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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
'DUR|NGER GUILTY
OF Staying GIRL
Crowley's Companion to Pay
Life for Murder of
Dance Hostess.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 4.-Rudolph C.
Duringer, 20, Ossining truck driver.
was convicted early today of murder,
first degree, for the killing of Virginia
Brannen, dance hall hostess.
Justice Cohn said he would pro-
nounce the mandatory sentence next
Monday whiG'1 will condemn Durineer
to the G.ertiih chair in Sing Sing
prison In hiS hs--ne town.
H@VB f,rdict Calmly.
Duringer wes aim and stoical when
he heard tia s4rdict which the Jury
returned shortly before 2 am. after
seven hours of elaboration.
Miss Brannen, who came to New
York from Bangor, Me-, was shot dur
ing an automobile ride in the Bronx.
April 81.
Duringer said he shot her acci-
dentally when she clutched his revolt
yer. He then drove to Yonkers and
tossed her body behind a hedge.
Crowley Was Companion.
Another member of the automobile
party was Francis Crowley, now In
Sing Sing death house for the Staying
of Long Island policeman. They
were captured in a Manhattan apart
ment, after gun fight with $50 DO
licemen, armed with tear gas and ma
chine guns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04

nate him for the presidency. A poll
of delegates to the 1928 National Con-
vention taken by Jesse I. Straus re-
vealed that he was a strong favorite
for the nomination among the dele
gates, who replied in all but three or
four States. Reports from the Gov
errors Conference at French Lick,
Ind, during the first part of this week
indicated that he is generally regarded
as the most likely nominee.
Smith Candidate in Doubt.
Mr.. Roosevelt has made no announce
ment of his candidacy and has given
only tacit approval to the formation of
Roosevelt clubs in several States, which
began this Spring. No steps have been
taken yet toward creating an organi-
cation to conduct his campaign. The
danger of being too far ahead early in
the game, and thus encouraging a union
of all the supporters Of other candi-
dates, has been acknowledged by men,
bers of his political family. But since
the boom is already under way they
tactics of trying to put him so far ahead
that no one can overtake him.
Former Gov. Smith has as yet given
no indication as to whom he will favor
for the nomination. He is credited in
some quarters with desiring renomina-
ton for himself and in others with de-
string merely to have sufficient inf1u-
ence in the convention to put a wet
plank in the platform.
Mr. Raskob, 1t is generally believed,
would prefer a more conservative candi-
date than Mr. Roosevelt, and Mr.. Smith
is thought to incline toward this view.
While conceding that Mr.. Smith could
probably block the nomination Of Mr..
Roosevelt, many leaders of the party in
this State are confident that he will not
attempt to do so. but, on the contrary.
profess to believe that il at convention
time Mr.. Roosevelt is still the foremost
candidate, Mr.. Smith will fall in Line
and return the compliment which MIR.
Roosevelt has twice paid him by placing
him in nomination
(Copyright, 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
NAUTILUS is READY
FOR FINAL TESTS.
wilkins to Leave in Day or
Two on First Lap of
Polar Journey.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PROVINCETOWN, Mass, June A.
The Nautilus, Navy submarine which
has been reconditioned and equipped
with an odd-looking trolley designed to
rest against Arctic ice, was off Cape
Cod today for final tests before starting
on as strange an adventurer as fictio.l
ever recorded-the under-ice conquest
of the North Pole.
With Sir Hubert Wilkins and a group
Of scientists aboard, she will nose out
into the Atlantic in day or two, bound
for England and thence to the North.
Some time this Summer she will glide
out from Spitzbergen to cross the Pole
20 Alaska, travelling most of the way
beneath the Northern ice-cap.
Plan Attacked and Praised.
Some experts-notably English Navy
men-have attacked the wilkins project
as a prize bit of foolhardiness. Others
notably Vilhjalmur Stefansson, ex-
plorer-have declared it to be an emil
nently practical way of determining
what goes on at the top of the world.
The trip will start with the benedic-
ton of Jean Jules Verne, grandson OF
the novelist whose imaginary undersea
vessel set mark for inventors to shoot
at.
Verne came to the United States in
March to attend the christening of the
Nautilus at Brooklyn Navy Yard. The
name of the vessel in his grandfather S
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the
Sea" was bestowed on the submarine,
which had been known as O-12 when
it was member of Uncle Sans Navy, by
Lady wilkins, who dumped couple CT
gallons Of cracked ice on its bow.
Ice Cutters Solve Problem.
One of the chief problems that had
to be solved when the Ola was made
over was the question of providing air
required for recharging storage bat
terieS.
This was done by means Of ice cut
tiers. There are three CT them on the
ships backbone atop a coming tower
that can be thrust up through 10 feet
of ice, the others, placed aft. which
can bore their way through 100 feet.
The coming tower will be used for OBJ
servation.
The ship is equipped with radio and
with full complement of scientific de-
vices for recording the life and times Of
the North Pole.
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DR.. WOOD HONORED

DR.. Charles Wood, pastor emeritus of
the Church of the Covenant, Con-
necticut avenue and N street, who
off1ciated at the church for more than
20 years, was honored at a testimonial
luncheon at the Cosmos Club yester-
day on the occasion of his eightieth
birthday.
The luncheon gathering, presided
over by the Rev. Godfrey Chobot, mod
orator of the Presbytery, was addressed
by Rev. DR.. Albert ]. Mccartney pres
ent pastor of the Church of the Gov
enant. Others who paid tribute to DR..
Wood were Dr. Douglass P. BRINE, DR..
J. D. Buhrer, DR.. John c. Palmer, DR..
A. E. Barrows and DR.. Bernard
Braskamp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
WATERFORD HIGH ENDS
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WATERFORD, Va, June 4.-The
twenty-second annual commencement
of the Waterford High School ended
this week. The baccalaureate service
was preached Sunday, and diplomas
were presented Tuesday.
Miss Nellie Mckinney was saluta-
torian; the class historian was Miss
Alice Mckinney; class prophet, Miss
Mary James, and valedictorian, Miss
Nancy McCarty.
The Rev. John A. Bowman, pastor
of the Catoctin Presbyterian Church,
Waterford, awarded diplomas to grad
yates and seventh grade certificates
Dean Elgie G. Purvis of the Strayer
School of Accountancy, Washington,
made the address to the graduating
class
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MAY MEET YOSHIHARA.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 LP.-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife
who announced plans today to fly across
the North Pacific Ocean to the Far
East within month. may meet Seiji
YoShihara, called "the Lindbergh Of
Japan" flying in the opposite direction
from Toxic to San Francisco.
Yoshihara, who damaged his sea-
plane off the Kurile Islands of Japan
recently, expects to resume his 20-stop
flight June 25 at the place Of accident.
Lindbergh probably will reverse the
course of Yoshiha,a, perhaps not
making so many landings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
Darr Recovering From Illness.

Charles w. Darr, prominent Wash
ington attorney and former president of
the Chamber of Commerce. =; recover
ing at his home, 1912 Rittenhouse
street from a serious illness with which
he has been suffering for about two
weeks. The lawyer returned to his
home early this week. after having I'M
dergone treatment at Providence Hos
pital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04

Primary Department Of Woodside
Sunday School to Hold Benefit.
Special Dispatch to The Star
SILVER SPRING, Md, June 4.-The
primary department of the Sunday
school of Grace Episcopal Church,
Woodside, will hold a benefit straw
berry festival on the church lawn to-
morrow evening from to $50 o'clock,
under the direction of Mrs. Carl G.
Lines. assisted by Miss Ralph Bubb.
Following the festival the last dance
Of the season will be held in the hall
under the auspices of the Womans
Guild of Grace Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
Baltimore Invites Civilians.

BALTIMORE, June Especially =
Members of the Baltimore Civitan Club
will invite Civitan International TO hold
its 1882 convention in Baltimore. il
was announced by the convention and
visitors bureau of the Baltimore Asso-
citation Of Commerce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
PARENTS THANK POLICE
FOR PROTECTING PUPILS
Arlington County Sheriff Lauded
as Children Escape Injury on
Busy Boulevard.
By star Correspondent Of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star
LEEWAY, Va, June. 4.-The Parent
Teacher Association of the Robert z.
Lee School yesterday voted to write a
letter Of appreciation to Sheriff How
ard B. FIELDS for the protection given
the children by the police department
during the term. 1t was pointed out
that while the school is located on the
Lee highway. the second heaviest
Travelled road in Virginia. there has
year.
The recently elected officers of the
association were installed at yesterdays
meeting by Mrs. c. L. Tabor. past
president of the Parent-Teacher Asso-
citation of the Cherrydale School New
officers are: Mrs. Herbert Marcy,
president, beginning her fourth term;
Mrs. Louise Browning, vice president:
Mrs. William Redfield, secretary, and
Mrs. Sarah Holiday, treasurer. An
illustrated talk on art was given by
Mrs. Nellie Pawley.
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ACADEMY CLOSES

STAUNTON. Va, June 4.-Staunton
Military Academy was officially closed
yesterday with the awarding of diplomas
to 129 graduates. This is one of the
largest graduating classes in the history
Of the school. The address to the class
was given by DR.. Armistead NJ Dobie of
the University of Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
L|NDBERGHS TO FLY
PACIFIC TO ORIENT
Colonel and Wife to Tour
Far East by Plane.
Leave Son Behind.
Continued From First Page.l

was delayed. Erratic Summer storms
begin early in August and become more
severe as the Summer season nears
its end.
ANY man who made flight across
the Pacific and had to fly through less
than two disturbances could consider
himself unusually lucky" Mitchell said.
He added that the prevailing wind,
which generally is east and north in the
Summer, would slow the progress OF
any westward flight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
WIFE CHARGES BIGAMY
Dissolution of Marriage Asked by
Laurel Woman.
BY stan Correspondent of The star.

AdUIVI W UIIHH.
BY stan Correspondent Of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, June A.
A suit for dissolution of her marriage
to Vincent DeMartin of Orange. N. j.,
was filed in circuit court yesterday by
Mrs Anna H DeMartin of Laurel, on
the ground that her husband was al
ready married at the time of their
wedding in 1921.
The wife tells the court she did not
know her husband was married until
they moved to New jersey in 1923. and
DeMartin's former wife. Mrs Ida Har-
rison of Brooklyn, N Y, sued him fer
divorce.
Mrs. DeMartin is represented by at
torney Ogle Marbury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04

In our big MUIR
der case out
here che fellow
they are trying
for a double
killing com e
pretty near be-
ing elected to
the Office of
judge yesterday.
I was telling
you the other
day about what
a lot of "'hooey"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04

this college "honaray degree" is, well
my contention was borne out, didn't
you see where Wickersham got one
at Syracuse University
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CUTTER TO ESCORT NAUTILUS.
Vessel to Go Part Of Way to Europe
On Test Trip.

On Test Trip.
BY the Associated Press.
One of the Coast Guards patrol cut
tiers will accompany the Nautilus, Sir
Hubert wilkins North Pole submarine,
for several days on its forthcoming test
trip to Europe.
The Nautilus is expected to sail from
New London at the end of this week.
Either the Mojave or the Pontchartrain
will accompany her to give any assist
ance that may be required.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
Conquered by Army Planes.

The crossing of the Pacific by way of
the AleutianS was not made until 1924,
five years after the Atlantic had been
conquered. The crossing was won by
the planes of the United States Army
" round-the-world' flight only after
great dangers and hardships had been
overcome.
Disaster overlook one Of the planes Of
the expedition, the Seattle, piloted by
Maj. Frederick l.. Martin. commander
Of the expedition, Ell route to Dutch
Harbor. With his mechanic Sergt.
Alva L. Harvey, Maj. Martin escaped
when his plane was wrecked and they
were missing for 10 days After wander
ing through snow-covered mountains
for seven days they reached a trapper's
cabin on the southern tip of Port Moller
before continuing to Port Moller to wire
the outside world of their escape.
The long water jump across the Pa
ciflc, from California to the Hawaiian
Islands, first was made in 1927 by
Lieuts. L. j. Maitland and A. j. Hegen-
berger in an Army tri-motored trans
port plane. two other planes following
them soon afterward in the tragic Dole
race.
The first Pacific crossing after that
Of the Army expedition was that of
capt. Charles +. klngStOrd-Sm1th and
three companions in the Southern
Cross, from California to Brisbane,
Australia. with stops at the Hawaiian
Islands and the Fiji Islands. In this
fight, regarded as one Of the worlds
greatest aviation achievements, they
few 1900 miles
The second plane to conquer the
Aleutian crossing was the Land of the
SovietS, commanded by Chief Pilot
Semyon Shestakoff, who was accom-
panied by three companions. Their
crossing of the troublous Aleutian
Island chain stands as an aviation epic.
1t was one long battle against disaster.
They fought icy gales, sleet, snow and
fog. The Land of the Soviets and the
three Army planes are the only ones so
far to make the dangerous Northern
crossing by way of the Aleutians,
though several crossings have been
made at Boring Strait The Russian
fight, from Moscow to New York. was
made between August % and November
!, 1929
The Graf Zeppelin. in its round-the-
world flight, made its Pacific crossing
on a great circle course which carried
it close to the center of the Aleutian
chain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
Will Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.-Yester-
day our municipal election run true
to political form the sewer was de-
feAted, but the councilmen got in.
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FACE BAD WEATHER BARRIERS.
Lindberghs May Encounter Trouble II
They Follow Aleutian Islands.

If the Lindberghs bridge the gap
between North America and Asia by
way of the Aleutians and Siberia they
will have to fly through some of the
worst storm-b breeding areas in the world.
a region of icy waters, barren rock
islands, fogs and roaring winds. 1t Is
an area which has been crossed by only
four planes: fiwer times than the At
lantic Ocean, though the distance across
the open sea is fer shorter.
From the United States they probably
will follow for a part of the way the
trail blazed in the Summer of 1920 by
Capt. ST. Clair Sterett and three other
Army pilots from New York to Nome,
Alaska, and return. The flight, over
vast, frozen mountain ranges and wild
country for total distance of 5000
miles, ranked as one of the great avia-
ton achievements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04

Welte Mignon grand piano No. 42373 will be
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Evening star., 1931-06-22
RESALE PRICE LAW
/, OPPOSED BY u. S.
Trade Commission Holds
Legislation Would Be DAN
gerouS Departure.

The Federal Trade Commission Is
opposed to resale price control legis-
lation.
Completing its investigation of re-
sale price maintenance CT trade
marked goods, the commission has
come to the conclusion that legiSla-
tion would be unnecessary, "a dam
gerouS departure from existing poll
cies," and might bring about injustice
to consumers.
The findings of the inquiry will go
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The commission says numerous man
ufacturerS favored price maintenance
in the abstract, but not for their own
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unanimously price maintenance. This,
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fluenced by another situation brought
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in wholesaling and the growth OF
chains and cooperative buying"
The report found that the manu-
facturer often controls prices by re-
tanning title to goods until sold to the
consumer.
But to give him, by special enact
ment, a like control after the goods
have passed out of his ownership" the
commission said, Thereby discontinu-
ing his responsibility for mercantile
risks would not only seem inconsistent
but would be enormously assuming TINS
to be simple method OF dlsposlng OF
the problem"
Evening star., 1931-06-22
SCORED BY CRITICS,
ACTRESS ILL OF DRUG
Dorothy Horn, Star and Director
of Play "Thais," in Critical
Condition in Hospital.
Assnciated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 22.-Dorotny
Deer Horn, 22-year-old star ana olrec-
tor of the play "Thais," which hao lIs
Broadway premiere Thursday, was
taken to hospital yesterday IN a
critical condition.
Her roommate, Miss Schiller, salo
the actress had taken poison IN NJ
of dependency over the untaVoraple
reception accorded the show by crlIlcs;
Miss Schiller said Miss Horn mao
Also had trouble with stage hands, and
had been unnerved by the dlscourag-
Ing reaction of Saturdays audience; :,
The actress told physician sne nao
taken the sedative to ease a headache;
but later, Miss Schiller said, admitteo
she had taken it with suicidal lntent.
Under the doctors care her condl-
tion improved. But yesterday she pc
came violently i'll. and cont1ded 10 ner
roommate she had taken several poison
tablets. Miss Schiller said. =,
Despite her youth Miss Horn hao
been identified with repertoire COM
panies many years. She was born IN
Princeton, N. j., the daughter OF a
concert singer She is great-grand-,
daughter of Chief Jim Weaver, sald
bv Miss Schiller to have been a chief
of the Nikatwan Indian tribe, and sne
claimed to be descended from ChleI
PoWhatan.
Evening star., 1931-06-22

he has combined that part of his
equipment with a generous supply
of epigramS, which an audience in
voluntarily finds an element Of
glamour in the play. The incidental
uttering of secret sentiments in the
minds of the various characters,
while ordinarily likely to meet with
little approval, is a potent contri-
button to the effectiveness of
Strange Interlude," which has been
a subject of comment throughout
the period Of its months as a
theatrical attraction. The linking
of motive with action is one secret
of the success of the method in
this instance, for O'Neill, in COM
mon With other artists, puts knowl-
edge into rus pictures of life. He
is no mere builder of plays, but one
who makes use of the form of the
drama to set forth the results of his
keen study of human affairs, study
which experience from childhood
has made possible.
The second week emphasizes the
fact of the success OF Nancy Sheri-
dan and associate players in one of
the most pretentious undertakings
that can be placed in the record of
a stock company. 1t is, in fact,
Miss Sheridan'S play, and, at the
climax of season, the evidence
that the promise in her opening
role here had substantial back
ground. The other members of the
company also showed a mastery of
the O'Neill characters and the re-
suit, from the dramatic standpoint,
is to the credit of the National
Theater.
If one were to search for the
truth behind the theme of the play.
it might beconsidered elusive, for
the motives as set forth in the
"asideS" are not always inspiring
The chief merit might be found in
two things. One is the appeal to
purely intellectual exercise, which
comes as something of an oasis in
the desert of current attractions.
The other is f1attery. O'Neill fiat
tiers his audiences. In Strange
Interlude" he makes them believe
that they are sharing with him the
solution of great human problems.
He makes them think that they
think. He is all things to al KINDS
of people. To the shallow adven-
turer his plot is a grand idea. To
the complete egotist, it is benevolent