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Evening star., 1938-08-24
3 HELD FOR Jury
IN SANFORD CASE
Beating Victim Testifies He
Fails to Recall Hearing
Gun Shot.

A coruner's jury today held l8-year-
old Leroy Evans for grand jury action
in the fatal shooting Of his friend.
George Edward Sanford. 20, whose
body was dumped on an operating
table at Children's Hospital on the
morning OF August l3 by two youths
who then fed in an automobile
Two other companions of the dead
youth. James David Posey, %. of the
500 block of D street S E. and George
Mslloy. 18, OF the hoo block of North
Capitol street, also were held for The
grand jury As accessories to the killing
Malloy also faces . robbery charge in
another case as the result OF a police
lineup last night
The small hearing room at the Dis
trict Morgue was filled to oerflowing
with frienos and relatives of the dea i
youth and Of the three defendants.
Evans mother. Mrs. Sue Evans,
kissed her son when the jurys verdict
was read. He appeared slightly shaken
but quickly Strengthened up and re-
sumed the calm attitude adopted by
all three youths during the presenta-
tion OF evidence.
Serst. Wise Testines.
Key witness at the inquest was
Thomas Giles. "a. colored. an employe
Of the Wardman Park Hotel, who was
picked up by the youths and beaten
during an automobile ride through
the northwest area of the city before
Sanford was shot.
Detective Sergt John Wise Of the
Homicide Squad told the jury he OBJ
tanned statements from the three de-
PENDANTS. He said Evans admitted
holding a 25-caliber automatic pistol
which went on as he was beating the
colored man over the head with the
butt.
The bullet went through Evans
hand and into Sanford's chest.
Giles testified he could remember
nothing Of gun exploding while he
was being beaten and choked" by the
boys. who, he said. forced him into
their car as he was waiting for street
car at Fifteenth and H streets NV.
The car drove up and somebody
caught me and pulled me into the car"
Giles said. Then they started to beat
me. They took me a good ways and
then threw me out of the car Then
they drove on. / was so ex-
cited and scared can't remember how
long was in the car
Police had testified Giles appeared
drunk when he was picked up at
Fourteenth and Buchanan streets NV.
during the early morning hours Of
August Is but was Strengthened out"
by the time he got to the station.
Giles admitted under cross ss-examina-
ton that he had told Tenth precinct
onicers then that he had gotten a
little drunk and fallen down." rather
than the true story because Il was
afraid it might affect my job at the
hotel"
Youths Movements Traced.
Sergt Wise traced the movements
OF the three youths after they left
their dead companion in the hospital.
The defendants told him. he said. they
went in Malloy's mothers car to Phil
Evening star., 1938-08-24
PROBE Of UTILITY
HELD '0NE-S|DED'
G. 0. P. Member of T. V. A.
Hits Quiz-WhiSky Used
to Sway Power Vote.
BY the Associated Press.

~ tiit hSSoCldteQ ffeSS
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Aug. "a
Representative Charles A. Wolverton,
Republican. of New Jersey today
termed Congressional investigation
into efforts of private utilities to defeat
referendum in 1885 to provide a
municipal power distribution system
here "one-sided affair"
Il want to know" he said. 'if We
are going to hear both sides of this
propaganda"
He then read into the record state
ment made in New York yesterday BY
Wendell Willkie, president of Con-
monwealth & Southern Corp. defend
ing the action of the private utilities
Representative H. H. SCHWARTZ
Democrat, of wyoming interrupted to
say:
Il have no objection to friends of
Mr.. Willkie reading his words into
this record, but he can be subpoenaed
here 10 give his own answers"
DO you think it right for counsel
for this committee tFrancis Biddle)
to proceed without telling some mem
oers OF this committee what he in
tends to do?' Mr.. Wolverton de-
manded.
r. v. A. Took No Part.
Il think Mr.. Biddle has been very
falr, answered Mr.. Schwartz. Mr..
Biddle said Mr. Willkie would be called
before the committee later.
Fred p,
commissioner and president OF the
Citizens and Taxpayers League which
opposed the bond issue provided by
the referendum, testified that so far
as I know the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority took no part in the referen-
dunn"
In his statement yesterday, Mr.. Will
kie stated Immediately prior to the
municipal ownership election in
Chattanooga in 1885, the T. v. A. in
order to induce the people in Chat
tanooga to vote in favor of municipal
ownership announced the opening Of
a large headquarters and the employ-
ment OF a great many people for the
financing of electrical appliances.
Mr.. Frazier added that he had served
as an attorney for the power company.
Whisky Used.
Robert Emn,erson. now employed by
the Chattanooga Electric Power Board,
municipal body, but who formerly
worked for the Tennessee Electric
Power Co., testified that while work
ing for the power company in 1885 he
distributed a case of whisky at voting
places and helped vote about 100
power company employees who lived
out of the city. but who had been
registered as owners of a lot in the
Evening star., 1938-08-24
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS, Aug. 24-The japanese
Embassy said today the Toxic foreign
Office was investigating reports" that
France had made a loan to China in
exchange for a lease on the strategic
island of Hainan, near French Indo-
China.
Embassy officials also said work had
been under way for several months on
a narrow-gauge railway between Man.
ming, Kwangsi Province, and the Indo-
China frontier at Ma Cham with Chi
nese labor and French equipment, en-
gineers and money.
Hainan Report Denied.
French foreign once spokesmen,
however, flatly denied the Hainan re-
port and said We know nothing" Of
the railway construction
TN Toxic. = japanese foreign
once spokesman said II the Hal
nan report were true it would cause
great sensation in Japan" and
make it necessary for Japan to
take steps" He did not say what
the steps" would be.
The spokesman also declared
Japan would object IL France made
a loan of 100000 900 francs-about
$4,05o ,0O0-to former Finance
Evening star., 1938-08-24

city" The power company had paid
about $50 for the lot" he said.
Mr.. EmmerSon asserted the whisky
was paid for by the Citizens and Tax
payers League and delivered to him
behind the Office Of the Tennessee
Power Co.
Where did you get this ideae"
asked Representative Wolverton.
We'll, in elections around here a
good deal of whisky is given away"
Don't you think this was a crime?"
persisted Representative Wolverton.
Mr.. Emmerson answered. Il do
now"
Concerning the voters registered
from the vacant lot. he said A. w.
Ashmead, vice president of the
power company, had given him his
instructions
Utility Gave $4,000.
Coming here from Knoxville spe-
cifically to hear evidence OF "propa-
ganda" against public power, the COM
mitee yesterday heard Mr.. Biddle
Commonwealth & Southern Corp. con-
tributed $40 600 in a drive to defea,
referendum on an $1,000 900 bond
issue to provide for q municipal dis
tribution plant.
It was brought out that the $40 900
wss given in the spring of 1885 by
Commonwealth & Southern, parent
company of the Tennessee Electric
Power Co., which operates here. to the
Chattanooga Citisens' and Taxpayers
Association The association. formed
to block the referendum. spent a total
of S23.90
Tepco Furnished Data.
Placed on the stand to identify let
terS which he wrote to Mr.. Willkie
Paul T. Mathes, treasurer OF the as
sociation. was asked by Mr. Biddle:
Didn't you think Ii was necessary
to disclose that Commonwealth d
Southern was a contributor to the ex-
tent of s20.000?"
The witness declared he didn't think
it was inasmuch as the holding COM
panv was Delaware corporation and
a stockholder the same as any other" ="
Commonwealth owns 81 per cent of
Tepco.
Mr.. Mathes told the committee he
had made a complete report of all con-
trlbutlons to the association to a spe-
cial grand jury which investigated
election activities, and to the Senate
committee which investigated efforts
Of utility firms to defeat the Holding
Company Act.
Most of the informa ton regarding
the local power situation, Mr.. Biddle
asserted. came from Tennessee Elec-
trio. 1t was on the basis OF this in
formation. he added, that the associa
ton made its plea against the bond
issue
Tepc0 Stated Committee,
In reply to questions, Mr.. Mathes
said that several members of the asso-
cations working staff were from
Tepco,s personnel, and added that
Maxwell Benson, who handled pub
licity for the association. was adver-
tlsing manager for the company from
1925 until the present, except for the
six weeks he worked with the Chat
tanooga group.
Evening star., 1938-08-24

adelphia tpaWning two watches on the
way in order to buy gasollneI. but
returned here later in the day and
abandoned the car in Southeast Wash
ington. after letting Posey out at
Fourth and D streets Sc Posey was
arrested here shortly afterWard. Malloy
and Evans caught a ride on truck
from the Tidal Basin to North Caro-
lima, Sergt Wise testified. later re-
turning to Richmond, where they were
arrested
Malloy was placed in police line up
last night and identified by John A.
Jackson. 81 New York avenue NE, a
carpenter, as one OF two youths who
robbed him of SO on May %.
The district attorneys ofice was
expected to charge Mslloy with robbery
some time today. police said Another
participant in the case has been cap
tured and sentenced to from one to
three years in Lorton Reformatory.
Mr.. Jackson said the two were tax
ing him home when they assaulted
him and made off with his wallet.
Evening star., 1938-08-24
CARPENTER IS FOUND
HANGING FROM DOOR
Housekeeper at Rooming House
Makes Discovery and Calls
Hospital and Coroner.

Charles Larsen. So. carpenter. was
found dead in his room at 944 K street
NV. today, hanging by the neck from
clothesline looped over the bedroom
door.
The body was discovered by Mrs.
Agnes White. housekeeper, when she
went into the room to make the bed
The Emergency Hospital ambulance
and police were called. Mr. Larsen
was pronounced dead by a physician
from the hospital and the coroner was
notified.
Acquaintances said he had worked
until week ago at the Navy Yard.
Evening star., 1938-08-24
might be disastrous and the Tories
might get in
BENSON HAS DOUBTS.
Governor Not Sure But That Dies
Committee Is Red Front.

OOVerhor MOI Sure But That Dies
Committee Is Red Front.
ST. PAUL. Aug. "a LP,.-Gov. El-
mer Benson, Farmer-Laborite, today
suggested Communistic motives might
be behind the Dies committee inyes-
tigating un-American activities which
produced testimony that Communists
hoped to seize control of the Farmer
Labor party.
Il am not sure but that the Dies
committee itself is a front for the
Communists said the Governor in a
statement issued through his Office
from his Northern Minnesota abode.
The expenses of the committee should
be betrayed by the Soviet government
at Moscow rather than by the United
States Government at Washington. ="
Gov. Benson's comment was prompt
ed by testimony before the Dies COM
mittee by DR.. j. B. Matthews that:
The effort of the Communists will be
everywhere to hold a commanding in
huence-not necessarily numerical
majority-in the Farmer-Labor party y
Plans New Daily.
Valenti, who said he planned to start
a new anti-Fascist daily, to be called
II Popolo, declared he had a picture
showing Gaetano Vecchiotti, Italian
consul here. participating in Fascist
military meeting in Morristown, N. ].
The Dies committee has not proved
direct participation of Berlin or Mos
COW here" he said, but we have this
picture of the Italian consul partici-
pating in a Fascist celebration"
vecchiotti sailed last month for q
vacation in Italy.
Representative Thomas, questioned
about Valenti's statement, said the
subcommittee assumed no response
bility' for anything given out by wit
nesses.
The hearing ended shortly before
noon.
"If public hearings are held on ma
terial developed in New York" said
Representative John J. Dempsey,
Democrat, of New Mexico, they will
probably be held here rather than in
Washington"
He said there would be no open
hearings before Labor Day.
The chairman and third member Of
the subcommittee is Representative
Joe starnes, Democrat, Of Alabama.
Evening star., 1938-08-24
FREQUENCIES CLAIMED

Ten additional frequencies have
been claimed by the United States
for use as international broadcast
bands, it was announced today by the
Federal Communications Commission.
At present, l3 stations have the long
distance broadcast bands.
The commission has notified the
Bureau Of International Telecommu-
nication Union at Berne, Switzerland,
of its selection. The commission will
consider applications for the new fire.
quencies until September l. 1899, to
be operated on temporary basis un.
til more permanent policy Is adopted.
Evening star., 1938-08-24
Three-Legged Cow
With Two Udders
Attraction at Fair
Special Dispatch to The Stsr.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LURAY, Va, Aug. 24.-The
freak department OF the Page
County Fair, which opened here
yesterday. announced that the
chicken turkey duck guinea on
exhibition last year was recently
killed by dog. but would be re-
placed as a headline attraction
this year by a three-iegged COW
with two udders.
The animal. owned by Garnet
Brown of Shena ndoah. is now Is
months old and just a plain red
COW, but as lively and healthy as
any in the Brown nerd.
Mr.. Brown declared today she
could outrun racehorse and
offered to prove it on the track,
but no takers were available.
Evening star., 1938-08-24
MUSSOL|N|SA|M
BAREDAT HEARING
Editor Tells Dies Sub Group
of Organized Movement
e Against Democracy.
BULLETIN.

NEW YORK. Aug. "a (P,.-A sub
- committee OF the House committee
investigating un- American activi-
-, ties held a private hearing here
=. today to inquire into what one of
its members described as "an i'm
~, prtant matter" but did not dis
close its nature.
1T would be dangerous TO dis
close anything now" said Repre-
sentative ]. Parnei. Thomas Of New
. Jersey, a member Of the subcom-
=. mittee. "When we have developed
this matter we will have public
-, hearings. as We did in Washington.
II it does MT amount Ia anything
we will never say anything about
s< it,"
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Aug. 24-Called be-
fore a congressional subcommittee
investigating un-Amerlcan activities,
Girolamo Velenti, anti-Fascist editor,
declared today he would present evil
dence of what he called an organized
of Mussolini agents to un-
dermine our democracy and Fascistize
the Italians living in America
Valenti. who said he was chairman
of New York anti-Fascist commit
tee, was the first witness called before
q three-man section of the Special
House Committee. headed by Repre-
sentative Martin Dies, Democrat, of
Texas, which has been holding hear
ings in Washington.
Hearing Was Private.
The subcommittee hearing here was
private and had not been announced
beforehand. Representative J. Par
nell Thomas. Republican, of New Jer-
sey, a member of the subcommittee
explained that he and his colleagues
planned to inquire into IAN important
matter about which nothing can be
said at present"
Valenti. former editor of La Tampa
Libra, Italian language newspaper.
which has suspended publication. ar
rived with a subpoena calling for his
appearance with all documents of a
Fascist character in your possession"
Much has been said and done about
the activities of the Nazis and the
Communists in the United States -
Valenti said in a prepared statement
before the hearing Very little i'm
portance has been attached by the
Washington authorities, the press and
public opinion at large to the activities
of the Italian FasclSts. And vet the
FASCIST activities are well concerted
well carried out and very subversive, in
cratic institutions"
ASKS PRESIDENTS AID.
Evening star., 1938-08-24
NINE QUESTIONED
IN TORSO KILLINGS
Tattered Quilt Is Traced to
Rag Shop Near Where
Bodies Were Found.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Three years ago the heddles
torso OF human body nas found
on trash dump near CLepeldnds
business center. Since that time the
city has been shocked by the discop-
cry OF II other decQptated and
dissected bodies. indicating all ,oere
murdered by some fend. Police
hare iDorked on the theory the
slayer is demented surgeon. a
male nurse or hunter or butcher.
By the Associated Press
CLEVELAND. Aug. 24.-Detectives
questioned eight men and a woman
today after police followed the trail
of q tattered quilt, prime clew in
Clevelands IL torso killings" to
ragshop only two blocks from a field
where a woman's disSected body was
found nearly three years ago.
Detectives under Sergt James Nc
Donald descended on the ragshop after
a junk collector. Elmer Cummings, 56.
told them he had disposed of the
quilt, found wrapped about the torso
Of the llth victim, at the shop five
weeks ago
Police Inspector Charles o. Nevel,
who said the quilt was the only real
clew'' in the three-year -old mystery.
hoped one of the nine would shed
light on the person who wrapped the
quilt around the fifth woman to die
in the bizarre series of killings
Detectives were silent about the
latest developments, a marked diff
ference from their previous attitude
when clews were either non-existent
or vague.
Rag Shop Near Field.
The rag shop where the junk man
disposed of the quilt is but two blocks
from the field where the dissected
body of Mrs. Florence Polillo Il. vic
tim No 3, was found in January. 1895
Her head was never found. Parts of
her body had been placed in baskets.
Police sought out the junk man after
Charles Damyn. q barber. told of giving
the quilt with some clothing to
junk collector last month
Detective Sergt James Hogan said
William BluSinsky, proprietor of the
rag shop. told him the quilt had been
purchased in a bundle of rags Blu
sinsky said he had been waiting for
a rising market since the purchase
and had made no sales.
The proprietor said it was common
for haneeis-on near the shop to take
articles from the stock.
Detectives hoped to obtain from the
nine persons information pointing to
the person who removed the Quilt from
the shop. Seven of them are en-
ployes.
Squads of Police and firemen went to
the shop to make q thorough search
of the place
Saw Picture Of Quilt.
Damyn saw a published picture of
the tattered quilt and later identified
it at police headquarters as part of
the bundle he sold" to a "swarthy"
collector for s. cents. Damyn said
the junk man failed to return the next
day and pay him. as he had promised
The rag man. picked up on Demyn's
description, said he received a similar
quilt from the BARRIERS downtown
apartment building but did not iden-
tify it positively
There are lot of quilts like that. =
he said. but Damyn had told police
the torn spots on the patchwork are
exactly the same"
The barber identified the junk man
in police lineup, after which the
latter said he recalled obtaining
quilt from Damyn.
Evening star., 1938-08-24
HEADS STUDENT GROUP
Gilsinn New American Brazilian
Institute Head.

David L. Gilsinn of Alexandria, Va,
last night was honored as new presi-
dent by the American Brazilian Cul-
tural Institute at a meeting in Wes-
ley Hall, 1903 K street NV
A year old, the organization was
started by a group of Georgetown
University Foreign Service School stu
dents to foster better relations between
the United States and Latin America.
The institute will give dinner Sep
tember 8 to celebrate the eve OF the
anniversary of Brazilian independence
Evening star., 1938-08-24
SOVIET DOOMS 10

Azerbaijan officials Plotted for
Separation From U. S. S. r.
MOSCOW. Aug. "a (P.-Ten Off
cials OF the Soviet Republic of Azer-
baijan, in Southwestern Asia. were
sentenced to death today for partici-
patton in a counter revolutionary plot
to separate Azerbaijan from the Soviet
Union.
They were convicted of belonging to
an organized group OF conspirators
within the Azerbaijan commissariat OF
agriculture.
Evening star., 1938-08-24
NEW PARISH HOUSE
WORK IS INITIATED
$4,000 Structure to Rise at
North Thomas Street Near
Lee Boulevard.

Ground was broken today for the
new parish house at North Thomas
street near Lee boulevard in Arling-
ton County. Va
The new parish. to be known as the
ST. Thomas More Parish. is named
for the lord chancellor Of Henry VIII,
who was the author of Utopia" St.
Thomas More refused to recognize Tie
spiritual supremacy Of the king and
was executed on July 6. 1885
The new structure, to cost about
$4,000. is situated on tract of about
three acres. The architect is Charles
w. Koch of Arlington. The new parish
will be dedicated November /.
Evening star., 1938-08-24
WEATHER REPORT

tonight partly
cloudy gentle
Fair and slightly tonight tomorrow fair.
possibly local
portion; north portion tonight
possibly
tonight
Evening star., 1938-08-24
Report for Last ~ W~urs.

Record for Last - Hours.
From noon YESTERDAY to noon TO-DAY ,
Highest. IS, 3:45 pm. yesterday year
ago.
Lowest. -. am. today year ago.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star., 1938-08-24

Inc disturbance that was on the Laors,
Dfa"o JDIianehaso. ass isehes ehsefa With .ro"sh
iSsensd ecas s 0e sf
vile. ' :s.54 inches. W Pressure is r.ls-
ns{ 10y Nepr over !ae %qaf aehes 'qs
high pressure prevails in the Gulf states,
Fort Smith A1k o" RehsS Rehsmas and tn Se
ward over The Northern Plains States.
dosa. sa Manitoba. :s"ss inches, Durins, the
last "a hours showers have occurred in
the North Atlantic States Northern vh,,sa neT nI
at Widely scattered points in the Rocky
Mountain region Temperstnrss r nave nay.
sissipi ssfn Y valley lev and the Northern Plains
States.
Record Temperatures This Year.
.,d s'sses' h ss. s;45 pm. Yesterday Year
Lowest. ~. 5 am. today Year aso. "a.
Humidity fer Last ~ Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today
Highest s. per cent. at ; Am. today.
Lowest. 36 per cent. at noon today.
River Report.
Potomac River clear and Shenandoah
River cloudy at Harpers Ferry Potomac
slightly muddy at Great Falls today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow.
High - $50 a IN. 7:3l am.
Low - 1888 am. l SO q m.
High - II pm S:O1 pm.
Low - /: 81 pm. 2:223 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises Sets.
Sam today 5.2Q 6:5l
Sun tomorrow - $40 300
Moon. today 4:29am 6:O3 PM
Automobile lights must be turned on
one half hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1938-08-24
The Sun and Moon.
Preeipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches IN the
Capital 'current month to date):
Record
Evening star., 1938-08-24

PROBE IS ORDERED
Senate Committee to Inquire
into Expenditures of
Both Candidates.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
A variety OF charges concerning
r improper use OF public money in
recent primary contests haze been
laid before Senate Campaign Er-
penditures Committee, but no puni-
tiOe action has as yet been taken.
Chairman Sheppard stated recent
ly, hoWeOer. that some of the accu-
sdtions appeared serious in nature
and Wonid receiue fullest attention.
The Washington times., 1938-06-16

found near Mrs. lands uncon.
scious form proved to be her own
under microscopic examination
DR.. Rosenberg testified.
Complete absence of any dirt
in Mrs. Lands wounds was an.
other indication, DR.. Rosenberg
said, that she had not been in
jured by coming in contact with
the ground in a fall.
LANDIS is CALM
Smartly but conservatively
dressed in a light blue summer
suit, Lands sat with his hands
folded on his lap, motionless and
looking straight ahead throughout
RoSenberg's testimony.
While attorneys were arguing
before the bench just before the
photographs were handed out to
the jury, however, lands asked a
bailiff for q glass of water.
Miss Virginia Lee Simpson,
beautiful brunette student nurse
for whose love, the Government
contends, Lands killed his wife.
sat in the third row of spectators.
The Washington times., 1938-06-16
CADET OFFICERS
NAMED ATV.M. |,

LEXINGTON, Va. June 16,
Upon recommendation of the
commandant Of cadets, the ap.
pointments of officers and non,
commissioned officers in the Vir.
ginia Military Institute Corps Of
Cadets for next fiscal year have
been announced. Cadets from
Washington, D. c., and nearby
Maryland and Virginia included
are:
Cadet captain, r. D. Strickler.
of Arlington, Va; cadet second
lieutenant, C. C. Crump, Alexan-
dria. Va; cadet first sergeantS,
D. L. May, Washington, D. c.;
cadet supply sergeant, P. c. Shu,
Alexandria, Va: cadet SergeantS,
E. w. Mitchell, Baltimore, and
E. P. Y. Powell. Falls Church. va.