Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1940, Page 4

Two Are Rescued From Auto Aflame After Accident Passengers Escape With Minor Injuries On Benning Road ‘The charred wreck of an automo- bile today bore mute testimony to the narrow escape of its two passen- gers yesterday, pulled to safety when the car burst into flames after a eollision with another in the 4500 block of Benning road N.E. John A. Davis, 23, of 1200 N street N.W, and Paul Ridnour, 22, of 518 Quintana place N.W,, were taken to Providence Hospital, not in a serious eondition, after being pulled from the car by Lewis Baker, attendant at a nearby gasoline station. Rushes to Rescue. ‘The car, driven by Mr. Davis, was in collision with one driven by Claude E. Morgan, 26, of 1210 Eigh- teenth street N.W. according to police. Mr. Ridnour remained in the hos- pital for treatment for face cuts and burns on the face and hands, while Mr. Davis was released after treat- ment for face and scalp cuts Their rescuer was slightly burned on the hands. Mr. Morgan was treated at the scene for cuts above the eye. No. 27 Engine Company respond- ed to & local alarm and extinguished the blaze. At Georgetown Hospital, Fannie Palmer, 34, colored, of Seminary Hill, Arlington, Va., died yesterday of injuries received when the car in which she was riding was struck by a Washington & Old Dominion freight train in Arlington Friday. Auto Hit by Street Car. A motorist narrowly escaped in- Jury and traffic on Fourteenth street was tied up nearly a half hour this morning, when, according to police, a small coupe was struck by a southbound street car and thrown into the path of another street car moving north in the 1000 block of Fourteenth street N.-W. The driver of the automobile, Wil- liam G. Downey, 26, of 3744 Hunt- ington street N.W., was uninjured. The story told by witnesses was that the coupe, preparing to make a left- hand turn into an alley, was struck from behind by the street car and then hit by a second street car, which turned the vehicle completely around. Traffic became snarled as passers- by assisted in removing the auto- mobile, which was badly damaged, | from the thoroughfare. Both street cars were able to resume service. Other Accidents. Struck at New Hampshire avenue and Buchanan street N.W. Carl Conradi, 8, of 310 Delafield place N.W. was in Garfield Hospital with cuts about the head and face. His condition was said not to be serious. Howard Heffron, 33, of 644 Mary- land avenue S.W. escaped with minor injuries when his car over- turned on Naylor road S.E. near District line. He was treated at Providence Hospital for cuts about the face and head and released. Politics __(Cominued Prom First Page)- velt if the Chief Executive decides to seek a third term. Senator Wheeler broke with the President on the Supreme Court fight, but there have been reports that better political feeling was developing between the two. The discussion of foreign affairs in the President’s speech Saturday night which apparently set the pitch for other party leaders included this statement: “We are keeping out of the wars ® * * but I do not subscribe to the preachment of a Republican aspirant for the presidency who tells you in effect that the United States * * * should do nothing to bring about a better order * * * of world peace when the time comes.” This was interpreted as a jibe st Thomas E. Dewey of New York, whose campaign also was the target of other Democratic spokesmen over the week end. Farley's First Major Speech. Making the first major address of his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in Boston last night, Mr. Farley upheld the Roosevelt foreign policy and praised particularly the trade agreements program of Secretary Hull. Also striking the foreign policy note were Senators Byrnes of South Carolina and Schwellenbach of Washington, stanch administration supporters. In a statement issued through the Democratic National Committee, Senator Byrnes declared that Mr. Dewey had “one foreign policy for the Atlantic seaboard and another * * * for the Middle West,” while Senator Schwellenbach told a West Virginia rally that the New York district attorney’s speeches “Indicate a sublime ignorance of any of the fundamentals of foreign policy.” Nearly 2,000 persons, among them nearly every one of the Bay State’s Democratic leaders, heard Mr. Far- ley, who spoke after Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts had given him “unmistakable assurance” of support by Massachusetts, where the presidential primary will be held April 30. Three former Massachu- setts Democratic Governors, James M. Curley, Charles F. Hurley and Joseph B, Ely, the latter an out- spoken foe of the New Deal, also pledged their allegiance to Mr. Far- ley and urged restoration of party harmony in the Bay State. Mr. Farley told newsmen that his address constituted the first public expression of his personal views on eurrent issues as a candidate. He urged that the United States extend financial assistance to its American neighbors for the de- velopment of non-competitive re- sources and recommended economic eo-operation with the peaceful na- tions of the world. First Line of Defense. Asserting that the Nation’s first line of defense is to avoid possibility of involvement in the current war, the Postmaster General added: “Keeping neutral is mighty hard and it is not done by being weak. “You cannot take anything for granted in this insane war business. For that reason I hope every Amer- ican will keep constantly in mind the necessity for making sure that the war shall not cross the American base line.” He made it emphatically clear that he was & firm supporter of the administration’s foreign policy. T think all Americans can agree,” he sald, “on the program which A 3 «{Qceans is our Jriend.” TWO ESCAPED FROM THIS—Mass of twisted metal is all that remains today of an automobile that caught fire after an accident on Benning road N.E. yesterday. Two men escaped with- out serious injury when pulled from the car by a gasoline station attendant.—Star Staff Photo. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, o President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull have carefully and firmly fol- lowed, and which has been carried out by every part of the Govern- ment. The program is simple. Any one can undrestand it; nobody needs to be afraid of it. It is simply this: “Complete preparedness for Amer- ican defense. “Complete exclusion of aggression of war from the Western Hemis- phere. “Assistance, when necessary, to our American neighbors. “Maintenance of American neu- trality and non-involvement, with- out surrender of American rights. “Steady work towards mutually beneficial commercial relations with those parts of the world which will go along with us in the way of | peace. “Steady insistence that the Amer- | ican interest calls for a world which | wants peave, believes in peace, prac- | ilces peace and is willing to accept | international law and good neigh- borship as the only means of get- ting it.” Rules to Avoid War. Offering his rules for keeping the | United States out of war, Mr. Far- | ley said that “The simplest, the best and most sensible way of making sure that no overseas power crosses the American baseline is to see to it that everybody on this| side of the Atlantic and Pacific -yr o With the President' 'and * Mr. Dewey far out in front.in pledged and semi-pledged convention dele- gates, the Democrats g’fiweek will select 80 additional "delegates, in- cluding 72 in Pennsylvania's pri- mary tomorrow and eight at large in an Illinois convention Friday. They already have chosen 248 of their total of 1,094. Republicans will pick 106 lhis‘ week to add to their 335 already | selected out of a total of 1,000. The 106 will consist of 3 to be chosen in Hawaii today, 72 in Pennsylvania tomorrow, 6 in Delaware Wednes- day, 2 in the Philippines Tnursday! and 8 at large in Illinois, 11 in Mis- | sissippi and 4 at large in Missouri | Friday. . o Suicide (Continued From First Page.) the kitchen of his home early yes- terday. The woman who was taken to Emergency Hospital after plunging from the Calvert Bridge was Mrs. Margaret Frere, 29, of 1124 Tenth street NW. Note Left to Girl. The body of young Stenz was dis- covered about 5:30 a.m. today by his father, Norman Stenz, retired. On the running board of the car was & note, addressed to his young sweet- heart, which said: “My dearest sweetheart: I tried to please you, but love wasn’t enough. Your sweetheart forever—George.” Mr. Stenz said that the boy had taken the family car out shortly before noon yesterday and had said he was going skating. He had not returned home when the family re- tired and Mr. Stenz got up during the night to see if the boy had come in, He arose again at dawn and went out into the garage. The auto- mobile was in there, its motor running. A hose from a vacuum cleaner ran from the exhaust pipe into the car. The boy’s body was slumped over the steering wheel. Mr. Stenz summoned the Fire Rescue Squad and an Emergency Hospital ambulance. Efforts to re- vive him were futile and the ambu- lance doctor pronounced him dead. The family’s only child, he had graduated from Central High School last year and had been attending a printing school in Brooklyn, from which he had taken a week-end vacation. Deputy Coroner Christo- pher Murphy issued a certificate of suicide. Woman’s Conditien Critical. The condition of the bridge vic- tim was said at Emergency ta be critical. She had suffered multiple fractures of both legs and internal injuries and had been unconscious since being found, Her husband, James H. Frere, an employe of the telephone company, said that she had been suffering from a nervous ailment for some time. She had been sleepless many nights, he said, and sometimes got up from bed and went out for a ride in a taxi. On Saturday night they had played cards with some friends and had retired about 1 a.m. Some time later, she woke Mr, Frere to tell him FENCES-GATES FRED . GICHNER IRON WORKS, INC. RE. 2420 | she could not sleep and was going | point where the span rises some 70 | | GEORGE C. STENZ. out for a ride. “She kissed me goodbye and then went out,” he said. “The next thing I heard was a phone call from police. | They told me she had had an acci- dent.” Police had received a call about 6:30 am. from a person who did not identify himself, saying that a body was lying undu-flw"Cnlvm1 Bridge. Policemen S. C. Belt and R. M. Kirby went to the scene and foun’i_légs. Frere. ks W b ¥ Tree Saved Her. ton about five years ago, had gone to work in the Agiculture Depart- ment and later transferred to the War Departmnet. Recently she re- turned to Agriculture. She had been under a physician's care for some time because she had been depressed. Two weeks ago, she had been a patient in Emergency Hospital for several days, but police were unable to learn what she had been treated for. Deputy Coroner Murphy said he would conduct an autopsy in an ef- fort to learn the nature of the drug Miss Lofink had taken. Had Been in Hospital. Mr. Taylor had been admitted to Walter Reed Hospital on September 9, 1939, and had been under treat- ment there since. He came from Annapolis. A nurse at the hospital found him lying in the basement of one of the buildings in an uncon- scious condition after a plunge from the stairs on the second floor. He died a short time later and Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald issued a certificate of suicide. The body of Mr. Cook was dis- covered by his wife, Natalie, about 11:15 o'clock last night. All the gas Jjets in the kitchen were on and near the body was a note which said, “I cannot go on.” Members of Mr. Andrew Murphy’s family attributed his suicide to de- pression over his inability to find work. He was found in the kitchen of his home, his head in the oven of the stove and the gas turned on. His. father is Sylvester Murphy, Her body lay on the grass, at a feet above the ground. In falling, | her body had struck a tree befare it | hit the rain-softened earth and this | undoubtedly saved her from instant | for many years desk clerk at the fifth precinct. No notes were found. Mrs. Hillman's body was discov- ered by her husband, Charles, this morning when he returned to their apartment. Gas jets in the stove were open, but no notes were found. death, She had been married about three years, but had no children. It was the second marriage for Mr. Frere, who has a grown son. Two notes were found near Miss Lofink’s body. One said: “Dear Mother: Tired. Love you | and the kids. I think I am finding | peace. I broke my heart last mx.! Jane.” { The note was forwarded to Miss | Lofink’s mother, who lives in Wil- mington, Del. The other message was to Agatha Jones, the dead girl's roomate, and asked that a doctor’s bill be paid. It was the roommate who discov- ered the body. Police were told that Miss Lofink came to Washing- Good | have your old shoes repaired the 14- Point way, complete from new soles to polished uppers. for LATEST NEWS The Night Final Star, containing the latest news of the day during these dramatic times, is de- livered every evening throughout the city and suburbs between 6 P.M. and 7 P.M. Telephone National 5000 for immediate delivery. |dea! When you select your new spring shoes at any of the four con- veniently located Hahn Stores. .. . AND GET an extra pair of shoes as good as new, for lots more wear this spring. Remember . . . 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He urged, specifically, an increase of wages through extension of labor organizations and through volun- tary pay raises; a comprehensive program of minimum wage and maximum hour legislation through- out the States; reduction of interest rates to a maximum of 2 per cent; increased taxes to foot the bills for expanded public works spending and a forced reduction in prices. “If one-half of the national in- come now paid out in dividends and interest were converted into higher wages for labor and higher prices for farmers, Msgr. Ryan asserted, “the improved income of business through would greatly benefit employment.” He said he had little sympathy with the desire for new inventions CONGRESSMEN INDORSE Our Easy Charge Plan EISEMAN’S F at Tth Men’s and Women’s Apparel MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1940. s & remedy for inadequate employ- ment, asserting that it would be “far better to engage our unused money and unemployed men in creating the necessities of life for the millions who are now deprived of these goods.” Justice Stephens Speaks. The second speaker was Assoclate Justice Harold M. Stephens of the United States Court of Appeals, wno declared the present evils, local, national and international, must be corrected through reform of the in- dividual. The federation closed its three- day program with benediction at the Franciscan Monastery preceded by a tour of the grounds and cata- combs, Firm to Manufacture 3,080-H.P. Plane Engines By the Assoctated Press, LOS ANGELES, April 22—A. E. 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