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Evening star., 1936-08-15
GIRL SAYS PARTY
LOST W.P.A. lob
Actress One OF Seven Seek.
ing Custer of Gallagher as
Projects Supervisor.
BY he Associated Press.

BY he Associated Press.
BOSTON. August l5.-Three former
w p A. actresses accused drama prof.
ect officials of firing them because
they refused to entertain Federal
men" at a stag party at which they
were ordered to model clothes
Four men, joining in general COM
plant to w. P. A. Administrator
Harry L. Hopkins, complained of dis
| crimlnatory treatment in being drop
| ped from the drama project rolls.
All seven sought the custer of
Leonard L. Gallagher. appointed five
months after the alleged Irregularities
and discrimination occurred. GAL
lagher replied that the complaining
actors and actresses were among those
| dropped from the rolls when a Federal
order required a cut in quotas.
Standing Questioned.
They had been discharged, he said,
because they were unable to prove
before a hearing that they had any
standing as professionals in the
theater
Gallagher admitted the charge Of
one girl actress, who reported several
months ago being annoyed by the
advances of minor official, had been
substantiated and the official dis
missed.
The charges Of the seven were re-
layed to Administrator Hopkins by At
torney Harry Levin who claimed a
hearing had been denied in the matter
by State supervisor, and requested
an investigation.
One of the three women Miss Ruth
Colby, related the tale of being forced
to appear at a hotel stag party. and
asked to stay and entertain" the
men.
Says Many Were Drunk.
When she reported at the hotel,
ostensibly to participate in style
show she said she found "the room
Uttered with bottles of liquor, and
several OF the men very drunk"
The men told her, she declared. they
were members Of the Federal Survey
Board" from Washington
A. w. p. A. spokesman in Washing
ton said the matter was In the hands
Of Paul Edwards, Massachusetts, w.
P. A. administrator.
Edwards replied the matter was not
within his jurisdiction, the Drama
division being directed by the Wash
ington Offices.
Washington officials of the Drama
Division said they had had no cum
munication with Levin, reported on
his way to the Capital to present the
protest of the dismissed actresses.
Mrs. Halle Flanagan, director of
the w. P. A. theater, was reported
not in Washington and John Farms
worth, her assistant. declined COM
ment.
Evening star., 1936-08-15
FIRST OCCUPANTS
ENTER TECHW00D
16 Families Take Quarters
in Atlanta LoW-C0St
Housing Project.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, August l5-Moving
vans backed up today to the doors
OF SO, ,000, 900 Techwood-the p. w. A s
first low-cost housing project-,and Is
families began adjusting themselves
to shiny, new surroundings.
Drawn from too-crowded boa riding
houses, country shackS and other
types Of "substandard" accommoda =
tions, the tenants we're the forerun-
ners of $4,000 families who are to
occupy the so projects being erected
throughout the Nation at a cost OF
$3.50 100000.
fleetwood, when full, will sccommo-
date 6O4 families.
Applications are being accepted only
from low-income groups. said ID. A.
Calhoun. district manager OF the
P. w. A. Housing Division.
The first man to sign, he said was
an engineer in a cotton bag factory.
Others have included street car con-
ductors. store clerks and bellboys
at hotels.
Calhoun plans to have so families
IN the project before September !,
the official opening date
OF the first 1916 families who ap-
piled for occupancy. 1853 were re-
jected because. Howard A Gray,
p. w. A. housing director, said in
Washington. they could afford stand
ard housing provided by private en-
terprise.'
The apartments. renting from
$3.50 for three rooms, to s27 785 for
six rooms. are located on 25 acres
that formerly was a Negro slum dis
trict. Much of the site is devoted
to lawns. Fairgrounds, stores and GEN.
tral laundries.
Evening star., 1936-08-15
NOMINEES WARNED
TO FILE REPORTS.
lonergan Asks Accounts
Separate From Those for
u. S. and States.
Bv the Associated Press.


Periodic expense accounts must be
filedr with the special Senate Cam
paign Expenditures Committee by all
nominees for President, Vice Presi-
dent and the Senate. aside from SIM
liar reports required by Federal or
State laws, it was announced today by
Senator Lonergan, Democrat, OF Con-
necticut, chairman.
Steps are being taken to notify all
candidates, he said, because OF doubt
among some nominees as to whether
they should file with the Special Com
mittee, in addition to the regular ex-
penditure reports called for by law.
Senator Lonergan pointed out that
his committee is authorized by resolu-
ton to 60 into broad general phases of
campaign outlays for these offices, and
is not limited by other laws.
1T is the purpose Of the commit
tee" he said in statement, Ito keep
check on expenses of every nominee.
Reports required of the nominees
themselves are checked with reports
from contributors whom they list
and with reports obtained from party
organizations and officials. This in
formation will be compared with the
total number Of votes cast for the
same Office in the last election to
determine the trend of expenditures.
If a complaint is made to the
committee regarding the expenditures
of any candidate the committee will
Immediately be in a position to de-
termine from its reports whether the
complaint is justified, thus protecting
candidates against unwarranted in
vestigations and publicity. but at the
same time providing the committee
with complete information on which
to proceed should any actual ir-
regularities be discovered"
The Senator said that until the
next meeting Of the committee, prob
ably before the end of August, he is
not in position to say whether any
complaints had already been received.
Evening star., 1936-08-15
FUNERAL RITES MONDAY
FOR PERCY C. LOWE
Property Man at Fox Theater for
Nine Years Dies at Stage
Entrance.

Funeral services for Percy c. Lowe
So. property man at Loew's Capitol
FOX Theater, who died suddenly
yesterday of heart attack at the
stage entrance, will be held at 2:30
pm. Monday at the Chambers un-
dertaking establishment, 1400 Chapin
street. Services will be in charge of
the National Masonic Lodge, of which
he was member.
Mr.. Lowe. who had been connected
with the local theater since its OPEN
ing here nine years ago, died just be-
fore its rechristening He resigned
from the District Fire Department in
1900 to become property man. serv-
ing with the Cohan-Harris road show
before aSsociating himself with the
theater He was a member Of the
local stage employees union
Mr.. Lowe, a native of this city. is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Helen
Lowe; five brothers. Lewis, James T..
George P. and Edward Lowe, all OF
this city. and Robert F. Lowe of New
York City, and sister. Mrs. Ralph
Manning of this city.
Evening star., 1936-08-15
TRIO BURIED ALIVE
BY MINE CAvE.IN
Rescue Squads at Kirkland Lake
Attack Slide in Frenzied
Effort.
By ,he Associated Press.

BY jhe Associated Press.
KIRKLAND LAKE, Ontario, August
lS.-Three miners working on the
2,700-foot level of the Lake Shore Gold
Mine were buried today in a cave in.
They were believed to be alive. Two
others escaped.
The entombed men are Jack Bot
trell, the shift boss; Jack Casey and
William Morgan. Mining experts hoped
to reach them today. Rescue squads
began to work frantically through the
fallen rock.
E. w. Todd, general manager of the
mine, assumed personal direction OF
the rescue efforts. He declared every
resource of the large mine was being
rushed into service in an endeavor to
bring the men to the surface with all
possible haste.
The imprisoned men were reported
working in a gallery cut downward
toward a horizontal tunnel, called o
drift.
NEVADA DEAD TOTAL SIX.
Evening star., 1936-08-15
BY w. H. SHIPPEN Jr
4 S A MAN-KILLER among the
I earth's creatures, the cobra

A S A MAN-KILLER among the
~ earth's creatures, the cobra
~ ranks next to man himself.
\ He disposes of about 1000
men yearly, higher death toll than
that of the tigers of India or the lions
of Africa.
This black. hooded cobra from Su-
matra is by far the most dangerous
denizen of the reptile house. His
keepers approach him with caution.
They wear goggles and remain at least
6 feet beyond the range of his longest
strike.
For this species not only injects
venom from his long fangs, but can
spit the fluid 5 or s feet with accuracy.
He usually aims at the eyes of his
intended victim ,and can blind q man
who keeps well out of reach of his
fangs.
The cobra and the mamba are said
to be the only snakes likely to attack
q man unprovoked and to pursue him
II he runs. This 5-foot specimen is
particularly vicious and aggressive
His four years at the Zoo have put him
in fine fighting trim.
The cobra inhabits Africa, India
Evening star., 1936-08-15
OFFICERS
CUSTER IS SOUGHT
Lodges Split on Move to
Recall Four Executives.
RadicaliSm Held Issue.

More internal strife has broken out
In the ranks OF the American Fedora.
ton Of Government Employees.
Six lodges of the A. F. G. z. are
trying TO oust by a recall resolution
four Officers: Cecil E. Custer, national
treasurer; Ira Y. Balm, G. Carroll Di-
mond anc Michael D. Schaefer, vice
presidents.
This move is being stoutly opposed
by several other lodges. particularly
Civil Service Commission Lodge, No.
80. which was written a sharp letter
criticizing those who started the custer
movement.
In letter signed by James Baugh,
jr., president, and z. B. Peters, secre-
tary, the Civil Service Commission
Lodge defends the national officers,
and makes counter charges against
certain members Of Lodge 206, OF
the Resettlement Administration,
which is one of those behind the
custer movement. The letter was ad-
dressed to Mrs. Janet Gains, president
of Lodge 2o6.
The four Washington members of
the National Executive Council were
accused by the proposed recall reso-
luton of .'dictatory abuse of ONCE
without regard to and in violation
of the national constitution" of the
A. F. G. E. Six numbered charges
were filed against them by the six
protesting lodges. but these we're all
disagreed to with spirit by Civil
Service Commission Lodge. The
C. S. C. Lodge letter went to all
lodges OF the A. F. G. E.
National officers against whom the
proceedings we're instituted were rep
resented as welcoming the fight, in
order to clear the issue. which they
said had been increasing between the
so-called radical" lodges and others.
Evening star., 1936-08-15
DON'T
"Thou Shalt Nots" for
Capitals Citizens.

DO YOUR lettering in safe place,
is motto which may be based
on one section of the District Police
Regulations.
Just in case some one may chose
a railroad track as a loafing place,
the commissioners have incorporated
a ban on that in their rules. To put
teeth" into the rule it carries a
possible maximum penalty of $500.
Lettering Is just one form OF tres
passing on the railroad rights Of way
which has been banned. Persons
without authority for being on such
property are forbidden to walk, ride,
drive or otherwise make use of the
tracks, or bridges, or elevated or de-
pressed structures carrying tracks.
Evening star., 1936-08-15

Continued From First Page.N
Lemke. There was some slight dis
sension. but the New York and Mich
igan delegations decided to support
Lemke's candidacy"
The twenty fifth New York district
delegation. late yesterday submitted a
resolution to restrict the conventions
Endorsement to congressional candi-
dates only.
More than 5000 resolutions were
submitted to the Resolutions Commit
tee during the night, Father Coughlin
said. and almost as msuy suggestions
given the Constitutional Committee.
OF which the priest is chairman.
I'VE encountered no controversy in
drafting the constitution" Father
Coughlin said THE draft is the same
as the one We followed since last year
The only questions involved were
those raised by attorneys, seeking TO
smooth it from a technical stand
point"
Chairman Sylvester B. Mcmahon
called the convention TO order At 9:25
am. with reports of Credentials.
Rules. Constitution and Resolutions
Committees the only order Of business
for the morning.
Representative Lemke. who is
scheduled to speak with Father
Coughlin and Thomas c. O'Brien.
Union party vice presidential can
didate. at a mass meeting tomorrow,
arrived today.
Father Coughlin said he antici-
pated. naturally" that Lemke would
receive the Endorsement Of the con-
vention, but that If he did not "the
program, of course, would have to
be changed"
The priest said two resolutions
would be submitted on Lemke's in
dorsement. one favoring it and
another proposing to restrict indorse-
ment to congressional candidates.
Mayor Harold H. Burton, unable to
be present at the opening session yes
terday because Of President Roose-
velt's visit, welcomed the delegates
and Father Coughlin responded.
Evening star., 1936-08-15

and the Malay region. He is a great
rat hunter and, since rodents seek out
the haunts of man, is frequently en-
countered in inhabited areas-even In
homes. The barefooted brown men of
India pay heavy tribute to the cobras.
A cobra's venom attacks the nerve
centers. A man has been known to
die few minutes after being struck.
The cobra has a series of loose ribs
just behind the head which spread
when he becomes frightened or angry,
to form the hood. Indian fakirs pre-
tend the cobra can be charmed by
music, but the snake spreads his hood
and seems more annoyed than pleased
as he follows the motions Of the
fakirs pipes.
1t is said that these snakes have
had their fangs extracted.
In addition to the black specimen,
the Zoo has a 5-foot golden cobra
from Egypt. A huge king cobra, at
least twice as large as the present
snakes, died recently after his skin
failed to shed properly over his head
and partially blinded him.
Tom0roU: Tbs ostrich.
Evening star., 1936-08-15
SOUVENIR.

a jerk and the strap on the ancient
car parted company with its anchor
age. The disconnected passenger left
the car with the strap under his arm,
possibly to retain 1t as q souvenir.
X X X
TEMPER.
HAMILTON WATERS, one of the
= huskiest golf enthusiasts who
trods the fairways of the Rock Creek
course and who shoots somewhere in
the vicinity of half his weight, lost
his temper the other day.
After putting Is ball in the rough
est-looking rough for miles around, he
cogitated for a moment, swung the
club around his head a couple of
times and let it fly in the general di-
rection the ball had taken.
Then, believe it or not, the ball
which he was certain had been hope
lessly lost was found Immediately. Not
so the club. however. It was not To-
Gated for IS minutes, q circumstance
that may or may not be q lesson to
golfers. 1t was to Waters.
Evening star., 1936-08-15
NEVADA DEAD TOTAL SIX.

MOUNTAIN CITY. New. August IS
NP.-A helmeted rescue crew recovered
last night the last two bodies OF six
men who perished in the gas-filled
depths Of copper mine.
Grim-faced miners and their wives
and children crowded about the en-
trance Of the Mountain City Copper
Co. mine shaft as the bodies of Albert
Atel, Al. and Frank Teixera, A, both of
Mountain City, were lifted from the
600-foot shaft.
The bodies were taken to q NOR
tuary and placed beside those Of four
other victims. The six died last night.
James o. Elton, president of the In
ternational Smelling Co., which oper-
ates the mine, said the men failed to
don gas helmets and all perished in
fumes believed released by blasting.
Evening star., 1936-08-15

meters, with Medica trailing his team
mate by another length.
Terada shot into 50meter lead at
the half way mark as Medica moved
up to second place and Uto was a
close third. Flanagan falling back to
fifth.
Medica. who won the 400-meter free
style championship, picked up 30
meters in the next 450, trailing the
Toxic pace-setter by almost 20 meters
at the | 200 mark. with Uto Is meters
further back and Lshiharada in fourth
place.
Japan First In Breast Stroke.
Detsuo Hamuro of Japan. Olympic
record holder. captured the 200-meter
breast stroke championship as Johnny
Higgins of Providence, r. l.. lone
American finalist, finished fourth.
Hamuro. clocked in 2 minutes AZ. 5
seconds. eQualing the mark he estab-
lished in the preliminary trials, won
the title by length over Sietas of
Germany who was ! foot ahead of
Reizo Koike of Japan. Saburo Ito of
Japan was fifth, Joachim Bake of
Germany. sixth, and Teofllo Ildefonzo
OF the Philippines last.
Miss Mastenbroek passed the favored
Miss Hveger Is meters from the finish
and won by full length, timed in
5 minutes 264 seconds, lowering the
former Olympic record of 5:28 made
by Miss Hveger in the trials earlier
this week. Miss Hveger herself
lowered her former standard. clocked
in 5:27.5. No time was given for Mrs.
Wingard. but there was no doubt about
her placing third. officials said. Mary
Lou Petty of Seattle was fourth.
In diving Stork of Germany was
third with 110.31 points, Erhardt
Weiss, also of Germany, fourth with
1l0.15; Frank Kurtz of Los Angeles
fifth with 108.6l. and Tsuneo Shiba-
hara of Japan sixth with 107.40.
The crowd booed so Justify as some
Of the figures were announced that
the announcer once stopped and
threatened to postpone the event in
definitely" unless they stopped. They
were equally disgusted with the fall
ure of the judges to score both Amer
leans and Germans higher.
Wayne admitted that he was scared
silly before his final dive.
Il was so sick at my stoma ach all
night with nervousness that I didn't
know whether I'd be able to finish
the event." he said.
Smith COmmends Stork.
Harold Dutch" Smith, winner OF
the event at Los Angeles, and now
coach Of the American team, paid his
respects to Stork for finishing third
1t was the first time since 1920 that
American-trained divers have not won
the first three places in the event.
Farid Simaika Of Egypt finished sec
ond at Amsterdam, but he received all
his training in California.
Here's how the first six men scored:
Wayne46.65 1912 1880 1888 1928 1888
Root ~ .03 1884 1888 1902 1888 1880
Stork 44.53 17.71 1920 17.71 17.l6 llO.3l
Weiss 1900 17.16 1910 1884 1895 I1O.15
kurtz 41.71 1894 1872 1890 1854 10s.61
Shibaharaz
1889 1884 151s1641 17.4s 1O7.4O
U. s. TEAM WINS IN LONDON.
Evening star., 1936-08-15
Woodruff Anchors 2-MiIe Relay to
Beat Britain.

Woodruff Anchors 2-MiIe Relay to
Beat Britain.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. August 15.-An American
combination, anchored by John Wood
ruff, Olympic 800-meter champion
cracked the world record in beating
Great Britain in the 2-mile relay
first event In the sixth quadrennial
track and field meet between the two
nations.
Woodruff beat off desperate home
stretch challenge by j. v. Powell as
the American team was clocked in I
minutes 35.8 seconds. The listed world
record of 7:41.4 was set by Boston
A. A. combination in 1928 at Phila-
delphia.
Powell, British half-mile champion,
brushed shoulders with Woodruff
University of Pittsburgh Negro star,
around the last turn, but the Amer
ican unleashed a burst of speed and
hit the tape 3 yards in front as Pow
ell faded and nearly collapsed
Owens Leads In Relay
Jesse Owens, Ohio States great COL
ored sprinter and broad jumper and
triple Olympic champion. led the
United States 400-yard relay outfit to
a smashing victory in the second
event, winning by yards in the new
meet record time of 37.4 seconds.
No world record for the 400-yard
distance is listed in athletic almanacs,
but the. Americans time clipped one
tenth of a second of the mark set by
| an American quartet made up of
Russell Sweet, Cy Leland, George
Simpson and Eddie Tolan at Chicago
in 1880.
Running with Woodruff in the
2-mile relay were Chuck Hornbostel,
Bob Young and Charley Williamson.
Owens teammates in the sprint relay
were Frank wykof. Marty Glickman
and Ralph Metcalfe, with Metcalfe
running anchor.
Evening star., 1936-08-15
HESS RITES MONDAY

Virginia Native, 90, Had Lived
Here Many Years.
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Vir-
ginia Hess, 9S. who died yesterday
at the home of her grandson, Thomas
L. Allen. 435 Delafield place, as
a result of paralytic stroke, will
be held at 2 pm. Monday in the
Chambers funeral home, SIT Eleventh
street southeast.
Mrs. Hess was born in Fairfax. Va,
and came to Washington as a child
She was the widow Of q Civil War
veteran.
Surviving are a son. Joseph Hess,
who lives with Allen. and two grand
daughters living in Chicago.
Evening star., 1936-08-15
Stack Club Outing Tuesday.

A moonlight excursion will be held
Tuesday at s:45 pm. on the Steamer
Potomac by the Stack for Congress
Club, composed Of local Pennsylvania
Democrats supporting Representative
Michael j. Stack, Philadelphia. for
reelection in the Sixth Pennsylvania
District.
Evening star., 1936-08-15
Legionnaires Donate Blood

LAKE WORTH, Fla. August Is
P).-Former soldiers here are giving
their blood in the cause of life in
stead of death.
Members of the Carl Vogel Ameri-
can Legion post have organized a
blood donors club" and already
several have been called to nearby
hospitals for transfusions in charity
cases.
Evening star., 1936-08-15

hinted in Washington that the system of paying
farmers for non-production will be abandoned,
at least for 1897.
There is a budding plan that is being nursed
along by Mr.. Wallace for what he calls an lever
normal granary." AS usual. the New Deal must
dramatize and sloganize its simple doctrine. The
ever normal granary. which springs full nedged
from the mystical brain Of Mr.. Wallace, is in
less poetic language. merely the storage Of this
years surplus for next years shortage.
II the New Deal leaders had been reading their
Bibles they would have known before they started
killing the pigs and turning under the crops
hat Ia wis tn save the Y,roductio1 of the
Evening star., 1936-08-15

Neither may an unauthorized per-
Son catch q ride on a locomotive or
cars operated on railroad tracks. If
the fear of being struck by a rail-
road engine does not deter one from
entering the railroad tunnel. which
runs under the Capitol, authors of
the rules believe, perhaps the hazard
Of fine may do so.
Evening star., 1936-08-15
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
Of Interesting Events
and Things.
WRITER'S WAY.

vF YOU have tried every other
method for writing a successful
novel and found them wanting,
i you might have a 60 at the one
which started Margaret Mitchell on
Gone With the Wind"
One of our operatives, yes, they do
get around, tells us Of Mrs. Mitchell's
way.
She was Ill, 1t seems, and spent
many weeks in bed. Every day her
husband brought her books to read,
books on science, on history, on re-
ligion. He bought books. borrowed
from libraries, begged them from
friends. Finally. every resource OF
books in the area was exhausted.
The husband was nonplussed. but
only for o moment. He went down.
town, purchased some scratch pads
and a supply Of pencils and took them
home to his wife.
Here" he said, write your own
book"
There's Gone With the Wind
to prove that it Is as simple as that.
II \
DISDAIN.
One small squirrel caused quite
traffic jam on Massachusetts
Avenue near Scott Circle the other
afternoon. He strolled in front of
tari, irhich slo,Ued do,Dn and
sDerued suddenly. The car behind
hooked bumpers i0ith the tart
Automobiles jdmmed for three
blocks While the bumpers were be-
ing disengdged.
Meanwhile. the squirrel climbed
tree oUerhanoino the sideWalk
and surveyed the traffic jam OF his
otUn making tUith an air OF calm
Indifference
MYSTERY.
THE members Of the Roadside The
ter company were rehearsine
their next melodrama up at 1912 G
street the other night when two Sc.
date ladies happened to stroll by just
at the moment the villain was sinking
his claws into the heroine's throat
allowing enough space for her still
| to put out a bloody y-murder scream
The ladies paused in the doorway
downstairs for a minute and hearc
mighty crash, sounds OF men grunt-
ing and clubbing one another as the
hero came dashing to the rescue.