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Evening star., 1934-02-21
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Winner, Second Lieut.. Benjamin r.
18th Engineers.
Adcock, Second Lieut.. Thomas A.
State University Of Iowa, lows
City, Ia.
Esdorn, Second Lieut.. Walter H., Mas
sachusetts Institute Of Technology
Cambridge, Mass.
Jewett, Second Lieut. Richard L.,
State University Of Iowa, Iowa
City, Ia.
Klinke, Second Lieut.. Emil F., Cor
nell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
Kruger. Second Lieut.. Walter, Jr.,
Cornell University, Ithaca. N. Y.
McCrimmon, Second Lieut.. Kenneth
A.. Massachusetts, Institute Of Tech
nology, Cambridge. Mass.
OFT, Second Lieut.. Chester W., Mich
igan College of Mining and Tech
nology, Houghton, Mich.
Ragland, Second Lieut.. William W.,
Massachusetts, Institute of Technol-
ogy, Cambridge, Mass.
Saint, Second Lieut.. Frederick G.,
Princeton University. Princeton,
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ton University, Princeton. N. j.
Young, Second Lieut.. Frederick r.,
Coast Artillery Corps, transferred
from 51st Coast Artillery, Fort
Monroe, Va, to Ordnance School,
Watertown Arsenal, Mass, effec-
tive June 10.
Beasley, Second Lieut.. Oscar B.. Coast
Artillery Corps, assigned to United
States Military Academy upon COM
pletion of present tour of foreign
service.
Maher Master Sergt. Thomas F., on
duty with Mississippi National
Guard, Corinth, Miss, placed on re-
tired list, effective February 28.
Nelson, Master Sergt. George A., Serv-
ice Co., 18th Infantry, placed on re-
tired list at Fort Crook, Nebr., ef-
fective February %.
Meehan, First Sergt. Thomas p, Co.
M, End Infantry, placed on retired
list at Fort Brady, Mich, effective
February %.
The following promotions are an
nounced, effective January /, this
year:
Quartermaster Corps
Walters, First Lieut.. Elsmere j.. to
captain. Hagan, First Lieut.. Harry
E., to captain.
Corps of Engineers
Lyman, Maj. Albert K. B., to lieuten-
ant colonel. Smyser, jr., Second
Lieut.. Rudolph E., to first Iieuten-
ant. Curran, Second Lieut.. Charles
D., to first lieutenant. Falkner.
Second Lieut.. Francis H, to first
lieutenant. McCutchen, Second
Lieut.. Alan j., to first lieutenant.
Heiman, Second Lieut.. David w., to
first lieutenant. Fleming, jr.. Sec
ond Lieut.. Robert j., to first lieuten-
ant. Shute, Second Lieut.. Benja-
min S., to first lieutenant. Potter,
Second Lieut.. William E, to first
Lieutenant. Daley, Second Lieut..
Edmund K, to first lieutenant.
Matteson, Second Lieut.. William j..
to first lieutenant.
Ordnance Department
Partridge, Maj. Clarence E., to lieu.
tenant colonel.
Signal Corps
Rumbough. Capt. William s., to ma
jor.
Cavalry
Barnhart, Capt. Frank H., to major.
Dewey. First Lieut.. Frank O., to
captain.
Field Artillery
WON Lieut.. Col. William Scott, TO
colonel. Ahern, Maj. Leo j., to lieu
Evening star., 1934-02-21

colony here lost two Of its most prom
inent members tody with the de-
parture for Boston Of Dr.. and Mrs.
George Huntington.
DR.. Huntington is vice president Of
Robert College. Mrs. Huntington, the
daughter of Cleveland Dodge, has
Evening star., 1934-02-21

devoted her wealth during the last
quarter Of q century to charity work
in Istanbul.
III health necessitates treatment for
DR.. Huntington in o Boston clinic.
He will return to Robert College If his
health permits.
Evening star., 1934-02-21
LEAVES ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL, February II (R.-Hun-
dreds Of human derelicts, refugees
and unemployed lost Q Lady Bounti-
full" and the dwindling American
Evening star., 1934-02-21

Automatic telephones are being In
rroducec into Bogota, Colombia,
Evening star., 1934-02-21

Australian Jobs Increase.
Employment in Australit Is higher
than at any time since August, 1880.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
ROOSEVELT URGES
AGENCY TO RULE
COMMUNICATIONS
Special Message to Con.
gress Asks Legislation to
Create New Body.
RADIO, WIRES, CABLES
WOULD BE AFFECTED
Believes Services Known as Util-
tiles Should Be Divided
Into 3 Fields.

In a special message to Congress
today, President Roosevelt recon-
mended legislation creating a new
agency, to be known as the Federal
Communications Commission.
This agency. the President speci-
fed, should be vested with the au-
thority now lying in the Federal
Radio Commission, and such COM
munications authority as now rests
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The services to be affected
will be those which rely on wires,
cables or radio as a medium of trans
mission
The Presidents action was taken
with view to clarifying and making
more effective the relationship of the
Federal Government to certain utili-
ties.
Would Divide Utilities.
The text of the Presidents order
follows:
To the Congress:
Il have long felt that for the sake
OF clarity and effectiveness the re-
latlonship of the Federal Government
TO certain services known as utilities
should be divided into three fields
transportation. power and comrlunca-
tions. The problems of transportation
are vested in the Interstate Commerce
Commission. and the problems of
power. its development, transmission
and distribution. in the Federal
Power Commission.
In the field of communications
however. there is today no single Gov
ernment agency charged with broad
authority.
The Congress has vested certain
authority over certain forms of COM
munications in the Interstate Com
merce Commission and there is In
addition the agency known as the
Federal Radio Commission.
Urges Third Agency.
Il recommend that the Congress
create a new agency, to be known as
the Federal Communications Commis-
sion. such agency to be vested with
the authority now lying in the Fed
eral Radio Commission and with
such authority over communications
as now lies with the Interstate Com
merce COmmiSSion-the services af-
fected to be all of those which rely
on wires, cables or radio as mediums
of transmission. 1t is my thought
that new commission such as I sug-
gest might well be organized this year
by transferring the present authority
for the control of communications of
the Radio Commission and the In
terstate Commerce Commission. The
new body should, in addition, be given
full power to investigate and study
the business of existing companies.
and make recommendations to the
Congress for additional legislation at
the next session.
Signed
..ERANKI LIN POOCE1rI,I II,
Evening star., 1934-02-26
BASE BALL WORLD
MOURNS M'GRAW
Once Great Leader of Giants
Loses Fight Against
Uremic Poisoning.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. February 26.-John
Joseph McGraw is dead after 81 full
years Of living and today, wherever
base ball is loved and its heroes
known his passing is mourned
Critically i'll for seven days with
uremic poisoning and a cancer Of the
prostate gland, the fiery former leader
of the New York Giants died in New
am while a group of friends prayed
in the corridor outside
BY his side, holding his hand, was
his wife. and Charles A. Stoneham,
president of the Giants.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 10 am. from st.
Patrick's Cathedral. Final plans for
the services have not been completed.
The body will be taken to Baltimore
Immediately following the services
and placed in a vault of Cathedral
Cemetery for later interment.
Body Taken to Home.
The body was taken to the big l6-
room brick and stucco house in su-
burban Pelham Manor where he had
hoped to spend many more happy
years while expressions of regret and
condolences came from the ends of
the earth, from cabinet members and
Polo Grounds workers. associates of
the days with the Baltimore Orioles
and base ball players he had de-
veloped, from George NJ Cohan and
newspaper friends, from high and
low, rich and poor-baSe ball fans all
There it will remain until just be-
fore the services Pending final de-
Continued on Page TO- Column 81
Evening star., 1934-02-26
WYNEKOOP JUDGE
ADMITS STATEMENT
Denies Story of Shooting After
Chloroform Overdose Is
Confession.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. February 26.-An at
tempt by the defense to bar the
statement" by Dr. Alice Lindsay
Wynekoop that she shot Rheta Wyne-
koop after her daughter -in-law had
succumbed to an overdose of chloro-
form was overruled today by Judge
Harry B. Miller.
The defense claimed the. statement
was obtained under duresS.
I'VE contend that it is not a con-
fession," said Prosecutor Dougherty
1t is purely al incriminatory state
ment."
He produced rulings to show state
ments which merely incriminate
person accused of a crime we're ad-
missible without regard to the manner
in which they we're obtained
Defense Attorney w. w. Smith said
the defense "at all times has treated
this as a confession"
IF it were to be used merely as
an incriminatory statement, we would
not object" he said
In this statement DR.. Wynekoop
admits giving chloroform in an illegal
manner. 1t says DR.. Wynekoop, in a
panic, fired the shot after the girl
had passed away. II the statement
is admitted, the State will turn
around and seek to prove that it was
not fired into dead body but into
a living person"
1T is not a confession to the guilt
of the crime for which the defendant
is on trial l must overrule the mo-
ton" said Judge Miller.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
545 MEN, $50 HORSES ADRIFT
ON TWO ICE FLOES IN CASPIAN

with food and medicines yesterday
was due today in Astrakhan, city
at the mouth of the Volga River on
the Caspian Sea. From that point it
was planned to conduct rescue
operations.
Meanwhile, a government rescue
commission was continuing efforts to
find a way of saving 101 persons
including two children and number
of women-who took refuge on
Bering Straits ice foe after their ship.
the Cheliuskin, sank February 13.
They were members of the Davidov
(WrangeD Island expedition of Prof.
Otto Schmidt. Dog teams and planes
have been unable to reach them.
The Cheliuskin survivors have ade-
quate supplies for some time yet, but
the fishermen were reported in need
Of both food and medicines.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
DENIES SWANSON
WILL QUIT NAVY
R. Walton Moore Says Sec
retary Has No Intention
of Resigning.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Reports that Secretary Swanson
might resign because of i'll health
produced a statement today by R.
Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of
State, that the Navy Department head
will not relinquish his pest
Moore, a close personal friend of
Swanson, said the 7l-year-old cabinet
member was in greatly improved
health.
Il see Secretary Swanson frequent
ly," Moore told newspaper men, and
I know from him directly that he has
no intention whatever of reSigning as
Secretary Of the Navy.
He has been i'll. of course. but for
several days he has been up and feel
ing much better He is an extremely
active man and has only been re-
strained from going back to work by
his physicians orders"
Archibald Oden. assistant to the
Secretary of the Navy, said:
There is absolutely. positively, un-
qualifiedly no foundation for this
stuff.
shape and is pulling against the bit. "
Swanson would have been back at
work two weeks ago. Oden asserted,
if his physician had not advised
against his venturing out in the in
clement weather
For weeks" Oden continued, "the
Secretary has been transacting busi-
ness with members of the cabinet and
bureau chiefs and has received sew
eral Senators and Representatives as
callers"
Swanson plans to attend the cabi-
net meeting Friday, he said, if
weather permits. Reports yesterday
were that Rear Admiral Cary T. Gray
son was being considered to succeed
Secretary Swanson.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. February 26.-Facing
death from drowning or exposure. 545
fishermen and 800 horses were drift
ing helplessly on two separate ice
foes in the Caspian Sea today while
an airplane from Moscow sped to
their assistance.
A sudden rise in temperature
yesterday caused the ice to break up,
catching 400 men and 100 horses in
the vicinity of Dolgiy Island and las
men and 140 horses near Kulali Is
land on ice packs which rapidly
were swept out to the open sea.
Their plight was described as ex-
tremely perilous, because of lack
of food supplies and the fact that the
ice upon which they were marooned.
was soft. y
An airplane which left Moscow
Evening star., 1934-02-26

ers. He said "the only reason 'Winks'
didn't get away with the coffee was
because it had not been poured"
WinkS is not quite year old
and has a long pedigree. He was
presented to the President while the
latter was visiting in Warm Springs,
Ga. last Fall. Up to this time his
behavior has been exemplary He is
friendly and promising and, while he
has committed great offense by put
ting the White House on record for
violating the lunch room code, it is
doubtful if he will be severely pun
ished.
Sinca the exile of Major, the Ger
man police dog, and Maggie, Mrs
Roosevelt's little Scottie, who had a
penchant for biting people, Winks
has been the only dog in the kennels
besides q collie puppy belonging to the
Roosevelt grandchildren.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
BREAKFASTS FOR 10 SERVANTS
EATEN BY WHITE HOUSE SETTER

"Winks," the young English setter
and only dog in the White House KEN
nels at this time, is in disgrace today
for having eaten the breakfast set out
in the servants dining room of the
White House for 10 servants.
The long dining table had been set
and the 10 plates burdened with
steaming bacon, eggs and toast, when
'Winks" appeared in the doorway,
No one was in sight and in an unbe-
lievably short time he had polished
every plate.
He had finished and was licking his
chops and beating retreat just as the
first of the servants arrived for the
morning meal.
President Roosevelt was advised of
his pets conduct and is said to have
had one of the best laughs he has had
for many a day. Later in the morn
ing he repeated the story to some call
Evening star., 1934-02-26
DIXIE TORNADOES RAISE
TOLL In STORMS TO 80
Missing Airliner Found With Eight Dead.
Snow Buries Northeastern Quarter
of Nation.

an average of S inches to the - /
snow in the Northeast section. w4.n
promise CT 2 inches more before It
abates tonight.
In Portland. Me. the snow blanket
reached a depth Of 2ia feet. In the
Ohio Valley and the Virginias it av-
eraged 8 inches
Fatalities from the storm included
woman found dead from exposure
in Chicago and an engineer who died
Continued or Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1934-02-26

A blizzard swirling over the United
States from Indiana east to the At
lantic Coast today buried almost a
quarter of the country under a blan-
ket Of snow.
Following yesterdays tornadoes.
which took Is lives in the deep
South, the snowStorm ragged, causing
new fatalities. The death list in
storms over the United States was at
least 80
Six deaths we're attributed to the
blizzard. which by noon had added
Evening star., 1934-02-26
WASHINGTON D. c. MONDAY FEBRUARY % Ee-TWENTYsK PAGES
Bourbons Upstairs
To New Pretender
To French Throne
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, February ga mys-
terious new pretender to the
French throne introduced himself
to amused Parisians through the
medium of posters today.
One Theodebold Ascaris Nero
wee. claiming descent from Cloyis
and the good King Dagobert,
threw his mythical crown in the
ring against the Due de Guise
and Prince Louis Napoleon, over
the signature of the "Merovingian
party"
Rarking back to the Middle
Ages when kings were kings"
he disputes the claims of such
"upstarts" as the Bourbons and
NapoleonS.
The posters neglected to an
nounce when and where the new
pretender would make personal
debut.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
FLYER TO ATTACK MARK
Turner to Seek Lower Land Plane
Record of 3O4.9S Miles.

DETROIT, February 26 (P.-Col.
Roscoe Turner, who holds the east
and west-bound transcontinental fly
ing records, announced today he
would attempt to lower the land
plane record over a three -kilometer
course at the Wayne County Air
port here during the early Spring.
The present record of 3049 miles
an hour was established last Septem-
ber by James r. Wedell at Glen
view. Ill
Turner is making Detroit his head
quarters.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
Europe in Ferment

The second in a series of
articles by Sir Philip Gibbs,
noted British writer, on the in
ternal situation in European
countries will be found on page
four. Today's article tells of the
situation IN France.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
Amendments Considered.

An administration proposal is being
presented by Senator Byrnes, Demo-
crat, Of South Carolina, under which
presumptive cases that we're dropped
from the rolls by reviewing boards last
Summer would receive rs per cent of
their former compensation pending
llnal action ON their cases by thC VET
erans' Administration Board of Ap-
peals. The remaining Is per cent
would be given back to the veterans
who are retained finally by the Board
of Appeals
Another large group of Senators are
supporting the McCarrsn Stiewer
amendment. which would restore full
compensation to presumptive cases
pending appeal and place certain re-
strictions around the functions Of the
Board of Appeals. These two Senators
also are proposing to give back 80 per
cent Of the compensation taken from
Spanish War veterans and not require
these veterans to furnish proof of
service origin because of the difficulty
Of gathering such proof in the case of
Spanish War claims Other amend
ments probably will be offered before a
final vote is taken.
Differences Narrowed Down.
The difference between the oppos-
ing groups in the Senate on the vet
eranS' issue was narrowed down con-
siderably this afternoon, when Sen
ator Byrnes of South Carolina added
modified provision for the benefit
of Spanish War veterans to his World
War veteran amendment The Byrnes
proposal would relieve Spanish War
veterans of the requirement of prov
ing service origin Of their disability
and give them IS per cent of their
former compensation.
The Spanish War amendment of
the other senatorial group gives those
veterans 80 per cent.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
TOWED OFF SHOALS
Steam Collier Had Been Driven
A A0rn11nd in Storm

Aground in Storm.
BOSTON. February 26 R.-The
steam collier Northern Sword was
towed off the boulder-strewn shoals
off Winthrop Head today by the
wrecking tug Resolute. The collier
was driven aground in last Tuesdays
blizzard
She was taken inside Boston Har-
Dor and anchored in Presidents Roads,
apparently not seriously damaged.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
SENATE RESUMES.
VETERANS DEBATE
Vote Expected Late Today
or TOmOrroW-MeaSure
Then Goes to House.

The Senate resumed debate on the
war veterans amendment to the in
dependent Offices bill today and is
expected to reach final vote on the
bill late today or tomorrow.
AS soon as the bill passes the Sem
ate it will be sent back to the House
for consideration Of the Government
pay restoration plan and whatever
changes are made by the Senate in
veterans benefits. AS it now stands
the bill provides for restoration of 5
per cent of the Government pay cut
as of February l and all of the re-
naming 10 per cent on July l.
Reconsideration Unseen.
The time limit within which a mo-
ton could be made to have the Sen
ate reconsider its action in voting
for full restoration on July does
not expire until this evening, but
there were still no signs at noon today
that any effort would be made to OBJ
tain reconsideration Such a motion
could only be made by Senator who
voted in favor of full restoration or
by one who did not vote last week
when the McCarran amendment for
full restoration was carried, Al to 40
When the bill goes back to the
House, that body may take a vote on
the pay restoration amendment before
sending the bill to conference. In
\ iol1
that the House will agree to the Sem
ate salary program.
On the veterans issue, the main
controversy in the Senate this after
noon will relate to restoring to the
pension rolls World War veterans with
presumptive disabilities. and restoring
some of the Spanish War veterans
benefits.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
FIND SPURIOUS NOTES
Federal Agents Discover $4,000
Burning in Can.

LOS ANGELES, February IS C41.-
Federal agents disclosed yesterday
they had found 100000 in counterfeit
SIS notes burning in an oil can near
Yucaipa.
A tip by Jack Duke of Yucaipa, who
wrote President Roosevelt, led agents
to the spot. They said he may be
in line for a reward.
Evening star., 1934-02-26

W, .. WehtHet ouicau foAeSaS'''
Fair tonight and tomorrow; colder to-
night with lowest temperature about 10
degrees; rising temperature tomorrow.
observation-disclosures, 20, at noon to-
day; lowest, II, at l pm. yesterday.
Evening star., 1934-02-26

FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
Evening star., 1934-09-20
HOLDS POLITICIANS
CANNOT HURT j. S.
Ford Says What Goes on in
Capital Is of No Great
Importance.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 20-Henry
Ford, in an article in the American
Magazine, today declared that what
'goes on in the Capital is of no great
Importance. one way or the other
Some people say that the politi-
clans in Washington are saving the
country" wrote the industrialist.
"Others say they are running the coun-
try. don't agree with either side.
MY belief is that what goes on in
the Capital is of no great Importance.
Laws do not save country.
We are toofstrong and resourceful
people to be hampered much by legis-
lation. Nothing can hurt the United
States"
Surplus Held Blessing.
And in these words, Ford. one of
the Nations greatest mass producers,
dealt with surpluses and overproduc-
ton:
Most people think nowadays Of
the surplus as an evil. 1t is said to
break the market. 1t drives down
prices. Therefore, they say. the sur
plus should be destroyed and the fu-
ture production of the commodity
strictly limited.
This view, think, is hort-sighted
and mistaken. The surplus is really
a blessing in disguise 1t places pres
sure on the ingenuity of man to dis
cover new uses for the commodity.
Once those new uses are discovered,
the apparent surplus adds 10 the
wealth and comfort of human life
Experience Is Greatest.
Speaking of the depression, Ford
said:
The greatest thing il life Is ex-
perience Even our mistakes are of
value to us. Take the matter of
money for example. There is no
doubt that the fnanciers have failed
to do their best to give us an efficient
money system. And yet it was their
principal business to do just that.
THE function of money is not to
make money but to move goods.
Money is only one part of our trans
portation system. A dollar bill is like
a postage stamp; it is no good unless
1t will move commodities between
persons.
IF a postage stamp will not carry
letter. or money will not move
goods it is just the same as an auto
engine that will not run. Some one
will have to get out and fix it, Finance
will become science ard not a
money-making business a profession
and not a racket"
Evening star., 1934-09-20

Alabama municipal power distribution
plants to the T. ". A. by the Alabama
Power Co.
The hearing will be reopened in
Birmingham September 26
Forney Johnston, attorney for sew
eral coal and ice companies opposing
the sale of the properties, asked the
service of subpoenas on Lilienthal, di-
rector in charge of power; A. II. Sui
livan, acting chief electrical cEgineer,
and F. F. Beauchamp, division en-
gineer of the T. v. A.
Johnston's motion was made after
the reading of a second refusal of the
T. v. A. to send representatives to
the hearing on the sale of the systems.
The telegram set out that the
Evening star., 1934-09-20
CONVICTED OF RIOTING

NORRISTOWN. Pa. September 20
(P).-Nine prisoners yesterday were
convicted by a jury of arson and
riotins in the recent disorders at the
Graterford branch of the Eastern
Penitentiary. in which $4,000 worth
Of property was destroyed.
Five were sentenced to two to four
years: two we're given terms of two
and one-half to five years; one was
sentenced to three to six years, and
another to five to 10 years. All of
the sentences are in addition to the
terms they are serving on other
charges
Evening star., 1934-09-20
Burglary Half Accident.

PITTSBURGH. September 40 [R.-
Whatever else there is to the charge,
detectives were emphatic that the
breaking" part of a breaking and
entering charge against four Juveniles
was at least technically correct. The
detectives testified one of the boys
fell through the skylight of the Ship
pers' Package Co. Office Unhurt, they
said, the boy opened the door for the
other three.