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Evening star., 1936-12-31
LEAHY SWORN IN
AS NAVAL Chief
Admiral Takes Oath to Succeed
Standley. Who Retires
Tonipht

Admiral William H. Leahy took the
oath Of office today as chief Of naval
operations, succeeding Admiral VIII
liam H. STANDBY Because Of the
holidays. however, he will not assume
his duties until next week.
The oath was administered in the
presence Of Secretary Swanson and
high ranking officers, including mem
bers Of the general board and chiefs
Of the various bureaus. Using q time
worn Bible, Rear Admiral Gilbert J.
Rowcliff. judge advocate general of
the Navy, administered the oath.
Admiral Standley, who had been the
chief of naval operations since July
/, 1888, retires from active duty to-
night. having reached the age of "a.
He has been on active duty IS years.
Secretary Swanson, in handing Ad-
miral Leahy his commission. prophe-
sled for him "a very successful and
prosperous administration Leahy
thanked the cabinet officer for the
confidence reposed in him by President
Roosevelt. who selected him for the
post, and by Swanson.
In brief address Admiral Standley
paid tribute to Admiral Leahy's broad
experience and wise Judgment and
said the country is fortunate In having
his services
Admiral Standley will leave Sunday
for Norfolk. where he will board the
U. S. s. Wyoming for passage to the
West Coast. He will make his home in
San Diego, Calf.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Former Consul, 6S,
To Be Married to
Distant Cousin, Is
Oscar S. Heizer Met Her
30 Years Ago on Trip
to Washington.

Oscar Stuart Heizer, SO, former con-
sui general in Constantinople and Al
giers. will be married tomorrow to Miss
Mary Ann Hartwell, 65, a distant
cousin. whom he met about 80 years
ago. The couple obtained q license
today.
The ceremony will be performed. at
noon by Rev. Howard Stone Anderson,
pastor Of First Congregational Church,
at the clergyman's home, 4701 Blagden
Terrace.
Heizer said today they plan to take
q honeymoon trip, but we're not say
ing where we're going" he added. A
widower, Heizer said his friendship
with Miss Hartwell began on one Of
his first trips to Washington about
80 years ago. The bride-to-be lives at
3420 Sixteenth street.
A native Of Kossmuth, Iowa, Heizer
entered the foreign service in 1892.
when he was appointed assistant
treasurer of the four American mis-
sions In Turkey. He served in this
capacity until 1906, when he was
made deputy consul general at Con-
stantinople Subsequently, he served
as consul general in Trebizond, Bag.
dad, Constantinople, Jerusalem and
Algiers before retiring from the serv-
Ice o couple Of years ago.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
STATE UNIVERSITIES
HONOR DR.. MARv!,'
G. W. Head Elected Treasurer
of Association-Iowan
Is President.

DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president
of George Washington University, was
elected treasurer of the State Un;-
versity Association yesterday. d..
Eugene A. Gilmore, president of tt,
University of Iowa, was named presi-
dent.
Others elected at the meeting.
which was held at G. w, were Ernest
H. Lindley. president of the Univer-
sity of Kansas, vice president, and
John L. Newcomb president Of the
University of Virginia; H. Y. Bene-
dict, president of the University of
Texas. and George Thomas, presi-
dent of the University of Utah, mem
bers of the Executive Board.
The organization adopted resolu-
tions calling for preservation of "tra-
ditional individuality of the States in
education" and supporting two bills
in Congress to set up further engi-
neering projects in commerce under
Federal subsidies.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
FURTHER RATE CUT.
ORDERED BY A. I. I.
Long.Distance Charge Slash
Effective January IS,
&c. c. Announces.
By the Associated Press.

~ thC hoSOSAnbCo GACoos
The Communications Commission
announced today a $12,000,000 annual
reduction in the Nations long distance
telephone bill would become effective
on January IS.
Typical reductions for daytime sta
tion-to-station calls from Washington
are as follows: Richmond, go to 55
cents; Philadelphia, rs to go: Nor
folk, IS to 10; New York, $1.05 to
IS; Boston, $3.50 to $l.25; Chicago,
$2.10 to $1.85; Omaha, 1925 to $3.50:
Denver, $475 to $425: Salt Lake City,
$5.75 to IS, and San Francisco, $7.25
to $6.25.
Reductions $22 100000 Yearly.
The new cut brings to $22, 900 900
annually the reductions the American
Telephone & Telegraph Co. has in
stituted since the Government began
its investigation of the corporation.
1t was brought about by confer
ences between telephone offlcials and
representatives of the commission,
without formal rate hearings Rapid
improvement in general business con-
ditions and the consequent increase in
long distance telephone operations
were stressed by the Government rep
resentatives in urging the reduction.
Commission officials said the result
is that the public will receive the large
reduction at once, without having to
await the conclusion Of long-drawn
hearings and possible litigation.
Basic Day Charges Cut.
The new schedules include reduc-
tions in all forms of interstate tele-
phone rates. Charges for basic day
station-to-station calls are cut at all
distances. starting with a scent re-
duction at AZ miles. increasing with
distance and amounting to as much
as 81 on calls between Eastern sea.
ports and the Pacific Coast.
Similar reductions are made in day
person-to-person calls, with large cuts
in night and Sunday rates, both sta
ton to station and person to person.
Commission officials said the new
tariffs wipe out uneven rate steps and
represent an important advance in
telephone rate making.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
SENATOR GUFFY
HURT IN COLLISION
Injuries of Legislator Be-
IieVed Slight After Taxi
Hits Private Car.

Senator Joseph F. Guffey of Penn
sylvania was injured this afternoon,
probably slightly, when the taxicab
in which he was a passenger was in
collision with another car at Second
street and Indiana avenue
The Senator was transferred to
another cab and rushed to Emergency
Hospital. There doctors said he had
undetermined injuries to the chest
and one shoulder. They did not re-
gard his condition as serious, how
ever He was admitted to the hos
pital.
Guffey was en- route from his Office
on Capitol Hill to keep an appoint
ment at the Raleigh Hotel when the
accident occurred. The cab was driven
by Carol E. Lee, 1923 Sixteenth
street, who escaped injury.
The other colliding vehicle was a
private passenger car.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

that time Murphy was assigned to
duty on the Pacific Coast, but before
he left to take over his new work.
Chief Moran announced his wish to
quit active service.
Murphy then was directed to remain
in Washington to aid Wilson in TAX
ing over the job of acting chief. 1t
was since then that Murphy made
his splendid record" in directing
the White House detail.
Moran, the retiring chief, was born
in Hagerstown, Md, in 1864 and en-
tered the Secret Service in 1882. He
became assistant chief in 1907 and
was made chief in 1918. During his
service as an agent Moran became an
expert on counterfeiting operations.
then the principal concern Of the
service
Moran reached the retirement age
of 10 in 1884. but extensions of his
term twice have been directed by
executive order. His retirement at
this time leaves him with record Of
longer service than any previous
chief Of the Secret Service.
Failing health was given as the
reason for his quitting active duty
earlier this year, with vacation status
being in effect until the retirement
tonight.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
SH|POWNERS SEEK
STRIKE PARLEYS
Maritime Dispute Enters 63d
Day With Little Hope
of Settlement.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, December 81
Shipowners sought conferences with
another striking maritime union to-
day. but the approach Of a new year
found Pacific Coast waterfronts strike
bound for the sixty-third day and
unions projecting national legislation
to back their cause.
The coasts huge maritime industry
faced 1887 with 233 ships idle, ap-
proximately 10000 men on strike and
resulting losses to business estimated
as high as $3.50 900 900, on the basis
of figures computed by the Shipping
Merchants Association here.
Called to Conference.
r. G.. Plant. chairman of the Off,
shore Shippers Negotiating Commit
tee. asked representatives Of the
marine engineers to a conference to-
day to discuss union demands for
preference in hiring. a manning scale
based on the eight-hour day, and
wage adjustments.
REFUSAL OF the operators to grant
preferential hiring to the Licensed
Deck Officers Union led to postpone.
ment of a previous conference with
the engineers, but Plant said he was
following the shipowners' policy of
meeting all the seven striking unions.
The unions joint "law and leg
islation" committee announced tenta-
tive plans for a Federal legislation
program after peace efforts virtually
were halted yesterday. Both sides ap-
peared to be awaiting possible devel-
opments in Washington with the
opening of Congress Tuesday.
Legislative Program.
The legislative program. approved
by the Joint Strike Policy Committee
would give unions full rights to strike,
but embodies Government board to
mediate disputes.
Some legislators have been reported
drafting bills to provide a mediation
board such as was set up in 1926
under the railroad labor act.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

mann, who was executed for the
Lindbergh murder. Attorney General
David T. Wilentz said then such in
formation on the ransom money had
previously been we'll known and
widely published.
No Yellow Backs.
The Lindbergh ransom bills, payable
in gold, were the same in appearance
as non-gold bills, Wilentz said. The
only reference to gold ION ransom
bills) is little seal ION the bills face)
saying it was a gold certificate. sss
The bills didn't have any yellow backs
or gold backs to them"
The description of the bills came
out during the testimony of Theron
]. Main of Warsaw, N. Y, a defense
witness at the Pennington trial.
Kimberling, one of the troopers,
said by the Philadelphia Record to
have found the gold-back hoard, re-
iterated that none of his men had
found any ransom bills.
Federal Bureau of Investigation au-
thorities said the Lindbergh-H -Haupt-
mann case was closed" in their files
and they knew of no new develop
ments.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
BURGOMASTERS' AID
REQUESTED BY OTTO
Hapsburg Pretender Calls on 500
to Win Over Other Austrian
Communities to Cause.

By the Associated Press.
VIENNA, December 3l.-Archduke
Otto, pretender to the non-existent
Austrian throne. yesterday urged
$500 burgomasters Of Austrian com.
munities Of which he Is an honorary
citizen to win over the rest Of the
Austrian communities to the Haps-
burg cause.
The pretender made his request in
sending his New Year wishes to the
burgomasters from Steenockerzeel
Castle, Belgium, where the Hapsburg
home was established by his mother,
former Empress Zita.
"Our fatherland now must bridge
over the rift which was formed in
1918" the archduke wrote.
He urged the burgomasters to win
over the rest of the Austrian COM
munities to the Hapsburg cause, be-
cause, he wrote. only in unity is
power, which is the cable to turn
wishes into reality.
Restoration of the Hapsburg mon
archy is not intended for my own
glory. but for the glory of God and
the blessing of Europe"
Evening star., 1936-12-31

You've guessed it. 1t was the
hostess corset, which, in her hurry,
she had neglected to pick up from
under the bed
With almost incredible agility, she
rounded the lady, disentangled the
object from the hem Of her dress.
and relegated it to the cloak closet
before the other guests could see what
it was.
Many years hence future occupants
of the house may well be haunted
by an austere lady descending the
stairs and dragging . corset Of the
Rooseveltian era.
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RISING.
EVERY one probably has had
q 90 at trying to figure out the
most e6ectipe method OF getting
up.
Well, here's one that's about a.
ingenious a. any this department
has heard. r. seems that q ceTtatH
young oentlsmdn feels that he
cannot start his day sDithoxt q
Evening star., 1936-12-31
THOMPSON HEADS
A.P.CAP|TAL STAFF
Appointed Chief Of Bureau
In Washington to Sue
Ceed Price.
By the Associated Press.

EAocoSAoeSo
NEW YORK, December 31.-The ap-
pointment of Milo M. Thompson as
chief Of the Washington bureau OF
the Associated Press in succession to
Byron Price, who becomes the execu-
tive news editor of the organization,
was announced today by Kent Cooper.
general manager.
Born in 1894, Thompson has had
many years Of practical newspaper ex-
perience in various parts OF the
country. His training and political
reporting included State house assign
ments in such widely scattered State
capitals as Boston, Atlanta, Boise,
Sacramento and Des Moines. He will
be no newcomer in Washington, having
previously covered the National House
of Representatives and various Gov
ernment departments. He entered the
service of the Associated Press nine
years ago and has occupied various
positions as bureau chief and news
editor.
For the last two years Thompson's s
assignment has been to visit each do
mestic bureau of the Associated Press.
to work intimately with the staffS IN
each and to note the ability of per-
sonnel in all bureaus. His duty has
taken him to every State in the Union
and has made him personally &C
quainted with Associated Press en-
ployes in all Of them. He was q
member Of the Associated Press staff
covering the 1928. 1892 and 1886 ma
tional political conventions.
Thompson's early newspaper train
ing was on the Herald at Joliet. III.
After five years there he took up the
study Of international law at Harvard
University, working meanwhile on the
staff of the Christian Science Monitor
in Boston. At the break of relations
with Germany in 1917 he was trans
ferred to the Monitors Washington
staff.
Later he took charge Of the Moni-
tors southern bureau in Atlanta. and
handled political run for the Atlanta
Constitution.
He enlisted in the Army as pri-
vate, but later won commission and
twice held Washington assignments,
first in the purchasing Office of the
chief signal officer and again in the
training section Of the Signal Corps.
He had a part in preparing the Sig
nal Corps radio text book and the
catalogue Of Signal Corps equipment.
After he left the Army late in 1919,
Thompson Joined the staff of the
Idaho Statesman. Boise, becoming
managing editor in 1920 and editor
in chief in 1922.
Thompson has been in charge of
Sacramento, Des Moines. Kansas City
and Denver bureaus of the Associated
Press. He was for five years news
editor of the Southwestern division
at Kansas City before his transfer to
New York and assignment as inspec-
tor Of bureaus.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Hunt Game Hogs,

ROCK HALL. Nd, December 81 (R.
Federal agents are operating in the
vicinity Of Rock Hall, attempting to
apprehend violators of the Federal
wild fowl laws. Reports said the agents
were seeking persons using large
caliber gun Of the rapid-fre type,
mounted on the PROV Of boat. The
gun Is used only at night the agents
said.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
INQUIRY.
w YHEN Senator King, Demo-
AAj crat, Of Utah, goes on
Wv trip, whether business or
r,leasure he uSllallV tries

you've put me in a terrible spot"
Maher said to his client in the dock
later. You told me you had never
been convicted"
II amt never been convicted" was
the reply. II always pleaded guilty
before"
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MOURNING.
HABITUES of the Warrenton
hunt country may be quick on
the trigger when 1t comes to matters
equine, but once in awhile some city
chap gets the jump in the art of
repartee.
The Warrenton folk are proud of
their pink coats, which they feel to
be something of a symbol of the
healthy life in the great open spaces.
They seem to miss no opportunities
of sporting them Of an evening, for
feeling Of superiority they seem to
give over more somberly clad city
dwellers.
At a Warrenton party recently q
patron Of the chase walked up to g.
friend, clad in formal black and
white-a chap who confines his riding
to an occasional canter in Rock Greek
Park-and asked him chidingly where
his pink coat was.
well, it's this way" replied the
Rock Creek huntsman, my horse died
this morning and I'm in mourning for
him"
GHOSTS.
GHOSTS aren't the only beings that
rattle various and sundry objects
on staircases.
The wife Of a prominent general
went to dinner at the house of a
Washington matron the other night
and proceeded to the second floor to
leave her wraps.
Five minutes later the hostess heard
her descending the stairs, but some
thing strange seemed to be following
her.
Rattle, rattle, rattle-slap, slap,
slap" it went. What could it be,
she asked herself?
She ran into the hall fearing the
worst. and, while not the chain to
the dungeon keep, she saw . fash of
pink and trailing laces.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

large glass of a certain mineral
tD1ter 1Dhich the butler has strict
orders to bring epery morning at
specified time. The young man.
last thing at night. carefully locks
the tioo doors ,Dhich separate his
sleeping quarters from the rest OF
the house and puts the keys In
his top bureau drawer. When
the hour of call comes in the
morning the servant comes to the
outer door and begins knocking
loudly until he Is sure he has
reused the sleeper. The young
man. thinking OF the eye-opener
tDaitin0 Without, gets up and finds
the keys and opens up the doors.
By that time he's ,Oide Girake and
it,s too much. trouble 10 90 back
to sleAA
Evening star., 1936-12-31
AB.DEL.KRIM RECALL
FROM EXILE is VOTED
French Colonial Committee to Seek
Release of Fallen Riff Chief
tain From Island.
the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 3l.-The CHAM
Der of Deputies Colonial Committee
voted yesterday motion requesting
the government to permit Ab-del-krim,
Riff chieftain, to return to France
from his exile on the Isle of Reunion.
Leftist Deputies, declining to ex-
plain their reasons for wanting the
exile back in France. referred to him
as a great friend" of the nation.
There have been, however, persistent
reports in Chamber lobbies that the
man who held Spain's army in check
in Morocco might be useful if the
international situation grew worse.
The committee also agreed to ask an =,
increase in the vanquished warriors
pension, now fixed at 100000 francs a
year-about S4,670.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
MAIL RECORDS BROKEN

Postmaster General Farley said to-
day that Christmas mail broke al
records.
Receipts at post ofiices in IL Of the
Nations largest cities, during the week
ending December ~, totaled $780,.
4Se. an increase Of 1888. .543 over the
same week year ago.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Kidnap
Continued From First Page.)

to negotiate. An ad with that word
ing, but signed Ann" instead Of
'Tim," appeared in the paper on
schedule.
The note specified the ransom be
divided: $4,000 in IS bills and the
remainder in $50 bills. all old and
wrinkled. It made no mention of
the Mattson family by name. but
said "the boy would be safe. No
death threat was made.
The family was directed to "send
any one" with the ransom, but only
one person in the specified type of
car
The note threatened to double the
ransom demand If negotiations for
payment were not under way by Sun
day. January 3.
The demand was printed on two
sides Of medium-size sheet of fools
cap, apparently with a child's print
ing set. The paper was dirty and had
been refolded, apparently having been
carried in a pocket for some time.
Note Wording Not Disclosed.
The actual note was seized an hour
after the kidnapping by Department
OF Justice agents, who have not dis
closed the exact wording or allowed
any pictures to be made Of 1t.
Last night the Mattsons turned of
the lights on their prize-winning
Christmas decorations outside the
house shortly before II pm. Soon
afterward lights in the house began
winking out one at time.
A few hours earlier Pierce County
sheriff's deputies announced they had
located. after three-day search, q
known underworld character" they
said had planned a kidnapping at Fort
Lewis some time ago, but had been
dissuaded. He was able to give a sat
isfactory account of his activities since
Charles disappeared. officers said.
At Eureka, Calf, the Humboldt
County sheriff investigated a report
boy answering the description of
Charles had eaten in a restaurant
there Tuesday evening with man.
Waitress Reports Pair.
Mrs. Dorothy Reppeteau, a waitress.
reported serving the pair and noticing
the resemblance of the boy to pic
lures Of young Mattson. She said
the boy paid for his own meal and
told her they had arrived on q bus
from the north.
@. Stambaugh, driver Of the south
bound bus which left Eureka shortly
afterward, said no man and boy
answering the descriptions rode with
him.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
MYSTERIOUS SIGNALS PROBED.
State Police Speed to Spot IL Miles
From Seattle.

SEATTLE, December 81 iP.-A
half dozen State highway patrol cars
sped toward Issaquah, about ~ miles
southeast Of here, early today to in
vestigate what appeared to be signals
from an automobile spo90Eht in the
wooded hills.
It was near Issaquah that little
George Weyerhaeuser was released by
kidnapers in 1885 after his parents
paid q $200. 900 ransom.
Yesterday Mrs. P. c. Wiltsie, Seat
tie. reported to police some one en-
tered house near Issaquah and
stole q mattress and some bedding.
The light was seen blinking in the
foothills shortly before midnight by
several witnesses. The flashes were
repeated internationally.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

Family Told of Crash Death.
KINSTON, N. c., December 81 (R.
The family of Thad w. Tyndall, 81,
was informed yesterday of his death
in an automobile accident near Suf-
folk, Va.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Pope
Continued From First paee.)

81 years ago. The pontiff participated
in another church ceremony there on
Ascension day, 1888, during his jubi-
lee year.
Among the worshippers were men,
bers Of the diplomatic corps accredited
to the papal court and representatives
of King Victor Emmanuel and Premier
Mussolini.
Lights Burn All Night.
Throughout the night lights burned
in the windows Of the Pope's apart
ments, where the staff of vigilant doc
tors and nurses assembled by DR..
Aminta Milani, the chief physician,
labored to counteract any further de-
cline in the holy fathers now admit
tedly tagging condition.
Gloom penetrated the farthermost
quarters Of the Holy See as 1t was
realized there would be no New Year
celebration for the tiny city this year.
The easing Of the pontiff's pain was
attributed, in part. to the disappear
ance Of a blood clot from his left leg,
which was partially paralyzed.
Physicians were worried, however,
lest it drift through the blood stream
to the heart or brain, where it prob
ably would react suddenly and fatally.
Doctor Describes Ailment.
By the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY, December 31.-The
condition Of Pope Plus was described
today for the Associated Press by one
of his doctors in q written report which
follows:
"The Pope suffered the breaking Of
a varicose vein in his left leg producing
a wound which Is still open and which
will require much time to heal.
AT the same time he had an arterial
obturation (blockage Of the artery.
An embolus (blood clot) closed an
artery, thus impeding normal circula-
tien Of the blood and causing swelling
of the left leg, light paralysis and very
severe pain.
These phenomena disappeared two
days ago after normal circulation had
pcen rcdCIiVdIeQ Wltn OppOrtune 0la-
thermic (heat) treatments.
What is most greatly preoccupying
Is his general condition, especially the
heart which at times gives indications
Of tiredness and the functioning Of the
kidneys. which is greatly diminished.
I'm consequence Of these facts and
very accentuated arteriosclerosis (hard-
ening Of the arteries), his holiness
presents the phenomena of asthma,
weakness and general exhaustion"
The physician added that although
local circulation in the leg had i'm
proved. the Pontiff's general circula-
ton remains sluggist and there are
clots in the blood stream which, II
they reach the heart or brain, will b.
fatal.