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Evening star., 1937-04-09
K. PRICE DIES
Of CRASH INJURY
Pennsylvania Years seth
Traffic Victim-Four Hurt
in Accidents.

Injured In q street car-automChile
collision last Sunday. William K Price,
35, of Chester County, Pa, died yes
terday in Casualty Hospital He was
the Districts thirty-ninth traffic VIC
tim Of 1887.
Automobile mishaps today resulted
In injuries for three persons, while
one serious traffic injury was re-
ported last night. Mrs. Jesse Knott,
A, Of 5619 Eighth street, possibly re-
ceived fracture Of the spine and ribs
when struck by an automobile driven
by Robert F. McDermott, 10. Of SOLO
Fourth street, as she was crossing at
Arkansas avenue and Sixteenth street
Price, who died in Casualty Hospital
OF fractured skull, was a passenger
In car driven by Miss Betty Peal.
III, OF Oxford, Pa, when it crashed
into the rear of a street car at Six
teenth street and Rhode Island avenue
northeast Police today were seeking
to notify Miss Peal, who is reported
TO have left the city Sunday night
after receiving treatment for minor
injuries.
Wilmer R. Cooksey, 81, of 1926 u
street northeast, was the operator of
the street car, police said.
Among those injured today was JOS
ephine Embrey, 20, of 1922 Eighth
street, whose automobile collided with
another at Seventh street and Con-
Stltutlon avenue, crashed into a police
call boX and then struck a wooden
fence. She was treated at Emergency
hospital for rib injuries Edward
Melenson, %, Fort Washington, Md,
a passenger in her car, was treated for
shock. The other automobile was
driven by John Verautsos, 38, of 38lO
Seventh street.
zula Davis, 80, colored, l102 Sixth
street, suffered a severe knee injury
and broken finger in three-car
collision at Seventh street and Jeffer-
son drive. Her husband, George Davis,
was driving one of the cars, while the
others were operated, police said by
Morris Abraham, 36, of 633 H street
northeast, and Samuel M Farley, 27.
of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
GEDEONMURDERER
STILL IS ELUSIVE
Police Continue to Run Down
Reports Without EStab.
fishing Clue.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, April "a will-o'-
the-wisp today led the triple murder
mystery of Beekman Hill toward its
thirteenth day along as fantastic a
trail as ever was followed by the New
York homicide squad.
Robert Irwin, eccentric 29-year-old
sculptor and former divinity student,
or whom investigators centered their
| interest when the swashbuckling little
father of beautiful "Ronnie" Gedeon
was eliminated as suspect, continued
to elude an eight-State police alarm.
"Seen" in Various Places.
AS reports placing Irwin-or some
one resembling HMM various parts
of the country flowed across his desk,
Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valen-
tine predicted he would be caught
within a reasonable time"
Valentines investigators want to ask
the talented young sculptor what he
knows-if anything-about the throt-
ting of Miss Gedeon and her mother
and The stabbing of their lodger,
Frank Byrnes, in their Beekman Hill
apartment some time before the dawn
of Easter Sunday.
Although the head of st. Lawrence
University where Irwin was divinity
student for few weeks, declared the
missing youth was being damned
without evidence" Assistant Chief In
spector John A. Lyons insisted he had
secret evidence tending to link Irwin
with the crime.
Other Suspects" Fade.
With Irwin occupying the full spot
light, other picturesque characters
that had been churned up in the vor-
tex of bizarre series Of clues and
pseudo-clues retired to the obscurity
whence they came.
Among these were the impetuous,
garrulous little Joseph Gedeon, hus-
band and father of the two women
victims, who returned to his upholstery
business, his beer drinking and his
bowling, and the equally loquacious
Georges (Frenchy) Gueret, who con-
tinued to return to the police station
long after he was told he no longer
was wanted.
The missing Irwin, meanwhile, was
reported seen in such widely separated
places as Stroudsburg, Pa; Battle
Creek, Mich; Pleasantville, N. Y, and
Kenosha, Wis.
Evening star., 1937-04-09

nounced she was going out to get
something to eat"
The shrill crying from her room
soon became so insistent that A. c.
Earps, who had relieved Murray, dis
patched housekeeper to see what
she could do toward quieting the in
FAINT.
She found the baby red-faced and
wailing Justify, lying beside note
which read:
please take care Of little Davie
Linden. 1 have no home. He is Of
good blood"
There was no meal ticket, however,
and that's what Davie semed more in
terested in at the moment. He con-
tinued to bawl
Police took the infant to Gallinger
Hospital, where he was given a square
meal, apparently his first in some
time
He weighed only pounds, and DR..
Jeannette Heghinian. resident chill
dren's ward physician, termed him un.
dernourished.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
Bill Sent Roosevelt
Would Let Brazil
Decorate His Son
Constitutional Barrier Is
Met by Congress
Approval.

Congress has completed action on a
measure designed to legalize bestowal
OF the Order of the Southern Gross of
Brazil on Lieut.. Col James Roosevelt,
U. S. M. c. Reserve, who acted as his
fathers aide on President Roosevelt's
recent South American trip. The bill
Is being sent to the White House for
presidential approval, officials said to-
day.
A prohibition is contained in the
Constitution barring officials OF this
Government from accepting foreign
decorations without the consent Of
Congress.
Capt. John D. Blanchard, U. S. M.
c., who commanded the Marine guard
aboard the cruiser Indianapolis, on
which President Roosevelt made the
trip, also acted as his aide. He, too,
has been given the Order of the South
ern Cross of Brazil
Col. Roosevelt last November &C.
cepted commission in the Marines
and his first duty was to act as his
fathers aide on the South American
cruise. The commission was handled
quietly and only when the colonel
went ashore at Trinidad in his uni
form did 1t become generally known.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
j0B[ESS,
SURVEYD|SCL0SES
Figure Shows Almost g..
100000 Cut From Ranks
of Idle Since 1888.
~ the Associated Press

| ~ the Associated Press.
A survey made for Secretary Wallace
estimated today that 9,773,0O0 persons
were unemployed or were on relief
jobs at the start of this year, COM
pared with 1888, 900 idle in 1888.
The Commerce Department said
meanwhile, business showed marked
improvement" during the first quar-
ter OF 1887.
Industrial production was one-flfth
greater than for the comparative
period last year, the department said,
with slight advances in January and
February being extended in March.
The department said cash farm in
come during the quarter was "consid-
erably larger" than in the 1895
period because OF higher prices, while
factory pay rolls and employment also
turned upward.
Discussing prices, the department
reported rapid advances of recent
weeks were IAN extension OF general
rise in prices dating from the final
quarter Of 1886"
Louis H. Bean, one Of Wallace's
economic advisers, reported that po-
| tential gainful workers, excluding
those engaged in agriculture, num-
bered 40,o27,00 at the start Of 1887,
and that about one in four Of these
was unemployed or on relief
He said this compared with 1885,
600 workers in 1898, when one out of
three persons was idle or on relief.
Estimate Before Depression.
The economist estimated gainful
workers at 38023,000 before the de-
preston in 1929 and the unemployed
at l,847 900, or about one in nineteen.
He estimated the average annual
wage for employed workers was ST, ,180
last year, compared with low of 1898
in 1888 and a peak Of 81 1888 in 1929.
| Bean contended living costs for the
unemployed group were lower in rela-
ton to average income last year than
in 1929.
| When the large mass Of unem-
ployed, relief and other workers was
included, he added, the average per
capita real income Of all available
workers does not compare favorably
with predepression income"
Food Cost Increase.
Bean contended the increase in
food costs since 1888 had directly
benefited industrial workers in cities
more than it had increased their food
bills.
Higher food prices, he said, had in
creased purchasing power in rural
areas for industrial goods and this had
caused an increase in both numbers
and wages Of employed urban workers.
Bean said the food cost for an aver
age family was 1858 last year, COM
pared to 1924 in 1888 and 463 in 1929.
AS result, he said, the average work.
/ er had 1925 remaining for other needs
in 1929, s699 in 1888 and s817 last
year.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
W|NCHESTERVO VOTE
APPROVES UNITY
Methodist District Confer
enCe Advocates Retention
of Boundaries.
Upec,ei Dispatch to The Star.

Upec,ei Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, April 9-In ad-
dition to favoring unification of three
large branches of Methodism, the
Winchester District Conference, con-
cluding its seventy-f1rst annual session
last night at MiddletoWn, Va, went
on record as advocating retention Of
the present lines Of the Eastern Pan
handle district in West Virginia and
in favor of the entire Baltimore Con-
ference as it now exists being retained
in the northeastern jurisdiction OF
the united church.
Eighteen delegates and alternates
were elected to represent the various
charges of the district at the meeting
of the Baltimore annual conference,
to be held in Winchester next Oc-
tober.
Reports submitted indicated that
finances of the district are practically
paid in full for the half year. During
the first six months of the church
year there have been nearly 400 ac-
cessions. according to the report of
the Rev. W. w. Mcintyre, presiding
also submitted reports, indicating
that the work is going forward with
better speed than for the past five
or six years.
Licenses for number of local
preache1s were renewed, including
F. Cooley Strasburg, Va; Fred D.
Futsler, Edinburg, Va; C. w. Lloyd,
Cedarville, Va; Harvey w. Ashby, Rec
tortown, Va, and Charles F. Schreder.
The characters of John Knox, Nash
vile, Tenn, and Harvey S. Wiley.
Strasburg, Va, elders, were passed.
Col Boggs. principal of Randolph
Macon Academy, Front Royal, Va,
submitted his report, as did John H.
Rosenberger Winchester president of
the district parsonage trustees.
Christian education and training
was discussed by the Rev. DR.. Homer
H Sherman, Front Royal, Baltimore
Conference departmental secretary,
Miss Elinor Wren, Strasburg, reported
on children's work; Rev. ]. H. Billings
ley, Woodstock, Va, spoke in behalf
of the Baltimore Conference Benevo-
lent Society; Rev. w. o. Luttrell
Berryville. Va, submitted a report on
the general and conference organs,
and Miss Edith Miller, Winchester,
district secretary, reported on activi-
ties of the Woman's Missionary So
ciety.
Jesse w. Richards, Marshall, Va
district secretary, was directed to send
greetings to Rev. R. N. Wheeler,
strasburg, Va, probably the Oldest
member of the Baltimore Conference
Superannuates attending the meeting
at Middletown included Rev. w. H.
Ballengee, Strasburg; Rev. James
Hawley, Hamilton, Va, and Rev. W.
o. Talbert, Winchester.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
GAMBLING CHARGED

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark, April .
P).-The Pope County grand jury in
dicted j. S. Sandusky, father n-law Of
Paul Dean, pitcher for the st. Louis
Cardinals, on charge Of operating q
gambling house here yesterday.
Sheriff Dave Bewley, who arrested
Sandusky, said the timberman was
accused of accepting bets on horse
races at club he operates here. San
dusky posted $500 bond for appearance
at the November term Of court.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
STAMPS ARE BARRED

BERLIN. April 9 (P.-German
postage stamp dealers and fans were
forbidden today to acquire for their
collections the Danish 15-oere special
stamps bearing a scene of Dueppel,
where the Prussians fought the Danes
in 1854
"As the net proceeds from this
stamp are intended for purposes mimi
cal to Germany" public order de-
elared, "all stamp dealers and COL
lectors are warned against buying
them"
Evening star., 1937-04-09
BASSO SERVED IN SUIT

SAN FRANCISCO, April 9 (P.-
Ezio Pima. operatic basso, today had
10 days to answer Superior Judge T.
I. Fitzpatrick's ruling that an amended
complaint by Miss Octavia Picchioni,
San Francisco. charging breach OF
promise. was sufficient.
Pima quashed the original COM
plant with a demurrer. Miss Picchi-
oni asks 5000, 900.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
Loss of Pay Check
And Auto Is News
To Startled Owner
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, April ..
John Shock, Mishawaka fac
tory worker, doesn't know what
to make of it.
Police informed him his auto
mobile had been recovered before
he knew it had been stolen.
Then a tavern owner called him
to inform him his weeks salary
check had been found. Shock
looked In his wallet and found out
for the first time the check was
missing.
Meanwhile, John Leathead, II,
and Marvin Baxter, 10, both Of
North Jackson, Mich, were ar
rested in connection with the
cars theft and bound over to Cir
cult Court.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
Cartridges and Gas
In Cash Bag Set Off
By Revolving Door
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 9.--The
next time James Scroggs, a hotel
porter, carries his patented
money bag through a revolving
door he will be careful.
Scroggs and his bag, designed
to discourage hold-up men with a
cloud Of gas and two .45-caliber
cartridges, got mixed up in q
revolving door yesterday as he
was leaving q bank.
The cartridges banged and the
gas filled the door chamber. Bank
ofacials jumped and tellers
reached for alarm buttons.
scroggs emerged. gaspins, but
still with the satche1.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
Zoning Change Approved.

R1VERDALE, Md, April (Spe-
ciaD The Riverdale Town Council
has approved the application of o.
B. zantzinger, jr., for change of zon-
ing on his property at 737 jefferson
avenue here from residential A to resi-
Dental c.
The change was requested to permit
remodeling the one-family dwelling
into four-family apartment.
Evening star., 1937-04-09

4 TINY 3-week- baby, wrapped
~ in blue blanket and crying
~ Justify for a good square meal,
n was found in a downtown
hotel room yesterday. A note pinned
to his pillow was his only pedigree
The baby was taken to the hotel
at SOB Ninth street about 4:30 am
yesterday by stout, middle-aged
woman, who registered as Mrs. Lee
Barnes, Pittsburgh" The woman had
no baggage-just the baby. the blan-
ket and a partly filled nursing bottle.
How old is your baby?" the night
clerk, F. M. Murray, inquired.
Three months, but he's awfully
tiny" the woman replied
Shown to her room, she returned a
moment later to heat the milk bottle
on small oil-burner in the lobby.
Murray went over to help her and
found the milk was sour. The bottle
was reflled with fresh milk.
She returned to her room and re-
mained until noon, when she walked
up to the desk, paid her bill and an
Evening star., 1937-04-09
Various Objectives.


southeastern end of the highway
front; Penarroya, on the northwestern
tip, and Fuenteovejuna, about miles
southwest of Penarroya, were the i'm
mediate government objectiveS.
Capture of these towns would leave
less they scattered into the mountains
south of the highway. A dispatch to
the newspaper Claridad said the
Madrid-Valencia forces already had
occupied Villaharta. 1t was recalled,
however, that the town was reported
enormously to have fallen last week.
Villaharta's capitulation would
sever the insurgent supply line from
Cordoba City. % miles southeast.
While the government army ham,
mered on this broad front, already
having executed a junction with Bada-
joz Province forces to the northwest,
these were other fresh developments
in the 8-month-old civil war:
Government Planes Active.
Government aviation lashed out at
Malaga, on the southern Mediter-
ranean coast, which fell to the in
surgents two months ago. Three
bombing planes scored direct hits on
the railway station there yesterday.
They also bombed the harbor where
several insurgent seaplanes were at
anchor
Reports from Bilbao, capital of the
Basque government in Northern Spain,
asserted the Basques had started
counter attacks on the mountain-land
offensive Of the Gen. Emilio Mola S
insurgent army. There were no fur
ther details.
Headquarters of Franco announced
today an advance column Of his north
ern army had entered the suburbs Of
Durango, / mile from Bilbao
A communique received from Sala-
manca said Basque government troops
defending Durango were evacuating
the town.
Frances headquarters reported q
column operating in the Barazar Pass
sector had pushed into the outlying
sections of Durango-his arms imme
diate objective in the drive on Bilbao
The main body Of Frances army was
reported concentrated miles south OF
Durango.
Gen. Jose Miaja, government COM
mander- -in-chief on the central front
broadcast q radio appeal to the Basque
defenders to redouble their effort te
turn the tide against the attackers.
The government, from its temporary
seat at Valencia, decreed leniency TO,
insurgent soldiers who would come
over to the government forces. Many
were enlisted by the insurgents, the
decree charged, under methods o1
brutality and terror"
Government air attacks were ex-
tended to Valladolid, an insurgent base
about 100 miles northwest of Madrid
on Toledo, 40 miles southwest, and
against the fortress-nke sanctuary OF
the Virgin de la Cabez in Jaen
Province in Southern Spain.
Four 500-pound bombs were dropped
on the insurgent fortifications on the
mountain-top sanctuary. Fifteen
hundred men, women and children
have been reported slowly starving
there, kept from surrender by an
insurgent reign Of terror.
The junction Of two southern gov
eminent forces, the Cordoba Province
army and troops operating in Badajoz
Province, closed q gap yesterday and
now threaten Seville, . major insur-
gent base, about 10 miles south Of the
junction point.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
LECTURE ON NORWAY
Mrs. Petch to Speak Wednesday,
in Departmental Auditorium.

Mrs. Gladys M. Petch Of England
will lecture on New >Glimpses Of Sun
lit Norway" under the auspices Of the
National Park Service, Wednesday ut
g pm. in the Departmental Audito-
rum.
Mrs. Petch has lived in Norway for
many years and is thoroughly ac-
quainted with the life OF the people
there. She was the first woman to
speak across the Atlantic by radio.
She takes the story OF American ma
tional parks to Norway and brings the
tale Of the Norwegian parks to this
country.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Will BE RESP ONSIBLE ONLY FOR
debts incurred by me personally. w. ]:
MILLER, Floodeate Boat House. 14th and
Water SITS. s.w. 10.
ON AND AFTER THIS DATE I WILL NOT
be responsible for any accounts unless con-
tracted for personally.
]. E HAMPSON. AGA Warner st.
DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART
loads to and from Baltic, Phila. and New
York Frequent trips to other Eastern
cities. "Dependable Service since 1896"
co Phone Decatur $500.
OLD DAGUERREoTYPEs T1NTYPEs Ko-
dak prints Or any treasured .keeosske
MoNsToN sTUDio 1888 + st. NV
THE ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING OF
the Goodwill Industries Of washington. D.
C.. Inc; will be held at the Willard Hotel,
Pennsylvania ave; and 14th street W., on
April %, 1887. at 4:45 pm. for the elec-
ton Of officers and the transaction Of any
business that may lawfully come before 1t.
ELIZABETH WHTTEFORD MURRAY.
Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of the Citizens Equitable Building
Association of Georgetown, .. C.. will be
held at Z pm. April IL. 1887, at 1907
Wisconsin ave. NV. for the election OF
oficers and directors for the coming year
and the transaction Of such other business
as may rightly come before said meeting.
LONG-DISTANCE MOVING.
:. Al pSints. 1000 miles. full and par.
1&6o. Padded vans. 1877 N. Y. ave.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
Col. J. S. Fair to Be Retired.

Col John S. Fair, Cavalry, now on
duty in the National Guard Bureau,
War Department, will be retired from
the Army, April 30, because of dis
ability incident to the service, the War
Department announced today. Col.
Fair is native of Altoona, Pa.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
Pacific Tides Higher.

Tides on the Pacific Coast are gen.
orally higher than those on the Allan
tic Coast, partly because Of eastward
winds.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
George S. Kaufman in Hollywood.

HOLLYWOOD, April (P.-George
S. kaufman, playwright who figured
in the Mary Astor diary case, was here
today to collaborate with Moss Hart
on a play soon to be produced on
Broadway.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
LOST.

CAT, near Sunset Hall; please be humane;
child loved pet; happiness left home with it.
Curzon Scott. Conduit I'd.
CHANGE PURSE. leather. containing fam
lily ring on bus between Central ave. and
Bladensburg rd to 18th and car; reward.
Lincoln 1906,
DOG-Brindle scottie; strayed from 5601
Wilson lane, Bethesda. Nd. Reward
DOG, male schnauzer, black and gray 8
American University. Reward. Call Cleve-
GERMAN 19a rjq, potIoE DQa blsek p.1d snd tsn g.
Francisco license. Pot. 1900. Reward.
GERMAN POLICE DOG. named Prince"
no collar. vicinity 14th and R. Call Mrs
LutZ Decatur 1866.
GLAssEs-Tortoise SHELF between Rialto
Theater and 9TH st. Reward. West 219S.
KEYS-Bunch of keys on ring; between
10th and H sts. NV. and 9th st. and N. Y.
ave. NV. Reward. Address Box 1870.
Star office.
aossd II White ms so aee Esa EYEGLASSES ssss Revaa q
Mrs. W. T. Durfee. Wardman Park Hotel.
LoST--Dark brindle toy Boston bull
weisht, u lbs Is months old: four white
Apts.. or Hotel Inn. $40 9th st. NV.
PIN antique. gold and black enamel: Re
PIN-Gold, fraternity. shape of book and
key; between Georgetown and 9th and F.
April s. Reward. North 4249-J.
POCKETBOOK, brown lost Monday eve
ming or Tuesday: initials Il. 9. H" on
gold clasp: contained currency. business
cards. also California drivers license and
life membership card in Press Club. Please
phone Room 5S2, Mayfower Hotel. ask for
l.. C. Hammond. 10'
POCKETBOOK, black. containing watch
keys. eyeglasses, glass cigarette case, van
ity case. on 1th ST. car or r. I. ave. bus
Reward. North 1896.
POCKETBOOK. black patent leather. con-
taining folding glasses in red leather case
silver vanity case. Reward. Dist. 210S.
WRIST WATCH, lady's. surrounded by
diamonds. between Manor Club and 1724
Varnum st. NV. Reward Adams 7176.
WRIST WATCH, lady's, Bulova: chain
bracelet: initiated "E B.: reward. West
1850. Apt 40.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
LOST!

On Thursday, April s. about 2 PM. in
vicinity Of 22nd and P sts. NV. large,
gentle police dog; tan, with black mark
ings yellow eyes Answers to name of
Mp Reward If returned to DR.. Col
Inns 2130 P st. NV. or Miss Aninta
Veeder. Greenwich NEAR Warrenton).
Evening star., 1937-04-09
LONG-DISTANCE MOVING

All points. 2.O00 miles full and part
Z loads NAT. DEL. ASSOC. INC. National
1%6o. Padded vans. 1917 NJ Y ave. !
Evening star., 1937-04-09
Spanish
Continued From First Page.)

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only 2 or miles at each end of 30
mile stretch OF the Cordoba City,
Penarroya highway to complete bot
ting up Frances army, which was put
to rout less than fortnight ago at
Po5oblanco, gateway to one OF the
worlds richest mercury mining re-
gions.
Evening star., 1937-12-29
.LUBESEAl TOSSERS
CLINGING TO TITLE
Go Into Semi.Finals in Defense
Of Star Trophy by Beating
Delaware & Hudson.

I UBEsEAL basketers continued sue
cessfully their defense of The
Evening Star Trophy. won last year
IN the Metropolitan Police Boys Club
basket ball tourney under the p. W. A.
banner, by whipping the Delaware T.
Hudson quint, 35-23. in their semi
hnal tussle in the unlimited division.
Chick Holndge and Knocky Thomas
paced the winners and losers, respec-
lively, with 10 points each.
Senate Beer nosed out the Merrick
Boys Club. 1928, in the other un-
limited battle. Roosevelt Boys Club
trounced the Northeast B. c., 29-l5;
Salvation Army nipped Police Boys
No. 10, 2l-15, and the Washington
Boys Club five socked the Georgetown
B. c., 25-l1. in other semi-final tits
In the quarter-finals. Washington
B. c. Cardinals walloped the Roosevelt
Boys Club, 40-14: Northeast B. c.
took the Stantons. 9-5; Langley clipped
Police No. 10, 1876; Northeast nosed
out Police No. 10, 1913; Washington
Boys Club Presidents eked out q win,
20-18, over Police IL; Stuart topped
Roosevelt B. c., 22-l6; Washington
B. c. doubled the count on Northeast
Clubmen, 1873, and the .100-pound
Georgetowners toppled the Washing
ton Boys Club, 17-7.