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The Washington times., 1934-11-17

dance.and-sip rendezvous will ap'
pear shortly.
Mark Hellinger says that per.
fumed and scented books are re-
ported to be the latest novelty.
And Mario Di Polo has diScov-
cred an author who now wants
to write a best smeller.
On Monday night at Heigh'Ho,
Pete Macias introduced what
promises to be one Of the most
popular innovations ever con-
ceived at the club.
During an interlude when the
orchestra takes its customary
intermission and when usually
there is only piano music. Marty
Rubin, Rutt Hawn and Jimmy
Harris came to the bandstand and
their offering was the new senSa.
ton.
Rutt'S violin, Jimmy'S guitar
and Martyrs bass viol provided
delightful string music. They
played popular hits of the day
interprolGting some selections
from "Show Boat" and semi
classics. Marty sang a bit and
the guests not only applauded a
little at the end of each number
but danced to the melodies, too.
Merrigrams
That Carlton ensemble Is
versatile group as one lady found
out. 1t was during cocktail hour
and she sWears that no matter
what medley she requested from
Wagner to FrimI, they could play
it. Sidney is responsible.
'Tis rumored that Easter and
HazeltOn, now appearing at
Michel, will dance at the annual
Black and White Ball December l,
sponsored by Mrs. Bessie Dunlap.
Irving Whitenak, of Joh n
Slaughter's orchestra in the Bam.
boo Room, takes a pOstman'S hOli
day on his day off and is one of
Hans Kindler's right-hand men in
the bass violin section Of the Ma
tionaI Symphony Orchestra.
Judy Ellington, who sings with
Bill Strickland and his Capitol.
ians, claims she is altar.bound to
q Richmond gent. Lucky fellow.
Mr.. New York of 1881 frank
McCormick) gave Up an eIectri,
cal engineering degree at Rose
Poly in Indiana to 60 on the stage
and acquire his title. He j. going
great guns at Michel.
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Donna Hoyt in
L'Hiver Show

Headed by Donna Hoyt, the new
floor show at L'Hiver on the Marl'
boro Pike, moves along at a fast
pace this week. Mrs. Stamm has
spared no efforts in bringing to
her beautiful Continental Club the
best New York has to offer.
Miss Hoyt as a singer Of popular
songs has few rivals. When she
gets tired Of singing she decides to
dance a little which she does equal.
ly as we'll. She may be termed the
Personality Girl, as her appearance
Is just one big smile.
Dita and Renato give an excel
lent Interpretation of "Speakeasy
Bolero," which has been making a
great hit. They change their rou'
tines often so you can never get
tired Of them.
No floor show is complete with
out a wide awake master Of
ceremonies and Ray Goss is no
exception. Besides introducing
the acts he does q tap number
to the favorite piece Of many
people, Tiger Rag"
Charles Mayer has been stop
ping every show with his sing.
ing. He spend most of the eve
ming answering requests. The
Garden Orchestra with Fran
Trapp as accordion soloiSt plays
from dinner on.
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Ranch Has New
Floor Show

The Dude Ranch continues to
set the pace for the night life of
Washington and Maryland with
another week Of high-class night
club entertainment.
This coming week. beginning
tonight, the Ranch will offer a
gala new floor show consisting CT
the following artists: The Lane
sisters, a truly sensational dance
team comes to the Ranch from
a New York night club where
they recently finished a long.
time engagement. Vera Miller,
tap dancer de luxe; Lorraine
Flammer, movement dancer; Duke
Bentz, master of ceremonies, and
other new acts complete the show.
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Bamboo Music
Lures Noted

Football is the subject of the
day, but in the Willard's Bamboo
Room the other day memories Of
the juSt'pasSed baseball season
were revived.
Surrounded by a party Of his
fellow diamondites and admirers,
Walter johnson was having a
grand time with a lot of verbal
strike outs to his credit. John.
son scored John Slaughter and
his well.trained team of musicians
with a nice clean hit.
Buddy Rogers and JEANNE
Lang, all settled in a nice in.
conspicuous corner peaking out
from behind bamboo plants, were
enthusiastic about those two
clever youngsters, Ernestine Gar.
ner and Fenton Froom.
These young singers do a lot
to help John Slaughter make
the Bamboo Room just a little
different. At any rate there
must be a reason for the popu.
larity Of this cocktail hour and
supper dance spot.
Ernestine Gardner listens" un.
usually well and has more than
her share of personality and
charm. That good looking young
man who sings those nice notes
into the microphone is none
other than Fenton, her vocal
cavalier"
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Santnnyer Band
At Casa Rita

Jimmy Santmyer and his or.
cheStra are playing popular mel
odies at Casa Rita. Childs new
Gingham Club, where everything
is new and different.
You'll never recognize Child's
in its new, smart, modern
makeup.
Amid a warm and tropical at.
rnosphere, the Casa Rita offers
Sonny Richardson, popular young
vocalist, recently Of Boston, who
is now melting The hearts Of
Washington's fairest. Col. Joe
Wubbold, orchestra percussionist
Of Kentucky fame, an lounces the
recent arrival of a family addi.
tion by introducing new rhythm
to his already well.played drums.
Blonde Libby Rowland, the
Southern personality singer, adds
her charming voice to the dulcet
strains Of the orchestra.
And Tony, the accordian trou.
bador, is by popula. demand fast
becoming q permanent addition
to this favorite dine.and.dance
spot where Child'S favorite cock.
ta..s warm the heart and leave
memories Of an evening of
pleasure.
You'll find honest,to.goodness
food, swell service. and swanky
surroundings at Casa Rita.
The Washington times., 1934-11-17

Graves. The girls were told to
get close to the men and make
a fuss over them. Miss Kidd hap
pened to be near Lowell Sherman
who was smoking a cigarette. It
seemed that Ruth got trifle
nearer Lowell than the script
called for and the cigarette
touched her back.
AS a result, yell pierced the
air-"Ohh, you burned my back
which was recorded in the film.
When the short got back to New
York, Ruthie got a grand kidding
from her friends.
Enrico and ChuIa
Pete Macias does not seem able
to have any kind of entertainment
at the Heigh-Ho for any length of
time without bringing in dance
team. So following the very sue
cessful stay of Maxine, songstreSs
and Archie Hawks, the tap dancer,
M. M. (MaeStro Macias) will pre-.
sent Monday night the team OF
Enrico and Chula, whose interpre-
tation of "Speakeasy Bolero' has
been sensation at many SWanky
clubs and hotels throughout the
East this past year.
Advance reports from New York
whisper they are good. Don't
miss them.
Nine. Pauline Achmatova,
Gypsy singer at the Troika this
week, is a descendant of a long
line of literary and dramatic per.
sonages. Her grandfather was
Henry SienkeWicz, author of "Quo
Vadis" and many other Russian
novels. She, herself, is an honor
graduate of the University Of
Moscow and the Moscow Art
Theater. After the revolution,
she came to America and has
played in many Broadway sue
cesses, including the recent hit,
"Clear All Wires" in which she
had the feminine role opposite
Thomas Mitchell.
The, MayfloWer Lounge, one of
the lSading "show-off" spots of
the capital, has been the subject
of a painting by a Well-known
artist, which has appeared in
many leading magazines. The
picture is captioned, THE Gath
ering Place of Diplomats. So.
ciety and New-Dealers." In addi.
tion, photographers have been
busy there during the past week
and colored reproduction of the
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Mystic at Pierce Hall

The Haviland, formerly with the
Roadside Theater, will appear with
his own two-hour illusion show at
Pierce Hall for a matinee engage
ment on Saturday, January at
2:30 p. m. Haviland has toured
the country with several famous
magicians and more recently ap'
peared locally at Brooke Johns
Barn. Mr.. Edward Stahl will
serve as Mr.. Haviland's stage
manager,
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Miss New York

MISS New York
Ruth Kidd who is Miss New
York Of 1881 (and is pretty enough
to be the same today tells an
interesting story that occurred
while she was in Hollywood max
ing movietone shorts. The trip
came as reward for winning the
contest In which 1,750 girls
entered.
This incident happened on a
beach where they were shooting
a scene in movie tone short. Ten
girls were grouped around John
Boles, Lowell Sherman and Ralph
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Four More Merry Spots Join
Soft Lights, Sweet Music,
Family Very Soon
By WILLIAM R. MERRIAM

Debutante parties freezing radiators fures
to remind night club life in the Capital is its peak The
momenary u after Halloween has passed and the future
seems to hold nothing but New Deal prosperity.
Everyone is eagerly awaiting Thanksgiving when after
dark advertisement becomes less regular routine
The night before this holiday will witness four spots
Joining the happy night club family More about these
gay haVens of mrth, melody, dine and dance week
Evening star., 1934-08-12

Nothing like an early start,
That's how 21a year old
Edythe Skipper feels about
golf. And she's doing right
we'll at the game under the
tutelage of her daddy, Tom
Skipper. golf pro at Virginia
Beach, Va. g A r Photo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-06
SENATE PASSES
HIGHWAY BILL

Approval was given by the SEN
ate yesterday for House bill au-
thorizing a three-year road con-
struction program costing $50 mil
lion dollars.
The Federal Government would
advance $50 million and the
States 200 million under the bill.
An amendment by Senator Nc
Nary (RO, of Oregon, authorizing
funds to cover cost of plans and
surveys for an international high
way extending from Texas to the
Panama Canal, was adopted by
the Senate.
The measure was sent back to
the House for concurrence in
amendments.
Sponsored in the Senate by Sen
ator Hayden CD, of Arizona. the
bill reauthorizes expenditures of
230 million dollars remaining from
previous allotments. No match
ing of these funds by the States
is required.
In addition the bill authorizes
expenditure of 200 million dollars
by the Federal Government not
subject to matching by the States.
There also is an authorization of
200 million dollars which must be
matched by States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-06
ASTOR, F|ANCEE
UNDER GUARD

DEDHAM, Mass, June 6 (U.
S0.-Johr Jacob Aston Sd and
his fiancee, Ellen Tuck French, are
both being heavily guarded
because of threats received
during the past few days, the
girls father, Francis o. French,
declared at his Dedham country
home, today.
Just what the threats were was
not disclosed. Private detectives
have been put on the trail of the
annoyers and guards employed to
remain near at hand while the
couple are in Newport.
The girl is with her mother,
Mrs. Livingston French. divorced
wife of French, at present in New
port, where Mrs. French has a
villa. Young Aston is at Chetwode,
his Newport mansion, which is
being renovated in preparation
for occupancy after the young
couple are married next month.
Both have entered into a round
of entertainments in honor of
their betrothal, arranged by mem
bers of Viewpoints younger set.
Their guards accompany them
wherever they go.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-06
Parents, Teachers
Sponsor Musicale

Members of the Prince Georges
County Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton, an affiliation of a number Of
local parent-teacher groups, will
sponsor musicale to be held in
the University of Maryland audi
forum June Is.
Children selected from all of the
county schools will participate.
Proceeds will be used for the as
sociation's operating expenses,
since there are no dues nor SUBJ
scriptions to it's membership.
Members will choose a program
director at their meeting in
Bladensburg tonight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-06
HEAR
COL. WOODCOCK

ANNAPOLIS, June 6. - Col.
Amos w. w. Woodcock, newly
elected president of St. Johns Col
lege, declared today in his speech
to the 81 members of the gradu-
ating class of the college that he
hoped to institute a debating
society and crew races.
Diplomas were presented by
Gov. Albert C. Richie. The Rev.
B. Duvall Chambers, of Marion,
Va, offered the invocation.
Jerome Daniel Goodman, of An
napolis, was honor man of the
class, and DR.. James j. Murphy,
college physician, also of Anna
polls, won the Algernon Sydney
Sullivan award, given by the New
York South Society.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-06
Scholastic Average
Wins L0rner Medal

Because he attained the highest
scholastic average in the gradual
ing class, Stanton C. Peelle, jr.,
1900 block Connecticut Ave-, a
George Washington University law
school student, was awarded the
John Bell Larner medal last night.
He was presented with the
medal at the class night exercises,
held on the university grounds.
Provost William Allen Wilbur was
the honored guest at the exercises.
He spoke briefly in gratitude for
the class warm devotion to him
during their four years at the uni
versity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-06
Teachers College
Names NeW Council

Harrison Hobson, president of
the student council Of Howard
University, spoke at the mid
weekly assembly today at Miner
Teachers College, the occasion
marking the induction into office
of council members elected to
serve next year at the college.
Members of the new Miner
Teachers College council include
Emery E. Hightower, president;
Ernestine Kicks, vice president:
Paul Cooke, secretary; Charles
Carter, treasurer and Ralph Tig-
nor and Mace Beaver, members Of
the executive committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-06
PRESIDENT ASKS
RAIL PENSION
PASSAGE
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL
International News Service

Passage of the Hatfield-Wagner
railway workers pension bill.
which may be the beginning of
a fear-reaching plan for in
dustry, has been requested by
President Roosevelt at the pres
ent session of Congress.
This was disclosed today fol-
lowing conferences between the
Chief Executive and congress
Sional leaders. Hearings on the
bill we're ordered for Friday by
the House Interstate Commerce
Committee.
pet" Measure
With general unemployment
insurance legislation apparently
strapped for the session, the Ad-
miniStration is said to be keenly
DESTROYS of enactment of the rail-
way workers bill.
The measure. already reported
by the Senate Interstate Com
merce Committee, provides
four-year experimental period
with a report to be made to
Congress.
While the bill is a retirement
measure it carries provision re-
curing that the act be admins
tered so as to provide the great
est possible amount of employ
ment.
Additional jobs would be
created by speeding retirement of
aged workers and making pro-
motions more rapid.
Roads Object
It would replace all present
pension systems, which cover 80
per cent of the railrod employees.
The bill is opposed by the rail-
roads on the ground it would i'm
pose burden of so million dol
lars a year and contains many
other provisions making a heavy
drain on railroad resources.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-06
MARY McELROY

MARY McELROY
KIDNAPPED FROM her Kan
sas City home recently, Mary
McElroy is reported aiding
George MCGEE, one of the con-
victed abductors. She now be-
lieves he was not responsible
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-06

4 IORE than anything else, faith in
" Ford vs. economy is writing to-
days record of Ford leadership in Wash
ington. The Ford vs. for 1884 is the
most economical car Ford has ever built
even easier on the pocketbook than the
4-cylinder Ford of earlier days.
Look at the stream of Ford V-8s on
Washington streets. Count them at park
ing lots, around theaters and department
stores, right in your own block. Every
where these new Ford VS. cars are
saving their owners money through high
mileage per gallon and low upkeep cost.
Ask any Ford vs. owner about the other
features which make this the most
popular car in town. 1t is powered by
a V-type engine-the type engine that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-06

holds every major speed record E
on land, sea, and in the air. 1t #
provides ample room even for ==
whole family of six-footers. And I
as for riding ease, it's free action
on all four wheels levels out the 1000
bumps, while strong axle con-
struction rules out risk.
A completely modern car, this Ford V-8
styled and built for exacting owners,
yet priced to fit the modest budget. Only
a low payment down and it is yours to
enjoy. See the Ford vs. at your nearest
Ford dealers. Drive it yourself. Ask
now for demonstration.
Easy Terms through Universal Credit
CO-the authorized Ford Finance Plan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
.LUER KIDNAPER
RECAPTURED IN
SURPRISE raid
Illinois Bankers Abductor,
Serving Life, Broke
Prison in April.
By United Press

by ONtEeU ETGSS
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, June 49,
Randol E. Norvel, escaped convict
who was serving a life term for the
kidnapping of August Luer, was re-
captured here today.
Norvell was seized at daylight in
the three-room cottage of Peter
Couch in a surprise raid led by Joe
Regain, penitentiary warden; Jerome
Muny, sheriff of st. Clair county,
and Peter Fitzgerald, Madionn coun-
ty sheriff.
Norvell surrendered peacably and
offered no resistance as officers
threatened to ''come and get you
with a machine gun"
He appeared on the front porch
barefooted, dressed only in pair
of overalls. He was taken immedi-
ately to the county Jail at Belleville,
where Warden Regain and four
guards from the state penitentiary
took over the prisoner for his return
to Chester.
Couch and his wife were held by
county authorities for aiding an
escaped convict.
Norvell fled April % by crawling
through a sewer to freedom. He and
two others we're given life sentences
on Sept. 80 for abducting Mr..
Luer, 77-year-old Alton Qll) bank
er and holding him prisoner for
six days and nights. Two men in
volved in the kidnapping received
five-year sentences and another a
tWenty-year term.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
DOCTORS STRIVE
TO SAVE BABY
HURTiN CRASH i
Infant One of Five Injured
as Auto Rams Rail
Bridge Pillar. !

Physicians at city hospital today
were fighting desperately to save the
life of six-weeks-old baby, injured
critically in an auto accident last
night at Kentucky avenue and the
Belt railroad elevation.
The baby is william Aaron Ste
vension, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Stevenson, lit West Twenty
third street. He suffered a fracturd
skull and other injuries when the
car in which he was being carried
on the lap of his grandmother, Mrs.
Minnie Pennington, 81, of the
Twenty-third street address, struck
pillar of the elevation.
Scott A. Pennington, 81, grand
father of the baby, and driver of
the car, said no warning light was
showing on the pillar. Police found
none lighted when they reached the
accident scene, it was said at head
quarters.
Mrs. Pennington was cut seriously
on the head, face and chest. The
baby's mother, Mrs. Grace Steven
son, suffered back injuries. Charles
Fox and his wife, Mrs. Doris Fox,
also of the Twenty-third street adj
dress, received lesser injuries.
All but Mrs. Pennington were
taken to Methodist hospital. Mr..
Stevenson and Mr.. Pennington were
not injured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
Dr.. Olga Hoffman Succumbs

DR.. Olga A. Hoffman, 33, of 2420
North New Jersey street, died yes
terday in Methodist hospital, after
a two weeks illness. DR.. Hoffman
was supervisor of the woman's de-
parement of the Madison State
hospital, where she became III of
meningitis.
She had lived in Indianapolis
since childhood and was a graduate
of Shortridge. She received degrees
from the Indianapolis College of
Pharmacy and Indiana university.
DR.. Hoffman was a member of the
American Medical Association, the
Jefferson County Medical Society,
the Indiana State Medical Associa-
ton, the woman's auxiliary of the
National Retail Druggists Associa-
ton, and the Tabernacle Presby-
terrain church.
Funeral services will be held at
1890 Monday at the Shirley
Brothers central chapel. The Rev.
Ambrose Dunkel will off1ciate, and
members of the Vincent Carter
Guild of the church will serve as
pallbearers. Burial will be in Crown
Hill.
DR.. Hoffman is survived by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Adolphus
Hoffman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
belong 20:
]. T. Box. 2014 Brookside avenue, Buick
coupe. 48-020. From New York and Della
ware streets.
Leo Marsh. r. r. 2. Box 481. Ford Sc
dan. 12-249. From Speedway City.
Alex Mcfarland. 313 East Walnut street,
Buick coupe, 43-699 from in front OF
313 East Walnut street.
Robinson Auto Company. 1913 North Me
ridian street. Graham-Paige sedan. M-2
from, in front of 1O14 North Meridian
street.
Lorraine Redding. 1926 East Washington
street, Chevrolet coupe, 100000, from il
front of 4317 East Washington street.
Red Cab Taxi Company Percy McAtee
els North Pine street. driver. Red Cab lS2 3.
avenue and Sixteenth street BY Negro
Anthony M. Haag 1916 Union street
Ford coach. 1886. from Delaware and Ohio
Harold L. Bailey, 1925 Windsor. street
Auburn convertible coupe. 120-174, from in
front of 1925 Windsor street.
Roy w. Crow, 1913 Hoyt avenue. Indi-
an Scout motorcycle, X1361, from real
of 140 South Illinois street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
SELLS TO MINOR,
CAFE MAN FINED
$25 Penalty Levied for First
Such Case Under New
Beer Law.

Indianapolis police today were or
dered by Chief Mike Morrissey to
investigate any alleged sales of al
coholic beverages to minors and to
act promptly where the evidence
warranted it.
Chief MorriSseSy's order came less
than twenty-four hours after Mu-
ncipal Judge Dewey Myers fined
Henry Ehlers, 80, of 1851 Massa-
chusetts avenue, $25 and costs for
selling a glass of beer to a youth
just four months under the 81 years
required by law.
Ehlers, partner in the operation
of beer parlor at 152 West Wash
ington street, according to police,
sold to Hunter Chadwick, described
by those in court as looking older
than his age. Patrolman Emmett
Mccormick arrested Ehlers.
It was the first arrest in Indian
apolis under the section of the state
liquor law which prohibits sale of
any alcoholic beverage to minors or
habitual drunkardS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
Mrs. M. E. GauSepohI Dies

Following an illness of eighteen
months, Mrs. Minnie E. Gausepohl
So, of 1868 Broadway, died last
night at her home.
Funeral services will be held at
the home at $50 Monday, under the
direction of DR.. j. Ambrose Dunkel
of the Tabernacle Presbyterian
church, of (which she was a mem
Der. Burial will be in Crown Hill.
Mrs. Gausepohl was the widow of
Edward j. GauSepohl, former owner
Of the E. j. Gausepohl Trunk Com
pany. Surviving her are a daughter,
Mrs. Frank S. Bowling; son, Lewis
S. Gausepohl, and brother, Thorn
as B. Fowler, all of indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
Mary E. LOmaSney Passes

Indianapolis relatives have been
advised of the death of Mrs. Mary
E. Lomasney, former resident of
Indianapolis, at her home in Min
neapolis, MINI. Funeral services
will be held Monday in the Hisey
& Titus funeral home, with burial
in Crown Hill.
Surviving Mrs. Lomasney are
three daughters, Mrs. Henry Leigh
ton and Mrs. Fred Seamon of In
dianapolis and Miss Ethel M. Lo-
masney, Minneapolis; two sons,
Clifford w. Lomasney, Minneapolis,
and John D. Lomasney, Long Beach,
CAL; sister, Mrs. G. w. Hume,
indianapolis, and a brother, George
Nicholson, Walton, KY.