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with only relatives and q few intimate
friends present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph left immedi-
ately after the ceremony for a trip
through the East They win return to
Washington In time for the fnaugura-
ton. Mrs. Randolph Is well known
throughout the eastern part Of West
Virginia. For several years she has
been field agent of the West Virginia
welfare department in this section, q
position she recently resigned.
Her father Is a member Of the West
Virginia University Board Of Governors.
Mr.. Randolph for some years has
been professor of English and public
speaking at Davis and Elkins College
in Elkins, w. Va, and business man
ager Of the athletic department. He Is
a past president Of the West Virginia
District Of Lions Clubs, and has been
active IN fraternal and church work.
Some years ago he was a newspaper
man in Clarksburg, w. Va. He was
elected on the Democratic ticket to
Congress at the November election from
the 13 counties comprising the second
district. He will be the baby" Repre-
sentative at the coming term.
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Dramatist and Playwright
To Speak at Century of
PROGRESS Dinner Here
Mrs. Gertrude Nelson An
drews Will Honor Susan
B. Anthony and DR.. Anna
Howard Shaw.

Mrs. Gertrude Nelson Andrews, for
tnany years an advocate Of citizenship
TOR women, internationally known
dramatist and playwright, will be one
OF the speakers at the Century Of
Progress dinner to be held in Barker
Hall Of the Y. w. G. A. at $50 o'clock
Anthony and DR.. Anna Howard Shaw.
Tables named in honor Of the CO.
workers Of these great women will be
sponsored by representatives from the
leading women's clubs In washington.
Miss LAvtnia Darve, dramatic lyric So
prano of New York City, will give
several numbers and Mrs Winifred H.
Artaud viii accompany her at the piano.
Other speakers on the program will
be Miss Janet Richards and Mr.. VIII
liam Charles Grace, former State Sena-
tor Of Michigan, will speak on the
philosophy Of individual achievement
Susan 3. Anthony.
Clubs which will be represented at
the dinner will include the National
League Of Women Voters, by Miss Bell
Eherwtn, president, and Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle, vice president; the Gen.
eral Federation Of Women's Clubs by
the president. Mrs. Grace Morrison
Poole; the District League Of Women
voters by Mrs. Harry L. Parkinson, who
sponsors q table in honor Of Ida
Husted Harper; the District Federation
of Women's Clubs by Mrs Henry Fenno
Sawtelle, second vice president, who
sponsors q table in honor Of Julia Ward
Howe; the Womens City Club, Miss
Alice Heaven, president, and Mrs. Ly-
man B. swormstedt. past president. who
sponsors o table in honor of Helen r.
Tindall; the Order Of the Eastern Star,
Miss Minnie Evans Keys. international
grand secretary, who sponsors q table
Study Club. Mrs. Humphrey Daniel,
president, and Miss Jessie Dell and Mrs.
John S. Bennett, sponsors, in honor Of
DR.. Kate Waller Barrett; the Susan B.
Anthony Foundation. Mrs. Ada Van
Loon MacGee, second vice president,
and Mrs. Lucy Cooper Shaw, who spon-
sor a table In honor Of Nanette B.
Paul; the Single Tax Club. Mrs. Marie
H. Heath sponsoring q table in honor
of Elizabeth Cady Stanton; the Ma
tional Council for the Prevention Of
War, Miss jeanette Rankin and Mr..
Frederick ]. Libby, who sponsor table
Miss Margaret Fitzgerald Of the Con-
necticut branch Of the League Of
American Pen Women, will sponsor q
table in honor of Deaconess Hastings.
Other clubs to be represented are the
Daughters of the American Colonists,
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, president, Mrs. w. Hiram Wad-
leigh, honoring Frances +. Willard; the
Excelsior Literary Club. Mrs. Alice B.
Creque, president, to honor Clara B.
Colby, and Bryn Mawr Alumni. Mrs.
Elliott O'Hara, president, to honor DR..
Anna Howard Shaw.
Mrs. w. M. Hurley, at $500 Thir-
teenth street northwest, Is in charge Of
reservations for the dinner and the
public Is cordially invited. Mrs. A. E.
Hendley ID chairman Of publicity.
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Farewell Fete Given
For Retiring Diplomat

The Minister Of Hungary and Count
ess szechenyi were the honor guests
at q farewell luncheon yesterday given
by the president Of Georgetown UNI
versity, DR.. Coleman Nevis. s. J. The
other guests were the Minister OF
Austria and Mime. Prochnik, the Min
lister Of YugoslaUa, Dr.. Pitamic: Miss
CorneNa Szechenyi, Miss Gladys
Szechenyi, Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont,
Mrs. Chauncey NJ Depew, Mrs. Henry
G. Corbin, Mr.. George Angus Garrett
and Mr.. John G. Bowen.
Father Nevis was assisted by the
vice president Of Georgetown University.
the Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, s. J., and
the Rev. Joseph A. Farrell, S. ]. The
guests were received in the hall OF
cardinals, where among the Is oil
paintings Of Jesuit cardinals is one OF
Cardinal Stephen Pzmany, who was the
founder In 1885 of the Royal Pazmany
Peter University at Budapest, the lead
ing institution Of higher learning IN
Hungary. The luncheon was served
In the Shandells room, after which the
guests visited the Beauchamp-H Hughes
Art Cabinet and the new Dubuisson
Liturgical Museum of vestments, one
set Of which is the oldest preserved In
the United States, having been used In
the earliest Colonial days.
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Winchester. The wedding win take
place In June. Miss whitlock Is the
daughter Of the late DR.. and Mrs. j.
Lawrence Whitlock, and for a year has
been tn charge Of the department Of
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Congressional Guests at
Hoosier State Musicale

Mrs. Anna Davis Straub, soprano;
Mrs. Dorothy Radde Emery, concert
pianist, and Mr.. James De Valse Mann,
tenor, were the guest artists last eve
ming of the Indiana State Society at
their dance and musicale at the Shore
ham Hotel Representative Arthur
Greenwood was the presiding off1cer.
Among the guests were Senator and
Mrs. Robinson, Representative and Mrs.
Ludlow, Representative and Mrs. Green
wood, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl D. Ruth, Mrs.
John Mock, Mrs. Earnest Humphrey
Daniel, Mrs. John Bennett, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Nelson, DR.. and Mrs. Charles
Keefer, Mrs. Russell r. Harrison, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Bassett, Mrs. Harvey
Wylie and Mr.. and Mrs. Duke Patrick.
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Society of the Covenant
Benefit February q

Mrs. Charles Wood will give her
beautifully illustrated lecture. Prom
Kashmir to SIAM" In the rose room
Of the Washington Hotel Monday,
February 20, at $50 O'Clock, for the
benefit Of the Society of the Covenant.
Mrs. Wilson Compton Is in charge
of arrangements and the committee are
Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs. w. D. Bryan,
Mrs. william Strong, Mrs. Joel r.
Boone, Mrs. Brainard, Mrs. Warner,
Mrs. Albert ]. Mccartney, Mrs. Edwin
Pollock, Miss Helen Childs, Mrs. Col
aison, Miss Alice Grandin, Mrs. Stalker,
Mrs. Irving Ketchum, Miss Mary
Wrightman, Mrs Earl Proseis, Mrs.
william Rhoades, Miss Chickering,
MIS-. Henry ]. Richardson, Mrs. William
Merritt, Mrs. M. j. Vaughn, Mrs. Otis
johnson, Miss Helen Lyon, Mrs.
Dashiell, Mrs. Martin Proctor, Mrs.
William Wagner, Mrs. Collier and Mrs.
Howard Leroy and Miss Isabel
Campbell.
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First Concert Tuesday
To Aid Needy Musicians

The list Of prominent people who
have shown marked interest in the
series of six benefit concerts to heir
musicians In distress has been consid-
erably increased. The series will be
given under the auspices Of the Ten
O'Clock Club Of this city, BEGINNING
Tuesday evening in the Sulgrave Club,
1901 Massachusetts, avenue northwest.
The complete list Of patrons and
patronesses includes Mrs. James s.
Parker, Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes,
Princess Won der Lippe-Lipski, Baron
ana Baroness Won Millus of New York,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Hughes Of New
York, Miss Mabel T. Boardman. Miss
Lucy Brickenstein, Miss Mary Bricken-
stein, Mrs. William Joseph Butler, Mrs.
Cryder, Mr.. and Mrs. Hayne H. Ellis,
Mr. william Phelps Emo, Mrs. Z. Rich
ard Gasch, Mrs. Christian Heurich,
Miss Elizabeth Butler Howry, Mrs.
Oscar Jareckt, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson,
Mrs. Edwin B. Parker, Mr.. Edward G.
Potter, Mrs. William Henry Smith, Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend and Mrs. Clark
Wing.
The artists on the opening program
Tuesday viii be Miss Sylvia Meyer,
harpist of the Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra, and Miss Florence Yocum,
popular radio and concert soprano Of
Washington, with Mr.. George Corn
well, pianist, Of this city, as accom-
panist. Mrs. Helen Fetter Cook will
discuss the music Of the program and
introduce the musicians. The pro-
gram, which Will begin at $50 o'clock,
will be given at the Sulgrave. Club
through the courtesy Of Mrs. Eleanor
Patterson, one Of the patronesses.
At 1880 o'clock, following the music,
q reception In honor Of the artists will
be held in the Ten O'Clock Club, at
1908 K street northwest. Mr.. Edward
s. Macdonald, director Of the club, and
Mrs. Macdonald Will head the re-
ceiving line, assisted by the artists OF
the evening and Mrs. Gertrude Lyons.
president Of the D. c. Federation Of
Music Clubs, which Is cooperating with
the club In this series. Miss Lucy Ann
Rogers will assist at the coffee table.
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Miss Dorothy Perkins
Will Marry u. S. Army
Air Officer In June

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Mrs. Poole Returns From
New England Club Visit

Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole. president
Of the General Federation Of Women's
Clubs, returned Saturday to her apart
ment at headquarters after an absence
Of several weeks spent in Illinois and In
New England. Mrs. Poole will leave
Monday for Providence, r. l., to attend
a State Federation luncheon and on the
following day she will be an honor
guest at the Council Of Presidents In
Baltimore.
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Secretary Wilbur Goes
To Chicago for Meeting
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Continued From First Page.)
and his brother, Mr.. John Charles of
West Orange, N. j. Mr.. Robert s.
Charles, jr., arrived yesterday from Al
geria and will be married Wednesday
to Miss Dorothy Anne Boyle. He was
Joined here by his brother, Mr.. John
Charles, who will act as best man at
the ceremony.
Mrs. Lucien A. Clarke, accompanied
by. Mrs. John s. Powell Of New York,
Mrs. Grant w. Taylor and Mrs. Ogilvie
Shumate. has gone to Miami Beach,
where they will remain until March.
Mrs. Powell was q house guest Of Mrs.
Clarke during her stay In Washington.
Miss Imogen Bird of Washington is
one Of seventeen students making high
honors for the first semester of this year
at Mary Baldwin College, at Staunton,
Va. Miss Bird Is prominent in extra
curricular activities, as well as in schol-
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arship, and is the president Of the
freshman class this year.
A number of Washington girls have
attended Mary Baldwin, and there are
many alumnae in the city. Founded in
1842, Mary Baldwin Is the second old
est Presbyterian college for women and
ems college in the United States. It Is
only four years younger than the oldest
women's college in the world. It has
had q varied and colorful history, as
seminary, Junior college and senior col
lege.
Miss Bird is daughter Of the Rev.
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Representative-Elect Weds
In West virginia Yesterday

Miss Mary X. Babb. daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Babb Of Kevser, w.
va. became the bride Of Mr.. Jennings
Randolph Of Elkins, w. Va, Representa-
tive-elect from the second district Of
West Virginia, yesterday afternoon.
The ceremony was performed at the
home Of the brides parents at Keyser
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club house 'The Family and Its Prob
lens" will be presented to the Educa-
ton Committee meeting by Mrs. Basil
Manly and Mrs. Clarence I. Hendrick-
son.
An informal tea In the club house
will be given Saturday from ( to 6
O'Clock.
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Representative Douglas
Guest Speaker at Club

Representative Lewis w. Douglas will
be the guest speaker at the regular
Monday forum luncheon of the
Woman's National Democratic Club at
1926 New Hampshire avenue tomorrow
at 1890 o'clock
His subject win be "The New Deal
for the West"
Thursday morning at II o'clock in the
Evening star., 1933-12-14
MARINES PLACED
UNDER FLEET HEAD
New Policy Unifies Force
as an Offensive Arm
Of the Navy.

A sweeping reorganization of the set
up of the Marine Corps fighting forces,
under which the East and West Coast
Expeditionary Forces are abolished and
new Fleet Marine Force is placed
directly under the commander in chief
of the United States Fleet, was today
announced at the Navy Department
The order was signed by Maj. Gen. Ben
H. FHfers commandant of the Marine
Cops. and is effective Immediately. with
the headquarters of the Fleet Marine
Force established at Quantico, Va, and
Brig. Gen Charles H. Lyman placed in
command.
This new policy unifles the Marines
as an offensive arm of the Navy at
the disposal of the commander in chief
OF the feet" Gen Lyman said. This
gives to the commander in chief of the
feet q military force to accomplish
whatever his naval plans may require,
estab ishirg maximum unity Of COM
nand''
z Provide Shore Base Force.
The headquarters of the East Coast
Expeditionary Force were located at
Quantico, while those Of the West Coast
group were at San Diego Calf, but
these groups were not under naval COM
mand. The new policy will directly
give the commander in chief shore
base force at his disposal, officials ex-
planned
Under this program, the Marines
serving aboard the warships will not be
disturbed, but may, in extraordinary
situations, be thrown in with the
Fleet Marine Force as landing troops.
Actually. at the present time. Gen.
Lyman asserted today. about half of his
force is now assembled. 1t comprises
the 7th Regiment of Marines. one of
whose battalions is in training afloat.
aboard the battleship u S. E. wyoming.
and the other is still at Quantico. Com
manding the Wyoming group is Lieut.
Col. John Potts. while the battalion of
that regiment still at Quantico is COM
manded by Lieut.. Col. Sydney S. Lee
In command Of the battalion now being
organized at San Diego is Maj. Keller
E. Rockey.
1000 Men at Quantico.
Gen. Lyman explained that in the
outfit will be 1,500 men, 1000 of them
at Quantico, as a permanent force. But
in addition to these, there will be GER
tain designated groups. doing duty at
the regular naval shore stations. These
men will be given special training for
the Fleet Marine Force, in addition to
their regular station duties-some as
engineers, some as machine gunners
and others in different lines. Gen.
Lyman will send his staff officers, from
time to time, to inspect these men, be-
ing groomed for the Fleet Marine Force
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O'DUFFY DISSOLvES
IRISH YOUTH GROUP
Surprise Move Followed by Plan
for New and Approved
Society.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, December 1.-THE Free
State government was given surprise
today by Gen. Eoin O'Duffy when the
Blue Shifts leader announced that the
banned Young Ireland Association,
which ne heads, has been dissolved.
O'Dufy, for whose arrest a warrant
has been issued, served q writ on the
attorney general asking for high
court declaration that q new league OF
youth which he is forming shall be
a legal body.
It was recalled that when the original
Blue Shirt National Guard was banned,
the Young Ireland Association was
formed. 1t was declared Illegal last
week.
ODuffy, who is opposing the gov
ernment of President Eamonn de Valera,
was appointed director general of the
new movement.
I'VE always kept within the law" he
said. I'VE have been banned without
cause. We wish to have the high courts
assurance that our new. organization
ID perfectly legal"
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ICKES NAMES SECOND SALESMAN
PERSONA NON GRATA TO P. ". A..

between one Of the companys officials
and the administration.
In letter to Bonnell, the Secretary
recalled the latter's insistence he had
not sought to imply personal influence.
but the Secretary said he took a con-
trary view and considered Bennelrs in
tention was to imply influence.
1t was said at the P. w. A. that
Bonnell was discharged by the engi-
neering firm.
The Secretary sent copies of his let
ter to Bonnell to Mayor A. Henry Arp
Of Moline, the Moline Daily Dispatch
and the Public Works Administration
organization in Illinois.
The first name on the Ickes per
soma non grata" list is that Of James
Bernard of Washington, D. c., who
was alleged to have sought to influence
Gov. Sholtz of Florida to press certain
public works projects in which he (Ber-
nardD was interested.
Public works officials denied reports
that records of alleged lobbying activi-
ties at the Public Works Administration
or In its organization are being turned
over to local grand juries and prose-
cutors for prosecution on charges of OBJ
tanning money under false pretense5.
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PRICE OF BONDED
LIQUOR REDUCED
Chain Drug Companies Announce
Cuts Below Those of Dis
pensaries.

Reduced prices on bonded liquors,
wines and champagnes were put into
effect here yesterday by local chain
drug companies.
Including the cost of prescriptions,
the drug store prices in virtually every
case are lower than those of nearby
Maryland dispensary and at off-sale
and on-sale establishments in Prince
Georges County.
Bonded liquors were reduced the
most. The cheapest bonded liquor now
sells for S4.75 a quart. The majority
of the other bonded stock is retailing
for SITS per pint and $3.50 per quart
The following bonded brands. most OF
which are aged more than Is years, are
in the SITS pint class:
Old Quaker, Four Roses, Antique,
Schenley Aged, Paul Jones, Old Tay-
lor, Grandad and Golden Wedding.
According to an announcement today
the lowest price at Montgomery
County's dispensaries for bonded liquors
is 81 per quart.
Blended liquor prices were also cut:
Kentucky Triumph is now being sold
for SIPS per pint and $3.50 per quart.
Mattingly & Moore, sold in quart sizes
only, is being retailed for s2.75 quart.
Evening star., 1933-12-14
TOLL OF 5O|NJURED
ON ICY STREETS
Hundreds of Eutos Stranded.
Nearby Accidents Many.
Temporary Rise Predicted.

A feeble sun was Washington's prin-
cipal hope today for relief from the
sheet of ice which has covered the entire
vicinity since early yesterday afternoon,
injuring more than so persons and
stranding hundreds of automobiles on
city streets and along the roads of near
by Virginia and Maryland.
Beginning yesterday at the closing of
the business day, traffic through the
city had been succession Of snarls up
to noon today.
The Weather Bureau predicted that
the temperature later this afternoon
might rise to slightly above the freez-
ing point, but tonight would drop back
TO Is degrees, probably freezing once
more the melted ice. The sun was ex-
pected to have some effect, however, on
exposed streets. Tomorrow will be
warmer, 1t was said.
Sand Strewn on Pavements.
Crews from the District Highway De-
partment were hard at work this morn
ing strewing sand and calcium chlor-
ide on main thoroughfares. They began
their labors last evening with the let
up in traffic and continued through
the night. BY this morning most of
the streets, with the exceptions of a few
steep hills. were passable Most of the
entrances to Rock Greek Park have
been closed by the Park Police
The arrival of the ice brought out
thousands of gleeful children, who took
advantage of the slippery hills. The
Police Department. however, decided
the ice was too dangerous even for
sliding aud refused to set aside certain
streets for coasting. The youngsters
were not deferred and met with little
obstacles in the way of traffic. which
was almost at standstill last night
Thomas P. Littlepage, former presi-
dent of the Washington Chamber of
Commerce, prominent lawyer and gen
eral" of the local N. r. A., was among
the victims of the icy sidewalks. He fell
and broke a leg while alighting from
taxicab at the office of w. c. Miller,
near the Mayfower Hotel
Most of the casualties reported were
OF a similar nature. A check this
morning indicated Sc had been treated
at local hospitals and hundreds of
others nursed bruises and scrapes.
Literally hundreds of minor automobile
accidents occurred. police said, but most
of the time the damage was slight.
Plunge of Truck Fatal.
The relief driver of a freight truck
was killed when it plunged into a deep
gulley near Fredericksburg, Va, last
night. The dead man was j. L. Muir
dock, SO. of Cascade, Va The driver
and passenger were not hurt
The greater portion of Southern
Maryland was thrown into darkness for
three hours last night when a truck
smashed a pole on which was a huge
transformer near Clinton, Md. The
truck, operated by George Amos, 600
block Seventh street, skidded on hill,
striking the pole.
Many suburbanite found difficulty
reaching his place Of employment in
~,
Evening star., 1933-12-14
OXYGEN FACTORY
BLAST KILLS MAN
Second Worker Dying of In
iurieS in Explosion Near
D. C. Airport.

One man was killed and another was
critically injured today in an explosion
that wrecked the plant of the Southern
Oxygen Co, Inc, few blocks south of
the Washington Hoover Airport. and
which shook other buildings within a
radius of quarter of mile or more
The dead man was N. R. Hartman,
228 Braddock avenue. Alexandria. One
of his legs was blown off. and he was
burned from head to foot, according to
physicians at Emergency Hospital, where
he died shortly after the blast.
The other man, Charles Pitts. 1907
Capitol avenue northeast, also was
badly burned and doctors held little
hope for his recovery.
Women Suffer Shock.
Approximately so employees of the
company were shaken by the explosion,
which blew out windows of buildings
100 feet or more away. Eight women
office workers. becoming hysterical
when the explosion occurred, were ad-
ministered restoratives and rushed
away in automobiles.
raymond Harper. colored, working
In the acetylene plant with Hartman
and Pitts, escaped serious injury.
Witnesses said he dragged one of the
injured men from the plant. Harper
was treated at the hospital for shock.
Eight fire companies, including one
from Washington, responded to a tele-
phoned alarm, and worked half an
hour or more extinguishing blaze that
followed the blast.
Conrad c. Smith, vice president of
the company, and commodore of the
Corinthian Yacht Club, was unable to
explain a cause of the blast.
Blast Cause a Mystery.
Il don't even know what exploded"
he said. Nobody ever understands
these kinds of things. All we know is
that something goes off all of a sudden.
And that's all there is to it."
The plant was all but demolished
the blast blowing out walls, doors and
windows.
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GIRL DIES IN FIRE, DESTROYING
ENTIRE BLOCK. ON WEDDING EYE

from a window on the fourth f1o1c.
The roof of the structure fell in shortly
after and 1t, was some time later before
r1remen could make their way into the
destroyed building.
Those at the hospital, beside La
Fountaine, were Mrs. Viola Wilmer. her
daughter, Pauline, IA, and her son, Clar'
ence, 16. Their conditions were not
serious.
The FIRE was believed to have started
in q dancing school on the second floor
of the .fou--story brick building. The
cause WIS unknown. Loss was estimated
at 100000.
The blaze began shortly before mid
night, gained headway quickly and by
O'Clock this morning the block Of
apartments and business offices lay In
smouldering ruins.
Firemen and police believed Miss
Burns the only victim.
Evening star., 1933-12-14
FIVE DUTCH MUTINEERS
ARE SENTENCED IN JAVA,

By the Associated Press
SURABAYA, Java, December 14.-Five
European corporals who played a part
IN the mutiny early this year of the
Dutch warship De Zeven Provincien,
which was pursued by destroyers, air
planes and submarines over the Indian
ocean for five days, were sentenced to
imprisonment today.
Tired by court martial in this Dutch
naval base, the men received terms of
l to 16 years.
Aerial bombing brought surrender of
the mutinous crew of the De Zeven Pro-
vincien on February 10 when 18 men
were killed and Is we're injured.
Angered by pay cut. the 400 sailors
seized the vessel on February 5. while
the commander was ashore on the
northwestern tip of Sumatra, overpower-
ing eight officers. Then followed one of
the most unusual pursuits in modern
naval history.
Three other groups are yet to stand
trial.