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The Washington times., 1932-03-22
BLIZZARD DEAD
5 NEAR CHICAGO

CHICAGO, March 22.-Five
deaths were charged here to the
blizzard today as the storm which
held Chicago and the surround
ing territory in an icy grip for
SO hours began to abate.
The blizzard that sent crowds
of homeless and unemployed men
scurrying for shelter and hot cof-
fee was a Godsend to a host of
others. The Chicago surface lines
gave employment to more than
1000 jobless men, putting them
to work keeping the street car
lines clear.
Two persons were injured when
the Armor-plate flagpole atop q
Loop SkyScraper was sheered off
and dropped 36 stories. The mast
struck a turret of the building
and broke into several pieces. one
of which crashed through the top
of a bus, injuring the driver and
one passenger, Miss Cora Mae
Marsh.
NEW YORK, March % G.NSD
Even spring seemed determined
today to upset old conventions
by making March go out like a
roaring lion.
Western New York State and
other Eastern regions we're grip
ped by blizzard-like storms.
The heaviest snowfall of the
season fell in Philadelphia, with
a temperature of 28 degrees pre-
vailing.
Buffalo and Rochester. which
had just succeeded in clearing
the roads of the masses of snow,
were covered by a new fall.
BOSTON, March % G.N.S)-
A cold, driving rain, with some
snow, swept over a vast area Of
the New England States today,
making motoring treacherous,
Scores of motor car accidents
were reported. The Weather Blu
reau forecast snow, rain and high
winds for a traditional March
blow,
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Alabama Hit
Hardest by
Tornado

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March
% G.N.SO Toll Of fatalities
from tornadoes in five south
ern States reached 202 known
dead today, in part as follows:
ALABAMA
Northport, 43; Cullman, 10;
Paint Rock, 9; Plantersville, 9;
Talladega, 7; Columbiana, 6;
Marion, S; Lomax, 4; Gurley,
3; Sylacauga, 3; Thorsby, 2;
Linden, 2; Demopolis, 2; FaunS-
dale, /; Fairview, /.
GEORGIA
Athens, IA; Gainesville, 9;
Dalton, 5; Atlanta, /.
TENNESSEE
Pulaski, 4; Charleston, i;
Lewisburg, /; Franklin, J..
KENTUCKY
Uniontown, 2.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Berry Shoals, dead; 4 miss
ing,
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Southern Indiana
Reports One Death

INDIANAP ONTS, March %
QN.ED One man was dead to-
day, several persons were injured
and damage of more than $500, 900
was caused by windstorm, &C
companied by rain, hail and
lightning, that swept over South
ern Indiana.
C. E. Ward, so, farmer of
Jasonville, was killed when struck
by lightning.
The storm swept in from Ken
lucky through Mt. Vernon, Evans
vile, Spurgeon, Petersburg, Shoals
and Bedford.
The Washington times., 1932-03-22
Red Cross Seeks Funds
For Tornado Relief

The relief forces of the Red
Cross were at work today in
every tornado stricken county in
Alabama.
Soon as news of the disaster
reached headquarters here, tele-
graphic orders we're issued to
every chapter in Alabama to use
chapter funds for relief work
They were also instructed to
make an immediate Statewide
appeal for additional funds to
care for the sufferers.
Dis aster relief headquarters
have been established in Birning-
ham, with C. H. Mcfarland, field
representative, in charge.
The Washington times., 1932-03-22
HO HONEYMOON|NG
ACTOR SUED

LOS ANGELES, March %
GNSO. - Honeymooning wi it h
Ann Dvorak, pretty film actress
he married last week at Yuma,
Ariz., after an "airplane elope-
ment" from Hollywood, Leslie
Fenton, juvenile film actor, today
was sued for $3.50, 900 breach of
promise by another pretty actress,
19-year-old Julie Carter, who
made sensational charges.
Miss Carter asserted she had
! .oTn Fenton two years and had
become engaged to him last Octo-
Der and that he betrayed her un-
der promise of marriage.
She lived in his home several
months, she declared.
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BABY RAID
HOLDS THREE
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to guard the two women and take
incoming telephone calls.
Meanwhile, on the island, de-
tectiveS spent the forenoon making
a thorough search of homes near
Mt. Olivet Cemetery, in Maspeth,
for baby said to resemble the
kidnapped Lindbergh infant. In.
formation to this effect was said
to have been given to Col. H. Nor
man Schwarzkopf, head of the
New jersey State police.
Address Confused
The writer Of the letter said a
baby 'like the Lindbergh baby"
had been left in the care of a
woman living near Mt. Olivet
Cemetery by man who was
"either German or Polish" It
was understood a specific address
was given in the letter, but that
because of a confusion of street
names and numbers in that sec
ton of Queens, detectives found it
difficult to locate the address
given,
The Washington times., 1932-03-22
40 Hurt, 5 Feared Dead
In South Carolina

SPARTANBURG, S. c., March
% (I.N.SD.-One person was
known dead, four other were
feared buried in wreckage, and
40 were injured after tornado
struck the small community of
Berry Shoals, near here, this
morning.
Virtually the entire village was
wiped out, reports indicated.
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RELIEF, RESCUE
HUGE PROBLEM
FOR SOUTH
National Guard Modified to
Lend Aid; University Sets
Up Emergency Hospital
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Birmingham, the Red Cross hastily
modified all Of it's forces to deal
with the emergency. Public and
private agencies joined in the
work of relief.
From Birmingham and other
Alabama cities hurriedly organ
tZed crews of doctors, nurses, and
other workers were speeded to
the stricken areas. Police auto
mobiles and private cars were
pressed into service to convey the
relief workers. Truckloads Of
food. provisions, and medical
supplies were dispatched.
Companies of the Alabama
State Militia were modified and
rushed to the stricken towns to
patrol the streets and ruins.
The tornadoes described a gen.
eral path northwestward along
the Warrior River Valley. Wide
sections of Western and Central
Alabama were laid waste. From
these areas today radiated stories
of horror, heroism, narrow
escapes, and death.
Northport was almost destroyed.
An aviator who fled over that
town described a scene of utter
barrenness. Between 200 and 800
buildings, he said, were in ruins.
Many deaths resulted from fall
ing debris, trees, and poles. Men,
women, and children were lifted
bodily by the wind and hurled
against walls and trees. Some
were crushed in the collapse of
their homes.
A group of doctors and nurses
hurried from Birmingham to Co
1umbiana, most of which was
levelled by the storm.
Other towns reporting large
numbers of dead and injured we're
Ralph, where IL were killed; Gull
m&n, where the fatality list reach
ed 10, and Talladega, where seven
were known dead.
Debris Blocks Roads
Communications were disrupted
by the tornadoes and numerous
roads and highways were made
impossible by fallen trees and
debris.
One of the most pitiful episodes
Of the disaster occurred at a
farmhouse where Gus Cannon was
killed by a falling tree while his
wife and five children looked on.
The mother and children we're
discovered huddled together in a
huge crevasse formed by the up
roofing Of the tree.
Marion, Ala, was struck by two
windstorms. one in the late after
noon, the second in the evening.
Five persons were known dead
and an uneStimated number in
jured there.
At Columbiana, Ala, an aban-
doned courthouse was converted
into a hospital and morgue where
injured were treated and the
dead prepared for burial.
City Hall Burns
The city hall at Montgomery
burned to the ground at an eS-
timated loss of 100000.
Emergency appeals for physi-
clans, nurses. medical supplies,
cots, and bedding were broadcast
from a dozen Alabama towns.
Telephone and telegraph wires
blown down, paralyzed communi-
cations and hampered the work
of rescue, making a complete
check on the I.orm toll difficult.
The Washington times., 1932-03-22
LOngfeIlOW "Stdirs"
DESTROYED by Fire

PTTTSFIELD, Mass, March %
GN.SD The staircase immor-
talized in verse by Henry Wads-
worth Longfellow was destroyed
by fire yesterday. The staircase
had been salvaged from the old
Longfellow home, demolished in
1929 to make way for new high
school building.
The Washington times., 1932-03-22
Storms in Kentucky
Kill 2. Injury 4

LOUISVILLE, KY, March %
G.N.SD-Wind and rain storms
sweeping Kentucky left two dead
today, four seriously injured, and
vast property damage in their
wake.
Two men perished when a tor
nado demolished the Piland Hotel
at Uniontown, KY, last night.
Four others we're seriously in
jured.
Twenty buildings in the town
were razed by the twister.
The Washington times., 1932-03-22
Test Drills Started
For Health Institute

Preliminary test drillings on a
site west of the Naval Hospital
were begun today by the United
States engineers office to de-
termine foundation conditions in
connection with the erection of
the proposed National Institute
of Health.
The Washington times., 1932-03-22

man was surprised, for the
police supposed Don was still
in Trenton prison.
Dapper Don said:
I'm operating strictly within
the law now. I've been sent
down for three felOnieS, and the
BaumeS law will get me the
next time. Someone secured
a pardon for me Ovl- in Jersey
and paid my fine"
Dapper Don is living in a
sumptuous Tudor City apart
ment in which there lives
beautiful and wealthy woman.
Don has been arrested 20
times since he made his police
debut in 1908, and has spectac-
ularly broken at least three
hearts,
The Washington times., 1932-03-22

the wreckage of homes laid low
by wind storm here last night.
The storm ragged over a half
mile radius. Among the Struc-
lures damaged was st. Peters
cathedral.
Several houses were wrecked.
The second story of one was car
ried away. The storm also hit
Middletown. Heavy damage was
reported there.
The Washington times., 1932-03-22

un e mployed
m u S c i ans.
The concert
will be held
at Carnegie
Hall on the
ev n ing Of
April %. He
will sail from
Europe on the
lie de France
April 10.
Th e CON
d uc or re-
turn d to
Europe a few
months ago
The Washington times., 1932-03-22
Store ThieUes Get
656 Pounds of Meat

Thieves entered the chain
grocery store at 1924 Seventh st.
N. w. last night and escaped
with 656 pounds of assorted
meats valued at S126.
Howard E. Carver, manager of
the store, told police entrance
was gained by jimmying the rear
door.
The Washington times., 1932-03-22

dismay h e
/ n vc t e r ate
pr mi e re
fan?"
Far from
it! The pre-
niere t h is
p a / t i u lar
ch lilly eve
nins, featur-
ing Gre I a
G a 10 at
tracted thou
S a n q S Of
movie fans to
t h e theater
to watch the
6 I q. 7 6 mass
The Washington times., 1932-03-22

from their cars.
The biggest hand" as usual
went to Douglas Fairbanks
and his wife, Mary Pickford.
Constance Bennett j. always
besieged for autographs.
Marie Dressler and Wallace
Beery also are among the
group that receives heaviest ap-
plause.
The Washington times., 1932-03-22
5,0oo-MiIe Trip
For One Concert

NEW YORK, March 22.-Ar-
turo Toscanini will travel 5000
miles to conduct one concert
in New York for the benefit of
The Washington times., 1932-03-22
Mind Deals Havoc
70 Two Ohio Towns

HAMILTON. Ohio, Mrch %
Q.N.S0 With six persons injured
and property damage in the city
estimated at more than 100000,
police and firemen today began
searching for possible victims IN
The Washington times., 1932-03-22

fields III o T.
c h a" W as
''Dapper Don"
Collins, king
of confidence
men.
Mr.. Collins
was just step
ping out Of
a limousine,
ele g an t in
evening dress,
when a detec-
tive assigned
to guard the
theater recog.
nized him.
IT q nOlian.
The Washington times., 1932-03-22

d1GCL Cu1 OdA4~
ing his present season with the
philharmonic orchestra because
of bursitis in the right arm.
Following the single concert
here he will go back to Europe.
The Washington times., 1932-03-22
Mary Gets ''Biggest Hand''
From Hollywood Fans

HOLLYWOOD, March %
G.N.SO.-It was a cold night,
even for HOLLYWOOD, but did it
The Washington times., 1932-03-22
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Dapper Don, Very Dapper,
Back to Old Haunts

NEW YORK, March %.
Among the old familiar faces
at the opening of the zieg.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27

Catcher Roy Spencer and Joe
Cronin were the demonstrators in
this instance. And how timely
were their hits!
1t seems the Griffs were re-
hind, 3 to 0, in the fourth inning
when Spencer began the demon
StrationS. Two were on base as
he stepped to the bat and two
were out.
Picking out one Of Pitcher
Pete JablownoSki'S choice pitches,
the veteran let go a drive that
went soaring into the center field
bleachers for a homer if there
ever was one.
OF course, three runs pranced
across the plate and the Griffs
were in the ball game, where they
were hopelessly out of it before.
The hit was right there in value,
as was Cronin'S later.
CrOnin Hits Triple
Frisco Joes put the Griffs
into the lead and proved the
margin of victory as things
turned out. It came in the fifth,
with two men on base and the
GriffS one run behind. His was
triple, but it counted just the
same, even though it did not drive
three men across, as did Spen-
GERS.
So it goes to show what can
develop when timely hits such as
these make their presence in ball
games. The Griffs won yester-
day because of them, and it was
intensely gratifying to all con-
cerned.
Lefty Lloyd Brown was Mana
ger JohnSon'S pitcher for the day.
Three times a winner on the re-
cent trip west, it looked for
awhile yesterday as if the Sox
were going to halt his streak, but
after the third-hiS only real bad
inning-it was all over as the left
handler settled down and hurled
excellently for the remainder of
the way.
GriffS Score in Eighth
He was scored upon three times
in this third. In the fifth the
Sox got one more run-their last
for the day-but a great deal of
this was not Brownies fault.
Johnson, first up, lifted a short
fly to left. Dave Harris tried to
make a Shoe-String catch but
failed and then on retrieving the
ball threw wildly past Bluege at
third, johnson scoring as he had
rounded to that base by that
time.
The Griffs sewed it up by
counting two markers in the
eighth. Bluege doubled, Spencer
beat out a bunt down the third
base line, Brown sacrificed, and
Judge singled sending across
Bluege and Spencer.
The victory was Browns tenth
OF the season.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
PARKER SHOWS
CLASS IN WIN

CHICAGO, June 27.-A prom
ising future today stretched before
16-year-old frankie Parker, of Mil
waukee, the new western tennis
champion.
The bare-legged lad from Wis
consin assembled the Western net
throne yesterday by vanquishing
the older, bigger and stronger Les
ter Stoefen, of Los Angeles.
After allowing Stoefen to cap
ture the first set and taking the
second by scant margin, Young
Parker came through with be-
wildering array of baseline
smashes and clever placements to
win the match by the score OF
2-6, IS, 6-4, 60.
A rainstorm interrupted the
women'S singles championship
match between Catherine Wolf,
defending titlist, and Mrs. Stan
lev Hack, of Los Angeles, wife of
the Chicago Cubs infielder. They
were to meet for the title today.
Because of rain and their hurry
to return home Gilbert Hall and
Fritz Mercur defaulted the mems
doubles title to Lefty Bryan and
Doc Barr.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
Pickups and
PutOutS
Bv GEORGE A. SIMPSON

BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON
"The Harvard crew, unex-
pected victor over Yale, loses
but one Oarsman by gradu-
alton while the Eli suffer four
losses. Malcolm Bancroft, of
Boston, captain-elect of the
Crimson, is the son of Guy
Bancroft, who pulled an oar
in the 1902 Harvard boat. oh
yes, Jack Dempsey is willing to
meet Jack Sharkey, if he can
get his price. so are Jess Will
lard, Luis FirpO and other ex-
tinct boxers. another Ferrell,
Babe, and the youngest of this
notable baseball family of six
brothers, may follow the path
of his older brothers. Rick and
Wesley, to the big leagues. J..
Walter Beall, who could always
bend a ball sharply across the
plate, dropped a hard-pitched
10 ten-inning game to South
Bend in the Central League. .
BealI is doing mound work for
the Youngstown, Ohio club.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
ARMY NET TEST
OPENS TODAY

Thirty-two Army officers began
a campaign to capture the Army
singles tennis title at the Army
and Navy Country Club today.
Lieut.. Stanley K. Robinson, de
Tending champion seeded No. l,
was to clash with Captain Crane;
Major Robert Van Vliet, District
titleholder in 1923, and seeded No.
2, was to be opposed by Lieuten-
ant Stewart.
Lieut.. Dave Hedekin, runner-up
for the Army crown last year, and
seeded No. 3, drew Captain Bas-
sett, and Major j. A. DorSt, City
of Washington doubles champion,
with Lieutenant Smith, was to
meet Lieutenant Grier.
Other seeded players were Lieu
tenant Lewis, Lieutenant Helmes,
Captain Drake and Major Cor
don. The tournament is under
the direction of Major Newgarden
and Captain House.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
DOUBLE W|NDUP
FOR MAT CARD

A double windup will feature
Promoter Joe Turner's wrestling
program at the Clark Griffith
Stadium Thursday night. Joe
Stecher, former world champion,
will tangle with Chief White
Feather in one match. The other
bout will involve Rudy Dusek and
Gino Garibaldi.
Three other first-rate bouts
have been programmed. They are
Marshall Blackstock and Frank
BrunoWicz, McMillen and Jack
zarnoS and Berto Asserati and
Jerry Monaghan.
Stecher was one of wreStling's
greatest stars several years back
and, has only returned to the
game after a long retirement. He
was noted for his powerful scissors
hold, with which he nearly
crushed all opponents.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
Injuries Mar Auto
Speed Race at Salem


SALEM, N. H., June 27.-A
Gordon of South Bend, Ind,
today held the Rockingham Speed
way smile sweepstakes automobile
title after A. A. A. officials called
the race off at the end of the
fifteenth mile. Three cars went
through the rail before the race
was cancelled.
Bernard Karnatz, of Detroit,
was critically injured. His car
struck that of AL Asten, of Phila-
delphia and then hit the car of
Joe Russo, of Indianapolis. Asten
and Russo escaped serious injury.
A crowd of about $4,000 saw the
race.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
H. 47-YEAR-OLD BONUS SEEKER MA YRUNLNU s. MARATHO
JAYS EXHIBIT
LACROSSE
CLASS
BY HARRY COSTELLO

well, lCS unanimous now.
Johns Hopkins University's
lacrosse team has finally been
chosen as Americas representa-
tive in the 1882 Olympiad's Ia
crosse competitions.
The Blue Jays won the ma
tional championship for the Sec
ond time this season when they
defeated the University of Mary
land IL in the Baltimore Stad-
ium, Saturday. The score was
7 to S.
Six weeks ago every one agreed
that Hopkins was the team which
should draw the Olympic assign
ment. However, amateur athletic
officials felt it necessary to stage
a pro-Olympic with eight teams
involved. On four successive
Saturdays games we're staged in
New York and Baltimore. The
motive, of course, was money.
Good Attendance
It would be interesting to
know just how much money was
raised by the Olympic series.
If reports on attendance figures
have been correct, amateur
athletic officials now have
enough money to send seven or
eight lacrosse teams to Los
Angeles.
Saturdays game was a SenSa-
tional affair from start to finish.
Maryland's defense, Superbly ar
ranged to meet the offensive
team play of Hopkins, was finally
overcome by the individual abil,
ity of two Blue JayS-Turnbull
and Kelly-and one brilliantly
executed strategem.
Many persons who have been
witnessing lacrosse games for
many years insist that Saturdays
game goes down in. history as
the classic of all time.
Two Great Teams
Two truly great teams con-
tested every step of the route
with a. determination that only
great teams can possess. Mary
land was at its peak. Hopkins
appeared very nearly at its peak,
too.
At the outset Hopkins started
it's methodical team play attack,
determined to repeat the 7-to-l
dose administered to Maryland
six weeks ago.
Maryland'S defense was not to
be outplayed this time, however
and the Jays found the going
tough. Even so, they took 9
2 to 0 lead. only to see it dissi'
pated and the TerrapinS leading
to 2, at half time.
Steiber played wonderful la.
crosse for Maryland as the Old
Liners went to the front. He de-
livered each of three passes
which were the beginnings OF
three counters for the Terrapins
Hopkins Ties Second
Soon after the start of the
second half, Hopkins tied it UP
at three all. Then Maryland
went into the lead by virtue OF
a goal by Wood.
The game then tightened per
ceptibly and play was even
Stephen for some time.
Hopkins tied it up again, and
three times thereafter the Jays
employed the same strategem to
score three shots.
1t was the conspicuous failure
of the Maryland defense to solve
this single offensive play which
lost for the Old Liners and Won
for the Jays.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
NJ, A, DOUBLES
IN FINALS

Whoever seeded the teams for
the Middle Atlantic doubles tour
nament knew their business.
The No. l seeded team, Tom
Mangan and Bud Markey, meets
the No. 2 seeded pair, Lieut.. Ger
aid Smith and Lieut.. Roy Gra-
ham, for the title at the Colum-
bia Country Club at 4 o'clock
today.
All we can do now is await the
results and see if the seeding was
prophetic even to the last de-
gree.
Markey and Mangan fell heir
to the final round without a
struggle as the sensational team
of Barney Welsh and Rand
Shields forfeited. The smiling
lieutenantS waded rough a
crisply fought four-set match
against Fred Sendel and Alan
Staubly. 6-1. 7-9, 6--3, 60.
Mrs. Ruth Martinez and
Frances Walker readjusted their
Women's District Tennis League
doubles "crown" on their head
by Stemming the ambitions of
Mrs. Frances Stone and Abbie
Sard in the finals yesterday 60,
6-4.
Veterans Bureau gained seven
out of nine matches in the Cap
ital City League over Edgewood
in a keenly fought series. Gene
Herman took the measure of Bill
Seidel in three stirring sets IN
the feature.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
Pilots Deal OriOIe
Foes Double Defeat

First a thrilling mound battle
and then a one-sided Suggest
saw the Baltimore Black Sox
drop a twin decision to the Wash
ington Pilots, l to 0 and 10 to l,
in East-West Colored League bat
ties yesterday in Baltimore.
In the opener, Macdonald, star
Pilot twirler, bested Holmes in a
neat hill duel. The Sox were
helpless before the visitors
twisters but SuttleS nicked
Holmes for a double in the
seventh and then was sent across
the plate for the lone tally OF
the contest.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
SEE
MEET OPENING

CHICAGO, June 27. - Demo
cratic convention delegates and
visitors rubbed elbows with Chi
cago's fashionables today as they
trekked out to Arlington track
to witness the opening of the
race meeting there.
Feature of the opening day pro-
gram was the $4,000 added
Inaugural with an overnight entry
list of % thoroughbreds.
The Widener colt Jamestown
attracted most of the Eastern
money while Western betterS
were stalking their currency on
Abe Bartelestein's Polydorus. The
popular Gallant Knight, how
ever, drew lively support from
both Eastern and Western turf
fans and threatened to go to the
post at least the second faVorite.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
PO[O|STS OPEN
CUP SERIES

A double-header opens the an
nual Argentine Cup polo series
at the Potomac Park oval today.
Ft. Humphreys clashes with
Sixteenth Field Artillery of FIT.
Myer in the opener, starting at 3
O'Clock, and the Third Cavalry
Greens will take the field against
Quantico Marines Immediately on
the conclusion of this match.
Third Cavalry YellowS, the fav-
OriteS, will make their debut to-
morrow against the War Depart
ment Blues.
War Whites, defending cham
pionS, and picked to battle the
Cavalrymen for the title, drew a
first round bye.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
Boston Red SOr Sign
LQrry BOerner

Larry Boerner, local sandlot
pitcher has been signed by the
Boston Red SoX. The Six-foot
moundSman has had several try
outs with various big league
teams and on each occasion was
q little too green.
Now Boerner believes he has
enough polish to stick with the
Red Sox. Yesterday Larry
hurled the st. Mary'S Celtics to
a 15-to-2 victory over the Wash
ington Police nine. He allowed
seven scratched bingles and never
was in danger.