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Evening star., 1936-08-30
DELIVERY BOY HELD
IN WIDOWS DEATH
Youth Questioned in Killing Of
Chicago Woman-Was Re.
ported in Her House.

Bv tne Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 80 Sunday
A delivery boy for q Chicago news
paper was taken into police custody
early today for questioning in con-
nection with the killing Of Mrs. Agnes
Roffeis, 65-year-old widow. in her
home near the fashionable Saddle
and Cycle Club.
Police Capt. Martin Mccormick said
the boy. whom he identified as Roland
Monroe. was in the widows house and
accepted delivery of a grocery order
two hours before Mrs. Roffeis was
found beaten and strangled to death
last night.
The police captain added that Mon
roe's description was similar to that
given by two boys who passed the
Roffeis house and said they heard a
scream an hour before the killing was
discovered.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
LIFE Term GIVEN
ORPHAN ARSONIST
20 or % Fires Started in Three
Michigan Counties for Re-
venge and Excitement.

6y the Associated Press.
SAGINAW. Mich, August 90
Burrell Williams. 20-year-old orphan.
who confessed that he set "22 or %"
fires, the first for revenge "and the
others for excitement" was sentenced
today to life imprisonment.
Sheriff Hugo A. Muehlenbeck, who
announced the confession solving a
long series Of incendiary fires in three
counties. dating back to April 8. 1884,
said Williams told him he set as many
as three fires in one night, after
hitch-hiking from one locality to
another.
In addition to numerous barns and
at least one farm house. fires Will
liams admitted starting destroyed the
Grand Blanc CMich.) elevator last
July and a school near Caro- in June
The sheriff said the loss probably
would aggregate 100000.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
MINERS HUNGER STRIKE
ENDS WITH AGREEMENT
Polish Owners Agree to Meet
Terms and Workers Come
to Surface.
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry tne ASSoClateo E1esS.
MALA DOMBROwSKA, Polish ST.
lesia, August 29.-The starvation
strike Of Polish miners, who entombed
themselves for six days, ended tonight
when the owners agreed to terms.
The miners, who had sworn they
would touch neither food nor water
until their demands were met, came
Immediately to the surface.
They were promised their claim
for restitution of back pay would be
granted in part. and q satisfactory
solution would be found for other dis
puted claims.
Although there had been runners
food was being smuggled down the
shaft, the crowd that came to the
surface was haggard, unkempt ard
showed evidence Of suffering from
thirst and hunger.
AS they emerged from the pits en-
trance, wives and children who had
kept the faithful vigil for almost
week wept with Joy. Many OF the
men seemed on the verge Of collapse.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
BOAT UPSET IN SQUALL,
YOUTHS SAVED ON RIVER
d. c. Boys and Girls Included in
Group Taking Ducking Of
Gibson Island.

Twenty or thirty youngsters,
including several boys and girls from
Washington were dumped into the
Magothy River, on Gibson Island,
yesterday when q sudden squall cap
sized a number Of sailing craft OF the
Junior fleet Of the Gibson Island Yacht
Squadron.
Motor boats on the lookout for just
such . mishap speedily rescued the
young sailors, who were kept afioat
on their overturned craft.
Among the washington group was
Helen Dunigan Of 3117 Woodland
drive.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
RITES SLATED FOR FOUR
PLANE CRASH VICTIMS
Former D. c. Woman Among
Those Killed Year Ago
on Mountain Top.

BY trc Associated Press.
FAIRBANKS. Alaska, August 90
Public funeral services for four per-
sons killed when the Arthur r. Hines
plane crashed and burned year ago
in the Healy River country, will be
held here Tuesday night.
Pilot Hines, Mr.. and Mrs John Ionz
and Alton Nordale, all Of Fairbanks,
flying here from Dawson, Yukon Ter
ritory, were killed on q mountain top
in thick weather The plane and
their burned bodies were found by
prospectors recently.
Bodies Of Mr.. and Mrs. LOnZ will
be sent to his former home at Toledo,
Ohio. Mrs. Lonz was the former Miss
Betty Gaun Of Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1936-08-30

1t was at this point that fate took
a hand. On the floor Of the car, it
tossed two 81 bills. The girl picked
them up and. not knowing the etiquette
of such occasions, she consulted the
driver.
You take one and I'll take the
other, and won't charge you any
thing for the ride" the driver suggest
ed. The guy who lost them was Q
drunk, anyhow"
Evening star., 1936-08-30
COUNT IMPROVES

Ex-Spanish Crown Prince Under
goes Another TRANSMISSION.
NEW YORK, August 20 R.-A re-
currence of bleeding today neces-
STATED another blood TRANSMISSION for
the Count Of Covadonga. former crown
prince of Spain. his doctors announced
tonight, but his condition generally
was asserted satisfactory.
Suffering from hemophilia, the
count was taken to hospital We'd
nesday after a hemorrhase that fol-
lowed the lancing of q boil. He was
given his first TRANSMISSION Thursday.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
AIR DERBY PILOTS
| REACH LOUISVILLE
36 Contestants Are Guests
at Dinner by Junior
Board of Trade.
BY tire Associated Press.

By tre Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE. KY. August 29-
Thirty-six Of the Nations outstand.
ing pilots. including 10 women, ar.
rived at Bowman Field at pm to-
day in the second lap of the Ruth
Chatterton sportsman pilots air race.
Cleveland to Los Angeles.
Tonight the contestants were guests
at a dinner sponsored by the Junior
Board of Trade.
The arrival here was delayed by q
strong head wind on the Cleveland
Cincinnati lap. Miss Chatterton,
stage and movie actress. who donated
the trophy for the flight, arrived at
the Cincinnati Airport in time to ac-
company the contestants to Louis
vile after being forced down near
Owensville, Ohio, due to a shortage
Of fuel.
Farmer Supplied Gas.
A farmer, In whose field she landed.
supplied her with airplane gas which
he used in his kitchen stove.
The racers will leave Louisville
Sunday morning with overnight stops
scheduled in Hot Springs. Dallas, FL
Paso. Tucson and San Diego. Four
more planes are expected to join the
flight at Dallas, the winner at the
technical end OF the race at San
Diego leads the others in a mass
flight to the national air races at Los
Angeles. September to T.
Mice Cho ridin0 in, har nuy,
red monoplane, was one of the last
to land. The actress was surrounded
by an enthusiastic throng that broke
through the gates and the police line.
She stopped To give few autographs,
then was escorted to an automobile
and whisked downtown at the head
Of caravan Of new automobiles bear.
ing the other pilots.
Pilots Receive Roses,
Each Of the 10 women pilots was
presented a bunch Of red roses at
Bowman Field before they alighted
from their ships.
Among the feminine contenders
are Grace Prescott, winner OF last
years race; Marjorie Page, the fly
ing hostess; Katherine Sui Fun
Cheung, Chinese girl of Los Angeles,
and Peggy Salaman, famous English
pilot. making her first appearance in
this country.
The racers will leave Louisville at
short intervals, beginning at 6 am,
and will make a mid-morning stop at
Sky Harbor, Nashville. They will
proceed on to Hot Springs, Ark, for
the second nights stop.
Arents Leading Derby.
George Arents, Rye, N. Y, is leading
the Derby with 1877 points out of a
possible 200, it was announced by War;
rem Carey, race chairman.
Max Marshall, Xenia. Ohio, with
1884, Is second and Frank Spreckles,
San Francisco, third. with 1905 in
field of SO contestants.
Helen MacCloskey. Washington, IN
fourth place with 1883. tops the 10
women entrants. Stephen Hawes. Po-
mona. Calf. ranks third with 1s624.
The winner of the race is not de-
termined by speed, but on points
gained by keeping true cruising
course. Trophies and $1,000 prize
money will be awarded the victor.
Evening star., 1936-08-30

on electlonS are going 10 pe carried out Dy
universal equal, direct and secret ballot.
few press interviewers have asked whether.
in view Of the existence of only one party. the
elections could truly be regarded as free. It
Is necessary to ask another question:
In what manner Is the only party In exist
ence preparing the constitutional reform?
The answer is: BY unheard-of and unin-
terrupted acts of repression. not against the
enemies Of the Soviet Union, but mainly
against those elements which. while remaining
absolutely loyal to the regime. find themselves
in opposition to the top, which it Is impossi-
bic to depose even to control
1t is perfectly safe to state that nine-tenths
of all the acts Of political repression serving
not the defense Of the Soviet state. but the
defense of the autocratic government and the
privileges Of the bureaucratic section within
the state. Thus, the only political party in
existence becomes the exclusive tool Of the
governing group.
Until recently the "isolator." ie the prison.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
Nv the Associated Press.

~ tAe fSooS4osco AS~ss
The Treasury has held that 1snace
Jan Paderewski's donation OF
statue Of former President woodrow
Wilson to Poland in 1891 was an
estimable gesture" but that he can
not deduct the cost in paying his
income tax.
Under the ruling, Paderewski may
have to pay an additional income tax
Of S4.lol on the $61 900 he deducted
as the cost Of the statue.
The matter came to light yester-
day with dismissal by the Board OF
Tax Appeals Of an appeal by the cele-
brated pianist. composer and former
Polish premier, because the appeal
was not filed by Paderewski or a
proper agent" It was fled by his
secretary, DR.. Joseph w. owlowski OF
Chicago.
Paderewsh personally paid out1ou
Borglum, the sculDtR. Tor producing
Evening star., 1936-08-30
NEW LABOR WAR
THREATENS COAST
Longshoremen and Employ
ers Defer Negotiations
After Futile Efforts.
Ey rhe Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 90
The threat Of labor troubles along
Pacific Coast water fronts. REM
iniscent of the bloody 1884 maritime
strike, increased tonight as two sep-
arate employe employer disputes ap-
parently had reached an impasse.
Representatives of waterfront en-
ployes and the International Long
shoremens Association postponed un-
til Monday their attempt to negotiate
q working agreement to supplant the
1884 arbitration award, which expires
September 30, but fear was expressed
further negotiations will prove as
futile as those of the last five days.
Ruling Is Protested.
The Dollar liner, President Hoover.
sailed for Los Angeles late today, after
its 370 licensed crew members had
accepted under protest ruling of
the United States shipping commits
sioner penaliZing the deck crew two
days pay for refusing to obey orders
and get the ship out on time OIL its
last sailing from Honolulu.
The settlement. which threatened
to delay the ships sailing here. was
reached at a meeting Of the Labor
Relations Board, but Sailors Union
Of the Pacific representatives said the
commissioners ruling would be ap-
pealed to Washington.> The crew will
take the ship to Los Angeles and re-
turn. but will not man it on trans
Pacific service until the dispute is
settled to their satisfaction.
Thomas G. Plant, chairman Of the
Coast Committee for Waterfront En-
ployers and their spokesmen in nego-
tiations with the I. L. A. for a new
working agreement, expressed belief
the matter would have to be submit
ted to arbitration.
Negotiations Futile.
I'VE have negotiated for five days."
he said, land have been unable to
agree on fundamental issues. An
arbitration board can settle the mat
ter much easier and more satisfactory
than We can"
Harry Bridges, Pacific Coast district
president Of the I. L. A., describing as
ridiculous proposals Of the employers
for pay reductions and other changes,
expressed the opinion the longshore-
men would vote for another strike
rather than accept them.
Plant was equally insistent the
employers would not agree to higher
pay and certain other proposals of the
l. L. A. He also said the employers
would refuse to continue the present
provision placing hiring halls under
joint control with a union man at
each port N charge Of actual dis
patching Of men to jobs. He said they
demand "neutra" dispatcher at the
hiring halls, demand union repre-
sentatives said they were certain the
longshoremen would not grant.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
MISS EARHART IN KANSAS CITY.
Flies From Burbank, Calf, In Hours
and Minutes.

KANSAS CITY, August 20 Pl.-
Amelia Earhart landed her Lockheed
12s monoplane at Kansas City airport
at $40 pm, $40 pm. tE. S. T) to-
day, after a nonstop flight from Bur-
bank, Califr., in hours minutes.
She said she would remain over
night before proceeding to New York.
She said the take-of would not be
before daylight. One or possibly two
stops will be made before New York.
Purpose of the trip. Miss Earhart
said, was solely to find out what the
plane can do" and determine whether
she should enter the transcontinental
Bendix Trophy race September 4.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
new YORK KILLING
PUZZLES POLICE
Son Of Prosperous Truckman and
Ex.Convict Slain in Lower
East Side.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 29-With an
abandoned automobile and three dis
charged cartridges as their main clues,
police tonight pressed an investiga-
ton Of the fatal shooting OF two men
Oh the lower East Side early today.
The victims were identified as Jacob
Avnet, 25, son of reputedly pros
porous truckman, and Morris "Mush"
Freed, 25, an ex-convict.
Police questioned Samuel Avnet,
cousin of one of the victims, who
lived near the scene of the shooting.
He said he heard the shooting but
did not witness 1t.
Officers said the dead Avnet, q
driver for his father, had twin
brother who might have been the
Intended victim.
Freed, police records showed, re-
ceived an indeterminate penitentiary
sentence in 1880, after he pleaded
guilty to assault charges.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
REWARD.
THERE Is a reward for those VIII

THERE Is reward Tor those who
do right, a one dollar reward.
That much was clearly demonstrated
to q washington girl who took what
money she had in this world, hailed a
taxi and went around to pay her bills.
So enthusiastic did she become as
she went from store to store that she
completely overdid the thing. Leaving
the last cashiers cage, she realized
with CONSERVATION that she had barely
enough left to pay the taxi driver.
Contemplating the evils of overindul-
gence, she got into the cab and ordered
the driver to take her home.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
GANGSTER NEARS CELL
Bolton Helped q. s. Break Up
Barker-Karpis Clan.

ST. PAUL, August 20 R.-Byron
Bolton, the Barker -Karpis gangster
who helped the Government break up
that group, was en- route today to
the Federal Reformatory at Milan,
Mich, to serve his three-year term for
completely in the william Hamm and
Edward g. Bremen kidnapings.
Omcials said the Government wit
ness was taken from the Ramsey
County jail last night.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
No Use for Women.

although women are no longer for
bidden on the Chinese stage. the
female impersonators have achieved
such perfect technique that women
stf1l ind no place there.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
Opponents of Souiet Regime
Are Ordered Into Camps or
Exiled, Trotzky Declares
Thousands Subjected to Hardest Kind
ofLabor in Effort to Break Their Spirit
and Force Then, Into Line, He Says.

Leon Trotzky commissar OF In the S.
lpes ere Noray tten the Associated Press
5oHong article his Soviet leadership
identified Totskdsts" recently pleaded
having plotted ouehrow the
Trotzky Trozy
MoscoD "humbug"
Evening star., 1936-08-30
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
MR.. CUF.
AWYERS do not look as much
like lawyers as one might think
e1,1,, Il, Do1ira Ho.trt


even in Police Court.
IL That conclusion was forced
upon attaches Of the court the other
day by a rather bewildered defendant.
Came the time for his case to be heard
and his attorney was nowhere to be
found. He had hired one. he said. a
Mr.. Cut this spelling). But Mr.. Cuf
might have forgotten, or given up the
practice Of law. The man was pretty
hazy about the whole thing.
Matters seemed to have reached a
Stalemate when, concentrating fiercely,
the accused came up with an idea.
Lifting his eyes from . row OF seats
occupied by a couple Of dozen lawyers.
he addressed the court:
I'VE could 90 on, guess, II there was
another lawyer in the house"
ABSOLUTEST.
An item setting forth the discop-
cry OF the absolute in the form OF
small kitchenette brings tDord
from a ,Doman member OF the Capt.
tol stat concerning the "abso-
luter"-maybe the "absolutest."
Her o,pn kitchenette. she says, is
80 small that her last cook quit the
job the first day, leaving after that
briet stay ",pith the imprint OF the
refrigerator on her back"
Evening star., 1936-08-30

punishment.
The inhabitants Of political 1928 the
governing
Evening star., 1936-08-30
BY LEON TROTZKY.
(Copyright. 1886, BY the Associated Pies

HoENTOss publicity
world the preparations being made for constitution
Soviet Union.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
OVERCOME.
OLD BUDDY FUSS

TWELVE-YEAR-OLD BUDDY FUSS
of Lyon Village, Va, is always
doing unusual things. That's why his
name pops up every now and then in
Washington Waysides.
Buddy, you remember, was the boy
who had dead blacksnake for play
mate, until 1t suddenly came to life.
His name also broke into print when
he went fishing in neighbor's gold
fish pond. Since these two events,
Buddy has been going to Sunday
school quite regularly for boy in the
Summertime, and that accounts large
ly for this story.
Buddy and his parents were dinner
guests the other night at the home Of
his aunt. His cousin Betty. just .
year older. carried out the usual rou-
tine and said grace.
Nov, Buddy, why don't you do like
Betty and say grace, too?" his mother
asked.
II would, mother" he replied, "but
I don't think there's enough meat
on the table to invite the Lord twice"
Evening star., 1936-08-30

Life's span in Great Britain has in
creased IT years since 1876.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
AIR RACES OPEN FRIDAY
Carnival Of Record Cracking Looms
at Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES. August 29 (P.-
Competitive aviation-enfant terrible
of the more strenuous arts-is about
to undergo its 1886 inventory.
The national air races open here
Friday for a four day annual meet.
1t promises to be carnival Of
record cracking.
From hangers of prospective con-
testants come reports of prospective
speed and endurance surprises. There
are rumors of new designs, engine i'm
provements and planes capable OF
travelling around miles a minute.
Spectacular Flyers Entered.
Some Of Americas and Europe's
most spectacular flyers are entered
in the races, including Col. Roscoe
Turner, Amelia Earhart, Laura In
gals, Ben o. Howard and 8. J.
Oshkosh" whitman of this country.
Michel Detroyat. French speedster,
and Gerd Achgelis, acrobatic flying
star from Germany.
Prize money totals $4,000. This
is $4,000 more than was offered in
the 1885 races at Cleveland.
In the forthcoming orgy Of danger
for contestants and thrills for spec
tators are three main events They
are the Bendix Trophy dash from
New York, the 150-mile Thompson
Trophy race and the sportsmen pilots
derby, which started west from Cleve.
land today in competition for $1,000
in prizes and the Ruth Chatterton
Trophy.
Bendix Race September 4.
Before dawn on the meets opening
day. September 4, men and women
pilots will streak OF from Floyd Ben
nett Field, N. Y, for the West Coast
in the $4,000 Bendix Trophy race.
Each contestant must arrive here by
pm. Pacific standard time % pm,
Eastern standard time) to qualify.
Actual and prospective entries in
clude Col. Turner, Howard. Whitman.
Joe Jacobson, Kansas City pi Miss
Earhart. Miss ingalls,. Louise MAIDEN,
Bentonville, Ark, and Mrs. Marty
Bowman, Burbank, Calf.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
RACKET.
IF YOU are q stenographer in

downtown Office (or anywhere else.
for that matter), it would be better
perhaps that you do not buy the foun-
tain pen which a young man down
on his luck may try to sell you.
The Washington times., 1936-01-28
Three-Minute Journeys

tropical glamor. But Guatemala
has them all, and in addition. a
real appreciation of the United
States, her people and her mer-
chandise.
The run from Puerto Barrios,
the only Atlantic seaport Of
Guatemala, to the capital, is an
exciting one. The whole 200-mile
trip offers an exquisite pano-
rama of scenery. The city it.
self is over a mile high, cool and
lovely at night and most pleas
ant during the day, for the air
is most invigorating. Like most
cities, Guatemala has its high
lights, the "muStS" that all tour
lists want to see.
But the incest thing is to stroll
about the broad streets of the
modern city and then browse
about the quaint native quarters.
The market always draws it's
throngs for it tells the story of
native life and color as do few
other places. And IL Is one Of
the best run native markets.
The Washington times., 1936-01-28

out into an occasional brainstorm
without cracking her face. as
most chorines can, he thinks her
doubly natural" and "colorful."
He has always secretly hoped that
he would meet a girl who would
get excited about something!
Another charm which the not
so-poor- working girl has for the
poor-little rich-boy, is that he feels
at EASE with her. He can be
himself" She understands men
and HOW! An actress. a stem.
ographer, a trained nurse or
manicurist meets more types and
varieties Of men in a day, then
debutante or a home-girl meets in
a lifetime. And she meets them
on their own ground and sees
them at their worst, when they
are off their guard, and not all
dolled up in white ties, top hats
and pretty manners.
Being with her is a relaxation.
like playing hockey from school
or like going on a fishing trip.
Or like your favorite house san
dalS after a pair of tight dancing
pumps. And, if there is any
thing a man enjoys, it is being
comfortable! And natural!
But to a gilded youth of the
idle set, there is nothing so novel
and intriguing as to find a woman
BUSY! Busy about something be-
sides amusing herself or hunting
q husband. In fact, to any man,
a woman is always most interest
ing, when she is interested in
something ELSE-Something more
important to her than he is. 1t
may shock his vanity: but, at the
same time, it stills his fears that
she may be just hanging around
waiting to slip the halter on him.
object, Matrimony" is not writ
ten all over her.
And that is the most startling
SURPRISE that any woman can
give a man. Oh yes, some men
marry for love, some for money
and some for adVenture-but most
Of them marry just for .
CHANGE!
Copyright, 1888, X. =. g., HnO.'.
The Washington times., 1936-01-28

place nor pity for homeless, un-
trained women of 20. with frail
little sons depending upon them.
But couldn't let that lick us. He
had to eat-he had to!
Usually I could say it with my
chin in the air, but that day, for
some forgotten reason, I'd lost my
grip. So there I sat with my
hands shaking and the tears
SplaShing and my terrified heart
thudding against my extremely
hungry ribs. When-just as if it
were a real fairy tale-a hand
reached over my shoulder, q
chuckle sounded in my ear and
into my lap dropped a little, red
lacquer cat!
But-what!!! I raised a very
draggled head. There-wavering
through that film Of silly tears
stood a man. A man I had never
seen before. A small, beaming
man with wise, merry eyes and a
shrewd, friendly grin.
HE UNDERSTOOD
II thought" said he, quite as if
we'd known each other forever
that you needed that little fell
low just now"
Then, while I stared. he gave
me his name. He waS-as any
old San Franciscan would have
known-Albert Bender. And he
did things like that-though this
1 was to discover for myself. Al
The Washington times., 1936-01-28

With so many Americans wisely
deciding to spend their winter
vacations far from Europe, it is
only to be expected that Central
and South America will benefit
by this decision. And so will the
tourists.
For we cannot think Of more
beautiful scenery, more charming
people, more novel atmosphere,
than one obtains in almost every
one of the Central and South
American republics. OF course, it
is grand to be able to take the
run down to Rio or BuenoS Aires
or Valpo. But if one cannot go
as far afield, then the best bet
is Guatemala, one Of our particu-
lar favorites.
This republic has been called
the Switzerland Of the western
world, but all we can say is that
there's nothing in Helvetia to
compare with it-no volcanoes,
no jungles, no flaming flowers
and tangled masses Of orchids, no