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Evening star., 1936-07-18
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
DIN.


THRIVING past the west side Of the
~ White House yesterday. an oper-
ator perhaps saw the most frightened,
faun-like motorist of the year, . lad
about IS, driving q car with Ohio
tags. Just as he was passing one of
those signs reading Quiet zone-Do
Not Blow Horns" his elbow struck
the button connected to . blast like
air horn, and the thing stuck, raising
q pretty bedlam. The boy jumped
out and began to tumble madly with
gadgets under the hood, glancing over
his shoulder every odd moment as If
he expected to be swarmed on by q
squad of G-men and tommy guns
followed, Of course, by secret service
agents..
The horrible howl had rent the air
for at least q full minute and people
we're beginning to take furtive peeks
from behind the White House cur
tains, when a helpful taxi driver
stopped. stepped out of his cab and
fixed everything with single snatch
at horn wire.
4 X y y
TEST.
GuSack T. Bluech, specialist in
tongue tUiSting, is milling to bet
that you can't say Rubber baby
buggy bumpers" rapidly fue times
and keep the words straight.
+**
POET.
DAUL SIMONSEN'S favorite story
deception as practiced by Wash
ington males concerns the encounter
of a girl from Sweden with an imag-
inative sort of fellow who lives here
The girl, swo spoke perfect English,
and the man were dinner partners.
Their talk finally got around to the
point where she wanted to know what
he did for a living.
I'm poet" he lied, wistful, far
away look In his eyes.
How do you work." she wanted
to know.
Very easily" he went on lying
"It seems natural to think verse. Shall
I dash Of something for you?"
She would be delighted.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
MRS. FREED REPORTED
IN CHICAGO HIDEOUT
Will Surrender Before Monday in
Vallette Staying July 2,
Says Newspaper.
D. the Associated Press.


D. the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 1s.-The Herald
and Examiner says Mrs. Ruth Carmelia
Freed, IS, sought in the Staying of
Audrey Vallette July 2, is hiding in
Chicago and will surrender to police
before Monday.
The newspaper quotes as its author
fly an unidentified hostess in North
Side bright spot, who. it says, has been
a close friend of Mrs. Freed for 10
years.
Miss Vallette was shot to death in
her North Side hotel room by a dark
haired woman who fled in a maroon
roadster. Mrs. Freed, the wife of Eddie
Freed, night manager of the "Nut
House" Tavern, dropped from the sight
the same day.
The newspaper quotes its informant
in part as follows:
It have been in constant contact
with -"
She wanted to write q statement
for the newspapers, but she has been
advised not to.
Ruth probably would have given
herself up before now were it not for
the hot weather. She is not sure she
will be allowed to make bail"
Evening star., 1936-07-18
FINE FIELD ENTERED
IN RAPPAHANNOCK SHOW
Novelty Jumping Glass and Fam
lily Saddle Hacks Feature
Opening Day.


WASHINGTON, Va. July ia
novelty jumping class and family
saddle hacks featured the opening
events yesterday in the Rappahannock
County Horse Show.
The entries include many winners
an entry list approximately double
that Of last year, will continue to-
morrow.
The entreis include many winners
in other shows and several from the
recent Culpeper competition. Mrs.
g. p. Greenhalgh of White Post, en-
tered fine string. Guiding Hunters
Choice and Dress Rehearsal, both blue
ribbon wearers, and Petite Poule,
which she recently purchased.
DR.. L. M. Allen, the Peach brothers
Of Upperville. Mrs. D. N. Lee and Miss
Margo Couzens, Miss Margaret Cot
ter, Miss Louise Myers and U. s..
Randle Of Washington were among
other exhibitors.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
Ne1U Shoe Offers
Toes, With Room,
To Wiggle 'En, In
Human Foot No Arch,
But Car,tiIeuer Truss,
Says Expert.

Ry the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 18.-Dr. Philip
Spence, an amiable osteopath with q
waggish sense of humor, exhibited to-
day a shoe that FITS like a glove.
It's not like mitten, mind you. or
first baseman's glove, but actually
like glove with five separate divisions
for the toes.
It cost him $50 to have 1t made and
when he slips it on he can wiggle the
toes, 50 flexible are they. He can also
pirouette gracefully, and should he
care to, he can wear it on long hikes.
DR.. Spence passed the shoe around
among delegates to the convention Of
the Foot Society of the American
Osteopathic Association to give them
an idea of what he regards as the
perfect shoe.
DR.. Spence also discards the srgu-
ment that the human foot is an arch.
It's q cantilever truss, he told the
convention.
There are no arches in your feet, "
he said. There are springs made by
muscles. ligaments and the bones
suspended by them In the form Of an
srched and cantilever truss"
Evening star., 1936-07-18
OPEN.AIR SERVICES

LEESBURG. Va, July Is (SpeciaD
-Open-air union services will be held
on the Court House lawn here to-
morrow at 8 pm. with Rev. w. w.
Mcintyre Of winchester as the guest
preacher. Rev. Mcintyre will talk
on The Face of Jesus" A special fea-
ture in addition to the regular choral
music will be numbers by Mrs. Arthur
Jenkins and Mrs. w. 8. Frances. Sing
ers from all church choirs in the coun-
ty are invited to sit with the choral
group.
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WOMAN CERTIFIED
AS FAMILY KILLER.
Friends cf Mrs. SmaIIW00d
Fail in Effort to Lift In.
sanity Stigma.
epecial Dispatch TO The Star.

Epecial DfSpatcn 10 1no otaT.
HERRYvIILE, Va. July 18.-De-
spite the efforts of friends and neigh
bors to clear her. Mrs. May Small
wood, As, was named here late yes
terday as the slayer of three members
of her family before taking her own
Life.
Finding that Mrs. Smallwood had
gone temporarily insane early last
Monday. Magistrate Luther Thomp-
son issued a certificate stating that
she killed her two sons and her
mother with a shotgun. then turned
the weapon on herself.
The other victims were Mrs. Susan
Virginia Elsea, S7-year-old Blue Ridge
Mountain Sunday school teacher, and
Ebert and Akin Smallwood, % and
II years old, respectively.
Version Of Tragedy.
The story of the tragedy. as un-
folded during the coroner's inquest
yesterday, was, IN brief, as follows:
Mrs. Smallwood, In poor health ana
fearing an operation. awoke Monday
morning just after daybreak. Dress
ing quietly IN the first-f1oor bedroom
of their log cabin home tucked away
In the Blue Ridge Mountains nine
miles east of here, she took shotgun
and climbed to the attic, where her
two sons were sleeping.
First, she shot Ebert through the
back of the head as he slept. The
noise aroused Akin, but the deranged
mother reloaded hastily and fired a:
him. The boy probably was killed in
stantly, but fearing he might survive,
Mrs. Smallwood stood over him and
fred another charge into his body
from the single -parreled weapon.
Then she went back downstairs,
where her terrified mother, a helpless
invalid, lay In bed Reloading again,
she shot Mrs. Elsea through the left
lung.
The beds Of the three victims were
then saturated with kerosene and set
afire
Calmly removing her shoes, Mrs
smallwood then ignited her own bed
laid down on it, placed the shotgun
nnuzzle under her left arm and fired.
When neighbors, attracted by the
smoke, broke into the house, all four
beds were burning. They also found
the charred remnants of pocketboos
and two Of the discharged shells on
q burning wash stand.
Say Health Improved.
Several neighbors testified that Mrs
smallwood's health had been improv-
ing and denied she was contemplating
an operation. They insisted there was
nothing about her conduct to indicate
she was mentally deranged.
Sergt. Francis Funk, Winchester
ballistics expert. testified, however
that the only hngerprints found On
the gun and lamp presumably used
in saturating the beds were those OF
Mrs. Smallwood.
Two witnesses said Mrs. Elsea was
tied In her bed when they reached the
scene, a peculiar circumstance that
was not cleared up. Her son, Joseph
Elsea, testified, however, that she
broke her hip several years ago and
used a rope tied to the footboard tc
pull herself around in bed. 1t was
suggested this rope may have become
wrapped around her body in some
way, giving her the appearance OF
being tied.
: When police reached the scene, the
shotgun was found on the dining room
table, but one of the neighbors testi-
fed he found it on Mrs. Smallwood' S
bed and placed it on the table when he
FIRST reached the cabin.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
GAME WARDEN NAMED
spec1a. Dispatch to The Star.

specia. Dispatch to The Star.
LEoNARDTOwN, Nd, July 1s.-
Appointment of william Erich Floyd,
50, Of Medley's Neck, as deputy State
game warden for St. Marys County,
was announced here today.
Selected by Gov. Nice. Floyd will I'LL
the vacancy created by the recent
death Of William F. Herbert Of Dynard.
A prominent farmer, Floyd attended
the University Of Maryland's Medical
School in Baltimore. The warden's
position carried an annual salary Of
$1,000, including expenses.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
Bruno Walter Ill.

VIENNA, July 18 P.-Bruno Wal
ter. noted German conductor, was
forced by an ear infection today to
cancel all engagements for the Linz
Music Festival. He will be replaced
by Eugene Ormandy, director of the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
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Makes 16 Million FLAGS.

vERNONA, N. J. (R.-Mrs. Mary
Sperber of West Orange could tell
Betsy Ross . thing or two about hag-
making.
This 72-year-old grandmother, still
employed In q local nag factory, has
completed her 16.000, ,o00th nag.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
DOLLAR CERTIFICATES
NET G. 0. P. $100, 900
~ the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, July 18.-C. B. Good
speed. treasurer Of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, said today that re-
ceipts from the party's dollar ''partici-
patton certificates" had passed the
$100. 600 mark.
Goodspeed predicted that the plan.
new to this years Republican drive
for contributions, would bring In $2.-
000, 900 before election day.
Shaped like an oversize dollar bill,
the blue-and-white certificates bear
pictures Of Washington and Lincoln
and are filled in with the purchasers
name.
Evening star., 1936-07-18

Each Of the deaf mutes swung i'm
mediately to the cages. Mr.. Black
burne asked for an explanation.
They smiled and pointed to their
feet on the floor.
The vibration had been transmitted
from the floor to their bodies.
SURPRISE.
RUCK PVT. ROBERT "CHAPPIE"
ROBERTSON, who lost one arm
from infection after being shot through
the heart In the Argonne, has a good
yarn for his I'd Division buddies now
in reunion here.
While in action "Chappie" charged
suddenly on a man In German uni
form. who surrendered to the Ameri-
form with "Kamerade" and both arms
in the air.
To the amazement Of both, they dis
covered they were good friends from
Boston. So the victor and captured
German went back to q town nearby,
occupied by the Americans. and cele-
brated with shnapps. Now the Ger
man has returned to Boston, where
he is bartender. and the two fire.
quently lift glass Of repeal beer.
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HOSTESS.
Our sleuth on Nantucket Island,
where many prominent Washington
mans pass their Summers, writes to
tell Of q wealthy lady who expected II
house guests on recent week end.
Fourteen arrived.
With every room in the house filled,
she faced the crisis with Napoleonic
directness. Hired eight carpenters
and had them build an extra guest
room for the overflow. The quarters
were finished in time for them to
dress for dinner.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
HOSTESS.
Vending Units Evade Law.

Amsterdam restaurateurs get around
the IL o'clock closing rule by putting
out automatic vending machines to
retail sandwiches. cake and ice cream
cones after midnight.
Evening star., 1936-07-18

istration II this were an ordinary campaign
party In power with . reasonably satisfied follow
ing can afford to overlook what politicians some-
times call the lunatic fringe. But Mr.. Roosevelt
finds himself in the embarrassing position OF
statesman who has made the mistake Of putting
the fringe in the center Of his pattern instead Of
around the edges.
He is now looking into = most disconcerting
gap in the center of his tapestry. To his dismay
he is learning that you cannot long hold con-
stituency with dread and circuses The ghosts
Of certain Roman emperors doubtless have been
straining their spectral larynxes to tell him that.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
Train Decorated With Roses.

On King Edwards birthday the
Royal Scot express train. which runs
In England and Scotland. was deco
rated with roses.
Evening star., 1936-07-18

whom he has not given enough.
toopyrieht 1850
Evening star., 1936-07-18

EVEN the totally deaf can hear" the
roar of q lion. This was demon
strated at the Zoo the other day. much
to the surprise of Headkeeper William
II. Blackburne.
Mr.. Blackburne was exchanging
written comment with a group of deaf
mutes who had their backs to the
cages in the lion house. Just then a
keeper came in with the lions dinner
and there was a concerted roar.
Evening star., 1936-07-18

The young man picked up a nap
kin, borrowed a pencil and assumed
a creative pose Slowly, laboriously
and substituting another therefore
to give the thing a workmanlike ap.
pearance, he reproduced Rupert
Brookes 1.-THE Hill"
Sometimes today the man wonders
at just what point in her reading o.
English poetry the girl discovered hi.
deception and threw away the napkin
which she took home with such un-
allayed delight.
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USEFUL.
Sometimes the items which ap-
pear in this column hare con.
structiDe quality that never is dp-
preciated by their authors.
Take, for instance, that recent
anecdote about the t,0o diporcees
who sat at home last Saturday
night blo,Ding soap bubbles. One OF
them clipped it and sent it to her
NeD York fance as complete and
final evidence that she stays home
when he is not here to squire her
about.
A lot OF other divorceeS, not at
all connected Uith the item, may
haue done the same thing. 1t tDds
just about perfect for the purpose
IL they had enough imagination to
see it that tD1y.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
The National Scene
BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH
ME convention of the ounssnd followers

ME convention Of the Townsend followers and the oatoy
Father Coughn and Mr. Gerald Smith might be looked up
indifference amused by the Roosevelt admit
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Represent State
In Weed Farley

RALEIGH, Feb Is. (UP)-
w. G. Clark and w. E. Fenner,
Rocky Mount, are representing
North Carolina in a conference
with officials of the department
of agriculture tobacco section in
Washington, Governor j. c. b.
Ehringhaus announced today.
The conference will seek to
regulate and control production
and marketing of tobacco so as
to maintain a fair market price"
Clark was member of the
1885 state senate; Fenner was
member of the 1885 house OF
Representatives. Clark is from
| Tarboro.
They were named after Ehr'
inghaus had received a telegram
from William Tuck, chairman OF
the Virginia general assembly
committee, requesting that two
North Carolina representatives be
at the conference.
All tobacco growing states arc
expected to be represented.
| Tuck's' telegram to Governor
Ehringhaus follows:
GAS vice-chairman of a joint
Legislative committee TO study the
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FIND PANTAGES
DEAD IN BED

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 18. (UP)
The fabulous career of Alexan-
der Pantages, Greek immlgrant
how who ran a small Alaskan gold
rush stake into a tremendous the
atrical fortune. was ended Mon"
day by his death.
The bodv of the illiterate form
er vaudeville king, who once boast
ed that 81 never made less than
five thousand dollars a day for
five wears" was found in his bed.
Heart disease caused death, MS
MUSICIAN, DR.. Leland Chapman,
The body was discovered by a
gardener whose startled cries
Wrought the widow, Mrs. Louise
Pantages, and his son, Lloyd, to
| the bedside. They soon were JOIN
ed by two other surviving emil
dren. another son, Rodney, and a
daughter, Carmen. wife OF John
Considine, Jr., motion picture pro-
Queer.
Pantages' life was an amazing
series of ups and downs, hitting us
tor shortly before 1929 when ne
was estimated to be worth from
30 to so million dollars: 1t struck
it's low. a few months later when
he was sentenced to from ! to 9V
wears in prison for assaulting
year-oid showgirl who sought en-
!.ployment on his vaudeville circuit
One of the amazing things IN
the building of the Pantages for
tune was that he never learned &c
read or write. Also to the very
end. he chung to the Greek restau;,
rant "stromberry pie type OF
i speech. l,
i Pantages left. Greece when ne
was about nine years old-he new.
er was sure of his age, but ne
probably was about 60. He sailed
as a cabin boy on a tramp steamer
and for the next II months ne hi
practically every corner of the
. World
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advisability of forming state com
pacts for the purpose of regulat-
ing and controlling production and
marketing tobacco SO as to main
tain fair market price for the
same, | have the honor of being
requested by the committee to in
vite and request you to designate
at least one member from each
house of the North Carolina leg
islature to meet with our commit
tee and with representatives from
the tobacco section of the United
States department of agriculture
and others on February lS, at |
p. m. in Washington in the office
of Congressman 7. G. Burch of
Virginia. ..-.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-18
TIRE MAKERS
AREONSTRN|
Major Tie.Up OF Indn,,.
Is Threatened At CooI'
year Akron Plant

AKRON, Ohio, Feb. Is -,
Nearly four hundred tire .IP
who tried to enter plant , " W
Goodyear Tire and Rubb,,O Ii
pany today were turned IT, Con.
the main gate by pickc, O"'' Il
threatened to bring %n
strike to the nations rubbor' alH
ital. 'ap
They are striking bccau.. -,
layoffs. ~ q
Police Withdrew from ,bo .,
after failing three times Pug
the morning shift into tbo -" q
because Chief Frank Boss pas
"We can't do good job wi, w
trouble" "''''a
Threat of serious labor ,ro,,
for the Goodyear Tire and iT p's
Der company arose late las, ~
when tire builders throw |sa
don of pickets around tho n W.
plant. "" :!
Decision to picket the H..
scheduled to reopen at & ,'I
today, was reached at a mss,'
of the local, attended BY w.
than 1900 workers. They nro My
ed the company refusal ~
instate ITO tire builders laid y. !.
last week.
Pickets were reported ds,,u
ined to resist any effort 10 ",.,
ate the plant. ri
Earlier, the Goodyear ma,,,.
ment rehired 1877 cmploycs j.
charged after participating n,
"set down. strike last week. !,
management refused, however
take back the ITO workers Il
off.
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HIWASSEE dam
NOW NOW ASSURED
Surveys on Project in
Cherokee Will Be Pushed
Forward

WASHINGTON. Feb. ls.
Surveys of the Twas PROPOSE
dam at Fowler's Bend or the HI
wassee river in Cherokee count!
are expected to go forward as {
result of the supreme court de-
cision yesterday, and actual con-
struction of the dam is believed
assured as result of the decision
validating the huge government
power and flood control project
In newspaper conference yes
terday afternoon following the
courts decision, Frank R. Nc
Ninch, chairman of the Federal
Power commission, declared thai
the Hiwassee project was affected
the Same as the entire IVA prof.,
ect since it's primary purpose was
to serve navigation.
McNinch declared that it was
his opinion that the decision set
tied for all time the constitution
al question as to the RIGHT OF the
government to construct naviga
ton dams and dispose of surplu:
power generated. -
McNinch was the only officia
to make formal statement yester
day after the decision, but Sena
tor ,Byrnes of South Carolina, de
clared that if the government
could sell and dispose of power
there was little to substantial
the contention that the govern
ment cannot loan or grant none.
to a state to do that which tn
federal government has a RICH
TO do.
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HOW TO FIGURE
INCOME TAXES
IS EXPLAINED
State Revenue Commission
er Issues Statement; Must
Be Filed by March Is

Principal points to be observer
in filing state income tax returns "
were noted by A. !. Maxwell
State revenue commissioner, IN
statement issued at Raleigh yes.
terday.
Retnrns must be filed on or be-
fore March Is by all persons wn"
have a pross income OF Sa.O0o'
or ret income of $1,000 II SIN
ole and $4,000 if married.
Dividends received from cor
porations organized under the
laws of some state other Than
North Carolina are taxabl" at SIN
per cent without exemption or
deduction for any cause.
Taxable at the normal rates arc
dividends or interest received
from building and loan asS12la
tions. ;.
The following rates are applI-
cable to 1885 returns for indlVll-
uals:
First $4,000 at three per cent,
second $4,000 at four per cent,
third $4,000 at five per cent, and
all over $4,000 at six per cent.
EXEMPTIONS LISTED
Exemptions deductable follow
Single persons, exemption OF
$1,000.
Married man with wife living
with him, who is head OF house,
hold and maintains the same and
therein supports one or more de-
pendent relatives, $4,000.
For each individual other than
husband or wife dependent upon
and receiving his chief support
from the taxpayer if such indlvld-
nal is under 10 years of age or
is incapable of self support be-
cause mentally or physically de
fective, $500.
Married woman having a sep
arate and independent income,
$1,000.
The following items may not
be deducted:
Personal living or family ex-
penses.
Any amount paid out for new
buildings or for permanent I'M
movements or betterments made
IN increase the value of any prop
erty or estate.
iny amount expended in re-
v,oriny rroperty for which an al
Iowance is or has been made.
Premiums on any life insurance
policy. .o .oxos
taxes levied under section 81 IL
offhis act, inheritance and estate
taxes. and taxes assessed for local
benefit of a kind tending TO IN
crease the value of the property
assessed. No deduction shall DC
allowed under this section for
gasoline tax, automobile incense
or registration fee by individuals
not engaged in trade or business;
No deduction shall be allowed
for losses arising from personal
loans or endorsements or otner
transactions of a personal nature
not entered into for profit. Loss
es in connection with sale OF Sc
curities shall be allowed only to
the extent of security gains dur
ing the income year unless such
losses resulted from sale of stocks
or bonds held by the taxpayer for
a period of not less than two
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Millions have found in Calotaos o
most valuable aid in the treatment
of colds. They take one or two tab
lets the first night and repeat the
third or fifth night If needed.
How do Calotabs help Nature
throw off cold? First, Calotabs Is
one of the most thorough and de-
pendable of all intestinal claimants.
thus cleansing the intestinal tract OF
the Cern-laden mllcuS and toXlne5.
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How Calotabs Help Nature
To Throw off a Bad Cold

Second, Calotabs are diuretic to the
kidneys, promoting the elimination
of cold poisons from the system. Thus
Calotabs serve the double purpose OF
a purgative and diuretic, both Of
which are needed in the treatment
of colds.
Calotabs are quite economical;
only twenty-five cents for the family
package, ten cents for the trial
package. (Advo
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-18
RUMORS DENIED

NEW BERN, Feb. IS. (UP)--
Doctors denied current rumors to-
day that 96-year-old George Hugh
es is about to become the father
of another child. He became a
father of a child when he was "a.
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EWELLED HIS COFFEE

NEW YORK, Feb. IS. (UP)-
Albert Kaufman didn't want to
risk going hungry while, hiding in
the. basement. of a department
store until it closed SO that he
might -burglarize it. He took with
him a container of coffee, some
doughnuts and a piece of cake.
Just as he finished his meal he
was arrested.