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Evening star., 1936-07-09
Di0nne Son Is Born on Farm
Made Famous by Quintuplets

Almost ignored was DR.. Allan Roy
Dafoe, an unknown country doctor,
who had as his task what few men
In medical history have faced.
The chances they would be born at
all were 4,500,000 to l. The chances
they would live were not calculable.
Drop by drop, he fed them mix
ture of corn sirup and milk and water.
Ounce by ounce, they gained Weignt
and added strength.
Only by chance did the world know
Immediately of the biological miracle
The grandfather slyly asked the
editor Of the Callander newspaper
whether he would have to pay five
times the regular rate for birth an
nouncement.
The editor gasped. Within minutes
the world received the first Of millions
of words in stories about the quin-
tuplets.
Names presented q dilemma. All
were called Marie. But they were
Evening star., 1936-07-09
BUFFALO EDITOR
PUBLICITY CHIEF
A. H. Kirchhofer Named by
Hamilton to Replace
HuntIey.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY,

Alfred H. Kirchhofer, for the past
nine years managing editor of the
Buffalo Evening News, has been Sc
lected by John Hamilton, manager of
the Landon-Knox campaign and
chairman of the Republican National
Committee, to be director of publicity
for the Republican organization, ac-
cording to personal telegram received
from the Chicago headquarters last
night. He has accepted the position
and will succeed Theodore A. Huntley,
well-known Washington newspaper
man who has been serving the Re-
publican National Committee for
several months.
In seeking to fill this important posi-
tion for the coming campaign the Re-
publican organization has canvassed
the field and sought advice from many
prominet in newspaper and other pub
Icity fields. including Col. Frank Knox,
vice presidential nominee, who is a
veteran newspaper man and publisher
The idea of having an editorial and
public relations council headed by
prominent advertising man was Sc
riously considered.
Already Well Known.
Kirchhofer Is already well known
in national politics, and has been an
active leader for years in conferences
of editors and publishers. He was a
Washington correspondent for the
Buffalo Evening News for six years
1921 to 1927, and during the Hoover
campaign in 1928 was associate direc-
tor of publicity, with William Allen
See EDITOR. Page ~
Evening star., 1936-07-09
TENANT FARMERS
CALL OFF STRIKE
Sharecroppers Claim VIC
tory, but Employers Deny
They Accomplished Aim.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. July e.-The
general strike" among tenant farm
ers, sharecroppers and day laborers
in East Arkansas was ended today by
declaration of the Southern Tenant
Farmers Union.
H. L. Itchell. secretary of the union,
said the strike had been successful
in forcing higher wages for thousands
of day laborers," and in demonstrating
that Negro and white workers in the
cotton fields have become aware OF
their common interests and are willing
to get together and fight for them"
Farmers Deny Statement.
Farmers and officers in Cross, Crit
tenden and St. Francis Counties, in
which the strike was called, insisted
the strike has never been effective, that
labor has been plentiful at rs cents a
day and that the calling off of the
strike was lust another publicity gag"
The strike reached climax few
weeks ago when Miss Willie Sue
Blagden. Memphis social worker, and
Rev. Claude williams of Little Rock
charged they we're flogged by a band
of men near Earle, Ark.
They went there. seeking proof of
the reported death from a beating"
of Frank Weems, 40, colored share
cropper.
Says Weems is Alive.
Sheriff Howard Curlin has declared
Weems is still alive and that he will
produce him soon.
lover a wide area" said the state
ment of the unions Executive Coun-
Gil, I'VE won an average wage OF 81
a day for day labor. In some coun-
ties we won SIPS for 10-hour day.
For the first time in the history OF
the union, a number Of union con-
tracts were signed with smaller land
owners"
A conference of union attorneys was
held here recently to discuss possible
action with reference to the alleged
floggings, but attorneys declined to say
how they would proceed unless through
civil suits. Sheriff Curtin invited the
alleged victims to lay their charges
before him, but this was never done.
Report Is Awaited.
Sam Whitaker, a special assistant to
the United States Attorney General,
took statements from Miss Blagden
and williams. His formal report Is
awaited.
Mitchell claims the new scale of pay
in most cases represents increases of
rs per cent" and demonstrates ito
the most exploited of all workers that
their salvation lies in their own united
effort"
He added that the strikers refused
to resort to violence to protect them
selves against the violence Of the
planters and their political aides"
The strike,' said the announce
ment, lis only the beginning of the
struggle of the disinherited to come
lsee SHAREHOLDERS. Page 50
Evening star., 1936-07-09
WILLIAM A. PETTIS
SUICIDE BY HANGING
Tile Contractor Takes Own Life
Before Going to Institution
for Nerve Disorder.

William Alexander Pettis, So, tile
contractor and native of the District,
hanged himself early today in the
basement of his home, 1908 Reservoir
road, shortly before he was to have
gone to an institution to be treated
for a nervous disorder.
Mrs. Pettis missed her husband
about 4 o'clock this morning. She
found him suspended from a sash cord
looped about his neck. Mrs. Pettis
freed him and called Dr. Matthew
Donohoe. The fire rescue squad also
was summoned, but efforts to revive
Pettis were futile.
DR.. A. Magruder Macdonald, Dis
trict coroner, issued certificate of
suicide.
In addition to his wife, Pettis is
survived by a son.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
Rr the Associated Press.


CALLANDER, Ontario, July "a
son was born today to Mrs. Olivia
Dionne, mother Of the quintuplets.
DR.. J. E. I. loyal oficiated. He
was assisted by Mike Charette, q
nurse of Callander.
Both Mrs. Dionne and the boy were
described by DR.. loyal as in "excep-
tionally good condition"
AS in the case of the quintuplets,
now housed in their ultra modern pr1-
vate hospital the newest Dionne baby
was born in the farm house.
The birth Of quintuplets to obscure
Olivia and Elzire Dionne May %,
1884, in an old farm house near
Callander, Ontario, catapulted them
into world attention.
Said the father, I'm the kind of o
fellow they should put in jail"
Five new daughters were to him
five additional mouths to feed and
Olivia Dionne worried about the hard
work of the farm and the mortgage
on the old homestead.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
BIZ the Associated Press.

10y lue AooOCldtcu EAcoo'
NEW YORK, July 9.-Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Owen, American Minister to
Denmark and daughter of the late
William Jennings Bryan, welcomed to
America today tall, blue-eyed Danish
Capt. Boerge Rohde, whom she will
shortly marry.
Neither the time nor the place Of
our marriage have definitely been set
tied upon" Mrs. Owen said. Every
thing depends on the plans Of people
whom we want to be present, and until
we communicate with these people and
discuss the matter we won't know"
Capt. Rohde, who is a member Of
the Life Guards of King Christian
the Tenth of Denmark-Mrs. Owen
said he is really a gentleman in
waiting"-arrived in New York on the
Swedish American liner Drottning-
holm. He boarded a small white
cabin cruiser at Quarantine and was
hurried away over the sunlit waters
Evening star., 1936-07-09
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

Prospects of a reconciliation-or at
least postponement Of the threatened
sharp cleavage-between the factions
of the American Federation of Labor
appeared today for the first time as
William Green, president of the A. F.
of L.. announced that the Executive
Council "is maintaining an open mind
and is desirous of healing the breach
which mas already developed in the
federation, if such is humanity pos
sible"
chairman of the Committee for In
dustrial Organization, cemented the
good relations between his faction and
the administration by calling on Pres.
ident Roosevelt to assure the latter
of great mass movement among
laboring men throughout the country
for his reelection"
Green's prorouncement followed ad-
journment of the morning session of
the council, at which time Lewis and
his United Mine Workers "defaulted"
by failing to appear to explain their
connection with the c. L o.
Coming from the White House con-
ference, Lewis insisted he had not dis
cussed the factional split in the labor
ranks, but had reported to the Chief
Executive that the work of the Labor
Non-Partisan League on behalf of his
reelection ''is perfectly amazing"
Cites Support of President.
1T is we'll known" Lewis said upon
leaving the conference, that I per-
sonally. and the organizations I am
identified with. are behind the Presi-
dent in his campaign for reelection
and that we have pledged our resources
and influence in his behalf"
Green's somew what conciliatory
statement on the factional fight was
prefaced by the explanation that the
council will meet twice daily until
we'll into next week and that no ex-
preston Of the councils opinion on
the dispute will be made until the ap-
pointed time has passed for each c. !.
o. union to appear.
The council wishes to avoid dis
cord" he said. and not until the last
straw has been removed and the last
opportunity gone for settlement will
the council act. Any other course
would be unfair and premature"
Green, who visited the White House
yesterday afternoon. declined to admit
today that he had discussed the fac
tional issue with the President 1t is
believed. however. that the President
may have urged the two labor leaders
to shelve their differences for the
time being. A permanent break be-
tween them might split the labor vote
in November as we'll as reduce effec-
tiveness of the present organizing
campaign in the steel industry.
Textile Workers Called.
The United Textile Workers we're
called for this afternoons session Of
the council, but like the U. M. w,
had informed the council they would
not appear.
Current sessions of the council be-
gan yesterday afternoon with a two
hour meeting which failed to reach the
important problem of the factional
dispute now threatening the whole
labor movement. Principal business
transacted was a council vote to grant
a charter to the American Newspaper
Guild, contingent upon a conference
between Green and representatives OF
Evening star., 1936-07-09
Death Toll Reaches 1853 as
Forecasters Say No Gen.
eral Break Is Expected in
SWeIter Belt.
SHOWERS PREDICTED
IN LOCALIZED SECTIONS
Rainfall Causes Drop in Grain
Price-Roosevelt Calls Relief
Aides to Farley Tomorrow.
Damage Estimates Rise Above
Three-Billion-Doll Mark.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Scattered rains brought temporary
relief today to few sections in the
Nation blanketed by sitting heat, but
no general break was forecast in the
torrid weather.
Deaths reached at least 168. and
blazing destruction continued to NOV
crops in the fertile fields of the
Middle West. Misery, want and de-
spair grew in the agricultural regions
President Roosevelt's last review
of relief arrangements prior to his
vacation was delayed today until to-
morrow by round of conferences
on a variety of others subjects
The Chief Executive arranged to
study the program tomorrow in a
conference with ReXford G. Tugwell
resettlement administrator and Aubrey
Williams, assistant relief admins
TRAITOR
Spreading East, the heat wave in
Volved about half of the Nation, and
temperatures in three figures were in
prospect for most States from mid
continent to the eastern seaboard.
Few Areas Drenched.
Rain fell spasmodically. dampening
parts of North Dakota, Minnesota,
Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, while
some few localized areas were
drenched by downpours.
Among the latter were Eff1ngham,
Ill, with 2.42 inches of rain; Devils
Lake, N. Oak, freak weather spot of
the Nation, with LAB inches, and Kan
kakee, ILL.,. with 0.58 of an inch.
Local showers were forecast for
North Dakota and Northern Minneso-
ia, Northwestern Wisconsin and upper
Michigan tonight or tomorrow.
Showers we're indicated for this af-
ternoon or tonight in Northern In
diana, Northeastern Illinois, part of
lower Michigan and Southeastern Wis
consin.
Grain traders in Chicago took quick
note of the rainfall. Corn fell more
than three cents a bushel at the OPEN
ing in Chicago, while wheat dropped
fractionally.
Records Fall in New England.
New England. enveloped by the
spreading heat, saw a 65-year record
heat wave broken by electrical storms
which caused an estimated 100000
damage from fires started by light
ming.
Some cooler weather in few States
was seen by j. r. Lloyd, forecaster at
the Chicago weather station, but he
warned that tomorrow would find all
the affected area back in the near
record column.
Adrian, Mich, started early toward
a new heat mark with a reading of
1858 degrees at midmorning.
Reports from New York State indi-
Gated new heat records would be set,
while Connecticut, New Jersey and
Michigan foresaw continued high
marks.
No appreciable beneficial effect was
seen for the drought belt. South Da-
kota's only rain was trace at Rapid
City. Light sprinkles at North Platte
and David City constituted Nebraska's
rainfall, and it had no effect on
drought conditions.
Chicago had only light showers, with
less than a tenth of an inch of rain,
ICoo DDOT1cuT Donn
Evening star., 1936-07-09
CADMAN IN RELAPSE:
HOPE IS ABANDONED
Radio Clergyman "Unconscious
Most of Time and Much
Weaker"
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
PLATTSBURGH. N. Y, july g.
DR.. S. Parkes Cadman, internationally
known radio preacher. lapsed into
unconsciousness and delirium TODAY.
DR.. Cadman is ill of peritonitis and
ruptured appendix in Champlain
Valley Hospital here.
DR.. Lyman G. Barton. jr., attend
ing surgeon, said the famous clergy
man is unconscious most of the
time, delirious and much weaker"
I'VE have practically abandoned
hope now"
DR.. Barton said that a TRANSMISSION
for which the noted Brooklyn clergy
mans daughter, Marie, gave her blood,
was merely of temporary benefit"
Evening star., 1936-07-09
Fiia,,ce Welcomed to america
By Minister Ruth Bryan Oven

to the East River, thence down Long
Island Sound to the Sands Point es-
tate Of Mrs. Owens son-in-law and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Leh-
man, with whom she was been staying.
Mrs. Owen herself had gone down
the bay on the cruiser to meet her
fiance.
They walked down the long white
pier to the estate together, the cap
tain wearing a gray suit, gray hat
and gray tie, Mrs. Owen clad IN a
black and white print dress, green
felt hat and black pumps. The cap
tain jauntily swung walking stick.
They posed together for photo
graphs, smiling and occasionally talk
ing to each other In Danish. The
place of the wedding, Mrs. Owen said,
mattered little to her.
"It's easy to ny from one place TO
another" she said
Fannie Hurst. the novelist, and Mrs.
- <~TTT1TIT
Evening star., 1936-07-09
BAN ON PHOTOGRAPHERS
AT MILL IS REPORTED
Pair Forbidden to Take Pictures
at Pennsylvania Steel Plant,
They Assert.
,r the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
McKEESPORT, Pa. July paul
Peters and Alfred Eisenstadt, who
identified themselves as reporter and
photographer for the magazines For
tune and Time, New York, said today
they were forbidden to take pictures
of workers leaving steel mill under a
city ordinance prohibiting "the solicit
ing and canvassing of photographs
without a permit"
Police Chief Whelan of McKeesport
said the two were attracting a crowd
and we'd had complaints" He did not
identify the complainants.
Peters said they were taking pictures
of workers leaving the National Tube
Co., a subsidiary of the United States
Steel Corp. when taken to police head
quarters for questioning.
Evening star., 1936-07-09

TRIER, Germany. July 9 (P.-Two
persons we're beheaded today and ons
was sentenced to life imprisonment
on murder charges. Apollonia Schu.
81, was executed for the killing of
the three illegitimate children of her
daughter Anna.
The death sentence pronounced on
the daughter, who is Is. was COM
muted to life Imprisonment. Josef
Breuer, 10, was beheaded after con-
viction on a charge of numbering and
robbing his grandmother.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
Fire Destroys Armory.

OLATHE, Kans., July o U).-The
National Guard Armory, including four
cannon, seven trucks and 5000 rounds
of ammunition, was destroyed today by
a 1896 900 fire that also razed the post
Office and two stores. Firemen en-
countered little danger from the ex-
ploding ammunition, as the bullets
were caught by walls.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
u. S. INQUIRY ASKED

Probe of Black Legion Is Urged
by International Labor Defense.
NEW YORK, July 9 R.-The In
ternational Labor Defense disclosed
today that it has petitioned United
States Attorney General Homer s.
Cummings to order a Department of
Justice investigation into terroristic
activities of the Black Legion.
The International Labor Defense, in
q letter to Cummings, contended that
the Government could prosecute under
Federal statutes against night riding,
kidnapping, threatening communica-
tions, flight from the State to avoid
prosecution for felony, interference
with the Federal Relief Administra-
ton, and fraudulently obtaining Fed
eral aid.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
A.F.L. HINTS MOVE
TOWARD TRUCE IN
FACT|ONAL STRIFE
Executive Council DESTROYS
of "HeaIing Breach"
Green Asserts.
LEWIS AGAIN ASSURES
PRESIDENT OF SUPPORT
Calls at White House as His U.
M. W. Group Ignores Labor
Meeting.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
For years organized labor has
been diuided on issue OF indus
trial Us. craft amortization. William
Green and balance OF power in A.
F. OF L. hare fauored latter; most
poWerfuI OF ADVOCATES OF former
hare been John L. Lepis and
United Mine Workers.
Last Fail, on heels OF convention
fight oUer issue, LewiS led tornd-
ton of Committee for Industrial
Organization. Recently committee
announced drire to organize en-
ployes OF steel industry
Green then ordered c. I. o. rep
. reSentatiUeS to explain actions be-
fore tederation's Executive Council
this week.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
RESEARCH CENTERS GOAL
OF NINE. JOLIOT-CURIE
Forms Committee to Aid Foreign
Scientists as First Official
By tie Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 9.-Mme. Irene Joliot-
Curie, taking her first official action as
undersecretary of state for scientific
research, today formed a committee to
provide facilities for foreign scientists
to pursue researches in France.
She announced she would ask special
appropriation to finance well-equipped
research centers.
1.-THE time is past" said the daughter
of the discoverers of radium, when
great discoveries could be made with
rudimentary equipment by scientists
who built their apparatus with their
own hands and made all calculations
connected with their experiments"
Evening star., 1936-07-09
FRENCH SOLDIERS
TO GUST STRIKERS
Order to Use Force Prom.
ised as "FoIded- Arms"
Trouble Grows.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Detying radical letttsts uho
tcould hare put the brakes on
folded arms" strikes throughout
industrial France. lettists tollowed
up their election pictories BY para
lying the arteries of manufacture
and commerce. They did this BY
the nouel eIpedient OF occupying
plants, but retnsed to ,Uork or let
Others Uork
Premier Blum, politician true
to his constituents, has refused to
use force to clear factories, manned
but idle.
sy the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 9-An armed force
will be used with care" to oust
French strikers who refuse appeals to
evacuate business places. Minister OF
the Interior Roger Salengro said to-
dav.
His declaration was made to
Socialist delegation from the Chamber
of Deputies, and followed the out
break of fresh folded arm" strikes in
Paris and the provinces.
The strikers will be asked to leave
the factories by the mayor, then by a
labor union delegate and finally BY
the local member of Parliament
Salengro asserted. If these three ap-
peals fail. the government will resort
to force, he declared.
Large Plants Occupied.
Three large plants were occupied at
Strasbourg when the employers tried
to cut down working time because OF
reduced business and ordered the dis
charge of several workers. The man.
agements Immediately asked the gov
eminent to force evacuation.
In Paris leather, workers and In
Pantin small group of butchers oc-
cupied their shops. New strikes were
also reported in Bischwiller. In most
cases the employers Immediately asked
the authorities to compel the work.
ers to surrender their positions.
Besides the new strikes, the occupa.
ton of the naval shipyards- by 10000
workers at St. Nazaire continued un-
broken. The employers evacuated
before arbitration was begun. The
workers refused to accept those terms
Blum Calls Cabinet.
In the capital, Premier Leon Blum
called his cabinet into session for to-
morrow to decide how to keep the gov
(See FRENCH, Page a.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
SEWANNA UPS ANCHOR
Presidential Schooner Goes On

Presidential Schooner Goes On
After Night Spent in Harbor.
TENANTS HARBOR, Me-, July 9
P).-The presidential-leased schooner
Savanna was en- route to Rockland
today after spen ling the night in this
picturesque Maine harbor
With three sons of President Roose-
welt aboard, the 56-foot schooner an
chored here late last night after a
leisurely sail up the Maine coast. Inc
party remained aboard overnight.
Evening star., 1936-07-09

(See OWEN, Page -
Evening star., 1936-07-09

Isee DIONNEs. Page -
Evening star., 1936-07-09

(See DROUGHT, Page S.
Evening star., 1936-07-09

20. q. weather Bureau Forecast)
Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow
generally fair and continued warm. Tenn
peratures-Highest, SO, at 4:30 pm. yes
terday; lowest, II, at 5:45 am. today.
Full report on page Ala.
Evening star., 1936-07-09

(See EDITOR, Page -
Evening star., 1936-07-09

(See KILLING, Page 81
Evening star., 1936-07-09
TWO ARE BEHEkDED

(See STEEL, Page A.
Evening star., 1936-07-09

lsee sHAREcRoPPEHs. Page 81
Evening star., 1936-07-09

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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-09-17
The Fair Was Splendid

Morgan county last week has been pronounced the
best of the SO annual fairs which have been held here every
standpoint and the well feel proud
OF their achievement The pronounced by those
familiar with horse racing be the best third OF mile track
be found place. Mr. J. H. We of Malta the
charge Of the track improvement and made the plans for
modelled by the WP Only slight changes suggested
still further when could then be classed
perfect track With this racing track improvement the future
look the best anywhere and stated that of
week breaking world record third
OF mile track
But racing that attracted but the
hbts displays we'll the best cattle, sheep and
be found any place shown also school, club and
grange displays everything that goes make for
first class fair
While the attendance splendid yet did break
ord had been hoped probably due partly conditions that do
not ordinarily exist Many felt that it mistake have
the close Saturday, believing the last day would have
people the ground had been Friday The Saturday
fair kept merchants and all their clerks filling station attendants
connected with business from attending Sat
fairs have been tried different places, and
been drawing largest