Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1937, Page 2

A—2 ww CONGRESS RECORD CHEERING TOC.0.P. Democratic Split Viewed Advantageous by Rival's Leaders. B7 the Ascociated Press. The Republican high command found cheer today in the record of the home-bound Congress and the Democratic split, Here is what some of the leaders had to say, after taking stock of the firet session of the Seventy-fifth Con- gress: Chairman John Hamilton of the Republican National Committee— “We have a real chancg to gain a substantial number of seats, and if hard work from the precincts and wards is combined with intelligent, forward-looking national policies, 1 think you will see us riding up nearer the top.” Senator Austin's Comment. Senator Austin, of Vermont. acting Republican leader of the Senate— “From our side the scene presents a rift widened by what occurred in the Senate vesterday—namely the inter- pretation of the address by the chair- man of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee as an edict read- ing certain distinguished Senators out of the Democratic party. Their resent- ment and deflance showed how great progress has occurred in dividing of the party.” Representative Martin, of Massa- chusetts, chairman of the House Re- publican Congressional Campaign Committee— ‘When President Roose- velt reached out to gather in the con- trol of the Supreme Court, he divided his party into rival groups of almoat equal strength. The fight which fol- lowed resuited in a severe setback to the President and revitalized the Re- publican party, which is today a militant unit, both in Congress and throughout the country.” Hamilton contended that events during the session give “voters a far | clearer understanding today of the | New Deal than they had last No- Terma Leadership Fallure, *Leadership which awept all before #t in the last election has failed the people.” he said. the President, his failure to under- etand that there were certain things the American people would not stand for, are too well known for me to repeat.” Hamilton said the President's eourt bill could not have been defeated if “everv aingle Republican” had not combined with a minority of Demo- erats. He econtended Republican members of Congress also had: 1. “Forced the Democratic Social Becurity Board 1o start action to adopt the Republican proposal’ to abolish & “needless 47 billion-dollar peserve.” 3. “Forced the New Deal %0 move toward the taking of an unemploy- ment census.” 3. “Forced the Democratic - eon- trolled Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to approve an investiga- tion” of the “rumblings of corruption in the Federal Communications Com- missiol “Do-Nothing Session.” Representative Snell of New York, the House minority leader, said in a etatement today that Congress has Just completed the ‘“greatest do- nothing” session in the last half cen- tury. “Notwithstanding overwhelming ma- forities in both Houses, and all the flamboyant promises of the last cam- paign,” Snell said, “the Democratic party did not enact a single major piece of constructive legislation for the improvement of the national eco- nomic situation. For the moment, representative government in the United States has broken down.” OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN BY EDUCATIONAL UNIT ¥. I. Chebethes Is Elected Presi- dent—Virginian Is Named Governor. By the Associated Press. 8YRACUSE, N. Y. August 23.— V. 1. Chebethes of New York City was elected supreme president of the American Hellenic Educational Pro- greasive Association at closing sessions of the fourteenth annual convention here. He won 119'; to 65'4. over George Eliades of Lowell, Mass. Elected supreme vice commander was Van Nomikos of Chicago. Re- elected for a third term was C, G. Economu of Youngstown, Ohio, su- preme secretary. John F. Davis of Scranton, Pa., was unopposed for supreme treasurer. A. A. Pantelis of Chicago was named A member of the supreme council and C. G. Paris of Quantico, Va, and Peter Boudoures of San Francisco are new governors, 30 BELIEVED DROWNED Cutter Returning From Moham- medan Fete in Egypt Capsizes. ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, August 23 (). —At least 30 persons were believed drowned today when the cutter in Wwhich they were returning from the traditional Mohammedan festival at Agami capsized off the bathing beach 18 miles west of here, 1 mmédit? te Danger Of U.S. War Denied By Mrs. Roosevelt Scouts Involvement in Chinese-Japanese Conflict. By the Associated Press. CHAUTAQUA, N. Y., August 23— Mvrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said Satur- day she believes there is little imme- diate danger of the United 8tates be- coming embroiled in the Sino-Japa- Dese or any other war. “The First Lady made the statement in & press conference. S8he insisted she spoke as an individual and not s the President’s wife. “Perhaps tomorrow I won't say thers isn’t danger of war,” she sdded, “but today—I say no.” Mre. Roosevelt was here to address :. Chautauqus sudience’ on daily life OLihs “The mistakes of | 3 Washington . Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. CORRESPONDENCE. 8 IF there were not enough thinge driving us slowly but certainly mad these days, we have just come across this hastily typed memo from one of our correspondents. In his rush to get it off, here's how it turned out: “The American consumption of Chop Suie is volumnious. One hears many stories that it is unknown in the orient, never eaten there, but origi- nated in a chop house in Chicago. “However, it was an amusing sight to see a Chinese guest in & 5 & 10 cent store’s restaurant counter forking AwAy & sizeable dish of the bean spouts and onions which are supposed to be his native dish.” Of all the spelling we like “Chop Suie” best, You have something there, pal. ok ok % RECOGNITION. Talk the other afternoon turned to this matter of flattering the ego of the customers by pointing them out, which is followed by masters of ceremonies in sundry night clubs throughout the land. So Gene Ford finally broke down and admitted he had been recognized once in one of Broadway's theater-restaurants. Seems one of Mr. Ford's duties at the moment was to have a look at the floor show. Troubled with an eye infection, he was wearing dark glasses, 30 he asked the headwaiter to plant him somewhere in a back corner. All through the show he noticed the cigarette girl eyeing him every time she passed. Finally, after slipping by him a half a dozen times, she slithered up and whispered to Gene, with awe in her voice: “Say, mister, are you & G-man?” * x % x ‘TSK-TSK-TSK. NE‘ISBOYS have a habit of turning up in places like this column. | We've just heard of another, who has | taken to heart all of this bloody business in the Orient. “Read all about the big war,” he shouted about the corner of Thirteenth and F. “Isn't it terrible!” He shouted it again and again. But after he would finish one sen- tence and before he started the next, he could be heard to cluck his tongue sadly, “Tsk, tsk, tsk.” Or, it you prefer, “Tch, tch, tch.” * X X % PHENOMENON. JHILE on the subject of newsboys, there's the phenomenon we noticed the other day, about which you will have to draw your own conclusions. At the corner of Fif- teenth and F we discovered, you can hear clearly the cry of the chap selling the Daily Worker a block away at Fourteenth street. Can't hear any of the rest of the boys; just this Daily Worker salesman. % % x FUMIGATED. AN OPERATIVE discovered the other day that there is likely to be 8 good reason for everything. Learned it from a farmer out Fred- erick way, who called his attention to something he had noticed every time he drove to the rural friend's house this Summer—that the cats, chickens and degs liked to rest underneath his automobile. “Know why they do that?” farmer asked. “Sure, they're looking for a shady piace.” “No sir. The air under your car is fumigated. Oil fumes keep bugs and flies awny.” “Nonsense! Who in the world told you that?” Farmer started quoting acientists and statistics and the operative gave up, convinced. ok % % CHEESE. Group of Representatives were having lunch in the House Restau- rant the other day, got around to the the subject of eating idiosyncrasies of their various States. Represent- ative B. J. Gehrmann of Wisconsin opined as how you can lead people to the table but you can’t make ‘em eat, or something. “Several years ago the Legisla- | MRS. HOWA ture of my State,” he said, “passed a law requiring 2 ounces of cheese to be served with every meal cost- ing 25 cents or more.” Seems they wanted to help the Wisconsin dairy industry. Noth- ing much ever came of it, though, Jor the Legislature couldn’t make the people eat the cheese. The law, however, still is on the statute books, s0 remember it mext time you're eating your way through Wisconsin, Get your full quota of cheese, * % % x FAILURE. R!POH.TS come in of a romantic meeting that didn't come off, even though it should have. The girl in the case, & young Government worker, sat on s park bench reading the paper awhile, then folded it, started down the street to the bank or the movies or some place. Suddenly she realized she had dropped her gloves. Decided it was too late to find them if she did go back and look, she started on her way, only to be stopped by a nice looking 1ad who came charging up. “These your gloves?” he wanted to know. They were and sh~ thanked him. Told her he'd been stopping everybody dressed in blue, which was all he knew about her. “I was determined I'd find yon,” he asid. “It was like that movie, you know, where they kept saying ‘Zest and Quest.” Things like this don’t just happen. They mean something.” The lass disappointed him, though, in spite of his approach, when he got around to asking for a date. P, 8.—We're glad we missed that movie. People going around and say- ing “Zest and Quest!” S SHERIFF SERVICE Hoosier Official Acts Speedily on Motorist's Complaint. ROCHESTER, Ind., August 23 (P. —Sheriff Lester King believes in giv- ing good service. A motorist reported another driver crowded him off the road. As he finished telling the atory to the sherifft, he looked into the street and saw the man driving near the jail. Sheriff King leaped to the run- passed and turned the ignition. He arrested lins, 43, on & IR drivin ning board of the Ewmobfl. a8 it THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1937. Central Figures; in Furnace-Shaker Murder of Young Widow Mrs. Henrietta Anderson, who was beaten to death 1 shaker, is pictured with two of her three children, Linwood, jr., 14, and William, 2. (Story on Page A-1.) th a furnace Major McAfee, 70-year-old janitor, grins as he u leaves police headquarters with Detective Sergt. William Anderson, whe discovered the slain Christian after confessing the murder of Mrs. Anderson. woman'’s body. Miss Roberta Lucas, niece of Mrs. iIEST FOR SYPHILIS 1S QUICK, PAINLESS 200,000 Chicagoans Who —Star Staff Photos. MARITIVE BOARD GETS UNION PLEA Labor Spokesmen Ask U. S. Body for Better Wages and Working Conditions. By the Associated Press. Spokesmen for marine labor organ- izations asked the Maritime Commis- sion today for improved wage and liv- ing conditions for personnel on Amer- ican vessels, The labor representatives appeared at a commission hearing on existing employment and wage conditions in the ocean shipping industry. Spokes- men for the shipping lines were sched- uled to appear later. Under the new merchant marine act, the maritime body is empowered to prescribe minimum wages and hours on American ships, fix manning scales and regulate living conditions. George C. Bodle of San Francisco. representing the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, told the com- mission engineering personnel on American vessels “is insufficient to maintain the ships in a safe and sea- worthy condition.” If the commission fixes adequate manning scales, he said, “a period of (maritime labor) peace lies before us.” Mervyn Rathbone of New York, president of the American Radio Tele- graphists Association, urged the com- mission to prescribe maritime labor standards before September 30, when contracts between ship radio operators | and ship owners expire. Rathbone said that this countrys’ larger passenger vessels “are inade- quately manned so far as radio per- sonnel is concerned.” A third speaker, John W. Meal, rep- resenting the Marine Cooks and Stew- ards' Association on the Pacific Coast, said working conditions aboard Amer- ican vessels were inferior to conditions in industries on land. RD LESLIE EXPIRES IN HOSPITAL Services to Be Held Tomorrow for Wife of Internal Revenue Bureau Auditor. Mrs. Besslie L. Leslie, 56, of 208 Up- shur street, wife of Howard L. Leslie, auditor of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, died yesterday in Sibley Hospital, after a brief illness. She had undergone an operation several days 2g0. A native of Chilo, Ohio, Mrs. Les- lie had lived here for the last 31 years. She was a member of the Brookland Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and also belonged to the Maccabees. Besides her husband, she leaves two sons, Howard D. and Richard C. Leslie, and a daugnter, Mrs. Evelyn Zegowits, all of this city, and a sister, Mrs. Ruth Coates of Baltimore. She also leaves a granddaughter. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Hines funeral par- lors, 2901 Fourteenth street. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. SR SO FINNAN ON VACATION Gartside Will Be Acting Superin- tendent of Parks. G. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of the National Oapital parks, today started his Summer vacation, which will include & fishing trip on Chesa- peake Bay. He expects to be gone until Septeriber 7. Meanwhile, Frank T. Gartside, Fin- nan’s assistant, will be acting super- intendent. | Engineer Acquitted On Charge He Killed Man 24 Years Ago By the Associated Press. INEZ, Ky, August 23.—Harvey Hardin, 44-year-old mining en- gineer, was acquitted today on charges that he slew James A. Watterson, 62, a wealthy timber- man 24 years ago because of Jjealousy over a woman. Hardin was indicted last April after Mrs. Viola Runyan Harless, 33, testified that as a girl of nine she saw him creep into Watter- son’s bunkhouse where she slept and shoot Watterson. Mrs. Harless’ mother, now Mrs. Polly Runyan Shuranofsky, 51, al that time Watterson's housekeep- er, was named by the common- wealth as the woman in the case. She also was indicted, charged Jointly with murder. Hardin was tried separately. 35,000-TON WARSHIP LAUNCHED BY ITALY Throng of 100.000 Watches Lit- torio Slide Down the Ways at Genoa. By the Associated Press GENOA, Italy, August 23.—For the second time in four weeks, Italy yes- terday launched a new 35000-ton | battleship. The Littorio slid down the ways to ride upon an angry sea, while a throng estimated at 100,000/ cheered. Her sister ship, the Vittorio Veneto, was launched at Trieste July 25. Their completion, perhaps late next year,! will give the Italian navy, for a few | months at least, the most modern and powcrful fighting craft afloat. These will be the chief units of the new “ocean-going navy” which Italian leaders have announced their | intention of setting afloat to carry! Italian power and influence beyond the confines of the Mediterranean Sea. Chief builder of the new Italian empire, Premier Benito Mussolini, | Was absent. He had not returned | from army maneuvers in Sicily. King Victor Emanuel presided. The new ship was christened by Signora Teresa Cabella, wife of a veteian worker in the Ansaldo shipyard at Sestri Pon- ente near Genoa, where the Littorio is being built. Mussolini ordered both the new battleships christened by wives of workingmen, {UNTERMYER WARNS POLAND ON POGROMS Tells Jewish Conference America Will Refuse to Lend Eco- nomic Aid. By the Associated Press. ANTWERP, Belgium, August 23.— Samuel Untermyer, New York lawyer and a leader of American Jews, said in a letter to the World Conference of the Federation of Polish Jews here today that Americans would refuse to aid Poland economically “so long as pogroms are tolerated by the Polish government.” Untermyer added that “should the Polish government decide to guarantee protection and the rights of Polish Jews * * * Americans will help Poland become once more an economically independent state.” One hundred delegates from 19 countries, including Central and South American nations, attended sessions. o Shawls Used in Exercise. Shawls are used by girls in a new gymnaastic exercise in Moscow, Russia. Musicians Tonight Will Honor Composer of “St. Louis Blues” By the Associated Press. 8T. LOUIS, August 323.—The Negroes on the levee were singing “Lookin’ for the Bully of the Town,” ragtime’s rhythmic ancestor, when young William C. Handy, colored man who later composed the famous “8t. Louis Biues,” strode down to the riverfront here one June night in 1893 looking for a job. With just a few cents in his jeans, Handy needed money to complete his ministerial education. He got & job on the levee and after 8 week changed his mind about his future. The workers’ melancholy chants with the melodic blue notes caught his ear, and he resolved to transpose their simple beauty into orchestral music. ‘Tonight the 8t. Louis Musical Asso- ciation and the Nagional Association of Negro Mugsician: Jonor Handy with ! Blues,” first scribbled on a cigar box. It was not until 20 years after his first visit that he returned to write the song “I had no idea would be so popular,” the one that made him famous. He had come to fill an engagement with the band he built from his one- man-and-a-guitar idea in a river- front saloon while he was heaving sacks on and off the Mississippi River boats. “I sang in the saloon and they liked it,” Handy smiled, “and I made enough money to stake myself for a start.” He says the “St. Louis Blues” just “sorta” came along one day as he retraced his steps along the levee with a cigar box lid and & pencil in his hand. “I was just seeking to set down in music the tom-tom beat, the syn- copation, t] umor of the old songs, snd the Kpgxa PUBLIC DEBT GOES T05%.%1.188.248 Total Hits New Record High. September Borrowing May Be $1,200,000,000. By the Associated Press The public debt climbed to a new | $36.961,188,248 record high on August 20, the Treasury reported today. Piscal officials said meanwhile that | the Government's September borrow- | ing may approximate $1,200,000,000. | A $1,170,000,000 financing operation | will be necessary to meet note and, discount bill maturities September 15. | Authorities said the aggregate bor- | rowing may be confined to meeting | these maturites and providng about | $30.000,000 of new cash. They as-| serted no decision has been reached | as to the type of obligatons to be is- sued. This probably will be decided | next week. The Treasury, through weekly is- sues of $50,000,000 in bills, has been buildng up its cash working balance steadily for the last six weeks. An- other $50,000,000 issue is being sold today. These issues have been necessary largely because of the Treasury's gold sterilzation policy, which provides for the purchase of gold with borrowed money. The policy is designed to maintain stable credit conditons, Since this fiscal year began July 1, gold acquisitions have totaled $209,- 000,000, or about $4,000,000 a day. Rether than borrow any substantial fum in September to finance future gold purchases, officials said, the Treasury probably will rely on week- to-week bill issues, In this way, they said, the Treasury could borrow up to about $600,000,000 | in anticipation of March income tax' receipts. It also could (:o-ordmlleJ borrowing closely with gold inflows. Citing President Roosevelt's recent | appeal for economy, and predictng additonal revenues from the new tax | loophole-plugging bill, officials ex- pressed hope the debt would not rise | far above $37.000.000.000 during the | remainder of this fiscal year. DONORS INVITED TO HEALTH CAMP Tuberculosis Association Sets Next Monday for Inspection at Bald Eagle Hill. The District Tuberculosis Associa- tion today invited those whose con- tributions helped to fill the health camp for tubercular children on Bald Eagle Hill to inspect the ecamp next Monday at 3 p.m. “This will be an opportunity for those who contributed so generously to see the good their money is ac- complishing for these children,” Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, managing director of the association, said. At the hour of the inspection the children will be resting in their dormi- tories. After visiting the dormitories, the visitors may see the youngsters take their afternoon shower and then g0 to supper. Health of the 125 children in the camp is improving remarkably, Mrs. Grant said. They entered the eamp suffering from tuberculosis in the early stages, which will be arrested in most of them by the Summer treat- ment. The association had funds suficient to care for only 60 children when the camp opened on July 6, but voluntary contributions in the succeeding weeks made it possible to fill the camp to its capacity of 125. The camp period will end on September 7. PHILIPPINE OFFICIAL’S NEPHEW SHOT TO DEATH Carling Franco Is Killed in Scuf- fle in Front of Los Angeles Cafe. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 23.—A man identified by police as Carling Franco, 26, nephew of Vice President Osmena of the Philippine Commonwealth, was ahot to death last night in a scuffie in front of a downtown restaurant. Witnesses told police -three men came into the place where Franco was eating. Pranco went outside with them and scuffied with one for possession of his revolver. During the struggle, an- other member of the trio drew a gun and shot Franco to death. The assail- ants fled. The identification of Franco was made by Detective Lieut. Thad Brown, who investigated. Brown said Franco, shot twice, died almost immediately. #a characteristic of the | . Investigators_said they know the Bruno Captured JOSEPH J. BRUNO, Shown after his capture in New York yesterday. Bruno, 54, escaped from a Pennsyl- vania prison last December while serving a triple life sen- tence {or participation in the 1934 election eve massacre at Kelayres, Pa. While a fugitive Bruno died his hair black and grew a mustache. —A. P. Photo. 'LAND “SINK” IS LAID TO ERODING RIVER Occurrence in Idaho Is in Reality a Slip, Federal Experts Report. ‘The Salmon Falls River, eroding large portions of its banks, caused the extensive land “sinks” near Buhl, Idaho, officiels of the Geological Sur- vey of the Interior Department said here today, on the basis of reports made from first-hand sources. The occurrence is a land slip and not a true “sink,” say the officials, the earth having sloughed off and found & natural levee, in view of the new conditions. Underground streams of lava form a crust, officials here pointed out, and when & true “sink” occurs, that crust collapses. The ceilings of under- ground caverns also may give way, causing the land sinking. In 1910, at Staunton, Va, a land sink took place, causing demolition of a house and damage to other struc- tures. TOMATO FESTIVAL PRINCESSES PICKED Four Named by Morgan County Groups—Baby Show to Be Feature. Special Dispatch to The Btar. BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va,, Au- gust 23.—Morgan County tomato can- ners and the Young Men's Business Club, the latter sponsor of the affair, last night selected four princesses to appear with the queen at the first an- nual tomato festival here September 4, 5 and 6. They were: Miss Bernadean Unger, of James 8. R. Unger. Miss Ruth Yoet, senior at West Vir- ginia University, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Yost. Miss Mildred Unger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Unger. Miss Elsie Michael, daughter of the late Milton Michael. S8ponsors of the affair announced addition of a baby show as a feature of the festival. It will be held in the State park here the svening of the opening day. . daughter STEAMER UNDAMAGED INMYSTERY BOMBING Freighter Arrives at France After Being Target of Attack in ‘Western Mediterranean. By the Associated Press. PORT VENDRES, PFrance, August 23.—The British freighter Noemijulia arrived here today undamaged by bombs launched at her by two mys- terious airplanes in the Western Med- iterranean near Spanish civil war ‘waters. ‘The captain said the planes began dropping the bombs without warning. He was headed for Barcelona, Spain, and at the time was just off Ajaccio, the capital of Corsica. He promptly swung the ship about and started for this port at full speed. Several bombs hit the water near the ship, but did nothing more than badly frighten gthe crew of the 2.499-ton ean ' which earried s cargo of BRUNO CAPTURED AFTER LONG HUNT Convicted in 1934 “Kelayres | | | Massacre,” He Must Serve | Life Term. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, August 23.—Weary of dodging police for eight months, Jo- seph J. (Big Joe) Bruno willingly | | faced return to Pennsylvania today to serve three life sentences for the 1934 “Kelayres massacre” of flve men. | The 34-vear-old dethroned Repub- | | lican political boss of Kelayres. Pa., was arrested by New York and Penn- | sylvania detectives yesterday near a | rooming house in the upper Fast Side | | where he had lived since last Feb- | ruary. He had dyed his graying hair black and grown a new mustache. Bruno, who had been confined in a luxuriously-equipped jail in Potts- ville, Pa., pending hearing of an Ap- | | Peal, escaped last December 18 from | A guard taking him to a dentist after he feigned a toothache, Hunted Over Wide Area. ‘The subsequent "search, described | by Attorney General Charles G. Mar- giotti of Pennsylvania as “the great- | | est manhunt in the history of Penn- | | sylvania” extended from California | |to Florida and Cuba. Margiotti de- | clined to disclose the source of a “personal tip” which he said led to Bruno's arrest. | The fugitive offered no resistance when he was accosted on the street | by detectives. | “Youre Bruno, aren't you?” one asked | | Bruno, a short. partly-bald man‘ | weighing 20 pounds more than when he escaped. pointed to Chief of Detec- | tives L. D. Buono of Schuylkill County. | “Ask that fellow with you," he| | replied. “I've known him for 20 | years.” | Bruno Was Detective. “Big Joe" was a detective on | Buono's force at the time pistol, rifie and shotgun fire killed five and | wounded more than 20 of & group of Democrats as they marched by the Bruno home in a torchlight political | parade November 5, 1934, After | trials lasting from January to Sep- tember, 1934, Bruno and five members of his family were sentenced to prison terms in connection with the slayings. | “I wasn't content to live this way,” | Bruno told detectives. “I'm willing | to go back.” Bruno, who amassed a fortune of $200,000 during his political reign over | the mountainous coal mining com- munity, had only $9 when arrested. Police said they found no weapons in the $5-a-week room in which he| whiled away his time by reading. HUSBAND IS FREED OF AIDING FAMILY Judge Clears Father, 30, in Case Brought by Once-Wealthy Wife, 60. By the Axsocinted Press. GLOUCESTER, Mass, August 23 —Judge Edward Morley today found 30-year-old Burton S. Tucker inno- cent of the charge of his 60-year-old wife, Mrs. Olive 8. Tucker, that he failed to support their three children. Judge Morley said, “unsettled and hectic family relations” forced him to render such a verdict, although he pointed out the obligation to sup- | port the children rested with the| father, who eloped with his wife 14 years ago. Both Tucker, who dug clams in the | last six months during which it was charged he failed to support their children, and Mrs. Tucker were in court when Judge Morley rendered his decision. They did not apeak to each other and had no comment on | the verdict. Judge Morley said that until Febru- ary 9, 1937, Tucker had been a “mere figurehead” and subject to Mrs. Tucker's control. Mrs. Tucker, the court said, had supported the entire family. Mrs. Tucker charged her hand- some young husband had left her after her $800,000 fortune had been dissi- pated, but Tucker testified his wife still had an income of $500 & week. | 1 | His Story Lands Him in Jail. FALLS CITY, Nebr. (#) —The wild man ate the evidence in the case— feathers and all—But Leonard Roland, 19, of Rulo, went to jail anyhow. Roland pleaded guilty to stealing chickens which he said were pur- chased by & “wild man” in a carnival show. ‘Honest judge,” said Roland, “he ate them alive—feathers and all.” ting,* commented the judge, in jal” | the Voted to Take It Reassured by Doctor. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 23.—What is a blood test for syphilis? It's 100 per cent painless, Dr. Harry Eagle, laboratory expert of the United States Public Health Service, today assured the 200.000 Chicago citizens who have volunteered to submit to tests in the city's campaign to eradi- cate the disease. Furthermore, he said it takes only A tablespoonful of blood and a few seconds of time. The initial test to be used in the syphilis drive is the Kahn process, developed by Dr. Reuben Kahn of University of Michigian, Dr. Eagle gave this non-technical descrip- | tion of it: “A constricting band is wrapped around the upper arm, making the vein stand out beneath the skin. The point of & hypodermic naedle is in- troduced into the vein and about a tablespoonful of blood is withdrawn The vein closes immediately and the test is complete ax far as the testes is concerned. Any doctor can taka this blood sample in a few seconds " Each sample then will go to either the city or State laboratory. “There it goes into a centrifuginz machine and whirled at high speed to separate the serum or liquid from the cells or solid matter,” Dr. Eagla said. “The liquid rises to the of the test tube. The serum is neated fn & water bath for 30 minutes and A& testing eompound evoived bv Dr Kahn added. The mixture is shaken by hand or machine for seven min- utes, “If the mixture appears clear, when examined before a strong light, the individual is free from syphilic. A cloudy sediment indicates the pres- ence of the disease.” The program here calls for a Wa-- serman test of every “positive’ xam- ple, as a double precaution. Tne Wasserman test differs from the Kah in many ways. Applied to 150 defendants arraigner on disorderly conduct charges Women's Court az an experiment. the Kahn tests turned up 50 cases o syphilis in a week. Since then man other defendants in such cases have been ordered to submit to examina- tions. Test results will be mailed to dor- tors =0 they may advise their patient The tests here will be free, with 5.00 physicians having agreed to assist Of a million baliots mailed to Chi €Ago residents, asking if they woul agree to free, secret tests for Svphils, approximately 75,000 had been taby.| lated today and Dr. Louis Schmidy head of the Campaign C/\mm:"5=1 said 95 per cent had voted ‘“ves Since whole families voted on & xingla ballot. he estimated the acceptances at 200,000 persons, Progress Held “Astounding.” Bs the Associated Press, Astonizhing progress is being made in the drive to control syphills, Dr Thomas Parran, surgeon general of the Public Health Service, said yee- terday. Returning from a trans-continental inspection of Public Health Service laboratories, State health ecommis- sions and Marine hospitals, he said he was “agreeably astounded” by the intensity of the campaign. “The current campaign in Chicagn is, of course, the most prominent undertaking now being carrisd out." he said, ard it “gratifvingly chows that the fight is moving out of the sphere of thought into one of definite action.” ARRANGED AT FETE Both Live and Mounted Speci- mens Will Be Shown During Antietam Celebration. By the Associated Press HAGERSTOWN, Md.. August 23 Indoor and outdoor exhibits of wilc life, both live and mounted specimen: will be shown here during the Antietan: celebration and commemoration Sep- tember 4 to 17. The exhibition will be under super vision of the Hagerstown Chapter of the Izaak Walton League. Groups participating in the displa\ will be the Appalachian Club, Field and Trial Club, Potomac Rod and Gun Club, Virginia State Conservation De- partment, United States Bureau of Fisheries and the United States De- partment of Agriculture. The Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Youth Administration are aiding in arranging buildings for the displays A display of valuable furs, mounter wild life specimens of wild turke: grouse, bob white, coon and bear will be shown in the main building, alonz with booths showing methods of pro- tecting game. A model hunter's cabin also will be shown. Fourteeni 50-gallon aquariums will occupy the center of the building anc will contain specimens of all fish native to Maryland fresh waters Along the sides will be mounted speci- mens of moose, deer and bear and sailfish, marlin and dolphin caught by Henry Hanson of Hagerstown. | EDUCATION IS TERMED WORLD AMITY MEANS Mrs. Katherine Cook of Interior Department Speaks at Third Pan-American Parley. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, August 23.—Educa~- tion was advanced as the medium for promoting international good will at the opening of the third Pan-Ameri- can Conference on Education here yesterday. Nearly 500 delegates from the United States and Latin American countries attended the first session. Mrs. Katheerine Cook of the Bureai of Education, Department of the In- terior, headed the United States dele- gation. She told the convention that “education is the best way to promots international understanding” and said the United States educational program has as one objective “to perpetuate and extend the good-neighbor policy.” The other United States delegate: Miss Esther Crooks of Gouch llege, Baltimore, Md., and Willard Beatty of the Bureau of Indi re, Washington.