Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1937, Page 18

HERSHEY VORKER HEARFOEOFC.L.0. Men Forming Federation of “Independent” Unions Ad- dressed by Hoffman. By the Associated Press. HERSHEY, Pa., July 31.—Men form- tng & national federation of “inde- pendent” unions were urged today to make “a declaration of independence from labor leaders except those of your own choosing.” United States Representative Clare E. Hoffman, Michigan Republican, voiced the appeal before about 100 delegates from a dozen States. Hoftman, foe of John L. Lewis' Com- mittee for Industrial Organization, said he would compare Lewis with King George III and asserted an “in- | dependent union” is a8s necessary now | ¥ %s was a union of colonies in 1776. “At that time the issue was tax-{ ation without representation, now f{t | 1s the collection of dues.” he added. | The delegates smeeiing behind ¢ doors in “the tow built,” named Hoff tion, first honor: o r Fed T MacEtree, attorney ter of the indep: MacElree s Charles Hallman, Independent Chog Hershey, had been elec president. Official announceme not immediateiy forthcaming. “Whatever you do in organizing an independent labor movement." Hoff man urged, “write into your const tion a clause barring Communi from membershiy Rev. Reginald M. Naugle of Phila- delphia assailed both the C. 1. O. and the American Federazion of Labor, | and decried what he termed the 1- | tection of from your fav enve- | lope to be i indefensible indi GOV. HOEY ALLOTS $2,000,000 FOR ROADS| North Carolina to Spend More on County Highways in 1937-38 Than Any Previous Year. B the Associatec Press. RALEIGH, N. C. July 31.—Gov. Hoey. in the most important financial | move since he took office, allotted an | additional $2.000.000 today for the | maintenance of the State's secondary | road system { Announcement of the appropriation | came simultaneously with a report of the Budget Bureau that North Caro- | lina ended the 1935-37 biennium with a general fund surplus of $5,231300, | the largest in its hist | The $2.00.000, how . will be paid | from the highway fund surplus, which on June 30 totaled $9.213,382, includ- | ing Federal aid money. The allotment, together with the 45,800,000 made available by the Gen- eral Assembly for secondary road work during the current fiscal year, will result in more money beisg spent on county or farm roads during 1937- 38 than in any previous 12-month | period. FOURTH TALENT HUNT AUDITION SCHEDULED| Entries From Six Government Agencies to Compete—I. C. C. Violinist Wins Third Contest. | The fourth audition in the “Quest | for Talent” contest being held among Governmént employes in the Metro- nome room at Wardman Park Hotel will be staged Thursday from 8 to 10 | pm. Entries will come from the Farm | Credit Administration, Government Printing Office, Social Securities, Jus- tice Department, Federal Reserve Board and Labor Department. Bernie Slebos of the Interstate Commerce Commission, & violinist, won the third audition. An all-ex- pense trip to New York will be the prize for the winner of the final audi- tion, to be held zome time next month. BOYS TO HEAR CLEGG Expert With F. B. I to Speak | Tuesday at Camp Letts. Hugh H. Clegg, assistant director | of the Federal Bureau of Investiga- | tion, will address the boys at Camp | Letts. the Y. M. C. A. boys' camp on the Rhode River, near Annapolis. Md., | ‘Tuesday evening. His subject will be “The Federal Bureau of Investi- gation’s War on Crime.” Clegg has been in charge of inves- tigation of famous kidnapings and round-ups of notorious gangs of des- peradoes. He also has been in charge of training G-men, also police of the F. B. I. National Police Academy. He | is a recognized authority on scien- tific crime detection and investigation. - COMPLETE GLASSES LENSES ® FRAME 6.45 { warm when it was found about 1 | Sporrer, 9, was assaulted and killed | last March by Salvatore Ossida, 26- PAULA MAGANA. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. STRANGLER KILLS BROOKLYN GIRL, 8 Child Assaulted After Death in| g Cellar of Tenement Home. By the Associated Press.: NEW YORK, July 31.—A strangler who operated in broad daylight killed 8-year-old Paula Magana today in the cellar of her tenement home in Brooklyn. He looped a clothes line four times around her neck, assaulted her and then dragged her across the floor and dumped the body on a baby carriage near some garbage gans. The killer apparently surprised the girl at play shortly before noon, As- sistant Medical Examiner Romen Auerbach said, for her body was still o'clock The slaving was similar to three others that have occurred in Brooklyn in the last four years. The scene of today's crime was near the neighborhood where Einer year-old barber. Ossida now is await- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST ing death at Sing Sing for the crime. R. W. WIRT PROMOTED BY SOUTHERN RAILWAY E R. Oliver, traffic vice president of the Southern Railway, announced yes- terday the appointment of R. W. Wirt, now assistant freight traffic manager at Jacksonville, Fla., as assistant vice president in charge of the industrial | and agricultural development depart- | ment, with headquarters here Wirt will assume his new duties to- morrow. His appointment follows the recent retirement of Lincoln Green, assistant to the president of the Southern, with offices in Washington. The new assistant vice president will be succeeded at Jacksonville by C. F. Lauer, now assistant traffic manager at New Orleans. HotQWater Heat| and PLUMBI Your Choice of Any Nationally Known Caat Iron Boiler Complete—Installed AS LOW s AS 5-YEAR GUARANTEE NO MONEY DOWN 3 YEARS TO PAY We have displaved in our show room these outstanding boilers: American. National, Hart & Crouse, and Utica. ~We also feature the Camel Burner. HEATING COMPANY 906 10th St. N.W. Me. 2132 Although prices are rising, we continue to offer this popular ey ewear at 6.45 in any clear, single-vision lenses you may require. The mounting is sm artly engraved white gold filled with modern nosepiece and self- adjusting nose pads. A sensational value now as always. Optical Dept.—Street Floor. [ USE YOUR CHARGE v wasn = 1 S w[[fi PART ONE GREAT AUGUST SALES The way to do your advance winter shop- ing in calm, cool comfort is on Lans- urgh’s Air-Cooled Third Floor. THERE you can take as long as you want to do your choosing minus the humidity—can handle the heavy midwinter blankets and comforts without a “mite” of overheat- ing. And the savings in this great Annual Sale will be a joy all winter long. Check your towel, sheet, blanket and comfort supplies closely—and get “set” for the entire winter without fuss and with economy on Lansburgh’s healthfully ‘air- conditioned third floor. Order by Phone—Call DI. 7575 Lansburgh’'s—7th, 8th and E Streets—Air-Cooled Third Floor Famous Brands! Cannon! Moor! Martex! Fieldale! Dozens of Styles! Thousands of Towels! Enormous Savings! 17 Turkish Towels 24 CANNON Turkish Towels 20x40-in. size. White with 22x44 Extra heavy weave; colored borders. Absorbent weave that gobbles up water Long-wearing high-quality cottons. Soft Spun Turkish Hand Towels X27-1n Fieldale brand white with colored borders. Also 20x40-in. size in solid color pastels. Fine values. Cannon Muck Towels, Special! All white or white with eol- Cannon or Martex Dish Towels Cannon _checks or colored borders. Martex part linen in i Gor89c ent weave. Lansburgh's—Air-Cooled Third Floor. 34 MOOR Bath Towels Mammoth 24x46-in. size. Neatly finished with wide hems. Choice of 7 deep-toned borders. Extra good quality. Turkish Wash Cloths Cannon brand Variety of styles Solid colors or 8C white with borders. Soft, absorbent, SALE of BEDWEALI 70x80 All-Wool Blankets All-Wool 2-tone Blanket 70x80-in, size. Choice binations. Pure virgin wool. Thororest Wool Blanket Two-tone, 72x84-in. e, Wide satin vind: 729 ing. Several color combina- tions. All wool. Cannon 72x90 Blanket From the famous Can- non looms. Guaran. 3499 teed 257 wool. long wearing and warm as toast. Choice of rose, green, blue or orchid. Celanese Wool Comfort 72x84-inch size. Gor- geous plain colors and 9'79 two-tone effects, Sateen Wool Comfort Lovely Persian design in 72xB4-in. size. Har- 5’49 monizing plain border and back. Dominating colors of rose, green, orchid and blue, Every thread pure virgin wool—by one of America’'s most famous woolen mills. binding in harmonizing shade. Ideal medium weight for year-round use—affording warmth Over- plaids or solid colors in gold, in rose, blue, 9 green, orchid and peach. Wide lustrous L 4 without bulk and excessive weight. PALMER DOWN Double bed size 72x84 inches. Covered COMFORT with gle beneath on frosty nights. Charming fig- ured center with harmonizing plain border and sateen that is as soft and lustrous as silk. Large variety of floral and rich Oriental pat- terns. Light, warm and luxurious to snug- * back. Colors: rose, blue, green and orchid. Lansburgh’s—Air-Cooled Third Floor. Merchandise Selected in the August Sale May Be Held for Future Delivery by Making a Deposit Exclusively with Lansburgh’s—Nationally Known UTICA SHEETS Choice of 72x108 or 81x99 inch sizes Other Sizes 90x108 in. ____1.69 Pillow Cases They’ve double wear because the three-inch hems —look when they come home from the laundry. s 139 2t both ends make them reversible. These famous 81x108 in. _...159 Sheets are known for the way they wear and wear 49 L2 42x36 in. This price—just 1.49—is making sheet history. 45x36 in. Don’t fail to get YOUR Uticas at this bargain. 72x108 and 81x99 Cannon Corinthians Other sizes at 1.00 similar savings. 72x108 and 81x99 Pequot Sheets Lansburgh’s—Air-Cooled Third Floor. 72x108 and 81x99 White Beauty Sheets 72x108 and 81x99 Mohawk Sheets Other sizes at P 1.09 | st 1.19 savings. ings. 72x108 and 81x99 Utica Percale Sheets Superfine guality. 72'7(108 and 81x99 Cavencraft Percales 72x108 and 81x99 Cast Iron Sheets Other sizes and cases at similar 1029 savings. Cannon Woven Mattress Covers HEALTHFUILY A8 E00 MONOGRAMS, 10c Other sizes at 3 For one, two or three letter similar sav- 10 9 ings, ACCOUNT : 3‘;::'“':::' 2‘25 All sizes; h;nvy = weave; = £ ale e e Sreaear 159 | = e 1.49 monogrs the August Sale, prices. Hemstitched, 2.50 ber buttons. /