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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Mrs.MaIinda Crockett,
Once Virginia Slave,
Dies al Age Of 80
Was Milking Cow When
News of Freedom
Come After War
BY HENRY A. Muslin,

Mrs. Malinda Crockett, who as q
slave girl of II sat milking a COW on
Virginia farm that New Year Day
of 1863 when news of freedom
reached her, died this morning at
the home of her son, Edward
Crockett, AIS @ street NV.
Aunt Milandy," as she was called
by her many friends, remembered
hearing of the emancipation procla-
nation. She used to tell of having
dropped her work, as did all the
slaves, and dancing and singing.
She would tell, too, of the hard
lives of some of the slaves. She was
born into slavery on the Belfield es-
tate In Westmoreland County, Va,
and was we'll treated. Some Of her
race on adjoining farms were not SO
fortunate.
Stayed With Belfields.
Aunt Melindy would tell of the
mistreated slaves running away with
the yankees" when told they were
free. She, however, stayed with the
Belfields until her marriage three
years later.
Her husband, David Crockett, also
was born to slavery in Westmore-
land County and was named for the
American guide and pioneer. After
their marriage he became farmer
and butcher, settling at Montross,
Va. She bore him IL children before
he died in 1904.
She came to Washington shortly
afterWard and had since made her
home here. Active until the hour Of
her death, she liked to sit in the
front yard and knit. And, expert,
she taught scores of young girls in
the neighborhood who came to ask
her advice.
She was friendly person, who
liked to talk with any and every one
and usually put in a word of adj
vice:
Work hard, be humble and above
all, tell the truth"
Son in Wallace's Office.
Her son Edward, with whom she
lived, is clerk in the Office of Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wallace. He
has worked in the department since
1914 and gets along with everybody.
That he does, he said today. is be-
cause he has remembered her ad.
vice.
Also surviving are five daughters.
One of them. Mrs. Fenton Payne,
taught Mrs. Crockett to read and
write. Mrs. Payne said it amused
her mother to be taught by her
daughter.
But she was good student" Mrs.
Payne said. "She would sit by the
window and spell out the names on
trucks and wagons that passed. II
she didn't recognize word she went
for the dictionary"
The other surviving daughters are
Mrs. Fannie johnson of Baltimore,
Md: Kate Tate of Westmoreland
County, Mrs. Elizabeth Payne and
Mrs. Rose Payne, both of Washing
ton.
Mrs. Crockett will be buried Thurs
day in WoodlaWn Cemetery. The
Rev. w. H. Jernagin, pastor of Mount
Carmel Baptist Church, of which
Mrs. Crockett was the oldest men,
Der, will conduct the services at
the church at l pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Motorcycle Runs Wild;
Man Hurt in Store

John De Patsi, shoemaker in
store in the 600 block of E street
NV, was treated today at Casualty
Hospital for cuts on his leg received
when an unattended motorcycle ap-
parently kicked itself into gear and
crashed into the store window, in
which he was working.
Two other men were in the win
dow with Mr.. De Patsi when the
accident occurred, but were unin-
jured, store employees said.
Ira Clayton Starnes, %, of 1901
Orren street NE. was charged at
No. police precinct with leaving
a motorcycle unattended, police
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07

"ahed" and the photographers took
pictures.
1t was the pictures. rather than
the nature class, which revealed the
birds identity.
Instead of -throated hum
ming bird, being waited to the tropi-
cal gardens of its Winter habitat, a
scientist who saw the pictures iden-
titled it as brown creeper, q ma
tive of the North.
The brown creeper has a bill like
an awl or an ice pick, just as the
humming bird, but he never goes
South in the winter, preferring to
creep up tree trunks supported by
its claws and stiff tail feathers in
search of insects.
Word of the birds true identity
reached the airline here, and it was
being sent back to Detroit today.
The scientist said a brown creeper
would probably die of sunstroke in
Brazil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Assistant Traffic
Director Cleared
In 3-Car Crash
Judge Dismisses
EIdridge Cose After
Hearing 5 Witnesses

Maurice o. Eldridge, assistant
traffic director, today was cleared
of charge of driving at an I'M
reasonable speed Immediately prior
to a three-car crash that injured
two people at Forty-fourth street
and Cathedral avenue NV. on Au-
gust s.
Traffic Court Judge John P. Nc
Mahon, after hearing five witnesses.
held that the Government had not
proved the unreasonable speed
charge, and dismissed the case. Mr..
Eldridge waited 70 minutes before
his case was called, and Judge Nc
Mahon prefaced the hearing by de-
claring that he was reluctant to hear
the case because I've known him
for long time, and don't suppose
any other judge would like to
hear it,"
Miss Kathleen Duncan, 10, of 68O5
Forty-fifth street, Chevy Chase. Md,
told the court she was driving to-
ward the intersection when Mr..
Eldridge's car struck another auto
driven by Allan Whitlock of Chevy
Chase and threw the Whitlock car
against hers. Miss Duncan declared
she did not see the Eldridge car UNI
til after the accident and therefore
did not give any estimate of the
rate of speed at which it was trav-
cling.
Mary H. Dawson, II, of 68O6
Forty-ffth street, Chevy Chase, Md,
a passenger in Miss Duncan's car,
testified she could not estimate the
speed of either the Eldridge car nor
the Whitlock car. She suffered a
broken right foot.
Other witnesses included Police
man NJ. S. Mccarthy of the Traffic
Division, who took measurements at
the scene of the accident; Police
man j. w. Baxter, who investigated
the mishap, and Donald Matthias
of 37l8 Manor place NV, passen-
ger in the Whitlock car. None of
the Witnesses were able to give any
estimate of the rate of speeds at
which the two cars were travelling.
Pictures introduced at the trial,
made by Officer Mccarthy at the
accident scene, were supplemented
by three tiny toy cars placed in
their respective positions on a piece
of cardboard representing the inter-
section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
A. A. A. Will Discuss
Auto Financing

Finance practices in the sale Of
automobiles and automobile Access
series will be among the topics Of
discussion at the 37th annual con-
vention of the American Automobile
Association opening here November
l6. it was announced yesterday.
President Thomas P. Henry Of
Detroit. Mich, listed as other sub
jects to be acted on: Fees imposed
by the Department of Interior at
about so national parks and shrines.
practices of roadside" justices of
the peace and road tolls.
Secretary of the Interior Ickes
will be the principal speaker at a
luncheon at 1870 am. on November
l6. Committee meetings will be held
on the two days prior to opening
of the two-day convention proper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
CopitaIizes on Robbery

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. tF.-The
man who tipped brick through a
Philadelphia clothing store window
and fled with a suit and topcoat
didn't feaze the merchant a bit.
He just painted q big sign to hang
in the broken window:
"Our clothes must be cookbook
how they come to get them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Faint Worth $1,000

CHICAGO, Nov. Z lP.-Miss Har-
riet Pokorney, 26, was doing all right
yesterday as two gunner chased
her up stairway to a mirror COM
pany's Office, where she is cashier.
She kept we'll out in front until
she had almost reached the door.
Then she tainted. The robbers took a
$4,000 pay roll from her purse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Train Wreck Attempt
Charged to 5 Youths
By the Associated Press.

by tNe hSSOCIHleO Press.
LOS ANGELES. Nov. Five
youths, the oldest 10, were arrested
yesterday on charges of attempting
to wreck a crack Southern Pacific
train as Halloween prank.
Officers said they placed a house
trailer on the tracks near the
Pacoima crossing Friday night. The
train carried the trailer nearly three
miles before stopping.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Announces Settlement

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 7 R).-An
attorney for Chester Morris said
yesterday the film actor and his
estranged wife had agreed upon
establishment of a 100000 trust
fund for their two children.
Mrs. Suzanne Morris will retain
custody of their 9-year-old daugh-
ter. Cynthia, and Morris will have
custody OF the son, John Brooks, II.
Mrs. Morris will receive $500 a
month as joint support.
Mrs. Morris has sued for divorce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
R. {. A. AIIots $3,325,000

The Rural Identification Admin
istration reported yesterday it had
allotted s, 1926 900 for projects In 20
States.
Among them were the Shenan-
doah Valley Electric Cooperative,
Harrisonburg, Va, $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Retired Executive Dies

CLEVELAND, Nov. 7 R.-James
P. Walsh, 80, for 80 years vice presi-
dent of the Pittsburgh Coal Co., and
later secretary treasurer of the Car
negie Metals Co. of Pittsburgh, died
yesterday. He retired Is years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Arguments Closed
Before High Court
In Railway Case
Economic Protection for
Workers Involved in
Merqer Plan Is Issue

The question of whether the In
terstate Commerce Commission has
authority to impose conditions for
the economic protection of employees
as prerequisite for approval of
railroad consultations was before
the Supreme Court for decision to-
day, following completion of argu-
ments yesterday.
The case arose out Of the plan
Of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railroad, and an affiliate, the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Gulf, to merge
accounting Offices as an economy
move. The commission made ap-
proval conditional on certain fnan-
cial guarantees for employees who
would be displaced. The railroads
both in receivership. went to court
| on the issue. contending it would
cost about 100000 to meet the re-
quirements laid down. A three
judge Federal Court in the north
ern district of Illinois ruled for the
carriers, and the Government ap-
pealed.
Wilson Argues for q. S.
James c. Wilson. special assistant
to the Attorney General who argued
the case for the Government, said
the conditions imposed were Gin the
public interest" and the I. C, C.
had a right to lay them down.
Speaking for the railroads, w. s
Peter told the court "the public is
composed of the travelling and ship
ping public and excludes the interest
of employees"
The court listened to the argu-
ments after a session in which the
first decisions of the new term were
handed down. Two of the cases
decided arose in Maryland.
In one, the court held that Home
Owners Loan Corp. mortgages are
not subject to stamp and recorda-
ton tax. This tax is applied in
Maryland to raise relief funds.
Security Tax Ruling.
In the other, it was decided that
government contractors cannot get
refunds for Federal Social Security
and State unemployment compensa-
ton taxes under the clause, custom
arily inserted in Government con-
tracts, requiring the Government to
refund any tax it imposes on ma
terials after a contract is signed.
The ruling ended an effort by the
Glenn L. Martin Co. of Baltimore
to obtain refund of $794 Federal and
s7,737 State taxes paid under Social
Security laws passed subsequent to
contract it made with the War De-
partment for aircraft and material.
The court said these taxes were "a
tax on pay rolls and not on the
company's products.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Navy Medical Center
Steel Bids Asked

The Navy Department asked bids
yesterday on structural steel frames
for the 20-story tower on the s4,-
100000 Navy Medical Center at
Bethesda, Md.
Bids on the project will be opened
on November %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Weather Report

by the lei Bureau
District of CobiaLght rain tonight probably
slightly colder colder tomorrow night suhery
winds shifting northwest
Mayand-Lght
warmer tonight colder
Vrgna-Ligh tonight probably
in
morning in southeast portion;
West Viginia-Lght tonight; generally
fair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Weather Conditions Last "a Hours.

Weather Conditions Last "a Hours.
The tropical disturbance that was south
west of Bermuda Monday morning has
moved very rapidly north -northeastward.
apparently more than 90 miles per hour
during the last "a hours. The lowest
pressure reported this morning was 1892
mlllibars 1891 inches. This disturbance
was attended by shifting gales along and
near its path. A disturbance that extends
from Lake Superior to Missouri is moving
rapidly eastward. Houghton. Mich. 10O5.1
mllilbars .6S inches. and pressure is
low also over the Gulf of Alaska, Kodiak,
Alaska 1001.5. millibars t29.75 inches).
An area of high pressure is moving east
ward over the Southeastern States and
another is moving slowly eastward over
the Plateau region. Winnemucca. New,
1924 millibars 1901 inches. and Will
mington. N. c.. 1O26.1 millibars 5000
inches; Light rain has fallen in the Mis-
sissippi and lower Mississippi Valleys and
the upper Lake region and from the north
Pacific coast eastward to Western Mon
tana. -, The weather has become warmer
from the upper Mississippi Valley and the
upper Lake region southwark to the Gulf
coast while the temperature has fallen
70 Western North Dakota and the southern
ROCKY Mountain and southern Plateau
River Report.
Potomac River cloudy, Shenandoah clear
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac muddy at Great
Falls today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Racing Results
PimIico

FIRST RACE-Purse. $1,000: claiming:
2-year -old maidens; furlongs
Gladeye Robertson) $40 40 $50
Knitetta kelly 6.1O 40
Sir Foot (Fay) $50
Time 1:143s.
Also ran-Tiny Trick, Sir sard. shesinit
StormineSs. Rexair. Lively Lady, Questre
Sizzling Zero, Governor o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Hiccouqh Victim Dies

BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 7 R.-Ed-
ward j. O'Connor, 29-year-old po-
nceman whose six months of suffer-
ing with the hiccoughs brought sug-
gestions for treatment from many
parts of the country, died yesterday
Physicians attributed death to
meningitis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Legion Sponsors Dance

Sponsored by Cissel-Saxon Post,
American Legion, a cabaret dance
will be held Friday night at the
State armory in Silver Spring, Md.
Marcel Zimmerman is chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
By the Associated Press.

3-year-olds and No: 8 furlongs (chute).
Mattapony (Wells) $50 500 300
Cue Ball (Morris) 40 $50
Viatero Harreu) $50
Time, 1:14b.
Also ran-Joaney B.. Nine o'Two, Cor
date, Star F1oWer, Westys Hero, Irish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07

The young ostrich is active almost
Immediately after Matching.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07

"A Reprint Of this section on heavy-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today
Highest. 81, noon today. Year ago, IT,
Lowest. 27, am today. Year ago, So.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 100, on September 8.
Lowest II. on February %.
Humidity fer Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, 81 per cent, at 80 Am today
Lowest. SO Der cent, at 3:15 pm. yes
terday.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today. Tomorrow
High ---------- 400 am. Sol am.
Low ----------- 1854 am. 1850 am.
High ---------- 4:37 pm. 5:35 pm.
Low 11.27 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets
Sun. today - e:4l 500
sun tomorrow 6:42 Sol
Moon. today 2:24am 2:45pm.
Automobile lights must be turned on one.
half hour after sunset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07

FOREIGN STATIONS.
Noon. Greenwich time, today
Temperature Westhsa
Horta rayaD. Azores SO Rain
(Current observations.)
SanJuan. Puerto Rico 70 Rain
havana. Cubs -------- u Cloudy
Colon. Canal zone----- 7B Rain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Report for Last "A Hours.

Potomac River cloudy. Shenandoah clea,
ct Harpers Ferry: Potomac muddy at Grea'
Falls today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07

FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1939-01-15

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Evening star., 1939-09-14
The Whining SchooIboy

These are the days when Shake
speare's whining schoolboy, with his
satchel and shining morning face"
begins to creep like snail unwill-
ingly to school" During the past
week vacation came to an end for
the more than 10000 children at
tending the Catholic schools of the
District Monday the public school
bells will begin ringing.
A lot of water has run under the
bridge since the Bard of Avon penned
his famous lines in "As You Like It."
In the Capital today there is no par
ticular necessity to go whining" and
"unwillingly" to school. The modern
curriculum is constantly being re-
vised to make it applicable to the
times and more palatable to the stu
dent. A highly integrated program
of extracurricular activities after
school hours provides an outlet for
extra energy. Far from staying away,
already one can find some youngsters
sitting on the steps of the schools
which are open, perhaps discussing
the coming year in this or that
activity. School now is not just
education; it is living.
Education, indeed, has come a long
way but it still has long way to go.
Despite the sunny picture of smooth
educational machinery beginning to
function once more, there are shady
spots. The local system still does not
provide adequately for shut-ins al
though it has constantly asked for
funds to undertake this work. There
are still overcrowded classrooms re-
quiring more construction, still old
buildings needing replacement. Cor
rection of many of these needs is
being again sought in the budget for
the next fiscal year. 1t is to be hoped
the most urgent items will receive
approval
Evening star., 1939-09-14
Bear Justice

Let no one claim that in America
the accused criminal does not get a
fair deal, whether he be a citizen or
otherwise. In some places he does
not even have to be human. In the
Yellowstone National Park there are
courts to try bears. The personnel
made up of rangers, includes Judge,
attorneys for both prosecution and
defense, and jury. Ursine inhabi-
tants of the park are allowed to be
mischievous, to disturb the peace
and commit petty larceny, and are
not brought to trial for anything less
serious than biting tourist.
1t is not clear just how technical
the trial is. Perhaps only the bear
facts are presented. On the other
hand, perhaps the prosecutor goes
through an elaborate rigmarole to
the effect that on September seventh,
Ammo Domini 1889, in the aforemen-
toned State of Wyoming the de-
fendant bruin did maliciously, fe-
loniously and successfully put the
bite on the said person of the said
complainant lawfully and legally en-
gagged in the pursuit Of health, hap
piness and a collection of reminis-
cences with which to bore his neigh
bors on returning from his vacation
in the said State of Wyoming. In
any event, some verdict Is rendered
In some cases, the prisoner is put on
probation under a suspended SEN
tence, especially for a first offense.
The park authorities, who have them
selves often been puzzled by certain
specimens of the genus tourist, gen.
erously allow each bear one free un-
penalized bite, hoping that after that
his curiosity will be permanently
satisfied.
Evening star., 1939-09-14
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles Z. TrdceueH.

front yard, we saw three young cardinals
and two catbirds eating In the grass.
The only fighting among the birds was
in the early summer, after the first
Matching, when one very brilliant male
repeatedly drove away from a paper Of
cantaloupe seed the young Of another
pair.
Even this act was not done meanly-
he simply drove the others away, then
settled down to eating.
Il 4
The two catbirds with the cardinals
were exceptionally handsome.
Truly the catbird is one of our finest
feathered folk. He is a marvel Of beauty,
quite as handsome as the cardinal, with
flecks of slate gray, almost blue, near the
rump.
This was an entirely peaceful scene.
None of the birds flew away when we
descended the steps.
+ 4 4
We sincerely believe that these are
the usual experiences with cardinals,
experiences which are proved by the
practically universal admiration Of bird
lovers for the redbird.
If they were not SO, people would not
be so fond of the famous Kentucky car
dinal, we believe.
But this does not preclude an opposite
sort of action, from time to time.
All that one can do, in talking or
writing about birds, Is to tell what one
sees.
This is good talking or writing if the
speaker or writer tells exactly what is
seen, although he may realize that he
is going counter to generally accepted
opinion.
Often enough generally accepted ideas
are wrong, as any one knows who has
investigated them in any line.
Not only is the world full of supersti-
ton, but it is filled with observations
which are not observations at all, just
prejudices.
If our correspondent will try feeding
sunfower seed daily summer and win
ter, we believe he will have more cardi-
nails.
Perhaps few hundred yards from him
is garden where cardinals abound.
There is never any telling except by
personal investigation.
No doubt there is, here and there, a
mean cardinal one with an unusually
Stern sense of duty.
But most of them are not that way
1t is easy enough, then, to credit bird
stories which run counter to our own
personal observations, if we remember
the good maxim. that birds are not
only where you find them, but how you
find them
Evening star., 1939-09-14
Sound Policy

Decision of the major American
radio broadcasting organizations to
apply strict rule of moderation and
responsibility to their dissemination
of war news reflects great credit on
young and important industry. The
listening public should receive the
announcement with qualification.
The press, an "old hand" at publiciz-
ing great events, should welcome the
application of the highest standards
by colleague and competitor, at the
same time protecting its own repu-
tation.
For it's part, as President Roosevelt
already has suggested, the public
should apply the most careful dis
elimination in it's acceptance of in
formation pertaining to the catas-
trophe that is now engulfing Europe.
Certainly no other event in the his
tory of the world was ever so publi-
cized as will be this one, no machin-
cry for the distributing of news ever
so taxed as will be that existing to-
day, and no citizenry ever confronted
with such mass of detailed, and
often conflicting, information as will
be presented to our contemporaries.
Literally millions of words already
have been poured into microphones
and onto the printed page as radio
and newspaper facilities OF this Ma