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would try to influence the teachers not
to give Congress any information.
I'VE did not expect Mr.. Marcan-
tonic, Mr.. Scott, or any of the others
who have been working overtime in
attempts to repeal the law that stops
communism from being indoctrinated
In the public schools to approve our
getting this information for the
fathers and mothers of Washington.
But even without their approval or
help we will get the information either
now or later. We are not going to
allow q few radical officers and
teachers to ruin our local schools
with communism, when practically all
of the officers and teachers do not
approve of it."
Blanton amplified by declaring he
had received a number Of replies
to the questionnaire from leading"
teachers, but he refused to disclose
their names.
The School Board meeting this
afternoon will be attended by group
of indignant mothers from the Powell
Junior High School area. Mrs. Betty
Lesser, 1850 Fuller street, mother Of
two children, one of whom attends
Powell, predicted that at least Is
other mothers in the neighborhood
would be present.
What right has Representative
Blanton to dictate to school teach
ers?" she asked. w pat is ne trying
to do, bring Hitlerisn( (here?"
Evening star., 1936-06-18
BUSINESS ACTIVITY
SCARS DURING So
Federal Reserve Reports
Spurt First 5 Months
Highest of 5 Years.
BY the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ported last night that business taken
as whole" increased more during the
first five months this year than in the
corresponding period of any Of the
four preceding years.
Many types of business activity were
at the highest levels since early in
1880, the board added in its monthly
bulletin
The most marked increases in pro-
duction during the past year, as in
other recent years" Ihe board said,
have been in the durable goods in
dustry. Output of durable goods,
however is still far below pre-depres-
sion levels. owing largely to the lag
OF recovery in construction activity. u
Increase in Construction.
The board noted that in the past
year there has been an increase in
construction, rejecting larger expendi-
lures for residential, industrial and
commercial building, as we'll as in
creased outlays for publicly financed
projects
Increased output has been accom-
panied by growth in the number of
persons employed and. rejecting prin-
cipally an increase in the average
number of hours worked, by some
what larger pay roll, the board re-
ported. However, it said unemploy-
ment has remained large and there
has been relatively little change in the
total number of persons on relief or
employed on works projects financed
by public funds.
Agricultural Income Scars.
Agricultural income, which had in
creased considerably in the last three
years, has shown a further growth
this year, the board said, adding this
reflected larger income from the sale
OF farm products. offset in part by a
decline in governmental rental and
benefit payments.
Stocks of cotton were reported tc
have been reduced during the last
four years, but are still at relatively
high level Wheat stocks were re-
ported to have been reduced to about
the same level prevailing prior to 1929
The supply of hogs on farms, which
the board said was exceptionally small
a year ago. was reported as having
shown some increase during the last
year.
Evening star., 1936-06-18

committee chairman of the federation
would have the discretionary authority
to seek the information that Blanton
has asked the teachers to furnish, If
the information is Legitimate"
He said he had not been consulted
on the Blanton quiz In one quarter
of the federation the feeling was held
that q special meeting should be
called.
Harry N. Stull. vice president Of
the federation and chairman of its
School Committee. said he never had
heard about the QUESTIONABLE until
I read about it in the newspapers"
THE federation certainly has never
taken any action which would cause
Mr.. Blanton to send out the question:
naire," he declared.
Statement BY BIant0n.
Blantons' statement to the press
follows:
Authority duly designated by the
Federation of Citizens Associations to
represent such federation on local
school matters here in Washington
earnestly requested that such a ques-
tionnaire be submitted to the officers
and teachers. 1t was submitted under
the belief that the fathers and moth
ers of Washington wanted it done.
The contention was made that
since 1t Is the money OF the fathers
and mothers of Washington and Of
the Government that pays the SAL
aries Of the officers and teachers and
pays the expenses of the Board of
Education that such fathers and moth
ers have the right to know whether
or not their children are being taught
by teachers who believe in COM
munism and believe in indoctrinating
1t and who do not believe there is a
God and who do not believe In some
form of religion.
THE contention was made that any
teacher who does not believe there is
a God and who does not believe in
some form of religion, but who be-
lieves in communism, had no right to
teach in the schools of Washington
without letting the parents OF their
pupils know about 1t.
There was no attempt whatsoever
to find out their religious belief, but
merely whether they believed in some
form of religion.
I'VE felt that since our subcom-
mittee passed upon all school matters
appropriated for, and provided in our
bill all appropriations for officers and
teachers of the local schools, that the
fathers and mothers of Washington,
through their duly delegated au-
thority, had the inherent right to
appeal to us and to request that we
submit such q QUESTIONABLE.
Says Many Furnish Data.
while we were assured that the
great majority Of the splendid men
and women who serve the schools
here, without hesitation, would gladly,
willingly and promptly furnish the
information requested, which many
have done, that we would find that
the School Board would do every
thing within its power to interfere,
that 1t would contend that Congress
had no authority ove either the
board or the teachers, and that 1t
Evening star., 1936-06-18

ish. Uncle Bill was full Of newly &C
quired knowledge about natural his
tory. and he and All explored the
Pennsylvania hills together, camped
by the lakeshore and rode horseback.
The outdoor interest grew into ath-
letic ambitions and ALI Landon be-
gan to see himself in roles other than
poultry fancier He might be a
plunging fullback for Marietta Acad-
emy and later. perhaps, an all-Ameri-
can for Ohio State. Considering that
he weighed only ia pounds. he had
a fairly tough time holding the posi-
tion OF end on the academy team.
Shoulder Found Broken.
1t ended in the game with Parkers-
burg High School, his second year on
the team. Bad feeling developed. In
the game Alf tangled with the most
powerful man of the Parkersburg
backfeld The next thing he knew,
he was laying on a gymnasium table.
Marietta had lost a good end. Sew
eral weeks later All was examined in
a Pittsburgh hospital. with the dis
covery that a shoulder was broken
and had grown back improperly. 1t
meant the end of athletics. but it
never handicapped him particularly
in ordinary work or outdoor life.
If ALI thought seriously about any
occupation. it was the law. Most of
the current drama In Marietta was
built around the lives of two lawyers.
named Ellinwood and Follett. The
men we're opposite types. Follett, the
slender rapier, and Ellinwood the
charging bludgeon: and usually they
were on opposite sides of a case. When
they met the town moved to the court
house. Drama-conf1ict.
The oil business, at the time. seemed
so much a matter of course that ALI
never thought of it in connection with
himself. The days he went with his
father to the oil fields meant the ac-
tivity around the wells, the long bug
by rides over rocky roads, the nights
they were caught away from home
Evening star., 1936-06-18
JURY AWARDS S32,500
TO YOUNG MECHANIC

A $32, 500 verdict was returned by a
District Supreme Court jury yesterday
in favor of Harrison Herlinger, young
mechanic, who was injured seriously
July 81, 1884. when an automobile
under which he was working fell on
him.
The suit was against the Worcester
Salt Co., which kept a truck in the
Congressional Garage, 628 Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast, where Her
linger worked.
The truck. which had been left in
reverse gear, accidentally backed
against the machine under which
Herlinger was lying. The automobile
was knocked off the four jacks which
supported it and fell with its entire
weight upon Herlinger's head and
body.
He subsequently lol: the sight Of
one eye and one side of his face was
paralyzed. The verdict, an unusually
large one, came after four days Of
trial. Herlinger was represented by
Attorneys Charles S. Baker, Col.
Christopher Garnett. Francis Hill, jr.,
and Benjamin L. Topper.
Evening star., 1936-06-18
WARNS AMERICANS
TO QUIT MISSIONS
Consul at Hankow Acts as
Canton and Marking Peace
Talks Fail.

Bf the Associated Press.
NANKING, June 18.-Americans in
Human Province were warned to
evacuate their missions today as the
result of renewed tension in the South
China crisis.
The warning from the United
States consul at Hankow sent men,
bers Of the evangelical mission toward
Changsha, but Presbyterian and
China inland missionaries decided to
remain at their posts.
Fear was expressed in foreign quar-
tiers negotiations for peace between
the Marking North government and
Canton (SouthD government had re-
suited in a deadlock. Ho Chen. the
governor of Human Province. was re-
ported considering sending provincial
forces from the Western to the South
ern region.
Evening star., 1936-06-18

tSOntlnueO from flTSL HaRe.b
the special committee of the Fedora
tion of Citizens Associations on elm
ination of anti-patriotic matter from
the District public schools, said mean
while that he suggested some such
QUESTIONABLE" as that which Blanton
mailed out.
The QUESTIONABLE has my COM
plete and unqualified approval" he
said. In fact, the importance of
sending some such QUESTIONABLE was
actually suggested by me.
II do not believe it will be objected
to by any informed persons sincerely
interested in eliminating communism
and anti-patriotic propaganda from
the public schools
Sullivan said he believed he prob
ably was the individual Blanton re-
ferred to as an authority of the
federation who asked for the ques-
tionnaire.
Questionnaires Requested"
Blanton issued a statement last
night in which he said he sent the
questionnaires to the teachers at the
request of duly designated "au-
thority" of the federation. At the
same time he told newspaper men If
the federation did not approve Of his
action he would destroy the ques-
tionnaires upon their return to his
offlce.
II will tear up the questionnaires
and throw them into the wastepaper
basket If the fathers and mothers of
Washington don't want me to get
the information" he declared.
The Board of Education Is meeting
In special session this afternoon to
consider the questionnaire, and the
Teachers Union also was ready to
take 1t under Consideration at the
same time.
Meanwhile, the District Congress
of Parents and Teachers planned to
send as many members of its Board
Of Directors as possible to the meet
ing of the Board of Education to
protest against the QUESTIONABLE and
to plead that the teachers be per-
mited to ignore Bianton's inquiries.
Reason for Calling Session.
Mrs. Marion Wade Doyle, president
of the School Board, called the spe-
cial session, she said, $50 the teachers
may have some expression from the
Board Of Education before going on
their vacations"
Thomas Z. Lodge, president of the
federation, declined to comment on
Blanton's disclosure that he initiated
the investigation at the request Of an
authority" Of that organization and
said he had no intention of calling q
special meeting to learn the identity
of the authority" The federation
has recessed for the Summer and will
not have another regular meeting
until September.
Lodge said he knew of no "justifica-
ton" for calling q special session. but
pointed out he could be forced to do
so by members of the organization.
He also expressed the wSk that any
Evening star., 1936-06-18
Fight
Continued From First Page.)

the scheduled time, II am. Eastern
standard time).
Schmeling, however. was a half
hour late and reported he had been
held up by weather conditions on his
automobile trip from Napanoch. N. Y.
DR.. William Walker. physician for
the New York State Athletic Commits
sion, reported both fighters were in
excellent physical condition.
Louis handlers reported the Bomber
had played his harmonica during the
first 10 minutes Of his train ride and
then had slept the rest of the way.
Schmeling appeared somewhat nerv-
Gus during weighing-in ceremonies. He
looked around interestedly a. the 800
spectators assembled in the Hippo
drome. Louis was an nonchalant as
ever.
Louis weight came as something of
a surprise to boxing critics. He had
been expected to come in at around
202.
Evening star., 1936-06-18
MOB BURNS CAFE
IN HUNT FOR nine
Texas Prisoners Spirited From
Jail to Jail After Killing
of Officer.
Bt the Associated Press.

Bs the ASSCclatec FresS.
Ell CAMPO, Tex, June ia mob
of about 800 persons, baked in an at
tempt to lynch nine colored persons,
gave up a search for their quarry to-
day to return home and burn the cafe
where q white officer was slain while
trying to quiet bonus celebration.
Whereabouts Of the nine-five men
and four women-was kept secret dur
ing the night as they were whisked
from jail to jail. The mob. armed with
sawed-oh shotguns and including
some women, Stormed the jails at
Wharton and Bay City only to find
the intended victims gone.
AS the restaurant went up in flames
it was not decided Immediately
whether the crowd would be assembled
later today to continue the hunt. Tip
Simmons, deputy sheriff. was
slashed with knives and razors.
Oficers said 0ae cafe proprietor was
not connected With the Staying,
Evening star., 1936-06-18
Seven Slain in RiOting,

CANTON, China, June 18 (P,.-De-
layed reports from Wuchow. Kwanesi
Province, today said seven persons had
been slain in serious rioting resulting
from civilian resistance TO military
conscription.
Militiamen were called out after one
recruiting officer and several assist
ants had been slain. but the fighting
continued. Regular troops arrived the
next day.
Evening star., 1936-06-18
Civil War Fear Revived.

SHANGHAI. June 18 GP).-Re-
ports of failure of peace negotiations
between the two Chinese governments
caused fresh apprehension of possible
civil war today.
A peace conference in Human Prov
ince failed because the Marking Ccen-
traD government demanded virtual
complete political and economic cor
troll over the Canton Southwest
administration. the reports declare.
Rumors of concentration of 10000
Northern soldiers in Southern Hunan
territory followed the reported col
lapse OF negotiations.
Evening star., 1936-06-18
1000 Miles in Is Hours.

A test passenger train recently
Travelled 1000 miles between Johan-
nesburg and Capetowr. South Africa.
in Is hours Is minutes.
Evening star., 1936-06-18

and had to stop in some farm house.
Probably it was in Ohio farm houses
that he formed the habit of visiting
naturally with strangers, a habit that
was to grow through the years until it
was a factor in Landon campaign
for Governor.
Moved West In 1904.
The Landon calendar for 1904 Is
record Of the year the family moved
West, the year of the Democratic
National Convention and the world
fair at st. Louis. carrying in a suit
case a bottle of witch hazel that
Mrs. Landon had given them to rub
on their feet after hard days on the
fair grounds.
The Democratic convention Is as
clear in 1885 as it was that June day
in 1904 when the temporarily dis
credited prophet of his party took the
platform among a thunder of booS
and cheers. The silver-tongued ora
tor, the boy orator of the Platte
William Jennings Bryan More boos
and applause, more catcalls and
cheers! But whether or not he could
carry along his party's delegates, he
was the great man in the big hall
this aay. That was the way the 16-
year-old ALI Landon saw him, from
the edge Of gallery seat. For one
hour Roosevelt was out of his life.
They stayed on at the convention
for the nomination OF Alton B Par
ker and went home. still the Roosevelt
men that they had been when they
started out.
The curtain was going down on ALI
Landon's view of the Ohio stage.
There was nothing in the quiet de-
parture to suggest that many years
later the Landon name would echo
in cheers as the forces of Theodore
Roosevelt's party gathered in Ohio
for national convention.
tCopyrisht, 1885, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
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Evening star., 1936-06-18
SPECIAL NOTICES.

/ WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
any debts contracted by any one other than
myself. GEORGE r. NOKES 10I5 goth
St NV. 1SA
THE NEXT EXAMINATION IN OPTOM-
etry will be held in Washington. D. c.. on
the 10th. 18th and 18th of August 1896.
Applications must be filed with the secre-
THE DisTRiCT OF COLUMBIA
BOARD OF OPTOMETRY.
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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of The American Fire Insurance Co
of D. c.. for the election of nine (9l
at The ofice of the company No, 511 eth
st. NV. on Thursday. June 1s. 1886 at
IL O'Clock a m. Polls open from IL am. to
! pm. GEORGE NJ. ENMERICH. secretary.
ON AND AFTER JUNE 18th. 1896. WILL
not be responsible for any debts contracted
by any one other than myself. GLEN C.
SPINKS. 225 Massachusetts ave. ne,
Washington, D. C. 30"
Evening star., 1936-06-18

All Landon, growing up III MarlelIa,
Ohio, led what would be called a nor
NAL life. Summers usually were spent
at Conneaut Lake with his mother
and his Mossman grandparents. Rev.
w. H. Mossman, q Methodist minister
and member of the Erie Conference,
was a tolerant, intellectual man who
had started life as a cabinetmaker.
He encouraged Alf's reading interest.
1t was at the home of his Mossman
grandparents, in West Middlesex, Pa,
that ALT was born, September 8, 1887.
Alf's uncle Bill" Mossman wv. T.
Mossman of Pittsburgh was only
about 10 years older than his nephew
and one of his closest friends, then
and later. 1t was Uncle Bill" who
led him in his outdoor interestg that
probably saved ALI from being Vook-
Evening star., 1936-06-18

TERMINAL VAN LINES
OF TAMPA, FLORIDA
Padded VaES-Pioneer Distance Movers
Ofices. $50 Goth St. NV. West OgO4.
DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART
loads to and from Balto Phila anc New
York. Frequent trips to other Eastern
cities. 'Dependable Service Since 1896"
CO, phone Decatur 26O0
Evening star., 1936-06-18

ON AND AFTER JUNE 18th, 1896. WILL
not be responsible for any debts contracted
MCDANIEL. $50 L st. NV. 20"
ON AND AFTER THIS DATE WILL BE
responsible for only those debts contracted
by myself. personally Raymond B. Car
rnll. o&AA Reecher ST n "
Evening star., 1936-01-18
DR.. PIERCE RESUMES
SERIES OF SERMONS
All Souls Pastor Speaking on
What Every Man Should
Know"

Continuing a course of four sermons
on What Every Man Should Know
About Religion" DR.. Ulysses G. B.
Pierce. minister of All Souls Church,
Unitarian, will preach at the II
o'clock service on What Shall I Do
With Jesus, Called Christi" At the
adult class in Current Religious
Thought, at 10 o'clock. Mrs. John Stro-
ther will review Percy Dreamer's
Christianity as New Religion, IN
the light of some experiences in Ger
many and England last Summer. At
5 o'clock Lewis Atwater, organiSt, will
play a program of Bach music, to be
on "A Trip to Mexico" by Miss Mil
dred Curran. The speaker at the
Fireside Circle for Young People at
$50 will be ]. Grant Hefty. Follow
ing. the group will attend the Kagawa
meeting at Calvary Baptist Church.
hour in Pierce Hall at 7:30 will be
the English film The Unfinished
Symphony"
Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard will
continue her series of talks on Mon
day evening on current events. The
meeting of the Women's Alliance Fri
day will be addressed by DR.. Amelia
Reinhart, president of Mills College,
on Religion and Youth" At the
foreign language cinema on Sat-
urday evening the feature will be the
French version of Don Quixote, with
Chaplain. This evening the German
film. "Bei Der blonden Katherin," will
be shown.
Evening star., 1936-01-18
Christian Science

Life" is the subject of the lesson
sermon in all the Churches of Christ,
Scientist. tomorrow. The golden text
is from I John, VI This is the sec
ond record, that God hath given to us
eternal life, and this life is in His
Son"
Among the citations which comprise
the leSson-Sermon is the following
from the Bible: And the Spirit and
the bride say, Come. And let him that
heareth say, Come. And let him that
is athirst come And Whosoever will,
let him take the water of life freely"
Revelation, xxii17) The lesson-ser-
mon also includes the following pas
sage from the Christian Science text
book, Science and Health With Key
to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker
Eddy: The science of being fur
nished the rule of perfection and
brings immortality to light. God and
man are not the same, but in the or
der of divine science, God and man
coexist and are eternal" page 1861
Evening star., 1936-01-18
SERMON TOMORROW
BY REV. G. E. LENSM
"The Christian and Other People
to Be Subject at Grace
Lutheran Church.

Services in keeping with the spirit
of the Epiphany season will be con-
tinued at Grace Lutheran Church to-
morrow. Rev. Gerhard E. Lenski will
preach at IL am. on The Christian
and Other People" The chorus
choir, directed by Marian st. John
Aldridge, organist. will sing McFar-
lanes anthem. open My Eyes, o
Loving Christ"
A moving picture film, depicting the
church's mission work On the island
of New Guinea, will be shown in the
church hall at pm. An address will
be given Secretary Taueber of the
Foreign Mission Board of the Ameri-
can Lutheran Church.
The Brotherhood will meet January
% at pm. The speaker for the eve
ming will be Prof. Autritt, who will
discuss Communism IN Russia and
America"
Confirmation instruction will be
held Sunday at $50 PIN and on We'd
nesday at pm. The Sunday class
Is open for adults as well as younger
folks. The Wednesday class is only
for the younger group.