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Evening star., 1935-07-06
CRACK ARMY UNIT
MAY GUARD GOLD
Plans for U. S. Pit.vauIt in
Kentucky Revealed in
Fund Request.
BY the Associated Press.

Plans for burying millions Of dollars
in gold In . subterranean vault in the
middle Of Fort Knox, KY, and for pro-
tecting 1t with . powerful Army force
have been disclosed here through re-
quests for funds with which to carry
out the project.
The War Department yesterday ap-
piled for $2.238,06e from the work
relief fund to improve 9nd expand the
fort, and Army officiaH ut the same
time revealed they plan to make the
Kentucky post the headquarters Of the
mechanical forces Of the Army.
Coincidentally, Treasury sources in
dicated the $450, 900 needed for build
ing the subterranean repository already
had been earmarked from the public
works fund. Into 1t would be moved
millions in gold from Philadelphia and
New York. continuing the Treasury's
policy Of transferring the metal inland,
away from coastal cities more vulner-
able 10 enemy attack.
Unit Already Mschanixed.
The Army's only completely me-
chanized Army unit already Is sta
toned at Fort Knox. 1t Is q highly
mobile force, made up among other
things Of armored cars carrying high
power machine guns, radios and other
equipment. The expansion plans
would make the Army even better able
to move In fast, modern fashion in
any direction to protect this gold.
The Cavalry at the fort will move
in fast armored cars. There also will
be an Artillery unit whose guns will
be swung to trailers that speed along
behind fast motors.
BY far the larger part Of the 81
238,066 which the division Of applica-
tions announced had been asked by
the Army for the fort was to 70 for
making the mechanized feet sta
toned there more mobile.
How Funds Divided.
Some Of the fund was to 20 for
building and reconstructing houses al
ready there. bit other items included: !:
Paved aprons and runways, 10000;
approaches to new ordnance shop,
So,OOO' ROADS, service TO new hangar
area. 5000: magazine area improve
ments, $40, 900; grading, draining, en-
largement anc improvement Of land
ing field. $l2S. 900; walks, roads, drain.
age and railroad spur track, 1929 900:
macadam surface Wilson road, s50,-
600: reconditioning utility systems.
$l63,000; rehabilitating bridge and
constructing new Porter River road,
$3.50, 900; improvements to grounds,
500 600; hospital garage. 5000; re-
constructing hangar. $4,000; grading
and drainage, $1,000; graveling road
bed and drainage culvert, $4,000.
The fund was split into two sec
tions, one Of which asked for $555,-
1855. and the other 81 $l,682,310-each
section entitled for new building, re-
construction and other improvements
at Fort Knox"
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e BILLS TIGHTEN
.L0NG'SPATRONAGE
Huey Smiles OFF Opposition
as He Directs Obedient
Majority.
BY the Associated Press.

BATON ROUGE, La. July s.
Laughing off the Intellectual thrusts Of
his opposition, Senator Huey P. Long
today prepared to skim the patronage
cream from his political enemies milk
by legislation.
With his 26-bill program, designed
to put virtual end to local self-gov-
ernment in the State, already well on
its way toward final passage. Senator
Long radiated good cheer as he di-
rected his obedient majority in the
special session Of the Louisiana Legis-
lature, called to tighten his grip on
the States politics.
Standing out among the bills Is the
one placing all non elective State and
municipal officers under the State
Civil Service Commission. which is
controlled by Longs administration.
Still another measure will clinch the
Senator's hiring and firing privileges
over the States $4,000 school teachers
by giving the controlled State Budget
Committee the right to reject sug-
gested teacher appointments.
Various other measures will put the
finishing touches on Longs invasion Of
the executive powers Of his old enemy,
Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley of New
Orleans.
E.R. A. FUNDS TO STOP.
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Gold Mine Strike Over.

JUNEAU. Alaska. July 6 P).-The
big Alaska Juneau gold mine, closed
for As days by q strike. resumed op-
erations YESTERDAY.
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below the equator on the progress
being made In cotton planting in
Brazil, the challenge to United States
cotton leadership, are reminiscent in
the cotton trade Of attempts made by
other countries to wrest the number
one position from America.
Early this season Brazil was ex-
pected to produce o crop Of approxi-
mately 1900, 900 bales. Latest reports
indicate that an exportable surplus Of
around $4,000 bales win be all that
the South American republic viii add
to the world export trade.
While there has been O fairly large
increase In foreign srowths In the past
two years the Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics in recent survey Of the
world cotton situation pointed cut
that any sizabls advance IN the price
OF raw cotton always brought an
increased production in the world.
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D. c. LIVING COSTS
&PCT. Of 192325
Food and Rent Factors in
Putting Capital High
Among Cities.

Cost Of living in the District OF
Columbia was nearer the average OF
1e23-1s25 than any other large city
in the country at the end of the frst
quarter of 1885. the Department OF
Labor reported today.
With the national figure set at 80.5
on the basis of 1923-l925 as 100,
Washington touched 85.3, mainly
through increases in food and rental
costs over the last quarter of 1884.
The percentage of change in the
price Of food from last November to
March was ST. per cent, in rent, 0.5
per cent. The rise in all items here
WAS 16 per cent. slightly less than
the Nationwide living cost increase
for this period of l8 per cent.
During the November-Marchp period.
clothing in the Capital decreased in
price IT per cent, while it mounted
2 per cent in the country as a whole;
fuel and light fell of 0.4 per cent,
miscellaneous decreased is per cent
and the average level of house fur
nishing goods remained the same.
washington lOTWdIu IuSi oo"oA ~
the index of a decade ago Is given its
main impetus by rentals. the Labor
Department survey shows.
Rent here today is S4,2 per cent
of what 1t was in 1925. Portland, Me-,
at TIT. is closest to Washington in
this respect. The figure for Baltimore
Is 70.1, for Richmond 68.7. for New
York. 75.5, for Los Angeles, 44.3, for
the United States 626.
Local figures higher than national
figures in the index charting the
course toward the level of 10 years
ago are in all items. District of Co.
lumbia 85.3, United States 80.5; food
District of Columbia 826, United
States 1876; rent; household furnish
ing goods. District of Columbia 1874,
United States rs; miscellaneous, Dis
trict of Columbia GIL, United States
e68.
The Capital lags behind the rest
Of the country in clothing, fuel and
light.
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Random
THIS WEATHER.

ABOUT THIS WEAIHEH
~ dolly enough, the penguins
4 and white bears from the
I polar extremes are standing
~ the Washington heat at the
Zoo as well, If not better. than the
natives of equatorial veldt and jungle
the big cats, the elephants and even
some types OF snakes!
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RANCH TO Be IN CITY
Sheep Required for Health Lab

Sheep Required for Health Lab
oratory at Nashville.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. [P.-There'a q
going to be q sheep ranch" In the
heart of Nashville.
DR.. w. c. williams, State health
commissioner. has mapped out q
sheep farm" right next to the de-
partment's new building across the
street from the State Capitol
1t seems the department needs
healthy sheep for laboratory work and
feels that If it raises the sheep itself
the sheep will be good ones.
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scratched. well, that's that" he
thought and went about his work.
Inexperience In the clerks case,
ALL-BRITISH.

Practically everything except the
bricks and the steel that iDent into
the building OF the British EN-.
bassy 10 Engltsh-made. Euen the
Water, heating and se,oaoe pipes
were shipped from England. ana
instailatton tcas delayed because
English plumbing 10 not 'of the
proper size to connect wtth Ameri-
can standard pipes. Heating sys-
tenn pipes Dere routed through
the part Of the cellar iohere tDines
were to be kept, and II Was neces.
sdry to install cooling system to
preserve the ,Dines at the proper
temperature. One OF the striking
features OF the British Embassy
10 the prevalence Of fine chintses.
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F. e. r. A. FUNDS TO STOP.

NEW ORLEANS. July 8 (P.-Re-
lief Administrator Frank II. Peterman
said today the Federal Emergency Re-
lief Administration will discontinue
paying employees Of the Public Health
and Safety Departments of New Or
leans If the Long g-controlled State ad-
ministration sei5es control of these de-
partments.
These workers are now Federal
clients, employed by the F. E. R. A.
and paid by the F. E. r. A." he said.
There will be no politicalization as
long as they are F. E. r. A. clients, re-
ceiving Government compensation.
IF the State takes over these de-
partments, the State will be expected
to operate these Departments and pay
those men with State, not F. E. r. A.
funds"
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All Of which reminds US Of the
Alaskan "sour dough" who mushed
here with dog team from the Yukon
and complained of the chilly weather
in Washington.
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ONLY ONE WOMAN.

ONLY ONE WOMAN.
Although famous for its parks
and statuary, the National Capt.
tai has only one equestrian statue
to tDoman. That stands in
Meridian Hill Park at the head
OF the cascades and ,ods erected
to Joan OF Arc. 1t Is the gift OF
the Society OF France in NeD York.
KEEPING HER NOSE UP.
I'LL Is q big collie dog with an in
-" born fear of thunderstorms and
fire crackers.
In her case this fear takes the
strange form Of . desire to hide in
empty bath tubs. For years, while
the family summered on South River.
near Annapolis, they had to kick jill
out of the tub whenever a thunder
storm approached-and she darted
back again as soon as an opportunity
presented itself.
Finally 1t was decided to attempt
to break her of this habit. The tub
was Allied to the brim with cold water
when lowering clouds approached.
There was q clap Of thunder. All
rushed to the bath to see how the
treatment would work. They found
Jill calmly sitting in the tub COM
pletely immersed to the tip OF her
nose, sticking out periscope fashion.
CHESS RELICS.
Among the curtos on exhibit In
the hall OF cardinals at George
fown Unipersty are three remark
able sets of chessmen. One is the
hondiiDork OF EdWard Lang, Of
Oberammergau. famous Passion
player. The parious fouretsup-
posed to represent types from the
Thirty Years War-dre carved
from apple and cherry mood and
i0ere fUe years in the making.
The other sets are in iuory. One
belonged to Commodore Stephen
Decatur, Whle the third is OF
Chinese workmanship. the history
Of Dhich has not been traced.
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DRESS HELPS SAVE GIRL
FROM SWOLLEN RIVER
Frock Holds Child on Surface
Until Rescued by Steam
Crane Operator.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DES MONIES, Iowa. July GA
eingham dress and a quick-thinking
steam crane operator united yesterday
to save 7-year-old Conception Bel
arano from death in the flooded Des
Moines River here.
Losing her balance, Conception top
pied off a railroad bridge into the
water 20 feet below. AS she fell her
dress billowed out like parachute.
When she struck the water the air
remaining below her dress kept her
afloat.
Crane Operator James Hiskey, work
ing nearby, swan into the swollen
stream and caught the girl.
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w ashington Wayside
Random Observations Of Interesting
Events and Things.

dangerous transport routes in the
country from the standpoint Of bad
weather. Never in all his travels has
he 90 much a. scratched . finger.
Now. however. poor Jerry Ii on his
back In bed and he will stay there for
weeks. Escaping all the reputed
hazards Of air travel, he succumbed
to the dangerous bathtub. while at
tempting to adjust shower bath in q
Pittsburgh hotel, he fell, dislocatins
several vertabrae and fracturing the
coccyx bone.
A LOSER" WINS.
A HOT race tip was going the
rounds at Police Court. It was
spread literally and with such assur-
ance that it made the blood run fast
in Q veteran clerk. who knew little or
nothing (mostly nothing about the
gee-gees.
After cautious inquiry, the novice
found where he could place q bet on
the sure thing" and forthwith did.
That night he scanned the results
and found his choice had been
Evening star., 1935-07-06
BRAZILIAN COTTON
THREAT SEEN OVER
ExportabIe Surplus Placed
at $50, 900 Bales in
New Estimate.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, July s.-China,
Russia, India, the English colonies
and now Brasil have all taken their
turn ut being threats to American
cotton supremacy and through It all
the Southern States have rolled mer-
rily on as the greatest cotton-produc-
Ing area In the world.
Many reports currently issuing from
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DIESEL CAR TRIP ENDS

1US Gallons or Fuel USed on
Cross-Country Tour.
LOS ANGELES, July 6 CP).-The
first lightweight Diesel power-built
motor car built in this country ar
rived here yesterday from New York
over a 3,774-mile route. 1t used 109
gallons of fuel oil costing $7.63, the
drivers said.
They were Clessie L. Cummins,
builder of the engine, and Fred
Duesenberg, son of August Deusen-
berg, automobile engineer.
The car handled as flexibly as any
gasoline burning car I ever drove, :"
Duesenberg said.
Evening star., 1935-07-06
Former Convict Slain.

NEW YORK, July OP.-Gerardo
tBig Jerry) Magazzero, %, former
convict, was slain and three bystand-
ers, one a boy of IL, were wounded
last night in gun battle on Brook
lyn street.
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CHESS RELICS.
PORCELAIN DOOM.

Jerry J. oDONOVAN. former pro-
" fessionel golf star. who for several
years was traf1ic manager for Pennsyl-
vania Airlines in Washington and
who now Is assistant traf1ic manager
for the whole system, for eight years
has Travelled by air an average Of
nearly 10000 miles . month.
Month after month, year after year,
he has flown over one of the most
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GERMANS PLAY.
PH|LA. TEAM

In keeping with the German
American soccer clubs policy of
furnishing local fans with high
class competition, the powerful
German Hungarians Of Philadel-
phia invade Benning field tomor-
row at 2:30 p. m.
The Quakertown boys bring to
Washington a record that any
team would be proud. They are
runners-up to the Philadelphia
German Americans, national anna
teur champions of the United
States for the past two years.
Four of the German Hun
garians placed on the all-star
team of Pennsylvania-Mike Hof,
goalie; Joe Pesek, left half; John
Brownlee, inside left, and Mike
Lambert, center forward, are these
players.
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QUIZ
POISONING
By PADDOCK

BOWIE RACE TRACK, Md,
April 10. Track officials today
were still investigating the poison
ing of two thoroughbreds here
yesterday, Mrs. John Hay Whit
ney's HoW's Chances and j. E.
Smallman's Canter Boy. Both
horses were entered to start in the
fifth race yesterday.
DR.. William P. Collins, veteri-
marian, stated this morning that
both thoroughbreds had been
tempered with by one individual,
and an examination today dis
closed traces of poison.
The stewards have called upon
Trainer w. j. Norton, who is han
ding the string for Mrs. Whitney,
and Trainer Alexandra, who han
dies the powerful stable of j. E.
Smallman, for the names of en-
ployes around their barns. Both
trainers stated that they have a
Waterman day and night and can
not account for the tampering of
the thoroughbreds.
Officials will give out a state
ment at race time on the investi-
CATION made by Track Superin-
tendent Dick Pending, who is
working with private detectives.
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BIC, N|NESFORN|
FOR SEASON

Eight baseball teams have been
formed at the Boys Club of Wash
ington for the season. Three of
these are in the pewee class. two
in the insect, two in the midget
and one in the junior division.
Three games were supposed to
have been played today, but wet
grounds interfered. These games
will be played next Saturday
They'll find the Boys Club Pewees
meeting the Georgetown Boys
Club Pewees, Diamond No. 3 at l
.. M, the Boys Club Midgets
facing the Joe Kuhels on the East
Ellipse at II a. m. and the Boys
Club Insects engaging the George
town Boys Club Insects at D. m.
on Diamond No. 4.
Athletic Director Charlie Rev.
noldS plans organizing a city
wide Boys Club baseball league
shortly. More information on
this will be announced later.
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ords, Lorraine GULL, Queen of
the Drives" holds two Of the
toughest, the women'S three
games set, 433, and the women's
nine-game all-events mark, TIA,
both rolled in Baltimore last year.
Incidentally, the all-events total
is also a worlds record.
Northeast Temple smacked out
a tournament standard with its
1855 team championship winning
total this year, and Georgetown
Recreation had established high
team game mark with 500 at
Hartford in 1888.
Hold Two of Them
The Lucky Strike girls chalked
up high game and high set rec
ords, CAT and 1862, capturing the
women'S crown in Baltimore last
year.
Evelyn Ream and Red" Megaw
are sharing other tournament
marks. Ream's 167 individual
game, achieved at Baltimore last
year in the doubles, was tied in
the tournament just closed by
Kathleen Stevens, of Norfolk.
Margaret Lynn and Eddie Espey
turned in the highest mixed dou-
bleS game that a cursory ex-
aminations of the records reveals,
when they rolled 271 in the re.
cent tournament.
Own Nine Records
Thus Washington bowlerS own
outright or have a finger in nine
tournament marks. Hartford,
Conn.,, boast two marks all their
own, and a share of another,
with Baltimore and Richmond
CONTINUED on Page IS, Col. ~
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FR|Ck n A ES
UNP|RES

NEW YORK, April 13.-Ford C..
Prick, president of the National
League, today announced the fol-
lowing setup of umpires working
games, Tuesday, opening day of
the major leagues:
At Boston-Cy Rigler, Dolly
Stark and Babe Pinelli.
At neutrality-suspicious. Rear
don, Bill Stewart and Viggy Sears.
At Chicago - Ernie Quigley,
Charlie Moran and Cy Pfirman.
At Cincinnati - Bill KLEIN,
George Magerkurth and George
Barr.
With the exception of Pinelli,
all the National League umpires
are veterans. Pinelli, a former
White Sox and Cincinnati Reds
infielder, umpired in the Pacific
Coast League last season.
Sears took up his job of calling
them" in the middle of last sea-
son.
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ing to the parks every year.
Have a cigar, etc!"
However, Prick is too Shrewd
an observer of baseball to be
sounding off in April. He knows
the upsets which beset the game
and doesn't intend to have any
spring ghosts haunting him next
autumn.
1 will say this for the 80.
year-old executive, a product OF
the HooSier State: No man ever
faced a tougher organization
situation than he did last De-
cember when he took over the
National League reins. Finan.
cial disaster in the camp of the
Boston Braves, whose park was
threatened to be taken over by
the dog-racing people, together
with sagging places elsewhere in
the league, made his berth no
bed of roses. He manipulated
the deal which took Ruth to
Boston and has the loop straight
ened out in such a manner that
it has about cornered all of the
real color at the expense of the
American League.
All-Star Sale Huge
And since we seem to be
overlooking with figures today,
may we remind you that the
All-Star game in Cleveland
next July 8 between the hand
picked aces of the two big
leagues, will probably set some
sort Of a record in baseball
attendances.
Seventy-seven thousand seats
is the seating capacity of the
huge Cleveland Stadium, 10000
of which are unrese
bleacher seats, with $1,000 re-
served. Of this latter number,
$4,000 have been sold. There
isn't single one of the 1892
box seats still for sale.
The July 8 classic will be the
third annual All-Star baseball
game, staged largely for the
benefit of the Retired Profes-
siona1 Ball Players Association.
The first one occurred in Chi
cago, ComiSkey Park, July 6,
1888, when 47,595 responded to
what then was termed an expert.
ment. The idea took hold so
well and so pleased were the CO.
operating leagues with the re.
suits that it was decided to make
it an annual affair, the second
edition of which packed the Polo
Grounds in New York last July,
when 48,463 clicked the turn
siles. The American Leaguers
have won both all-star games
played SO farm 1888 by to 2,
and last year by 9 to 7.
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Skeet and Golf
I tournament
Scheduled

P1NEHURsT, N. c., April
13.-Golf and shooting will be
combined in a novel tourna-
ment here next week. The
North and South Skeet and
Golf Handicap, scheduled for
April 10 and 10, will consist
of 18 holes of golf and 100
skeet targets. Three trophies
will be awarded, one to the
combination handicap winner,
and one each to the best gross
score in golf and skeet.
The scores will be based on
whether net results are better
or worse than par. Par for
skeet is SO, that for golf de-
pendent on the course selected.
If a markSman should shoot
90 at skeet and SO on a par
II course, his final combined
score would be minus 2.
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PICKUPS AND PUTOUTS
Rx GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Where would duckpins be if it
weren't for the unfIinching sup
port given by pioneers such as
John A. FerralI, general director
of the Agriculture Interbureau
Lacquer. Identified with the
game for over 20 years, Ferrall
has never lost interest in the
game. Jack POlkinhOrn local
swimmer, will return to Ocean
City, N. j., as a life guard this
summer. Paul MeSSink, mana
ger of Hecht's, and Vic RistOn,
manager of Kann's, are looking
ahead to the approaching De-
partment Store Baseball League
season. 1t won't be Arville