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Evening star., 1938-08-19
NEWPORT NEWS READY
FOR VIRGINIA ELKS

Rs the Associated Press.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Aug 1s-
Virginia Elks will convene here SUM-
day. for. their annual convention.
Lodge leaders said today one Of
the features of the convention would
be a special public opening to be held
on the Apprentice School athletic
field Monday night. 1t will be the
first public opening to be held in
connection with the State conven-
tion.
Among speakers on the program are
Gov. Price. w. Camp Abbott of New
port News, president of the State
association: Dr. Robert S. Barrett. AL
exandria, grand treasurer of the lodge;
Senator Harry F. Byrd, Representa-
tive S. Otis Bland and Judge Vernon
Spratley of the Virginia Supreme
Court of Appeals.
The first business sessions will be
held Monday, and that night the
annual purple and white ball will be
held at the Municipal Armory. More
business will be disposed of Tuesday,
and a cruise to the Virginia Capes
Tuesday afternoon will conclude the
convention program.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
Actress Seeks
TOnsiLectOnly
Tax Deduction
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The question whether the removal
of Madge Evans tonsils was business
or a personal matter came before the
Board of Tax Appeals today.
The screen actress contended that
the tonsilectomy she underwent in
1884 was for the purpose of improving
her voice and therefore constituted a
business expense for which she was
entitled to deduction Of $459.58 from
her taxable income.
Government attorneys took differ
ent view in report to, W. w. Arnold,
board member handling the case. They
said the Internal Revenue Bureau had
recognized that an actress stock in
trade was chiefly her feminine charm
and beauty" and had allowed Miss
Evans S583.55 in deductions for wigs
and makeup and 1902 for her maid
But such expenditures. the Govern
ment lawyers argued, were entirely
different from a tonsil operation,
which was deemed advisable to elm
mate the susceptibility to colds"
Who does not get a cold?" the law
yers asked. 'and who does not have
his or her efficiency reduced by such
an aff1iction?"
Evening star., 1938-08-19
DROWNED ARTISTS
BODYIS RECOVERED
Police Search Rewarded in River
Above Key Bridge Near Where
Accident Occurred.

The body of Alfred W. Manning
32-year-old commercial artist. was
recovered from the Potomac River by
harbor police today near the point
where Mr. Manning was drowned
early yesterday in an effort to rescue
his companion, Patrick H. Casey. who
had swum ashore unaided.
Resuming the search early today.
Policemen w. E. Davis and w. A..
Link located the body about 1890
am. near Three Sisters Island. just
north of Key Bridge, where the
tragedy occurred. The body was
taken TO the Morgue.
Mr. Manning and Mr.. Casey were
canoeing near the island when their
craft upset about 100 yards from shore.
Not hearing Mr.. Casey's shout when
he reached shore, Mr.. Manning, appre-
hensive when he himself got to shore,
re-entered the river in q search for
his companion and never reappeared
Mr. Manning lived at 1880 Columbia
road NV.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
MRS. CARRIE SHIPLEY
RITES TOMORROW
Burial in Mount View Cemetery,
Near Ellicott City, Nd, to
Follow Services.

Mrs. Carrie M. Shipley, So. wife Of
Fletcher v. shipley, former president
of the Kenilworth Citizens Associa-
ton and a retired reviser of the Gov
ernment Printing Once. who died
Wednesday at her home. l342 Eastern
avenue NE, will be buried tomorrow
morning in Mount View Cemetery,
near Ellicott City, Md. following
funeral services at her late residence.
Mrs. Shipley, native Of Baltimore,
who had lived here with her husband
for 20 years, had been an invalid for
many years. Prior to the World War
she and her husband lived In Balti-
more. Mr.. Shipley committing to the
printing office Her husband, besides
his other activities, was secretary Of
the Kenilworth Building IL Loan As
sociation. Inc. from the time of its
incorporation in 1921 until last month.
when he retired due to his wife's ILL
ness
Mrs. Shipley was the daughter Of
Philip and Dora Zoller of Baltimore
Three sisters, Mrs Adam G. Saltzmann
of Severna Park, Md; Mrs. Mary Car
roll of Baltimore and Mrs Annie Lu-
thardt of Baltimore, survive. Mr.. and
Mrs. Shipley had no children.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
y. l.. Myers, 4. E. F. Veteran
: Long in Hospitals, Dies Here

William Leedy Myers, 43-year-old
World War veteran, died yesterday in
Mount Alto Hospital, ending a battle
that began in World War training
camp and continued through the
trenches, the armistice and nine mil
itary hospitals.
Born in Roanoke, Va, he entered a
training camp at Admission, Ala, when
the war broke out and suffered severe
spinal injuries when he was thrown
from mule.
As a member Of the 116th Machine
Gun Company of the Virginia Volun-
teers, 29th Division, he spent two years
overseas, where the mud in the
trenches brought him rheumatism OF
the spine, which later developed into
arthritis.
On one occasion shell exploded
near him. amputating leg from each
Of two companions and deafening him
In one ear. Mr.. Myers gave first aid
to his wounded comrades, gave them
cigarettes, and then walked miles to
get stretcher for them They died,
however, soon after he left them.
Ceased in the Meuse- -Argonne sector,
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he returned at the end of the war to
military hospitals. He was last op-
eated on in Hot Springs, Ark, where
he was pronounced permanently dis
abled about six months ago.
For four years prior to 1897 Mr..
Myers worked with a pillow at his
back as a clerk in the General Ac-
counting Office, living at 1885 Colum-
bia road NV. with his sister, Mrs.
Nellie M. Grissom. He entered Mount
Alto about five months ago.
He was a member of Kenneth Nash
Post, No. 8, American Legion, and Of
the D. A. v.
He Is survived by his father, Jacob
Myers; three other sisters, Mrs. Clara
Martin. Mrs. Pauline Martin and Mrs
T r. Ferguson, and a brother, John
Myers, all of Roanoke; a sister, Mrs.
Louella Monaco, Bethesda, Md, and
a brother, Charles o. Myers, Los
Angeles. .
Funeral services will be at II am
tomorrow in the chapel at Arlington
National Cemetery. The funeral
party will meet at 1890 a.ra. at the
Chambers funeral parlor, Fourteenth
and Chaplin streets NV.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
PRISONERS THREATEN
MRS. FAWCETT'S LIFE
Woman Who Helped Trap Suspect
in Bassett Murder Case to
Be Transferred.
B, the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
SEATTLE. Aug. l9.-Inmates Of
Walla Walla State Prison have
threatened the life of Mrs. Genevieve
Padelford Fawoett, international swim
dler who helped obtain q confession
from Mrs Mary E. Smith in the Bas-
sett murder case, Prosecutor B. Crab
Warner said today.
Mr.. Warner said Mrs. Fawcett would
be transferred to King County Jail
until she testifies at the murder trial
of Mrs. Smith and her son, De Casio
Earl Mayer, set for mid-September.
Mrs. Fawcett, serving a l5-year-
term for grand larceny, co-operated
with Mrs. L. E. Nixdorff, former head
matron, to trap Mrs. Smith into
writing letters saying Mayer killed
James Eugene Bassett, formerly of
Annapolis, Md, here 10 years ago to
obtain his automobile. The body has
never been found.
Mrs. Fawcett was paroled from a
term for swindling at San Quentin in
1880. She married John Chauncey
Fawcett, wealthy, socially prominent
New Yorker in 1881, but he obtained
an annulment when he learned of her
criminal career.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
GEORGE W. HARMON, So,
CENSUS OFFICIAL, DIES

George Winfield Harmon, 50, Silver
Spring. Md, assistant administrative
ofiicer of the Census Bureau, died sud-
denly of heart disease yesterday while
on special duty in the bureaus office
in New York City.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow at the Warner
Humphrey funeral home, Silver Spring,
with burial in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Mr.. Harmon, native of Washing
ton, had been employed by the Federal
Government for ~ years, serving in
the War Finance Board, Smithsonian
Institution, Agriculture Department
and Census Bureau.
Surviving are his widow, the former
Miss Genevieve June Howard, who
teaches at the Woodside School, Silver
Spring; a son, George w. Harmon, jr.,
Silver Spring; five brothers, Joseph,
John O., John B., Irving and James
Harmon, all of Washington, and four
sisters, Mrs. c. w. voigt, Bethesda,
Md; Mrs. G. w. King, Baltimore;
Miss Polly Harmon, Silver Spring, and
Mrs. ]. H. Ross, Washington.
Evening star., 1938-08-19

The docket of the Supreme Court
today lists an unusual situation-a
case in which q son asks that the
divorce of his mother and stepfather
be declared illegal.
Acting as chief Of counsel for Mrs.
Mary J. Hellmuth, his mother by her
former marriage, Dorsey X. Offutt,
Washington attorney, has asked the
highest tribunal to grant a petition
for a writ of certiorari and to hold
illegal the Maryland divorce decree
obtained by Frank Hellmuth.
Mr.. Hellmuth, a retired Fire De-
partment captain. and Mrs. Hellmuth
were married in 1918. BY agreement
In 1925 they separated and the hus-
band agreed to pay $35 month for
Mrs. Hellmuths support. A year later
Mr.. Hellmuth became . bona hde
resident of Maryland, but continued to
pay the maintenance installments.
He began suit for absolute divorce
in Maryland in December, 1929, charg-
ing desertion. He secured service Of
process on Mrs. Hellmuth BY publice.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
Son Asks Voiding of Diuorce
StepfatI,er Won From, Mother

ton, but without attempt to obtain
actual service upon her in the District,
the petition said. He was granted
divorce in 1880 without Mrs. He'll
muth's knowledge and in July. 1882.
he remarked. On October of that
year Mrs. Hellmuth brought suit for
limited divorce here, charging cruelty,
but in January, 1887, she amended her
bill, asking the court to decree the
Maryland divorce null and void and
declare her the lawful wife of Mr..
Hellmuth.
The District Court dismissed her bill
and she appealed to the Court Of APP
peals, which declared Mr.. Hellmuths
remarriage is lawful.
Under the circumstances OF the
case, we believe it Is more in the in
terest of public policy to validate the
remarriage than to set it aside" the
appellate tribunal said in afirming
the lower courts decision.
Associated with Mr.. Onutt in the
appeal from the appellate courts de-
cision are Attorneys Jean NJ. Board
man and Reynolds Robertson.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
BUDGE WINS TO GO
TO NEWPORT FINAL
Parker Bows, 6.3, 6-l, 6-3, as
Victor Nears His Third
! Tourney Crown.

. NEWPORT, r. T., Aug. le.-Don
Bulge, rated as the worlds greatest
amateur tennis player, today gained
the final round of the Newport Casino
tournament by defeating Frank Par
ker Of Beverly Hills. Calf, 6-3, 6+1,
F3. Bulge has been the victor here
twice and another triumph would
enable him to retire the Journeys
historic bowl
: Bulge, extended for the first time
here yesterday when he clashed with
Wilmer Allison, the Austin (Tex.)
veteran, In a four-set quarter final
match, was in prime shape for Parker
and raced through the match in easy
fashion.
= Bulge and Parker played from the
naselines most of the match, but the
champions slicing placements were
too much for his steady rival, who
was unable to make a single threat
During the one-sided action.
= MANCHESTER, Mass, Aug. 10 (P).
IA year late, the 1887 Essex County
Wpmens tennis tournament was de-
cfded today when Mrs. Dorothy And
rNs of New York captured the crown
by defeating Nine Sylvia Henrotin of
France, her doubles partner and trav-
cling companion, 6-4, 6-4.
THE two advanced to the final last
year, but the deciding engagement
Was rained out. Today they staged q
lStless affair, apparently neither car
ing who won
Evening star., 1938-08-19


Corp. boat, and 4-mile water parade
in his honor moved of on the Monon-
gaheia River.
The nag whipping in the breeze be-
fore him marked the first time ADJ
miral Furlong sailed a ship under his
own banner since President Roosevelt
appointed him Chief of the Ordnance
Bureau a year ago.
Beside the admiral were his tall
stately wife and his son, who, like
his father, is an Annapolis gradu-
ate. The Furlongs returned for q
several weeks furlough to the ad-
mirars boyhood home at nearby Ros-
coe. 1t was there, in the 80s, that
Capt. c. B. Copeland. now an aged
river skipper, first introduced the
man who holds high position in
Uncle Sans Navy to river navigation
During his stay at home Admiral
Furlong will visit some of the Pitts
burgh district steel mills, which sup
ply many Of the Navy's steel needs.
The celebration will continue for a
week.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
Bandit Debates
Hold-Up During
Long Taxi Trip

Cab Driver Reuben Cohen of Hill
side. Md, Just about covered the
Northeast and Southeast sections OF
the city early today while a man on
the back seat apparently wrestled
with the problem of whether to be a
passenger or bandit.
Cohen told police the man entered
his cab at Tenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc. and asked to be
taken to Eleventh and E streets NE
On arrival there, he decided to 60 to
Tenth and c streets NE, and when
there had the driver go back to the
first destination.
Continuing his marked partiality
for an Eleventh and E streets loca-
ton, the man then wanted to be
taken to that intersection in South
east. There he reached his decision
almost. He jammed what Mr.. Cohen
described as "a hard object" against
the drivers spine and barked,
Twelfth and C streets Sc"
Z Cohen was relieved of So and his
cab at this spot. Police later recov-
cred the car at Twelfth and c streets
Sc.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
PET MONKEY CAPTURED
IN GOVERNMENT OFFICE
Causes Excitement in Surplus
Commodity Corp. and Bites
Capturer.

There was considerable excitement
IN the Federal Surplus Commodities
Corp. offices yesterday when a pet
monkey from down the street dropped
in for visit.
Billy, the pet at John j. Freeman's
Milling station, Twentieth street and
New York avenue NV, was being fed
when he dashed for liberty.
He was chased down the street and
into the Government building by sta
ton attendants and finally cornered-
but not before he had nipped the finger
OF Harry Seller. station attendant.
Kenneth Spiller, another employe of
the station, helped catch Billy and
return him to his cage.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
MRS. T. T. KELLER, 79,
DIES AT HOME HERE
Was Widow of Former Private
Secretary in State Department.
Ill Two Years.

Mrs. Aimee Hodges Keller. 70, widow
Of Thomas Townsend Keller, one time.
private secretary in the State Depart
ment, died today at her residence,
1401 Fairmont street NV. She had
been confined to bed for two years.
A native Of Philadelphia, Mrs Keller
was the daughter Of John G. and Anne
D. Hodges. She come to Washington
to live when she was about years old.
A son, Thomas Townsend Keller of
the Moss Realty Co.. survives, as does q
daughter, Miss Muriel Keller, and four
grandchildren. A deceased brother,
John G. Hodges, was . ,well-known.
washington bookbinder.
Another brother, Edward r. Hodges.
of Washington survives; also two
sisters. Mrs. w. A. Morsell OF Wash
ington and Mrs. Thomas Dowling.
Wilmington, Del.
Funeral services have been set
tentatively for Monday morning at
the 8. H. Hines Co. funeral home,
29el Fourteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
CLERK CONFESSES
Staying F|ANCEE
Priest at Side as Man Goes
to Police Station to Tell
OfFataI Quarrel.
Fy the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-With a
priest ut his side, John Bellinger,
33-year -old English-born clerk, en-
tered a police station early today and
confessed the staying Of his sweet
heart.
He told an astonished detective that
a few minutes before he had shot Miss
Marie Joyce. 25-year-old private Sec
retary, through the back of her head
with q sawed-of rifle.
He handed q leather briefcase to
the detective. Inside was the gun.
II carried it around all evening"" said
Bellinger.
He thanked the priest, the Rev.
Father Joseph H. Sheehan of the
Church Of st. John the Evangelist,
for going with him to the police sta
tiQn, then was taken to Miss Joyce's
apartment. There in the hall, in
front of the door to her sec0nd-fioor
apartment, lay the body.
Bellinger told the police he was
born in Brighton. England: that he
came to the United States 10 years
ago, following the death Of his par
ents. and that he lived in San Fran
cisco until l8 months ago, when he
came to New York to enter an adver-
tising firm, where Miss Joyce also was
an employe.
Last night they had dinner to-
gether. 1t started with a couple Of
cocktails and a quarrel. Bellinger
said he wanted to announce their en-
gagement. and Miss Joyce wanted to
call their romance quits.
The quarrel continued for half an
hour in the lobby Of Miss Joyces
apartment house.
Miss Joyce marched to her door.
As she took the key out Of her hand
bag Bellinger opened his brief case.
The shot made little noise Bellinger
later awoke the priest and told him
what had happened. The priest and
Bellinger then went to the police
station.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
WAGES-H0URS LAW
STUDY CALLED HERE
Secretary Perkins Invites Group
of Labor Officials to Meet
Here September IL.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of Labor Perkins an
nounced today that she had invited a
group Of labor officials to meet here
September IL to study local wage and
hour laws.
The information thev bring together
will be used in formulating a model
bill which the Labor department will
prepare for the Use Of any States which
consult it about the enactment of laws
to supplement the Federal wage and
hour law. The material also will be
presented for discussion at the fifth
National Conference on Labor Legis-
lation in October.
Attending the September conference
will be Labor Commissioners Martin
P. Durkin, Illinois; Joseph M. Tone,
Connecticut; w. A. Pat Murphy. Okla
homa; William NJ Knerr, Utah: A. L.
Fletcher. North Carolina; Ralph M.
Bashore, Pennsylvania; c. I. o. Counsel
Lee Pressman, Robert j. Watt of the
A. F. Of L. and New York Supreme
Court Justice Bernard L. Shientag.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
OFFICERS TO BE NAMED
BY FORTY AND EIGHT
Annual Grande Promenade Will
Be Held Tomorrow at
Suitland, Md.

Election Of officers and annual re-
ports will mark the annual grande
promenade tomorrow at Suitland, Md.
of Washington Forty and Fighters of
Grande Voiture No. 174, honor and
fun group of the American Legion.
The meeting will terminate the ten
ure of John Emil McCabe as grand
chef de gare. c. Cassard Schroth,
William Hays Hargrave and Cornelius
Francis Mccarthy will be elected grand
chef de gare, grand chef de train and
grand conducteur. respectively, having
been nominated at the last meeting.
Tomorrow's meeting starts at l pm.
This afternoon 40 voyageurs were to
leave for Baltimore to participate in
the Maryland Legion convention pa
rade and attend the annual wreck of
Maryland's Grand Voiture.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
.L|L|ENTHAL BARES
MORGAN STAND
Testifies 7. v. A. Chairman
Opposed Any Mediation
in Berry Case.
BY the Associated Press.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Aug. 10
David E. Lilienthal. youthful-appear-
ing T. v. A. director, testified today
DR.. Arthur E. Morgan. ousted T. v. A.
chairman, opposed any step toward
mediation Of the Berry marble claims
on the broad grounds of ethics and
good citizenship.
Mr.. Lilienthal gave a congressional
investigating committee an account
of meeting February "a, 1887. at
which T. v. A. directors and Senator
George L. Berry, Democrat. Of Ten
nessee discussed Senator Berry's claims
for damages to marble and mineral
holdings flooded by Norris Lake.
Previously Mr.. Lilienthal had said
he believed lit was our job to handle
the Berry claims and mot to burden
President Roosevelt with the matter
Should Go Together.
The witness said he suggested to
the board that If Arthur Morgan in
sisted on going to the President, that
such a course would not halt con-
ciliation.
Il said If he did go he shouldn't 60
and whisper in the ear of the Presi-
dent. but that Arthur Morgan and
Senator Berry should 60 together and
state their cases." Mr.. Lilienthal as
serted, adding, however, he was op-
posed to any such action.
He said Berry turned down Arthur
Morgan's request for detailed facts
regarding his holdings.
After this refusal, Mr.. Lilienthal
said. Arthur Morgan was against me-
diation and wasn't insisting much
on going to President Roosevelt.
What did he advise?" asked Com
mittee Counsel Francis Biddle.
Arthur Morgan said that good cit
izenship required that his questions be
answered" was the reply. "and that
We should take no steps to imply We
were approving his tBerry's) action; II
We took any recognition of the claims
it would condone the ethical derelic-
tions of Berry"
What did you think?" Mr.. Biddle
inquired.
never conceived the Government
or T. v. A. as an uplift organization
I felt that was up to the church, the
family and so on"
Lost Best Man for Job.
After Secretary Ickes declined to
permit John w. Finch, United States
Bureau of Mines engineer, to act as
conciliator in the Berry case. why did
the Authority not get another concil-
iator," Mr.. Biddle asked.
Perhaps there is no other person
SO well qualified to act in such a
capacity" Mr.. Lilienthal replied. "One
Of our considerations was that we had
lost the man best fitted. And then Mr.
Fly IT. v. A. general Counsul James
Lawrence fly was very impatient at
the delay A suit might be brought
against us and be tried before a local
jury always would be hazard
Then, the whole mediation idea
was one Of a man working with both
parties. That would be difficult with
the chairman Of one side opposed.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
Cobb Drives Car
800 Miles in Test
On Utah Salt Flat
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS,
Utah, Aug. l9-John Cobb of
England streaked across the
desert today in a test run Of his
low-slung silvered Railton speed
ster at a top speed of approxi-
mately 300 miles an hour.
Capt. George z. T. Eyston, who
also is here from England to at
tack his own world record for
the measured mile. witnessed his
rivals flashing performance.
Eyston set the present mark Of
3114l miles an hour here last
November.
THE car performed perfectly
and I am ready to go after the
record attempt without another
test rum" said Cobb.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
EDWARD E. DOUGLAS,
RETIRED BUYER, DIES
Lifelong Resident of City Would
Have Been II Years Old
in November,

Edward E. Douglas, retired cattle
buyer and lifelong resident of South
west Washington, died yesterday at
his home, 924 independence avenue
SW., after an illness OF about two
weeks. He would have been n in
November.
Mr.. Douglas, who retired a few
years ago, at one time purchased cat
tie for the old T. T. Keane Co. and
later was buyer for the old Auth Pro-
vision Co..
Mr.. Douglas Is survived by sister,
Miss Matte v. Douglas, who lives at
the Independence avenue address.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30
pm. tomorrow at the residence. Burial
will be in Columbia Gardens Cemetery,
Arlington County, Va.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
VICTOR P. De KNIGHT
SUCCUMBS AT 81
Retired Firearms Expert Was
Resident of D. c. for Many

Victor P. De Knight. 81. retired
governmental firearms expert, died
yesterday of heart ailment at his
home, 1891 Lanier place NV.
For many years a resident of this
city, Mr.. De Knight was a member of
the Association of Oldest Inhabitants
Of the District Of Columbia, the Wash
ington Lodge Of Elks and Federal
Lodge of Masons.
He retired from the Government
shortly after the World War, after
many years service as a firearms ex-
pert.
Among survivors is his widow, Mrs.
Mary P. De Knight.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at Hines funeral home,
290l Fourteenth street NV.