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The Washington times., 1935-02-23
DU BOTS NOTES
BARE CAREFUL
DEATH PLANS

LONDON, Feb. % G.N.SO The
mystery of a wedding ring worn
by Jane Du Bots as she and
her sister Elizabeth spectacularly
leaped to their deaths from a
British air liner today overshad-
owed the routine investigation of
the strange suicide pact.
The sisters, daughters of Coert
Du Bots, American consul general
at Naples, supposedly committed
suicide because of grief over the
deaths of two British Royal Air
Force filters who died a week be-
fore in a crash in Italy, and to
whom they were reported engaged.
Letters Opened
Possibility that this held the
clue only to the suicide of Eliza
beth, the elder sister, developed
when the wedding ring was found
on James lifeless hand. Further
more, residents of a London apart
ment house where the sisters lived
last June said Jane always wore
a wedding ring, and used a mar
ried name as we'll as her maiden
name.
Letters which the sisters left in
the suicide plane were formally
opened today by Coroner C. E,
Lewia at the Hornchurch County
M0rtuary, where the bodies re-
posed. The letters, kept secret
pending arrival of the girls par
ents from Italy tonight, were I'M
derstood to reveal a carefully
planned suicide pact.
In Good Health
TN view of certain suggestions, :"
DR.. M. L. Hendrie, on instructions
from the coroner, made a thorough
post mortem examination of the
bodies and found no trace of drugs
or whisky.
He found the girls were m per-
feet health at the time of their
deaths, which were due to severe
internal injuries.
Apparently the examination
was conducted in view of reports
the girls may have been saddened
by illness, and also because an
empty whisky bottle was found
in the plane from which they
leaped.
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
NEE 7
IN REUNION

Four hundred and fifty physi-
clans and surgeons will attend the
annual reunion and banquet of
The George Washington Univer.
sity Medical Alumni tonight at
7:30.
DR.. Evarts A. Graham, Profess
sor of Surgery at Washington
University School of Medicine, st.
Louis, and authority on tubercu.
losis and thoracic surgery, will be
the guest speaker. DR.. w. Warren
Sager, president of the George
Washington University Medical
Society, will preside at the BAN
quet and will introduce the
speaker. President Cloyd H. Mar.
vim and Dean Earl Baldwin Nc.
Kinley will be guests of the
alumni.
The banquet will bring to a
close the third annual Post
Graduate Clinic of the School of
Medicine which opens today.
Scientific assemblies, demonstra.
tons and laboratory inspections
will be held throughout the day at
George washington University
and Garfield hospitals.
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
Plan
DOOMED HERE

Advocating a proposal that the
District government own and
operate local gas, electric and
transit utilities, the Public own
ership League of America conven-
ton will hold a special District
Day" session today in the Will
lard Hotel.
Among those who are to speak
on the proposal are Charles M.
Hopkins. regional director OF the
league, and DR.. Harvie w. Goodin,
prominent economist and utility
engineer.
The organization already has
gone on record in favor of a
aforementioned and operated
telephone system. The resolution
adopted provides that in the
event the Federal Government
does not take over the phone sys-
tenn, Congress supply the various
States, towns and cities, including
the District, with funds to acquire
and manage their local systems.
The morning session of the con-
vention was given over to in
formal discussion of various pub
lie ownership problems. Among
those who addressed the meeting
were r. E. Mcdonnell, Kansas
City consulting engineer; Benja-
min c. Marsh, and Prof. R. M.
Hunter. of the Ohio State Univer-
sity college of law.
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
POST WILL TRY
FLIGHT AGAIN

LOS ANGELES, Feb. % G.N.S.)
Wiley Post, who can now boast
Of the title of THE Man from
Mars" today was planning again
to attempt an eight-hour strato-
sphere flight between Los Angeles
and New York following a forced
landing on Muroc dry lake on
his first attempt.
A broken oil line forced Post
to land yesterday shortly after he
had started his flight.
The Winnie Mae, the plane in
which Post twice has flown
around the world, was undam-
aged in the forced landing, de-
spite the fact it slid to a stop
on a strut constructed on the
bottom of the fuselage. The
landing gear had been dropped
by Post on the take-off.
Post earned his title, "The
Man from Mars" when, dressed
in his shakespeare suit and
helmet which he could not re-
move without aid, he accosted a
prospector working on a disabled
automobile near the landing
place.
The aviator said the prospector
was badly frightened and later
said he thought he was being
halted by a Man from Mars"
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
COURT ENJO|NS
POWER SALE
BY IVA

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Feb. %
G.N.S).-Hamstrung by a Fed
eral Court decision that prevents
sale of cheap power from the
Governments gigantic Muscle
Shoals plant to municipalities.
the Tennessee Valley Authority
today prepared to carry a fight
for survival on to the higher
courts.
The IVA. conceived by Presi.
dent Roosevelt as a "yardstick"
to measure the price of power,
was enjoined late yesterday by
Federal Judge w. 1. Grub from
selling surplus power in Alabama,
and from purchasing ID North
Alabama municipal power trans
mission systems.
Bans Competition
Without ruling on the constitu.
tionality of the IVA act, Judge
Grubb held that the Government
could not enter into competition
with private business in the sale
of electric power.
He ruled that the sale of power
for the purpose of national de-
Tense, navigation or flood con-
troll is legal but that sale of sur.
plus power when it was manu-
featured solely as surplus, is
illegal. The disposable surplus,
he said, must be entirely Incl
dental.
Judge Grub acted on suit
brought against the IVA by
preferred stockholders of the Ala
bama Power Company. He made
permanent an injunction restrain
ing IA north Alabama towns
from borrowing funds from the
PWA to construct municipal dis
tribution systems.
Right Is Denied
The judge, in his decision, said:
Under the Tenth Amendment,
or regardless of it, the United
States has no right within the
limits of a State to conduct
any proprietary business, un-
less tied to some constitutional
grant of power, and If the
grant of power existed, it car
ried the right to do business"
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
Yale Calls Halt
On Brain Trust
Contributions

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. %.
The Federal Government may
have to worry along somehow
without Yale-bred brain trusters.
President James Rowland An.
CELL told graduates at the alumni
day celebration yesterday:
yale must certainly curtail
appreciably in the future the
amount of political service in
which members of its faculty
may at any one time engage. ..
When the number of such ap.
pOintments begins to mount. .
fairness to students requires
that the university call a halt,
despite its genuine desire to
serve the public interest"
DR.. Angel pointed out that
political quarrels into which
Yale men might be drawn would
reflect adversely upon the uni
versity.
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
RANDOLPH HIT s
D, {, CRIME

The Nations Capital was de-
scribed as lone of the most
crime-ridden cities in the world"
by Representative Jennings Ran
dolph Cd, West Virginia, chair
man of the special House Dis
trict crime investigating Subcom-
mittee, in an address last night
at the American University crime
forum.
Citing official figures in sup
port of his statement, Representa-
tive Randolph stated that Wash
ington, on a comparative popu-
lation basis, has two and a half
times as many murders as New
York and on the same basis has
40 per cent more murders than
Chicago.
The need of vote for District
residents in Congress was stressed
by the speaker in relating of his
fight to have IS men added to the
local police force. Regarding the
current investigation by his sub
committee, Representative Ran
dolph said:
"A searching investigation of
public officials at stated inter
walls is a good thing. / see no
reason why any man should
take Offense at a..y questions
put to him if he feels his job
has been conducted as it
should"
He declared in favor of "pitiless
publicity in the war against
crime"
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
Murphy Rejects
State Nomination

DETROIT. Feb. 23.-Governor
General of the Philippines, Frank
Murphy, is not a candidate for
governor of Michigan.
When proffered the Democratic
nomination at a rally here last
night, Mr.. Murphy said:
Il am flattered with your Of
fer, but I must consider it in
the nature of a welcome home"
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
FATHER WALSH
ONREvOLUT|ON
JANE DU BOTS

Pointing out that revolution
does not always imply violence or
armed combat, the Rev. Edmund
A. Walsh, S. j., Georgetown Uni
versity vice president and regent
of foreign service school, was heard
last night in the second lecture of
his current course, on the theme
"The Concept of Revolution.
The main portion of Father
Walsh's address dealt with the
gold decision of the United States
Supreme Court. In this regard he
said, in part:
ITO many observers this is an
example of revolutionary pro-
cess effected without public
violence. Four justices of the
Court by the voice of Mr.. Justice
McReynOlds declared that the
Constitution is already gone and
all nine of them unanimously
ruled that the Congress had no
authority whatever to abrOgate
gold payments for Government
bonds"
After a discussion of the ma
jority opinion as rendered by Chief
Justice Hughes, Father ,- Walsh
said:
"NOte Mr.. Chief Justice
Hughes important phrase de
spite infirmities of procedure
The Government is declared to
be in possession of cOnfiscated
property, without compensation,
which it probably will retain
through lack of effective legal
means to make it restore the
same"
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
Prisoner Escapes
From 2 Marshals

ST. LOUIS, Feb. % G.N.sO
Search for Joseph Kovar, 80. Of
Hamilton, Ohio. who escaped from
two U. S. deputy marshals here
late last night. was continued by
police today. Kovar was being
taken to the Leavenworth (Kan.)
Penitentiary to begin serving an
18-month sentence imposed on him
in Cincinnati on a narcotic
charge.
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
Buddy Clark, Radio
Singer, Wed in n. Y.

BOSTON, Feb. % G.N.s0
Buddy Clark, radio singer whose
real name is Samuel Goldberg,
and his bride, the former Miss
Louise Dahl, 10. of New York, were
setting up housekeeping here
today. Buddy went by morning
train to New York, married the
ward of Ralph Hitz. hotel chain
executive, and hurried back with
his bride in time for the night
broadcast.
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
Chicago Company
TOFinish Sewer
International News Service

The PWA today announced that
an agreement had been reached
with the S. A. Healy Company for
satisfactory completion" of de-
fective section of the Chicago sani-
tary district sewer. on which pay
ment has been withheld since last
August.
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
.Cooperatives Council
TO Install Officers

The Council of Self Help Co.
operatives of the District of
Columbia will meet Monday night
in Giddings School to install the
following recently named officers.
President, B. T. Montgomery;
first vice president, Mary Reid;
second vice president, Mrs. L. A.
Pinckney; secretary, Elizabeth
Holman: assistant secretary,
Sadie Harris; treasurer, Alice
Washington; chaplain, E. w.
MaXton, and sergeant-at-arms,
Charles McEldery.
The Washington times., 1935-02-23

A. D. Dr1ScOn dress before the
Federation Of Civic Associations
meeting last night in the Dis
trlct Building. He pointed out
the order was issued without
consulting his office. He said
1t left an important section
without adequate transportation
facilities, and already a petition
had been received to have the
order recinded.
Backs Subways
) The eleventh street line, he
said, should be used for express
service, with limited stops south
Of Park Road, for to turn all
Takoma Park cars down Georgia
Avenue would create a serious
traffic problem. He suggested con.
struction of four miles of subways
at cost of $4,000, 900, to be fl
nanced partly by the Federal Gov.
eminent, as an answer to the traf-
tic problem down town.
The federation adopted a report
IRON it's committee on public
works, Howard D. Woodson chair
man, requesting a low-cost hous-
ing Project for 500 families with
detached houses, to be erected on
land available east of the Ana
costa River in Northeast. Other
improvements asked are: A voca-
Gonal training school for girls di-
vision 10, the Dennison school to
be taken for an elementary school
divisions 1913; extension to Arm
strong school, senior high school
at Thirty-fourth and Benning
Road, recreation center in section
G, Anacostia Parks; widening of
Benning viaduct, and a general
municipal hospital for colored pa
tients. George w. Beasley, presi-
dent, presided.
Citizens Meetings
The following Citizens Associa-
tons will meet next week.
Monday Night
Georgetown, st. Johns Church
Parish Hall.
Mid City, Thompson School. Re
ports on reestablishing No. 2 police
precinct on Fifth street. Also a
petition filed with the Commission
ers against locating a Home for
Transients at 1914 Massachusetts,
Ave. N. w.
North Capitol, Mckinley High
School.
Trinidad, Wheatley School.
Tuesday Night
Logan, Thomas Circle, 1920
Rhode Island Ave. N. w.
Northeast. Council of Citizens
Associations, No. IL police station.
Southeast Washington, Buch-
anan School.
Wednesday Night
Rhode Island Avenue, Wood
ridge Branch Library.
Thursday Night
Conduit Road, Com m un ty
Church. Police Inspector l.. H.
Edwards, and M. o. Eldridge, as
sistant director of traffic, will
speak.
Friday Night
Burroughs, Burroughs School.
Chillum Heights, j. R. Keene
School.
Saturday Night
Federation of Citizens Associa-
lions, District Building.
The Washington times., 1935-02-23

covers only a
fe w city
blocks in q
limited circle,
was both i'll
advised a n d
a r b itr arily
consi d e r e d,
and / am will
ing to stand
on that state
ment."
w I'LL m A
Roberts, Peo-
)leS Counsel,
made this state
nent in an ad.
FACE hnRnnn 4hA
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
TRADE BODIES
TOO P.M.-Dinner, Seagram-Dis-
tillers Corporation. Mid-Atlantic
Division, Carlton Hotel,
TOMORROW


400 to 600 P.M.-Tea, Miss
Adams, Hamilton Hotel.
400 to 900 P.M.-Art Tea.
District of Columbia League of
American Pen Women, Burling.
ton Hotel.
400 to TOO PM Nee ting,
Epsilon Lambda Phi, Lafayette
Hotel.
TOO P.M.-Meeting, Mrs. Neu-
hausel, Hamilton Hotel.
800 P.M.-Town Hall, Shore
ham Hotel, DR.. Edwin w. KEN
merer, of Princeton, speaker.
900 P.M-Dance, G orge
Washington Lodge, Lafayette
Hotel.
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
ROBERTS HITS.
Il DRO|T LINE
ELIMINATION

BY. A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Association Editor
illumination Of the LIE Droit
Park street car line, and sub
9tituting Q bus service which
The Washington times., 1935-02-23

Nature Never Made Nor
Has Man Discovered a
cleaner hotter ssfer more
dependable economical
work.ssving> fuel than
FAMOUS READING
ANTHRACITE
The Washington times., 1935-02-23

Decide to be warm and comfortable indoors.
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Anthracite, the cleanest, purest hard coal from
the worlds largest coal cleaning plants Only
the purest, cleanest hard coal gives you all the
heat you need for bitterly cold days at low cost
and with the fewest trips to your furnace.
If your coal dealer does not have Famous
Reading Anthracite, the pure, clean, hard coal,
see the RED PAGE in the Washington phone
book for names of your nearest Reading dealers.
THE PHILADELPHIA AND READING IRON COMPANY
AOA2 Washington
Telephone: Metropolitan 5353
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-19
READ THIS FIRST:

READ THIS FIRST:
Fun. parties, pretty clothes and
beQur are things unGttrdctire Carol
Kennedy had nerer desired until she
looked into the eyes OF DR.. Queen
Craig, fance OF her cousin, KGthy
Prentice. Kathy is marrying Queen
for his social prestige onIy. When
Carol comes into O cast fortune, she
suddenly decides to 0iGe up her old
home in Connecticut. tChere she had
Hued as an orphan. and seek freedom
and happiness in Nel0 York City.
ISobel Bronson, an old school chunl,
takes Carol to her first cocktail marty
.rhere she meets Gary CrGpdall, at
trdctiue playboy 11ho tells her he 1ciH
help her find O job and, knoWin0
nothing OF her tredIth. shOl0 her ho11
to became q fascinating lpOmGn. He
promises to take her to q beauty
shop. lsobel helms Carol buy more
clothes and tells her that her cousin.
Klthv, Is not in Iore tCith DR.. Craig.
being more interested tn Gary Gran
daU, CQrol runs into Queen and.
1chen he takes her to lunch, they
stumble onto Kdthy and Gary to-
0etheT. Carol comes to her cousin S
rescue but the luncheon is not a sue
cess Carol emer0es from the beauty
shop a most attractive girl Iso5el
helps Carol ind an apartment and,
Garry comes rushing to Carols
apartment, as the first guest. to tell
her he has a job for her. and to dress
IN q hurry t0bile he goes out for a
shGUe.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-19

any experience in Ned's Office. He
never visits the place except to col
lect telephone messages and sign his
alimony checks. You can answer
the telephone. can't you?"
"Y-yes," she answered hesitatingly.
There's no catch in it," he assured
her. 1.-THE Job pays well and you
need a job. All you have to do is sit
there from nine to five and learn the
business Of being a secretary. It's
yours if you want it, I'm sure. When
Ned sees you in that red dress. he'd
engage you even If you couldn't
speak English .t
Carol didn't think the job sounded
very interesting but wisely she de-
cided to wait and see what her fu-
ture employer was like.
you'll meet some interesting peo-
pie here tonight" Gary told her as
they made their way through group
to the tiny bar.
1t was a different Carol, cool,
poised and self-assured. standing
beside Gary in that gay company
from the awkward, self-conscious
girl who. q few short weeks before.
had gone to that fateful party with
Isobel Carol had no fund of small
talk, no acquaintanceship with any
of the others but SEE was lovely to
look at. she bad learned to use her
slow. sweet Smile and the tricks Of
adapting herself.
Though there had b0en no parties
in the old home in Connecticut,
Carol knew the procedure of the for
| NAL social lire to which she had been
born but this was new to her. This
party given in a mans private apart
ment. his home. might have been q
gathering OF strangers at a public
bar. A buffet supper was being
served at tiny tables. The bar was
crowded. Guests ordered their cock
tails which. were mixed by an
aproned barman Blatant music rose
above the strldent voices and shrill
laughter. There was no formalty
but there was gayety and Carol was
beginning to enjoy herself.
Eli! Ned!" Gary caught a fiorid-
faced gentleman by his black sleeve,
Hold everything. l want you to
meet Miss Kennedy Ned Banks"
Carols prospective employer eyed
her appreciatively and extended his
hand. "Tickled to death you could
come." he said. MAKE yourself at
home. Anything you want and don't
see ask for it,
There Is something I want" Carol
answered-quite boldly for her
"and don't see it."
Banks put his hand to his head in
mock distress.
| "A job" she said. "Mr. CrandaU
told me you were looking for a sec
retary."
Little girl. If you're the candidate,
us yours for the asking" Banks told
ner and as two laughing guests
pulled hiDa away he added: "Be at
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-19

the Office at nine tomorrow $50
Park avenue. It's all settled"
Gary, think I'll have a cocktail
on that" Carol said when she had
regained her breath. us it always as
easy as that to get job?"
That was the last chance Carol
had to talk to Gary. They were sur
rounded and when the dancing 0AA
gan. Carol was swept away by OnA
man after another. Her head-and
her feet-were in the clouds, she
felt. With parted lips and sparkling
eyes, the girl in a swirl Of red chiffon
topped with cap Of golden hair,
stood out in sharp relief in that blase
company.
The eyes Of the thickset heavy fig
ure standing alone at the bar, chew
ing an unllghted cigar. watched her
weaving in and out Of the dancing
company. His narrowed eyes saw
the grace of her movements and his
practiced ear heard the cadence OF
her laughter. He did not seek her
out or-as so many had done-or ash
for an introduction to her. @<.
His eyes followed her when a few
minutes later, seeking a breath Of
fresh air. Carol stepped out on the
terrace.
How lovely was this young April
night. Carol pressed her hands to
her forehead and breathed dsqp1 all
the fragrance in the air, Thak stars
above her and the twinkli1H hts
of the city below filled heErdelighted
gaze.
II feel as though I had just become
alive" she said aloud to theesilence.
"Vibrantly alive" a deep>1oiQe 1T
her back added. Carol turned.
Drawing slowly on his cigar. Carol
could see. limned in the darkness.
the heavy figure of the man who had
been sitting at the bar. The glow
Of his cigar lighted the sharp black
eyes bent on her.
"Friend of Banks?' he inquired.
"N-no. I'm his secretary" she an.
swered.
"Secretary?' There was that slight
infection in his voice that made
Carol say hastily:
."Well not exactly . that is
!. 1 mean A.. am sort of an
actress" carol didn't know exactly
what she did mean, thinking of the
many roles she was playing. I'll
"An actress?" His question was
sharp. where? What have you
done?
Carol thought desperately. Nov
what have I done?" but aloud she
stammered, "Well don't
know
"Never mind" he cut her short
and reached into his wallet. He took
tiny card from it. "Come and see
me. Miss Kennedy" He was gone.
Carol looked at the card. MAN
FRED MORRIS she read. Manfred
Norris. the great theatrical pro-
ducerl ::
fp0 Be CoNgINURDl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-19
CHAPTER 12

WEAR SOMETHING simple. de-
mure and inexpensive" Isobel ad-
vised Carol when Carol called her to
tell her the news and cancel their
engagement.
How about my black frock? And
shall I take off the lipstick ?" Carol
asked.
Good heavens. mol" to both ques-
tions. Isobel laughingly replied. "A
$500 dress might convince your
Would-be employer that you don't
really need job but good makeup
Job will go long way to erase your
lack of business experience. By the
way. what kind Of a job is it?'
7 haven't the faintest idea, dar-
png, but III tell you in the morning" "
Watch your step. / don't trust
Gary!" was Isobel's parting remark
Carol thought that over when
dressed in a demure dark blue frock
with crisp little girl collar and bow
tie OF white pique. a dark blue
riding hat pulled over her smooth
locks and a camers hair coat over
her arm, she waited for Gary. Ger
&ainly, 10 date. he had been only a
kind friend and he was simply try
Ing to help her to get a job. What
trusting" could there be about the
situation?
She was to ask herself that qnes-
tipn again a few minutes later when
Gary arriving to find her in her care
fully selected: costume. "What? 4?
Not dressed yet? Run along and
get into party frock."
3: "A party frock ?" she asked stupid
~. "But thought you were going
70 take me to meet someone who has
d job?" -;
Gary laughed. Innocent. did you
think, any of my friends would keep
open office at this hour? Hurry
along now and do yourself up pretty.
How about one Of those red dresses
you were going to get?'
"I did get one." she called from
the other room and she looked at
the vialon in the clinging red chiffon
frock. the exact color of the satin
sandles and long taffeta coat, hardly
believing that It could be herself.
their taxi sped west and up Fifth
avenue
Don't keep me I'm suspense any
longer. Gary" she pleaded. "Whar
kind of a job Is it?"
'The job? Oh. yes. the job. o.
course Why it was just little ides
had. Ned Banks-we're on our way
to his place now-is throwing lit
tie party tonight. He happened t.
mention on the phone this Afternoon
that he had to stay at the ott1ce t.
interview girl for secretarlal posi-
ton he has open. told him to hol'
off that I had just the girl for him.
But" Carol protested. "I've neve
had any experience. can't take die
tation and 1 don't know the mrs
thing about e. Oh dear. I had s.
hoped -"
Gary laughed "You won't nee