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Evening star., 1933-05-30
SHEPARD WINS REVIEW
OF POISONING TRIAL
Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of
Major Given Life Term in
Wife's Death.
BY the Associated Press.


The Supreme Court yesterday granted
a review of the murder trial of Maj.
Charles A. Shepard, now under SEN
tence of life imprisonment for the
murder of his wife, Zenanna Shepard,
on the Fort Riley, Kans.. military
reservation
Oral argument will be heard when
the court returns in October from its
Summer recess The case merely was
listed by the high court with a number
OF others, with notation it had de-
cided to review them on their merits
The petition asking a review stated
the conviction had been obtained by
the admission over the objections Of
Maj. Shepard's counsel of evidence
reporting his deceased wife to have
charged him with having poisoned her.
Other grounds also were advanced.
DENVER, May 80 Cp.-Maj. Charles
A. Shepard received with tears yes
terday the news that the United
States Supreme Court had granted him
a review of his murder conviction.
I'm so glad-Im SO glad" the 61-
year-old Army surgeon sobbed when
friends carried the word to a little
mountain village near here where he
is spending a leave of absence.
I'm sure I'll be cleared when the
case is heard again." he declared.
Shepard, Canadian-oorn Army tu-
berculosis expert, was convicted in
Kansas City. Kans, = in December, 1880,
of the murder by poison of his wife,
zenanna. The Tenth United States
Circuit Court Of Appeals twice upheld
the conviction. He has been free on
bond since his conviction and has been
on active duty at Fftzsimmons General
Hospital here.
Evening star., 1933-05-30
AUTHORITY ASKED
| TO SPEND SURPLUS
Mcleod Asks Early Approval
, of Bill to Empower Com
misSionerS.

Representative Mcleod, Republican,
Of Michigan announced today he would
seek early approval by the House Dis
trict Committee of his bill to give the
District Commissioners blanket au-
thority to expend any surplus tax rev.
enues that might accumulate in the
Federal Treasury to the credit of the
District.
The measure, introduced yesterday,
was referred to the District Committee.
Mcleod said he would confer with
Chairman Norton tomorrow and urge
her to call a special meeting of the
committee to report out the bill
Mcleod is anxious to get the meas
ure on the House calendar because he
believes its emergency character will
result in early action.
District officials have told him a
surplus of more than 100000 will
accumulate in the coming fiscal year,
which. under the. terms of his BILL
could be used for emergency unemploy-
ment relief, and needed public pro-
jects such schools, bridges and street
construction work which would pro-
vide employment for hundreds of men,
Instead of impounding District tax
payers money in the Federal Treasury" :"
Mcleod said, Congress should au-
thorize the Commissioners to spend it.
by making available, as needed,
such surplus funds for necessary pub
lie improvements not authorized in the
appropriation bills, an important step
will be taken toward attainment of
maximum efficiency in the government
OF the District"
Evening star., 1933-05-30
| new WORK SPEEDED
ON SKYLINE DRIVE
Chief Engineer Will Start Survey
Tomorrow for Southern Part
of Blue Ridge Route.
Special Dispatch to the Star.

Special Dispatch to the Star
LURAY, Va, May 30.-Work on the
southern extension of Skyline Drive
from Swift Run Gap. near Elkton, to
Jarmans Gap. miles northeast Of
Waynesboro, will start this week. w. M.
Austin, chief engineer of the Bureau OF
Public Roads said today.
Mr.. Austin will start the location sur
vey tomorrow. His route will blaze the
trail along the backbone of the Blue
Ridge over painless forests, into dense
virgin timber and through solid rock.
The road leads for 40 miles by Sim
mons Gap, Powells Gap, Black Rock
and Turk Gap, into Jarmans Gap. at
times following the Appalachian trail,
or at others curving new paths.
Mr. Austin says the section resembles
most that already built from Skyland
to Panorama, but probably is the
widest and toughest of the entire Blue
Ridge. The average height is $500 feet.
The highest peak is High Top, which Is
1885. This peak is located near Swift
Run Gap. and from it the road will
descend gradually, for miles keeping to
its average height.
Evening star., 1933-05-30

before realizing he shouldn't disturb the
body
"Weatherby confirms Smiths state
ment about the time the three men
separated, and declares that as he ap-
preached the lodge about o'clock. by
a different route, he saw Smith bending
over Rolph's body. He told me that
Rolph had several times recently threat
ened to commit suicide.
The coroner's physician continued
the sheriff, says the man probably died
between l and 2 o'clock"
DO you feel confident. from your in
vestigations, that Rolph was killed
DheTe his body was found?" interrupted
Fordney.
"All indications point that way"
mo fingerprints on the knife, 1 sup
pose?"
"Oh, yes-Smith's were. No others"
What about the alibis of Smith and
Weatherby?" inquired the professor,
after pause.
Impossible to check them" was the
reply.
"Hm-m-m. Well, sheriff, suicide, I
think. you can rule out!"
WHY DID FORDNEY BELIEVE
ROLPH HAD BEEN MURDERED?
Perhaps you have story or problem
YOU would like to submit to Prof. Ford
ney. If so. send it to him in care of this
paper. He will be delighted to receive
It.
Gor Solution See Page A-6)
Evening star., 1933-05-30
BUILDERS OPPOSE
PLASTERERS' RATE
Contend Scale of $14 Per
Day Would Greatly Retard
Private Construction.

The Masters Builders Association of
Washington has made representations
to both the Treasury and Labor De-
partments supporting the contracting
plasterers in their wage controversy
with the Plasterers' Union.
kilograms were sent by the master
builders, signed by Frank Sheehan,
secretary, declaring the rate of s14 a
day. asked by the union, IF established
would result in great curtailment of
private work, which at the present time
is just beginning to show signs of
activity.
Rate Held Excessive.
"It is our understanding, said the
telegram, that you have under con-
sideration at the present time the
establishment OF a wage rate for
journeymen plasterers on Government
projects here. AS this ruling will greatly
affect the building industry in general,
we, the Master Builders Association of
Washington, D. c., would like to bring
the following facts to your attention:
The rate of $14 per day claimed by
the journeymen plasterers Is an extra
ordinarily excessive one and would be
the highest for this class of work in
the entire country. Such a rate, If
established, would result in a great
curtailment of private work which, at
the present time, is just beginning to
show signs of activity"
Plea for Private Building.
George w. Lee, president of the Con-
tracing Plasterers' Association, yester-
day declared that every bid made on
Government projects was made as
closely as humanity possible with the
idea of keeping Washington men at
work; that the labor market, known to
be on the downtrend at the time. was
taken into consideration and that the
plea now is in the interest of saving
the private building industry of the city.
If the union is permitted to fix its
rates at $14 per day it will mean the
halting Of private building to con-
siderable extent" he said, "and will re-
suit in continued high rents because
property owners must have return on
the money expended in building, and
every dollar added to the cost means
just that much more on which return
must be shown"
Evening star., 1933-05-30
CHILD'S EYE REMOVED
IN FIGHT TO SAVE LIFE
Parents Order Emergency Opera
tion After Hearing of Helen
Vasko's Case.

BY the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE. La, May 30.-Two-
year-old Zoya Gates today was re-
ported recovering from the immediate
effects Of an eye tumor operation per-
formed as an emergency to save her
life.
The daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. r.
Gates of Napoleonville was operated
upon after her parents had read of
similar emergency treatment for q
year old Helen Vasko of Hastings,
N. Y, for the same affliction.
The child was declared recuperating
satisfactorily after removal of her eye,
although surgeons said she will not
be out of danger for months Her
parents some time ago noticed the
vision in her left eye apparently was
not normal. They took her to a hos
pital here and tumor operation was
performed but the tumor had already
burst, scattering along nerve cells back
of the eye.
Evening star., 1933-05-30
REELECTED HEAD
OF HYGIENE SOCIETY
DR.. William A. White of St.
Elizabeth's Again Chosen
President.

Dr. William A. White, superin-
tendent of st. Elizabeth's Hospital, was
reelected president of the District So
cial Hygiene Society at the first meet
ing of its new board of directors yes
terday.
Other officers reelected were Herbert
S. Wood, first vice president; DR.. Ella
Oppenheimer, second vice president; w.
W. Wheeler, treasurer, and y. w. Will
lard, secretary
At the same meeting. the board voted
its unanimous Endorsement of the ef-
forts of civic groups to have Congress
reimburse the Community Chest for
the $3.50, 900 it advanced for emergency
employment work in 1882. Ray H.
Everett. executive secretary, advised the
board that If that repayment is made,
"the probability that essential COM
munity services may be compelled to
close their doors will be greatly
lessened."
The society also voted its apprecia-
ton to the House and Senate District
Appropriations subcommittee for the
funds needed to expand the clinical
services at the District Social Hygiene
Clinic The clinic reported an increase
of more than so per cent in the num-
ber of visits during the first three
months of 1888 over the similar period
of year ago.
Evening star., 1933-05-30
GIRL CONTESTANT
IN AIR DERBY MISSING
Miss Helen Hitchey, Entrant in
Postponed Women's Meet,
Lost in Fog.

NEW YORK, May 80 (PD.-Miss
Helen Ritchey of McKeesport, Pa,
an entrant in the postponed all
women air race around the metro
politan area, who had been reported
missing in the Alleghanies, made a
safe landing at Bethlehem, Pa after
crossing the mountains, race Off
cials were notified today.
BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 30.-Miss Helen
Ritchey %, of McKeesport, Pa, for
,nerly of Washington, one Of the en-
trantS, was missing somewhere in the
fog-Shrouded Aleghanies today, as the
Gecond annual Annette Gipson all
women air races were postponed on ac-
count of bad weather.
At 1145 am eastern STANDARD
Time) Miss Ritchie who had left Pitts
oursh at 7 am, was three hours over
Que at Newark airport. She was last
sighted by Miss Helen MacCluSkey of
Pittsburgh, another entrant, as they ap-
preached the Alleghanies There was 4
heavy fog over the mountains.
Miss MacCluSkey managed to get
through and landed at New Brunswick,
N. j.
With many of the 18 entrants forced
down by bad weather at airports around
the East, the race was postponed
shortly before noon until next Sunday.
At dinner at Coney Island where the
prizes were to have been awarded to-
night, also postponed until Sunday.
Miss Amelia Earhart, who was to have
been the starter today, will officiate
then.
Miss Ritchey. according to officials
of the races. has had more than 300
hours of solo flying experience. She
has transport pilots license and has
participated in many races. She is the
daughter Of DR.. and Mrs. j. D. Ritchey
of McKeesport.
A search for her was made extremely
difficult and hazardous by weather con-
ditions throughout the East There was
rain and great deal of fog. Passenger
lines had abandoned their schedules.
Evening star., 1933-05-30
RETURN OF OLD SALOON
FOUGHT BY MULROONEY
Chairman Says Commission Will
Not Tolerate Any Attempts to
Revive It.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 30-The State
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board will
not tolerate any attempts to revive the
old-time saloon, its chairman, Edward
P. Mulrooney, declared last night in
an exposition of the new beer licensing
law
Backed by the police power of the
State, Mulrooney said, everything hu-
manly possible will be done to "eradi-
cate and stamp out, once and for all,
the dark, eWl-smelling resorts that
have been the breeding places of vice,
crime and corruption" The board has
extended from June l until June Is
the time in which licenses for the
manufacture and sale of 80 beer and
wines may be obtained.
Evening star., 1933-05-30
FARM PRICES RISE
AT RAPID RATE
Steady Climb in Values is
Recorded Since April IS,
Bureau Reports.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Farm prices are going up in the
fastest rise since the Spring after the
World Wars end.
A steady climb has been under way
since April Is, and up to yesterday the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics re-
ported 1t still under way. The last
upswing to compare was in April, 1919.
after the Government relaxed war time
milling regulations.
Leading sthe way in the trek toward
levels of prosperous days have been the
farmers faithful draft animals, horses
and mules. From April Is to midday,
the bureau said, the average farm price
for horses went from $67 to S71, while
mules mounted from $73 to SIT.
Wool, however, scored the sharpest
rise OF any commodity. increasing rs
per cent from April ISIS average farm
price of 10.l cents pound to 1T
cents month later.
The increase in farm purchasing
increase, for the price level of goods
farmers buy made no change. On
May Is, as well as on April Is, the
prices for consumption goods were
equal to the pre-war level of 1909-1914.
Below Pre-War Level.
Farm prices, despite the increase,
are still below the pre-war level. Using
100 to represent pre-war prices, the
May Is index figures for the same
group of commodities was 81, gain
of points since April Is, and gain
Of II points since March Is.
To return farm prices to a level
where they will bear the same relation
ship to prices of goods purchased by
farmers as the two bore to each other
before the war, is the goal of the new
farm act which Secretary Wallace and
his aides are now striving to get into
operation.
The bureau attributed the new price
rise to three factors: Anticipation of
imitation; anticipation of a brisk busi-
ness revival and poor prospects for some
crops due to bad weather conditions,
particularly for Winter wheat, corn and
some grains.
Evening star., 1933-05-30
GRANTS TO STATES
TOTAL S21,659,282
Hopkins Announces Funds Al
Iotted to Keep Relief
Work Going.

Funds totaling s21,569, ,282 have been
distributed to 81 States and / Terri
tory to keep relief work going, it was
announced yesterday by Harry L. Hop
kins, who week ago became Federal
emergency relief administrator.
The largest single grant was to New
York, which received $6532,282. Illi-
nois received the second largest
amount. s2,105114
California received $1,317,86I and
New Jersey 81, ,295, ,181. The other States
and Territory received less than ST.
100000 each, Virginia obtaining S422,-
191 and Maryland only $5,798.
In making the announcement, Hop
kins said:
These grants are made on an in
complete showing of relief Expenditures
from public money, in order that the
States may be assured of funds to con-
tinue without interruption their pro-
grams for the relief of destitution due
to unemployed pending the submission
OF complete data required by the law
subsection of section four (of the
Federal emergency relief act) authorizes
the administrator to grant to States
and. Territories upon application of the
one-third of the amount expended dur
ing the preceding quarter by the States
and Territories and their several sub
divisions out of public moneys from all
sources of relief and work relief and in
relieving hardship and suffering caused
by unemployment.
The allotments to other States follow:
Alabama, $242 674; Arizona, s158,504;
Arkansas S490105; Colorado, $113,623;
Florida, S349,337 Idaho, Sl73,627; In
diana, 1887, ,305 Kansas, S388,504; Ken
lucky, s564,220; Louisiana, 1893, ,809;
Michigan, $379,83o; Minnesota, $491, :
oil; Mississippi. s403,9O4 Missouri,
s444. .130; Montana, s2l3,516; New
Mexico $31,l17; North Carolina, S661,-
30l; oregon, $313,98l Rhode Island,
S229,292; South Carolina, S452,699;
Tennessee, 1851, ,376; Texas, 1922, TOT:
Utah, $233,594; Washington, s696,248;
West Virginia, s949,889; Hawaii, $44,540
Evening star., 1933-05-30
MAN DROPS DEAD
AFTERPO|SOND DOSE
BranchviIIe Fire House VIC
tim, Believed From D. C.,
Leaves Note.

Swallowing poison tablets as he
walked to the door of the Branchville,
Md. fire house. a man said to be Paul
G. Lewis, 200 block of A street south
east, died almost instantly this
morning.
In his clothing was found note
signed Paul G. Lewis" the postscript
of which said. please do not cremate
the body, it will no doubt be called for
in later years"
Police also found in his pockets the
card of Charles A. Bilkey, 933 Twenty
third street Mr.. Bilkey said he gave
Lewis the card after meeting him in
Arlington National Cemetery Sunday.
After they had talked for some time
Mr.. Bilkey took Lewis to the A street
address.
Told of Losing Riches.
Mr.. Bilkey said Lewis was despond-
ent. claiming he made fortune prac-
ticing law in Chicago but had lost it
all since coming to Washington eight
years ago.
Lewis had only Is cents in his
pockets this morning.
Alex Stokes, who lives near the
Branchville fire house, saw him swal-
low the tablets and fall He summoned
DR.. w. Allen Griffith, who pronounced
the man dead before the Bladensburg
rescue squad could reach the scene.
A coroner's jury was impaneled by
Magistrate George S. Phillips and will
hold an inquest in the fire house
Thursday night.
In his clothing Lewis, who was about
60 years of age, had a pamphlet he
had written and copyrighted this year.
entitled Governmental Responsibility"
Children in West.
Mr. Bilkey said Lewis told him his
wife died is years ago, but he had a
son and daughter living in the West.
The note, dated today, referred to the
sacrifice of death"
Evening star., 1933-05-30
BRITISH SOVIET TRADE
RELATIONS STILL OPEN
Sir John Simon Indicates Russia
Can Avail Itself of Opportunity
to Resume Business.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 30-The way is still
open to Russia to resume trade rela-
tionS with Great Britain, the House of
Commons has been told by Foreign
Secretary Sir John Simon.
In reply to a question whether there
have been negotiations to end two-way
embargoes invoked as a result of the
recent trial in Moscow of six British
electrical engineers on sabotage charges,
the secretary replied:
THE opportunity indicated to the
Soviet government for negotiations is
still open" Parliamentary quarters in
terpreted the remark as showing the
British government feels prison terms
given two Of the Britons must be re-
voked or the month-old British embargo
on Russian goods will continue.
Russia met the restrictions with a
retaliatory embargo on British goods.
Evening star., 1933-05-30
F. T. DAWSON H0N0RED
BY "ORIGINAL BAD EGGS
Former Assistant Secretary of War
Prepares to Sail for Big
Game Hunt
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 30.-F. Trubee
Dawson, former Assistant Secretary of
War and now president of the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History, was
rendered a dinner last night by men,
bers of the "Brothersauri-the Friend
ly Order of the Original Bad Eggs" of
which Dawson Is the head egg"
Dawson sails, with Mrs Dawson, on
June IS for Africa. where they will
join Mr. and Mrs. Martin johnson in
big-game hunt. The speakers in
cluded Harry F. Guggenheim, former
Ambassador to Cuba: Roy Chapman
Andrews, explorer; Gene Tunney. for
mer heavyweight boxing champion;
Col. william J. Donovan, Republican
candidate for Governot last year, and
Ogden Reid, publisher.
Evening star., 1933-05-30
Get Marriage Licenses.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, May 80 Especially.
Licenses have heen issued here for the
marriage of Leroy Banks Murray, 81, Of
Syria, Va, and Jacqueline Mae White,
18, OF Culpeper. Va; James M. Keaton,
80, and Alice Louise Skerrett. %, both
of Brownwood, Tex; Anthony Francis
81, of Washington, and Mar
garet Media Bergling, %, of Hyatts-
vile, Md, and Hight c. Warwick, "a, Of
Arrum, N. c.. and Josephine Mildred
Leonard, %, of Richmond, Va.
Evening star., 1933-05-30
mi | Nu t Is
/ NXS t ERy
Can You, I3
SOLWHZe@J q

Dr.. Fordrey is professor of criminology
at famous university. His advice is
often sought by the police of many cities
when confronted with particularly baf-
fling cases This problem has been taken
from his casehook covering hundreds of
criminal investigations.
Try your wits on itl 1t takes but
ONE MINUTE to read! Every fact and
every clue necessary to its solution are
in the story itself-and there is only
you?
Evening star., 1933-05-30
Kills Dog and Himself.

REDDING. Calf, May 80 lP.-The
charred bodies of Harry E. Brown,
miner, and his dog were found yesterday
in the ashes of Browns cabin near here
Pinned to a tree nearby was a note
in which Brown had written his inten-
ton of killing himself and his pet be-
cause of an attack of mango they con-
tracted from coyote he had killed.
Evening star., 1933-05-30
The Hunting Tragedy.
BY III. A. RIPLEY.

1T ERE'S what I've learned so
80 far, Prof Fordney," said
Sheriff Williams James
l. i Rolph Robert Smith, and
j. L. Weatherby, three well
known business men, were on hunt
ing trip in an isolated part of the
country. Smith says that after hunting
Evening star., 1933-05-30

together yesterday
morning, without
m u C h luck, t h e
I h r e e separated
shortly before noon.
Smith claimed he
started alone for
the lodge , where
they were staying
around 3 pm, and
about a hundred
yards from it stum-
bled across the
dead body of Rolph
lying a few yards
of the p a t h-a
knife in his heart!
He further claims
I h a t he partly
pulled the knife
from fba u.1,,od
Evening star., 1933-05-30
Marriage Licenses Issued.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. May 80
(SpeciaD Marriage licenses have been
issued here to the following: James
Francis Warren, 28, Boiling Field, D. c.,
and Frances Eileen Grindrod, %, of
Washington; Edward Aloysius Sheehy,
"a, of Hyattsville, and Helen Eliza beth
Fortenberry, "a, of Washington; John
R. Mogle, "a. and Florence Reese, 26,
both of Laurel Md
Evening star., 1933-05-30
Travellers Bonds
In M exico May
Be Cut or Waived
By the Associated Press.

oy bHC aSoOClakCd EtCSo-
MEXICO CITY, May 30.-A
presidential decree modifying
bonds for American. Cuban and
Guatemalan tourists, travelling
men and business agents enter
ing Mexico was promulgated to-
day.
A bond of $50 pesos (about
S70) was required under the old
law for such persons, but the
new statute provides that Gus
toms officials can reduce the sum
or waive it altogether.
Other foreigners entering Mex
leo must furnish a bend of 500
pesos. The law does not apply
to tourists who furnish evidence
that they have ample means to
finance their tours.
Evening star., 1933-05-30
BETHESDA WOMAN DIES
Wife of Archie Phillips Had Lived
There 22 Years.
Special DISPATCH to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
BETHESDA, Md, May 30.-After an
illness of only few days, Mrs. Katie j.
Phillips, so, wife of Archie Phillips,
resident of this vicinity for the last
% years. died yesterday in a Wash
ington hospital. Besides her husband
she leaves a son, Archie Phillips, jr..
and two daughters, Margaret and Alice
Phillips, all of this place. She also is
survived by her father, John Schneider,
of Clifton Station, Va, and four sisters
and five brothers.
The funeral will take place Wednes-
day morning from Our Lady of Lourdes
Catholic Church here, burial to be in
St Johns Cemetery. Forest Glen. Mrs.
Phillips formerly was Miss Schneider
Of Clifton Station, Va.
Evening star., 1933-05-30
Snow in Albany.

ALBANY, N. Y, May 80 CP.-Snow
flakes mixed with rain drops dampened
the Memorial day ceremonies here to-
| day. The snow melted before reaching
| the ground.