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The Washington times., 1934-06-18
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FREDERICKSBURG, Va, June
18.-Officials today launched an
investigation into the mysterious
series of explosions which yeSter-
day rocked homes for several
miles around here, caused the
death of one man and injuries to
10 others, five of whom are not
expected to live.
The explosions, which were inn
mediately followed by fire. sert.
ously damaged the cellophane
plant of the Sylvania Industrial
Corporation. With the exception
of Richard Payne, q, foreman.
all victims of the tragedy were
colored. The man killed was Mel
vim Tyler, 80.
Approximately 800 men and
women were on duty at the fac
tory when the explosion oc.
cured. First arrivals at the scene
saw employees with their clothes
ignited running from the factory.
Three explosions were heard for
miles around. They are believed
to have been of nitroglycerine
used in the secret formula for the
production of cellophane.
Officials of the Sylvania Com
pany, a rival of the Du Pont
Company in the production Of
celophane, say they are complete
ly baffled regarding the cause Of
the explosion.
Damage to the costly machinery
is estimated at $4,000. The Syl'
vania Company has been operat-
ing about 1000 men and women.
ing on a 24-hour shift and employ.
The Washington times., 1934-06-18
BALL DEPARTS
FOR PRISON

Defeated in every effort to Sc
cure a new trial, E. Wade Ball,
former treasurer Of Arlington
county, today started for Rich
mond to give himself up at the
state penitentiary and start serv-
ing a 212-year sentence for mis-
appropriation of county funds.
His legal battle to keep out Of
Jail ended last week when the
United States Supreme Court re-
fused to grant a writ Of error.
His attorneys decided not to ask
writ of certiorari.
The former official, found
guilty of misappropriating $515.-
900 over a period of eight years,
started for Richmond with a
friend. He took with him the
commitment papers made out
when he was first convicted, and
was unaccompanied by police or
county officers.
Ball was found guilty more
than a year ago. Motions to de-
clare a mistrial were. defeated,
as we're attempts to secure new
trial.
Last March the Virginia Su-
preme Court refused to grant a
writ of error.
Ball, one Of the most popular
men in the county, had been a
county official 80 years, IS as
treasurer.
The county recovered $350,000
of the money from a bonding
company.
The Washington times., 1934-06-18
Jailed Vendors
Eat Wares to
Cut Loss

NEW YORK, June 18.-Three
hundred and fifty peddlers ar
rested in Coney Island on
charges of violating an ordi-
nance that prohibits peddling
there, were arraigned yesterday
in Coney Island Court before
Magistrate William O'Dwyer.
Three hundred and five Of
them had been able to raise
500 bail, and had been re-
leased. But the Is others had
spent the night in Jail, and pre-
sented a sorry spectacle.
Many of those peddling ice
cream and candy, seeing their
wares in danger of being melted
by the heat, had tried to min
imize their loss by eating as
much as possible.
Magistrate O'Dwyer, holding
that As had suffered more than
their comrades fortunate
enough to get bail, dismissed
them with reprimands. The
others were given their choice OF
paying a So fine or of spending
two days in Jail. All but eight
paid the fine.
The Washington times., 1934-06-18
GIRL IS FOUND.
WITH PRINCE

NEW YORK, June 18 Q.N.S).
Louise Krist, 18, who vanished
into the shabby wonderland Of
Greenwich Village in :, a heart
break search for romance, today
was found with a false prince
who learned his exaggerated gal
lantry in jail.
Louise and her counterfeit
Prince Charming, who scribbles
love lyrics in chicken-track short
hand, were nabbed as they wan
dered down the villages lovers
lane-a forlorn stretch Of ram
shackle tenements under the
Third Street curl of the Sixth
Avenue L.
Prince Childe de Rohan D'Har-
court is a dapperly dishevelled
poet, painter and extortionist who
futilely attempts to conceal the
march of his 48 years with oddly
black hair dye and a moustache
with needle points.
He angrily protested when po-
lice suggested they travel to the
station house, shaking his gold
tipped cane and beseeching the
benevolent gods of ancient Greece
to punish the officers.
Louise, for whom detectives
have been combing Americas
Latin quarter, said D'Harcourt
was a Francois Villon. misunder-
stood, bounded by police, badgered
by destiny and football of the
gods.
In the station house they re-
vealed the princes castle was
dim, narrow and shabby room ir
Broadway theatrical hotel.
The Washington times., 1934-06-18
Parley Will Decide
Fate of Farm Act

Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace
and other high Government Off"
cials will participate in confer.
ences to measure the past, present
and future of the agricultural ad-
justment act as applied to farm
ers' cooperatives, at Madison, Wis.
July 9-14, it was announced today.
These gatherings, under aus
'piceS of the American Institute Of
Cooperation at it's annual session,
will be attended by more than
1000 agricultural leaders from the
United States and Canada.
The Washington times., 1934-06-18
Dartmouth to GiUe
POStIlLLn1OLCS Deqrees

HANOVER, N. H., June l8.-De.
greeS were to be awarded today
to five dead members Of the senior
class at Dartmouth, in connection
with the colleges 165th COM
mencement. One of the students,
Robert Henry Michelet, of Wash
ington, was elected president of
the senior class after his death
from pneumonia last March. The
other four are among the nine
students who lost their lives when
gas from a furnace filled the Theta
Chi fraternity house some weeks
ago.
The Washington times., 1934-06-18
sol Graduate Today
At Smith COLLeQe

NORTHAMPTON, Mass, June
1S-The fifty7Sixth annual COM
mencement exercises at Smith
College will take place today with
Dean Christian Gauss of Prince
ton giving the address and Presi-
dent Nelson conferring SOL de-
grees. This year, for the first
time, Smith College will confer
the degrees of master in architec-
ture and master in landscape
architecture. The former will be
given to 20 candidates and the
latter to 20.
The Washington times., 1934-06-18
Truck Drivers Strike
y, Believed Near End

7 BALTIMORE, June 18.-After
Q series Of conferences between
trucking company officials and
striking workers, Baltimore'S truck
drivers strike was seen as at least
partially settled today.
It was agreed to terminate the
strike today, although one group
of the strikers was still holding
out" The strike has tied up the
major part of the trucking bust
mass for more than q week.
The Washington times., 1934-06-18
Lack of Religion
Called Craze Peril

LaWlessnesS in this country was
compared to the gaps in the walls
of cities which threaten their
security by the Rev. j. Luther
Frantz in his sermon yesterday at
st, Marks Lutheran Church.
A general indifference to religion
was cited by the preacher as one
of the gaps in our social life a
gap which eventually will lead to a
COLLAPSE,
The Washington times., 1934-06-18
HYattSUiLLe Reserve
Officers VIII ELPCt

Election Of officers will feature
the meeting of the Hyattsville
Chapter of the Reserve Officers
Association at 8 o'clock tonight
in the HyattSville Armory. Col.
James B. Bentley, director of
the Avondale country school at
Laurel, is commander of the
CHAPTER.
The Washington times., 1934-06-18
Robbers
Hunted By Police

Two colored boys who last night
threatened Milton Hayes, IL. Of
the first block of Bryant Street
Northeast, at North Capitol and
G Streets, and robbed him of a
watch, are sought today by police.
The robbers are about IA years
old, police were told.
The Washington times., 1934-06-18
Play For 4-H Clubs
Offered TkUrSdNV

The washington Community
Players will present three scenes
from Lewis CAROLS "Alice in
Wonderland" Thursday in honor
Of the Eighth National All Club
Camp, now in Washington.
The Washington times., 1934-06-18
$4,000 Fire Races
Fertilizer, Feed Co.

Fire Of undetermined origin
razed the plant Of the Farmers
Fertilizer and Feed Co., West.
minister, Md, early yesterday and
did damage estimated at $4,000.
All available volunteer firemen
in the nearby countryside were
called to fight the fire and prevent
it's spread into the business dis
trict.
The Washington times., 1934-06-18
GIRL, IS, KILLS SELF

DANVILLE, Va, June 18.-Be-
cause her parents refused to let
her go out Saturday afternoon
with boy and girl friends, 15-year-
old Estelle Smith, of Callands, Va,
shot and killed herself, Common
wealth's Attorney Joseph White.
head, jr., announced today, after
her death.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
Cotton Club Sci
For Reopenins

After a lapse of several weeks,
during which time the beautiful
club room of the spacious Cotton
Club has been entirely renovated
and redecorated, the management
announces that this hot spot, To-
Gated in Washington's Harlem, is
now ready to take its place in
the arena of night spots, with a
snappy, dancing revue direct from
Philadelphia's leading clubs.
The floor show boasts of such
talented artists, as Miss Lillian
Fitzgerald, a charming soubrette
from the Mickey Mouse Club
where she was a decided favorite,
supported by that delightful per-
sonality, Baby Bernice, in torch
tunes, late of the High De Ho;
and Sid Cisco, that double-jointed
dancer from the Memphis Club,
Philadelphia.
A dancing chorus that put the
"P" in pep, and Chinese-American
menu are other features.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26

Back Again
Didn't take them long to nail
me again." he whispered from
the side of his mouth. II wasn't
out hardly long enough to turn
around"
The younger mans eyes
burned with an eager glow.
did you-did you see her like
asked you to?" he demanded.
How was she, Shortly"
The small man hesitated.
"Weu, Johnny" he said finally,
II suppose I gotta tell you some
ttme-and it might as well be
now. I never seen your wife.
II went down to the country
JUS like you told me to, but she
amt there no more. She moved.
Her mail is bein' forwarded to
an address in the West Sixties.
That's all I could find out cause
they nabbed me a coupla days
after. I'm sorry, Johnny. It's
tough luck"
"She moved" Johnny repeated
the two words blankly. But
what about the house?"
"She sold IT,.
Shorty moved on, but John
Scott couldn't have moved from
that spot if his life depended
upon it.
Margie had played him for a
sap. She had double-crossed him
No doubt about it. Johns face
twisted into a phoney grin. After
all, she was just a dame. Had he
the right to expect anything
else? Where did a sap get off
to look for an even break?
And a sap, he. told himself, Is
just what he had been all his
life. That was the reason he
was in jail.
When he first met Margie, he
held a responsible position in q
mercantile house and she was
dancing in a night club. He should
have known that those two pro.
fessions mixed like ice cream and
pickles, and perhaps he did But
it didn't make the slightest bit
of difference because, the moment
he saw her, Johnny went trifle
daffy.
Every cent he earned he spent
on parties and flowers and jewelry
for Margie. He was as dizzy as
a drunk on a carousel. And be-
fore he persuaded her to become
his wife, he was deeply in debt
From then on, the story became
a Hellinger. He needed money
badly and he was trusted with
large sums Of the firms cash. The
temptation was too great.
He called it borrowing. But
unlike other borrower" in SINH
lar spots he wasn't playing the
horses or the market. When he
took money, he didn't kid himself
He knew he'd be caught some day
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
By Mark HeE|inser
BY Feg Murray

wait five years, but he wanted no
part of common sense. All he
knew was that, for few thousand
dollars, his wife had sold him out.
She had double-cossed him when
he hadn't the slightest chance of
fighting back. The rage ate into
his heart and drove him to the
brink of insanity.
He began Immediately to make
plans for an escape. His ideas
weren't exactly brilliant. Under
normal conditions he would have
realized there wasn't a chance in
the world that they would work.
But the man was far from normal.
The result was exactly what
you might have expected. Johnny
never got any further than the
outside yard. There, a bullet from
a guards gun sent him crumpling
to the ground. He died just be-
fore dawn the following morning.
Most Broadway spots are sad
affairs just before dawn. The one
in which Margie was working was
no exception. She had finished
the last show and was about to go
home. AS she was leaving, she
recognized a familiar figure at a
corner table. She hurried over.
Mike" she asked eagerly,
''have you been able to do any
thing? I haven't written him
about it. I didn't want to encour-
age him too much until it's all
settled"
The man smiled reassuringly.
"It won't be long now, kid" he
told her. "Springin' a guy from
prison amt so easy these days.
Takes more time now than it ever
did. But don't worry"
He patted her hand respect
fully.
"Sure is tough, though" he
went on, "that you hada sell your
home and go back to work just
to get that guy Of yours outa the
can.".
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
Heish-Ho Keeps
.Taproom Open

Even with Pete Macias and his
orchestra scattered to distant
points, the taproom of the Heigh.
Ho Club maintains the tradition
of the Connecticut Avenue enter
prise. being open from noon until
early morning.
Last Saturday, the lights were
dimmed on the night club floor
The Mazdas burn brighter and
the electric fans whirl faster on
the first floor. Here is a delight.
fully cool spot for luncheon, the
cocktail hour, dinner or late
supper.
Habit is not an easy thing to
break and the regular patrons of
the Heigh-Ho night club flock
into the taproom. The bar
tenders also have the habit of
concocting cool and correct drinks
and this habit is not going to
waver throughout the summer
months.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
All In a Day =.
THE DOUBLE-CROSS

The two paused side by side in the prison yard The
shorter smiled ruefully
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
3 FIoorR Revues
Daily at Lotus

A new summer policy is an
nounced by the Lotus, Fourteenth
and New York Avenue. Floor
shows will continue throughout
the summer and will be presented
three times daily-at luncheon,
dinner and supper periods.
The large, modern cooling Sys-
tenn at the Lotus is now in opera
tion, bringing comfort to hosts
Of patrons who enjoy dining and
dancing in comfortable tempera.
lures.
This week AL Norton, the jovial
master of ceremonies, presents
Sonia and Marinoff, international
dance favorites, in several smooth
and graceful routines.
Others on the program are
Verna Case, offering special ar
rangements of popular tunes, and
Grana Diana of the concert stage,
who has also appeared on the
screen, in her exotic Spanish
dances.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26

ing, I shall not wear SpectacleS''
Lear was an early Anglo Saxon
king-specs became known only
to the fourteenth century.
And now poor Mary Nolan
Gmogene Wilson, is down to play
ing Unite stands at obscure the
aterS in Jersey. And Flo Hart
is hostess at a cafe on w. 58th
Street. On the other hand. Polly
Walters, once a lovely gal who
was tossed about by her adagio
partners, Ellis and Larue, is now
the star of "She Loves Me Not"
and haunted by fabulous movie
offers. The faithful sec'y of the
late Publisher E. Phocian Howard
(she was with him for Z yrs. up
to the time of his death) has
been out of a job since-and
needs one badly. Frances Shell
ley, once a Broadway favorite who
dropped out Of sight a few years
ago, was quietly married 2 wkS.
ago in Toronto. The gent who
gave Victor McLaglen and Leslie
Howard their first screen parts
Thornton Martin-iS now living
in Greenwich devoting himself to
painting. Suit has been started
against Joseph A. Gavagan (aS re-
ceiver for a midtown hoteD-
Gavagan is scheduled for appoint
ment as U. S. Dist. Judge to sue
ceed Judge Coleman.
Irving Berlin goes into seclu-
sion on his summer estate June
to huddle for the season with Moss
Hart on a sequel to "AS Thousands
Cheer" Feature bit: w. B. Hall,
of Hoisington, Kan, after 16 yrs
has been awarded $75 by Congress
for repairs to his trombone which
he used during the World War. .
The donor of the $1OO to Bocca
haemophilia victims was Cheval
ier Clemente Giglio and not oper.
attic star B. Giglio. Still another
of the larger cabarets joins the
Broadway list soon to be operated
by Ben Ueberall, part owner once
of the famous Reisenweber'S. .
Eddie Cantor's new series of broad
casts will gross him 10 gees per
out of which he will pay the band
Comedian Joe Lewis is out OF
the Kentucky Club and will go
vaude. Harry Shaw moves in as
asst. genI mgr. of the Poll cir
cult acquired by Loew's. 1884
version - Germany the country
without man!
AL Jolson'S plans for his West
chester home includes a nursery
Geo. Kuttin, nite-club booker
and Augusta Rosenblatt, dancer
and one Of his clients, eloped
Wednesday. Smaller nite-clubs
took Socking the 1st 3 days this
wk. .Society's chief whisper: The
reason for Eleanor Barry's sudden
trip to Virginia Hot Springs timed
with the arrival there of one OF
the better known millionaires. Z. .
Medicos have hopes that Billy Le-
Hiff's amazing vitality will pull
him through his dangerous siege
:. Dixie Lees (Mrs. Bing Crosby s
twins) are due in August. Helen
KANE and Max Hoffman, jr., have
leased a penthouse on the Drive
where they will toss a fleet in
specting" party for Broadway
Nav 13.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26

Mrs. David Moss or the vibrant
Beth Leary. The Fred AStaires
and the Jock Whitneys are in
separables these mites but the
break comes tomorrow when AS
taire leaves for the Coast to do
another movie. oh, these ducky
society folks! Bride and groom
at the recent snooty Erdmann-
Burton nuptials slipped wine out
of the gals slipper.
VIM. j. Woods, Wall st. bigun
and sportsman, who has figured
in the headlines frequently, and
Dorothy C. Yutzi who flew in
from Reno Immediately after be-
ing divorced were mucilaged in
the pianissimo manner this wk,
by Justice Ted Yudain of Green
wich. .Velma Forrest, Paul
Yawitz's pretty fiancee, is in the
midtown hosp. after a serious
auto crash Wednesday. Mae
Murray tells friends that the
reason she slapped that lawyer
was because he leaned over to
her after the case and whispered
I'm leffing!". She plans to re-
open suit. Trouble brewing in
Yorkville tomorrow when movie
house premieres 1st Hitler re
leased propaganda pic IS. A. Man
Brand. .Fernand Dechambre
Paris and N'Yawk wine importer
eloped the other day with Helen
Murphy. -
(he's the brother of Congress
woman Ruth Pratt) are having it
severed Cinemabelle Maureen
O'Sullivan and John Farrow will
blend within the next 80 days. .
Olive Jones, handsome warbler at
the Stork Club, to whom atten'
ton was called by this dept, has
become Rudy Vallee'S new protege
and romance?. The Charles
(Registered) Sheldons, whose Sc
cret merger some time ago fur
nished paragraphs for the society
Scribblers, have parted Mrs
Sidney Heiman, DIR of the prom
inent local atty. I. Gainsburg
and Sister-in-law of Counselor Alb
ner j. Ruben, was killed Monday
in an auto accident near Sara
toga.
Producer Courtney Burr, shack
ing in Bermuda, has sent for 8
flock of Broadwayites, paying ex
penses both ways-he'S that lone
some!. Most notable plagiarist
was Coleridge, who thefted, con
Sciously or otherwise, epigram!
from Schiller and Goethe anc
even to his dying day always in
sisted that Faust was an old ides
of his own. L can forgive hin
all that. however, for his ont
masterpiece, THE Rhine of thu
Ancient Mariner" incidentally
even Shakespeare pulled a bone
in his King Lear" in which
appears the line If it be moth
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
New Conan Song

Clap calloused mitts for George
M. Cohan's new ditty: II Want
to Write a Song. Merry and
cool mites in store at the road
houses now opening Longvue,
Glen Island Casino, Riviera, Will
Oakland'S, Burns & Kissen's Show
Place and a dozen others. The
late Clemenceau's crack about a
famous statesman just being re-
leased around town: "He was too
young to fight in the Civil War,
too old to fight in the World
War, but he was heroic in the
boudoir" The French comic
pictures on the Piquale menus. L.
D. Runyon's fantastic and excit-
ing flicker, Little Miss Marker"
at the Paramount.
The Song Writers Protective AS
Sociation has raised in all some
thing like $4,000, which in
cludes $4,000 from the estate of
the late Ethelbert Nevins, for indi-
gent authors. Mr.. r. Vallee
again had an encounter with a
heckler at the Hollywood Wednes-
day night-halting his program
to shout, you'll go out if I have
to drag you out by the hair my
self" :. (the song he interrupted,
incidentally, was-and this is no
gag-"Love Thy Neighbor"!!. .
The World Press Conference will
probably convene in Chicago some
time in August. . Jack Curley,
veteran wrestling and boxing pro-
moter, travels Down Memory
Lane tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
MayAower Room
Draws Capacity
Patronase

With its undisputed rank as the
only air-cooled cocktail spot with
dancing, the Mayflower Lounge
is regularly thronged by the lead
ers in the world that go places to
drink and see things. There ale
even more patrons these warm
afternoons with the atmosphere
cooled down than before, if that
be possible.
Evening sessions are likewise
popular with dancing after 10
p. m. Sidney's orchestra featur-
ing the singing violinS" plays
ever so softly. Young and old
alike applaud this sweet music
and the vocalizing of Buddy Har-
mon. Side-line customers for the
mint juleps and light foods can
converse easily without interfer,
ence Of saxophones or drums.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26

because there wasn't the slightest
chance that he'd ever be able to
return the money.
And knowing that, he acted very
wisely. For a while, after they
were married, the pair lived high,
wide and handsome. But Johnny
placed a sizeable amount Of
money in a bank for Margie-and
a small house his parents had left
him was transferred in Margie'S s
name. These things, he felt,
would take care of his wife when
the law caught up with him
In due course the law did just
that. Johnny had no defense
and he had no illusions that he
would be dealt with mercifully
Nor was he. He was sentenced
to prison for a term Of from five
to ten years.
Margie's Promise
During the last few moments,
when they were allowed to say
good-by, Johnny begged Margie to
wait for him. He had done every
thing for her, and it would never
happen again. When he finally
came out. they could start once
more in that little house in the
country.
Margie nodded tearfully.
"I'u wait, dearest" she prom
ised. "I'll be in our house waiting
for you when you come out. Five
years isn't so long when you love
someone. And love you"
He had believed her: believed
her implicitly. The days were
long, and the nights longer. But
he comforted himself with
thoughts Of Margie, and Of the
little home in which she was wait
ing for him.
And now, suddenly, he had been
pulled back to earth. Shorty was
back with horrible news, and
Shorty wasn't lying. Margie wasn't
waiting-and the house had been
sold. His wife had gone back to
Broadway.
The mans brain was inflamed
Common sense told him that he
couldn't expect any woman to