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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-06-12
Woman Cut In Fight

Irene Russell. 20. OF 20iO Beech
err street. was taken TO Receiving
Hospital late Sunday night. suffer
ing from cuts on the thigh and
both hands.
She told police that she and wom-
an friend had retired. when a man
named Eddie letters came and
tried TO arouse the other, thereby
creating quite disturbance.
The Russell woman said letters
struck her vhen she ordered him
out, and the fight started. resulting
In the cutting. 4
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-06-12
GIRL OF TEN
HURT IN FALL

Mary Ray. aged 10. OF 577 Palm
err. was taken TO Receiving Hospi-
tai Monday evening, suffering from
a fracture Of the arm. which she
sustained when she fell while play
ing in a sand box on school
ground In her neighborhood. The
little girl was given first aid and
returned home.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-06-12
cation Board
To Hold Exams

nlnatlons will soon be held
s Detroit Board OF Education
hose seeking positions IN the
d system as clerks. sienogra-
US and typlsts. All applications
's' be submitted by June Is at
ON 2pi IN the Board Of Educa-
Building
me Detroit Civic Rights Com
''ee requests that those taking
tests advise 8. +. Grigsby. 1852
'yburn avenue. in order that the
sanitation may be enabled TO
neck results and render possible
orvice.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-06-12

William Williams, aged so. OF
442 Clinton street. collapsed at
Congress and Hastings last Sunday
night at $40 o'clock. In falling,
he struck his head on the pave
meat, causing conclusion.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Jury IN MURDER
CASE STILL OUT
DeIiberates Acton Verdict Fl
Hours Without Reach.
ing Agreement.

The District Court jury celebrating
on the fate Of Frank H. Acton,
charged with first degree murder. had
been out 81 hours at noon today with
out arriving at verdict.
The jury resumed its deliberations
shortly after $50 am, after being
locked up all night.
Acton Is accused of Staying Donald
E. Mursch, 20, at Eleventh and F.
streets southwest on October 4, after
Mursch Is said to have threatened
him.
The case went to the jury at ESQ
pm. yesterday and at 1890 pm.
Justice oscar r. Luhring was informed
that 1t had been unable to reach an
agreement. Justice Luhring ordered
the panel to be taken to a hotel for
the night.
He previously had given the jurors
instructions permitting a verdict of
not guilty, or guilty Of first or second
degree murder, or manslaughter.
Acton was the principal witness in
his own defense yesterday. After
admitting he had spent Is Of his 35
years in prison, he told the jury he
refused an offer by Mursch to join in
a hold-up, because he had had enough
of prison to last a lifetime"
He said he shot Mursch because he
was in a frenzy Of fear that the latter
would kill him because he had re-
fused to take part in the proposed
robbery.
Throughout his testimony the de-
fendant sobbed intermittently and
seemed at times to approach hysteria.
The two eye-witnesses to the shoot
ing, who testified Monday, said that
Mursch threatened Acton, but that
he did not seem to have a gun.
The trial began Monday morning,
with the Government represented by
Assistant United States Attorney
Roger Robb and Acton by Attorney
Ben Lindas.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
ARTICLE III.
The New Fiscal Issue
In Past Measurements of Municipal Tax Burdens
the Experts Disagree Both on Choice of Yard
stick and Their Conclusions - Astonishing
Methods of Last Comparison Shown.

third of q series of editorial articles discussing
parts the fiscal relations issue suggested by the recent re-
the ipracticabily OF measuring vaue of "in
departmena services exchanged beoeen the National Gov
Distrc-the municipal government TodGs article discusses
burdens in different municipalities.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
RETURN Of REED
ByF.B.L. SOUGHT
Matthews Case Suspect,
Held in Louisiana, Iden-
titled by Fingerprints.
By a staf Correspondent OF The Star.


ROCKVILLE, Md, January az
The Department of Justice will be
asked to return William B. Reed, IS,
who is wanted for two murders, to
Montgomery County on a Federal
warrant charging violation Of the
Dyer act in order to avoid extradition
proceedings. States Attorney James
H. Pugh announced here last night.
Reed, charged with Lawrence Gin
gell, KenSington, End w. Joseph Kirby.
Scranton, Pa, with the murder of
Elwood Matthews, 67-year-old far
mer of Four Corners, November 81, is
being held at Ruston, La, and was
identified through fingerprint records
in the Federal Bureau Of Investigation
after he had given his name as George
Morgan of Garden City, Tex.
Gingell, who was captured by Wash
ington police attempting to hitchhike
his way out of town a few days after
Matthews body was found December
13, near the Northwest Branch, at
Burnt Mills, and Kirby are being held
by State police at Charleston, w. Va,
in connection with the killing Thanks
giving day of w. Earl Dollman,
Charleston, w. Va, salesman, at SUIT
ton, w. Va.
Pugh Describes Crime.
Reed has been sought for question:
ing in the Dollman killing also. He
and Kirby became acquainted in the
Maryland Penitentiary and are be-
lieved to have been associated in a
series of crimes in some Of them with
Gingell, according to Pugh.
Pugh said that Reed is wanted for
the kidnapping of colored taxi driver
November IS, who picked up three
men. believed to be Reed. Kirby and
Gingell, in the District Of Columbia
and forced him out Of his cab near
Silver Spring, after robbing him OF q
small amount Of cash.
In order to avoid the delay and ex-
pense of extradition proceedings Pugh
communicated with F. B I. officials in
Washington to have him returned to
Montgomery County on Federal war
rant charging transportation Of
stolen car across State line, a VIOLA
ton of the Dyer act.
Once returned here on the lesser
charge. Pugh said he would confer
with West Virginia authorities before
deciding whether to bring Gingell and
! Kirby here from Charleston to be
tried with Reed in the Matthews case
or to take Reed to Charleston for trial
with his alleged confederates In the
Dollman killing.
Details Meager.
Pugh said he had communicated
with Lieut.. j. H. Fillinger of the Yves,
Virginia State police at Charleston
but would not decide finally on what
Evening star., 1937-01-27
POSTAL OFFICERS .
GET ROSCOE TODAY
Toledo "GambIing King" to
Be Turned Over by
T. B. |. Agents.

Joe Roscoe, reputed gambling
king" of Toledo, Ohio, and alleged
member of the Karpis gang, was to
be turned over to postal inspectors
today by special agents of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation, who
seized him in Miami, Fla, last
Saturday.
Roscoe's arrest did not become
generally known until yesterday after
noon, when j. Edgar Hoover, F. B. I.
director, disclosed that he will be
prosecuted by the postal authorities
for alleged participation with Karpis
in the $4,000 train robbery at Gar
rettsville, Ohio. in November, 1885.
Capture Details Withheld.
Details of the capture were not
made public. Hoover said Roscoe was
questioned by G-men about his alleged
association with Karpis and Harry
Campbell, who are serving life SEN
tences for the kidnapings of William
A. Hamm, jr.. and Edward G. Bremen,
at st. Paul, MINI. Karpis and
Campbell were captured in swift
F. B. I. raids at New Orleans and
Toledo, respectively. last May.
Roscoe was indicted with Karpis,
Campbell, Fred Hunter. Benson
Groves, John Zetzer and John Brock
for the Garrettsville robbery. Hunter
was arrested with Karpis at New Or
leans and is serving two years at
Atlanta Penitentiary for harboring
Karpis. zetzer and Brock are await
ing trial at Cleveland for mail rob-
berry. Groves is still at large.
Served IA Months in 1907.
Records of the F. B. l. show that
Roscoe served IA months for receiv-
ing stolen property, at Ohio State
Reformatory In 1907, and that he was
arrested for burglary at Toledo in
1915.
In the Garrettsville robbery Karpis
and his associates held up an express
train with machine guns as it pulled
into the station, tossed off mail bags
containing the pay roll of the Warren
steel mills, loaded the bags into an
automobile and fed.
Four days later Karpis and Hunter
chartered a plane and flew to Hot
Springs, Ark, where a futile raid on
their hideout was conducted early
last year by G-men and postal in
spectors. Karpis and Hunter hid in
an apartment on Canal street, in New
Orleans, where they walked into a
Oman squad led by Hoover on May
] of last year.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

procedure would be followed until
Reed had been brought back here
from Louisiana.
Details of Reeds capture were
meager. According to the Associated
Press he was arrested in Vicksburg,
Miss. Friday in connection with the
abduction Of a Ruston taxi driver.
Sheriff Bryan Thigpen Of Lincoln
Parish said that Reed identified him.
self as George Morgan, but that his
flngerprints were sent to the F. B. I.
in Washington and proved his identity
as Reed
Sheriff Thigpen asked details OF the
charges against his prisoner Of Mont
gomery County authorities and said
he would be willing to release Reed If
the district attorney of Lincoln Parish
approved. With Reed at the time OF his
arrest was another man who gave his
name as Alvin Parker, Of Fayetteville,
N. c.
Murder Most Brutal.
The murder Of Matthews, well-to-do
farmer, was one of the most brutal
ever committed in this section. Ac-
cording to a confession allegedly made
by Kirby, who was captured a few days
later in West Virginia. Matthews was
thrown into the Northwestern Branch
alive, with a rock tied to his neck,
after he had been robbed of $40.
The rope broke and Matthews came
to the surface. pleading for mercy,
according to the alleged confession,
but was shot twice by Reed. Mat
thews, court record showed, had been
witness two years before at the trial
of Reeds older brother, who received
a 1o-year sentence for robbery.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
BYRD WILL GO BACK

PORTLAND, Greg, January 27 CP).
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd told
interviewers here there are 100000
square miles Of unexplored Antarctic
territory rich in coal and oil.
There is plenty of coal down there
to supply the entire world" he said,
'and I am sure there is oil under the
ice"
He said as soon as physicians pro-
nounced him recovered from the ef-
fects of poisoning incurred during his
trip TO the South Pole two years ago
he will return to the region.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

Kentucky is named for an Indian
word, Ken-tah-teh, meaning land Of
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
MRS. LEILA J. COOKE
HEADS HOME BOARD
Unanimously Elected President of
Masonic and Eastern Star
ORGANIZATION.

Mrs. Leila ]. Cooke has been unani-
mously elected president of the Mason
ic and Eastern Star Home Board, it
was announced today.
Mrs. Carrie Smith was elected first
vice president; Mrs. Esther Cross,
second vice president, and Mrs. Selma
Foster secretary.
Mrs. Cooke is past grand matron
of st. Johns Lodge Chapter, No. 1s,
o. E. S. Both she and Mrs. Foster
were presented with gifts for their
meritorious work.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
LOST.

LOox.
PFqyn eaheT ana
cards. Reward Potomac 06SS. 2S'
CHILD's GLASSES in case. probably on
Burleith bus or on F st. between 14th and
10th sts. NV. Reward. Call Emerson
3165. 2S'
DIAMOND RING. size 6. small stone set in
white gold; mr.. 14th and Park I'd. NV.
Reward if returned to 2349 Ashmead pl.
n.
and white: Wilson lane near River I'd.
Reward. Wisconsin 4410.
FOX HOUND. female black and tan. viein-
tDdch ty Gha8 BTidge January FL Phone Gar-
LAVALIERE, f1ligree, platinum. diamond
in center. either at Robert of Paris, Conn.
ave. or Peoples Drug Store, Dupont Circle,
or between Roberts and Veterans Ad-
asss las ElEf l. ssh04 ReTaPd FPd
Phone Hyattsville 35-M 2S'
PEK1NGEsE female; black and tan; near
Mrs H French. Chastleton Hotel. 27'
PoCKETBooK-Blac leather; front of
3s05 18th st. NV. getting from Diamond
cab. Reward and finder keep money, re-
turn owners valuables. Columbia 6391.
PUPPY-Will man driving truck with Va
tags who picked up setter puppy. 8 months
old. white with black spots at Badensburg
Id. and District line return same to, $50
reward
PURSE. containing money and valuable
papers on Saturday: vicinity Georgia ave.
and Lamont ST Col 6249. Reward.
SCoTT1E PIN with ruby, eyes and white
blanket. feet and head studded MARQUIS
ette; lost Saturday morning. between 4th
st. ne. and Treasury Annex No. l. Re
ward Call ewes. North 0734-J.
WALLET, brown, containing money and
checks. Reward. Wisconsin 1471.
WATCH AND BRACELET .Qady's). small,
gold. Elgin. Liberal reward. Call Decatur
2664-W after pm.
WIRE-HAIRED TERRIER, lost Monday
afternoon. Reward. Emerson 1896.
WRIST WATCH. Elgin. lady's white gold.
lost 18th and H SITS. or VT. ave. and K.
Reward. Phone National 5061, Ext 667.
WRIST WATCH, Hamilton, downtown
shopping district. Reward, 2227 goth
NV. Elevator man.
WRIST WATCH-Gruen, ladys. white gold
with link bracelet downtown. Reward.
Lincoln 1321-R.
WRIST WATCH. lady's; blue sapphires on
side. black cord. initiated &C. M. B." on
back; lost Friday in downtown department
store. Liberal reward. 1850 Columbia I'd.
Columbia 1923.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
FOUND.

COLLIE-Female small brown: also large
male black dog. with red harness. Phone
Wisconsin 55SS.
POLICE DOG male. black and tan. green
collar; injured in Bethesda; owner identify
and pay for vet. bill Lincoln S51S be-
fore S:45 am.
WIRE-HAIRED TERRIER. white nose. tan
head black spots on body: Mclean. Va.
Call BrinkleY. District 1000. hr. 635.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Lawyer. 105, Dies.

HENRIETTA, Tex, January 81
LR.-W. G. Eustis. los, who prac-
ticed law here SO years. died yester-
day. He was active until he became
Ill month ago.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Details Meagr.

Pugh said he had communicated
with Lieut.. ]. H Fillinger of the West
Virginia State police at Charleston,
but would not decide finally on what
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Schwab's Aunt Dies.

LORETTO, Pa, January 81 UP).-
Mrs. Susan Wertzberger, aunt of
Charles NJ Schwab. steelmaster, died
early today Of pneumonia. She was 81.
Evening star., 1937-08-12
Rebirth of G.. o. p.
Not Birth, Is Issue,
Says Vandenberg
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LA SALE, Ill, August H.
The rebirth and not the birth
OF the Republican party is what
interests Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg, Republican, of
Michigan, he said yesterday in
telegram to William J. Lewis.
Republican State central COM
mitteeman.
Lewis claimed he found evi-
dence the party was born in La
Sale County, and not in Mich
igan.
Senator Vandenberg answered:
Less important where Repub-
lican party was born than where
it is reborn. Let's have most
vigorous competition on this
latter score. I wish you and
Illinois success"
Lewis said he uncovered rec
ords showing Republican meet
ing was held In this county in
the Summer of 1854, prior TO
the Michigan meeting generally
credited with the founding Of
the party.
Evening star., 1937-08-12
c. 0.P. TREASURER
URGES DUES PLAN
"RegularIy Contributing"
Members Would Erase Def
icit, Says Goodspeed.
~ the Associated Press.

~ tnS ASScCldteu HIcSS.
CHICAGO, August 12.-The Trib-
une last night quoted Charles B.
Goodspeed, treasurer of the Repub-
lican National Committee, as an
nouncing the adoption of a plan to
organize regularly contributing"
members to finance the party for the
next three years.
The newspaper reported that Good
speed. in pamphlet mailed to party
leaders, said that sustaining men,
bers" would be contributing an
nually to the support of their political
party as they do to their religious,
charitable and fraternal organiza-
tions."
Goodspeed, reported to be at his
Summer home in Osterville, Mass,
was quoted as saying in the PAM
phlet:
ITO enable the Republican National
Committee and the National Re-
publican Congressional Committee to
carry out continuous program and
to bring about the participation of
lay Republicans in the work of the
party, the following plan of flnanc-
ing has been adopted
State Finance Committees are to
be organized in the various States to
obtain the largest possible number
of sustaining members Of the Re-
publican party, contributing annually
to the support of their political party
as they do to their religious, cnar-
liable and fraternal organiza tions.
"A National Finance Committee is
to be formed, comprised of the chair
man of the various State Finance
Committees
1T is believed that il a systematic
campaign is carried on continuously to
build up a sustaining membership
suf11cient income can be provided to
meet the operating expenses Of the
national and congressional commit
tees. liquidate the deficit of 1897.
finance the congressional campaign in
1898 and during 1889 and 1910 accu-
mulate funds for the next presiden-
tial campaign"
Evening star., 1937-08-12

yesterday. The children range in age
from 2 months to IL years.
Including this group, = total Of 3o4
campers has been registered this sea-
son. There are 95 colored mothers
and children at Camp Pleasant, the
associations sister camp in the Chopa-
wamsic area.
While children at the camp are
being amused, their mothers take part
IN an adult education program planned
by DR.. William Bristowe Of the Ma
tional Congress OF Teacher As
sociations and Josephine Brown, camp
guidance director.
Evening star., 1937-08-12
Torpedo Hunt Starts.

Men who make fishing a business
along the coast OF England have lost
interest in fish since the recent high
speed naval trials In Weymouth Bay.
Fifty torpedoes, worth $4,000 each,
are lying on the bed Of the bay, and
the British government has offered
large rewards for their recovery. Sal
vaging fleets have begun operations to
recover the $500 900 torpedo treasure.
Evening star., 1937-08-12
Poor, She Finds $4,000.

With only cents in her home, Mrs,
Elizabeth Herman, aged 81. of Black
burn, England, found a wallet con-
tanning $4,000. At first she thought
the contents were waste paper, but
When her husband realized the paper"
consisted of $500 notes the money was
taken to the police. The husband has
been out OF work for five years. The
money had been lost by a widow.
Evening star., 1937-08-12
LAWN PARTY SET
st. Joseph's Church Fste to Be
Held August 10 to %.

st. Joseph's Church Tete to Be
Held August 10 to %.
The annual lawn party Of st. Josepha
Church will be held from August 16
to % in the gardens of the rectory at
3l3 Second street northeast. it was
announced today. The party will in
clude two band concerts, one Monday
evening by the Elks' Boys Band. OPEN
ing the affair. and one Friday evening
by the Knights Of Columbus Boys
Band
Rev. J. Lawrence Kilkenny is gen.
eral chairman in charge OF arrange
ments. He is assisted by Rev. Edward
P. McAdams. pastor of St. Joseph's,
and by members of the Holy Name
Society and the Sodality Of the Blessed
Virgin Mary.
Evening star., 1937-08-12
FIGHT FANS SEND
1903 NEEDY TO CAMP
Variety Clubs Benefit Bout Real.
lied Enough to Care for
That Number.

Ad y AZ uu UCI.
Fight fans who saw Welterweight
Champion Freddie Steele knock out
Hobo Williams in 4 benefit bout spon-
sored by the Variety Club have sent
mothers and children to Camp Good
VIII, Chopawamsic, Va, 1t was an
nounced today.
The Variety Club is taking care Of
the camp, conducted by the Family
Service Association. during its fourth
and final period Of the Summer. The
club Is composed of representatives of
the motion picture industry. 1t sent
II mothers and 81 children to camp
Evening star., 1937-08-12
SOUGHT IN MURDER
Former D. G. Cab Driver Hunted
for Greenwood, Pa, Police.

for Greenwood, Pa, Police.
A former Warrington taxicab driver,
wanted in connection with 4 Green
wood, Pa, murder, was being sought
by Metropolitan Police today.
The mans name was given as Elyin
Homer Gates. jr., alias Leroy Carson
and Lester Conson. Police said he
drove = taxi here two years ago and
lived in the TOO block Of Pennsyl-
vania avenue. The murder, police re-
ported. was committed during 4 rob-
berry July ~.
Evening star., 1937-08-12

Czechoslovakia has 384,0O unem-
ployed. less than at any time since
1891.
Evening star., 1937-08-12
DECIDE ON ROUTE
Crest to Be Followed on Blue
Ridge Parkway.

The National Park Service said to-
day the crest OF the mountain route
would be followed on the Blue Ridre
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-13

many after the war. It's the Mont
pelier, the Montmorenci, the CO.
lumbia and the Abraham Lincoln.
Looks as if they was moored right
in the cornfeld, don't it? The
rivers there, but you can't see il
from here. Once they was the big
geSt and the fastest ships on the
ocean. / been aboard 'em. Jehul
What grand saloons and cabins
with the walls covered with hand
paintings and ALL It's a sight. mis-
teri"
What are they doing down
here2" asked Neill.
''The shipping board keeps them
down here because there's good
shelter and deep water. and ii
don't cost nothing"
Are they just ruSting away7"
mo. indeed. Old Captain. Bickel
and three men lives aboard and
they hires what painters and oilers
they want by the day. They're kept
in Al shape all right. Once month
they turn the engines over with
compressed air."
What good are they?"
Il don't know" said Joey.
Some say they'll be wanted for
transports in the next war. Others
say it would save the taxpayers
money if they was sold for scrap"
Il dare say" said Neill.
A minute or two later they were
in the village. The river lay on
one side, the inlet that constituted
the harbor on the other, the mouth
of the river and the bay out in
front. The simple frame houses of
the fishermen and the lack Of trees,
the all-surrounding water and the
boats az anchor gave the place a
Sea-going character. There was q
tang of salt in the air.
II was about eight o'clock and
still light when they pulled I'D in
front Of Longcope's general store
which faced the harbor. NeiiPs
eyes Instantly fastened on the trim
little yacht lying there. A crowd
had gathered on the porch Of the
store 70 greet the bus and he de-
cided 10 wait little until dark
before going out 10 the yacht. II
would attract less attention
Hey. Wickesyl" shouted Jcey.
Here's a ledger for you"
The hotel was next door 20 the
store. Il was \ staring cIapboard-
ed building Of several stories out
Of keeping with the old village.
The proprietor, a slack looking fat
man. came forward and Nell sub
mitted % being shown a room, but
declined dinner. II was impossible
to think OF eating until he had
done what be had come for.
fcsfyrfFks. fs9f. ~ Eus1srf FsaanrsI
NelIi finds JAnet and \ esrpss sn
the yacht, tsmsErow.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-13

mo. Never been there before"
Whats your business there.
may / ask?"
mo business. Thought I'd like
a couple of days fishing"
''You amt brought no tackle"
swell, I wasn't sure what I'd
need. I'll get it there"
"Ain't often a fellow comes
down alone to go fishing"
ooh, reckon / can Join on to
some party"
where you going to stop?"
There's a hotel, isn't there?"
"Sure, there's Wickes's hotel,
but you'd do better in one of the
boarding houses"
well, I'll go to the hotel tonight
and look round in the morning."
Whats the name, mister?"9 oel
Ford Wheatley.pIea
tSWhere from?"
Baltimore" U6Iu5s ohcr YIry
who you work for tllere?" ou55
Il represent a New York 6rngrf
And so on. And so on. Uu o!I6rs
AS they came over the top ofTa
low hill, Joey pointed out their
destination far off to the left. Neill
saw, on little promontory almost
surrounded by blue water, a viii
lage of white houses dazzling in
the level rays of the sun. The wide
mouth of the river lay beyond, and
still farther off, the misty expanse
of the Chesapeake. Neill hardened
as he looked at the pretty scene.
There lay his job.
Four Gigantic Ships
a S they turned the next corner
1 \ in the road, four gigantic ships
loomed before them moored side
by side, and making a little forest
of maSts and tunnels. It was a sur
prising sight to come upon in that
simple countryside.
"See them ships?" said Joey.
''Them's what we took from Ger