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Evening star., 1934-03-29
POLICEMAN BOESE
TAKES OWN LIFE
Uses Service Revolver to
Shoot Self in Front
of Mirror.

Standing in front of mirror with
his service revolver in his hand.
Policeman Hendrick BoeSe, AZ, shot
himself to death early rocay in his
apartment at 61e Twelfth street. The
suicide occurred few moments after
Boese had warned his wife. Mrs Marie
Boese, that he intended to take his
life. He had been on sick leave from
the first precinct for four days.
The couple were seated at table
having their morning coffe about 7:30
today when Boese picked up his gun
and remarked that he didn't seem
to be any good any more" his wife
told police. She said she took the
revolver away from him and hid it
under some papers in the kitchen.
A few moments later, while seated
in the front room of the fourth floor
apartment, she heard single shot in
the bath room short distance away.
She ran to the telephone at once and
called police headquarters and the
officers brother, Johannes Boese.
When detectives and the Emergency
Hospital ambulance arrived, the man
was dead.
After examining the body, Coroner
A. Magruder Macdonald issued a GER
tificate of suicide. DR.. Macdonald
said the position of the body indicated
Boese stood n front of the mirror
and watched himself as he raised the
gun to his temple. The bullet passed
through his head and shattered a
window frame on the other side OF
the room. All chambers of the re-
volver were full when detectives ex-
amined it. One shell had been fired
Boese was born in Holland. but had
lived in this country for about 20
years, most of the time in Washington.
He joined the police force nearly ii
years ago. Last January he was
brought before the Police Trial Board
on charges Of intoxication. He was
found guilty. but the verdict also
carried a recommendation of leniency.
Subsequently the District Commits
sioners imposed a 5000 fine on him
and he was restored to duty Feb
ruary 20.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
THREE DYE BRANDS
BANNED BY FOWLER
Health Officer Orders Easter Egg
Coloring Solutions Taken Off
Market Here.

Cooperating with Federal author1-
ties Health Officer William c. Fowler
today took steps to remove from the
Washington market three brands OF
Easter egg dyes which were declared
to be harmful
DR.. Fowler said analysis showed
these particular brands of dyes con-
tanned lead chromate, which he said
was poisonous. He said 1t would cause
harm even If the dyes came in con-
tact with a person externally as well
as internally.
The Federal Food and Drug Ad-
minis.ration yesterday seized tw lots
of the dyes and Fowler today ordered
them taken off the market. The dyes
in question are sold in small contain
ere on a card. The directions are
to shake a few drops OF the dye on
the surface of water and to blow
gently on the mixture to get en- ar
tistic effect before the eggs are low
cred into the solution.
DR.. Fowler said there were other
dyes which were not farmful and
that there was no reason to take a
chance on those containing poison
GUS substance.
Condemnation proceedings against
a brand of dyes manufactured by the
Nu-Dell Products Co., Inc. of Chicago
were begun yesterday in District Su-
preme Court The Governments suit
said the dyes were being offered fol-
sale by the downtown department
stores.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
BANK ROBBERY AIDE
PUT ON PROBATION
Isador Weiman Granted Leniency.
Was Held as Look
out"

Although he had pleaded guilty t.
participating in the robbery of a
branch of the Washington Mechanics
Savings Bank. Isadore Weiman was
placed on probation in District Su-
preme Court today by Justice Peyton
Gordon.
Weiman. alias, Bad Itsick," sur
rendered after he had been indicted
for robbery, and subsequently entered
a plea of guilty. This, coupled with
the fact that he had no previous
criminal record. influenced Justice
Gordon to place him on probation
for a term Of from three to five years.
The indictment accused Weiman of
robbing the branch bank at Eighth
and G streets southeast of s2,453 last
April 6. According to witnesses, he
acted as lookout" for the other
members of the gang.
The three others jointly indicted
with Weiman, are being held in other
Jurisdictions. They are Louis Ed
ward Wagner, John Joseph Barr and
John Carroll.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
BOARD
HAS FIRST SPLIT.
Woman Vigorously Dissents
to Ruling Against Poto-
mac Heights License.

The first dissent to appear among
members of the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board over the issuance of
permits has cropped out over a petit
ton for an off-sale license for beer
and light wines next to the Potomac
Heights Church. Two OF the three
members voted against issuance of the
license, but the third. Mrs. William
Beverly Mason. not only voted for it.
but wrote vigorous dissenting opinion
to emphasize her views
The applicant was Early B. Rector,
whose establishment a: 544l Conduit
road is within 335 feet of the church.
Issuance the license was opposed by
the Washington Federation of
Churches, by F. T. School of the Con-
duit Road Citizens Association, and
by M. H Hess. superintendent of the
church's Sunday school.
Opinions Are Divided.
In the record were the names OF a
large number Of persons opposing the
issuance, and larger n"mber in favor
George w. Ofutt and Isaac Cans.
in their majority opinion. emphasized
the fact that the property Of the ap-
plicant adjoined that of the church.
. that wine and beer may be sold on
Sundays, and that children going to
and from the church would pass the
store. They held that the church
ought to be entitled to receive the pro-
lection that it sought.
Mrs. Mason Favors License.
Mrs. Mason argued that the Com
missioners in adopting liquor regula-
tions exempted sale of bottled wine
and beer from a rule against granting
licenses to places within 400 feet of
churches and schools. and that this
rule did not apply to places estab-
lished prior to enactment Of the
liquor law. She pointed out also this
class of license was exempted from
the clause of the law giving the
owners of a majority of property
within 600 feet of an applicants
place the power to forbid issuance of
a license
This latter point she declared. was
recognized by the A. B. c. in grant,
ing a license for sale of liquor by the
drink to Child's Restaurant. 1910
New York avenue. despite opposition
by 'spokesmen for the nearby New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
She argued there was more reason to
deny the Child license than the
Rector license, since the former in
volved sale by the drink Of hard
liquor.
Cites Theory of Law.
Mrs Mason said also she was far
from satisfied that the wishes of the
residents or the property owners of
the Conduit road section was against
the granting of the permit.
She made the point also that the
theory of the District liquor law was
to promote the use of beer and light
wine as against beverages of higher
alcoholic content.
The A. B. c. Board yesterday
granted a license to David Ceppos for
the sale of bottled wine and beer at
store at 2017 Bunker Hill road
northeast, which had been opposed
by the Legislative Committee of the
Rhode Island Avenue Citizens As
sociation. The board put into the
record a. statement that granting of
the license was approved by Raymond
L. Gilbert, president of the Burroughs
Citizens Association.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
BERRY f. CLARK'S
FATE RESTS WITH
JURY IN 4TH TRIAL
Howard County States At
torney Delivers Final
Argument.
VENUE CHANGE BRINGS
CASE TO ELLICOTT CITY
Defense Denies Former Montgom.
cry Clerk En- mbezzled OFF,
cial Funds.
BY G. T. KELLOGG,
Staf Correspondent of The Star.

ELLICOTT CITY. Nd, March 90
For the fourth time in less than two
years the fate of Berry E Clark, for
mer clerk to the Montgomery County
Commissioners, charged with en-
bezzling some $4,000 of county funds,
went before a jury five minutes be-
fore noon today.
After three trials in Montgomery
County, III all of which jury disagree
ments resulted, the case was brought
TO Ellicott City, county seat of How
ard County, on change of venue
requested by the State
The closing argument for the prose-
cution was presented by James Clark,
States attorney for Howard County,
who assisted Stedman Prescott, States
attorney for Montgomery County. in
trying the case Clark said. in answer
to contentious CT defense counsel in
argument:
Charges Clark EmbeZZled.
I'VE are not charging him with
stealing the money which he did turn
over to the treasurer: we are charging
him with stealing the money which he
did not turn over"
Clark's arguments lasted a little
more than hour before Judge Will
liam Henry Forsythe. jr.. presiding,
told the jury to go out and find Berry
E. Clark guilty or not guilty"
State Senator Joseph L. Donovan
wound up arguments for the defense
Speaking more than an hour. Dono-
van told the jury that. while Mont
gomery County's bookkeeping system
might not have been the best. it was
not that which was on trial, but the
integrity of Berry E. Clark.
Speaks of Lax System.
Holding audit books and other off,
/ cial documents in his hands as he
drove home his point, the last speaker
for the defense pointed out that the
| bookkeeping system of the county
| allowed Clark to be long" in his
accounts one year or two years and
then to make it up with a shortage
the next year or SO.
| When he was arrested on March 26,
1882, and charged with various short
| ages in accounts, Clark pointed out
| shortage in another account that had
not been discovered Donovan said.
and told the county here's your
money"
The defense opened its argument
| late yesterday, when Attorneys F.
Barnard Welch and Albert NJ Bouic
each presented to the jury contentious
| by which they sought to prove that
Berry E. Clark never embeZZled a
penny from Montgomery County"
Judge Quiets Prosecution.
| During this mornings argument by
| Donovan frequent Interruptions by
counsel for the prosecution we're halted
by Judge William Henry Forsythe. jr.,
presiding, who said they tend to dis
rupt orderly procedure of the case
and do not help the jury in its con-
sideration thereof"
Turning to the jury. he again
warned them, do not be influenced
by remarks of counsel to one another
or to the court"
Evening star., 1934-03-29

The shot missed the wife. who said
she ran to the study Of the pas or
where her husband allegedly beat her
with the butt OF the revolver.
Others indicted, with the charges
against them. are:
Joseph M Bell and Armour NJ Nc
Clay. non-support; Harvey A. Fletcher,
James B. Wilson and James A. Hack
ett, joy-riding; Harry B. Bury, house.
breaking; James w. Turner. William
Thomas, Williem Neal. Edward Div
vers, William Edward Gaskins. Oscar
B. Long, James H. Marshall, Raymond
C. j. Bladen and Buddy Henson,
housebreaking and larceny; Charles
johnson. James Wilson. Allen Moss
James F. Butler, James Earl Neal
James Smith, Edgar Williams and
John Clark, robbery; William w. Nc
Donald. receiving stolen property:
Louis Hobson and James M. Hasty
assault with dangerous weapon.
Edward Rufus Dargan, carnal knowl-
edge and assault with intent to COM
NIT carnal knowledge: Horace E.
Davis. forgery and uttering: Edward
A. Baker and Clarence S. Baker, en-
bezzlement and grand larceny and vio-
lation of section 844. District of Co.
lumbia Code; Roy R. Harrison. viola
ton section 1913, title 33, United States
Code, and section 90. United States
Penal Code, and Alton M. Scott and
Joseph Charles Janifer, manslaughter.
Cleared of Charges,
The grand jury cleared the follow
ing of the charges Indicated:
James E. Stanton and James
Newmriser, joy-riding; John D. Smiley,
Henry Miller and Lester Cohen, grand
larceny: Bernard T. Simms, house
breaking; James Brown, Alphonso
Sullivan, Ernest Caldwell and James
F. Butler, robbery, William Mitchell
and Celestine Nelson, assault with a
dangerous weapon; Israel Milloff, as
sault with a dangerous weapon; Frank
Tolson, carnal knowledge; Rice Burk-
holden, violation of sections l and
2, white slave traffic act; William
w. Mcdonald, violation of section
85lb, D. C. Code; Samuel F.. Lane
embezzlement and grand larceny;
Herman Kleimheitz, embeZzlement;
Charles Dexter Gates, violation of Sec
ton 90, United States Penal Code, and
James Kelly, manslaughter.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

William K. Leggett, with live goril-
las and pythons for sale, isn't going
into the mail order business If the
District grand jury can help it!
The jury indicted Leggett today for
using the mails to defraud. Leggett
is charged with having written to
one Lee Wallace of Montgomery, Ala.
offering to sell him live gorilla for
$780,
Wallace. it appears, was in the
market for gorillas. He accepted the
proposition, the jury charged, and
mailed $35 to Leggett as a down pay
ment.
Leggett seems to have had snappy
follow-up sales program. Assistant
United States Attorney John w.
Fihelly was informed Leggett next
offered to SCI! Wallace a cage for live
gorillas.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

think that there would be big i'm
provement on the child as we'll as
the parent. The child will learn to
mind their parents and the parent
will learn that they can ask their
children To do something without
making them black and blue"
Child Should Have Pet.
Every child should have pet Now
I am not advertising any pet shop.
but I am just telling you the truth.
l am only ten years cid. But l nave
had all the experiences, that l am
writing about. / have had HcHngs.
or rather spankings, with leather
straps, and strong hands, 1 have al
ways longed for a pet. but I didn't
make much progress. Anyway. am
not going into that question now. l
know that pets cost money. But If
parents can feed themselves and their
children. 1 should think that they
could feed pet. Now lots of par
ents make up excuses to their chill
dren. by reading articles in the pa
pers. about dogs and cats killing or in
the people who owned those dogs and
brought them up. well they didn't
bring them up right. Lots of parents
say that dog or cat, will get so play
full. that they will get wild. That is
true in some ways. If you would bring
up a cat or dog kindly, do not play
with it to much, feed it properly and
keep it clean, it will not grow wild.
A child can make pets of birds, and
insects too.
Children like movies. I think that
children should be able to see pic
lures like "Tarzan. Little Orphan An
ME, Oliver Twist" and musical pic
lures like. Gold Diggers of 1888 and
forty second street" l think that a
child over 7 yrs. old could go to the
movies every weeks. I hope that
my story has helped the parents who
+ have read il
Evening star., 1934-03-29
OFFERS GORILLAS FOR SALE.-
INDICTED BY GRAND JURY

Wallace could have figured it out
for himself in almost no time How
can live gorilla, even a mail order
gorilla, come from the 1400 block of
Eighth street, Washington, D. c., to
Montgomery, Ala, without a cage?
Leggett is said to have offered a
bargain-a used or secondhand cage
He also had another proposition. He
offered to sell the Alabamian a genu-
inc python to go with his gorilla.
Leggett, the indictment charged,
represented himself as dealer in
theatrical supplies, carnival. menag-
erie and show property.
But investigators here could find
no gorillas or pythons on Leggett's
person or premises.
Fihelly said he doubted If the Ala
bamian had any real need for q
gorilla anyhow.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
AID FOR HANDICAPPED
TO BE ASKED BY NYE
North Oak ota Senator Will De-
liver Appeal on Radio
Tonight.

An appeal to industry to employ
more physically handicapped persons
and not to discriminate against them
will be broadcast tonight by Senator
Gerald P. Nye Of North Dakota. un-
der sponsorship of the District Voca-
tional Rehabilitation Society.
The Senuator will speak at ll:l5
o'clock over a Nationwide network
of the Columbia BroadcaSting Co.
It was pointed out that during the
depression years 5000 handicapped
people have been rehabilitated and
are now self-supporting, earning an
average of 81 900 a year each. These
figures have been quoted as proof that
the physically handicapped can be
made self-supporting and that there
is no need for a general pension
system, as proposed in several bills
pending In Congress.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
BROOKLYN MAN HAS TROUSERS
PRESSED AND @CLEANED'' OF 5000

to the cleaners and the colored
presser who creased them.
Both denied all knowledge of the
5000, but were held for investigation
They said they saw no extra pocket
in the pants. Kaplan. however, in
sisted some one must have uncovered
his secret.
A roll of greenbacks amounting tc
$61, and almost as securely hidden
was stolen from Mrs. Mary Myer OF
1887 Fifteenth street, she reported to
police yesterday.
Mrs. Myer deposited the money in
an empty milk bottle. which she hid
In closet. When she returned to
sthe cache the money was gone.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

Julius Kaplan had sewn 5000 into
such a secret hiding place that he
overlooked it himself when he sent
his trousers to the presser last night.
Kaplan, who lives in Brooklyn, was
stopping at a downtown hotel. He
called a bellboy and sent his suit
to a nearby cleaning establishment.
The bills were so securely stitched
into a seam of the trousers, Kaplan
said, that he failed to think OF them
until the pants returned neatly
pressed and also Cleaned"
Kaplan called police and detectives
of the clothing squad arrested the
colored bellboy who took the pan
Evening star., 1934-03-29
SPECIAL SIZE CIGARETTE
NOW DENIED APPROVAL

BY the Associated Press.
The Treasury yesterday revoked its
approval for use by the AxtonF Fisher
Tobacco Co. of Louisville of packages
containing five cigarettes II inches
long and taxed at 3.6 cents a package.
The ruling said the long cigarette
packages. which are capable of being
quickly divided into four parts con-
tanning in all 20 cigarettes of stand
ard size" should not have been placed
in class where the tax per package
was only 36 cents as compared to the
Scent levy placed on all standard
packs of 20.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
MEASLES CASES GROW

The measles epidemic continued in
full swing today when the District
Health Department received reports
of ITO new cases. This was a greater
number than had been reported dur
ing the past several days. 1t brought
the total reported since January !
to 4.704.
No additional deaths were reported.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
Richmond Postma ster Named.

The Post Office Department today
announced that Clyde w. Saunders
had been named acting postmaster
for Richmond. Va The appointment
is effective March 81.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
Raises Jobless Funds.

The Duke of Beaufort's Hunt Club,
in England. is raising funds to give
work to idle farm hands by clearing
country lanes for riders and pedes-
trianS.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

the name and address OF the
Uriter OF this letter, and finds
them authentic, but, in Difference
to the understandable irish OF the
young crusader, withholds them.
The Star wiH be glad to publish
communications from other chill
dren, age 10. ,Uho take the other
side OF this question.
The Evening Star,
Washington, D. G.
Dear Sir
I do not know how much you will
care for my story, but ! hope you will
put it in tomorroW's paper in place
where you think parents will see it.
AS I said before, I do not know how
much you will like it, but it is the
truth. and hope that all the parents
who read it will get some help out OF
their children happy. Please, if you
put it in the Star, don't put my name
as the author, although it is all
right Here is my story!
THE TRUTH ABOUT PARENTS
AND CHILDREN"
Children. know more than their
parents think. Children have more
kindness in their little hearts, than
their parents think. and children are
a little weaker, than their parents
think they are. When a parent gives
a child a spanking. it is the wrong
thing to do When a parent gives
their child spanking. and sometimes
the child don't do what he was
spanked. for not doing, we'll some
times the parents will say. Its nc
use. she won't do it." Well. that's the
truth sometimes. Sometimes the par
ent will get the child so scared. that
the child will do it. But that is not
the right thing. If the parent will
ask the child to do what the parent
wants him or her to do Elcely, well
Evening star., 1934-03-29

Continued on Fourth Page.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-04
By Blosser
A TIGHT SPOT:

found. The whiting didn't take him long. "Now I'm all set" he cried.
 "You Tjnies lire up, riSht nearby. I'll give yut each slice. and try to make them Gll the same size" Hurry up.' woo Dotty sighed.
 The cutting was fanny sight. N-ee Scouty sawed with all his might. You act just like q woodsman," shouted Windy. with a smile.
 You'll have us waiting all cay long. Say. lad, I thought that you were strong. You'd better rest and let me do the cutting for a while"
 "AH right" said o II y. Thanks, lot. The cuttings made me very hot" So Coppy took his turn. Real soon there was pice for all.
 Each Tiny started eating ard the melon splashed to beat the band. One of the birds cried. Careful. now! Don't let your pieces fall"
 (Copyright, 1934. NEA Service
 IEc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-04
FRECKLES

Wee Duncy cried, How can we cut the melons? could do it, but I have no knife. I guess we'll have to smash them with a stick.
 Just then two birds swooped to the ground. "Oh, your plan is not very sound" one chirped. "I can suggest plan that you'll agree Is slick"
 GO right ahead" said scouty. Gee, I'm curious as I can be. and also. am hungry for slice of melon now.
 "They are the incest have seen. The inside's red. the out side green. When we get set to re''~h them. I'll show the whole bunch how"
 .Weil." said the bird, ."just find a stick. Then whittle 1t until it's slick on one edge. 1nst like any knife. That's really aI you need"
 ssIla, hal" laughed Scouty. You are smart. The melons soon will fall nrart. I'll get the stick and do the cutting. Watch me shov, sor1e speed" :.
 And then he scampered all around until . real fine stick was
The Lexington advertiser., 1934-11-15
New Century, Club
In Meeting at West

IT.. xo,x Century Club of West held
i.s rogular meeting Wednesday after
Noon Tovember 7th. in the lovely coun-
,,,> bor,e Of Mrs. NJ A. Campbell, with
t,,',1,.o ,ner,bers and two visitors pres
emf The living-room was beautifully
decorated with lovely sumac and cut
flowers in all the beautiful fall colors,
The meeting was called to order by
the chairman. after which the minutes
Of the last meeting were read, Two
cards were read by she secretary, one
from Mrs. c. NJ. Jaco. Winona, Miss,
ard the other one from Mrs. l. {. New,
Goodman, Miss.
The chairman read a letter of thanks
from the Girl Reserves leader thank
ing the club for the $3.50 given them.
Roll call was answered by current
events. after which 4 very interesting
program was rendered on Public vel
fare" "How our club women may help
TO advance public welfare in our state,
Mrs. Rogers Hdlmes; THE Need 81
schools and occupational training for
handicapped people" by Mrs. W. Z. Nc
Crearv: How welfare organizations
have aided handicapped people, Mrs. II.
F. Musselwhite: Collect, Club; Song,
mississippi, Club.
The hostess served a delicious salad
course during the social hour.