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Evening star., 1936-06-07

observation" regarding three other
departments which. the commission
lacked time to investigate.
The merger of the two State Offices
was recommended on the ground that
the office of the director of public
welfare has been largely a perfume
tory one"
Much of the work of the Office"
the report said, has practically been
done by the superintendent Of prisons.
Under the present arrange
ments, there has existed, and still
exists, a regrettable waste of money,
effort, responsibility and effective
competency in the field of administra-
ton embraced in the offices re-
ferred to-"
A one paragraph observation on the
bank commissioners Office said
while the law governing the &C
tlvities of the commission did not
authorize it directly to investigate the
matter OF insolvent banks and trust
companies. the commission, had time
and opportunity permitted, in tracing
the administration of the bank COM
missions Office, would have developed
information with reference to in
solvent banks and trust companies in
Baltimore City and other sections of
the State which which might have
been Of somewhat startling nature"
Evening star., 1936-06-07
SENATE APPROVES
EMPLOYING COUNSEL
Engagement Of Harris in Liti-
CATION Brought by Hearst
Ratified.
BY the Associatec Press

BY the Associatec Press.
The Senate yesterday adopted q
resolution ratifying the engagement
of Cramton Harris of Birmingham,
Ala, as counsel in litigation brought
against the Senate by William Ran
dolph Hearst, publisher, in connec-
ton with the lobby investigation.
The Audit Committee was empow-
cred to fix Harris compensation.
Harris, former law partner Of
Chairman Black of the Lobby Com
mittee, fought in the District Supreme
Court an effort by Hearst to obtain
an injunction restraining the COM
mittee from examining his kilograms.
Losing in the lower court, the pub
Usher has carried the suit to the Cir
cult Court of Appeals.
Black first introduced resolution
requiring both Senate and House ap-
proval to make $4,000 Immediately
available as compensation for Harris,
but the House voted the proposal
down.
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modities other than medicines and
hospital supplies to belligerents to the
normal amount exported to such ma
tions in a typical peace-time period
previous to the outbreak of any war in
which they are involved, as a means
of preserving our neutrality and also
preventing our ENHANCEMENT in for
eign economic and political difficult
ties"
The committee proposed that the
United States, during any war in
which it is a neutral, refuse to ex-
tend clearance to armed merchantmen
Of any nationality carrying passengers,
and consider American citizens serving
as crew on such armed merchantmen
to be enlisted in the regular armed
forces of the nation whose flag the
armed merchantmen flies"
The committee, in reaching its con-
clusions, drew at length on testimony
of j. P. Morgan and his partners con-
cerning international financing opera
tions conducted prior to entrance OF
the United States into the World War
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RANKIN REPEATS
LEADERSHIP AIM
Again Announces He Is Can
didate-Says Call for
Caucus Ready.
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
In his second formal statement in
as many days, Representative Ran
kin, Democrat, Mississippi, announced
again yesterday he would be a can
didate for House floor leader to sue
ceed William B. Bankhead, who moved
I'D to the speakership Thursday after
the death of Speaker Byrns.
He said a petition to call party
caucus on the leadership question
would be circulated early next week,
and that the caucus would be sought
for either a week from last night or
the following Monday, June IS, before
the House convenes after its recess
over the Republican National Con-
Vention.
The Mississippian said he would
confer with other possible candidates
upon their return tomorrow after at
tending Byrns' funeral yesterday at
Nashville.
II never saw such a demand for a
CAUCUS" Rankin said. I'VE can get
the necessary signatures to the petit
ton (only 25 are needed in 80
minutes"
O'Connor Acting Leader.
Representative O'Connor Of New
York, chairman of the Rules Com
mittee, has been acting as floor leader
since Bankhead's election as speaker.
The general impression was until
Rankin announced his candidacy Fri
day night that he would continue until
next January when a new Congress
convenes.
O'Connor is expected to be one oi
the leading contenders in the leader
ship fight, this year or next. But SC
far In reply to questions about caucus
plans, has said he knew nothing about
| them.
One New Englander said privately
yesterday delegations from that part
of the country would support Repre-
sentative Mccormack Democrat oi
Massachusetts,, one Of those in last
years speaker-leader tussle, but on
| LIlG SecOIlQ DdllOI, IL OIlc S HtCcSSdIg
would switch to O'Connor rather thar
! to a Southerner.
WoOdrum Mentioned.
Chairman Rayburn Democrat oi
Texas of the Interstate Commerce
Committee and Representative Wood
rum of Virginia, influential Appropri.
ations Committee member. have beer
mentioned as possible leadership can
didates. They, however. declined tt
discuss the question now. 1t was un-
derstood both have been urged by
friendly colleagues to make the race
At the same time. it was reported
the big Pennsylvania delegation wa!
seeking TO drum up sentiment behind
Representative Boland of that State
who is now the Democratic whip.
In his statement, Rankin named
Chairman Mead Of New York of tht
Post ONCE Committee and "in al
probability, Edward T Taylor of Colo
RADIO" as other possible candidates
Taylor is caucus chairman and wa
acting floor leader last year.
Evening star., 1936-06-07
ABBOTT ART SCHOOL
TO HOLD EXHIBITION
Commencement Exercises Next
Saturday Night-Fashion
Show to Be Seen.

Commencement exercises for the
Abbott School of Fine and Com
mercial Arts, 1143 Connecticut ave-
nue.. will be held next Saturday at
Bpm.
Exercises will be featured by a
fashion show of dresses and costumes
made and exhibited by the Costume
Design Glass, each student of this
class wearing her own creation.
The work of more than 260 stu
dents will be in this years exhibition,
The class room walls will be decorated
with the work of the fine arts, COM
mercial advertising, paper and textile
design and interior decoration classes
The children's classes will also con-
tribute to the display.
Evening star., 1936-06-07

- ARL E. LOEBER worked so
4 hard to identify a snapshot
he took of the policeman
who arrested him for speed
ing last week that he was given a
suspended sentence when arraigned
in Traffic Court yesterday.
Loeber, member of a New York
manufacturing firm, was driving along
Rock Creek parkway Thursday with
Miss Mary Elizabeth Overton, daugh-
ter Of the Senator from Louisiana,
when he was arrested for driving 40
miles an hour in a 30-mile zone.
While Park Policeman w K. Sni-
der was writing out the ticket, Loeber,
who is an enthusiastic amateur pho
tographer, took his picture. Loeber
lost the ticket, but after going to the
Metropolitan and Park Police Head
quarters finally succeeded in identify
ing Snider from the photograph.
They arranged to meet in Traffic
Court yesterday, and Judge Isaac R.
Hit, upon learning the circumstances,
suspended imposition of $40 fine.
Evening star., 1936-06-07
DELEGATES VISIT
BETHESDA MARKET
Member of Country Women
From Africa to Take
Ideas Home.
BY FRANCES LIDE.

Bethesda Cooperative Market wom-
en- had a close view of woman who
"boos" at wild animals yesterday and
an East African visitor saw a CO.
operative market for the first time.
Mrs. Arthur Fawcus of the British
Kenya Colony, was one Of the most
interested delegates of the Associated
Country Women of the World who
toured the Maryland project-yeS-
terday's program for the country
Women Of the World who are re-
naming over from last weeks con-
ference.
An English woman from the West
Kent Market Stall, Sevenoak, Linz
tted-Mrs. K. Alexander-was the
last visitor to leave.
Things are quite different here, "
she commented. Our women will
be keen to near about 1t"
Plans Similar Market.
With a pad full of notes, Mrs.
Fawcus planned to introduce some
thing similar upon her return home.
I'VE have no particular season, so
we would be able to have fresh pro-
duce all year round she said. 1t
would be a great help, because now
we have to buy things from native
hawkers and we're not at all sure
they're sanitary I've been wanting
something like this for three years. "
Mrs. Fawcus was forced to answer
q number of inquiries.
Lions? Of course" she said. But
If you say Boo to lion it will run
sway. That's quite true. I've tried 1t, y
Have visited the Zoo? Well, no;
you see live in zoo!"
= Mrs. Alexander led an interested
discussion on the difference in the
English and American use OF the
word overall"
~ Difference in Words Revealed.
Z. When she remarked that uniform
oyeralls are worn in the Sevenoak
stalls, note pads came out, to be
withdrawn later when she revealed
that "overalls" in England are no
different from the coverall Maryland
women wear.
Mrs Fawcus discovered" chicken
cut for frying on sale, and square
cakes-both new to her.
In the Sevenoak market, Mrs. Alex
Ander said, all similar articles OF prod
uce for sale are put together and
Rraded-cakes on one counter, tur-
nips on another, and so on. Market
members are required to be on duty
only four weeks out of the year, she
added. In the Bethesda market each
woman has an individual counter and
sells her own goods.
II believe we could teach you some
thing about flowers, though" Mrs
Alexander contended. ours are all
together, down the center Of the mar
-ket, and make an excellent display"
Official delegates of the A. c. W. w
conference will attend church Serv-
ices today and will transact busines;
and elect officers tomorrow. Foreign
delegates will leave Washington Fri
day.
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SURVEY UNIT GIVES
ITS FINAL OPINIONS
Recommends Maryland
Merge Offices of Prison
and Welfare Heads.
BY the Associated Press.

by IIIF hboOCIdItu FItsS.
BALTIMORE, June 6-The State
Survey Commission breathed its Off
cial last today. in the form of sum-
mary report of its activities and sew
eral observations, one recommen-
dation that the positions of director
of welfare and State superintendent
of prisons be merged.
The commission went out of Office
May 81, by act ofSthe 1885 Legislature.
and its unexpended balance was trans
ferred to the executive mansion fund
The lengthy report covered results
Of Investigations of six State depart
ments-already published-and the
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Spirits" Warn Duchess.

How a spirit message, received at
a seance, warned of the airplane crash
of Lord Davis Douglas Hamilton, was
told by the Duchess of Hamilton dur
ing a Spiritualist meeting in London.
"I did not fully understand the mes
sage" she said, "but when I got home
I found telegram saying that my son
had conclusion. He was i'll for some
time, but recovered"
Evening star., 1936-06-07
COMMITTEE URGES
BAN ON WARLOANS
Senate Group Recommends
Expansion of 1886 Neu-
traIity Act.
Hy tho Associated Press.

ES the Associated Press.
A recommendation that the scope of
the 1896 neutrality act be broadened
to prevent the award of large credits
to belligerent nations was made yes
terday by the Senate Munitions Com
mittee.
The report, filed with the Senate by
Chairman Nye, also urged provisions to
prevent "the flotation of long time
bonds by foreign acknowledgements. the
proceeds of which loans can be di-
verted to belligerent uses"
Congress should consider most se-
riously," the report said, "the desir-
ability of limiting expectations of COM
Evening star., 1936-06-07
The Weather

District Of Columbia-Cloudy and
warmer, showers this afternoon or
night; probably clearing and cooler
tomorrow; moderate southerly winds.
Maryland and Virginia-Partly
cloudy and slightly warmer, showers
In west portion today and by night in
east portions; probably clearing and
somewhat cooler tomorrow.
West Virginia-Scattered showers
today, probably ending early tomor-
row, cooler tomorrow.
Evening star., 1936-06-07

James Clark Maxwell's famous cleo
tromagnetic theory of light, called
the greatest physical discovery Of the
nineteenth century, had to wait 20
years before it was confirmed by ex-
perimentS.
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Sees First Movie at 106.

MANSFIELD, England (P).-Mis-
tress Ann Stansall observed her l06th
birthday anniversary the other day by
attending her first moving picture
show. She said it was very enjoyable.
Evening star., 1936-06-07
GETS CHAIR FOR MURDER
Virginia Laborer Must Die for
Staying of Merchant.

STAUNTON, Va, June (P.-An
Augusta County Circuit Court jury
found Sylvia Huffman, farm laborer,
guilty of murder in the first degree
here tonight and recommended death
in the electric chair. He was tried for
killing w. H. Riddle, merchant, in q
hold-up.
Airplanes recently carried 800 calves
from Lima to Cuzco, Peru.
Evening star., 1936-06-07

Record Until 10 PM. Saturday.
Highest, s6. $50 pm. yesterday. Year
aEo. TO-.
Lowest. "a. am. yesterday. Year
ago. SO.
Record Temperatures This Year.
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Record Temperatures Th

Highest, 96 on June 80.
Lowest, 0. on January %.
Tide Fables
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Reuort Until 10 PM. Saturday.
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The Sun and Moor
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Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital lcurrent month to datel:

half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
The Washington times., 1936-07-31

DETROIT. Mich, July 31.-n
the New York Yankees are to
be stopped in their march to
the American League pennant,
they must be checked and turned
back by the Cleveland Indians
in the series that opens in the
Forest City today. Cleveland
trails the YarkS by q margin Of
seven and one-half games, which
in itself is not an insurmount-
able handicap at this stage of
the race. Other teams have over.
come greater leads in shorter
periods of time than that which
interveneS between now and the
opening Of the world series.
But Cleveland has been more
or less Of a shock abSorber for
the Yankees. In Is games played
thus far the New York Club has
defeated, Cleveland II times.
That is q fair indication Of New
York'S superiority.
It is q question. however, Of
how long the Yankees can stay
ION their muscles" which is
baSeball'S way Of saying win on
batting power" It has long been
fond conceit Of baseball critics
that the pitching carries a team.
But very definitely, the pitchers
are carried on the Yankee bats.
These who consigned Joe Di.
Maggie to the limb Of crushed
hopes after the young Italian had
q rather drab day in the all-star
game at Boston, reckoned with
out the fire Of the young Italians
soil. DiMaggio Is hitting above
the $40 notch. He has driven
in SO runs, or thereabouts. His
home run into the centerfiel6
bleachers down in st. Louis com
pareS favorably with the hardest
smaShes Of Babe Ruth. DiMag
gio's drive just shaved the flae
pole and went half way back ir
the seats.
Cleveland is figuring ways and
means Of stopping DiMaggio ano
his fellow Fascist, Lazzeri anc
Crosetti. among others.
With clearing skies and 9
gentle sun, a crowd Of $4,000
may see the Yankees battle tht
Indians in the Municipal Sta
dunn on Sunday. President Alvs
Bradley announced last night be
fore we left Cleveland that more
than $4,000 reserved seats fol
Sundays game already had beer
sold.
The best defensive play Of tht
game was made in the first inning
The Washington times., 1936-07-31

Maybe 1t wasn't DaVey CrockeCCu
it might have been Dan1 Boone,
but in any event, the coon came
down. If you're not Snooty you
believe that.
The Griffs are not snooty,
neither are they 'coons, and none
of the left-handerS who have faced
them recently is named Crockett
or Boone, or even Kit Carson. But
just as soon as the GriffS spot a
southpaw they come down, curl
up, roll over and play dead. Yes
sir, and you don't have to believe
that. You can look at g1e records,
same as I did before I ever sat
down to grind this out Of the port
able.
Since July 4 the Griffs have
won three games and lost seven to
left handlers, a gay and gaudy av-
erage of just exactly 300.
It is bad enough to be whipped
physically in the course Of a game,
but it begins to look as if these
birds are licked mentally the min
ute q southpaw steps out in front
of the enemy bench. The boys
certainly got a full load Of left
handlers in the Cleveland series
Of unhappy memory.
Brown Scores Twice
Lloyd Brown beat them twice.
In the opening game the veteran
lefty started. In yesterdays con-
test he went in with the Tribes
men trailing by a run. Whacked
a home run over the center field
fence to tie the score, and then
proceeded to retire the Washing.
ton bats to what campaign orators
presently will be calling innocuous
The Washington times., 1936-07-31

desuetude. In the third game,
which was the second part OF
Wednesdays double-header, Lee
returned after being routed earlier
in the day, and beat Monte
Weaver.
That of course makes three
beatings in four days at the hands
of Southpaws. We go back a bit
farther and find that in Washing
ton the same Lloyd Brown trim
med the LaddieS, and the same
Thornton Lee also did q job on
them. Lefty Sullivan was credited
with a triumph over the Griffs
in Washington, doing a relief, and
on July 4 the very gallant but ex-
ceedingly goofy Castilian, El Yer
non Gomez stopped them, aided
as he was, by Pat Malone.
Now all Of this is very battling
to Bucky Harris, but it is some.
thing more than battling. It is
quite diScouraging. The remark.
able feature Of conquest of the
Griffs by the southpaw Of the
species, is that Buddy Lewis has
fallen a victim in the general de-
moralization of the team. Early
this spring they had to tell Lewis
that a Southpaw was working now
they try to hide the truth from
him.
Can't Score Runs
It isn't entirely q matter Of not
being able to hit the offerings OF
the crooked arms. It's just that
whether or not the boys hit, they
do not seem to be able to score
any runs, and the scoring Of runs
is most important You can judge
Of that for yourself.
Just as nearly any lefthander
can win over the Griefs, nearly
any of their own pitchers can
lose. Take, for example, the case
Of Jimmy DeShong, the well
dressed man-about-town.
Jimmy did not lose yesterday,
to be sure. He was taken out
Of the game after three innings,
during which time the Indians
had scored seven runs off him.
Two home runs figured in the
blast. The Indians made seven
hits off him. Cascarella relieved
DeShong and eventually lost.
DeShong beat the Brown
handily, but in Chicago he was
knocked out of the box in a
couple of innings, and Joe Cas-
carella was creditPi with the vic
tory that washington finally
won. At home the White So2
twice defeated the fashion plate
so one way and another the last
fortnight has been Just as Soul
for him as it has been for New
som and the others.
While the rest Of the team
crumbleS. Ben Chapman plays
his heads-up game throughout
The Alabama Arrow is hitting
1859 for the tour and shows moi
the slightest sign of faltering
His defense is the brightest We
have had in the outfield since
Sam Rice in his hey day. Chap
pie is making his quota of hits
and in addition thereto, is cut.
ting down a couple Of blows each
day with his flashing, stylish
play.
The Washington times., 1936-07-31
Olympic
Briefs

BERLIN, July 31.-The United
States won her first Olympic
medal today-in art!
1t was a silver one, awarded to
Charles Downing-Ley, of Brooklyn,
for art in the Olympics city build
ing. A German, named Werner,
won gold and silver medals in
architecture for the Olympic Stad-
ium in Berlin.
The crack Washington crew was
to workout this afternoon with
Donald Hume, regular stroke, back
in his seat after being laid UP.
Coach Olvin UlbrickSon said:
Hume is all right. He did not
lose weight and he is feeling fine"
The British eight also was to be
out, for the first time, this after.
noon.
Coach Lawson Robertson had
his track and field team out this
morning for the final workouts.
Alfred Fitch, 1,6O0-meters relay
man, did a quarter mile in 47.9
seconds, and Harold Smallwood,
relay and 400-meter entry who was
threatened with appendicitis on
the ocean, did it in 48.1.
For the first time since his ar.
rival in Berlin ROLAND Romero
passed over so feet in the hop,
step, and jump event in which he
led qualifiers in New York.
Jesse Owens, the dusky Ohio
flash. made so yards ut full speed
today while practicing starts. If
he keeps this up the whole 100
meter event may be just a start
to him!
Glenn Cunningham, the star
miller, still suffers from tight mus
cles, but he was expected to be in
good shape for his big event, the
1,500 meters race. wednesday.
Fred Pollard, Chicago 110-meter
hurdle entry, has recovered from
q strained tendon and will enter
his event okay.
The Washington times., 1936-07-31

Il New Teams
Vie Tonight
In Meet
BY GARRETT WATERS

The big item In connection with
the Inter-Departmental Water
Polo and Swimming League
which holds its second meet Of
the season at the Maryland Club
Gardens tonight-is the interest
which the organization has de-
veloped since its formation sew.
eral weeks ago.
Then it was only a "So-So" body,
as are all organizations in their
first days Of Life. But today, such
a carload-or should we say tank
full-of enthusiasm is manifest
that great things are seen in the
future for Washington in a swim
ming way.
To develop all this enthusiasm
the league had to have an enthu-
siastic personality in back Of It.
Everett B. Ansley is the man, and
the manner in which he has
worked is a credit to the swimming
sport itself.
Ansley's first chore was to sell
the various departments Of the
Government the idea Of having a
league. This accomplished, he
even went so far as to help organ
ize many of the teams.
Then came the dates for the
meets. The first was held July 8
at the Chevy chase pool. It was
a huge success, as over IS entries
from IA Federal organizations par.
ticipated. Sixty-one Of these en-
tries were men, the remaining II
women.
Patent Office won the meet with
o total of 38 points. The Bureau
Of Investigation team was second
and Resettlement Administration
third.
To bring out how this opening
meet stirred other departments Of
the Government into forming
teams, II new aggregationS are
lined up for tonight's second meet
Of the season.
The group includes men and
women swimmers from the Fed
eral Communications Commission,
Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
poration, Smithsonian Institution,
PWA, WPA, Federal Bureau Of In
vestigation Of the Justice Depart
ment.
More than 100 swimmers will
vie tonight. The fancy diving will
be one Of the features. The entries
for this event include Joe Lyman
and Johnny BroadduS, both former
champions Of the District.
"VOTE AMERICAN"
The Washington times., 1936-07-31
Kick Promises
Tough Fight

A promise to come out fighting
from the opening bell and in so
doing to atone for his somewhat
disappointing performance against
Tony Canzoneri a year ago today
had been pledged by Frankie
Klick as he prepared to round out
training for his scheduled 10-round
boxing feature with Cowboy"
Howard Scott at Griffith. Stadium
Monday night.
Though losing only on a split
decision that was protested in
some quarters in his bout with
the lightweight champion a year
ago. Klick feels that his per-
formance was far below his best
and explains that a rush of boils
on his neck prevented him from
even remotely approaching his
best fighting fettle on that occa-
sion.
Since showing here last Klick
has fought four Of the greatest
fights Of his career. Credited
with a great showing against Can
zoneri on the coast, he consecu-
lively swept aside AL Roth, Leo
Dodak and Indian Hurtado and
made a great fight against Pedro
Montanez.
Today, ranked third among
Canzoneri'S title contenders, being
topped only by Lou AmberS and
Montanez, Klick is far and away
the toughest boy yet to race Scott
in the East and should definitely
prove or disprove whether the
fighting cowboy is deserving Of
the championship shot he has
been seeking of recent months.