Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1935, Page 7

C., SEPTEMBER 22, 1935—PART ONE. BASIGLAW ISSUE S THEFT BELIEVED SOLVED L2 ] THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON suance of the Constitution shall be the supreme law of the land. The Su- preme Court cannot avoid deciding whether laws are or are not in pur- suance of the Constitution. The jus- FARMERS GIVEN of Awards | Police Arrest Three Boys in Rob- Scouts Honored at Quarterly Court STIFF PENALTIES Judge Holds Contempt in Foreclosure Case Is Near “Treason.” By the Associated Press. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., September 21.— | Thirteen farmers who led a cursing | mob which blocked a Federal farm foreclosure sale at Plattsburg, Mo, | August 15 were sentenced today to| from one day to three years’ imprison- ment. Federal Judge Albert L. Reeves as- | gessed the maximum punishment against Clifton Gall, ringleader, with three years for contempt of court and two years for conspiracy to interfere with a Federal officer, the sentences to run concurrently. “Your action is dangerously near to | treason, and certainly rebellion and | insurrection,” the judge declared. Sam Divelbiss, owner of the farm, got a year and a day. Still to be sentenced is Harrison Nathan Jones, the fourteenth of the men accused of manhandling four Federal officers. | Calls Witnesses Liars. | He collapsed today, screaming at | Federal witnesses “All these people are liars.” A ph.\'si(‘mp said Jones, former city councilman ‘n Cameron, Mo, appar- ently was not in a serious condition. All the defendants pieaded guilty unexpectedly this morning after the presentation of Federal testimony. They apologized to United States Marshal Henry L. Dillingham, whom they held prisoner with three aides at the court house in Plattsburg until the legal time for the sale of the farm, 5 p.m., had passed The officers were disarmed, beaten and cursed. Dillingham said Divelbiss identified tices are under oath to support the bery of Vacant House. Col. E. L. Mattice, assistant District Boy Scout executive, is shown shaking hands with Scout Fred Lemly of Troop 72 as he congratulates the 16 boys receiving Eagle badges at the ceremonies last night at Powell Junior High School. More than 100 Scouts received citations, the degrees ranging from the Star to the Gold Quills, and including Life, Eagle, and Palms. —Star Staff Photo. TRAGED BY BLOOM Supreme Court Authority Discussed by Represen- tative on Radio. By the Associated Press. Representative Bloom, Democrat, New York, last night traced the Su- preme Court’s authority to declare | laws unconstitutional to the provi- | sion that the Constitution “and the | laws made in pursuance of the Con- stitution shall be the supreme law of the land.” In a question and answer radio talk on “Constitutional Misconceptions,” Bloom, who is director general of the Constitution Sesquicentennial Com- mission, said many governmental | functions were not specified. Supreme Law of Land. “Some things must be left to com- mon sense,” he explained. “But the | people have ordained that the Con- | | stitution and the laws made in pur- 112 B0Y SCOUTS RECEIVE AWARDS Eagle Status Given 16 Mem- bers at Quarterly Court. One hundred and twelve members of the District Council of Boy Scouts, |among them 16 Eagle Scouts, were | honored by special citation at the himself as “the man the Government | Quarterly Court of Awards last night is trying to steal the farm from,” laid his troubles to the Supreme Court’s outlawing of the Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage act and charged that “Wall | Street was back of it.” Sentences aside from those of Gall | and Divelbiss: Homer Crowley, Dan Stoffel, C. A. Jones and Randolph T. Arnold. two years; J. D. Pipes and A. A. Holman, & year and a day; Ivan Divelbiss, Allen Handeley and Frank Hixon, three months; Charles Anderson and Marvin | Arnold, one day. {at Powell Junior High School. An audience of parents and visitors filled | the school auditorium. Presentation was made by Dr. Paul Bartsch, chairman of the Court of Honor and presiding officer at the cere- mony. Rev. Arthur P. Wilson, pastor of the Columbia Heights Christian Church. in delivering the principal ad- dress, praised the work of the Boy Scouts’ organization as one of the most influential molders of character in the life of our youth today. An impressive phase of the program Hold Action Unjustified. Judge Reeves said he had sought hopefully through three days of testi- mony to find some indication of inno- cence or of vindication for the men. He found none, he said, and declared: “Other crimes were committed. This mob, and I know of no better term for it, committed robbery, slander, may- hem, false arrest, felonious assault, conspiracy and unlawful assembly in its unspeakable attack on an officer of this court.” Judge Reeves presided at the trial at the request of Federal Judge Mer- rill E. Otis, whose order for the Divel- | ¢ Ka. biss sale was torn up by the mob. was the parents accompanying their | sons onto the stage in the awarding of Eagle badges. Those who received awards follow: Star ‘Badses Bransdorf Richard Willlam Atwood Ludwig. Donald Yates. Frederick 4 Loveridge, Melvin Herrington. Russel Chandler. Howard P W Neil Meserole, Harrison Carter. Lewis T. Rozzelle. Richard Davis. Paul Leathers. Arthur Brunt, J. Pierce. Albert L. it Carr. Frank E Pruitt Craley Wilson Ruebush. E Dakis. S Cl Sral E: harles. It ph ir. Ned. i Paul | Snider, Clinton T. &h Tatelmar. Bernard Jones. O. Earle. Defense attorneys charged Judge Otis | Beagle. Joseph W was prejudiced. “This thing,” said Judge Reeves, “has done more damage to Missouri and to the Nation than flood, fire and pestilence; more than any enemy bat- tleship could do shelling New York | City.” i “Missouri farm lands pave decreased | ¢ in value and the infamy of this act| has been spread to the far corners of the Nation." In particular he criticized Gall, farmer, editor of a farm paper, secre- tary of the State Farmers’ Protective Association and the father of two children, who sought in vain to censor newspaper reports of the mob action.” Calls Gall Insolent. “He was insolamt, arrogant and impudent when- he attempted to dic- tate the story of Kennetn Clark, Asso- ciated Press reporter, who had a per- fect right to be in Plattsburg,” the Judge said | “He continued that insolence when | he went to ‘e newspaper office of Mrs. Edna * at Maysville, ac- companied by .~ or 12 ruffians, and | attempted to dictate whrat she should print. “Gall incited Divelbiss into this re- bellion, this insurrection against the | Government.” | Dillingham said he would move the men sentenced to more than one year to Leavenworth Prison soon. The! others will serve their terms in jail. Works vqonlinued From Pirst Page.) will leave a trail of disappointment in its wake, one administration spokes- man predicted Three-quarters of $800,000,000 of projects eligible for approval under standards laid down by the President had to be scrapped because of lack of | funds. Hundreds of other commu- | nities will be left out also in the | scramble to allot the $200,000,000. | In distributing the rather meager | amount, public works officials said the slogan will be “45-55 or fight.” Funds are to be given on the basis of a 45 per cent grant and 55 per cent loan. Ickes’ officials said their recommen- | Life Badges. Easterling. C. L. Herndon Leo F. Wise. E_Boyd Thompkins. Biil Stephenson. J. H. Foote, Edward P. Frissell. Harry Rice, Prederick. ir. Ludwig, Kenneth Steiner. Benjamin Rose. Walter D. Harnsberger Wm. Sardiner. F. G Mahaney, F. Mills. G. Ryals. J Hales' Raymond L. Riedel. Robert A. Johnston, Thos. H. Steere. Lucius E. Rawdon, Richard H. Hoffman. Robert T. Leroy Miller. Robert s Beatty, H. E. jr. Swab. Leroy C. Eagle Badges. Smith Riedel, James A Donald Scott Davy. Charles w Taggart. Edward Thompson. Whiting. Willlam Palms. Friedman. nson. Ol Edward H Bowes James Melvin Barnes. Deforest Morgan. Jo V.. Jr. (Second Gold.) an. Roy (Second Bronze.) Purse Victor (Third Bronze.) pon. Harry D. Linger. Roland Megathan, W. C.. ir Gold Quill Awards. Carpenter, D. N Ennes, Howard W. CONSTITUTION CHANGE HIT AS UNCHRISTIAN Critical Comment Cited With De- fense of Freedom of Religion. 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