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Tuesday,

--BUT HE SAID. IT HAD ONCE BEEN

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QUITE NICE!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

AT SHOULD BB JUST OVER THIS HILL /

September

By Ernie Bushmiller

GOOD GRISF--

HAVE I GROWN OR HAS THE

HOUSE SHRUNK?

Vindication Fight Wearies 'American Dreyfuss,' 85

By J. EDWARD MURRAY.

United Press Staff Correspondent

CHICAGO (UP).-Oberlin M. Carter, "America's Dreyfuss," is 85 years old, and "a bit weary" after fighting for 43 years to clear his, name of a court martial conviction of graft.

The aged, white-haired soldier whose conviction in 1898 catapulted him from a brilliant career as the army's foremost ongineer to a four and a half year term in Leavenworth prison .still refuses to give up hope.

on forgery and perjury, Beckman accused the judge advocate general's office in the War Department of hid- Ing the records.

Wearying Fight....

But the years have made him, tremendous political scandal," he bitter. His voice was tensed as asserted. he sat in his modest home on

A bill to exonerate Carter received} Throughout the years he has at the approval of the House Military Chicago's "Gold Coast" and tempted to liken his care to that of Affairs Committee of the previous told again the story of how off the famous Alfred Dreyfuss, French Congress. It has been introduced in cers, "jealous" of the engineer-army officer who was sent to Devil's the 77th Congress by Rep. Thomas A. ing fents that had brought him Island in a political scandal.

Jenkins, (R.), Ironton, O. Sen, Chan. international fame, plotted his James W. Beckman, Cincinnati Gurney, (R), South Dakota, plann downfall.

Inwyer and on oversens veteran into reintroduce a similar bill into the En route to London to assume his the World War, has been Carter's Senate. duties, as military attache to the

"Zola." Three years ago Beckman But 43 years have taken their toll American Embassy in 1898, Capt. issued a statement entitled "I Also and Carter has been close to victory Carter was recalled to face charges Accuse" in which he charged that before,

of fraud in connection with contracts evidence against Carter was intro- "It has been. difficult and weary- for the $4,500,000 improvement of duced after the trial and was based ing," he said

the Savannah, Ga., harbour, which he|

had supervised.

Evidence Declared Secret

"I was never allowed to see the evidence that convicted me," Carter sald. His volce broke and his eyes squinted forcely through his thick ginases.

in the

British Generals

Captured British

Tend Vegetable Garden

FOUR captured British generals are now living a Swiss) Family Robinson existence at Sulmona, Italian prisoner-of-war camp, 30 miles cast of Rome.

OH, ISN'T IT

··CUTE ?·

SOVIET MISSION-Flying military mission from Russia arrives at La Guardia Flold, New York; to make cash pur- chases in U.S. for military purposes. They are Licut. ·· General Filip Ivanovitch Golikov, contra, and General Alexander Respin, right. They are greeted by Soviet Am- bassador to U.S. Constantine Oumansky, left.

DUKE AIDS

POOR

OF BAHAMAS

"If I had ever made a mistake at Savannah then I might feel that people would feel that I had made it intentionally, but the testimony of all engineers was that I did not make a mistake in my plans or directing of construction."

One-armed and one-eyed Gen, captured in November, when his Carter, who was graduated from in the Boer War, oe, wine wounded pinne made a forced landing as he with high on in the Boer War, eight times wound was Bring to take up the post of Point in

then, drawing upon all of the brithe British Expeditionary Force in Deputy Commander-In-Chief in the largely to the fact the colony im- The same act reduced the annual our, served his prison sentence. And ed in the Great War and leader of

..

The Duke of Windsor is taking the lead in providing a help- ing hand from the Government for the poor classes of Bahamas who have been hit hardest by the mounting cost of living.

Soon after he became Gover- the customs duty of essentials be re- nor of the Bahamas, almost a duced. year ago, the Duke appointed a

The Legislature agreed and recent- labour advisory board to study Ly the Governor signed an act living boatd

exempting lumber and shingles, fresh swing in the cost of essentials, in the special ve per cent war lax,

and salt, meat and raffa The Board found a constant up Nassau's strow-work industry from used in

ports most of its foodstuffs and has licence on radios from £1 to ve been shut off from all but essential shillings. Anything from a doorstop to shipping because of the war, Second-in-command of the veget-window-frame wanfed at the villa is The Governor endorsed a recom-1

Not Satisfied able garden is Lieut-Gen, M. D. provided by the air-marshal and his mendation of the Advisory Boord Important foodstuffs, such as eggs five Supreme Court rulings have who commanded the tank expert fellow carpenters. His personal aide, that all common labourers be given and milk, aiready were exempt from denied him remedy and his frustra-who the 1st Infantry Flight-Lieutenant John Leeming, when minimum wage by law of four the special war tariff. tions are recorded in 28 volumes of Brigade in Malaya, captured

.captured Aas

Air-Marshal shillings for an eight-hour day. This with 55.000 pages. He has petitioned un-Mekili, in Libya.

Boyd, is now messing officer.

minimum now is imposed only on successfully presidents, senotorial

building construcilon. committees, and the departments of deputy chief of the General Staff, and that her father swam two miles to

Lieut.-Gen. Philip Neame, V.C.,

Gen. de Wart's daughter reveals war and Justice.

Lieut-Gen, Richard O'Connor, who shore after his plane came down in was Gen. Sir Archibald Wovell's the Mediterraneon last April, says a right-hand man, and both of whom London report were captured in Libya, are running

chicken yard for the Internees.

Hance and passion of his intellect Norway, is now "Commander-in-Middle East. and the subsequent fortunes he made Chief" of the vegetable garden. as civil engineer, he begon his fight for vindication.

Twenty-eight federal court and

Accuses "Political Forces" He has becoine-convinced--that "strong political forces in Washing-a ton" have operated to prevent his vindication.

Air Marshal As Carpenter

at

a

The prisoners say they are well

treated.

. "It's no 1150 moping, so we're

"They are afraid because they realise it would bring tho wholo In charge of the carpenter's shop cultivating vegetables," Miss de thing out into the open and mean al is Alr-Marshal O. T. Boyd. He was Winrt quotes her father as saying.

SHE COULD HAVE SUNK THROUGH THE FLOOR

REALLY DEAR

I WISH YOU'D

COUNT THE CARDS AS THEY ARE PLAYED.""

SORRY JOHN, SIMPLY CAN'T CONCENTRATE TO-NIGHT,

(THINKS) "HOW I HATE THESE WRETCHED POST MORTENS 17. MAKES NË LOOK SUCH A FOOL-BUT THAT LAST PLAY....

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Legislature Opposes

He made it plain, in signing the new law, that he still was not sat- isfied with what had been done to meet the higher cost of living and would ask the Legislature soon for The Legislature balked at extend-articles which are essential to the still further reductions on "certain Ing the Minimum Wage Law, and life-of-a-large-section of the com- came back with, a counter proposal that the Governor find employment munity.”, for those out of jobs, then propose B Boor for wages.

The Duke, unsuccessful. In this frst attempt to meet the problem of high living costs, then proposed that

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