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Evening star., 1933-08-05
OFFERING
K|DNAP INSURANCE
Prominent and Wealthy Per-
sons Are Reported to Have
Been Written.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August S. Insurance
against kidnapping up to 100000 is
being offered through a London group
Lloyds). the Tribune said today.
Prominent and wealthy persons In
various cities have been secretly In
sured against the menace under pre-
miums of three quarters Of l per cent
for adults and ~ per cent for chill
dren. Because of the greater risk In
the case of children the maximum
principal amount in such anti-kidnap
policies is limited to $50 900, the paper
said.
Adults also may insure themselves In
the same policy against injuries while
in the hands Of abductors for aool-
tional premium payments.
The paper said negotiations Tor the
policies are conducted under conditions
of utmost secrecy. Only persons Of un-
questioned reputation are considered by
the insurers and they must have been
free from any involvements with shady
or undesirable characters. The name
of the seeker for insurance Is caoleo
London by code and only the senior
Chicago representative Of the lnsurlne
group knows identities Of the applicant
the paper said.
That is to prevent possible kidnaper:
from obtaining knowledge of the trans
actions.
Among the cities from which in
quiries have come, the Tribune said, re-
garding the anti-kidnaping policies art
Albany. N. Y, home of John J. OCon'
nell. a recent kidnap victim. and Kansa!
CITY. where two women have been alb
Quoted within recent months. Mis-!
Mary McElroy and Mrs. Nell @. Don
nelly,
Evening star., 1933-08-05
FORT MONROE FOG
GREETS GUNNERS
Battery E Group of 260th
Coast Artillery Completes
Practice.
Special Dispatch to The Star,


FORT MONROE. Va. August S.
Through a mist and heavy fog the ma
chime gun unit of Battery E Of 260th
Coast. Artillery completed its target
practice at Fort Monroe last night.
The plane towing the target and the
sleeve target at which the gunners were
firing was completely obliterated at
times by fog and it was only when the
target appeared in open spaces between
the clouds that it could be seen.
The target was released from the
plane on its return to Langley field but
as yet has not been located. Battery
c opened the heavy gun firing this
morning with preliminary practice
while the bursts of the three-inch shells
appeared to be very close to the target,
the actual number of hits cannot be
determined until the ground observa-
ton and aerial observation data are
analysed
Lieut.. Perry c. Huff. commanding thu
battery, stated that the practice was
Battery C again obtaining an excel
lent rating in their practice, as during
last years encampment.
A battalion parade was held this
morning for the guests who arrived on
the early morning boat from Washing
ton, after which pictures were taken Of
the regiment by Washington photog-
rapher.
Mai James R. Lusby the fiance
officer of the District National Guard.
under command of Maj. Gen. Anton
Stephan. arrived in camp this morning
to check the pay rolls and prepared for
the paying of the men at the end of
their encampment.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
BLOND AND 2 MEN )
SOUGHT IN SLAYING
Storekeeper, 70, Killed When He
Grabs Woman Bandits Dress
to Halt Flight.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 5.-A blond gun
woman, whose two male companions
shoot, stab and slug their way to free
dom, today became the object OF city
wide police search.
The charge If and when she Ii appre-
hended, will likely be murder.
Gustav Hoeh, 10 years old. owner OF
q haberdashery at 594S Division street
on Chicagos far west side, was their
victim. He was shot to death yesterday
when he tried to prevent the woman'S
escape by grasping her dress. while she
and her two companions were about to
flee in a motor car after an unsuccessful
attempt to rob Hoeh in his shop.
One Of her companions promptly shot
Hoeh in the breast and he died en- route
to a hospital.
1t was, the police said, one Of 50
or more crime forays in which the
blond and her companion have partici-
pated in the last three months, usually
she carries pistol. Yesterday, however.
she left it at home -.5
In the shops cash drawer there re-
manned $l4, untouched by the hands
that killed the moneys owner.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
VIOLENCE MARKS
HARLAN ELECTION
Three Hurt in Dynamite
Blast and Shooting.
Troops on Duty.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HARLAN, KY, August 5.-Bladng
guns and exploding dynamite. tnjurtng
three men, marked the start today Of
the primary election in Harlan County.
despite the presence Of four companies
OF National Guardsmen, who had been
ordered on duty as the result Of pre-
election outbreaks Thursday and Fri
day when two were killed.
The men injured today were Robert
Gilbert, 80. who may lose the sight of
one eye; Theodore Middleton, resigned
police chief of Harlan and candidate
for the Republican nomination Tor
sheriff, leg injury; and Jim Cawood. 81.
of Evarts, two fingers shot OIL.
They said they were targets Of an
outbreak at the precinct of the r. C..
Tway Coal Co. camp, a mile south OF
here.
Controversy Develops.
Oficers were told they went to the
precinct with about a dozen other
men 10 minutes before opening OF the
polls to inspect the ballot box. In &C
cordance with q signed agreement OF
each side to open boxes and determine
If they were empty before the vote
started.
A controversy developed between the
two groups and Middleton and his sup
porters ran from the mine ONCE build
ing. seeking cover beneath the concrete
pcrch, which is about 8 feet high Gil
bert said about 500 shots were fired
from machine guns and rifles, ana a
stick of dynamite attached to piece
of coal was then thrown to the edge OF
the porch and exploded.
Guards Rushed 10 Scene.
Gilbert and Middleton we're struck by
stones hurled by the explosion. Bullets
clipped off two of Cawood's fingers.
A hundred National Guardsmen rushed
to the scene from Harlan. where the
noise could be heard, Gilbert and 1om
Gibson. general manager OF the coal
company, were questioned here by Capt
Diamond e. Perkins. commanding Com
pany A. l49th Infantry. During the
questioning at the City Hall, police
stopped all traffic a block away.
No Warrants Issued.
The men were released later and o.
agreement no warrants were issued
Adlt. Gen H. H. Denhardt, who arrived
early today and took charge OF the
troops, said Gibson told him that about
m. an armed group led by Middleton
invaded the camp and opened fire or
the commissary and Office in the same
building and that men there returned
the fire.
Middletcn's contention. Gen. Den
hardt said, was that he went there te
inspect the ballot boxes in compliance
with an agreement and was fired upon
Gen. Denhardt said the soldiers in
spection of the ballot box disclosed M
irregularities.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
COAL STRIKES END
10Y TO P|CKETERS
Cheer Settlement Workers,
Out Nearly 2 Weeks, Due
to Return Monday.
3y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa. August s.
Lusty cheers from the tAroats OF tlreo
p,ckets early today greeted the ending
of the great strike in Pennsylvania S
soft coal fields.
Out nearly two weeks, some $4,000 TO
10000 miners in Western Pennsylvania
will pick up their dinner pals and go
back. probably Monday, to their jobs In
the pits. =.
John l.. Lewis, national president OF
the United Mine Workers, telephoned
william Feeney, district president,
shortly before midnight last night, in
structing him to spread word OF the
truce effected by President Roosevelt
and Industrial Administrator Hugh 5.
Johnson.
Need to Approve Terms.
Feeney Immediately called meetings
of miners locals to approve terms OF
the armistice, a perfunctory move. he
issued no formal statement, but indi-
Gated compliance with terms of the
agreement between union chiefs and
coal operators providing resumption OF
work pending adoption Of the coal code
Patrick T. Pagan, president OF Dis
trict No. S. said officials in his area
will comply with the request contained
in the Presidents statement and the
advice of international officers and have
the miners Immediately return to
work"
Return of the miners will restore q
weekly pay roll of approximately $780,
900 and end hectic days OF strife and
disorder in one of the worlds largest
soft coal mining areas.
At Harrisburg Gov. Clifford Pinchot
said National GuardSmen will be with
drawn from Fayette County "as soon
as conditions warrant" The heart OF
the strike zone has been under, semi
martial law and militia -patrolled since
last Monday. >.
If the strike had not been settled 1t
might easily have broken down the
entire recovery program" Pinchot said
A somber note pervaded the jubilant
air of thousands of weary pickets as
they prepared to attend the funeral
today of Louis Padorsky, the lone fatal
ity of the strike. With all the pomr
at their command, some 5000 mine
comrades will march in a funeral pro-
cession to a little graveyard at nearby
Allison, Padorsky's home.
Padorsky, World War veteran. was
fatally shot last TUESDAY IN tne plcke'
lines at the H. c. Frick Coke Cos
Colonial Mine No. 3.
Late in Getting News.
In adjacent Washington County
where news of the truce spread les
quickly, pickets from closed mines
marched on four workings, closing them
About 1900 men quit work.
There was no disorder and the com
panies are not attempting to reopen thu
mines. Many miners, who later learned
Of the peace effected in Washington
SAID they consider it likely that tn
mines will resume operations next week
The mines closed today are the P. 8
w. mine, owned by the Pittsburgh
Terminal Ccal CORPORATION, but oper
ated on lease by the Avella Coal Co..
the Duquesne mine of the Duquesn
! Coal q Coke Co., the Leech farm min
| of the Leech Farm Coal Co. and tn
Bertha mine Of the Bertha Consumers
Coal Co. Between 12,000 and 1900
men are out in Washington County.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
HURRICANE SWEEPS
RIO GRANDE Valley
Fear Felt for Safety of Two
score Marooned on
Islands.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Aug. s.
Wreckage of damaged homes and build
ings Uttered the countryside and cities
of the Lower Rio Grande Valley today
as residents sought to determine if
there was loss of life from a brief
tropical hurricane
Point Isabel and Brownsville, at the
mouth of the Rio Grande, were directly
in the path of last nights storm. which
swept inland from the Gulf at a We
locity of nearly 80 miles an hour blew
for two hours, then veered suddenly
and lunged southwark into Mexico.
The principal concern was felt for Is
or 80 persons marooned m Col Sam
Robertson's Del Mar Hotel, on Brazos
Island, and for 10 or IL Coast Guards
men at the Government station on
Padre Island. Communication with both
islands was severed late yesterday when
the gales reached a force Of 10 miles
an hour and heavy seas inundated the
long. narrow sand bars which rise a
few feet above the sea level and stretch
for miles along the coast
Scarcely a building in Point Isabel
escaped damage. Most of the buildings
there were of frame construction.
Brownsville was hit heavily, trees being
stripped of their limbs, roofs OF houses
and buildings torn away and light and
power lines blown down. The city re-
mained in darkness all night, although
telephone and telegraph lines to the
outside world remained intact.
The barometer here dropped to 20
at pm, then started rising slowly.
although the gradually diminishing
gale blew most Of the night.
Inland, Rio Hondo and Harlingen
buildings.
Old Theater Damaged.
Residents of the coastal area general
ly had ample time to reach safety since
the Gulf disturbance had been brewing
off-shore for three days and warnings
had been posted along the Texas coast
from Brownsville to Freeport.
An old theater, the Teatro Reforma,
in Matamoros. the Mexican city across
the Rio Grande from Brownsville. built
during the French occupation in the
days of Emperor Maximilian, was dam
aged badly and many dwellings in that
city were unroofed or wrecked.
Damage to the lower Rio Grande
Valley citrus crop was estimated at 5
per cent by Ralph Buell., managing
editor of the Brownsville Herald.
Buell. made a survey of a 42-mile
strip from Harlingen to Mission cover
ing about three-fourths of the valleys
citrus groves.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
INFECTED ANIMALS
STOLEN FROM PENS
Hospital Issues Immediate Warn
ing in Theft Which Threatens
Years Experiment.

BY the Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Nebr., August 5.-Thirty
rabbits and six guinea pigs which had
been inoculated with dangerous in
fectious diseases, were stolen from their
pens at the Lincoln General Hospital
early today, Mrs. Gladys Smits, super
intendent reported.
Mrs. Smits asked newspapers to pub
lish q warning of the danger Of hand
ling or eating the animals. She urged
that the thief get in touch with hos
pital authorities 50 the health menace
might be endh promptly.
The guinea pigs had beenAsubjected
to injections for tuberculosis and men
nights. The rabbits were being used in
arthritis experiments.
The theft was discovered early this
morning when an attendant went to
feed the animals.
Hospital attendants said that unless
the animals were returned promptly
the value of tests made over a period Of
one to two years would be destroyed.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
BLUE EAGLE SALES
RESULT IN ARREST
St. Louisan Alleged to Have Sup
piled Employers Not Signers
of Code.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, August 5.-Selling blue
eagle emblems to persons unauthorized
by law to use them was charged in
Federal warrant issued yesterday
against Harlan French, 20, salesman
OF suburban Clayton.
French's arrest is believed to be one
Of the first on such a charge.
The warrant, issued by United States
Commissioner John A. Burke on COM
plant of Bryan Purteet, assistant
United States attorney, further charges
that French's alleged violation of the
provisions of the recovery act obstructed
and impeded President Roosevelt's pro-
gram for national industrial recovery
and Unemployment.
Issuance Of the warrant, Purteet said.
followed complaints that French sold
the emblems to employers who have
not signed the blanket code for shorter
working hours and increased wages
Evening star., 1933-08-05
MRS.COSTELL0CE GETS
TWO DAYS. RESPITE
Witness Stand Ordeal in Hus-
d-SIaying Case Had
Gripped Crowded Court.
BY the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
SALEM, Mass. August 5.-Jessie B.
Costello today had two days of escape
ahead OF her-escape from the gaze Of
hundreds who for the last three weeks
have flocked to Essex County Superi,-
Court to see her wage her fight for life
and freedom
ing Of ner husband. Fire Capt. William
j. Costello. who was found dead in
their little vine-covered home on Feb
ruary II.
For two days and q half the buxom
widow. mother Of three children. had
stood on the witnsss stand and told her
story. For two Of those days she faced
the grim questioning Of District Attor-
ney Hugh A. Gregg. an insistent and
relentless cross-examiner.
Closely Watched by Crowd.
The jury, attorneys. newspaper men
and the crowd that waited for hours to
get one Of the seats available to spec
tatorS glued their eyes on her as she
met the thrusts Of the man who sought
to convict her Of murder in the first
degree and send her to the electric
chair
As she entered and left the court
house hundreds Of others craned their
necks to see her: batteries of cameras
recorded her appearance for the read
ing world.
Yesterday she grew belligerent under
the gruff interrogation of Gregg. She
said her husband had been acting
strangely before his death When asked
why she had not done something about
1t. tears that had been in her eyes dis
appeared and in their place came the
CLINT Of hard steel.
Remorse In Remark.
IF had done what should have
done. my children would be saying their
father was in the asylum" she said
Now they are saying their mother is
in jail"
The widow was particularly bitter
when the name of Edward j. Mcmahon.
Peabody reserve policeman. who had
testified he carried on an affair with
her. was injected into the Interrogation.
She said he was "a stool pigeon in the
Peabody police" that he had no sand"
and that the things he had said on the
witness stand had been pumped into
him She denied his allegations that
she had engaged in intimacies with him
and said the most she had ever done
was shake hands with him.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
FIRST LADY lAUDS
SELF-REL|ANCE
Urges Teaching Children Only
Principles and Letting
Them Go Onward.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK, N. Y, August 5.-Tne
folks who stand on their own feet ana
learn for themselves got pat on the
back last night from Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Speaking at the Institute OF Euthenlcs
as Vassar College, the wife of the Pres
ident discussed her views on family
problems of the day and more particu-
larly the rearing OF children. She Is
the mother of five.
Il always wanted happiness for my
children" she said. Il have come to
think that people grow more through
suffering than anything else. The big
people are the people who have learned
to stand on their own feet, accept the
results of what they do and learn for
themselves"
Remarking that this is a changing
age, she urged that new values and
standards be established by parents.
I'VE must train our children to new
world" she said. "A world which we
don't know about. We must teach our
children principles and let them decide
for themselves They often don't do
what We believe Is right.
I'VE can just say keep on growing to
ideals and standards If they are sat
isfied, then we are, too We must be
patient and let them learn by their own
experience I know it is the most diff
cult thing in the world to do"
Evening star., 1933-08-05

active military or naval service.
IF. as q result of the action Of the
special boards, we can be assured that
those who properly belong on the rolls
remain there and those who do not be-
long on the rolls are removed, we can
then insure this group of veterans the
full bounty Of a grateful Government
without fear Of injustice to the tax
payer or proper criticism from any one.
It is not because Of these men that
economies in veterans affairs became
necessary"
A special reviewing board Of IS will
be set up to handle appeals from and
pass on the decistons Of the smaller
REGIONAL boards.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
FORMULATING CODE
Building Owners and Managers
Drawing Up Agreement.

CHICAGO. August [P.-A sub
committee of the National Association
of Building Owners and Managers has
begun formulating a code for submis-
sion to the National Recovery Admin
istration.
The committee met in closed session
and no announcements concerning its
progress will be made until the code Is
completed.
The committee is composed of seven
members of the association, appointed
as special group of the Sterilization
Committee selected at the associations
convention several weeks ago in Phil
adelphia.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
HAiLSTORM DESTROYS
FRUIT IN NORTHWEST
Irrigation Ditch Near Yakima
Wash, Broken and Topsoil Of
Orchards Washed OF.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
YAKIMA. Wash, August S. - An
hours hailstorm and heavy rain yes
terday practically destroyed fruit crops
on half a dozen ranches in the Pomona
district northwest of Yakima.
Roads we're damaged, top soil was
washed of portions Of the orchards and
the Selah-Moxee irrigation ditch below
the ranches was broken.
1000 boxes of apples, another said he
would lose 1,500 boxes of apples and IS
tons of pears and others estimated
damage at 1,500 to 1000 boxes Of apples
and various tonnages Of pears. The
ranchers said the hailstones in places
banked up more than q foot on the
ground.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
ASK FOREST CAMP
AS FLOOD SUCcOR
Colorado Ranchers Crippled
by Great Damage Done
by Cherry Creek.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DENVER, August 5.-Denver today
shoveled away the last traces Of the
Castlewood flood. which struck here
Thursday, but ranchers along the 35-
mile course Of Cherry Greek said their
damage was so great they will ask for
the establishment of a conservation
camp to aid in rehabilitation.
A committee of five ranchers was ap-
pointed to call upon Gov. Ed c. john
son and ask that q conservation camp
be moved to the Castlewood area next
week. The flood ripped a path nearly
2 miles wide through the farming area
and left tree trunks, the wreckage OF
buildings and tons Of silt.
Two persons were drowned in the
waters which swept down the creek
following the dam break. and one in a
cloudburst, which preceded the Cherry
Greek flood. Ofhcials said they believed
the death toll would be no greater than
that. Five persons who we're camped
below the dam have not been located
since the flood. but police said they
probably escaped.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
Company Reports Loss.

CHICAGO. August R-The
Grigsby- Grunow Co. reported q net
loss of s755,0l1 for the three months
ended June II. The quarterly loss
brought the company's deficit for the
24-week period, ended June Z, to ST.
ass, 100. Comparable figures for last
year are not available. A deficit OF
S2,236,277 was incurred In the year
ended last December 81.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
$1,000 RUM CARGO TAKEN
Federal Agents Get 155 Cases and
10 Kegs of Whisky.

BALTIMORE, August LP).-Federal
prohibition agents captured a large
truck yesterday loaded with 155 cases
Of assorted liquors and six 10-gallon
kegs of whisky near here.
Two men, James Walsh, 80, and Jo-
seph Likline. Is, both of Philadelphia.
were arrested.
The cargo, the largest seizure in
recent months, was valued BY prohi-
bition agents at $500.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
N. R. A. CODES GAINING

NEW YORK, August [P).-After re-
ceiving $4,000 more signed N. r. A.
agreements today, James Finn Hodgson,
regional director of the drive, predicted
the total for this district would top
100000 at the close of business today.
Among the larger signers yesterday
were the Bank of Manhattan Co.. with
2,340 employees; Standard Oil Co. of
Pennsylvania, 1875. and Standard Oil
Co. of New Jersey, 14,703.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
TAX ON DRINKS TO AID
SOUTH DAKOTA'S POOR
Legislature, in Special Session,
Legalizes Beer and Wine-Sale
to Begin Soon.

By the Associated Press.
PIERRE. s. Dak August South
Dakotans soon will be quafnng 80 beer
and wines.
The State Legislature, in special ses-
sion called by Gov. Tom Berry. last
night completed action on a measure
to legalize the beer and wine and to
use the tax and license revenue, esti-
mated at up to 100000 annually, for
poor relief purposes.
Gov. Berry's signature win make the
beverage available as soon as stamps
and licenses are printed.
"On sale" licenses will be $40 an
nually and ''of1 sale" permits $25. In
addition, there will be tax and in
spection fee Of SIPS per 31-gallon
barrel.
An attempt to set December IL as
the date for q special election to vote
on the question Of repeating the eight
eenth amendment was defeated in the
House when the move failed to re-
ceive q two-thirds majority.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
Old Cracker.BOx
Philosophers Go
With n. r. A. Code
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOUNT MORRIS. Pa. August
5.-Compliance with provisions
of the N. r. A. is sounding the
death knell OF an institution al
most as old as the United States
the "meetin' place" In the
towns general store.
Merchants gathered last night
from l6 hamlets surrounding
Mount Morris and agreed to sup
port the blue eagle" Of the N.
r. A.. closing their stores at 6
pm. nightly.
The whiting contests, the
spell-downs. the storytelling ses-
sions took their last bow locally.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
Journalist Arrested.

BERLIN, August R.-Dr. Paul
Goldman, for 80 years Berlin CORE
spondent of the Vienna Neue Freie
Presse, was arrested today on q charge
delicate health, Dr. Goldman, who Is
Foreign Press Association has interested
itself In the case.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
BIG METAL SHIPMENT

Silver and Gold Worth $50, ,OOO, 600
Sent Abroad.
NEW YORK. August S (R.-Sixty-
six tons Of gold and silver earmarked
by the Federal Reserve Bank for the
Bank Of France and several private
banks In England were shipped on the
Olympic last night.
The shipment. valued at approx
imately $50 900, 900, was the largest to
leave the country in many months.