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The Washington times., 1934-05-19
G.P. o. DOWNS SAILORS

Government Printing Office e
won a pitching duel from Navy
Yard in the Departmental League,
2 to /. Frank Corkins hurled
for the Printers while Lefty"
Kunhnert heaved for the Sailors.
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
Lower Potomac, Patuxent
Draw Angling Enthusiasts
By GINO SINH

Lower Potomac and upper Patuxent boamen will be kept
busy the weekend fishermen impatient to ply their
favore form Of recreation, head for the salt water
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
McLARNIN RESUMES

ATLANTIC CITY, May 19.
Jimmy McLarnin, welterweight
champion, was to resume train
ing today for his bout in New
York, May %, with Barney Ross,
lightweight title holder,
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
VA. WHITE SOX PLAY

Virginia White Sox diamonders
meet Fairfax Station A. c. to-
morrow at 3 p. m. on the lat
ter'S diamond.
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
CENTRAL PLACES ON TIMES ALL-HIGH MI
THREAT IN CITY TITLE TENNIS TOURNEY

RALPH McELVENNY,
Pacific Coast star, is one
of the favorites to win the
City of Washington Ten
mis- Championship, which
gets under way today at
the Rock Creek courts.
McElvenny made a splen-
did record in Journeys
here last season, his first
in Washington.
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
B0NNY
MEET AGAIN

PHILADEL PHIA, May 10.
Two of Americas fastest run
ners, Bill Bonthron, of Prince
ton and Gene Venzke, Of Penn,
will match strides in two events
of the I. c. "A program on
Franklin Field here next Friday
and Saturday.
This became a certainty today
after Lawson Robertson, noted
Penn track coach, announced
Venzke will compete for the
1,5O0 and 800-meter titles, both
of which will be defended by
the Tigers flash.
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
Second Elementary School
Meet Scheduled Monday

Second of the Department Of Fairgrounds elementary school
track and field meets will be held Monday with the New York
Avenue division meeting at Eastern Highs stadium at 3l5 pm
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
FISHERMEN'S PARADISE

Nine million fish are distributed
annually from five State hatch
cries in North Carolina.
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
BY SID KATZNELL

By SID KATZNELL
AS it has been custom for gosh knows how many years.
The Washington Times presents its ahgh baseball
1884
Selecting the first team rather easy but picking the
secondary nine tough picking an ALAmerican
football team,
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
Champion Eastern
Nine Places Three
On Team
Times ll-High Team
lin Batting Order)

Joe Mills (E.) 30
John Mccarthy (E0 lib
Joe Keegin E0. c
Bill Wood (WO If
Nick PiStolas CO.
Bus Boyd (E0 .cf
Jimmy Corcoran (W0........2b
Angelo Chumbris CO. SIS
Ted Kinsman (W0 p
Eddie Elgin (T0.............p p
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
FIRST TEAM

Francis De Stephan (W)....3b
Leonard De Lisio CO.. lib
Cleon Chumbris (C0.........lf
Francis Wynne CW0........ C
Bill Bryant CO..
Tom Nolan (E0 .rf
Carlton Giovanetti (R0. .... .2b
Charles Cuozzo (EO. SIS
Joe Sullivan (E0 0........... p
Claude Cowan co. p
The Washington times., 1934-05-19

MERIDIANS JOURNEY
Meridians play Lorton Blues
at Lorton, Va, tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1934-02-03

NEXT WEEE-Tbs autAeF viii tell equally faSeiaaHng
stories about the gem-dsaliHgs Of other nest
famous figures in American life today, giving coIeFfu
"insids pictures Of but costly Transactions.
including the scores saIs ~ A@ARa4s AaRRAN RsSss
- Oa2AGA
The Washington times., 1934-02-03

tack of diamond fever mas been paIalleled bY
a similar activity on the part Of Peggy Hopkins
Joyce.
Peggy'E collection, while not numerically
large, is one Of the finest In existence. This
where from D quarter Of million to- ten million
dollars. Actually IL worth Nightly OveF naiS-
lion dollars.
My fellow jewel merchants say that Peggy
has the most discriminating taste Of any woman
to inspect her collection, and am glad to sub
stantiate their judgment.
But MabeI's ON the war path again. Watch
out, Peggy!
The Washington times., 1934-02-03
GEM-QUEEN

Mabel RoMs WhOAA
MysterioHs Tlsnk
for Acquiring. Costly
:Jewels Has Intrigued
the 'Romanee-Sleuths
ofTwo COntinents-
Now the True Story ok.
Het Gems and How
She Got Them Stands
Revealed.
This apparently
marked the upturn b.
her fortunes. For. Ia
spite of world condR
tons, MabePs buying.
diamonds againI
Incidentally
have it On excellent
authority that pretty
ARahlYSn nnMAIwnG M&
The Washington times., 1934-02-03

b was wearing gorgeous diamond, ON which
nv had had her celebrated eagle eye for
a, but which somehow she, or her man-friend
he moment, had never got around to buying.
lit was 11O-karat blue solitaire, thing to
ke the jeWel-lover'S mouth water. Was Peggy
)? AS blue as the solitaire!
but not beaten. The next morning she tele-
med firm of Fifth Avenue jewellers. Il see
we sold my solitaire" she informed the clerk
ha rueful laugh. ooh, that one, Miss Hop
20 he rejoined. Eyes, in way. Miss Mabel
took it on memorandum. She's making up
mind. She hasn't really bought it yet"
That was enough for Peggy Joyce. "Get it
me at once!" she almost shouted. "Sold-to
for $500, ,O00-cash!" The gem was re-
we'd, and sent to Peggy. That night she wore
b public, and all Broadway chuckled at the
nond battle Of the beauties in which, for once,
(gy had bested Mabel.
lRHAPS il was this brace Of incidents that
started people asking all over again: "Com0.
ke; just who is this Mabel Boil p The answers
e sparse and unsatisfactory. She was "be-
ed' to have been born in Rochester, New
TX, where her father was "said" to have been
hrtender for twenty years.
Before her diamond era. set in, she was re-
ked to have been educated in . convent. She
also briefly on the stage, at which time her
agement to Con Conrad, the song writer and
'ner husband of Francine Larrimore, the. &C.
8. was rumored. Mabel even made a 500
with Philadelphia dramatic critic that she'd
Mrs. Conrad within the year. But the marv
. didn't come off and Mabel lest her bat-
80 thak che didn't have her nomanaas -
EwaA 81 Ias &HnS oaeA . AMA- ~
The Washington times., 1934-02-03

sci, she admitted that people in Dallas had re-
ferred to her as "Mrs. Bachs," butt don't owe
that firm . nickel. / never had any transac-
\ tions with them"
There was also that little affair Of the
a seizure Of some Of her jewels in Paris not
so long ago. It was charged that she owed
8 a $4,000 dressmaker'S bill. With Mabels
NJ characteristic good luck, this was settled in
friendly fashion
Z ALL the tina, despite changing conditions,
a she was hanging onto the Russian dia-
aond necklace for dear life. It was the darling
Of her hsart Friends said: "Mabe1 would rather
starve than dispense with It"
But Old Man Depression is a severely i'm
partial sscSsni.ing nsithe1 fohd friend F nor
short Of cash--desperately 50. So with tears in
her eyes and . lump in her throat, she sailed for
the States, clutching the necklace and probably
wondering what she could get for it.
She got quite tidy sum. Harry Winston, an
internationally famous wholesale jeweler, Of
fered Mabel 100000. some say more. To make
the nNcklaNs more salaablS. Winston removed
The Washington times., 1934-02-03

THEY SAID
bel Boil, shown
Levine, First
er, ON aSki Jaune
h. Charles Bought
lind the Presents,
|he Mysterious
o. \
M abel had re.
ned to New York in
E6. So had Peggy.
Each was being
hired about the
nt-club zone by
ng society mem
Vitably the t w o
|al beauties en-
Itered each other.
hnce eS, none too
pm my, were ex-
nged. The eagle
Of La Hopkins in
ttly noted that La
The Washington times., 1934-02-03

band No. was - =
Robert Scott.
with whom she
lived for eight
years, most Of the
time in Paris.
son was born. He's
now an outstanding
twenty year older, -
residing with his grandparents -
in Rochester-Mr. and Mrs. Nk
George l. Boil
Mable's third marriage was -
to Count Henri de Porceri, Of
Poland. They weIe divorced
last August in Paris on the
ground Of incompatibility. And
then there was the Senior RochA,
already referred 10. -
At variouS times Mabel has been,
incorrectly reported engaged to va
rious men, all of them Of more or
less prominence. Charles Levine, III
for instance. That was an obvious
phony, since at the time he was
married. Still the gossip per-
sisted that, once divorced, he
would take Mabel as wife. Moth
ing came Of it. s
But the two were on excel "a
lent terms. Mabel greeted him
in Paris after his transatlantic nM
fight whit Clarence Chamber
lin. Once the stocky, adven-
tuIouS little man flew to Cuba
with Mabel. Her attire on that
occasion amazed even the blase
residents Of Havana.
Its chief feature was garment,
fashioned something like a sweater, Of solid gold
mesh. The famous bracelets were also much in
evidence.
The beautiful friendship of Levine and Mabel
ended abruptly in 1928, when two corporations
with which he was affiliated sued her for $20,-
Mabel has had other legal woes. In January
1880, she was sued by Dallas, Texas, jewelry
firm. 1t was contended that she had in her pos
session gem-Studded lavaliere which was their
&6 Sle ] AidRa ~ {" " SOeed Nsb@l IN
- - H1 = ! 49, 49, ~
Evening star., 1934-08-04
Hindenburg Death Procession
To Pass Throughout Night
200, 1000 Expected to Clanor to Pass Bier
of German President-Arrdngements
Made for Impressive Rites.

which viii be covered with white sand
sprinkled with oak twigs In accord
ance with Prussian custom.
In the inner courtyard, fronting a
high cross which designates the burial
place Of 20 soldiers who were killed in
the battle Of Tannenberg in 1914. will
be massed so old regimental flags.
Before these flags will stand the regi-
mental guard of honor.
Three sacriflcial fires, billowing out
clouds OF black smoke, symbolic Of
grief, will burn steadily in front of
the monument the eight towers Of
which will be covered with pine and
oak branches as well as draped in
black flags. Several of the nations
foremost artists are supervising the
decoration Of the monument for the
occasion.
-Four thousand privileged guests, IN
cluding foreign diplomats, will have
places inside the monument during
the funeral services. Because Of a
lack of hotels, they will be accommo-
dated overnight-as will many other
spectators-in hundreds OF special
trains.
Meanwhile, thousands Of workmen
were hastily deployed at Tannenberg
to increase the telephonic communi-
cations, set up radio broadcasting ap-
paratus, and erect the lack-draped
tribunal from which the final rites
for Won Hindenburg will be conveyed
to the whole world
Evening star., 1934-08-04
BY the Associated Press.


HOLLYWOOD, August 4.-The
name of George Raft, movie bull
fighter, was linked today with an
impromptu Hollywood fist fight.
The embroglio was accompanied by
accounts of a bloody battle and a
denial that there had been one.
Those who said there was a fight
they included William Sharples, ra-
dio announcer, and Les Mawhinney,
former newspaper reporter, as well as
dozen or more others-Said Raft,
Much Killer" Grey, his bodyguard,
and Sam Satz, Hollywood man-about-
town, were the principals.
The scene, they said, was an alley
or parking lot The cause was laid
to an asserted quip by Satz anent
some plastic surgery performed the
other day on Rats left ear, split in
boxing match.
Satz repeatedly landed clean clip
on Rats rejuvenated ear and in re-
turn was knocked down four times by
the actor. SatZ's nose, those telling
the story said, appeared badly bat
tered, possibly broken
Raft denied he had fought Satz
denied he was in the neighborhood
Of the supposed battle. Grey said he
had done the fighting with guy
who passed remark at me the other
night in club"
Witnesses Of the purported fight
between the patent-leatner-haired
Evening star., 1934-08-04
RAFT WINNER OF FISTICUFFS,
PROVIDED THERE WAS ONE

actor and SatZ, nephew Of a chain
drug store operator. said it started in
popular film restaurant after Satz
remarked:
There go couple of boys who Just
had to be beautiful. Raft had his
ear decaulifiowered, and Grey had his
nose remodeled."
Raft and Grey. the witnes t,s said,
told Satz to shut up" and one thing
led TO another until the trio decided to
go outside and do something about It,
Among witnesses said to have been
at the informal ringside we're Carole
Lombard, Judith Allen, June Collyer,
Mona Maris. Jack Haley and william
Frawley.
1t was said Raft smashed Satz's
glasses after they had been removed
and led with a left, which missed
fire and connected with the chin of a
woman from Des MONIES"
Satz, the blow-by- account con-
tinued, landed on Rats bandaged ear,
and the actor countered with series
Of one-two punches which put Satz
upon the ground four times. In the
hullabaloo somebody thought to call
the police, six of them arriving in
time to find a great crowd collected,
but no signs of fight or fighters.
Il was the one who fought" Grey
said, mot Raft Lucky for me
didn't get punched in the jaw, for
Just had my nose lifted the other day.
1t all isn't very important The other
guy passed a remark at me the other
night IN a club"
Evening star., 1934-08-04
CR0WDER IS SOLD
TO DETROIT TIGERS
Veteran Nationals Pitcher Goes
by Waiver Route, Griffith
Announces.

Gen. Alvin Crowder, veteran right
hand pitcher Of the Washington Ma
tionals, was sold today to the league
leading Detroit Tigers via the waiver
route, 1t was announced by Clark
Grimth, president of the Washington
Club.
The waiver price In the American
League is $4,000.
Crowder, who annexed "a games
last year to tie Bob Grove in the
junior circuit in games won, has been
the Nationals biggest disappointment
this season with only four victories as
against 10 defeats. He was never
able TO hit his 1888 stride at any time.
The General" who is 33 years old,
was purchased by Washington in
1926 from Birmingham of the South
ern Association. In that year he won
seven games and dropped four and In
1927 he was traded TO st. Louis for
Pitcher Tom Zachary. The Nationals
reacquired Crowder, along with Out
fielder Heinie Manush, from the
Browns in 1880, giving up Outfielder
Goose Goslin in exchange.
Crowder, who served nearly three
years in the United States Army prior
to taking his first fling in professional
base ball in 1922, enjoyed his biggest
season in 1928 when he won 2l and
lost only five games for the lowly
Browns. In 1882, hurting for Wash
ington, he pitched most innings, won
the most games (26), and allowed
the most hits in the American League.
In his lone world series start
against the New York Giants last
Fall Crowder was beaten. During his
eight-year career In the American
League Crowder has won 142 games
and lost 101 for a percentage of SOB.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
PEACE NEARER IN CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, August tP)-Peace
seemed nearer in the Chicago stock
yatd strike today.
Hugh S. johnson, N r. A. admin
iSHator. remaining here to work on a
mediation plan until some COM
poSure" is attained, said the prospect
for settlement Is hopeful"
For five hours yesterday Johnson
studied file of proposals and counter
proposals made during the ii days Of
the strike He would not discuss his
conference with principals in the con-
troverSy.
Persistent reports came from the
conference room that Johnson had
attempted to communicate with Fred
erick H. Prince of Boston, principal
stockholder of the Union Stock Yard
& Transit Co.
Prince is reported on a yacht cruise
in the Atlantic. Earlier he had ex-
pressed his confidence in the ability of
local officials of the company 70 han
die the problem"
No violence arose as commission
merchants resumed the sale of COM
mercisl cattle They had to handle
their own stock, as their 400 employees,
members Of q union affiliated with the
striking stock handlers, had walked
out in sympathy.
Yesterdays shipments, however,
were light. as is normal for the end
of the week. The first test Of the
ability of non-union men to handle
the work Will come Monday.
ion nan
gave consideration at meeting last
night to a request Of the commission
men that Federal Judge Philip L.
Sullivan be asked to conStrue an
award he msde in similar con-
troverSy in the yards last year.
A minimum wage guarantee is re-
port 1 to be the principal stumbling
block 10 settlement.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
ACTING WITH j. S.
DENIED BY BRITAIN
Reports of Combining Pa
cific Forces in Event
of Break Hit.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, August A government
spokesman stated today that there
can be no question of any united ac-
ton by Anglo-Saxon nations before
or after the 1885 naval conference.
Inquiries at the foreign Office
brought an official denial to reports
published in America that the United
States and Great Britain were nego-
tiating on the possibility of combin-
ing their Pacific Ocean forces in the
event Of breakdown of the naval
conference.
Confirming that Great Britain in
tends to issue the invitations for the
conference, the spokesman stated:
'You cannot expect nations to ac-
cept invitations to a conference If
there are any separate arrangements
made or even discussed between any
two parties beforehand.
Reports Unfortunate.
'Tt is unfortunate that reports of
such prearrangements are circulating
because it directly conflicts with the
policy Great Britain is pursuing. We
are going into the conference hoping
it will succeed, and we will leave the
whole conference to decide what will
happen afterward."
A source close to the admiralty de-
clared there was no possibility that
naval authorities could be undertak-
ing even informal arrangements along
the line suggested without the knowl-
edge OF their governments.
It was recalled that Admiral Sir
Lewis Bayly, who recently returned
to England from Washington, where
he conferred with American naval
chiefs, stated, THE two navies are
complementary rather than competi-
tive" but then he added: THAT
Anglo-American cooperation will ever
take the shape of formal agreement
is, to say the least, unlikely"
Sliding Scale Suggestion.
A government spokesman indicated
that Great Britain is not as firmly op-
posed to altering the 5-5-3 ratio as
was Secretary Swanson of the United
States IN his speech this week, adding,
nevertheless. But we do not see
what we can substitute for the ratio
unless some sort of a sliding scale
can be created which would remove
the so-called stigma Japan attaches
to the 5-5-3 agreement. There
still must be some way found to keep
naVieS within certain bounds"
Evening star., 1934-08-04
BORAH'SDEF|ANCE
SP|KEDBY n. RIA.
Official Denies Authority Is
Given to Maintain
Bread Prices.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY LDe hSoOCldIcd FICSSs
Senator Borah's offer to defend an
Idaho baker for violating a code au-
thority's price order drew from the
N. r. A today statement there was
no authority, national or local, to
compel higher bread prices.
Walter White, N. r. A. deputy ad-
ministrator, formerly in charge of the
baking code, said: I'VE are CO.
operating to stabilize the price struc-
ture in areas where we know little
bakers are hard hit" He asserted,
however, there was no official author
ity to maintain fixed bread prices.
White also said the local code au-
thority. whose order Borah had ad-
vised the baker to ignore, was not
recognized by the National Bakery
Council, the code authority for the
industry.
while there is no N. r. A. author
ity behind baking prices, we want the
small bakers to know we are going
to help them compete with chain
stores and larger bakeries" White
said.
His comment was in connection
with the case of E. w. Nestor, Glenns
Ferry, Idaho, baker, who was advised
by Borah not to raise his bread prices
in accordance with an order issued
by Sid Graves of Twin Falls, Idaho.
SENATOR BACKS BAKER.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. August A death parade
in which more than 100 900 persons
may have a last look at the late Presi-
dent Paul Won Hindenbure is being
planned as a part Of the funeral
exercises Tuesday at the Tannenberg
Memorial Monument.
The march. which possibly viii last
all through the night. viii pass through
the "Hindenburg Tower" Of the monu-
ment. where the coffin will be placed
following the official exercises.
More than 200 900 spectators are
expected TO attend the services, but
officials regarded it as doubtful if all
of them. even If they march three or
four abreast, can be accorded an op-
portunity to pass the bier.
Every Section 10 Participate.
Every city, town and village of the
Reich is expected 10 participate in
the services at Tannenberg. The fu-
neral grafton to be delivered by Chan
cellor Adolf Hitler viii be broadcast
worldwide.
Throughout the country, moreover.
Nazi Storm Troopers will engage in
the solemn funeral parade between
IL am. and noon Tuesday. The ma
tons activity viii be slowed down to
a virtual stop. There will be a COM
plete one-minute pause at ll:45 am.
In the Tannenberg Monument, the
Presidents coffin will stand during
the services in a room, the floor of
Evening star., 1934-08-04
Three Male Mayors
Find Job too Hard;
Woman Appointed
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO, Chile. August A.
The three last mayors of the city
of Calera were men, as all
mayors Of all cities in Chile al
ways have been. But the three
last mayors resigned, complain
ing that the post was too diff
cult.
So today the ministry of the
interior named Sonora Lily Wal
lace de Duus as mayor of Calera.
Sonora de Duus is 35 years old,
the daughter of English parents,
the granddaughter of the founder
of the Valparaiso Gas Co. and
the wife of Juan Duus, prom
inent sportsman.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
DAVIS SAYS FARM
AID MUST CO ON
Administrator Tells West
ern Conference Drought
Emphasizes Need.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RENO. New, August 4.-Chester c.
Davis. farm administrator, told the
Western Farm Bureau Conference to-
day that the drought "all but places
beyond argument" the necessity for
continuing Government aid to the
farmers.
THE Government has gone into
active partnership with the farmers" /"
to help them and this change in atti-
tude is 80 great as to overshsdow all
of the A. A. AS detailed farm plans, "
Davis declared.
Hitting critics of the A. A. A.,
Davis declared:
In reality, the opponents have only
one idea. That idea is that the Gov
ernment should get out of efforts to
help agriculture and stay odt. 1t is
the same idea that prevailed in Wash
ington prior to March 4. 1888.
''It is the identical thought
that led finally to depression-the de-
termination that the leadership and
power of government should be denied
the farmers and workers in their ef-
forts to solve their own problems and
guide their own destinies.
Those who stand for a Govern
ment hands-off policy apparently ex-
pect that farmers should be exposed
unprotected to the worst hazards Of
weather as part of the normal risks of
their trade, or that if made penniless
they should rely on private aims"
He said the crop adjustment pro-
grams ARE proving of incalculable
benefit" by giving benefit payments
to drought-stricken farmers.
Contracted acres planted to pasture
and forage crops were also supplying
Winter feed which will be desperately
needed" he added.
Some people are using the drought
as an argument for abandonment Of
crop control, Davis declared. But
the fact is that the surpluses were
built up by known causes, none Of
which had anything to do with the
drought"-the transition of America
from a debtor to a creditor Nation.
trade barriers and motorization of
American farms.
Not one of these causes has been
affected in the slightest by drought.
All are still present, and year or two
of normal crops, without production
control, could build up surpluses and
put farmers right back where they
were again, with prices at the bottom
and ruin staring them in the face. +"