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JORDON SMS ON
NEWS OF REPRIEVE
Roosevelt Orders Stay of
Electrocution Until
June 14.
PERMITS JUSTICE UNIT
TO CONTINUE ITS PROBE
“'Knew President Would Do It,”
Doomed Man Says—Plea
Given Appeals Court.
Thomas Jordon declared himself
'•tickled to death” today by the news
that President Roosevelt had ordered
his electrocution postponed until June
14 to permit the Justice Department
to continue its new’ investigation of
the six-year-old hold-up murder of
Mrs. Lizzie Jaynes, Garden T Shoppe
cashier.
Jordon, who had been scheduled to
die In the electric chair in the Dis
trict Jail next Friday, was granted a
stay of execution late yesterday. The
order, signed by the President while
on his Gulf of Mexico fishing expe
dition, was announced here by the
Justice Department.
Knew President Would Act.
"I knew the President would do it!”
Jordon exclaimed when informed of
the order. ”It gives me a better
chance to prove I'm innocent. And,
of course, I’m tickled to death.”
Investigation of the case was re
opened following discovery of an old
police “incidental” showing that Mrs.
Jaynes and other witnesses had de
scribed the slayer as being 6 feet tall,
wdth "fair hair” and “gray eyes.”
Jordon is 5 feet 6>/4 inches tall and
has black hair and brown eyes.
Court Petitioned.
Jordon's attorneys, Harry T. Whelan
and William B. O'Donnell, petitioned
the United States Court of Appeals
jTfsterday to grant him another oppor
tunity to prove his innocence.
Meanwhile, John M. Holzworth of
New York, who recently entered the
case as associate counsel, was prepar
ing to hold a mass meeting next Tues
day night in an effort to form a "citi
zens’ defense committee” for Jordon.
The meeting originally was scheduled
for Thursday night.
Mrs. Jaynes was shot by one of two
bandits who held up the T Shoppe,
at 1835 Columbia road, on the night
of April 3, 1931. The 57-year-old
woman did not realize she had been
wounded, however, until about two
hours later, when she collapsed in her
apartment while telling her husband,
W. B. Jaynes, of the robbery. She
died in Garfield Hospital two days
later.
Jordon, 31-year-old restaurant bus
boy, was convicted by a jury in Dis
trict Court, in March, 1936. The stay
granted by the President is the sixth.
RITES SET MONDAY
FORJ. WILSON RYON
Prominent Prince Georges Repub
lican Was Victim of Heart
Attack.
»v t Staff Correspondent of The Star.
RIVERDALE. Md., May 8.—Funeral
services for J. Wilson Ryon, 48. prom
inent Prince Georges County Repub
lican, who died in the garage of his
home here early yesterday, will be held
from Hysong’s chapel, Thirteenth and
N streets, Washington, at 2 p.m. Mon
day. Burial will be in Port Lincoln
Cemetery with Masonic rites.
An attorney in the county for 20
years. Mr. Ryon succumbed to a heart
attack. He had been suffering heart
trouble for several years.
He was bom in Bowie, attended
county schools, worked as a machinist
in the Washington Navy Yard and re
ceived his law degree from National
University in Washington. Mr. Ryon
served as State's attorney shortly after
the World War and was appointed
special prosecutor in the notorious
Brady bombing case in Seat Pleasant
about six years ago.
D. C. WRITER FACES SUIT
ON BOOK ABOUT LEES
Member of Famous Virginia Fam
ily Demands Publisher Sup
press Volume.
RICHMOND, Va., May 8.—A mem
ber of the famous Lee family of Vir
ginia threatened court action against
a Richmond publishing house and a
woman author unless a book, con
taining correspondence of Gen. Light
horse Harry Lee, is suppressed.
Charles Carter Lee. commonwealth’s
attorney of Franklin County and
great-grandson of Lighthorse Harry,
said he would confer Tuesday with
representatives of Garrett & Massey,
Richmond - publishers of the book
"Stratford Hall the Great House of
the Lees,” and ask that it be recalled
and further publication halted.
"If they do not agree to this,” he
Raid, "we will seek an injunction in
Richmond Circuit Court to suppress
Its sale entirely.”
Carter Lee said the volume was
written by Ethel Armes of Washing
ton, who was formerly secretary of
the Stratford Foundation. He said
the letters she incorporated into the
book were the property of the estate
of his father, John Penn Lee, of which
he is administrator.
The letters complained of were all
correspondence of Lighthorse Harry,
Lee said, and included none of Gen.
Robert E. Lee.
GARDEN CLUB TO MEET
Arlington Session tg Be at Home
A. E. Wise.
The Arlington County Garden Club
will meet at the home of Mr. and
-Mrs. A. E. Wise, 1317 North Wayne
street, today from 4 to 6 p.m. The
president of the club, Mrs. Gilbert
Hall, has arranged a series of visits
to representative gardens developed
by members, and the Wise garden,
with Jts profusion of azaleas and
other shrub6 and flowers, is expected
to be found interesting and instructive.
Realty Tax 24 Pet. of Rent.
Improved real estate in the Feder
ated Malay States is now taxed at 34
per cent of its rental value, but the
tax will not be collected if the prop
erty is vacant. *
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Apple Blossom Time and a Queen Is Crowned in Shenandoah Valley ,
miss ureicnen tugeiow Thomson of New
Orleans, Queen Shenandoah XIV, relaxes for a
moment among the loveliness of the apple
blossoms after ascending throne
Amid the pomp and glitter and the blaring of trumpets, Capt. J. R. Beardall,
naval aide to the Secretary of the Navy, places the crown on the head of the queen.
The military escort was formed by the Massanutten Military Academy, Princesses
and maids of honor held royal places near the queen.
-— <• 4 —
Two Washington girls, Mary Baldwin Keater and
Beverly Mason Easley, bask in the glory of a profusion of
apple blossoms. More than 20,000 Apple Blossom Festival
celebrants attended coronation. —Star Staff Photos.
Proposed Statute Defines
Liabilities for Loss of
Life and Property.
A comprehensive statute clearly de
fining the liabilities of owners and
pilots for loss of life and property
damage in airplane accidents was
under consideration today by the
American Law Institute as a possible
model for proposal to the Congress
and the Legislatures of the 48 States. I
The institute, composed of out
standing barristers, jurists and law
teachers from all parts of the country,
was to close its annual session at the
Mayflower Hotel today.
The proposed statute, known as the
“Law of Airflight," is divided into
three separate parts—uniform avia
tion liability act, uniform law of
airflight and uniform air jurisdiction
act. It was drafted and prepared by
William A. Schnader, former attorney
general of Pennsylvania and chair
man of the Committee on Aeronautical
Code of the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State Law*
and also chairman of the Committee
on Aeronautical Law of the American
Bar Association.
Provisions of Act.
The aviation liability act provides:
1. The owner of an aircraft shall
be liable, regardless of negligence, for
injuries to individuals on the land or
property on the land caused by ascent
or descent or other movement of an
aircraft, or by the dropping or falling
of any object therefrom. It sets $10,
000 as the maximum damage for per
sonal injury or death of one indi
vidual. Otherwise, the damage is
limited to $100,000 maximum for an
airplane fully loaded, and maximum
liabilities within this sum would de
pend on the size of the craft.
2. The owner shall be liable, regard
less of negligence, for injuries to
paying passengers for death or in
juries sustained in accohdance with the
schedule of amounts set forth in I
the act. i
3. The owner shall be liable, if
negligent, for death or injuries to
passenger guests, on the same basis
of liability as applies to guests riding
in automobiles.
Other provisions cover liability for
baggage, collision of aircraft and com
pulsory insurance in certain cases,
with penalties for violations.
The Law of Airflight provides for
the conditions under which it shall
be lawful to operate aircraft and re
lates to licensing, the rules of the
Commerce Department, penalties for
use of drugs or Intoxicants or carrying
of guns or explosives, and *5,000 fine
or a year's imprisonment for viola
tions.
The uniform air jurisdiction act
provides for the jurisdiction over con
tracts, over torts and crimes, the pre
sumption as to jurisdiction and the
uniformity of interpretation.
The institute held its annual dinner
at the Mayflower last night with its
president, former Senator George
Wharton Pepper of Pennsylvania, in
charge.
Discuss Institute’s Work.
Prof. W. Barton Leaoh of Harvard
Law School departed from formal
legal style of delivery and phrase
ology to dicuss the institute’s work,
in restating the law and to carry out
his instructions from the ex-Senator,
‘‘to put across a few worthwhile
thoughts with a sufficiently light
touch and a sufficient supply of
humor” to provide "well-deeerved
entertainment” to the members.
The growth of law education in
the United States and England was
outlined by Dr. John Stewart Bryan,
president of William and Mary Col
lege and publisher of the Richmond
News-Leader.
MERCHANTS GROUP HITS
1 PCT. PRIVILEGE TAX
Gross Business Revenue Levy
Hsld “Discriminatory, Unfair
and Inequitable.”
The Commissioners’ proposal to
place a 1 per cent privilege tax .on
gross business revenue was vigor
ously opposed yesterday by the Mer
chants and Manufacturers’ Associa
tion, which termed the proposed levy
“discriminatory, unfair and inequit
able.”
Ford Young, president of the as
sociation,' declared such a tax, added
to the social saaurity taxes and other
recently increased expenses, would
force many concerns out of business.
The association also reiterated its
opposition to the proposed automo
bile weight tax, contending the pres
ent levy is more than sufficient to
pay for road maintenance in the
District. Diversion of .gasoline and
automobile tax revenues to purposes
other than road construction and
maintenance also was strongly op
posed.
Commissioners Hail Conven
tion Here Which Opens
Monday.
The District Commissioner* today
hailed the coming convention of the
Red Cross and urged all Washing
tonians to give a glad welcome to the
delegates.
The convention, which opens Mon
day, will stress better organization for
local chapters and more foresight for
emergencies, Rear Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, chairman of the Red Cross,
said.
A formal proclamation, signed by
Commissioners Hazen, Allen and Sul
tan. declared of the Red Cross:
“ThA peacetime work of this great
humanitarian organization is playing
an increasingly important part in our
national life.
Variety of Activities.
“Red Cross chapters throughout the
country assist needy civilians, serve
veterans and their families, sponsor
health and nursing programs, teach
life saving and first aid, establish
emergency stations on our highways to
care for injured motorists and weld
together the youth of the Nation and
of the world.
"One of the most essential phases of
Red Cross service is disaster relief.
This has been brought to the public
attention with particular emphasis
during the last two years as wind,
flood and earthquake have devastated
considerable sections of the country.
Appreciation Due.
"It is but fitting that the citizens
of Washington should show their ap
preciation of the honor conferred upon
the city in being selected for this
conference by extending a cordial wel
come to the delegates and by appro
priate display of American and Red
Cross flags during the period of the
convention.”
For two days flags have been flying
from every downtown comer to wel
come the delegates.
D. C. MAN IS FINED
ON GAMING COUNT
William Dewdney Get* Suspended
Sentence in Upper
Marlboro.
B» a Staff Correspondent or The star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md„ May 8.—
Pleading guilty to gaming charges,
William Dewdney, 1633 W street
southeast, Washington, was lined *250
and received a suspended six-month
jail sentence In Police Court here
yesterday.
Charges against two other men
and a woman, arrested with Dewdney
by Prince Georges County police in
a raid on Alex Tavern in Silver Hill
last Wednesday, were dropped.
Although eight patrons of the res
taurant were held as material wit
nesses under *100 bond each, none
of them testified before Judge George
B. Merrick. Dewdney. charged with
setting up a gaming table and per
mitting gambling on the premises,
also paid a *25 fine on complaint
that he had assaulted an employe of
Strickland’s restaurant, near Alex
Tavern, on the Southern Maryland
pike. His trial cm the assault charge
was held before the gaming hearing.
The defendant was also required to
pay court costs in all the cases.
TRIAL BOARD ACQUITS
POLICEMAN GRAVELY
Charges Brought by Mrs. Holt
Cleared After 27 Character
v Witnesses Are Called.
Policeman Spottswood Gravely,
fourth precinct, has been acquitted
by the Police Trial Board on charges
of assault, making a false statement
to a superior officer and conduct
prejudicial to the good order of the
Police Department.
Charges were brought against
Gravely after he arrested Mrs. Jane
Saxe Holt, wife of Alexander T. Holt,
an instructor in Columbia University
School of Architecture and temporari
ly connected with the Heme Loan
Bank Board, on charges of speeding
and assault. The assault charge was
dismissed by Police Court Judge John
P. McMahon on April 2.
Shortly afterward Mrs. Holt made
a complaint to the Police Depart
ment, and Gravely was cited to ap
pear before the Trial Board. His
attorney, Myron G. Early, introduced
27 character witnesses, Including In
spector Albert J. Headley, retired.
The charges were brought after
Gravely is alleged to have gotten
into Mrs. Holt’s car with her follow
ing a chase on Highway Bridge, the
policeman and Mrs. Holt each ac*
ouriag tha cibt ct amault
A
Queen Shenandoah Crowned
Before20,000 at Blossom Fete
“The Trail of the Pink Petals99 Proces
sion Will Feature Festival Program
Today at Winchester.
Br the Associated Press.
WINCHESTER, Va., May 8 —"The
trail of the pink petals,” a colorful
procession depicting Virginia's apple
growing Industry, drew the eyes of
thousands of visitors to the fourteenth
annual Apple Blossom Festival today
while Miss Oretchen Bigelow Thom
son surveyed her domain as "Queen
Shenandoah XIV.”
The New Orleans girl received the
plaudits of a crowd estimated at
20,000 yesterday afternoon as she was
crowned in old English fashion by
Capt. J. R. Beardall, aide to the Sec
retary of the Navy, on the esplanade
of Handley High School.
Thirty-two maids of honor and
cadets of Massanutten Military Acad
emy, her military escort, flanked the
coronation platform for the cere
monies.
The crowd s ovation all but drowned
strains of ‘'God Save the Queen” by
the Handley Cadet Band as the new
monarch accepted her scepter from
Mayor Charles R. Anderson.
Queen Attends Dance.
Miss Thomson and members of her
court attended a tea dance at the
Winchester Country Club later in the
afternoon, and last night the queen'a
official reception was held as another
part of the two-day program.
A ball tonight will bring the festivi
ties to a close.
Other features on today's program
included the second performance of
the pageant, "When Beauty Came,”
a fireworks display and aerial show
and a mid-day reception.
Gowned In white satin, trimmed
with gold, the newest in a line of 14
Shenandoah monarc hs, moved to the
coronation platform In stately pro
cession.
The ritual followed closely that of
ancient English ceremonies for the
coronation of rulers. Elizabethan
costuming accentuated the splendor
of the enthronement in view of the
valley’s wide expanse of flowering
apple trees.
The thousands crowding this "capi
tal” of Miss Thomson’s kingdom trav
eled over petal-bo wered roadways
from many States to witness the coro
nation.
Miss Thomson Is the guest during
the festivities of Mrs. Richard E. Byrd.
Standing in the bright sunshine on
the Handley High School esplanade,
Col. B. M. Roszel of the United States
Army administered the oath, ”as min
ister to the crown” when Queen Shen
andoah stepped forward for the coro
nation.
Scepter Given Ruler.
Mayor Charles R. Anderson of Win
chester presented the ruler with the
scepter after a prayer was offered by
the Rev. Ronald S. Wilson, pastor of
the Loudoun Street Presbyterian
Church.
Ann Roy Cat her acted as crown
bearer, and Miss Adelaide Coble and
Miss Barbara Bond were train bearers.
Miss Louise Miller was court jester.
Flanked by her maids of honor, Miss
Mary Scully and Miss Elinor Griffith,
the queen witnessed the richly cos
tumed pageant, which was presented
under the direction of Mrs. Virginia
Boyd Barr pf the high school faculty
with musical score by the Handley
Orchestra.
The three-part performance featured
interpretative dances and pantomimes.
WALTON LEAGUE
OUTING IS JUNE 6
Rockville Group Will Entertain
Junior Chapters at
Fishing Lodge.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md„ May 8.—Follow
ing an annual custom, the Rockville
Chapter of the Izaak Walton League
of America will entertain the mem
bers of the various Junior chapters
of the county at an outing at the
Rockville group's fishing lodge at
Violets Lock, on the Upper Potomac
River, the afternoon of June 6.
Plans were discussed at the May
meeting of the Rockville Chapter
and the arrangements were left to a
committee consisting of G. Hilton
Darby, Albert A. Ady and Owen
Knight. Boating, fishing, bathing and
feasting will be on the program. The
membership of the junior chapters
consists largely of high school stu
dents and 4-H Club girls and boys.
Reuben Riggs, former president of
the Rockville Chapter, was made
chairman of a special committee to
consider the feasibility of taking over
one of the streams of the county
with a view to stocking it and de
veloping it for trout fishing. It was
explained that this could only be
done with the consent of the owners
of all property through which the
branch selected runs, but the con
sensus was that there would be no
difficulty in securing co-operation of
the property owners. The commit
tee was also authorized to investi
gate the suitability of an ice pond
near Rockville for bass-rearing pur
poses.
The meeting voted to send a dele
gation to a session of the Frederick
Izaak Walton League Chapter Mon
day night to discuss how the two
groups can best co-operate toward
promoting their common aims.
Dr. E. Russell Cook, president, told
about the recent meeting in Chicago
of the National Izaak Walton or
ganization. Three new members were
admitted, increasing the enrollment
to 117.
ORCHARDS IN BLOOM
Hampshire County Trees Blossom
Later Than Those in Virginia.
WINCHESTER, Va„ May2 8 (Spe
cial*.—The extensive apple orchards
of Hampshire County, W. Va., about
15 miles west of here, will be in
full bloom tomorrow, according to
A. C. Oates, who said the blossoms
in that area usually unfold about
a week later than those of Northern
Virginia. The apple industry has
been highly specialized in Hampshire
County in recent years, and most of
the orchards are relatively young.
Visitors going from Winchester were
told to use U. 8. route 50 to a point
juft ftqrond Double ft.
RETRIAL FOR HODGES
IN EMBEZZLING CASE
Miitrial Declared by Justice Gor
don in Jury Deadlock After
26 Hours.
Assistant United States Attorney
Charles B. Murray announced today
that Zebulon C. Hodges, Jr., In whose
trial a District Court jury could not
agree yesterday, will be tried again
on a charge of embezzling funds
from the former Potomac Savings
Bank of Georgetown.
Justice Peyton Gordon declared a
mistrial yesterday afternoon, when
the jury reported after 36 hours’ de
liberation that it could not agree.
The trial of Hodges consumed two
weeks. He was charged with em
bezzling *775 of bank funds between
October, 1931, and January, 1933. The
Government contended he abstracted
legitimate account cards from the
flies and substituted fictitious ac
counts. Through his attorney, Rob
ert H. McNeill, Hodges denied the
charge.
The alleged shortage was discov
ered after the merger of the Potomac
Savings with several other financial
institutions to form the Hamilton
National Bank following the bank
holiday in 1933.
SILVER SPRING STORE
LOSES $220 TO ROBBERS
Merchandise and Stamps Taken.
Cash and Narcotics in Safe
Undisturbed.
SILVER SPRING, Md., May 8._
Burglars broke into the Peoples drug
store on Georgia avenue here last
night and took about *200 worth of
merchandise and *20 worth of stamps,
according to reports to police.
Robert L. Paxon, store manager,
discovered the loss when he opened
up the store this morning. Cash In
the safe and narcotics were undis
turbed. Articles taken were cigarettes,
toilet articles, cameras and fountain
pens. Entry was gained through a
skylight. One ralnsceked sack of.loot
was found in the alleyway behind the
store.
REVIVAL OPENS SUNDAY
Ballston Baptist Church to Hold
Ten Days of Services.
ARLINGTON, Va., May 8 (Special).
—The Ballston Baptist Church will
conduct 10-day special revival services
at the church, North Stuart and Ninth
streets, beginning Sunday at 11 a.m.
and 7:45 p.m. The revival will con
tinue each evening at 7:45 p.m., ex
cept Saturday. The pastor, Rev. O. P.
Lloyd, will be assisted by several
prominent speakers. Jerry Braden
of Washington will have charge of the
musical program.
AID STATION LEFT
Street Yields to Demand of
Strikers to Leave Doors
Unlocked.
■yrith the written consent of Welfare
Director Eiwood Street doors of the
District relief station at 2529 Pennsyl
vania avenue were kept open all night
last night so that about 40 members of
the Workers’ Alliance might stage a
"sit down” in support of their relief
demands.
Street gave a written promise that
the “sit-downers” could come and go
at the station at will last night as a
means of ending a threatened all-night
stay last night of four alliance mem
bers in the private office of Commis
sioner George E. Allen.
The delegation had come to the Dis
trict Building to protest that some of
their members were locked out Thurs
day night at the Pennsylvania avenue
station. The doors there were fixed
so that once a “sit-downer” left he
could not get back in, it was said.
Agrees to Leave Doors Open.
Finding Commissioner Allen out of
town, the delegation, consisting of
Edward Ozmun and three colored
women, announced they would stay
there “until Street gives us a written
statement” to leave the doors open.
Street later agree.d to leave the doors
open, provided the alliance officers
promised they would clean up the
office before opening hours this morn
ing. He said he received such a
promise.
une demonstration at me station
started Wednesday night. Officials
there did not attempt to oust the
group, but at closing time locked the
lavatory, because it adjoined office
space where official records were kept.
There is no lavatory in the waiting
room.
One of the demands made yesterday
was that this door be kept unlocked.
Street Refused, but there was a com
promise about permitting the ‘‘sit
downers" to re-enter the station if
they left it during the night.
Street, in his statement to the al
liance said: ‘‘On Wednesday afternoon
the so-called strikers were allowed the
use of the waiting room without the
doors being locked. They had com
plete access to it throughout the night.
They left the room in the morning
in a filthy condition, with food and
receptacles scattered about and re
fused, at first, to clean it up. It was
not until 11 o'clock in the morning
that they cleaned up the room so that
it was fit for business.
None Admitted After dosing,
“On Thursday night, because of this
failure to keep the office in good shape,
the door was locked at closing time.
No one was required to stay in—any
one could leave at any time. The
people were not admitted after the
hour of closing. In spite of the fact
that anyone could leave at any time,
the scrap baskets in the office were
used as toilets.”
Street said also that the alliance
‘‘demands food checks first and the
need investigated afterward.” To this
he replied: ‘'Employes of the Board of
Public Welfare are public officials and
are sworn to support the Constitution
and laws of the United States. Among
these laws is the District appropriation
act, which requires that relief shall
be given only to residents of the Dis
trict and to those who are in need.
Evidence must be submitted in ac
cordance with this law that the appli
cant is in need and that he is a
resident of the District.”
He added this about relief demands
of some of the alliance members:
‘‘Several people who were given food
orders on Wednesday, at last word,
have riot yet gone home to use those
food orders for their families or them
selves.”
BARS JAILBREAK
Jailer’s Daughter at Front Royal
Prevents Esoape.
FRONT ROYAL, Va., May 8 (JP).—
Jailer W. E. Sealook’s daughter was
credited last night with having pre
vented a Jailbreak.
Summoned by the girl to investi
gate a noise In the attic, Sealock said
he found John Lytelle, alias Paul
Matthews, almost within reach of free
dom.
The jailer said Lytelle, who was in
dicted Monday on a charge of breaking
and entering a railway depot at Riv
erton and stealing cash from the ticket
case, had broken a cage bar, climbed
into the attic, and tom open a screen
when the attempted escape was discov
ered.
Ex-School Official to Speak.
ARLINGTON, Va., May 8 (Spe
cial).—Mrs. Ruby C. Simpson, former
member of the County School Board,
will address the Parent-Teacher As
sociation of Stonewall Jackson School,
Monday at 8 o’clock In the school
auditorium. Her topio will be “Sum
mr Activities in the Schools.’’
EX-CONVICT TAKEN
AFTER* HUNT
Gould Faces Charges of
Transporting Stolen
Jewelry Here.
A 33-year-old ex-convict is in cus
tody of the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation in New York City, under
Jewell A. Gould.
charges of trans
porting “more
than $5,000“
worth of stolen
pearls, diamonds
and other loot to
Washington.
The prisoner,
Jewell Ashby
Gould, had been
the object of an
18-month search
by G-men since
h i s indictment
with Eula Mae
Bennett for vio
lation of the na
tional stolen
property act. Gould, caught by F. B.
X. agents in a Manhattan tailor shop,
was arraigned before a United States
commissioner yesterday, all held under
$7,500 bail pending removal here to
face trial in District Court.
Arrested in October, 1935.
The woman was arrested in com
pany with David Pinas, alias David
Sparks, in October. 1935, by headquar
ters detectives, who found them in
possession of $30,000 worth of jewelry.
The pair was released the next day,
when police found nothing to indi
cate the jewelry had been stolen.
Two days later, however, informa
tion was obtained that pert of the
jewelry, including a $2,100 diamond
ring, a gem-studded platinum brace
let valued at $5,000 and two pearl
rings had been stolen from houses
in New York City and Greenwich,
Conn.
The girl was rearrested and released
on band on November 30. 1935. Mean
while. the F. B. I. charged the woman.
Pinas and Gould with violation of the
Federal laws, but. the men could not
be found.
Indicted Last August.
Gould and the woman were indicted
last August. The woman was ar
raigned* m September and released on
$3,500 bond when she pleaded not
guilty.
Gould, who has a criminal record as
a burglar extending back more than
a decade, has served time in San
Quentin prison and elsewhere.
DE SOTO CELEBRATION
IN 1941 SPONSORED
Colonial Dames Council Asks Con
gress to Back Program of
National Proportions.
A resolution recommending to
President Roosevelt and Congress that
a national celebration of De Soto's
discovery of the Mississippi River be
held in 1941 was unanimously adopt
ed yesterday by the twenty-third bi
ennial council of the National So
cietly of Colonal Dames of America.
Shortly after passage of the resolu
tion the council ended its four-day
session at the Shoreham Hotel.
The measure suggested invitation
of all .Spanish-speaking nations to
participate in a commemorative pa
geant, which would feature “beauty,
color and romance,’’ represented In
progress from the sixteenth century
to the present. The event also would
Include depiction of De Soto’s life
and tragic death.
The resolution also recommended
that every State traversed by the ex
plorer on his historic venture erect
uniform markers on the route, the
markers to include the De Soto coat
of arms.
MOTOR FREIGHT LINE
IS GRANTED EXTENSION
Wins Bight to Operate Along
Jefferson-Frederick and Bal
lenger Creek Boads.
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, May 8.—The Public
Service Commission approved yester
day the application of the Maryland
Transportation Co. for extension of its
Baltimore-Frederick motor freight line
along the Jefferson-Frederick and Bal
lenger Creek roads.
The commission also granted the re
quest of the Tidewater Express Lines,
Inc., for a permit to operate a motor
freight line from Laytonsville to Da
mascus and Etchison except for trans
porting milk.
Applications denied Included pro
posed motor freight line of the Tide
water Express Lines, Inc., from Balti
more to beyond Frederick; J. Norman
Geipe, Inc., among Frederick. Buck
eystown, Urbana, Clagettsville and
Baltimore: Maryland Transportation
Co. among Frederick, Lime Kiln,
Buckeystown, Urbana, Ijamsvllle.
ABATTOIR FIGHT
BY HENNING HOME
OWNERS PRESSED
Petition Being Signed for
Presentation When Hear
ing Opens.
CITIZEN SEES RESIDENTS
LEAVING COMMUNITY
Householders Fear Opening of (
“Saloons” to Add to Deteriora- '
tion of Property.
Home owners in the general vicinity
of the Benning Viaduct, where Adolf
Gobel, Inc., proposes to engage in
extensive slaughter house activities,
protested today against the threat of
a "back of the yards" district being
created in an area that is just begin
ning to benefit from park improve
ments after years of neglect.
"If the abattoir isn't stopped, 10
years from now there won't be a sin
gle white person left living in the
neighborhood," said Fred B Monar,
who has lived in the 600 block of
Ridge road for nearly 16 years. With
others, he Informed The Star that a
petition is being circulated among
property owners with a view to pro
testing to the Senate Committee at ite
hearing next Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Fear "Saloons” Will Open.
Aside from the common odor nul-^
sances associated with abattoirs, Mr,
Monar sgid that many residents of the
area are concerned over the possibili
ties of "saloons” opening up to add to
the general deterioration of residential
property values.
"It will be just too bad for every
body living in the whole area,” ha
said. "We’ve waited long enough for
improvements and now that Fort Mc
Mahon is being developed and other
plans are under way, a slaughter house
will spoil it all.”
W. B. Shaw and Mrs. Helen Fowler,
both of the Kenilworth lily gardens,
and W. D. Willis who lives on Ridge
road were others who protested to
The Star against the abattoir plans.
Mr. Monar said that the only property
owners in the neighborhood who ap
parently were in favor of a "stockyards
district” are "those who hope to make
money out of saloons and other little
stores that might spring up to catch
the slaughter house trade."
Truck Nuisance Feared.
Mr. Monar feared the oders from the
live stock yards on sultry days and
nights would drive many persons from
their homes but he added that the
traffic nuisance which would be
created by numerous live stock trucks
would be almost as bad.
As pointed out in the abattoir
report made by Frederick H Walton,
Interior Department exj*rt, Monar
said most of the animals would be
brought to the pens in trucks which
would have to pass through sections
of the area from the east or over the
viaduct from the west. Benning Road <
residents, particularly, would have to
contend with this nuisance, he said.
In recent years since active slaugh
tering operations ceased at Benning,
the area has improved for residential
purposes and property values hate
increased. Home owners were said
to be anxious that this development
shall continue but fear the renewal of
operations at the packing plant, es
pecially on a larger scale than hereto
fore. would immediately end all hope
of further progress.
They are counting on aid, they said,
from civic groups in other sections of '
the city east of the Anacostia. These
sections, also, would be adversely af
fected by odors which investigators
say would be wafted over wide areas.
Detriment to Stadium
Meanwhile, the Southeast Business
Men's Association in a letter to Sen
ator King. Democrat, of Utah, said
the operation of the plant would prove
a detriment to the construction of the
proposed stadium at the foot of East
Capitol street.
Through its secretary, Louis F.
Frick, the association pointed out the
undesirable condition now existing in
the form of the garbage disposal plant
located at New Jersey avenue and K
street southeast.
"For a number of years.” Frick said
in his letter to King, "this section of
| the city has endured the obnoxious
i odors emanating from the garbage
disposal plant and we do not wish to
have additional unpleasantness such
as the slaughter house would render.”
_ _ A
BUILDING IS CALLED
JOB PROBLEM KEY
State Tax Economist Discusses
Work Problem at Virginia
Session.
By the Associated Press.
BLACKSBURG, Va., May 8.—Resi
dential construction offers perhaps
the "greatest single possibility for the
acceleration of employment,” in Vir-,
ginia, Dr. William H. Stauffer, Stat#
tax economist, told the Virginia Social
Science Association here today.
“The need,” he said,, "is present
both in urban and rural areas. The
retarding influence is the lack of
purchasing power * * *.
"Given the impetus of an effectite
demand for new-construction dweli-J
ings, it follows not only that for the
actual work of construction will em
ployment be offered local laborers and
artisans, but also that timber indus
tries, iron and steel plants, stone and
brick manufacturers, electrical goods
industries, paint manufacturers and
those who provide roofing materials,
glass, paper, plaster and a host pi
other related Industries * • *”
State Labor Commissioner John
Hopkins Hall, jr„ urged legislation to
protect against migratory industrial
plants and to keep streams pare from »
industrial waste.
The labor commissioner pointed out
that many concerns are opening plants
in Virginia to gain a competitive
advantage by working their employes
long hours at low wages.
Dr. E. L. Pox of Randolph-Macon
College toid the political science sec
tion that county government reform
"lags in Virginia at the present time
because county political groups do not
wish to have their patronage dis
turbed.”
Pox said the county political groups
"are not giving the local voters that
political leadership to which they ar*
accustomed in other matters, while
the State political leader* are not
willing to press a good cause against
their unwilling lieutenants.”