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THE WEATHER
Increasing cloudiness tonight, followed hy
rain Sunday; not much change in temperature;
lowest tonight about 36 degrees; increasing
northeast or east winds. Temperature yester*
day—Highest, 47; lowest, 36.
Full Weather Report on Page 12
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MRS. DE COURCY BROWNE
AN AGREEMENT under which Mrs. De Courcy
Browne, wife of Col. De Courcy Browne, millionaire
New York stock broker, will be given a monthly allow
ance, the custody of three children and a divorce, has
been made by her husband. Colonel Browne recently
took poison in his hotel room but has since recovered.
Clergymen Here Reticent
On Birth Control
The question of birth control
probably will be one of the princi
pal subjects of the various gen
eral conventions of Protestant
churches within the next few
months, according to many lead
ing clergymen of this city.
Local ministers who were asked
their opinions of the action of
the Federal Council of Churches
of Christ in America at a meet
ing in New York yesterday were
reticient about entering into any
discussion of the question.
Action Due Later
In practically every instance
the clergymen stated that so far
no formal action has been taken
by the various denominations
here, but will be taken up on the
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IN BOAT RAGE
PUTNEY ON THAMES.EngIand,
March 21 (I.N.S.).—For the
eighth year in succession the mag
nificent eight of Cambridge Uni
versity administered a stinging
defeat to Oxford in the annual
boat race here today, finishing
two and one-half lengths ahead of
their traditional rivals in the
eighty-third running of the event.
The victory dashed Oxford’s
hopes of tying the total score, for
ft gave Cambridge 42 victories to
Oxford’s 40.
Million See Race
With approximately 1,000,000
spectators lining the banks of the
Thames, hanging over bridges, in
special trains, punts and power
boats along the river's edge, Cam
bridge shot into the lead at the
getaway and never lost its advan
tage.
Cambridge's time for the gruel
ling four and one-half mile test
of brain and brawn was officially
recorded as 19 minutes and 26
seconds.
floors of the various church con
ventions.
The Rev. D. Wellington Curran,
of the Episcopal diocese of Wash
ington, declined to offer any
views on the matter, stating that
it will be taken up at the next
church convention, which will be
held in Denver, Col., sometime in
September.
It is a fact, however, that the
Episcopal Church has been lean
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FAMED WRITER
GRAVELYILE
LONDON, March 21 (1.N.5.).
Arnold Bennett, distinguished Eng
lish novelist, was gravely ill to
day following complications .hat
developed after an attack of in
fluenza.
His condition gave rise to in
creasing anxiety. Straw was laid
down in the street outside his
house to deaden traffic noises.
The writer contracted influ
enza some six weeks ago, and has
been under physician’s care ever
since.
20 Race Fans Injured
By Tumble Into
Ship’s Hold
PUTNEY. Eng., March 21
(I.N.S.).—Several persons were
injured today when a group
of about 20 spectators fell into
the hold of a barge on the
Thames while watching the Ox
ford Cambridge boat race.
The spectators were stand
ing on temporary planking
laid across the hold. The
boards gave way and they fell
to the bottom of the boat.
Three of the injured had to
be taken to a hospital. The
others were treated on the
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Prince August Wilhelm Beaten
as Throng Bids Him Adieu
at Station in Koenigsberg
KOENIGSBERG. Germany,
March 21 (I.N.S.).—The charge
that Prince August Wilhelm,
fourth son of the former German
Kaiser and a strong supporter
of the German Fascist cause, was
set upon by policemen and savage
ly mazihandled was made by Na
tional Socialist (Fascist) spokes
men here today.
The attack, it was charged, oc
curred when the prince was about
to board a train with Joseph
Goebbels, Berlin lieutenant of
Adolf Hitler, leader of the Fascist
party.
The charges declared that the
prince was beaten with night
sticks and sent on his way with
lusty knocks.
The police version of the affair
was that a crowd of .496 East.
Prussian Fascists gathered at the
station to bid the prince and
Goebbels farewell. The mob was
unruly, the police declared, and
resisted the attempts of officers
to maintain order
Further, the authorities declare
that the crowd beat up three po
licemen who tried to interfere,
forcing the officers to charge in
with their truncheons.
Two of the Fascists were ar
rested
Prince August told Interna
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hoover totalk
AT SAN JUAN
The battleship Arizona, car
rying President Hoover to the
West Indies, was 480 miles east
of Miami at 8 a. m. today,
steaming at 14.5 knots. This
position places it 620 miles
from its destination, Ponce,
Porto Rico, where it is due late
tomorrow or early Monday.
ABOARD U. S. S. ARIZONA,
en route to Porto Rico, March
21 (I.N.S.).—The semi-tropical
area entered by the battleship
Arizona today on its voyage to
the Caribbean made the spring
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Cherry Blossoms
An Easter Promise
The buds on the Japanese
cherry trees are showing no im
mediate inclination to open, it
was said at the office of the Di
rector of Public Buildings and
Public Parks today, and the blos
soms, therefore, probably will
not appear before April 1.
With the delayed opening,
there should be a fine display on
Easter Sunday.
“Sky Is the Limit”as Reno
Makes Gambling Legal
RENO, Nev., March 21 (1.N.5.).
After flourishing sub rosa for
two decades, gambling in Nevada
returned to the open today and
those who wished to have a lit
tle whirl at the cards, roulette,
faro, or any other games of
chance could do so without visit
ing to exclusive clubs or base
ment hide-aways.
Great plans were under way
to convert Reno into a Monte
Carlo with the signing by the
governor of the “wide open”
gambling bill.
Casinos are Remodeled
Workmen were busily engaged
in remodeling casinos in order to
have more room for play, and
the establishments which have
been operating here reported the
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1931
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PAtJL F. KASSAY
FOLLOW HIS arrest on a
charge of planning to wreck the
U. S. naval airship Akron, the
largest dirigible ever built, this
former lieutenant in the Austro-
Hunggriarunavy is said to have
confessed.
CHICAGO POLICE
GRAFT BARED
CHICAGO. March 21 (I.N.S).
After a session that extended on
into the morning hours the
special grand jury investigating
police corruption today, was in
possession of a startling array of
testimony of police graft fur
nished by Mrs. Shirley Kub, one
time under-cover agent for Police
Commissioner John H. Alcock.
Before the woman investigator
suddenly dropped from sight sev
eral weeks ago amid rumors of a
kidnaping, she had boasted that
she had enough on half the police
captains of Chicago to blow them
from their jobs.
Mrs. Kub, held in the county
jail for refusing to talk last
month, suddenly decided to tell
all yesterday and she was brought
before the grand jury where she
testified for 16 hours.
Florida Gale Fells
Buildings and Trees
PENSACOLA. Fla., March 21
(I.N.S.) —Southeastern gales early
today hurled a number of light
and loaded barges on the beach
here, and wrought considerable
havoc in the city.
Trees were felled and a number
of small buildings blown over.
The wind velocity was 48 miles
an hour.
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Official, Gravely 111
LONDON, March 21 (1.N.5.).—
Timothy Healy, former governor
general of the Irish Free State,
is seriously ill at his home near
Dublin, it was stated by the Lon
don Evening Standard today.
first day of “open shop” at
tracted a bumper crop of patrons.
The Willows, an exclusive club,
is expected to continue to attract
the "cream” of the gambling
trade, while Calneva, the resort
on the California-Nevada line, is
also planning a bigger and better
plant.
Sky Is the Limit
An owner of one establishment
here said that in the future "the
sky would be the limit” in his
place. The welcome sign has also
been put out for women patrons.
The State has not yet set up
machinery for the collecting of
the tax provided in the gambling
measure. License fees range from
$lO a week for slot machines to
SSO a week for other forms of
gambling.
RIOT QUIZ TOLD
FELONS SLAIN
SECRETLY
Convict’s Letter Says Inmates
Were ‘Taken for Ride;’ Dope
Traffic, Corruption Bared
JOLIET, Hl., March 21 (1.N.5.).
Members of the legislative com
mittee investigating the State
prison riots today heard a con
vict’s account of dope peddling,
corruption of guards, “taking
prisoners for a ride” in the penal
institutions here.
The convict’s own story, set
down in a letter that was inter
cepted, was read by the Rev.
George L. Whitmeyer. recently
resigned prison chaplain.
Principals Clash
Before the reading of the letter
there was a sharp clash between
the ex-chaplain and Representa
tive Roger F. Little, chairman of
the committee. Whitmeyer was
nettled when Little interrupted
him while he was telling how he
gained possession of the letter.
Whitmeyer said:
“If I am not to be allowed to
tell this in ipy own way, I will
not talk at all.”
Little replied:
“Oh, yes, you will. You are
here to answer the questions
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BJLGHENINTS
SHIP VICTIMS
ST. JOHNS, N. B„ March 21
(I.N.S.).—D esp it e foreboding
weather forecasts, Bemt Balchen
and two companion fliers were
determined to search the ice
floes in a final attempt to locate
the 28 men missing after Sun
day’s destruction of the sealing
ship Viking.
The American air trio, which
included Randy Enslow and
Meriam C. Cooper, arrived here
yesterday after a speedy flight
from Boston.
They set out on their rescue
mission at the request of Dr. L.
F. Frissell, father of Varick Fris
sell, motion picture producer of
New York who was aboard the
Viking at the time of the ex
plosion and has not been seen
since. Another American who
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Humorist's Mother
Succumbs on Coast
LOS ANGELES, Calif., March
21 (I.N.S.).—The body of Mrs.
Clara Ogden Stewart, mother of
Donald Ogden Stewart, author,
will be taken to Columbus, Ohio,
for burial, it was announced here
today. Mrs. Stewart died after
a prolonged illness. Stewart
raced here by airplane in order
that he might see her before she
died. •
King Alfonso Stops
In Paris, Heads Home
PARIS, March 21 (1.N.5.).
King Alfonso of Spain, who ar
rived here en route from London
to Madrid, will continue his jour
ney Monday.
In London, he visited Princess
Beatrice, mother of Queen Vic
toria, who has been ill.
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Comics 11
Death Notices 18
Dramatics 4> 5
Fashion News 6
Financial News 16,17
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Society 6
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VERNA HALL NURSE BUHOT
SUFFERING FROM CUTS on the arm, said to have
been self-inflicted, Verna Mae Hall, 19, 1401 Buchanan
St. N. W., a bride of five weeks, is recovering today at
Gallinger Hospital. ,
SPOUSE’SBLDOD
SAVES WIFE
Mrs. Verna Mae Hall, 19, who,
according to her husband, at
tempted for the sixth time to
end her life at their apartment
at 1401 Buchanan St. N. W., was
reported out of danger at Gallin
ger Hospital today. The young
woman was first treated at
George Washington Hospital and
later was transferred to Gallin
ger.
Albert Hall, the husband, re
ported more than a week ago
that his wife had disappeared
and heard nothing further until
yesterday when she called the
apartment and announced she
intended to return home. She re
fused, her husband said, to tell
where she had been.
When she reached home last
night. Hall said, she announoed
her intention of going to the
home of her parents in Knox
ville, Tenn., and when he said
that he would accompany her,
she rushed into the kitchen and
slashed herself on the arm with
a knife.
The husband gave his blood at
the University Hospital a short
time after the alleged suicidal
attempt. Mrs. Hall, according to
physicians at Gallinger, is resting
comfortably.
Kindness to Pet Dog Wins
$17,500,000 for Hospital
NEW YORK, March 21.—The
kind act of a surgeon at Flower
Hospital a number of years ago,
in setting the leg of a dog owned
by Miss Ella V. von E. Wendell,
resulted in that institution being
bequeathed about $17,500,000 un
der terms of a will disposing of
an estate of about $100,000,000.
While the will has not yet been
filed for probate here, it is un
derstood that the Wendell hold
ings hgve been divided Into 200
parts and 35 will go to the hos
pital.
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Southern Merchant’s
Suicide Makes 28
In One Family
NEW YORK. March 21.—The
suicide of Joseph A. C. Wads
worth. merchant from Char
lotte. N. C„ was revealed today,
as the twenty-eighth in his
line and the fourth in his im
mediate family.
He stood in front of a mirror
in a room in the Hotel Penn
sylvania. where he had regis
tered Sunday, and fired one
shot from a ,38-caliber revolver
into his head. He died almost
instantly.
Relatives in his home city
blamed his death on business
reverses.
King Zog Returns
From Trip to Vienna
TIRANA. Albania, March 21
(I.N.S.).—King Zog has arrived
home from Vienna, where he
narrowly escaped the bullets of
two assassins.
He received an enthusiastic
greeting from the populace.
$30,000 SCHOOL PLANNED
ALEXANDRIA, Va„ March 21.
Among the items included in the
$1,475,000 building program of
the Catholic diocese of Richmond
is a $30,000 parochial school for
the colored children of St. Jo
seph’s parish this city.
Many years ago Miss Wendell
took her pet to the hospital,
where a surgeon set the broken
■ leg. Immediately after that act
of kindness the family contrib
uted about $60,000 to the insti
tution.
Miss Wendell, one of five grand
daughters of John Gottlieb Wen
' dell, fur trader and partner of
John Jacob Astor, in deference to
the wishes of her brother, never
; married, but retained her valu
-1 able holdings and lived in more
■ or less seclusion in her Fiftn Ave
nue mansion.
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CLAIM FLOOD
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OFFICE
Many Former U.S.ClerksHave
Waited Months; Officials
Say Personnel Too Small
Nearly 1.500 claims for retire
ment filed by Federal employes
who have left the service for age
or disability are pending settle
ment in the Pension Office, it was
learned today.
As a result, hundreds of retired
employes have been compelled to
wait several months, in some in
stances, for their only means of
livelihood.
This condition, bureau officials
declare, will be remedied so that
within the next two or three
weeks the work will be virtually
current. At that time, it was
stated in the retirement division
of the bureau, virtually all retired
Government workers who come on
the rolls will receive their annui
ties within a month after filing
their claims.
100 Filed Weekly
Enactment of the new retire
ment act which became effective
July 1 of last year, it was stated,
brought about the overwhelming
volume of applications for annui
ties. Since the law became oper
ative, 5,800 original claims have
been filed, and they are being re
ceived at the rate of 100 a week.
Since the new law affected
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FLYING STEEL
HITS CHILD
Struck by a piece of steel hurled
several hundred feet by a dyna
mite blast at old Poli’s Theater,
Laura Grotlisch, 12, 916 Wood
land Rd., Woodside Park, Md.,
was rushed to Emergency Hospital
suffering from the effects of a
blow in the stomach.
The steel frist crashed through
the awning of the D. J. Hughes
jewelry store, next to the Na
tional Theater on E Street N. W.,
about a block away. It then
struck the window of the store
and glanced off. striking the child.
The full extent of the girl’s in
juries have not been determined.
The child was standing in front
of the National Theater. She
was accompanied by her mother,
who escaped injury.
Fumigating Candle
Is Cause of Blaze
Fire which started from a
fumigating candle in an apart
ment at 1441 Harvard St. N. W.,
caused damage estimated at
several hundred dollars shortly
after noon today.
The blaze was confined to the
one apartment.
Mrs. Dorothy Dovell, who occu
pies an apartment across the hall,
fainted when she saw the smoke
seeping through the cracks of the
door and was taken to 1435 Har
vard St., where she recovered.
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