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The Washington times., 1938-11-28
RESCUERS FIND
GIRL OVERCOME

Death was cheated Of an attrac-
tive young victim this morning
when rescue-squad firemen revived
Miss Martha Bryhn, %, a half
hour after she was found uncon-
scious on the floor Of her gas
filled apartment in the $500 block
of Connecticut Ave. N. w.
The rescue squad was summoned
by Miss Bryhn's sister, Helen, with
whom she shares the apartment.
Gas was pouring from four open
burners on the kitchen stove.
Working swiftly with respira-
tor, the firemen battled in the bed
room Of the apartment to keep the
young woman alive. After a half.
hour, she recovered consciousness.
Miss Bryhn, a clerk in a down
town store, was taken to Gallinger
Hospital for observation. Her sis.
ter told police she could not under.
stand why the young woman
turned ON the gas.
The Washington times., 1938-11-28
POLICE ARREST
A COW; WHOSE?

There's a lot of good milk-not
in bottles but in the cow-going
to waste today at the Seventh
precinct.
And it's all because police can't
find the owned of Matilda, whose
cud is being quietly chewed at
the station house despite q
"ruckus" she created.
Matilda, a nice, honey sort OF
bossy, was captured by Policemen
j. w. Baxter and P. o. Mangum,
dispatched to subdue a monster"
reported to be rampaging in the
400 block of @ Street Northwest.
Arriving at the scene they found
Matilda contentedly munching
shrubbery along the thorough
fare, occasionally varying her &C
tivities by emitting a long, loud
moo" ,u4z
To Matilda they roped a scout
car. The scout car moved, but
Matilda, having slipped. sat on
the ice. Staggering to her feet,
she sat again-and again.
So Mangum took the rope him
self and, pausing periodically, he
got the COW to the station house.
The Washington times., 1938-11-28
Legion Names
Bridge Winner!

Winners Of the mixed pair event
in the American Legion contract
bridge tournament today are Mrs.
A. P. Stockvis and AL Roth, with
277 match points.
The tourney is being held at ma
tional headquarters of the Ameri-
can War Mothers. 1927 New
Hampshire Ave. The mems and
women'S mixed pairs champion
ships will be decided Saturday,
open pairs December 10 and teams
of four December II.
The progressive section OF the
tourney, conducted by Maxwell
johnson, has been won by Aubrey
R. Belk, with H. j. Werner second.
In the mixed pairs event, Mrs
M. r. Reddy and Col. Edward Cliff
ford placed second, with 264
points; DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Stein
berg, third, with 2621a; Mr.. and
Mrs. e. D. Swanson, fourth, with
257; Mrs. Anne o. Grimes and 10
seph Granger, fifth, with 242, and
Miss L. A. Ehringer and G. M.
Richards, sixth, with 239A.
The Washington times., 1938-11-28
Lost Youths
Feared
Slain

SARANAC LAKE, N. Y, Nov.
28.-Murder was suspected today
by forest rangers, State police and
trappers searching the desolate
country around Joe Indian Lake.
west of here, for Aubrey Dodds,
81, and his brother, Duane, 10,
missing 10 days.
Capt. Charles J. Broadfield of
the State police said the boys
father, Harold, wealthy Richville
farmer, informed him that Au
brey carried $1,000 in cash and
Duane $500, when they left home
on a deer-hunting trip a week age
FTiday.
Police questioned scores OF
hunters, guides, trappers and lum-
The Washington times., 1938-11-28
CiviCGrOupS
Schedule
Meetings
By A. ]. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

NAVAACAO ASSVCA@VAVAS GUAGOE
Thirteen citizens organizations
have scheduled meetings this week
to discuss problems Of city-wide
importance.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen,
Major Ernest w. Brown, Superin-
tendent of police, and CaptS.
Jeremiah A. Sullivan, Of No. 2 Pre-
cinct, and James E. Bobo, of No.
13, will address the meeting of
the Mid-City Citizens Association
tonight in the Thomson School.
Principal topic Of discussion will
be the reopening Of old No. 2 Pre-
clnct. Bertram Wise, president of
Northern Seventh Street Business
Mems Association, and Mrs. Ella
M. Thompson, president of Logan
Thomas Circle Citizens Associa-
tton, also are scheduled to speak.
OTHER MEETINGS
Selection Of officers will occupy
the Georgetown and the North
Capitol associations. Anacostia
and Southeast citizens will decide
upon a permanent meeting place.
Trinidad is scheduled to recon-
mend appointment of a Peoples
Counsel for the District. Conduit
Road Association will complete
plans for its annual Christmas
Tree celebration.
The civic calendar for the week
follows
Tonight: Georgetown, st. Johns
parish hall; Mid-City, Thomson
School; North Capitol, Mckinley
High School; Society Of Natives,
Washington Club; Trinidad
Wheatley School.
Tomorrow night: Southeast
Buchanan School; Northeast BuSi'
ness Mems Hamilton Branch
Bank. Eighth and H Streets North,
east.
Wednesday night: Conduit
Road, Palisades Park field house.
THURSDAY MEETINGS
Thursday night: Anacostia, Ana.
costa High School: Bradbury
Heights, Bradbury Heights M. E.
Church; Northeast Conference
No. IL police station; Washington
Highlands, 1924 First st. S. E.
Friday night: Chillum Heights,
Keere School.
Saturday night: Federation OF
Citizens Associations, Board
Room, District Building.
Inability to obtain the hall at
All Souls Church caused the Con
necticut Avenue Citizens ASSocia
tion to postpone their meeting to
December 8.
The Washington times., 1938-11-28
DEFENSE OPENS
fire IN WARRING
INCOME TANGLE
Henry |. Sher Freed
By Courts Orders

BY a directed verdict Of not
guilty, Henry L. Sherr was for
mally acquitted today of conspir.
ing with the Warning brothers
and their tax consultant, Gordon
L. r. Sadur, to defraud the Gov
ernment of income taxes.
The Government rested its
case for the second time after
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
John Wilson recalled H. Watson
Ieese, Treasury agent, to the wit
ness stand.
Justice Bolitha j. Laws opened
today's session Of court by grant
ing a motion of the defense to
strike out certain items asserted
by the Government to be the hv-
ing expenditures Of the three
Warnings in 1884, 1885 and 1896.
WHELAN ATTACKS FIGURES
Then Attorney Wilson led LeeSe
through a series Of computations
of income taxes due from the War
rings, assuming that each Of the
brothers spent from $4,000 to
$4,000 a year each for living ex-
penses. Defense Counsel Harry T.
Whelan sharply attacked the fig
ureS assumed by the Govern
ment agent in computing the War
ring expenses. Asked by Leo A.
Rover, counsel for Sadur, If Leese
had ever submitted schedule Of
the Warnings expenditures to the
tax consultant, LeeSe admitted he
had not.
At this point Justice Laws in
structed the jury Of II men and
one woman to rise in the jury box
and render a verdict Of not guilty
for Sherr. Following this, Leo
Rover opened the defense argu-
ment in the Sadur case.
TO STAY OFF STAND
Counsel for the numbers barons
Indicated that it Is doubtful any
of the brothers will oe put on the
witness stand, but Sadur is ex-
pected to testify in his own de-
tense that he and the Warnings
did not conspire to defraud the
Government Of the $4,000 in
taxes it claims.
Attorney O'Connell indica
the defense will conclude its
argument by tomorrow and in all
probability the fate Of the War
rings will be In the hands Of the
jury by Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1938-11-28
Map Route
Of Yuletide
Parade

The para de, opening
christmas Lane" ON Seventh
Street Wednesday night, will
move from New York Avenue
Northwest, north to Florida
Avenue at 8 O'Clock, officers
of the Northern Seventh
Street Business Mems ASSO-
citation announced today.
Major E. w. Brown, super
intendent of police, will press
a button lighting the Christ
mas lights along the thOrugh-
fare, and floats, bands, and
marching units will move up
the street to pass a reviewing
stand between o and p
Streets.
Bertram Wise, president Of
the association, is general
chairman of the committee
in charge.
The Washington times., 1938-11-28
HUNT FOR SNIPER|
'GOES ON DESPITE.
/ IDEN LITIGATION. .
Police Rush to Answer
New Alarm

Although a suspect tentatively
identified by one of his victims as
"the mad sniper" is already in
custody, extra police were rushed
to the vicinity of the $500 block Of
Runnymeade Pl. N. W.. today,
on the complaint of residents
there that the murderer is still at
large.
A thorough search of the neigh
borhood, however, failed to un-
cover any trace of the gunman
who has killed two persons ana
wounded two others.
IDENTIFIES PHOTO
Meanwhile, a photograph Of a
colored youth held by police at the
Fourth Precinct was said by Mrs.
Edna L. Brown, wounded by the
sniper on November IT, to be that
of the crazy man" who shot her
and killed her companion. Peter
F.. Murray. Authorities, however,
claim the suspect, John Kanada
%, could not have been near the
scene of the crime at the time 1t
was committed. This is the second
identification Mrs. Brown has
made.
Kanada, whom police say was
arrested after he had fired shots
into the ceiling of his room in the
800 block of C Street Southwest
and then fired five bullets at Of
ficers who rushed to the scene, Is
declared by authorities to have
had a gun Of the same caliber, type
and make as that of the automatic
pistol which has killed two men.
NOT DEATH GUN
Kanada's gun is not the same,
however, police ballistic experts
assert.
Previously Mrs. Brown tenta-
lively identified another young
colored man as the mad sniper,
when she viewed suspects in heI
room at Georgetown Hospital.
Police are still of the opinion
that the insane killer has fled
from washington. They point out
that the weather in the past few
days would have made it difficult
for him to follow his maniacal
instinct to shoot couples he finds
in automobiles in lonely areas.
The Washington times., 1938-11-28

A ready.made movie plot: Boy (Ma'
lay prince) meets girl (tailOr'S dauEh'
ter)-bOy loses girl-bOy gets girl. The
real love story Of the younger brother
of q stern sultan and a pretty young
the well-knOwn Hollywood formula.
Read Of this East-Meets-West romance
in The American Weekly, the magazine
distributed with next Sundays Wash
inEtOn HeraId-Timeg.
The Washington times., 1938-11-28
French Lecture
DELAYED atG. u.

Appearance of DR.. Jacques Mari
tain, French philosopher, author
and critic, at Georgetown Univer-
sity has been postponed from to-
night to December z, it was an
nounced yesterday. DR.. Maritain
professor Of philosophy at the
Institude of Medieval Studies in
Toronto, will lecture in French be-
fore language students of loca
colleges and universities. His
lecture is one of a series arranged
by the Societe de Jean Labat al
Georgetown.
The Washington times., 1938-11-28

A play for the benefit Of the
Chest will be presented by the
Vagabond Players Of st. Margar
ret's Church, Wednesday, at S:15
p. m. at the Epiphany Parish
Hall in the 1900 block Of q
st. N. w.
Titled Botany Bay" the per.
formance will be directed by
Charles Turner, Of the Civic
Theater, the Arts Club and the
Yale School of Drama. John
Tilton will be production man
ager and John Kendrick master
of ceremonies.
The Washington times., 1938-11-28
AUDIT WEDNESDAY:
CHEST STRIVES TOCUT
DEFICIT TO $25O,0O0

Determined to attain their
quotas, Community Chest teams
will continue active campaigning
until the final audit midnight
Wednesday, Herbert L. Willett,
Chest director, said today.
Following this audit, general
soliciting Will be continued
through December with the hope
Of bringing the 1899 deficit down
to $250,000. Willett added, how
ever, that this figure is only a
rough estimate of the deficit,
since donations are coming in
dailV.
The Washington times., 1938-11-28
Sca|ding Sends
Child 10 HOSPITAL

Dorothy Pinkhard, 2, Of 216 In
diana Ave. N. w., was burned
about the face and chest by scald-
ing water last night. Her mother,
Mrs. Anne Pinkhard, spilled the
water from a glass. The child was
treated at Casualty Hospital,
The Washington times., 1938-11-28
One Dead , 1O7 Hurt
In Movie Accident

NDO N, November %
Q.NSO.-One person was killed
and LOT seriously injured when a
wooden platform collapsed under
about 1000 spectators at a free
motion picture show in Lisbon,
Portugal, a Reuters News Agency
dispatch said today. A number
of the injured were women.
The Washington times., 1938-11-28
Only clue to missing hunt
ers is abandoned auto,
found near Joe Indian
Pond (drrolD).

bermen after hundreds Of search
ers had found only one clue to
the youths.
That was their abandoned auto
located near Joe Indian Lake. 1t
contained a pair of gloves, be-
lieved to be those Of one Of the
boys.
Believing it possible that the
youths. wounded or injured, have
made their way to an isolated
cabin, searchers kept moving
through the 75-square-mile area
The Washington times., 1938-11-28
Columbia Opera
To Bow THURSDAY

The third season Of the Colum.
bia Light Opera Company Of Wash
ington will be opened at Mckinley
School Auditorium Thursday and
Friday, December 8 and 9, at 8:15
|p. m, with the Gypsy operetta,
Countess Martha" Mrs. Ethel
Manning will direct.
The Washington times., 1938-11-28
Capital Boy Picked
For Naval Reserve

o. v. Wallgren. jr., of 1000
Cathedral Ave. N. w., has been
selected for membership in the
Northwestern University battalion
Of the Naval Reserve Officers
Training Corps.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-26
COUNCIL TO NAME
ELECTION OFFICERS
Municipal Balloting Is Tues
day, May 3; To Order
Tax Listing Also

Election officials will be named by
the City Council at it's regular month
ly meeting Monday to serve during
the annual municipal election on Tue,
day, May 3, and other details of ar
engagements for the voting will be at
tended to, it was said today at the
office of City Clerk S. B. Burwell.
Polling places will be designated
registrars and poll-holders named for
each of the four wards, and dates fix
ed for the opening of the registration
books.
One alderman from each of The four
wards must be elected at the ballot
ing May 3. The four members of the
Council whose terms expire are: f. H
Hayes, first ward; M. w. Wester, Sec
ond ward; T. w. Ellis, third ward, and
M. Y. Cooper in the fourth.
Voters will not select a mayor this
year, since Mayor Powell was name
a year ago for a term of two years
Each of the four aldermen to be elect
ed will serve for two years. Four other
members of the Council chosen las!
year will continue in office for an
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-26
LEGION EXPOSITION
WILL Be DEFERRED
Committee Decides Occa.
sion lnopportune for Stag
ing Annual Show

The Henderson Exposition sponsor
ed by the local post of the America /
Legion, and which had been set for
the first week in May has been indie
finitely postponed by the steering COM
mittee of the Legion, following a con-
ference at which automobile dealer
appeared and expressed their opposi-
ton, it was announced today.
Objections were raised by the auto
mobile dealers to going ahead with
the big show, and it was felt it would
be impossible to make the undertak
ing a success without their support
The Banner Warehouse had already
been engaged for the exposition, and
D. G. Loughlin, who had been engag
ed as manager, was booking attract
ions and making arrangements for the
decorations, sale of space and other
details.
No future date for the exposition
was fixed by the committee at its
meeting, it was stated, and just when
it will be undertaken will have to be
decided later.
It has been two years since one of
the expositions has been held, the
show having been omitted last year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-26
FIRST M. E. CHURCH.
V. Robert E. Brown, pastor.

Rev. Robert E. Brown, pastor.
j. w. Sanders, general superlnten
dent
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Ele1
ton of officers in Bible class for men
Goal set for one hundred men at class
Picture to be taken after class meet
ing. 'G~to-Church-Day" being op-
served Sunday and the men OF tht
church plan to attend in booy arc
occupy a reserved section or Inc
church. Other groups are planning &c
also attend in a body.
The pastor will preach on BLESSED
rs The Man."
Supper for young people at p. W.
program in the hands Of Miss Frances
Furqueron.
Sermon by pastor at Z 80 What Is
the Center of Your Iife?"
Tuesday morning at 10 c'clocH the
Spiritual Life group will mees at the
I nrsonage.
Wednesday night 7:3O p. M, prayer
services.
Easter revival begins April 10th. DR.
j. H. Barnhardt, will preach the fir 81
sermon and the Orphanage singing
class will give a sacred concert al
the night service. The week night ser
mons will be by the pastor closing
with Easter Sunday services.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-26
SONG NUMBERS TO
FEATURE MINSTREL
Chorus of Fine Singers AS
sembled; Well Known
Soloists Take Part

Talented performers are included II
the cast of the Junior Order Relie'
Minstrel that is to be presented a
Henderson high school auditorium
Tuesday evening, April 5, under this
auspices of the Raymond b. Crabtret
council. The proceeds of the entertain
ment will go for relief needs in Vance
county, it has been pointed out.
Such we'll known performers as F
M. Harvard, E. M. Powell, Georg>
Jenkins, Ralph White, H. L. Gambler
Tobias Kearney, L. F. Jackson E. c
Mitchell, Charlie Hight, Charles F
Tankersley, T. E. Stegall, r. ]. Will
liams, C. F. Finch, L. K. Griffith, |
D. Smith, Woodrow Price, JOSEPH
Ross. Murray Pridgen, M. L. Robert
son and N. E. Clopton are included IN
the chorus, while many of the sole
parts of the big show will be taken
by Clyde L. Finch, L. K. Griffith
Charlie Hight, Jr., r. j. Williams, c
F. Tankersley, and a speciality num-
Der will he given by a quartet compos-
ed of Tobias Kearney l. D. Smith, H
L. Gambler and L. K. Griffith.
The show promises to be an out
standing event, and rehearsals each
evening bring it nearer to perfection
There will be plenty of fun and en-
tertainment for every member of the
family. and an added attraction will
be an appearance of the Southern
Singers, a talented group of young
ladies under the direction of r. V
Weisenfluh.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-26
K|WAN|S TO BACK
AUTO BUREAU HERE
Club Goes on Record For
Motor Club Office; Hum
orous Program Had

Members of the Henderson klWan-
is club went on record at their week
w luncheon meeting Friday night as
pledging Sill port OF all lnolvloual
members to tht undertaking to re-
tain in Henderson the Carolina Motor
Club year-round branch office for
the sale of State automobile license
plates.
c.. o. Seifert, member of commit
tee recently named to meet with ike
committees of the Rotary and Lions
clubs to work for retention of the
license office, reported all clubs were
behind the movement, and asked for
the one hundred percent backing OF
Kiwanis members. which was voted.
Reginald Sprinkle was in charge OF
the program for the evening, which
consisted of a spelling match, parti-
cipated in by twelve members, with
A. P. Barnes winning the prize as
the best speller of the group. He
also put on a humorous intelligence
test, in which various catch ques-
tons were propounded. Four mem
bers were selected for this, and W.
D. Payne was the winner.
George M. Suggs, manager of the
local branch office of the North Caro-
lima Employment Service, was receiv-
ed into membership of the club. He
was introduced by T. S. Kittrell and
welcomed by DR.. Thomas Hunter.
B. A. Daniel, chairman of the at
tendance committee, reported 81 per-
cent of the members present. w. r
Turner, president of the club presid-
ed at the meeting.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-26
-FOUR CASES TRIED
IN COUNTY COURT
Giles benson Given 80 Days
for Theft of Dog; APP
peals, Bond $1CO

Recorder R. E. Clements presided
over today's session of county court
with four cases being tried.
Giles benson waas sent to the
roads for so days for larceny OF q
dog, and he noted an appeal with
bond being set at 500.
Lee Green, Negro. charged with
robbery, was found guilty of gamb-
ling as amended in the warrant, and
was required to pay SIS in question to
Ed Bullock, prosecuting witness and
pay the costs of court.
Johnnie Branch was guilty of pos
session of whisky for sale, and was
sent to the roads for 80 days.
Mrs. Ola Clark, alias Mrs. Clarence
Clark charged with possession of il
licit whisky for the purpose of sale
went free when the state took no.
pros. 1t was shown in court that
the co-defendant in the warrant was
serving a road term for the same
charge.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-26
Today's Church
Message
By REV. ]. EvERETTE NEEsE.

THIS is THE DAY.
LIE me remem. er just one golden truth
Tho every other should forsake my
mind;
Let me be guided by one stedfast law;
That shall leave no day of life be-
hind
Without accomplishing some worth
while task;
Oh let me never face the setting
sun
With empty hands, but may always
hold
Some evidence of work and duty done.
This is the day! Whatever I may hope
To make of life demands attention
now!
His dreams of harvest-time come trus
alone
For him whose careful hand directs
the plow.
This is the day! My chance to win is
here, y.
And opportunity points out the way
Let me remember just one COLDER
The present time is best; this is tn:
day. 1.,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-26
FIRST BAPTIST.


Rev. Albert S. Hale, pastor.
A cordial invitation is extended our
own members as well AS strangers
visitors and friends, to the services
of our church tomorrow rs follows
9:45 a. M, Sunday school. We need
an attendance of $50 tomorrow t.
make March beat the record of yea
ago.
la M, Morning worship service
The pastor will preach on the topic
"The Church Confronts YOU"
6 O'clock Junior B. Y. P. q.
6 O'clock The Friendly Forum will
meet for supper 90 cents) and a dis
cussion of the Baptist doctrine "Onc
Saved Always Saved"
7:3O p. M, Evening worship service
The subject will be "On What Can
The Church Count"
In the absence of the pastor in re-
vival services in Greensboro the S. S
Workers Council will have charge Of
the service next Wednesday evening
Beginning next Sunday all evenins
services in our church unless other
wise announced will be at o'clock
The members of the First Baptist
church are reminded of the unusual
offer of the Biblical Recorder b,
which we can get the paper until Jan
uary 1, 1889 for One Dollar. We are
trying to secure One Hundred sub
scriptions (new and renewaD at this
rate.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-26
ONE KILLED AND ONE
INJURED IN WRECK
Musicians Overturn On
Louisburg Street, Kill
ing Gilbert Hinton

cilhert Hinton, 20-year-old South
Henderson man, was fatally lnJureo
this morning about 2:45 O'CLOCK "hen
on automobile in which he was rlo-
tho overturned on East Nash street
1ouisburg. and Ernest Owens, OF
North Henderson, was in crltlca'
condition this afternoon at MARI
Parham hospital, sustaining 1rac-
tured skull in the same ACCIDENT.
Meddier Turner, of South Hender-
son. said to be the driver OF the car
is being held in Louisburg on
charge of reckless and careless drlv-
inp. and his brother, Arnell Turner
riding in a light automobile coach, IS
being held on a charge of public
drunkenness.
Chief of Police C. E. Pace, of Louis
burg, said the accident occurred about
2.45 o'clock on East Nash street ana
in business section of the city. The
chief said C. F. Cash and German
Catlett, night policemen, were the
first to reach the scene of the acct
dent. Chief Pace stated the automo-
bile was evidently travelling rapidly,
and had rounded a sharp curve about
200 wards from the scene of the accl-
dent. Pace also quoted the driver as
saving that Arnell Turner grabbed
the Wheel"
The four men in the car were mem
bers of a string band that had play
ed at a dance at Pinetop Service
Station, a short distance out of Louis
burg on the Castalia road earlier in
the night.
The driver and his brother were
not injured to any extent in the &C
eident.
Hinton was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs Buddy Hinton, of South Hender-
son, who survive him, and he is also
survived by his wife, a sister, Mrs.
Clifton Abbott, and brother,
Johnnie Hinton.
= Funeral arrangements were not
completed at an early hour this aft
ernoon, but it was intimated that the
services would be conducted some
time Monday.