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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-09
TOday'S Program
Of Republican
Convention

CLEVELAND, June 9 U.N.s).
Here is the program for the open
ing days session Of the Repub-
lican National Convention in the
Cleveland auditorium:
Convention called to order at IL
o'clock (E, STD by Henry P.
Fletcher, chairman Of the national
committee.
Invocation.
Call for convention. read by
George de Bonneville Keim, secre.
tary of the national committee.
Temporary roll call.
Election Of Senator Frederick
Steiwer of oregon as temporary
chairman.
Recess until 8 o'clock tonight,
when the temporary chairman,
Senator Steiwer, will make the
keynote speech.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-09
2LAWYERS HIT
IN VICE QUIZ

NEW YORK, June 9 QN.S0.
The names of two lawyers have
been sent to the City Bar Associa-
ton for disciplinary action as an
aftermath of the trial Of Charles
Lucky" Luciano and eight others,
Special Prosecutor Thomas E.
Dewey announced today.
The conduct of the two, whose
identities were not divulged, before
and during the vice investigation
that resulted in the conviction Of
Luciano and his aides warrant in
quiry and possible diSbarment by
the appellate division, Dewey said.
The special prosecutor said deS-
perate attempts had been made
in behalf Of Luciano and his CO
defendants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-09
T. E. BABC0CK
RESIGN : HIS
POSITION

CONTINUED from Page II
Of harmful and One-sided state
ments. believe that the good
Of the federation requires this
course. 1 therefore recommend
that your lodge vote against re-
call proceedings and that indi-
vidual members vote against the
recall.
UP TO CONVENTION
"The National Executive
Council attempted to suspend
me. It had no constitutional
authority to do so and did not
succeed. However in order
that the prestige and facilities
Of the national office may not
be in my hands during recall
proceedings which 1 believe
would be unethical and because
such leave is due me for past
service without leave / am ask.
ing the executive council to
grant me leave until the con-
ventiOn."
Mr.. Babcock's move was seer
by members Of the federation a.
q move to foil members Of thu
executive council in strife thai
would have been harmful to the
organization. It will allow thu
matter to be fought out on the
floor next Septem'
Der IA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-09
Phone Call Traps
Gunman in Saloon

NEW YORK, June 8.
Police got to a bar on a phone
tip so fast that a man pointing a
pistol at the bartender didn't have
q chance to say a word. So Steve
Patrick pleaded that he just
wanted to show the gun to the bar
tender. Skeptical police charged
him with violation Of the Sullivan
antifirearms law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-09
Wife Supplies Money,
Husband Takes Poison

BAYoNNE, N. j., June 9.
Mrs. John Burlington didn't take
seriously her husbands threat to
buy poison with IS she gave him
Saturday night because he had
talked Of suicide before. Today
she arranged for his funeral after
police found him dead, by poison
ing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-09
Fight One-Man Cars

Members of the Stanton Park
Citizens Association last night OPP
posed the move to install 40 one
man street cars in Washington.
Resolutions protesting use Of such
cars were overwhelmingly adopted.
Evening star., 1936-09-19
Chief POiU WO,U
Of Feather Fame
Gets A,cay Again,
Police to Be on Hand at
g. 4. X. Grand ReUieiU,
Just in Case.

Woody Hockaday, who attracted
attention to his fight" for world
peace by littering Assistant Secretary
of War Woodrings Office with feath-
erS. was the object of search by
Rockville. Md. police today after his
escape from Chestnut Lodge Sani-
tarium.
The Feather Man, also known as
Chief Pow Wow. recently escaped from
st. Elizabeth's Hospital and then
appeared unexpectedly with his
feather act at a Maryland American
Legion banquet in Baltimore He was
carried out after being knocked un-
conscious by a disturbed" legion
naire.
Hockaday, whose motto is Feathers
Instead of Bullets" predicted last
nights escape while being detained
at police headquarters here last
month.
Washington police say there will
be plenty Of officers on duty at the
grand review of the G. A. r. here
Wednesday, if the Wichita, Kans.,
business man turned Indian chief,
still is at large.
Evening star., 1936-09-19
POST At CENTRAL
TLEFT UNTITLED
L. G. Hoover to Act for Time
Being-Board Meets
September 80.

After two special meetings the
Board of Education has still failed to
reach a decision on the selection of q
new principal of Central High School
one of the most coveted positions in
the public school system.
The boards Personnel Committee
met again yesterday afternoon to con-
slider that and number of other po-
sitions. The board itself cid not meet
and, under present plans, will not
convene again cntil September 80.
Meanwhile, the schools will open
Monday, including Central. Lawrence
G. Hoover, assistant principal, will
act as head of the school during the
usual opening period.
There are several candidates for
the post and the backing of each has
proved too great for selecrlon prior
to the opening of the school.
When the selection first became a
question, with the promotion Of DR..
Harvey A. Smith to the post Of an
assistant superintendent, many en-
ployes within the system became ap-
plicants.
Hoover, at once, was regarded as q
leading candidate. But so was Miss
Jessie Coolidge, also an assistant
principal; as was Lynn Woodward,
principal of Gordon Junior High
School, and several other Junior high
school principals.
Evening star., 1936-09-19
W.P.A. LODGE HEAD
DEN|ESA.E.G.E.R| RIFT
Sees No Possibility of His
Group Joining Newly
Formed Association.

Declaring there are too many
parent groups Of Federal employees
already, Arthur Stein, president OF
the w. P. A. lodge of the American
Federation Of Government Employees
today denied any possibility of his
group going over to the newly formed
National Association of Federal EN-
ployes.
IF there were any employees of
the w. P. A. present at the organi-
zation meeting of the National As
sociation the other night, they were
not authorized to speak for the w.
P. A. lodge" he said. "They probably
were not even members"
The w. p. A. lodge is one Of a So
called liberal group of lodges which
had been reported interested in the
new association.
1t was reported also that officials
OF the five lodges ousted from the
A. F. G. E. are awaiting a review of
the disruption by representative of
the American Federation of Labor be-
fore taking any definite action toward
joining any new organization.
The suspended lodges are those of
the Social Security Administration,
Railroad Retirement, Securities and
Exchange, Farm Credit and the Pub
lie Assistance Division of the Dis
trict Public Welfare Department.
Evening star., 1936-09-19
Facts Imposing and Triuial
In W. p. A.'s Nelu Guide Book
Curious Odds and Ends in Volume Soon
to Be ReIeased-ResuIt of Work
of 5000 EMPLOYEES.

bottle of his best castor oil and bill
for it,"
In the Michigan section, the guide
outlines what a visitor might en-
counter when he crosses the border:
Many a travellers first impress
sion of the State is the sight of q
Ford roadster scurrying along the
highway with bathing suits fluttering
from the rear door handles"
Why Lincoln Grew Beard.
Giving 1l-year r-old Grace Bedell OF
Westfield, N. Y. credit for inducing
Abraham Lincoln to grow a beard
the guide includes copy Of her let
ter to the liberator.
II have got four brothers." she be-
gan, land part of them will vote
for you anyway and if you will let
your whiskers grow I will try to get
the rest OF them to vote for you"
"All the ladies like whiskers," she
added, land they would tease their
husbands to vote for you and then
you would be President"
Among thousands of bits of infor-
nation, the guide includes:
That there is more to New Orleans
than gin hzzes.
That Albany. the capital of New
York, lies in latitude AZ degrees, 80
minutes, so seconds North and longi-
tude 73 degrees, A minutes and so
seconds West of Greenwich.
Evening star., 1936-09-19
D. c. PROBATE LAW
REVISION IS URGED
Cogswell Drafting Proposed
Amendments to Modernize
Regulations.

Revision of the Districts probate
laws to bring them in line with mod
ern needs is suggested by Theodore
Cogswell, register of wills, in an arti-
Gle published in the current journal
of the District Bar Association.
During the 135 years since creation
of the District laws regarding estates
have undergone but one extensive
study and amendment, Cogswell
stated, adding that they now some
what resemble patchwork quilt, con-
Trajectory in some respects, somewhat
out of line with present-day ideas in
others, and somewhat unjust in some
instances, particularly in so far as
surviving spouses are concerned"
The official said he is engaged in
collecting data and is drafting pro-
posed amendments. He suggested that
the Bar Association, If it decides
changes are necessary, request the
court to appoint q revision commit
tee with a view to recommending
legislation.
Cogswell particularly condemned the
survival Of dover and curtesy-the
rights of wife and husband to inherit
the spouses' real estate-in the Dis
trict'S laws and urged that a uniform
order Of succession for both real and
personal property be established. !
Evening star., 1936-09-19
ONE DEAD, 3 HURT
IN TRAFFIC CRASH
Accident Occurs Last Night
on Defense Highway Near
BIadensburg.

William Davidson, 1S, son Of James
Davidson, one of the managers Of the
Belair Stud, near Bowie, Md, and
Oscar Butler, %, an employe Of the
farm, were reported in serious condi-
tion in Casualty Hospital today, suf-
fering from injuries received last
night in an automobile crash on the
Defense Highway near Bladensburg.
A colored woman, Blanche Payne
%, of the 5000 block of Connecticut
avenue was injured fatally in the ac-
cident. Lambert F. Payne, 81, also
colored. same address, suffered serious
head and internal injuries. He was
driving one of the cars.
Davidson and Butler also suffered
head injuries. The victims were taken
to the hospital by the Bladensburg
rescue squad.
Three other persons were injured,
none seriously. in accidents in the
District last night. The victims and
their hurts were Elizabeth Schang, 35,
of 3501 Newark street. nose injury;
Nina Grove, 20, of $40 Rhode Island
avenue northeast, compound fracture
of the left leg, shock, and Milton
Chapman, 9, colored, 404 M street
northeast, bruises, cheek bone injury.
Earl johnson, II, colored, 1225-A
Carrollburg street southwest, suffered
a fractured right wrist when he fell
while roller-skating on South Capitol
street.
Evening star., 1936-09-19
GARNETT STUDIES
BROWN REQUEST
Assignment of Assistant to
City in Death Cases Is
Considered.

United States Attorney Leslie c
Garnett today was pondering the sug.
gestion Of Maj. Ernest w. Brown
superintendent of police, that an as
sistant United States attorney be as
signed regularly to collaborate with
the Detective Bureau in homicide in
vestigationS.
1t was indicated Garnett would &C.
cede to the request for such aid in
specific cases, as they may arise, but
it is understood he does not look with
favor on the year-round assignment
plan.
Garnett, returning to the city after
a brief vacation, read Browns letter
on the matter for the first time yes
terday. It is expected he will reply
shortly.
The United States attorney pre-
viously had assured Brown by tele-
phone of the wholehearted support OF
sented by police.
The written request for assignment
of prosecutor to work with detec-
tives in major criminal cases, such
as murders, followed discussion OF
the plan between Maj. Brown and
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen.
Hazen has given the proposal his
full Endorsement. He and Brown
point out the plan is working with
marked success in other cities.
Garnett occasionally has designated
assistants to work with police in spe-
cial investigations, such as the cur
rent blackmail case involving an al
legged attempt to defraud an Alex
andria banker, but Brown would make
the plan permanent.
Evening star., 1936-09-19
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Soldiers Home Band In the
bandstand at $50 pm. today. John
s. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; An
ton Pointner, assistant bandmaster.
Program.
March, Lincoln Centennial"
Lee Sanford
Overture, "Orpheus in the Hades."
Offenbach
Serenade original, "The Nightin-
gale Serenade"- Zimmerman
Excerpts from musical comedy,
''The Merry Widow w"---------Lehar
ntr'acte-
(a) Patrol Comique"- Hindley
(b) Poor Butterfly" "-------H Hubbell
Waltz suite, "Tout Paris" (all
Paris) Waldteufel
Finale, Fort Omaha" -Farrar
THE Star Spangled Banner" k
Evening star., 1936-09-19

triotic Societies, Chinese room, May
flower Hotel.
$50 p.m.-Banquet of Federated
Patriotic Societies, ballroom, May
flower Hotel
pm.-Annual Memorial Services,
Government Auditorium.
Ladies of the G. A. r.
II a.m.-Services in all churches.
2:30 p.m.-Annual meeting of Fed
Grated Patriotic Societies, Chinese
room, Mayflower Hotel.
$50 0pm-Banquet of Federated Pa
triotic Societies, Chinese room, May
flower Hotel.
p.m.-Memoria Service, Govern
ment Auditorium.
Daughters Of Union Veterans.
10 a.m.-Open House at National
Headquarters, 1926 Eighteenth street,
to 10 pm.
II a.m.-Special services In all
churches.
pm.-Dedication of National Me-
mortal at Fort Stevens.
$3.50 p.m.-Pilgrimage to the Tomb
VI tilc OuhIlOWu 0OiulcIS VI tllc Sltu
War, Arlington National Cemetery.
3:45 pm.-Open air service, Episco-
pal Cathedral amphitheater.
p.m.-Press Committee meeting,
conference room, Hotel Washington.
8 p.m.-Memorial Service, Govern
ment Auditorium.
Sons Of Union Veterans.
II a.m.-Special services in all
Washington churches.
2:30 p.m.-Meeting Of Federated
Patriotic Societies, Mayfiower Hotel.
$50 pm-Dinner Of Federated Pa
triotic Societies, Mayfower Hotel.
pm.-Memorial Services, Govern
ment Auditorium.
Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans.
II a.m.-Special services in all
churches.
2:30 p.m.-Meeting of Federated
Patriotic Societies, Mayflower Hotel.
$50 p.m.-Banquet Of Federated
Patriotic Societies, Mayflower Hotel.
pm.-Memorial Services, Govern
ment Auditorium.t
Evening star., 1936-09-19

room, surrounded by a terrace. with
tables and chairs Of soft rose and
chromium design.
A cafe lounge also will be installed
for refreshments and light lunches
served in Continental manner. Guest
rooms and corridors are now being.
renovated without disturbing the,
normal function of the hotel. Eight,
painted walls will replace the wall
paper now in use, and new lighting
fixtures will be installed.
The ball room on the top floor
of the building, already has been rel
decorated and new system of light
ing arranged. Other public rooms
likewise will be changed.
The Walter M. Ballard Co, New|
York and Washington, Is in charge oil
the remodeling program Of the hotel.
Schiffeler also announced today
that Harry G. Dean has been named
manager and promotional head d theI
hotel. He Is a Washingtonian but
has worked in Cleveland for tho past
few years. y.
Evening star., 1936-09-19
GIRL AND TWO BOYS
ARE SOUGHT BY POLICE
Virginia Wright, Is, Disappeared
Yesterday Morning, Mother
Reports.

A l6-year old girl and two 12-year-
old boys were sought by police today
after their parents had reported them
missing.
Virginia Wright was said by her
mother, Mrs. Hattie Green. to have
disappeared from their home at 638
Seventh street northeast, yesterday
morning. She was described as hav-
ing black hair, blue eyes and wearing
a checkered coat and bluish-greeu
dress.
Kenneth Hinkle and Billy Sheers,
who live at 1922 and 1920 Thirteenth
street, respectively, left home yester-
day. Kenneth left note saying he
was "going on short trip" 1t was
thought his chum was with him. The
boys were reported missing by their
parents, Paul Hinkle and Mrs. Rulon
Sheers.
Evening star., 1936-09-19
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
The Government today gave the
public peep at its American Guide
a reference on everything from why
Lincoln grew beard to the best road
to "Hell-Fer- Certain Creek" KY.
Six thousand Works Progress Admin
istration employees spent eight months
gathering material for the gigantic
work, which will be published in six
volumes. each dealing with a different
section Of the country.
Besides a wealth Of more serious
information, it contains many odds
and ends.
Clemens Letter -opening.
Opening the guide at Missouri the
reader finds photostatic evidence that
Mark Twain opened his wife's mail
The picture shows ripped envelope
addressed to Mrs. Clemens with this
note scrawled across it:
Opened by mistake to see what
was inside. S. L. c."
The guide explains that Samuel L.
Clemens was Twain's real name.
Thumbing over to Virginia one dis
covers a reproduction of a dispatch
Martha Washington sent to an Alex
andria, Va, druggist in 1902:
Mrs. Washington desires Mr..
Stabler to send by the bearer quart
Evening star., 1936-09-19
COL. BREWSTER DIES

CHEYENNE. Wyo., September 19
R.-Col. Alden F. Brewster, SO. COM
manding officer of the 18th Field Artil-
lery at Fort Francis E. Warren, died
Thursday night following a prolonged
illness. Death was attributed to a
heart ailment.
Col. Brewster, native Of Illinois,
was graduated from West Point in
1901.
Evening star., 1936-09-19
MRS. KRIEGER HELD
FOR OBSERVATION
Woman Charged With Conspiracy
to Blackmail Alexandrian
in HOSPITAL.

+ Mrs. Mary Krieger, IS, former school
teacher. who is charged with conspir-
ing with New York lawyer and con-
gressional candidate to blackmail
Carroll Pierce, Alexandria, Va, bank
president, is being held for mental
observation" In Gallinger Hospital.
Meanwhile, Assistant United States
Attorney Roger Robb confirmed re-
ports authorities are broadening their
investigation into the woman's past,
but declined to enlarge on the state
ment.
Mrs. Krieger, who lives at the Ken
nedy-Warren Apartments, was re-
moved to the hospital from the Dis
trict Jail, where she had been held
since failing to raise the 5000 set as
her bail.
It is understood the New York man
with whom she Is charged-Samuel
Leighton Frooks, 52-has returned to
New York. He is free under $2,500
bond.
Robb said he hopes to have the case
brought up for trial sometime next
month. *
Evening star., 1936-09-19
RECEPTION TO BE HELD
FOR ACADEMY LEADERS
Stage Training School Opens Sea.
son Under Mr.. Mckee and
Miss Hibbard.

Steve Cochran, president Of The
National Academy of Stage Train
ing, has issued invitations to a re-
ception in honor of John Mckee
and Adelaide Hibbard, new faculty
heads, at the Academy tonight from
z to IL.
Guests will include members Of
the press, former students of the
Academy, and students who have
enrolled for the fall term. as will as
prominent persons who are devotees
Of the spoken drama and its develop
ment in Washington.
Evening star., 1936-09-19

IS I Ill BE home for lunch" IS
year-old Lester Kibler, 1928
Eleventh street northeast, told
L his sister, Alverta, II, yester-
day morning.
So Alverta returned to her play.
Lester was going out on his bicycle
to make collections on his newspaper
route, and she'd see him again soon.
But lunch time came, and no Les
ter. Alverta began to get worried.
Her mother, Mrs. Rose A Kibler, was
away at work on her w. P. A. sewing
job, so she had to worry alone.
Supper time arrived and still Les
Evening star., 1936-09-19

ter was absent. So Alverta began to
cry. She was crying when her mother
came home.
Mrs. Kibler, frantic over her sons
absence, called police to report his
disappearance. A few minutes later
the police called back. Lester had
been found in Casualty Hospital, the
victim of traffic accident.
The youth hadn't gone very far on
his collections. He was struck at
Fifth and M streets northeast by a
truck operated by Lee Thomas, So
colored. 1859 Oates street northeast
He suffered a broken rib and scalp
wounds.
Evening star., 1936-09-19
HOTEL REM0DELlNG
WILL COST 100000
Work of undermining Raleigh Is
Due to Be Completed
by January /.

C. c. Schiffeler, general manager Of
the Raleigh Hotel, announced today
that approximately 100000 is be-
ing spent to modernize the hotel.
Work now under way is expected to
be completed by January /.
The main lobby and dining room
Evening star., 1936-09-19

Will be refur-
nished complete
ly, with wood
v e n e er panels
from floor to
ceiling in the
! o b by. indirect
Ii g h t ing, and
t ra nsformation
Of the dining
room into "The
Pail Mall Room"
A dance floor
with a canopied
orchestra stand at
one end win run
the entire length
Evening star., 1936-09-19
GREEK UNIT FORMED
American-Hellenic Group to Aid
Roosevelt.

Roosevelt.
In bid for the naturalized Greek
vote Arthur Clarendon Smith, presi-
dent of the Democratic League of the
District, today announced organiza-
tion of the American Hellenic chap
ter of the league to aid the Roosevelt
reelection campaign. Plans are un-
der way to form Americana Hellenic
chapters in 10 other cities, Smith
said.
The officers of the new organiza-
ton include George L. Dennis, presi-
dent; William A. Revis, first vice
president; Peter Creticson, second
vice president; Emanuel Kills, record
ing secretary; p. Uynius, correspond
ing secretary; George Pistolas, treas
urer. Directors are John Cozanas, A.
Sioris, George D. Lampros, James
Protos, Nicholas Kendors and John
Speliotes.
Evening star., 1936-09-19
Air Offices Built.

Construction has begun at the Len
ingrad, Russia, Airport of $500,000
building for ticket and administrative
Offices that will include restaurant.
hotel for passengers and another for
pilots.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
Segovia to Return.

CONCERTS INTIMES, Elena de
Sayn, director, announces the re-
engagement Of Andres Segovia, world
greatest guitar virtuoso, hailed as one
Of the finest interpreters of Bach. At
his past two appearances in this city
Under the Concerts Intimes manage
ment, Mr.. Segovia scored an outstand-
ing success with his Interpretation Of
Bach's "Chaconne" and the violin
"Fugue in G Minor" by the same COM
poser. Segovia's concert will take place
at the willard Hotel on Wednesday,
February 3.
A series Of i've concerts devoted to
combination Of instruments in ensem-
BILE will be given under the same man
agement November 80. December 20,
February "a. March Is and April IL.
Among the artists already engaged are
the famous viola and viola d'amore
virtuosa Alix Young Maruchess and
Margot Jean, celist and harpist, for
merly court cellist to the Belgian King.
Other artists will be announced shortly.
Elena de Sayn, violinist and violin
pedagogue, will give q violin recital
Friday, October %. $50 O'Clock, at the
Belasco Theater, where she has taken
a studio and has resumed her teaching.
She will be assisted at the piano by
Dorothy B. Paul. Tickets may be Sc
cured from Miss de Sayn by mail and
are also on sale at the Willard Hotel
ticket agency.