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Montana labor news., 1938-04-28
ANACONDA SPONSORS.
EXTENSION OF PAVING
Unions Cooperating.

ANACONDA-The Anaconda City
Council held its regular meeting in
the Councils chambers at the City
Hall. Mayor Thos. j. McCarvel pre-
sided and all of the aldermen were
present. City Clerk Robt. Glenn
read the resolutions pertaining to the
extension paving program which the
city is sponsoring. After which a
motion was passed to accept the reso-
luton which means the city will start
the job as soon as possible. Three diff
ferent specifications of paving were
read. And upon motion and passed
the city clerk was ordered to adver-
tise for bids for the installation of
approximately 1868 square yards
Of oil pavement. All unpaved streets
in the city will be oiled. In the
specifications which were unanimous
ly adopted, alternate bids of three
types Of oiling will be accepted by
the city. Two types Of the oiling
will be two-inch plant mixed varie-
ty. The other type will be one inch
and a half penetration type. Charles
Nicely, city engineer, drafted the
plans for this project which is the
largest street improvement ever pro
posed in the city. This work to be
done has been badly needed and
will rid the city of a continual blan-
ket of dust throughout the city.
The preliminary work is progress
ing in fine shape. The large trunk
storm sewer that extends from where
the flood waters start in Sheep
Gulch and extend through the city
and which will dump into Warm
Springs Creek several miles east of
the city, is nearing completion. The
smaller lateral sewer pipes which
are a part Of the grading project
and which will empty into the large
storm sewer will be started at once.
According to the engineers report,
the city has an ideal street base for
a fine job Of oiling. Since this work
has started it has brought much
more work for Street Commissioner
Walter Riley and his men who have
been putting forth their best efforts.
Mayor McCarvel and his aldermen
are to be congratulated for getting
this fine improvement started. Many
taxpayers and representatives of or
ganized labor were in attendance.
1t is Mayor McCarveps and his en-
tire councils idea to do practically
all the work with Anaconda union
labor. And the successful bidder on
the oiling will have their foremen
or key men and they will do no
work. Labor for the job will come
through the office of the National
Montana labor news., 1938-04-28
COMPANIES
FIGHT CLAIMS PAYMENT

The question whether an insur-
ance company that collects premiums
from automobile owners and then
refuses to pay when the injuries
occurred under the guest law of
Montana was indirectly presented to
a jury in Helena last week.
The jury returned a verdict of
5000 and in effect said the insur-
ance company must pay. It was the
case of J. N. Weggenman v. W. C.
Bardon, wherein plaintiff was a guest
of the defendant Bardon, and Veg
german was injured when Bardon
made too sharp a turn to a detour,
causing the car to turn over. The
men were returning from Harlowton
to Helena.
Weggenman sued for $4,000. The
jury returned a verdict of $4,000.
Bardon carried insurance, but the
insurance company fought the case.
Wellington D. Rankin represented
the plaintiff.
Montana labor news., 1938-04-28

Unemployment office here and be
certified by the local unions. AS most
of this work will be paid for by the
taxpayers of Anaconda who want
Anaconda union labor used. To see
this will be put in effect Mayor Nc
Carvel will appoint a committee of
three aldermen who will work along
with the union officials and the city
engineer. Bids received for the oil
ing will be opened in May and work
will be started June l, 1888. From
three to four months is expected to
complete the work. Many residents
contemplating the oiling are making
arrangements to have cement curb
ing installed on their property. The
city engineer explained to the coun-
Gil the oiling will be laid so the curb
ing al be put in either before or
after the oiling is applied without
damage to the pavement. This work
is coming at an %opportune time as
there are so many Anaconda men
and younger men who are out of
work and it is hoped this surplus of
labor will be taken up.
The engineer explained to the
council the specifications for the oil
ing will bring to the city one of the
finest jobs of street oiling in the
state. And it is progress and i'm
provements such as this that Mayor
McCarvel and his %councilmen should
be congratulated. For it is these
men who have worked diligently by
circulating petitions in their wards
to get the property owners to sign
approving of this work, which will
make Anaconda a cleaner city and
healthier place in which to live.
Montana labor news., 1938-04-28
WAGE HOUR BILL JOLTED
AS HOUSE GROUP REPORTS
NORTON MEASURE

WASHINGTON. - (FP) ~ Wages
and hours legislation received an
other jolt here as the House labor
committee rejected the bill drafted
by its subcommittee and reported
out a weak, trembling thing,
The new measure, sponsored by
Rep. Mary Norton Cd, N. j., chair
woman of the labor committee,
which was approved by a vote of
IA to A, authorizes the Secretary of
Labor to set a graduated minimum
wage starting at 25 cents an hour
and increasing at the rate of five
cents per hour annually until it
reaches 40 cents an hour.
Maximum hours are set at A a
week with reductions at the rate of
two hours per year until 40 hours a
week is set. Under the bill maxi
mum hours Of 40 a week could be
set after three years and minimum
wages of 40 cents an hour after four
years.
Control Of the measure is central
lied in the Labor department. The
Secretary Of Labor is empowered to
determine which industries are to be
affected. The Labor department
would also decide on violations OF
the standards set and would investi-
gate such violations but prosecutions
would be handled by the Justice de-
partment and other law enforcement
agencies.
Wages and hours fixed are to be
standards for the entire country, I'M
der the Norton bill, with no geo
graphical or economic di~fferentials
Exemptions apply to agricultural and
transportation workers and other
groups.
Rep. Ramspeck ID, Ga.), author
Of the bill which was rejected by a
1913 vote, said he would oppose the
bill and would file a minority report
contending that the Norton measure
is unconstitutional.
Montana labor news., 1938-04-28
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate Of WILLIAM G. DUFFY, Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given by the UNDER
William c.. Duffy, deceased, to the credi-
tors of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit them,
with the necessary vouchers, within four
notice to the said administrative at the
office of J. E.. Healy, 305 Silver Bow Block,
West Granite Street, in the city Of Butte,
the same being he place for the transac-
ton of the business of said estate, in the
County of Silver Bow, State Of Montana.
MARGARET PHILLIPS, Administra-
triX of the Estate of William c.
Duffy, Deceased.
Dated Butte, Montana, this 23rd day Of
April, 1893.
First publication April 20, 1938-4T.
Montana labor news., 1938-04-28

replied pains may be complications,
saying if you go to Galen they would
probably find the reason for pains.
Signed: A. w. WILLIAMS.
Montana labor news., 1938-04-28

California has a lion farm. After
helping papa with the chores, the
farmers daughter knows how to
tame the travelling salesman.
Montana labor news., 1938-04-28

What with the jealousy of two
dictators over Austria, Hitler may
abolish Mussolini's status as an hon
orary Nordic.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
NEW TRIAL BOARD
SET-UP APPROVED
D. c. Heads O. K. Hazen
PIan-LittIehaIes Slated
as Chairman.

The Commissioners today approved
a change in the makeup Of the Police
Trial Board, recommended by Com
missioner Melvin C. Hazen. under
which the board no longer will consist
entirely of police officers.
The Commissioners said Reber
Littlehales, an assistant corporation
counsel will serve as chairman.
There will be two other members. one
police officer above the rank of
lieutenant. and the other an assistant
engineer commissioner.
1t was explained, however. that Mai.
James R. Lusby, the Districts dis
bursting officer will serve temporarily
in place of an assistant engineer COM
missioner
The change was approved at meet
ing of the Board Of Commissioners, the
first attended by the new Engineer
Commissioner, 1t. Col. David Nc
Coach. jr.
The change. proposed by Commis-
sioner Hazen, was an outgrowth OF a
suggestion by Corporation Counsel El-
wood Seal that special trial board be
named to hear the case against Police
men John w. Nally and Robert M
Henry in connection with the killing
OF Leroy Keys, colored, while he was
resisting arrest.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
$69,570 w. P. A. WORK
FOR WATER WORKS SET

The Works Progress Administration
has approved a grant Of s69,57o, rep
resenting As per cent of the total cost
for water works improvements In
Montgomery County, applied for by
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission.
The total cost is approximately
S155, 900, according to Harry r. Hall.
chief engineer of the commission. 1t
includes s36,500 for construction Of
5000 feet Of new water lines on Brad
ley boulevard west of Wisconsin ave-
nue., $4,000 for a 1000, ,00O- gallon
standpipe at Wheaton, and s54,500 for
2.500,00Q- gallon standpipe in the
Bradley Hills section. Approximately
$4,000 is allowed for contingent items.
according to word received at the
commissions Office yesterday.
Work must be started before jan
uary J..
Evening star., 1938-09-09
INMATES INCREASE
AT HOME FOR AGED
Cut in Direct Relief Money Swells
Population at Blue Plains
to New Peak.

Because Of the heavy cut made this
fiscal year in the amount of funds
available for direct relief purposes the
population of the Home for AGED and
1nflrm at Blue Plains, D. c., has been
sWelled to a new high peak. according
to a report from the Board of Public
Welfare.
At the end of August the number
OF persons under care at the institu-
ton was 667, or II above the total at
the end of August a year ago, the
board said,
Due to 100000 cut in appropria-
tions for direct relief, the board add
ed, it found it necessary to rule that
persons over IS years of age, not
eligible for old-age assistance, should
be dropped from the relief rolls as
OF last July l and referred to the
Home for Aged and Inf1rm. The
same rule was applied to persons
whose physical condition was such
that they would be better of under
care at the institution than left in
their own homes without adequate
care
According to figures submitted by
Frank B. Haskell, superintendent OF
the home, the daily average popula-
ton during the last month was 662,
as compared with GA in July and
with sos in August OF last year
Twenty-eight persons were admitted
last month and 36 in July, in addi-
ton to 7 readmissions in August and
IA in July. ora total of 81 admit
tances in the last two months, q
compared with Al in the same period
Of last year.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
MISSIONARY COLLEGE
EXPECTS 700 STUDENTS
Institution at Takoma Park Looks
for Largest Enrolment in
Its History.

Enrolment in the Washington Mis-
sionary College, Takoma Park. Md
which prohibits the use OF alcoholic
beverages and tobacco, is expected
to be the largest in the history of
the 23-year-old college. it was an
nounced today by Dr. Ben G. Wilkin-
son. president. The enrolment was
expected to exceed 700, having grown
from go pupils.
Class work will begin Wednesday
The faculty now numbers 38, COM
pared to the IL when the school
opened.
A new normal building is now being
constructed at an estimated cost of
100000. Plans are being drafted for
new library.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
SHIELD
AS MAN IS HURT
IN H|T-RUN CASE
H. J. Pirie, Granite Company
Official, Under $500 Bond.
Bethesdan Victim.
SIX OTHERS INJURED
IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS
Tire Blowout Careens Auto Into
Telegraph Pole, Badly 1njuring
Two Occupants.

A 56-year-old Bethesda (Md) man
was suffering today from severe spinal
injuries received last night when he
was struck by hit-and-run motorist
near his home. A granite company
executive was arrested in connection
with the case and released under $500
bond.
Six other persons, including one
child. were injured in accidents in the
Washington area last night and early
today.
Harry ]. Pirie of Chevy Chase, Md,
vice president and treasurer of the
Washington Granite Monumental Co.,
was charged by Bethesda police with
reckless driving and failing to stop
after an automobile struck John Kee-
gan at Cumberland and Wisconsin
avenues.
Didn't Know He Hit Any One.
Mr.. Keegan is said to be in serious
condition at Georgetown Hospital
Mr.. Pirie was arrested at his home, 120
Chevy Chase drive. shortly after the
accident Police quoted him as saying
he felt bump" but didn't know he
had struck any one.
The arrest was made on information
furnished investigators by witness
to the accident Mr. Pirie was re-
leased under bond by Justice of the
Peace A. B. Jennings to appear at a
hearing October 5.
Kenneth E. Nestor, 80. of 1925 Flor
ida avenue NE. and John K. Larsen,
"a. OF Waldorf. Md. were severely in
tured last night when a tire blowout
sent their automobile careening from
a highway near Clinton. Md. and into
telegraph pole Mr.. Nestor, said bv
police to have been the driver. was
treated at Casualty Hospital for a pos
sible skull fracture and multiple cuts
about his head. His companion also
was treated at Casualty for possible
fractures of the arm, nose and jaw
and head lacerations The men were
reported in an undetermined condi-
ton.
Child Hit by Auto.
The injured child is Alma Little, 3,
Of 1885 Carrolburg street SW., who
was struck by an automobile in front
Of her home. She was treated at Provi-
dence Hospital for slight head injuries
Anthony Petrello, 'jr., 26, of 925
Potomac avenue Sc, walked into the
side of a street car. police said, at
Tenth street and Pennsylvania avenue
Sc. He was taken to Casualty with
possible brain conclusion and severe
head lacerations. His condition was
undetermined.
Struck by an automobile at Wiscon-
sin and Massachusetts, avenues NV,
Vohan Arslan 48, of 1919 Wisconsin
avenue NV, was in an undetermined
condition today at Georgetown Hos
pital with a possible brain conclusion
and severe leg injuries
DR. Aloysius Valentine, 81, of $40
North Carolina avenue Sc, suffered
a lacerated leg and sprained wrist
when his car collided with another,
police said was operated by Hugh C.
Andrews, 40. of the 700 block of Tenth
' street Sc, DR.. Valentine treated his
own injuries.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
BOATSWAIN KILLS SELF
Lester Kaldenbach, al, of D. c.
Is Suicide in Norfolk,

Lester Kaldenbach. Al, of Washing
ton, Navy boatswain attached to
the U. S. S. Owl. shot and killed HIM
self yesterday in his apartment at
Norfolk, Va, the Associated Press re-
ported. A coroner's certificate of sui
eide was issued.
Police reported Mr.. Kaldenbach shot
himself through the head with As
caliber Navy automatic and died in
stantly. Detective Leon Nowitzky, cor
oners investigator, said note was left
in which Mr.. Kaldenbach requested
that he be given a military funeral in
Arlington National Cemetery here. and
in which he listed the time of his death
as am
Mr.. Kaldenbach's mother, Mrs. Rose
Kaldenbach. retired Treasury Depart
ment clerk, lives at 232 Fifteenth street
NE. He is survived also by two sisters,
Mrs. Edna Noyes and Mrs. Doris
Brown. both of Washington His
estranged wife is living in California.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
SCRAPBOOK CONTEST
PRIZES ARE AWARDED

Twenty-Five prizes were awarded to
winners in the city-wide sGrapbook
contest sponsored by the Works Prog
ress Administration Division of Adult
Education at the Phyllis Wheatley Y.
w. G. A. last night.
Miss Otero Tymous, teacher at the
Harrison School, won first prize, con-
sisting Of 52-piece dinner set.
Principal speakers were Mrs. Hazel
c. Taylor, assistant director of edu-
cation, District w. P. A.; Mrs. Mary
Mcneil, former member of the Board
of Education, and Mrs. B. Jackson
Fleming A musical program was
given by Mrs. o. L. English and Will
liam Weir Stewart. Mrs. Tina E. Bo-
hannon. supervisor Of adult educa-
ton, presided.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
LAWS WILL TAKE
OATH TOMORROW
District Court Ceremony to
Be First in More Than
Six Years..

When Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat
administers the oath of Office to JUS
tice-designate Bolitha j. Laws in Dis
trict Court tomorrow at 10 a m. it will
be the first time such a ceremony has
occurred in more than six years and
the first time justice, appointed
by Democratic President to that
court, will ascend the bench since the
Wilson administration.
Chief Justice Wheat was back In
Washington today after his vacation
in Massachusetts,. Mr.. Laws. nomi-
mated by President Roosevelt was
confirmed by the Senate shortly before
Congress adjourned
Bailey Appointed by Wilson.
The late President Wilson appointed
the present dean OF the District Court
bench. Justice Jennings Bailey, and
he took the oath of Office on May 10
1918. the last appointee by a Demo-
cratic President to the bench of that
court.
Both Justice F. Dickinson Let's and
Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue took
the oath of Office on February 29
1882. after their confirmation by the
Senate. Previously Justice Let's hac
taken the oath of office on May 7
1881. in recess appointment by for
mer President Herbert Hoover. Justice
O'Donoghue was also given a recess
appointment by Mr.. Hoover and was
first sworn in November %, 1881.
Wheat Inducted in 1899.
Chief Justice Wheat first took the
oath of Office as member of the
Supreme Court of the District of Co.
lumbia. as it was then known, on
June 3. 1929. He became chief justice
and took the oath as such on june
7, 1880. taking the place of the late
Chief Justice Walter I. Mccoy, who
reached the age of 10 years on De-
cember 8, 1929, and resigned, dying
in Boston, Mass. on July II, 1888.
Justice Peyton Gordon, former
United States District Attorney, has
served since April 3, 1928 Justice
Jesse c. Adkins took the oath of of.
flee on June %. 1880, while Justice
Oscar R. Luhring and Justice Joseph
w. Cox both took the oath OF Office
on the same day-August /, 1890
Justice James NJ Proctor was sworn ir
on March 8, 1881.
Evening star., 1938-09-09

Late one August afternoon II years
ago five little children were playing in
the shade OF high clay bank on
Queens Chapel road near Seat Pleas
ant, Md.
Down the road a huge truck came
numbering and the five little dirty
faces sat down big-eyed to watch 1t
approach. Shaking the earth beside
the road, the truck came rumbling up
and was nearly passed when high
above the children's heads the earth
bank began to slip.
One child screamed and ran and
the others followed. all but one. She
was Martha Geesling. then only 9
years old. The rest of the children
two of them her younger brothers, be-
gan scratching at the dirt with their
hands and with sticks and finally they
uncovered Martha lying painfully
quiet and wide-eyed Her back was
broken
She was taken to Children's Hos
pital where the best child doctors in
the city used their skill to help her.
As years passed Martha came to be
the hospital sweetheart She re-
ceived gifts from unknown persons,
many in States far from Washington
where her plight had been heard of.
Said She Couldn't Recover.
Paralyzed from the hips down,
Martha lay almost motionless in her
little bed while doctors worked over
her Nurses at the hospital told yes
terday OF how leading specialist
came from her room one day after an
examination and told with unchecked
tears in his eyes that Martha could
never be wholly well again.
Still the little girls courage was
greater than those around her When
she was told she might never get
well she just laughed and told them
she liked it there anyway.
Her legs were developing infections
from disuse and one hot summer day
when the pain was almost unbearable
she cried out. A nurse heard her
and called the hospital play director,
Mrs. Mary Weller. Martha says that
is where she got her imagination,
which, she says, makes her able to be
so happy all the time.
Mrs. Weller told Martha to think of
something cool like the moon. and
maybe the pain would stop. Pretty
soon she had Martha telling a story
about how once she stood on her
mothers back porch in her bare feet
and the moon made the shadow of a
nan on the street. She said her mother
Evening star., 1938-09-09

was cooking cabbage in the kitchen
and that she loved cabbage and could
smell it, but that she would rather
stay out and watch the shadow Of the
man and she was glad she did because
pretty soon there was . woman there,
too. and they were holding hands.
Martha says that Is how she got
her Imagination and that she uses it
lot now even when nothing hurts.
Got 100 Waists.
Once Martha told somebody she
wanted a waist for her birthday be-
cause her legs had to be under the
covers all the time and nobody could
see them. She got nearly 1O0 many
from people she had never heard Of.
In May, 1881, hospital authorities
decided they had done all they could
and that nursing was the principal
thing for her then. So they sent
her to live in the home OF Mrs Matte
HUT, at 5728 Third place NV. Martha
stayed there until last July when the
condition of her legs became more
serious and an operation was deemed
necessary.
She was taken to Emergency Hos
pital, where July ~, 1887, her left
leg was amputated near the hip He,
other leg is to be taken of as soon
as her condition permits.
Martha's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles H. Geesling. 1929 Seventeenth
street NV, have not been able to taxi
care Of Martha or her fiye brother:
and other sister since 1925, when the,
were taken under supervision Of ths
Bureau Of Public Welfare.
Visiting yesterday in her daughters
room Mrs. Geesling said. though, thai
they wanted Martha 10 come bacl
with them when she is well enough
Mr.. Geesling lost his job recently, ane
the going may be pretty tough.
To Get Damages Money.
Martha will be 81 on October 80 and
at that time she will receive abou,
$500 the courts have been keeping
for her since the sum was awarded
in a damage suit growing out of the
accident. She seldom thinks about
the money. though, and doesn't seem
to want 1t particularly. All she wants
Is to get it over with and get bacl
to her parents.
i've still got my Imagination
haven't II" she says. "That1l fix II
up. I know it will. III just imagine
real hard and then 1t will happen the
way want it to-"
Doctors agree that if things dc
happen the way Martha wants them
to it will be due more to her "imagi-
nation" than to anything they can do
Evening star., 1938-09-09

Kelley Field, San
A n t o nio, Tex,
October 5. He
will receive his
S e c o n d lieuten-
ancy in the pur-
suit division.
A graduate Of
Eastern Hig h
School and EN-
e son Institute,
y"o un 6 Shilling
comes from a
military family.
His father, E. K.
Shilling is a cap
tain in the Air
COrDS Reserve
Evening star., 1938-09-09
CASEY is ELECTED

Michael Casey of 622 Emerson street
NV. an employe of the Department
of Justice, was elected senior vice COM
mander in chief Of the Sons Of Union
Veterans yesterday at the convention
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic in
Des Moines.
Miss Grace Hurd. also Of Washing
ton, was named treasurer Of the organ
ization.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Bandit Waits on Trade.

PORTLAND, Greg. CP.-Even rob-
bers respect that old tradition busi-
ness must carry on.
While one bandit held Gordon Berg,
grocery clerk, prisoner in a back
room of his store, another donned an
apron and waited on the trade for a
quarter of an hour.
After the men fled with the cash
one of the customers reported the
temporary clerk was polite and knew
the grocery business.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
SHIP FIGURES ASKED
Unions Seek to Learn Number of
Foreign Vessels Used.

The c. I. O.'s maritime unions
called on the Commerce Department
yesterday to publish statistics on the
number Of foreign ships chartered by
American companies, and the amount
of American goods carried in foreign
bottoms. -
This would. enable the unions to
fight unfair foreign competition" that
deprives American seamen of jobs,
said letter by Ralph Emerson, the
G. I. o. unions legislative agent.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Briggs Appointed Chairman

William B. Briggs, manager Of the
local Office OF Eastern Air Lines has
been appointed chairman Of the Pub
licity Committee, Junior Board Of
Commerce. to succeed Ben Morgan.
who recently was named to head tbs
boards Awards Committee.