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The Washington times., 1932-11-19
Youth Killing Father
ErOnerGted by JURY

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 0.NS0 ..
Thomas Prendergast, jr., %, who
killed his father when the latter
abused the family while intoxi-
Gated, was reunited with his fam
lily today. General Sessions
Judge Freschi released Prender-
gast after the grand jury refused
to indict him on a charge of
The Washington times., 1932-11-19

Wv" Lee l. W. NC1y Iii pOI CCuG
items in the papers-"Mr.
Roosevelt to visit Mr.. Hoover"
and the other, "Mr. Roosevelt
takes out a $5OO,OOO policy"
I do hope these two items to-
gether have no (what is it you
call it?) significance.
Mr.. Roosevelt made his policy
payable in favor of his pet, and
well-deserving, project, the in
fantile paralysis home at Warm
Springs, Ga.
See where the Literary Di-
gest missed the election by
34-10Oths of point. That sheet
is certainly going hack
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
Julian Heath
Dead in NeU York

NEW YORK. Nov. 10 QN.SO.
Mrs. Julian Heath, founder of
the National Housewives League,
is dead at her home here. The
67-year-old social worker and home
economist had been ill with dia-
betes for eight weeks. She died
lste last night. ...-.-.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
Curtis Improved;
Back at Work TOdQu

Vice President Curtis, confined
to his hotel suite by sore throat
contracted during the recent
campaign, was much improved
last night. He plans to return to
his office in the Capitol today.
The Washington times., 1932-11-19

Why doesn't the Digest hold one now to see if we
are going to get any dough back from "our friends
overseas.
Copyright 1888 syndcae
autographed
the Fox Theater to Work" -
Clip Coupon Want
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
AT KENDALL, GREEN, 2P. M.
SHEPHERD

0alaudet KeseF7esBurnett %; Davdowicz 81; Heagle
36 Ragsdale, 49, Turner 49, Karvalleck 41 Legson S5
Koziar "a; Montgomery 25; stanfil, 80.
Shepherd Reserves-cOllette Is; MARBLE g. Payne 25;
raley 49, Sigafose s. Link, Evans 12 Mauzy 49, Son
rad 2; Cashell. IA; DALEY 4 Grimm II; Stevens 2s
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
WILL ROGERS Squs:

CORONA. Calif Nov. 19.-Two very important
The daily worker., 1932-04-18

| conservative figures of the Urban
League, based principally upon the
statistics of relief" bureaus which
are anxious to rnderstate the num-
Der of unemployed, the percentage
of Negro unemployed in proportion
to their numbers, is given as four
to six times that Of whites.
In trying to obtain a share of the
meager relief doled out by the city
governments to the starving unem-
ployed, Negro workers are subject,
here as everywhere, to a vicious sys-
tenn of discrimination.
In practically every city, by open
means or more subtle ones, the Ne
gro workers applying to the relief
stations are Jim Crowed. The
Southern cities, of course. Jim Crow
openly-and not a few of the
Northern ones. Other cities, like
New York, adopt more roundabout
methods to obtain the same ends.
In many cities, Negro workers
were simply not notified of the
dates of registration for relief jobs.
A definite limit is often put on the
total amount of relief the Negro
community as whole may receive.
In New Orleans, the relief COM
mittee has stipulated that Negroes
may get only one-third of the total
relief given, although a great many
more Negroes than whites in that
city have found it necessary to ap-
ply for aid.
Jacksonville, Fla, has made it
rule that the poverty stricken Ne
gro community must itself raise half
of the funds it is to receive for
"relief."
1t is not uncommon, especially in
the South, for Negro workers to be
brazenly told that they can have
only certain per cent of the relief
given to white workers. Unemploy-
ed whites in Tampa, Fla, get $150
a day; unemployed Negroes, only
SIPS.
In the past, certain jobs have been
recognized as traditionally work
for Negroes" These were, of course,
The daily worker., 1932-04-18

in the ranks Of the white workers
this is the lot of Negro wage earn
ers in 1892.
In the large cities, the rate of
Negro unemployment is admitted
even by the city authorities to be
twice, three times, and four or more
times as high as the rate of white
unemployment. Here are some dry
figures behind which is revealed a
great depth of misery:
Louisville, KY, has a population
Of which only Is per cent are Ne
groes. Yet of the total number of
unemployed here, SO per cent are
colored.
In the steel and metal center of
Youngstown, o., Negroes form two
thirds of all the unemployed.
Fifty thousand Negro workers
walk the streets of Philadelphia,
iobless. Although they form only
II per cent of Philadelphia's popu-
1ation. they are As per cent of those
The daily worker., 1932-04-18

through the city bureaus, SO a week.
or six cents an hour, for jobs that
used to pay $12 a week. The May
ors Unemployment Committee of
Houston, Texas, announced that "all
Negroes who refuse to work in the
cotton patch this summer, when
work is offered, will not be entitled
to any aid this winter"
Continually threatening the Negro
workers who migrate in search of
jobs is the specter of the chain gang
the electric chair and the hang
mans moose. "Vagrancy"-today the
condition of all workers who wan
der in search of jobs-means the
iailhouse in most cities, the chain
gang in the South.
The nine Scottsboro boys, who
were framed up on false charges of
raping two white prostitutes, seven
of whom are under sentence of
death, and whose case is awakening
the toiling masses all over th&world
were jobless workers looking for
work.
The daily worker., 1932-04-18

Every court in the United
States, from the Lowest to the
highest, is part and parcel of
the bosses lynch-laa0 system.
Only mass pressure, striking
fear into the hearts of the
lypchers, can free the Scots
b0ro boys!
The daily worker., 1932-04-18
Greatest Unemployment
Least Relief

who have been forced to apply for
relief.
A very conservative estimate for
New York gives $4,000 unemployed
Negro workers.
There are 10000 unemployed
workers in Memphis, Tenn. Three
quarters of them are Negroes.
Examples could be multiplied
endlessly. Even according to the
The daily worker., 1932-04-18

THE first TO be fired and the last
to be hired, is the bitter cry of
tens of thousands of hungry, apenni-
less Negro workers today. Always
segregation, abuse, lynch terror,
merciless working hours-and now,
for more Negro workers than at
any time before, stark starvation.
Seven times as many unemployed
in proportion to their numbers as
The daily worker., 1932-04-18

the worst jobs, carrying with them
the most disagreeable work, the
longest hours, the least pay. Where
Negro workers were used on other
jobs, it was usually the aim of the
boss to cut the wages of the white
workers.
Today, the white workers are be-
ing used by the bosses, in many
instances to lower still further the
conditions of the Negroes and the
workers in general. Many white
workers have replaced Negroes as
janitors, bootblacks, etc, at even
lower wages than the badly paid
Negroes had received. In Atlanta,
Ca, $50 Negro bellboys were re-
Gently replaced by whites. Examples
could be multiplied endlessly.
And Negro workers, finding them
selves out of their old jobs, have
in many cases been forced by star
vation to take them back, from
white workers, at stin lower wages.
Thus is formed vicious circle of
discrimination, race division. and
wage-cutting.
There is usually no provision made
by cities for the transient Negro
worker or Negro family, other than
to jail them or run them out of
town. Certain cities, such as War
ren, o., and New Haven, Conn,
have attempted to begin the sys-
tematic deportation to the Southern
plantations of Negro workers and
families who apply for relief.
In its desperate effort to turn the
rising fury of the workers against
their unemployment and starvation
away from the path of solidarity
and organization, and into channels
helpful to the ruling class, the en-
ployers have attempted to turn the
anger of the white workers away
from. themselves. and direct it
against the Negroes. In a number
Of instances this vicious policy has
been temporarily successful. Five
Negro firemen of the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad have been murdered
in cold blood within the past few
weeks. Others have been wounded,
still others flogged. These events
took place at Vicksburg, Miss.
Lowering of wages to the point
of starvation, and forced labor, are
still other factors in the present
drive of the employers against the
standards of the employed and un-
employed, Negro and white. The
Negroes, of course, suffer worst. One
Negro worker in New York City,
who continued to hold his job, had
his wages reduced over a period of
three months, from $23 a week to
Sc.
City employment bureaus and odd
job bureaus function as cutting
agencies, forcing the workers to
take jobs at any wages or else for
felt all claims to relief. In Rich
mond, Va, employers are offering
The daily worker., 1932-04-18

Poverty Midst Riches-Why"-
p pamphlet issued by the National
Unemployment Councils, will con-
vince any worker that his path
is struggle. Five cent pamphlet.
The daily worker., 1932-04-18

The little shack Eugene Williams
family lives In. Conditions were go
bad that the 14-year- old boy was
forced to leave home to hunt work
to help his starving family. He
was picked mp and framed by the
Alabama bosses the very next day.
The Washington times., 1932-09-08
FUTURE
DEALING IS
NERVOUS

NEW YORK, Sept. 8 UN.S0.
After opening about 81 a bale
above the previous close, cotton
futures encountered some liquida-
ton and profit taking and lost
half of their earlier gains today.
Nervous and active trading fea-
tured the market preceding pub
lication of the noon crop fore
cast by the Government. Liver
pool was between 20 and 25
American points higher than due,
based on the sterling rate and
the market made opening ad-
vances on general buying from
the outside and from local and
professional traders. After the
first call, locals and professionals
sold out, taking the edge off the
market.
Cotton men generally loked for
a Government crop forecast Of be-
tween 1O,750,000 and 100000
bales, as compared with the H.
BOG, 900 forecast of month ago.
Indicated production a year ago
was 1855, 900 bales and actual
outturn was 100000 bales.
Weather conditions yesterday
were featured by continued heavy
rains in Texas, many stations
particularly in the North and
West having precipitation in ex-
cess of an inch. The rest OF
the western and central parts of
the belt were free of rain, how
ever, and generally clear, al
though temperatures in the sos
appeared at numerous points. In
the East it was somewhat warmer
and there were scattered light
showers. The forecast today in
dicated cloudy conditions for the
greater portion of the belt.
Noon prices were up 8 to II
points, with October up 10 at
9.02: December up 9 at GIT;
January up 10 at 9.24; March
up 9 at 9.32; May up 8 at 9.45,
and July up II at 9.55.
The Washington times., 1932-09-08
POWER OUTPUT
WILL AID RISE
Of STOCKS
BY WALL STREET SPECTATOR

BY WALL STREET SPECTATOR
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 UN.S0
It's the same old story in the
msrket-the sponsors won't let
them go down.
The explanation may well be
the fear that a drastic decline
in securities at this stage would
throw cold water on the budding
business gains. At any rate, the
"full steam ahead" pennon is ap-
parently out again. The tape
says prices are going higher, and
so far the tape has been the best
guide. Beware of bulgeS at the
opening, though.
The sharp gain in power pro-
duction for the week should have
an increasingly favorable effect
on the utilities and tend to hide
the unfavorable political clouds.
Electric output gains from now
on, in addition, will have the help
full influence of gains in the
heavy industries, such as steel
and automobiles.
Auburn's spectacular rebound
bears out the warning to avoid
the short side of the stock.
Of course, it is being tipped for
the high places just as it was for
the cellar a few days ago. .Au-
burn is a difficult stock to judge
from the tape. Personally, we
wouldn't touch it on the long side
unless we were in on the ground
floor, but we certainly wouldn't
go short of it. -.
What apparently has been 60
ing on for a week is that the
stock was made to look sick to in.
vite short selling. The campaign
seems to be succeeding. Boston
is quite "hot" on Chrysler and
sends word that Baltimore and
Ohio is "the biggest thing in the
rails"
The Washington times., 1932-09-08
FIRM PASSES
DIVIDEND

Because of continued shrinkage
In the company's earnings, di-
rectors of the Capital Traction
Company at their regular meeting
held this morning decided not to
declare any dividend payable on
the company's stock as of Octo-
ber /.
Reductions in salaries made ef-
fective April / and again on
August l, coupled with other
economies, have been effective in
counteracting in part the loss in
revenue.
Although the savings in total
wages paid have been material,
they have been accomplished with
out the necessity of laying off any
men. The economies are reflected
in the report for the month of
August which while showing a
sharp falling off in revenue as
compared with August, 1881, shows
an improvement in net results
from operations.
The Washington times., 1932-09-08
WASHINGTON STOCKS
car RSS

WASHINGTON Gas SIS, $1,000
1O1A; 5000 1O0A.
Washington Gas IS A, $1,000
0S1a.
Potomac Electric SO pfd., 30
10s.
Potomac Electric 512% pfd.,
@103; 5@103; 100 102A; 100
a027s; 20@103.
AFTER CALL
Potomac Electric SO pfd., SO
lO74a.
Potomac Electric 512% pfd.,
400 1929.
Washington Gas 41as, 10000
D7A; 40O0@97A; 4O0O@97A;
aO,O00@97A; 10,OO0@97A.
I1mhIie IItilitv Rnnds bid slc
The Washington times., 1932-09-08

New York funds in Montreal, $92 so
premium at $1,000.
Montreal funds in New York, $3.50
discount at $1,000.
The Washington times., 1932-09-08
TODAYS QUOTATIONS ON NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

Prev 1893, Name and
High Low Dividend Rate
The Washington times., 1932-09-08


(a) Optional cash. % Partly extra (c) Extra
~ s-5oths Of share 1g) PAID 1881 lhJ Pay
able in stock CkJ Paid this year tAAl lO% in stock
(ww) (xwl Without warrants (") Ex-
dividend. CD Ex-rghts.
Dividend dollars in parentheses
st. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway has
asked permission to abandon outright 33 miles
of line including 16-mile section between Sea-
drift and Port OConnor and II miles between
Buckeye and College Port, Tex.
Motor truck competition and unproductive ter
r1tory are stated as reasons justifying the pro-
posed abandonment.
Life Insurance Co. of Virginia wrote $7,425O27
new life insurance in July and the total amount
of insurance in force was $378,299,811, compared
with 1887 ,631 as of December 81, 1881.
Merchants & Miners Transportation Co. have
declared the regular quarterly dividend of 371a
cents. payable September 80 to stock OF record
September 49,
Evening star., 1932-01-21
BEATRICE LILLE i.
ON AIR. TONIGHT
London Stage Celebrity Will
Take Part in Comedy
Skit.

Beatrice Lille New York and Lon
don stage celebrity, will go before the
microphone tonight to assist Rudy VAL
lee and his Connecticut Yankees pre-
sent the Sunshine hour over WRC and
| a network of other National Broadcast
| ing Co. stations.
Miss Lille will sing several songs and
| take part with Ray Perkins, master OF
ceremonies for this program, In COM
| edy skit.
The triweekly dance hour at 10 o'clock
will be presented by two famous or
chestras now in Florida-Ernie Hoist
and his orchestra, at the Embassy Club
in Palm Beach, and Ozzie Nelson and
his orchestra, at the Indian Creek Club
in Miami.
AS a special feature WRC will broad
cast Pan-American concert at 8
o'clock, to be presented by an orchestra
| under the direction Of Vigil Robles and
Julian Oliver, tenor. Nine Latin Amer
ver's contributions will be Loves
Remembrances' and Guitars and
Flowers"
Merle Thorpe to Talk.
Another episode in the Sherlock
Holmes dramatic series and Merle
Thorpe's weekly review of the business
SAtudtlOll dlT du OtlB "Ik$ D OtiCi Ohe-
| standing NJ b. c. attractions. From its
own studios this station will broadcast
| a concert by Rudolph Schramms Or
chestra and popular program by Leon
Brusiloff's Orchestra.
Countess Henri de Frise, prominent
In society and art circles in New York
will be interviewed by Margaret Santry
| during the Bath Club program tonight
| over WMAL and associated Columbia
Broadcasting System stations. The
bmusical background for the program will
be provided by Frank Ventree's Orches-
ira and Barbara Maurel, contralto.
New Stories About Coolidge.
New stories about Calvin Coolidge
will be told by Edwin c. Hill as fea-
ture of the Trumpeters program at 10
O'Clock. The musical portion Of this
program includes one OF Herman Hup-
| fields compositions, Mon Amour
Cherie."
"Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear" Ger
man love song, will be sung by Alex
Gray, baritone soloist with Nat Shil-
| kret's Orchestra The orchestra will
play a special arrangement Of "Ay Que
| Me Vengo" and "Valse Mirage"
The Washington Musical Personali-
| ties program at IL o'clock will feature
Felicia Rybier, pianist. Her recital will
be followed by concert by Howard
Barlow,s Orchestra.
The Troubadours, the Scheherezade
Trio and Elmer Calloways Orchestra
will contribute the musical features of
| the VOL program.
Radio Benefits" will be discussed by
Representative Davis of Tennessee In
the weekly public forum period tonight
| over WJSV.
Evening star., 1932-01-21
Chips From the Mapleways
by FRANCIS E. STAN

the Eastern Sweepstakes will be run
off. while on Sunday the Blue Ribbons
will entertain the Baltimore All-Stars.
The Pale Drys were sadly outclassed
at the Lucky Strike last month, when
the Blue Ribbons took all three matches.
The Drys best bet for victory appears
to be in the singles. Nick Tronsky OF
Connecticut has a 38-pin lead over
Astor Clarke, but the Washingtonian Is
capable of cutting this down If the New
Englander shows signs Of faltering
In the doubles, the Blue Ribbons
have an S7-pin lead, while the situation
is even worse in the team match. The
Drys are 2l6 sticks behind.
4 LII of the Pale Drys, however, will
n get chance to cash in some New
England dough in the Eastern
Sweepstakes, won last year by Brad
Mandley of Washington.
This event, arranged between the
Blue Ribbons matches with Washing
ton and Baltimore, will draw virtually
all of the standout pinmen OF the
country. .7
FEBRUARY 27 has been set as the
Il date foi the second annual Amer
ican Legion handicap tournament AZ
the Arcadia. Henry Hiser OF Bethesda
Is the defending champion.
The event is open to all World war
veterans. 1t will consist Of three games
with lis as the scratch mark The
entry fee will be 81 plus the cost OF
games. ,.
Evening star., 1932-01-21
ATHLISO CLUB.
Mat Matches
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK (St. Nicholas) Jack
Sherry, 220 Cleveland. threw Joe De-
vito, 2ls, st. Louis 1918; John Casey
Kazanjian, 2lO, California, threw John
Nelson, 2l2, Texas, 1888; DR.. Fred My
ers 200, Chicago, threw August Ben
kert, 2l2, Belgium, 8:33; Jack Ganson,
2l5, San Francisco, threw Richard
CBulD Martin, 22O, Scranton, Pa,
1915; Nick Lutte, 204 California, de-
feated Charley Strack, 2l5, Spring VAL
ley. N Y, decision, 5000.
NEW YORK (Ridgewood) George
Calza, 2l9, Italy, threw Matros Kiri-
lenko, 2l4, Russia, 1920; Tiny Roebuck,
PAS, Nebraska, threw Scotty McDou-
gall, 2l2 Scotland, 8:02; Fritz Kley,
2l5, Germany, threw Benny Ginsberg,
2l0 Chicago, II 90; Dick Shikat, 2l8,
Philadelphia, VS.. George Manish, 200,
New Jersey; George Hagen, 2l0, New
York, VS. John MaxoS, 205, Greece, and
Joe Cox, 2l0, Oklahoma, VS.. Jules Blue
stein, 2l5, New York, all Commute
draws.
COLUMBUS, Ohio.-Joe Banaski,
ITS. Oklahoma City, threw Paddy Mack,
176, Omaha, l:l2:00; Barna Ostopo,
230, Poland, threw Sailor Arnold, 223,
Norfolk, Va, 24:45.
PORTLAND, Oreg.-Robin Reed, l45,
Reedsport, Greg, claimant of the world
welterweight wrestling championship
defeated Curley Woods, l44, Seattle
Wash, in straight falls l7:00 and 500
George Wilson, 1873, former University
of Washington foot ball player, de-
feated Casey O'Dale 2l2, Columbus
Ohio, two falls out of three
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-Abe Coleman
1876, Los Angeles. defeated Ivan Zikof,
200, San Francisco, two out of three
falls Zikof first 1890: Coleman
second, $50; Coleman, third, 4:45
John Ellis, 100, Cleveland threw Eddie
Worth, 100 Portland, 27:l5.
Evening star., 1932-01-21
SABO IS HOPEFUL
OF P|NN|NG SH|kAT
Seeks Revenge in Mat Show
Tonight on Wrestler Who
Beat Him by FIuke.

rT%WO or three perfectly PLACED fly
ing tackles and Dick Shikat ex-
champion of Eastern wreStlers,
will be definitely removed from
Jim Londos' trail, thinks Sander Szapo,
youthful Hungarian, who tonight will
tackle Shikat in the feature match OF
the weekly wrestling card at Washing
ton Auditorium.
A, sizeable mat throng of 5000 or
more including thousand or so wom-
en-. was in prospect today. The first
match will start promptly at 8:3o
o'clock.
Szabo will be seeking revenge for a
fiuke defeat here recently at the hanos
of Shikat, when he had the German in
a bad way with his flying tackles be-
fore one of them missed its mark and
sent Szabo to the laps Of several 'front.'
row patrons. Szabo, who relies on ny
ing tackles to weaken his foes and the
backdrop to finish them, will attempt
to carry out that plan tonight.
Shikat will go into the ring a IA
yorite. but should the former Budapest
butcher boys head connect with Herr
Richards midSection he may upset the
former champion, who is getting no
younger fast and cannot stand steady
diet OF butts.
Herbie Freeman and George Hagen
ere down for a semi-flnal match that
appears likely enough. Neither wrestler
is a Jim LondoS, but they are just about
evenly matched.
The best preliminary of the evening
very likely will be the Alex Aberg-
George Gala affair, although Washing
ton fans know little about either. The
next most promising is the Matros
Kirilenko- Fred Grubmeyer bout, while
Bill Lewis and Doc Wilson, q stock f1g-
ure, will round out the bill.
Women will be admitted free as usual.
Tickets will be available at the audi
torium box office after 6 o'clock.
Evening star., 1932-01-21
Alexandria Notes

ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 2l.-
Shorty Scrivener's Fraters five, which
won the city amateur unlimited title
last Winter, made an impressive debut
in the Alexandra Basket Ball League
last night, defeating the Virginia A.
c. by l8 to II.
The Fraters trailed II to 7 at half
time, but soon took the lead in the
last period and held it to the end.
Alexandria High and the Charlottes-
vile five of Charlottesville are down
for a clash at Armory Hall tomorrow
night at $50 o'clock.
St. Mary's Lyceum five was defeated
by Company Of Fort Humphreys. Va.
for the second time Of the season last
night, 80 to 25
The Saints" will face the Fraters
at $50 Saturday night in the Armory.
Evening star., 1932-01-21
RESUMES MAT BROADCAST

James P. JimD McGrath, popular
sports announcer, starting tonight will
render his weekly broadcasts of Joe
Turner's wrestling shows at the wash
ington Auditorium over Station WJSV.
An extensive sports program involv-
ing all sports will be announced in the
near future.