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Evening star., 1938-12-01
MistriaI Is Denied
In Warning Case
On Mob Reference
Defense Declares
Case Had Been
Prejudiced
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Defense counsel in the Warning
income tax fraud case moved for a
mistrial today because Assistant
United States Attorney John J. Will
son in his argument to the jury
referred to the three brothers as
the "Warring mob" but Justice
Bolitha j. Laws denied the motion.
When Mr.. Wilson said, Don't be
fooled by this Warning mob Harry
T. Whalen. one of the attorneys for
the Warnings, declared the term so
prejudicial it justified a mistrial.
1T implies many damaging
things" Mr.. Whelan said, when
these men are charged only with
failure to pay income tax"
In denying the motion. justice
Laws instructed the jury: "The word
mob is not to be taken by you as
implying anything outside of the
evidence in this case"
Hits Defendants.
In closing his summation for the
Government, Mr.. Wilson lashed out
against Emmitt, Leo and Charles
Warning and their tax adviser,
Gordon L. r. Sadur, declaring q
conspiracy to defraud the Govern
ment of income taxes on the num-
bers business had been proved be-
yond q reasonable doubt.
Referring to Sadur, Mr.. Wilson
said: Don't be fooled by the soft
voiced representative of this War;
ring mob. Don't be fooled into
thinking that these Warning boys
are babes in the woods who don't
know anything about figures when
they have built up a $4,000, 900 busi-
ness-these Warning brothers who
have corrupted the District of CO.
lumbia police on wholesale scale"
Mr.. Wilson said the evidence
showed Sadur was "in this con-
spiracy up to his ears"
Mr.. Wilson charged the Warnings
with returning the "picayunish" re-
tuI1lS VI $AyOOo oPACSC Al A0oOs VAAS
year when their own books showed
their numbers business cleared more
than 81, ,300,0O0
Mr.. Wilson, summing up the Gov
ernment's income tax case against
the three Warning brothers and their
tax adviser, cited $4,000 appropriate
ed from the numbers business In 1885
ITO corrupt the police of the District
of Columbia" as only one convincing
piece of evidence of q conspiracy to
defraud.
In returning for that year incomes
of 81 1858 apiece, Mr.. Wilson charged
the brothers, according to their own
books. were pretending that at least
six of the bookkeepers "of this huge
gambling syndicate" were making as
much as the men who backed the
business.
An audit Of the books for that
year by the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau, the prosecutor pointed out,
showed they made a net income Of
$1l 900, though the Government was
(see WARRIN0, Page A-30
Evening star., 1938-12-01
Treasury Faces
Billion q Year
Interest Cost
> the Associated Press.

Treasury experts estimated today
that new Federal borrowing sched-
uled for December Is will increase
the interest cost of the public debt
to more than $1,000, ,0Oo, 900 a year.
1t will be the largest interest
cost since 1923. when the high rates
on World War obligations pushed to
81 .O55 900, 900 the carrying charges
on a total debt of $22 ,349 900, 900.
The anticipated billion dollar in
terest cost will support debt of
about s39, 800 ,0O0, ,000-the total Fed
eral Indebtedness after the new bor-
rowing-because interest rates on
Government securities are now much
lower.
Before the World War, interest
amounted to only $25 ,000. 900 a year,
but now il Is the third largest item
in the budget, being surpassed only
by relief and national defense. 1t
amounts to nearly ninth of all
Federal costs. Interest rates on the
present Federal debt range all the
way from zero to "a per cent and
average 1882 per cent.
Evening star., 1938-12-01

AM HAPPY to speak again
this year in behalf of the
Christmas campaign spon-
sored by The Washington
Star in cooperation NTH
other public spirited organt-
cations of our community.
The spirit OF Christmas die
tates that euery person shall
receive during this season
just a bit more joy than at
any other time in the year.
1t is the determination OF
these organizations that no
one In Washington shall be
overlooked.
TO permit any person, be-
cause of poverty, to miss the
spirit OF that day 1pould be
a sad commentary on our
charity and unbecoming OF
the people ,pho liue In the
Capital OF the toorld's great
est democracy. 1t Is a pleas
ure. therefore, to support a
movement 1Dhich is deUoted
to spreading Christmas cheer.
HOMER CUMMINGS,
Attorney General
OF the United States.
Evening star., 1938-12-01
Collision Sinks Boat
Near Norfolk, y Saved
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 1.-The pilot
boat William D. Sanner of the
Maryland Pilot Association was sunk
at $3.50 this morning after a COL
ision with the British freighter
Levernbank.
The % men. aboard the Sanner,
including six members of the Vir-
ginia Pilot Association, were taken
aboard the Levernbank and later
transferred to the Coast Guard pa
troll boat 218 and landed at Cape
Henry.
The collision occurred as the San
ner was taking off the Levernbanks
pilot.
Members of the Sanner's crew,
soon after being brought ashore,
took a train to return to Baltimore.
Capt. Thomas d. Hayman of the
Sanner was not aboard when the
collision occurred, but was of duty
at his home in Norfolk. He went
to Baltimore with the boats crew.
The Norfolk pilots were aboard
the Sanner by reason of the fact
that the pilot boat Virginia had
come into port for supplies, and put
them aboard pending her return to
the station. They were Lawrence
L. Homes, r. c. Francis, L. J. Stall
ings, w. B. Stell, r. M. Dozier and
r. D. Durham.
The Levernbank was outbound
from Baltimore.
The Sanner's mast sticking above
water was visible from the shore at
Cape Henry after the sinking.
The Coast Guard cutter Bibb and
the patrol boat 218 responded to
wireless messages and went to the
assistance of the Levernbank. The
Bibb stood by at the pilot station
awaiting the return of the pilot boat
Virginia.
The william D. Sanner, formerly
the steam yacht Carmina, was built
in 1908 and had . gross tonnage Of
$50 tons.
Evening star., 1938-12-01
'26 Killed, Il Injured
AS BeIuted Train
|Crushes School Bus
Bodies Strewn Along racks;
Tales of Horror Related of
Tragedy Near Salt Lake

CITY Dec IA fast freight train crashed into
loaded during here today killing
20 seriously inuring at least dozen Others
w. Speakman chief clerk of the Rio Grande Western
Railway 26 counted bodies taken
moruares throughout the city attempts being made
locate relatives to assist in identification The victims chill
dren between IL and 16 years of age
Mrs Sarah Bergstrom business superintendent of the Salt
General Hospital said she personally recovery
of Is bodies Estimates of the number of
ranged from 40 to CO.
Bodies Scattered
scattered of
o
m. to at rural crossing
10 miles The
inacesby the crossing
a definite check casualties difficult
Evening star., 1938-12-01
PIT. A. Forces Join in Drive
To Bring YuIe Cheer to DC.
Women Will Rewrop ond-DeIiver
Toys as Part in Christmas Compoion

The thousands of women who are
members of the District Congress
OF Parent-Teachers today put them
selves whole-heartedly behind the
Christmas campaign of The Star,
Warner Bros. and the National
Broadcasting Co. as Mrs. Walter B.
Fry, president of the congress,
named Mrs. Charles Sinclair chair
man of the PIT. A. Christmas ac-
tivity program.
Mrs. Willard Jeffries was selected
as assistant chairman. Between
now and Christmas the women, all
working as volunteers, will unwrap
and rewrap and then deliver count
less toys to the homes of the un-
lucky whose children might other
wise have no Christmas gifts.
Mrs. Fry expects that within a
few days she will know where the
PIT. A. Christmas collection and
distribution headquarters will be es-
tablished. The gifts are obtained
through the Christmas campaign
and then delivered from the PIT.
IA dO4OdA GeAo w AAOIAACS III SCllOOl
areas which otherwise might know
no Christmas. The needs of the
homes are checked through the
Council of Social Agencies.
The Parent-Teacher group not
only brings cheer on Christmas but
helps families who need help all
year around. Keep your child in
school, is the motto Of the Student
Aid Committee of the PIT. A.,
which is set up to distribute clothes
from January to January. Every
Wednesday OF the school year at
Park View School women gather in
rooms set aside for the committee
to repair and remodel donated
clothing.
Police Department Helps.
With the PIT. A., the Metropoli-
tan Police Department is the chief
distribution agency for the toys,
clothes, food and money collected
through The Star-WArner Bros
N. b. G. campaign. The Police De-
1ses CAMPAIGN, Page A-61
Evening star., 1938-12-01
Drys Won "a Of 46
New York Contests
BY the Associated Press.

0y tHc ASSOCldteu FTtSs
ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 1.-"Drys'
won out in "a of As New York State
towns where prohibition was an is
sue in the recent election. while II
townships went wet" completely, a
report by the State Liquor Authority
on local option voting showed today.
Two others decided to permit the
sale of all kinds of alcoholic bev-
erages for consumption only on the
premises where sold, while another
authorized the sale of liquor and
wine only, under similar restrictions.
In two other towns sale of all al
coholic beverages will be permitted,
but in hotels only.
Two towns formerly dry went wet.
and two which were partially wet"
previously voted dry.
Evening star., 1938-12-01
Martin Charges
Italian Consul
Used Coercion
Attempted to Force
Fuscism on u. S.
Citizens, He Says

Dawn
Special House committee in
Destigating un-Americdn dctip-
titles has concentrated largely on
Communist party policies in this
country. with occasional ercur-
sions into Nazi manifestations.
Because of numerous attacks upon
New Deal leaders and friends.
President Roosevelt finally re-
buked committee; Secretary
Ickes also has engaged in public
controversy ,Dith Committee Chair
man Dies.
BY the Associated Press.
Homer Martin, president of the
United Automobile Workers Union,
told House investigators today that
an italian vice consul, Giacomo Un-
gareli, had attempted to persuade
American citizens of Italian an
cestry in Detroit to support the
Fascist government"
Testifying before the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities,
the union executive said:
This meant that American citi-
zens were being asked by the Italian
government to be traitorous to their
country and carry on actively IN
support of Fascist Italy.
When these requests met with
refusal, threats of physical vio-
lence were made. When this did
not succeed, Ungarelli set into mo-
ton an economic boycott against
these persons.
Says Communists at Work.
At a later point, Mr.. Martin de-
clared that Communists actively
are trying to gain control of the
labor movement in the United
States, through both the C. I. o.
and the American Federation of
Labor. He added, however, that
the number of Communists at work
in this direction had been "over-
emphasized.
Like the Nazis and the Fascists,'
he said, "the Communists are seek
ing control of labor organizations
by getting into positions of leader
ship, by getting elected to Office and
by caucusing on policies before
union meetings"
AS to Ungarelli, Mr.. Martin testi-
fled that merchants who obtained
supplies from Italy were told they
would be cut of from their sources
II they did not accedc to the vice
counsuls demands.
Came From Brazil
The witness said the vice counsul
had come to Detroit in 1894 from
Brazil, having been brought there
because Of his effective methods in
forcing Italians living in Brazil to
become willing and pliable agents
Of the italian Fascist Government. -
Mr. Martin said protests against
Ungarelli finally were made to the
State Department and the latter
made representations to the Italian
government resulting in Ungarelli's s
recall
Lol]ing back in an easy chair, the
U. A. w. leader fingered a cigarette
while he related how he had been
in the ministry before he joined the
labor movement. He said he had
gone to Detroit in 1896 as vice presi-
dent of the U. A. w., C. I. O.
affiliate. and later was elected
president.
The committee has received tes-
tlmony from numerous witnesses
that Communists occupy key posi-
tions in the union. One of the men
who linked the C. I. o. with Com
munism was John P. Frey, president
of the Metal Trades Department OF
the American Federation of Labor
Mr.. Frey sat a few feet away from
Mr.. Martin while the latter testified
The witness told the committee
(See UN-AMERICAN, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1938-12-01
James Roosevelt
Will Return to
Mayo Clinic

ROCHESTER, Mimi, Dec. l LP.-
James Roosevelt, son of the Presi-
dent, is expected to arrive here late
next week for a physical check-up
at the Mayo Clinic.
The Presidents eldest son under
went a gastric ulcer operation here
September II.
Evening star., 1938-12-01

7-10-12-13.
After working all night to calcu-
late the ,last-minute flood of pledges,
Chest auditors today reported that
the campaign had reached $1,875,-
1927. or approximately 88 per cent
of the goal of $2,127,0O0.
In the heaviest single day of the
post-season pledging in five years,
contributions totaling $4,000 were
received yesterday. This brings the
total Of the post-season drive since
the last report luncheon meeting
to $67 900.
Even this response at the last
minute left the Chest $251 ,872 short
Of its goal
Not Enough for Needs.
Herbert Z. Willett, r., director Of
the Chest, said the amount raised
"is not enough even to enable the
member agencies to meet human
needs in Washington on the same
basis as during the past year.
Lively OOl4dI IAldt VIC dIC SllOTG
of our goal means that member
agencies will be powerless to answer
some call of human distress" he
continued, that their hands will
be tied in providing some of the
safeguards for youth. some of the
aid for helpless infants and old
people
Fifty-five member agencies of the
Chest, eight hospitals and number
of suburban welfare organizations
touch the lives of thousands of per-
sons in Greater Washington, Mr..
Willett pointed out, and when citi-
zens fail to give financial support
through the Chest they are failing
to answer some human beings cry
for help.
Commends Contributors.
The director commended the
great number of contributors who
have been as generous as their re-
sources permit" and wished for them
(See CHEST. Page A-80
Evening star., 1938-12-01

A sleet storm had reduced visibil-
ity and had delayed the schedule
of the Denver & Rio Grande West
ern freight, "the Flying Ute"
Sheriff S. Grant Young said the
engineer, E. L. Reahmer, told him
he was on the right side of the cab
and that the bus was coming from
the left. His fireman screamed for
him to stop. he said.
Bus Hit Broadside.
Young said the freight normally Is
going about 60 miles an hour at the
crossing The sheriff said apparent
ly the bus driver stopped at the
crossing and then started up again
so that the engine hit it broadside,
bending the big bus around the
front of it.
1T was the awfullest thing ever
saw" David Witter. %, of Denver,
riding on an oil tank close to the
freight engine, told Sheriff Young.
1T was showing pretty hard" said
Witter.
"All of sudden I felt a terrific
bump finally the train pulled
to stop.
Il got of. 1t was the awfullest
thing I ever saw. 1t looked like a
bunch of cattle.
One little girl was standing there
screaming, holding for dear life to
a little pocketbook
None of them seemed to die right
away. -rE-
"one by one they would stop
screaming.
"One boy had virtually all of his
clothes stripped off him"
For hundreds of feet down the
railroad tracks books, clothes, hand
kerchiefs, even shoes, were scat
tered.
Pupil Tells of Crash.
Margie Groves, 16-year -old junior
student from South Jordan, de-
scribed the crash:
Il got on the bus at $50 about
miles from the crossing. I think
there must have been about 40 9TH
ers in the bus with me.
When we came to the crossing.
We stopped. and Mr.. Silcox. the bus
driver, started up again. 1 was sit
ting in the very back in the center,
but I couldn't see much because of
the snow.
Il thought I heard some one yell
'Train!' and then I saw something
black coming from the right and
then it hit us.
When 1 woke up I was lying in
the snow near the bus. Two stu
dents I knew, Mack Bateman and
Mabel Smith, were nearby. Mabel
was lying near the bus and Mack
was lying by fence. guess they're
all right now.
There was an awful lot of
screaming and moaning. They were
all just kids-l5 to l8 years of age.
And then they came and brought
me to the hospital"
Grief-stricken parents, hysterical
and weeping, rushed frantically up
and down the 85-car train, trying to
find their children.
Partial List Of Dead.
A tentative and incomplete list Of
known dead:
Jack Stevenson.
Luke Peterson.
Dwane Parkinson.
Viola Sundquist.
Del Marcy.
Blaine Page
- SandStrom.
Ages and home towns Of the vic
TINS were not Immediately available.
Evening star., 1938-12-01
BY JOHN C. HENRY.

Every non agricultural worker in
America could take a 14-month va
cation, or devote that period to
manufacturing armaments, at no
more cost to the Nation than has
been suffered by the unemployment
load Of the last nine years, Dr. Isa-
dor Lubin, commissioner of labor
statistics. told the Federal Economic
Committee today.
First witness to appear at open
hearings of what is expected to be
a two-year examination of the
American economic Structure, the La
Dor Departments chief statistician
reduced the devastating toll of nine
years of subnormal business condi-
tions and widespread unemployment
to mass OF charts, tables and other
statistical expression.
THE loss in wages and salaries in
this period" DR.. Lubin said, has
exceeded 119 billion dollars, sum
which is 40 per cent greater than
the peak total national income of
the country in 1929.
The total loss of working time
resulting from the unemployment
that prevailed in the United States
during the past nine years is equal
to more than a full years employ
ment for every one who had a job
in the non-agricultural industries
of the country in 1929.
Tops Peak 1899 Income,
Putting it in another way, if the
number employed in non-agricul-
tural activities in 1929 had been
maintained unchanged during the
last nine years and every worker
in the country had taken a vacation
or gone to work on the much dis
cussed arms program for a year
and two months during that period,
the sum total of the national in
come of the country would have
been unchanged. The loss in wages
and salaries arising from unemploy-
ment exceeded 119 billion dollars,
a sum which is 40 per cent greater
than the peak total national income
Of the country in 1929.
If the income of our farmers
had been maintained at the 1929
level their total gross income over
the past nine years would have
aggregated SO billions more than
11~1y~~~Y ~ 1II
Evening star., 1938-12-01
japan Will Send U. S.
Financial Official
HI the Associated Press.

TOXIC, Dec. 1.-The finance min
istry announced today that flnan-
cial commissioner to the United
States would be appointed shortly.
Some financial circles interpreted
this as an indication that Japan
might attempt to obtain credits or
loans in the United States.
Heretofore. Japan's financial COM
missioner in London also has looked
after Japanese financial interests in
the United States.
Evening star., 1938-12-01
Lubin Places Pay
Loss Since 1929
AT 119 Billions
Government Stutisticion
Is First Witness at
Monopoly Quiz
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
President Roosevelt last spring
asked Congress to authorize a
comprehensive Investigation of
the American economic system.
In compliance. Congress set up a
12-man committee composed OF
representatives of both the ad-
ministrdtiue and legislative
branches of government; supplied
1Dith $500, 900. Preliminary studies
haze been under ,Day since last
summer.
Evening star., 1938-12-01
Hunters Fooled
By Dummy
Pheasant
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
IRONVILLE, Pa, Dec. L.
Local residents smile knowingly
when they see hunters creep
cautiously through a nearby
field and bang away at what
appears to be a pheasant. They
smile because they know the
pheasant is only a dummy and
that at least 10 hunters have
been fooled since q jokester
placed : it there.
Evening star., 1938-12-01
PhIonthropist
Kills Self
With Buzz Saw

By the Associated Press.
CORSICANA, Tex, Dec. L.
Frank Neal Drane, rs, we'll
known Texas capitalist and
philanthropist, was found dead
today, his throat slashed, near
q running buzz saw.
Justice Of the Peace A. E.
Foster returned . verdict OF
suicide.
Evening star., 1938-12-01
Chest Workers Reach
SO Per Cent Of Goal
Of $2,127,000
TotoI Is Brought to
$l,S75,128 by Lost
Minute Pledges

List OF Community Chest sub
scribers Uho contributed 500 or
more tDtll be found on Pages Be-
7-I0-12-13.
Evening star., 1938-12-01

(See MONOPOLY, Page A-14)
Evening star., 1938-12-01

(See KIDNAPPING, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1938-12-01

(Other Pictures on Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1938-12-01

(See CHEST, Page A-8.)
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-05-06
Odd Tree in Jamaica Is
Called "Woman's Tongue

The "Woman's Tongue" which
grows in Jamaica, British West In
dies, is a strange, podbearing tree
unlike anything in northern chimes.
These pods, which are reddish-brown
in color and nearly a yard in length,
are given their picturesque nick
name by the natives because the
seeds are loose in the pod and can be
depended upon TO rattle constantly
when stirred by gentle breezes,
notes a correspondent in the Los
Angeles Times.
Some 2,10O varieties of plant life
are to be found in the island, so that
1t is referred to as the botanical
garden Of the New World"
Pimento and annotto are promi-
nent among the islands products
but pimento is not what the Ameri-
can housewife knows by name, being
the common all-spice, the berries Of
which grow in clusters on trees some
thirty feet tall.
When harvest time approaches,
before the berries are fully ripe, a
small boy chambers to the top Of the
tree, breaks off the ends and throws
them to the ground, where the ber-
ries are gathered up like coffee.
Annotto is a reddish berry which,
when boiled, yields an oily extract
used as a dye.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-05-06

hear the ST. Paul having lust much
as Mnneapohtans had comparing their
received at Halle G. Brown IT'S said ST.
sat all night gazing his turn blue or some
worry? It's best to follow the old
to find it; If there is none mind
TURNING THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE MARDI GRAS given by
the Soates at Phyllis Wheay last Saturday.
BERNCE BROWN crowned
say she made sweet Did you
crowned king in the audience looked? The
husiastc and frivolous I've long you
fed her hair? CHARLOTTE SESSION
to be enjoying themselves
big disappointment to One
she had costume all made and had appearing
ability But her husband said would
she it Rather sarcastic of him,
GAGE THOMPSON President the Phyllis Whealey
striking her lowered evening BABE MITCHELL gets
that fa off" look while dancing with MARCELLA COPELAND
What had his ANNETTE HATTON great
of the evening? Of mistaken
Did you notice JOHNNIE NC background
oon the land over John couldn't decide just which damse
he should bestow his way
MAsoNs dream man? (Really? elD you notice
how lovely MRS. LOUISE BROMLEY looked
gown? CECIL E. NEWMAN and DEVELMA STRONG among
the dancers ibid you also notice iii doing
bad for himself eher Who that "RED" BRUCE
showeng much attention upon? My, the EARL SHAM
WELL havn ball. hear he's making bids a dancing
teacher teach him the dance steps the day. IF
young think ought bidding
the eps Who that striking Indian His
Lii SEDALA ALLEN looked awfuly that black
taeta didn't she? didn't happen
mixing goin did Honest kids
in with escort and the majority of the evening with another
CHATS life for you guess)
I'll have to be hurryng along but I'll you
Your pal,