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BUSSELL’S DEATH
NOTEJSREVEALEO
Shooting Scene Re-enact
v ment Today in Search for
Missing Bullet.
the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Calif., November
16 —A mock death scene In the hunt
for the all-important missing bullet
was arranged on the beach estate of
Gouvemeur Morris, the novelist, by
police today in seeking to determine
if Reid Russell was murdered there or
killed himself.
1 The district attorney's office ordered
the bit of drama. Meanwhile Mrs.
.Morris disclosed the full contents of
a note which she said she discovered,
from Russell, in her Jewel case after
his death and which she burned.
A jobless, 28-year-old salesman, re
garded by Morris as "almost one of
the family,” Russell was found dead
in a lawn swing back of the writer’s
house September 25. He clutched an
automatic pistol, but the ejected shell
and the bullet which pierced his head
- never were found. Officers theorized
that firing the pistol through an ob
ject as dense as a human head might
show how the bullet could have
glanced,
i Seven days ago Mrs. Victoria Rus
eell told Capt. Clyde Plummer she
believed her son was slain, not a sui
cide, as police reported.
Mrs. Morris, explaining she burned
the young man's note on an impulse,
recalled today he expressed his intent
In this language:
"Dear Ruth: You thought I would
not do it, but now you know.
"This has been the happiest vaca
» tion I have had in a long time.
Thanks a lot for everything.
“I hope you don't think I didn't
keep my chin up.
"Good-by. REID.”
Earlier in the reopened investiga
tion Plummer said Mrs. Morris told
him Reid, discouraged by unemploy
ment, had threatened in her presence
to kill himself.
Little Jimmy Kirkwood. 12-year-old
•on of Actress LUa Lee. gave a
•tartling turn to the inquiry Sunday,
when he asserted he saw policemen
pry a bullet out of a settee back
of the swing and lose it in long
fgrass in the first investigation seven
~ weeks ago.
Plummer, however, said it was a
.22-caliber bullet, not the .32 which
toe believed killed Russell.
Labor
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and five other delegates of the In
ternational Typographical Union and
Max Zaritsky and three other repre
sentatives of the Cap and Millinery
Workers. Howard and Zaritsky each
belong to the C. I. O., although their
unions are not formally affiliated.
Neither was present this morning.
Delegates of the American News
paper Guild also were seated.
John P. Prey objected, however, to
seating George Powers of the Mc
Keesport Central Labor Council until
the committee determines whether he
Is an organizer for the C. I. O. The
delegate’s status was referred back to
the committee.
“We are now emerging from a period
of ecoKomic demoralization into a bet
ter day for the working men and wom
en of our country. The days of distress
are behind us,” Green told the dele
gates.
"American labor stands firm and
courageous, determined to build a
higher wage level for the working
„ people of America,” Green said.
“Labor must be paid for the dis
tress it suffered and I pledge every
ounce of effort to that end and the
earnings of industry must be more
equitably distributed. While we are
willing capital should have fair re
turn, we are opposed to diversion of
bulk of income to favored few.
"Our real remedy for unemploy
ment is the shorter work week.
asks six-nour uay.
“The time is at hand to put into
effect the six-hour day and five-day
week without any reduction in wages.
“Why should we hesitate to vest
In the Congress of the United States
the power to protect children from
labor exploitation throughout the
United States.
We cannot afford to let the matter
of internal dissension to be the matter
of primary importance. Do the work
ers whom we represent wish us to
spend our entire time at each others
throats while we neglect the problems
Of the workers in our ranks?
Declaring the A. F. of L. "has al
ways believed the strength of the
movement was inunity,” Green
warned:
"My answer is. woe to him who
would drive a knife into the heart of
labor.
"The A. F. of L. did not introduce
the element of division.
"We are going to keep the faith of
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Plan a “Small Wedding”
Although no date was given, Ethel du Pont said her marriage
to Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr„ would be a “small wedding ” Miss
du Pont, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene du Pont, and the
President’s son are pictured in Greenville, Del., shortly after
their engagement was announced. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
the pioneers of the American Fed
eration of Labor, and those who desire
to remain true will stand steadfast
with the A. F. of L.
"There is no issue which transcends
in importance the issue of unity.
| "I can't conceive of any philosophy
| of unconditional surrender in the
A. F. of L.
Earlier the convention received a
resolution calling for revocation of
charters and certificates of affiliation
of all national and international
unions affiliated with the Committee
for Industrial Organization.
If approved eventually by the full
convention, the resolution would have
the effect of cutting off from the par
ent body a militant faction number
ing more than 1,000,000 members.
Adding a complication in this much
scrambled picture was the arrival late
last night of William L. (Big Bill)
Hutcheson, president of the powerful
Carpenters’ Union and bitter personal
enemy of John L. Lewis, C. I. O.
chairman.
Interviewed in the hotel lobby as
he checked in. Hutcheson surprised
his questioners by a philosophy of
"letting sleeping dogs lie.”
Why lock the doors if you’re not
afraid of anything on the outside?” he
| countered. “The C. I. O. unions are
out. What’s the use doing anything
more than confirming the action of
the Executive Council?”
Headed for the Resolutions Com
mittee, on whose shoulders such
grave responsibility of the future
course of the American labor move
ment rests, was the annual report
of the Executive Council containing
! a sharply worded indictment of the
C. I. O. leadership and its policies
and a stout defense of their own ac
tion in suspending the Lewis group.
Seemingly only a recital of facts
leading to the suspension of 10 mem
ber unions of the C. I. O. last Summer,
the report contains interpolated
comment on the split in labor’s
ranks, which leaves no doubt as to
the outraged temper of the council
majority and places entire responsi
bility for the break upon the sus
pended group.
The council report contained no
recommendation for committee ac
tion.
The report does not confine itself,
of course, to labor's factional dispute
and included in its 165 pages are ac
counts of the council’s stewardship
in a multitude of matters pertaining
to the interests of labor.
MRS. CRISTINA UMHAU,
WIDOW, EXPIRES AT 83
Native of Germany Resident of
Capital 70 Tears—Funeral
at 2 P.M. Tomorrow.
Mrs. Christina Umhau, 83, widow of
Christian F. Umhau, many years a
plumbing contractor here, died Satur
day after a short illness at her home,
3305 Sixteenth street.
Mrs. Umhau was a native of Ger
many. but had been a resident of this
city about 70 years. Her husband died
about four years ago. For many years
she had been an active member of
Grace Lutheran Church.
She is survived by five daughters,
three of them the wives of Lutheran
ministers. Tne daughters are Miss
Clara Umhau, Miss Katherine Umhau.
Mrs. Gerhard E. Lenski, the wife of
Rev. Dr. Lenski, pastor of Grace Lu
theran Church, here: Mrs. Karl Wolf,
wife of Rev. Dr. Wolf, pastor of Grace
Lutheran Church in Baltimore, and
Mrs. Frederick Alpers, wife of Rev.
Dr. Alpers, pastor of Elm Grove Lu
theran Church at Wheeling, W. Va.
She also leaves six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 3
p.m. tomorrow In Grace Lutheran
Church here. Rev. Dr. J. Adrian Pfeif
fer of Takoma Park Lutheran Church,
and Rev. Dr. Edwin H. Meuser of St.
Matthew’s Lutheran Church here,
will officiate. Burial will be In Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Less Speed, More Accidents.
That high train speed does not seem
to be an important factor in highway
railroad crossing accidents is shown
by the fact that nearly 31 per cent
of such accidents In the first six
months of 1836 occurred when trains
either were standing still or moving at
a speed of from 1 to 8 mils* per hour
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PROHIBITION RAIDER
DIES IN OPERATION
Theodore E. Hartman Was Mem
ber of "Flying Squadron"—Fu
neral Services Wednesday.
| Theodore E. Hartman, one-time
member of the "flying squadron," weU
known police raiding unit in the pro
. hibition era. died last night in George
: Washington Hospital after an opera
| tion.
Hartman, who was 42, lived in Palls
Church, Va„ where funeral services
: and burial will be held Wednesday.
! Hartman was a Federal officer at
tached to the Washington police force
when he served on the "flying squad
ron,’’ an enforcement unit noted for
its raids on illicit liquor establish
ments. At the time of his death
Hartman was employed with the
Works Progress Administration as a
timekeeper.
He is survived by his wife, Qussie;
a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, aged 5;
three brothers, Earl, a detective ser
geant on the metropolitan police force;
Dr. Clarence Hartman and Walter
Hartman, and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John E. Hartman.
MERCURY EXPECTED
TO HIT 26 TONIGHT
Coldest Weather of Season Fore
cast With Abatement of
Northwest Oale.
The coldest weather of the season
Is expected tonight with the abate
ment of a northwest gale which has
swept the city for the last 24 hours.
The mercury probably will get down
to 26 degrees, or one point under the
previous low recorded October 28.
The wind reached a 40-mile veloc
ity at midnight and again this morn
ing. The high wind probably kept
the temperature from going below the
minimum of 34 recorded at 7 am.
today.
... 9
Nine Points of the Law.
TALIHINA, Okla. </P).—Andrew
Patterson, proud of the nine-point
deer he killed on the last day of the
seasoh, was rolling merrily homeward
with It on his car, he told game
rangers, when live men with rifles
stopped him and took his deer.
ML WEDDING’
Fi _ .
Friends of Miss Ethel du
Pont Expect Rites
Next June.
■* the Associated Press.
GREENVILLE. Del., November 16 —
Its to be a ‘small wedding”—the
ceremony that Joins twc of the Na
tion's best known families, the Roose
velts and the Du Ponts.
Miss Ethel du Pont, bloncL and 21,
made that plain yesterday as she re
ceived ‘‘best wishes” on her engage
ment to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.,
22-year-old son of the President.
While the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene du Pont said she didn’t know
when the wedding would take place,
friends indicated it probably would
be next June.
The ceremony will take place in
Christ Episcopal Church at Christiana
Hundred. Eugene du Pont is one of
many members of the famed indus
trial family that have attended the
church founded there 88 years ago by
Col. Henry A. du Pont; many of the
family have been christened there;
several married there.
For some Rev. Frederick T. Ashton,
rector since 1919, read the burial
ritual.
Ancestral Home Site.
Christiana Hundred—‘'hundred” is
the old English equivalent of town
ship—is a subdivision of New Castle
County, the site of all the Du Pont
homes when the family, emigrated
from France, first settled in North
ern Delaware to build a fortune in
explosives and chemicals. Several
members of tha family still live in
Christiana.
Miss du Pont, whose engagement
was announced while young Roosevelt,
a Harvard senior, was spending the
week end as the guest of her parents,
received newsmen in a short-sleeved
gown of black chiffon with a wide red
chiffon sash.
"I haven’t any idea where we will
live after the wedding.’’ she said, as
the three white diamonds of her en
gagement ring flashed against their
platinum setting.
"I do think there has been too much
said about it already. We hope to
live quietly again since the formal
announcement was made.”
"We have known each other a long
time,” Roosevelt remarked. "Almost
three years, you know.
"I haven’t decided what I will do
after I graduate. I guess mo6t col
lege seniors are undecided unless
they’re taking special courses.
Won’t Go Into Politic*.
“I can tell you one thing, though.
I positively will not go into politics."
The engagement had been reported
as prospective even during the recent
political campaign, when several of
the Du Ponts were identified with the
Liberty League opposition to the
President's re-election. Eugene du
Pont, unlike his cousins. Lammot,
Pierre and Irenee, has taken no active
part in politics, however. He is a
director of E. I. du Pont de Nemours
Sc Co.
Miss du Pont, the eldest of four
children, met young Roosevelt while
she was a student at the Ethel Walker
School in Simsbury. Conn, and he
was a Harvard freshman. He at
tended her debut in June, 1934, and
six months later she was a guest at a
White House week-end party. Roose
velt and his younger brother John are
the only unmarried children of the
President s four sons and one daugh
ter.
MRS. ROOSEVELT SILENT.
Too Buay Finding Lost Luggage to
Comment on Engagement.
CHICAGO. November 16 UP1.—Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's principal worry
concerned the whereabouts of her
traveling bag upon her arrival today
from Kansas City for a speaking en
gagement.
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Youth to Air Own Problems
In Symposium at Y. M.C> A.
———— I mi - II I.
10 Co-eds, Students and
Stenographert to
Be Heard.
Ycuth’s attitude toward Its own
problems, Including crime, moral
standards and marriage, will be dis
cussed by 10 young men and women
representing the youth of the Dis
trict in a symposium at the Y. M.
C. A. Thursday night.
Included among the symposium
speakers will be co-eds, law students
and Government stenographers.
The purpose of the program, ac
cording to L W. De Oast, general
secretary of the “Y,” is to ascertain
at first hand the viewpoint of young
people concerning the problems con
fronting them In modem life.
"Without this Information,” he
said, 'it would be difficult to render
material assistance to the 7,500,000
young men and women who have
completed their high school or col
lege educations, but who have not
as yet been able to find employ
ment.”
Speakers and Subjects.
The speakers in the symposium,
the first of its kind here, and the
subjects they will discuss are:
Miss Mabel Haller, unemployment;
Harry K. Underwood, youth and the
church: Miss Melba Goodman, cul
tural life: David Tobin, health and
recreation: Irving J. Schuyler, educa
tion; Miss Irving J. Scheldrup, social
life: Stewart W. Pierce, moral stand
ards; Miss Mary Alice Johnson,
crime: D. A. Heyward, character
growth, and J. B. Boss, youth and
marriage.
The speakers will be allotted five
five minutes each, and will then be
questioned by Dr. Homer P. Rainey,
director of the American Youth
Commission, who will act as chair
MISS GUDRUN SCHELDRUP.
—Star Staff Photo.
man and Interlocutor. He will be
assisted in the questioning by a panel.
Those on Panel.
On the panel are Dr. E. C. Higbie,
president of Wilson Teachers’ Col
lege; John Lang, assistant director
of C. C. C. camp education; Miss
Francoise Black, director of the Na
tional Youth Administration; Robert
L. McKeever, realtor; Dr. John T.
Miller, professor of human engineer
ing; B. E. Bayh, director of physical
education in the public schools; E
Barrett Prettyman, former corpora
tion counsel; Barnet Nover, news
paper editor; Richard Kruger, vice
president of the Youth Council of the
District, and Louts B. Nichols, ad
ministrative assistant of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
The symposium, arranged by E. A.
Drumm of the “Y” staff, will be held
at 8 p.m. in the assembly hall The
public is invited.
Jail
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today for an organization meeting. It
: could not be learned this morning
whether its members planned to dis
cuss the Colonial Beach fire.
The fire destroyed two-thirds of the
Town Hall and threatened the center
of the town's business district.
Coates had been placed in the jail
cell about 9:30 p.m. Saturday after
being arrested in a barber shop by
Town Sergt. J. T. Miller on charges
of being drunk and resisting arrest.
Damage Put at I15.000.
Sergt. Miller, the town's only
policeman, went oft duty about 1 a.m.
He said Coates was asleep at the
time. There is no resident jailer.
The damage to the building and
: to town machinery stored In the
rear was estimated at about $15,000.
! Three trucks, a tractor and street
and road machines were destroyed.
Walls of the adjoining Town Council
chamber were partially damaged.
Before 150 town residents, some clad
in underclothes, arrived to man the
fine engines, the flames threatened
the Bank of Westmoreland, the town’s
old post office building, a hotel and
several restaurants, all located within
50 yards of the Town Hall.
Mayor Starts Prcbe.
H. N. "Casey” Stone, nearby cafe
operator, was awakened by his wife,
who noticed the flames, and dashed
from his bed In his night clothes to
sound the siren alarm in the front of
the burning building.
Mayor James A. Myers, who began
an investigation immediately, was
| told by residents near the building
! that a car stopped In front of the
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Town Hall about 1:30 a.m. and some j
one left the machine to visit the jail.
Officials theorized that the visitor gave
Coates cigarettes and matches or
dropped a lighted cigarette in leaving
the building.
Nearby residents also heard several
explosions Immediately before noticing
the fire. These were believed to have
been gasoline tanks exploding in the
three trucks that were destroyed.
Coates had been operating an oyster
boat out of this Potomac River resort
town. He was unmarried.
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Attendance for First Two
Days Double That of
Last Year.
Washington’s Seventeenth Annual
Automobile Show settled down to a
week-long run today following a week
end that saw large crowds file through
Calvert Exhibit Hall to view the new
ears.
Attendance for the first two days
was estimated at twice that for the
same period last year by R. J. Mur
phy, manager of the Washington Au
tomotive Trade Association, w'hich is
sponsoring the exhibit.
The turnout of prospective custom
ers led Murphy to reiterate his pre
diction that the last two months of
1936 would send the Capital's auto
mobile sales for the year far beyond
the total for last year.
Basing his prediction on the prob
able sale of 5.000 passenger cars during
the remainder of the year, Murphy
estimated the 1936 sales would exceed
32,000. as compared with 28,539 sold
in 1935.
Prior to last year 1931 was the big
gest year in Washington's automobile
business. 23,164 cars having been sold.
In 1932 the sales dropped to 13,342,
but in the following two years they
climbed—the total being: 1933—14.
367: 1934—18,433.
The exhibit hall, located at 2701 j
Calvert'street, will be open through
Saturday from 11 a m. to 11 p.m.
Grandi to Make Report.
ROME, November 16 04>).—Ambas
sador Dino Grandi returned today j
from London to report to Premier
Mussolini the progress of improved
Italo-British relations and to attend
Wednesday’s meeting of the Grand
Council of Fascism.
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Just try Nujol regularly for
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