physician who, he said, could identify him. Hartman, the officers said, slipped through the house and escaped by a back door. When arrested and booked for investigation later, he told Police he was a watchmaker and de- nied participation in recent burglaries here. Burglars obtained $552 worth of | merchandise from a leather goods shop at 1141 Connecticut avenue, the pro- prietor reported yesterday. | How a 0-year-old colored girl | tripped up a boy who had snatched a Held in Plot . WILBUR ROTHAR. to Hollidge court last night pulled a gun and robbed him of $1.50, Howard B. Wicks, a taxicab driver, of 3609 Twenty-sixth street northeast, told police, Potts and Sutter Win. SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y. August § ().—Ramsay Potts of Memphis teamed with Ernie Sutter of New Orleans | yesterday to defeat Dwight Davis, ar., and I9s son, Dwight, jr., 6—4, 6—3, and gain the second round of the Meadow Club’s doubles tennis tour- nament. pocketbook was related to police yes- | = terday by Mary G. Anastasi, 23, of 72 T street. The young woman said she was walking at Twenty-sixth street | and New York avenue when a boy | about 12 grabbed her purse, which | centained $52, and darted away. Girl Trips Fleeing Boy. The robbery was witnessed by Te- | resa Mitchell of 342 Twenty-second | street, who tripped up the boy as he dashed by her. The pocketbook and | money were recovered, but the boy es- caped, police.were told. Jennie I. Slack reported that a bur- glar broke into her home, at 2616 Gar- fleld street, yesterday and took $100 from a purse and a $40 ring. Marcelino Delgado, 38, of 1265 Twen- ty-second street, told police he was Can Blame Him\/ When It5 Real. overpowered early today by two men | N at Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania | avenue, who robbed him of $3.50. Del- | gado said two other men witnessed the | struggle, but made no move to aid him. A colored fare whom he had taken | - APPLE J BUTTER A AANAA Rite Meat Market 2403 Nichols Ave. S.E. THE EVENING BRONK AN JALED FOREARHARTPLT Janitor Invents Story of Res- cue, Using Scarf as Evidence. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 5.—A brown- and-white scarf once worn b lia Earhart was not evidence e for George Palmer Putnam that n.s avia- trix wife was still alive, “saved by an arms-running vessel from a little is- land near New Guinea.” Consequently Wilbur Rothar, Bronx Jjanitor, was in jail today on & charge of attempted extortion. Acting Dis- trict Attorney Harold W. Hastings said he has a signed confession ob- tained by Rhea Whitley, agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation, that Rothar invented the rescue story to extort $2,000 from Put- nam. The scarf blew into Rothar's hands three years ago at Roosevelt Field as Rothar watched Miss Earhart land a plane. The janitor kept it for a sou- venir. Possession of the scarf led, Hastings s | says, to fabrication of an entirely fic- titious story that the ship on which Rothar said he was running arms to | Spain, discovered a wrecked plane, the body of a man (ostensibly Fred Noonan, navigator who was lost with OURSELF STAR, WASHINGTON, Miss Earhart in the Pacific a month 8go) and a woman who was “out of her mind and badly injured.” Rothar, using the name of “John- s0n,” told Putnam that a Chinese doc- tor treated the woman during the voy- age to Panama, where the crew dis- covered from newspaper pictures she was Miss Earhart. He claimed he was elected by the crew to contact Putnam. The story was told at a hotel room conference with Putnam early Sunday morning. Another meeting held Mon- day was attended by a “confidential secretary,” really a Federal agent. Payment of the money was scheduled for Tuesday. Rothar returned that day, accepted $1,000 in cash and was arrested on his way to a bank to get a check for the rest. DERWOOD MILL DERWOOD, MD. Subject to market changes we quote the following low prices on oue high- quality feeds. Terms, Cash at the Mill Laying MASH 20% Large Scratch (With milling wheat) Derwood Hog Feed Md. Family (In 12-1b. sacks) Located Between Rockville and Gaithersburg Phone—Gaithersburg 19-F-13 and SIIVE ! at the big A & P FOOD STORE 6205 e sTsUSHED " —wWHTTE "HOUSE APPLE SAUCE 4 25¢ Cigarettes Red Salmon fona Peaches big Ne. 21y ean 2 Brel Monte FRESH PRUNES 25¢ GIBBS' SOUPS Vegetable and Tomato big No. 2! cans r.nrfll;_r ctn, " . ' 5 e B 2le Fresh usice, Eggs ez 27¢ White House Prune Juice x lde 8 0’Clock Coffee .:. 8¢ Salad Dressing - Franco- American . 19¢ | Green Peas =i ot 7J¢ Orange Juice DOLE'S PINEAPPLE Juice £+-27¢ D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1937. CLEABANCE 19.75 AND 22.50 TROPICAL WORSTED Auoust SUITS August . . . the hottest month of the year—and the month of The Hecht Co.’s great Summer suit sale! Both go hand in hand! Your comfort and coolness assured in these lightweight fabrics. An actual savings of 4.80 to 7.55 on every one of these superbly tailored, well- known Summer suits. Every smart pat- tern, fabric and style of the season. Get one or two now and you'll be all set for next year, too! Every $25 Society Brand Tropical Worsteds, now-___ Mon’s Sport Trousers '5.95‘““l 7.95 . @ White Flannels @ Serges in Stripes, ... Checks and Plaids . o Gabordines ® Doeskins * Every Sheldon 2-Trouser q Tropical Worsted 4.9 2475 Make Use of Our M"enhnt 3-Menth Budget Plan Y3 Due 13 Due OCT. 1st NOV. Pay in three equal amounts, spread over o ninety-day pe- riod without carrying charge. Ya Due Snil"l’. ““When | sell a sack of Washington Flour | know the lady is going to get utmost sotisfaction with it. And | know another thing—she will be back after another sack when that is gone. Thot is the kind of foodstuffs we dealers like to sell, something we can be sure will give satisfaction—and the makers of Washington Flour wouldn’t tell us to guarantee ‘A’::hing'nn Flour to give better satis- faction than any other flour you have ever used if they didn’t have confidence in their product. Washington Flour is a wonderful seller with us here.”—THOMAS TUCKER. OCTAGON Laundry Soap = 19¢ KELLOGG'S :fissplsspkg' 10" - Firm, Meaty TOMATOES 3~ 13¢ Peaches 4™ 17¢ Fresh, Tender | Fancy Bananas. CORN | Juicy Lemons When you buy Flour next time buy Original Bushel Basket Sz.lll' 3 13¢ 402 25¢ & 3T¢ New Potatoes 10 w-. 15¢ Sugar Beets 2 bunches T¢ QUALITY MEATS ; Very Specially Priced! ro»29e FRESH FRYERS Leghorns Barred Rocks Ib. 30@ Ib. 33@ and if it doesn’t give you better satisfaction than any other flour you have ever used—return it to your dealer and he will refund the money. Those are our instructions to him. WASH- INGTON FLOUR has got to be good flour to stand up under such a guarantee as that—and S A VE ON every sack of WASHINGTON FLOUR will make good in any kitchen. We are sure that after you have used it ONCE you will join the big army of housewives who won’t use anything but Washington Flour. Fancy Fully DRESSED Plain Washington Flour STEWING —is the all-purposs Flour that bakes everything. cchKENs ' Fresh STVING Self-rising Washington Flour Funibs Fi 3 3 cuickens - 256 —is specially for biscuits, woffles, shortcakes, etc., with which NO BAKING POWDER IS REQUIRED. mexed scintens 1: 276 | Chuck Beef Roast . 25¢ Beef Liver w. {T¢|3-Corner 2=, . 2T¢c 5,000- Shir"rs on Many Would Sell Regularly for 1.65! REPEATED BY REQUEST! cally a sellout! The shirts sold faster than we ever dveamed{ pointed thousands of our regular patrons! So we contacted this famous manu- facturer again! Told him we HAD to have 5,000 more shirts like the last ones. He said, “Nothing doing at your former price.” But after we explained the situa- Last month we had a similar sale! Practi- But we disap- Plain Washington Flour and Self-Rising Washington Flour are for sale by ALL grocers, delicatessens, markets, chain stores. When buying, specify WASHINGTON FLOUR. tion fully, he finally came across! And what shirts! EVERY PATTERNED - SHIRT WOVEN-THRU! IMAGINE! NOT A PRINT IN THE LOT! Every shirt expertly tailored! i f L * Sale Started With 5000 Shirts , Fillets . | Tc|Spiced Ham. =, 32¢ o Cool Chambrerst o Smart (;7;_.;‘1:!! . :;.ul., L;ol:r:'! ! N BNk . BE. @ Fine Breadcloths ® Britis) ripings. @ Plains and Patterns Mackersl [, » ISc|Sliced Halibut ». 25¢ o Eni-to.End Madrases! @ Plenty of Whitest oIl ¢ 1T 7 Main Floor, The Hgcht Co. Wilkins-Rogers Milling Co. Whits Crab Meat » 47c|Croakers .-, » 8¢ , i Washington, D. C. : s Prices Effective Until Closing Saturday, August 7, 1937, ; % : e — SHOE TODAY: STORE CLOSED SATURPAY. /