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Evening star., 1937-10-25
MORE EPOWERSEEN
FOR MARITIME UNIT
Study of U. S. Shipping Now
Being Finished May Help
Strengthen Body.
By the Associate ted Press.

by lllt hSSOCldteu fTeSS.
An exhaustive study of American
shipping soon to be completed by the
Maritime Commission may result in
substantial increases in the commits
sion's authority over the American
merchant marine.
The survey is to be published about
November /. 1t will carry not only
reports of the commissions findings,
but recommendations for the improve
ment Of the merchant fleet.
There was little doubt in informed
quarters today that these recommends
tions would result in requests to Con-
gress for a greater coordination of
government controls over shipping.
Commission Chairman Joseph P.
Kennedy said the report would bring
out that IS Government bureaus now
have something to say about maritime
affairs. Mr.. Kennedy said such q split
up of authority was too great.
Among the matters over which there
is no co-ordinated supervision is labor
When questioned by reporters as to
whether he thought the Maritime
Commission should have authority
over that, Mr.. Kennedy said. Well,
think it should be centralized some
where"
At present the commissions au-
thority is limited to that which it
can exercise through control of Gov
ernment subsidies to shipping and
through outright ownership of Gov
ernment-built vessels leased to pri-
yate operators.
Whether any effort will be made
to extend its authority to non-sub-
sidized shipping remains to be seen.
Of more than 400 American ships now
sailing the high seas only 155 fall In
the subsidized classification. About
10000 of an estimated 10000 Ameri-
can seamen are employed on them.
Evening star., 1937-10-25
HOPKINS SEES EVIL
IN COTTON PICKER
Displacement of Upward of 500,.
900 Workers in 8 to 10 Years
Held Possible.
Rt the Associate Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Harry l.. Hopkins, w. P. A. ad-
ministrstor, made public report today
forecasting new labor problems for
the South as a result Of mechanical
cotton pickers.
Within or 10 years. the report said,
the machines could displace upward
of one-half million" cotton pickers.
"Since agricultural labor is excluded
from the benefits of State unemploy-
ment insurance laws" 1t added, ANY
displacement of cotton farm tenants
and sharecroppers that may result
from the fnechanization of cotton
picking will be of immediate concern
to agencies dealing with problems OF
economic security and relief"
Ire report was based on recent i'm
provements In mechanical cotton pick
ers which in demonstrations have
speeded up harvest operations and re-
duced labor costs.
Evening star., 1937-10-25
Playground Group Elects.

LEONARDTOWN. Md, Oct. 25
(speciaD Mrs. Roland Duke Of this
city has been named chairman OF
the Leonardtown Playground Associa-
ton. Other officers are: Vice presi-
dent, DR.. Charles v. Hayden: secre-
tary. Miss Hope Greenwell, principal
If the Great Mills High School: tress1
Der, O. Frank Dent, and reporter
Mrs. G. Morgan knight, ~.
Evening star., 1937-10-25
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
FOR R0YDEN D. CLAGETT
Commercial Representative of
Telephone Company Was Vic
tim of Heart Attack.

Funeral services for Royden D.
Clagett, SIS, of 1918 Kilbourne place
NV, commercial representative of
the Chesapeake e. Potomac Tele-
phone Co.. who died Saturday of a
heart attack in Laurel, Md. are being
held here this afternoon at his late
residence. Burial will be in Trinity
Church Cemetery Upper Marlboro,
Md.
MIR. Clagett was stricken with a
heart attack while motoring with Mrs.
Clagett to West Point to see their son,
David c. Clagett, cadet there. Mr..
Clagett had been employed by the
telephone company about 80 years and
widely known. He was a native of
Prince Georges County. Md, and a
member of a prominent family of that
State.
Evening star., 1937-10-25
HELD TO GRAND JURY
IN HOUSEKEEPING

Bernard c. Ballard. rs, was held
under $4,000 bond for grand jury
action when arraisned today before
Police Court Judge Walter j. Casey
on q charge Of housebreaking. The
defendant waived q preliminary hear
ing.
Ballard, according to police, broke
into Sanitary Grocery store at 200
Fifth street Sc. on July II and stole
a quantity of cigarettes and candy.
Policeman Fuller Arlington informed
the court 10 otheH charges of house.
breaking against Ae defendant will
b placed before III grand jury.
Evening star., 1937-10-25
S0DALITY UNION HOLDS
MASS MEETING TONIGHT
Archbishop Michael ]. Curley
Will Deliver Address in
Gonzaga Auditorium.

The Sodality Union of Washington
will hold its annual mass meeting to-
night in Gonzaga Auditorium, At
street NV. at sis o'clock with Arch
bishop Michael ]. Curley delivering
the principal address.
Other speakers will include the Rev
Walter 1. Read, pastor of st. Mar
garet's Church, Bel Air, Md; the Rev.
J. j. Clark, spiritual director of the
Sodality Union, and Miss Katherine
Harrington. who recently represented
the Union at Sodslity Summer School
of Catholic Action held in Chicago.
A musical program will be given by
the Gonzaga High School Orchestra
and the Sodality Union Choir. Pre-
ceding the meeting the directors Of the
various sodalities and members of the
clergy will be guests of the Rev. LAu-
renee J. Kelly, S. j., at st. Aloysius
Rectory, l9 I street NV.
Evening star., 1937-10-25
EFFORT TO ACCUSE
MRS. HAHN bALKED
Judge Says State Must FIX
One Death Cause Before
Going to Another.
Ey the Associated Press.

Es the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 25.-Halting the
States effort to link Anna Marie
Hahn with a fourth death, that of
George Gsellman, ST. Judge Charles
S. Bell ruled today that the prosecu-
tion first must establish cause for
the demise of Albert J. Palmer, To-
year-old retired rail watchman
Judge Bell, in sustaining an OBJ
lection entered by Chief Defense
Counsel Joseph H. Hoodir, said EVIL
dence must fix a cause Of death for
each person assertedly involved, be-
fore the State can proceed to another.
Prosecutor Dudley Miller Outcalt
had called to the stand Mrs Caroline
Topicz, cigar-stand proprietor, and
asked if she knew Gsellman." Hoodih
inquired If "this opens a new case?"
Outcalt said that it did, but sought
to explain that testimony concerning
Palmer and Gsellman was lin part
irterlocking" He requested permis-
sion to proceed thus. to forestsll neces-
sity of recalling witnesses for each
case
The blond former housemaid is on
trial charged with the poison slay-
ing of Jacob wagner, 78-year-old
gardener She also is under indict-
ment in the alleged similar death
of Gsellman.
Prosecutor Dudley Miller Outcalt
has psrsded 56 witnesses to the
stand with what he contends is evi-
dence of her connection with the
greatest mass murder in the eeun-
try"
Already, the deaths of Mr.. Wag-
ner and of George Obendoerfer and
Palmer have been described to the
jury of IL women and one man.
Admissibility as evidence of notes
found in Mr.. Palfner's effects, includ-
ing one addressed, My dear sweet
dady," remains to be determined. All
were signed Ann" or Anna Hahn"
They have been submitted as State
exhibits.
Drama lies ahead in the sched-
uled appearance on the stand of
George Heis, Cincinnati coal dealer,
whom Outcalt, has termed Mrs
Hahn's only living victim" The State
looks to him to "clinch" what the
prosecutor claims is evidence of plot
ting to slay for money"
The prosecutor claims the 31-year-
old former Bavarian woman mulcted
Heis of approximately $4,000 and that
when his firm detected her plan. she
obtained money from Palmer to repay
him.
Evening star., 1937-10-25
mother DEFENDS
JOHN MONTAGUE
Tells Jury Golfer Was at
Home Night Roadhouse
Was Held Up.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ELIZABETHTOWN. N. Y, Oct. rs.
The elderly, white-haired mother Of
Hollywood's John Montague, told q
jury today her son was at home in
Syracuse, N. Y, the night he Ia ac-
cused Of robbing q roadhouse OF s7OO
in 1890.
"He came in at midnight on August
4 and went to bed," Mrs. Mary Moore
testified, elancing at her son, known
seven years ago as IAverne Moore.
Kin Hanas roadhouse was held up
by four men at about 2 am. the night
of August 4, according to previous tes-
timony.
Laverne left home the following
morning, the mother said, unshakinsly
He told me he was going to play
golf or baseball, kissed me goodby
and went out" she said.
Last She Saw Of Him.
That was the last she saw Of him,
the mother testified, until he was ar
rested and returned several month ago
from Hollywood, where in recent years
he had been an intimate friend OF
motion picture celebrities.
A sister, Mrs. Mary A. Allen, az.
said Laverne took her to work around
BIS AM" the morning after the hold
up, telling her he was going to play
golf or baseball
and State trooper came to her home
on August 10. 1880, four days after
Laverne went away.
The detective asked me if Laverne
was home" she said. Il told them
no Then the trooper asked: He
isn't home?' 1 repeated no. Then
the trooper said. Well take your
word for it,
Prosecutor Thomas w. Mcdonald
waived cross-examination of Mrs.
Moore. but directed rapid fire Of
questions at the sister.
Not Discussed by Family.
Once, Presiding Judge Harry E
Owen interrupted to ask.
Was there any discussion in the
family as to why Laverne should leave
his place OF residence so suddenly"
No" was the reply.
A second sister. Mrs Madeline Nc
Grath. corroborated her mothers tes-
timony that Laverne slept at home
the night of the robbery and that
he took her sister to work the follow
ing morning.
Testimony by Montague's mother
and sisters followed that of half
dozen ene-time friends Of the de-
fendant from Syracuse lauding his
reputation for honesty and truth
fulness."
First of the character witnesses was
Miss Julia A. Ryan of Syracuse. men,
Der of the Onondsga County Board
of Supervisors. who said that Mon
tague had a good" reputation in his
home community. She said she had
known him all my life"
Calls Reputation Good.
Another witness. Morris ]. Dooling
director of the Bureau Of Food anc
Health Sanitation of Syracuse. sale
he had known the defendant 20 year!
and that his reputation for honest!
was good"
On cross-examination Dooling ad'
mitted he only knew of Montague
whereabouts the last seven years iron
Whist 1 read in the papers.
Michael L. Callahan. another SYRIA
cuse native, who said he had known
nle defendant nearly all his life,
also testified as to Montague's good
reputation. Callahan is funera
director.
Evening star., 1937-10-25
VISITING COUPLE HURT
IN TRAFFIC MISHAP
Elderly Los Angeles Man and
Wife Hit by Auto Hour
Before Train Time.

Before Train Time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Lovejoy,
elderly visitors from Los Angeles. were
injured painfully when struck BY An
automobile at North Capitol and H
streets last night. an hour before they
planned to leave for home
Both Mr.. Lovejoy, 80. and his wife.
81. we're cut and bruised about the
head. They were reported in fairly
good condition at Casualty Hospital
today.
William Voietsberger. A, Of $40
Seventeenth street NE. was listed by
police as driver of the car. but was
not held The LoveJoys. after check
ing out of their hotel here, were TAX
ing final stroll in the Capital before
boarding a train for Los Angeles when
the accident occurred.
Another pedestrian, George Waters,
so, colored, 2418 X street NV, re-
ceived broken leg when struck by a
hit-and-run motorist at Twenty
eighth and M streets NV He was
treated at Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1937-10-25
French Clipper Hops on.

CASABLANCA, Morocco, Oct. 25
R.-The giant French flying boat
Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris, took of
today from the harbor of Port Lyautey
on nonstop flight to Rio de Janeiro.
The 75-passenger plane WAS forced
to taxi for nveral minutes At the take
of to avd . freishter entering the
bort.
Evening star., 1937-10-25
WANTS REFERENDUM

Reform Federation Head proposes
Vote on War Issue.
An amendment to the Constitution
providing for a national referendum
on the question OF foreign wars was
proposed last night by Clinton N.
Howard, superintendent of the In
ternstional Reform Federation, in an
address at the Columbia Heights
Christian Church.
THE fatherhood and motherhood.
and the men who do the lighting Of
the nation" declared Mr. Howard,
should have the right to decide
whether they shall become cannon
fodder to settle dispute between
nations In Europe and Asia and die
for some country other than their
own"
Evening star., 1937-10-25
Homemakers' Club Elects.

LEONARDTOWN, Md, oct rs
(specia) Mrs. r. A. Hunserford has
been elected president OF the -Po-
monkeys Homemskers Club. Other
officers elected are vice president, Mrs.
P. H. Slavin; secretary. Mrs. T. F.
Downs; treasurer. Mrs. w. P. jane
son; parliamentarian. Mrs. F. B. Boil
ton. and publicity chairman, Mrs. E.
D. Warren.
Evening star., 1937-10-25
Quakes Shake Alaska.

SEWARD, Alaska, Oct. as (P).-A
sharp earthshock disarrayed shelves
of dishes and ratified windows at
1:30 am. yesterday, but did little
damage. Minor shocks continued for
an hour.
Evening star., 1937-10-25
Star Readers Outside i. S. Send
Orders for Art Reproductions

OF The the United States
- those of the Washington
three
paningshe works of masters
Evening star., 1937-10-25

Rsilcars Are being put into service
in New Zealand.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05
CHECK SOIL PROGRAM
WITH AERIAL PICTURES
[COntinned from First Psge1

Continued from First Pagel
conservation program have complied
during the past year.
In the meantime field supervisors
have been checking over those farms
which are included in the 1887 pro-
gram, and these field reports are be-
ing corrected and tabulated by the
county committee. After these aerial
maps have been projected and COM
pared with the ground measure
ments. comparisons will be made
with the maps which have been turn
ed in by the field supervisors, and
the necessary corrections and data
entered upon the compliance record
for each farm in the county.
Following the completion of this
detailed work. copies of all compli-
ance papers will be forwarded to the
Agricultural Adjustment Admins
tration in Washington for consider
alton and final approval with refer
ence to recommending benefit ray
ments. In all probability. however,
1t will be several weeks before this
1887 compliance is completed be-
cause of the delay in receiving these
aerial maps.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05
IContinued from Eirn Paael


Kent County: Smyrna (Fruit
Growers National Bank and Trust
Company, November 8; Smyrna
National Bank of Smyrna), Novem-
ber 8; Clayton clayton Bank and
Trust Company, November 10; Hart
ly West Dover Trust Company, No
vember II; Wyoming First National
Bank. November Is; Camden (Balti-
more Trust Company. November 16;
FELTON, (Felton Bank, November II;
Frederick delaware Trust Com
pany), November IS; Harrington
First National Bank, November
10; Harrington Peoples Bank, No
vember 90.
Sussex County: Milford First Ma
tional Bank and Trust Company. i.
November s; Delmar First National
Bank. November 8; Milford milford
Trust Company. November 8;
Frankford First National Bank.
November 8; Greenwood Greenwood
Trust Company, November 10; Mil
ton Sussex Trust Company, No
vember 10; Milton First National
Bank, November 12; Bridgeville
Baltimore Trust Company. Novem-
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05
Red Cross Headed Safety Campaign
In Homes And On The Highways

able.
1t was pointed out that Red Cross
first aid was not intended to replace
regular medical attention, but rather
to render only first aid during emerg-
encies-when such care should be
considered a safeguard until COM
petent medical care can be given vic
Tins of crashes or other accidents.
Better employment conditions
have brought increased demands for
first aid training in the industries" /"
Miss Draper said. "Our local chap
ter of the Red Cross as well as the
resources and the teaching staff Of
the national organization is concen-
trating on reaching an increasingly
large number of persons in order to
spread the teaching OF first aid as
widely as possible.
"It is a deplorable fact" Miss Dra-
per concluded, that accidents on
highways are increasing rather than
decreasing. While we are doing all
possible to cut these accidents down,
we must recognize the fact that many
of them seem to be inevitable, and
our task is to prepare as many per-
sons as possible to cope with them"
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05
STATE FARMERS GET
PRICES ABOVE AVERAGE
[COntinHed from First Psge1

[ConfinHed from First Psgel
potatoes. 60. average 4s.5 cents, and
sweet potatoes, SIS cents, national
average, 72.1 cents.
Hogs. per 100 pounds. s11, average,
1878; beef cattle, $3.50, average
$7.19; veal calves, 5000, average,
$S.76; sheep, 81, national average,
$3.50; lamps, $9.40, average, $8.42;
milk cows per head, $40 in Delaware,
average. $5S.40; horses per head,
Sis, average, 5000 and mules per
head. s145, against a national av-
erage of $109.30.
Chickens, per pound, "a cents,
average, 17.6 cents; turkeys, pound,
25 cents. average 1877 cents; eggs,
per dozen, 31.7 cents, average, 25.2
cents; butter, pound, 80 cents, av-
erage 31.2 cents; butterfat, Sc cents,
average, 35.1 cents and apples, bush
Ell. so cents against 61.9 average.
Other prices made by Delaware
farmers. but without a national av-
erage for comparison, are: Milk, 100
pounds wholesale. s2.25; wool,
pound, So cents; alfalfa, ton, SIC;
clover and timothy mixed, ton,
1880; prairie. s11; soy beans. BUSH
el. 80 cents, and cowpeas. bushel. 81.
Delaware farmers received $13 a
ton for all hay, against national
average price of $S.77.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05
Unemployment Compensation
Advisors To Visff State Banks

ber IL; Rehoboth (Rehoboth Trust
Company, November 10; Seaford
(Seaford Trust Company, Novem-
Der 13; Seaford First National
Bank, November 16; Laurel (Sus-
sex Trust Sompany), November II;
Laurel Peoples National Bank, No
vember IS; Millsboro (Millsboro
Trust Company. November 10;
Lewes Sussex Trust Company, No
vember %; Lewes (Lewes Trust
Company, November %; Dagsboro
First National Bank, November "a;
Selbyville Baltimore Trust Com
pany), November 26.
DR.. Wharton also announced that
field advisors are also available for
personal calls upon employers, when
such visits are necessary.
Leahy On Air
Paul Leahy. member of the COM
mission, will speak over station
WDEL on Thursday evening, Novem-
ber 4, at $50. His subject will be
'The Delaware Unemployment Com
pensation Law" This talk will be
of especial interest inasmuch as It Is
the first radio address to be made by
a representative of the commission.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05
AMERICAN EDUCATION
WEEK NOVEMBER 7-13
[ConfinMea from Firsf Psgel

Since The first observance In 1921
the movement has gained steadily In
scope, effectiveness and recognition.
In the 1886 observance nearly 7,00O,-
900 citizens visited their schools.
Scores of millions were reached
througe the press, radio, motion pic
ture and other avenues.
American Education Week Is OBJ
served through out the nation as
something more than an occasion
when schools seek the limelight. II
has the deeper purpose OF re-empha-
sizing each year the vital relation
ship of education to democracy.
There is nothing more important to
the American people than the safe
guarding of their future as a free
democratic people. And there is no
agency whose work Is more funda-
mental in this task than the public
school. 1t is most fitting, therefore,
that American Education Week
should be set aside each year as a
time for rededication of the schools
to the service of democracy. This
purpose is especially appropriate
this year since American Education
Week Is to serve as the elimination
OF the Horace Mann Centennial.
We celebrate Christmas because 1t
gave us a great religion. We observe
the Fourth of July because 1t gave us
a free nation. We magnify the
schools during one week each year
because through them we develop
the finer values of our civilization.
American Education Week is a per-
manent institution-Joy Elmer Nor
oan
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05

on Tuesday night of last week. Off,
GERS nominated at a quarterly rally
held in Georgetown some weeks age
were installed, the Rev. James r
Glenn, pastor, assisting. Mrs. Han
nah King, of this city. was inducted
in Office as the president With Miss
Lula E. Quillen, of Millyille. as the
publicity chairman.
The address of the evening vas de-
livered by Clarence E. wilkins, OF
AIillsboro. widely known educator
of this county. His subject was
Service"
Sewing Units Opened
Sewing units throughout Sussex
county were opened on Thursday of
this week. On Tuesday of last week
the Levy Court Commissioners made
an appropriation of $500 in conjunc-
tion with the WPA, to continue the
work so as to give employment and
furnish clothing for the needy this
winter. When the $500 appropriation
is exhausted additional appropria-
tions will be made. Some weeks ago
all work ceased because the Levy
Court Commissioners failed to ap-
propriate money to purchase mater
ials. There was such a general howl,
with the approach of winter. that II
was deemed advisable to continue
the work in cooperation with the
wPA. Under the plans, the Levy
Court Commissioners furnish the
money to buy the material for cloth
ing, and the WPA pays the workers.
The WPA officials have, under the
set-up, been waiting for action by
the Levy Court Commissioners.
Announcement of the marriage of
Miss Evelyn M. Gambill, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Gambill, OF
Mardela Springs. Md. and Roscoe
William Harris of Laurel, this coun-
ty, has been made. The wedding took
place at Laurel at o'clock on Sat
urday night, October 16.
rey-Markland
Miss Myrtle Elizabeth Carey.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Carey, Cedar Creek District. and FL
mer S. Markland, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Markland, of Houston,
Kent county. took place at Green
wood, on October 16, at 8 o'clock. |
rhe ceremony was performed by the |
Rev. J.. Melvin Kay. pastor OF the
Greenwood Methodist Protestant
Church.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05
HARBESCN

The MISUNDERSTANDING Home
Demonstration Club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Ella Wilson, near Five
4 Points, next Tuesday afternoon, No
vember 9. The subject will be BE
coming Backgrounds" The project
leaders, Mrs. Clarence Hudson and
Mrs. Charles Pepper will present
the subject.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilson of E..
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas c. Stockley
and Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Sipple
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry c. Walls in Wilmington.
Sixteen dollars were cleared from
the Halloween social which was
held last Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond Veasey of
Bishopville, Md, spent Sunday with
relatives. here.
w. l. Pase has purchased the
house formerly owned by Weldon
NAPLES and is having it remodeled.
In the near future the house will be
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Austin
Pase.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert veasey spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence
Mason.
Miss Charlotte Joseph of Angola,
who is now a teacher in the Will
nington High School called on U.
L. Walls on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Joseph of Oak
Orchard also called on Mr.. Walls on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Davidson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Davidson and
daughter Virginia visited Valley
Forge on Sunday.
The ladies of the Harbeson and
Coolspring Church will hold chick
en- supper at the Coolspring Com
munity Hall on the evening Of Mo-
vember IS. Price of supper so cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Rust
spent the weekend in Wilmington.
Services as usual at the church
here on Sunday: Sunday school at 10
o'clock. Preaching services at IL o.
clock. The congregations are grow
ing. All are welcome.