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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-17
IRIS ADRIAN WED

HOLLYWOOD, May II I.N.SO
Charles Henry Over. jr., broker
and heir to a reputed $50, ZOO, 900
estate, and Iris Adrian, auburn.
haired screen beauty, were secretly
married Apri. 6 in Santa Rosa,
they admitted here today. They
were welded after motoring there
with the brides mother, Mrs. Flid
Hostetter, who appeared in silent
films as Florence Van Every.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-17
STILL AFTER INSULT

Norman Summerville, Toronto
attorney, has been engaged by
the Department of Justice to rep
resent the United States in the
extradition proceedings against
Martin insult.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
DOCTOR KILLED
IN ODD FIGHT

HINGHAM, Mass, March Is
G.N.SO while his two sons, aged
and Z, slept peacefully IN an
upstairs bedroom, DR.. Harold
Johnson, 81, Boston optometrist,
was killed today, allegedly in a
violent fist fight with the boys
step-father. Robert Elliot Burns.
Burns was arrested on charge
of manslaughter. He pleaded not
guilty when arraigned in Hing
ham District Court and was
lodged in Plymouth jail in de.
fault of $4,000 bond.
The fight brought to a climax
a strange triangle. Burns was
Johnson's former wife, Mrs. Au-
relia johnson Burns, now serving
a jail term for larceny OF a fur
coat in Syracuse, N. Y.
Police said DR.. johnson went
to the Burns house, where he
once lived, to see his two Sc"
A fight started and DR.. johnson
was knocked down, his head
striking an old spinning wheel in
the fall.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
LOVE PRONP TED
K|DNAP HOAX
EUGENE VIDAL.

WILMINGTON, Del, March IS
GN.SD IA love affair with a
high school girl and the desire
to obtain money so that he could
marry her were the motives that
impelled Chester Hyde. 81. of
Woodbridge, N. j., to "kidnap"
himself, the youth admitted to-
day.
Shortly after Chester was found
lying in Rockford Park bound
and gagged, he confessed, &C
cording to Chief of Police How
ard L. Boyd, that his "kidnap-
ing" was a hoax planned and
engineered so that he could col
lect $4,000 ransom" from his
stepfather, William Leila, a Wood
bridge horticulturist.
Boyd said the youth talked of
a romance with Marion Hatedron..
18, in disclosing his reasons for
the asserted hoax.
According to the police head,
Chester said he left his Wood
bridge home last Monday evening
and went to Philadelphia, where
he stayed three days. Last mid
night he came to Wilmington
with a rope. Going to the park,
he stuffed a handkerchief in his
mouth, tied his hands and feet and
lay down in a ditch, where patrol
men found him, young Hyde was
quoted as having admitted.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
CREW AWAITS
NEW REPORT
ON WEATHER
NC223Y Loaded With Gas and
Ready to Make Flight
to Hawaii

OAKLAND AIRPORT, Cal,
March Is GN.SO.-A storm
sweeping in from the Pacific
caused postponement of the pro-
jected takeoff early today of the
Governments mysterious Robot
plane, the NC223Y, on a blind"
radio compass direct flight to
Hawaii.
At l a. m. Capt. Clayton Bissell,
Army aviator, and Major Chester
Snow, Department of Commerce
aviation expert, appeared in night
attire in the lobby of Airport Inn
and announced:
weather conditions early
this morning will not be favor.
able for radio compass flying.
There will be no flight this
morning and future operations
are to be delayed pending favor.
able weather"
The next weather report will be
received at noon today.
Captain BisSell then issued
orders to return the huge twin.
motored low-winged Douglas plane
to the hangar. The big plane had
been wheeled from it's hangar last
night and loaded with a capacity
OF 1880 gallons of gasoline.
Authorization for the flight
came last night from Eugene
Vidal, Director of Air Commerce,
in telephone conversation from
Washington, D. C.
Mr.. Vidal spoke to Capt. Albert
Hegenberger, the pioneer Cali
fornia-to-Hawaii army flier who is
a member of the robot crew, Cap
tain BiSSell, Major Snow and B. R.
John, radioman and fourth men,
ber Of the crew. Captain Bisseil
said:
Major Snow received au-
thoriZatiOn from Washington
to go out to the Republic
(Army transport now nearly
half way to the islands) and
If the planes equipment was
operating in a satisfactory
manner in his judgment, then
either to keep on going or turn
back to San Francisco"
STORM ON COURSE
"COnditiOns early this morn
Ing, however, are not favor.
able for the flight"
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
GAIN IN TOBACCO
FORTUNE TOLD

WINS sTON-s N. c.,
March IS U.NSD. The fortune
of Zachary Smith Reynolds, mys.
teriously slain young heir to the
Reynolds tobacco millions, today
amounts to $27,975,00O. B. S.
Womble, attorney for the Rey.
nolds family, told the Forsyth
County Superior Court today.
The fortune. consisting prin-
cipally of stock in the R. j.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, has
increased nearly five million dol
lars since young Reynolds died
of a bullet through his head,
fired from his own gun, at his
estate here July 6, 1882.
Attorneys for the six litigants
continued arguments this morn
ing over proposed division Of the
estate. Judge Clayton Moore's
decision was expected late today.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
PREACHERS RAP
DIVORCE BILL

CONTINUED from Page y
ter they become gay at parties.
It would prove a safeguard
for at least two-thirdS of our
marriages."
The Rev. Allan F.. Poore, pastor
of the Waugh Methodist Episcopal
Church, stated:
II am opposed to any liberal
izatiOn of the divorce laws.
firmly believe that the statutes
now in effect are fair and suffi-
Gent"
DIR. BRIGGS RAPS PLAN
Another opponent of the new
law is the Rev. John E. Briggs,
pastor of the Fifth oaptist
Church. DR.. Briggs said:
II am not in favor of making
the obtaining of divorces easier.
They are easy enough to obtain
now"
From the Capitals legal circles,
Col. Crandal Mackey stepped out
to defend the bill. He was a
member of the committee which
drafted it. He said:
"The bill was drafted only
after a careful study of the di-
vOrce statutes of all the various
States and the five grounds are
similar to those in a majority of
the States.
"But 1 want this distinctly
understood, it was the commit
tee of ten of the District Bar
Association and that committee
alone which had anything to do
with the drafting of the bill.
We have no women in our as
ISOLATION and no woman had a
hand in drawing the bill.
Colonel Mackey's later state
ment referred to published reports
to the effect that several women
lawyers took part in framing the
proposed legislation.
Present Law
The present law, Colonel Mackey
pointed out, resulted from a com
promise by Senate committee
years back, when Bar Associa'
ton group, headed by the now
Justice Joseph w. Cox, presented
a similar bill to the present one
to govern divorces. He said:
There was a Senator Wei
lingtOn on the committee. He
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
Wallace Opens
N. Y. Tour With
Ham, Eggs

NEW YORK, March IS
G.N.S) Secretary of Agricul-
ture Henry A. Wallace, who
came to town to inspect the
city's food situation, went right
to work today by inspecting a
dish of ham and eggs.
While personally demolishing
some of New York's food sup
ply, Secretary Wallace waxed
optimistic over national agri.
cultural conditions. He said:
"The nations farming situa-
tiOn is steadily getting better.
For 1885 the Department of
Agriculture has plans for even
greater expansion of farmers"
Later, the Cabinet officer ac-
companied Mayor Fiorello H.
LaGuardia in a tour of New
York's markets that feed seven
to ten million people.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
Eugene Vidal EIated
Over Robots Success

A twin-motored Douglas air liner
was poised at the Oakland (CalO
airport today for a flight over the
Pacific, carrying two members of
the Army Air Corps and civilian
aeronautics expert as passengers,
and guided and commanded by a
robot whose body is a 'Kreusi
radio compass and whose soul is
the frequency of any radio broad
casting station within the window
less planes receiving range.
The plane is the mystery ship
of the Department of Commerce
and it's passengers will be Cap
tains Hegenberger and Bissell of
the Army, and Chester A. Snow,
jr., of the Department of Air
Commerce under whose direction
these overwater tests are proving
the feasibility of establishing a
commercial air route to Hawaii
and the far Pacific ports of
Guam and the Philippines.
Vidal Is ElateG
Obviously elated over the sue
cess of a similar flight made
Wednesday night, Eugene Vidal,
chief of the Bureau of Air Com
merce, had hastened to Wash
ington by air yesterday to make
his report to Secretary of Com
merce Roper. Mr.. Roper could
give only one answer to his un-
derstudy's statement:
Continue with the expert
ment."
Although Mr., Vidal is reticent
regarding details of his robot
pilot, he disclosed the general
procedure of the flights. He
states:
"After taking off, Captain
Hegenberger headed the air
plane in the course which he
wished to fIy-by tuning to
the radio transmitter of a
brOadcasting station, or that
of a ship, the position of which
was known to him-he set the
automatic pilot to that course.
The airplane then flew itself
on the course set until the pilot
wished to tune the radio COM
pass to another station and set
the automatic pilot for a new
course"
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
MELLON STEEL
DEAL EYED
At PROBE
Witness Denies Claim of U. S.
Concerning Merger OF
Mellon Firm in 1881

PITTSBU URGH H, March IS
G.N.SO.-A youthful attorney
who says he knows more about
the stock ownership Of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
than its president, Eugene G.
Grace, struck back at the Fed
eral Government at a hearing
before the United States Board
of Tax Appeals here today in the
three-million-dollar income tax
battle of Andrew w. Mellon.
The witness, A. j. Slater, assist
ant to the secretary of Bethle-
hem Steel Corporation, entered
a forceful denial to Government
inferences concerning his testi-
mony on the merger of McClin-
tic-Marshall a Mellon-controlled
concern, with Bethlehem Steel
in 1881. He testified:
"The fact is thai the only
shares of stock that were de-
livered in exchange for those
properties were shares of stock
belonging to Bethlehem Steel
Corporation and the only
funded debt increased at the
time these properties were ac-
quired was the funded debt of
Bethlehem Steel Corporation"
Seeking 5000 ,261 in additional
taxes and penalties on the former
Treasury Secretary's 1881 income,
the Government charged there
was no increase of funded in
debtedness by the Bethlehem
Corporation or its subsidiaries as
result of the merger.
Mr.. Slater said the McClintic-
Marshall property was Originally
taken by the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation and thereafter sold,
not as a merger of reorganiza-
ton" to it's nominees. The sales
to the nominees, which were sub
sidiaries of the parent organiza-
ton, were conducted on an open
account" the witness asserted.
In his testimony concerning
100000 shares of stock used as
a part payment in the merger,
Mr.. Slater said he had better
knowledge" of these than officers
of the Bethlehem concern, in
cluding its president.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15

SAN FRANCISCO, March IS
G.N.SO "Scarface" Al Capone,
former Public Enemy No. l, served
five days in the dungeon on Al
catraz Island because of a fist
fight with a fellow prisoner, &C.
cording to reports today.
Warden James A. johnson de-
clined to discuss the reports, say
ing:
There are so many rumors
current about AL Capone's do.
ings that : refuse to confirm
this one. 1 will merely say
that Capone is not now in sOli.
tary confinement"
According to the widespread
report, the fight occurred in the
prison workshop. The prisoner
who struck Capone in self defense
is supposed to have broken his
own wrist delivering the blow.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
Legal Rum Illegal,
If Over a Gallon

LYNCHBURG. Va, March IS
(SpeciaD For transporting more
than a gallon of legal liquor, J.
Carl big Boy" Vincent today was
fined $50 and also had the bever.
age, valued at $18, confiscated.
The transportation rule is not q
State law, but a ruling of the
ABC Board. The boards power
to make such ruling will be deter
mined if Vincent decides to appeal.
J. w. Hard, ABC inspector, had
Vincent arrested when he saw
him drive from dispensary with
more than the permitted quantity.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
)T PLANES PACIFIC FLIGHT IS DELAYED BY STORM
Variety Recital
TOBe Giuen bv
Church Youth

SILVER SPRING, Nd, March
15.-Twenty-five young people
from Silver Spring will take
part in a recital tomorrow at 8
p. m. in the Woodside Metho.
dist Church under the super
vision of Miss Maxine Mitchell,
dramatic art instructor.
Those taking part are: Mary
Ann Reynolds, Marjorie Reside,
Harry Atherton, Betty Jane
Atherton, Vivian Dinger, Mar
garet Bailey, Richard Collins,
Meryl Brown, Shirley Brown,
Elsie Oliver, Lois Kidwell, Rosa
Lee Stuart, Weller Loffler, Jean
Loffler, Priscilla Alden, Aileen
Paige, Betty Harman, Catherine
Comstock, Barbara Seviour,
Charlotte Steiner, Mary Anne
Crockett, Hattie Crockett, and
Harriet Atherton.
The program will include
readings. musical readings, and
imperSona tions in costume.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
Renick Pair Guilty
In Mail Fraud Case

SEATTLE. Wash. March IS
GN.SO Mr.. and Mrs. William
w. Renick, of Auburn. Wash,
yesterday were found guilty by a
Federal jury of using the mails to
defraud alleged heirs and inves-
tors in connection with the "Col.
Jacob Baker estate" in Philadel-
phia. The Renicks face a maxi
mum sentence on each of five
counts of five years impriSon-
ment or $1,000 fine or both.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
WOMAN TRACES
MATE 6 YEARS.,
FINDS HIM
Wealthy Manufacturer to Fight
Extradition on Deser-
ton Charge

NARBERTH, Pa, March IS Il.
N.SO Found living quietly in a
cozy apartment here six years
after he drew 100000 out Of a
bank and disappeared from his
Melrose (Mass.) home, George A.
Abercombie, wealthy lingerie
manufacturer, today announced
he will resist extradition to the
last ditch.
Abercrombie was arrested on
warrant sworn out by his wife,
Mrs. Mary Abercombie, who hunt
ed her husband relentlessly ever
since he vanished.
With the manufacturer police
found the former Grace Holdrich
Lynde, comely blonde who was
once well known in social circles
of Melrose. Abercombie said he
had obtained a divorce in Mexico
two years ago and had married
Miss Lynde.
Abercombie was to have hear
ing today at Norristown. The
warrant sworn out by Mrs. Aber.
combie charges him with deser.
ton, nonSupport and abandon
ment. Mrs. Abercombie asserted
her husband left her virtually
pennileSS.
Abercombie denied his first
wife's accusation of desertion. He
explained:
Il just got tired and left"
The former Miss Lynde was not
arrested.
Formerly a vice president of the
Fuller Brush Company, Abercom-
bic now is employed as a statisti.
clan in Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
D. G.. Truck Dealers
Seek Big Contract

Washington automobile dealers
yesterday waited action by the De-
partment of Agriculture on re-
Gently submitted truck bids that
may bring them $12,693,799 worth
of business. Included in the For
est Services program, the trucks
are to be used by the CCC. Nine
hundred trucks are scheduled for
purchase and 1900 more will be
bought if the $4,000, 100000 relief
bill is enacted,
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
Program Planned
By Play Institute

The annual Play Institute of
Washington, under auspices OF
the Community Center Depart
ment, will be held each Tuesday
night from April 10 to May IA in
the Roosevelt Community Center.
The institute will be open to
any person interested in any type
of recreational work in churches,
clubs or schools. Among the sub
jects to be discussed at the ses-
sions are athletic games, singing
and dancing, marching, social
meetings, picnic, and camp craft
and parlor games.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
was a Catholic and stated his
church officials had expressed

church officials had expressed
disfavOr to granting absolute
divorce for anything other than
adultery. So his views we're ac-
cepted. Adultery was made the
only ground for absolute divorce
and the other grounds were
made complaints for limited di-
vorces."
Mr.. Mackey also explained the
bill provides for limited divorces
and gives the court discretionary
power after two years to enlarge
a limited into an absolute divorce.
Jean M. Boardman, an attorney
with offices in the Southern
who has large divorce
practice, said:
II think the bill is the finest
which could possibly be drawn.
The five grounds for absolute
divorce are recognized uni
fOrmly throughout the State
courts of the country"
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
Maryland Alumni
Protest Reduction

CUMBERLAND, Md, March
Is (SpeciaD "A resolution was
adopted by the Western Maryland
Alumni Association of the Univer-
sity of Maryland last night pro-
testing any reduction in the an
nual State appropriation to the
university.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
Couple at Party;
Home Is Looted

While Mr.. and Mrs. Cabot
Stevens, 1916 Webster st. N. w.,
were attending a reception at the
Turkish Embassy last night
burglar broke into their home,
ramsacked bureau drawers and
made off with a gold ring.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
New York Society
Will Give Dance

With the congressional dele
cation of New York as guests,
the New York City Society will
give a st. Patrick's Day dance
tomorrow evening at 2400 Six
teenth st. N. w., starting at
$50 p. m.
Mrs. j. F.. Sullivan is chair
man of the reception committee.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
Va. Liquor Receipts
Average Million

RICHMOND, Va, March Is
CSpeciaD The ABC Board re-
ported today that February gross
receipts in State Alcoholic Bever-
age Control Stores tota4ed $3.50. .493
compared with $964,067 in Janu-
ary and $1.530.474 in December.
The average receipts since the re-
failing system was fully estab.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
TREASURY CONDITION

international News Service
Treasury balance as of March
13, ,075,641,171.68; internal reve-
nue., $3,001,560.41; customs re-
ceipts, $13,634, 1878.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the Board
of Trustees of Westside Union
School District of the County oil
Imperial up to and including 7:3O
o'clock P M, on the 26th day OF
August, 1885, at the school house
of said School District, for the fur
nishing of one school bus complete
for the use of said school district,
same to be delivered to said dis
trict on or before the goth day OF
September, 1895, of the following
specifications:
To be 42-passenger capacity OF
an average weight OF $500 pounds
complete with chassis and body
with or cylinder motor, dual
pneumatic tires in rear and single
pneumatic tires in front, 32x6,
ten ply;
same to comply with all regulations
of the State Department of Educa-
ton and Motor Vehicle Depart
ment, and all State laws and coun-
ty Ordinances and safety regula-
tions.
TERMS: Rental to end on the
3Oth day of June, 1886, with option
to renew lease for twelve months
thereafter to the 30th day of June,
1897, with additional option to re-
new for a further period of twelve
months to the 30th day of June,
1888; also option to purchase at
any time during rental period and
if such option is exercised and pur-
chase is made, all payments made
on rental for all periods to apply
on purchaSe price without interest.
The Board of Trustees reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Bids must be addressed to Board
of Trustees of WeStside Union
School District, care of A. E. Wix-
ON, Rural Route No. l, Seeley,
Calf, anG enclosed in a sealed en-
velope.
DATED August 18th, 1885.
BY order of Board Of Trustees.
ALMA E. WHOM,
12-l9 Clerk of Said Board.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12
Buses Safer In
St. Louis Than
Street RoiIlUay

ST. LOUIS, Aug. IL. UP)-Travel
by notorious in ST. Louis is safer
than travel by street car, a recent
report of u st. Louis public service
company reveals.
The accident percentage is shown
by the difference in accident re-
serve funds which it is necessary to
maintain. A reserve for personal
injury of 2.6 cents per car mile
must be set up for the street cars.
while only IA cents per car mile Is
laid aside for the same fund from
bus revenues.
Bus travel in st. Louis and SUBJ
urbs has increased 90 per cent in
the last two years. the same report
reveals. IN April of 1888 the maxi
mum daily average of buses oper-
ated was 260. In April of this year
it was 311.
1t is not expected that bus travel
will supplant street car travel, COM
pany officials say.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12
Mammoth Cave
Found To Haze
Extended Unit

WASHINGTON, Aug. II. U.p -
Proof that Dixon Cave, KY, is q
combination of Mammoth Cave and
not separate formation has been
established by DR.. E. R. Pohl, Emer-
gency Conservation Work techni-
clan assigned to the Mammoth
Cave National Park Project.
A theory long had been held that
the two caves were one. Both
chambers have been known for al
most century and half
Dr. Pohl's work revealed the
practicability of opening the closed
end of Dixon Cave, now cut across
by Mammoth Cave Hollow, to
permit passage from one cavern to
the other.
Ages before the formation of the
valley in which the old entrance to
Mammoth Cave is located, it was
pointed out that a subterranean
gallery continued around the hill
and met the chamber now known
as Dixon Cave.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12
! Country Property for Sale

RANCHO acres clear. Good land,
alfalfa and acres in grapefruit
Located one mile out Sixth ST.,
west from Holtville. Joins w w.
Cook ranch. Cash price, S4,750.
Owner, Mrs. Ida Craig, 3163
Cherokee Ave, (near Long Beach
Boulevard Southgate, Calf. 7-6
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12
PHON e
70
Help " anted

Oil DEAL - Want to interview
men who know Oil dealers, and
have money to invest in one OF
the best leases near Long Beach.
Well now drilling. VIII be in
Valley Wednesday and Thursday.
Write name and address to Press
Box 5000. l2-3
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12

CHRISTMAS CARDS. Big com
missions selling personal greet
ings, embossed stationery - sam
Piles free 81 folder assortment.
Humorou~ Etching, Everyday
Gift Wrapping boxes. Bonuses.
Experience unnecessary. Wallace
Brown, 317 South Hill St., Los
Angeles. l2-1
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12

WANTED-Boy for soda fountain.
Must have some experience. APP
ply FL Centro Pharmacy. 1872
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12

HELP WANTED - Position open
for bookkeeper and stenographer.
Steady position. Answer in own
handwriting as to experience,
references and salary wanted.
Answer =, Press Box 500. 1913
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12

FOR RENT-Unfurnish 5-room
house. See Reynolds, 639 Main
st. 15-to
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12

JE S SIZE CON N E R
795 Main Phone 474
For Better Ell Centro Homes"
-Unfurnished--
Unfur-2 bedrm hdw flrs $35; 3
bedrm $45; l bedrm $22.50.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12

FOR RENT = Unfurnished 5-room
house Electric stove and water
heater. 831 Ell Centro. Phone
253. 5to
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12
Professional
I II EOSS

]. ID. FOSS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
728 Holt Ave. Phone 1885
Income Tax, Bookkeeping
Associated With
DIEHL & WRIGHT
Certified Public Accountants
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12

ONE hears much mpeneable virgin junges but the
virgin forest holds little the explorer IL is the forest
that has been feled that difficult get through for
there secondary growth owbbng shrubs and vines mnEe
with the taller
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12
Rooms for Rent

FOR RENT-N1ce room, fan fur
niShed. ITO Olive. oh
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12

FOR RENT-Four- room house, un-
furnished, large garage, 727 South
10th. Call 634 So. 9Th after 4
%. m. 6-to
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12
|. Y. Hardware
Basement Department

cannot be UN-
DERSOLD on bicycles, all sizes
in stock and a big stock of re-
pairs. Wilson Machine Shop.
Phone 40. 29-to
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12
Livestock for Sale

MILK GOAT for sale cheap. 1904
Brighton. 1912
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12

FOR RENT-Nicely furnish house.
Call 1853 State ST. 31-to
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-12

NASH 1929, five-passenger sedan,
good condition. See Jack Pers-
son, Cadillas dealer. 1913