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The Washington times., 1937-01-14

Hope Hartley Distler, debu-
tante daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Cyrus Distler, of Balti,
more, and niece of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter G. Distler, Of this
city, will accompany her par
ents to Palm Beach shortly to
spend the remainder Of the
season.
Mrs. Walter Distler, or
Anne, as she is known to her
host of friends, has been suf-
fering from a miserable cold
and foolishly, she admits now,
got out of bed to celebrate her
young daughters birthday
anniversary and later that day
to attend a dinner party, and
now is paying for it by having
to remain in the solitude of her
room for the best part of this
week.
But-determined to have a
housewarming in her new Kal-
Drama Road residence she has
sent out cards for Sunday aft
ernoon, January "a, from 4
till 7.
Wedding bells will ring on
Monday for pretty Margaret
Ryan and Danny Burton, the
ceremony scheduled to ia k e
place at Holy Trinity Church
in Georgetown with a cere-
mony to follow at the Army
and Navy Country Club.
Crossing the Atlantic seems
to be one of Mrs. Robert Worth
Bingham's favorite pastimes |!
The lovely wife of our Ambas-
sador to the Court of st. James
came over to this country in
the late Autumn to attend a
board meeting at Stratford and
today she embarks again, this
time aboard the Aquitania, for
a visit in her homeland.
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Now that the fleeting glory
o., the debutante season is just
The Washington times., 1937-01-14

Now that the fleeting glory
Of the debutante season is Just
about at an end the young sub
debs are taking the spotlight.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
Dinner Toniqht

The Minister from Paraguay
and Sonora de Busk Codas will
head a long list of distinguished
guests who will attend the
Founders Day banquet of the Cor.
nell Club at the Hotel Raleigh to-
night at Z o'clock,
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
Diplomatic and Official Notes:
president AND WIFE TO ENTERTAIN
Speaker of. the House and His
Wife Will Be Honor Guests
Tonight at White House

The President and Mrs. Roosevelt will en-
tertain at dinner this evening in honor of
the Speaker of the and Mrs William B. Bankhead
This second dinner to be given at the Executive
Mansion this season There will be musicale following to
which additional guests have been invited
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
Luncheon Today

The Minister of Lithuania and
Mrs. Zedeikis entertained at lunch
con today at the Legation on Six
teenth Street in honor Of Mr.
Frederic D. McKenney.
The Minister decorated Mr.. NC
Kenney with the Order Of the
Grand Duke Gediminas. This
Order was conferred upon him by
the Lithuanian government.
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Donna Matilde de Suvich, wife
Of the italian Ambassador, will be
"at home" today at the Embassy
on Sixteenth Street from 5 until
Z o'clock.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
Dolly Cameron Says
CABINET LADIES OBSERVE AT HOWE
Trio Including Mrs. Morgenthau Mrs. Swanson and
Mrs. Wallace, Receive Large Company Of
Guests in Their Respective Residences

Another day of Cabinet calls has and Ladies dashed
delightful simplicity of Mrs Henry A Waace apart
Evening star., 1937-02-21
CAPITOL CHANGES
WILL BE DISCUSSED
Senate Committee to Act on Bill
for Extension of East
Front.

The Senate Public Buildings and
Grounds Committee will be called to-
gether this week by Chairman Con-
nally to act on the bill for extension
of the east front of the Capitol. The
committee recently heard arguments
on the measure.
A similar bill passed the Senate in
the last Congress, but died in the
House. The proposal is to. bring the
east front of the original central por-
ton forward to correct the appear
ance of the dome being too close to
the portico, and to reface the CEN
trail 2 ,rtion with Marble to match the
House and Senate wings.
A third consideration is to provide
additional committee rooms, and
corridor connecting the House and
Senate on the gallery floor.
Evening star., 1937-02-21

her 14-year-old brother Francis. Her
parents did not visit the morgue.
Helen, sophomore in the Coates
vile High School, disappeared nine
days ago while walking to her home
at Modena. 3 miles south Of here.
Her shoes, hat, school books and two
pieces of broken automobile headlight
lens were found scattered along the
Modena road. For days police, Boy
Scouts and residents searched the
countryside in vain for some clue to
her disappearance.
Arrested while delivering a truck
load of milk at Wayne today, Meyer
told County Detective Francis Grubh
and State police he became panic
stricken after his green truck struck
the girl.
"I must have been going about 40
miles an hour" he said.
"Mud on Windshield"
Suddenly came to turn of the
road and there, 80 feet ahead of me-,
saw the girl. 1 couldn't see her
sooner because there was mud on the
windshield.
Il jammed on my brakes, but it
was too late. The truck skidded and
ran over her.
Il got out and looked at her. She
was dead. I became frightened. 1
placed her in the cab of the truck and
backed out. In doing SO the rear of
the truck struck a pole. I started for
the Coatesville Hospital"
Grubb said Meyer told him he be-
came panicky and drove to deserted
farm known as the Michael Murphy
Estate, an isolated place one mile from
Cornog and four miles north of Down.
ingtown. The Murphy place adjoins
the large farm on which Meyer lived
with his parents.
There. Grubb stated, Meyer showed
aside a slab covering the old we'll and
tossed the girls body into the shallow
water The next morning February
II, he dynamited the top of the well.
Further Search Planned.
Sergt A. A. Discavage of the State
Highway Patrol said he believed a rock
hurled by the dynamite blast could
have caused diSmemberment of the
girls leg Further search will be made
for the limb in the debris.
Among rocks in the we'll water, Or
vile Mann, special officer from Coates
vile, found part of the girls foWered
dress and an undergarment Her right
leg was partly covered by stocking.
Reid said Meyer told him most Of
the girls clothing had been torn off
by the license plate of the truck.
The clue that led to Meyers ar
rest was furnished by a Negro en-
ployed in a Coatesville Junk yard. He
told police he had seen a green truck
on the road the afternoon the girl
vanished. He said he saw the truck
stop, bump into a pole in turning
around, and then speed of toward
Evening star., 1937-02-21

been torn of by the explosion or
whether she was nude when dumped
into the well.
Girl Identifies Pictures.
Laura Edwards of Medina identified
a picture of Meyer tonight for detec-
tives as the man in the green truck
who tried to run her down on the
same road the same day that Helen
disappeared. Her brother, who was
with her, took three digits from the
license number of the truck which de-
tectives said tailed with the tags on
Meyers truck.
District Attorney Reid devealed to-
night that Jennie Watterson. 16, iden-
titled Meyers picture four days ago
as the man who attempted to attack
her a week before Helen's disappear
ance. He said she confronted Meyer
tonight and identified him.
Police guarded the court house to-
night to protect Meyer from possible
harm from a crowd which gathered
outside. Deputy Coroner Williams said
an inquest would be held Monday
night, but that Meyer would not be
called as witness.
The girls left leg was dismembered
below the knee. The back of her skull
was crushed and her jaw broken. Will
liams said these injuries apparently
were caused by the explosion.
The body was identified tonight by
Evening star., 1937-02-21
'STANDST|LL' DEBT
AGREEMENT MADE
New Arrangement Reached
on German Short Term
Credits.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February 20-A new
"stand-still" agreement on short-term
German debts was adopted today for
the year beginning March /.
The agreement. seventh since the
"stand-still' began in 1881, was
reached after IL days of sessions Of
creditors delegates representing eight
countries and German representatives.
Arrangements were made whereby
the total amount of the "stand-still"
will be reduced by an estimated 63,-
100000 marks ($25, 1888, 5000 through
cancellation of certain credit lines,
without German payment of foreign
exchange.
Commission to Be Abolished.
The creditors and the ReichSbank
agreed to abolish the German COM
mission on the cashing of travel mark
checks.
Instead a new arrangement was
agreed upon whereby, beginning
March l. a license fee is to be charged
by the Reichsbank for the transfer of
registered marks into travel marks.
Registered marks, good only in
Germany, are worth a fraction over
20 cents each, while the rate on
reichsmarkS is a little more than 40
cents. The travel mark, costing ap-
proximately 81 cents, may be sold out
side Germany
Fee Fund to Be in Trust.
The American delegates said the
American license fee would be $3.50
for each 100 marks
3 The fund created by these license
fees will be held in trust by the
ReichSbank for repayment in foreign
exchange of cash advances and other
similar forms Of Indebtedness due to
'stand-still" creditors.
The American delegates statement
said it was estimated THE license fund
will total approximately $500, 900 for
the whole stand-still and will oe ap-
piled to the least liquid types OF stand
still obligations.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
MILK PRICE CONTROL
ABOLITION FAVORED
Lehman Declares Dairymen Must
Assume Responsibility at
Same Time, However.
BY the Associated Press,

BY tne Associated PreSS.
ITHACA, N Y, February 20.-Gov.
Lehman told huge crowd of farmers
yesterday that he was willing and
anxious" to drop State milk price
control, and put the responsibility"
for price making in the milk industry
back upon the dairymen when they
are able and willing to accept this
responsibility"
In speech climaxing Cornell Uni
versitys f1ve-day farm and home
week, the Governor renewed plea
that the farmers Organize" and pre-
sent a united front in attempts to
solve their problems.
The Governor listed milk control
as the States No. l agricultural prob
lem and declared that when either
State officials or myself try to find
out what Idairymen think and want
we are confronted by a veritable
babble of conflicting opinions, coun-
selling different courses"
The Governor asserted that zone of
the great troubles with the dairy in
dustry is that there is no responsible
organization, individual or group,
which can speak with authority for
the producers of this State.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
STUDENTS SOBERED
SINCE DEPRESSION
High School Superintendents
Head Says Problems Have
Crystallized Values.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, February 20
More serious boys and girls, deter
minded to profit by the experiences of
the depression, are entering the Ma
tion's high schools today.
The depression has brought about
note of seriousness that did not exist
before" said A. l.. Threlkeld. presi-
dent of the high school superintend-
ents of the Nation.
Social problems in the home have
brought to the boys and girls better
idea of social values and the impor-
tance of preparation in coping with
the economic problems of life"
Threlkeld. superintendent of schools
at Denver, Colo, said unemployment
had caused many youths to go to
high school. attributing this to their
inability to be absorbed into the ranks
of workers which at one time was
open to them"
Threlkeld is here for the annual
conference of the superintendents,
which opens tomorrow in connection
with the National Education Associa-
ton convention.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
EASTERN STAR ORDER
TO DEDICATE TEMPLE
Ceremonies at Belmont Mansion
to Be Held Wednesday-"Open
House" Today.

The famous Belmont Mansion. New
Hampshire avenue and r street. where
the former Prince of Wales was once
house guest, will be formally dedi-
Gated Wednesday as the International
Eastern Star Temple.
The order purchased the big town
house several months ago. Since that
time it has been completely renovated
and furnished as a permanent home
for the organization.
open house" will be held at the
temple today. tomorrow and Tuesday,
with past grand matrons and patrons
of the District and nearby Maryland
and Virginia composing a reception
committee.
Evening star., 1937-02-21

One of the contributors to the Red
Cross relief fund was F. T. Flood OF
Warren, Pa.
Evening star., 1937-02-21

Coatesville. Green paint was found
on the pole.
With this information, police began
tracing the owners Of green trucks
and the investigation led to Meyer, son
of Philadelphia coal broker. The
youth was released from the Hunting
don Reforfnatory in 1885 after Serv-
ing term for wounding two Philadel-
phia girls with pistol shots as they
walked on his fathers farm.
Grubb said Meyer drove his green
truck to Bryn Mawr. near Philadel-
phia, to have a broken headlight
fixed and told the garage man it had
been broken by a piece of timber
which fell on it. State police said
a falling timber would likely have
bent the light downward, whereas the
light was bent upward.
Special Officer Mann used a 35-foot
ladder furnished by the Coatesville
Fire Department to search the we'll
After the body was found, he tied a
rope about it and the ladder was
placed across the well top and used
to pull the girl out.
A special jury empaneled by Cor
oner Charles Williams viewed the
body at the well and it was then
taken to Coatesville for an autopsy.
The girls father, Absalom Meyer,
is an attendant at the United States
Veterans Hospital at Coatesville. Her
mother is president of the Parent
Teacher Association Of Modena. The
Meyers have two other children.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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MoNsToN STUDIO. 1883 F st. NV.
WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
MORE. 1445 Oak st. NV. Apt. 4.
MARRIED MAN. 30, EXPERIENCED
ofiee. %fiiSh fu'ore' Address BOX S'9-E S'ar
LARGE VAN, RETURNING TO FLORIDA.
want load or part load. Metropolitan
THE FRANKLIN NATIONAL BANK OF
Washington located at Washington D. c.
is closing its affairs. All noteholders and
other creditors of the association are there
and other claims fdF payment.
(s) SAMUEL M. THRIFT. Cashier.
Dated December 21. 1886.
INVALID ROLLING CHAIRS-For rent or
sale: new and used all styles, all sizes; re-
duced prices. UNITED STATES STORAGE
CO.. Ais 10th st. NV. ME. 1874.
DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART
loads to and from Balto. Phila. and New
York FREQUENT trips to other Eastern
cities Dependable Service Since 1896"
THE DAVIDSON TRANSFER g. STORAGE
CO. Phone Decatur 1900.
CHAMBERS n,s.as Is one Of Of the =, largest ,st
world. Complete funerals as low as S75
up. Six chapels twelve oarlors seventeen
cars. hearses twenty-five undertakers and
assistants Ambulances now only So 400
Chapin st ,IaH, nv, celumbia esnn 04s2 6l7 11th
Evening star., 1937-02-21
'HUCKLEBERRY FINN
HELD FOR SHOOTING
Mountain Man Tells Police His
Best Friend Injected
Poison in Big Toe.
BIZ the Associated Press.


HARRISBURG, Pa. February 90
Clair Guy Wingert, 47-year-old trap
per of Clarks Valley, was charged to-
night with murder in the shooting of
William McElwee, 40, who he said
injected poison in my big toe, the
left one"
McElwee's 23-year-old wife was in
critical condition from bullet wounds.
They were my best friends" VIM
CERT said in front of police and news
paper men. But 1 just had to do it.
Just the same I hope they don't die
State policemen who hurried into
the narrow valley in the Blue Ridge
Mountains 10 miles north of Harris
burg to investigate "a shooting" said
Wingert lived alone in a log cabin
atop Little Mountain, and was called
"Huckleberry Finn" by his neigh
bors.
They pieced together this story.
He called on the BcElwees last
night and they offered to put him
up for the night.
Seated with his hosts at breakfast
today, Clair suddenly drew a .22-
caliber pistol and began firing. A
plate dropped from McElwee's hands
as bullets struck him in the head,
chest, arms and back.
Screaming for help, the young wife
fed toward her grandfather's cabin,
nearby. The grandfather, Joseph
Stricker, and his nephew Robert found
her face-down in a creek, wounded in
the chest, abdomen, back and side.
They carried her to a couch.
Troopers found Clair at neigh
bors. He surrendered willingly, posed
for photographers, pointing to his
poisoned" toe State police charged
him with murder and lodged him in
the Daophin County jail.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
QUEzON SEES BIG
FUTURE TO ISLES
Philippines Fine Market for
All With Something to
Sell, He Says.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 20.-Decrib-
ing the Philippine Commonwealth as
a rapidly growing country, President
Manuel QueZon today said the United
States would find it an increasingly
important customer provided the con-
ditions of trade are as favorable as
they are today"
There is a fine market there for
any one who has something to sell" he
said. But it cannot be a one-sided
proceeding. Some sort of a reciprocal
trade agreement must be worked out"
President Quezon, heading a delega-
tion of Philippine officials, arrived yes
terday en- route to Washington, where
he will discuss economic affairs with
President Roosevelt.
Given Luncheon by Mayor.
Following an official reception at
City Hall today, he was rendered a
luncheon by Mayor F. H. La Guardia,
who paid tribute to his efforts to
achieve self-government for his people.
In his speech at the luncheon, Presi-
dent Quezon reviewed the independ-
ence act designed to make the islands
a free country in 1916 and expressed
the hope that the two states would
still be bound by ties of friendship
after they are separated politically.
Defending the Filipino system of
military training against criticism
which he said had been leveled at it,
the insular leader said its purpose was
to make the youth of his country bet
ter citizens as we'll as to prepare them
to resist any possible invasion.
Duties Before Rights.
II want every Filipino to know"
he said, that he can call himself a
citizen of our country only if he learns
his duties before he learns his rights"
Mayor La Guardia, recounting Mr..
Quezon's part in the Philippine in
surrection. introduced him with the
remark that the hell raisers of yes
terday are the presidents of today."
DR.. John H. Finley, another speaker,
congratulated Mr. Quezon on being a
first president. along with George
Washington, whose anniversary falls
on Monday.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
Pocket Radio Popular.

Demand for a pocket radio set with
loudspeaker, invented by Arthur Kiel-
sen, a Danish engineer. is proving SC
great that mass production has been
started at Copenhagen, Denmark. The
set is about the size of package OF
100 cigarettes, and can easily be car
ried in a mans pocket or a woman's
handha0
Evening star., 1937-02-21
KILLER DEFENDS WOMAN
ACCUSED OF CONSPIRACY
Youth Convicted of Staying
Farmer Tetisfies on Behalf
of Minnie Hines.
BY the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
ELKADER, Iowa, February 90
Maynard Lenox, 19-year-old har-
monica-playing lover of Pearl Hines,
testified yesterday as a defense wit
ness in the trial of Minnie Hines,
charged with conspiracy against the
life of Dan Shine, slain farmer.
Lenox, serving a 40-year sentence
for the murder of Shine, told the jury:
Il shot Dan Shine, and Pearl handed
me the gun"
Earlier Minnie Hines, who the prose-
cution contends planned Shines mur-
der, testified that she had never been
at the Shine home. She denied any
part in the killing.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
LOST.

AMERICAN PIT BULL. answers to name
pep" Reward 5 # returned to 1913 l3th
Vicinity OF Silver Spring. Reward. Call
National 41s1.
BOSTON BULL TERRIER~Blaok and and
white: tag No. 6064 also tag 1870 RiggS saS s
Courts. Phone Natl. 1924. 81.
COLLAR. moleskin. II inches wide. lined
with brown; downtown section. Reward.
490l 46th st. Cleveland 5726. -
COCKER SPANIEL male male bro brown; a.coIth With
st ST. NV: license tag 25363. Reward.
Robert M. Philips, Emerson 1850.
DIAMOND PLATINUM WEDDING RING
BET May9SSeI Hotel aa and 18th and S'S
DoG-Black and white English IS SETTER sr1;s
Park Call shepherd 2s23-W.
EYEGLASSES, child's white metal frame;
1850 Nevada ave. Cleveland 1901.
lenses; between Takoma Park Silver Spring
High School and Sligo Park Hills. shep-
CLASSES. shell-rimmed; in case; with
and 18th and Calvert; may have been lett
in cab. Reward. Adams 664I.
GLASSES, rimless white gold with bone
at edges in an Edmonds case. Reward
PEARL ROSARY. lost Friday. Small re-
ward Please return to Margaret Wahler
SOB Alabama ave. Sc. Lincoln 4605.
PURSE. brown. containing operators per
nit. glasses and personal effects also
money Saturday afternoon in Lansburgh
Dept Store. End floor. Columbia 1871.
ROSARY BEADS. silver in leather case:
sentimental value. Reward. Cleveland
1914.
SABLE FURs CO. yicinity, Of & St: and n.
Liberal reward. National 9010. Apt. eos.
SCOTTIE female. in season. long tail. ears
tipped down a little: Chew Chase. Re-
ward. Cleveland $3.50.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-07-02
Social Notes

/ perfect and the guests, after be-
ing served. wandered out on the
lawn where they chatted IN rustic
eeats under an inviting canopy.
other out Of town guests were
Mrs. Verne Evans and Miss Ma
define Smith. both o. Spokane.
who were here to attend the state
Federation Of Women's Clubs.
Keep or Date. EASs Picnic
Monday, August ?.
a number Of Seattleites attend
ed the Young Matrons Dancing
party Monday night at Normana
Hall IN Tacoma Il was a very
enjoyable affair and many fea-
lures were arranged for the plea
sure OF the guests. Archie Jack
son and q three-piece band fur
nishsd the music. The charming
hostesses were: Mrs. J. E. Allen,
mrs. L. S. Bowling, Mrs. H. ].
Bradshaw, MRS. F. A. Chew, Miss
Ann Edwards, Mrs. e. q. Elmore,
Mrs. Ray Gibson, Mrs Frank L.
Marshall, Jr.. Mrs. D. A. Moss,
Mrs. W. B. Pratt, Mrs. c. M spen-
Ger, and Mrs. W. P. Stafford.
Rev. J. L. n. bell WIN be back
in Seattle this Sunday z.frer hav-
ing charge Of Allen A. NJ g.
Church IN Tacoma during the alb
sence OF Rev. I. 1. Sanders. Rev.
Ben IS assistant pastor OF the First
A. NJ. E. Church IN Seattle.
Rev. John +. Harris, pastor Of
Grace Presbyterian Church, LETT
this week for five OF six weeks
vacation in the East. Last week
the Women's League surprised
their pastor with q party at the
home Of Mrs. Clifton H. Morris,
The occasion marked the seventh
anniversary of Rev. Harris's pas
torate in Seattle. The League al
so presented the honored guest
with purse.
rev. George s. Allen, Presiding
Elder Of the Puget Sound District
Conference, returned on Saturday
from Kansas city where he at
tended the Trustee meeting and
the Presiding Elders Council at
Western University. Rev. Allen
gave some highlights of his trip
at the service Sunday morning,
and It was learned that ne has
been elected as an executive OF
theTrustee Board. Rev. Allen viii
leave this week for Montana on
business.
Prior to the departure Of Mrs,
Earl Dundee and party who were
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-07-02

visiting here crom Spokane. Mrs.
j. L. N. Bell entertained with a
luncheon for their pleasure. Cow
ers were placed for Mrs. Dundee,
Miss Helen Dundee, Miss Dagnnar
Bell Of Chicago. Miss Idell Vert
ner, Mrs. Iva Carter. Mrs. Eva
Jones, and the hostess. During
the afternoon Miss Dundee played
several piano selections and Miss
Bell told of her experience as a
librarian in Chicago.
Keep Off Date. ElIxa' Picnic
Monday, August 2.
Mrs. Hugh Sanders was hostess
for the meeting of the London
Bridge Club Wednesday evening
at the home of Mrs. Lacey Lewis.
Mrs. airline English, who has been
substituting for Mrs. ]. S. jack
son during her absence, viii en-
terrain the group for their next
meeting.
DR.. and MRS. Andrew 7. King
entertained with cocktail party
Monday evening preceding the
Young Matrons' dance in Tacoma.
Twenty guests enjoyed the Kings
hospitality before motoring to Ia
coma.
The Negro RepertOry Players
will appear at Collins Fieldhouse
Friday, July 2, in a beautiful re-
verie, Swing on Down." Part Of
the group are heard over Station
KzA every Tuesday afternoon at
1:15.