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Evening star., 1934-11-13
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BY GENEvIEvE FORBES HERRICl

BY GENEVIEVE FORBES HERRICK.
n EWsPAPER men love news
N paper women. But certainly.
Sometimes they even marry
L them. But lots of times they'd
rather the writing gals stuck
to society teas and passed up the poll
ticians' conferences. The fair sex fet-
ters the freedom of the press.
For instance:
Thursday afternoon jovial Jim Far
ley, triumphant over the Democratic
victory, beamed on a record attendance
of scribes who semi-circled in front of
him as he sat beneath the portrait Of
Ben Franklin. Presently one Of the
men asked him what he thought Of a
certain gentleman, defeated In the
election.
Big Jim started to explain: caught
sight OF fue feminine bonnets;
caught himself up quickly NTH, ~
can't tell you; there are ladies
present"
Evening star., 1934-11-13
UNDERWORLD SP0TTERS
INFORM RACKETEERS OF
POLICE SQUAD MOVES
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of the rookie" officer, and 60 to his
home. Some times they see the off-
Ger, but Maj. Brown has conceived a
plan to combat that method.
Maj. Brown also explained the
racketeers had gone so far as to
refuse employment in their establish
ments to men between % and 80, be-
cause that is the age limit of ap-
pointees to the force, and they fear
that a new employe might be an
''undercover" police officer.
As q result of the activities by the
spoilers, Maj. Brown said, members
Of the investigation squad are kept
away from headquarters. Their
meetings with Lieut.. Little for in
StructionS are held in various places,
in all sections of the city. That ar
rangement was adopted when Lieut..
Little discovered his home was being
watched by the spoilers, who, acting
on q "hunch," thought he might have
squad meeting there.
Tricks Outwit Gamblers.
Various other tactics have been
adopted by the police to outwit the
spoilers. One of the most effective
Is to send an uncover" man to q
suspected gambling house repeatedly,
until the guard on the door gets &C
customed to seeing his face, he thinks
Evening star., 1934-11-13
WOMAN ATTACKED
BY ROBBER IN HOME
Burglar Takes 81 After Hitting
Matron Over Head as She
Entered Room.

Entering her apartment while she
was at the store, a young colored
burglar today lay in wait for Mrs.
Annabelle Cough, about so, struck
her over the head with an instrument
he used for q Jimmy" and robbed
her of 81.
Mrs. Cough. who is visiting her
sister, Miss Gertha e. Lockard, 1907
Columbia road, said she heard a
rustling in a closet when she re-
turned from the store and as she
opened the door to investigate the
man struck her.
Dazed and with her scalp cut, Mrs.
Cough stood helpless as her aSsailant
escaped from the building
Police found the door to the apart
ment on the second floor had been
"jimmied." apparently with a screw
driver.
Mrs. Cough, who is from Los An
geles. is recuperating from a broken
shoulder she received in an automo-
bile accident in Vermont several
weeks ago. Her sister is an employe
In the quartermaster generals ofice
Evening star., 1934-11-13

he is regular patron and let's him
in. That trick worked very success
fully recently, and resulted in one OF
the biggest gambling raids of the
year.
In that particular case the under
cover" agent came to the door and the
guard refused him admission. He re-
turned the next day and the next
meeting the same fate each time. The
fourth time the guard, who had seen
him on four successive days, thought
he recognized the officer as a regular
patron and admitted him.
Another Instance cited by Maj
Brown of the effectiveness of the un-
derworld spy" system happened sew
eral days ago. For the first time in
his police career Lieut.. Little and a
member of his squad went to the race
track-not to play-but to appreheno
a man wanted on a charge Of setting
up a gaming table.
Quarry Tipped or"
Lieut.. Little knew the man was at
the track Into the grandstand he
went, accompanied by two Federal
agents. The man had been tipped
of" a few minutes before and had
disappeared.
As soon as Lieut.. Little left the
track-that was at the beginning of
the fourth race-the man, he learned
later, returned to the grandstand and
witnessed the running Of the NTH
and sixth races.
Police officials are confident the ''tip
of" came from q spotter who trailed
Lieut.. Little to the track and beat
him to the grandstand.
Lieut.. Little said he has been un-
able to determine the strength of the
corps Of underworld spoilers" His
great satisfaction, however, comes in
the fact that he has beaten them con-
sistently.
Evening star., 1934-11-13

tSOLltluuCu TIOuu r Aob dSC.J
o. K. Aliens call for the special ses-
sion. The bills were referred to the
Ways and Means Committee and the
House adjourned until 8 pm. tonight.
The Senate, which must wait to re-
ceive the measures from the House,
adjourned until tomorrow.
The proposed legislation calls for q
two-year moratorium on personal
debts and a number of other subjects,
including establishment of State Civil
Service for municipal police and fire
departments, regulation Of court In
functions, creation of the "State Bar
OF Louisiana and o State narcotic
law.
Mickal persisted in his silence, un-
broken since the burlesque started last
Saturday when Long directed a campus
mass meeting at which 5000 students
elected" the foot ball player to the
seat held formely by j. Y. Sanders, j.,
Of East Baton Rouge Parish.
A short time before the hour for the
seating" last night, Capt. "Bif"
Jones, Louisiana State University foot
ball coach, conferred with Long, but
all either would say as the Kingfish
stalked away was that Mickal had to
study"
An official explanation of Mickars
absence came from Senator Harvey
Peltier, an administration leader, who
proposed the five-day leave for Mickal,
to let him do his work at school and
60 forward with his preparation for his
foot ball duties"
The Senate granted the leave, but
another administration man, Senator
Jules Fisher, jumped to his feet and
suggested that q committee Of three
be appointed to lead in the athlete
Senator" Have the sergeant at arms
bring him here" cried Fisher. Have
him arrested"
He yielded the floor, however, when
the chair said q committee already had
been appointed to escort Mickal before
the Senate today. But the Senate does
not meet today, having adjourned until
2 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
MORE D|R|G|BLES
URGED BY V|NSON
Advocate of Full Treaty
Navy Offers 10 Sugges-
tions for Defense.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The dirigible as q weapon Of de-
fense has the support Of Representa-
tive Carl Vinson, chairman of the
House Naval Affairs Committee. He
urges the quick building of two more
airships to replace the Akron and the
Los Angeles.
The prominent advocate of a Navy
Of full treaty strength went before
President Roosevelt's Aviation Com
mission yesterday to make his recon-
mendations. They also included:
!. Construction Of an airship to
replace the Akron and another to
take the place Of the Los Angeles.
2. Building of 15,000-ton aircraft
carrier to replace the old and obso-
lete Langley.
8. Quick launching of a cruiser
with a deck on which airplanes may
land and from which they may take
OIL, so as to determine definitely the
naval value Of this type of ship"
4. Provision Of funds for expansion
Of naval shore stations.
S. Continuance of the present 1000
alrplane program on to year
basis
6. That there be no unified Air
Service and that the position of As
sistant Secretary Of the Navy for
Aeronautics be abolished.
z. That the Navy be given "com-
plete responsibility" for aerial sea de-
fense Of the coasts, instead of divid-
ing it with the Army as at present.
8. Modernization and expansion of
the Nays flight training center at
Pensacola. Fla.
8. Discontinuance Of joint occupa-
ton by Army and Navy Of the air
bases at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and
San Diego, Calf.
10. An increase In the number Of
Naval Academy appointments above
the present three per member until
treaty Navy needs are fulfilled.
Evening star., 1934-11-13

tIODJlQueQ FTOfI1 E1ISL FdSe-D
numbers game, since it tends to bring
the Police Department into unwar-
ranted disrepute.
II am sure" he said. "that the
good people Of Washington do not
understand the handicap imposed on
the police in this instance.
Here, under our very eyes, Is being
conducted a racket that reaches to the
very core Of society. The numbers
game is played by a very substantial
percentage of the city's population. 1t
dragS dimes and nickelS and pennies
from the purses Of the poor-even
from little children who are becoming
acquainted with gambling habit.
Arrests Futile.
MANY must wonder, naturally. why
the Police Department does not make
some appreciable effort to stamp out
recognized evil. The blunt truth is, we
cannot obtain a prosecution. We can
arrest those engaged in the numbers
racket, but the cases would be thrown
out Of court-on insufficient evidence.
III OtiicI WOIOS, VIC SdiliOs 0PAAOAA q
law that does not exist"
In his long career as a policeman.
Mai. Brown claims he has never seen
anything like the growth of the num-
bers game. On the increase, its ten
acles reach into most homes OF the
city. Washerwomen play it. Maids,
buffers and chauffeurs contribute to
fortunes built up by big shots in the
racket One-third of the populace en-
cages in the game.
Totals Big Factor.
"Where players get the numbers,
Of course, does not matter. The place
to stop the racket Is on the other end.
This must be done by depriving the
numbers men of the means of dis
semination. Without this channel
the newspapers and the radio-they
would be stopped.
Newspapers totaling race results
are the answer to the numbers play
er's prayer.
by printing the results Of the races
only, as The Star does, the danger
is not so prevalent. The game is
aided and abetted by making a sum
total OF the winners and placing these
numerals in a prominent place. 1t
seems to give authority to the game.
There Is no doubt that more men
and women, and children, too, are
playing the numbers game today than
at any other time. 1t is probably the
most popular form Of gambling ever
introduced in the District"
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Man Foils Two Hold Ups.

HOBART. Okla. R-George Allen,
q filling station attendant, has q
way of discouraging robbers. Two
months ago he disarmed two men
who tried to rob him, and recently
he shot to death another hold-up man.
The victim was armed will . pistol
and had q submachine gS In his
automobile.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Skull Hurt in Fall,

Alexander D. Crawford, AZ, of 725
Quincy street. is in a serious condi-
ton at Emergency Hospital with a
possible skull fracture and a broken
collarbone received yesterday when he
fell from a scaffold while at work
on the Archives Building.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Again With Hopkins.

h6oAA AAVFhsAsSs
Came Friday. The scene is F. E. r.
A. Harry Hopkins press conference.
The talk Is of election. Hopkins, grim
ming, relates his post-election meeting
with Henry Fletcher, impresario Of the
G. o. p. party. Hopkins recalls that
he told Fletcher the Democrats over
whelming landslide reminded him Of
the situation Of the lady in the ma
ternity hospital-surprised with twins.
You know the wheeze:; you're a bridge
player and have heard the old one
about doubling"
When the laughter died away, Hop
kins went on: THAT reminds we,"
checked himself with a circumspect
'rbut I mustn't, there are ladies pres
ent"; added, "it might be well to have
Just one press conference for men
only"
And Jones, Too.
And one morning recently, as I
wended my way, for the first time, to
one of r. F. c. Jesse Jones confer
ences, a masculine colleague, meeting
me en- route, pleaded:
"Oh, don't 60 to his conference. II
you stay away, I'll give you the news
afterward."
Then he revealed: "You see. usually
no women cover his conference, and
Jesse Jones does tell such good
stories"
We hungry Washingtonians, who
think in terms Of terrapin instead OF
craftsmanship, particularly lament
the political passing Of Gov. Ritchie,
Fred Britten anG Ed Hull.
AL Ritchie gave the grandest
terrapin dinners; an epicurenn
event not lightly to be regarded.
Mdryland's rew, and Republican,
Gouernor is Nice (forgipe the pun),
but is he terrapin minded?
And Fred Britten's Christmas cock
tail party, in honor Of the Vice Presi-
dent (whatever his politics) and the
Speaker of the House (ditto), was
truly q gala occasion. My information
Is only hearsay, since Freds Yulettde
party was always stag affair. But
feel sorry for my brothers.
Ed Hull, Representative from nli-
nois, gave duck dinners Of fame.
It looks like lean Winter. gas
Economically speaking, in national
politics. OF course, Joe Robinson
usually comes through with an Ar
kansas dinner. from soup to syllabub.
And Huey Long used to dine the
boys on pot-hkker.
All this talk about the balancing Of
the budget makes particularly timely
this very true story which comes
forth from a fashionable Oriental rug
dealer in New York.
On q dull day, in walked q nice,
and extremely patrician old lady.
Times being dull, there was ample
opportunity for conversation over the
Bokaras. The little old lady let out
that she was q friend Of La Mere
Roosevelt, mother of the President.
"And Madame Roosevelt told me, I"
the little old lady said seriously, that
it's no wonder the bills are 50 big
now, for, even when he was . boy,
Franklin never could live within his
allowance"
(Copyright. 1894. by the North American
NeW6pRper Alliance. Incl
Evening star., 1934-11-13
PLANS CHESS EXHIBIT
q. S. National Champion to Meet
Local Players Tonight.

Samuel Reshevsky, United States
national chess champion, will give an
exhibition and meet all local players
tonight at 8 o'clock in the Jewish
Community Center, Sixteenth and @
streets.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
ENGAGEMENT BROKEN.
Rift Occurred 10 Days Ago, Says ex-
Eiance

XIII OCCURRED IU DAYS ago, Says eX-
Fiance.
SARASOTA, Fla, November Is (P).
Donald Macintosh, Sarasota bank
employe, said today his engagement to
Princess Bertha Cantacuzene, who was
married Sunday to William Durrell
Siebern, had been broken about 10
days ago.
Her father, Prince Cantacuzene, con-
firmed the broken engagement, declar-
ing, They just agreed to disagree on
certain points" He said the princess
marriage was unexpected.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Presented in Washington.

Presented in Washington.
The bride, as Princess Bertha Can
tacuzene, was presented in Washing
ton by her grandmother, the late Mrs.
Frederick Dent Grant, and married
Mr.. Bruce Smith of Louisville, KY,
and has one son. She was divorced
from Mr.. Smith about a year ago,
giving him the custody Of the child
and resumed her maiden name. al
though the title has been dropped by
the family.
Prince Michael Cantacuzene an
nounced the engagement of his older
daughter Bertha to Mr.. Donald Mack
intosh late in october shortly before
his wife, Julia Grant Cantacuzene,
obtained adivorce from him and took
as her legal name. Mrs. Julia Canta-
cuzene Grant. 4
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Ends Long Public Service
JAMES A. WETMORE,

JAMES A. WETMORE,
Chairman OF the Board OF
AiDards, Public Works
Branch, Procurement DtDi-
sion of the Treasury De-
partment, and former su-
perpising architect OF the
Treasury, ,oho tDas honored
at a tnreUeu banquet last
night as he retired after
nearly halt a century tDtth
the Government.
Underwood Photo.
Evening star., 1934-11-13

Meeting, Stamp Collectors Club
Thomson School, Twelfth and l. streets,
pm.
Bingo party, e4s K street northeast,
$3.50 pm.
Supper, benefit st. Francis Xavier's
Church, Elks Hall, 919 H street, pm.
Meeting, Washington Photographic
Society, 917 Twenty-third street, 8
pm.
Card party, Social Workers Club,
Shoreham Hotel, 8 pm.
Lecture, Washington Chapter of the
American Society of Metals, TBS
Twenty first street, 7:30 pm.
Reception and dance, National As
sociation Of Railroad and Utilities
Commissioners, Willard Hotel, 9 pm.
Meeting, Gable Tow Club. Hamilton
Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Ship Model Makers Club,
1890 Evarts street northeast, 8 pm.
Bingo party. Independent Council.
No. 2, Daughters OF Ameria, ONCE
Southern Diaries, 90 M street north
east, $50 pm.
Meeting, Society for Philosophical
Inquiry, room 43, National Museum,
4:45 pm.
TOMORROW.
Dinner, benefit st. Paul M. z.
Church, South, Thirteenth and Crit
tenden streets, $50 to 7:30 pm.
Luncheon. optimist Club, Hamilton
Hotel, 1880 pm
Lecture, Dr.. David v. Bush, Hamil-
ton Hotel, 9 pm.
Meeting, Truth Lecture" Hamilton
Hotel, 8 pm.
Bingo party, Phi Sigma Chi Fra
ternity, Southern Diaries, go M street
northeast, 8 pm.
Luncheon, Rotary Club. Willard
Hotel. 1880 pm.
Luncheon, soroptimist Club, VIII
lard Hotel, pm.
Dinner, benefit. st. Stephens
Church, auditorium, Twenty fourth
and K streets, 4 to $50 pm.
Luncheon. Democratic Club, Uni
versity Club, 1890 pm.
Bingo party, Masonic Temple.
Eighth and r streets northeast,
$50 pm sis@ s
Evening star., 1934-11-13
PRINCESS CANTACUZENE
Is REVEALED MARRIED
IN CEREMONY AT 3 Am.

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marriage laws. is popular with run
away Kentucky couples.
Princess Cantacuzene, who gave her
age as 30, has been visiting Mrs. w.
H May IN Louisville She and Bruce
Smith were divorced here about year
ago.
Siebern, who gave his aged as 80, is
reputed to be wealthy.
Evening star., 1934-11-13

And the men reporters pondered the
wisdom Of introducing the "woman's
angle" into the geometry Of jour-
nalism.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

Lecture, by Prof Hermann S. Her
ing on Christian Science: Some
Rudimental Applications" First
Church Of Christ. Scientist, Columbia
road and Euclid street, pm.
Evening star., 1934-11-13

Meeting, Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association, Riggs Bank Build
ing, Fourteenth street and Park road,
$50 pm.
Evening star., 1934-11-13

Meeting. District of Columbia Dis
abled American Veterans Auxiliary,
l014 Fourteenth street, pm.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
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Meeting, Propellers' Club, La Fayetts
Hotel, 6 pm.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
HUEY'S new SENATOR
SHUNS SEAT AS LONG
PUSHES LEGISLATION

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Evening star., 1934-11-13
POLICE P0WERLESS
AGAINST NUMBERS"
SAYS MAJ. BROWN

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Evening star., 1934-11-13

Meeting, Stamp Collectors Club
Thomson School, Twelfth and L streets,
pm.
Evening star., 1934-11-13

Bingo party, Masonic Temple
Eighth and r streets ffnortheast
$50 pm is6 s
Evening star., 1934-03-11
MORE CONTRIBUTIONS
NEEDED FOR CONCERT
National Symphony Seeks Aid f
Series to Be Given
Next Year,

THE campaign to complete the $50
900 needed by the National SYM
phony Orchestra to guarantee a series
of concerts for next year has not been
progressing as rapidly as last year.
Meetings will be held in the near fu-
ture by the committees engaged in
raising the fund in order to intensity
the drive. 1t is hoped that the needed
sum will be subscribed by the end OF
March.
Due to a mistaken report. man
persons have received the impression
that the orchestra was scheduled tC
receive funds from the C. w. A. ThiS
is not the case. Furthermore, the
orchestra's board of directors wishc
to point out, if the national symphony
musicians are in the future made re-
cipients of such aid, it will in no wa
affect the usual season concert series
of financial obligations that the series
entails. II such Federal aid is
granted, 1t will be used. according to
the present understanding, in pro-
noting and financing a series of Sum-
mer concerts which will keep the mer
of the orchestra employed during the
musically lean" months.
1t is therefore doubly necessary thai
any one who can help, even in til"
most modest measure, to keep tht
orchestra in existence, should do SO
Contributions should be sent to Rober;
v. Fleming, treasurer of the Nationc
Symphony Orchestra, Riggs Bank.
Evening star., 1934-03-11

orchestra. The program will also
Flute; Ravel's La Valse," Debussy's
Afternoon Of a Faun" and the
Symphony No. / in E Minor" by
Sibelius
Friday, March 16. at pm.-Band
concert, at the Marine Barracks.
Saturday, March II, at 10 pm
Band concert, sponsored by the De-
partment of the Interior, broadcast
from the Marine Barracks.
The concerts will be under the
direction of Capt. Taylor Branson,
leader of the United States Marine
Band.
This weeks schedule Of the United
States Army Band, Capt. William j.
Stannard, leader; Thomas F. Darcy,
associate leader, includes the follow
ing concerts to be given in the band
auditorium at the Army War College:
Monday, March 1.-THE band will
furnish the musical portion of the
Future Farmers Of America program
Of the National Farm and Home
Hour, 1890 to 1:30 pm. Family
Hour Of Music" concert, 6 to $50
pm. In this program the band will
feature medley of Army, Navy and
Marine Corps songs.
Wednesday, March l4-Concert,
80 am
Friday. March 16-Concert, 4:30
pm.
Saturday, March 1.-THE band
will furnish the musical portion Of
the National Grange program of the
National Farm and Home Hour, 1890
to / 80 pm.
Evening star., 1934-03-11

Schaeffer, bass, will be the soloists,
assisted by E. Parker Luonga, violin;
James Ross, cello; Leo Schultz clari-
net: Stuart J. Dewey. trumpet, and
Richard M. Tabor. piano. Allan H.
Watson will preside at the organ.
The second concert, THE Life" will
be given the evening Of April ! and
the third and final concert. "The
Fulfillment," will be presented Sun
day evening, April %.
Edith Jones, soprano; Emily Dick
enson. pianist, and Mrs. L. NJ Adele,
violinist. have arranged the program
for the music hour at o'clock today
at the Y. w. C. A., GA E street north
west.
Thelma Hild-La Dow, soprano. was
soloist at the luncheon of the Demo-
cratic League on February 26 and
the Central Business Mems Associa-
tion luncheon last Friday at the Ar
lington. She was accompanied by
Dorothy Radde Emory.
Virginia Wooden, mezzo- soprano.
was guest soloist at recent Sunday
afternoon musicale at the Evangeline
Residence. She was accompanied by
Mildred Moore.
At the Arts Club auditorium on Fri
lin. piano and cello sonata recital will
be given by Felian and Francis Garzia
Grace Hazard Wormelle will present
her international vocal and costume
novelty. entitled Five Feet Of Comic
Opera" at the public recital of the
Washington Readers Club. to be held
at Epiphany Hall next Monday.
The program for the hour Of music
today at o'clock, at the Y. w. c. A..
Seventeenth and K streets, will be
given by Edythe Marmion Brosius.
harpist. who will present a program
on The Irish Harp" using her own
instrument. which is a copy of the
ninth century harp. The public is
invited
Louise Loetsch Foust was soloist for
the annual tea given for the Dea-
coness Home of the District of Co.
lumbia.
Washington Alumnae Club Of the
national honorary musical sorority.
Mu Phi Epsilon. will be entertained
at the home Of Mrs. Herman Fakler
on Monday night next. Margaret
Tolson will be in charge Of the pro-
gram.
Mary Burnett will lead the Alumnae
Club Ensemble in several choruses.
which will be followed by the business
meeting in charge of Thelma Tawney,
president.