Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1931, Page 22

VERE ARG T N HARLAN TRIALS Committee Complains of In-| creased Cost of Defending [ Kentuoky Miners. HARLAN, Ky., August 35 (#).— Thirty-six more indictments were returned in the Harlan coal fields cases here foday, including omé charging - icrimipzl - &yhdicalism against Mrs. Jessle London Wake- | fleld, former University 6f Waehing- | ton do-ed. | By thé Astociated Precs. HARLAN, Ky., August 25.—All mur- | der and other cases arising from coal fleld 'dhmrbn:t':‘e.a w}l}: be tried in some | county n Harlan, despite pro- o ot defenss counsel thas. the vemue | changes will cause additional expense | to defendants. 1 Circuit Judge D. C. Joneés estérday | ordered venue changes in 18 murder cases resulting from :n:uldruple killing at Evarts last May said he would issue a similar order today concérning 15 others charged with murder and | ‘Wednesday would order changés of | venue in numerous cases of criminal syndicalism and banding and confed- erating. Bail for each murder defend- ant whs seét at $15,000. When Commonwealth's Attorney W. A. Brock &nd defénse eoufisel were un- abie to ofi sites for the trans- | férred trials, Judge. Jones said he wmu' Escaped Bull Halts Limited Train and Gores Policeman the Associated Press. animal from the tunnel which Tuns city to the Pan= | handle tracks. The limited was detained when sailroad officials warned passens s ot to board of leave the frainwhile redcaps, poliee and trainmen tried to drive the an- imal from the station. JACOBW. COLLIN DIES AFTER STROKE Was Connected With Tele- graph Industry in Wash- ington Many Years. Jacob 'W. Collins, for many years connected with the telegraph and cof- unieation industry in Washington, died :xdden!y in New York yesterday, fol- ; | lowing & stroke. He left this éity about when he was transferred THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1931. BEER IS ADVOGATED ASPROSPERTY AID New League, Urging Revision in Rum Law, Formed in District. Predicting that the depression will end a8 soon as beer is legAlized, the Prosperity Beer Leéague, with offices in |the Washington Butiding, today fled | papers of incorporation here. The announced purpose of the of- ganigdtion is “to promote the welfate [of the people of the United States by | the dissemination of literature, data | and_statistics showing the benefits to be gained by a changs in the prohi- bition laws to permit and authorize the manufaéture and restricted sale of real beer, carrying a supertax.” ‘Walmsley I8 President. The officers of the league are Albert Walmsley, president: Elvin C. James, | treasurer, and George Monk, sects- | tary. The law firm of Darr, Darr & | Espey has been retained as general counsel. declares that the imposition of a super- tax on beer of $12 a barrel will give the | Federal Government & minimum return | of a billion dollars a_year. | . “The Prosperity Beer League bé- | lieves,” continties the. statement, “ with the nejoyment of such a revenue hard times and unemployment will dis- Appéar 4nd again we would have pros- | perity and happiness. Such belief is | held by bankers, economists, industrial- ists and business men generally, who | A statement given out by the league PLANE HEIGHT FINDERS BEING TESTED BY ARMY Instruments to Gauge Position of Hostile Craft Object of U. 8. Experts, Tests of instruments mfl:l:"nedt u: determine automatically eight rhxeh hostile airplanes T are- flying are n protn? at o Prorina | Ground, Md., as a part of the Army's | “3 increase the accurary os anti-air 't guns. height finders are under test. oné of them a Prench instrument and | ome Dutch product. All three inetru- ments are s n principle, actually measuring the slant-range tar- get and automaticallv convertins ¢ | into an altitude reading for electrical transmission to the gun uirecto. The tests, which will requir % completé, will consist of m: 8 the aititude of planes flying at various levels up to 15, feet at varying dis tances day and night. The results | will be compared with those of a sys- | tem of mirror position finders, which have been determined to be extremely accuraté in determining the altitude ‘of target planes. As a result of annual anti-alrcraft gun exercises at Aberdeen practically all items of ipment necessary- for the anti-ais regiment have been standardized except height finder, the War Departmen ounced. 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