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The Washington times., 1938-02-05
ThOrne's Estate
Left to Widow

CHICAGO, Feb. 5 GN.S0-
Naming his fourth wife as sole
beneficiary, the will of Gordon
C. Thorne, grandson of one of the
founders Of Montgomery, Ward &
Company. disposing Of an estate
valued at 100000, was on file
for probate today.
The widow, Mrs. Marion Bolin
Thorne, of Chicago, was named
in the will drawn December 20,
1884. The $2,500,000 trust fund
established for Thorne upon the
death of his mother is not subject
to probate, it's income going to
Mrs. Thorne and a four-year-old
son, Montgomery Ward Thorne.
Thorne died a week ago at Miami
Beach, Fla,
The Washington times., 1938-02-05

Patrick Fred Taylor, "a, of the
1900 block of A st. N. E., was
booked for investigation at the
First Precinct police station early
today in connection with severe
injuries received by a 23-year-old
Library of Congress employe. who
was swept from a streetcar load
ing platform at North Capitol
Street and Massachusetts, Avenue
by an automobile which failed to
stop.
Two cab drivers who told police
they saw Frank Partin. %, Of 221
B st. N. E., dragged some distance
out Of the safety zone, forced the
striking car into the curb near
Union Station and held Taylor
until police arrived.
Partin was taken to Casualty
Hospital suffering from severe
head injuries,
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
CIO Halls
GIN Victory

DETROIT, Feb. 5 UNSJ.
The arbitration ruling ordering
General Motors Corporation to 70.
instate three of the six Pontiac
Fisher Body workers charged with
dipping a non-union worker In a
plant tar barrel last June today
was termed q union victory" by
CIO officials.
The order, announced by vii.
lard E. HotchkiSs. labor expert,
yesterday, ruled that G. M. mast
reinstate Billy Williams, Fsrdi.
nand L. Raffell and David w.
Runyon with back pay. Three
others, Shop Steward Ben Boyd.
Bert Jones and Lloyd Dalby, were
denied reinstatement.
G. M. President William Knud.
sen said the men will be reinStated.
United Automobile workers
Union Attorney Larry Davidow de.
clared the decision a union victory
because mot only will three limo.
cent men return to work but we
have set UP machinery for peace
full settlement Of industrial dis
putes."
The arbitration hearing was the
first held under the machinery
set up by the permanent peace
pact" that ended the G. M. sit
downs last March.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05

NEW YORK, Feb. 5 0.NSJ.
Former President Herbert Hoover,
Lupe Veiez and an author came In
today from the Coast On the
Twentieth Century Limited but
not together.
Lupe was red-headed. the au-
thor was hatless and Mr.. Hoover
was somewhat weary after the long
train ride. Photographers caught
him at Grand Central ana then
went rushing after Lupe, Tar
zan" Johnny Weissmuller's wife.
She was a pleasant vision for
an early morning-red hair under
"a pill-box hat, gray suit under a
three-quarter length blue fox cape.
Beside her was the hatless young
man.
You do publicity for this
dame?" a reporter inquired.
PUBLICITY" he shrieked. "I'm
the author Of her show. ! am
Roland Leigh"
''Kiss him." a photographer
suggested meditatively.
Lupe gathered up the author in
a swirl of red hair and blue fox.
"I often refuse to KEGS my.
hoosband," she sighed. "but I
KEGS you."
Mr.. Leigh didn't mind.
Mr.. Hoover missed all this. He
is here to board the S. S. Washing
ton Wednesday and sail for Bel
gium where he will be decorated
for his relief work during the
World War.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
NEAR
IN 500 KILLING

Solution Of the brutal murder of
Henry Der Son. 55-year-old Chinese
laundryman, is expected shortly,
members of the police homicide
squad said today.
500, a member Of the On Leong
Tong, was found last Wednesday
in his apartment above his
laundry at 1405 H st. N. E., a
rope knotted about his neck, his
feet tied and his throat slashed.
Officials of the tong have been
cooperating with police in an
effort to solve the case. Yester-
day detectives arrested a colored
man, following an anonymous
telephone that he was the slayer.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
Typos to Provide
Aid for JObless

Cash relief funds for out-of-work
members, were voted yesterday by
the local of Columbia Typograph-
ical Union, it was announced by
George Rooney, union secretary
treasurer. Single unemployed
members will receive SIS weekly,
married members $40. In no case
will the relief be provided for
longer than four months, Rooney
said. He estimated approximately
$50 unemployed will be affected.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
SECUR|TY,PAY
DUE 100 MONDAY

Out OF a welter Of 10000 appli-
cants, the District Unemployment
Compensation Board will issue ap-
proximately 100 checks Monday
as this phase of the Social Securi-
ty program begins in Washing
ton.
Among the first five to receive
checks will be Lee Owen Beck, 81
year-old jobless contractor, who
lives in a trailer parked in a gar
age at 1910 Georgia Ave. N. w.
Informed he would receive one
of the first checks, Beck said:
1T sure can use it. I haven't
had anything but a small odd
job or two for several years.
I've been sick most Of the win.
ter"
Announcing the first checks
were ready for distribution Mon
day, John Marshall, director Of
the Unemployment Compensa-
ton Board, said incorrect and
improper" filling out of applica-
tions had caused great handicapS
in certifying eligibles. He urged
applicants to submit more precise
data,
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
DIR. Carl Leebrick
Kent u. President

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 5.
G.N.sO-Dr. Carl Clayton Lee
brick, liberal arts dean at Syracuse
University. was the new president
of Kent State University today.
internationally known as an
educator and guest speaker before
Rotary clubs. DR.. Leebrick will take
office next June when DR.. James
OTo Engleman retires after 10
years as Kent president,
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
JURY PONDERS
ON TAPPONNIER

The jury trying the case Of
william ]. Tapponnier, 2s-year-old
waiter, charged with the first
degree murder Of William M. Har'
11s, q, which was locked up last
night after it had failed to reach
q verdict, resumed deliberations in
U. S. District Court this morning.
Justice Jesse c. Atkins in
structed the jury to bring in a
verdict Of manslaughter, first de-
gree murder or acquittal. Most
Of yesterday was consumed by
arguments Of defense and prose
cutting attorneys.
Topponnier is charged with hav-
ing shot Harris last October in a
Ninth Street cafe, where the de-
fendant was employed. He testi-
fled Harris and some companions
''beat me and stomped on me" ;"
adding that "1 just couldn't stand
another beating" Tapponnier said
he didn't know the gun had dis
charged during a tussle with Har'
ris. He said he obtained the gun
from a friend.
Counsel for Tapponnier, James
A. O'Shea and Albert Goldstein,
contended the defendant shot in
self-defense. The case was prose
cuted by U. S. Attorneys Charles
3. Murray and Cecil Haflin.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
Airline Cancels
Passenger Trips

ST. PAUL, MINI, Feb. 5 Q.N.S)
Northwest Airlines tonight or
dered a temporary discontinuance
Of passenger service. Leslie B.
harrington, traffic manager, an
nounced that the planes will now
carry only mail and express"
while schedules are in the process
Of rearrangement. Following q
fatal crash of a Northwest Airline
Zephyr at Bozeman, Mont, last
month, the company grounded all
planes of the type involved in the
accident.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
Drug Bill
Nelu Products Would
Be Registered

A bill to require certification Of
new drugs by the Secretary OF
Agriculture before they could be
marketed for general use was in,
troduced in the House yesterday
by Representative Chapman Cd
Of Kentucky, a member Of the
House Interstate Commerce Com
mittee.
He said the measure was "de
signed to prevent premature in
PRODUCTION of new drugs that have
not been adequately tested fol
their effect on human life.
IF these requirements had been
law six months ago, the lives oi
nearly 100 persons killed last fal
by elixir sulfanilamide would have
been saved" he said.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
Kisses One Girl,
Weds Her Riya]

DAVENPORT, Ia, Feb. 5.-KisS-
ing a girl friend good-by at the
Davenport police station John
Zug,. 20 years old. a musician,
walked from the cell block into the
police courtroom, where he was
married to another girl, thus
avoiding prosecution on a pater.
nifty charge.
The bride, Ethel Summers Of
Rock Island, signed the informa-
ton against the musician. zug's
sweetheart did not wait for the
ceremony, but remarked: "I'n get
him back"
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
Mrs. Reynolds
Loses Third Mate

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 5 d.N.s).
Douglas H. Reynolds, wealthy
Honolulu business man, was pre-,
pared to leave for Hawaii today
after securing an annulment OF
his Reno marriage to Mrs. Rubey
Bacon Cutler Reynolds.
Mrs. Reynolds was formerly the
wife Of Lloyd Bacon, noted film
director. She was divorced from
him and married Robert A. Cutter,
singer. Recently she married
Reynolds. after securing a Mexi-
can divorce from Cutter.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
ID, C. WAGE BOARD
SETS $165O AS
WAITRESS SCALE
Other Hotel and Cafe
Help to Get $l2-$l3.50

A compromise wage scale for
$500 women in the local hotel
and restaurant businesses, setting
a $3.50 weekly minimum wage
for mattresses, exclusive Of tips,
will be officially, announced by
the District Minimum Wage Board
Monday, it was learned from re-
liable sources today.
LENGTHY HEARINGS
The Board last night made its
decisions on minimum wages for
women in the hotel and restaurant
industries following weeks Of hear
ipgs at which representatives of
employers and employees stated
their arguments.
The wage scale repeatedly
adopted by the Board last night
also includes $3.50 per week for
counter girls, salad girls and
kitchen help, and $12 for maids.
EMPLOYERS REQUEST
Spokesman for the employers
had originally requested a sliding
pay scale of $15.O6 for Mattresses,
$13.41 for counter girls, and $11.91
for maids, while the employees had
demanded a flat pay standard OF
1890 for all women employed
in the two industries.
The Boards decision to allow
mattresses to receive a fixed pay
over and above their tips is ex-
pected to cost employers more
than the program they sponsored
under which gratuities would have
been counted as a part of the
guaranteed wage.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
|WIFE'S MOTHER
TO TAKE STAND
AGAINST WRIGHT
Will Be Called Monday
To Attack Love Claim

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 5 G.N.SO,
To challenge Paul Wright's claim
that he loved the wife he killed
Mrs. Edith Mcbride, of Detroit,
mother of the slain Evelyn Wright,
will take the witness stand next
Monday in the murder trial.
Mrs. Mcbride will be a prosecu.
tion rebuttal witness in an effort
to refute Wright's claim that he
underwent a sterilization opera,
tion because he did not wish to
endanger his wife's life by future
motherhood.
CLAIM DISPUTED
She will be asked to relate a
conversation she assertedly had
with Wright who, on the morning
of November 9, shot and killed his
wife and his best friend" John
B. Kimmell, when he said he saw
them in an affectionate embrace
He told her he had the opera,
ton performed because he himself
did not want any more children,
according to the prosecution.
Wright, on the witness stand,
denied he had made such a state
ment to Mrs. Mcbride.
Because of Wright's ardent pro-
feSsion that he loved his wife, and
fired the death shots only in a
moment of Inconsistencies"
when he found her in an embrace
with Kimmel, it was learned today
that Prosecutor Ernest Roll will
seek to introduce next week the
letters written by Mrs. Wright to
her mother, in which she told of
her unhappy" marital life.
ASSAIL DEFENSE
The prosecution has a few more
rebuttal witnesses to call and,
with these witnesses facing cross
examination by Defense Counsel
Jerry Giesler, it was believed the
murder trial of the young aviation
executive may not reach the jury
before next Thursday or Friday.
The State yesterday blasted at
the contention of the defense that
Wright's mind was a blank when
he killed the pair, by attacking
testimony of DIR. Samuel Marcus,
pSychiatrist, in cross-examination.
The State contended Wright
knew what he was doing when he
shot the pair because of his ability
to relate the entire incident to
police shortly after he was ar.
rested.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
CCC Work
13 Camps Report
6,727 Man Days

Enrollees Of 13 CCC camps In
Maryland during the 1887 fiscal
year worked 6,727 man-days or
forest fire control and prevention
projects, Robert Fechner, director
said yesterday.
A total of 5,534 young men and
war veterans from the State par
ticipated in the 1887 program
Fechner said, and an average OF
30 CCC camps were operated in
Maryland during the year.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
U. S. Liquor Tax
Collections Rise

Q.N.SD Georgia failed to share
in a nationwide rise of Federal
liquor tax collections during 1897,
the Treasury reports.
Sales of liquor and malt bever.
ages yielded the Government
$5s7 ,305,610 in taxes last year as
compared with 1858, ,OS1,s79 in
1886. Federal liquor tax collsc.
tionS in Georgia amounted to
$6S4.OS7 in 1897, as compared
with $715,453 In 1895.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
D. G.. Truck Stolen;
= Fire Closes Hunt

An empty delivery truck, be-
Heved stolen from a cleaning firm
here last night, was found burned
beside the Richmond highway, 10
miles south Of Alexandria, this
morning. State Officer E. c. Trice
was unable to locate the driver
He said the fire apparently started
from q short circuit.
Mays Cleaners, 2220 Fourteenth
et. N. W., reported one Of its
trucks stolen.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
Rehearing Denied
To Power Company

The Federal Power Commission
yesterday denied a rehearing Of
the disapproved application Of the
Inland Power and Light Company
to sell its assets to the Pacific
Power and Light Company. Both
companies are subsidiaries of Elec-
trio Bond and Share.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
President Okays
Cotton, Sugar Bill

QN.S). President Roosevelt
has approved the joint resolu-
tion, providing approximately
$40.000.000 for benefit payments
to sugar producers and reappro-
priating about $34,000,o00 for cot
ton loans. Y
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
FICTION PRICES UP

In the last 10 years the average
price Of fiction best sellers has
been increasing and the average
price Of nonfiction best sellers
has been decreasing.
The Washington times., 1938-08-18
Sister N. Angels
To Head Academy

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. 18.
The appointment of Sister M.
Angels as superior and principal of
st. Mary's Academy here was an
nounced yesterday by Sisters of
the Congregation of the Holy
Cross.
The new academy superior has
been an instructor at Sacred
Heart Academy in Lancaster, Pa,
Tor the past three years.
The Washington times., 1938-08-18
Arlington Speeds PWA Surveys

to advertise for bids by Septem-
Der /.
The 100000 program includes
construction of a road around the
Washington Airport to replace the
closed section of Military Road
that ran through the airport;
widening of Wilson Boulevard,
from Clarendon to Rosslyn, and
the construction of sidewalks in
the vicinity Of Westinghouse
High School.
County engineers plan to build
the substitute airport road from
The Washington times., 1938-08-18
Arlington Fire Loss
For Month Only $40

ARLINGTON, Va, Aug. 1s
Fire Chief A. C. Scheffel today
reported Arlington county's fire
loss at $3.50 for the past month. It
is a record low figure for the
year.
The loss included small damage
to four houses, three automobiles
and q shed. Firemen also were
called out for six field fiers and
two false alarms.
The Washington times., 1938-08-18

The brewery was auctioned yes
terday for that amount. The pur-
chaser was said to be Charles
jacobson, a vice president of the
Christian Heurich brewery. Albert
E. Steinem, attorney for the pur-
chaser, refused to confirm this.
It's long story, the saga Of the
assets and debts of the Washing
ton Brewery. About two years ago
the brewery declared itself in.
solvent. The Abner Drury Com
pany, predecessor of the ill,fated
Washington company, sold its
brew up to last February.
Under the name of the Abner
Drury Brewery, Inc, the firm de-
The Washington times., 1938-08-18

the southeast corner Of Arlington
National Cemetery, around the
south boundary Of the air field
to connect with U. s. Highway
No. /, just north of Columbia Pike.
FoUR-FoOT SHOULDERS
Four-foot shoulders are to be
added to the south side of Wilson
Boulevard.
A $45,000 Government grant,
which the county will match with
a $55,000 ALLEGATION, will finance
the program.
The Washington times., 1938-08-18

ARLINGTON, Va, Aug. 18
Necessary surveys for Arlington
county's 100000 PWA program
are being rushed by an extra crew
of engineers, surveyors and drafts
men who started work in the
county engineering office today.
100000 PROGRAM
County Manager Frank c. Han.
rahan said every effort is being
made to have the projects in shape
The Washington times., 1938-08-18

cided to go into bankruptcy
March l.
Washington wept, and Abner
Drury said he was sorry. The fact
remains there is only one estab-
lishment left in Washington where
man can get an honest glass
of beer on the houSe-that's Chris
tian Heurich'S plant.
The Washington times., 1938-08-18
UPS AND DOWNS:
ILL-FATED BREWERY
IS SOLD AT AUCTION

1T breaks my heart to see GO D. F. Paul Eschner gen.
eral manager of the Washington Brewery lnc said today
"But $113 600 is better than no dollars at all"
The Washington times., 1938-08-18

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
The Washington times., 1938-12-24
RECORDS FALL
IN RACE TESTS
BY Hattie

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-The
year about to close was important
in engine and motorboat history
in view of a new world automobile
mark of 1908 m. p. h., the initial
triumph Of a foreign driver in the
American Gold Cup classic, and
an outboard competitive speed Of
better than a mile a minute.
The gold cup incident occurred
at Detroit, Labor Day, when Count
Theo Rossi, italian sportsman.
lifted Americas blue ribbon
motor boat prize, in his Alagi, de,
feating a field of American and
Canadian drivers. A few weeks
later the count took the Presi-
dents Cup, at Washington.
Sir Malcolm Campbell, famed
British auto racer, heightened
mis- own speed record to 1908
m. p. h. when he drove his un-
limited hydroplane. Bluebird, over
a measured mile on Lake Halwil,
Switzerland in mid-September
His previous mark was 1905,
made in 1887.
The outboard record was made
by Clinton Ferguson. of Waban,
Mass, wher he drove his Glass x
racer at an average Of 1892
m. phi. in a five-mile heat at Red
Bank, N. j., in August.
The Washington times., 1938-12-24
TERROR SIGNED
FOR MAT SHOW

Promoter Joe Turner announced
today that he would offer fans q
rare treat next Thursday night on
his wrestling show at Turner's
Arena.
This being his last mat card of
the season, the mat impresario
announced a drastic reduction in
prices for this one show and the
booking of none other than that
celebrated masked grappler-the
Golden Terror.
Those spectators who formerly
occupied bleacher seats may sit
in ringsides for the same price
$1.15. Ringside formerly was $1.65.
And those who previously paid
$1.15 may enter the turnstiles for
a mere SIS cents.
Promoter Turner stated that he
is doing this as a sort of Christ
mas present to his dyed-in-the-wool
customers, who have patronized
his shows week in and week out.
There will be an all-star card
of five bouts.
The Washington times., 1938-12-24

or the dam, which would imply
a relationship. InaSmuch as
Seabiscuit is the horse of the
year, 1t might be interesting to
trace the origin of his title.
His sire is Hard Tack, whose
breeding Identifies his name.
Hard Tack is a son Of Man
o. War and Tea Biscuit, and the
combination of his parents
names bring about the asso-
ciated name Hard Tack. So Sea-
biscuit is a son of Hard Tack
and Swing On; and the name
selected for this colt was the
combining of his sire's dam,
Tea Biscuit, with a facsimile Of
his sire, Hard Tack.
FROM BREEDING LINE
War Admiral is another name
derived through association of
the sire, Man o. War. Such
titles are appropriate and be-
come handy for the convenience
Of the breeders memory, for
upon its mention the names i'm
mediately suggest the horses
line of breeding.
There are queer names, such
as Ultima Ultima, which no
one, unless they really know
the intimate reason; could ever
guess the origin. This colt was
by Silverdale, or Chilhowee, the
sire not being definitely estab-
lished, so the colt had to be
registered under the two sires'
names, out of ump) Helioden.
There happened to be a colored
maid, who could not get the
pronunciation of "illegitimate"
correct and translated the word
Ultima jitta, hence this colt re-
ceived its name.
There are considerable num-
bers of horses also named for
humans, and many receive their
names from personal taste and
reasons unknown to anyone.
Nearly all the sons of Fair Play
were distinguished by the name
Of their famous sire, such as
Display, Chance Play, My Play,
Mad Play and Playfellow. These
names bring about definite
identity of the great family.
The Washington times., 1938-12-24
G,ssrC Inb
|sPa$8S&Saa2
. $614.00 !,

The Christmas Cheer Clubs toy
fund was boosted over the 5000
mark yesterday.
Joe Turner donated $64.92, from
the Londos O'Toole wrestling
match. Henry Rodier'S Thursday
nighters' bowling team contributed
IS. The Turkey Shoot at Griffith 8
Farms last Sunday added SPLIT.
Temple Major and Minor Bowling
Leagues contributed $10.1O and
bowler Ollie Pacini made a per-
Sonal donation of $1.90.
The Christmas Cheer Club is
sponsored by the Patterson News
papers. Station VOL and Loew'S
theaterS and the contributions are
turned over to the District Of Co.
ltmbia Department Of Fairgrounds
for its Santa Claus Toy Fund.
Temple Bowling League. $1O.1O
Ollie PaC1ni ..:.... 100
Londos- -O'TOOle wrestling
match 64.S2
Henry R0dier's Thursday
Nighters' Bowling
League .............. 500
Turkey Shoot .......... 21.77
Washington Catholic
Bowling League ..... $3.50
Previously acknowledged
contributions ....... 457.S1
Total .............. .$614.OO
The Washington times., 1938-12-24
BREWERS PLAY
JERSEY REDS

Resting in New York today fol-
lowing last nights furiously fought
28-to-32 defeat suffered at the
hands of Wilkes-Barre Barons in
WilkeS-Barre, Pa, the Washington
Heurich Brewers are looking ahead
to a busy American Basketball
League schedule.
Tomorrow afternoon in Union
City, N. j., at 2:45 o'clock, the
Brewers are to oppose Jersey Reds.
On Monday night at 9 o'clock
the local boys are to play host to
Wilkes-Barre in a return game at
Heurich gymnasium, Twenty-Sixth
and D Streets Northwest.
The Brewers are confident of
their ability to turn the tables on
Wilkes-Barre on the home floor.
The Washington times., 1938-12-24
Babe Didrickson
Wed 10 zaharids

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 24.-Mil.
dred Babe" Didrickson, former
Olympic star, and George zahar
riaS, heavyweight wrestler, were
married yesterday in suburban
Kirkwood.
The ceremony occurred at the
home of Tom Packs, st. Louis
wrestling promoter, who was best
man. The romance commenced
when Zaharias met Miss Didrick-
son early this year on a golf
course. They will spend their
honeymoon in st. Louis and are
undecided where they will make
their permanent home. The bride
swept most Of the track and field
events in the 1882 Olympics in Los
Angeles.