davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1938-09-05

Recruiting for Britain's territorial
army Is breaking postwar records.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
FRENCH LOUIS XIV TWIN BED SUITE, piece.$6 $3.50

Only five Of the pieces illustrated But the other twin
bed and the dresser included at the low sale price, Exquisite
styling and superb Grand Rapids construction Note the four
piece vanity and foot BEDS Sotnwood mahogany and
n'oy with characteristic omuu mounts odd to the French
flavor Of this charming Lifetime Suite If you style along
with good quality you will do we'll to shop here while the sole
prices so low Come in tomorrow morning. Open at 8:3O
Evening star., 1938-09-05
Trans.Arctic CAPITAL,

Tourist parties are being taken to
Murmansk. Russia, called the capi-
tai of the Soviet trans-Arctic.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
Labor Fight Continues.

Mexico has a controversy between
rayon mills operated by uninoized la
Dor and by co-operatives.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
RACING BEGINS
At MARLBORO

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Aug.
24.-Special details of State and
Prince Georges County police were
sent to the Upper Marlboro Sec
ton today to handle the large
crowd of racing fans at the open
ing of a Today meet at the Marl-
boro Fairgrounds.
For the first time this year will
see the races and the fair held as
separate events, John Boyle, secre-
tary of the Maryland Agriculture
Fair Association, announced today.
A reported $75, 900 worth of i'm
provements to the grounds and
the race course are responsible for
the split card, Boyle explained,
since the several additions to the
stables and seating accommoda-
tions have limited the space avail
able for fair purposes. The fair
proper will open october 13 and
continue through the fifteenth.
Also listed among the improve
ments to Marlboro's half-mile
track will be the appearance for
the first time of the photo finish.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
Woman" Saves Boy, 2,
From Death i'm Pond

ALEX NDRIA, Aug. 25.-An
alert neighbor today saved 2-year.
old Carl Whitstone, of Sc East
Maple st., from death in an 18.
inch deep fishpond here.
The youngSter, with several
playmates, was toddling around
the pond in a neighbor'S yard at
SO East Maple st. The lad slipped,
his playmateS said, and fell face
down in the water.
Screams Of his playmates at.
tracted the attention of Mrs.
Thelma Cook at her home across
the street ct SO East Maple.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
Burglar Alarm Shuts
Treasury Clerks Out

whistles all made 1t look as though
something had happened!
A quick check-up revealed that
Congress is not in session and
no banditti were in the building.
The whole place can be checked
in two minutes.
So-the only element of myS-
terry is-who accidentally pushed
the button that set off the alarm?
At the Treasury they say with
affecting innocence:
"Oh, that alarm? We haven't
the slightest idea. It was moth
ing"
The Washington times., 1938-08-24

Mrs. Cook rushed to the scene
and pulled the boy from the pool,
Police said the boy was "blue in
the face" when she pulled him
out. Mrs. Cook, formerly a nurse,
grabbed the boy by the heels and
yanked him into the air, head
downward. She then laid him on
the lawn and rolled him a few
times.
When the Rescue Squad arrived
the boy had been revived. They
took the lad to Alexandria Hos
pital. Later he was moved to his
home.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
Hurt bod dging Auto,
Man, 81, Is Dead

Morris M. Boyles, 81, injured in
a fall as he stepped back to avoid
an auto on August S, died today.
Mr.. Boyles, who lived at "a U
st. N. W., was walking from the
south to the north side of Florida
Avenue. near North Capitol Street,
when he fell, injuring his left
hip, as he stepped from the path
of an auto. He was admitted to
Casualty Hospital for treatment.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
Statehood Hinted
For Puerto Rico

NEW YORK, Aug. "a G.N.S0.
Admission of Puerto Rico to the
union as the forty-ninth state may
be the solution of the islands
economic problems, Miles Fair
bank, assistant administrator of
the Puerto Rican Reconstruction
Administration, said today. Fair
bank arrived on the liner Puerto
Rico to discuss the islands situa-
tion with Secretary of the Interior
IckeS.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24

Speaking in competition with
the raucous screech of carnival
merry-goround across the road
and the moaning whistles and
rafting gait of slow freights to
the rear, the New Deal candidate
for the Senate drew his greatest
applause at Branchville in Prince
Georges county last night when
he said:
"It is a trick of politics to give
anything you want to discredit
a bad name. So they call the
idea of changes in Federal
appointments which Senator
Tydings himself held up a
purge Why didn't Senator
Tydings have the United States
Marshal and other Federal
officials in Maryland re-
appointed last winter? It can
only be assumed that he himself
intended to purge them if they
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
The Washington times., 1938-08-24

The United States Treasury
closed this morning.
For about five minutes.
At $40 the burglar alarm sys-
tenn went off-and all the doors
closed-right smack in the faces
of several hundred employees has
tening to get to their desks.
That always happens when the
burglar alarm goes off.
But the swelling crowd at the
doors-the clank of the big steel
departmental doors-the scurry-
ing Of the guards-the shrill Of
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
Fire Razes Business
Area of Hardin, Mo.

HARDIN, Mo-, Aug. "a G.N.S0
The entire business district of
Hardin, three blocks long, was
wiped out by fire early today.
Thirteen buildings, including the
postoffice in which the telephone
exchange was located, we're de-
stroyed. Hardin is 40 miles east
of Kansas City.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
u. ). Seizes Two
In HerOin Raid

CHICAGO, August 24.-Men
were seen going in but not
coming out. Federal Narcotic
Agent Cornelius j. Kelly noted
that puzzling fact on the ground
floor of a building here and
then he found the anSwer-there
was an exit around the corner. A
raid followed the discovery, a
quantity of heroin was seized, and
Joseph de Salvo and Frank Capri
were arrested
The Washington times., 1938-08-24

Optimistic
PROVINCETOWN, Mass,

PROVINCETOWN, Mass,
Aug. "a N.N.S.).-An early
business upswing will take
the nation out of the depreS-
sion, Col. M. Robert Guggen-
helm predicted today.
eve are already on the
way to a prosperous era, and
the next six months will see
a change for the better" the
financier declared. "The
Presidents spending-lending
program is mainly responsible
for this upturn, and it will
be the main factor in bring
ing US entirely out of the de-
preston"
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
Indiana Gusts 400
Mexican PiCkers

KOKOMO, md, August "a.
Following complaints from labor
unions, Sheriff George Scott
has ordered between 400 and
500 Mexican tomato pickers to
leave Howard county Immediately.
Labor leaders charged that the
Mexican invasion. Of the local Ia
Dor market has prevented Kokomo
unemployed from getting jobs in
the tomato fields.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
Brother
Asks Detroit Divorce

DETROIT, Aug. "a Q.N.SO.
A suppressed suit for divorce
from Mrs. Sadye Rubinoff has
been filed by Philip Rubinoff,
brother and business manager Of
Concert VioliniSt Dave Rubinoff,
it was revealed in circuit court
today. Mrs. Rubinoff's residence
was given as New York city.
Her husband lives in Detroit.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
$11,67O Paid for z
Moro Castle Deaths

NEW YORK, Aug. "a 0.N.S.).
Mrs. Mary c. Lions received
$11,1S2 for the death of her hus-
band and $4ss.7O for death Of her
son in the first settlement made
since the Moro Castle disaster
off the Jersey Coast in 1884.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
Three SoCa|ite
Doctors Murdered

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Aug.
24.-Three socially prominent
doctors were slain last night, ap.
parently by the same person
They were DR.. Moreno Canas, DR..
Manuel Echandi and DR.. German
Meme One suspect is held.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
Treasury Condition

GNSO Treasury balance
%, $2,252, 52,Os6,243.41; in
ternal revenue. $7,619, ,9O612: GUS
toms receipts, SAB, $50, ,483.74: re-
ceipts, $7S5,74O,27S; expenditures,
81 .269 .869.515.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
Son Of Frank Cdprd
Dies After Operation

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. "a GN.s).
Funeral services were being ar
ranged today for the 312-year-old
son of Frank Capra. noted movie
director. The child died last night
following a minor operation.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24

MASSACRE ABOARD AIRL |NER
Drives 347 N. p. II.
Fastest Land Speed!

BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah, Aug: "a QN.S).
Capt George E. T. Eyston land speed king travelled 3471
miles per hour here today but failed to break the official
record because the electric eye failed to function at the
start of the second run.
In making the speed run, Captain Eyston travelled
faster than any other human being land.
On the north run, Eyston pushed his speed far above
the 305 miles hour he made last November 49, and
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
$33, 900 Paid Hines to Aid P
Dodge Election Jury Told H
Says He
And Dixie Davis
Paid Funds
BY JAMES L. KMGALLEN

NEW YORK, Aug. "a ON.SJ.
George weinberg, one-time higher
up in the Dutch" Schultz gang
Ster mob which took over the
policy racket in Harlem, declared
from the witness stand today that
j. Richard Dixie" Davis, the
gangs lawyer, had told him to
give James j. Hines thousands of
dollars to elect former District At.
torney William c. Dodge in the
city election Of 1888.
Weinberg said that in October
OF that year he gave Hines money
for the campaign ION various occa-
sionS."
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
Lewis Is Cheered
At BranchVi lille
International News Photo
IAREH
By THEODORE HUNTLEY

Le Davey" Lewis stood completely dissociated from the
obhoders purge Maryland today developments in
the double State campaign crowded another
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
LOST

BRIEF CASE Brown with class records
@eward 2719 Georgia Ave. NV, No. lO1
CAT, male, gray. black stripes. green eyes
July %; $40 reward. AT. 1886
RING. mans ld-bloodstone, With dia.
mondS on either side. lost Thursday; 70
ward. Randolph OSS5.
.(Other Lost and Found Ads ON
Page II, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1938-08-24

HENDAYE, Franco.Spanish Bor-
der, Aug. "a U.NSD.-More than
500 government troops we're killed
by nationalists in the Tagus River
valley of central Spain, where Gen.
eral Frances troops have captured
10 villages in new drive marked
by violent fighting, a Salamanca
communique claimed today.
The nationalists on the central
front, commanded by Gen. Juan
Saliquet, also captured huge sup
plies of war materials in their
speedy advance, it was claimed.
At the same time, in bitter
fighting on the Ebro River front
in Catalonia, 385 government
troops were killed and 600 were
captured, the announcement
stated. It also claimed 20 gov
eminent planes were shot down
over the Catalan front.
At Barcelona the government
admitted reverses on the Ebro
River sector and confirmed in
surgent advances on the Estre-
madura front in southwestern
Spain.
Government trops claimed to
be still in control of Villalba de
los ARGOS, six miles north of Gan
desa and the main target of the
Franco drive.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
FASCIST PLOT
TO UNDERMINE
U. 5. CHARGED
Dies PrObers Told
Duce Backs Move

NEW YORK, Aug. "a Q.N.So
A witness called before Sub-coni
mittee of the Dies Congressional
committee investigating un-Ameri
can activities, today put the fin
ger" on italian Facist organiza
tional work in the New York area
Then the witness, Gerolamo
Valenti, anti-Fascist and editor ci
Ella Stampa Libra" which recently
suspended publication, was point
edly reminded by the committee
chief investigator, John C. Met
calfe, that he was under subpoena,
and abruptly cut short a state,
ment to reporters.
Hedrings PriVdte
The subcommittee, headed by
Representative Joe Starnes Of Ala
bama, with j. Parnell Thomas OF
New Jersey and John j. Dempsey
of New Mexico as members, ap'
peared unheralded in the Federal
Building today and announced
that private hearings would be
held,
While the committee members
were in conference in the hearing
room, Valenti told reporters:
II am here under a subpoena
which directed me to bring all
documents Of Fascist character
in my possession. In the inveSti-
cation by the Dies committee so
far, nothing has come up to
show an organized movement
here by Fascist groups. to under
mine our form Of government.
Claims Proof
"What I have to say will clearly
show there is in the United States
an organized movement Of Mus
solini agents to undermine our
democracy and Fascistize the Ital-
ians living in America.
Valenti listed a number of 1tal-
ian organizations which he said
promote Fascist aims. He said:
"They take children from the
parochial schools and send them to
italy in groups for vacations of
two or three months. They have
military drill with the Ballila, Fas-
cist youth organization, and come
back in Fascist uniforms, saluting
Fascist style
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
Officials Victims

The missing, according to Woods,
are his Chinese copilot, a steward
and 13 passengers, including two
women, q young child and an in.
fant baby.
Identification of all the passen.
gers. believed to have been Chi.
nese, was impossible. Most of them
travelled under assumed names.
1t was established here the pas.
Sengers included HUI Pei-Kong,
manager of the Bank of Commune
cations, and Hsu Sing-Loh, man
ager of the Commercial Savings
Bank of Shanghai. Officials of
the finance ministry and their
families en- route to Chungking
for government conference also
were believed aboard.
The liner was attacked by the
Japanese planes while en- route
from Hong Kong to Wuchow.
Helpless Slain
When Woods, accompanied by
Chinese passenger, arrived al
Macao, he said that after HI
landed the liner in the west rivel
section Of the delta four of the II
Japanese machines power-dived
and machine-gunned the helpless
passengers and crew members.
1T was at $50 in the morning
when we were forced down by
Japanese pursuit planes" Woods
said. Il succeeded in bringing
the plane down all right, but
Continued on Page 4, Col. g.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
TROOPS
TAKE 10 TOWNS

MADRID. Aug. "a U.N.S).
Sweeping across the EbrO River,
government troops today staged
a victorious cOunter-attack on
the Estramadura front, thrust
ing the enemy to the rear and
holding up a Nationalist attack
on Almaden.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
4 WARPLANES
rain FIRE ON
DOOMED S HIP
Helpless Victims
Machine-Gunned
By WILLIAM 2. SHAW


HONGKONG, Aug. "a G.N.S.).
Fifteen persons were feared 70
have lost their lives today wheu
Japanese war planes attacked q
huge Chinese-American airliner
near Macao, forcing the craft
down on the muddy waters of the
Canton River delta and machine
cunning it's occupants.
The chief pilot, Chester Woods
Of San Francisco, who was
wounded, advised Hcngkong by
telegraph from Macao that the
plane had sunk. He said the only
known survivors were one pas
senger. the radio operator and
himself. The other IS persons
aboard, he said, are missing and
we're believed to have been drowned
or killed by machine gun bullets.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
PRISON GUARDS
HELD IN BLACK
HOLE DEATHS
Survivors Charge
Brutality to 6

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. "a II.
N.S0.-Six guards were reported
under arrest today following the
deaths of fou; hunger-strike con-
vict leaders at the Holmesburg
county prison.
Report of the arrest came after
an announcement by Coroner
Charles D. Hersch that the con.
victs were roasted alive"
The guards. reported respon-
Sible for turning on heat in iSola-
tion cells where Is holdout strt!s-
ers were placed for punishment,
were scheduled to be taken to
city hall headquarters for further
questioning.
VO w warrants OuC
Hersch, refusing to comment
on the reported arrests, returned
to the prison to complete his in
vestigation, carrying at least two
warrants In his pocket.
Hersch> said autopsies on the
bodies Of the four victims had not
been completed and that the ex-
animation of the body of John
Walters, 43, former Pittsburgh
convict, had not been started be-
cause no relatives of the man had
been obtained to identify the
body.
Two guards at Eastern peni-
tentiary here, where Walters
served time, were summoned to
attempt Identification.
Quiz SurUiUOrs
Rivaling the brutal story of
death in the BLACK Hole of Cal
cutta"-to which officials likened
the deaths of the four prison
strike leaders roasted alive"
version Of the tragedy was given
by Coroner Hersch and Assistant
District Attorney John A. Boyle
after a full day of questioning
Of surviving prisoners.
Hersch's account of results of
his preliminary investigation
charged:
That Is Of the most recalcitrant
Of the hunger-striking convicts, of
whom the four victims were the
Continued on Page 4, Col. u
The Washington times., 1938-08-24
$4,000 Minimum,

"Davis told me q number of
times to give $4,000 and $4,000
to the old man (EIines) for the
campaign" the witness declared.
According to Weinberg, Dutch
Schultz gave orders to "concen-
trate on the district attorneys Of
flee" in the campaign. He quoted
Schultz as saying: 4;
The o. A. has chance
where the mayor has not"
Dodge was elected district attor.
ney in that campaign. F. H. La
Guardia, who was opposed by the
mob, was victorious in the mayor
atty battle.
Tells Places of Gifts
Weinberg testified that the first
money he gave to Hines was at
the Hines home at 444 Central
Park West. At another time, he
said, he gave money to Hines at
Attorney Joseph Shalleck's office.
Dodge was there at Shalleck's
office, said Weinberg, adding that
on that occasion he gave Hines
$4,000.
Shalleck is now a member Of de-
tense counsel at the present trial.
Continued ON Page 4, Col. II
The Washington times., 1938-08-24

Fair and eooler
tOalght; Thursday
elOudy; gentle
north winds.
The Washington times., 1938-08-24

IN WASHINGTON, D. C.
Read the HERALD or TINES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
New Kind Of Travel
Pleasure visioned

One Of the world famous orches-
ira conductors, and not Z few scien-
lists, believe that We are shortly to
hear music via radio ana by phono-
graph record that win surpass the
original In beauty. This will be done
by more, sskillful application and
by adulteration of the original tones.
In othert words, 1t is on the cards
that the music loving public will be
able to hear something that does not
really exist except in the form Of the
reproduction. It suggests what may
possibly happen in motoring.
Who knows but what some day in
the near future we may be able to
lounge in our most overstuf1ed divan
and take q trip across the Alps by
motor? There Is nothing especially
difncult about the process. It is
necessary merely to have q good film
protector, sound equipment and films
taken Of the actual trip. To carry
out the illusion the Photographic
shots should be taken through the
windshield.
Thrills galore in this new form of
motoring. Along Daytona Beach in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

which covered virtually every city
and State which could afford any
evidence-the Keystone Automobile
Club took . strong stand against
the compulsory mechanical inspec-
ton bill. It did 50 because the
study and investigation revealed
clearly that mechanical failures bear
little relationship to trafiic mishaps
and that the burden Ut expense OF
inspection brings no discernible re-
turn in trafiic safety. Over the OPP
position Of the keystone club this
bill became law, and inspections will
begin soon. Keystone will, of course,
do all in its power to make the
law successful now that it is on the
statute books, and the club expresses
the sincere hope that the final re-
suits here will justify the many
claims made for it by its stanch
advocates.
OF outstanding importance to the
entire community was the success
full outcome of the clubs effort to
have the District of Columbia in
cluded in future Federal aid high
way ALLEGATIONS.
These are a few of the major
activities of Keystone during the
past year. But there are many
others which. taken as a whole,
tended to make driving easier and
safer here and hereabouts. For ex-
ample, the club made a survey Of
places where tree foliage obscured
trafic and, stop" signs. These To-
cations were called to the attention
Of the proper authorities and prompt
action resulted. Too. hundreds of
warning and direction signs have
been erected recently in the greater
Washington area, and at the re-
quest Of numerous outlying COM
munities.
The Keystone Motor Patrol. a
familiar sight on our streets, per-
formed numerous services for motor
ists-non-members and members
alike-during the past year. and
these uniformed samaritans also as
sisted at many public gatherings.
The patrolmen and club officials
participated in many safety meet
ings. And the Keystone safety trail
er attracted wide attention by en-
abling motorists accurately to gauge
their driving ability.
Keystone also was happy to CO.
operate with The Star in its spon-
sorship Of the first Soap Box Derby
held in Washington. This event was
. great success.
indicative Of the rising tide of
business activity generally is the
fact that Keystone recently has wit
messed an impressive increase in
the volume of requests for informa-
ton received by its touring bureau.
Indeed, the progress recorded by the
club In all of its many departments
may be taken as an augury of the
stability Of economic conditions in
the whole Washington area.
Throughout the year, which now
is moving toward its close, the men,
bers Of the Advisory Board have
rendered diligent, unselfish, and
constructive service. giving their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

time freely and sraeiously 70 Z
cause IN which they have Z deep
interest as leading citizens Of the
National Capital and nearby COM
munities.
w. G. Miller is chairman Of the
board and Luther G. Steward is vice
chairman. Other members include
Edward G. Baltz, Rear Admiral
Mark l.. Bristol. ]. Randall Cation,
jr.; Maj. F. Mckenzie Dawson, DR..
H. c. Dickinson, T. Howard Duckett,
Greed w. Fulton, Edwin s. Hege,
Mark Lansburgh, James B. Luttes,
L. Gardner Moore, Ralph L. Polio,
G. Melvin Sharpe, Arthur j. Sund-
lun. William Ullman, Rev. Charles
T. Warner, L. Perry West and DR..
Charles Stanley White.