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Evening star., 1938-05-29
TURN IS REACHED
IN HARLAN TRIAL
Wording of Queries Stresses
Difficulty of Proving
Conspiracy Charges.
By the Asse ciated Press.

By the Assec eciated Press.
LONDON, KY. May 2s-Sensa-
tional stories of beatings. kidnapping
and terrorizing Of union miners
marked significant phrase in the
Harlan labor conspiracy trial this
week
And neither Government nor de-
tense lawyers missed it.
As the Government began to parade
its witnesses in an effort to prove
that coal operators of the rich South
eastern Kentucky county hired gun
thugs" to keep the men who work un-
der ground from learning of their
rights to organize under Federal law,
the difficulty of proving actual con-
spiracy became evident by the wording
Of questions on direct and cross-eX-
animation.
Miners Take Stand.
As Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents finished the groundwork of the
Governments case, miners took the
stand
They testified they had been fired
because they joined the union, that
some of them had been beaten. that
deputy sheriffs had broken up their
rallies.
They denied-and the defense tried
hard to break down their stories-that
they had been discharged for incom-
potency.
The Government tried to link the
% defendant operators with the %
former or present law officers of the
county in conspiracy by testimony
that former Sheriff Theodore r. Mid
dleton; an operator. Pearl Bassham;
George Ward. secretary of the County
Operators Association, and Ben Un-
thank, who was designated as the as
sociation's chief agent in its fight
against the union, frequently got their
heads together in whispering room"
in the sheriff's Office in the Harlan
Courthouse.
Testimony Excluded.
This, said former Federal Judge
Charles I. Dawson, chief of the de-
fense staff. could not apply to any Of
the other defendants. District Judge
H. Church Ford told the jury to ex-
clude the testimony as incompetent
in its application to any of the others.
And then as the miners began tell
ing their stories of discharge for union
activity and their failure to get re-em-
ployment because they were union
members, Mr.. Dawson again arose and
objected.
The testimony, he said. should be
excluded as not proving or tending to
prove the existence of conspiracy.
But now Judge Ford overruled his mo-
tions and did not instruct the jury.
That was the turn in the trial that
neither side missed.
Evening star., 1938-05-29

s. j., president,
who will confer
degrees upon
more than 400
seniors the after
noon of June 13.
Joseph P.
T u m Ii ] t y Of
Washington, for
mer secretary to
the late Presi-
d en- t Woodrow
Wilson, has ac-
cepted the uni
versity's invita-
ton to address
the graduating
class at the 139th
Evening star., 1938-05-29
Child Hurt in Collision.

Three-year-old Norma Retzer, 627
Massachusetts avenue NV, was cut
on the head late yesterday when an
automobile in which she was riding
collided with another at Seventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue NV.
She was treated at Casualty Hospital
>.nd sent home. 4
Evening star., 1938-05-29

with their own parents or relatives
whenever possible.
At present there are % boys and
girls in the home, ranging in ages
from to l6 years The agency is
supported by the Community Chest
as part of its preventive welfare
program-giving children the kind of
start in life that will make them self
reliant citizens.
Evening star., 1938-05-29

The name vaudeville is derived from
Vau de Wire, a French town where
humorous songs were written in the
18th century.
Evening star., 1938-05-29

There are 80 chemical and allied
product industries which have plants
in Texas with annual production val
ued at S74.456.000
Evening star., 1938-05-29

Lambeth Palace has been the resi-
dence of the Archbishops Of Canter-
bury for six and one-half centuries.
Evening star., 1938-05-29
c. j. U.T0GRADUAEE
7irRs-o
400 ON JUNE IS
Joseph P. TumuIty to Make
Commencement Address.
Week Is Outlined.

Principal events of the four days
Of commencement week at Georgetown
University were announced yesterday
by the Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary,
Evening star., 1938-05-29

While the Government fights
in a Federal Court at London,
Ky., for their right to union
ise, these Harlan field miners
90 on digging coal near Man.
chester, Ky. The court testi-
nony of beatings, slayingS and
intintddtions attributed to %
coal companies is an old story
to them. Upper: A miner goes
home to his cabin, puts his
feet on the Stove and reads
about the trial 1Dhile his 1Dite
prepares dinner. LoDer::
"Uncle Tom" (lett and
"Uncle Ben" Spurlock squat
on a coal pile to eat their
lunch.
-Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos.
Evening star., 1938-05-29
SHIPPING NEWS
Arrivals and Departures at
New York

tHours below are daylight saving tin1e.)
ARRIVALS.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
JOBLESS AID
RUSH is PASSED

With more than $4,000 already
seeking jobs and compensation,
John A. Marshall, director of the
District Unemployment Compen.
sation Board, estimated today the
peak Of jobless applications had
passed.
He said his office, at 928 Fifth
st. N. W., had completed registra
ton of approximately 1000 during
the first two days of registration
Most of the others, he said
have been notified to return fol
interviews. The work of sitting
the eligibleS for benefits under thu
Unemployment Compensation Act
will proceed as rapidly as his
staff of 40 members can complete
the interviews.
Only those who have worked at
least 13 weeks during the last
two years are in line for unem
ployment compensation. This EN-
ployment must have occurred dur
ing the year preceding loss oi
work. Others who can not collect
the compensation are domestics
who have lost their jobs and other
unemployed whose former work
does not come within the acts
provisions.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
ROBBERY HELD MOTIVE
Love Match?
Cupid Broker Sues
For His Fee

MAIDEN, Mass, Jan. 5.-Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Stone, wed only
q few months, were told that their
marriage was not entirely chance
love match when they appeared
in court here as witnesses for the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
ney B. Brown, who are defendants
in a suit for $500 filed by Benja-
min Gordon.
Gordon's complaint states the
Browns commissioned him to find a
suitable husband for their daugh-
ter, Loretta. Gordon, a marriage
broker, said he was promised $500
for his services.
Gordon said he found Stone was
interested in taking a wife and
that he introduced him to Miss
Brown. Then, he said, he encour'
aged Stone until the pair were
wed,
The Washington times., 1938-01-05

him-but nobody ever sees hi.
name in those reading from left
to-rights" over which he has tow
cred for years and years.
Tireless, he holds his hat in his
hand, with a big kerchief ready
for hot or cold-and always he
manages to efface himself in the
picture.
For once he is getting his place
in the sun-his name in the paper
without any disconcerting lesser
fry to dim his glory.
Who is he?
Well, a poll was taken. as polls
are, and every last Representative
knew the answer: He is-if you
will now cast a reverent eye to
ward the gentleman-the Marquis
de Lafayette.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
Martin COnmends
Hudson for Jobs

DETROIT, Jan. 5 Q.N.SO
Homer Martin, president of the
United Automobile Workers Union
(CIO) praises the Hudson Motor
Car Company for its announced
plan to rehire 5000 men to manu-.
facture a new low;priced car:
Tt is a welcome relief in the
monotonous pessinism voiced by
most manufacturers to hear of
one who means to go forward;
one who announces a rehiring of
his workers rather than a mass
lay-off,"
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
Couple From D. c.
To Wed in n. Y.

Clarence C. Smith, 80, Of 1745
K st. N. W., and Miss Kathryn
Elizabeth Johnson, %, of Rhode Is
land Ave. N. W., obtained a license
to wed in New York city yester,
day. They said they would be mar
ried Thursday in the Little Church
Around the Corner. Smith is a
native of Iowa and Miss johnson,
of Charlottesville Va.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
ASK BLOOD TEST
BEFORE NUPTIAL

Congress may be asked to enact
District law to make pre-,
marital blood tests compulsory.
This possibility loomed today
after a Board of Trade Subcom-
mittee on communicable diseases
had exhaustively surveyed Stats
tics on syphilis and other Venereal
diseases.
The subcommittee headed by
Charles S. Zurhorst, concluded
such law would form a powerful
weapon in the offense against
syphilis and similar scourges.
Under the tentative outline OF
a law drafted by the subgroup,
no marriage license could be
granted without documentary evi
dence that applicants had been
examined. through the WaSSer.
man or other conclusive test, and
so certified by a physician.
The plan is to be laid before
the full health committee of the
Board of Trade Friday.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
Germ-Free and Yet
They're Unhealthy

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Jan. 5.
One of the exhibits before the
convention of the American ASso-
citation for the Advancement of
Science, which just closed at In
dianapolis, was a germ-free ma
chine in which Prof. J. A. Rey-
niers of the University of Notre
Dame has been raising animals,
insects and plants. Prof. Reyniers
found that animals born in it
showed superior growth. but were
not healthy.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
Ralph Quinter
To Practice Law

Ralph D. Quinter. jr., son OF
the former referee in bankruptcy
has resigned as an assistant clerk
of the United States District Court
to enter the private practice OF
law
Quinter is noted amateur
golfer, and two years ago was
winner of the Chevy Chase Invi.
rational Golf Tournament. He
has studied law for several years,
graduating at the National Uni
Versity Law School last June, al.
most simultaneously with his sue
cesSful examination for admission
to the District bar.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05

You've seen him a hundred
well a couple of times-anyhow
He's always visible in those pic
lures of joint sessions of Con-
gress-or any picture taken facing
the Speakers seat in the House of
Representatives. He's the man
who is really behind all that goes
on-or always out in front, de-
pending on where you sit.
He has been the target of many
a peroration-and the sounding
board for many another. He's the
man who has been more photo
than any other person in
the House-member or guest. He
is the most referred to figure in
those rhetorical handclasps across
the sea. Everybody has heard of
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
ReiSinger
NeGrS End
Of Career
BY CARROLL PEEKE
Times Staff Correspondent

QUANTICO, Va, Jan. 5.-The
long and distinguished career of
Brig. Gen. Harold C. Reisinger,
paymaster of the Marine Corps,
was rapidly drawing to a close
today.
The court-martial, caring
charges against the general Of
conduct prejudicial to good order
and discipline" met this morning
for probably its last session.
The court, which opened Mon
day to hear the charges, closed
abruptly yesterday when defense
counsel for the accused officer re-
uuested that he be placed under
medical observation to determine
his mental condition.
This plea, accepted by the
court, was Immediately trans
mitted to the office Of the Secre.
tary of the Navy. Today the court
received an order directing that
the general report to the Naval
Hospital in Washington for obser-
vation.
Friends of the general disclosed
that he has been under the care
of physicians for some time, and
that his condition is such they
expect the medical examining
board will recommend that he be
retired for physical reasons.
ON RETIRED LIST?
If such recommendation
should be made, the charges on
which the courtmartial was
ordered will be dismissed, and he
will be placed on the retired list
with the rank of colonel, which
he held before he was named by
the President and the Secretary
of the Navy to be paymaSter for
a four-year term with the rank
of brigadier general.
General Reisinger, the descend
ant of men who fought in the
Revolution and the War of 1872,
joined the Marine Corps in Feb
ruary, 1900, and was commits
stoned a second lieutenant.
He was ordered almost i'm
mediately to the Philippines,
where he saw service, and became
a member of the Order of Cara
bao, and has taken an important
part in that organizations an
nual meeting in Washington.
HAS CITATIONS
The 3S years of his military
career have taken him to all parts
of the world, and in addition to
his campaign medals he has eight
citations for merit.
Charges against General Refs
niger originated in the General
Accounting Office, and involved
travel expenses totalling only ST..
Additional charges that he vio-
lated Navy regulations by bor-
rowing money from junior Of
ficers and induced" them to sign
notes for him were later fled
The GAO, it was understood,
threatened that unless the Navy
Department brought action
against the General, proceedings
would be taken by the Comptrol-
Ter General.
An investigation followed, and
the court-martial was ordered by
the Secretary of the Navy.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
COnnaly to Wage
Lynch Bill Fight

Senator Connally CD Of Texas
plans another filibuster over the
anti-lynching bill, saying:
I'VE are taking care of the
lynching situation in the Sotuh
and are unalterably opposed to
this unconstitutional invasion of
State rights"
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
so on Relief Quit
Sit-DOWn Strike

MOOREHEAD. Mimi, Jan. S
Q.N.SD.-Fifty men and women
relief clients yesterday aban-
doned their week-long continuous
St-down strike in the City Hall
for higher relief grants. They
left the building peaceably after
police served them notice that a
newly.enacted council ordinance
made their actions illegal.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
80 Killed as Japanese
Bomb Chinese Vessel

Twenty-Six survivors from the
ship who swan to shore declared
they were machine-gunned by the
Japanese airmen as the On Hing
sank, the dispatch said.
The report added that Japanese
planes carried out a new series
Of raids against railway stations
and other parts of Canton.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05

LONDON, Jan. 5 Q.N.S0. .
Sixty passengers and 80 members
Of the crew Of the Chinese motor
ship On Hing were killed when
Japanese planes bombed the YES
sci in the West River between
Waichow and Canton. the Lon
don Daily Telegraph reported to-
day fom Hongkong.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
2 HELD IN RAID
ON"MOONSHINE"
IN D. C.
One to Face Grand Jury,
Other Given Delay

Nazzeraino Maganaterra, 3S, OF
Baltimore, one Of two men taken
yesterday in a liquor raid that
was reminiscent of the gone-but.
not-forgotten prohibition days, was
arraigned before U. S. Commits
sioner Needham C. Turnage to
day on three charges Of liquor
law violation, and his case con
tinued until January 13 after he
pleaded not guilty.
Maganaterra, who was arrested
by Federal agents a short distance
from the fashionable Sixteenth
Street neighborhood, told Commis
sioner Turnage that he did not un
derstand the charges of transpor,
tation and possession of untaxed
liquor and the operation of an
unlicensed liquor still.
SECOND is HELD
The second person taken as a
result of the raid, John Delegatto,
an 18-year-old New York youth.
had been previously arraigned,
and was ordered held for the &C.
ton of the grand jury after he
entered a plea of guilty.
Two stills, AS gallons Of whis-
key and 1,40O gallons of mash
were confiscated by the raiders.
The house, 100000 building, is
in the 1900 block of Madison st.
N. w.
Lieut.. George M. Little's vice
squad and Agents John T. Fisher
and Frank j. Sweeney, of the
Alcohol Tax Unit, have had the
house under observation for sew
eral weeks.
TRAIL AUTOMOBILE
The officers yesterday trailed an
automobile which left the house
to Eighth and Underwood Streets
Northwest. where they overlook it.
The youth was captured in the
car and eight 5-gallon containers
of liquor seized. A man, who also
was in the car, escaped.
Last night the authorities put
a plant on the house. They ar
rested Magnaterra after several
hours of waiting as he emerged
from a back door. A woman and
two children who were in the
house escaped.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05

The Pickpocket Who Stole Two
Million But Wasn't Good Enough to
Keep 1t. Stranger Than Fiction Is This
True Detective Story of How G-Men
Trapped the Ambitious Little dip"
Who Got Away With a Huge Fortune
in Bonds But Found Them So Hot"
He Couldn't Sell Them. Read This
Unusual Illustrated Feature in The
Nr-""'rTn ~" with Sundays Wash
inRtOn HeFaId.Tinea,
The Washington times., 1938-01-05

Thus it helps supply the body with strength
and energy. Mrs. Ida Cooley, l4l7 G ST..
n. E, Washington, D. c., says Il was
weak and tired all the while and my nerves
were bad. Shortly after l started taking
DR.. Pieree's Favorite Prescription l noticed
thea / gained rapidly" Buy it Ia liquid o.
tablets tom your druggist todays
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
Rowing Appendix
Located at Last

CONNERSVILLE, Ind, Jan. S.
Deputy Sheriff Scott Adams,
whose appendix surgeons failed
to find when he underwent an
operation last spring. is slated
for an appendectomy today. An
x-ray finally revealed the elusive
appendix.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
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IF you are weak
andnervous, can't
eat or sleep. and
always feel tired,
you may need DR..
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aids in calming
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stimulates the ap-
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The Washington times., 1938-01-05
FARM WORKER
HUNTED IN OHIO
AS SLAYER OF 3
Police in Other States
Join in Search

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Jan. 5
GNS).-Police of three States
today sought a 2l.year-old farm
youth as a suspect in the triple
Staying of Henry Baumeister, 3S,
his wife Beatrice, SO, and his
7O.year-old father, Theodore. on
their farm one mile south OF
North Lima.
A house to house CanvaSSer,
making his monthly round, un-
covered the gruesome crime.
When authorities arrived, they
found BaumeiSter lying in a pool
of blood on the kitchen floor, a
bullet wound in his heart and two
In his head.
BLOODY KNIFE FOUND
The aged father and Bau.
neisters wife were found in the
barn. their heads and bodies COW
cred with knife wounds and their
bodies partially covered with corn
husks. Nearby was found a bloody
corn-husking knife.
The elder BaumeiSter was still
alive when found, and was rushed
to a hospital, where he died.
Police from Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and West Virginia were enlisted in
the search for the missing farm
hand who drove away from the
farm in the Baumeister automo-
bile an hour before the slayings
were discovered.
ROBBERY HELD MOTIVE
His parents were said to live in
Warren, Pa, and he was said to
have graduated from Warren High
School in 1885. He was employed
on the farm for the past month,
police said.
The motive for the Slayings were
believed by police to have been
robbery.
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-16

Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Sims, 216 W.
31st street, are the proud parents of a
baby girl.
Mr.. George Peters, COS 9th avenue
", is much improved at his home.
Mrs. Alice Harris, 619 Sixth avenue
", is i'll at her home.
The Dorcas Missionary Society OF
Bethesda Church will meet Tuesday
July Is, in the church parlors.
The Mothers Effort club, member
of Minnesota Association of Coloret
Women's Clubs, will meet Friday
night, July p, at the home of Mrs. VI
c. Washington, 6l9 Oak Lake avenue
N, 8 p. m, at which time drawing
for bronze plaque of Joe Louis will
be given away. All persons holding
ti,i.ets please get all tickets in box be-
fore July %.
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-16
MITCHELL HITS JIM-CROW
ISM IN I.C.C. HEARING

Washington, July, (CNA)-Repre-
sentative Arthur E. Mitchell asked the
Interstate Commerce Commission this
week to end discrimination of Negro
passengers on Southern trains.
The Illinois Congressman appeared
before the Commission and made a
brief statement reviewing an incident
on April 20, 1887, when he was denied
Pullman facilities on a train from
Memphis, Tenn, to Hot Springs, Ark,
because of his race.
AS a result of that violation of his
civil rights, Mitchell brought action
before the ICC seeking an order re-
quiring all roads to provide equal ac-
commodations at uniform rates for
both Negro and white passengers.
A commission examiner recon.
mended the case be dismissed in fla
grant disregard of the jimcrow issue
involved.
w. T. Hughes, attorney for the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail.
road, told the commission the examin.
er's recommendation of continued rae.
ial discrimination should be upheld. Hs
contended the road is bound by ar
Arkansas statute requiring regregatior
of Negro and white passengers.
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-16
BORDER BRIEFS"

Last Sunday morning our Church
School set out upon its last quarters
work for this Conference year. New
teachers were introduced and some
changes in class leadership made. Mrs.
Edith Lee, our very efficient superin-
tendent, ably assisted by her staff, is
putting over a grand piece of Kingdom
building for which we are grateful.
And by the choice of the children
themselves, supported by the indepen-
dent voting of the several auxiliaries
of the Church, and approved by the
Official Board, our Annual Church
School Picnic will be held Friday, the
21nd, beginning at p. M, on picnic
ground No. /, Glenwood Park. On
this great occasion of Christian fell
lowship, refreshments, and wholesome
| fun we cordially invited our friends as
we'll as the membership to join us.
At the Morning Worship hour fine
congregation greeted the pastor and
listened appreciatively as he spoke on
the sermon theme: "The Place of Sac
rifice in Religion" This Sunday he
will discuss the theme: "The Place of
Religion in Life" This is a pertinent
and vital subject for all persons who
are deeply concerned about an intelli-
gent approach to God as the true cen,
ter of creative living. We cordially in
vite all our friends to join us in the
worship and fellowship of this hour
but especially do we invite the out-of
town visitors and Summer Schoo
students who may desire to hear ;
! dynamic message, presented in th'
thought patterns of the time, and ye
impregnated with keen appreciation
of the eternal verities. Our service
are prompt, brief and dignified, on
sanctuary cool and comfortable, ou
members cordial, our atmosphere in
viting, our message dynamic, intelli
gent, convincing and God-conscious
For those who may not know we adj
that Border Methodist Church is 10
Gated at Fourth Avenue North AM
Aldrich, on the same street with Phyl
lis Wheatley Settlement House, onl
four blocks South.
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-16
HOUSEWIVES ORGANIZE
FOR JOBS

Chicago, July, (CNA)-A drive was
under way here this week by the
Housewives Protective Association Of
the South Side to secure more employ
ment for members of the race by
neighborhood merchants.
THE housewife from this day on
will demand due consideration from
South Side business men," reads let
ter addressed by officers of the organi-
zation to the Chicago Urban League
"We are the one who are forced to
feed and clothe our families on from
So to SIS per week which merchants
pay our husbands for porter work and
the like.
1--WE have to work for the same mer-
chants wives for a dollar day and
many times, less. Please keep in mind
the same merchants are receiving our
daily support"
Disassociating itself from the anti
Semitic campaign now being waged by
a narrow, nationalist Negro newspaper,
Dynamite" in cooperation with Nazi
groups, the Association further de-
clared:
"The housewives are not against
any group or race. We welcome any
organization or group to investigate
our organization"
The Chicago Urban League recent
ly appointed a committee to inyesti-
gate anti-Selnitic manifestations on the
South Side. From. for the anti-Se-
! mitic movement is H. George Daven-
port, published of Dynamite, who
also conducts a sign shop at ia E
18th Street.
Each issue of the paper carries bit
fer attacks on Jews, and praises Hit
Ier's race-hatred policies.
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-16
TL%.3I iIENRY LEWIS
SIANT5 TRAINING

Pl7i aiei2hia, June, (CNA) = The
.ootlsght on tie boxing world is grad
al! hitting from Joe Louis to John
Ielry Lewis and Toney Galento
These two ere scheduled for a fifteen
rovn! LIT here July 20.
The. ,o.t ,i5h the Jersey bartender
is the trst r-ai, that John Henry has
gotten i, he refused to work for
i'e T. . s. Lewis, the present light
eavyM eight hampton, is ore Of the
,cm outstanding boxers who is not in
the Jacobs stable.