Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1936, Page 2

A—-2 xx3 STRIKERS ENJOY HOLIDAY TURKEYS Peage Negotiations of Mari- time Workers in Recess Over Christmas. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, December 325. —Children of maritime strikers made merry at a public auditorium here today, while at this and other coast ports turkeys contributed by various unions went to strikers’ family dinner tables. With peace negotiations in recess, Assistant Seeretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady arranged for a meeting tomorrow between the committee for operators of offshore ships and the Masters, Mates and Pilots’ Union, ‘West Coast ship owners spoke out at Harry Bridges, coast longshoremen’s president, charging it a communica- tion to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins that he was responsible for delaying votes by two unions on settlement proposals. Strike Leaders Reply. Strike leaders retorted, in a reply to Secretary Perkins' request for speedy peace efforts, that the em- ployers were attempting to break the ‘unions’ “united front.” Mervyn Rathborne, district secretary here for the federation representing the seven striking unions, extended Christmas greetings to the Ship Own- ers’ Committe2, concluding: “May we say also that in con- formity with the holiday spirit and in line with the true proverb ‘Peace on earth, good will toward men’ your committee will soon grant the just fundamental demands of striking workers on_the coast so that they may returf to work and actually enjoy a belated holiday.” Await Other Proposals. Rathborne and other strike leaders said the sailors’ union and the Maritime Firemen's Union would not vote ou tentative agreements approved by their leaders and the shipowners’ committee until similar proposals were completed with other unions. Assistant Secretary McGrady said he hoped to bring the employers’ com= mittee and representatives of the masters, mates and pilots together to- morrow for consideration of what he has termed “the toughest nut to crack” —the deck officers’ demand for prefer- ence in employment to union members. The shipowners, while indicating willingness to grant such preference to unlicensed employes, contend they must be free to pick their officers with- out regard to union membership. STRIKERS CLASH WITH POLICE Many Are Injured in Disorders at Houston. 'HOUSTON, Tex., December 25 (#).— Striking rank and file seamen, rubbing sore heads whacked in a clash with police, re-enforced their picket lines on the water front today. Twenty strikers were beaten last night when police rushed the lines with tear gas, clubs, shotguns and pis- tols. The flare-up came when seamen disregarded “cease pi orders by Lieut. J. E. Murray, in charge of the ship channel police force since the strike was called 55 days ago. Chief of Police R. T. Honea im- mediately relieved Murray of the post and gave the strikers permission to resume picketing, saying they would not be molested as long as they were peaceful. Feeling was tense along the docks charged one bulance and beaten again. Strikers said he suffered a broken collar-bone. The strikers said they also re- sented the police ejecting seamen from nearby cafes and beer parlors im- mediately after the raids. The sea- men claimed several were hurt when officers entered the eating and drink- ing places. Forrest Webb, a dockworker, said several longshoremen were beaten in one cafe. The longshoremen were not participating in the strike. Police dispersed all picket lnes ‘Wednesday night and Murray said he ordered picketing stopped “because many non-union seamen had been beaten.” SON OF GOVERNOR AND DANCER WED Marie Phillips, Night Club Enter- tainer, Is Wed to Paul G. Curley. NEW YORK, December 25.—Paul G. Curley, 22, son of the Governor of Massachusetts, sald early today that he was married here yesterday afternoon to Miss Marie Phillips, who dances in a Broadway cabaret under the name of Lillian Duval. ‘The bride missed her first perform- ance last night and when she ap- peared for a later show denied that she had been married. Curley, who appeared as a spectator, also refused to confirm reports of the wedding at first, but disclosed the details after being shown an announcement from his brother in Boston. Mrs. Curley left the show, where she appeared in chorus routines last night, but was to be honored by her associates with a party tonight. Curley, who last year attended ‘Qeorgetown University, said that he had a job in Boston as a radio an- nouncer and that they would make their home there. Fire (Continued From First Page.) Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. would not mind we could call this an anecdote about *“when religion came to Newark street.” Just as a way of opening up the story, of course. At any rate, there was & maid out | that way last Summer who made her- self rather widely known &s & money borrower; a dime here and & dime there, until they added up to quite & few dimes. Deeply invdlved, she eventually quit the job and departed for New York. That was months ago. ‘The other day the doorbell rang at the home of Miss Esther Linkins. It was the old maid, looking for the Linkins' household monitor. “I want to pay that dime I owe her,” she explained. “I came all the way from New York to do it. I can't be an angel until all my debts are paid.” *x ok x PEACE It took Christmas to bring Janet Meyers of Wesley Heights back into the column again. Janet, helping around the hoyse during the iliness ©of her mother, found herself on Christmas eve caught in an ava- lanche of pots and pans. They came tumbling around her lovely 9-year= old head in the course of a domestic Junction that she did not like any- how To her mother’s bedside dashed Janet, full of indignation: “Peace on earth, good will toward men,” she said with just the proper amount of sarcasm “How about @ little peace toward women?” * %k ok x HAPPY ENDING. JAMEB E. FUSCO, Clifton Terrace, knows there is a Santa Claus and that peace on earth warms the Christ- mas season. Late on the night of the heaviest Christmas mailing he was driving in the vicinity of the City Post Office. Out from a parking space shot another motorist, his movement filling the air with what sounded strangely like the death knell of a fender on the Fusco car. Not realizing the extent of the dam- age and being in a hurry, Fusco neg- lected to stop. When ke did so, at the suggestion of a third motorist who drove up beside to signal more than average damage, all hope of finding the other man apparently had van- ished. " Only “apparently,” however, for no sooner than Fusco stopped than an- other car did likewise. It was the of- fender who had been chasing him, to0s The latter did not argue. He just gave Pusco the name of a garage, told him to have the damage repaired, and send him the bill. * x x x PERSONAL TOUCH. Tln machine age took some of the pérsonal element out of the Christmas of one man who set out to defy it. We know because Betty Rubin told us. . According to her story, a secretary in a downtown office noticed that her boss was giving persenal attention to the stamps and flaps of the envelopes holding his Christmas cards. She suggested that he use the auto- matic moistener if he would keep that bad taste out of his mouth. “No,” said the man. “I'm against the machine age, so I always lick all the stamps and flaps myself. A sort know.” put their psychology teaching to prac- tical use as witness the finesse of a group of young men to get a free ride to their homes in Wi One day this week a dozen or more students stood along the road near the university making earnest gestures to passing motorists for & ride home. Not one machine slowed up. unanjmous ballot for hot dogs and sauerkraut. The Federal Government was allied on behalf of the needy with The Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas cam- g/ai n. Left to right are Harry allace Blair, Assistant Attor- ney General; Attorney Gen- eral Cummings and Miss Pauline Stanley viewing toys presented by Department of Justice employes. SLAVR OFFOR T0 DE TONEAT Harry Singer, Unrepentant, Will Go to Chair Shortly After Midnight. By the Associated Press. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, December 25.—Harry Singer, sullen 26-year-old farm hand, will end his last Christmas on earth tonight in the electric chair. He will walk “the last mile” a few seconds after midnight to pay his debt to society for the confessed murders of four persons. Unrepentant and morose, Singer read, ate and played checkers today with no display of emotion. The fact that this was Christmas and his last day to live apparently meant lflfilln! to him. A “He doesn't care about anything. He doesn't care if and when he dies,” prison guards said. Execution will be the first in history of Indiana State Prison on Christmas, or Christmas night. Singer grimly faced death alone. Not a single relative has visited him since he entered the prison’s “‘death row.” Not a single effort for leniency or executive clemency has been made in his behalf. But he does not care. He calmly admitted to State police he “did not care” last July when he shot to death Joseph Bryant 20, of Detroit, during & hold-up in Wabash County. Then several weeks later State police found the mangled bodies of Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley Kaufman and their 12-year-old daughter Mar- jorie, stuffed in a pit beneath a cow barn at their farm home near Wabash. Arrested soon afterwards, Singer nonchalantly confessed killing the Kaufmans, the State police said. the police were Destitute Is It is thought that Santa Claus may have fllled the sock of every child in Washington “last night and that there will be a Christmas dinner on every table today, due to the efforts of The Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas campaign, the metropolitan police and allied workers. Hundreds of persons have been bend- ing their efforts towara this end since ‘Thanksgiving and thousands have been working this week to see that no one lt:dn Washington would be forgotten y. Members of the Parent-Teacher As- sociation and the Metropolitan Police Department, it is thought, scarcely had Absent Sister Gets Gift Donated Shoes for Lack of Which She Couldn’t Attend Party.‘ The gift which made Camilla Privitera, 14, happiest yester- day, at the Christmas gm was a pair of shoes which to a younger sister. Small Josephine Privitéra was well represented at the Christmas party at Hospital y for children at Providence H tal, anta Claus The other little Jrom attending the party because she had ave her to take e rl had been prevented no shoes. —=Star Staff Photo. to care for the others. She is a cook, nurse and housekeeper. ‘The party was given for former pa-~ tients at the hospital, and at least 700 children were invited. resented by Sholl's Cafe. bour, John Sholl, Lottie Newkirk and Olive De Lorme. Success of Camp Christmas Joy aign Assures for D. C. Needy Children’s Stockings Filled, Yule Din- ners Provided as Drive to Aid Completed. time to prepare Christmas for their own children and families, as they vol- unteered hours of labor for those less fortunate. Never before has the city been combed so thoroughly for destitute folk, and never before, it is thought, has 30 extensive a campaign been run in the entire United States. The police department reports it is distributing around 4,800 baskets, as compared with 2,000 last year. The Ppolice received and delivered, among other staple foods, 2,000 quarts of milk and 3,000 loaves of bread and bough up the entire supply of 4-pound hams in the District and Baltimpre. When these were exhausted they bought up 1,000 corned shoulders. Nearly $5,000 ‘was donated to them through The Star campaign, whereas they collected only $1,700 last year. In addition, a large quantity of clothing and toys was dis- tributed by the police. 65,000 Gifts Collected. - More than 65,000 separate gifts were collected at the Warner Bros.’ theaters, according to the estimate furnished by John Payette, regional manager, 12,000 more than last year. Many cash con- tributions were turned in to the the- aters, too. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. is inviting to their theaters hundreds of orphans for special shows during Christmas week. On Wednesday they entertained Hillcrest's Episcopal Home for Chil- dren, St. Vincent’s and St. John's Or- phanage, about 260 boys and girls in one day. On Christmas eve they turned over many toys that had been brought in since their toy matiness last Saturday, run as & part of the sixth annual Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. C. campaign. At least 5000 families were pre- sented with gifts of toys and clothing by the Parent-Teacher Association, < One hundred and fifty more food baskets for The Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. C. campaign and Left to right, are Jeannette Hubber , Christine Har- Tclolhinl—lnd approximately $1,000 in | cash were added to the campaign by employes of the Federal Government in Washington, joining forces with it for the first time. Drive Directed by Daniel. Late comers in the Christmas drive, |every department and virtually every bureau was represented in a Federal |employes’ drive directed by Harry R. Daniel, chief co-ordinator. ¥ With only the facilities of the Pub- lic Relations Bureau of the Com- merce Department, through consent of Secretary Roper, at his disposal, Daniel organized the campaign and arranged collection of th: majority of contributions within the short space of two Wweeks. “I think our people have done a HUNT FOR RUBBER - CONTINUED BY U.5. Goldenrod Problem Nearer Solution Through Discov- ery of Light Effects. By the Associated Press. Scientists of the United States De- partment of Agriculture said today the quest for a practical North Ameri= can rubber source still is in progress. Several domestic plants contain rube ber, but none yet produces rubber cheap enough to compete with South and Central American rubber trees. Research was stimulated a few years ago by discovery of Thomas A. Edison that goldenrod—a lowly weed to some persons—contained rubber. Since Edison’s death, the Government has included his goldenrod research with its own experiments. Nearer Solution. Dr. O. F. Cook, botanist in charge of the department’s rubber search, ¥ |said the goldenrod probiem is nearer Members of the Metropoli- tan Police Department, allied with The Star-Warner Bros.- N. B. C. campaign, have dis- tributed about 4,800 food bas- kets. Here they are shown just before the assembling work was finished at the Na- tional Guard Armory. wonderful job,” Daniel scid today. “The finest co-operation was given throughout the Government. Without that spirit it would have been im- possible to accomplish what we did. In some groups response was 100 per cent. “Government employes here ought to have a happy Christmas because they have done a splendid piece of work for the forgotten.” Daniel also expressed appreciation to the geveral business companies which provided trucks for the col- lection of gifts from the Federal or- 'mlnnom. Prank B. Joy was the latest business man to place a truck at the disposal of the Federal cam- gn. “Without such help, we would have been unable to complete our job,” he said. Late donations brought the cash contributions from Government work- ers to a total of $991.72. This included $17 from the Na- tional Archives, $24.82 additional from Resettlement Administration, $11.50 | additional from the Navy Department and $2 additional from the National Labor Relations Board. Every one connected with the cam- paign expressed gratification over the results, and declared that its aim must be nearly realized—that of wishing & merry Christmas to the poor with tangible evidence of the feeling be- hind the words. Pay Boost Is Yule Present. MARTINSBURG, W. Va.,, Decem- ber 25 (Special).— A T per cent in- crease in wages, effiective January 1, was announced to employes of the United Clay Products Co., with prin- cipal operating plant at North Moun- tain, this county, yesterday. Fire Victims Have Tree in sddition to those reached by the police. More than $1,000 in cash was do- nated to the P.-T. A. directly from The Star. P.-T. A. reports that it had more than enough toys, clothing and cash to take care of all needs, and that it has been able to set aside a special supply and fupd now for donations to Hundreds of toys and gifts were also collected at the following hotels: ‘Wardman Park, Cathedral Man- co-operating directly with The Star campaign. Others came from the Lotus Restaur- we!lml.mbmnnnonocm‘ &t Gordon Hittenmark's Doll House at Jarman Children Unhurt in Flames Get Presents From Firemen. Pearl Jarman, 4, and Warren Jarman, 3, look wide-eyed at the world as they stand beneath the Christmas tree set up by policemen at_the Receiving Home. The two children were driven from their own home Thursday night by fire, which put their mother and brother and sister in Emergency Hospital. URSES set up a Christmas tree today in the Emergency Hos- pital room of Betty Anne Jar- unhappy days in —Star Staff Photo. separation {rn:n Mrs. Jurman last April, Pear]l, 5, and Warren, 3, ate candy and played with dolls given them by policemen. They were dis- charged from the hospital yesterday. ‘The Jarmans’ own Christmas basket, delivered the day of the fire, was de- stroyed by the flames which ruined practically the whole interior of the 8 t house at 922 F' street, where the fatherless family lived in poverty on the second floor. ‘There was no sleep last night for But I am certainly grateful to the peo- ’ph who have been 50 nice.” solution because of recent discoveries about the effect of light on the plant, The goldenrod’s rubber is in its leaves. As soon as the plant passes maturity and the leaves start dying, whether off or on the plant, the rub- ber content decreases. Experiments blamed the rubber loss on light. If the leaves are covered with black paper, they may be stored without loss of rubber. ‘The highest amount of rubber found in goldenrod leaves is 13 per cent. Dr. Cook said this ratio is high enough in theory for commercial production, but other problems must be solved first. Breeding of Goldenrod. Types of goldenrod containing the most rubber do not grow as well as desired, and department botanists are trying to breed a type that grows satisfactorily and also produces a high proportion of rubber. Another ‘E:oblem is the extraction of the rub- | ber. Edison worked on solvents'to take the rubber out of goldenrod leaves, ‘but the solvents are expensive. Dr. | Cook indicated a plant which would | yield its rubber through mechanical | processes would be more practical, SALISBURY BOND BID AFFORDS PREMIUM Baltimore Firm Offers $101.79 for $61,000 Water and Sewer Issue. BY the Assoclated Press. SALISBURY, Md., December 25— The city of Salisbury received an offer from W. W. Lanahan & Co. of Balti- more of $101.79 for a $61,000 water and sewer bond issue. The rate of interest is 2.75 per cent. The bid was the highest received here. It surpassed the 101.539 re- ceived last April by the same company for the sale of city bonds at 3 per cent interest. The premium offered by the Lana- han Co. will bring the city $62,091.90 for the issue. The issue is for 55 per cent of a Works Progress Administration project for driving a new well, construction of an additional pumping house at the water station, erection of an elevated storage tank and laying of storm water drains and sanitary sewers, PANAMA CANAL TOLLS DUE TO BE REVISED Woodring Declares Present Sys- tem Based on One Tonnage Rating Is “Unfair.” By the Associated Press. Secretary Woodring said today the Government hopes to find methods soon for revising tolls on the Panama Canal. One purpose, he said, would be “to regain control over the tolls charged and to stop further and apparently endless reductions in tolls paid.” Woodring said the present toll sys- tem is “unfair” because toll charges are based on one tonnage rating and the limiting factor on another. “With our faith in God undisturbed, with confidence in our ability as a people to do and dare, in visualizing the coming year as bringing prosperity, happiness and an improvement in the fortunes of every one. . “Let us reconsecrate ourselves to our God, and of Him pray His blessing, in the language of Tiny Tim, ‘God bless us, every one."” THREE KILLED, ONE HURT AS AUTO HITS TRAIN Christmas Holiday Trip Ends in Crossing Tragedy in Illinois. BY the Associated Press. ZEIGLER, IIl, December’ 25— Smashing into a Missouri Pacific coal train at a grade crossing, three per- sons in an automobile were killed and & fourth was injured near here last night. ‘The dead: William C. Crow, 50, of Elkville, Ill, and his daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. Eva Lipsey, 19, and Vernon Lipsey, 21, of Ziegler. William C. Gouch, 34, of Elkville, was brought to a hospital here unconscious with a broken leg and other injuries. The four were en route from Ziegler to Elkville, where the Lipseys planned to spend the Christmas holiday, when their automobile struck® the train on State highway 149, a mile west of here. Mrs. Roosevelt (Continued From First Page.) more of rest. Dr. George Loring Tobey, Franklin's personal physician, denied the report. At the same time Dr. Charles John- son, who assisted at young Roosevelt's operation, said he was “walking abous his hospital room.” for a streptococcus after he underwent &