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POISON DEATHS
HOLD FATHER
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city pathologist, on his examina-
ton of the vital organs OF the
last two children to die.
Detectives, backed by reports
from chemists say that Mrs. Gross
and the four children were pois-
oned with thallium sulphate, a
rare drug, the effects of which are
rarely discernible on the human
body.
Gross denied emphatically any
connection with the deaths in
his family. Police quoted him as
saying:
"I'm in a tough spot, but
I didn't have anything to do
with it."
The victims were Mrs. Kath-
crime Gross, 80; Frederick, Jr.,
9: Katherine. 7; Leo, 8, and Bar
bara, 1S months old.
Each of the five died soon
after drinking cocoa or orange
juice, which chemists claim con-
tanned the poison.
Traced by Camera
Through a Photographic plate
it was definitely established that
thrallium was present in minute
fragments of skin taken from
the bodies of the wife and the
children. Ultraviolet rays, re-
Elected from the skin in quanti-
ties too fine to be caught by
the human eye, but plainly Wis
ible to the sensitive camera, es-
tabliShed the presence of the
rare poison in the bodies, the ex-
pertS declared.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-11
POLAND INSISTS
ONFREEDON

WARSAW, May II G.N.S).
Poland today reiterated the stand
that her principal interest in the
current European maelstrom is to
maintain her sovereignty and
complete freedom of action.
This was made clear by Foreign
Minister Josef Beck in important
conversations with Foreign Minis
ter Pierre Laval, who arrived here
last night en- route to Moscow.
M. Laval, in a one-hour confer
ence, asked that Poland adhere to
both the Eastern Locarno and the
Danubian pactS. He repeated the
declaration made at Stresa by
Premier Benito Mussolini that
poland has the key to the plans.
Colonel Beck, in replying Po-
land would maintain her freedom,
said his government wants aSsur-
ances no pact will involve the in
tegrity of Polish territory or her
air by any foreign troops or
planes. Poland is determined no
foreign planes must fly over her
borders "even in the stratho-
sphere" without her permission.
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FARMER ADMITS
BREMERPLOT

ST. PAUL, Mimi, May ii
GNS0.-With conclusion Of the
defense case next week, Elmer
Farmer, Bensenville Qll) saloon
keeper, will enter a plea Of guilty
to conspiracy in the sensational
200, 000-dollar ransom kidnapping
of Edward G. Bremen, it was an.
nounced today.
Defense counsel stated that Far.
mer, also under indictment as one
Of the actual kidnapers Of the
wealthy st. Louis banker, will join
Byron Bolton, Chicago gangster,
who earlier pleaed guilty to the
conspiracy charge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-11
i. S. Acts to Check
NAVY Ship Strike

CAMDEN, N. j., May II G.N.S)
With more than 4,500 workers
scheduled to walk out tonight, P.
w. Chappell, counciliator of the
U. S. Department of Labor, today
sought to avert a. threatened New
York Shipbuilding Company strike
that would tie up more than $751;
0OO,O in naval building contracts
and several million dollars in
private contracts.
Arriving from Washington fol-
lowing an appeal to labor authori-
ties by officials of the industrial
Union of Marine and Shipbuilding
Workers. Mr.. Chappell announced
he would study the situation be-
fore attempting to block picketing
and demonstrations set for Mon
day,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-11
RAIL PENSIONS
RUL|NGFLAYED
IN HOUSE
Rep. Ramsay Disputes Power
of Supreme Court to AnnuI
Congress Acts
international News Service

The Supreme Courts 5.to-4 de-
cision holding the railroad pen
sion act unconstitutional rever.
berated in Congress today as Rep.
resentative Ramsay CD of West
Virginia opened a fight to re-
quire votes Of seven judges to
override Congress.
Asserting the high court was
never given power in the Consti-
tuition to hold congressional acts
invalid, Representative Ramsay
asserted that the will Of the legis-
lative majority should not be nulli-
fled by a mere majority of the
court.
Offers Resolution
In addition, he introduced
resolution in the House for q
constitutional amendment prohib-
iting inferior courts from passing
on constitutionality of acts of
Congress. He said:
"The constitutional conven.
ton denied the court power to
pass on cOnstitutionality Of acts
of Congress. The power was
first asserted by Chief JUSTICE
Marshall on the theory that JUS
tees were sworn to uphold the
Constitution.
ut seems to me that on vital
matters, in which two houses Of
Congress and the President
have agreed, at least seven of
the nine justices of the court
should agree that an act is in.
valid before it is made So"
The high court was to go into
conference in the Capitol today
with the Schecter case involving
constitutionality Of the NRA be.
fore it.
Delay MIRA Ruling
The court also had under ad-
visement the Frazier-Lemke farm
moratorium bill, approved by PreSi.
dent Roosevelt.
A decision on the Frazier-Lemke
bill is expected to be handed down
on Monday, but a ruling in the
"sick chicken" MIRA case is not eX-
pected for at least two weeks.
Having ended arguments for the
term, the high court was to de-
vote most Of it's time to writing %
opinions to clean up its docket be-
fore summer adjournment, proba'
bly, on June 3.
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Justice Employees
Honor Cummings

Attorney Gen. Homer S. Cum
mings was guest Of honor at a
party at the willard Hotel last
night marking his Sixty-fifth
birthday. There we're 1862 per-
sons present, most of them en-
ployes of the Department of Jus.
tice.
The Cabinet officer received
many gifts and numerous speak
ers expressed their regard and
best wishes for him. William
Stanley, assistant to the Attorney
General, was master Of cere'
monies, introducing heads Of the
various bureaus and sections Of
the department.
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BONUS MEN ASK
CLASS HELP
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hundred thousand dollars in U. s.
Treasury notes to pay off the
bonus. Senator McAdoo suggested
the new issue be liquidated over
a period of twenty years. He said
the issue would have no more ef-
feet on the Governments credit
than the tossing of handful OF
sand into the ocean would have
the tide.
With Senators McAdoo and
Glass declaring their position
sound, the Patmanites would be
well armed for the veto war.
The bill meanwhile was kept
pending in the Senate on a tech
nicality. Senator Elmer Thomas
3D. of Oklahoma, Patman leader
in the Senate, said he would not
release it before next week. Then
it will so to the White House, be
vetoed, pass the House over the
,eto and / ach the Senate again
for the final climax. Unless pres
ent conditions change, it will die
there with the Senate sustaining
Mr.. RooSevelt's veto.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-11
WitherspOOn Death
Blow to Met Opera

NEW YORK, May II U.N.SO.
With lifelong hope Of "democ-
ratizing" opera cut short by the
sudden death of Herbert Wither-
spoon, recently named successor
to Giulio Gatti-C asazza as general
manager Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company, opera officials
today said no thought has been
given to selection Of his successor.
Unofficially, however, it was re-
ported John Erskine, pianist and
novelist, would be the choice.
Funeral services for Wither-
spoon, who died of heart disease
in the opera house yesterday after.
noon as he was leaving a business
conference, will be held Monday.
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VIII Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf,
May. 11.-Yesterday as went
to press we couldn't find the
Midway Islands. Today as I
go to print we can't find the
islands or the 48 airplanes,
either. Maybe the Japanese
hid the islands on 'em.
Correction note Frank
Hawks says I beat him out Of
nine hours. His flight from
BuenoS Aires to Los Angeles
was 80 hours and not 48.
He says Brazil has the best
air force in South America,
says England and France have
peddled a lot Of Old planes to
a lot Of those countries, that
the U. S. is the only one sells
'em the latest model ones.
Their own army and navy
takes all their factories can
make.
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NJ COR N | OK s
On HONEYMOON

Mrs. Olga Bayne Sturtevant, "a,
a cousin of the late President
Theodore Roosevelt, and James
Mccormick, %, prominent sports
man rider, today were reported to
be on a secret honeymoon trip.
They were married yesterday at
Ellicott City, Md, and refused to
reveal their destination following
the wedding. The bride, daughter
of Dr.. j. Breckenridge Bayne, of
Oxon Hill, Md, was divorced in
Reno last September from Charles
Lyon Sturtevant, jr.. of this city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-11
President Planning
Message on Rails
international News Service

President Roosevelt announced
yesterday he probably would send
his transportation message to Con-
gress next week. Pressed as to
what day it might go up, he laugh
ingly remarked that it depended
on what happened tomorrow and
Sunday. He is planning to go
fishing at the Woodmont Rod and
Gun Club near Hancock, Md,
over the weekend.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-11
BeIgrano Addresses
LeuiOnnaireS at Erie

ERIE. Pa, May II Q.N.SO.
Supporters of the Patman bonus
bill complied today with the wishes
of Frank N. Belgrano, national
commander of the Ameri c a n
Legion. by sending kilograms urg-
ing Congressman to override an
expected Presidential veto.
Addressing 500 Legionaires from
western Pennsylvania, New York
and Ohio, Mr.. Belgrano said:
II sincerely hope the Presi-
dent will see fit to sign the Pat
man bill, but should he veto 1t,
1t is up to you men Of the
Legion to urge cooperation Of
all citizens toward payment Of
adjusted compensation certiti-
Gates"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-11
Comforter Church
To Hold May Fete

More than 1900 members of
the parish will participate in the
annual May procession to be held
tomorrow in Holy Comforter
Church, Fifteenth and East Capt.
toll Street. The line of march
will form in front of the school
building and will be led by Holy
Comforter Boys Band.
May Queen this year is Mary
Wilcox, of the graduating class
Of the parochial school. The pro-
cession will be comprised of mem
bers of the Holy Name Society,
the Sodality and the school chill
dren. The procession will begin
at 3 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-11
Boys Body Found
In Abandoned Vat

CONVICTION. Va, May II.
The body of little Frank Estill
Rose, 4-year-old son Of a Coving-
ton bank official, was found float
ing in a vat at the Deford Com
pany's idle tannery. He had been
missing for more than a month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-11
Suspect Hunted
In WOman's Death

A 50-year-old colored man was
sought by police today on
charge of murder. He is alleged
to have shot and killed Mildred
Wheeler, colored, 80, in a fight
last night at a house in the first
block Pierce Street, Northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-11
EXPERT ON SHORTHAND

A new method of teaching short
hand will be discussed by Louis A.
Leslie, editor of the Gregg News
Letter and noted shorthand
teacher before q conference Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-11
Swarm of Bees Pay
Visit to Washington

Believe it or not, downtown
Washington today was visited by
a swarm of bees. Thousands of
them flew around the vicinity
Of Franklin Park at noon and
then headed east.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-11
TREASURY CONDITION

InteFnatiOnal News Service
Treasury balance as of May g.,
81, 772, 684,615.12; internal reve-
nue., $6,138,709.08; customs re-
ceipts, $8,991,139.24.
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Today in
Congress

In adjournment until Monday
at noon.
No committee meetings SEIZED
uled.
HOUSE
In adjournment until noon
'1onday.
Committees
1890 A.M.-Merchant Marine
Committee will hold open hearing
on the ship subsidy bill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-22
Shorehan

The Lady in Red has made
Ter breath-taking appearance at
he Shoreham Hotel and will be
zen again tonight during the
terrace floor show. The Lady in
Fed is Eva Reyes, forsaking her
umba role for the moment for
) sophisticated French dance
it'll brother Paul Reyes. The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-22
Cotton Club

Avon Long, Amanda Randolph,
and AniSe and Alland are three
of the largest names in the sepia
show business. Any one of the
above could headline the average
Harlem floor show. But at the
Cotton Club this week all three
acts are sharing the lights in
"Rhythmania," the current pro-
duction staged and personally SUI
pervised by Lew Crawford, the
best in the business.
Avon Long comes to Washing.
ton direct from a record breaking
run Of two years at the New York
Cotton Club. His singing and
dancing is carrying away the show.
Amanda Randolph'S reputation is
built on her unsophisticated style
Of singing that sends the audience
into Mysteries. And last of the
trio, Anise and Alland, are billed
as one of the three colored ball
room dance teams in the world.
Their routines are both difficult
and smooth.
And in support of the above the
Cotton Club presents a line of ten
Creole steppers, Blackie and Babe
Vivian Baher, Gypsy West and
Tommy Myles' sterling group of
musicians who play nightly from
$50 till dawn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-22

Hglimmering, glamorous red gown
of Eva's adds to her radiant
charm, and the encores pile up
on the Reyes each evening.
Mimosa and D'Armon, South
American team, also appear on
the Shoreham Terrace program
in smart waltz and tango num-
berS, and Will Lacey entertainS
with remarkable feats of skill, one
act being a skipping-the-rope on
a-wheel. Lacey has another stunt
which took five years practice,
and he alone can do it. 1t is
balancing himself on a wheel, at
the same time juggling a hat
and cane on his nose and play
ing a banjo and cornet-all in
the space of IS seconds.
Maxim loves Orchestra, with
Barnee conducting, plays for
dancing, and there also is dane
ing in the Lounge Cafe at the
Shoreham during the late after
noon and very early morning
hours.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-22
MARYLAND Gardens

Thursday night Maryland Club
Gardens was the scene of one OF
the most distinguished gathering
of newspaper men and society PEG
pie ever seen in one spot at the
same time. The occasion was the
anniversary of Charles Mayer
who on that night celebrated one
year of continuous service at the
Gardens as master of ceremonies
and baritone.
And contributing no end to the
success of the evening was the bit
of entertainment presented by
Don and Ruth Marshall musical
comedy tap dancing team and Dor
othy Neville, very attractive singer
of popular songs. These two acts
drew round after round of ap.
plause as they do every night
The music. at the Gardens is sup
piled by that very genial and popu.
lar pianist AL Barley and his New
Workers with Bob Huntington Of
fering musical interludes on the
accordion while the orchestra
tests.
Because the Crystal Bar was so
popular last winter, the manage
ment reopened it this week after
many had demanded it and
familiar Ernest after brief rest
is back at his old post.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-22
Hangar Club

Those two eccentric classic dan
GERS, LaVess and Mango, who
first appeared at the Hangar Club
late in the winter. are back in
town, this time full rein to their
exotic Oriental slave and adagio
dances on the spacious Hangar
Roof. Stifled in their elaborate
routines by the smallness of the
Hangar Club on their earlier visit,
they have found the Hangar Roof
perfect for their weird interpreta-
tionS, which have recently made
such a sensation on the Continent.
And along with LaVess and Mar.
go, of course, is a whole new Han
gar show, bigger and better, &C
cording to Bill and Bernie Levy,
impressarios, than any previous
presentations. Add AL Howard and
his gang of jovial musicians, who
not only play dance tunes in a
strange new manner but interrupt
the evening with occasional dra-
matte skits, and you have a per-
fectly rounded evening of enter
tainment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-22
Club Habana Roof

If you don't already know 1t,
that pleasant and smiling young
man who nightly mixes 'em at
the Club Habana Roof is Sebas-
tian RoSner.
His first real job as a dispenser
of liquid refreShment was at the
Grand Hotel Palace, in Saint
Moritz, where it may be truth
fully stated, he has mixed 'em
for crown heads of Europe. Later
he was employed in the cities of
Florence and Milan, italy. For
about three years Rosner was in
charge of the bar on the German
liner Dresden" He came to
America II years ago and spent
some years in New Orleans. now
considered at the top of his pro-
feSsion. Is a quiet, personable
young man who numbers among
his thousands of friends men and
women who have made history
and the headlines in the worlds
news.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-22
Bingham Club

Humidity and hot weather mean
absolutely nothing to the people
who flock to Childs' Bingham
Club nightly and for lunch. For
at this attractive spot on Penn
Sylvania Avenue one of the most
modern cooling systems in the city
is in operation which insureS COM
plete comfort throughout the sum-
mer months.
And a recently added feature
at the Bingham Club is four floor
shows on Saturday. The extra
one was added so as to give the
late corners a sample of real
Broadway entertainment.
This week the clubs present
ing Myron and Evelyn, ballroom
and acrobatic dancers; Charlotte
speciality dance; and Mary 10
Hamilton, mistress of ceremonies
and songStreSS. 49,
The music at this cool spot is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-22

In the Mayflower's lounge, a
great discussion RACES. It comes
up every summer, but is interest.
ing, nevertheless. While the spot
plays host to such celebrities as
Jim Farley, o. Max Gardner, Clay
S. Williams, and many others,
while Sidney's orchestra plays the
newest dance tunes and Buddy
Harmon and Sid Cowen sing, the
discussion continues.
It's all about how a mint julep
is to be concocted. There are ad-
herents to each of the many diff
ferent varieties and each insist
that theirs is the best Of all.
Teddy, just to be on the safe side,
assures us that the lounge mixolo-
gistS are ready to concoct any of
them. If you have any special
recipe that's your favorite, they'll
mix that for you.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-22

There is more than an impish
humor to the phrase coolest spot
in town, presents the hottest re-
vue." The Lotus is cool-air-
cooled by the finest scientific
methods. the revue is hot. the
spiciest array of talent south Of
New York.
This week, a gifted trio. Earns,
Gordon and Clayton, do a nifty
soft shoe number, a tricky chaI-
lenge dance, and Miss Ruth Cor
don does a beautiful Hungarian
dance, followed by a torso-twisting
acrobatic speciality by Gene Clay
ton.
That ballroom team, Del Campo
and Diane does two rhythmic tan
goes. Lucille Ray does. "SophiS-
ticated Lady" and an Oriental
fantasy which shows her long on
talent and short on costume.
Judy Ellington continues to
charm with the songs we love to
hear in the way we like them
sung.
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Actress Is Honored
For Musical alent

Gertrude Michael's musical abil.
ity has won her a charter member
ship in the League Of American
Penwomen, South Carolina branch.
The award was made as a result
of several songs the Paramount
actress wrote shortly before she
was cast in her current picture,
1.-THE Last Outpost" with Cary
Grant and Claude Rains. Miss
Michael received her musical edu.
cation at Converse College in
Spartanburg. s. C.,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-22
Mae West Planning
Sea-Trip Vacation

For the first time in two years,
Mae West is going to take a vaca-
ton.
The blonde star has admitted
she is planning an ocean voyage.
At present she Is undecided
whether to make a trip to Hawaii,
or a cruise to Mexico, but hopes
to start within the next two weeks.
Since the release of her last pic
ture, Coin to Town." Miss West
has been working on a story for
her next film. Needing q rest, she
plans to combine the ocean trip
with some work on plot.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-22

number, "Dodging a Divorce. I"
This band is the only one in town
that has it, incidentally.
Members of the TewkSbury we'd
ding party, including the bride
and groom, as well as sister Helen
and Johnny Simpson were up
there just recently.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-22
Powhatan

With visit from Huey Long a
few nights ago, the Powhatan
Roof may call its season complete.
The Senator from Louisiana had
dinner on the roof, was very much
pleased when Pete Macias and the
band played Way Down Yonder
in New Orleans" for him.
There have been other celebri-
ties up there, too. And, the rage
of the moment with them is a new
STEAMSHIPS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-22

Nickie Marion, Lupie and Connie
NARROW, Billy Adams and the hit
of the season at the Ranch
Jimmy Staley, a NBC artist who
is literally laying them in the
aisles out that way. The Ranch
has no cover charge, except on
Saturdays and holidays and then
small indeed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-22
Dude Ranch

Milton Barrett, genial host at
the Dude Ranch, announces a
brand new girl revue for the cur
rent attraction, consisting of what
has been heralded in larger cities
than Washington as 1.-THE Vene-
tian Bellies" and it is said to be
a perfect "wow" in night club en-
tertainment. In the cast of this
revue will be seen Dolly Dare,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1935-02-08
KEYSTONE CLUB
STRONGLY OPPOSE
FEE DIVERSION

With battle-cry Of Hands off the
Motor Fund.-" the Keystone Automo-
bile Club of Maryland opened a CAM
paign to prevent diversion of regis
tration fees and gasoline taxes to pur-
poses other than highways and high
way safety.
The Club takes the position that if
motorist funds are not to be used
for their dedicated purpose, it is the
duty of the State to relieve motor We
hicle owners of their tax burden by
reducing fees and gas taxes in exact
proportion to the curtailment of high
way activities.
"We believe, however," said Albert
E. Buckley, Manager of the Club,
"that the State needs every cent of
highway contributions to modernize
the highway system. Any diversion
Of funds will result not only in taking
money from motorists under false pre-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1935-02-08

have had the pleasure of meeting
Mr.. Snead and was most favorably
impressed with his being a thorough
gentleman.
I am very sorry I was unable to
meet you and proffer my congratula-
tions, personally, for your valorous
deed following the unfortunate acci-
dent but when I sought to find you
I was advised that you had been sud-
denly called home because of the tragic
death of your father.
You and your family have my deep
est sympathy in this, your hour OF
bereavement.
I am sure the citizenry of Sails
bury is wholeheartedly with me in
extending congratulations for your
bravery and coincidence in your great
loss.
Sincerely yours,
E. SHELDON JONES,
Mayor.