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BLOND IS GRILLED IN CHICAGO KILLING Cab Driver Tells of Rushing Slayer of Contractor to Detroit. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. April 18.—A blond young woman, Betty Honrik, 26, was detained by police tonight for questioning in connection with the slaying of Arthur J. Hewitt, 60-year-old retired con tractor, found beaten to death, with a French heel of a woman’s shoe beside him. She was taken into custody after a taxicab driver who claimed Hewitt’s killer was a fare received a telegram signed ’’Betty.” The telegram, relayed to the police station while the driver, George Richardson, was being questioned, read: "Not necessary to wait until sentence is passed. Count on me any time. Notify me immediately.” Richardson insisted the writer of the wire "had nothing to do with this.” He told police a woman he knew' only as "Jerry" admitted the slaying after hiring him to speed her from Chicago to Detroit. He said he had maoe the trip in Hewitt's automobile after send ing his cab to the garage with another driver. Another Girl Sought. The other driver. Jack Rossi, sup ported Richardson’s story and identi fied "Jerry" as another girl, for whom a search was instituted. Miss Honzik was taken into custody after police found her address in a notebook in Richardson’s apartment, along with an unaddressed note read ing. "Am at Superintendent McDonald's office, Checker Co., 1401 West Jack son, third floor, regarding the Pontiac (the make of Hewitt's car) and De troit. If Betty comes tell her to come down there if I'm not home yet. as I may need her as a witness—badly.” Richardson told his story to the police on advice of his employer George McDonald, vice president of the Checker Cab Co., to whom he said he first related it. Other Persons Questioned. The mystery of Hewitt’s death—he had come here Wednesday from his suburban Wheaton home to collect some money due him—deepened as police questioned other persons named in the notebook. One of these. Mrs. Mary Tischler said her 22-year-old son Clement was a friend of Richardson and also knew Betty Honzik. Clement Tischler. his mother added, had left home Wednesday night aud did not return until early Friday Be fore he came back she said some one drove his car into the yard and left it, the keys in the lock. Says Girl Admitted Staying. Richardson told police that "Jerry” had come to him Thursday night, tell ing him she had to get out of town. They made a deal and as they were proceeding toward Detroit she in formed him she had struck a man with a ginger ale bottle and believed •he had killed him, Richardson said. Richardson said his fare, who fur nished the car, later identified as Hewitt's, directed him to a shoe shop 1 in Detroit, explaining she had lost a heel battling the man. who had at tempted to attack her with a knife She escaped out a rear door of the shop while he waited in front, Rich ardson said. Then he returned to Chicago. At Richardson's home police found a topcoat belonging to Hewitt. SPONSOR FOR VESSEL Miss Kate Blue to Officiate. Named for Brother. Miss Kate Lilly Blue of Marion, S. C„ will sponsor the new destroyer Blue that will honor her brother, the late Admiral Victor Blue. U. 8. Navy. | This was announced yesterday by the Navy Deaprtment, which said that the vessel, of 1,500 tons stand- ! ard displacement, is under construe- j tion at the Norfolk, Va., Navy Yard. | The launching date has not yet been j designated. The Blue will be the first { vessel in the American Navy so named and is scheduled for completion March 1 next. Marriage Licenses, Orland Jones, 26. snd Dells M. Green. 26. both of 1122 Lamont st.: Rev. Rob- I ert Anderson. Ptloh W. Hale 22. University, Va., and I Elizabeth Estes 19 Chevy Chase. Md . Rev, c. B Douthitt. Ralph R. McCoy. 27. 7701 Georgia ave.. j and Ann E Bacon 23. Chevy Chase. _ Md.: Rev. c. T. Warner Lmils Tempone 41. and Cecelia F. Kerr. 30. both of 2111 18th st.; Rev. J. L. Kilkenny. Frank C Kelle 27 5002 Arkansas ave., and Sylvia K Carlson. 29. Alexandria, Va.; Rev. c. Enderson. Edgar 8. Smith. 25. Merehantvllle. N. J.. and Doris P Tucker. 25. 1901 Wyoming _ ave.; Rev H S Smith. Trank R Gale 40. Holly Hill. Fla., and Mary A Roche. 27. 1343 Park rd.; Rev. J 8 Soence Ernest P. Ritchie. 44. Hillsboro. Va . and Evelyn F Yarrow. 24, La Porte, Iowa; Rev. W A. Smith Charles G. Pindell. 23 1414 A st. s e„ and Alice E Wolfe. 22. 5070 Conduit rd.: Rev. L. F. Miitenberger John W. McGrain 2.1. and Lucille M. Kelly. 28. both of Baltimore. Md.; Rev W. H Hoffman. Grady Wright. 30. Seth. W. Va.. and EfSe M. Cook. 31 Van. W. Va.; Rev. J. C. Ball. Maurice M Bufano. 34. and Ada B Cochran. 30 both of Baltimore. Md.: Rev. F. P. Harrlty. Hampton Dye. 33. Chernadale. Va.. and Marion B. Snyder 31. Galllnger Hos pital: Rev. C H Jope James McGraw, 49 and Jean M. Purcell. 38 both ol 1102 L st.; Rev. J. E. Gedra. Charles J. Udes 33. and Josephine Bog nanni. 29. both of Baltimore. Md ; Rev. Charles Enders. Lawrence J. Wenzel 23. Baltimore. Md.. and Louise C. Thomey. 23. Catonsville. Md : Rev. T M. Mullen Edward F Sutherland. 33. Springfield. Mass., and Elizabeth A. Brooks, 27, Longmeadow Mass : Rev E H Roach. Alfred R Baslle. 22. and Joyce E. Fahr. 21 both of Philadelphia; Rev. U. G B Pierce. Joseph W. Carroll. 27. Baltimore. Md., and Eleanor M. Howell. 21, 1736 T st.: __ Rev. J, E Graham William M. Harris. 26. 6363 Jay at. n.e.. and Callte Johnson. 19. 633 4th st.; Rev. E J. Bradshaw. Patrick Steuart. 29. and Pauline Saunders. 32. both of 2000 H st.; Rev. F. B. Tucker. Jim H. Montague. 22. 1134 19th at., and Sarah B Brown. 19. 2313 O at.; Rev. F. W. Alstork. Ryland V. Taylor. 30. and Eileen B. Tin aley. 35. both of Richmond. Va.; Rev. A. F Poore. John L. Quill. 21. 236 13th st. n.e.. and Aileen M. Poole. 21 818% 11th st. n.e.; Rev. J, E. Briggs. Washington H. Hamilton. 20. 812 23d st. and Juanita A. Jackson. 20. 2207 E st : Rev. W. H. Brooks. Paul M Southwell. 27 and Florence B. Colleen. 22. both of 1513 O st.; Rev R. A. Cartmell. James Eddy. 22. 1654 Avon 6t.. and Juanita Jacobs. 18. 1729 13th st. s.e.; Rev. S B Daugherty. Norman A. Costelio. 23. 441 10th st. s.w. and Elsie M Smith. 18. Clarendon. Va.; Rev. J. C. Ball. James A Cole. 24. 1007 K st. n.e.. and Sallie S. Hubbard. 24. 315 Evartt st. n.e.: Rev. J. C. Ball. John H. Dietz. 29. Raleigh. N. C.. and Ann W. Shulleeto. 27. Richmond. Va.; Rev J C Ball 8tephen F. Italiano. 24. Glassboro. N. J.. and Ida M. Phillips. 19. Williamstown. N. J.: Rev. S. E Rose. David C. Baskin. 23. and Althea C. Brown. 21. both of North Wales. Pa.: Rev. J. H. Dunham. Prank T. Kessler 21. and Nadine P. Mc Nally. 19. both of Altoona. Pa.; Rev. A. P. Poore. George F. Profit. 26 and Romalne M. Force. 23. both of Dover. N. J.; Judge R. E. Mattingly. Maurice B. Tllgbman 21. 652 Acker it. n.e.. and Margaret Tyler. 18. 45 Canal at. s.w.; Rev. H. F. Oraebenstein. Russell G. Hampt. 25. and Margaret Cor liss 19. both of Baltimore. Md.; Rev. S. E. Rose. k Farm Family Gets Horse Paul J. Green pulls a plow with his wife and one of his two daughters, showing the way they worked their small plot for three years, before they received a horse from the Rural Resettlement Administration. The Greens admiring the horse. They were too proud to go on relief. —Wide World Photos. i —.- '■ ■■1 . i “Qestures” Is 1936 Fad Latest Game Frenzy Combines Panto mime and Guessing—Movie Started It. MAN & UNDfRTREt alone r SHADOW A r - ""ABSENT MildeO <>»dian SCOLTIN& TrtE PLAINS PASTHiBlZED BY BLAIR BOLLES. IN 1934 every third person collected match folders, or was it bottle ( caps? In 1935 men and women WTote chain letters. The parade of fads is as eternal as the tides and unpredictable as a claiming horse. In 1936 we have "gestures,” or “one-man charades.” This latest frenzy combines man’s irresponsible love of fads, his inherent pleasure in pantomime and his de light in*guessing games. It is sweep ing the country—interfering with bridge parties, making life a night mare for the high-strung, distracting school children, and turning business j hours into batty hours. Unlike chain letters, “gestures” costs nothing to play and offers no reward except the artistic satisfaction of a triumph in personal and silent dra matics. In any event, they fulfill the Century Dictionary’s definition of a fad: "A trivial fancy, adopted and pur sued for a time with irrational zeal.” j The question of the inspiration of the new pantomime has been solved. It was traced to a movie which played Washington almost six weeks ago. As the film has gone from city to city it has brought under Its spell the throng bored with murder, monopoly, ghost and a dozen other parlor games. The equipment required for the game is a gift for wierd gesticulations and a watcher willing to guess what the player is representing. The ges tures relate to song titles, cliches, fa mous sayings, or even single words. They constitute a skeletonized form ?f the old contest of wits, charades. Some of the more common of the gestures are these: Ford V-8—Spread the index and middle finger of the same hand to form a V; keep the other fingers curled into the palm and put the hand on the face so that the bottom of the V is just below the nostrils. Spread the other hand over the top of the head to form the radiator cap. Getting over the grippe (this is one of the few which requires two per sons to act the gesture)—Clasp the hand of your partner; glide the free hand through the air and vault it over the grip. Beating around the bush—Pat the head (there must be hair on it). “Pasteurized” milk—Pass the hands slowly before the eyes. Moon over Miami—With the thumb and index finger of one hand form $160,000,000 Gold Bullion Is Lost by Italy During War By the Associated Press. PARIS. April 18.—Italy has lost 2,000,000,000 lire ($160,000, 000) in gold, or almost half her previous bullion reserve, since the outbreak of the Ethiopian war, the financial newspaper L’lnfor mation declared today. Basing its figures on a com parison between the last Italian statistics of December 31 and recent reports of the League's Sanctions Committee of Eight een. the journal asserted that gold has been flowing out of Italy at the rate of 300,000,000 lire per month. c< an O. With the other hand make a wavy motion beneath the O. And so on. The idea is to make up your own, out of songs, book titles, or- whatever titles you might have in mind that you think you can act and be perplexing. The inclusion of a bit of panto mimic action by a little-known bit comic—Dave Chasen—launched the current craze through his acting out the title of the song, "River, Stay Away From My Door,” during the film "Millions in the Air.” Chasen, who was born in Odessa, and says he was once a business rep resentative of the Czar in this coun try, was not, however, the original portrayer of the river gesture. Credit for the idea seems to belong to Jimmy Savo, the Bronx juggler, who Is said by experts to be the best but least appreciated pantomime artist in the world. Chasen's use of the gesture was copied. Before long the game was widespread. Up at the Capitol even j Marion McDonough, niece of Mary Norton, chairman of the District Com mittee, adopted the game. But it's popularity is short. University of Maryland students already consider it Old stuff. NAVY OFFICIALS TO FETE REICH SHIP COMMANDER Reception Also to Honor Cadets Serving on Emden During Training Cruise. Admiral William H. Standley, chief of naval operations and Acting Secre tary of the Navy, next Friday will give a luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel in honor of Capt. Johannes Bachmann. commanding the German light cruiser Emden, due in Baltimore on Tuesday. Also at the Mayflower Hotel on Friday the Navy Department will hold a reception for Capt. Bachmann, his officers and the naval cadets who are serving aboard the Emden. The German warship has a comple ment of 28 officers and 160 German naval cadets. She Is now on a train ing cruise in American waters. She is scheduled to stay in Baltimore untU May 2. Zioncheck (Continued From First Page.) ship with Capt. J. E. Bowers of No. 8 precinct and Capt. Bowers' cigars. A few hours later Zioncheck tele phoned The Star and said he'd be down in 10 minutes and to come out and take his picture. Zioncheck drove up at the height of the 1 p.m. Saturday rush hour in a roadster like that described by police. It didn’t have Washington State tags, but a pair of them was noticed in the uniform overcoat pocket of Capitol Policeman George W. Bishop, who was driving. The District plates on the car are listed to Bishop, police said. “I'm irritated and a little offended," Zioncheck remarked cryptically, later explaining his “Irritation” was be cause police said he had been driving “only 70 miles an hour.” He said the car had “done" 91. V CLEAN UP DRIVE ACHIEVES GOAL Refuse Division Chief Lauds Star for Gaining Help of D. C. Residents. An intensive two-week drive to make Washington a cleaner city ended to day with noticeable improvement everywhere and officials declaring con ditions the best in recent memory. W. A. Xanten. acting chief of the City Refuse Division, said the District was “cleaner than I've seen it in more than a year.” Police and public co operation with the division’s work has attained a peak hitherto unexperi enced, he said.. Xanten said The Star had been principally responsible for stirring enforcement of regulations against dirtying the streets and care less discarding of rubbish. Although the official clean-up pe riod ended last night and the normal schedules of “white win*?’ and alley cleaning gangs must be restored to morrow, officials hoped to maintain gams alreadv made and projected a new plan for improving the city's sightliness. Newspaper Lists Asked. Xanten has written circulation man agers of all newspapers asking them to furnish lists of distribution points so that he may station trash con tainers at places where the littering problem is most acute. The presence of the receptacles will make careless ness by newsboys “Inexcusable,” he said. Galt Burns, circulation manager of The Star, has furnished the re quested list. The Commissioners’ appeal to citi zens that they get rid of all accumu lated rubbish and refuse last week resulted In a substantial increase in the volume of trash collection. Xanten said 50 tons of rubbish a day more than the usual daily load had he?n carted off between Monday and Sat urday. Collection Work Speeded. Police and public co-operation, re fuse division officials declared, has enabled alley-cleaning groups to work with greatly increased speed. Ordi narily the alley gangs cover their territory once every seven or eight days, but since inauguration of the clean-up campaign they have been covering it once every four or five days. Downtown streets. Xanten reported, have been swept eight times during the past two weeks and washed by truck flushers about six times. Out lying residential streets have been swept six times and washed twice. NEW CAFETERIA PROBE LAUNCHED Contracts Given Welfare Associ ation Studied by Joint Committee. Contractual arrangement* under which the Welfare and Recreation Association is operating cafeteria* in a number of Federal buildings here for the convenience of Government employes are being investigated by a new joint committee recently ap pointed by Secretary of the Inte rior Ickes. George A. Moskey of the National Parks Service, a member of the com mittee. last night denied a published report that the committee had rec ommended to Ickes the abolition of the association's system of operation. The committee, he said, will not have its report to the Secretary ready for perhaps two weeks. Capt. F. W. Hoover, head of the association, which is a private agency incorporated in the District, said no report advocating its abolition had come to his attention. The association’s administrative problems have been the subject of a two-year study. Since the association is not a Federal agency. Hoover said, it cannot be abolished by the Govern ment. Ickes’ sole power over it is one of cancelling its contracts or making changes in operations. The investigation was begun under Louis Glavis, chief Interior Depart ment investigator, after various com plaints. The first report was regarded as unsatisfactory and Ickes ordered the inquiry continued. Moskey said last night that Glavis has submitted a report which indi cates there might be some question of Secretary Ickes’ authority to enter into a contract with the association. Ickes appointed a new committee to study the legal aspects of the matter and make further recommendations for his guidance. The association is said to have been awarded the contract to operate the restaurant in the new Interior Build ing when it is completed. In addition to Moskey the members of the Investigating Committee are F. K. Kirgis. assistant solicitor of the Interior Department; C. A. Gable of the National Parks Service, Samuel Goodacre of the Agriculture Depart ment and George A. Holcombe of the Veterans’ Administration. LAW GROUP TO HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION Speakers Listed for Meeting of Group Founded in 1906 by Elihu Boot’s Advisers. The American Society of Interna tional Law will hold its thirtieth an nual convention here Thursday, Fri day and Saturday at the Carlton Hotel. Legal advisers of Elihu Root founded the organization in 1906 while he was Secretary of State and he served as its president for 17 years. President James Brown Scott will call the convention to order Thurs day at 8 p.m. with George Grafton Wilson, professor of international law, Harvard University, as the first speaker. Wilson will discuss “The United States and International Law." Following him will be Prof. Parker T. Moon of Columbia University on "The Need for Peaceful Change In Europe and the Far East.” The meeting will close Saturday with the annual dinner at which Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, George S. Messersmith. American Minister to Austria; Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S. J„ regent of the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, and Senor Don Miguel Lopez Pumarejo, Colombian Minister to the United States, will speak. The University of California plan* to offer a course in television in its extension division. La Roe Thinks Charges of Congress Silenced by Police Drive. The campaign of District police to en force gambling laws against churches conducting games of chance at benefit affairs has the unqualified indorse ment of Wilbur La Roe, jr., chairman of the Civic Affairs Committee of the Washington Federation of Churches and chairman of the District Parole Board. La Roe expressed the opinion yes terday that recent charges in Congress that many churches have been incon sistent in opposing gambling and at the 6ame time carrying on “bingo” and other games at their entertain ments, will be silenced by the police drive. La Roe also charged that Chairman Palmisano's Judiciary Subcommittee of the House District Committee is blockading anti-gambling legislation vital to police in their enforcement activities. “If the churches are sincere in their opposition to gambling.” La Roe said, "they must not tolerate lotteries for the raising of money. The current blockade of the anti-gambling law in the House creates a serious situation. It has passed the Senate twice. Under existing statutes a man can be caugiit with ‘numbers' racket material and still go free unless gambling is proved. “As a result the numbers racket has been running wild all over the Dis trict. The police are hampered and Congress asks about the churches themselves. I think the Wilson and other murders are attributable to gambling and the crime it leads to because of enormous profits. Police said one organization had 400 custom ers at S40 a week each—that is $16,000 a week minimum income from gam bling for one outfit alone. To eliminate the evils that go with it, gambling itself must be wiped out. “Some of us are going to recom mend to the District Commissioners and Congress a law requiring all per sons entering the District who ever have been convicted of a felony to register within 24 hours of arrival or be subject to Imprisonment. Similar laws are In force In Philadelphia, Miami and Los Angeles. Washington is a natural place for crooks of other cities to congregate, being part way between New York and Florida. Such a law would permit police to hold former felons until their recent ac tivities could be checked. For example, the perpetrators of a $30,000 jewelry theft In Miami were arrested in Wash ington.” NAMING OF CLARKE HELD INDORSEMENT Renovation of Downtown Parks Believed Backed by Roose velt Action. An implied Indorsement of the ren ovation of Washington’s downtown parks—plans for which have drawn vigorous protests from some citizens— was seen by park authorities yesterday in the reappointment by President Roosevelt of Gilmore D. Clarke of New York to a four-year term as landscape architect member of the Fine Arts Commission. Clarke persuaded the commission to approve plans for modernization of Lafayette. Franklin and other down town parks. The plans were prepared by the Branch of Plans and Design ! of the National Park Service. Heading the local unit of this branch is Mal colm Kirkpatrick, resident landscape architect. Aroused citizens have expressed vig orous disapproval with the moderni zation plans to newspapers and offi cials of the National Capital Parks. The loss of small flower beds drew a great deal of criticism. Clarke is vice president of the American Society of Landscape Ar chitects and has been a member of the Fine Arts Commission since 1932. President Roosevelt also appointed Henry Richardson Shepley of Boston, Mass., to the commission. Shepley, an architect, succeeds his late partner, Charles A. Coohdge. who died suddenly early this month. He, too, will sen e a four-year term. MISS VIRGINIA DAWES TO WED ILLINOIS MAN Engagement of Daughter of For mer Vice President Is An nounced in Evanston. By the Associated Press. EVANSTON. 111.. April 18.—The en gagement of Miss Virginia Dawes, fos ter daughter of former Vice President Charles G. Dawes and Mrs. Dawes, to Richard Thompson Cragg of Evanston, was announced today at a party at the Dawes home here. Miss Dawes said the wedding would be In the Fall, but no definite date had been set. A previous engagement of Miss Dawes, to Ensign John Gardner Ten nant of Washington, was broken by mutual consent four years ago. At the time, Miss Dawes’ extreme youth was advanced as the reason. Miss Dawes lived with her foster parents in Washington from 1924 to 1928 and in London while Gen. Dawes served as Ambassador to the Court of St. James. She was presented to the court in 1931. Cragg is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl J. Cragg of Evanston. He was graduated from Northwestern Univer sity in 1934. TELETYPE RENTAL HIT Seduction Sought in Cost of 21 Police Machines. Reduction ot the rental coete of 21 teletype machines used by the Police Department, for which the Dis trict government'now pays the Chesa peake &, Potomac Telephone Co. $30 a month each, is being studied by the Public Utilities Commission. The company has promised to sub mit a new schedule soon as the re sult of questions raised by Engineer Commissioner Dan I. Sultan when the company suggested filing of rates for such machines in commercial use. People’s Counsel William A. Rob erts and Walter E. Kern, District elec trical engineer, have made studies of the costs of the machines. They have advised the commission the $30 a month rental is excessive. The patented machines are not for sale, but must be rented. / MONSIGNOR TITO CRESPI FOUND HANGED ON SHIP Auditor of Papal Nunziature at Madrid Was Suffering From Nervous Breakdown. By the Associated Press. GENOA, April 18.—Msgr. Tito Crespi. auditor of the Papal Nunzia ture at Madrid, was found hanged in his cabin aboard the steamer Merano when it docked today from Barce lona. Police and steamship officials said ’ they were unable to establish for cer- I ! tain whether he committed suicide. ; . but stated they were inclined to that belief. He had been suffering from a | nervous breakdown because of over- i j work during the recent Spanish dis orders and was on his way to Rome to rest. Msgr. Crespi’s body was removed to 1 the city cemetery, pending receipt of instructions from the Vatican. Flan Broadcasting Station. Nanking, China, will spend *1,000, 000 in erecting the largest broadcast ; ing station in the Far East. PLAN LADIES’ NIGHT The Washington General Assembly, • Fourth Degree, Knights of Columbus, will hold their annua' ladies' night at the Mayflower Hote, tomorrow eve ning. The assembly's regular month ly meeting will take place at 7:45 p.m. in the Jefferson room of the hotel, followed by the ladles’ night program at 9 pm. in the Italian garden. Faithful Navigator John F. Hill yard will preside at the meeting. Faithful Capt. Eugene C. Baczenas la in charge of 'entertainment. The principal speaker will be the Very ’ Rev. Edward Fitzgerald, O. P. % BMBC1I5B3 <A at on the sealed-in mechanical unit induded in the purchase price. 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