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The Washington times., 1936-01-10
NIXON DIVORCE
CASE SOON
UP AGAIN

The stage was set today for the
second act Of the now famous
comedy-drama being enacted in
District Supreme Court between
Mrs. Annette Pauline Nixon, for
mer FollieS beauty, and her thrice
wed husband, Capt. Thomas Hay
Nixon, Army ordnance expert,
and their attorneys.
Mrs. Annette Pauline Nixon,
second wife Of the Army Off.
Ger, had sued him for divorce in
the local courts when the officer
went to Pennsylvania and OBJ
tanned a divorce from her in the
courts of that State. Shortly
afterward he married Anne
Cooke, daughter of the socially
prominent and wealthy DeWal-
den Cookies, of Chevy Chase, Md.
Files Amended Bill
The second Mrs. Nixon there
upon filed an amended bill attack
ing the validity of Captain Nixon's
divorce and remarriage and at the
same time named Mrs. Ann Cooke
correspondent as a result Of her
marriage to the officer.
On November Is the court ap-
pointed Harold T. Scott, a private
detective, as a court elisor to serve
Mrs. Anne Cooke Nixon with sum-
mons in the case after a showing
had been made that she had
evaded service at the hands Of
deputy marshals.
Detective Scott took UP the trail
with indifferent success until last
night, shortly after midnight,
when he handed Mrs. Nixon the
summons as she alighted from
her automobile in front Of the
fashionable Stoneleigh Court
apartments where she and her
husband now live.
Date To Be Set
Today Attorneys w. Gwynn
Gardiner and James M. Earnest
filed the affidavit of service in
the case, and it is expected that
it will soon be set for hearing on
the amended bill.
The present Mrs. Nixon Is the
sister of Jane DeWalden Cooke,
who last year figured in a fast
moving elopement with George
Scarlette, the family chauffeur,
followed by his arrest and the
brides return to her parents. She
shortly after sued for annulment
and her husband sued her parents
for alienation Of her affections.
During the previous court hear
ing on the current divorce, oppo-
sing Attorneys w. Gardiner and
Vincent L. Sheehy engaged in
fisticuffs in the courtroom and
their difficulties were brought to
an end when a Police Court dis
trict attorney, to whom one Of the
attorneys had applied for an as
sault warrant, brought about a
reconciliation between them.
The Washington times., 1936-01-10
FIRE CONTROL
LAWASKED

Recommendation that the Dis.
trict license law be amended so
as to require the licensing of all
rooming houses in the same man
ner as apartment houses was
made to the District Commission
ers today by Fire Chief Charles E.
Schrom and Fire Marshal Calvin
G. LAUDER. The Chief said:
"This would provide for regis
tratiOn and consequently better
control by the various District
agencies interested in safety and
sanitation"
This action was taken in the
report Of the Fire Department to
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen on
the two recent fires in rooming
houses, in which five persons lost
their lives. The Fire Department
officials reported the cause Of one
fire, at 1017 M st. N. w., in
which three persons lost their
lives, had not been definitely de-
termined, while an overheated fur.
mace was believed to have caused
the other fire at 1411 Twentieth
st. N. W., in which two persons
met their deaths. The report
said:
"The number Of occupants in
each building were not Suffi-
Cient to classify either building
as q rOoming house as defined
by the fire escape act. No reg.
ulatiOnS enforceable by the Fire
Department were violated"
The report added If the ncen-
sing recommendation Is followed,
the department will need addi-
tional personnel for inspection
work,
The Washington times., 1936-01-10
Dryden Promoted
international News Service

Francis H. Dryden, State Works
Progress administrator for Mary
land, will become WPA regional
supervisor for the States Of Penn
sylvania, Maryland and Delaware
on January Is, WPA Admins
traitor Harry L. Hopkins an
nounced today. His headquarters
will be at Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1936-12-14
GERMANY FOR. ENDING WAR.
Ready TO Consider Proposal With

Ready 10 Consider Preposal With
Other Gsvernments.
BERLIN. December. II LR.-The
German government stood ready to-
day to consider with other govern
ments any concrete proposal to bring
an end to the Spanish civil war.
Germany raised the question, how
ever, In her reply to the Franco
British international mediation pro-
posal, whether conciliation could be
achieved between Spanish Fascists
and Socialists.
Germany also asked whether it was
not too late to stop foreign volunteers
from joining both sides In the Span.
ih conflict.
(The insurgent junta has been rec
ognized by Germany a. the govern
ment Of Spain.)
The memorandum said Germany
last August urged measures against
volunteers and added the Reich ire
GREETED very much that other gov
ernments at that time could not make
up their minds fact which doubt
less has contributed materially toward
aggravating the situation in Spain.
whether general prohibition of all
direct or indirect Intervention still can
achieve results under the conditions
prevailing today must unfortunately
appear somewhat doubtful"
Evening star., 1936-12-14
WATCHMAN FOILS
THEFT OF CLOTHING
Man Who Tossed Brick Through
Window of Store Is Collared
After Chase.

A colored thief who tossed a brick
through the window Of clothing
store at s24 r street early today failed
to figure Archie L. F1nagin in mis-
plans.
The thief reached through the shat
tered window. snatched two overcoats
and two pairs of trousers and started
away at top speed.
Finagin, special ofIicer who
watches over q number Of r street
shops during the night, was . few
doors away when he heard the crash
and saw the robber running up Tenth
street.
The watchman, who lives at 3218
Eleventh street, didn't lose . mo-
ment. After q short chase, he COL
Jared the man. The first precinct
Is holding the man for investigation.
Although police said he was alone,
the proprietor of the store reported
part Of the clothing Is still missing.
A gas station at Thirteenth and
l. streets was robbed Of $75 last night.
Sol A. Hemmelfarb, manager, told
police.
A colored bandit, armed with =
revolver, held up Henry s. Cooksey,
%. manager Of Sanitary grocery
store at 231 r street, shortly after
am. today and robbed him OF
sls.os.
Evening star., 1936-12-14
ITALY ALSO DEFAULTS.
Language Used in Former Notes Re-
peated by Envoy.

Language Used In Former Notes Re-
peated by Envoy.
By the Associated Press.
The Italian government defaulted
anew today on its war debt to the
United States. informing this govern
ment 1t Is unable to meet the 32.l4l,.
sos installment due December IS.
In virtual identical language used in
former default notes. the Italian
communication. handed to the State
Department by Ambassador Fulvio
Suvich, said:
my government regrets to be still
unable, at the present moment, to
submit any proposals."
Italy was the second Of Is debtor
nations which have served notice of
their intention to default again. Great
Britain notified this government last
week it would not pay its regular semi
annual installment. but mentioned the
possibility Of discussions leading to-
ward settlement. Only Finland has
notified this government Of its inten-
tion to pay its installment-S23l ,3l5.
Evening star., 1936-12-14
DRAFTED.
DELEGATE KENT r. MULL1KIN Of

DELEGATE KENT r. MULLIKIN Of
Prince Georges. majority floor
leader Of the Maryland House OF Dele
gates. has discharged numerous duties
on all sorts Of committees during his
long legislative career, but . task inn
posed upon him during the current
special session proved most novel Of all.
Mullikin happened to be in the Sem
ate when President Lansdale @.
Sasscer, to the surprise Of many men,
bers, called 1t to order promptly on
the hour scheduled.
As legislative time usually means an
hour Of or so behind regular time. this
move caught all Of the desk officers
mapping. Not one was in the room.
Accordingly, Mullikin, a member Of
the House, called the roll in the State
Senate.
Evening star., 1936-12-14
BEACH OWNERSHIP
DISCUSSED HERE
Preservation Association
Stresses Question of
PubIic's Rights.

The question of whether private
ownership or control Of beaches should
be curtailed or eliminated was raised
today at the tenth annual meeting OF
the American Shore and Beach Preser-
vation Association.
Addressing representatives from At
lantic Coast States, banded together
In q move to save the beaches from
wind and tide, President j. Spencer
Smith of New Jersey declared the Or
ganization already has achieved many
Of the aims for which 1t was founded
10 years ago. Sessions were being held
throughout the day at the National
Research Council Building.
Public Rights Question.
Having obtained congressional rec
ignition Of the character Of beaches
as national recreation assets, together
with Federal financial aid for their
protection, President Smith declared,
the association should study the so
cial questions OF the public's right to
enjoy the beaches"
The public is asking more and more
why fees must be paid for the privi-
lege Of bathing in the ocean. Smith
said, and why other people are allowed
to hold title to ocesn-front property
and exclude the public from it.
Some Of these questions. he said
may be the subject OF ofiicisl study,
when the Beach Erosion Board begins
to administer the new Federal beach
protection law. He pointed out the
law provides Federal aid correspond
ing with the Federal interest" in diff
ferent beaches, and that the board
will be able to devise 'yardstick" to
measure that interest only after it has
found the means to determine the
relative interests of the citizens of the
community, the county. the State and
the Nation.
Conditional Assistance.
Smith also said he expected the
board, which is . division Of the Army
Engineers Corps, viii study the ques-
ton Of whether Federal financial as
SlStance should be made conditional
on beaches being open free to the
public.
The morning session was opened
with an address by DR.. Albert L. Bar
rows, executive secretary Of the Ma.
tional Research Council, which spon-
sored the creation Of the orga MIA ton
in 1925. Frederic p. Reichey, borough
clerk and treasurer Of Bradley Beach,
N. Y, replied for the association.
During the opening session the
members stood in silent tribute in
memory Of two deceased directors
William Grover Of New Hampshire,
who died in 1885, and Willard A.
Speakman. chairman Of the Delaware
Waterfront Commission. who died last
June.
Evening star., 1936-12-14
FRENCH DEFAULT
ON DEBTS AGAIN
Note, However, Said to Hint
at Desire to Reopen
Negotiations.
~ the Associated Press.

PARIS, December 1.-THE French
government replied today to the United
States call for payment of the semi.
annual installment of Frances de-
faulted war debt due December IS.
The note focused interest on the
question Of reopening formal negoti-
ations for payment.
Agitation has been growing among
certain sections of the French govern.
ment for payment of the debt and 1t
has been reported from time to time
that the answer sent today might sug-
gest conferences on the problem.
While the text of the note was kept
secret, foreign ONCE sources said it
was formulated under practically the
same conditions Is the default notice
last June Is.
Indications were the answer would
be another formal expression Of regret
that France was not In position to
make . payment.
Principal attention, however, cen-
tered on whether the note would con-
tain what sources close to the foreign
ONCE considered . possible phrase for
the future" expressing hope some pay
ment would be possible later after ne
sotiations to scale down the total
amount.
The note was cabled to Ambassador
Andre de Laboulaye In Washington
who, 1t was said, would present 1t
promptly to the State Department.
uTAUv AUSn nrEaUrVr
Evening star., 1936-12-14
HUTCH|NS URGES
JUNIOR COLLEGES
Would Eliminate Especial.
ists," Freshmen and Soph-
omores From Universities.

Elimination of specialists" and ele-
mentary students - freshmen and
sophomores-from universities, so that
these institutions might devote them
selves to higher learning was advocated
last night by Robert Maynard Hutch
ins, president Of the University Of
Chicago, before a capacity Town Hall
audience at the Shoreham Hotel.
DR.. Hutchins, who, during his seven
years at Chicago, has introduced and
administered new educational policies.
criticized the stress on vocational edu-
cation and proposed that university
courses be confined to the "funda-
mental problems of metaphysics. the
social sciences and natural science"
Vocational education. the speaker
asserted. teaches students only techni-
cal devices, and fails to teach them to
think clearly and to adapt themselves
to changing situations. Institutions
devoted to law. engineering or other
yocations do not produce intellectually
capable graduates, he said.
Urges Junior Colleges.
Under DR.. Hutchins' plan, freshman
and sophomore years would be spent
at junior colleges and specialists
would learn their professions else
where, preferably from the organized
professions themselves, or at special
institutions attached to the UNIVERSE
ties. but independently administered.
Or. Hutchins also proposed award
ing the bachelors degree 'at the end
Of the period Of general education,
which, he said, should be about the
end of the sophomore year.
Many in this country attend col
1ege only to achieve social stand
ing" he said. The English attend
their public schools for the same rea-
son, and in England not more than
30 per cent Of the graduates Of public
schools 60 to universities.
Would Guarantee Position
Awarding bachelor degrees TO
sophomore students would encourage
those students who have gone to COL
lege merely to establish their social
position to withdraw. The degree is
the American equivalent Of the school
tie of English public school gradu-
ates, and should guarantee a similar
social standing"
DIR. Hutchins' proposals brought q
barrage of questions from the men,
bers Of the panel The questioners
included DR.. Frank W. Ballou, super
intendent OF schools; Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle, president Of the
Board Of Education; Canon Albert H.
Lucas, headmaster Of st. Adams
School for Boys, and Walter E. Myer,
editor Of the American Observer.
How money has influenced educa-
ton in the colleges and universities
OF the United States was discussed
by the speaker. He declared the de-
sire to get ahead financially has had
the effect of eliminating from college
courses any subject that doesn't have
Q direct bearing on money-making.
Evening star., 1936-12-14

In and out between cars the driver
soomed, back and forth from one traf.
fic lane to the other. The Wayside
spy and his friend weren't quite at
ease, but the friend lit q cigarette
and tried to look nonchalant. Then
he spied something on the windshield
He took . long pull at the cigarette
. long look at the driver. Then
leaned over and emphatically ripped
from the windshield one OF those safe
driving pledges. tossed 1t to the winds.
P. S.-The effect was not lost; the
driver Of the car Immediately adopted
safer road tactics.
Evening star., 1936-12-14
Sickness Boosts Business.

CHEWELAH, Wash. CP).-Country
Editor B. J. Dahl discovered sickness
in the family could be a business
tonic. His son Gregory contracted
scarlet fever. The health oficer, out
Of quarantine signs, sent Editor Dahl
an emergency printing order. The
doctor. out of prescription blanks. did
the same.
Evening star., 1936-12-14

wound on Maxwell's head perhaps
was made with some blunt instru-
nnent, with four corners" there was
serious doubt as to whether the tillers
testimony should be admitted because
Of its remoteness to the defendant.
The defense, which placed three
soroners on the stand Saturday to
testify that the wounds on the head
Of the blacksmith miner did not cause
his death, called a fourth physician,
DR.. j. B. Hopkins Of Pound, today.
DR.. Hopkins described the autopsy
and said that the entire brain would
have shown hemorrhages II the blow
on Maxwelrs head had been fatal.
State witnesses last week attributed
his death to such q blow.
With the defense expected to call
20 more witnesses, Miss Maxwell's
counsel today was still undecided
whether to put her on the stand be-
fore the Wise County jury.
Evening star., 1936-12-14
WAITRESS.

Mattresses, 1t seems. haSe other
troubles than unrulp customers.
Dorothy Ho,Ds reports she '.cas
eating lunch at q Downtown hotel
the either day, sDhen the tcaitress
started to fu the Uater glasses on
the table. The decanter tcas
empty. The girl grabbed one from
the ne1f table, found It. too. held
no pater.
"Hah!" she said, spreading die.
gust over an area Of 20 square feet.
"It this hotel caught on fire the
first thing to bIrR would Be the
iDateS bottlest"
Evening star., 1936-12-14
TAKES z IN GUN FIGHT
Patrolman, Net With Shots, Re.
turns Fire and Subdues Pair.

DETROIT, December II @.-Pa-
trolman Walter Schlopen. pounding
his beat early yesterday, discovered .
restaurant door open. He stepped
inside and was met with four shots
from two guns.
He fred five times, stepped behind
. door to reload his gun and called
to the two men to surrender.
They did. and we're identified 1t
police headquarters - John McDoug.
all, 10. and Phillip Fisher. as. both
recently parolsd Detroit. convicts. No
one vAs injured. ~ .is,..~s-sr,.ss-ss..
Evening star., 1936-12-14

you know. it's 4 funny thing. I
just found a buzzard tapping around
In the woods outside with his legs
tangled in some rope. So I turned
him loose. Now how do you suppose
that happened?"
The head keeper wasn't angry, be-
cause ne would have freed the buzzard
himself, but he was bit disappointed
at not being able to see the trap
in operation.
Evening star., 1936-12-14
PANTOMIME.

PANTOMIME, when skillfully done,
can say more than . dozen words
and with considerably more en-
phasis.
For instance. there's the report of
the Wayside observer who with q
friend, was riding down 4 busy high.
way out Of Washington the other day
with one Of those drivers raised on
the broken-field running tactics of
the Capitals trafic.
Evening star., 1936-12-14
Farm Offered Ex.King.

SAN DIEGO, Calf. December IA.
R-State Senator Ed Fletcher said
today he has offered Edward. Duke
Of Windsor, as gift, . 500-acre
country estate 40 miles from San
Diego.
Evening star., 1936-12-14
"Last Man" Loses Position.

DIES MONIES. Iowa, R.-Edwin
zyselewski. osteopAthic college student.
thought he was the last man In the
country" until he scanned the New
and Chicago city directories. He
found New York mechanical
engineer named John zzch and 4
Chicago marioner named John ZspAt.
Evening star., 1936-12-14
TWO MURDERERs DIE

Florida Executes Pair Who Slew
Grocer in Hold-up.
RAIFORD, Fla. December II R.-
The State of Florida executed two COL
ored men here today for the hold-up
staying Of J. d. Yasmin, st. Petersburg
grocer.
Richard Williams was strapped in
the electric chair at S:3e am. James
Walker followed him 10 minutes later.
Evening star., 1936-12-14
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
ANSWER.
1 IcHAEL RosENDAHL, who

u ICHAEL ROSENDAHL, who Is
MI turning out to be the Way
sides lunch room and res
taurant operative, bobbed up
today with the report on two soil ero-
sion engineers.
He sat near them the other day
while they went into the intricate
vernacular Of their profession. 1t was
fun to listen. but more fun when the
theory one of them was expounding
had to be turned into elaborate mathe-
matics. While Mr.. Rosendahl sat
there fascinated, one Of the scientists
filled two large dinner napkins with
figures and various other symbols. A.
the last calculation was made, Mr..
Rosendahl was convinced he would
hear the first word of some startling
and new scientific discovery.
Now" said the figure fiend, you'd
have something If the theory meant
anything at all. However, ! don't
think 1t does"
OVERDoNE.
A dipnifed appearance, backed
up BY some undionifed ,Dords is
Just iDhat it takes to put some
motorists in their PLACE, N. S.
Cleog says.
He knoios because he tcas nit
ness to the incident of an imposing
iUoman turning the Uials of her
tUrath upon q mOtOrist tDho blocked
her crossDalk on her green light.
After calling the man oil the
names in a more potent vocabulary
than any one ,Dould suspect her OF
possessing, the Womdn realized she
had overdone the thing.
Pm saying all this" she caught
herselt. Ito get you out OF my
Uay"
The motorist pot.
Hx*
TRAP.
A KEEPER at the bird house was
practicing up the other day on
the duties which will be his when he
accompanies DR.. William M. Mann,
Zoo director. on collecting expedi-
ton to Sumatra. The keeper thought
he would try out new bird trap
which snares Its captives with q light
moose about the legs.
He set the trap in the woods behind
the bird house without mentioning 1t
to his assistants. Soon an assistant
came up to him and said:
Evening star., 1936-12-14
ESQ, 900 Non.Aryans in Berlin.

BERLIN R).-Despite DR.. Josef
Goebbels' fierce drive to "Aryanize
the German capital completely" about
$50 900 Jews and non-Aryans still are
living In Berlin.
Evening star., 1936-12-14
Tanks
CONTINUED From First Pase.)

VOOnGIhued FT0m F1rSt PAge.J
cannot accept the plans proposed by
those countries out OF good will"
The air ministry reported lombard
ments demolished two insurgent con.
centration points, Abrojos and ANA
mares. behind the Madrid lines.
Evening star., 1936-12-14
Maxwell

CONTINUED From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-05-17

in truck registrations in the history
of the industry. The best previous
month was in July, 1929, when 57,943
units were registered. These figures,
of course, are very incomplete and
later returns may change the picture.
Further impetus to May sales is
seen by Automotive Daily News in the
announcement Tuesday by the Ford
Motor Co., that discounts to dealers
had been increased from % to "a per
cent on passenger cars. This is the
first move of this kind the company
has made since 1881, when discounts
were upped from 20 to % per cent.
The change will not affect retail SELL
ing prices and will not extend to COM
mercial cars, on which the discount
will remain at % per cent. Inquiries
among the chief competitors of Ford
do not indicate that any similar action
Is contemplated by other plants at this
time.
1t seems highly probable now, says
Automotive Daily News, that the pres
ent upturn in sales, which was ushered
in during the early part of March, will
continue until well into July. With
the first half of May over the dam and
no let down apparent, it is hoped that
the second half of the month will fol-
low the usual trend and outstrip the
first half. June also is looked to as
good month. due to purchases which
are expected to result from the pay
ment of soldiers bonuses during that
month.
Evening star., 1936-05-17

serving either for attack for observa-
ton training.
The new ships will cruise at 140
miles per hour and are expected to
have a maximum speed of 180 miles,
it is understood. They are low-wing
monoplanes. The first of these new
ships may reach Boiling Field by July
/, local Reserve officers have heard.
The series of monthly instruction
conferences for the local Air Reserve
closed during the past week, the final
meeting being devoted to q review Of
the years course.
The local Reserve pilots, under
command of Maj. Roy E. Whitehead
commanding officer of the 4O9th and
chief of the Medical Section of the
Bureau of Air Commerce, are COM
pleting preparations for the annual
two weeks of active duty at Langley
Field, Va. For the first time In local
Reserve history, the local officers will
take this duty in two groups; the first
July 5-19 and the second, July 49,
August 2. One group will include
bombardment and observation pilots
and the other pursuit and attack
pilots.
Maj. Whitehead has been informed
that the local Reserve officers who