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Ave. You'll want to dine downtown tomorrow THURSDAY We'll serve our regular $1.50 dinner e | The Chef's SPECIAL 15 FRIED SPRING CHICKEN Marylond Style Other Entrees, from 65¢ DINNER, 5:30 to 9 DANCING from 7:30 Stay on and donce through the SUPPER hour to 1 a.m. Carr and Don Orchestra Adelita Varela will entertain throughout the evening with Span- ish and Mexican Songs—and Mary LaMar with “Swing.” No Cover—No Minimum, bt O Read This Book Length Novel Free . . . in Daily Instalments \\ |z / 7y ("l]"\"\‘“ Beginning Tomorrow in The Evening Star p- | | Mrs. | {agreement to pay $2,500 for her hus- |//11ed him to believe there were By State Policeman Posing as 'Killer' Minister and Woman Accused of Planning Insurance Slaying By the Associated Press. UNIONTOWN, Pa., March 20.—A State trooper posing as a “killer” uncovered a bizarre murder-for-in- surance plot in which a Spiritualist minister and the wife of a tavern keeper are accused of scheming to kill the woman’s husband. Motor Police Lt. William R. Hanna said the Rev. Clayton R. Miller, 63, of nearby Brownsville, and Mrs. Amelia Santilli, 31-year-old attrac- tive brunette of Uniontown, signed statements admitting the frustrated plot which they blamed each other The two waived hearing last night {on charges of conspiracy to commit imurder and solicitation to commit | murder. They were jailed without |bond and denied visitors pending action by the June term of court. Police learned of the plot a week {ago from a former convict. The in- | tended victim, 47-year-old Albert | Santilli, was spirited out of the city for safekeeping. Mrs. Santilli re- ported he had been abducted. “I could hardly believe she would want to kill me. I am through with her forever,” declared Mr. Santilli. The plot outlined by Lt. Hanna: Mr. Miller, who is an ordained minister, but has no pastoral assign- ment, contacted a former convict and requested him to “get some one to take a man for a ride.” The man, instead, tipped off po- lice, and the “killer” turned out to be 27-year-old Trooper W. J. Hayes, a native of Toledo, Ohio, who was assigned to the case. The trooper said he met Mrs. San- tilli and Mr. Miller at the minister’s home and that she told him she wanted her husband killed—“I don't care how, as long as it looks like an accident.” The woman showed Mr. Hayes a $5,000 insurance policy on her hus- band which carried a double in- demnity clause for accidental death. When the trooper pressed for in- formation about his pay, he said, Santilli gave him a signed band’s death. Mr. Hayes reported Miller then “sev= | eral other jobs” which could be done |in a similar manner. | - City News in Brief TODAY. Meeting, Life Insurance Class, | Willard Hotel, 5 p.m. | Dinner, Washington Association of Credit Men, Hotel Hamilton, 5 m. Dinner. Chicago Golden Gloves, Hote: Hamilton, 6:30 p.m. Dinner. Shell Oil Co., Hotel 2400, 7 pm. Meeting, Washington Philatelic ’5 Association, Mayflower Hotel, 7 p.m. Meeting, Maine State Society, || Wardman' Park Hotel, §-pm. Meeting, District PFederation of ||| rederal Employes. Willard Hotel, 8 pm. Meeting, Washington Newspaper | | Guild, Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. e, ||| Meeting, Sons of the American Revolution, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Panhellenic * Association, Mayflower -Hotel. 8 p.m. Dance Federal Lodge No.1, Ward- man Park Hotel. 10 p.m. TOMORROW. day, Breakfast, Credit Women of Washington, Willard Hotel, 7:45 a.m. Breakfast, Golden Gloves, Hotel Hamilton, 8 am. ber Co., Hearing., Civil Aeronautics Au- thority, Mayflower Hotel, 10 am. 12.14 pm. Lunch, Central Association, Hotel Hamilton, p.m. Luncheon, Junior Board of Com- merce, Hotel Annapolis, 12:20 p.m. Lunch, General Tire & Rubber Co., Hotel Hamilton, 12:30 p.m. Lunch, Golden Gloves, Hotel Ham- ilton, 12:30 p.m. Lunch, Phi Delta Phi, Hotel Ham- ilton, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Washington Casualty & | Surety Co., Hotel Ambassador, 12:30 .m. L Luncheon, Kiwanis Club, May- flower Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Cosmopolitan Club, Carlton Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Meeting, luncheon, D. C. Pharma- ceutical Association, Wardman Park Hotel. 1 pm, Meeting, Life Insurance Class, ‘Willard Hotel, 5 p.m. Meeting, Amity Club, Hotel Hamil- ton, 5:30 p.m. Dinner and meeting, Nash Kel- vinator Co., Hotel Ambassador, 6:15 Businessmen’s 12:15 pm. Buffet supper, Washington Traffic Club, Mayflower Hotel, 6:30 p.m. Meeting, Tau Phi Sorority, Ward- man Park Hotel, 8 pm. Meeting, Thirteen Club, Willard Hotel, 8 pm, Meeting, Washington Section League of Laymen’s Retreats, Wil- lard Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, St. Charles College Lay Alumni Association, Willard Hotel, 8pm. Meeting, Master Painters, Hotel Ambassador, 8 pm. Meeting, Committee on Latin American Law, American Bar Asso- ciation, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Washington Retail Hard- ware Association, Mayflower Hotel, 8:15 p.m. Meeting, Lido Civic Club, May- flower Hotel, 8:30 p.m. BUY FRESM Packed in An Attractive EASTER BOX NOT FRESH ROASTED LRUTS 2 2R 705 (Betw. Peoples Dr 1010 F S (Opposite Woodwa: OPEN EVENINGS Murder Plot Exposed | [Spring Is Here, Convention, Delta Kappa Gamma | - | Sorority, Wardman Park Hotel, all| Meeting, General Tire and Rub- | Hotel Hamilton, 8:15 am.| Meeting, luncheon, North Wash- | ington Lions Club, Kenesaw Cafe, | | sideration and with & full apprecia- | sibilities of the step ¥ | re-election under the State law. | particularly | was in 1938. THE EVENING ‘STAR,’ WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY; ‘MARCH 20, 1940.° But Drop to 32 Is Forecast Spring, officially arrived at 1:2¢ pm. today in a burst of balmy weather too good to last. The Weather Bureau predicted & high of 58 degrees today, dampened by rain during the day. The tem- perature was due for a drop to 32 degrees. Yesterday the mercury rose to 60 degrees. The forecaster won't issue any Easter fashion advice until Friday night. Then he will predict whether Easter will be accompanied by fur coat or straw hat weather. Just as unwilling to venture into the realm of prediction today were National Capital Parks officials, who say any one’s guess about the bloom- ing of the cherry blossoms is as good as theirs. ‘The cherry blossoms, however, will definitely not bloom for Easter. Ac- cording to the officials, the trees need a period of balmy weather, not | being able to cope with this up-to- | day-down-tomorrow sort of weather prevalent here recently. Park men closest to the famous trees said this year may be one of the latest on record for the blooms. ‘The two record years for late bloom- ing were 1934 and 1932, when the single blossom trees didn't open their buds until April 15 and the double blossom trees until May 1 and April 29, respectively. The calendar, however, hasn't as | much to do with the blooming as the weather. For in 1927, the «trees ! blossomed on March 20. In 1938, they bloomed March 25; in 1925, March 27 and in 1929 and 1939, March 30. Meanwhile, the Greater National | Capital Committee is preparing for | an even larger throng of Easter | visitors in Washington than usual. Hundreds of requests fog tourist in- formation have already come to the committee, it was said, and the | hotels are rapidly becoming booked- | up with reservations. Edison (Continued From f‘{rit Page.) special assistant to the Secretary of State. Another name earlier asso- | ciated with the cabinet post is that of Gov. L. B. Stark of Missouri. Gov. Stark, however, is now an an- nounced candidate for the Demo- cratic senatorial nomination, and is also engaged in a contest with Senator Clark for control of the | Democratic delegatior. to the na- | tional convention | In his statement Mr. Edison said that “after weeks o. earnest con- | | Some members of the church sought |the announcement of the appoint- | Businessmen’s | Hamilton Hotel Tomorrow at 12:15 Holy Thursday Mass To Reopen Church Closed by Interdict Archbishop Lifts Ban As Parish Submits in Dispute Over Pastor By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, March 20.—Holy Thursday mass will reopen Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, closed by a month-old interdict that fol- lowed parishioners’ rebellion against selection of a new priest. Archbishop Joseph Schrembs lift- ed his interdict against 1,500 mem- bers of the Italian-American parish as they expressed repentance a® a meeting arranged at their request. Each pledged unqualified submis- sion to lawful ecclesiastical authori- ty and repeated after the archbishop “the act of submission or absolu- tion.” Shouting men, women and chil- dren had barred the Rev. Vincent Caruso, pastor designated by Arch- bishop Schrembs, from the church three times. The interdict was im- posed after a February 18 disturb- ance when the parishioners refused to open a way for Msgr. Floyd L. Begin; Father Caruso, Knights of St. John and a squad of policemen. The Rev. Martin Compagno, Holy Redeemer pastor, died in November. the appointment of the Rev. Louis Loi Zedda, seven years an assistant at the church, and others asked that a secular (non-order) priest be named. Fathers Loi Zedda and Ca- ruso are members of Our Lady of Mercy Order. Parishioners last night applauded ment of Dr. Achilles P. Ferreri, di- | ocesan defensor vinculi, as parish administrator, and the Rev. Stephen | Towell as assistant pastor. Both‘ are secular priests. Father Caruso, an assistant at an- | other church, will remain there, diocesan officials said. To Discuss Frauds Mrs. Sally Muchmore, associate | director of the Better Business Bureau, will speak on “Fraudulent | Schemes in Washington, D. C., To- | day” at the luncheon of the Central Association in the pm. the Secretary’s anno nt was | unnecessary. Representative Norton, vice chair- | man of the Democratic State Com- mittee and at present acting chair- man, said the Secretary’s announce- tion of the seriousness and respon- | am taking, I | have decided to permit my name Lo, g0 on the petition for nomination as Governor of New cJersey on the Democratic ticket.” It is expected that Mr. Edison will | be nominated without serious oppo- sition. His appointment to be Sec- | retary of the Navy—he had been Assistant Secretary for years—not only was well merited, but was also regarded as a build-up fer an even- tual nomination for Governor. His running mate on the-Democratic ticket is expected to be James H. R. Cromwell, American Minister to Canada, as nominee for Senator. Mr. Cromwell is the husband of the for- mer Doris Duke. He was appointed to his present post last- December. Hoffman in G. O. P. Race. Mr. Edison will be opposed in the gubernatorial race by either former Gov. Harold G. Hoffman or State Senator Robert C. Hendrickson of Woodbury, Republican contestants for the nomination. The present Democratic Governor of New Jersey, A .Harry Moore, is not eligible for Mr. Hoffman, who has been out of office for three years, has been cam- paigning ever since for another nomination. He is regarded as a likely nominee this year. He has been a vote getter in the past and may be a strong candidate again, if there is a Repub- lican swing in the State, as there “Good-by, Hoffman.” exclaimed Senator Smathers, Democrat, of New Jersey when informed of the gubernatorial candidacy of Mr. Edi- son, The Senator, the first to advocate _rc;pectod and more beloved by our ment “made me very happy that he had finally decided to run.” “We feel in New Jersey that no man could be suggested who is more | citizens,” she said. “Undoubtedly, | he will be the next Governor of our State. It will give me a great deal ;of pleasure to hflp to direct the coming campaign.” Your mattress may head and zest for i Architect Is Awarded $19,687 Judgment A $19,68750 verdict in favor of Albert I. Cassell, colored architect, was on file today in District Court against Howard University follow- ing a month of testimony. A jury after five hours’ delibera- tion returned the verdict to Justice T. Alan Goldsborough yesterday afternoon. 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