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Evening star., 1934-01-21
Code Finds Circus Hard Put
Owners, Actors, Labor agents. Clowns and Lawyers
Heard by N. K. H., and Chelers Are Given Calliope
Blast in Effort to Put Entertainment on Fair Basis.

plants, you say. Yes, the elephants,
which can't have a code of their own,
but after the elephants it's the clowns
the elephants and the clowns, that's
how circus advertisements read.
you can't have a circus without a
clown, but look how the clowns wages
have dropped-S75 a week, it used to
be, but now a clown has to be good
to drag down S35."
La Rue said he was speaking for
the Actors Betterment Association, in
behalf of circus labor and circus per-
formers of all types. He declared that
the minimum of $3.50 a week, plus
board and transportation, was too small
for canvasmen. just as the suggested
minimum of $40 a week for actors
small.
He declared that insanitary living
conditions prevailed in many of the
back" or bonus" system Of paying
worked acute hardship on many circus
employees.
Circus on Last Legs"
As on several occasions yesterday,
John M. Kelley, general counsel for
Ringing Bros. and Barnum g. Bal
ley, which controls the only three ring
shows now in operation, rose to say the
circus was on Its last legs"
He described suggested raises in the
minimum wage limits as "the last
straw" a straw which would break
the camel's back" and send the sur
viving shows into retirement He de-
clared that much higher wages would
prevail in the circus than the mini
NUNS suggested by the owners.
Mr.. Kelley vcuched for the piety Of
the circus in ringing terms. Who ever
heard of suggestive entertainment in
the circus?" he demanded. Who ever
heard a line under the big top like
come up to see me some time?"
Evening star., 1934-01-21
NOtreDun1e Official
Scores Columbia u.
For Course in Ser
Contrasts 1881 Class and
Buffers Statement on
Loss of Manners.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, January 20-Rev. John F.
OHara, C. s. c., vice president Of the
University Of Notre Dame. in talk be-
fore the Notre Dame Club of Boston
today criticized Columbia University for
what he termed requiring course in
concubinage-"
"In his 1891 report to the board of
trustees" Rev. O'Hara said. President
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia Ia
mented the decline in good manners,
not only among the younger generation,
but also upon the part Of their elders.
"He blamed this condition on the
PHILOSOPHERS and pseudo-psycholo-
gies of our day.
LESS than two months after the
publication Of that lament, Columbia
announced a new course. to be required
of all sophomores, in a freer conception
of the relation of the sexes, unhindered
by law or religion
"The head Of the university deplored
the decline in good manners and his
faculty required, of the students a
Evening star., 1934-01-21
Admits Gold Debate
Leaves Him in a Fog
But Backs President
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
One member of the House, at
least, admits he Is perplexed
amid all the talk Of dollar re-
valuation.
During debate yesterday on the
Presidents monetary bill, Rep
resentative Perkins, New Jersey
Republican, said:
"I feel like I am at sea, adrift
in a fog without a compass, and
am singing Lead, Kindly Light
II am for this bill.
"I would rather follow the
President of the United States
than attempt to follow all the
varying schools Of monetary
thought.
Il don't like some things in
the bill, but I am not going to
try to change it,"
Evening star., 1934-01-21
GROUP ASKS LIQUOR
WAREHOUSE DELAY
Montgom cry Committee
Wants go Days After D. c.
Law Is Passed for Study.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BETHESDA, Md, January 20.-A
recommendation that the Board OF
County Commissioners be implored to
delay construction Of the proposed
liquor warehouse and office building
until it can be definitely determined
what effect legalization of whisky in
Washington will have upon liquor sales
In the county is to be submitted to the
Montgomery County Civic Federation
by its Committee on Public Finance
and Budget here Tuesday night.
H S. Yohe. chairman of the COM
mittee, said today that his group will
suggest that the federation approve
construction of the building IF upon
further study the facts developed dem
onstrate that the erection of such a
building is economically sound"
Definite Delay Asked.
ITO more definitely ascertain that
fact" he declared, ''the federation will
be urged to recommend to the county
officials that advertising for bids for
construction of such a building and
the performance of any other work or
services which may involve addltlonal
expenditure of public funds be deferred
until so days after the law regulating
the sale of liquor in the District OF
Columbia has been in operation"
Yohe stated that his committee is
confident that the effect Washington
competition will have upon the liquor
business of the Montgomery dispensary
system and the advisability of the
county expending s88 900 for the pro-
posed building can be definitely ascer-
tanned during the two-month period.
Liquor Situation Studied.
The committees decision was reached
after making a study Of the county
liquor situation, as ordered by the fed
Grafton at its January session and a
conference with representatives of the
Liquor Control Board and the Board OF
County Commissioners.
A call for the federation to hold
special meeting in the Bethesda Ele
mentary School Tuesday night and de-
ternine its stand on the commission
ers' proposal to erect the warehouse was
issued by President Robert E. Bondy
yesterday after the committee notified
him it was in position to make re-
port on the question and submit def
mite communications.
Evening star., 1934-01-21

The circus code hearing closed at the
Ambassador Hotel yesterday, after
owners. actors, labor agents, clowns
and lawyers had their say, with a
calliope blast at the chiselers who en-
ploy circus talent and prestige in fly
by-night entertainment schemes.
Owners failed to agree with actors
on minimum salaries, or with labor
agents on wage scales, but every one
was certain the shoe-string booking
agent and his sponsored" shows was
a bigger menace to the circus than
such natural hazards as crop failures
and taxation.
You can tell me nothing of these
fellows" doomed Capt. William K.
Schultz, dean of lion tanners. Didn't
I bring all my ponies. didn't bring all
my lions, didn't I sign up with one Of
the best known promoters In the East.
for a show at one Of the biggest
theaters?
Real Show Packs House.
Didn't put on a show. a real show
King of the Beasts call it? And
wasn't the house packed, ask you? 1t
was a sellout, but what did I get?
Nothing. Just like other times
nothing.
Evening star., 1934-01-21

THE name has variety Of deriva-
tions. In German, it Is herr,
meaning man. In Welsh, mann
i signifies freckled or spotted.
The surname Is first mentioned
in the Doomsday Book in 1886, which
records Wilhemus filius Name, mean
ing simply William, the son OF Man.
He appears as landowner In County
Hants.
The principal seat Of the family was
In Bramley. Yorkshire, England.
The coat Of arms here shown was
borne by John Mann. and appears IN
the Charter of Henry VIII in Cornwall.
One of the first to come to America
bearing this name was the Rev. Sam
uel Mann, who settled in Dedham,
Mass, and was the first pastor OF the
'''HlsH @'.1H~m eli' Hnn Of Kent, England,
Evening star., 1934-01-21
Texas Relief Work Assured.

DALLAS, Tex, January 20 P.-
Continuance of direct relief work in
Texas was assured late today when
Fred F. Florence, chairman OF the
Texas Relief Bond Committee, an
nounced that banks of Dallas, Houston
and Fort Worth had increased their
subscriptions a sufficient amount to
take up the remaining 81 ,602 900 out
of the first issue of s2,750,000 in State
relief bonds
Evening star., 1934-01-21

seek some OCner,
milder name. In
my system there
are
Two Forcing Open
ing Bids,
the bid of two in
a suit and the bid
Of three in a suit.
They differ from
each other only in
the kind Of hand
they portray and,
consequently, the
kind Of response
they require. e. A
three bid is not
necessarily stronger
that a two bid, or
vice versa. The
..A,,,rn
Evening star., 1934-01-21

suit must consist Of not less than hve
cards It may be longer, but never
shorter.
Third. To bid three in suit, that
suit must consist Of not less than SIX
cards.
The Two Bid.
The two-bid generally denotes hand
with some flexibility-there Is a choice
between two or even three suits, and
an eventual no-trump contract Is by
no means a remote possibility. FIRE.
quently the responding hand becomes
the eventual declarer, as the best MT
may we'll be in his suit He, in that
event. supplies the distribution, while
the opening bidder provides tremendous
high-card strength and also such I'M
mediate suit control as Is REQUIRED 10 Ior
the small or grand slam to which the
bidding may lead. Game. OF course.
was already guaranteed by the open
ing bid Examples of opening two-bids:
sp. A. K Di. AK
There are only two losers-the small
diamonds. Bid two clubs.
a2;. sP; a A K J 10 q: 81 1f:kka9Ss 81
One loser in spades, one in diamonds,
one in clubs. Bid two spades.
Sp. X @ J 10s Di. A K @ 10 8
Hts. A K 4 CT. -
One loser in spades, one In hearts.
Bid two spades.
When / explain the responses to .
two-bid, they will throw additional
light on the original bid itself. I am
confident you will agree that these bids
are very easy to handle, as method
really superseded judgment or guess
work almost entirely. You do not want
to guess or gamble with gigantic hands.
You want to know.
(Copyrieht 1934)
Evening star., 1934-01-21
FORMER GATEKEEPER
AT STADIUM EXPIRES
Heart Attack Cause of Death Of
John H. Drury-Funeral
Tomorrow

John H. Drury, "A, for a number of
years gatekeeper at Griffith Stadium,
where he was a familiar figure to
Washington fans, died yesterday at his
home 306 Eleventh street southeast. He
had been i'll for some time, but the
immediate cause of his death was given
as a heart attack.
Mr.. Drury was active at the ball
park until last season when illness pre-
vented nim from continuing there. He
is survived by his widow. Mrs. Agnes
Marie Drury; two daughters, Miss Marie
Drury, and Mrs. Edith Robinson. and
son. Carroll E. Drury.
Funeral services will be held in Holy
Comforter Catholic Church at 10 am.
tomorrow. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
cemetery.
Evening star., 1934-01-21
Conquering Contract
.Bv P. HAL SIMS

Mr Sims is universally acclaimed
the greatest liuino contract and auction
PLAYER. He uas captain of the renowned
-Four HorSemen" team, 71oto dtsbdnded,
and has won "a national championships
since 1924. These articles are based on
the Sims system, which includes the
one-ouer-one principle which the Sims
group of players ,Das the first to en-
ploy and deuelop
Evening star., 1934-01-21
IMPEACHMENT DEFEATED
Montana Session Votes Down Bill
Against Cooney.

HELENA, Mont. January 20 P.-
The special session of the Montana
Legislature, climaXed with the defeat
of a resolution seeking to impeach Gov.
The session. called by the Governor
to relieve human suffering" passed a
$750,000 relief bill and approximately
so laws, half Of which related to reve-
nue.
The peachment resolution censured
the Governor and Secretary of State
Samuel w. Mitchell as members of the
State Board of Examiners. State finan-
cial agency, for allegedly permitting
contracts to be let without receiving
bids, for unsound transactions in con-
nection with contracts for foodstuffs.
Evening star., 1934-01-21

The circus needs no high-salaried
censor, and never will"
The hearing broke up into informal
conferences yesterday afternoon. and a
code of fair competition probably will
be offered by the NJ r. A. administra-
tors in few weeks now, in ample time
for its consideration by circus owners
and employees before the Spring season
opens,
Evening star., 1934-01-21
Bakers to Plan Code.

ATLANTA. January 20 CP).-L. NJ.
Collins, president Of the Southern
Bakers Association, has called a meet
ing of members here Monday to dis
cuss the code for the banking industry.
About 200 bakers are expected for the
meeting.
Evening star., 1934-01-21

La Rue had a mission. He wanted
to plead the cause Of the circus comics,
argue for better hours, salary and
working conditions Ten dollars a
week and keep, the minimum for
clowns. they want" cried La Rue,
waving his arms That minimum. I
tell you. gentlemen, would be the
maximum!
Clowns After Elephants.
What part of the bill is featured
in circus advertisements? The ele-
Evening star., 1934-01-21
Opening Forcing Bids.

w YHEN pou open with forcing
\ a bid, neither partner may
NV pass until a game contract
has been reached. For that
reason my numerous obser-
vations on forcing responses do not ap-
ply to the "one-over- response,
which only demands one more bid and
for which, therefore, we really should
Evening star., 1934-01-21
PASTOR is CONVICTED
st. Louis Man Was Accused of Max.
ing False Income Tax Return

ing False Income Tax Return.
ST. LOUIS, January 20 lP.-Rev
c. A. Lackey, Baptist minister and
part-time bookkeeper, today was con-
victed by a Federal court jury of pre-
pairing a false income tax return for
the Crescent Steel Co. Sentence was
deferred by Judge Charles B. Faris. The
maximum punishment is a five-year
prison term and a $4,000 fine
Lackey. pastor of the Highway Taber-
nacle Mission at Cahokia, Ill, pleaded
not guilty, saying he made the return
on data furnished Raymond B. Paut-
Ter, vice president Of the steel company
Pautler. indicted by Lackey, pleaded
no contest" and is under a three
month sentence and $4,000 fine
Evening star., 1934-01-21

ing further in common, except that they
are both forcing to game.
Suit Length Is Next Factor.
Here are some absolutely definite
rules, to which there are positively no
exceptions whatever:
First Never make an opening forcing
bid in a four-card suit.
Second. To bid two in suit, that
Evening star., 1934-01-21
PASTORS RITES TODAY
DIR. Skinner of Lynchburg to Be
Buried in Baltimore.

r,YNCHBURG, Va, January 20 OP).-
Funeral services will be held here to-
morrow afternoon for DR.. T. Clagett
Skinner, 81, pastor of the First Baptist
Church here for the past eight years.
who died last night following br1ef
illness from a heart ailment.
The body will be taken to Baltimore
for interment Monday.
He held pastorates at Landsdown'
Pa: Baltimore, Norfolk, Roanoke, Co
lumbja, S. c., o~i Ivnchburg.
Evening star., 1934-01-21
EIGHT OF 1870 ON VENIRE
TAKEN IN FACTOR CASE
Court Warns Attorneys to Speed
Progress as He Adjourns Hear
ing Until Tuesday.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 2O.-The Factor
kidnapping trial adjourned today until
Tuesday. after the attorneys had been
unable to add single juror of the final
four needed.
With eight juorors selected to hear
the case Of Roger Touhy and his three
o-defendants, Judge Michael Feinberg
warned defense and States attorneys
they must make more speed when the
trial Is resumed.
The days session had exhausted the
supply of veniremen and 1t was not
possible~to bring in more earlier than
Tuesday. Another group of 100 has
been ordered to report then and an
other 100 on Wednesday.
So far, some 400 jurymen have been
called and out Of those who responded
for duty some 1870 have been questioned.
An indication came that the defense
might attempt to show the accusing
witness, John Factor. market specu-
lator. was not. in fact, kidnapped early
80 ~
Evening star., 1934-01-21
INSURANCE SUIT FILED
Second Action Would Set Aside
Mercer Contract.

Merger Contract.
ST. LOUIS, January 20 H9.-Suit to
set aside contract by which the Cen
eral American Life Insurance Co. ac-
uuired assets of the defunct Missouri
State Life Insurance Co., has been filed
in Circuit Court here.
The action was brought by Charles
F. Overy, owner of 235 shares of Mis-
souri, State Life stock, and seven policy
holders. A similar suit, naming former
directors of the company, was dismissed
Wednesday in Federal Court because
the action did not name Emmett
OMalley, State superintendent of in
surance. a party to the sale.
Evening star., 1934-01-21
WHO ARE YOU?
The Romance of Your Name
nv prRv uASxNS Fits
BY RUBY HAsKINs ELLIS.

came to America and was one Of the
first settlers and proprietors Of Cam
bridge, Mass. Richard Mann, who was
born in Cornwall. England. was at
Scituate. Mass, In 1916. He removed
later to Concord.
There are today many descendants
of these settlers living in various sec
tions of New England and other parts
of the United States.
(Copyright. 1o34)
Evening star., 1934-01-21

Mr. Sims win answer all inquiries on con-
tract that are address3 to this newspaper
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
Millen's Bride Tries Gowns,
And Reads a Love Letter

BOSTON, Mass, March 2.
0.N.SO-Gay and imperturbed,
Norma Brighton Millen counted
her hats and tried on her new
gowns today, unimpressed by the
fact that police are seeking to
involve her in the crimes to
which her husband and his "pals"
are said to have confessed.
The clergyman's daughter,
thrill bride" of Merton Millen,
airily dismissed any knowledge
of his activities with a smile. She
said:
''It is all very vague to me.
My life Speeded up so after my
marriage. Everything went so
fast that things like dates and
time and places are very hazy to
me now.
''My life with Merton used to
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
SECOND WOMAN
REVEALED.|N
M|LLEN CASE
Sweetheart of Brothers 'PaI'
Shown as Figure in Boston
Transfer of Money

BOSTON, March 2 U.N.SO.
Rose Knellar, sweetheart of Abra-
ram Faber, one Of the three al
legged Needham Bank robbers, was
revealed today as the mystery
woman" behind the turning over
to Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Needham.
commissioner of public safety, OF
$500 in cash.
General Needham had been
called by telephone from his Of
flee before he. started to Lynn
to address 500 members. Of the
American Legion. When he ar
rived at the office Of the lawyer,
General Needham said, he went
with the attorney to another Of
flee.
There a second man handed
over to General Needham a bun
die which contained a cash box
in which was the currency. The
lawyer promised to have the man
available at any time, explaining
that the money was being turned
over to State police for a woman.
While the money was being
handed over, General Needham re-
vealed, a woman stepped out Of a
darkened room in the lawyers Of
flee. Her identity was not revealed
until sometime later.
General Needham declared the
money was not part Of that stolen
in the Needham Trust Company
holdup in which two policemen
were slain, but he indicated it had
q bearing on a recent crime.
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
COURT MARTIAL
GETS SURPRISE

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, March 2
G.N.SO-A mass of technical
testimony regarding physical ex-
aminations of pilots was in the
record today as the prosecution
continued to press court martial
charges against Major William
Ocker, veteran blind flying ex-
pert, charged with making deroga-
tory remarks about a superior
officer.
It was brought out that the
heated conversation betwee n
Major Henry Johnston, senior
flight surgeon, and Major Ocker,
which led to the filing of the
charges, was overheard and tram
scribed by Major Johnston'S clerk,
Sergt. Daniel Towns.
Sergeant Towns was in an ad-
joining room and took down part
of the conversation in notes.
Major Johnston revealed. Pressed
by defense counsel as to whether
he regarded this as proper, Major
Johnston said he had not in
structed Sergeant Towns to
record the conversation. but re-
garded it as a loyal act.
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
DR.. WYNEKOOP
TAKES STAND
IN TRIAL
Despite 104 Pulse, Defendant
Tells Version of Rheta'S
Mystery Staying

CHICAGO, March 2 GN.S0.
The moment that DR.. Alice Lind
say Wynekoop, accused of muir.
dering her daughter.in-law, Rheta,
has been awaiting many weeks
arrived today when she made q
dramatic ascension to the witness
stand to make a final bid for
acquittal.
The aged physicians pulse was
1O4 and she complained Of q
headache, but with a determine
ton that has characterized her
denial Of the gruesome charge
throughout a trying ordeal, she
grimly told her story.
Tells Of Family
DR.. Wynekoop then submitted
to routine questioning, telling Of
her four children, and something
of her early practice in Chicago.
Deadly silence enveloped the court
room as Attorney Smith at length
mentioned the name Of Rheta
Gardner. DR.. Wynekoop said she
first met the girl at a party in
Indianapolis. Her son, Earle.
accompanied her, she said.
DR.. Wynekoop then told OF 8
subsequent visit Earle made to
Indianapolis, and how he had re.
quested permission to bring Rheta
to Chicago. Earle and Rheta, she
said, came to Chicago accom-.
panied by the girls parents. They
were married the next day.
The witness, pale as death, was
questioned regarding $4,000
life insurance policy on Earle's
life, payable to Rheta. She ar.
ranged for the policy, she said.
Hands Trelnble
AS the tense drama proceeded,
DR.. Wynekoop famed herself with
an envelope. Sitting closest to the
witness were her daughter, DR..
Catherine, and Burdine Gardner.
father of the slain Rheta. Occar
sionally the witness hands trem.
bled, but her voice remained calm.
Continuing, DR.. Wynekoop said
she paid the premium on Earle'S
insurance policy.
Last November, the witness ad-
mitt2d, she senSed q strained relap
tionship between Earle and Rheta.
Rheta was frequently ill, the
witness said. In the fall Of 1892
the girl was treated for in.
| nuenZa,
| Asked if there had been tuber.
culosis in the Gardner family, the
witness replied that it was a sort
Of an obSession with Rheta. She
said that not one Of the doctors
could find a trace Of tuberculosis
in Rheta's lungs.
Rheta was always recticent, Dr..
Wynekoop said. She tried TO
pursuade the girl to take violin
lessons, but Rheta was melan.
choly and frequently missed her
lessons.
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
PRESIDENT NRA
TALK MONDAY
In International News Service

In International News Service
President Roosevelt today added
finishing touches to his speech
of next Monday in which he will
trace his work of a year in the
White House.
The address will be delivered
at II a. m, Eastern Standard
time, before the NRA Industrial
Conference, and is expected to
portray the course of the giant
recovery machine for the coming
year. A radio network will carry
the address to the nation from
coast to coast.
Mr.. Roosevelt does not intend
to go on the air in the immediate
future to give an account of his
first years stewardship, and for
this reason the NRA speech has
brought speculation that he will
use this opportunity to report to
the people on his work.
The address comes at a time
when both the President and his
Recovery Administrator Hugh
johnson have conceded that the
driving power of the recovery
machine, the NRA, is to be
strengthened and perfected.
Early this week, johnson called
a conclave of NRA critics, and to-
day was studying the suggestions
put forward by hundreds of in
dustrial leaders and consumers
representatives.
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
RULE
BADLY HIT

Strong opposition to admin
stration of the proposed Stock
Exchange regulation act by the
Federal Trade Commission was
expressed before the House Inter-
state Commerce Committee today
by G. H. Kinnicutt, Of New York,
representing a numbe rof Stock
Exchange firms and investment
bankers.
He urged, instead, the creation
of a Government agency with
supervisory powers to cooperate
with the exchanges in eliminating
alleged evils. Mr.. Kinnicutt main
taind the Federal Trade Commis-
sion has such a large field that
it could not devote the necessary
time to exchange regulations.
Representative Bulwinkle Cd
of North Carolina said:
''YOu have spoken Of the
evils. What are they?"
Mr.. Kinnicull replied:
pools, wash sales, manipuIa-
tionS, fraud and, miSStatementS.
But we are coming under
tigher rules each year"
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
Company 319 of CCC
Named Areas Best

Civilian Conservation Corps Of
ficials have designated Company
319, at Camp F-2 in the Ale
gheny National Forest, near
Kellettsville, Pa, the outStand-
ing company in the Third Corps
Area for the second six months
enollment, period, which ends
March 81.
Selection was made by board
of three staff officers named by
Mai. Gen. Paul B. Malone, COM
mander of the area. The ratings
were based on leadership and
initiative, camp administration
and oneration