Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1937, Page 5

FRIEND OF LINCOLN DIES HERE AT 83 Mrs. Amy J. Patterson Knew President When He Was Young Lawyer. Mrs. Amy J. Patterson, 89, who as 8 young girl sat on the knee of Presi- dent Lincoln when he was a young lawyer, died today after a short ill- ness at Villa Grove, Ill, where she was visiting her sister, Mrs. Nathaniel Pangburn. Mrs. Patterson, for many years a resident here, resided with her grand- son, Dr. Elmer W. Brandes, 6310 Ridgewood avenue, Chevy Chase. Dr. Brandes is head of the division of sugar investigation, Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agricul- ture. Mrs. Patterson’s father, John W. Parker, was clerk of the court at Danville, TIl, in the eighth judicial circuit, where Lincoln often appeared, traveling on horseback or with other lawyers 1n a three-seated spring wagon. Lincoln sometimes took her on his knee in the court. A wealth of information on previous- 1y unrecorded traits of Lincoln has been contributed by Mrs. Patterson, including his using his large hat for a brief case in connection with his law | practice when he was a young man, Mrs. Patterson was a descendant of the Randolph-Pangburn family of Massachusetts and New Jersey. Her great-grandfather, Nathaniel Ran- dolph, was instrumental in the found- | ing of Princeton University and do- | nated land for the campus. Besides her sister and grandson, | Mrs. Patterson leaves a daughter, Mrs. | F. W. Brandes, who lives in Chevy | Chase, at the Ridgewood avenue home | of Dr. Brandes; another grandchild and five great-grandchildren. Sk (Continued From First Page) e e promise and settlement of the strike. After approximately an hour, v,he< conferees divided temporarily into two | groups. Representatives of the union | went into a separate office to confer with their “board of strategy,” which | alone is empowered to act for the U. A. W. A in the dispute. Gov. Murphy and the General Motors’ officials remained in the ex- | ecutive office awaiting their return. | In another part of the Capitol State | Senator William Palmer, Flint, Demo- | crat, said he would favor a recess of | the Michigan Legislature, now in ses- | sicn, pending a strike settlement. A flood of petitions and requests to | legislators, he said, interfered with | their normal work | The majority floor leader of the | House, Representative Joseph C. Mur- | phy, Detroit, Democrat, proposed that | the State set up a three-member per- | manent strike arbitration board, em- | powered to hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and investigate labor dis- putes. | Michigan’s new Governor had | labored more than a week to arrange | such a conference. During this time | nearly 30 persons were injured in strike rioting at Flint, prompting Mur- | phy to dispatch aproximately 2,300 National Guardsmen and 50 State Policemen to that city. General Motors representatives ac-" tending the meeting are William S. 1 Knudsen, executive vice president; John Thomas Smith, legal counsel, and Donaldson Brown, head of the corporation’s Finance Committee. Representing the union are Homer 6. Martir, presifient; Wyndham Mor- | timer, first vice president, and John | Brophy, director of the Committee for Industrial Organization. which | has supported the U. A. W. A. in its strike. Meet “Without. Prejudice.” Two days ago Gov. Murphy re- | quested each side to send three repre- | sentatives to confer with him and | James F. Dewey, Federal labor con-‘ eiliator, on a prompt conclusion of the | bloody labor dispute. Gov. Muryhy invited the represent- | atives to meet “without condition or | prejudice,” saying objections raised by | each side last week had prevented a | Joint consultation. | “We are glad to accept and to re- 3 state our position, given you in my letter of January 8" Knudsen wrote | in accepting the Governor's invita- | tion. “We are keenly alive to the high concept you hoid in regard to your | duties in behalf of the citizens of Michigan and anxious to extend what- ever assistance we can toward the accomplishment of your objectives without sacrifice of principles which we held to be of vital consequence to our industry and the State.” Firm Maintains Position, In New York a spokesman for Gen- eral Motors said that Knudsen's ac- ceptance of the governor's invitation should not be interpreted as meaning the corporation was receding from its position concerning the “sit down” strikers. He said the company con- sidered today's meeting merely a ses- sion to ascertain what might be worked out and not a conference for collective bargaining with workers’ rcpresem.a- tives. Martin’s acceptance mtormed the governor that union representatives wpuld attend the conference “without any condition or prejudice.” “The United Auto Workers have been ready at all times, through con- ference and collective bargaining,” he said, “to arrive at a settlement which ‘would be fair to all parties concerned, including the public.” Continuance of the present strike situation in the automotive industry will mean a complete suspension of General Motors deliveries to dealers in about three weeks, it was indicated in authoritative sources at Detroit. Heavy demand greeted the intro- @duction of all new models throughout WEAR THE CONQUEROR’S SMILE XEeep alert—buoyant—£it , . . Drink hot BOVRIL "Bucnn Bee!stmk" 00d_ 1 | | about 10 days unless a settlement is | reached, General Motors officials de- | clined to comment on delivery pros- | | rules for in Jackson Heights, Queens under $25,000 bail. Story on Page A-1. THE EVEN Assistant District Attorney James Locazzino, left, quizzing Harry Violo, wearing cap, and Major Greene, colored, in connection with the bathtub slaying of Mrs. Mary Robinson Case, 25, Violo, fireman in t he apartment building where Mrs. Case lived, is Greene later confessed the slaying, according to authorities. —Copynght A P erephoto. the industry last November. When the strike in General Motors plants developed, each of the corporation's units had a heavier bank of unfilled orders on hand than at any time in the last decade, with the possible ex- | ception of the 1929 boom period. | Far behind on deliveries, General Motors had stepped up production | schedules in all its units. It was planning a January output of 224,000 cars and trucks. Instead of this | volume the aggregate for this month | will be about 72,000, Knudsen said. Beyond the statement that all pro- | duction activities would cease within | pects. In trade circles the general expec- tation is a speeding up of production on the part of other units of the in- dustry which have not yet felt any serious effects of the strike, although | glass supplies admittedly are causing concern to all producers. Production for the entire industry this week has been estimated by the Automotive Daily News at 75,375 units. | But'for the strike it would have ex-| ceeded 120,000 urits. Ford, which | assembled 25,000 cars and trucks last week, probably will produce 30,000 this week. Chrysler is expected to as- semble close to the 27,175 it pmduced‘ last week. | Three legislative proposals, which ‘were an outgrowth of the strike, were in committee, the Michigan Legisla- | ture having failed yesterday to ob- tajn sufficient support to suspend immediate consideration. The Assembly is in session here. The bills would provide for the ap- pointment of a legislative committee to make a thorough investigation of | the labor dispute and recommend re- mednal legislation; for another com- | | mittee to investigate impeachment charges against Circuit Judge Edward D. Black, General Motors stock- holder, who issued an injunction | against the “sit-down” strikers at Flint, and for the State Board of | Canvassers to conduct & referendum | | of workers in closed General Motors | plants to determine their views on the | strike and also how many are union | members. An order issued overnight started | approximately 900 more troops to | | Flint, where 1,400 already were bil- | leted. No reason was given for the move- | | ment of additional troops into the | Flint strike zone. All was quiet, and | military officials had indicated the | 1,400 guardsmen on duty yeslerdxy} | would be the only units called unless | new disorders developed. i Except for the arrival of new troop | | units by bus and train, there was very little evidence of the large mili- tary force in the city. men were required to stay in the buildings where they were billeted or in a roped-off area around the | buildings. Warrants Are Held Up. At the request of Gov. Murphy, | Sheriff Thomas W. Wolcott held up | service of “John Doe” warrants for the arrest of several hundred *“sit- down” strikers in the Fisher Body plant No. 2, where Monday night's riot occurred. He also delayed service of warrants on seven strike leaders | who were outside the plant during the | disorder. Seven other automobile workers, | who were wounded in the clash, were in the Genesee County Jail, where they were taken yesterday after re- | Officials | ceiving hospital treatment. | indicated they might be arraigned to- day. Seven others still were in the hospital. At Indianapolis, Gov. M. Clifford Townsend of Indiana told an Ander- son delegation he would send Na- tional Guard troops there if Madison County authorities were unable to handle possible outbreaks of violence due to the strikes at the Delco-Remy and Guide Lamp plants of General Motors. Strikers Get Instructians. At St. Louis between 2,000 and 3,000 ! striking_employes of the Chevrolet- Fisher Body plant were given instruce tions at a mass meeting last night for enlisting additional workers in the walkout which was called yesterday. As pickets marched up and down in front of the plant Vincent M. | Dirkes, Fisher Body division manager, challenged the strikers with the dec- laration: “We intend to run this piant from | now on, regardless of strikes.” At Canton, Ohio, the United Auto- | | mobile Workers’ local rejected a pro- posal by a union committee that it end a “sit-down” strike at the Her- cules Motor Corp. plant. The Her- | cules Corp. is not a General Motors | subsidiary. It employs approximately 1,800 per- sons at Canton, but the strike has thrown a total of nearly 3,500 out of | work. This includes 100 in a Her- cules branch at Muskegon, Mich.; 800 at the Twin Coach Co., Kent, Ohio, and 500 at the Cleveland Tractor Co. The last two concerns purchase Her- | cules motors. Union officials claim the Canton ‘sit down,” inaugurated December 10, is the longest in history. Walter N. ‘Wells, third international vice presi= dent of the union, said the 840 mem- bers, exclusive of the “sit down- ers,” voted “practically unanimously against returning to their jobs. (Patinah 1219 Connecticut Avenue Twice a year we cle and act ‘This is the winter one. frow regular stock. MISSES’ street, sports, formal regularly 1695 to 25:00 o GOWNS odels DRESSES daytime and evening FROCKS ar onr stocks of clothing with a All merchandise 1s Qu“fififl_ are 10-15 . “42-75 ‘ ,eg‘hfly 2975 1o 95.00 TOWN \. : . mounted with superb for :egtflady 6 oe 10 13973 The Guards- | CITIZENS DENOUNCE | | CAR OVERCROWDING | {Rhode Island Association Also, Hits Lack of Service After 1:30 A M. Overcrowding of busses and street cars and failure of the Capital Tran- | sit Co. to provide either bus or street | car service after 1:30 am. on Rhode | Island avenue northeast were criticized | | last night by the Rhode Island Avenue | Citizens’ Association. | More than 150 members anended the meeting, which was devoted al- | most entirely to a discussion of the transportation problem. The citizens placed particular em- | phasis on the absence of “owl” serv- ice in their section. Busses stop run- | ning at 12:30 a.m. and street cars -t 1:30 a.m.,, it was pointed out. Dr. Freeman Weiss was eleflld president of the group, succeeding | Clayton March. Other officers chosen were: Harold J. Clay, first vice presi- | dent; Mrs. Frances J. Crilly, second vice president; Wallace E. Perry, sec- retary: Justin A. Paddieford, financial secretary; Willilam S. Torbert, treas- urer, and T. J. Liewellyn and William J. Byrne, delegates to the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. Farmers Protest No Profits. ‘While British housewives complain that bacon prices are too high farm- | | ers protest that they make no profit | on their output. I Anyone Afflicted With ARTHRITIS | knows how difficult it is to over- come the pain, stiffness and en. larged joints. Mountain Val ley Mineral Water from Hot Springs, Arkansas, assists in eliminating the poisons and | acids responsible for the condi- tion. It is a natural, pleasant- tasting water brought to your | door with all its mineral and | medicinal properties intact. Use | it here just as you would at Hot Springs, Arkansas. Qi ACCURAT give you precise Only When »n In the care of the eyes it is most im- portant that there be no guess work. Our modern optical department is fully and scientifically equipped to amination and workmanship. also offer you the added conven- ience of paying for your glasses on easy weekly terms without any in- terest or carrying charge. Glasses Prescribed, ING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1937. Confesses New York Bathtub Slaying RE"RED TEABHER EXPIRES AT HOME Brief lliness Is Fatal to Miss Margaret Forbes, Na- tive of City. Miss Margaret E. Forbes, 82, one of the oldest living former public school teachers in the District, died today at her residence, 406 A street southeast, after a brief iliness. Miss Forbes was appointed to the school system in September, 1873, be- ing assigned to a school then located at Ninth and K streets southeast. The building was razed some years ago and Board of Education records do not list its name. In 1882 Miss Forbes taught at the Cranch School, and in 1890 she was transferred to the Brent School, where she served until 1895, when she was sent to the Maury School. She was again transferred to Brent in_1905 and taught there until her refirement in June, 1925. Miss Forbes was born in Wash- ington on March 4, 1854, the daughter of John and Ann Forbes. She was for many years a member of the Society of Natives and, in addi- tion. served on the Ladies’ Board of Casualty Hospital and was active in the affairs of the Covenant-First Presbyterian Church. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Ann English of Berkeley, Calif.; a nephew, E. B. English of this city; two nieces, Mrs. Virginia Phillips and Miss Marie English of Berkeley. and a brother- in-law, Clinton Davis of Washington. Funeral services will be held Sat- urday at 11 am, at the residence. Burial will be in Greenmont Ceme- tery, Baltimore. Cruiser Carries Mails. 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