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The Washington times., 1937-11-11

The decision, read by Associate
Justice Edward w. Hudgins. held
that the evidence in the case was
sufficient to warrant her convic-
ton for second degree murder,
and that none Of the II assign
ments of error listed by Charles
Henry Smith, chief defense coun-
sci, was sufficient to warrant the
granting Of a new trial.
TAKES IT CALMLY
Miss Maxwell was not in the
court when the verdict was re-
turned, but remained in seclusion
in the home of relatives in Chester.
field county, several miles from
here. Notified of the decision, she
took it stoically. saying:
'I really did not expect any
thing else. I am innocent, but
I did not receive a fair trial at
any time and I had given up
hope of getting Justice"
Then she burst into tears.
Miss Maxwell probably will be
taken to the penitentiary within
the next two weeks. The man.
date of the court will be sent to
the court at Wise, and she will
go there, be surrendered to the
sheriff Of the county and returned
to Richmond to start serving her
sentence.
MOVE FOR PARDON
Only one hope now exists to
save her from the 20-year.term, a
pardon from the Governor, and
already a move is under way to
seek a pardon for her.
Lieut.. Governor James H.
Price takes office as Governor
the first Of the year, and a drive
will be made to secure a pardon
from him.
Club women who have taken an
active part in the defense, feel
ing Miss Maxwell was not ac-
corded justice, are leading in the
move to obtain a pardon for her.
No further legal steps will be
taken to save her from prison,
Mr.. Smith said, explaining that
there are no good grounds to take
the case to the United States
Supreme Court.
picture on Page 81
The Washington times., 1937-11-11

Nantao, the last native district
of Shanghai to hold out against
the Nipponese, fell this evening
when several thousand Chinese
laid down their arms and streamed
into the French Concession. A
few others attempting to resist
were surrounded.
The Washington times., 1937-11-11

The 40 nuns are nursing 200 bed
ridden aged Chinese and 800 more
invalids. Five of the sisters are
British, 13 are French and 22 are
The Washington times., 1937-11-11

Mostly cloudy, lowest temperature to-
night about IS; tomorrow cloudy, warmer,
probably rain. "Details on Page I'D
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

bill for tomorrow afternoon, but
the feature of the meet will be
staged in the evening when Don
Lash of Indiana, Tom Deckard
and Jim Smith of Indiana, Bill
Staehle and Neree Alix of Michi-
gan, lead contestants to the start
ing mark for the two-mile run.
Staehle won the event last year,
Alix two years ago, and Deckard
has been pushing Lash in the
winter programs and it is not
beyond the realm Of possibility
the time announced at the con-
cluSion of the long run will be a
new worlds record.
Two MiIers
Most Of the two milerS will also
go in the mile, with the faVorite,
Charley Fenske of Wisconsin, the
defending champion. However,
Lash is reputedly counting on
scoring a double for the HooSiers
with first in both the mile and
two mile.
The battle for the team title
appeared to lie between the power
full Michigan and Indiana squads,
with the former getting the
shade.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Hitler Reported
BehindB0ut

LONDON, March 12-Chan-
cellor Hitler and German Propa-
ganda Minister Joseph Goebbels
were behind Max Schmeling'S Of
fer to fight James j. Braddock,
heavyweight champion, in Berlin
in June, according to a Berlin
dispatch to the London Daily
Express today.
The report said Hitler was
elated by Schmeling's recent vic
tory over Joe Louis, Detroit Ne
gro, and has earmarked the nee.
essary foreign currency for the
propose Schmeling-Br dock
fight in the belief such o bout
would have great propaganda
value.
Schmeling, said the Express,
saw Hitler before the fighter de
parted for the United States
and discussed final details re
garding the offer.
If the Berlin match is ar
ranged, it will be fought in the
Berlin Olympic Stadium,
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

trees in the, far, far reaches of
Tinker Field. (They don't have
any fences down here)
Sington, heretofore strictly a
down" hitter, is laying his great
bulk into the ball these days, and
is hitting more frequently to where
they amt in the outfield, than to
poke grounders through the infield
or lift one just back on the grass,
as before.
The pitchers are beginning to
sink 'em in batting practice. And
that made even our best batters
look little foolish at the dish
Continued on Page Al, Col. q
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
PICKUPS AND PUTOUTS

Having established himself
as the undisputed ping-pOng
champion of Bradley BOule-
ward, George Mathews, local
Cunarder, is visiOning new
gIOries he will achieve this sum-
mer on the tennis courts.
Aided and abetted by the ever
present Vic Guazza and Milton
Good Times" Gordon, Sid,
Ollie and Ben Atlas are set to
dispense the latest and ''hOt-
test" fishing news to local
anglers during the coming SEA-
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Record Hearst
Rifle Tourney
Nears End
By IT. COL. JEss KRUEGER

By 1T. COL. JESS KRUGER
NEW YORK, N. Y, March IL.
With a huge total Of 604 teams
participating, the William Ran
dolph Heart r. o. T. C. rifle
matches-greateSt of interscholss-
tic competitions-will come to q
close next Monday at midnight.
The seventeenth annual event
was q record breaker in many
ways.
The entry list exceeded the
previous high by almost fifty.
More schools were entered than
ever before. Competition was
keener and better marks are ex-
pected. Additional prizes, such as
those to be given individual cham
pions in each corps area, raised
the interest among cadet-StudentS
in high schools, colleges, uni
versities and military academies
throughout the country TO the
highest pitch.
Ever Since 1921
The event, sponsored every year
since 1921 by the Hearst news
papers, is under direct supervision
Of the United States Army and
part Of the scheduled training &C
tivtties Of the thousands Of poten-
tial reserve officers in educational
institutions.
Rules of the 1936-37 matches re-
quire all targets to be in the Of
ficeS Of the nine corps area COM
manders Of the United States Army
March Is, If they are to be counted.
Five-men teams in the United
States. Hawaii and Puerto Rico
participated.
The present holders Of the na.
tional championship titles are:
Universities and Colleges
University Of Washington, Seattle
Military Academies
La Sale Military Academy, oakdals
Long Island.
High schOIs
Canon City High School, Canon City
Col.
National individual champions
1OI 10000 dIC NCOA 80
Fuller, Of the Academy Of Rich
mond, Augusta, Ca, who made
perfect mark Of 200 points; Victor
L. Koozin, of the University ot
Washington, whose score was 1876
points out of a possible 200, anc
James A. Colquitt, Of Georgia Mill
tary Academy, College Park, Ga.
with an impressive record Of 1874
Announcement April /
All official punctured targets are
carefully scrutinized by command
ing generals and their StaffS ir
each corps area, and then for
warded to the office of the Chic
Of Infantry, washington, D. c.
where national championships are
determined. It Is expected tina
announcement will be made o.
winners, nationally and section
ally, by April /.
Handsome trophies, medals, and
other awards will be presented
with elaborate ceremonies, in eacl
school where sharpshooters hav'
won first, second, or third places
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

Bucky had a reason for every
hing. too.
''NOw Buddy Myer did aw-
fully well as a lead-Off man or
second hitter in days gone
by" said the Mats manager.
HE has the experience, never
hits at a bad one, and will
get a lot of walks. And if
Ben gets out there, Buddy will
be pretty sure to move him
around, the way he's hitting
now: the mental reservation
doubtless due to the erstwhile
l-ague champions bad 1886
year.
But I'll have to see Myer
in competition first. Mean
while, I'm stringing along
with Lewis Buddy. He's
filled the bill before, and he's
hitting better and is faster
this year.
FAST ON BASES
f the first two get on,
they'll be lightning on bases
and don't think either Kuhel,
SingtOn or Stone won't mott
vate some of 'em toward spik-
ing that hOme.plate rubber.
Asked about Sington in tn
cleanup role, Bucky onl,
shrugged his shoulders and me
toned to the Alabama power
house who at that precise me
ment was clipping leaves off tn
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Louis May Box
In London

NEW YORK, March 12.-Plans
to match Joe Louis in London
with the winner Of the heavy
weight tournament now going on
there were being considered today
by Mike Jacobs, who has signed
a contract with Brig. Gen. A. C.
Critchley, British promoter.
Bouts are scheduled in London
among Max Baer, Walter Neusel,
Zen Foord and Tom Farr. Baer
is to meet the winner of the Foord-
Farr match.
If Jacobs plans materialize, it
Is expected that Louis would go to
London shortly after his fight
with Champion James j. Brad.
dock in Chicago on June %.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

with a severe attack Of grip -.
but the Captain" Is back on his
feet again q. and smacking
'em on the nose Joe Harrt-
son won himself the Virginia
State Open sweepstakes over 3
stellar field Of IS at Norfolk re-
Gently with q 1889 total d.
which is 1 pin shy Of . 14O aver
age Joe is one Of those con-
sistent performers who seldom
win stakes but are always tough
in leagues . can't get Fly
backs," -GNO SI11
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

son Ask any of them where"
and they'll give you ali par
ticuIarS.
Suffering q paralytic stroke
along his right side during q
bowling match in the Southeast
loop, George "Gee" Cross is re-
covering slowly at his home .
George suddenly felt his arm 20
limp as he went to bowl, and
had to be carried home by
friends and the team was
further Handicapped when Gap
tain" Harry Brown went down
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
H0YA RELAY TEAM SEEDED NO. 2 IN COLLEGE EVENT


IT DIDN'T TAKE Washington's prima
donna pitcher, Louis Buck" Newsom long
to buckle down to work, once his contract
difficulties with Owner Clark Griffith were
settled this week. The bashful boy from
South Carolina was really putting on the
steam during his Thursday practice sessions,
as depicted here when The Times Staff
Cameraman made this unusual wind-up view
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

of Squire Newsom. In the offing may be
seen the ponderous 236-pound form of
Francis ''Shanty" Hogan, picturesque
catcher, awaiting Newsom's pitch This may
be the battery which will appear for Wash
ington in its opening game with the Ath-
letics April 10, the game to which 200 Fed
eral workers who find their faces in The
Times lucky rings daily during the ensuing
weeks will be guests of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Squash Contest
Draws Fifty

The fourth annual Y. M. c. A.
Squash Racquets championships
drawing so entries in classes "a"
and "B," will get under way on
the Y. M. c. A. courts today at
$50 p. m. Chester T. Lane Is the
defending champion. Allen c.
Minnix, runner-up in last years
tournament, who later copped the
D. C. A. A. U. first annual squash
championships, faces Lane in the
opposite bracket.
The second annual D. c. A. A.
U. Squash Racquet champion"
ships will be conducted on the
Y. M. C. A. courts beginning the
first week Of April.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

0AAS'
Absent tonight will be Ray E-
linwood, the 440 champion who
last year as an unknown Chicago
sophomore, broke the worlds in
door record. Ellinwood, Chicago
track captain, gave up athletics
and campus honor and glory, to
retire to an isolated shack in the
California mountains to study
philosophy.
Charley Beetham of Ohio State,
national intercollegiate $50 cham
pion, will be in the drivers seat
tonight.
BirIesOn Outstanding
Outstanding among the SO con-
testants entered for the 440 Is
Stan BirleSon Of Michigan.
More preliminarieS are on the
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
VEST POCKET
SCHEDULES
AVAILABLE

The Washington Times has .
limited supply Of complimentary
American League vest-pOcket
baseball schedules for 1887,
which may be had by mailing q
self-addressed stamped envelope
to the Vest-POcket Schedule Ed
itOr, Times Sports Department.
But one can be given out to q
person,
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Here Comes "Torch"

Torchy Peden, the famous red
haired bike rider, got his nick
name when he came roaring
around a turn and q fan yelled
Here comes . torch"
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Bucky Harris Names
Opening Lineup
By FRANK "BUCK" O'NEILL

ORLANDO, Flaq March 12-How is this for an opening
lineup Chapman Lewis Kuhel, sngton, Stone, Travis,
Myer, Hogan Bolton, Newsom.
That's what Bucy Harris arrived after tearing up
hafdozen previous starts Some of them had Myer in the
second hole and several had Stone back the No. clean
up position
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Champ Beethan1 Tops
Big Ten Euent

CHICAGO March IAN appetizer the form of qualify
ing trials in the 44O and s8oyard will be dished up
the University Of Chicago field house tonight with the piece
de resistance the finals of the wenyseventh annual Big
indoor track championships to be
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Third johnson
Baseball
Minded
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

| Should you, one of
these fine days, be mo-
toring out the Boule
BALTIC, as it separates
the Maryland Univers-
ity campus proper,
from it's athletic acres
bn the neither side of
the drive, you would
lay upon an interest
ing experiment.
There in the black and
orange trappings of the Ter
tapins' baseball troup you
would find a slender young
man, with blond curly hair
and a very serious mien re-
tlecting from his azure blue
eyes.
! In his countenance you would
seem to be reminded of someone
and it might take you a minute
6r two to determine just who; but
sooner or later it would all come
trickling back, and you would
leave the place ultimately saying
TO yourself splitting image #
his dad"
Chip off Old Block
For Walter Johnson's second
oldest boy, Eddie Johnson, cavorts
daily around the infield at Coach
Burton Shipley's afternoon prac-
tees, which fact in itself should
arouse the reveries Of any baseball
fan worthy of the classification.
Unlike his famous father, Young
Eddie isn't pitcher, yet his love
for the game which 80 years ago
come August, sent the name OF
the Kansas Cyclone broadcast to
every nook of the world where
baseball is read, is inbred in him
and he's seeking the niche which
he is best suited by stamina to
fill.
Eddie is hardly stalwart enough
at his tender years to hope to
stand out there on the mound and
face batter after batter throughout
nine and more long innings.
He'll even have to pack on more
avoirdupoiS than he totes at the
moment to become q regular in
fielder; but then he is only a yearl-
ing at Maryland, is still growing
And has plenty Of time to develop
the stouter constitution required
for those who would stand up un-
der the physical demands Of the
game.
Time Will Tell
Eddie johnson is what you
might call skinny. He has gotten
his height early enough, but his
breadth is still to be determined;
but, as I say, time will take care
Of that.
However, the lads slendernesS
only indicates he is not prone to
put on fat, for there is nothing
wrong with his endurance, as es.
tablished by Eddie'S splendid show
ing this winter on the Maryland
basketball court.
The boy is a veritable wizard in
the basketball cage. With the pos
Sible exception of Charlie Keller,
who is also a baseball candidate
(outfielder), there isn't a more
brilliant name on the Maryland
five.
It is only speaking the truth to
say that johnson and Keller were
the co-stars of the successful 1887
quint, which has just sent its uni
forms to storage.
A Fatherly Pride
And what is the elder Johnson's
reaction to his youngest boy going
in for baseball?
Foolish question!
He wants Eddie, just as he wants
CONTINUED on Page Al, Col. u
The Washington times., 1937-10-02
Capt. Alfaro
V1terl' Guest

The Ambassador of Ecuador,
Capt. Colon Eloy Alfaro, was
among the guests of DR.. Homero
Viteri, Special Ambassador from
Ecuador, and Sonora de Viteri,
at the opening of the Blue Room
at the Shoreham last evening.
The other guests included
Senior Felipe Barreda, dlstin-
guished Peruvian visitor to the
Capital, and Sonora de Barreda.
of Lima: DR.. Andres Belaunde,
delegate of the Peruvian Boun-
Diary Commission, and Sonora
Belaunde; Mr.. Laurence Dug
gan, chief of the Latin American
Division of the State Depart
ment, and Mrs. Duggan; DR.. and
Mrs. Matthew White Perry; the
Secretary of the Ecuador Boun-
Diary commission, Senior Enrique
Arroyo, and Sonora de Arroyo,
and Miss Maxine Smith.
Former vernon David
Sholtz of Florida and Mrs.
Sholtz were the guests for whom
Judge and Mrs, Rush Holland
entertained at dinner last eve
ming.
The Washington times., 1937-10-02

with the world, she comes over
there and promptly forgets 1t.
X
COMMANDER and Mrs. A. G.
" Robinson are just back in
town, fresh from a recent sta
ton in China and are back in
their delightful house in George
town. A house which once was
a large and rambling stable, and
which Mrs. Robinson has trans
formed into a place of real
charm and interest. And the
Robinsons, last week, gave Q
large and very, very nice tea
for Frances Page, attractive
wife of the late. Lieut.. Comdr.
Hardy Page, and herself a long
time friend of the RobinSons.
TORT MYER is, more or less.
L in the quiet stage these last
few weeks and will continue to
be, so we are informed, until the
sixth of October. All because
the entire Fort Myer garrison
is up at Indian Town Gap, Pa,
for maneuvers.
COLONEL AND MRS. VAIN
" WRIGHT, the officers and
ladies of the Fort Myer garrison,
will entertain at a large tea,
October the goth, for the Bel.
gian horse show team and the
United States horse team. AS
you know. this is the day before
the opening of the Inter-Amerio
can Horse Show and this tea
will be the first of a long list
Of parties, already scheduled.
X x
THE War College has discoV.
Il cred that the Tuesday Coli
luncheons, held there each week.
are getting to be more and more
popular. The morning is given
over to the tournament golf, all
kinds, and Mrs. James Barnett,
wife of Major Barnett is Chair.
man of the Golf Committee and
most efficient one.
X X
MRS. HENRY S. SAYLER,
V1 wife of Colonel Sayler The
is in the Chief of Ordnance OF.
fice) is a very attractive add.
ton to Army circles and mas
just recently gotten settled in
their house out on Thirty.
eighth Street. Dale Sayler, their
sub-deb daughter, is a student
at National Cathedral School
for Girls, this year.
4 DM1RAL and Mrs. Mark
"A Bristol, who are finally back
in Washington and are opening
their house on Massachusetts,
Avenue, will have as their guests,
sometime next week, the we'll
known Capt. Sam Brown and
his attractive wife.
The Washington times., 1937-10-02
Miss Ballard
WedTodaY

Amid a profusion of white
flowers, Miss Virginia Elizabeth
Ballard, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sargent 1. Ballard, and Mr..
Robert Stuart Bray, son of Mrs.
Helen Pollock Bray, were mar.
ried this afternoon.
The Rev. Payton Randolph
williams performed the cere-
mony at st. Mary's Episcopal
Church in Arlington.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride made a lovely
picture as she walked down the
aisle in a sheath of traditional
bridal satin. Her gown was
made in a redingote with a very
high neckline, pointed sleeves
and terminating in sweeping
train.
WEARS ORANGE BLOSSOMS
A cluster of orange blossoms
held her tulle cap in place from
which fell a veil. She carried a
shower bouquet of roses and
lilies of the valley.
Gowned in an ensemble Of
champagne colored slipper satin,
Miss Berkely Moore attended
the bride as maid of honor. Her
frock was made on princess lines
eliminating in a slight train.
The short eton jacket she wore
had butterfly sleeves and ner
off-the-face hat matched the
costume. She carried a bouquet
of Talisman roses intermingled
with delphinium.
Mrs. Alvus Patterson and Miss
Harriet Wheeler we're the other
attendants, Their frocks Of
bright blue satin also had short
eton jackets with butterfly
sleeves and they carried bouquets
of Johanna Hill roses tied with
champagne ribbon.
Mr.. Patterson was the best
man and uShers were Mr.. Jack
Wilson. Mr.. John O'Donnell and
Mr.. Augustus Tolzman.
RECEPTION FOLLOWS
The Billiards. Virginia home,
decked with chrysanthemums in
red and gold shades, was the
scene of a reception for some
100 guests following the cere.
mony. Mrs. Ballard assisted the
young couple in receiving.
gowned in blue gray crepe
frock with black accessories.
Her corSage was of Johanna
Hill roses.
Following the reception Mr..
and Mrs. Bray left for their
oneymoo IA motor trip
through Virginia.
The Washington times., 1937-10-02
Pulaski Day Plans

In the evening local members
of the Polish National Alliance
are sponsoring a dinner-dance
to honor the 15Oth anniversary
of the Constitution Of the
United States.
Among those who will act as
sponsors or speakers are the At
torney General of the United
States. Mr.. Homer S. Cummings;
Mr.. NJ. S. Szymczak, member of
the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System; Repre-
sentative Sol Bloom, and Mr..
Stephen Mierzwa. director of the
KoSciuszko Foundation.
The Washington times., 1937-10-02

Members of the Polish Ma
tional Alliance are busily prepar-
ing to celebrate Pulaski Day
on October II with a reception at
the Polish Embassy and a dinner
dance at the Wardman Park
Hotel.
Count jerry Potocki, Polish
Ambassador to the United
States, Will entertain at a reCep-
ton following the reburial in
Arlington National Cemetery of
Brig. Gen. vladimir B. Krzyza-
noWski. Civil War hero. whose
body now rests in Brooklyn,
N. Y.
The Washington times., 1937-10-02

Lady Lindsay. wife of the
British Ambassador, entertained
at dinner last night at the en-
bassy on Massachusetts, Avenue.
The dinner guests included Mr..
Godfrey Lloyd, of London, who
arrived at the embassy yester-
day morning and will be a guest
there for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierepont Mottat
attended the dinner, as did Mr..
Michael Lubbock; the Counselor
of the embassy, Mr.. V. A. L.
Mallet, and Mr.. Keith Officer
of the embassy staff.
Lady Lindsay's brother, Mr..
The Washington times., 1937-10-02
BetrothaI Announced

Major and Mrs. Scheduled
Grace, of Locust Valley, L. l..
have announced the engage
ment of Mrs. GraCe'S daughter,
Miss Frances Sloan Worrall, to
George Edgar Ward, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Mortimer
Ward, also of Locust Valley.
Miss Worrall. who is the
daughter of the late Frank
Inloes Worrall, attended the
Spence School in New York and
the Holton-Arms School here.
The wedding will take place
in the late autumn.
i: X
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. MCLay. of
Birmingham Mich, are STOP
ping at WardRan Park Hotel
during their stay in the Capital.
The Washington times., 1937-10-02
DAUGHTER Born

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Thayer
are receiving congratulations
upon the birth of a daughter,
Hospital.
X X X
Miss Marion DurbroW Ven
able entertained at a cocktail
party Thursday at her apart
ment on Connecticut Avenue in
honor of DR.. and Mrs. Dalton
Davis. of San Francisco.
The Washington times., 1937-10-02
Lady Lindsay Hostess

Colgate Hoyt. arrived at the
embassy late last evening and
will spend the weekend in the
Capital.
The Washington times., 1937-10-02
Scramble for Houses in the Capital Continues
Hunting Abodes
Has Socialites
On Qui Vive
BIZ Flora Macdonald
It's rather like a
noron of checkers

game Of checkers,
this moving problem! Just
for instance. G. Rowland
Shaw, who recently has be-
come chief of personnel at
the State Department, after
a tour of duty in Turkey,
has taken Tom Wilson's
home in Georgetown for the
winter season and Robert
Kelley, who relinquished his
Job as chief of the eastern
European division, has taken
Mr.. Shaw's apartment In
Istanbul, said to be one of
the most beautiful in that
picturesque city. And Tom
Wilson. whose residence is
close to the Kirk estate on
Reservoir Road. has gone to
Sydney, Australia, to take
up his duties as Consul Gen
eral.