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Evening star., 1937-10-24
Former Pugilist and Woman
arrested on BIackmaiI CHARGE
Police Probe Alleged Eff.
fort to ExtOrf 5000
From Marion.

Charged with attempted blackmail,
former prize fighter and a woman
were being held by police last night
while officers investigated an alleged
effort to extort 5000 from Mrs. Cla-
rinda M. Coffey, 1928 Irving street.
Those under arrest are Joe Malone,
36. of Detroit, who is said to have
participated in about $50 professional
fights. and Mrs. Aloma Wood, 80, of
2121 First street.
They were taken into custody after
Mrs. Coffey told police Malone had
demanded 5000 in exchange for let
tiers written some time ago to Mrs.
Wood by her husband, F. M. Cof1ey,
president and treasurer of the Cof-
fey Bros. Screen Co. Of Alexandria.
Arranged for Meeting.
Mrs. Coffey said she received tele-
phone call from Malone Wednesday
demanding the money and threaten
ing to have the letters published un-
less it was paid. Acting on instruc-
tions from Police Inspector B. W.
Thompson, she arranged to meet the
man Friday night in front of down.
town theater.
She told police she kept the ap-
pointment and waited until a cab
driver came up and asked if she were
Mrs. Coffey. After she admitted her
identity, the cab driver said he had
been instructed to pick her up and
continue driving around the block
until his cab was hailed.
Mrs. Coffey got in the back seat and
Detective Sergt. Joseph Shimon, who,
with Detective Sergt Harry Britton
had been assigned to the case, con-
cealed himself on the floor.
Hit Officer in Vehicle.
Malone hailed the cab at Twelfth
and F streets, police said, and struck
Shimon when he saw him in the We
hicle. Shimon, who weighs about 100
pounds, jumped out and grabbed the
200-pound fighter.
While a crowd gathered. the two
men fought down the hill to Twelfth
and E streets, where Shimon subdued
his prisoner. Britton, who had been
delayed by traffic while following in a
police car, came up and Malone was
taken to headquarters. A short time
later, officers went to Mrs. Woods
home and took her into custody.
Police said Mrs Coffey had 5000 in
market bills in her possession when
she went to meet Malone, but that
the money was never turned over to
the pugilist.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
TRAFFIC PROBLEM
NEARBY is CITED
Auto Club Head Asks Relief of
Congestion at Peace
Cross.

Relief for traffic congestion at Peace
Gross on the Defense Highway was
urged in letter directed to DR.. Homer
S. Tabler, chairman of the Maryland
State Roads Commission, by George E.
Keneipp, manager of the Keystone
Automobile Club.
Calling attention to the conference
tomorrow between DR.. Tabler and the
Prince Georges County commissioners
at Upper Marlboro, Keneipp urged that
Jefferson avenue, near Lanham, and
Kenilworth avenue be extended to De-
fense Highway to relieve congestion
at Peace Cross at BladenSburg.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
TOP RANK FLEET MARINE EVIDENCE
IS KEYNOTE FOR I'm DAVIDSON CASE
NAVY DAY IN j. S. NEARLY COMPLETE
Ross Is Linked to Staying by
BaIIistiCs Report on
Death Bullet.
TWO MINOR DETAILS
YET TO BE FINISHED
Virginia State Policeman Traces
Activities of Suspect in Four
Days of Hitch Hiking.

A chain of evidence built up since
Elmer j. Davidson of Washington was
found shot to death October 4 on a
lonely road in Stafford County, Vir-
ginia, will be presented to Virginia
Commonwealth attorney tomorrow for
procurement of warrant against
Walter j. Ross, 18-year-old Marine,
now under arrest in connection with
the murder.
Sergt. E. j. McDermott of the vir-
ginia State police, who has been in
charge of the murder investigation,
said yesterday ballistics report, link
ing Ross with the crime, and the
ascertaining of further evidence on
Ross whereabouts Immediately after
the crime, virtually had completed his
investigation.
McDermott said that while he al
ready had sworn out warrant charg-
ing murder against Ross, he would
present his evidence tomorrow to
Commonwealth Attorney Gus Wallace
of Stafford County for drawing up a
States warrant and also for informa-
ton to be used in seeking an indict-
ment from the grand jury when 1t
meets November 8.
Bullet Linked to Gun.
Lieut.. John Fowler, ballistics ex-
pert of the Washington Police De-
partment, said in his report yester-
day that the. bullet found In David
sons brain and a shell found in
Ross pocket had been fired from
gun found in a dresser drawer at
the youths home in Aberdeen, Md.
McDermott said that but for two
minor details" the chain of evidence
connecting Ross with the killing Of
the 52-year-old United States Cham
ber of Commerce research expert was
complete. The Virginia policeman
said that while he had not talked
with the drivers, two of the cars in
which the suspected slayer was be-
lieved to have caught rides after the
killing had been identified McDer-
mott said the suspect is believed to
have ridden from Frederick, Md, to
the outskirts of Baltimore in one of
the machines and from Baltimore to
Aberdeen in the other.
Hitchhiked to Quantico.
Led by indications in Davidson's
effects that he knew several persons
at the Marine post, McDermott said
ne spent four days after the crime
in civilian clothes be-
tween Washington and Quantico. |
From information obtained in talk
ing to the motorists, he said, the
course of the investigation was di-
rected to Quantico, where check of
records on persons going in and out
Of the post the night of the murder
ed to Ross apprehension.
In his confession, McDermott said,
he youth stated he took Davidson's
expensive roadster after the killing,
,ut wrecked it few miles farther on.
After that, according to McDermott, |
he youth got rides from number of
hitch-hikipg his way to
Baltimore and back to Aber- |
leen, where he left the gun and re-
urned to Quantico.
Most of the evidence linking Ross
With the crime was obtained from the |
motorists and from filling station at
where the youth stopped to
atch rides, he stated. Throughout the
the policeman said, Ross
as maintained he shot Davidson in
efense against improper advances.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
REPORT ON ROADS
Bureau Says Building of $4,000
Miles Supervised.

The Bureau of Public Roads reported
yesterday that it supervised the build
ing of $4,000 miles of highway during
the last fiscal year.
OF this, 11,401 were financed from
emergency funds, and 1857 through
regular Federal aid. The rest was in
parks and on public lands. The high
way work, including that done on
grade crossings, cost 4337,747,o7l.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
DEADLY ELIXIR SEIZED
IN 3 MARYLAND CITIES
Drug Which Has Caused 80
Deaths Confiscated in Oakland,

Salisbury and Westernport.
By the Associated Press~
BALTIMORE, October 23.-The
State Department of Health reported
today confiscation In scattered Sec
tions OF quantities of elixir Of
sulfanilamide, drug which has
caused more than 80 deaths in the
Nation.
DR.. Robert H. Riley, State health
director, said the drug had been
found in Oakland, Salisbury and
Westernport.
Representatives of the department,
he said, have been instructed to seek
the preparation in al parts Of the
State and seize stocks.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Study Living Costs.

More than 100000 working-class
homes are being visited by British
ministry Of health representatives 10
find the truth about the cost Of living.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
KENNEDY SETS
TAX DATES

Hearings on proposals to raise
additional District revenue dur
ing the next fiscal year were
tentatively set today for next
Wednesday and Thursday, it was
announced by Representative Am.
prose ]. Kennedy CD of Mary
land, chairman of the subcom.
mittee handling the legislation.
J. L. Jacobs, who directed the
study for the fiscal relations
committee, and George Nc
Anenny, a member Of the fiscal
group, will be the first witnesses.
Although the Kennedy subcom-
mittee sat with the House District
Appropriations subcommitte dur
ing the time that Jacobs and Nc
Anenny we're on the stand dur
ing hearings on the appropriation
bill, Kennedy explained today
that he desires to question both
strictly from tax angle.
When before the appropriations
group they were interrogated
mostly concerning the three-point
formula which they recommended
as a means of arriving at the
amount by which they thought
the Government should reimburse
the District.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
SETS
AD RECORD

NEW YORK. March II G.N.SD.
The May number of Pictorial Re
view-Delineator registered a 102
per cent advertising revenue in
crease over May, 1886, establishing
what is believed to be a record
for a single issue of a large cir
culation magazine, it was an
nounced today. This represents a
gross of approximately $430,000
and an increase of 5712 pages Of
advertising.
The recent consolidation of
Delineator with Pictorial Review
giving the combined magazine a
circulation of more than 100000
the largest of any monthly or
woman's publication - is believed
to have contributed to the un-
precedented gain.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
Mysterious Vessel Firing
On Ships in French Waters

PARIS, March II G.N.sA-An
unknown vessel off the island of
Ushant, in French territorial wa
ters, is firing on almost all ships
that pass within range, a message
from the Bousca radio station
charged today.
The report followed another sen.
Sational development in which the
French three-mile limit saved the
Spanish loyaliSt cargo steamer
Conde de zubiria from possible
capture by insurgents.
The Conde. attacked by a ma
tionalist trawler eight miles south
of the island of Quessant. off
Brest. dashed for French terri.
torial waters under shelling. The
insurgent vessel stopped at the
three-mile limit.
Previously the French freighter
Djebel Antar. en- route from AL
geria to Marseille. was attacked
by an airplane which dropped five
bombs on or near the vessel.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
Reds Assault Stronghold
Of Insurgents in Madrid

MADRID, March IL U.N.S0. &.
Blowing up part of the agricultural
school in University City, strong
hold of the only insurgents in Ma
drid proper, loyaliSt militiamen to-
day made a destructive foray in
the northwest section of the capi-
tai. LeftiSt troops succeeded in
fighting their way into houses near
the clinical hospital.
Charges by Gen. Jose Miaja, Su-
preme commander Of the Madrid
defense forces, that Italians were
captured on the Guadalajara front
were borne out today when 38
italian private volunteers" and
three italian officers were put on
exhibit for the benefit OF foreign
newspapermen. Miaja charged that
$4,000 Italians formed the spear
head Of the Guadalajara attack.
Attacks Driven Back
Reports from the Guadalaj jara
front clashed sharply with insur-
gent claims of victory.
Two insurgent attacks on the
Guadalajara front have been
driven back, loyaliSt COM
munique at Barcelona said today.
despite the fact the nationalistS
were supported by 80 planes as
well as tanks and machine gun
crews.
Loyalist artillery drove back
the FaSciStS, it was claimed,
while government planes duelIed
with their aircraft and forced
them to flee, dropping their bombs
at random.
Madrid authorities declared 10y
aliSt SortieS improved the govern
ment positions in the West Park
sector, scene Of bitter fighting re-
Gently.
InSurgent forces inside Oviedo
again attacked violently. encirc-
ling the loyalists. but were re-
pulsed when Asturian miners
hurled bombs, grenadeS and sticks
of dynamite at a range Of less
than 300 yards.
An intense artillery duel fol-
lowed the attack, but the fighting
ended with the loyaliSts still in a
strong position and many parts of
Oviedo devastated.
From Seville, however, Gen.
Queipo De Llano broadcast that
insurgent troops advanced II miles
on the Tajuna front. He said
loyalists mined the region in an
effort to delay the advance but
that one mine exploded prema-
turely, wiping out three companies
Of the loyalist international
brigade.
The Seville RADIO also claimed
the insurgents captured Brihuega
en- route to Guadadajara, also
Jadrague. other villages on the
same front.
-Four hundred leftiSts were said
to have been killed and the inSur-
gents are now near Torrija, seven
and half miles from Guadalajara,
according to this version.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
3O-Ddy Divorces
Asked in Nevada

CARSON CITY, Nev.-Assem-
blyman Julian Thurston, of Las
Vegas, has introduced an amend
ment to the divorce statutes re-
ducing the residence requirement
to 80 days.
The bill aims to meet threatened
divorce mill competition from
Idaho, which recently passed an
act requiring six weeks residence.
Conservative members of the
bar are not strongly in favor of
a 30-day residence measure. They
feel that Nevada divorces are sub
stantiated by dozens of Supreme
Court decisions, and that Eastern
lawyers will continue to send
cases to this State because they
know what they can expect.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
Capt. W. 6. DuBose
To Be Rear Admiral

Secretary Of the Navy Claude A.
Swanson yesterday announced that
Capt. William G. DuBose, U. S. N,
will assume the rank of rear ad-
miral on March IS, when he sue
ceeds Rear Admiral Emory S.
Land in the post Of chief of the
Bureau of Construction and Re
pair.
A native of Charlottesville, Va,
Captain DuBose graduated from
the Naval Academy in 1897. He
holds several medals for work
during the Spanish-American and
World wars.
Admiral Land, also a veteran of
two wars, will become a member
of the Maritime Commission upon
his retirement, from the Navy on
March Is.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
CREATE
COED TEMPEST

DES MONIES, Iowa, March II
G.N.S).-Two people were irked
today. DR.. D. w. Morehouse, as
tronomer, president of Drake Uni
versity, said absolutely nothing
to. it" when asked if Heloise Mar
tin. coed, was under faculty sur
veillance because she posed for a
near-nude picture in a national
magazine.
Heloise, former Broadway
dancer with Rudy Vallee's "Revels
of 1885," declared she was aston
ished that anyone would think of
such a thing.
It was learned that Heloise
agreed with officials not to do any
more such posing.
A three-quarters pose under a
shower bath, HeloiSe argued, was
retouched. She said:
81 wore a leopard when the
picture was taken. Anyway, they
agreed TO shoot only from the
shoulders"
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
Ray Warner Is Elected
President Of DeMoIaY

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March II.
The Alumni Association of Alexar-
dria Chapter, Order of DeMolay,
elected Ray Warner president for
1887 at its annual meeting last
night.
Other officers named are: Alvin
Thorpe, vice president; Walter C.
Herbert, secretary-treasurer; r.
Thomas Reese, Sergeantat-arms:
D. Worth Stanton. jr., chaplain,
and Alvin w. FrinkS, orator.
The association voted to hold its
third annual dinner-dance April
% at the George Mason Hotel.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
FRENCH PASS
DEFENSE BILL

PARIS, March II QN.So-The
national defense bill, calling for
immediate flotation of a 235-mll-
lion-dollar loan and later addi-
tional credits to finance French
rearmament, was enacted into
law today when President Lebrun
affixed his signature to the bill
passed by the senate and chamber
of deputies.
Interest and capital will be pay
able in French francs or Swiss
francs at the Bank for nterna'
tional settlements at Basle, Switz-
erland.
Retirements will be made in so
annual payments.
The first issue will close March
25. Financial and political experts
believe the fate of the franc and
perhaps that of Premier Leon
Blum'S government will hin g e
upon the manner in which the
issue is taken up by the public.
General opinion is the loan will
be floated successfully through ap-
pealS to patriotism, resulting in a
Steadying Of French currency.
In announcing promulgation Of
the new law, the ministry of
finance left some confusion regard
ing dollar and pound repayment.
1t was not stated whether repay
ment will be made at today'S rate
OF exchange or at the rate pre-
vailtng at amortization time.
The issuing price was fixed at
9S francs, with interest at AZ per
cent.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
FREE MOTHER
IN STABBING

NEW YORK, March II GN.S0.
Mrs. Anna Sheehan, 27, mother
of three children, was acquitted
by a jury today Of a charge
Of manslaughter in the fatal
stabbing of her husband last
New Years Day.
Sheehan, $30-a-month elevator
operator, was stabbed with a
kitchen knife after a quarrel
with his wife over the expendi-
ture of a dollar for liquor. She
declared she picked up the knife
after he had threatened to
strike her. and that he ran into
it accidentally.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
REPORT KILLING
400 OF FOE IN
OFFENSIVE
Fascist Attacks BY
Air, Land RepeIIed,
LoyaIists Claim

WITH THE NSURGENT
FORCES, SORIA, Spain, March
IL U.N.S.) Rebel Generals
simO Francisco Frances advance
guards, in a new threat to Ma
drid, reached . point only nine
miles from Guadalajara today
after battling their way across
stretches Of mountainous cOun.
try.
The rebel spearhead Is now on
flat ground, where the mechan-
lied troops and cavalry will be
able to maneuver freely, inSur-
gent commanders said.
SALAMANCA, Spain, March II
QN.SO. - In a wide flanking
movement northeast of Guadala-
jara, 10000 insurgent troops to-
day struck down the Tajuna
River in a 65-nile offensive to-
ward the right wing Of the loyalist
army southeast of Madrid. If sue
cessful, the drive will complete
encirclement of the capital.
Rolling out of Brihuega, Is
miles from Guadalajara, the FaS-
ciSts followd q country road along
side the Tajuna, threatening
shortly to cut the Guadalajara-
Cuenca Highway at Armuna.
Capture of four loyalist officers,
100 privates and two big guns
when Brihuega fell was reported.
Four hundred loyalistS were re-
ported killed when a column op-
Grating east of Brihuega captured
six villages.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
Georgia Constitution
Is Attacked in Suit
International News Service

An appeal was filed in the su-
preme Court today contending
that the constitutional provision
of Georgia requiring payments of
poll tax in Presidential elections
violates provisions Of the Federal
Constitution.
Nolen R. Breedlove, denied the
right to vote for Presidential cleo
tors in Fulton county, appealed
from a decision Of the Georgia
supreme court upholding the pro-
vision. He contended the Georgia
constitution violates many clauses
of the Federal Constitution and
the Fourteenth. Fifteenth and
Nineteenth Amedments.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
Britain Plans Empire
Farley; Bruce 10 Sit In

LONDON. March II G.N.SO.
An imperial conference will open
in London May ID, after the coro-
nation, Prime Minister Baldwin
today announced in Commons.
Foreign affairs, imperial defense,
trade, shipping. air communica-
tions and allied matters will be
taken up.
Constitutional questions brought
up by the abdication of Edward
VIII also will be considered. Stan
ley M. Bruce, Australian high
commissioner to London, may be
asked to join the British cabinet
in rearmament plans, setting a
political precedent.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
INTERVENTION
IN EUROPE
SECUTED
Reported Sensational
u. S. Moves Called
Pure Poppycock
BY GEORGE r. HOL4EES
International News Service

Reports published abroad that
President Roosevelt is contemplat-
ing sensational move in the field
of world affairs, designed to pacify
War-bent Europe, were dismissed
in the highest quarters here today
as so much poppycock.
A British publication, The Week,
has even gone so far as to predict
a move within a month on Mr..
RooSevelt's part that will be more
sensational and more significant
even than the Hoover moratorium"
of 1881.
Probably nothing could be
farther from the truth.
Mr.. Roosevelt's present inclina-
tion where Europe is concerned is
to let Europe stew in the Juice OF
its own making.
See No Possible Move
Obviously, as any American
President, Mr.. Roosevelt would
like to see Europe at peace, trad
ing peacefully within itself and
with us, and reducing its arma-
ment. But he does not see in the
present situation anything that he
can do that would be helpful In
that direction.
The President was asked in his
latest press conference if he con-
templated calling another inter-
national disarmament conference.
He replied bluntly in one word.
No" He was not asked whether
he contemplated calling another
International economic conference.
But if he had been asked the
answer would have been the same,
NO"
The memory of the London
fiasco in 1888, when British and
continental statesmen tried to use
that economic conference as a
lever to force cancellation of the
$4,000, 900 900 which they owe the
United States. is still too green in
the Administrations memory to
permit any action in that direc-
tion. AS for the mention of the
Hoover moratorium, that memory
not only is green, but also pain.
full. 1t was that sensational
coup" which permitted the war
debt camel to get it's nose under
the tent of reputation.
Puzzled by Hints
Washington has been both
puzzled and annoyed by the fire.
quency with which the European
press and European statesmen
put out mysterious hints that the
United States is planning inter
vention in their troubled affairs.
Sometimes it relates to finances,
sometimes to armament confer
ences, or trade and economic al
fairs.
Weary with making denials.
administration officials in the
highest quarters can only put
these recurring rumors down to
the intense desire of European
statesmen to have the United
States "do something" to save
them from their own folly and
ineptitude.
The only developments in Ad-
ministration foreign policy in the
immediate offing are the adoption
of a hard-boiled neutrality act
which will keep the United States
out of the next European war.
and Tightening. if Tightening is
needed, of the johnson act, which
will keep American dollars at
home.
That, in the opinion Of Admin
istration officials from President
Roosevelt down, is about all that
can be done under the present
circumstances.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
KOREAN FOUND
GUILTY OF
ASSAULT
Cook Was Indicted As
Attempted Poisoner
Of Employers

WHITE PLAINS. N. Y. March
IL Q.N.SO.-Chang 500 Lee, Kor-
can houseman, was found guilty
by a jury here today on two
charges of assault, second degree.
He had been indicted on two
charges Of attempted murder in
connection with the alleged poison
ing of food eaten by Mrs. Louise
Reeves and her husband George
Reeves.
Chang was remanded to jail and
date for sentence was not fixed.
After the jury was polled De-
fense Counsel Charles D. Lewis
turned to Chang and patted the
Korean on the back encourage
ingly.
That's all right-that's all
right" said Chang, with a slight
smile.
He may be sentenced to two and
one-half to five years in prison on
each Of the two charges of which
he was found guilty.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
'Sit-Downer' Is Stuck
When Cold Weather
Makes Car a 'StaY-In'

JOLIET, ILL.,, March II Q.N.SJ.
Frank Peterlin will have to con-
tinue his automobile-in-the-mud
Sit-down strike until the spring
thaws set in. it appeared today.
He hadn't figured on cold
weather, seemingly, when he be-
gan the strike in his automobile,
mired in the muddy street a half
block from his home. The cold
weather froze his car in solidly.
Street Commissioner Sam Shep-
ley was displaying little interest in
Peterlin's passive protest for q
paved street.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
MRS. DELAFIELD SHOT

|under treatment for a nervous
ailment.
A member Of a prominent Chi
cago family, Mrs. Delafied was
a former president of the New
York Junior League. She OBJ
tanned a divorce from her hus-
band in Reno in 1885.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11

NEW YORK. March II 0N.SO.'
Mrs. Ruth Manierre Delafields
38, divorced wife of Lewis Della
field, attorney and sportsman,
was in a critical condition to-
day after shooting herself in the
head in what police said was
suicide attempt. She had been
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
Laverne Baxter Goes
On Radio ToniQht

Laverne Baxter, North Carolina
who meets Jack Hader
tonight at Turner's Arena in the
feature bout, will be interviewed
tonight at o'clock over VOL on
Tony Wakeman's sports program.
The Washington times., 1937-03-11
Treasury Condition
International NeVs service

InI0fhhIlOIdI N6WB SerVIC0
Treasury balance March g: ST..
500, ,073, ,425.52; internal revenue,
SIS, 464, $3.50; customs receipts,
$17,375,7 1865.
The Washington times., 1937-04-08

No ~ 227 Entered Second Class Matter at
w. 1921 Post Office ct Washington, D. c.