Evening star. [volume], May 24, 1940, Page A-17, Image 17

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Youthful Bicycling
Purse-Snatcher
Hunted by Police
Boy Pedals Away
After Robbing
Mrs. Emma Starrett
A bicycling purse-snatcher was
being sought by police today after
he snatched a pocketbook from Mrs.
Emma Starrett, 52, near her home
at 1811 R street N.W. last night.
The youthu who was colored,
Wheeled up behind Mrs. Starrett on
the sidewalk, grabbed her purse,
which contained $2, and pedaled oft
at a lively clip. Police said the
youth had been operating in the
Vicinity for several weeks.
Almost Thrown Down.
Mrs. Starrett, widow of Henry T.
Starrett, United States consular
officer, said the purse contained her
automobile driver's license and
three pair of glasses, valued at $30.
The youth approached swiftly from
behind and grabbed the purse with
aueh force, Mrs. Starrett said, that
she was almost thrown to the side
walk.
Mrs. Starrett was unable to get
help from passing motorists as the
thief pedaled down a one-way street
in the opposite direction from which
ears were approaching.
Money and jewelry valued at more
than $1,000 was lost or stolen yes
terday, police were told.
Saburo Katsura, 5201 Thirty
eighth street N.W., an Agriculture
Department translator, reported the
theft of $250 from clothing he left
in the locker room of a hotel swim
ming pool.
Loses Diamond Ring.
Margaret A. Garrity of Higganum,
Chnn.. lost a diamond ring valued
at $250, either at Union Station or
en route to the Y. W. C. A., she told
police.
Another watch studded with dia
monds and valued at $400 was lost
by Mrs. Margaret Keshishian of
3935 Morrison street N.W., either
near her home or the Corcoran
Gallery of Art.
A silver pendant earring ;et with
diamonds, valued at $200, was lost
by Mrs. Mary A. Coleby of 2320
Tracy place N.W., near her home,
and Ruth Campbell of 3446 Con
necticut avenue N.W., lost a wrist
watch valued at $150 between her
home and the Justice Department
Building.
'Y7 Pan-American Club
To Hear Bolivar Pagan
Bolivar Pagan, resident commls
aloner of Puerto Rico, will be the
guest speaker at 8:15 p.m. today
at a "Puerto Rican Night’’ celebra
tion to be held
by the F a n
American Club
of the Central
Y. M. C. A. In
the building at
1736GstreetN.W.
Senor Pagan,
Who began his
public career as a
municipal judge
In Puerto Rico,
was well known
as a writer prior
to being named
commissioner by
PresidentRoose
velt.
Sena* fum.
Following the address, there will
be an open discussion. The program
also Includes technicolor pictures of
Puerto Rico, dancing by Teresita
Richter, interpreter of Andalusian
gypsy dancing, and singing and
guitar numbers by Vincente de la
Garza, Hilda Orega and Marianita
Valdes.
Edward F. Hannan Rites
Will Be Held Tomorrow
Edward F. Hannan, 48, of 1839
Mintwood place N.W., a former em
ploye of the auditing department of
the Washington Terminal Co., died
Wednesday at his home after a long
Illness.
A native of Washington, Mr.
Hannan was educated in local
schools. During the World War he
served overseas a year as an Army
field clerk, and entered the employ
of the terminal company shortly
after returning. He retired two years
ago because of ill health.
Mr. Hannan was a member of the
Reciprocity Club.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Mary Hannan, and a sister, Miss
Blanche Hannan.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow, with requiem mass at St.
Paul’s Catholic Church at 10 am.
Burial will be private in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Foreign Treaty Rights
In China Declared Ended
Regardless of the outcome of the
war in China, the era of special
treaty rights for foreigners there is
at an end, Dean W. C. Johnstone of
George Washington University said
last night in the fifth of a series
ef lectures on the Far East.
Dean Johnstone also declared that
any Japanese move in the Nether
lands Indies is of concern to the
United States under the four-power
paet of 1921.
rHu lectures are sponsored by the
university and the Washington
group of the American Council of
tha Institute of Pacific Relations.
Newfoundland is, Britain’s oldest
colony. •
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$47,000 in Bank
All a Mistake,
Survivors Learn
By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla., May 24.—A W. P. A.
worker’s family, bewildered when
(47,000 was found in a safety deposit
box in his name after his death,
learned today it was all r. mistake.
The money was placed there in
trust for the widow and a daughter
of Charles H. Barnes last December
when they investigated a bank s bill
for rental of the box.
In dire circumstances, they spent
(2.000—principally for medical bills
—before the courts yesterday recog
nized W. D. Bartlett as the real
owner and awarded him the (45,000
balance.
Bartlett, a coin machine opera
tor, said business called him out
of town shortly after he rented the
box in the names of C. H. Barnes—
a name he used ‘’professionally.-’
Before Probate Judge W. F. Blan
ton allowed Bartlett’s claim, the
W. P. A. had announced an investi
gation with a view of forcing Barnes’
survivors to repay relief money he
had drawn.
5 Seized on Charge
Of Soliciting Alms;
Boy, 13, Detained
Police Court Officials
Seek Youth's Parents;
3 Women in Group
Two men and three women, said
to have been traveling In a 1939
sedan while they begged in a score
of cities, were being held today on
charges of soliciting alms, while
Police Court officials sought to get
in touch with the parents of a
13-year-old boy who accompanied
them.
The five, all from West Point,
Ga„ pleaded not guilty in Police
Court yesterday—Arthur R. Bern
ard, 24, driver of the car; John B.
Siggers. 29, and his wife, Annie, 41,
both blind; Miss Helen Robinson,
56, owner of the car, and Mrs. Lucy
Johnson, 54.
A policewoman arrested Mrs. Sig
gers and the boy Monday. The
others were arrested on Constitution
avenue.
Slggers had $55 in nickels, dimes
and quarters when taken into cus
tody, it was said, and his compan
ions about $8. The blind man and
wife had copies of local newspapers.
In court yesterday they told Judge
George Neilson they didn’t know it
was a violation of the law to sell
“papers and pencils” on the streets.
They declared the 13-year-old
youth had been permitted by his
parents to accompany them. The
policewoman testified Mrs. Slggers
had been using the boy as a guide
to work on the sympathies of the
public.
Judge Neilson lectured the de
fendants for misleading the boy
into unlawful practices. He de
ferred. sentence until Wednesday
pending an attempt to get in touch
with the youth’s parents. The boy
is being held at the Receiving Home.
P. M. C. to Honor Marshall
CHESTER, Pa., May 24 OP).—Gen.
George C. Marshall, chief of staff of
the United States Army, will be
awarded an honorary degree of doc
tor of military science by the Penn
sylvania Military College at its
119th anniversary commencement
here June 11.
Dr. Overholser Named
On Group to Aid Czechs
Br the Associated Press.
BOSTON, May 24,—The American
Unitarian Association, after hearing
a report that 50,000 Czechs are “in
the direst need’’ in wartom Europe,
appointed a new service committee
as part of its program of refugee
work among former residents of
Czecho-Slovakia.
"Relatively little—in some places
nothing—is being done to aid them,”
Dr. Robert C. Dexter, head of the
association’s department of interna
tional relations, told the 115th an
nual meeting yesterday. He has
Just returned from abroad.
“We did not go to Czecho-Slovakia
because the German government
does not permit any outsider to go
there,” he added, “and nothing
whatever can be done Inside the
country at present.”
The committee named includes:
Dr. William Emerson, chairman of
the faculty of Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, chairman;
Mayor Harold H. Burton of Cleve
land, Mrs. Quincy Wright of Chi
cago of the National League of
Women Voters, Percival P. Brun
dage of New York and Dr. Winfred
Overholser of George Washington
University.
“We are seeking to translate our
religion Into terms of practical
human service at points where the
world’s need today is more clear
and compelling.” said the Rev. Fred
erick May Eliot, association presi
dent, in appointing the committee.
'Heil Hitler' Short Cut
BERLIN (#).•—Efficient Germans
have cut the official greeting, "Heil
Hitler,' down to its barest essen
tials. Quite a few still say both
words strongly. Others have trim
med it simply to "Hitler.’* But the
bulk of casual greetings are simply
'“tier.”
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