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The Washington times., 1932-11-29
TROPHY
PLAY BEGINS

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 Q.N.S).
With the curtain-raiser out of the
way, participants in the sixth an
nual championship tournament
of the American Bridge League
got down to trophy play today.
TopnotcherS from all over the
country awaited the opening
board in the national open team
of-four competition for the Chi
cago trophy, scheduled to start
at 2 p. m. At 8 o'clock this eve
ming, the national pair champion
ship for the Cavendish Cup will
get under way.
The curtain-raiser was the ma
tional mixed team Of four cham
pionship for the Shepard Barclay
Cup, won by a CavendiSh Club
foNrsome consisting of H. Huber
BoScowitz, Mrs. Marie Black, Mrs.
Olga J. Hilliard and Sam Fry, jr.
They won 26 matches out Of 40
boards played.
Numerous bidding and playing
'lapses, including revoke, fea-
tured the opening play.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
GOV. go NJ E.Y
+ RECOVERING

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nov.
30 G.N.s).-Propped up in bed
with his face and hands ban
daged following an explosion
which nearly cost him his life.
Gov. William G. Conley vowed
today he will hereafter leave the
executive mansion furnace-tend-
ing to his servants. ""
The mansion was cold, the
butler had gone to bed, and the
other servants had gone to their
homes, the governor related in
explaining the blast Sunday night
which partly wrecked the base
ment of the gubernatorial, resi-
dence.
The Governor, in bedroom slip
pers and bathrobe, went to the
basement and lighted a match to
see why the furnace was cold.
Accumulated gas exploded, hurled
the Chief Executive 20 feet, and
blew two iron doors half way
across the basement.
The Governor remembers that
he "came to" on his back on the
basement floor several minutes
later. He added:
IF had not been standing
slightly to one side of the fur
mace when the explosion let go,
it might have been the last of
me-"
The Governor will be compelled
to remain in bed for 10 days or
two weeks.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
BOND FORTUNE
mold CORSET

NEW YORK, Nov. 28.-Charles
Merendino, 81, was arrested on a
charge of stealing $1,000 in bonds
he found in an old patched cor
set.
Merendino, the police said, was
recently employed by a concern
appointed by the public admins
traitor to dispose Of the worthless
effects of Mrs. Katherine Sulli-
van, who died on September 20.
Among the property was the cor
set, and in its lining, the police
declared Merendino told them, he
found a bond valued at $4,000
and two other bonds valued at
$1,000 each.
One of the $1,000 bonds Meren-
dino was said to have destroyed,
thinking, because it was burnt
slightly, that it was worthless:
another he sold for $426, and he
attempted to sell or get a loan
on the 5000 bond.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
CONE
FAST FOR BURL

Eddie Burl. bantamweight boxer
of Jacksonville, Fla, who lost de-
cision last night to Benny
Schwartz at Portner's Arena, met
another stroke of i'll luck today
when he was arrested as a fugitive
from Baltimore on a charge of not
paying a board bill.
Edward Earl Cole, SO, of Jack
Sonville, Fla, former boxer, who is
now BurPs manager, was arrested
with him.
Cole said the charges were a
"frame-up" and were brought, he
claimed, by a disgruntled man.
ager of the prize fighter.
Cole said Burl worked for the
complainant, a man named Cor
don, on a truck while he asked
payment for his expenses at a
gymnasium where Gordon handled
several fighters.
According to Cole, he was in
this camp as Burl's trainer for a
short time by invitation of the
owner. Nevertheless, the arrest of
himself on a charge of failing to
pay $24 and of Burl for failing to
pay $112, was brought about by
Gordon, Cole declared.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
''FORCE'
THREATENED

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 20
N.S.)-Openly threatening to
use economic force" the Ameri.
can Federation Of Labor today
placed before the country an out
right demand for a five-day week
and six-hour day.
The tenor Of the demand made
It appear certain that the issue
will be carried to the next session
of Congress.
eve must let the world know
we demand action in response
to our appeals to reason or
we'll secCve it through some
kind of force"
Thus declared William Green,
president of the federation.
Delegates roared approval
BY force" Green explained
later, he meant strikes, boycottS,
and picketing.
The executive council was or
dered by the convention to place
the demand for shorter hours
before industry generally"
A warning was served stimuli
taneously that no further pay
reductions will be accepted.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
SAYS 2.75 BEER
NOSOLUT|ON

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Speak.
ing with the authority of eight
years experience in enforcing the
dry law, Izzy Einstein, renowned
as Prohibition Agent No. l." fore
casts:
-Four per cent beer would
make most of America forget
all about hard liquor, but 2.75
beer doesn't taste. like much,
and / can't guarantee It would
end bOOtlegging and rum run
ming"
Izzy, strictly in the line of duty,
estimates that he has consumed
3,467 pints Of beer and that, there
fore, he knows what hA, - talkipg
ea80atyh ;,- ~. - -. sl.;.N
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
SWEDEN B A R s.
TROTZKY

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 20.
G.N.S0 Leon TTotzky, firebrand
of the Russian Revolution, may
be compelled to return to exile in
Turkey on Thursday, when his
Danish permit expires.
Officials said Trotzky appar.
emily had failed in his efforts to
enter Sweden. as the Danish gov
ernment would not allow him to
return through Denmark after his
Swedish visit had ended.
Mrs. Trotzky was treated today
for rheumatism by a doctor, who
said she would need treatments
for six weeks. ".
Trotzky is attempting to OBJ
tain a new visa with the aid OF
the local Social Democratic or.
ganization.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
Z EXT FIANCEES
OF HOMEWOOD
" To TESTIFY
Riding Master Alleged to
Have Been Engaged
to Three Girls

NEW CITY, N. Y, Nov. 20
GN.S0 A parade of former loves
Of both Sidney Herbert Homewood
and Miss Charlotte Gibson was
promised today with the opening
Of Homewood's trial for the seduc-
ton Of the young society woman.
Both District Attorney Henry
v. Stebbins and Caesar Barra, of
Homewood's counsel, said they
would delve into the past for wit
neSseS at the trial.
Engaged Three Times
The district attorney will sum-
mon two girls at, least who were
once engaged to Homewood, the
man Miss Gibson alleges is the
father of her unborn child. The
slight, blond riding master, al
though only Is, had been engaged
three times before he met Miss
Gibson, according to Stebbins.
Miss Gibson, whose child is ex-
pected to be born next month,
does not want to marry Home
wood now, Stebbins declared. In
deed, she would not have him on
a golden platter" were his words
on the matter.
Homewood once offered to
marry her, his counsel said, but
Robert Gibson, the girls father,
made conditions for the marriage
which he found unacceptable, &C
cording to the defense. a..
HOmewOOd Denies It
Two men, who will say they
had rendezvous with Miss Gibson
on Cape Cod are to testify for
the defense, it was learned.
Homewood denies the assertion
that 23-year-old Charlotte was "en-
tirely innocent" before she became
his riding pupil.
incidentally. the riding stables,
which were Homewood's livelihood
before this scandal broke, are
understood to be closed for bust.
ness now.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
OPPOSES
FARM BOARD

The House leadership doesn't
want the Federal Farm Board to
administer the farm relief pro-
gram it will sponsor in Congress
next month, Representative
Rainey, of Illinois, Democratic
leader. said today, because 'it's
not in good repute," he remarked.
The bill will be framed at a
conference with farm leaders here
December IL.
The American Farm Bureaus
plan may be evolved in a meet
ing being held in Chicago this
week. The National Grange has
indorsed the three-way plan of
farm relief, giving the Farm
Board power to invoke the equal
ization fee, export debenture or
the domestic allotment plan.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
j. s. SCHOONER
IN DISTRESS

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 G.N.sO.
The American tanker MCGEE, re-
ported in a wireless message early
today that it was standing by an
unidentified schooner in distress
about 125 miles east of Savan-
nah, Ga.
Roughness of the sea prevented
the MCGEE from giving immedi-
ate aid.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
NAZ| CH|EFTAIN
SEEN YIELDING
To |RONMAN'
War Minister Held Waiting
ParIey in Surprise Move
to Form Cabinet ',

BERLIN, Nov. 80 G.N.S0.
Adolf Hitler bolted back into Ger.
many's political tangle today with
the official announcement he will
confer tomorrow with Minister Of
Defense Kurt Won Schleicher,
strong man" of the present Ger.
man cabinet and presently the
most likely candidate for the
chancellorship.
Won Schleicher was expected to
seek the support of Hitler's Nazi
party, dominant Reichstag group,
in a new government. Previously
the militant Hitler announced he
would fight any chancellor ap-
pointed.
Hindenburg in Farley
Announcement of the Hitler.
Won Schleicher meeting followed
a session between President Paul
Won Hindenburg, Franz Won Papen,
resigned chancellor, and Won
Schlecher.
At conference between the iron
war minister and Nazi heuten-
ants of Hitler, Gregor Strasser
was said to have informed Won
Schleicher that Hitler was will
ing to engage in another final
talk about possible Nazi support
for q government headed by Won
Schleicher.
Previously it had been reported
that Won Schleicher's chances Of
attaining the chancellorship were
dirnmed by Hitler's refusal to CO.
operate with a government under
his leadership.
Denial Stirs Confusion
This report had led to predic-
tions that Col. Franz Won Papen
might again be asked to form Q
"presidial" cabinet, thus solving
for the moment Germany's gov.
ernmental impasse
The situation was further con.
fused, however, by denial from
one of the Nazi spokesmen, Baron
Won Alven Sleben, that Hitler
would make any concession to
Won Schleicher. 80. Ia
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
Peruvian Art Exhibit
Opens Tonight at GU.

The Freyer collection Of Peru
Wan art which has been loaned
to Catholic University will be Of
ficially opened today at $3.50
p. M. in Mullen Library and a
lecture on Spanish .and Peruvian
art illustrated from the collection
will be delivered by Miss Ada
Rainey, art critic.
The collection Is owned by Mrs.
Frank Barrows Freyer, formerly
of Washington, who has loaned
it to the university for an indefi-
mite period. It will be on display
in a special room in the library
and hours will be arranged for
its exhibition.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
Women to Discuss
Jobs Relief Plan

The semiannual meeting of the
board of directors of the National
League of Women Voters will be-
gin tomorrow at it's headquarters
in the 500 block of Seventeenth
st. N. w. Meetings will be held
daily until next Tuesday.
Prevention and relief of ,unem-
ployment will be one Of the chief
topics of discussion. 49,
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
Episcopal Church
Marks Anniversary

The eightieth anniversary of
the founding of Grace Episcopal
Church will be celebrated in the
church tomorrow night. The
services will be followed by a
reception in the parish house.
The sermon will be delivered by
the Rev. Charles B. scovil, rector
Of Holy Trinity Church, Mime
apoliS. MINI,
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
Arizona Noids
All Dry Laws;
Now Wet

PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 20
O.NSO.-Arizona, as a State,
was wet today.
A dry law passed in 1914 was
declared officially dead follow
ing the signing by Gov. George
w. P. Hunt of a proclamation
declaring the State constitu-
tional amendment and dry laws
void in accordance with the
two-to-one repeal vote" in the
general election.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
China dAdUentistH Head
To Sail for Shunuhai

DR.. Harry W. Miller, head Of
the Seventh Day Adventist ,activi,
ties IN China, and who recently
completed an extended visit in Ia.
koma Park will sail, for ENGLAND
on Friday su.s,-.J, -. go
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
ROBBERIES FALL OFF

The presence of additional po-
licemen in Rose mont this week is
believed by Alexandria officials to
have stopped the series of rob-
berries in the northwest suburbs.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29

AS A PART of the program
for training Nicaraguan Off
GERS, Major Julian c. Smith,
u. S. NJ. c., has been detailed
as chief of staff of the Mica
raguan Guardia Nacional. The
United States Marines are
scheduled to leave Nicaragua
January j. International News.
Photosraphic SarVicAs l.G.si 4SrpAl
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
Pitched dWrone
to Lou, Says
Hornsby

ST. LOUIS, Oct. Rogers
Hornsby, the man who might
have been leading the Chicago
Cubs world series fight against
the New York Yankees, today dis
cussed the two defeats admins,
tered the Cubs.
Hornsby believes that much of
the Cubs grief has resulted from
their failure to pitch intelligently
to Lou Gehrig. the Yanks' clout-
ing first baseman. The big Yam
kee, who is the leading hitter of
the series and who swings from
the portside of the plate, has
been hitting to his faVorite spot
in right field because he has been
fed inside balls, Hornsby says. He
adds:
"Gehrig should have been
given high outside balls which
would have forced him to hit
to left field"
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
PORTNER CARD
STARS PHELPS

If Cowboy Owen Phelps whips
Vince Dundee Tuesday night at
Portners Arena, Jimmy Erwin,
Phelps manager. will claim the
American middleweight cham
pionship he announced today.
Phelps. heretofore has been box
ing light heavyweights Tuesdays
shot against the No. l ranking
American middleweight will be
the first time in over a year that
he has met a middleweight.
Owen has defeated Larry John
son, Fred Lenhart, Freddy Heinz.
He has run his latest string OF
victories to five.
Joe Fino, bantamWeight cham
pion of Mexico, meets frankie
McKenna, Baltimore. in the eight
round semifinal Tuesday night.
Fino is four-alarm fire when it
comes to fighting. He gave Billy
Landers the fight of his life last
season at Portner's.
Immediately after FinO'S battle
with McKenna he will leave for
Cleveland. Ohio. where he meets
Babe Triscaro, sixth ranking ban
tamWeight. TriscarO has replaced
Billy Wallace as the pride of
Cleveland.
Matchmaker Frank Mann is
lining up a fine set of prelimS
in support of the card.
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
Heydler Is Indignant

But here and now, it is the
same old Heydler, worried, dis
traut and crucified, and un-
less the Cubs get busy and do
something about it, we are
sadly afraid Mr.. Heydler will
soon explode and vanish into
thin air.
Seriously, folks, there is one
thing that has hit us right
between the eyes in this series,
and that is the managing a
baseball club is a job in itself
and that the day of player
managers is gone.
Charlie Grimm's boys haven't
played with any apparent
smartness, probably because
their manager was so busy
doing his part afield he had
no voltage left with which to
direct operations. About every
thing his team has done has
been wrong.
Right now he has shot his
bolt as far as pitching is con-
cerned. Perhaps after all, that
is why he has approached Joe
e. Brown and Nick Altrock with
q proposition to come in there
and pull out the Cubs.
Or are the Cubs indeed in
the series?
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
Brown or Altrock

In case Brown is barred by
Lands or Actors Equity,
Charlie Grimm had an ace up
his sleeve in the person of Nick
Altrock. a young fellow who
stood this town on it's ears
back in 1906 when he pitched
and won the opening game of
the Cubs-White SoX series.
Meanwhile this series RACES
on, much to the humiliation,
chagrin and embarrassment of
President John Heydler, of the
National League, who can't look
you in the eye without reveal
ing his utter despair, to say
nothing of disgust.
Mr.. Heydler is certainly de-
jected looking gentleman. While
We are still a comparatively
young squirt in this baseball
business we saw Mr.. Heydler
smile, for the first time in our
life last fall, when the Cardinals
licked the Athletics. and in
deed it was a different Heydler
than we had ever before be-
held.
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
PRIDE
CAN'T HELP
BRUINS
By JACK LAIT

CHICAGO, Oct. Judge Lam
dis home town, Cubville on the
Lake. is today the concentration
point of the baseball brains of
the world, what with several
hundred specialist reporters, the
two major league champ clubs
and their strategy cabinets, and,
those perennial superfans who
still travel to world series games,
no matter where.
The consensus, while not as
final as it was in New York
after the second crushing Yank
romp, is that the Cubs no can
do. Local pride and gameness
in the bleachers give the great
American pastime color and give
the correspondents copy. But
they don't have lines for them
in the box-score.
If shouting, receiving and
cheering-on counted, the Cubs
would win all their home con-
tests. More people met and hur-
rahed the losing Chicago team
here than will meet the winning
Yanks in New York in four sea-
sons.
The "Attaboy" score is 1 to 0
in favor of the Cubs, while the
typographical and clinical count
is 2 to l against them at the hour
of this report. The Yanks left
New York almost incognito. and
the only event of moment was
June O'Dea, the beautiful warbler,
dashing up at the last moment,
her stage makeup from the
matinee still on, to kiss Lefty
Gomez, her fiance, good luck after
he had come through so nobly
with the left arm that he has
twined around her trim waist for
two seasons. The public at large,
which has not been as large as
in former years, didn't bother.
The Yanks got less than half
the attention. A Sun-tanned
young giant was scarcely rec
ognized as Lou Gehrig, the despair
of Chicago, though they all knew
Babe Ruth, the great threat. Such
inconsequential strangers as
Dickey and Chapman didn't get a
Chicago tumble. That was local
oversight. I look for those two
young men to be the heroes the
rest of the series. Dickey is not
popular here and will be less so
when he departs.
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
Grimm Starts
Bush But Gets
Down to Root
By NICK ALTROCK

CHICAGO, Oct. lit looks like
Charley Root will do the Cubs
slab work in today's world series
pastime. That means Manager
Grimm started his world series
pitching with a Bush and now he
is down to the Root. 1t took a
whole package of seeds for me to
grow a gag like that.
GIuttOn for Excitement
You've got to give Chicago
credit. The folks here are still
optimistic about the Cubs. This
town is also glutton for excite
ment. This year it's had the
Republican and Democrat con-
ventions and now it's got a
world series. The only other
thing they could ask for is the
battle of Jutland in Lake Michl-
gan.
Around among us experts, the
carbuncle of conversation is the
way Babe Ruth is hobbling
through the series. There's an
old proverb that as Ruth goes,
so 90 the Yankees. If that was
the case, the Yanks would be on
their way to the old soldiers
home.
Umpiring is o. X.
The duration of the series de-
pends on somebody stopping Geh-
rig. But Lou is like that ALI
American Girl in the song. He's
nitro-glycerine in New York. a
fiend in Philadelphia, clouter IN
Cleveland, demon in Detroit, and
he's liable to be a big shilleleh-
shaker in Chicago.
In the New York games there
was quite a lot of banter about
the umpiring for world series
especially at KLEIN behind the
plate in the second pastime. But
the jumping" looked o. K. to me
and KLEIN ought to know his bus
iness. He's worked in so many
world series games he can even
remember what the Red SoX
looked like in the fall classic.
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
Gliding the Lily

And while Joe E. Brown,
great comedian that he is,
can't change the script of
ELMER the Great" he can, by
watching the Cubs. make Lard
ner'S story appear much fun
Iier in sound pictures than
even Mr.. Lardner himself ever
deemed, merely by watching
these Cubs and going back to
Hollywood and portraying their
antics in this 1882 world series.
There was a verys strong
rumor going the rounds of the
Loop district early this morn
ing that Manager Charlie
Grimm had approached Joe
E. Brown with a proposition to
pitch today against the Yanks.
Up to the time of going to the
telegrapher with this report.
Brown had not accepted the
proposition, because he heard
that Judge Lands might not
approve for fear of getting
baseball involved in a contro-
versy with Actors Equity.
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
EASTERN
SCORE WINS

Three washington high school
football teams are today cele-
brating victories scored yesterday
The strong Tech team. coached
by Hap" Wardell, took a fall
out of Episcopal, 6 to o; Western
dedicated it's new stadium before
a crowd of $500 and won over
st. Adams, IA to 6, and Eastern
triumphed over Alexandria, 13
to 0.
A long run by Mike Apperdi,
behind excellent interference,
from midfield to the Episcopal
15-yard marker paved the way
for Techs winning touchdown.
The scoring play followed the
long run, when Max Brinkman
hurled a forward pass to Coiner
as the latter stood in the end
zone. The touchdown came in
the final quarter.
Western scored touchdoWns in
the first and last quarters. A
recovered tumble followed by a
plunge netted Western it's first
score. Straight football &C
counted for the second touch
down.
Eastern used a reserve team to
run up a two-touchdown edge
over Alexandria.
In the only other game of the
day National Training School
won over Techs reserves, 3S to 6.
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
Camel Homer Nets
Minneapolis Victory

NEWARK, N. j.. Oct. IA
cracking homer over the fence by
Foster Camel, third baseman of
Minneapolis, today put the Mil
lers one game ahead of the
Newark Bears in the little world
series. The terrific poke came
in the tenth inning of duel be-
tween Pete JablonoWski, of New
ark, and Dutch" Henry of the
Millers. giving the Millers an 8-to-l
triumph.
Each team had won game
previously. They will resume the
series tomorrow in Minneapolis.
Joe Hauser, Millers' first base
man, smacked a four-sacker in
the seventh inning to give
Henry the lead, but Charlie Har-
greaves. of Newark, homered
right after that to square the
count.
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
CHICAGO F A n s
HOLD HOPES
BY FRANK G. MENKE

CHICAGO. Oct. 1.-The fact
that so far the Cubs, of Chicago,
have not proved to be in a scoring
class with lot of lads from New
York has brought noticeable
sadness, but his not created any
definite degree of despair here.
Cholly Grimm, that able banjo
playing manager of the Cubs,
says:
"This is another day"
Mccarthy Doesn't Dispute
Even Marse Joe Mccarthy, who
looks after the Yankees as soon as
they have crossed home plate
with another run, did not dispute
the point. He replied:
'It sure is another day, and,
as I see things. it is time for my
boys to snag another victory.
When a team is in a hitting
mood, and the pitchers are go.
ing along like an express train,
it's hard to halt them. And
that is about that"
Something like $4,000 Cub fans
disagree with Marse Joe. They
will be out to the Cubs park this
afternoon, confidently expecting
a great rally by the Cubs.