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Evening star., 1939-02-09
Norman Thomas Asks
Highest Jersey Court
For Right 10 Speak
Socialist Leader Attacks
Jersey City's Bon os
Unconstitutional
By the Associated Press.

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 9.-Norman
Thomas, three times Socialist candi-
date for President, asked the States
highest law tribunal today to force
Jersey City to grant him permission
to make an open air speech In that
city.
In brief filed with the Court of
Errors and Appeals he attacked as
unconstitutional an ordinance under
which Daniel J. Casey. Jersey City's
director of public safety, refused to
issue Mr.. Thomas a permit for q
speech last May II.
The brief asked that the higher
court reverse Supreme Court de-
cision upholding Mr. Casey's refusal.
Mr.. Casey, in refusing the permit
said he feared an address by Mr..
Thomas would lead to serious dis
turbances and disorderly assemblage,
inevitably resulting in riot"
Escorted From City.
His refusal followed by two weeks
Mr.. Thomas attempt to speak in
Journal Square without permit, at
which time he was escorted from the
city by Jersey City police. Police
officials said the action was taken
for Mr.. Thomas own protection. but
the Socialist leader contended no
disorder threatened.
The brief filed today listed four
grounds on which Mr.. Thomas
claims the Supreme Court findings
should be reversed:
/. THE rights of free speech and
peaceable assemblage under our
Federal and State Constitutions ex-
tend to public places and may not
be subjected to previous restraints
Paragraph three Of the ordinance
permits the denial of permit upon
the basis of anticipation of riot, dis
turbance or disorderly assemblage
and is therefore unconstitutional
and void.
2. "A permit to speak in a public
place may not be constitutionally
denied in order to maintain the
public tranquility.
3. Assuming that the ordinance
is constitutional, the issuance of q
permit hereunder is not discretion
ary and the respondents refusal to
issue a permit to appellant was ar
bitrary.
4. Assuming that the issuance OF
a permit under the ordinance is dis
cretionary, respondents refusal to
issue a permit constituted a clear
abuse of discretion"
Ruling on another phase of the
free-speech case, the Third United
States Circuit Court of Appeals held
the ordinance unconstitutional, and
an appeal of the decision has been
carried by Jersey City's Mayor
Frank Hague to the United States
Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
School Board Members See
Teaching of Deaf Children
Watch Youngsters Of Master Consonont
And Other Sounds Of Language

round-table discussion with DR..
Percival Hall, president of Gallau-
Diet College.
DR.. Hall expressed the opinion
that some amplifying equipment
might we'll be installed in some of
the public school classes for the
benefit of those children with hear
ing defects but not entirely deaf.
He suggested equipping six or
eight rooms in each of or 10
school buildings with microphone
and 1920 earphone attachments.
This would cost from 81 200 to 50 900
per building, he estimated. He also
advocated the sending around to
such groups teachers of lip reading
and speech.
DR.. Hall pointed out that with
such equipment there might be no
need for a special teacher versed in
instructing the hard of hearing.
The regular teacher could probably
handle them adequately. he thought.
The inspection tour was arranged
at the invitation of DR.. Hall by Miss
Betty C. Wright, chairman Of the
committees subcommittee on hard
of hearing and deaf children. Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle. president of
the Board of Education and COM
mittee chairman, was present as was
Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith another
board member who is a close friend
Of Miss Helen Keller.
The District provides for the edu-
cation of the II children there at
cost of s35 500. The colored deaf
children are taught a. District ex-
pense in the Maryland School for
the Deaf at Overlea.
Evening star., 1939-02-09

The Board of Education's Advisory
Committee on Physically Handi-
capped Children today were SPELL
bound observers of the methods of
teaching II District deaf children
at the Kendall School.
The members sat in claSSroomS
and watched youngsters of 5 years
of age and under with little or no
hearing master the breath. conso-
nant and other sounds of the Eng
lish language.
They watched these same alert
children identify objects on table
after lip reading the name of the
thing from watching the teacher
pronounce it. They saw the little
ones expertly pyramid blocks and fit
wooden figures into appropriate
slots while blindfolded-an eXer-
else to improve the sense of touch.
They watched them learn rhythm
by shaking tambourines in time with
a piano Led through the building
on Kendall Green by Principal Sam
B. Craig, the group consisting Of
representative of the Board of Ed
ucation, school officers, representa-
tives of the Health Department and
others followed the course Of in
struction of the pupil from the earl
lest grades through the high school
class Miss Helen Fay, supervising
teacher, provided explanatory COM
ment on the background of the
pupils and their teaching.
Most interesting" was the COM
ment of various members of the
committee.
Felt for Vibrations.
In the class of the youngest pupils
they saw Miss Margaret Daniels cali
the children to her individually and
point to cards with speech sounds
on them such as ''wh" or ID" The
children would articulate them, feel
ing the vibration in her forehead
or throat, then feeling their own
foreheads to see if they were dupli-
eating the sound.
Miss Daniels called a youngster
to her. Top" she said. The child
looked down to small table between
them and from an assortment of
small objects picked up the top.
Flag" she said. The child pointed
to a small flag.
In another room a group of chill
dren-older-were developing their
lip reading and voice amplifyer and
earphones to try to give them the
sound of the voice.
Pointing to group of pictures on
the wall. Mrs. BoWden Findley
asked: Show me a picture with a
boy and a girl skating" A furry
of hands followed indicating they
all thought they could. A little girl
disengaged her earphone from the
amplifier, walked to the wall and
identified the picture correctly. This
process was repeated first with pic
lures they had seen before and then
with pictures they had not.
Rhythm Class at Work.
The committee watched the
rhythm class where the children are
taught the rhythm by beating clack-
ers and tambourines in time to the
piano. They do not hear the music,
but feel the vibration. It is to help
them develop infection in their
speech. An older group sang "An-
chors Aweigh" in quite correct
rhythm.
After visiting the older groups and
going through the shops where the
boys obtain rudimentary manual
training, the committee held a
Evening star., 1939-02-09

1t is possible construction on both
these sites will get under way in the
spring.
Now Being Surveyed.
The first, a tract Of 56 acres de-
signed for the occupancy OF white
families, is being surveyed and pre-
liminary plans for 282 houses have
been made by Louis Justement, ar
chitect Half the site will be devel-
oped at the present time. Title to
it vests in the U. S. H. A.. which
will transfer 1t in time to the Alley
Dwelling Authority.
The other outlying site, a tract Of
a little more than 20 acres, is being
planned by Hilyard r. Robinson. Its
purchase price, announced today for
the first time, was s20,757. This had
been classified as unsubdivided land
until recently, and assessed accord
lngly. Now that this section of the
city is coming into the subdivision
market, Mr. Ihlder said, the A. D. A.
site has been reassessed at SIT, 800.
So the purchase price is ll9 per cent
OF assessed value.
This ll9 per cent represents a
fair value for property acquired by
the A. D. A. during its four years Of
operations in the District, although
frequently the full limit of 100 per
cent is necessary in more or less
congested areas.
AS the A. D. A. predicted in con-
nection with the housing problem.
the knowledge that the Government
was going into an area to develop it
furnished incentive for private en-
terprise. Such plans for the develop
ment Of neighboring tracts have
followed the purchase Of the Ala
bama avenue site.
Dwellings and Stores Planned.
Across the Avenue some "a dwell
ings and four stores are to be
erected because the A. D. AS own
ership of approximately 300 one
family houses will cause extension
of sewer, water and gas mains. The
population also will afford a ready
patronage for neighborhood stores.
A large delegation from the Gar
field Citizens Association conferred
last week with the A. D. AS Ad-
visory Committee on Negro housing
in an endeavor to hasten the ex-
tension of public utility services to
the community. On the Advisory
Committee are DR.. Garnet C. Will
kinson, first assistant superintendent
of schools; Miss Mae C.. Hawes Of
Friendship House, and Charles E.
Hall, former statistician with the
Census Bureau.
The area has possibilities as one
of the most attractive neighbor-
hoods for small dwellings in the
District, Mr.. Ihlder said. The A.
D. A. contribution to its develop
ment is bringing to fruition the de-
sires of nearby home dwellers who
pioneered there, he said, before any
utilities were available.
Along with the appreciation of the
Garfield Citizens Association, the
Evening star., 1939-02-09
By the Associated Press.

By the Assoclateo FIess.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Approxi-
mately 5000 women laid siege to
the oath Coast Artillery Armory
today in quest of IL civil service
Jobs paying $500 a year each.
The doors Of the armory, in West
Fourteenth street. were closed after
1883 applicants had jammed their
way inside. Deputy Police Inspector
Peter McQuirk estimated there were
more than / 500 waiting outside and
others poured out Of nearby subway
kiosks and buses.
One of the applicants, Margaret
Brown, 20, New York University
student, tainted shortly after being
admitted to the armory.
The line started forming yester-
day morning and grew to such pro-
portions that the Civil Service Com
mission arranged to shelter 239
early arrivals inside the armory
during the night.
The applicants, who hoped to OBJ
tain other civil service jobs later II
not selected for the IL Health De-
partment laboratory posts imme-
diately open, were Of all ages and
types. Their apparel ranged from
worn leather jackets to fur coats.
Some came with blankets and
other comforts. A nearby cafeteria
did a rushing business during the
night as bus boys ran food to the
waiting women. There was heat
light and chairs and. what was
more, the evening brought a contin-
uous program of entertainment.
There were players in action or
four tennis courts and in the hand
ball court. Members of the Coast
Artillery regiment went through 9
formal drill and parade, basket bal
teams took to the floor later anc
there was singing and dancing. Only
a few gave up the ordeal and went
home.
Receipts of applications began al
Evening star., 1939-02-09

agency has received support from
the Barry Farms Citizens Associa-
ton, whose territory is to the west
of the Alabama avenue tract.
81 Per Room Per Month.
While it is impossible to fix the
rentals for the new public housing
until the major factors of cost are
accurately calculated, the plan calls
for an average rent of 81 or less per
room per month, minus utilities
such as light, water and gas. Owing
to the annual subsidy payments
that will be made to keep rents as
low as possible. some of the ten
ants will be taken from families on
public relief.
In recent testimony before the
House Subcommittee on Appropria-
tions, Mr.. Ihlder said all four hous-
ing projects should be completed on
or before June 80, 1910 at the latest.
Because public housing calls for spe-
cialized planning and construction
the mill Of the functioning agency
grinds slowly by necessity. 1t is not
alone question of house construc-
ton.
For each of the new houses to be
erected on the four sites, the Dis
trict is obligated to demolish or re-
pair an existing substandard living
unit in the slums. That Is the
essence Of the Governments slum
clearance problem.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Relief 'SIeuth' Uroed

HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 9 R.-
Hiring OF man to check up on
relief chiselers" was suggested in
the pennsylvania Senate. Senator
George Woodward, a Republican,
said ne would introduce a bill to
pay an executive $4,000 to $4,000
a year TO curb-"with the help of
the State Highway Department and
tne PENNSYLVANIA motor police
those who get aid when they are not
needy. -'"'
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Housing
Continued From First Page.

thority financing 80 per cent of the
total cost.
Preliminary plans for the fourth
side, a congested slum area, are be-
ing drawn by Howard H. Mackey for
428 dwellings for low-income col.
ored families.
In the application for the U. S.
H. A. loan, the estimated cost for
developing the Navy place site was
fixed at $1,511,0O Arthur Heaton
is the architect assigned to draw the
plans
Work on the two outlying sites,
one at Ridge and Anacostia roads
NE, the other on Alabama avenue
at Twenty-first street Sc, was re-
ported as progressing satisfactorily
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Senator's Desk Burns

Senator D. Worth Clark's desk
burned up yesterday while the Idaho
; legislator was out to lunch. Some
one had dropped lighted match
in the waste basket.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
5000 Women Besiege Armory
For II Jobs at $3.50 q Year

9 am. and civil service officials said
they would be received up to 4 pm.
to give all who wished an oppor-
tunity to get on the list.
Evening star., 1939-11-10

strong force. If the Germans should
be able to compel Anglo-French re-
treat, the allies would fall back on
the section of the Maginot Line
covering the Franco-Belgian FROM
tier.
Could Claim East Indies.
Once the Germans had taken Hol-
land, they could claim the Dutch
East Indies, which Japan covets, as
their own. They would have a
great port in Belgian Antwerp. and
their aim might be not swing to-
ward Paris, but the channel ports,
which would provide submarine
bases.
But the British army, which pre-
sumably is on the western flank OF
the French army, looking toward
the channel ports, will defend them
to the death.
The Germans may find themselves
foundered In inundated land of the
Evening star., 1939-11-10

ly and skillfully under most favor
able conditions in delaying the en-
emy's progress when they have to
yield positions.
They will have to bear the first
great shock of any drive which is
directed also at Belgium; and,
should Hitler make the decision for
an offensive through Holland, it may
be that it will be the Dutch and not
the French who will have the ini-
tial heavy fighting of the VIZ
against the German Army.
Common Defense Likely.
Since the Dutch did not join
with the Belgians against the Ger
mans in 1914, but remained neutral,
there has been some Belgian senti-
ment in favor of leaving the Dutch,
in turn, to their own resources. But
the meeting of Queen Wilhelmina
and King Leopold and the prepara-
tions the Belgians are making war
Evening star., 1939-11-10

rant the inference that Belgium
will unite with Holland in common
defense.
The combined military strength Of
the two little countries Is far from
negligible even to the German army.
Belgium has a first line army of
100000 trained men. far superior to
that of 1914; she can mobilize in
eight days and has reserve man
power up to 100000. She has ex-
eellent artillery. strong fortresses,
nth modern dispositions in depth.
She has 400 planes of all classes
Engineers have provided for the
flooding of the long Albert Canal
facing the line of, German attack.
German progress must be so de-
layed, and not improbably at ter
rife price, that the Anglo French
armies, now with reserves to spare
from the West Wall front, will have
ample time to join the Belgians in
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Police Seeking Man
Believed Shot by Officer

Police Of No. II precinct early to-
day exchanged shots with colored
man whom they sought to question
in connection with the complaint Of
two men that he refused to return
SO they gave him to buy liquor In
nearby Prince Georges County.
Policeman M. M. WEIGH said the
man drew a gun and fired at him
when he accosted him at Thirty
eighth street and Alabama avenue
Sc. The policeman shot back, and
thought he saw the man double up
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Man SIoys Wife and Self
In Row Over DRINKING

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 10.-A man
whose wife found him in drinking
place killed her and himself with
a .32-caliber revolver here last night
in what officers described as post
prohibition flashback to the time Of
Ten Nights in Barroom.' .
Detective Sergt. Donald Bushong
said the dead were Clark H. Kelley,
indianapolis trucker, and Mrs. JUS
tine Kelley, both 48. Kelley's daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Mays, 81,
was wounded, Detective BuShong
reported.
He said the man followed the two
to his house from a tavern, where
they had upbraided him for drink
ing.
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Dutch and .Be|gians
Together Can Offer
Nazis Stout Defense
Attack on Low Countries
By Germany Would Be
Advantage to Allies
By COL. FREDERICK PALMER,
Noted Military Expert.

BY COL. FREDERICK PALMEk,
Noted Military Expert.
II Germany invades Holland, her
soldiers will find the water of the
canals and flooded areas cruelty
chilly. Should the Germans wait to
cross on the ice and the Dutch
dynamite it, the Germans might
wish they had taken the plunge be-
fore the surface was frozen. And
wet clothes in that moist, 2 Netrat-
Ing North Sea air, which ,zrates
dry clothes, will remain we~.
However, let us consider the
bruited invasion of Holland in its
advantages and disadvantages for
the Germans and the obstacles they
will have to face. It will bring the
German air bases little more than SO
miles nearer England. But, with the
Dutch on the allies side, the British
bombers will not have to fly around
neutral Holland, thus shortening dis
tance for them as we'll as for the
Germans.
The British will be that much
nearer the possible bombing objec-
tives of the congested German in
dustrial region around Essen and
Dusseldorf, essential to Adolf Hitler
for munitions production. Its &C
feasibility may be one reason why
Hitler has restricted his bombing to
British naval ships and bases rather
than invite reprisal.
Have About 800 Planes.
As for planes, the Dutch have
about 800. They can put an army Of
100000 in the field, with reserve
manpower to draw on. They have no
tanks, but tanks are not very prac-
ticable on their terrain. They are
fairly well equipped with field guns
and small arms.
It is obvious that, on the southern
Dutch frontier, the Germans have a
broader front for their attack than
they had against the narrow
entrance to Belgium in 1914. 1t
would seem strategically sound to
strike along the Meuse and Rhine
and favoring roads toward Antwerp,
cutting off easily inundated North
ern Holland with the main advance
through Brabant. But in Brabant
the strips of higher ground favor
the Dutch in digging in to make the
best use of the canals and to get
a sweep of fire over swamps and
flooded areas. And apparently the
Dutch depend upon a mobile de-
tense.
Unless the Dutch fail to live ur
to their traditional cool stubborn
ness, they will make the enemy pay
for every foot of ground or gallor
OF water he gains. They are ex.
cellent engineers. In any delaying
action, they will use explosives free
Evening star., 1939-11-10

and fall as he ran through the woods.
Later, Policeman c. H. Hagerty
was said to have shot twice at the
fugitive hear the Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. Bridge. No further trace Of the
man could be found. He was said
to have driven to Maryland with two
white men to obtain liquor, and re-
fused to return $40 given him.
Local police, however, said there
was no charge against the man ex-
cept for shooting at Policeman
| Welch. The man was said to have
a police record.
Evening star., 1939-11-10

same kind in Holland and Eastern
Belgium which checked them at
Dixmude in Western Belgium in the
World War.
AS winter campaign, German
invasion of a united Holland and
Belgium would seem, on form, a
very desperate stroke against des-
perate resistance which might be
readily underestimated.
(Released Py North American Newspaper
Alliance. lnc)
Evening star., 1939-11-10
J. w. Y. to Hear Col. Miles

The Washington Post of the Jew
ish War Veterans will hear Col. F.
H. Miles, commandant of the Army
Industrial College. speak on The
Outlook for Jewish Cooperation in
America Today" at special services
tonight at the B'nai Israel Congre-
CATION, Fourteenth and Emerson
streets NV.
Evening star., 1939-11-10

Pedlars are resuming business
along the boulevards of Paris.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-25
Sugar Beets Start
On Way to Plants
From Fields Here

Imperial Valleys sugar beet har-
yeSting season was in full swing
Tuesday as IL cars rolled toward
the Holly and Los Alamitos sugar
company plants and additional
shipments were scheduled to move
during the next go days.
B. A. Harrigan, agricultural COM
missioner, predicted that approx
mately 1920 cars of sugar beets
would be shipped to the Dyer re-
filming plant near Santa Ana this
season as compared to one-thirc
that many cars a year ago.
Quality OF the valley beets was
good, Harrigan said, and sugar con-
tent was reported to be slightly
higher.
Seven of the II cars were ship
ped from Brawley, three from Ell
Centro and two from Holtville, &C
cording to Joe HalvorSen, Los Ala
mitos representative.
Growers, whose beets were ship
ped were: Martin Wahl, Anderson
and Yourman Scott Farms, j. w
Bridenbaugh, E. w. Gregg, Imperial
Garden Growers ana Mt. Signal
Produce.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-25
Airline President
Favors Stopover at
Valley Airport

Prospects are bright for making
Imperial county airport scheduled
step en- the proposed San Diego
Phoenix Oklahoma City airline.
President c. r. Smith of the AM
nrican Airlines telcgraphed the FL
Centre Ch.mber of Commerce
Tuesday.
Smith telegraphed that he would
ask his company to include the
county airport as scheduled stop
and announced that the company
planned to use Douglas equipment
on the proposed line,
While I have not visited the
Imperial county airport for some
time" Smith said, Il presume 1t is
adequate for the use of the Douglas
equipment"
The aviation committee Of the
chamber OF commerce has been III
communication with federal aero
nautics authorities since it was de-
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-25
Volunteers Build
Rowing Fire Truck
For Rural Service
Fire Fighters Here Go
On Their Own To
Offer New Protection

A seven-year-old, 16-cylin-
der sedan that Ell Centro's
Volunteer Fire department
bought for $75 was destined
Tuesday to become Imperial
Valleys first rowing fire truck.
In the shop undergoing irregular
erations-irregular because they
depend upon when volunteer fire
men can donate their time and en-
ergy-the machine looks about as
much like fire truck as a family
limousine. Eventually, however, it
will perform a service of fire fight
ing long needed in rural districts.
Heretofore, Ell Centro's fire de-
partment has been restricted to
blazes within the city limits, be-
cause insurance coverage vanishes
the minute firemen or apparatus
crosses the line. Under the new
plan, however, there will be no
such deterrent Firemen will be ION
their own" in answering calls in
the country And so will the fire
truck.
1.-The machine is going to look
like red ambulance when we get
through with it," Fire Chief Corn
Reed said. Il expect we'll keep the
body, because it's liable to be cold
in the winter time and firemen get
as chilly as anyone else. The pump
will be installed on the front end,
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