Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1936, Page 2

VIRGINIA BANKER FATALLY STRICKEN Services for Anthony Dibrell to Be Held Tomorrow at Leeshurg. S5 ectal Dispatch to The Star. _LEESBURG, Va. July 25.—An- thony Dibrell, 61, prominent banker and churchman of Leesburg, died yes- terday afternoon after being stricken with a heart attack while attending a bank directors’ meeting. In the banking business here for 85 years, Mr. Dibrell was vice president and cashier of the Loudoun National Bank at the time of his death. He was & member of the vestry and junior warden of St. James' Episcopal Church. He died at his home within an hour after being stricken. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow at St. James' Episco- pal Church. Mr. Dibrell leaves two children, Miss Nancy Dibrell and Anthony Di- brell, jr.. a brother, James C. Di- brell, Raleigh, N. C., and four sisters, | Mrs. Edwin Garrett, Leesburg; Mrs. Claude Hatcher, Ohio; Mrs. Edgar Lit- tleton, Fairfax, and Mrs. Mary God- bold. He was a son of the late Agnes Chamblin and Anthony Dibrell, sr. He married Miss Mary Van Devanter, who died several years ago. Burial will be in Union Cemetery here, TOLL BRIDGE FIRM SELLS TO STATES Acceptance of $75,000 Offer As- sures Harpers Ferry Traffic Resumption. By the Assoctated Press. BALTIMORE, July 25.—The Harp- ers Ferry Toll Bridge Co. has decided to sell its franchise, insuring a speedy resumption of automobile traffic across the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry. Attorney General Herbert R. ©O'Conor said yesterday an attorney for the bridge company had notified him a $75,000 offer made by Maryland and West virginia would be accepted. Acquisition of the company’s fran- chise will permit the States to go ahead with plans for converting a railroad bridge at the point to carry the auto traffic. Road traffic across the river has been halted since the toll bridge was washed out last March. O'Conor said that Carlyle Barton, attorney for the bridge company, an- nounced acceptance of the offer in a letter. The letter said, in part: “I have a letter from Mr. Forrest A. Brown, attorney and president of the | Harpers Ferry and Potomac Bridge Co. in which he indicates that he has now secured the unanimous approval of all | the stockholders of the Harpers Ferry and Potomac Bridge Co. to the accept- ance of the offer of $75,000 by the States of Maryland and West Vir- ginia for the property and rights of the company at the Harpers Ferry bridge site.” O'Conor said that arrangements have not been completed for the for- mal transfer of the bridge property. The abstract of the company's title to the bridge was sent to the attorney general last week to be checked be- fore the sale is finished. Nathan L. Smith, chief engineer of the State Roads Commission, that it would take from two to three weeks to lay the flooring on the rail- road bridge, prepare the approaches for automobiles, and to install the signal system for the two trains which will also use the bridges daily. O'Conor said that the work of searching the title to the franchise is still going on, but that the rest of the plans can also be completed while the title work is pursued. The attorney general also said he had notified Homer A. Holt, attorney general of West Virginia, of the bridge company’s acceptance of the offer. Maryland and West Virginia will each provide half of the purchase price of the franchise and property. TWO MORE TRACTS BOUGHT FOR PARK Purchase of 110 Parcels Straighten Shenandoah Boun- daries Planned. Brecial Dispatch to The Stac LURAY, Va., July 25.—The pur- chase of the first two of 110 tracts of land to be added to the Shen- andoah National Park was completed yesterday, according to Vincent R. Rhodes, head of the Luray office, Shenandoah National Park extension project. Payment was made in Har- risonburg to Mrs, Bettie Wyant for 23 acres and to E. Dyche Deane for 96 acres, both located in Hensley Hollow, near Elkton. The total acreage to be purchased by the Resettlement Administration, in co-operation with the National Park Service, is approximately 10,500 acres. Of the 110 owners, five are in Rockingham County, one in Page, two in Albemarle and 102 in Rappahan- nock. “All this land is between the Kelsey and Cammerrer boundaries of the park,” he said. ‘The additions are for the purpose of straightening the boundaries, it s understood. to AIRPORT COMMISSION DECIDES ON SECRECY Policy Adopted to Escape Possible Controversies, Which Have Defeated Previous Sites. Secrecy will be the policy of the District Airport Commission in fits search for a solution of the 10- old District eirport problem, it was decided at the first business meeting of the full commission, which closed yesterday. A three-man subcommit- tee was authorized to undertake the preliminary work of det the type of airport needed for the Capital and the selection of possible sites. “We are pledged to make no an- nouncement of our plans in advance of our formal report to Congress,” Sena- tor King of Utah, commission chair- man, explained. Controversies over particular sites have blocked final airport legislation for Washington year after year, it was pointed out, and the commission wishes to avoid this, i Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. TALL TALE. GOLDFISH swims in a bowl in the home of Joe .Kullman which most certainly would not be swimming there today were it not for the marvelous efficiency of artificial respiration. Kullman, it seems, completely for- got about the goldfish when he went on his vacation. In consequence, no provision was made for changing the water and providing it with food. The heartless inconsiderateness of his act did not occur to him until he came home and found the fish float- ing, tummy up, in the murky water. For all the deadness of its appear- ance, Kullman could not accept the evidence as final. He filled a bowl with fresh water, grabbed the fish, put it in the new bowl and started moving it slowly back and forth through the water. The motion opened and closed the gills and an occasional twitch, or something, in the fish's body told Kullman to keep it up. He did so for what is reported to us as 18 minutes, after which the fish started opening and closing its own gills. Both are now living happily ever after. * x * x POSTAGE DUE. Senator Borah is not one of those who would use his congressional frank for private mail. Yesterday The Evening Star re- ceived an advance copy of @ speech which the Senator planned to make, the envelope carrying a 3-cent post- age stamp. The Senator didn’t use his frank, but on the envelope were said | postage due stamps to a total of 8 cents. * x ¥ x TWO FOR ONE. ERE'S one to add to the current crop of tall fish stories. It hap- | pened at Wachapreague, Va, and | there are four witnesses to attest to it. H. C. Dalzell, attached to the legal department of the Federal Housing Administration, felt a heavy tug on | his line and hauled it in with two fish | on the same hook. | A large trout had taken the hook | | and had run up on the leader in such | & manner that the hook with bait in- | tact was hanging through his gill when another trout struck it. Dalzell landed both. A CALIFORNIA girl, a senior at Gallaudet College this year, writes to her parents the following incident concerning the White House reception for seniors in the various private schools, which takes place | every Spring. | “We had to wear white gloves, or | any kind of gloves, to shake hands | with Mrs. Roosevelt. I didn't have any gloves that went with the dress, so I borrowed a pair and learned that they had been worn last year by another senior girl to the White House. The girl whom they belong to is a junior and she said that she would wear them next year, which will make three times that Mrs. Roose-, velt has shaken a hand in the same pair of gloves. Some record for a measly pair of gloves. Eh!” * % ¥ x HOLLOW VICTORY. FRANK B. HARPER of Clarendon, Va., writes for newspapers for a livelihood and plays stud poker for diversion. But in all his 20-odd years of poker playing Harper never had the thrill that was his the other night in one of those sociable penny- ante games. Here's what happened: On the first draw his hole card was the five of spades. Next came the five of diamonds. The third was the five of clubs. Naturally, Harper raised the pot. His poker intuition told him to do that. Then came the fourth card. It was the five of hearts. Three fives were showing. Harper * ok ko COLLECTOR'S ITEM. In more than 20 years of poker playing Harper never before had been lucky enough to draw four of a kind. He raised again. But no one wanted to see his hand. HEY, DIOGENES! She patiently waited during her noon hour at windew No. 3 in a busy downtown bank. When the teller was finally free, she asked: “Were you short $1 three days ago?” “Why, yes,” replied he, taking out his teller’s report for that date. * “I'm the young lady you gave it to,” she said, handing him & dollar bill. The nameless young lady smiled an. went on her way. * % k¥ SAMARITAN. C.uu. R. FUSS of Lyon Village, Va., gets around the country quite a bit in his automobile and has made it 8 practice never to pick up strangers. The other day, however, while en route from Ocean City, Md., to the Matapeake ferry, two alightly inebri. ated young men tramping wearily along the road a few miles away from the seaside resort espled the Virginia ::;anhuwudt.hlmhedumtol “Going to Virginia?” they chorused. “Yes,” replied Fuss. “I'll take you along if you don't mind riding a little fast.” The two young men climbed into the rear seat and soon fell sound asleep. An hour later, and about 50 miles away, one of them awoke, rubbed his eyes and looked at the surrounding country. “Aren’t you on the wrong road?” he inquired. “This road goes to Mata- " “That's where I'm headed,” .said Fuss. “I've got to go to Matapeake to rvuchmymmuuum County, 8. “Let us out of here quick,” said the Il THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APPROVAL IS GIVEN TEN MORE PLATS Park Commission’s Action Points to Continued Mont- gomery Development. Indication of the continued devel- opment of Montgomery County was seen today in the approval of four final and ¢ix preliminary subdivision record plats by the Maryland-Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Commission at a meeting here yester- day. Chief Engineer Irving C. Root also announced the approval of four soning amendment petitions for Mont- gomery and Prince Georges Counties, to be reviewed by the county com- missioners for final approval. Resoning Recommended. ‘The commission, at the request of Robert B. Harbin, recommended re- soning of part of & 2-acre tract on Defense Highway, near Lanham, Md., from residential A to commercial D. Upon request of Thomas E. Shaw, rezoning of lots 2, 3 and 4 of Meado- wood from residential A to commer- cial D was approved. To permit erection of apartments, the commission approved changing of lots 6, 7 and 8, block B, section 2, of the Blair-Takoma subdivision from residential A to residential C. Plats Approved. Pinal plats approved were: Overbrook—Plat filled by the New- bold Development Co., of Bethesda, Md. ‘Westhaven—On Massachusetts ave- nue extended. block 3, section 1, filed by Loughborough Development Co. Hillandale—Section 4, filed by Mer- ritt Lockwood. Huntington Terrace—Blocks 3, 4, 6 and 7, filed by Waggaman & Brawner, Inc., and the Howard Griffith addition to Woodside Park. A plat for Lyndon Hill, Seat Pleasant, Md., also was approved. It was filed by John W. Brown. Preliminary Plats. Preliminary plats, all in Montgomery County, approved by the commission were: English Village—In Bradley Hills, resubdivide lot 25, block 10, located at Wilson lane and Aberdeen road, filed by C. R. French. Woodside Park—Resubdivide lo¢ 1, block 1, section 1, filed by R. H. Best. ‘Westgate—On Massachusetts avenue extended, blocks E and F, filed by the Central Building Co. of Washington. Also lots 16 to 20, inclusive, in block A. ‘Woodside Park—Lot 1, block E, sec- tion 4, filed by Charles M. McCulloch. A building permit was issued by the commission to W. C. Murphy of Mount Rainler, Md,, to erect a sheet-metal shop on Rhode Island avenue near Eastern avenue. MURDER SUSPECT SEEKS FREEDOM Bail Demanded for Orchestra Leader Accused of Slay- ing Girl. By the Assoctated Press. NEW LONDON, Conn. July 25.— Robert Simpson, young orchestra lead- er charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of Ellen Sul- livan, 17, hoped today he would be freed next week from county jail. His attorney, Aaron Elfenbein, de- | clared yesterday he would “insist” that his client be admitted to bail when Simpson is arraigned next Tuesday. Elfenbein did not say whether he would seek to have the charge changed, but bail is not allowed persons charged with first degree murder. The young woman died Monday, about 48 hours after she fell headlong from the window of an Ocean Beach dance hall. Police Sergt. Dennis Cavanaugh said he was still seeking three persons he hoped could help him check certain events in her “past life.” Elfenbein said he had located per- sons prepared to testify in support of Simpson’s alibi that Miss Sullivan was intoxicated a short while before she was fatally injured. In a formal statement yesterday, the orchestra leader’s attorney said, “Simp- son absolutely insists he was not at the dance hall at the time Miss Sullivan plunged through the window and em- phatically denies making any improper advances to her.” LODGE IS SUSPENDED IN ROW WITH F. B. I Federation Supports Hoover in Dispute Over Dismissal of Seven. Justice Lodge 21, American Federa- tion of Government Employes, which has been rowing with J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Bureau of Investigation, over dismissal of seven of its members, was suspended by the executive coun- cil of the Federation last night. The lodge, it was contended, had re- sorted to picketing, after the seven had been dropped. The bureau said the dismissals were for inefficiency, the lodge members ascribed them to union activities. The action of the executive coun- cil supports the bureau. The case finally will be passed on at the Sep- tember convention of the Federation in Detroit. TWO COLORED PERSONS SOUGHT IN MURDERS ‘Woman and Man Hunted by Po- lice in Two Fatal Stab- bing Cases. Murder charges were awaiting two colored persons who are being sought by police today in connection with the fatal stabbing of two other colored persons last night. Willow Baxter, 23, of 121 G street, dead on arrival at Freedmen’s Hospital. ‘The other victim was Lloyd Bridges, 38, of 228 C street southwest, who was Police said they learned the identity of both assailants. surprised young man. “We thought you were going to Virginia on the Eastern Shore. We live down near Chincoteague.” 11 HORSES T0 VIE FOR 30,000 PURSE Granville Rules Choice in Feature Today at Arling- ton Park. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, July 25.—Three-year- olds, 11 of the best in training, parade today for the eighth running of the $30,000 classic at Arlington Park. The race, at a mile and a quarter, has attracted William Woodward’s Granville and John Hay Whitney's Mr. Bones, winner and runner-up in the Belmont Stakes, respectively; Hal Price Headley's Hollyrood, victor in the Detroit and Chicago Derbies; C. B. Shaeffer’s Floradora, conqueror of Mr. Bones and Hollyrood last week; Mrs. Payne Whitney's Memory Book, winner of the Yankee Stakes, and six lesser lights of the division. Although assigned top weight of 126 pounds, Granville stands out as the horse to beat. Even in defeat this year he has shown much class and he comes up to the race in per- fect condition. His sire, Gallant Fox, won the race in 1930 and Omaha, also a son of the Fox, carried on for the family last year. Memory Book Next. Memory Book, a slow starter this year, showed great improvement in establishing a track record at Suffolk Downs in the Yankee. He gets the call for runner-up honors, with Hol- lyrood figuring to take the short end of the purse in front of Mr. Bones. With Isolater as a running mate, Granville is expected to rule the 7-to-5 cholce. ‘The last of Empire City's stakes brings out six high-class sprinters for the $3,500 Fleetwing Handicap and five 2-year-olds for the $2,500 East- view Stakes. Both will be run over the abbreviated 6 furlongs. George D. Widener's Sation, under 140 pounds, and John Hay Whitney's Singing Wood, assigned 10 pounds less, figure to fight it out in the Fleet- wing. Under their heavy weights they face no easy task, however, as the remainder of the fleld includes Deer- | ing Howe's Cycle, Victor Emanuel’s Miss Merriment, the Arden Farms' Quel Jeu and Mrs. W. Plunkett Stew- art’'s Mower. The latter two are cou- pled in the betting. Miles Standish at Suffolk. Three-year-olds also hold forth at Suffolk Downs, with nine named for the mile and an eighth of the $2,500 Miles Standish Handicap. Weston Adams’ Gallant Gay, assessed 123 pounds, should win the event, with Sea Biscuit and Tatterdemalion fight- ing it out for runner-up honors. At Thistledown the $2,500 Forest City-Great Lakes Exposition Stakes has drawn 13 2-year-olds, with Gene ‘Wagers looking like the winner over the 5 furlongs. TALMAN RITES TODAY Weather Expert Committed Sui- cide Yesterday. Private funeral services were being held at Gawler's chapel today for Charles Fitzhugh Talman, author and meteorologist of the Weather Bureau, who shot himself yesterday at his home, 2010 Hillyer place. Talman, a widely known authority on meteorology, had been employed at the Weather Bureau for 40 years. He had been in ill health for several | years. Sitting Family’s Sit Lands Them In Milwaukee Jail Atanasoffs Find Parking Limited in Mayor Hoan’s Office. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, July 25.—The sitting Atanasoffs sat in jail today after a “sit” which one of the group said they were prepared to continue for a “hundred years” ended amid disorder and in considerably less time. The latest adventure of the Mace- donian family, once the “Sitting Six,” but cut to five by an estrangement, began in Mayor Daniel W. Hoan's office yesterday. The five—Dr. Joseph Atanasoff, who is spokesman; Lazarl, Angel, Andon and Julia, wife of Angel—seated them- selves and announced they wanted action on a complaint. Mayor Hoan, after informing them he had taken up their case, smiled and left. The Atanasoffs stayed. Police Sergt. Ray Agne suggested they leave. Said Dr. Joseph: “We are taxpayers and we can stay. We demand right and justice. We have no home. We will wait for the Federal Government to act.” Sergt. Agne wes adamant. Then one of the sitters suggested: “Get the wagon.” Agne did. With it came six bluecoats. The sitting Atanasoffs stood up— all but Julia. An officer assisted her to her feet. Pists began to fly. The law won. Charge: Disorderly conduct. “Wool” From Milk Planned. “Wool” made from & milk product may be the newest material for men’s sults, if experiments now being made in England prove successful. The SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1936. Sacrificed Lives for Spectators Lieut. William Oliver and Paul Gresky, machinist, were killed in the crash of their Navy plane, shown above, at the Santa Maria, Calif., fair yesterday. Witnesses said the fiyers sacrificed their own lives to save scores of spectators from injury. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. FARMERS REJOICE AT SAVING RAINS Showers in Western Mary- land Restore Corn, Hay and Pasturage. | By the Associated Press. Western Maryland farmers were jubilant today over refreshing rains restored growing crops of corn, hay, truck and pasturage. Brisk showers fell from Baltimore west toward the mountains Thursday night and yesterday. In some places the vegetation had become parched by drought and the precipitation was & godsend. The rain in the Cumberland area was the first in more than three weeks. It soaked the ground and re- vived parched vegetation and pas- turage. Some Storm Damage. Thundershowers visited Washington County about the same time, delight- deners. Some damage was done by the storms. Lightning struck the barn of J. O. Snyder, Hagerstown attorney, near Four Locks. The building and contents were destroyed. A hailstorm visited Oakland and vicinity and did some damage, al- though the amount was not believed to be high. Rain Near Annapolis. Rain also fell in the Annapolis area, although the crops there had not suffered from dry weather. Stan- |ley E. Day, Anne Arundel County agent, said “We have been blessed | with fairly decent weather, consider- ing conditions in some parts of the country.” Little or no rain was reported on the Maryland Eastern Shore, but crops in that region generally were reported in fair or good condition. Earlier rains had relieved the drought generally in that section of the State. PRINCE GEORGES HELPED. Crops Given Temporary Relief by General Showers in County. B> & Staft Correspondent o The Star. 'UPPER MARLBORO, Md., July 25.— Thunder showers in the northern, central and southeastern sections of Prince Georges County yesterday and | Thursday night brought temporary re- areas where continued aridity since June 1 has depleted many crops, com- pletely destroyed others, reports showed here today. Although the rain was not the needed long, soaking downpour, which would be absorbed by sun-baked flelds, farmers reported the showers had re- freshed their crops, saving many yields at least temporarily. In the Laurel-Beltsville section, where dairymen have reparted severe feed losses, rain fell in sporadic showers for about four hours Thursday and another hour yesterday, although some nearby landowners reported the showers went around their farms. As the storm passed over the Queen Anne district yesterday, it split into two belts which left a dry strip through the center of the area. Little rain was reported along the Patuxent River Heaviest showers fell in the local area and extended into the south- eastern districts of Nottingham and Brandywine, where husbandmen re- ported “great improvement in crop prospects.” The Oxon Hill sector and Northern Piscataway area received little relief. Rainfall figures throughout the county show a precipitation of only about half of normal since June 1. Already many crops, especially tobacco, have been ruined by the drought; others will survive only by frequent rains in the next month, farmers say. National Scene BY ALICE LONGWORTH OV. LANDON'S acceptance speech is noteworthy for its sim- plicity, earnestness and total absence of rhetorical flourish or histrionic effort. It was an “every-day American” speaking to his fellow citizens in plain language that needs no interpretation. He went directly to the point, leaving no doubt in the minds of those who heard him as to precisely where he stands on every question he took up. He fearlessly asserted his belief in the right of workers to join the type of union they prefer without coercion from employer or labor leader. His condemnation of delegation of power to the President at the root of ments of the without the people’s consent struck one of the most menacing develop- past three years. He struck at another when he promised to use the Federal Government to break up private monopoly, in- Alice Longworth. “Human freedom & practical stead of fostering it as the New Deal set out to do under N. R. A. ideal” is evidently no mere figure of speech in Gov, Landon’s political philosophy. (Copyright, 1936.) that brought relief from the heat and | ing farmers, truck growers and gar- lief to farmers in the drought-stricken | Profile of Glass To Appear on Coin Over His Protest Virginia Senator Even; Calls Mint in Effort to | Block Plan. BY (ke Associated Press. Over his “most vigorous protest.” the profile of Senator Carter Glass Is| to appear on a 50-cent piece com- memorating the 150th anniversary of | his home city, Lynchburg, Va. | As a last step, the doughty Virginian | called the mint to ask “if it were permissible for the profile of a live man to appear on coins.” Told there was no law against it,| Glass shook his head and said: | “I had hoped there would be an avenue of escape.” | | His fellow-townsmen arranged for the commemorative coins. i Senator Glass also is having other troubles with commemorative coins. | Identical bills were introduced in both Houses of Congress authorizing the minting of 50-cent pieces for Nor- | folk's birthday celebration. The Sen- | ate amended the bill in committee to authorize the minting of medals. | | The amended bill passed on the last day of the session. When it was called up in the House subsequently, the House passed the unamended Sen- ate bill for coins. The President signed the medal bill. Senator Glass is looking to Secretary Morgenthau to straighten out the matter. He said Norfolk wants coins. The city is preparing to celebrate this Fall the 300th aniversary of its land grant and the 200th anniversary | of its charter. 125 IN ST. MARYS SIGN POWER PLEA' | Committee Seeks 200 Names, However, on Petition for R. E. A. Loan. Specta: Dispatch to The Star LEONARDTOWN, Md., July 25.—A | total of 125 applicants have signed | for rural electric power in the seventh district in St. Marys County, it was announced today by the Executive Committee, which is headed by Rev. Father S. J. Rudkte, S. J., of B\uh-‘ wood pastorate; R. P. Blackistone and | Capt. John Butterfield. With the goal set at 200 signers | the committee is working night and day to complete this list. The proposed project involves Helen, Chaptico, Bushwood, Milestone, Ave- nue, Abell, Palmers, Point Blackistone, River Springs. Kopels Point, Dynard, | Clements and Morganza. The cur- rent would be supplied by the Potomac Electric Power Co. which supplies | current down to Forest Hall and | Cremona. Millionaire for Day. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. (®.— William E. Merchant knows how it feels to be a millionaire for a day. Merchant received a dividend check from a company in which he owns a small block of stock. It was made out for $1,000,014.50, and properly signed by all necessary officials. It should have been for $14.50. He re- turned the check. Pieces of Plaster Point to Site of Governor’sPalace Jamestown Fragments Are Molded With Many Intricate Designs. By the Assoclated Press. YORKTOWN, Va. July 25.—Large quantities of decorative plasterwork, believed to be from the “country house,” the seventeenth century Gov- ernor’s palace, have been found by Park Service archeologists excavating on the site of the Jamestown settle- ment. The Colonial National Historical Park headquarters here announced to- day that the fragments exhibit a va- riety of moldings, heraldic emblems, rosettes, festoons, scrolls and masks, mmmmdeflm&emi of fresco. The elaborate nature of the plaster- work indicated & building of unusual architectural prominence, it was said. Park Service historians pointed out that the ancient arts of decorative plasterwork and stucco received wide attention with the revival of interest in classical learning and arts which marked the Italian renaissance. This movement had its influence in England in the middle of the six- teenth century, they said, and the findings at Jamestown indicate that the tradition was cotninued in Vir- ginia early in the succeeding century. President Roosevelt was shown the excavations during his recent visit at Jamestown. NEW TRIAL DENIED IN HANDBILL CAS Judge Mattingly Defends Course in Denouncing Communist Methods. Motions for & new trial for Miss Margaret Adams, 19, and John ‘Thomas, 21, found guilty last week on charges of distributing Communist handbills near Griffith Stadium on the night of the Democratic nomina- tion rally, May 23, in violation of & | police regulation. were denied in Police Court yesterday by Judge Rob- ert E. Mattingly. The pair had been sentenced to pay a $25 fine or serve 30 days. Bond of $100 was fixed for each yesterday when attorneys for the defendants an- nounced they would take the cases to the Court of Appeals. In refusing to grant a new trial, Judge Mattingly read from the bench a written statement in which he criti- cized an editorial entitled, “Judicial Duck Soup,” which appeared in The Star July 20. Coercion Attempt Claimed. The judge said that the whole pur- | port of the editorial, which suggested that the court, by taking communism seriously, had ‘“rendered the Com- munist party of America distinct service” by taking cognizance in its original finding of the fact that the handbills distributed in violation of law were “Communist handbills” and | also by condemning from the bench Communists and communism, ap- peared to be “to influence or coerce the court in cases still pending,” the “influence or coercion being attempted through the medium of holding the court up to public ridicule and in a most unfair manner.” Judge Mattingly said that when he took the oath of office he took it “gladly and willingly” and is unwill- ing to be swerved from duty by “either press propaganda or com- munistic propaganda, urging that communism (which seeks the over- throw of this republic) should not be opposed or denounced or even taken seriously by members of the judiciary.” All students of communism, he con- tinued, are well aware that instead of wanting to be taken seriously, as | claimed by the editorial, the fact is “that it does not want to be taken seriously except by its dupes and paid agents uptil it is too late to check its inroads, which are usually made through boring-from-within methods.” Cites American Method. American judges, Judge Mattingly concluded, are obligated to try cases according to the American method, without press or other outside in- fluence, or interference such as occurs in some foreign countries. “It would be an obvious disregard of such duty ¢ ¢ ¢ were an American judge to treat communistic handbills dis- tributed in violation of law as no more serious than other handbills containing unobjectionable matter.” Judge Mattingly also condemned the District branch of the American League Against War and Fascism, the Communist and Socialist parties for sending telegrams criticizing his decision and demanding new trials | for Miss Adams and Thomas. SAYS G-MEN SHOOT ONLY IF MENACED Hoover’s Assistant Declares Dil- linger, Green Threatened Agents. ‘Without mentioning the Secret Serv- ice’s check-up on gunplay by G-men in the Dillinger case, Hugh H. Clegg, assistant director of the Federal Bu- reau of Investigation, declared last night that John Dillinger and Eddie Green died because they threatened the lives of F. B. 1. agents. Addressing more than 250 campers and counselors at Camp Letts, Y. M. | C. A. retreat on the Rhode River, Clegg said: “Our agents have never fired upon any one unless their own lives were threatened by cornered despera- The Treasury is inquiring into dis- closures that Secret Service agents have been investigating the fatal shooting by G-men of Dillinger in Chicago and Green in St. Paul, just two years ago. The intent of the investigation appar- ently was to Jearn if the shootings were justified. A report on the findings by W. H. McReynolds, administrative assistant to Secretary Morgenthau, who has been questioning Secret Service men involved in the “spying” on G-men, is expected to be made public shortly. McReynolds has interrogated Joséph E. Murphy, assistant chief of the Se- cret Service, and Grady L. Boatwright and Thomas J. Callaghan, agents in charge of the St. Paul and Chicago offices, respectively. o Car Firm Builds Road. To be used exclusively for automo- biles, a highway is being built in Japan by s motor vehicle manufac- turing eompany. A LANDON CHARGES - OF POLITICS DENIED Williams Defies Nominee to Prove Coercion of Relief Workers. BY NELSON M. SHEPARD. Deputy W. P. A. Administrator Aubrey Willlams sailed into Gol. Alf M. Landon late yesterday and ‘“de- fied” the Republican nominee for President, or “anybody else” to show him a single instance of any man o relief work being “coerced” politically. In almost the next breath, Williams announced he had “fired” seven prominent Oklahoma State adminis- trative officials for “improper political activitles,” including the solicitation of campaign funds. These activities, Williams said, had occurred in con- nection with the Democratic State primary on July 7. “From the evidence obtained by our investigation,” Willlams said, “it would appear that these W. P. A. employes were active in soliciting political support, and in s 1 ine stances exerting pressure upon W. P, A. project workers and others in be- half of candidates during the rece Democratic primary in Oklaho Such activities, he declared, not be tolerated an hour.” Landon's charge of excessive ad- ministrative costs in handling relief | williams flatly denied, and he accused the Republican nominee of p politics. Asked If he would comment on | Landon's charge of politics in relicf, | Williams said: “I defy him or any- | body else to show me a single stance of a man on relief work being | coerced.” | _“I have instructions from President Roosevelt to keep this thing out of politics,” Williams added, und X\ Hopkins and I are going to out of politics as far | possible.” ’ Williams admitted that it always possible to control a in a State organization. The W. P. A. deputy next ceclared he could not reveal the siurces of evidence that brought abjut the order dismissing the seven W. P. A. officials in Oklahoma. Nothing gained by it, he said, and sdd~=d: “It might jeapardize the jobs of st | eral hundred administrative employes to disclose the source of evidence would ving eep it a Says Administrative Costs Cut, Referring again to Gov. Landon's | criticism of administrative costs in the handling of relief, William asserted that he doubted if any one, “going through the W. P. A. with a fine comb, could reduce its cost.’ “The total average cost of relief ad- ministration is about 3.6 per cent,” Williams said. For the old job under | F. E. R. A. he claimed the cost was | between 9 and 10 per cen Williams said he was proud of the present figure. “The only way to reduce it to any | extent is to cut people off and let them starve—put them out of jobs,” he said. | Williams made public a telegram he had just sent to W. S. Key, Oklahoma W. P. A. administrator, ordering him to discharge the seven officials immedie ately, the order being based upon “un= controvertible evidence” finding them “guilty of political activities.” Vote Pressure Involved. The activities, he explained, involved the solicitation of campaign funds, distribution of literature and pressure brought to bear on employes of the administrative staff to vote for certain candidates. | “Some cases showed that the person charged had sought to influence the support of relief workers in the Demo- cratic primary,” Williams explained. The dismissed officials are of the | sixth and seventh districts in Enid and | McAllister. They included: Walter Berry, district director; Merwin T. Buxton, administrative as- sistant, and George T. Fox, director of employment, all of Enid; Granville Norris, administrattve assistant; W. D, Hudson, director of compensation; W. Clyde Curtis, supervisor, all of Mc- Allister, and Jesse C. James of Ant- lers, supervisor of historical projects. Some of the mer, it was said, had “worked for” Josh Lee, Democratic senatorial candidate. Williams has ordered the inv tion to be carried on to a finish. It is the third investigation of State poli- | tics in work relief, former inquiries | having been conduced in West Vire | ginia and Pennsylvania. The investigations are being con- ducted by Richard Thompson, in the | field, under orders from the Washing- ton division of investigation, Dallas Dort in charge. | PROBE OF PROBE THREATENED. stigas mployes Make Own In- vestigation. OKLAHOMA CITY, July 25.—The announcement at Washington that seven Oklahoma W. P. A. employes had been dismissed for alleged po- litical activities brought from George MCcElroy, Representative Josh Lee's campaign manager, yesterday the statement he might ask “an investi- gation of the investigators.” “We are no tcertain yet, however, whether we will demand an investiga- tion of the way the investigation was conducted by Malcolm Miller (re- gional W. P. A. director) in Okla- homa,” McElroy said. “We are still making our own inves- tigation. We have learned that John Eddlemann and Mrs. Tem Gammie, two Marland workers, visited Miller’s office frequently while the investiga- tion was in progress.” Lee is opposed by Gov. E. W. Mar~ |land for the Democratic senatorial | nomination in the run-off primary election July 28. - BOLT KILLS FARMER Stuns Two Others—Victim Had Three Brothers Here. OTIUFIELD, Me, July 25 (P)—A lightning bolt caused the death hers of George A. Barrows, 47, a farmer and former South Lancaster, Mass., bakery manager. Barrows was killed instantly last night whe na bolt struck an antenna strung between his house and barn. His son, George, jr., and a friend were stunned by the same bolt. Barrows was in the barn. He left three brothers in Washing- ton, D. C., Chester, Jesse and Henry Barrows; another brother, Victor Bar= rows of Pitman, N. J.; his widow, two sons and three sisters. —_— Crossing Accidents Cut. Since the introduction cf automatic signals in streets of Glasgow, Scot~ land, crossing accidents have de- creased 75 per cente - | Dismissed E |