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Evening star., 1933-10-08
MOTHER KILLS SONS,
TURNS GUN ON SELF
Suicide Attempt Fails After Two
Boys, One of Them Blind,
Are Shot Dead.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. October Mrs
Hazel OBrien. 35. estranged wife OF
Willis H. OBrien. we'll known film
technician, who slew their two young
sons last midnight and then tried to
kill herself lay seriously wounded in a
Santa Monica hospital today and ex-
pressed hope death would claim her
also.
A victim of extended i'll health Mrs.
OBrien said she decided to commit
suicide and at the last moment made up
her mind to kill the boys also. fearing
to leave them without her care.
She told Of shooting William. IA first
and then having a struggle with Willis.
Jr.. 13. before she shot him.
O'Brien. whose work is held largely
responsible for the success of the weird
movie King Kong said he believed his
wife's illness caused the tragedy but
said she seemed in high spirits" when
he saw her and the boys only yesterday
She was very morbid at times"
O'Brien said. She always brooded be-
cause William was blind and because
she thought the children wouldn't get
good care"
Evening star., 1933-10-08
PLAN TO SCRAP OLD
BUILDINGS DRAWN
Pennsylvania Avenue DeveI-
opment Program to Be Sub
mitted to Commission.

Plans for development Of Pennsyl-
vania avenue to the extent that the
unSightly buildings now lining 1t on
the north side will be eliminated. will
be taken before the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, Sena-
tor William H. King. chairman of the
Senate District Committee and mem
ber of the commission, declared in
letter yesterday to Soterios Nicholson
who has been active on this question.
Senator King said he would bring
the plans proposed by Nicholson be-
fore the commission at its next meet
ing.
Endorsement of the plan also was
given Yesterday by Claude Owen, presi
dent of the Washington Board of Trade.
He wrote:
Il most heartily agree with every
thing you say about the unsightly and
wholly detracting appearance of Penn
Sylvania avenue. the most famous street
in the United States. Our city has
entirely outgrOwn the antiquated build
ings on the north side of the avenue,
and l hope that some plan may be
worked out to rid our city of these
buildings that tend to give our many
visitors to Washington such an un-
favorable impression of the street they
have heard about since their earliest
school days"
NicholSon's plan calls for launching
of propaganda program by the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning Com
mission. the Board of Trade the Wash
ington Chamber of Commerce and the
newspapers. He also recommends
formation of a property owners asso-
citation to make plans. organization Of
a development corporation, establish
ing Of coming laws for the area, solicita-
ton of the types of business to be
established in the area and demolition
and reconstruction on or 10 year
plan.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
KANSAS CITY KILLING
CHARGE FACES BRADY
Escaped Convict Apprehended II
New Mexico With $500 in
His Possession.
b. the Associated Press

b. the Associated Press
TUMUCARI N. Mex. OCTOBER L
Faced with a charge of participating IN
the shaving of Convict Frank Nash ano
four officers in Kansas City June H.
Bob Brady. escaped convict from the
Kansas State Penitentiary lay critically
wounded in a hospital here today.
Brady was shot twice last night When
he attempted to run away from ofhcers
who halted him and companion east
of this city for questioning.
His companion. who gave his name as
Frank Atwood, but who officers say Is
Jim Clark, also an escaped Kansas con-
yict, with long prison record, refused
to talk in the county Jail here.
Sheriff Ira Allen said no check had
been completed yet of the $4,000 found
in a bill fold and brief case wrapped
I'D in a -four sack which he and his
deputy. Ed Jackson. took from the mo-
tor car in which Brady and Atwood
we're riding.
He declined to comment on the re-
port that some of the currency found
might have been ransom money re-
ceived in the Charles F. Urschel kid
naping case.
Sheriff Allen revealed Brady had at
tempted to offer Jackson $1,000 if he
would arrange to help him escape. The
sheriff said the offer was refused and
a heavy guard was placed about the
hospital.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
CAPITAL TO HAVE
j.. SUNDAY REVIVAL
Famous Evangelist Coming
Here for Central Union
Mission Program.

Responding to a call from the Cen
trail Union Mission, Rev. William A.
CBilly"D Sunday and Homer Rode
HEAVIER. noted evangelists in the early
sawdust trails, are coming tc Washing
ton for the week of October IT to 23
to conduct a city-Wide revival cam
paign in connection with the forty- ninth
anniversary of the mission OF the
churches"
Supt. John S. Bennett expects more
than 10000 people will take part in the
series of church mass meetings, rlValmg
in interest the notable Seth Parker
concerts staged by the mission several
years ago. when another old frlend
came to its aid With Sunday to preach
and Rodeheaver to sing and preach
also. the mission has been pledged the
support of practically all Protestant par
isheS in Washington.
Sunday to Preach.
Sunday will begin the revival meet
ings the evening of october II. at the
National City Christian Church, on
Thomas Circle He will preach there
for four evenings during the campaign.
This will be the evangelist's first WASH
ington appearance in several years.
Men of the Vaughan Bible class of
Calvary Baptist Church will act as
ushers.
From the National City Church the
revival will shift the evening of October
81 to the Raleigh Hotel for the annual
meeting and banquet Of the mission.
Pastors of at least score OF churches
will attend and the Central Union Mis-
sion Glee Club. one of the popular radio
features in Washington, will be added
to the program.
Program Is Announced.
Rodeheaver and DR.. w E. Paul. well
known mission worker. will wind up the
campaign with a series Of church mass
meetings on the following Sunday and
Monday. They will appear the morning
Of Sunday, October %, at the National
Baptist Memorial Church. in the after
noon at the Calvary Baptist Church
and in the evening at both the
Chew Chase PRESBYTERIAN and the Gun
ton-Tenple Baptist Churches. The
closing session of the revival will be held
the night of October % at the United
Brethren Church, 100 North Capitol
street.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
$5,000,0 900 LIBEL SUIT
OF KANSAN DISMISSED
Case of DR.. Brinkley, Gland Spe
cialist, Against Kansas City
Star to Be Appealed.

BY the Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY, October Judge
Tillman D. johnson Of the United States
District Court of Utah today dis
missed a s5,OOO,OOO suit of DR.. John R.
Brinkley. gland specialist and twice a
candidate for Governor Of Kansas,
Evening star., 1933-10-08
LECTURES END TODAY
DR.. Arthur I. Brown, English Sur

DR.. Arthur I. Brown, English Sur
geon, Concludes Series at Church.
DR.. Arthur I. Brown, English SCI
enlist, surgeon lecturer, will conclude
his series of meetings at the Fourth
Presbyterian Church, Thirteenth and
Fairmont streets, today with two ad-
dresses.
This afternoon at o'clock he will dis
cuss: "Russia's Challenge to God: Who
Wins?" and tonight at he will talk
on Startling Signs That Prove the
Nearness of the Personal Return Of
Jesus Christ"
Special music has been arranged for
Evening star., 1933-10-08

Court denied the writ In proceedings
directed against county officials.
A Deland, Fla warrant charges
O'Dell with swindling Wilmot OF
$100, 900.
Judge Meldrims dismissal of the case
was based principally on an order OF
arrest from the Governor Of Georgia
setting forth that an affidavit had been
made before the executive secretary to
Gov. Talmadge alleging swindling. He
can be held 20 days on the Governors
fugitive warrant Local officials said
his extradition would probably be set
tied by that time.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
K. C. TO HEAR SERMON

Rev. John Keating Cartwright Will
deliver the sermon at then annual YES
per service of the D. C. Chapter Of the
knights of Columbus tonight at 7:30
o'clock at Holy Rosary Church. Third
and F streets.
All members Of the order in the Dis
trict will participate in the serv..:2---
and the Fourth Degree Knights Of the
Washington General Assembly, in full
uniform, will serve as a guard Of
honor, it was announced by A. j. Sardo,
chairman of the chapter
Evening star., 1933-10-08
jWIRE TAPPING SWINDLE
SUSPECT DENIED RELEASE
Man Held in Savannah, Ga, on
Florida Charge Fails in Sec
ond Attempt.

BY the Associated Press.
SAVANNAH, Ga, October 7-Thom-
as ODell. alias H. E. Bradley, held in
an alleged race track wire tapping
sWindle of Henry w. Wilmot of New
York, today lost his second attempt to
gain freedom through habeas corpus
proceedings.
Judge Peter W. Meldrim of Superior
Evening star., 1933-10-08
Warden Killed in Riot.

BUENOS AIRES, october R)-
The warden of the Caseros Street Jail
and a prisoner were killed yesterday In
a rebellion of inmates. Six guards and
another prisoner we're wounded. The
uprising was quelled after sharp fight
ing
Evening star., 1933-10-08
GLOBE INDEMNITY CO..
NAMES 56 DEFENDANTS
Argument Over Labor and Mate
rial Furnished by Biddell Firm
Taken Into Court,

suit naming Sc defendants was
filed in District Supreme Court today
by the Globe Indemnity Co., 923 Fiji
teenth street.
The company is seeking an injunction
to restrain the various defendants from
pressing law suits and claims based on
labor and materials furnished a COM
pany for which the indemnity concern
acted as surety. Chief Justice Alfred
A. Wheat gave the defendants until
October l2' to contest granting of a
preliminary Injunction
The indemnity company, through At
torneys William F. Kelly and P. j. J.
Nicolaides, informed the court it acted
as surety for the w c. Diddell Co..
which had contracted with the District
to build an underpass in Piney Branch
road
Evening star., 1933-10-08
Troops Actions Protested.

NEW YORK. October 7 (P).-The
American Civil Liberties Union an
nounced last night it had protested to
Gov A. E. Hackenhuil of New Mexico
against the long record cf laWlessness
by troops and complete denial of civil
rights to strikers in Gallup. N. Mex.
Evening star., 1933-10-08

against the Kansas City Star Co. for
alleged libel.
Judge johnson sustained a demurrer
to DR.. Brinkley's petition after it had
been argued before him. Attorneys for
DR.. Brinkley said they would appeal.
The case was transferred to the Utah
court after Federal Judge John c. Pol
lock Of Kansas City disqualified himself.
Evening star., 1933-10-08

A bill to prohibit teaching Of Latin
in South Carolina schools was voted
down by the Legislature.
Evening star., 1933-10-08

both meetings. Floyd Williams tenor,
will sing and Mrs. Mabel Linton VII.
liams will be at the organ.
Evening star., 1933-08-27
By E@ngham C. Murray

smaller classes standardization will re-
main the resort of the harassed and
weary administrator.
Education could be made individuak
elastic, thrilling, but we cannot concern
ourselves here with any such counsel Of
perfection. The schools as they are will
remain with us for some time. At their
worst they are all we have; and we must
plan to live with them with minimum
amount Of friction. The present eco
nomic impasse precludes immediate
change of any kind; boards Of education
are being asked to spend less and less;
teachers are being asked to carry heavier
loads, and these greater demands on
tiaeir time make it impossible for them
Evening star., 1933-08-27

so rapidly to accommodate the increasing
numbers of children that physical plants
and administrative organizations have
not been able to meet the demands made
on them. The other Is that parents sim
ply do not realize their responsibility.
Parents need to sbe told that things
have changed in education since they
grew up. There were no such problems
in their high school experience, and, like
Bill's father, they don't quite under
stand. One cannot blame them. And
one need not defend the Standardization
in our schools which creates these trag-
eClies of adolescence. But until we get
more money for more schools and better
equipment - for more teachers and
Evening star., 1933-08-27

High school education nowadays.
requires planning By parents IN
consultation Nth a teacher-m It
may be time tragically iodsted for
youth: That L the impressive fact
presented In this article. Its au-
thor, Bingham c. Murray, IS a
teacher of history IN the De Witt
Clinton High School IN Nes0 York
city. He is also the faculty adviser
OF the general organisation which
promotes student activities; he
KNOBS the students personal prob
lens and IN this article tells par
ents hop to help their children
solue the pery- important problem
of getting an education in a stand
ardized school system.
Evening star., 1933-08-27
ia HATS the matter, son?"
!: &: 4: 4: :: :: {: s
dinner but he hadn't

turned a page; his face was set; his
eyes stared ahead and behind them the
tears were very close. At his fathers
question he threw back his head and
answered:
II was going to tell you. The front
Office at school told me today that
can't graduate this term; and darn it.
dad, I've got to get out"
"Can you make it q bit clearer, Bill?
I don't seem to understand. You've
always been a good student; you never
failed subject. What is the trouble?"
"Oh, I've got credits enough but they
aren't arranged right. haven't studied
any one subject for three years, and
that's one of the requirements. It's all
my fault Mr.. Cannon told me last
Spring that I shouldn't drop French; but
I wanted the time for some extra work
in physics, and forgot that I would
need three years Of some one subject"
isn't there something we can do
about it, son? Suppose come to school
with you in the morning and see Mr..
Cannon. They have always spoken very
highly of you; I'm sure there must be
some way out"
"No! They like me all right. The
principal himself went over the record
with me; he was as nice as he could
be; said he'd hold the diploma and let
me make up the work in Summer school.
But that's no good to me. That job
Uncle Joe offered me won't wait; II
don't take it in July he'll have to get
somebody else. I'll have to go, but I
do want that diploma, and can't get
it because I haven't had three years Of
French"
IN another house down the street Bills
! friend Jack and his father we're try
ing to reconcile themselves to another
broken dream. They had been PLAN
ming, indefinitely enough, for Is years
that Jack should have what his father
had always wanted: A degree from M.
l. T.; and they had just discovered, too
late again, that Jack couldn't get into
"Tech" because he had had only one
year of mathematics.
Every teacher is familiar with these
painful situations. We do what we can
to help, but sometimes there isn't any,
thing we can do. Bill has to 60 to his
job without his diploma, or stay in school
another year; Jack has to give up the
college of his choice; both boys are hurt
and quite unnecessarily hurt. Careful
planning by boys and parents would
have saved them from disappointment.
This problem is very real and very
serious. It grows out of two causes. One
b that the schools have had to expand
Evening star., 1933-03-16

which Is conducive to legibility. The
era of of1cial neglect Of penpoints has
passed. 1.-THE new dear' In penpoints
has been inaugurated. Three cheers
for Mr.. Evans!
But what will the poor humorists do?
With the post Office pen Of tradition
eliminated from their stock In trade
how can they survive? Five million new
penpoints implies the abolition Of five
million opportunities for the exercise Of
their genius. And where are they to
find subjects to replace such . vast
loss? The Amalgamated, Free and In
dependent Society Of Ancient and
Honorable Jokesters should protest
against this arbitrary, willful and dele
terious interference with their business.
Mr.. Evans is killing their favorite
theme. The public, Of course, will re-
1oice. But to the joke writer's the pass
ing Of the post ONCE pen d nothing less
than q tragedy.
Evening star., 1933-03-16
Wire Tappers and Informers,

from the Omaha Evening World-Hera,d.
Ihe new prohibition enforcement reg
ulations announced from Washinston
are logical and sound.
Inc Government no longer permits
the spending Of money for tapping wires
"a practice that was a sneakine in
vasion upon the fundamental liberties OF
Americans.
It no longer permits the spending of
money to buy and consume Illegal
whisky in the ;earch for evidence or to
pay the unlove)y informers who win and
betray condolences as prohibition spies
The abandonment of these practices
Is wise. It Is wise because the people
nave no money they can spare to be
spent for such purposes. And it Is wise
because these methods Of law enforce
ment are repugnant to the inherent
sense OF decency and Justice. They
bring law and the officers Of law into
odium. From the beginning they have
been q source of weakness and not of
strength to prohibition enforcement
Practices that are ethically abhorrent
are no more to be condoned by Govern
ment than they would be by any self
respecting citizen.
It IS proper and right, 30 long as pro-
hibition Is the law, that the Federal
Government should strike at the sources
Of supply Of illegal nquor-at its manu-
facture, Its importation, and its trans
portation into interstate commerce. This
the Government will continue to do. II
IS equally proper and right that local
authority in the several States should
enforce as best 1t can, by civilized meth
DDS, the law against both manufacture
and sale. Unfortunately the task has
proved to be one impossible Of adequate
performance on the part Of Federal and
State government alike. That Is one
reason perhaps the chief reason-why
prohibition Is headed for the discard.
Evening star., 1933-03-16
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

Are we the better that we sought to
amass and In many cases did amass
wealth, with all its material comfort
and luxury? Indeed, the circumstances
OF those once used to the instant graft
fication Of every physical need and ap-
petite are in q more lamentable distress
than those unaccustomed to anything
but q grinding struggle for existence, be-
cause OF the relatively more unhappy
alteration Of their fortunes.
Those who have never known that
which the world has falsely denom-
mated success" mark not its absence
Those once pampered and coddled OF
fortune are, however. keenly sensitive
70 these changed conditions and suffer
most excessively.
Naturally, we all want our luxuries
or, IN the former case, our little COM
forts and pleasures back again, but few
| there be who recognize the crux and
cause Of all their troubles. Were pros-
perity restored by some miracle a,
machination in . day, 1t would con.
ttnue only until our persistence in the
same mistakes and deviations would
again plunge us into the abyss of misery
and want.
Like the kraelites Of old, We haye
Deen worshiping the golden calf: We
have made the creature and the created
thing-that is to say, the material adj.
Juncts OF our dual life and nature the
supreme end and the purpose Of all ou,
enorts We are finding, and perhaps
700 pelatedly, to retrieve our error, thai
without placing ideals and principle.
nrst, and making bodily appetites and
pnyslcal acquisitions secondary, the
human race cannot long inhabit the
earth, or gain eternal felicity.
Evening star., 1933-03-16
Post Office Pens.

Silliman Evans, Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General, appears to be a
veritable revolutionist. He has laid
reformatory hands upon one Of the
most ancient and celebrated Of Ameri-
can institutions. He has declared his
intention to abolish one Of the most
useful themes of that large and i'm
portant class Of commentators who
commonly are called humorists. He
has said that the post Office pen-the
classicsbut of generations of jokesters-
must 60.
An executive order has been issued
to the effect that crusty, rusty, hairy,
bent, blunt and otherwise defective
penpoints are to be replaced with new
bright, clean, efficient penpoints Of the
kind that delight the heart Of latter
day Spencers and Pitmans. Postmas-
tiers are required to change penpoint,
at least once each day. From this
time forth patrons Of the post Offices
OF the United States will find upon
the public desks provided for their con-
venience writing materials suitable tc
their needs. The anonymous scribes
who exist to plague editors and states
men from now on will be aided ir
their endeavors by the. availability Of
instruments which will render theil
1abors q photographic pleasure. The
bashful lovers who stand In line in pos,
ONCE e0rridors to address Darling
Baby" OF Dearest Sweetheart" will be
sbetted by Federal endowment o.
eSistolary iu,pedimenta It the typ'
Evening star., 1933-03-16
Coming Home to Roost.

From the Rockford egister-Republic.
Because Hollywood has permitted its
energetic press agents to give the public
In the motion picture industry, par.
ticularly to ranking stars, there prob
ably will be no widespread wave Of
sympathy surging through the Nation
over the fate which has befallen the
capital Of cinemaland.
Pay cuts ranging from IS to SO per
cent have been ordered all down the
line and many of the larger studios are
reported to be on the verge Of suspend
ing activities for the period of the
depression. In justice to those who
make their living writing, acting, di-
recting or otherwise working for mo-
ton pictures. it may be added that
they have accepted the situation with
good grace and a minimum Of COM
planning.
If the public does not have a true
picture Of problems and difficulties con-
fronting the flicker industry, there Is
nobody to blame but the men who
guide its destinies. A lot Of the loose
claims and bunk that poured out Of
motion picture press departments in
more PROSPEROUS years finally are COM
ing home to roost.
Movie magnates were perfectly willing
to let absurd impressions get around
about film salaries and production
costs. The word million" was tossed
about loosely with little regard for the
fact that it is lot of money, anywhere
and any time, but especially during .
period Of depression.
All this was regarded as good show
manship for an industry that Is found
ed on tinsel and make-believe. Bigger
and better receptions. more extrava-
CANT claims, followed in the mad pur-
suit Of publicity. Much Of this was
too strong for even a credulous public
to swallow.
When hard-pressed entertainment
seekers found 1t increasingly difficult
to dig up the price Of a ticket they
cast q weather eye at Hollywood ans
began to do a little wondering abox
some of the tall stories they had hearc.
The reaction was inevitable and the
picture industry commenced to feel the
pinch. It's hard for any one, even
movie fan, to contemplate buying an
eight-course dinner for the other fell
low when he hasn't the price Of coffee
and doughnuts to appease his own
hunger.
Evening star., 1933-03-16
Gaugster Films and Children.

Leroy E. Baldwin, member Of the
Executive Committee Of the National
Board Of Review of Motion Pictures.
says: "0angster Aims are good for chill
dren. It Is ridiculous to try to keep
the ideas and facts about gangsters
away from children, who already know
more about them than their parents" ="
Not for q long time has Q more
thoroughly deplorable sentiment been
expressed by any individual theoretical
ly equipped to know better. That the
utterancs Of It was not instantly fol-
Evening star., 1933-03-16

dent has shown decision and leader
ship and Congress has been loyal to
its duty" The Oakland Tribune re-
cords the fact that "a breathing spell
reveals the dollar sound in world mar
kets," while the Pasadena Star News
points to the great possibilities that lie
before 'the President and Congress and
the masses of the people, all working
together in harmony"
Suggestions of revision for the present
system come from the Topeka Daily
Capital and the Salt Lake Deseret News,
while the Oklahoma City Times feels
that 'the outlook for improvement Is
better than it was before the holiday
was proclaimed" According to the
Cleveland News, "the public may be
pretty sure that thoroughly new plan
of banking will be evolved, and that q
central system will supersede the mani
fold and confusing systems Of the sew
eral States"