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Evening star., 1940-01-28
Canned Music Is Liable
To Unions S Suit, Court Holds

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Jan. 27.-By 3-to-2
decision the Appellate Division of
New York State Supreme Court
ruled yesterday that the Musicians
and Stagehands' Unions should be
permitted to use legal and peace
full means to oppose an opera COM
pany's use of canned music"
The ruling reversed an order
issued just a year ago by Supreme
Court Justice Kenneth P. O'Brien
which permanently enjoined the
two unions from interfering with
Opera contour, Inc, in a dispute
over the use of amplified recorded
music versus living musicians.
sOpera-on-Tour, Inc, was organ
lied in February, 1888. 1t was de-
signed to take popular priced opera
TO smaller cities and instead of an
orchestra the accompaniment and
some choral singing was produced
from records.
The company opened at Rich
lnond, Va, November 4, 1898, and
closed at Chapel Hill, N. c., Novem-
Der % after the stage hands walked
out at the request of the Musicians
Union. The suit for an injunction
then was filed.
In his injunction order, Justice
OBrien declared the controversy
was mot labor dispute, but merely
an economic question as to whether,
In the march of time, the plaintiff
may lawfully use canned music -
instead of using live musicians"
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Red Army Finds
PESTS Destroyed
| Stores of Goats
BY Cable to The Star.

By Cable to The Star.
ISTANBUL, Jan. 27.-The condi-
ton of Soviet war stocks is caus-
ing exceptional interest among for
eign observers in Russia, following
the discovery by the Red Army that
$4,000 great coats stored in a ware
house, were completely destroyed by
moths and vermin. according to
news brought here from. Moscow.
The great coats had been stored
for a number Of years. when the
unexpected demands of the Finnish
campaign obliged the Red Army to
delve into some of its reserve war
stocks. -
The revelation is leading inter-
ested observers to wonder whether
the Soviet stocks of grain, -four and
other material are similarly affected
Rumors circulate here that a few
weeks ago the Red Army was
obliged brutally to quell a local re-
volt in Turkestan caused by food
shortage following the arrival in
the province of more troops.
(Copyrisht, 1910. by Chicago Daily News
Inc)
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Berordino Says
He Stopped Payments

LOS ANGELES, Jan. n R.-
Johnny Berardino, infielder for the
st. Louis Browns named in st. Louis
as collecting unemployment COM
pensation insurance, said today he
had voluntarily stopped" the prac-
tice several months ago.
when I applied" he said, II
thought it might help me get
through college. But came back
here too late to enroll. When I
learned that the public might re-
sent such things, I told them to
stop my payments. 1t was about
the time those stories appeared
about Keltner."
Ken Keltner of Cleveland was
denied such insurance several
months ago in Ohio.
Berardino ranks as q junior at
the University Of Southern Cali
fornia aud intends to enter. school
next fall to obtain his dagree.
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Corson Is Forum Speaker
Benefits Under Amended Social
Security Act Will Be Outlined

John Jay Corson. director of the
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors
Insurance of the Social Security
Board, will discuss your Family and
Social Security" as the guest speaker
in the National Radio Forum tomor-
row night.
The National Radio Forum is
arranged by The Star and broadcast
over a coast-to-coast network of
the National Broadcasting Co. 1t is
heard locally through Station WMAL
at 1890 pm.
A native of the Capital, Mr.. Cor
son has had long experience in
social and economic work and has
written several brochures on these
subjects. In his address tomorrow
Mr.. Corson will give particular at
tention to benefits available under
the Social Security Act amendments
of last August.
He will present an outline of the
effects of these amendments on the
working family's members eligible
for benefits. In addition, he will
give description Of the procedure
through which an application must
60 before benefits are paid by the
Government.
With more than 48, 900 600 persons
holding insurance rights under the
law, the United States Government
is the worlds largest insurance COM
pany and Mr.. Corson will explain
some of the far-flung activities of
the Federal agency to which he II
attached.
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Man Tells Story
0fAwakening in Car
To Find Girl Slain
Bride-to-Be StroneIed
And Wrapped in Blanket
On Seat Beside Him
BY the Associated Press.

HUNTINGTON, N. Y, Jan. 81
Joseph Dowd awakened today, he
told police, to find himself seated
in his automobile on little-trav-
eled Long Island country road with
his 29-year-old bride-to-be beside
him-dead.
Police said the girl, Mary Mills,
had been strangled.
But Dowd said Assistant District
Attorney Lindsay Henry of Suffolk
County, denied any knowledge Of
how the girl met her death and de-
clared the tragic climax had fol-
lowed a night of drinking, marred
by lovers tiff.
Mr.. Henry said Dowd confusedly
declared, II must have done it, but
I don't remember it,"
After hours of Questioning, Dowd
was charged with second degree
murder. Arraigned, he pleaded in
nocent.
His. counsel, George Ward, made
immediate plans to have Down ex-
amined by an alienist.
Were to Have Married Soon.
The girl and Dowd-both EN-
ployed at the Kings Park State
Hospital for the Insane-had
known each other two months.
They were to have been married
soon. Dowd had bought the we'd
ding ring. and he and the girl
had planned to visit her sister at
Gardner, Mass, within week.
This was the story the 29-year-
old Dowd told the authorities, as
related by Mr.. Henry:
Dowd and his sweetheart first
went roller skating last night, then
visited a night club, where they
met an acquaintance known only
as Tom" They drank ale for
several hours, later had more
drinks at another spot.
Drove to Hospital
AS Dowd drove TON" to the
hospital he Cooked over" and saw
Mary and TON" embracing. He
demonstrated, dropped Tom" at the
hospital, and after that, he insist
ed, he knew no more until he
awakened at 1920 a m. today. Mary
was beside him, wrapped in q
blanket.
II pulled the blanket down."
Henry quoted Dowd, she was
dead"
With the body beside him he
drove miles to the home of his
brother r-in-law, Edward Schiefer-
stein, who called police.
Evening star., 1940-01-28

BY the Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan.
27.-Mrs. Gretchen Wilson Hearst,
divorced wife of John Randolph
Hearst, was married today to WOOL
worth (Wooly) Donahue, heir to
flve-and-ten wealth.
News of the wedding was a sur
prise even to % intimate friends
who heard the first announcement
at a luncheon after the ceremony
The couple left later in the day
in the plane of the bridegroom S
brother, Jimmy Donahue, for a
honeymoon in Havana.
DR.. Joseph Vance, acting minister
of Poinciana Chapel, performed the
ceremony at CELTIC Lindo, ocean
front home of Mr.. Donahue's mother
Mrs. James P. Donahue.
Jimmy Donahue acted as best
man and Mrs. Donahue as matron
of honor. The bride was given
Evening star., 1940-01-28

River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry late yesterday.
Weather Conditions Last "a Hours.
Althoush pressure is still high over the
Rneater part of the United States and tenn
peratures are still considerably below nor
NAL over the Eastern half of the country,
there has been some moderation quite gem
orally except IN Florida the South Atlantic
States and the North Atlantic States And
the temperature has risen decidedly
throughout the Rocky Mountain region and
the western portion of the Plains States
due to the advance Of warmer air from the
Pacific Ocean over that area The highest
pressures reported tonight are 1,0315 mil
libars t3O.46 inchesl at Wcksburg Miss,
and 1:03O.S millibars t30.44 inches) at
pocate.lo: Idaho. Pressure remains low
eastward over the ocean. with lowest re-
inchesl by . ship about 500 miles east Of
Atlantic City. N. T.. Pressure is low also
over Alaska, Dutch Harbor, 984 8 millibars
l29.0S inches), and it is relatively low over
North Dakota. Minot. 1.O159 millibars
$50 inches). Rain has fallen in the North
Pacific States and light snow in the Lake
region. the Upper Ohio Valley and the Ap-
palachian regiAn Elsewhere generally fair
weather has prevailed.
Evening star., 1940-01-28

in marriage by Charles Sumner
Woolworth, great-uncle Of the
bridegroom and brother Of F. w.
Woolworth, founder Of the five-and-
ten fortune.
The bride, a former New Orleans
belle. who obtained her divorce
from the son Of Publisher William
Randolph Hearst here two seasons
ago, was attired informally in a
short blue afternoon frock.
In the wedding party were Coun-
tess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-
Reventlow and her golf-playing
companion, Robert Sweeny; Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward ]. Reeves and Jay
O'Brien.
Young Donahue, who has visited
Palm Beach many years, usually
spends much time on his yacht in
the harbor. He had been seen fire.
quently in Mrs. Hearst's company
for the past two seasons.
Evening star., 1940-01-28
|Stokowski's HopefuIs, Music
Missing, Revert to 1--WE

Meanwhile, the young horn play
ers gathered in the lobby outside
the auditorium and went to work
on jive. 1t didn't soothe the feel
ings of the waiting judges.
We'll, I guess the best thing we
can do is to get a copy of Dar-
denella,'" bitterly commented Saul
CASTOR, deputy conductor of the
Philadelphia Orchestra.
Instead, however, he went to the
Curtis Institute and got a copy Of
"Wotan's Farewell" from the Wag-
merriam opera, die Walkure."
That failed to soothe the nervous
candidates.
Don't be nervous" Mr. CASTOR
pleaded with the 80 youthful candi-
dates. We're all brothers in suf-
fering"
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Armed Man Robs Store
Of $50 in Cash

Bernard A. Mattingly. manager of
a Sanitary Grocery Store at LAG c
street Sc, reported to police that
an armed colored man entered the
store last night and took $50 from
the cash register. Police said Mr..
Mattingly's description of the in
truder indicated that the man might
be the same one who had held up
several stores in Washington in re-
cent weeks.
Evening star., 1940-01-28
| Policeman Removes
His Cap and Traps
IA Thief Thereby
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 27.-James
Ryan stepped into a filling sta
tion. He stood behind a chin
high partition between the
washing and greasing lanes. He
removed his cap to warm his
ears. Only his bare head was
visible above the barrier.
A Negro approached on the
other side. He offered to sell
a SITS inner tube for 81. He
explained it was .''hot." Mr..
Ryan questioned the legality of
the transaction. The Negro
laughed-but the laugh choked
in his throat.
For Mr.. Ryan had put on his
cap-a cap bearing the shining
emblem Of the police depart
ment. He stepped out swiftly
and made the arrest.
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Driver Found Dead,
Bullet in Head, /, as Car
1eeters on Viad!uct
Konsos City Police Grill
Womon Whose Nome
Is Found in Purse -
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. ..-fse,-.7 .-..
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 37-A bullet
was found today in the head Of a
man at first believed to have met
his death in the crash Of his auto
mobile into a viaduct guard rail.
A woman friend was being ques-
toned at police headquarters after
a search of the machine in which
Theodore Kempter, %. was killed
disclosed two exploded cartridges
and a woman's purse containing
her name.
Witnesses who heard the early
morning crash removed Kempter S
body from the car, which hung
precariously on the edge of the
viaduct over a railroad right OF
way so feet below
Only wound on the victims body
was a deep head cash which Off
GERS at first thought was caused
by the impact throwing the man
against the rear-vision mirror. A
post-mortem examination disclosed
the bullet in the wound. Police
could find no gun in the car. There
were bloodstains on the seat and
floor.
She Tells Of Suicide Hint.
The woman told police tonight
the youth had hinted at suicide
Detective Sergt. Ira L. johnson said
she told him Kempter was subject
to heart attacks and suffered from
lead poisoning contracted in his
work.
She explained she had been 60
ing with the youth occasionally but
that she, her husband and Kemp
ter all were on friendly terms.
HE CKempter) told me the doc
tor told him he would never re-
cover but that he wasn't going to
let it kill him." johnson quoted the
woman as saying.
The officer added the woman's
statement related that she and
Kempter and some friends had
been drinking last night, then de-
cided to pick up her husband, a
railroad switchman Just getting of
work.
During the evening Kempter suf-
fered two slight heart attacks but
seemingly recovered.
Left Her at Hotel.
After taking the others in the
party home, Kempter, the woman
and her husband drove to the lat
ter's hotel where they left the
woman.
THE next thing I knew it was
morning" johnson quoted her, "and
my husband was home. He said
Ted had brought him home about
2 am. I said we'd better call to
see if he got home all right. We
did, and his parents said he was
dead"
Evening star., 1940-01-28
| British Censors
Let Papers Tell
Public It's Cold
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, Jan. 27-Brtisl1 CEN
sors, who guard jealousy all weather
news as information of possible value
to the enemy, broke down tonight
and permitted certain revelations
which early Sunday morning papers
hammered just as II nobody knew it,
to-wit:
Great Britain had = December
January cold snap which beat any
thing since 1894.
London registered low Of 7 above
zero.
The serpentine, winding lake in
Hyde Park froGe to . depth Of IL
inches.
The Thames froze over for eight
miles from Teddlngton 70 0unbury.
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Readers Guide
News Summary
PART ONE.
Main Ne1US Section.

Foreign.
Four Red divisions in headlong flight,
Firms report. Page Al
Japan opens drive to expand trade
in oil with Mexico. Page Al
Franco insists on right to appoint
Spanish bishops. Page A-s
21st week of war costs 80 vessels and
800 lives at sea. Page Al
Germany weaker than in 1914
Churchill holds. Page Ala
Reich tightens ban on listening to
foreign radio. Page Ala
Britain using Indian troops as re-
serve for empire. Page B-3
Notionol.
City of Flint's captain tells thrilling
story of voyage. Page Al
Congress may cut $75,OO0,0 1000 from
agriculture supply bill. Page Al
Probe told of plan for army to deal
with labor troubles. Page Ala
Washington and Vicinity.
Diplomats and officials attend Fin
land theater benefit. Page Al
Randolph to urge elective D. c. citi-
zens' advisory council. Page Al
Greenbelt stores make profit, resi-
dents take them over. Page Al
Speedy congressional action seen on
split D. C. income tax. Page B-1
Age-old lack of funds behind Blue
Plains conditions. Page b-1
Legislators urge aid to farmers to
improve rural housing. Page B-l
Blue Plains investigation promised
by Commissioners. Page B-l
Commissioners to seek funds for
w. P. A. certification. Page B-1
Power company to submit plan Tor
rate reductions. Page B-1
Engineer regulating bill draws flood
of protests. Page b-l
Ex-Gov. Nice of Maryland enters
race for U. s. Senate. Page BE-
Sports
Catholic U. boxers whip Maryland
by one point. Page B-7
Barrow of Yankees is master mind
of baseball. Page B-S
Georgetown beats Loyola, Wilson
downs Shepherd. Page B-S
Old and new bowlers in tourney
honoring Burtner. Page Bile
Diffenbaugh tells how he makes
long golf drives. Page Bill
Evening star., 1940-01-28
By the Associated Press


PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.-Can-
didates for the all-American youth
orchestra which Leopold Stokowski
proposes to take to South America
next summer got in little practice
today-on swing music.
1t all happened, said Miss Dixie
Lee, who handles publicity foy the
National Youth Administration,
which is cooperating with Stokow-
ski, when music for the tryouts
failed to show up.
She further said that when she
asked the N. Y. A. sheet-music Gus
todian where the music was, he
told her it was after his working
hours, and anyway the. addition
wasn't part Of the Government
service.
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Young People to Meet

PENDER, Va, Jan. n (SpeciaD -
The Young Peoples Division of Pen
der Methodist Church will hold q
business session in the church Tues.
day at 8 pm. Pender Methodist Aid
Society will meet at the home Of Mrs.
Raymond Webster Saturday at 2
pm.
Evening star., 1940-01-28
$1,000 Major Lacquer
Among BanpIayers
Drawing Job|ess Pay
2St. Louis Browns; 6 On
Konsos City Blues Listed;
OfficioIs, Club Aides Fume

BY the Associated Press.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Jan. 81.
Several big-time baseball players
at least one of whom earns more
than $4,000 a year-are cashing in
on Missouri unemployment insur-
ance. but their bosses and the men
who wrote the law don't like the
idea.
Players of the st. Louis Browns
of the American League and the
Kansas City Blues, resting through
the hot stove season, have been Of
ficially declared out of work and are
drawing weekly checks up to the
SIS maximum. The Kansas City
team l. an American Association
affiliate of the New York Yankees.
Although red tape has prevented
official disclosure of the players
identity, the Blues management
said these six had applied:
AL Piechota, a pitcher sold to the
Boston Reds; Clyde Mccullough, a
catcher now with the Chicago Cubs;
William Matheson. an outfielder re-
called by the New York Yankees.
and Pitchers John Lindell and Fred
Gay, and Outfielder Buzz Boyle.
still with the Kansas City club.
In st. Louis, the Post-Dispatch
said that Pitcher Ed Cole and In
fielder Johnny Berardino Of the
Browns were collecting the COM
pensation insurance.
Browns Catcher Applies.
The newspaper added it had
learned Joe Glenn, Browns catcher,
had applied in New York for unem-
ployment benefits.
An Interpretation of the State
law by E. c. Crow, member of the
Unemployment Compensation Com
mission which controls job insur-
ance, made the players eligible for
the Missouri checks even though
most of them are paid on yearly
contract basis. They draw their
salary only during the regular sea-
son and the law provides "an in
dividual shall be deemed totally un-
employed in any week during which
he performs no services and with
respect to which no wages are pay
able to him."
State Senators Allen McReynolds
and George A. Rozier, co-authors
of the job insurance law, declared:
Club Official Irked.
1--WE do not hesitate to say that
under this law it was never con-
templated that men who were draw
ing handsome salaries on a yearly
basis could receive any benefits.
The purpose of the law was to as
sist temporarily men who had lost
their jobs until such time as they
could obtain Unemployment"
II think it Is downright shame
that fellows who average $1,000 a
year should get additional compen-
sation in such a method" said Roy
Hamey, secretary of the Blues. Not
only is it shameful, think it is
illegal"
Il tried my best to stop them"
echoed the Browns general man
ager, William o. Dewitt. "One of
them is receiving a salary from us
of between $1,000 and $1,000"
Commission Chairman Andrew j.
Murphy, ST., summed up the stu
alton: TT doesn't seem right to
me, but under the law there's moth
ing we can do but give it to them
If they qualify"
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Texan Reports Finding
100000 in Gold Coin
pv tho Accociotod prcSe

Fy the Associated Press.
ODESSA, Tex, Jan. 27.-Riley
Smith, tourist camp operator, said
tonight he and partner had located
100000 in buried $40 and $40
gold pieces within Is miles of here.
Earlier Smith sent a telegram to
United States Attorney Clyde Eastus
at Dallas, saying, Shall we bring
in $1O0, 900 in buried treasure in $40
gold pieces, or will you come and
get it?"
Evening star., 1940-01-28

An economist with newspaper
background, Mr. Corson was made
division director In March, 1888, and
since that time actively has been
working for the board toward an
efficient administration Of one Of the
Nations most extensive social en-
deavo1A
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Weather Report
fFlrpishad

FURNISHED
District of Columba-Fair
tomorrow gentle northwest
Vrgna-Far slowly rising temperature today
and tomorrow
West vrgmia-Fair with slowly rising
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Meeting Is Cancelled

The regular meeting of the Silver
Spring (Md0 Businessmen Asso-
citation, scheduled for Tuesday night,
has been Cancelled because of the
Presidents Birthday Ball, 1t was
announced yesterday by P. M. VIII
hanson, president.
Evening star., 1940-01-28
PART FOUR.
PART FIVE.

Greece's 1899 wheat crop of 35,-
0O0, 900 bushels was just under the
1898 bumper crop.
Evening star., 1940-01-28
R.u.rt rIrt,, N PM s,..ra,,

Record Until 10 PM. Saturday.
HiGhest "a, 4 pm. yesterday. Year ago,
II.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today -- 7:1Q am. 5:24 nm
Sun. tomorrow 7:19am. 5:25 pm
Moon. today---- 10:1Op. 9:26 am
Automobile lights must be turned on one
half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In inches In the
Capital lcurrent month to date:
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Precipitation.

Monthly Precipitation IN inches
Capital lcurrent month to date:
Mnnth 1QA0 Averaae Re,
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. So, on January IA.
Lowest. q. on January 20.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and

Geodetic Survey.)
Evening star., 1940-01-28

NASSAU, Bahamas, Jan. q H'.-
A biting breeze from the mainland
brought tropical Nassau its coolest
weather today since 1905. Shortly
before noon, the mercury dropped
to SIS. In mid-afternoon it rose
again to 61.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
DODGERS ARE HALTED BY REDS
Potter Hurls AS To ST. Win Over Indians
Meer's Two Straight
No-Hitters May Never Be Beat

The last no-hitter on Crosley
field before Wander Nicer did the
trick against Boston was Hold e.
.ler's 6 to 0 win over st. Louis, May
H., 1919.
Frank Noodles" Hahn, who
still likes to don a uniform and ca
wort with "the boys" let down the
Phillies on July IL, 1900 and Ted
Breitenstein put the whammy on
Pittsburgh in a game there April
%, 1898.
It was left to Fred Toney to win
what still stands as n of the
greatest mound duels of all times,
a no-hitter l to 0 victory over Chi
cago in ten innings against Jim
Vaughan who held the Reds hit
less for nine frames.
Going back to Aug. 26, 1884 when
the Reds were in the American
association, Dick Burns walked
four but held Kansas City to a 81
hitless decision.
Charles l.. Jones, pitching his
first game in the National league
Cor the Reds Oct. Is, 1892, trimmed
Pittsburgh, but, walking three men
and hitting a batter, his score was
7 to l..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
JOHNSON, MOSES
HIT FOR CIRCUIT
Athletics Highlander Allows
But Seven Hits; Mack
Homers For Cleveland

PHILADELPHIA, May l. up -
Nelson Potter gave the Philadelphia
Athletics a tidy May basket today as
his 7-hit hurting set the league-lead-
ing Cleveland Indians back, 5 to 1.
A crowd Of only 1900 saw the
handler turn in his first victory
of the year and snap the AS three
losing streak.
Rookie Ray Mack scored the In
dams only run in the third when he
connected with one of Potter's screw
balls and sent it sailing into the
stands. Only two Indians got on base
after the fifth inning.
Philadelphia came back in the
fourth when Benny Mccoy doubled
and came home on Bob Johnson's
and Dick Siebert's fly to tie
the score. The AS added another in
the fifth and Mccoy came through
with his second double in the sixth
and Siebert again singled to send the
$65 900 second baseman cross
Johnny Allen, who started for the
Indians, was removed in the seventh
for a pinch hitter with Bill Zuber
taking the mound. He retired in the
eighth after Johnson blasted out his
fourth round-tripper of the season
and Wally Moses his second. Joe
Dobson finished the game.
Potter, besides spacing out Cleve-
lands hits, famed five, three of the
strikeouts being chalked against
Ken Keltner who blasted two home
runs yesterday. Hal Trosky, Indian
first baseman, who also got two HON
ers yesterday, was called to his home
by an accident to his son and Oscar
Grimes took over his job today.
Earl Mack directed the AS in the
absence of his father who was at
tending opening ceremonies of the
AS Wilmington farm club.
The defeat was the fourth for the
Indians this wear,