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Evening star., 1937-09-27
CO[LEG|AN'S DEATH.
THOUGHT ACCIDENT.
Police Probe Tragedy Which
Followed Fraternity House
"BuII Session."
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, Mo-, September 81
Police CROPPED through the dimlit paths
OF religious mysticism today in an ef-
fort to reconstruct fraternity house
bull session" that ended with the
death OF a brilliant young University
OF Missouri student who felt a sud-
den urge to commune with my maker .
Officers said they believed Albert
Waters. 19-year-old orator and dra-
matte student, was shot accidentally
while he and Jack Fitzpatrick, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Fraternity brother,
were discussing religion in Waters
room early Sunday. Both youths,
friends said, were of a "fatalistic"
turn of mind.
Edwin c. Orr prosecuting attorney,
said he had no evidence of criminal
responsibility and that an inquest
probably would be unnecessary. Coro-
ner w. A. Toalson concurred.
Fitzpatrick, also 10, told Chief of
Police Orville Pollock, Waters was
lying on bed when suddenly he ex-
claimed:
Il feel sudden urge to commune
with my maker"
L decided to call his bluff" Kill
patrick told Pollock
so went to my room and opened
my strongboX, in which 1 had an old
.38 revolver and an automatic pistol
which I had brought to school with
me for use in physics experiments
Fitzpatrick said ne brought the re-
volver to Waters room and. still
thinking it was joke, I said I'd put
In just one shell, but you'd probably
miss the first time"
"'If I do I'll never have nerve
enough to do it again." Fitzpatrick
quoted Waters.
He took the revolver and placed
the muzzle against his head" Kilpat-
rick told Chief Pollock. Il still
thought it was joke and I stood
IN the center of the floor with my
fingers in my ears, making faces, but
when he held the revolver to his head
felt the joke had gone far enough"
Fitzpatrick said he told Waters, Put
the gun down. 1t might go off,
Then Fitzpatrick said, while he
turned his head a moment he heard
the report of the gun and ran from
the room shouting, Waters shot him.
self"
Friends of the youths expressed
belief Waters had intended only to
frighten Fitzpatrick and that the
shooting was accidental.
Waters, a sophomore, made one of
the highest scores in the college apti-
tude test ever made at the university,
Albert K. Heckel, dean of men, said.
Waters was the son OF a Kansas
City construction materials dealer.
Kilpatrick's father is lumberman
In Oklahoma City.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
TWO ARE KILLED
ASPLANE CRASHES
Civilian Employees Of Norfolk
Navy Yard Die as Ship
PIunges in Spin.
Cy the Associated Press.


NORFOLK, September 27-Two
Navy Yard civilian employees were
killed instantly yesterday when the
cabin plane in which they were
flying went into a spin about 1000
feet up and crashed on the Water
works road near the Virginian Rail-
way crossing at the Norfolk city limits.
They we're John M Shannon, 26,
of Youngsville, Pa, and A. G. Clark,
about 35, of Portsmouth, Shannon
had been employed as welder at the
Navy Yard little more than year.
Their plane, small 36-horsepower
training ship capable Of a speed of
only 80 miles an hour, suddenly went
into a spin about 10 minutes after
they had left an airport on the
Virginia Beach boulevard for q
pleasure ride"
Control wires on the ship were
found intact after the crash.
The plane was in a power spin
until a moment before it crashed
through a network of about IS tele-
phone wires and shattered itself on
the ground. The engine was driven
back into the single seat, on which
Clark and Shannon had been sitting
side by side, and both men were badly
mangled.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
DAMAGED VESSELS
TO RETURN TO U. S.
Two Destroyers Were En- Route to
Europe When Struck by North
Atlantic Gale,

The destroyers Manley and Claxton,
en- route to Europe, were so badly dam
aged in North Atlantic gale that
the Navy Department has ordered
them to return to the Boston Navy
Yard for repairs, it was announced to-
day.
The vessels sailed from Norfolk last
Wednesday for duty with the United
States temporary squadron in Europe.
Some 300 miles southeast of Sable
Island they struck terrific gale Sat-
urday.
Lieut.. Comdr. j. C. Talbert, COM
manding the Manley. told the Navy
Department his crafts starboard
motor whaleboat, with both davits.
was carried away and the mainmast
was split.
The Claxton suffered damage to the
starbOard after-bulkheads of the
after-deckhouse. four ports were stove
in and life RATS damaged. her COM
manding officer. Lieut.. Comdr w. v
Hamilton, advised the department.
This afternoon the two vessels were
scheduled to meet and return together
to Boston.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
Girl, 2, Hurled
Safe From, Crash
Costing Z LiUes
By the Associated Press

0y Lue AhcOClAteQ HTe6S.
MONTGOMERY, w. Va, September
H.-A 2-year-old baby girl, hurled
to safety by her father, was the lone
survivor today of q train-truck tragedy
which took seven lives and lef her an
orphan.
Ellory T. Brown, 36. the father;
Bertha Brown, 80, his wife; their four
children, William, T. Myrtle, 8: Ruby,
IL, and Donnie, II. with Willard F.
James go. 4 school teacher and driver
OF the truck, were killed.
Their machine was hurled more
than 100 yards by q Chesapeake G
Ohio passenger train yesterday at a
grade crossing near this community,
so miles southeast Of Charleston.
The baby. Emogene, suffered a frac-
tured arm.
The victims were from Whitaker,
mining village about 10 miles up
Paint Greek. Charles Porter said
James had just had his truck serviced
In his garage $50 yards from the rail-
road.
State Trooper Ellis Lea said a wit
ness told him Brown had risen from
his seat and tossed his daughter al
most at the moment the engine struck
the truck.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
CENSUS MEETING.

Members Of the committee to ad-
minister the unemployment census are
meeting at the White House this after
noon to discuss preliminary organiza-
ton work.
Conferees include John D. Biggers,
administrator of the jobless census,
members of the cabinet and other
Government ofacials and representa-
tives OF agriculture. industry and
lahOr
Evening star., 1937-09-27

ing the dismissal set forth that former
pupils had testified the teacher dis
cussed evolution in the class room.
Mrs. Morris has subpoenaed 20 wit
nesses, including patrons and pupils Of
her school She also is expected to
call members OF the board.
Judge c. w. Waychoff presided.
Attorney ]. r. Scott represented the
school board.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
County Receives
$186,968.6O From
State Auto Funds

Imperial county received $685.
96860 last year from the state motor
vehicle fund and the motor vehicle
fuel fund, the California Highway
commission reported Saturday.
The county board of supervisors
submitted their annual report of
the receipt and expenditure of the
funds and the report was approved
by the highway commission, Sec
retary Julian D. Roussel said. A
balance of $2,495.45 was on hand
at the close of the fiscal year
Expenditures for the purchase of
equipment from the county road
fund totaled $15,34293. Consider
able equipment is being purchased
under lease contract. The super
visors all take mileage allowance
with most of the charges running
at about $50 a month, irrespective
CT the mileage in the district, the
secretary said.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
.0UNIYBRlERs Rls

There Is a difference in moving
and Storage Service. Pioneers Re"
liable Service costs no more. Phone
l. Pioneer Truck and Transfer Co.
O3
Intend to Wed-Joe Rohrer, 30
and Rosie SegriSt, 10, Holtville resi-
dents, Saturday filed notice of in
tention to wed.
DO you want TO earn some good
money during your spare time dur
ing the next few weeks? If so,
turn to the Classified page and
read ad Sparetime Employment
Attention Housewives O4
License Issued-County Clerk W.
j. McClelland issued q marriage
license Saturday to Edwin o. Jones,
48, and Mae M. Miller, A, Brawley
residents.
Peter Pires dairy sale at zinnerie
sale corrals Monday, and on Tues
day Oct. 5th at eleven sharp, An
drew Destray sale of the Smithson
herd of high grade and pure bred
holsteins, miles southeast of Holt
vile, zinn and Zinn, Auctioneers.
O3
Sues For Divcrcs-Ralph Milton
Chapman filed salt for divorce
Saturday against Opal Nellie Chap
man on the grounds of extreme
cruelty They agreed before their
marriage August 7 that her three
children by a former marriage
should not live in his home, he al
= legged, but after the marriage she
pagged him because he did not want
Yhem there He said they separated
September 25.
Lost Caster with small solid rub
ber tire between Pioneer Ware
house and uptown. Reward if re-
turned to Pioneer Truck and Trans
fer Co., Phone / O3
Asks AnnuIment-Mary Lee Full
Ter in a complaint filed Saturday
asked that her marriage to Cliff
ford j. Fuller be annulled by the
court because he had been COM
mitted to San quentin for felony.
She said they were married in Las
Vegas, New, Sept %, 1885.
Dance every Sat night, Veterans
Memorial Hall, FL Centre, Carroll
Campbell orchestra. O3
Marriage License Issued-County
Clerk w. J. McClellahd Issued
marriage license Friday to Mar
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
Urged to
Have Children at
School on Monday

Since decreased attendance means
definite financial loss to the city
school system, Guy A. Weakley, su-
perintendent, has asked the cooper
alton of all parents in seeing that
children attend school Monday. Am
pie provision has been made to per-
nit them to see both the parade
and the circus that afternoon.
Schools will close a 1:30 pm,
running on a minimum schedule
and as the circus does not begin
until 2:15 O'Clock students will have
plenty of time, said Weakley, to
get to the circus grounds before
the show starts
Circus officials are cooperating
with school authorities and will
telephone the schools when the
parade starts The children will
then be taken by their teachers to
the nearest place on the line of
march and will be able to see the
entire parade while parents will
have the satisfaction of knowing
that their children are under super
vision.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
Klan Renounced
By Judge Black
Continued from Page y

Continued from Page y
quences possible from such cam
paignS, Black said:
ITO contribute my part in avert
ing such a catastrophe in this land
dedicated to tolerance and freedom,
1 break with precedents of the past
to talk with you tonight.
"An effort is being made to con-
vince the people of America that I
am intolerant, and that L am pre-
JUDGED against people of the Jewish
and Catholic faiths, and against
members of the Negro race.
"These insinuations are advanced
despite the fact that, for the past
IL years, have served in the SEN
ate of the United States under con-
stant and microscopic public scru-
tiny.
Stands on Record
my words and acts are a matter
of public record. / believe that my
record as a senator refutes every
implication of racial or religious
intolerance. 1t shows that I was
of that group of liberal senators
who have consistently fought for
the civil, economic and religious
rights of all Americans, without re-
gard to race or creed"
In short, clipped sentences, Black
admitted his one-time membership
in the khan and told of his subSe-
quent resignation.
"At no meeting of any organiza-
ton, social, political or fraternal,
have 1 ever indicated the slightest
departure from my steadfast faith
in the unfetered right OF every AM
erican to follow his conscience in
matters of religion" he said.
Il have supported candidates for
public office without reference to
their faith. In my endorsement of
applicants for governmental posi-
tions, have acted without discrim-
ination of any kind or character"
The justice added that he mum
bered among his most intimate
friends both Catholics and Jews,
and that shortly after he started
practicing law in Birmingham, Ala,
more than 25 years ago, II formed
one of the most valued friendships
of my life with a son of Jewish
faith.
HE stood SO nearly in the place
of father to me-" said Black, that
while in the army in 1918 ] desig-
mated this trusted Jewish friend as
sole executor of my will" Black
said MANY members of the colored
race" also were among his friends
Ends Discussion
II have watched the process oi
it's members with sympathy and ad-
miration," he said. Certainly they
are entitled to the full measure ol
protection accorded to the citizen
ship of our country by our con-
sJitution and our laws"
Black concluded by asserting hi
did not intend to discuss the mat.
ter further.
with this statement" he said
"iS ended my discussion of the ques-
ton.
I believe the character and con-
duct of every public servant, greai
and small, should be subject to the
constant scrutiny of the people
This must be true if democracy
serves its purpose.
1T is in this spirit that l now
bid those who have been listening
to me Goodnight"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
Information on
Circus Program

PERFORMANCE-OnIy one per-
formance starting a. 2 pm.
SHOW GROUNDS-At Main st.
and Fairfield avenue.
misunderstanding the circus
grounds at 11:30 sharp Monday
morning, tho cOIOrfuI process
sion will proceed on Main
stree, to Eighth street-sOuth
on Eighth TO State street
east on State to Fourth street
north on Fourth to Main
street and thence back to the
circus grounds.
FEATURES-CIyde Beatty. fa-
nous wild animal trainer: Ken
Maynard, screens greates1
western star; the Great Gre
tonas. high wire act and the
AureIia Troupe Of nine Euro
poem bareback riders; Mile.
Ria La Plata. European aerial
sensation and more than 400
others.
SIDE SHOWS-Open 10 am. and
run continuously.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03

shall E. Kidder, 26, and Willie Mae
Waggoner, 18, Calexico residents.
Divorce Decree Granted-An in
terlocutory divorce decree was
granted Friday to Agnes Pinkerton
from Harvey Pinkerton on the
grounds of wilful desertion. Judge
Vaughn N. Thompson signed the
decree.
Files Ccmplaint-Evalyn Johnson
filed a divorce suit against John
Quincy johnson, known also as
Annis Quincy Johnson. She charg-
ed him with habitdal intemperance,
failure to support his family, and
extreme cruelty. She asked that
he be restrained from annoying
and molesting her pending settle
ment of the suit. They married
Aug. 9, 1881, and separated April l.,
1897.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
COMMENT

Continued from Page One)
is a deplorable thing that a man
who has ever taken the oath OF
ALLEGIANCE to sinister and destruc-
tive organization should now take
his place on the highest court OF
justice in this country.
THE NEW YORK HERALD TRI-
BUNE-The effort of Senator Black
to suggest that he is the real pro-
tagonist of tolerance and that his
enemies are intolerant is perhaps
the greatest item of effrontery in
uniquely brazen utterance. Only
man needless of the truth and a
man afraid of his official skin could
fall so low. 1t is now for President
Roosevelt to speak.
THE SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWS
PAPERS-Hugo Blacks address to
the nation was the work of bril-
liant prosecutor suddenly turned
to the defense. 1t was an eloquent
plea for tolerance. 1t was clever.
But like too many of the recent
happenings in the region of the
supreme court, too damned clever"
so, while we should like to
rest our comment with praise to
the orators tribute to tolerance
we must, in the interest of realism,
say we can't overlook that thorn
which was all but buried in the
rose bed of his rhetoric-"I did
join the Klan".
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
Cling as he will to the high prin-
ciples he enunciated last night,
every act and every vote of the
new justice will be suspected. The
public will not forget that the man
from Alabama once subscribed to
the hated principles of the Ku Klux
Klan. His public reputation of
his former Klan colleagues comes
too late to justify his acceptance
now as member of the supreme
court. He ought to resign.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03

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Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
Circus to Arrive
In Ell Centre Mon,

Continued from Page One)
acknowledged TO pe the greatest
wild animal trainer of all time.
Many Famous Riders
Among the go equestrians will be
the Aurelia troupe of nine cham
pions of Europe. The petite and
charming Cyse O'Dell, intrepid
aerialist, comes from the Antipodes
to thrill and amaze you. From Ger
many will be the amazing Gretona
troupe who perform on a wire
high up in the dome of the big
top; other stars will be the Flying
Harolds, the Aerial Illingtons and
Harold Barnes, the dancing, tum-
bling somersaulting juvenile on the
tight wire. Sixty clowns headed by
Otto Griebling will furnish fun
for the little folks,
There are 500 head of horses with
the show this season including 200
performing equines.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
McPherrin Issues
Restraining Order

Judge r. d. McPherrin issued an
order Saturday restraining directors
of the Valley Steam Laundry, A. J..
Mercier, Lawrence Duff, and Bert
Stevenson from disposing of 1890
shares of laundry stock pending
litigation brought by j. j. Foster
Foster asked the court to restrain
the directors from selling the stock
he placed in security for a note un-
til after settlement of court action.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
Twelve Officials
In Ell Centre For
= 2-Day Convention

Twelve coroners and public ad-
Illustrators of southern California
arrived in Ell Centro Saturday for a
two-day convention.
d. L. zinn, puoiic administrator
of Imperial county, and Sheriff Ro-
bert w. Ware, Imperial county cor
oner, are entertaining the visitors.
They enjoyed an informal luncheon
at the Barbara Worth hotel Satur-
day. A business session and dinner
was scheduled for the California
hotel Saturday night
Saturday afternoon part of the
visitors toured the All-American
canal and Imperial dam while
others went dove hunting.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
Rancher Appointed
To Imperial Council

IMPERIAL, Oct. 2-William Tul-
los, rancher and livestock man, was
appointed by the city council to
fill the unexpired term of E. l..
Brandon. resigned.
Brandon resigned the position to
accept a position in San Pedro.
Tullos is a member of the elemen-
tary and high school boards. He is
son-in-laW of the late j. G.
Sharp. His term as councilman will
expire next spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
Labor Union Leader
AssaSSinated in N. Y.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2. UP-Sam
Gappel, labor union official, was
assassinated early today, nine hours
after a gunman had critically
wounded Max Rubin, union agent
who repeatedly helped put the
finger on" Max Silverman, labor
racketeer No. l."
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
Mrs. George TalIy's
Condition Improves

Mrs. George Tally is recovering
satisfactorily after an operation
performed at Hollywood this
month. She will not return TO her
home in Ell Centre until November
l. Tally is back at work at the court
house.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
HOPE RAISED
ROSS MAY BE
STILL ALIVE

CHICAGO, Oct. 2 (UP)-A mys-
terious telephone message that we
have Ross" raised hope today that
Charles S. Ross, retired valentine
manufacturer kidnapped a week ago,
may still be alive.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03

The patrolman stationed before
the Canadian legation building at
Washington, DC, is the only mem
Der of the Royal Canadian mounted
police who serves in foreign
country.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-01-20
Pittsburgh Strike
Ends As Hope Rises
For Motors Peace

Brophy, director of the committee for
Industrial organization, were enroute
to Washington to seek a basis for
peace conference.
Settlement Of two strikes yesterday
was offset by two more shutdowns of
G.. M. C. plants, sitdown strike at
the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company's
Cumberland, Md, plant, and halt Of
production in the steel products plant
of the Firestone Tire and Rubber
Company at Akron, Ohio, where
wage dispute was raised by crane
workers. SIX hundred were idle
there.
The Buick Motor Company an
nounced it's Flint, Mich, plant, en-
ploying $4,000, would close tonight
for lack of materials. Assembly lines
in the Fisher plant at Baltimore
struck and 1,200 employees began to
leave their benches. Company Off
Gals said the entire shop would be
closed by evening.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-01-20
Child Labor
Act Doomed
In Assembly
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY j G. BASKERVILLE

Raleigh, Jan. 20-The Federal child
labor amendment is doomed to defeat
in the legislature despit the desperate
fight being made for it's ratification.
A consens1s of the State Senate
seems Enthusiastically hostile to the
measure and the recent statement by
Miss Frances Perkins, United States
secretary of labor; that the present
administration has no thought of
bringing farm or domestic labor I'M
der the act will have not the slightest
effect on it's chances in North Caro-
lima.
miss Perkins opinion isn't worth
the breath it took to express it, -
said one senator. Neither she nor
any one else, not even the president
himself, can speak for any subsequent
Federal administration. No matter
what Mr.. Roosevelt and his present
advisers say or think, the power to
put all forms of child labor under cen
tralized Federal control is expressly
set out in the amendment. It is dang
erous"
John Sprunt Hill, Durham, chair
man of the Senate Manufacturing
Labor, and Commerce Committee, de-
CONTINUED on Page Six.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-01-20
Roosevelt To
Make WdrOn'
All Injustice

Washingtn, Jan. 20-(AP)-Presi-
dent Franklin d. Roosevelt dedicated
himself anew at the start of his sec
ond administration today to removal
of cancers of injustice" that cause
want in the midst of plenty
In his inaugural address, delivered
beneath a storm-darkened sky to
thousands gathered on the Capitol
plaza, he pictured uncounted poor IA
miles living under the pail of dis
aster" and said:
1--WE are determined to make every
American citizen the subject of his
country's interest and concern"
Progress in recovery is obvious, the
President said, put "the new order of
things" brought about since 1888
means more than that.
Restating his philosophy in broad
terms, and leaving his specific pro-
gram to the future, he spoke of using
new materials of social justice ito
erect on the old foundations a more
enduring structure for the use of
future generations"
Moments, before he made his adj
dress, he had taken the presidential
O1CA again llOAA NiA0A OuoIlCo I1uSHcS.
With justices of the Supreme Court
among his hearers, he spoke once
more of the Constitution, but said
nothing about the courts
This year, Mr.. Roosevelt recalled,
marks the 150th anniversary of that
fundamental charter. The forefathers
founded way out of the chaos that
followed the Revolutionary War, he
said, adding:
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-01-20
Notes In Plain Handwriting
OF Mattson Youth Disclosed

boys father, were verbatim punctua-
tion) in part:
1. IF you want the boy back, pay
ransom, let US know through the
papers have the money car ready. Call
police off, ransom paid at night, you
will get a phone call where to find
note x x x if man gets killed or
has to commit suicide On account of
police, you will never see the kid
again. To prove he is alive this is in
his handwriting"
(Signed) "TIM, TIM"
2. Are ready to make connections
and want to know if you are getting
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-01-20
ManySchools.
Close Because
Of Bad Buses

Raleigh, Jan. 20.-(AP)-The House
passed and sent to the Senate today
the emergency i'll to appropriate $780,
MOO at once for the purchase of school
1uses to replace unsafe" vehicles.
The measure was passed under sus-
pension Of the rules.
1t was introduced yesterday and
passage was recommended by the
JOINT appropriations committee at an
afternoon session.
Several counties over the State, in
Guiding Forsyth, Mecklenburg, and
Wilkes reported schools closed as bad
roads made it dangerous or impos-
slole to operate buses. The school
commission said more than 1000 Of
the 1895 buses in use are from seven
10 nine years old.