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GLORIA MAY TELL
ORIGIN OF LEMS
Sixth Week of Vanderbilt
Trial Begins—Sorrow
Notes in Spotlight.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 3—Gloria
Vanderbilt, 10-year-old heiress, may
be called back to the Supreme Court
next week to tell Supreme Court Jus
tice John F. Carew what part of the
letters she wrote her grandmother
three years ago was her own idea.
The celebrated trial for the custody
of the little girl goes into its sixth
week on Monday, despite all the ef
forts of Justice Carew to wind it up
yesterday. One of the things that
prolonged it was the letters.
Written in 1931, when Gloria was 7
years old. they told of the child's un
happiness at the life she was leading
with her mother—being dragged
around Europe with only her nurse
for companionship. Many of the let
ters were addressed by Gloria to her
grandmother. Mrs. Laura Kilpatrick
Morgan, who has testified she thinks
the little girl w'ould be best off with
her aunt, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.
Wrangling Precedes Letters.
Hours of legal wrangling preceded
the introduction of the letters, and
when they were introduced yesterday.
Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt spent
more hours undergoing cross-exami
nation about them.
Mrs. Vanderbilt, who is trying to
get legal custody of her daughter,
contended that some of the expres
sions in the letters were too mature
for a child of 7. She said Glori<
could not have written as she did un
less some one had dictated to her—
presumably Emma Sullivan Keislich,
Gloria's nurse.
Mrs. Keislich has already testified
that she dictated expressions of af
fection in Gloria's letters to her
mother because she thought they were
called for.
Once Said Aunt Favorite.
Gloria has already paid one visit to
the court house and Justice Carew.
It was learned she told him emphatic
ally she wanted to stay with her
aunt.
The prolonged trial enters a new
week with Mrs. Vanderbilt still facing
a period of cross-examination, and
with at least six witnesses still to be
called on her behalf. With election
day falling in the coming week, and
with the possibility of another inter
ruption for the child's testimony, no
one would predict today when it all
would end.
Mrs. Vanderbilt. 29-year-old widow,
collapsed and became ill under the
friendly examination of her own
lawyer, but surprised everybody by
bearing up much better under cross
examination. She will have more of
it on Monday.
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U.S. PAPER TERMED
AHEAD OF EUROPEAN
Eugene Meyer Talks to Southern
Intercollegiate Press Group
at Lexington.
By the Associated Pres*.
LEXINGTON. Va„ November 3 —
Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Wash
ington Post, spoke here tonight at a
banquet marking the close of the
tenth anniversary meeting of the
Southern Interscholastic Press Asso
ciation at Washington and Lee Uni
versity. Mr- Meyer directed the at
tention of the high school editors
who heard him to the business side
of newspaper work.
Tracing the development of daily
newspapers in the United States, he
said American papers were far in ad
vance of European contemporaries in
boldness and independence because of
greater advertising revenue.
"Where an editor, in order to sur
vive. found it necessary to accept sub
sidies from interested political organ
izations,” Mr. Meyer said, “he became
subservient of necessity, and his in
fluence was consequently minimized.
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"It is, I think, a fair statement
when I say that the freedom of the
press has been based as much on ad
vertising revenue as on the guaran
tee of the Constitution. Constitutional
guarantees would have been of small
avail to the American editor if there
had been at his command only the
small commercial returns that are
available today to the newspapers of
many important European centers.
Subsidies from politicians and gov
ernments are a poor substitute for
the honorably earned revenues that
have aided in making the American
press what it is today.”
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.
Dinner, Retail Liquor Dealers’ As
sociation, Hamilton Hotel, 7:30 p.m.
Meeting. Upsilon Lambda Phi Fra
ternity, La Fayette Hotel, 4 p.m.
Meeting. Deborah Club, La Fayette
Hotel, 4 p.m.
Tea. Kappa Beta Pi -Legal Frater
nity, Mayflower Hotel, 5 p.m.
Lecture, Will Durant, auspices of
National Jewish Forum, Jewish Com
munity Center 8:15 p.m.
Meeting. Bartenders’ Alliance. Hotel
and Restaurant Employes’ Alliance,
Local 781, 1412 I street, 3 p.m.
Outing, Wild Flower Preservation
Society, Inc., meet at Chevy Chase
Circle, 9:30 a.m.
TOMORROW.
Meeting, Lincoln Women’s Reliel
Corps, No. 6, 935 G place, 8 p.m.
Meeting, Lodge No. 10. American
Federation of Government Employes
Congressional Library, 4:30 p.m.
Meeting. Lodge No. 7, Capital City
Guards, A. F. G. E„ Harrington Hotel
8 p.m.
Luncheon. Alpha Delta Phi Frater
nity, University Club, 12:30 p.m.
Dinner, Automotive Trade Associa
tion, Hamilton Hotel, 6 p.m.
Meeting, Texas Co., Hamilton Ho
tel, 7:30 p.m.
Meeting, Pi Psl Fraternity, Hamil
ton. 7:30 p.m.
Smoker, Psi Omega Dental Frater
nity. Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m.
Banquet, Craftsman Club, La Fay
atte Hotel. 6 p.m.
Luncheon, University of Pennsyl
vania Alumni, University Club, 12:3C
p.m.
Bingo party, 2943 Upton street
1:30 p.m.
Luncheon, Variety Club, Willard
Hotel, 1 p.m.
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“Pocahontas” Is First of Children’s Plays
"Pocahontas." the first of a series of six plays to be presented here under the auspices of the Childrens
Theater of New York, was performed yesterday at the National Theater.
The cast, left to right: Joyce Cooglle. Rose Meelege. Evelyn Pierce. Esther Marchant and Roxie White.
Inset: Mrs, Harold L. Iekes, wife of the Secretary of the Interior, who was the guest or honor. The next play
will be “Nobody's Girl,” to be presented December 8. Miss Matilda Young is directing the plays.
—Star Staff Photo.
Clarence E. Martin Chair
man of Investigation of
Recovery Laws.
By the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., November 3.
—The American Bar Association to
day trained a legal lense on the "novel
legislative and governmental trends”
of the New Deal.
Scott M. Loftin. president of the
association, named a committee of
seven "to study the effect of recent
developments in national legislation
and governmental policies as affecting
the rights and liberties of American
citizens and the maintenance of the
guarantees furnished by the United
States Constitution.”
The investigation was ordered by
the bar association at its annual meet
ing last August and the Executive
Committee directed Loftin to appoint
the special committee which will re
port its findings to the Executive
Council which, in turn, will place the
report and the council's comment be
fore the association's membership at
the next annual meeting.
Clarence E. Martin of Martinsburg,
W. Va., former president of the bar
association, is chairman of the in
vestigating group.
Other members of the committee
are Owen D. Young of New York, at
torney and industrialist once men
tioned as Democratic presidential
nominee; George Wharton Pepper of
Philadelphia, former United States
Senator from Pennsylvania; George
L. Buist of Charleston, S. C„ author
of the resolution calling for the spe
cial study; Charles P. Taft, 2d, of
Cincinnati, son of the former Presi
dent and a leader in the Cincinnati
reform movement, and Dr. John D.
Clark of Cheyenne, Wyo., attorney
and ecofiomist.
The bar's examination of New Deal
activities comes at a time when a
■number of pieces of Roosevelt legis
lation await final test in the United
States Supreme Court and when the
national administration and con
gressional committees are studying
New Deal laws for possible amend
ment b£ the next Congress.
VIGILANTES SEIZE TWO
Kansas Youth Shot Through
Head After Bank Hold-Up.
CANTON, Kans., November 3 (A>).
—Two merchant vigilantes pursued
and captured two youths who held up
the Farmers’ State Bank here today,
shooting one of the robbers through
the head.
Murray Stevens, restaurant owner,
and F. E. Passmore, hardware mer
chant, made the capture after an au
tomobile chase in the country.
Sheriff L. R. Richter said Willie
Place. 19T had signed a confession
that he participated in the robbery,
which netted only $15.09. His com
panion, expected to die momentarily,
was identified as Earl Riddle, alias
Cleeton, about 22. Place said both
were from Emporia, Kans.
Drafted Candidates
Electioneer for Each
Other in Campaign
By the Associated Press.
HOQUIAM, Wash., November
3.—Hoquiam's two candidates for
Mayor wound up their campaigns
today by urging voters to elect
the other.
Drafted to run for office. Ralph
Chilbrick and Oliver Morris, long
time friends and both Repub
licans, could find no campaign
issues. So each electioneered for
his opponent.
D. C. WOMAN SAILS
FOR INDIAN MISSION
,,-.
Mrs. Louise G. Fisher Paying
Most of Expenses to Fulfill
Ambition.
Mrs. Louise Gliem Fisher of this
city sailed today from New York
for Satara, India, to engage In mis
j sionary work.
I Mrs. Fisher, who formerly lived
here at 3205 R street, is accompany
i ing Miss Lillian L. Picken of Kansas
; a veteran in missionary work. They
1 sailed aboard the City of Rayville.
Although this is her first experience
in missionary work, it is said to have
j been an ambition of Mrs. Fisher's for
! many years and she is paying most
I of her own expenses, although local
i mission groups will contribute.
Mrs. Fisher served overseas as a
; nurse with the United States Army
i during the World War and later was
superintendent of nurses at the Uni
| versity Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich.,
| and dean of the School of Nursing at
j Battle Creek, Mich,
j Althought not residing here regu
; larly since last March, Mrs. Fisher
| visited Washington several weeks
ago. Her stepson. Henry W. Fisher,
lives at 3020 Courtland place.
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Imports From Colonies.
Nearly one-fourth of France's im
ports now come from its colonies.
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VAN RENSSELAER, BRIDE
ELOPE BEFORE WEDDING
Kevr York Socialites Leave
Friends Waiting for Ceremony.
Enjoy “Surprising"’ Them.
By tie Associated Press.
NEW YORK. November 3.—The an
ticipated society wedding of Kiliaen
van Rensselaer and Mrs. Lorraine
Wood did not take place today. The
couple eloped last night.
Members of the " four hundred”
figuratively were left waiting at the
church when they discovered the
principals in the announced wedding
had been married almost 24 hours
before, at the fashionable Church of
the Heavenly Rest.
"We thought it would be fun to
. surprise our friends,” the bride and
I bridegroom said.
It was Van Rensselaer’s second mar-*
riage and Mrs Wood's fourth.
VARIETY OF ITEMS
AMORN I
Specific Requests for House
hold Effects Are Made
by Street.
An appeal for the donation of a
wide variety of household effects which
would make life more comfortable or
cheerful for persons on the District
relief rolls was broadcast yesterday by
Elwood Street, director of public wel
fare.
He explained that the Relief Ad
ministration does not have the right
to expend Its funds for such pur
poses, but believed that those in bet
ter circumstances have these things
which would be donated.
The following requests for dona
tions, made public by Street, came
from division relief executives:
A bed, a chest of drawers or other
bed room furniture is needed for a
family consisting of father, mother
and six children, five of whom now
sleep in one bed. The children range
In age from two to eight years.
Baby Carriage Needed.
A baby carriage for the youngest
of seven children whose father is un
employed and whose mother is not
strong enough to carry the child to
a District clinic.
An invalid chair for an elderly wom
an afflicted with arthritis. A double
bed and single bed for a family. In
cluding an unemployed father, mother
and four small children.
A cash donation of S15 a month to
enable a girl to take a business course.
An ice box for a mother of four
children, who would like to buy food
for two days at a time as a matter of
economy. Advance purchases now
spoil for lack ol refrigeration, Street
was Informed.
Window screens for a family having
six children. Members ol the family
are tubercular.
A cash donation of S45 to enable
a girl to complete a stenographic
course. Street was Informed the girl
probably would be able to gain a job
If her studies are completed.
Other Items Needed.
The above requests were filed by
Mrs. Isabel Carter, supervisor of the
Southeast District Relief office, 901
Eighth street southeast.
An appeal for smoking tobacco,
slippers, bathrobe and a warm suit
and overcoat, and a comfortable chair
for a veteran of the Civil War who
Is not eligible for a pension was for
warded to Street by Miss Margaret
Wadsworth, supervisor of the Ban
neker ©istrict office. 2458 Eighth
street. The man is 90 years old.
Miss Effie Marip Ross, supervisor of
the Northeast District office, 625
Ninth street, appealed for a dona
tion of five cook stoves, two heating
stoves and three beds for a group of
families, one of which has nine chil
dren ranging In age from 2 to 17
years.
Donation of a baby carriage for a
mother who lives on the fourth floor
of an apartment house and now Is
seldom able to take her child out
Into fresh air was asked by Miss
Helen M. Treudley, supervisor of the
Georgetown District Relief offloe, 1417
Wisconsin avenue.
“BOUNCER’’ KILLED
Man Slain Responding to Plea to
Eject Qiaturber.
HELENA, Mont., November 3 OP).—
Joe Costa, 33, of Mattapoisett, Mass.,
was shot and killed today In respond
ing to the appeal of his landlady to
eject a disturber in a Helena apart
ment house. Police were holding W.
S. (Red) White, 38, as the slayer.
Officers said White fired six shots
at Costa, five of them taking effect.
P. W. A. P. ARTISTS
SHOW OPENS TODAY;
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Sales Exhibition at Corcoran Will !
Continue Here Until
December 2.
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A sales exhibition of works of art
by artists of the Public Works of Art
Project, residing In the District of
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, will
open In the Corcoran Gallery of Art
today and continue through Decem
ber 2.
Included In the exhibition are to be
oil paintings, water colors, drawings,
etchings, lithographs, batik work,
hooked rugs, etc.
Use of the gallery for the sale and
show was given by courtesy of the ■
Board of Trustees of the Institution i
with a view to aiding deserving artists :
who recently were on the pay roll of |
the P. W. A. With the conclusion
of the exhibition here the art display
rill be taken to Baltimore and Utah*
nond for similar shows.
The exhibition is essentially fen*
ales purposes, it is pointed out, and
nost of the works will be moderately
triced, with sketches and prists for
ale at as low as >6.
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