davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1937-12-08
NEW HEAD NAMED
BY UTILITY FIRM
Observation-Disclosures Picks
Earl S. Thompson, As,
for Presidency.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-In line with
industrys shift to younger men for
the top executive jobs the American
Water Works g. Electric Co. yester-
day elected Earl S. Thompson presi-
dent to succeed H. Hobart Porter.
The new executive is As and bach
elor. For some time he had been ex-
ecutive vice president.
Porter, a veteran in public utility
development, becomes chairman of
the board and as such continues as
chief executive officer. The change
IN offices was at the request of Porter,
who is 73. 1t was necessitated, he
said, by the Increased executive
duties and responsibilities arising
partly from "the scope of State and
Federal regulation"
Thompson is native of Bath, Me.
and graduate of BoWdoin College.
He Joined American Water Works in
1928.
Porter held the presidency for 80
years, in which time the company
expanded into one of the largest hold
ing units in the public utility industry
Evening star., 1937-12-08
OUTLOOK HELD GOOD.
Chairman of Commission Optimistic
for Industry in 1888.

Chairman Of Commission Optimistic
for Industry in 1888.
AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. 8 (P).-Ernest
o. Thompson, chairman of the Inter-
state Oil Compact Commission, today
reported the outlook for the oil in
dustry in 1888 was good.
He forecast gasoline consumption
would increase about per cent owe,
1887 and predicted continued heavy
drilling.
He cited the availability of accurate
statistical data weekly as one Of the
most important favorable factors.
Thompson said reasonable limita-
ton of production had conserved res.
ervoir energy, meant far greater ulti-
mate recoveries and had brought pro-
duction about in balance with con-
sumption.
There are perhaps 10000 900 bar
Evening star., 1937-12-08
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
MONTREAL SILVER,

MONTREAL. Dec. s LPi-silver futures
opened steady. 10 points up to 80 off.
Bids: December. also; March, 411O:
Evening star., 1937-12-08

Mcclellan Stores Co.-Noyember
sales were of o.s per cent; 10 months,
up ~ per cent.
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U. S. TREASURY NOTES.

NEW YORK, Dec LP.-Prices oyote
IN dollars and thirty-seconds.
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10 ,LOw-YieId Bonds
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. "A brisk de-
mand for lower-priced railroad and
utility issues gave the bond market
its strongest rally in weeks today.
Off to slow start which held swav
through the first hour, the list began
to harden before noon and as the
final lap approached was holding
around the best levels of the day, to
as much as 4 points net higher.
In the vanguard were such issues
as international Hydro-Electric IS,
Columbia Gas SIS, American & Foreign
Power 5s and Missouri Kansas Texas
IS. United States Governments were
1872 to as much as 9/32 of a point
higher. Foreign issues shared in the
Improvement sentiment to a lesser
extent.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
LONDON COPPER.

LONDON. Dec. fP-Closing: copper
standard spot f4O / S 3D. future. f4o SIS I'd:
electrolytic spot. bid f44 los: asked f46
los. Tin spot: f194;. future. f193 Bids:
Lead, spot. fl6 Is Sd: future, f16 2s Sd.
Zinc, spot, Els 6s Sd; future f15 lis Sd.
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CALL MONEY.

NEW YORK. Dec. 8 R).-Call money
steady: l per cent all day; prime CONNER
eisl paper. ! per cent: time loans steady;
5000 days Ia; 4-6 months. Ia per cent;
bankers acceptances UNCHANGED; redis-
count rata. New York Reserve Bank. /
Der cent.
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DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED

NEW YORK. Dec. s-Prepared by the
Standard Statistics Corp.
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CRUDE RuRRER.

NEW YORK, Dec. LP).-Crude
rubber futures opened barely steady.
"A to 20 lower; December, l5.0lb;
March, 15.31-33; May, 15.43.
Bid,
Evening star., 1937-05-27

and Is hacked OF abruptly at the
neckline. Two black, sweeping NOUS
taches on his forehead, so thick they
shroud his blue eyes. His hands are
meaty mitts. But when, as is his
frequent habit, he runs one Of them
through that tide OF hair, the hair
engulfs 1t and you can't see any more
OF the hand than you can Of . mouse
running through 4 field Of wheat.
His face and the large, violent atti-
tudes he strikes add up 70 practically
day OH for the caricaturist. They
can have fun with his jaw, fun with
his hair, fun with his cheeks. But
his attitudes give them hysterical de-
light.
When he is angry he darkens like q
thunderhead. When he Is pleased his
jaw, big as bruiser's fist, thrusts
forward. His cigar thrusts upward
almost parallel to his face. He throws
out his piano Of chest and lets it
lead him down the street, struttinR
after it like . darky on his way to
chicken.
He has been accused of being as
subtle as hunk Of steak. But he has
= sense Of humor and gets q mature
and subtle pleasure from his own
small-boy tricks. When, in casual
conversation, he erupts one OF the
Evening star., 1937-05-27

the picture on the wall for the eve
nlng's entertainment before throw
ing his shoes at the closet.
Called "Lincoln Of Labor"
John, zohn, Yon, Hwan, Big Boy,
Beeg Boy, Pig Poy, Peeg Poy. The
miners poets and speechmakers,
wound up for suitable occasions, cal!
him "the Lincoln of labor" (his
birthday is also Abraham Lncolns) j,
"the Great Emancipator," "Labor's
Rock OF Gibraltar" "Labor's Rock
Of Chickamauga" and "Labor's Rock
of Ages" They call him "the Jack
Dempsey Of Labor" and "the John
l.. (Sullivan) Of Labor" That, by
the way. is Lewis favorite platform
joke. Lewis is the name," he roars
and bulls his large head around be-
fore adding, John L." Everybody
gets the point. He does not need to
utter the immortal follow-up, Il can
lick any man in the house."
However, there are men who have
other names for him. William L.,
Hutcheson, boss Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor's carpenters, head Of
the labor division OF the Republican
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If work Is to progress. Strike out

If work Is to progress. Strike out
lousy"
Whether you see him at his large,
paper-piled desk in his once in
Washington or packing his bulk be-
hind the steering wheel Of the little
Ford he uses to drive Mrs. Lewis into
the country these pleasant Sunday
Afternoons or pursuing his favorite
entertainment-attending lectures by
reactionaries, overnowing 4 front row
seat and attempting, with considerable
success, to scowl the speaker into
blowing up in his lines-Lewh looks
like what he is, the voice of labor
shouting.
A great big rough-hewn slab of
male, no more than middling tall, but
nearly as wide As a door, weighing
230 pounds, light on his feet as a
dancer, spry in his attitudes. His
face Is like = bulldogs and has the
same solid, square beauty-the Jaw
excessively firm, the full cheeks round
Ing below the jaw line, the mouth
large, his chin is a dimpled little
tuft OF flesh.
Hair Also Extraordinary.
surmounting this extraordinary face
Is hair to match. A mist-colored name
that goes pouring back over his head
Evening star., 1937-05-27

crate, = hypocrite, q foul-minded
conspirator, 4 brass-brained dema-
gogue, . transparent fraud, = ferocious
sham, = crook, a jackass.
Brush With Hurley Recalled.
Hoover's Secretary OF War, Patrick
Hurley, appearing at an N. r. A. coal
code hearing in Washington. said, Il
have known John L. Lewis for many
years and he has always had his
stomach against the pie counter" But
Mr.. Hurley had been prodded to it.
A moment before, Lewis had said Of
the former cabinet member, 1T Is a
source OF pride to see a member Of
the United Mine Workers 60 out into
politics and make a noted name for
himself. But it is . matter OF pro-
found sorrow to see a man who has
made such name betray the union
OF his youth for 80 lousy pieces Of
silver" Hurley had bristled his waxed
moustache at Lewis, and Lewis turned
to the stenographer and doomed, 1T
seems the gentleman Is to be soothed
Evening star., 1937-05-27

The miners see no incongruity in a
John Llewellyn Popolopoulos.
For John Llewellyn Lewis is their
hero. They call him big Boy" and
put his picture on the wall.
Up and down the hut-shingled hills
OF Pennsylvania. Ohio. West Vir-
glnia. Kentucky, Illinois. along the
banks of the Warrior River, in the
Rockies and the Sierra Nevadas, in
Saskatchewan and Cape Breton,
when the kids get together and make
a sliding pond in the kitchen out of
mas cheese cake, ma says, I'm 60
ing to tell Big Boy on you" When
pa comes home Saturday night. foun-
dering in wash of beer, he thanks
Evening star., 1937-05-27

sentences for which he has become
famous-"They smote me right mer-
rily and I smote them back hip and
thigh"-he cuddles the words. They
drop into the air slowly and you can see
him looking slyly at each word Is
it drops.
He knows you'll think him odd
when, II you ask him how he manages
to keep 30 healthy without taking exer-
else, he replies: MY ancestors be-
queathed me = framework rugged
enough to Withstand congenitally the
bu0ets, blows and belaborings that are
attendant upon the ordinary vicissi-
tudeg Of life"
Evening star., 1937-05-27
WILL RECEIVE MEDALS

Mary A. Thompson and Catharine
Hayden, sixth-grade students 1T st.
Teresa's School. who won . recent
Americanism essay contest, will re-.
oeive medals at exercises tonight at
the school hall, Thirteenth and Y
streets southeast.
Preceding the awards, which are
presented by the McKenna Main Post
OF the American Legion, the Catholic
Action Club will hold . symposium
on communism.
Evening star., 1937-05-27

National Committee in the last cam
paign, called him a heel and other
things. Place Atlantic City conven-
ton OF the A. F. Of L.; time: October,
1885. Or, to locate the time more
exactly, the description was uttered
about a moment before Lewis lifted
his ham of a fist from the floor and
deposited it on the jaw of Hutcheson,
followed it up failing. butted the
bigger, burlier man backward over
table, was pulled down with him and
rose a moment later the winner by
one bursted lip and one mangled nose.
Those whom Lewis calls my peo-
ple'-the miners-have called him
in print, dishonest. disloyal, an In
Evening star., 1937-05-27
The Story Of John L. Lewis

As the Committee for Industrial
Organization reneps its drives in
steel, in the autonotiue Industry
and in other fields. the public is
asking: Where does John L. Le,pis
90 from here? In the character of
the c. I. o. leadcr, in his back
ground and in his political and
economic philosophy should be
found the answer. This is the Sec
ond OF a series OF articles present.
ing objectipely the story of his
career and aspirations.
BY IRA WOLFERT.
tcopyrisht. 1887, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
n 70 OFFICIAL census has evel
nj been taken, but if there aren't
" couple Of thousand little
Stanislavskis, Palelevitches
McGurks, Petrowitzes, Briggses and
oopolopouloses, all with the first name!
John Llewellyn," running loose alone
the ridges Of the Alleghanies, then the
coal miners aren't miners any more
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-11

A veteran of two Democratic
and two Republican AdminiStra-
tionS, Hugh Leo Kerwin, "a, d.
rector Of Cancellation in the De-
partment Of Labor, died Of heart
attack at his home last night
following only q few days illness.
Death came at his home at
632 A st. s. E., on his forty-first
wedding anniversary. His work
in the Labor Department for the
last "a years had earned him a
nationwide reputation. Only 10
minutes before the end came, the
first and only director of concilia-
ton in the history Of the Labor
Department had talked by long
distance telephone to one of his
field directors about q strike In
the Midwest.
Born in BlosSburg, Pa, Febru-
any 10, 1873, Mr.. Kerwin was
educated in the local high school
and attended business college
while working at various times in
the coal mines, q glass factory and
a shoe shop. At the age Of %
he married the former Angie
Dickinson, Of Middlebury, Pa, on
June 10, 1896.
Before coming to Washington
in 1911, Mr.. Kerwin had served
as correspondent for Philadel-
phia paper and as a bank clerk
in his home town. Mr.. Kerwin
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A. F, G. E. REBELS IN C.I. o.

ment employees with the rest Of
the labor movement"
Two of the gathering protested
against inclusion Of officers Of the
American Federation Of Labor in
the resolution condemning them
and A. F.. g. e. leaders for Gin
activity in the face Of the drive
against the welfare Of Govern
ment employees" and condemning
the suspension Of the seven rebel
lodges, but they were voted down
in a voice vote.
The meeting voted for a pro-
gram seeking minimum salaries,
adequate to maintain a decent
standard of living, automatic pro-
motions, extension Of civil service
by noncompetitive examinations
without application Of apportion-
ment, an adequate transfer system
with preferential unemployment Of
those dismissed through no fault
Of their own, and repeal Of Section
213, the marriage clause"
E. Claude Babcock, former
president Of the A. r. g. e.
dropped around incognito to see
what's going on" he declared,
while two oficialS Of the National
Federation of Federal Employees
attended. The rebel leaders will
meet again Wednesday, at the
Hamilton Hotel. to plan future
action.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-11
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

4 Emory Burdelle Ussery, 35, 1901 Lega-
ton st. N. W., and Emma Mary Bechtoid'
IS, 1920 veazey ST. N. w. The Rev. e. H.
Lenski.
Jesse Clifford Davis, 20. 1113 81.
N w, and Agnes Irene Morton. IS, 1913
Twelfth st. N. W. The Rev. wilson
Holder. 49, ssr a.. 4
Carleton Francis Smith. 81, Portland.
Conn, and Geraldine Henrietta MONROE
90. 1890 W ST. N. W. The Rev. +. D
Harris. ----. 49,. &c., -
N. e., and Miriam H. Cohen. rs, SCI
Massachusetts, ave. N. u. Rabbi .Zsmach
Green.
Herman weinsteih. II. and Dorothy
Arenberg, IS. both of Baltimors' Ma
Rabbi ]. T. Loeb.
Frederick Freeland, "A, New Orleans.
La. and winnie Bourgeois. ~, 1905
Kilbourne PL N. w. The Rev. ]. g.
Spence. s
Arne W. Phiipula. %, 1919 Hurst Ter.
race N W.. and Dorothy Lahti "a, 1888
Hurst Terrace N. w. The Rev. G. T.
Robert Edward Matthews, a.. and
Eloise spicer, IS, both Of Richmond. Va
The Rev. r. H. Miller. ~ ',.
Johnnie Bell rs, Sc Massachusetts
Ave. N. w., and Ester M. -WIlcher'
go same. address. The Rev. c. L.
LYMAN Lawrence Nachwaer. 81. Baiti-
more, Nd, and Charlotte EPeaFlstein,
"a, Glassboro, N, ]. Rabbi s. H. Metz.
Naitan Kletzman, SIS, and Dora Wolf.
as both Of Baltimore, Nd. Rabbi H.
Andrew Patan, 20. ana Margaret Jose
phine Halzy, "a, both Of Johnstown. Pa.
The Rev d. C. Keenan,.
Richard odelI Seay, 81, and Hilda Nor
rison, ga, both of Arlington, Va. The
Rev. w. D. Keene.
John L. Roze, %. 1923 Second st.
N. w. and Lenora Kirkland, 81; Wash
ington, The Rev. W. c. Wheeler.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-11
l.. KerWin Dies:
u. s. COnciliatOr

'came to washington as Secretary
to william B. Wilson, representa-
tive for the Fifteenth Pennsylvania
District, and when Representative
Wilson became chairman on labor
in the Sixty7second Congress he
made his first step toward gain
ing his career.
During that session Of Congress
Mr.. Kerwin is given credit for
having assisted in the drafting Of
many important labor bills.
Shortly before President Wilson's
Inauguration in 1913, President
Taft signed the law establishing
the Labor Department and his
successor appointed Representa-
tive Wilson as the first Secretary
Of Labor.
Remaining in the capacity as
wilson's secretary until 1915, Mr..
Kerwin gathered valuable ex-
perience in labor relations. When
war was declared he was named
Assistant Secretary Of Labor and
in 1919 was appointed to the job
which he held at the time Of his
death.
Mr.. Kerwin was q past dictator,
Washington Lodge, Loyal Order Of
Moose and o member Of the As
ISOLATION Of Government Labor
Officials Of the United States and
CONTINUED ON Page IS. Col. 81
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Continued from Local Page)

Continued from Local Page)
lieve it's good economy to pay
good wages: It's decent and
humane"
John M. Coffee CD Of Wash
ington, told the mammoth gather
ing that he IS against all econ
omy'' and also against the i'm
position Of income taxes on Gov.
eminent employees stationed in
Washington, referring to the pro-
posed District deficit-raising legis-
lation now being considered.
Aroused by Rhine
In a rousing talk, Henry Rhine,
of the local Works Progress Ad.
ministration lodge, explained the
motives Of the Committee Against
False Economy and added
I'VE, IS Government en-
ployeS, must stick together. We
must organize all other EN-.
plOyes. We must continue the
new labor movement Of Govern
ment employees. We must form
a new organization that viii
have ct heart the welfare Of
Government employees"
Rhine said the rebel group will
petition Congress and all
A. F. G. E. lodges to aid its anti
economy drive and will lombard
Capitol Hill with letters. He de-
clared the recently suspended
A. F.. G. E. lodges will mot bother"
about the hearings granted them
tomorrow by President Charles
Stengle, unless the hearings are
declared open to the public and
the press. No decision on this
point has been made by the
A. F. G.. e. national office.
Resolution Cheefed
Not one dissenting voice among
the 1900 was heard and applause
was deafening as the following
reSoluClon was passed:
Resolved, that this meeting
urges the Committee Against
False Economy to join the rep
reSentativeS Of all other inter.
eSted Government emplOye
groups in approaching the Com
mittee for Industrial OrganiZar
ton to ask its help In organic
ing Government employees In de.
Tense of their jobs and job
standards, and to unite Govern
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D. E. FEL0NIES
EXCEED THOSE
OF II STATES

James p. Davis, secretary Of the
Prison Industries Reorganization
Administration told the correc-
tions committee Of the Washing
ton Council Of Social Agencies
yesterday that more convicted
felons were serving sentences IN
1895 in District prisons in ratio to
population, than in any Of II
States where his organization has
conducted surveys for the PreSi-
dent.
Figures Withheld
He said:
81 am not prepared to an.
nOunce the figures because our
report has not been completed
and, then too, We are checking
to see whether the statistics hav-
ing to do with fel0ns are really
comparable with those Of the II
States" .,
Davis limited his administration
probably would urge creation II
q new institution to care for alco-
holics and construction OF q new
District Jail.
The investigator reported all
District penal institutions are Sc
verely overcr0wded and under
stated. He pointed particularly to
q shortage Of doctors at the Lorton
Reformatory hospital.
He added:
zone doctor at LOrtOn Is doing
the work Of 10 men. The medi-
cal equipment and facilities,
however, compare fsvOrably
with other States"
IDEAL SYSTEM SOUGHT
Davis explained q copy Of his
administrations report would be
sent to District officials after 1t
has been submitted to the PreSi-
dent in about q month. He said
most Of the States in which his
staff has made prison studies have
initiated improvements and re-
forms recommended by the admin
iStration.
He declared:
"Our purpose is to help the
District to perfect an ideal
prison system. We are getting
excellent cooperation from Of
ficialS Of the various inStitu-
TONS"
He declined to disclose details
Of recommendations to be made
because the report has not gone
to President Roosevelt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-11
10 Students Graduate:
From Episcopal High

ALEXANDRIA, Va. June IL.
Ten students were graduated from
Episcopal High School here at its
ninety eighth annual commence
ment exercises yesterday.
The graduates are: George s.
Vest, jr., Alexandria; FortunatuS
s. Kirkpatrick, Lynchburg: Julien
J. Mason, charlottesville: Fairfax
8. McCandlish, Fairfax; Walter B.
Moore Sd, Charles H. Drayton,
jr., and Robert L. Van Bibber.
South Carolina: Granville c. Val
entine, jr., Richmond; John A.
Welbourn, IT,, Leesburg. and
Thomas D. Wexford, Warsaw, Va.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-11
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Samuel Tilden Ansell, jr.. 81. 1857 Able
marie st. N. W., and Annabel Forman Es-
sary, rs, s121 Newark St N. w. The
Rev. David T. O'Dwyer.
Paul Arthur Cyr, ~, 7O5 Longfellow
St. N. W.. and Aurdey Frieda Golden. 20,
Minneapolis, MINI. The Rev. Edward H.
Roach
Warner Lewis Fleming, -, Richmond,
Va, and Altse Aida Vanderburh Mannet,
go, 3032 Q st. N. W. The Rev. Charles
T. Warner. rr .r-
Edward Delehanty, SO, 10 R st. N. E.,
and Mildred Libbey, 80, Is R st. N. e.
The Rev, S. B. Daugherty.
N. E., and Thelma May Arion, 90, Har-
risonburg, Va. The Rev. Arthur q.
Slaght. '.'.
Joab Cary Jackson, 80, 1908 B st. N. E.,
and Addely Belle 'Dockery, 26. BTaxton,
Ga. The Rev. A. F.. Barrows.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-11
. CUTE PUPPIES
WAIT HOMES

Six puppies Of the terrier type
are being given away today
through Schmid's Pet Emporium,
712 Twelfth st. N. w. Notify the
pet shop if you would like to have
one of these pups for your pet.
A fine female dog, mixed police
and collie, is also being given away
today. The dog is at 1947 Capitol
View Ave-, Capitol View, Md.
A year-old female dog and a T.
weeks-old female puppy are also
on the market for adoption. These
are very pretty and healthy dogs
part spaniel. Persons interested in
having them may write to Mrs. F.
B. Fowler, Al Sycamore Ave., Ia
koma Park, Md.
Two cute female kittens. two
months old, and already house
broken, may be adopted from Mrs.
L. A. Hulse, 1921 Twentieth st.
N. E.
Another pet that is to be given
away is a rabbit. Further informa-
ton about getting this pet may be
obtained from Joan Curtis, 1854
Georgia Ave. N. w.
To all pet owners: Make certain
that the person applying for your
pet will give it a good home. The
Times is informed that persons
with other motives are applying
for pets offered by this paper. OBJ
tain the name and address Of the
person to whom you give your pet
so that a check on it's treatment
may be made If it should seem
necessary.