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Evening star., 1936-02-14

Will you take this letter and mail 1t
for me on your way back? Can you
take me over to Crisfield?"
The demand for newSpape is more
acute than that for food, although
radios are In enough homes for
Snatches of news,
As the thickly wrapped bags from
the Army bombers spill and bounce
on the ice, dozens of hands grab them
up and carry them to the community
hall. There, under red, white and
blue tissue garlandS, remnants of some
celebration, committee assigns pro-
visions according to individual needs.
Family heads, mostly men. line up
two and three abreast. so deep. await
ing their share. This has been q
daily ritual.
Others wait in a barber shop until
the line thins
William Walter a storekeeper. says:
Were all equal now Even the ones
that have money can't buy food. The
stores are practically empty. :
The storekeepers-that's my store
across the Street-uSed to be able to
stock enough to carry us through the
Winter, but they didn't have the
capital this year."
Were the men in the barber shop
getting three squares" a day? If
beans and beans and beans again
could be counted, they were.
Nurses Watch Health.
Walter Crockett trudges into the
house where Katherine Smiley and
Mary Ashby Slaughter, nurses brought
from Washington, make "headquar-
ters" for their constant vigil over
island health. He is twisting his hat
in his hands. His hip boots are csked
with snow.
MY wife, Mary, has Bright's
disease" he said quietly. Cant you
give her something to eat. She can't
eat beans no more"
The nurses give him proper food
from the larder.
A visit to the home Of Clayton Parks
found Linda. 10; Burton, 6. and Teddy
Ray, 3, all tow-headed and blue-eyed,
Evening star., 1936-02-14

huddled around the parlor-bed room
stove. Their parents were out. The
wind crashed against windowpanes
and Linda looked a little frightened
in the haZy lamplight. They had had
beans, coffee, canned milk and little
bread for dinner. Linda said she had
made no mark under 80 on her last
report card.
Farther down the road, on the
northwest side of the island, apart
from most OF the village, Johnny Wal
lace, 13, was studying by oil lamp.
John A. Whitney, Johnny's maternal
grandfather. was rocking by the stove
Il don't know what we'd do If it
weren't for the planes" he said. IT'S
the greatest thing ever knew Of"
Came From Smith Island.
Whitney came the 10 miles from
Smith Island 26 days ago. The ice has
prevented his return as effectively as
If a wall had sprung up across the
bay. He came to mend the roof for
his daughter, Mrs. Bessie Wallace
Fire had eaten a hole in it. Wallace
is at sea on a collier He sees his
family about two weeks every four
months. Besides Johnny, there's Norma,
II, and Joyce, 7.
Last Sunday was the last time the
Wallaces had meat. They killed their
only chicken. Beans are the main item
of diet now.
Mrs. Violet Eskridge was sure that
wed all have been in q bad flx If 1t
wasn't for the planes"
We're all right now, but 1t had
begun to look pretty bad" she said.
Rev. Harry N. Bailey Is pastor Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, the
only one. He Is also Red Cross
representative and has been in charge
of distributing supplies sent by that
agency. A young man. with blue eyes
behind rimless spectacles, he was
enthusiastic in his praise for the help
that has come from the world outside.
He didn't know. he said. what would
have become Of us" II the island had
been forced to hold out much longer.
Store shelves throughout the viii
lage were nearly empty until re-
Evening star., 1936-02-14
GAS MAIN BREAKS
KILL PAIR, Al SICK
Further Cases Prevented by
Adding CaIodorant to
Detect Leakage.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BELLEVIILE, Ill, February IA
Escaping gas from broken mains was
blamed today by the Illinois State
Board of Health for the deaths of
two persons and the illness OF Al
here during the past two weeks.
Further illness from the poison
fumes were believed prevented by the
addition yesterday of calodorant, a
pungent gas, to the virtually odorless
Illuminating gas to make any leakage
easily detectable.
Belleville uses mixture OF artifl-
cial and natural gas, of which carbon
monoxide is a constituent.
Nauseau and severe headaches have
characterized the illness resulting
from breathing the gas. Health Off
cials said the ages and weakened con-
ditions of Mrs. Catherine Heinemann,
SO years old, and Charles Rockwell, SO,
were contributing factors to their
deaths.
The severe prolonged cold was be-
lieved responsible for the cracked
mains.
Normally, company officials said
leaking gas seeps up through the
ground and escapes, but the frozen
ground has prevented the seepage
Instead, the gas has been following
the mains and escaping into the base
ment of homes.
City officials said the situation was
pretty definitely under control
There has been some anxiety, but nc
undue alarm samong Belleville resi-
dents.
Evening star., 1936-02-14

expeditions motive, most Of them
believe Sergt. Hunters sacrifice was
unnecessary. Gov. Harry w. Nice Is
investigating.
Maj. Carey, upset by the fatality.
quarreled with photographers who
tried to snap him. He demanded that
the islanders smash cameras or
plates, threatening never to return
here II you men let those photograph
ers get away with my pictIre."
The islanders, being Virginians and
thus out Of Maj. Garey's jurisdiction,
and being grateful to photographers
for attracting attention to their
plight, made no move to carry out his
order"
Nurses Smiley and Slaughter re-
Evening star., 1936-02-14

If no relief had come and can be
tough on the islanders again if relief
stops while the ice persists. But
Tangier Island at this writing is not
cruelty pinched by hardship. While
there is a shortage. even a lack, Of
some foods, like butter, meat. eggs
and fresh vegetables, no stomachs
are going empty.
One Cow on Island.
Ice prevents the customary daily
trips of the mail boat, with milk and
fresh vegetables. The islands one COW
can supply only a few.
There are no telephones here; no
telegraph, no mail either, since ice
stopped the mail boat. Some have
radios and can hear broadcasts con-
corning efforts being made to help
them The island thus can hear, but
not speak There is no wireless send
ing equipment.
Neither are there electric lights.
This was written by Oil Tampa lamp
with tall chimney, like those in
horse -and-buggy days" Tangier is
more primitive than horse and bug
gy days" There is one horse, no bug
gies. no automobiles. The island has
an electric light plant, but the engine
is out of order-over in Crisfield being
repaired and no way to get it back
now.
To one accustomed to the complex
conveniences Of urban civilization the
island gives sensation of Illustration
almost terrifying It's all right when
planes are around and the white hull
of the watchful Coast Guard boat
can be seen. But when no planes
come, as on Tuesday, and the boat is
out of sight, the most comforting
thought is that 1900 others are in
the same fix and quite cheerful about
it and that the parlor stove Is warm
and you can smell cooking.
There's Plenty to Eat.
Here's what the writer had for din
ner on his first day here: Beef and
gravy, sweet potatoes, mashed pota-
toes, pickle relish, cherry preserves,
coffee, with sugar and condensed
milk; canned peas, hot rolls, with but
ter. For supper he had beans, hard
boiled eggs, cake, rolls and coffee:
breakfast, oatmeal, with condensed
milk and sugar; coffee, batter cakes,
with sirup and cherry preserves; fried
eggs. And he lived to tell the tale.
Conservation authorities - so the
islanders heard over the radio-have
temporarily lifted the ban on shoot
ing waterfowl. So there was roast
duck and goose in some homes.
When a plane circles above Tangier
two or three hundred inhabitants
cluster on the snow at the back
of the village school waving and cheer
ing. The plane lands. A dozen rush
out.
Did you bring any newspapers?
Evening star., 1936-02-14
plenished somewhat by consignment

plenished somewhat by . consignment
brought by the Coast Guard.
Mrs. Francis Crockett, in her crisp
bonnet, looked despairingly at her
store shelves. Only q few cans left.
Nothing in the ice box.
1--WE never seen the like" she said.
p. s. Crockett owns O larger store
but was in the same fix. He recalled
the Winter of 1918. Stores were bet
ter stocked then, but no help came
by plane and it was just q question
Of sticking 1t" and praying.
The store Of H. B. Parks, = farther
down Main street, snow path be-
tween unbroken rows Of neat picket
fences-also was nearly as bare as
Mother Hubbard's cupboard.
Store supplies were increased this
Evening star., 1936-02-14

week by the shipment brought from
the Coast Guard vessels Sebago and
Dix. Shore boats landed with lard.
coffee, -four and beans consigned to
Tangier merchants. Free provisions
for those who cannot buy were
brought in the same way Tuesday
1900 pounds Of them.
Maj. Carey Arrives.
From q Coast Guard boat also
came Maj: Enoch B. Carey. superin-
tendent Of Maryland State Police,
who was leader of the expedition
during last Fridays blizzard on which
Sergt. w. v. Hunter, State policeman,
lost his life trying to bring food to
Tangier.
While the islanders applaud the
Evening star., 1936-02-14

port treatment Of a. cases, SIX OF
them pneumonia, all past the critical
stage. DR.. Charles r. Gladstone, VII
lage physian, believes the health
situation here generally good, with
possibly few more colds than usual.
Certainly the islanders are 0 healthy
looking lot of people.
Evening star., 1936-02-14
Speaker to Oppose Capitalism.

George Bopp of New Jersey win
speak OH why Capitalism Must Be
Destroyed" at a meeting of the Wash
ington section OF the Socialist Labor
Party at pm. tomorrow at the
Thomas Circle Club, 1925 Massachu-
sets avenue.
Evening star., 1936-02-14

Upper: Mai. Enoch Carey, Mary
land police chief. talking to Mayor
w. T. Crockett Of Tangier Island.
Carey is the officer who accom-
panied Sergt. w. v. Hunter on q
rescue mission In which Hunter
lost his life.
Lower: Islanders carrying food
supplies, brought by q Coast Guard
cutter, down the main street Of
Tangier. Star Stan Photos.
Evening star., 1936-02-14
T.angier

Continued From First Page.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-03
O0MghHm
.AgaimHits
Roosevelt

New Bedford, Mass, Aug. 3.-(AP)
Rev. Charles E. Coughlin returning
to Detroit today after addressing
three outdoor rallies in New England
said he was prepared to be "instru-
mental in taking a communist from
the chair once occupied by Washing
ton"
GAS I was instrumental in remov-
ing Herbert Hoover from the White
House, so I will be instrumental in
taking a communist from the chair
once occupied by Washington he told
a gathering sponsored by the Nation
al Union for Social Justice here last
night.
Herbert Hoover" he declared
with his rugged individualism was
more dangerous than Stain with his
communism"
Roosevelt, he asserted, started with
a platform and acceptance speech
which promised to make this wo
paradise, which he could have done
had he kept his promise"
1--WE can't endorse either Mr.. Ian
don or Mr.. Roosevelt" he said, "be
cause one wants to go back to the
gold standard and the other to the
dole standard and there is not much
choice between the two"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-03
EMERGENCY RATES
WILL Be DROPPED
l. c. c. Refuses Request of
Railroads for Perman-
ent Rail Charges

Washington, Aug. (AP)-The In
terstate Commerce Commission to-
day denied a petition of Glass I rail
roads seeking to make permanent
emergency freight charges schedul-
ed to expire December 81.
The surcharges, which railroads es-
innate provide about $1O4,00O,0O0 ex-
ira revenue annually were schedul-
ed to expire July 1, but the roads Sc
cured an extension.
In their petition the railroads ask
ed authority to change the temporary
rates into permanent rate schedules.
The carriers contended such rates
would be "just and reasonable" that
industry and traffic can bear them
without harm, and that their appli-
cation has( not and that their appli-
in any material loss of traffic.
Various shipping interests. led by
coal producers, protested the sur
charges, contending they were i'm
pending freight movements. burden
ing interstate commerce and causing
substantial traffic diversions to 9TH
err forms Of transportation.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-03

Is ReadyF
Season Start
Higher Prices Ex-
peCted AS Auctions
Begin inLower Belt
Tomorrow

Valdosta, Ga, Aug. 3.-(AP)-Geor-
gia's golden leaf tobacco goes to the
auctions tomorrow.
Huge warehouses, their space in
creased in a number of cities and
towns, today began to receive the crop
expected to be of better grade than
last years, although the leaf is light
er in weight.
Higher prices, too, are expected. The
improved quality and drought curtail-
ment in North and South Carolina are
the main factors.
Last year more than 100000
pounds of the leaf was sold at Geor-
gia's auctions. Those familiar with
crop conditions this season have pre-
dicted the poundage would run about
the same or larger.
The 1885 crop brought farmers more
than $13, 25O,OOO at an average price
of 1881 cents per pound.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-03
.Carolina's
OlynpicMan
Wins Honor
Harry Williamson
One of Americans
Bringing Points to
i. S. TOLead

Berlin, Aug. 3.-(AP)-Harry Will
hanson, University of North Carolina
ace, won his heat in the 8O0-metre
Olympic trials today in one minute,
53.1 seconds. Backhouse, of Australia,
was third, and Edwards of Canada
fourth
Another attack on the record books
featured by the American sprint stars,
Jesse Owens and Helen Stephens, and
the German hammer thrower, Karl
Helm, marked the second day of
Olympic competition today as another
capacity crowd packed the main sta
dunn.
Owens, Negro flash from Ohio State
University, chalked up Americas sec
ond championship as he defeated
Ralph Metcalf, Chicago Negro, by a
yard and half in 1913 seconds equal
ling the OLYMPIC record.
Miss Stephens, great sprinter from
Fulton, Mo-, twice cracked world and
Olympic figures as she qualified along
with Annette Rogers, of Chicago, for
the women's 10O-metre finals.
All three United States half milers,
John Woodruff, Chuck Hornbostel
and Harry Williamson, of North Car
DINA, won semi-final heats in the 300
metre competition and safely qualified
for the finals.
and field scared to 46. Germany NOV
ed into second place, with 31.25, with
Finland third at 31.25.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-03
FRESH TROOPS ON
BOTH SIDES USED
IN WAR IN SPAIN
Loyalists Gather For Still
Another Push Against
Rebels in Mountain
Passes
PLAN FOR ATTACKS
ON THREE FRONTS
Government Warships Bonn
bard Spanish Moroccan
City; r e b e l Advance
Guards Reported Occupy
ing Two Towns on Road to
Madrid from the North
PLAN FOR ATTACKS
ON THREE FRONTS
(Ry The Associated Press.l

Assaults on three fronts-north,
central, south-opened today, with
both government and rebel leaders
throwing fresh troops into the civil
war.
Loyalists gathered strength for still
another push against rebels in the
Guadarrama mountain circle above
Madrid.
Rebel insurgents turned anew a
gainst shell-torn San Sebastian on
the Bay of Biscay. General Emilio
Mola ordered the campaign, with the
reinforcement of an estimated 10000
soldiers.
Loyal warships tombarded Ceuta, in
Spanish Morocco, and other Spanish
concentrations along the coast.
French government circles learned
their plea for strict neutrality in the
Spanish conflict was welcome in Lon
don but less welcome in Rome.
Observers said General Mola sought
to clear northern outlet to the sea
before turning to Madrid, which he
said last week would be captured
Continued on Page Two)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-03
PLAYWRIGHT NAMED
IN ASTOR CHARGES
George Kaufman SubpOenaed To
Tell his Relations with Pretty
Screen Actress

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 3 (AP)-
Mystery enveloping the name George
Kaufman" in the Mary Aston child
custody case was lifted today by a
subpoena calling the playwright of
tht name to tell of his acquaintance
with the screen beauty.
Also in prospect with resumption
of the sensational court hearing was
the introduction of a diary the act
ress is said to have filled with init
mate secrets.
Miss Aston herself was assigned
another interlude in the witness
chair to be questioned by attorneys
for her divorced husband, DR.. Frank
Thorpe, from whom she seeks full
custody of their four-year-old daught-
err, Margin. She has testified he was
rough and inept father.
AS the time for resumption of the
hearing neared, executives at the &C
tress' studio said they were trying
to get an agreement to save 0,0OO
delay in production of a movie.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-03
Americans
Will Remain
At Capital
Most of Those Still in
Madrid To STAY
There To Protect
Their Business

Madrid, Aug. 3.-(AP)-Immediat
evacuation of all Americans desiring
to leave Madrid in order to take ad-
vantage of the one railroad line open
to Valencia, seacoast town, was sug-
gested by American Embassy officials
tonight.
The announcement was made at g
meeting of the officials and the ID
Americans still housed in the EN-.
bassy building.
Most of them, however, said they
preferred to remain here and take
care of their business affairs.
Three British ships lay off Val
elcia ready to take foreigners aboard
They will proceed to Marseilles to-
morrow.
(Secretary Hull of the American
State Department warned today that
conditions in Spain might make it i'm
possible for United States government
ships to provide refuge for this coun
try's nationals later.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-03
How Long Present Rapid
Pace Will Be Sustained
By Business Is
Specialized On
EXPANSION ALMOST
UNBROKEN SO FAR
Some Fear Mass Purchasing
Power Will Be Cut BY
Drought and Rise in Food
Prices; Steel Operations
Outstanding, With Car
Ioadings at Peak

New York, Aug. 3.-(AP)-A mid
summer panorama of broad business
revival unfolded today as Wall Street
sought to appraise the autumn out
look
Busy steel mills, record electric pow
er output, we'll sustained automobile
production, a high level of retail
trade. peak freight movements for the
year and demand for new equipment
by railroads were sketched into the
July picture.
Business analysts accepted the lat
est statistical data as evidence that
trade and industry under momentum
of almost unbroken expansion had
held their stride instead of slowing
for the hot months as usual.
How long the pace would hold was
a matter of conjecture. Some author
tiles have painted the autumn and
Christmas outlook in bright colors,
taking the midsummer record as an
indication of powerful underlying
recovery sweep.
Others contend that crop losses
from drought and a rise in food prices
eventually would hit mass purchasing
power.
Business figures added to the rec
ord in the last week depicted SUBJ
Continued on Page Two.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-03
SAY ST. LOUIS MAN
CONFESSES Staying
Night Chief Says John Hamilton
Admits killing Wife and Girls
SOM in Self-Defense

st. Louis, Ill, Aug. 3.-(AP)-Lieu-
tenant Sam Strautz, night chief of
police, announced today John Hamil-
ton had made oral admission he shot
and killed his wife, Mrs. Wilma
Woods Hamilton, and Thomas Girls
som Sunday.
Strautz said Hamilton told of the
killing after hours of questioning.
The police officer also quoted Hamil
ton as saying he had thrown his pis-
tol and one taken from Grissom into
lake south of the city. A search was
begun for the weapons.
Hamilton is a constable and a can
didate for the ST. Clair county board
of review.
In his oral statement, Strautz re-
ported Hamilton said he fired at Girls
som in self-defense and did not in
tend to kill his wife.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-03
SaysLegion
COnnnunistiC
Print TAXED
Pamphlets Called on
Workmen To Kill
"Aggressors of the
Common People"

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 3.-(AP)-
Wayne County Prosecutor Duncan S.
McCrea said today he had evidence
that the Black Legion, which fought
communism, printed and represented
as communistic in origin pamphlets
which called upon workmen to "kill
the aggressors of the common peo-
pie"
The prosecutor said the printing
plot was disclosed by statements of
Andrew w. Fosdick and further state
ments by William H. Guthrie, Black
Legion printer. Fosdicks statement
was voluntary. He is printer, not
a Legion member.
Fosdick and Guthrie said Leslie j.
Black, former judges clerk, now held
on charges of conspiracy to Kill Ar
thur Kingsley, Highland Park pub
Usher, ordered the cards and litera-
ture printed.
Some flake" communistic pamph-
lets were scattered at a high school
meeting Fosdick, who knew Black
as member of the might riders
said he printed 500 pamphlets.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-03
CleUemger
MayBrimg
Hotel Suit
--Centr0l Press
Daily Dispatch bureau.
In The Sir Walter Hotel.


Raleigh, Aug. 3. = Prof W. L.
Clevenger, of the State College ia
Guilty here and uncle of Helen eleven
ger who was brutally murdered the
night of July Is in her room in the
Battery Park hotel in Asheville, is
seriously considering bringing large
damage suit against the Battery Park
hotel and it's management, both in
connection with the murder of his
niece and for the manner in which
he was treated by the hotel manage
ment after he had discovered the body
of the young woman, it was learned
here today
It is no secret in State College cir
cles that both Prof. w. L. Clevenger
and his brother, Prof. G. 3. Clevenger
feel that one of the principal reasons
the slayer of Helen has not yet been
CONTINUED on Pag Three)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-03
Compromise Proposal To
Delay Showdown Offer
ed at Morning Meet
ing of Groups
GREEN REFUSES TO
ELABORATE ON VIEW
Wisconsin Delegate in
Regular" Organizat o n
Wants Lewis Group To
Confine Activities to Steel
and Rubber Industries for
A. F. of L. Help

Washington, Aug. 3 (APO-William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, said today that
hopes for settlement of the contro-
versy between the craft union faction
of the organization and John l.. Lewis
were mot as bright as they were at
the end of the first session Of the
trial of Lewis and eleven other union
leaders for "insurrection and rebel
lion"
Green said
"Our hopes for settlement are not
as bright as they were prior to the
meeting of the executive council this
morning"
He declined to elaborate.
Appearing as prosecutor at the Bit
terest trial in the history of the fed
Grafton, John p. Frey had charged
Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers, and the eleven groups in
the committee for Industrial organi-
cation with "ingratitude, treason and
contemputuous disregard of the prin-
ciple of majority rule"
Frey, president of the federation's
metal trade department, have give
views after compromise proposal
to delay showdown was made by
Henry Oil, Jr., president of the Wis
consin Federation of Labor. There
was no action.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-03
DUAL PROBLEM IN
DROUGHT REGIONS
Immediate Needs and Long
Time Reclamation Both
Being Studied
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer


Washington, Aug. Back from
the middle northwest drouth area fhe
Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming), Re-
settlement Director Rexford G. Tug
well says his present task is largely
stop-gap in its character.
President ROosevelts permanent
committee on the economic readjust-
ment of population was created to
deal with the question as a longtime
proposition.
Tugwell's experience of today will
as he expresses it, go into the perma-
nent committees pot" His imme-
date concern, however, is with con-
ditions of the present-with the relief
of agriculture and the maintenance
of the livestock industry in areas
where the farmers case already is
hopeless, where the cattleman's grass
may be too far gone to re-seed itself
next season, where folk not only are
ruined momentarily but don't know
fContinued on Page Three)