davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
Thank You Father
Hurt, Cries Peace

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-A white
horse belonging to Continually
Thank You Father, AZ, a follower
of Father Divine, ran into a Third
Avenue surface car at 9 a. m.
The horse broke it's neck and
died. Continually Thank You
Father got up from the wreckage
Of his vegetable wagon, shouted
"Peace!" and refused medical aid.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
ROBINSONS ARE.
identified AS.
RUBENS COUPLE.
u. S. Will Make New
Demand on Soviet

MOSCOW, Jan. 5 G.N.S0.-Mr.
and Mrs. Donald L. Robinson, the
couple who diSap-
peared from their Moscow hotel
some weeks ago, were officially
identified today as the equally
mysterious Adolph A. Rubens and
his wife who dropped from sight
in New York.
The Identification was made by
officials of the United States EN-.
basSy.
DOUBT REMOVED
Editors Note: The tdentttt.
cation apparently REMOVED all
doubt that at least the tOomG1
,Uho disappeared tohile staying
in MoScoW under the name OF
Ruth Robinson, is an American
citizen, and thus tOil haze the
privilege of consulting tOith
United States officials, eDen it
guilty of entering Soviet Russia
1Dith a fraudulent passport.
Whether the couple 1OGS still
Gliue or had already been con-
Uicted and executed on charges
of conspiracy, as often rumored,
tDGS not disclosed immediately
Worldwide speculation over the
Mrs. Robinson" who disappeared
from the National Hotel in highly
mysterious circumstances was
ended when the American consul
general looked at a picture of Mrs
Rubens.
SENT FROM LONDON
It had been sent here from Lon
don after being wireleSsed to the
British capital by the State De
partment at Washington.
That's the woman I talked
to in the National Hotel" the
consul said with finality.
Mrs. Robinson" sought the aid
of consular officials early last
month, stating her husband had
dropped from sight after presufm
ably being taken to a hospital suf
fering from pneumonia. She had
hardly disclosed his disappearance
when she disappeared.
whatever action may now be
taken," the consul continued,
'is up to the State Department.
HARD PART OVER
"But the hardest part of our
, job is finished. We had to
know who the Robinsons and
the Rubens were before we could
make any move"
The dramatic revelation that at
least Mrs. RubenS possessed Amer,
lean citizenship places Washing.
ton in a position, under terms Of
reciprocal treaty, to make a legal
demand that a consular repreSen-
tative be allowed to visit the couple
in their Jail cell.
Should the Soviets refuse the
demand, particularly in the case OF
Mrs. Rubens, open violation of the
treaty must be acknowledged.
Mrs. Rubens is known to have
been an American. She was born
in the Germantown section OF
Philadelphia, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick Boerger, who
are now in Miami. Rubens came
from Latfia.
NEW YORK, Jan. S Q.N.S)
Thomas Fitch, State Department
representative here who has been
handling the investigation of the
mysterious "Robinson-R u b e n s.
case said he had no immediate
statement to issue when informed
by international News Service
today of the developments in Mos
COW.
He explained:
IT can take no action of any
sort nor can I issue any kind
Of a statement until I re-
ceive some official instruction
from my superiors in Washing.
ton. OF course, I am glad to
learn that the Robinson-Rubens
identity has been officially
established-a fact which I had
long suspected-but that's about
all can tell you"
o OAo4oo Hyv~A
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
Son Born to CrOOner Crosby
Baby Weighs Six
Pounds; Marks
Their Fourth

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 5 G.N.SO.
There was another potential
crooner in the Bing Crosby family
today.
His wife, Dixie Lee Crosby, pre-
sented the singer-actor with a .:x-
pound son at the Cedars of Leba-
non Hospital, the fourth to be
born to the couple.
"I'Ve got to think up a brand
new lullaby to sing to him."
Bing said as he quit his nervous
pacing of the floor to receive
congratulations.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
Woodbridge Group
To Protest Liquor

Sponsored by the Rhode Island
Avenue Citizens Association, a
mass meeting will be held tonight
at 8 o'clock in Sherwood Church
auditorium, Twenty-Second Street
and Rhode Island Avenue North
east, to which all citizens of the
community are invited.
The meeting is "to put this
community definitely on record
with regard to the further issuance
Of liquor store permits in this
vicinity"
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
8 States Hunt
4 Men in HOldup

NEW YORK. Jan. 5 QN.S).
An eight-State alarm was out to-
day for four bandits who escaped
from the King Point Il. H. estate
of J. Edward Meyer, utility execu-
tive, with $4,000 in cash and
jewelry after binding and gagging
five members of the household.
Every road leading out of Mas
sau county was closed to travellers
unable to give an account Of them
selves, and all metropolitan bridges
weer watched.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
Arnu Officers Must Reduce

. overweight officers have been
warned to reduce.
Major General Charles R. Rey,
noldS, chief of the Army Medical
Corps, warned, however, that Off.
GERS over the age of 40 should be
very careful as to how they re,
duCe.
Walking he advocates as an ex,
cellent means to the required end.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05

Bowers, according to G-men,
confessed last night he had shot
the pretty widow and then tried
to attack her friend, Mary Grif,
fin when they caught him in the
house.
BOND 100000
He was Immediately placed
under 100000 bond on a Federal
charge of unlawful flight to es'
cape prosecution for murder, and
thus may be rushed back without
the formality of extraditing him.
Long sought as the killer
Bowers escaped the nationwide
net because he had been in jail
here under an assumed name since
four days after the killing.
Arrested as a petty thief and
vagrant he gave the name ot
George Francis Lewis, but was
finally identified through his fin
gerprints that were forwarded to
the Bureau of Identification in
washington.
IDENTIFIED BY VICTIM
Miss Griffin, from a hospita
bed, had identified the 19-year-olc
youth from a rogues' gallery pic
ture, especially remembering his
pop-eyes which, she recalled with
horror, looked like marbles"
Although armed with a detailed
description, authorities were puz
zled over the way he dropped
from sight. Bowers, they said
admitted he had hoped jail would
prove a sanctuary until the search
died down.
Surprised when confronted with
the fingerprint evidence, he
quickly broke down and admitted
the double crime, according to G.
men.
Blowers broke into Mrs. Carpen
ter's home just ten days after his
discharge from the Huntington
(Pa.) reformatory, where he had
been sent for felonious assault.
Finding a pistol during his
search of the house, he was about
to leave when he heard the
women's car approach. He hid be
hind radio, according to the con
fession' and lfaped out as they en-
tered,
Screaming in terror, the two
rushed upstairs. There he cor
nered them and, after taking $11
from their purses, knocked Miss
Griffin unconscious and ordered
Mrs. Carpenter to tie her to bed
When she fumbled with the cord
Bowers, the confession stated
struck her with the gun butt anc
then shot her in the head anc
back as she lay on the floor.
He next tried to attack the still
unconscious Miss Griffin. Ther
he took a leisurely bath, redresSec
and hitch-hiked to a railroad sta
ton. He said he threw the gun ir
a sewer along the road.
He came West through Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati and Chicago
thence to Louisville, where he was
arrested.
|N n III
Evening star., 1938-08-11
SYMPHONY CONCERT
SCHEDULED TONIGHT
Tickets for Performance Rained
Out Yesterday Will Be Good
Without Exchanging.

Postponed last night because Of rain,
the concert of the National Symphony
Orchestra will be given at the Water
Gate at o'clock this evening under
direction of Willem van Hoogstraten
conductor of the summer concerts OF
the New York Philharmonic-Sym-
phony Orchestra for II years.
Tickets for yesterdays performance
will be honored tonight and need not
be exchanged, the Symphony manage
ment announced
The program will open with Bee
thoven's overture to "Fidelio" and
continue with the same composers
Eighth Symphony" Other compost
tions will include Strauss tone poem,
Don Juan; eight Russian folk songs
of Liadov, Debussy's Festivals" and
Brahms Hungarian dances, Nos. 20,
and 1.
Tonight will be the next to last of
the Government nights" at which
employees Of various departments. hav-
ing obtained reduced prices for blocks
Of seats, attend the concert in body.
Groups to be represented tonight are
the Labor Department, Works Prog
ress Administration, Reconstruction
Finance Corp. and American Red
Cross.
Tickets for the performance are on
sale at the National Symphony box
office, Julius Garfinckel e. Co. and the
American Automobile Association
Ticket Bureau. The box Office at the
Water Gate will open at $50 pm.
Radio Station WMAL will announce
over the air at 7:30 pm. whether or
not the concert is to be postponed be-
cause OF weather conditions.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
BAND CONCERTS

BY the Soldiers Home Military
Band this evening in the bandstand
at 7 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman.
bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March. "A Bold Front Seltzer
Overture. "Debonaire" -Leidzen
Descriptive fantasia. "A Day at
West Point Academy -Bendix
Scenes from the grand opera. La
Gioconda" -Ponchielli
Popular numbers:
Riptlde' -------------Donaldson
Side by Side Woods
Valsette, 1T Happened in Monterey"
Wayne
Finale. "The Blue Guidon" ---HufYer
THE Star Spangled Banner"
BY the United States Marine Band
tonight at 1880 o'clock at the D. c.
War Memorial. Capt. Taylor Branson,
leader; William F. Santelmann, second
leader, conducting.
Program.
March. Second Connecticut" Reeves
Overture. Fraternity" Clarke
Characteristic, "Moraima"- Espinosa
Duet for flute and horn, "Serenade,"
It'll
Musician Clayton Lindsay, flute;
Musician Thaddeus Hess. horn.
Excerpts from THE Merry Widow"
Lehar
"Intermezzo" -Arensky
nor rit 70,
Llewellyn" W Wiedoeft
Musician Felix Eau Claire.
Waltz, Danube Waters" Ivanovici
"Serenade" Moszkowsky
Hymn and triumphal march from
Aida" Verdi
The Marines Hymn"
1.-THE Star spansled Banner"
Evening star., 1938-08-11
LIQUOR STORE ROBBED
NEAR POLICE STATION
Unshaven Man Appears Out of
Storm and Gets $50 From
Cash Register.

A bold hold-up man. who robbed
the clerk of liquor store Just around
the corner from police headquarters
during last nights storm, was being
sought by police today.
The man. about SO and unshaven,
walked into the store. at 216 Sixth
street NV, covered the night man
ager, Paul Burke. 80. of 1881 East
Capitol street. with pistol and rifled
the cash register of about $50. He
then ran out into the storm from
which he had appeared Numerous
policemen walk along that section al
most constantly, as the police garage.
where the cruiser cars are kept, Is
almost directly opposite the establish
ment.
Two colored men snatched the
pocketbook of Mary E. Bower, 1899
North Capitol street. last night as she
walked in the 1900 block of Massachu-
setts avenue NV. and fled The purse
contained only 81 in change, police
said.
Evening star., 1938-08-11

last spring. At that time he prom
ised his friend. Dr. William M. Mann,
Zoo director, to bring him couple
of walrus cubs. DR.. Mann is now
vacationing in Europe and it was up
to Mr.. Walker to decipher the ex-
plorer's message
Walruses are very rare in geological
collections. They are difficult to keep
alive in captivity and Mr.. Walker
refuses to count his pair before they
arrive at the park next fall.
Mr.. Walker is sure Capt. Bartlett's
"humming birds" are walruses, in view
of the word "whiskers." As every ZOO
fan knows, even the young walruses
have bristling whiskers.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
|NCREASEDFUND
FOR CONTROL Of
UTILITIES ASKED
Commission Would Add is
to Staff Under $120,66O
: Budget Estimate.
FIRE DEPARTMENTS
REQUEST IS LOWERED
Schrom Seeks 81, ,433,070 for 1910.
Sum Would Include 13 New
Pieces Of Apparatus.
BY DON S. WARREN,

An increase of Is employees In its
staff, in order to provide more effective
control over Washington's utility con-
Germs, was sought today by the Public
Utilities Commission in requests for
1910 appropriations totaling S12O, $50.
While such an appropriation would
be 56 per cent greater than that
granted for the current fiscal year,
the commission argued that the gross
revenues OF the concerns under its
control have increased by 344 per cent
since 1918, when the commission was
created.
Inc gross revenues of the utilities
amounted to but LAO 900 in 1918.
but during 1887 were s5O.S25, 900.
Meanwhile, Fire Chief Charles E.
Schrom again placed himself in a class
by himself By asking for a decrease in
appropriations. For his department
for 1910. Chief Schrom asked s2,433.-
o7O. or $3.50 less than the sum
granted for this year.
Provides New Apparatus.
Even so, the Fire Department would
be benefited by provision for 13 new
pieces OF apparatus. costing SIS 500. or
some Sl2,500 more than the sum pro-
vlded for the purchase of eight pieces
OF fire-f1ghting equipment for this year.
For salaries for the Public Utilities
Commission, Chairman Riley E. Eleen
asked $l18,860 for next year. as COM
pared with $4,000 for this year He
explained this increase would permit
the employment of two additional en-
glneers, seven accountants. two extra
inspectors, one special investigator.
three clerks and messenger. The SAL
ares OF the proposed Is additional en-
ployes would aggregate s42,s60.
Staff Overtime Cited.
Chairman Elgen explained that
staf1 OF 80 would be but eight more
tnan were available in 1884. before
economic conditions caused Congress
to order slash of IA in the staff.
reducing it to II persons. To support
his request for additional help. Mr..
Elgen said the staff gives many hours
OF overtime work in an effort to
keep up.
If estimates of the Fire Department
are approved, they will provide for
purchase of four pumping engines at
a total cost of $4,000; two new aerial
hook and ladder trucks. costing s35.-
600: five new chiefs automobiles. cost
ing $4,000, and two new passenger cars
costing $l.500
The department also seeks the oro-
vision OF an electrocardiograph for use
In examination and treatment of fire.
men suffering from heart disease. The
department said cardiac diseases were
prevalent among firemen because of
the nature of their work and were
among chief causes of retirement
The machine would cost about $3.50.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
fine ARTS BOARD
MEETSIN new YORK
All Plans for New Buildings Are
Still in Preliminary Stage,
Official Saws.

H. P. Caemmerer. secretary of the
Fine Arts Commission, returned to-
day after attending a one-day meet
ing OF the commission in New York
City. at which routine matters in
connection with the proposed new
Federal-municipal building program
IN Washington were considered.
The New York meeting was devoid
of any action. Mr.. Caemmerer reported.
since all plans for new buildings are
in preliminary stage and were fully
discussed at a recent meeting of the
commission.
The Fine Arts group, he said, is
marking time pending a decision of
the Public Works Administration with
respect to the municipal center project
Of the District government. The Dis
trict Commissioners have applied for
a $3.50, 900 loan and grant to start
the new center. It may be held up
until Secretary Ickes returns from
Alaska.
Other items in the building pro-
gram such as the new Social Sc
curity and War Department buildings
are not in present shape for the COM
mission to make any definite state
ment at this time.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
Speeding Cases Increase Is Pct.
In Last Year, Report Sho,vs
Total of Monetary Punishment for d. C.
Offenses Reaches S5O7, ,O54, With
6O,8l6 Persons F0rfeiting.

An l8 per cent increase in the num-
Der Of speeding cases taken to Traffic
Court during the year ended June 80,
as compared with the preceding fiscal
year, was reported to Corporation
Counsel Elwood H. Seal today by his
Police Court staff.
During the last year 12.481 speed
cases were prosecuted, as against
10.588 in the preceding year All told
35,5l3 charges of traffic offenses OF
various kinds were handled by the
District prosecutors. an increase OF
more than per cent over the pre-
ceding year.
While the record does not give a
breakdown for punishment of speed
ers alone. the report reveals that fines
and forfeitures in Traffic Court
amounted to $l15.589. Monetary pun
ishment for violation of other laws
and regulations in the District OF
Columbia branch of Police Court to-
tailed 1891 .464, making the total S507,.
054. an increase of $3l,374 over the
preceding year.
A total of 60,8l6 persons elected
to forfeit collateral in Traffic Court
and there were 9.783 who forfeited in
Police Court in the last year.
First-Offense Cases.
First-offense speeding cases taken
to court in the last year numbered
ll,472. an increase OF 1851. The
number of second-offense speeding
cases was 934, an increase of 313. The
number of third-offense speeding cases
was IS, an increase of 20.
There was a decrease of "a in the
number of persons charged with oper-
ating without permit, operating on
dead permits. loaning permits, oper-
Evening star., 1938-08-11
VIRGIN|AN FOUND DEAD

John William Buckner, 56, was
found dead at his home near Bailey's
Cross Road. Va, yesterday with a
bullet wound in his head, according to
Fairfax County police.
A .32-caliber pistol was lying on the
floor near his body. police said. He
was reported to have been in ill health
for some time. Surviving are his
widow, Mrs. Carrie Buckner; a son,
Charles, and a daughter, Mildred.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
Pair of Walruses for D. C.. Zoo
Ready, Capt. Bartlett Radioes

Have two humming birds with
whiskers for you"
This short-wave message came
cracking through the ether late yes
terday from the Icy wastes of the
Arctic Ocean.
1t was picked up by an amateur
radio operator in Brooklyn, N. Y, and
delivered to Ernest P. Walker, acting
director of the Washington Zoo.
The message at first puzzled Mr..
Walker, but he figured it out on learn
ing it was from Capt. Bob" Bartlett,
the explorer, who is now on Summer
cruise In the Arctic aboard his schooner
Morrissey.
Capt. Bartlett Va in Washington
Evening star., 1938-08-11
SUPPORT FAILURE
|. BLAMED IN CRASH
Inspector Discounts Report
Termites Weakened
Buildings Beams.

A detective central support kupar-
emily caused the collapse yesterday
Of part of the two upper floors of the
Columbia Specially Paper Box fac.
tory. injurying one person and en-
dangering more than two-score more
Acting Building Inspector James B
DAILY said today
Mr. Daily explained, however, that
it could not be determined immedi-
ately what caused the failure of the
support, pending removal Of the de-
bris from the building at 228 First
st. NV.
He discounted report that terrnites
may have weakened the beams and
upright supports. declaring his investi-
cation showed no evidence of rotten
wood except on the ceiling OF the
fourth floor.
Meanwhile. it was revealed that two
Of the buildings three fire escapes
were out of order at the time of the
crash. Edward j. Fay, manager of
the company. located at 228 First
street NV, said the firm had been
ordered by the Fire Department to
make repairs on the two pieces of
equipment. but that the workman in
charge had not completed the job.
Twelve of the so employees in the
building were working in the rear sec.
ton where the third floor suddenly
gave way. pulling down the top floor
and sending blocks of concrete. wood
and plaster crashing down to the
second floor.
The injured man. Raymond Grieve.
SO, Of 1913 D street NE. was trapped
in the mass of tangled wreckage. He
was pulled free by two fellow workers,
Charles Thomas, 10. OF Baltimore
and Clarence Harrington, %, Alexan-
dria. Va, who had escaped injury
themselves by lodging under heavy
machine
Suffering broken arm and possibly
other injuries, Mr.. Grieve was taken
to Casualty Hospital.
Most of the persons in the rear OF
the building flattened themselves
against the walls or ducked under
heavy furniture or machinery when
they saw the crash coming. Witnesses
said the collapse made a noise like
an earthquake"
Two sisters working on the first
floor tainted after they made their
way out of the wreckage. They were
Dorothy Zemencki, 19. and Mrs. Louise
Pilot. %, both of Baltimore. Several
other workers climbed down fire
escapes or were assisted down ladders
hoisted by firemen.
Herman Huffman of the Building
Inspectors ONCE. who began an in.
vestigation late yesterday, said the
third floor of the plant appeared to
have been overloaded. When it caved
in, he said, the supports of the fourth
floor collapsed and the weight of both
fell on the second floor. The building
was very DID," he said.
The section damaged was used
chiefly for storage of boxes and paper.
Most Of the cutting and scoring ma
chinery was In the front part of the
building.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
ANNUAL SESSION
|. Of D. c. LEGION
TO OPEN TONIGHT.
Gen. Cox to Make Chief
Address-CoIorfuI Parade
Is Scheduled.
DIXON, BRADY SEEK
POST OF COMMANDER
Distinguished Citizen Citations
and Several Trophies Will
Be Presented.

The goth annual convention of the
District American Legion will open
for a three-day session at the May
flower Hotel tonight at o'clock.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox. COM
mander of the District National Guard
is scheduled for the principal address
at the opening meeting, which will be
preceded by a colorful parade.
The convention will close Saturday
night with the election of officers.
Legionnaires say the race for depart
ment commander for the ensuing year
apparently has narrowed down to two
of the 10 candidates originally in the
field These are Edward r. Dixon,
department membership officer for the
last two years, and James T. Brady
solicitor of the Veterans Administra-
ton and commander of the National
Cathedral Post of the Legion.
Welcome by Hazen.
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen will
give the address of welcome tonight
Thomas Mason, jr., department COM
mander. will reply. Phil Conley. ma
tional vice commander, also will make
an address
Other events scheduled for opening
night include the presentation of
citations of distinguished citizenship
to j. Edgar Hoover. head of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation: Maj. Ernest
w. Brown, superintendent of police:
Benjamin NJ McKelway. managing
editor of The Star; Robert v. Fleming.
president Of the Riggs Bank. and Isaac
Cans, chairman Of the Alcoholic Bev-
erage Control Board.
Several awards of trophies to various
Legion posts will be made and guests
will be introduced. including a number
Of visiting department commanders.
Greetings will be given by Mrs
Dorothy B. Harper. president of the
Legion Auxiliary; Fred Fraser. chef
de Chemin de Fer, and John E. Nc
Cabe, grand chef de gere of the Forty
and Eight. and Mrs Helen E. McCabe.
la chapeau departmental, Eight and
Forty.
Music by Drum Corps.
Music will be by the Fort Stevens
Post Drum and Bugle Corps. Legion
champions of the District, and the
Sergt. Jasper Juniors Glee Club.
The parade preceding the opening
will form at John Marshall place and
Pennsylvania avenue NV. at 7 o'clock
and move west on the Avenue to
Thirteenth street. 1t will then turn
north to L street and then west again
to Connecticut avenue, disbanding
after passing the convention head
quarters
Col. Jonathan NJ Wainwright, COM
mandant of Fort Myer, will be grand
marshal of the parade William Leo
Collins of Bunker Hill Post will be
Legion marshal
Department Comdr. Mason was the
guest of honor at the annual dinner
of the Americanism Committee of the
Legion at the Mayflower last night.
o. c. Holleran. retiring chairman,
presided at the dinner, which is held
each year to celebrate the end of
each years work. He was presented
with a cigarette case and lighter.
Joseph Walker was selected as chair
man OF the committee for next year.