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Evening star., 1939-12-13
Veteran Held as Five
Die When Auto
PIunges Over Cliff
$40, 500 Insurance
Reported Carried on
Members Of Family
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13.-Pro-
testing his innocence, Laurel H
Crawford, IL, a World War veteran
IS held on suspicion of murder in
the deaths of five persons.
Crawford alone escaped when his
automobile in which were his wife,
their three children and a friend,
plunged 1000 feet down a canyon
side on the road from Mount Wilson
Observatory Monday night.
Deputy Sheriff Paul Mahoney said
Crawford carried total of $40, 500
in life and accident insurance on
members of his family.
'It's all my fault" cried Crawford
II shouldn't have been driving the
car. It had bad brakes and the old
gear box was in bad shape.
1--WE were having such good time
together. Now they're gone"
The victims were Mrs. Elva Ruth
Crawford, IL; Alice. Is; Paul, 10;
Helen, 8, and Ralph Barnett, 81, a
lodger at the Crawford home.
They had driven to view the
night lights of Los Angeles from the
mountain top, Crawford said, and as
they started down he tried to shift
into second gear, knowing the brakes
were bad.
'The car was going faster and
faster" he related. Ruth and Helen
in the front seat with me started
screaming. My wife grabbed the
wheel. We headed over the side of
the road. Somehow managed to
jump as the car shot out into
space"
Officers commented that it was IL
hours before the crash was dis
covered.
II was trying to find my family in
the dark" Crawford explained
That's why I didn't take time to
report the crash"
He said he received a pension of
$3.50 month because he had been
gassed and shell shocked in the
World War, and an additional $50
as a retired Postal Service employe
Evening star., 1939-12-13
Births Reported
Thomas and Margaret Harrell. girl.

Thomas and Margaret Harrell, girl.
John and Monica Ball. girl.
KIs1e ob5 Ana an1 Teyns mn9Rb Wbelsn ssteT Tr girl
EarI Earnala and AFh Thelma 'Ha Howe. 1s Girl e'
Sydney and Marearet Merriam. girl.
George and Elma Brandt. girl
Charles and Pauline Gates, girl.
Eugene and Asnes Grimes. girl
Stephen and Kathleen Costello. girl.
Louis and Margaret Thomas. girl.
John and Mary Duncan. girl.
| Frank and Josephine Perna. girl.
Allen and Sharon Reed. girl.
George and Eilene Galloway, boy.
Stanley and Marion Shaner. boy:
chsres and and ssh Josnson nurHnS boy 00'
Foster and Mildred Ellis. boy.
Charles and Julia Williams. boy.
Eugene and Julia Sutherland, jr., boy.
Andrew and Lonise Parker, boy.
HUGO and Ellen Huettie. jr. girl.
Alfred and Elizabeth Hand. girl.
Arthur and Josephine Burkert. girl.
Oliver and Mabel Kech. boy.
Zach and Louise McGhee. girl.
La Sale and Marguerite Bates. girl.
Leonard :ra MaIv Hardins. s,zi.
Randoiph and Rose Brown. siri.
Clement and Catherine Harden. girl.
John and Mary Quinn. girl
Charles and Agnes Ford, girl
Hanley and Catherine Hailey. girl.
Leonard and Louise Hardy. bow.
Carl and Dorothy Bucholz. boy.
Albert and Maxine Chace. boy.
Calvin and Barbara Hinckley. boy.
Calvin and Marjorie D~ Witt. boy
Theodore and katherine La Blanc, boy
Robert and Kathryn Simon. boy.
Gipsy and Edna Linsberrv. boy.
Thomas and Amy Martin boy.
Howard and BESSIE Scott. boy.
Russel and Louise Leonard. girl.
Randolph and Thelma Boneg girl.
Willie and Louise Brunson. boy.
Clarence and Lorie Wooten, boy.
John and Charlotte Dean, girl.
Charles and Florence Dorsey, girl.
BENJAMIN and Elaine TAYLOR. girl.
Alton and MadRe Jessup. boy.
Evening star., 1939-12-13
Bertrand RusselIs Have
U. S. Residence roubIe
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13.-Mrs
Bertrand Russell, wife of the Eng
lsh philosopher and University OF
California at Los Angeles professor
says she and her husband are hav-
ing difficulties with the United
States Government over their pro-
longed stay in this country.
IF the university hadn't come to
our aid, we'd have been turned out
last August" Mrs. Russell declared.
"Now we're making arrangements to
re-enter from Mexico on the quota"
She explained that she and DR..
Russell-Lord Bertrand Arthur Will
liam Russell is his full title-entered
on visitors passports and are re-
quired to collect good behavior"
certificates from every community
in which they have resided for the
past five years, for presentation to
the American consul in Ensenada
Mexico.
Evening star., 1939-12-13

thor and newspaperman, testified
yesterday that they wrote most Of
the disputed scenario. Mr.. Sayre
was excused as a witness after he
tainted on the stand during cross
examination. He had tainted in a
corridor on Monday. DR.. Melville
Fischer attributed Mr.. Sayre's COL
lapse to physical exhaustion" and
advised complete rest. Mr.. Sayre
may be called from his Philadelphia
home later, 1t was stated by Justice
James w. Morris, who is hearing
the case.
Evening star., 1939-12-13
Faulkner Identifies
Road 10 Glory Lines
As Own Work
Mississippi Novelist
Testifies in Film
Plagiarism Suit

Revealing technical details of mo-
tion picture production that ap-
peared to interest and amuse spec
tators in the court room, William
Faulkner. the novelist, took the wit
ness stand again today for the de-
tense in the $1,000, 900 damage suit
against 20th Century Fox Film Corp,
Evening star., 1939-12-13
Four Seized at Liege
On Espionage Charges
By the Associated Press,


BRUSSELS, Dec. 13.-An Italian
citizen of German origin and three
other persons were arrested at Liege
today on espionage charges.
Police said the Italian operated
a small cafe frequented by soldiers,
and that in his room there was
a general staff map Of the Cheratte
region, as well as a machine gun
and pistol.
Evening star., 1939-12-13
Come Prize Vunishes
With Passing Auto
By the Associated Press,

By the AS60c!ateC Pre68.
LEBANON, Pa, Dec. 13.-Three
hunters stopped here yesterday to
show relatives a 160-pound eight
point buck they killed. The deer
was tied to the running board Of
their automobile.
But when they went to the car to
continue their journey, their prize
had disappeared. Witnesses said
another car stopped alongside, then
sped away.
Evening star., 1939-12-13

TeOpIe WHO wear
plates or bridges often suffer from
q special kind Of bad breath Den
lists call it-"denture breath"
You won't know if you have it
but it can spoil your happiness.
Friends will shudder-people avoid
you! And the worst Of it is that
ordinary brushing and mouth
washes may not prevent it.
For the odor comes from a mu-
cln-scum that collects on plates and
bridges. This scum soaks up germs
and decay bacteria and causes a
Evening star., 1939-09-07

"AeAAoAo 8Cbtill6
the other daily becomes a more
pressing problem. Elliott Roosevelt,
son Of the President and president
OF the Texas State network, is
urging action by the commission to
flag loaded" air news from foreign
stations. So far, Mr.. Fly hasn't
worked out any new set of rules and
regulations, nor has he found q
Solomon to say just what is prop.
aganda and what isn't.
His first experience in communica-
tions was in plugging a telephone
switchboard in Dallas, Tex. Born in
Seagoville, Tex, he naturally went
to Annapolis. He was a midshipman
in the World War, Judge advocate
in Hawaii and thereafter one of the
bright pupils Of Felix Frankfurter
in the Harvard Law School, finishing
there in 1925. In the Government,
he is hold-over from the Hoover
regime, appointed special assistant
to the Attorney General in 1929.
However, he won his medals in the
New Deal corner, with some of the
highest scoring in winning decisions
for the T. v. A. and in anti-monopoly
cases. He was general counsel for
the T. v. A. from 1884 to 1898, sue.
ceeding Frank R. McNinch as chair.
man of the Communications Com
mission last September.
He was cotton-picker in the
Texas fields, ran a village fiivver
and served as city clerk Of Dallas.
Evening star., 1939-09-07

printing certain military and naval
information when requested by the
Government in Washington. The
whole thing worked we'll from be-
ginning to end and If emergencies
likely to become so serious as to
involve the national defense Of the
United States should arise, radio
stations and newspapers can doubt
less find a basis for voluntary CO.
operation with the Government
without being subjected to pro-
hibition by regulation or statute.
The Differences Involved.
The difference between the two
plans is just this: In the matter OF
a statute, the censor's word is final,
whereas, under voluntary co-opera-
ton, if an unreasonable rule is
sought to be applied, there can be
discussion and perhaps the matter,
if it be sufficiently important, can
be carried to the President of the
United States or even, in an ex-
treme case, to the people themselves
for decision.
The disposition here is to let
private communication companies
and the press use their own judg-
ment and good taste in handling
war news and not be stamped into
silence by the partisans of one side
or the other whose real objection
to some of the broadcasts may well
be that they dislike to hear the
truth or comment on the truth.
Evening star., 1939-09-07
Two Women File
Suits for Divorce

Mrs. Nellie K. Calm, 1902 Park
place NV, sued Harry Calm, 2008
Fourteenth street NV, for absolute
divorce In District Court today. The
court was told they were married at
Baltimore March /, 1925, and have
two children. A correspondent was
named in the complaint. Attorney
Lewis H. Shapiro represented Mrs.
Calm.
Mr.. Calm, described as business
man owning Cahn's Department
Store. 20O8 Fourteenth street NV.
has net holdings Of approximately
100000, the suit declared.
Attorney Lowell J. Bradford filed
a suit in District Court on behalf Of
Mrs. Bertha B. Fair. 1401 Columbia
road NV. against Barnie F. Fair,
of the same address. for limited
divorce, alleging cruelty. The court
was informed the couple was mar
ried here February S, 1884, and there
are no children. Mr. Fair, according
to the suit, although man Of ma
terial means and wealth estimated
by plaintiff at $30, 900, with month
ly income of approximately $500, was
boarding every penny Of his income
in a miserly manner, refusing to
spend any money upon the home for
common every day utensils. such as
a telephone. vacuum cleaner or
kitchen clock" and his wife has had
to rely on gifts from relatives.
Evening star., 1939-09-07
Mexican Arrives Here,
Walks 1900 Miles

With 1900 miles of travel on foot
behind him, Jesus Valdez Montez
who said he was fire chief Of Chi
huahua, Mexico, arrived in the Capt.
tai yesterday as an "unofhcial rep
resentative of good will between
Mexico and the United States"
Senor Montez, who is 20 years old
visited the Mexican Embassy and
also delivered letter from United
States Ambassador Josephus Dan
iels to DR.. William Cherrington
chief of the State Department Cul-
tural Relations Division.
The hardy pedestrian left this
morning for Baltimore, Md, on his
way to the New York Worlds Fair
Senior Montez said he had worn
out seven pairs of shoes so far, as
well as outwalking two champions
The pair quit at San Antonio, Tex
Although speaking littel English, he
said he was received cordially by
town and city officials and was per-
mitted to sleep in fire and police
stations.
Evening star., 1939-09-07
Unity Efforts Pledged
Roosevelt by Gillette

By the Associated Press.
CHEROKEE. Iowa, Sept. Sen
ator Guy NJ. Gillette, Democrat. Of
Iowa, whose vote to delay action
knocked the neutrality law revision
program of the Senate's calendar at
the last session Of Congress. yester-
day sent a telegram to President
Roosevelt pledging his help to main
tain national unity in the current
international upheaval.
The telegram:
Conveying approval and appre-
citation Of your words and actions Of
leadership in the present interna-
tional situation. Security lies in
united support behind government
policy. I pledge my help to this
end"
The Senator said he had nothing
to add to the telegram when asked
If he would reverse his stand on
neutrality legislation in the event Q
special session were called.
Evening star., 1939-09-07
U. S. Banks Act to Seize
30 Million Reich Cash
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Sept. Five New
York City banks have taken steps
to attach more than $50 .00O, 900 of
German bank assets in this country.
Sixteen German banking institu-
tions were named defendants in
warrants of attachment being served
on more than 100 American banks,
brokerage houses and business in
stitutions. Warrants are based on
cancellation this week of the stand
still agreement between German
banks and the American Committee
of Short Term Creditors Of Ger
many.
Creditors contend the cancellation
made payable Immediately credits
held In suspense by the agreement.
Evening star., 1939-09-07
Three Held to Jury
In Death of Man, so

A coroner's jury ordered yester-
day that three persons be held for
the grand jury in connection with
the death last Friday of John j.
Purcell, so. of Mount Rainier, Md.
Police said they found him un-
conscious in a house in the North
west section. apparently the victim
of beating with a cane
Those held are Herbert s. Har-
ris, John j. Harris and Nellie Har-
low, alias Nellie Harris.
Evening star., 1939-09-07
New Huirdoes Called Out

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7 R.-
There is nothing new under the
sun even though some women like
to think their hair styles are, Mrs.
Catherine J. Danner of Emporium
told the Pennsylvania Hairdressers
and Cosmotologists' convention.
She said there seems always to
have been cycles of hair styles, re-
peating themselves about every 400
years. Now the change is faster,
added Mrs. Danner, but they are old,
nevertheless.
Evening star., 1939-09-07


tration and which Congress alone
can perform is revision Of the pres
ent "so-called" neutrality laws, with
a repeal of the mandatory embargo
against the sale and shipment OF
arms and munitionssto belligerent
nations. The second task which
Congress might be called upon to
perform is the enactment Of laws to
curb proflteering-noW that Euro
pean war threatens to change eco
nomic conditions in this country as
we'll as in Europe.
Unfortunately from the point of
view of some of the Government
officials, there is no way Of curbing
Congress and limiting its activities
once it has been convened The
President may lay before 1t a special
program. But there is nothing that
can prevent the Congress from add
ing to such program anything that
it desires. There is no way of COM
pelling Congress to adjourn, unless
there is disagreement between the
two houses with respect to time
for adjournment, in which case the
President is empowered to adjourn
them. The Constitution says in this
connection: He (the President)
may, on extraordinary occasions,
convene both houses. or either OF
them, and in cases Of disagreement
between them, with respect to the
time of adjournment. he may ad-
journ them to such time as he shall
think proper"
Neutrality Commission Suggested.
Certain members Of Congress are
insisting that Congress should be
convened Immediately and that it
should stay in Washington to see
that no steps are taken which
might involve this country in the
war abroad. Representative Cor
bett of Pennsylvania, a Republican
member of the House Military Al
fairs Committee, wants a congress
sional neutrality commission created
to act as "a check on hasty, one
man decisions" and to make it pos
sible for the peoples representa-
tives ito know where the policies
OF the administration are leading
them" That comes from a men,
Der of the minority party and has
a partisan tinge.
Representative Ludlow of Indiana,
q Democrat, says that if special
session OF Congress is called he will
renew his efforts to put through his
proposed constitutional amendment
for a popular referendum on the
question of taking this country into
war with another nation. The ad-
ministration has been strongly -
posed to this proposal and worried
hard to block 1t in the last Con-
gress Mr.. Ludlow had begun the
circulation OF petition in the
House before Congress adjourned
this summer to bring the resolu-
ton to the floor for vote. He had
obtained 48 signatures. Such a pc
tition to be effective must be signed
by majority of the House members,
218.
Might Curb President Further.
There are other proposals that
might be advanced by members of
Congress which the administration
would consider embarrassing. Some
Of them, instead of being willing to
ease up on the provisions of the
Evening star., 1939-09-07

combination develops
we'll nnd these three fighting side the AngoFrench
alliance.
will unpopular for time to but the United
inevitably
serious threat the British into
Germanys side would probably the Intervention
side
neutrality and Of staying it. American
limited beligerency would entail.
H. S. Political Revolution
would
wrought political
third been
and he will receive
which have been eless fighting the
credting the national leadership
The issue of national unity has become dominant will be
national unity based of which
o Of our
The also has foresight In
pang which Senator friends
safeguarding
America There the which
gripped the
Munich
Seek Nearest Exit
group politicians signs
Evening star., 1939-09-07
Ex-Correspondent Dies

LOS ANGELES. Sept. R.-
Clarence Cooper, 81, foreign cor
respondent for the New York World
more than Is years, died Tuesday.
He was q nephew OF the pioneer
American novelist, James Fenimore
COoper.
Evening star., 1939-09-07

t he Fe d e a
Communication
Commission. The
air becomes q
field Of conten-
ton, not only for
overseas battlers,
but for clamorous
and oppose d
groups on the
home grounds.
Everybody Is
opposed to prop
a 6 a n da an d
afraid of censor
ship, and how to
fend of one
Evening star., 1939-09-07

the Neutrality 800 bombe they bought and paid Tor
all that fighting planes should
available nations for they ever put at
really disadvantage the restoring the balance will be
dreadfuly difficult
Considering pressure the Atlantic and
the President will
his to be hoped that he the
point where his task
will be fairly
sed the Nor m
Evening star., 1939-09-07
The Capital Parade
All Possible Aid for Demoerocies
Short of Intervention Seems U. S. Policy

Now that the first shock and turmoil the outlines Of
policy briefly described
high aiding dmocracies
the democracies strong"
oundy realistic No familiar
American public opinion doubt that the
md
into Of active begerency
equally obvious will
be beligeren.
The signs policy may easily read in the
Evening star., 1939-09-07

be a SIS u r q nee
t at the Ma
tional Legisla-
ture would at
tend to one task
Or two at most
and then fold
It's tents and 60
away until next
January, q spe-
cial se S S | o n
W o VI d be re-
ga ed W t h
gre a t er equa-
nimity. 1Ae task
which S e e m S
most necessary
- +Ln .Nu,;,;c
Evening star., 1939-09-07

HE opinions OF the rtters this page their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented The
readers although opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1939-09-07

Germany Is making . terrible bid
for world dominion, in what appears
to be a strong military alliance with
Soviet Russia. ut may even be that
Soviet pirate" submarines are al
ready operating in Scandinavian
and Far Eastern waters)
The first political effect of the
Hitler-Stalin agreement was to
shatter the Rome Berlin axis, and
to strip Germany of her presumed
al1iAS-Tto1v Jopon opd Onain A
Evening star., 1939-09-07

istration is in no
way encouraging
it, but is in real
ity making 1t
clear that no
censorsh hip is
planned for ra-
dio.
The question
arose out of the
fears of various
persons that the
American people
might have their
minds poisoned
by propaganda
sent out over the
nir rsiront h1r for
Evening star., 1939-09-07

there possible benefit
purpose
national
fact New Dealers that is these
limb which they find themselves
political responsibility perhaps their integrity before
this
again.
leased by the consoid sted NexsY Yeatur Incl
Evening star., 1939-09-07

nouncements, as we'll as heard In
the talk behind the scenes. Very
striking evidences of it were his
rejection of the Wilsonian "neu-
trail in thought and word" attitude
in his radio speech to the Nation
and the repetition of that rejection
in the neutrality proclamation, In
which he declared that American
neutrality would not interfere with
the free expression Of opinion and
sympathy" These were. in effect,
Evening star., 1939-09-07
We, the People
European War Declared to Settle
Matter Of Third-T erm Roce
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

The most ven 1914 witnessed the outbreak Of
World War and the development Of diplomatic
revolution.
Up the last Friday September the
German Poland
could averted From until Sunday there
that Hitler would heed the umaum hoses
Evening star., 1939-09-07

from their position Of blind hostility
to the administration and have even
asked to be taken into the Govern
ment. But they cut their own
throats. politically speaking, last
July when they refused to permit
Congress to act on the Presidents
request that he be given a freer hand
to head off the approaching war.
Had they then adjourned politics,
they might have qualified for a more
responsible role in the present crisis.
Evening star., 1939-09-07
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

A return Of Congress to Washing
ton at this juncture is considered by
some ofIicials Of the Government
with mixed feelings. If there could
Evening star., 1939-09-07

support policy aiding democracies.
Double Test
administration policy might be
American AFFORD
sympaties will demoacs
real American
help the democraces skng
involvement?
cabinet meeting the President
merchant
from German submarine attack When he
being recond
toned partly with view being used conveys 1t was however
half Of the double described above
a Thus 1t Is questionable wheth
err will be acted upon.
The Time Is Short
meanwhile, giving
prevailing
improbable that
the last will be
what should be demanded.
blanket permission for purchases of all
considerable weakening Of the Johnson Act
financing purchases by American
credits will be surprising demand arises to have English and
directly financed by the Government through
Plans action
already being tentatively discussed.
>>-. ,a.er,e nde Is
Evening star., 1939-09-07
Headline Folk
And What
They Do
Heavy Task Looms
For F. G. G. Head
In War News
By LEMUEL F. PARTON.

BY LEMUEL +. FAHTUN.
The job OF shortstop fielding SIX
batters at once is easy compared to
the prospective workout of young
James Lawrence Fly, chairman Of
Evening star., 1939-09-07
Radio Wary
OF Pitfalls in
First War
Taste in Editing
To Eliminate Fear
Of Censorship
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

In the inevitable hysteria which
follows in the wake of big war,
there is much loose talk here about
censorship. The Roosevelt admin
Evening star., 1939-09-07

possible aid to the democracies, but
that 1t will go too fast, arousing
congressional suspicious. The time
is short, horribly short. Considerably
more than half of the 400 training
planes and $50 reconnaissance
planes ordered by the British have
been delivered. But the British are
extremely anxious to order bombers,
while the French, whose need is
Evening star., 1939-09-07

tRee.sed By til. Consolidated News Features 1ne3
Evening star., 1939-09-07
Double Test

effect invitations public opinion
support policy of aiding the democracies.
Evening star., 1939-09-07
Seek Nearest Exit

only politicians who the
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