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Evening star., 1940-01-13
Fugitive and Auto
Gone From 0ccooudn

The escape of Walter E. Brady, 21,
trusty at the Occoquan (va0 Work.
house, was bad enough, but he made
matters worse by fleeing in the car
Of William J. Rampey, engineer of
the workhouse pumping plant. 1h-
miles from the workhouse, officials
reported today.
Washington police today broadcast
a description of Brady, who was
serving a 360-day sentence for en-
bezzlement, as well as a description
Of Mr.. Rampey's car, black, two
door, 1884 Ford sedan, license num-
Der Va, 349-177, when last seen.
Brady had been assigned to the
pumping plant as a trusty. While
Mr.. Rampey was out last night the
telephone wires were cut and Brady
and Mr.. Rampey's car were gone,
leaving Mr.. Rampey to walk back
to the workhouse. Brady had about
six months more to serve. He lived
in the 1000 block of E. street NE.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Nicely Urges Inspection
Of Mines by u. S.
3y the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Senator Nicely, Democrat, Of West
Virginia said yesterday the explosion
in the Pond Greek Pocahontas Coal
Corp. mine at Barley, w. Va,
''tragically emphasizes the crying
necessity" for Federal inspection of
coal mines.
Asserting that details of the
calamity had not yet been reported
by the mining department or bureau
Of either the State or Federal gov
ernments, Senator Nicely said until
the facts are definitely known, it
will not be possible to fix the blame
for this desolating event.
But regardless of the acts or
omissions that may have caused
this hideous destruction of human
life." he said, "the occurrence once
more tragically emphasizes the cry
Ing necessity for Federal inSpec-
tions and Investigations of coal
mines such as are proposed by Sen
ate bill 2420, which I introduced dur
ing the last session of Congress and
which has the wholehearted sup
port OF the United Mine Workers
of America.
This bill is now on the Senate
calendar. If translated into law, it
will prevent or at least greatly lessen
the risk Of repetition of this most
recent slaughter Of those engaged
N the mining industry"
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Hit-Run Car Sought
In Death Of Man
In Falls Church
Three Women Injured
In Brentwood When
Autos Collide Heud-on

A hit-and-run cara convertible
coupe with Virginia tags-was being
sought today by Fairfax and Arling-
ton County police in connection with
the death last night Of Clyde Poole,
46, Of Falls Church, Va, the first
traf1c fatality in Fairfax County
this year.
Mr.. Poole was found unconscious
at the side Of the road near Great
Falls and West streets, In Falls
Church, about 7:30 pm. A passer-
by heard the impact and summoned
Policeman c. B. Runyon of the
Falls Church police, who took the
victim to DR.. F.. E. Schultz for emer-
gency treatment and then rushed
him to Georgetown Hospital.
He was pronounced dead on ar
rival at the hospital. His skull was
fractured and his right leg broken.
He was employed by a construction
firm in Falls Church.
Three women, two Of them be-
lieved to be in q serious condition,
were brought to Casualty Hospital
last night from an accident at
Rhode Island avenue and Eldridge
street, in Brentwood, Nd, by the
Bladensburg Rescue Squad.
Miss Minnie Fitzpatrick, %, Of
1441 Girard street NV, received a
fractured right leg and head in
juries. and Miss Mary Childers, %,
Of 3125 Twelfth street NE, brain
conclusion and cuts on the head and
legs. Their condition was undeter-
mined. With Miss Mary Sadler, 81,
Of 309 Eleventh street S.W., who
sustained minor cuts. they were pas
sengers in car driven by D. E..
Neil of 1925 Twelfth street NE.
when 1t collided head-on with one
operated by Ernest L. Straight of
9l2 G place NV, according to
Prince Georges County police. Nei-
ther driver was hurt.
Charles Vanderhuff. %, of 815
Thirteenth street NV, was under
treatment in Garfield Hospital today
for minor injuries received last
night at Georgia avenue and De-
catur street NV. when he was
struck by taxi.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Ice Skating Banned
As Mercury Rises

The Lincoln Memorial Rejecting
Pool has been closed to skaters,
park police said today. It will not
be reopened unless there is more
cold weather to thicken the ice.
Temperatures yesterday rose to 80
at 4 pm. and stayed above the
freezing point most of. the night.
The low today was 80 degrees at 1880
am.
The thaw was being counted on
to open up the Chesapeake Bay
harbors, where boats Of the Mary
land oyster fleet have been bottled
up for days. Ice breakers were at
work along the Eastern Shore and
there were prospects that the oyster
shortage would be ended before
long.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Wives Will Divide
Screen Writer'S Estute

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13.-The es-
tate of William Slavens McNutt,
magazine and screen writer, will be
divided equally between his first and
second wives.
A district appellate court decision
has amended Superior Court de-
cree awarding the first wife, Georgia
McNally McNutt, all the moneys,
gifts, home and a yacht that Mr..
McNutt gave his second wife, Louise
G. McNutt.
At the trial, it was contended that
Mr.. McNutt's 1926 Mexican divorce
from his first wife was illegal. It
also was argued that he Was not
legally married to his second wife
in 1927 because she did not estab-
lish bona flde residence in Reno in
divorcing her former husband, Leo
Glorius.
Mr.. McNutt died January 26, 1898.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Tokomo Park Council
Meeting Postponed

The regular meeting of the Town
Council scheduled for Monday night
at 8 o'clock has been postponed
until Saturday, January 20, at the
same hour in the Takoma Park VOL
unteer Fire Department Building,
Carroll and Denwood avenues.
Town Clerk j. Wilson Dodd, in
announcing the postponement, said
Mayor John r. Adams and members
Of the council will attend a meet
ing Of the Prince Georges County
Municipal League Monday night at
College Park. Md. Representative
Lansdale G. Sasscer of Maryland is
expected to address the Mayors and
councilmen Of various Prince
Georges municipalities. 1t is also
expected that several of the county
commissioners will also attend.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Insurance Man Stays
Wife and Daughter,
Then Tries Suicide
Life Too Complicated
In Changing World,
Broker Decides
b. the Associated Press,

b the Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Calf, Jan. l3.-Lfe
which had become "too comph.
Gated" in a fast-changing world
led a 48-year-old insurance broker
to kill his wife and 4-year-old
daughter yesterday and critically
wound himself.
Lawrence Dayton, deputy district
attorney, said he had obtained .
statement from j. Harold Fried
man in which the man said the
shootings constituted a plan to save
his family from the uncertainties
of the future"
Hospital attendants gave Mr..
Friedman slight chance to recover.
His daughter, Marjorie, died a few
hours after tbe mother, Pauline, was
killed.
Il could not face the uncertainties
Of the future for myself and my
family" Mr.. Dayton quoted Fried
man as telling him at the hospital.
In note the insurance man COM
planned life had become too COM
plicated. Our world is changing
too fast. I'm worried about the
future OF my family, religion and
country"
Mr.. Dayton said Mr.. Friedman's
7-month-old son escaped possible
death because the pistol jammed as
he neared the infants room.
Friedman told me he shot his
wife first and then Marjorie and
planned to shoot the baby" Mr..
Dayton said. but abandoned the
idea when the pistol jammed and
he had to reload the weapon in
the attempt on his own life"
Mr.. Friedman expressed the hope
he would die, Mr.. Dayton said.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
IT French Merchantmen
Declared Lost in War
6y the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Jan. 13.-Eleven mer-
chant ships, totaling 55,771 tons
approximately 2 per cent Of Frances
pre-war merchant fieet-have been
lost since the beginning of the war,
Naval Minister Cesar Campinchi
announced today.
Seven of the II, aggregating 49,
$50 tons, were sunk by submarines
he said. The Germans have failed
to damage or sink a single French
warship, Campinchi asserted.
OF 80 or more German submarines
known to have been sunk by the
allies, 10 were sent to the bottom by
the French, he declared. The
French destroyers Siroco and
Adroit accounted for three each.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Floor Cleaning Hints

For a worn floor, touch up the
spots with shellac and give new
coating of wax. II floors are hard
wood, tablespoon of vinegar and
one of furniture polish, in water, will
give q clear finish and keep down
dust.
On solid floors turpentine will take
OF most spots. If turpentine is not
available kerosene will do. If q
grease mark is made on your floors
cover the spot with Fuller's earth.
Leave for at least one day and then
remove. If the spot has not been
entirely absorbed apply again. This
should remove the stain,
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Munnerheim's Book
To Aid FinIund's War
b the Associated Press.

Bs the Associated Press.
HELSINKI, Jan. 13.-Field Mar
shall Baron Carl Gustaf Manner
helm, generalissimo of Finland S
Army. will publish within the next
week a book describing his horse
back trip into the heart of China
in 1906.
The 6,400 copies will be sold at a
high price, the proceeds to go to
Finland's war fund.
Taisto Maxi and Paavo Nurmi,
famous Finnish runners, are to
leave for the United States in the
next few days to participate In
sports exhibitions to raise money
for Finland.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Mine
Continued From First Page)

while those who escaped the catas-
trophe tried to comfort sorrowfne
women whose husbands and sons
were dead, children whose fathers
and brothers were gone.
Coal operators and businessmen
lar and near offered help. Gov.
Homer A. Holt and representatives
OF the Workmens compensation Of
flee arrived to assist in settlement
OF compensation claims. Today was
pay day at the mine and company
officials announced the victims pay
checks would be distributed to their
families.
Principal E. B. McCue, who sus-
pended classes at the community's
junior high and all elementary
schools, headed a committee can
vassing families of victims as to
their preference for individual or
mass funeral services. An emer-
gency morgue was set up at WEIGH,
20 miles away, to receive the bodies.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
z Nozi Vessels Reported
In South Atlantic

~ the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 13.-Usual-
ly well-informed naval sources to-
day declared two German naval
vessels are operating in the South
Atlantic and are being hunted by
British warships.
No details on the size or identity
Of the Nazi ships we're available.
The naval sources said one was be-
heved to be a German warship,
possibly a cruiser, the other an
auxiliary ship which accompanied
the Admiral Graf Spec on her raids.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Catholic U. Students
To Give Cohon Skits

Speech and drama students from
Catholic University will appear on
the Students Radio Workshop of
Station WJSV tonight at 7 o'clock
with sketches from Yankee Doodle
Boy" the musical production of the
life of George M. Cohan.
Also on the program is a pre-
view OF Doctor Faustus," the play
to be given by the speech and drama
department and the Harlequin So
clety. The Rev. Gilbert Hartke,
o. P; Walter Kerr and Ralph
Brown, members of the faculty, will
assist in the presentation.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Harry Norton Marvin,
Films Pioneer, Dies

By the Associated Press
VENICE. Fla, Jan. 13.-Harry
Norton Marvin, II, inventor and
president Of the Biograph Co. In
the early days of the motion picture
industry, died here yesterday.
An associate Of the late Thomas
A. Edison, Mr.. Marvin invented q
drill used in mining and recently
had perfected an automatic radio
tuning system.
Evening star., 1940-01-13

Jean Parker received her high
school graduation diploma on the
same day she was hailed as the out
standing ingenue Of the screen fol-
lowing the press review Of Frank
Capra's Lady for q Day." in which
she scored perhaps her greatest aim
triumph.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Slayer Dies of Pneumonia
Trying to Escape Prison
" the AsSoriafod praSs

BY the Associated Press.
CANON CITY. Colo, Jan. 13.-
Harry E. Ross, Denver slayer, died
yesterday of pneumonia caused by
exposure in an attempt to escape
from the Colorado. Penitentiary.
Ross, who scaled a 340-foot cliff
under cover Of a heavy fog, was re-
captured last Sunday after wander
ing a week without shelter.
He was sentenced to life for the
Staying of Erwin C. Thompson, 80,
Iowa electrical engineer, in 1894.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
PIT. A. Will Hear Scout

The Patrick Henry School Parent
Teachers Association, Arlington.
Va, will meet at 8 pm. Tuesday to
head Rock Kirkham Of the Boy
Scouts speak On hobbies,
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Fother of Twins Is 79

MOUNTAIN LAKE, Mimi, Jan.
13 @.-John P. Goertz, 70, beamed
proudly today at his new twin sons,
born yesterday to his 36-year
wife. The couple have II other
| children.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Bartender Is Held
For Grand Jury in
Staying al Tavern
II Witnesses Give
Testimony in Upper
Marlboro School

By Staff Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Jan.
13.-Ray Barkley, 28-year -old bar
tender charged with murder in con-
nection with the fatal shooting Of
Alfred Downs, 80, discharged handy
man of a Silver Hill (Md) tavern,
was held for grand jury action at
preliminary Police Court hearing
here yesterday afternoon.
Presiding from the stage of the
Upper Marlboro High School, the
courts temporary quarters, Trial
Magistrate Walter L. Green held
Barkley for the jury without bail
after hearing testimony by II of the
IA witnesses called to appear.
Downs died in Washington's Casu-
atty Hospital on January of null
tiple bullet wounds inflicted the
night before during gun battle in
the Green Oak Tavern.
Within earshot of classes in ses-
sion across the hall, nearly $50
spectators, some of them students,
heard Sergt. Elon Turner Of the
Prince Georges County police tes-
tify that Barkley admitted shooting
"Cocky" Downs when the officer ar
rived on the scene of the affray to
investigate.
Barkley Not on Stand.
Barkley, clad in a neat brown
suit, sat at the attorneys table with
Defense Counsel Frank Hall, listen
ing to the proceedings. He did not
testify, however.
Barkley heard 1rby Malloy, COL
ored employe at the tavern testify
that he came up from the tavern's
cellar after hearing shots and found
Downs lying on the floor a few feet
from the bar. Malloy said Barkley,
who was about Is feet from Downs,
handed him a 45-caliber automatic.
He related that Barkley said, II in
tended to kill him."
Another witness, G. r. Mcclellan,
proprietor of the tavern, declared
that Downs, whom he had dismissed
from his employ, came into the
tavern in the late afternoon and
engaged in an argument with his
former boss. Mr.. Mcclellan said he
asked Downs to keep away from the
premises. He testified Downs went
into the barroom, and Mr.. Nc
Clellan said he later heard shots
and found Downs lying on the floor.
Among the witnesses who did not
testify was Mrs. Delilah Hardesty,
20 year-old waitress and friend of
Downs.
Says Gun Was Borrowed.
Julius H. Strickland, proprietor
of "Strick's" tavern at Silver Hill,
said he was the owner Of the gun
and that Barkley had asked to bor-
row it for Virginia hunting trip.
Other tavern keepers also testified
that Barkley had attempted to bor-
row gun from them.
The autopsy report of DR.. James
I. Boyd, county medical examiner
revealed that six bullets entered
Downs body.
The gun, identified by Malloy, was
put in evidence by States Attorney
r WinShin WhAat1ev r.
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Marjorie Souby
To- Give Luncheon
For Bonnie Young

Miss Marjorie. Souby will enter
tain at luncheon Monday In the
apartment of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James M. Souby, at 2l01 Con-
necticut avenue, in honor of her
house guest, Miss Bonnie Young of
Omaha. Nebr. Miss Young will
share honors with Miss Marcy Nor
gan, who was queen of the Presi-
dents Cup Regatta recently when
Miss Souby was one Of the ladies
in waiting.
Miss Young will visit Miss Mary
Alice Sturtevant, daughter of 1t
Col. and Mrs. Edward Wallace
Sturtevant, later in the month. In
the late autumn Miss Young will
go to New York with her cousin
Mr.. Eric Douglas of Denver, anc
assist him in arranging the famous
Indian exhibit which will be held
at the Museum of Modern Art ir
New York early in the new year
Mr.. Douglas brought a portion Of
the exhibit from the Golden Gate
Exposition at San Francisco anc
will assemble the exhibit in its en-.
tirety for the museum in New York
Mr.. Douglas. who is nephew OF
Mrs. John R. Williams is in Wash.
ington for the early autumn.
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Red Cross Enrolment
Must Reach $3.50
Daily 10 Hit Goal
$4,000 Mark Passed;
Drive Is Intensified
For Homestretch

An average of 6,670 memberships
a day will be required by the Red
Cross Roll Call to reach its 10000
goal by the close Of the drive on
October 10. Roll Call Chairman Ed
gar Morris announced today.
The average to date to slightly more
than $500 daily, he said, although
yesterdays returns amounted to
$3.50.
The Roll Call passed the $4,000
mark in enrollments yesterday. A
total of 76,635 memberships was re-
ported, leaving 1865 to be obtained
in the eight remaining working days
Of the drive.
A. F. L. Backs Drive.
Cooperation of the American
Federation of Labor in the cam
paign was pledged in the follow
ing statement issued today to its
members by William Green, presi-
dent.
The American Federation of La
Dor and all of its affiliated men,
bers responded promptly and gen.
erously to the call of the Red Cross
for funds for the relief of victims
Of the war raging in Europe. Our
response showed our appreciation
of the value of such an agency as
the Red Cross impartially devoted
to its mission of mercy to the needy.
The 1910 annual Red Cross roll
call takes place at a time when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-11
Miss Marie Skinner and
MFR. lanes Fowler are Married.


Lighted candles gave soft light
for the wedding of Miss Marie Hol-
land Skinner and Mr.. James Al
bert Fowler, which took place IN
the Presbyterian Church in Ia
koma Park Friday evening, Sep
TENDER q. The bride is the daugh-
ter of Mai. Frank E. Skinner and
the late Mrs. Skinner and the
bridegroom parents are Mr.. and
Mrs Milburn M. Fowler of Be-
thesda, Md.
The Rev. R. Paul Shearrer Off
ciated, using the double-ring cere-
mony. The bride was escorted and
given in marriage by her father.
The church had an effective ar
rangement of white asters and
peach-color dahlias, with palms and
fern.
The bride wore a soldier-blue
crepe gown, street length and
trimmed with matching braid, CIV
ing a jacket effect. Her halo hat
matched the dress. and her shoes
and accessories we're dubonnet. She
wore a bouquet of gardenias.
Her sister, Mrs. Joseph Walsh
was her only attendant, and pre-
ceding the ceremony she sang two
numbers, accompanied by Mrs. Dud'
ley C. Jackson at the organ. Mrs
Walsh wore a street-length gown
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misery prevails throughout the
world and when millions Of refu-
gees are seeking haven in all neu-
trail countries. Our continued sup
port is needed and I hope one and
all may respond"
The bulk of yesterdays member
ships came from Government en-
rollments with a total Of 4,499 re-
ported. General Business Units ac-
counted for OFT memberships.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, chairman
of the Roll Call Speakers Bureau,
will speak for the Red Cross at a
meeting Of the Washington Board
Of Trade in the Willard Hotel to-
night.
Students Of the Junior division of
Gunston Hall were to present Red
Cross pageant at the school this
afternoon. The Women's Alliance
Of the All Souls Unitarian Church
was to hear James L. Fieser, vice
chairman of the American Red
Cross, at its meeting today.
Skit to Be Presented.
The Roll Call skit was to be pre-
sented at a meeting of the American
Automobile Association in the Will
lard Hotel today, and H. L. Rust
jr., Roll Call vice chairman, was to
be the speaker at a meeting of the
Women'S Christian Temperance
Union this afternoon.
Roll Call broadcasts today were to
include talks by F. Lee Pentz of the
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Of wine velvet, with q corsage bou-
ouet of talisman roses.
The best man was MIR. Robert
Bray of Washington, and the ush-
ers were Mr.. Robert Foster and
Mr.. Joseph Walsh.
An informal reception was held
at the church, and later Mr.. and
Mrs. Fowler left for their wedding
trip to New York by airplane.
After October Is they will be at
home in the Chalfonte, at 1901
Argonne place, where they have
taken an apartment.
Among the guests were Mrs.
Dollie S. Bradley, aunt of the bride,
and her cousin, Miss Dorothy Brad
ley of Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Fowler, who Is a member
of one of the pioneer families in
Takoma Park, is a graduate Of
Central High School and the Stray
err Business College and is en-
ployed in the Civil Aeronautics
Administration. Mr.. Fowler is a
graduate of George Washington
University and is employed in the
civil service department of the Gov
eminent.
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YOUR COAT
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Snowy silver fox, the most outstanding fur Of the
SEASON, en- tremendously fottenne sored block
wool coat that boasts every foshion point. Side
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Memorial Is Proposed

An Oliver Wendell Holmes Me-
mortal, with Federal court buildings
grouped around it, Just east Of the
Supreme Court, is envisioned as an
immediate possibility, as a result Of
the senior circuit judges approving
such a program.
Announcement of the Federal
judges action, after a meeting held
at the Supreme Court, was made
yesterday. Projected around the
memorial are the Court of Customs
and Patent Appeals, the Court of
Claims, District Court and the
United States Court of Appeals, I'M
der the proposals.
The jurists adopted q resolution,
submitted by Chief Justice D. Law
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-11
Kiwonions to Fight
Subversive Elements
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. Thames
M. Lynch of Washington, a past
vice president of Kiwanis Inte~.a-
tional, called on Kiwanians of the
Capital district last night to keep
down subversive activities and bring
to the realization of the average
American citizen the blessings which
are his"
He was the principal speaker at
the opening meeting of the Districts
22d annual convention. The con-
clave is expected to attract a regis
tration of over 600 before its con-
clusion Saturday.
D. Nelson Sutton of West Point
is governor of the district. which
includes clubs in Virginia, Maryland
and the District of Columbia.