Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1940, Page 8

Y | A—8 MAN i1 you wear ready-made clothes You've Boen Missing Something! * X-kays Are Advocated For All Domestic Help X-ray of all domestic help as a means of preventing the infiltration of tuberculosis into private homes was recommended yesterday by the District Tuberculosis Association. “In numerous instances,” said Mrs, Ernest R. Grant, managing director, “we have found that tuberculosis has been spread by house servants and nursemaids who were not examined prior to their employment. Particu- larly is this so in families where ‘there are children, because of the intimacy of the association.” The association reminded that a free X-ray clinic is operated by the District Health Department at 469 C street N.W. for examination of indigent persons. Nebraska Democrats Reject OwnNominee's Pensior Limit Plan State G. O. P. Convention Adopts Platform Attacking New Deal By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr, May 3—Ne- braska’s Democrats turned down last night a platform plank calling for a $30 ceiling on old-age pensions, suggested by the nominee for Gov- ernor, Terry Carpenter. The State’s Republicans finished an uneventful convention today with adoption of & platform attacking the New Deal. The pension issue was tossed onto the convention floor, with the vote 61313 for and 461); against Mr. YOU’VE MISSED that smart crisp appear- ance that stays for years in finer made-for-you suits, You've missed that '‘old-shoe’ comfort that re- laxes the wearer of custom clothes. You've missed the dignifiad distinctiveness of exclusive custom fabrics. Women's Aviation Group Protests C.A.A. Transfer By the Associated Press. Carpenter’s plan, and upon which ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., May Dying Gangster Admits Killing Three Policemen in 1934 Tells Story to Officers After Being Shot In Escape Attempt By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 3.—Norman (the Duke) Zeff, Brooklyn hoodlum, finally “sang”—but he did it the hard way. He erased a page in New York's record of unsolved crimes as he gasped out the details of the 1934 slayings of three policemen, just be- fore he died yesterday with five po- lice pistol shigs in his body. That was the story authorities wanted him to “sing”—the reason he was being brought from Auburn Prison to New York by train Wed- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.:C, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1940, fled the train at Yonkers, but was brought down by sharp-shooting de- tectives. From dawn until late afternoon yesterday, Zeff told his story piece- meal, as his weskening condition permitied. Assistant District Attorney Jacob Rosenblum sald the gangster's deathbed “song” had soived the sep- arate killings of Detective James Garvey and Patrolmen John Mona- han and Philip Clarius, all shot down in Brooklyn. 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Demo- crats selected Willlam A. Schall of Omaha unanimously to succeed re- tiring Chairman James C. Quigley, who is also national committeeman. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, a sup- !por'.er of Thomas E. Dewey for ‘Presldent. was the Republican key- note speaker, while Democrats heard | Federal Security Administrator Mc- | Nutt, a candidate in his own right. | The two speakers paid their re- | spects to each other in an informal | | visit in Omaha this morning. ‘, McNutt Satisfied by Prospects. | | Mr. McNutt avoided direct ref-| | erence to his candidacy in his | | speech. But he told reporters he was i“very well satisfied” with his pros- | | 3.—Directors of the Women’s Na- tional ~ Aeronautics Association adopted a vigorous protest against placing the Civil Aeronautics Au- thority in the Department of Com- merce. Mrs. Mark P. 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