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The Washington times., 1931-03-12
VISITS
SEC. INGALLS,

DR.. Hugo Eckener, famous COM
mander of the German Graf Zep-
pelin, today called upon acting
Secretary of the Navy, David S.
ingalls,, shortly before Mr.. In
gals left the Capital by air for
Cleveland, Ohio. The visit was
merely to pay his respects and
only an informal discussion of a
few minutes was held.
DR.. Eckener is particularly in
terested in the subject of helium,
and has discussed the subject
with various naval aviation Of
ficers, including Capt. John
Powers, acting chief of the Bu-
reau of AeronauticS.
The study of helium comes di-
rectly under the Department Of
Commerce, however. and it is
expected that DR.. Eckener prob
ably will confer with United
experts on the subject before
leaving the Capital tomorrow.
DR.. Eckener spoke favorably Of
the ZRS-4. which he saw in
Akron, Ohio. This 6,50O,000 cubic
foot ship, first of two the Navy
will build, will be completed
about the end of July. When it
is commissioned, it will be known
as the Akron.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
BONUS BOOSTS
AUTO SALES

Payment of loans on the vet
erans' adjustment service certi-
ficates has been a bool to the
automobile dealers of the Dis
trict.
Since the loans were granted
there has been decided increase
in the number of new and used
cars sold, dealers reported, and
number of sales are awaiting
the receipt of bonus checks.
A number of firms reported
veterans who were buying cars
on deferred payments end had
fallen behind in the payments
have been able to clear ur the
Indebtedness.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
Love NEST SUIT
NAMES TWO

Mrs. Julie W. Carey, 1451 Park
Rd. N. W., in suit for absolute
divorce filed against William P.
Carey, today on grounds of mis-
conduct with a correspondent
named in her petition, had the
unique satisfaction of witnessing
the summonses served on both
defendants in their alleged love
nest.
Attorney Raymond Neudecker
filed the suit for Mrs. Carey in
which she accuses Carey of nu-
merous acts of unfaithfulness.
They were married August 18,
1923, and have one child. She
was awarded permanent custody
of the child, but her husband, she
said, has refused to pay the ali
mony.
Since last November 1, when
her husband became acquainted
with the correspondent, Mrs. Carey
charged that they have occupied
the same apartment.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
Beauty Queen Slayer Says
Mrdlinger Ch0ked Her

from a girls day dreams into
reality, for Nirdlinger enrolled
her in the National Park Semi
nary at Forest Glen with orders
that she be nodded into "the
perfect lady"
The Cinderella pattern of the
story was never broken, for in
February of 1924, Charlotte Nash
and her benefactOr were married
in HagrstOWn and went abroad
for their honeymoon.
But the romance soon met with
complications, and there were re-
ports of frequent quarrels. Nixon
Nirdlinger had already been mar
ried twice, and his final divorce
decree from his second wife was
still pending.
In 1909, after he had been
married IA years to Teresa Burke,
mother of his two sons, she di-
vorced him in Philadelphia
She now lives in Arizona or Cali
fornia.
Divorced Three Times
Laura McKenna, of Atlantic
City, became his second wife, and
she secured her final papers in
Paris in 1925.
In 1925 the third Mrs. Nixon
Nirdlinger also won a divorce
from him in Paris. but only
after three attempts at recon
ciliation failed. He continued to
pay premiums on a 100000 pol
icy, which he had taken out on
Charlotte Nash's famous dlmples
In 1928 the couple was mar
ried once more. Two children
were born of the second mar
riage, son, Fred. now 8, and
Charlotte, 2. They were playing
in the villa nursery when the
shots cracked in rapid succession.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
DishOnOred Checks
Suit Asks $4,000

Alleging the Union Trst Com
pany, negligently failed to cash
two checks when. he had suf-
ficient funds on deposit to pay
them, Fred A. Smith, 1924 K St.
N. w., today filed suit against
the bank to recover $4,000.
Attorney Alvin L. Newmyer ap-
pears for the plaintiff who seeks
to recover $4,000 for each of the
two instances where the bank
allegedly dishonored his checks.
The checks were drawn on April
1 and April S, 1929, the plaintiff
saws
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ontEnued from rage ~
ing magistrate will be named to
hear the case.
Had Two Children
Formal charges will be made
after the magistrates findings
are rendered.
Mrs. Nixon -Nirdlinger appeared
quite calm and unwOrried as she
awaited further developments of
her case.
The Nixon -Nirdlingers had two
children, Fred, now 3, and Char
lotte, 2.
Mrs. Nixon n-Nirdlinger is the
former Charlotte Isabel Nash, who
won international recognition as
beauty in the Atlantic City
pulchritude pageant in 1923, en-
tering as Miss st. Louis" and
who later was a student at the
fashionable National Park Sem.
mary, at Forest Glen, Md.
Describing the shooting, she
said:
"My husband is 81 years old
and / am rs. He was terribly
jealous, always accusing me of
infideIity.
81 was reading an Italian
newspaper when my husband
tore it from me, shouting that
I was trying to learn Italian be-
cause 1 had an Italian lover.
That is entirely untrue.
81 ran into another room,
but he rushed in after me and
seized me by the throat. Almost
strangled, I drew a revolver
from under pillow and shot
in self defense"
Investigators of the tragedy
said that four shots were fired
one of them passing through the
heart Of the theater magnate.
Were Married Twice
Mrs. Nixon-Nirdlinger is the
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. j. B
Nash, of st. Louis. She was the
theater owners third wife, and
married him a second time after
separation and subsequent
divorce.
The fatal shots shattered a
romance that caught world inter
est when it first blOssOmed in
the fading summer of 1923. II
started when Charlotte Nash, OF
the admirable dimples, walked
down the Atlantic City bOardwalE
as St. Louis candidate for beauty
hOnOrs in the international
pageant, whose guiding genius
was NixOn-Nirdlinger.
She won first prize in the
boardwalk parade, captured
fourth place in the international
pulchritude contest, and received
the coveted cup from the theater
man, known in Philadelphia and
Baltimore simply as Nirdlinger.
A Cinderella dream unfolded
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
3 Hurt as 4 Autos
Mix In in Traffic

Three persons we're injured and
four automobiles damaged in a
series of accidents at Twenty
sixth and G Streets northwest
last night.
Francis Cain, 80, 1915 Belmont
st. N. W., and his wife, Mrs.
Josephine Cain, 35, received lacer-
ations when their automobile col
lided with another vehicle oper-
ated by Klause Markley, 33, 3712
Warrent st. N. W. They were
treated at Georgetown Hospital.
While passing the scene of the
accident, Allen Wilkins, 81, col.
ored, collided with another auto
mobile and slightly injured Miss
Linda B. Cost, %, of Arlington,
Va.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
District Man Jailed
As Drunken DriUer

FREDERICK, Md, March IL.
Unable to pay a fine of $100 and
costs on a charge of driving
while drunk, Harvey J. Wilson,
of the 5000 block of P st. N. W.,
Washington, was committed to
jail today to serve 45-day SEN
tence.
Wilson and Charles Pampels.
also of washington, crashed into
the rear of another car Monday.
They were taken to court but
Wilson is said to have been too
intoxicated to testify.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
BUS TERMINAL
PLEA DENIED

Another attempt to have the
Public Utilities Commission de-
eide upon united interstate bus
terminal before the depot is con-
Structed has been defeated.
A group of New York operators
proposed to erect such a terminal
providing the commission would
require interstate buses to use the
terminal over 10-year period.
The petition said that the pro-
posed terminal would be erected
in the neighborhood Of Tenth
Street and Grant Place North
west.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
Education Is Urged
As Cure for Strife

Education of voters and pros
pective voters through the medium
of the public schools is the one
thing which will make the United
States revolution proof, DR.. Will
liam John Cooper, commissioner
of educataion, told the Rotary
Club, at it's luncheon yesterday.
The program was arranged by
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superin-
tendent of schools, and speakers
included E. C. Broome and S. D.
Shankland, secretary of the Ma
tional Education Association.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
DanUiLLe Robbers
Get $4,000 in Gems

Washington police have been
asked to aid in the search for rob-
bers who stole jewelry, valued at
more than $4,000, in Danville,
Va, last night.
Included in the loot was a dia-
monu ring, valued at $1,000; a
diamond set bar pin, valued at
$1,000, and a platinum wedding
ring set with diamonds.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
BdLLOU to Address
Chester Teachers

DR.. Frank w. Ballou, super
intendent of schools, will address
the teachers of Chester, Pa, late
today at the Chester High School
on the subject, The Character
istics of a Superior Teacher"
DR.. Ballou then will entrain
for New York City where he will
attend a meeting of the subcom-
mittee on 1.-THE Teacher" Of the
American HistoriaI Association.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
BALLOU s FOOD.
PLEAHELDUP

The program for the distribu-
ton of food to hungry children
in the District of Columbia has
been further delayed by the
failure of the Board of Education
to act on an appeal made by DR..
Frank w. Ballou, Superintendent
of Schools, requesting the parent
teacher associations to devote
part of their milk fund money to
a general fund.
This was learned today from
Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant
Superintendent of Schools.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
Order of DeMOLay
Meets Here MOndnu

The eleventh annual session of
the grand council Of the Order of
DeMolay will be held next Mon
day and Tuesday at the May
flower Hotel.
Sixty men from all parts of the
United States and Canada will at
tend the session. They direct the
affairs of the order which is COM
posed of 100000 boys in 1900
chapters.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
High School Cadets
To Get Commissions

District Commissioner Herbert
B. Crosby, will present commits
sions to 144~ Washington high
school cadets at exercises March
80 at Central Stadium, it was
announced today by Stephen E.
Kramer, first assistant superin-
tendent in charge of secondary
education.
The entire brigade, led by Cadet
Col. Daniel C. Pollock, will be in
spected and reviewed by General
Crosby.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
Boy Steals to Feed
Mother: Is Jailed

Frank Tucker, 81, was today
sentenced to 80 days in jail on a
charge of stealing 1925 and a
diamond ring from Mrs. Mary A.
Cady, TIC Seventh St. N. w.
Tucker admitted the theft, but
said he had lost the ring. With
the money, he said, he bought a
pair of shoes, and gave the re-
mainder of it to his mother so
she might buy food.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
APPLICATIONS FOR JOBS

Applications for positions as jul
nior and senior stenographers and
Junior and senior typists will be
received until March 80, the Civil
Service Commission announced to-
day. Applications will be received
at 1923 F st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
SCOUTS CHIEF TO TALK

Gunner H. Berg, director of
volunteer training for the Ma,
tional Council, Boy Scouts of
America, will be the speaker at a
Scout leaders conference to be
held at the Y. M. C. A., Sunday
March %,
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
ASSOCIATION OFFICES OPEN

The new officers of the Ameri-
can Building Association, at 300
Pa. Ave. S. E., will be open to pub
lie inspection next Monday.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
CHILD WELFARE TOPIC

William Hodson, executive di-
rector of the Welfare Council of
New York, will be the speaker at
a meeting of the Monday Eve
ming Club at the Willard Hotel
Hext Monday at 8 p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
DEATH PENALTY TOPIC

James P. Briggs will speak on
why Capital Punishment Should
Be Abolished" at a meeting of the
Secular League open forum Sun
day afternoon at 1905 E st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-07-01
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NO COLUMNIST EPITAPH IN
DOROTHY PARKER'S
COLLECTION
-Ry GILBERT SELDES-

It seems they have taken to numbering coumnsts instead
of quoting them and hope that when eptaphs begin to be
written the job will go to Mrs Dorothy Parker. She has,
from time time provided columnss with some of their
brightest bits and has avished them Of her (and
most of their) best poetry And she write epaphs
six fourine poems in "Death and Taxes" show There is
"the very rich man. who have the best, and that
too good He lies below correct in wood and
entertain the most exclusive worms And the crusadng
spirit who writes letters to the Heaven Evening Journal
"about that noisy nuisance, Gabriel"
"Few, but Roses.
The less Mrs. Parker publishes, the intense her
utterance The charge of feeling in these poems greater
than that of her earlier books; it upward to high
emotion often than down to sentiment She almost
always avoids the rude remark in the last line which
people who do read carefully consider the
identifying mark of her angry poems Nor many of
these poems laments for living lads
Deems Taylor remarked apropos of the gaudy
harty of Tschakowsky that there many to beat
the breast and few beat the drum Mrs Parker isn't
exactly leading circus parade but she make regret
and longing authentic through her poetic gifts and perhaps
typical of anything the Statement at the age of IT,
of the little old lady in lavender silk which ends And
think (if my memory's faithfully there nothing
fun than man."
One of the craftiest ways to convey Senmenaly to
mock it, Mother and baby shoes and first loveal the
paraphernaa still be used if you know how to give the
impression that yourself not affected Mrs Parker
did great deal of that years ago, and there is law
against it. Today she is writing directly about emotions
real to her. and she still prmroses and the stars and
the and buttercups it because these are the most
accurate symbols find for what she wants to
because they the conventional and she neer
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The Washington times., 1931-07-01
ATTUGKS.
On JULY4

Plans for the celebration Of
Independence Day and a tribute
to Crispus Attucks, a colored war.
rior, the first American to die in
the Revolutionary War, have
been completed by the Worlds
Council Of Ministers and the
Laymen'S Civic and Welfare AL
lance, Sunday at the new
Masonic Temple.
A chorus Of $50 children will
participate in a historic pageant,
which will be followed with an
address by the Rev. Simon P.
Drew. A life size photograph of
AttuckS will be presented the
Alliance by Rev. Drew.
Among others invited to take
part in the celebration will be
the Rev. Edward johnson, the
Rev. Isaiah Brooks, Rabbi Went
worth Matthews Of New York
The Washington times., 1931-07-01
Don't S1Oat EN-! Capture
En1 Alive for the Zoo

Don't swat the fly! Capture
him alive and send him to the
Zoo!
While everybody here is busy
swatting flies, out at Zoo Park
they are raising them. So great
was the dearth around Washing
ton in February that maggots
were imported from Georgia to
provide the delicate diet for in
habitants of the new reptile
house.
Recent complaints about how
the house is kept because a few
flies were seen in the glass cases
with the snakes were answered to.
day by DR.. w. M. Mann, director
Of the National Geological Park,
who said:
"We are working day and
night to raise enough flies to
feed them. Be glad they leave a
few"
Increased demand for white
mice, white rats, rabbits. ducks,
chickens and eggs to satisfy the
The Washington times., 1931-07-01

palates Of the creeping creatures
since the advent of the new rep
tile house has more than trebled
the work at the Zoo Farm under
direction of Robert Lambert, it is
said.
The most expensive animal to
feed is the sea lion. The adult
lions eat 20 pounds of fish per
day, while the elephant seals
consume 100 pounds daily. OF
the birds the pelican takes the
honors requiring two pounds OF
fish daily. And 1t must be fresh
and of finest quality.
Fasting fads" have penetrated
the Zoo, and certain animals are
required to go foodless one day
each week, DR.. Mann said.
However, 130,331 pounds of
horse meat was supplemented last
year with an elaborated menu
including hors d'oeuvre, cereals,
vegetables, bread, salads and
desserts.
The Washington times., 1931-07-01
DRUGGIST GETS
BAD CHECK

Louis Rosenberg. proprietor of
drug store at Georgia Ave, and
Upshur st. N. W., told police that
early this morning q customer
came into his store and ordered
some medicine giving a check for
$40 drawn on q local bank in pay
ment. The check proved no good.
The check paSSer Is described
as being a small man about 55
years old, highly nervous, with a
Wrinkled face.
The Washington times., 1931-07-01
Summer Session on
At HOIOGrd University

The annual summer session at
Howard University opened today
and viii continue through six
weeks.
This will be the first time the
session has run on the short
term. Heretofore the quarter
system has been used. For the
first time, also. graduate courses
will be offered.
The Washington times., 1931-07-01
Is WincheIl's Neck Red?

The murdered coumnst mentioned above called Tommy
Twche and works for evening paper and the book
dedicated to Walter Wnchell Mr.. Winche, they tell
is also columns and the description of the victim the
book reminds of friendly fellow I've kneeing in
aisles theatrical openings Winche knees crouches
during the ntermissions during the play is take it,
gesture of respect the popuace to that part Of
which will find itself mentioned in the paper the next day
The author of the book Laurence Saunders Burton
Davis the Bureau of Copyrghs) and the dedcator
page is free translation of Horace The of pure and
upright life naugh fear from the Tabloid papers
(he original tablods poisoned arrows AS proof OF
the "Columnist Murder is given to Perry Hamilton who
wears soft-coared blue shirt and in spite of gross mis-
representation physical appearance identled as Mr.
Percy Hammond Furthermore the bits of comedy recorded
from the musical show in progress when the book begins
are bad and afraid the author wrote them down on
his gram about fifteen times last year Finally the
coIumnist is killed at the telephone realism go
further?
The Washington times., 1931-07-01
NelD Speedy Camera
Snaps FLYipg Insects

A motion picture camera taking
from 1000 to 5000 views, a second
has been invented by q French
scientist, the Commerce Depart
ment was advised yesterday.
A demonstration proved that
flies beat their wings 90 times a
second.
The Washington times., 1931-07-01
Another Death

stream of blood from behind the door is also the be-
ginning of the Pottery Riddle it is in fact the pre-
ferred opening since the corpse the library has out
of fashion Three deaths and several accidents occur In
quick succession One Of the deaths extremely ingenious
"a huge mirror is placed tricky motor road to give the
impression the driver is going headlong In the dark
into approaching the moorist werves and goes over
a cliff The solution is found by Anthony Gethryn VINO
has of the irritating private habits Of most detectives
He is just business -
The Washington times., 1931-07-01
Hold Those Critics!

Rebecca West of the English critics am almost
always willing believe. About Frank Swinnerton am
suspicious So have guide about book they both
praise "After Leaving Mr. Mckenzie by Jean Rhys. Mr..
Swnneron saws that the details of the squad life
shave an engrosng Importance for the reader they seize
his imagination Miss West says: It is terrible book
about the final laundering destruction of frendess and
worthless but ptful woman terrible but it is superb
These are terms for masterpieces on the grand scale
Tolstoys War and Peace is terrible and superb And,
terrible left which, it happens this book not 1t is the
story Of who left the she was living with
throwing back him the money he sent her, and then
drifted Paris London from London to Paris from
one another until at the end who accost her
the away with distaste when they see her face
The Washington times., 1931-07-01
Not Quite "FIawIess"

Julia Martin real enough her gestures and her thoughts
have the real feeling not of one knows but OF
the true created figures of fiction. What's lacking
sense of motive One has the definite feeling that if Julia
had five thousand year to spend of this would have
happened and this matters because nothing her character
tells us what she would have done. For study of
and not of economic problem, the book is insufficient
1t has been called "a fawless work of art-how these
strained English land there fine art in the way
the men are set before reader the way they turn from
and put off the opportunities of the woman.
Evening star., 1931-12-21
HAWAIIAN BROADCASTS
ENHANCE GRID INTEREST
N. B. G. Describes Notre Dame
Southern California Game
for First Time.

Hawaiians are beginning to evince
q great interest in foot bali since KGU
IN Honolulu was added to the networks
OF the National Broadcasting Co. as q
regular associate station.
Youths on the Pacific island, more
than 1000 miles west Of San Francisco,
beached their surf boards at Waikiki,
November 81 dt is five and a half
hours earlier in Hawaii than in New
York; and listened spellbound to Ora
ham McNamee's description of the
Notre Dame Southern California game.
1t was the first foot ball contest to
be broadcast over the new hook-up.
California being Honolulu's nearest
American neighbor, the Hawaiians
rooted for U. S. c., which appropriately
handed Notre Dame its first defeat
since 1923.
The addition of KGU gives the
National Broadcasting Co. by far the
longest regular network in the world
it is well over 5000 miles from Port
land, Me, to Honolulu. r. H. And
Hawaiians, proud that their islands
are part of the United States, are
thrilled by being thus connected with
the Continent.
Evening star., 1931-12-21
Folks Behind
The Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

w YITHIN four years after for
n saking a medical career and
wv leaving college Louis A. Wit
ten made and lost nearly
$50,000. Then he got the
radio bug" obtained control OF q
little Long Island station, became in
volved in political dispute and finally
sold himself to a metropolitan station
as the radio boy wonder"
Today he is a successful radio execu-
tive, having foregone regular an
nouncing position, but is still known
to the public at large as master of
ceremonies on the Dance with Count
ess" program, on N. B. C.
Wltten was born in Brooklyn, N Y.
He attended the Brooklyn public
schools and Cornell University. When
the United States entered the war he
Joined the Army and was on the high
seas when the armistice was signed.
Back home, Witten became inter-
eSted In an automobile agency. At %
he headed New York State agency
OF his own. only to lose his earnings
in lawsuit which lasted IT. months,
During that period he sought mental
relaxation by experimenting with radio
sets, and this subsequently shaped his
career.
Witten's first radio venture was a
gamble. He bought an abandoned
transmitter, rebuilt 1t and set up
station at South Shore, Long Island
BY interesting the merchants In a
campaign to advertise the community
over the air he wiped off the initial
investment in short period
Others sought to invest money in
the station and Witten consented. In
short time internal difficulties de-
veloped over the broadcasting Of
Political propaganda and Witten re-
signed.
A chance meeting with friend in a
New York drug store led him to metro
poltan studios. In the years to follow
he took part in many important broad
casts.
NJ B. c. is arranging for a broad
" cast this week direct from Ellis
Island where immigrants first
land in the United States. Details
have not been completed. Lew
White organtst has a regular audi
ence in far-away Costa Rica when he
broadcastS. Wayne King and his
orchestra are to leave radio for three
weeks to make a personal appearance
tour. A new daily feature consist
ing of stories from the life of George
Washington opens on N. B. C. Decem-
Der %. Columbia will carry the
annual East-West foot ball game at
San Francisco on New Year afternoon.
Another new feature contem-
plated by N. B. o is a series of liter
ary programs with prominent writer's
participating. The bell carlton
of the Riverside Drive Church in New
York City is to ring out via radio
Christmas morning via N. B. c.