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The Washington times., 1937-09-16
KILLERS ERROR
SAVES 3 LIVES

CHICAGO, Sept. 16 G.N.S0.
Three people today probably owed
their lives to a maddened killers
fumbling mistake.
The man who shot and killed
former Municipal Judge Freder-
lex w. Elliott, first stabbed two
women and another lawyer with a
shoemaker's awl.
The prisoner, George L. Chi
charevich, later admitted he had
snatched the weapon from his
pocket by mistake when he
reached for a gun.
His wounded victims were
George A. Mason, attorney, whose
condition was reported serious,
and employees in his offices, Miss
Emily Norcross, 26, and Mrs
Vanja Baron, 38.
Chicharevitch surrendered to
police after his rampage and said
he felt he had been double
crossed" by the lawyers who repre-
sented him in the litigation over
his Wife'S estate.
The Washington times., 1937-09-16
FACTORY RUINS
SEARCHED FOR
VICTIMS OF FIRE

WEEHAWKEN, N. j., Sept. IS
d.N.S0.-One thousand WPA
workers were to search the ruins
Of the s. B. Penick Drug Com
pany'S factory today to determine
whether any Of the $50 girl en-
ployes -.---ished when fire and a
series Of explosions destroyed the
plant yesterday.
AS a series of terrific explosions
rocked the neighborhood and the
flames spread rapidly over a mile.
square area, girl employees leaped
from windows of the plant and
fled screaming through the exits
with their clothing aflame. Twenty
were burned painfully.
Helpless against the sheets OF
chemically fed flames, firemen
were unable to fight their way
into the inferno. A score OF fire
fighters who attempted to enter
dropped in their tracks and were
pulled to safety with difficulty.
Although firemen finally brought
the blaze under control after a
five-hour fight, the heat was so
intense that no search of the ruins
could be made until the ashes
had cooled today.
Nearby tenements caught fire,
but the residents were saved in
spectacular rescueS.
Two investigations were under
way into the conflagration, cause
of which remained q mystery.
The Washington times., 1937-09-16
LONGEST BRIDGE

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 16 GIN.
S).-The longest bridge in Eu-
rope, the StorstrUemsbrow, in Den
mark. which is being built by q
British firm, is nearing compile
tior. 1t will cost the Danish gov
eminent about $6,25O.O and is
approximately two and a quarter
miles long. On the main route be-
tween Copenhagen and the CONT
nent, it crosses the Storstroem.
The Washington times., 1937-09-16

SITdlIlSs
It was to study the problem in
this country and learn what the
United States is doing publicly and
privately in this field that he came
here from Bhavnagar State, in
Kathiawar Bombay Presidency,
India.
P. N. JOSH, the visitor, ex-
planned that he was sent by His
HighneSs the Maharaja Saheb, a
Rajput ruler, because of the lat
ter's realization that agriculture,
as the basic industry of India, de-
ponds on powerful and productive
cattle.
Manager of the Maharajah's pri-
vate herd of COWS, Mr.. JOSH re-.
turned to Mt. Hope Farm at Will
Jamestown, Mass, for further study
there before leaving the United
States.
After two or three months work
in this country he will visit Den
mark and other European dairy
regions to familiarize himself with
their breeding methods.
THE Maharajah Saheb real
ICES that good cultivation de-
ponds on powerful cattle" the
visitor said, "since in India oxen
are used for labor. AS the COW
is a sacred animal. and the
people of India are largely vege-
tarianS."
The Washington times., 1937-09-16
L. S. Cattle Breeds
Reported to India

smiling native Of India who holds two degrees from Bonn
bay University left Washington after conferences with Sece
tay Agriculture Wallace and animal husbandry specialists
today convinced that India learn much from American
breeding methods in attempting to improve her cattle
The Washington times., 1937-09-16

Prints and plain colors:
street and evening shades;
every new fall weave and
color; all 80 and 40 in. wide;
guaranteed WASHABLE .
useful lengths l to 3 yards.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
ROADS BLOCKED

State highway police blocked OH
roads leading to the scene, keep
ing at a distance crowds of the
curious who began choking the
highways as word of the disaster
spread.
Fourteen ambulances and fire
trucks, equipped with respirators.
and all available physicians were
rushed to the mine. with police
escorts, their sirens wide open,
clearing the way.
Special rescue squads were or
ganized and at once began the
titanic effort of clearing away the
great piles of debris.
Workers in the mine said there
was no hope that any of the miss
ing men would be brought out alive
due to the force of the blast. Vice
President Marshall declared:
I'VE are not sure all the miss
ing men were killed, but we are
afraid they were"
The Washington times., 1937-10-16

Foreign embassies and legations
which have been hesitating about
the propriety of welcoming the
duke and duchess who no longer
are popular with the British gov.
ernment must follow, Of necessity,
the example of the wife of the
President of the United States, it
was pointed out.
The Duke of Windsor already
has been invited by the Gridiron
Club to attend its annual stag
dinner on December IL.
Opening of the special session
Of Congress oneNovember Is took
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
C.L.O.PROPOSES
LABOR PARLEY
HERE OCT. Is
Murray Warns AT.
L. tOStOp Quibbling

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Oct. 16
Q.NSO.-If the American FEEDER
alton of Labor decides to cease
quibbling," the Committee for In
dustrial Organization is ready to
discuss terms of peace between
the two organizations, which have
caused the greatest split in labor
solidarity in history.
A telegram to that effect went
today to Frank Morrison, secre-
tary of the A. F. Of L. convention
in Denver, from Philip Murray,
chairman of the C. I. o. special
committee. The peace bid read:
"Our committee will meet
your committee, Willard Hotel,
Washington, Oct. Is, with or
without commitments, as you
prefer. If you decide to cease
quibbling and attend confer.
ence, advise me Pittsburgh.
MURRAY IN CHARGE
Meanwhile John L, Lewis, c. l..
o. chief, sent word that Murray
has been placed in charge OF the
peace negotiations and deputized
to see It through.
Murray is vice chairman of c.
I. o. and heads the powerful S. w
o. c. steel workers organizing
committee.
The closing session of the c. I.
o. decided to throw its force be-
hind a drive to organize the mil
lions of department, chain and
retail store employees, clerks and
salesmen, indorsed Federal anti
lynching bill and accused the Fed
eral Communications Commission
of favoring the companies and
their powerful lobby" ..
CONGRESS PROBE ASKED
A congressional investigation
was asked.
The c. I. o. also demanded
that shipbuilding firms with Gov
ernment contracts be compelled
to obey the labor relations act.
It further approved a plea for
extension of labor'S Nonpartisan
League and joined the boycott Of
Japanese-made goods.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
Jimmy Walkers
Home Is For Sale

NEW YORK, Oct. Is Q.N.SD .
st. Timothy's Farm, Northport
Il. - estate, where former
Mayor James ]. Walker, of New
York, has been breeding poultry
and Irish terriers, is for sale, he
disclosed today. He refused to
name the price sought, but it was
reported in the neighborhood of
$4,000. Walker said the estate
did not belong solely to him, but
was owned by the st. Timothy
Realty Corporation, Northport, "of
which we're a part"
The Washington times., 1937-10-16

on added glamour today with the
announcement that the duke and
duchess may be among the gallery
celebrities in attendance.
The famous couple is scheduled
to arrive in New York on the liner
Bremen a few days before the ses.
sion opens.
In the event he accepts, the
duke will sit in the chair usually
occupied by the Vice President Oh
the left of the President, Mr..
Garner would then move one seat
to the left.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
Chilly Weather
For Weekend

A crisp weekend was in store
for Washingtonians as Weather
Bureau attendants said tempera-
lures probably would remain in
the high 3Os and 40s, with only a
very gradual rise in the mercury,
If at all. The lowest temperature
tonight was expected to be 81.
Yesterdays high was So, record
ed at 3:20 p. m, while low of "a
was reported at $50 o'clock dur
ing the frost period this morning.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
SOCIAL DISEASE
PATIENT Stays
DOCTOR, WIFE
Killer Sleeps in Car
By Bodies of Pair

NORTH ARLINGTON, N. j.,
Oct. 16 0.N.S0 Calm confession
Of the double murder of an aged
Maine doctor and his wife was
made :oday by an 18-year-old pa
tient who drove aimlessly for two
days through New England with
his dead victims in the rear seat.
A sighting remark he said was
made by Dr. J. E. Littlefield, 65,
Of South Paris, Me-, led Paul
Dwyer, self-suspected social disease
sufferer, to strike him down in
anger and later to kill Mrs. Little
field to silence her.
LIGHT FINDS CRIME
A policeman making his routine
rounds uncovered the crime when
he flashed his light in a car
parked on a side street here and
saw one of the bodies slumped
grotesquely on the rear seat and
Dwyer calmly sleeping at the
wheel.
Dr.. Littlefield was attacked
first, the boy said, with his fist.
Then he strangled the doctor and
hit him on the head with a ham.
met.
Telling Mrs. Littlefield her hus-
band had committed a murder,
Dwyer asserted he drove about
New England with her from
Wednesday night until yesterday
morning. The doctors body was
then in the trunk Of the car.
When wrs. Littlefield yesterday
accused him of killing the doctor,
Dwyer said he strangled her.
WILD" SAYS SLAYER
Dwyer said in his confession:
"Dr. Littlefield made a dirty
crack about the girl was going
with. I hit him with my fist.
He toppled over and hit his
head on the bath tub. I was
wild. I went down stairs and
got a hammer and came back
and hit the doctor with it.
don't know how many times.
Then I strangled him. I made
sure he was dead.
! "On Friday morning, while
we were driving along the road
between Portland and South
Paris, she yelled at me:
"'You killed my husband
so I had to strangle her."
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
D. C. Man Favored
For Martins S Post

Strong support for the appoint.
ment of a local man on the Court
of AppealS in the position recently
vacated by the retirement of Chief
Justice George Ewing Martin was
reported today in a letter to At.
torney General Cummings.
The letter, written by Henry I.
Quinn, president Of the District
Bar Association, points out that
not one of members of che Court
of Appeals is a Washingtonian.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
c.. y. VS.. LAFAYETTE
At Griffith Stadium, 2:3O P. M.
RESERVES

Lafayette-Bidwell lO, Kearns
90. Asknan Cl5), Bryant uD ,
Toohey (19). Sweeney 600, Gold
en- (22), ZochowSki (25), Cloth
(2T. Austin (32), Simmons CID, E,
Burke Q6). Quigg CID, Murphy
(24, Holowach (26), Hageman
(29, Driscoll 900. Jaggard (34,
Kanzler (37), Sargent (38}, SEQ
field (39), Wesby (40, Dochterm'n n
(4D, KeresteS (43), Burgess (4D,
Graft (45).
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
Ditch-Digger Finds
$4,000 Bank Loot

BLUFFTON, Ind, Oct. 16 G.N.
SD.-Charley Callers eyes were
still popping today. While operat-
ing a ditch-digging machine yes
terday he unearthed $4,000 worth
of Liberty bonds, identified as hav'
ing been stolen from a Peru GndO
bank March &c, 1919.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
Ludwig Has Lunch
With Roosevelt

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Oct. Is
GNS0.-Emil Ludwig, noted Ger
man biographer of Napoleon and
Mussolini, lunched with Presi
dent Roosevelt yesterday to obtain
additional data for his forthcom'
ing biography of the Chief Execu-
tive.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
400 WORKERS
DEATH
4 MILES down
Rescuers Held Up
By Wreckage

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 16
QN.SO. - Thirty.three miners
known dead. One miner missing,
and believed dead.
Rescue workers, descending
feVerishly to the explosion-torn
depths of the Mulga Coal Mine.
20 miles from here, counted that
tragedy toll today.
The lone surviving miner close
to the scene of the terrific explo.
sion was Ivan Fox, who was rushed
to a hospital in BeSsemer suffer-
ing severe burns. He was unable
to talk.
400 ESCAPE DEATH
About 400 miners, working in
another level of the mine, escaped.
AS sobbing wives and relatives
of the victims gathered at the
scene of the tragedy, efforts were
made to establish identity Of the
dead.
Workers attributed the blast to
gas pocket or an accumulation
of dust, but mine officials said the
cause has not been definitely de-
termined.
That the death toll was not
higher, 1t was said, was due to
the fact that the explosion was
confined to one level about four
miles from the mouth of the mine.
DEBRIS PILED HIGH
Rescue crews worked valiantly
to clear away huge piles of debris
so the bodies could be brought to
the surface. Of the 33 persons
known dead, is were white work.
ers and the others Negroes.
Among those who were known
to have been on the death level"
we're Earl Williams. Horace Hogan,
Clyde Master, Howard Cooper,
Dick Eason, Joe Boyd, Charlie
Clayton, Hobart Higgins, Luther
Cooper, Charles Click, S. Bradley.
Joseph Skinner and John BagwelI.
E. D. Dodge, superintendent Of
the mine, personally was leading
the rescue parties. Many of the
miners who escaped were knocked
down by the blast. They came
streaming up to the surface in a
near panic, but order was quickly
established and rescue parties or'
ganized.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
Cables Accuser
Faces Deportation

SANTA ANA, Cal, October Is
UN.S0.-Violet Wells Norton, At.
year-old Englishwoman who went
to Jail for a year after accusing
Clark Gable, screen star, of being
father Of her daughter, was cited
here by the Government for de-
portation.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
Bishop Of Virginia
New Church Head

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 16
Q.N.SO.-Rt. Rev. Henry St.
George Tucker, Bishop of Vir-
ginia, was elected presiding Bishop
of the Protestant Episcopal
Church at the Triennial Confer
ence here today.
Earlier Story on Page 81
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
New Army Bomber
Passes First Test

SEATTLE, Wash, october 16
GN.SO - The new four-motored
Boeing Bomber XB-15, said by
Army engireers to be the largest
and fastest land fighting plane
ever built, yesterday successfully
completed its first test flight over
teh Seattle area.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16

Georgetown-Schmidt ca, Te-
haan 90, Ludwinowicz (6), Chap
man uO, Urbanski ID. McCourt
l2), Daily (15), Mellendick (l9), -,
Noonan (21, Stadler Ca, OBrien
(23), Chursincas (25), Keating
(26), RiofSki (28), Harris (29) !,
Cavadine (3N, Donahue (36)
Burke (37), Boyle (3S), Sheeran
(42). Hill (43), Gildea (4S), wy.
chunas (46), Brady (4D.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
4 Powers Clash
Over Volunteers
In Spanish War
Italy, Germany Balk at AnglO-French
Proposal to Order Troops Home
By KINGsBURY SMITH
Upright. 1887. by International News service)

LONDON Oct 16.-The AngloFrench and ItaloGerman
fronts into sharp and speedy conflict before the Non
Intervention Committee today when both presented widely
posed plans for withdrawal of volunteers from Spain
Accompanied by threats Of retaiatory freedom of action
France supported by England urged immediate token
withdrawal troops from Spain with regard the pro-
portion of foreigners either side
complete recall would follow with guarantees that
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
VATICAN INSISTS
ON RETRACTION

G.N.SJ. The Papal Delegate to
the United States, the Rev. Amleto
Giovannia Cicognani, today was
represented as intent on securing
complete retraction Of published
reports that the Holy See in
structed its bishops and mission
aries in China to aid the Japanese
cause. in the Sino-Japanese con-
flict.
Cicognani was instructed by the
Vatican last night to make official
refutation of the report creating
the belief.
"ANTIRED MEASURE"
The published story attributed
to a Vatican source a statement
that the Holy See had issued the
alleged instructions as part Of its
expressed opposition to BolsheV'
ism.
The Holy Sees indignation at
Misrepresentation of its Far East
ern attitude by an American news
agency re-echoed today with a
fresh official denial of the story
as "false and tendenciouS" from
Vatican City, Rome.
With the obvious approval Of
Pope Plus, the official Vatican
organ, Osservatore Romano, TO-
night will print the following de-
nial from the department of state
that the Holy See has any bias in
the Sino-Japanese Conflict:
POPE APPROVES
Although the fac5 that this
news is false and tendenciouS
is clear to anyone who knows
the principles which inspire the
activities of the Holy See, never
theless the Holy See is preoccu-
pied by the damage this false
news may produce, especially
where Catholic missionaries in
China are concerned, and
hastens to deny the entire con-
tents of the article.
None of it comes from Vati-
can authorities. 1t is a COM
plete invention, false and evi.
IDENTIFY tendencious.
The Vatican it was said proba-
bly, has never taken such severe
steps to scotch a misleading news
account.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
ALICE FAYE SAYS

HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 16 U.N.SJ.
Alice Faye, the actress, ponders
over matrimony thus: why do
newly wededd couples think they
have to act differently"
The Washington times., 1937-10-16

by the brides uncle, the Rev. DR..
Sartell Prentice.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Parmalee Prentice, of New
York and Williamstown.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
ITALY ASSAILED

His fury rising, the fiery Soviet
emissary bitterly charged Italy
with arrant insincerity.
"The acts of the Italian gov.
ernment flatly contradict the
peaceful professions expressed
at this table," he said.
Therefore, we can only be.
lieve these assurances when we
see acts to support them. So
far we have not seen anything
of that kind"
All 27 powers represented on the
committee hope to state their
home governments stand when
the next meeting is held Tuesday.
EDEN TO PRESIDE
Foreign Secretary Eden, who
yesterday warned italy in a speech
that Britain would tolerate no
threat to her communications in
the Mediterranean, decided to pre-
side at the next session.
Diplomatic quarters were more
Continued on Page 2, Col. q
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
First Lady to Send
Wally Bid to Frolic
By HELEN EssARY

Mrs Roosevelt will official precedent for the entertain
of the of Windsor when she visits Washington
bv inviting her to the Grdiron widows folc the White
House. December II, it was learned today
The Washington times., 1937-10-16

monies here.
The bridegroom is the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Thorne
Gilbert, of Clayville, N. Y.
The ceremony will be performed
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
q. S. S.Accepts
Bid toPeace
Farley
BY ROBERT G. NIXON

G.N.S.) The United States Gov.
ernment today received-and for.
mally accepted an invitation
from the Belgian government to
attend the conference of the nine
powers which IS years ago agreed
here in Washington to respect the
territorial and administrative in,
tegrity of China.
The conference will discuss
Japan'S current but undeclared
war on China.
MEET OCTOBER 80
The powers will meet in the Bel.
gian capital on October 30, and
Secretary of State Hull, who an.
nounced receipt and acceptance
of the invitation, said he under.
stood all the nine powers, includ.
ing Japan, had been invited.
The American delegation, Hull
said, will be headed by Norman
H. Davis, Americas rowing ambas-
sador.
He will be assisted by DR.. Stan.
ley Hornbeck, the State Depart.
ment's Far Eastern expert, and
Pierrepont Moffatt, chief of the
European division. Robert Pell
will act as press representative
and Charles Boland as secretary.
SAIL NEXT WEEK
Americas delegation will sail
the middle of next week and be.
fore leaving will confer with Pres.
ident Roosevelt.
The President yesterday an
nounced he would charge the
American representatives with the
duty of suggesting that one of the
chief objectives of the conference
be tc attempt to persuade Japan
and China to permit the united
western powers to halt the Sino-
Japanese undeclared war through
mediation.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16

volunteers" would be sent.
Count Dino Grandi, Italian am
bassador, countered with a plan
insisting that withdrawal be on
a basis of equality.
He demanded that belligerents'
rights be granted to both sides at
once, and was backed by Germany.
The Anglo-French plan calls for
recognition of the belligerentS
only after withdrawal begins.
With typical realism, Ambas-
sador Ivan Maisky of Soviet
Russia expressed doubt that inter
vention could now be made a
success. He added to the days
fireworks with a recommendation
that the Loyalist government i'm
mediately be permitted to buy war
supplies. Maisky agreed, however
to submit the opposing proposals
to Moscow.
The Washington times., 1937-10-16
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair tonight and Sunday; slowly rising
temperature; gentle variable winds. Ode
tails on Page 81
Evening star., 1937-04-16

Murray, Frances Langford, Anne
Jamison, Igor CORN and Raymond
Paige's orchestra-WJSV, . o'clock.
THE Beale Street Boys, outstanding
exponents of blues" singing,
Memphis variety, will be guest stars
on Louis Armstrong; program, WMAL
at 8. Added to the indigo yocalizlng
are Armstrong; torrid trumpet and
the sepia comedy team OF Eddie
Green and Gee Gee James.
HABANERA," from Bizet's Car
men," as sung by Lucille Man.
ners, soprano, with Robert Simmons,
tenor, the Revellers and Rosario
Bourdon's orchestra, highlights the
Service Concert on WRC at 8.
FROM the Lake Shore Athletic
Club, Chicago, Columbia will pre-
sent descriptions Of two major events
| in the Women's Senior A. A. u SWIM
Evening star., 1937-04-16
STUDENT NAMES"
ON VARSITY SHOW
Daughter of Cantor and
Son of Harry Warner
on Held Program.
N IMPOSING srrov

N IMPOSING array Of student
n talent will face the micro
~ phone tonight when John
4 a Held, jr, airs his Varsity
show from the campus OF the Uni
Versity of Southern California
Names" have been found among the
undergraduates in the persons of
Edna Cantor and Jack Warner, who
will participate in comedy sketch
ribbing their famous fathers, Eddie
Cantor. funny man, and Harry War
ner, film executive.
Hollywood casting directors are ex-
pected to be on hand for the broad
cast, scheduled by WRC at 1890, with
the lineup boasting q singing canary,
trained by a psychology professor; the
100-piece Trojan Band, an a capella
choir Of 10, the Touchstone Drama
Shop, the Poetry Playhouse, whistler
and several vocal and instrumental
soloists.
THAT amiably sntagonistic pair,
Walter Winchell and Ben Bernie,
lock horns once more on the Holly
Evening star., 1937-04-16

wood Hotel" program tonight when,
with Alice Faye and several other
members Of the cast, they present
scenes from their new motion picture,
scheduled for early release. Handling
the musical chores will be the usual
complement of artists, Fred Mac
Evening star., 1937-04-16

ming championships, with WJsv
carrying the sports feature at 10:45
pm. The 3o0-yard medley relay and
220-yard free-style competitions are
slated for coverage.
Evening star., 1937-04-16
NEW RADIO STATION
HELD NEED FOR D. C.
Former Senator Dill Claims Chain
Programs Make Local Service
Impossible.

A new broadcasting station is
needed in Washington more than in
any other city in the country, former
Senator Clarence C. Dill, now resi-
dent In the District, told the Federal
Communications Commission yester-
day.
Chain programs occupy one-half to
two-thirds of the time of the four
existing stations, making it impossible
to give real local service, Dill said in
support of an examiners recon-
Evening star., 1937-04-16

Wanamaker. No charge was lodged
against Highfield.
Sergt. Wanamaker said the arrest of
Highfleld was the result Of an in
vestigation begun last November, when
two drivers for the firm were charged
with embezzling small sums. The
drivers are at liberty on bond pending
trial Wanamaker said the Arms S
books showed $4,000 shortage.
Ostrich feathers are being sold at
5000 q pound in London.
Evening star., 1937-04-16

Women Of Russia are showing an
unusual interest in Spring styles.