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MIXED COUPLE
CHARGED WITH
STEALING BABY

NEW YORK - Brooklyn police
are faced with the Solomonic
task of deciding to which of two
women an infant found in a b
room tenement on Ninth st. be-
longs and whether one of the
women is the kidnaper OF the
other woman's child.
The battling mothers are Mrs
Edward Luciano and Mrs. Mar
garet Stackhouse. Both women
are white. Mrs. Stackhouse' S
husband is a Negro.
Tuesday of last week a fake
nurse went to the Luciano home
and on the pretense that she
wished to put Mrs. Luciano's "a
day-old daughter, Patricia, in a
baby contest, took the child a.
way. The nurse" did not re-
turn and police we're notified.
Acting on tips the police went
to the home of Mrs. Stackhouse
She insisted that the baby was
hers and that it has been born
while her husband was away
and she was alone in the house
The police doubted her story
Physicians who examined the wo-
men curscrily were inclined also
to disbelieve the story of Mrs
Stackhouse which she stuck to
after an eight-hour "third de-
gree Mrs. Stackhouse and her
colored husband. Angus, were Ia
ken in custody and held. the
police claiming that they had in
formation which would prove
that Mrs. Stackhouse was the
woman who posed as q nurse
and stole the Luciano baby.
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NAACP Holds Annual Meeting

Vegas, New, and is pressing its
contention that there should be
no discrimination against Negro
workers on various federal, state
and municipal public works pro-
jects. During 1888 three states,
Indiana, New Jersey and Penn
sylvania, passed laws prohibiting
such discrimination on projects
within their borders. In each
state, the bill was introduced by
a Negro legislator. Secretary
Harold L. Ickes, administrator Of
Federal Public Works. has issued
a statement of policy declaring
against discrimination in en-
ployment of workers, the report
said
Lynchings Increased 1870 Percent
An increase of 1870 percent in
lynchings for 1888 has been met
by the association with another
campaign to secure the passage
of federal anti-lynching sta
tute and this effort is being aid
ed by other organizations, in
GLIDING the American Civil Lib
critics Union.
The report cited a gain in the
number Of Negroes serving on
juries, particularly in the state
of Virginia, and claimed the in
fluence of the George Crawford
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MORTON
BROWNS SELF IN
J MISSOULA RIVER

MISSOUIlA, Mont CSpecial)
Members Of a hastily organized
searching party Wednesday af-
ternoon discovered the body of
Mrs. Lille McNorton in the Mis-
soula river, several hours after
suicide note had been found
on the bank of the south chan
mel of the river.
Mrs. McNorton, colored, had
been seen shortly after IL o.
clock Wednesday morning. as
she approached the river bank,
by Mrs. Leila Anderson, who re-
sides on the river road q short
distance from the bridge.
Nearly an hour later, when
Mrs. McNorton failed to reap
pear, Mrs. Anderson became al
armed, and sent her son TO in
vestigate. The boy found a note
at the top of the bank, and ran
back to the house.
The note read: Jesus calls me
to come to Him. MY time on
earth is done. All is well with
my soul.-Lillie McNorton." It
had been held in place by a
stone.
Mrs. Anderson notified police
and sheriff's officers, and Sher-
iff j. r. Thompson and Police
officer q. w. Peterson went to
the place and were shown by
Mrs. Anderson where the MISS
Ing woman had climbed down
the bank after leaving the note.
The body was located caught
on a rock in shallow rapids, a
short distance from a point ex-
tending into the river.
Police said that Mr.. McNofton
informed them his wife, So years
Of age, had been acting strange
" for some time, and that she
had frequently announced her
intention Of drowning herself,
but that she had never made
any moves to carry out the in
tention, so that members of the
family had not taken her re-
marks seriously. Her son said,
officers reported, that he had
seen her take a gun from a
trunk at their home, at the cor
ner of South Sixth and Russell
streets. Wednesday morning, and
then replace it,.
She left the house at about
1890 o'clock in the forenoon, he
said, and he thought that she
had gone to the home of one OF
her daugters, all of whom reside
here. They are Esther McNor-
ton, Mrs. Glenna Shellman and
Mrs. Katrina Hopkins.
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MIRA. Question Box
Compiled by ShirI Fl. Blalock
District Compliance Director for NRA
In Washington, Montana, Wyoming

2. An employer who is not yet
covered by an approved code sig
nifies. by displaying the blue ca
gle. that he has accepted the
Presidents extension Of the
blanket code. and is continuing
to live up to its provisions.
3. The wage scales Of unions
of such employees affiliated with
the A. F. Of L., which were in
effect on August %, 1898, are
the minimum wages under the
code.
4. No. The comptroller gem
eral has ruled that government
bids are excepted from the pro-
visions Of all codes.
5. There is no time limit in
volved in determining what con-
stitutes clearance merchandise.
6. Yes. provided the price az
which the article is advertised
is the lowest price at which the
article can be bought at that
store. It is unfair competition
to advertise that there are no
charges for deferred payments
when the cash purchaser is abb
lie to obtain a lower price.
Z. Yes. but no such gift can
be secretly given to a person act
ing as agent for. or employed by.
the person for whom the mer-
chandise is bought.
8. Part-Tlme employees must
be paid not less than al the
hourly rate proportionate to the
rates prescribed for the basic
work week.
9. No. The hotel code provides
that wages above the minimum
shall not be reduced from the
rates existing on June IS, which
would require IS per day.
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NEW YORK Resistance OF
studied efforts to exclude the Ne
gro workers from the New Deal
was a major activity during 1888
of the National Association for
the Advancement Of Colored
People, according to the annual
report of Walter White, secreta-
~, read at the annual business
meeting Monday at the associa-
tons Office, SO Fifth Avenue.
Under the national recovery
program the Negro worker has
suffered displacement from ma
ny of his old jobs and in other
Jobs he has had to accept dis
criminatory wage rates with diff
ferentials as high as 30 percent,
the report stated.
AS q successful climax to its
fight begun in 1882 for better
wages and hours for 10000 coll
ored workers on the flood con-
troll project Of the lower Misslss-
ippi river the association reports
the men AZ now receiving in
creased pay and shorter hours
rnder PWA regulations. The as
sCciation's investigators found a
wage scale in these camps of 10
cents an hour and a working
day of IA hours.
The association is continuing
It's campaign for more colored
workers at Boulder Dam at Las
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SLATED TO HANG.
EIGHT MEN GET
CHANCE TO LIVE

MONTGOMERY, Ala Flood
ed by kilograms and resolutions
Of protest from all parts Of the
country, as result Ct the mass
campaign against Alabama's le-
gal lynch holiday planned for
nine condemned Negroes on Fe-
bruary 9. Gov. B. M. Miller has
set clemency hearings for eight
Of the nine.
No clemency hearing was set
for Tearier Autry, Negro woman
also sentenced to die in the ell
ectric chair at Kilby Prison in
Montgomery, Ala, on February
9. after she had been charged
with killing her mistress. The
excuse given is that she has APP
pealed to the Alabama Supreme
Court for a rehearing Of its de-
cision which affirmed her death
sentence and set her murder for
the same day as that Of eighs
other Negroes.
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WOMEN FORCED
TO WORK FOR
OF CENTS WEEK

WASHINGTON. D. C.-CCNs)
John P. Davis. executive secre-
tary of the Joint Committee on
National Recovery, this week fill
ed charges of violation of MIRA
codes with the National Recov-
cry Administration here against
% large white businesses in the
Southern States. The violations
affected more than 1000 Negro
workers, whom it was stated had
been Disseminated against. Hoo
tells. cotton mills, saw mills, cot
ton oil mills. shirt factories, res
taurants and laundries, were In
cluded in the list of those ag-
ainst whom charges were filed.
The cases showing the exact
manner in which Negro workers
had been Disseminated against
were filed with Deputy Admins
traitor w. H. Davis. National
Compliance Director Of the Ma
tional Recovery Administration.
In his letter of transmittal to
Deputy Administrator w. n. Da-
Wis. Mr.. John Davis declared: Il
call your attention to the fact
that for every reported case of
a violation, there are hundreds
of cases not revealed. 1t is use
less to refer these matters to
local compliance boards in the
Southern States for adjustment"
Pay Women 81 Cents Week
One of the companies charged
with violating the code was the
Southland Pecan Company Of
Columbus, Georgia. This COM
pany was charged by Mr.. Davis
with employing over three hun
dred colored women and paying
them at the rate of five cents
an hour. when they should have
paid not less than 22h cents an
hour. Complaints against cotton
oil companies in Augusta, Geor-
gia, and Little Rock, Arkansas,
were also cited.
Charges of violation both Of
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NEGRO RECLUSE
BELIEVED PAUPER
LEAVES FORTUNE

MIAMI, Fla Safety deposit
boxes opened Monday yielded an
additional $8,302 bringing to $82,
ITS the amount Of valuables
found in possession of W.D. Da-
Wis, Negro recluse, who q here
last week in what his friends be-
ieved was a state of penury. Da-
Wis was very reticent concerning
his affairs, belonged to no
church or fraternal organization
and always complained at "be-
ing hard up" He lived in a two
room shack, lighted by candle
and cooked on an open hearth.
Court officials searching Davis
home last Saturday found sew
eral keys to safety deposit boxes
when opened disclosed more than
$73, 1900 In cash and Liberty
bonds. Deeds and mortgages re-
veaIed Davis was the owner of
1876 houses mostly occupied by
Negroes. All real estate tran
actions for Davis were handled
by a local white realty concern.
Mr.. Davis, former sleeping car
porter, came here twenty-five
years ago from Thomasville, Ga,
started a grocery store and I'M
known to his friends, amassed a
fortune through real estate in
vestments. He is survived by
two sons and two daughters who
have been notified.
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well-known farmer living In
the vicinity of Barlow. was
threatened by the mob when he
attempted to remove WIN Walk
er to the hospital. Bryant ap-
pealed to Sheriff Smith and two
days after being wounded Walk
er was taken to Augusta. where
he died the following day. When
the body of Walker was brought
back TO jefferson County. Sher-
if Smith placed 1t IN the county
Jail for safe keeping Members
of the Barlow mob came to Lou
isville and demanded that they
be allowed to see the body. Sher-
if Smith states that when he
was convinced that the members
of the mob merely wished to i'd
entity it as being that of VIII
Walker, he allowed them TO view
it. The spokesman for the mob
stated that they made the trip
to the jail for the purpose Of
assuring themselves that Walker
was dead.
According to Sheriff Smith no
acton viii be taken against the
members of the mob unless fur
Their lynching takes place be-
cause no white plan can be
found who viii testify against
members of a mob in a case in
volving Negroes. He points to
the action OF the coroner's jury
which investigated the cases OF
the deaths of three men. and
which returned the verdict US
ual ia such cases locally Death
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COLORED YOUTH
HEADS MISSOULA
BASKETBALLERS

MISSOULaA, Mont. (SpeciaD -
Leo tFaash1 Lundy has been e.
lected captain Of the basketball
team for this season. Lundy re-
ceiyed the vote Of every member
s1F ttie squad for the position.
he has been an outstanding
player on the team for three
years. As a frosh he was MEM
Der of the A squad. In both his
sophomore and junior years he
made his letter. Leo is a vet
eran at any position, having
played guard, forward. and CEN
ter. This year he is playing for
ward.
In three major sports, Leo has
a fine record. He made the
track team when a freshman.
The following year. he made the
basketball team and got his first
letter. In the spring of that
year he turned in a brilliant per-
Torrance in track, and was nlgn
point man in the 1892 Inter-
scholastic. He took third in both
the low hurdles. and the broad
jump, and second in the high
hurdles. In basketball last sea-
son he had no peer. Last spring
in the track meet, Leo made 8
points, four less than the win
ner of the individual honors.
This year he was chosen as
halfback on the all-state foot
ball team. Mis-. has hopes to
see him speed up the hurdles E.
nough to earn a trip to Chicago
with Miller Greg Rice.
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Cripples Swoop Down
And Beg For Cures

TUSKEGEE, Ala.-CCNS) The
newspaper accounts that DR.. G.
w. Carver, noted scientist Of
Tuskegee Institute had discover
ed an oil in the peanut that has
aided in the treatment of infan-
tile paralysis, flooded him with
thousands of requests for help.
The institute post office is al
most swamped daily with mail
addressed to DR.. Carver. begging
for the oil and many motor par
ties arrive daily at the institute
to seek his personal aid. DR..
Carver says. IT have not found
a cure, but it looks hopeful"
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QUESTIONS

/. Is the Presidents reemploy-
ment agreement still effective?
2. What is tie significance of
displaying the blue eagle after
January /, 1894?
8. What wage scale is provid-
ed in the motion picture code
for bill posters, car ,enters, cleo
trical workers, machine operat-
ors, stage employees. and simil-
ar theatre employees?
4. In bidding on government
proposals, must the minimum
prices set up by codes b. adher-
ed tor
5. Must goods offered at clear
ance prices under the retail code
have been held a definite time?
6. Can a merchant offer goods
for sale under the retail code on
the deferred payment plan with
out including a eli. rye for In
terest on deferred payments?
Z. Can merchant under the
retail code offer something OF
value to persons supplying names
of prospective customers?
8. Are part-time employees OF
retail store, employed for peak
periods to be paid at an hourly
rate based on the peak period
week or basic work week2
8. Where hotel Operation en-
ployees" were working five days
week at five dollars per day,
on June is, 1888. can these en-
ployees now be employed six days
a week at 1882
ANSWERS
1. Yes. The President has in
vited all firms not under codes
to continue the agreement until
April 80. 1884.
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ANSWERS

1. Yes. The President has in
vited all firms not under codes
to continue the agreement until
April 80. 1894.
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Evening star., 1934-05-20
CAPT. M'CRARY HERE
TO AID ADMIR-. KING
New Assistant Chief of Bureau of
Aerona ltics Once Was Shen-
andoah Commander.

Capt Frank R. McCrary, once first
commanding officer of the Inflated
naval airship Shenandoah and one
Of the few naval officers holding a
pilots designation for both heavier
than-air and lighter-than-a craft.
has come to Washington to act as
right-hand man to Rear Admiral Err
nest j. King, chief of the Navy's Bu-
reau of Aeronautics, June S.
Capt. McCrary has just reported at
the department to take over the post
of assistant chief of the Bureau of
Aeronautics. Capt. A. B. Cook, the
present assistant chief, will leave here
to become commanding officer of the
aircraft carrier Lexington on June II.
Capt McCrary has commanded
both the aircraft carriers, Langley
and Saratoga, as well as the naval
air station at San Diego, Calf, and
Pensacola, Fla. He was responsible
for much of the development of dirig-
able airships in the Navy prior to
World War days, and also Is an ex-
pert on naval torpedoes. During the
war he went to Paris with the first
naval aviation detachment and subse-
quently commanded all United States
naval air stations in Ireland and was
in charge of the naval air patrol and
convoy duty performed by United
States naval air forces from the Irish
Coast.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

According to the Associated Press,
Tribute is being paid to the Duke
of Abruzzi by Italy in one of two
new groups of stamps originating from
that country The purpose is to marx
the first anniversary of the heroic
dukes death.
"The Abruzzi issue consists of over
prints on three current Italian
colonial sets, reading in each instance:
Honor the Duke of AbruzZi. Alto
gether, there are 16 stamps. OF
which are from the 1882 issue OF
Italian Somaliland, running from 10
centesimi to Is lire. Seven OF the
recent issues of Eritrea also bear the
surcharge, the values being 10, is
and IS and !, 2, 5 and 10 lire. In
addition, the Is lire airmail OF the
new colonial FaSciSte issue is included.
Another of the current Italian
colonial issues, the airmail group
chronicled not long ago for the eighth
agricultural fair of Tripoli, makes UP
the second new set. 1t also COM
priSes a reissue with Surcharge,
Circuit Of the Gases, Tripoli, May Is,
1884 The announced purpose was
in connection with the flight around
the desert of Is Italian aces under
the command of Marshal Balbo in
an airpost speed contest. The seven
stamps are the so and rs centesimi
and the 225, $50, S. 10 and Is lire"
G. A. Henhoeffer, writing in the
Philadelphia Inquirer, says:
Darius and Girenas, Lithuania' s
intrepid airmen who crashed in an
attempted flight froms New York to
Kaunas last Summer, are memorial
lied on six airmail stamps ready for
issuance
"Lithuania is the first country to
Evening star., 1934-05-20
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

At a press conference Thursday,
Postmaster General James A. Farley
jokingly suggested that he would be
willing to authorize commemora-
tive stamp for Santa Claus. The idea
appeared to appeal to the assembled
reporters. In any event, they made
the most of it. The story went out
to the world for front-page use.
But philatelists need not be dis
turbed.' There will be no Kris Kingle
issue. Mr.. Farley'S jest had abundant
publicity value, but he has no in
tention of granting philatelic honors
to the Christmas saint.
The presidential series, however, is
strongly indicated for production be-
fore the end of the year. Mr.. Farley
declared that President Roosevelt
wants Them" and the protests of
stamp clubs and the stamp press
have had no effect upon the plan.
In the circumstances, it seems in
evitable to conclude that the Chief
Executive has changed his mind.
Originally, he was opposed to the
series, but, of course, he may have
been persuaded in their favor. The
Postmaster General certainly is sin
cere in his belief that the set is de-
sired.
For the average collector. however,
the project constitutes a serious diff
ficulty. Few of the rank and file
will be able to afford the purchase of
a complete first-day cover showing
The stamps are scheduled to run from
One-half cent to S., and an invest
ment of $l0.66 is implied Probably
not more than one individual in a
hundred could afford such an out
lay. And among those who might be
prepared to spare the money there are
many who simply cannot wax en-
| thusiastic over the notion that in
consequential Presidents. political
accidents" should be represented on
stamps.
A risk is involved. The presidential
series may have deleterious effect
upon stamp collecting, may discour-
age young collectors and drive out of
the hobby some of its most earnest de-
VOteeS.
Progress is reported with regard to
the National Parks stamps. Formal
| announcement of their authorization
came Wednesday. and Mr.. Farley yes
terday gave out the following list of
values and subjects: / cent, Yosemite
National Park, Calf: 2 cents, Grand
Canyon Ariz., 3 cents, Mount Rainier,
Wash, 4 cents. Mesa Verde, Colo;
cents, Yellowstone. Wyo; cents,
Zion, Utah; cents, Acadia, Me:
cents, SeQuoia, Calf; 9 cents, Glacier,
Mont. and 10 cents, Great Smoky
Mountains. N. C. and Tenn.
1t is unlikely that all the series
will go on first-day sale on any one
single date Instead, it is indicated
that the stamps will be Staggered
over a period of several months. But
the initial printings should be avail
able early in July.
The size adopted for the set is that
of the Mothers day stamp. Several
values will run up and down. the
others across the plate, the contrast
| being similar to that between. the
Evening star., 1934-05-20
LEGAL NOTICES.
VIM, z. DEERING. Attorney.
oOO ST NV Washington. u. q.

rRIcT Of coLuMSfA. .-4isTRIGI Ss Ss
SoBRosihfN BRO fNcoRPoRATED g rs AT . corDers!ion
ofue Dia. PLAINfIFF. VS. PREsCOTT-WHTIE
laws of the State OF New York, and CON-
TINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY. cor:
poration under the laws OF the State 81
@oRDER OF PUBLICAT1ON.-Pur
to the requirements of an Act Of CONGRESS
OF July 4. 1882 (47 Stat. 60Sl notice Is
hereby given TO ali creditors Of the above
named defendant Prescott-White Corpo.
ration a corporation. under a 2 contract cont act
said named defendant land the co-defend-
ant as their suretyl for work for the con-
struction Of q school building In the Dis
Howard Taft Junior High School; that the
above action has been instituted upon the
bond OF the defendant contractor and
against said surety. and that any creditor
may m II file his claim in this action and oe
made a party herein as in said Act OF
Congress provided; and within the time
limited in said Act provided. that copy
OF this order be published in the wash.
ington Evening Star for three successive
weeks and the Washington Law Reporter
for three successive weeks. the last publ1-
cation to be at least three months before
the time limited therefor IN said Act OF
Congress. JENNINGS BAILEY, Justice
Seal 4 true copy Test Franz = nIsus =
MAN. Asst. Clerk. ap3o-2lt
Evening star., 1934-05-20
SALE--LOTS.


SELL LOVELY BUILDING LOT, 50xl84,
on good street, nearby Va; low price; S2S
cash. $40 per mo. Mr.. MORAN, Slo lIth
st. NV
BEAUTIFUL CORNER LOT. 5Ox135. II;
Chevy Chase. d. C.. surrounded by at
tractive homes; on grade. improved StreeIS,
water sewer, gas and electricity. ROBERI
E. HEATER, 1427 Eye st. NV. Dl o231.
Buren, and whittier, Just off Piney Branch
rd 43laxI1O. OWNER. Adams 0423.
ACRES. HIGH, BEAUTIFUL. ~ MILE
from Defense Highway. 5 miles from Dis
trict; make offer. 1893 Monroe st. ne
SILVER SPRING. MD-wILL SACRIFICE
S1,SO0 lot for $500 cash to quick buyer.
Address Box 1O9-V, Star office.
HILLCREST S.E.--CORNER, WOODED. UN-
improved lots. facing on Government park:
l15 by 155 feet. These lots are hilly and
have view Of Capitol; make offer. Ii. 95S5
or SH. $3.50.
CHOICE WOODED HOME SITES IN CHEVY
Chase Rock Creek Park Estates and Lyon
Park Va. at greatly reduced prices.
DONALD L. LUxFORD. 1343 H st. NV
Phone DI. 1900 Res. CL. 9161.
il LOTS IN RIvERDALE HILLS. MD; .
car garage two living rooms; chicken
house; fine well; fruit trees: grapes and
small fruit: less than $4,000
,o35 N ! Ave NV Nv omi III ss16 c1.