davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Christmas Hint

Does he clutter up every ash tray
In the house? Give him a silent
butler as an extra gift for Christ
mas. Maybe then he'll help you
clean them up.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Tasty Combination

Cranberry and pineapple make a
delicious combination for sauce,
marmalade and other preserves.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-02

cousin. went over TO the home of
BARRIERS other cousin, Romano
Potter, Is, to tell him about the
shooting.
1t was late, and Davis could not
understand why there was a light
in the kitchen. He walked in to
find Potter, with a bullet wound
in his heart, stretched out near
the front door, as though he had
stepped there to admit a visitor
Mrs. Emma Potter, the wife OF
the dead man, was nursing a sick
friend at the time.
Said Mrs. Potter:
AT first they only told me
that my husband had met with
an accident. When 1 learned the
truth 1 could scarcely believe Il.
Whenever Dominick came to see
the BARRIERS he always stopped
of here. have a son-in-law
] who Is an invalid and he some
times came In to play cards with
him.
I'VE knew he was q peculiar
boy, and they told stories about
his cruelty to animals. They
said he buried one of the dogs
alive and that he cut up turtles
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-02
Detroit Jews
MarkPdssover

Detroit's synagogs were crowded
with worshipers this morning in
observance Of the first day Of the
festival Of Passover.
At sunset the Seder or ritual
meal which inaugurated the cele-
bration last night will be repeated
in orthodox homes. At Temple
Beth FL the annual congregational
Seder will be held at $50 p. m.
The festival commemorate Is
raels deliverance from Egyptian
bondage and the commencement
OF the 40-year journey through
the wilderness 10 the promised
land. Closing services will be held
next Wednesday and Thursday.
Matzos, large unleavened waters,
are eaten throughout the festival
as symbol OF the hasty departure
from Egypt At the Seder, as part
OF the ritual. bitter herbs, eggs in
salt water and an apple and wine
paste are also eaten.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-02
Photo by Time, stan photoErsp h.r

identified 1t and got his gun
back.
II knew that Dominick had
threatened my husband but then
he threatened everybody, all the
officers and everything, but
thought no more about It."
BRAVERY OF WOMAN, 80
A principal witness OF the trag-
edy is 90-year-old Mrs. Elizabeth
Murphy, Mrs. BARRIERS mother.
who was in the sitting room when
Dominick came TO the back door
of the Barber home. Said the old
lady:
II heard three shots. 1
couldn't understand It,"
Police at first found only two
80 caliber long shells and thought
Mrs. Murphy was mistaken, but
the third shell was found under
a chair.
II started TO get up out of
my chair and then / saw Domi-
nick come in with a gun In his
hand" Mrs. Murphy related.
There was q short man with
him. He made the short man
hunt through the bureau draw
ers, turn them all out to find
that old SO caliber gun.
He said 10 me: Go into the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-02

and frogs alive, but I thought
they were stories.
MYSTIFIED BY ACT
"My husband was born and
reared here. He was a wonder
full man. How anybody could
have wanted to do him harm,
1 cannot understand. There was
just one bullet, straight In his
heart. 1t Is so cruel--so un-
necessary. / still can't be-
lieve It,"
She wept on the shoulder of hel
Mrs. Letha Vitulla, 80
Of 300 Prentis avenue, Detroit
The girl tried to comfort her.
"My older son, Elton, Is in the
navy, chief petty officer and
my baby, 10, is at Fort Bragg.
How can we tell them what has
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-02
BY VERA BROWN

The widow OF Cassius Barber. Il.
year-old Oakland county farmer
shot down in his kitchen by 20
year-old Dominick Piccone. pointed
the finger of blame for his death
at the State of Michigan today.
Piccone was released from Jack.
son Prison on March Is because
he had served his maximum term
and there was no legal way TO hold
him. He could not be hospitalized
because three psychiatrists agreed
that while he was potentially
homicidal he was not insane.
The murdered mans widow,
Mrs. Mary Barber. 50, said today:
II cannot blame the boy. He
Is mad. / blame the State Of
Michigan for turning him loose
on the world. And promise
you that 1 am going 10 fight to
see that such things cannot hap
pen again.
81 am not n young woman
any more. My 90-year-old mother
witnessed the terrible thing and
IL may mean her life, too. But
now I shall have just one mis-
sion In life, to make the authori-
ties wake up.
"Dominick came TO us when
he was II. He was a big boy,
rather sullen and hard to man.
age, and he was sort OF a lone
wolf. But he went up the road
to our school"
II is the East Travis rural
school.
when he left he seemed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-02

Mako IL Real Easter with
Old Fashioned Egg Recipes,
Such rs Scalloped Eggs,
Steamed Eggs, Eggs q In Becha-
mel, and Others Which Were
Popular When Grandma Was q
Girl. Also Sweet Carrot Pie,
Lancashire Hot Pot, and Other
Nutritious Prize-Winning Rec
ipes In The Housewives Food
Almanack, That Popular Fea-
ture Appearing In The Ameri-
can Weekly, With This Sundays
Issue Of The Detroit Sunday
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-02
New York May Fire 2,Ioo

NEW YORK, April 2 (INSl.-
"a streamlined wartime budget
calling for a Sass, S02 slash in ap-
preparations and the dismissal Of
2, 100 city employees was submitted
by Mayor LaGuardia today to the
New York City Board of Estimate.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-02

bedroom and turn on the light.
I won't hurt you, I always liked
you, but ! hate the name Of
Barber
THEY FIND GUN
Then when the little man
had found the gun, he made him
60 back into the kitchen. L
started TO follow, but he waved
the gun at me and told me to
get back. 1 heard the door shut
and the car drive away. i don't
know how long IL was before I
could get up, but I went out to
see poor Mr.. Barber. He was
lying there on the floor. / tried
to help him, but / could see he
wasn't breathing. My daughter
had gone to q neighbor's house
down the road for an hour. I
aroused the lady who lived In
the other side of our house and
she went for help"
FINDS PoTTER's BODY
Mrs. Albert Wendt, 20, left hel
invalid husband to 60 down thu
dark road 10 the home of a cousin
Of the BARRIERS. 1t was som,
time later that Joseph Davis, tn,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-02
happened to their father ?"

Mrs. Vitulla has already asked
the navy and war depart-
partments to notify her brothers.
The whereabouts of Elton are not
known, but funeral services win
be delayed until Saturday after
noon in the hope that he might
be in port in this country and can
come home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-02
; Slain Because
Of Law Freeinq
Potential Killer
Pieeens Released by Prison
Despite Adverse Reports
Of State Psyehiafrists

Three innocent men are dead to-
day. murdered in cold blood be-
cause there Is no law to keep their
crazed killer from running at
large.
The murderer Is 20-year-old
Dominick Piccone. released from
jackson State Prison only two
weeks ago. despite the fact that
three state psychiatrists pro-
nounced him a menace TO society
and a potential murderer.
ASSAULTED TEACHER
The doctors reports bore out an
earlier report made four years ago
by Kenneth McVittie. Oakland
County probation officer, before
Piccone was sentenced for assault
ing a Highland Park recreation
teacher.
1.-THE offender" cVittie
wrote. 'is very dangerous and
possesses . definite grudge COM
pick. He will he worse when he
gets out Of prison than when no
goes in"
Typical OF the doctors reports
was the one by DR.. David p.
Philips:
He Is neither feeble. minded
nor committably insane and it II
to be regretted his term will not
permit long period Of segre-
cation. II he Is not a social men,
sce and does not get involved In
more serious criminal difficult
ties OF a violent type, the exam
liner will be definitely surprised"
DR.. /. ~. Victoire said:
He must be considered as
saultive and potentially hom-
cidal."
TYPED ANTI-SOCIAL
The report of DR.. c.. D. Wood.
ward. which typed Piccone as anti
social. was substantially the same.
After receiving the reports of
the psychiatrists, Parole Commits
sioner Gerald Bush said TO Pic
cone:
you haven't changed a bit
since you've been In prison. You
are sullen and resentful of all
authority and n you do not
change soon, you will wind up
doing life for murder"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-02
Widow of Slain Farmer.
BlameS State for KILLING

much improved and he did well
at his books. Dominick used TO
come back to visit us and to
bring little gifts. He brought us
cookies his mother baked, and
sent cards.
THE last time he came was
some time early in 1898. He
stayed a whole day and was
pleasant and seemed TO enjoy his
dinner. We didn't hear from him
for a long time.
I'm December of the same
year, he got into trouble"
Piccone was arrested for felo.
Nous assault on a Highland Park
gymnasium teacher whom he kid.
laped from Highland Park anc
brought to a woods adjoining the
Barber farm.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-02
STOLE HUSBANDS GUN

previously. my husband had
noticed his .38 caliber gun was
stolen" Mrs. Barber continued.
I'VE couldn't figure out what
happened to IL. Then we checked
back and decided that Dominick
must have taken II.
when we learned that he had
threatened the teacher with a
SO caliber gun my husband went
down TO the sheriffs office and
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Washington Produce

BY iBuTTERT93 score. tubs, 43s; I-pound
tubs, tubs; AZ; e.. 1,pound p prints 4sh; H-pound
prints, a; A-pound prints. 42h; 90 score:
prints. 42H: SO score. tubs. 4oA; pound
score score tubs; 4oh: 1-pound prints. Al; "
''HfS IfSEsFockHealv... s'tesse 49, spring lambs,
From Agricultural Marketing Admins
tratlon. Prices paid net fob. wash
pGGs-.Market steady. Prices paid for
grading stations (August 14: Whites,
q. 8. extras, large. 43-44: average, 43H;
Y. 8. extras, medium. 39-4O: average, 80;
Y 8. standards, large, 3s-4Oh; average,
39h; U. s. standards. medium, 34-37;
average, 35: U. s. trades, 80 Browns.
y. 8. extras, large. 42-43; average. 42h
Y. s. extras medium, 3S-39: average, 38;
Y. s: standards. large, 37-39: average. 3S;
U. 8: standards, medium, 32lz-36: aver
age. 34 U. 8. trades. 81. Nearby ungraded
mixed colors. 3O-3l. Receipts. Govern
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady. Fowl:
Colored, pounds and UP, 21-22; under 5
pounds. 1920: Leghorn hens. 3h pounds
and UP, 1910; No. 2s, 10-11. BOOSTERS,
l5-l6. Chickens: Delaware and Maryland
Rocks and crosses, broilers and fryers. all
sizes, %: No. 2s. 20: Reds, 26-27; Leg
horns, %. Turkeys: Young toms and
hens, 2S
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Aug. II t1 UNITED States
Department of Agriculture) .-Salable
hogs 5000: total, 5000; market opened
steady to strong on weights 240 pounds
al d,sss Ssishts eP nosoas ;DaTnssy s9Ga
pu pounds. 1a4o.so; 4oaoGs iIG isoso ponds a. 50.
pounds down. I4Sb-40: 33o.4Oo pounds,
l4.0O-55; good 400-55O pounds, 1880
salable. cattle. 1000; calves, 400: steady
steers here; best, Is. 20: bulk, 13 SOL 4. 20;
clearance good, quality considered, prices
are as high as any time during week: neg
ligible crop heifers steady: odd lots. IL. 90.
1885, sizable supply grassy. native and
Southwest cows here; trade steady. but
senersly rs lower than week ago. 6o cutters ;sS;
kinds down to $50; most fat cows. $50
1880: week end demand good grade heavy
cows narrow: brisk demand for bulls
weighty sausage offerings to IL 80: vealers
scarce. frm at IA 50-l5.50: GOOD clear
ance weeks supply stock cattle at strong
salsble sheep. 1900: total. 1900; late
bulk strictly good and choice. 1475-15.00:
top, 1910 to city butchers: lower Rrades
mostly "a 90 down: short deck Outstanding
around sO-pound yearlings, 1928; others
mostly Of value to sell 11.75 down: most
slaughter ewes. 5.00-6.25: few light weights
fuy .eadS az bulk bull seGd and shoe: nstyss
orally. 400 down to 1900 and below;
load fed -yearlines 1885. most slaughter
ewes. 8 55O-65O; some low grade and
weighty kinds. 500 and less.
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Tax Exemption
Continued From First Page.

built up in America by encouraging
privately administered public insti-
tutions along with publicly admin
istered institutions. He suggested
that, since George Washington was
chartered in 1921, it probably has
trained as many men and women
for public service as any other in
stitution.
To show the community receives
benefits in return for the exemption
it allows colleges, DR.. Marvin es-
timated that nonresident student
spends $4,000 year in the city.
George Washington this year has
10,850 regular students, and $500
in special defense courses, and he es-
timated AZ per cent of them are
from out of town.
DR.. Marvin pointed out George
Washington is building new audi
torium that will be available part
of the time for community pur-
poses, such as operas, concerts and
plays as pay functions. To en-
phasize that the institution seeks
exemption only on property while
used for education, DR.. Marvin sale
the university has conferred with
District officials to work out pei
diem tax on the auditorium for those
days it is used for pay functions.
Mr.. Hamilton and DR.. Marvin
both made the point that George.
town and George Washington Hos.
pitals are a part of the medical de-
partments of those universities.
DR.. Douglass suggested the def
milton of exemption for ground
surrounding the institutions b.
amended to cover land 80 far al
used for present convenient enjoy
ment. or useful or reasonable futur'
development"
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Strike
Continued From First Page. J

behind the President. If it's for
Uncle Sam, let him name the terms
The few pickets were withdrawn
yesterday on receipt of word that
President Roosevelt had ordered
Navy operation of the factory until
he decided its private operation
would be "in a manner consistent
with the war effort"
The walk-out halted production
on cable for the armed forces, over
refusal of the War Labor Board to
grant general 10-cent-an-hour
wage increase over the 76-cent min
imum and double pay for vaca-
tons.
The President acted after receiv-
ing a letter from the War Labor
Board, which said the board voted
unanimously to notify you Of the
serious situation which exists at
the plant, and respectfully sug-
gests that you proceed with such
action as you deem appropriate
The threat of strike over sim
ilar issues at the Perth Amboy plant
of the company faded last night.
Workers voted lis to SO against call
ing a strike after listening to a
plea by 1t. Comdr. Kenneth E.
Yandell, industrial relations ofhcer
Of the Sd Naval District, who told
them they were making critical wal
? supplies needed by friends and reia-
tves in active service.
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Greenway Housing
Rent Fight 10 Be
Resumed Tonight
~
Owners Nay Complete
a-- Testimony; Tenants to
Offer Views Monday

Testimony supporting the petit
taon of Morris Cafritz, owner of the
Greenway housing development, to
raise rents for certain types of &C
fcommodation will be resumed to-
night at the Anacostia High School,
If the landlords testimony is COM
| pleted tonight, the tenants oppos-
! ing any rent increase may begin
| to offer their views Monday night
/ At last nights hearing before
examiners of the Rent Control Ad-
/ ministration, Mr.. Cafritz introduced
{ evidence comparing Greenway rents
with other developments construct
! ed Of the same material, but built
after January l, 194l, freezing date
Tor rents.
E. L. Hollis, counsel for the Green
way tenants. was overruled when he
centended that duplication of rental
schedules at haywood Gardens in
4earby Maryland would be preju-
1tcial to Greenway tenants.
ait was testified that the rental
echedule for haywood Gardens,
development described similar to
Greenway, is $62.50 to $65 month
4or a one-bedroom apartment, and
s475 for a two-bedroom apartment.
4 Mr.. Cafritz, In his testimony
aearlier in the hearing, said his
'soveral rental increase would be
'3$25,000 annually if his petition re-
ceives favorable action. He empha-
sized, however, that the additional
isnet income would be considerably
Fless.
Jesse A. McKeever, 1914 K street
NV, rea estate man, testified
that Greenway's rents are fair COM
pared with similar accommodations
built since the rent freezing date.
Evening star., 1942-08-14
South's War Contracts
Top "a Billions
In 7 Years
Texas, Maryland and
Virginia Head List,
Magazine Reports
py fht Associated Press

Ry tire Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 14.-War con-
tracts and ALLEGATIONS distributed by
Government agencies to Southern
States for the two-year period end
ing June 30 of this year totaled
s14,153.l79,000, tabulation by the
Manufacturers Record said today
The States which have received
the largest amount OF contracts
from June /, 1910, through June Of
this year are Texas, Maryland, Viz
ginia, Missouri and Alabama, the
magazine said.
The Record said that in the same
period contracts and allocations
throughout the entire country
totaled $50, 1893 ,688 900.
The figure for the II States in
cluded in the tabulation showed an
increase through the end of June Of
81, $4,000 over allocations
through May of this year That
represented a gain of almost 10 per
cent during June, the magazine
said.
let by the Army, Navy and Mari
time Commission and ALLEGATIONS Of
the Department of Commerce. Ma
tional Housing Agency, Federal
Works Agency, Federal Security
Agency, and the Federal Loan
Agency. 1t also included contract
totals for industrial and non-in-
dustrial projects.
The totals of the States tabulated
by the record, in thousands OF dol
lars, included: Alabama, LOSS ,090: :
Arkansas, 1868 1882; District of Co.
lumbia, $96,359; Florida, 1893, ,437
Georgia, s638 ,469; Louisiana, 1885,
801; Maryland, $1,749,883; Missis-
sippi, s393,973; North Carolina
$543 ,304; South Carolina. $307 ,988:
Tennessee, $762 ,304; Virginia, ST.
377,0l4; West Virginia, 1892, ,759.
Evening star., 1942-08-14

Allied second front in Europe,
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering
was reported last night In q Tass
dispatch from Geneva to have Or
dered German agents In occupied
countries to wage "a resolute and
merciless struggle against all at
tempts at revolt"
The ofncial Soviet news agency
said Marshal Goering called q con-
ference Of Reich ministers and on
cials at which he discussed prob
lens connected with such q wal
front.
Evening star., 1942-08-14

She made a three-point landing
% feet below. The umbrella was
broken and torn, but Carol was not
injured. Soft, rain-sogged grass
saved her from all but shock.
Her frightened playmates and
mother gathered around her and
Carol was packed of to bed. No
injuries were found.
Today, Carol received the press
with poise and nonchalance, posed
for pictures with the battered UNI
brella and was more concerned with
tomorrow's possible punishment
than yesterdays flight through the
air.
Carol lives with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Evans, at 1919
r street, Sc.
Evening star., 1942-08-14
SoIomons
Continued From First Page.

Of the battle 1,1Oo miles off the
Australian coast.
There was every indication never
theless that this first Allied often
sive of the war had now grown into
clash of major proportions and
one which might alter the whole
course of the Pacific struggle.
The communique issued at Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's headquarters
in Australia said that during the
first of yesterdays attacks on the
japanese ships off New Guinea, six
japanese Zero fighters challenged
flight of Flying Fortresses and that
two enemy craft were shot down
and three damaged.
Seven Zeros engaged medium
bombers in the second attack and
one of the enemy fighters was de-
stroyed. The third Allied attack
was carried out without interference.
All the Allied planes returned to
their bases, but some sustained
damage.
The Japanese vessels attacked in
New Guinea waters presumably
were heading toward the Solomons
from Salamaua, their chief base in
New Guinea, or from Rabual or
Gasmata, in New Britain. The
latter are some TOO miles northwest
of the Tulagi area, where the ma
rines landed on three islands in the
Southeastern Solomons last Fri
day, and Salamaua is about 85C
miles to the west.
Action Moves to Sea.
All three of the enemy-held ports
have been pounded during Allied
| aerial assaults which started against
Japanese communications and re-
inforcement bases simultaneously
with the attack on the Solomons.
Heretofore the attacks have beer
for the most part on the port in
stallations and airdromes, but will
the latest assaults the action ha!
moved eastward out to sea.
-Four Japanese ships were LEI
sinking or in flames in Wednesda.
attack on RabAul and some ZOO
miles farther to the west Alliet
bombers earlier sank merchant
man and damaged two other ships
one of them a destroyer.
Unofficial reports here said tn
Marinc5 were striking deeper int
the jungles after wrestling beach
heads from the japanese on tn
three Islands believed here to b
Florida, Guadalcanal and Malaita.
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 14-Corn price
losses of as much as a cent bushel
were posted in the grain futures
trade here today but wheat pointed
upward with fractional gains.
Good weather for crop progress.
Government offerings of feed wheat
at IS per cent of corn parity, same
as the new corn loan rates, dimin-
ished fattening of beef cattle and
increased purchases of grain to
come here from the farm helped
to depress corn. Wheat, on the other
hand, reflected some mill buying, a
let-up in marketings at many ter
minals and fear of possible damage
because of unfavorable weather in
some localities.
Wheat closed %-7s higher than
yesterday, September, s1181s "a;
December, $121-1207s; corn, a.-4
lower; September, 8534-h; Decem-
Der, 87&-5s; oats, unchanged to
"a up; soybeans, unchanged to II
higher: rye, h-B higher.
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Jap Spokesman Hints
At India Intervention

TOXIC From Japanese Broad
casts, Aug. IA R.-Tomokazu
Hori, Government Information Bu-
reau spokesman, told foreign press
correspondents today that present
conditions in India are such that
India is being used for Allied war
purposes and Japan cannot tolerate
such a situation"
TT Is a different question when
and what steps Japan will take. y
Hori said.
The War Ministry, meanwhile
announced that 1t. Gen. Masaharu
Homma had been relieved of his
post as commander in chief of jap
anese forces in the Philippines to
permit his assignment elsewhere
His place has been taken over by
1t. Gen. Shizuichi Tanaka, former
military attache OF the Japanese
Embassy in Washington, command
er of the gendarmerie and later
commander OF eastern headquarters
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Few War Bonds
Presented for
Redemption
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Treasury said today that re
demptions Of War savings bonds
have been insignificant in volume,
compared either with the total
amount outstanding or with month
by-month sales"
In July. a statement said. the
public turned in $25, 500 900 worth Of
bonds for cash, which was 0.23 per
cent of the s11 OFT 300 900 worth of
savings bonds sold since 1885. or
about per cent of the 5000 900 900
worth of new War bonds sold dur
ing the same month.