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.0LLNER TELLS
OWN STORY

Editors Note: international
NewS Service herewith presents
the first detailed first person story
OF Mark Wollner, internationally
knoWn concert UioliniSt, tDho fig
ured prominently in the inUeStigG-
ton into the mysterious murder
of Helen Clevenger. 1S-yeGr-old
NetD York University coed. After
hdving been held sir days in jail
for questioning Wollner waS re-
leased and eronerGtedD
By MARK WOLLNER
Copyright, 1896. by International
News Service)
ASHEVILLE, N. c., July q
ON.SO.-I have just been through
an ordeal which would try the soul
of any man. have been in the
spotlight in connection with the
mysterious murder of Miss Helen
Clevenger.
No one deplores this sad occur
renee more than I do. I never met
the young woman and never heard
of her until suddenly, to my great
amazement, was drawn into the
case.
Gossip - neighbor gossip and
Continued on Page 8, Col. p
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100
SYNONYMS
FOR LIAR
CoughIin Apology For
Word, He Says, Not
For Belief

CHICAGO, July q G.N.SO.
The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, De
troit's famous radio priest, stopped
off long enough here today on his
way home from North Dakota to
fling another barrage of bliStering
criticism at President Roosevelt.
Asked about the apology to the
President after he had called Mr..
Roosevelt a liar" at the Town
send convention, Father Coughlin
said:
There are ut least 100 more
words in the theSauruS under
the category Of liar and any
:. word in that category BELTS
President Roosevelt.
@ q did not apologize to the
President for what said about
him and for what / really be-
ieve he is-but for the use Of
the word.
81 still insist he broke his
promise to the people of the
United States"
In answer to a question whether
he had been disciplined for the
Roosevelt remarks via long dis
lance telephone call from the Vati'
can City, Father Coughlin replied:
SIT is the pipedream Of a news
hawk. / never called the Pope
by telephone, nor had 1 any call
from the Vatican City"
Regarding Bishop Gallagher Of
the Detroit diocese, who left for
Rome to visit Pope Plus XI, soon
after the Coughlin- Roosevelt Incl
dent, the priest said:
Bishop Gallagher has always
been on my side"
While in North Dakota, Father
Coughlin addressed a meeting Of
$4,000 Northwest farmers.
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CLEVENGER
STILL HELD
IN JAIL
Sheriff Reveals Story
.Of Coed Kin's Release
To Be Unfounded
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN
ASHEVILLE, N. c., July q
G.N.SO.-The tangled Clevenger
murder mystery became further
ensnarled today when Sheriff
Laurence E. Brown, shortly be-
fore noon, revealed that Prof. w.
L. Clevenger. uncle of the slain
Helen Clevenger, New York Uni
versity coed, was in the county Jail
here despite the announcement of
Clevenger'S counsel that the North
Caroline State University teacher
had been released.
Sheriff Browns disclosure came
when newSpapermen sought Prof.
Clevenger to question him about
his stay in the jail.
Explanation Refused
Unable to locate him, they went
to the sheriff's office and asked if
Brown knew his whereabouts. The
sheriff replied:
Hes here right now"
Mystified newsmen sought to
reconcile his declaration with the
earlier announcement of Former
Judge Guy Weaver. Clevenger's
counsel, that the educator had
left the jail and gone into seclu,
sion.
Sheriff Brown refused to am
plify his announcement, but, in
his own way. proceeded to demon
strate it. He reached into a desk
drawer, drew out a pile of mail
addressed to the professor, then
telephoned to the Jail on the fiji.
tenth floor and asked to speak
with the professor.
He waited a minute after the
connection was made, then said:
Pm coming right up to see
you"
SHERIFF ONLY SMILES
AS the sheriff started for the
elevator, he was asked:
~'HOw long will Professor Clev-
enger stay there?"
II can't say"
"WOuld it be possible to see
him ourselves and make sure
he's there?"
The sheriff's only answer was
a smile.
Shortly before Sheriff Browns
disclosure, c. B. Clevenger, brother
of w. L. Clevenger and also on
the faculty of North Carolina
Continued on Page 9. Col. -
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Ell anOr Holm Writes
OF Oh y1lpic Athletes

Editors Note: Mrs. Eleanor
Holm Jarrett, American back
stroke champion and Olympic
UeterGn Whose dismissal from the
American Olympic team caused an
unprecedented Juror, will gtUe
her expert opinion OF American
Olympic hopes to International
NeUS Service. Her first article
tollotDS)
By ELEANOR HOLM JARRETT
BERLIN, July 81 GN.SO.
Having turned critic instead of
competitor, I do not wish to ap-
pear too critical, but I must say
that our American women swim
mers do not feel too sanguine
over the Olympic outlook.
This is not because I am off
the team. After all, could have
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RAVAGES
REDSEAP0RT

LONDON, July q G.N.S).
Hundreds of persons" have per-
iShed in a vast fire at Massawa.
Italy'S war port on the Red Sea,
according to a Reuters dispatch
from Alden, Arabia. Fifty airplaneS
were destroyed, and a gasoline
plant and ammunition dump
blown up.
ROME, July 81 GNSO.-Of-
fetal circles today confirmed that
MasSawa, Eritrea, was ravaged by
a disastrous fire, believed to have
started aboard a freignter in the
harbor. Reports that hundreds of
lives were lost we're denied.
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E 81 w ard
Trip


LONDON, July 81. G.N.SJ.
Because of the international re-
precussions of the Spanish civil
war, especially it's effect on
Leftist-ruled France, King Edward
VIII today abandoned his plan
to spend his summer holidays at
Cannes.
1t was learned also that Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin would
not go to Aix-Les-B ains, in the
south of France, for his holiday
as officially announced some time
ago.
Edward himself made the de-
cision to cancel his Riviera holi-
day, International News Service
was informed, feeling the respon-
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
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won only the backstroke, not
the whole team title.
We are sure of only two titles
Mrs. Dorothy Poynton Hill in
the platform diving and Kath-
crime Rawls in the 100-meter free
style.
In the meantime, the Ameri-
can men look an absolute cinch.
My estimate of the women is
based on the theory-watch the
performances of the Dutch.
They do not have faster watches
but faster starts, going off on
their toes while we start flat
footed as specified in the Olympic
codes.
Miss Ven Ouden came to Los
Angeles with amazing times for
Continued on Page Fl, Col. 81
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Girls Fight
To Guard
Madrid
BY THOMAS A. LOAYZA

MADRID, July q QN.SD.
Government forces of Red militia,
their ranks dotted by hundreds
of determined young girls Shout
dering heavy arms, unleaShed a
strong offensive against insurgent
lines north of Madrid at daybreak
today.
Supported by artillery and air
planes, the loyal troops attempted
to break the insurgent hold at
several points near Alto de Leon
and Some Sierra. and diSlodge
the Fascists entrenched in noun.
tain ranges 80 miles north of
here.
Allaying fears the capital would
be starved out by insurgents, the
Continued on Page 9, Col. II
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Engine DeCdpitdtes
Railroad EmpIoYe

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 81.
E. j. Frye, 40, an employee in the
R. F. and P. Railroad Company
here, was decapitated today when
a yard engine struck him. Frye
lived in Frankonia, Va, and was
employed as a coal tender. The
coroner was summoned to investi-
gate and issued a certificate of
accidental death. There were no
witnesses to the accident.
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Lottery
Won by New Yorker

MANILA, P. l., July 81. Q.4I.S).
Ralph A. McKibben, 35-year-old
New Yorker who has resided here
for six years as sales manager
for General Electric Co., today
won 100000 pesos for the second
sweepstakes prize in the National
Lottery. He will use part OF the
money to visit his parents in
Ridgway, Pa. next month.
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Michigan TO Probe
Dope Ring in Prison

JACKSON, Mich, July 81
(IN.SD.-With two guards fired,
and four convictS in solitary con-
finement, Federal agents and State
prison officials today launched a
double barreled investigation into
q dope7Smuggling ring within the
walls of the Michigan southern
penitentiary, near here.
One of the guards fired, Warden
Harry Jackson charged, confessed
he struggled narcotics into prison
ers, and it was believed the prison
ers, in turn. sold the dope" to
other convictS.
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C00LING'RA|NS
TO CONTINUE

After a Sweltering Sunday dur
ing which the mercury attained
a high of 90 degrees, Washington
awoke today to find respite in a
cooling thundershower, which sent
the thermometer down into the
pleasant 70'S.
Occasional showers and over
cast skies, the Weather Bureau
forecast, will continue through
the day.
The bureau also forecast
showers for tomorrow.
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Game in Cleveland
Postponed by Rain

CLEVELAND, July 27.-The
scheduled game between the
Washington Griffmen and the
Cleveland Indians was postponed
here today because Of rain.
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Townsend Approves
Of Lemke As President

BOSTON, July 81 G.N.SO.
Outright approval of Representa-
tive Lemke, Union party candidate
for President, was expressed by
DR.. Francis E. Townsend, father
of the Townsend plan, on a ma
tional campaign tour that takes
CONTINUED ON Page 10, Col. u
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9 Monks, S Nuns Seized

MADRID, July 81 UN.S).
Nine monks and five nuns were
arrested today on charges of plan
ming to flee the capital and ta,ce
with them ,$350,000. The money
was seized.
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RAQUEL RoJAs (top), of
Los Angeles, and Garcia Goya
(bottom), of New York,
American dancers who are in
revolt-torn Spain and for
whose safety their families
feel much concern. Miss
Rojas is the daughter of DR..
Hugo Riesenfeld, we'll known
musician. international News
Photos.
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WASHINGTON FORECAST
TEMPERATURES

Showers tonight and tomorrow; slightly
warmer tonight.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-01-28
Random Notes

A public hearing on the proposed organic
act for the Virgin Islands was held by the
Frederiksted last night.
Judge D. Noll, member of the Com
mittee was unable to be present at the liar
ing on account of Illness
The Chairman, Dr. D. c. Canegata ex-
planned the most important parts of the
organic act and askedfor criticism and sug.
gestions He made it clear that it was not
a meeting and would not be so conducted;
for instance there would be no motions nor
the usual parliamentary procedure observed
at meerings. Mr.. R. de Chabert followed
with brief address c. un-
cilmen, teachers, clerks, property owners,
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-01-28
Tuesday January 18th 1896
1d|&S'il'G(;diH

An irate parent came to our editor yester
day to make public his protest against a
threateh he alleged was made to give all
children of the public schools who did not
attend their classes yesterday, zero marks
for their examination.
We told the gentleman there might be
some mistake The Roman Catholic school
did not open yesterday. The public schools
were conducting examination while outside
there was sort of holiday. Omnibus, truck,
motor car, buggy and cart hurried through
the city and from every part of the island
to see 80 planes land on the new field at
Est St. John = historical event in this,
island, the first of its kind The general ex
element, noise of vehicles, plus desire On
the part of the children to join the crowd
on the outside probably would seriously in
terfere with the concentration of the child
rem who did attend and make
some difference in what the
children might achieve might under normal
conditions
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-01-28
Publication
FROM THE EOLlCE

FRCM THE FOLlCE
10 accordance with Paragraph
Of the Ordinance of 14th. November
1908. all owners Of firearms 10 III island
are hereby notified that new sign or
&c nse. tn own same must be taken out
for the year 1886 before the 18th, Fepru
airy 1886
Chrislansted and Ftederiksted
Police Offices
ST. Croix, V. !. y. A.
January End 1886
D. S. AKMSrRuNG
Director OF Police.
The Jury Commission met soon after
Judge Levitt's arrived yesterday and draft
ed the jurymen. Court was begun at 2
o'clock in the afternoon.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-01-28
Christiansted Theatre
(THE HOUSE OF GOOD PICTUREs)
BIS To Night 8.15
"BABES IN TOYLAND"

osta
Aptm efo al Who enotfo o young
faouies nee their ncepto
o O
of
snLt
BEAUTIFUL SETS, MARVELLOUS SINGING, FANTASY ROMANCE
young gainat lie fountain O ant
Turn story book dreveag in adven
None too old and this
S earb
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farmerand othes were present at the hearing
Mr.. G. r. t. Brow, who evidently had
made a careful study of the act was there
with his copy. He went from section to sec
ton, asking questions, offering suggestions,
and made somec obstructive criticism which
the Committee promised to take under con
sieeration.
, Councilman Christian Joseph then offer
ed suggestions and also discussed the var.
GUS sectiont of the act with all the serious
ness such an important matter deserves.
+. G. Emanuel, principal of Diamond
School also had his copy of the Bill. Mr.
Emanuel gave some helpful criticism.
The discussion was so interesting that no
one seemed to realize how the time was
speeding, until the long hand of the big
town clock on the battery outside indicated
that it was midnight. The Chairman then
adjourned the hearing which will be reSum-
ed on Thursday night, Feb. 6.
East Street is being repaired. The people
in these sections like to be remembered.
While writing this note we are reminded of
the lady at Farm Hill who has been trying
for years to get light installed at the
corner of the street on which she resides
When darkness enshrouds our city the
farm hill with its majestic tamarind trees
and the cemeteries nearby is really dis
NAL place. especially for one who lived in
the city of New York.
Governor Cramer, Judge Levitt of the
District Court and Government Attorney
George Robinson arrived yesterday on the
big transport plane. -s
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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Colonial Council
FOR ST. CRoIx

The Chairman: Gentlemen: may | say
in regard to this matter that according
to precedent all bills that are not passed
at the end CT the year die with the Coun
Gil and must be reintroduced. lThe.r7 bill
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Victor Herber immortal opersta brought to the in
melody and marvss!
Evening star., 1936-05-03
GAS STATION EMPLOYE
FINDS SILENCE HEALTY
With Pistol at Back, Has No
Reply When Neighbor Asks
What's Going On.

'What's goin' on over there?" a
neighbor yelled.
Clarence Barber, employe Of a fill-
ing station at Eleventh street and
Rhode Island avenue, said nothing
and kept on walking. He felt a re-
volver barrel in his back and the loss
OF SIS. Silently two colored men
uShered him into a small room ad-
joining the station, shut the door and
ded.
"Neighbor," Barber finally yelled
through a window, I've just been
robbed" The bandits escaped into
last nights crowded streets.
Evening star., 1936-05-03
FREED
OF DRUG CHARGE
Richmond Judge DenounCes
Tactics of UnderCover
. Narcotic Agents.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, May ? (P1.-Dr.
Harry B. Sanford. Richmond ply
phine for Government undercover men
was acquitted and the tactics of
Federal narcotic agents denounced in
United States District Court here yes
terday. Judge Luther B. Way directed
the jury to bring in a verdict of not
guilty.
Judge Way sustained defense claims
that mere issuance of prescriptions
for morphine does not constitute
crime. and that Federal narcotic
agents were guilty of entrapment.
Cause for Suspicion"
Reading from prepared notes, Judge
Way said, in part:
The evidence establishes only the
fact that the defendant issued pre-
scriptionS for morphine in good
faith and acting in professional ca
pacity with the intention Of alleviat-
ing suffering. The indictment charges
him with making l9 separate and il
legal morphine sales
There is cause for suspicion, per-
hapS a strong suspicion, due to the
apparent frequency with which the
defendant issued prescriptions for
morphine
1T is my opinion that mere issu-
ance of prescriptions does not commit
crime. A sale had to be consum-
mated to constitute a crime.
DecOys Not Legal.
The upcontradicted evidence is
that Government agents, using ficti-
tious names. applied to the defendant
for morphine prescriptions.
use of decoys to entrap an innocent
person is not legally permissible. The
Government agents had the prescrip-
tions. At all times, therefore, the
question of whether crime would be
committed was in the absolute con-
troll of the Government agents Un-
aided, unassisted, the crime originated
in the minds of the Government
agents, am reluctantly forced to
conclude"
Evening star., 1936-05-03

mentary phrases between President
Roosevelt and Harper Sibley, chamber
president, relative to the chambers
own plan to make a national survey
OF job opportunities, the chamber yes
terday emphasized in its washing
ton Review" this finding Of the cham
ber's meeting:
THAT the task (of recovery is to
be done by cooperative effort on the
part of all the factors involved and
the direction of all available national
resources to that end was generally
recognized"
The census count by the Commerce
Department would be held after elec-
ton to avoid possible charges Of pat
ronage during a vote-getting period,
and one official said, We hope to be
able to start the day after election
II that's wanted"
Figures on the number of unem-
Evening star., 1936-05-03

During the gathering here. farm
homemakers from five continents will
discuss such topics of common inter-
est as child health, rural education,
and Government services to rural pop
ulations, it was explained by Miss
Grace F1ysinger, chairman of the con-
ference.
The conference delegates will be
greeted at the opening session on
June / by Mrs. Roosevelt. who for
many years has been actively inter-
ested in the problems of rural home
makers and who is member of a
local of the New oYrk State Fedora
ton of Home Bureaus. an affiliate of
the international organization. They
will be the guests of the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt at a White House
garden party the same day.
From Washington the delegates will
go to Canada as the guests of the
Canadian branch of the organization
Arrangements for contacts between
the foreign delegates and their en-
baSsies and legations here are in the
hands of committee headed by Mrs
Wilbur J. Carr. wife of the Assistant
Secretary of State.
Evening star., 1936-05-03
COMPLETE CENSUS
Of IDLE PLANNED
Commerce Department and
Chamber Stress Need for
Accurate Data.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Plans not only for a complete CEN
sus of the jobleSs after the November
election, but a continuing check at
frequent intervals thereafter, are
being pushed by the Commerce De-
partment.
The census had been under con-
sideration for some time before de-
mands for such a count were made
at the recent convention of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States.
Secretary Roper and several cham
ber speakers joined in stressing the
lack of accurate data on the number
of unemployed as a primary obstacle
in planning for new jobs.
The Commerce Secretary has asked
his Business Advisory Council, which
consists of some so leading business
men, to offer sugestiors, and de-
partmental experts already are at work
considering forms for the necessary
questionnaireS.
Following the exchange of compli-
Evening star., 1936-05-03

Billy Knox, crown bearer; Barbara
Grubb, flower girl; train bearers,
Michael Rowan and Thomas Gaines,
and maids, Beverly Loomes, Jane
Thompson, Barbara Frank, Virginia
Melvin. Elizabeth Carpenter, Virginia
johnson, Frances Robey, Cecile Goetz,
Frances Lester, Joyce Robinson, Lor-
aine Green, Jane Ingling, Gene Kel-
logg. Virginia Anderson. Martha Pry-
or, Jean Talbot, Ann Covington and
Constance Pendleton. The heralds OF
the queen were Hugh Brown and
Louis Rothgeb.
After the coronation an operetta,
Awake, IT'S May" was given by the
pupils.
Awarding of five-point honors, games,
contests and a base ball game fea-
tured the afternoon program.
Evening star., 1936-05-03
Snakes

Continued From First Page)
up and her back down against the
table.
60 to the garage and get thai
box of rattlesnakesr James said to me
II brought him the box of snakes.
HE took the box of snakes and sci
1t on the floor Then he took his
wife's left foot and stuck it down into
the box where the snakes were al
coiled up together, shaking theil
rattles, Kissing.
I know one of them stuck its fangs
into her leg. but all the snakes die
not rise up and wrap themselves
around her. Some of them might have
been too old and lazy.
After while James took his wife's
leg out of the box and told me to
take the snakes away. I left, taking
the snakes back to Snake Joes in
Pasadena.
Drowning Story Told.
When I came back that Sunday
night he told me to drive the car into
the garage. He had a bottle of whisky
and We drank.
She's not dead YETI he said. The
rattlesnake poison is not working
right. I'm not going to waste any
more time. I'm going to drown her.
He stayed in the house and /
stayed in the garage with the whisky.
At 4 o'clock James came out and
said: Well, she's dead now. I'll clean
up the place. Then I'll collect the
insurance
He went back into the house. A
half hour later he came out again.
He told me: I've got everything
cleaned up, and I want you to help
me carry out the body"
The woman's body was found in a
fishpond on the night of August 3,
three weeks after her marriage to the
barber. 1t was James and a friend
who reported the discovery Of the
body to authorities.
long insurance litigation followed
in which James asked double in
demnity on the grounds of accidental
death.
He was arrested last April 19 on a
morals charge involving a niece, Lois
Wright. He pleaded innocent.
James has said his previous wives
were Maude Duncan, Birmingham,
Ala; Vera Vermillion, Emporia, Kans.;
Winona Wallace. Los Angeles, and
Ruth Thomas of New Orleans. The
first two wives divorced him. The
third died and the fourth obtained
an annulment after living with him
one day.
He married Mary Busch July 10,
1885.
Husband Denies Charges.
James was confronted by his ac-
cuser in the county Jail, where he has
been lodged since April 10. His only
comment on Hopes story was:
You'll find out that guy Hope will
tell you anything. He's screwy."
District Attorney Buron Fits took
James and Hope to the home where
Mrs. James died Silently, handcuffed
to an officer. the barber watched Hope
re-enact details of his story
He pointed out the table on which
he said Mrs. James was tied, led off,
GERS to the garden and indicated the
place on the lawn where, according
to his story, the woman was placed
after being taken from the fish pond.
Evening star., 1936-05-03

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-05-03
Employment Gains.

HP1Vy h0Ht 0u1H0'
Unemployment in the Irish Free
State continues to decrease.
Evening star., 1936-05-03
Jury Drank Evidence

CLAYTON, Ala. GP).-Sherif ]. p.
Williams talked back to a grand Jury
that criticized him for alleged failure
to enforce the Alabama bone dry"
laws.
THE people ought to know that an
other grand jury drank the beer sub
mitted to them as evidence" read an
open letter written by Williams.