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The Washington times., 1936-02-15
Day i'm Congress
SENATE

Meets at IL a. m.
1000 AM.-Agriculture; rural
Identification, executive.
l0:30 A.M.-Commerce; aVia-
ton, open.
HOUSE
In adjournment until noon
Monday.
Committees:
1000 A.M.-Appropriations sub
committee; executive session on
the District appropriation bill.
1890 A.M.-Military affairs sub
committee: open session on pri-
vate bills.
10:30 A.M.-Chain Stores m
vestigation committee; open hear
ing, continuation Of investigation.
The Washington times., 1936-02-15
1S Hurt in ~ Crash

NEW YORK, Feb. Is Q.N.S.),
Eighteen passengers were injured
today when q Ninth Avenue ele
waited local train crashed into the
rear Of another local at the station
at One Hundred and Fifty-tirst
Street and Eighth Avenue. Cause
Of the crash could not be imme'
diately learned.
The Washington times., 1936-02-15
Film Star Stricken

TAHOE CITY, Feb. 15.-Travel.
ing 80 miles through the blizzard
swept Sierra Nevada, an am
bulance today carried Mary Astor,
film actress, from a picture loca-
tion near here to q waiting train
at Truckee, Calf. The train will
take the movie actress to a Holly
wood hospital.
The Washington times., 1936-02-15
BORDER FIGHT
INQUIRY IN
DEADLOCK
Neutral Member on
Probe Board Is
Issue

new Russo japanese border
clash, in which approximately
1000 outer MOngOlian (SOviet)
troops are alleged to have at
tackled Japanese ManchukuO
forces, was reported to japanese
military authorities Mt Hailar,
ManchukuO, today.
The MOngOls were reported
driven back by the JapaneSe
forces after several hours fight
ing. No casualties were re.
ported.
MOSCOW, Feb. is UN.S0.
/: Angry words were hurled into
. the Russo-Japanese einbroglio to-
day as Boris Stomoniakov. Soviet
: vice-commissar for foreign af.
fairs, bluntly told Baron Tame.
kichi Ota, Japanese ambassador,
that Japanese army leaders were
sending false reports Of border
clashes to Tokyo.
The conference between Sto-
Inoniakov and Ota ended in an
impasse over the membership Of
, Q commission to investigate from
tier fighting.
Baron Ota called at the foreign
office in reply to q Soviet pro-
test over the battle Of Grodekov,
west Of VladivoStok. on January
30. The Japanese ambassador
proceeded to give the Japanese
version-that the battle occurred
on Manchukuo soil.
FalsehOOd Charged
'That's a crude fabrication-a
slander!" the Soviet vice-com-
misSar cried. He refuted the
whole japanese account as a
version intended to conceal the
real actions of the Japanese
Manchukoan army"
The japanese authorities In
Manchukuo are organizing an
attack on the Soviet union" !"
Stomoniakov alleged and are 'in'
Stigating the ever-increaSing num-
ber of border incidents to mis-
lead the Japanese government" :"
Russia still refuses to surrender
the band Of Manchu army mutt
neers who fled into Soviet terri
tory and caused the January 30
Z incident. The japanese and Rus
sian accounts differ in the site
Of the clash-the Japanese say
ing that the mutineerS reentered
Manchukuoan territory with Sow
let troops, while the Soviets
charge tn at JapaneSe-M -Manchu
troops entered Siberia to seize
the mutineers.
Neutral Representative
This incident directly involves
the SovietS and Manchukuo, and
today's conference has no bear.
ing on the fight Wednesday west
Of Lake BUR, on the border be.
tween Manchukuo and Outer
Mongolia.
Under orders from Tokyo, Baron
Ota proposed that q commission
to investigate the January 80 en-
counter be composed Of repre-
sentatives Of the Soviet Union
and Japan and its puppet empire
Of Manchukuo. Stomoniakov In
sisted that a representative Of q
neutral country also be included.
Baron Ota promised to trans
init the Soviet proposal to his
: government, but opinion here is
that it is unlikely that the Jap
anese foreign office will approve,
due to Japanese traditional dis
favor Of Occidental intervental in
Asiatic affairs.
The Washington times., 1936-02-15
NAVAL PARLEY
GHOST PACT
LOOMS
Session Doomed, U. S.
Irritated BY French,
British Attitude
BY DAVID p. SENTNER
Copyright, 1885, by international
News RAFviee

News Service
LONDON, Feb. IS Q.N.S).-
The London naval conference
seemed likely today to dash itself
into oblivion against the steel
sides Of Germany's new and grow
ing war fleet.
The British are insisting that
they viii not sign any qualitative
treaty unless Germany also signs.
The French are even more. in
sistent on the same point.
A Ghost Paper
And the Americans, who entered
the conference on condition that
they would not be drawn into any
European squabbles, are so irri
tated at this French and British
attitude that they are likely to
insist that Japan signs, too.
Thus. even II some agreement
Is reached over capital ships, II
will likely be only q "ghost treaty"
IA protocol initiated by four pow.
erS which would become q treaty
only when and If Germany, Japan
and Russia added their signatures
to 1t.
The unrest Of the American dele
cation at the direction in which
the conference is drifting, was
made apparent when David Key,
the delegations press officer, left
for the United States aboard the
steamship Manhattan. He will
carry to Washington the behind
theSceneS picture Of diplomatic
intrigue at the conference.
American Attitude
Apparently somewhat amazed at
Secretary Hull's statement from
Washington yesterday that Ameri.
CO had entered the conference de-
termined to stay out Of any parti-
san jealouSies or enmitieS, the
British asked the Americans today
II they were not interested in
limiting the size Of the German
navy.
The Americans replied. in effect:
''We came 20 London to attend
the Washington.L London treaty
conference, mot . European po-
IitiCal convention"
British hopes that Germany
could be invited to sit in were
dashed by French objections SuS-
tained by the Americans. Both
feel the meeting should be con-
fined to SignatorieS of the Wash
ington and London treaties.
Breakup Starts
France again made plain her
desire that the conference should
first reach q decision before seek
ing German adherence via diplo-
matte means.
The British regard this as q
doubtful expedient, in view Of
Chancellor Hitler'S repeated avow-
ais that Germany would no longer
put her name to anything that
she herself did not help to draw
up. ...t.
In an attempt to reach . deci-
sion on the battleship tonnage is
sue-at present the principal issue
before the Observation-Disclosures
dor Charles Corbin returned to
Paris and Admiral Biscia en-
trained for Rome, both seeking
further instructions from their
governments.
The Washington times., 1936-02-15
Vacationing in Florida

Warren Giles, president Of the
Rochester International League
Club. Is vacationing in Florida,
awaiting the arrival of the Red
Wings for spring training.
The Washington times., 1936-02-15
Radio Baseball Series

The ST. Louis Cardinals have In.
augurated q series Of broadcasts
entitled "The Story Of Baseball"
on Station KNOX, st. Louis.
The Washington times., 1936-02-15
LET 'EM EAT ICE CREAM
EXpOSiEiOn Boss

FOUR
YEAR-OED
JacqueIine
Marie Har-
baroer is
queen Of the
premiere Of
the San
Diego, Calf,
Exposition.
Well might
one believe
that, as her
first act,
she ordered
a dish Of ice
cream for
every loyal
subject
under the
age Of six
and maybe
a bit Of
Washington
politics by
ordering
every third
bottle Of
castor oil
pIowed
under.
Interna-
tional News
Photo.
Evening star., 1936-05-31
unrv Life of World Cross Oceans for Meetings Here
Crafts Revived, M 10 dern
Ways Taught, and Service
of All Kinds Provided.

tsry contributions of constituent as
sociations. It conducts triennlal
study of an important farm topic
Results Of three years research on
the worlds farm-food habits and ma
tional food specialties will be pre-
sented at the Washington conference
This unusual woman's organization
was conceived at an informal meet
ing in London in 1929. The flrst
triennial conference was held in
London in 1880. Three years later, at
the Stockholm conference, a consti-
tuition and the title, Associated Coun-
try Women of the World. were
adopted.
It's forthcoming Washington confer
ence is unique among conventions
Any rural woman may attend sessions
after payment of nominal registra'
ton fee. Delegates will meet chiefly
for discussion of worldwide farm
problems and achievements of tht
past three years.
THE A. G. w. w. conference ha.
aroused such interest amont
American agriculturists that their at
tendance will be seven times th'
original expectations. More than
score of American rural women's or
ganizations will be represented.
Since 1920 American countr!
women's big problem has been to sup
plement low cash farm income ant
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In the past several years notable
gains have been made in the manu-
facture of synthetic materials-and
all these new processes are on ex-
hibit. Some Of them can hardly be
distinguished from the natural prod
uct.
American chemical genius especially
has been at work-and in the Archl-
tects' Library are samples of material
that will make of the American home
a place of extraordinary comfort.
Since the new library was assembled
under the direct auspices of Govern
ment architectS-men who work in
the supervising architects office -
1t Is natural that they should take
pride in the exhibit. On the other
hand, they have not lost sight OF
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portunity they'll miss unless they climb
on Uncle Sans new band wagon.
While the manufacturers are permit
ted to place various and sundry pieces
of material on exhibit, there Is no
advertising permitted, no mention Of
firm names. Still, this is not draw
back.
IT Is said that one manufacturer
= could see no return profit in put
ting his goods on exhibit. Finally he
was persuaded to do so from q
patriotic motive. Even though the
exhibit is not yet open to the public,
this manufacturer got back more than
the cost of his wares: for architects
who went to see the library in its
formative stage came across a ma
terial they had been looking for-and
they ordered it to go into new build
ings. Ordered it in such abundance
that a minor boom was started.
The whole display has that effect.
There are so many beautiful pieces
of material that the average human
feels, Immediately upon viewing
them, that he must begin building
something. Too. the display is likely
to have a permanent effect upon
building. The entire process
may be reformed.
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Federal Government Assemblies Building
Supplies in Fascinating Display Here, With
Cost Borne Entirely by Fabricators

most every man and woman has at
some time dreamed of the ideal house
home. Well, the dream house could
easily be put together from material
now on display at the Government
warehouse.
1t seems rather prosaic to say that
all this architectural glory should be
stored in a warehouse-but you should
see the warehouse. In itself, this is a
masterpiece of Government architec-
ture. 1t houses the procurement
division of the Treasury Department,
which is in a way of being the old
supervising architects off1ce-and this
is the Office that designs and super
vises the construction of Government
buildings-from post offices in the
smaller towns and larger cities to the
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Exhibit in Warehouse-Soon Due to Open;
Will Be Permanent and Will Stand as Only
One of Kind Ever Created in This Country

their critical faculties. They made
sure that nothing but the finest ma
terial in the land came to Washing
ton for this exhibit.
When these gentlemen say q piece
Of building material is good, it stands
ace high. Under their critical eyes,
the manufacturers and purveyors Of
building material have assembled the
choice objects of their craft, at an
approximate cost of 100000, the bill
paid by the boys who solicit business
from Uncle Sam.
Not to be selfish about it, the Gov
erEment officials are going to throw
their architectural reference library
open to all architects Of the United
States, regardless of their fields of
operation; whether they design Office
buildings in New York or row houses
in Philadelphia and Baltimore.
1T is the first time in all history that
such a place of study has been open
to the architects. Some attempts, on
a smaller scale, have been made In
other countries; but nothing quite like
this here in Washington.
AS you enter the new reference
library your eyes will be greeted by
the finest display of stainless steel
the manufacturers could put together
in small compass-and you will be
dazzled at Just what can be done
with stainless steel. Why, they can
even color it so it looks like green
velvet.
Then, there is glass display. The
old saying about people who live in
glass houses not being able to throw
stones is out. From now on Ameri-
cans can live in glass houses. people
may throw stones, and not glass will
be broken. There is glass material
strong enough to take the place OF
brick-for exterior and interior walls
Altogether 10 rooms contain all
there is to know, up to now, about
building materials.
Taken separately and individually
these rooms are:
l. The interior marble room. Thi,
contains samples of polished or honec
samples of domestic marbles, each
piece 1895 inches and fastened Il
the walls side by side so that tn,
display gives you at a glance Amer
ica's marble show. The floors, too
are of marble-the only touch o
fabricated material being the ceiling
an acoustical treatment that keep
the voices low. Acoustical tile, the!
call it. Indirect lighting enhance
the display. Only thing absent is |
marble staircase. A lamp made o
Alabama marble touches of the place
2. The exterior stone room. Her
will be found 191 samples Of marble
Continued on Fourth Pase)
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magnificent display Of architecture
along the Mall.
Naturally, these architects worked
under handicapS In the past, when
they had no sample room to guide
them. After this, whenever a Gov
ernment architect wants to see just
how material will look In the finished
lob all he has to do Is stroll down
to the architects nbrary-and glance
over the reference works.
Admiral Christian J. Peoples IS the
director of procurement for Uncle
Sam-and under his experienced eye
must pass all the material used in the
construction of Government buildings.
w. e. Reynolds Is assistant director.
L. A. Simon, supervising architect
of the Treasury, has charge of all the
drawings and must pass upon them
before even so much as a bid Is
submitted.
Neal A. Melick, supervising en-
gineer, has plenty to do with the
actual work at hand.
THE entire display is under the
watchful eye of Roy w. Johnson,
young architectural engineer who
has spent the best part of his career
with the Government.
All these men are mighty enthusi-
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pie farmers wives are travelling
to Washington this week from
- 43 States and 81 foreign ma
tions In every conceivable conveyance,
from ocean liners to trailers pulled
by the family touring car. More than
1000 farm women. including leaders
from Ceylon, South Africa. France,
Germany and Palestine, the north
ernmost Canadian provinces, Georgia
cotton fields and Western prairies, are
to attend the Third Triennial Con-
ference of the Associated Country
Women Of the World, opening in
Washington tomorrow.
Country women's organizations to
be represented at the conference are
rapidly making obsolete the conven-
tional city dweller's picture of rural
civilization They are unostenta-
tiously leading a revolution in coun-
try life. Isolation and monotony are
disappearing. No longer are farmers
interests limited by farm boundaries.
New ideas and activities have replaced
stagnation. Recreation, research pro-
grams, libraries, hygiene and disease
prevention campaigns, cooperative
marketing and production and farm
crowned banks are part Of the new
rural world.
No longer Is the country woman
just o dependent farmers wife whose
nlonotonous round Of toll Is unre-
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here" Mr.. GoSs said, "or I miss my
guess. And copper display, too!
ITO my mind. this new architects
library. so-called. beats all similar
exhibits ever put on in America-even
those at the various world fairs. That
is true because this is a permanent
place of exhibit AS I understand it,
architects the Nation over may come
here and see what's what in their
line-and, believe me, America has
about everything the human heart
can desire in the way Of building
material"
Immediately after viewing the ex-
hibit, Mr.. Goss got in touch with a
number of Connecticut and New York
manufacturers, telling them Of an op-
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John Jay DAILY.

IF YOU hear an architect singing
these days, II Dreamt That I
Dwelt in Marble Halls" he has, in
Il all probability, paid his first visit
to the new architectural library as
sembled for his convenience by Uncle
Sam down in the Government ware
house on Seventh street.
From time immemorable, lawyers
have had reference libraries. An old
legal custom established by Black
stone.
Architects have never had anything
that even closely resembled library
a place where they might go and pour
over materials, samples, and what
have you.
So, when Uncle Sam wen. modern
lstic not long ago, putting in all sorts
Of fol-de-rol furniture and up-to-date
hoop-de-doodle-d in his new Govern
ment buildings, the dream of an archi-
tectural library came into being.
Although Uncle Sam had the neces-
sary space for such creation, he did
not have the money to spend-strange
as that may seem in this day Of money
spending So he enlisted the services
Of the building material manufacturers
the men who make brick and hew
. lumber, who fashion fabricated ma
terials of ali kinds-and these fellows
! supplied the funds.
AS result, Uncle Sam now provides
! the handsomest collection of building
materials ever assembled under one
roof-and it didn't cost the old gentle
; man one red cent.
! That is startling piece Of news,
: when so much criticism is being leveled
ut a spending orgy the like Of which
the world never saw before-or may
} never see again, but 1t is gospel truth
"A LII you have to do to verify this is
8 walk down Seventh street, below
: the railroad bridge, to D street south
(. west, turn into the Government ware
house, and ride the elevator to the
NTH floor. There you will walk
through marble halls that set the
architects singing-and lumber rooms
and terra Gotta rooms and stainless
steel room.
$ Talk about interior decoration, why
even the exterior decorators have a
showing here, where all samples Of
brick made in the U. S. A. are on
display, where the various stones from
quarries in every State in the Union
are on view, and where stream-lined
i aluminium gutter pipes take the place
Of fashioned tin.
On June and 2, from to 4 in the
! afternoon. all this display Of building
I material will be on exhibition-for the
general public. And the general pub
! lie will naturally be interested, for al.
4 a
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astic about the new architects Ii
brary. Even though there are some
10 rooms-display rooms-now in
order, this is only the beginning. Many
industries have yet to come forward
with enthusiastically the brass and
copper people.
Just to show how enthusiasm Is
drummed up on this score, former
Representative Edward w. Goss of
Connecticut was down in the ware
house the other day, looking over the
architectural display. He went en-
thusiastic over the assembled articles.
From a manufacturing district, Mr.
Goss knows his goods. He comes from
the Brass City-Waterbury.
We'll have a brass display down
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HAND in hand with their adoption
= of ultramodern methods, farm
women are, sponsoring renaissance of
picturesque customs, national cos
TUNES and ancient crafts. The Wash
ington conference is exhibiting typi-
cal handiwork. OF special interest to
Americans will be the famous War
wickshire loan exhibit, miniature
samples Of Warwickshire crafts. cedar
boxes with porcupine quills from Cey-
lon. lambskin slippers from Germany
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ieved by beauty or recreation. BY
organized effort she Is becoming a
self-reliant business woman, a mem
ber of cooperative enterprise, an ex-
pert home maker and nutritionist.
New knowledge of labor saving Is free
ing her for wide interests, vacations
and political activities.
All over the world rural women are
checking the migration of their sons
and daughters TO towns by making
farm Life more attractive apd com.
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and peasant costumes Of Czecho-
slovakia.
The Associated Country Women OF
the World unites rural women's or
ganizations of 81 nations on five con-
tinents. It maintains cooperative
relations between farm women's So
cieties of all nations, furthers their
common interests and fosters forma-
ton of new country women's organi-
cations. The international headquar-
ters in London u supported by volun-
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Portable. In many nations they are
assisting city dwellers, who sought
refuge on farms during the depres-
sion. to fit into agricultural life.
Country women have brought hy-
uiene to the primitive African blacks,
a flying doctor to Australia, foot ball
to the ancient Maoris Of New Zealand
democracy to British rural society and
travelling libraries to the mountain
farms Of Southeastern United States
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0D In the "Auminum Room the walls and ceiling
are marble. ~ Fountain in the center Of the Tile
Room" (3) Portion of the Terra Gotta Room" and
lobby "a Entrance the Brick Room" (5) New
home of the Procurement Division of the Treasury De-
partment, otherwise known the Government ware
house. (6) Doorway between the tile and terra Gotta
rooms (7) Doorway to the wood Room. (S) The
"Marble Room, desk is of marble and metal, chairs of
aluminium. -Photo oy hoSocZaA
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Washington Host to Great
Gathering From States
and Other Nations.
By Alice Rita DeaSy.

AIDES of the manor and SIM
pie farmers wives are travelling
to Washington this week from
Evening star., 1936-10-11
TRAINING SCHOOL
SEEKS HOSPITAL
Inmates at Laurel Institution
Exposed to Disease, DR..
Lewald Says.

Declaring that attendants and In
mates at the District Training School
at Laurel. Md, are constantly exposed
to contagious diseases because of lack
of proper housing facilities. DR.. James
Lewald, superintendent, todayexpreSsed
hope the next session of Congress will
provide an appropriation for construc-
ton Of a hospital at the institution.
DR.. Lewald revealed he has requested
an appropriation of s160,Oo for con-
struction Of building in which to
isolate inmates suffering from tuber.
culosis and other contagious diseases.
More than 80 of the SAL mentally
defective patients are tubercular, DR..
Lewald said. These. he pointed out,
sleep in the same rooms with other
inmates and eat and work with them.
The patients sleeping quarters ara
divided into seven units" he said.
Each unit has two bed rooms. so that
anywhere from 35 to so inmates are
thrown together in one room at night.
The healthy patients thus are menaced
by the physically sick"
The superintendent said that when
an inmate becomes i'll, he il treated in
his sleeping quarters because there is
no other place to take him. In a few
cases, the sick person has been re-
moved to Gallinger Hospital, but
usually attendants can do nothing bus
keep him at the training school.
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OFFICERS INSTALLED
BY TREASURY LEGION
Charles Daley, Jr., Is New Com.
mander-Membership Award
Certificates Given.

New officers for 1887 were Installed
by United States Treasury Post. No.
50, American Legion, at a special
meeting last week. Department Com
mander Horace w. Lineburg and his
staff performed the ceremonies.
The new officers are: Charles
Daley, jr., commander; Robert D.
Beeton, senior vice commander; Will
liam D. Slattery. Junior vice COM
mander; Nelson E. Hubel. adjutant;
John v. Hazard, assistant adjutant,
Kenneth B. Bovay, finance officer;
Berry Barnes, master at arms; Earl
H. Smith, sergeant at arms; Lambert
w. Breczina, assistant sergeant at
arms; Malcolm L. Shepherd, chap
lain; Leon Pitkin, historian, and Pat
rick j. Flannery, judge advocate.
j. I. Below. retiring commander.
was presented a wrist watch by Mai.
Ralph I. Graves. and National Execu-
tive Committeeman Joseph j. Malloy
gave membership award certificates
to Below, Charles E. Wolfe, Arthur
j. Thomas and Senior Vice Comman-
der Beeton. Certificates of merit were
awarded to Thomas, Wolfe. Wesley r.
Wheeler. Thacker v. Walker. Keith
T. Wood and Beeton.