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Evening star., 1934-10-30
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|G. W, VANDY G|RD
| FOR DARING DUEL
Both, Desperate, Equip for
Wide Open Tilt in Which
AIertness May Pay.

pay premium on
alertness at Griffth Stadium
Saturday when Vanderbilt s
vengeful Commodores meet
George WaShington's ambitious Co.
lonials. In prospect is sizzling. wide
open exhibition of foot ball in which
the opponents, each with definite
yet different purpose, will throw every
weapon at their command into action.
Vanderbilt. seeking to atone for its
recent lacing from L. S. Ia defeat
that shocked close observers of South
ern foot ball, by the WAYS going to
look for something new in G. WIS at
tack while loosening the full power
Of its own.
The Buff and Blue meanwhile will
anticipate the daring, reckless tactics
that only desperate team, such as
Vanderbilt will be in this case, will
unfold, and along with that G. w. will
toss into the melee some newly-gath-
cred dynamite with which 1t has been
fortified since the Tulsa game.
Both Teams Desperate.
4 LERTNESS In this intersectional
~ feature will be born of despera-
ton. Both teams will be keener
than ever because of the prospects to
be faced and the respective purposes
in their minds. Vanderbilt, mighty
and famous for years nationally, can
not afford to drop a game to lesser
known G. w. right on top Of that pain
full clawing administered last Saturday
by Huey Longs L. S. U. Tiger. Victory
for the forces Of Col. Dan McGugin Is
well nigh imperative.
On the other hand, Jim Pixlee's
Colonials can not afford to muf this
chance for national recognition which
comes at a time when they are below
par, as judged by their close call in
last Fridays Wake Forest game. A
triumph to the G Street eleven will
mean fully as much to them as 1t
will to the invaders.
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Meanwhile, Central and Roosevelt
were to face this afternoon in the
Central Stadium at $3.50 o'clock. Both
have lost their lone games.
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Western Maryland Line Great.

TT NOT only has a fine backfield
and a big line, but one thing that
it always has that always makes it
q difficult opponent is an exceptionally
high standard of line play. Harlow
himself was a lineman at Penn State,
and there is no other coach in the
country who knows more about line
play nor who knows better how to
mpart that knowledge to his men.
Catholic University will find West
ern Marylnd a far different oppo-
nent from Manhattan. Not only will
It meet with greater difficulty stop
ping the Western Maryland offense,
but it also is likely to find the West
ern Maryland line hard to crack and
almost as hard to trick. In addition
to this, Bergman and Harlow prob
ably know as much about each others
offense as about his own.
To see foot ball game that exenl-
plifies excellent coaching, game
between two teams that are not far
from the top round. teams likely to
play as good foot ball as Is played
anywhere, one would not have to go
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Alertness Has Aided Both.
pay q premium on
alertness at Grifith Stadium
Saturday when Vanderbilt's
vengeful Commodores meet

v VANDERBILT knows that G. W..
" has saved plenty for this game,
but G. w. knows that the Com
modores, while previously not under
wraps, will have q far greater punch
to uncork than they were able to
show against L. S. U. G. w. scouts
reported that Vanderbilt got into a
hole early against the Tiger and
couldn't recover the remainder of the
game, no matter what it tried.
Alertness already has paid both
teams Juicy dividends. The Black and
Gold won over Georgia Tech and
Auburn chiefly because Of its ability
to intercept passes and block kicks.
Five times the Commodores converted
Tech passes into touchdowns or
lengthy runs that led to scores, and
an alert end named Carl Earl blocked
kick that would have enabled Au-
burn to tie. George Washington re-
covered a Tulsa tumble and inter-
cepted six passes to score its first
victory in flve years over the Golden
Hurricane.
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Shepherd Has c. U. on Edge.

|ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY began
~ last night to build defense to
stop Shepherd, star Western
Maryland College back. The Brook
landers are much concerned with the
fact that Shepherd is leading scorer
in the country and unquestionably is
a brillian offensive player, though
not very good on defense, as is so
often the case with such players.
Shepherd is an unusual type Of ball
carrier. He not only is shifty and fast,
but also has driving power. He weighs
more than 180 pounds and one seldom
sees a better ground gamer.
There is not much doubt that Cath
olic University is up against more
difficult proposition than either Of the
other two big local elevens that play
at home Saturday, because Western
Maryland, if opposed to Vanderbilt or
Virginia, would likely be the victor.
Right at this minute there probably
Is no other team in the East more
difficult to beat than the one at West
minister coached by Dick Harlow.
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Know One Another Well.

Know One Another well.
ETAILED information concern
- ing each other is being used
in intensive preparations this
week. Vanderbilt scouts have
watched the Colonials in their last
three games. Colonial eagle-eyes have
caught the Commodores in action
twice. So by this time what the
boys of G. w. don't know about the
lads of the Nashville institution isn't
worth knowing, and vice versa.
However, George Washington will
reveal some plays about which its
foe cannot possibly know thing. for
the simple reason that these plays
were given out by Coach Pixlee only
yesterday behind closed gates at Grit
fifth Stadium.
Col. Dan McGugin has built his
attack around one OF the country's
best junior halfbacks, colorful
young chap by the name Of Rand
Dixon. G. WIS offense still revolves
about that superior young man from
Superior-Tuffy Leemans.
What this pair does Saturday
should prove a highly interesting fea-
ture of a game fraught with posi-
bilities of producing thrill-a-minute
foot ball.
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The Washington times., 1934-12-25
S1,250,000 GIFT
FOR CHARITY

NEW YORK, Dec. IS G.N.S).
Anonymous in his philanthropic
contributions in death as in life,
a will of a retired clothing manu-
facturer on file for probate in
Queens surrogate court today re-
vealed organized charity's largest
Christmas gift-$1,250,000.
The benefactor Of Is Jewish.
Protestant and Catholic welfare
agencies is Reuben M. Isaacs,
whose death at French Hospital
on December 13, passed unnoticed
by the press. Mr.. Isaacs was born
in Cincinnati in 1880, and was
educated in the schools of the
Ohio city and in Kansas City. In
his early twenties, Mr.. Isaacs
went to Rochester, N. Y, to or
ganize a manufacturing plant OF
his own. A bachelor, he retired
to this city few years ago.
Under terms of the will, $375,-
900 is held in a life trust for Mr..
Isaac's brothers and sisters and
their families, and Richard A.
Bailey of Rochester.
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
EVENTS CENTER
ABOUT TREE

Lighted last night by President
Roosevelt, the nations community
Christmas tree in Lafayette
Square will be the center Of carol
singing by numerous groups
throughout the week.
Today groups representing d.
visions 10 and 13, from Garnet
Patterson Center, under super.
vision of Miss Anna L. Goodwin,
general secretary of the Commun'
ity Center Department, will sing.
They will be directed by Julius
Carroll.
Tomorrow another colored
group, from Dunbar Community
Center, directed by DR.. W. Scott
Mayo, will sing a carol program.
Later, the Girl Reserves and the
Business Girls of the Y. w. c. A,
directed by Miss Mary M. Burnett,
will be heard in program OF song.
At noon Thursday, colored play
ground groups will take charge OF
the carol program, with a group
from the Phyllis Wheatley Y. w.
C. A., followed by groups from
Birney and Garfield centers.
Friday, at noon, the Eliot Junior
High School group will sing, fol-
lowed by programs to be given by
groups of children from the white
Fairgrounds and a group from
Friendship House. Also on the pro-
gram for the day is a group Of
ESperantists, with carols arranged
by E. G. Dodge, president of the
Washington Esperanto Chapter.
In addition to these daytime
programs, there will be program
of music each night coming from
the tree itself, through an electri-
cal device installed by c. H.
Maher.
Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peoples has
arranged for various community
secretaries to be on duty every
day during the programs of carol
singing. At night the office of Ma
tional Capital Parks will be in
charge.
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
JIMMY" MOVES
To SE GRE 7
NEW SITE
Prince Georges Officials Say
Gambler Will Be
Driven Out

1t was, after all, a merry f. 4
val for Jimmy La Fontaine and
the denizens of his famed gam
bling establishment just across
the District line in Maryland.
Marylands powerful gambling
figure, according to one of the
county commissioners, to d a y
openly laughed at the law, moved
from his old stamping ground on
Bladensburg Rd. and set up an
other rendezvous for gamblers
somewhere along Defense High
way.
County Heads to Act
Incensed that La Fontaine
should openly defy their orders,
the county commissioners OF
Prince Georges county have or
dered the new place systemati-
cally harassed much after the
manner in which the BladenSburg
establishment was handled.
County Commissioner Perry
Boswell early today said the Com
missioners believe they know the
exact location of Jimmy'S new
spot and that they have ordered
the county policemen to keep a
watch on it.
Few Policemen
The county police, however, are
handicapped because of their
numbers. The force is composed
of only II members and there are
some 400 miles of territory to be
covered. 1t is impossible, therefore,
Police Chief j. j. Crowley pointed
cut, to have men stationed per-
manently either at the Bladens-
burg location or the new place on
Defense Highway.
The county commissioners dealt
a severe blow to La Fontaine
lucrative business yesterday with
the peremptory order the estab-
lishment be closed down imme-
diately.
Must Get Out
The order followed on the heels
of three days of harasSment by
police of the Metropolitan police
force, who have no jurisdiction
in the territory, but who, none the
less. succeeded in deterring per-
sons from entering the gaming
house.
The Commissioners reiterated
their order today that they would
not stop until La Fontaine has
ceased all gambling activities in
Maryland.
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
7 TULSA Staying
SUSPECT NEAR
ARREST
New "Important" Figure En-
terS GorreII-Kennamer-B
Case, Sheriff Says

TULSA, Okla, Dec. Is Q.N.SO.
The promised arrest Of an un-
named but important" suspect in
the murder of John Gorrell, jr., by
Philip Kennamer, 19-year-old son
of Federal judge, is expected to
shed further light on the subse-
quent death of Sidney Born, jr.,
Sheriff Charles Price said today.
Ramificatlons of the youthful
crime syndicate involved in a bi-
zarre extortion scheme auegedly
participated in by Gorrell occu-
pied the attention of Sheriff Price,
who predicted the new arrest
would be made shortly.
Drove from Tragedy
Young Kennamer, who con-
fessed to the Staying of Gorrell to
thwart the kidnapping of Virginia
Wilcox, 18, daughter of a wealthy
Tulsa oil man, divulged inforna-
tion upon which the sheriff began
the latest investigation. Kenna-
mer is a prisoner in the matron's
quarters of the county Jail.
Sheriff Price expressed the be.
lief that the suspect drove Ken
manner away from the murder
scene Thanksgiving night and
dropped him at a drug store two
miles away where the youth told
a friend of the tragedy.
Born Knew of Plot
That the same person, a social
1y prominent youth, had a knowl-
edge of Born's death was the opin.
ion of Sheriff Price, who refused
to accept the police theory that
Born shot himself to death a few
nights after Gorre!l was killed.
Questioning of Kennamer dis
closed that it was the Born youth
who drove him to the fatal meet
ing with Gorrell Thanksgiving
night.
Kennamer in his confession
said Born knew of the extortion
plot and when they parted the
latter warned the judges son "to
be careful. Kennamer insisted
that he entered the plot only to
prevent it's being carried out.
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
LED
BY PRESIDENT
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about the Christmas tree on the
second floor of the White House,
the same tree around which the
Presidential family sat last night
to listen to the head of the house
of Roosevelt read parts of Dickens
"A Christmas Carol"
Went to Church
Today, the Presidential family
went to st. Thomas Episcopal
Church. There was company at
the mansion, but the people who
came in were friends of the Roose,
velts-not official visitors.
With the exception of Elliott
Roosevelt and his wife, the for
mer Miss Ruth Googins, all mem
bers of the family were there.
The two children of Mrs. Anna
Roosevelt Dali, "Sistie" and "Buz.
zie," were the first to land on the
counterpart and awaken the
President. They were followed by
Sara, the daughter of the Presi-
dents eldest son and Mrs. James
Roosevelt.
Tomorrow the President will
again be hard at work on his mes
sage to Congress, but today he
was just one of the many Ameri'
can family heads enjoying Christ
mas with his loved ones.
Needy Get Gifts
Throughout the city this was
a Christmas where none was for.
gotten. Those with jobs saw to
it that there were gifts for the
jobless. Good fellows filled bas-
kets to overflowing. Food and
clothing for the unfortunate fam
lilies was supplied in abundance.
Charitable agencies held special
programs with special dinners for
the homeless.
Trucks sped through the city,
making last-minute calls with
supplies for the needy.
The store keepers sat back to.
day and took much needed rest.
For they had the biggest volume
of business since the depression
started.
1t was a real Merry Christmas
for them, for it meant a definite
upswing of business.
It's a grand Christmas this
year. a Christmas with a deeper
meaning, a Christmas that finds
the people of Washington better
off and happier.
And so to all-Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
Pope Plus Prays
For World Peace

VATICAN CITY, Dec. IS
U.NS).-Alone in his candle-lit
chapel in the Vatican, Pope Plus
prayed today for world peace and
preservation Of the church against
Paganism and agnosticiSm.
His Holiness said three masses,
starting at midnight, then re.
tired to his chambers for a Christ
mas in solitude. Only a few pre-
lates were present at the masses,
and he received no visitors during
the day.
The Pope's supplications echoed
his remarks to the Roman Card
inals, in which he expressed his
fear of some heavenly stroke
against promulgatorS of paganis.
tic doctrines.
He asked the world to pray with
him for peace, in face Of renewed
European and Asiatic threats Of
war.
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
MANCHUKUo

HARDIN, Manchukuo, Dec. 25
G.N.SO.-A soviet regiment Of
some 5000 armed men stands
ready to defend RuSsias claim to
new island on the Soviet
Manchukuan frontier, the Manchu
press, issued by japanese, said in
dispatches from Tungning today.
The regiment, together with sew
eral batteries of artillery, was con.
centrated near the Soviet pill
box" fort constructed on the islet
created by a shift in the course
of the Wuda-Ho, at its confluence
with the mighty ISSuri River, it
was reported here.
The japanese press said that
there are 130 machine-gunners and
80 cavalrymen in the fort, refus.
ing to retire unless they are al.
lowed to retain their arms.
Chinese newspapers here re.
ported that the Soviet Far.Eastern
army is energetically protesting
against the sale of the Soviets'
interest in the important Trans.
Manchurian Railway to Manchu-
kuo.
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
2-Year-Old Thug
Killed by Police

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dec. 25
G.N.SD Bernard Bradshaw, %
year-old ex-convict, lay dead TO-
day at the end of a trail Of crime,
his body riddled with bullets Of
a police posse.
Charles Fuller, also of Indian
apolis, was captured following the
running gun battle in which
Bradshaw was slain here by State
and county police who had pur-
sued the pair from Bedford, Ind.
where the victim had committed
four robberieS last night.
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
'Other Wise Man
At Luther Church

Chapel Players at Luther Place
Memorial Church will present
"The Other Wise Man" Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday at the
church, the players announced
today.
approximately 80 we'll known
local players will appear in Henry
Van Dykes famous Christmas
tale. The public is invited. The
church will be open at 7:30 p. m.
each day.
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
SANTA STAGES
CD NJ { B ACK
IN EUROPE
Even Byrd's Party Joins in
Festivities Marked BY
=, White Christmas

SANTIAGO, Cuba, Dec. Is
I.N.SO.-Four members Of the
prominent Comas family were
seriously injred, and two others
slightIy hurt, when an explOd-
ing bomb broke up their Christ
mas festivities today.
HAVANA, Dec. Is GN.sJ.
Twenty-Five bombs rent the Yule-
tide dawn today, splintering coffee
shop Railways, terrifying hun
dreds, but injuring nobody as pre-
ludes to a threatened Christmas
revolution.
In contrast, ~ employees Of the
American owned Armour Packing
Company jailed for illegally Strik-
ing, were released under an am
nesty granted by Provisional Presl'
den Carlos Mendieta.
With anti-governmental factions,
hitherto fighting among them
selves, merged into an anti-govern'
mental unit, the powerful ABC or
ganization was in open warfare
upon President Mendieta.
Printed secretly, after its office
vas raided and six editors and re-
porterS enforcedly dosed with cas-
tor oil, the ABC organ, "Accion,
today was sold on street corners
with SplaShing headlines de-
nouncing President Mendieta.
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
CITIZENS FIGHT.
INCOME TAX
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light after the years Of depres'
sion. such a tax would prove a
crushing blow.
And such a tax is unnecessary
those who are we'll acquainted
with the local situation declare
emphatically.
James G. Yaden, president OF
the Federation of Citizens Asso'
Citations, man who devotes much
of his time to the welfare of the
District and it's citizens, today
voiced vigorous opposition to such
an income tax. He said:
"If additional revenue L.
needed by the District govern
ment-and 1 say if-the income
tax is not the proper method Of
raising it.
"If the Federal Government
would appropriate its proper
share of the District expenses-
as it is bound to do by law
there would be little, if any, ad-
ditiOnal revenue needed.
81 am always opposed to term
ing this a contribution That
makes one think Of charity,
something given freely, whereas
the Federal Government Is bound
to do its share.
"This payment to the District
Is an obligation, an honest debt,
on the part Of the Federal Gov
ernment.
OFFERS SUBSTITUTE
'If additional funds are nee
eSSary, there are far better ways
than an income tax Of raising
them. For instance, we might
apply an inheritance tax here.
"Such q tax would take moth
ing from the District taxpayers.
They pay it now to the Federal
Treasury. If we had a local
inheritance tax law, so per cent
of the money would 60 to the
District and 20 per cent to the
Federal Government.
There are many methods, all
far better and more equitable,
of raising revenue than through
the income tax, which strikes
directly at the man with small
or medium income.
"The federation always has
opposed such a tax and will Op-
pose it again. We shall fight
this through to the limit, in the
interests of the citizens of the
District"
Mr.. Yaden wrote to L. A. Car
rutherS, chairman Of the fisca
rela tions committee Of the fedora
ton, asking him to assemble data
On the question and be prepared
to report at the first meeting o.
the federation next year, Janu
! ary q
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
Pilgrims Rejoice
At Jesus Birthplace

BETHLEHEM, Dec. IS UN.S0.
Bells, swung over the spot where
Jesus was born 1885 years ago,
chtmed through loud speakers all
over the world and an electric
"star Of Bethlehem" blazed over
the Church of the Nativity today.
The "hallelujahs" of Pilgrims
who crowded the non-Sectarian
church above the grotto where
tradition places the stable where
Jesus was born echoed over the
radio to the chant of Greek
priests singing the mass.
The clear, crisp weather that
stories attribute to the first
Christmas was replaced today by
q gloomy drizZle.
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
Chicago and West
Under Snow Cloak

CHICAGO, Dec. 25 GN.SO
Christmas Day found Chicago
and the Middle West dressed in
blanket of fresh white snow
today with a cold wave advanc-
ing from the frigid Northwest.
Snow fell steadily over the Mis-
issippi Valley and the upper
Great Lakes. More snow was
predicted today with the arrival
of the cold wave from the Nc
Kenzie River basin and eastern
Alaska. Weather Forecaster c. A.
Donnel said the mercury would
drop to 10 degrees above zero
here by nightfall.
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
Tramp Is Sought
In ReCluse Death

NEW YORK, Dec. Is (IN.s).
A tramp seen lettering near the
old-fashioned frame house in
Brooklyn of aged Miss Victoria
Muspratt was sought today in con-
nection with the brutal murder of
the eccentric recluse. Police un-
covered two short-handled axes,
their first clues in the battling
Staying, in Miss Muspratt's old
fashioned dwelling.
Miss Muspratt, who once, re-
jected an offer of 100000 for her
property, now in one of the best
Brooklyn residential sections, was
believed to have several thousand
dollars boarded, although she
lived on the charity of friends
and neighbors.
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
Knows History,
Wins Release
As Drunk

DETROIT, Dec. rs Q.N.S0.
When Jerry Beauregard, 40,
came up before Judge John A.
Boyne on a charge of drunk.
eness, his knowledge Of history
won him a suspended sentence.
The judge said:
"Are you any relation to Gen.
eral Beauregard?"
"Yes, he was my grand.
father"
What war did he fight in?"
"The Civil War"
What side was he On?"
"The Canadian"
"Well, you were half right, 80
I'll give you a suspended SEN
tence."
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
COlOred Man Shot
During Argument

MERRIF1ELD, Va, Dec. 25.
Norman Collins, colored, was shot
fatally near here early today dur.
ing an argument with another
colored man.
The shooting occurred at a
farm home about three miles
south of Falls Church, on the Lee
Highway. An immediate search
was started for the slayer, who
police say is known.
The Washington times., 1934-12-25
Byrd's Men Enjoy
Real White Christmas

LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctlca,
Dec. Is G.N.SD.-Santa Claus,
tits said, resides at the North
Pole, so that may be the reason
the men Of Rear Admiral Rich
ard E. Byrd's South Polar expe-
dition had to dine today on roast
beef, not turkey.
Bearded AntarticianS, however,
said the beef was a welcome
Christmas change from seal steak.
corned beef, and mutton, the
pieces de resistance of their two
year menus.
"Divining rods" in the shape
Of long wires thrust into the ice,
prevented Little America from
being the last United States pos
session to enjoy repeal. Searchers,
Just a bit more avid than in their
hunt for new lands, poked about
for a lost case of sherry, and
didn't give up until they found it..
Needless to say, it was a white
Christmas"
PARIS, Dec. IS QN.S)-"Pere
Noel" as the French call Santa
Claus, has staged a comeback in
France and has made Christmas,
1884, the gayest since the depres'
sion started.
While bells pealed from every
church, children all over France
woke up today to find their
stockings filled with toys and
"bonbonS."
And Santa Claus did not forget
the poor. Sixty thousand chill
dren Of unemployed played
around a giant, brilliantly lighted
Christmas tree in the Grand
PalaiS, receiving candy and toys.
Flags and colored paper teS-
toonS hung from windows and
Paris department stores staged
brilliantly lighted musical enter
tainmentS.
In hundreds of thousands Of
homes, families sat down to Sump-
tuouS meals. No French Christ
mas dinner would be complete
without the inevitable "gateau
de Noel" or Christmas cake.
LaStminute shoppers Streamed
into stores and grocerS and wine
merchants report that more to
eat and drink has been sold this
year than for any Christmas
since 1929.