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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
ARTICLE FIVE
BY FRED E. BEAL

No foreign. tourist ever visited
the Soviet tea plantation at
Tchakya, about SO miles from Ba'
tum, on the Black Sea. Here the
elder Leshay with his 15-year-old
son, born in Connecticut, com.
pleted their Soviet journey. Here
the lad literally buried his father
with his own hands.
The father went to work on the
plantation. Morris, with other
children between 10 and II years
of age, also got a job in the fields.
Father and son slept in a barn
with 60 other workers. Their food
was beans and tea without sugar,
twice a day. This diet never va
ried. There were no bathing
places. AS a consequence, the
barn and it's occupants were full
Of lice. Morris said:
"One-third Of my time in the
fields was spent picking lice off
my clothes and body"
PEOPLE GLAD TO DIE
There were many arrests Of
peasants and forcible collection
Of produce in the vicinity. The
whole population was ready to lie
down and die without complaint.
AS Morris said:
"The people seemed glad
when death came along to re.
lease them"
When Morris described the
death Of his father, I relived the
horrors had witnessed during
my more than two years in Soviet
Russia. He said:
Toward the end my father
cried every night. In the dark,
as I lay beside him on my bunk,
/ could hear him softly sob.
I'D say: Pa, what's the mat
ter?' and he'd say, Nothing, go
to Sleep
But 1 couldn't sleep. I'd lay
there on the boards and stare
at the rafters. My swimming
days and fun in America came
back to me and wondered If
we'd ever get back to America.
"Then one night, just before
the Fourth Of July, 1888, father
began to complain more vi0-
lently about pains in his stom-
ach. We always had the same
kind Of food and not much of
that, and our StOmachS put up
q kick. But this night father was
worse.
TALKED OF LEAVING
"He said: Morris, will you
take off my ShoeS?'
"While was taking off his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
SOViets Refuse to Help Boy, Is,
Bury Father, Starvation Victim
so Tea Plantation Men
Forced to Live
in Barn

come around the next day about
2 o'clock.
"The next day got the horse
and q wagon. l asked some Of
the people close by help me.
They Just shrugged their should
ers and said: My day off, But
they did help me put the box,
shaped like an Egyptian mummy
case, on the wagon. That was
all. 1 had to drive to the grave.
yard alone.
"Near the hole 1 dug I took
the harness from the horse and
tied it to the coffin. Then I
dragged it through the bushes.
Finally l got to the hole. / tried
to lower the coffin, but it slip
ped out of harness and went to
the bottom with a bang. Then
/ shOveled back the dirt"
Morris, Is, had malaria at the
time. He recovered but was
forced to stay on for two more
months at the plantation because
he had no money. He was in
rags and tatters like the Rus
slams.
Finally Escaped
Morris finally did make his
getaway and worked at various
jobs at Kiev, Rostov, Batum,
Tiflis and Odessa. He found a
Greek sea captain who gave him
work on a Greek boat leaving
Odessa and bound for America
Morris came back to the United
States last year.
Now Morris is interested in
rescuing a close friend from So
Wet Russia. 1t will cost him
$500, the price the Soviet gov
eminent demands for passport
Here is part Of one recent let
ter Morris received from Russia
II am now a student Of the
timber institute, but yet I'm
not happy at all. You see, dear
friend, the question is Of money.
Money is needed everywhere.
You, having been here, will un-
derstand how hard it is to get
along. Dads II rubles and my
20 q month is small, and we
are three. Besides that, mama
is sick.
There's nothing more to say
about myself, for life is so hard
that it's impossible to describe
-. There are no changes, ex.
cept that there's a small re-
duction in the prices Of food
stuffs, but the Burgers reduced it
for q penny and shout around
for a pound. Still it's tough.
Your faraway friend,
JOHN"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
POLICE QUIZ SIX
IN SLAYING0F
CABARET GIRL

CHICAGO, July 3 Q.N.S0
Three men and three women were
in police custody today for ques-
tioning in connection with the
brickbat murder of Mrs. Florence
Thompson Bolin Castle, but police
continued to pin their hope on
solution on the efforts of the first
of her three huspands to obtain
pertinent information from their
7-year-old son who told police a
fantastic tale of the Staying.
The boy, Jimmy, told police he
lay asleep beside his mother in her
small apartment in theatrical
hotel early Monday morning and
was awakened by the murderer
"a big black man" Jimmy said
he conversed with the slayer as
he crushed the head of the pretty
24-year-old cabaret hostess with a
paving brick. Jimmy went back to
sleep, he said, and did not awaken
until $50 q. m, when he dressed
and notified the hotel desk clerk
Of the murder.
Unwilling to dismiss the boys
tale, but inclined to the belief it
is a figmaIlt of an active imagina.
ton, Chief of Detectives John l..
Sullivan placed him in custody Of
his father. James Thompson, ST..
of Revere, Mass, in the hope the
father will be able to get the facts.
Chief Sullivan said today he
is convinced the murder was
committed either by a moron,
or by a vengeful acquaintance
for some real or fancied wrong.
He admitted there was no tangi-
BILE evidence against the persons
held, all acquaintance Of Mrs.
Castle.
JimmyS father was to report
on the result of his talks with
the boy late today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
Death Welcomed BY
BroW-beaten Red
Farm Laborers

For many years Fred E. BeGl
UGS q Communist leader In the
United States. He led the Gas.
tonta, N. C. fertile strike dur
ing Which the chief of police
DGS killed. With ste others,
Be1l tD1S convicted and fled to
Russia. Three years erper-
fence in the Soviet Union
thoroughly dtSilluSioned him.
Although facing a 2O.yeGr
prison term, Be1l returned to
America. In July, 1885, he pub
Hshed q series of articles re-
vedItno the shocking truth
about Russia. He made a sur
Uey of 10000 other diSilluStoned
er.RedS. The result OF that
surrey is 0tven In this series OF
articles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
u. 5. IS URGED
TO CONSTRUCT
DIRIGIBLE

Copyright 1886, by international News
Service)
The Senate Air Safety Com
mittee today recommended in a
report awaiting approval OF its
membership the immediate con-
struction of a huge dirigible SIM
liar to the German Hindenburg
and Graf Zeppelin. The recon-
mendations follow:
THAT the Congress immedi-
ately consider legislation which
will give the large rigid air.
ship its proper place as a COM
mon carrier in the transOceanio
trade, either in the form Of a
separate merchant airShip bill
or by the inclusion of the mer-
chant airShip engaged in trans
oceanic commerce as vessel
in existing merchant marine
legislation.
THAT emf ne emit American
structural engineers be con-
suited concerning the possible
improvement in the frame Of
airships to provide the maxi
mum Of safety, useful load and
service with minimum of con-
structiOn cost consistent with
modern metallurgical progress,
production and practice.
THAT sufficient govern
mental funds be provided i'm
mediately, either from regular
or relief appropriations to per-
NIT the accomplishment of
complete airShip construction
and operation program on the
general lines recommended to
Congress by the Federal Avia-
AInun Gnunannirninnn y
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
MRS. HEWITT
IN SECLUS|0N

JERSEY CITY, July 3 GN.SD
Disappearing mysteriouSly after
being discharged as a patient at
the Jersey City Medical Center
last night, Mrs. Maryon Cooper
Hewitt, central figure in the Cali
fornia sterilization case, was in
secluSion today.
Mrs. Hewitt had been a patient
at the institution since February
when she took an overdose Of
sedative. Last Wednesday she was
arraigned here on charges Of at
tempting suicide and of being a
fugitive from justice and released
on bail.
A mayhem charge was lodged
against her in California by her
heiress daughter, Miss Ann Hewitt,
who alleged she was forced by her
mother to submit to a sterilization
operation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
'VACATI0NIST'
GIVEN FREE

The twelfth annual edition Of
"Vacationist," resort, travel and
touring magazine Of The Wash
ington Times and Herald, contain
ing complete information on all
kinds of vacations, IS now available
for distribution.
Compiled and edited by a staff
Of vacation specialists, Vacation
ist" contains data on mountain
camps, hotels and watering places,
as well as cruises, tours and rail
trips.
This 4s-page magazine is given
free to anybody requesting it at
the office Of The Times and Her.
aid, while the supply lasts. Only
a slight charge is made for
mailing,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
LEMKE HOPES
FOR B|GV0TE
International News Service

International News Service
A minimum of 100000 votes
and a maximum high enough to
win the election is the goal of the
Lemke-O 'Brien Union Party ticket
in the presidential campaign.
Sponsors of the new party are
determined to double the vote Of
the La Toilette Wheeler Progress
Sive Party ticket in 1924, the last
big effort to launch a third party.
While the elder La Toilette and
Senator Wheeler CD of Montana
rolled up 4,S26,000 votes in 1924,
they won only the electoral vote
of Wisconsin.
The Lemke-O'Brien ticket can
get on the ballot in all but a half
dozen States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
Rogers Widow Awaits
Ruling on $5,OOO,OOO

RIVERHEAD, N. Y, July 8
GN.SO.-Mrs. Pauline v. Rogers
today awaited Surrogate Robert
s. Pelletreau's decision Monday
in her suit to set aside the
waiver she signed to a $5,000,.
900 share in the estate Of her
late husband, Col. Henry H.
Rogers, oil millionaire.
Should Surrogate Pelletreau
rule the waiver be set aside, Mrs.
Rogers will be in line for one
third of her husbands estate, a
sum approximating $5,00o,000 De.
feat would limit her to income
from one-third of the estate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03

The Sim Sbe9ksI Here is . test
being made on the amazing der.
matherm-accurate to the minutesr
degree. 1t is recording the drop in
skin temperature which followed
the ingestion Of Calvert whiskey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
Morgan Recovering;
Kept in Wheel Chair

GLEN COVE, N. Y, July q
G.N.SD.-Ordered to move about
in a wheel chair for a few days
and follow a restricted diet, ]. P.
Morgan was recovering today at
his estate on East Island here from
an acute attack Of neuritis.
Morgan was visited by Bishop
Frank du Moulin, pastor of ST.
Johns Of Lattingtown Church,
where Morgan Is a warden. He said
Morgan'S name will be included
next Sunday in the customary
prayers for the sick.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
STEEL FIR :
ARE DEFIED
BY LEWIS
BY HARRY WARD
International News Service


The Committee for Industrial
Organization today notified the
steel operators it will wage a
determined fight to unionize thor
oughly all workers in the industry
and II any violence develops their
provocative policy" will be re,
SponSible.
Following a prolonged confer.
ence between representatives Of
the 10 unions affiliated with the
A. F. of L., John L. Lewis, chair.
man of the c. 1. o., announced
that two more unionS-the United
Rubber Workers of America and
the United Automobile Workers
Of America-had accepted mem
berShip in c. l. 0.
Plans Completed
Lewis said arrangements had
been conSummated to provide the
organizing forces with adequate
financial assistance, legal protec-
ton and necessary facilities OF
every character. He said:
Reports indicate that the
threatening statement Of the
American Iron and Steel 1nsti.
tute, as announced in the public
press and in full page paid ad-
vertisements in 375 newspapers,
have brought home to the en-
plOyeS in the iron and steel in
dustry the imperative necessity
Of organizing to protect their
economic status and to compete
with the arrogant dictatorship,
Is represented by the corpora
tiOns in that industry"
He said a convention Of iron
and steel workers will be held in
the Chicago area on Sunday and
in the Cleveland area on Tuesday.
At Homestead. Pa, on Sunday a
memorial service will be held for
the victims of the Homestead riot
of 1892, when steel workers were
shot down by guns in the hands OF
the detectives employed by the
Carnegie Steel Company"
Take No Action
Lewis said the conference briefly
discussed letters sent by the execu'
tive council Of the A. F. Of L.. to
the organizations associated with
Go. The committee took no &C
ton on the matter as the members,
he said, deemed it inconceiVable
that the executive council would
commit any act to split the labor
forces of America in the midst Of
the campaign in the iron and steel
industry and in the face Of the ar
rogant ultimatum issued to the en-
tire labor movement by the Ameri'
can Iron and Steel Institute"
Lewis added:
ut Is the purpose Of the CLIO
to conduct this campaign in .
perfectly legal manner within
the law, and in harmony with
the rights of the workers as de-
fined by the Federal statutes.
ut is not the purpose Of the
committee to bring about a
strike in the steel industry. The
committee desires to avoid In.
duStrial strife and disturbance
or violence Of any character.
"If such violence should &C.
crue it will be due solely to the
provocative policy of the cor
porationS engaged in the steel
industry, who may undertake
to follow the sinister policy
enunciatcd by the Iron and
Steel Institute in its public an
nOuncement."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
Red Tape Spells

NEW YORK, July 8. - De-
lays of official red tape were
blamed for disappointing 100000
persons gathered at Rockaway
Beach to see a fireworks display.
It seems somebody in the fire de-
partment forgot to notify the po-
lice depar tment that a permit had
been issued for the exhibition, so
it was prohibited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
Japanese Execute
High Army Officer

TOKYO, July 3. - Lieut.. Col.
Saburo Aizawa was executed by
a firing squad today for the
murder last August Of Lieut.. Gen.
Tetsuzan Nagata, director of the
military affairs bureau Of the war
office. The military supreme
court upheld Aizawa's death SEN
tence.
The Washington times., 1936-05-01
Fire Insurance Firms
Boost Stock HOLDINGS

A comparison Of the 1888 dis
tribution Of fire insurance COM
pany investments with 1890, dis
closes a sharp reduction in hold
ings Of bonds and an increase in
holdings Of stocks. particularly in
the industrial field, according to
Standard Statistics Company.
While the increase was partly
the result Of a more rapid gain in
the prices Of industrial stocks, it
also indicated new purchases in
the field, representing a partial
switch from bonds, the firm said.
The Washington times., 1936-05-01
PACT
HAITS COAL
WALK0UT

NEW YORK, May / GN.S)Y
With the threat Of a strike in
definite allegiance, the joint COM
mittees Of anthracite mine oper.
ators and the United Mine Work
erS Of America resumed negotia-
tons today in an effort to arrive
at o new agreement to replace
the one which expired last mid
night.
From now on, however, the ne
gotiationS will be conducted under
the auspices Of the Federal Gov
eminent.
Less than two hours before last
midnight, when the miners were
scheduled to suspend operations
with the termination Of the con-
tract of August 8, 1880, temper.
airy pact, under which the miners
will continue in their jobs pend
ing the outcome Of renewed nego-
tiationS, was formulated.
Pact Runs 30 Days
The pact, which has 80 days to
run, was drawn UP by the two fac
tons at the express beheSt Of AS
sistant Secretary Of Labor Edward
F. McGrady, who flew here from
Washington late yesterday to halt
a Walkout in the hard coal indus
try.
McGrady will sit in on the nego-
tiations between the mine work
ers and the operators today.
The Labor Department official
announced he had requested the
miners to remain in their jobs
and the negotiations resumed Gin
order that a satisfactory conclu-
sion might be reached" He
added:
81 have been assigned to
cooperate with the anthracite
operators and the mine work
ers for the purpose Of trying
to find amicable solution to the
many problems the industry
and labor had been suffering
under.
AGREE TO COOPERATE
Tive made the request that
operations continue, and that
these wage negotiations be con-
tinued until a satisfactory con-
cluSiOn has been reached.
Both sides have agreed to
cooperate to the fullest extent
and have adopted a joint reSOlu-
ton \ which Mr.. Kenne dy
Thomas Kennedy, Of HazeltOn,
union secretary-treaSurer, and
Lieutenant Governor Of PennSyl'
vania) will read. The resOlu-
ton was unanimously adopted
by the committees"
RESOLUTION READ
Kennedy then read the follow
ing resolution, which was tele-
graphed to the members Of the
United Mine Workers Of America,
with the message that "our mem
bership will be governed accord
mgly.
upon the request Of the Fed
eral Government the scale COM
mittee has agreed that the pro-
visions and conditions Of the
existing anthracite agreement
are continued in full force and
effect and work shall continue
Hereunder pending continued
negotiations under the auspices
of the Federal Government in
an effort to arrive at an agree
ment."
The Indianapolis times., 1936-01-21

wore their decorations, Dawson and
Hewett with the sashes of their
order across their breasts. They had
put on the court dress for dinner
with the royal family.
There began a three-hour, hope
less f1gh for the Kings life. Mem
berS of the family were waiting in
the Kings private sitting room next
to his bedroom. Lord Dawson. who
had been the Kings physician near
~ 80 years, went into the sitting
room.
He bent over the erect. gray
haired figure of the Queen and
whispered. She rose, her shoulders
back, and followed Dawson to the
bedside, with the others behind.
The doctors and nurses were
grouped about the bed, behind its
double row of screens to protect the
King from draughts.
They drew. back to let the mem
oers OF the family go close.
Death Comes in Sleep
Queen Mary, the Princess ROYAL.
her only daughter, and the Duchess
OF Kent, wife of her youngest son.
cried softly and dabbed at their ewes
with handkerchiefs.
The Kings breathing had softened
until it was not apparent. He slioped
1rom sleep into death so peacefully
that it was not known that he was
dead until one of the doctors bent
over him.
The Queen, still erect, kissed her
husband and turned to the new
King, her eldest son. Tears weIled
from her eyes as she embraced him.
Inc Princess Royal went up to the
queen Mother-Queen no more since
her husbands death-and comforted
her' The Archbishop of Canterbury,
an old family friend, spoke a few
words to her. Lord Dawson gently
look the Queens hand, nodded to
Che Prince of Wales, and led the
family back into the sitting room.
New King Takes Charge
Lights were put out in the death
chamber The women retired to their
rooms. The King was dead and
there was new King.
Edward VIII became at the mo-
ment of death the already consti-
tuted King, and as King he could
not be a mourner.
The late Kings death had come
as he might have wished it, peace
fully and in the surroundings he
most loved. AS Prince of Wales.
and even as King before the death
OF his mother, Queen Alexandria.
he occupied York cottage on the
estate. On his mothers death he
moved into the big house. He felt
at home on the estate, with his
horses and dogs, and always went
The Indianapolis times., 1936-01-21
Edward VIII
New Ruler Determined to
Do His Best for
England.
CONTINUED From Page One)


responsibility of heading the en-
pire on which the sun never sets,
and under whose flag lives one of
every four people on the face Of
the earth.
But the truth is nearer to this:
Between the father, George V, and
the son there has been an ex-
traordinary devotion and affection.
Contrary to many princes, who
have been impatient for power.
Edward has always keenly hoped
that his father would live and
reign for long, long time.
Part of the reluctance undoubt-
edly comes from realization that
ascending the throne meant the
end of being lone eagle, and be-
coming bird in q gilded cage.
AS Prince of Wales, he was not
entirely free man, but he had
far more freedom than his royal
father. AS Prince of Wales he
had his many public duties and
functions to perform. Much of his
time was not his own.
But there were still left over
many hours and days which he
could enjoy like any other we'll
born Englishman of means.
y n
LIE could go off to Melton
Il Il Mowbray and without fuss or
feathers indulge in his favorite
pastimes of riding to the hounds
or racing in hurdle races. In Lon
don he could unobstrusively buy
couple of seats in the stalls of a
theater and attend the show with
a friend.
He could slip over to the EN-
bassy Club, sit at a little table
with friends like anybody else and
dance with his women friends. He
could pop in of an afternoon to
some friends house and have a
cup of tea and an informal chat.
He could indulge in his passion
for travel and visit all corners of
the empire. He could take a run
over to Canada and settle down
for few quiet weeks on his ranch
in Alberta.
All this is now changed. What
the Prince of Wales could do, the
King can not. The King can not
indulge in sports in which there
is danger of injury to himself.
When the King visits the house
OF friend, it is royal progress.
When he goes to the theater, it
is case of sitting prim and quiet
in a royal box.
A KING can't go over quietly
L n to the Embassy Club and
cance with his friends. It is not
done A King can't take impromp-
tn trips abroad. If he does, the
crown has to be placed in commits
sion during his absence and that
means a lot of bother.
Nor can a King go quietly over
to Canada and seclude himself on
his ranch. A King has to live
more or less at home in his vari-
Gus castles and palaces.
He has to be on the job all the
time for consultation with his
ministers. He has a lot of formal
and boring dinners to give and to
attend.
When he dances, it is mainly
very gravely at his own palaces
and then in the most rigidly for
NAL way with the socially elect.
Next-The baby Prince.