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Evening star., 1938-01-13
T,co Deaths End
Loue of Girl, II,
And Her Father
y the Associated Press,

-
sCOTTDALE, Pa, Jan. l3.-Death
recorded today as murder and sui
cide-ended the strange love Of =
father and daughter who met only
recently in this Westmoreland County
mining village, then learned their re-
lationship.
The girls mother, Pearl Hollis,
found the bodies, side by side and
both shot in the head, In the living
room Of her home yesterday. The
girl lived with her mother.
DR.. H. Albert McMurray, coroner,
identified the dead as 47-year-old Mel
son Meese and his 17-year-old daugh-
ter, Nellie.
The coroner said Meese had not
seen his daughter since her birth
until they met here recently. and that
the two had then fallen in love. He
said two letters found in the girls
purse led him to this conclusion.
One. mailed last December 81 from
Brownsville, Pa, read: You may not
believe this, but you are the only per-
son I ever saw that really liked and
you turn out to be my daughter"
The coroner said the weapon Meese
used was home made, one-shot con-
traption. "the most freakish gun
have ever SEEN"
The barrel Of the pistol, he added,
had been drilled from q steel bar. To
reload the gun, 1t was necessary to
unscrew the barrel from the stock.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
Mrs. Roosevelt
Urges Capital
Civic ActiUity
G.. ". u. Freshmen,
Told Inspiration Lies
in Lack of Vote.

Mrs. Roosevelt thinks the Dis
trict needs the attention Of its citi-
1ens very much." and the more ac-
tive they are the better.
Washington should have model in
stitutions to show of to visitors from
the other States and countries" Mrs.
Roosevelt told freshman forum at
George Washington University last
night, and she added with a smile
1T certainly couldn't do that today"
Her remarks came In reply to 4
query from the floor in connection
with statements she made during the
course Of her address to the audience
Of nearly 500 students regarding in
telligent use Of the vote.
Does the fact that we have no
vote mean that we residents Of the
District should be less active civically?"
a student asked.
Il should say not" laughed Mrs.
Roosevelt. That's all the more rea-
son to be active"
She asked the group if they knew
why the District had no vote and.
since the consensus was no" went
on briefly to explain that 1t was to
prevent formation Of q politically
formidable block Of votes among Gov
ernment employees. She touched on
the agitation going on in the city for
\ vote and pointed out that Con
sress is not vitally interested"
Dressed in black net evening
frock with gold-colored waist band
md wearing . gardenia corsage, Mrs.
Roosevelt was introduced to the group
oy Elsie Carper, vice president OF
;he freshman Club. She discussed
n her address the place Of the uni
versity in = democracy, declaring it
should teach its students IS far as
possible to earn q living. to live in
'ellectually. and to BE- valuable
citizens.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
COMMUTATlON DENIED
MRS. GOODWIN'S SLAYER
President Denies Application of
Colored Janitor, Sentenced
to Die February rs.

President Roosevelt has denied an
application for communication Of q
death sentence to life imprisonment
for Norman Wesley Robinson. %, col
ored. scheduled to die February rs
for the Staying Of Mrs Florence Good
win, 43-year-old Government typist.
it was learned yesterday.
After being granted several stays Of
execution. Robinson, who has been
confined to District Jail since Sep
tember, 1896, when the murder was
committed, was scheduled to die to-
morrow, but the time was extended
to allow the communication application.
A former janitor at the Sixteenth
street boarding house where Mrs.
Goodwin lived, Robinson reputedly
confessed he choked the woman and
beat her over the head with . furnace
shaker. However, he denied his guilt
at the trial.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
JAIL OFFICIALS FIRM
ON BEARD TRANSFER
Determined to Bring Gambler
Here From Atlanta Despite
Growing Criticism.

Federal and District prison ofIicials
stood their ground today against criti-
cism from the District Building and
Capitol Hill on the transfer Of Sam
Beard, erstwhile Washington gambling
king, from distant Atlanta Federal
Prison to nearby Lorton Reformatory.
James Bennett, director Of the Fed
eral Bureau Of Prisons, Department OF
Justice, declared it was "inconceivable
that gambling establishments could be
conducted inside Lorton Penitentiary"
and termed Boards removal from At
lanta "a routine transfer"
A spokesman for the Department Of
Justice said the transfer was entirely
justified. and there are no apologies to
be offered"
A statement explaining the transfer
system was issued by Ray L. Huff. Dis
trict superintendent Of penal institu-
tions.
Meanwhile. on the other side of the
Beard controversy. Commissioner Mel
win c. Hazen requested "a full ex-
planation" from District Welfare Di-
rector Edwood Street and promised an
investigation il the situation mer-
tied it.
Senator Ashurst, Democrat, of Ari-
zona, chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee. expressed the hope Beard
will be sent back to Atlanta on the
next train." adding Il would even like
to see them get an airplane. because
that would be quicker. cannot con-
demn too severely the action Of bring
ing him from the penitentiary to the
reformatory. Whoever did that did .
grave injustice to the public"
Evening star., 1938-01-13
NEW DENISON SCHOOL
CONTRACT is AWARDED
Jeffress-Dyer Co. Given 1885, 400
Job-$e4, ,e2s Grover Cleveland
Addition to Be Begun.

The District Commissioners yester-
day awarded . $335,49o contract for
construction Of the new Denison Vo-
cational School at the intersection Of
Arkansas avenue, Thirteenth and AL
lison streets NV. Jef1ress-Dyer d.
Co., = local firm, will do the con-
struction work.
This is one Of the schools for which
an appropriation was made last year.
The contract calls for completion
within 900 days.
A second contract for q third-story
addition to the Grover Cleveland
School, Eighth and r streets NV,
was awarded to M. Wertheimer G Co.
Its low bid was $84,s28. Completion
Of work is called for within 200 days.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
DR.. VAUGHAN IS HONORED
BY FOREIGN WARS ORDER
Elected Commander at Meeting
Held Last Night at Army
and Navy Club.

Dr.. George Tully Vaughan. WASH
ington surgeon, was named COM
mander o. the District Commandery,
Military Order Of Foreign Wars, In q
meeting held last night at the Army
and Navy Club.
DR.. Vaughan served with the Army
Medical Corps during the Spanish
American War and the Navy Medical
Division Of the World War.
Other officers elected at the meeting
were Capt. Albert E. F. Horn, senior
vice commander; Its. Francis x. CAL
lahan and lie Roy w. Hyde. first and
second junior vice commanders; Mai.
Edwin s. Bethlehem, ir., secretary;
Maj. Russell P. Freeman, treasurer;
Capt. John Lewis Smith, Judge advo-
cate; Col. Dunlop p Penhallow, chap
lain; Col. William T. Davis, registrar;
1t. Comdr. Joseph J. B. Murphy, re-
corder: It. Col James Townsend, sur
geon; Col. Leroy W. Heron, historian,
and Lieut.. Col. Harry F. Cunningham,
quartermaster.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
Attorney, SO,
Helps Firen,en
Snve His Books

More than 1000 books, including
many volumes on law, were saved
from destruction yesterday when fire
broke out In . house at Isl Indiana
avenue NV, where Frank Stebbins,
s3-year-old retired patent attorney.
lives alone.
Carefully picking their way through
Railways piled high with the books,
nremen proceeded to Mr.. Stebbins'
second-noor study, where they found
him Attempting to extingush the
flames with pals Of water. The IRE
started among some papers IN the
study. firemen said. i
Mr.. stebhins said the books had
been collected over . period Of more
than half . century, Many OF thsm
vere used BY him In study Of legal
battles growing out of the patent
claims 81 AnvsutorA
Evening star., 1938-01-13
TESTIMONY OF DEFENSE
IN OIL CASE NEAR END
Final Arguments to Begin Mon
day-Early Recess Delays
Price-Fixing Trial.

By the Associated Press.
MADISON, Wis, Jan. l3.-The TAX
ing Of testimony from witnesses called
by the defense in the Federal Gov
ernment's gasoline price-hxing trial
entered the hnal stage today.
Completion Of the defense case was
delayed yesterday when Federal Judge
Patrick T. Stone called an early re-
cess after the second consecutive day
Of statistical testimony.
Judge Stone said that after all the
defense and Government rebuttal tes-
timony Is completed. probably Friday
noon, he would adjourn court until
Monday, when final arguments will
begin.
James Miller, New York accountant,
the final defense witness, testified yes
terday concerning audits he made Of
major oil companies gasoline pur-
chases from independent refiners In
1895 and 1885. The Government
charges Is major oil companies oper-
ated buying programs in those years
for the purpose Of raising Midwestern
prices. r-E ,s - ...
Evening star., 1938-01-13
RESULTS
By the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
FIRST 1ACE-Furss. $500; hsiden
course. s5r' 49, .et-.s =
seimaiad !sarns, 3s.4o 1900 $40
Our Mat t2osSD S.0G S.S5Sl
HSmaunt (Afcsr0) @;-- $S6
Time. -0:33M.
sAlso ran-Esster Thorn. Tsrplsy, welsh
star Maesewn' skiinE. Catslyts. Dicty
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Evening star., 1938-01-13
STILL BACKS C.L.0,,
DUB|NSKY STATES.
Declares Union Has No In
tention Of Withdrawing
From Lewis Group.
By the Associated Press.

By the AsCoclat&d Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. l3.-David DID,
binsky. head Of q union which has
250,000 members, said today he Is still
stanchly in favor Of the G. I. o. in
spite OF his differences with John L.
Lewis over internal policy.
Mr.. Dubinsky said his union. the
International Ladies' Garment Work.
ers' Union, has no intention and has
never had Of withdrawing from the
G. I. O., and reiterated his conviction
in the necessity Of organizing unof-
ganized workers.
I'm c. I. o." he said. II am one
Of the organizers Of the G. I. o. The
c. I. o was necessary to organize the
mass production industries. But when
I see that tight is harming the cause
Of labor, when I see that 1t Is dam
aging 1t, I say that 1t must cease"
Says Peace Will Be Gained.
Peace, he said, will be brought about
in labor's ranks and added:
Il feel that I've done my part by
bringing the issue into the open, let
ting the people and the workers know
what the situation is"
The Dubinsky-Lewis differences en-
gagged public attention when the gar
ment workers head, addressing 1000
executive officers Of the union Tuesday
night, said the c. I. o. was responsible
for the collapse Of peace negotiations
with the American Federation Of
Labor.
Il told them" Mr.. Dubinsky said
today, "the Ladies' Garment Workers
Union is going to stay in the C. I. O.
They applauded, but not as they would
have done six months or a year ago.
Not with the same enthusiasm. Now
they are thinking of their own unem-
ployment situation. They won't warm
up to the fight. especially when it is
one not Of organizing the unorganized,
but matter Of power and control"
Statement by Lewis.
Mr.. Dubinsky's remarks brought
from Mr.. Lewis yesterday the state
ment that Dubinsky seems to be CIV
ing an imitation of Eliza crossing the
ice and looking backward like Lots
wife" with the added comment that
Mr.. Dubinsky ought to decide whether
he Is flesh or fowl or good red herring"
To this Mr.. Dubinsky replied that
Mr.. Lewis, "as the acknowledged lead
er Of the progressive labor forces
ought not to try to dispose Of matters
"of such vital concern As labor peace
and understanding In the fiippant
manner he does"
Peace and accord in organized la
Dor is looking forward and not back
ward" Mr.. Dubinsky said. Eliza
crossing the ice may not have had a
very pleasant journey, but as I recall,
she had to make that trip getting
away from a none-to-kind overseer,
The laboring masses of America
are hungering and praying for peace,
and 1t is my belief. Mr.. Lewis,s wise
cracking to the contrary notwith-
standing, that they will not be denied
such peace for long"
Evening star., 1938-01-13
COPELAND ACCUSER
IS GIVEN SUBPOENA
Maritime Union Leader Wanted
to Prove Claim Senator
Uttered a Lie,
BY the Associated Press,

0y tne AsboClAko PreeS.
Chairman Copeland Of the Senate
Commerce Committee announced yes
terday that he had subpoenaed r. J..
Fitzgerald, San Francisco maritime
union leader, to appear before the
committee.
Mr.. Ftzgerald's name was signed
to telegram offered At . recent COM
nittee hearing and which accused
Senator Copeland Of making a lying
statement"
III I'm a liar, I thought I'd like
to have 1t proved" the New Yorker
said
Mr.. Fitzgerald's telegram was in
troduced into committee records by
Ralph Emerson. legislative represent
atlve for maritime unions afiiliated
with the Committee for Industrial
Organization, who opposed numerous
amendments to the Maritime Act. on
which hearings are being conducted.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
TWO HELD IN EUROPE
ON U. S. DRUG CHARGES
Arrested Pair Are Members of
New York Smuggling Ring,
Treasury Says.

8y the Associated Press.
The Treasury announced today two
alleged leaders in . large narcotics
smuggling ring, wanted in the United
States, have been arrested In Europe.
They said Josef Schwartz is in Jail
in Paris, awaiting extradition to this
country, and Yasha Katzenberg is be-
ing held in Rumania. Rumanian
authorities have agreed to deport
Katzenberg to some country which
has an extradition treaty with the
United States 50 this country can bring
him back for trial
A treasury spokesman said the two
men were charged with being members
Of the smuggler gang raided in New
York City November 80 Thirty per-
sons are under indictment as q result
Of the raids. Oncials said the syndi-
cate smuggled $50 Kilograms Of heroin
into New York during 1886.
Evening star., 1938-01-13

Inc disturbance that was over the Lake
region wednesday morning moved eastward
With diminished intensity. Syracuse N. Y,
1882 inches. while another center that
developed over Eastern North Carolina
wednesday afternoon Is central this morn
Ing about $50 miles southeast Of Atlantic
City, NJ j., moving northeastward with
oaspia.y s increasing IN III intensity. M S. Monarch
turbance is moving rapidly southeastward
oyer the Plains States. Valentine Nebr..
.966 inches. These disturbances have
been attended by precipitation in the At
lantic and East Gulf States, the Lake
region. and the Ohio Valley. and from the
North North Pacific Coast eastward to the Da-
Western and Southern Alaska. Cordova.
29.ls inches and from the Greenland
Iceland area southwark over the ocean
Reykjsvik. Iceland. 1883 inches An
area OF hish pressure is moving rapidly
eastward over the Southern States and the
and pressure is high also over the Plateau
region: Boise. Idaho. 1920 inches. and
the District Of Mackenzie. Norman 1880
inches: Relatively high pressure prevails
over Saskatchewan and Manitoba Prince
Albert. Sask.. 80 O6 inches, and over New
Race. newfoundland. 1894 inches. The
the interior Of New York the Rocky Noun
tain region and the western portion Of
the Plains States. while colder weather has
overspread the Great Central Valleys, the
Gulf States. the South, Atlantic States, the
upper Lake region and Manitoba.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
At Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
FIRE SUFFOCATES TWO

BUFFALO, N. Y. Jan. 13 R.-A
young mother and her 2la -year.old
naoy girl were dead Of sutfocation to-
Gay after rooming house fire poured
smoke through their third-floor Sleep
ing quarters.
Mrs. Annie Klein. 20. died early to-
cay, 2 hours after she was carried
from the burning building. The child,
Annie. suffocated in the fire.
An infant son, John; twin daueh-
ters, Marjory and Mary, S, ana their
3ather, Peter Klein, were reported re-
covering in hospitals.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
HEART ATTACK FATAL
Joseph B. Angel Stricken While
Walking.

Joseph B. Angel, IS. Of 80 West
Kirk street. Chevy Chase, Nd, who
retired on January l after many years
Of service as chief clerk to the gen.
eral storekeeper Of the Southern Rail-
way, was stricken at Fifteenth and H
streets NV. early this afternoon and
was pronounced dead Of q heart at
tack upon arrival ut George WASH
ington Hospital
Just . few minutes before his death,
employees of the Southern saw MI.
Angel walking along the street in
front Of the Southern Building At FIJI
teenth and K streets, where he was
employed before his retirement.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

TODAY.
Anti-lynching Southern Sena-
tors continue opposition.
Appropriations House considers
1889 Treasury and Post Once funds.
Unemployment - Senate committee
hears Charles p. Taft, Ohio attorney.
Farm bill-Conference committee
still at work.
Taxes-House subcommittee con-
siders judicial legislation.
TOMORROW.
Continues debate on anti-lynching
bill.
Unemployment Committee continues
hearings.
House:
Debates Treasury Post Once ap-
propriation bill.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee resumes hearing On With
row resolution, 2 pm.
Public Utilities Subcommittee Of
District Committee continues tnvesti-
CATION Of Capital Transit Co., 10 In.
Appropriations suboommittees con-
tinue hearing on District and justtce
supply bills, 10 an.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
CLIPPER REMAINS
TELL Of AIR BLAST
Navy Boat Returns to Pago
Pago With Charred
Fragments.

oS Inc AsJoc1ated Press. -
PAGO PAGO. Samoa, Jan. 1a-
Clear indication that the giant
Samoan Clipper and her crew Of
seven were destroyed in q fire and ex-
plosion was brought to Pago Pago
today by the minesweeper Avocet.
The naval craft returned to port
with charred fragments of the flying
boat after an all day search Of the
oil slick IL miles of Pago Pago where
the all-metal transpacif!c plane
crashed In flames Tuesday.
Every item recovered showed signs
Of an internal explosion. All were
charred, burned and covered with
aluminium powder.
No Hope to Recover Bodies.
Because Of the condition Of the
fragments, no hope was held Of re-
covering the bodies of Capt. Edwin c.
Musick, 43-year-old Pan American
Anyways ace, and his crew Of six from
the shark-infested waters. The Clip
per carried no passengers.
The plane caught fire while dump
ieg excess gasoline preparatory to
landing at Pago Pago to repair a
broken oil line after starting out on
flight for Auckland, New Zealand
1t crashed in thousand ,athonls OF
water. a
Wreckage found by the Avocet in
cluded:
A coat belonging to Radio Oficer
T. J. Findley, 20. of Alameda, Calf.
1t showed evidence of holes blown !
through it. A wing emblem was the
identifying mark on the coat.
Trousers belonging to J. A. Brooks,
38. Of Honolulu, assistant engineering
officer. 1t was identified by a tie p
clasp in the pocket. The clasp was
bent.
Pages of the engineering log and
other papers =.
The planes navigating desk.
Bits Of navigators' charts.
Many small wood fragments from
the inside Of the plane.
A drawer. =
Fragments Cover Water.
The surface of the water was COW
cred with hundreds Of small frag-
ments conceded by searchers to be
fragments of the fuselage.
As the tragedy was reconstructed,
gasoline being dumped was vaporized
and ignited, presumably by hot ex-
haust pipe. Whether an explosion
occurred in midair or after the 2l-ton
all-metal flying boat hit the water
was not hazarded by authorities here.
Official statements of Pan American
AirWays and naval officers issued be-
fore the fragments had been returned
here and studied, spoke only OF the
plane being destroyed by fire.
The Avocet's officers graphically an
nounced:
Plane and crew lost"
They briefly listed the items recov-.
cred and added, "No evidence of
bodies"
The crew consisted of Musick,
Brooks, Findley; First Oficer Cecil G. !
Sellers, Los Angeles, a. Paul S.
Brunk, 80. junior flight officer; J. w.
Stickrod, %, Los Angeles. engineering
officer, and Navigator F. J. MacLean,
AZ, of Alameda.
No Blame on Musick.
No blame whatsoever was attached
to Musick, his crew or the ground crew
for the crash. President Juan T.
Trippe made this clear in a statement
issued in Washington in which he ex-
pressed belief "A way will be found
to prevent reoccurrence' of the
tragedy.
The disaster will interrupt Pan.
Americans new service linking
America with Australia but, officials
said, the flights will be renewed with a
new ship.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
Doctor Dies as Child Is Born

ADA1RSF1LLE. Ga, Jan. ls CP).-
Life and death met here yesterday. A
baby was born, delivered by Dr.. Sidney
Fain Hutcheson. who dropped dead
after he remarked ''everything's over
now"
DR.. Hutcheson, 81, had practiced
here II years.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
Wholesalers Demand Cash.
Wholesalers Of necessities in Colon
'ia have decided to sell for cash only
THE WEATHER REPORT

Coumba-Fair
degrees tonight tomorrow
re followed by beginning
ing northwest WINDS becoming southeast
Maryland and Vngna-Far and
cudnes with slowly rising temperature followed
ae tomorrow afternoon
West tonight; warmer
rain IN south and rain
Evening star., 1938-01-13
JAPAN CUTS COTTON USE

Synthetic Fiber in Yarns.
The Commerce Department said to-
day the japanese government has Or
dered its cotton manufacturers to use
80 per cent synthetic fiber In their
yarns to reduce imports Of raw cot
ton.
Oficials said the new order, which
Will be effective February l, probably
will reduce substantially Japanese I'M
ports Of American cotton. Heretofore
Japan has been one Of the largest
markets for this country's cotton.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
WRITER@TO SPEAK

La Uor BoArd anu ETeeuou Oh Tfess
to Be Topic.
Charles Edward Russell, Washington
writer, will speak Sunday night ut $50
o'clock. at the opening meeting OF the
biweekly forum sponsored by the Dis
trict branch Of the Social Democratic
Federation, at the Workmen's Circle
Lyceum, 1902 Fourteenth street NV.
Mr.. Russell's subject will be "The
Labor Board and the Freedom Of the
Press"
Evening star., 1938-01-13
ROOSEVELT MESSAGE
EXPECTED NEXT WEEK
Conferring Now on Proposals for
Supplemental Building Pro-
gram for Navy.

gram for Navy.
BY the Associated Press.
White House officials said today it
was doubtful that President Roose-
velt would send to Congress before
next week his message recommend
ing a supplemental building program
for the Navy.
They added the Chief Executive was
expected to start preparing the COM
munication soon, but planned further
conferences before doing so.
One of these meetings was scheduled
for the White House today, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison
being invited to lunch to talk over
types Of ships.
Evening star., 1938-01-13

Record for Last "a Hours
rrom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 80. 8 pm. yesterday. Year
aRo ~.
Lowest. 35, 1 an. today. Year aso. 80.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. "a. on January 8,
Lowest. %. on January B.
Humidity for Last - Hour.
rrom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 90 per cent, at midnight.
Lowest. 46 per cent. at o:3O Am. today.
Tide Tables.
Furnished hy United states Coast and
Evening star., 1938-01-13
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital (current month to datel.
Evening star., 1938-01-13

Report for Last "a Hours.
The Washington times., 1938-04-16
Banks Filled With Cash

DEST financial authorities be-
- neve the Treasury will have
little difficulty financing the
spending program, without much
of an increase in interest rates,
if any. The banks are loaded
with cash. The liberalization
process will overload them with
more. There is nothing for
bankers to do with the money
except to buy Government bonds.
Son James is supposed to be
making a private political tieup
with a Massachusetts, Congress-
man looking toward the future.
The Congressman is Joseph E.
Casey of Clinton, MasSachu-
sets, who has gubernatorial as
pirations, while Jimmy has his
eye on the Senate.
The Presidents son and sec.
rotary recently declined an invi-
tation to run for lieutenant gov
ernor, preferring to wait until
1910, when the current negotia-
lions may develop.
Meantime, if Attorney Gen
eral Dever decides to go after
Governor Hurley'S chair, Casey
may run for the attorney gen.
eralship as a stepping stone.