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BELIEVED KILLED
•***! «4.v - -
Hqjtf Likely to Have Been
Run Down by Car and
Body Carried Off.
B? the Associated Press.
COATESVILLE, Pa., February 13 -
Search for Helen Moyer. 16-year-old
high school student, believed to have
been deliberately run down by a mo
torist who carried off her body, was
pressed by airplane today while of
ficials considered asking Federal
agents to enter the case.
Mayor Albert R. Bergstrom of
Coatesville flew his airplane low over
a wide area of farm country, hoping
to find some trace of the girl, who
disappeared Thursday while walking
from school here to her home at
Modena, 3 miles south of Coates
viiie.
He reiterated his belief that the
girl was killed Intentionally and "her
body spirited away by the murderer."
Attacker Believed Responsible.
The Mayor said he believed a mo
torist, who attacked another girl on
the same road last week was responsi
ble. His theory was that the motorist
mistook the Moyer girl for the girl
he attacked, and deliberately ran her
down to dispose of the only witness
against him.
Burgess Carl Jefferls of Modena
called a conference of the town's
leading citizens at hts home to con
sider a request that agents of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation take
a hand in the investigation.
The girl's father, Absolam, an at
tendant at the United States Vet
erans' Hospital at Coatesville, held to
the belief his daughter was alive.
Believes She Still Lives.
“I think it was a case of hit-run,”
he said, "with the driver becoming
panicky and carrying her off and
dumping her somewhere. I feel sure
she is still alive.”
Physicians expressed doubt the girl
could have survived an accident as
severe as this one appears to have
been.
The girl's torn shoes, hat and
school books were found scattered
along the road. Strands of hair, re
sembling Helen's, were found on frag
ments of an automobile headlight
lens.
The girl’s mother Is president of
the Modena Parent-Teacher Associa
tion. She has two brothers, Francis,
15, and Buddy. ‘8.
FLORIDA GIRL’S BODY FOUND
Throat of Child. 12. Slashed—Jury
to Reconvene.
MADISON. Fla.. February 13 (/F\ —
The body of Mary Jenkins, 12-year
old school girl, was found today near
her home with her throat slashed
from ear to ear.
The child was last seen alive Thurs
day night, when she started home
from a motion picture.
A coroner's jury recessed late to
day and will continue its investigation
later.
"O’CONNELL WITNESS
■; HANGS SELF IN CELL
"Guards Find Miller's Body Sus
pended From Overhead Bars
Following Inspection.
jly the Associated Press,
y- ALBANY, N. Y„ February 13 —
✓ Christopher Miller, a material witness
✓ In the O’Connell kidnaping case,
p hanged himself in the Albany County
p^ail late today.
Miller, 41, of Hoboken. N. J.. had
,pt>een confined at the jail for about
^three weeks. Henry S. Kahn, assist
ant district attorney, said that he had
jiJjeen linked with the 1933 abduction
John J. O’Connell, jr., member of
Jthe politically prominent Albany fam
ily.
Miller’s body was found at 2:55 p.m.
jpuspended with a bed sheet from
'LAverhead bars in his cell. The guards
^'ho discovered him had made an in
spection of the "material witness sec
tion” of the Jail only 35 minutes
■Earlier.
The O'Connell case ‘‘broke wide
*gpen’’ recently during the retrial of
^Xianning J. (Manny) Strewl, alleged
'“Igo-between" once under sentence of
50 years for participation in the kid
Jiaplng, and who won a new trial
pvhich ended when he pleaded guilty
-4o a lesser charge of blackmail. He
^•as sentenced to 15 years on this
TJlea.
■■ Four additional men also were ar
rested in New York and Denver and
*ere charged with seizing the young
rational Guard lieutenant in Albany
*and holding him in Hoboken. N. J.,
^intil $40,000 ransom was paid.
W _
0 DENVER. February 13 UP).—John
03. O’Connell, jr., of Albany, N. Y.,
^identified a man held here as Francis
fL. Oley as one of the men who kid
pnafped him for $40,000 ransom in July,
r 933. District Attorney John A. Car
^oll announced tonight.
FAMOUS LIFE-SAVER
DIES IN NEW ENGLAND
Capt. Herbert Knowles, 81, Served
* 44 Years as Coast Guard
Superintendent.
Mr the Associated Press.
SOUTH KINGSTON. R. I., Febru
ary 13.—Capt. Herbert M. Knowles,
JB1, one of the best-known life savers
An the country, who retired in 1920 as
Superintendent of the third district of
Mhe United States Coast Guard after
A4 years in the service, died yeesterday
Mtt his home, in Wakefield.
S Capt. Knowles had on many occa
sions won acclaim for his gallant sea
Rescues and for the reforms he in
augurated in the life-saving service.
S' A native of Point Judith, his entire
Jfeareer centered around that treacher
jbut point on the Atlantic Coast. He
Jjad witnessed the wrecking of more
-than 100 ships and saved hundreds of
Jtves. Once he was given up for l06t
*nd rttumed to his home just in time
*he4r the bells tolling for his funeral
nldes.
§U§INESS GROUP TO DINE
m —
*
rlumbia Heights Association to
Hold Annual Banquet.
Members of the Columbit. Heights
"Business Men’s Association will hold
'their twelfth annual banquet and
'dance, 8 p.m. Wednesday, at the
'Bhoreham Hotel
. Oordan Hittenmark, Washington
tradio announcer, win act ra master
*of ceremonies. gk
Readers' Guide
and
News Summary
The Sunday Star, Feb. 14, 1937.
PART ONE.
Main News Section.
FOREIGN.
Edward reported planning ‘'exile"-at
least three years. Page A-l
Fascist forces draw ring tighter about
Madrid. ' Page A-l
NATIONAL
Farnsworth conspiracy trial to open
here tomorrow. Page A-l
Green charges Gen. Johnson is un
friendly to labor. Page A-l
Roads blockaded at Anderson. Ind.,
after labor riot, Page A-l
Liberal bloc is split by Roosevelt
court proposal. Page A-l
Dr. Charles Seymour elected new
Yale president. Page A-l
W. P. A. envisages return of 600,000
to private Industry. Page A-2
Conferences to try to break impasse
on steel. Page A-4
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
starts neutrality study. Page A-16
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Red-haired bandit robs five places In
three hours. Page A-l
135 midshipmen resign after failing in
examinations. Page A-15
Internal Revenue annex basement fire
does little damage. Page B-l
Committee to take up school budget
tomorrow afternoon. Page B-l
Verdict on Capitol extension expected
this week. Page B-l
Green says A. F. of L. plans campaign
for U. S. workers. Page B-l
McCarran hopes to confer with Roose
velt on pay bill. Page B-l
Senate acts tomorrow on "red rider"
repeal motion. Page B-l
Demand grows for new Government
buildings here. Page B-l
Reassessment would add $21,651,267
in Montgomery. Page B-5
SPORTS.
Three warld records are smashed in
Boston track meet. Page B-7
Maryland scores double sports victory
in big program. Page B-7
Jamieson explains how weight shifting
effects golf stroke. Page B-8
Murray of Marquette is named grid
iron coach at Virginia. Page B-9
j Risko apt to prove tartar for Steeie
in championship bout. Page B-19
Wagering on race horses is showing
big increase in U. S. PageB-ll
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside. Page A-2
Lost and found. Page A-3
Vital statistics. Page A-12
Obituary. Page A-12
Traffic convictions. Page A-8
City news in brief. Page A-8
Army orders. Page A-8
Cross-word puzzle. Page B-5
Winning contract. Page B-8
PART TWO.
Editorial Section.
Editorial articles. Pages D-l-3
I Editorials and comment. Page D-2
Civic news. Page D-4
Women's clubs. Page D-s
i Parent-teacher activities. Page D-5
j Military and veterans’
news. Pages D-6-7
Resort**. ,Page D-8
ssi- £:dd,"
Public Library. Page D-l2
PART THREE.
Society Section.
; Society news. Pages E-l-12
Well-known folk. Page E-7
Barbara Bell pattern. PageE-10
PART FOUR.
Feature Section.
News features. Pages F-l-4 ]
John Clagett Proctor. Page F-2 j
Dick Mansfield. Page F-2 j
Radio programs. Page F-3
Amusements. Page F-S
Automobiles. Page F-6
Aviation. Page F-6
Children's. Page F-7
j High lights of history. Page F-7
PART FIVE.
Financial, Classified.
Trade forges ahead. Page G-l
' Commodities edge higher. Page G-l
Pure oil drafts plan. Page G-l
Stocks sell off (table). Page G-l
U. S. bonds down (table). Page G-3
Curb list mixed (table;. Page G-4
Classified advertising. Pages G-5-14
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NAVAL FLYER MISSING
ON CALIFORNIA FLIGHT
Lieut. L. Q. Forbes Unaccounted
for on Trip to Deliver Plane
From Norfolk.
By the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., February 13 —
Feared missing in the rugged moun
tain areas between here and Yuma,
Ariz., Lieut, (j. g.) L. Q. Forbes,
naval flyer, ferrying a single-seater
fighting plane from Norfolk, Va.,
was posted as ‘‘unaccounted for” at
Naval Air Station tonight.
Forbes took off from Yuma at 1
p.m., reports to naval officials stated.
Rangers in the mountains 60 miles
from here reported workers said
they thought they heard a plane
motor sputter about 2 p.m. and a few
seconds later a loud roar.
Naval officials said an aerial search
party would leave the Naval Air Sta
tion at dawn.
MAIL FRAUD CHARGED
Officials of New Mexico Company
Named in Indictments.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., February
13 (A5).—Officers of the New Mexico
Potash & Chemical Co., Carlsbad,
and the Royalty Band & Shares Co.,
Santa Fe holding corporation, 'were
charged with using the mails to de
fraud In indictments returned by a
Federal grand jury today.
Fraudulent interstate transaction of
stocks and conspiracy to commit of
fense against the United States, from
which all potash lands in the Carls
bad area are lfcased, also was charged.
Those named included Charles
Lamb, Carolina Beach., N. C„ and
Harvey O. Garst, Terre Haute, Ind.
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ELECTION TRIAL READY
70 Prospective Jurors Are Prom
Outside Kansas County.
KANSAS CITY, February 13 UP).—
Government prosecutors announced
“ready” tonight for the first trial Mon
da} to result from a Federal grand
jury's investigation of November 3
election fraud charges.
All of the 70 prospective jurors are
from outside Kansas Oity and Jack
son County.
The grand jury indicted 19 persons
today, raising to 75 the number of
election officials and party workers ae«
I cused of vote fraud conspiracy. Only
30 are scheduled for Mai Monday.
FASCIST FORCES
TAKE NEW ROAD
Ring of Steel Drawn Tighter
in Effort to Strangle
Madrid.
BACKGROUND—
Madrid began strengthening her
defenses shortly after the insurgents
opened fire thre months ago, in
which some ground was given and
taken in the fighting that has
seesawed over many fronts all
Winter the Spanish Socialists
answer every attack with renewed
energy. When German and Italian
troops were discovered fighting
with the rebels Madrid intensified
the counter-warfare.
By the Associated Press. ,
WITH FASCIST FORCES SOUTH
EAST OF MADRID, February 13 —
Generalissimo Francisco Franco s Fas
cist insurgents today ripped another
spoke from the wheel of vital high
ways about Madrid.
They tightened the ring of steel
which they have been drawing closer
and closer around the city in more
than three months of fighting. The ob
jective is complete strangulation of
arteries through which Madrid draws
her supplies for life and defense.
(But one segment of the circle ap
parently remains open for communi
cations between Madrid and the East
ern Mediterranean seaboard. This pro
vides only for a circuitous detour from
the Madrid-Valencia highway through
Alcala de Henares. 20 miles east of
the city on a northeastern route to
Guadalajara.)
The maneuver, carried out by air
attack and a push by land under
heavy fire of Socialist government ar
tillery, sheared a 9-mile section out of
a secondary road connecting a main
highway from Albacet* to the Madrid
Valencla highway.
26 Armored Can Futile.
Twenty-six armored cars failed to
halt the insurgents. They seized five
ranches east of the Jarama River in
the disputed Valencia road territory
and consolidated positions at the
Arganda Bridge, which form a bar
ricade to incoming supplies or out
going refugees on the regular Valen
cia route.
The Fascists apparently were pre
paring for an assault on the village
of Arganda, east of the bridge and 15
miles southeast of Madrid.
Diversion of food supply trucks to
tortuous detours rendered them mole
vulnerable to attack. Fascists said
14 trucks Madrid-bound from Valen
I cia were blocked yesterday. 7 of them
wrecked and the others forced to turn
back.
(Madrid officials asserted the at
tackers were successfully resisted.
They claimed capture of a strategic
hill in defense of the Valencia road
and of two tanks In defeating an at
tack on Arganda.
(Reports to the government told of
an insurgent assault by air on Al
meria, on the southern Mediterranean
Coast. 64 miles east and south of Gra
nada. Many inhabitants of the town
were killed and several houses de
stroyed by bombs.
Refugee* at Monte Toro.
(Refugees from Almeria who ar
rived at Monte Toro on a government I
ship said they were attacked at sea by
insurgent bombers. One bomb struck
and damaged the prow of the ship.
(Mass expulson of families sympa
thetic to the Socialist government
from insurgent-held areas in the Bis
cay region of Northern Spain was re
ported in a dispatch from Bayonne,
France. The report said 300 persons,
mostly women and children, were
forced to cross on foot a no-man's
land between the opposing forces.)
UNIFIED COMMAND LIKELY.
Madrid Committee Goes to Valencia
to Push Plan.
MADRID, February 13 OP).—De
cision to create a single unified com
mand of all government forces in
Spain—now poorly coordinated and in j
some cases virtually independent—ap
peared imminent tonight.
A committee from the defense junta,
in command of the forces holding
Madrid, was en route to Valencia to
request establishment of obligatory
military service for all able-bodied
males between the ages of 20 and 45.
Informed political sources declared
the Valencia government probably
would decree such conscription as well
as unification of all defense armies.
Concerted Action Needed.
Military leaders were said to realize
a single command was required for
concerted action on all fronts, rather
than isolated defense tactics, to meet
the unified insurgent army of Gen.
Francisco Franco. <
The defense junta moved also to
limit radio broadcasting, except from
political and syndical stations, and to
straighten out rent collections from
structures that have been collecti
vized.
While Madrid's defenders looked to
ward a reorganization of the supreme
command, insurgent planes bombed
the main ward of a hospital in Ar
ganda, 15 miles southeast of the cap
ital, killing three persons.
Twenty-five persons were injured,
but ail patients had been removed
from the hospital before two bombs
struck it. Government pursuit ships
roared into the air to beat off the at
tackers, and two Fascist ships were
shot down, officers said.
The attack on Arganda. a strategic
point on the Valencia-Madrid high
way, was part of a general attempt to
sever all of Madrid’s communications
lines.
Radio stations not owned by polit
ical or syndical organizations will be
taken over by the propaganda depart
ment, the defense junta decided, and
there will be no broadcasts after Feb
ruary 14, except of approved enter
tainment and propaganda material.
News broadcasts will be limited to
such dispatches as are released by the
propaganda department.
The junta, striving to end contro
versies over collection of rents from
buildings collectivized or taken over
by political and syndical entities, or
dered payment of rents only to au
thorized agents of the governmental
properties administration.
HIKERS TO GIVE DANCE
Trail Club Entertainment Wed
nesday to Include Skits.
An old-time melodrama, mystery
act, and diversified skits on activities
of the Potomac Appalachian Trail
Club will be given at the dub's square
dance and card party, S p.m. Wednes
day, at Eastern High School, Eight
eenth and East Capitol streets.
Proceeds from the entertainment,
which is open to the public, will be
used to equip new shelters which the
dub recently builU
Resists Assailant
Upper: Miss Virginia Sko
lyn, 29, waitress, who teas
found, unconscious iti a field
yesterday—the fourth, woman
or girl in Buffalo to resist at
tempted attack since the slay
ing of Mary Babcock, 18. She
said she resisted a taxi driver
and fainted.
Lower: Howard Dinger, 39,
sought for questioning in the
Babcock slaying. Police said
he had been convicted of a
similar crime in Pennsylvania
and escaped from an asylum.
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos.
Schuschnigg's Paper Says
Restoration Possible as
Showdown Nears.
BACKGROUND—
Austria, a shadow of its former
power as a result of the World
War. is politically important be
cause its domination is desired
both by Hitler and Mussolini. Nazis
in 1934 killed Chancellor Engel
bert Dollfuss, but coup failed. Kurt
Schuschnigg, his successor, has fol
lowed Dollfuss' middle-of-the-road
policy. Mussolini has one ace to
play if Austria swings toward
Hitler. He may place Otto, son of
the former Hapsburg King, on the
throne. Otto, trained for kingship,
has been steadily gaining followers.
Br the Associated Press.
VIENNA, February 13.—Chancellor
Kurt Schuschnigg's newspaper de
clared tonight, on the eve of a meet
ing of 1,500 leaders of the government
party, that restoration of the Haps
burg monarchy in Austria must be
considered a possibility.
The newspaper, the Neuigkeits
Weltblatt. said the Fatherland front
—which corresponds to Italy's Fascist
and Germany's Nazi parties—must be
an organization in which Austria's
various elements join and that "mon
archist ideas as a specific Austrian
tendency cannot be abandoned.”
Chancellor Schuschnigg prepared
to tell the leaders of the front, at a
meeting in the Parliament Building
tomorrow, what his future policy
would be, and some sources predicted
a showdown would develop between
pro-Germanism and monarchism.
At least three of his ministers were
understood to oppose his program of
keeping out German influence.
Schuschnigg was underst/ >d to have
declared at a conference today that
he had made enough concessions to
the Nationalists in concluding a
friendship agreement with Germany
last July.
ARMY INCREASE ASKED
Czechs Would Build Up Force
to 150.000 Men.
PRAHA, Czechoslovakia. February
13 (^.—Authorization to increase
Czechoslovakia's army, "according to
the need,” was asked today by the
government in a bill filed in Parlia
ment.
The medsure would allow the de
fense ministry to act quickly to aug
ment the peace-time strength of 150,
000 men. Officials declined to state
whether an increase was planned for
the near future.
Woman, Believed Insane,
Found in Public Library
After Trunk Slaying.
Br tbe Associated Press.
AGAWAM. Mass, February 13
Police tonight arrested grav-haired
Mrs. Eleanor Randall in neighboring
Springfield's Public Library ir> con
nection with the "trunk" slaying of
her 23-month-old daughter Frances.
Hungry and near collapse. Mrs.
Randall was quietly reading a book
when a detail of Agawam and Spring
field officers found her at a library
table.
Police Lieut. Daniel Keyes of
Springfield said Mrs. Randall would
be arraigned in District Court Mon
day on a charge of the baby's mur
der.
Father Finds Body.
The young.tr. s body was found
by her father. Frederick Randall, in
a trunk in a back room of the Randall
home in a lonely section of this
town's meadowland.
Discovery of the baby's body came
less than a day after the father called
police to help him find his missing
wife and daughter.
Police Chief Perley J. Hewey of
Agawam and Sergt. Carl J. Murphy
of Springfield quoted Mrs. Randall
as saying she had passed the night on
a porch of a vacant Springfield
house.
The officers said she rambled In
her speech and could not give a cor
rest account of how she spent yes
terday afternoon.
Mother a "Mental Case.”
Chief Hewey said: "It is quite evi
dent that Mis. Randall is a mental
case. Due to that fact there has been
no extensive questioning.”
"Mrs. Randall was released from
Northampton State Hospital late last
month,” the Agawam police chief
(aid.
Medical Examiner Charles Downey
reported the child "apparently died
of suffocation 24 hours before her
body was found.”
Police were hunting Mrs. Randall
In the meadow lands and wooded
areas along the Connecticut River
when the mother of six children was
found in Springfield.
Court Plan Forum Topic
SENATOR MINTON TO DISCUSS PRESIDENT’S PROPOSAL.
THE President's plan for reog
ganization of the judiciary #ill
be discussed by Senator Sher
man Minton, Democrat, of
Indiana in the National Radio Forum
tomorrow from 9 to 9:30 p.m. The
forum is arranged by The Washington
Star and broadcast over the blue net
work of the National Broadcasting
Co. It will be heard locally over
Station WMAL.
It was announced yesterday that
President Roosevelt, learning his ad
dress to be given at a banquet for
Postmaster General Farley would con
flict with Senator Minton’s talk, had
changed his speaking time to 10:50
p.m. Later, however, it was decided
to change Senator Minton’s time to
9 o’clock, and the President’s speech
will be broadcast from 10:35 to 10:55
p.m. as originally scheduled.
Senator Minton's original speaking
time was 10:30 p.m.
Senator Minton is a supporter of
the President's plan which would au
thorize the Chief Executive to increase
the size of the Supreme Court of the
United States. His colleague. Senator
Van Nuy* of Indiana, is strenuously
opposed to the President’s plan of
m u» 0«*
SENA TOR MltiTON.
has so announced. No issue brought
before tha Congress in recent years
has more Jkirred the country.
ELUDES ATTACKER
City Is Stirred by Latest in
Series of Crimes—Man
Escapes.
BV the Associated Press.
- BUFFALO. N. Y., February 13 (JPt.
—Another attempted attack on a
woman teday atlrred this city where |
two other women and a girl have had
encounters with men in the eight days
since Mary Ellen Babcock was slain.
Miss Virginia Skolyn, pretty 29
year-old waitreas, collapsed In a field
at 4 a m. today after repulsing the
attentions of a man in an automobile.
The man. she told police, opened a
pocket knife and threatened her, say
ing:
"How'd you like to get what Mary
Ellen Babcock got?”
The 18-year-old Babcock girl’s
body, knifed and bruised, was found
in a vacant field one week ago today.
Her clothing was tom. Today police
admitted they had no definite clue
to her attacker, and a shake-up of
detectives was ordered.
"I’m just about ready to leave this
city,” said Miss Skolyn, who came
here recently from Detroit to live
with her parents. “I’m scared.”
Police said they saw no reason to
link the attempted attack on Miss
Skolyn or the attempted attacks on
two other women and a girl in the
last few days to the Babcock slaying.
Nevertheless, police admitted that the
Babcock case and ..he public atten
tion focussed on the subsequent at
tacks had made women in some
neighborhoods nervous.
Miss Skolyn has a night job in a
restaurant. After work today, she
said, another waitress offered to get j
her a ride home with a friend of hers.
Mics Skolyn accepted.
"He parked the car on a little hill.”
she said. “I asked, 'What are you
stopping for?’
''Then he started making passes for
me. I foueht for the door handle to
get out. He held me.
"Then he pulled a penknife on me.
I don't know how he managed to open
it. He said: ‘How'd you like to get
what Mary Ellen Babcock got?'
"I screamed then. I fought my way
out. A woman was running toward us.
He drove away at 40 or 50 miles an
hour.'*
The approaching woman. Mrs.
Josephine Boehn, found Miss Skoivn
unconscious. The young woman was
revived quickly. Her left hand and
wrist were scratched and bruised.
Assistant Chief of Detectives James
L. Carroll said tonight that police
know the identity of the would-be
attacker, and "expect to pick him up
tonight.”
“He had a friend call detective
headquarters and say that he would
give himself up.” Carroll said, "but !
he failed to do so." Carroll declined
to reveal the name of the man being
sought.
SLATER IS HUNTED.
IS - Tear - Old Carolina Girl Killed
After Attack.
SPARTA, N. C.. February 13 t/PV—
Officers searched throughout this
mountain area tonight for the man 1
who criminally attacked 16-year-old
Elva Brannock and left her strangl°d
body in an ivy clump beside the
Smoky Mountain Parkway, but they
said they had few clues.
Sheriff Walter M. Irvin said before
leaving his office today for a trip in
, connection with the investigation that
he had "the least fo work on you
ever heard of."
The girl's body was found yester
day, already showing signs of expos
ure to the weather. She had been
missing since Monday, when she failed
to return home from the Dividing
Ridge High School. Searchers who
came upon her body in the ivy found
her books neatly stacked beside her.
j Coroner Mac Roberts said she had.
been assaulted and strangled, although
the body was fully clothed. Roberts
j and Irvin expressed the belief the
| body had been carried and dragged
' some distance to the spot where it was
| found.
j Sheriff Irvin expressed fear the girl
; was the victim of a passer-by on the
much-traveled highway, and indicated
the search might take him into Vir
ginia. The spot is near the junction
of the Alleghany and Surry County
line with the Virginia border.
Elva was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jeff Brannock. farm family liv
ing about 3 miles from the school.
They found that she never reached
school the last day they saw her alive.
CONE TO BID ROOSEVELT I
TO FLORIDA CANAL FETE
Cross-State Waterway Opening to
Be Celebrated March 15.
Fishing Reported Good.
By the Associated Press.
MIAMI. Fla., February 13.—Gov.
Fred P. Cone headed for Washington
tonight to invite President Roosevelt
to the opening of the cross-State
waterway, and incidentally to the
Gulf Coast fishing his son, Franklin,
jr„ has been enjoying.
Gov. Cone said President Roose
velt had expressed a desire to try his
luck in the Gulf of Mexico since
hearing from his son, who has been
catching tarpon in Fort Myers waters
while recuperating at Boca Grande
from his recent illness.
Gov. Cone said he would invite the
President to attend the waterway cele
bration March 15.
A flotilla of yachts is to voyage from
Stuart, on the Atlantic Coast, to Fort
Myers, on the Gulf Coast, February
22 to mark the opening of navigation
of a 150-mile waterway across the
peninsula.
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ARMS SMUGGLING RING
DISCOVERED BY FRANCE
Authorities Find German-Made
Guns in Package Dropped by
Man—Swiss Find Cache.
By the Associated Press.
ANNECY, France, February 13.—
Police tonight announced they had
discovered the existence of an arms
smuggling ring running Germans arms
into France.
They said that after they found
German machine guns and revolvers
in a package dropped by a man who
fled when customs officers ordered him
to halt. Swiss authorities unearthed
an arms cache on a lake near the
French frontier.
tAnnecy is 22 miles south of Ge
neva. Switzerland.)
Police asserted the owner of the
villa where the arms were stored said
he received a small sum of money tor
each case smuggled, believing they
contained spare radio parts.
W ashington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
FLYING FISH.
FOR years there have been stories
about collisions between air
planes and birds. Just to prove,
however, that there is some
thing new in the world, here is the
story of a collision between an air
plane and a fish. The collision oc
curred at an altitude of about 2,000
feet and the fish then was on its way
down. What's more, it was not a fly
ing fish, it was a baby tuna!
The story is relayed to a Wayside
operative by William I. Van Dusen
of Pan-American Airways. Flight
Capt. John Cascio was the pilot who
smacked a fish out of the sky at 2.000
feet. Cascio, flying an airliner out of
Vera Cruz bound for Guatemala City,
was over the entrance of Vera Cruz
harbor when the baby tuna came div
ing out of the sky, crashed into the
windshield brace on the captain's side
and shattered the glass.
Capt. Cascio scraped off what fins
and scales he could reach and con
tinued on to Guatemala City. There
he explained that he had just leveled
off after his climb from the Vera Cruz
Airport when he saw a flock of frigate
birds ahead and above. Suddenly
there was a thud and a darkened
windshield. One of the frigates, home
ward bound with a meal of fresh baby
tuna, apparently had opened his
mouth in horror at the approach of
i the grandpa of all frigate birds, the
airplane, and dropped his tuna.
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WHAT RELATIONS?
Life has been much happier—
and easier—for Harold Ambrose
and Ike Gregg, handout kings at
the Post Office Department, since
they succeeded, after a long strug
gle, in getting a new sign for their
office door.
Starting out with the flossy des
ignation of ''Information Service,”
the questions that bounced around
from, passersby of inquiring trend
ranged anywhere from proper diet
for a stamp collector to caring for
a baby alligator received by parcel
post.
Now the sign says chastely.
“Press Relations,” and, while the
quantity of their visitors has
slumped, they have no kick.
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PROGRESS.
'THE small contingent of lawmakers
on the Hill who still ease the ten- ;
sion of official duties by tobacco chew
ing have a complaint to register.
It's all on account of the new-style
cuspidors placed at strategic points in j
the halls of the Capitol, House and |
Senate Office Buildings. The old
time receptacle has been replaced by j
pottery jars and graceful urns filled j
with glistening white sand.
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That's all very well from a decora
tive and sanitary standpoint, but the
tobacco chewers pine for the old-style
cuspidors with a wide rim which gave
forth a tuneful ‘‘bing” when a “shot"
failed to hit the bull’s eye. In fact,
they have had to revise their trajec
tory and have difficulty in gauging the
range on the new contraptions. Thus,
half the pleasure in “chewing” has
been sacrificed to modern ideas of the
esthetic.
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POOR PROSPECT.
\ PROSPECT doesn’t always mean
a sale, as any automobile sales
man will tell you. but in this case the
salesman didn’t get a chance,
i It was in a part of Washington
where automobiles are bought and
maintained on pr-carieus conditions.
! but nevertheless bought, and the sales
man stood on a shabby little stoop
waiting for the door to be opened with j
no more misgivings than if he had
been standing on the steps of a Con
necticut avenue mansion.
When a dark face was poked out of
the door, he asked:
“Can I speak to Mr.-?’’
“Who?" was asked, as a pair of
black eyes rolled until you could only
see the whites.
The name was repeated, the nature
of the errand was explained, and the
salesman added: “I understand that!
your husband hasn't been around !
lately and mu,t be in need of a
new car.”
"Well he don’t.” came the answer
with finality. “He ain't been around
and he ain't coming, ’cause he’s been
dead so long I hope he's using wings
God gives the faithful, and done for- I
got all 'bout automobiles, and them
that sells ’em. too," she added.
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YOLK!
pUISINE Is still a mystery to some
girls.
A cousin of ours in the 1700 block
of New Hampshire avenue just got
herself engaged and Is now trying
to absorb the many secrets of cook
ing. Calling up a married friend of
hers the other day. she inquired about
the preparation of a certain dish and
received a detailed account of it from
the young lady.
"I understood it all perfectly ex
cept for one thing,” she said later.
“She told me to separate two eggs.
I can't see what sense that makes.
After I put one egg down on one
corner of the table and the other on
another corner, I was stumped.”
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COLOR LINE.
No. 1 traffic alibi of all time was
related the other day by Barrett
Prettyman, former corporation
counsel of the District of Columbia.
An elderly colored man was
picked up by the law for driving
through a red light. “Well, sir," he
explained, "I saw all the white
folks going through on the green
light, and I thought the red light
was for us colored folk."
Human Skin Tanned.
A tanned piece of human skin at
tracted much attention at a leather
snow m London.
W.P.A. ENVISAGES
Jobs in Private Industry for
600,000 Forecast by
Hopkins.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 13. — The
Works Progress Administration today
envisaged thg. return of 600.000 W. P.
A. workers to private employment
within the next four and a half
months.
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins
told State W. P. A. chieftains at a
national metting he believed that
number would find jobs in various
industries and on farms by the end
of the fiscal year next June 30.
No “forced reductions,” be added,
were contemplated.
Hopkins reported 3,150,000 were now
on the rolls. He expected 60.000 to be
added for rehabilitation work in nine
States along the front of the recent
floods. He expressed hope that after
Ohio and Mississippi Valley recon
struction projects had been completed
the number on the Government pay
roll would drop gradually to 1.600.000.
He pointed out improvement in busi
ness had resulted in 900.000 leaving
the W. P. A. lists in the last 10
months.
Hopkins also announced regional
quotas from the $650,000,000 voted for
W. P. A. work by Congress this week
would be fixed at Washington. Re
j gional directors will allocate funds
; to the various States to carry them to
j the 1st of July.
The status of projects and em
ployment in States hit by last year's
drought was considered by Hopk.ns
I late today in a conference with ad
ministrators from 13 affected States.
Hopkins said direct drought relief
still was being given to more than a
million persons through W. P. A., Ru
ral Resettlement Administration and
I local agencies. The only immec.atd
result of the conference, he said,
would be an increase “to some ex
tent” in W. P A. pay rolls to take
care of drought victims ineligible for
loans or grants from the resettlement
agency.
"Given a normal Spring, the great
mass of the people in the drought
area will be back on their feet.” he
commented. "It appears that mean
while we will have to give temporary
jobs to more men besides the 75.000
that still are on W. P. A. in those
States as a result of the drought.
Drought control projects, notably
construction of dams, would be con
tinued. he said.
State' participating in the drought
parley were Kansas. Texas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, North Dakota. South Da
kota. Nebraska. Montana, Minnesota,
Missouri, Wisconsin, Colorado and
Wyoming.
MATTSON CASE LINK
DOUBTED IN ARREST
Man Alleged to Have Signed
“Tim” to Extortion Note—Wife
Also Taken by Agents.
A man who is alleged to have
signed "Tim,” the name used by the
kidnaper of the Mattson boy, to an
extortion note mailed to John Pertz
of Weston. W. Va.. is in custody of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
in Ohio, but his connection with the
Tacoma slaying is discounted.
The prisoner. John Robert Lynch,
and his wife were charged yesterday
with violation of the Federal extor
tion statute, according to J. Edgar
Hoover, director of the F. B. I. They
are accused of demanding SI.500 from
Pertz under threat of kidnaping a
member of the Pertz family.
Lynch. Hoover said, was seized Fri
day by F. B I. agents as he called
for a letter mailed by Pertz to "Mabel
Bell. Athens. Ohio," as directed in the
extortion letter. The agents were
waiting at the general delivery win
dow for the addressee to appear.
11 EXAMINING UNITS
APPOINTED BY ARMY
Fitness of Medical Corps Officers
for Promotion Will Be Consid*
ered at Sessions.
Eleven examining boards, to meet
in various parts of the country, have
been appointed to examine officers of
the Army Medical Corps to determine
their fitness for promotion, the War
Department has announced.
Boards in this vicinity will meet at
Baltimore, Fort Meade, Md., and Fort
Monroe. Md.
The Baltimore board is composed
of Col. William N. Bispham. Lieut.
Col. John J. Reddy and Maj. Walter
L. Richards, all Medical Corps.
The board at Fort Meade is com
posed of Col. Daniel P. Card. Mai.
Benjamin Norris and Maj. Samuel W.
Reeves, all Medical Corps.
The board at Fort Monroe is com
posed of Col. Frederick M. Harts or k,
Maj. John C. Dye and First Lieut.
William B. Stryker.
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TWO FROM DISTRICT GET
PENNSYLVANIA DEGREES
Maryland and Virginia Graduatei
Included in Midyear Exer
cises for 229.
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, February IS.—
Students from Maryland, Virginia and
the District of Columbia are among
229 graduates who were to be awarded
degrees this morning at the midyear
| exercises of the University of Penn
sylvania.
They are:
Albert I. Lansing. Washington,
bachelor of arts: Elsie V. Seal, Wash
ington. master of science in educa
tion: Huston R Jackson, Baltimore,
master of arts; Ralston D. Scott,
Childs. Md., bachelor of arts and Ray
nor L. Ayres. jr„ Covington, Va,
bachelor of science in economics.
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300 DIE IN THEATER FIRE
TOKIO, February 14 (VP).—The
newspaper Aaahi reported today more
than 300 women and children died
in a mowing picture theater fire In
Antung, Manchukuo.
Japanese troops were called out, the
paper said, and distinguished them
selves by saving many lives.
(Antung la on the Talu River,
about 7 miles above its mouth in
Bay of Korea.)
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