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Evening star., 1939-03-03
Montgomery Is SET
To Fight Numbers
Racket in County
Chief Orme Declares
Gambling Will Be
Stamped Out
BY a stan Correspondent Of The Star.

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ROCKVILLE, Md, March g.
Every precaution will be taken to
prevent Washington numbers oper-
ators from transferring their head
quarters to Montgomery County,
Chief Charles M. Orme of the Mont
gomery County police, declared to-
day.
Chief Orme said he had no knowl-
edge Of large-scale operations by
racketeers, but anticipated that
some might attempt to establish Of
fees here as a result Of the cam
paign in the District and was taking
steps to prevent it. He said he
was investigating several reports of
numbers operations. but had moth
ing to announce at the present time
Il want the $1,000 residents of
Montgomery County to know that
there will be no gambling permitted
In the county on a large or small
SCALE" he declared.
"The new gambling bill which has
been introduced in the Legislature
was instigated by the Montgomery
County Police Association and the
States attorney, who feared tight
ening of restrictions in Washington
might cause gambling interests to
attempt to gain foothold here"
Following introduction of legisla-
ton at Annapolis yesterday, it was
disclosed by source close to the
county Democratic organization that
at least four" of Washingtons
leading numbers operators have set
up headquarters in the county and
were carrying on operations on
wide scale. The same source re-
vealed that police learned of the
operations some time ago, bat were
unable to proceed against them be-
cause of the weakness of existing
laws.
The delegation introduced two
bills In the House to give the county
laws Identical with those in WASH
ington, which enabled Metropolitan
Police to take drastic steps against
them, resulting in the transfer of
their activities across the District
line.
Evening star., 1939-03-03
School Board Unit
Considers Anderson
Controversy Today
Central High PIT. A.
Indorses Position
Already Taken

The Board of Education's Com
mittee on Community Use of Build
ings will meet at 3 pm. today in the
Franklin School to consider new
evidence in connection with the
boards earlier refusal to allow
Marian Anderson, famous colored
contralto, to give concert in Gen.
trail High School Auditorium.
Should the committee move for
reconsideration, board members will
be present to act on the proposal at
once.
The action of the board in deny
ing the use of the high school was
based primarily upon a rule pro-
hibiting the use of public school
buildings for prof1t-making enter
prises. according to Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle, president. Secondly,
it was the opinion of Supt. Frank
w. Ballou that the dual school set
up here did not contemplate ex-
change of facilities.
Other Events Cited.
New evidence placed before the
board Wednesday showed that
school buildings had been used for
other money making concerts and
events, including performances by
the New York Philharmonic Orches-
ira, Rachmaninoff, and a Tilden-
Vines tennis match. This was pre-
sented to the members by Charles
H. Houston, former member of
the board, now legal counsel for the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People.
Senator Arthur Capper of Kan
sas Joined the number of plesders
for reconsideration with a letter
to Mr.. Houston expected to be read
to the committee today. Senator
Capper said he had heard Miss
Anderson sing and was sure WASH
ington would acclaim her as great
and talented artist. Il very much
hope" he said in part, that WASH
ingtonians may not be deprived OF
the opportunity Of hearing Miss
Anderson sing"
Meanwhile, the Central High
School Parent Teacher Association
Executive Board met yesterday and
voted support Of the boards pres
ent stand. The resolution adopted
by the members declared that the
association opposed the use OF the
auditorium for the Marian Ander-
son concert in recognition of the
dual system of education here, con-
tmuance of which they advocated.
Controversy's Promotion Deplored.
Mrs. Jessie Baylies, president Of
the association, declared: I'VE re-
gret that so much controversy has
arisen because we believe the best
interests Of both races are fur
thered through cooperation rather
than by promoting controversial
questions" Mrs. Baylies said
these represented the sentiments
OF the association.
At the same time, Mrs. Henry M.
Robert Of Annapolis, president gen
eral of the D. A. r., said at Colorado
Springs, Colo, that the rules gov
erning the use Of Constitution Hall,
which was refused Miss Anderson
for concert are of long standing
and accord with the custom pre-
vailing In Washington. She refused
to amplify her reference to pre-
vailing custom"
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Man Hit by Truck
Still Unconscious
In Hospital
T. J. Keotine, Retired
Merchant, Identified
Through Barber

Thomas j. Keating, 7l-year -old
retired Georgetown merchant, re-
mained unconscious in Emergency
Hospital this afternoon with in
juries received when he was run
down by a truck at Twenty ninth
and M streets NV.
The elderly traffic victim lay un-
identified in the hospital for more
than two hours after the iccident.
A barber employed in a shop near
the scene of the accident told an
officer he thought he recognized
the victim as Mr.. Keating.
The policeman took the injured
mans hat to the Keating residence
at 1907 Thirty-fifth street NV, and
positive Identification followed.
Hospital physicians described Mr..
Keating's condition as "unde5er-
mined"
Earlier five pennies wrapped in a
piece of paper, a Sacred Heart
badge and a rosary in his pockets,
and a cleaning mark In his hat,
were the only identification clues
police had to work with, until the
barber talked with the officer.
Carried Pennies for Luck.
v The victims wife, Mrs. Mary E.
Keating. said her husband had
kept the little package of pennies
for nearly 80 years because "he
thought they brought him luck"
The driver of the truck, Fred
erick w. Stabley of 2453 Wisconsin
avenue NV, told police the acci-
dent occurred when Mr.. Heating
stepped of the curb and into the
side of his truck. He said the VIC
tim apparently did not see the ma
chine, which is used to haul soil for
the Industrial Home School.
Lorraine Silbert, %, of East st.
Louis, ILL.,, a dancer billed at a local
theater as Lorraine Waltz, was
slightly injured early today in a
traffic accident.
Miss Silbert, who is stopping at
the Houston Hotel, was treated at
Emergency Hospital for leg bruises
received when hit by a cab on Ninth
near E street NV. She was dis
charged after treatment.
Frederick Caress, IA, of 24O3 OBJ
servatory place NV. was under
treatment at Georgetown Hospital
today for possible fracture of the
leg received yesterday afternoon
when hit by an automobile while
crossing N street in the 31O0 block
NV.
The youth, police reported, ran
from between two parked cars and
was struck by an automobile op-
Grated by John w. Crown, "a, of
$50 Fourteenth place NE.
Eleven-year-old Gwen Brubaker
of PIT Jefferson street NV. was
treated at her home yesterday aft
ernoon for shock and a dislocated
knee received when she was hit
by an automobile while skating near
her h0me
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Deputy
Restored 10 Duty;
Another Still Out
T. R. Eost Back in Office:
H. c. Allen Said to Be
Under Investigation

Deputy United States Marshal
Thomas r. East was back on duty
today, following his recent suspen-
sion as one Of the ramifications OF
the Warning jury-fixing trial, but
Deputy Marshal Harry c. Allen was
understood to be still under inves-
tigation by Justice Department au-
thorities, although both were re-
lieved at the same time
United States Marshal John B.
Colpoys announced Mr.. East's res
toration to duty. Just how long the
inquiry into Mr.. Aliens status might
take was not revealed.
The suspensions of Messrs. Allen
and East took place week ago
Saturday, after they had testified at
the hearing on contempt charges
before Justice Bolitha ]. Laws in
District Court that they had seen
Deputy Marshal John B. Upperman
with 500 bill, shortly before
Christmas, contradicting previous
testimony of Upperman that the
only 500 bill he had was received
by his wife from their son and i'm
mediately deposited in the bank
December 2. The suspended depu-
ties testified for the defense In the
contempt case.
Mr.. Colpoys, on the basis of this
testimony, suspended the pair for
not bringing these matters to the
marshals attention earlier. United
States Attorney David A. Pine ex-
pressed his surprise" at this tes-
timony and that it had been with
held from the investigating au-
thorities, until produced in court.
The Justice Department was
called into the investigation Of the
suspended pair.
Upperman was sentenced by
Justice Laws to one year in Jail for
contempt Of court in permitting the
jury over which he had charge in
the Warning case to be tampered
with, through the use of liquor.
The Warnings, together with their
income tax consultant, were on trial
for evasion of the income tax laws.
The Warnings were accused of max
ing their money on the numbers
racket.
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Rail Pensioners Receive
81, 300, 900 Monthly

Pensioners under the Railroad Re-
tirement Act, numering 125,113 at
the end of January, are receiving
more than $7,800,000 monthly, the
Railroad Retirement Board an
nounced today.
Total benefit payments made under
present workings of the law amount
ed to $148, 1886, IT'S on last January 81,
the board said, with $6l ,288 ,256 of
this sum being in the first seven
months Of the present fiscal year.
Tax collections for the retirement
system exceeded the expenditures for
benefits and costs of administration
up to June 80. 1888. according to the
report.
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Mothers Weight,
Not Bobies'>
Stirs Hospital

It was the weight of the mothers,
rather than their babies, which
caused a sensation in the obstetri-
cal ward at Gallinger Hospital yes
terday.
OF four mothers, admitted at
about the same time, one weighed
278 pounds, another 274, a third
$50 and the fourth, 22O. All of the
babies were Of normal weight.
At about the same time 5-pound
and 12-ounce baby was born to a
midget, who tipped the scales at
only 76 pounds.
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Hike to Gold Mine

The Kirke gold mine in nearby
Virginia will be the goal Of the Cap
ital Hiking Clubs Sunday hike. Spe-
cial buses will leave 1416 F street
NV, at 9:30 am, carrying the
mixers to Prospect Rock, from where
they will proceed to the mine on
foot. They will return In the after
noon,
Evening star., 1939-03-03

Three seniors have been tapped
for membership in the American
University Chapter of Omicron Delta
Kappa, mems national honorary fra
ternity, it was announced today.
They were Donald Creech, Emerson
Bartlett and Irving Spaulding. Mr..
Creech Is from washington.
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Band Concert

BY the United States Army Band
tomorrow morning at 1880 o'clock.in
the Army Band auditorium. Capt.
Thomas F. Darcy, leader; Karl Hub
ner, assistant.
Evening star., 1939-03-03

at the May
flower Hotel.
Miss Eleanor
Dodd. president
of the District of
Columbia Dental
Hygienists' As
sociation, will
lead her groups
activities during
the dve-day ses-
sion.
Miss H e e n
Briggs, also Of
the local hygi-
enists' organiza-
tion, is chairman
Evening star., 1939-03-03
D. c. Dental Clinic
Will Open Sunday

The seventh annual Five-State
Post Graduate Clinic, held under the
auspices of the District of Columbia
Dental Society, will open Sunday
Evening star., 1939-03-03
BY CAPT. HAROLD GRAY.

BY CAPT. HAROLD E. GRAY.
Yankee Clipper, the ALTON flag
ship OF Americas Merchant Marine
of the Air, represents the longest
forward step in practical COM
mercial areonautical engineering
yet to try its wings on the airways
of the world.
Destined soon to inaugurate the
first commercial air service across
the long contested Atlantic trade
route, it Is Americas bid for-and
promise dictatorship on the
worlds intercontinental serial trade
routes. And this aircraft's brilliant
performance in the recent routine
ferry" flight, from the West Coast
factory which built her, to Pan
American Always Atlantic divi-
sion base at Baltimore, is eloquent
testimony to her quality and serice-
ability; and eloquent testimony, too,
to the 10 years of pioneering effort
and practical trans oceanic airline
operating experience upon which
her design was predicated.
In measuring this aircraft against
equipment of the past, there are
two ways Of looking at it. Either
it can be judged on the basis of its
performance as flying machine
or 1t can be evaluated as a vehicle
for the transportation of passen-
gers.
Finest Commercial Plane.
Either way. Yankee Clipper and
her five identical sister ships clearly
are an outstanding advance in air.
craft design and production. As a
flying machine, Yankee Clipper is
the first aircraft ever designed with
the specific purpose in mind of
carrying passengers and CONNER
cial cargo across the worlds major
oceans at a profit. Technically, we
think it the finest commercial air.
plane ever produced.
The flight deck alone is a note
worthy engineering achievement,
and the first of its proportions on
any airplane. Spacious and COM
Portable, it offers today's specialized
flight crews the mental and physi-
cal comfort and facilities for their
work that years of experience have
shown to be necessary.
The green carpeting, brick-red
leather upholstery and careful
heating and soundproofing are in
stalled solely to permit the flight
crew to work at maximum eff
cheney, in comfort and order. Spe-
cif1c flight assignments-special
posts for engineering officer and
radio of11cer-are in the interest of
efficiency, because they permit the
use of a specialist for each special
job aboard the aircraft, and they
relieve the captain-the aircraft's
executive officer-of the onerous, in
fact impossible, detail which his
performance of all these tasks would
entail. The important job of navi-
cation is assigned to fully quail
fled pilot member of the crew, and
the pilot-navigator has his own
spacious post on the flight deck.
Engines Accessible In Flight.
To my mind one of the most sig
nif1cant of many safety. features of
this newest aircraft in the famous
Clipper line is in the provision for
making the engines accessible
through the wing during fight.
Doors opening directly from the
flight deck into the wing permit
raor oScanh1{oc ~ $hA fol1r Sfl0.
horsepower Wright Cyclone engines.
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Three Seniors Honored

Clinic Committee for the hygienists.
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Clippers Captain Calls 1t
Longest Forward Step Yet
Capt. Harold Gray Has
Only Abundant
Praise for Ship

The flying abilities and per-
tormdnce OF the 42-ton Yankee
Clipper, soon to enter trans
Atlantic Seruice, are described
here BY the pilot, ,Uho ,Das cap
tain of the flying boat on its
recent terry" flight from Astoria,
Oreg.. to Baltimore, ria San
Francisco and Ne,D Orleans. The
clipper is being christened today
by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at
ceremonies at the United States
Naval Air Station in Anacostia.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-03

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Large Crowd Present. Standing
Room ut a Premium; DR.. ]. r..
Brown Speaker of the Day and
Gary Glee Club Performs
$50. 90 Collected in ) Minutes

Just for the benefit of those
who may not know that Key
stone is on the map, let us re-
cite to you people, both those
present and those who may not
have been present, that at the
Keystone Presbyterian church
last Sunday afternoon, there was
a most excellently rendered pro-
gram featuring the appearance
of the Gary high school Glee
Club, composed Of something
like thirty-five members, under
the auspices of Mrs. Althea
Cleopatra King, and eliminated
with mastery address of the
richest thoughts and instruc-
tons by DR.. j. +. Brown. Key
stone has ont registered more
dignified and appreciable pro-
gram rendered in years than the
one Of last Sunday.
Here is the Outline
Opening Song, Congregation /;
Prayer, by DR.. R. P. Johnson,
pastor of Ebenezer Presbyteri-
an church of Kimball
Concert recital of the Apost-
les Gre d, led by Rev. ]. A.
Davis, pastor of the Keystone
Presbyterian church
Remarks by the organization,
the works and officers of the
Always Ready club, made by
Mrs. 1. E. Whittico who had
been unanimously selected to
act as Mistress of Ceremonies.
Group singing, by the most
popular and captivating Glee
Club which was absolutely in
spring to start with.
Next was the address Of DR..
Brown who was introduced by
the Mistress Of Ceremonies.
Mrs. NJ. r. Whittico said a
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-03
Judge William HASTE, the First
Negro Federal Judge Resigns;
Will Become Dean OF Howard
| diversity Law School.

Washington, ID. {. - The LIST
Negro TO occupy a seat on the
Federal Bench, Judyt William
II. llaStic, of the Federal Court
of the Virgin Islands. has res GIL
ed to become dean of the How
ard University Law School, ii
was announced Monday by the
White House.
Judge Hastie was nominated
by President Roosevelt ON Febru
AIRY ., 1887, an dcontifmcd by
the senate on March 10 of the
same year. The iur.st is an
honor graduate of Amherst col
lege and of the Harvard law
sch oil. ....
At the time of his appoint
ment he was an assistant solici-
or in the Commerce department.
81 Years of age, Federal Judge
Haste is Il native of Knoxville.
Kentucky.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-03
2 18th LIFE MEMBER PAYS
$4,000 TO NAACP JAN. 25

New York, Jan 27. - Mrs.
Lillian A. Alexander, for many
years 4 member of the board of
directors Of the NAACP, became
on January % the oath life mem
Der of the association by pay
ing for a life membership IL
full. Mrs. Alexander is the wife
of DR.. Earnest Alexander, we'll
known New York skin specialist
She is a member of the Metro
po,itan Board If Directors of
Of the national Public
Affairs Committee of the YWC-
A, chairma no the committee of
management of the Harlem br.,
YWCA, member of the Temper
ary Commission on the Condi-
ton of the Urban Colored Popu-
lation, and treasurer of the
Crisis Publishing company, Inc.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-03


people. The Republican party
is proud of the Young Republi-
cans and what they have done.
Every member of the party in
this state will learn with graft
fication that the West Virginia
League is laying plans for an
even more intensive participa-
ton in the 1910 campaign to the
extent of maintaining perman-
ct headquarters in Charleston,
to be opened within a few weeks.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-03
AKA SORORITY PAYS $500
NAACP LIFE MEMBERSHIP

New York, Jan 27.-The AL
pha Kappa Alpha sorority be-
came the first greek letter organ
ization in the country. to- be a
full ife member of he NAACP
by paying int the national
headquarters this week the sum
of $214 representing the balan
&c due on a $500 life member
ship.
The sorority's name will go
on a bronze plaque in the asso-
cations office and a special life
membership medal will be pre-
scented to the organization at the
next annual conference of the
NAACP to be held in Richmond,
Virginia, in June.
The Omega Psi Phi fraternity
and the Phi Delta Kappa and
Delta Thigma Theta sororities
are other greek letter organiza-
tons which are purchasing life
memberships in the NAACP.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-03
ROLAND HAYES GIVES
EXQUISITE PROGRAM
AT WEST VIRGINIA STATE

The largest audience that has
ever filled the auditorium of the
WsGt Virginia State College as
acmbIed at 1900 o'clock on the
evening Of Sunday, January %.
The Music Department of the
college was presenting Roland
Hayes. Governor and Mrs.
Homer A. Holt and party, lead
ing officials of state courts and
administrative offices, members
Of Tie social ard trt:stic elite
Of Charleston, both white and
"olorcI were present.
All we're enthralled as the
rare and impeccable artistry Of
The great tenor voice wove its
magic spell. Said Bayard f. En-
MS, Of the Charleston Gazette.
"Thc artists rendition Of Eight
Epitahs' by Theodore Chanler,
based ON poems of Walter de la
Mare provided a unique expert
cncc Of many Of the listeners
'Xango, African fetish chant,
Brazil harmonizcd by Villa
Lobos adm three Negro spiri-
tuaIs comprised the final group.
Hayes execution of the spirit
uals leaves nothing to be desired.
lie imparts to them a warmth
and lyricism outstanding from
every point of view.
Mr. Hayes was the house
guest Of President and Mrs John
| w. Davis. ....
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-03
Senators Vote Down
Roberts for US. Bench

D-VaJ had charged that Pres.
Roosevelt had given "thc veto
power" over Virginia patronage
TO Governor James H. Price, Of
Virginia
Personally Offensive
Thus, he asserted, President
Roosevelt had nominated Judge
Roberts instead Of either Of the
two men recommended by him
and Senator Byrd CD.-FaD lie
said the nomination wa there
fore personally offensive" to
himself and Byrd.
"In fact" Glass AIDED, we
were told through the newspa-
.pers that his nomination wa.
to be proposed as a rebuks foi
Continued on Page Three
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-03
Judiciary Committee DisapprO-
YES Roosevelt Appointment TO
Virginia Federal District Seat
by Vote of 10 to 3

Washington, Feb. l. - The
senate judiciary hommiltce, adj
herring to the tradition that ON
of patronage senators
stick together, voiced a reycrbcr
ating mo" today to one Of
President Roosevclts judgcship
appointments.
BY a vote Of 10 to 3 the COM
mittee disapproved the appoint7
ment Of Judge Floyd II. Roberts
of Bristol, Va, to be Federal
District Judge after Sen. Glass
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-03
Youth Caught Cheating in His
Examinations Kills Professor
And then Takes Own Life

Nashville, Tenn.-With years
of poor scholarship and thwarted
ambitions behind him, and dis
graceful expulsion facing him,
a Meharry Medical college stu
dent shot down in cold blood the
professor who had caught him in
cheating at an examination,
Friday morning, and then COM
mitted suicide.
This combination weighed
heavily on the mind of Eric D.
Williamson, teh student whose
home was in New York, so he
killed DR.. w. E. A. Forde, SIS,
professor OF otolaryngology, in
the assembly room, temporarily
a room for tests. Two other ia
Guilty members were present,
when the tragedy occurred.
= Williamson had just started
his examination when DR.. Forde
caught him using a pony"
from which to copy answers to
questions. The professor seiz-
ed the pony and expelled the stu
dent from the room. An hour
later Williamson returned with a
pistol and calmly fired one shot
into the body of the 55-year-old
mentor before the horlt)r
stricken group. DR.. Forde died
instantly. ........
The student had already left
a note for his roommate, George
Porter, telling him that he
would find $50 in his trunk, and
asking him to see that his body
was delivered to an undertaken
for funeral arrangements.
Leaving the assembly room,
Williamson walked down the
hall about 20 feet, halted behind
a slight ell and fired bullet into
his own brain. He died almost
instantly.
An investigator for the Dis
trict Attorney declared ne had
probed the double death and
would officially list it as murder
and suicide.
williamson is said to have beer
transferred from Meharry from
Howad University in Washington
Since 1916 DR.. Forde, a ma
tive of British Guinea, had beer
teaching at Meharry. A gradu
ate Of Alabama A nd NJ college
in 1909, he then attended Me
harry from which he graduate,
in ..1914...A ..weII-knOwn ..Negr
educator in the South, the profe