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The Washington times., 1938-03-10
Mrs. Ryan Grilled
AS State Attacks
Tale of Cruelties
Persists in Refusal
To Detail Cause
Of Staying
By DOROTHY KILGALLEN

NEW YORK, March 10 (I.N.S0. i.
With the most important part of
Patricia Ryan's story still untold
AN exact description Of ap-
proaches made to her by the mate
she slew-the 2O-year-old widow
was croSsexamined by the State
today in an effort, to soften the
picture Patricia has painted Of
Michael Ryan as a drunken, sod
den brute.
Assistant District Attorney Mar
tin Frank drew from Mrs. Ryan
the admission that-"when he
was sober"-Michael was a good
husband who used part of his pa
trolman's salary to buy pets and
toys for the couples two small
children.
SILENT ON DETAILS
Mrs, Ryan already has told,
under direct examination, how
she killed her husband with his
service pistol in their Bronx hUme
last October because che at
tempted to force his advances on
me-"
But when her counsel urged
and pleaded that she tell the jury
Of the nature of these advances,
she would only shake her head
mjSerably and moan:
II can't-oh, can't tell It,"
ONLY HINTS AT REASON
She shot and killed Ryan-she
admitted that, but she could not
Or would not do more than hint
Rt what had been advanced in the
pre-trial discussions Of the case
as the real reason why she killed
the man she claims she loved and
still loves.
II got into bed and he grabbed
me-" she related Of that night
when Ryan was slain. 81 strug-
gled out Of the bed. I begged
him to stop.
II told him I would kill my
self because couldn't stand the
disgrace he was bringing me.
He said to go ahead. He said I
wasn't any use to him anyway.
ARM TWISTED, SHE SAYS
"He got me on the floor and
twisted my arm and dragged me
into the bed. Again he at
tempted to force his advances
on me.
"He made a motion to spring
up at me as I stood at the foot
Of the bed. Something snapped
that's all I remember. I do
not remember getting the revol-
yer. I do not remember firing
it."
The Washington times., 1938-03-10
Charlie Stuck
He We'd One, Must
Pay the Other

NEW YORK, March 10 (I.N.S).
Supreme court today assigned a
queer role to Katherine Cornell's
chauffeur, Charlie Weichbrodt.
Justice Hammer ruled that
Charlie Is the husband of a
woman he never married and not
married to the girl with whom he
elopedt to Elkton, Md, last July.
Moreover, Charlie must pay ali.
mony to Susanna Weichbrodt, the
woman he never married, because
she's suing him for separation
and they have a 5-year-old son
Artie.
They Just lived together seven
years. Judge Hammer said it was
q legal wedding ceremony or no
and Charles elopement last
summer to the Maryland Gretna
Green with ANGELA Weichbrodt is
null and void.
The Washington times., 1938-03-10
This Family
Really D.

Little Ruth Marie Sumstein was
two years old today, and so the oc-
casion will be used to celebrate
four generations Of one family
born in Washington. ,.rf
Although Ruth doesn't know it,
there will be a big party for her
at her mothers home, 1920 ISher-
wood st. N. E., tonight.
AS guests of honor, overshad-
owed only by Ruth herself, will
be the little girls mother, Mrs. J..
E. Sumstein, "a; Mrs. C. N. Hohen-
berger, 48, the grandmother, and
Mrs. Fanny Yeatman, 80, the
great grandmother.
Mrs. Hohenberger says the fam
lily tree shows that members of
the fifth and sixth generation
back also claimed Washington as
their native city,.
The Washington times., 1938-03-10
SEVERAL HURT
HERE AS AUTOS
SKID IN SNOW
Truck Driver Suffers
Fracture of Skull

Snow clinging to windshields
and making driving hazardous
was the cause Of a number Of
accidents today, sending several
persons to hospitals.
James Murphy, 20, Of Bradbury
Heights, Md. was injured crit
ically when his truck collided with
another in the 1900 block of South
ern Ave. s. E. He is in Casualty
Hospital with a fractured skull
and a broken leg.
SKULL FRACTURED
Leo Healy, 80, Of 1925 F st.
N. W., suffered a fractured skull
in an automobile accident at
Laurel, Md. An unidentified com.
panion also was injured. Both are
in Garfield Hospital.
Thomas A. Macdonald, 1924
Illinois Ave. N. w., was injured
slightly when two cars skidded at
the intersection of Illinois Avenue
and Emerson Street Northwest,
Macdonald was treated by a pri.
vate physician and returned to
his home.
John Dilbosi, 46, of 2404 Thir.
teenth st. N. w., was seriously
injured in Alexandria when q
truck skidded and smashed into
his car. He was taken to the Alex
andria HoNoital, suffering from an
injured shoulder and back. .
Blinded by the snow, a driver.
struck down William Mebel, 35, Of
Bladensburg, as he was walking
near the Peace Cross. Mebel suf.
fered cuts and bruises.
The driver failed to stop, and
Policeman Richard Pearson, Of
Prince Georges county police,
broadcast a lookout for the hit%
run driver, whose car carried Dis.
trict tags.
The Washington times., 1938-03-10
Mexican Strikers
Beaten, Says Envoy

QN.S.) The Mexican Ambas
sador today filed q protest with
the State Department against the
alleged mistreatment Of Mexicans
on strike in the San Antonio, Tex,
area.
The embassy protested that, de-
spite repeated assurances from
administration officials, local po-
lice and guards had jailed and
beaten Mexicans striking in the
pecan picking and canning indus
try, where some $4,000 workers
are on strike,
The Washington times., 1938-03-10
POLICE ASSAIL
CITIZENS LACK.
|OF COOPERATION
Only 40 of 165 Crime
Victims at Lineup

Police officials today struck at
the lack Of cooperation citizens
are giving them in the drive
against District crime.
With invitations sent out to 1855
victims Of purse snatchings, as
saults and robberies to attend a
police lineup last night. only 40
attended, officials charged.
One Of those present was Rep
resentative william T. Schultz
CD.) Of Indiana, who was held up
and robbed by three colored men
last week. He has proposed that
the death penalty be given for
second convictions Of armed rob
berries.
FACILITIES CRITICIZED
Schultz carefully scanned the
I172 prisoners who were paraded
across the stage under the glare
Of brilliant lights, but was unable
to identify any Of them as the
men who held him up at gun
point, although he thought one Of
the men "resembled" one Of the
bandits.
The Congressman vigorously
criticized inadequate facilities of
police headquarters, and said he
believed the Commissioners should
hire a larger hall, if necessary,
to hold the lineups.
While none of the 40 persons
attending the lineup were able to
positively identify any suspects, rs
Of the 172 suspects were held for
further investigation, while the
rest were fingerprinted, photo
graphed and released.
HOLDUPS DROP OFF
Most Of the suspects had been
picked up in the last three days
by the newly-formed pickup
squad" which has been raiding
every section of the city, in an
effort to curb the crime wave.
While the raids have netted few
II any important wanted crini-
nails, they have resulted in driving
bandits to cover, police officials
said. with only one holdup re-
ported last night.
oxford Stroud, 243O Twenty
ninth st. N. W.. was held up near
his bone by an armed white man
and robbed OF 81.
EIGHT MORE NABBED
The pickup squad arrested eight
more men last night, and they
will be questioned and brought
before the next lineup.
Opposition to Representative
Schulte's proposal to inflict the
death penalty for armed robberies
was voiced yesterday by DR.. James
A. Nolan, head Of the Washington
Criminal Justice Association.
Speaking before the weekly
meeting Of the Optimist Club, Dr..
Nolan declared juries have often
been found too drastic in netting
out the death penalty.
The Washington times., 1938-03-10

Many lives have been lost at
the mine because of snow slides In
past years.
Strong winds in recent weeks
are said to have piled up snow on
the clifftops above the mine in
such a way that it may descend
without warning at any time.
The Washington times., 1938-03-10
Camp Bird Miners Warned
Of Historic Avalanche Peril

OURAY, Col, March 10 U.N.S0
Deep SHOWS overhanging the his
toric Camp Bird mine, in the
San Juan Mountains, threatened
today to send an avalanche roar
ing down the mountainside. Min.
ers were ordered to keep away
from the mine entrance,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-05

fore the Declaration of Indepen-
dence was composed or before the
Revolutionary war began, in Sche-
nectady In 1773. He was stationed
with the British armies during the
Indian wars in the Mohawk val
ley and saw service there He spent
nearly all of his life In America.
yankee Doodle" was said to
have been written in the old Van
Rensselaer, house near Albany,
New York, close to the site of old
Fort Crailo. The house was stand
ing at least a year or two ago.
Apparently DR.. Shuckburgh was
very much amused by the cocky
ways Of Colonial Americans, and
he also admired their fighting abil-
ity and their courage in battle.
!, The tune was from an old jig
well known in the eighteenth CEN
fury. The first verse he wrote was:
Yankee Doodle is the tune
Americans delight in;
'Tv5:il % to whistle, sing or play.
And just the thing for lighting.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-05
By LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D.

By LOGAN CLENDENING, III. D.
THE MEDICAL profession has
every right to some pride in the
record that was made during the
Revolutionary War. There were a
number of medical men who were
.signers Of the Declaration of In
dependence-among them Joshua
bartlett and: Mathew Thornton of
New Hampshire, Oliver Wolcott Of
vermont, Benjamin Rush of Penn
Ssylvania and Lyman Hall of Geor-
gia.
= l believe it is not generally
known that it was a physician who
wrote yankee Doodle. It is true
that he was not an American nor
did he ever become one. He was
a surgeon in the British army. DIR.
Richard Shuckburgh. He died be-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-05
Yankee DoodIe' First
Played TO Shame Soldiers

When actual hostilities began
between the British and the Co.
lonial troops the tune was played
first by way Of contempt. We have
this on the word of another medi-
cal man, James Thatcher, whose
Military Journal is the best au-.
thority we have for certain aspects
Of the Revolution.
Essay and Warning
The British did not, however,
long play Yankee Doodle by way
Of contempt because the American
troops took it up and glorified in
it. Yankee Doodle Is now their,
poem," says a British observer in
1777, "a favorite of favorites,
played in their army, esteemed as
warlike as the Grenadier's March
/. -. After our rapid successes we
held the Yankees in great con-
tempt, and it was not a little NOR
tifying toihear them play this tune,
when their army marched down to
our surrender"
We offer this little historical es-
say in lieu Of the usual warnings
against the dangers Of the Fourth
Of July. These warnings should
now be pretty well stereotyped and
well known. If you do not regard
them, it is your .own fault liz you
get hurt. At the present time we
need more warnings against the
reckless driving on such holidays
as the Fourth Of July than we do
against firecrackerS. i
The number Of people killed: by
fireworks since 1900 is greater
than the number Of American sol
diers killed in the Revolutionary
war.
EDITORS NOTE: Seven pamphlets
by DR.. Clendening can now be OBJ
tanned by sending 10 cents in coin.
for each, and a self-addressed en-.
stamp. to DR.. Logan Clendening, In
care Of this paper; The pamphlets
| are: Three Weeks Reducing Diet
indigestion and Constipation Re
ducing and Gaining infant Feed.
OF Diabetes. Feminine Hygiene
and The Care Of the Hair and Skin:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-05
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
WRITTEN FOR CENTRAL PRESS
By Shepard Barclay
1.-THE Authority Authorities"

, South's A would have won and the
diamond 10 could have been
fnessed. With that chance gone,
declarer decided on the heart
finesse, which worked. This was
followed by the A, K and j Of
hearts. Now declarer led the spade
j, which West won and led a club.
South ducked the first round but
won the second. Then he played
spade to the 8, which East won
and cashed his good club. A dia-
mond return gave South the re-
mainder Of the tricks.
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-05
PERSEVERANCE PAYS

EVEN IF an opponent makes
slick play which seems to beat you
out of a trick otherwise likely
you can sometimes get it back by
persevering. In fact, you may wind
up taking exactly the same num-
Der of tricks as if he had nit done
you out of one. A trick less in
that suit can be offset by one just
as valuable in another suit.
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Vulnerable
When North and East passed,
South decided his strongest bid
was 1-No Trump. In response to
this, North bid 2-Clubs and South
jumped to 3-No Trump.
West led the diamond and de-
clarer played the 8 from dummy.
On this East played the 7. so that
the 9 held. Had he PLAYED the z.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-05

:: DR.. aClendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Evening star., 1938-01-16
Two RADIO CHAINS
ADD employees HERE
Staff Orchestras Established at
Columbia and National Cap
ital Stations.
ital Stations,

Both the National Broadcasting Co.
and the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
TENS have established staff orches-
tras" at their Washington stations, it
was announced last night
N. B. c. has selected Rudolph
Schramm, conductor composer, to
leave his musical duties in New York
City and return to direct the new
unit of Is men here. The first re-
hearsal is called for tomorrow, but
the orchestra will not be heard on
the air for at least week.
Mr.. Schramm, whose piano recitals
OF the classics were feature broad
casts over N. B. c. stations, came to
this country as musical director for
the German Opera Co. and was ia
miliar to Washington audiences for
his direction of such broadcast groups
Is the Washington Gas Light Or
chestra. the National Radio Forum
Orchestra, Singing Viclins and Treas
ure Trails Orchestra.
Columbias orchestra already has
begun rehearsal and its first program
will be announced soon. John Salb,
pianist and staff organist for WJSV,
has selected the personnel.
For the first two weeks the or
chestra, known as the "WJSV Co.
lumbians." will be directed by Meyer
Goldman, the second two weeks by
John Slaughter, and the next two
weeks by Leon Brusilof1, all we'll
known Washington leaders.
Evening star., 1938-01-16
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONFERENCE SET HERE
Athletic Directors in District and
Vicinity Will Meet on
February s.

Athletic directors from schools and
colleges in Washington and vicinity
will participate in a conference on
physical education on Saturday, Feb
<uary S, at the Y. w. c. A. Building,
Seventeenth and K streets NV. The
session will be sponsored by the Physi-
cal Education Association OF the Dis
trict.
Included in the list of speakers are
Birch Bayh, head of the physical edu-
cation department of the public
schools; DR.. Harry c. Byrd. president
Of the University of Maryland;
Thomas c. Ferguson. supervisor of
physical education and recreation in
Maryland; Hugh Smith, principal of
Jefferson Junior High School; Miss
Irma Ringe, assistant director of the
recreation division of the Works
Progress Administration; Ralph Fos-
ter, director of health education for
the Y. M. c. A., and DR.. Jesse F. Will
liams, director of physical education
at Teachers College, Columbia Uni
versity.
Special sessions will be held for the
womens and mems sections during
the day.
A feature of one session will be a
demonstration of dance for elementary
and secondary pupils, under direction
Of Miss Evelyn Davis. An educa-
tional basket bail film also will be
presented. ~
Evening star., 1938-01-16
BALL0U DENOUNCED
AS SCHOOL "CZAR"
F. ]. Coleman, Central Labor Un'
ion Official, Alleges Secret
- Education Plan.

Charges that supt. Of Schools Frank
w. Ballou y acting - . Gear" and
puts his plans into effect before Board
Of Education or public approval, are
contained in . three-page letter sent
yesterday to Represented tive Wood.
Democrat, Of Missouri. BY Frank J..
Coleman, secretary OF the Central
Labor Union.
The letter further charges that DR..
Ballou u much more interested in
building up his machine here and in
making paper set-up than tn helping
the citizens"
The attack on DR.. Ballou was in
spired BY . secret" program of vo-
cational education which Mr.. Coleman
alleges he introduced in the schools
calling for:
!. A lesson In truth" on Monday
At
2. A lesson on Initiative" on Tues
day at the same time.
Evening star., 1938-01-16

,. A lesson on personality responEi.
bility on Wednesday at 10.
4. A lesson on "democracyn On
Thursday At IL.
5. A lesson on Cleanliness" ON ri.
day at 1880.
Mr.. Coleman said there IA na
practical value" in such q program.
and that the program is a new nama
for the recent course in character
education which Congress forced the
schools to drop after an experiment.
which cost $4,000.
DR.. Ballou, when informed Of the
letter, declared:
I know Of no such program Of in.
struction III the schools as referred to
in Mr.. Colemans letter" He added
that all plans regarding vocational
education are being worked out with
the United States Once of Education
and discussed publicly before the
Board Of Education"
Evening star., 1938-01-16
PROGRESS IN AID
T0AGED REPORTED
Nearly 80 Per Cent of Cases
Acted Upon, Miss Hill
Announces.

The Districts Public Health Di.
vision, which reported Friday that it
was necessary 10 deny help of any
kind to 1903 persons needing relief,
disclosed yesterday that steady prog
ress has been made in handling old
age assistance and aid for the needy
blind.
Nearly 80 per cent of the applica-
tions for old age and blind assistance
had been acted on by December 81,
according to Miss M. Alice Hill, direc-
tor, with 1879 applications or nearly
so per cent of the total being ap-
proved. Nearly 5000 applications
for aid have been filed since March
l, 1886, when the act became effective.
40 Per Cent Rejected.
During the first six months of the
fiscal year beginning last July l, de-
cisions were made regarding 973 old
age applications OF these, 1874, or
40 per cent, were rejected for various
reasons of ineligibility. Nearly half
of those rejected, it was said, had suf-
flcient resources Of their own or rela-
tives to support them. Proof Of ell
gibility is required under the law.
The Public Assistance Division be-
gan December with 3,678 cases of
old age assistance carried over from
the previous month. New applica-
tionS received during the month
numbered 100, making a total of s.
787 carried that month A total Of
Ill cases were discharged for various
reasons.
The figures for the needy blind were
smaller. Only 231 cases were carried
over from November, including 1873
which we're under care and 48 in
which the disposition was pending.
Ten applications were received during
December, nine being new cases, max
ing a total of 241 carried during the
month.
$74.O67 Paid in December.
Ten blind cases were denied as incl
igibie for assistance. one applicant
died and one case was closed because
assistance was no longer necessary.
This left 237 cases under care or
pending at the end of December, of
which SO were awaiting determination
of eligibility.
The. sum paid to recipients of old
age assistance in December was $74,.
067,' Or an average of SIS per recipi-
ent. The needy blind received
$4,729.50, Or an average of $26.13 each
The division expended a total OF
$204,358.94 during December for
assistance of all kinds. Dependent
children received $41 1.422, $16,5l1
went for home care for dependent
children and aside from expenditures
for the aged and blind, So, ,625 went
for all other relief cases.
The total number of cases handled
by the division during December, in.
Guiding all types of relief, was 1888
OF these, 6,966 actually received
assistance. These cases included
| 14,707 persons.
Evening star., 1938-01-16
COMEDIAN COMING
T0B|RTHDAY BALL
Joe &. Brown Will Join Other
Stage and Screen Stars
in Capital.

Joe + Brown, wide e-mouthed movie
star. will be in Washington January
20 for the Presidents Birthday Ball,
Andrew r. Kelley. chairman of the
Entertainment Committee, announced
yesterday.
This will be Mr.. Browns second
effort to get here for the birthday ball.
Last year he set out from Hollywood
by airplane, bearing a huge birthday
, cake. but was forced down at Chey-
enne, Wyo., and was unable to keep
his engagement.
Mr.. Kelley announced also that Ken
Murray, screen and radio star now
playing at Keith's in You're a Sweet
heart" will act as master of cere-
monies at the gold plate breakfast.
In addition to Brown and Murray,
Janet Gaynor, Eleanor Powell and
Ray Rubber Legs" Bolger will appear
at all the hotels and the two midnight
shows as we'll during the program Of
birthday balls.
Both the Capitol and Earle Thea
tiers are preparing special shows start
ing at ll:45 pm. on January 20. The
admission price will be 81. and all
employees of the theaters will work
without compensation in order that
every dollar will go to the new foun-
dation for the fight on infantile
paralysis.
At Fort Myer. Va. there is daily
practice for the championship horse
show to be staged February l and 2
for the benefit of the birthday fund.
Announcement that Mrs. Roosevelt
will ride In this show already has
brought large demand for tickets,
and officials in charge expect the show
to be sellout.
Infantile paralysis, regarded by
many as malady of modern times,
Is really a scourge as old as the his
tory OF man, according to a survey
by DR.. lie Roy w. Hubbard, director
of extension work for the Warm
Springs Foundation of New York. He
pointed out that DR.. Victor Clar-
ence Vaughan. noted medical his
tcrian. has reported definite evil
dence of infantile paralysis in Egyp-
tian mummies" and that the disease
was familiar under various names in
medieval Europe
- Dr. Hubbard said the first big in
fantile paralysis epidemic in this
country occurred in 1916. reaching
every State and striking more than
$4,000 persons, the majority of them
children. He believes 1886 will stand
out as the first year when there were
widespread epidemics in the Southern
States.
Commissioner Melvin Hazen, gen.
eral chairman of the Presidents
birthday celebration here, said estab-
lishment of the foundation with funds
from this years celebrations will estab-
lish scientific leadership and a
mobile force that could be used to
combat this disease in any portion
of the country in which it might
appear.
Evening star., 1938-01-16

Spanish War Veterans.
Surviving are his widow, five sons,
William j., jr; Charles James, Curtis
and Irwin Millar; five daughters, Mrs.
Margaret Weismiller, Mrs. Bernice
Merelman, Mrs. Catherine Hayre,
Miss Doris Millar and Miss June
Millar, and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm tomorrow at Mr.. Millar's late
residence. Burial will be in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-01-16

e SCIcSC De. AL-
er q short illness.
A ative of
G h ar lottesville,
Va, Mr.. Millar
retired from the
Navy Yard about
10 years ago aft
er about "a years
service there. As
an expert steel
molder, he mold
Gu Hlduy Ol tIlG
large guns and
other equipment
for the Navy. He
was q member
of the Unit e d
Evening star., 1938-01-16

his place on the
retirement rolls.
Mr.. lis on's
departure from
active service was
marked by pres
entation Of floral
tributes, a purse
of money and
many messages Of
commend q t ion
from friends and
associates.
Mr.. Wilson en-
tered the Depart
ment Of Agricul-
ture on April !,
1903. as a carpen.
Evening star., 1938-01-16
Mushroom Tomb Made.

As . memorial to his wife and her
great fondness for mushrooms, . man
in Jaroslaw, Poland, has had q monu-
ment shaped like a huge mushroom
erected over her grave. The husband
has also arranged to have mushrooms
grown on the plot surrounding the last
resting place.