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The Washington times., 1934-04-18
SCENE.
OFOUTBOARD
REGATTA

Thousands of visitors to Wash
ington's famed Cherry Blossom
Carnival next Saturday are to ex-
perience added thrills.
Tidal Basin is to be the scene
Of the first Of long series of mo-
tor boat regattas, to be held in
eastern States this season.
At the final executive session Of
the Cherry Blossom Water Carni-
val yesterday, indications pointed
to a very successful inaugural of
motor boat racing and other water
sports. Commissioner Hazen, one
of the chief sponsors of this years
program, along with the Washing
ton Board of Trade, yesterday
placed every reasonable dispensa-
ton at the hands of Chairman
DR.. r. Lyman Sexton.
Report Large Entry
L. Gordon Leech reported
large entry list both for the out
board and runabout events, in
classes A, B, c and F., including
q particularly unique family OUT
board chance race, and an invita-
ton handicap race for runaboutS.
The list includes a group of 10
from Baltimore, Andrew Craw-
ford'S fleet, including four Dodge
boats, together with entries by
John Stockett, Gardiner Orme, T.
P. Hickman, Ed Baltz, of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Power
Boat Association, DR.. o. B. Hun
ter, DR.. Pickford, F. Miller and
Luke Herring.
Donald Flowers, veteran of more
than a hundred sanctioned
regattas will come down from
Oyster Bay, N. Y, to race in
classes A and C, with two entries.
Bob Snedeke. 1881 national Class
B champion, will enter classes B
and c. John and Ned SaSsnett,
Washington's own and nationally
famous lads, will enter their rae
ing craft in classes A and C.
To open the 1884 regatta sea-
son, Saturdays Cherry Blossom
Carnival will get under way at
2 p. M, in schedule comprising
seven separate motor boat races,
and six canoe races, sanctioned
by the American Canoe Associa-
tion.
Canoe races will be held at the
foot of Seventeenth Street, finish
ing off the boathouse float, and
will include one man single blade,
tandem single blade, fourS single
blade events. and one man double
blade. tandem double blade, and
mixed tandem single blade con-
tests, over a course of 300 yards,
using 17-foot Morris and OldtoWn
canoes.
Entries Listed
Entries include: Potomac Boat
Club-Ernest Millar, John Long,
George Short, Rhodes, Jones,
Eichner, Harper and Burch.
Washington Canoe Club-Ackad,
Florence, Schuly. Reed. Johnson,
Massie. Swami, Lee and Rodman.
Entries from the Philadelphia
Canoe Club, Cacawa Canoe Club,
of Philadelphia: Sycamore Island
Club, Glen Echo, Md, and Old
Dominion Boat Club, Alexandria,
are assured.
The starter of the motor races
will be Andrew Duffy, ]. A.
Anadale, Presidents Cup, and
Tri-City regatta scorer, will direct
the scoring. Stanley Horner and
James Endicott are timers.
Judges include John A. Remon.
Presidents Cup regatta director:
C. Marshall Finan and Winfree
johnson. Percy M. ChildS will
officiate as inspector.
DR.. Cecil Bagley, president Of
the Chesapeake and Potomac
section of the American Power
Boat Association. along with
other officials Of this organization,
will witness the events.
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
FATHER JOHNS
TAKES /. Ms.
PIN LEAD

Father John Johns, Of the
Immaculate Conception. leads
the Holy Name Society League
bowling tournament with . 392
set. Father Johns Is also lead
ing in all-eventS.
Grasso and Stella, with 716,
pulled into second place in the
doubles, which Freschi and Nebel
are leading with 734. Leone
Ganna'S ITO put them into third
place. The Holy Rosary "a"
team set the pace with q 1,701
total. Last nights results:
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
''Y'' WILL STAGE
MARATHON

Plans are being completed for
the fifth annual marathon of the
Twelfth Street Y. M. c. A.. to be
run over three-mile course here
May IL.
Last year Edgar Lee, wearing
the "Y" colorS, set a new record
for the course at 1S minutes and
40 seconds.
Athletes from Howard Univer.
sity and Miner Teachers College
local high schools and out-of town
institutions and clubs will par
ticipate in the race.
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
TEMPLE MAJOR
ROLLS STAKES

The Temple Major Duckpin
League will hold its second
annual handicap sweepstakes
Wednesday night at Temple at 8
o'clock. The entry fee is 81.
Each bowler will be allowed
two-thirds of the difference be-
tween his highest average and
that of the scratch man, Ollie
Pacini, with 1913.
Temple Minor League bowlers
are also eligible to bowl and will
receive the same handicap. Ma.
jor league eligibility list and
handicaps:
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
WdshingtOn-Lee Nine
Faces EDiScODnL

Washington Lee High nine In
vadeS Hoxton Field, Alexandria,
today for a game with the Episco-
pal High nine.
The little Generals" will be
after their third win in four
starts. Birch will pitch with
Fairfax donning the mask.
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
CQRUM,S
BY BILL CORUM
The Ball Season Opens
In Little America, Too
It's In TlUiLight League

NEW YORK, April 18.-The
baseball season must also have
opened in Little America yes
terday with Comdr. Richard
Byrd throwing out the first
SNOWFALL.
I say this because just before
the Yankees took the field
against the Athletics in Phila-
delphia-which is in Big Amer
lea, in case you've forgotten
yesterday afternoon, Col. Jacob
Rupert received the following
telegram from the South Pole:
"Sincere good wishes for sue
ceSsful season for team. Win
ter nights start April 19. Nine
and a half more months until
we leave ice. Best personal re-
CARDS to you and your staff.
"Signed-COmdr. O. NOville."
Colonel Rupert, as you know,
owns the Yankees and is also
the No. / angel of the current
Bryd expedition.
The Yankees then lost to the
AS, 6 to 5, in game in which
they had three pitchers knocked
out Of the box.
Thus I was not surprised to
come up on Colonel Rupert in
q telegraph office few minutes
ago, penciling a reply to Com
mander Neville. The message
when completed read:
eff you happen to see any
pitchers down there, sign them
at once and notify Mccarthy.
BrOkenhearted. Signed-Jake."
The Colonel, you see, is a
peSsimist. He had read some
where on the sports pages that
the first game of the season
would count just as much as
one won or lost in September.
"Yes," cOnsOled him, "but
you've got longer in which to
forget it,"
However, you can Judge from
the above the way in which
Ruppert's mind works, and now
that he has got a Yankee farm
in Little America, Joe McCar-
thy'S young men had better
win some games, or they'll be
trying to run the bases on ice
skates.
London Thespian
It was my friend George
Perry, once an eminent thes-
plan familiar to the boards Of
dear old London, who brought
q copy Of the Neville message
into the press coop at the Polo
Grounds.
Here's . message to the
Colonel" Perry announced,
"that's come further than any.
thing ever sent"
I asked George why Com
mander Byrd hadn't sent the
radiogram, and he told me the
commander had gone off some
where by himself. No doubt
Dick just wanted to get away
from it all. And it looks as
though he has picked the last
available spot on the globe
for it.
AS I read the reports on the
baseball openings from other
cities and look back at what
took place at the Polo Grounds
and Ebbets Field, it seems to
me the most auspicious open
Ing dAv in INV memory.
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
Given
Top Weight for
Handicap

HAVRE DE GRACE, April 1S.
Equipoise will carry 1870 pounds
in the Philadelphia Handicap on
saturday, according to the
weights released today by Secre-
tary McLennan. He won the
race last year with 127 pounds
by defeating Tired Avon and
OSculator.
The Bel Air Studs Faireno
was given 120 pounds, second
top weight. Springsteel, in with
III pounds. is third on the list,
and Larranaga got in with 1lS
pounds.
nrIna uJoiohfS.
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
Col. Rupert Means
Wires For Pitchers
Welcome Home

All 16 teams got started
Simultaneously-upuSual in it.
self-and all of them ran rea-
sonably true to form. Aren't
the Giants leading the National
League with the PhillieS in the
cellar?
Within Two Outs
Lonnie Warneke, of the Cubs,
came close to stealing the first
days spotlight when he got
within two outs of a no-hit
game in Cincinnati. Since no
body ever pitched a no-hitter
on opening day, it was a pity
that Adam Comorosky had to
come along with that scratch
single in the ninth. And yet
that shows once more the fine
honesty of the sport. They do
a lot of things to baseball, or
rather they don't do a lot Of
things that think they might,
but, give 'em credit, they don't
hippodrome it.
Any pitcher who comes
through with a no-hit game, be
it in the first game of the year
or the last, has earned it.
Joe Cronin's Washington
Senators were forced to 60 II
heats to convince the rejuve-
mated BOSTON Red Sox that
they were still the champions
of the American League. Last
season Cronin could throw his
cap out there, and then go fish
ing, if he felt in the mood,
when the Crimson Hose faced
the club from the Capital.
They were whipped before they
started.
AS for the Giants 1884 debut
the most heart-warming part so
far as I was concerned was the
performance Of old man Jack
son at short. The smiling,
popular veteran from Arkansas
showed 'em once again why the
boys of my time used to call
him the best fielding ShortStop
in the business.
Only Whisper Behind
But the courageous, fine spir-
tied kid whose job Jackson had
won or, rather, won back
Blondy Ryan-was only a whis-
per behind him with a glitter
ing performance at second
base. The boys had been tel
ling me that Blondy was no Sec
ond baSeman. At this same
time last year they were telling
me that he was not big league
ShortStop.
I have just about reached the
conclusion, therefore, that Ryan
can't play ball at all until the
game starts. He's like some
race horses 1 have known that
couldn't run, but somehow i'll
variably managed to be in front
at the finish. Or those fighters
of whom the boxing experts say:
"The bum can't figh5 a lick"
but VIXEN you go to see him
they always wind up carrying
the other guy out. I like that
kind for my money.
Blondy Ryan doesn't look like
a ball player to me, either. And
never did-eXcept when I was up
there watching him.
So everything is hotsy-totsy
in our set now, folks. Give us
plenty Of sunshine and hot dogs,
and let Mr.. Roosevelt, Congress
and Writ worry about the coun-
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
CHERRY BLOSSOM REGATTA SET SATURDAY
RAINIER CRooMs LARRANACA FOR EQUPoISE MEETING

TRAINER. + Il T. u ~ 7
HOPKINS feeding Lar
ranaga a piece of sugar
as Eddie Smith, local
jockey, sits in the saddle),
is training the ace of the
Anal Stables for races
with Equipoise this sea-
son. Equipoise was for
merly trained by Hopkins.
Larranaga and Equipoise
have been nominated for
the Philadelphia Handi-
cap at Havre de Grace
on Saturday.
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
CABIN I0HM SEEKS

Cabin John unlimited baseball
team seeks q game for sunday.
Call Lincoln 1858 and ask. for
Manager Brewton.
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
INSECTS PRACTICE

Manager Ford wants Lawrence
Club insects to report today on
the Phoenix diamond ut 4 p. m,
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
Singing WoodIsHop
Of East in Derby

FoUoving is the second of series of articles on Ken
tcky Derby egibles and Preakness candidates by The
Washington Times Turf Editor
BY PADDOCK
Singing Woods racing record:
1934-No starts. 80
19S3-Started nine times won three second twice; third
twice. Total purses $SS05O.
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
54G $50 516-1631

TORight's Schedule
Singles--J. Hardie, u. TicsF, E. Nor
mig, b. Hughes, A. Peptn.
Doubl s-Hughes-F Feensy. Nichols
Pepin, White Riccairdi, Stanton Walker.
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
FISHING LUCK
By GINO SINH

Perch like their bigger fnney brothers, the pre-
rogativa Of doing the unusual and unexpected.
The Washington times., 1934-04-18

Mrs John Hay Whney's Singing Wood, the strength OF
his speedy trial historical Pco track last Saturday
morning when he flashed mile in al 49, will probably carry
the backing the in the sxeh running of the $4,000
Kent XIV Derby on Nav B,
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
Bowlers Have Few Events
Left in Waning Year
By DANNY GILL

Although the bowling the it's making
few loud dYinr
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
COLLISION
COSTS 4 LIVES

ALPENA, Mich. Nov. 81 GN.S0
The Canadian freighter w. c.
Franz carried four members OF
her crew to their deaths in Lake
Huron early today when she was
rammed and sunk by the Steamer
LOOMS of the Great Lakes Trans
it Corporation, 80 miles southeast
Of here.
The Loomis, badly damaged and
in grave danger of sinking, was
struggling toward Harbor Beach,
Mich, with the survivors from the
Franz aboard her. The Loomis
was accompanied by the Steamer
Reiss Brothers of Sheboygan, Wis.
and Coast Guards from the Har.
Dor Beach station were putting
out to meet the stricken ship.
Loomis Partly Flooded
The last message from the ship
Reiss Brothers said:
"The Franz sank 1714 miles
east and south of Sturgeon
Point about 30 miles from Thun-
der Bay. Four members of the
Franz's crew were lost, the rest
being picked up by the LOOMS.
"The LOOmiS, badly damaged,
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
STORED YEARS
IN NEW YORK
WAREHOUSE
Blonde Suspect CoIIapses in
Police Lineup; Formerly
= Trusted Bank Clerk

NEW YORK, Nov. 81 QN.SO.
The skeletons of three babies
were found today in a trunk COW
cred with cobwebS in a Brooklyn
warehouse. 1t had been stored
there for two years.
Police arrested Ruby Clark, &c.
year-old blonde school teacher, OF
Nyack, N. Y. She admitted the
trunk was hers but denied knowl'
edge of it's gruesome contents.
She collapsed on the police lineup
platform.
The bodies were so decomposed
that police said Identification
would be difficult.
The records of the warehouse
showed the trunk. with some
pieces of furniture, was stored
on July Is, 1892, by Ruby Clark,
of 1000 President St., Brooklyn.
A monthly storage fee of 81 was
paid.
At the President Street ad-
dress it was said that Miss Clark
had moved, but that her parents
lived in Nyack, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
'chooz Teacher Held as Trunk Yields Babies Bodies
Marina Met
By Royal
h-Laus

LONDON, Nov. 81 Q.N.SO'
While wraith-like wispS of fog
drifted through open windows OF
London's cavernous Victoria Sta
ton, Princess Marina Of Greece
came to England today for her
marriage to the Duke Of Kent
on November 20.
A battery Of powerful electric
lights suspended over the plat.
form cut through the gloom OF
the barn-like structure of metal
and glass as the pretty Princess,
accompanied by her husband-to-
be, stepped off the train from
Dover to be welcomed by her
future father and mother-in-law,
The lamps shed a golden
radiance on the brief scene Of
welcome. Princess Marina and
the Duke walked swiftly down a
thick red carpet leading to the
royal waiting room, draped with
crimson velvet curtains, where
King George and Queen Mary
stood with their retainerS.
Duke Nervous
Princess Marina, a lovely fig
ure in a beige coat and skirt, curt.
seyed before the king and then all
formality vanished. She chatted
joyfully to members of the royal
family.
AS film cameras recorded the
scene, the Duke of Kent stood
part of the time almost on the
edge of the family group, nerv
ouSly shifting from one position
to another. After everyone had
greeted Marina, he stepped for
ward and kissed his mother and
shook hands with his father.
Princess Marina'S arrival in
Continued on Page 2. Col. y
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Mother Can't Believe
DAUGHTER Stored Bodies

NYACK, N. Y, Nov. 81 QN.SO
81 can't believe she has had a
thing to do with it. I've seen
her right along. It's all un'
believable."
Thus spoke the mother of Ruby
Clark today when told that a
trunk stored by her daughter in
a Brooklyn warehouse had been
found to contain the skeletons OF
three babies.
The mother is Mrs. Henry
Clark. She lives in a cottage or
the big estate of F. R. Bradley
wealthy retired New Yorker, where
her husband is chief caretaker
She said her daughter had held
responsible positions in banks
until two years ago when the
Nyack Trust Company was merged
with another bank.
She had lived at home until
four weeks ago when she had left
with Arthur Lubitz with whom
"she had been keeping company
for four years." according to the
mother. on a hunting trip in Lake
George region of the AdirondackS
Ruby Clark was a widow, hel
mother said. Her husband died
about Armistice Day, 1918, in the
influenza epidemic.
In January 1919, she gave birth
to a baby which lived only two
weeks. She herself almost died
at that time from the influenza.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
DEF|ES
BARRING LIFE

NEW YORK, Nov. 81 G.N.S).
Absolutely no consideration, not
even publication of the full court
records Of attacks on her charac'
ter, will prevent Mrs. Gloria
Morgan Vanderbilt from appeal
ing the order giving partial Gus.
today of her child to Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney, her counsel said
today.
Nathan Burkan, the counsel,
who vainly fought for open hear
ing of the court fight over the
custody of 1O-year-old Gloria Van
derbilt, made the reply in answer
to a question of whether Mrs.
Vanderbilt would welcome" open
ing of the record to the public.
The record, 1000 pages of type
written testimony, would come
from under Supreme Court JUS
tice John F. CareW's censorship
and become public should an ap-
peal be taken from the order by
which he is expected to give
Gloria to her aunt for five days
a week and to her mother for
two days.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
Will Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, Nov.
21.-Well sir, here is something
would like to see all your cities
and towns do.
The Los Angeles Bar ASSO-
citation put on a pageant called
"The Making of the COnstitu.
tiOn." (They say it was origin
ated in Kansas City, Well, it's
a great thing. 1t shows Benja-
min Franklin, Washington,
Madison, Hamilton, and all
those old "rOpe wigs" fighting
during the making of our Con-
stitutiOn. Young as we'll as old
will profit by it, and really en-
joy it.
Write and get your infOrma-
ton from the L. A. Bar ASSO-
citation. You can put 1t on
for some good charity, or free
admission.
1 am not press agent for
any bar association. just saw
it and thought it VS. great,
and it's a great thing to do at
this time. It's not expensive to
put on, just the renting Of the
costumes Is all.
Do this, and you will thank
me some day.
Copyright, 1894. by McNauSAt
Syndicate, Inc.) 4
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
GOVERNING
INDIA PLANNED

LONDON, Nov. 81 G.N.S.O.-An
an-1ndia federation of self-govern.
ing units to supplant the present
centralized government of India
was proposed in the report of the
parliamentary committee on con-
stitutional reform, made public
tonight after seven years Of in.
vestigation.
Described as one of the most
important state documents in the
history of the British empire, the
report outlines a complete scheme
for a new Indian constitution,
but one hedged with elaborate
safeguards to protect British in.
terestS in India.
The report recommends eStab.
lishment of a responsible govern
ment at some central point, and
also in each of the provinces.
These would be responsible to
legislatures.
The powers of the various gov
ernments would be subject to GER
tain specified safeguards, includ-
ing the defense of external eccleSi-
aStical affairs, which would come
under the direct responsibility of
the governor-general and the pro-
vincial governors.
These governors could prevent
India from taking fiscal measures
to check British trade in India,
and they would have effective
means at their disposal to combat
terrorism.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
n. Y. Pact Halts
Elevator Strike

NEW YORK, Nov. 81 GN.SO.
Threat of an elevator strike that
would have crippled Manhattan
skyscrapers ended today with a
peace pact signed by representa-
tives of the Building Service EN-
ployes' Union and building owners.
The two factions and Mayor
LaGuardia's arbitration board
labored through a 13-hour confer
ence before an agreement was
reached.
Under the pact, employers may
keep their non-union elevator
operators on the job. while for
mally recognizing Local 32-B OF
the union as the agency of collec-
tive bargaining by the operators.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
Teachers Full Paw
Asked by Grange

Members Of the Pamona
Grange, countrywide organization
in Prince Georges county, have
entered the fight to restore full
salaries of public school teachers
in the county.
Drafted by Prof. j. E. Metzger,
chairman Of the education com.
mittee, a set of resolutions was
handed the county commissioners
at Upper Marlboro today to the
effect Prince Georges was lag.
ging adjoining counties and
States in restoring salaries, that
living costs had increased more
than the extent of the reduction,
and that the cuts have been
saved" over again in the EN-.
ployment Of no additional teach.
erS to handle the normal increase
in school population.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
DENIES
REFUSAL Of
RECORDS
Says No Request Was Made
In Donovan Case; Work
With Police Closer

Denial of charges that the Dis.
trict Parole Board refused to sur
render it's records to District
Commissioner George E. Allen,
a further denial that the board
is considering revoking the pa
role of Albert Sutton and a de-
fense of the boards action in
paroling James Buzz" Donovan
were contained in a statement
issued today by Wilbur LaRoe,
jr., spokesman for the board.
Mr.. LaRoe also announced that
at a conference today with Major
Ernest w. Brown, superintendent
of police, plans were made for
closer cooperation between the
board and the Police Department.
Denies My Request
In connection with reports that
the board refused to turn over
record in the Donovan case to
Commissioner Allen, Mr.. LaRoe
declared the District official has
never asked for the records. At
the request Of the Commissioner,
however, the board has prepared
a report on the case. Mr.. LaRoe
continued:
"The Parole Board and the
District Commissioners are CO.
operating I'm this and other mat
ters ana any intimatiOns to the
contrary are without justifica-
tion."
The case of Sutton, reputed
gambler, who was paroled about
a year ago, is being Investigated
by the board, Mr.. LaRoe said,
only as other paroled prisoners
are investigated. The board is
seeking information on Sutton's
means of income as it does with
others in its charge, but accord
ing to the statement:
'It is not true that the Pa
role Board has taken any &C.
tion looking to the revocation
Of his parole"
TO FOLLOW PROCEDURE
La Roe added that the proce.
dure of the board in revoking
a parole will be followed if any
evidence is found against Sutton.
Speaking of the parole of Don
ovan, which has caused a flood
of protest against the borad, Mr..
LaRoe asserted that the board
released the prisoner to the ia
ther of Paul Wise, chief clerk of
the United States Penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kans., to work
on an Indiana farm only after
it was convinced the prisoner
was a changed man."
Donovan, he said, proved dur
ing his term at Lorton that he
could be trusted" and on that
basis was released to work on the
farm.
The plan of cooperation with
the Police Department contem.
plates exchange of information
regarding prisoners and such
other cooperation "as may be re-
quired to protect the public in
terest."
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
28,400 KILLED
IN TRAFFIC

HARTFORD, Conn, Nov. 81
Q.N.S0 - Approximately 28,40O
persons have been killed and 740,.
900 injured in nearly 600,0 900 auto
mobile accidents in this country
during the first 10 months this
year, according to statistics re-
leased today by a Hartford In
surance Company.
Approximate fatalities show an
increase of 16 per cent over a
year ago and indicates the annual
record of street and highway acci'
dents this year may exceed 36,'
600. The previous record was in
1881 when more than $4,000 per
sons were killed.
OF all persons killed in street
and highway accidents 48 per
cent were pedestrians, an increase
of three per cent over a year ago.
Automobile traffic has already
taken ia lives in the District of
Columbia this year, approaching
the high record of 1913 killed by
automobile in 1890.
California with 1872 deaths to
date this year showed an increase
of 1855 per cent. New York,
with LIZA, according to Bureau
of Motor Vehicles reports, showed
an increase of LOG per cent. Illi-
nois reported 1901 deaths, gain
of 1914 per cent. Ohio, 1915
deaths, a gain of 1886 per cent.
Michigan, 1912, a gain of Pip
per cent.