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Evening star., 1939-07-08
Byrd 10 Stake Out
u. ). Claims 10 Vast
Antarctic Area
Expedition Expected
To Sturt Between
October | and IS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Rear Admiral Richard e. Byrd,
conqueror Of the two poles, was COM
missioned by President Roosevelt
yesterday to lead an expedition
which will stake out American
claims to vast area OF the Antarc-
tic continent.
The President directed Govern
ment departments to expend every
effort to equip and dispatch the ex-
pedition at the earliest possible date
Admiral Byrd said he thought it
could sail between october l and 15
The expedition will undertake to
map and clinch for the United
States Antarctic lands on which the
Byrd and Lincoln Ellsworth polar
expeditions of recent years planted
the American flag. 1t Is regarded
here as important because of the
possible value of the southernmost
continent to future air travel
$4,000 Provided.
Great Britain, Germany and Nor
way, among others, also have evinced
interest in securing claims based on
the Antarctic explorations of their
nationals.
Congress already has provided
$4,000 for the expedition and au-
thorized DR.. Ernest H. Gruening of
the Interior Department to claim
for the United States approximately
675 900 square miles.
The State, Navy, Interior, Treas
ury and Agriculture Departments
all will have a hand in equipping
the expedition. Each will supply
whatever equipment 1t has that is
needed.
Three ships will be used to trans
port the explorer to the
windswept wastes that largely COM
prise the Antarctic continent. They
will be the Northland, specially de-
signed Coast Guard vessel; the Bear
of Oakland, which Admiral Byrd is
lending the Government. and the
North Star, iceship nod used by
the Bureau Of Indian Affairs to
carry supplies to Alaskan natives.
Three Vast Areas.
Admiral Byrd told neWsmen the
purpose of the expedition would be
to claim for the United States
three vast areas discovered and
explored by himself and Mr. Ellis
worth. These areas include Marie
Byrd Land, lying just east Of the
Ross dependency, British claim;
James w. Ellsworth Land, over
which Lincoln Ellsworth flew in
November. 1885, and $4,000 square
miles south of Princess Elizabeth
Land, explored by Mr.. Ellsworth
last January.
The areas include more than 1000
miles of coastline directly south of
Cape Horn.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
BY TIE Associated Press.


CLEVELAND, July 8.-Frank DOL
ezal, a torso murder suspect. was in
custoday today because a detectives
hunch was wrong.
More than a year ago, Lawrence
Pat Lyons had an idea he could
solve the mystery of the IL headless
dead
Lyons, for many years a private
investigator, believed
That all the murders were COM
mitted in the same place by the
same man or group of men.
That place where II persons
could be killed without discovery and
the bodies hidden for days must be
a very peculiar place.
That the building must be sound
proof, must be easily cleaned. must
have storage facilities, probably re-
frigeration.
So he spent several months ex-
amining every building in the so.
called torso belt" Meanwhile, he
had interested Sheriff Martin L.
O'Donnell and was made special
deputy.
But he found nothing.
Important Discovery.
I'VE knew we had to change our
pace" Lyons recalled, 80 we decided
to begin with what was known. We
looked for friends of Mrs. Florence
Polillo CNo. victim> and Edward
w. Andrassy mo. o."
Then Lyons made an important
discovery. He found a group, vary
ing in number from 5 to 20. met in
one another's rooms to drink cheap
liquor whenever one of them had
IS or 40 cents.
He made friends with members of
this group, learned Mrs. Polillo and
Mrs. Rose Wallace (No. victim)
were close friends. He found
Andrassy had frequented the district
often.
Lyons, by this time, aided by two
Evening star., 1939-07-08
u. ). Laws Violated,
Probe Of Louisiana
W. P. A. Reveals
Caldwell and Foreman
Of Agency Arrested
After Jury Inquiry
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, July 8.-Dis-
closure that U. S. grand jury has
unearthed Federal and State law
violations in Louisiana sharply en-
phasized today the turn taken in the
Investigations set off by a university
scandal
Revelation Of the jury's findings
came from District Attorney Rene
A. Viosca after a third arrest in the
inquiries originally centering on
Louisiana State University's former
president, DR.. James Monroe Smith.
charged with embezzling school
funds.
James Marshal, 42-year -old w. p.
A. foreman, was arrested last night
in Baton Rouge at the request of the
w. P. A. several hours after George
Caldwell, former university building
superintendent, was seized.
Both Plead Innocent.
Both men, pleading innocent, were
charged with diverting w. P. A. ma
terials and labor to private use. The
warrants for the men declare Mar
shall's alleged offense occurred
about March /, 1888" and that of
Caldwell, May 20, 1899.
There were no details in the
charges against either man, but
court attaches said the one against
the 300-pound Caldwell involved
work on his recently completed
$4,000 home in the capital.
Caldwell's private activities in
cluded construction of several barns
and small buildings at the Coving-
ton estate of former Gov. Richard
w. Leche. The latter has said he
paid Caldwell by check and did not
know where he obtained his ma
terials or labor.
Caldwell Is Dismissed.
Caldwell was dismissed from the
university after Gov. Earl Long re-
vealed he had been receiving a 2 per
cent commission on all construction
at the school.
Marshall was a foreman during
the building of the schools agri-
cultural stadium and has been en-
ployed by the w. P. A. three years.
Mr.. Viosca's disclosure followed
announcement by State Attorney
General David M. Ellison, aiding a
Baton Rouge grand jury probe into
the financial affairs of DR.. Smith
and the university, that he had
wired United States Attorney Gen.
eral Frank Murphy. asking permis-
sion to see the Federal records.
Mr.. Ellison told Mr.. Murphy that
Mr.. Viosca has available consider
able information which shows vio-
lations of State statutes, but not of
Federal ~
Evening star., 1939-07-08
Wholesaler Shot
During HoIdup Attempt

Shot during an attempted holdup,
Nathan Brodie, 59-year-old dry
goods wholesaler, was recovering to-
day from bullet wound in his
abdomen.
The shooting occurred in Mr..
Brodies wholesale store, at 40
Eleventh street S.W., late yesterday
after two colored men. one bandish-
Ing a revolver, announced, This
Is stickup."
Mr.. Brodie lunged for the pair
and they fed, firing one shot. The
bullet gazed the storekeeper's alb
domen. He was treated at Casualty
Hospital and signed a release per-
mitting him to return to his home
at Ais Fourth street NV.
Two colored men attacked Samuel
E. Harris, 81, of 1887 P street NV,
as he was walking in the 1900 block
Of Church street NV. last night,
and robbed him of $9.75 and watch.
Mr.. Harris said the two men were
assisted in the attack by at least
nine others" who came on the scene
after the fight had started. The
victim did not require hospital treat
ment.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
7ould be made by a House Ways

would be made by a House Ways
and Means Tax Subcommittee
headed by Representative Cooper,
Democrat, of Tennessee, instead of by
a temporary national committee, as
suggested recently by the Treasury.
Chairman Harrison of the Senate
Finance Committee said that since
the House originates revenue legis-
lation I'VE thought it best that the
House committee work on it first"
The subcommittee will be assisted
by experts from the Treasury and
the Joint Congressional Committee
on Taxation.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
Admitted Torso Killer
GriI|ed 10 Clear Up
Discrepancies
BrickIoyer Confesses
To One of II Murders, but
Coroner Links Him to All
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. July 8.-Sheriff
Martin l.. O'Donnell renewed his
questioning of brawny bricklayer
today as he sought to clear up dis
crepancies in the mans story of
beheading and cutting to pieces the
body of Mrs. Florence Polillo. one
of the IL victims in Cleveland's BIZ
zarre torso slayings that have baf-
ned authorities four years.
Mr.. O'Donnell said Frank DoleZal,
81. the suspect, had signed con-
fession to the Polillo Staying.
There are some discrepancies be-
tween what Dolezal says he did and
what are the known facts in the Po-
lilo case" Sheriff ODonnell said
'We want to get confession that
will hold up in court before we place
any charges against him. However,
have no doubt he is the man."
Mr. ODonnell said Dolezal ad-
mitted hacking to pieces the body of
Mrs. Polillo, the No. 3 torso victim,
and tossing the head, lower legs and
left arm into Lake Erie in January,
1886.
The sheriff announced yesterday
that the bricklayer had confessed
orally. Last night he told reporters
the suspect had signed confession,
but refused to release the text until
1--WE get the kind of confession we
want"
Mr.. ODonnell indicated that he
would make no definite attempt to
link the suspect to the II other torso
slayings until he had cleared up the
Polillo case.
He said, however: "I really think
he's in on some of the other torso
murders. We think he is involved
In at least two more-Mrs. Rose
Wallace, 40, colored, and Edward W.
Andrassy. %, He knew them both"
Meanwhile, Coroner Samuel r.
Gerber planned to recheck all data
in his files concerning the dissection
Of the bodies, the presence Of knife
marks on joints and other laboratory
information.
Our records show some slight diff
ferences in the manner in which
Mrs. Polillo's body was dismembered
and the manner in which the others
were" DR.. Gerber said, but I still
feel that the murderer of Mrs. Po-
lilo is responsible for all the crimes.
Dolezal will be questioned further
about his story of the disposal of
parts of Mrs. Polillos body, Mr..
ODonneli declared He said some
parts of the body Dolezal said we're
thrown in the lake were in reality
found on rubbish heap The
Weather Bureau said the lake was
frozen over at the point where the
prisoner said he disposed of the
head.
Mr.. O'Donnell quoted Dolezal as
saying he killed Mrs. Polillo after a
butcher-knife fight over money. He
gave this version of the mans story.
She picked up a butcher knife
and swung at me. took the knife
away. I punched her with my fist
Then I cut her head off and then 1
cut her body into pieces.
Il put pieces of her body in a bas-
ket. 1t took me three or four trips
to dispose of the body = I went
down to the lake front about four
times to make sure the head was not
washed ashore"
Evening star., 1939-07-08
Mrs. RandIe Awarded
A|imony Pending
Divorce Decision
Also Receives Custody
Of Children and Right
To Occupy Estote
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, July s.-Tempo-
rary alimony Of 5000 monthly, Gust
ody of her two small children and
possession of large estate near
here has been awarded Mrs. Lillian
Dixon Randle, wife Of Ulno Shan
non Randle, New York and WASH
ington sportsman, horseman and
real estate operator.
The ruling was handed down yes
terday by Circuit Court Judge Wal
ter T. Mccarthy at an alimony
hearing and will remain in force
during the pendency of suit for
divorce brought by Mr.. Randle
against his wife.
The court allowed Mrs. Randle to
continue to occupy Bannockburn
Farm, the estate near here where
the sportsman has bred many fine
show horses and where the family
lived for 2h years until the divorce
action was instituted. The alimony
is to be paid on a semi-monthly
basis and the two children, aged 2la
and 31a years, respectively, are to
remain In Mrs. Randle's possession
on the farm until the suit is settled.
Mr.. Randle brought suit against
his wife on charges of infidelity.
The couple was married November
10, 1884, at Forestville, Md.
In bill of complaint filed yes
terday by Mr.. Randle he asked GUS
tody Of the two children and the
farm. He told the court that his
business is dealing in horses and
requires his presence on the farm
at various times.
John Barton Phillips of Alexan-
dria represents Mr.. Randle, while
Frank l.. Ball, sr, of Arlington
County represents the defendant.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
Tax Study Is Agreed On;
Bill 10 Be Ready Next Year
le AssociAfed press

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt and his fiscal
advisers agreed yesterday to have a
comprehensive study made of the
TAX structure during the congress
slonal recess, with a view to having
Congress. ~ -
1hey decided. however, the study
Evening star., 1939-07-08
Bishop Will Preach

The Right Rev. DR.. Francis M.
Taitt, Bishop of Pennsylvania, who
is visiting Washington, at II am.
tomorrow will be the guest preacher
at St. Thomas Episcopal Church,
Eighteenth and Church streets NV.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
D. A. r. Meeting Is
Held on Saturday

Members of the Daughters of the
American Revolution were guests
Of Mrs. c. E. Ellis Saturday after
noon, at the regular meeting of the
chapter.
The meeting was presided over
by Mrs w. P. Gholson, regent, and
had the regular opening, consisting
of the flag salute, and creed, D. A.
R. ritual, and Lords prayer
A report from the C. A. R. show
ed that the organization recently
entertained at a tea, and that Miss
Mary Lou Cooper represented the
chapter in Statesville at the State
conference last week.
Mrs. Gholson, retiring regent, pre-
sented the regents pin to Miss Sally
Garlick, incoming regent. Miss Gar
lick pledged her support of the chap
ter for the coming year.
Mrs. H. B. Pritchett was chosen
to present the D. A. R. medal at the
graduation exercises. to the high
school senior making the highest
mark in American history .s, -t
The president generals message
was read by Mrs. E. R. Austin, and
Mrs. Pritchett read an interesting
paper on "Colonial Homes"
Mrs. Ellis, assisted by her sister
served the seventeen members pre-
sent salad course and sweet course
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
DEEP IN THE MIND.

1t is night now. We can leave the
house,
The door unlocked, a light beneath
one blind
To walk again in sweet perpetual
summer
Along the dusty back roads of the
mind.
There may be one wall less in some
loved pasture;
We'll lean along the gate while
memory hears
Singing alone in the mist, on the
wooded hill,
An unidentified bird of other years.
The lights afar in the valley one by
one
VIII dot the dark and fade to the
light of stars.
Well count the COW bells when the
last is done.
The dew will gather on the pine
board bars.
And turning, We'll come back again
to light
Deep in the mind, deep in the peace
of night.
Charles Malam.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13

Smart young things will love this
new bolero frock-and literally live
in it all spring! They'll adore max
ing it too for the Sew Chart of
Pattern 9OO3 shows how very sim
pie the style is to ''do up" Six
cores give the skirt that newly i'm
portant flare. Tucks and gathers
control the softness Of the bodice in
the daintiest manner. And what
could be more becoming than the
little collar or the heart-shaped
neck? If you edge the collarless
neckline and sleeves with braid or
ruffling, you'll want the same trim
ming on the turn-back revers of
the snappily-designed bolero! In
stead of the sash, you might use a
novelty belt from your favorite belt
counter. 49,
Pattern 9OO3 may be ordered only
in Junior and misses sizes 10, IL, IA,
16 and Is. Size IA, dress requires
3 IA yards 80 inch fabric
Send Fifteen Cents in coins for
this Marian Martin pattern. Be
sure to write plainly your size, name,
address, and style number
Send your order to Henderson
Daily Dispatch, Pattern Department,
232 w. 18th ST., New York, N. Y.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
St. Andrews
Crossroads News
BY MRS. CLIFTON STOKES

BY MRS. CL1FION SIOhES
j. r. Owen is much better after
being treated at Watts hospital in
Durham.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Harris were
Monday night guests of Mrs. Sallie
Brame and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Owen announc-
ed the birth of son at their home
Tuesday, March 7. The mother and
son are getting along nicely.
Mrs. C. w. Harris and daughter,
Imogene, were all day, guests of her
sister, Mrs. Robert Ivey Friday.
H. S. Owen is able to be up again
after a few days illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Stokes, Mrs
Mont Wade and Mrs. w. ]. Ivey
visited Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Owen
Tuesday night.
Mrs. c.. J. Owen and little daugh-
ter reported getting along very nicely
in Maria Parham hospital in Hender-
son.,
Henry Lee and Joyce Owen went
to their aunt, Mrs Mont Wade Wed
/, nesday to spend few days.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
Women's Query Begun
In Carolina Goes On!

While Carolina women are talking
about results of the ARDUI
query here, the Reporters visit
women in more states. Of the 100
CARDUI users interviewed, in
eleven Southern cities, SO per cent
declared they were benefited by
CARDUI! Charlotte's record of
81 per cent helped was higher.
CARDUI is a good stimulator of
tagging appetites, potent aid
for digestion and assimilation. That's
the reason its regular use enables
so many women and girls to build
up physical resistance, and help
avoid the periodic pain of functional
dysmenorrhea due to malnutrition.
Try CARDUI!-(Adv).
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
PUBLIC. HEARING ON
ESTATES BILL SET
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, March 13.-The fact that
Senate committee declined to APP
prove or. disapprove the new civil
code on estates doesn't mean that
the committee was either too lazy to
read its 200 pages or that they could
not understand or explain it after
reading, according to Senator Tom
Gold. 1t did mean that the commit
tee deemed the matter of so much
Importance that it wanted full dis
cussion of it by all the lawyers in
the Senate. Therefore public
hearing, or rather a committee of
the whole session, has been set for
Thursday night at eight o'clock at
which time members of the COVER
nor's commission which wrote the
new law will be heard in explana-
ton of it.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
Auxiliary to Honor
American Legion
At Birthday Party

The American Legion will be en-
tertained on its twentieth birthday
by the American Legion Auxiliary.
The party will be held at the Legion
hut Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Those in charge are confident that
the program planned will be enter
tanning.
All Vance county Legionnaires and
their wives, whether they be Auxi-
liary members or not, are invited to
attend. The Auxiliary will be glad
at that time to receive application
for membership of any wives who
Wish to join. Members of the Jr.
Auxiliary are also invited to the
birthday party.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
WILLIAMSBURG News
By MRS. EBERT WILSON


Friends will be glad to learn that
J. L. Wilson shows some slight i'm
provement after being quite i'll all
the past week.
Visitors of J. L. Wilson Sunday
were Mr.. and Mrs. Buck Wilson
and Mrs Malvin Wilson, of Manson;
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom LeMay, of Dab
ney; Miss Annie LeMay, of Hender-
son; Stephen and Clarence Green,
of Dexter.
We are very glad to report that
Mrs. Charles Sneed continues to i'm
prove slowly, after being i'll such a
long time.
Taylor Shotwell, of State College,
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. B. Shotwell last week.
Misses Margaret and Frances Will
son, of East Carolina Teachers Col
lege, are expected home Thursday
to spend the spring holidays with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. E.
Wilson.
Rev. C. Van Stephens, of Oxford,
also visited both of them Tuesday
afternoon.
Other visitors of J. L. Wilson dur
ing the week were: Mrs. Hampton
Rice, Mrs Norman Greenway, Mrs.
A. p Hicks, Bud Stainback, Pegram
Hicks, Elmo Norwood, Robert Ivey
E. R. Harris, and L. L. Wilson, Miss
Florence Woody, Mrs. Willy Woody
and Thurston Hicks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Howell and
little daughter, of Townsville, visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas William
son Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. B. Shotwell, and
Misses Mary and Pegg Shotwell
were visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence O'Brien Sunday afternoon.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
Kelly's Crossing
News
By ROBERT HICKS.

We are glad to announce that Jim
mie Burroughs is improving after
being confined to his bed for some
time.
Friends are glad to know that
Henry Longmire is improving after
a treatment at Maria Parham hos
pital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Reavis were
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Nor
wood Friday night.
Taylor Norwood was the weekend
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George Hicks.
Mrs. Nonnie Norwood spent the
week with her son, Boyd Norwood
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Gordon
visited Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Norwood
Friday night.
We are sorry to know that John
ME Faulkner was badly burned after
the explosion of his automobile
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Sally Tillotson was the week
end guest of Mr.. and Mrs. B. W.
Norwood.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
Study Group Meets
In Second Session

The study group, being sponsor
ed by the Junior high and high
school PIT. AS, will have its second
meeting tonight in the high school
library with Rev. James A. Jones
continuing his study of 'Problems of
the Family in this Changing Society,"
Last weeks discussion was on Mar
riage, and the Home will be dealt
with tonight.
Starting promptly at 8 o'clock, the
class will last only one hour.
Members of the two PIT. organi-
cations, and the general public are
cordially invited to attend Fathers
are especially urged to be present.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
Paul Patterson In
Recital Tuesday

Paul Patterson will appear in a re-
citay tomorrow afternoon at 4
o'clock at Peabody Conservatory of
Music, in Baltimore, Md. He will
play first violin with the Peabody
String Ensemble, Of which Paul is
conductor.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
Return from New York.

Mrs. NJ. F. Legg, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
H. Watkins, Mrs. William H. Mann
and S. S. Parham returned yesterday
from New York City, where they
spent several days. While there, by
special permit, they were allowed to
go through the Worlds Fair.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
Here from Penn Hall

Miss Lois Butcher, with her guest
Miss Dorothy Bidelspach, of Waco,
Texas, have arrived from Penn Hall,
in Chambersburg, Pa, to visit Mr..
and Mrs. H. P. Butcher for the spring
vacation.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
High School PIT. A.

The annual business meeting of the
high school PIT A., will be held
Wednesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
in the school library. At that time
the annual reports will be given, and
the election of officers will take
place
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
Arrives SATURDAY.

Bobby Davis arrived Saturday
from Chapel Hill, where he is a
member of the Senior class at the
University Of North Carolina. He
will visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. G. S. Davis, for the holidays.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
Goes to New York

Miss Charlotte Wester, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Al. B. Wester, left
this morning with the Library
School at Chapel Hill for a trip of
a week or ten days. While gone
they will visit libraries in Wash
ington, Baltimore, and New York.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
Goes to Aiken

Mrs. R. B: Powell with her sist-
7rs, Misses Edith and Lucy Burwell,
and Mrs. w. R. Baskerville, of War
renton, has gone to Aiken, S. c., to
visit Mrs. George Allen, of New
York City, for about week.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
PRAYER Meeting Band.

Prayer meeting band will meet
Tuesday evening at 1880 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. Sam Watkins on
Lehman street, with Mrs. Fannie
Gupton as leader.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
Weekend Here.

Miss Elizabeth Jenkins, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Jenkins, came
from Peace college, in Raleigh, for
the weekend, and had as her guests
Miss Helen Clark, of Fayetteville,
Miss Annabelle Boyd, of Greenville,
and Miss Dorothy HUE, of Atlanta,
Ca
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
Weekend Visitors

Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Implicit and
R. c. Little, of Greenville, spent the
past weekend in the city as the
guests of Mrs. Umphlett's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Newman, on
Rowland street.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
Weekend Here

Mrs. Hanie Edmundson, of Bask-
ervill, Virginia, was the weekend
guest of her brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Ellis, at their
home on the Oxford road.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-13
washington Guests.

Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Sharp, of
Washington, D. c., have been the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh L. AL
len for the past several days. They
returned to their home today.