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Evening star., 1933-05-31
WHITAKER GRANTED.
LIGHTER SENTENCE
Six-Month Wait in Jail for
Trial With Means Is
Credited.

Norman T. Whitaker, recently con-
victed with CASTOR B. Means of con-
spring to defraud Mrs. Evalyn Walsh
Mclean of S35, 1000 in Lindbergh ran
som hoax, came back to court today
and received a reduction of sentence
from years to 18 months.
Justice Daniel w. ODonoghue, who
presided in the sensational trial, agreed
to give Whitaker, alias "the Fox" and
self-styled head man" of the Lind
bergh kidnapers, credit for six months
he served in the District Jail prior to
his trial in the District Supreme Court.
Means Term Unchanged.
Whitaker himself appealed for this
credit when he faced the court for
sentence. but no action was taken by
the court at the time. Later, it is un-
derstood, his attorney, Joseph A. Turco,
pressed the matter for decision.
Means sentence was not changed. He
must serve two years for his part in
the conspiracy, which was an outgrowth
of $104,000 fraud perpetrated by
Means on Mrs. Mclean in his fake
negotiations" for the return of the
Lindbergh baby. For the original fraud
Means is under 15-year sentence.
Whitaker, former patent attorney and
chess champion, also faces a 3-year
sentence from the Federal courts in
Florida under the national motor We
hicle theft act His appeal from that
conviction is pending.
Claimed to Be Kidnaper.
"The Fox" it was brought out at the
recent trial, was introduced to Mrs.
Mclean by Means at Aiken, S. c.,
where she had gone on the promise of
Means that the Lindbergh baby would
be given to her there by the kidnapers.
Whitaker represented himself as the
chief kidnaper and told Mrs. Mclean
he had held the Lindbergh child in
his arms within 48 hours.
The conspiracy involved an attempt
to obtain S35, 900 from Mrs. Mclean for
the asserted purpose of redeeming S49,-
900 of the marked money given the
kidnapers by DR.. John F. Condor in
New York.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
GIRL AND BOY HELD
IN Staying OF UNCLE
Dry Run Farmers Objections to
Music Led to Attack, Police
Declare.
Special Dispatch to the Star.

Special Dispatch to the Star
HAGERSTOWN, Md, May 3f.-Be-
cause he objected to the music of a
phonograph record which his niece and
nephew. Elsie and George Rowe, were
playing, George w. Rowe, so, farmer,
OF Dry Run, was stoned to death by the
pair, according to police. The girl, Is,
and her brother, Is, confessed, said
Deputy Sheriff Emmert Daley, who ar
rested them soon after the attack last
night.
John Irvine, a neighbor, said he saw
the girl chasing her uncle down the
road, saw them clinch and the farmer
fall helpless. The girl dragged him
across the road and fled, he said. The
girl declared they had been drinking.
A blow at the base of the skull killed
him, examining physicians said. An
inquest will be held this afternoon.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
SAVED FROM RIVER
IN DARING RESCUE
Capital Tailor. Pounded in
Potomac Rapids After
Going Over Dam.
BY stat, Correspondent Of The Star.

BY Stan correspondent OF the Star.
GLEN ECHO, Nd. May 31:-The
heroism of an 18-year- Maryland
youth and 26-year-old Washingtonian
robbed the treacherous waters of the
upper Potomac of a potential victim
near here yesterday and prevented
what threatened to be the tragic end
of Memorial day outing for Oscar NJ
Freeny, "a, Capital tailor.
Freeny, who resides at 3010 Wiscon-
sin avenue, was saved by Ralph Faulk-
ner, jr., I8-year-old son of a washing
ton newspaper cartoonist, and Vincent
Herman, 26, Of 500 Rittenhouse street,
in a daring rescue after the swift cur
rent of the river swept him over the
stone dam near High Island and tossed
him onto the huge jagged rocks below.
Caught in Current.
The tailor was disporting alone in the
water near the island when the near
tragedy occurred. An expert swimmer,
he was suddenly caught in the current
and whirled over the dam a short dis
tance away, while a crowd Of Mortified
people spending the holiday swimming
and boating looked on.
The rain-swollen waters dashed him
back and forth against the massive
stones for nearly Is minutes before
Faulkner, who lives on Conduit road
near here, and Herman heard his cries
for help and set out in the formers
canoe in an effort to rescue the man.
Padding the fragile craft into the
dangerous whirlpools among the rocks,
the two succeeded in reaching the fast
firing Freeny after much difficulty, and
Faulkner dropped over the side and
swan with the man back to the canoe
Carried to Island.
Herman and Faulkner then lifted the
tailor into the canoe and carried him
to the island, some 200 feet away, when
Freeny became unconscious. Faulkner's
father padded out in a second canoe
and brought Freeny and his son to the
Maryland shore
Members of the Bethesda Fire Rescue
Squad, summoned to the scene by one
of the onlookers. rushed Freeny to
the Georgetown University Hospital in
Washington, where he was revived a
few moments later and dismissed after
being given first-aid treatment for cuts
and bruises he received when beaten
against the rocks
The Faulkner youth also was treated
by the fire rescue squad for similar
injuries.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
BANDIT GETS $500
AND BEATS VICTIM
Cigar Store Manager Left
Unconscious in Second
Robbery of Year.

Slugged and robbed for the second
time in less than year, Arthur B.
Snyder, A, night manager of the A.
Schultz cigar store at Ninth street and
Pennsylvania avenue, was forced to
hand over 1890 last night to a bandit,
who broke Snyder's arm with a black
jack and left him lying semi-conscious
on the floor of his store from blow
over the head.
Snyder was taken to Emergency Hos
pital. where he was to undergo X-ray
examination today to determine If he
has a fractured skull. He was still
groggy from the beating, but doctors
did not regard his condition as critical.
Preparing to Close.
The manager was preparing to close
for the night when man entered the
booth. As Snyder came from behind
the counter, the man suddenly emerged
from the booth and thrust a gun in
his ribs.
Snyder was ordered to turn out the
lights, lock the doors and hand over
the money from the cash register. The
robber obtained the money in the dark
ened store, keeping his gun pressed
against Snyder's body. Then, without
warning, the robber struck Snyder sew
eral times with a blackjack and hur-
ried out, first trying to lock the door
from the outside with keys he had
taken from the manager.
It was 20 minutes or so before Snyder
recovered his faculties sufficiently to
stagger to the street. He found Officer
H. H. Shoup directing traffic on the
corner and called for assistance. At
the hospital, Snyder was found to have
a fractured left forearm and concus-
sion of the brain.
Snyder, who lives at 1885 East Capt.
tol street, said the bandit, about 30
years old, was dressed In a shabby gray
suit and wore straw hat. The man
was a professional and was
careful not to touch the cash register
or any other surface which might re-
tain his fingerprints, Snyder said.
slugged Last November.
Last November 27, Snyder was slug
ged, robbed of $215 and left securely
bound in Schultz cigar store, at Fif-
teenth and G streets, by pair of ban
dts. Police later arrested suspects in
the robbery, and Snyder was able to
IDENTIFY them. Snyder was transferred
10 the Pennsylvania avenue store some
months ago.
Police today had been unable to 10
cate any person who had seen the bandit
emerge from the store last night. They
expected to obtain q more detailed de-
scription from the injured manager
when he recovers from the blow to his
head.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
COMMENCEMENT FRIDAY.
FOR LEE-JACKSON HIGH
Twenty-three Students to Be Grad
uated-Alexandria Attorney
to Make Address.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAMERON VALLEY, Va, May 81
Commencement exercises will be held
at Lee-Jackson High School Friday, at
BIS pm, when % students will Re
graduated.
Rev C. A. Langston, rector Of Pohick
Church, will give the invocation, which
will be followed by an address by Be-
atrice Wise, salutatorian. Several
songs will be rendered by the Glee Club
Under the direction of Miss Virginia
Lee T1lghman. The speaker for The
program will be Charles Henry Smith.
attorney of Alexandria Preceding the
valedictory, which will be given by
Rena Lynch, the seniors will sing a
farewell song.
Diplomas will be presented by Miss
Agnes Donaldson, former principal of
the high school, to the following:
Isobel Painter, Virginia Saum. Gwen
dolyn Clarke, Helen Webb, Beatrice
Wise Ellen Pullman, Ann Palmer, Ruth
Harvey. Frances Petit, Rena Lynch,
Mary Louis Reid. Idel Beales, Vivian
Gillespie. Lucy Bumbach, Nellie Ste
vens. Thomas MCGOWAN, Emmet
OMalley, John Webb. Jack Myers,
Harry Carrico, william Besley, Franklin
Reid and Morton Allen.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
SEEK TO REPORT
GAS MERGER BILL
Backers of Measure Expect
Favorable Action in House
District Group.

An executive session of the House
District Committee has been called for
tomorrow in an effort to report the bill
authorizing merger of the Washing
ton and Georgetown Gas Light COM
panies. The measure was passed by the
House last session.
Chairman Norton, who made a vigor-
Gus effort two weeks ago to report this
legislation. has been seriously Ill with
ptomaine poisoning at her sisters
home in Pelham Manor, N. Y, and If
she is unable to take charge of the
meeting tomorrow, Representative Lor-
ing Black of New York will preside. He
was chairman of the subcommittee that
conducted hearings on the gas merger
bill.
Hope to Block Bill.
Representative Weiderman Of Mich
igan and Representative O'Brien Of Illi-
nois, who led the opposition which on
two previous occasions prevented re-
port on the bill. today expressed conf
dence they will again be able to block
it.
Chairman Norton previously had an
nounced that, as far as her committee
was concerned, the gas merger bill was
dead for the present session. However,
since then the Senate has favorably re-
ported the measure.
Representative Weiderman has pre-
pared several amendments which he
will offer, but he believes the committee
is not ready to accept these. If the
amendments are incorporated in the
bill for the protection of District in
vestors and consumers, he would not
oppose the legislation, he said.
Would Limit Sales.
One Of these amendments would pre-
vent local investors from being mulcted
by any outside holding corporation and
would prohibit the sale of the new Sc
curities outside the District. Another
amendment, which he considers ex-
tremely important, would eliminate the
going concern value from appraisal for
rate making purposes.
1--WE expect to be able to prevent this
bill, which we believe hostile to the
interests Of the District people, from
being favorably acted upon by the COM
mittee," said Mr.. Weiderman today. IF,
however, the committee insists on re-
porting the bill, we will carry the fight
to the floor of the House, where I am
sure the bill will be defeated"
Evening star., 1933-05-31

The 50-foot swimming pool which
has been under construction in the west
wing of the White House for several
weeks is expected to be finished today
or tomorrow and ready Immediately
for the Presidents use.
Mr. Roosevelt inspected the pool last
night and expressed the desire to use
it without delay. During his inspec-
ton he was accompanied by Mrs.
Roosevelt, their daughter, Mrs. Anna
Dali; their son, James, and his wife,
and half dozen friends who had been
dinner guests at the White House.
The President expressed himself as
pleased with everything, and seemed
surprised that such complete job could
be done for so small an amount OF
money. The pool was constructed for
less than $4,000. the money being
Evening star., 1933-05-31
ROOSEVELT INSPECTS NEW POOL;
TOUSE 1T TOMORROW OR FRIDAY
President Expresses Surprise at Amount of Work Done
for $4,000 Investment

raised by popular subscription, through
the efforts of several New York State
newspapers.
The first water was run into the pool
Saturday, and yesterday this was pumped
out by an apparatus from the District
Fire Department, and the pool was
filled again preparatory to the Presi-
dents inspection. For his benefit also
last night the lighting effects were
turned on, all Of which added to the
attractiveness of the pool. Besides
frosted wall lights there are lights in
the walls of the tank, beneath the water,
which throw out a light greenish hue
throughout the pool
Mr.. Roosevelt Is especially fond of
swimming and is looking forward to
much-needed exercise. He indicated he
expects to use the pool tomorrow or Fri
day morning. ~
Evening star., 1933-05-31
MARINE CORPS SCHOOLS
/ GRADUATION CONDUCTED
Assistant Navy Secretary and Maj.
i Gen. B. II. Fuller Give Talks
d at Quantico.
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Special Dispatch to The Star.
oUANTICO, Va. May 31.-The an
nual graduation exercises OF the Unlted
states Marine Corps Schools were heio
here today. Assistant Secretary OF tne
mer Marine Corps colonel, and Maj.
Gen. Ben II. Fuller, commandant OF the
corps. delivered the addresses OF honor,
after which certificates Of graduation
were delivered to students who have
successfully completed courses in the
professional schools where Marine Corps
officers are taught the field and stan
Following the graduation exercises
Brig. Gen. ]. C. Breckenridge. com
nandant of the Marine Corps Schools.
and Mrs. Breckenridge rendered a
: luncheon to distinguished guests. Mrs.
breckenridge was assisted in her duties
:. as hostess by her niece, Miss Chew.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
Washington Title
OF Safest Driver
Claimed by Autoist
Oliver A. Gable Goes Is
Years Without Ticket
or Reprimand.

Twenty-Five years of motoring with
out traffic ticket or reprimand from
traffic officer led Oliver A. Gable, 529
Fourteenth street southeast, to lay
claim today to the title of Washingtons
most careful and conscientious driver.
Mr.. Gable started driving in Wash
ington in 1908 when automobiles were
novelty and the only improved high
way fit for Sunday drive was Conduit
road. out as far as Glen Echo. At
that time. he mastered the technique
of operating an old Thomas-Detroit
four-cylinder chugger which could do
80 miles an hour when forced. Even
then. such speed was hazardous, espe-
cially at night because of the limitations
of the kerosene headlights.
The only accident in which Mr..
Gable ever was involved occurred sew
eral years ago when he was riding a
bicycle to work at the Washington Navy
Yard and an automobile struck him.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
VIRGINIA GRANTS CHARTER
FOR RAPPAHANNOCK SPAN
James Madison Memorial Bridge,
Inc, to Link Port Royal and
Port Conway.
Special Dispatch to the Star.

Special Dispatch to the Star
RICHMOND, Va, May 31-A charter
has just been granted the James Madi-
son Memorial Bridge, Inc, which plans
to construct bridge across the Rap
pahannock River between Port Royal
in Caroline County and Port Conway
in King George County.
The bridge is to be named in memory
Of James Madison, fourth President of
the United States, who was born at
Port Conway, the home of his mother,
who was Nellie Conway before her
marriage.
The Reconstruction Finance Corpo-
ration has agreed to advance funds for
construction of the bridge, which is to
be a self-liquidating project.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
OFFERS SCHOOL PRIZE

Special Dispatch to the Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, May 31.-Fairfax
Rotary Club has offered a prize of
S5 to the child in the seventh grade
OF Fairfax School showing the great
est general improvement through
out the year. The teachers are to be
the sole judges as to the winner. The
prize will be presented by Rotarian at
the closing exercises.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
PUPILS TO GIVE PROGRAM
Damascus Group Will Stage En.s
tertainment Friday.
Special Dispatch to the Star.

Special Dispatch to the Star.
DAMASCUS. Md, May 31.-An en-
tertainment by pupils of Damascus Ele.
mentary School will be held in ths
auditorium Friday night. beginning al
8 o'clock.
The entertainment, which Is beinf
given under the direction Of Mrs. c
Byrtle Bates, Mrs. Gladys S. Day and
Miss Constance Mullinix, is featured by
a one-act operetta, entitled .Melilotte,"
benefit of the sixth grade.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
SPOTTED FEVER TOPIC
OF MONTGOMERY DOCTOR

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SOMERSET. Md, May 31.-Dr. v. L.
Ellicott, Montgomery County health Of
f1cer. will talk at a meeting to be held
in Somerset School tomorrow night on
the subject Spotted Fever, Its Cause
and Prevention" The meeting will be
omen to the public
Evening star., 1933-05-31
PLANS TO GIVE COMEDY
Bon Air Ladies' Auxiliary to Stage
Play Saturday.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BON AIR. Va, May 31.-"Pipe
Dreams" a three-act comedy, will be
presented by the Ladies Auxiliary of
Bon Air Saturday evening, at o'clock,
in the Community House
The proceeds will be used to build
an addition to the Community Center
Hall and new tennis court.
The cast includes Vivian Stegmaier,
Helen Halier, Louise Howser. Ellis Cul-
len, Mildred Reeves, Myrtle Powlas.
Clara Norris. Virginia Shaffer, Ade-
laide Howser, Audrey Davis and Mrs.
Hurst. Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley are d.
recting.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
FOUR BANDITS BEAT
FARMER IN ROBBERY
Home Near Hancock Is Looted and
$50 Taken-Two Women Are
Held at Bay.
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HAGERSTOWN, Md, May 81
oswald Ritz, As, farmer, Sideiing Hlll.
rear Hancock, was beaten by four
masked bandits, and two women, one
his mother. were held at bay as the
kJaJtz home was ransacked and S8o taken
from a strong box. TWO hancock
youths. Clyde and James POWELL arc
Under arrest as suspects.
Ali four were armed with revolvers
>rd threatened Ritz's life If he notlf1ed
the noltce for four hours. They beat
him with clubs before leaving.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
SCHOOL PLAY TONIGHT
Waldorf Pupils Will Present Pro-
gram at 8 O'Clock.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

6Id1tt uI o y O-UChs
Special Dispatch to The Star
WALDORF, Md. May 31-The
pupils of the Waldorf Consolidated
School, under the direction of their
teachers, Miss NJ Eva Turner, Miss
Albrittan and Miss Mudd, win present
the play, America Changes" tonight
at 8 o'clock, in the auditorium. One
hundred and twenty pupils are in the
cast
First and second grades, coached by
Miss Bowie, will present "All in a
Garden Fair" Music for the occasion
will be directed by Miss Mudd, with
Miss Jane Macpherson at the piano.
Miss Hilda Davis is chairman of the
Committee on Ccstuning and Miss
Mary Wilkerson is chairman Of Com
mittee on Stage Setting.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
FIREMEN HONOR DEAD
Rockville Volunteers Conduct Serv-
ices in Cemeteries.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
ROCKVILLE, Md, May 31.-Mem-
bers of the Rockville Volunteer Fire De.
partment remembered the deceased
members of their organization yesterday
by visiting the Rockville Union anS
Laytonsville Cemeteries and placing ,
wreath on the grave of each. At eacI
grave Rev. j. Lloyd Black, pastor of TIN
Rockville Christian Church, who is vic
president Of the fire department. de
nvered short prayer.
Those honored were DR.. Otis M. Lin,
thicum, Joseph G.. Howes. Preston
Ricketts, and Harry Riley, whose re.
mains rest In the Rockville UnioI
Cemetery. and Gordon Keys, who's,
grave is in the Laytonsville Cemetery.
Montana labor news., 1933-10-26
COMPROMISE LIKELY ON ENLARGED
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Init. Ladies Garment Workers, for
the needle trades bloc, and Pres. Emil
Rieve of the hosiery workers, for the
textile bloc, be given seats.
A principal argument against en-
largement is the increased cost of the
councils quarterly sessions, usually
held in Atlantic City or Mama, Fla.
Costs last year were S 1900 and that
might easily be doubled if the coun-
Gil is expanded to 25. Lewis suggest
ed that compensation to executive
council members be cut.
that the private owners of the COM
mercial newspapers have been under
attack in the A. F. of L. convention.
Tn Monday the convention went on
record c%ondemning the refusal of As
ISOLATED Press to deal with the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union. although
more than the required 81 per cent of
~telegraphers have signified their will
ingness to join the union. Asso-
ciated Press is hiding behind a spec
ious plea of guarding the freedom
of the press" in defying MIRA provi-
sions guaranteeing workers the right
to join unions of their own choosing,
asserted the committee on industrial
relations.
Montana labor news., 1933-10-26
PLEDGES
DRIVE ON CHILD
LABOR

IAN
not be entrusted with the job of per-
manently ending child labor IN the
United States, Pres. William Green
warned the A. f. of L. convention,
Oct. 9. For years organized labor has
been the only force pressing for rati-
fication of the child labor amendment,
he said. As a result Is states have
signed and labor will continue the
drive for ratification by SO states.
Anti-child labor provisions in NRA
codes at the best are only temporary,
Green stated, commenting on the re-
port of Mrs. Florence Curtis Hanson,
president of the American Federation
of Teachers. Mrs. Curtis, reporting
for the education committee, delivered
a smashing attack on selfish inter-
ests seeking to perpetuate their eco
nomic control in behalf of profits"
while slashing school budgets. Thou
sands of schools have been closed or
their terms sharply curtailed, rs per
cent Of the nations teachers are on
the job list and the education of the
next generation is being endangered
by Chamber of Commerce and en-
ployers' Economy" drives to balance
budgets at the expense of the children,
she warned.
The committee urged a wide pro.
gram including unionization of teach
ers, schools for the unemployed,
wider vocational education, and an ed
ucational program for the CCC lumber
conservation camp workers.
Newspaper publishers, while hypo-
critically endorsing NRA, are fight
ing efforts to eliminate child labor of
newsboys, asserted William R. Trot-
ter Of the Init. Typographical Union.
The American Newspaper Publishers
Assn. has drawn up a code classifying
newsboys as merchants" and "com-
mission men," thus exempting them
from child labor provisions, he de-
clared.
This is the second time in two days
Montana labor news., 1933-10-26
BREWERY WORK
BIG

CHICAGO-(FP)- The executive
board of the brewery workers union
is in session in Chicago preliminary
to the annual convention which prom
Uses to be the best in the organizations
history since the VoIstead act first
went in effect. The union, officially
styled Init. Union of United Brew
cry, Flour, Cereal and Soft Drink
Workers of America, is an industrial
union, comprising all the workers in
the brewing industry, including the
truck drivers. It has successfully de-
Tended its jurisdiction against the
teamsters and chauffeurs' interna-
tional.
we left the Knights of Labor to
enter he American Federation of La
bor," Pres. Kugler told Federated
Press, ION the express understanding
that our form of industrial unionism
would not be changed"
Montana labor news., 1933-10-26
UNDERLIES LABOR'S
BACKING OF RECOVERY ACT

for the skilled, victimization of active
~unionists by employers. To the rank
and file it may mean even death as to
the miner pickets in Illinois or to
the steel strikers in Pennsylvania,
countless bruises and broken bones
and internal injuries inflicted by po-
lice and company gunner on strikers
almost everywhere. To the labor
movement as a whole it means the
fall of real wages because of the ris-
ing cost of living, as Green pointed
out in his keynote speech to the con-
vention.
viii the 53rd convention put its
fighting machine in order so that a
showdown with the government and
employers can be had when it becomes
necessary? That is the question to
be decided in the remaining days of
the sessions.
Montana labor news., 1933-10-26

WASHINGTON-(FP)-A compro-
mise on the demand of Pres. John L.
Lewis of the miners union that the
A. F. of L. executive council be in
creased from nine to 25 members
seems likely as the law committee at
the A. F. of l.. convention continued
to struggle with the proposal. Small
er craft unions which now dominate
the council fight the demand.
The committee may recommend that
council membership be increased to
Is or Is and that Pres. Lewis of the
miners, Pres. David Dubinsky of the