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Friday. THE BOSTON GLOBE November it. 1939 32 H3 Ma Good Will Purveyors From Southern Neighbors POOR PA a i "i its 1 11 1 ei i 1 HjPij I ii a 1' Lowell Officer Ends Life in Front of Family F. DSays No Need Now to Probe Top Heavy Ships Recalls Silly Questions at Senate Inquiry on Titanic Sinking EDjQQH. LOWELL, Nov.

17 Patrolman FRIDAY, NOV. 17, 1939 Edward F. Keese, 38, for 15 years a member of the police force here, died at 3 o'clock this morning at St. John's Hospital, three-quarters MIXIATVRE ALMANAC NOV 17 Eastern Standard Tim. Sun Ris 3:17 am Sun Set.

4:21 I 3:29 pm Lpnsih of Dy. 8:44 I Moon Seta 10:23 pm HoiKht of Tide 8ft 6m am. 8ft lin pm LiKht Automobile Lamp, at 4:51 pm Moon' Changes It Quarter. Nov. 18.

6h 21m. vnln. U)1 Moon. Nov. 26.

4h Mm, evening. E. ast Qiiarter. Dec. 3.

3h 40m. evening. New Moon. Dec. 10.

4h 45m. evening. W. of an hogr after he had shot himself in front of his wife and their 12-year-old daughter at the Keese IV i home, 648 Stevens st His wife, Anna V. Keese.

told "Relatives make fun of Nora's little boy because he plays -with dolls, rhey don't think a boy ought to play with dolls until he grows up." investigators her husband came home unexpectedly just after 2 o'clock following a three days' absence. A few minutes later, and without apparent explanation or reason, he shot himself in the HYDE PARK. N. Y- Nov. 17 AP Showing little concern over the fact that some naval vessels had been found to be top heavy.

President Roosevelt asserted today the condition had been corrected and indicated he saw no need of a Congressional inquiry into the matter. After Acting Navy Secretary Charles Edison had disclosed that some recent destroyers had been top heavy, some suggestions arose that Congress make an investigation. Told at a press conference that Senator Wheeler had suggested one, Mr. Roosevelt said that all Congress would learn would be this: When the ships were designed and plans were drawn, there was a difference of opinion among naval Weather Reports FORECASTS (Official. U.

S. Weather Bureau) Boston and its vicinity: Generally fair weather tonight and Saturday; flightly colder tonight, with lowest school of thought which considered the metacentric height too high had been correct. However, certain changes were made which lowered this height and the prcblern r.o longer exists. If Congress should investigate the President said, it would be to'd the same thing and that would be all there was to it. He added that he did not war.t it said he was crabbing the Sena' but that the whole story had been told.

He recalled that the Senate had investigated the sinking cf the laser Titanic, which he said had scraps an iceberg which tore out plates on the starboard side, allowing ar to rush into enough watertight compartments to prevent the vessel's staying afloat. i I hours, total this month 1.01 inches, .51 inch less than normal. (11:30 a. Temperature 42, humidity 64 per right temple with his service revolver, she said. Mrs.

Keese ran hysterically to the home of Police Supt. Michael H. Winn, two houses awav at 642 Ste temperature tonight in the middle cr upper 30 Sunday probably rain; moderate and diminishing northwest vens to awaken him and tell of her husband's act. Supt. Winn sum cent.

TEMPERATURE READINGS (7:30 A. Chicago, 44; Denver, 29; Helena, 30; Kansas City, 50; Los Angeles, 58; Miami, 74; Minneapolis, 32; New Orleans, 62; New York, 51; Norfolk. winds tonight, shifting to southerly -Maine: Fair tonight and Satur and private architects and engineers over what the metacentric heicht moned an ambulance and Keese was rushed to the hospital, where he died shortly. Keese was a World War veteran. should be.

That height, which Mr. day; colder tonight, slowly rising Roosevelt was unable to define, is The late Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan, Mr. Roosevelt asserted, asked one of the Titanic's surviving officers at the Senate inquiry whether the ship had watertight compartments. After getting and affirmative answer, Mr. Roosevelt said, the Senator wanted to know why passengers did not enter these compartments and be saved.

An aid reminded him that at the same inquiry someone wanted to know what an iceberg was made cf. not the same as the center of gravity. While the ships were under construction, there were new inventions and designs and weight was added, throwing the metacentric height again too high, according to some opinions. Then when the war craft were tried out, it wai found that the one or tne youngest in this city, and was one of the youngest for the length of his service on the force. He had been wounded in action overseas and had a notable war record.

Three years ago, while in a police cruiser responding to a radio alarm, he and patrolman James F. McCann had a narrow escape from death when the machine struck a pole on Pawtucket Blvd. Keese suffered near-fatal head injuries and McCann suffered a broken neck. Both men spent months in-a hospital. McCann and Keese each recovered but Keese was said never to have regained normalcy.

McCann is still in the department but Keese, although permitted to return to work, 49; Philadelphia, 49; St. Louis, 48; San Francisco, 54; Washington, 52; Mt. Washington Summit, 4. CONDITIONS The northeastern depression deepened and moved eastward over Maine, but without producing any precipitation. None has occurred in the country during the last 24 hours except along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and parts of the lower Mississippi Valley, where light showers attend the developments of a weak disturbance over the northern part of the gulf.

The barometric pressure remains well above normal elsewhere. The temperature has become generally moderate east of the Rocky Mountains as inactivity has allowed warming by isolation. During the night, however, temperatures in northern New England fell from the rather readings of yesterday to below freezing, and in central Maine to the middle 20's. Elsewhere, except near the northern boundary and in mountain districts, morning temperatures were above freezing. Above is a group of South American women now stopping in Boston on a tour of the United States under the auspices of the People's Mandate to End War.

Left to Right Senora Angela Acuna de Chacbn, San Jose, Costa Rica; Senora Lucia de Paula Fonseca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Senorita Mercedes Guerra, Havana, Cuba; Senorita Lusana Perez Irigoyen, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Senorita Yvonne Gonzalez Rincones, Caracas, Venezuela. Christmas," all sung by the choral society. The orchestra will play Beethoven's "Overture to Bach's "Gavotte and Musette." frcm the "3d English Suite." and Purcell Radcliffe and Harvard Free Public Concert The Radcliffe College choral society and orchestra, assisted by the Harvard University orchestra, will give a concert free to the public in Paine HalL Cambridge, next temperature Saturday in the west portion. Vermont and New Hampshire: Fair tonight and Saturday; colder tonight, slightly warmer Saturday. Massachusetts.

Connecticut and F.hode Island: Fair tonight and Saturday, colder tonight; Sunday rain. Eastern New York: Fair tonight and Saturday; somewhat colder tonight, slightly warmer Saturday in northern and central portions; Sunday rain. FOR SHIPPERS Protect perishable shipments moving into northern New York, northern Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont for, temperatures of 16 to 22 degrees, central New York and central New England, in the middle 20 elsewhere 24 to 30 tonight OCEAN WEATHER Atlantic Coast, Eastport to Sandy Hook: Dimishing northwest winds tonight becoming southerly Saturday and fair weather tonight and Saturday. BOSTON OBSERVATIONS (7:30 A. Barometer 29.89 inches; temperature 44, highest yesterday 61, minimum last night 44; humidity 57 percent; wind northwest, 18 miles; partly cloudy; no precipitation last 24' was unable to resume his former ODD ITEMS from duties.

About a week ago he was granted a leave. He left his home Monday without explanation and returned this mornina as unexDect- EVERYWHERE It cost the state of Connecticut only $50,000 to erect- a railroad edly. His wife and three young children survive him. bridge for a railroad which state "Andante," from an unpublished manuscript belonging to the King of England, now in the British Museum. The concert will conclude with choral and orchestral singing in Russian the chorus from "Rogdana." by Dargomyzhsky; and Handel's "Hallelujah.

Amen" from "Judas Maccabaeus." with a bass solo by Marshall Squan, Harvard '39. New Firms in Texas Eleven foreign corporations re Senoras and Senoritas Here on Good-Will Tour Fair Latin Americans Express Need for Better Understanding officials finally learned had been dis continued. Wednesday at 8:30 p. m. The program is as follows: Handel, "Welcome as the Cheerful Light, from "Jeptha, choral and orchestra; Bach, "Good News from Heaven," chorale from the "Christmas Oratorio," choral and orchestra; French caroL "Ding, Dong, Merrily on American folk song, "Come All Ye Fair and Gentle Russian folk song, "The Birch in the and an English carol, "The Twelve Days of A new trout rearing pool soon be constructed in Franklin It Was Last Year's Cider.

Whee-e-e! Dared to find a rhyme for the 10th month in the year the Boston Police Seeking 200-Pound Dog, Newton Terror NEWTON. Nov. 17 Prepared to Globe's versatile versifier comes County, where approximately 300,000 species of the fish will Le back with: "What is so rare as a day in October? The air is like wine handled annually. cently received permits to operate in Texas. and you cannot stay sober.

Pretty shoot to kill. Newton police today early yet for hard cider, Isn't? The largest piece of granite ever finished in Brattleboro, is the 48-ton slab which is the largest of Brockton Enterprise. for Costa Rica Carlos Azuola; Ilde-fonso Falcao, consul for Brazil; William A. Mosman, consul for Uruguay and Guatemala, and Cyril Shelvey, consul for Argentina. me tnree roof stones for the Walter hunted a huge Great Dane which yesterday climaxed three weeks of terrorizing residents in the vicinity of Newton Hospital by attacking a nurse.

"We can hardly wait to see Boston! New York, it is magnificent! And San Francisco! I would love to live there. Long live the Republic of the United tMPORTtjtg P. Chrysler mausoleum in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at Tarrvtown. N. Y.

It is 33 feet long. 12 V4 feet The dog. weighing about 200 Praises Hospitality wiae, ana over a root pounds, leaped on Mrs. Eva Graves. Walter Baldwin Farmer of HarnD 29.

a nurse, leaving teeth marks on ton Falls, N. one of the biggest apple growers of the country, who her arm and tearing her clothing. Patrolman Lawrence Dungan arrived at the scene, armed with a gave a moving picture version of A group of official hostesses, headed by Mrs. A. L.

West Movius, chairman, and including Mrs. Raymond Cox, Mrs. R. W. Lovett, Dr.

Barbara Ring and Mrs. Charles F. Shaw, also met the train. States! We adore this country everyone has been 60 hospitable!" Those were some of the exclamations of three, slim, flashing-eyed senoritas, and two smiling senoras, from South America, as they left their train at the South Station this morning for a visit to Boston. It tne apple industry to pupils of the Oliver School in Lawrence last shotgun, but was forced to withhold his fire because of the danger to children crowding about him.

Herbert Lewis, Newton doe officer. week, told his audience that an apple orchardist must be both a Sale SMOKE DAMAGE weather prophet and a chemist. 17 TTL 1 AT wi I I and agents of the Animal Rescue League have been unsuccessful in their efforts to catch the dog alive. It resembles a baby seat in shape. i ui ins ui uiiu civ irioaei ouhoo I was another stop on a good-will tour of this country which began in Efforts to identify the owner also measures around 18 inches, and weighs 22 pounds, but really is a cow beet raised on the farm of nave oeen unsuccessful.

Washington, Oct. 12. They were met by most of the FRIDAY MORNING And then there was Senora E. Hendee of Peru, who is taking a special course in the bacteriology department at Harvard. She was there to see her countrywoman who couldn't come on the peace tour because she was taken sick.

It was Senorita Irigoyen, La Nacion scribe, who exclaimed, "I lived for seven years in Europe, but nowhere have I found the hospitality which I have enjoyed in the United States. Not for one minute have I been homesick. I will carry back South American consuls, by representatives of Gov. Saltonstall and Mayor Tobin. by a body of hostesses Ethel Jacobson, in Ladies' Home Journal.

composed of prominent Greater Boston women and by one lonesome girl from Peru who tried hard not to show her disappointment TO 5 OFF TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW MERCHANDISE WE MUST CLEAR THAT PART OF OUR STOCK SMOKE DAMAGED BY THE RECENT FIRE The Following Is a Partial List of Items: Miss Fanny C. Bowen in Warren. "Cow beets," some of which grow to weigh as much as 22 pounds, are chopped up and given to the cattle for roughage, taking the place of silage. A young bull belonging to Elwyn Thurston of Freedom, N. learned that when tied at his stanchion he could reach the pump, so whenever he got thirsty he would place a horn under the handle and raise it to its highest point then put his chin over and push it down and have a drink.

After Mr. Thurston found the when she learnedt that the girl who was to have been the delegate from her country was unable to come. She bangs her shiny pans With a cheerful, reckless din, A bis; checkered apron Tucked beneath her chin. She draws her brows together And crinkles up her nose. And clasps her battered bowl In a fond, housewifely pose.

She takes a bit of this And a dab or two of that. And adds some purple berries She gathered in her hat. It smudges In her eyebrows. It spatters in her hair. Reporters On Tour many pleasant memories.

"It is my first trip to this country and it has been magnificent. I adored New York and San Francisco and should like -to live there. I still don't know Boston." And she was off to learn about Boston. The delegation included petite. barn flooded, he found it wise to chain down the handle of the numn rp fJM so there is no more self-service! enthusiastic Senorita Susana Perez Irigoyen, prominent reporter on the staff of La Nacion, Buenos Aires' outstanding newspaper.

Quick and intelligent, speaking good English, she was an immediate hit with the newspaper folk who met the train. In celebration of the 60lh anniversary of the founding of North-field Seminary by Dwight L. Moody, the 550 girls now attending there But she beats It all together With a grave and knowing air. And then she pats it neatly And shapes it when it's done And sets all her mud pies To bake in the sun! Fitted Overnight Cases Wardrobe Cases Week-End Cases Matched Luggage Zipper Bags Brief Cases Suit Cases Gladstones Toilet Cases Gloves and Handbags Billfolds and Wallets Bridge and Poker Sets Cigarette Cases Picture Frames Waste Baskets Manicure Sets Jewel Cases Stud Boxes As was Senora Angela Acuna de Chacon, another Latin reporter, who Plea for Understanding Tlfe substance of the expressed opinion of these five pretty visitors in an interview aboard their train is that there is need for a better understanding in the United States of South Americans and their problems. There shiuld be exchange students, Spanish should be taught properly in our schools and a study were given a half-holiday with pageants and other events in commemoration of the event.

One room writes for La Tribuna of San Jose, Costa Rica. Slim and attractive, she is chairman of the Peoples' Mandate for Costa Rica, was a leader in or jiPSgdll Ira in "Penny Alley" rooms over the carriage shed first used as a dormitorywas furnished as it "was in 1879, and there was an outdoor exhibit of the various vehicles once used to transport the girls to and from the station. Abe'Martin Say inos Ther'a one) thins wo all ought let people find out fer 'em-selves, an' that is how honest we are. You're never successful till you're happy. NOTE This Sale embraces oar entire Street Floor.

smoke damaged stock for ONE WEEK ending Nov. 25. AH sales final. Sorry, no Mail or Phone Orders Be Glad to Report on a Hunk Biddeford Journal thinks the bear meat now in the Boston market fur made of South American history and literature, they believe. Their tour, which began in Washington, has brought the South American women through Baltimore, Atlanta, New Orleans, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Denver, Lincoln, Omaha, Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Ithaca, Syracuse, Albany and Springfield.

ganizing the school system there, and is a lawyer. And then there was tall, comely Senorita Yvonne Gonzales Rincones. of Caracas, Venezuela, daughter of the former Minister of Education of that country, who was dressed in the latest styles from Paris, where she has been studying at the Sor-bonne for the past two years; Senora Lucia de Paula Fonseca of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, daughter of the Ambassador from Brazil, wife of Senor A. G. de Paula Fonseca of the Brazilian delegation to the New York World's Fair, and Senori'-.

Mercedes Guerra. Havana, Cuba, personal representative for Senora Borerro de Lujan, the People's Mandate chairman of Cuba. She'd Better Never Take a Parachute Jump Recently, a woman juror changed her mind after she had signed a verdict. Well, maybe it is permissible for a woman to change her mind, but, adds J. if we were a defendant we would resent it very much if a lady of the jury changed her mind after we had been hanged Kansas Ctiy Star.

JwjidoiL cHarimL (Somp ompanu nishes the competition that brought down the price of pork. Well, bear meat often includes pork. Boston Globe. But bear meat, particularly the meat of a young bear, when properly cooked, tastes much like pork, doesn't it? Biddeford Journal. SIXTY FRANKLIN STREET ifc, .1 -FlTi idPSI ill I I First of Three Visits After meeting state and city officials, the visitors went to Wellesley College where they were guests of the college president, Miss Mildred McAfee, at luncheon.

Their visit will keep them there until Monday. Many luncheons and dinners, tours of educational institutions and an audience with Cardinal O'Connell, have been arranged for them. Hostesses for their visit here will Met by Consuls They were all in the care of Miss Mabel Vernon, director of the People's Mandate committee, which is sponsoring the tour to spread information on inter-American affairs, increase friendly relationships bp- fa) The. tween the Americas and make better 12X25VI muf in be: Honorary chairman, Mrs. Lev-erett Saltonstall; general chairman, Mrs.

Alice Lee West Movius, 208 Beacon vice chairman, Mrs. Howard L. Bevis. 4 Walnut Cambridge, and Dr. Barbara Rine.

Ar iwiuwu me enecuve peace system that is being created in the Western Hemisphere. Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the Secretary of State, is honorary chairman of the special committee of sponsors of the tour. The good-will delegation was met by Maj. Daniel Tyler and Capt.

Willis Fitch, representing the Governor; City Greeter Louis Brems, representing Mavor Tobin: Anthnnv lington Heights. I I Ill'll llllll IIP IIIMHIII Jf .1.1, ,1,,,,, iiu.Kj.jiw.il m. UwiHiUM H.MWWW,,,,, Miss Vernon said the good will tour is the first of three visits to the United States to be made by prominent Latin American women, in Bruzon, consul for Cuba; Jose Loria, consul for Costa Rica; vice consul tU YTTK- cluding representatives from all 21 republics. Ellis, Is Now on Commonwealth Av. Were 22.50 to f35 Brand New 1940 Model! NO AERIAL NO GROUND NO INSTALLATION 1 i PF7 Oh Choice of Hundreds Handsome Styles rS I PUSHBUTTON Um AflTflMATIf TllUIUft Excellent Fabrics Big burly overcoats Smart swinging balmacaans Swagger raglans Box shoulder models Tweeds Hard wearing worsteds Smart Oxford grays Warm fleeces Herringbones Grays Browns Blues Some greens All sizes.

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