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The Washington times., 1938-10-10
Construction Due
To Start in
FeW Days
BY LUCIA GIDDENS

When work starts, probably
within the next few days, on
Washington's long-awaited new
airport, officials will visualize
completed development to be a
model for the nation and to rank
high with airports of metropoliseS
in other parts OF the world.
At Gravelly Point, a mile down
the Potomac River from the Wash
tngton- Hoover Airport, the new air
terminal will be located on 750-
acre site, Of which 500 acres will
be made by dry fill and dredg-
ing.
From the lines sketched in ink
on a map in the Civil AeronautlcS
Authority office, there emerged
today q glimpse of the plans
which propose to make the new
terminal one of the aviation show
places of the country and to offer
facilities worthy of the National
Capital.
FOUR BIG RUNWAYS
Four paved runways, $50 to
200 feet wide and at least 5,O0O
feet long, will radiate on the air
port site, with the advantage OF
open approaches in all eight dl-
rections. It is expected that the
runways will be ready for service
within 12 months after construc-
ton is started, but approximately
two years will be required to COM
plete all the details of the develop
ment.
"An adequate area close to
the center of the city, yet with
unObstructed approaches for
the planes" was the way one Of
ficial summed up the site, which
is 314 miles, or 10 minutes, from
the Post Office Building.
"I do not know Of any other
metropolis comparable to Wash
ington which now has such an
accessible airport with the facili-
ties that this one will have" he
declared. He pointed out that
"about As minutes is allowed to
drive from Newark to New York,
about IS minutes from Chicago'S
airport to the city. It's a good
hour from Croydon to Whitehall
In London. From LIE Bourget,
with a dauntlesS French taxi
driver, it takes probably 40 min
utes to reach q central location
in Paris. The Berlin airport is
the only one which even COM
pares in proximity with Wash
tngton'S new SITE"
BEYOND FLOOD STAGE
A release from the Civil Aero
nauticS Authority points out that
unlike the Capitals present air
port, which is subject to floods,
the finished surface Of the Grav.
ely Point Field will be above flood
stage of the river"
Til problem of occasional river
fogs will be faced by early con-
Sideration Of supplemental all
weather airport, sufficiently dis
tant from the city to permit long
unobstructed instrument approaches
through low-hanging clouds and
even blind landings.
Members Of the Civil Aero
nauticS Authority are strongly
Of the opinion that washington
is the logical hub Of the Nations
airways system and that the
Capitals No. / air terminal
should serve as a model for mu-
nicipal, State and Federal air
port development throughout
the country. But it should be
clearly understood that the de-
velopment Of such a terminal
at Gravelly Point calls for the
construction of a No. 2 or al.
ternate all-weather airport on
high ground away from the
river and as free from ground
fog as possible.
The Washington times., 1938-10-10

This the sirth of series of intimate insigts into the
aeS doyncrases horses entered by the Chilean Mer
American teams in the forthcoming Horse
Meudobrook October 1923 They ben Oren for
Washington Times By Mrs. "EDe Roberts and Uu appear
daily newspaper Roberts vice chairman of enter
tain1uent comittee for
The Washington times., 1938-10-10
Pleas Ignored

6TOdQ OuG1116S O1 LkbS TOSO1U'
tions committee report were re.
vealed to International News Ser.
vice today by one Of those who
helped draft it.
The report, briStling with op-
position to the Roosevelt admin.
istration, shattered hopes for peace
moves between the AFL and the
CIO. It swept aside direct plea
of President Roosevelt addressed
to the convention last Wednesday
asking labor to settle it's internal
quarrelS and present q united
front. International News Serv
ices informant disclosed that
passing reference" would be made
to the Presidents plea in the re
port, but that this reference would
be brief.
Major leaders of the federation
who control powerful blocks OF
votes In the convention were ready
to fight to the end for adoption
of the resolutions committee re
port, and conceded there may
be a fight. Daniel j. Tobin, presi.
dent of the teamsters, on Friday
proposed that the federation take
the lead in making overtures to
John Lewis for reopening Of peace
conferences between the rival
labor factions.
The Washington times., 1938-10-10
Nice to Campaign
In Capital Area

Maryland's short and swift cam
ipaign for State offices will move
into the Washington area this
week, starting tomorrow.
Governor Nice and the Repub
lican campaign party will spend
all day tomorrow in Prince Georges
county and all day Wednesday in
Montgomery.
DEMOCRATS, TOO
Attorney General o'Conor and
the other Democratic candidates
will campaign in Prince Georges
county Thursday. Their Mont
gomery county schedule has not
been announced.
Today the Republicans are con.
centrating on Anne Arundel
county and the Democrats on
Charles county.
The programs for the week:
The Washington times., 1938-10-10
LEADERS OF AFL
SPURN REUNION
WITH "RED" Clio
Resolution to Go Before
Labor Convention
BY EDWARD B. LOCKETT
Copyright, 1880

HOUSTON, Tex, Oct. 10 GIN
Il S0.-The American Federation Of
Labor convention late today will
be asked by its resolutions com
mittee to adopt a report saying
the A. F. of L. wants no reunion
of any kind with John L. Lewis
CIO under its present leadership.
CIO leadership today, the report
will say, is honeycombed with com
munism, ambitiously reaching out
for control of the labor movement
lin America. That was not true q
year ago, although there were COM
muniStic elements in the CIO
then, the report will say.
Now, the report will add, COM
munism is a definite threat to the
lCIO movement, and If the C1O
were welded to the AFL with pres
ent CIO leadership intact would
become in turn a threat to the
entire American labor movement.
During today'S session the reSo-
lutions committee planned to ask
the convention to adopt:
/. A report calling on labor
to fight to block Senate con-
firmation of Labor Relations
Board Member Donald Wake
field Smith, reappointed during
the summer to serve q second
term, by President Roosevelt.
2. A report sharply critical Of
the personnel Of the labor board
as q whole, with the exception
of Chairman ]. Warren Madden,
and attacking its decisions as
favoring the CIO and against
the AFL.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29

way to make a living. He, Abel
Mr.. BernStein-loved her and
appreciated her. This made jan
very angry and he picked up a
telephone stool and hit Abel--Mr.
Bernstein-over the head with It.
Abel fell to the floor but as he did
so he pulled a revolver from some
where inside his coat and shot Jan
twice. She ran from the apartment
shrieking. When the police came
Jan was lying on the floor, dead,
and Abel-Mr. Bernstein-waS sit
ting in a chair, the revolver in his
hands.
Gently and in a pretty bewil-
dered state Of mind from long gaz-
ing into those soft brown eyes, the
prosecuting attorney ended his
questioning. She turned from him
to Mr.. Mintz, Abels attorney.
He demanded to know whether
it wasn't true that Mr.. Todd, the
producer, had kept her for three
years, that she was a notorious
woman. Lucille looked at him
like a stricken deer and as she
turned from him to the Judge and
the jury, big tears were yelling In
her eyes. Even Abel-Mr. Bern
stein-turned his face away.
Mr.. Mintz talked his client
right into the electric chair.
THE VERDICT
She did not deign to answer
any of his questions until forced
to by the judge. And then she
answered in such a way that
everyone in the courtroom knew
that she was a much.abused
woman.
The Judge showed by the way
he charged the jury that he
shared the opinion of both Mr..
Mintz and Abel-Mr. Bernstein.
He told how many different YER
diets they could choose from but
he gave & pretty good idea that
a verdict Of Guilty Of Murder"
was about the only one they could
bring in If they wanted to sleep
with clear conscience.
They brought in a verdict Of
Guilty" and as the foreman
pronounced 1t, the eyes Of the
prosecuting attorney flew to Lu.
cille, as If yanked there by q
strong magnet. He found her
eyes fastened on him and he tried
to read their message. There was
horror and grief and-could It be
relief-and a faint speculation.
He was right about the specu-
lation. Lucille had been quite
impressed by the gentle way the
prosecuting attorney had queS.
toned her. And he was hand.
some man, a very handsome man.
She wondered
The Washington times., 1938-12-29

was the name of the night club
and Abel-Mr. Bernstein-owned
lit. He had become a power.
Meeting him upset her. She
felt her old feeling for him come
back. What? Did she believe
that a woman never forgot her
first sweetheart? Indeed she did!
FINALLY THEY MARRIED
At first, she positively refused
to marry him. She remembered
his ungovernable temper. She said
"No" for a year. But finally, she
married him. It was not a wise
thing to do. She found that out,
Now, he was not only still sub
ject to his sudden wild RACES but
he was also insanely jealous.
During their married life, which
lasted ten years, he would hardly
let her out of his sight. He tried
to stop her from following her
profession. He did everything in
his power. But that was one
thing she held on to.
The people with whom he as
|sociated, necessarily she supposed.
were men outside Of the law. They
were concerned with every phase
Iof the illegal liquor trade. Among
them were many killers.
Even when she was supposed to
be away from Abel-Mr. Bernstein
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
- DAILY SHORT STORY

she wasn't always sure. When
she was on the road, he would
open the door and pop, unan-
nounced. into her dressing room.
The reason she got a divorce
from him was that he, personally,
beat up a magazine writer who
happened to write rave article
about her in q national magazine.
He accused her of being more
than friendly with this writer
and he almost manned him for
life.
But he continued to poster her.
She would find him every place
she went. She finally got rid of
him by marrying Simon Reiditch,
the broker. Then she hadn't seen
him again for five years until q
few weeks ago.
WANTED HER MADLY
In the meantime, she had d.
vorced Reiditch here in New York
and had married Mr.. Freist. She
had fallen in love when he played
her leading man in Stuff o.
Dreams" which closed last
season.
A few weeks ago, Abel-Mr.
Bernstein-appeared at the Cen
tury, where she was rehearsing
her new play, Dime q Dozen. "
He forced his way into her dress
ing room and demanded that she
come back with him. He told her
that they were still married in
the sight of God, no matter what
the law said. He offered to get
rid" Of Jan and marry her imme-
d1ately afterward.
She refused even to listen to
him. She told Jan about it and
Jan went to demonstrate with
him. He beat Jan so badly that
he was confined to his bed for
days. Then she went to the police
and swore out a warrant for his
arrest.
Well, she and Jan saw him that
night at the Garden Of Eden, but
soon after they came in, he disap
peared. She and Jan returned to
their apartment. They were pre-
pairing for bed when a knock came
to the door. Jan slipped on his
dressing gown and went to the
door and opened it and Abel-Mr
Bernstein-pushed him aside and
came into the apartment.
FORCES HIS WAY IN
"He had been drinking and he
was talking wildly. He came into
the bedroom and demanded that
leave Jan that very night and come
with him. OF course, scornfully
refused"
He said that Jan was nothing but
a kept man, years younger than
her and Just using her for an easy
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
Guggenhein Bride
On Way West
With Mate

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 I.N.s0.
Copper Heiress Barbara Guggen,
helm and her third husband,
Henry Obre, Shrewsbury, N. j..
salesman, today were heading to-
ward Los Angeles before depart.
ing on a pleasure trip to Homo
lulu.
In confirming the marriage
which took place at Darien, Conn.,,
on December 6, Barbara's family
insisted Obre is not an erstwhile
chauffeur as previously reported
but a vice president of a New York
concern that manufacturers silver
ware buffers. Moreover, he is a
descendant of an old Hugenot
family.
Barbara's two previous mar
riageS, the first to John Robert
Lawson-J johnston, a Briton: and
the second to Fred Wettach, jr..
ended in divorce.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
GIRL BECOMES
BOY THROUGH
USE OF KNIFE
Pleased at Prospect Of
Life As Male

MADISON, Wis, Dec. 2s
0.N.S0.-Entering the hospital
three weeks ago as a girl, a Is
year.old high school sophomore
will rejoin her classmates in the
next 10 days as a boy.
A minor operation, it was re
vealed, has virtually completed
the transformation of Leonors
Amman, of Rice Lake, Wis, into
Lee Amman. A second simple
operation later will allow Lee to
grow to normal manhood.
ALWAYS A BOY
DR.. Lee Stovall, superintendent
Of the State General Hospital, ex.
planned the case was rare but far
from unknown in medical annals
Lee always has been a boy"
DR.. Stovall said, despite the
fact he was raised as a girl.
The true sew distinction was
latent until the operation was
performed"
Admitted as woman patient,
Lee is now in the mems division
and happy over his prospects of
resuming life as a boy, according
to DR.. Stovall and DR.. Ira SiSk,
attending physicians.
RnpN ON EA!DNR
Born on a farm, the boys sex
characteristics led his parents to
consider him a girl and he was
brought up as such. With long
hair and in dresses the child at.
tended a rural grammar chool
and then entered Rice Lake High
School.
AS "Leonora," he became a
member Of the girls basketball
team and was accepted by teach
ers and fellow pupils alike as a
quiet, well-mannered girl.
Retarded physical development
recently led to medical examina'
ton and a decision to send
Leonora to the State Hospital for
a definite diagnosis. Specialists
there quickly recognized the
trouble, DR.. Stovall said.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
Radio Broadcast
Blessed by Pope

GRAYMOOR, GARRISON, N.
Y, Dec. 29.-Pope Plus XI has
granted the Apostolic Blessing
upon the Ave Maria hour, a reli-
gious radio broadcast sponsored
and produced every Sunday by
the Franciscan Friars of the
Atonement here. The blessing
bears the seals and signature OF
Joseph Cardinal Migone, Arch,
bishop Nicomediensis and Private
Almoner of the Holy See.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
HER FIRST BEATING

It was that beating which made
her decide that he was not the
man for her. She moved away
from the neighborhood and she
did not see him again for q good
many years.
She was only in the chorus a
year when she attracted the at.
tention of Hiram Todc the pro.
ducer. He discovered that she had
"a voice. He took her out Of the
chorus anG sent her to a teacher
She was with him for three years.
It was while she was playing
in "1'ightfall" that she met Daniel
Scott, the banker, and married
him. Scott fell out of the window
of his room on the sixteenth
floor of the Hotel Floridian five
years after that.
Much later, she married Ben.
jamin Stez, the silk manufac-
turer, but divorced him. There
were two more husbands after
that,
She met Mr.. Bernstein in a
might club during speakeasy days
soon after the death of Mr.. Platt,
her fourth husband. The Diedem
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
sUPERLATIvE CHARMS

She stood demurely, her long,
graceful hand on the Bible and
said, II do" to the oath in a husky
voice.
Yes, she would tell the story Of
the shooting in her own way.
She and Jan had been to a
show and then to a late supper
at the Garden of Eden. It was
during the late floor show that
she had espied Abel. Yes, Mr..
Bernstein, her ex-husband. When
had she divorced him? She had
to think back a moment. It was
five years ago. No, she had not
got the divorce in New York. She
had no grounds. She had gone
to Reno for it She had charged
cruelty. Mr.. Bernstein was in the
habit Of beating her.
But must she go into her life
with Mr.. Bernstein? Oh! It was
to establish the kind of man he
was. we'll
She had married Abel-Mr.
Bernstein fifteen years ago. But
she had known him all her life.
They had grown up together
Where? Why in the neighborhood
known as Hell's Kitchen. Midtown
on the West Side. He was her
first sweetheart.
When she was sixteen, she got
a job in the chorus. Abel strenll-
ously objected to that. He had
other plans. He wanted to get
married. But she couldn't wait
for him to make enough money.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
Court Rules Out
SobrietY Test

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 29.-Judge
Cecil Curry fined e. K. Sharlow
$25 for reckless driving, but dis
missed a drunken driving charge
after the Rev. John P. Prevatt,
whose automobile was struck by
Sharlow's car, testified. Prevatt
said his wife-"and mind you, she
never drinks showed the same
result as Sharlow on a sobriety
test
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
MUSIC GROUP
is DELIGHTED
WITH CONCERT
Kinder and Orchestra
Entertain Teachers
BY WILLIAM NEWMAN

BY WILLIAM NEWMAN
The first day Of the Music
Teachers National Associations
convention program ended with a
brilliant concert by the National
Symphony Orchestra in Constitu-
ton Hall last night.
The program set forth the
standards of the resident orches-
ira and its conductor in brilliant
fashion. It proved DR.. Kindler's
especial gift for the music of Mo-
Eart with reading of the great c
major symphony that was both
sturdy and delicate, that stressed
the lyric beauty of the work and
achieved all the joyous vigor Of the
famous fugue that concludes the
work.
RESOURCE SHOWN
It also demonstrated the or
chestra's resource in the more i'm
posing Sonorities of the "Meister-
singer" prelude, one of the items
Of Wagnerian repertoire that
wears well. Finally, it included
three new compositions of which
the most stimulating was Con-
slant Lambert's "Rio Grande," for
piano solo, orchestra, and chorus,
which the critics Of New York and
Chicago agreed in describing as
the best symphonic jazz thus far
created.
This attractive piece gave
Evelyn Swarthout, the pianist, a
most grateful assignment which
she performed with fine display Of
technical and musical gift and at
tainment, so that the audience
addressed most of its approval to
her. DR.. Kinder used the or
chestra with brilliant discretion,
giving the soloist and the well pre-
pared singers of the Washington
Choral Society every opportunity.
OTHER NOVELTIES
The other novelties presented
were of native origin. The first,
an unpretentiouS but quite beauti-
full example of melodic gift and
architectonic skill was Burnet c.
Tuthill's bethlehem" Subtttled
"Pastora!e" it is indeed a con-
temporary and purely spiritual
echo of a far older Pastoral" by
Handel, that achieves a similarly
sympathetic expression Of the
Christmas spirit.
The M. T. N. A. convention
opened in the Mayflower ball room
at 1:30 with a. program Of ad-
dresses on various subjects by
Ernest La Prade, of N. B. c., who
talked wisely and practically Of
Audience Participation in Radio
Programs; Ernest &C. Hesser, of
New York University, who dis
cussed Modern Trends in Music
Education" and Henry E. Mayer,
of South we tern University,
Georgetown, Tex, who was alert
and enthusiastic about white
Spirituals."
4oQayS sessions Degan IN Gne
early morning at the Mayflower,
with demonstration choruses from
the Washington high schools and
discussions Of the problems of the
school music teacher. They in
cluded piano forums, chamber
music forumS-the latter at the
Library of Congress-papers by
distinguished musicologists under
Craftsmanship of DR.. Carleton
Sprague Smith, recital on the
great organ Of the Washington
Cathedral by Palmer Christian, a
program by the Coolidge Quartet,
and end with the banquet tonight
at which Edward Johnson, of the
Metropolitan Opera, and DR..
Walter Damrosch will be the
principal speakers.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
LUCILLE, = By Charles McCuirk

WHEN the clerk called her
w name, Lucille Daine," I"
and she got up from her seat in
the well of the courtroom and
walked to the witness stand,
the eyes of every man there fol-
lowed her, although she would
never see forty-five again-no,
nor fifty.
Partly, this was because Of her
fame, Lucille Daine, the great
emotional actress. The woman
who had climbed from a place in
the chorus line to the position Of
a nations greatest comedienne.
The femme fatale, whom it was
dangerous to know and almost
lethal to marry. Two of her six
husbands had died by violence.
Any one would be glad to stare
at a reputation like that as 1t
walked toward the witness stand
to testify to the killing of Jan
Freist, her last husband, fifteen
years younger than she, shot and
killed by Abel Bernstein, a hus-
band twice removed, as you might
saw.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
Sherry
Mousse

Take half a cup boiling water,
two-thirdS of a cup of granu-
lated sugar, salt a little and
boil for five minutes.
Soften in one tablespoon Of
cold water, one and a half tea
spoons powdered gelatine. Add
this to syrup described above,
and stir until dissolved. Sepa-
rate the egg, beating the whites
until stiff and the yolk until
lemon-colored. Pour the syrup
first into the yolk, stirring con-
stantly then into the white,
beating thoroughly. Cool the
mixture. Whip the cream stiff.
gradually beating in one cup of
sherry. Combine the two mix
lures. Transfer to the freezing
tray of an automatic refriger-
ator and freeze without stirring
until firm.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
.Mrs. Chapin's
Recipes
Menu on WOn1an's PGge)
Curried
Chicken

Take one. two or threepound
chicken, clean, cut into pieces
as for fricaSsee. Roll each piece
in flour and cook in butter
until brown. Lift pieces out as
they brown. Mince two me-
dium-sized onions, cook in same
butter until brown. Add one
and a half spoons of curry
powder, with a little flour. cook
for a moment then add 8 cups
Of stock, and stir until boiling.
Replace the chicken, add apple
or rhubarb, and the salt. Sim
mer until tender and serve with
and abundance Of plain boiled
rice. Rice should be fluffy and
very hot.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29

He was a longshoreman. So she
took the job, though he gave her
her first beating for it.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
a:OO-PHILADELPH1A ORCHEsTR
DRAMA

1 1:3O-MOTHER-TN.LA univeF-
sally mallgned relative, the moth
er-in-law, will get some sincere
and proper treatment for q change
in q new dramatic serial, featur-
ing Florence Freeman and James
Meighan. The program will be
heard Mondays through Fri
days ..............'..... WMAL
5:OO-DICK TRACY-Detective serial
based on famous cartoon strip and
starring Ned Viewer. ....... WRC
8:3O-GRAND HOTEL-HOllywOOd will
be the setting for "Slap Me Pink"
new Calvin Grinnel play to be pre-
Aented by Betty Lou GersOn and
Jim Ameche. The play tells the
story of young clerk in Grand
Hotel who saves q disheartened
girl from suicide. helps her get
Job as script girl and then
forEets about her when a movie
glamour girl falls for him WMAL
9:OO-RADIO THEATER-H. b. War
ner, Edward Arnold and Fay
Wray take leading roles in Cecil
b. DeMille's production Of "The
Boss" It will be Warmers first
appearance in Radio Theater and
one of the rare ones he has made
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
WOMAN WINS
SECURITIES SUIT

Affirming a decision of the
United States District Court, the
United States Court of Appeals
today awarded Ruth B. JudSon
title to $4,000 worth of negotiable
real estate securities which were
found in her safe deposit box in
the defunct Park Savings Bank
when the bank failed March l.,
1888.
The securities had been placed
there by Robert S. Stunz, vice
president of the bank who COM
mitted suicide, in lieu of other
securities belonging to her which
Stunz is supposed to have stolen
and sold.
The court today held that it
was not necessary for the client
to prove the substitution and that
it was sufficient for her to show
that the substitution had occurred
without her knowledge, and that
the substituted notes were in her
safe deposit box.