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Evening star., 1937-01-08
$500 Damages
Giue', in Cigarette
Testimonial Suit
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 8-Crawford
Burton, stock trader and gentleman
steeplechase rider, yesterday was
awarded $2,500 damages by q Fed
eral Court jury in his $4,000 libel
suit against the Crowell Publishing
Co.. and a few hours later it was dis
closed he proposed to sell his seat on
the New York Stock Exchange.
Burton charged in his suit q photo
graph of him published in a cigarette
testimonial made him the butt of
ribald remarks, including jibes from
associates on the stock exchange
floor.
Confirming an announcement by
the Stock Exchange Committee on
Admissions last night about the pro-
posed seat transfer" Burton denied
there was any connection between the
sale and the "ribbing" he testified he
had been subjected to.
The Admission Committee listed
Burton in a routine announcement as
wishing to transfer his membership,
to which he was elected January 4,
1884, to j. Dudley Fritz for $4,000.
Two other libel actions, based on the
same photograph, are pending. In
one Burton seeks 100000 from the
r. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. In the
other suit Burton named William
Esty & Co.. an advertising agency,
as defendants, and sought damages
of 100000.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
COLMERY TO SPEAK
BEFORE SOJOURNERS
Legion Commander Among Ban
quet Guests at Installation
Meeting.

Harry w. Colmery. national COM
mander of the American Legion, will
be guest speaker at the 18th annual
banquet of the National Sojourners.
to be held at the Mayflower Hotel
tomorrow evening
Maj. Charles F.. Roberts will be
Installed at the banquet as president
Of the local Sojourners club The
annual meeting of the organization S
national officers, trustees and regional
representatives will also be held in
conjunction with the banquet
Guests will include ranking officers
Of the Army. Navy. Marine Corps,
Coast Guard. Coast and Geodetic
Survey and the United States Pub
lie Health Service.
The entertainment program will in
clude patriotic ceremonies by uni
formed color bearers representing the
divisions the country's national de-
fense, skits Of military theme. and
several acts by Washington radio en-
tertainers.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
TWO SLAYERS DIE
|NELECTR|C CHAIR
20 Remain in Death House
at Sing Sing After Pair
Is Executed.
D. the Associated Press.


OSSINING, N. Y, January B.
Twenty men under death sentence
remained today in Sing Sing Prisons
death house. where the electric chair
only a few hours before claimed the
lives Of two youthful slayers OF sub
way collector in a hold-up.
Nine of the condemned men are
10 be executed within the next two
weeks, four next Thursday and five
q week later, unless saved by eXecu-
tive clemency.
Theodore Didonne, 81, and Joseph
Bologna, "a. two of six men convicted
of shooting Edwin Esposito. 22-year-
old transit company employe. when
they robbed him of a sackful of coins
totaling s240. were put to death last
night.
Youths Sentence COMMITTED.
Salvatore Scata, l9, whose confess
sion prosecuting officials credited with
making possible a solution of the
crime, was saved when Gov. Herbert
H. Lehman. only few hours before
the time set for the execution, COM
muted the Hartford. Conn. youths
sentence to life imprisonment.
Earlier the Governor had commuted
the sentences of Sam Kimmel, 90;
Dominick Zizzo, q, and Eugene
Bruno, 23
The four men will be removed
shortly from the death house cells
where they remained last night be-
cause of an influenza epidemic in the
prison.
Shouts Excitedly.
Scata, clad in the somber clothes
he was to wear to the chair. and with
his hair clipped for the electrodes,
shouted eXcitedly in Italian when
he received news his life would be
spared
I've got life" he shrieked.
Didonne, the eldest of the six. shuf-
fed into the death chamber with a
half leer on his swarthy face. Bo-
lognia, who confessed the crime with
bravado months ago for newsreel cam
eramen, was sober faced as he entered.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, FRIDAY,

ply by making all farm tenants land
owners, Secretary Of Agriculture WAL
lace today told the large group Of
Negro leaders gathered here at a ma
tional conference on the problems of
the colored race.
The Secretary spoke after the con-
ference heard a committee report
which recommended enactment of
legislation making possible large-scale
Government purchase of land for re-
sale or lease to tenants or co-operatives
composed Of tenants and small farm
owners, who desire to attain the status
Of ownership. Referring to the rec
ommendation. Secretary Wallace said:
"The problem of bettering conditions
for the 100000 farm tenants in the
Evening star., 1937-01-08
-FOUR YEARS GIRL
YOUTH UNMASKED
Masquerade Begun, He
Says, to Help Parents.
CurIs Shorn.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SCHENECTADY. N. Y, January 8.
-Twenty-two-year-old De Witt We'll
don cut his curled, shoulder-length
blond hair today and doffed the fem.
inine finery he wore four years to beat
the depression.
Chief of Police William H. Funston
said Weldon, taken into custody yes
terday in woman's clothing, admitted
his masquerade and declared it was
a source of income"
I did it to help my father and
mother" the chief quoted Weldon as
saying.
OF "Garbo Type"
Chief Funston described Weldon as
curly-haired blond ''of the Garbo
type" and said he had been employed
regularly during the four years as a
domestic in various homes, where he
was known as Evelyn" Weldon.
Several of Weldon's employers with
whom talked" the chief said, told
me what wonderful cook and good,
clean housekeeper Weldon was. All
said they liked her very much, and
none ever suspected the deception"
Weldon himself declared, Chief Fun
ston continued. that he had been
very careful in his manner toward
his employers and liked the life very
much.''
Attend Dances.
He told the chief, Funston said,
that he had often attended parties and
dances with men who never sus-
pected his true sex. A tip from an
undisclosed source led Funston to
question the youth yesterday.
No charge was placed against him,
Chief Funston said, but promise was
exacted both from him and his par
ents that the masquerade would end
Immediately.
Funston said Weldon's father de.
clared that Il haven't got it all to say,
but I never wanted him to do it,"
The youths mother was hysterical
throughout session at police head
quarters, the chief said.
Evening star., 1937-01-08

South is more complicated than ap-
pears on the surface. BY merely put
ting them in possession of land sud-
denly will not solve the problem. It Is
one which will require years Of work
and training"
"Jim Crowism" Assailed.
Support of q list of recommendations
that would eliminate Jim Crowism
from the United States" was urged
yesterday by Walter White, secretary
of the National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People.
The speaker asserted that Negroes
must stop trembling. compromising
and playing Uncle Tom." and added
that "our chance has come at last to
remove the barriers Of inequality, in
Evening star., 1937-01-08

can continue to be prosperous unless
security. equality and justice is OBJ
tanned for all"
Miss Roche said she felt the con-
ference, which has drawn a large
group of colored leaders, is making a
real contribution toward the achieve
ment Of equal rights. and equal op-
portunity for all.
Illness prevented John G. Winant,
chairman of the Social Security
Board, from appearing before the con-
ference. DR.. VIII w. Alexander Of
the Resettlement Administration
spoke briefly.
william H. HASTE, assistant solicitor
general Of the Interior Department,
protested against the spirit Of in
Evening star., 1937-01-08

tolerance and injustice that prompts
white people in the South to disfran.
chise the colored man"
The conference will be concluded TO.
day. Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune.
founder Of Bethune- Goodman College
OF Daytona Beach, Fla, and director
OF the Division of Negro Affairs Of the
National Youth Administration. has
been presiding over the sessions.
Evening star., 1937-01-08

security and injustice that have con-
fronted and hindered us for many
years."
White urged the conference to sup
port the movement for a Federal anti
lynching law; civil rights act for
the District Of Columbia and other
Federal territory, and bill prohibiting
the placement on ballot of any candi-
date Of party that violated the four
teenth amendment.
Miss Roche Speaks.
Miss Josephine Roche, Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury, spoke at
an afternoon session, declaring every
one should bear in mind that mo
group in America, no matter how
privileged, no matter how prosperous.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Deer Has Third Horn.

A deer killed by William Applet Of
Fl Campo, Tex. had third horn. 1t
was 10-point buck with four on one
prong, five on the other and a spike
about six inches long growing from
the forehead.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Kiss Rings Fire Alarm.

When young man ardently kissed
a girl at a street corner in London,
she showed her disapproval by SHOW
ing him against fire-alarm box. The
alarm rang in, and in a minute or two
six fire engines were at the scene.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
WALLACE SPEAKS
AT NEGRO PARLEY
Tells CoIored Leaders Farm
Tenancy Problem Not
Easily to Be Solved.

The farm tenancy problem in the
Southern States cannot be solved SIM
Evening star., 1937-12-22
WEAPONS REPORTED
GIVEN FORD WORKERS
Striker Testifies at N. L. R. B.
Hearing That Blackjacks Were
Made at Plant.
b. the Associated Press,

b the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22.-A striking
member of the United Automobile
Workers of America testified today
at a National Labor Relations Board
hearing that blackjacks were made
and distributed to loyal employees
in the Ford Motor Co.'S st. Louis
plant.
Louis Jarvis, who signed Ford
loyalty" pledge, said he was handed
lead-f1lled blackjack last month by
an inspector. who told him, "Il give
you $3.50 for each union man you
knock on the head with this"
The witness said he joined the
strike called November "a by the
union and turned the blackjack over
to Delmond Garst, union leader. The
weapon was admitted as an exhibit
in the hearing.
The unions application cards and
dues records were produced by Frank
Gruswitz, its financial secretary. The
union claimed 800 members.
Gruswitz testified there never was
any threat of a sit-down strike at the
plant. He asserted Milton N. Johnson,
the manager, told members of union
committee they were "housebreakers"
and that "the Ford company does not
need this plant
The company, which has denied the
charges, was accused of refusal to bar
gain collectively, interference with en-
ploye self-organization, discrimina-
ton against union members and for.
nation of a company" union.
Evening star., 1937-12-22
BYPASS HIGHWAY
PLANNEDFORD.C.
1889 Bill to Include Funds
for Survey of Elevated
Toll Road.

The 1899 District appropriation bill
will provide funds looking toward con-
struction Of high-speed elevated
highway through the District as a by
pass for through North and South
bound traffic, it was disclosed today by
Chairman Collins Of the House Sub
committee on District Appropriations.
The funds, according to Mr.. Collins,
will provide for an extensive engineer
ing survey to determine the location,
design and cost Of the highway.
The proposed elevated highway
would start in the vicinity of Highway
Bridge and connect with U. s. Route
No. near Bladensburg road and the
District line.
It is Mr.. Collins plan to have the
elevated road similar In design to the
famous Pulaski Skyway leading into
New York City from jersey City. He
said such project Is urgently needed
in Washington to alleviate trat1ic con-
gestion.
II believe an elevated highway which
would keep through trafic from the
North and South out of the congested
section of the District would be one OF
the greatest contributions to solution
Of the present trafic problem" he said.
The highway. according to Mr.. Col
Inns, should be financed by . bond
issue. A nominal toll fee not in ex-
cess of rs cents, he said, should be
charged to retire the bonds.
II don't think any person who is
now forced to travel through WASH
ingtons traf11c-congested streets would
object to paying 25-cent toll fee to
escape this condition" he declared.
Mr.. Collins said the elevated high
way should have sufficient ramp con-
nections to enable residents of Wash
ington to use it If they desired.
Evening star., 1937-12-22
President Puts
Holiday Cards
Into Collection

President Roosevelt was revealed as
a collector OF Christmas cards, as well
as stamps and things nautical, at Mrs.
Roosevelt's press conference today.
His interest in cards dates many
years back, Mrs. Roosevelt declared,
and each holiday season he selects
for preservation a few of the cards
he thinks are representative of the
period.
Many of the cards sent to the White
House are later distributed among
hospitals. after the names have been
taken off, she said.
Mrs. Roosevelt also disclosed at her
conference that the presentation Of
the big Apple" planned by Eddie
Duchin for the White House dance
December 80 will be her first intro
duction to the dance.
She declined to promise that she
will take part in the dance herself.
Evening star., 1937-12-22
3,OO,O 900 Letters
In Day Set An-Time
Record for District

An su-time letter record for
the Warrington City Post Once
was established yesterday, &C.
cording to Postmaster Vincent
Burke.
The Post Once handled 3,400,-
900 letters during the day, Mr..
Burke said today. This ex-
ceeded by more than 400, 900 the
previous record for q single day,
established year ago. Today's
total was expected to approach
the 5000, 900 mark, and the flood
Of Christmas mail to recede after
midnight tonight.
Postmaster Burke issued this
warning to Washingtonians:' IF
you haven't mailed your Christ
mas cards yet, be sure to get
them in q mail box before mid
night tonight" Collections will
be made from every letter box in
the District at midnight or later
tonight.
Evening star., 1937-12-22
W|RE-TAP VERDICT
IS SEEN LIMITED
Evidence May Still Be Used
in D. c. Cases, Belief
of Cummings.

Attorney General Cummings, ex-
pressing doubt the Supreme Courts
wire-tapping decision is as sweeping
as some persons at first thought. de-
clared today it is possible wire-tap-
ping evidence is still admissible in
intra-State criminal cases in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Mr.. Cummings told reporters at a
press conference that apparently the
courts opinion applied to Federal in
terstate cases only"
Moreover, he said, he is doubtful
that the court intended by its decision
to ban completely tapping of wires by
Federal officers exclusively for inves-
tigative purposes. He indicated there
would be no change in the present
policy of special agents of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation in employing
overlapping to obtain clues in kid
naping and other major crimes.
1t always has been the policy of the
Department of Justice not to present
overlapping evidence in court. Fed
eral agencies outside the Department
OF JuSClce nave not Deen under SuCh
q restriction, however
The Attorney General said a cursory
survey has shown that less than one
half Of l per cent of criminal cases
have involved the use of tapping
technique and that only per cent of
such cases have required presenta-
ton in court of evidence obtained
through wire tapping. Most of these
court cases, he pointed out, involve
narcotic, kidnapping and other re
voting cases"
Mr.. Cummings said he does not be-
lieve the court was attempting to lay
down a general policy against wire
tapping, but was considering only the
particular case in hand, which orig
mated in the Treasury Department.
There is, it is true, a prejudice, "
Mr.. Cummings said. THE criticism,
however, is not of its use but of the
possibility of its misuse at some time
in the future. In fact, we frequently
refrain from from doing useful things
in this country for fear that by so
doing we might set precedent for
some future wrong-doing"
Evening star., 1937-12-22
ROSS SENTENCED
TO 10-yEAR TERM
Ex-Marine WithdraWs Plea
for New Trial for SIay-
ing Davidson.
By the Associated Press.

6y tHc hoSOCldISu HESSS.
FREDERICKSBURG. Va. Dec ~.
Walter L. Ross, II, former member
of the U. S. Marine Corps, was SEN
fenced to 10 years in the State Peni-
tentiary by Judge Frederick w. Cole
man today for the murder of Elmer j.
Davidson, Washington attorney, after
Frank P. Moncure, counsel for Ross,
withdrew his motion to have the jury's
verdict of guilty set aside.
In pronouncing sentence, Judge
Coleman termed the crime for which
Ross was convicted at Stafford on
December 4 as a ''diabolical murder" 4"
and said: ''It is perfectly obvious that
your youthful age in no little degree
Influenced the jury in fixing your
punishment.
Judge Coleman reminded the youth
that with good behavior his prison
term would be cut to five years, and
expressed the hope that upon his re-
lease Ross would take q new lease on
life and follow the straight and mar
row path"
Ross made no statement, but his
mother, Mrs. Walter j. Ross Of Aber-
deem, Md, told the court that she con-
Cured in dropping the motion for .
new trial and agreed that Judgment be
entered as prescribed by the jury.
Mr.. Moncure was indisposed at his
home and conveyed his views to Judge
Coleman by letter His request that
Ross be paroled was refused by Judge
Coleman
Ross was returned to the Fredericks-
burg Jail after sentence. He will be
transferred to the State Penitentiary
as soon as commitment papers are
completed.
Evening star., 1937-12-22
CONGRESS HEADED
HOME WITH LITTLE
DONE IN 5 WEEKS
Adjournment Comes Quickly
After Senate Passes
Housing Bill.
AUTHORITY is RESTORED
FOR REPAIR MORTGAGES
Prevailing Wage Amendment Also
Is Made in Final Hours
of Debate.
BY J. A. O'LEARY.

Members of Congress today were
heading home for Christmas after a
five-week special session in which nc
major legislation was completed, al.
though the farm and housing bill.
reached conference stage.
Democratic Leader Barkley asserted
the session had clipped from six weeks
to two months of the regular 1885
session. The Republican leader, Sen.
ator McNary of Oregon, predicted the
regular session would end in May 'i1
the President doesn't keep sending new
recommendations to Congress"
Senator McNary, however, asserted
the special session was failure and
that it did not in any way carry out
the program of the President"
Adjournment came unexpectedly at
SIP pm. yesterday following swift
Senat passage Of the housing meas
ure, on which there was less than
i've hours Of debate.
During that brief period, however
the Senate reversed its Banking Com
mittee by restoring Federal Housing
Administration authority to insure
repair and modernization mortgages
as well as new home construction.
! The committee had knocked repair
work from the House bill.
Other Last-Minute Changes.
Other last-minute Senate changes
in the bill were:
Inclusion of a requirement that
prevailing wages in the community
be paid to workers on housing porjects
insured by F. H. A. This was adopt
ed. so to II. on motion of Senator
Lodge, Republican, of Massachusetts.
Adoption of an amendment by Sena-
tor La Toilette, Progressive, of Wis
c,nsin definitely laking farm prop
erty eligible for F. H. A. mortgage in
surance under specified terms.
An amendment by Senator Ship
stead, Farmer-Laborite, of Minnesota
making cooperative groups eligible,
the same as limited-dividend cor
porations or other private applicants
for insured mortgages.
Some supporters Of the bill pre-
dicted today the prevailing wage re-
quirement would be eliminated in con-
ference. They expressed fear building
construction to create employment
would be delayed If the prevailing
wage in every community where F. H.
A. insures a mortgage had to be ascer-
tanned and approved by the President.
There was little trace of the GUS
tomary adjournment day rush and
excitement at the Capitol. In fact,
up to the hour of convening yester-
day it had been indicated the Two
houses might remain in session until
Evening star., 1937-12-22
new KANSAS CITY.
VOTE FRAUD PROBED
Apparent Attempt to Pad Regis.
tration Rolls Reported by
Prosecutor.
BY the Associated Press.

by inc Associated PfeSS.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 22.-Apparent
attempts to pad Kansas City's vote
registration rolls-discovered in the
midst Of new procedure designed
to end such frauds-brought the I'M
mediate prospect of . grand jury in
vestigation today.
Filming 20 persons in one ward CIV
ing identical dates and places Of birth
and the same period Of residence in
Kansas City, Prosecutor w. w.
Graves said 1t could mean nothing
but padding.
There's no question that some
thing Is wrong" he said, and added
that the numerous condolences obvi-
ously called for county grand jury
investigation.
A new Board Of Election Commis-
sioners, bipartisan, adopted stringent
regulations under new law providing
for permanent registration-all - Z
consequence Of wholesale fraud in the
general election last November, for
which more than. 100 persons were
indicted.
Evening star., 1937-12-22
BARE CHANCE OF SNOW
SEEN FOR CHRISTMAS
Forecaster Says Day Probably
Will Be Moderately Cold-RAin
and Warmer Tonight.

The possibility of . slightly white
Christmas was seen today by the
weather forecaster, who consented, in
view of the approaching holiday, to
peer q bit further into the future than
usual.
The immediate prospect, however, is
for rain and slightly warmer weather
tonight, with q low of about 40 de-
grees; tomorrow rain, probably turning
to snow and colder, with the wind
shifting from southwest to northwest" !"
The temperature got down to . low
of 80 degrees early today. but was
mounting high into the 40s under .
bright sun early this afternoon. The
high yesterday was a degrees.
As to Christmas weather, the fore
caster said: "The chances are 1t will
be moderately cold, and there IS q
bare possibility that snow will be On
the ground Saturday"
Evening star., 1937-12-22

Police badges sparkled through last
minute shopping 'throngs today like
stars as members Of the Metropolitan
Police Department worked tirelessly to
gather enough funds and food to make
their seventeenth annual Christmas
party Q success.
Squad cars and patrol wagons max
ing their way through holiday trafnc
with armed officers at their wheels
sometimes contained, not offenders Of
the law bound for jail, but packages
Of sugar and hour, hams, bread. canned
foods. dolls, toy trucks, shoes and
mas baskets now being prepared for
needy families Of the city.
9hoet-wa*e radio hgteneEs may have
Evening star., 1937-12-22
RED PLOT FOILED

ASUNCION, Paraguay. Dec. ~ R.-
The government announced today that
. group of Communists, headed by for
mer Maj. Joel Estigarribia, made an
unsuccessful attempt last night to
overthrow the military guard at Campo
Grande.
Mai. Estigarribia was killed, the an
nouncement said, and 1t. Rogelio
Fiore, commander of the guard, was
seriously injured.