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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-04-20
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take them or leave them. A half-heort-
ed under taking Of cooperative enter
prises will benefit nei Their the ooper-
ative movement the citizens Of
Greenbe1t. ....--s~-<
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What to do about it? .,. ~
We should try to as Ger tain insofar
as possible the facts about coopera-
tives. Those who are now prejudi ced
in favor Of coops should look part cul-
arly into their cons; those now prejud-
iced against coops should look part
icularly to their pros. We should try
to face the issue wi tn an open mind,
and let our decision be determined by
facts, not fancy 80 by thought, not
prejudice.
Where to find the facts? Almost
every issue Of Consumers Guide,
published by the Consumers Counsel
Of the Depar tment Of Agri Gu ture, con-
tains informa ton (usual ly favorable)
about cooperotivos. In parti cular the
May 8, 1887 issue tells the story Of
the launching Of Rochdale Stores, Inc,
Of WASH ngton, D. C. and the Feb. IA,
1883 tells q little about our Greenbelt
stores. Consumers Guide Ia "bi-weekly" y
will be sent wi tn out charge to citi zens
requesting it, or it nay be read at our
Bus Station Reading Room.
"Coops: How Far Can They Go" is an
infora tive pamphlet issued free by the
Extension Service, Dept. Of Agri cul ture,
whi CHI includes q photography. The Mar chi
1887 issue Of For tune had an article on
Consumer cooperot ives. The entire issue
Of May, 1887 Of the Annals Of Ameri can
Academy Of Political and Social Science
is devoted to Coopera tives.
The University Of Maryland Library
is open to all residents Of Greonbelt,
and much infomati on on the sub iect can
be found there, as we'll as in pamphlets
to be found in our Drug Store.
In order that may. know just what
is going on in this. town and in order
that we may decide an impor tont issue
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-04-20

To the Editor:
AS VIC havo found in Greenbelt --,
"evorythin; comes to him who wal ts."
Among other things VIC were just pining
for the lights, in fact it became. so
bad we began to resemble nolos, feeling
our way in the dc rkness. And then in
answer to our entroa ties. and prayers
the lights came on.
Did We get lights? Why, we got
Broadway, no less. Lights to the loft
Of US, lights to the right Of and
lights behind US. Yes we have them
lots Of them, and still we can't see.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
WindOU Section
Is Left Alone

Just about the time Cole and
Roe hit the water, somebody in
the machine shop looked into the
Storeroom and saw the hole in the
window. He figured on being help
full. He went in, and picked up the
drilled-out section of window. and
set it back in place, where it prob
ably wouldn't have been noticed
for hours.
But somebody else, who was
thinking faster, told him: Take
that out of here. you Screwy ding
bat. There's going to be q big
rumble over this. If they find
that window back in place they'll
figure we helped 'em out-and
they'll burn us down plenty"
/ So once more. the section came
lout of the trick window and was
laad on the floor.
That's where it was when the
break was discovered. But the
discovery didn't come for more
than an hour after Cole and Roe
damned.
When the two hit the water. q
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
COnUicts Watch
2 Make Getnunv

I've said no hostile eye was laic
on them. But inside the mat
shop, a half dozen cons were tax
ing it all in. One con saw Roe
working out with the bar on the
paddock. and he told another con
and before long the half dozen
cons were standing on q bench
gandering at two other cons in
swimming.
They were padding easily, on
an angle which would take them
west of Sausalito. when a smart
con yelled at the six on the bench:
Get down from there. before the
man comes in and takes q look,
himself" They got down. but
not before they saw Roe swim
abreast of Little Alcatraz"-a
rock that sticks up about 100 feet
northwest of the island. There,
Roe rolled over on his back and
raised his right arm. He was
highballing $50 long" to the cons
who didn't go swimming. &
Cole was chugging along right
behind him, and both men were
taking it easy, and Cole seemed
to be having what he'd call right
good time.
Among those in the mat shop
who saw Cole and Roe go through
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
SEC TO REPORT
WITHIN week ON
WHITNEY PROBE
Praise for New Heads Of
Exchange Expected

U.N.s,) Climaxing more than
six months investigation, the Sc.
curities and Exchange Commis.
sion expects to make a formal
report on the activities of Richard
Whitney, former New York Stock
Exchange president, within .
week, high officials revealed to-
day.
Whitney early this year was
sentenced to a five-year prison
term for theft OF securities en-.
trusted to him.
The Whitney case resulted in q
housecleaning of New, York Stock
Exchange personnel at the insist
ence Of the SEC. The present
Stock Exchange leadership has
cooperated closely with the Gov.
ernment in bringing about re-
forms urged by the commission,
1t Is expected the report will
laud present Stock Exchange
heads for their cooperative atti-
tude. Stock Exchange President
William c. McMartin, jr., con-
ferred several days ago with SEC
Chairman William o. Douglas, at
which time the Whitney report
presumably was discussed.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Guard TOICerS
Are Cleaned Out

Maybe the warden wondered
about that, too, and maybe he
had ideas: Anyway, Just after the
break, there was q cleanup in all
the towers. Guards began moving
out their housekeeping equipment
One Saturday afternoon, when
we were all in the yard, Joe Simp
son, acting lieutenant, made Q
sudden raid on the yard tower.
He and a guard staggered out OF
there with their arms full Of sofa
cuShions, reading lamps, and
magazines, . percolator, q hot
plate, and o set Of eating tools.
We all watched it, but were too
polite to make any cracks. The
yard was full of guards.
That was one angle of general
tightening up that resulted from
the break. We were warned
against sticking QUE heads out OF
any doors and against getting too
close to any windows. The screws
were more jittery than usual. One
Of them blew his whistle and
threw his rifle on Sfndowski, be-
cause the POlak stopped over to
pick tlp q pebble,
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

those caves until they were pretty
sure Roe and Cele weren't IN the
caves.
Within, 10 minutes after the
break was discovered we were
ordered to change our clothes and
get back to the cell house. On
the way the fog lifted and we
could see for q half-mile out over
the bay. There wasn't q thing out
there but water. But between us
and that water, lined UP along the
fence, guards were thicker than
fenceposts.
As soon as they got inside they
locked us up. As soon Is they
locked Us up the noise started.
Cons yelled and screamed. and
cusSed out the guards, and ratified
their doors and threw their cups
on the floor. That showed how
nePved-up they were: cons don't
abuse that cup-rSttling; that's the
way they call q doctor when they
need one at night.
The noise kept UP until mess
time: there was plenty Of buzzing
during mess; there were blasts Of
noise in the cell house until the
lights went out ct $3.50, and even
later.
Five months later, when an
other break failed and Limerick
and Cline were killed, it was alto
gether different; the cell house
stayed deathly quiet.
Then. the cons went down IN
the dumps; q break had failed,
and a con had been killed, and
two others had put themselves in
line for the rope There wasn't
anything to get noisy about. n.
But when Cole and Roe went
through the window, everybody
felt good, and had to celehraEe.
Cole and Roe were proving the un-
beatable rock could be beat.
In huzzing about it afterward-
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Refused to Stand
For Amy BLOOdshed

There isn't any doubt that Cole
and Roe had 1t. They made ii
known to friends inside. They
weren't going to stand for any
bIoodshed and weren't going to
mix up in any play to burn down
two guards and a free man.
That's why they had to put on
the double cross-why they had
to 60 alone and leave the big
shot, who put up the dough, and
five others who weren't so par
ticuIar about bloodshed.
So when the two toughest
turned up missing that afternoon,
Cole and Roe decided to lam
right now. They knew they
wouldn't find any trouble from
the two in the tailor Shop-they
couldbe out the window and in
the water before the tailor shop
ever heard about it.
That left only two to worry
about-the two who were working
in the mat shop with Cole and
Roe. Cole and Roe copped a
sneak on them.
The two oakies Sauntered out
Of the mat shop, and ducked
across 20 feet of pavement, and
slipped into the machine shop
without q hostile eye being laid
on them. I don't know how they
avoided being laid on them. 1
don't know how they avoided be-
ing seen by Steere as they walked
across the machine shop and
picked up a three-foot pinch-bar
and carried 1t into the storeroom.
They made q few passes at the
trick window. and lifted out the
prepared section, and laid it on
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

rock with the fog.
The main reason was two cons
had to lay in that afternoon
who had to report at the barber
shop for their once-a-month hair
cut, and wouldn't get to work
until late in the day. Those were
the two that Cole and Roe feared
most in the whole outfit, the two
who worked beside them. andI
who's absence was very desirable
for a couple of gees who had
double cross in their hearts.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
DR.. Mays 10 Speak
AT Howard u. SUNDAY

DR.: BENJAMIN e. Mays, dean Of
the college of religion at Howard
University, has been announced
as the speaker for the all-uni.
versity religious service in Rankin
Memorial Chapel Sunday at II
q. m.
The speakers announced for
November include Rhoda e. NC
Culloch, editor, the Woman'S
Press, New York City, November
6: Leslie P. Hill, president
Cheney Teachers College, No
vember 10; the Rev. James T.
Rose, pastor Of Mt. Olive Baptist
Churcaa, Rochester, N. Y, No
vemher a..
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
COLE. ROE FLED ALCATRAZ IN BOILING FOG
2 Men Firm
.AgainStAny
BLoodshed

as the whole rock constantly did
we all wondered why Cole and
Roe hadn't been spotted from the
towers. They could have been
seen from the Inodelshop when
they dropped from the window; /;
they could have been seen from
the yard tower when they pried
open the gate; they could have
been seen from the main tower
as they swan past Little Alcatraz.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Inside Story
of Double Cross

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. ~.
How the break of Ralph Roe
and Ted Cole from escape
proof" Alcatraz prison was
planned inside the prison and
helped along from outside
was told Tuesday by p. F.
Reed, newly discharged cOun-
terfeiter.
In resuming his thrilling
inside" narrative yesterday,
Reed explains why Roe and
Cole suddenly decided to
make the break and how
t n cir decisiOn "dOuble
crossed" six other cOnvicts.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

the hole-and who saw the hole
stay open q long time after Cole
and Roe went thruugh-Were two
tough monkeys who had figured
on going with them. But they
never made q move to follow,
They could have, easily enough ;
they had the time and the oppor'
tunity. / don't think they liked
the looks of the water.
And yet, when 1t comes time to
cry, those two yelled double cross
just as loud as the two who were
lying in and the two who didn' Z
know it was going ON until it was
all over.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
The Weather

District Of Columbia-Partly
cloudy and colder tonight: Fri-
day fair; gentle northwest winds.
MGry1and Partly: cloudy.
slightly colder tonight; Friday
fair.
Virginia-Partly cloudy, slightly
colder, except in extreme south
west portion tonight: Friday ta1r:
TIDE TABLES
Hikh tides today ct 1925 q. m.
and at 1914 p. m.
Low tides today at S:o4 q. m.
and at sos p. m.
High tides tomorrow at 11:O7
q. m. and at 11:29 p. m.
Low tides tomorrow ut SAT q. m.
and at 5:51 p. m.
SUN AND MOON
The sun rises today at 6:2S a. m.
and sets ut S:I2 p. m.
The moon rises today ut 1923
g. m. and sets at S:2S p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow at 6:2S
q. m. and sets at SOC p. m.
TA0 moon rises ComoGroW ~
1I:l3 q. m. and sets at 9:2l p. m
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
4 D. m. ......00 4 q. m. 81
Sp. m. ......6O 3 q. m. .....Ss
Midnight ...57 Noon ........6(
DEPARTURES
Accumulated excess Of tempera
ture since January I. 1888, TS4.
Excess Of temperature since Oc
tober /, 1898, 80.
Accumulated deficiency Of pre-
cipitation since January l, 1898
G.S4.
Deficiency Of precipitation sine
October !, 1888, 1.56.
Temperature same date las
year-HigheSt. So: lowest, So.
TEMREMATCRES
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

the storeroom floor. They went
out through the hole. They
dropped six feet to the path and
followed it 20 feet to q gate which
was held shut by heavy chain
and paddock. The pinch-bar took
care of the lock. Roe and Cole
walked through the gate and slid
down a gradual incline, and went
into the water.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
LUSK INDORSES
D. C, CONTROL OF
PEDESTRIANS.
Letter to Hazen Say:
II Works in West

Control OF pedestrians "just a.
much as automobiles" was in
dcrsed today by Rufus s. LuSk
president Of the Washington Tax
payers Association.
In q letter to District CommiS
Gioner Melvin C. Hazen, Gusf
stated control OF pedestrians "wil
simplify the work Of the Police
Department"
1T should follow" he con-
kinued, that less policemen will
be needed to regulate our trat-
fic: therefore this question has
Z direct bearing on the cost
Of government"
Mr.. Lusk pointed out that dur.
ing the past summer he visited
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Port
land, Seattle and Vancouver, B. c.,
where he reported pedestrian con-
tEol is in effect.
RED LIGHTS ODEYED
mo one in these cities would
any more. think Of walking
through. o red light than driving
through one" he said.
THE result is that 1t is not
only much easier and SDeedier
for motorists to drive through 3
Nea1t-controlled intersection-but
It Is likewise easier and safer
for pedestrians to cross such in
Aersectlons.
HS said he noticed motorists
were much more courteous to
pedestrians in the West than they
are In washington.
There Is no question that
pedestrian, control can be made
TO work, because it has been
working for years in cities OF
such different size and type OF
population as Los Angeles and
Portland, Ore. Ours Is sup
POSED to be q cosmopolitan city,
bat when 1t comes to certain
aspects Of our handling Of traf-
fic, we act like q bunch OF
hicks"
PLAN PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing is to be held,
Nt O date not yet fixed, On the
question Of pedestrian control. 1t
vas suggested today by Corpora
tom Counsel ElW0od Seal that the
be held at night, TO give
4: greater number Of people the
opportunity to be present.
A special committee Of District
officials was appointed yesterday
to consider the entire question
prior to this public meeting, so
that all facts relative TO the issue
involved may be presented i'm
HArtiAlly.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

character in the mat shop glanced
at the clock and the clock saic
1903. When Steere discovered
they were missing, he was max
ing his 2:30 check.
He didn't believe 1t the first
time. He looked around, and then
went into the mat shop and
checked the cons off again, and
came back to the machine shop
and made q second check there
and then, when ne didn't find
Cole and Roe, he hit the telephohe
and got the warden's office. He
reported there was O hole in the
window, and two cons were miss
ing, and he didn't think they were
coming back.
In no time at all guards were
all over the place. They came
boiling out of their cottages, out
side the fence, the night shift still
in pajamas and pulling on pants
They swarIned all over the shops
and free men rolled out with
them, and they had all the guns
in the world.
E.. j. Miller, the associate ward.
en-, charged into the machine
shop himself and gandered around
with two guards.
The patrol boat, which Is usually
tied up all day and which is sup
posed to cruise around the Rock
all night, came churning around
the point and stopped just beyond
the spot where Roe and Cole went
in and then began poking its spot.
lights into the caves.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
KILLS EX-SUITOR
Tilted Girl Shoots
Man in Street

JENKINS, Ky, Oct, AZ QN.S0
stella bates, 10, was in custody
here today because she confronted
the sweetheart who Tilted her and
ahot him dead on o jenkins street.
The victim was Omar Mullins, II.
The girl, daughter Of Policeman
Henry Bates. used her fathers
service pistol to kill Mullins.
She said Mullins had courted
and promised to marry her. After
Q. QuArsel, however, the youth
married Miss Edith Keel Of Virg1e.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Reason for Double Cross
OF Big Shot and Others
In Plot Is Explained
By P. F. REED

Former Convict Just Released From Alcatraz Prison
Fog boiling through the gate and hanging around the
day that Ted Cole and Ralph Roe decided to make
their break.
But fog always boiling through the gae there must
have why the Oklahoma buddes went just
when they did-and others gees hanging around the
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Prison Not Safe
For Them NOU

There was one other effect OF
that break, but it won't ever
amount to anything unless the G's
catch up with Cole and Roe. Il
they do, they'd better fix UP q
new Alcatraz for the ollies. Not
because they'd go out the window
again, but because the Rock isn't
healthy for them any more.
Their getaway was strictly 9
dOuble-cross. Somebody else did
all the working-up and put up all
the scratch, and Cole and Roe
walked out on them without even
saying thanks. They didn't like
that. Some Of them are plenty
tough and, since they're doing the
book, haven't a thing to lose.
II Roe and Cole ever come back,
somebody's going to get hurt.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

1.-THE big shot htnEseIt, Scar
face Al CGpone, Ia the subject
OF toMOrrotC's instGIment of
this inside story OF AIcGtrGz.
Reeds tells thotO CGp0Re got
along NTH his teIIoaO CONFLICTS
and hotO' he Is getting along
SOith his MGentGE GtInent.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
|CGUes Blasted
With Dynamite

I was told that later in the
afternoon guards on the boat
tossed grenades and dynamite into
Evening star., 1938-01-19
P0STMAN'S HEAVEN
Nebraska Rural Carrier Invita-
Clients to Call for Nail.

Clients to Call for Nail.
BEATRICE. Nebr. R.-A post
mans paradise might b the, place
where all the customers would come
and get their mail instead Of waiting
for 1t to be delivered.
David Kassing, rural mail carrier,
dwelt In such . heaven for one day.
He hired the local firemen,s hall,
invited al his clients to call for their
mail and provided entertainment and
entertainments.
4asstng says b plans b nAhs n a
annual evUat.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
Robberies

Continued From First Page. J
Evening star., 1938-01-19
GROUP HEALTH UNIT
GIVES SERVICE DATA
Cooperative Reports Requests for
Membership From Employees
of Four Federal Bodies.

Statistics on services rendered b,
the Group Health Association, Inc.
cooperative medical organization es.
tablished by employees of the Fedora
Home Loan Bank Board and its agen.
cies, were made public today. together
with statement that requests fol
membership have come from employees
OF the State and Treasury Depart.
ments. the Maritime Commission anc
the National Labor Relations Board.
The association has given 2,76(
treatments to 5l4 of its total of LIST
members since the clinic opened No.
vember l last, DR.. H. r. Brown, d.
rector, said.
Women received 1,434 of the treat
ments, men 89l and children 435
OF the total 30l were surgical, 1,16l
medical, 18l eye, ear, nose and throat;
248 pediatrics and 4 obstetrics.
At the clinic headquarters. 1928 I
street NV, more than 1000 physio-
therapy, 10 basal metabolism and 10
electrocardiograph treatments were
given, in addition to 112 X-ray ex-
aminations. A total of 899 clinical
laboratory reports were made.
DR.. Louise Stanley, chief of the
Bureau of Home Economics of the
Department of Agriculture. was elected
q member Of the board of trustees of
6. H. A. at its annual meeting late
yesterday.
Officers and trustees reelected in
cluded w. F. Penniman, president;
r. T. Berry, secretary; c. K. Berlin,
Ivan D. Parson. c. D. Otterson, L. E..
Ring, Horace Russell and Ormond T.,
Loomis.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
Burlew
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page.)
have been successful with his pro-
tracted defalcations without the help
of an accomplice.
Committee Adjourns.
The committee has become greatly
exercised over the Stitely case. Yes
terday members of the group, particu-
larly Senator Ashurst. Democrat, Of
Arizona, caustically criticized the delay
in sentencing Stitely, due to the refer
ence by District Court Of the case to
the probation oficer. They wanted to
know why he was not in jail"
Left without witnesses when Gen.
Reed sent word he had not completed
his inquiry into the War Department
angles of the case, Chairman Adams
adjourned the hearing until 1890
I'm. tomorrow, when the general said
he would be ready to report.
District Court officials pointed out it
is customary to refer to the probation
officer cases in which a first-offender
has pleaded guilty to q charge. Chair
man Adams also advised Senator
Ashurst that this was the custom, but
the latter evidenced strong disapproval
OF the practice and declared Washing
ton has reputation for dealing
leniently with criminals.
1t was said at District Court that
the probation officer has not completed
his study of the Stitley case. When
he does. report will be submitted to
the court for consideration in con-
nection with passing of sentence.
Park Service Records Unaudited.
The committee heard yesterday that
records of the National Park Service
had not been audited for several
years.
Robert G. Mccarthy and Cecil G.
Miles, Interior Department, investi-
gators. said in . report read to the
committee that in the absence Of
audits it was impossible to tell whether
there had been other misappropria-
tions.
1T would require at this time at
least six auditors the better part of a
years time to make a proper check
OF emergency conservation work funds
paid for the Department OF Interior" I"
their report said. Unless this check
is made it will be impossible to
ascertain the number Of persons who
have taken advantage Of the oppor-
tunity to unjustly enrich themselves. :"
The report was read to the commit
tee by Maj. Philip Brown, War De-
partment investigator.
Evening star., 1938-01-19

NCOaLlnueO from f1TSt P0ge.)
somewhat similar bill was introduced
in the House recently and referred tc
the District Committee for study.
The third of -the-day police
force, amounting to about 135 officers
assigned to extra duty tonight were
relieved an hour and half earlier
than usual from their regular day
tricks Precinct commanders as
signed them to beats where they
judge bandits are most likely to
strike.
Liquor Store Held Up.
One of the places held up last night
was liquor store at 29Ol Sherman
avenue NV, which Policeman l.
M. Legg, one Of the officers working
overtime after his regular duty, had
just left to cover the rest Of his spe-
cial beat and report through a police
call-box.
Two colored bandits, both armed
forced Sam Mostow. clerk, and five
customers and two colored delivery
boys into a rear room Of the store
and escaped with q total Of $l34
This included IS taken from each
Of two customers, and Sc taken from
the delivery boys
It was the third time the store had
been held up in recent weeks. Last
month, Tenth Precinct Detective Rob-
ert Murray shot and wounded seri-
ously a colored bandit in repulsine
one Of the hold-up attempts.
500 Loot in Another Case.
Another liquor store and delicatessen
at 2222 Fourteenth street NV. was
held up and robbed of 500 half an
hour later, apparently by the same
two bandits. police said. Elmer W.
Lewis, clerk, said the well-dressed
hold-up men ran through an alley to
escape.
Clarence Wesley, clerk in a liquor
store at So E street NV, reported
earlier in the evening that q colored
50 when he answered a call to deliver