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Evening star., 1931-12-19
SHERIFF QUOTES
ANDRE IN RENO CASE
Says Dentist Told Him He Had
Lost Interest in Woman
Later Killed.
By the Associated Press.

RENO. New, December 19-Testi-
mony that DR.. Carl Pierre Andre ,,o,,rn
Falrmount, w. Va dentist had ssid So"i,s 1e
lost interest in Mrs. Martha Hntnbi, rI nc
son before she fell to death fron, III.
motor car was in the record of his H'r r,,,r llts
der trial here TODAY '''' nlut :
SheriH Russell Trathen testified Nv
andre had told him that Mrs. Hntcbi, ~ IN :
son mad come to Reno about thrno
weeks before her death the niobt otiiee os
september l3, and that AS soon az az VI
re tecelVed sr his divorce they we're aS eoine ne
He said also, however" the sbor;e
.estliled, that he had become disintan Slrtt NJ
esied ee In her and that they hadn't fi'tser, bean
gong out together very often" Deeh
The prosecution may rest TO-DAY n.i.,,
out calling Morrey Gracchi "S fona WIN l.
manager OF the Cornelius, ir 4oi .,I iisl
Ne" Ranch, who was sta, star Witr VIII Lazy
.ne m preliminary hearing. The 'IeSs for,,,a at
tanch i manager testified in the nrai;.e lo,nler
mary trial that he heard Mrs 'I Hptehi,, p+ellm
son say to another person, IF wynn be bnal
me me up tonight, I'll phone you l ar aed peats Eats
that night. t'e met death
Evening star., 1931-12-19
PARIS POLICE DESERTION
CODE HAS ITS ODDITIES
Missing Persons Bureau Will Lo-
cate Strayed Family Member,
but Keeps Secret.

PARIS tP-If your husband or wife
deserts you in Paris, it won't do YOU
any good TO go to the police about it..
And that applies to a son or daughter
over 81 as we'll.
For the Missing Persons Bureau at
police headquarters, handling over
$4,000 requests year, keeps the secrets
OF people who have chosen to leave
home
Suicides, accidental deaths and crime
cases are reported at once to the fam
lies OF the persons concerned, but, since
the law does not oblige a son. daughter,
husband or wife to live at home ur-
less he or she wants to, all the police
Will say is, We have located Jules
'or Mariel. He tor she) is we'll and
happy and does not wish you to know
where he (or sheD is staylng."
Evening star., 1931-12-19
STAR WlTHORAWS PLEA
IN DEMPSEY DIVORCE
Estelle Taylor Says Former Cham
pion Ready to Pay S35, 900 to
$4,000 as Final Settlement.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. December l9-Estelie
TAYLOR has instructed her attorney n
WlthoraW her divorce petition in Los
Angeles courts and has agreed not N
contest the validity of decree granted
Jack Dempsey in Reno. New.
MISS Taylor said today she and her
1ormer husband had reached an agree
ment whereby she was to receive $4,000
to $4,000. thereby ending the divorce
and property settlement battle.
Dempsey, 1t was said will pay of a
mortgage and back taxes on the home
OF Miss Taylor, pay her attorneys fees
and expenses incident to the divorce
proceedings. pay an accumulation of
hoshold bills and deliver possession of
TWO automobiles, to which she will have
cle~r title.
Miss Taylor said Dempsey, now box
ing in the Midwest was expected to f.
to Los Angeles within the next fep
days to sign the agreement,
Evening star., 1931-12-19
HEADS COLLEGE GROUP

Edward c. johnson, local sttornev.
was elected president of the William
and Mary Club of Washington last
night at meeting in the University
Club.
Other officers chosen were Col. Fran
CTS Scott Key-Smith. first vice pres-
dent; c. Dudley Shreve. second vice
president; DR.. E. L. Whitney, third vice
president; Cecil r. Hefin. secretary,
and Walter s. Clarkson. treasurer.
The annual mesting for the instaI-
iatlon OF officers will be held on Jan
uary IA.
Evening star., 1931-12-19
EX-PRESIDENT OF BANK
CONVICTED OF FRAUDS
R. M. Allan of Detroit Found
Guilty of Embezzling $4,000
From Defunct Institution.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, December l9.-Robert M
Allan was convicted by a jurv Thursdav
OF embezzling $4,000 from the defunct
American State Bank, Of which he for
merly was president.
The verdict was returned after four
hours and a half of deliberation. The
trial had been in progress since No.
vember IT,
Under Recorders Court rules, each
convicted defendant is referred to the
probation department and he cannot
be sentenced for one week. The max
mum sentence in Allan's case is 20
years imprisonment. Defense attor-
neys indicated the case would be ap-
pealed
Evening star., 1931-12-19
SEEK AIRSHIP'S NAME
Senator Bingham and Delegation
Urge q. S. S. Hartford as Choice.

Senator Bingham, Republican, Of
Connecticut. with a delegation from his
State. called yesterday afternoon CN
Secretary Adams ard suggested that the
ZRS-5, Naval dirigible now under con-
struction, be named U. S. S. Hartford.
The Senator, who has played proml-
nent part in securing appropriations for
the dirigible. informed the Secretary
that Connecticut was the first St9ta to
pass laws for the promotion of aviation
and has had two flviHg Governors, and
that as the U. S. S. Los Angeles stancs
for city on the West Coast, and the
U. S. S. Akron for a CITY in the center
of tho country the third Naval diri2ible
should bear the name of an Eastern
Cjtv
Evening star., 1931-12-19

| oACOb1 'SoU lH)-OEALER. n
ST 90
HI 5 4
DIX g
C.-J 10 81
The bidding-South, pass; West, one
| heart; North, one spade; East, pass
! South, pass; West, double; North, pass
East, two hearts: all pass.
The opening lead was the nine Of
clubs. 1t was the first hand of a rub.
ber. Culbertson took 10 tricks.
May Go on Stage.
A subtle movement was under way
today to put the four all-star bridge
system battlers, currently playing quasi
secretly in Mr.. Ely Culbertson's own
pastboard arena, in glass cage on a
New York stage for the benefit of
charity.
The performance would be for one
night and would allow hoi polloi of the
bridge Tipping fraternity to get eyes
and ears full of Defender Sidney S.
Lenz's quips at Challenger Culbertson,
and vice versa.
1t was learned that Lenz and Cul-
bertson we're negotiating the proposed
public showing. though the latter said
no announcement was ready-"yet."
A star chamber session was held by
all four players and the referees early
today at the conclusion of the ninth
session of play. 1t lasted As minutes
and was ostensibly to discuss how
many sessions, and when, would be
played during the Christmas holidays.
Unofficial battle arena spokesmen
said the benefit performance was prac-
tically assured, pending satisfactory
technical arrangements. The problem,
in short, would be to show the players
to an audience without showing the
audience to the players.
LEM Goes to Press Room.
Ienz brought his chin up out of his
vest for the first time since the match
began in the last session and left the
room while dummy.
Would anybody object" he asked
with a look at Culbertson, who has
never yet remained at table while
dummy, "if left the room?"
No Sidney. go right ahead" said
Culbertson, graciously.
Said Lenz
where's this press room you run to
every time you are dummy, ELY? /
want to 90 see the boys, too"
Right down the hall. Sidney, and
say anything you want to say"
A dozen reporters followed Veteran
Lenz, expecting weighty pronouncement.
He burst into the press room, hands in
his pockets, shouted:
Dummy at last! Thought you boys
might want to look me over, too. My
partners got bid If he makes it, it'll
be another pianola."
"Pianola" is customary Culbertson
comment on hands easily won by op-
ponents. In English it means IAN easy
one"
Evening star., 1931-12-19

eoIdDllSllcu a lead
of 1915 point S
when play closed
late last night. We
had started the
night with a lead
of 4,965. and thus
our net score of the
evening was 1850.
The bidding dur
Ing the evening was
a series of triumphs
for the principles
of the approach :
forcing system as
Contrasted with the
Official system. 1t
was to test the re-
spective merits Of
these systems that
the apreopoept to
Evening star., 1931-12-19

on Wnlch only III
hands were re-
quired. Our total
loss was 2 $50
o | n t s, which,
added to our for
mer minus score,
pu t S us 1915
points minus in
the entire match
to date.
Flushed with vic
tory because of a
Wonderful run of
cards and good
play by his part
n e r. Culbertson
early Friday morn
ing issued a state
ment to which a
.,,,saL -
Evening star., 1931-12-19

CIR e y S novels
and re m | n d S
t h e a t goers
that fine riding
and the beauty
of unusual land
S C a pc, W h e n
combined with
battles without
quarter that are
to be expected
in loosely gcV-
ern g d places,
are e I l e c tive
e le m e n IS Of
screen life.
1t is q revival
of Western film
that the Fox
offers, and the
climaYes come
Evening star., 1931-12-19
Hitler Serves as Best Man.

BERLIN December 19 OPD-AdoIt
Hitler took time out from his other
activities today and served as best man
at the wedding of Joseph Goebbels. one
OF ms chief lleutenants. who was mar
rieo IN civil ceremony to Fraulein
Magda Quandt.
Evening star., 1931-12-19
Slayer Electrocuted

cbez,;s bnAEElGh; Hd N. C.: December 10 LP-
trne,,I Hnevts Herring, "a, colored. was T elec I
f1o'Nteu F. Mev,ton mere - for the murder of p
~ n,ho Newcon. e 70, postmaster at Kerr
Herr;r Hnu was ROBBED and slain last vear
htsu,inie hatara @ confessed the killing of Newton
brothsre o9Le gong to his death, and said his his
~ y, osilef din Ernest, who is under sentences .e
W oie January 8, was innocent
Evening star., 1931-12-19

play $50 rubbers Of contract was made
by Mr.. Lenz and myself
Numerous hands throughout the ses-
sion gave TO my partner and me Op-
portunities, through the use of the ap-
proach principle, to reach the best con-
tract in the combined hands with GER
tainty and precision.
In one instance, through the use of
the "one-OVer one" variation, the COM
plete distribution of my hand was made
an open book Tor my partner, and the
hand played IN the correct contract. In
another a sacrifice of 200 points was
taken 10 avert an adverse game, as our
bldd!ng and that of our adverSarieS had
disclosed that We could not prevent
them from making their game contract.
System Superiority Shown.
The cards being about even and thus
the element Of luck discounted, and the
skill of the players representing the
ofnclal system conceded, the startling
advantage attained can me attributed
only to superiority of the system used.
Mr.. Llghtner my partner, took me to
a small slam IN spades in the second
rubber, on hand which furnishes a
striking contrast TO the bidding of the
disastrous grand slam by our oppo-
nents last night The comparison of
the effectiveness of the two systems is
particularly interesting in view of the
TACT that Mr.. Liehtner held $50 aces.
opposite my minimum opening spade
bid, but recognizing through the ap-
piication of approach-forcing princi-
pies, the strong dlstributional assets
OF the hand, played at a suit and the
relatively dangerous distribution for no
trump, never once mentioned the lat
ter declaration.
Lenz Bidding Poor.
Mr. Lenz last night, yielding to the
temptation of the no trump honors
and failing to recognize distribution
which is so prominent a feature of
approach-forcIng bidding. continually
BID no trump and blinded the partner
ship to the fact that there was a Law
down slam in spades.
Following is the hand: Dealer
South. Neither side vulnerable
Evening star., 1931-12-19
How the Contestants See Il
Bidding Series Of Triumphs
for Forcing System,
Says Culbertson.
BY ELY CULBERTSON.

NEW YORK, December 19-Winning
six of the nine rubbers played in the
ninth session of the Culbertson- -Lenz
bridge tournament, Mr. Lightner and I
Evening star., 1931-12-19
Men in Her Life"
MelOdramatic HOkum.


IF you keep score at the movies.
YOU will find that the Men in
Her Life''-that is to say, Lois Mo-
rams life as Julia Cavanaugh-con-
currently lived several times a day
at R-K-O Keiths. average about SIS,
per cent, if judged on all their
points, including conformation and
way of going.
To begin at the beginning: There
is one lad who rates zero or less be-
cause of his propensities for betrav-
ing, blackmailing and otherwise
making uncomfortable the fairest of
maidens. Julia Cavanaugh opens
her film life with an intrigue with
this unkind youth, Count Ivan by
name. Ivan promises to marry her,
but changes his mind very method
ically. Instead. he leaves her to
paw their joint hotel bill. To
put the finer touches on an evil act,
he also robs her so she can't pay
the bill. Being one of the Cava-
naughs. Julia is upset by this episode
more than somewhat. In fact, as
the first incident of a play called
Men in Her Life" it promises to
prejudice her against both of the
commodities named in the title. But
at this opportune moment. an op-
portuniSt gangSter named FIaShy
Madden appears at the Normandy
Inn, pays the hotel bill, because from
his perch in the gutter he has al
ways worshiped the mighty Cava-
naughs, and thereupon enters the
ring as chief contender for the dra-
matte honors of the piece. As PLAYED
bv Charles Bickford, this retired
thug is Wistful and illegally
wealthy young man, irked by the
uncouth habits of his business asso-
clates. He is determined to become
a gentleman at anv cost. even the
sacrifice of evil-smelling cigars.
AS Julia Cavanaugh happens to
be, at the moment, slightly embar-
raSsed by the very loud crash of
the Cavanaugh Trust Co., she is in
veigled to accept position as tutor
to FlaShy in the fine art of acquir-
ing gentlemanlv instincts. Under
her practiced direction, he learns to
say somewhat gruff1y, Wagner is
boring; Beethoven is charming: have
a cigarette" Equipped with this
scintillating store of small talk,
FlaShy sallies forth with her into the
toothiest realms of respectability.
He remains more of a quaint and
awkward pupil than a finished re-
contour, but he is doing noblv and
growing more sentimental every day
about Julia. until Dick Webster, son
of Senator, appears and persuades
the exclusive Cavanaugh to marry
the exclusive Webster.
Flashy takes this sportingly. The
Evening star., 1931-12-19
"Mr. Jacoby and / Are in
Perfect Harmony"
Declares Lenz.
BY SIDNEY S. LEM.

NEW YORK, N. Y. December 10
Most of last nights session was a see
saw affair. We won out of the first
rubbers, but then we lost the last g.
Evening star., 1931-12-19
Fox Features
Riders of the Purple Sage"

- OVERNMENT by force and
also by the process of seiz-
Ing. property, such as pre-
~ vailed in certain frontier
places 60 years ago, is ex.
emplified with accompanying thrills
IN Riders of the Purple Sage" the
weeks Offering at the Fox Theater.
1t is adapted from one of Zane
Evening star., 1931-12-19
j. s. REMEDY SEEN
IN BUYING POWER
La Toilette Committee Holds
Wage Sterilization Is Key
to Recovery.
~ the Associated Press.


Increased and steadied purchasing
power on the part of the great masses
of wage-earners was offered today as
the heart of a Progressive program for
industrial Sterilization.
Fruit of the committee work growing
out of the conference of ProgreSSlVes
held here last Spring, the report was
taken before A Senate committee by
Senator La Toilette OF Wisconsin.
Economic Council Urged.
The Independent. Republican was
chairman of the conferences Uncm-
ployment and Industrial Stablll2atlon
Committee. He is chairman also of the
Senate Manufacturers Subcommittee,
before which the Progressive paper was
laid for study Establishment Of an
economic council is under consideration
National planning for regularizad
growth was the general scheme of the
La Toilette report. in ccntradistinction
to Stabilization at any given fixed level
AS more specific goals it named:
increasing the proportion of income
going to the majority in the lower in
come ranges. who will spend more of It
for the products of mass production.
Raising the lowest wage rates. which
are inadequate to sustain demand for
the requisition Of comfortable and
hygienic existence.
Price Pegging Opposed.
Making purchasing power NOR"
stable than the buSinc activities lr0m
which it is derived. by tho use of re-
serves or insurance against uncmploy-
ment.
"Stabilization of price levels so far as
practicable, but not price system
pegged at certain points only"
The report proposed a national
economic board, appointed by the Prcsi-
dent, to represent special types of eX-
pert knowledge in all major fields, in
Guiding. labor, finance and industry.
Councils in each major branch of
production and distribution would be
set up under this board, one of them
charged with developing a more unified
control of credit and finance than row
obtains
Evening star., 1931-12-19
Trains Collide, Killing Two

DAGENHAM, England, December 10
CPl:-TWo men were killed in railway
collision here yesterday when a pas
senger train struck the rear of freight
tram. At least 80 were injured, some
of them children, 'o'''e
Evening star., 1931-12-19

resigned. China's
r e S l G n e d. It's
funny We can't
ever have any
luck like that.
Human nature
and intelligence
S a b out the
S a m e. Chinese
have planted a
new big crop of
soya beans, and
they haven't sold
the ast wo
Evening star., 1931-12-19
The False Madonna"
DCeS Not Win Enthusiasm.

L. AY FRANCIS, one of the screens
100 per cent VenuseS, has of late
been most unfortunate in the matter
of her cinema wares. Paramount has
been tossing her around from one
gloomy role to the other until the
raDid-tire gleam in her eye has been
almost eXtinguiShed.
In The False Madonna" which
was shown yesterday at Loew's Pal
ace for the first time, Miss Francis
gets rather worse break than usual
CARRIED rs psuedo-mother, and in
reality the rebellious victim of a
small group of high-class racketeers,
she walks into Long Island home,
announces herself as the long-lost
mother Of young son and plants
herself there with the avowed pur-
pose Of walking out again with a
check
Mother love. or rather a second
cousin to it. however. gets the better
of her. One glimpse of the boy
whose mother she says she is plunges
her into idyllic rapture. The lad is
blind as a bat-and so perforce he
can only ask her if his remembrance
of her is right-if her hair is black,
her eyes gray. and so forth, to which
the feigning lady answers only with
an avalanche of tears. To be told
that she resembles so closely the
lads real but unfortunately dead
mother, in fact, plunges Miss Francis
into such seasonable grief that she
has a difficult time remaining in the
house. Remain she does. however,
refusing nobly to do anything about
the check above mentioned, about
which her gangSter brothers were so
anxious. Finally, when the poor
little boy of II dies. she walks out
not with the check but with true
love, which has suddenly taken the
form Of the manager of the estate.
True love" in this is played by
Conway Tearle. who deserves a bet
ter role, and William (stage) Boyd is
the bad man who is always scream
ing for check at Miss Francis
elbow. Miss Francis elbow, as a
matter of fact, is still so lovely to be-
hold. that it seems a shame they
couldn't have given her something
more adequate to its charms
The stage show, Jade" while COL
orful and exotic. is not too invigor-
ating in spite of the efforts of Ross
and Edwards, some adagio dancing
and fleet of miniature dancing
dolls. E. de S. MELCHER.
Evening star., 1931-12-19

years crop. Don't that sound exact
ly like the wheat and cotton farmers
at home? Yet we call these heathen.
Yeah?
Evening star., 1931-12-19
Will Rogers
Says:

DA1REN-Plenty of excitement
In these countries. Japan's cahinet
Evening star., 1931-12-19

Salaries Of employees in retail stores
in Berlin, Germany. have been cut.
Evening star., 1931-12-19
FIJTTJPE

Benefit dance, 7OS A street north
east, $50 pm. 'ioi1h-
Evening star., 1931-12-19

Hike. League for the Larger 1ifo
assemble District line at Sixteenth
street, tomorrow, 2 pm. '0eii'l'
Evening star., 1931-12-19

reception and dance, Idaho State
society, sa U. S. Chamber of Commerctee te
Evening star., 1931-12-19
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
TODAY.

Dance, Ohio Girls Club, 1925 Mos
sachusetts avenue, pm. Mas
ud.s1 nance; Daughters of Zion, Willard
Evening star., 1931-12-19

S-k Q 10 IS s-A 9 30
HI 3 IA @ 50
D-4 D-A
C.-K Q $50 ca 5
JACOBY SOUTH.
S.-J 4
H-8 So
do S 3
C.-J 80
The bidding:
South. West North East
Pass lspade diamonds diamonds
Pass clubs Pass 6 spades
Pass Pass Pass
Mr.. lightner'S bid of three diamonds.
an overbd of the suit bid bv our on
ponents, was forcing bid announcing
at least three honor tricks, a frcakisil
distribution, and strongly suggesting
slam possibilities. Although seven odd
were made, there was nothing in my
hand justifying the grand slam bid.
Contract bridge players will readily
see the difference in the result on this
htnd If Mr. Lightner had respond I'd
with no trump bids two or three times,
as occurred Thursday night in a strk-
lnglv similar situation with our op-
| n
no trump slam, the finesse involved
coupled with the necessity for a break
IN clubs, would have made it an ex-
tremoly unsound contract.
Favors Penalty Acceptance.
have repeatedly emphasized in my
articles the Importance of accepting the
penalty equivalent of a game in lieu of
the score toward rubber This, of
course, implies that the penalty you
lnf1lct on your opponents can be seen
as the equivalent of the score you would
make at your own bid.
The application of this principle on
the NTH hand of the flfty-sixtn rubber
permitted us to inf1ict 600-point pen
atty upon Mr. Jacoby. who bid three
clubs to prevent US from completing a
game score. He had at that time a par
tlal score of 90. The hand upon which
Mr.. Jacoby made his sacrifice bid was:
East-Dealer. East-West, 90:
Evening star., 1931-12-19

Christmas entertainment and SIN.
per, Rupert House. Anacostia, ton1or-
row, 2:30 pm. '''oi
Evening star., 1931-12-19

NOTiCE-THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Shareholders of the, Second National Bank.
WASHINGTON, D. C. for the election OF dIreC
tors for The ensuing year and for the trans
action of such other business as may be
properly brought before the meeting, Will be
Tuesday January l2. 1892 Polls Will be
open between the hours of u noon and 2
o clock pm. VICTOR B. DEYBER,
La gaceta., 1931-11-24

completa seguridad. Frecuen-
temente me deleitaba tan grato
sentimiento, que me causaba un
placer mayor y. mas real que
cuantos beneficios meramente
materiales me habia reportado
la ejecuci6n del crimen. Pero
lego un tempo en- ell cual fue
modificandose aquel sentimien-
to de placer mediante una de-
'gradaci6n cast imperceptible,
hasta tornarse en- un tenaz pen
Samiento, que con tai frecuencia
Iocupaba mi imagination que me
fatigaba, sin que apenas pudie-
ra librarme de el un solo mo-
'mento. No es cosa extrana tenjr
fatigados los oidos, o mas bien
Iatormentada la memoria va por
una especie de tin tin, va por ell
La gaceta., 1931-11-24

a la CANA con otra emponZona-
da: fue ell case que una manana
Sc encontr6 al hombre muerto
en- su lecho, y que la autoridad,
despues de eXaminarlo, jugs
que Su muerte habfa sido repen-
tina.
Yo herede ell capital de mi vic
TINA y TODD me sali6 perfecta-
mente durante mucho tempe,
cruzo por mi mente la
idea de que ell crimen pudiera
descubrirse: por mi mano mis-
ma habia destruido los residuos
de la bujia fatal, y no habia de-
jado sombra nj indicio capaz de
excitar la menor sospecha. Diff
cilmente podra imaginar nadie
10 grande que era mi satisfac-
ci6n al reflexionar sobre mi
La gaceta., 1931-11-24

eStribillo de una cancion vulgar,
o va, en- fin, por un trozo cual-
quiera de opera; no siendo me-
nor ell tormento porque la can
ci6n o ell trozo de opera sean
buenos. Asi me sucedfa con "a
quel pensamiento; de modo que
cast continuamente me sorpren-
dia a mi mismo pensando sin adj
vertirlo en- mi propia seguridad,
y repitiendo por 10 bajo estas
palabras: "estoy salvado".
Ocurri6 que un dia que pasea-
ba por la Gale, cal en- que iba
murmurando, no va por bajo
como acostumbraba, sino en- alta
voz, las consabidas palabras;
mas por no sc que mezcla de pc
tulancia daba al concepto esta
otra fOrma: "estoy salvado, 81.