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Evening star., 1934-12-16
STATE D.A.V. HEADS
ASKED TO BANQUET
Annual District Feast to
Hear Mooney and Hines,
Among Others.

DR.. c. Hamilton Anderson, chair
man Of the Committee on Arrange
ments for the annual banquet of the
District of Columbia Department of the
Disabled American Veterans, last week
sent invitations to all D. A. V. de-
partment officials for the States along
the Atlantic seaboard to attend the
affair January 70. National Comdr.
Volney P. Mooney, Jr., and Gen.
Frank T. Hines. administrator Of vet
Grams affairs. have been invited to
speak. Past National Comdrs. Herman
H. Weimer of Chicago and Joe w.
Mcqueen of Kansas City also are ex-
pected to attend.
Capt. J. w. Mcqueen and Frank j.
Mackey of Chicago, director OF the
department of rehabilitation of the
D. A. ", were here last week. Capt.
Mcqueen is a member of the legal
council of the Veterans Administra-
ton and participated in the tWo-day
deliberations of those members of the
American Bar Association who assist
the administration in broad legal poll
cies. Mr.. Mackey was here for series
of conferences with officers of the
Washington office of the d. A v. on
matters concerning rehabilitation.
Ace Rasmussen Chapter will meet
December 81 for election Of officers
and delegates to the department con-
vention in January The meeting will
be at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
Club, Eleventh and L streets.
Comdr. John T. Chichester of Ma
tional Capital Chapter No. 2, has
called a meeting in the board room
of the Y M. c. A at pm. Tuesday,
for election of officers and delegates
to the convention.
James O'Connor Roberts, Depart
ment Commander of the American
Legion, will make an address.
Federal Chapter, No. 6. met last
Monday at the Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club and elected the fol-
lowing selections: Commander, Charles
Edwards: senior vice commander,
Burr Lenhart; junior vice commander,
Ira Simpich; adjutant and treasurer,
Charles A. Cartmill: representatives
on the Department Executive Com
mittee. Charles Edwards. Past Comdr.
Forrest w. Schroyer, Oscar G.. Jones,
William Kerschner. Earl G. Hendrick
and Hazelton PurviS
Delegates to the department con-
vention are Comdr. Charles Edwards
and the outgoing commander, For
rest w. Schroyer Ira Simpich, Hazel
ton Purvis, Burr Lenhart, William
Kerschner, Oscar G. Jones, Earl
Hendrick, Edward ]. Clark, Arthur
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Protected Home Circle

Special Deputy Ogden has been sent
from Supreme Circle as supervisor for
the District of Columbia and Virginia.
Congressional Circle will meet at
Pythian Temple tomorrow. There
will be benefit bingo party for the
Christmas baskets after the meeting.
Gardenia Circle will have Christ
mas party after the meeting December
81 at Y. w. c. A., 614 E street.
Evening star., 1934-12-16
Meetings This Week.

Monday - Quentin Roosevelt
Post, No. II, Potomac Boat Club,
$50 pm; Lincoln Post, No. II.
Riggs Bank Building, Fourteenth
street and Park road, 8 pm.
Tuesday-Vincent B. Costello
Post, No. Is, board room, District
Building. 8 pm: Bunker Hill
Post, No. 81, 35l6 Thirteenth
street, 8 pm.
MISUNDERSTANDING Church
Depue Post, No. 30, Plaza Hotel,
8 pm.
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Sons and Daughters of Liberty.

Hope Council will meet Tuesday.
There will be Christmas party and
members will bring packages for ex-
change. The Happy Hour Club will
meet December "a at the home Of
Mrs. Bessman. Rverdale. Md.
Evening star., 1934-12-16
'BY|NGTON TAKES
VETERANS POST
Becomes Surgeon of Equal.
ity.WaIter Reed at
Induction Rites.
Meetings This Week.

Tuesday, 8 pm, Military Order
Of the Cootie, 933 G place.
Wednesday, 8 pm, McKimmie-
Caterton Police-Fire Post, No.
2e79, National Guard Armory:
Overseas Military Band, Drum
and Bugle Corps, National Guard
Armory.
Thursday, 8 pm, Equality
Walter Reed Post, No. 284. Ham,
ilton Hotel: Herbert L. Edmonds
Post, No. 2460. Hamilton Hotel.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

William H. Black, chief quartermas-
ter, has been transferred from this area
to the headquarters, 4th Naval District,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

John j. Murphy, chief quartermas-
ter, and John Smell, chief machinists
mate, have both been ordered retired
upon completion of 80 years Of service
in the regular establishment and the
Reserve.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

Charles Bromberg. chief commissary
steward, has been ordered retired on
January /, at which time he will have
completed 80 years of service in the
regular Navy and the Reserve, it was
announced at the Reserve headquar-
ters here.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

Papers were read by Mrs. Elmer
Frazier, president of the club, and
Miss Cornelia Hill. Mrs. Frazier's SUBJ
ject was Ancient World, Mesopo-
tamia, Sumerians," and Miss Hill
spoke on The Traditions of the Del
uge."
Guests, with Mrs Wiley, were Mrs.
Edgar M. Merritt, past president of
the District federation, and Mrs. Rus
sell J. Clinchy.
The Society of Free Lance Writers
will meet at the Shoreham December
20, BIS pm. Mrs. Agnes Wright will
read her story, THE Unfinished Pic
ture," and Col. Sears his poem,
"Soissons, July, 1918" Miss Rae Rob-
ins and Mrs. Edith w. Edwards were
recently elected members. Mrs. zorin
read her story, 1.-THE Storm Returns;
Miss Catherine Willis, poems, and
Mayne R. Coe lectured on "Stories
Judged From Their Interest Point"
ZOnta Club.-The regular luncheon
meeting was held Wednesday at the
Y. w. C. A. Miss Elizabeth Peet Of
Gallaudet College presented pro-
gram in which she gave historical
sketch of the antiquity of the sign
language and then illustrated it by
having a trio enact Nearer, My God,
To Thee" The trio was composed of
students at Gallaudet College, Miss
Iva Weisbrock, Miss Katherine Slo-
cum and Miss Verne Thompson.
They were accompanied by Mrs. Flor
ence Sindell and Mrs. Emily Dickin-
son.
Guests were Mrs. Piefer, Mrs. Homer
Query, Mrs. William r. MaXon, Miss
Katherine Beresford, Miss Gertrude
Warren, leader in All Club work, and
Mrs. T. M. Jones, whose grandfather
donated the land and building for the
founding of Gallaudet College.
Lincoln, Harding and Campbell
Camps, Sons Of Union Veterans Of the
Civil War, will hold joint installation
of officers tomorrow evening. Com
handkerchief are as follows: Lincoln
Camp, Irving w. Bucklin; Harding
Camp H. Turner Lewis, and Campbell
Camp, James w. Lille.
Department Comdr. John M. Kline
Of the G. A. r. and his staff will be
guests of honor, and the Daughters
and Auxiliary to the Sons Of Union
Veterans have been invited to attend.
An entertainment program has been
arranged by the retiring commanders
of the three camps which will feature
S. Percy Oliver in feats Of juggling, a
group of songs by Miss Enid Mitchell,
soprano, accompanied at the piano by
Miss Kathryn Latimer, and others.
District Society, Danes Of the Loyal
Evening star., 1934-12-16

Quentin Roosevelt Post, No. II, will
meet tomorrow at $50 pm. at the
Potomac Boat Club for election of
officers. Prizes will be awarded for
members having paid their 1885 dues.
There will be entertainment and re-
freshments.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

The following enlstments IN the
Communications Reserve have been
announced:
Blair Barghausen. lat INLAND ter
race northeast, radio man, first class;
Eldridge A. Snigth, 1881 @ street, yeo-
man, third class; Harry L. Miller, 1905
Battery lane, Bethesda. Md; Roger F.
Thompson, seaman, second class, Riv-
erdale, Md.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

Chauncey F. Rooney. Sixty-second
street and Franklin avenue, Capitol
Heights, Nd, has enlisted as an ap-
prentice seaman in the lst Fleet Di-
vision.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

serve, which includes all classes there
of. may therefore be counted in deter
mining eligibility for service stripes. ."
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
Staying HOLDS
FACTORY HEAD

LEBANON, Pa, Dec. 10. G.N.SD
Byron A. Ludermilch, 60-year-old
Lebanon manufacturer, was for
mally charged with murder today
as result of the death of Emma
Miller, %, a knitting mill en-
ploye
A murder warrant, sworn out at
the direction OF the district at
torney, was served on Laudermilch
at the Lebanon sanitarium. where
the manufacturer was reported
suffering from a wound in the
abdomen.
The woman died yesterday. A
bullet had severed her spinal cord
and nicked her heart.
In brief moments of conscious
ness the woman had said she
knew Laudermilch shot her be-
cause he wrongfully believed she
had reported him as an NRA Vio-
lator.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
WOMAN HEADS DOPE WAR IN ILLINOIS
MRS. ELIZ A B E T H

MRS. ELIZ A B E T H
B ASS (below) shown
with some of the narcotics
seized in a Chicago raid,
part of the nationwide
drive by Federal authori-
ties on the drug traffic.
Mrs. Bass, Chicago dis
trict supervisor of the
narcotic force, has made
300 arrests in Illinois and
Indiana and is moving on
to Milwaukee. At the
right are Lieut.. William
Cussack and Detective
John Mangin, Of the Chi
cago force, examining
more of the dope"
found. Many girls were
seized in the dragnet.
international Photos.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
Lenroot Maps Aid
To TObless Youth

at the conference by DR.. Mary
Hays of New York, junior voca.
tional expert, who is in charge of
youth survey being made by the
bureau.
Those making a survey, which
will explore programs now under
way in various communities and
resources available in the present
Government services, hope to have
ready a national program within
three months.
Miss Lenroot explained that
while the problem of unemployed
youth must be attacked with a
view to the future, the needs of
this group are immediate and
some emergency measures must be
taken.
She said:
1--WE must remember that
youth never comes again and
that these boys and girls are
going to be permanently injured
this year or next"
The group, she said, falls into
two classes, those for whom en-
ployment of some kind must be
procured, and those who must be
returned to school for further
training.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
PARLEY To MAP
CRIME DRIVE
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Cabinet Officers and others inter.
ested in the formidable crime
problem will spend the next four
days in the greatest assault yet
made by the Government on
racketeering and crime.
Cathedral Services
Mr.. Cummings, his staff. and
many of the delegates, attended
special "inspirational services"
held yesterday by Canon Anson
Phelps Stokes in Washington
Cathedral for the invocation of
Divine guidance on the delibera.
tions of the gathering.
Coming at the peak CT the cam
paign in which the Department
Of Justice has shown the way IN
the elimination of gangsters such
as John Dillinger, Pretty Boy"
Floyd and Baby Face" Nelson,
the conference is expected to
recommend a program Of law en-.
forcement, led by the Federal
Government unequalled in the
nations history.
President Roosevelt will address
the opening session of the con-
ference tonight in Constitution
Hall.
Farley Has Full Rein
Patrick j. Hurley, former Secre.
tary of War, will preside at the
first meeting and former Score
tary of State Henry L. Stimson
will make an address.
The keynote Of the gathering
which is the first convention of
its kind ever called by the gov.
ernment. will be sounded by the
Attorney General. He is expected
to open wide the avenues of ap.
proach to the solution of the
crime problem and give the as
sembly full rein to meet it what.
ever measures it sees fit to Sug-
gest.
The crime program, which the
Department of Justice will recon-
mend to the next Congress, will
be based mainly upon the results
of this conclave.
Police School Weighed
Foremost among the subjects
before the conference is establish
ment of a National Institute Of
Criminology through which, if
initiated. the Federal Govern
ment will undertake the training
Of State and local police detec-
tives along the lines of instruc-
ton given Federal agents.
Firearms control is another i'm.
portant subject. Mr.. Cummings
feels the disarmament Of the
underworld is of major impor-
tance to any intelligent crime
suppression program.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
BELL ON TRIAL
|. IN POISON CASE
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moned % witnesses to testify
against Mr.. Bell. The key wit
ness" will be Mrs. Ellen McMullin,
attractive Richmond woman and
friend of the accused man.
Mrs. McMullin, however, will be
an unwilling witness. She has re-
tanned an attorney to represent
her when she is summoned to the
stand.
Another important witness is a
youth who is expected to testify
that Mr.. Bell directed him to pur-
chase poison and take it to the
Bell home ito kill rats"
Officials have several bottles
containing poisons which they
charge were found in the Bell
home, and these will be intro
duced in evidence.
The four attorneys engaged for
the defense are keeping their
activities yelled in secrecy. When
Mr.. Bell was arraigned on the
indictment, they sought to waive
entering a plea, stating that the
defense wished to file certain
motions later. Judge Frederick
w. Coleman refused to allow the
plea to be waived, and Mr.. Bell
pleaded not guilty to the charge.
There is keen interest in the
case here, for Mr.. Bell was
prominent man in the community,
a member of a number of fra
ternal organizations, president of
a civic club and a member of the
city Democratic committee.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
LET TIERS BARE
ERA Of STRIFE
IN ISLE EDEN
Fifty Missives Found Beside
Galapagos Bodies by
Clipper Ship Crew

SAN DIEGO, CAL. Dec. 10
G.N.S0.-Tales of strife in a
Galapagos Island Garden of
Eden" which eventuated in the
mysterious disappearance of two
central figures and probably was
responsible for the deaths of two
others, were contained in a
packet of letters found by the
crew of the tuna clipper Santa
Amaro beside the bodies of Alfred
LorenZ and Trygve Nuggrud on
Marchena Island.
This was revealed here today
with the arrival of the Santa
Amaro from the Galapagos.
For Mainland Mail
The letters number so and were
written mostly in German and
Swedish by residents of Charles
Island to be mailed on the main
land. Captains William Borthen
and Manuel Rodriguez of the
Santa Amaro were ordered to
turn the letters over to the Gus
toms authorities. It was believed
that after inspection, they would
be mailed to the addresses.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
EDUCATOR SAYS
GA|NFUL WORK
PROHIBITED
Opinion Confined to Meaning
Of Statute and Not to
Justice of Provision

Employment of children under
the age of IA years in theatrical
performances, radio broadcasts,
recitals. concerts and such activi-
ties Is banned in Washington un-
der terms of an opinion rendered
today by DR.. Hayden johnson,
president of the District Board
Of Education.
The opinion, which follows a
recent decision by Corporation
Counsel E. Barrett .Prettyman, is
the most forceful Interpretation
ever to be placed on the District
child labor law.
In his opinion, DR.. johnson,
who is a well-known local attor-
ney, restricts work of any kind by
children. He stated:
ut is my opinion that the en-
plOyment Of q child by one en-
gagged in gainful occupation
to assist or take part in that
occupation is in violation Of the
Act Of Congress, no matter what
the character Of the work to be
performed by the child might
be, or with what frequently rem
ditiOn Of such service might bo
required"
DR.. johnson later qualified his
opinion by stating:
"The wisdom of tho statute
rests with Congress. We are
only concerned with its interpre-
tation."
The low permits children to per-
form houSework and agricultural
work for their parents or
guardians, but the question has
recently arisen as to whether GER
tain other occupations constitute
work for gain.
In the opinion of the Corpora
tion Counsel, certain cases did
not fall within the terms of the
act of Congress, but the school
board president stated:
what the statute clearly
does is to prohibit the em.
ployment of children in gainful
occupations and, as has been
indicated, this means gainful
either to the employer or the
child"
Opinions Of the members OF
the board who are lawyers was
asked at the last meeting of the
body. DR.. Johnson's opinion is
the first tobe rendered. Others
yet to be heard from are Henry
Gilligan, Henry I. Quinn and
Charles H. Houston.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
Ulm Still Hunted:
Hope Now Faint

HONOLULU, T. H, Dec. 10.
QN.S).-Navy vessels and Coast
Guard cutters today continued
their search of the Pacific within
a 250-mile radius of Honolulu, for
Capt. Charles T. P. Ulm, Austrian
aviator, and his two companions
forced down six days ago.
Only faint hope was held that
the intrepid airmen, or trace of
the monoplane's wreckage, would
be found. A small vanished box
found afloat 230 miles southwest
of Honolulu may have been the
sextant container of the mono
plane, but naval authorizes were
uncertain.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
BRIBERY
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not pay commissions directly or
indirectly to government officials,
employees or agents.
Senator Nye asked:
''How are you selling now in
the BalkanS?"
1--WE are not selling in the Bal
kanS."
In his letter Mr.. Taylor told
how the munitions business was
carried on in the Balkans. He
also explained some of the ac-
tivities of Sir Basil Zaharoff.
Mr.. Taylor said he had run
across" a situation entirely diff
ferent from anything we have in
America. He said:
'"The method of straigh sell
ing and getting paid for it will
not work.
"They begin here lin the
Balkans) by collecting all the
taxes they can, then they pur-
chase things fo rthe govern
ment and all of hem collect
all the graft they can in every
way on these purchases" Tay,
lor added.
'They don't much care what
they pay SO long as they get
the graft, which is their main
object"
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
j. 8. EMPLOYE
SHOOTS SELF

A man identified as Thomas E.
Gale, Al. of the 21OO block I St.
N. w., shot himself through the
head in a wash room at the
Union Station, about 9 a. m. today
and died without regaining
consciousness shortly after he was
taken to Casualty Hospital.
Mr.. Gale, who was an airWays
engineer in the Department of
Commerce, placed a note for his
wife in the mail box at their
apartment this morning when he
ostensibly started to his office, in
which he told her not to leave the
apartment and to get in touch
with her brothers.
An attendant at the lavatory
said Mr.. Gale came into the mems
washroom and asked change for
a quarter. He gave the attendant
a tip, hung his overcoat on a
hanger. A few seconds later a
shot was heard and the man was
found slumped on the floor. The
bullet had entered just below the
right temple and came out on the
left side of his head. 1t was found
on the floor a few feet away.
Mr.. Gales wife was Frustrated
and could not be seen. She is
said to have informed members of
the homicide squad that her hus-
band had been in i'll health about
four months and had feared a
nervous breakdown.
A telephone operator at the
apartment said Mr.. Gale talked
to her over the phone before he
went out this morning and that
he seemed cheerful, as usual.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
DC. Woman Defies
Gunnen in HOldup

Courage in the face of drawn re-
volvers saved the Saturday receipts
of the night club of Louis Hurwitz
at Tenth and U Streets Northwest,
when Eloise Hurwitz, described as
Hurwitz's wife, refused to accede
to the demands of two gunmen she
turn over the money as she stepped
from her car in front of the clue.
Disregarding the danger. Mrs.
Hurwitz pluckily drove off to sum-
mon police help.
James P. Moore, 81, and Robert
C. Groves, "a, were booked later
for investigation in connection
with the incident.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
D. c RULING BARS CHILDREN UNDER "A FROM


n IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE, getting a scrubbing from
Miss Virginia Sargent, at the new Animal Protective
Association headquarters, "Sheppe" might tell you But
Sheppie" isn't kicking He remembers that grim winter
day three years ago when the association found him,
starving ard nursed him back to health again. "Sheppe
the pet of the association headquarters at $500 Wis
consin Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
Maternity Deaths
Take Drop in D. G.

Maternity deaths in Washing.
ton are fewer than the general
average of the country, it was re-
ported yesterday by the District
of COLUMBIA Medical Society.
The medical group announced
that of 10,O88 maternity cases re-
ported last year, only ~ mothers
died. The general average for
the United States in the same
numbers of maternity cases is 10.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
POLAND

WARSAW, Dec. lot was
stated on the highest authority to.
day that Poland would sign the
Eastern Locarno pact, sponsored
by France and Soviet Russia. De.
velopments at Geneva and the as
surance that Poland could embody
existing pacts with Germany and
Russia in the Eastern Locarno
agreement caused the government
to make an abrupt about face and
decide to sign.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
MEXICO

PATzCUADO, Mexico. Dec. 10
1.N.SO.-The death toll of the
disastrous collapse of a grand
stand at a bull ring here yester.
day was increased to 20 today as
10 of the injured succumbed.
More than so suffered grave in.
juries, many of the victims being
trampled in the panic which fol.
lowed crumpling of the wooden
stands.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
Walgreen Reports
Improved Selling

Walgreen Company, reported No
vember sales of $4,527,3 ,345, COM
pared with $3,871 ,265 in November,
1888, an increase of 1863 per cent.
Sales for the II months ended
November 80 amounted to $49,-
629,819. against $42,094,383 in the
corresponding period last year, a
gain of 15.5 per cent.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
SWEDEN

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 10 G.NS.),
Acting in concert with other
members of the League of Ma
tons, Sweden today decided to
send contingent of troops to the
International army being formed
to police the Saar Valley before
and during the forthcoming
plebiscite.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10

The needs of the nations vast
army of unemployed youth are be-
ing considered by the U. S. Chill
dren's Bureau, with the hope of
arriving at some immediate pro-
gram, Miss Katherine Lenroot,
newly appointed chief of the bu-
reau, announced today at Mrs.
Roosevell's weekly press confer
ence.
Miss Lenroot was accompanied
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
WORLD
NEWS
AUSTRIA

VIENNA, Dec. 10 CU.S).-Chan.
cellor SchuSchnigg, in a speech
at Graz made it plain the present
Austrian government has come to
stay, regardless of whether it has
the support of majority or a
minority of the voters. His words
are regarded as an answer to re.
peated demands for an Austrian
plebiscite upon the governments
policies.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
TREASURY CONDITION

Treasury balance as of Decem-
ber Z, $1,569,778,686 internal
revenue. $5,111,474.01; customs re-
ceipts, $7,684, ,17t.3O.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10

BIRMINGHAM, England, Dec.
10.-Three aviators were killed
here late yesterday when a mill.
tary bombing plane and private
aircraft collided in mid-air. The
accident was near the Castle
Bromwich aerodrome. The years
Royal Air Force death roll now
stands at 80.
NDON, Dec. 10 TN.SD.
The French council of ministers
today decided to inform the
United States that France will not
make the debt payment due on
December Is, it was stated in a
Reuter- dispatch from Paris.
Former Premier Edouard Herriot
Informed his colleagues he still
thought France should pay. Mr..
Herriot went out of office because
of his stand for payment some
time ago.
The Washington times., 1934-12-10
ENGLAND

LONDON, Dec. 1O.-The austere
background of Himley Hall has
palled on the Duke of Kent and
his princess-bride, and they now
expect to finish their honeymoon
at the more modern Trent Park
estate, lying II miles north of
London.