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DEC 22 332. U. S. Weather Bureau Reports Fair on Thursday) warmer Friday with rain or mow DETSdT FINAL EDITION Thursday, December 22, 1938. 108th Year.

No. 232 On Guard for Over a Century 24 Pages Three Cents Mrs Dull Guilty of Manslaughter; Broadcasters Ask Ban on Bigotry in Coughlin Wrangle Millions to Get Bomb Shelters in British Isles Mail-Order Steel Huts in Back Yards Will Protect Citizens to Be SentencedToday in Slaying of Lawyer, Her Boss and Lover C.I.O. Demands upon Congress Forecast Fight May Start Showdown on A.F.L. Drive for NLRB Revision Lewis Specifies List of New Labor Laws Father's' Killer Convicted City Would Ease Rum Restrictions New Year's Day Office Wife Calm at Jurys Verdict She Faces a Term of Not More Than 15 Years in Prison Her Daughter Cries as Decision Is Read (J i 'J- 1 A By Clifford A. Prevost (Ft99 PrtMs WaMhington Buriau) WASHINGTON, Dec.

21 The Capital tonight awaited the showdown fight between William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, and John L. Lewis, of the C.I.O., after the latter had made additional demands for legislation in the approaching session of the new Congress. There was nothing conciliatory about the demands of Lewis, in contrast to the attitude taken by Green. The latter is conferring with his executive council on a complete legislative program, and already has called for amendments to the controversial Wagner Labor Relations Act. Lewis Opposes Revision But Lewis will fight against any changes in the statute, he emphatically stated today.

Not only did he Insist upon no change, but he outlined a radical program for Congress and then proceeded to list the demands which his organization proposes to make upon the legislatures of the various states convening next month. To complicate the labor picture further came the call of Rep. Martin Dies, chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, that President Roosevelt and the House leaders declare where they stand on the question of continuing his committee. Dies will demand an additional $150,000 to carry on his investigation, much of which is concerned with Communism in the labor movement. Fears 'Stiletto from Rear' Asserting that he feared "underhanded" opposition, Dies added: "And I don't want any Corcorans or' Cohens slipping around the Capitol inserting a stiletto from the rear." He referred to Thomas Corcoran and Benjamin Cohen, legislative advisers of the President, who sometimes have served as contact men between the White House and the Capitol.

Please Turn to Page 9 Column 1 Family Is Beaten to Death in Sleep SAVANNAH, Dec. 21-(A. In the course of a trifling rob bery early today, a killer wielding long iron pipe beat to death S. Tillman, 34 years old. his wire Mary, Z9, and their two chll dren Clara and Leola.

Then he fired a fatal shotgun charge into tne head of Tom Chester, 42, at a filling station 100 yards away. Three vending machines at the filling station were broken open Police could find no motive for the slaying of the Tillmans, who were horribly beaten as they slept in tneir one-room house in Savan nah's outskirts. 'Worthless' U.S. Note Is Worth Just $10,000 CENTRALIA, 111., Dec. 21-(A For a year and a half, Russell famitn, employee of an oil com pany here, believed that a $10,000 Federal Reserve note he carried was worthless.

Today he dis covered it was genuine. Smith said friend gave him the note, be lieving it to be worthless. Officials of a bank examined the note and found nothing wrong with it. A telephone call to the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis brought information that it had dlsap- peared along with several other bills of similar denomination after a fire in the Treasury at Washing ton.

A representative of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was to come here from St. Louis to ob tain possession of the note. Four Injured Stations Advised to Silence Hatred leader of Association Charges Abuse of Free Speech Social Responsibility of Air Is Emphasized WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (U. p.

i Neville Miller, president of the National Association of Broadcasters, charged tonight that the broadcasting of- controversial Issues by religious leaders was an 'abuse of the privilege of free speech" and should not be derated. In ft formal statement, which he liald he issued in response to inquiries from member stations, Mil- jer said that no radio station was Obliged to broadcast speeches that played "on religious bigotry religious or racial prejudice, or hatred." Referring to Coughlin The statement cited no specific instances but it was said that Miller referred to the current controversy involving the Rev. Charles t. Coughlin, Royal Oak radio priest, and stations which have refused to carry his addresses. (Leo J.

Fitzpatrlck, vice president and general manager of Station WJR, Detroit, which, ironically enough, Is known as the Good Will Station although it serves as outlet for Father Coughlin broadcasts, said Wednesday right that he had no comment to make on Miller's statement. Fitz-patrick is a past president of the National Association of Broad-rasters, an organization which in-rludes the majoilty of United States stations in its membership. Fitzpatrick added that WJR had not applied to Miller for a clarification of the association's ftand in the controversy.) Coughlin recently broadcast a fpeech which critics described as anti-Semitic, after which Station in New York refused to carry any more of his talks. Shortly afterward George Cardinal Mundelein, archbishop of Chicago, Issued a formal two-paragraph statement emphasizing that Coughlin was not a spokesman for the f'atholic Church and that his remarks should be considered those of an individual. Fears Blow at Harmony Miller emphasized the social re sponsibilities of radio, and said that "no obligation of free speech or of public service could justify broadcasters in allowing this great new social force to strike at the harmony of the nation." Broadcasts "inciting racial and religious hatred are an evil not to be.

tolerated," he said, and are "unworthy of American radio." The air waves, he added, have be come a "new force of tremendous power" and must be used in the public interest and "not subjected to irresponsible abuse. "The particular problem which confront today is that or pre-Irving the precious right of freedom of speech," he continued "However, the same Constitution which guaranteed us freedom of speech also guaranteed other rights, such as freedom of religion, and in protecting one right we must not violate otner rignts. ritase Turn to Page 9 Column 6 Jury Still Arguing Fate of Col. Gimp HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 21 (U.

The fate of Moe (Col. Gimp) Snyder was left in the balance ajain tonight when a jury which had tried him on five felony counts recessed deliberations until tomor row. There was indication of i Ondlock. Snvder is accused of shooting Myrl Alderman, his successor in the affections of Ruth Ettinc. his former wife.

The jurors had returned to court ims morning with their luggage, indicating they didn't plan to stay another night at their hotel. Judge Thomas L. Ambrose said that in event of a deadlock he would not poll the jury before late tomorrow. The iurors took the rase at p. m.

yesterday. Giris Body Found Wrapped in Sack Job Promise Used to Lure Victim, 19 KINGSTON, Dec. 19 (A. The four-day search for Pretty, nineteen-year-old Margaret Martin ended tonight, with tn finding of her burlap wrapped body under a bridge near Keelers burg. 30 miles from here.

She disappeared Saturday on her ay to keep a street-corner appointment here with a man who had telephoned an offer of a Job. Police of nine states who had hunted for her began a search her slayer, but clews were srant. The body was found by a trapper 'n an isolptcH snot. Prominent among the theories in search for the girl was that had bn lwrd a ay by Their Dallas Holbrook, 16 years old, Dorothy, 17, children of William Probe Release of 21 Captives Police Officials Check on Holdup and Raid A police probe was begun Wednesday Into the release of 21 men arrested in a raid which followed a holdup of an alleged handbook at 14011 Woodrow Wilson Ave. Sammy Chivas.

Detroit welter weight boxer, and two others were detained as suspects in the holdup. Chivas, 25 years old, lives at 2420 St. Aubin Ave. Held with him were Louis Falhany, 31, of 3678 Grand River and Nicholas Xenas, 24, of 978 Macomb St. They were arrested as they left the handbook.

Recorder's Judge John J. Maher set 11 a. m. Friday lor a neanng on a writ of habeas corpus for the three. All have been detained by police before, and Xenas has a police record.

Arrested After Holdup Police arrested the 21 men in the alleged handbook shortly after the holdup Tuesday They were released a short time afterwards. Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea and police clashed over who allowed the release, and Supt. Fred W. Frahm ordered an investiga tion by District Inspector Wendell Lochbilcr and Inspector James Watkins, of Petoskey Station, to find out whether a proper re ouest for a warrant had been made.

Please Turn to rage 9 Column Junk Man Snaps Up Bargain at the Spot NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 21 (A.P.) The steering gear of farm er George Mathas' truck broke and the vehicle careened part way into a canal. "Want to sell that truck?" called a junk man sitting across the street. "How much countered Mathas, "Five dollars." "Sold." Gets License to Wed After Swooning Twice LISBON, Dec. 21 (U.

Wiliiam R. Morrow, obtaining marriage license, fainted twice while the form was being written and had to be revived, once, by a nurs and again by a doctor. a Jls Huge Defense Project to Cost $100,000,000 LONDON, Dec. 21 (A. Prlme Minister Neville Chamber Iain's Government told worried British householders toaay that it would give them millions of pri- vate back-yard bomb shelters made of steel.

This project for mail-order alr-i raid refuges, part of a general plan that will cost the Government more than $100,000,000, was an nounced today by Sir John Ander son, the new minister for civil defense and lord privy seal, before the House of Commons. It )s attuned to the theory that every Englishman's home is his castle and it is unique in world annals of home defense. Protection for 20,000,000 Air-raid protection In private or public shelters will be provided for 20,000,000 persons, or about half of the United Kingdom's population. The back-yard shelters will protect 10,000,000 who live in small, nonbasement' houses with tidy rear gardens rimmed with hedgerows. The shelters will come in pieces easily put together, something like the prefabricated corrugated iron garages which Americans can order from catalogues.

They are to be sunk two feet deep in the back close to the house. The displaced earth will be piled on top. The Government will provide all material for the shelters and for strengthening basements and walls in dwellings and apartment houses where cellar refuges are possible. Other million of pounds will be spent by the Government on public shelters which will be built by local authorities. Legislation also is planned to force employers to protect workers while they are on their jobs.

Rush Defense Measure Sir John emphasized that the plan was a rush measure and ruled out for the present the idea of deep underground refuges to pro tect civilians against direct hits by high-explosive bombs. The plan was the Government answer to public criticism which followed the discovery in the Sep tember German-Czech crisis that England had virtually no air-raid shelters. Now the Government faces a new Conservative revolt In which junior ministers have joined to protest against halfway defense measures in general. Chamberlain talked this over with his Cabinet today and tonight was received by King George at Buckingham Palace. The aud ience was described semiofficially as routine.

Legislation to provide money for the shelters is to be introduced in the House of Commons in January. Bible with His Name Traps Death Suspect YOUNGSTOWN, 0 Dec. 21 A bible bearing his name and left in a cave betrayed Chauncey Miller, 22 years old, Sheriff Ralph Elser said, and resulted in Miller's detention today as a suspect in the slaying of Henry Fitch, 31. Elser said Miller had confessed shooting Fitch in his car near the Struthcrs Police Station, after hitch-hiking a ride with the slain man. He gave no motive.

Miller burned his clothes in the cave, then went to Pittsburgh, the sheriff said. He was returned last night from Uniontown, where he was arrested for breaking seals on freight cars. Bolt Strikes Vatican VATICAN CITY, Dec. 21 (A. Several windows were shattered in the Vatican Palace today by a bolt of lightning which struck at a considerable distance from the Pope's apartment.

The aged Pontiff remained tranquil and suffered no ill effects, a Vatican news service reported. as Locomotive There were 12 passengers on the car at the time of the crash. Cunningham and Harp were treated at Saratoga General Hospital. Mrs. Zawicki was released from the hospital at midnight.

Cunningham and William Doherty. of 17377 Cherrylawn the train's engineer, told police that the watchman at the crossing was a green lantern, indicating that the way was clear for the street, car to cross. The watchman, Thomas Moran, 71 years old. of 9242 Broadstreet told police Sergt. George Pettingill, of the Davison Station, that he was sure he was waving a red lantern, indicating that the engine was backing up.

Following the crash a D.S.R. wrecking crew towed the wrecked car into trie police planned to nucstion jcar passengers and the train crew. The Common Council Wednesday recommended to the Liquor Control Commission that the commission permit Detroit drinking places to sell light wines and beer after 2 a. m. New Year's Day.

The Liquor Commission will make the final decision on whether the establishments may remain open all night. The recommendation was made after Police Commissioner Heln-rlch A. Pickert had asked that the Council state its policy In view of the fact that New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, when the sale of hard liquor Is prohibited. He said the commission had expressed willingness to be guided by the City's desire. Commission rulings allow the sale of liquor up to 2 a.

m. on Sunday, but because Saturday will be New Year Eve, it has con sidered allowing establishments to stay open past the regular closing time. The Council approved Council man John W. Smith's motion that only light wines and beer be sold after 2 a. m.

Council President Edward J. Jeffries, was In favor of allowing the sale of liquor. We re recommending that the law be broken anyway," Jeffries said. "We might as well go whole hog." Police officials, however, ex pressed doubt as to whether It would be possible to enforce the light-wines-and-beer decree. Cursed Island' Race Is Begun Vance Orders Help Sent to Colonists The suffering colonists facing death 6y Christmas on "cursed St.

Paul's Island" are farther away from Detroit than any other human beings in the world. An imaginary line, from Detroit, yawing through the renter of the earth, emerges in the Southern Paeific, midway he' tue.cn Australia and Africa, closer to St. Paul's Island than to any other land. A'eitj of the. island tragedy has been brought around the world by amateur and Government wireless, operators.

Ed. PARIS, Dec. 21 (A. The French Government sought tonight to rush urgently needed coal sup plies to 48 members of a myster ious expedition storm-locked at the cursed island of St. Paul in the Indian Ocean.

Colonial officials at Madagascar were ordered to take all necessary measures to aid the crew of the 580-ton trawler L'Isle Bourbon. Friends of members of the original expedition to the island, which is midway between the southern tips of Africa and Aus tralia, disclosed that of the original 33 who left St. Malo, France, last Mav. onlv one. Louis Bellla, the first engineer, now was on board, Thev said that all the rest, in cluding six women, had left the vessel after disputes and disagree ments in the first part of the voyage to start a lobster fishing station on the volcanic Island.

Dispatches from Reunion isiana the last port before St. Paul, said that the trawler had put out witn out notice to authorities and gainst the formal advice of the naval services, which knew tne boat was not in condition to mane the voyage." Amorous Thug Takes Kisses Along with $7 CLEVELAND. Dec. 21 (A.P.) Mrs. Anna Garringer, 20 years old.

hlnnd and pretty, listed $7 in Christmas money and countless kisses today as her losses in me robbery of Quong Lee's Chinese restaurant. The money, she said, was to have heen a cash gift for her eight brothers and sisters in Shreve, O. As for the kisses: One of the two young gunmen who trussed up Mrs. Garringer and Quong Lee and paused repeatedly r. the helDless waitress.

He demanded her home address She said the amorous intruder had "very pretty blue eyes. Blaze That Ruined Liner Traced to Short Circuit tr TESTE. Italy, Dec. 21 i Fire last night which ruined the luxury liner Stockholm, which was being built here for the Swedish-American t.lne was due to a short circuit, investigators said tonight. $558,000 Liner Theft BRUSSELS, Dec.

21 (A. Thp theft of $553,000 worth of uncut diamonds and gold ingots from the safe or tne iseigian I steamer Elisabe thvillr cove when the ship was at F.e'cvim's 1 wealthy African Corgi ST. JOSEPH, Dec. 21 Mrs. 'em Patricia Dull, blond slayer of William Holbrook, her employer lover, was found guilty of man- laughter by a jury of two women nd 10 men at 8 clock tonight.

She faces a term of not mora than 15 years In prison. Judge Mark Taylor said that he would pronounce sentence at 10 a. m. tomorrow. Mrs.

Dull took the verdict cool ly. There was nothing In her ex pression to Indicate whether she thought the verdict to be better or worse than she expected. 'ine cietendants mother, Mrs. Mary Baker, of Kimmell, and her seventeen-year-old son Lester were In the court room. They dis played little emotion, but Mrs.

Dulls daughter Gloria, 15, who was outside, wept. Five romlble Verdicts The Jury, which began delibera tion at 11:55 a. announced at 7:35 p. m. that a verdict had been reached.

They had been advised by the Judge that they must decide on one of five decisions ranging from acquittal to conviction of first-degree murder. Mrs. Dull was taken from the County Jail, where she had been awaiting the verdict, at 750. The Judge entered the court room at precisely 8 p. m.

He told the audience of more than 50, "I want absolute quiet. There must be no expression of approval or disap proval or tne verdict, whatever it may be. Remain seated until yott are told to leave. He warned the assemblage that court officers would arrest anyone violating the orders. The court clerk asked Henry Kerr, of St Joseph, if the jury had reached a verdict.

Guilty of Manslaughter "We find the respondent guilty of manslaughter," Kerr answered. Immediately after the Judge's announcement that he would pronounce sentence Thursday, H. T. Dewhirst, defense attorney, leaped to his feet. "We desire a stay of judgment for 15 or 20 days to prepare a motion for a new trial," he said.

I will take that up with vou at 9:30 a. Judge Taylor replied. At 8:05 Mrs. Dull was taken from the court room to be returned to jail, and court was dismissed. The jury was composed of two married housewives, a retired busi ness man, an ice dealer, a painter and decorator and seven farmers.

The five verdicts possible for t' jury to return, on which Judge Taylor elaborated for an hour and 10 minutes, were not guilty by reason of temporary insanity, not guilty by reason of self-defense, guilty of murder ia the first degree, guilty of murder In the second degree and guilty of manslaughter. Please Turn to Page 9 Column I Winter to Begin with Clear Skies Thursday, the first day of winter according to astronomical computations, will be the shortest day of the year, with but nine and one-tenth hours between sunrise and sunset. Winter will begin officially at 7:14 a. to usher in a day of clear skies and cold temperatures, Weather Bureau observers predicted. The snowy weather of the last 24 hours will fade out in scattered snow flurries and cloudy skies during the night, with the thermometer falling to a low of about 20 degrees, it was forecast.

Friday will be warmer, with rain or snow. Start the Day Right with the Free Press Pages Aldcn, Ruth 11 Around the Town 5 Chatterbox 10 Collyer's Selections 17 Comics 23 Crossword Puzzle 17 Editorial 6 Financial 13 Foreign News 4 Good Morning 6 Guest, Edgar A 6 Iffy the Dopester 3 I Wish to Report 11 Lippmann, Walter 4 National Whirligig 6 Newton, Dr. Joseph 6 Obituaries 0 Quilien, Robert 6 Radio Programs 20 Screen 8 Serial "Restless" Society 10 State News 14 Sullivan, Ed 8 Theater 6 ltal Matistw iu Ward to the Washington Ni-i 3 Wevh-r H''t 8 Benton Harbor verdict in the and his sister Holbrook, slain Mine Blast Traps Two for 19 Hours Pair Rescued After Cave-In 4,400 Ft. Underground HOUGHTON, Dec. 21 A crew of 15 men Wednesday rescued two miners who had been trapped for 19 hours by a cave-in at the Cop per Range Consolidated Copper Co.

mine at Painesdale, eight miles south of here. The miners, Anthony Paulson and Oliver Genovoesi, were hungry and covered with grime, but unhurt, when brought to the surface by the rescue squad, which dug through rock and fallen timber that blocked the shaft. Paulson and Genovoesi were working 4,400 feet below the sur face when an air blast hurled timber supports and rock to the shaft floor, blocking the passage to the main shaft. The cave-in occurred about 8:15 p. m.

Tues day, but was not discovered Until four hours later. The 15 rescuers worked in shifts of three to remove the de bris. After they had progressed 15 feet, they could hear the en trapped miners banging on the sides of a metal car, indicating that they were still alive. From then until the miners could be pulled through a hole in the choked passage, the rescuers kept up a steady conversation to bolster the victims' courage. Capone Expected to Get Milan Cell Will Be Transferred for Short Term WASHINGTON, Dec.

21 A.P.) Justice Department officials dis closed today that Al Capone, for mer gang chieftain now suffering from a mental ailment, may be transferred from Alcatraz Prison to the Federal Reformatory at Milan, In mid-January. Although Capone becomes eligible for release from the Federal island prison in San Francisco Bay on Jan. 19, he still has a one-year jail sentence to serve. Short-termers those wdth a year or less to serve frequently are sent to Milan and offciais said that the Michigan Institution was under consideration for the Chi-caeo gangster. One thing may delay Ca pone's transfer from Alcatraz.

he has $40,000 fine to pay in connection with hi current penitentiary sen- tot-re rvhrg bv virtue of bcr trial Awclaled prem Phote attorney, as they waited for the of Mrs. Dull at St. Joseph. WPA Seeking to Speed Bill Warns Its Funds Will Be Gone Feb. 7.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 fUP) Aubrey Williams, acting WPA administrator, told a Pennsylvania delegation today that the huge Federal relief program would be shut down on Feb. 7 unless Con grcss replenishes the agency badly depleted pocketbook. ''Present funds are Insufficient to last beyond that date," Wil liams informed the delegation which represented the Workers Alliance and Federal arts projects. Unless additional money is made available it will be necessary to release all administrative and project workers at the conclusion of their payroll periods beginning Jan.

6. Spending Last of Fund The WPA is now disbursing th last of the $1,425,000,000 relief fund voted it by the last Con gress with the stipulation that the appropriation must be stretched to cover relief needs up to March 1 The deadline fixed by William; today is almost a month earlier than the Congressional restriction and In some quarters it was in terpreted as a maneuver to force the Congress convening on Jan. 3 to take quick action on a new appropriation and 'quiet the expected hot debate on relief politics. President Roosevelt, giving his; revised budget estimates last July, forecast that a deficiency outlay of $500,000,000 would be necessary to carry the WPA from March 1 to June 30, end of the fiscal year. The fact that WPA may not now be able to stretch the original appropriation until March 1 may compel the President to revise his estimates.

Estimate Is Raised The Senate majority leader, Al-ben W. Barkley, Kentucky Demo crat, said recently he believed that $600,000,000 would be needed. WPA rolls hit an all-time high! of 3,262,000 on Nov. 5. Officials then put in a nationwide reduction! plan.

It reached a climax in the' week ended Dec. 13 when were lopped from the payroll. The reductions brought sharp criticism from the A I a Federation of Labor and the Con- gross of Industrial which are advocating "no cuts" until private business can absorb tne John L. Lewis, C.I O. president, demanded today th-H Corres ppronri3.

rn' tKar, 0 to rr.ee. Rams into Baker St. Trolley Derailing of Car Blamed on Signal Mistake at Detroit Terminal Crossing A confusion in signals is believed by police to have caused a switch engine to back into and derail a Baker line street car at about 9 p. m. Wednesday.

The motorman and conductor and two women passengers were injured. The accident occurred on the Detroit Terminal Railroad's unguarded crossing at Mound Road near E. Davison Ave. The injured women taken to Receiving Hospital were Mrs. Cecilia Zawacki, 23 years old, of 18627 St.

Louis Ave, who suffered several cracked ribs and shoulder injuries and Mrs. Sophie Adamowski, 53, of 17414 Dwyer treated for serious injuries tn her head, pelvis and shoulders. The motorman, John Cunningham, 43, of 9634 Bessemore was injured on th head an! the cort-rtuctnr, Richard Harp, S3, of 94 Ave. Highland Park, was brtiifd a oout tr.e face. for a wr.ite-e.ave rirg.