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A2 x Jurors Deliberate Job Sale Charges Against Whelchel Judge Rebukes Defense For Disparagement of Rogge’s Part in Case By the Associated Press. GAINESVILLE, Ga, May 4—A Jury of mountain farmers and busi- nessmen deliberated in Federal court tonight the guilt or innocence of Representative B. Frank Whelchel, Democrat, of Georgia, accused with a rural political leader, H. Grady Jones, of conspiracy to sell pos- tal jobs. In event of conviction on all counts in two indictments, Whelchel would face a possible maximum of 12 years in prison and $22,000 fine. Jones, under one indictment, would be sub- Ject to a maximum of 10 years and $12,000 fine. United States District Judge E. Marvin Underwood sent the case to the jury at 5:50 p.m. after an hour- long charge, concluding a trial which started last Monday. Unable to reach a verdict by midnight, the Jury was locked up until Monday morning. Judge Cautions Jurors. Judge Underwood cautioned the Jurors that they were not bound to believe “any unreascnable state- ments just because they are sworn to,” and observed the term “cam- paign contributions” and similar ref- erence to money received from pros- pective jobholders should be scrutin- ized as possible “euphonus words used to conceal their real purpose.” The Government charges Whel- chel, through Jones, received $1,100 each from Paul Grogan and Hulon Holcomb for appointing them rural carriers at Ball Ground, Ga., and through another intermediary re- celved $500 on a promise to appoint T. L. Harris as Bal round post- master. e The defense closed its case with an appeal for acquittal keyed to dis- paragement of evidence developed by prosecutors and investigators from the Justice Department in Washington, and to indirect criti- cism of participation by Assistant United States Attorney General O. John Rogge, who was identified with recent Louisiana graft’ investiga- tions. Reprimand From Bench. Reference by Defense Counsel Paul Carpenter to “trash” evidence cited by “our distinguished visitor,” brought sharp reprimand from the bench. “I don't think an officer of the Government should be subjected to this,” exclaimed Judge Underwood. Mr. Carpenter’s criticism was an- swered later by District Attorney Lawrence Camp, who told the jury: “Mr. Rogge is your servant. He draws the compensation for service from tax money you.pay, from the people of all 48 States. Had he not come here to Gainesville and assist- ed in presentation of this case to the jury when it involved & mem- ber of Congress of the United States, | he would have been false himself to | the trust placed in him as head of | the criminal division of the United Btates. * * * Summing up for the defense, At- torney A. C. Wheeler urged the jury to take a “charitable view” regard- ing the “reasonable doubt” of guilt prescribed by law. Two counts of the original jolnu indictment against Whelchel and Jones, involving alleged payment of $500 by Maynard Mashburn for the postmastership at Tate, Ga., were dismissed by Judge Underwood. Bridges Hits Aitacks On Insurance Firms By the Associated Press. BOSTON, May 4—Senator Styles | Bridges, Republican, of New Hamp- shire, a candidate for the Repub- lican presidential nomination, charged tonight that tinker-toms in Washington have | leveled their big guns on life in- | surance” to discredit the .companies | and later put the Federal Govern- ment into the business. Asserting that life insurance “di- rectly affects the economic lives of approximately 100,000,000 of us,” Senator Bridges declared there was | “no necessity for this uncalled for interference” because the business is “protected, regulated and guided under the watchful eyes of State in- surance commissioners.” Federal control, he said in a talk | prepared for a national radio net- work, “would mean a never-ending congressional discussion and debate on the subject of life insurance. I do not believe that the American people want politics played with their savings, their insurance pol- icies .or their children’s future.” Attacking “left-wing New Deal economjc wizards” of the Senate Monopoly Committee, he charged their objective was to make a case against all industry and the system of private insurance in particular. He urged the Nation's 64,000,000 life insurance policyholders to “pro- test before it is too late.” “economic | Readers’ Guide and News Summary The Sunday Star, May 5, 1940, PART ONE. Main News Section. Foreign. Mexico rejects U. S. request for oil dispute arbitration. Page A-1 Planes blast 9 British warships, sinking 3, Nazis claim. Page A-1 Greek fears rise on reports British boost Aegean force. Page A-1 Hungry Norse refugees devour food allies left at Namsos. Page A-1 Chamberlain battles ouster as re- sult of Norse failure. Page A-1 German offensive against Narvik now predicted. Page A-24 National. Dewey says Roosevelt has lost con- trol of Government. Page A-2 Whelchel postal job sales case goes to jury. Page A-2 Nazis repulsed in disorder on west front, Paris claims. Page A-4 Ex-Senator Reed assails Labor Board tactics. Page A-§ Four planes damaged in Army ma- neuvers. Page A-§ F. B. 1. absolved of Detroit miscon- duct after probe. Page A-8 Washington and Vicinity. Maryland starts machinery to pick conventian delegates. Page A-1 | Park Savings depositors of '29 to get $220,000 fund. Page B-1 ;symphony orchestra campaign to | begin tomorrow. Page B-1 Unemployment Act may be deter- mined tomorrow. Page A-4 Miscellaneous. Automobiles. “Trail's End.” Travel. Page C-11 Page C-10 Page D-11 | Financial. |-Business faces ship scarcity. | Page B-9 | Stock market drifts lower. Page B-9 Cotton rally halted. Page B-9 Wheat turns down. Page B-9 D. C. gasoline record set. Page B-9 | Bank loans up in fifth district. Page B-9 PART TWO. { Editorial. | Editorial articles. Editorial and comment. News features. John Clagett Proctor. Civic news. | Military and veterans’ | news. Cross-word puzzle. Fraternal and civic rews. | Educational news. | PART THREE. | Society. | Society news. Future debutantes. In service society. | Barbara Bell pattern. Women'’s clubs. PART FOUR. Pages C-1-3 Page C-2 Page C-4-5 Page C-4 Page C-6 Page C-7 Page C-8 Page C-8 Page C-9 Pages D-1-12 Page D-4 Page D-6 Page D-9 Page D-11 Sports. Gallahadion outruns Bimelech in Kentucky Derby. Page E-1 Maryland scores sweep in its own field day. Page E-2 | Mrs. Gould’s Black Sweep gains Virginia Gold Cup. Page E-3 Gap between pros and amateurs in golf widens. Page E-4 | Fairy Chant takes record purse in | Pimlico Oaks. e Page E-5 | Classified Advertising. | Classified ads. Pages E-6-18 Lost and found. Page E-6 i PART FIVE. | Features. Amusements. Stamps. In bridge circles, Dick Mansfield. Kennel news. Radio programs. Books. Art notes. Music. %The Junior Star. Pages F-1-2-3 Page F-4 Page F-4 Page F-4 Page F-4 Page F-5 Page F-6 Page F-7 Page F-8 Page F-9 Auto Club Urges Elimination of Arrow Signs With a view to eliminating, wherever possible, the arrow signs now installed, the Public Utilities Commission will make a survey to determine the need for the present regulation prohibiting automobiles from passing to the left of certain street car loading platforms in ‘Washington, the Keystone Auto- mobile Club announced yesterday. As a result of its own engineering study, the Keystone Club asked the commission to make such a survey, pointing out that the regulation in- creased congestion and impeded the flow of traffic, without enhancing safety. Particularly important, in the opiniorn of the club, are the removal of the arrow signs on Fourteenth street above Thomas Circle, and on Connecticut avenue, and those on Pennsylvania avenue west of Seven- teenth street. Roosevelt, Vandenberg And La Guardia Win By the Associated Press. FULTON, Mo., May 4—Franklin D. Roosevelt, Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan and Mayor La Guardia of New York today were named the presidential choices of 800 college students who spent three days here learning the technique of national politics. The students came from 26 col- leges and universities, divided into three mock conventions — Demo- cratic, Republican and liberal— adopted platforms pledging peace and promising jobs for unemployed, then wound up in nominating bat- ties which nearly matched the real things in bitterness and confusion. Despite an early lead assumed by District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey of New York, Vangenberg won on the second official ballot, 71 to 598%. Dewey Short, Missouri’s lone Re- publican Representative, won the nomination for Vice President. In nominating Mr. Roosevelt, the Democrats defied the - anti-third- term tradition with cries of “he’s the only Democrat who can win in November.” He was named on the first ballot. Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy received the nom- ination for Vice President. ‘The liberals went four ballots be- fore agreeing on La Guardia. Sen- ator La Follette, Progressive, of Wis- consin won the vice presidential The work and policies of the Sen- ate Campaign Expenditures Investi- gating Committee will be discussed in the National Radio Forum to- morrow night by Senator Guy M. Gillette, Democrat, of Iowa, chair- man of the committee. The National Radio Forum is ar- ranged by The Star and is broadcast over a coast-to-coast network of the National Broadcasting Co. It may be heard locally through Station ‘WMAL at 10:30 o'clock. Senator Gillette's committee al- ready has investigators at work in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Mary- land and West Virginia in an effort to determine whether candidates for Federal office are spending excessive amounts of money in their cam- paigns. The chairman’s colleagues on the committee are Senators Miller of Arkansas and Hill of Alabama, Democrats, and Reed of Kansas and Tobey of New Hampshire, Republi- cans. Mr. Gillette has been a member of the Senate since November 3, 1936, when he was elected to fill the unexpired term of Louis Murphy, who had died. He was re-elected in 1938 for the full six-year term be- ginning January 3, 1939. He entered politics as prosecuting nomination. b ] attorney of Cherokee County, Iowa, Gillette Is Forum Speaker lowa Senator Will Discuss Work Of Campaign Investigating Committee ~. For Chinese Relief Probed by U. S. Japanese Blamed ForF.B.l.and S. E. C. Investigation of Drive By the Associated Press. 5 SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.— Agents of the United States Govern- ment sought to learn today in what manner $2,800,000 was obtained for the aid of civilians in the war- stricken areas of China, Leaders in this city’s Chinatown— largest in the Nation—admitted they had been questioned both by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Securities and Exchange Com- mission, but said the whole affair was “Instigated by the Japanese.” (Japanese and Chinese stores are intermingled along China- town's narrow streets and despite hostilities in the Orient the situation in the main has re- mained peaceful. There was no indication that the Chinese deemed local Japanese residents responsible for the investiga- tion.) F. B. I. Admits Probe. Half of the $2,800,000 was raised |in this area. | TheF. . office in Washington admitted a study was being made. The San Francisco office declined other comment. T. Y. Tang, head of the Campaign Committee of the Chinese War Re- lief Association, said the investiga- tions were spurred by Japanese | complaints, denied any wrong-doing, ' and commented that many contri- butions had been sent directly to China without aid from the asso- clation, * S. E. C. Raises Bond Question. He said the F. B. I. was interested in how contributions were obtained and whether the association was or should be registered with the U. 8. Government, and that the S. E. C. had asked regarding sale of unregistered bonds. Tang said all contributions have been “purely voluntary,” that whether the association was re- quired to register had not been de- termined, and that he know of no sale of bonds in connection with efforts to raise funds. ‘Tang indicated he anticipated no trouble in establishing his asso- ciation's good faith and intent. Republicans Want [nother ; |"Stock Jag," Says McNutt | By the Associated Press. LIMA, Ohio, May 4.—Republiclns; were accused tonight by Paul V. McNutt, Federal Security Admin- istrator, of proposing to abandon | New Deal policies and “go on an- other stock market jag.” Some of the Republicans, he add- ! ed in a speech prepared for a Dem- ocratic rally, hope to “get away with enough money to live through the crash that will follow.” Mr. McNutt, himself angling for the Democratic presidential nomi- nation if President Roosevelt does not desire a third term, asserted that Republican leadership had “not enough foresight to be concerned” over “whether another boom and bust ‘might overthrow our democ- racy.” | _He praised seven years of New | Deal governmental policiles as “II democracy unequalled in any like period of our history.” | ;’ Republicans, Mr. McNutf added, “have worked ceaselessly * * * to| wreck the New Deal from the out- 1 side. The speed with which they | would scuttle it, once they acquired the power, would make a blitzkrieg resemble a slow motion picture.” Assertions that Republicans had no intention of abandoning progres- sive New Deal legislation—made by three party presidential contend- ers, Thomas E. Dewey, Arthur Van- denberg and Robert A. Taft—were dismissed by Mr. McNutt as con- Iu-nry to past Republican policies. Mr. McNutt's avowed candidacy was recalled when he remarked that Ohio had given the Nation more Presidents than had Indiana and | then added: | “But we're working on that.” | Double Cherry Trees In Full Bloom Today The Office of National Capital Parks announced yesterday that the double blossom cherry trees in Poto- mac Park and flowering crab apple trees in Anacostia Park would be in full bloom today. The cherry trees line Riverside drive below the Lincoln Memorial and around Hains Point, while the crab apple trees line Anacostia Parkway between Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue SE. ; ‘The parks office said that dogwood in Rock Creek Park and along ths | George Washington Memorial High- way is nearing full bloom. - THE SUNDAY ST 2,800,000 Campaign R SENATOR GILLETTE. Iowa Senate from 1912 to 1916. He served in the World War as captain of infantry, after previous military experience as a sergeant in the Spanish-American War. Mr. Gillette was elected to the House of Representatives in 1032 and served there until he ran for Sanate, in 1907, He was & member of the |ths » WASHINGTON, sevelt Confesses. Loss of Government Control, Says Dewey Calls White House Speech ‘A Tragic Confession Of Failure’ By the Associated Press. MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, May 4. —Thomas E. Dewey told & Saturday afternoon crowd of farmers and townspeople here that Pregident Roosevelt has “confessed that he has lost control of the Government be- cause he can't balance the budget.” Departing from his prepared text at a rally on the county courthouse lawn, the candidate for the Repub- lican presidential nomination said Mr. Roosevelt's address yesterday in Washington was a “tragic confession of failure by the head of the Na- tional Government of the strongest Nation on the face of the earth.” Earlier today, in a press confer- ence at Des Moines, Mr. Dewey commented on the President’s chal- lenge to candidates to “quit con- demning and tell us just how you would change the laws” by saying: “The President apparently doesn't read the speeches made by his op- ponents. “Nobody can balance the budget of this Nation,” Mr. Dewey said in his Marshalltown speech, “until the country has an administration which believes in free enterprise for the 130,000,000 people in this coun- try and gives them the green light to go ahead. “Nobody can balance a New Deal budget so long as they allow job- grabbing New Deal politicians to in- crease the payroll of people you are carrying on your backs from 570,000 in 1932 to almost a million today R - Mr. Dewey praised .the Repub- lican budget-balancing State ad- ministrations of Iowa, Oregon, Kan- sas, Colorado and Minnesota. Hears New Deal “Death Knell.” The courthouse clock, striking 4, interrupted the New Yorker's de- nunciation of the Roosevelt admin- istration. “That sounds like the death knell | of the New Deal to me,” he observed. The crowd roared. Republican leaders sponsoring the gathering estimated that between | 5000 and 6,000 persons heard Mr. | Dewey here. { In his second press conference of the day, Mr. Dewey said crop loans should not be used as “a de-| vice for fixing prices or achieving parity.” “If and when the Government| adopts price fixing,” he commented, | “then you will have Fascism. Then the whole life of the farmer would be in the hands, not of the poli- tician, but of the dictator.” | Discussing the farm situation in his address, Mr. Dewey asked: | “What is the sense of telling the | farmer in Iowa to plant less corn} while pursuing policies which en-| courage the farmer in other states| to plant more?” Sees South Competing. Mr. Dewey declared Southern cot- ton acreage reductions had created new corn producing areas competi- | tive with the Middle West and had | dissipated “the major portion of) our foreign markets for cotton.” i But until parity in agricultural and industrial prices has been achieved, he added, “Government | must assist in a voluntary program. | sponsored by agriculture itself, for the elimination of burdensome sur- pluses and ihe adjustment of farm income.” The district attorney took a crack at the reciprocal trade agreements program with s declaration that| exports of lard have declined 58 per cent under the New Deal. Colorado G. 0. P. Elecls Uninstructed Delegation By the Associated Press. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, May 4—Colorado Republicans to- day elected an uninstructed dele- gation to the party’s national con- vention and headed off a break The State has 12 among factions. delegates. Last-minute withdrawal by John R. Coen, former State chairman, gave Charles R. Enos a clear field for re-election as national commit- teeman, forestalling a threatened floor fight. Some ill feeling arose, however, from a hot contest for the four dele~ gates at large, chosen by the entire State convention. State Treasurer Charles M. Arm- strong lost. He polled 85815 votes to trail Lawrence C. Phipps, jr., of Denver by nearly 60 votes. Others named delegates at large are Gov. Ralph L. Carr, Mrs. James R. Arneil, jr, Denver, and Mayor George Birdsall of €dlorado Springs. District delegates were selected previously. Nazis to Defeat Allies, Economist Forecasts By the Associated Press. CHAPEL HILL, N. C, May 4—A university economist and author predicted here today. that Germany would defeat the allies and the “world would be organized much more on the autocratic principle than at present.” The speaker was Dr. Calvin Hoo- ver, dean of the graduate school of the arts and sciences at Duke Uni- versity. He told the University of North Carolina Conference on Re- gional Research and Development that “we can search a long time without finding a parallel to the crushing loss of prestige suffered by the British in Norway.” Condition of Dr. Cook, Explorer, Held Critical By the Associated Press. PORT CHESTER, N. Y., May 4— Dr. Frederick A. Cook, 77-year-old [* arctic explorer, tonight lay in a semi-coma following a cerebral hemorrhage. His condition was described by attenddnts at United Hospital as “critical.” Dr. Cook was stricken last night while a guest at the home of an old {riend, Ralph 8. Von Ahlesfeldt of Larchmont. The claim of Dr. Cook as the dis- coverer of the North Pole precipi- tated a long controversy with the late Admiral Robert E. Peary. Dr. Cook asserted he had discovered the Pole April 21, 1908, & year before Peary announced he had plunted the American fiag there. 4 - 1940—PART ONE. |'Meddling Policy’ NEW TRAINING SCHOOL HOSPITAL—This is the new hospital building at the District Training 8chool in Laurel, Md., which will be dedicated by Mrs. Roosevelt on Tuesday. Hospital Unit to Be Dedicated |Alabama Democrats At District Training School Mrs. Roosevelt to Speak Tuesday, Hear of Needs Still Unmet ; Exercises dedicating the new hos- pital unit at the District Training School on Tuesday will mark the end of one long-time struggle and the beginning of another. Mrs. Roosevelt will speak at the dedication of the new unit. She will tour the building, which will cut to & minimum the chance of epidemics. She will be told that before the hospital was built, it was virtually impossible to separate the healthy {rom the sick. But she will also be told that the institution is still harassed by unmet needs—chiefly the need for more buildings, dormitories to house 450, known feeble-minded children of Washington, the waiting list of the training school at Laurel, Md. Here is the problem. as Dr. James Lewald, superintender.t of the insti- tution, said yesterday he would pre- sent it to Mrs. Roosevelt: Helpless Cases on List. ‘The 450 children on the waiting list are helpless ones, ones who can be led into trouble. Some of them could be trained to find a place for themselves in society, but the Dis- trict Training School is already over- | crowded. It must give first choice to idiots and imbeciles. | As an example, the 1institution | made room for 10 new cases the other day. Of the 10, 3 were idiots, 4 imbeciles and only 3.of moron level. Those three may have epi- lepsy or organic diseases which would make it impossible for them ever to be sent into society again. And now, unless an inmate dies or is paroled—and only 10 have been paroled in the last year—not even the idiots and imbeciles will be admitted to the institution until | | all her time for her own work. | use of what intelligence it has. next January, when two new dor- mitory units, each housing 50 pa- | tients, are completed. The hospi- tal unit made it possible to take in 40 children. All Feeble-Minded. The 450 children and young peo- ple on the waiting list have all| been examined by Gallinger Hos- | pital physicians and certified as being feeble-minded. Each one of them, because of his or her be- havior or helpless conditjon,, has been brought to the attentign of | the physicians. Welfare officials | didn't go out looking for them; | they didn't have to. | Some of the 450 are wards of the Board of Public Welfare—commit- | ted by the Juvenile Court to the | board as delinquent or destitute of a suitable home. Others have | been examined at the request of | parents who are helpless to take care of them. Others are sent over from Police Court after ap-| pearing before a judge on: some misdemeanor. They are sént fo Gal- linger for examination from the public assistance division by In-| structive Visiting Nurses, by public | health nurses. In each case, before they are cer- tified, they have done something that makes at least an examina- tion to determine their sanity nec- essary. A large number of them have followed the same course— playing truant from school be- cause they haven’t the mentality to keep up with their work and are ashamed to admit it, getting into trouble, appearing before the Ju- venile Court. One boy on the wait- ing list had two charges of taking property and four housebreaking charges when he was committed. More Children Born. But the greatest danger, in the opinion of some welfare officials, is the fact that they are bringing more feeble-minded children into the world. On the waiting list is a girl who already has had four illegitimate children. One child is now in the training school, and the other three are permanent wards of the Board of Public Welfare, permanent bur- dens on the taxpayers. Feeble- minded mothers can't take care of their children. Another girl who was certified some time ago has become pregnant since being put on the waiting list. ‘They are simply repeating what has already been found true. In the District Training School now are a mother and four children, all sent there on the same day. The fifth child is a ward of the Welfare Board. Another mother now in the in- stitution had eight children, all of whom are now in institutions for the feeble-minded or wards of the board. One of the daughters has just had her third illegitimate child. ‘The two yougest girls both have had illegitimate children. The 16-year- old daughter’s child died but the 14-year-old daughter’s child has be- come a ward of the board. Money Badly Needed. Knowing, then, that the girls on the waiting list are menacing the future generation as well as the present, the Board of Public Wel- fare can do nothing about it. More money, a great deal more money is needed to expand the institution, to make room for those 450, but it Just isn't forthcoming. The overcrowded institution faces another problem for lack of sufficient dormitory units. Mrs. Roosevelt, who was shocked at Blue Plains to find young people housed with the senile, will find small boys living in the same dormitory unit as men of 40 and 50 years. The training school has enough dormitories now to segregate the white from the colored, the male from the female and ,to some ex- tent, the idiots from the morons. But it hasn't the room io separate little girls from middle-aged women. Another pressing need is for a school building. Institution officials have winced s} 18 mo achont Tuldiag ia s thain- ] | in salary. A boy who was at the | he was paroled three years ago and | ing school. School rooms have been set up in the basements of five dor- mitory units. Electric lights must be used at all times in these class rooms. The concrete floors are damp in the winter time and over- head are the plumbing pipes. ‘What passes for an assembly hall is another basement room. The makeshift stage where the children put on plays has a post in the cen- ter of it. «Classrooms Use Play Space. To supervise the class work and attend assembly hall, officials must traverse the entire grounds of the institutions. And, of course, the schoolrooms use up all the avail- able indoor play space. With more facilities for training and some parole officers, Dr. Lewald thinks more than 10 inmates could be paroled a year. The psychologist of the training school also does part-time duty as a parole officer. There is no other parole officer, no one else to follow up the cases that leave the institu- tion, no one else to help them ad- just themselves to life in the out- side world. Actually, the psychologist needs Through frequent testing, she can find out if a child on a 9-year age level is doing the work of a 7-year- old. She can find out the difficulty and help the child make the best | Her testing as well as the train- ing has made it possible for young people to take jobs in the outside | world. One girl who came to the institution at 14 and was paroled at 18 has held the same job for five years with a substantial raise institution 10 years has maintained himself as a carpenter on the East- ern Shore of Maryland ever since in his busy seasons often hires other | men to help him. Some Can Be Paroled. It can be done—the children can be paroled, but the stumbling blocks | are great. Not only is the lack of1 a parole officer a great obstacle, | but also because the overcrowded | institution has to make that choice | of the lowest-grade intelligences, | not as many of the young people have the mental ability to be paroled. | The average intelligence of the| 600 inmates is 42.6, well below the | moron level. Chronologically, the | inmates range from 2 years to 61 years. Their mental age is from| 1 month to 11 years; their intelli- gence quotas range from 1 to 73. Nevertheless, with the lack of suf- ficient training facilities, with low- grade intelligences to cope with, the boys and girls are learning. Going from woodshop to weaving class, it is hard to imagine sometimes that the children who are doing the work are morons or less. The boys, working under super- vision, assist the carpenter, the painter, the baker. They do farm work, ploughing and harrowing. They milk the cows gnd plant the flelds. They do - concrete work, grading, building. In their wood- shop, they make benches and book- cases, foot stools and window boxes. They learn how to use a saw and a plane. They learn to read writ- ten directions and some of them can even follow a blue print. Smallest Go to School. The girls work in the laundry, the sewing room, the mending room, They serve table, make beds, wash windows and dust. In their classes, they learn fine needlework and practical sewing, like making shirts. The smallest children start going to school as soon as they learn to walk. In their classroom, they are taught how to feed themselves, how to use a tooth brush, how to comb their hair. To a little canteen in the new hospital building the children can bring the pennies they earn work- ing for the employes. They can sit at little tables there and sip soft drinks. Making use of every bit of space, taking advantage of every inch of material, the District Training School has made itself into a com- munity where children who must live their lives there can be safe. The school has done much, but it also needs much. Dewey Will Not Sponsor West Virginia Candidates By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 4—The cam- paign headquarters of District At- torney Thomas E. Dewey, candidate for the Republican presidential nom- ination, announced today that he would not sponsor convention dele- gate candidacies in West Virginis May 14. “While we have reports of en- thusiastic support from West Vir- ginia in response to many inquiries we must state that we are not par- ticipating . . .” it was stated. “The same course is being fol- lowed as in Massachusetts, s where certain candidates sought election as delegates pledged to Mr. Dewey | has indorsed Harry M. Ayers, Annis- | | ernor and his predecessor. Will Hold Primary Election Tuesday Nine Representatives And 22 Delegates To Be Chosen By the Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala, May 4.— Alabama Democrats on Tuesday will name delegates to the National Democratic Convention to cast 22| votes for the state’s favorite sun, Speaker William B. Bankhead for the Presidential nomination, Observers estimated more than 200,000 votes would be cast. In addition to naming four dele- gates from the state at large and 18 district delegates, with a similar number of alternates, & Chief Jus- tice and two Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, a president of the State Public Service Commis- sion and nine U. S. Representatives will be nominated. Executives Disagree. ‘There was considerable discussion during recent weeks and some agi- tation for an uninstructed conven- tion delegation, with Lt. Gov. A. A. Carmichael charging Gov. Frank Dixon of withholding his support from the Bankhead candidacy. Mr. Carmichael bears the endorse- ment of former Gov. Bibb Graves as | a delegate at large, and Gov. Dixon | ton publisher. In this contest, some | political observers profess to see a test of strength between the Gov- Speaker Bankhead in the seventh, and three other representatives, ave unopposed. In the first district Representative Frank Boykin is op- posed by W. P. Pruitt, jr., of Chatom, and W. C. Walton of Mobile. Veteran Representative Henry B. Steagall in the third is contesting with George B. Andrews, of Union Springs. Starnes Has Competition. In the fifth district, Representa- | tive Joe Starnes, member of the Dies | Comnmittee, is faced with Judge Alf Hawkins of Fort Payne, original Judge in the “Scottsboro case.” Representative Pete B. Jarman, in the sixth, has three opponents, W. B. | Partlow, jr., Tuscaloosa attorney; | State Senator Emmett Hildreath of Eutaw and Thomas Maxwell of Tuscaloosa. J. B. Aird, Lucien D. Brown and | W. B. Dobbins are seeking to oust Representative Luther Patrick in the ninth district, composed of Jef- | ferson (Birmingham) County. | A second or runoff primary on| June 4, will be held in those races in which no candidate obtains a clear majority. Circuit judges, circuit solicitors and county and district officers also are to be| nominated. Man Given Two Years Wants Reverse Appeal By the Associated Press. GREENSBORO, N. C., May 4.— This fellow wanted an appeal in re- verse: He appeale¢ io Superior Court from a High Point Municipal Court conviction on a merals charge and was convicted and given a two-year prison term in the high court. After the trial he wrote this note to Jailer John Long: “Dear Sir—I have decided to ap- peal my case bauz to High Point. I got 15 months over there and two 0f New Deal Hit By Senator Taft Tells Vermont G. O, P. Independence Is Periled by Program By the Associated Press. MONTPELIER, Vt., May 4¢—Sen- ator Taft, candidate for the Repube lican presidential nomination, dee clared tonight that the New Deal had become & “busybody,” and maintained that its “meddling policy” was one which would destroy the independence of Congress, the courts, the States and the rights of individuals. “Like every meddler with other people’s affairs, it has left its own proper business in complete confu- sion,” he said in an address pre- pared for Vermont’s young Repuj- lican convention. Outlines Seven Types. Taft outlined seven types of what he called governmental intrusion, topping them off with the state- ment that “finally, the executive is apparently animated by a strong de- sire to meddle in European affairy” He said he had no criticism of measures taken since the war began, but added that the President's speeches before that time made clear his belief “that we should interfere in Europe.” Taft quoted Mr. Roose- velt as having said in one talk: “® * * There are many methods short of war, but stronger and more effective than mere words. of bring- ing home to aggressor governments the aggregate sentiments of our own people.” The President, Mr. Taft said, “can only have intended to propose that this country employ economic sanc- tions or embargoes against a nation it does mot like, while at the same time assisting those it does like by loans and other material assistance, “In spite of the-fact that no active steps have been proposed, nothing the President has said since then contradicts his apparent desire to meddle in Europe.” Domestic “Meddling.” ‘Turning to domestic “meddling.” Taft asserted “surely the Federal Government can be an umpire with- out playing the game, a policeman without trying to run every home. Surely, where Federal legislation is needed we can pass it in the form of laws with which men can comply without hanging around marble offices in Washington, trying to lo- cate the right bureaucratic official to consult.” ' He said the Nation must “return to a Government by the people in- stead of Government by braintruste ers and bureaucrats.” Earlier in the day the Senator visited Leland and Gray Seminary in Townshend—an institution which had his great grandfather, Peter Taft, as its first president—and the ‘West Townshend home of his grand- father, Alphonso Taft. He traveled between the two communities over flooded, almost impassable roads. 679,985 Qualifiers For Florida Primary By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 4— Florida election officials today said 679,985 voters were registered for the white Democratic primary on Tuesday in which there is no pro- vision for expression of presidential preference. The Florida delegation to the Na- tional Democratic Convention—18 men and women with 14 votes—will go to Chicago uninstructed and un- pledged, by decision of the State Democratic Executive Committee. At least 47 of the 83 candidates for delegate have declared for Pres- ident Roosevelt as first choice, how= ever. Chief interest centered with the race for Governor and United States Senator. Senator Charles O. Andrews, seek- ing renomination, is opposed by Gov. Fred P. Cone; Charles Francis Coe, West Palm Beach attorney and author; Jerry W. Carter, member of the State Railroad Commission; O. B. Hazen of West Palm Beach and Pahokee and Bernarr MacFad- den, Miami Beach magazine pub- lisher and physical culture exponent. Eleven men are seeking the nom- ination for Governor. Mussolini has named the 1942 ex- position in Rome the Olympiad of years here.” Civilization. Weather Report (Purnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia —Partly cloudy with slowly rising temperature today; tomorrow fair, somewhat warmer; moderate northwest winds today becoming variable. Maryland —Partly cloudy and warmer. cool today; tomorrow fair, slightly Virginia —Fair with slowly rising temperature today; tomorrow fair and somewhat warmer. West Virginia.—Fair with slow]y»risinz temperature today and to- mMorrow. Weather Cerditions Last 24 Hours. Pressure continues low over New land and off the Middle Atlantic ton, Mass.. 1007.1 millibars (2 inches). Pressure is high from the Great Lakes region southward over the East Gulf and South Atlantic 1019.3 millibars Pres- sure continues low over the middle and southern olains. Pueblo, Colo., 1000.7 mil- libars (29.55 inches). while & disturbance is moving_eastward over the middle and northern Rocky Mountain region, Sheri- dan. Wyo. 995.6 millibars (29.40 Inches). Pressure is rising over Californis, Eureka, 1022.7 millibars (30.20 inches). During the “iast 24 hours there have be ers in the Middle and North States. the North Pacific States, the North- ern Rocky Mountain region and Northern California. A few light showers occurred also in the Northern Plains and_the ex- treme upper Mississippi Valley. Tembpera- tures have risen in the Ohio Valley: else- Where changes have been slight. River Report. Potomac_and Shenandosh Rivers very cloudy at Harpers Ferry late yesterdsy. rt Untll 10 P.M. Saturday. 47 12 noon 2 p.m, 8- st .74 )‘lll,lsnt‘ 85. 6 D.m. yeterday. Year ::: 45. 3 am. yesterday. Record Temperatures enr. Highest, 8 ._M'l April X(Ph H Lowest. 7. on January 20. Preeipitation. tation. Monthly precipitation in inches tn the &fi-::l (eurrent -ullotz:olo H but without any sponsorship from | &gt his campaign headquarters.” “All candidates in West Virginia |2, who are seeking the support of the | Sep! voters because they are for Mr. Dewey are running on their own re- sponsibility and not by arrangement ;:l:n hmm:‘ D They c;.m- uarters, ve been advised of the position we have taken.” r (Purnished by the United States Coast and tie Sul en show- Atlantic | Balt Year | Lox A Sun, today__ Sun. tomorrow. Moon, todsy_ Automobile lights - | one-half hour after Weather in Varieus Cities. ‘Temperature g ax. Min, Sat. p.m. at. Pri. 7:30 7:30 urday. night. pm. .. - 837 35 40 __ . N3 M Asheville, N. C. Atlanta, Ga. 0.18 233332323 R3IB2IIT) o1 o Portiand. s Rapid Gits. & Dak. B ke S vean Francisco, Calif. nts Pe, x:l Mex.