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The Washington times., 1938-05-27
W. R. Hollis
Washington Native
Dies at 81

Funeral services for Wilbur R.
Hollis, SO, a clerk for Paul E.
Clark, commission merchant, who
died yesterday at his residence,
936 independence Ave. S. w.,
will be held tomorrow at 8 p. M,
at his home. The Rev. Len F..
Stevens, recotor Of the Kendall
Baptist Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
A native Washingtonian, Mr..
Hollis was educated in the Dis
trict public schools, and had been
employed by Mr.. Clark for many
years.
He is survived by his mother.
Mrs. Naomi Hollis, seven sisters
and three brothers.
The Washington times., 1938-05-27
SCIENCE MOURNS.
SUDDEN PASSING.
OF DR.. JOHN ABEL.
Perfected Synthetic
AdreIin, InsuIin

BALTIMORE. May 81 GN.SO.
Johns Hopkins Hospital professors
and medical men throughout the
world today mourned the passing
Of DR.. John Jacob Abel, whose
work made possible the synthetic
production of adrenalin, insulin,
and similar glandular secretions.
DR.. Abel died Unexpectedly
yesterday at Johns Hopkins Hos
pital from a cardiac condition
while he had been under observa-
ton for three days.
BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK
The noted pharmacologist cele-
brated his eighty-first birthday
last week. at which time he re-
ceived word of his election to
membership in the Royal Society
of London. England, the last of
long line of honors bestowed upon
him.
A native of Cleveland, he re.
ceived his first degree at the Uni
verSity of Michigan. He pursued
his studies of chemistry at Johns
Hopkins and at universities
abroad, returning here to serve as
q Hopkins professor for 38 years.
He retired in 1881 with the honor
Of professor emeritus of pharmacy.
RITES SUNDAY
Funeral services will be held
Sunday at Montour Falls, N. Y,
where his wife was buried last
January. Surviving are two sons,
George E. Abel, of Philadelphia,
Pa, and Robert Abel, of Boston.
The Washington times., 1938-05-27
SEC Reports Gain
In Registrations

U.N.S.) Securities registered in
April with the SEC totaled $685.
931 900 against $6S, 1874 900 for
March and with $257 5000 for
April, 1887, the commission re-
ported today in its analysis Of
registration statements effective
in the month.
Only 81 per cent of these regis
trations was for new money.
In this class about $3,51O,OOO, or
Al per cent, was intended for
plant expenditures and $1,741 200
or 2 per cent additional working
capital.
The Washington times., 1938-05-27
Mrs. Abraham
Widow of N. Y. Store
Founder Dies

Mrs. Rose Abraham, widow Of
Abraham Abraham, founder of
Abraham & Straus, one of the
largest department stores in
Brooklyn, N. Y, died yesterday
in New York following a brief ILL
ness. She was SO years old.
A native of New York City
Mrs. Abraham was the daughter
of Elias Epstein and Charlotte
Friedman Epstein. She spent her
early life in Cincinnati and for
merly was active in philanthropic
work. Mr.. Abraham died in 1911.
Funeral services were held to-
day at the chapel Of the Salem
Field Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Edward c. Blum and Mrs.
Percy S. StrauS.
The Washington times., 1938-05-27
81 GIRLS AWAIT
N. ". DIPLOMAS

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, May
T.-Ninety-one girls are to receive
diplomas from Mary Washington
College at commencement exer-
ciSeS next Friday and Saturday,
June 3 and 4.
The senior class has SO candi.
dates for the bachelors degree,
and 80 candidates for the profes.
Sional diploma.
John Temple Graves, I'd, Bir-
ningham (Ala0 newspaperman,
will deliver the baccalaureate ad-
dress on Saturday afternoon, June
4, prior to the awarding Of degrees
and diplomas.
The Washington times., 1938-05-27
James Forbes Dies
At Frankfort Spa

FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN, Ger
many, May 27.-James Forbes,
American playwright is dead of
heart disease here. His death
came in his sixty-siXth year at
Municipal Hospital, where he was
taking the waters.
Writer of many comedies for the
Boston and New York stage, Mr..
Forbes was also founder of the
DramatistS' Guild and was active
in the organization of entertain
ment groups in the A. E. F. during
the World War.
The Washington times., 1938-05-27
Rites at Grave
D. C.. Vets to Honor
Former COnlr0de

Members Of the Washington
Branch, Society of the Third Di-
vision, will place a wreath on the
grave Of Maj. Gen. Joseph T.
Dickman in Arlington National
Cemetery on Decoration Day.
General Dickman was COM
mander Of the Third Division,
American Expeditionary Force,
during the World War.
The division also announced the
appointment of Gilbert S. Decker,
Thirty-eighth Infantry, Company
K, as chaplain Of the Washing
ton Branch. Chaplain Decker,
now a major with the Salvation
Army, was wounded in the Marne
offensive July %, 1918.
The Washington times., 1938-05-27
Births, Deaths, Marriages
BIRTHS

Manrico and Leslie Gellie, boy.
c. II. and Marie league, boy.
william and Nancy Bost, boy.
Victor and Muriel Schinnerer, girl.
Morris and Eleanor johnson, girl.
James and Mary Lyons, boy.
Mark and Lucille Demeritt, boy.
Gumersindo and Mary Rodriguez, boy
william and Rosalie Hempel, boy.
Bruce and Frances Kessler, boy.
John and Helen Davidson, girl.
Thomas and Vivian Bryan, girl.
Robert and Anna Duncan, girl.
George and Mary Skinner, girl.
John and Margaret Bryant, boy.
Everett and Irma Buste, boy.
Wendell and Anne Lund, girl.
Henry and Addie Gardner, jr., girl
James and Margaret Thompson, boy.
Harry 3. and Beatrice Sherman, boy.
Lawrence and Mary Hughes, boy.
Francis and Mary Blaine, boy.
John and Gertrude O'Brien, boy.
Maxley ana Estelle Balderaon, girl.
William and Beatrice Tarsnt, girl.
Wineford and Irene Glenn, girl.
The Washington times., 1938-05-27
MARRIAGE LTCENsEs

Oscar j. Cain. %. 3317 Washington
Circle n. W., and Josephine l. o'shaugh-
messy, %, 174O X St. N. W.
Rines, So, both Of Philadeiphia, Pa.
Albert Sherman, 81, 1894 Monroe st.
N. w, and Dena Harris, Is. S7oo Colo
RADIO Ave. N. W.
N. W, and GLADYS c. Wyiis, IS, SIC
Twenty-second st. N. W.
William J.. sinnott, Concord Hotel
and Grace Harrell, 30, Capital Park
Hotel.
Charles F. Meyer. Is. 2ols N St. N. W.,
and Ruth NJ. Ronken, ~, 1875 New
Hampshire Ave. N. w.
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Questions on Page 10Y
1. Pool-loop. 2. Ro-DAYo. 8.
2 Minutes. 4. Cafeteria. S. Level.
6. Presbyopia. Z. Antonym. 8.
Electrical resistance. 8. Mile. 10.
Since he was killed instantly no
one could know what he was
dreaming.
The Washington times., 1938-05-27
DEATHS

Porter franklin Eye. Sc. 1880 Thirty
fifth st. N. w.
Emma stevsnin, IS. 1918 Twelfth st.
N. w.
Elsanors Buresch. 90. &c New York
Ave. ", W.
Anna Louise Hulltish, ~, 1905 Emsr-
son st. N. w.
James Bennett, 70. Casualty Hospital.
Henry c. Haynie, 50, st. Elizabeths
Hospital.
sAnnetta Wandering, 81, Emergency
Hospital
George W. Prather, SO. $50 whittier Pl.
N. W.
Charles Thomas, 81. Gallingsr Hos
pital.
Herman Bshrens, So. S21 Fourth St.
N. e.
woodrow Page. %, Providsncs Hos
pital.
Mary Virginia Taylor, %, George
Washington University Hospital.
Clifton Payne. II, Children's Hospital.
The Washington times., 1938-05-27

WEIGH. FRANK JOSEPH-on Wednes
his sister, MRS. Clara Alvey, of 10 R. I
Ave, N. E., FRANK JOSEPH WEIGH.
beloved son of the late Michael and Bridget
WEIGH (nee o'Day).
Hanlon's funeral parlors, GAL b st. N. Ea
on Saturday. May %. at $50 q. M
Requiem mass at st. Martins Church. al
8 q. m.
Relatives and friends invited.
The Washington times., 1938-05-27
m MEMORIAM

I'm WlEWIUEkEkAW
CROSBY, FRANK-In loving memory Of
our dear husband and father. FRAME
CROSBY, who died four years ago today.
May ~, 1884.
Just four years ago you left us.
with all our care you suffered pain,
Memories Of you will never die.
We feel you only left rs and forgot u
His loving Wife and Children.
The Washington times., 1938-05-27
Deaths


Haynls, Henry Q.
Prather, eeoFRa W.
Pslphrey, WIN. ".
Payne, Clifton clarh
PARKER. John n.
JaRHOy, Sallle
leesRltxer, Edward L.
Hlehle, Ernest 7.
MastsrSOn, Allies {.
Phlllps, harriet
The Washington times., 1938-05-27

" l. T Z Il 3, CATHERINE MA1sAE-OH
THURSDAY. May 90. 1898, at her resi-
dence, 1910 Perry ST. N. e. Apt. ~,
CATHERINE MARIE WALTERS. daugh'
ter of John J. and Mabel Walters, foster
niece of Nellie E. Dillon and foster sister
of Eileen A. Conroy.
Funeral Saturday. May 90, from 1921
Newton st. N E., at 1920 a. M. thence
high requiem mass will be said at IL a. m.
for the repose of her soul.
Relatives and friends are invited.
The Washington times., 1938-05-27

May rs, 1888. at his residence. 500
whittier Pl. n. W.. GEORGE W:
PRATHER, the beloved husband OF
Marian j. Prather and father OF George
Funeral services from the ". W. Cham
bers Co funeral home. 14o0 Chaplin 81
n, W., on Saturday. May %. at 1880
A. m. Relatives and friends are invited
Interment in Rock Creek Cemetery.
STEPHENSON. HARRIETT I. I'cHAT:
TIED-on Thursday Nay 70; 1eos srH a.
PHENsON (nee Richards), beloved wife OF
Charles A. Stephenson. .o.
funeral from her late residence: 1929
3bth Street, Mt Rainier, Md. on Saturday
Nav 90 At 1 80 D. m. Services ct Mt.
Rainier M. e. Church. 36th and Bunke!
Hill Road. at 2 p. m. Relatives ane
Internent in GIenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

secret agents of the foreign govern
ment, it was alleged.
A careful plan Of communication
was worked out, the prisoner Is SAID
to have revealed. Under this plan
some Of the information would be
put into code and handed to Miss
Hoffman usually the day before the
Europa was due to sail, the F. B. I.
agents quoted Rumrich as declaring.
Mailed Coded Letters.
At other times. according to the
F. B. l. Investigators, Rumrich mailed
coded letters direct to certain ad-
dresses in the foreign country.
Rumrich is alleged to have said
that had it not been for his arrest
he would have continued efforts he
was making to secure information
about two United States aircraft car
riers, one of which is under con-
struction at the New York Navy Yard.
He had a specific request for this in
formation, G-men said he told them.
Navy officials here last night ex-
pressed doubt that Rumrich or any
one else could have obtained the in
formation, because of special precau-
tions being taken to guard the ships
War Department officials said they
were not in possession Of facts sur
rounding the arrests.
Delving further into the case, G-men
said they learned Of purported plot
by secret foreign agents to have de-
livered to the commanding ofiicer of
military post in New York forged
papers. ordering" him to bring to
q midtown hotel room in New York
some designated secret documents of
military nature.
When the officer arrived at the hotel
with the documents, he was to be at
tackled and robbed, it was stated.
The F. B. I. charged that Rumrich
obtained from Pvt. Chaser several
secret code books used by the Army
Air Corps and that these were sent
through confidential channels" to a
foreign government.
On Miss Hoffman,s person at the
time of her arrest, officials here said,
was found a coded letter acknowledge
ing receipt Of the Air Corps codes by
"a foreign secret agent"
She also had in her possession, they
declared, money intended to be used
in paying Pvt. Glaser and Rumrich
for their services in allegedly securing
the aviation code books.
Agents spent several hours decipher-
ing numerous messages in code taken
from Miss Hoffman, they said.
Rumrich Is said to have told the OFF,
GERS foreign agents were trying to get
Evening star., 1938-02-27
RIVER RIPS THREE
GAPS IN LEVEES
Arkansas Flood Crisis Is
AIIeviated in All But
Northeast Area.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb. 26.-The
st. Francis River In extreme North
east Arkansas broke through its
levees In three places today as the
rest Of the State returned to something
like normal conditions in the wake of
. week-long general flood crisis.
Two additional deaths In flood
waters were reported. Erman Van
Cantessel, II, and Hillory Andrews,
18, drowned in swollen White River,
In East Arkansas, when the boat in
which they were returning from 4
trip down-river from Georgetown cap
sized In midstream.
Earlier in the week two children
drowned when they fell from . boat
while being removed from 4 flooded
area in Southwest Arkansas.
Today's breaks on the Arkansas
side Of the st. Francis did not greatly
add to the general high water situa-
ton, which has extended to every
major stream in the State and af-
fected An estimated half-million acres
The crevasses relieved pressure on
the Missouri side Of the stream and
poured the river into a natural basin.
Other major rivers continued to
drop along their upper reaches. Fair
weather continued
The Red Cross estimated $4,000
persons had been driven from their
homes.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
JUSTICE BLACK
52YEARS OLD
Youngest Supreme Court
Member Gains Name
of "Dissenter,"

Associate Justice Hugo L. Black, al
ready acquiring q reputation a. the
Supreme Courts great dissenter," is
81 years old today.
The former Alabama Senator, whose
elevation to the bench evoked q storm
OF controversy. has shown no hesi-
fancy to assert himself forcefully, re-
gardless of the extent to which his
views may conflict with those Of his
associates on the bench.
He has declined in 13 cases to agree
with the views Of the majority. Seven
times he has delivered outright dis
sents and six times he has concurred
in the majority decisions, but disagreed
with some of the reasoning.
After Justice Black had been con-
flrmed it was disclosed that he had
once been a member Of the Ku Klux
Klan. This led to attacks on his ap-
pointment, based on other grounds. but
the court refused to act on the petit
tions and ordered him seated.
Justice Black Is the youngest men,
ber of the court. Justice Reed Is So,
Chief Justice Hughes, IS; Justice
Brandeis, 81; Justice McReynolds, rs :;
Evening star., 1938-02-27

of united effort on the part of all
who oppose further experiments that
seem to endanger the American sys-
tenn of free enterprise, I am heartily
In favor OF It."
zone of the latest to advocate
a coalition of Republicans and
anti-New Deal Democrats was
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan,
who has been mentioned as a pos
sible presidential nominee in
1910. Vandenberg said Abraham
Lincoln himself was coalition
ist when temporary emergency re-
quired."D
Burke said the union he proposed
should be fundamentally conservative
because Of a fixed determination to
hold fast to all that is good of q sys-
TEN that has been built up through
the trial and sacrifice Of many gen.
erations" 1t should be actively pro-
gressive, he said. by reason of an
equally firm resolve to strike down
every abuse that has fastened Itself
upon the existing order"
Evening star., 1938-02-27
PUPILS ARE OVER SIS

A first grade class where every pupil
Is over IS years old is now under way
at the Stoddard Baptist Home for
Colored. 324 Bryant street NV.
Meeting every Monday afternoon, IS
residents Of the Community Chest
supported home are receiving instruc-
tions from a Works Progress Admin
istration teacher.
When most of the pupils" were
young. few facilities for their educa-
ton were supplied, most of them
reaching manhood and womanhood
with little knowledge even Of elemen-
tary subjects. They requested instruc-
ton and the class was opened.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

ofncial knowledge Of the arrest in
New York Of three persons on charges
Of espionage.
A spokesman Of the propaganda
ministry said he never had heard OF
Miss Johanna Hoffman Of Dresden,
Germany, one Of the three arrested.
Arrests on charges OF espionage are
50 numerous in Germany that they
have become commonplace. Death is
the penalty on conviction, and execu-
tions are frequent.
The latest was February IA when
Kari Bischoff was guillotined for es-
pionage on behalf OF foreign power
The death penalty applies to women
as well As men.
1t was enforced three years ago
Evening star., 1938-02-27
PLEAF0R UNION
MADE BY BURKE
Calls on Progressive Con-
servatives" to Get Togeth.
er in Pittsburgh Talk.

6S tHe ASSOClRteQ ITeSS.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. Ex-senator
Burke, Democrat, of Nebraska called
tonight for a union Of progressive.
conservatives" in an effort to preserve
free enterprise in America.
In this union. he said. there should
be no place for the reactionary nor
for the radical.
Burke asserted that before general
conditions became worse the "sanest"
leaders of Government, management
and labor should sit down together
and work out program.
The Nebraskan made his remarks
in an address prepared for delivery
before the Amen Corner, a nom
political group.
There is talk of a coalition" Burke
said. If by that is meant some form
Evening star., 1938-02-27
HELD FOR GRAND JURY

Arraigned In Police Court yesterday
on charge Of robbery, George H.
Motley, 10, Of the 600 block Of G
street Sc. was held for action of
the grand jury under $4,000 bond.
Warren L. Geesling. 2l36 K street
NV. told Judge John P. McMahon
that Motley and two other boys robbed
him Of IS en- route to Baltimore after
he had bought them some beer and
sandwiches. Mr.. Geesling testified
the boys offered to drive him to the
Maryland city, but near Catholic Uni
versity drove to a lonely road, beat
him and took his money.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Carnegie Lectures Set.

The first Of the spring series of free
public lectures offered by the Carnegie
Institution will be given Tuesday at
$50 pm. in the assembly hall at Six
teenth and P streets NV. Dr. M. A.
Tuve Of the department of terrestrial
magnetism, will discuss the forces
which govern the nuclei of atoms.
Tickets may be had on application.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

Justice Butler. II; Justice Stone. IS:
Justice Roberts, 81, and Justice Car
dozo, 81.
The court will meet tomorrow for
tne announcement Of opinions. Cases
tnat may be decided involve the con-
stltutionality of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act and the right
OF the National Labor Relations Board
70 order the dis-establishment Of q
company union.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
CORN AND WHEAT
. EXPORTS JUMP
Decline in Other Products
Lower in January, Fig
ureS Show.
D the Associated Press.

D the Associated Press.
Although United States exports Of
the majority OF leading products de-
clined in January from December
levels. corn and wheat were exported
In substantially larger quantities.
The Commerce Department report
ing this yesterday, said this country
exported $ll8,674,000 more merchan-
disc during the month than it i'm
ported.
Exports were valued at $2S9, ,437, 900,
compared with $3l9,253,00 in De-
cember and 1927, ,665, 900 In January,
1887. The decline from December
was partly the result Of seasonal in
duences, it was stated.
Imports Set At Sl70,763,0oo.
January imports were valued at
$l70, 1853 900. compared with $208, ,863,- :
900 In December and $240, 0,452 900 IN
January, 1887.
Exports which declined in January
from December included leaf tobacco,
raw cotton, wood pulp, lumber, iron
and steel products, copper, electrical
appliances, Woodworking machinery,
motor trucks, passenger automobiles
and aircraft.
Products which scored export gains
from December to January were, in
addition to corn and wheat: Apples,
canned fruit, fur skins and petroleum
products.
Commodities Gain.
Compared with January, 1887, ex-
ports Of nearly all principal commodi-
ties gained. Agricultural exports in
creased to $9l, ,e46, 900 from $6l Al 900
The Commerce Department, report
4 year ago. About two-thirds of the
increase resulted from recent expan-
sion in grain shipments Non-agricul-
tural products in which substantial
export gains over January, 1887, were
recorded included: Cotton cloth, Pc
troleum products, iron and steel prod
ucts, copper, industrial machinery,
farm tools, automobiles, including
parts and accessories. and aircraft.
Declines in imports from December
to January occurred in nuts, wines,
wood pulp. newsprint, alcoholic spirits,
tin and rubber.
Sugar, regulated by quota was the
only major commodity showing an
import gain over December.
Very substantial decreases" in jan
uary imports from 4 year ago were
listed for grains. feeds. cocoa. unman-
ufactured wool, raw silk nickel and tin.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

in touch with his brother, who resides
in Czechoslovakia.
He is alleged to have explained that
the 50 passports were to have been
used by foreign agents desiring to
enter Russia and other European coun-
tries in the role Of American citizens.
Robinson Case Recalled.
Federal officials declined to say
whether the case has any connection
with the recent passport fraud by
which a couple known as Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald L. Robinson" entered
Russia and were arrested by Soviet
authorities The woman, later iden-
titled as Mrs. Adolph Reubens, an
American citizen, refused aid Of Amer
ican Embassy officials who visited her
in Jail. Nationality of Robinson has
not been determined.
Army records indicate Rumrich de-
serted in 1885 after serving about five
years. He is said to be a native of
the United States, but was educated
in Germany.
Pvt CHASER is said to have been
WA ~ AAA NCAAAoAy, 90 WOO NAAso 4AoAA
man.
When the Justice Department in
vestigation is completed, full reports
on the case will be submitted to the
State Department for any action it
may desire to take.
1t was considered likely that repre-
sentations would be made later to the
undesignated foreign government in
connection with the disclosures.
20-Year Penalty Possible.
Peacetime violation Of the espionage
laws carries a maximum penalty Of 20
years in prison.
The case will be presented to q
Federal grand jury In New York as
soon as pending Investigations are
completed.
The last espionage case investigated
by the G-men was that OF John S.
Farnsworth, former lieutenant COM
mander in the United States Navy,
who was convicted here last spring Of
selling military secrets to Japan. He
Is now in Atlanta Penitentiary.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
SpyPlot
Continued From First Page.)

cial Agent Leon G. Turrou charged
the three with delivering to "a foreign
power certain documents. writings
code books, signal books, photographs
notes, instruments and information re-
lating to the defense of the United
States" with the knowledge or in
the belief 1T was to be used to the
injury Of the United States and tc
the advantage Of foreign power.
The deliveries, 1t was charged, oc.
cured after July l. 1886.
German Attache Comments.
Asked If the German Embassy plans
to make inquiries into the arrest OF
Miss Hoffman, supposed to be Ger
man subject, an attache said last
night in the absence of the Ambassa-
dor that all the staff knows about
the case is what it has read in the
newspapers. He pointed out that the
news accounts did not state which
country was alleged to be involved,
and that the Embassy has no oflcial
knowledge about the case whatever.
Uncovering of the alleged conspir-
acy resulted from q mysterious tele-
phone call made to the Passport Bu-
reau in New York recently by man
representing himself to be Secretary Of
State Hull, the F. B. I. said. The
man instructed" the Passport Bu-
reAu to prepare 4 package Of so blank
passports for delivery to a representa-
tive of the department.
Suspicious oncials learned from the
State Department that the call was
'phony" Agents of the State De-
partment and New York City police
set q trap and arrested the repre-
sentative" when he took a dummy
package prepared for the occasion.
The man, they said, proved to be
Rumrich.
Questioned by F. B. 1. Men.
The prisoner was turned over to
special agents of the Federal Bureau
Of Investigation for questioning. They
reported to J. Edgar Hoover, F. B. I.
director, that Rumrich made q COM
plete confession. duplicating the 9TH
ers. Pvt. CHASER was arrested Friday
night At Mitchell Field, where he was
attached to the 18th Squadron. G.
men said he corroborated Rumrichs
statements.
The Hoffman woman, described as
attractive. was arrested as she came
OF the Europa at the pier.
Rumrich was quoted as saying he
had sold. in spot cash" transactions
certain information concerning Coast
Artillery fortifications and Army mo-
bilization plans for protection Of the
Panama Canal, where he was sta
toned some years ago while in the
Army. The data were turned over to