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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
Coroner Certifies
Suicide

A certificate Of suicide has been
issued by Coroner A. Magruder
Mcdonald in the case of Jesse
E. Weaver, SIS, who was found
dead of gas yesterday in his home
in the 1900 block Minnesota Ave.
S. E. He had been employed at
the Bureau of Printing and En-
craving and had been respondent,
police were told by a son, Fred
erick H. Weaver, with whom he
lived.
Curtis H. Mcfarland, so, World
War veteran, of Floris, Va, died
in Mount Alto Hospital last night
from shotgun wounds. McFar-
land, his left arm and chest torn
by slugs. was found by his daugh.
ter Margaret, Z, who summoned
neighborS. He is the father of
two other children. Police are
investigating.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
KRESS BATTLES
Wife TO H ELP
HIS DAUGHTER

NEW YORK, Aug. n (C.TP.S0
Claude w. Kress, millionaire presi'
dent Of the chain stores bearing
the family name. aligned himself
with his daughter and against his
wife today in a custody battle over
two grandchildren. A quietly con-
fident witness before Referee Ar
thur S. Tompkins in Nyack, he
admitted that he was estranged
from his wife.
This revelation of marital dis
cord, the second to be made in the
course Of Referee Tompkins' hear
ings, bolstered the case of his
daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth KreSs
Huger Jack.
SEEKS CHILDREN
She is fighting to prevent her
first husband, Daniel e. Huger,
from obtaining a larger share Of
the custody of their two children,
Beatrice, z, and Daniel, 8. At a
hearing last week, she testified
that her mother has refused to
see her since she divorced Huger,
a Catholic, and married Raymond
Jack, a Protestant.
An unidentified Metropolitan
Opera prima donna, her name
kept secret by agreement of at
torneyS also figured briefly in
the hearing. Mrs. Jack testified
that she once loaned Huger $1,000
Ito cover losses in a wheat deal"
but that later he admitted to her
that he had loaned the money,
in turn, to "a celebrated singer
at the Metropolitan"
DENIES CHARGES
Huger had charged his wife
with being unfaithful with three
men. Jack today submitted let
tiers to disprove these charges,
and, in testimony said:
THE charges are malicious
lies
Though Mrs. Kress was said to
have refused to see Jack or talk
to him on the telephone, KresS
testified that he regarded his new
son-in.law as "a gentleman, and
a fine father to my grandchil.
dren."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
Poison Gas Laid
To Japan in War

LONDON, Aug. q GN.SD.
Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek.
Chinese military dictator, issued
a communique charging Japanese
military forces used poison gas
against Chinese troops in Man.
kow Pass near Peiping, the London
Daily Telegraph reported today
from Marking.
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I STATES HUNT
FOR MANS BODY

NEW YORK, Aug. u QN.SJ.
All police stations along Long
Island Sound joined today in ,
seven.State search for John 9.
Lowe, wealthy retired manufac'
turer of Dayton, Ohio, who disap-
peared from a Boston.bound boat.
1t is feared he may have walked
overheard and been drowned.
Lowe was a chronic sleepwalkeG.
He occupied a nine-room terrace
apartment here and had a five-fo0S
iron picket fence built around tho
terrace to guard himself against
walking over the buildings ed0&
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
German Village
ImprisOns Fowls

BERLIN, Aug. 81 (C.TP.SJ.
Chickens, ducks and geese found
running uncontrolled on the roads
henceforth will be taken into Gus
tody." This decree, which was
welcomed by motorists, was issued
by the mayor of a Rhenish Vii.
lage, according to the West
Dutsche Boebachter. The mayor
said that the captives will be
freed only >on payment Of a fine
of 8 to IL cents a bird. The COM
ment of the village policeman on
his new task was not published.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
3 Feet From Bar,
Is WOlnan's Place

HARTFORD, Conn, Aug. a..
Connecticut women, already banned
from drinking standing at a bar,
cannot even drink sitting down I'M
less their table is at least three
feet away from the bar, the State
liquor control commission ruled
In a new regulation today.
The prohibition against vertical
drinking by women was passed by
the general assembly at its last
session.
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INDIANA FREES
LUST SLAYER

PENDLETON, Ind, Aug. q
G.N.S0.-Defying a storm of OPP
position, State reformatory Off.
Gals today released Virgil Kirk
land, 26, slayer of pretty Arlene
braves after prohibition era"
party in Gary.
The hideous crime attracted ma
tional attention. Evidence was
that Kirkland and others piled
the young girl with liquor until
she became intoxicated and then
attacked her in turn. She died
as a result.
A. F. Miles, reformatory super
intendent, said that Kirkland was
released after the reformatory
board of trustees had recon-.
mended the action and after the
State welfare department had ap-
proved the recommendation.
A best seIler-packed with thrills
international intrigue glamOr - Il.
Phillips Oppenheims Envoy ExtraOr-
dinary"-cOming soon in The Washing
tom TiVnaa
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ROBBED OF SIS

John P. Grinels, Of Richmond,
Va, who owns a vegetable stand
at Eleventh and E SITS. s. w., told
police that while he was sleeping
there early today someone took
SIS in bills from his pockets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
DR.. GRAY REELECTED

DR.. Junius Gray, Baltimore
(MdO clergymen, has been re-
elected moderate of the Mt. Bethel
Baptist Association, which closed
its sixty-second annual session At
Metropolitan Baptist Church yes
terday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27

The peril Of being too careful with
Cupid. A true story of IA man who tried
his best to play safe with love. and how
his caution led to haIf-milliOn- dollar
suit. Don't miss this illustrated fea-
ture in the American Weekly. with
Sundays Washington Herald.
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he was called home because of the
serious state of unrest in that
country and the wholesale party
purging that have been going on.
Only comparatively short
while before Vladimir Romn, So
Wet correspondent here, had
slipped quietly out of town,
bobbed up in Moscow and pleaded
guilty to having conspired with
Trotsky. 1t was one of those fan.
tastic confessions which Ameri-
cans have been utterly unable TO
comprehend.
FATE NOT KNOWN
Several Washington correspond
ents sought to be of assistance to
Romm by giving cable testimony,
through American Ambassador
Davies, that as they knew Romm
he had been an intensely loyal
Stalinite and also a gentleman
whom they like. No word of
Romm has been heard since the
trial.
Under the circumstances many
WashingtonianS assumed Troya.
novsky, when he answered the call
home, was returning to his death.
Published expression of fears for
his safety, however, have outraged
the Soviet embassy and what are
called the true friends of the So
Wet. They are convinced that such
expressions are nothing more than
efforts to embarrass the Soviet
regime.
This reporters informant, a per
son in a position to make authen-
tic observations, was wildly i'm
pressed by the reign of terror now
existing in the country. The ex-
perience of Nine. Rosso, wife of
the Italian ambassador to Moscow,
was related. Rosso was the Italian
ambassador here. She was Mrs.
Frances Bunker, of Washington,
and they were married in Paris
last winter while he was being
transferred to Moscow. She tried
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
Flood Hats Freight
Traffic; Airport Safe

Washngons airport, vulnerable flood reported
to be safe today from the high waters with traffic moving in
and regular schedule Officials said that there little
chance of this being inundated by the present flood
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
Friends Here Fear
For TrOyanOVsky

for months to visit a chapel i
the Kremlin.
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$FURN. APT.
| CATHEDRAL AVENUE):

IFURN. APT.
CATHEDRAL AVENUE):
The building in which this
apartment is located is noted for
its discriminating and cultured
atmosphere as well as the eff
cheney in which it is operated.
Needless to tell you the location
is perfect, it is just a stones
throw from the Washington Ca
thedral (the temperature out
here is at least 10 degrees cooler
than in town.. This apartment is
cool inviting and Hastily fur
nished in new furnishings. There
is a living room, dining room,
bedroom, with twin beds, dressing
closet with murphy bed, kitchen
and bath. I feel very proud to
be able to offer it for your in
Spection. It is available and the
rental of $125 includes linens,
dishes and silver.
FURN. ROOMS
DOWNTOWN:
Living downtown offers special
inducements to the Government
worker; you can take that extra
40 winkS in the morning and still
be able to stroll leisurely to work.
Located in an apartment just off
Sixteenth Street, these rooms are
comfortably furnished and can be
rented either as sleeping rooms
or light housekeeping rooms and
they are available Immediately
Rentals are quite reasonable.
SINGLE ROOMS
| NINETEENTH ST.:
Here's that chance to get a
single room in the Dupont Circle
section where you will be able to
walk back and forth to work. Al
this writing there are TWO single
rooms available. They are at
tractively furnished in new maple
furniture. One of the rooms is
quite a good size and rents fol
So week; the other is smaller
room which can be had for the
! reasonable sum of $3.50 per week
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BIDS AND PROPOSALS

COMMISSIONERS, D. c.. Washington. July
%. 1937.-Sealed proposals will be re-
ceived at Room 800, District Building, I'M
til o'clock P. M. August 8, 1887, for
furnishing lead-covered insulated telephone
and signal cable, Electrical Division, D. C..
Specifications and information at Room
800 District Building
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FURN. UNIT
Near George WashingtOn):
An interesting suitcase is located
downtown near George Washing
ton University. This is an attrac-
lively furnished apartment with
all new furniture and can be sub
leased to the last of the summer
months or longer. 1t is located on
the second floor front of an apart
ment building and consists of two
rooms, kitchen, bath and porch.
There is a living room with studio
couch, new maple furniture and Is
very attractive with its harmonic
ing colors of green and rust; the
bedroom which is quite a good
size is furnished in maple and as
there is a double and a single
bed there are plenty of sleeping
quarters for three or four adults;
the kitchen has everything neceS-
Sary to perfect housekeeping and
is very attractively furnished in
red and white. Connected with
this apartment building, in the
rear, is a nice yard, with plenty
Of shade trees, where you can
spend many restful hours. I be-
lieve this should prove a very COM
Portable place to live and as the
rental is only $55 a month, I Sug-
5est immediate inspection.
ROOM AND BOARD
FOR GENTLEMAN:
A delightful opportunity is open
to a discriminating gentleman
who is DESTROYS of single room
where he can get real home
cooked meals. This is a very at
tractive room furnished in ma
hogany furnishings with all the
comforts necessary to the stronger
sex. 1t is in a private home, just
little ways from downtown. Tht
house is surrounded by large lawn!
and porches which will be at tn,
disposal of the guest. Rental $40
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ceived at Room 800, District Building, I'M
til 2 o'clock P. M. August 8, 1887, for
furnishing lead-covered, insulated telephone
and signal cable, Electrical Division, d. c.
Specifications and information at Room
800 District Building.
COMMISSIONERS, D. c., washington, July
16, 1887 Sealed proposals will be re-
ceived in Room 500. District Building until
200 p. m. Aug. 4, 1887, and then pub
licly opened and read, for Furnishing and
trict of Columbia Sewage Treatment Plant,
Blue Plains. d. G. more complete de-
scription of the work and full information
for bidders is given in the drawings. speci-
fications. and in other contract papers,
which may be obtained at Room 427, Dis
trict Building upon deposit of q certified
check payable to the Collector of Taxes,
D. c.. in the sum of $500 to insure re-
three complete sets of drawings. specifica-
tions and contract papers will be furnished
to any one general contractor. No pro-
posal will be accepted unless accompanied
by q guaranty of not less than five per
cent (5%) Of the amount Of the bid in
the form of q certified check made pay.
able to the Collector of Taxes, D. c.. q. 8.
Bonds, or the bond of an approved surety
company, Security for the faithful per-
Torrance of the work shall be in the form
of q surety bond in q penal sum equal to
the estimated total contract price. A Ia
Dor bond in an amount equal to the largest
eSIln8teO aggregate payroll LOT duy Ouc
month 10 required. Public liability insur-
ance in the sum of $40, 900 and $4,000
is also required. The work called for UNI
der this proposal 10 to be performed in
accordance with an agreement dated octo-
Der 8. 1884, an amendatory agreement
dated April 2, 1887 and . waiver dated
May 81, 1887 between the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia and the Fed
ersl Emergency Administrator of Public
Works and is subject to the provisions of
Title II of the National Industrial Recov-
cry Act and the rules and regulations pre-
scribed by the President and the Federal
Administrator of Public Works. The Act
ing Manager. District of Columbia Employ
ment Center. is C. E. Lamson. $50 In.
diana Avenue. N. W. The Commissioners
reserve the right to reject any and all
proposals and to waive informalities as
they deem best for the interest of the Dis
trict of Columbia. Final award of con-
tract is subject to approval of the Federal
Emergency Administrator of Public Works.
Attention is called to the fact that not
less than the minimum wage rates pre-
scribed by the Federal Emergency Admin
istration of Public Works must be paid on
this project. A schedule of wage rates
predetermined by the q. s. Department of
Labor for this work is included in the
specifications. MELVIN C. HAZEN.
GEORGE E. ALLEN, DAN I. SULTAN,
Commissioner D. c.
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LOST
BIDS AND PROPOSALS

COMMISSIONERS. D. c.. Washington, July
IS lq37,-Sealed proposals will be re-
ceiyed al Room 500 District Building until
. 90 p m. July 26. 1887. Eastern stand
ard time and then publicly opened. for
performing miscellaneous plumbing. cleo
trlcal roofing, heating and other work in
cidental thereto. during the fiscal year end
ins June 80 1885 Apply Room 427 Dis
trict Building for proposal form and speci-
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$50 Emerson st. N. w.
&d2 SO 2 rooms. kitchen, dinette
POV and bath. Includes cleo
tricity and refrigeration.
Ask for janitor or call
Georgia 1906.
236 Mass. Ave. N. E.
| &AO IN room, kitchen, dinette
~F@'"V and bath. Refrigeration
on h. c. Elevator. Res.
Mgr. Atlantic 51S2.
1925 18th st. N. w.
i $40 5G room and bath, and
~I0en 2 rooms, kitchen. dinette
%4G'OV and bath. Refrigeration
nr SnG on h. C. Elevator. Res.
@OI"OV Mgr, metropolitan 0635.
1902 Summit Pl. N. w.
\ &A0 SO 2 rooms. kitchen, dinette
l %4""OV and bath. Refrigeration
4 on h. C. Elevator. Res.
| Mgr, Adams 104s0.
Ala Seward So. s. e.
$40 IN rms. kitchen, dinette
%1""O" and bath. squares from
Congressional L brary.
Ring for janitor.
31OO Warder st. N. w.
S4s.5O &C., Co., ISvi 1"an and E WssssF
dinette and bath. Refrig-
II Grafton on h. C. Res. Mgr.,
II Columbia 41SS.
/ 1880 r. /. Ave. N. E.
II &52 50 2 rooms, kitchen, dinette.
II YO bath and porch. Refrig"
II Grafton on h. c. Elevator.
II Res Mgr North 7157.
H 2145 California st
II eco S(1 2 rooms, kitchen, dinette,
%VS'OV bath, foyer. Refrigeration
II on h. c. Res. Mgr, North
II 1850.
/ 1914 18th st. N. W.
II $4,000 1 room and bath, and
III @ee M rooms, kitchen and bath;
II SOOsUU corner apt, cross-ventila-
II and ton. Refrigeration on h.
III ecS m C. Elevator. Res. Mgr.,
H %OC'VV Decatur 321S.
S6O.5O S1 5sS%'' ii sl5ehe n, diP Ss,s
II ana Also . bedrooms. kitchen,
H &QO S0 dinette, bath and porch.
POV'OV Refrigeration, ev tor.
II switchboard. Res. Mgr.,
II of-Os
Il 1920 Conn. Ave.
Il $50 50 2 rooms, kitchen. dinette
II and bath. Cross ventila-
II ton. Overlooking park.
II Refrigeration, elev tor.
II switchboard. Res. Mgr.
II Cleveland 0764.
H 470O Conn. Ave.
81 * m 8 bedrooms, living room,
dining room. kitchen.
II baths, porch. RefriGer-
II alton on h. c. Switch
II board, elevator. Res. MEr.,
II Cleveland 0S45.
H 1910 BiItmore N. W.
S95. 100 2 bedrooms, living room,
dining room, kitchen, bath
II and porch. Res. MET,
II Adams 9493.
Real Estate Mortgage and
Guaranty Cooperation
1910 K st. n. W. National 1903
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UPHOLSTERTNG

RE-UPHoLSTERING. Gaming. Re-fInishfng
Shop. W. L. Shipley. Prop. Pc. 1880.
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SPECIAL NOTICES

FINE PHoToGRAPHs-Less expensive
during the Summer, 20T off until Sep
TENDER 10. EDM0NSTON STUDIO, 1888
+ St. N. W. National 1900.
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RENTAL HUNTING
With Barbara Holmes

you are the places described belo or phone
or call ON Barbara Holiness 1919 ST. n IT, d. 500 d. 70O0
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KTT-MAR

OUR SIXTH ANNIVERSARY
CHOICE FOODS DRUM BAR
18th and Florida Ave. n W. co. 1O212
Evening star., 1937-02-28

Left: ALMOST TO HER
MAST TIPS. A mountainous
sea seems to swallow the Brit
ish freighter Afghanistan in
this view from a rescue ship
approaching after mid
Atlantic storms had battered
the freighter to a state of
helplessness. G Wide World
Evening star., 1937-02-28

7he SWcof q e0lIoIeu, ul1euken y 0oq1]
aess ons ok NeB ereatest pleasures Now, thanks "a
onotone this miracle Is heng enjoyed by countless paren
whose handicap 81 being hard Of hearing has heretofor
deprived them d this great Joy 9onotone Is accepted ~ m
Coac on physical Iherapy the American Medical Aaso
citation Free hearing analysis and consultation aonoton
Warrington CO. COS Shoreham Bldg National O022
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-08-20
Says Japan Trying
To Grab Shanghai

Continued from Page One.}
foreignest part of the foreign settle
ment and the settlement, by rule of
extra-terrltoriality is occidental soil.
1t isn't exclusively American. 1t is
accidentally international. 1t is as
much American as anything. Uncle
SAM at Icpet is a partner in it. An
American, Killed in it, theoretically is
killed right here at home.
The Bund.
From the Palaces main entrance
one steps out directly upon the Bund,
foreign Shanghai's waterfront, on the
Whangpoo river.
In tire Whangpoc there always are.
at ar.il"r. several cruisers or gun
boats of each of the occidental pow
erS.
In the recent particular instance
there evidently was an offensive pre-
ponderance of Japanese cruisers in
the Whangpoo. Two or three would
have been customary, but it is said
there were 81 of them.
Chinese aviators decided to bomb
them.
A Comparison.
It was as if an air fleet had tried
to bomb a naval squadron, tied up
at the lower end of Van Buren, street,
off Michigan avenue, Chicago.
In the event of demonstration OF
that kind, 1t would be surprising If
quite numter of bombs, heaved
overheard from mile aloft out OF
a murky sky, did not miss their IN
tended targets and hit the Auditor
ium hotel, on the mainland.
That is what occurred at Shanghai.
Large Foreign Interests.
1 never had much sympathy with
outsiders who undertake to butt into
disturbed foreign situation, IN or
der to make money out OF 1t, ana
then call on their home folk 70 pro
tect them.
But Shanghai is little different.
The foreigners were granted terri
tory there, so far back that tne
memory of man runneth not to the
contrary." They are established. Their
interests are enormous. They reach
from Shanghai away back to Inloet'
The Japanese, late corners, are Try
ing to grab the whole thing.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-08-20
CURE OF PELLAGRA
QUESTION OF DIET
Right Kind of Foods Need
ed, But No Medical or
Serum Treatment

Raleigh, Aug. 2O.-NO medical treat
ment, no serum, only the right kind
of foods in sufficient amounts, are
necessary for the prevention and cure
of pellagra, which is purely a dietary
disease, as was pointed out here to-
day by DR.. Roy Norton, assistant di-
rector of the division of, Preventive
Medicine, State Board of Health.
There are foods that cure pellagra,"
he said foods that are good for it,
others that are fair while others still
have little or no effect" Others he de-
scribed as poor. He also gave some
rules for the prevention Of. this all
ment
Foods that cure pellagra, accord
ing to DIR. Norton include: Powdered
yeast, green vegetables-the greener
the lEetter-eggs, lean meat and liver,
fresh milk wheat germ, and canned
salmon. In the group of foods good
for pellagra DR.. Norton placed: Rab-
bit meat, lean pork shoulder, canned
chicken, sweet milk, buttermilk, lean
beef (fresh or corned), pork, mutton,
fish, fowl, pork liver, powdered yeast
bankers dried and brewers-eggs
tomato Juice, peanut meal, canned
salmon, canned kale, canned collards,
canned green peas, canned turnip
green's, liver extract and wheat germ.
Among the fair foods he classi-
fled: evaporated peaches and canned
haddock, while the following he de-
scribed as poor" Cotton seed meal,
canned lettuce, and canned green
onions.
DR.. Norton stressed the value of a
program of health education, includ-
ing study of the dietetic causes of
pellagra and the encouraging of peo-
pie to correct their faulty food habits.
cit is a good idea to get every family
possible to have a good garden" he
said, land to encourage diversified
farming, keeping a family COW. and
raising poultry for home consump-
tiOn'' j..
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-08-20
'CRACKDOWHfMOVE .
WILL Be DELAYED
State Labor Department To
Give Employers Full
Time To Comply

Raleigh, Aug. 20.-The State De-
partment of Labor does not plan to
crack down" on violators of the new
maximum hour law until it's inspec-
tors have completed tours of their
divisions and until employers have
all had the law explained to them,
Major A. L. Fletcher, commissioner.
said. ~.s.s
$50 far we have found employers
entirely cooperative in obeying the
law" said Major Fletcher, ."And each
one of them who has been found to-
be violating the law has promised to
correct the condition. Almost every
violation has been found to be the
result of misunderstanding of the law
and not due to willful noncompliance
1--WE do not plan to crack down on
any employer until he has had the law
explained to him and has failed to
respond to an educational campaign
The labor department has seven
inspectors in the field, two having
been added since passage of the maxi
mum hour law by the 1887 General
Assembly, and these inspectors have
been in the field practically since the
first of July checking on compliance.
It will take them at least sixty days,
Major Fletcher said, to cover their
districts complete, and so no prose
cutions for violations are likely lie
fore September 1, at the earliest
.There were so many exceptions
made to the original bill that it is
very easy to understand the confusion
of employers in trying to obey the
law Major Fletch said.
AS originally introduced the bill
provided a maximum week of 90
hours for men and 48 hours for wo-
men employed in North Carolina, but
It was so riddled with amendments
and exemptions that in its final form
more workers were excluded from us
provisions than were included.