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— _'_WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1939. ** 1
D. C. Man Dies
Of Crash injury;
11 Hurt in Traffic
Painter Thrown From
Car in Virginia
Accident
A Washingtonian died yesterday
as the result of an automobile acci
dent in Prince William County, Va.,
and 11 other persons were injured
In or near Washington, at least two
seriously.
Milton Burgess, 55, a painter, 910
Ninth street N.E., died at a hospital
In Warrenton yesterday after he was
Injured Saturday night when thrown
from an automobile in a collision
on Lee highway near Nokesville.
Mr. Burgess’ skull was fractured.
Police arrested the other driver, An
thony Mozynski, 3810 Twentieth
street N.W., on a charge of man
slaughter. He was released in $500
bail for a preliminary hearing in
Manassas September 11, police said. |
Woman's Skull Fractured.
Mary Miles, 61, colored, of 2702
N street N.W. was in a serious con
dition at Garfield Hospital today
With a fractured skull received in
Traffic Record
The traffic record as revealed
at police headquarters for 24
hour period ending 8 a.m. yes
terday.
Fatalities, .none.
Accidents, 38.
Motorists injured. 6.
Motorists arrested. 300.
Pedestrians injured. 3.
Pedestrians arrested for vio
lation of pedestrial control reg
ulations. 11.
The traffice record for the
24-hour period ending at 8
a.m. today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 31.
Motorists injured. 6.
Motorists arrested, 111.
Pedestrians injured, 1.
Pedestrians arrested for vio
lation of pedestrian control
regulations, 3.
an auiomoone acciaeni ai isinm ana
E streets N.W. early yesterday. The
car. police said, was driven by Wil
liam H. Collins, colored. 41, of 1131
Columbia road N.W.
Another serious injury befell
Frank Jackson, colored, 35, of Ma
nassas. Va„ yesterday when his car
left the highway and struck a
telephone pole near Manassas. He
Was brought to Emergency Hospital
and treated for brain concussion,
a fractured cheek bone and cuts
on the face.
Three members of a Uniontown, j
Pa-., famity. Including- two young ■
children, were slightly injured yes- j
terday afternoon in an automobile
accident at Seventh street and .
Massachusetts avenue N.W. They
are Janet, 4, and Norma Jean
Yowler, 3, and Mrs. Mary Ellen
Yowler, 29. All were treated for '
cuts and bruises. Their car was '
operated by Charles E. Yowler, 53,
W’ho escaped injury.
Maryland Man Hurt.
Truman Boswell, 58. of West
Wood, Md., was brought to Casualty
Hospital yesterday from an automo
bile accident near his home and
treated for possible concussion of
the brain and cuts on the face and
chest.
Three colored women were slightly
Injured yesterday in an automobile
collision at Sixth and E streets
N.W. They w>ere Vera Gaston. 23, I
of the 1200 block of L street N.W..
Florence Budd, 26, of 1522 Fifteenth
Street N.W., and Gladys Bettis, 27,
of 1323 Hamline street N.E.
Raymond Ogden, 21, of 3542
Thirteenth street N.W., and Peggy
Fairfax, 24, of 2122 H street N.W.,
'were slightly injured yesterday in
an- automobile accident on Lee
highway near Falls Church. They
were brought to Georgetown Hos
pital. Ogden was treated for cuts
and Miss Fairfax for head injuries.
D. C. Man Again Heads
Order of Ahepa
V. I. Chebithes of Washington
Was rp-elected yesterday president
of the Order of Ahepa at the con- .
eluding session of the 16th annual
national convention in Providence,
R. I„ according to the Associated !
I 1
Press. '
He defeated Harris.Booras of Bos
ton by a vote of 103 to 85. after two
ballots, following the elimination of !
Constantine Tsagadas of Detroit j
and John Drossos of Houston, Tex.,
after the first ballot.
The convention adopted a resolu
tion congratulating President Roose- ! 1
velt on his latest peace message and *
“on his stand to keep world peace 1
In these days of international J
Strife.”
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Nazi Card Puts \
Maine in Role \
Of East Prussia
c
One of the Nazi propaganda post 1
Cards from Danzig which are being
mailed to a selected list of citizens ,
In the United States was received to- |
day by Dr. Joseph Arthur Jeffries of ,
1831 G street N.W. ,
The card contains two maps, with ,
Captions in English. One of the ,
maps shows the Polish corridor and ,
.Danzig, which Hitler is demanding. \
llie other depicts a similar situation ,
4n this country, with Maine cut off j
from the other States by a foreign (
Corridor through New Hampshire.
With Boston in the role of Danzig. A
caption above this map says: ,
“What would you say if the United
IStates of America were to be treated
|n this way and made to look like
Germany does on the accompanying :
map? Would the United States be :
Willing to agree to such frontiers?” i
Dr. Jeffries was at a loss to know
Why the card was mailed to him. i
Apparently his name was on a list i
obtained from directories in various i
cities. i
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Shackled'Prisoner' Escapes
While Police Spur Him On
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Harry ("Mystini”) Myers, escape artist, is shown at police
headquarters today, shackled with six pairs of handcuffs, being
enveloped in a sack by his wife and Lt. John Agnew. He got
out, unshackled, in less than three minutes.—Star Staff Photo.
They had a heavily shackled
prisoner at police headquarters to
day, but they couldn't hold him. In
[act, he escaped in 2 minutes 5
seconds, although he was guarded
by at least 20 cops.
But nobody cared. In fact, they
were pulling for him to get away,
for he was none other than “Mys
tini,” who in private life is Harry
Myers, one-time pupil of the late
Harry Houdini.
In the presence of a score of high
officers of the department, detectives
ind plain patrolmen. "Mystini’’
slipped out of six pairs of hand
tuffs—five holding his wrists to
gether and the other his ankles—in
ess than three minutes and while
lis diminutive form was incased in
i sack, which in turn was locked
*dth handcuffs and tied with a rope.
No Fake About It.
The stunt was ballyhoo for the
ield day which the police and fire
nen will hold at Griffith Stadium
>n Labor Day. But there was no
ake about it—“Mystini" was steel
:uffed as securely as any desperate
prisoner could have been. Such vet
sran officers as Inspector Edward
<elly and Lt. John Agnew saw to
hat. And nobody could explain how
At. Myers got out.
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When the sack was tied and locked
there was considerable thrashing
around for a couple of minutes, and
a muffled voice said: "It's hot in
here, boys." No doubt it was. But
before you could tell scout cruiser
No. 20 to pick up a suspicious char
acter the rope came untied, the cuffs
fastening the sack parted and out
popped Maestro Mystini.
At the ball park on Labor Day ]
will he try to get out of a steel
burial vault in which he will be
placed shackled and sacked as he
was todav?
"You Can't Hold Me.”
W. W. Chambers, the mortician,
who proffered the vault, asked
"Mystini” at the close of today’s
demonstration whether he would be
willing to have the springs removed.
The magician said to go right ahead.:
"But you won't have a chance if ,
, you can't somehow get hold of a
spring,” Mr. Chambers retorted.
That might be what Mr. Chambers
thought, said Mystini, adding:
"But you can t hold me. I'll be
out of that vault in five minutes.”
"Go to it," said Mr. Chambers.
“I disclaim all responsibility for
what may happen to you.”
‘Or what may happen to your
vault?” suggested the escape artist.
Or what may happen to my vault.”
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Gravel Concern
Rejects Truce Plan
Gf U. S. Conciliator
Men Urged to Go Back to
Work Pending Colvin's
Parley With Smoot
An effort by Labor Department
Conciliator Colvin to settle the two
veek-old sand and gravel workers’
strike, that has stalemated mil
ions of dollars worth of construc
tion in the District, failed today
vhen representatives of the Smoot
Sand & Gravel Co. rejected pro
Dosals Mr. Colvin submitted at a
inference of union and company
eaders.
Mr. Colvin suggested that:
1. Sand and Gravel Workers’
Jnion No. 22075 call off their strike
mmediately.
2. The union local be recognized
)y the company as the exclusive
>argaining agency for all employes
:xcept supervisory and office workers.
3. The company agree to enter ne
otiations with the union within 30
lays through representatives au
horized to speak for and bind the
ompany.
Mr. Colvin stated that the com
>any suggested that the strikers re
urn to work, pending a conference
ater with Lewis E. Smoot, chairman
f the company's Board of Directors.
This the union declined to accept,
dr. Colvin said, on the grounds that
here was no assurance as to when
uch a conference would be held and
hat the union had attempted un
uccessfully several times within the
last few weeks to obtain a confer -
nce with Mr. Smoot. Mr. Smoot,
.ccording to reports, is ill at his an
estral home near Colonial Beach,
As the strike entered its third
veek today, Mr. Colvin estimated
hat more than 6,000 construction
vorkers in the Washington area
ire idle because of the lack of sand
md gravel. The number thrown
mt of employment indirectly by the
trike of the some 200 employes of
he Smoot concern has mounted
teadily in the past few days and
iromises to increase still more, Mr.
lolvin added.
I
Zivitan Club Meeting
Dr. Leverett S. Lyon, executive
’ice president of the Brookings In
stitution, will speak at the weekly
uncheon meeting of the Civitan
31ub at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow at the
Mayflower Hotel. Dr. Lyon will
liscuss the objectives of the insti
ution and its part in modernization
>f political and business organiza
ions.
Luxemburg Princes i
To See Mount Vernon; !
Lunch at White House
Royal Visitors Leave
Today to View Fdir
In New York
Prince Consort Felix of Luxem
burg and his 18-year-old son, Crown
Prince John, overnight guests of
President Roosevelt at the White
House, planned to visit Mount
Vernon and Arlington National
Cemetery today before going to New
York to see the World's Fair.
The royal visitors arrived in Wash
, ingtop late yesterday and were es
| corted by a group of officials and a
troop of cavalry to the White House,
where they were entertained at din
ner and at a private motion picture.
They were honored at a White
House luncheon at 1:30 p.m. today
and were scheduled to leave for New
York from Union Station at 3
o'clock. This morning they made a
trip to Mount Vernon and placed a
wreath on the tomb of George
Washington.
The guest list for the luncheon
follows:
The President: Felix, the Prince of
Luxemburg; Crown Prince John, Lt.
Konsbruck, aide-de-camp of the vis
iting royalty; the Belgian Ambas
sador, the Secretary of State, the
Minister of the Netherlands, Repre
sentative Sol Bloom, chairman of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee;
Under Secretary of State Sumner
Welles, Joseph E. Davies, American
Minister to Belgium; Norman H.
Davis, Rear Admiral Ross T. Mc
Intire, George T. Summerlin, wil
liam H. Hamilton, Brig. Gen. Ed
win M. Watson, Col. Charles B.
Elliott, Capt. Daniel J. Callaghan
and Capt. DeWitt C. Ramsey.
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uuv xuui vu uuiv l/ilio OUlll^
mer for President Roosevelt to be
host to royalty. The other royal
visitors have been King George and
Queen Elizabeth of England, Crown
Prince Frederik and Crown Princess
Ingrid of Denmark and Crown
Prince Olav and Crown Princess
Martha of Norway. Only the British
monarchs stayed at the White House.
The Luxemburg Princes were
greeted at the station yesterday
afternoon by Secretary of State Hull
and other high-ranking Government
officials, attired in top hats and cut
aways. A marine drum and bugle
corps saluted the visitors as they
stepped out of the presidential re
ception room at the station.
The Prince Consort and his son.
who looked younger than his 18
years, both were dressed in formal
afternoon attire.
Mothers Urge
Home Teaching
Of Shut-Ins
Plead With School
Board for Renewal
Of Instruction
Bearing petitions with more than
300 signatures, six mothers faced
School Board officials across a con
ference table today to plead for re
establishment of the W. P. A. home
instruction project for shut-in chil
dren. •
With the mothers came Mrs. Mina
Church Bran, volunteer assistant in
occupational therapy at Children's
Hospital, who has worked with many
of the children for whom home
teaching is being sought.
The mothers listened to the half
formal explanation of the situation
by Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, presi
dent of the Board of Education,
and Robert Haycock, first assistant
superintendent of schools.
lip to Federal Officials.
The project was worth-while last
year, they were told. Many childian
benefited who otherwise would have
been without schooling. It remains
for the Federal authorities to decide
whether it feels the project could
be re-established. The Board of
Education can only express its will
ingness to act as sponsor for the
project.
"All we can do is say we are
ready to initiate the project this
year if funds can be raised,” Mrs.
Doyle told them.
Then the mothers started asking
questions. They wanted to know
who had the final say. Was it Con
gress. Was it the Commissioners?
Mr. Haycock explained the project
is under the W. P A., that the Board
of Education would only be the spon
sor.
iuiu ui i^rcay tases.
The mothers told about children
whose parents weren’t even able to
speak English. They don't even
know the alphabet, one of the
mothers said desperately.
My boy is 15,” said another
mother. He'll be in the hospital for
a long time. You can t stop his ed
ucation now. He needs a teacher.”
Then one of the mothers, self-ap
pointed spokesman for the group,
made a little speech and presented
the petitions.
"We present these petitions," she
said, “with the hope that you’ll
find it worthwhile to use whatever
means you can to have the project
continued until it can be taken
over by the Board of Education."
Savoy s Return Awaited.
Mrs. Doyle explained that the
board has for four years requested
that home instruction be made a
permanent part of the school sys
tem. The request is in the current
budget estimate, she said, with
provision for 16 teachers.
Finally, the mothers had to be
satisfied with the assurance of Mr.
Haycock that as soon as A. K.
Savoy, assistant superintendent of
schools, returns from his vacation I
the matter will be taken up with
the Federal authorities. The peti- j
tions. he said, will be presented
to W. P. A. officials and also will ;
be brought up at the September
meeting of the Board of Education. 1
Before the meeting broke up. Mrs.
Doyle read the mothers a carefully
penciled note from Sarah M.
Prince, a 12-year-old shut-in who
lives at 765 Girard street N.W. The
little girl, addressing herself directly
to Mrs. Doyle, said she was “great
ful" to the W. P. A. and the Board
of Education for giving her a
teacher at home last year, and con
cluded “May God take a liking to
you.”
Norway Orders Embargo
OSLO, Aug. 28 <£*).—'The Nor
wegian government imposed a gen
eral embargo on the export of all
classes of goods except fish, wood,
iron ore and iron pyrites.
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AT C. C. C. BAPTISM—Capt. William B. Marsh, chaplain for Washington area C. C C camps is
seen (in water, far side) baptizing one of 150 colored C. C. C. boys he immersed yesterday in the
swimming pool at Francis Junior High School. —Star Staff Photo
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150C.C. C. Enrollees
Baptized as Throng
Of 500 Sings
3d Corps Area
Chaplain Officiates
At Francis Junior High
One hundred and fifty colored C.
C. C. boys from nine camps in the
Washington area were baptized yes
terday afternoon in the Francis
Junior High School swimming pool
by Capt. William B. Marsh, chap
lain of the 3d Cprps Area of the
C. C. C.. while an outdoor congre
gation of some 500 persons joined
in singing spirituals.
Many of the boys hummed revival
songs or prayed in monotones as
they were led into the baptismal
waters by Capt. Marsh or his assist
ant in the proceedings, the Rev. J. E.
Morris The converts, clad in khaki
shirts and breeches, waded into the
shallow end of the pool for immer
sion, which symbolized simply their
acceptance of Christ.
Capt. Marsh explained that the
participants, after the service,
could become affiliated with any
denomination they chose. Most of
the boys, he said, will join the Meth
odist Church, with the Baptist.
Catholic and other churches w-ell
represented in the roll.
The boys were converted hy
dra plain Marsh in sermons deliv
ered in camps at Fredericksburg,
Cabin John. Gettysburg, Beltsville
and Brandywine.
Man Stabbed in Fight
In Restaurant
Suffering from stab wounds of the
chest and stomach. Ralph Petty of
Lightfoot, Va.. w-as under treatment
today at the Washington Sanitarium
and Hospital in Takoma Park, Md.
Prince Georges County police
charged the man was stabbed by Earl
Tinsley, 26, of Riggs road, Hyatts
ville, during an altercation in a res
taurant in Chillum, and said the
latter is being held on a charge of
assault with intent to kill.
Mr. Petty was treated by Dr. Nor
man C. Shoemaker in Silver Spring
and was taken to the hospital by the
Silver Spring Rescue Squad.
Youth V/ith Stone
Seized in Front
Of Nazi Embassy
Police today continued their in
terrogation of a young visitor of
Polish descent who was arrested in
front of the German Embassy early
this morning with a stone in his
hand.
The youth, who came here from
Westfield, Mass., had a United States
passport on his person which showed
he had visited Warsaw last year.
He was picked up by Detective
Sergt. Hugh Robey while facing the
Embassy as he grasped the stone.
The visitor said he had took the
stone to defend himself against some
suspicious men who had followed
him. Also in his possession were a
newspaper article describing Hit
ler’s demands on Poland and a map
of Washington with the German
and Polish Embassies circled in pen
cil.
Sergt Robey said he found a
straight razor on the visitor, who
was held at No. 5 precinct for in
vestigation. He was to be ques
tioned further today and probably
will be released unless it develops
that some charge is pending against
him.
D. C. Western Union i
Employes May Take
Vote on Strike
Mass Meeting Called
For Tonight in Dispute
Over Wages and Hours
A strike vote affecting all Western
Union employes in the District may
be considered at a mass meeting
tonight at the Hamilton Hotel called j
by officials of Local 24 of the Com- !
mercial Telegraphers’ Union.
Hugh McKenny, associate counsel
for the union, an American Federa
tion of Labor affiliate, claims the
company has refused to submit to
an arbitration board union demands
for a 40-hour 5-day week, wage in
creases among the lowest-paid em
ploye group and a “preferred shop.”
Bruce Allen, superintendent of
the Western Union’s offices here,
declined to comment other than
to say that the company is “op
erating under the Fair Labor Stand
ards Act in regard to the hours
and wages question.” He said he
would probably issue a formal state
ment during the day.
-At tonight's meeting. Mr. Mc
Kenny said, the union membership
may be asked to give its Conference
Committee power to call a walkout
vote should the committee be unable
to make any progress in its negotia
tions.
Mr. McKenny said the company’s
700 employes here work on a six
day, 462/3-hour basis a week. The
union, he added, represents ap
proximately 85 per cent of the em
ployes. He said the union seeks to
arbitrate the dispute through a board
comprised of one representative from
each group and a third disinterested
party.
Presidents of the union's three
divisions include G. C. Gerhold,
commercial; J. W. Reynolds, traffic,
and Joseph Bowes, messengers.
State Commission Hears
Auto-Railer Protest
By the Associated Press. I
RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 28.—A :
delegation headed by William F. '
Morian, chairman of the Fairfax :
Commuters’ League, appeared be- i
fore the State Corporation Commis- ’
sion today in opposition to pro- <
posed abandonment of the auto- :
railer line of the Arlington & Fair- 1
'ax Auto Railroad Co. _ ]
Members of the delegation said
;hat while they Were not satisfied ’
iltogether with present service, the i
tuto railway line furnished neces- t
>ary transportation for many school i
:hildren and persons commuting to '
ind from work.
The line runs between Rosslyn ]
md Fairfax. It formerly was an
slectric railway, but was changed a <
fow years ago to an auto railway. *
Autopsy Likely \
Opal Margaret Hunter, 33, of 1900 1
Minnesota avenue S.E., died at 1
Casualty Hospital early today. Po- t
lice said they believed she swallowed <
i poison in the bathroom of her t
dome. i
An autopsy probably will be per
formed today to determine the
jause of death. i
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LUXEMBURG ROYALTY WELCOMED TO CITY—Prince Felix
of Luxemburg and his son, Crown Prince John, are shown as they
were greeted at Union Station yesterday by Secretary of State
Hull and other dignitaries. Left to right are Joseph E. Davies,
Ambassador to Belgium; H. R. H. Crown Prince John, H. R. H.
Prince Felix and Secretary Hull.
—Underwood & Underwood Photo.
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Capital Parks Budget
Estimates for 1940
Show $13,C"3 Drop
Reduction Is Effected
In Equipment Needs;
Few Salaries Raised
i
The office of National Capital
Parks has submitted to the Com
missioners 1941 budget estimates
totaling *934.642 or about *13.000
less than those for 1940, it was re
vealed today.
At the same time. Ihe National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission filed requests for *348.370
for 1941, which is nearly *200.000
less than the estimates for the
present year.
With the exception of a few salary
increases for members of the park
police, the National Capital Parks
budget is nearly identical with this
years, the reduction being effected
in equipment needs.
Parks officials explained that next
year funds will not be needed to
erect lamp standards along Con
stitution avenue, for which a *13,
000 appropriation is carried in the
current budget. The current esti
mates also carry a small item to re
locate traffic lights at Seventeenth,
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets
and Constitution avenue N.W.
These non-recurring items, balanced
against the slight salary increases,
account for the lower estimates.
The parks system covered by !
this budget takes in 722 park areas !
totaling slightly less than 6,000
In the Park and Planning Com- !
mission estimates, the reduction is
accomplished in the $300,000 esti-‘
mate to reimburse the Federal gov
ernment under an act of 1930. This
year a $500,000 item is carried. A
few salary increases bring the total
reduction to slightly less than the
$200,000 figure, however. No new
personnel were sought.
The repayment is made annually
to the Federal Government under
an act of May 29, 1930, which made
available $16,000,000 for land ac- |
quisition in the District. The law
originally specified a $1,000,000
annual repayment, but was later
amended to allow not less than
$300,000, which is the amount the
commission is asking. Thus far, j
under the act. slightly more than f
$7,000,000 has been appropriated |
and more than $5,000,000 repaid. |
An item of $5,000 is asked to
purchase small areas around the I
boundary stones between the Dis- '
trict and Maryland for park pur- !
poses. This has been sought for
several years under an act of 1924,
which authorizes acquisition of such
land by purchase or condemnation
proceedings. Planning officials said
that real estate activity in the
neighborhood of the boundary
stones makes purchase necessary
to preserve the markers.
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D.C. Police Hunt Kidnapers!
Df M. 1). Student
Washington police were on the
ookout today for a blue sedan,
Maryland license 68854. eomman
ieered by two men wanted in Balti
nore for kidnaping and holdup of
i 21-year-old junior at the Univer
sity of Maryland.
According to the report of Balti
nore police T. Nelson Hasse of Balti
nore entered a parking lot on
Howard street near Center street to
ret his car. A young man climbed
n with him and said that a friend
vanted to see Mr. Hasse down the
street. An older man with a pistol
tot in the car as it was leaving,
rhe two men told Mr. Hasse to :
Irive them to Haverford, Pa., and
aid that he wouldn’t be hurt if he
:ept quiet. The men took $4 from
Hasse to buy gaaoline.
Mr. Hasse drove to Haverford and 1
vas ordered to stop the car. He :
vas told to walk five blocks ‘‘and j
hen he would find his car.” He did
is he was ordered and waited but j
fas unable to find his car.
Unhurt Mr. Hasse notified police
•olice are looking for the two men. <
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iewer Contract Let
The Public Works Administration ’
oday notified the Commissioners of
he award of an $801,000 contract ]
or construction of unit 6 of the ]
lock Creek diversion sewer project
o the Stlers Bros.’ Construction Co. ]
f St. Louis, Mo. The successful ]
ompany’s bid was the lowest sub
mitted, it was stated.
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Nearly all street ears in Sweden 1
dll carry mail boxes.
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Frederick Man
Held in Death
Of Cab Driver
Roadside Fight With
Baltimorean Denied
By Prisoner
Charles H. Jones, jr.. 28. Frederick
steam shovel operator, was charged
with murder at Rockville today bj
Montgomery County police investi
gating the death of Stephen D*
broski, 26, Baltimore taxicab driv
er, near Brookeville, Md„ yester
day.
Mr. Dabroski. police say, was fa
tally injured in a roadside fight
witnessed by his fiance, Mrs. Mar
garet Sadler, of Baltimore, and
friends of the two men. He was
pronounced dead on arrival at Mont
gomery County General Hospital,
Sandy Spring.
The prisoner, held in the Rock
ville jail pending a Police 'Court
hearing September 5. denied he had
fought with the taxi driver, and
declared, police stated, the Balti
more man may have been injured in
a fall from his automobile.
Meet in Brookeville.
A few minutes before the reported
altercation Mr. Jones and Mr. Da
broski left the home of Lewis Yinger
in Brookeville, where thev met by
chance during a visit with the Yinger
family, and started in their cars
for their homes in Frederick and
Baltimore, police reported.
In the machines, police asserted,
were Mrs. Sadler, Elsie Yinger and
Lewis Yinger, jr., all of Baltimore;
Margaret Yinger of Frederick and
the elder Yinger.
They had gone a short distance
when the Jones car stopped because
of mechanical trouble and Mr. Da
broski narked to flSRiKt thp TTrpHpri^l#
man.
Started Working on Motor.
Policeman James Burdette and J.
B. Day said witnesses told them the
men were working on the motor
when an argument started. They
began to fight, police said they were
told, and Mr. Dabroski suddenly
slumped to the ground.
He was driven to the hospital by
Mrs. Sadler.
Police said Mr. Jones denied the
stories of witnesses and explained
that when Mr. Dabroski halted his
machine he opened the door and
fell out.
They further said the prisoner
stated he grabbed Mr. Dabroski in
an attempt to break the latter's fall
and then lifted him back into the
car.
Died of Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Dr. C. E. Hawks of Rockville,
Montgomery County coroner, per
formed an autopsy last night and
declared it revealed the man had
died from a cerebral hemorrhage.
The autopsy further disclosed, he
said, a broken cartilege in the neck
and several bruises of the knees
and forehead.
The physician added that “it did
not appear the man had been badly
beaten.”
Mr. Dabroski lived in Baltimore
with his sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Paskowitz,
and it was learned there that the
cab driver left Baltimore several
days ago for a vacation.
Relatives said he and Mrs. Sadler
planned to be married in the near
future.
8 Held for Questioning
In Beating of Man, 50
Police today were holding five
men and three women for ques
tioning in the serious injurs- of J. J.
Purcell, 50, of Mount Rainier, Md„
who was found beaten on the head
and unconscious early yesterday in
the second floor of a house in the
400 block of G street N.W.
Police from No. 1 precinct, re
sponding to a telephone call that
a man had been injured, found Mr.
Purcell was cut on the head and
had suffered a possible skull frac
ture. He was removed to Casualty
Hospital, where his condition was
described as serious.
Purcell has not regained con
sciousness long enough to tell police
whRt happened. The investigators
said they were looking today for
a 28-year-old man believed to have
beaten Purcell. The men and wom
en are being held as witnesses, it
was said.
President to Present
Medal to Yarnell
President Roosevelt this afternoon
will present to Admiral Harry E.
Vamell the Distinguished Service
Medal voted him by Congress in
recognition of his record as com
mander of the Asiatic fleet during
the past three years.
Admiral Yarnell’ recently returned
•o Washington after serving in Far
Eastern waters during the troubled
period following the Japanese in
vasion of China. He took command
5f the Asiatic fleet in October,
1936. Upon his return he was suc
ceeded by Admiral Thomas Hart.
Admiral Yarnell graduated from the
toval Academy in the class of 1897.
Sand Concert
By the United States Army Band
his evening at 7:30 o'clock in the
District of Columbia World War
Memorial. Capt. Thomas F. Darcy,
eader; Karl Hubner, assistant
eader.
torch, "The Military Maestro,”
Becker
Dverture, "Sakuntala" .. Goldmark
Scene. “Entry of the Little Fauns,”
from “Cydalise and the Satyr.”
Pierne
frombone solo. "Slippin’ Around.”
Clarence E. Hurrel, soloist Mole
lallet, “Coppelia” ... Delibes
Ihythm classic, "Tango Medley,”
Yoder
tosaic, "Nautical Fantasia.” Tobani
Jovelty solo. “E- Fer's Holidav,”
Raymond M. Moyer, “E flat” clar
inet soloist ....Yoder
rone poem, “Dreams of Love.” Liszt
|,inale. “Festal March” ....Cadman
“The Star Spangled Banner.”
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