davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-12-04

ia, ia som to zrobil, Ma
ry?" 70 zeninych ocf vycf-
tai pravdu. "Ja som to zro-
bill a moi Jamie nikdy zdra-
w nebude." Padol ma stoli-
cku a tvar 81 rukami zakryl.
Zacal plakat'. Vbehol do
spalne, hodil sa ma podusku,
ma ktorej spaval jeho syn
eek. "Jamie moi, Jamie
moi. Syn moi, syn moi! ia
som to nezrobil, ia som to
nemohol zrobit'. ia 81 ia mi
lujem!"
Zena polozila svoju mild
ruku ma jeho trasuce sa te-
10. On podvihol hlavu. "Ho-
voris, ze som to ia zrobil?"
zakrical. 'Nie, to som nero
bill ia, to poharik, diva, tri,
styri, tucet! To tie zrobily.
0, ia potrepem vsetky poha-
re. ia znicim to, co mojmu
syncekovi poskodilo."
V tom okamihu boil ma uli-
ci. Bezi rovno ku salone. v
salone preskocil baru a zacal
Bit, trepat', oknami vyha-
dzovat' pohare a fl'ase. V
tom zastal ma rohu policajny
voz, z neho vyskocili traja
policajti. Jima poviazali a
hodili do voza. "Polozte ma
"a mreze, hod tie ma do mai
tmajvsej cely, ale pride den,
ked' sa vypomstim "a kriv-
du mojho diet'at'a," hovo-
ril Jim. Dvere sa ma voze
zavrely. Opodial' stala so
zlomenym srdcom zena a
male dievcatko, hl'adiac, a.
ko policajny voz uhana
zpred ich oci. Potom Mary
a jej dcerka vratily sa do
NOV k opustenemu, vianocne-
mu krbu...
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-12-04
OLTARNY SPOLOK PRI
OSADE SV. CYRILA A
|METODA PREKVAPENY

Ruzencovy, Oltarny a Boz
skeho Srdca Spolok pri osa-
de sv. Cyrila a Metoda Dol
vel'mi prekvapeny, ked' po
vybaveni schodze Dol po-
zvany do auditorium osady.
Ako SINE sa posadili, tn je-
I don 2 ministrantov objavi sa
ma javisku a oznamil pro-
gram, ktory predstavia mi
nistranti a ze bude venova-
ny Ruzencovemu, Oltarnenlu
a Boz. Srdca Spolku axe
prejav vd'acnosti Ia ich la
skavu pracu pre- ninistran-
tov, "a ten krasny dar no.
vych ministrantskych kose-
lick, ma ktorych mnoho casu
stravili pri heklovani cipiek.
Sestry Ruzenskeho Spolku,
mech vam Pan Bob "a to wy
nahradi. Hovoril, ze aspon
tym sa odplatia, ze mas roz-
veselia malym predstavenim
hry "Sv. Peter sudca dust. "
Osoby v hre boly: Anton
Vitkaj ako sv. Peter, Jan
Janko ako Aniel zapisova-
tel, Juraj Krispinsky, futba-
! lista. Najnevinnejsieho chap
ca hral Frantisek Adamko.
ZakladateP osady boil Ka-
rol Paros, min:strant Jozef
Fabry, kostolnika hral Jan
Hricus a "a udkynu Ruzen-
skeho Spolku hral ulohu ia
kub Sofranec. PRIV kym sa
hra zapocala, syn pani Paro-
sovej vel'mi pekne vyhraval
sloyenske piesne ma pianovej
harmonike. Vidno, ze bude
vel'mi dobry hudobnik.
Ako sa opona zdvihla, ma
javisku objavil sa krasne o.
zdobeny tr6n a ma boku sedi
sv. Peter, pred sebou ma ve-
likansku knihu a vybera me-
ma. A ma boku pri nom sto-
j Anjel zapisovatel'. Tu sv.
Peter rozkazal, aby mu pri-
viedol dusu futbalistu, co
anjel al hned' urobil. Sv.
Peter pytal sa dust futbali-
stu, re co dobreho urobil pre-
svoju dusu. Futbalista hovo-
ri, ze chodil do kostola kaz-
du nedel'u a sa modlil. Sv.
Peter pytal sa, a "a co 81 sa
modlil? Nuz "a to, aby SINE
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-12-04
NEZABUDAJTE.

| Pozrite 81 s casu ma cas- M
clenskd legitimaciu, ci je e
Ste platna. Ak platnost' je.
vyprsala, racte 81 clenstvo ,
Slovenskej Lige obnovit'. u
znavame, ze tie najmen
Sic prispevky sa dnes t'azke
plata, ale prave dnesne ca
sy vyzaduju, aby mas marco
NAL svojho zastancu, ably
SINE 81 udrzali tuto narodno,
slovenskd organizaciu.
Poslanie Slovenskej Ligy
v Amerike nema ziadon lie,
monadovy vyznam, ale ona
je a must byt' skutocnou ba.
stou proti vsetkym nastra.
ham, ktore existenciu Slova.
kov ohrozuju!
Viete vel'mi dobre, co zna-
mena pre- mas narod v dnes.
nej dobe Slovenska Liga
Viete, ze SINE sa preto so.
mkli v jedon Six, aby sme ha-
Jill a uhajili ludske prava
Slovakov. Toto opodstatnuje
potrebu existencie nasej ma
rodnej organizacie. Je pra-
vida, re Slovenska Liga po.
trebuje, ably mala moralnu
silu v pevnom neoblomnom
presvedcenf svojho clenstva,
ale potrebuje al silu financ-
MI. A tuto financnu silu "a
ist'uje 81 prispevkami, ktore
jej clenstvo platf. z tychto
prispevkov vydava casopis,
udrzuje sa kancelaria a vse-
tko to, co potrebuje organi-
zacia k obhajovaniu zaujmov
clenstva a slovenskeho naro-
da. Nuz, aby sme mohli "a
prava a chlebicek nasho l'u-
du uspesne pracovat', musi-
me mat ku tomu i financne
prostriedky. Slovenska Liga
v Amerike moze tiez len po-
tial' existovat', pokial' 81 ju
budu roduverni synovia a
dcery slovenskeho naroda
podporovat'.
Bratia, sestry, pracujte
preto "a Slovenskd Lfgu a
konajte voci nej svoju po-
vinnost', ably mohla chranit'
mas narod proti vsetkym hye-
nam, ktore chcu jeho ext
stenciu pohltnut'. - Bulletin
Slov. Lfgy.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-12-04
JEST PRAVDA ALEBO
ME?
(Pokracovanie.)

Campbell, o. - Svet do
dnes sud- a nemoze rozsl-
dit, a akehokol'vek lajdaka
vyhlasi "a inteligenta. Ach,
Jake hrozne klamanie l'u-
du. V jednom meste bola
postavena skola ale tax ne
st astlivo, ze uz mala ist' ma
bubon, nebolo pomoci. L'u-
dia mali tam svoje t'azko "a
robene peniaze. Placi "a
svojimi mozolami. Darmo,
uz je po vsctkom. Ale pismo
pise, re kde je nddza mai
vacsia, tam je pomoc najbliz-
sia. Poslali cloveka, ktory
pracuje dnom-nocou. Odpi-
chal dlzoby a dnes, no len
id'te a pozrite: $50 deti sa
vyucuje v jeho skole. On j.
de, zobre Cd zamoznejsich,
a daju. Preco by ME pre- die
tky? Krmi ich mlieckom a
inymi potravinami, len ably
ich udrzal v svojom kosiari.
A pritom vsetky veci su v
najlepsom poriadku. No vidi-
te, to je pravy uceny inteli-
gent a hejze? A ze pravdy
MET? Hlupost'.
A Ease poznam cloveka
advokata, je mojim dobrym
priatel'om. On tiez dobrak,
tesil, hail, rady daval, a
vsetko Ia "Boze zaplat'!"-
zdarma, a sam nemal zapla-
tit najomne "a svoju kan
celariu. Citil S tym svojim
l'udom, S jeho polozenim, re
vsetci SINE chudobni, utratili
SINE veru hodne penazi. Tu
je, vidite, druhy intelligent.
A povedaju, ze pravda 20
mrela? Me, ona zije vo YER
nych srdciach Slovakov.
A d'alej poznal som jed
neho, no nebol Slovak, Wac
Nemec a Mad'ar. Co bol, to
bol, dost', re Dol asi 70-roc-
ny, dozrety je,So ma strome
jablko, nos bradou sa spa
ia, zuby vypadaly, ale vidno,
musel byt' kedysi pekny
chap. Chudak, onemocnel,
nema nikoho, MET cloveka,
ktory by mu posledne zao-
patrenie dal. Pride jeden ma
zajtra, pride druhy samo
tax, az ten treti Slovak pri-
siel a zaopatril no. Zomrel
asi Q diva tyzdne. No vidite,
to je Ease jeden uCeny inte-
ligent, a tn sa svet skriepi,
ze kto nohavice nosi, kazdy
je inteligentom. Me pravda.
Jestli by l'udia mlidro a
spravedlivo jednali ma svete,
neznali by sme co je zle, Go
je komunizmus, fasizmus, co
je krviprelievanie, vojna, re-
volacia atd'. Ale panovnik
pana Kriydy seize semeno a
svadza mas ku nesvornosti, a
by sme sli prot pravde a
hlasali to, Go jeho agcnti, ze
pravda zomrela a stall pod
inteligentmi bez hlavy, bez
rozumu, jakych name, zial,
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-12-04
SMRT PRE- 80 CENTOV

George Peoples, 21-rocny,
boil dopichany ma smrt' 20
rocnym Jameson Founders,
lebo mu nechcel zaplatit' 80
centov, ktore mu boil dlzen
bratranec Peoplesa. Vrah boil
lapeny.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-12-04
PREDVIANOCNE PRf-
PRAVY.
Pise REV. HIBEN.

1Aies0 POSASISS AI A0ii'S'
sd este d'aleko, ma priprav!
dost' casu. TAX som j ia my
slel, ale obchodnici su ineht
smysl lania. Oni nam uz da
vno vypocituju dni, aby smt
sa ponahPali S nakupovanim
Pripravuju sa ma vel'ku via
nocnu zen. Hovoria, ze lu
j dia budu mat tychto VianoG
hOdne pelazi. Denna praca
podvysky, bonusy, dividendy
vsetko to svedci, re obchod'
nici maju pravdu. Majuc ma
mysli tieto veci, predlozil
som 81 otazku: "Akeho dru.
hu obchodnici budd mat asi
naJlepsiu zen z nasho slo-
venskeho robotnika?' Sudiac
dl'a minulosti nemusime d.
no hadat'. Spisovatelia by
sa darmo tesili, re sa i'm po-
dari rozpredat' hodne slo-
venskych knfh a casopisov
ku Vianociam. Ma to mas ro-
potnlk este nema casu. Alal,
Bohu. Ale Jesth chceme We
dlet, re akym toVarom oo-
chodnlk moze sa teslt nal
lepseJ znl pred Vlanocml, len
postoJn'e ma ronu ullce ollz-
ko 1aorlky a pozoruJme' re
do akeho obchodu lde nal
Vlacel ropotnlkoV so sVoJlnll
cekaml. DO akeho! 10 toho'
ktory Je naplnehy smradom'
dymom a ktoreho okha su
poVykladane flasaml. DO sa-
ionu. PremyslaJuc o tomto
zlozvyku nasho cloveka, pre-
ystrahu podavam nasledov-
ny prlpad. Pochadza z pera
IsteJ zeny, z clanku broken
hearts.
StudenE decembrovy vie
or prehanal sa prazdnym
otom, ktory susedil ia
prlkol. Ma rohu tohto lotu
to1l zlmou sa trasuca zena,
AKA Ma muza' ktory V icy
toVarnl pfacuJc. JeJ mysel
aaiieta domoV, kde nechala
dVoJe malgch detl. Co' jest
\ sa I'm nleco slane, kym som
a prec. Co. Jest'l omen
W A'e "a niuotil'
'ooh"' Il" i.ioA'' )" ii'e'',I, ~
'oi'ioe. nio'it.u A'u1osi.
so,ox Ltons ho1. w., d,.,,
aono ro;,u ,,I;oo zoriro So
- ,..,.;Io ,,;
no, rt;r, -, 49,:
sa,on,, ho,,n,.;, ..nTaa
30 dnos 49,; I.:
=; rodos+,r
'N' 90 o.''i" pi'' a. l"
ns "'"pi ." III ''uii 'oi''
o 'p,~o'o'"," 1'o'"o "'o
pie'ia ia "i o,io o'i ANU
80" AAUi NJ hl oNo' N"
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- n"i'oaoo '"oe is'@'
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YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-12-04

iba pudi okradajd a sami
bohatnd.'
20, ako som rada, ze tax
nenavidis salony. Keby 81 ty
len vedel, re aki SINE my
st'astnf. ked' 81 ty -"
ia probnjem prestat'.
Snazim sa celym srdcom byt'
lepsim clovekom."
Prisiel Stedry vecer. Zena
cely den robila, pripravova-
la jedla, okrasl'ovala chu-
dobne byvanie, deticky OBJ
skakovaly, radujdc sa SWAT
kom a st'astiu svojej manic
ky. Prisiel otec. Po veceri sa
trocha pobavili, potom ma
tka ulozila deticky spat'.
Medzi postiel'ky pokl'akla a
Panu Bohu sa "a deticky
modlila. Otec medzitym pre-
siel k oknu, ktorym videl ma
par blokov vzdialenu Mi
ckeyho salonu blyskat' sa cd
jasneho svetla. Hl'adiac ma
i salonu, do jeho mysli vosiel
pokusitel', ktory mu septal:
"Hl'a, tam su tvoji kama
rati, tam je muzika, karty,
pijatika. Tam je veselo." V
Jimovi sa zacal budit' smad.
Hrdlo zacalo horet'. Jeden
poharik by to- vsetko uhasil.
Iste, re jeden poharik by ne
poskodil. Takto pokusitep
septal Jimovi.
Obratil sa ku dveram. Tam
visi jeho kabat klobuk. Sia-
hol po penazenke, ale ia je
prazdna. Posledne Gently dal
na hracky pre- dietky. V tom
pocul posledne slova modlit-
by diet'at'a: "Zachovaj ma
do rama" Videl, ako matka
pobozkala deticky, davajdc
i'm dobru noe. Citil sa obvi-
neny, akoby zahanbeny, "a
kryl 81 tvar rukou:
80, keby som nikdy nebol
okusil toho est'astneho ma
poja! Boze, bud milostivy
mojej dust" V tom stiahol
zaclonu ma okne, ako by
chcel zakryt' pokusenie Mi
ckeyho salony.
Zena vynde ku nemu.
Jim, tu hl'a su papiere a
hracky. Pripravime to, ably
81 deticky rano nasty dar-
ceky." Dali sa do prace a
o pol desiatej bolo vsetko ho-
tove. 80, jim, toto s1 tie
najradostneisie Vianoce, a.
Ike sme mali Cd vtedy, Go
SINE spolu. Vsetko vyzera j.
naksie, veselsie, ked' 81 ty
donna S nami."
o jedenastej sa ma ulici o.
zvala hasicska pist'ala. Jim
skocil ku oknu. "Tam je o.
hen, v dome mojho bossa."
Obliekol kabat, wal klobdk
a vybehol Won. Lien 81 daj
pozor,' volala "a MIN zena,
"aby sa ii nieco nestalo."
Ohen Dol uhaseny, dvor
bol zaplneny nabytkom, kto-
ry susedia povynasali z ho-
riaceho domu. "To bolo hr-
dinske cd teba, Jim, ze 81 til
boxu cennymi papiermi
vyniesol a zachranil," vravel
Jack Salem, Jimov boss. -
"Ukaz mi tvoju hlavu, to bo-
10 st'astie, ze ia ia hrada
nezabila. CT sa dobre citis?"
Jim sa akoby nasilu usmial.
Nechcel povedat', ze mu je
zle, ze no zavrat chce noh
shodit'. Pustil sa domov, a.
lie V tom sa mu pred ocami
zatmelo a on padol ma ulicu
V bezvedomi. L'udia sa okolo
neho shrkli. ''Dajte mu chy-
tro palenky," zvolal niekto.
"To mu pomoze." o chvilpu
Jim sedel. Palenka, ktoru mu
dali, vzbudila v nom tuzbu
po Wac. Rozhodol sa ist' ma
poharik do Mickeyho salo-
nu potion, ze pojde do
NOV.
V 9salone siahol do svojho
vrecka, ale tam nebolo ami
centa "Zanlatin ma druhV
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-12-04

elm"
Mary Mortonova vyskocils
z postele, ked' pocula take
kroky svojho muza. Jehc
besny kirk zatiahol ciernr
plachtu ma vianocnu Iadost
zeninu. "Jim ie zas opity
0, preco, preco to?" Chytre
sa obliekla. Vedela, ze je.
snahy budd daromne utisit
zuriveho muza. "Moje mile
deticky!" Sklonila sa mad
spiacimi det'mi. Trasucou
rukou zazala lampu a polo.
lila ju ma kuchynsky stol. V
tom Jim kopnul do dveri,
ktore sa razom otvorily.
"Jim, drahy moi Jim, Go
sa ii stalo?" "Co sa mi
stalo? ia tt ukazem, co sa
mi stalo!" V tom vytiahol
penazenku z vrecka. "Vidis,
ty 81 mi vsetky peniaze wa
la a ia som 81 nemal "a co
kupit' ami poharik piva. Da-
vaj mi ich, ale uz! Nebudes
ty viset' ma mojom pudilari! !!
Ty - ty jedna -"
"Sadni 81, sadni Jim. ST u
staty. Ved' ty 81 mi peniaze
dal. Ci nepamatas? Hl'a, kd-
pill SINE zabavky pre- deti-
cky. "Zabavky, hej Ia
bavky, kde su? ia ich pola-
mem ma tisic kusov! Ty bu-
des mole t'azko zarobene
peniaze mrhat' ma hracky!"
V tom schytil zenu: "Daj mi
mole peniaze!" Ona sa wy
klzla z jeho ruk a presla ma
druhd stranu stola. ''Pockaj,
Jim, dam ii, co ostalo, len
nerob kirk, ably 81 deti nepo-
budil."
"Deti? ia ich vyhadzem
von!' V tom posiel ku spal-
nj, ale zena mu do cesty sko-
ella. "Tu mas tvoje penia-
ze." Ale Jim sa medal utisit'
Ziadal vsetky peniaze. V tom
paddy jeho oei ma hracky,
ktore boil vecer kdpili a pri-
chystali pre- deticky. Skocil
ku MIN, polamal a rozha-
DIAL ich po izbe.
Zena zaeala horko plakat'
V tom sa zobudily nastrase-
ne deti. Zaealy ony plakat'.
Matka sa ich snazila utisit',
ale nemohla, ony Wac plaka-
ly, boiac sa otcovho sialene-
no kriku. 20, keby nebolo
tych deti, polozila by som sa
a umrela.' Tieto slova pocul
Jim. "Kde 81, Mary?", zvo-
lal. "Tu som pri detickach, -
odpovedala zena. "Nechaj
deti mne, ia ich naucim, ako
majd plakat'. Custe, lebo
vas vyhadzem Won dvermi!'
zreval otec ma deti. Deti "a
caly cd. strachu kricat'. Ze-
nu vystrcil Won z izby. Ona
ostala ako paralyzovana, me-
vedela co robit'. Bala sa, re
opity muz m6ze nieco zle S
det'mi zrobit'. V tom sa ho-
dill ma postel' a o chvilku
chrapal.
Zena vnisla do spalne.
Ked' ju 5-rocne dievcatko
videlo, pustilo ga do zalost-
neho placu. "Neplac, dceru-
Ska moja, neplae," kojila ju
matka. V tom sa obratila ku
mladsiemu syneekovi, ten S
vyvalenymi ocami hl'adel ma
matku a bluznil. Vedela, ze
S chlapcekom je zle. O par
mindt niesla svoje diet'atko
nocnou hodinou ku doktoro-
vi.
Pozde odpoludnia vo
vianocny den, Jim sa prebu-
dill, prisiel k rozumu. Hrobo-
We ticho panovalo v dome.
Pocuval, poclval, ale mic ne
pocul. "Kde je Mary a de-
ti?" Vstal, vysiel 20 spalne.
Tu videl po izbe polamane
a rozhadzane hracky. Zena
so slozenymi rukami sedi v
kuchyni, oci ma cervene ako
krv, vyplakane. Dievcatko je
pri nej. MARY, co sa ii sta
10? Ty places" Zena sa pu-
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-12-04

NOV.
V 'salone siahol do svojho
vrecka, ale tam nebolo ami
centa. "Zaplatim ma druhy
tyzden,' vravel Jim, ale Mi
ckey sa mu vysmial. "Nedam
tt ami poharik. Chod' 81 tam
pytat', kde 81 zmenil svoj
eek. Keby kazdy chap tax
zrobil, ako ty, keby kazdemu
zavesila sa zena ma pudilar,
ia by som zbankrotoval.
Chlapi mi povedali, ze 81 o.
kolo presiel."
v tom do salonu vosiel
Jack Salem. Hello, Jim, W.
pi 81 ma mna!' Starry Mickey
hned' zmakol a poharik "a
poharikom lial, pokial' Jack
hovoril, ako mu Jim zachra-
nil cenne papiere z oh1a.
O dive hodiny Jim vycha-
dza 20 salonu opity. Posme-
chy salonistu sa mu mysl'ou
prehanaly. ia jej ukazem,
ci ona bude ma mojom publ
lari viset'. ia j,l naucfm mo-
je t'azko zarobene peniaze
INyhadzovat' ma hracky, a ia
Evening star., 1936-12-16

West Virginia soon after investigat-
ing what he thought was flag OF
truce. Mrs. Howards mother had
died year before.
After his DEATH" she went on. I'VE
went to live with my uncle in JEFF
ferson County. He had seven chill
dren of his own, and soon after we
got there his home burned down. 1t
was natural fire, though. That's one
thing we couldn't blame on the
Yankees. AS for the money, a Chi
cagoan who handled the transaction
for my father ran of with the money
and We recovered only a part OF it
after q suit"
Mrs. Howard, who Is the aunt OF
Bishop Tucker of Virginia, spent many
years in Alexandria before coming
here about three years ago. She is
national vice president Of the Chill
dren of the American Revolution and
accompanies them each Spring on a
trip to her birthplace.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
3 HURT AS BRICKS
SHOWER TAXICABS
Baltimore Police Arrest 90 While
Striking Cabmen Fight
in Streets.

BN the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, December 16.-Taxi-
cabs we're showered with paving
bricks, disabled and overturned, 20
men arrested and three injured today
as striking Diamond Cab drivers
fought to perfect their tie-up OF
Christmas business.
The arrests and injuries resulted
from a dozen skirmishes between
pickets and drivers Of cabs sent out
by the Diamond Cab Co. The COM
pany's regular drivers went out on
strike after four of their number were
discharged.
From the cab headquarters uptown
the fights spread to the shopping dis
trict. Police drew their pistols to sub
due the more unruly strike pickets.
At least eight men, described as strik-
ing drivers, were arrested by State
police after a cab driver was attacked
In front of the motor vehicle COM
missioner's Office here.
witnesses said the driver of the cab
and his passengers locked the cab
doors from the inside. Strikers
hemmed in the machine, rocked it.
broke the windows with bricks and
hauled the driver to the street.
Early today, a parade of 20 cabs,
behind a steel-bodied truck. came to
grips with a convoy of strikers. Chauf-
feurs were dragged from their seats
in the general midstreet melee, en-
zine hoods torn off gas lines ripped
out and engines smashed.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
EDGAR W. PHARR RITES
SET FOR TOMORROW

Body of Power Commission Ex-
aminer Taken to North Caro-
lima for Burial.
Funeral services for Edgar w. Pherr.
48, an examiner for the Federal Power
Commission, who died yesterday in
Sibley Hospital, will be held at IL
am. tomorrow in the Associate Re-
formed Presbyterian Tabernacle in
Charlotte, N. c.. his former home.
The body was taken to Charlotte last
night, accompanied by members of the
family and Frank r. McNinch, chair
man of the Federal Power Commits
sicn, friend and fellow townsman of
Mr.. Pharr.
Mr.. Pharr, who came to Washing
ton in February, 1885, lived here at
2901 Sixteenth street. Formerly he
was speaker of the North Carolina
House of Representatives, in which he
had served several terms. His death
came Unexpectedly when he suffered
q relapse while apparently recovering
from an appendicitis operation.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
PARK ON ISLAND
OPENS IN SPRING.
F|NNAN ASSERTS
Work on Tract Named for
Theodore Roosevelt Sped
by c. c. c.
FUNDS ARE REQUESTED
FOR FURTHER WORN
Explorations of Foundations OF
Old Weir to Be Made,
Officials Say.

Theodore Roosevelt Island. on which
the Civilian Conservation Corps has
been working for some time, will be
thrown open as Washington's newest
recreational area in the Spring. C.
Marshall Finnan, superintendent Of
the National Capital parks, announced
today.
Prior to this the park authorities are
seeking funds from Congress to con-
duct explorations of the foundations
of the old weir, at the north end of the
island, connecting with the Virginia
mainland, with a view to strengthens
ing it for public use
When money becames available. the
United States Engineer Office will be
called upon to conduct the explora-
ton to determine the exact condition
of the foundations of the old cut stone
causeway, in which holes have been
left to permit the passage of flood
waters.
Finnan explained today that even-
tually he hopes to have a ferry run
ming for public use between Columbia
Island and Theodore Roosevelt Island.
but says that this will not be ready
for this Spring. The Civilian Con-
servation Corps had wooden bridge
from the Virginia shore to the island
named for the famous President, but
this structure was washed away last
Spring in the flood. Since then the
corps has used a small ferry.
Finnan's plan proposes to build
concrete top on the existing weir. so
that it will be we'll above water at
average tide, permitting the public to
walk across it.
Holes will be left in the new struc-
ture to prevent stagnation of water
upstream and to lessen the danger
during floods.
Finnan believes the foundations of
the weir may be weakened, as the
rush of water through the years has
caused it to be pushed out of line
downstream. After the Army En-
gineers have conducted their UNDER
water exploration and obtained neces-
/ sary data, Finnan says that an esti-
mate of the cost of improvement then
can be prepared.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
SOUGHT
IN THREE BLAZES
Damage Reported Slight in Neigh
borhood of Fourth Street and
New York Avenue.

A "firebug" was being sought today
in connection with series of fires in
the vicinity of Fourth street and New
York avenue that damaged several
frame sheds before dawn this morning.
The first blaze was discovered about
1 o'clock in sheds in rear of 424 and
426 New York avenue.
About an hour later another shed
was in flames in the rear of 433 L
street.
Near 4 O'Clock a third alarm sent
firemen to the rear of 426 M street,
where another shed and wagon load
of trash we're found burning.
Two of the alarms were turned in
from Fourth street and New York ave-
nue.. while the third box was pulled
at Sixth street and New York avenue.
In another fire not of incendiary
origin, in the Southeast section early
today. Capt. H. A. Chapman. No. II
Engine Company. was badly cut on
the hand by falling glass.
Chapman required medical atten-
tion after the accident which occurred
while he was helping extinguish a
blaze in the home of Mrs. W. H.
Thornton, 344 Twelfth street SOUTH
east