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Evening star., 1935-05-18

A mother and child were rescued
from a flame-swept balcony high over
Connecticut avenue early today while
hremen battled a four-alarm blaze
which resulted In serious injury to one
Of them.
Shivering hundreds jamming the
broad avenue looked on while spec
tators advised the woman to jump and
firemen commanded her to wait while
they raised a ladder four stories
through the Swirltng smoke.
Mrs. Mae Nemiroff, 40, and her
son, Bobby, S, were taken from the
balcony, to which they were forced
by the intense heat inside the burning
building.
Mrs. Nemiroff, wife of the proprietor
of a night club in the building at
1643 Connecticut avenue, held her
child over the balcony railing in an
effort to protect him from the heat,
which already had scorched her body.
While the ladder was being thrust
Evening star., 1935-05-18
Mother and Son Saued as Fire
S,veeps FOur.FlO0r Building
Woman Shields Child With O,Un Body,
Ignoring Cries to Jump While
Firennen Raise Ladder.

upward through the smoke, firemen
spread a life net on the sidewalk be-
low, lest the mother heed the advice
of the spectators and leap from the
balcony.
The child was taken down the
smoke and fire swept ladder by Fire
man G. T. Reardon of No. 2 Truck
Co. and the mother by Fireman r.
Gray of the same outfit.
The fireman seriously injured was
Eugene HESS, 26, of No. % Engine
Co., who suffered conclusion Of the
brain when struck on the head by
a falling beam while battling the blaze
on the second floor
Fireman Charles E. Stellars of the
same engine company was severely cut
about one hand. Both men we're
taken to Emergency Hospital.
An investigator from the fire mar
shal's Office said the blaze probably
started in the dining room on the
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Evening star., 1935-05-18
California Frogs Jump Today
For 1885 World Championship

of Louisiana frogs are in training in
New York as part of the Mark Twain
Centennial there, and the winner Of
the Eastern elimination contest is to
be brought West.
Chief threat against California bred
frogs today is Chief Hagler. North
Carolina importation entered by John
Carpenter Of Maiden, N. c. The
Chief is a ham-fed hopper, who his
owner reports has been reared from
tadpolehood almost exclusively on
ham.
Today's frog jumping will be broad
cast nationally lover Columbia) from
1880 to las pm. eastern standard
time.)
Evening star., 1935-05-18
IS ESKIM0S INFERRED
BY MINISTER.P PHYSICIAN
Influenza Epidemic Spreads as
Assistance Is Rushed North
From States.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
POINT BARROW, Alaska, May 1S.
Having buried Is victims of an in
duenza epidemic in frozen ground,
Rev. Dr.. Henry Greist today returned
to his hospital to save the remainder
Of his Eskimo charges from death.
Down in Seattle, he was advised,
two doctors we're speeding North on
9,000-mile mission of mercy, carrying
serum to combat the plague. They
were DR.. Sergeant Pepper and DR.. Hor-
ace Pettitt, bacteriologists of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, flying up to
isolate the germ that had stricken 300
Eskimos.
DR.. Greist held a brief Presbyterian
service at the open graves, some of
which were in clear glacial ice.
I'VE fear that the influenza will be-
come more of an epidemic" said DR..
Greist, because Of reindeer herders
coming North and spreading the dis
ease. Eskimos have not the intelli-
gence to warn people away"
Evening star., 1935-05-18
Germany Builds Speed Boats
Capable of Attacking Warships

commanders no end of worry-possibly
send giant craft to the sea bottom.
The details were most carefully
guarded, but the craft were said to be
strictly defensive.
The experts said another naval de-
velopment along similar lines Is a boat
which is twice the size Of the FIVE
nlan-crew type and has q cruising
range Of nearly 1000 miles.
The advantages Of the tiny craft,
naval experts said, lie in the fact that
they cost little to build and operate;
are so speedy they can change direc-
ton quickly to outwit enemy gunners:
possibly do serious damage with the
four torpedoes, and, at the worst, only
five men on each speed boat could be
lost,
Evening star., 1935-05-18
NAZI EMBASSY IN CHINA

NANKING, May 1s R.-German
diplomatic authorities today informed
the Chinese nationalist government
that the foreign Office in Berlin had
decided to elevate the legation here
to the rank of an embassy.
Germany thus becomes the fourth
nation In week to take this step,
Japan, the United States and Great
Britain having announced the ele-
vation Of the legations to embassies
within the past few days.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 1s.-Armed speed
boats, capable of attacking grim men
of war. are said by foreign naval ex-
perts to be the Reich's hope today for
protection of her coast.
Confronted with the necessity of
devising some sort of defensive naval
weapon both cheap and effective, the
German inventors busted themselves.
The result is speed boats which can
show their sterns at so knots, carry
four torpedoes each, and require a
crew Of only five men. Experts say
$50 of them have been constructed.
The boats are believed able to ap-
proach great battleships and cause the
Evening star., 1935-05-18
Butler Pleads for Bonus.

PHILADELPHIA, May 18 (P.-
Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler advises
Congress to turn to Washington and
Lincoln" for guidance on the soldiers
bonus. Neither would have vetoed
the Patman bill, Butler asserted in a
broadcast last night. If Congress fol-
lows their precepts, 1t will override
President Roosevelt's expected veto
and vote to give the veterans their
back pay, now II or 18 years over
due" he added.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
VISIT WHITE HOUSE

Two women whose mountain-top
workshop has been visited by three
Presidents wives-Mrs. Calvin Coo
lidge. Mrs. Herbert Hoover and Mrs.
Franklin d. Roosevelt-made their
first visit to the White House yes
terday.
They are Miss Eleanor Vance and
Miss Charlotte Yale, toymakers and
voodcarvers. Of Tryon. N. g. 49,.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
BY the Associated Press.

By Ghe ASS0cIated Press.
ANGELS CAMP, Calf, May 1s.-
Many California swamps will be
strangely silent this week end, denud-
ed of their usual quota of croakers.
For it's frog jumping time in Angels
Camp-that unique festival OF days
of '49 inspired by Mark Twain's tale
of a frog which didn't know when
to keep his mouth shut.
Each frog entered will be allowed
three jumps, and the winner will be
declared the worlds champion jump
ing frog for 1885. There is report
the champion may have to defend his
title before many weeks. for . group
Evening star., 1935-05-18
Auto Strikers Vote to Work.

CINCINNATI, May 10 R.-Ap-
proximately 1900 employees of the
Chevrolet and Fisher Body Co. plants
in suburban Norwood prepared today
to return to their jobs after q strike
of nearly four weeks.
They voted last night to go back
to work pending settlement of diff
ficulties.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
BELGIUM PREPARES
Army Enlistment Period Raised
and CONSUMPTION Recommended.

BRUSSELS, May 10 Cp).-A special
army commission today recommended
compulsory military service and at the
same time raised the enlistment period
maximum to 18 months.
The present enlistments range from
eight months to one year.
The commission also investigated
Belgium's frontier defenses.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
Huge Soviet Plane
Reported Wrecked
By Air Collision
BY the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, May l8-An automobil-
ist reported today, but the report
was not confirmed from any other
source, that he had seen a small plane
crash into the Maxim Gorky, largest
landplane In the world, and sent it
hurting to the ground at the Moscow
airport.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
Farmers Daughter Beaten to
Death With Iron,

NAICAM. Saskatchewan. May 18
P.-Discovery of the battered body
of 10-year-old Anna May Denton. half
a mile from her fathers farm home,
sent police today on a search for her
slayer, believed to be a maniac.
Missing since Thursday afternoon.
the girls body was found by search
ers late yesterday. Police said she had
been assaulted.
The body was found in hole under
a deserted shack. She had been ap-
parently beaten to death by a piece
of iron from a stove found nearby.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
NEW MOVE H|NTED
FORSTAB|LZAT|ON
Action by International
Bank Seen Possibility in
Currency Situation.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
With British authorities turning a
cold shoulder toward hints that this
Government might welcome overtures
looking to international currency sta
bilization, financial circles wondered
today II the lead in such move
might come from another quarter.
Some observers said one possibility
seek to persuade the Bank for Inter-
national Settlements to submit plan
which could be used as the basis for
lasting agreement.
An international parliamentary con-
ference recommended recently that
the world bank make a study along
these lines. holding that an end to
international monetary uncertainties
would contribute to a revival of trade.
Only few days ago, however, Leon
Fraser. retiring president of the bank,
declared stabilization was "squarely
up to Great Britain"
Belgian Premier Mentioned.
It was said in some quarters in the
Capital that the next move might
possibly come from Premier Van Zee
land of Belgium, who recently an
nounced his desire to call a world
conference on the problem.
Secretary Morgenthau's recent re-
marks on stabilization. followe dby
those of Secretary Hull, have been
widely construed as an invitation to
Great Britain to stabilize the pound
in its relation to the dollar.
Morgenthau took the position that
the dollar already was steady and
that, while the United States would
rot take the initiative in seeking world
foreign exchange sterilization, Wash
ington would not be an obstacle to
such a proceeding.
In the face of that hint, well in
formed British quarters said last night
that their government would recog-
nize an American invitation to stabi-
lize currencies only If it is made di-
rectly through the British embassy
here.
Until that is done, it was stated, all
statements and speeches by Secre-
taries Morgenthau and Hull will be
just so much water flowing over the
dam so far as the British are con-
cerned.
Treasury Observer Abroad.
This followed statement by Neville
Chamberlain, Britain's chancellor Of
the exchequer, that world conditions
were not yet advantageous for stabili-
zation.
A fresh indication of the United
States Governments interest in the
foreign monetary situation came yes
terday with the revelation that
Treasury observer has been secretly
gathering financial statistics in Europe.
The observer, DR.. Harry White, for
merly a Wisconsin college professor,
sailed for New York Thursday. In
London, international financial circles
said they understood that White had
gathered the impression that France,
while anxious for sterilization, con-
sidered an understanding between the
United States and England essential
before negotiations may be started.
High Treasury officials denied, how
ever, that DR.. White had been au-
thorized to discuss sterilization ques-
tions with foreign officials. It was
reported earlier that he had sought
privately to learn Great Britain's
stand and had been told that war
debt and other concessions were
necessary before England would nego-
tiate toward tying the pound.
Evening star., 1935-05-18

YOKOSHUKA, Japan, May 1S up.
The destroyer Shigure, of 1853 tons,
was launched today, with Admiral
Nobumasa Suyetsuru. commandant Of
the naval base, presiding at the cere-
monies,
Evening star., 1935-05-18
FATAL FIRE is PROBED
Sisters Praised for Heroism in
Saving Lives.

JOLIETE, Quebec, May 1S CP.-
Police officials began an inquiry to-
day into a fire fatal to three-an
elderly nun and two firemen-which
laid waste an eighteenth century
manor converted into a convent.
That the death toll was not greater
was credited to the bravery of the
sisters of the congregation of Notre
Dame who, In night attire, hurried
$50 pupils of the convent and the
adjoining normal school out of the
burning buildings.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
President Speeds Message
for Personal Delivery
to Capitol.
PATMAN BILL HACKERS
GLOOMY OVER PROSPECT
Democratic Leaders Confident Ac-
tion Will Be Sustained and
Some Foes Give Up Hope.
BULLETIN.

Patman bill leaders in Congress
agreed today to vote Immediately.
without debate. on whether to over
ride President Roosevelts veto
after the Chief Executive delivers
his message in person next week.
The decision was reached at a
conference Of the bills friends
this morning. They conceded they
did not have the Senate votes to
override the veto, but expressed
hope of a swing to the measure.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
WEATHER.

90 g. Weather Bureau ForecastO
Fair with lowest temperature about 4s
degrees tonight; tomorrow cloudy and
continued COOL followed by showers IN
afternoon or night. Temperatures-High-
est 72, at 5 pm. yesterday; lowest, 49, az
am. today. Full report on page 4.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
japanese Launch Destroyer.

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CANADIAN GIRL, 10, SLAIN

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-20

1t isn't much that al" asks for
in this world, but now he is plead
ing so nicely for a home and a
master of his own.
Not the most handsome dog is
CAL" but he will make good pet,
with his gentle disposition and
winsome manner. al" is what
the poundmaster describes as a toy
collie. He is brown in color. At
present he makes his home at the
District Pound, South Capitol and
I SITS. S. w., where he may be OBJ
tanned.
A tiny fluffy kitten, about five
or six weeks old, is also being
given away today. The kitten, a
female, is grey striped and white
in color. 1t may be obtained from
Mrs. L. D. Flynn. 1918 Kennedy
st. N. w. Georgia SAID.
Please notify the pet editor Of
The Times if you have a pet that
needs a home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-20
MO N TG0MERY
TELEPHONE
RATES CUT

BETHESDA, Sept. 20. Plans
for a public hearing on telephone
rates, to have been held in the
Bethesda Elementary School Mon.
day night under auspices of the
Public Utilities Committee of the
Montgomery County Civic Fedora
ton, were halted today by Col.
o. P. M. Brown. chairman of the
committee, following an an
nouncement by the C. and P.
Telephone Co., that a revision OF
rates had already been made to
provide lower charges for Mary
land suburbs.
The announcement made by
Charles T. Clagett, executive as
Sistant to the president Of the
telephone company, stated that a
reduction in the mileage charges
outside of the zones in the base
areas Of the suburban commun.
tiles had been made by the tele-
phone company and that this
would reduce the telephone rates
for Montgomery county residents.
The Civic Federation was re-
quested by several county civic
organizations to take action on
the rate question following a re-
duction of rates in Washington
several months ago.
The new rates will become ef-
3ective with the october bills.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-20
POST RESIGNED
BY MCCORMICK

CHICAGO, Sept. 20 (U.SO.
Resignation of Cyrus H. McCor-
mick, for Sc years an executive
of the Mccormick Harvester in
tereSts, as chairman of the board
of International Harvester Com
pany, was accepted yesterday and
the position voted to his brother,
Harold F. Mccormick.
Mccormick, who will remain a
member of the board, has been
its head for II years, after pre-
vious service from 1884 to 1918
as president of the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Compan y
and its successor, International
Harvester Company.
He said that his long service,
beginning in 1879 when he left
Princeton, was terminated to per
nit him more time for travel and
recreation. Harold Mccormick,
the new chairman, has served as
president of the company since
1918.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-20
Birdseed Required
For Pigeons in Park

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-Miss
Martha L. Kobbe, third vice presi-
dent of the humane society Of
New York, who for the last three
years has been feeding 20 pounds
of mixed seed and cracked corn
daily at her own expense to 500
pigeons in Central Park, issued an
appeal to metropolitan bird-loVers
yesterday to help correct the diet
Of pigeons in the city's parks. So
much bread had been fed to them,
she said. that an epidemic Of beak
canker had broken out in Man
haitian flocks and the disease was
proving fatal to many.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-20
DR.. Cross To Talk

DR.. Whitman Cross, outstanding
Tosarian, will lecture at the Ia
koma Horticultural Club on the
newest roses Monday at the Ia
koma branch of the Public Ii
Ibrary. He has consented to an
swer cultural questions by rose
growers attending the meeting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-20
Madrid Cabinet Quits

MADRID, Sept. 20 G.N.S).
The cabinet of Premier Allejan-
dro LebrouX resigned today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-20

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Evening star., 1935-02-22

the Nation connected with Wash
ington.
The celebration at the base of the
Monument began at am, when 48
American flags were unfurled to pay
the tribute of the 48 States.
After President RoOsevelt's wreath
had been placed, other floral tributes
from various patriotic and civic So
cieties were laid.
One of the traditional celebrations
which harks back many years was
that Of the Association Of Oldest In
habitants, who met In the old Union
Engine House, at Nineteenth and II
streets.
Gratz e. Dunkum delivered the
principal memorial address and Jesse
O. Suter read Washingtonis farewell
address.
Frank K. Sanderson, accompanied
by Mrs. Sanderson, sang patriotic
solos and led in community singing.
The invocation was by DIR. George F..
Dudley, rector Of st. Stephens and
the Incarnation Episcopal Church.
John Clagett Proctor read an original
poem.
Wreath Placed on Tomb.
Members Of George Washington
Post No. I motored to Mount Vernon,
where they placed a wreath on the
tomb with appropriate services, with
Post Comdr. Howard e. Snyder
speaking.
Fort Stevens Post, Squadron, No. 80,
Sons Of the American Legion, will
hold patriotic exercises tonight at Paul
Junior High School, Eighth and
Oglethorpe streets.
The Visayan Circle Of Filipinos will
celebrate tonight at their club house
at Alt Pennsylvania avenue. DR.. E.
E. Naylor of National University will
be the principal speaker.
Other parts Of the program include
the welcome address By Jose Roca,
club president: Hawaiian guitar solo
by Pedro Edralen, piano selections by
Thomas Thayer and short talk by
Fernando T. Amis on washington in
the Philippines.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
MONUMENT SOCIETY
| IN ANNUAL SESSION
Members Place Wreath at Base
of Shaft and Then Meet at
Metropolitan Club.

In accordance with long tradition,
the Washington National Monument
Society today laid wreath at the
base Of the Monument and then con-
vened for its annual meeting to dis
cuss problems of its volunteer steward
ship In connection with the memorial
shaft.
Yesterday was the f1ftieth anniyer-
sary Of the dedication of the Monu-
ment, whose existence is due largely to
persistent efforts of the society, Or
ganized in 1888 to promote the erection
Of a national monument In memory Of
George Washington.
Since the last annual meeting of the
society the Monument has been re-
paired and cleaned-an operation
which the organization urged in reso-
lutions adopted at that meeting.
Justice Willis Van Devanter OF the
United States Supreme Court was to
preside at the meeting Of the society
today in the Metropolitan Club. He Is
first vice president. President Roose-
velt is president Of the society. ex
officio.
The society held no ceremonies at
the Monument, dispatching its wreath
by messenger.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
ROOSEVELT LEADS
NATIONS TRIBUTE
TO WASHINGTON
Continued From First page.)

Proctor's Artillery serenaded the gen
eral to remind his af his birthday.
Washington's expense book discloses
an item Of pound 10 shillings Of
''hard money" for the serenaders.
,One Of Washington's happiest ami
versaries was that Of 1799-his last
one-when Nellie Custis, his adopted
daughter. was married ut Mount Ver-
non.
In q ceremony at the old Washington
homestead near Fredericksburg, Va, q
new cherry tree was planted today to
perpatuate the cherry -chopping legend.
Throughout the National Capital
Government, business, schools and the
public library, with its branches, vir-
tually were all closed, although some
business houses opened for half q day.
Flags decorated public buildings and
many offices and homes throughout
the city.
Continental Hall Services,
Memorial Continental Hall of the
Daughters Of the American Reyolu-
ton was the scene of q colorful
gathering this morning, where q
capacity audience participated in an
elaborate program. Representative
Brooks Fletcher Of Ohio was the
principal speaker. The Washington
National Monument Society met at
the Metropolitan Club.
From the top of the Washington
Monument Representative Sol Bloom,
head OF the Washington Bicentennial
Commission. broadcast by radio the
story of the shaft, during which
he paid tribute to Washington.
THE Washington Monument as it
now stands, m all its simplicity and
beauty, is clUiously like the man him
SELF" he said. The history of its
building Is a struggle against diff
culties, and its final completion in
this simple form, despite the many
efforts to clutter up the design with
useless decorations, is like the final
triumph Of George Washington him
self in war and in peace.
mo one can look at this monument
without a feeling Of patriotic pride in
the man and the nation. Generation
after generation honors his name, his
deeds, and the sound principles for
which he stood. And we today bow
our heads In reverest memory TO the
Father OF our Country, George
Washington, the first President of the
United States, whose name and fame
will live on as long as patriotism and
justice are cherished among men,"
Tells of Donations,
The story of how the monument
was erected. through private SUBJ
scription. and later by Government
funds, and the part taken by the
Washington National Monument Soci-
ETY. also was described by the speaker.
The cost of the foundations and
shaft, he said, was S1,187,7lO. OF this
the society raised 100000. The shaft
was completed in 1884, he said, and
dedicated February 81, 1885, but not
opened to the public until 31a years
later.
Another Nationwide broadcast in
honor Of Washington, by the National
BroadcaSting Co., described the home
at Mount Vernon and the famous old
Gadsby's Tavern at Alexandria, as part
OF program which included de-
scriptive scenes from other parts Of