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Milford chronicle., 1936-10-09
ANDREWvILLE

The Ladies Aid Of Bethel Church
will hold a supper at Tomahawk
school house next Wednesday night.
October H. Chicken, oysters and
many other good things will be SER
we'd. The money raised viii be used
for church improvements.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-09
HOUSTON

We are very glad to report Mrs.
Ernest w. Simpson is improving
very much and she returned to her
home on Wednesday of last week
from the Milford Emergency Hospi-
tai, September 80, that date being
her birthday, also wedding anniver-
saTy. She received a shower of
cards also other tokens of remem-
brance. We hope Mrs. Simpson will
soon be up and out again. enjoying
her health.
Fred Hayes who was quite seri-
Ously hurt in an automobile acci-
dent is improving and it is hoped he
will soon be able to be about his du-
ties again.
Mrs. Roy Holloway of Philadelphia
who has been visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin ManlOve for
the past three weeks returned to her
home on Sunday.
Mrs. Eva Moffett Of Philadelphia
spent the weekend with her aunt,
Mrs. Lydia Poole and Frank john
son.
Mrs. William Johnson and Mrs.
Grace ManIove were Salisbury visit
ors on Monday.
The supper which the Ladies Aid
held was quite a success as they
realized over $40 and they wish to
thank all who helped in any way
to make 1t a success.
Club Notes
The Houston New Century Club
will hold its first meeting on Tues
day night, October 10, in the club
room, with Mrs. Butler, the presi- |
dent, presiding. The following is the
program for the coming club year:
October 13-Business, Mrs. Butler.
October 27-Education, Mrs. Ralph
Jump.
November 1O-Bible Day. Mrs.
Howard ThistlewOod.
November 24-Thanksgiving. Mrs.
Amanda LOfiand.
December S-Delaware Day. Mrs.
George KiTkby.
December % - Christmas Party.
Mrs. Robert Daniels.
January 12-MOtiOn Pictures. Mrs.
w. J. Dufendach.
January 26-InternatiOnal Rela-
tions. Mrs. Eugene Sharp, Jr.
February 9-Great Men Born in
Mrs. Franklin Slaughter.
February 2S-American Citizen
ship. Mrs. Augustus Morgan.
March 9-St. Patrick. Mrs. Merrill
March 2S-Legislation. Mrs. Cora !
,
April 6-Public Welfare. Mrs.
Fred Maxwell. q
April 2O-Music. Mrs. Emory !
Webb.
officers are: President, Mrs. Ralph I
Butler; second vice president, Mrs. d
". J. Dufendach; treasurer, Mrs. e
Augustus Morgan; recording secre5 '
ary, Mrs. Fred Maxwell; cOrre- I
iponding secretary. Mrs. Eugene
sharp. Jr.; superintendent Of flower B
und, Mrs. Emory Webb; program l
Mrs. Merrill ThistlewOod, a
irs. Howard ThistlewOod, Mrs. Fred
iaxwell: club hostess, Mrs. Aman- s
"a LOfiand.
The local w. c. T. U. met at the q
ONE of Mrs. Howard ThistlewOOd .
n Thursday afternoon, October l,
nd the following oficers we're elect =
d for the coming year: President, 9
Irs. William Kohl; vice president, y
Irs. Howard Thistlewood; treasur- q,
r. Mrs. Merrill ThistlewoOd; re-
Drding secretary, Mrs. George N,
irkby. Mrs. Merrill ThistlewoOd N
as elected as delegate to attend the 4,
Dnvention' to be held In the Silver
rook NJ. e. Church, Wilmington, on Sc
ctober 21. % and 2S. M
Francis Simpson is having bun W
allow constructed on the lot he
ought quite recently. SO
The Thistlewood Milling Company Fl
adding a wheat and corn drier to
J equipment. and they hope to have vi
in operation within the next ten C'
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-09
HICKMAN

Members OF the Ladies' Aid and
people Of the community will hold
a chicken and oyster supper In the
church house next Tuesday evening
Oct. 18th, beginning at o'clock.
Tickets. adults 30 cents; children
rs cents.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-09

There are more than 500 kinds Of
games played with balls.
The Washington times., 1936-06-03

a long time he owned As caliber
Army automatic. He loved to sit
on the back porch and oil them,
and sight through them.
One spring night man by the
name of Whitney Fleming came
to our house. He used to be a
special deputy for George Walters
when Walters was sheriff. He told
Dayton he wanted him to go to
Klan meeting. I protested.
Had Big Fight"
Fleming and had quite an ar
gument. But, anyway, Dayton went
off with Fleming and he didn't get
home until daylight.
was furious. I thought he had
been running around and we had
big fight.
This went on for about two
months. We fought continually
and several times he struck me
and knocked me down on the
floor. But the only thing Dayton
would tell me was that he'd found
an organization better than the
Klan.
He was completely sold on this
new organization and he became
cruel and abusive to me and to
my two little girls. He just raved
about this new organization, said
there was plenty of action in it.
When I demanded to know what it
was all about he told me to mind
my own damned business.
Later I found out that was what
all the wives of Black Legion mem
bers heard, until we got to be
members ourselves. All the men
told their wives the same thing,
and there was so much trouble
over that the men finally decided
they had better organize the
women and save all those fights at
home.
Reveals Spy System
Then, too, Dayton told me after
I joined, that we women were sup
posed to be the spy system of the
organization. He said we could
pick up a lot of stuff on people in
the grocery and at the card
parties.
We were living at SGT State Fair
Avenue at that time. Things got
So had that ono NIGHT when he wa G
going out for another all night ses.
sion I told him was leaving him
I took my two little girls over
to a friends house. Then ]
sneaked back into the dark house
When I heard him and our roomer
Art Moeller, who was also a mem.
Der, drive up, I hid in clothes
closet.
It was Just getting daylight
when they came in the house
They hunted over the place and
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NNUAAGAluCu axe ~
had not seen for some time.
pressed his unfired bullet of
membership into the palm of my
hand when he greeted me.
He gave me another warning.
I am telling my story because
hope and pray that not only
the men who actually shot
Charles Poole will be punished,
but that a dangerous group of
men drunk with power and i'm
portance, will be disclosed.
Raps "Higher-ups"
I hope the higher-ups who gave
the Black Legion that feeling of
security will be exposed. Then.
and only then, will come the end
of the Black Legion.
I suppose I knew more about the
activities of the men than many
of the wives in the Black Legion.
That is because Dayton loved
to boast and was so thrilled at
his power and position that he
could not contain himself.
remember how amazed I was
to learn of their outdoor meeting
place in the summer of 1884. They
met out on the Nine-Mile Road in
some weeds off Rudolph Road.
I discovered that quite by acci-
dent. One hot night I was going
swimming at Murray Beach with
friend Of Dayton's. When we
drove over Nine-Mile this chap
said:
81 suppose you'd like to know
where your husband is meeting
tOnight?"
He slowed down near Rudolph
Road and I could see cars parked
all about. In the shadows were
black-robed figures. They were
the Legion's men on guard.
Hundreds In Group
There must have been hundreds
of them there and once in while
you could see the flash of an elec-
trio torch back in the woods,
which were at least a quarter of
a mile from the road there.
1t was about this time Dayton
became part of the death squad
Of the Black Legion. That was a
group of picked men who were
brave and would dare, Dayton
said.
He was terribly proud of his
position
But suppose I ought to begin
at the beginning. I had been mar
ried to Dayton for nine years.
We'd both been members of the
Ku Klux Klan for some time.
Dayton also was active in the
National Guard. But in the spring
of 1888 he seemed to lose interest
there. He'd always had a lot
| of guns around the house and for
The Washington times., 1936-06-03

We quarreled the rest of the
night.
Warned to Keep Quiet
I said I'd go to the man and
warn him. And Dayton promised
me he'd give up the Black Legion
and never see any of them again.
But next afternoon I knew diff
ferent. I knew he'd gone right
to somebody and told them that !
had overheard.
I met Albert Swanson on the
street near our home. He was a
member, too, and close friend of
Dayton's He had been a special
deputy under Sheriff Walters. He
said:
you'd better keep quiet about
what you heard the boys say
for your own good" .-
I was scared. I wanted to keer
Dayton from getting into any
trouble.
That night when he came home
he left the house only long enough
to telephone a "higher-up," he
said. He said somebody else WoulC
"do the joob."
But I felt sure then he woulG
not keep his promise-that he'c
stay in the Black Legion. That
was the only time I saw hin
scared.
The Washington times., 1936-06-03
BLACK LEGION
FL0GG|NG0F
AIDE Barred
Alleged Trigger Man
Once Given lashes
For Discipline

DETROIT, June 3 GN.S0.
Dayton Dean, Black Legion "trig-
ger man" who police charge fired
the volley of shots that killed
Charles A. Poole, might ride" vic
tim, was himself once "disci-
plined" by the Legion and given
Is laShes across the back in a
night ceremony.
Dean is one Of the 13 Black
LegionnaireS who sit handcuffed
in Common Pleas Court accused
Of the Staying of Poole. Whether
this group will be held for MUIR
der was to be decided by Judge
Ralph w. Liddy at the conclusion
Of the hearing now in progress.
According to Detective Sergt.
Jack Harvill, who questioned most
Of the defendants when they were
taken to police headquarters, Dean
once held the title Of major" in
the Legion. Harvil said that other
officials OF the secret organization
claimed Major" Dean was not or
ganizing his men properly and
otherwise failing to live up to his
duties as an officer.
So one night, Harvill declared,
Dean was invited" to a night
meeting held in a field. He was
given a court martial before Is
hooded and robed figures and SEN
fenced to Is lasheS. He was given
the flogging the same night, &C
cording to Harvill.
This lashing is believed by the
police to explain why Dean went
through with the shooting of Poole
when he and Erwin Lee were Sc
lected to play the role Of execu'
TONERS.
The Washington times., 1936-06-03
CHEER
SELASSIE ON
HISARRIVAL
Officially Stunned by
Government; Seeks
To See King

LONDON, June 3 Q.N.SO.-The
central figure in Britain's "bitter
humiliation" over her defeat in
the eight months Geneva battle
with Italy, Emperor Halle SelasSie
Of Ethiopia, arrived today in the
land of his Staunchest supporter.
English cheers greeted him, but
there was no official reception.
Crowds lined the docks at South.
ampton as he disembarked from
the British liner Oxford. They ap-
plauded the hatless exile and the
train route to London found fire.
quent clusters of shouting town
and country people.
Waterloo Station, his terminus
in London, was filled early with
crowds, some persons waving the
Union Jack, while in Soho, the
Italian quarter, silence ruled.
Halle Selassie proceeded directly
70 the London house that had been
prepared for him. His diplomatic
aides sought an audience with
King Edward for him.
To avoid further friction with
Italy, and embarrassment" to
Britain, however, the Negus came
incognito, thus eliminating the
need for any official reception to
him as a monarch. Two special
men from Scotland Yard were as
signed to guard him.
The Negus arrived, cheered in
defeat, at the same time that
Marshal Pietro Badoglio, pro-
claimed viceroy of Ethiopia, was
being lonized upon his triumphant
return to Italy.
The Washington times., 1936-06-03

found I was gone. Dayton said:
"Shell come back, and IL she
doesn't mind her own business,
well, I'll see she's taken for
ride she won't forget. Then she'll
keep her mouth shut"
TALK ABOUT MEETING
Then they began talking about
the meeting they had just at
tended. It appeared from their
conversation that Art had been
selected to put somebody "on the
spot"
They didn't mention the mans
name, but they discussed just what
his habits we're, how he went to
and from work. The unnamed
person left his job at midnight.
Dayton said:
"We'll hold a flaShlight on
him-and shoot! There's moth
ing to it,"
Moeller seemed very nervous.
My hair was standing right on
end-hearing a cold-blooded muir
der discussed. So I rushed out
and I yelled: -
"YOu murdererS!"
Art went into his room and
closed the door. Then Dayton
and I went to it. I told my hus-
band:
you're nothing but q mur-
derer, Dayton Dean! I heard
everything you said about hav.
ing me taken for q ride!"
He got down on his knees and
cried and promised they'd never
hurt me. He said he was sorry
and it would never happen again.
The Washington times., 1936-06-03
Caffrey Talks to Hull

International News Service
jefferson Caffrey, Ambassador
to Cuba, arrived at the State De-
partment today to discuss develop
mentS in Cuba with Secretary Of
State Cordell Hull.
The Washington times., 1936-06-03
Treasury Condition

international News Service
Treasury balance as Of June /,
$2,336, 1884, 1866; internal rev e
nue., $6,671, 1,454.51; customs re"
ceipts, $1,767, ,502.l7.
The Washington times., 1936-06-03
GOSSIP ABOUT
BEATING
IS BLAMED
Dean, in His Voluntary
Testimony at Probe
Accuses Others

house. The three of them rode
in car to the hall.
@. (By Prosecutor McCrea)-
What was said on the way to
the hail?
TALKED ABOUT "RIDE"
A.-Davis and I talked about
. One-way ride. Davis said he
was going to hang him. Lee
said they'd either hang him or
shoot him. Davis said Lee and
Iwere going to pick up Poole.
They arrived at the meeting
about 8 p. M, the witness stated.
Q.-TeII what happened at
the hall.
A.-When / got to the hall 1t
was about 8 p. M, and there
wasn't very many there. We
monkeyed around for q little
while. / noticed two men, Lee
and Davis, were rolling up some
rope. l didn't see the rope,
but 1 heard them coil it.
Q.-Was anything else said
on the way to the hall?
A.-Davis said he was going
to hang him and let the others
get their feet wet.
Q.-What did he mean by get
ting their feet wet?
A.-Let the others get hold Of
the rope and pull him off the
ground.
Dean Had Two Guns
Prosecutor McCrea asked the
trigger man" if Davis knew he
had guns. He replied:
eyes; / had a As and .SS."
"Did you know Lee had a gun?"
"NOt until I got there"
Q.-When you arrived at the
temple how many were there?
A.-Ten or fifteen.
Q.-Did you know any among
the 10 or Is?
A.-DaviS and Lee.
Q.-Any of the other defen-
dants?
Al can't say.
Asked how many eventually
came to the meeting that night,
Dean said "there must have been
from SO to go present"
Dean related that a white Rus
sian" gave a speech. He did not
identify that party. Asked if
Colonel" Davis talked, he replied: !:
eyes. Davis told the meeting
about Poole and what he had
done to his wife, and what we
were going to do with him. He
ordered Lee and 1 to get Poole"
The witness explained that
Davis was commanding officer OF
the legion at this meeting.
He said that during Davis
speech to the legionnaires "some
cried, whip him. some said hang
him. some said shoot him
Poole Not Member
POOle, ne Sa1Q, Was uOI d AAeAAA
ber of the Legion.
Asked when he and Lee were
ordered to ''pick up" Poole who
volunteered to go with him, the
witness replied:
"Urban LippS. I didn't know
the other one"
The prosecutor asked Dean II
he talked to Davis privately ano
the witness replied:
privately. He came out Of
the meeting"
Dean related they brought
Poole to Findlater Temple. Or
the way there they talked about
baseball because Poole was inter
ested in baseball and thought they
were taking him to a baseball
meeting. He said:
"At the hall Lipps and /
stayed in the car with Poole.
The other two got out and went
in. They were there three or
four or five minutes. Lee came
out and got in the car. Davis
was in another car. Our car
followed"
Q.-"Did you recognize any of
the others in the car beside
DaviS?"
A.-'NO."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-01
CLUB
 PROVES SELF
 IN GUN WAR
Two Bandits Killed, One Officer Wounded, in
 Bank Robbery

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. TIA bank bandit suspects were killed, a police officer wounded and third suspect captured in a wild gun bat tie at Southern County bank in suburban Fl Monte, late yesterday
 The men, killed by the deadly fire of nearly dozen members of the ] San Gabriel Valley Pistol Team were identified as Clarence H. Smith 43, of Los Angeles, and E. c. Yates 42, Beverly Hills.
 Smiths brother Frank H., A, of Glendale, was captured by police man Joseph Fritch, who was shot through the right hand, losing three fingers from the blast of sawed-off shotgun
 The pistol club, composed of po- lice officers and deputy sheriffs rushed from the pistol range, which is nearby, and opened fire.
 The sheriff's office said the three men had been sought for months in connection with several bank hold ups in this area.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-01
R|FLEMEN WILL
 SHOOT SUNDAY

The shootoff for last weeks prize in the rifle competition of the Ju- neau Rifle and Pistol Club was held last night on the range in the A. B. Hall. Dan Moller de- feated George H. Leonard in the contest with a score of 47 out of 50.
 All other shooting last night was for practice only, with the final shoot of the weeks match to be held next Sunday afternoon and evening. Two prizes will be award ed in the scope sight division and one in the metallic. Thomas Hard ware will offer the metallic divi- sion award, with first scope prize donated by H. s. Graves and sec- ond by the Alaska Laundry.
 One score for the record in this weeks match has been chalked ur by Oscar Waterud in the metallic division, with 45x50.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-01
H. L. AEDLINCSHAFER ARRIVES FROM TRIP
 TO MONTANA HOME

H. L. Redlingshafer, Regional Fiscal Agent for the Department of Agriculture, returned to Juneau on the Northland, after accompany ing the body of his father to Kalispell, Montana, several weeks ago and attending the funeral rites there.
 MT. Redlingshafer then spent a week in Missoula, Montana, ob- serving the installation of new accounting system, soon to be in augurated in Juneau, in the For est Service offices there. He later inspected the forestry warehouse at Spokane, where fire fighting equipment for 15,000 men is ready for use at a moments notice, and then conferred with forestry of fcials in Portland and Seattle be- fore returning to Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-01
WHO SUPPLIES
 R0WD|ES WITH
 MACHINE GUNS?
Investigation to Be Started by Committee to
 Get Facts

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.--Investi- gation of the source of gangster ma chine guns has been decided upon by the Senate Munitions committee The Committee will resume hearings as it's deficit has been wiped out by a new Senate grant and also provis- ions for enough funds to conclude the investigation.
 The Committee h S subpoenaed men whom Stephen Raushenbuch, the Committees chief investigator, has described as "lot of second hand dealers and such," from New York.
 The men subpoenaed will appear before the Committee for three days beginning February IT.
 The Committee will resume ques- tioning of J. P. Morgan and his partners next Tuesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-01
INDIAN BUREAU
 GETS INCREASE
 IN 1887 FUNDS
$30,000 for Acquirin g Presbyterian Hospital at
 Point Barrow Included

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond said today the Territory of Alaska "fared better than for the last several years" in the Interior Department appropriation bill approved Friday by the House.
 The House rejected an amend ment by Dimond adding $25,000 for the relief of orphan, blind and crip- pied Indians but the Delegate said he otherwise was satisfied.
 The bill carries $64l ,881 for edu- cation and support of natives, an increase of $15,000 over the cur rent fiscal year; $34O,OOO for medi- cal relief. The latter item includes an appropriation of s30o0O to &C., quire the Presbyterian hospital at Point Barrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-01
APPLICATIONS FOR LANDSITES
 SWAMP HOMER
Agricultural District Re- ports l50 Settlers Are on
 Cround-More on Way

SELDOVIA, Alaska, Feb. 1.-An authoritative source reports the land recorder of Homer district to be sw a mped with applications for homesites.
 The source reported 150 settlers on the ground, with 18 midwest fam lilies due to arrive in the spring. One hundred and sixteen families in the same locality are banded together. and are sending an Investigating committee before coming themselves. All are private enterprises, without any government help.
 One family is reported as having arrived from Matanuska, saying Here we are and more are coming. ''
 The official weather report for Homer for January showed II con- secutive days when the temperatures were above 40 degrees. Only one frost was reported for the month and five inches of rain.
 Pussy willows are in bloom and wild celery sprouting The grass is green and strawberry plants are growing.
 The area has Is miles of road and a telephone system with 35 patrons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-01
THEATRE PASS IS AWARDED TO
 RUTH LUNDELL
C. D. Beale Donates Two Weeks Free Admission
 Has 264,250 Votes

Ruth Lundell, with 264,250 votes recorded at noon Friday, still leads the list of candidates in the Better Times Drive today, and is entitled to a two weeks free pass to the Capitol Theatre, with the compli- ments of Manager c D. Beale. Miss Lundell boosted her Thursday noon total from 198,200 within 24 hours, to lead all other girls in daily gains. Miss Lundell is a popular employee of the B. M. Behrends Department Store.
 Ida Roller continues an easy sec- ond with 142,275. Bessie Powers moved into third place with 130,- 200 votes, busting Elisabeth Kaser, now in fourth position with 123,- 825. Eleanor Gruber polled heav- fly since the last standings, rising from 27,925 to 64,675 today.
 Ballots Are Stolen
 A merchants who asked that his name be withheld reported to the Better Times Editor the theft of a large number of ballots in 500-vote denominations. He stated that the ballots, each bearing the name of the store, were stolen from his place of business and asked that all 500 ballots from his store be held up pending a personal inves- tigation. Any large groups of 500 ballots received bearing the stores stamp will be investigated by the Better Times Editor, the merchant was informed.
 One million, six hundred eighty thousand, six hundred and seventy five votes were counted to noon Friday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-01
NEW PROBE OF L|NDBERCH CASE
 IS INSTITUTED
Head of New Jersey Police Starts Secret Investigation
 at Governors Order

TRENTON, N. J., Feb. L. Col H. Norman Schwarzkopf, head of the New Jersey state police, today launched a secret new Investigation into the Lindbergh Kidnapping under orders from Gov. Harold G. Hoff- man to complete the job" Attorney General David T. Wilentz had said yesterday there was no new evidence on which to reopen the case.
 The Governor had no specific sug- gestions for the course to follow in the renewed inquiry into the crime but promised to turn over to state police things that come to my atten- ton" or any evidence of accom- plices he may receive.
 Aim To Find Others
 The Governor said: q feel they should follow the regular police pro- cedure. Having convicted Bruno Hauptmann, they have a starting point. It is a police job to find if any other persons are involved in this job"
 Bruno Hauptmann will die-unless circumstances warrant a new re prieve-sometime between March 1e and April Il, it was revealed today.
 Under the law he must be re- sentenced because his second death sentence, set for the week of January 13, the exact day being January IT. expired at midnight, January 18 The 30-day reprieve will expire February 15. Attorney General Wilentz said he then would ask Justice Thomas w. Trenchard to sign a new death warrant. The law provides the new date must be not less than four nor more than eight weeks after the date on which the warrant is signed
 Couldn't Die Before March 15
 The earliest Hauptmann could ga to the chair would be the week be- ginning Monday, March 15, and the latest the week of April 6, authorities said.
 Attorney General Wilentz reiter- ated today he thought the Cover nor's statement contained no new evidence, and if nothing was un- covered by the police he would ask for a new death warrant under the provisions of the law.