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Evening star., 1936-11-15
THEATER BECKONS
STORK DERBY|STS
Mothers Ready to Troop to
Stage as Lawyers Toll
on Briefs.
By the Associated Press.

TORONTO, Ontario, November IA
While some Of the oft-confned mothers
Of the stork derby packed their bags
for proposed sortie into vaudeville
at Buffalo, N. Y, o dozen barristers
worked tonight on their briefs for the
resumption Monday of the court fight
for the eccentric Charles Vance Mil
lars $50o,O00 fortune.
Mr.. Justice Middleton Of the On
tario Supreme Court. having decided
to "see this thing through" has been
asked to rule on the validity OF the
will which left fortune to the mother
who bore the most children in Toronto
in a given 10-year period. The ques-
ton Of illegitimacy. however, is ex-
pected TO be . matter Of first argu-
ment.
The executors Of the Millar will at
the initial hearing before Justice Mid
dleton last week asked him to say
whether an illegitimate offspring would
qualify as a baby under the mean
ing Of the will.
They said they felt the question
highly important, inasmuch as one
of the seven mothers claiming the
fortune with nine children each makes
no secret Of the fact that five Of her
children were born after she and her
husband separated.
Attorneys for this mother Mrs.
Pauline Mae Clarke. argue that the
babies are not in fact illeeitimate, for
all were born in wedlock" The On
tario vital statistics law requires that
all births. legitimate or illegitimate,
stillborn or premature. must be regis
tered; and the Millar will asks that
the figures of the Bureau of Vital Sta
tistics be used as official in determin-
ing the identity of the most prolific
mother.
The prospect Of the mothers going
trouping TO Buffalo stage was clouded
tonight by frowns from the govern
ment on such "hippodroming," and
the United States Consul hinted he
might take action to prevent it.
The Ontario government. which is
seeking to make itself party to Mon
days court hearing, has indicated that
it will seek to guard against "dissipa-
ton" of the fortune. and that 1t will
endeavor, by parliamentary action if
necessary. to see that the children born
during the mothers marathon get the
benef1t Of the money.
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Evening star., 1936-11-15
M|SS|0NW|LLFEED
|. S5OTHANKSGN|NG
$50 Free Baskets Also to Be
Distributed to Needy
Families.

An elaborate Thanksgiving program,
to include the feeding of $50 free
meals to men and distribution OF $50
free baskets Of food for needy families
is planned by the Central Union Mis-
sion, it was announced yesterday by
John S. Bennett. superintendent.
A total Of $50 free meals will be fed
the men at the mission from to z
pm. on Thanksgiving day. An addi-
tional 100 will be fed men in behalf
Of the mission at Jenner's restaurant
in the Investment Building, Fifteenth
and K streets the day before Thanks
giving, Bennett said. Mr.. and Mrs. J.
z. Jenner, who run the restaurant,
have volunteered to contribute the
meals, it was announced. The $50
free baskets Of food will be distributed
at the mission at 2 PM. the day be-
fore Thanksgiving, by E. H. DeGroot.
jr., president Of the missions board Of
directors, Bennett announced.
The baskets are given to families
who have filed applica tions for them
Already, Mr.. Bennett said, the mission
has received 400 more applications for
baskets than can be supplied. The
families to receive the baskets already
have been chosen.
Preparations already are under way
at the mission for distributing l,700
Christmas bags. The bags are filled
by mission supporters to whom they
are sent. On each bag Is written the
name and age Of the child to receive
it and the donor fills it with things he
believes appropriate
The mission Is continuing its appeal
for overcoats for needy and thinly clad
men, unable to secure the garments
for themselves. Some 200 overcoats.
already received at the mission from
contributors. have been distributed.
At least 100 more are needed, Ben
nett said. to supply victims of
circumstances" during bitter cold
weather yet TO come. Second hand
overcoats are put in repair by mem
bers Of the mission auxiliary.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
PRESIDENT T'SSTAND
CHEERS LABOR DUO
Steel Workers Representa-
tives Ask Law to Pre-.
vent Coercion.
. ~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Heartened by expressions from the
Government, two steel workers repre-
sentatives left the Capital for their
homes yesterday to fight q proposal
by the Carnegie Illinois Steel Co. to
Guctuate wages with the cost of living.
Before departing, the two repre-
eentatives, Elmer J. Maloy OF Du-
quesne, Pa, and George A. Patter-
son of South Chicago, called at the
White House to thank the President
for an opinion voiced by him Friday.
At . press conference the President
said he believed the cost Of living
should be considered only in deter
mining o minimum wage. 1t should
not be considered o factor, he added,
II It curbed improvement Of wages.
Patterson and Maloy did not see
Che President but expressed their graf
atude to q secretary and left q letter
for Mr.. Roosevelt.
Coercion Legislation Asked.
In it they asked that he recommend
legislation to prevent coercion OF
workers by employers and forbid
financing of company unions by man
agements.
They asked also that such legisla-
ton provide funds with which en-
ployes might carry on litigation against
EMPLOYER coercion, and that laws be
passed requiring all meetings OF en-
ploye representatives to be free from
interference.
The Carnegie Illinois company re-
Gently offered employees q 10 per
cent wage increase, effective Monday,
at the same time asking employe
representatives to. sign q one-year
agreement providing that wages
should be adjusted upward or down.
ward In line with the cost of living
as computed by the Department Of
Labor.
While some employe representatives
signed the agreement, Patterson and
Maloy contended employees wished to
accept the increase but rejected the
agreement. They came to Washing
ton and Friday night obtained an
opinion from Secretary Perkins that
employe representatives would have
no authority to sign such a contract
Lewis Men Jubilant.
Followers Of John L. Lewis, United
Mine Workers president and head OF
Ahe Committee for Industrial Organ
azation, which Is attempting to weaS
steel workers from company-sponsored
unions into q large industrial union.
were jubilant over the outcome of
their visit.
They expressed hope that Miss
Perkins decision would prove blow
to the United States Steel Co.'S plan
of employe representation. Carnegie
Illinois is q subsidiary Of United
States Steel.
Patterson and Maloy were advised
by Miss Perkins to appeal TO the
National Labor Relations Board for
q review of their avowed grievance
against the steel company representa-
ton plan. They said today they would
not attempt to do this until the con-
stitutionality Of the Wagner labor act
has been determined finally.
Evening star., 1936-11-15

and investments of unfortunate citi-
zens, who are involved, rest with the
District officials. Is Federal stamp
to be applied TO the offal and manure
produced in abattoir operations? Is
the Bureau Of Animal Industry to
pass on the smells? Can its approval
Of the processing affect the stencil Of
cattle and hog cars or prevent the
sickening smells Of q slaughter house
from drifting into the wards Of
Gallinger Hospital, or into business
and residential sections?
II think you know the answers as
well as do. You have given the
lead in your, statement that there
would not be one-half the odor from
this plant rs comes from a wagon
load Of garbage. That gives a clear
comparison. Every one knows the
passing smell Of ripe garbage which.
however, is localized and Of momen-
tary duration; whereas the stencil OF
stock yards and castings and render
ing hangs like a pail In q humid cli-
mate.
Requests More Information.
Among other items on which the
committee would like to have full in
formation, so that it may do you no
injustice, relates to your statement
that the place employs the latest
methods and machinery. OF course,
the latest methods exclude from city
environs any processes having to do
with rendering Of inedibles into tank
age and fertilizers and provide air.
conditioned plants-air-conditi in
that the surrounding atmosphere Is
protected by an air-tight structure in
which malodorous vapors are elimi-
mated II you have any sucs inten-
tion, 1t is not evident In the, wide
open-roof vents at the level Of the
viaduct over which must pass all
trafhc TO and from the section be.
yond.
In order. therefore. that the COM
mittee can have all facts concerned
before it, and reach q full under
standing, will you kindly supply the
following essential information which
to date does not appear to have been
made available?
'1. Isometric plans showing plumb
ing and sewage connections.
"a. Itemized list of principal indus
trial machinery to be used, with its
capacity.
3. Justification, by departments, of
employment of 400 men.
Il. Sequence Of operations since
1887, the volume of business handled
during that period and NUMBER Of
employees.
IS. A statement from the company
as to what air-conditioning measures
are to be installed to dispose Of nox-
ious odors, and what disposition Is to
be made Of the non -condensible gases
which, we are informed by competent
authority. form the most violent odors.
We consider the last item of prime
importance because, according to blue
prints submitted to the District Com
missioners, ventilation from the kill
ing floors is shown as going directly
to the outer air through overhead
Evening star., 1936-11-15
Average American
Safe Driuer, Says
Harvard Professor
Minor Failirgs Become
Important in Speed,
He Declares.
By the Associated Press.

HOT SPRINGS. Ark, November IA.
Prof. Harry r. Desilva of the Harvard
Bureau for Street Traffic Research
told the American Association of Mo-
tor Vehicle Administrators today that
the average American motorist is a
well-intentioned, fairly skillful and
safe driver.
Reasons for his accidents are not
because he is unskillful. stupid or fool
kh. but because he has certain minor
failings which assume major impor-
tance when he Is In q hurry" Desilva
said.
A good deal Of safety propaganda
and enforcement technique does not
strike responsive chord In the aver
age driver because he usually exer-
cises reasonable care in driving. To
help John Motorist we need to appeal
to his lively interest in himself.
I'VE need TO show him under what
conditions, in what way, and to what
degree he lacks skill"
Evening star., 1936-11-15

vents; ventilation from the casing de-
partment where mucous is removed
from intestines is Of the same type,
and direct open air vents are shown
above the scalding watts into which
hogs are dropped Immediately after
killing. In some cases these vents
are shown as being arranged so that
entire roof sections may be with
drawn, thereby leaving entirely free
space for discharge into the open air
of the inevitable smells from these
operations. Can these be classified as
inoffensive operations?
There are various items In your
letter to which exception will be taken
in due course. There can be no rea-
sonable doubt, however, but that the
citizens Of the District Of Columbia
will be greatly interested in your reply
to this letter"
Evening star., 1936-11-15
CARDINAL BACK IN ROME

ROME, November IA Cp).-Eugenio
Cardinal Pacelli. papal secretary OF
state, was welcomed by Msgr. Joseph
P. Hurley Of Cleveland. Ohio, upon
his return today from a visit TO the
United States.
The cardinal said he had had a won-
derful trip and returned TO Rome
with deep impression Of the United
Etates
Evening star., 1936-11-15

the prin 1 pal
speaker at a meet
ing Of the Wash.
ington Alu mni
A S s o C / alton Of
the in st tuition
Wednesday at 9
pm. at the Wash.
ington Hotel.
This will be DR..
Bowman's hrst
appearance be-
fore the WASH
ington a lu m n I
since his arpoint-
ment to the pres
idency early in
Io25 Aho,,+ osn
Evening star., 1936-11-15
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbda-Mostly cloudy
and colder today; tomorrow fair and
colder; moderate to fresh west and
northwest winds, diminishing TO-
morrow.
Cloudy and colder. pos
sibly light rains in north portion TO-
day; tomorrow fair and colder.
Virginia - Generally fair today.
colder this afternoon and tonight: to-
morrow fair and colder.
West Virginia-Mostly cloudy, prob
ably light rain In north portion today.
colder today and tonight; tomorrow
fair and continued cold.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear yesterday afternoon.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
PUPILS TO GIVE PLAY
srtcial Dispatch to The Star.

STtcIaI Dlspatch toIThe Star.
GAITHERSBURG, Nd, November
1.-THE seventh-grade pupils of the
Gaithersburg High School will pre-
sent an Indian play with Miss Kath-
crime Severance. teacher, as director,
as a special feature OF the Novem-
Der meeting Of the Gaithersburg Par
ent-Teacher Association, to be held in
the school on Monday evening.
Evening star., 1936-11-15

graduates Of the Baltimore university
are expected at the meeting.
Or. Bowman served 20 years as di-
rector Of the American Geographical
Society and was chief territorial expert
on President wilson's Peace Commits.
sion after the World War.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
New Construction Gains.

New construction in Birmingham,
Ala. this year has shown q gain of
$50 per cent.
Evening star., 1936-11-15

Record Until 10 PM. SATURDAY.
Highest 65. at $40 pm. yesterday.
Lowest, So. at o am. yesterday. Year
esc. a.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. io5. on July 10.
Lowest, o, on January %.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
HOPKINS ALUMNI
TO HEAR BOWMAN
President Of University on Pro-
gram Here Next Wednes-
day Night.

DR.. Isaiah Bowman. president of
johns Hopkins University. Baltimore,
Nd, and q famed geographer will be
Evening star., 1936-11-15
Abattoir

Continued From Page B-l.)
Inc, to re-establish an sbattoir ad-
jacent to the Benning road viaduct at
one Of the principal entrances to
Washington.
May first correct the Implication,
Evening star., 1936-11-15

The Phoenicians are the first re-
corded settlers in Spain.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
Discovery Of Radium

Radium was discovered by Pierre
Curie, his wife and an associate In
1898.
Evening star., 1936-11-15

R.nort Until 10 PM. Saturday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17
MUST
GET 0KAY

High school football players will
have to prove their physical fit
ness and obtain written consent
from their parents before they will
be permitted to participate in
interschool athletics this season,
Birch E. Bayh, Director of Health
and Physical Education in the
District Public Schools, announced
today.
It is the first time in the history
Of interSchool athletics that such
a ruling has been required.
Mr.. Bayh, whose idea it is, ex-
planned that while the schools take
every precaution to cut down the
number of football accidents and
deaths, they do not feel they
should accept the entire resposi'
bility.
Approximately 1900 physicians
and parents certificates today
we're mailed to parents of candi-
dates for places on the football
squads. Six hundred boys have
applied for permission to partici-
pate in the new seasons games.
Only those whose certificates are
on file in the principals office of
the schools they attend will be
allowed to play, Bayh said.
The physical examinations are
rigid. They require detailed re-
ports on heart, lungs, blood pres
Continued on Page 3, Col. ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17
TROLLEY KILLS
VA. M0T0R|ST

WEST FALLS CHURCH, Va,
Sept. 17.-Claude L. Wheeler, so, a
carpenter and plaSterer of Vienna,
Va, was killed today when the au-
tomobile which he was driving col
lided with a washington and Old
Dominion Line trolley near here.
With Wheeler in the car was
Wayne Snyder, about %, also of
Vienna and a helper of Wheeler'S.
Snyder escaped with only minor
cuts and bruises.
w. H. Fox, SO, of Sterling, Va,
motorman on the trolley, was re-
leased on his personal bond for
appearance at the inquest which
has been set for 7 p. m. tomorrow
at Herndon by the acting coroner,
DR.. E. C. Shull.
Witnesses said that Fox blew
the whistle of the trolley several
times before approaching the West
Falls Church crossing and when
still closer held the whistle on con-
tinuouSly for some time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17
FISCHER WINS
BY | UP
BY DAVIS J. WALSH

GARDEN CITY, N. Y, Sept. II
Q.N.S0.-Johnny Fischer, Cincin-
natl ace, won a great fifth-round
match from Gus Moreland, Chi
cago, by l up, on the home green
in the National Amateur Golf
championship today. Johnny had
to come from behind to win. squar-
ing the match on the sixteenth
and winning it at the eighteenth
after Moreland had burned up the
course with "a to the turn to be
! up.
Scotty Campbell, another favor
tie, defeated Bill Holt, jr., SYRIA
cuse, by 8 and 2, while Johnny
Goodman, former Open champion,
defeated John D. Langley, the
Englishman, by 5 and 8.
Moreland's putting was magnifi-
cent through the first nine, with
25-footers for brides at the third
and fifth, another good putt for a
birdie at the seventh and a TO-
footer for a birdie at the eighth.
Missed a putt for par and 33
at the ninth but had the Glow"
outgoing nine of the event, "a to
Fischer's SO.
Fischer should have squared it
CONTINUED on Page 80, Col. y
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17
GALE SPEEDING
UP COAST

Winds of hurricane speed,
Coupled with high tides, were
heading toward the Atlantic coast,
With Norfolk, Va, as the center
Of the target, according to reports
troin the Weather Bureau today.
IfAe cratic nature of such dis
turoarIces precluded definite pre-
dictionas as to the course the gale
viii take, it was explained by the
bureau, and a late advice from
that AGENCY declared that the
storm Center sis showing some in
dlcatlon of curving to the north
ward ans probably will pass to the
east OF Capt Hatteras late today
or tonight
Earlieraadiice were that at 7
a. M. The hurricane, forecast as
one OF the worst in years, was
moving northwest at an increas-
ing rate from point about 26O
miles southeast of Cape Hatteras.
Should the STORM tur northward,
the coast Woulti be spared.
washington, the bureau said,
will feel only minor effects the
disturbance.
Meanwhile, THE Red Cross was
mobilizing emerEency forces all
along the Atlantis coast and the
Coast Guard broadcast. warnings
designed to keep ships close to
port.
The fringe of the gale already
had struck Bermuda this morning,
the wind and heavy rains prevent
ing movement of ships in that
area.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17

Declaring that the controversies
arising over the Constitution de-
note a healthy nation. Attorney
General Homer S.. Cummings to-
day sounded a call to keep our
country aloof from alien in
fluenceS.
The Attorney General spoke be-
fore the Kiwanis Club at the May
flower Hotel in commemoration
of the 149th anniversary of the
drafting of the Constitution which
is being celebrated throughout the
city today by patriotic, political
and civic organizations. His ad-
dress was broadcast over a nation
wide radio hookup.
Fights Healthy"
In referreing to the numerous
fights that have arisen over the
Constitution, he said:
constitutional law is a his
tory of controversy and rec
ord of differences of opinion.
AS its development has gone
forward, differing schools of in
depreciation have come in sharp
conflict with one another. This
is not to be deplOred. 1t is not
a symptom of disease; it is,
rather, a proof of health. 1t is
the evidence of life and growth;
and America is a vital and grow
ing nation"
After reviewing some of the con-
troverSarieS that have arisen Mr..
Cummings closed with the follow
ing warning against outside in
fluence:
GAS long as these processes
can go forward, untrOubled and
unvexed, America is safe. But,
frpm time to time, we are told
that SubverSiye suggestions are
received from abroad calculated
to influence the course of con-
duct here. 1 am sure that we all
realize the vital Importance of
keeping the currents of legiti-
mate debate free from defile-
ment from any alien source.
1--WE have built up here =
structure of freedom that stands
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17
LADY
ORDERED
To- BED
Welfare Group Told
BY PRESIDENT She
Cannot Appear

III with the grippe. and running
a temperature, Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt today was Ordered to bed
ny her physician and forced to
cancel all engagements
This means she VIII he Unable to
preside at the luncheo h meeting OF
the 1885 Mobilization ifor Human
Needs at the Mayflohwer Hotel
Mrs. Roosevelt is HONORARY chair.
man of the NATIONAL Women's
Committee of the Mobil Szation,
Returning to Washing,ton from
New York on Tuesday, Mis-. Roose-
welt was suffering Slight attack
of the grippe, and went ts9 bed.
Yesterday she was up allss ding
her usual daily routines butt today
her temperature was up and pf1y-
sicians ordered her back to be 4.
Addressing the delegates to the
conference from the South Por8ieo
of the White House, the Presid snt
said:
81 am sorry Mrs. Roosevelt
cannot be beside me. You know
she has a great interest in what
you are doing. She has a slight I
touch of flu and cannot come
down stairs"
Replying to the Presidents re-
marks, Gerard Swope. chairman of
the conference, expressed regrets
for Mrs. RooSevelt's illness, point
ing out that she and the President
are always keenly interested in
this work.
-VOTE AuERIcAN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17
PRESIDENT.
.URGESA AID
F0RNEEDY
Return Of Prosperity
Opens Way to Give
to Charity, He Says
Text Of Presidents speech on
Page g.

Text Of Presidents speech on
Page g.
A hopeful picture for the future
was painted today by President
Roosevelt and Gerard Swope, noted
industrialist, as close to 400 dele
gates to the 1896 Mobilization for
Human Needs Conference were
welcomed at the White House to-
day.
Speaking from the south por-
tico, President Roosevelt declared:
I'VE are all heartened by clear
evidences of returning prosper.
ity."
Answering the Presidents plea
for a revival of the spirit of charity
throughout the length and breadth
of the land, Mr.. Swope, who is
national chairman of the Mobiliza-
ton, pointed to the brighter out
look on our economic horizon"
Employment is gaining, he de-
clared, and there is not only sta.
tistical evidence of our increased
business activity, but continued
testimony to industrial and bust
ness advances since the last meet
ing of the welfare organization.
Means More Aid
Pointing to increased need for
welfare work in these better times,
he declared that unemployment,
relief and insecurity had had an
inevitable facilitating effect upon
individual character and morals.
In view of this, he pointed out,
welfare workers must now increase
the skill with which they work in
order that progress in human and
social rehabilitation may parallel
industrial and economic advances.
National Movement
The Mobilization for Human
Needs is a nationwide movement
to interpret the needs of the people
of the United States and to urge
support of those social services
which are not met by tax funds.
One of the most important
phases of the problem to be dis
cussed at this years session is the
proposal that standards by which
the financial responsibility of cor
porations to the Community Chest
be determined.
The depression gave an impetus
to welfare corporations from large
Continued on Page 3, Col. u
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17
FRANCE FACES
RED CRISIS
By LINDSAY PARROTT


PARIS, Sept. II QNSO.-Tak-
ing up the gauge of battle for
all French industry, employers
delegates from the great textile
plants at Lille today demanded
from the leftiSt government
complete showdown on the issue
between the factory sovietiza-
ton" movement and owners
rights.
With 1900 strikers operating a
rayon mill at Lyons under a
workers soviet, in defiance of
police orders, and a nationwide
general strike in sympathy with
the Lille stoppage threatened, the
textile employers fatty told Pre-
mier Leon Blum they would not
even discuss wages and working
conditions until full satisfaction"
was given on the broad question
of factory control.
Three policemen were injured
in Paris in a 45-minute struggle
Continued on Page 3, Col. ~