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Evening star., 1938-01-16
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Evening star., 1938-01-30
Gem Pirates Being Smashed
By u. S. after lO.Year Hunt
Inspectors KnelU When Diamonds We're
Arriuing, but Couldn't Find Them.
Efforts Finally We're Rewarded.

Smashing the smugglers' rings
IS one of the least publicized, yet
most dramatic, phases of crime
crushing in the United States. John
Lear, Associated Press staff writer,
has Uritten a dramatic series OF
stories about these pirates of busi-
nesS-the smugglers of diamonds.
dope, and eUen OF human beings.
The first article, dealing with
diamond smugglers, tollows::
Evening star., 1938-01-30
CAFETERIA COMPLETED
Addition to Damascus High Will
Cao< 1nn n,,-:,

Seat 100 Pupils.
DAMASCUS. Md, Jan. 20 (Spe-
ciaD.-Work has been completed on
the cafeteria-lunchroom for the Da-
mascus High School,
Seating approximately 100 pupils.
the unit. which was constructed from
materials salvaged from an unused
two-room school in this district, was
planned to cost $4,000, but the actual
cost has far exceeded this amount,
Evening star., 1938-01-30
COUPLE WITH $4,000
SEIZED IN ROBBERY
Smartly Dressed Man and Wife
Emphatically Deny Part in
$28,950 Mail Car Theft.
D. the Associated Press,

0y tIlc ASSOCldleQ FTeSS.
ATLANTA, Jan. ga smartly
dressed couple, arrested at the airport,
with approximately $4,000 on their
persons, for questioning in the dis
appearance of $685. from a railway
mail car in Texas last fall, emphat-
tcaly denied implication today and
agreed to be returned to Texas for a
hearing on the merits of the case.
Giving their names as Sidney Mil
Ter, 80, and wife. Helen Miller, %,
the two were held for Fort Worth
postal inspectors after falling to make
bond. Texas authorities are expected
here tomorrow.
United States Commissioner E. S.
Griffith fixed $4,000 bond for the
man and $4,000 bond for the woman.
Il deny the charges absolutely"
the scholarly looking Miller said. He
said he lived in Dallas, Tex, and
made his living buying and selling oil
leases and royalties
City detectives quoted Miller as say
Ing Il can show where every dime of
the money found on my wife and me
came from"
-Four other Texans are under Fed
eral charges in the case.
Evening star., 1938-01-30
One Of the sons-in-law, Ginsburg, was
held as the ringleader.
Two Years Of Investigat ton.

Two Years Of Investigation.
1t had taken two years of investi-
CATION to follow the trail that far, but
the Government went further. Assist
ant United States Attorney Charles
F. Murphy went abroad with one of the
customs agents and began choking of
the smuggled diamond supply from
the European end. With the aid Of
the State Department, passports Of sus-
poets were Cancelled so they could not
travel. When legitimate shipments Of
diamonds were tried, they were held
up by income tax liens.
As the investigation proceeded, the
agents traced $13,000,0 900 in smuggled
gems to the band In a 10-year period.
But the take once had been even big
ger, when half q hundred diamond
merchants were partners in the syn
dicate.
The bigger ring had broken down
because Of Ginzburg's yen for mixing
romance with business. He would &C.
company some of his better looking
woman carriers on transatlantic
cruises. His more conservative con-
freres mistrusted this practice, and
dropped out of the business.
OF the SIS persons indicted when the
customs men and the United States
attorneys wound up their case, IS
were diamond merchants; 81 Of the
IS were Americans, and 20 OF them
pleaded guilty en- masse.
It was the biggest diamond smug-
Cling band ever captured. Small
groups had been broken up from time
to time before. but never anything even
approaching such size Most Of the
business had been done by free lancers
with a strong liking for individual en-
terprise.
Evening star., 1938-01-30
ROCKVILLE ADULTS
T0A!TTEND SCHOOL
Classes. Made Possible by
George.Deen Act viii
Open Tuesday.
~ . Stan Correspondent Of The Star.

~ Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE; Nd. Jan. 2s.-Classes
In various phases Of adult education,
made possible With funds secured
through provisions Of the George
Deem Act, will open Tuesday at 1880
pm. In the Montgomery Blair High
School.
The subjects listed, requiring an en-.
rollment Of 10 to secure 4 teacher,
are large quantity cookery, short cuts
In home making. home furnishing,
needle crafts, child study, foods and
nutrition, home nursing, home man.
agement, dress design and dress max
ing. elementary electricity, art in the
home, furniture and upholstery repair,
care and repair Of clothes. children's
clothes, home entertaining, parent
education, art metal craft, furniture
refinishing, furniture making, wood
carving and woodworking, slip covers
and draperies and consumer buying.
In addition. authoritative speakers
can be secured on the following sub
jects II enough interest is shown, ac-
cording to DR.. Edwin w. Broome,
county school superintendent: home
financing, interior and exterior dec
Grating. home planning and blue
print reading, taxes. gardening and
landscaping. Improvements, altera-
tions. additions, cost estimating, sound
house construction, furniture design
and construction, home upkeep. budg-
eting, site selection, real estate in the
community, home maintenance and
general improvement.
No charge IS made for admission
and classes are open to the public,
DR.. Broome explained. Meetings will
be scheduled according to the wishes
Of the persons enrolled.
Evening star., 1938-01-30
Mother Dead.
Baby Is Born
ByCaesarian
~ the Associated Press

~ the Associated Press.
UN1ONTOWN, Pa, Jan. 29-A Cae-
sarian operation was performed on q
dead woman a few seconds after her
heart stopped beating early today and
an 8-pound girl was born.
Within l3 seconds after Mrs. Helen
Kovach, AZ, breathed her last, the op-
Grafton was started. Ten minutes later
the infant was delivered. Her heart
was beating, but she was not breathing.
Three doctors took turns breathing
into the infants mouth. They con-
tinued this for IS minutes until q
healthy cry rewarded their efforts.
The baby was placed in an incu-
bator and the doctors said she had
Q good chance to survive.
Mr.. Kovach was taken to hospital
last night. Her husband Louis Is q
coal miner. The child Is the thir-
teenth born to Mrs. Kovach.
Evening star., 1938-01-30

hole the door would open: that II you
said anything elese you might as well
60 home.
The peddler knew all that.
What he didn't know was that
customs agent followed him to the
club one day and repeated his move
ments and his words
The amazing thing about the dia-
mond club, the agent found. was
that no one questioned you once you
were inside. AS long as you could
read Yiddish newspapers-or pretend
to-and play chess and checkers
you were safe if you sat still and
kept your mouth shut
The agent sat still and kept his
mouth shut, and from behind his
Yididsh newspaper he noted that not
diamond appeared In the afternoon
hours while the peddler was there.
Every one played chess or checkers
or talked in little groups in the cor
ners. What diamond trading was
done-and there was legitimate trad
ing-was done under the northern
light of morning sun. which
streamed its rays through big sky
light. Only in the rays Of a northern
light can the defects Of diamond be
seen.
There was no northern sun in the
afternoon. but the agent thought he
saw defects in this serene outward
pattern of the diamond club. Those
confabs in the corners looked sus-
picious. And the peddler more often
than not was one Of the conferees.
Long Trudge for Them.
So when the peddler went to work
next day there were three men in
stead of one trudging the streets of
the Bronx.
1t was a long trudge for the two
customs men. Their peddler was a
friendly fellow. He stopped at the
homes of regular customers and chat
ted for a time before going on to the
next door.
There was nothing suspicious about
that. He looked like a peddler, he
acted like peddler, he talked like
peddler.
But in the dark night, hours after
he had gone, those regular customers
at whose homes he had chatted went
out from their poor houses to the rich
residences of the diamond dealers, the
dealers who sold their stones cheaper
than any one else in the market.
There a magic carpet of fantastic
proportions began to unroll. It led
from the homes of the diamond deal
ers to the peddler's customers in the
tenements, and from there to the
transatlantic steamship wharves of
the Hudson and East Rivers.
One by one, drab housewives from
the Bronx, women vino bought the
trinkets of the peddlers pack, were
making ocean voyages. Not in steer
age or third class, as you might ex-
pect, but in cozy cabins. Not on tramp
steamers or small ships, but on lux
ury liners like the Queen Mary, the
Normandie and the lie de France.
List Of Sailings Grew.
As the list of sailings grew it as
sumed the pattern of a timetable.
Once a month some one left and some
one else returned. A housemaid made
four round trips from New York to
London. An itinerant actors wife
with a son working his way through
college crossed on the Aquatania and
the Manhattan. A dress shop sales
girl rode the Majestic and the lie de
France in a f1rst-class cabin. A mid
Evening star., 1938-01-30
GAS-FiLlED. CABIN
YIELDS TWO BODIES
Man Discovered in West Virginia
Identified as Ohio Produce
Dealer.

By the Associated Press
NEW MARTINSVILLE, w. Va.
Jan. 29.-The bodies of a nude man
and woman were found today in q
tourist cabin filled with fumes from a
burning gas stove
Squire L. W. Dulaney, acting coro-
ner, said the couple has been identi-
fied as Pearl Haught, rs, Of Reeder,
w. Va, waitress in a nearby inn,
and Isaac Matlak. a produce dealer Of
Middleport, Ohio. whom the squire
said was between so and 65 years
Of age"
In Matlak's wallet was $500 in cash
and $2.00030 In checks, Squire Du-
laney said. adding that four empty
beer bottles also were found in the
cabin.
Squire Dulaney reported that the
couple rented the cabin from w. G.
Goudy, owner Of the camp 2 miles
north Of this little Ohio River town
late last night.
The couple earlier had visited the
Inn where the girl worked.
Evening star., 1938-01-30
BY JOHN LEAR.
Press Correspondent.

Associated Press Correspondent.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The sands
of Treasure Island are getting too hot
today for the pirates of big business.
Chests filled with their loot still
wash ashore on the rising tide. but
the thieves who smuggle merchandise
to undersell competitors are beginning
to shift their feet in dire distress.
Baby is sick read the anxious
cables they are sending to their part
ners abroad. please come home"
Baby is sick" is the way smug-
glers say Customs has pinched US
again."
The cables are right. The customs
men are pinching off the United
States supply of smuggled diamonds,
dope, watch parts. fancy clothes and
even human beings. History's biggest
pirate bands are being smashed.
The profits were immense in the
case of diamond smugglers, pirates
who had false bottoms in their treas
ure chests and used the fastest ocean
liners as ferry boats.
This is their story:
The shores of Manhattan had been
the sands of Treasure Island to the
gem buccaneers for decades. A mil
lion dollars worth of cut-price stones
flooded the Maiden Lane markets each
year. The customs men knew it.
They knew the dealers who were I'M
derselling. They stopped these men
and searched their baggage carefully
every time the dealers came home
from abroad. But they found no
gems.
Searched 10 Years for Clue.
For 10 long years the inspectors
searched for clue to the big ring.
They knew when and where the dia-
monds were arriving, but they couldn' t
find them.
All the while they were occupied in
this tedious hunt the man they were
looking for was toting a peddler's pack
through the Bronx.
From door to door the peddler
trudged with his tray of notions and
doodads-in the mornings. In the aft
ernoons. without his pack, he loafed
behind the big barred door of the
Diamond Club.
The Diamond Club was down near
the water front, on the top floor OF
No. IS Nassau street. You had to
know your way, and your words, to get
there.
You had to know that the glass
paneled door in the corridor opened
by pressing spring. You had to know
where to find the spring. You had to
know that inside the door was a 4-foot
vestibule and then another door with
a peep-hole in it. You had to know
that you needed to ring a bell, and
that when you did the panel over the
peep-hole would slide aside and an eye
would appear to study you.
Agent Followed Him.
You. had to know that if you said
20. K. Irving" to the eye at the peep
Evening star., 1938-01-30

o6 our monetary standard, Of our lefat
Interpolation and Of our administra-
tion."
Predicting that ultimately income
tax problems would b solved "equit-
ably and justly" DR.. Haig urged his
listeners TO be patient In the mean
time.
Evening star., 1938-01-30
BIRTH RATE DROP
LOWER ON FARM
Year 2038 to See Population
Descended in Main From
Rural Stock.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
II you want to get a rough idea OF
what Americans q century hence may
be like, get acquainted with the men
and women who now till the Nations
farms.
That's a suggestion from Agricul-
ture Department economists.
They predict that in 2038-about
three generations away-most Amer
leans will be descendants Of the rural
people of today.
Their prediction is based largely on
birth rate and population trends which
show that rural folks average larger
families than their city cousins.
Ten adults in the larger cities are
now rearing only seven children" say
o. E. Baker and J. c. Folsom,
Agriculture Department economists.
"Should the birth rate fall no farther,
these seven would rear only five chill
dren, and these five an average OF
only 3.5 children"
Contrast With Farm.
In the farm population, on the
other hand, 10 adults were said to be
rearing an average of IA children
Again assuming a stationary birth
rate, these IA would rear about 20
children, and these 20 about % chill
dren.
While conceding that both urban
and rural birth rates probably will
continue to decline, the economists
said that If the past forecasts the
future" the rural decline will be less
rapid than the urban.
The significance of these ratios
(between present urban and rural
birth rates. resides in the prospect
that 1000 farm people probably will
have three to seven times as many
descendants a century hence as 1000
persons living in our larger cities"
they said.
Cities Should Take Note,
The economists said it behooved the
cities to take an interest in the farm
population.
If the urban birth rate continues to
3all, the middle-aged and elderly in
the cities will become increasingly de-
pendent on the rural regions for youth
to do their daily toll The number
OF children under years of age in
the urban population has decreased
probably 20 per cent during the last 10
years, and the number of persons over
65 years of age has increased probably
80 per cent"
The economists said it was most
likely that cities in the future would
draw surplus farm population from
the less fertile areas These areas
generally have the highest birth rate
and are expected to continue to have
the highest.
Apparently the people who will
provide. Immediately or eventually, the
surplus youth to the Cities" said the
economists, will be principally the
mountaincc7s- Of the Southern Appala-
chlans and the Ozarks, the less COM
merclal farmers of the cotton belt,
the miners of Pennsylvania and West
Virginia, the hill folk along the Ohio
River and its tributaries, the pioneers
OF the Upper Great Lakes region, the
Mennonites and similar foreign stocks
OF the Dakotas and Kansas, the Nor
mons of Utah and Idaho, and other,
mostly small. and often more or less
sufficient farmers, who have been
partially isolated by their environ
ment or other conditions from the in
duences of modern urban civilization :"
Evening star., 1938-01-30
TAX ON CAPITAL GAINS
PRAISED BY ECONOMIST
Fundamentally Fair and Iquit.
able a. Part Of Income Levy"
DR.. Haig Declares.

able ~ Part Of Income Levy"
DR.. Haig Declares.
~ the Associated Press.
WINTER PARK, Fla, Jan. 2s.-Dr.
Robert N. Hsig, professor Of eco
nomics ut Columbia University and
m authority on taxation, said today
the Federal tax On capital gains ~
fundamentally fair and equitable" q
. part Of the levy on income.
Although critical Of what he termed
the administrations Inconsistent pol
icies on taxation" DR.. Haig told the
Rollins College Economic Conference
IT we are to have an income tax that
Is fair, capital gains must be in
cluded within the scope Of its appli-
cation"
1T Is obvious, however" he con-
tinued, that our techniques are
faulty. Due weight must be given to
the imperfections and shortcomings
OF our appraisals. Of our accounting,
Evening star., 1938-01-30
Choral Program.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Jan. 20 (Spe-
ciaD.-The night branch of the Falls
Church Episcopal Guild Is sponsoring
a concert at the Madison Auditorium
by the Tempo Choral Society OF WASH
ington February 3 at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1938-09-29

fury action under 5000 bond on .
charge Of robbery when arraigned In
Police Court yesterday.
Police said the defendant, Francis
N. johnson, Of the 100 block of Logan
Place NV, after being captured 1T
the scene, North Capitol and Pierce
streets, by two men who witnessed the
alleged attack, was freed from his
captors by q group Of colored men
brandishing knives.
c. M. Sincox, a mail truck driver,
had gone for police, leaving johnson
in custody Of D. 1. Jones, operator
of a nearby filling station, when the
Evening star., 1938-09-29

gang Of colored men forced Jones to
release Johnson. police said
The accused man, arrested Saturday
by Pvt. g. E. Cooper Of No. 2 precinct
on q description furnished by Miss
Lynch and her rescuers, also was
identified by Douglas Thweatt, colored,
Of the 100 block of Third street NV,
As the man who attacked him a week
ago and robbed him Of $13.
Evening star., 1938-09-29
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Evening star., 1938-09-29

denies that he, through his agent,
servant or employe, operated certain
automobiles for the purpose Of trans
porting patrons Of . certain gaming
establishment in Prince Georges Coun-
ty, said establishment being popularity
known a. 'Jimmy's,' to and from the
District"
Evening star., 1938-09-29
filed his answer TO = 80, 900 damage
suit for personal injuries.

suit for personal injuries.
Through Attorney Charles Z. Ford,
LoFontaine declared that the plaintiff,
Harry Hartman, alt Maryland avenue,
Riverdale, Md, ran across the highway
into the side Of the automobile, which
was not driven by any agent or en-
ploye Of the defendant. Mr.. Hart
man has contepded that on March
IS he was struck by . car operated
by an agent Of LaFontaine in a care
less and reckless manner and at ex-
cessive speed, near Bladensburg road
and Eastern avenue, Maryland
LaFontaine's answer asserts: "He
Evening star., 1938-09-29

Charles A. Thomas was arrested in
Capetown, South Africa. for stealing
rails from the municipal street car
line.
Evening star., 1938-09-29
DAMAGE SUIT GUILT
DENIED BY LA FONTAINE
$4,000 Personal Injury Action
Answer Claims No Connection

With Gaming Place.
Denying that "he Is engaged in the
business Of conducting and operating
q certain gaming establishment in
Prince Georges County. State Of Mary
land" James A. LaFontaine, 470 Mary
land avenue S.W., in District Court has
Evening star., 1938-09-29
Bad Luck Charm.

MARTINSVILLE, Ind. up. - A
dead" rattlesnake sent Floyd Peters
to the hospital.
Thinking he had killed the snake,
Mr.. Peters picked it up to remove
Evening star., 1938-09-29
BOND SET FOR SUSPECT
IN PURSE SNATCHING
Robbing Woman-Was Freed

in Later Battle.
A 23-year-old colored man, said by
police to be the man who snatched
the purse containing $25 of Miss
Verne Lynch, 1908 K street NV,
after knocking her to the ground
Friday afternoon, was held for grand
Evening star., 1938-09-29

the rattle for . good-luck charm.
The rattler wriggled and bit him
before he could drop It.
Physicians said he would recover.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-31

the home of Mrs. Earl Tracy, Thurs day at 8 D. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-31
GROUP
 APPOINTS BEA
BEACON FALLS Correspondent Vim. ]. Baxter
 Phone Naugatuck 3945

Beacon Falls, Aug. 31.-Edward Bea is the new president of the Pol ish Political club here. He was elected recently at the annual meet ing.
 Others chosen were: Walter Mur- off, vice. president; StanislaW Mroz- inski, financial secretary; Kasimir PilkeWich, recording secretary; Alex Oldakowski. treasurer.
 A meeting of the Ladies' Aid so- ciety of the United church will be held in the church parlors at 8 D m. tomorrow and plans for fall ac- tivities will be discussed.
 At its caucus Monday night, local Democrats went on record as en- dorsing the policies of President Roosevelt Members criticized spend ing of money on Lopez road ant 1t was voted to circulate petition calling for special town meeting for the purpose of crea ting boare of finance here. It is claimed by some Democrats that the first SC. lectman handles much of the ex. penditures here and these Demo. crats predicted a $20,000 deficit vii be shown this year.
 At a recent meeting of the Re, publican town committee, Christian Feiss, first selectman. was named chairman of the committee, Mrs Marie HI Twas appointed vice-chair man. and Ralph Upright. secretary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-31
Democratic Caucus
 Lasts Five Minutes
Center Church School Holds Picnic-Every Day
 Charity Circle COnvenes Thursday

Correspondents Mrs. Claude V Badger-Tel 5-o5ss

the home of Mrs. Earl Tracy, Thurs day at 8 D. m.
 Mrs. Louise Ronk, Mrs. Grace Peters and Charles Sathergil of | NeWburgh, N. Y, were Sunday guests of Mrs. Ronk's brother, Carl Peterson and Mrs. Peterson of Spindle Hill.
 MT. and Mrs. Glenn Bunker, for merly of Hitchcock Lake, have moved to Waterbury.
 Mrs. Louis Johnson and son Louis of Bristol, Roy Garvey of Terryville, and Vincent Rettino of Jersey City, N. J., were recent guests of MT and Mrs. Lester Dingwell of the Wood- tick road.
 MT. and Mrs. James Baldwin of Hartford were weekend guests of Frederick c. Andrews of Spindle Hill
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Perkins had as Sunday guests, Mr. and Mrs. Ben- jamin Hoethke of Waterbury add MTS. rTeu fIOVOSJ Ol NcW OI K ClIy.
 MT. and Mrs. J. Bement Wakelee of West street and MT. and Mrs. Edward Bergen of the WOodtick road, are spending week at North Sebago, Me.
 Miss Mildred Munson and Arthur Olson went on motor trip through Massachusetts Saturday.
 Clifford German who has been the guest of his uncle, George Mosely, and Mrs. Mosely at Bantam lake, has returned to his home on the Woodtick road. During his visit, he accompanied MT. and Mrs. Nose ly on a tWo-day trip to PrincetoWn, Cape Cod.
 Mrs Arthur Fltz of Bristol was the guest Saturday of her sister, Mrs. John B. Wakelee and MT. Wakelee of West street.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Breen and MT. and Mrs. George Hahh, of Wa terbury, were Sunday guests of MT. and Mrs. Edward Lynch.
 A. l.. Mcclellan and Miss Jean Mcclellan of New Haven were guests Sunday of MT. and Mrs. Wal ter Wilson.