Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1935, Page 8

RESPONSEALLY ; who is 69, spoke for herself and her } & 25 per cent cut in their relief check, , threatened still greater hardships. A * story of their plight, printed tn The ‘ had just.lost his mother and wondered t et mwwrr e PV A—8 - GOUPLE'S POVERTY Appeal in The Star_Fills Matthews Larder to Overflowing. “We have so much now—won't you tell the people of Washington about somebody else who needs help?” Gentle, stanch Bertha Matthews, ‘husband, Fred, who is 70. Until yes- terday, their poverty was extreme, and reducing their monthly income to $18, Star, brought an avalanche of prof- | erred aid. More than 100 telephone calls were received from persons who wanted to help. Now they want to share their for- tune with others, Mrs. Matthews sent word to The Star. “Tell them we are grateful,” she said. “We never knew people could be so kind.” ‘When the first caller appeared at her basement home yesterday morning bearing a basket of food, Mrs. Mat- thews thought it was just a case of mistaken address. Food, Money and Flowers. | But that was just the beginning. | All day long they came with gifts— vegetables, sugar, flour, cocoa, apple- sauce, money, even a potted geranium. | A Clarendon, Va., man called ThU Star to say he wnnted to help. Could | he have Mrs. Matthews’ address. He if Mrs. Matthews could use some of her clothes. He had a fur coat she could have, and he would like to buy her some coal. Some of his neighbors also wanted to lend aid. The couple’s apartment was almost crowded at one time yesterday with men and women of warm hearts. Mrs. Matthews was embarrassed. It had been such a serious blow to be forced onto “relief”; what would her hus- band think when he returned home? He was out looking for work (he re-| pairs vacuum cleaners). What would | he say about the heaps of bread and canned goods and fresh fruit and vegetables? Aid Comes in Limousine. A woman had driven up in a limou- | gine, with chauffeur. She was older | than Mrs. Matthews, who was afraid | she'd fall on the cellar steps. She| | written by little boys and girls and left a gay little potted red geranium THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. DECEMBER ‘8, 1935—PART ONE. Troupers Take Toys to the Theaters TALMADGE STATES CONVENTION AIMS Restoration of Jefferson’s Ted Weems, playing at the Earle Theater, with Lela Moore and Audrey Sleber, actresses, go shopping n a downtown store, interview Santa Claus, and come away with heaps of toys for little boys and girls of ‘Washington. ~—Star Staff Photo. supply was brought to that basement yesterday. ¢ The Matthews’ generous visitors didn’t stay long or discuss their char- | ity. It was: “God bless you and good luck” and a cheery word of farewell Yule (Continued From First Page.) are pathetic. They are coming In great numbers, all asking for some- thing at Christmas time. They are by grown-ups who write on behalf of worthy cases. And there are so many worthy| cases! Children who last Christmas had | | everything are liable this Chrmmns' to have nothing. That is the way | things happen in this old world. It| ‘Warner Bros.’ theaters next Saturday morning. Then, special matinees will be given in all the 11 theaters—nine |in the neighborhoods and two down- town—the Earle and the Metropoli- tan. The shows begin in these down- town theaters at 9.am. and in the xlghborhood theaters an hour later— 10 o'clock. Any one who takes a new toy to any of these theaters will be given free admission. This week, then, is a grand and Already, according to letters received at The Star, the little boys and girls of well-to-do families have started to save their extra money—so they can buy toys for the poor chil- dren. Children Shivering New. Toys, toys, toys! That is the idea. The more the merrier. Let's fill these theaters with toys, pack their lobbies | toys will be received at any one of the: glorious time to get the Christmas | | spirit. these unfortunate children have ever known. And it can be done. It can be done by every man and woman in Washington making & pledge to lend a helping hand. Not one boy should be forgotten, nor one girl. If only one child comes ‘Washington, the whole campaign will have failed. Santa Claus feels that everybody will realize the importance of this message. Still there has to be more action. Things are not moving fast | enough to satisfy the old gentleman. He wants Washington to go over the | top. The only way this can be done is for you, and you, and every one of | | us, to get into the spirit of the thing— | to go out tomorrow morning and buy something—either a toy or a piece of new clothing—for the poor youngsters | who have no way in the world to sat- isfy the cravings of their hearts. | Childhood, Yule Twin Joys. to be forgotten on Christmas day in | grick. to brighten up the place, several sprigs of holly, food, a few dolIara. and—some religious tracts. Remember Last Christmas? Another woman wanted to buy| Remember your own Christmas last them some food. By that time, Mrs. ‘\ear—nnd how happy everybody was Matthews’ combined kitchen-dinin- | receiving the gifts distributed under bed room was stocked with enouh!'the Christmas tree? It's mighty hard food for a month. | to imagine that in some homes there Two others had vacuum cleaners will be no Christmas tree—and no they would give Matthews to repair. | presents, either—unless the good and An elderly woman, bed-ridden, had | kind-hearted people of the city come to a new pair of shoes she wanted Mrs. | the rescue. Matthews to have. What size did she | Rather than have one boy or girl wear? | come down stairs on Christmas morn- 2 |ing and find the place less there T Wt s Y ars et o sl The poor wanted to help as well as | | from now untfl next Friday night, | the rich. One told how she, too, had \ without -rest, to get these toys in on sort of sets people thinking. full of fine toys for the poor boys and | In the name of humanity, don't for- girls who have no one to think about | get these children. If only you ever them. What a sight that will be!| saw a child with longing in his eyes, | Lobbies full of toys—and some new or her eyes, your heart would be clothing, too! There are.little boys | touched so that you'd do without | and girls shivering right now—in need | something yourself, in order to make | of warm clothing. Toys and clothing. | such a child happy. Both are needed! Childhood and Christmas. Twin This Christmas ought to be the| joys of the world. Let's not have | happiest one we have ever had in|them separated—especially when it is Washington. That is what Santa! so easy to keep them together. | Democratic Ideals Is Parley Ohjective. By the Associated Prese. ATLANTA, December 7.—A pro- posed convention of the Southern Committee to Uphold the Constitu- tion was described today by Gov. Eu- gene Talmadge, New Deal denouncer, as a move “to restore Jeffersonian Democracy.” Talmadge announced plans for the meeting yesterday in New York, where he broadcast an address he called “eGorgia’s Answer to Roosevelt,” criti- cizing the President and his adminis- tration, A January date for the Atlanta con- vention will be fixed within 10 days, the Governor said, by him and John Henry Kirby, Houston, Tex, commit- tee chairman. Aim to Revitalize Party. Talmadge called members of the committee “the real Democrats” and said their meeting would be dedicated to “revitalizing” the Democratic party with the “principles of Thomas Jef- ferson.” He did not elaborate on plans or disclose whether a party bolt is under consideration. A delegation of members met him in New York yesterday, he said, and pro- posed the organization convene in Atlanta. Letterheads in the Governor’s files | listed L. S. Pranklin as national or- ganizer of the “Uphold the Constitu- tion Committee.” Nucleus member- | ships listed in 17 States included: Maryland—L. Irving Pollitt, Thomas F. Caldwater, Baltimore; M. P. Moller, Hagerstown; Robert 8. Bright, Pred- North Carolina Members, North Carolina—J. 8. White, Me- bane; John Stephen Sewell, High- lands; W. H. Wood, M. B. Hunter, harlotte; Ernest M. Gieen, Raleigh Champior. McDowel? Davis, Wilming. | ton; Alex R. Howard, Concord; Mra. | C. B. Barbee, Raleigh; Dr. James W. | Davis, Statesville; J. E. Millis, High | | Point. \ South Carolina—Ellas Earle Child, | Columbia; J. C. Self, Gieenwood; H.| Klugh Purdy, Ridgeland; Gordon| Miller, George L. Buist, Charleston; J. W. Norwood, Greenville; W. H.| Lightsey, Brunson; Lucius E. Dreher, Leesville. Virginia—Thomas C. Boushall, Randolph Williams, Richmond. West Virginia—Joseph H. Reass, Robert Hazlett, Alexander Glass, Wheeling; John M. Wolverton, Rich- wood. —_— self in the good graces of Santa Claus. As Ted Weems ‘puts it, “Five shop- BREADRACKETEERS Hunt Launched for Collec- tors of Million a Year. Housewives Pay. By the Associsted Priss, NEW YORK, December 7.—The “bread racket” which Special Prose- cutor Thomas E. Dewey believes costs New Yorkers a million dollars annual- ly, -was spread out tonight for vigorous kneading by his staff of investigators. Inspired by their success against loan sharks of whom 15 already have been convicted, the Dewey agents, operating under a mandate from Gov. Lehman to “clean up New York,” are concentrating now on “the bread rack- eteers,” as they describe them. Dewey's men believe that there ex- ists an alliance so powerful that it has been able to exact tribute on vir- tually every loaf of bread sold in the | city—with the housewife eventually paying the extortion. ‘Would Trace Money. ‘The present inquiry seeks to find out who gets thé money—and to stop it. In a raid on the headquarters of the Flour Truckmens’ Association, Inc. | books and records were seized by Dewey’s men. Since 1933, agents de- | clared, the organization has levied a tribute of 15 cents a barrel on all the | | flour carted in the metropolitan area. The city’s bakers, who use some | 19,000,000 barrels of flour annually, | | have been forced to raise their prices, and the housewife pays the difference. Following the original raid, Dewey's agents seized the books of a dozen | | other trucking organizations to learn | | if they, too, were leavening the racket- | | eer’s loaf. Indictments Planned. While declining comment on- the | latest angle of the racket-smashing | drive, Dewey intimated that indict- ments charging conspiracy in restraint of trade will be sought against the American Radiator Hot-Water Heating System 285 COMPLETELY INSTALLED IN 6 ROOMS Written Guarantee NO MONEY DOWN Years ay er. 300 fi. Radiat Larger Plants Proportionstely Priced latlon. Ne inter: leaders. - The maximum penaity for conviction is three years in a peni- teptiary. Meanwhile, the methodical agents of Dewey were able to work more | ROUSES GOTHAM == swiftly u tbe public’s fear of gang against the racketeers lbltod with additional con- victions. Dewey, & former assistant United States attomey, when he took over the drive last Spring, said “There isn't a | Newly elected officers are: Mas- ter:'J. C. Duvall; lecturer, Mrs. Har- vey Hill; secretary, Mrs. Norman Mullinix; overseer, Courtney Bur- dette; steward, Benjamin Slagle; as- sistant steward, Albert G. Warfleld; chaplain, Rev. W. C. Warner; treas- urer, Mrs. Edwin Mullinix; gate keeper, John Poole; Ceres, Mrs. J. C. Duvall; Pomona, Mrs. Spencer Mul- linix; Flora, Mrs. Mariam Hawkins; lady assistant steward, Miss Marie Mullinix; Executive Committee, Al- }bert G. Warfield, Harvey Hill and | J. 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