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Evening star., 1936-08-20

he endeavors to forestall the require
ments of the industrial workers.
Only a few days ago he decided ~
increase by 10 per cent the wages of
$4,000 employees in factories and
mines.
On the surface this unexpected in
crease in wages appeared as a bonus
for the faithful manner in which
the working classes have been CO.
operating with the government during
the hard days Of war and sanctions I"
The truth is, however, that Mus
solini realizes there Is certain
amount of restlessness among the
industrial population because of the
inevitable increase in the cost Of liy-
ing.
And in order not to appear that he
has yielded he has given them a small
increase. His reasoning was that the
sanctions have been lifted. the export
trade will revive. Italy exports good
many foodstuffs, such as meat, fowls,
butter, oil, cheese. wine and eggs. As
long as these were kept in the country
because of the sanctions the cost of
these essentials went down. Now that
they are once more exportable, the
masses will have 10 pay more for them.
On the other hand. Italian manufac-
tured products also will be exported
again. The industrialists will see their
profits increased In order to keep the
balance between capital and labor the
10 per cent increase was only fair.
But once more, in order not to lose the
theatrical effect Of his action he did
not make his order government rou-
tine, but in a speech to 10000 people
announced the measure. And the
workers of Italy became enthusiastic.
They called MIN, according to the pa
pers, at least, their father. He was
thinking of their welfare when they
themselves had not yet thought Of
asking for a raise. And the moral ef-
feet was there.
(Copyright, 1898. by The Evening Star
Newspaper Co..
Evening star., 1936-08-20
TEN ARE ADVANCED
FOR CH|NN'S POST
Ex.Gov. Pollard Among
Those Mentioned as Sue.
cessor to Justice.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. August 20.-A Rich
mond and Halifax County delegation
recommended to Gov. Peery yesterday
afternoon the selection of Henry G.
RELY. Richmond attorney, as successor
to the late Justice Joseph w Chinn Of
the Supreme Court of Appeals.
The delegation visited the executive
officers shortly after the Governor re-
turned from funeral services yesterday
for Justice Chinn at Warsaw.
Nine Others Advanced.
Names of nine other possible con-
tenders for the vacancy on the States
highest tribunal were advanced by
their friends. including another Rich
monder. Judge Frank T. Sutton, jr.. Of
Law and Equity Court.
Members ~ the delegation support
ing Mr.. Rely included Leigh r. Page
and Thomas B. Gay. Richmond attor-
neys: State Senator william Tuck Of
South Boston. James s. Easley. Hall
fax attorney, and Marshall Booker,
Commonwealth's attorney Of Halifax
County.
Mr.. RELY is a native of Halifax. His
father was member of the appellate
court
Bar May Indorse Candidate.
Joseph Farland Hill. president Of
the Richmond Bar Association, said a
meeting probably would be called
shortly to consider the question Of in
dorsing a candidate for the vacancy.
Richmond has been unrepresented on
the Supreme Court for q number of
years.
Among others mentioned for the po-
sition are former Gov. John Garland
Pollard. Judge Vernon Spratley Of
Hampton, Judge James L. McLemor .
of Suffolk, only member of the one
time Special Court of Appeals who has
not been elevated; Judge Philip Will
liams of Winchester, Judge A. c. Bu-
chanan of Tazewell. Leon M. BaZile )i
Hanover, former assistant attorney
general; State Senator r. o. Norris
of Lancaster and c. M. Chichester Of
Richmond, director of the securities
division of the State Corporation Com
mission.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
HUGE INSURANCE ]
ASSETS|NvOLVED
$215, 100000 Transferred
From Pacific Mutual to
New Company.
BY the Associated Press.

6y Lue hSSOCiated Press.
LOS ANGELES, August 20.-A bat.
terry of attorneys, representing virtu.
ally every warning group, attended the
court hearing today of a show-cause
order on the transfer Of $2l5,000, 900
assets from the old Pacific Mutual
Life Insurance Co. OF California to
the new company.
George I. Cochran, w. H. Davis,
Douglas e. C. Moore and Stanley M.
McClung, directors of the old COM
pany, brought in motions to &C. aside
the original liquidation order made
by Presiding Judge Douglas L. Ed
monds last month.
Judge Edmonds appointed Samuel
l.. Carpenter, State insurance com.
missioner, as conservator and houi.
dator Of the concern. Carpenter sued
Cochran and seven other former Pa
cific Mutual officials for S511.651.
Carpenter alleged the defendants
were liable for the amount because
of illegal transfers, gifts. donations
and contributions" in connection with
their operation of the firms stocks
and assets.
In announcing reorganization,
Carpenter said Pacific Mutuals diff
culties arose chiefly from non-can-
cellable policies for which no adequate
reserves were made.
Representatives Of non-cancellable
policyholders appeared to oppose the
transfer of assets
Sixteenth largest company OF its
type in the country and licensed in
40 States. Pacific Mutual has a deficit
of s22,356,493, Carpenter reported.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
JAPAN'S M|DD|ES
VISIT ANNAPOLIS
Are Guests at Academy.
Admiral STANDBY to Be
Host This Evening.

Japan's student naval officers, here
from the training ships Iwate and
Yakima. moored at Baltimore.
turned today from round of sight
seeing and official functions to get
first-hand view of the Naval Academy
at Annapolis.
Vice Admiral Zengo Yoshida, Capt.
Toshihisa Nakamura. commanding
the Yakima and Capt. Kakuji Kaku-
da. commanding the Iwate. and other
high-ranking Japanese naval officers
were guests at the Naval Academy.
The admiral and his staff, as we'll as
designated officers from the two war
ships, and the midshipmen, were
shown over the establishment at An
napolis and presented to the regiment
of United Stat tes midshipmen. They
were to be guests at luncheon at the
Naval Academy and the schedule
called for their return to Washington
about $3.50 pm.
Enlisted Men See Capital.
But the Capital was not entirely
forgotten in today's program. for
second group of 600 enlisted men were
on sightseeing tour here. They
we're to have luncheon at Hains Point
in East Potomac Park. with a concert
oy the United States Navy Band.
This evening. from $50 to 7:30
o'clock, Admiral William H. Standley,
Acting Secretary of the Navy and
chief of naval operations, will hold
reception in honor of Admiral Yoshi-
da and the visiting officers and mid
shipmen at the Mayfiower Hotel.
Place Wreath on Tomb.
Yesterday afternoon Admiral Yoshi-
da and his party placed 3 wreath on
the limb of the Unknown Soldier in
Arlington National Cemetery. Capt.
Tamon Yamaguchi. the japanese
naval attache here. rendered recep-
tion to Japanese and American naval
officers and the midshipmen at the
Mayfiower Hotel at pm. yesterday.
The midshipmen's dinner was held an
hour later at the hotel.
Tomorrow Admiral Yoshida and his
party will go to Mount Vernon to place
a wreath at George Washington's
tomb. Thence, the party will depart
for Baltimore. from which the Japa-
nese vessels sail on Sunday morning
for New York. There they will visit
until September 2.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
2 KILLED, II HURT
AS CAR JUMPS CURB
Brother and Sister Among Vic.
Tins as Iowan Loses Control
in Paterson, N. ].
Rv the Associated Press


PATERSON. N. j., August 2o.-A
brother and sister were killed and IL
other persons. including the children's
mother and brother. were injured today
when an automobile, driven by Louis
Hummel, S., of Davenport, Iowa,
jumped the curb at busy intersection
and plunged into a group of pedes-
trians.
Helen and Edward Cummings. aged
4 and 7, respectively. of West Pater-
son we're killed. The condition of
three others was critical
Hummel told police he was on his
way home after a vacation in New
York. He said he became confused
with a traffic policeman's directions
and jumped the curb while attempt
ing to make a turn.
Patrolman Russell Elvin. who was
on duty at the intersection, said Hum
mel lost control of his car.
Police held Hummel on technical
charge of manslaughter.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
F|REPROOF BOAT
TEST SUCCESSFUL
1,750- Degree Blaze Con.
fined to State Room as
Maritime Officials Watch.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FORT EUSTIS, Va, August 90
George c. Sharp, New York marine
architect, declared today that expert
ments aboard the Nantasket. steel
freighter of the James River Fleet,
have shown the way to construction
Of fireproof ships.
As his Subcommittee on Fireproof
Construction, Detection and Extinction
prepared for final tests in specially
constructed state rooms, he pronounced
preliminary experiments yesterday
that developed temperatures as high
as 1.750 degrees a success.
Walls Of the test cabins bulged
under scorching heat before a group
of maritime officials as fires ragged
under furnace-like drafts, but the
flames were confined to the point Of
origin.
Effects Are Watched.
Seven hundred pounds of kindling
and oak wood. approximating the
combustible material in a state room
for two, were stacked in the test
rooms, then ignited and the cabin
door pulled shut.
Electric thermometers inside and
outside the cabins recorded the tenn
peratures. Glass doors cracked CELL
ings and floors blackened-but the
flames remained within the walls of
the cabins
The committee watched the effect
on fireproofed woods, composition as
bestos boards with various types of
decorative veneers. and fireproof bulk
heads designed to confine fire to re-
stricted areas of the ship.
Cloth Turned Brown.
Bits of cloth hung on the outside
walls of the experimental cabins
turned slightly brown at the height
of the fires. but did not ignite.
The findings will be embodied in q
set Of recommendation to be sub
mitted to Senate Subcommittee on
Commerce, headed by Senator Royal
S. Copeland, for possible use in draw
ing up legislation to be presented the
next Congress.
Engineers Aides.
Those assisting Mr.. Sharp in con-
Quoting the tests include Capt. H. c.
Shepherd. Bureau of Mine Inspec-
tion and Navigation. Department of
Commerce; Comdr H L. Vickery, Bu-
reau of Construction and Repair, Navy
Department; DR.. S. H. Inberg, Bureau
of Standards; w. G. Esmond, United
States Shipping Board Bureau; Hugo
Frear. naval architect; E. H. Rigg,
naval architect: David Arnott, Amer
ican Bureau of Shipping; S. D. Nc
Comb, Marine Office of America; A.
r. Small. Underwriters Laboratories;
Comdr H. N. Perman, United States
Coast Guard, engineering headquar-
ters; z. I. Cornbrooks, Bureau Of Ma
rine Inspection and Navigation, and
Sidney L. Eason, secretary.
The Nantasket Is one of the war
time steel freighters of the James
River fleet, commanded by Capt. M.
S. Richardson.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
TUNA CLIPPER FACES
DAY WAIT FOR AID
Nearest Ship to Disabled Boat Off
Guadalupe Island Is 200
Miles Away.
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. August 20.-Drift-
ing helplessly in heavy seas $50 miles
off Guadalupe Island on the lower
California coast. the 12-man crew of
the San Diego tuna clipper San
Joaquin today faced at least another
days wait for aid.
The steamer Surlies, 200 miles away,
and three Coast Guard cutters. some
700 miles distant, were answering dis
tress calls from the 120-foot craft.
A message from the disabled clip
per, intercepted by the Radio Corp.
of America, said: mo rudder and
heavy sea. Captain advises will be
forced to abandon ship unless aid re-
ceived. Able to maintain radio serv-
ice approximately three hours longer. Z"
Evening star., 1936-08-20
JAPANESE MILITARY
ATTACHE IN ACCIDENT
Col. Matsumoto Escapes Injury
When Truck Crashes Into
His Car.

Col. Kenji Matsumoto. military at
tache of the japanese Embassy, mar
rowly escaped serious injury today
when a market truck crashed into his
automobile at Thirty-fourth and Por-
ter streets.
The attache, who was en- route to
his Office at 2219 California street.
suffered bruised shoulder and was
shaken up by the impact. His chauf-
feur, Tatsuyuki Tanaka. who lives at
the California street address, was un-
hurt.
The truck, driven by Edward L..
Robertson. colored, 913 Fourth street
southwest, badly damaged the left
side of the diplomatic car when the
wheels locked.
Col. Matsumoto did not require
medical attention. He continued to
lis Office In a taxi.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
2 CAPITAL GUARDSMEN
ARE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Andrew Smith and Harold Mayer
Undergo Treatment for Minor
Ailments.
sIecial Dispatch to The Star.

SIecial Dispatch to The Star.
HARRISBURG, Pa, August 90
Two Washingtonians were among six
National Guardsmen Of the 29th Divi-
sion removed from their training
camp at Indiantown Gap. Pa, to a
hospital here for treatment Of minor
ailments.
The Guardsmen were: Andrew M.
Smith, 1918 Shepherd street, suffering
from an intestinal illness, and Harold
A. Mayer, "a, Of 3o19 Charming street
northeast, who. according to the AS
sociated Press. was slightly injured in
an automobile accident.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
MISS ABBOTT SWITCHES

NEW YORK, August 20 R.-The
Women's Division Of the Democratic
National Committee announced last
night that Miss Grace Abbott, pro-
gressive Republican and former chief.
Of the United States Children's Bu-
reau, would be chairman Of . ma
tional committee of welfare leaders
for the re-election Of President Roose-
welt.
Miss Abbott now Is professor OF
public welfare administration at the
University Of Chicago.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
Boxer Must Pay Alimony.

LOS ANGELES. August 40 Rl.-
Robert Van Klaveren, Dutch boxer.
was ordered yesterday to pay his wife
$50 . month temporary alimony anrs
to refrain from molesting her, pending
disposition Of her divorce suit, chars.
ing cruelty.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
36 New Species of Fish.

Fishermen at Moreton Bay. Austria
liza, recently netted 36 new species OF
oyster-eating fish, which like others
of their kind, stand on their heads to
eat, with tails upward and clear OF
the water.
Evening star., 1936-08-20

lar MgntS estapIsn Clle exIsVetIce Oh great puuy
Of cool damp air, mushroomins upward and out
ward from the impounded water.
This Is more important news for Americans
than the cables from Spain. 1t foreshadows what
may be done by consistent State and national
program of storing water in ponds and lakes in
the great plains and other semi-arid regions It
ought to change Mr.. Tugwelrs supercilious atti-
tude toward the pond-building project which
originated in Kansas and is spreading through
neighboring States.
Dispatches relate how Mr.. Tugwell was met by
q raven that Is the sole surviving inhabitant Of
xrii,,>d farnnsfead In fha di,sf houl ha lisfnns
Evening star., 1936-08-20
Rabbits and Fire Perils.

Rabbits and fire are the two great
est perils to Britain's newly planted
forests, an inquiry shows.
Evening star., 1936-08-20

Just to please the policeman. now
ever, he took the chap to his Virginia
plantation" and put him to work.
At 8 O'Clock the first evening, he found
it necessary to 60 out and tell the
man to stop working. The fellow
stopped dutifully enough. but the next
at o'clock the employer
found it necessary to warn the man
not to start his day SO early, that
the family could not sleep through the
noise Of his tree chopping.
Evening star., 1936-08-20


officer of the Quartermaster Depot at
Philadelphia, is the man to see, but
he probably won't consider the propo-
Sition unless you are representing an
agency of the Government.
When the new Federal Court Build
ing in New York was completed re-.
Gently hangings were needed for two
court rooms, according to Robert lie
Fevre. assistant to the assistant di-
rector of procurement. who does a
lot about the interiors of Federal
structures. The judges decided on red
velvet to be embroidered with the
seal of the United States.
Mr.. lie Fevre could find no COM
mercial concern willing to undertake
the huge eagles, and was referred to
the Army. The Quartermaster Depot
has been making flags and banners
for years, and turned out two stunning
eagles for New York law offenders to
gaze upon.
1t would have been nice to think
of our peace time enlisted men sit
ting around Philadelphia. engaged in
embroider.ng velvet with gold and
silver strands. But Mr. lie Fevre as
sures us that the Quartermaster De-
partment employs women for its sew
ing.
1T WORKED.
A Cleueland Park youngster (you
.,,:Jl r,k-
his fathers electric razor porks
very effectively.
Unable to experiment satistac-
torily on his lightly turred chin,
he tried an eyebrow. 1t proved to
be Just the thing and the razor
remoped it In no time at all.
And noD his mother has to arch
q line oper that denuded spot until
the hair begins to groW.
x*
CYNIC.
| A CYNIC who has walked through
the years stopped under the bur.
den of his misgivings about human
nature is walking bit straighter thest
days as result Of weak moment.
Down in Police Court the other day
he was accosted by a policeman, A
Stanley Moreau. who thought tn,
cynic might have Job for youth
who had just received a suspended
sentence on a charge of drunkenness
The cynic did have such job, bu
no confidence in the man to whom
| he gave it.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
The National Scene
BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGwORIH.

FRANCISCO August 2o-The lake formed by Boulder Dam
definitely changing the climate of large In two States
Data gathered BY transport pilots
Evening star., 1936-08-20
Niaht FinoI Delivered by Carrier
Anywhere in the City
Full Sports

Base Bali Scores Results Complete the
Day Latest Flashes from Around the World What
ever it Is you'll find 1t In The Night Final Sports Edition.
THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY sTAR-deivered
by month. Call National 5000 and service
will start at once
Evening star., 1936-08-20
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Evening star., 1936-08-20

"'s ruined farmSead IN the aust bowl. II he is
carefully the professor may word Of warning Deal
destruction bird. poet it,
another connection. and wrote ane poem ahoutA
Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-08-20
MYSTERY.

A bus driuer, No. 1888, on the
Rock Greek loop line is getting
himself talked about these days
because OF one Quirk in his driving
which his passengers regard as
mysterious.
Just aboue Rosemary street in
Chepy Chase are some trees, the
limbs OF iuhich hang lot0 enough
to touch the top OF the bus. This
driuer, unlike others, al,Days pulls
out to the middle OF Connecticut
avenue to apoid striking the
spreading branches.
Bus riders report they cannot
figure out Uhether he does it be-
cause he loues trees or desires to
protect the top OF the bus.
Some one Diu ask the driuer one
of these days, OF course, and spoil
q perfectly nice mystery.
II II ~
Evening star., 1936-08-20
Washington
Wdyside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
FANCY WORK.

FANCY WORK.
Y Y YHEN you want a particularly
M gorgeous bit Of embroidery
wv work, get the United States
Evening star., 1936-08-20
CONFUSED

OBERT F. MARTIN Is an econo-
~ mist, not q sports writer. but for
all the alien aspect Of his profession,
he managed to turn in one Of the best
explanations Of the Louis-Sharkey
FIGHT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-05

(Continued from Page i.)
 father, and these are my sisters Louise said. T feel ct home" The confusion in which the identity of Louige's family iS inVloVed began in 1919, when Mrs. Garner and Mrs. Pittman bore daughters & few hours apart in the same maternity ward. Mrs. Garner was convinced that the baby given to her was not her own, but that Louise was. Mrs, Pittman was equally certain that Louise was hers. Physicians and scientists made blood tests, but were unable to solve the riddle.
 Both Agreed at Time
 Eventually the Gamers accepted the girl they thought belonged to the Pittmans, but without aban- donIng their claim to Louise. They named the child they took home Mary Elizabeth. She died when less than a year old of pneumonia, and the Pittmans and Gamers grieVed almost equally over the baby'S death.
 A short time later the Gamers sought in the courts to win Louise's custody. Judge George l.. Bell ruled that the Pittmans should keep the child, but that when Louise became of age she might choose for herself. She still is four years short of that, by Georgia law, but the Pittmans seemed uninclined to force her to return to them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-05
America Has Chance
 70 Win 1,5OOM Meters
CContinued from Page D

pic record.
 Carpenter, who stands six feet three inches and weighs 230 pounds, flung the metal-rimmed saucer 166 feet 2 20.64 In. to better the former Olympic figure of l62 1t. { 7.8 in. eS- tablished by John Anderson of the United States at Los Angeles In i032.
 Carpenters victory was Q mild surprise because he had been rated the second man in this event on the U. s. team--next to Gordon "Sling- CT" Dunn of the San Francisco Olympic club, who several times had approached the world mark of i7i 1t. ii 6-S in. established by Herald Anderson of Sweden in 1884. Ander- son failed to qualify in this morn- ing'S first trials.
 Dunn came second today, with 0eorgio Oberweger Of Italy third; Reidar 9orlie of Norway fourth; Will Schroeder of Germany, fifth; and Nicholas Syllas of Greece sixth
 Dunn heaved the discus iei feet il ii-32 in. for second place today Oberweger threw 1t 16i ft. 6 7.32 in. |: Sorlie i60 it. il 6i.64 in.; Schroeder l67 1t. 3 i.32 in.; and syllaS l60 1t, 2 6is64 in,