Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1930, Page 5

THE EVENING UABDR WEMORAL | i comsr ron s svonn—] . WAR MEMORIAL DRIVE PLANS LAID Officers Are Selected by Com- mittee to Direct Fund Campaign. Planning its campaign to raise the $135,000 cash already subscribed to the District of Columbia War Memorial to goal of $155,000, the Central Labor n campaign committee met last might in an enthusiastic session in the board room of the Machinists' Building. Ofticers were selected by the commit- tee, an advisory committee was named and definite plans laid for beginning mctive work at once. New Officers. The new officers, who were added to Frank W. Lee, vice president of the Mount Vernon Savings Bank, chairm of the committee, Tepresenting the M chinists' Union, were as follows: Secre tary, R. A. Dickson, Press Assistants’ Uniop; treasurer, Fred S. Walker, Ty- pographical Union; advisory committee, John B. Colpoys, editor of the Trades Unionist; John Haggerty, president In- ternational Brotherhood of Book Bind- ers; Wiliam M. Leath, president Co- lumbia Typographical Union 101; Frank J. Coleman, secretary Washington Cen- tral Labor Union; Charles E. Young, executive secretary, Washington Build- ing Trades Council; Howard T. Colvin, president Washington Central Labor Union, and Newton A. James, Vice pres- jdent Maryland State and District of Columbia Federation of Labor. 3 Chairman Lee described the meeting of the committee as developing a “fine spirit and enthusiasm.” The Musicians Union, Mr. Lee said, through its business representative, A. C. Hayden, has tendered to the com- mittee the use of one of its halls for subsequent meetings. The Mount Ver- non Savings Bank, it also was stated, substantially has aided the committee in launching its campaign. . Lee Is Elated. Mr. Lee said he was “highly elated with the response made by the num- ber of prominent labor leaders who have pledged themselves to assist in bringing this drive to a successful con- clusicn.” “With such assistance,” he said, “our contribution to this worthy fund prac- tically is assured. Labor and its friends throughout many sections of the United States have made their contribution to similar memorials. The working men and women of the District would hardly feel satisfied if they were not per- mitted to_contribute to this fund in & group We have taken part in prac- tically every civic enterprise of any prominence, within the District of Columbia, and have succeeded in ful- filling every obligation thus pledged. We shall do likewise in connection with labor’s contribution to the erection of this memorial,” The District war memorial is to take the form of a white marble temple of circular design, with a_dome mounted on columns. It is to be located in a grove of trees between the Tidal Basin and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. STUDY EXTRADITION Mexico City Court Receives Aff- davits in Harper Case. MEXICO CITY, June 6 (F).—Af- davits from Oklahoma City supporting the demand for extradition of Joy Palmer Harper to the United States were recelved here Wednesday and added to the evidence being studied by the Dis- trict Court. Harper is wanted by_authorities in Oklahoma City, Pittsburgh and other American cities, and was arrested here last_Winter. When the extradition papers came from Washington more than a mont! ago the court decided they would have to be supported by affidavits. Meanwhile Harper has been given an opportunity to show cause why he should not be ex- tradited. He presented a mass of argu- ments and his case is described in court circles as a strong one. A decision is expected in the next few @ays. CONVICTED OF SLAYING Two Brothers and Companion Given From 2 to 10 Years. i GREENEVILLE, Tenn., June 6 (#).— Pete and Hubert Stanton, brothers, and Fowler Shelton were convicted here yesterday of killing Mitchell Gentry, a deputy sheriff of Madison County, North Carolina, in a gun battle near the North Carolina’ line a few weeks ago. A jury fixed their punishment at from 2 to 10 years in the State Penitentiary. The men pleaded self-defense, claim- ing that Grady Cutshaw. Green County farmer, opened fire on them first. Cut- shaw was wounded during the ex- change of shots. Deputy Sheriff Gentry, who had come @cross the State line to buy gasoline because it was cheaper in Tennessee, was shot while attempting to act as a peacemaker. Testimony at the trial said he did not draw hi EISEMAN’S Seventh & F Sts. SUMMER WEIGHT TROUSERS to Match Odd Coats $4.95 Palm gabardines and other ma- terials, All Just bring in your odd coat... we'll match it. Beaches, mohairs, sizes. h| $5,000 for the death of his child, Do-| Scated, left to right. hinists’ Union and chairman of the commitee, and R. A. Dickson, Press Assistants’ Union. James Windsor, Plate Printers’ Union; E. J. Roche, Bookbinders; J. P. Simpson, Federal Employes, No. 2; Frank Fatrizio, Press Feeders’ Union; Charles Frasier, Machinists; John Noonan, Electricians’ Union, and D. C. Dow, Plumbers’ Union. Meeting last night at Machinists’ Hall, the members of the committee representing organized labor are uhown.. : Fred S. Walker, Typographical Union; Nora B. James, Federal Employes’ Union; Frank W. Lee, Standing, left to right: GIRL SEEN ON SHIP BEFORE DISAPPEARING Officers of Liner Tell San Francisco Police Miss Giddens Was on Coast Trip. By the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO, June 6.—Although relatives believe Bernardine Alice Gid- dens, 23, Los Angeles amateur actress and writer, did not leave that ecity when she booked passage for San Fran- cisco last week on the coastal liner Yale, the ship’s officers told police today she had been seen aboard the vessel during the trip up the coast. The girl's mother, Mrs. Wilda Gid- dens of Los Angeles, said she believed her daughter had gone to New York to marry Bob Hubbard, 29, formerly asso- ciated with a Pasadena theatrical com- pany with which the girl had played. Her brother, Ray A. Giddens of San Luis Obispo, Calif., told police his sister was in love with La Verne Brown of Los Angeles and said he belleved she had hidden to avoid the marriage with Hubbard, which her mother favered. Miss Giddens' personal effects were found aboard the Yale after it docked here, with a farewell note saying she was “taking the easiest way out of & life that had played so many tricks on her.” FATHER WINS $30,000 IN DAM FLOOD SUIT $175,000 Claim Against Los An-. geles for Death of Wife and Three | Children Is Reduced. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES; June 6.—Four addi- tional claims for damages totaling $30,- 000 have been allowed against the City of Los Angeles as the result of the St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928. Ray E. Rising yesterday was given the judgment here. He had brought suit for $175,000. Rising was given $20,000 damage for the death of his wife, Mrs. Julia Rising; lores, 8; $3,000 for the death of Eleanor, 5, and $2,000 for the death of Adeline Rising, 2. Rising contended that the breaking of the dam, which released a 75-foot wall of water into the Santa Clara River valley and drowned more than 400 per- sons, was the result of faulty construc- tion. . George L. Eastman, chairman of the Los Angeles citizens’' restoration com- mittee, announced that all but five death claims out of over 400 growing out of the bursting of the St. Francis | Dam two years ago have been settled. i President to Get Shell From First Salute for Him Assistant Secretary Ernest Lee Jahncke plans to present to Presi- dent Hoover the shell which fired the first naval salute to him since he became Chief Executive. This shot was fired at the review of the United States fleet, held off the Virginia Capes on May 20, from the flagship U. S. S. Salt Lake City. This_shell, polished until it shines like silver, was prepared at the Washington Navy Yard for presentation and the engraving on it sets forth that the President was accompanied by Secretary Charles Francis Adams and Mr. Jahncke, on that occasion. 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All six districts, with a total population of 668,105 in 1920, 246,438. 3 The percentage of uhemployment for all six districts was 5.47. lost ond “ba STAR, WASHINGTON, 6 and 7.89 per cent, respectively, are | unemployed. The two districts include | D. C., FRIDAY, LILA LEE DENIES SHE DESERTED KIRKW0OD Actress Seeks Custody of Their Six- Year-Old Son in Answer to His Divorce Buit. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, June 6—Lila Lee, film actress, denied that she had de- serted her husband, James Kirkwood, actor, in an answer to his divorce com- plaint, which she filed in Superior Court’ Tuesday. General and specific | denials were made to all of the charges in Kirkwood's complaint, filed last | week. Mrs. Kirkwood indicated she *would |seek custody of their 6-year-old son, James, jr., in alleging that she was a |} and’ proper person” to care for the Y. | The couple was married in July, 1923, ‘when Miss Lee was 18 and Kirkwood 40 years of age. They separated several weeks ago. ‘The Swedish Match Co.'s profit for last | year was $15,000,000. | JUNE. 6, | election, 1930. NASHVILLE EDUCATOR SEEKS BROCK’S SEAT Candidate Asserts He Has No Hope of Election, but Wants to Pre- sent His Theories. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 6.—David { Wesley Dodson, Nashville educator, qualified yesterday as a candidate for | the Democratic nomination for the junior United States Senate seat now held by Senator Willlam E. Brock of | Chattanooga. Mr. Dodson said he had no hope of glection, but thought his candidsoy vould give him an opportunity to put before thie _g"onla his. theories. of g?w-' ernment. He wili cppose Representa- tive o(ét:irderllMHu!I of ‘Carthage, Andrew 3 of Murfreesboro and Dr. John | n.sNrnll of Knoxville. . | enator Brock, appointed u | death of Senator L. D. 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