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Thousands Reported in Hard
Fight on Key City
Near Madrid.
BACKGROUND—
Rebels made quick gains in civil
tear which bepan year ago. Drive
against Madrid began last Novem
i ber, but Loyalists held city. Fight
ing slackened during Winter. In
surgents turned attention in Spring
to northern drive and Madrid two
weeks ago began drive to oust foe
pom city’s environs, met counter
offensive and fighting has been
heavy.
By the Associated Press.
MADRID, July 24.—Spanish insur
gent* entered the important town of
Brunete, 15 miles west of Madrid,
• fter a day-long attack, the govern
ment announced late tonight.
Ever since the insurgent troops of
Gen. Francisco Franco launched their
violent counter-attack last week, bat
tling to regain territory taken in a
government drive westward from be
sieged Madrid, the shell-battered town
of Brunete had been their prime ob
jective.
The fighting today, government
sources said, was the most severe in
the bitterly contested sector. Gov
ernment troops were subjected to in
tensive shelling and machine gunning
before insurgent infantry engaged
them at close quarters.
Government reports said the in
surgents reached the outskirts of Bru
nete shortly after noon, but were j
hurled back to their original positions i
west of the town. The insurgents |
relentle*slv attacked again, and. ofll- |
e1al reports tonight said, entered the !
town.
The government said many Moors
were in the Insurgent ranks.
j Fighting Still Rage*.
Heavy fighting was still going on
tonight in Brunete. government ad
vices said, as the Insurgents strove to
drive the defenders completely out of
the town. Casualties were high.
An insurgent fighting plane was re
ported shot down in a 20-minute air
battle over La Albericia airfield.
Twenty government warplanes took
off and engaged six insurgent bomb
ers, with 21 fighting planes protecting
them.
Insurgents attacked from a semi
etrcular front southwest of Brunete
end south of Quijorna.
Last Sunday Brunete was the scene
of some of the heaviest fighting of
the war. involving more men and more
hesw weapons—particularly airplanes
—than any other conflict of the civil
war.
200.000 in Battle Line*.
Tt was estimated then that about
500.000 men. almost, equally divided,
were in the opposing lines
j Brunete is the tip of the govern
ment's south-pointing ‘'thumb.’’ Loss
of it would endanger the whole salient
and the men and munitions Miaja s
troops have massed inside. A success
ful government advance from Brunete
.would aim at Navalcamero, the in
surgents’ supply and communication
> base for the siege.
Insurgent troops, attacking at small
Abjective* rather than risk a large
I scale offensive on the strongly de
fended government lines, have local
ized the fighting all week.
They have struck, however, at all
aides of the government salient dip
ping southeast from Valdemorillo and
southwest from Villafranca del Cas
tillo to Brunete.
THOUSANDS REPORTED DEAD
Rebels Refuse to Let Defenders Rest
a Minute.
SALAMANCA, Spain. July 24 —
Insurgent* advanced to Brunete to
night in an encircling movement
which threatened to close off the sa
lient down which government forces
pushed three weeks ago in an effort
to lift the siege of Madrid.
Failure of Madrid troops to break
through insurgent lines south of the
beseiged city and join the troops driv
ing down the salient apparently
robbed the government attack of its
strategic value, insurgents said.
Prisoners reported government losses
were tremendous and that thousands
of bodies were strewn on the plains
west of Madrid, where one of the
greatest battles of the Spanish civil
war is raging.
So bitter has been the fighting that
no time was taken out to bury the
dead.
Insurgents said they were not let- i
ting the Madrid defenders rest a mm- I
ute. Artillery has been blasting stead
ily at government positions for days |
and bombing planes have harassed
the city.
WEBSTER’S FRIENDS
QUIZZED BY POLICE
Efforts to Learn Motive for Mur
der of Providence Physi
cian Pressed.
Br the Aeeocl»te<! Pren.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., July 24.—De
tectives Investigating the slaying of
Dr. George W. Webster, fashionable
physician, tonight turned to a close
questioning of his friends—leaders in
medicine and persons of high social
standing in the Rhode Island capital
—for a motive in the murder.
Two detectives began a round of
questioning of prominent acquaint
ances of the 39-vear-old obstetrician,
6lain by two bullets early July 16 in
the doorway of his home here.
The names of those questioned were
carefully guarded by Deputy Police
Supt. James J. Cusick.
Confidence that the case would be
solved was expressed by Thomas H.
Robert*, chairman of the Board of
Fire and Police Commissioners.
"I am highly satisfied with the way
Deputy Cusick is handling the case,”
Roberts asserted.
Meanwhile Investigators combed a
mile area around the elaborate Web
ster town house for any Army auto
matic from which a ballistics expert
said the death bullets were fired.
A box of .45-caliber cartridges found
near the slain doctor's home has
failed to provide any leads to the
weapon.
Magazin Blast Kills Six.
BUENOS AIRES, July 24 UP).—Six
persons were killed and one wounded
when a powder magazine exploded
today in the Seismogr&phic Com
mission quarters at Malarque, Men
doca Province. The building was de
stroyed and neighboring houses were
damaged.
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Readers' Guide
and
News Summary
The Sunday SUr, July 25, 1937.
FOREIGN.
Tokio warns of war unless China with
draw* troops Page A-l
Japanese to attempt flight from
Tokio to New York. Page A-l
Insurgents enter town of Brunete after
hard fighting. Page A-2
NATIONAL.
Talk of adjournment gains momentum
in Congress. Page A-l
Four freed, five sentenced as Scotts
boro rase ends. Page A-l
Trure in Buffalo strike fails to allevi
ate food shortage. Page A-l
Cancer research center to be built near
Bethesda. Page A-l
Hunt sped for Scoutmaster after coat
Is found. Page A-2
U. S. Chamber studies Labor Board
decisions. Page A-2
Roosevelt to promote 26 to either major
or brigadier general. PageA-IA
Martin assails civil service bill as stab
at merit system. Page B-2
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Two drownlngs follow capsizing of
small boats in river. Page A-l
Conferees act this week on District tax
bill. Page A-l
Kennedy plan for D. C. reorganization
nearly completed. Page A-l
King drafts bill for airport at Camp
Springs. Page A-l
New effort to be made to obtain suf
frage for District. Page B-l
District specifically included ir> Wag
ner housing bill. Page B-l
House may clear calendar of D. C. bills
tomorrow. Page B-l
Health Department considering rigid
•■nuisance" code. Page B-l
Striking painters await three possible
developments. Page B-l
Cnmdr. L. B Comhs assigned to model
basin construction. Page B-l
Randolph Leigh to head Suburban
Community Chest Unit. Page B-5
SPORTS.
Ferrell'* pinch-batting enables Nats
to beat Browns twice. Page B-6
Budge pressed but gets split for Yanks
in cup tennis. Page B-S
Travis splurges and goes within point
of batting lead. Page B-7
Base ball rapidly is gaining ground in
foreign countries. Page B-7
Johnsen-Heffner play Lynch-Brease in
mid-Atlantic final. Page B-8
Flying Scot annexes classic, Rosenna
is victor at Delaware. Page B-9
Farr gives considerable boots to rating
of British heavies. Page B-10
Horseshoe flippers to open The Star
title play Monday. PageB-11
John Harding, jr , shows way to vet
eran sailing skippers. Page B-ll
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside. Page A-2
Obituary. Page A-8
Shopping news. Page B-4
PART TWO.
Editorial Section.
Editorial articles. Pages D-l-3
Editorials and comment. Page D-2
Civic news. Page D-4
Cross-word puzzle. Page D-4
Military and veterans'
news. Pages D-4-S
Vital statistics. Page D-S
Stamps. Page D-S
Resorts. Page D-7
Educational. Page D-8
Winning contract. Page D-10
PART THREE.
Society Section.
Society news. PageeE-1-10
Well-known folk Page E-4
Barbara Bell pattern. Page E-10
PART FOUR.
Feature Section.
News features Page* F-l-4
John Clagett Proctor. Page F-2
Dick Mansfield. Page F-3
Automobiles. Page F-3
Amusements. Page F-5
Childrens page. Page F-8
Radio programs. Page F-7
PART FIVE.
Financial, Classified.
Industry show's strength. Page G-l
D. C. trade advances. Page G-l
Stocks edge up. Page G-l
Stock table. Page G-2
Bond table. Page G-3
Curb table. Page G-4
Lost and found. Page G-4
Classified advertising. Pages G-4-13
REFERENCE TO BONES
TO STAND AT TRIAL
Court Denies Plea of Three Ac
cused of Murdering Their
Kinsman.
Bt the Associated Press.
BURGAW. N. C., July 24—A de
fenseless motion to strike out refer
ences to a pile of bones, to which a
State's witness said one of the de
fendants led searchers, was over
ruled today in the trial of three men
charged With murdering Paul Kroch
malny. their kinsman, and cremating
his body.
A. A. Nelms, a private investigator,
had testified yesterday that the bones
were found among ashes on a farm
about 200 yards from the home of
Adam Smith upon whom, the witness
said, Pete Krochmalny had attempt
ed to lay the blame for his brother’s
murder.
The State charged that the three
men slew their kinsman soon after
he sold his home In Toledo, Ohio, and
came to the St. Helena community
near here so that they could keep
IU60 in money orders which “old”
Paul had gent to himself and which
had been erroneously delivered to his
nephew and namesake before he ar
rived.
A WOMAN’S AGE
Oregon Lady Refuted to Tell It,
Denied Auto License, Jailed.
MEDFORD, Oreg.. July 24 <4>).—
Mrs. Florhanna Beckman's refusal to
give her birth date in applying for a
driver's license led to a 30-day Jail
sentence today.
Ruled Judge William R. Coleman In
sentencing her for non-possession of a
license:
“You have defied this court, the
State police and the secretary of State
long enough."
Records show she had appeared in
court thrice before on a similar charge.
CAROL AT CONCERT
LONDON, July 24 </P).—King Carol
of Rumania, on an incognito vacation
visit to England, today attended a
matinee concert of the music of Nicolo
Paginlnl, nineteenth century Italian
composer and violinist.
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LABOR BOARD HIT
FOR ITS RULINGS
Has Failed to Interpret Act
Consistently, U. S. Cham
ber Holds.
Declaring that decisions of the Na
tional Labor Relations Board "have
net yet provided definite and consist
ent Interpretations of the act which
will enable employers to understand
elearly the extent of their obligations
and their rights under the act,” the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States last night made public a study
of board rulings In approximately 200
cases completed in the two-year life
of the Wagner labor relations law.
The digest was offered without
romment other than that it was an
attempt "to make clear the actual
rulings, freed from the surrounding
circumstances of each case, for it is
through the rulings that an under
standing can be obtained of the ap
plications of the act made by the
board.”
It added that "because of the pur
pose of this study, statements as to,
rulings are made without reference
to any views respecting desirability
or undesirability, validity or invalid
ity.”
Cites Three Factors.
The report cite? three major fac
tors that have entered into the
board's decisions — employers’ rights,
bargaining unit and majority rule —
and sets out principles that have been
followed In developing these.
In defining employers’ rights, the
summary said, the board has held:
"An employer has no right himself
to request a proceeding by the board
for an election among employes to
ascertain the majority choice of a
representative for collective bargain
ing, but if the employer joins with
*n outside labor organisation in mak
ing such a request he is given stand
ing by the board.
» Ufelll Kl 013*
charge an employe for inefficiency,
misconduct, or other cause unrelated
to his membership in a labor organ
ization, but this right has been denied
in some instances, where an employe
used company time for union activi
ties, the board undertaking to deter
mine that there was not interference
with quantity or quality of work per
formed.
Right of Employer.
“An employer has a right to refuse
to accept demands made upon him
in the course of collective bargaining,
but not to terminate collective bar
gaining for that reason, or because
the labor organization involved is vio
lating an existing agreement,”
On the issue pf bargaining unit, the
report continued, “one plant among
four operated by an employer was
held a bargaining unit, while all six
plants of another employer were held
to constitute a bargaining unit, and
there was no determination as to the
plants of another employer on the
ground the evidence was inconclusive.
In other instances it has been held
there are several units within a
plant,
“When the board, without holding
an election, certifies an organization
to represent employes in collective
bargaining, it requires proof that the
organization in fact Is authorized to
act for a majority." the report adds.
“When the board holds an election it
has followed several principles. In its
annual report, which was dated Jan
uary. 1937, and whirh covered the pe
riod ended with June 30. 1936. the
board stated that to the end of this
period it had issued all certifications
after elections on the basis that a
majority of those eligible to vote had
cast ballots for the organization certi
fied. In fact, it had during this period
refused certification after an election
in which less than oneJfourth of the
eligible employes voted.
“On July 3, 1936, however, the board
issued a certificate based on the re
sults of an election in which a ma
jority of eligible employes voted, but
less than a majority voted for the
organization accepted by the board.
This was followed by other rases, in
cluding a case in which, although only
about one-third of the eligible em
ployes voted, the board certified the
organization receiving a majority of
this minority.”
Report Quotes Consideration.
The report quotes these consider
ations which are said, in varying de
gress, to have had weight in each case:
History of labor relations in industry;
history of labor relations between em
ployer and his employe; skill of em
ployes; functional coherence of em
ployes; mutual interests of employes;
wage rates; organization of employ
er's business: form self-organization
takes; eligibility rules of employes’
organizations.
“The board.” the report says, "has
repeatedly ruled that discharges or
layoffs of union members for reasons
not considered by the board to be
convincing and adequate constitute
illegal discriminations against labor
organizations whenever there is sub
stantial evidence that the termination
of employment was attributable to
union acivities.”
One of the eases cited was that
recently decided against the Willard
Hotel when a waiter and waitress were
ordered restored to duty by the board.
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TRAILER STRIKE SETTLED
Agreement to Send 500 Back to
Jobs After Two-Week Layoff.
DETROIT, July 24 yP).—The two
week-old strike which left 500 em
ployes of the Fruehoflf Trailer Co.
idle has been settled, it was announced
tonight.
Loren Houser, an organizer for the
United Automobile Workers of Ameri
ca, and company officials made the
announcement but withheld terms of
the settlement. They said the agree
ment was reached in a conference
Friday and approved by union workers
today.
One of the Supreme Court rulings
upholding the Wagner national labor
relations art was in a case appealed
by the FruehoflT firm.
SALVADOR QUITS LEAGUE
Cabinet Decides Nation Will
Withdraw.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July
24 (A>).—The cabinet decided tonight
Salvador would resign from the League
of Nations.
Three other Central American na
tions—Guatemala, Honduras and Nic
aragua—gave notice last year of their
withdrawal from the League.
Under the League Covenant, two
years must elapse before the resigna
tion become* effective.
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Rare Art at Corcoran Gallery
This painting, “Portrait of Alessandro Vittoria,” by the six
teenth century Italian painter, Veronese, is one of seven rare
masterpieces lent to the Corcoran Gallery ot Art for public
exhibition by Umberto Pini, Italian collector.—Star Staff Photo.
State Police Head Orders
Systematic Search for
Morris Close.
Br thp Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ July 24 —Mai
John A. Warner, superintendent of
State police, today ordered a sys- |
tematic search along the Cherry Valley !
Turnpike for Morris Ft. Close. 23. miss- ;
ing Rochester Scoutmaster, whose coat
was found on a slain man near King
dom City. Mo.
The road will be blocked off in sec
tions and searched by uniformed
patrols.
Searchers were working on the the- '
orv that Close, who vanished while
driving home from Aibanv Monday
night, was robbed of his automobile
and clothing and possibly slam.
The man. whose body was found in '
Missouri, was tentatively identified as
Cameron Wayne Pedlev of Oregon. 1
Mo., a former United States Marine,
but a check of the dead man s finger- j
prints in Washington showed they did i
not correspond with any in the files ■
of the Marine Corps.
Prosecutor T. A Faucett of Calloway
Countv. Mo., said that two cousins of
Pedlev viewed the body and, although
they had not seen him in eight years,
said it resembled Pedlev in some ways
and in others it did not.
Faucett said he had established that 1
the dead man was one of two occu
pants of a car bearing New York State
license plates which bought gasoline
at a Kingdom City filling station
Wednesday night.
Police are searching for the automo- 1
bile and the other occupant.
Meanwhile. Robert Close, the miss
ing man's brother, and his father went
to Buffalo todav to lay the case before
Nat Pieper. head of the Western New
York division of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation. Pieper would not
comment on the case.
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SEAMEN AIDED
Maritime Union Votes for Bill to
Assist Filipinos.
NEW YORK. July 24 (A3).—Congres
sional action to permit Philippine sea
men to receive citizenship papers, pro
vided they were admitted to this
country prior to May 1, 1934. was !
urged today by the constitutional con- I
vention of the National Maritime
Union.
Such a policy, a resolution main
tained. would be in line with the same
procedure followed in cases of other
aliens considered eligible for cit
izenship.
The conventon voted to suspend “for
99 years" Joseph Murphy, a steward
of the United States liner Washing
ton, for alleged pro-company activities.
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CLAIMS GLIDER RECORD
BUENOS AIRES. July 24 (A1).—The
German glider pilot, Hans Ott, riding
on a brisk wind, flew over the River
Plate today in what he declared was
a world record flight over water for
gliders. He said he traveled 31 miles.
Ott was propelled into the air at
Colonia, Uruguay, and landed at the
airport of Quilmes, in the suburbs of
Buenos Aires. He was In the air 43
minutes, he said.
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LAWMAKER DIES
AFIE WEE FIRE
R. R. Dennis Succumbs After
Leading Ocean City Force
in Fighting Blaze.
By ihp Associated Pr
OCEAN CITY, Md , July 24 —Dele
gate Ralph R. Dennis, veteran member
of the Maryland Legislature and a
Democratic leader in Worcester Coun- 1
ty. died of a heart attack tonight after ;
fighting a fire at a hotel here. He i
was 46.
Dennis, who was chief of the fire
rompany. became ill after he had re
turned from thp hotel to his ronfpe
tionerv storp. His wife, daughter Bet
ty Jane. 16. and Dr. Frank J. Town
send were with him at the time of his
death.
Frank W Truitt, treasurer of th°
fire rompany. said that when a chim
ney fire broke out about 8 p m. at the
George Washington Hotel he rounded
up members of the company himself
because it was felt an alarm might ex
cite people at the resort.
Dennis swung onto a fire truck and
was one of the first to reach the scene
of the blaze.
He went to the top floor of the six
storv hotpl. climbed out a window and
up a ladder to the roof. Using rhem- j
icals. he Ipd the firemen in extinguish
ing the blaze. Fumes affected him
and he camp down from the roof.
Returning to his store, Dennis be- '
came ill and called Dr. Townsend. 1
and he was stricken while talking
with the physician and his family.
He first was elected to the Legis
lature in 1918 and served to 1920. He
was re-elected in 1930 and had served
continuously since then. Before 1918.
he was principal of the high school
here.
TOM MIX’S MOTHER,
88, DIES AT HOME
Former Film Star to Pass Through
Capital Today on Way to
Pennsylvania Funeral.
Tom Mix. whose cirrus opens here
tomorrow, was notified yesterday at
Winchester, Va . of the death of his I
mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Mix, at her
home in Dubois, Pa.
Irish Moran, personal represents- '
tr.e of Mix, said the former star of
movie Westerns planned to come
through Washington today on his
way to the funeral, arrangements for
which had not been completed last
night.
Mrs. Mix was 88 years old and
had been in failing health for some
time.
The Mix circus is coming here from
Winchester for a three-dav engage
ment, starting tomorrow night.
NEW ALASKA QUAKES
Minor Tremors Are Felt in Vi
cinity of Fairbanks.
FAIRBANKS. Alaska, July 24
Minor earth tremors were felt in the
vicinity of Fairbanks again today,
while rumblings audible here indi
cated the earth fault was readjust
ing itself after sharp shocks yester
day morning, last night and again
at 10:02 am. (3:02 p.m., Eastern
standard time) today.
Senator McGill in Forum
KANSAN TO OUTLINE “EVER-NORMAL GRANARY” EFFORTS.
ENATOR GEORGE McGILL,
Democrat of Kansas, will be
guest speaker on the National
Radio Forum at 9:30 p.m. to
morrow.
Arranged by The Washington Star,
the forum program is broadcast over
a national network of the National
Broadcasting Co. and is heard locally
through Station WMAL.
Senator McGill, hailing from one
of the great agricultural States, will
speak on legislative attempts to estab
lish the ‘‘ever-normal granary.” In
conjunction with Senator Pope, Dem
ocrat of Idaho, McGill is sponsoring
one of the farm bills now pending.
Recent speculation as to the extent
of the legislation desired before the
end of the present session has listed
the farm bill as one of the major
meaeurn scheduled far consideration.
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AZNATOR UcaiLL.
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CORCORAN SHOWS ’
OLD ITALIAN ART
Rare Paintings of 15th and
16th Century Masters
Exhibited.
A group of rare paintings by old
Italian masters, brought from Italy
recently with government permission,
has been lent to the Corcoran Gallery
of Art for public exhibition until Octo
ber, the gallery announced yesterday.
The paintings, by such celebrated
fifteenth and sixteenth century artists
ax Tintoretto, Veronese, Lotto, Car
paccio and Go7.zoli, are among works
of art allowed to be taken from Italy
under a revised policy with respect to
Italian art treasures. Before the rules
were relaxed, Italian officials forbade
the exportation of such masterpieces.
A number of American collectors have
purchased some of the exported works
in recent weeks.
loaned by Connoisseur.
The exhibit, now at the Corcoran
Gallery, is a loan by Umberto Pint,
art connoisseur and collector of Bo
logna, Italy. He brought the pictures
to America for inclusion in a recent
Cleveland art exhibition.
There are two Tintorettos, "The
Dream of Alessandro Farnese" and
"Madonna With Child, and Land
scape.” Tintoretto, meaning "little
dyer,” was the nickname of Jacopo
Robusti, who was born in Venice in j
1518. and who died there in 1594.
Known for his rich and powerful
work, he produced one of the largest
paintings on record. "Paradise,” in
the palace of the Doges, in Venice.
Veronese, whose real name was
Paolo Galiari, is represented by two
paintings, "Portrait of Youth” and
"Portrait of Alessandro Vittoria."
Veronese. *o called because he was
born at Verona. Italy, in 1528. became
one of the great painters of the Vene
tian school before his death at Venice
m 1
Fainting* of Pensive Aspect.
“Madonna, Child and St. John” is \
the title of a work by Lorenzo Lotto,
born in Venice in 1460. His paint
ings are characterized by their pen
sive. introspective aspect. Lotto died
at Ioretto. Italy, in 1556,
"Precepe'' (Nativity), by Vittore
Carpaccio, is in the exhibit,. Carpac
cio is famous for his series of paint
ings on the life of St. Ursula, at the
Academy of Venice. He was born at
Istara, Italy, in 1450, and died in
1522.
Benozzo Gozzoli is represented by
a "Madonna and Child." Gozzoli, best
known for his murals in the Medici
Chapel in the Ricardi Palace. Flor
ence, was born in Florence in 1420
and died in Pisa in 1496
According to gallery officials, Pmi
intends to dispose of the paintings to
American collectors.
BENJAMIN F. COLE
DIES AFTER INJURY
Formerly a Prominent Business
Man Here. 84. Was Active in
Church, Club Circles.
Beniamin Franklin Cole. 64. of 1412
Massachusetts avenue, former promi
nent business man. died yesterday in
Emergency Hospital frnm pneumonia
and complications, resulting from a
hip fracture sufTejrd last Tuesday
when he fell in l»ls home. Coroner A
Magruder MacDonald issued a certifi
cate attributing death to complications
resulting frnm an accidental fall.
Following a long business career. Mr
Cole, shortly after the World War. was
employed in the office of the quarter
master general. War Department, I
where he had charge of work in con
nection with returning the American
war dead to this country. Subse
qucn'lv, frnm 1922 until he resign“d
in 192S, he was en auditor in the
finance department of the War
Department.
A native of Fredericksburg. Va . Mr.
Cole came here as a young man and ;
entered business. Later he became
secretary-treasurer of the Lanston1
Monotvpe Machine Co. Also, as a
member of the old Columbia Hotel Co.,
he was one of the first owners of the
Raleigh Hotel. He also was a director
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Mr. Cole was widely known here in
business, church and club circles. In
point of number of years of member
ship, he was believed by relatives to
have been the oldest member of Cal- !
vary Baptist Church. He was a char
ter member of the Blue Ridge Rod
and Gun Club and at one time be
longed to several other clubs and
organizations.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mary Carter Cole, several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11
a m. tomorrow in the Wheeler-Thomp
son Funeral Home, Fredericksburg.
Va. Burial will be at Fredericksburg.
POLICE TRIO IN WEST
TO RETURN MONTAGUE
Extradition Hearing for Golf
Wizard Set Tuesday by
Gov. Herriam.
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, July 24—Sheriff
Percy T. Egglefleld of Essex County,
N. Y„ and two husky State troop
ers arrived today to take John Mon
tague. Hollywood's mysterious mas
ter of the golf links, back to face a
7-year-old robbery charge.
"Were taking no chances,” aaid
the 150-pound sheriff, who told of
reading about Montague's strong-man
feats. "Monte's a powerful boy.”
Gov. Frank Merriam arranged for
an extradition hearing in Sacra
mento for Tuesday. Because of this,
District Attorney Buron Fitts said
today arraignment and preliminary
hearing set for Monday were deferred.
Sheriff Egglefleld carried a war
rant charging Montague, under his
true name of La Verne Moore, par
ticipated in a hold-up of a roadhouse
near Jay, N. Y., in ’930.
CAPONE LIEN FILED
U. S. Seeks $17,166 Income Tax
From Gangster's Wife.
MIAMI, Fla., July 24 OP).—Notice
of a Federal Income tax lien of $17,
166 and penalty of $28.14 against Mrs.
Mae Capone as transferee of her hus
band, A1 Capone, was filed today In
United States District Court. >
Notice of an Identical lien against
the Imprisoned former gang leader for
taxes during the years 1926 through
1929 was filed last week. Title to his
Palm Island estate hen has been
transferred to his wife.
W ashington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting JEvents
and Things.
DEFINITION.
THE announcement of Federal
investigators that the burning
of the airship Hindenburg wag
due to ignition of hydrogen by
a "brush discharge,’’ interested news
men.
They asked Secretary of Commerce
Roper to define the term, "in a few
words.” Mr. Roper look baffled, and
turned to^ South Trimble. Jr., chair
man of the Investigating Committee.
Mr. Trimble sighed.
"Well,” he welled, "it took some ex
perts two hours to define it to us. We
tried to boil it down to one paragraph
in the report. If any of you gentlemen
can do better, you will be performing
a real contribution to science and pub
lic education."
The news lads changed the subject.
* * * *
GLASS HOUSES.
In a rerent radio broadcast the
Department of Commerce idon’t
we carry on about that outfit’) had
an expert describe the virtues of
one-umy glass—stuff you can look
out of. but not see into.
Next day came a voice over the
telephone:
< r . e r a __
way glass. I'll pay almost any
price. People keep looking in my
house, and it is losing me money."
Fellow in the D. of C. thought
the man teas bats until he ex
plained that he owned an historic
house down near Fredericksburg—
one of those Virginia show places
where tourists pay to much a head
to look at the antiques, the archi
tecture. the paintings, the owners.
This chap said somebody had dis
covered that you could stand on the
lawn and see in the house, and
most of his cash trade had promptly
disappeared.
* * * *
PERSECUTION.
CO NOW people have to poke fun at
us, in weather like this.
Had a story not *o long ago about ]
a bookshop up on H street that had a i
lot of books on a table, with a placard '
announcing “All books on this table j
free.” Predicted, after a look at the ]
titles, that the books probably would
be there forever, not being worth what
was asked.
And what, did they do? Put a
placard in the window with the col
umn pasted on it, caption reading,
“Wayside is wrong again" (wheredja
get that "again" stuff?) and announc
ing that all the books are gone.
“We have even better bargains on
the 25-cent table" quoth they.
O. K. We prophesy that all those
will be there forever, unless they get
moved to the free table.
* * * *
AUTHORITY.
R°B CRAIN, who syndicates a eol- j
umn on dogs and owns a fleet
of pooches himself, was sitting in that
park near Nineteenth and Pennsyl
vania avenue the other dav, watching
his frolicsome police pup at play. Lady
came by with a wire-hair terrier strain
in on a leash.
"Aw, let 'im off that string." said
Mr. Crain. “He won't go away while
my dog's here "
The lady, a trifile doubtful, did as he
said. Wire-hair wheeled and ran
across the street, ducked mto a laby
rinth of alleys and side streets, disap
peared.
By virtue of much advertising and
trouble, the lady recovered her dog.
Mr. Crain has not quite yet recov
ered his composure.
* * * *
STOPOVER.
WE VE seen many a bus driver do
many a weird, almost occult,
thing to pass away the time while
waiting for his schedule to catch up
with him. but a chap out on the Park
road run hit the peak the other day
during a layover.
Climbed out of his bus and picked
raspberries, for himself, while Time
drooled slowly on its way.
* * * *
ANNOUNCERS.
Friend of ours who monkeys with
short-ware radio apparatus has
made Quite a study of the language,
customs, peculiarities of the ama
teur radio operators.
Her tabulation shows the most
vsed words on amateur stations
are:
tl) “And-da.” (2) 'so-ah," (3f
"well-ah." (4) "but-ah."
No hoopla.
* * * *
ATHLETE.
'T'HAT gag about it being more dan
A gerous to take a bath than to swum
upstream in Niagara Palls (insurance
statistics, theng voui may not be ao
daft at that. We were talking the
other night with Bob Wilson, once a
famed Yale athlete and now manager
of the best-known of Washington gro
ceries. Wilson said he'd played nine
years of varsity foot ball in school
and college, four yeara of college
hockey, never had a serious injury,
anything that bothered him for more
than a week or so.
Now he has to wear an elastic knee
bandage if he plays tennis, wouldn’t
dare risk putting on a pair of aka tea.
Reason—a badly wrenched knee, sus
tained since he came here to live.
He got it playing touch foot ball.
MORGENTHAUS SAIL
Secretary Haa Lunch With Shir
ley Temple at Studio.
HOLLYWOOD. July 34 UP).—Sec
retary of the Treasury Mongenthau
and family boarded a ship at San
Pedro tonight for a vacation trip to
Honolulu. At noon he visited a mo
tion picture studio and had lunch
with Shirley Temple.
—— .<
Copeland Decision to Run in
Both Primaries Adds
Complications.
BY HENRY PAYNTER.
NEW YORK. July 24—United
States Senator R/>yal S Copelands
determination to run in both Repub
lican and Democratic mayoralty pri
maries on an anti-New Deal plat
form advised by former Gov. Alfred
E. Smith, resulted in more compli
cations today.
The city Fusion party, chief bul
wark of Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia,
outspoken supporter of President
Roosevelt, today suddenly developed
a bitter internal row comparable to
that already raging in Democratic
and Republican organizations locally.
A private arrangement among some
local Republican organization leaders
to back Copeland for the mayoralty
primaries with a ticket Including two
city Fusion party candidates enraged
Fusion leaders. The acceptance bv
these two candidates caused the first
rift in Fusion's ranks.
G. O. P. Group Barks La Guardia.
A group of prominent liberal Re
publicans. who are still considering
running pro-New Dealer La Guardia
as a candidate in the Republican pri
maries on an anti-Tammanv plat
form (as they did successfully in his
first campaign) joined with La Guar
ds today in criticizing the Republi
can organization leaders for consid
ering a Tammany Democrat as their
choice.
The five county Democratic organi
sation* of the city are already in
the throes of a finish fight essentially
Oter the New Deal
The four pro-New Deal county Dem
ocratic organizations are backing
Grover A Whalen, head of the 1939
World's Pair Commission. Thev are
also lending aid to a full-fledged re
volt within Tammany Hall iwhlrh has
Jurisdiction only in Manhattan! led
by Jimmy Hines, powerful Harlem
leader and allv of Postmaster General
James A Parley. Hines tried in vain
last week to prevent Tammany's des
ignation of Copeland as Its choice for
the mayoralty. Tammanv Is re
sponding by advising anti-Whalen re
volts in the other counties.
Dismayed by Defections.
A leading backer of La Guardia.
Samuel Seaburv, whose sensational
investigation of Tammany figures some
years ago was followed by the elec
tion of La Guardia on a fusion, re
form platform, showed his dismay to.
dav over the defection of Charles D.
McGoldrick. backed twice by La Guar
dia in campaigns, and Alderman New
bold Morris to the Copeland-Repub
lican ranks. Charles C. Burlmgham.
chairman of the Fusion Committee,
expressed himself in vigorous lan
guage. as did Charles A Tuttle, for
mer United States attorney, who had
expected to include the pair on tha
independent La Guardia slate.
Senator Copeland said in an inter
view he would "accept with great
pleasure" an Invitation to run In the
Republican primaries, as well as the
Democratic
Striking his anti-New Deal keynote,
he declared:
"Extravagant spending in Wash
ington reflects definitely on the wel
fare of the people of the city of New
York. Just stop to realize the signifi
cance of the high prices the people
are being forced to pay for food. Yej
will find that the extravagant expen
ditures being made in Washington by
the national administration and the
heavy taxation mad® necessary bv
these expenditures are very decidedlv
contributing factors. Higher food
costs and higher costs of living for
the people, with increasing taxation,
means higher rent."
Reports Hundreds of Wires.
He said "dozens of Republican lead
ers and hundreds of Republicans" had
written and telegraphed him, pledg
ing their votes.
Samuel Untermyer, erstwhile Tam
manv adviser, said he hoped Copeland
would lose in the Republican primary,
and added:
"The reactionary wing of the local
Republican party, in seeking to nom
inate Dr. Oopeland, is 'hitting below
the belt.’ I venture to predict that
Dr. Copeland will drive away three
decent Democratic votes for every dis
gruntled Republican vote corraled."
--•---.
POWDER EXPLOSION
WRECKS VILLAGE
55,000-Pound Blast Kills One and
Injures 40 in Town Near
Belgrade.
Bt 'he Associated Press.
BELGRADE. July 34 —An explo
sion of 55.000 pounds of gunpowder
damaged every building In the village
of Stragari today.
All that remained of the magazine
where the charge was set off. pre
sumably by the heat, was a hole in
the ground about 40 feet deep.
The watchman was killed and about
40 other persons were injured, some
when buildings in the village col
lapsed.
The force of the explosion threw
several patients from their beds in a
hospital about 3 miles away. Mast,
victims were treated for shock and
for injuries inflicted by flying debris.
WILL IS FILED
Estate Left by Mrs. Lowden
Valued at $500,000.
OREGON, XU., July 34 OP!.—1The
will of Mrs Florence Lowden, wife
of former Gov. Frank O. Lowden,
was filed here for probate today. The
value of her estate was estimated at
*500.000.
The former Governor was named
beneficiary until his death, when the
estate will be held In trust for tha
couple's four children.
Mrs. Lowden, who died July 8. and
her sister, Mrs. Harriet Schermer
hom of New York, were beneficiaries
of the estate of their father, George
M. Pullman, developer of the sleeping
ear.
FALL KILLS COUNTESS
LONDON, July 34 (A*).—'The attrac
tive 33-year-old Countess of Cardigan
was killed tonight when she fell from
a aeventh-floor window of a west end
hotel. Her body landed in the street.
She was clad in an evening dress
and had just dined. Police started an
investigation to determine whether the
fall was accidental.
The countess was the wife and heir
to the Marquess of Allesbury.
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