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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-03-26
Nacisticna kIaUnica u
Treblinki
liz ruseine prevel: J. Kaueie.)
26. inarca 1947.

lovale, da so ciganke cd vese-
"a vriskale, ko so zagledale le-
po poslopje plinskih cello in Sc
'rav do zadnjega trenotka MISC
zavedle, da gredo v smrt. Ia ci-
yanska naivnost je zelo zabava-
la treblinske rablje. Odbrali so
vse mlade in lepe ciganke, jih
poslai v neko barako, kjer so
Sc morale sleci do nagega
Ko so sc rabbi do sitega ma
zabavali Z mimi, SO jih pa po-
slali v plinsko celico. Najstras-
1esse pa so Sc Nemci massevali
lad varsavskimi uporniki il ju-
1ovskega Getto. IL njihovih od-
lelkov so Nemci odbirali mate
re z malimi otroci, katera so
gonili k ogromnim gorecim Pc
Gem, kjer so morali gledati, ka-
ko Sc zvijajo v ognju goreca
trupla, kakor da so ziva; kjer
so mrtvim nosecim zenskam po-
kali cd vrocine trebuhi in kako
so ma njihovem drobovju goreli
Sc ne rojeni otroci. Taksen pri-
zor bi lahko zmesal pamet tudi
najbolj zakrknjenemu zloGincu,
toda Nemci - ne samo gesta-
povci-so pravilno racunali, da
taksni prizori vplivajo stokrat
silnejse ma cloveka, kakor pa
samo spoznanje, da je obsojen
ma pogin. Matere so cd groze
zakrivale z rokami otrokom oci,
da ne bi videli teh grozot. Otro-
ci pa SO strahom vprasevali:
Mama, kaj bo z nami :? Ali
bodo tudi mas sezgali ?" Nj
tt Dante nj videl taksnih prizo-
rov v svojem peklu.
(Dalje prihodmjic)
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-03-26

huanitarno doznost in prspevati svo deez da resi-
zivljenje nesteti otrokom zena starekom XII bodo,
koncno edine zrve Sc bo pomoc harn DELLA podla-
g smpati ali pa antipat napram enemu ali pa drugemu
rezimu, a podlagi nujnih potreb ljudstva.
Urgiramo ctateje in organizacije maj posiljajo
teegrame, pisma in rezoucje predsednika Trumana,
okalne kongresnke in senatore, katerh maj zahte-
vajo da pr prozanu pomoc jugoslovanskeu ludstvu
upostevajo porocila komise Zdruzen narodoy o%pore
bah Jugosave da Sc to vprasanje obravnava po
dag poiticne diskrimnacije Refna poitka mora slo
nett potrebah ludstva predsodkh zoper obi-
ke vlade kaero 81 to ljudstvo zvoo Sc enkrat urg
citaelje organizacije in posaeznke zae
mite takoj posati tozadevne telegrame psma in rezou
CHE! '#~~
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-03-26
Prireditev nase mladine

Cleveland, O. V nedeljo
popoldne Oh $3.50 uri bo v Slo-
venskem delavskem domu ma
Waterloo Rd. spomladanska pri-
reditev nasih pevcev Mladinske-
ga pevskega zbora.
Ma programu je mnogo lepih
slovenskih pesmi, XII jih bodo "a
peli nasi otroci pod vodstvom
pevovodja Mr.. Frank Vautar-
ia. Vsi otroci SO tn rojeni in
mnogo jih je, XII so Re njih star
81 zagledal; luc sveta v tel de-
zeli.
Ako nam je mila slovenska
pesem in &c nam je pri srcu slo-
venska govorica, pokazimo S
tenn, da posetimo otrosko prize
ditev in storili bono svojo dolz-
most in dali podporo zboru "a
njih nadaljno delo. &c Sc zave-
damo tudi tega tenn, da pos
ljemo svoje otroke ali vnuke k
.boru, bo Sc dolgo donela v tel
dezeli lepa slovenska pesem.
Dale Sc DO vprizorilo igro
"Novi rod, XII je prva te vrste
da Sc jo DO vprizorilo v Ameri'
XII. V njej kaze mladina v po'
vojni dobi velik smisel "a skup.
no delo v obnovi domovine, Xxi
je bila porusena cd sovraznika
Skupno delo, medsebojna po'
moe, petite in zaupanje v lepso
bodocnost, to je njih cilj, to je,
kar daje korajzo in moe, da pre-
magajo vse mogoce tezave in
zapreke, XII sc jim stavijo ma
potu, XII vodi k obnovi. Delajo
skupno, zapojejo skupno in sc
skupno vesele lepse bodocnosti
Ia zakljucek Sc DO podalc
"Ilranjskega Janeza v New Yor.
ku". To DO izkljucno lie "a smeh
in kratek cas-. Videli boste ka.
ko Sc DO nitro naucil anglessi.
ne. ze takoj prvi dan bo vse
razumel (seveda po svoje). Ma
rocil 81 bo v restavraciji cello
vrsto jedi, brez da bi to vedel
in mesto, da bi placal, namlati
natakarja in jo lepo odkuri
Igro vodi Mr.. John Steblaj.
v nedeljo k mladini v Sloven.
ski delavski dom!
t.. John Terlep, predsednik
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-03-26
KOMIsIJA ZDRUzENIH
NARODOV v SOF1JI

SOFIA, Is. marca-Danes je
dospcl senkaj il Grcije del ko-
nnisije Zdruzenih narodov, ki
preiskuje polozaj ma Balkanu.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-03-26
UREDN1KOVA PO$TA

ditvah. Pricakuje sc, da DO ia
njihova proslava dvajset-letnice
prav dobro obiskana.
Opereta Gypsy Rover"
Pevski zbor "Jadran" DO po-
dial nedeljo 20. aprila opere-
to Gypsy Rover. Jadran je ze
v polnem razmahu z vajami in
igrovodja Mr.. John Steblaj pra-
vi, da bo ia opereta res dobro
podana. Zbor je mocan in med
pevci in pevkami je lepo stevilo
starih Jadrancanov. Pevski zbor
Jadran je ena izmed nasih mai
starejsih organizacij in je v po-
nos kulturnemu zivljenju Slo-
venskega delavskega donna. Po-
sebnost tega zbora pa je Sc to,
da clani in clanice posecajo pri-
reditve Slovenskem domu in
je prava redkost kaksne prize
ditve, ma kateri sc ne bi slisalo
razpolozeno pesem Jadrana. Ker
clani Jadrana posecajo priredi-
I've drugih organizacij nj mic
proved, &c sc pricaknuje, da bo
opereta podana nabito polni
dvorani.
Miss Florence Unetic
Miss Florence Unetic je ena
redkost nase naselbine. Ko je
bila Sc prav mala deklica, je
pristopila v tedaj obstojeco MIA
dinsko Solo SID, katera sc je
oozneje prelevila sedanji "Mla-
dinski pevski zbor Waterloo.
Pristopila je k zboru in pela med
malimi pevci vse do dne, ko je
bila zrela "a odrasi zbor. Cd te-
ga casa je skozi vsa leta aktiv-
ma in ena izmed najboljsih pevk
zbora, &c re ne primadona iz-
med vseh pevk, pevskih zborov
v Clevelandu. Da ina Florence
res izredno lep in ljubek glas, o
tenn ste Sc mogli prepricati oh
mnogih prilikah, sal Sc nj bilo
prireditve v SID, da bi ma njej
ne nastopila Florence par pes
mani. v vseh slucajih je zela
aplavze in ovacije. Ameriski
Slovenci smo imeli re precej
svojih talentov, XII so nekaj ca
sa bill med nami in ker smo jih
poznali lie v nasi potrebi so sc
pref ali pa slej izgubili. Res je
ze zadnji cas-, da poskusamo OBJ
drzati med nanAi one, XII vese-
ljem in v vseh slucajih ma svo-
| je lastne stroske nastopajo ma
nash koncertnih prireditvah.
Florence Unetic je VISA ia leta
hodila v pevske tecaje, kateri
stanejo lepe vsote denarja in vse
lie zato, da z svojo pesmijo po-
velica prireditev te ali pa one
organizacije. V znak hvalezno-
sti in priznanja je zbor Jadran
podvzel korake in j aranziral
"a nedeljo dne 1. junija njen
lastni koncert. Koncert sc bo
pricel oh 4. uri popoldan ter DO
vseboval IA pevskih took S slo-
venskimi, .narodnimi, partizan-
skimi in klasicnimi pesmami.
Poleg tega pa tudi klasicnimi
deli v anglescini, francoscini in
italijanscini. Rezervirajte 81 1.
iunij "a poset tega koncerta
Collinwood in nasa drustva dol
gujejo Florenci Unetic mnogo
in vasim posetom tega kon-
certa boste vas dolg vsaj delno
povrnili.
! SANSova kOryencija
SANSova konvencij ia Sc DO
vi sila v Clevelandu dne 80. in3l.
maja v Slovenskem narodnem
spevati svoj delez, da Sc resi-
80 .4o~S1~~xoo l.; l@lo
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-03-26
vasllI Grossunan:
(Nadalj aljevane)

kakor nj slo zadosti nitro il
pod rok, ker ze napol gnila tru
pla MISC hotela goreti. Ooazili
pa so pri tenn svojem poslu, de
zenska trupla gorijo rajse kot
pa moska. Tudi to so gestapov-
ci steli med move iznajdbe. Ia
seziganje so porabili ogromne
kolicine bencina, kar je bio ze-
10 drago in brez uspesnega re-
zultata. Spoznali so, da s tenn
ne bodo prisli dalec. Toda tudi
"a to so nasli svoj izhod. Il
Nemcije je prisel neki poseben
strokovnjak "a seziganje tru-
pei. Hitlerjev rezim je poleg
mnogih drugih, ustvaril tudi
strokovnjake "a ia posel. Tako
Sc je nasel tudi strokovnjak "a
odkopavanje in seziganje mill
jonskih cloveSkih zrtev v treb-
linski konvejerni klavnici.
Pod nadzorstvom tega stro-
kovnjaka so takoj zaceli gra-
diti ogromne sezigalne peel. Bi-
le so to posebne vrste peci-gr-
made. Najprej je parma lopata
izkopala $50 do 300 metrov dol
ge, cd 20 do rs metrov Stroke
in 5 metrov globokei jarke. Ma
dnu teh jarkov so postavili tri
vrste betoniranih stebrov v ena-
XII razdalji. Ma stebre so vzidali
mocne jeklene traverze, preko
katerih so polozili stare zelez-
niske tracnice cd $ do 7 cent?
netrov narazen. Tako so zgra-
dill velikanske ciklopicne peel
"a seziganje trupel. K TEN pc
Gem so zgradili move zelezniske
tire "a dovazanje ma pol gnilih
trupel in svezih, katera so dnev-
no prihajala il plinskih cello.
Pozneje so zgradili Sc tri taksne
peel. Ma vsako taksno pee so
povprecno nakladali po $500 do
1000 trupel ne enkrat.
Delalo Sc je dan in noe. Lju-
die, XII so bill zaposleni pri sezi-
ganju trupel, so pravili, da so te
ogromne peel izgledale kakor
kaksni velikanski ognjeniki, pla-
meni katerih so svigali do so
metrov visoko. Vrocina poleg
peel je bila neznosna; stolpi cr-
mega in gostega dina 80 sc dvi-
gall proti nebu in zagrinjali vso
okolico do 20 kilometrov dalec.
Ljudje v bliznji okolici so Sc du-
Sill cd gorecega cloveskega me-
sa. Kadar je veter pihal proti
delavskemu taboriscu st. 1, ka-
tero Sc je nahajalo tri kilome-
ire Cd plinskih cello, ljudem
skoro nj bio mogoce dihati cd
groznega in neprijetnega smra-
du gorecega cloveskega mesa.
Pri seziganju trupel je bio "a
poslenih 800 delavcev. Seziganje
trupel Sc je vrsilo dan in noe
celih osem mesecev, toda naci-
sticnim zivalim kljub temu nj
uspelo uniciti milijonskih zako-
panih trupel. Med TEN so vedno
prihajale move skupine ma smrt
obsojenih zrtev, kar je zadrze-
valo izkopavanje starih trupel,
ker so move odvazali il plinskih
cello naravnost v pee.
Spomladi leta 1914, so prisli
prvi vlaki z zftvami tudi il Boil
garlic. Tudi ii ljudje MISC mic
vedeli, kaksna usoda jih Gaka
ma severn; tudi MIN je bilo re-
:eno, da jih posiljajo ma Ukraj-
no kot koloniste. Potem so pri-
sli vlaki il Grodno in Bjelosto-
ka, "a mimi pa vlaki varsavskih
upornikov, poljskih vstasev,
kmetov, delavcev in vojakov.
Prisel je tudi oddelels ciganov
10 Romunije in Besarabije.
okrog 200 moskih in okrog 500
lena in otrok. Cigani 80 prisli
sami pes prav il Besarabije, vo-
zee syojo imovino. ma ciganskih
yozovih. Tudi cigano1rl SO rekli,
da gredo ma novo poselitev. TO
tisoc giavo cigansko mnozico
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-03-26
RaznO IL COllinWOOda
(Poroca " Coff)
Obvestilo delnicarjem
SID ma Waterloo Rd.

Delnicarjem Slovenskega de-
lavskega donna ma Waterloo Rd.
Sc ponovno sporoca, da so vsi
|clanski "Certifikati'' gotovi.
Prosi sc VISA delnicarska drustva
ter posamezne delniearje, da oh
priliki prinesete svoje stare del
nice v urad tajnika SID ter te
zamenjate "a move clanske GER
tifikate. Tajnik je v uradu cd
6. do 8. uri zvecer.
Najem dvorane "a koncerte
in razne prireditve
Drustvo naznanja clanom Slo-
venskega delavskega donna, da
Sc DO pricelo rentati dvorane "a
plesne in koncertne prireditve
"a leto 1913 v dneh cd 1. julia
do 1. septembra leta 1947. S 1.
septembrom pa bodo dvorane ma
razpolago tistim, XII bodo "a ME
vprasali. Prosimo nase organi.
zacije in drustva maj o tenn
razpravljajo ma svoji prihodnji
seji in pravocasno rezervirajo
dvorane "a svoje plesne in dru-
&c prireditve "a leto 1913.
Prireditev Mladinskega
pevskega zbora
Kulturna drustva Slovenske-
ga delavskega donna so vedno bi-
la steber nash kulturnih prize
ditev in brez njih bi mas Sloven-
ski delavski dom bill med onimi
narodnimi domovi, XII so nekdaj
bill ma listi z svojimi pevskimi
in dramskimi zbori, toda ker jih
njihov delokrog nj v zadostnem
stevilu gmotno in moralno pod
piral, so preminila. Zato je ma
sa narodna dolznost, da nase
kulturne organizacije podpira-
mo v vseh slucajih in jih obdr-
limo v aktivnih vrstah z goje-
MEM nase pesmi in drame.
Mladinski zbor ma Waterloo
Rd. DO incl svoj koncert v ne
deljo 80. marca in ma to prize
ditev ste vabljeni vsi, ker tt ma
Ii pevci in pevke res lepo pojejo.
Poleg tega pa je vazno tudi to,
da slovensko pesmijo obenem
ohranjujemo mas materinski je-
ziE.
Dvajsetletnica drustva
''Strugglers" st. GA SNPJ
Drustvo "Strugglers' st. GA
SNIP DO praznovalo svojo dVaj-
setletnico V nedeljo dine 13. april
la in sicer varietnim koncert-
MIN programom. Kolikor je do
danes znano, bo programu "a
vsakega nekaj in sicer ziva sill
ka "SNPJ', solo Miss Clara
Reeves, umetni in akrobaticni
pies Miss Pretnar, ter Vadna-
low duet. Posebna atrakcija te-
ga programa pa DO nastop "Bar-
Der Shop kvarteta, v katerem
bodo nastopili clan drustva
"Strugglers.' Zelo sem radove-
den, kdo Cd teh clanov DO pei
tenor in barton, Sc vec pa kdo
10 basist? Emo je gotovo, da DO
kvartet res nastopil v polnl
oo1emi in opravi Barber shope'
kvarteta.
Clani in clanice drustva
"Strugglers' SO res precej ak
4 i l. l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
Miss Anna {. Garland,
Virginia Native, Dies;
Long a Nurse Here

Miss Anna E. Garland, 50, former
nurse and social worker, died Fri
day at her home, 1912 Twenty-ninth
street, Mount Rainier, after a lons
illness.
Born in Harrisonburg. Va, Miss
Garland came to Washington with
her family as a child, and was edu-
Gated in District public schools. She
was trained as a nurse in Children
and Columbia Hospitals, being
graduated in 1912. She went to De.
troit at the beginning of World Wal
I, and did social work there until
1928.
After her return to Washington
she practiced nursing for many
years. Among her patients was Ad.
miral George Dewey, whom she
nursed in his last days.
Miss Garland was a member oil
the Free Methodist Church. Fourth
and Van Buren, streets NV. She
devoted much of her energy to its
work among needy families.
She leaves a sister, Mrs. Edgar
Iglehart, with whom she lived, q
nephew, Emmett G. Collier, Silver
Spring, and neice, Mrs. Anna Ruth
Collier, Beechurst, N. Y.
Funeral services will be held al
2:30 pm. tomorrow at the Free
Methodist Church. Burial will be
in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
Mrs. 5i|as CIatterbuck Dies;
D. {. Resident Since 1907

Mrs. Bessie M. Clatterbuck, So. of
5421 Kansas avenue NV, a resident
of the District since 1907, died yes
terday at Garfield Hospital after a
long illness.
A native Of Culpeper, Va, Mrs.
Clatterbuck came to Washington 40
years ago. She was employed by
the Stone Straw Corp, 900 Franklin
street NE, for rs years, retiring in
1914. She was a regular attendant
Of the Fifth Baptist Church here.
Survivors are her husband, Silas
D. Clatterbuck; a stepson, Silas D.
Clatterbuck, jr., of Washington;
three brothers, Fred Wiss Of WASH
ington, James Campbell of Mitchell,
Va, and Phillip Campbell of Miami,
Fla, and a sister. Mrs. Minnie
Hawks of Mitchell
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. Tuesday at Chambers
funeral home. SIT Eleventh street
Sc. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
| Dollar Invested
Fifty Years Ago
| Now Worth Two
BY the Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY. July 10
Fifty years ago John H. Udall's
father told him IF you put a dollar
in the bank and keep it until you're
as old as Methuselah you'll be a
rich man." So John planked down
one dollar in savings account with
the Zion Savings Bank and Trust
Co.
Now Mr.. Udall, former Mayor OF
Phoenix, wants his dollar-plus SO
years interest. ....-.
The total. w. T. Patrick, assistant
cashier at the bank, said today will
hardly be enough to support Mr.
Udall in luxury.
"It won't be much more than 3d.
he predicted.
Even at the old rate OF per cent
interest it would have taken Is years
for the dollar to have doubled itself
and besides, about 20 years age
banks stopped paying interest on
amounts less than S..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
Eben D. Willis browns
Near Mobile, Ala.

Eben D. Willis, 46, resident OF
Washington for % years, drowned
Wednesday at Gulf Shores near Mo-
bile, Ala, it was learned here yes
terday.
Mr.. Willis, an employee Of the
Weaver Brothers Hardware Co. fol
is years, drowned trying to rescue
a woman and her 6-year -old child,
after a motor boat in which they
were riding capsized. He had al
ready carried a 5-year-old child to
safety on a sand bar and was re-
turning for the others, when, it is
believed, he was stricken with a
heart attack. All three were
drowned.
Mr.. Willis had returned to his home
in Mobile last January, after retir-
ing from business because of i'll
health. He Is survived by his
mother, Mrs. May r. Willis; two
brothers, Richard and Hugh Willis,
and a sister, Mrs. George Tate, all
of Mobile, and two sisters, Misses
Adelaid r. and Mary B. Willis of
1921 Sixteenth street NV. Fu-
neral services were conducted yes
terday In Mobile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
Barron A. Bean, 81, Dies;
Was Smithsonian Curator

Barton A. Bean. 81. retired cura-
tor of fishes of the Smithsonian In
stitution, died yesterday at his home
in Elma, N. Y, Of injuries received
in a fall, the Associated Press re-
ported. ss..s... /,
Mr.. Bean fell from q bridge near
his home Friday. according to Med
ical Examiner Rocco N. De Domi-
nicis.
A native Of cambridge, Pa. Mr.
Bean was educated at Smyrna CDel)
Academy and Millersville Pa.)
State Normal School.
He joined the Smithsonian In
1890 as an assistant curator ano
later served as curator of fishes fol
many years. While here, he made
his home in Chevy Chase, Nd,
Mr.. Bean was q member Of the
Washington Biological Society. So
ciety of American Fisheries and So.
ciety of Ichyologists and Herpetolo-
gists.
He was the author Of a number
of works on fish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
Man Dies During Blaze;
Autopsy SET for Today.

Melvin c. Berry, 4s, colored, was
found dead yesterday by firemen
fighting a $4,000 blaze in the rear
of his home at 1921 Sherman avenue
NV.
1t was not determined Immediately
whether he died OF burns, suffoca-
ton or a heart condition from
which he had been suffering. His
body. found on the burning back
porch, was taken to the morgue
for an autopsy, scheduled for today.
Mr.. Berry, public school janitor,
was working in the back yard and
ran to the house on hearing screams
OF his wife, Mrs. Mamie Berry, As,
neighbors told police.
Mrs. Berry, ironing in an upstairs
room of the two-story frame dwell
ing, escaped across a porch roof to
an adjoining house and was I'M
injured. Cause of the fire was not
determined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
Uarns uf Uhanka

BALL, ANNA M The family of the late
ANNA M. BALL wish to express their APP
probation for the flowers, cards OF SYM
pathy and the many kindnesses shown us
in our recent sorrow. THE FAMILY. 20
BEAN, ELIZABETH. To my many
friends and neighbors, thanking you for
your kindness. and sympathy at time
when it was deeply app 5SAy ar.n
FROST, CLARENCE p, JR. We wish to
acknowledge with grateful appreciation the
many kirdnesses, floral tributes and cards
of sympathy extended to US by the Rev.
Anderson, the Rev. Moore, the Mount
Pleasant Baptist Church. the Nineteenth
Street Baptist Church, our 'neighbors and
many friends during our recent bsrsave.
ment. THE FAMILY.
HAWKINS, LENA. We wish to express
our thanks and appreciation to our many
friends and neighbors for their sympathy
and fora! ofierinss for our beloved mother
~ THE H1dGANs FAMILY. 90
MERGENT, RICHARD. We wish to ex-
and neighbors for their expressions OF
sympathy in the passing OF our dear
brother, RICHARD MERGENT.
BESSIE MERGENT AND FAMILY.
PEYTON, JOSEPH. We wish to express
our appreciation to our many nelghbors
and friends for their expressions OF sym
pathy in our recent bereavement
WIFE AND FAMILY.
the late THOMAS ". WILSON gracefully
acknowledge the thoughfulness and SYM
D"'"' ''''"' Al wa THE FAMILY. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
John Traquair, Authority
On Paper Fibers, Dies
Nv the Associufad Press

CHILLICOTHE. Ohio, July 49,
John Traquair, 50, known among
paper manufacturers as one of the
worlds foremost authorities on
fibrous raw materials, died OF
coronary occlusion at his home
today.
Born in Dunbartonshire, Scotland
he came to the United States in
1913 as vice president of Feculose
Co. of America, and joined Meade
Corp, paper manufacturers, in 1920
He was a research consultant fol
Meade Corp. at the time of his
death.
He was chairman of the Fibrous
Raw Materials Committee of the
Technical Association of the Pulp
and Paper Industry and member
of technical societies in the United
States and England.
His survivors include his widow;
a son, James, at Cincinnati; daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Oscar Martin, Springfield
Ohio; Mrs. Adams, West Palm
Beach, Fla; a daughter in
Venezuela, and one in Scotland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
Rites Set Tomorrow
For Robert |. Owen,
Former u. 5. Senator

Robert Latham Owen, 81, who
as United States Senator from
Oklahoma played an important part
in the drafting of the Federal Re-
serve and Farm Loan Acts, died
yesterday at Emergency Hospital
after an illness of several weeks
He underwent an operation during
the last week, relatives said.
Funeral services will be held at
2:3O pm. tomorrow at Gawler's
Chapel, 1850 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Burial will be in Lynchburg
Va.
Mr.. Owen was one of the two Sen
ators to represent Oklahoma in the
United States Senate when the State
was admitted to the Union in 1907
He served for three successive terms
from 1907 to 1925. The former Sen
ator played prominent part in the
campaign for woman suffrage.
Born in Lynchburg.
Born February 2, 1856, at Lynch
burg, of Scotch-Iris and Indian
ancestry, Mr.. Owen was educated
in Lynchburg, in Baltimore and at
Washington and Lee University.
After completing his education he
went to the Indian Territory as a
teacher in the Cherokee Orphan
Asylum and later was made princi-
pal of the institution. In 1890 he
launched the First National Bank
of Muskogee and for 10 years was
the banks vice president.
Then came a period of law prac-
tice and in 1892, Mr.. Owen entered
politics by organizing the Democrats
of the territory.
In 1907, the statehood year, every
Democrat in both houses OF the
legislature voted to send him to the
United States Senate. He was re-
elected in 1912 and in 1918 with in
creased majorities. Made chairman
of the Senate Committee of Bank
ing and Currency in 1913, Senator
Owen in that position became one
of the trainers of the Federal Re-
serve Act. The late Senator Carter
Glass of Virginia was another lead
er in the Federal Reserve Bank
creation.
After his retirement from the
Senate, Senator Owen continued
to live at the Hotel 2400 Sixteenth
street NV. and practiced law for
some years.
Knew Six Languages.
Mr.. Owen was president OF the
World Language Foundation and
worked for several years on the Gre
alton of a global alphabet. 1t con-
sisted of 81 symbols representing
various phonetic sounds. The for
mer Senator had typewriter built
to write in this alphabet and had
also written a "Spanish-English
Phrase Book" making use of the
alphabet. He knew more than six
languages.
The former Senator was president
emritus of the National Popular
Government League, a life member
of the Elks and SIND degree
Mason.
His father, Robert Latham Owen,
ST., was at one time president \ of
the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
and a member Of the Virginia State
Senate.
Mr.. Owens wife, Mrs. Daisy Hes
ter Owen, died in 1916. They were
married in 1889.
Surviving is q daughter. Miss
Dorothea Whittemore and grand
son. Robert l., Owen, III.