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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
Life Term Penalty
In Staying Of Wife

WILLIE PLATTE, La, May 20
G.N.S0.-A District Court jury to
day returned a verdict holding
Melvin Vidrine, ~, guilty without
capital punishment, in connection
with the Staying of his common
law wife, Frozina Vizinat, "a.
Vidrine was sentenced to life
Imprisonment. From the witness
stand yesterday he said his wife
begged him to kill her, that she
was tired of living.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
Earhart Gets Medal

HERMOSA BEACH, Cal, May 20
GN.S0.-Amelia Earhart, Amer
ica's first lady of the air." today
held a special gold medal awarded
by the United States Junior
Chamber of Commerce. It was
presented by Governor Fran K
Merriam at a banquet here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20

TOOK at the beautiful air-curved lines of that
IL Studebaker Dictator coupe in the above
photograph. If Studebaker hadn't designed
single other body model this year, that coupe
would make Studebaker styling famous.
From its silvery winged victory front end to
its enormously roomy rear deck, it makes even
the most costly competitive coupes look out
of date.
And yet it's the lowest priced car in the sensa-
tionalIy low priced 1887 Studebaker line. 1t
sells for just few dollars more than cars
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20

usually considered least costly to buy.
And inside it's as ,stunningly styled as
outside /. with an exceptionally roomy
adjustable seat and a wide deep
shelf below the rear window.
Coupe or sedan, whatever your pref
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
RaIIston Plays

Ballston A. C. meets Falls
Church tonight in an Old Do
minion Night LtNgue baseball
game. The contest will be played
under lights at BallSton. Ballston
is leading the league.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
EYES SORE? TIRED;

Here's prompt relief. Battle eyes with
Lavoptfk Burnin9. inflammation, Sore.
ness tired, strained feeling, itching. all
relieved. Wonderful, too, for granu.
lated eyelids. Soothes. cools, freshens
No harmful drugs. Has made sad eyes
glad for IS years Get Lavoptik today
with free eye-cup.) All druggists.
Evening star., 1937-11-14

painting. Within his six or seven
short years of mature work, he placed
himself among the few truly great
water colorists. He was born in =
little village near Nottingham, but
spent most of his life in France, trav-
cling through Provence and Nor
mandy, everywhere painting luminous
skies and bright costumes. shadowed
Gothic architecture and fishermen at
work and resting. He was almost i'm
mediately successful, for this modest,
gentle and frail Englishman lifted
the traditional brown landscape into
glowing, natural color.
Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott" by
Gainsborough. Thomas Gainsborough
u727-1788), the first of the distinctly
English school of painting, was the
most celebrated society painter of all
time. He confessed to George III that
he preferred to paint landscapes. his
works of which as art rank as high
or higher than his portraits. but his
| wife's extravagant demands made him
turn to the more lucrative portrait
painting. Gainsborough portraits are
| in clear and transparent tones of blue
Evening star., 1937-11-14
Sixth Set il, Stars Art Service
Offers English Painters Works
Reynolds, GaH,sborough, Bennington
and Turner Are Masters Who PrOuide
This Weeks Reproductions.

Meanwhile q series of events, be-
ginning today, signalizes the hold the
art project has gained on the citizenry.
DR.. Fritz Marti, University of Mary
land art authority and head of its
philosophy department. will deliver a
number of lectures for The Star, deal
ing with the campaign and a variety
of subjects relating to art and its
proper appreciation.
An exhibition of Star pictures will
open at 4 pm. today at the Grafton
Hotel under auspices OF the League of
American Pen Women. The program
will begin with a tea, followed at 4:30
by a lecture by Prof. Will Hutchins
of American University on "Old and
Modern Master Paintings" and va
rious phases of The Star campaign.
Invitations have been issued to league
members and to representatives of
other art clubs and schools.
The display will be open to the pub
lie daily this week, except Tuesday,
from 1870 to pm. 1t may be found
in the leagues newly decorated studio
at the Grafton. During next week
the exhibit will be open to league
members only.
In Charge Of Program.
Miss Marguerite Merigold, president,
and Mrs. Helen F. Collision, art chair
man, are in charge Of today's program
for the league. Mrs. Collision planned
the exhibit.
Charles Stotler, Washington artist,
will lecture before the Washington
Simmons Club tomorrow night at the
home of Mrs. Thomas B. Mitchell, 140
B street NE. Mr.. Stotler has COM
mended The Star art project "as very
worthy and of great educational value. "
He will refer to it during his presen-
tation of several paintings. The club
is composed OF Washingtonians who
have attended Simmons College.
Brief sketches of this weeks color
reproductions follow:
Colonel George Coussmaker," by
Reynolds. This is q well designed and
skillfully painted portrait OF an Eng
lish gentleman. He was the most pop
ular portrait painter in England, with
| the exception of Gainsborough, his
contemporary. The two were intense
rivals and only on Gainborough's 8
deathbed did they acknowledge each
others greatness. Reynolds was able
to complete portrait in four hours,
dividing the time into daily 15-minute
sittings. His studio was crowded with
eager sitters waiting their turn To
| the Royal Academy in London, of
which he was the first president, he
sent 244 paintings in his lifetime Sir
Joshua, who was knighted by George
III, was born the son of a clergyman
in Devonshire. He travelled to Rome
and was deeply impressed by the old
masters and returned to England i'm
bued with the grand style. Almost at
! once he became rich and famous.
| Samuel Johnson and Dean Swift and
Evening star., 1937-11-14

Oliver Goldsmith were among his dis
tinguished intimates.
Grand Canal, Venice" by Turner.
Joseph Mallard William Turner OTIS
1881, is the DR.. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde of
painting. Only after his death did
his double existence become known.
Then it was discovered that he had
lived for many years in a London
boarding house as a retired sailor,
charming and popular. On Queen
Anne street, he was the great painter,
but surly. irritable. mean, stingy. The
son of barbar and living all his life
in squalor. he left an estate Of $700,-
600. He was the worlds most prolific
painter. single-handedly producing g.
600 finished pictures and 10000 water
colors, sketches and drawings during
so years Of painting. Rubens with
his many assistants left 5000. He
began at 10. exhibited at Is, and was
famous at 25
"Seacoast." by Bennington. Rich
ard Parkes Bennington C802-1s28).
English painter of landscapes bathed
in sunlight, died at the age OF 26.
He may be called the John Keats Of
Evening star., 1937-11-14

The great era of art that f1ourished
in England in the 18th and 18th
centuries will be illustrated this week
in The Stars art appreciation cam
paign.
Works of four outstanding English
painters of this period, men whose
lives rival in drama their successes
in art, comprise the sixth set Of pic
lures offered since the art project
began.
They are:
Col George Coussmaker," by Sir
Joshua Reynolds.
Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott" by
Thomas Gainsborough.
''Seacoast," by Richard Parkes Bon
tngton.
Grand Canal, Venice" by J. M.
Turner.
Reynolds and Gainsborough were
great rivals as portraitists although
the latter excelled as a landscapist.
Bennington lived only a short life
1901 to 1828-but left an enduring
monument to his own genius in his
landscapes. Turner, the most prolific
and one of the most financially sue
cessful painters of all time, heralded
the birth of modern art.
48 Reproductions Offered.
These artists and their works follow
the fifth set of color reproductions
in The Star movement to popularize
art. On sale last week, and available
with other previous releases through
out the campaign, were: Fox and
Wolf Hunt" by Peter Paul Rubens:
Bohemian Girl" by Franz Halls; "The
Noble Slav," by Rembrandt, and
young Woman With a Water jug, >
by Johannes Vermeer.
The Star is offering 48 reproduc-
tions, printed by new multicoloi
process that retains the fidelity OF
the original painting, during a 12-
week program conducted in collabora-
tion with the National Committee fol
Art Appreciation. The prints are
issued weekly in groups of four, each
set with an art appreciation lesson BY
DR.. Bernard Myers of New York Uni
FeISlJy.
Thus far this movement of art for
the public's sake" has not only been
greeted with success on every side, but
it has penetrated into every walk OF
life in the Washington area as nc
other public project has in many years
Public, private, parochial and art
schools, colleges and universities, wom-
ems clubs, business and civic groups
parent-teacher associations and chill
dren as well as adults have taken ad-
vantage of the opportunity to enjoy
art.
Easy TO Obtain.
The prints are on sale at prices
within the reach of every one. They
may be obtained at the art both on
the first floor of The Star Building OF
by mail.
Evening star., 1937-11-14

and green. His blue Boy" was re-
Gently sold for $780000. perhaps the
highest price ever paid for painting
less than 200 years old The famous
Duchess OF Devonshire." stolen In
1875 and lost to art records for many
years, reappeared in about 1901, and
later was purchased by J. P. Morgan.
Evening star., 1937-11-14
New Railways Built.

Three thousand miles OF new rail-
ways ARE under construction In Rus
sia.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Cypress de Beau
In Horse Show

You remember cypress de
Beau, of course?
Well, if you do not, Cypress
de Beau is the famous horse
which was sold at auction by the
American Express Company
about a month ago, to pay his
board bill. The horse, formerly
owned by Mrs. John Hay Whit
ney, had been shipped from To
ronto to Washington, but for
reasons unknown was unclaimed
at the Washington end of the
journey.
Now Cypress de Beau, in the
very pink of condition, will be
shown in the Fort Myer riding
ring tonight. The show starts
at 7::30.
The White House stable will
be represented by Jack Parker,
who will ride Patches, of the
Presidents string.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16

O'Donnell enters big-time bowl
ing as the backer of a super Wash
ington combination that will shoot
it out with the famous Connecticut
Blue Ribbons at Willimatic, Conn,
Friday night.
All season Frank Barber, enter
prising manager of the crack New
England team which won the ma
tional championship in Hartford
last spring, has hurled challenge
after challenge southwark only 10
fall on deaf ears.
Blakeney Is Captain
A follower of the bowling here
in the Capital, O'Donnell snapped
up the match when it came his
way.
He has engaged Ed Blakeney to
captain an all7Star outfit that will
include AStor Clarke, No. l duck
pinner of the United States; Hokie
Smith, Bill KrauSS and Joe Harri-
son. A sixth member may be add
ed to the team before this gang of
experts hit the trail North.
From all appearances the Sea
Grill quint will have just about the
strongest club that has ever shot
against the Blue Ribbons. Clarke
is having banner season, winning
two consecutive sweepstakes, the
United States and Howard Camp
bell, with 15-game scores that bet.
tered the 1000 mark.
Top Team Shooters
Bill Krauss is topping the Dis
trict League with a 124 average,
closely followed by Joe Harrison
with 124. The pair are two sweet
team shooters all will agree.
Blakeney bent on being the
first bowler to win the Eastern
Sweepstakes two years running, is
in top form to defend his laurelS.
He finished fourth in the United
States at Waterbury and has
placed in the money in several
events held this season. He's
rarin' to take shot at those two
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Geviinson Gives
Pena Battle
Continued from 1st Sport Page)

Continued from 1st Sport Page)
poured from this cut through
out the fight, Saturating LOUIS
trunks and turning them from a
pure white at the start to a deep
crimson at the conclusion.
In between knockdoWns, Pena
worked on GevinSon's body, ad-
ministering severe punishment.
From the second to the ninth,
Gevinson proved he could take it.
With his eye Spouting blood and
Pena handing him terrific body
punishment, it appeared in the
eighth that the fight would be
halted.
In the eighth, DR.. De Mayo,
commission doctor seriously con-
sidered halting activities and CIV
ing the fight to Pena. Gevinson,
however, pleaded for another
round and the doctor gave his
consent.
At the bell for the ninth, Gevin-
son rushed from his corner and
got home a short right uppercut
to Pena's chin. Once again the
Spanish veteran went down. This
time he keeled over and it looked
as if he would stay down. How
ever, once again he just barely
made it, and once again superior
ring generalship saved him.
Judges Vote Pena
At the conclusion Of the bout,
which had a capacity crowd in
an uproar from start to finish,
Referee MuggSy Morris thought
GeVinSon the winner, but both
judges, DR.. Robert Eller and
Frank Schuyler, voted for Pena.
VinSon scaled 1872 as
against 127l2 for Pena. A last
minute argument nearly ended
with no fight at all. Pena'S
manager claimed Gevinson used
too much tape in bandaging his
hands, but when he won his point
the bout went on.
In the preliminaries, Murray
Kanner won over Tom Vetra by a
technical knockout in the fourth
round; Willie Mcbride knocked
out Willie Green in two heats;
Rusty Baker defeated Valenti
Brown, and Doug Swetnam took
decision over Benny KeSsler.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
CITADEL NEXT COLUMBUS FOE
Teams Engage
Tomorrow
AtArend

Hardly over one great battle,
that against the strong King Col
Iege last Friday night during
which time the undefeated Co
lumbus University boxing team
was pressed to the final bell to
win, SIS, the battling BarriSterS
will swing into action tomorrow
night at Turner's Arena, meeting
the strong, undefeated Citadel
College.
Coming here well armed with
former Golden Glove materlal,
unbeaten records and a flock of
hard punching battlers, Citadel
stacks up as real formidable oppo-
sition and should supply the local
battlers with their best test of
the season.
UNDEFEATED RECORD
The South Carolinians are un-
defeated in three meets thus far
this season. scoring impreSS1veiy
over the University of Tennessee,
University of South Carolina and
the University of Georgia, all by
the score of 5-3.
Bobby Grimm, Columbus Uni
versIty's hard-punching 175-pound-
er, absent from last weeks meet
due to an attack of the flu, will
be back ready for action. His
opponent will be Hugh Rogers,
holder of many Golden Glove
A.AU. titles and undefeated in
three meets this season. Rogers,
a hard-punching battler, scored
impreSsively in his last two meets,
sending both opponents to the
canvas for the count.
Buddy Lazear, Columbus Uni
verslty's hard-punching l47-pound-
er, disappointed in his draw
fought against King College Fri
day, is out for revenge. Lazear,
terrific body puncher, was penal
lied heavily last week for alleged
low blows.
Meets Ripper Todd
His opponent tomorrow night
viii be Ripper" Todd, a welter-
weight, who hits like a heavy
weight. Todd is undefeated this
season, scoring three knockoutS,
two technicalS and a draw.
Jimmie Willis, Columbus Uni
ve1sitys scrappy 126-pounder, who
was the sensation of the meet
against King College, will be in
for another great test tomorrow
night, when he battles "Skeet'
Melfi, Melfi is a smooth battler
with plenty of class, having two
wins to his credit SO far this
season.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Gonzdgd Battles
ST. John 'sFridaY

st. Johns and Gonzaga, who
drew $500 people to their last
basketball battle, will meet again
on Friday night in Catholic Uni
Versity gym.
1t will be the fifth game Of the
current Catholic Prep School
Leagues championship series.
If Gonzaga wins Friday night,
the title will go to the Purple
team.
st. Johns will depend on its
stars, Jimmie Giebel and Joey Gal
lagher, while Gonzaga will look to
Chip" Collins and Jim Walsh to
outplay the st. Johns pair.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
COSTELLO SAYS:

(Cont. from First Sports Page)
day night, and then tackle
GEORGETOWN on Saturday night.
Maryland's boxers are favored to
win over C. US mittmen in Sat
urday nights main attraction in
Ritchie Coliseum. Maryland run
ners will go to New York for the
N. Y. A. C.'S games Saturday
night.
HOya Path Rough
Georgetown has a tough row to
hoe. The Hoya baSketerS meet
Carnegie Tech, at Tech High gym,
Friday night, and then come right
back on Saturday night to oppose
Maryland on Saturday night, G. U
runners also will compete in the
New York A. C.'S indoor meet at
New York.
George Washington's baSketers
with a record of 13 wins in IA
starts, meets West Virginia 1t
Morgantown on Friday night. The
Colonials last night won over
Westminster, "a to 80, and found
the visiting team anything but
easy. G. w. ought to win over
West Virginia.
Howard University'S baSketers
play three games this week, one
tonight, one Friday night and one
Saturday night. J. c. Smith Col
legs offers the opposition tonight
in Howard gym. The BiSonS take
to the road Friday and will meet
Union at Richmond, Friday night,
and Virginia State at Petersburg
Saturday night.
Eagles Active
American UniverSity'S re1uVe
mated basketball team plays three
games this week, one at Annapolis
and the other two at home. AT
Annapolis, tomorrow night, the
Eagles tackle st. Johns. At home
on Friday night, the Eagles oppose
Bridgewater. At home on Satur
day night, American meets Ran
dolph-Macon.
Randolph Macon invades Wash
ington at the weekend for brace
of games. RIM. meets Southeast
e1n, here, on Friday night.
Wilson Teachers swing into the
big time this week in basketball.
They meet Duquesne at Wilson
Thursday night, and then travel
to Newark, N. j., to meet the New.
ark Teachers on Friday night.
Columbus UniverSity's ringmen
are expected to encounter a real
good combination tomorrow night
in Turner's Arena when Citadel,
a military college, sends its mitt.
sters from Charleston. S. c., 70
Washington to clash with the Ex
plorerS.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16

700's he rolled in a row last
February.
Hokie Smith broke that spell
of always bridesmaid, but never
BRIDE" Sunday night when he
won the Wilson King stakes in
Baltimore with a Seven-game score
of 947.
The five-game match will be a
prelude to the Eastern Sweep.
stakes slated for the Lucky Strike
alleys, Willimantic, Saturday, in
which Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New England
stars will roll. A return match
will be held here in late March.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
20 MASTERPIECES

Last Of the MOhicaMS Ben Hur
James FenimOre Lew Wallace
Cooper
Vanity Fair wasninSton Trv;nv
william Makepeace
Tnacker"S Treasure Island
Autobiography Of HSteTt Stevenson SONS
Benjamin Franklin
and Poor Riehard's EmsrsOn's Essays
Almanac Westward No
Count OfMORte GFiSt0
Alexandra Dumas Autobiography Of
Ras1 Iovsd pI.v. BenV0nuto CeIlini
Of Shakespeare Last Days OF P0mPsI
Edward Buwer Lytton
Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel hawthorne MOby Dick
Herman Melville
lVaRh0e
Sir Walter Scott Best Loved Poems
POe'S Tales n., nv;x...
Of Mystery Miguel Decervantes
and Imagination n,,
Vicar Of Wakefield
oliver Goldsmith
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
n NatieBr0wnEnds
Work For Louis

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 16.-Natie
Brown completed training yester-
day for his bout with Joe Louis
and confidently awaits the bell
that will send him on his way
against the Brown Bomber tomor-
row night.
Meanwhile, in Chicago, Louis
wound up his training, and will
leave Chicago today.
Brown insist he'll win over
Louis.
Louis, in Chicago, said he looked
upon the Brown fight as Just
another boWl-over."
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
RossIyn Nears
DuCkpin Mark

Rosslyn pinettes are galloping
along toward new worlds season
high team average in the South
Atlantic Duckpin League.
Last week by chalking up a 1929
set against Richmond Health Cen
ter they boosted their seasons
pace to 557.19, one pin below the
Baltimore Recreation'S record last
year.
With two sets left, Gait Davis
bevy of beauties are confident of
establishing a new mark. Stand
ings and scores:
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Last Nights Fights

AT NEW YORK-Bfny BeanhoId.
SSS, Jersey City, drew with Aldo SpOIdi,
ciifton. & A J % %decisioneG AnS%stine 1mfiE Con on
Kales, 1873, Puerto Rico (6). Paul DE
BeIlO. 129, New York, OutpOlnted Sol
ROmanelIO, 129. Stamford. Conn. (6).
AT CHICAGO-Milt Aaron. Dubuque.
Iowa, weIterweight decisiOned CASTOR
lie Cadre. France GO). Ray Baker.
Grand Forks. \. OAK, defeated Make
Rubin, TOnOntO lightweight %. Fred.
die Graham, San Francisco middleWeight
deCisiOned Tony CianciOls, Milwaukee
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
ST. John S Five Beats
Calvert Hall, 1877

BALTIMORE, Feb. 16.-st.
Johns Prep, of Washington, D.
c., today has victory over Calvert
Hall to its credit. The visiting
Johnnies last night took the YER
dict, 38 to 27. joey Gallagher and
Jimmy Geibel led the visitors TO
victory, the former scoring ii
points and the latter 10.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Tom O'DonneU Takes
Pin Team Under Wing

Tom Donne popular estauraeu who recently took Marty
Gallagher under his wing effort to bring the pride OF
Foggy Bottom back along the heavyweight a today turned
to bowling az his latest sports venture
Evening star., 1937-03-20
THEME PICKED
BY DIR. PERKINS

GLORY and Power" Is the sermon
topic of DR.. Frederic w. Perkins to-
morrow at the Universalist National
Memorial Church. This Palm Sunday
sermon Is the sixth OF the series Of
Lenten sermons based on the Lords
Prayer. At 10:15 at the adult forum
the subject will be THE Trial of
Jesus Before PLATE and the Jewish
Court" The speaker is Robert F..
Bauer. a graduate Of Union Theologi-
cal Seminary.
Miss Eta Mai Russell, Juvenile
Court worker OF the Washington Fed
GRAFTON of Churches, will be the guest
OF the evening group for supper at s
o'clock and will speak about her work.
Mrs. E. G. Montgomery will review
AN American Doctors Odyssey" by
Victor Heiser, Tuesday following the
luncheon in Perkins Hall at / O'Clock.
The communion service Thursday
evening will commemorate the last
supper OF Christ with His disciples.
New members will be received. On
Friday there will be Good Friday
service with the Unitarian Fellowship
at All Souls Church. DR.. U. G. B.
Pierce will conduct the service, with
DR.. Perkins giving the address.
Evening star., 1937-03-20
D. c.. Church
Maps
Big Meeting
Annual Mass Gather
ing in Fall to Have
Many Features.

A T A meeting Of the Committee on
Religious Life in the Nations
Capital last Monday, preliminary plans
were made for the third annual mass
meeting to be held in the Fall. These
meetings are to promote interest in
religion and church loyalty as essen
tial grounds for personal and social
well-being. In former years Secre-
taries Hull and Roper and outstanding
speakers Of Protestant, Catholic and
Jewish groups have participated in
the program and plans for the coming
one anticipate some very interesting
features.
A special committee was appointed
to work in cooperation with the
committee Of the Family Service AS
sociation which is seeking to secure
increased action among the churches
in meeting the extremely serious sit
uation that has been brought about
in Washington recently by the greatly
increased number of applicants for
relief, who no longer receive aid from
the Board of Public Welfare.
Bishop James E. Freeman, who has
served as chairman of the committee
from the time of its organization, was
elected honorary chairman. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: Chair
man, Rev. Albert Joseph Mccartney:
vice chairmen, Rev. Harry w. Burgan,
Msgr. Edward j. Connolly, Rabbi
Abram Simon; secretary, Rev. Anson
Phelps Stokes; executive secretary and
treasurer, Henry c. Barden.