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The Washington times., 1936-11-17
ESCORT
IS ROBBED,
F EJEC 7 f D
FR0MCAR
Victim Driven Around
Rock Creek Park for
Hour, Then Freed

Kidnapped at the point Of two
automatic pistols, asWashington
girl was driven around Rock Greek
Park for almost an hour early to-
day by two gentlemen bandits"
and later released with warning
to keep quiet or have your brains
blown out"
The girl, Miss Virginia Ash, 25,
of 4616 Fourth st. N. W., tagged
passing motorist and was driven
to the nearest police precinct
where she reported the kidnapping.
Meanwhile her companion, Wal
ter T. Holt, jr., 26, of 1924 Quincy
st. N. W., had been bound and
gagged, robbed of his wallet con-
tanning SIS and his wrist watch,
and put out of the car.
Burns Off Cords.
He finally managed to free his
hands. and unable to get the cords
off his ankles, burned them off
with matches. Then he made his
way to a telephone and called
police.
The robbers were perfect gen.
tlemen," Miss Ash said, giving her
I cigarettes when she asked for
them and refusing to take her
money.
| AS one Of the robbers was bind
ing Holt, the other looked Through
her purse, saw only some change
there, and remarked:
That's only chicken feed.
You might as we'll keep it,"
AS they drove along, Miss Ash
asked for a cigarette, and the
robber opened the compartment
on the dash of the car, took out
cigarette and lighted it for
her. Later when she was put
out of the car near Sixteenth
Street and Park Road Northwest,
the robber gave her the package
of cigarettes and some matches.
Another of Gang Follows
Miss Ash and Holt were in Holt's
car parked on Beach Drive in the
park when the two robbers sud-
denly appeared and drew pistols,
they told police.
One tied Holt and placed him in
the rear seat after robbing him,
while the other jumped in the
drivers seat beside Miss Ash and
drove off.
A coupe followed the car, Miss
Ash said, and police believe this
was driven by a third member OF
the gang who brought the robbers
to the park in search of victims.
A short distance from the scene
of the holdup the robber driving
Hollis car stopped and his COM
panion put Holt out. Then they
continued through the park, finally
releasing Miss Ash. So far no
trace has been found of Hollis car,
a light sedan.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
Link Staying Suspect
To Cuneo Gem Theft

CHICAGO, Nov. II U.NSD.
Tough Tony" Capezio, former
public enemy, remained under ar
rest today as a suspect in the
$25, 900 jewel robbery of John F..
Cuneo, wealthy printer, and his
wife.
He is also a suspect in the muir
der of John Benedetto, 40, Rock
ford OlD gambler, whose bullet
ridden body was found in a parked
car a few hours after the robbery
and who was identified by the
CuneoS as one of the two gun
men who robbed them Saturday
night. Benedetto evidently was
shot. police agreed, by his com
panion or companions in dis
pute over division Of the loot.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
WASHINGTON Man and Wife Found Shot on Abandoned Road
ALL MADRID AT STAKE IN BATTLE
ScIlunnann-H0inIk Ill:
Children Called

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. II. N.N.SO
Nine. Ernestine Schumann-He Helnk,
the beloved singer, is near death
at her home here, it was learned
today.
The 75-year-old operatic and
concert contralto suffered hemor-
rhages of the throat and lungs Sat
urday and last night realized for
the first time the gravity of her
condition as her children gathered
at her bedside.
DR.. S. w. Alter said:
Mime. Schumann-H Heink is
conscious and her pulse and
general condition are fair. She
rallied pretty well from the set
back she suffered Saturday.
about two or three weeks ago
it was necessary to give blood
tranSfusiOns for a condition
from which she has been suffer
ing. Saturday there was a re-
lapse and additional tranSfuS-
ions were necessary"
The diva's daughter, Mrs. Marie
Fox of San Diego, wife of DR..
Charles Fox, rushed here as did
a granddaughter from the Middle
West, daughter of Nine. Schu-
mann-Heink's late son, Hans.
Three other sons, Henry, Ferdi-
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
GALE KILLS !
ABOARD SHIP

NEW YORK, Nov. II GN.S).
The tail end of an unusually
widespread storm today Wreaked
havoc with two freighters in the
Atlantic, killing the captain and
two crew members of one and
causing both to send out distress
messages, according to advices
from Radio Marine Corporation
and Mackay Radio.
Both ships, the Tweed Bank,
of Belfast, Ireland, and the Sheaf
Spear, of London, ran into diff
ficulties within 200 miles of Ber-
muda, the radio adViCes said.
Dead on Tweed Bank
1t was the Tweed Bank which
was reported as losing captain and
sailors. RCA's Chatham, Mass,
station reported on that ship as
follows:
"S.S. Tweed Bank reports in
position 37.OO north, $3.50 west,
in heavy gale, hove to now. Cap
tain killed and two men washed
Continued on Page 3, Col. p
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
International News Service


President Roosevelt today ap
pointed Charles Edison, son of the
famous inventor, Thomas Edison,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
to succeed Henry L. Roosevelt.
who died several months ago.
Edison is at present State di.
rector for New Jersey of the Ma,
tional Emergency Council.
Edison, who is 46 years old, heads
the industries combine started by
his renowned father, which mum.
bers some IA companies. During
the World War he directed manu-.
facture of large variety of war
materials. His home is in West
Orange, N. J. His wife, whom he
married in 1918, was the former
Carolyn Hawkins, of Cambridge,
Mass.
Since the war Edison has been
very active in civic affairs and,
with the inception of the New Deal,
became extensively associated
with Administration agencies. He
was State director in New Jersey
for the extinct NRA.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
Engineer Saves Train
Al Risk of His Life

HUDSON, N. Y, Nov. II
NSD.-Charles Ferguson, en-
gineer on the fast New York
Central Knickerbocker, won the
praise of railroad officials today
for climbing through flames to
apply the air brake and stop the
passenger train after he had been
blown from the cab into the
tender.
Both Ferguson and James w.
Peterson, the fireman, were pain
fully scalded by the blast, cause
of which was not learned.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
PWA TO QUIT.EDIS0N NAMED
HOUS|NGPLAN TO NAVY POST

Withdrawal of the Public Works
Administration from launching
low-cost housing activities was
foreshadowed today by f. H.
Foley, Jr., director of the Legal
Division of the Federal Emerg-
ency Administration of Public
Works, in an address to members
of the Institute of Municipal Law
Officers meeting at the May
flower Hotel.
At the same time, Foley
pledged PWA's legal facilities to
aid in drafting legislation which
would enable municipalities to
undertake housing activities un-
hampered by "unduly restrictive"
statutes and charters.
Left to Local Hands
Asserting that private enterprise
cannot and will not" meet the
challenge of providing decent,
healthful housing accommodations
for families in the lowest-income
brackets, the PWA man declared:
"Now that the Federal Govern
ment has demonstrated what
can be done in this field, the
responsibility for initiating and
acquiring land for new lOw-rent
housing projects, undertaking
their construction and SuperviS-
ing their operation, are matters
for competent local hands"
Reviewing PWA activities, Foley
said $4,000 projects have been
completed or are now under con.
struction. These projects PAID
wages of $775,O00,OO0 and used
$1,3OO,OOO,OOO worth of materials
from the inception of the pro-
gram up to August, 1886, he said,
and in three and a half years
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
INSURGENTS
RAKE CITY
FR0MA|R
Big Guns Covering
Desperate Charge
Into Capital
BY THOMAS A. LOAYZA

MADRID, Nov. II QN.SD In
Gurgents airplanes rained bombs
on Madrid today as invading in
surgents advanced slowly through
the University City section un-
der cascade of artillery cross
fire.
Fleets of inSurgent bomberS un-
leased their death-dealing missiles
on the model prison in the Casa
De Campo sector, the Montana
barracks and other buildings.
Several fell near the former
royal palace and the Italian EN-
bassy.
Loyalist troops threw up a
smoke screen in an effort to i'm
pede the raiders.
Launch Counter Blow
The government announced
launching of a dual counter
attack on both enemy flankS, with
government gains claimed. Moorish
troops in one part of University
City were forced back to their
Original positions" from the phil
osophy faculty building, a COM
munique said.
A part of the insurgent forces
was surrounded and a quantity OF
war materials seized. 1t was ad-
mitted insurgents reached the
Casa Velasquez during the night,
Violent shelling in the Casa de
Campo and University City area
increased hourly during the day,
giving the impression the 1nSurg-
entS we're making now or never"
drive to win Madrid.
In their second counter-attack
the loyalists attempted to surround
completely the enemy groups be-
fore they are able to receive rein
forcements from the other side OF
the river.
The insurgents had massed
their forces around the old race
course, opposite University City. A
rifle and machine-gun tornado
swept across both sides of the
river.
Bring up ranks
The insurgents brought up a
squadron of speedy whippet tanks,
and 1oyalists believed this was in
preparation for a new attempt at
Q mass crossing of the river.
The leftists directed one of
their counter-attacks upon the
Casa Velasquez, in an attempt
to recapture it.
The insurgent pressure was in
creased on virtually all fronts
around Madrid, and also in the
Sierras to the north.
The loyalist defense junta re-
manned in permanent session as
all agreed the next "a hours prob
ably would prove decisive.
Terrified by word that the in
surgents had occupied most Of
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
D. {. COUPLE
FOUND SHOT
0NR0AD
Murder and Suicide Is
Finding Of Sheriff
In Charles City

CHARLES CITY COUR 7
HOUSE, Va, Nov. 17.-Certificates
of murder and suicide have been
issued by Charles City county
authorities in the deaths of Marion
Scott Carr, 28, of Washington
and his estranged wife, Catherine
Wehler Carr, "a, whose bodies were
found on an abandoned Sawmill
road about 10 miles from here
yesterday.
They had been dead about 10
days, authorities said, and Mrs
Carr's body, lying some distance
from her father-in-law'S automo.
bile, indicated she had been there
since last week because her body
was rain-soaked and covered with
wet leaves. A .32-caliber pistol,
three shots fired. was found near
her body.
Sheriff Gives Certificate
Sheriff M. D. LampkinS, one of
the first to view the bodies, signed
the death certificates and said
Mrs. Carr'S death was due to a
bullet wound in the brain, the
manner of injury was murder"
From other sources it was
learned Mrs. Carr'S wrists bore evi
dence of having been tightly
bound. The skin was cut to the
superficial veins, it was said.
Carr, formerly of Richmond and
more lately employed in a Wash.
ington wholesale house, was found
seated in the automobile, a bullet
wound in the left chest over the
heart. The bullet in Mrs. Carr's
head had entered the top of her
head on the left side.
The bodies were found by two
colored men who walked by the
automobile and saw the woman
on the ground and the man in the
car. They thought the couple were
drunk, they later told officers,
and continued on their way. When
they returned by the same route
and found the bodies in the same
positions they investigated.
Married Three Years
The Cars had been married
about three years and, according
to investigating officers, had sep
arated intermittently during that
time. Carr went to Richmond, Sun
day a week ago and took his
fathers automobile to take his
wife to church. He was reported
trying to bring about reconcilia'
ton then, and Mrs. Catherine
Wehler, Mrs. Carr'S mother, said
that was the last seen of them.
Their bodies were removed to
Richmond in the same hearse and
Mrs. Carr'S family later had her
body removed to separate under,
taking establishments. She lived
in the Church Hill section OF
Richmond, a neighborhood of com.
Portable homes and fairly pros.
porous residents. She was native
of WaycroSS, Ga.
Funeral services for Mrs. Carr
will be held this afternoon and
burial will be in Mt. Calvary Gene
terry. Funeral arrangements for
Carr have not yet been completed.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
PWA ROLLS
.FACECUT0F
1OPERCENT
Second Of Emergency
Agencies to Feel
Administration Ak
International News Service


Reductions in the administrative
forces of two of the biggest emer-
gency organizations in the Gov
ernment, PWA and WPA, has been
ordered.
A ten per cent reduction in the
WPA administrative staff, which
has more than 1000 employees in
Washington and twice that num-
ber in the field, is effective Decem-
Der /. Notices were received by
the 10 per cent with their semi
monthly pay yesterday.
The PWA reduction may reach
10 per cent, may be more and
may be less" a high PWA official
said. All depends upon the en-
suing activities of PWA. OF $780,
600, 900 from PWA's revolving fund
made available by Congress last
spring for grants to States, muni-
cipalities and other local govern
mentS, President Roosevelt has ap-
proved 500. .O00,9OO.
.EFOJCCSS Vhlt " n
A big list of projects, approved
by PWA engineers, finance Off
GERS and lawyers as coming within
the requirement of providing work
for relief roll unemployed, has
been on the Presidents desk since
the election. If he approves that
list shortly, the PWA layoff now
will be comparatively small. If the
list is not approved, a layoff that
may reach 10 per cent OF the
5000 PWA employees is anticipated.
The official said:
"A weeding-Out process has
been going on for several weeks.
AS projects are completed, more
will be notified that their SER
vices are no longer needed.
Much depends ON whether new
program is launched under the
new Congress. Our present pro-
gram is scheduled to be COM
pleted in year, although the
administrative authority for
PWA extends to July l, 1888.
"SOme supervision will be re-
quired until then, but there will
be a gradual reduction in the
staff as outside employment inn
prove, and as the need for emer-
gency government work lessons"
LONG-RANGE PROGRAM
While PWA Administrator IckeS
has urged consistently a perma
nent Federal department of public
works, with long-range program
designed to provide employment
in slack times, and be reduced in
better times, no big plans are
being considered for next year.
The administrative staff is de-
voting much time to the study of
permanent conservation projects,
such as irrigation, power develop
ment, and permanent Federal
works.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
BoggS Is Arraigned
In jap Woman S Death

SAN JOSE, Cal, Nov. II Q.N.SO .
Charged with negligent homicide
and drunk driving, Alan D. BoggS,
scion of a wealthy Detroit manu-
featuring family wintering at
Santa Cruz, was arraigned before
Judge j. M. Atkinson. of Mountain
View, today.
Highway patrol Officers charge
BoggS with the death of Mrs. Tu-
suka TSuchiya, wife Of a Japanese
rancher of Mountain View. Off
GERS say he was driving at high
rate of speed when he struck the
light truck driven by Tsuchiya and
the woman was hurled to the pave
ment.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
Maryland Hunter
Shot by Own Gun

BALTIMORE, Nov. 17.-Paul
Cosner. 80, of Bel Air, yesterday
became Maryland's first hunting
casualty. He climbed a tree so he
could get closer to the squirrels
he was attempting to shoot. De
scending, he dropped his gun and
it went off. Cosner is in Johns
Hopkins Hospital nursing an in
jured right hand.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
Convicted EmbezzIer
Dies After PIunQe

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nov. II
G.N.SO.-Shirley T. White, "a, of
Boone county, w. Va, convicted
on charges of embezzling State
funds, was fatally injured today
in a fall or jump from the window
of a small downtown hotel a few
hours before he was to appear in
court to hear his sentence pro
nounced.
White died soon after the
plunge. His neck was broken. Cor
oner j. E. Roberts said he would
hold an inquest.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
browns in Lean

NEW YORK, Nov. IT G.N.S).
Upon the arrival today of the
liner Queen Mary it was learned
that Garner Marshall, 10, of Hill
ton Village, Va, a third-class
passenger, jumped overheard last
Sunday night or Monday morn
ing. He left the purser note
expressing regret for his act. The
Queen Mary arrived a day late
due to adverse weather.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
ReD. Rankin Certain
of Leaders, Post

of Texas, chairman Of the Demo
cratic Speakers Bureau, and Rep
resentative John O'Connor, chair
man of the Rules Committee, are
the three major contestants for
the position.
Representative Rankin said:
81 am well satisfied. haven't
been running this race in the
newspapers. The members know
Continued on Page 2, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
CarOIe StOrme in j. ).
For Hollywood Visit

NEW YORK, Nov. II GN.SD.
Blonde Carole Storme, "the most
photographed woman in England"
arrived here today aboard the liner
Queen Mary. She plans to remain
in New York about a month and
then go to Hollywood
Nancy Carroll. red-haired Ameri-
can screen actress, was another
passenger.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17

Beaming with confidence, Rep
resentative John E. Rankin Of
Mississippi today broke his silence
over the coming fight for the ma
jority leadership in the House with
the remark that he would not
"swap chances with either Repre-
sentative Rayburn or Representa-
tive O'Connor."
Representative Rankin, chair
man Of the Veterans Committee;
Representative Sam Rayburn CD
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
'GENTLE LEMEN BANDITS KIDNAP GIRL HERE
FOrgetS Name,
Identified
By Friend

MISS ANNE BLUNT,
l9, AMNESIA VICTIM,
WHO WAS IDENTIFIED
BY A FRIEND AT WOM-
EMS BUREAU TODAY.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
Alfred E. Aarons Dead

NEW YORK, Nov. II Q.N.SD.
Alfred E. AaronS, II, theatrical
manager, was dead here today fol
lowing an operation. He was born
in Philadelphia, where he started
his theatrical career.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
Spiritual Retreat for Pope

VATICAN CITY, Nov. II
G.N.SO Pope Plus, the Vatican
announced today, will go into
spiritual retreat from November
29 to December 5.
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
F FARM-TENANT
B0ARDNAMED
International News Service

International News Service
President Roosevelt has ap-
pointed a large committee, headed
by Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace, to study the farm-tenant
problem and report back to him
by February l.
Mr.. Roosevelt made this known
Continued on Page 3, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1936-11-17
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight
with lowest temperature about AZ; colder TO-
morrow afternoon and night.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
Evening star., 1936-09-13
George Washington to Stick
To Sensational Spread PLAYS

No rest was to be given the squad
on the Sabbath. forced as the coaches
are to pick starting lineup out of
more than so candidates for the OPEN
ing game against Emory and Henry,
less than two weeks hence.
Up in Washington the university
was preparing to distribute tickets for
the Colonials' home games on a less
expensive scale than last year. Re-
served seats for major games will be
S1.10, in contrast to the sl.65 scale
in 1885, while a general admission
price of so cents will prevail for minor
games.
Tickets for the first game on
September rs now are available, as
are tickets for each of G. WIS eight
home games. They may be obtained
at the Office in 2l01 G street north.
west, with patrons purchasing season
getting their preference
of locations.
Evening star., 1936-09-13

~ ESPITE the fact that he ex-
poets to have stronger run
ming attack this year, Jack
- Hagerty, Georgetown's foot
ball mentor, intends to continue to
emphasize the use Of forward and lat
eral passes. Hagerty believes that q
team that has a strong overhead at
tack and is adept in laterals is con-
tiriual threat.
Last year the Hoyas established
quite a name for themselves by their
frequent use of laterals. Against New
York University in Yankee Stadium
the locals used five on one play.
Forward passes and laterals proved
to be the 1885 scoring punch for the
Blue and Gray. 1t was lateral from
Keating to Heron that started the
Hoyas on their first win of the sea-
son against Roanoke. Against New
York U. a double lateral from Meglen
to Heron to Keating enabled George
town to grab a 60 lead over the
highly favored violets. Again, in the
Maryland game, . lateral from Keat-
ing to Heron gave the Hoyas touch
down. and IN the anal tut against
Evening star., 1936-09-13
Amateur Golf Held Free oAH District Players May Go Places
DObson Is Lost
To Army Eleven

JACK DOBsON. son Of the Uni
versity of Maryland coach,
whom Army's foot ball team had
been banking on to be one of its
leading backs this year, Is out for
the season.
Dobson, on the plebe squad last
season, suffered an injured knee in
Spring practice, but this apparently
had healed so that he would be able
to take up his duties with the var
sity. However, he again hurt the
same knee in a fall from a caisson
in artillery drill. This second injury
made 1t inadvisable, in the opinion
Of the coaches, to use him in the
coming campaign.
Young Dobson, who also Is
track and basket ball star, doubt
less will be able to participate in
these sports during l936-37.
Evening star., 1936-09-13
Tennis
Continued From Sixth Page.)

tCOntlnueQ from SlhIH fhse.)
champion. He lost the title to Allison
in the semi-final round last year
when he fell and dislodged kidney
in the seventh game of the opening
set but insisted on playing.
Miss Marble, who lost to Miss
Jacobs in the final OF the Man
chester, N. H., invitation tournament
last month, started auspiciously,
breaking through Helen's service in
the first game and going on to take
a 81 lead. Miss Jacobs rallied and
pulled up to 4-3, but she was not
stroking the ball overhead as conf
IDENTIFY or with the finality she DEM
onstrated in the two previous rounds.
But she lifted her play to champion
ship form as she won the last two
games on eight errors by Miss Marble
and took the set at Ga.
1t was with the start of the second
set that Miss Marble produced some
of the finest shotmaking the cham
pionship has known. She found a
vulnerable spot in Miss Jacobs back
hand and kept plugging the ball at
the right-hand corner every chance
she had. She not only had the better
long game, but caught the defend
ing champion t1at-footed time and
again with brilliantly executed drop
shots that fell just over the net and
went for winners every time.
Evening star., 1936-09-13
RIPPYIS2 OVER PAR
IN GARDEN CITY TEST
Only Washington Entrant in U.
s. Amateur Meet to Report
Practice Score,
etiaI Disratch to The Star.

Special Disratc to The Star.
GARDEN CITY, L. l., September IL.
Claude Rippy, runner-up in
this years national public links
championship, shot the Garden City
course in IS, two over par, today,
but no other Washington entrant in
the national amateur championship
reported score
Rippy paired with Levi Yoder in
q match against Morton Mccarthy,
Norfolk, Va, and Tommy Strafaci,
Brooklyn, and the Washington pair
won, and 2. Yoder started with
six straight pars, but then began
missing the fairway and picked up
on several holes
The feature of the first round as
far as the Washington entrants are
concerned is the withdrawal of Ed
White, Bonham, Tex, American
Walker Cup player. White was
paired against Yoder in the first
round, but when he dropped out and
went back to Texas, Bayard Mitchell
Of Pine Valley was substituted.