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Evening star., 1934-07-23
Baby Face Nelson
Succeeds Pal as
Public Enemy No. I

It's 411z-month Nationwide search
for John DiIlinger over-at the cost
of an agents life and thousands Of
dollars of Government funds-the
Department Of Justice today set out
on another task equally as danger
ous-the capture of new Public
Enemy No. l." George Baby Face"
Nelson.
Nelson, alias Lester M. Gillis,
moved into No. l position among
Americas bad men when special
agents of the Division of Investiga-
ton, led by Samuel Cowley Of head
quarters here, and Melvin Purvis,
head of the Chicago field force. shot
down the Indiana outlaw as he
emerged from q Chicago movie the
ater last night.
Despite carefully wrought facial
DISCUSSES and an attempt to obliter-
ate his fingerprints by acid or surgery,
Dillinger proved an easy mark for
Purvis, who had received secret In
formation as to the gangster's
changed appearance.
Fingerprints Match.
Scientific processes Immediately
were used to clinch the Identification.
Although the fingertips Of the des-
perado had been somewhat mutilated,
Federal Investigators succeeded in Sc
curing an impression of the "whorls"
and lines Of the dead mans fingers
and today they were found to match
the fingerprints on record.
He was Just a yellow rat that the
country may consider itself fortunate
to be rid Of" j. Edgar Hoover.
jubilant director of the Justice di-
vision, declared today. There are
other rats stin to be gotten, how
ever, and we are not taking any time
off to celebrate about Dillinger."
Hoover named Nelson, henchman
of Dillinger and reputed slayer OF
w. Carter Baum, Federal agent, at
the Little Bohemia Inn last March.
as heading the list of desperate GRIM
inals yet to be gotten" The others
for whom special search is being
made, he said, are John Hamilton
and Homer Van Meter, Dillinger lieu
tenants, and Pretty Boy" Floyd,
Southwestern lone wolf"
Quiet in Recent Weeks.
Hoover expressed the opinion that
Dillinger has participated in very few,
If any. raids or other escapades since
he fed under fire of Federal guns at
the Little Bohemia Inn In Northern
Wisconsin.
He was reported everywhere, and
of course We had to run down every
lead--hundreds of them, sometimes a
dozen or more in a single day-but
as time went on it seemed very doubt
full to me that Dillinger was venturing
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Evening star., 1934-07-23

claims in part upon the methods pur-
sued in the formation of the Hamilton
National Bank. the terms of the con-
tract under which it acquired certain
assets of the District National Bank
Of washington, the conduct of the
receivership of the latter and other
matters"
The letter of the new Stockholders
Committee bore the names of Robert
N. Harper. former president of the
District National Bank; George A.
Lipscomb, and John A. Manfuso. Up
to an early hour this afternoon, The
Star had been unable to reach any
Continued on Page 6, Column II
Evening star., 1934-07-23
DAVIS MATCH WON
BY AMERICAN PAIR
Lott and Stoefen Keep Hope
for Cup Alive by De-
cisive Victory. /
BY the Associated Press.

Dy tHC AcSOCidtcQ FTcos.
WIMBLEDON, England, July 23.-
George M. Lott, jr, and Lester
Stoefen today paired to defeat Jack
Crawford and Adrian Quist of Aus
tralia in doubles and give the United
States a fighting chance in the inter-
zone final series of Davis Cup play.
The scores were "a, "a, 2-6, 6-4
The Americans victory sent the Sc
ries to the final two singles matches
tomorrow for decision, with Australia
leading two matches to one as re-
urday.
Frank Shields will play Vivian Nc
Grath in the first match and Craw-
ford will meet Sidney B. Wood, jr-
in the other contest tomorrow.
In the opening singles Saturday
Shields bowed to Crawford. 81. 60.
12-10, and McGrath scored a sur
prising upset at Woods expense. IS,
Ga, 1-6, 81.
Lott and Stoefen showed beautiful
teamwork in their match, concentrat-
illk bAlC1 4lC OlA N4dWAOAd 90 bAAC AAb
Aussie was slow TO get under way and
then shifting the attack to Quist in
the latter stages as Crawford i'm
proved.
Stoefen's smashing kills were out
standing, Crawford and Quist each
feeling the force Of his blows as they
were struck by the ball while striving
to duck away
Lott was his usual brilliant self,
directing the strategy and solidifying
his position as the outstanding doubles
player of the world.
1t also continued American domi-
nance in Davis Cup doubles, unbroken
since Henri Cochet and Jacques Brug-
non defeated Wilmer Allison and John
Van Ryn in the challenge round Of
1880.
Evening star., 1934-07-23
Leahy Repudiates Use of Name
In Fight on Bank Assessment
Says District Nationals Committee Let.
ter Soliciting 81 Per Share to Be
Sent Him Vas Unauthorized.

Methods used by a District Ma
tional Bank Stockholders Committee"
to solicit 81 per share from all stock
holders for legal services to fight an
assessment of 81 1000. 900 were roundly
criticized today by william E. Leahy,
attorney, whose name he said had
been used without his permission on
both the letter and proposed contract
sent to stockholders.
The letters and contracts were
mailed to all stockholders of the bank,
it was learned today, and proposed a
fight 'by appropriate court proceed
ings to prevent the actual enforce
ment Of the assessment, basing our
Evening star., 1934-07-23
SIX DIE IN CRASH

YAKIMA, Wash, July % 4P.-
Three men and three women were
killed on the Yakima -Ellensburg Cam
yon highway last night when a truck
and an automobile collided.
The dead. police said, are: Eloise
Kay, high school senior: Mrs Efie
Rankin, bus depot employe: Roy
Champie. fire chief: Mildred Kay.
dairy cooperative employe. sister of
Louise; Al Razey. service station op-
orator. and Wes Lewis, taxi driver
Two persons. Mildred Kay and Al
RaSey. burned beyond recognition,
were identified by personal effects, the
officers said. The car was that of
judy Oliver. fire departmeiA en-
ploye. who is near aeath.
Evening star., 1934-07-23
THOUSANDS CHEER ENDEAVOUR.
SAILING FOR AMERICA CUP RACE

bring the couple back after the En-
deavour was safely on its way. Mr.
and Mrs. Sopwith will leave for
America later on a liner.
With all her canvas spread, the
Endeavour presented a majestic pic
ture as she sailed down the Solent
and Passed Cowes. where the men,
bers of the royal yacht squadron
turned out to give her a rousing
cheer.
A message wishing the Endeavour
good luck came from King George,
who is president of the Royal Cor
inthian Yacht Club, which supplied
the amateur members of the In
deayours crew. It read: kindly
convey to the amateur crew Of 1he
EndeaVour my best wisheN for 4 Soc
cessfsil visit to the United state
Evening star., 1934-07-23

BY the Associated Press
GOSPORT, England. July 23.-The
yacht Endeavour. challenger for the
Americas Cup. sailed at l1:40 am.
today for the United States as thou
sands of spectators cheered and the
sirens of vessels lying in the harbor
screeched
The sky was brilliant and the chal-
lenger left the harbor under a fair
wind. Conveyed by the motoryacht
Vita, the Endeavour moved majestic
ally through waters alive with hun
dreds of yachts which had come to
see Britain's hope OF.
T. o. NJ Sopwith. owner of the
EndeaVour. and Mrs. Sopwith were on
board the Vita, accompanying the
challenger out of the ID Dor. A
motor launch went alongside to
Evening star., 1934-07-23
400 BACK ON Jobs
AT Hartman MILL
Shouting and Singing La
borers Hail End of War
With N. R. A.
BY the Associated Press.


HARTMAN, Tenn, July a.
Shouting and singing, approximately
400 men and women marched back
today to jobs they lost a month ago
when the Hartman hosiery mills shut
down after losing its Blue Eagle.
The mill reopened under an agree
ment with the National Recovery Ad-
ministration. which restored its Blue
Eagle and provided for settlement
of strike out of which the long con-
troversy grew.
Smoke began pouring from the
mills tall smoke stacks long before
daylight. With the sun barely up,
workers began gathering at the out
side gate.
Workers Swarm In.
Two short blasts from the plants
whistle at $40 am brought cheers
and singing from the happy group.
A long whistle at $50 brought the
gates open, and the workers hurried
into the mills.
Only the knitting department will
be operated for the first two days.
Then the scanning and looping depart
ments will open. Officials said the
mill would be in full operation by the
end of the week, employing all the
623 workers who lost their jobs when
the plant closed June 25.
Agreement Pending
The agreement re-opening the mills
was signed by A. r. CLANCY for the
N. R. A. 1t must be accepted by
strikers within 80 days. 1t provides
that the company re-employ Is of
the 800 strikers Immediately. and IS
more between the time OF acceptance
and the first of the year.
Strikers, meeting Saturday. voted
to reject the agreement as being ''un-
fair and unjust to the workers and
the Government" They charged that
the mills had for a year "hagrantly
and Stubbornly" refused TO comply
with the collective bargaining provi-
sion of the recovery act and never
will until forced to-"
w. M. Hannah. strikers attorney,
said, however. that while the local
textile workers union regarded the
settlement ''as worse than no settle
ment at ALI it would approve it if
Administrator Hugh S. Johnson did.
Evening star., 1934-07-23
Snow Covers Flags on Path
10 Lonely Hut in Little
America.
GRAVE CONCERN FELT
AS SCOUTS HUNT WAY
Tractor Party, Sleepless Since
Friday, Encounters Coolest
Weather on Journey.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica,
July 23.--Grave concern for the safety
of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd
was felt today. The trail leading to
his lonely weather observation out
post was Lost.
A tractor party which set out
Friday to bring him back to the
main base reported it could not pick
up the trail.
The group was SO miles out on
the 123-mile run. Orange flags with
which the trail had been marked
could not be found past that point,
the relief party reported yesterday.
Byrd followed the trail four months
ago TO take up his lonely sentinel
duty.
Temperature so Below.
DR.. Thomas C. Poulter, In charge OF
the group said 1t had battled in bit
ter weather to reach the 50-mile
station. Temperatures ranged from
80 degrees below zero, TO II degrees
below.
The expedition travelled 100 nau-
tical miles, DR.. Poulter reported, zig
tagging back and forth over the Ice
barriers.
A nest Of deep crevasses lies ahead.
Members Of the group had been sleep
less since $50 am. Friday.
The flags were completely showed
under In places and elsewhere were
barely visible.
A scouting crew on skis was en-
deavoring to pick up the trail, aided
by a searchlight from the tractor.
In the group in addition to DR..
Poulter are Barnard Skinner, Amory
Waite, radio operator. and Carl Peter
sen and Bernard Fqemning, observers.
Petersen and Flemming were to be
left at the advance weather base to
continue meteorological observations
begun by Byrd
The Winter night still has month
to run. The temperature was SO
degrees below zero when the little
party left on its dangerous trip.
Blizzard Postpones Start.
Equipment included 1900 pounds
of stores, most Of it food slowed in
canvas tanks. 1t had been planned
to start the journey at am. Fri
day, but a blizzard. blowing at SO
miles on hour. caused a postpone
ment until late in the day.
The tractor carried IS gallons Of
gasoline In the standard tank and
las gallons in an aviation tank in
stalled under its cabin. Other sup
plies included sleeping bag, stoves,
tents, skis and an emergency radio
set.
Admiral Byrd's main radio set has
been out of commission for several
days and he was forced to use a set
cranked by hand IN his recent COM
munications with Little America dur
ing which arrangements we're made for
the tractor journey.
On July 20 the admiral told DR..
poulter in a radio conversation that
he had bad arm" but did not give
any details as to whether it was the
result of an injury,
Evening star., 1934-07-23
Legion Opens Convention.

CHARLESTON, S. c., July % CP).-
American Legionnaires of South Car
olina opened their three-day annual
ing a tablet to Charleston County's
World War dead. Joint memorial
exercises were held by the Legion and
Auxiliary, followed by reception for
visiting beauty queens. United States
Senator Walter F. George will speak
today,
Evening star., 1934-07-23
DILLINGER SQUAD
STILL HUNTS AIDES
Van Meter and Nelson Yet to Be
Caught, Illinois Police
Point Out.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, July 23.-The special
F"Dilinger" police squad win carry on.
Capt. Daniel Gilbert of the States
attorneys police praised the precise
action of Federal agents in staying the
Indiana desperate last night, but an
nounced the Dillinger squad would be
retained intact
I'VE still have Homer Van Meter
and sBaby Face Nelson 10 ace6nnt
for" he said, refe. 3ng 10 John Dillin-
Evening star., 1934-07-23
PILOT UNHURT IN CRASH
Naval Aviator's Plane Wrecked
at Norfolk.

NORFOLK, Va, July % tpl.-Lieut.
J. O. Burgess, naval aviator attached
TO the new aircraft carrier Ranger,
escaped with minor injuries today
when the fighting plane he was pilot
ing spun in from a height OF 200 feet
and cracked on the naval base golf
course. The plane was wrecked.
The accident is the first major
crash since the air squadron of the
eet established headquarters here
~pore than month ago.
Evening star., 1934-07-23
Uncertain Of Companion.

Uncertain Of Companion.
Purvis said, however, that he had
not determined whether the gang
champion was accompanied when he
went into the show house. A file Of
film fans entered and left the place
at the same time as Dillinger did,
precluding definite establishment of
whether he was alone. Earlier Purvis
had said that Dillinger was by HIM
self and he denied that two girl
friends Of the outlaw had been seized
by his operatives, as claimed by two
Chicago detectives who witnessed the
staying of Dillinger.
Concerning the information that led
to the trap. Purvis stated
"All I can say Is that the tip was
not given by a sweetheart of Dillinger.
The name of the person who gave us
the information will never be known
Policeman Is Credited.
Sergt. Martin zarkovich of the East
Chicago, Ind, Police Department was
credited in some quarters with bring
ing about Dillinger's downfall. He
had obtained a furlough from his
post and had set out with the express
purpose Of bringing the will o. the
wisp brigand to justice. He was a
partner Of Patrolman Patrick O'Mal-
ley, for whose death in a gun duel
near an East Chicago bank last jan
uary Dillinger was blamed by author
tiles. He established contact with a
woman acquaintance Of his quarry on
the North Side and learned from her
that Dillinger was TO see Manhattan
Melodrama" at the Biograph Theater
last night.
The woman was reported TO have
gone to the cinema on Johns pistol
arm, but to have tarried behind as he
sauntered from the lobby to his tryst
with death a few hours later. Despite
police stories of the woman involved,
Purvis maintained that his version
was correct.
Reward Is Undecided.
No comment came from authorities
on the subject of who would receive
the $4,000 reward offered by the
United States for information lead
ing to the desperado's apprehension.
1t appeared that no one would re-
ceive the $4,000 the Government
placed on the fugitives head. The
Federal agent who fired the shots
was ineligible by regulations to re-
ceive the bounty.
Meanwhile. a morbid legion, num-
bering more than thousand, eddied
about the morgue. Housewives, cab
drivers, policemen. eager girls and
countless other persons strove to OBJ
tain glimpse of the shattered hulk
of what once was Americas No. /
public enemy.
"The bullet that killed Dillinger,"
Coroner's Physician Jerome Kearns
announced, was the one that en-
tered the back of hts neck right at
the shoulder, ripped through into the
head. cutting the spinal column, and
emerged through the right eye"
Coroner's Jury Sits.
He also said he believed that only
two bullets had punctured the despe-
RADIO, one in the neck and the other
in the left side
This slug" he continued, "cut
through the eighth rib, missing the
heart by two inches and emerging
from the left side"
While the coroner's Jury sat at It's
grim task, down in placid MooresvtlIe,
Ind, a respected tiller of the soil,
John Dhllinger, ST., prepared plans for
Continued on Page 4, Column II
Evening star., 1934-07-23
BLAST KILLS FIREMAN
Two Others, Including Distric'
Chief, Missing in Toronto.

OhIeI' MIssInB IN 1oIonto.
TORONTO, July % CP).-Fireman
James Henry died in a hospital today
and two other city firemen were miss
ing following an explosion or the oil
barge Enarco in Toronto Harbor.
The missing are District Fire Chief
James Dixon and Fireman John
Stewart
The tiremen had practically extin-
guished the initial blaze and went on
board AS they reached the deck
there was a terrific explosion. Ten of
the men were blown high in the air
and another into the lake.
Evening star., 1934-07-23

Street Car Wrecked: MOtorman Hurt !;
Several Beaten.
SAN FRANCISCO. July % CP-
Acts of vandalism broke out here to-
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 80
Evening star., 1934-07-23
WEATHER

W y WHteF9NF b3ItFH F"FtNsNtJ
Fair tonight and tomorrow. little
change IN Temperature Gentle north
east shifting 70 east OF southeast winds.
Temperatures Highest. g5. at 80 pm.
yesterday: lowest. u. al 8 an today.
Fali report on page A-s
Evening star., 1934-07-23

Continued on Page S, Column ~
Evening star., 1934-05-04
new GROUP TO AID
IN JEWISH APPEAL
War Veterans and Auxiliary Will
Assist in Drive for
$4,000,

Formation of new division of
workers in the United Jewish Ap-
peal, composed of members of the
Jewish War Veterans and the womenS
auxiliary of this organization, is an
nounced by the drive chairmen, Isl
dore Hershfield and Edmund I. Xauf-
mann.
The veterans will be headed by Dr.
Ivy A. PelZman, post commander, and
Tobias c. Cooper, post adjutant. The
woman workers will be led by Mrs.
Falk Harmel, head of the auxiliary.
Impetus was given the S35. 1000 drive
yesterday by reports of contributions
which brought the total on hand over
the $4,000 mark. Presiding at the
workers luncheon yesterday at the
Jewish Community Center, Mr.. Hersh-
field confidently forecast that $4,000
would be raised by this Sunday night.
Credit for much of the success of
the drive thus far was given the
division headed by Morris Garfnkle
and Cantor Louis J. Novick. who re-
ported collections of approximately
$500.
Louis E. Spiegler. drive director,
told the workers of the report of
James G. Mcdonald, high commits
sioner of the League of Nations Com
mission for Refugees, in which he
stated regarding the German Jewish
refugees Their plight is desperate.
Tens of thousands are destitute, home
less and uncertain Of tomorrow"
Drive workers will hold another
meeting next Tuesday at the Jewish
Center. The relief campaign will last
three weeks.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
PUBLIC WORKS AID
TOFARMERS SEEN
Hopkins Says Road Jobs
Must Be Taken Out
of Politics.
Nv tbs Associated prsss

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, May A pro-
gram of planned public works was
seen today by Harry L. Hopkins, Fed
eral relief administrator, as a means
of providing financial independence
for 100000 farm families now on re-
lief rolls.
The F. E. r. A. chief, in an address
prepared for the Midwest Rural Re-
habilitation Conference, asserted, I'VE
are coming to the point where every
job on the State highways from coast
to coast is going to be deliberately
planned for and given to particular
people on the basis of their own par
ticular needs"
The conference is being attended by
relief directors and heads of agricul-
tural extension services from Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska, North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Kentucky and Tennessee.
we are going to stop this politicali-
Zation of jobs in the highway depart
ments of America; we are not going
to get home with this thing unless We
can tie up whatever public works are
going to be done in America with
farm families" Hopkins said.
Hopkins said the 100000 farm fam
illes now on relief are going to gain
a decent life only while they are iden-
titled intimately with the land.
He said that if work is to be done
in the rural areas it should be in the
interest of the rural communities.
Farm-to-market roads, rural school
buildings and consolidated schools
Evening star., 1934-05-04

do under the circumstances but to
accept the advance under conditions
imposed. But how that ascent charge
ranked! He vowed to himself, it is
said, that some day he would get
even. He swore that revenge would
be his.
Well, the passing years brought
changes. The earstwhile cashier be-
came a candidate for the postmaster
ship Of Seattle, with piles Of fine in
dorsements.
Mr.. Hurja came to occupy a position
Of prominence and responsibility in
the present administration. He helped
Mr.. Farley decide on the choice of
Evening star., 1934-05-04

regular Army program TO determine
the best methods, are controlled from
shore.
A warning to mariners relating to
the presence Of the mine fields has
been sent out by the light house serv-
Ice Of the Commerce Department.
War Department authorities here to-
day explained that there is little
menace to navigation, inasmuch as
the mines are inert, the electrical
connections being dead. So that
shippers Of ships may be saved trouble
in getting their prppellors entangled
up in the mine CONNECTIONS, the War
and Commerce Departments thought
it best to issue the warning.
Evening star., 1934-05-04

porters generally. He was usually
hard up for cash money.
Mr.. Hurja had a pressing engage
ment with lady which required the
outlay Of cash for supper amounting.
it Is said, to 50. He went to the
cashier and asked him to advance this
same 50 on his salary. The cashier
looked pained-as many cashiers do
under similar circumstances - and
finally promised to advance Mr.. Hurja
the 50, but, at the same time, to
charge him rs cents for the extraor-
dinary bookkeeping and mental travail
that an advance of 50 cash money
would require.
There was nothing for Mr.. Hurja to
Evening star., 1934-05-04
I25.CENT CHARGE FOR So ADVANCE
ON PAY COSTS MAN $4,000 JOB

In fact, the prevailing rate Of pay for
especially promising cub reporters. It
was $40 a week.
that time had reputation which, it
is said on good authority, is shared
generally by cashiers the world over.
He was, as concerns money matters.
hard boiled. Mr.. Hurja, 1t Is related,
at the same time suffered from an
affection that seems to beset cub re-
Evening star., 1934-05-04
No Parkinq Problems at GoIdenberq's

We have provided ample Parking Space for
customers opposite our Eighth Street Entrance.
Drive in and courteous attendant will take care of
your car while you are shopping at Goldenberg's.
Evening star., 1934-05-04

There Is a story going the rounds in
Washington that Emil Hurja, gentle
man upon whom Postmaster General
Farley relies very strongly for advice
on matters political, believes that
Justice, in the end, will prevail.
A good many years ago this same
Mr.. Hurja was young cub reporter
on the Post Intelligencer of Seattle.
His salary was not excessive. It was,
Evening star., 1934-05-04

recipients Of such favors as post ONCE
appointments.
What happened to the candidate for
postmaster who once charged MIR.
Hurja Is cents for a So advance?
To make long story short-he did
not get the job. And it was a $4,000
year Job that he did not get.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
Herring Are Missing.

Because the fish have suddenly and
mysteriously abandoned their usual
haunts near Upper Lochfyne, Scot
land, herring fishermen have had to
give up fishing for the season and
may face want.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
25O TO MAKE TRIP
Little Congress Members to Visit
New York and West Point.

Members of the Little Congress,
composed of secretaries to Represen-
tatives and Senators, are leaving by
special train this afternoon for a
week end visit to New York City and
West Point. Approximately $50 mem
bers of the organization have arranged
to make the trip. After sightseeing
tour of New York City, they will go
on to the Military Academy at West
Point.