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UNWANTED BABY
CASE JAILS THREE
16-Year-Old Mother and
Expressman and Wife
Held in Chicago.
8* the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. September 25.—An ex
press man and his wife and a 16-year
eld girl w-ere held tonight while police
checked and rec.hecked a bizarre story
ef an unwanted infant girl and un
grammatical depositions.
In custody were Thomas Lizak and
hi* wife Dolores, in whose home the
baby was found after Police Capt.
Martin Mullen received an anonymous
telephone call, and Miss Beatrice Kis
inger. Mullen said Miss Kisinger ad
mitted she was the baby's mother.
After police rounded up six persons
who have figured in the baby's hectic
existence. Capt. Mullen said this ap
parently was what happened:
Miss Kisinger came from South
Bend, Ind., to the home of her half
Bister, Mrs. Blanche Ramsay Buxby,
end on July 24 gave birth to the child,
which six days later was given to Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Brzank. Finding
the child a burden, the Brzanks re
turned the baby to its mother early
this month.
Unable to support it. Miss Kisinger
and her half sister then turned it
over to the Lizaks.
Detectives Edward Kennedy and Jo
seph Pinicki said Brzank. upon re
turning the baby, signed a "release”
which read:
"I. the undersigned, agree not to
molest the parties hereafter and will
turn over to Mrs. Blanche Buxby and
her sister from who I received this
baby.”
The detectives said Lizak similarly
signed a “paper” on receiving the
baby, and quoted it as follows:
"I. Tom Lizak. and my wife agree
to take this baby and rise it as our
own. with the mother to be free of
trouble on her behalf and we will not
cause any trouble.”
The officers said that all concerned
denied any money was involved in
the transactions.
The Lizaks were booked for dis
orderly conduct, Miss Kisinger was
turned over to juvenile authorities, and
the baby sent to St. Vinrent * Orphan
age. The Brzanks and Mrs. Buxby
were released.
Both Lizak and Brzank are ex
press men.
PRESIDENT TO GIVE
PULASKI DAY TALK
Broadcast Will Be Made During
Polish National Alliance’s
Dinner Dance.
Plans for celebration of Pulaski day
October 11, announced yesterday by
the Polish National Alliance, include
an international broadcast by Presi
dent Roosevelt.
The President is to speak over a
hook-up embracing the United States,
Great Britain and probably Poland!
The broadcast will be made during a
dinner dance to be sponsored by the
alliance at Wardman Park Hotel.
Gen. James »G. Harbord, chairman
of the board of the Radio Corp. of
America, will speak from London dur
ing the broadcast.
Attorney General Cummings will be
the principal speaker at the dinner
here Pulaski day commemorates the
death of the Revolutionary War hero.
On this day the memory of Gen.
Wiadimir Bonaventura Krzvzanowski
Polish-Ameriean Civil War general!
who commanded a brigade in the
Union Army, also will be honored
His body, brought here from Brook
lyn. will be buried in Arlington Cem
etery after a military funeral.
In the afternoon Count Jerzy Po
tocki, the Polish Ambassador, will be
host at a reception at the Embassy.
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Cuban Flag Taken Down.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. September
25 UP). They danced “La Bomba
Rhumba at a tri-State fair sideshow
without benefit of the Cuban flag
yesterday.
Fermine Viniegra, owner of the
show, hauled down the emblem on
the protest of Cuban Consul Angel
Perez, that "the danceft are not
Cuban and the dances are suggestive.”
The showman said, “We are all of
Spanish blood.”
families Desert
Homes to Escape
Daybreak Sniper
Neighborhood Terror
ized as Prowler Shoots
From Bushes.
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
IjANHAM. Md., September 25.—
Two Lanham families tonight deserted
their homes to escape the depreda
tions of a dawn sniper who today cre
ated a reign of terror by shooting at
them from the bushes.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy H. Gerald moved
Into Washington from their Summer
heme on Finn's lane, and their son
and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank I. Gerald, and their 5-year-old
daughter Betty followed them a short
time later. The younger Geralds were
to return to their home tomorrow
Bight.
* The entire neighborhood was
aroused by a fussilade early yester
day when young Gerald and the ma
rauder exchanged shots at two dif
ferent encounters and the prowler
fired several shots at Dean W. Mar
tin, who lives a short distance from
the Geralds.
The first visit was made to the
home of Frank Gerald at about 4:30
a.m. today. About an hour later
he attempted to break into the Mar
tin home and fired several shots at
Martin when he went to investigate.
The trail of the man was traced from
the Martin home to that of the elder
Geralds, where he broke in and took
a quantity of food. At about 7 a.m.
he paid a return call at the home
of Frank Gerald and again opened
fire when Gerald ran from the house
with a rifle. He later was seen in
the dense woods surrounding the
houses.
Prince Georges County police late
this afternoon combed the woods sur
rounding the properties, but could
find no trace of the man. Those whe
saw him could not identify him or
say if he was white or colored.
Arming themselves with whatevei
firearms they could find, resident.*
turned out in a body earlier in th<
day to scour the woods.
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Unwed MotKer Sells Baby for $1
I IIIIUM—H—M———I—
Beatrice Kissinger, 16. unwed Chicago mother, holds her 2-month-old daughter she agreed
to sell to express man and his wife for $1. Mrs. Thomas Lizak, right, and her husband signed
pencilled “contract” when the baby was turned over to them. Young mother asks return of
infant. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
Ticket Sale Plan Is Approved,
Lunch Fund Drive’s Way Cleared
Hazen Agrees to Police
and Firemen Aid for
Benefit Fight.
Reports of children fainting at their
desks from malnutrition in several
District schools started four years ago
the drive that ended in free hot
lunches for needy children.
Yesterday the way was cleared for
a campaign to prevent a recurrence of
such incidents when Commissioner
Hazen agreed to allow police and fire
men to sell tickets to the benefit prize
fight planned as the first event to
raise part of the $100,000 necessary to
maintain the lunch service.
As the result of the energy of a
newspaper reporter, the philanthropy
of a wealthy Washington woman, and
the co-operation of a committee of
more than 600 public-spirited men and
men. a free hot lunch service was
opened in 1933 that last year provided
at its peak for 8,424 undernourished
children.
Ten Trucks Delivered Meals.
From a kitchen in a made-over
school building at 1640 Wisconsin
avenue, staffed with more than 50
cooks, dieticians and sandwich makers,
10 trucks daily drove more than 300
miles to deliver the hot meals to 83
public and seven parochial schools,
where 164 housekeepers took charge of
their distribution.
In the first year, financed by *10,000
donated by Mrs. Eleanor Patterson
and administered by an executive
committee Including Mrs. Patterson,
the Rev. J. A. Ryan of the National
Catholic Welfare Council, Brig. Gen.
Pelham D. Glassford. Mrs. John Boyle,
jr.; Mrs. Leslie B. Wright and Mat
thew Boyd, food was given daily to
1,700 children.
The following year, private funds
being exhausted, the project was
taken over by the District Government
and operated under the public
assitance division under $84.702 55,
taken from Federal Emergency Relief
Administration funds.
Fund Set Aside.
That same year, 1934, Mrs. Boyle,
chairman of the 1933 Lunch Com
mittee, worked strongly on Capitol
Hill for inclusion of the lunch project
in the regular District relief appro
priation for 1935 and succeeded in
having “not more than *79,000” of
the *4,000,000 relief fund set aside
“which shall be used” to feed necessi
tous children.
Subsequently the wording was
changed to "may be used" and, under
the appropriation. Welfare Director
Elwood Street wrote up the project
to include not only labor but materials
without using the special fu*d.
Lunches were dispensed that year to
7,400 children daily.
In November, 1935, school lunches
took a project number and went to
work under the Works Progress Ad
ministration as Public Schools Project
No. 66 and parochial Schools Project
No. 142. Things ran smoothly until
curtailed relief appropriations this
year forced the announcement by the
W. P. A. that Federal funds are avail
able only for labor expenses in keeping
with its employment purpose, and not
i for materials.
Project Appeared Doomed.
With no money carried in the Dis
trict bill that could be used to make
up the non-labor costs, the project
seemed doomed and schools opened
with the central kitchen empty and
unproductive.
Once more Mrs. Boyle went into
action.
In 42 States free lunches were being
supplied with funds raised by bene
fits staged by private organizations.
It could be done here she thought.
Assembling a committee represent
ing most of the business, social and
religious organizations in Washington,
a benefit boxing card was soon ar
ranged with Fight Promoter Joe
Turner for October 11 at Griffith
Stadium. The show, originally planned
for October 12, was moved up to pre
vent a conflict on the latter date with
Columbus day events, according to an
announcement by Turner yesterday.
Benefit sale of boxes at the perform
ance of the opera "Rigoletto” at Con
stitution Hall October 12 was also
launched and efforts are being made
to arrange an all-star foot ball game
between local aces and the profes
sional Redskins.
Goal Set at $100,000.
The financial goal has been set
at $100,000. one-third of which
should be raised before the project
is resumed, Mrs. Boyle said. As
surance has been given by Mrs. Mary
Steele, director of women's and pro
fessional projects of the W. P. A.,
that 262 people are ready to start
on the project the moment operat
ing money is available. Mrs. Steele
estimated the annual cost per pupil
would be $13.
In his letter to Mrs. Boyle yester
day, Hawn, in granting the permit
to police and firemen when a boxing
permit has been obtained, the aane
a
MRS. MARY STEELE.
MRS. JOHN BOYLE. JR.
—Star Staff Photos.
tion of the Board of Education pro
cured, and when the premises are
available at the central kitchen, said
"the Commissioners are entirely in
sympathy with any worthy project
for the benefit of school children who
need free lunches.”
Mrs. Boyle said she would ask Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle, president of
the Board of Education, to call a
special board meeting to approve the
program, and indicated a possibility
that the lunches would again be
served within a week.
Loftis Named Treasurer.
Meanwhile J. R. Loftis, chief ac
countant with the W. P. A., was made
treasurer of the lunch fund contribu
tions and received the first cash con
tribution. a dollar bill, at 460 C street
yesterday.
The committee will meet Tuesday
for lunch at Opportunity House to
discuss progress and map further
plans.
MUNCIE MONUMENT
HONORS BALL FAMILY
Statue Will Be Unveiled Today
on Campus of State Teachera’
College.
By the Associated Press.
MUNCIE, Ind., September 25.—This
small Midwestern industrial city—the
“middletown” of the sociologists—will
unveil a monument to its most illus
trious clan—the Ball family here to
morrow.
The monument, a statue of "bene
ficence'’ sculptured by the late Daniel
Chester French, stands on the campus
of Ball State Teachers College.
The Balls have given large sums
of money for the college, Ball Me
morial Hospital here and other civic
developments. More than 11,000 per
sons gave money to pay for the monu
ment.
UNITED AIR LINES
SECURES SURGEON
Col. A. D. Tuttle, About to Re- j
tire From Army, Will Take j
Over New Dutie*.
Appointment of Col. Arnold D.
Tuttle. Army Medical Corps, com
mandant of the School of Aviation
Medicine, Randolph Field, Tex., as
mpdim] riir*rtr>r
and chief flight
surgeon of
United Air Lines
was announced
yesterday. Col.
Tuttle is about
to be retired
from the Army
after Arid service
In all major
American expe
ditions j»'ginning
with the Span
ish War.
Appointment of
Col. Tuttle, It _ , _
, . , , Cal. Tattle.
was explained by
W. A. Patterson, president of the air
line, "reflects the importance United
attaches to the physical fitness of
men chosen for flying duties.”
Col. Tuttle has had extensive ex
perience in aviation medicine. He
has been commandant of the Army
School at Randolph Field for four
years. This is the only medical flight
training school of its kind in the
world, it is said.
Following the Spanish War, Col.
Tuttle served in the Boxer uprising
in China, in the Philippines and in
the World War, during two years of
which he was attached to Gen. John
J. Pershing's staff in France. He
holds the Distinguished Service
Medal. French Legion of Honor
French Medal of Honor Epidemie
and the Belgian Order of Leopold.
PETWORTH LIBRARY
BUILDING IS DELAYED
Plans Must Be Modified to Come
Within Limit of $180,000
Authorized.
V Construction of the Petworth
Branch Library will be delayed un
til plans for the structure are modi
fied and new bids received from con
tractors, District officials announced
yesterday.
Acting on the advice of engineer
ing and auditing officials, the Com
missioners rejected bids from con
tractors which were opened last
week, on finding the lowest acceptable
offer would run the total cost above
the limit of $180,000 authorized by
Congress.
Capt. H. S. Bishop, Assistant Engi
neer Commissioner in charge of con
struction projects, said plans would
be modified slightly, to reduce costs,
but that there would be no appre
ciable change in the appearance of
the buildings. It is expected several
weeks will elapse before new bids
can be received.
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