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Evening star., 1936-05-04
JUDGE Rebukes Traffic Officer.
Frees Man Held on -Four Counts

upon emerging from the alley. The
court also believes that he drove on
the wrong side Of the street, but be-
cause he has been brought in here on
four petty charges, instead Of being
charged with reckless driving, I will
take his personal bond. Oficers are
not going to be allowed to clutter up
my court with petty cases."
Nelson, who said at the time Of his
arrest that he was on his way to work
at the City Post Office, pleaded not
guilty to all the charges. He was ar
rested Saturday on First street be-
tween X and H. where Lubore said he
found him travelling at IS or 40 miles
an hour.
Nelson could have been fined $l25
on the four counts, but only 500 on
reckless driving, charge on which
defendant may demand jury trial.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
DR.. JOHNSON Dies;
LAW SCHOOL DEAN
Chancellor of National Uni.
versity Victim of Heart
Attack.

DR.. Hayden johnson, chancellor Of
National University and dean of the
Law School, died of heart attack at
2 am. today at his home. 2107 Nine
teenth street. He had been Ill for
several weeks.
Death brought a close to an active
career as a prominent Washington
lawyer and educator, which began 40
years ago when DR.. johnson was
graduated from the Georgetown UNI
versity Law School and entered pri-
vate practice. He served 20 years as
a member Of the District Bar Ex-
amining Committee and three years
as president of the District Board Of
Education.
Associates in both organizations to-
day extolled him for faithful leader
ship in educational and legal reform.
DR.. johnson is credited with achiev-
ing minimum requirements of high
school education for admission to the
Evening star., 1936-05-04

Judge Edward M. Curran mounted
the bench in Traffic Court for the first
time today and took the personal bond
Of a colored man charged with speed
ing, failure to halt at stop sign, driv-
ing on the wrong side Of the street and
emerging from an alley without stop
ping at the crosswalk.
The jurist then gave the arresting
officer, I. Lubore, a verbal spanking
for not making the charge reckless
driving.
There is no question in the mind Of
this court that this defendant is guilty
Of speeding" Judge Curran, who be-
came jurist only two months ago,
said In the case Of Clyde Davis Nelson,
80, colored, of 1911 Harvard street.
'The court Is also convinced that
he failed to stop at the stop sign and
Evening star., 1936-05-04
BY CARLISLE BARGERON.

A reorganization within the Repub-
lican National Committee is to take
place within the next day or so. The
appointment Of Bruce Barton as pub
licity director, may be announced at
any time and, after 1t, there is ex-
pected to be some kind Of change
which will take the focus of the
professors with whom the New Dealers
have been having the time Of their
lives.
There has been a general feeling
that the committee has got of on
the wrong foot, and this. together with
other happenings, has created an air
Of defeatism in Republican ranks here,
which it Is felt has been reflected over
the country generally. Just how
Evening star., 1936-05-04

MEXICO CITY, May 4 @.-Dis-
patche. from the State of Chihuahua
reportei today two soldiers and a
civilian were killed and one soldier
wounded when Catholics at Ciudad
Camargo organized q demonstration
to persuade authorities to reopen
churches there.
The dispatches said the mayor Of
the town called federal troops after
the crowd refused to disband and q
clash between the demonstrators and
the soldiers resulted.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, May IA Socialist govern
ment for France was in prospect to-
day as the result Of yesterdays
parliamentary election.
Leon Blum, Socialist and leader Of
his party, announced he was ready
to take over the power.
The Socialists will be the largest
party in the new Chamber Of Depu-
ties with 146 seats, and they claimed
the right to head peoples front"
government with Blum considered the
likely premier.
The peoples front parties-Social-
ist, Radical-socialists and Communists
swept the polls.
Blum, in a manifesto, declared the
Socialists were ready to fill our right
full role, which Is to form and lead
peoples front government"
Difficulty Is Seen.
Dificulty in forming a peoples front
cabinet, however, was seen in a re-
quest by Blum for common action" In
the government. This was interpreted
in Chamber Of Deputies lobbies as
meaning that Blum wants his Com
munist allies to enter the cabinet, and
1t was expected that they would refuse
to do so.
Under the French constitution, the
present cabinet remains in office until
the new Chamber of Deputies con-
venes June /.
In spite of Blum's self-assurance
that he himself likely would head a
peoples front" government, specula-
ton persisted as to which Of the
Leftit leaders would head the new
chamber majority.
Blum Logical Choice.
Commentators contended that Ed
Guard Daladier, president Of the Radi-
cal-Socialist party, or Premier Albert
Sarraut, q moderate Radical, were
candidates for the post Of equal
prominence with Blum.
The ordinary procedure, if the
Saraut government resigns, would
dictate that President Albert Lebrun
choose q new premier-designate from
the ranks of the Socialist group. The
logical man then would be Blum,
head Of the party.
One man was in q hospital and
five others were recovering from lesser
injuries incurred in a fight between
political rivals in Bordeaux last night.
With all but four of the 618 dis
tricts accounted for, the returns
showed this standing: Left, 378;
Center, 1877; Right, 80.
The Peoples Front" Of Communists,
Socialists and Radical-Socialists polled
more than 100000 of the total vote of
! 10000 in returns available from
yesterdays run-of elections.
The United Socialist party, taking
at least las Of tn. 618 seats in the
chamber, became the strongest single
party, displacing the NOR. moderate
adical-Socialists, who predominated
in the last Chamber, but had won only
lis seats for the new house. The
Communists took 50 seats.
The defeat Of the Nationalist Right
groups was regarded generally as lit
tie short of q rout, In view Of their
showing, as compared to their pre-
election claims.
Col. Francois de Ia ROGUE, leader
Of the aationalistic war veterans or
ganization, Croix de Feu, had called
upon his followers to "vote for the
most nationanstic candidates and
against the Peoples Front"
Evening star., 1936-05-04
Bruce Barton Slated to Head
Publicity in G.. O. p. Shake-Up %

far the reorganization is to 60 Is not
known, but it is understood there is
to be a pretty general overhauling.
The man behind the guns is w. B.
Bell, head of the American Cyanamid
Co., who is the head Of the Republican
Finance Committee. 1, Bell feels very
strong about the New Deal. and
when he took over the business Of
raising money for the Republican
campaign it was no idle gesture with
him.
That he has taken the business Of
raising money seriously is indicated
by the fact that the last report of the
Republican committee showed more
than 100000 in contributions.
But aside from raising money Bell
(See BARTON, Page A-e)
Evening star., 1936-05-04
ROOSEVELT FACES
MARYLAND TEST
Col. Breckenridge Will Seek
Delegates in Primary
Today.
By the Associated Press.

Voters Of four States, starting with
Maryland today, ballot this week in
preferential primaries.
Maryland-Democratic contest be-
tween President Roosevelt and Col.
Henry Breckinridge of New York.
California-Three Democratic and
two Republican tickets are entered for
tomorrow's primaries. On the Repub-
lican side the choice lies between a
slate pledged to ALI M. Landon of
Kansas and an uninstructed one. On
the Democratic side In addition to
President Roosevelt the names Of
Upton Sinclair and Representative
John S. McGroarty were involved.
Both Sinclair and McGroarty, though
nominal candidates for President, ex-
pressed support for President Roose-
velt Sinclair said he aimed at an
EPIC" plank in the Democratic plat
form, while McGroarty wants Town
send plan plank.
South Dakota-President Roosevelt
was unopposed in tomorrow's primary.
On the Republican side, the struggle
was between eight delegates pledged
to Senator Borah of Idaho and an
uninstructed slate claimed by sppport-
ers of Landon.
Alabama-President RooSevet's Is
the only name on the ballot in Tues
days presidential preference primary.
Leaders said he was assured Of Ala
bama's % votes at the Democratic
convention. Democrats also will select
the party nominees for a United
States Senatorship and eight posts in
the National House.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
3 IN FAMILY DIE
Four Killed in Crash in Iowa.
8 Others of Household Hurt.


8 Others of Household Hurt.
ALGONA, Iowa, May 4 @.-An
automobile accident which caused the
death Of four persons at nearby Lu-
verne took the lives of three in one
family and injured three other MEM
bers Of the same household, Coroner
r. A. Evans reported yesterday.
The dead in the tragedy, which oc-
CURED Saturday night, were: Herbert
Will, As, Luverne: his daughters, Lokis,
10, and Jeannette, 18, and Mrs. Ar
thur Look, 81, Luverne, wife of mail
carrier.
Three other children Of the viii
family-Hardy, Is; Robert, is, and a
baby-were injured. Howard Barton,
an employe Of Look, also was hurt.
Evening star., 1936-05-04

CHUNGKING, Szechwan, China.
May 4 CP).-A heavy earthquake shook
Northwest Szechwan Province today.
killing a small number Of inhabitants.
The area hardest hit is mountainous.
1t was the second severe earthquake in
q week.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
Explosion Injuries 8 Firemen.

ST. LOUIS, May CP-Nine fire.
men received minor injuries in
chemical explosion yesterday while
fighting a fire in q manufacturing
plant here. They were treated at
City Hospital for face and hand burns
suffered when chemicals stored in the
plant exploded from contact with
We ter.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
Wife, Dining, Slain.

NEW ORLEANS @-Police re-
ported today that John Walthers. 49,
year-old relief worker, shot his wife
to death In a breakfast-table quarrel,
shot and seriously wounded two Of his
step-children and then fired q bullet
into his own brain, critically wound
ing himself.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
"Leper Apostle" Honored.

ANTWERP, Belgium, May R.-
The body of Father Damien, Belgium'S
famous "leper apostle" who spent
most of his life on the leper island Of
Molakai, Hawaiian Islands, was re-
turned yesterday to his native soil.
King Leopold himself was at the
quay to receive the body. The United
States was represented today by Am
hassador Dave Hennen Morris.
Evening star., 1936-05-04

Throughout the Ethiopian capital,
Engert said, random firing con-
tinued unabated" and that several
buildings "are still ablaze." After the
first attack on the legation, sub
machine gun was added to the lega-
tion's meager armory. Brought in by
an Ethiopian policeman, it was of
Italian make.
President Roosevelt kept in close
touch with the situation, receiving
official dispatches from the State De-
partment as fast as they were re-
corded there. There was no White
House comment, however, on the at
tack on the American Legation.
Describes First Attack.
In describing the first assault on
the legation, the Minister said VIII
liam L. Pitts and Cecil F. Cavanah,
naval radio men; Vice Consul Robert
L. Hunter, John Spencer and Hart
man, Russian clerk, rushed fear
1essly to take up strategic positions"
Native servants, including cooks,
rushed to the defense with revolvers,
spears and swords, helping a depleted
garrison make a show Of numbers far
superior to the actual count.
after a brisk exchange of shots, in
the course Of which at least one bandit
was either killed or wounded, they
7Coe ETIIT0pTA Do 90 A-17
Evening star., 1936-05-04
President Decorated,

The Grand Cross Of Honor and
Merit Of the Cuban Red Cross was
conferred on President Roosevelt to.
day at brief White House cere-
mony.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
Contest in Maryland.

BALTIMORE, May (R.-Maryland
Democrats balloted in a preferential
primary today to decide if the States
Is national convention votes shall go
to President Roosevelt or Col Henry
Breckinridge, outspoken anti New
Dealer from New York.
The mandate of today's voting will
pledge the national delegates. Voters
have their choice Of casting for Roose-
velt, Breckinridge or for an unin-
(See POLITICS, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1936-05-04
BLUM IS READY
FORPREM|ERSH|P
French Socialist Leader
Considered Likely Choice
of Party in Power.

BACKGROUND
France. beset by financial troubles
and tOdr threats" of Hitler, has
been turning steadily Left politi-
cdlly. In elections April rs peoples
Front" Lettist order, made great
gains and insured vtctory in yes
terdays run-of. Rumors that Leon
Blum, Socialist leader, may head
new government hare been heard.
He has refused thus far to pdrtici-
pate in any government.
Evening star., 1936-05-04

(See JOHNSON, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1936-05-04

(See ETHIOPIA, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1936-05-04
WEATHER,

20. q. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Fair and cooler, with lowest tempera-
ture about 48 degrees tonight; tomorrow
fair and slightly warmer. Temperatures
Highest, 80, at 1 pm. yesterday: lowest,
so, at am. today. Full report on
Page Az.
Evening star., 1936-05-04

The only evening paper
in Washington with the
Associated Press News
and Wirephoto Services.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
Earthquake Kills Chinese.

(See HAGOOD, Page g.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
3 MEXICANS KILLED

(See ITALIAN, Page ~
Evening star., 1936-03-11
In the World of Music
Midweek News of Concerts and
Local Musical Activities.

including the Greek Ambassador and
the younger son Of former Premier
Venezelos. The program will feature
a group of Greek songs, "Yero Dimos,"
by Careri; Petritis' "Achtis" and
Samara's "Exomologhissis." The as
sisting artist will be Constantine CAL
linicos, pianist.
Bette Baum, pianist, and Nine. Elsa
Koppel, soprano. will be the guest
artists to be presented by the Con-
gressional Club on Friday. Nine. Kop-
pei will sing songs OF Schubert,
Brahms and Meyerbeer. Miss Baum
will play solos Of Beethoven. Chopin
and Rimsky-Korsikoff.
Walter T. Holt, director of the
Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Or
chestra and the Nordica Banjo Club,
will present these groups of players
in a concert at the Takoma Park Bap-
tist Church, Piney Branch road and
Aspen street, Friday evening under
the auspices Of the Baptist Young Peo-
pies Union. Assisting artists on the
program will be Mathilde Kolb Bart
lett, Franklin Armiger and Bob
Sutton.
The Marjorie Webster Sunday
School Class will sponsor q recital Fri
day at o'clock in the New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church. The pro-
gram will be given by Marjorie Web
ster. reader; Martha Stevens, accom-
panist; Evelyn Scott, violinist, and
Ina Holtzsheiter. soprano, with Mar
jorie Davis at the piano.
Evening star., 1936-03-11
Program by
String Group.
Interesting
Pro Arte Quartet En-
tertainment Includes
Piston's "No. l in G.
BY ALICE EYERSMAN.

o1 hAASE 6NLAtONAh4ts
HHE Pro Arte String Quartet. Al
- phonse Onnou and Laurent
Halleux, violinists; German Pre-
u vost, violinist, and Robert Mas.
cellist, gave another interesting pro-
gram featuring the compositions Of
modern writers. yesterday afternoon
at the Library Of Congress.
First on the program was Walter
Piston's Quartet, No. /, in c." played
here in February. 1894. by the Roth
Quartet. With the additional educa-
ton in modern musical workmanship
which this short period has brought,
Mr.. Piston's first quartet found truer
appreciation, its intrinsic worth being
of sterling character. Between two
stormy and passionate movements, he
has interpoSed an adagio Of gossamer
texture, exquisitely ethereal in mood.
He has written his first movement
with a rushing positiveness so full Of
passionate utterance as to leave the
listener breathless and which dies
down to cello theme Of poignant sig
nificance. Again the cello voice takes
up a plaintive melody over which the
muted strings Of the other instruments
hover with delicate fiutterings as light
as the movement Of bird wing.
Beauty and Delicaey.
The effect is one Of sheer beauty,
but of such delicate character that the
transition to a repetition of the drama
tic mood with which the quartet opens
makes it seem an illusionary interlude
The work is written with authority
and with skillful use of modern har-
monies. Mr.. Piston is an American,
born in 1894, in Rockland, Me.
In contrast. the Quartet, No 4, Op.
80" of Paul Hindemith is earth-bound
in all its four movements. 1t is o
solid composition Of hardy substance
in which the peasant spirit of virility
prevails over any attempt at further
flights of Imagination. The entire
work invites little speculation being on
an even level Of thought throughout,
although the passacaglia and fugato
stand out as the best examples OF
musical construction.
Same Pattern Of Ideas.
The program finished with Mozart's
Quartet In E Flat" OF all the earlier
writer's Mozart fits into the modern
idiom with less stressing of the dis
tance in thought channels. The
quartet played yesterday carries the
same pattern Of musical idea, but di-
rected by the mind of genius. Ele-
gance, grace and noble spirit run like
a thread Of gold woven into the fabric
with the unerring hand of q master.
No matter how unbiased is the attitude
toward modern musical art, nor how
willingly one seeks for the great gift,
one Is confronted again, when hearing
the older composers, with the pro-
foundness Of their sense Of truth and
with that unexplainable something
which is bestowed only at rare inter-
walls on musical creators.
For their devotion to the cause of
new music as well as for their artistic
interpretations of the old, the audience
greeted the members Of the quartet
with hearty. appreciation after each
number. A second concert by this
ensemble from Belgium will be given
next Tuesday afternoon.
Evening star., 1936-03-11
dore and more pictures dealing with

More and more pictures dealing with
various aspects Of British history are
scheduled for production. and despite
the large colony Of English actors
here, there still are not enough to fill
the role requiring authentic British
accents.
A Warner Brothers studio talent
scout is en- route to England to find
acting material for THE Charge Of the
Light Brigade" in which Errol Flynn
is starred. Olivia De Haviland will
be the only American in the gigantic
cast of characters. With q typical
twist of Hollywood contrariness, how
ever, the part Of the prim and proper
British Florence Nightingale, in the
film Of that name, will be played by
an American, Kay Francis.
In an endeavor to continue on the
screen where the late Florenz Ziegfeld
left of on the stage. Hollywood's own
Sam Goldwyn is planning a series
Of musical specials under the title
"Goldwyn's Fohies." Eddie Cantor
Evening star., 1936-03-11

screen and June Knight on the stage,
starts Friday.
CONSTANCE CUMMINGS. popular
star of last seasons highly sue
cessful Broadway comedy. Accent On
Youth" is reported to be house-build-
ing in London, Husband Benn Levy's
home town. Miss Cummings cur
rently is working on a Gaumont-
British picture, Doomed Cargo" with
Edmund Lowe. Fs
Nino Martini will be starred by
Pickford-Lasky, the new film outfit
in which Mary Pickford is involved,
in THE Gay Desperate" the COM
pany's second film. Reuben Ma
moulian. who has done nothing for
the screen since Becky Sharpe" will
direct Martini's picture.
The new March Of Time release will
have information anent the recent
military revolt in Japan, with Am
bassador Saito's explanation Of the
plot and pictures Of the high spots
of the two exciting days.
R-K-O Radio has gathered to-
gether, from newsreels of the past,
a short feature entitled Headlines
of 25 Years." to mark the twenty
fifth anniversary of Pathe News.
From the library Of the newSreel COM
pany have been selected scenes Of
inaugurations, coronations, royal
weddings, events of the World War.
the armistice, aviation triumphs,
scientific triumphs, industrial progress
and all the outstanding events of the
last quarter century. The film opens
with pictures taken of the return of
Theodore Roosevelt from his African
hunting jaunt in 1910. the year Pathe
began photographing the news, and
scenes taken in 81 countries are in
cluded.
FREDERIC LONsDALE'S "The
High Road" is to be presented
tonight at Pierce Hall by the Drama
Guild. Jane Duenner. Marvin Her.
rick, Jane Plummer Rice, Edith Drake,
Ralph Thayer, Bill Davis. Maurice
Jarvis, Harry Westcott, Dick String
fellow, Clarence Moore, Toni Sorrell
and Charles Gilman are in the cast
of the British comedy, and Sylvia Lane
has directed. The play will be re-
peated tomorrow and Friday.
Evening star., 1936-03-11
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-Alfred Lunt and Lynne
Fontanne in idiots Delight" at 2:So
and $50 pm.
Fox-"Anything Goes" at 10:45
am, 1870, Ais, 7:05 and $50 pm.
Stage shows at 1890, 3:l5, 6 and $50
pm.
EarIe-"The Story of Louis Pas
teur," at II am, 1885. AIS. 7:10 and
9:55 pm. Stage shows at 1910, 3:25,
6:l5 and 9 pm.
PaIace-"Wife VS.. Secretary" at
Ills am, lis, $40, 5:25, 7:30 and
9:35 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Foliow the Fleet, ="
at $50 and 1852 am, 1874, 3;36,
5:38, TAO and 9:42 pm.
Metropolitan "Preview Murder
Mystery" at 11:1o am. 1855. 2:45,
4:3o, $40, sos and 9:55 pm.
Columbia-"Rose Marie" at HAS
am. 2:10, 4:40, 7:05 and $50 pm.
Tivoli-"Strike Me Pink" at 2, 1855,
$50, 7:45 and GAS pm.
Ambassador - Magnificent Obses-
sion," at $50. 7:20 and s:2o pm.
Little-"The Informer," at 11:25
am, 1885, s:2s' $40; 7;as and s:44
pm.
Howard-"You May Be Next" at
1890, $3.50, $50, Q and IL pm. Stage
shows at 2, 5, 8 and 10 pm.
Evening star., 1936-03-11

story Is q natural for Miss West, deal
ing with the adventures befalling a
famous Aim star when stranded in a
small town during a personal appear
ance tour. 1t is doubtful, however,
whether Mae will be able to egt away
on the screen, anyway-with the line
that brought down the curtain-and
the house-in the play.
The most interesting reinforcement
to the cast of The Garden of Allah"
Is handsome Ramon Navarro. who will
play the part of the guide. If you
remember, Navarro left Hollywood
some time ago to appear in London
theater, and to his modification was
Kissed of the stage. He then jour-
neyed to France, Austria and Russia.
During his tour he published a state
ment declaring he was destitute.
A return engagement in London
brought him back to public favor with
the English, and his role in the desert
epic should do as well by him with
American screen audiences. In addi-
ton to Merle Oberon, who stars in
the picture, and T1lly Losch, who plays
the part Of the dancer, others who
probably will take over important roles
include Basil Rathbone and Aubrey
Smith, now being tested for the parts
of the count and the monk, respec-
lively.
Jesse James is coming to the screen
in the near future. Nunnally Johnson,
associate producer at Twentieth Gen.
tury-Fox, and Julian johnson are now
engaged in research into the life of
the Robin Hood of the Middle West
Our idea is to develop melo-
dramatic Western on a large scale"
Nunnally johnson said. "Of course,
we will not glorify Jesse James, but
there is enough glamour and romance
surrounding him to supply top-notch
picture material. He was representa-
tive of the bad man period Of the
West"
Hollywood apparently Is determined
to give back to the British the part
Of the United States that concerns
itself with the making Of pictures.