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harbor tugs. ludicrous by contrast in
size, took a firmer hold on towing
cables, and the task Of slipping the
inooring ropes got under way.
Then, as if for diversion of the spec
tators, the second largest liner in the
world backed out from her dock, was
turned around by the tugs in mid
harbor, and proceeded slowly down
the Solent-ocean bound on her first
real voyage.
On the liner herself, the crew Of
1900 worked most of the night to
prepare for the passengers making
the inaugural trip. Truckloads Of
provisions we're taken aboard. oil was
pumped into the tanks, strict pre-
cautions were taken against stow
aways.
Quest for Record.
Whether the 80.773-ton pride of
British shipbuilders would beat the
French liner Normandie's time across
the Atlantic was the outstanding topic
of conversations throughout South
arnpton. and doubtless throughout
the rest of Britain.
Doubt. persisted as to whether an
attempt to capture the blue ribbon of
fastest ocean travel would be made
on the first voyage. Risk of harming
the new engines, it was pointed out,
might outweigh the risk of disappoint-
ing the British public.
These considera tions were balanced
however, by reports that direct orders
were given Sir Edgar Britten, in COM
mand of the liner, to make every pos
sible effort to recapture Immediately
the speed supremacy on the Atlantic
for Britain.
To do so. the Queen Mary must
cruise at an average speed of better
than 30.35 knots, the record estab-
lished by the Normandie on a return
voyage from New York. On trial runs
the Queen Mary reached a top speed
Of 1884 knots.
In any event, the latest colossus Of
the sea was expected to race to New
York in very little more than four
days time, arriving there Sunday.
An investment of more than $685.
100000 was involved in the completed
Queen Mary, towering high above the
water with her IL decks.
BATORY ARRIVES TODAY.
Evening star., 1936-05-27
CIVIL SERVICE INVITES
PACKER APPLICATIONS
Data to Be Received Through June
I for Navy Yard and Quarter
master Jobs.

Applications for the position Of
packer will be received by the Civil
Service Commission through June J.,
to NIL vacancies in the Washington
Navy Yard and the Quartermaster
Service, it was announced today.
Pay In the navy yard ranges from
$5.76 to s6.72 a day for a 40-hour
week. and with the Quartermaster
Corps, War Department, 1888. -.
Six months experience in making
boxes and packing crates will be
required. Full information may be
obtained from the manager of the
fourth United States Civil Service
District at Seventh and r streets.
Evening star., 1936-05-27
SPECTACULAR BLAZE
HITS SAN FRANCISCO
Water Front Suffers $500, 900
Damage-0ne Dies, 8 Hurt
in 4.Hour Fire.
~ the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27.-
Flames racing across the oily surface
OF q ship channel yesterday did an
estimated 100000 damage to the
San Francisco water front in the most
spectacular fire their in years.
Oil from a sewer outlet became
ignited, Fire Chief Charles Brennan,
said. and, turned the ship channel
into q blazing stream.
More than 1,000,000 feet Of lumber
was destroyed; the creosoted pilings
OF q railway trestle were burned ana
the flames attacked three lumber
yards and piers.
Peter Anderson. watchman at one
Of the lumber plants, fell dead OF
q heart attack while watching the
flames. Eight Of the $50 firemen at
the scene were injured.
Fifty pieces Of fire apparatus, In
Evening star., 1936-05-27
lob AND PAY RISE
SHOWN IN SURVEY
Employment Near 1929
Level Year After N. R. A.
End, Leaders Say.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 27.-George A.
Sloan, chairman Of the Consumers
Goods Industries Committee, last night
made public survey in which business
leaders declared industry has generally
maintained improved wage and hour
scales since the collapse Of the N. r. A.
year ago and employment is now
nearing the 1929 level.
Making the survey public on the eve
Of the anniversary of the Supreme
Court decision which held that the N.
r. A. was invalid, Sloan said:
American industry generally has
given an inspiring example of its de-
termination and ability to maintain
and improve wage and hour stand
ards"
Excerpts From Reports.
Excerpts from the reports of vari-
GUS leaders follow:
Paul S. Willis, president of the As
sociated Grocery Manufacturers of
America: This year our industry is
employing Is per cent more people
than in 1929. Better than 95 per
cent are maintaining same or higher
wages and more than IS per cent are
observing the working hour standards
which prevailed under N. r. A."
Walter S. Tower, executive secretary
of the American Iron and Steel InSti-
tute: mo deviation from. minimum
wages and maximum hours prescribed
in the code. 4" Number of employees
increased approximately 10000 ." -"
Alfred Reeves. vice president and
general manager of the Automobile
Manufacturers Association: With
26 per cent less production in 1885.
the automobile industry employed
Evening star., 1936-05-27
Columbus Gets Soluble.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. May 26 R).-
Henry (Heinie) Soluble. infielder,
came to the Columbus Red Birds Of
the American Association today on an
outright purchase from the st. Louis
Cardinals President Don Beach Of
the Birds did not disclose the pur-
chase price.
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Queen Mary

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Popular Price Opera Success.

NEW YORK, May a. R.-Ths.
Metropolitan Opera Association last.
night approved its experimental popu-
lar price Spring season and announced
. similar program would be presented
next year.
Evening star., 1936-05-27
Bing Crosby Saves Stamps.

HOLLYWOOD R.-Bing Crosby
saves the. stamps from his fan mail.
sends them to Chinese missions,
which profit by their sale to phila-
telists.
Evening star., 1936-05-27
BATORY ARRIVES TODAY.
Newton d. Baker Heads Group 70
Greet Polish Craft.

NEW YORK, May 27 OP.-Poland's
new transatlantic liner, the 10000
ton motorship Batory of the Gydnia
America Line, neared American shores
today on her maiden voyage, carrying
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
STAY { 2
TO TESTIFY

OREGON, ILL.,, Oct. 20 G.N.SD.
Guy Tallmadge, the bald under
takers assistant on trial for his
life, may possibly take the stand
himself today to tell the circuit
court jury how red-haired
widows wiles reduced him to
such a state of responsibility
that he was led to murder his
wife, Bessie.
Tallmadge's appearance as a
witness would be sensation No. 2,
in a trial sensational enough to
have delayed half the dinners in
Ogle county during the seven
days it has been in progress.
The State climaxed its case
against the prosaic-looking cross
roads Casanova by bringing to
the stand the widow, Mrs. Frances
Birch, 80, wearing dark glasses,
an air of mystery, and the smart
est autumn ensemble local en-
poriumS could provide.
The Widow Birch contributed
a story of a gift of a diamond
ring, a token, she said, of Tall
madge's Sincerity" AS soon as
it was proper" she said. she
was to have worn the solitaire as
an engagement ring.
Her understanding, she testi-
fled, had been that Tallmadge,
who is Sc, would divorce Bessie,
who was 81.
But last May 10 Tallmadge
took a short cut to marital free
dom by shooting his wife on a
lonely country road near here,
according to his own statement,
admitted as evidence.
The undertaker's fate should
be in the hands of the jury of
farmers and small town business
men by tomorrow night or early
Thursday, the prosecutor said.
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
HELEN KELLER
TEACHER DIES

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 Q.N.S).
Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy, 10,
teacher and companion for nearly
half a century of Helen Keller,
died today at Miss Keller'S home in
Forest Hills, after a years illness.
Miss Keller, born blind and
mute, but who achieved the power
of speech after incredible diff
Guilty, was with her at the end.
For the past week, Mrs. Macy had
been in a coma.
Miss Keller wrote:
"My teacher is free at last
from pain and blackness. I
pray for strength to endure the
silent dark until she smiles
upon me again"
It was Mrs. Macy who took
Miss Keller in hand when the
latter was a child. Taught her
to read Braille and worked with
her until Mrs. Macy herself be-
came blind. Then, Secluding
themselves in a Scottish farm
house, the pupil became teacher,
aiding Mrs. Macy to read Braine
which had changed extensively
since she taught it.
On October 81 both Miss Keller
and Mrs. Macy were to receive
Theodore Roosevelt medals "for
a cooperative achievement of
heroic character and far reach
ing significance"
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
II ARE LOST
AS SHIP SINKS

BATAVIA, Java, Oct. 20 Q.N.S0
Nine airplanes and several small
naval ships today secured the
seas off Tandjong for 70 passen-
gers of the royal Dutch steamship
Van Der Wick, missing hours
after the packet mysteriouSly
foundered.
Rescue craft saved 1877, includr
ing IA Europeans. Among the
missing are eight Europeans.
Many miles off her course, the
2,633-ton ship reported a heavy
list" in her first sos, and while
planes and ships rushed to her
aid she sent a second message
saying, sinking rapidly"
She is believed to have struck
the jagged edge of a hidden
coral reef.
Seaplanes reached the scene Of
the disaster first and, landing on
the quiet surface, picked up scores
of survivors struggling in the
water or clinging to bits of wreck
age.
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
DEATH | | ) 7.
OF RADICALS
INCLUDED
MURPHY
Roundup Of Terrorists
Begun as Plan for
Uprising Is Barred

MANILA, P. l., Oct. 20 G.N.S).
A plot to overthrow the Philippine
commonwealth by assassinating
virtually all ranking officials, was
believed thwarted today when prl'
vate cables from the radical SAX
dial party's leader, now in Japan,
were intercepted and decided.
High on the list of persons
marked for death were the Amer
lean high commissioner, Frank
Murphy, and the archbishop, it
was announced.
A roundup of Sakdal officials be-
lieved implicated was in progress.
Eighteen were jailed Immediately
and bombs, red flags and incrim-
mating documents were found in
their possession, it was announced.
Two peddlers carrying 200 sticks
of dynamite were arrested in San
Juan, RiZal.
Troops Sent Out
President Manuel Quezan ord
cred the terrorists suppressed with
an iron hand after being informed
of plot for an uprising in Rial
Province next month.
Chief among the precautionary
measures taken was the dispatch
ing of troops to Tarlac Province
where subverSive activities were
reported at a dangerous stage.
The question of dissolving the
Sakdal party was being debated
following the revelation that many
of the party members who are in
government service are implicated
in the plot.
There are $4,000 Sakdals in
Rial Province alone with a pro-
portionate number in other
provinces.
Holds Three Suspects
Three of the suspects arrested
early in the roundup confessed
being implicated in the bombing
arson outrageS which threw Ma.
Mia into a panic October 3, when
six business buildings were par
TALLY wrecked, police said.
According to the confessions one
of the radical groups began bomb
ing ahead of the agreed time.
frightening the others who fled
to the provinces.
VOTE AMERIcAN-
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
Quebec Blast Loss
Placed at S25O,OOO

QUEBEC, Oct. 20 GN.SD-
Two explosions in rapid success
sion, followed by fire, today
wrecked six tanks and a ware
house of the Canadian oil com.
pany unroofed scores oof houses
and smashed thousands of panes
of glass.
The blasts and fire were attri-
buted to spontaneous combustion.
Loss was estimated at $250,000.
Possibility that one man lost
his life was seen in the disap-
pearance of Pierre Lessard, an
employee. Firemen searching for
his body expressed belief he may
have been asleep in the com.
pany's office which was wrecked.
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
23D CHILD
EXPECTED
S00N-
B | 90 d TRANSMISSION
Given, and Another
Is imperative
picture on Page q

TORONTO, Ont, Oct. 20 GIN.
S).-Human life and a fortune of
$750,000 hung in the balance to
day as the famous stork derby for
the Millar will legacy drew to- a
close.
Mrs. Grace Bagnato, one of the
leading contenders, is under a doc
tors care. She has had one blood
TRANSMISSION and another may be
necessary on account Of her debili-
tated condition.
Mrs. Bagnato is expecting her
twenty-third child before October
81, when the maternity marathon,
begun by the wiz, of the eccentric
lawyer, finishes. Thirteen of the
brood were mothered before the
race began. Nine are eligible I'M
der the terms Of the testament.
Her anticipated child will place
her in a leading position tied with
Mrs. K. Mrs. Kathleen Timleck
and Mrs. Arthur Maggie, who each
have ten. Mrs. Martin Kenny lays
claim to twelve regularly regis
tered births within the decade out
her score has been protested.
Pale, worried Mrs. Bagnato said
today:
"The strain of mOthering my
family has been so great. Only
the Lord knows what is going to
happen. He has looked after me
before. He will look after me
now,
81 only wish that we could get
away from everything for cOu-
pie Of months"
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
PARKERS FREE
ON BONDS

MOUNT HOLLY, N. j., Oct. 20
GN.SO.-ElliS H. Parker, ST., chief
Of Burlington county detectives,
and his son, Ellis H. Parker, jr.,
surrendered to the United States
marshal here today on indictments
returned against them by the Fed
eral grand jury at Newark.
They were Immediately ar
raigned before a United States
commissioner, who held the young
er Parker in $4,000 bail, and his
father in $4,000 bail.
Bail was supplied by friends and
both were released.
The Washington times., 1936-10-20

NEAR FOR
MADRID
Women Demand Rifles
And Urge All Men
To Volunteer
BY THOMAS A. LOAYZA

MADRID, Oct. 20 U.N.SO
President Manuel Azana and sew
eral of his most important cabinet
members already have fled the
capital, the Madrid populace was
thrown into a frenzy of excite
ment, fear and patriotic fervor
today, emotions mingling at fever
pitch as insurgent armies pushed
on relentleSSly less than a, score
Of miles away.
Flight Of the government lead
erS had immediate reaction
throughout the capital as citizens
feared the zero hour was near
The government tried to raise
the defense spirit Of the popula'
ton to .the fighting point. Drums
throughout the city rolled out ap'
peals at frequent intervals, urging
all able-bodied men to enlist.
Women Ask for Rifles
Women workers staged mass
demonstrations in which their
cries were almost frantic.
Hundreds of these women, OF
all ages, paraded past the Palacio
de la PrenSa in the heart of the
capital carrying red banners, ap
pealing to men to enlist to beat
back the insurgent advance.
They sang semihysterical
chant:
Zone, two, three. give us
rifles! One, two, three, we will
win the war;"
The chants frequently were
interrupted by the war-like roll
of drums.
All doctors were forbidden to
leave Madrid. All nurses were
instructed to be ready for duty.
Soviet Films Shown
Factories were put on a 24-hour
basis, operated in many cases by
women volunteers, to manufac'
ture war supplies and warm
clothing for militiamen shivering
at the front.
Under direction of the depart
ment of propaganda and the min
istry of education, leading motion
picture theaterS showed films OF
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VnTE AMEpIcAN-
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
CL|QUES FIGHT
IN MOSCOW

LONDON, Oct. 20 G.N.SO.
With a three-cornered fight under
way to succeed the desperately
ill' Joseph Stain, according to
a Daily Mail dispatch from Gen
eva quoting Moscow Couriers,
chaotic conditions" prevail to-
day in the Soviet Union.
Maxim Litvinoff. Soviet foreign
commissar, has been informed
that wholesale arrests of red
leaders are being made daily in
Moscow, said the Mail.
Fighting for control, according
to the newspaper, are the bureau,
cratic Communists" under v. M.
Molotoff, president of the council
of commissars; the Trotskyists.
and Klementi Voroshiloff, com
missar for defense.
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
SEN. C0UzENS
IMPROVED

DETROIT, Oct. 20 G.N.SO.
After rallying through the night,
Senator James Couzens, Michi,
CAMS senior Senator, is "in no i'm
mediate danger" his personal ply
sician, DR.. Hugo Freund, an
nounced at noon today. He said:
"The Senator has shown a
decided improvement over yes
terday. There is nothing to
worry about at the moment"
He revealed surgical remedies
had been considered last night,
but today such remedies were not
even being considered.
Senator Couzens has developed
a slight uremic poisoning in his
remaining kidney, DR.. Freund
said.
The Senator's pulse and tenn
perature were normal at noon to.
day, the physician said, and, while
Senator CouzenS was seriously
ILL.," there was mo indication Of
progression of his condition"
Miss Betty CouZenS, the Sen
ator's daughter, arrived this morn
ing from New York, where she had
been visiting, and went immedi-
ateIy to her fathers bedside.
VOTE AMERICAN
Union Agreement
CINCINNATI, Oct. 20 U.N.SO.
Claiming a victory over the COM
pany union, George M. Harrison,
grand president of the Brother
hood of Railway Clerks, today said
his organization had entered an
agreement with the Pennsylvania
railroad through which the brother
hood will become a bargaining
agency for 2O,036 of the railroads
workers.
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
ITALIANS R0UT
ETH|0P|ANS

Adds ABABA, Oct. 20 GN.S).
Storming the natural Notifications
of Mt. GiabaSsire at bayonet point,
italian troops today won their first
major battle against the bandit
remnants" of former Emperor
Halle SelaSSie's armies.
Several hundred Philippians
were slain in six hours of intense
fighting. The battle was the first
important clash in the Italian
drive against Gore, seat of the de-
posed emperor'S "rump" govern
ment, staged in an effort to en-
force qualification" of remote
northwestern Ethiopia.
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
Spanish Insurgents
Take Over Island

LAGOS, Mig eria, Oct. 20
G.N.S0.-The Spanish civil war
spread to the Spanish Island of
Fernadopo, off Nigeria, today
with an uprising in which insur-
gents expelled the governor.
Insurgents, it was reported,
formed a provisional government
including African residents. Sup
porterS of Madrid's leftist regime
are being rounded up and impris-
oned Gin order to avert civil war, "
said an insurgent report.
VOTE AMERICAN
600 Land From Liner
LIVERPOOL, England, Oct. 20
(I.N.S.O. High tide and the eff
forts of a fleet of tugs today re-
floated the 16,O0O-ton liner Ian
castria after a night aground in
the River Mersey.
Six hundred passengers, return
ing from a Mediterranean cruise
aboard the Cunard White Star
ship, belatedly disembarked here
when the Lancashire docked.
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
4 Dead in Ship Fire.;
N. Y. Trip Is Resumed

PALERMO, Italy, Oct. 20
G.N.SO.-With four dead as re-
suit of the two-hour fire in her
third-class quarters, the italian
liner Vulcania continued her jour-
ney to New York today.
Two stewards were burned to
death fighting the fire and a third
was asphyxiated in a bathroom.
One of the ships musicians
jumped overheard in panic fear
and was drowned.
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
Kin Get Jennings Millions

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Oct. 20
GNSO.-The several-million-dol-
lar estate of the late Oliver Gould
Jennings today was left to his
widow, two sons, daughters-in.law
and employees by terms Of the will.
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
Auto-TruCk Crash
Kills One, Hurts Two

WARRENT ON, Va, Oct. 20.
Collision of an automobile and a
truck on the Lee Highway near
here today caused the instant
death of one person and the serious
injury of two others.
C. E. Tolley, So, of Clifton Forge.
Va, driver of the automobile, was
killed. His two passengers, Mr.
and Mrs. George Camden, also of
Clifton Forge, are in a serious con-
dition in a hospital here.
UnTE AMEpIrAN
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
WALLACES
AUT0B|DS
SCORED
Failure to Include
Low Price Cars Hit
BY Comptroller

Using sarcasm reminiscent of
John R. McCarl, Acting Comptrol-
Ter General Richard M. Elliott has
rebuked Agriculture Secretary
Wallace for attempt by the Agri-
culture Department to purchase
high-priced automobiles to the ex-
clusion of those in the low-price
field, it was revealed today.
In a letter to Wallace dated O.
tober 7, Elliott demanded that ad-
ministrative action be taken to
assure that the department in the
future also will invite bids from
automotive manufacturers in the
low-priced field, pointing out that
Congress has fixed the grade of
passenger autos available for Gov
eminent work within a price limit
Of $3.50. ss--.,~ --~-a ~s-s-~.-,-@a----
Provisions of Law
AS the law stands, Specifica-
tionS and bids may not be drawn
to exclude cars in the $3.50 grade
from competition, he said, lire
spective of Administration pre-
dilection."
Purchase by Agriculture of sew
eral heavy cars for severe field
work prior to June Is was al
lowed, however, inasmuch as pre-
vious General Accounting Office
decisions requiring low-priced cars
inclusion had not been published
at that time.
Elliott, however, declared Wal
lace's department for eight years
had condemned use of heavy cars
as wasteful, and then within a
period of II months has advo-
Gated them, and added:
1t is remarkable, if a fact,
that while cars weighing from
2,914 to 1926 pounds, entirely
adequate to the severe service
conditions over a period Of eight
years, it has been proven
by experience, in a comparative
~ short period of II months
that cars of such weight, with
proved construction, lack the
required SturdineSS.'
STEPPED UP HE SAYS
"The present records would
indicate that the specifications
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VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair and warmer tonight; Wednesday
mostly cloudy, followed by showers and
cooler at night.
The Washington times., 1936-10-20

=YOTE AMERICAN-
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VOTE AMERICAN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-12
Major Vincent Sets
 Motor Vehicle Mark
Salvation Army Commandant Driving Car Is Years Without Even Minor Mishap-Beats Capt. Charron

An auto mechanic before he threw in his lot with the Army, Captain Charron believes that Army drivers, with care. can ma- terially reduce accidents, substan. tially cut down the number of au- to fatalities and, at the same time, reduce the cost of auto upkeep.
 "A car should be treated like 3 horsc," says Captain Charron. "It should be kept clean. It should be fed regularly--oil, grease, etc. NH. lions of car drivers have not lcarn- cd this simple rule for economic driving. They fill up when they run out. But by that time the damage has been done. From my own knowledge, seventy-five per cent of repaid work Is not due to imperfect mechanism or faulty motor construction, but to rough handling by drivers. If autoists will treat the delicate parts of the motor with an ordinary amount Of care, accidents will be lessened and the life of the car will be pro- longcd." .4
 q might also ad," states the Captain, "that whenever I get back of the wheel I keep in mint that I am representing The Sal- vation Army. For that reason I am extraordinary careful, as we'll as considerate and courteous"