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The Washington times., 1931-05-28
AMERICAN GOES
ON TRIAL FOR
DUCE PLOT
Michele SChirru, of N.Y., Went
To Italy for Revenge on
2 Doctors, He Tells Court

ROME, May 28 UN.S). .
Michele Schirru, a naturalized
American citizen whose home is
in New York, went on trial here
today on charge Of plotting a
conspiracy against the life Of
Premier Benito Mussolini.
Facing q sentence of death If
convicted, Schirru remained calm
and composed as he was placed
in q huge iron cage in the court
room Of the special tribunal for
defense Of the state.
Has Noted Counsel
General Cristini, president of
the tribunal, and six judges, five
Of whom are officers in the Fas-
cist militia, sat upon the bench.
Schirru told the court he came
to Italy from the United States
for the purpose of wreaking
vengeance upon two physicians
in his native Sandman town
"whO used to insult me in my
youth"
The Indictment against Schirru
alleges that he came to Italy for
the express purpose of co-operat-
ing in an attempt to overthrow
the Fascist regime, and that his
particular task was to hurl
bomb at Premier Mussolini.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
BefuddLed MOtOrist
BLameS 1t All on
Alcohol Rub

CHICAGO, May 28.-John
Stancyk, accused of driving an
automobile while drunk, sprung
a new alibi in court thereby
winning his liberty.
Stancyk had been working
very hard lately. He went into
a Turkish bath and let an at
tendant talk him into taking
an alcohol rub. Not having
imbibed for years his system
was so unused to the strong
fumes that they went to his
head.
The judge said:
discharged. Not because I
believe you, but your story is
worth it,"
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
TUbn1a11 Cleared
On Weapon Charqe

A charge of carrying a deadly
weapon against John W. Tub
man, colored, IS, of 1905 Fourth
st. N. W., was dismissed by
Police Court Judge Gus A.
Schuldt, today.
Tubman was arrested after a
quarrel with Ollie Smith, colored,
an employe at the Washington
Home for Incurables, at the
home yesterday.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
United Cigar Files
RepLY to Gillette

NEWARK, N. j., May % O.SO.
United Cigar Stores Company to-
day answered the Gillette Safety
Razor Company's $1O,OOO,OOO suit
against it with a $7,O00,O0O action
against the razor firm, charging
the Gillette Company with breach
of contract under which it alleges
the razor firm is committed to
paying United a total of $7,0O0,-
900 over the next six years for
advertising, displays and other
services in the sale of Gillette
= razorS and blades in its stores
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
ATTENDS MEETING

Edwin w. Broome, superin-
tendent of schools for Mont
gomery county, and one of the
pioneers in the teachers retire
ment movemnt, yesterday at
tended the monthly meeting of
the board of trustees of the
Teachers Retirement System in
Baltimore. He is vice chairman
of the board.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Lou Character Takes
Poor DObbin's Shoes

CLARKSBURG, w. Va, May
28.-Somebody believing strongly
in the good luck tradition stole
two new shoes from g. horse
grazing in a pasture near here.
Deputy Sheriff Ollie Michaels,
who owns the horse, isn't so sure
these shoes will prove lucky.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Forged Drug Order
ChGrqe Holds Man

Charged with forging a pre-
Scription for Sleep-inducing
drug, Walker DriScoll, 26, was
held for the action of the Grand
Jury on bond of $1,000 by Judge
Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court
today.
Testimony was to the effect that
Driscoll signed the initials of DR..
Guy F. Arnold. 1875 Monroe ST..
N. W., to the blanks.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Wilson Again Heads
PLQY in Alexandria

J. F. Wilson, coach at George
Mason High School, has been ap-
pointed director of recreation for
Alexandria for his fourth term.
The municipal swimming pool
and Fairgrounds will open Sat
urday with Mr.. Wilson in charge.
In addition to the Fairgrounds
at the pool five additional
grounds will be opened when
school closes.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
MRS. MURRAY INJURED

Mrs. Elizabeth Murray, Al, of
1910 Lamont st. N. W., is at
Garfield Hospital with injuries
received in an automobile acci-
dent last night at Twenty-first
and r Streets Northwest. Her
condition is not serious.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
RESTS
! AFTER LONG
| MANEUVERS
Army Planes Being Tuned Up
! In N. Y; 672 Ships Will Fly
Over Philadelphia, Baltimore

NEW YORK, May % GN.S0
Tired from more than two weeks
Of aerial maneuvers, pilots Of the
Army Air Corps 672-plane First
Air Division rested today.
Tomorrow they will stage dem
0nStrationS above Philadelphia
and Baltimore en- route to the
Nations Capital, where they will
make their final demonstration
Saturday. The air fleet is sched-
uled to arrive in Washington late
In the day.
F. Trubee Dawson, Assistant
Secretary of War for Aviation,
pronounced himself immensely
pleased with the maneuvers. He
said:
cit stands to reason that if
the Army can fly 672 planes
halfway over the country with
out q single serious casualty,
commercial aviation must re-
Ceive the benefits Of such tre-
mendOuS operations in acceL-
Grated business. What the pub
lie wants is assurance that fly
ing is safe. The Army has
flown more than a million
miles without a serious crack
up. Such q series Of field
maneuvers is bound to react
favOrably on commercial aVia-
tiOn."
The greatest aerial fleet this
nation has ever assembled will
"attack" the Capital Saturday.
The maneuverS will be staged
Mt 1880 o'clock by = squadron
of bOmberS from Langley Field.
They will be escorted by ObServa-
tion planes, and a group Of
speedy attack planes will swoOp
down on them in mimic battle.
The fight will last an hour.
Following cessation of hostili-
ties, the entire division will pass
over a reviewing stand on Me
mortal Bridge. It will take almost
an hour for the planes to pass.
Aerial traffic cops will be as
signed to duty on Saturday to
keep civilian planes out of the
way.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
SCOUTS HONOR DEAD

Boy Scouts of Washington will
assemble at 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning at Twelfth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
to leave for Arlington National
Cemetery where they will assist
in decorating graves.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
MISS ENGLAND TALKS

How the School Lunch Program
Is Carried Out in Montgomery
County" was told at the conference
of Red Cross field workers by Miss
Grace M. England, Red Cross nu-
tritionist for Montgomery county,
yesterday. at the headquarters in
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
College Professor
Ends Life With Gun

NEW YORK, May % d.N.SJ.
Col. Gustave r. Tuska, 81, veal
thy consulting engineer and pro-
fessor of engineering at Columbia
University, shot himself to death
today in his luxurious apartment
on Park Avenue, police said.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Photo by international
MRS. NASH

NATIONAL
MRS NIXON-NIRDIINGER MRS NASH
ACQUITTAI of Mrs. Charlotte Observation-Disclosures for
beauty contest winner, by French jury who had
tried her for the murder of her husband, prominent
theatrical magnate brought joy to the defendant and
her mother, Mrs. James B. Nash, of Overland, Mo.
They shown after the acquittal.
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Continued From First Page)
genius. 1t was the crown of victory
which placed his name among the great
commanders of all time
The Colonial National Monument Gre
ated here by the Federal Government
to preserve for all time the scenes OF
the early struggles of Americans for
the RICH: TO freedom and national life
President Hoover declared, stands for
more than a glorious battle.
1T is a shrine" he said, which SYM
bolizes things of the spirit. The victory
of Yorktown was victory for mankind.
It was another blaze in the great trail
of human freedom"
On this ground, he said. Americans
became free to be Americans. We &C
quired the opportunity for unrestrained
development of a Government AMI cul-
ture that should be our own.
If We look back over these $50
years, We see our Nation marking prog
ress with every decade. From these
communities of 100000 people scat
tered along the Atlantic seaboard it
has grown to more than l20.000,000. 1t
has marked the full sweep of the Con-
tinent to the Pacific Ocean with mag
nificent cities. homes and farms. with
a degree of comfort and security hith-
erto unknown in human history.
Points to Modern Comforts.
ut has grown in education and
knowledge, from which invention and
discovery have been accelerated, with
every year bringing a harvest Of new
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comforts and inspirations. 1t has I'M
folded a great experiment in human
society, builded new and powerful in
situations born of new ideas, new ideals
and new visions Of human relations.
1t has attained wider diffusion Of
liberty and happiness and more Of ma
terial things than humanity has ever
known before. 1t has attained Sc
curity amongst nations by which no
thought ever comes that an enemy may
step within our borders.
while temporary dislocations have
come to us because Of the World War,
we must no forget that our forefathers
met similar obstacles to progress time
and again and yet the Nation has swept
forward to ever-increasing strength.
The unparalleled rise of America has
not been the result of riches in lands
forests or mines; it sprung from the
ideas and ideals which liberated minds
and stimulated the spirits Of men. In
those ideas and ideals are the soul of
the people. No American can review this
vast pageant of progress without conf
dence and faith, without courage.
strength and resolution for the future"
Center of Brilliant Scene.
The scene as the President spoke was
one of the most brilliant during his Pc
feet. The gathering of nearly 10000
persons who heard his speech included
the great of the Nation, the supreme
military commanders of America and
France, descendants of the soldiers who
fought at Yorktown and thousands of
troops in the most varied and colorful
of uniforms
AS the President swung into the
closing points of his address a long
column of Cadets. in blue, gray and
scarlet. swung across the battlefield a
quarter of mile away. A detachment
of Continentals in buff and blue
marched into the trenches they will
hold during the closing pageant. There
was throb Of military music in the
distance and the panoply of war was
spread far over the hills and fields.
Three days of pageantry had pre-
pared the way for depicting the cul-
minating event of the Revolutionary
War. Troops and civilians by the hum
dreds staged pageantS and reproduce
tions of battles leading up to the sur
render
Plan SymbOlical Masque.
Following the surrender" this after
noon there will be scenes depicting the
events after the close Of hostilities aid
a maSque dealing symbolically and al
legorically with the beginnings OF ma
ticnal life, with the main motifs OF
peace, liberty and democracy.
This will be followed by review by
the President of military units OF the
Army. Navy, Coast Guard, National
Guard and visiting military units, in
Guiding commands of the Centennial
Legion and military schools.
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SOCIETY LEADERS
ATTEND FESTIVAL
Imposing Army Tent Houses
President After Colorful
Yorktown Party.
BY SALLIE V. II. PICKETT,
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

YORKTOWN, Va, october l9.-Not
Incidental but highly important were
the social affairs of the Yorktown cele-
bration carried on under the manage
ment of the Social Bureau-Which even
Yorktown could not escape-with Mrs.
William Laird Dunlap as its we'll trained
head.
The presidential tent was as imposing
as an army tent could De made. A rug
Just inside the door. palms and ferns
lining the inner walls and tables and
chairs such as never before graced a
tent were there. Among the StragglerS
i'll the front line near the tent who had
heard that the President would arrive
AT 1920 o'clock, were tall Virginia
Negroes who had voted for Hoover and
were just then very proud OF it. One
lank Negro had several of his small
sons with him and proudly instructed
them how and where to stand when the
President and his lady came by.
A beautiful and important ceremony
was that carried out on the two French
ships last night, the vessels being con-
nected by a bridge, carpeted IN scarlet,
while lights ana flowers took away the
grim aspect for which the vessels were
intended.
Chief among the guests were the
Governors of States. the Colonial
American Revolution. Through some
unhappy misconnection the Daughters
we're not included in the distinguished
guest list until special pleas were put
out through Mrs. Cabot Stevens. VINO. by
telegraphing the French Ambassador
the commandment of the ship ana otner
sources, had the distinction OF intro
ducing the president general OF the ma
tional society, Mrs. Hobart. and other
1f I1n Ch4n.
napne and French cakes enlivened the
marty. and there we're comfortable
chairs and even card tables. set out
for the guests. The sight of the con-
VOWS. as brilliantly lighted as the SHIPS
themselves. which quite outrlvaled the
biggest electric sign in New YORK, was
charming. -
The upper decks were cleared Tor
dancing and instead OF the usual p!aSV
of trombones and other loud-Voiceo N
strumentS, the music was OF the Old
fashioned dance sort and many guests
remained on deck until the last con-
VOWS left, dancing with French ana
American officers
In the company with the officials
we're the Ambassador of France ana
Nine Claudet. Mr.. and Mrs Walter X
Tuckerman, Miss Laura Tucker-MrS
Tuckerman had earlier in the evening
unveiled Colonial Danes taolet-MlSS
Janet Richards, who was able to con-
verse in the most fluent French with
the officers of the ship; Mrs. NJ. Declare
Berry and many other descendants OF
the famous French soldiers. Marshal
Petain paid his respects to many OF
them and Gen. Count De Chambrun
and Maj. De Rochambeau heard lines
of ancestry running with their own
traced back to Revolutionary days and
before.
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ORGANIZED CRIME
Played BY COURT
Anne Arundel Judge Hits CAP
parent Protection" by
Police.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

special Dispatch 10 the star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, October 10
Criminal classes are dominating Anne
Arundel County and residents are
clamoring for a general cleanup"
Judge Robert Moss declared this morn
ing in delivering his charge to the
grand jury in the october term of
court His charge that the county is
in the hands Of grafters and pests"
was made before packed court room.
Opening his remarks, Judge Moss
said: Il want to call your attention
to the fact that county police officials
receive a pay totaling $4,000 yearly,
exclusive of Annapolis.
Lack Of Arrests Cited.
Despite this. gambling. buying and
selling liquor together with disorderly
houses are flourishing in all sections.
Some police officials have been on the
force as long as 20 years, yet they have
never made an arrest for these crimes"
indications point that they are not
there to punish. but to protect crime.
Anne Arundel County is so filled with
slot machines, which are absolutely pro-
tected, that hi-jackers are invited to
come here from Philadelphia to strip
and take away these machines in the
very shadows Of our State House.
County Is Divided.
Anne Arundel County is so filled
with criminals that it is set of in sec
tions by these pests who dare not in
wade the others territory, so great is
the rivalry. County police know what
is going on and they are receiving
graft from every establishment in the
county,
The jurist then took a slap at wet
newspapers. II dare Baltimore to en-
force the liquor laws. If it did, the
able to recommend the abolition of the
National Guard. Both the National
Guard and the United States Army
would be needed to keep crime down
there"
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collection of the Corcoran Gallery by
three paintings. At the eleventh BIZ
ennial Exhibition of Contemporary
American Oil Paintings, in December
1928, his Native of Virginia won a
special prize as the most popular pic
ture" in a public referendum conducted
among visitors to the exhibition.
Mr.. Melchers is an associate member
of the National Academy of Design, in
New York, and of the National Aca-
demician. and Is a member of many
art societies, here and abroad
While much of Mr.. Melchers' early
work was done in Europe, he has MAIN
tanned his studio in New York City in
recent years. He resides at his Virginia
estate, Belmont. at Falmouth, near
Fredericksburg, Va.
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HOOVER THANKS VIRGINIA.
Makes Impromptu Address Praising
Hospitality of State.

YORKTOWN, Va, october 10 P).-
President Hoover in an unscheduled
and impromptu address today praised
high the hospitality of Virginia as hav-
ing become "a standard for the Ma
ton"
Seated at luncheon table around
which sat noted men of three nations,
the President responded, smiling, when
suddenly he was called upon.
His brief speech preceded colorful
ceremony inside the b!ock-long lunch
con tent set up behind the sesquicen-
tennial pageant field, in which honor
airy degrees were awarded the Chief Ex-
ecutive. Marshal Petain and Ambas-
sador Claudel of France, Gen. Pershing
and Gov. Pollard Of Virginia.
1T is my pleasant duty" the Presi-
dent said, ito express appreciation for
all of us to the Sesquicentennial Com
mission and the State of Virginia.
Il have never touched foot upon Vir-
ginia soil. but what I have been made
to feel the hospitality for which the
State has been known for more than a
century.
I'VE owe it further debt, also, for
the national leaders it has produced
over many years. Within two or three
score miles radius of this historic spot
five Presidents Of the United States were
born. Several hundred miles further
still another President was born.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19
MRS. EUGENIA KINGMAN,
GENERALS WIDOW, DIES
Funeral Services Will Be Held at
Fort Myer Chapel
Tomorrow

Mrs Eugenia j. Kingman, widow of
Brig. Gen. Dan C. Kingman, former
chief of Army Engineers, died yester-
day at Walter Reed Hospital. Funeral
services will be held at Fort Myer
chapel tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
followed by burial in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Gen. Kingman died in 1915 in At
lantic City, and was buried in Ar
lington.
Mrs. Kingmsn had been a resident of
Washington for about 18 years, since
her husband was first stationed here as
chief of Engineers. Her Washington
home was at the Kenesaw Apartments,
Sixteenth and Irving streets. She was
a native of Philadelphia.
She is survived by two sons, Lieut.
Col. John J. Kingman. stationed in
Washington, and Lieut.. Col. Ralph W.
Kingman at Fort George G. Meade, Md
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19
NAVY DAY EXERCISES
PLANNED BY GROUPS
National Sojourners, Military Order
of World War and Others
to Hear Talks.

The National Sojourners, the Military
Order of the World War and other pa
triotic organizations will sponsor exer-
cises here to celebrate Navy day, Octo-
Der 81. it was announced today.
Gathered before the John Paul Jones
Monument, near the Tidal Basin at the
foot of Seventeenth street. the groups
will hear an address on the life of John
Paul Jones by Comdr. j. T. Alexander,
u. S. NJ and a discussion of naval de-
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County Is Divided.
Clerk Dead, Banks Shut.

TERRA ALTA, w. Va, october 10
P).-The First National Bank of Terra
Alta and the Terra Alta Bank were
closed today. Harry Idleman, 80, clerk
OF the First National, was found dead
this morning in his automobile. The
motor of the machine was running and
death was pronounced due to carbon
monoxide poisoning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19
President Goes Ashore.
Clothes Worth $50 Stolen.

Clothes valued at $50 we're stolen
last night from a show window of the
j. E. Cunningham Co.. 3l6 Seventh
street. Entrance was gained by forcing
a lock Two unidentified men who were
seen leaving the store with bundle,
escaued in a taXicab
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Tense by Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries. q.
s. A.. retired. The observance rites will
be held at 1890 pm.
Selections by the United States Ma
rine Band, under the leadership Of Capt.
Taylor Branson, will open the cere-
monies. Capt. S. K. Evans. chief Of the
Navy chaplains. will pronounce the in
vocation.
Comdr. F. C. Sherman. u S. NJ. vice
president of the Washington Chapter
Of the National Soiourners,. will preside
over the exercises. which will be at
tended by members Of the Navy League
Of the United States. the American
Women's Legion and posts Of the
American Legion and the Military
Order of Foreign Wars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19

Aldous Huxley, grandson OF the
famous champion of Darwin, today
writes novels that would have shocked
his father for their boldness more than
the elder Huxley shocked the Victorian
world of his day with his Darwinism
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19
Will Rogers
Says:

SANTA MONICA, Calf, October
19-See where they convicted Al
Capone on five counts, silk under
wear and four others. Now comes
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the out on bail,
new trial, change
of venue, habeas
corpus, stay Of
execution and 81
other things that
the law has in
vented to hinder
justice. This case
Is a great boost for
Mr.. Mellon and
his deficit, for If
bootleggers and
f.nr M fnNnnaA foY
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why. our Treasury will be richer
than France
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YORKTOWN SPIRIT
is NEEDED TODAY,
HOOVER DECLARES

Continued From First Page.)
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SPECIAL NOTICES,

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-02
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
THE STATE Oh TEXAS

TO the Sheriff or any Constable
OF Cameron County, Greeting.
E. ]. Blount, administrator of the
estate or Henry l.. Blount, Deceas-
ed. having filed in our county court
his final account OF the condition
Of the estate Of said Henry II.
Blount. Deceased, numbered 1910 on
the Probate Docket OF Cameron
county, together with an applica-
ton to be discharged from said
administration.
You are hereby commanded. that
BY publication OF this writ for
twenty days In a newspaper print
ed III the county OF Cameron you
give pdue notice to all persons in
terested in the account for final
settlement Of said estate. To ap-
pear and contest the anne II they
see proper SO to do, on or before
the next term OF said county court.
commencing and to be holden az
the court house OF said county. In
the city OF Brownsville. Texas. On
the third Monday in February. "A.
d. 1881. when said account and
application will be acted upon by
said court.
Given under my hand and seal
Of said court. at my office In the
city OF Brownsville, Texas, this %
day OF January, A. u. 1881.
II. u. SEAGO, Clerk
County Court. Cameron County.
BY o. BRENNER. Deputy
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San Perlita
PERSONALS

PERSONALS
George Campbell was in san
Juan Monday on business.
Lon Gordon and daughter NIL
dred from Konowa. Okla. spent the
week end here visiting Mrs. Jeine
Campbell and Mr.. and Mrs. J. w
Shirley.
J. r. Gwinn visited hts home
folks IN Harrington this week end.
MeSsrs. Grant Johnson, RUDE
Godfrey, and Bill Privett were in
R~aymondville Monday.
Mr.. Garrett from Okewah. Okla
called on Mr.. and Mrs. y. w. Shirley
Saturday. He is leaving for Okla
holna soon.
Mrs. NJ. B. Bourne and baby were
here Saturday visiting her parents
Mr. and Mrs. j. r.. Sprouse.
Jerome Calvin Of Hariingen Wis
tied his parents here last week end
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. r.. Sprouse Wis
tied IN Lyford Sunday.
MesSrS. Perry Holder and A NJ
Davis Of Raymondville we're guests
Of the Young Mems Business club
Thursday night.
Mrs. y. w. Shirley and Mrs. NJ.
/ Fellows we're In Harrington Fri
day.
g. g. Turner from Nowater. Okla
visited A. II. Phenis and family
this last week end.