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Evening star., 1933-09-16

as one of the best examples Of the op-
Grafton Of the merit principle in public
employment. Through his long service
with the commission, he had become
one Of the outstanding authorities in
the United States on employment in
Government. He also had written ex-
tensively on the operation of the COM
petitive civil service and was widely in
demand as a speaker on this principle.
In addition to his official duties. Mr..
Wales also found time to participate
actively in civic and church affairs.
Upon receiving word of his death,
Harry B. Mitchell president Of the COM
mission, issued the following state
ment:
THE whole Office of the Civil Service
Commission received with the deepest
sorrow the information OF the death Of
Mr.. Wales. During our brief months
of service as members of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission. both Mrs. McMillin
the third commissioner and myself
formed close friendship with Mr..
Wales and we found his long experience
with the commission of inestimable
value in shaping the policies of an Or
ganiZation, the duties of which were
new to us. The harmony which has
existed in the commission was the
source of great satisfaction to Mr..
Wales as we'll as to Mrs. McMillin and
me-
Federal employees have lost one Of
their best friends and the Government
has lost one of its best servants"
Evening star., 1933-09-16
VIRGINIA SEABOARD|
.LASHED BY STORM
Norfolk Area Under Water.
New Bern, N. c.; Inundated
by Tidal Sweep.
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10 am. Willoughby was hard hit by
the storm August %.
Plate glass windows in Norfolk city
were being shattered as the winds grew
more and more violent. Several large
ones in the business area were blown
out about 10 o'clock.
Shipping, train transportation and
bus service to and from the Tidewater
area was largely suspended before noon
There was infrequent ferry service
between Norfolk and Portsmouth, but
all of the ferry service between Norfolk,
Newport News and Willoughby Spit
and Old Point was suspended. Street
cars in many sections of the city were
stopped on their tracks and deserted.
The tide was rising steadily through
the downtown streets Of Norfolk. 1t
had reached a depth Of more than
avenue and CRANKY street, center Of
the city. Boats we're pressed into service
to ferry pedestrians to higher sidewalks.
All traff1c was stopped.
Persons began appearing on the
streets In bathing suits.
Citizens Take to Fort.
Persons in low-lying cottages at Fort
Monroe, across Hampton Roads. were
moved into the wall-surrounded old fort
today while soldiers sand-bagged the
gates in preparation for high water.
The tide was still somewhat lower than
that in the storm August %, but was
still rising.
A wind velocity . SO miles an hour
was reported from Fort Monroe.
More than 300 persons had been
moved out OF the Gloucester Mathews
area across the York River when tidal
waters crept overland.
Messick. Poquoson and Yorktown
were cut off from wire communication
after Messick had reported the south
bank of the York River under water for
a distance of about three miles inland.
The land in the area is very low.
Water was reported 9 feet deep at
the last report in a store at Messick.
Red Cross in Charge.
Red Cross workers under direction OF
Mrs. Leona Thomas. disaster worker
for the national organization, were sent
to Buckroe Beach, where many cot
tages and buildings were demolished
in the August % storm.
Waves we're running high all along
the Chesapeake Bay shore, but were
not reaching the tremendous heights OF
the August storm. Weather officials.
however. warned that the wind would
increase during the afternoon. with
possibility of the tide exceeding the
high water in August
NEW BERN LOSS HEAVY.
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SLEEP MALADY WANING,
SCIENTISTS CONVINCED
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
ST. LOUIS, September 16.-A period
of more than IL hours without death
in Greater st. Louis from sleeping
sickness" today strengthened the belief
Of scientists that the epidemic definitely
was on the wane.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic In
mid-July, 146 deaths have been re-
ported, the number in the city and St.
Louis County being the same-73.
DIR. Edward Carl Rosenow, expert
mental bacteriologist of the Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MINI, who inoculated rab-
bits with fluid taken from encephalitis
victims, advised physicians to treat the
disease with a serum which has been
developed as a result of his researches.
DR.. Rosenow, who Is In Rochester,
said he planned to return to st. Louis
to continue his experiments.
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What's What
Behind News
in Capital.
Further Reduction in Hours
May Follow if Too Few
Jobs Are Gained.
BY PAUL MALLON.

~ EN-. JOHNSON'S economic ad-
visers have figured out q new
r scheme to make the N. r. A.
~ work.
The first step will be to find
out accurately the extent to which 1t
is working now. A census Of employ
ment will be conducted. Employers will
be required to file certificates of COM
pliance showing how many men have
been taken on.
BY simple mathematics johnson will
then be able to determine how much
more employment is necessary.
The idea is to have him next order
a new adjustment of working hours
to absorb the remaining unemploy.--n.. :.
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CONSIDER OPENING
DATE OF HAMILTON
Bank Directors Meeting To.
day in Effort to Reach
Final Decision.
BULLETIN.

The last legal step in the local
courts looking toward the opening
of the Hamilton National Bank was
taken in District Supreme Court y
day when Justice Jennings Bailey
approved leases of seven bank prop
critics to the new institution at a
total annual basic rental Of $45,50G.
The leases were executed by con-
servators Of five of seven banks in
volved. three of the properties be-
longing to the old Federal American
National Bank g. Trust Co.
The Beard Of Directors of the new
Hamilton National Bank was meeting
today to make a final decision on the
date on which the bank is to open for
business.
Immediately after the decision is
made, conservators Of the seven banks
which will sell assets to the new insti-
tuition, will begin the task of calculating
the value of the assets to be turned
over, with adjustments for interest due,
on the opening date. This task. which
involves a separate calculation for each
note bond. mortgage or other assets to
be turned over, will occupy not less than
a week, so that the earliest date that
could be selected is Monday, Septem-
Der 25.
On the day selected. depositors in the
seven banks going into the merger will
be able to obtain one-half of the
amounts to their credit in the closed
banks by application to the Hamilton
Bank The money has been tied up
since March s, when all banks were
ordered closed by presidential procla-
nation.
Since that time none of the banks
placed under consrevators here has
opened except the Chevy Chase Bank,
which was bought by the Riggs National
Bank. The seven banks going into the
merger are the District and Federal
American National Banks and the
Woodridge-Langdon. Northeast, Poto-
mac, Seventh Street and Washington
Savings Banks.
There are nine other closed banks
here OF these, the Commercial Ma
tional Park Savings, North Capitol, In
ternational Exchange, Departmental
Banks and the Bank of Brightwood are
in the hands of receivers and will not
reopen. The Franklin National. United
States Savings and Mount Vernon Saw
ings are in the hands of conservators.
who are negotiating for the opening of
their respective banks.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
WIFE ASKS COURT WRIT
TO MAKE HUSBAND TALK
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 16.-Mrs.
Agathe Klesco does not believe that
silence is golden.
In fact, she was 50 greatly agitated
by the refusal Of her husband, Richard,
to talk, that she petitioned the Superior
Court for a mandatory writ of injunc-
ton designed to make him answer list
of questions by which she hopes to
learn the reason why he allegedly de-
parted from their home.
Suing for separate maintenance, she
alleged there had never been q cross
word between them from the time of
their marriage on August IS, 1880, but
that when she recently came home
from visit to Buffalo, N. Y. she found
Ri.hard had gone to live with his
mother.
Attempts to find out why proved fruit
less, she charged, because Richard re-
mained SILENT
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The Ford angle was certainly not
planned, but all the others have the
earmarks of careful thinking.
Politicians here will recognize the
whole inner picture not only as good
politics, but probably necessary politics
Cooperation is demanded as a matter
of patriotism Individual opposition
cannot be prevented.
The party itself is spared.
The Democrats are trying to be
Just as careful They know they
must duoid making the N. r. A.
party matter. They are haping
little trouble Uith some of the
younger enthusiasts in their
ranks.
Young Dan Roper, SON of the
Commerce Secretary, is organic
ing this group. An inner 1Ddrn-
ing has been posted against let
ting it gro1D into any Fdscisti-
spirited affair for enforcement of
the ,Diu of the Blue Eagle.
Fed Up With Delays.
The news behind the recent delay In
signing q coal code was the same as
when the operators first started back
ing up.
Mines are running full blast Every
one is stocking up. In few weeks
operators will be in good position to
let the men strike.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
HITLER PROGRAM PRAISED
BY GERALDINE FARRAR
Retired Opera Singer Expresses
Enthusiasm Over Visible Eff
forts of Regime in Germany.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 16.-En-
thusiasm for the visible effects of the
Hitler program in Germany was ex-
pressed yesterday by Geraldine Farrar,
the retired opera singer, on her return
from q European visit.
There has been a definite change
since was last there" she said OF Ger
many. Now yoa find discipline, great
order and cleanliness. All the disorder
of the unemployment is being cleared
up. They want first to provide employ
ment at minimum for every one.
The artistic side of German life, she
said, is progressing well, with festivals
crowded and every one in the best OF
spirits.
She told of having played on a 400
year-old organ that once echoed to the
Gngers of Bach.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
AT "WITCHCRAfT" TRIAL
Men, Urged by East African Super
stition, Said to Have At
tackled Two Women.

BY the Associated Press.
DARESSALAAM, Tanganyika. East
Africa, September 16.-A mass witch
craft" trial. in which all Of the rs male
inhabitants Of an isolated Tanganyika
village were involved, resulted today IN
the conviction of II assailants Of two
women believed by villagers to be
witches.
Sentences ranging from six months
imprisonment upward were imposed
The original charge of manslaughter
was reduced to one Of rioting. This
district is British inundated territory.
Urged by an ancient superstition, men
of the village allegedly attacked a
mother and daughter as witches. The
women were so badly mistreated they
eventually died.
The witchcraft superstition consti-
tutes one of the most acute problems Of
the white administration in these sec
tions.
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CAPITAL TO ESCAPE
GALES FULL FURY
City Believed Outside Path of
Approaching Storms
Center.
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an hour. No damage to the Navy estab-
llshments at Norfolk was reported.
Compass Station Out.
The commander of the 9Th Naval Dis
trict at Charleston, S. c.. reported that
the storm had put the radio compass
station at Point Lookout, N. c.. out OF
commission. The message promised
further details as soon as obtainable.
Naval Reservists reported through
amateur radio stations from three North
Carolina cities to the effect that New
Bern was flooded. Elizabeth Clyt par
TALLY flooded. and that the gale was
subsiding at Wilmington with no serious
damage resulting. The Navy Depart
ment was informed that the storm had
cut of communication with New Bern.
At the Naval Air Station IN Ana
costa. and at Boiling Field, the Army
Air Station, both Of which suHereo
large property damage from the last
storm. precautions have been taken to
protect planes and equipment.
Planes Safeguarded-
All planes and equipment at the
Naval Station have been holsted out OF
the reach of food waters. Unmovable
eouipment has been firmly secured.
Similar precautions have been taken
at the Army Air Station.
With strong winds likely, Police Supt.
Brown suggested that all persons who
do not have to be out remain at nome
during the height of the storm because
of the potential danger on the streets
from falling trees and limbs. He also
urged automobile owners to park their
cars where they will not be damaged
by falling trees.
Cottages Boarded Up.
Warned of the approach OF the storm,
owners of hundreds Of Summer bunga-
lows and cottages along the Chesapeake
Bay and its tributaries hurried from
Washington to board up their places
and move their small craft to safe har-
bors. Owners of small boats on the
Potomac also were prepared for quick
action when the high winds arrive.
Attaches of the Harbor precinct have
been instructed to move the police de-
partment's boats to the channel OF the
Potomac and anchor them in the event
of threatened danger.
Planes Are Protected.
Some private airplane owners with
planes at Washington Airport blocked
up their ships two to three feet today as
a precautionary measure, although no
real fear of high water was entertained
by officials During the August % flood,
water rose to a depth of three and
halt feet in the metal hangers at the
Hoover side Of the airport.
All airplane movements out Of Wash
ington have been Cancelled for today.
During the night and early morning
there was no flying closer to Washing
ton than Richmond to the South and
Pittsburgh to the West.
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PRISONER GETS BREAK
Reformatory Lacks Funds to Bring
Fugitive Back.

DULUTH. Mimi, September 16 R).-
Oficials at the Ohio State Reformatory
three years ago sent out word they
wanted John Edwards Keith for escap-
ing from the institution. He was
serving q l-to-l5-year sentence for
robbery.
Keith was arrested in Duluth last
week. Police Chief r. E. Donaldson
wired T. G. Jenkins, Ohio Reformatory
superintendent, Of Kefth's arrest. Yes
terday he received word lack of funds
prevented an officer being sent here to
take Keith back to the institution.
Keith will be released after he serves
40-day sentence at the work farm
on . vagrancy charge.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
MRS. JOHNSON HONORED
Mother of N. r. A. Chief Cheered
by Thousands in Tulsa.

TULSA, Okla, September 16 ga
mothers proud hope that her son can
successfully organize the forces of
American industry to restore prosperity
was cheered enthusiastically last night
by a crowd Of several thousand that
overflowed the Coliseum, where MRS.
S. L. johnson, mother of Hugh s. john
son, made q brief talk,
The 77-year-old mother Of the ma
tional recovery administrator was guest
OF honor at a musical and oratorical
festival to celebrate ''the return Of
prosperity to the Tulsa territory"
She rode at the head of a three mile
long parade.
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organized employees CT individual agree
ments with those who choose to act
individually"
Miners May Check Weights.
The code also provided that miners
should have the right to choose repre-
sentatives to check the weight or meas
ure of the ccal they mined, that any
deductions from pay, if not agreed to
by miners and operators, should be
subject to such rules as the admins
traitor might prescribe; that miners
could not be compelled to live in COM
pany houses or deal at company stores,
that no person less than II years old
that the N. R. A. should investigate
the possibility of changing wages and
hours and submit its findings to a
conference of miners and operators
January S.
Fair prices for ccal could be fixed by
marketing agencies or, in their absence,
by divisional code authorities.
A long list of unfair practices" :"
which have developed as result of
cut-throat competition was banned.
Divisional code authorities, with a
National Eituminous Ccal Board at
their head. would administer the code.
All labor disputes would be referred
to an arbitration system to be set up
by miners and operators At its head
would be National Bituminous Coal
Labor Board, whose decisions would be
binding for at least six months.
Holds Labor Provisions Fair.
Mr. Roosevelt placed his foot firmly
upon the attempts to write a clarifica-
tion OF the collective bargaining section
Of the recovery act. He declined to
make public with his stamp of approval
the statement upon the labor provisions
prepared by the Industrial and Labor
Advisory Boards.
The Chief Executive was described as
believing the language of the recovery
act permitting employees to choose any
type Of organization without employer
interference was plain English and fair,
and that new attempts at explaining 1t
would merely muddle further a situa-
ton thai has brought industry and
labor into alignment against each other
in code after code before the Recovery
Administration,
A score or more of codes yet to come
before the Recovery Administration
have incorporated in them the so-called
merit clause, providing for hiring or
dlScharge OF workers, without regard TO
union aff1liation.
This clause was written into the au-
tomobile code. but Gen. johnson and
President Roosevelt have indicated that
they would not permit it again. Such
an Interpretation Is opposed by organ
lied labor as an attempt to qualify the
law
Senator Wagner of New York, chair
man Of the National Labor Board, and
a co-author of the recovery act, also
feels with President Roosevelt that the
law is clear and no statement is neces-
sary.
The dispute over the merit clause has
brought reports of designations from
the Industrial Advisory Board, COM
posed Of nationally known business men.
Some of those industries that have in
cluded the clause In their codes have
declared an intention to stand together
against its deletion.
Evening star., 1933-09-16

Sympathy with the strikers is pri-
vately expressed by the highest officials
here One said Wednesday,: II am
getting fed up with delays myself and
can't blame the workers for feeling
likewise"
The orerators have some legitimate
excuses Also the Government was
shaky about the legality Of the original
code. Apparently majority OF the
There may be some dispute about
who is responsible There can't be any
about who is getting the benefit.
The confidential economists of
certain of the largest NeU York
bond houses haue ,Deekly luncheon
meetings. Doors are closed, cur
tains draUn. The real loD-dotDn
OF the national situation is then
untolded.
A report of the last meeting fell
into the hands of Middle West
ern banker. He s,Dedrs that it
contained no more information
than you already haze from an
intelligent reading OF your daily
newspapers,
Possibility Of exchange adjustments
with England became more realistic
slipped off to New York together this
week. Sprague is Treasury adviser on
exchange and Goldenweiser is the eco
nomic adviser of the Federal Reserve.
Former Commerce Secretary
Lamont is an unusually conscten-
tious man. No one doubts the
real reason he quit the Steel In
stitute DaS because he iDds men
tally out of step ,Dith the require
ments of the recovery program.
The N r. A. will be three months old
tomorrow. Mr. Roosevelt signed the
act June 16.
A New York crowd is being imported
at the Home Owners Loan Corporation
to handle the bond issue. Certain efd-
cient advertising men and bankers are
being pressed into service. That may
break the heart of Chairman Stephen
son, who has tried to confine patronage
to his South Carolina friends and rela-
tives. There is no politics connected
with the selection Of the New Workers.
(Copyright 1889
Evening star., 1933-09-16

The census angle of the plan is fair
ly well known. The second step-re-
adjustment of hours-will probably be
kept under cover for a while yet. Its
sponsors believe nothing is to be gained
by talking about it until they ascertain
how far they will have to go.
The date fixed in their minds for the
census is around October Is. They
believe employers will be able to give
intelligent figures about that date.
OF course, the whole thing hinges on
what the administration is going to
do about imitation in the meantime.
However, imitation would not interfere
with the plan except possibly to de-
lay it.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
Intelligent Politics.

The Republicans are playing a very
intelligent political game on the N. R. A.
The tactics of their leaders appear
to be coincidence. But they are far
too clever to be entirely spontaneous
The basic idea is to make a record
of cooperation and opposition to the
Roosevelt program at one and the same
time. That takes skill. You can see
it is not impossible, however, when
you notice what has been done.
While Senators Hatfield and Schall
are ridiculing the N. R. A.. the gifted
Pat Hurley is planning to lift his voice
for it. Henry Ford is covering his face
with his hands. Robert Lamont is quit
ting the Steel Institute, saying there Is
too much Government in business. Mr.
Hoover is compliant, but silent.
Leaders Smell, McNary, Reed. ct al.
are missing.
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The scheme sounds good. 1t is
a logical step Which has been
lurking back in Johnson's mind
all along.
Probably the industridlists iDill
ho1Dl. They 1uiH think it means
increased costs. That factor iUill
not be important in the end.
1t is merely share the -pork"
carried to its fullest national er-
tent
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ADOPTION OF COAL
CODE is EXPECTED
WITHIN FEW HOURS

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PLANNERS SELECT
SITE FOR ARMORY
ALONG ANACOSTIA

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GEORGE R. WALES
DIES AFTER LONG
FEDERAL SERVICE

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organized employees CT individual agree.
ments with those who choose to act
individually"