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Evening star., 1933-08-11
FIRST LADY SEEKS
FACTS ON WAGES
Mrs. Roosevelt Invites Gen.
y
Johnson and Secretary
of Labor Perkins.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The subject Of equal minimum wages
for women and men in N. r. A. codes
of competition was to be discussed today
at White House luncheon, to which
Mrs Roosevelt has invited Brig. Gen.
Hugh S. johnson, the recovery admins
traitor, and Secretary Of Labor Frances
Perkins.
Mrs. Roosevelt revealed at her press
conference yesterday that she Is bent on
informing herself on exactly what Is
happening in this connection. and the
luncheon invitations were sent out with
this in mind.
Several temporary codes now in opera
ton and some permanent ones being
formulated provide a lower minimum
wage for women than for men. Mrs
Roosevelt explained she had received
several letters on the subject and had
sent them to johnson and Miss Perkins
with her luncheon invitation.
She said she fully realized there
might be temporary and special things"
which would justify difference-for
instance, a lower minimum for women
might have to be temporary expedient
in some industries to keep from throw
ing them out of work.
Mrs. Roosevelt praised Mrs. johnson,
wife Of the recovery administrator. for
taking a volunteer position, without pay,
on his consumers board staff.
1T is a grand thing for her to do
and chance for an awfully good piece
of work."
Evening star., 1933-08-11
CONVICT ) MINERS
OF GIRL MURDER
Four at Jonesboro, ILL.,, Given
Life Sentences, Other
One 40 Years.

BY the Associated Press.
JONESBORO, Ill, August 11.-Nve
young Duquoin miners were found
guilty by Circuit Court jury here last
night of the murder Of Laverne Miller,
14-year-old school girl.
Four of the defendants-Robert
Shingleton, Sam Ferro, Otis Battagla
and Barney Bosetto-were sentenced to
life imprisonment. Emery Albers was
given a 40-year sentence.
None of the five showed any emotion
when the verdict was read.
Attorneys for the State had asked
the death penalty.
The Miller girl, a daughter Of a
Duquoin United Mine worker, was
fatally wounded by shots fired from
speeding car as she sat in her home
studying her high school lessons the
night of April 6.
The convicted men were affiliated
with the Progressive Miners organiza-
tion. Counsel for both the State and
the defense, in final arguments. at
tributed the murder indirectly to the
bitterness between the Progressive and
the United Mine Workers in southern
Illinois.
Evening star., 1933-08-11
POLICE SAY % CITIES
WANT CHICAGO PRISONER
59-Year-Old William Elmer Mead
Alleged to Have Fleeced Man
of $65,OOO.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 1.-THE arrest OF
a man police said had been identified
as William Elmer Mead, 59-year-old al
legged confidence man said by authori-
ties to be wanted in % American cities,
was revealed early today by Herbert
Graham, United States postal inspector
from New York.
The inspector said Mead had served
prison terms in London and San Quen-
tin. but had evaded arrest II years.
The latest exploits of which he was ac-
cused, he said was the alleged fleeing
of Parker c. Morton of Whitman, Mass,
out of S65 900 at Jacksonville, Fla.
Mead was seized by Inspector Graham
and Sergts Thomas Alcock and Thomas
Morris of the Chicago Detective Bureau
after he had left a fashionable North
Side hotel. Inspector Graham was sent
here from New York by the Government
especially to capture Mead, who was ac-
cused by the police of having come to
Chicago to prey upon visitors to Gen.
tury of Progress.
Evening star., 1933-08-11
BROKER ARRESTED
IN "PONz|" FINANCE
CharWomen and Other Small
Savers Alleged to Be
Victims.
Sy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 11.-Charwom-
ems cheers echoed in the ears OF Lorenz
Strack. a real estate broker, as he sat Ill
a cell today, but they brought him no
comfort for they were not for him.
They We're for magistrate who. on
hearing him denounced as "a Ponzi,"
held him in 100000 bail on grand lar
ceny charges.
Strack. a corpulent man who looked
straight ahead and said nothing, was
until recently pillar of Yorkville, New
York's little Germany" He was every
ones friend; every one trusted him.
Brought Him Savings.
House servants, scrubwomen, store
keepers brought him their savings for
investment, the magistrate was told yes
terday. MANY did not even take the
legal papers he offered them IN return.
EVERYTHING was sailing smoothly untH
there was a little difficulty about the
interest on Maria Blessings $4,000.
Maria, a charwoman, went to see At
torney Owen S. M. Tierney, who used to
prosecute fraud cases when ne was as
sistant Federal attorney. He found, ne
said, that Miss Blessings $4,000 was
represented by real estate bond form
on which all reference to mortgage Sc
curity had been stricken out so IL was
little more than promissory note.
"Worse Than Robber."
Tierney had the broker arrested, and
terror struck Yorkville Two hundred
of its citizens crowded to court yester-
day. some of them weeping, some OF
them standing on benches to hear better
what had become of their savings.
They heard Tierney say that he alone
had in his safe claims for ST 100000 in
mortgage participation certificates is
sued by Strack. Faces went white when
Tierney added that these are mot worth
a nickel"
They also heard a deputy assistant
attorney general say that Strack was
worse than robber." AS the prisoner
was led away they rushed historically
toward him, but police closed around
him and escorted him away.
Evening star., 1933-08-11

Greece has substantially bettered its
export trade by barter arrangements
with Austria, Czechoslovakia, France,
Germany, Yugoslavia and Sweden.
Evening star., 1933-08-11
ANXIETY IS FELT
. FOR MISSIONARIES
Two American Priests and
Six Sisters Are Held in
Town Taken by Rebels.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HANKOW, Hupeh Province Central
China). August 11.-Anxiety was felt
here today over the fate of eight Amer
lean Catholic priests and Sisters of
Mercy marooned in Yuanchow. which
rebels captured from provincial troops
June 27
Since then the government soldiers
have been unsuccessfully trying to re-
capture the town, which Is in Human
Province and 400 miles southwest of
Hankow
American Catholic authorities here
and at Shenchow, IS miles north of
Younchow, have tried for two weeks
to get direct word from the priests and
sisters.
Walter Adams, United States consul
general, here, has asked the Human
government to try to safeguard all
Americans in the battle area.
The eight Yuanchow missionaries are
Rev. Edward Mccarthy and Rev.
Francis Flaherty, members of the
American Passionist Order. and Sisters
Genevieve Ryan, Christiania Werth,
Magdaline Ivan, Rosario Goss, Saint
anne Callahan, and Mark Mullen, all
of whom are Passionist Sisters Of st.
Joseph.
SISTERS FEARED TROUBLE.
Evening star., 1933-08-11
ENTIRE ACCORD REACHED
At RADIO CONFERENCE
Chairman of o.. s. Delegation Re
ports Agreement on Channels for
Other Than Broadcasting.

Judge E. o. Sykes of Mississippi, chair
man of the United States radio dele
CATION here, in a press statement said
the nine North and Central American
countries represented at the radio con-
ference, reached an entire agreement
regarding frequencis of channls for
radio other than broadcasting, and
mentioned in this classification tele-
vision, aircraft, state police, point-to-
point telephone and telegraph, coastal
telegraph and telephone, ship telegraph
and telephone and amateur.
He further said that agreements
reached on technical matters relating
to broadcasting would be of great
benefit.
American delegates leave for Wash
ington tonight.
Evening star., 1933-08-11

of this city has been appointed deputy
superintendent of insurance for the
District to fill the vacancy created by
the resignation of John B. Payne, who
left the position to become controller of
the Agriculture Adjustment Admin
istration, Department of Agriculture.
Mr.. Conner, "a years old, is product
of the District public schools and the
Georgetown Law School. He served in
the Navy during the World War and
later was employed in the State De-
partment For the last 10 years he
has engaged in real estate and insur-
ance business in Washington
Evening star., 1933-08-11
AMERICAN IS WOUNDED
BY TURKISH GENDARMES
Teacher Is Mistaken for Escaped
Brigand and Is Shot
in Foot.

BY the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, August 11.-Ray-
mond s. White, an American teacher Of
the Smyrna International College. was
wounded in the foot last night by Turk
ish gendarmes who mistook him for an
escaped brigand as he was motoring at
high speed from Bergama to Smyrna.
White and three friends had visited
the Bergama ruins, leaving for Smyrna
before dawn. The gendarmes had fixed
a trap along the Bergama-Smyrna road
for the famous brigand Ghiavour Ali,
whom they had traced as far as Ber-
CANA.
Driving along the lonely road at so
miles an hour, White did not hear the
challenge of the gendarmes nor their
subsequent first shot into the air.
Thereupon the gendarmes shot lower.
hitting him in the foot. His condition
is not serious.
Evening star., 1933-08-11
SAILING BARK LOST

Last of Spanish Ships Sinks in Ca
ribbean With Crew of 13.
NEW YORK, August II @.-The
Tidewater Oil Co. has announced that
the three-masted bark Guadalhorce
last of the Spanish sailing ships in the
New York-Canary Islands trade, was
lost, with all 13 of the crew, about two
months ago in the Caribbean Sea, off
the Cuban coast
The wooden ship, which put into
New York about once year, was bound
from Las Palmas, Canary Islands, to
Jacksonville, Fla.
Evening star., 1933-08-11
Nominee Is Selected.

DANVILLE, Va. August II (SpeciaD
Robert c. Vaden of Gretna, is the
choice of Democratic political leaders
of the thirteenth senatorial district to
succeed the late Senator E. j. Harvey.
He was nominated yesterday at the
convention of the district held in
Martinsville.
Evening star., 1933-08-11

victory for the Liberal party at the
polls during the next presidential elec-
ton This being the situation. it Is
problematic whether the opposition
which has been fighting Machado and
his Liberal party would accept a man
at the helm of the state who, for all
intent and purpose, would be the same
as Machado.
While the question of the Cuban
sugar quota, which is being discussed
in America, will not be used as club
to force a peaceful solution of the po-
litical situation in Cuba, it is considered
likely that unless an early solution is
brought about the Cuban sugar planters
may suffer. The representatives of the
Cuban sugar industry, as well as the
representatives of President Machado,
have been making a point of the fact
that unless the Cuban export quota is
increased the prospects of an economic
recovery of that republic will be re-
mote.
Idea Impresses United States.
The United States Government has
been sympathetic with this argument,
although the American beet sugar in
terests and the Louisiana sugar inter-
ests together with those from the Phil
ippine Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto
Rico and the Republic of San Domingo
have been pressing for an increase of
their own quota at the expense of the
Cubans
If the Cuban government cannot sue
ceed in re-establishing order and gov
ern in accordance with the constitu-
| tion 1t is not unlikely that the ad-
ministration would leave that country
to its own devices and agree to in
! crease the quota Of the other sugar.
producing countries.
1t IS said that the hurried departure
| OF Ambassador Cintas this morning to
Havana was due to the fact that he had
a suspicion that something like this
may happen.
Cinta's Role Obscure.
The role of the Cuban Ambassador
since the beginning of the crisis ap-
pears extremely obscure 1t is stated
IN well informed quarters, that he has
completely failed to inform his Presi-
dent about the exact attitude of the
American Government regarding the
crisis and that in his antagonism for
Ambassador Welles he has conveyed the
impression to his government that
Welles did not actually have the back
ing OF the State Department. Because
he knew the American Government was
reluctant to intervene in Cuba with
armed forces, he is said to have told
Machado an unyielding attitude would
IN the end be profitable, since the
American Government is going to do a
| good deal of talking without daring to
take any definite drastic measures.
Evening star., 1933-08-11
SISTERS FEARED TROUBLE.
Officials at Mother Home of Order
Informed by Missionaries.

BADEN, Pa, August IL (P).-Authori-
ties at Mount Gallitzin Academy, mother
home of the Catholic Sisters of St.
Joseph, six of whom are reported ma
rooned by Chinese rebels 400 miles
from Hankow, said today they had
been anticipating trouble.
The six sisters are residents of Penn
sylvanfa. Sisters Magdalene Ivan, Mark
Mullen and Saintanne Callahan are
from Pittsburgh. Sister Genevieve
Ryan is from New Castle, Sister Chris
tiania Werth from Lebanon and Sister
Rosario Gross from Nanty-Glo.
No word has been received from them
since Yuanchow was reported captured,
but previous letters gave word Of i'm
pending trouble, 1t was learned at the
academy
Evening star., 1933-08-11
JOKER is SEEN HERE
IN COUNTER-PROPOSAL
OF CUBAN GOVERNMENT 7

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1933-08-11
TRANSPORT Strike Ordered.

SEVILLE, Spain, August II (Friday)
H.-A 48-hour transportation strike
ordered by Communists in protest
against the use of strike breakers on
the docks began at midnight.
Authorities ordered all who joined
in the strike discharged from their
iObS
Evening star., 1933-08-11
LOMBARD DIVORCE NEAR

Powell to Be Dissolved Soon.
RENO, New, August II (P.-The
marriage of Carole Lombard, blond film
star, and William Powell, also of the
movies, will end in the Nevada divorce
courts today or tomorrow
Miss Lombard has been living In a
secluded cottage at Lake Tahoe. The
marriage of Powell and Miss Lombard
June 26. 1881, was a surprise to the
Hollywood film colony. Their separa-
tion several weeks ago created an even
greater stir. Miss Lombard Is Powell's
second wife. His first was julie M.
Powell, also an actress.
Evening star., 1933-04-23

George Bernard Shaw in his best
statuesque pose for the movie cameras.
The literary celebrity is surrounded by
newspaper men aboard the Empress OF
Britain as the ship stopped at New
York for "a hours-just long enough
for Mr.. Shaw to step ashore to make
a radio address. 9 Wide World Photos.
Evening star., 1933-04-23

Where Germany's dictator
finds rest and recreation. Adolf
Hitler is shown playing with
his dogs at his retreat, Ober-
salzberg, in the Bavarian Alps:
9 Associated Press Photo.
Evening star., 1933-04-23

The Spring weather invites
Mrs. Roosevelt to stroll in the
White House Grounds. And
the First Lady is often to be
seen there these balmy days.
g Associated Press Photo.
Evening star., 1933-12-09
0. Thompson,
EDUCATOR, DIES
President Emeritus of Ohio
State Was Presbyterian
Moderator in 1927.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 9.-Dr.
william oxley Thompson. 10. president
emeritus of Ohio State University and
former moderator of the Assembly Of
the Presbyterian Church in the United
States Of America, died In q hospital
here early today.
The venerable educator and religious
leader. who left the oval of Ohio
State with the unofiicial title of most
beloved man." suffered a heart attack
on his birth anniversary. November s..
Oxygen was administered but he failed
rapidly in the last 48 hours
Until short time ago he was chair
man of the local N. r. A. Compliance
Board.
The oldest of 10 children of a poor
country cobbler, Dr. Thompson paid
for an education at Muskingum College
by working as a farm hand After
being ordained to the ministry in 1882
he became a missionary and pastor in
Iowa. He became president of Ohio
State in 1899.
He was moderator of the Presbyterian
General Assembly in 1927.
DR.. Thompson's retirement from Ohio
State was on mis- 10th birth anniver-
sary, after students, faculty and alumni
had protested his attempt to resign in
1919
He found Ohio State a small little
known school with 1000 students. When
he left its student body numbered more
than $4,000 and its plant. covering
1.l00 acres. was valued at about s15,-
000, 1000.
Evening star., 1933-12-09
Christian Science

God the Preserver of Man" is the
subject of the lesson-serrnon In all the
Churches of Christ. Scientist, tomor-
row. The golden text Is from Deu-
teronomy. xxxiii27: The eternal God
is thy refuge, and underneath are the
everlasting arms"
Among the citations which comprise
the lesson sermon Is the following from
the Bible: my son. If thou wilt re-
ceive My words, and hide My COM
mandments with thee; 50 that thou
incline thine ear unto wisdom, and ap-
ply thy heart to understanding. II
thou seekest her as silver. and searchest
for her as for hid treasures; then shalt
thou understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God. He
keepeth the paths of judgment. and
preserveth the way of the saints
Proverbs, i'll, 2. 4, 5, 8. The lesson
sermon also includes the following pas
sage from the Christian Science text
book. Science and Health. With Key
to the Scriptures" by Mary BAKER
Eddy: Science shows that maIerlal,
conflicting mortal opinions ana beliefs
emit the effects of error at all times,
but this atmosphere of mortal mlno
cannot be destructive to morals and
health when it is opposed promptly ana
persistently by Christian Science. IruJn
and love antidote this mental miasma,
and thus invigorate and sustain ex-
istence" (page 273.
Evening star., 1933-12-09
WEEK OF PRAYER OPENS
IN ADVENTIST CHURCHES
Coon and Riston in Charge of Pro-
grams Here-Youth Classes
Planned.

The annual week Of prayer exercises
of the Seventh-day Adventists began
today and will end Sunday, Decem-
Der II.
Rev. Clinton J. Coon. pastor of the
Capital Memorial Church, Fifth and
F streets, and Rev. Walter Riston,
pastor of the Mount Pleasant Church,
1909 Ninth street, are In charge Of
the program here. In the Takoma
Park area Rev w. r. French will
conduct the meetings at the Washing
ton Missionary College; Rev. c. S.
Longacre at the Washington Sani-
tarium. and Rev j. w. MacNeil at
the Takoma Park Seventh-day Ad-
ventist Church.
Mrs. w. H. Howell of Takoma Park,
former director of the normal depart
ment. Washington Missionary College,
has prepared special lessons for the
youth of the churches.
Evening star., 1933-12-09
Births Reported.

George and Marian Hamilton, jr., boy
Colman and Anna Bulman, boy.
Horace and Dorothy Ready. boy,
James and Leola Covert boy.
John and Margaret Bayless. girl
A. Richard and Hilda Lethridge. girl
John and Zerita Davis girl
Olin and Fannie Merchant. girl.
Alvin and Marie Dayhoff, boy.
Ivan and Agnes Guenther, boy.
Leon and Lenoir Roberts. boy
Vincent and Zelia Di Visneaud. boz
William and Juliette Simms. boy
Walter and Gertrude Bowers. boy.
Charles and Laura Carey. girl.
John and Hazel Grifrth, girl.
Francis and Mary Neubeck. girl.
Harry and Sarah Scott. girl
George and Mary Mierke. boy.
William and Doris Underwood. jr
Ulysses and Eva Bowman. girl.
Clarence and Bessie Williams. cir,
Horace and Gladys Bolts. girl.
Wheeler and Essie Burkley boy.
Vernon and Mabel HILL girl
Francis and Marjorie Gray, girl.
Sherman and Eva Harris. girl.
Stevens and Bermidine Ernest. bo
BENJAMIN and Virginia Burton, b
Evening star., 1933-12-09
Marriage Licenses.

auene;, 1s. both OF RICHMOND; Rev. Z. j
%. both Of Baitimors: Rev k 4. 4. Metz :.
James =. Harris. 20. T02 7th st. ne. and
Judge r. =. Mattingly.
Elliott Adams. %. 406 p st.. and MARGARET
z. simmons, %. 81 Florida ave.; Rev
r.. M. williams.
Ralph Bargtei, 90. and Mollie Hirsh. %
both Of Baltimore: Rev. @. Silyerstone.
Lawrence HawkfnA %, and Julia Brooks
%. both Of Lakeland, Nd; Rev. John r
Henry Il. Rose, es. King George. Va. ant
Alberta Shelton. 10, lilo 5th st. me-
Rev. J. e. Briegs.
Charles w. Hoffman. 81. Hazerstovn, Nd.
and Elizabeth T. Moore. %, 1920 Con-
necticut ave-; Rev. Henry w. Snyder.
Ralph W.. Ray. 20, and Ruth e. Ison, 81
both Of Newport News. Va; Rev. L. I
Henry p. zsun. ~. and Grace Hughes. e1
both Of Ellerson. Va; Rev. John G. Ball
Catherine 3. Nelson. IS. 627 2Srd pl. ne
Rev. r. W. Brooks.
s9.s both e .l,ss as s. ssv + smith q
ard W. ! Mary s., Z y McoTsai l,, q, FsrndaIs
Henry O. Hubbard %. Annapolis Hotel. ant
Eve =. Pomponi. 22s 1712 18th st..
Judge 3. =: Matsingly:
Evening star., 1933-12-09
JOE CRON|N SPEAKS
AT BOYS BANQUET
Life Likened to Base Ball
Game by Washington Team
Manager.

Life is just a game of base ball.
according to Joe Cronin, youthful
manager of the Warrington b-se ball
team. Give all that is in you. play
squarely. and you are pretty certain
to win.
That was the advice which Cronin.
in the city for conference with Clark
Grifith. gave ITO bo-s in their 'teers
American University CT the Interstate
Older Bo-s' Conference Of the
The boys, here from Maryland and
Delaware to join local youths in the
discussion OF boys problems. were
thrilled by Cronins vivid description
of exciting mcments of the les. world
series, cited to fluStrete points in his
theory thct life IS a g~rn7. Cronin and
Calvin Griffith. adcp eI son of the beli
club pre-i.ent. w're guests of honor
at the bcncue
Dr. Marx DspH, pastor CT st. Mark
Methodist Church. Baltimore, made the
keynote address Of the three-day meet
ing on the conference theme-"prepar-
ing youth to meet responsibilities of the
future" The world Of tomorrow. he
pointed out. will ccpend on the char
acter of the rising generation. He urged
that more religion be put into the daily
routine.
DR.. Depp also addressed the confer
ence this morning and will speak TO-
night at another banquet at the univer-
sity DR.. G. B. Woods. dean cf Ameri-
can University. welcomed the boys to the
university in a speech calling for clean
craftsmanship
This afternoon the delegates were to
take sightseeing trip. Reports of die
cussiGn groups will be submitted at a
session tomorrow morning. At nocn to-
morrow the boys will hear a sermon by
DR.. Chesteen Smith. pastor of the Met
ropolitan NJ. z. Church, marking the
close Of the convention
Evening star., 1933-12-09
ALBRIGHT MEMORIAL
COMMUNION SERVICE
.Cr. E. C. Bsscm Of York, Pa. Will
Preach-Mis-ion Clce Club
to Sing.

TIE third quarterly communion serv-
ice CT the Conference Year will be held
at Albright Memorial .anSeLcal
Churcl tomorrow at IL o'clc ck. DR.. E.
c. E2son. OF York. Pa, di---~ict supe-in-
ten1clt, will be the preacher. There
will be reception of members. Dr.
Bssom VIII teach the Mems Bible Class
oi the Sunday School.
At the evening service the Central
Union Mission Glee Club will be the fea-
ture OF the service. The minister, Rsv.
George E. Schnabel, will Be the preacher
ct tire service. The sermon theme will
be without Vision the People Pe-'sh."
The guild will conduct its annual n
gathering Wednesday evening under the
direction of the president. Mrs. Milton
Ctterback On Thursday evening the
church n ght service will begin at 8
o'clock. The fifth chapter OF st. Marks
gospel will be studied. This service is
led by the pastor
The children will rehearse Tuesday
and Thursday afternoons for the Christ
mas pageant.
The Christian Endeavor Societies Will
install officers tomorrow evening.
Evening star., 1933-12-09
EvANGELISTlC SERMON
Rev. c. B. Austin to Preach a
West Washington Baptist.

Rev. c. B. Auctin, pastor of the West
Washington Baptist Church. will preach
en- evangelistic sermon tomorrow at ii
o'clock. DR.. H. F. LaFlamr1e. mission
cry in India for l8 years. will be the
guest preacher at the evening service at
8 o'clock.
Mass meeting at st. Juln's Episco-
pal Church. Georgetown. Monday eve
ming at 8 o'clock. Address by Bishop
Logan H. Roots.
Missionary circle will meet Tuesday
at 2:30 pm. King Circle in T. E. l..
class room, 3l09 N street. Ladies Of
Baptist Home will be their special
guests; 8 pm, Circle at home Of Mrs.
Bessie Honabach, 1926 L street, and
Juliette Mather at home OF Mrs. E. l..
Darcy. 1920 @ street.
The pastor will speak Thursday eve
ming on What Shall We Do About
Jesus"
why the Chimes Rang" will present
the theme of the white Christmas serv-
ice the evening of December "a.