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Smyrna times., 1933-06-21

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DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
Continued from Page One)

Boggs, of Dover; three sisters, Mrs.
Howard M. Buckson, Mrs. James
c. Wickes, Dover; Mrs. T. P.
Revelle, Seattle, Wash; and one
brother, James D. Boggs, Dover.
Funeral services and interment
were held in Seattle Tuesday Of
last week.
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
SHERIFF0S SALE
Or VAIL ABLE
REAL ESTATE

By virtue of writ of Venditioni En-
ponas to me directed will be exposed to
sale by way of public vendue. at the Front
Door Of The Clayton Bank and Trust Com
pany, in the Town of Clayton. Kent Coun-
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21

ID. II. Robinson, ST. Georges, Dead
David H. Robinson. aged "a
years, a well known farmer near
Smyrna, died at ST. Georges this
morning after a lingering illness.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Emma F. Robinson and several
children among whom is William
Robinson of Clayton. The funeral
services will be held on Friday af-
ternoon at o'clock from FAIRIES
Funeral Chapel, Smyrna, and in
terment will be made at Odd Eel
lows Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Baker

Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, wife of
the late Robert Baker, died on Fri
day at the Kent General Hospital
at Dover, at the age of Al years.
She was the daughter of James P.
Williams and Eliza (Martin) Will
liams, formerly of Delaware. Fun
eral services were held from the
residence of James Truax, near
Smyrna, on Monday afternoon at
1.3O o'clock with Rev. John L.
Johnson officiating. Interment was
made at Barratt's Chapel.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
BUCK NOT INSANE,
HIS LAWYER SAYS
Will Not Offer Plea at Trial
for KIDNAPPING Peggy
McMath.

By the Associated Press.
BRIDGEWATER, Mass, May 81
Elias Burwick, counsel for Kenneth
Buck, who, with his brother, Cyril. is
being held In the kidnapping Of 1o-year-
old Peggy McMath of Harwichport, last
night said his client was perfectly nor
NAL" and that there would be no plea
Of insanity.
Kenneth was transferred TO the Hos
pital for the Criminally Insane here
Sunday from Barnstable Jail after au-
thorities said he had become violent in
his cell
Burwick, q Worcester attorney said
he had long conference with his client
yesterday and that there was mo ques-
ton in his (Kenneth's) mind and my
mind that he is sane"
The outburst last Sunday. Burwick
described as hystria brought on by
fear on Bucks part that harm might
come to his wife and child. ....
Buck is charged with seizing and
confining with intent to extort, while
his older brother is charged with con-
f1ning with intent to extort. Their trial
is set for June IL.
Peggy McNath was kidnapped May 2
after being dismissed from school as the
result of a ruSe. She was returned to
her father, Neil C. McMath, after
$50, 900 ransom had been paid. The
money subsequently was recovered in
Kenneth's home. Cyril Buck acted as
intermediary in the return of the child.
In explaining the fear, he said Ken
meth had for his family's safety, Bur-
wick said Kenneth had been threatened
that If he told the whole story his wife
and child would be harmed.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
RICH WAR HERO KILLED
IN FIRST SOLO FLIGHT
J. oliver Beebe, Boston Merchant,
Plunged 400 Feet-His Two
Children Watch.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, May 31.-J. Oliver Beebe,
World War hero and wealthy Boston
leather merchant, plunged 400 feet to
his death yesterday in an airplane in
which he was making his first solo
flight. Several thousand persons, in
Guiding Beebe's 9-year-old son and g.
year-old daughter, witnessed the trag-
edy which occurred about 100 yards
from the East Boston airport.
Beebe had been flying with an in
structor, and just prior to his solo
attempt had taken the children and
nurse for flight Taking the controls
himself, he made one perfect landing,
and apparently was attempting to circle
down for another when the cabin
monoplane went into spin and buried
itself in the mud flats.
Beebe, who was 40 years old, was
graduated from Harvard in 1915. and
was cited for bravery by both the
French and American governments dur
ing his service as an ambulance driver
in the World War;
Evening star., 1933-05-31

flower. The Evening Stars entrant In
the recent Tenth National Oratorical
Contest, viii be May queen.
The procession viii start from the
Sixth street door Of the old school
building and will end in the auditorium
Of the new school. Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament viii conclude the
devotions.
Miss Collifower, daughter Of James
E. Colli1ower. president of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association,
and Mrs. Colliflower, president of the
st. Cecilia's Academy Alumnae Asso-
Evening star., 1933-05-31
DOG QUITS ELIAS TRAIL
Leader of Hounds in "Uncle Toms
Cabin" Escapes.

NEW YORK, May 81 (P).-Champion,
leader of the hound pack that chases
Eliza across the ice in the Players
Club revival of Uncle Toms Cabin, "
escaped through stage door yesterday
and did a little extra chasing along
West Fifty-second street.
The dog, valued at $1,000, was cap
tured In flying tackle by John Sedor,
huntsman for Stephen e. Budd of New
ton, Conn, master of the hounds of the
Litchfleld County hunt.
Campion comes from the Blanmey
kennels of Lord Digby In Northampton
shire.
Evening star., 1933-05-31

and q third was wounded In the leg
In an encounter with two border pa
trolmen along the Rio Grande here.
A man identified as Jose Hernandez.
26, struck by eight bullets, died in a
hospital yesterday. Officers bad been
unable to identify the man killed out
right.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
FLOWER SHOW TO OPEN

The annual flower show Of the Chew
Chase. D. c.. Garden Club. viii be held
tomorrow from 2 to 10 pm. at All
Saints Episcopal Church.
Prizes will be awarded for the best
flower In the show, the best rose and
the best peony. The Exhibition Conn
mittee is composed of Mrs. Arthur
Presmont. chairman; Mrs L. S. Mohler,
Mrs. Paul Anderson and Mrs. D. O.
Davis. &
Evening star., 1933-05-31
Snakes in Stolen Suit Case.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo, May 81 P.-
The thief who stole suit case belong
ing to Theodore A. Tausch Of Engle-
wood, from a Los Angeles Hotel, viii
always remember the loot If he opens
the luggage. 1t contained three rattle
snakes and 5-foot king snake, police
were informed by Tausch, who Is q
snake collector and tanner.
Evening star., 1933-05-31

Our last presentation Of
these dresses met with much
enthusiasm. Women who
have found 1t difficult to Sc
cure light floral prints, dots
and small figured prints in
thin sheerS fashioned in be-
coming styles, were delighted
with the unusual variety in
their particular sizes. Dresses
and jacket suits that meet so
many needs+for business, for
shopping, bridge, informal
dinners and teas.
Kann's-Second Floor.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
WOMAN MADE COLONEL
War Department Attache Honored
by Kentucky Governor.

Miss Annie Laurie Davis attache of
the Bureau of InSular Affairs, War De-
partment, and a former resident of
Louisville, has been made a Kentucky
colonel" and aide de camp on the staff
of Gov. Ruby Lafoon, for patriotic work
in the Spanish-American and World
Wars, 1t was announced yesterday.
Miss Davis served with the War De-
partment from 1917 to 1921, and then
Tor four years was In the employ of
the State Department. She left the
Government, but returned with the War
Department In 1927.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
WOODRlNG HONORED
Enid Municipal Airport Named fol
Army's Last Musketeer.

ENID. Okla, May 81 @.-Enids
municipal airport yesterday was re-
named "Woodring Field" in honor oi
Lieut.. Bert Woodrtng, last of the
Army's famous Three Musketeers" OF
the air, killed at Dayton, Ohio, last
January while testing a plane.
His widow, Mrs. Louise Woodring
Evening star., 1933-05-31

Following Q raid on q motion pic
ture theater in Dundalk. Irish Free
State, by armed and masked men who
seized and burned a film showing Ar
mistice day scenes, the theater owner
has sued the city for the loss Of the film.
Evening star., 1933-05-31

citation, viii sail for Europe July on
the prize tour she won in the Ora
torical Contest.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
TWO DEAD, ONE SHOT

smuggler Suspects Attacked by
Border Patrolmen in Texas.
LAREDO, Tex, May 81 R.-A
suspected liquor smuggler was killed In
stantly, another was wounded fatally
Evening star., 1933-05-31

Port Huron, Mich, attended the cere-
monies and presented q large portrait
of the flyer to the city.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
ORATORICAL ENTRANT
QUEEN OF PROCESSION
Grace Mary Collifower to Be Hon
ored by st. Cecilia's Academy
Tonight.

The last May procession in honor OF
the Blessed Virgin this season will be
held at st. Cecilia's Academy at
o'clock tonight when Grace Mary Colli-
The Washington times., 1933-12-30
BOARD
SAID To Use.
COERCION
Manufacturers. Ask Congress
Not to Strengthen NRA
Labor Authority
BY International News Service


Data purporting to show the
National Labor Board is promot-
ing coercion" of workers by or
ganized labor unions was received
by all Congressman today from
the National Association of Manu-
facturers.
Accompanying a 16-page pam
phlet titled, "statement of the
facts in the controversy between
the Weirton Steel Company and
the National Labor Board" was a
letter signed by Robert L. Lund,
president of the association, urg-
ing Senators and Representatives
not to strengthen labor provisions
of the recovery act and not to
make the labor board a perman-
ent governmental unit,
Now Under Probe
At the Labor Boards demand,
the Attorney General now is in
vestigating charges that E. T.
Weir, president of the National
Steel Company, which operates
the subsidiary Weirton steel
Company. is violator of the
recovery act because he refused
to permit Labor Board super
vision of an election of workers
representatives at plants in West
Virginia and lower Ohio.
Senator Robert F.. agne e r
(DO, New York. chairman of the
board, announced recently he
planned to work in the coming
session of Congress for an amend
ment to the labor provisions of
the recovery act which would
strengthen and clarity" its guar
antee to workers of the right to
bargain collectively" with en-
ployers.
Saw Concerted Effort"
He said he planned to do this
because there seemed to be a
concerted effort" on the part of
large employers to resist Govern
ment efforts to insure fair" elec-
tions of workers representatives
who would conduct collective
bargaining" in their behalf.
Lund recently resigned as an
NRA Industrial Advisory Board
member,
The Washington times., 1933-12-30

Mrs. Emily Newell Blair. prom
inent in Democratic politics, has
resigned from her post as chief
of the complaint section of the
Consumers Advisory Board of the
NRA, it was learned today.
It was revealed that Mrs. Blair
submitted her resignation a
month ago, to take effect Jan
uary /. She will continue as a
member of the advisory board,
however.
Mrs. Blair, who comes from
Joplin. Mo-, has long been an
important factor in Democratic
politics and was formerly vice
chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee.
Although it has not been an
nounced. it is understood that
her successor will be Mrs. Patti
Jacobs, former Democratic ma
tional committeeWoman from Ala
bama.
Mrs. Jacobs, it is understood,
will take office on January 2.
She has been identified with
Democratic politics for some time,
was a vigorous worker in the
suffragette days and since has
campaigned for repeal.
The Washington times., 1933-12-30
z TRA|NMEN DIE
IN WRECK

RICHMOND, Dec. 80 G.N.SO.
Two trainmen were killed and an
other was injured today when the
engine of a northbound Southern
railway passenger train jumped
the tracks as it drew into the
south Richmond yards here. All
passengers escaped injury.
The dead were Robert Camp
bell, engineer, and Benjamin F.
Patram, general foreman of the
car repair shops, both of Rich
mond.
Tom Clarke, negro fireman, of
South Boston, was injured.
After leaving, the rails the en-
gine plowed crazily ahead for 100
yards and then turned over, pin
ming Campbell under the cab.
Patram's death, ironically, was
not due directly to the wreck.
He leaped safely out of the en-
gine's path-and then dropped
dead from heart disease result
ing from shock.
Clarke was Scalded severely by
steam but otherwise was unhurt.
The Washington times., 1933-12-30
P0SSES,H0UNDS
HUNT CONV|CTS.

ATMORE, Ala, Dec. 80 G.N.S0.
Alabama was virtual armed
camp today as posses, heavily
armed, led by packs of believing
bloodhounds, secured the State
on the trail of a band of desper-
ate white and negro convictS who
yesterday fled from the prison
farm here.
One man was dead and another
lay desperately wounded in the
path of the escaping felons.
Twenty-three of 20 convicts who
engaged in the prison break,
overpoWering and disarming their
guards as they worked in the
fields. were still at large today.
Heavily armed and desperate,
with one murder already on their
heads. it was feared the negroes
would fight to the death before
submitting to capture.
Farmers safeguarded their fam
lilies behind barred doors.
Grover Kirby, resident of a
farm half a mile north of the
8O00-acre prison farm. was slain
and companion named Parker
badly wounded. as they encoun-
tered the fleeing men.
Two masked bandits, believed
by police to be Atmore fugitiveS,
early today bound and gagged
I. S. We'll, postmaster at Battles
wharf, across the bay from Mo
bile, and robbed the postoffice.
The Washington times., 1933-12-30
Frances MarsaIis and Helen Richey Break
Endurance Record by Al Hours and
81 Minutes in Flying Boudor

MIAMI, Fla. Dec. 80 G.N.SO.
Nerves frazzled to the breaking
point by fatigue and an all-night
battle with high winds, Frances
Harrel Marsalis and Helen Richey
swooped to earth today with a
new women's world record for con-
tinuous flight afters nearly ten
days in the skies. =.
The two flyers landed their
flying boudoir, the Outdoor
Girl" at the municipal airport at
1O:45 a. m. E. s.
BattIed Fog
They had battled fog, high
winds, electrical storms. and a
fast failing engine for nine days,
81 hours and AZ minutes.
The official new women's en-
durance record stood at 237 hours
and AZ minutes.
The previous record. established
last year by Mrs. MarSanS ana
Louise Thaden, which they broke
at 5:08 p. m. E. S. T. Thursday
evening, was eight days, four
hours and five minutes. Their
new record gave them an edge Of
Al hours and 81 minutes.
Crowd Cheers
A cheer went up from a large
crowd as the plane touched land.
Almost Immediately the fliers
were rushed by ambulance to
their hotel for the big meal they
haG reqqueted, a hot bath and
muchly-needed sleep. A physician
and two nurses accompanied
them.
The girls had planned to re-
main aloft until early this after
noon when they would have been
in the air an even 10 days at
-:03 p. M, but a failing engine
and a tough all-night battle with
high winds that Sapped the last
The Washington times., 1933-12-30
MARKET BOONS
FOR NEW YEAR

NEW YORK, Dec. 80 GN.S).
The widespread optimism over the
outlook for business in 1884
brought a strong stock market to-
day in the final trading of 1888.
Gains ran to 81 share in the
volatile mining stocks. Chrysler
and Du Pont were features, both
hitting new highs for the year.
Other strong spots were the mo-
tors generally, liquor shares, in
dustrials and the mines. Trading
was moderately active.
Wheat Joined the advance with
a squirt of more than two cents
a bushel. And other grains were
higher. Bonds were in demand,
both Government issues and spec
ulative bonds closing higher.
The dollar suffered a surprise
sinking spell. The pound sterling
spurted 8 cents to $5.15' and the
French franc rose to $40" cents,
giving the dollar a value of 63.32
cents against 6O.68 cents based on
the r. F. G. gold price.
The Washington times., 1933-12-30
New Years Eve Will Bring
Break in City's Cold Snap

the thermometer here hOvered
around 9 above. and robust pedeS-
trianS who braved the icy blasts
were muffled to their ears. fur
naces were given more attention
than usual. and extra blankets
were taken out of storage.
Missions reported they were
thronged with homeless men, but
said calls for relief were less than
in previous cold spells.
L. A. Snead. fuel adviser of the
Federal Surplus Relief Corpora
ton. announced today that ap-
proximately 5000 District families
had been mailed vouchers with
which to buy coal. and 125 coal
companies promised cooperation
in making quick deliveries.
Applications for relief are being
made through the office of Leroy
A. Halbert, District relief director,
at John Marshall Pl. and C St.
N. w.
warmer Tomorrow"
In announcing the end of the
cold wave, the Weather Bureau
said it would be warmer tomOr-
row with moderate east winds, -
with the probability of either
snow or rain tonight.
Bright and early today the re-
flecting pool at Lincoln Memo
rial was speckled with skaters
The pool was pronounced safe
yesterday when a test showed
three inches of ice. and up to last
midnight crowds frolicked under
special lights set UP by the Park
no1icA-
The Washington times., 1933-12-30

|of their strength brought them
down.
Show Fatigue
Wan, with taut lines of fatigue
showing the strain of their week
and a half spent in their cramped
sky quarters, the two girls climbed
from their plane unassisted.
Mrs. MarSalis exclaimed:
"The first thing I want is a
bed and some place to eat that
doesn't wObbIe. You can tell
the world I'm through with en-
during. No more of this for me.
1t was tough battling the winds
all night and Pm glad to be
down."
The Washington times., 1933-12-30
KIN SHOOTS
At DUCA'S
SLAYER
Martial Law Declared When
Premier's Assassination
Rocks Rumania

BUCHAREST, Dec. 80 G.N.S).
Enraged over the assassination of
Premier G. Duca by an anti
Semitic, FASCIST student. Radu
Polizu, brother-in-laW of the slain
statesman, today attempted to
avenge the crime by shooting down
the murderer with his own hand.
He burst into the police station
at Sinaia, where the assassin is be-
ing held, and fired several shots
at him.
The bullets went wild. however,
and the slayer, Nicholas Constan-
tinescu. escaped injury.
Carol Orders Release
Polizu was overpowered by
police and placed under arrest,
but was later released through
the personal intervention of King
Carol.
The attempted shooting oc-
Cured shortly before a special
train bearing the flag -draped' body
of the slain premier pulled out of
the Sinaia station for Bucharest.
Polizu was allowed to accom-.
pany his brother-in-law to Buchal.
est for the funeral services.
It was the second dramatic in
cident to follow within the space
of few hours after the assassina-
ton of Duca, who was shot down
on the Sinaia Station platform
while awaiting a train to take
him back to the capital after a
long conference with King Carol
in the latter's country palace high
in the Carpathian Mountains.
A state of martial law was de-
creed by the Rumanian Cabinet
to cope with the grave stu
ton.
A strict press censorship was
put into effect.
ASSaSSinS Escape
Bucharest experienced another
wave of excitement when the
news leaked out that the assasSin's
two accomplices had escaped from
the Sinaia police station last night
by surprising their guards by eX-
ploding firecrackers in their faces.
They were rearrested this morn
ing.
Among those taken into Gus
tody today was a man named
Codrianu, chief of the Fascist
(Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1933-12-30
Mack, Stage Star,
FiQhtS Wne's Suit

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 80
Q.N.S0 Stanley Mack, film
actor and former vaudeville star,
will oppose the suit for separate
maintenance brought against him
by his wife and former stage
partner, Fay Mack, it was re-
vealed by a croSS-complaint on
file today in which Mack charged
her with cruelty and asked a
divorce. The family names of
the couple are Louise and Ernest
McEVoy,
The Washington times., 1933-12-30
Wagner Will AWuit
Board Successor

Although Senator Robert F..
Wagner CD of New York is
anxious to be relieved as soon as
possible from his duties as chair
man of the National Labor Board,
he will remain until a successor
is named, it was said today.
The Senator feels that he can
not do justice to the State of
New York and to the board at
the same time.
The Washington times., 1933-12-30
TWO F|REMEN
INJURED IN
FALLS
24.Hour-a-Day Institution on
Conduit Burns; Owner in
Virginia on a Vacation

Two firemen were injured and
three children rescued from smoke
filled rooms. in fire which to-
day partly destroyed the Twenty
-Hour-a-Day School, a private
institution maintained at 4719
Conduit Rd. N. w., by Mrs. Beulah
Shull Barnes. -
Those injured we're:
Lieut.. Edward j. Carroll, Of
No. 5 truck company, who suf-
fered broken leg when he
slipped on ice outside of the
burning building. He was taken
to Georgetown Hospital. where
his condition was reported to be
good"
Injured by Fall
Private v. M. Thompson, Of
No. 2 engine company, who in
Cured bruises and lacerations
when he fell through the first
floor of the school into the base
ment. He remained on duty in
spite of his injuries, which were
slight.
The fire. of unknown origin,
started in the basement and. as
smoke rapidly filled the building.
necessitated the quick removal of
three pupils. the only ones at
the school. who were led safely
out of the burning building by
teachers.
The children whose parents
reside in Washington but who
live at the school, are Ellen Keefe,
4: Dorothy Jean Gardner, 10; and
Charles Mcconnell, 10. Of 10
teachers employed in the school,
seven were in the building at the
time, and all escaped without
mishap according to Miss Myrtle
Ward, one of the teachers.
Owner Not at School
Mrs. Barnes, owner and prin-
cipal of the institution, was not
in the building at the time, hav-
ing gone somewhere in Vir-
ginia" to visit friends. where she
could not be reached, according
to one of the teachers.
Because of the Christmas holi-
Gays, only three of the pupils re-
manned at the school. The stu
dent body, all children, numbers
IA boarding pupils and about 10
day pupils, Mrs. Ward stated.
Damage to the building. a large
frame structure was estimated
at $4,000. A small schoolhouse in
the rear was not harmed.
The Washington times., 1933-12-30

The Weather Man, who has
spent the last four days Specu-
lating on how far the mercury
would skid, today shed his mantle
of gloom and promised that
WashingtonianS could start the
New Year right" tomorrow by a
joint celebration of New Years
eve and a break in the cold wave.
This announcement came on
the heels of the seasons low of
8 degrees above zero at midnight,
a recovery to IL above at a. m,
and reports that the whole north
eastern section of the country
was recovering from the bittereSt
weather in 13 years.
so Below In N. Y.
From New York came reports
that Owls Head. the "icebox OF
the Adirondacks, had reported
temperature of so below zero,
only 4 degrees warmer than the
North Bay District of Ontario,
which reported the lowest tenn
perature in North America.
It was II below in Boston, As
below at Fairfax, VT. and for
the first time in five years the
Hudson River was frozen from
shore to shore as far south as
PoughkeepSie.
Railroads were still running be-
hind schedule. Coast Guard sta
tions were swamped with calls for
assistance from distressed ships,
and automobile clubs were still
warning motorists about "the fu-
tility Of travelling, for the time
being"
Last night about theater time
The Washington times., 1933-12-30
TREASURY REPORT WAITS

BY International News Service
The Treasury balance will not
be issued today or Monday. The
next quotations will be on Tues
day.