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RONENDSEETIG OFEVOLUTIONFOES North Carolina’s “Committee of 100” Breaks Up After > Drafting Platform. By the Associated Preas CHARLOTT N. C., May 5.—The 1te-wide mass meeting called by the “committee of 100" to battle the teaching of evolution in North Caro- adjourned suddenly yesterday several hours of stormy ses- Walter H. Neal an of the meeting adjourne president 1o that offic the adjournment v before the gathering number of those pr > ruffled over closed 3 opin- hen Rev. resented | “bit- tongued'” who spoken during the . West was halted. howev hed down Greensboro man A few min- adjourned e out of the meet- | comprising the following points attempt to secu mod ation schools. 1 irect treaty” fail, to the fight to the Legislature to the schools” of evolution of that no outside as- Carolina’s “problem. A movement to prevent employ- ent of teachers in North Carolin; schools whose Bible views to standardize time payment charges T is General Motors’ policy to putits prod- ucts into the hands of the purchaser at the :| HEARING ON PAY STATUS. P cers, the measure. nd Comd partment’s | mitted the longevity p barred by the la not prepar relief at. th will Women Informed Army May Train Only Men Officers Citizens’ military training camps as conducted at present have for their fundamental purpose the training of students to become re. serve officers and non-commissioned officers in the United States Army, and under the law only men are qualified for such positions, as Congress has made no provision for training women along similar lines, Maj. Gen. R. C. Davis, adjutant general of the Army. has o in. formed Telen Maloney of Brooklyn r.. who had asked the War Department to establish siraflar camps for women. “You will doubtless be interested in learning,” added the adjutant er to Miss Ma. us rifle clubs hout the coun- women attain of proficiency »d marksmanship the men. Detailed on o subject may be secured from the director of clvilian marksmanship, Washing- ton;, B ¢ . are condu: try and that the proper « Arguments Presented by Commis- had | | fo sioned Warrant Officers. Hearing of the case of the commis ant officers of the Navy king for a readjustment of was held before the in a ak bill to restore pay status to these off- present in the interest of | Rear Admiral w they were , hut was because it would President’s eco. It {3 expected that the committee make its conclusions and re {office and the detective bureau that ! the machine gun, being compelled in |1s being made for the O’Donnells. .| dating back two and a half years, R v the special crime | t on the Norbe 1 within the lowest possible cost. As far back as 1919, it organized the Gen- eral Motors Acceptance Corporation—a finance company through whose service more than 1,000,000 families have bought cars comfortably out of income. On August 1 last, the price of this service, which had always been low, was still further reduced, and GMAC rates were made stan- dard for 211 General Motors cars sold on time. The automobile-buying public is now sav- ing millions of dollars annually as a result of this reduction and the influence of General Motors leadership- GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET - PONTIAC - OLDSMOBILE OAKLAND - BUICK - CADILLAC GMC TRUCKS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FIVE AUTOS USED IN GANG SLAYING Warrant Said to Have Been Issued for Man Who Han- dled Machine Gun. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, May b5.—Five automo- biles carrying nearly 30 gangsters, all armed with weapons ranging from pistols to machine guns, were used in the slaying of Willlam Mcwiggin and two companions Jast week, it has been revealed in latest information obtained by the police. The flve machines were used in hours of patient tralling’ of the carj in which the McSwiggin party was riding. The Chicago Tribune says that secret warrants have been issued for the arrest of Al Caponi, commonly known among gangsters as Al Brown after it had been established to the satisfaction of the State's attorney’s Capont in person led the slayers of McSwiggin, The newspaper saye it has been found that Caponi handled ct in order to set an eéxample of com- 1l rlessness for his less eager panions. Others Believed Marked. In addition to McSwiggin, James Doherty and Thomas Duffy, all of whom were killed, the machine attack es ter two bitter tha Caponi out- aning activities. Search Disclosure of gangland's secrets, | be attempted and jury impa o investigate the The fireworks when the | resumes its deliberations to- | BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR morrow,” sald Oscar Caristrom, State attorney general, who, with State's Atterney Crowe, is in charge of the investigation. To Investigate Pardons. The attorney general and State's attorney said yesterday they also contemplate fnquiry into pardons and paroles granted State prisoners. In the last two and a half years 93 murders have been attributed to liquor and gang warfare, but in most instances punishment was never meted out, the victims and witnesses almost without exception strictly ad- hering to the gang rule of secrecy. Coroner Wolff's inquest jury of prominent Chicagoans yesterday ad- Journed until Friday after hearing more testimony on the triple slaying. Much of the testimony .concerned the supposed disappearance of a memorandum book and two sheets of paper found on Duffy’ policeman sald he turned the papers over to the police of Cicero, suburb where the shooting took place. Cicero officers have stated they gave the papers to State's Attorney Crowe, who has denled ever receiving them. — Man Held as Thief in Store. Charged with taking a pocketbook from the handbag of Mrs. Charles F. Bradley, 224 Third street southeast, Emer R. Lovedell, colored, 812 O street, was arrested in a department store this morning by Joseph Grant, | in charge of the store’s protection de- | partment. Mrs. Bradley, it is stated, was at a counter when the purse was stolen. Builders’ Meeting Called Off. The meeting of the Operative Build- ers’ Assoclation, scheduled for tonight at the City Club, was called off this morning by assoclation officials when word was received that the t ers, 0. W. 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