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Evening star., 1942-01-28
Brother Is Indicted
In Kansas City Girls
MutiIation Staying
Action by Grand Jury
CIimuxes Long Inquiry
Into BoffIine Murder
Picture on Page z-XJ
By the Associated Press.

By the Assoclateo fIees
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 28.-
George w. Welsh II, %, was in
dicted by a county grand jury
today on a charge of Staying and
mutilating his pretty 24-year-
old sister, Leila Adele Welsh, in
her bedroom last March.
The indictment-climaxing weeks
Of investigation-was drawn by the
attorney generals Office at Jeffer-
son City and returned to Circuit
Judge Marion D. Waltner.
Her brother was summoned be-
fore the jury for questioning when
he returned here from California for
the Christmas holidays.
Slept Near Murder Scene.
Soon after the Staying he had told
officers that he slept on a divan in
the living room near his sisters bed
room the night of the murder.
The Welsh Staying has been one
of Kansas Citys most battling mys-
teries. An abundance of clues led
investigators through maze of con-
flicting channels.
1t was shortly after 9 o'clock the
morning of last March 9 that Mrs.
Marie F. Welsh ran screaming from
her home in a quiet Southside resi-
dental district to the home of a
neighbor. There she told of finding
her daughter slain in her bed.
Police found that the girls throat
had been slashed from ear to eac
Her skull had been smashed by
three terrific blows Her pajamas
were cut and torn. From her right
hip a piece of flesh had been cut.
Chisel Found Near Bed.
On the floor near the bed was
track chisel, kind of hammer used
by railroad men. From the throat
wound police took a mans white
shirt, later identified as one a neigh
Dor had discarded near his garage
In an open window of the girls
bedroom, half a pair of draperies
lay on the sill, hanging partly out
side. L. B. Reed, then chief OF
police. said the curtain had been
deliberately placed there as sort
of flag of victory" by the slayer.
The mother told police that when
she went to awaken her daughter
for Sunday school she found a chair
tilted against the inside of the bed
room door.
Many clues-cigarette butts, q
butcher knife stuck nearly to the
hilt in the earth outside of the bed
room window. footprints of what
police believed to be q small man,
bits of paper and string-were
found. They were checked and re-
checked.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Dies Warns House
Action Needed 10 Halt
West Coast TRAGEDY
Texon Soys Fifth Column
Peril Great; to Disclose
Doto on Jap Espionage
By the Associated Press.

Representative Dies, Democrat,
Of Texas told the House today
that unless the Government
adopts an alert attitude there
will occur on the West Coast
tragedy that will make Pearl
Harbor sink in significance"
The Pearl Harbor disaster. Mr..
Dies said. was largely due to "a fear
of displeasing foreign powers and
a maudlin attitude toward fifth
columnists.'
He said the attack might never
have occurred had the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities,
which he heads. been permitted" to
disclose last September its findings
on japanese espionage
Mr.. Dies said he would make
public within a week or two "a full
and complete report" on japanese
espionage and sabotage in this
country, including official letters
disclosing "the true attitude of Of
fetal Washington toward the whole
llllIl COiullili QucSIiOIl
Dies Amendments Rejected.
Mr.. Dies was arguing-unsuccess-
fully-in favor of his amendments
to specify Communists and Bund-
lists as foreign agents in a pending
alien propaganda registration bill
and force them to file lists of their
members and records of their
finances.
The House. by a standing vote of
228 to 40. rejected Mr.. Dies motion
to recommit the bill to committee,
then passed it as it stood.
A House and Senate conference
committee recommended elimina-
ton of the Dies amendments. con-
tending that every one engaging in
activities for foreign power was
blanketed by the measure, and that
the specifications were not neces-
Sary.
But Mr.. Dies protested that the
Communists in particular would
never be reached if his amend
ments were eliminated, and shouted:
Policy Called Suicidal
There must be an end to this
suicidal policy of coddling the tools
and dupes of foreign powers"
Have we come to the time when
we dare not legislate on matters
concerning a domestic organization
because of the fear of displeasing
some foreign DICTATOR" he asked.
Intended to put teeth in the 1888
Alien Registration Act. the pending
legislation would require foreign
agents to label all political propa-
ganda they disseminate in this
country and extend application of
the law to include foreign agents
using this country as a base for
propaganda activities in Central and
South America.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Virqinio Youth Pleads Guilty
To Murder of Three, Gets Life
Boy Shot Couple
And Daughter
In Robbery
Earlier Story on Page BID
BY w. H. SHIPPEN, Jr.,
qtay staff Corresnondent

star Staff Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Va, Jan. 28.-
Sixteen-year-old Thomas Dewey
Buck Cameron was sentenced
to life Imprisonment here this
afternoon when he pleaded gull
ty to three murder indictments
at conclusion of brief trial be-
fore Judge ]. R. H. Alexander.
Ordered to stand, the boy an
swered guilty" in a loud, clear voice
to the charges of shooting to death
Edward johnson, AZ; his wife, Sadie,
40, and their l5-year- -old daughter,
Ethel, in the robbery of the john
sons general store at Huntley and
the post Office in it last May 20.
Despite expert testimony that the
boy had epileptic tendencies, and
was retarded mentally and phys
ically Judge Alexander held he was
legally responsible for his. acts"
The diminutive defendant, whose
development was compared to that
of a boy 10 years old, was sentenced
to serve in the penitentiary for life
on each of the three indictments.
He will be taken to the State
penitentiary at Richmond to start
his term in a few days.
Defense Attorney William c. Arm
strong of Front Royal, who was ap-
pointed by the court. said he did
not plan an appeal from the sen
tence.
The boys father, Thomas Dewey
Cameron, ST., an orchard worker,
testified at the trial that his son
was subject to fits, convulSions and
Evening star., 1942-01-28
7 D. {. Housing Bills
Involving $50 10000
Outlay Introduced
Lonhum Submits Own Plan
And Measure Proposed
Previously by Palmer

A bill designed not only to pro-
vide housing for Washington
war workers but for erection of
new schools, hospitals and for
expansion of street, water and
sewage facilities, was introduced
in the House this afternoon by
Representative Lanham, Demo-
crat, of Texas, chairman of the
Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds.
The bill, drafted by Mr.. Lanham
and members of his committee. calls
for authorization of $50 900 900 for
housing and necessary public works
to take care of some of the thou
sands of new Government employees
arriving in the Capital. Mr.. Lam
ham also introduced a measure call
ing for appropriation of similar
amount which was submitted to the
committee yesterday by Defense
Housing Co-ordinator Charles F.
1See HOUSING. Page 2-X.)
Evening star., 1942-01-28

Germany in those occupied coun-
tries.
The Ambassador said the anti
German campaign continued on a
well-organized scale and was max
ing progress'-so much SO. in fact,
that Germany has to keep a large
number of troops in Poland to
maintain order
Col Hurban described the cam
paign in his country as "undetected"
sabotage, such as slowing down
manufacturing of guns and dropping
of chemicals in oil. That was more
effective, he said, than the shooting
Of German officers on the streets as
In France.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
u. 5. Agrees 10 Aid Bolivia
In $4,000, 900 Works Plan

., the Associated Press.
RIO DE JANE1RO. Jan. zS.-Sign-
ing of an agreement between the
United States and Bolivia for q
81, ,000, 900 Bolivian development
program was announced here today.
A Bolivian development corpora
ton is to be set up with 10000 900
credit from the Export-Import Bank
at Washington.
The first big project Of the de-
velopment corporation is expected to
be construction of a 225-mile high
way from Conchabama to Santa
Cruz, linking Bolivias agricultural
and mining centers
The announcement said plans for
such development we're under way
and that a United States economic
mission already was in Bolivia.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Toxic Threatens
| Bolivian Blockade
For Axis Break
sy the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Jan. 28.-In-
formed sources said today that
Fuyitaro Irie. Japanese Charge
D'Affaires, had delivered a note to
the Bolivian foreign oflce limiting
that Japan might blockade the
South American coast and halt
Bolivias overseas trade If she
severed relations with the Axis.
A little later Bolivia announced
she had broken of. relations with
the Axis.
It was said that the note of the
japanese Charge D'Affaires claimed
that Japan soon would dominate the
Pacific and declared that Toxic
would not be disposed to heed any
tardy appeals.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
West Points Troiner
Released to Aid Navy
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WEST POINT. N. Y, Jan. 28.-
The Army Athletic Association an
nounced today that Roland Logan
had been released from his contract
as West Point team trainer, effec-
tive Immediately, to serve in the
naval aviation physical training
program.
A graduate Of Kansas University
in 1890, Logan. was on the train
ing stats of Kansas, George WASH
ington. and Pittsburgh Universities
and the Boston Red Sox baseball
club before coming to West Point
in 1889.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Hurbun Tells of Czech Dumpino
Molten Metal, Killing ID Nozis
By the Associated Press.

. By the Associated Press.
The story Of how a munitions
worker named Vacek in Czecho-
Slovakia recently killed IA German
Army officers by dumping molten
metal on them from crane, then
committed suicide by Jumping to
the ground was related today by
Col. Vladimir Hurban, Czech Min
tster.
The incident occurred in the
Skoda Works in Pilsen, the Min
lister said. With Jan Ciechanowski.
Polish Ambassador, Col. Hurban
vas describing 10 reporters the
~well-organized" sabotage against
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Churchill Sought A. {. F.
On Woshinqton Visit

LONDON, Jan. 28 (P).-Winston
Churchill put forward his case for
sending American troops to North
ern Ireland on his recent visit to
the United States, and when he fin
ished President Roosevelt said, I'VE
will send the troops" Lord Beaver
brook, minister of supply, declared
in a radio broadcast today.
IF we went to Moscow to give ~
he said. I'VE went to Washington TO
get, and getting always is more diff
cult than giving"
Lord Beaverbrook said Britain
must not expect too much in the
way of increased supplies from the
United States in the immediate fu-
ture," explaining they they have
their own necessities"
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Yankee Flyers
Hit 21 of 81
Jap Raiders
Earlier Story on Page A-4.)

Earlier Story on Page A-4.)
By the Associated Press.
RANGOON. Jan. 28.-Yankee VOL
unteer flyers achieved another air
fighting miracle east of Rangoon
today when in a daylight dogf1ght
they destroyed six Japanese fighter
planes by unofficial count, probably
destroyed six more and damaged
nine others of disrupted formation
of 81.
The American fighters returned
to their base without suffering any
casualties.
Unoficial reports said that .
formation Of r. A. F. bombers in
flicted heavy damage in raid last
night on Bangkok, capital Of Japa-
nese-occupied Thailand.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Boil Players Traded

NEWARK, N. j.. Jan. % [P1.-The
Newark International League base
ball club announced today the trade
of Veteran Outfielder Leo Nome
kamp, who hit 1903 last season, to
Kansas City of the American Asso-
ciation for Arthur (BudD Metheny.
Evening star., 1942-01-28

Federal agents here an
nounced this afternoon the
arrests of two Americans, in
dicted by a District grand jury
earlier today with four other
persons as unregistered propa-
gandists for the Japanese gov
government. Townsend was
arrested at Lake Geneva, Wis,
and Williams at San Fran
cisco. (Story on page AID
"A. P. Wirephotos.
Evening star., 1942-01-28

-OEUT OIUU EVUtU.
fainting spells from his second to
his ninth year.
These sometimes occurred as
often as two or three times . week,
the father testified. Evidence that
the boy showed definite tendencies
toward epilepsy was offered by DR..
David Wilson, . psychiatrist Of the
University OF Virginia.
Evening star., 1942-01-28

THIRD RACE-Purse $500; maiden
3-year-olds; furlongs
Amazed (Georee) 500 $50 $50
Tripod (Pariseb $50 $50
Valdina Tout tCraie) $50
Time l: :13
Also ran-Transour. Hannicale. Hy
Broom. Don Brian Boards Miss. Boot
sey, Byrd. Liberty Cap, Loretta Rice
and Burma.
Field.
FOURTH RACE-Purse. 5000; allow
ances; 3-year-olds: furlongs
louisville II tGuerin) 25.40 1850 $40
Paircais (PariseD 1920 400
Baruna tMoraI $50
Time, 1:13 1-5.
Also ran-Valdina Alpha. Countmein,
Gray Romance. fHenry Greenock, fSea
Tack, Praiseworthy, Great Occasion
18TH RACE-Purse. $500 allowances;
3-year-oldS and upward; 8 furlonEs.
Jack Twink tQeorse) 40 $50 300
kentown (Barber) 1920 7sO
Espero (GuerinJ 400
Time, 1:13.
Also ran-Nimble. sir Kid Franks Boy.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Ulster Legislator Would Like
Throw u. S. Troops Out

bed to welcome American officers in
his mayoral chambers tomorrow. He
said he was taking this action in re-
ply to De Valera's 'impudent pro-
test" which, coming from a neutral
source, could not be tolerated and
is utterly in bad taste"
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Late Races

Earlier Results. Rossvan's, Other
Selections and Entries for Tomor-
row, Page 2-X.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
liner SUNK OFF COAST; 5 DE- 245 MISSING
Late News Bulletins

Agency to Go to New York, Not Chicago
The Employees Compensation Commission will be moved
TO- New York instead of Chicago where 1t originally was
scheduled go under the decentralization program the
Budget Bureau announced this afternoon. The will
be made shortly after February 15 Employees directly
cerned with workmens compensation in the District will not
be shifted.
Nozis Ready to Welcome A. E. F.
BERLIN German Broadcast Lo-A Berlin broadcast
said today any soldiers who reached Northern
Ireland ang for action against the Reich could be assured
that hearty welcome" awaited them the continent
Americans in Hong Kong Reported Safe
All American nationals caught in Hong Kong when that
city the reported by the State
Department today to be safe and well.
Georgetown Prep Beats Dewitt, 1872
Georgetown Prep defeated Dewitt 1922 in their basket
ball game at today Individual scoring honors
went Brscuso who scored 12 points for the losers
Senate Passes Army Supply Bill
The Senate late today passed the 900 Army
supplemental appropriation bill designed mainly to provide
for construction warpanes The measure now goes
to the White House.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
25. 600 to sc, 900 Jops
Reported Drowned
In Mocossor Bottle

Earlier Stories on Page Al
and A-2.)
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-The
British radio, heard today by
c. B. s.. reported that "25,000
to 10000 Japanese are said to
have been drowned already" in
the United Nations air and sea
attacks on Japanese troop
transports and warships in the
Strait Of Macassar.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
HiuIeuh Park

FIFTH RACE-Purse. $1,000; Grade c.,
handicap 3-year-olds and up; 6lz fur
longs.
Daily Delivery (Jemas) 40 $40 $50
Kansas City tStrickler) $40 27O
Justice M. fJames) $50
Time, 1:19 -5.
Also ran-Cadmium. knight Call and
Night Glow.
SIXTH RACEPurse. 81 500: Grade B
Handicap; 3-year-olds and upward: 6l7
turlongs.
Zacatine (Mehrtens) 1130 $50 $40
Big Ben tWestrope) $40 $50
Market Wise Eads) $40
Time. 1:19 2-5
Also rsn-Dispose, Doublrab, Ponty and
Rineie.
SEVENTH RACE+Purse. $1,000: Grade
c Handicap; 3-year-olds and upward 6ia
furlongs.
J9hnnie y TameD $50 go 80
Aboyne (Arcaro) $50
Time. 1:19ts.
Also ran-Royal Ruby n, Tragic Ending
and Tamil.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Soviet Envoy to Britain III

LONDON, Jan. % (P).-The Rus
sian Embassy disclosed today that
Ivan M. Maisky. Soviet ambassador
to Britain, is i'll with malaria.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
SEVENTH BAc-purse q soo. :
Fair Grounds

and Tamil.
Evening star., 1942-01-28

(See HOUSING, Page 2-X0
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Weather Forecast

Light rain and snow mixed ending early to-
night; somewhat colder. Temperatures today
Highest, 80. at 12:45 pm; lowest, IS, at $50
am: 50 at 1 pm.
Prom the United states weather. suresy Report
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-31
Halloween Dance
AT Midland Hall

A gay Halloween swingshift
dance Is scheduled this Saturday
night, October 81. at Midland Hall
located one mile east of Pacific
ave. on esth street) - complete
with noisemakers, confetti, prizes.
and the rhythmic music of Jimmy
Mcdowell and his five piece or
chestra. And that means fun
ahead
Dancing will begin at the Mid
land Halloween party at $50
p. m. and according TO John
Smithlin, Midland promoter, II
promises to be a great dance II
the large crowds of the early
autumn season are any indication.
Midland has proven TO be one of
the most popular dance halls in
the Northwest this year, which
Is just one reason why Jimmy
McDowelfs orchestra will be a
permanent feature there.
The other Is the particular tai
ent OF Jimmy Mcdowell to ar
range his own music for his band,
resulting in a music filled with
melody and a solid beat that makes
1t very easy to dance to. "a
style that will make the Hallow-
cen program and those to follow
a real success
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-31

he returned to do a series of
drawings and paintings of the
more remote towns of this historic
country.
When he returned TO America
he made a comprehensive study
Of New York's skyscrapers. fea-
turing setback" or recessed"
architecture.
He has exhibited in London.
Lisbon. Rome, and, of course,
many times In New York. While
In Rome he had two audiences
with Mussolini. who was then in
his ascendancy.
His Rome exhibition in 1928 re-
suited In an invitation to paint
in the Vatican. Never before had
an artist been asked to roam the
grounds and buildings at will and
paint what he pleased. to repro
duce on canvas and paper the art
and architectural treasures there.
In the year he spent at the
Vatican. Bailey produced a large
and comprehensive series OF paint
ings Of historical importance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-31
Registration of Pregnant
Women. Especially If In
War Industry, Suggested

for the nation an adequate
birthrafe In relation % the
great number Of lives Lost In
the war effort
He pointed out that a eompul-
sory wasserman test for pregnant
women already was a law IN most
Of the larger states as a venereal
disease control measure.
Fishbein told the safety lead
ers that the American civilian
population Is now protected by
one doctor for every 800 per-
sons. compared to one for every
700 persons before the war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-31

industry to keep down Industrial
accidents as much as possible.
thus preventing the referendum
measure, II il passes. from costing
too much TO either party. Both
labor and industry contribute
monthly into the fund from which
the state pays injured workers.
In 1923 the base payment to an
injured worker was set at SIS a
month. figure the governor said
could no longer be considered
adequate for subsistence.
Points Out Difference
The average hourly wage In
hazardous industry has gone up
from 62.s cents an hour to s51
cents and along with the rise liv-
ing costs have gone up. but not
the amount paid injured workers.
The governor asked both fac
tons to cease blaming industrial
accidents on the other. Both
should fulfill their own duties. he
said. iaborers by wearing safety
glasses and being more careful
and industry by installing safety
devices on machinery. He said
the state could i'll afford today TO
have many workers missing from
It's war plants because of care
less accidents.
Has Been Approved
Langlie pointed out that Refer
endum No. ~ had been approved
by both houses of the legislature
after careful study.
He contrasted 1t with Initiative
15l. the relief-pension measure.
which he said was born out OF
the impractical dreams OF minor
ity groups without reflection or
due regard to the destruction
they might inflict on the finan-
cial stability Of the state"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-31
Plane Goes % Miles
Without Its Pilot

BELLE PRAIRIE, Ill.-Resi-
dents. watching breathlessly as a
small monoplane wobbled low over
the city, swooped perilously close
to the graveyard and landed intact
In a nearby field. rushed up To
the ship to see what was wrong.
They found no pilot.
Student Pilot Alvin Trigg, rs,
cleared up the mystery a few
minutes later. Twenty-Five miles
from where the plane landed. he
called his instructor at the Marion
airport. He said he had become
confused by darkness and para
chuted TO safety.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-31

WASHINGTON - Workers in
vital industries viii Be rejected
henceforth for enlistment IN the
navy unless they present a release
from their local draft board.
The navy's announcement said
It already has taken steps to
carry into effect the manpower
policy outlined by the War Man
power commission. Men in selec-
tive service clsssifications "a. 2B
and 3B must obtain their release
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-31

CHICAGO - DIR. Morris Fish
bein. editor Of the American
Medical Association Journal. to-
day advocated compulsory regis
tration Of pregnant women. par
ticnlarly those employed in war
industry. to insure an adequate
birthrste In relation TO war
deaths.
Fishbein told the automotive
and machine section OF the Ma
ticnai Safety Congress that CON-
pulsory reporting Of pregnancy
would give public health officers
a chance to protect women from
special hazards encountered In war
plants.
He said II was necessary
ito prevent sickness and dis
ability Of the mother and pos
<ible death Of the child be-
fere birth and 10 maintain
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-31
Reverse Damage Suit
In Complicated Case

HELENA. Mont. = A district
court Jury recently awarded 5000
damages 70 a post office robbery
suspect who was held for eight
hours without = warrant BY the To-
cal sheriff. but the state supreme
court reversed the decision. The
high court held that although the
man had been falsely imprisoned,
the damages were excessive in view
Of the fact ne was later convicted
OF the charge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-31

Vernon Howe Bailey, interna-
tionaIly famous artist, has been
It the Seattle Tacoma Shipyards
recently sketching for the Navy.
The purpose Of these sketches Is
TO make a pictorial-historical rec
ord Of activities In shipyards. air
fields. etc.
Mr.. Bailey began painting for
the Navy back In 1917. at the out
set Of the first war. when he was
authorised by Josephus Daniels.
then Secretary Of the Navy, to
picture the Navy at work.
Up to that time he was the first
artist allowed to 20 out with the
fleet. His present authorization
comes from Secretary Of the
Navy Frank Knox.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-31
Tacoma Gideons
Will Meet Sunday

Tacoma Gideons will meet SUM-
day at 1880 p. m. at Neighbor-
hood House, 201 30th St. with
c. v. Baker in charge.
Work OF the organization in
placing copies of the New Tes-
lament in the hands of service
men throughout the world will
be told. Mrs. w. F. Crawford
will be heard in vocal selections.
Harry Downton will give the gos-
pei message. The public is in
vited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-31
No Labor to Cut
Christmas Trees

MISSoTI-A. Mont. = Montana 5
million dollar Christmas tree N
dustry. which last year furnished
more than 1000. 900 evergreens 10
the Yuletide marts Of Chicago. ST
Louis. New Orleans and other
metropolitan centers. Is = var
casualty.
Neither the labor 70 cut the
trees nor the transportation facii-
ties to take them to market can
be spared from the war effort