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Evening star., 1936-09-22
GAR. .Boastsof LustyVoice
Songs That Rocked Mountains Now Rock
Hotel-Banter Shows Wit Keen.

the war did you fght on, pop7"
grinned the Pennsylvania.
What do you mean. pop?" re-
torted the man from Connecticut.
When you old men lost the war we
boys came down and chased the
rehs into the Atlantic Ocean"
"Have . cigar anyhow"
"AI right" said the Yankee. squint-
ing up and shifting his crutches. but
I'm not old enough to smoke it. I'll
have to take 1t home to grandpa"
A lot Of bantering went around the
big lobby where the veterans were
scattered in small groups surrounded
by . moving tide Of younger dele
gates to allied organizations.
The fsvorite theme Of the old SOL
diers was youth.
Maybe you other boys are too old
to understand the game" grinned
w. H. Chesbrough Of Beloit Wis.
el-year -old athlete. but base ball Is
where shine.
1T was only last year. or year be-
fore last. maybe. when I got two
base hit on the Chicago Cubs. told
them I was . ball player and they let
me 60 to the plate before the regular
game started. Their pitcher famed
me three times, but knocked one all
the way to the centerfield fence on
my fourth time up"
Chesbrough. who will carry Wis.,
consin's nag in the parade tomorrow,
borrowed . cane from another vet
ersn to demonstrate for the photog-
rapher how he pounded out . two
bageer.
George I. Rudolph Of the Pennsyl-
wants contingent believes he is the
youngest veteran At the enca mpment.
It was born in 1850,-ngure it out
for yourself" he said. Il was carry
ing q gun with the 9th Regiment, 9Th
Corps, before ! was Is.
Il was wounded four times, and
they laid me up in . hospital near
Petersburg on the Appomattox and
James Rivers.
President Lincoln came to see the
wounded. IN the hospital. He stopped
by my bed and said. Son. when you
get well we will send you back to your
mother
But I replied. No. sir. when I get
well want to be going back to the
old s7th!'"
Evening star., 1936-09-22
MEMBER OF GUILD
FEARED ADMISSION
Seattle Reporter Asserts
City Editors Attitude
Restrained Him.
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, September 77.-H. Rieh-
ard Sellers. who said fear prompted
him twice TO deny to his city editor
he was . member OF the American
Newspaper Guild, was called today TO
resume testimony st National Labor
Relations Board hearing Of the se-
attic Post-Intelligencer news room
strike.
Sellers is president OF the Seattle
chapter Of the guild which called the
strike after two guild members IN
the paper were discharged The
strike caused the paper TO suspend IL
days ago.
Queried by Edward c. Woods. Chi
cago attorney representing William
Randolph Hearst, publisher of the
Post-IntelligenceT. whether he vas
afraid" or ashamed" Sellers denied
he was ashamed, but said he was
afraid because Of the attitude OF his
city editor. Oliver s. Morris.
Asked by Woods If he Joined the
guild and continued to take Hearst =
money when the guild was
fighting Hearst" Sellers replied:
Hearst was attacking the American
Newspaper Guild ! was on the side
OF the organization fighting for
chance 10 live"
Evening star., 1936-09-22
When the Second Corps
Went to the fore

went 10 the JWS
With Honcock in the saddle,
They ,Dere the boys to start a noise,
And make the rebs skeddddle."
There were more verses. many more.
The huge veteran shouted them at
the top of his lungs. shaking his
stick.
He shook his stick In . big fist. and
his voice shook the banners and pen
nants, which draped the Maynower
lobby.
An audience collected.
Veterans in blue hobbled up on
sticks and crutches. Uniformed.
beribboned women of associated or
CARNATIONS smiled or looked slightly
annoyed. One said the old gentleman
should not be permitted TO hold forth
SO vociferously.
ANY man who can shout like that
at o." chuckled an old-timer In .
Mcclellan cap. 's entitled to his
say :. go to it, Irish! Yipeeee" The
old-timer danced about on his
crutches, and pulled ct his beard.
A Man In His Day.
The declaimer had completed one
poem and started another-something
about hitting the rebel line while
the bullets whine" When he finished
he exchanged sallies with the crowd
or shook hands.
YES" he doomed. Il was q man
in my day! had voice 70 rock
the mountains!"'
Hes right" agreed . veteran.
That's old james H. Clark Of Com
pany M, 4th New York Heavy Artillery.
1 doubt If there's many of the noisy
Irish Brigade left. certainly none to
shout like that. He WAS in the Irish
Brigade. they called it, of the I'd
Corps"
I'm Irish ell right, but It's not my
fault" laughed Clark. II Just can't
help 1T"
The blue coats of the veterans were
hung with decorations. badges. cam
paign insignia. and, in this election
year. Republican and Democratic
cmOlcluS. FOuT KANSAS SUnHOWerS
blossomed on the lapels of as many
Pennsylvanianians grouped in the
center Of the lobby.
Banter Flies, Now.
Hey, there. Connecticut" called
one Of the group, pointing to the
sunfiower on the coat of q passing
veteran, come over and shake the
hands of some good Republicans!"
"Eh?" said the newcomer, cupping
Q hand behind his ear. He obviously
vas puzsied ss he halted on his
erutches.
We see you're for LAndon." laughed
the first veteran. He put his finger
on the sunnower.
''Eh7" repeated the man from Con-
necticut. "Oh, that! What Is IT."
1T means you're voting for Landon."
THE hell 1t does." exclaimed Con-
necticut. "A pretty girl just gave Il
10 me, and . good Democrat h going
70 give h back!"
"All right than. bat whieh stdsf ef
Evening star., 1936-09-22
EDWIN |. FUEGEL, Al,
EXPIRES IN HOSPITAL
Member Of Constitution Sesqui.
centennial Commission Was
Lifelong Resident of D. c.

Edwin L. Fuegel. 81. member of the
United States Constitution Sesqui-
centennial Commission, died yesterday
in Sibley Hospital. Although Ill for
about a year he had been seriously
i'll only about 10 days.
Mr.. Fuegel had been closely as
sociated with Representative Sol
Bloom Of New York, director OF the
commission. He also had served on
the George Washington Bicentennial
Commission as chief of printing, pub
lications and personnel
A lifelong resident OF this city. Mr..
Fuegel was a graduate of Business
High School. His home was at 906
Gallatin street. He was well known
for his knowledge of history and had
done considerable writing on histori-
cal subjects.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Leslie
Fuegel; two sons, John Robert Fuegel
and Edwin Leland Fuegel. and a sister,
Mrs. Marie Lauder. all of this city.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. Thursday at Chambers funeral
home, 1400 Chaplin street. Burial
will be in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-09-22

nee. and admitted he was the AT
lants ONCE"
The third letter was from Ivey to
an ofIicial Of the company dated Au.
gust IS. The document referred TO
the visit OF Mr.. Pinch, agent Of the
committee.
Refuses - Answer.
Ivey then refused to answer when
asked IL he had destroyed subpoenaed
documents To answer. he said,
might incriminate me" and would be
in violation of relation between .
lawyer and his client
Ivey then testified there was only
one other person In the Atlanta Once,
but he insisted he could not remem-
Der" anything about destruction Of
documents.
He then repeated his refusal to
answer all questions about destruc-
ton OF documents.
Ivey was followed by Gray. who said
he had been operating" for the COM
pany In the Southeastern territory
since September, 1894.
He Joined the company in 1915. he
said. and was assigned to fnvesti-
gate German spy activities. For about
two years. he said. he worked for a
steel company.
GRAY said he had worked" plants
Of the General Electric Co., the Penn
sylvsnis and New York Central rail-
roads and numerous other concerns.
Meanwhile Leonard weinberg. at
torney. for w. w. Grove. W. B. Grove
and four other Railway Audit officials
indicted for contempt yesterday, an
nounced that his clients would fight
removal to Washington. -Four are 10
Pittsburgh. one in New York and one
In Philadelphia.
Weinberg ssid that as soon AZ bench
warrants reach them they will post
bond pending removal hearings.
Chief Assistant United States At
torney David A. Pine and Assistan,
United States Attorney Charles B
Murray, who have been assigned to
the case said the warrants would be
in the mail today.
Those indicted besides the two Groves
were James E. Blair. secretary treas
urer, and J. C. Boyer. all Of Pitts
bursh: L. Douglas Rice. vice president
of Philadelphia, and Robert 8. Judge
of New York.
With officials and records Of about
q dozen companies nov under sub
poena, the committee plans to devote
itself to the National Corporations
Service Of Youngstown, Ohio, tomor-
row. On Thursday. testimony is
scheduled from officers Of the Lake
Erie Chemical Co. Of Cleveland and
the Manville Manufacturing Co. OF
Pontiac. Mich. Affairs Of the Pinker-
ton Detective Service are due for
scrutiny on Friday.
Evening star., 1936-09-22

ence. the President had no other
ofdcial enga genents for the day Aides
said he probably would go for q short
automobile ride around his mothers
estate and may start working on the
political speech he will deliver before
the New York State Democraac Con-
vention at Syracuse September ~.
The naming OF the committee fol-
lowed the Presidents moves to formu-
late legisla ton on crop insurance. more
eficient use of dust bowl natural
resources and farm tenant aid.
Serving with DR.. Reeves, professor
Of education At Chicago, will be repre-
sentatives Of four Government depart
nents and the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority, and private authorities from
the fields Of labor, agriculture, home
economies, industry. education and
vocational rehabilitation.
The study Is an outgrowth OF pas
sage by the last Congress of the bill
of Senator George, Democrat, OF Geor-
gis. authorizing an increase over the
next few years of more than SIC. .000.-
900 in federation contributions TO the
States for vocational education. The
act will become operative next July /.
but Congress will have to appropriate
the additional funds first.
Other COMMITTEE Members.
Others named on the committee
we're: John p. Frey, secretary-treas-
urer. Metal Trades Department, Amer
lean Federation Of Labor: Thomas
Kennedy, Lieutenant Governor of
Pennsylvania and secretary treas
urer United Mine Workers Of Amer
Tea: Elisabeth Christman, secretary
treasurer. National womens Trade
Union League Of America: Henry G.
Taylor, director, Farm Foundation,
Chicago; DR.. Edmund Brunner, Teach
ers' College, Columbia University, New
York; Alice Edwards. executive secre-
tary, American Home Economics As
sociation: Roland Allen. personnel
manager. Ayers Department Store,
Indianapolis; r. ]. Thomas, president
Burlington Mines, Chicago.
John II. link, president, American
Society Of Heating and Ventilating
Engineers, Baltimore; Rev. George
johnson, director. Department of Ed
ucation, National Catholic welfare
Conference, Washington, D. c.; DR.. A.
B. Moehlman, professor Of education,
University of Michigan; Henry Esberg,
Vocational Rehabilitation Authority,
New York.
Oscar Chapman. Assistant Secretary
Of the Interior; Katharine Lenroot,
chief Of Children's Bureau. Labor De-
partment: Mordecai Ezekial, economic
adviser. Agriculture Department; Ey.
Evening star., 1936-09-22

~ EPRESENTATIVE DAVID j.
- LEWIS of the sixth Maryland
district. which adjoins North
west Washington. Is doing .
lot of speaking these days In connec-
tion with his campaign for reelection,
but in the future the sound truck
operator who takes the loud speaker
equipment to the rallies Is going
to keep quiet.
The operator never pretended TO be
much of a speaker. but the few words
he spoke at recent rally made him
decide that, for him at least, silence
Is golden.
A political leader. whose identity
was unknown to him, had sat on
the truck and talked pleasantly to
the operator throughout the rally.
When Representative Lewis finished
speaking the stranger said:
Il guess We can 60 now"
On the basis of his past experience.
however, the sound truck operator
replied:
"Oh, no, they always call on some
sap to talk after Mr.. Lewis finishes"
Whereupon the loud speakers blsred
forth:
rs Mr. here? We would like
to hear from him
And the stranger walked from the
truck to the platform as the operator
blushed from ear to ear.
SERVICE.
The inebrtdte stood on q dotpn-
to,rn corner in the dark of night.
To the taricdb driver who picked
him up he looked sober.
Once in the cab, the man in his
cups ,odnted to fight. He pos pery
poiite about it. When the taricGb
driver refused, he ,ras almost I'M
dtonant. In fact. he threatened to
report the cabbie to the head OF
the cob company-"an old friend
OF mine"
Let's get out on the sidewalk
and fight q ten rounds" he inpited.
The cnbbie comteousls declined.
Well" the passenger finally
I"SHteWEu, StUW VVuI OuoS,
-, and IN report yon to him.
You take me right around to his
house right nop. Maybe heH
hght'
GO WAY RIVER.
LIE WAS bending over drawing
board. listening to the buzz Of re-
ports about the approaching hur-
ricane. Some one mentioned the
Severn River and. with q start, he
remembered he had q dearly beloved
boat moored in the Severn. He quickly
switched places with another artist
and dashed for his car. The wind
was rising and he fretted during the
drive, hoping he would arrive before
his boat had been smashed. Finally,
he reached the river and, with .
SIGH OF relief, began searching for
his craft. It was gone.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
LAST SERVICES TODAY
FOR LIEUT.. lEOERER
Veteran Of spanish-Ameriean and
World War Gets Burial in
Arlington.

Lieut.. William Lederer. ss. U. 8. A.,
retired. who died Friday st Walter
Reed Hospital. was TO be buried this
afternoon in Arlington National Gene
terry. Funeral services were to be held
at $50 pm. At Hines funeral home.
2s0l Fourteenth street, with special
rites by Scottish Rite Masonic bodies.
Entering the Army as a private in
1897. Lieut.. Lederer served through
both the Spanish American and World
Wars. He Was retired in 1892 and for
the past few years had been living In
Orlando. Fla. His death followed an
illness of several months.
A Scottish Rite Mason. Lieut. Led
ereT was q member OF Kismet Temple
Of the Mystic Shrine. Brooklyn. N Y.
Evening star., 1936-09-22

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jimmie with him. He called her out.
side, where neighbors saw them sit
ting on 8 bench in front of the house,
engaged IN a heated argument. Sud-
denly Fling jumped up, drew 4 So
csliber pistol from his pocket and shot
his wife. the neighbors told police. As
she fell screaming 10 the sidewalk.
police were told, ne shot himself
through the right temple and toppled
down q flight VI steps to the basement
areawey
Police said they found several let
ters written by Fling to his wife, urg-
ing her 10 come back with him and
take care of the boys They learned
from neighbors, however, that only
this morning Mrs. Fling had called q
lawyer making an appointment to dis
cuss the filing of a suit to secure Gus
tody of the child
Neighbors said Fling frequently AT
tackled his wife, and on one occasion
slashed her face with . knife. They
said he was under bond at this time
not to molest her.
Fling. who was appointed 70 the
police force in September. 1879. was
burned about the face and overcome
by smoke while effecting the rescue
Of a 4-year- colored girl from a
burning building in February. 1928.
Arriving before firemen, Fling, then
attached to the ninth precinct. en-
tered q two-story frame house at 73o
Twelfth street and carried Olivis
Burchert to safety.
AS the policeman reached the rear
door of the house. he fell unconscious
and had to be rescued himself. The
District Commissioners commended
him for his heroism.
In April, 1890, however. Fling was
suspended from the force when the
Police Trial Board found him guilty OF
failing to pay his debts.
The policeman served In the Army
before his appointment.
For about two months last year.
Fling and his wife operated . res
taursnt at the Columbia Hotel. 7l7S
g street.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
HICKEY FUNERAL RITES

Retired Army oficer Is Buried In
Arlington.
Funeral services for Mai Joseph H i.
Hickey. Quartermaster Corps U. g. A.,
retired. who died Friday In Walter
Reed Hospital, were held yesterday at
the hospital memorial chapel Burial
was In Arlington National Cemetery
with full military 1onors.
Maj. Hickey. who was 81. lived st
70l9 Georgia avenue. He entered the
Army in 1909 as private and attained
the rank OF major In 1898.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
y y " y
WALKOUT.

It's getting to be that YOU no
longer knop Dhere to look TOR the
enemies OF progress. expansion and
other things OF that kind.
That's the conclusion of q doWn-
to,Dr lunch room proprietor. He
has been waking money recently
and decided to turn some of his
profits back to the customers in the
form Of nep equipment. decora-
tions, etc. He did 30.
The first sr customers on the
day Of the big reopenins came in
and looked for the sir old arm
chairs In which they .0ere accus-
TONED to eat and talk. With sir
snorts they turned and pdlked out
again.
Evening star., 1936-09-22

CONTINUED From First PAge.)
give his first detailed exposition OF his
views upon relief, old-aee pensions
and job insurance. in his third major
address at Milwaukee Saturday night.
Speech Excerpts Issued.
Two paragraphs Of the Des Moines
address were made public by the Gov
ernor yesterday in response to re-
quests for comment on President
Roosevelt's appointment Of commit
tees to work out plans for All risk"
crop insurance and . program pro-
viding for "an ever normal granary"
Il am glad to see any well-consid-
cred approach to crop insurance"
Landon said. telling newsmen he had
discussed the subject with farm lead
ers for many months and that the
excerpt, calling for fullest considera-
ton" of the proposal, had been writ
ten into the speech days ago.
German exports of paper this year
are setting . new high record.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
MRS. ZI0NCHECK GIVEN
LETTERS ON ESTATE

Appearing at the court house late
yesterday. Mrs. Rubye Nix Zioncheck
obtained sncillary letters of admins
tration for the estate of her husband.
Representative Marion A. Zioncheck.
who leaped TO his death August 7 from
his Office window in Seattle building.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
KNOX AGAIN HITS
SOCIAL SECURITY
Renews Assault in Los An.
geIes and Then Heads
for Arizona.
BY the Associated Press.

ABOARD KNOX CAMPAIGN
TRAIN IN ROUTE TO PHOENIX.
September 22.-Col. Frank Knox. Re-
publican vice presidential nominee.
headed into Arizona today on his cam.
paien tour after making . new as
sault on the administration's social
security act.
The Chicago publisher told an audi
enoe In Los Angeles last night that:
We have now In operation . elum.
sy. unworkable thing called the social
security law. II plans to tai pay rolls
OF al working men nine dollars in
every hundred.
six OF these nine dollars are paid
In BY employers, but IN the end sn Of
this heavy tax will come from the
living OF working men.
when the working men Of this
country discover what this scheme
means In reduced wages and higher
costs OF living and fiscal improvidence
they are going to rebel against It,"
The audience that nearly filled the
s.200-capacity auditorium applauded
Col. Knox when he declared:
Last week Mr.. Harry Hopkins
fFederal relief administrator told the
people Of California he thought there
were five to six miliion more men at
work nov than in 1888. II that state
ment Is true. 1t Is private business
that has put them back at work"
At last nights Los Angeles meet
ing. while Knox was speaking. .
woman who identified herself later as
Mrs. Mabel West of Philadelphia
arose in the audience. shouted liar"
and drank from . 1-ounce bottle of
poison antiseptie.
She was hustled out and sent to q
police hospital. where attendants said
she would recover She said she could
not explain the reason for her act
that she must have become panicky
Evening star., 1936-09-22

nest Draper, Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce, and Gordon r. Clapp. per-
sonnel director, r. " A.
Appointment of this committee came
soon after the President made public
q letter to Senator Bankhead, Demo-
crat, Of Alabama. and Chairman Jones,
Democrat, Of Texas, Of the House Ag-
riculture Committee, asking them to
cooperate "in preparing plans for
meeting the farm) tenancy problem
that might be undertaken by the Fed
ersl Government"
Evening star., 1936-09-22
ROhde
CONTINUED From First Page.)


X-Ray this morning revealed the frac-
ture. her leg was placed in q cast.
Drs. W. o. McKittrick and H. g.
wadsvorth OF washington said the
large bone In Mrs. Rohdes left leg
was broken Just below the knee and
that she would have to cancel the
remainder Of her speaking engage
ments. They said, however, she could
be removed from the local hospital
within three or four days.
The Rohdes have been travelling
about the country In automobile and
trailer. addressing Democratic rallies.
They vere delayed IN reaching here
becanss oE motor trouble Sunday.
Evening star., 1936-09-22

afidavts concerning the destruction Of food by
New Deal agents.
The appeal for individual charity Is praise
worthy. Since corporate and nationaliBed giving
are destructive of the true spirit Of charity.
1t is shocking to every Americans sense OF
decency charity and pity to read how the Govern
nent's agents destroyed cattle and hogs and re-
fused to permit the distribution Of meat among
the poor and unemployed. While millions were
hungry, these emiAsaries Of the more abundant
life went about paying high prices for cattle
and hogs. killing them, slaShins the hides Of the
cattle to prevent their being used to make shoes
Evening star., 1936-09-22

Probably wrecked" he thought.
Then he caught sight Of it, far out
across the mud fats. The wind from
the well-known high pressure area,
rushing toward the center Of the
hurricane, had blown all the water
out of the Maryland tidewater rivers.
leaving boats high and dry instead Of
sweeping them onshore.
BEAUTY BUSINESS,
REAUTY contest season Is about
~ over this year, but II you're man
and intend to 90 TO one Tor mofe)
next year, here's a tip-watch your
pocketbook.
Maryland police who, for years.
have maintained special vigilance
against pickpockets at race tracks
and other places where throngs
gather, report that pickpockets have
been making good hsuls this Summer
at beauty contests.
AS masculine eyes are trained in
100 per cent concentration on the
bathing suit clad contestants the
light-fingered gentry find easy pick
ings.
Police suspect there have been more
victims than their records SHOW
that the male married spectators who
have had their wallets stolen would
rather suffer their loss In silence than
take a chance on having their wives
know what happened.
MOO!
A SOMEWHAT mystifed corre-
spondent just returned from the
wilds OF Delaware reports seeing on
the roadside q warning reading Dan
geroW Cow Crossing" Says he slowed
down. but saw no sign of the dan
gerous COW.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
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fouling the Western rivers with them.
the President nnd scntla Of charity common sens
nishtmarh dongs he should In pecia
nreside talk.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
Roosevelt

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Evening star., 1936-09-22

Iron and steel are leading the bust.
mess revival In Csechoelovs kia.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
The National Scene
BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGwORTH.

~INcNNATT September 22-Two press sppearec
the in recorded the President
~ appeal for Q spirit charity
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German exports of paper this year
are setting . new high record.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
SAP?

CPRESENTATIVE DAVID J.
LEWIS of the sixth Maryland
district. which adjoins North
u,aet Wo chinotOy, is d0ipO q