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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
| ECTURER Fooled
IN SUICIDE Effort
Miss Carrie Wyckoff -0rms,
bee Rescued From River
After Leap From Bridge.

Miss Carrie WyckoF -ormsbee, 81
year-old lecturer for the National Coun-
ell for the Prevention of War, was res
cued from the icy waters of Eastern
Branch yesterday by william J. Bush,
20 years old, Of 17i6 Sixteenth street
southeast, after the woman leaped so
feet from the Anacostia Bridge in an
effort to end her life.
Bush, radio man at the Naval Re-
search Laboratory at Bellevue, d. c.,
heard the woman's screams as she fell
through space, and stripping on his
coat, Owed into the river after her. He
was riding in an automobile driven by
Mrs. Anna Bruegger when he saw the
woman take on her coat and leap from
the railing.
Fights Or Rescuer.
Miss Ormsbee first fought OF her
rescuer and he was forced by the
chilled waters and the current to swim
Shouts Of encouragement from o large
crowd which had collected ut the rail-
ing Of the bridge sent the radio man
out for a second attempt to rescue the
drowning woman
GraSping the woman under her arms
the radio man struggled for is min
utes until, nearly exhausted, he reached
the pile again. There he chung until
the Harbor Police boat, patrolling the
river on a lookout for another woman,
reported to be missing after leaving q
suicide note, drew along side and helped
them both into the boat
Both Bush and Miss OrmSbee, who
was unconscious, were rushed to
Casualty Hospital. Physicians there
said Miss OrmSbee's condition was seri-
Gus and that Bush, suffering from
slight exposure, was sent home after
treatment. The physicians said Miss
Ormsbee would recover.
Released From Hospital
Miss Ormsbee had been a patient
at Garfield Hospital for the past two
weeks, where she was undergoing treat
ment for back ailment. Friday after
noon she was released from the institu-
ton and returned to work for the War
Council.
Police reported that while at work
Friday she complained of the pain IN
her back. She was taken to the home
of q co-worker, at 7Ol Shepherd street,
where she spent the night. Residents
at the Shepherd street address said
that she left the following morning and
was not heard from until she made the
leap from the bridge.
Miss Ormsbee has been lecturing FOR
the war prevention organization for the
past year and recently returned from
Geneva, Italy, where she had been
studying international affairs and at
tending the Geneva Arms Conference.
Police assigned Miss Ormsbee's attempt
at suicide to dependency over illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
BLOOD GIVERS READY TO FLY
TO AID OF GEN. TASKER. BLISS
Five Philadelphians Are Awaiting Orders
to Take Plane to Washington
Sick Bed.

PHILADELPHIA, November 8 up.
Five Philadelphians sped to WASH
ington by airplane late tonight to
give their blood in an effort to save
the life of Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, for
mer chief Of staff of the Army.
BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, November S.-Five
of Philadelphia's oldest heroes sat in a
little room ut $50 Tasker street tonight
awaiting word that would send them
winging away on an errand Of mercy.
They were members Of a society
known as the National Free Public
Blood Donors, and the call they await
ed was from the surgeon general Of
the Army in washington in behalf Of
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, critically i'll in
that city.
These men are in humble circum-
stances, but for years they have been
giving their blood to those who need 1t.
Has Given I'll Quarts.
One Of them, Howard N. Kennedy,
at whose home they waited. Is president
of the association, which was founded
here three years ago. He has been
giving his blood for 10 years--in that
time oil quarts--and never, he said, has
he accepted pay.
Kennedy was q machine gun sergeant
in the World War, and won both the
Croix de Guerre and. the Distinguished
Service Cross for calamity In action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
Sports Highlights

Notre Dame maintained its I'M
beaten status on the gridiron by
handing Pennsylvania n 60-to-20
trouncing, while Fordham was
equally successful in protecting
its clean slate by downing Detroit,
Is to z. In the other intersec-
tional battles East and West also
split even, West Virginia wallop-
ing Kansas Aggies, % to Z, and
Array conquering Illinois, Is to
0, while Michigan nosed cut Har-
ward, 6 to 8, and Ohio State sank
the Navy, 81 to 0. Alabama was
another undefeated aggregation
to triumph, Florida being its VIC
tim by 20 to o.
Among the local varsity outfits,
Georgetown eked out a 20-to-19
victory over Boston College; Cath
Ole University registered its in
itial victory Of. the season by
swapping American University,
so to o; Gallaudet handily de-
feated Shepherd College, Is to 0;
Maryland ran up 4l-to-7 score
at the expense of Washington and
Lee and Howard upset North
Carolina State College, to 2.
Details of these and ether
games will be found in the sports
section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
FORMER WASHINGT0NIAN
AND DAUGHTER KILLED
DR.. whitney Coombs, IS, Run
Down by Automobile in
Canton, N. Y.

BY the Associated Press
CANTON, N. Y, November s.-Dr.
Whitney Coombs, head of the economic
department Of ST. Lawrence University
and his young daughter Betty were
killed when struck by an automobile
while crossing q street here tonight.
DR.. Coombs was 35 years old. He was
specialist in farm taxation.
He formerly was employed for I'VE
years in the Department of Agriculture
at washington and was one of a party
OF 20 economists who made a study OF
economic conditions in Soviet Russia
last Summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
CHURCHES TO UNITE
FOR RELIEF OF IDLE
Plan General Meeting in Jan
uary After Survey of All
Conditions.
BY REX COLLIER.

Laying aside barriers of creed, the
churches of America, representing Q
combined membership of some 10000
900 persons. have Joined in a national
movement to offer spiritual and social
service influences in support of Presi-
dent Hoover's campaign to relieve
economic distress.
Professionalism, Catholicism and Juda.
ism have agreed, it is learned, that
specific responsibility devolves upon
the churches to tackle the grave social
problems arising out of unemployment
VIII CAN General Meeting.
Cognizant of the role that the ma
| tional frame of mind" plays in times
Of depression, churches of the country
through the clergy, outstanding Iaymen
and organized religious groups, will
seek to bring about a Frightening
psychological reaction.
Tentative plans for the unprecedented
cooperative peace-tine effort of the
churches, paralleled only by their CO.
ordination during the war. were dis
cussed at an informal conference here
recently of representatives of the three
great church denominations.
At the conference 1t was decided to
call general meeting of approximately
500 church representatives, largely lay
men, on January 20 and ~ at a place
yet to be selected here. Further plans,
including organization of committees,
are to be discussed at q meeting Of the
organization group here this week.
Social Phases 10 BE Studied.
Among those who have taken part in
preliminary discussions are DR.. VIII
liam knowles Cooper, James Myers,
Frank Morrison and DR. w. L. Darby,
representing the Federal Council of
Churches Protestant); Mgr. P. G. Gavan
for the National Catholic Welfare Con-
ference and Rabbi Abram Simon and
Maurice Bisgyer of the Jewish We'll
fare Board. Mgr. James Hugh Ryan
OF Catholic University also is q mem
per OF the organizing group, but has
Deen prevented from taking part in
discussions because of absence from the
city.
Under preliminary plans q survey of
social phases of the economic crisis will
De undertaken by Harry F. Ward, asso-
ciate secretary of the Social Service
Commission of the Federal Council of
Churches and well known authority on
social welfare problems. Ward is an
ordained Methodist minister and for
merly was professor Of social service
at Boston University School of The
ology. He Is the author Of many books
on sociology and kindred subjects. in
GLIDING Social Greed of the Churches, /"
Social Evangelism" Poverty and
Wealth." The New Social Order" and
Our Economic Morality"
Churches Hope TO Aid Woods.
At present he Is professor Of Chris
tan ethics at the Union Theological
Seminary in New York.
James Myers of New York Industrial
secretary Of the Federal Council Of
Churches, is temporary chairman of
the movement. Myers, Presbyterian
clergyman, is a member of the Ameri-
can Academy of Political and Social
Science and has written books on
Representative Government in In
dustry'' and Religion Lends a Hand"
The long experience Of the two Fed
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
ENFORCEMENT PLEA MADE.
Methodist Board Warns Republicans to
Stand Firm.

Declaring that. the Hoover admins
tration win rise or fall with the sue
cess of It's efforts to enforce the prohi-
bition law" the Methodist Board Of
Temperance, Prohibition and Public
Morals yesterday took the position that
tive but to enforce prohibition and
stand by the principle"
The board also stated that the sue
cess OF enforcement should become APP
parent within the next year or 10
months
These statements accompanied an
endorsement by the board Of Prohibt-
ton Director Woodcocks request for 500
more dry agents and an additional 81
100000 appropriation in the next
budget.
Referring to the desired appropri-
alton increase the board said that "the
amount spent by the country in the
enforcement Of prohibition Is very small,
and this reinforcement Is needed.
Col. woodcock," the statement de-
clared, "also ought to have the addi-
tional men he wants, and every one
ought to be dry, very, very dry. They
ought to be men with a dry back
ground, men with long years of per-
sonal total abstinence behind them,
men who viii inspire enthusiasm and
confidence in those who are responsible
for the fact that the prohibition law
Is on the statute books
The Republican party has no al
Tentative but TO enforce prohibition and
stand by the principle. For them, sug-
gestion Of repeal or hypocritica1 'modi-
fication is impossible for the simple
reason that men and women with q
burning determination that the law
should be enforced put that party into
power at the last election with man.
date to enforce 1t.
ANY catering TO the vets, any toler-
alton of suggestion Of modification
would light fires OF bitter resentment
In the hearts of the men and women
who trooped to the polls in such un-
precedented numbers in 1928, for they
would feel that they had been betrayed
and resentment of betrayal is in sdi-
rect proportion to the confidence 1t
displaceS.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
u. S. IS CHALLENGED
ON CHILD ILLNESS
Wilbur Cites Importance oil
White House Conference
in Forum Address.

The number of children in the United
States suffering from illness or physical
handicaps that could be prevented Is a
challenge to the Nation that has sounded
q call for conservation of the human
resources and vitality" of the country
the coming generation-Dr Ray Lyman
wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, de-
clared last night in the National Radio
Forum, arranged by The Star and
broadcast over nationwide hook-up
Of the Columbia BroadcaSting System
Secretary Wilbur called special at
tention to the Importance Of the White
House Conference on Child Health and
Protection, November 1922, at which
the findings Of 1,200 expert COMMITTEES
workers WIN pool the results Of year
Of study Of the ways Of reducing "ap-
palling figures Of unnecessary deaths,
OF needless accidents. of mental insists,
Of unnecessary poverty and other child
handicaps.
Annual Death Rate II Large.
OF the 100000 children in the
country, at least I,5OO 900 have COM
municable diseases, with q large annual
death rate; 100000 to 5000, 900 are
suffering from such handicaps as deaf
ness, blindness. Gripping or mental de-
ficiencies; $1,000 die annually Of acct
dents and 100000 or more pass under
Judgment of the courts each year, DR..
Wilbur reported.
brought to light and applied. suficient
knowledge and intelligence to wipe out
let us say, three fourth of these ills"
he declared.
Describing how the huge committee
study was organized at the instance of
PRESIDENT Hoover, DR.. Wilbur said the
information collected, after being sifted
and tested, would be spread broadcast
throughout the country for the use of
training.
The full text Of DR.. wilbur,s address
follows:
Text of Address.
i am asking you to tune in tonight
TO listen to q discussion of the oldest
topic of conversation in the world. 1
want to talk to you about children
yours and mine-the $4,000 900 chill
dren All over the country, not to men,
tlon those IN Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines, where we have q large respon-
sinility. A goodly number, fortunately.
are asleep, or ought to be, by now, so
1t Is good time to talk about them
when they cannot hear. If they were
not asleep probably many of you would
not have chance to be listening.
They would be tuning you in to jazz or
Jokes or bedtime stories, or they would
De making so much noise on their own
that you probably couldn't hear. They
should be If they are healthy and
happy. and that. is what I want to talk
to you about.
One might think there was nothing
new to say about such an old subject,
put there Is something happening to
these 100000 children in these
United States of ours at this time of
such Importance that, If people realized
1t, IT would crowd onto the back sheets
most OF the other news in your morn
ing and evening papers.
AZ least one million and a half of
Continued on Page B-2.)
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FOUR YOUTHS KILLED

PAINTSVILLE, KY, November 4 L1p
-Four youths were killed and two in.
jured, probably fatally, when an auto
mobile in which they were riding ran
on the road and plunged over q as
foot enbankment near here tonight.
The dead are Gibbie Van Hose. II
driver of the car, and his cousin, Rob
ert Cecil Van Hoose. is; Woodrow
Picklesheimer. II, and Woodrow Sal
yers, II. The critically injured are
Richard Strother. IL, and Arch VIII
liams, 10. All are members of vel
known Paintsville families.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
Let G. 0. p. Control
Both Houses, Plan
Bankhead FayOrs
By the Associated Press.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Novem-
Der 8.-Senator-elect John H.
Bankhead, who defeated Senator
j. Thomas Helm in the Alabama
election, said in q statement here
today that he would oppose
organization Of either the Senate
or House by the Democrats even
II the ofiicial result of the ma
tional elections should give the
Democrats a ma jority.
II do not want the Democrats
to have anything to do with the
Hoover administration" he said.
Let the Republicans organize
and run things as they want until
they get out of ONCE and then
the Democrats win take the stu
alton over.
81 do not want the Republic
ans to be placed in q position
they can abb their SHORTCOMINGS
on any member Of the Demo-
cratic party"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
ROOKIE POLICEMAN UNCOVERS
LARGE LIQUOR CACHE IN RIVER
16 Burlap Sacks, Containing 1872 Filled Half Gallon Jars
Taken From Potomac.

showing above the water at low tide.
Remembering the tales OF how the river
here, he investigated further and found
q sack hlied with one-half gallon jars
Of the liquor.
A long pole was then obtained by
other police who were called TO the
scene and Is additional sacks were
found, arranged In neat rows q short
distance of the wharf in what is
normally deep water. All OF the whisky
was loaded IN the police patrol and
taken to headquarters, waAefe q large
crowd gathered 70 watch - be unloaded.
No arrests were made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
REPORTS ON LIQUOR
POLICY PREMATURE,
SAYS COMMISSION
Wickersham Group Has Not
Arrived at Conclusions
Ready for Publication.
METHODIST BOARD ASKS
BETTER ENFORCEMENT
Hoover Administration to Rise or
Fall With Success of Such
Effort, Is View. 8
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Any forecasts of what the Law En-
forcement Commission may recommend
in its forthcoming report on prohibition
were described by Chairman Wicker
sham Yesterday as purely conjectural.
At the same time he said the COM
mission had reached no conclusions
which were ready for publication and
that it could not say when the report
will be submitted.
mission would recommend q modifica-
ton of the prohibition laws to permit
the sale of 2.75 beer yesterday caused
a heavy increase in inquiries made at
the headquarters of the commission.
Report Called Guess"
Wickersham's statement was issued
at the close of the day, but previously
Judge Kenneth Macintosh, a commits
sion member, had described the report
as a guess"
"The attention of the commission has
been called to various articles IN d1f1er-
ent newspapers purporting TO forecast
when the report on prohibition OF this
commission will be made and what It's
recommendation will be, the state
ment said. THE commission has
reached no conclusions which are ripe
for publication at the present time: 1t
cannot state when its report VIII be
ready. There are certain phases OF in
vestigation which the commission mas
not yet completed.
Its report when completed will be
sent to the President. Any public an
nouncement concerning it must come
from him. Any statements in advance
as to the content of the report or the
recommendations made are purely con-
jectural."
Resume Session Wednesday.
The commission will resume its ses-
eionS Wednesday.
At the same time an assertion that
unless the Volstead act was modified
within the next two years President
Hoover and the Republican party would
meet defeat at the next presidential
election was made by Representative
Britten, Republican, Illinois. an oppo-
nent Of prohibition.
president Hoover" the Illinois MEM
Der said, would please the country at
large and do much to bring back pros.
perity to the farmers II ne would see TO
IL that the WickershAm Law Enforce
ment Commission reported favorably for
modification of the Voistead act to per-
NIT the manufacture and sale Of beer,
He should take Arm stand for nodifi-
cation"
Britten said Tuesdays election In
creased the number Of vets in the
House by 20, clearly indicating that the
people of the country are tired Of the
prohibition farce that has made beer
barons and rum runners fabuiously
wealthy and menace to the Nation"
The referenda in Illinois. Rhode Is
land and Massachusetts,, Brttten said,
clearly demonstrate the people are
tired of this noble experiment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
BOOSTERS VOICE RECOGNIZED
AND ALLEC Cd THIEF CAUGHT
Son of Owner Overtakes Man Who Fails to Convince
Judge He Is Victim of Circumstances.

Some one was leaving the chicken
was caught and Bud said he found
nice plump pullet nearby. the rooster
having escaped
Jim appeared In court and told Judge
FELTON, Fletcher that he was the "vic-
tim Of circumstances" IT think you
are guilty Of q great many things,
the Judge replied. Including chicken
stealing" and ordered Jim held for
higher court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
BANDIT KEEPS IDENTITY

BENTONVILLE, Ala, November Q
R.-A young man who has refused to
disclose his identity was held here to-
night for the robbery late today Of the
Bank Of Lowell, at Lowell, near here.
Offlcers said the young bandit was
here and that 400 Of bank funds
were recovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
~ stan Correspondent Of The star.

~ a stan Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, November g.
Low tide and the sharp eyes of rookie
member Of the local police force
brought hard times home to some luck
less member of the bootleg fraternity
here this afternoon, and police recov-
cred is burlap sacks, containing l92
one-haif gallon jars Of corn whisky,
from its hiding place in the Potomac
River.
Patrolman George Crawford, who be-
was walking his beat near the foot Of
Wolfe street about 3 o'clock this after
noon when he spied the end Of sack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
DE- the Associatad PROD.

ny the Associated Press.
MACON, Ca, November o.--Because
Bud Joiner's hearing Is 20 acute that
he recQaniMeB the voice of his mothers
pet rooster, Jim walker is in JAIL
BID and Jim reside b. Macon's coll
ored section. Bud lives in Barfeld,s
airy.
Joiner was preparing to no to bed
WHEN he heard the agonix6n squawk
q his mothers red rooster and ran
cut Of the house to irlEestieate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
ADMIR-. BYRD HAS COLD
Refuses to Give Up Tour Despi

Refuses to Give Up Tour Despite
Temperature Of 1O9.
WHEELING, w. Va, November s.09.
Rear Admiral Richard e. Byrd con-
timed his lecture tour today with q
temperature of l02, against the advice
Of physicians. He left here TO keep an
engagement at Athens, Ohio, after hav-
ing been attended by q physician last
night. The polar explorer suffered
from COZ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09

Editorials and Editorial Features.
PART THREE--ls PAGES.
Society Section.
PART FOUR-lO PAGES.
Amusement Section-Theater, Screen
and Radio.
In the Motor World-Page 4.
Aviation-Page 6.
Organized Reserves-Page 6.
Veterans Of the Great War-Page 8.
Parent Teacher Activities-Page s.
Fraternities-Page I.
Spanish War Veterans-Page 7.
Serial Story, Scarab Murder Case
News OF the Clubs-Page 7.
District National Guard-Page z.
Marine Corps Notes-Page z.
Radio-Page 9.
PART FIvE-s PAGES.
Sports Section.
PART SIKH PAGES.
FINANCIAL News and CLASSIFIED Adver-
Using.
PART SEvEN--24 PAGES.
Magazine Section.
News Of the Music World--Page II.
Notes OF Art and Artists.
Reviews Of New Books-Page 10.
Crossword Puzzle-Page %.
GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events In Pictures.
COLOR Sections PAGES.
Moon Mullins; Mr.. and Mrs: Little
Orphan Annie; Brutus: the 6nythes:
Somebody's Stenog: Regular Fellers;
Higniights ef History.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
MISSIONARY is SLAIN
Brazil Church Worker and Child
Die; Wife Wounded.

WORCESTER, Mass, November 9
H1.-Mrs. Harrison A. Silsbee an
nounced today she had received word
from missionary headquarters in New
York that her brother Arthur Tylee,
formerly Of Worcester and his 2l12 year
old daughter were killed. and his wife
Ethel was wounded in the recent fight
ing in Brazil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09

The others are August Weyler, Frank
Vogt, Alfred Mulherin and Granhill
Hogarth.
There are $50 members in the as
ISOLATION.
When Gen. Bliss became seriously i'll,
members Of the association wrote to
Brig. Gen. c. Z. Darnall, commander
of the United States Medical Corps,
Offering their services Today they re-
ceived a letter from him thanking them
for their offer, and saying they would
be called upon II needed.
Tonight Kennedy received the mes
sage: Hold yourself In readiness. We
may call for you at any moment"
At the Philadelphia Navy Yard q
Marine Corps airplane and pilot were
In readiness whenever the word to come
should be received. and the i've men
held themselves available at moments
notice to 60 to the aid Of the former
chief Of star Of the Army.
Gen. Bliss Near Death.
Maj. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, retired,
wartime chief Of star, was described by
his physicians Is falling steadily" late
last night ct Walter Reed Hospital.
It was not known whether Gen. Bliss
would live through the night. Almost N
years old. he was stricken recently with
Q recurrent attack Of an intestinal ale
naent. He has been tnNill health, how
ever for the past SIX nnnths.
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TODAY'S STAR

PART ONE-32 PAGES.
General News-Local, National and
Foreign.
Educational News-Page B-4.
D. A. r. Activities-Page ca.
Gold Star Mothers-Page Ca.
District OF Columbia Naval Reserves
Page CA.
The Home Gardener-Page C-5.
AT Community Centers-Page C-5.
w. @. T. U. Notes-Page C-5.
Y. W. G. A. News-Page C-6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
Peru Calls Election.

LIMA, Peru, November 8 (P1.--A de-
cree ordering an election for q national
assembly viii be published tomorrow.