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The Washington times., 1938-02-14
HERALD-TIMES
CARRIERS BACK

Three hundred and fifty tired
but happy Herald-Times carrier
boys returned last night from
New York where they spent yes
terday as guests Of the Herald
Times Boys Club.
Arriving in New York the boys
proceeded in march formation to
the Empire State Building and
then boarded special buses for
the Metropolitan amateur hockey
matches at Madison Square
Garden. The motorcycle police
escort thrilled the youngsters al
most as much as did the visit
to the Columbia Broadcasting
Theater where they heard and
saw Guy Lombardo and his Royal
Canadians in special broadcast
arranged by the General Baking
Co.
On to Chinatown, the Battery,
Bowery, a Chinese temple and q
museum went the youthful tour
lists and finally to the Penn
sylvania Hotel where they ate q
special chicken dinner in the
Rouge Roome with Assistant Man.
ager E. F. Curran and Banquet
Manager Rene Levy in personal
attendance.
L. Gordon Leech, director of
the boys club, and ten supervisors
and about 20 branch managers
directed the trip.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
500 INQUEST
OPENS TODAY

Residents of Washington's Chi
nese colony today gathered at the
Morgue, where a coroner's jury
was scheduled to sift the circum
stances leading to the murder, Feb
ruary /, of Henry Der 500, 53.year
old laundryman, of the 1400 block
of H st. N. E.
Held for investigation in the
Staying was William Der, alias Nee
Yee, 36-year-old waiter and kins
man of the victim. He was ar
rested after Mary Tesvie, laun
dress for 500, said he visited hel
employer the night of the Staying
500 was strangled with a heavy
rope and his throat slashed. In
an adjoining room evidence was
found of a hurried search fol
papers or money. A $1,000 savings
cache has never been located.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
CCC Boys Hunted
AS Stone Hurlers

HARRIsONBURG Va, Feb. II.
Officers Of nearby Civilian Con-
servation Corps camps and police
today were seeking a group Of
CCC boys reported to have hurled
a rock through the plate glass
window of a Harrisonburg lunch
room Saturday night.
The proprietor Of Paul's Lunch
posted a sign Saturday afternoon,
barring CCC boys in uniform,
police said. Later the rock was
hurled through the window and a
group of CCC youths were seen
fleeing.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
1O-YEAR SEARCH
ENDS IN KILLING
OF WROSg MAN
Police Deny Victim Is
Fake Diamond Dealer

NEW YORK, Feb. Il dN.s),
The bitter trail Of vengeance
which Joseph Horowitz followed
for 10 years apparently ended in
a fiasco today when police an
nounced they believed the wrong
man is dead.
Horowitz, AZ, held at suburban
North Armonk without bail on a
homicide charge, has insisted that
the man found slashed to death
there was THE weasel" slick con.
fidence man who swindled him
out Of $4,000 10 years ago.
POLICE VERSION
But police here said they be.
lieved the dead man is Morris J.
Felzner, illiterate laundry worker,
who frequently was under treat
ment in a feeble-minded home in
Rome, N. Y. AcquaintanceS here
said he never even heard Of any
such amount as $2,500."
Horowitz, his hands and clothes
Spattered with fresh blood, was
arrested early yesterday near the
Armonk estate Of Helen Clay
Frick, railroad heiress. He was ap-
pretended by Patrolman william
Arman, who didn't even know at
the time that q crime had been
committed. The caretaker Of the
Frick estate had summoned him
after hearing screams.
TELLS OF SEARCH
Horowitz said that on Saturday,
after a 10-year search, he located
the man he believed to be "The
Weasel'-the m a n who had
tricked him out Of his life savings
in a fake diamond deal. He had
lured him to Armonk, he told po-
lice, by promising to sell him Q
farm in Massachusetts, dirt
cheap"
Police announced HorowitZ con-
fessed Slashing the victim, but
claimed self-defense on the
grounds that the man pulled q
knife on him.
Bernard Benkler, brother-in-law
Of Horowitz, who drove the two
others to Armonk, was jailed as a
material witness.
SPECTACULAR FEAT
Capture Of Horowitz was the
second spectacular feat in the
career of Orman. He is the small
town patrolman who last year
aided in the capture Of Merle Van.
denbush, notorious desperate.
Orman, who is 27, intends to
resign on February 20 to take a
job as gang-smasher for Los
Angeles police.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
" FRIGHT TO BID
FOR LIBERTY ON
INSANITY PLEA
Same Juymen to Pass
Upon Responsibility

LOS ANGELES, Feb. IA Q.N.S.).
Found guilty of manslaughter for
the white flame" Staying of his
wife and best friend, Paul A.
Wright today was to make a de
spairing bid for freedom on the
grounds of insanity.
Weary from the 26-day sensa-
tional trial that resulted in
Wright's conviction Saturday, the
same jury of eight men and four
women is to decide If the promi-
nent aviation figure was insane
when he killed Evelyn Wright and
John B. Kimmel, after surprising
them in a Shocking" embrace.
GHOST OF OLD SELF
Wright has become the ghost of
the man who early last November
9 called police to his pretentious
home in Glendale and told them
II am a murderer"
Expecting to be vindicatde, the
shock Of the conviction caused
him to collapse as he left the
courtroom Stuarday. Already suf-
fering from a severe chest congeS-
ton and cold, Wright was reported
to have a temperature Of 102 de-
grees in the county jail hospital
yesterday.
Only two days are expected to
be taken for the insanity hearing,
since the prosecution went fully
into the reasons it believes Wright
was sane when he shot and killed
the couple.
FACES ASYLUM PERIL
Wright's attorneys then would
have the burden of proving that
the sight which met his gaze
caused a surge Of insanity, which
burned consciousness of his act
from his mind.
IF the jury finds Wright was in
sane when he killed Mrs. Wright
and Kimmel he will be freed if,
after an examination by alienistS
he is declared to again be normal.
If not, the 38-year-old overseas
veteran will be sent to a State
insane asylum.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
Horse, Mule Crop
Half Below Par

(I.N.S.) The nations horse
and mule population is def
niteIy on the decline, it was
reported today by the Census
Bureau. Colts are sufficient
in number to replace only
about half the animals which
die, according to the bureau.
"A full knowledge of this
situation is important not
only for the breeders of
horses and mules, but for
the growers of feed crops
and cotton, and for the
manufacturers of farm
machinery, in order that
they may anticipate future
developments" the bureau
said.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
Heart Attack HaltS
McIntyre's Career
At COlOrful Peak
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

NEW YORK, Feb. IA INSJ.-O. o. Mcintyre
died today of heart attack at the pinnacle of
OF the greatest in the history of Journalism
The famous columnist passed away shortly after
midnight in his Park Avenue apartment. Only
Mrs Mcintyre was with him when he died. Odd,
Mcintyre didn't believe in doctors and he had none
in his last illness.
He would have been 81 had he lived until Friday,
his thirtieth wedding anniversary.
HEALTH BAD FOR YEARS
Mcintyre had not been in robust health for
eral years. But New Yorks best known bouevarder
insisted on keeping to his rounds gathering material
for New York Day by Day." the column syndcated
In about 400 newspapers from coast to coast
Besides his widow his one close survivor, Mc1n-
tyre leaves aunt, Mrs. Betty Smarr of PlattS-
burg, Mo-. and an uncle, Oscar Odd Young, an
Idahoan from whom 20. O." inherited his o. 0.
Mcintyre complained of being very tired" last
Friday. He wrote his last column in bed Saturday
after having breakfast on a tray.
GUST FLICKERED OUT"
"He Just flickered out" Mrs. Mcintyre said this
morning. The last thing he said to me was: Turn
your face toward me so I can see you
His last night out" in his beloved Manhattan
was Friday evening, when he attended a party with
friends. From the party he came home to die In
his apartment
oscar Odd McIntyre-to give him the name com
parativey few knew him by-was born in PlattS
burg, Mo-. February 10, 1884 and he never forgot
his birthplace. Time and again in his writings he
referred to his corr-Silk smoking back IN MISSOURI.
FIRST JOB IN OHIO
His parents were Henry Bell and Fanny Young
Mcintyre. From Missouri the Mcintyre family
moved to Ohio. Young Oscar Odd was educated
in the common schools and Bartlett's College, Gin
cinnat
Odd McIntyres first newspaper job was that OF
reporter on the Gallipolis (Oho) Journal. He held
many other editorial positions in later years. but
he always had the heart, mind and inclinationS
Of reporter.
Over and over again in his columns he referred
to his reportorial duties on the Galipolis paper.
It was back in 1902 when he was youth OF 49,
that he became reporter.
MARRIED AT24
From gathering local news on the Gallipolis Jour
nal, Mcintyre moved to the East Liverpool Tribune.
There he feature writer" and he made
enough salary for him to marry.
His bride was Maybelle Hope Small, of Gallipolis.
They were married on Odds twentyfourth birthday.
The gangling young newspaperman moved stead
lily up the journalistic ladder. New York became
his goal, just it has been the goal of countless
newspapermen from all over the country He came
to New York and became one Of Americas premiere
columniStS
INVENTIVE PARAGRAPHS
McIntyre's column, "New York Day by Day"
which he began a Shoestring, attained tremen-
dous popularity, and soon was a Syndicated tea-
ture in newspapers throughout the United States,
onI Movion
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
Peace Talk Slated
By Mrs. Roosevelt

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
address the Washington Council
Of the American Youth Congress
at 8 p. m. Friday in the Mt. Pleas
ant Congregational Church, 1410
Columbia Rd. N. w. Mrs. Roose-
velt's subject will be Youth Wants
Peace"
MISS FrancoiSe Black, Of the
District National Youth Admin
istration, will speak on "Recrea-
tional Needs for Youth in Wash
ington" at 8 o'clock tonight in the
IL. w. C. A.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
Watchman Saved
By Glasses Case

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo,
Feb. IA Q.N.S).-John Finnup,
one-armed night watchman here,
today owed his life to weak eyes
and the fact that he carries
glasses.
Finnup was sitting in a local
filling station when two youths
attempted to hold up the place.
He started to draw his gun when
one of the bandits fired. The bull
let struck a metal case in which
Finnup carries his glasses in his
left upper vest pocket, directly
over his heart.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
I'd Effort to Burn
Factory Thwarted

HARRIsONBURG, Va, Feb. IA.
Police today were investigating the
second attempt in recent weeks to
set fire to the Harrisonburg Candy
Company'S large factory and ware
house on the outskirts Of town.
Officials of the company yes
terday morning discovered a
quantity of burned waste in the
veStibule of a doorway. The in,
cendiaries apparently had fled be,
fore the fire gained enough head
way to destroy the waste.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
Oklahoma Facing
Security Hearing

G.N.S.) The Social Security
Board today announced hearing
has been called to determine
whether Federal grants to Okla
homa for old-age assistance, aid
to the blind, and aid to dependent
children shall be withdrawn. The
hearing, to be held at the Social
Security headquarters here Feb
ruary 25, is to determine whether
there has been failure in Okla
homa to comply with essential pro
visions of the act.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
Bible Punishment
For Tardy Officer

Because he was late for roll call,
a Twelfth precinct policeman had
"a taste of boyhood Sunday school
days yesterday.
Private Wade w. Carter was
assigned the task Of carefully
reading the first chapter OF
Genesis after he showed up tardy
Capt. Sidney Marks ordered the
penalty. The Bible was present.
ed to the precinct several days
ago by the American Bible So
ciety.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14

be the only New Yorker who
didn't own an automobile.
COLUMN ALWAYS CLEAN
Odd McIntyre'S column always
was ScrupulouSly clean. It was
fare for the entire fanily-never
any double meaning in it.
Before he took an apartment on
Park Avenue he lived at the Ritz
Hotel for 10 years. His favorite
color was purple and his haber
dashery startled more than one
guest.
All McIntyre's writing was done
in red ink on paper bearing a red
The Washington times., 1938-02-14

monogram. He hated telephones
and was afraid of poiSons.
The slim, white-haired columnist
was really a shy fellow despite
his peacock raiment. He would
blush furiously when praised or
when singled out for a microphone
Hello" Without ostentation. he
gave away thousands of dollars to
unfortunate Broadwayites.
McIntyre's body will be shipped
this evening to Gallipolis for bur-
ial. Christian funeral services
there have been set tentatively for
Thursday morning.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
Greenbelt Renter
Made u. Citizen

One of Greenbelt'S first resi-.
dents became an American citizen
today. He is Leslie Atkins, So.
year-old clerk, born in Sheffield,
England.
Atkins lives at 23-A Ridge Road,
in the Governments model com
munity. with his wife a d child
The wife, Edith Annie Atkins, also
born in Sheffield, England, will
apply for naturalization next
afpnth.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
MRS. MITCHELL SPEAKS

Choosing a Career" was the
subject of an address by Mrs.
Arthur w. Mitchell, wife of Rep
resentative Mitchell CD of Illi-
nois, at the annual youth day exer-
cises held at Lane C. M. E. Church
yesterday. Music was provided by
the women's quartet of Howard
University and the Northeast
Choral Society. The Rev. G. H
Long is pastor of the church.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
n. E. Citizens Meet
On ZOning Monday

The Northeast Citizens Associa'
ton will hold its regular meeting
at the Ludlow School, Sixth and
G SITS. N. E., at 8 o'clock tonight
Discussion will be centered on the
zoning, home rule, taxation anc
crime problems of the District.
No. a. TIMES
The Washington times., 1938-02-14

The one time small-city reporter
invented such paragraph features
in his column as Thoughts While
Strolling," the Diary" the Bag
atelles," the '"Thingumbobs," the
add Remembrance" the Purely
Personal Piffle" and the Look.
Alikes."
CARRIED O'HENRY'S TORCH
Sophisticates of Manhattan
and the tired farmer in the rural
areas "ate UP" McIntyre's stuff
with equal relish. He carried on
in a manner OF speaking, where o
Henry left off.
He reached his greatest audience
In February, 1928, when he became
a featured writer for the Hearst
press. The McNaught syndicate
handled his column.
Including his articles for Cos.
mopolitan magazine-which has
been preparing his biography for
publication beginning in the April
issue-his yearly output ran tt
100000 words.
He drew his material from four
sources, his memory, his reading
his observation and his mail. He
received about 5000 letters a week
HATED THE SUNLIGHT
o. O.'s usual routine was to arist
for breakfast at 10:30 a. m. Befor'
starting his column he would draw
the blinds of his workroom ant
turn on the lights. He hated tn,
sunlight as fervently as he disliket
doctors. 1t is worth noting tina
neither was present when he died
For years his job was to tel
100000 people every day abou
life in New York. His column raj
only about 800 words but it gal
nered a fortune for the one-tim
Gallpolis reporter.
Long before Walter Winchel
and other columnists even though
of sitting down to a typewriter
o. o. was writing about Broadway
People loved his stuff because !
had the homely touch. He CAV
his readers the impression he wa
still the Midwest "haySeed" flour
dering around the big town wit
his mouth open. He became
national institution.
FLASHY WARDROBE
O. o. was the big towns No.
boulevardier the rainbow-hue'
colunniSt.
In his younger days he was ou
to the theaters, restaurants an
night clubs every night with Mrs
Mcintyre. His flashy wardrob
was the talk of the town. H
loved colors. His shirts were some
thing to gaze upon. His collection
of canes would feed fireplace TO
q year.
OF late he rarely dined out an
seldom attended theater NOR
than once a week.
He would take a drive in hi
town car at the sedate pace o
IS miles an hour-which was reg
ulation back in Gallipolis. H
didn't buy a car until 1923. H
once wrote he felt rather di'
ttnguished" because he seemed Il
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
AMENDMENT BACKED

Members of the Abraham Lin.
coin Brigade last night endorsed
the O'Connell amendment to the
neutrality act forbiding shipment
of war supplies to aggressor ma
tions, in concluding their first an
nual convention at the Raleigh
Hotel.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
RECOGNIZE ETHIOPIA

THE HAGUE, Holland, Feb.
/ Q.N.S.). - Hollands govern
ment today decided to extend
formal recognition to 1taly's con-
Quest of ETHIOPIA.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14
USE SURPLUS HOPS

The Department Of Agriculture
plans to divert surplus hops into
fertilizer and mulch.
The Washington times., 1938-10-25
Mellen'S
Blast StirS
G.. O.P.

ROCKVILLE, Md. Oct. IS.
Republican circles in Mont
gOmery county were stunned
today by the action of H. B.
Mellen, president Of the
Young Republican Club, who
has resigned not only from
the club but from the COP.
In a sizzling letter read at
a meeting of the club last
night he declared:
ut is my intention to af-
filiate as a Democrat and to
do everything in my power
to procure the election Of the
Democratic party both now
and in the future"
Assailing the COP he
wrote:
"The past four years Of Re
publican county government
have shown that those in
control of the Republican
party in Montgomery county
are not fitted to manage the
affairs Of its citizens"
The Washington times., 1938-10-25

Scores ROOUeltism
WE echo the pinhead emotionalsm expressed
by one Of the Democratic gubernatorial
candidates Of Connecticut who remarked: 'The
people don't want to go back to Hooverisml"
No one has yet described in facts and figures
just what is "Hooverism." but If "Rooseveltism"
is to be accepted as the emotional opposite, with
its personalized government, ceaseless spending,
increasing taxation sapping of personal initiative
and definite trend toward authoritarianism, I
begin to wonder whether it is not a case Of
going back" to anything, but rather resurrec-
ton of popular desire for reasonable decency
in government.
At least Washington did not permeate the
country with the stencheS of its intellectually dis
honest conduct in 1923 as it does in 1885,
Copyright Ledger syndicate)
(BoGke CGrter'S opinions are his own and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TtneSJ
The Washington times., 1938-10-25

until I was four years old. On
the other hand, my brother
had exquisite hair, curly and
blonde. Mother used to sew
some Of his curls in my bon
nets, and made me look quite
sweet, said she, modestly.
However. the blow to my
pride came when Mother, urged
by dear friends to let them
see "the little darling without
The Washington times., 1938-10-25
Other Seasonal Signs

Other Seasonal Signs
0F COURSE, if we have no burning leaves, we
do have other signs of the season. .Theat-
rical and nightcub openings, window displays Of
winter habiliments, and advertisements Of cruises
to warm climes. The more pretentious Of the
weeks offerings were knights Of Song" glorify-
ing Messrs Gilbert and Sullivan, and the second
Of the Playwrights Company's productions,
"Knickerbocker Holiday. Each found its en-
thusiastic greeters, but must confess was not
among them. for I found them dull and unin-
spired. Not so evidently our ex-governor, AL
Smith, nor our dudish Grover Whalen. whom
spotted in upper boxes. applauding the resurrec-
ton Of "Peg-Leg" Peter stuyvesant in audible
and visible appreciation. Perhaps it was too
much to expect that each week would bring us a
Robert Morley's oscar WILDE" Maurice Evans
Hamlet" and Raymond Massey's Abraham
Lincoln"
The Washington times., 1938-10-25

Conn, or Bangor, Me-. We
have so few trees along our
avenues, and only when you
go to the parks do autumn's
beauty of color and aroma Of
piled leaves give you their an
nual treat. .. I miss the. smell
of leaves being burned. :.
There Is autumnal crispness Of
air in Manhattan, and the
strut of our citizenry along the
thoroughfares is more spirited
in keeping with the season;
but, otherwise, there are no
outer signs that the fall is here
The Washington times., 1938-10-25

expect, but character of increasing sincerity
and deadly earnestneSS.
The Herbert Hoover of 1888 is no more like the
Hoover of 1882 than chalk is like cheese At
present he is going round the country talking
common sense. The tragedy is not so much the
man himself but we people who form what is
known euphoniously as "the body polite"
Once we are emotionally through with public
servant, we're through with a capital T. No
The Washington times., 1938-10-25

It is interesting to watch
how Mr.. Hoover has mellowed
since departure from the White
House. He is less nervous. His
language is less pedantic, more
spicy, filled with more color
and verve. The spiritual Geth.
semane this only living ex-
President Of the United States
has gone through since the
world came crashing down
about our ears nine years ago
has served to create, not a Bit
ter man as one would naturally
The Washington times., 1938-10-25
By "Evie' Robert

(Which guess all you fans know play for George
Porgie's games) is called Indian Head? Cts
washableD Now, who but he could be so very
thorough?
Did you also know (now this is importantly that
every time the Redskins score a touchdown,
George and his wife, the former Corinne Grit
fith stand up (Which is not unusual at such a
time in ANYBoDYs life) and he kisses her on
the cheek? This latter seems to me to be VERY
unusual. Watch them next game Or maybe
they'll be sensitive and won't show off now.
was listening to group laughing and talking
the other day. and heard gag" that seems to
be suitable for this spot. They said the Clark
Griffith Stadium on Sundays was now called the
"CORINNE Griffith Stadium"
The Washington times., 1938-10-25

her bonnet on" would take it off me without
Gmile; and there was, my shame exposed.
When finally I DID get some hair let it grow
long, and have never cut it again. Now to get
down to hat life: large knot at the back of the
head is not easy to get around, over or under.
especially with these new hats. Another thing is
that hats are not becoming to me; take them
off and leave them places; and well, I just don't
like HATS. Thank you for your interest.
The Washington times., 1938-10-25
Rib

7 GOT an anonymous letter today asking me the
real honesttogoodness reason why I never
here's the truth.
When was little girl was as bald as an egg
The Washington times., 1938-10-25
Nothing Halfway

A s THE football season gets into full sway, it
seems appropriate to mention our own. our
pride and JOY our only boy, George Marshall,
owner of the Redskins" Our George never does
intimate friends without turning hair, to being
Just as complete as his team.
Did you know that the material used for the
costumes of the Chestnut Farms Dairy band
The Washington times., 1938-10-25
Pity For Prisoners

Pity For Prisoners
AT TWENTY-ONE, Stuart Erwin, currently
engaged in cinematic posturings at Long
Island studios recounts his fascinating expert
ences at our penal island of Rikers, where he
mingled with a few malefactors and found pity
in his heart for them. Slim, Self-assured Peggy
The Washington times., 1938-10-25
''But''- 6

NHE State Of Connecticut is mulling over the
effects of the Hoover keynotng speech in
Hartford
The Washington times., 1938-10-25

ALBUM OF MANHATTAN: Autumn in New
4 York is not the delight to eyes or olfactory
senses as say in Washington, D. c. New Haven,
The Washington times., 1938-10-25
Voice Of New York By L0u1J Sob0l

Fears is the chanteuse at Ell Rio, and surprisingly
effective. My special enthrallment is induced by
the much too beautiful Miss Blair, who dances
with her handsome Mr.. Barron in the enticing
fashion. AT Leone's I observe young Master
Freddie Bartholomew, posed before huge potato.
with his fork dug in The boy is growing up
and hope the kindly woman who guides him will
permit him to unleash himself from the enslaving
Elton collar and windsor tie, and permit him
to speak in manly bass. I should like to hear
one good round cuss word from him.
The Washington times., 1938-10-25
SAYS BOake Carter

matter how much common sense a repudiated
politician or statesman may expound after his
repudiation, we won't listen.