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Evening star., 1938-02-11
O'BR|EN SENTENCE
IS SLATED TODAY
Police Reveal Witness In
Perjury Trial Was OBJ.
ject of Threats.

Sentence will be imposed this after
noon on Joseph E. OBrien and the two
men who witnessed his shooting july
al, 1898 and later refused to testify
against OBrien's sssailants. All three
have been convicted Of perjury.
1t was learned last night that threats
had been made against Burt ]. Watson.
young filling station operator, because
he disclosed that o 'Brien allegedly had
been given $4,000 to keep quiet"
The threat reportedly was made be-
bore the trial OF O'Brien, police said
and after Watson had signed q written
statement in the Office of Assistant
United States Attorney Roger Roob,
telling Of the alleged bribe As aoon
as police learned that Watson had
been threatened with gang reprisals
because he talked they took into
custody the man said to have made the
threats, and told him if anv harm
came to Watson, he would be arrested
and given the limit" for interfering
with United States witness.
Immediately after Watson's testi-
mony four days ago, Acting United
States Attorney David Pine asked DO
lice to guard the witness as long as il
appeared necessary. Detective Allen
B, Baker was assigned to protect the
witness, He kept guard until midnight
when he was relieved by Detective
Sergt John Dalglish of the homicide
squad. At 8 am. Dalglish and Wat
son came into police headquarters and
Watson told Inspector B w. Thomp-
son that, although he had seen a man
who threatened him in the neiphbor-
hood of his gas station. he was not
afraid Accordingly the g,ard was dis
pensed with.
Besides O'Brien, those convicted Of
perjury in connection with the assault
trial were William Russell Country,
Carpenter, and Harry Spike Bernie
All three face possible sentence Of
two to ten years in prison
OBrien's asssilants were convicted
in December, 1886. and given stiff per
ltentlary sentences. The leader of tre
gang who shot O'Brien. supposedly a.
a result of bootleg war, was Charle.
K. tRaRS) Warning, brother of Ernr,ett
Warrlng, who was said by Watson -
oe the man who gave OBrien the
s3,500 brloe.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
rising temperature.

The disturbance tnat was over Nova
Scotia Thursday morning mas advanced
northeaStWa 10 Newfoundland. BotW Wood,
ISIS inches. whence it will move north
northeaStWard Pressure continues low IN
the North Pacific States. North Head
Wash. L954 inches. and a disturbance OF
slight intensity is moving eastward over
Manitoba The Pas. 1896 inches, with d
trough extending southwestward TO Wyom
ing, Sheridan, "a..4 inches. high
pressure area of considerable intensity is
moving eastward over Quebec. San Maur
SO.S6 inches. with a Wedse extending
southward and southwestward TO the Caro-
,lnas. Raleigh, N. c.. :;0.46 inches. Pres
sure continues high over the. east Gulf
States and Florida. Apala chicola. Fla.
3034 inches During the last ~ hours
rains have occurred in the Pacific Stat teS.
the northern plateau. North Carolina and
in the Ohio, the lower Missouri, and mid
die and upper Mississippi Valleys and
rains and SHOWS in the upper Lake region.
North Dakota and Minnesota. Colder
weather has overspread the Atlantic States
from North Carolina northward. and tenn
peratures have risen in the Plains States
and the upper Lake reaion.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac clear at Great
Fails today.
Evening star., 1938-02-11

A 15-yearold boy was arrested last
night as he stepped out Of an alley
near Ninth and F streets NV. with a
sawed-otf rife and a mask in his
pocket.
The gun. a 22-caliber affair, the
stock of which had been cut down and
taped to fit the hand and the barrel
shortened. protruded from the youth S
lumberjacket.
First Precinct Policeman H. w
Estes. who took the boy into custody,
said he found a black mask in the
youths back pocket. The rife, a sin
gle-shot. was loaded. and another bull
let was discovered on the youngster.
Detectives who questioned the boy
said he explained he found the rife
and mask in the alley He was unable
to account for the extra bullet. how
ever
Police later found the sawed-of1
parts of the rife on the roof of the
apartment house where the boy lives
in the 1400 block of K street NV.
The boy was sent to the Receiving
Home
Evening star., 1938-02-11
Mitsi Mayfair Quits Broadway
10 Rest on Brooke Johns Farm,

Mitzi Mayfair. Broadway dancing
star, has forsaken the gayety of the
Great White Way-at least temporar-
ny-for the quiet on the farm of
Brooke Johns, former Ziegfeld star, at
Norbeck, Md.
The blaze Of publicity which fol-
lowed her engagement to Alfred Hoff-
man. soft-drink heir. proved "very un-
pleasant" the dancer said. so she
decided yesterday ito get away" for a
while and chose Mr.. Johns farm
which she has frequently visited be-
fore. Her mother will join her there
Saturday.
washington has always been very
kind to me and I'm sure the press here
viii not continue the unfavorable pub
licity." she said in explaining her de-
cision to leave the popular show room
Evening star., 1938-02-11
PUERTO RICO PORT
HANDS ARE BUSY
Freight Cargoes Moving for
First Time in Six Weeks
as Strike Is Ended.

Dock hands we're busy at all Puerto
Rican ports today unloading and load
ing freight careoes accumulated dur
ing the six-week maritime strike just
ended.
The uorknen in San Juan and all
other ports returned to their jobs yes
terday, pending the efforts of Gov.
Blanton Winship and an arbitration
board to effect a Anal and satisfactory
settlement of the strike of longshore-
men that began January 3. Reports
received here said the port blockade
occasioned by the strike had produced
no acute suffering on the island, but
Government officials said the popula-
ton was saved distress by its termina-
tlon at this time. Another week of
the blockade, it was said. would have
brought a serious food shortage.
Advices of the end of the strike.
which brought many of the island in
dustries to standstill, were received
here yesterday afternoon by the Labor
Department and DR.. Ernest Gruening,
director of the Division of Territories
and 1sla'sl Possessions of the Interior
Department. A report was made
through Gov. Winship by Labor De-
partment Conciliator J. L. Bernard.
Mr., Bernard said the shipping in
terests, all centered in New York. had
accepted the arbitration proposal. and
workers would receive 40 cents an hour
An a-cent increase-while the board
vas studying the grievances Of both
the steamship lines and the stevedores.
The first ship to unload was the
steamer Borinquen, from New York.
which discharged 81 packages of
freight at San Juan. held for more
than month. She then began taking
on a cargo for her return trip.
1t was reported to Gov, Winship that
the American Federation of Labor
would be the sole contracting agency
for the workers in arbitration of the
dispute. Fred Myers of New York,
vice president of the National Mari
time Union. affiliated with the Com
mittee for Industrial Organization
who conferred with the Governor, an
nounced, however. that the C. /. o.
was in the island to stay
The striking stevedores had orig
tnally sought so per cent increase
in wages. The same proposal which
Is now being arbitrated was turned
down two weeks ago.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
Foreign Brigade of Loyulists
Rests after Heavy Teruel Fight

Fascists (insurgents) were attacking
he said.
We drove them back and dug in
in 9 inches of snow. Planes and artil-
lery were going all day. and there was
plenty of rifle fire at night. We were
here six days. then moved back mile
and a half closer to Teruel and dug
trenches
There was plenty of bombardine
from artillery. and We moved out next
night to the southern outskirts of the
city.
The insurgent artillery is the best
ever saw. They can shoot on dime
Often $50 planes were in the air. They
kept coming all day long. 1t was worse
than Brunette" The government
captured insurgent Brunette last sum-
mer)
Karl Cannon of Toledo. Ohio, men,
ber of the MacKenAe-Papineau bat
talon of Americans and Canadians.
got a fractured arm after % days at
the front
Cannon said food and trenches were
good, and Canadian Christmas pack
ages were received Once the bat
talon sang 1T Amt Gonna Rain No
More" and the lnsurgent lines replied
with a Spanish song. Firing was
suspended during the concert.
Evening star., 1938-02-11

of the Savoy-PlaZa Hotel, New York,
where she danced nightly. Besides I
rather need a vacation"
Her plans for the future are rather
indefinite, but she said she will not
return to New York for at least a
week.
Miss Mayfair has known Mr.. Johns
for IL years-ever since she danced as
child in St. Louis. She is keeping in
trim down on the farm" and has an
appreciative audience in the six Johns
children.
Miss Mayfair has appeared on the
local stage many times. Her real
name is Emlyn Pique, her stage cog
nomen having been bestowed on her
by the house manager of a Kansas
City kiddie revue who could not re-
member her correct name.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
American War Mothers.

Admiral r. E. Coontz Chapter of the
American War Mothers will celebrate
its seventh anniversary tomorrow eve
ming at O'Clock at the national home
and headquarters. 1927 New Homp-
shire avenue NV Mrs. Amos A. Fries.
wife of Maj. Gen. Fries formerly chief
of the Chemical Warfare Service, will
speak. All mothers of men and women
who served in the World War are in
Yit<d
Evening star., 1938-02-11
FRENCH INFORMED
Of SPANISH TALKS
Chamberlain Tells Corbin of
Eden Discussions With
Dino Grandi.
By the Associated Press.

pN NV N'N'' y lFu tISSS.
LONDON. Feb. IA report on re-
cent progress toward Anglo Italian
understanding. especially concerning
thorny issues arising from the Spanish
civil war. was made by Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain today to the
French Ambassador.
The conference at 10 Downing street
between Mr. Chamberlain and Ambas-
sador Charles Corbin was considered
the latest of a series of moves to end
foreign Intervention in the Spanish
struggle and draw Italy into the Anglo
French alignment
Talks are Related.
Mr.. Chamberlain was understood to
have told M. Corbin of yesterday S
talk between Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden and Count Dino Grandi.
Italian Ambassador. which diplomats
said had furthered efforts to reach
agreement on withdrawal OF foreign
volunteers from Spain.
Rome's reply to Mr.. Edens pro-
posals to Sr. Grandi on this point
were expected Monday Yesterday
Italian quarters said the proposals
we're interesting with nothing in
them which seems unacceptable or un-
workable"
Early Negotia tions Loom.
A favorable reply. informed sources
said. would result in early opening Of
talks looking toward a general Anglo
Italian accord.
Diplomatic sources reported Mr..
Eden and Sr. Grandi covered the
whole range Of issues between the two
countries and laid the foundation for
later conversations on the Spanish
war, recognition of 1ta!y's conquest
OF Ethiopia and the propaganda con-
nlct between the two powers
Evening star., 1938-02-11
BY the Associated Press.

BY tHS AsSCC1eIeQ FTeS.
BEN1CAS1M. Spain, Feb. 1.-THE
wounded members of the Spanish gov
ernment army's International Brigade
are recuperating in this sunny little
seaside village. agreed that they saw
the heaviest fighting of the war In the
Teruel sector.
The brigade. including the American
Washington-Linco Battalion, was
with the government army which cap
tured Teruel from the insurgents and
fought of insurgent counter attacks
through January
There are no official casualty lists.
but American. English and Canadian
wounded here thought their total losses
were low
An exception was the Washington-
Lincoln Battalion. Wayne Kelvin of
Miami. Fla, of the battalion said its
casualties were rather heavy" Five
hundred and twenty-five replacements
were ordered to bring the international
Brigade to normal strength of 1000.
Kelvin lost one leg. suffered a broken
arm and the other leg and arm we're
peppered by shrapnel.
MY company moved into the lines
north OF Teruel January 2 while the
Evening star., 1938-02-11
Congress in Brief
By he Associated Pre-

TODAY.
Farm bill-Senate debates compro-
mise measure I'll ann.
Naval-Peace organizations continue
opposition to expanded naval program
before House Committee 90 ann.
Relief-House Appropriations Com
rittee begins study of Presidents re-
quest for $3.50, 100000 emergency fund
ln ann.
Nomination - Senate Committee
questions Robert H. Jackson. nomi-
mated to be solicitor general 30 a.m.).
House-In recess.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Probably will not meet.
House:
Will not be in session.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
Your Income
Tax
BAD DEBTS-YEAR IN WHICH
DEDUCTIBLE.


DEDUCTIBLE.
No. 10.
To be allowed as a deduction from
gross income, a bad debt must have
been determined by the taxpayer to
be worthless within the taxable year
for which it is claimed and, where
books are kept, 1t also must have been
charged of within the same year. The
necessity of this provision is obvious.
IT debt could be deducted without
the requirement that it be charged
OF the taxpayers books the certainty
Of its worthliness would be open to
question. Neither the taxpayer nor
the Government could be certain that
a debt would not be claimed more than
once.
If a bad debt were allowed as a
deduction without regard to the year
when 1t became worthless. such
charges could be accumulated to be
deducted In year when there was a
large income.
The burden is upon the taxpayer to
show that a debt claimed as a deduc-
ton was without value during the
taxable year. A statement should be
attached to the return showing the
propriety of any deductions for bad
debts. II in the exercise of sound
business judgment a taxpayer con-
cludes, after making every reasonable
effort to determine whether there ID
likelihood of recovery. that the debt
is Of no value, deduction for such debt
is allowable Court action as proof
that the debt Is worthless Is not es-
sential.
It is optional with the taxpayer, in
year prior to that In which a debt
becomes wholly worthless, to take a
deduction for partial loss If partial
worthlessness occurs. If it can be
shown that upon maturity of bond
mortgage, or note evidencing debt
1t will not be paid in full. the partial
loss is deductible.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
MRS. DOYLE TO ADDRESS
LEGION GET-TOGETHER
Royal johnson Will Also Speak At
Community Program of Fort
Stevens Post,

Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, presi-
dent of the Board of Education. and
former Representative Royal john
son of South Dakota will address the
fourth community get-together spon-
sored by Fort Stevens Post, No. 81. of
the American Legion at the Roose-
welt High School at 8 pm. Tuesday.
The high school band and the drum
and bugle corps of the Legion post
will play. Medals and certificates of
merit will be awarded to contestants
in the patriotic essay contest. spon-
sored in the sixth grades of public and
parochial schools in the Petworth,
Brightwood and Tskoma d. c.
areas.
Citizenship awards will be given
students of Roosevelt and Paul and
Macfarland Junior High Schools.
Joseph A. Walker, Americanism Of
ficer. is handling arrangements.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
GIRL COUGHS 102 DAYS
Physicians Plan Skin Test t,
Find Cure for Afflfction.

ROCHESTER. Pa. Feb. II (R.-
Ruth Ann Miller. 14-year- -old high
school girl, began today her 102d day
OF continuous coughing, hoping the
skin test" her physician plans will
disclose if she is allergic to certain
foods or atmospheric conditions.
DR.. G. M. Durschinger, the Miller
family physician, said he would inject
serum under her skin tomorrow to de-
termine If the cough might be caused
by allergic trachetis. Once we've
learned the cause, we can begin treat
ment." he said.
He said allergic trachetic means
Ruth AIMS trachea. extending from
throat to lungs, might be hypersensi-
tive to such commonplace things as
ordinary foods or certain atmospheric
conditions.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
RACING RESULTS
HioIeoh Pork
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associate Press.
FIRST RACE-Purse $500: 2-year .olds F.;
M7iders: nursery course.
Inscoelda Haas 4N0 ESQ a3N
Pradis tSarno) 31fO II IA
HenryelS Pick fAudefssr> go
Also ran-Lacey Miss. High Blame,
Bosuns Mate, Rob Iunier. Little Rhedy.
Rih'n Tucker. Wimbledon. Travel AGENT,
Wise Hildred and Rcmbr an6t. Field
SECOND RACE-Purse, 81 no: claiming;
a.year-old and up: furlonEs tehute).
htghomar (Longden) 1890 7.?O 4.40
fR. Pinchot (Scheih) 1900 100
hooper n. RobertsD ( 400
Time, 1:36 Is e.
Also ran-fThursland, WitAn. Marition,
Four Spot. fStinsy. Two Tricks, Good KinE.
One Nisht and Chrysmute.
Field.
fDaiiy double paid A3l.10J
Evening star., 1938-02-11
ADDRESSES KlWANtANS
Fulton Lewis, Jr., Says Little
Men" Disappointed Ohicials.

The results Of the recent conference
OF little business" mere were unex-
pected and proved to be serious blow
to the administration, Fulton Lewis,
jr, radio commentator. told the XII
wants Club yesterday.
I'm general" he said, those who
attended the meeting agreed with the
viewpoints Of the BIG business men,"
Evening star., 1938-02-11
THE WEATHER REPORT

District of Columbia Cloudy with snow or rain tonight tomorrow
cloudy
81 degrees moderate shifting southeast winds.
VrginiaCoudy, central and
VignaRai probably
rising
Evening star., 1938-02-11

lures sponsored
by the Office OF
Exhibits Of the
Interior Depart
ment. to be held
at BIS o'clock
tonight at the
Interior Depart
ment, Eighteenth
and c S t re e t S
NV.
The series OF
lectures to be
given will relate
70 activities of
the Government
IN general with
particular en-.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
Former Envoy's Mother Dies

TUIMer EHVUy M0Ihef DIES.
SALT LAKE CITY. Feb. IL (P.-
Mrs. Mary Louise Woolley Clark, 80,
mother of J. Reuben Clark, jr, first
counselor in the Latter Day Saints
Church first presidency and former
United States Ambassador to Mexico,
died here yesterday.
Evening star., 1938-02-11

phasis on the work of the Interior
Department.
MIR. WhitTock's talk will be illus
trsted by motion pictures and stere-
opticon slides.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
Dixie Dauis Another Example
Numbers Is No Harmless Game
Reputed Heir to Schultz's Throne
Caught in Philadelphia, Started Out
as Promising Young Lawyer.

The crime situation the District to a
disgrace hope for improvement
conditions
indifferent. uninformed hostile"
-ATTORNEY GENERAL CUMMINGS
Evening star., 1938-02-11
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
is SUBJECT OF LECTURE
Edmund Whitlock Will Show Mo-
tion Pictures and Slides of
Reservation.

Edmund H. Whitlock, lecturer and
traveller, will give an illustrated talk
m The Story Of Glacier National
Park in the first of a series of lee.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
By CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Dutch Schutzs racket il a
Richard
king prose-
penalty
Other OF
custody ION the am the latter
Evening star., 1938-02-11

Record for Last - Hoors.
Hiehest. 80, 3 p.m. Yesterday. Year
ago As.
Lowest. %. am. today Year ago, 90
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest So on February 8.
Lowest. Is. on January IS.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today.'
Highest, 6g per cent. at noon today.
Lowest. 81 per cent, at $50 pm yes
terday
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED BY United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1938-02-11
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation IN inches in the
Capital Icurrent month TO date)
!,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-08-25

School Shoes
Rows black or brown elk
leather shoes. Nice looking
fov school wear. Strono
eno"oh for farm O. no
work
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-08-25

try produce. His daughter, MISS
Louise, was in that crowd OF young
folks from the Berea. high school, VINO
went to Raleigh last spring and had
such a big time, and sa the governor
and the whole city and everything,
Wesley and family are now among
that vast number of mulitutudes who
waste their time reading, as they are
readers of the Dispatch. But ne IS not
the kind of man to have one mana on
the plow handle and the other on
newspaper, for when he WORKS. ne
works.
Mrs. C. W. Dixon was one OF the
first to give me a sub nearly SIX
months ago when I started to WORK
ing for the Dispatch, and she has not
vet let her paper stop. She and all
of her sons and daughters like 10
read. 1t was only yesterday that a
fellow from up in Person county was
in town and l was trying to thlnK OF
her sons name, Mr. Dixon, to ask the
man if he knew him, and l just coula
not think of the name of Dixon TO
save my life.
George Washington Daniel, who
was at OSCdT GuChCIt . Nu|ItH6 A'''N
spring still also let's his paper remain
to come to his home. G. w. and MS
son hardly ever miss Saturday p.
m. in town.
And thanks to Miss Catherine
Burch for some nice eating pears she
brought u.s. They were indeed very
eatable and got ct up in hurry. Mrs.
| Jones will beat me for saying let.
She says it is not in the dictionary.
And Mr. and Mrs Ernest Offers
brought us basket of canning pears
Saturday Mrs. Jones just yesterday
canned ten quarts and a pint of them
and saved a handful to make a jar OF
! preservers. For which we thank them
ALL
! And Tom Williamson did you hear
! me say that sweet word, Preserves?
I said it out loud SO that you might
hear me. And by the way, how is
that wood-pile of yours? I still have
| thirteen sticks of wood at my wood
pile. Come to see me soon. Tom.
And to everybody, I say goodbye
until next time.
Deliberately yours,
| T. MOSES JONES.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-08-25
(r1tS and
Gravel 49,
BY T. MOSES JONES

1t looks pure-down good to see lots
of the country folks having time to
come to town after a noticeable alb,
sence since curing-tobacco time start
ed. Some of them we hardly saw even
on Saturday p. M for a short while.
Peter j. Wynne finds time to hant
the marble yard on the Saturday aft
ernoons for a game.
C. L. R>wling and a couple of sons
from u 50 - Eolgemont drive in
for short while occasionally now
that their rush is over. Fred Cottrelps
wife has finally made him renew his
paper. so now they can keep up with
the world, nation and state news once
more. And it won't be too long until
Fred will be getting ready to start
soon hunting again.
And for some or other reason,
George Blackwell, the Deaf and Dumb
merchant Of the Mountain Creek COM
munity. has not showed up on our
streets lately. He must have been
busy. Although he is not located on
a public road, hear that he might
install gas tanks this fall to add to his
business that of, gas and oil.
Mrs. Granville Ragland is now keep
ing up with her home-county news as
she is reading the Dispatch. She was
formerly Miss Dollie Harris, of Vance
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Harris.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-08-25
Talk Research
In Fertilizers
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh. Aug. 25.-An inventory of
progress in fertilizer research ito
bring more economical crop produce
ton" will be made at a meeting o.
state and Southern fertilizer author
ties who will be heard by manufac-
turers, fertilizer dealers and farmers
Thursday, September 8, at Statesville.
D. S. Coltrane, assistant to the state
commissioner of agriculture, will pre-:
side at the meeting which will be
sponsored by the State Department of
Agriculture, u. S. Department of Ag
riculture, NJ c. Experiment Station
and National Fertilizer Association.
"Fertilizer, Lime, Legumes and Sail
Improvement will be the theme of
the all-day session, beginning at $3.50
q. m.
Speakers on the program will in
clude:
Gray Singleton of the Federal Land
Bank, Columbia, S. c., on ''Soil I'M
provement AS the Basis for Farm
nomist of the Virginia Experiment
Station; DR.. H. P. Cooper, dean of
agriculture and director Of the Ex-
pertinent Station, Clemson College
Clemson, S. c.; w. H. Rankin, agro-
nomist. in soil fertility, N. C. Expert
ment Station and J. Wade Hendricks.
assistant director in charge of the
Piedmont Test Farm, Statesville, who
will talk on Fertilizer Rotation Elk
perimants and Fertilizer Recommen-
dations for the Piedmont Sections
H. r. Smalley, National Fertilizer
Association Agronomist, on Recent
Developments I'm Pasture Improve
ment"; A. r. Morrow, Iredell county
agent, on "Fertilization and Lime
Treatments for Alfalfa; Rotation and
Soil Building; Charles j. Brand, ex,
ecutive secretary, National Fertilizer
Association, Washington, on "Fart-