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Evening star., 1938-12-06
On leong Tong MemL ars
To Attend SooRites

Fellow Chinese, including many
members Of the On Leong Tong, to-
morrow will pay tribute to Charles
Lee 500, So, president Of the local
On Leong Tong. Chinese merchant
organization, who died Saturday in
Sibley Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr.. 500 will
be held at 2 pm. tomorrow in CAL
vary Baptist Church, with the Rev.
DR.. William S. Arbernethy. pastor.
Evening star., 1938-12-06
International Bozoor
To End TONIGHT

The 10th annual International
Bazaar of the Americanization
School Association of the District
will end it's two-day festivities at
10 o'clock tonight at the Webster
School, Tenth and H streets NV.
In native costume, young women
from foreign countries are operating
booths with various articles from
their native lands for sale. Foreign
foods are being served.
Proceeds of the bazaar will 60
toward the welfare work of the
association of which Frederic A..
Delano is president.
Evening star., 1938-12-06

and the Rev. DR.. G. G. Hung, pastor
Of the Chinese Community Church,
ofnciating. Burial will be in Con-
gressional Cemetery. In the funeral
procession from the church to the
cemetery will be several bands, some
playing Chinese and others Ameri-
can music. Members of the On
Leong Tong from other cities are
expected to march in the funeral
procession.
Mr. Soo's body is lying in state in
building at GOT H street NV,
where it Is TO remain until shortly
before the funeral.
Mr.. 500 was known as the origi-
Evening star., 1938-12-06
Art to Be Exhibited

Paintings by local professional ar
lists will be exhibited beginning
tomorrow and continuing through
December Is in the gallery of the
Washington Bookshop, GIG Seven
teenth street NV, under the spon-
Sorship of the Washington Artists
Union. The gallery is open from
$50 am. to 8 pm. daily and from
pm. to pm. on Sundays.
Evening star., 1938-12-06
Future Army Aviotors
Experiment With TOYS
By the Associated Press.

oy tIie ASsUClHIeu FTtSS.
Future Army aviators at Ran
dolph Field, Textile West Point
of the Air"-are learning to fly
with the assistance of toy airplanes,
Air Corps officials said today that
model airplanes ARE all the rage
among student officers, who not only
have cheap hobby, but also are
learning things which may prevent
disastrous crack-ups.
Evening star., 1938-12-06

date Of settlement, which will DO
within 80 days, and Mr.. Hardy Is
authorized to accept the note for
$4,000 payable 90 days after date
with interest at per cent.
Evening star., 1938-12-06

nal mayor of Washington's China
town. He was head Of the corpo-
ration which runs the Guysum Res
taurant at $40 H street NV. and
his home was At 400 B street NE
He had been a resident of this city
for many years. Although he was
not a member of the Calvary Church,
nc was q Christian,
Evening star., 1938-12-06
Burglar Loots Home,
Takes WATCHDOG, Too
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CH1CAGO.-Clifford Smith left
his dog, Wheezer, in his apartment
to guard the place while he was
gone.
When he returned he found that
. burglar had taken Wheezer along
with 500 ring.
Evening star., 1938-12-06
Struck by Intruder

Mrs. Marie Lanahan Of 211 Sheri-
dan street NV. was struck in the
face this morning by a colored man
she discovered ransacking the liv-
ing room of her home. She said the
intruder fled after striking her.
Evening star., 1938-12-06
| Plays Classics,
| Blind Man
| Is sFreed
BY the Associated Press.
CAM ED ANS~YC~> n,

by the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. g.
Beethoven" said Judge Her
bert kaufman, cannot disturb
the peace"
So he freed Rudolph Ramat.
SO and blind, of a charge of
disturbing the peace by playing
his accordion on Market street.
Your honor" Ramat plead
ed yesterday, Il have worked all
my life. I don't want any pen
sion. I play my accordion, may
be not well. but only the clas-
And he played Beethoven's
moonlight Sonata for the
judge.
Evening star., 1938-12-06
Sole Of Lot by Bonk
Hints Dividend

Further dividends are in prospect
at an undetermined future date for
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
And He's the INCEST Mani
Ethel Shutta to Divorce Olsen

NEW YORK, Oct. 27 (IN.s.) Ethel shutta
singer and coincidence is going to seek Chi
cago divorce in a week or two from her husband
of u years, Orchestra Leader George Olsen
Louis Sobol, columnist on the New York Jour
nal and American, stated today.
Sobol quoted Ethel as telling him:
'T expect to have the divorce in two weeks
at the most. am charging desertion and l
am asking for the custody of our two chill
dren.
George and I are agreed on the arrange
ments, financial and otherwise, and we are
trying to get through this as sensibly as pos
sible. There is no animosity between us. I
think he is one of the incest men l have ever
known"
Olsen, an orchestra director for Flo Ziegfeld
married Ethel, who achieved stardom in the
Ziegfeld Follies, in New Haven in 1926. Hel
first husband was Walter Bachelor, booking
agent for Megfeld.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Just Temporary
Rift, Gregory
Explains

LOS ANGELES, Oct. ~ d.NS0
Handsome Bob Gregory, British
wrestler, revealed today that he
and his wife, the former Princess
Baba Of Sarawak, had separated
temporarily"
Gregory, who was defeated in
q mat match here last night by
Shuniki Shikuma, Japanese, said
he hoped there would be q recon
ciliation soon.
There are no hard feelings"
he said, but Baba is disap-
pointed at not getting a film
contract here and thinks she
can do better in London. She
plans to leave right away"
He said his wife, the daughter
Of the only white rajah in the
world, planned to join her two
sisters in London, Mrs. Harry Hope
and the Countess Of Inchcape.
Gregory and the princess, daugh
ter Of Sir Charles Vyner Brooke
Rajah of SaraWak, q British pro
tectorate in North Borneo, married
Gregory in London last November
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
EMPLOYE SUES
MRS. INGRAHAM,
WATCH HEIRESS
"Companion" Asks
$253,583 for Breach

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27 GNS).
Mrs. Anna Ingraham, So, heiress
to huge fortune amaSSed by her
husband, the late Irving Ingra-
ham, founder of the watch COM
lpany bearing his name, was a de-
fendant today in a $253, 1853 suit,
charging breach of contract, filed
by John Wiley, 80.
Wiley contended he was en-
ployed as a companion in the
United States for Mrs. Ingraham
on April Is, 1885, at salary Of
$3.50 a week, plus expenses. ,
INCOME GUARANTEED
Last May, the suit continued,
Mrs. Ingraham desired to travel
to Europe, and agreed, in return
for valuable contracts he would
lose by leaving the country, to
pay him $4,000 cash and guaran-
tee him a lifetime income Of $3.50
q week, if he would accompany
her.
During the European trip Wiley
married a German actress, accord
ing to the complaint.
DEMANDS S253,58S
Then, last September, Wiley was
ordered by Mrs. Ingraham to re-
turn to the United States, in vio-
lation of the purported contract,
after collecting only $2,167, the
suit stated.
Wiley demands $50, ,583 back sal
|ary and 5000. 900 for alleged breach
of contract. ..
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
ICELAND SAFE
Visitor Says Country
Avoids Turmoil

Iceland is striving to chart its
course through the present demo
cratic-faSciSt turmoil without pass,
ing Judgment on other countries,
Jonas JonSon, chairman OF the
foreign affairs committee for the
Icelandic Parliament, said on a
visit here today.
"Icelandic people draw no
conclusions from the example
Of Czechoslovakia. We feel that
our safety is guaranteed by the
other Scandinavian countries
and that each nation must find
its own salvation.
Mr.. JonSon, a school teacher be.
fore his electien to parliament,
came to America four months age
to lecture. Though he has made
no official visit either to the
President or the State Depart.
ment, he said his foreign affairs
committee is working for the de.
velopment of trade with the
United States.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Geese Land
AT Airport
HAROLD DAHL

WAUSAU, Wis, Oct. "a
(I.N.S.).-A flight of l,O0O
wild geese was on its way to
an unannOunced destination
today after staging what is
believed to be the first emer-
gency landing by these crea.
lures ever recorded at an air.
port with the aid of flood
lights.
The birds circled repeated
Iy over WauSau in the dark
ness and, when attendants at
Alexander Airport switched
on the fields regular landing
lights rs q joke, they wheeled
at once and cOasted in to q
safe landing.
The aStOnished airport per-
sonnel refrained from dis
tsfbing the exhausted birds,
which rested ON the field un-
til morning.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
mo JUSTICE"
MERRY walls

NEW YORK, Oct. 27 G.N.S0.
Merry Fahrney dismissed her ex'
ira husband Count Oleg CaSSini
from her Fifth Avenue home to
day with the sad observation that
there doesn't seem to be much
justice" in the ruling of an nli'
nois appeals court that she still is
married to her third husband,
Baron Arturo BeFlingieri.
"T have always considered
Chicago my legal residence" the
patent medicine heireSs snapped.
II maintain a residence,
pay taxes on property and per.
sonaI things in Chicago, and I
just can't understand the
courts decision. There doesn't
seem to be much justice in it.
II obtained my divorce in the
utmost good faith"
Merry would not reveal where
the count would make his home
until her marital affairs were
straightened out.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
MidsUest Milk
Monopoly
Probe Ends

CHICAGO, Oct. a. Q.NSO.
Completing one Of the biggest
monopoly investigations ever un-
dertaken. the Federal grand jury
today was ready to make its re-
port on the milk industry in the
Middle West.
The hearings began July 5 and
have continued daily since. Hun
dredS Of witnesses have piled up
more than 100000 words Of tes-
timony.
It was widely reported today
that scores Of indictments are to
be returned as a result Of the
inquiry.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Second Plane Crash
Victim Dies Of Hurts

EASTON. Pa, Oct. ~ G.N.S).
Injured when cabin monoplane
crashed in an emergency landing
at an athletic field, Salvatore
Marino. about 30. of New York
city, died today in EaSton Hos
pit&l.
Second victim Of the accident,
Marino died only a few hours
after Herbert Freese, 81, Of Free
port, Long Island, his flying COM
paniOn, Succumbed.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
FLOWER Prize
Bradley Medal Goes
To II. C.. Kinner

H. c. Kinner, Of Hyattsville,
Md, last night won the Floyd
Bradley Horticultural Achieve
ment Medal Of the Woodbridge Gar
den Club at the organization's
chrysanthemum show at Sherwood
Hall.
Kinner, in addition to scoring
the most points, had the most
artistic arrangement. Second and
third prizes were won by George
Marshall. Of Brentwood, and Mrs.
Theodore Ruhoff. Of TakomS
Park.
w. E. Bower, 1927 Jackson st.
N. E., won the award for the best
large flower in the show, and Mrs.
Sylvia Green, Of Mt. Rainier, the
prize for the best small flower.
Harold J. Clay is president of the
club.
Jean Soden, IA, 1865 Rainier
Ave. N. w., showed the flowers
entered by George U. Graft, 242
Peabody st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Be1eeS to TG1'ry
I1s London Longer
TkOUaO He Planned

LONDON, Oct. 27 Q.N.SJ.
Former Czech President, Eduard
Benes, who arrived in England q
few days ago, will remain in Lon
don "much longer" than he origi.
nally planned before departing
for the United States, where he
is scheduled to delier a series of
lectures at the University of Chi
cagO.
BohuS Benes, nephew of the
CzechoSlovakian statesman, said:
my uncle is feeling much bet
ter. He is taking a complete rest
under doctors orders"
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Ohio Fights Appeal
In Black Legion Case

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. ~
U.N.S0. Prosecutor Rober t
Jones, of Allen county, asked the
Supreme Court today to throw out
the appeal of Virgil H. Bert" Eff
finger, reputed leader of the Black
Legion, from a lower court deci-
sion which held he must go to
Michigan to face charges of GRIM
inaI syndicalism. Effinger ap-
pealed after the Allen Common
Pleas Court and the District Court
of Appeals denied a writ Of habeas
corpuS.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

In the bag! The cruel 'Lamp.pOst
Of the Green Help added . brunette
to his blonde h1rem-and really lost
his head. Soldiers chopped IL off.
Stuffed 1t in - Eunny sack. Carried
It from the jungle and then sent Out
photographs of 1t as proof that Bra
ziPs Public Enemy No. was actually
dead. Don't miss this vivid account
Of the life and death OF the nOtOFA-
Gus I.ampaeO in the American Weekly,
tho magazine distributed with next
Sundays Washington Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
"A Brief Spree:
DRIVER CAUGHT
WITH GEMS IN
100000 THEFT:
AIimony, Then Hang.
over, His Undoing

NEW YORK, OCT. ~ QN.S0.
Suffering the dual pangs Of con-
science and q man-sized hangover,
George Fleming and the 5000 900
worth of jewels he stole from Mrs.
Edward N. Townsend, jr., his so
clally-registered employer, were
beth in custody of police today.
Fleming blamed alimony for his
troubles. The Flemings are sepa-
rated and Fleming recently was
ordered to pay his estranged
spouse so per cent Of his earnings.
sad and bitter, he took to drink
ing.
SIS FOR $2,O0O RING
Mrs. Townsend, who employs
Fleming as q chauffeur, didn't
know about his state Of mind
when she entrusted him with her
jewel case and its contents Tues
day afternoon.
Instead Of delivering them to
Mrs. TownSend'S hotel, he went in
a fairly straight line to q pawn
shop where hS got SIS for q 1000
ring. Then he rounded up q few
pals and set about throwing q
party.
Headlines in the papers telling
about the theft sent Fleming into
q crying jag, and the first thing
he knew, he had Sobered up and
was wondering what to do next.
A POLICEMAN WAITING
He thought Of hiding out for q
while and went to the room of q
friend, but there was q policeman
waiting there for him. He didn't
know that at the moment there
was a policeman waiting in the
room Of each Of his, friends.
Fleming readily admitted his
identity and pulled the balance Of
the missing jewels out Of his in
side coat pocket where he was
carrying them in an envelope.
His first thought was Of his
wife. He said:
"If 1 have to give her half Of
what I earn from now on, it will
come to exactly nothing"
He seemed to be almost happy
about it.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
LII DAMITA
Spikes Reports of
Enhancement

he gets up too early and has toe
many friends hanging, around the
house.
But, even then, she loves him
the French actress declared today,
as she waited for the lie de France
to sail, and thus spiked rumors
that she and Flynn have reached
the parting Of the ways. She
pouted:
"For five years now they say
that Flynn and 1 get a divorce,
but we never will"
She is taking her annual vaca
ton to her native land while Flynn
l. in Honolulu, she said.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
DOCTORS ELECT.
D. C.. Man Chosen fOl
AcGden1Y Board

Closing the sixteenth annual
convention of the Academy OF
Physical Medicine, delegates
elected DR.. Harold D. CorbuSter,
of Plainfield, N. j., president yes
lterday at the willard Hotel.
Other officers are DIR. Fred n.
Albeem, New York, William H.
Schmidt, Philadelphia, vice presi-
dents; DR.. Herman A. Osgood.
Eoston, secretary-treasurer: and
DrS. G. T. P. Barger, of this city;
Bryon S. Price, of New York;
Franklin P. Lowry, Of Newton,
Mass: Frank H. KruSen, of Ro-
chester, Mimi; William D. Nc
Fee, Of Boston, and ROLAND A.
Case, of Cleveland, members of
the board Of directors.
Closing event on the convention
program was a visit to Walter
Reed Hospital, where the dele
gates were guests of Brig. Gen.
Wallace Dewitt, commandant.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

Nationalist Generalissil,1O
her when she wrote General Fran
CO asking for the aviator's release
explaining:
IT have stayed abroad because
Of all the publicity. II I return
to the United States and con-
tinue my theatrical work there,
they will accuse me Of capitaliz-
ing on Harold's predicament.
REFUSED OFFERS
"At one time, I had a total
offer Of $4,000 in contracts
from Hollywood. I have refused
them all for fear of what would,
be said if 1 accepted them. To
date, I haven't realized q cent
on all the publicity given me.
'I have spent all the money
Harold sent me before leaving
for Spain. I have spent more
than $4,000 during the last
year staying here and seeking
his release"
Hope that Dahl will be freeC
when the present internationa
commission finishes its task ol
Withdrawing all foreign com
batantS from Spain is not ShareC
by the dancer.
Although hate to say It,"
she added, dolefully, "I don't
think he will be released until
the war is all over"
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Singing Mouse
= Chirps Her Last

WOODSTOCK, Ill, october a.
Minnie, WoodStock'S famed and
original mouse, had chirped her
last today. The little rodent,
which won fame and considerable
cash for the Chicago industrial
home here, where she was dis.
covered, lived to the ripe age of
two years and two months in a
specially CONSTRUCTED cage. Min
ME once took part in a coaSt-to-
coast broadcast,
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Distributors
|OF NEWSPA APERS
OFFICERS
Harry BraeIoW, Newark,
Retains Presidency

Election of officers concerned
the delegates to the third annual
convention of the Atlantic Coast
Independent Distributors Associ-
alton at the Mayflower Hotel to-
day.
Harry A. Braelow of Newark, N.
j., was reelected president and di-
rector of the association, with
Howard E. Eyster, Of York, Pa,
as vice president, and C. R. Deuel.,
of ASheville, N. c., as secretary
and treasurer.
FINAL SESSION
The final session heard the del
egates pledge closer cooperation
with publishers, in seeing that
newspapers and periodicals are
delivered on time through indie
pendant distributors.
The board of directors was in
structed to appoint representative
of the association, to set up offices
in New York city to coordinate the
aims of distributors and publish
erS.
MEMBERS OF BOARD
The board included Benn Kis-
sen, New York; M. l.. Goldman,
Scranton, Pa; Jake Davidson, Al
toona, Pa; John Majane, Atlantic
City; Moe Manson, Rochester.
N. Y; E. M. Budner, Wilmington:
M. F. ONeil, jr., Cumberland, Md:
Samuel Black, Springfield, Mass:
c. o. Rood, Roanoke; Fred MartS-
chink, Charleston, s. c.; j. e.
White, Columbus, Ca; Edward
Petry. Miami; Joe Ottenstein.
Washington; Martin Rottman.
Bridgeport, Conn, and Harry
Turitz, Portland, Me.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Mann Act Suspect
Held TO Grand JURY

Mark R. Corby, "a, was held
under 5000 bond yesterday for
action Of the grand jury after a
hearing before United States Com.
missioner Needham C. Turnage
on charges of violating the Mann
act Corby was implicated by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
in transportation from the District
Of Columbia to New York in 1896.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Dancer Would Fly to See Gen. Franco,
But Lacks Funds for Trip
VIC SaYe.=I,N.P
fCopYright. 1881

PARIS Oc 27 (IN.S)Virtuay broke, blonde 34yearold
Edith today said she has all hope for the release
of American aviator husband youthful Harold DAHL mill
prisoner the naionasts for than
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

The brown-eyed dancer, who has
been working as an entertainer
in Paris while seeking release Of
her husband, declared:
my money is about gone, and
50 are my hopes Of seeing Har-
old before the war ends. I no
longer believe General Franco
will release him.
DEEP CONCERN
Expressing deep concern as TO
the fate Of the aviator, whose
life was spared by reprieve after
Mrs. Dahl sent a pleading note to
Franco. enclosing her picture. the
detected wife said:
"They have stopped all Of his
letters, and I haven't heard
from him in more than a
month. 1 am greatly worried,
because UP until now I have
been receiving mail regularly"
Dahl has been reported as Civ
ing up hope of the Barcelona
government freeing him through
an exchange Of prisoners, and has
Offered to do any kind Of work
anywhere for the nationalist forces
il Franco will release him from
Spain.
Capt. James Mollison's proposed
flight to Spain to rescue the
aviator never materialized, due to
international complications, but
Dahl's loyal wife still is eager to
fly over the border and into the
war zone.
READY TO GO
IT will 60 at the first moment
q competent aviator offers to
fly me there" she continued.
Before, I had money to offer
for such q flight, but now I
have none.
II don't know whether q per
sonal appeal would result in
Harold's release or not, but 1t
is worth the try.
'I have tried to 60 by train
and boat, but the American EN-
baSSy in Paris has refused to
give me q passport into Spain"
Mrs. Dahl is very bitter about
the "Show-girl" publicity accorded
Evening star., 1938-02-06

THERE'S no recession in business these days down OF
the novoI gun footoy in the Washington Novy
Yord New guns bigger guns, for the botteships and
lighter croft being Iod down in Uncle Sons fleet ex
pension proerom keeping the steel odles bright ond
the othes spinning stroeht through the 2+hour cycle
Of doy ond night And in oddton to thot extro Iood
just there oIwoys guns to be repored refined
and kept OF top efficiency for the fighting ships in
commission
The Government looks to prvote manufacture for
most OF its needs the field Of notono defense
but not for its eont novoI rifles 1t clings to its
monopoly the produc on Of those, closely euords
the Of brecch design and other oonstont
improvements And in the novo gun toctory it offers
example Of big plant efficiency measuring up to the
best in prvote enterprise.
Evening star., 1938-02-06

Making 6-inch she'll cases.
From thot cupshope Of heovy
bross under The mochinist's hond
the ooses ore turned out in seven
operations Of pressing and stretch
ing. Finished coses ore seen at
the left.
Evening star., 1938-01-21
AMATEURS SKATER
PAR IN MIAMI GOLF
Kowal of Utica Goes to Second
Round With 69-Buffalo Star
Advances With 70.

B! the Associated Press.
CORAL GABLES, Fla, Jan. al
Henry J. Hank" Kowal of Utica,
N. Y. entered the second round of the
Miami Biltmore amateur golf tourna-
ment today with better than par rec
ord behind him.
: Kowal, New York State open cham
pion. qualified with a perfect II
Wednesday for medalist honors and
pared two strokes from par yesterday
for SO in eliminating John Cum
nings Of Memphis, Tenn, 2 and l.
He faced Douglas Hill of Cincinnati
today. Hill eliminated Herbert Pearson
of East Quogue, N. Y, 2 and /, yes
terday
Bus Drexelius of Buffalo, N. Y, who
carded subpar 70 in his 2-and-1 VIC
tory over William Reed of In
dianapolis, faced Charles H. Mayo, jr.,
of New York, 3-and-2 victor over Ray
Kilthau of New York and winner of
last weeks Miami midwinter amateur
tourney.
Earl Christensen. Miami policeman
who trounced Arnold Minkley Of Chi
cago. 1 and 2, met Whitney Curtis of
nearby Fort Lauderdale. Curtis ad-
vanced with . l9-hole decision over
Richard Keil Of indianapolis.
The other first-llight match brought
together Harold Kaplow of East
Orange, N. j., 2-and-1 victor over DR..
L. J. Barnette Of Coral Gables. and
Bob Servis Of Dayton. Ohio. who over
whelmed Walter Burkemo Of Detroit,
Z and 6.
Evening star., 1938-01-21

Joe OLeair and Catholics 225-pound
Leo Katalinas serving as the chief
attraction.
Smiling Dave Bernstein, undefeated
in eight collegiate fusses, will clash
with the veteran Odell Osteen in q
promising 115-pound scrap, while an
other action-packed session is expected
in the ght-heavyweight tifi, with
Capt. Tony Ortenzi Of the Green Ter
rors meeting Jay Turner. who lost his
only fight last year to Clinton Walker
Of Western Maryland.
La Fond has nominated other start
ers in Tex Guinan, 125-pounder; Rene
Benetiz. 135-pounder; Capt. Fred Mix,
l45-pounder; Sully Greco, 155-pound-
er. and Fred Slant, 165-pounder.
Western Maryland otherwise will
employ Louis Norris, 1875; Harold Mar
tin. 1885: Bill Bender. l45; Frank
Shipley. 155. and Ewood Andrews, 165
The bouts will get under way at
$50 O'Clock.