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Evening star., 1935-05-29
RAINS IN TWO STATES
FLOOD FARM LANDS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, May 2e.-Rains in
Missouri and Kansas sent rivers out of
their banks yesterday. inundated
thousands of acres of farm lands and
drove hundreds of persons from their
homes and business places.
At Fort Scott, Kans.. where a mile
and a half of residential section
was under water, $50 persons were
sheltered by the Red Cross in the
Municipal Auditorium. Crews of men
with trucks removed other residents
and their holsehold furnishings from
their homes.
Roads were impossible over a wide
area, and the body of Robert Blair,
II. farm youth, who was killed BY
lightning, was taken to Fort Scott BY
rowboat from his home in the Devon
community. miles away.
Railway traffic was at a standstill
or running far behind schedule.
Evening star., 1935-05-29
CLUE TO REDFERN
REPORTED TOU.S.
Man Tells Consul in Panama
of Living With Flyer in
Brazilian WiIdS.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLON. Panama, May 29.-An
amazing account of finding Paul Red
fern, American aviator who disap-
peared eight years ago, living as a
medicine man" In the jungle Of
Dutch Guiana, was related today by
Tom Roche.
The informant, German born
American citizen, said he lived for
three months in 1888 with Redfern,
who vanished while on a flight from
Brunswick, Ga, to Rio de Janeiro.
Roche previously had told his story
to James L. Parks, United States con-
sui here, and Park relayed to the
State Department at Washington the
narrators offer to lead a rescue ex-
pedition to Redfern's rude hut in an
Indian village far from civilization.
Indians Restored Health.
Roche said Redfern was critically
injured when his plane crashed against
a mountain. Indians who found the
aviator with both legs and his left
arm broken nursed the fiyer back to
health, he said
He declared he encountered Red
fern in the Indian village after hear
ing natives talk Of the great white
medicine man.
The American identified himself as
Redfern. Roche asserted. and related
the circumstances OF the miShap
which befen his attempted nonstop
hop to Rio de Janeiro.
Roche said the flyer had his res
ruers retrieve the canvas fuselaee from
the wreckage OF his plane and spread
it above his hut as roof covering
The fuselage bore numbers which
Roche said he recalled as being I73.
Canvas Green and Yellow.
The canvas was green and yellow,
he said. the colors of Redfern's plane
when he embarked on his aerial ad-
Venture in August. 1927.
Roche said that when he left the
native village Redfern begged him to
take a message to his father. DR.. Carl
Redfern of washington. D. c., and his
wife Gertrude, whose whereabouts he
kaid he did not know.
Please tell them ! am still alive"
was the Americans message. Roche
said.
MRS. Paul Redfern, informed of
Roche's narrative in Cleveland. Ohio,
said she hoped it had more truth in
IL than others we have received in
the last few years.
A man giving The name Of Tom
Roche was detained by Brazilian au-
thorities at Para in April, 1888 after
he was reported 10 have told tale
of finding Paul Redfern alive among
Indians in the Rio Madeira region
OF Brazil
The Para police released him, said
Roche. when he arrived in Rio de
Janeiro on May II OF that year, on
Q promise that he would leave the
city.
OFFICIALS PESSJMJSTIC
Evening star., 1935-05-29
SCULPTURE AWARDS
MADE BY CORCORAN
Miss Janice Holland and Mrs.
Wenonah Davidson Win
First Prizes.

Miss Janice Holland and Mrs.
Wenonah Davidson have been award
ed first prizes by the Corcoran School
Of Art for their work as students
in the schools sculpture class, it
was announced today by Hans
Schuler, instructor.
Miss Holland Will receive a prize
Of $50 and a certificate and Mrs.
Davidson, for creating "the best head
OF the year." will be given a scholar
ship for 1856 and q certificate.
First honorable mention was
granted Anton Benson and second
honorable mention went to Miss Char
lotte Tilley.
The jury Of awards consisted Of
10 Davidson and William Marks
Simpson.
Awards in the other classes Of the
Corcoran School of Art will oe made
Saturday. An exhibition of the stu
dents work will be held in the Cor
coran Art Galley from June 2 to
8, inclusive. The public is invited.
Evening star., 1935-05-29
U. S. CREDIT POWER
OPPOSED BY YOUNG
IN SUBCOMMITTEE

Continued From First Page)
the main with only one part Of the
banking set-up, Young reiterated rec
concentrations he made to the COM
mittee several years ago. namely. that
all commercial deposit banking be
carried on under one law. that ex-
animation OF banks and their con-
troll be under one authority. and that
all banks of deposit be required to
join the reserve system.
Advantages Seen.
He said he could see some advant-
ages OF a central bank, but that 1t
should not be accomplished indi-
rectly.'
IF we are to have central bank,
then our entire law should be re-
drafted 30 as to be suitable to one
central bank operation. The reten-
ton of the regional facade may, 1
fear. lead the American people to think
they are retaining their regional banks
when in fact they are creating a cen
trail one. Such basic issue should
not be settled by indirection"
The bill, he added, failed to provide
an insulated body. such as has been
described as a supreme court of
finance and at the same time it re-
moves the checks and balances which
have been imposed on the present
system. Is 1t any wonder that such a
violent change should create appre-
hensiOn and diSsent?"
Substitution Urged.
Substitution of Government
owned central bank bill for the pend
ing omnibus bank measure was urged
by Louis B. Ward. Washington repre-
sentative of Father Charles E. Cough
Inns National Union for Social Justice,
when he appeared before the sub
committee yesterday and contended
the present system gave private bank
ers the power to create depression
or decree prosperity at will"
Appearing as a self-styled 'lob-
byist" for the central bank proposal
which Father Coughlin drafted for
Senator Nye, Republican, Of North
Dakota, Ward said:
THE present banking system. with
its creation Of a system of credit
money and operating under the Fed
eral Reserve act. puts the power over
money and credit in the hands of the
bankers and gives them the power to
create depression or decree prosperity
at will. Such power over money and
credit is sanctioned by law under the
present Federal Reserve act"
Evening star., 1935-05-29

The inside crowd says the best
prospective candidate for chairman
ship Of the new Social Security Board
Is Josephine Roche, now Assistant
Treasury Secretary. She ran a coal
mine successfully in Colorado. Another
probable appointee to the board is
Edwin e. Witte Of Wisconsin, who
helped draft the legislation.
A spirited inner contest is on among
some other applicants for positions on
the board, most Of whom will be dis
appointed.
Politics Plus Moral.
One day recently the nomination of
William J. Gerig of Arkansas to be
q member of the Mississippi River
Commission was suddenly withdrawn
by the President and replaced by that
of Harry N. Phar, also an Arkansan,
for the same job. Behind this event
lies . little story Of politics with a
moral.
1t began when Secretary of War
Dern met Senate Democratic Leader
Robinson (of Arkansas) at q social
gathering. Mr.. Dern greeted the
Senator warmly and then startled him
by saying he had just named an
Arkansan for the River Commission
This was the fist Robinson had
Evening star., 1935-05-29
OFFICIALS PESSIMISTIC.
Redfern's Father to Come Here to
Follow Developments.

In view of the many false reports
concerning Paul Redfern which have
come from the Brazilian jungles dur
ing the eight years since he disap-
peared, State Department officials are
inclined to be pessimistic regarding
the latest reports that he has been
found.
They sent a telegram last night
to Redferns father, DR.. Frederick C.
Fedfern. at his home, in Columbia.
S. c.. and received reply that he
would arrive in Washington tomorrow
to follow possible developments.
Scarcely a year has gone by since
Fedfern disappeared in August. 1927,
without reports that he has been seen
or that information has been received
that he is living with Indian tribes
in the Brazilian jungle. In 1882
C. G. Hassler, an engineer, said that
two men. out of the jungle, had re-
ported to him that Redfern was living
with Paratin Indians and that they
knew him.
Several times explorers have looked
for him and airmen have flown over
the jungle looking for him or the
wreckage OF his plane. Among the
American pilots who searched for
Eedfern vas Lewis A. Yancey, who
sought him in French Guiana in
August, 1880.
Evening star., 1935-05-29
NORMAND|E SAILS
TODAY FOR RECORD
Giant Liner, Carrying Gold,
Will Strive to Make Speed.
lest Crossing.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LIE HAVRE, France, May 29.-The
giant new French liner Normandie,
worlds largest ship, sails today on her
maiden voyage to New York in the
hope Of proving herself the fastest
vessel afloat.
Financial circles said she would
carry heavy shipment of gold. a new
drain on the vaults of the Bank of
France as the government pushed its
battle to save the franc from devalua-
ton.
Honor passengers for the trip aboard
the 79,000-ton floating city" are:
Nine. Albert Lebrun, wife of the
President; her daughter, Nine Marie
FTaysellinard; her daughter in law,
Nine. Jean Lebrun, and William Ber-
trand. French minister of merchant
marine.
30-Knot Speed Expected.
They will watch the l,029 feet of
steel-incaSed power and luxury try to
beat the speed records of Germany's S
Europa and Bremen and 1taly's Rex.
Not even Great Britain's super liner
Queen Mary. which enters service next
year, is feared by the Normandie s
operators. the French Line. The
100000 ship is expected to show
a speed of more than 80 knots, which
the French say will be hard for the
Queen Mary to beat.
The Europa holds the present record
for the westward crossing Of the North
Atlantic-3l99 sea miles from Cher
bourg Breakwater to Ambrose Light
ship-in 4 days. II hours and 6
minutes, an average Of 1892 knots
The distance from LIE Havre to New
York is only slightly longer-3293
miles by the Summer route-and the
Normandie's captain. Rene Pugnet.
will try to speed her across in only a
few hours more than four days.
Built TO transport 2.170 passengers.
the great ship is stated by crew of
1920 men,.
A theater seating 400, night club,
chapel, a children's playground and
a garden with grass and shrubs are
among the ships novel features.
There are l.l00 telephones, includ-
ing those in the cabins for ship-to-
shore communication Some OF the
cabins have private terraces.
Evening star., 1935-05-29

heard of it. He began making in
Quires around as to ,Dty Arkdnsdns
Uere being oipen jobs oDer his
head. Friends pointed to his in
Daluable services to the adntnistra-
tion this session. Finally this talk
reached the right Democratic au-
thorities.
The justice Of Robinson's contention
was so evident that the President wen1
to the unusual extent Of withdrawing
nomination already sent to the
Senate. The Job went to Robinson
man with 80 years experience as Or
engineer in flood control work.
toopyrt1ht. 1881
Evening star., 1935-05-29

Traffic deaths from skidding have
averaged around 1000 annually dur
ing recent years, with from $4,000 to
$4,000 injuries. Skids are usually
caused by houghtlessness-plus snow,
ice. rain. oil or loose gravel.
The open season on skidding starts
with the Fall rains and runs through
the Winter. Slippery streets are an
open invitation for q whirligig jaunt
by the motorist. Yet there are many
dry weather cases on sprinkled, oily
or loose gravel roads.
The careful driver seldom skids.
He keeps his tires in good shape. his
brakes equalized, and he doubles his
alertness and cuts down his speed
when there is danger Of doing a mo-
torized waltz me around again =
Willie"
When a skid occurs, do not jam on
the brakes; easy pressure, frequently
applied, Ia the best medicine. II
possible turn your steering wheel in
the direction of the skid. When you
turn the other way you help the skid
instead Of your chances Of escape.
skidding Il . spine-chilling expe-
rience. DULY as dangerous as 1t seems.
Evening star., 1935-05-29
GUARDS REPORTED
JAILED IN STRIKE
Four, Arrested Off Company
Property, Face Riot
Charges.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CANTON, Ohio May 29-Deputy
sheriffs took four men, described as
company guards by Sheriff Joseph
Mist, into custody today near the
United Alloy Co. plant, scene Of vio-
lence in a strike called by an inde-
pendent steelworkers' union, which is
not affiliated with the Amalgamated
Association Of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers.
Sheriff Mist said all would be
charged with inciting a riot.
The sheriff said the quartet was
armed with three loaded 32-caliber
revolvers, two blackjacks, two loaded
tear gas guns, "a gas projectiles, Is
tear gas bombs and three lengths of
iron pipe.
Sergeant Among Guards.
Deputies were placed about the plant
yesterday with orders from Sheriff
Mist to arrest any supected company
guard of company property. The ar
rests, Mist said, were pursuant to these
orders.
Those held gave their names as
Steve Wojanis, 2S, and Harold Scar
necchi, 26, of Massillon, and Frank
O'Malley. IS, and Homer Warner. %,
of Canton. Mist claimed Warner is
sergeant" among company guards.
The strike at the Berger Manufac-
turing Co., which has resulted in vio-
lence, threatened to spread TO other
Eastern Ohio steel plants today.
Three persons were temporarily
blinded by tear gas. another received
scalp lacerations and a fifth was
burned about the face by the explosion
Of tear gas bomb late last night in
another Of the sporadic outbursts near
the plant.
Bombs Thrown From Truck.
The gas bombs were thrown from
truck which came out OF the Berger
yard, broke through the picket lines
and, under bombardment Of bricks.
finally entered the gates Of the United
Alloy Co., a Republic subsidiary.
A woman and two other persons
were shot yesterday and score of per-
sons were injured Monday.
Union leaders said today that at
least 4500 Republic workers are now
idle as result of the strike at the
Berger company, a Republic affiliate.
The Berger strike followed the re-
fusal of the company to recognize
Loyalty No. l8.903 an American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor affiliate, for collective
bargaining purposes.
Evening star., 1935-05-29
JANE ADDAMS' LIBRARY
WILLED TO HULL HOUSE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 29.-Hull House,
the settlement she founded, is the first
beneficiary listed In the will Of Jane
Addams, famous Chicago social
worker, who died last week at the age
of IS.
The will. disposing of personal prop
erty estimated as worth $4,000 and q
farm near Cedarville, ILL.,. her BIRTH
place. was filed for probate yesterday.
To Hull House Miss Addams left her
furniture and her books. A Nobel
peace medallion was included.
All of her manuscripts were left to
Prof. James Weber Linn Of the Uni
versity of Chicago, her nephew. who is
compiling her biography.
Miss Addams left her farm to Mrs
Laura 8. Adams, her sister-in- law.
The will was made on May %, 1894.
Evening star., 1935-05-29
Blue Eagles Spirit Still Liues;;
Business Fights to Keep Gains
Countless Thousands of Employees Over
Nation Are Told Hours and Wages
Provisions viii Stay.

executive vice president of the Balti-
more Chamber of Commerce, that
business concerns refrain from taking
any action that would disturb or upset
conditions At New York Harper Sib-
ley, president of the United States
Chamber OF Commerce, urged busi-
nessmen to uphold the levels OF the
codes
Meanwhile, some good news came
to the employees of two large oil COM
panies in the form OF wage-increaSe
announcements, made or contemplat-
ed The Tidewater Oil Co. approved
q general wage increase Of S per cent
effective June !, while the Standard
Oil Co. Of New Jersey said a similar
increase had been proposed to operat-
ing subsidiaries.
st. Louis Retailers Firm.
The Associated Retailers OF ST.
Louis. comprising 29 Of the city's larg-
est retail stores, announced in full
page newspaper advertisements: I'VE
propose to maintain present
wage structures"
TidAA n. heInp Ol DeHNeT, eeperal
manager Of the Great Western Sugar
Co.. said his firm would continue to
operate under the N r. A.. but that
future action would depend upon study
Of the court decision.
Two large mail-order houses an
nounced continuance Of present wages
and hours of working. Sewell Avery.
president of Montgomery Ward q Co.
said his firm would continue as at
present for its $4,000 employees. Gen.
Robert E. Wood. president of Sears.
Roebuck g. Co., said present arrange
ments would be maintained with 49,
900 employees
Industrial leaders in Texas indicat-
ed they contemplated no substantial
changes.
Evening star., 1935-05-29
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Fly Swatter Whisks Air
and Bags Ambitious
Blue Eagle.
BY PAUL MAILON.

A FULL explanation of how the
~ NJ r. A. got into the shape it
~ is now in may be found In an
\ unobserved order issued by it
about two weeks ago.
This one Of its last official acts
was very imposing. The heading
showed that 1t was enough to
frighten the wits of an average reader
II you have heart trouble perhaps
you had better not read 1t, but. right
up at the top, the paper was deco
rated with the following official
symbols:
Registry No. 1122/22; approved
code No. a<-A1; notice of opportunity
to be heard; administrative order No.
"a Ais" Any one could see from
that that the N. r. A. in this case
meant business
And the business 1t meant was dis
closed in the first paragraph of the
order. which said:
The fly stDatter manufacturing
industry, through the basic code
authority. has submitted an appt-
cation tor amendment to the ap.
peHutI JOT Sutu ny Su0tteT UtuHu>
featuring industry by deleting from
said appendix section ) thereof, as
set forth in schedule "A attached
hereto, and hereby made part
hereof"
The order contained 500 words just
as imposing as those here cited. They
simply meant that the price fixing
and some other features OF the fly
swatting code were going to be
amended. A hearing was going to
be held about it June in the office
of Deputy Administrator H. Ferris
White. and woe be unto any fly swat
tiers who failed TO agree.
Evening star., 1935-05-29
LABOR BILL FOE YIELDS

The American Civil Liberties Union
notified Senator Wagner, Democrat,
of New York today it had withdrawn
its opposition TO his labor disputes bill.
expressed at Senate committee hear
ings on the measure.
A referendum of the unions men,
bership made it perfectly clear that
the union is divided on the issue"
Harry F. Ward. chairman. said In a
letter to Wagner.
Evening star., 1935-05-29

A lot OF N. r. A. omcialS, including
Mr.. White, probably worked long and
hard on the problems OF this praise
worthy industry. The preparation of
the order must have occupied a lawyer
for three days. You may suspect
their work was all in vain because
of the Supreme Court decision, but it
may not turn out that way.
Some N. R. A. critics are unofficially
moving to take up a collection to
chisel the fy-swatting order in stone
as an epitaph for the Blue Eagle.
One sentence will be added at the
bottom
Here lies the N r. A. It wore
itself out Swatting flies"
Post -m0rtem.
The best New Dealers are now say
ing. of the record, that II they had
codified the 10 or IL major industries
Of the country, and let the rest 60,
the N. r. A. would not only have been
constitutional. but would have become
popular and successful.
Looking back. they are willing to
concede privately that the point where
they made their first mistake was in
the blanket application of the Blue
Eagle All expansions undertaken
since then only amplified the original
error.
This is not entirely second guess
ing. The issue Dds hotly debated
on the inside at the time. The
dominating N. r. A. group took the
position that it had to codity euery-
body il it was going to codity any,
body.
Right at that point is where the
N. r. A. movement got out of the
realm Of interstate commerce and into
the grave where the Supreme Court
now has buried its good features as
we'll as the bad.
What fioored the New Dealers about
the court decision was the unanimity
Of it. They knew 1t was going to be
bad, but they did not know it would
be that bad. They had no advance
warning Of its sweeping character.
You could tell from the looks on their
ffNs when they heard about 1t.
Biddle Tosses in Sponge.
A good example Is what happened
in hearing being conducted by the
National Labor Relations Board.
Chairman Biddle was presiding when
the decision was brought in. He in
terrupted the witness on the stand
and announced:
We'll, gentlemen, there seems to be
no reason for going on any further
with this
The attorney for a union asked that
the witness be permitted to conclude
his testimony for the record. and this
was permitted.
The NeW Deal cro,Ud ipas more
anxious to learn tChat the Supreme
Court UouId say about the N. r. A.
than they ,Dere about the gold de-
cision. Labor Department Solicitor
Wyzanski arranged special secret
cable code 80 his office could flash
him the ne,Us Dhile he attended
the labor meeting at the League OF
Nations headquarters in GeneUa.
Different States of the Union were
selected to designate various rulings
Thus, Arizona would mean the court
had ruled N. r. A. out; New York
would mean the intrastate phases were
adjudged illegal.
What they should have cabled him
was the name of the one State he for
got to mention: Little America"
Evening star., 1935-05-29
--A==-, -,
Congre.sAi Brief
TODAY.

Senate.
Debates motion to take up bill
abolishing public utility holding COM
panies.
Agriculture Committee takes up re-
writing of A. A. A. amendments.
House.
Meets at noon tor miscellaneous
business.
Ways and Means Committee con-
siders possibility Of salvaging some Of
liquor codes.
TOMORROW.
Senate.
Probably will not be In session.
Banking subcommittee continues
hearings on omnibus banking bill
House.
Will not pe In session.
Evening star., 1935-05-29
FORGOTTEN WOMAN"
Defeated for Congress, She Wears
Barrel in Protest Parade.

PORTLAND. Oreg.. May 20 (P.-
Miss Grace Wick. who was nominated
for Congress at beer garden conven-
ton here last Fall, now believes she
Is "one Of the forgotten women of the
New Deal
Wearing only a barrel. inscribed
with caustic slogans. she staged a
"one-woman" protest parade through
the downtown streets yesterday. Blast
ing Republicans and Democrats alike,
she declared those in power had pre-
vented her from obtaining any re-
munerative public Office. She was de-
feated by Judge e. K. Ekwall in the
congressional race.
Evening star., 1935-05-29
0rganist Accused of Abduction.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, May 2s R).-
Henry w. Simpson. 29-year-old church
organist. accused of abducting 13-year-
old Eleanor Sphmaus. was held in
bail of $2.500 today for action of the
grand jury. Detective George O'Con-
nor told Magistrate Sylvester Sab
batino that Simpsons alleged affair
with the child had been going on for
five years.
Evening star., 1935-05-29
MARRIAGE DEFERRED

LOS ANGELES. May 90 (P).-Ruth
Moody of Denver, film actress. an
nounced yesterday that plans for her
marriage in June to Lester stoeffen.
tennis star. have been altered.
We're still in love an still engaged"
Miss Moody said, but I'm only l9
years of age and still have plenty Of
time for marriage. I want a chance
first 10 learn whether 1 can be q sue
cess in pictures"
Miss Moody still wears Stoeffen's
engagement ring.
Evening star., 1935-05-29
Slot Machine Tax Passed

TALLAHASSEE. Fla, May 20 R).-
The Senate yesterday passed House.
approved measure leealizing and tax
ing slot machines, but gave the reve-
nue. to old-sge pensions, instead of
to the State treasury, as provided In
trz House bill.
Evening star., 1935-05-29
HAM AND EGGS IN JAIL
Panhandler Asks 8 Months to Get
Good Breakfast for Change.

PHILADELPHIA R.-Magistrate
r. Charles Medway and Paul Dewitt,
alleged panhandler, met, with the
bar of justice between them, about
breakfast time.
Judge" said Dewitt, "can you give
me three months? I'd like to have
some ham and eggs for a change"
Medway gave him three months
and q ham-and-egg breakfast, but
told Dewitt he would have to subsist
on regular prison fare for the other
80 days.