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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-12
10000 COMMUNIST VOTES
IN MINNESOTA; EARLY
COUNT NOW INDICATES
Thousand Vote for Foster in Duluth Where
Only 78 Voted Communist in 1928
In Several Towns Communist Vote Leads
That Of Every Other Party

MINNEAPOLIS Mimi, Nov. 11.-Incompete election re.
turns indicate the Communist congressional vote will be more
than 10000 for the state of Minnesota There 1000 votes
approximately for Foster Duluth compared with 7s votes
in 1928.
In Markham, Mnn Foster got 40 per cent of the total
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vances. The whole system of Negro
peonage is exposed in all its brutality
by John L. Spivak in his book,
Georgia Niger now being published
serially in the Daily Worker. Read
today's installment on page 4.
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ly' closer to thousands of workers in
the city.
In addition to all militant trade
unions, the following organizations
will be represented at the conference;
branches of the International Work
ers Order, International Labor De-
Tense, workers clubs and cultural
groups, the Y.C.L. and the Workers
School
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JogLEss LIVE IN PIPES

OAKLAND, Cal, Nov. 1.-THE
newest type of home for the unem-
ployed is being used here. Fifty con-
crete pipes left in a lot preparatory
to construction work have been taken
over by % workers, one for each, who
live in them.
The pipes are six feet long and
about the same in diameter.
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FIRE LEAVES 100 HOMELESS

NEW YORK, Nov. IA building
known as the Waldorf of the I'm
employed because it housed so many
jobless workers was burned today
leaving 100 men without a place to
sleep.
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In the Days
NepuS
BOSSES SPEED sTAGGER PLAN

BOSSES SPEED STAGGER PLAN
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-Wage cut
and speed-up masters make up the
list of bosses who have been named
to head the latest stagger plan move
ment in New York. Led by former
Police Commissioner Mclaughlin they
include the president of Abraham &
Strauss, department store, the vice
president of the Todd Shipyards,
Manager of Shefield Farms and the
general manager of International
Harvester.
The National Hunger March will be
the answer to these fake relief
schemes.
PRINTERS VOTE ON WAGE CUT
NEW YORK, Nov. H. Eleven
thousand members of the big 6"
printers union voted yesterday on
the referendum calling for a wage
cut. The workers have fought the
cut bitterly, previously rejecting an
agreement which had been recon-
mended by their union president,
Howard.
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Phila. Workers
Hail Scottsboro
Victory Today

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 11.-Negro
and white workers Of Philadelphia
will hold a giant victory mass meet
ing this Saturday evening at the
Broadway Arena in celebration of the
tremendous partial victory won by
mass pressure on the U. S. Supreme
Court, which on November Z reversed
the lynch verdicts against the seven
Scottsboro condemned to burn in the
electric chair at the original mock
trial at Scottsboro, Alabama.
The mass meeting will be preceded
by a parade beginning at 6 o'clock.
from Fourth and Christian SITS. with
thousands of workers marching to the
mass meeting. At the Arena they
will be addressed by william Jones,
Managing Editor of the Baltimore
Afro-American, Referend Sheppard of
this city, and Fred Biedenkamp of
the Committee for the Protection of
Foreign Born and the LID.
The keynote Of the meeting will be
the necessity for further building and
development of the mass defense
campaign, which alone has saved the
boys so far.
An appeal will also be made to
the workers for funds to enable the
lid to prepare the best possible de-
tense for the boys when the new
trials come up in the Alabama courts
to which they have been returned
by the U. S. Supreme Court.
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$4,000 LOSE PHONE SERVICE

CLEVELAND, O.-Over 81 900 tel
ephone users in this city had their
telephones taken out during the first
10 months of 1882, because they
could not pay their bills.
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Harlem Victory Meet

NEW YORK.-Hundreds of Harlem
Negro and white workers attended
victory mass meeting at st. Luke S
Hall, 125 West both st. last night
and pledged themselves to mi1itantly
support the fight led by the Com
munist Party and the International
Labor Defense for the unconditional
freedom of the Scottsboro boys.
: The meeting was addressed by w
w. Weinstone, editor of the Daily
Worker, and Richard 3. Moore, Negro
revolutionary leader
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HIGHLAND PARK, ILL.,, Nov. Ii
Five votes for Foster out of a total of
602 in Precinct here. Hoover car
ried the precinct with 1872 votes, and
Thomas got So, Roosevelt 1853.
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WHAT'S TO BE DONE:

Organize public hearings on Unem-
ployment.
Mobilize for Tag DAYS, Nov. 10 and
20, to collect funds for the National
Hunger March.
Rush food, clothing to the Joint Conn
mittees in each town and rush funds
TO the Joint Committee, LAG Fifth Ave,
New York.
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ON TO WASHINGTON, n

1. New England and New York delega-
tions get big send-Off at Mass Meet
ing in Bronx Coliseum, Nov. 20.
2. Fight for $50 Federal Winter Relief
and Unemployment Insurance.
8. See that every group of unemployed
hears of the National Hunger March,
starts local struggle, elects delegates.
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Continued on Page Three
The Washington times., 1932-09-30
JAMES P. FITZGERALD

Funeral services for James p.
Fitzgerald, 81, active in contrac.
ton and political circles in Mont
gomery County for many years,
who died Wednesday at his home
in Wheaton, Nd. we're held today
at his birthplace. Winooski, VT.
Five years ago, Mr.. Fitzgerald
resided in Brightwood. He was
the operator Of garage on Blair
Road. at the District line, and
owned considerable property in
that section. He was a member
Of the Forest Glen Council,
knights of Columbus.
Surviving are his widow, son,
John Edward Fitzgerald, of
Wheaton, and four brothers, viii.
liam Fitzgerald. Of Silver Spring,
and Thomas. John and Charles
Fitzgerald, all of Vermont.
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Deaths
HART. ELIZABETH (nee Cross) p

HART. ELIZABETH (nee CrOssl Passed
away on Wednesday. September 2S,
1882, at her late residence, & ESl9 Th@lrI @
Street ,.,GIad Biia :, HAA ganes
W. Hart Besides her husband she is also
survived by two children, one daughter,
Hester $. Hart. and one sou. James r,
Remains resting at the W. W. Chambers
Co. funeral home. 14OO Chaplin Street
Northwest. Funeral services will be held
on Saturday afternoon. October lS 1879
Chambers Co. funeral home. Fourteenth
and Chaplin Streets Northwest. Services
at Bells Meeting House, Camp Springs:
friends are invited 10 attend: mterment
will follow in Camp Springs, Md.
LOGAN, GEORGE-Passed away on Tues.
day, September 81, 1882, at his resi-
dence, 927 Twenty-sixth Street Northwest:
Mary Agnes Logan. Besides his wife, he
is survived by five children. Remains
resting at the W. W. Chambers Co. funeral
home. Fourteenth and Chaplin Streets
Funeral services will be held on Friday
afternoon; September 20, 1892 at r, ?
west. Relatives and friends are invited
to attend. Interment will follow in Oak
Hill Cemetery.
OSSMAN. MARY HENRIETTA-Entered
into ss9 eternal Re re't on s S.r
145O Newton Street Northeast. MARY
HENRIETTA oSSMAN. widow Of the late
Jere ossman: Remains resting at the W,
teenth and Chaplin Streets Northwest,
Funeral services will be held on Friday
9rom SeP,s%Ser ESs 81 Rs ca t
neral home, 14OO Chaplin Street North.
west. Relatives and friends are invited
to attend: Interment will follow in Cedar
Hill Cemetery
WATERS, MARY A.-On Thursday, Sep
tember 30. 1882. at her residence. 1915
Ingraham Street Northwest. MARY A.
WATERS, beloved wife Of the late Charles
Waters and mother of Charles p, James,
Funeral from her late residence on Sat-
urday, Oct. l, at 30 a. m. Requiem mass
at st. Gabrieis at a. m. Relatives and
friends are invited to attend. lnterment
Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
WARNKE. LAURA R.-Passed away on
Thursday morning, September %. 1892,
Forty:fir.t street Northwest, LAURA K.
WARNKIE, the beloved widow. Of the late
sons Ernest Warnke and George warnke.
Funeral services will be held from the
Se residence 5423 FoFtyPst Street
ber l, 1899. at . 80 o'clock. thence to
Christ Episcopal Church. G Street. be-
tween Sixth and Seventh Streets South,
east, dt U CLOCK p. III. helatlVeS ana
friends are invited to attend Interment
will follow in Congressional Cemetery.
WHISNER. MRS. LYDE-Passed away on
Thursday September 90. 1882. at her
late residence. 200 HolIey Avenue, Ta-
koma Park, Md. MRS. LYDE WHISNER,
widow of the late Joseph H. Whisner
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs
Mark Thistlewaite
Interment will follow in Brooksville,
Ky, on Saturday, October l, 1882. Serv.
ices by W. W. Chambers Co.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

James Huston Simpson Cox %. and
Anna Southard Larner, 2s. The Rev
John +, Walsh. 81. and Geraldine
Virginia Jacoby. 70. The Rev. NJ. J.
Gerald A. Hopkins. 80. and Ann.
Marie Clancy, 80. The Rev. J. L
Clayton Ellsworth Turney. 2s, and
Elinor Alice Totten. "a. The Rev
ZeBarney Phillips
Herman schleefauf. 27. and Christine
La PANEL levi. lanes s Reilly ny e; and RO1s
Felix Joseph Cabana. 90. and Mar.
garet Roberta Poore. 2S. The Rev
James Daugherty.
James F. Cleland 81. and Ruth NJ.
croWn: q. The Rev. Braskamp.
Philips. 49, H. The hsS Rev. w. a. i"q a. snfe' Ksnt.
D. Gibson Shelton. 81. Louisa. Va,
and Virginia Welfley. IS. Gordonsville
Va The Rev. A. F. Poore.
Md, Mary NJ Murphy. II. The Rev.
Rev. A. F. Poore.
Harry A. Buckner. %. and Jean NJ
Rabbi NJ. A. Horowitz. N
Sal Dorff. IS. and Frieda Schenkman.
"a. both of Baltimore. Nd. Rabbi J.
Leonard F. smithie. 50, and Lee
Anderson. ~. both of Richmond. Va.
The Rev. A. F. Poore.
. Robert, C. cray: %; ana DcrOth,
Isaac G Hapman. 81. and EstelIa M.
Askfns. 25. The Rev A. J. Tyler.
Elmer MattIock. u. and Odessa Tup-
man. 10. The Rev. X. w. Roy.
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BIRTHS

Allan T. and Helen Powley. girl.
Arthur R. and Florence K. Geiger,
girl
girl
Henry ]. and Elmer B. Robb. girl.
Louis S. and Eirene J. Berss. girl.
Bernard L. and Ruth c. ENerts girl.
David C. and Agnes Harrison boy,
Bernard r. and Louise Cannon, boy.
Leonard and Elizabeth ]. Block, boy.
Percy and Mary Goody. boy.
Claude and Rose d. Hersutti, boy.
Roland E. and Hilda NJ. Oxford, boy.
Elvert and Euzilea Harrington, boy.
william D. and Lula NJ Boyd boy.
Walter T. and Elsie Atkinson. girl.
Davis r. and Hester X. Els"orth,
girl
Charles and Fannie Davis, girl.
Henry and Edna v. Lewis, girl.
Leroy and Martha l. johnson, boy
Mack and Elizabeth Scales, boy.
James E. and Louise Conner, boy,
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BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES
DIR. MARK F. FINLEY


The funeral of DR.. Mark F..
Finley, 76, of the 1900 block I
st. N. W.. past president of the
American Dental Association, and
well known in fraternal. patriotic
and religious circles, who died
yesterday at Emergency Hospital
will be conducted from the
Church of the Epiphany tomor,
row at 8 o'clock. He will be
buried in Rock Greek cemetery.
DR.. Finley, the oldest living
member of the American Dental
Association, practiced dentistry
here for nearly so years and for
3o years was treasurer of the Dis
trict Dental Association. He is
survived by two sons, Mark F., jr.,
and John T. Finley, and a
brother, Col. John D. Finley,
United States Army. retired. His
wife died q years ago.
DR.. Finley was a thirty-second
degree Mason. He was past
grand master of the District
MaSons and past grand COM
mander of the Knights Templar
Among other affiliations he has
served as president and as vice
president general of the Wash
tngton Society of Sons of t he
American Revolution. The den.
tist was director of the Federal.
American National Bank AMI a
charter member of the University
Club.
He was born in Ypsilanti, Mich,
and was graduated from the Uni
versity of Michigan Dental Col
lege.
The Washington times., 1932-09-30
Mrs. Bertha Carson
Asks Divorce Decree

Charging desertion, Mrs. Ber-
tina Carson, of Seat Pleasant, yes.
terday filed suit for an absolute
divorce from Perry H. Carson in
circuit court at Upper Marlboro.
According to the petition, the
couple married in Bowling Green,
Va, in August, 1920, and sep
arated three years later.
The Washington times., 1932-09-30
DEATHS

=, francesca DlMisa. 1" years. s72O
james NJ, Burns, IS years, Garfield
Hospital
Emanuel steinem. II years. 400 Con-
necticut Ave. N. w.
Mary Mary IL H. osSman' II years. 1850
Rebecca A. Wolfe. II years, 1874
Edmund B. Myers, 81 years, 1925
Ninth st. N. W.
George F. Boswell. 81 years. Provl-
dence Hospital.
Herbert A. Burn. 81 years. 2Os
Massachusetts, Ave. N e.
George Logan. S6 years, 927 Twenty
Charles l. wengsr, ST years, Gar
field Hospital.
Fannie Winner, SO years, 1889 St.
n. w.
Earle E. Carr. so years. sibley Hos
pital
Ella A. Snyder. As years. U. S.
Naval Hospital.
Rosa Tovornick. 43 years. Walter
Reed Hospital.
Elizabeth Hart, s' years, ss1' Third
Aaron Plat, months. Gallinger
Martha E. Green. s5 years. a1s E
ST. S. W.
Margaret Lewis 81 years, Gallinger
Hospital.
silas Hutchinson. B years. u
Browns Ct. S. w.
Douglas Wilks, Al years, rear II U
Rowan Dixon, SO years. Gallinger
Hospital
OrdeIlia Swami. 30 years, tuberculosis
Hospital
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TAKES 3O-DAY REST

Leroy Puller, of Fairmont
Heights, was committed to Jail
for 30 days in default of SIS i'm
posed in police court at Capitol
Heights yesterday. Fuller was
charged with diSorderly conduct.
The Washington times., 1932-09-30
DIR. BARTON w. EvERMANN

DR.. Barton Warren Evermann,
former chief of the division of
statistics and methods of the
Bureau Of Fisheries, and former
vice president Of the District Board
Of Education. died Tuesday at
his home in Berkeley. Calf, &C.
coring to word received here.
DR.. Evermann was a native of
Iowa. He started his career as
a farm boy. After his marriage
he entered Indiana University in
1878. Five years after his gradu-
alton he was appointed to the
Bureau Of Fisheries. After Serv.
ing there in various positions he
became United States fur seal
commissioner in 1892.
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SCREAMS ROUT
BABY KIDNAPER
Sees Shadow at Window;
Find Ransom Note.

Screams Of her nurse are believed
to have prevented the kidnapping
Friday night of Betty Ann Anthony,
10 months old, from the home Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James L.
Anthony, 1911 College avenue. The
father is an automobile accessories
dealer.
On the slate roof of porch where
the man had stood was found an
envelope on which in printed char
acters was Ransom 100000"
A thin chisel about one inch in
width was near. The envelope
which was of linen paper, contained
leaf from cheap paper tablet on
which the printing was repeated.
The parents were attending 6
theater and the nurse and baby
were alone in the home. The father
said that previously an attempt hao
been made to open a window ano
later a rock was hurled through q
window.
He said he and Mrs. Anthony arc
away from home only one night
week and he believes the house is
watched and attempts made tc
enter it while they are away.
Radio patrolmen were first tc
arrive at the home. Later an in
vestigation was made by squads
under the direction of Major Her
bert Fletcher, Lieutenants Dan
Cummins, Walter Claffey and John
/ Sheehan.
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was tossed about like a cork ana
in obvious danger of laundering.
Meanwhile Capt. Fried maneuv-
cred the bulk OF the ocean liner
alongside the plane. Manning and
his crew we're lowered in the life
boat.
fR
TINE thrill Of the rescue at sea,
H. the end OF lone attempt TO
fly the Atlantic. was described
tersely by Captain Fried in his
report, which ended:
They took of Lou Reichers,
the lone pilot. Unable to salvage
lifeboat or plane on account Of
high, rough sea. (Signed Fried"
Passengers were much more ex-
cited. They rushed to the cap
tain's cabin to congratulate the
captain and chief officer, who
have figured in more thrilling res
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lifeboat also was abandoned, after
Reichers had been taken out OF
his gold and black speed machine,
his nose broken and his face
lacerated.
The hier said he was forced 70
land because one wing OF his
plane was damaged and his pre-
cious fuel supply almost was gone.
He was sighted at $40 p. m.
(4:I0 p. m. EST, forty-seven
miles from Fastnet and four
miles off Cape Clear, Ireland.
The weather near the cape was
anything but clear. Visibility was
poor. Mist hung over the ocean.
II the luck of Freid and Manning
had not held good and II Reichers
had been a few miles farther off
his course, the officer on watch
might never have sighted the air.
plane, a mere sreck bufieted
about in high seas.
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PROBE DELAY IS
DUE To CRASH
CuthbertSon Says Water
Survey Halted.

Failure to report on his investi-
cation of the result Of the COM
promise rates in the Indianapolis
Water Company case, as scheduled
for the public service commission
conference Friday, was explained by
Commissioner Harry K. Cuthbert-
son today as due to unavoidable
delay"
Webb Gilbert, chief of the COM
mission accounting department. has
been unable to continue his survey
of April billings of the company
due to injuries received in an auto
mobile accident, Cuthbertson ak
planned.
Gilbert was injured returning
from the Kentucky Derby and has
been unable to appear at the office.
CuthbertSon was having Gilbert
compile data on all April billings
OF the indianapolis Water Company
to show the effect of his rate COM
promise which consisted Of both re-
auctions and increases.
The commissioner is expected to
defend his rate order, which was
passed by a vote of three to two,
with the information thus secured.
Under a motion of the commission
he was to launch the investigation
May l. and report when completed.
He originally had announced that
the report would be ready for the
conference this week.
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THE President Roosevelt's pas
l. sengers had finished dinner
and we're chatting in the salons
when the ship slowed down sud-
denly. News that an airplane had
been sighted spread rapidly. Soon
the passengers were at the rail
while Captain Fried gave his or
ders from the bridge and Manning
summoned the crew OF hfeboat
No. 10.
A strong southwest wind was
blowing. The President Roosevelt's
searchlights picked up the form OF
an airplane. a low-winged, beauti-
fully stream-lined machine. Pas
sengers gasped as the pilot ,nosed
his machine down and struck the
water with crash that sent a
sudden. white spray up from the
black waters.
The airplane righted itself and
remained on top Of the water, but
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F7er Saved From Death in Sea by Crack Team of RescerS

British parliament. at the request
OF King George. conferred medals
upon the heroes.
In March. 1880. Captain Fried
accomplished a mission Of mercy
at sea when he led the transfer Of
Chief Engineer Frank Battam
from the steamer Crawford TO the
s. s. America.
n
DATTAMS daughter was near
ID death in New Orleans and he
was transferred to permit him TO
so to her.
Reichers said he was 'all right"
in a message to Bernarr MacFad-
den. New York publisher who
backed his fight. He sent the
following message: Picked up at
sea by President Roosevelt steam
ship. Ship (airplane) is total loss
am all right. Further details
tomorrow"
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MAP ECONOMY MOVE
Business, Civic Leaders to
Demand u. S. Saving.

Demands for reduction in federal
expenditures will be made by In
diana business and civic leaders
who will go TO Washington soon
under sponsorship Of the Chamber
Of Commerce, it was announced
today.
A meeting of hundred repre-
Sentatives of business and civic or
ganizatiopj in the Chamber build
ing Friday adopted a resolution,
presented by William Fortune, urg-
ing Indiana legislators to favor leg
islation which will reduce the cost
OF federal government.
Fortune pointed out that gov
ernmental expenditures have risen
81 per cent in four years, and that
industrial production has declined
by the same percentage in the same
period.
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cues than any other team" on
the north Atlantic run.
Captain Fried has stood on the
bridge several times while Chief
Ohicer Manning led lifeboat TO
a rescue, notably in the rescue Of
the crew Of the freighter Florida.
It sank TOO miles of the Virginia
coast in January. 1929. Manning
and his crew braved towering seas
and took of the Florida's crew
against odds which appeared in
surmountable.
n
THE officers were honored by
Il the city OF New York for tn
rescue, but is was becoming an old
story. Three years before they
had rescued the crew Of twenty
five Of the British freighter An
tinoe. when they were aboard the
President Roosevelt. Two Of the
Manning's crew we're lost. The
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peal bond, and was informed the
court would look after that"
Owens said he later conferred
with Sheaffer in chambers and that
the judge told him he did not like
the way he practiced law. Owens
asserts he protested, saying he was
as fair as any other lawyer practic-
ing in municipal court, and de-
manded an explanation.
Come into the courtroom and say
that" he quoted Sheaffer. You're
a coward"
You forget you are judge for ten
minutes and I think I can make
you take that back" is Owens YER
sion Of his reply.
Charged With Riot
A few days ago Mrs. Allen and
two other persons were discharged
in municipal court on riot melting
charges. Arrests were made dur
ing a demonstration of joblsSs al
the Statehouse against imprison-
ment of Theodore LueSse, umem-
ployed leader, serving a penal farm
term for interfering with an eyic-
ton.
A moving van was ready to take
the Ayres household goods away
Friday, but friends moved the fur
niture to the yard of the Allen
home.
Who moved you here?" a police
officer asked Mrs. Ayres today.
Il don't know" she replied.
Delegation of seven called on Dow
A. Vorhies, county commissioner
asking aid for the family.
There is no way to do it." hs
said. See the trustee. see the
Chamber of Commerce, or go to the
poor farm"
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defendant. 10 deliver the liquor to
the mayors friend.
One day went into my Office
and found Mellett there, wrapping
a gallon can OF alcohol.
Take this over to Charley Otto,'
he ordered.
Il refused, saying il had to de-
liver alcohol for his friends, I would
quit my job. Then he told me 10
tell Lavelle to deliver the alcohol,
which I did, explaining it was the
mayors orders, not mine"
In addition to Riggs, Rich and
Lavelle. defendants on trial are Al
bert Abel. Mrs. Edna Boyer, Earl
Hoel, Robert Clark, Ora CTink)
Raines. Raymond (Scabby) Ross
and John Stinson, alleged liquor
law violators.
Following close Of the govern
ment's evidence, two other defend
ants, John Owens and Ulysses
Grant Lawson. alleged bootleggers,
were dismissed by the court on di-
rected verdicts Of acquittal, Lawson
being rearrested Immediately on an
other liquor charge.
Defendants who have pleaded
guilty and will be sentenced after
the jury's reports are John Bron-
nenberg. Joe Galassi, Blake Gwinn.
son Of a police sergeant; Roscoe
Hartman, Lew Llewellyn, Joe
Melcher Jr., alleged liquor ring
leader and son of the city garage
collector; Closer Riggsby, Rus
sell Riggsby, Bert StinSon, Robert
Thrawley and Rex and Otto Whites
head.
In addition to the mayor, three
other defendants are not on trial
Pete Campo, under arrest in Illinois
and resisting extradition; Tony
Smello and Raw Bower. fugitiyes.