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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
FAMILY AWAY;
HOME BLASTED

ARLINGTON, Va, Sept. ga
Labor Day trip to the beach saved
a family from death or injury
when a gas explosion blew out
windows and doors and bulged
ore side of the home of Roger
Daniels, county sanitary engineer,
at IA South Edgewood st. early
today.
After an inspection. A. C. Schef-
fel, fire and safety director, called
in the police to investigate suspi-
cious circumstances, which he re-
fused to divulge.
Scheffel stated, however, that
the two gas appliances in the
house-the kitchen stove and wa
ter heater-had been turned off.
The explosion was caused by col
lected gas, he said.
Doors and windows were shat
tered and the side of the house
was bulged three inches by the
blast. Resultant fire burned cur
tains in the kitchen and dining
room, but was checked by the Ar
l1ngton and Clarendons fire COM
panies.
Danials and his family, who had
not been notified this morning,
went to a beach for the holiday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
FARLEY
FAILURE seen

LONDON, Sept. 6 G.N.s0.-Fail-
ure for the 12-power conference on
piracy" in the Mediterranean was
predicted today in British circles.
AS in the Spanish noninterven-
ton committee, Soviet Russia is
certain to clash with Italy and
Germany, it was pointed out in
government quarters. How, it was
asked, can the conference aimed
to sequester submarines in the
Mediterranean and hunt out the
phantom" attackers Of neutral
shipping, succeed where the non
intervention committee failed?
France and Britain joined in ex.
tending conference invitations to
Italy, Russia; Germany, Yugo-
slavia, Turkey. Egypt, Albania, Ru-
mania and Bulgaria. The session
is proposed for Friday at an un-
specified city in Switzerland.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
Bridal Bells
Pitt to We'd
Officer BUber

Miss Virginia Frances Pitt, "a.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
E. Pitt, Of Alexandria, will be mar.
ried to James w. Baber. of Alex
andria, at $50 p. m. Tuesday, in
the M. E. Church of South Wash
ington, it was announced yester.
day.
Rev. John Paul Tyler will Off.
ciate at the ceremony. Baber is
desk officer Of the Alexandria Po-
lice Department, Of which he has
been a member for two years.
Prior, he had been a member of
the fire department for four years.
Miss Pitt. native of Washing
ton, has lived in Alexandria is
years,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06

Read the absorbing story of the
most remarkable royal servant in
history, Queen VictOria's John
Brown" starting in Herald
Sunday, September IL . Phone
DI. $500 for home delivery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
Green Calls For Strength;
Lewis Predicts More Gains
C.. I. o. Chairman Claims Roster
of Over 10000 Members
BY JOHN L. LEWIS
Chairman of the Committee for Industrial
Organization


Chairman OF the Committee for Industrial
Organization
distributed by International News service)
Labor Day belongs to the workers Of the United
States. This year we have more reason than
ever before to celebrate it fittingly.
The spirit of enthusiasm for organization
which caused the establishment of this holiday
has manifested itself more powerfully during
the last year than it has ever done during all
the long years Of American labor history. The
meaning of Labor Day is enhanced by the ire
mendous strides which labor has taken in It's
forward progress.
Roster Put at 5000, 900
The Committee for Industrial Organization
and its affiliated unions now have more than
three million members. Almost two million OF
these members have enlisted in our ranks dur
ing the last IL months Inestimable progress
has been made in the establishment of unions
in the mass production industries and among
whitecollar workers. such as Government work
ers and office and professional workers.
In addition, those already established unions
which formed part of the Committee Tor In
dustrial Organization at its inception have made
substantial gains. The Committee for Industrial
Organization has established regional offices in
almost every State and it has also established
a number of local industrial union councils
Sees More Millions Added
During the year which will elapse before next
Labor Day, the Committee for Industrial Organ1'
zation will add more millions Of members to
its rolls.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
He Dies to Escape
He'll, Says Suicide

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8
(C.TP.S0.-No common suicide
sufficed for Carl Bell Yeargin, A.
year-old machinist, who placed a
bowl containing sulphuric acid on
the floor and attached a wooden
rod unwinding a string attached
to a sack of cyanide to an alarm
clock key. Then he set the time
piece for 2 a. M, and was success
full in his apparent desire to die
in his sleep early today. His
death note read: Some people
die to go to hell. die to get out
of it."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
Mrs. Lands Hurt
By Fall in Home

CHICAGO. Sept. 6.-Mrs. Kene-
saw Mountain Lands, wife Of the
baseball commissioner, was recov.
ering today from an arm fracture
suffered in tripping over @ golf
bag at her apartment. Hereafter
I will have to keep a caddy around
the house." she said. "Of all
things to fall over! And hate
golf"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
Drowned Couple
Buried in Chicago

MONTELLO, Wis, Sept. 6.-The
bodies of two Chicagoans drowned
here have been returned to Chi.
cago for burial. They were Frank
r. Russick, SO, a meat salesman,
and his wife, Lillian Russick. "a,
who drowned in Montello Lake
while swimming. The couple is sur
vived by three children.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
China Multiplies
U. S. Plane Buying

U.N.S) Desperately seeking to
regain superiority in the air, China
is making large-scale purchases Of
American war planes. During the
past month China has purchased
31,207,252 in fighting planes, ma.
chine guns and bombs, from
American airplane factories, it was
disclosed by the Munitions Con.
troll Board today.
At the same time Japan spent
$296,435 for eric a n.made
planes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
A. F. L. Chief Declares Aim to Be
Release of Creative POWerS
By WILLIAM GREEN,
President, American Federation OF Labor

President, American Federation OF Labor
distributed By International News service)
On Labor Day our thoughts are not centered
entirely upon material achievements, important
though they may be. Instead, we turn to a
serious consideration Of the social and economic
aspects Of life.
All the plans and aims Of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor focus upon desire to secure for
the masses Of the people advance in the cultural,
spiritual and educational phases of human life.
Would Free Creative Powers
When we have established the practice of COL
lective bargaining, and no longer have to waste
our energies in maintaining this right there will
be more time for the development of those forces
within us that release our creative and cultural
abilities.
There has been steady decline in the number
Of unemployed during the past year and we
have every reason to hope for an even greater
improvement in the months just ahead.
First Concern Is Strength
The A. F. of L. has increased its membership
by nearly threequarters of million members
since last Labor Day. This does not take into
consideration the membership Of those organiza-
tions which left the A. F. Of L. and formed the
c. I. o.
With each step forward labor becomes in.
creasingly conscious Of the fact that our first
concern is the strengthening and advancement
of our organized labor movement, that the
workers and all society may be safeguarded and
bettered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
D. A. R. LEADER
ASSAILS LEWIS

G.Ns.) Declaring the Amer
lean people are opposed to "ter-
rorist and lawbreaking" tactics.
Mrs. William A. Becker, president
general Of the D. A. R.. today
called upon the c. I. o. to discon-
tinue the sit-down strike, and
asked organized labor to rid its
ranks of communists.
Although Mrs. Becker carefully
refrained from mentioning the C.
I. O., it was apparent that her
remarks, made in a Labor Day ad.
dress, were directed in part at
the militant John L. Lewis.
LAW DISREGARDED
"Any leadership which shows
growing disregard of law and
property rights and which seeks
to enforce demands by commit
ting acts of trespass and vio-
lence in defiance of law and or.
der is certainly ill-advised, and
such leadership cannot possibly
secure the support of public
opinion, which is so necessary to
the successful termination of
any dispute of national inter-
est" she said.
Mrs. Becker frankly said her or
ganization favored the labor policy
and strike methods of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, as COM
pared to the c. I. o.
The Daughters of the Ameri.
can Revolution have always sup
ported labor in its orderly march
toward higher standard of wages
and working conditions" she
said.
PRAISES A. F. Of L.
1T has commended the prin-
ciples Of the American Fedora.
ton Of Labor, particularly the
fight Of that organization to
purge labor's ranks of Commun.
lists and radical agitators.
The D. A. r. supports the stand
Of labor leaders who have op-
posed the so-called sitdown
strike as an illegal weapon. This
European importation should
have no part in labor controver.
sizes III the United States"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
Montague Ready
For Arrangement

SYRACUSE, N. =, Sept. 8
QNSO.-John Montague, Holly
wood golfer of legendary feats,
was enroute to Elizabethtown, N.
Y, today for arraignment there
tomorrow as Laverne Moore, &C.
cused of participating in the
holdup OF a tavern at Jay in
August, 1880.
Montague. who had been visit
ing his mother here, plans to re-
turn to Hollywood after the ar
raignment and remain there until
his trial October II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
PRAISES A. F. Of L.

Exploits Of Four Ladies' Shoe Sales
men Who Tired Of Their Jobs. How
They Applied the Lessons Of Patience
and Tact Learned In Their Most Ex-
acting Work to Rob Women Instead
Of Covering Their Feet. Read About
Them in The American Weekly, with
Sundays Washington Herald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
n, F, F, {, RALLY
CONGRATULATED
BY PRESIDENT
Stand Against Strikes
Reiterated By Chief
By J. EARLE MOsER

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Sept. 6.
A message Of congratulation and
encouragement for Federal organ.
izations and a reiteration Of the
Administrators stand against
strikes by Government employees
were highlights of a letter by
President Roosevelt, made public
here today as the National FEEDER
alton of Federal Employees opened
its twentieth Jubilee" conven-
ton.
More than $50 delegates, many
Of them from foreign stations,
were on hand as the convention
opened to hear the message, writ
ten by Mr.. Roosevelt on August Is
In answer to an invitation from
Luther C. Steward, N. F. F. E.
leader, to attend the convention.
REGRETS ABSENCE
Expressing his regret that he
could not attend, the President
congratulated the N. F. F. E. on
its two decades Of successful &C.
tivity and the clause in its con-
stitution forbidding striking, writ
ing Steward:
Reading your letter Of July
IA, 1901, was especially in.
terested in the timeliness OF
your remark that the manner
In which the activities Of your
organization have been carried
on within the past two decades
has been in complete con-
sonance with the best traditions
Of public employe relationships.
Organizations of Government
employees have a logical place
In Government affairs.
"The desire Of Government
employees for fair and adequate
pay, reasonable hours Of work.
safe and suitable working con-
ditions, development of oppor.
tunities for advancement, facili'
ties for fair and impartial con-
sideration and review Of griev-
ances, and other detectives Of
. proper employee relations pol
Icy, is basically no different
from that Of employees in private
industry" -+-i-~"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
IA DEAD IN WRECK

BERLIN, Sept. 6 QN.SO.-Four-
teen persons were dead and % in
jured today after a train carrying
800 Catholic pilgrims from Rom.
merskirchen, in the Rhineland, to
KaVelaer was derailed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
AGAINST MILITANCE

The President, however po411Geu
out that collective bargaining las
generally understood" cannot be
"transplanted" into the Federal
set-up because Government en-
ployes are employed by the people
Of the nation, who speak by means
of the laws enacted by Congress.
He added:
Particularly, I want to en-
phasize my conviction that mill
tant tactics have no place in the
functions of any organization OF
Government employees since
their own services have to do
with the functioning Of the Gov
eminent, a strike of public en-
ployes manifeSts nothing less
than an intent on their part to
prevent or obstruct the opera
lions of Government until their
demands are satisfied. Such
action, looking toward the
paralysis Of Government by
those who have sworn to sup
port it, is unthinkable and in
tolerable.
STRIKES BARRED
ut is, therefore, with a feel
ing of qualification, that I have
noted in the constitution of the
National Federation Of Federal
Employees the provision that 'un.
der no circumstances shall this
federation engage in or support
strikes against the United States
Government
Mr.. Roosevelt's letter, it was
learned today also was delivered
to the United Federal Workers OF
America and American Federation
of Government Employees, other
clerical organizations.
J. Earle MOSer's daily column
on Federal workers activities ap'
pears on page 16.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-06
CAPITAL, LABOR
BOTH CHIDED BY
CHURCH GROUP
Christian Principles Are
Ignored, Is Claim

NEW YORK, Sept. 6-Failure
Of capital and labor to recognize
and discharge to the full their
moral obligations "has produced
the present crisis, one Of the
gravest industrial crises in the
history of America" the National
Council of the Protestant Epis.
copal Church declared in a Labor
Sunday message.
The church has deeper obliga-
ton "if she is to realize the ideals
of social justice and recover the
world for Christ" the councils
message, drawn UP by its depart
ment of Christian social service,
held.
SOCIAL ORDER
1T is an obligation to press
without ceasing for the estab-
lishment of social order based
upon Christian principles"
The moral issues in industry
were defined as follows:
There Is, in the first place,
the obligation upon the en-
ployer to suffer no condition Of
work which violates the In.
tegrity Of the personalities Of
those who toll.
I'm the second place, there is
the duty upon the employee to
recognize that the faithful per-
Torrance Of his work Is not
only economically, but officially
sound.
NEEDS OF PUBLIC
There is, in the third place,
the responsibility on both capital
and labor for the production Of
goods and services which
minister to the needs Of the
community.
I'm the fourth place, there is
the obligation that rests upon
both employer and employee in
the use Of the power which they
possess. Duties are correlative
with rights; corporate response
bility Is but an extension Of, not
a substitute for, individual re.
SponSibility."
The daily independent., 1937-07-12
Travel Group From,
Va. Journeys To
Dare Today

Manteo, July H. Representa-
tives from several tourist and
transportation agencies will meet
with officials OF the Roanoke COL
ony Memorial association at
luncheon at the Nags Header ho-
tel at 1890 o'clock. The occasion
will be in the interest of special
discussions with respect to the
proper advertising for the 350th
celebration now going on on Roam
oke Island.
F. E. Turin, manager Of the
advertising board of the Norfolk
Portsmouth Chamber Of Com
merce will head the delegation
that is coming from the area Of
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond
and other points to the north. D.
B. Fearing, chairman of the Roam
oke Colony Memorial celebration
comraittee, will head the delega-
ton of officials Of the association
and the county who 60 to meet
with the out of county visitors.
More than fifty in all are ex-
pected to be present. Mr.. Turin
will preside at the meeting.
The daily independent., 1937-07-12
Lexington
Earhart's.
Last Hope
Carriers Planes In
Air Late Today
or Tomorrow

Honolulu. July 11.-U,P The
fate Of Amelia Earhart and her
navigator, Fred Noonan-if they
=. II are alive-depended tonight
on he dig aircraft carrier LeXlng-
ton. ploughing southwark toward
Rowland island with 72 long
range planes.
The Lexington was due to ar
rive tomorrow off Rowland island
and loose its planes either late
Monday or early Tue day over the
desolate reef--tudded waters below
the equator where Miss Earhart
and Noonan We're believed forced
down ten days ago on a flight
from Lac. New Guinea.
Meanwhile the battleShip Colo
RADIO. with three planes, withdrew
from the search tonight and head
ed nortliward toward Honolulu.
The Lexington, capable of COW
eing $4,000 square miles a day, is
the main hope of those directing
the search, however.
Not a word has been heard
since last Wednesday to indicate
whether Miss Earhart and her fly
ing companion are still above
water. The last signals which ra-
dio experts believed might have
come from the plane were car
Continued on Page Seven)
The daily independent., 1937-07-12
Little Legi S | a tion
Taken Up Before
the Settlement of
That Issue.

Washington, July 11.-(U.H-
With more than 1000 bills in
the hopper. congress embarked
tonight on a period of doing vir-
tually nothing about them until
after the senate has disposed Of
the supreme court issue.
Within about two weeks the
house is expected to begin a series
of three-day recesses - possibly
longer, with the concurrence of
the senate while the lengthy de-
bate over the court continues.
First, however, it will act on bill
to carry out one phase of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's executive reor-
ganization program, the interior
department appropriation, and a
few other measures.
Reorganization Bill
The executive reorganization
bill, which the house may consid-
er tomorrow, would permit Mr..
Roosevelt to have six executive as
sistants at $4,000 a year, to help
him administer government poll
cies.
Meanwhile the house labor COM
mittee, under its new chairman,
Rep. Mary T. Norton, D., N. j., will
begin executive consideration of
the administrations wage and
hour bill, reported by the senate
committee last week. Considera-
ton is expected to take at least
two weeks. Later the house may
act on the measure in the expec-
tation that senate vote will fol-
low disposal of the supreme court
issue.
Several items on Mr.. Roosevelt's
legislative program came in for
denunciation tonight by Hugh S.
Magill, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Investors, Inc,
in an editorial in that organiza-
tion's official publication. Magill
said that 400 of the 1000 pend
ing bills bear directly on the in
terests of investors, including the
wage and hour bill, the supreme
court bill, the Norris TVA-eXten-
sion bill, and the O'Mahoney fed
eral licensing bill.
The editorial, entitled Facing
the Terrors of Revolution" said
that sacred human rights guar
Continued on Page Three
The daily independent., 1937-07-12
Tun11ny Aches
Loom For
Tonight
Legion Has Vast Ar
ray Food and Drink;
Good Music Also

Stomach aches will be an even
greater contributing factor to
sleeplessness in Elizabeth City to-
night than the heat, judging from
the array of food and drink that
has been prepared and is being
prepared for the American Legion
get-together at the Community
Building at $50 o'clock this eve
ming.
The main item on the menu
will be barbecued pig-a mere ITS
pounds of it-With corn bread and
rolls. But that will but be the be-
ginning. Two hundred pounds of
new Irish potatoes today are be-
ing converted into tasty potato
salad. Then there will be around
so gallons of ice cold lemonade,
an almost limitless supply of ice
cream, close to 1000 bottles of
beer, soft drinks and milk, and 400
cakes. What a far cry from the
hardtack and beans the Legion
naires ate Over There!
In addition to all this, there will
also be a musical menu, arrang-
ed by DR.. H. A. Thorson. Dan
Watson and his Elizabeth City
Aces will be on hand with a plen-
tiful supply of tuneful string mu-
sic, and j. T. Jackson will sing
several numbers.
Besides all eX-service men in
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-12
Religious Service
Held at Fort

Manteo, July H. The second
religious service of the celebration
at Fort Raleigh was conducted
under the auspices of the Metho-
dist church at II o'clock this
morning, DR.. H. E. Spence of the
chair of Religion of Duke univer-
sity preaching the sermon.
Under a canopy especially
spread to shade the fairly large
audience, men, women and chill
dren sweltered in the burning
heat. Nevertheless, none left and
all observed attentively the words
of special reference connecting the
events of 1584-87 to the present
celebration and the application OF
the same to the modern age.
A special choir made up of
members of the Westminster choir
and Westminster choir school rem
dered beautifully and wholesomely
sacred selections that held the
congregation for every minute it
continued. Among the congrega-
ton were noted many people from
off Roanoke Island, especially
were there many from Edenton.
Rev. A. E. Brown of the Man.
teo Methodist church, and Rev.
w. N. Vaughn of the Wanchese
Methodist church, assisted in the
services.
The daily independent., 1937-07-12

Hollywood, July II. -(U.R)-
George GerShWin, the genius OF
Tin Pan Alley who lifted Ameri-
can jazz" music from the honky-
tonk to the concert hall, died to-
day in Cedars of Lebanon hoSpl-
tai after an emergency opera
ton.
Gershwin collapsed Friday night
while working on musical scores
for a film production and was
taken to the hospital, unconscious
and in critical condition
He died at 1926 a. m. t2:35 p.
m, EDIT after an emergency op-
Grafton was performed shortly af-
ter midnight in an effort to save
his life.
Gershwin was 40 but in spite of
his youth had contributed more
notable works than any othe"
modern American composer dur
ing a quarter of a century of re-
lentleSS work. His most famous
work was The Rhapsody in
Blue" which catapulted him over
night into one of the foremost po-
sitionS in the musical world.
The pale, Jewish youth from
New York's East Side who rose
from the obscurity Of a non-muSi-
cal family to become the most
widely known American composer
The daily independent., 1937-07-12
fer. Marshall Not
ohoWing Signs
improvement

ihe condition of the Rev. o.
". Marshall who suffered a stroke
VI paralysis at Rocky Mount nine
1"yS ago is unimproved, accord
,'!S % word brought back last
..-.t by his son, John Marshall,
y, S.' spent the week end in Rocky
Dad viii never preach again,
anu Il IS doubtful that he will be
oDe or 70 talk at ALL" said John.
or SHOWS no signs of improve
5'e' Marshall. pastor of the
- ,.',13lon Street Baptist Church
~ rocky Mount. was pastor of
, vie MoEock, Shawboro and Saw
so g., Creek Baptist Churches for
p,g'aI Years before going to
SocaG Mount.