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Articles BY Pupils Covering Literary
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of yellow fever.
Due to the never reluctant re-
search of many men such as Wal
ter Reed and William Crawford
Gorgas the cause and prevention of
yellow fever was discovered. Be
cause of that knowledge the death
rate in the tropical countries was
reduced from eight thousand to
nineteen in five years.
Until prevention for the dread
tropical fever had been discovered
the Panama Canal was unable to
be completed. Thus we see that
the efforts of these men brought
about one of the greatest engineer
ing feats.
Mary PRYOR
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
MONIES M! !!:S
Attractions at Strand Theatre

Friday and Saturday ~" "Charlie
Chan at the Racetrack" and "Song
of the Trail" big double show.
Monday and Tuesday-"One in
Million" starring Sonia Henie, the
Queen of the Silvery Skates, and
Adolph Menjou and the Ritz Broth
ers.
wednesday and Thursday-'sBan-
10 on My Knee" with Barbara
Stanwyck and Joel McCrea.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
Labor Dimculties

The recent recovery has advanc-
ed SO speedily that in labor many
difficulties have arisen. The recent
division among the labor unions has
caused much conflict. John Lewis
has recently organized the c. I. O..
which Is break away from the A..
F. or L. headed by William Green.
Labor Is an important factor in
the recovery OF the nation, With
out decent wage, a medium num-
Der of hours, and good working
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
FARMERS BANK DIRECTORS

Named at Dover Meetings for VIII
mingtOn, Dover and Georgetown
Directors were elected Thursday
for the three branches of the
Farmers Bank of Delaware as fol-
lows: Wilmington branch Henry
T. Bush, Frederic H. Gawthrop,
Aaron Finger, Emmett S.Hickman,
Albert E. Bissell, Leland Lyon, and
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
Fort Dupont Under Quarantine

Acting upon the recommendation
of Maj. Arthur w. Compton, M. c.,
post surgeon and chief medical Of
ficer at Fort DUPONT, Col Charles
L. Hall, C. E., commanding officer,
issued an emergency order Monday
afternoon of last week placing the
government reservation under a
partial quarantine due to the in
crease of respiratory diseases
among the personnel of the post
The illness is described as an in
fiuenza epidemic.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES


The annual meeting of the stock
holders and directors of the Della
ware City National Bank was held
Monday of last week when Harry
G. Clark was reelected president
for his seventh consecutive year.
DR.. Walter w. Ellis was elected
vice president, and G. Earl Baum,
cashier. The stockholders elected
the following directors: Harry c.
Clark, DIR. Walter w. Ellis, c. Earl
Baum, William X. Pennington,
George w. Clark, Harry c. Price,
George r. Clark, all of Delaware
City, and Shelby d. Collins, of
Port Penn.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21

Work upon Middletown's sewer
age system has been delayed while
Mayor and council and PWA and
WPA officials have been attempt
ing to settle labor differences.
Mayor Louis Levinson and council
members are working to have at
least so per cent Of the labor come
from that vicinity, meaning Mid
dletown and the surrounding COM
munities including Townsend, ,Odes-
sa, and a 10-mile radius. Accord
ing to government officials, the
labor is to be chosen fro irregular
WPA rolls. Council contends that
ruling would work against local
labor. A. Stanley Munday and Co..
Of Woodbury., N. j., successful bid
ders for the construction work,
have moved in machinery and work
will begin when an agreement is
reached. Enough work has been
done on the contract to satisfy reg
ulations. According to Mayor
Louis Levinson, local labor Is much
disturbed over reports that WPA,
or out of town labor, will be en-
ployed on what they consider a To-
cal project. Mayor and Council
have prepared a list Of workers
which they hope to have approved
by the government oficials.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
ring Terror

II. itself even 70
'Pssly ls.tsods. Through the
and military rue
~ liant in various parts
' y .sy nothing of the
lI.,,torships ! r with which
i,niliar even today
'saders arise with a
! u associates and soon
''sstag |. Of hundreds thus
y, "a and with these mo-
Y, cities. Immediate
\ called together; sys-
~ tor war On short 15 tsnSe e.
i,rs refuse to accept
Z. and opinions Of the
Y ,sose who do not vol
he ranks Of the iron
ttsn banished, persecut-
L. nlistreated.
4 he best known terror
h those of the time pre-
drring the French Rev.
tSs and the Reign OF
,sp time of Louis XVI.
~ especially, has been
4 not only for its his
4, but also for the cru
sOd-shed during that
sants, snraged BY the
usasnableness of the
mnands and the stern
mtulness of the Bastile,
scremad. They even
NE tumbrils or dump
n farmers to haul pris-
n guillotine and to hurry
bodies away to make
ahsrs.
uctims ran screaming
h cluttered streets but
trsd sooner or later and
he same fate as other
y,
i royalty, fleeing for
/. foreign country were
Gnrder lines and hurried
W. d execution.
ksca, from time to time,
snisations have sprung
tsslt parts OF the coun-
adsnger the lives of the
s.1sns and sometimes in
BE injuries upon them.
Enps: a prominent busi-
! stays, panic-stricken,
i house. He dares not
b n bis usual routine or
EHs outside his home for
ansts Of some secret en-
v carried out as prom
y d0ss be dare notify the
H plight for there was a
be threat and if you
n b the police.
man IN a well known
n : found badly beaten.
nd nursed back to life
the horrible story of
rs logged unmercifully
PERSONS because he re-
pm a band of their kind.
r Of terror
fear grips the hearts
T workers. Could not
apen to them? Each
stray far from the US
ly duties. Their famil-
n of to work with a
DER hearts Terror is
Dorothy Attix
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21

Throat culture, taken from a pet
cat owned by Milton family and
examined by the State Board of
Health laboratory workers. reveal
ed the cat is suffering from a Sc
we're attack OF diphtheria. The cat
is believed to have given the dis
ease to a child in the family. A
physician who had been attending
one child in the family for diph-
liberia was surprised when another
child contracted the disease after
the first child had recovered. No
ticing the cat was i'll, lie sent the
throat culture to the state labor
atory.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21

Q-Why is it that insects do not
freeze in winter?
A-Many insects do freeze and
are killed during cold weather.
However, if the cold kills a species
of insect in one stage of its de-
velopment, overwintering is accom-
plished in some other stage Some
insects are able to endure freez-
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
THE
QUESTION BOX

Questions of Farmers and others
answered by Delawares Extension
Editor of University of Delaware,
Newark.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
sue Fun, En-

nd boys on the basket
INK they have all the
! disagree, it is much
easking to sit and try
n'ch the game than ii
~ Snething about it.
aalng goes wrong, the
" a little harder to
qua point, but the
= only yell, hope and
"nes the answer from
aler the game Is
! that has the sore
'a'sd shins and black
We dnswar tyr,
as the sore throat
ad the numb hands
And many times
, !, watcher has a
ID cuts. U'aes' :
!. y praise and a gem
a,'a ] oack slapping will
IN m'sT ! forget a sprained
ssadI !, he glory Of limp
j s1lSsI, ssi, As you pass a
!, Whisper, just loud
E,,' E~ to hear, about bow zv
u I'D how you risked
M - 70 of your Alma Ma
.s,psi n'les the watcher or
\ pR' him for his CO.
ah,s.sa .as year the play
k.a,.ss school letter for
'ssdaJ my ny not give the
ssryss It. wee A.
katherine Sweeney
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
y = Control and
~ Yellow Fever

IN ,.uf class periods
Assiss- I'VE ,s been writing
- 'ae control Of
hss,,' 'as corgas Mem.
(sII Is.pro "a. proved very
Nr. s'ned the true
Nse,s,ss ,s,sss0nplished by
F&so,..sn e their lives
lAe Derivation
Evening star., 1937-01-24
I attn American
Diplomats to Hear
Concert Thursday

DIPLOMATS from the Latin Amer
- ican republics will be in the large
audience Thursday evening to hear
the Tlpica Orchestra from Mexico in
the ball room of the Willard Hotel.
The concert, which will begin at $50
O'Clock, will be attended by members
of the Mexican Embassy staff and their
wives, as well as number from the
Cuban Embassy and their wives. In
addition to the orchestra of Is instru-
mentalists Senorita Lolita Valdez, So
prano, and Senor Gustavo Carrasco,
tenor, will be the soloists, and the
program will be varied by the Ojeda
dancers.
Among those from the Mexican
Embassy who will attend are the
Counselor and Sonora de Quin-
tanilla and the second secretary, Sc
nor DR.. Don Manuel Gonzalez y Con-
zalez. The assistant director of the
Pan-American Union, DR.. Pedro de
Alba. is among the patrons, and those
from resident circles among the pa
irons and patroneSses are Mrs. Walter
Tuckerman, Miss Moira Archbold,
Mrs. Ronald Fairfax, Miss Elizabeth
Howry, Miss Mary Howry, Miss Mary
Montgomery, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Burke, DR.. and Mrs. Tomas Cajigas,
Mr.. and Mrs. August King Smith,
Capt. and Mrs. Enrique A. Prieto,
Representative Caroline O'Day, Mr..
Percy Lee Atherton, Mrs. John S.
Bennett, Mime. Amelia Cont, Mrs.
Louis G. Caldwell, Mrs. Alfred Pearce
Dennis. Mrs. Roberta Campbell Law
son, Nine. Donald H. Lnard, DR..
Edith Seville -Coale, Mrs. Ross D.
Thompson and Nine. Mariana Won
-Allesch.
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city. No date has been set for the
wedding.
Mrs. Alexander Wolf entertained at
q family dinner party at the Shore
ham Monday night.
Miss Marjorie Sigmund, whose mar
rage to Mr.. Bernard Levin Of Roa-
noke. Va, will take place in the
Spring, will be given q shower Tues
day night at the home Of Miss De-
borah Mae Liebman Of Woodley Park
Towers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Pelman, Mr..
Harold Strauss and Mr.. Adolfh Kuntz
returned Wednesday from q weeks
stay in New Orleans. where they at
tended the Union Of Congregations,
Sisterhood and Brotherhood Conven-
tion.
Mrs. Sidney Heller entertained at
a luncheon at the Shoreham during
the past week for members Of her
family and out-of-town guests.
Mrs. Jules Lewis. accompanied by
her sister law. Miss Lewis. left yes
terday on a two-week cruise to Ber-
muda.
Mrs. Arthur Newmyer OF New York
is spending the week in Washington
visiting her sisters. Mrs Milton Kad-
den and Miss Helen Strasburger.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Goldberg. ac-
companied by the latter's mother Of
New York, will sail during the COM
ing week for Panama and the West
Indies on a two-week cruise.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. z. Lichtman. who
spent the past week in New Orleans,
have gone to California, where they
expect to sail for Hawaii to spend
several weeks.
Mrs. Ella jacob Of Baltimore was
the guest over Inauguration of Mr..
and Mrs. Allen de Ford Of the Broad
moor.
Mr.. De Ford left Friday for Chi
cago to spend 10 days.
Miss Estelle Newmark of New York
is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Buxbaum.
Mrs. L. H. Levy Of Perry place Is
now staying with her son-in-law and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Graf Of
3625 Ordway street northwest
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sister-in-law, Judge and Mrs. Milton
Strasburger Of Ontario road.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Schloss
will be hosts at dinner tomorrow night
at the Woodmont Country Club.
Mr.. Nelson Greller of New York,
who makes his home in Washington,
is on a two-week trip to Ohio.
Mrs. Isadore Kahn has as her guest
Mrs. Rose Litson Of Detroit. Mich.
Mr.. Adolph Broh of Huntington,
w. Va, spent the week at the Broad
moor.
Mrs. Henry Goodman and Mrs.
Aaron Jacobson will entertain at a
luncheon and bridge Tuesday and
again February l3 at Wardman Park
Hotel
DR.. and Mrs. Abram Simon have
returned to their home from New
Orleans
Mr.. and Mrs. Marc Goldnamer will
leave for Hollywood. Fla. during the
coming week and will join friends at
the Hollywood Beach Hotel for sew
eral weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Lowenstein
sailed yesterday from New York on a
two-week cruise to Havana and the
West Indies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Klar OF
Dallas, Tex, announce the engage
ment Of their daughter Hannah to
Mr.. S. Harrison Kahn, son of Mr.. and
Mrs August Kahn of Danville. Va
Mr.. Kahn is a young attorney of this
Evening star., 1937-01-24

w YARRENTON. Va, January
\A/ 23.-Mrs. George Wilmer
wv has returned to her home
' in Florida after spending
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in the city. She came here for the
Inauguration.
Mrs. David Simon, accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. Manuel Weinberg Of
Frederick. Md. left Washington
Tuesday for Hollywood. Fla, to spend
month.
Mrs. Leonard We'll OF Philadelphia
Is visiting her mother, Mrs. M. Her
man of Harvard Terrace.
Miss Rosalie Weinberg was hostess
yesterday at bridge luncheon at her
home on Decatur street in honor Of
her house guest, Miss Ruth Gluck Of
New York. She will entertain again
this evening at buffet supper.
Mrs. Henry Ullman was hostess
Tuesday at a luncheon and bridge at
the Shoreham.
Mrs. Sarah Levy and her sister, Mrs.
William Levy, left Friday for Talla-
hassee, Fla, their former home, to
spend four weeks.
terday at a luncheon and card party
in the Pail Mall room at the Raleigh.
Mrs I. j. Adler of New York and her
son are the guests Of the formers
brother-in-law and sister. Mr.. and
Mrs. Barney Lehman Of Woodley
Park Towers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sherry, who
were in New Orleans for the past
week, left there Tuesday for Califor-
mia to spend the next three months.
Mrs. Paul Coblenzer OF Boston,
Mass, Is the guest of her brother and
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Social Notes
Of the Week
Mrs. George Wilmer
Returns to Florida
After Visit.

w YARRENToN. Va. January
\A/ 23-Mrs. George Wilmer
wv has returned to her home
in Florida after spending
Q few days with her father. MIR. George
B. Stone.
Mrs. Samuel A. Appleton left Mon
day for Avon, Conn, where she Will
be the guest Of her son-in-law and
daughter, Comdr. and Mrs. Harold
OD. Hunter, for six weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick H. Prince,
jr., closed their country place near
Marshall and went to New York re-
Gently to meet Mr.. Princes parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Prince, who ar
rived from France, for . short visit
in this country.
Mrs. Isham Keith, who spent few
days here, has returned to New York.
Her son, Mr.. Isham Keith, jr, is
appearing this week end in the Ameri-
can Music Hall in . new play. "Naugh-
ty Naught."
Miss Henriques entertained at tea
yesterday afternoon in honor Of Mrs.
Frank Weldon Of Providence. r. l.,
who Is her guest for the Winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Haserick have
closed their country home. Sunny Hill
Farm, and left Monday for Florida.
Miss Sally Abercrombie Appleton
is spending this week with friends in
New York City.
DR. and Mrs. James Ward Sinclair
and Miss Penelope Sinclair, who have
been in England for some months,
will sail for home this week and are
expected here January %.
Mrs. Philip Nelson and her son,
Mr.. Philip Page Nelson Of Williams
burg, Va, visited relatives here this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Houston L. Gaddis
Of Marshall, sailed January l9, for
Egypt. after spending several days in
New York. They will spend several
months there with Mrs. Gaddis' son.
Mr.. Platt Okie.
Mrs. A. Mason Curtis went to Wash
ington this week for an extended visit
with her son-in-law and daughter,
DR.. and Mrs Holcombe M. Robertson.
Mrs John Mason Ramey Of Marshall,
is visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Seldom Jones. in Atlanta, Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. STREET.
and Mr.. Richard Wallach left We'd
/ nesday to spend a week or more at
Southern Pines, N. C. Mr.. STREET.
will sail in February for England.
where he will ride What Have YOU"
the entry of Mr.. Frank Gould in the
Grand National at Aintree. The horse
has already been shipped.
M. Robert c. Winmill left this week
for Florida. Mrs Winmill and Miss
Virginia Winmill will 60 in few days
to Nassau, where Mr.. Winmill will
join them.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sloane have
returned from a visit to New York
Comdr. and Mrs S. z. Holiday of
Upperville. Va. have gone to Arizona
for an indefinite stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. William D. Sawyer
left Thursday to spend some time at
Fellsmere, Fla.
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Mrs. Robert Lamont
To Visit Graneers

Mrs. Robert Patterson Lamont, wife
Of the former Secretary Of Commerce,
will have her Virginia home next week
and will visit Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Granger at Ruxbury, Conn. Mrs. La
mont will stop in New York for short
visit with her on-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles e. Saltzman. be-
fore returning the latter part Of
February.
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mother, Mrs. John L. Cunningham Of
Norwich, Conn.
Mrs. John Shafroth. wife Of Capt.
Shafroth of the U. S. s. Reina Merce-
des, has returned after a visit to her
mother, Mrs A. H. Fisher, at her home
in New York City.
Miss Peggy Poor. daughter Of Mrs.
Charles Poor of New Orleans, La, is
the guest Of her aunt, Mrs. Roscoe
c. Bulmer, at her home on Maryland
avenue.
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Of Personal Note
Miss Betty Kaufman Engaged to Mr..
Alvin ]. Lindenberg, Jr., of Charleston.

4 r. AND MRS. GROVER KAUFMAN Of Charleston w. Va,
W the Of their daughter Betty to Mr.
Lindenberg of Charleston. The wedding will
place Miss Kaufman attended Goucher College
this year has friends in Washington where she has
often visited.
Edward Rhodes Of New York spending the week end
Evening star., 1937-01-24
San Marino "0ldest State" :"

The tiny republic Of San Marino, in
Italy, claims to be the Oldest state in
Europe, tracing its independent exist
ence back to the fourth century. AID.
Evening star., 1937-02-26

was one day to achieve fame as the
author Of Hearts of the West" In
Old Arizona" THE Four Million" and
many other widely-read short stories.
From the time of his arrival in
Pittsburgh in 1868, Mr. Stucky watched
the river towns development into the
"Steel City" He was on speaking
terms with many of the men who
we're destined to make Pittsburgh
what it is today. Leaving an ap-
premiership at a store in old Ale
ghany City when he was 81, Mr.. Stucky
soon opened a chain of business es-
Establishments for himself. His daughter
told today how he often extended
credit to o. Henry when he was strug-
Cling for a foothold
Born in Berne, Switzerland, in 1856,
the son of Dr. Christian Frederick
Stucky, he came to this country in
1863 with his mother, father and
seven brothers to settle in Southern
Ohio. In the panic of 1893 Mr.. Stucky
lost nearly everything but went to
Beaver County. Pa. and began anew.
He came TO Washington in August,
1894, after his retirement.
His wife. Mrs. Pauline Lemmer
Stucky, a soprano, who sang in the
opera houses of Pittsburgh in the COS
survives, as do his daughter and three
grandsonS, Thomas Clifford Billig
jr.: Emil Frederick Stucky Billig, and
Paul Lemmer Billig. His son-in-law,
Thomas Clifford Billig, is senior at
torney in the Office of the general
counsel of the Social Security Board
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow in Pittsburgh. with burial in
Allegheny Cemetery there.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
new TRIAL SOUGHT
! BY STATE TROOPER
Officer Weeps After Being
Convicted of Staying
Prisoner, 64.
~ the Associated Press.

SOMERSET, Pa, February 26.-
Attorneys sought new trial for
Trooper Stacy Gunderman today as
the State speeded arrangements to
try six more peace officers charged
with the Ozark Ages" murder Of
prisoner in a third degree"
A jury convicted the 25-year-old
Gunderman last night of second
degree murder for beating to death
64-year -old Frank C. Monaghan. The
conviction carries penalty Of 10 to
20 years in prison.
The husky, 6-foot trooper, who tes-
titled he struck Monaghan in self
defense, wept as he started to jail
to await sentencing by Supreme Court
Justice George w. Maxey, who pre-
sided at the trial on change OF
venue.
II didn't get a break" Gunderman
sobbed.
Attorney General Charles j. Mar
giotti, who headed an investigation
Ill uCdtlt
prosecuted Gunderman, did not dis
close which of the six would be called
next
The six are District Attorney James
A. Reilly, State Trooper Anthony
Sanute, Assistant District Attorney
Harry w. Byrne, Charles Nalik. night
police chief at Uniontown; County
Detective Wilbert Minerd and former
Detective Jack Ham.
Five others, including Coroner S. A.
Baltz, two doctors and two under
takers, were indicted as accessories.
Monaghan died September Il in the
Fayette County Bertillon room, where
he was held for questioning about the
slashing of County Detective John
Wall in Monaghan's automobile. Wall
and Reilly had stopped the automo-
bile, believing Monaghan too drunk to
drive.
Coroner Baltz first announced Mon
aghan died of heart disease super
induced by acute alcoholism" but
after an autopsy charged he was
beaten to death. Margiotti investi-
gated and declared Monaghan was
"barbarously tortured" to death in an
''inquisition. relic of the Dark Ages. ~
Evening star., 1937-02-26
COLLEGE CANCELS
SYMPHONY CONCERT
Dean at Randolph. Macon Won.
ems Institution Refuses to En-
ploy Union Stage Hands.

A concert by the National SYM
phony Orchestra of Washington at
Randolph-M Macon Womanis College on
March 6 has been Cancelled, it was
reported by the Associated Press. be-
cause of the refusal of Dean C.
Clement French to yield to the de-
mands of the Lynchburg (Va.) Stage
Hands Union.
In announcing the cancellation Dean
French said the union had demanded
that the college employ union labor at
Smith Hall when out-of-town attrac-
tions are staged there.
He gave out the following statement:
This was to be one of the numbers
Of the annual fine arts program, which
is given for the benefit of the college
community.
The secretary of the local Stage
Hands Union has demanded that the
college engage members of his union
The only need for such service would
be to turn on lights in the auditorium
and to arrange chairs on the stage.
'To this demand the college officials
were not willing to yield and, as a re-
suit, the appearance Of the orchestra
has been prevented by action Of the
national officers of the union"
Evening star., 1937-02-26
FOUR FLOORS FALL
FATAL TO CHILD, 2
Inspectors Examine Stairway in
Effort to Determine if Con-
struction Faulty.

Two-year- Joan Smith was killed
last night when she fell fo-- floors
down the stair well at the Astoria
Apartments, 704 Third street.
District building inspectors. at the
request of Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald. today were examining the
stairway in an effort to determine
whether faulty construction caused
the child to fall.
The girls parents, Mr.. and Mrs
William L. Smith. said Joan appar-
emily had managed to climb to the
railing on the fourth floor. as she fire.
quently had seen older children do,
and slipped off.
Shortly after dinner. Joan left her
parents apartment, on the second floor,
with her brother William, jr., S. and
Mrs. Gladys Riggs, who lives on the
fourth floor.
Mrs Riggs said the children accom-
panied her to her apartment. but a
short while later Joan decided to re-
turn to her mother and went through
the door into the unlighted hallway
Her body was found on the first floor
a few moments later. She was dead
on arrival at Casualty Hospital.
Evening star., 1937-02-26
|PARLEY RESUMED
! IN mine PAY RIFT
Soft Coal Conferees Con-
tinue Negotiations on Wages
and Hours Dispute.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PresS.
NEW YORK, February 26.-To q
long. plain conference table % men
we're called today for the sixth day ot
their deliberations in controversy In
volving 100000 miners and the $ll,-
000, 0,000, 900 soft coal industry.
These men. forming joint commit
tee Of operators and union representa-
tives, are trying to reach an agreement
on miners pay and working conditions
in the Appalachian fields before the
March 81 deadline-the day the pres
ent agreement expires. If it expires
unsucceeded by another working basis.
John L. Lewis has said his United
Mine Workers will strike.
Whatever success has been reached
thus far-if any-is known only to the
conferees. Following strict and self
imposed rule they have resolutely de-
clined to say what has gone on about
their table
Duncan c. Kennedy. a Charleston,
w. Va, operator and their chairman,
has adhered so closely to the policy
of secrecy that his only comment upon
yesterdays sessions was this:
Back tomorrow morning."