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The Washington times., 1934-11-14
GIRLS BODY
IN SHALLOW
CRAVE
Dental Charts Establish
Identity of Victim as
Dorothy DisteIhurst

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. IA
G.N.S0-The body of child un-
earthed late yesterday in a shall
low grave near the county tuber.
cular home has been positively
identified" as that Of 6-year-old
Dorothy Ann Distelhurst, missing
since September 10 and believed
kidnapped. Attorney General j.
Carlton Loser, of Davidson county,
announced today.
Identification was established,
the attorney general said, through
comparison of "every possible iden'
tifying mark" including the teeth,
hair, weight and height.
The teeth, which tailed ex.
actly with dental charts of the
missing child, clinched the iden-
tification, he said.
D.. ., Charts Checked
4, Ne Loser said that records Of
DR.. Leonard Pogue, a dentist,
showed that he had filled an
upper right baby molar and ex.
tracted two of Dorothy AIMS
lower front teeth.
The mouth of the little girls
body, found by Negro workmen
in a crude grave in a remote
part of the grounds of the Da-
wilson County Tubercular Home,
showed identical treatment, Mr..
Loser said.
When it became certain that
the body was that of the little
kindergarten pupil who disappear
ed while on her way from school,
the child's mother, Mrs. A. E.
Distelhurst, was told. News Of
finding of the body had been
withheld from her.
The mother collapsed when the
news was given her by brother,
Lonnie Hamilton.
Head Crushed
The child's head had been
crushed as though from a sharp
blow, and the long exposure had
made Identification more difficult.
A half brother of the missing
girl, Alfred, jr., viewed the body
and said that in general appear
ance it reSembled Dorothy Ann.
Pat Beard, business associate Of
the father, Alfred Distelhurst,
said it was about the right size
to be Dorothy" The color of the
hair, too, was similar, he said.
NEW YORK, Nov. IA G.N.s).
A few hours after he had re-
ceived news that the body of his
6-year-old daughter had been found
near Nashville, Tenn, Alfred E.
Distelhurst, Nashville salesman,
left for home today.
Mr.. DistelhurSt, who has been
waiting at a New York hotel for
almost a week to contact with
supposed kidnapers of the missing
girl, refused to believe the bat
tered body was that of his
daughter.
The Washington times., 1934-11-14
Moratorium Act
Upheld in Court

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. IA
Q.N.SD. The Frazier Lemke
farm mortgage moratorium act
signed by President Roosevelt
last June was held constitutional
in an opinion handed down here
today by Federal Judge Charles
I. Dawson in the suit of William
w. Radford, of Hopkinsville, KY,
against the Louisville Joint Stock
land Bank.
Mr.. Radford who sued for a re-
lief in the Federal court under
the act sought to prevent the
bank from foreclosing a mortgage
on his farm in settlement Of
debt of $7,O63.43, the balance
due on a $4,000 loan made sew
eral years ago. Mr.. Radford had
defaulted on the payments on
account of crop failure.
The Washington times., 1934-11-14
De Onates Sail
Today for Europe

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Lopez de
Onate will sail from Baltimore
this afternoon for Europe on
their honeymoon. Mrs. De Onate
is the former Ellen McAdoo,
daughter of Senator William
Gibbs McAdoo and granddaughter
Of the late President Woodrow
Wilson.
They arrived in Washington
yesterday and Immediately took
out passports.
The Washington times., 1934-11-14
HAUPTMA
FACING NEW
EVIDENCE
Hunting License Records Re-
flute Statement He Was
Not in Jersey

NEW YORK, Nov. IA G.N.SO.
Two new sensations doomed in the
Lindbergh kidnapping case today.
While New Jersey State troop
ers were selling hitherto unsus-
pected records said to contradict
flatly the assertion of Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann that he was never
in New Jersey during 1882, the
year of the crime, defense invest1-
gators countered with the report
that less than 48 hours before the
discovery of the Lindbergh child's
body in a thicket near the av1-
ator's home, his parents had COM
pleted plans to pay over a second
ransom of $4,000 to the Purple
Gang in Detroit.
Gave Garfield Address
The evidence concerning Haupt-
mann's presence in New Jersey
during 1882, which created con-
siderable excitement among Jer'
sey prosecuting officials, consists
of documents showing that a
hunting and fishing license had
been issued to Richard Haupt'
mann through PaSSaic sporting
goods store in october OF that
year.
In Hauptmann's application, he
gave a Garfield, N. j., street num-
Der as his address. Mrs. Haupt'
mann, according to reports, subse-
quently identified this address as
the home of a huntsman acqualnt-
ance of her husbands.
The Purple Gang angle to the
celebrated case was reputedly UNI
covered by investigators working
in Hauptmann's behalf.
For days, according to the re-
port, a plane had been held in
readiness at Newark airport await
ing final word from the "kidnap-
ers" of Americas most famous
baby.
Quiz Associates
In fact, it was said, had it not
been feared that the messenger
bearing the money might come
to harm at the hands of the gang
sters, the plane would have taken
off for Detroit and the $4,000
would have been paid.
A picked squad Of Is detectives
from New York and New Jersey
began an extensive reexamlnatlon
of all associates of Hauptmann
after a conference at Manhattan
police headquarters.
By International News Service
Department of Justice officials
announced today that Harry Whit
ney, investigator for the attorneys
representing Bruno Ric n ar d
Hauptmann, who is under charges
at Pennington, N. j., connected
with the Lindbergh kidnapping,
called at the Department late
yesterday to give information to
the Government concerning the
case.
He called on J. Edgar Hoover,
Director of Investigation for the
Department, but was referred to
one of Mr.. Hoover'S assistants,
whose name officials would not
disclose. 1t was believed, how
ever, that Mr.. Whitney talked to
E. A. Tamm, Mr.. Hoover's right
hand man.
Officials said Mr.. Hoover's as
sistant told Mr.. Whitney any in
formation he had concerning the
case should be turned over to the
Governor of New Jersey or to the
State police.
The Washington times., 1934-11-14
Cutting Reelected,
Final Count Shows

ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, Nov.
14.-All votes counted, United
States Senator Bronson Cutting
today is entitled to resume his
seat in Congress when it convenes
in January.
His race for reelection against
Representative Dennis Chavez was
close and he won by the slim
margin Of 1892 votes. The totals
were: Cutting. 1926; Chavez, a.
ga.
The Washington times., 1934-11-14
Girl, Is, Tries
"TO End It AW''

A 16-year-old girl, who told po-
lice she was tired of living and
wanted to end it ALL" is in a seri-
Gus condition in Emergency Hos
pital today, suffering from drug
poisoning.
The girl, Mary Mcdonald, was
found in her third-floor room in
the 900 block G st. N. W., early
today and taken to the hospital,
where physicians said she may
die.
The Washington times., 1934-11-14

For the first time in history, the
White House is going to be the
scene of a costume ball.
The date is December 8, which
is also the date of the Gridiron
dinner, and the guests will be the
forgotten wives" who by tradi.
ton do not attend Gridiron din
ners, and women who write for
newspapers.
Mrs. Roosevelt disclosed plans
today for the costume party. The
invitations read:
"YOu are invited to come in
costume, with q mask. Prizes
will be awarded for the three
costumes judged best by a COM
mittee. Those winning the
prizes will be called upon to per
form on the stage, in any way
they wish, Singly or in q group
Of their own choosing"
The Washington times., 1934-11-14
Will Rogers
SAYS:

BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, Nov.
14.-Well, lets see what we got
in today'S papers that will hold
up till tomorrow. Huey Long
(Huey will stand up is trying
to make senators out of foot
ball players. He better be try
ing to make something out of
Senators. don't blame that
boy for not wanting to be de-
NOTED.
Awful lot of predictions in the
papers every day as to what is
the outlook for political success
in 1886. The ms, and the outs
too, better concentrate On
what's going to happen next
month, or next week. No
country in the world was even
further away from 1886 than
we are.
Copyright, 1884, Mcknight Syndicats)
See Will Rogers in Judge
Priest" at the Columbia 11heater.
The Washington times., 1934-11-14
New Open Forum
To Be Held Here

DR.. Glenn Frank, president Of
the University of Wisconsin, will
be the first speaker before the
Town Hall of Washington, new
forum organized here. The first
meeting will be held December 2
in the auditorium of the United
States Chamber Of Commerce, and
other meetings will be held
throughout the winter. Mrs.
Roosevelt heads the list OF Spon-
Sors Of the organization.
The Washington times., 1934-11-14
LABATT POINTS
OUT K|DNAPER

LONDON, Ontario, Nov. IA
GN.SO.-John S. Labatt, wealthy
Ontario brewer, today positively
identified David Meisner as leader
of the gang which kidnapped him
near Sarnia last August ID in
Canada'S first major kidnapping
for ransom.
Meisner was committed for trial
on a charge of kidnapping.
Taking the stand the prelimi-
nary hearing of the Detroit sus-
pect, Mr.. Labatt told how he was
Snatched from his car and held
for 66 hours. 1t was the first time
the brewer had told the story in
public.
Mr.. Labatt was the first witness
at the hearing. He said three men
passed him in an automobile at
Sarnia and then forced him to the
side of the road. Two of them
Mr.. Labatt said, covered him with
revolvers, and one raped out a
command:
"Stick 'em up quick. This is
q kidnap."
The man who gave this COM
mand was Meisner, the Detroit
and Covington CKyD bookmaker,
Mr.. Labatt Swore positively.
Meisner, dapper and noncha-
liant, smiled in the dock as the
Identification was made.
Mr.. Labatt identified the
driver of the kidnap car as AL
bert Pegram, well-known United
States gangSter now sought by
police of two countries. The
Identification of Pegram was
made from photographs shown
Mr.. Iabatt bv notice.
The Washington times., 1934-11-14
us. Mental Cases
Crowd Hospitals

NEW YORK, Nov. IA Q.N.S0
A report showing a 100 per cent
increase in the number of mental
cases under treatment in the hos.
pitals of the United States was
presented for study at today'S
meeting of leading psychiatristS of
the country.
The report declared, however,
that there was no actual increase
in the ratio of the number of men
tai patients to the general popula-
ton, but that improved facilities
for treatment had brought about
an increase in patients.
The Washington times., 1934-11-14
Letter Girl Gets
$1,3OO,OOOOn
Birthday

CHICAGO, Nov. IA (I.N.SD
Because she is Is years old today,
Nancy Letter, granddaughter of
the pioneer merchant, Levi 2.
Letter, was $1,30O,0OO richer than
yesterday. Nancy, who is attend
ing school in the East yesterday
was getting along on about SIS 900
a month. Now it won't be so diff
ficult to make ends meet. About
100000 is hers from the estate OF
her grandfather. The rest comes
from her late grandmother, Mrs.
Mary Letter.
The Washington times., 1934-11-14
Huey Peeved, Hats
Bic Grid Excursion

BATON ROUGE, La, Nov. i
U.N.S0.-Taking umbrage at a
newspaper mans charge that he
had taken control of the L. S. U.
football team as an instrument of
political ballyhoo, Senator Huey
P. Long has called off his pro-
jected football excursion to Knox
vile for the Tennessee game De-
cember 8.
Senator Long declared:
"If that bunch of. buZzardS
and varmints are going to say
things like that, we're not 60
ing to Knoxville"
The Washington times., 1934-11-14
Cold Spell Is Due
For D. C. Tonight

It might be a good idea to look
at your fuel supply and dope up
the radiator of your car, for the
Weather Bureau says there will be
freezing temperatures tonight.
After rising to a high of So de.
grees late yesterday afternoon, the
mercury dropped to 81 degrees
early today with moderate wind
accentuating the cold. Tonight
will be much colder, the forecaster
said, with rising temperature to-
morrow.
The Washington times., 1934-11-14
HOPE LOST FOR CREW

LONDON, Nov. IA U.N.S).
Hope sank today for 60 members
of the crew of the 3,349-ton Jap
anese feighter Eiryu Maru after
destroyers that combed the Japan
Sea for her reported no trace
could be found, a Reuter- dispatch
from Tokyo said. The ship has
been missing SincA November 2.
The Washington times., 1934-11-14

MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1934-11-14
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair tonight and tOmorrOwS
colder.
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The Washington times., 1934-04-24

NEW YORK, April "a UN.S0.
After having thought the matter
over for almost "a hours. Gloria
Swanson, glamorous film star, ap-
parently had decided today that
her marriage to Michael Farmer.
young Irish sportsman, was all q
mistake.
In an exclusive interview with
william Parker, international
News Service correspondent In
Paris yesterday, Mr.. Farmer de.
clared that he and Miss Swanson
had separated.
When Miss Swanson, who is
appearing this week at a local
theater, was informed Of Mr.
Farmers remarks, she expressed
surprise and declared that she
had no knowledge their Separa
ton was to be permanent one
In addition, she made no men
ton Of any possible divorce action
VIII Seek Freedom
Several hours later, however
after she had had considerable
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
INCREASED NRA
STAFF ASKED

Recommendations that the Dis.
trict of Columbia be given as large
an NRA enforcement staff as
those now operating, in each Of
the 48 States have been adopted
by the Graphic Arts Association
Of Washington, q trade associa'
ton Of printing and allied trades
The organization will ask the
NRA to provide the District with
q state Director of Compliance.
assisted by q staff sufficient to
handle the growing amount Of
work arising under code diff
culties and complaints here.
Similar action has been taken
recently by both industrial and la.
Dor ORGANIZATIONS. Reason for the
protest, the sponsors say, Is that
all States have many salaried per
sons helping in NRA compliance
while the District has only Major
Walter and his two secretaries to
handle Q great volume Of work.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
GLORIA SWANSON WILL SEEK DIVORCE

four times. Her first husband
was wallace Beery, the actor.
They were married when both
we're little known players in 1915
md were divorced two years
later.
Herbert Somborn, q Hollywood
restaurant man, was the actress
next husband. They were d.
vorced In 1923.
Two years later, Miss Swanson
married the Marquis de Ia Fal-
aise de La Coudray. now the
husband Of Constance Bennett,
also q film star. They were di-
vorced In 1881.
She married Mr.. Farmer, q
well-to-do Irishman, the same
year.
PARIS, April "a G.N.SJ.-A
though he tacitly admitted yeSter
day that he had separated from
Gloria Swanson, Michael Farmer
was surprised and visibly affected
today to learn the American screen
star had announced she was 60
| ing to divorce him.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24

time to think things over, Miss
Swanson announced definitely
that she would seek her freedom
from Mr.. Farmer.
Grounds for the action will be
incompatibility, and it will be
filed in Hollywood, Miss Swanson
said. She added:
The rumOrs that a divorce
was impending I have consist
emily denied. But there IL no
use Of that now. have thought
about the matter for . long
time and have decided our
marriage was = mistake. When
you find that you have made
q mistake, IL seems to me there
is no use to continue Il.
michael belongs in Europe.
I belong here He likes q
good time, while I have my
work as an actress and my
career to think about"
The actress denied that she
contemplated marrying again and
said she would return to Holly
wood in about three weeks.
Wed Four Times
! Miss Swanson has been married
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
DR.. budding Urges
NeLU Prison Set-UD

Abolition Of the District Parole
Board and transfer Of the Lorton
Reformatory and Workhouse to
the Bureau Of Prisons is urged in
a letter to Representative Mary
r. Norton CD Of New Jersey,
chairman Of the House District
Committee, by DR.. e. e. budding.
DR.. budding, who is president of
the Prisoners Relief Society,
charges tbs Department Of Justice
is equipped for operating those
institutions whereas the District
Commissioners know only about
as much as the devil knows about
holy water"
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
PWA MEN HELP
PARK TREES

Tree In Lincoln Park-140 Of
them-will be repaired soon by
tree surgeons, working under a
Public Works Administration al.
lotment. Bide for the work win
be opened May 5, according to
G. Marshall Finnan, director Of
National Capital Parks.
Three in other parks will be
cared for, according to Mr.. Fin.
nan, II there Is money available
for the work after the Lincoln
Park project Is finished.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24

American Society Of Mechanical
Engineers yesterday at Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute In Troy,
N. Y.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
MAMVILLE HON0RED

william W. ManviIle, Of 1922
N st. N. W.. was elected secretary
of the student branch Of the
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
In the Interest of the Public

''How'can we determine which wines
and liquors to buy?". That appears
to be question arousing widespread
public concern. In the confusion re-
sulting from the countless brands now
on the American market, it naturally
has been bewildering for the average
man and woman to distinguish the
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Interesting Facts On the Negro

L. Gaudeloupe and Martinique
have five members in the French
Chamber of Deputies, and two in
the Senate.
2. Garland Anderson, dramat-
list, author Of appearances" is
the first Negro to have play pro-
duced on broadway.
3. The last French soldiers We're
expelled from Haiti in 1903, and
the island was declared independ-
ent in the year 1904; but it was
not until 1923 that France recog-
nized the independence Of Haiti.
4. There have been two Negro
senators, both from Mississippi, Hi
ram r. Revels, who served from
1870 to 1871, ard Blanche K. Bruce
who served from 1875 to 1881.
5. Alexander s. PushlSin, born
in 1899 and died 1887, was Russ
las greatest poet; and is acknow-
lodged to be the father of Russian
literature.
6. Alonzo Pietro is accredited
by some authorities as having been
the pilot of Columbus ship, the Nj
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ma. He also was with Columbus
on the second trip.
Z. Edwin Hill, Negro composer
and publisher, was the first Negro
to be admitted to the Philadelphia
Academy of Fine Arts. He, COM
poser of some thirty pieces of mu-
sic, was admitted n 1871.
8. Benjamin Banneker, a noted
astronomer, made the first clock
that was made in America in 1854.
It told the time and struck the
hour.
g. The first Negro Y.M.C.A. was
organized in Washington D. C. in
1853. Anthony Bowen was first
president.
10. Peter Ogden was the found
err Of the Order Of Odd Fellows a.
mong the Negroes of the United
States. He joined the Grand Unit
ed Order of Odd Fellows of Eng
land, and he secured charter for
the lodge, Philomethean, No. 646
of New York, and set UP the lodge
March 1, 1s43.
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Cleveland, Ohio, to halt the flight
of Negroes from the South by re-
fusing to sell tickets from South
ern points to that city. During
the same period discrimination in
travel was investigated by the San
Antonio, Tex, Charleston, w. Va,
Bowling Green, Ky. and New York
City branches, and the Detroit
SSlspch was successful in hating
attempts 70 jim crow colored pas
sengers on he Michigan Central
Railway between Detroit ard Gin
cinnati.
In 1926, the Association aided in
suit brought by Miss Blanche
Brooklins against Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad company for per-
hitting her to be removed from a
Pullman car, jailed over night and
lined $500 and costs at Palatka,
Florida. The N.A.A.C.P. secured
Arthur Garfield Hays as attorney
and in 1928 the railroad settled out
of court for $2,75O.
Fight Against Medical Jim Grow
The Association has waged a
continual fight against discriruin-
frxon+sv,,,ad ~, ,,oera +h,.osA
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Battering Barriers Of Prejudice
Stirring Chapters From the 25-Year History
OF the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
Continued from Last Week.

CONTINUED from Last Week.
Fighting Railway Discrimination
The fight against segregation
and discrimination on the railroad
began as early as 1912. when the
Association protected the appoint
ment to the Supreme court bench
Of a judge v.lo had rendered de-
cision permitting the Atchison, To-
peka and Sante Fe Railroad COM
pany to refuse ser5dce to Negroes
in dining and sleeping cars. The
appointment was not made. In
1913 several suits were brought a.
gainst the Baltimore, Chesapeake
and Atlantic Railway company for
discrimination Through the eff
forts of the Chicago branch a bill
for jira crow car service was de-
feated in the Illinois legislature.
In 1918, the Baltimore branch aid
ed a colored woman to win judg-
ment, damages and costs from the
Washington, Baltimore and Anna
polls Railway company. The fol-
lowing year spirited protest Of the
Association forced the abandon
ment Of a policy inaugurated by
the u S. Railway ticket office in
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jim CROW CAFES
REFUSE TO SERVE
GOVT EMPLOYEES

DETROIT, Mich. (ANP) - The
fued which has been going on be-
tween colored postal employees and
q restaurant keeper in the vicinity
Of the new federal building here
enters its third week.
All sorts Of discriminatory tao
cs have been resorted to BY the
owners of the various lunch rooms
in close proximity to the post Of
flee in order to prevent Negro pos
tai employees from eating there.
First pointblank refusal to serve
them, then, when they persisted,
the restaurant was closed for bu-
siness at the time the Negroes
went in to lunch. All walters were
relieved from duty.
After visit to the prosecuting
attorneys office by committee
to which was called the owner of
one of the restaurants, the prosecu-
tor admonished The owner and or
dered him to serve the colored peo-
pie or a warrant would be issued
for his arrest. Last Thursday when
Thomas r. Solomon entered the
restaurant, they served him but
saturated his food with salt. A re-
petition of the order brought the
same results and Mr.. Solomon was
forced to leave the restaurant with
out his lunch.
1t is believed that the local pos
tai authorities could step in and
settle the matter in no time if they
would. Three years ago when the
new federal building was planned,
the local restaurant keepers asso-
citation took steps to prevent the
opening of a cafeteria in the new
building because it would mean the
loss of about $4,000 worth of bu-
siness each week to the restaurant
owners.
Letters have been produced
showing that the authorities at
Washington spurned- the idea adj
vanced by the Restaurant Keepers
here and sanctioned the opening of
a restaurant in the new post Of
flee. This shows that the failure
to have an eatii 3 place in the post
office here is purely local and that
the restaurant keepers wishes
have been complied with.