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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-06-25
A NON . PARTISAN
NEwwApu
CHARLES SPEAKS EN- UP

founded fear q imminent peril
The right may be invaded without
any touching OF the person and.
therefore. without battery being
Scmni''ed II person Is touched
then the act is something more
man an assault: II is a battery.
suppose a person draws a knife
and threatens 10 cut you unless
700 will lend him dime: that
would be assault. II does not mat
Ter whether be IL serious or not.
Tne point Is whether or not the
threatening movement has created
ia your mind the apprehension that
bodily injury was right upon you
The danger must be imminent.
hanging Immediately over the head
Of the individual, coupled with the
apparent present ability 10 effec,u-
sre the attempt II not prevented
But IL person several blocks
81 should wave club al you with
threats OF bodily harm and then
should abandon his project and
drop the club. the danger OF bodi-
~ harm would not he sufficiently
imminent 10 make completed as
ssult. or 10 prove criminal intent
on charge OF assault
Real Danger Unnecessary
Never brighten another with the
tpLesrance Of danger. although
VI may not have the slightest in
tsnsion Of doing any harm The
Innocent party IS not able 70 read
. ,nr secret thoughts nor 20 look
INFO gun and ascertain whether
Il - loaded and there is an inten-
'i.n 10 shoot
The fact that gun is unloaded
ard could not be disc harged is no
defense. The sliShrest touching OF
another in anger Is sufficient 10
constitute battery I, is not al
~ essential that the touching
Shall be violent But there must
b. an intention 10 do injury to an
olner. In the ordinary course OF
affairs every day there are thou
sands Of cases OF actual personal
q htsci. So The motive behind the
act is very important when one IL
= i'hed IN friendly or business
intercourse from me hest motives
~ would he intolerable 70 make
such an act battery Society
could not be carried on under any
n.ler rnle
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-06-25
Qlount Addresses Insurance Meeting
In City Of Cleveland, Ohio

The advancement OF themselves
than the group failed 10 bargain
inielligently for the spoils. Now
you wonder. where do the insur-
snce companies and their repre-
sentatiyes come in This Is one OF
the places where believe We can
do untold good The insurance re-
personalities are the most popular
employees OF the community be-
cause they go into The homes OF
the well and the sick. the Baptist.
Methodist and The Catholic. those
h trouble and those free OF trou-
bic; in other words they are the
accepted advisors OF their com
munily and they should he. They
have an opportunity here 10 edn-
cate our policy-holders along the
line OF regisierir. and voting re-
gulsrly. Every member company
should be interested in such a
pian' moi as company program
out as community program. in or
der 10 create more jobs and better
jobs for Negroes.
The National Negro Insurance
Association working hand in hand
WIN The National Negro Business
league could institute a snrvav n
:" businesses, manufacturing or
producing any merchandise or ssr-
we used by Negroes 10 anv dasro.
W." me thought in mind Of hav.
'"g 'nose companies and eru. :.
understand that inasmuch as
-. ,p'''"as'ng their product ,ha,
we leel II is Their paramoun, 49, '"'
80 ~ az Negroes Just consid
.'a''oh and employmen, .,
people In all phases q, ,s "u'
'"s'ness where they are ,o'.
'spaoie' or course. Tho d,,. ''"u
proach 10 this situation wou,d ~
ne The business OF the ASSOCIATE,
""' We ought to back M eyetv
s'ep of The National Negro pusi-
ness League in this endeavor Thi.
would. undoubtedly. procure TO- -.
more Jobs that we do not hold and
give us an opportunity 10 saw ~
Nesroes all over this country ,hst
wnen 'hey purchase an article. bnv
from Negroes and buy brands =,
GOODS only where we know ,nr
people to be employed.
am not Interested 40 much 4,
an advertised boycott, not 10 use
certain products. az I would he ,r
positive program whereby We
would intelligently instruct onr
and pros poets what
10 DO. To further emphasize what
J am trying to say here. would
'ike 10 call our attention 10 a
meeting held in our city and n
group OF intelligent youths wanted
me committee 10 approve OF an or
gained boycott against a Jewish
In the community, who
would not employ a Negro. even az
a porter. These boys and girls had
worked on this boycotting propo-
si'ion for two or three weeks with
the idea OF having a clerk or Dor
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-06-25
Te ke~p yss Oct 81 TrsshIe
T0RTS

= crime "a wrong done 20 the
patiic AZ large while tort 10
private wrong The proper treat
ment o. this subject calls for a de-
tinirion OF the word tort u Is es-
ssntIsl At the outse, n grasp its
correct legal meaning. In Law !; il
word a art. Every tort Is =
-oisI wrong. but every moral
wronE IL not a tort.
For instance an individual may
he Injured in losing control OF his
car and wrecked II on the high
~sy he may be suffering greatly
10 the knowledge 10 many passing
-;osorisis II Is griesous moral
~rong for them 10 neglect him in
his pitlsble condition: and YET II
: not = tort for them 10 neglect
him and permit him 10 suffer be-
r use there Is no remedy in court
in such case.
J., follows then IN making up our
q. hniiion Of tort. that In all cases
where e IL not feasible for society
u give a remedy In court. wrong
done 10 the individual while
norsl wrong. - not a tort.
The same act may constitute
Doih tort and crime. This Is
'rss ~ battery There are roris
~Iieh are not crimes For instance
SANDER. The la~ OF torts compris-
= ali actions FOR injury caused by
a wrongful act on The part OF the
DEFENDANT. other than those cover
Fl by the law II contract.
Tors cover all cases OF assault
and battery. fraud and deceit. mali
cious proset ution. false imprison-
meni. strset-csr and railroad. &C.
ci'!en,s wherein persons are in
isrec. automobile collisions. ere
Assault and Battery
The primary hsht OF the citizen
- have his body preserved free
rom offensive or harmful touch
iax by another. and 70 live in So
ci.ly without being put 10 fear ~
bodily injury lies behind the tort
N assault
Not Necessary Ia Touch The
Person
II is sufficient II there II only
inrest coupled with the means 10
d bodily harm. or create a well
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-06-25
Along
This
Road

This week we are =. ,-.
IN the world arena ia, "a
around Joe Louis Joe ,<,,
presents the Negro il x,s
test Whether be wins o- So.
represents Negro nsrsoo1 :. !.
best physically. He Is s4.
this respect Il shows ,hs S.,...
Is not respector OF color \ -,
when she sprinkles her s,.-s, :,
genius.
4 few years ago 10 have a.,
this Young Negro lad IL 4ss.,,
cut or from educs,iozs. -.
'nni'ies. certainly with ~ .r,-,
mic opportunity. then. 10 vs,.b !,
struggling TO keep .oh ia -d..-
trical Detroi, one would has. y,
on the face OF II. TIA. hsse :
another unfcrtunsts Nsz =,
But when his genius ~ss sirs- j.,
opportunity, he ia lifted - =.
heights Of a world figure 7. -,...
all OF our hearts glad sae .-s,,-.
each soul, jus, by the "a, Is, =.
is participating Ia a vors =ys-.
A Few Orchids
In The last two years .s hs.r
my pleasure. along win -a-v 80.
ers. 10 watch the schoo n =.
Negro neighborhoods To yss.
ago MANY OF the schc.3.s II III,
neighborhood felt that Ire - r.r
10 keep their children ce.s- assn
have rubber hose and padess /,
The rooms. Teachers fs, .ts, ~
way 70 educate was 'hsorg- sss-
They sought 10 keep lhsi- At5-sr
quieted end fearful through ~
day in order that the css.ss -ay
20 on We have witnessed charge
in this general aiti'scs tbs
change has taken place ro.lrsasy
in three places. The T-3vs-.i:s
School is an ou's;and.ls exsr?ls
Two years ago II was s.ri "a
slave driving process Th'-Es ssa.
on in that school ihs oes,.s ne
coming OF Mr.. Pear rs .r.ssnt
principal would not d. - rare IN
print II would do NOBODY any r,od
But this method Of force ard ,ssr
has been replaced by ms'hos 4
human interest and siadrsss II
has not been easy for Mr. Psa-l %
institute this new method.
Russell School is another mt
standing example Two wears sso
here was RECOMMENDATION siong tie
line OF a kind OF semi-Na'zisn.
Children were placed under ne
desks. the office was fill ~ di,i-
pllnary cases Today there : reed
ON and an atmosphere ~ ssif-es-
preston about the school. under
its present leadership
or course. We have known for
some time OF the program hat has
been carried on at the Garfield
school. That program has beea q
model OF what ought 10 bs done d.
the community. !. for one. IN vsry.
thankful that now We afs seiiirs
In various local schools difsr-
ent attitude toward these under
privileged children. Yes Ne ough'
TO give orchids for tia, which IL
good. as much as we give, criticism
for that which is evil
Also. the negro parents IN he"
various communities need N be-
congratulated. Two years sso vs
had hut one colored Parent
Teacher organization in The
schools Today. We have several.
budding" Parent-Teachsr Aso
Citations. We have kesner iais''
est on the part OF the paren's Ia
what Is taking place IN the hools'
a willingness to cooperate with me
school for the good ~ the chil9r'h'
The National Association for ms
Advancement of tolored reopls
led this fight and the parer,s have
rallied In II magnificent,y We
should not feel tina, our work y
done. however. hut We should ies
that our task has insI begun
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-06-25

Negroes hsvs produced many
champions IN the sports world
especially In the field ~ bos-
'nE They hsvs received and
are resolving universal acclaim.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-06-25

records Of achievement are
brilliant, and some day they
will come into their own and
receive due measure of univer-
sal recognition. tANP
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
MOTION AGAINST
 JUDGMENT FILED
Power Company Wants Gigante's $I, 800 Award
 Set Aside

A motion to set aside the jldg- ment of $500 awarded yesterday to Matteo Gigante in a $1O,O0O suit for damages against the Connecti- cut Light & Power Co., was en- tered today in the court of common pleas by Carlnody 6 Thorns.
 Gigante was awarded the Jldg- ment by Judge Miles F. McNiff and a jury after days of testimony re- garding his claim of injury due to alleged negligence of company enn- store at 61 Brook street charged that meter testers of the defend- ant left cellar door open and that he fell through the trap door. He was represened by Attorney Francis Mcdonald. the defendants by Attorneys Walter F. Torrance and M. Henninway Merriman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
AXWARRANTS
 FOR EMPLOYERS
422 May Face Charges for Failing to Pay COnl-
 pensatiOn Tax

Next Monday, the state depart ment of labor will authorize the serving of tax warrants on 422 Con necticut employers who have failed to pay their contributions to the un- employment compensation fund for the third quarter of 1888, according to an announcement today by com missioner Joseph M. Tone.
 All of the delinquent employers received demand notices" some time ago, giving them Is days in which to make payment of the payroll tax.
 When the IS days limit expired, additional letters were sent to the delinquentS giving them five more days, not provided by law to pay up, Commissioner Tone said. The letters expire at the end of this week.
 The labor commissioner who said that he does not want to work any undue hardship" on employers, quoted section 814d of the law which provides eff, after due notice, any employer shall fail to make any pay ment of contributions or interest thereon, the amount due, with in- terest thereon pursuant to subsec- tion (A) hereof, shall be collectible by any means provided by law for the collection of any tax due to the state of Connecticut or to any sub division thereof, including any means provided by section 357c."
 The warrtnts will be served in all parts of the state, and amounts col- lectible range as high as $3,360.85, Commissioner Tone disclosed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
Begged for Food! M other AbandOns Four Children When Husband
 Refuses to
 Work.

A tale of going begging for money so that her children might have a Thanksgiving dinner, while her husband remained home and refused to look for work, was told by Q young wife in city court today. Arrested yesterday on a charge of aband- oning her minor children, she was found not guilty today when she told the court that she had fled to the home of friend rath- CT than be beaten again by her husband.
 Her husband refused to work, the wife said, failing even to re- port when he had been notified that he had been hired by the WPA. On the day before Thanks giving, she testified, there was no food or no money in the house.,
 She went to several Catholic priests and to 8 Protestant min- ister to beg, she said, and with the money they gave her, she was able to, get food and clothing for her four children for Thanksgiv- ing Day.
 Her husband went into a rage, she said, when after he had told their oldest son to go into the street to pick up discarded cigar cites from the gutter, she told the boy not to do so.
 Judge Conway recommended that welfare agency, which has handled the case, look further into the matter of care of the four children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

(Continued from Page D
 Waterbury would like to be presi- dent pro tempore, an office which carries with 1t the power to make the Senate committee assignments, and of which the holder is third in the line of gubernatorial success sion. Senator Pierre J. Laramee of Willimantic also is being mentioned as a Democratic candidate for preSi- dent pro tempore. Some of the Democratic leaders, 1t is reported, are cool to Culhane's candidacy be- cause. he joined Republicans and in- dependent Democrats in 1887 and ran for mayor against Farnk Hayes in Waterbury.
 The uncertainty on what particu- lar coalition will organize the sen- ate presents problem in that the majority party candidate for presi- dent pro tempore Is understood tc be designee for that office and an- other member of the party is desig- mated for the floor leadership, while the minority party caucus names its candidate for president pro tempore with the understanding that the in dividual so named will be the min. ority leader of the senate.
 Downes May Be Leader
 The party 1eaderships customari1y carry with them membership on tht judiciary committee, the member. ship of which almost always ha. been composed exclusively of law yers. Neither of the Democrats wht has been advanced for president prt tempore is 8 lawyer, and the onl, two lawyers among the Democratic members of the 1889 senate, Franl Murphy of Hartford and Albert Coles of Bridgeport, are first term. CTS without legislative experience and therefore not considered in tho running for the party leadership One proposal which has been ths subject of some discussion is that Senator Joseph B. DowneS of Nor. wich, who will be serving his second term, he designated as floor leader on the ground that he is the most expert among the Democrats on par liamentary law and legislative pro- cedure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
LOYALSTS ARE
 GETTING SCARED

Hendaye, French-Spanish From tier, Dec. 9-(UP)-The Spanish Loyalist government today ordered all carabineros and assault guards now on rear guard duty to be placed at the disposal of the de- fense ministry in anticipation of one of the biggest nationalist of- lenses of the civil war. Previously the commissar general of the army had ordered all com- missars awaiting assignment to re- port urgently to headquarters. The commissarS are attacha: to army units to work in cooperation with officers, particularly to stimulate morale of the troops.
 There were border reports that the nationalists, using a large number of Italian troops along with their own, would make a drive for Barcelona, emergency capital of the Loyalist government.
 However, reports from Barcelona indicated that the Loyalists be- lieved the attack might come far- ther south, on the Ebro river and coastal fronts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
MRS. HAHN MAY| HAVE CONFESSED
Her Attorneys Believe It Is Solicit Four En-
 veIOpes Behind Her

Cincinnati, Dec. 9.-(UP)-There is "every reason to believe" that Anna Marie Hahn, Cincinnati pois- on murderesS who was executed on Wednesday night, left behind here a complete confession of her crimes, Joseph H. Hoodin and Hiram 0. Bolsinger, her attorneys, said t0- day.
 Four envelopes which Mrs. Hahn turned over to him just before she went to her deatah, contain the answer, Hoodin said.
 He will not open the envelopes for several days until collect my- self from the exhaustion resulting from the experience of the past several days"
 Hoodin, who directed the last- hour legal fight to save Mrs. Hahn from the electric chair Wednesday night in Columbus, said she had asked for him on her last walk to the death chamber.
 He had left Columbus for Cin- cinnati with Oscar Hahn, her 12- year old son, just before the ex- ecution time.
 Something to Tell Several times during the last three days before Mrs. Hahn was executed and I visited her in her cell, she told me she would have something for me-" Hoodin assert ed. "She told me that she wanted | to talk to me when all hope for her was gone"
 One hour before the scheduled electrocution Hoodin lost in the final court battle before Federal Judge Nell G. Underwood, who refused a writ of habeas corpus.
 "When I visited her for the last time after the habeas corpus writ was refused, I told her I had nc further steps," Hoodin related.
 'Mrs. Hahn motioned me to gel her papers in a section of the cell I collected them but when I start ed to talk with her again she waS SO overcome that she was no co. herent. I left her cell.
 T guess she did have something to say to me because my associate Sidney Brant, who walked with hel to the death chamber, reports she kept crying for me because she hac something to say to me and didn't want to die until she had seen me-
 Witnesses at the electrocution first for woman in Ohio, recalled that in her final hysteria, Mrs. Hahn at no time profeSsed inno. cence of the poisoning crimes charged against her. She cried frantically for someone to help her
 Hoodin was unable to state exact ly when he would open the en- velopes which may reveal Mrs Hahn,s story of the murders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
TRUCK DRIVERS
 GIVEN WARNING

New York, Dec. 9(UP)-The Highway Transport Association mo- tified the truck drivers union today that t would sue for damages of $2Oo, 900 a day if the union called a strike in sympathy with stevedores and checkers at truck terminals.
 The handlers, members of an American Federation of Labor union struck for a wage increase to $6.5O a day from the present scale of $40 to $4.80 daily, and demanded work ing day of eight consecutive hours. They complained that the split shift system kept them waiting most of the day to work their hours.
 More than 1000 drivers refused to enter the terminals yesterday, out of sympathy for the strikers. Conse- quently, about half the long distance hauling in and out of the city was stopped.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

(Continued from Page D would submit the following demands regarding France:
 l. Autonomy for Italians in Tlnis.
 2. Conversion of Djibouti, French Somaliland, into neutral port un- der international control.
 3. Italian control of the French owned railroad between Djibouti and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
 4. A share for Italy in control of the Suez Canal, and immediate re- duction of Suez Canal tolls.
 In view of French insistence that there is no intention of meeting any
 Continued on Page D Italian territorial demands there seemed little Chamberlain could do if any such demands were made through him. Particularly, France seemed determined to hold Djibouti at any cost because it is the only French fueling station east of Suez on the route to Madagascar and In- dot China.
 Await German Report
 French diplomatic interest cen- tered on the report which Joachim Won Ribbentrop,, German foreign minister, was to make to Adolf Hitler of his talks here.
 The French are convinced that if Hitler denied moral and material support to Italy, the Italian agita- tion against France would collapse. French leaders seemed cautiously hopeful that Ribbentrop might ad- wise Hitler not to kill in its infancy the new hope of French German friendship by lending his support to any Italian campaign against France.
 At any rate, it is now said that France had advised both Germany and Great Britain that she will fight to defend Tunis, Corsica, and every other inch of her empire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

A 25-acre Persian rug" on the western shore of Treasure Island at the Golden Gate International Exposition will be the largest dec- orative flower garden ever planted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

learned the route through New Canaan by observing 8 series of stakes driven by highway engineers.
 Thomas N. Cooke, Greenwich real estate broker and another of the &C., cused and one of the states prin- cipal witnesses, declared several days ago on the stand that Kemp told him the parkway route and gave him the names of property owners along the proposed $25 ,000, ,000 super highway under an agreement where by they would share commissions.
 The state alleged, on the basis oi grand jury disclosures, that Kemp shared in commissions totaling $86,- 900.
 Silberman testified that Kemp called at his home prior to the rightS-of-way negotiations and i've discussed brokerage"
 The agent told him, he said, that he believed The was entitled to brokerage" and T agreed he was."
 Asked why Kemp received half of the commissions in five sales, Silber- man replied 'He expected it."
 The court upheld 8 defense ob- jection to further questioning along this line.
 The payments, the broker de- clared, were entered in his personal ledger but the record did not show Kemp's name.
 Miss Irene 0. Sherry, . former employe of Silberman, testified she had charge of a tin box kept in a safe deposit vault of 8 Stamford bank from which she drew flew hundred at a time" in cash to give to Silberman.
 Before the grand jury began its inquiry last spring, Silberman said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

Kemp asked him "How are my rec ords?"
 Silberman said he replied the commissions all had been credited to himself and Kemp told him that was all right"
 The state was expected to con- clude its case late today or early Tuesday. Cricket, the national game of Great Britain, was prohibited in that cni1TtTv lace than fu,o rapf1JrinS aUN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
KEMP PAID CASH
 BY SHERMAN

Continued from Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
CONN. RIVER IS
 FAST RECEDING

Hartford, Conn, Dec. e(UP)- Connecticut river was receding slowly today and the weather bur- eau predicted 1t would drop below the 16-foot flood level Saturday morning.
 The river crested at approximate ly 20 feet yesterday after a steady and rapid rise due to heavy rains and melting snow.
 At g a. m., today the reading was 1851 feet and the drop was estim- ated at five one-hundredths of a foot per hour.
 Rain, which began falling early in the day, did not affect the re- cession because the storm was in and below the Hartford area.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
STATE SENATORS
 ELECT TO MEET

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
FRANCE TAKES
 PRECAUTIONS

(Continued from Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
CRUSHED TO DEATH

Providence, R. T.. Dec. 9-(UP)- When his arm caught in the cable of a donkey engine he was operat- ing, Letcher A. Hudgins. 46. of Nor folk. Ca., was crushed to death on the drum aboard the s. s. Upshur yesterday. He was first assistant engineer abroad the freighter.