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The Washington times., 1938-10-26
WIPRUD CALLED
TO TESTIFY AT
MEDICAL PROBE
Summoning Of Society
official Surprises

Theodore C. Wiprud, executive
secretary of the District Medical
Society which the Government
has accused of violating antitrust
laws in it's fight with Group
Health Association, appeared as q
surprise witness before the special
grand jury today.
Government prosecutors ad-
mitted that the appearance Of q
spokesman for a defendant before
a grand jury was most unusual"
but refused to discuss the matter.
Wiprud was in the jury room
nearly an hour.
MANY TO BE HEARD
The Government still has .
lengthy list of prosecution wit
neSSes before it rests it's demands
for antitrust indictments against
the District Medical Society and
the American Medical Association,
it was reported.
DR.. Henry Rolf Brown, first
medical director of Group Health
Association, followed Wiprud into
the jury room.
Yesterday the government made
its first apparent effort to show
the Grand Jury how the Amer
ican Medical Association has al
legedly impeded organization Of
medical insurance clinics in other
cities.
DR.. Charles R. Wiley, director
of the Civic Medical Center of Chi
cago, the witness, told reporters
following his testimony that the
Chicago Medical Society had
ousted from the society and from
their teaching posts in. medical
schools, the physicians who had
joined the staff of the medical
center.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
Poisoned Meat
Meant for Rats
KiIIS TOUO DOQS

Rats in the 100 block of c st.
N. w. are acting as messengers
of death" police believe since the
report of the death of two dogs
from poison in that vicinity within
as many weeks.
Following a report from Mrs
Katherine Fagiolo, 118 c st. N. w.
yesterday that her German police
dog had just succumbed from eat.
ing poisoned meat, police began
an investigation and discovered a
neighbor has been putting out
poisoned meat to kill rats.
Instead of eating the meat as
hoped, the rats are thought to
be carrying it to other yards
where police believe the two dogF
found and ate it. The case viii
be placed before the Humane So
ciety today. police said.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
ASKS $4,000
Rabbi Goldman Sues
In Wne'S Death

The Capital Transit Company
and Nina kathryn Kilgour, 1909
Morrison st. N. W., were sued for
100000 in District Court by Rabbi
Morris Goldman, 80, as a result Of
the death of his wife and his
serious injury in traffic accident
last June.
Rabbi Goldman, suing through
Attorney Harry Friedman, said he
and his wife were waiting for q
street car at Fourteenth and Up.
Shur Streets Northwest when the
accident occurred. A street car
stopped for them go feet from q
stop sign and he contended this
aided in causing the accident.
The clergyman seeks $50. 900 for
his own injuries and $4,000 as a
result of the death of his wife.
Miss Kilgour was found not guilty
last week when tried on a negli-
gent homicide charge.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26

A story OF a day With The
Laurels, which eventually wound
up with Laurel going to jail on
charges of driving while drunk
was unfolded by Laurel himself in
municipal court.
HERE'S THE STORY
"On the morning of Septem-
ber 49," Laurel related, my wife
left the house and 1 didn't hear
from her until late that after
noon, when she called and asked
me to fix dinner. put on three
steaks and some peas and some
potatoes.
"At 10 minutes to 6, she called
and said she couldn't find her
way and would spend the eve
ming with some people I don't
particularly care for. told her
1 would send a cab for her.
"At ITO she called up and
told me she wasn't coming home
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
Reforms in Vain:
OFFICIALS HERE
DENY MERCY TO
12-YR. FUGITIVE
Petitions Citing Model
Life of No Avail

The quality Of mercy (of which
Portia spoke so feelingly) is miss
ing in the District penal depart
ment. a-
That was evidenced today when
word came here from Amberg
Township, Wis, that Dewey L.
Roush, who escaped from Lorton
Reformatory in 1925 while serving
q sentence for automobile theft,
had been arrested there.
MERCY ASKED
Residents of the township, where
Roush has lived q model life for
more than 10 years, supporting
his wife and aged mother by work
ing a small farm, have circulated
petitions asking that he be re-
leased and permitted to return to
his family and work.
Notified of this, District officials
said that if the man held is the
escaped prisoner, he will be re-
turned here and forced to serve
out his sentence.
There is no provision in the
law, they pointed out, whereby
they can release the wanted man.
perhaps they have never read
Portals famous speech that
''The quality Of mercy is not
strained. p
ARRESTED IN 1875
But, they said, they have not
been officially informed TIL a t
Roush is under arrest, so they
have taken no steps to have him
returned here.
Arrested in November, 1925,
Roush was sentenced to three
years, and escaped on March 81,
1925, after serving about 20 months
Of his sentence.
Recently, it was said, informa-
tion was received here that Roush
had caShed a bonus certificate in
Wisconsin and his arrest followed.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
mot GUILTY"
Hutton Enters Plea
In Hotel Theft

William F. Hutton, 80, former
cashier at Wardman Park Hotel,
pleaded not guilty to embezzle-
ment of $4,000 in cash and travel.
ers checks when he was arraigned
in Police Court today. He was held
for Grand Jury action in $4,000
bond.
In addition to the embezzle-
ment charges, the Grand jury
will be asked to investigate the
disappearance of $4,000 in gems
owned by Col. William A. Carlton
from the hotel safe, investigators
said.
Hutton was arrested in a down
town bus terminal yesterday. Po-
lice said he had $700 in cash in
his pockets when he was taken
into custody.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26

and by that time 1 was little
burned up.
Ten minutes later she ap-
peared and said:
Wasn't that cute? I called
up from the market around the
corner
From then on. Laurel testified
things began to happen. Mrs
Laurel hit the comedian on the
head with frying pan and tossed
sand in his face when he fell down
while trying to keep her from
driving away. He fell through a
window and cut his arm, too, he
said.
"She has a terrific temper, he
explained.
1t was while driving to friends
home, where Illiana finally had
fled, that Laurel was arrested
Police said he was minus his
shirt.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
FAMED WRITER
'OF BLUES SONGS
dies A PAUpER
Roger Graham Wrote
Own 'Epitaph'
ri amt got nobody much,
And nobody cares for me -. :"

Riding the crest Of popularity,
Roger Graham, once one Of the
best known song writers in the
country, wrote those words a score
Of years ago.
And when he wrote those words,
Roger Graham was writing his
own epitaph.
For today Graham lies dead In
the Chicago morgue, and q
pauper's grave in Potter's Field
awaits him unless some OF his
erstwhile friends of prosperous
days come forward to offer MIN
a decent burial.
Graham, a broken, bitter man,
although he was only So, died yes
terday in the county hospital after
a lengthy illness.
In those postwar days OF the
blues" songs, Graham was one
of the most prolific writer's, ano
from his pen came almost 17S
songs. 80, !.
Money rolled in, and with II
came fair-weather friends, VINO
vanished when his prosperity
went.
Easy come, easy go, was his
motto. When the money was
gone, he wrote another song. But
the Blues" period ended. There
was no demand for his songs.
Money melted away. FRIENDS
melted away. And there he was
in his own wordS-"Sad ano
lonely" .
Illness came, and pain. and Il
nally death in a charity ward
There was no one to say good-bS
because
&c. Nobody cares for me-"
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
Ace of Spades
Clue in Girls
Suicide

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26.-Red
roses, the ace of spades, the death
card" a respondent beautiful
girl, a prominent businessman
with an invalid wife, a revolver.
Los Angeles detectives juggled
those facts today and attempted
to fit them together to determine
if the death of pretty 22-year-old
Claudia Huebler was a suicide or
a bizarre murder.
QUESTION SUSPECT
Police are holding for investiga-
ton c. E. Weber, 38, prominent
in business circles, who insists
that the girl shot herself as he sat
in her apartment playing solitaire.
By her side was bunch of red
roses he had just brought her.
She shot herself, he said, with his
own revolver. But police are at
tempting to determine just why
his gun was in the apartment.
Weber'S story was strengthened
by the statement of the wife of a
detective who knew the girl, and
who said that she had been des-
pondent and threatened to end
her life.
"THE ACE OF SPADES"
In his story TO p0lice Weber said. :.
Il was playing cards, sitting
across the room from her. I
flipped out card. 1t was the
ace Of spades.
"She looked at the card, pulled
out the pistol, put it against her
temple, smiled at me, and before
I could reach her side, she
pulled the trigger"
Weber admitted he was a close
friend of the dead girl. His wife
is confined in a local hospital.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
Dance Stur To Be Mother
Eleanor POWell
TOSeek Son in
OrphanageS
Copyright. 1898. by International
News Service.)


HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 26.-Other
Hollywood stars have adopted
babies but Eleanor Powell will do
something different. she said to-
day.
The dancing star wants to give
a home to an orphan boy between
five and six years old.
TITS really for my mother
that I'm doing it," declared the
actress. Now that we have
almost everything we want, she
finds time hanging heavy on
her hands"
So Eleanor and Mrs. Powell
will make a tour of the local
orphanages the first time the
dancing star can get away fron.
her screen work in Honolulu, >,
probably next Sunday.
When they find the boy they
want, Eleanor will legally adopl
him.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
Mrs. Mary Bethune
To Speak at Howard

Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune, ma
tional director of the colored ac-
tivities of the National Youth Ad-
ministration, will be the guest
speaker at the sixteenth annual
women's dinner to be held at
Howard University, November 4.
Guest singer will be Miss Louise
Burge, alumna of Howard Uni
versity and a graduate of the Jul
lizard School of Music, New York
city. This dinner is sponsored
each year by the Women's League
of the university.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
Lady Takes Dare;
Wins Hobby Horse

HACKENS SAC <, N. j., Oct.
26.-William A. Oliver joking
ly offered a hobby horse to an
audience of housewives at an auc-
ton if anyone would ride 1t
for three minutes. "I'll call your
bluff woman matron said. For
three minutes she bobbed up and
down on the horse to the delight
Of everyone except the auctioneer
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
Burned byLive Wire

Darrell Webb, IS, of S18 Eight
zenith st. N. W.. an employe Of
the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany, was treated at Emergency
Hospital last night for second-de-
gree burns on the face, neck, and
arms received when he was struck
by live wire while changing some
wiring at local hotel.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
Death at Wheel
Of Auto PrObed

An autopsy will be performed
at the District Morgue today to
determine the cause of the death
of Daniel Muntyan, So, of 1915 I
st. N. w., who collapsed at the
wheel from what was believed to
be a heart attack following an
automobile collision on Rhode
Island Avenue Northeast, last
night
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
Cousin Brings Suit
AGAINST Pastor S Will

FLINT, Mich, Oct. 26 Q.N.S0
A circuit court suit to set aside the
SIS, 900 will of Rev. John Dysart to-
day was begun by a first cousin,
Lulu P. Griffin, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rev. Dysart died here February
9, 1897 at II and willed his entire
estate to his secretary for eight
years, Mrs. Bernice Lundgren.
Miss Griffin was left one dollar.
The Washington times., 1938-10-26
Freed in Death Case,
Youth Seeks New Life

FREEHOLD, N. J., Oct. 26
U.N.S0-Frank CheeSeman, 81,
was a free man today, acquitted
Of killing Mrs. Elizabeth Yetman,
80, of Asbury Park, when she in
terferred with his plans to elope
with her daughter. The youth
said he is going to Florida to "for-
get and find a new life"
The Washington times., 1938-10-26

Threw his wife to the lions, Roman
style. vladimir GOlea could tame tho
beats Of the jungle but he couldn't
master his hatred for his wife. Who
was boss of the circus In which he
starred. Read this true story stranger
than fiction In The American Weekly,
the magazine distributed with next
Sundays Washington Herald. d.Times.
Evening star., 1938-06-19
STAFF TOLEAVE
FOR CAMP LETS
FL Senior and Ia Other
CounseIors to Start
Tomorrow.

Z A stan of ri senior and II other
counselors will leave tomorrow for
Camp Let's, the Central Young Mems
christian Associations up-to-date
boys camp on the Rhode River near
Annapolis. Md. for a three-day train
ing period, preparatory to opening the
camp next Friday for this season.
The two groups, who will be under
Ward M. Barrick, boys work director
Of the Y. M. @. A. and director Of the
camp, are all students, with the ex-
ception OF Ted Thayer, member Of the
"Y" staff, and Morgan Arant, the
latter 4 graduate OF the University Of
South Carolina, both Of whom will
serve as senior counselors. Among the
senior counselors, number Of whom
are from Washington. seven are mem
bers of varsity athletic teams, while
another is captain OF his college
rife team.
Besides Thayer and Arant, other
senior counselors are:
Brooks Brown. Robert H. Mayer,
Don w. Thomas and Charles Hamm,
all of George Washington University,
where Hamm is member of the foot
ball team; George j. Hayes, jr., Cath
olic University; John Hahn and Bruce
Etchison, American University, where
Etchison Is member of the tennis
team; Ed Naughton, boxer University
of Maryland; Harry Benner, rife team
captain. Washington and Lee; Doug
las Baker and Shirley Rosser, Lynch
burg College; Mack Simmons, Uni
yersity of North Carolina; L. L. Tur-
ner, wrestler. Duke University; Will
liam Schaeffer, Newberry College;
Newell T. Preston, Oberlin; Eugene
Brissie, Mars Hill College; John E.
Hustled, fencer. Hampden-SydneyC Col
.lege; John McMullen, member OF the
rowing crew, Massachusetts, Institute
OF Technology, and j. Roy Baden, jr,
football player at Blue Ridge College.
The IA counselors are John Gulfo,
Roanoke College; Robert Gray, Bulls
Prep; Robert Nye, Bordentown Prep;
AL Wester, jr., Joe Greer. J. Council
Pinell and Robert S. Smith, Mars Hill
College; Harold D. Padgett, ir.. Uni
versity of North Carolina; Colin Ritter
and Daniel Rabenhorst, Wilson Teach
ers College; Fred Carl, Woodrow Will
son High School; T. D. Weldin, Pen
nington Prep; Joe Hollon, Western
High School, and Hugh A. Carter,
Georgia Southwestern College.
Evening star., 1938-06-19
WALLACE FEARS
PHOSPHATE FAMINE
Tells Congressional Committee
o. S. Supply Will Be Drained
Unless Guarded.
Ry the Associated Press,

Ry the Associated Press.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace
told congressional committee yester-
day 1t was high time" the Nation
approached carefully and thought
fully" the problem of conserving its
phosphate resources.
Although the United States has a
relatively large supply, Secretary WAL
lace said, about 2.ooo,00 tons Of the
element Is lost each year In crops
removed from the soil and another
100000 tons through erosion.
The Secretary testified at the OPEN
ing Of an investigation asked hy Presi-
dent Roosevelt into the phosphate
situation.
He was followed on the stand by
DR.. Harcourt A. Morgan, chairman Of
the Tennessee Valley Authority and
director Of r. v. AS AGRICULTURAL
phosphate development. DR.. MORAN
said phosphate reserves cannot last
long at the present rate of exhaustion.
III Tennessee were to supply the
neighboring States of Kentucky, Ala
bama, Mississippi and Georgia with
the phosphate really required for a
permanent agriculture, the whole
Tennessee reserve would last less than
10 years" he asserted.
Evening star., 1938-06-19

Rudyard Kipling was born in India.
where his father was principal Of the
eF Jamsettee Jeejeebhoy School Of
Art, Bombay.
Evening star., 1938-06-19
BOYS GEE CLUB
SING AT CHURCH
Group From Macon (Ga.) Y. M.
G. A. Will Take Part in Service
At St. Thomas Today.

A group Of 80 boys, members Of the
Macon (0a) Y. NJ. c. A. Choir and
Glee Club. will take part in the serv-
idns at st. Thomas Episcopal Church,
1772 Church street NV, at IL am.
today
The choir. members of which range
m age from II to Is years, will pre-
sent one Of their own selections in
addition to singing with the church
choir.
Since their arrival in Washington
Thursday. the boys have made = num-
Der Of radio broadcasts over local
stations on national hook-ups. and
appeared with the Marine Band at
Ss regular concert Friday evening.
Wallace Williams, soloist with the
group a student at the Peabody Con-
servatory of Music, is considered to
>nave one OF the most promising voices
OF any student there. The choir is
accompanied by P. A. Macarthur, gen.
eral secretary OF the Y. M. c. A,
Evening star., 1938-01-03
TWO FACE COURT
NAAFJE Staying
Proceedings Against Pair
in Morgan Death Due
to Be Perfunctory.
b. the Associated Press,

b. the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 3.-Two deck
hands who ended Jack Morgan's
reign Of terror on the pleasure yacht
Aafie faced arraignment today before
United States Commissioner David
Head on charges they murdered the
crazed sea wolf"
Federal authorities indicated, how
ever, the proceedings will be per-
functory and that should Robert
Horne and George Spernak plead
guilty, they will be granted leniency
Horne told authorities he smashed
Morgan over the head with a marlin
spike, and he and Spernak dumped
him over the side of the Aafje.
That was Christmas Eve. four days
after Morgan had killed the owner of
the Aafje. Dwight Faulding, Santa
Barbara hotel man. Morgan held the
yachts six passengers in subjection
through his brutal command.
Mrs. Lillian Morgan, his common
law wife, is held as material witness.
Surviving their narrowing experience
are three other members of the
yachts party-Mrs. Gertrude Turner,
Mr.. Faulding's fiancee; her son Rob-
ert. 8, and Miss Elsie Berdan, nurse.
Morgan chartered the Aafje for a
tWo-day cruise to Catalina Island.
The ship left San Pedro, with MI.
Faulding at the helm, December 20.
Shortly after it cleared the harbor,
survivors of the strange cruise said,
Morgan shot Mr.. Faulding to death
and assumed command.
Four days of terror ensued.
Morgan, Federal authorities were
Evening star., 1938-01-03
NATIONAL GUARD
PROGRESS IS SEEN
Force Is Stronger Than
Ever, Maj. Gen. B|anding
Says in Report.

The National Guard is stronger now
than it has ever been, Maj. Gen. AL
bert H. Blanding. chief of the National
Guard Bureau has informed the Sec
retary of War in his annual report,
made public today.
Declaring the Guard is better pre-
pared both materially and morally to
fulfill its mission in the scheme of
national defense than at any other
time in its history" Gen. Blanding's
message, in part, reads:
During the fiscal year 1887 the
National Guard made material prog
ress in every field of its endeavor.
During this year Congress authorized
the third 5000 increment. This brings
the authorized strength of the Ma
tional Guard to 205.0O0, which is only
5000 short of the figure set by the
War Department as the minimum
strength necessary for the successful
accomplishment of the Guards mobili-
Zation mission"
An attempt to improve rifle and
automatic rifle craftsmanship training
by supplying model 1906 ammunition
will be made, Gen. Blanding said.
This will enable the Guard to use more
than 85 ranges which have been classi-
fed as unsafe for firing 80 caliber MI
ball cartridges. Construction of an
adequate number of usable ranges was
urged.
The Guard official called attention
IN his report to shortage of pilot
personnel in the aviation unit, stating
every effort is being made to assist
unit commanders in attracting trained
Evening star., 1938-01-03
RUST T0ASK $4,000
TO HONOR JACKSON
Proposes Memorial at Bull Run
Battlefield Where Nickname
"Stonewall" Was Conferred.

An appropriation Of S25.000 to erect
a statue at Bull Run Battlefield in
memory of Gen. Stonewall jackson
will be sought when the General As
sembly in Virginia meets in January.
State Senator John w. Rust of
Fairfax, president of Manassas Bat
tlef1eld Confederate Park, said today
he would introduce a bill to place a
monument on the exact spot near the
historic Henry House where jackson
was standing when Gen. Bee, whose
men were falling back in disorder in
the face Of a whitening fire, seeing
Jackson's brigade standing fast, cried
out: Look at jackson; there he stands
like stone WALL
Senator Rust said he is reasonably
certain the bill will pass, since the
matter has been discussed with a
number of other members of the Gen.
eral Assembly, who are interested in
honoring Jackson. There has been
strong sentiment voiced for such a
memorial both from chapters of the
Daughters of the Confederacy and
Sons of the Confederacy in various
parts of the State, and from private
individuals.
Senator Rust also asserted the move
ment is growing to have the Gov
ernment take over Bull Run Battle
field and maintain it permanently as
a part of the National Park System.
Evening star., 1938-01-03

told, apparently went mad after the
death of Mr.. Faulding, enforcing his
orders at the point of gun and treat
ing other members Of the party with
inhuman cruelty.
He ordered the Aafje headed for
some unknown objective in the South
Seas.
A Navy seaplane sighted the Aafje
early last week and Coast Guard
cutter was sent to the rescue,
Evening star., 1938-01-03
For Skin-ltching,
Millions Praise Zemo

zemo relieves the itching Of Simple
Rashes and RinEworm-soothes the Itch
ing irritation Of Eczema. Pimples and
similar skin ailments For 80 years Zemo
has been, used and praised by millions as
clean. dependable remedy for family
use to relieve the itching Of skin irrita-
tions. A trial will convince you Of its
great merit. Zemo should be in every
home. Approved by Good Housekeeping
Bureau. 35c. 6Oc. 81. All druggists.
Evening star., 1938-01-03

pilots to their squadrons." He also
pointed out that anti-aircraft batteries
are still considerably handicapped by
la k of modern equipment.
Evening star., 1938-01-03

More than 42,5O0 seats have been
booked for the Aldershot (England)
Tattoo next August.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-03-04
TOSCANINI THRILLS RAPT AUDIENCE
WITH MUSIC FROM MAGIC BATON

THE NBC Symphony is going
on the air At 9 p. M, an
hour before the concert, Studio
8-H opens for first arrivals {.
They present personal invita-
ton cards at the door With
a half hour yet to go, the studio
is filled Musicians come on
stage singly and in groups {.
Lights grow dim :. Studio clock
is covered Control room is
darkened An eerie greenish
light from the control board is
caught on the engineers fore
head Figures indistinguish-
able to the audience hover near
him All else there is dark
Audience is hushed :.
Quiet E. All eyes turn to a little
booth on left of the stage
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-03-04

"STEPMOTHER," brand new
coast-to-coast Columbia show is
one radio program that's full of
real life situations.
For instance, the author, Mrs.
Jocelyn Gerry, is a stepmother,
so her wealth of first hand ex-
periences give her many situa-
tions to duplicate in the script.
The director, Les Weinrott, was
himself a stepchild.
The leading lady, Sunda Love,
Is the mother of young son so
it is not hard for her to play
up to 'Bud Fairchild." her step
son in the script.
The leading man, Francis x.
Bushman, is in real life the
father of several children to
whom he gave a stepmother
when he married Beverly Bayne,
30 the "Stepmother" angle is an
old situation to the former star
of the silent screen.
Peggy We'll, who plays Miss
Loves stepdaughter in the show,
uses her own name in the script
she is called "Peggy Fair
child"
Bud PEBBLES, who plays "Bad
Fairchild" in the script and
Bud" on MICS Uncle Ezra