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Evening star., 1937-12-20
BURLEW is NAMED
ICKES ASSISTANT
President Administrative Aide in
Interior Department Is
Given Promotion.
picture on page A-2.J

President Roosevelt today sent to
the Senate the nomination of Ebert
K. Burlew, administrative assistant to
the Secretary of the Interior, to be
First Assistant Secretary, succeeding
the late Theodore A. Walters.
Mr.. Burlew's promotion, made on
recommendation of Mr. Ickes, is re-
garded as reward for long and
lneritorious service. Besides having
been administrative assistant to four
Interior Secretaries, Mr. Burlew has
served as a budget officer of the de-
partment since the budget system was
introduced.
Born in Sunbury, Pa, in 1885, he
entered the Government service in
1910 as a clerk in the War Depart
ment. Four years later he became a
clerk in the Post Office Department.
and later private secretary to Alex
ander Dockery, then Third Assistant
Postmaster General.
Under President Harding's admin
istration Mr.. Burlew was promoted to
be confidential clerk to Postmaster
General Hays. He served in the same
capacity under DR.. Hubert Work, sue
cessor to Mr. Hayes.
In 1928, when DR.. Work become
Secretary of the Interior, he took Mr..
Burlew with him and appointed him
administrative assistant to the Secre-
tary, which position he held under
Secretaries West, Wilbur and Ickes.
Evening star., 1937-12-20
SLAYER OF WIDOW
IS SHUNTED IND. c.
Youth Who Held Up Filling
Station Is Said to Re-
sembIe Bowers.

One good clue'' out OF half dozen
led police to keep sharp lookout in
the washington ARIA today for q
bandit answering the description Of
Wendell F. Bowers, 10, wanted for
the week-old murder of q young
Philadelphia widow.
Although leg-weary from running
down crank calls, detectives showed
considerable interest in a report that
a youth with "bulging eyes"-one of
the characteristics of the Pennsyl-
vania slayer-suspect-held up filing
station here late last night.
The report came from Edgar Dom
aldson, 2202 @ street NV, manager
of a station at Seventh street and
Rhode Island avenue NV, who later
said the bandit, who robbed him of
$75 and his automobile permit, close
ly resembled pictures of Bowers.
With this information, the Detec-
tive Bureau flashed two lookouts in
the last "a hours, warning patrolmen
that the suspect was armed and
might be at large in this vicinity. As
a result, two men, taken into custody
by sixth precinct officers, were being
held on the strength of the fact that
one Of them "looks something like"
Bowers.
Mr. Donaldson told police the bandit
held him up with an automatic after
10 pm. and locked him and helper,
David Hedgespeth, colored, 1899 @
street NV, in a washroom. The
Evening star., 1937-12-20
THOUSANDS WATCH
F STREET BLAZE
Three Firemen Affected by
Smoke in Fighting Drug
Store ConfIagration.
Pictures on pace BIZ

Thousands of holiday shoppers early
this afternoon watched flremen battle
stubborn two-alarm blaze which
consumed large stock Of Christmas
goods and chemicals in the basement
of Peoples Drug Store on the south
west corner of Tenth and F. streets
NV.
Three firemen were affected by
smoke and another was cut about the
hands while carrying a hose into the
smoke-filled basement. The latter,
E. r. Curtis of No. Rescue SQUAD
was treated at Emergency Hospital
as was Pvt. ]. F.. Hanley of No. 2
Engine Co., the most seriously af-
fected of the smoke victims.
Vehicular and pedestrian traffic was
tied up at the busy intersection for
more than an hour until a dozen
hose lines were raised on tripods
above the streets to open lanes for
street cars.
1t took flremen about an hour to
bring the blaze under control. A
stock Of toys and accessories was
stored in the basement, along with
various drugs and chemicals The
blaze smouldered for more than an
hour until the basement ran knee
deep in water from a score of hose
lines. The fire was confined to the
basement, although there was some
smoke and little water damage in
the store.
Fireman Sent to Hospital.
Fireman Hanley was overcome in
the basement and carried out by his
comrades, who revived him and sent
him to the hospital. He was not
thought seriously affected.
Firemen William Borats of No. 2
Engine Company and l.. r. Cruik-
shank. No. 2 Truck Company, were
slightly affected by smoke, but re-
turned to duty after receiving first aid.
After the blaze had been brought
under control the store management
served coffee, doughnuts and cakes to
the firemen from the soda fountains.
A half dozen holes, some 2 feet In
diameter, were chopped in the con-
crete floor with pickaxes to enable
firemen to battle the basement inferno
through the ceiling.
Customers in Store.
About half a hundred employees Of
the store were waiting on customers
when smoke began to be noticed
shortly before noon. Stockroom em-
ployes ran upstairs to report that
blaze had started in a drug storage
room, apparently from an overheated
flue.
Fred M. Downey, manager of the
store, turned in an alarm and helped
to clear the building of customers and
employees. The contents Of the cash
registers were transferred to q fireproof
safe in the rear.
Occupants of the upper floor of the
two-story brick building were able to
descend to the street unassisted. The
top floor is occupied by the Offices of
professional men and business agen-
cies.
The smoke drove employees and Gus.
toners from Castleberg's jewelry store,
next door, at 1904 F street NV, but
the establishment was not damaged.
Employees OF surrounding commercial
buildings watched the fire from win
dows overlooking r and Tenth streets.
Evening star., 1937-12-20
japanese Prepare
for Offensive
in South.
i. SHIPS HELD
AT TSINCTAO
Ready to. Move 800
NatiOnals-British
Area Periled.
By the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press
SHANGHAI, Dec. 20.-An imminent
japanese offensive in Chekiang and
Anwhei, rich Central Chinese prov
inces. was disclosed today by Gen.
Iwane Matsui, japanese commander.
The pressure of Japan's campaign,
however, was felt the whole length of
coastal China from Tsingtao. i'm
portant northern seaport, to Canton,
metropolis of the south.
Three United States warships stood
by at Tsingtao to evacuate about 300
Americans if necessary. A Japanese
naval attack on the port. highly-de-
veloped by japanese industry. was
feared because of the destruction of
rich japanese properties by Chinese
troops there
Reports All Quiet.
Samuel Sokobin, United States Con-
sui at Tsingtao, informed Consul
General Clarence E. Gauss at
Shanghai early today "all was quiet
last night"
mo looting and no damage to
American lives or property" Mr..
Sokobin reported. mo japanese forces
in sight. All damage confined to
burning Japanese mills"
A Japanese spokesman said he was
informed Chinese had destroyed all
japanese cotton mills in Tsingtao.
Since all Japanese had evacuated the
port at the outbreak of the war,
Chinese had held the property as
hostage against attack Its value was
estimated at more than 100000, 900
yen (about s87.000,oo0).
Gen. Matsui told Japanese news
paper men in an interview Japanese
troops were resting briefly after the
capture of Nanking, capital of Re-
publican China, but soon would re-
sumo major operations which would
continue until the Chinese govern
ment ended its resistance.
Heavy concentrations of japanese
warcraft were reported along the
Kwangtung Province coast, presum-
ably indicating Japanese plans to
strike at Csnton.
Thousands of Japanese troops were
said to have been shifted from the
Shanghai-Nanking area to the south,
where an offensive would strike close
to the crown colony of Hong Kong,
Britains great stronghold and COM
mercial center.
(1n London, British newspapers
reflected anxiety over the prospec-
tive Japanese thrust into South
China. Informed opinion expected
Britain to take strong defensive
measures. The cabinet, it was
believed, would make an impor-
tant decision Wednesday on dis
position of British armed forces
in the Far East.)
Both on the coast and in the in
terror the Chinese apparently were
girding to continue their defense.
Thousands of weu-equipped troops,
part of Generalissimo Chang Kai-
shek's 100000 available well-trained
men, were mobilized and tens of
thousands more were in training at
Hankow, temporary seat Of the CEN
trail government.
Defense Preparations Completed.
Defense preparations have been COM
pleted in South China, with Gen. Ii
Chi-sen in command of Kwangtung
and Kwangsi provinces, Chinese re-
ported here. They said Gen. Chang
Fah-kwei was in command of forces
in Chekiang and Fukien provinces.
(The United States Embassy at
Evening star., 1937-12-20
PRESIDENTS MOTHER
LOSES $4,000 SUIT
State Supreme Court Awards Sum
to Man Injured by Her
Automobile.
By the Associated Press.

By the ASSOclateu FfeSs.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Dec. 20.-
Frederick Grewen Of New Rochelle
was awarded $2l, 900 damages by q
State Supreme Court jury today In
his suit against Mrs. James Roosevelt,
mother of the President, and her
chauffeur, Louis E. De Pew.
Grewen was injured by the Roose-
welt car at Park avenue and Eighty
third street, New York, last April 8.
De Pew was driving. Mrs. Roosevelt
was not In the car.
Grewen, who is "a, married and the
father Of a 2-year-old girl, Is for
mer glove salesman. He testified at
the trial that he was destitute and
unable to work because of his injuries.
William D. Reed Of New York,
counsel for the defendants, moved to
have the verdict set aside as contrary
to the weight Of evidence. Justice
Mortimer B. Patterson, who received
the jury's sealed verdict, said he would
accept q brief, and granted stay OF
execution In the judgment pending
appeaL
Evening star., 1937-12-20

shelves that are empty and clothe
backs that are cold should write a
check at once for Metropolitan Police
Christmas party and mail it to Capt.
Joseph c. Morgan. chairman. at police
precinct five. Or they may leave food,
clothing and toys at any collection
center in Federal buildings or at
any Peoples Drug store donation box.
to be picked up by Star trucks later
in the week.
Many there are who ask where are
the poor for which this appeal speaks.
The fact that the Capital Is a rela-
lively prosperous city, with a ma
jority of the population enjoying COM
Portable incomes. does nothing to erase
(See TOYS, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1937-12-20
ILL OF PNEUMONIA,
KELLOGG RALLIES
Co-Author Of Peace Pact Has Bet
ter Heart Action and Con-
gestion Is Stopped.

BY the AeSoCleted fTebS.
ST. PAUL, Dec. 20.-Dr. j. A. Lepak
said Frank B. Kellogg, co-author of
the Kellogg BRAND peace pact, crit
ically ill Of pneumonia at his home,
had rallied today.
The physician said spread Of the
congestion had been halted and that
the patients heart action was better.
Kellogg, who hes been in failing
health for q year, was stricken with
cerebral thrombosis early in November,
but rallied from the attack. Pneu-
monia developed late Saturday night
and his physician, DR.. j. A. Lepak,
said then there was virtually no
hope" for his recovery.
Kellogg, an internationally known
diplomat, is q former Ambassador to
Great Britain.
Evening star., 1937-12-20
SENATE DUE TO GET.
HOMES BILL TODAY
Debate on Anti-Lynching
Plan Is Postponed to
Clear the Way.
BY J. A. O'LEARY.

Postponement of consideration Of
the anti-lynclling bill until January
6, to clear the way for the admin
istration's housing measure during
the remaining few days of the special
session, was agreed to in the Senate
today at the request of Majority Leader
Barkley.
The Senate Banking Committee
had not completed work on the hous-
ing bill at noon, but was pushing
ahead in executive session in the hope
Of reporting 1t favorably later today.
Although indications are the Senate
draft will not differ basically from
the bill as passed by the House Sat-
urday night. some changes were un-
der discussion in the Senate committee.
1t is understood, for example, that
the subcommittee which spent all last
week studying the measure has sug-
gested that some additional safeguards
for the Government accompany the
increased percentage of insurance
the Federal Housing Administration
would be allowed to approve on
owner-occupied homes.
Under existing law insurance covers
80 per cent of the appraised value,
making the buyers down payment 20
per cent The House bill allows in
surance up to 80 per cent on $4,000
house. making the down payment 10
per cent.
A suggestion understood to have
been debated in the Senate Committee
today is that the builder or contractor
join with the Government in being
responsible for the additional 10 per
cent risk. This might be accom-
plished. if the plan is adopted, by
making the builder a co-signer of the
mortgage until it is brought down
from 80 to 80 per cent.
The full committee also may raise
the cost limits per room on F. H. A.
insured mortgage projects.
1t was reported the subcommittee
also recommended some limitation on
the amount of debentures the F. H. A.
would issue Immediately following
any default that may occur on large
projects.
If the committee succeeds in re-
porting the bill by this evening, de-
bate would start tomorrow and efforts
would be made to pass the measure
before the special session ends
Wednesday or Thursday. 1t is doubt
full, however, whether the bill can
reach the White House before ad-
journment, unless Senate changes
should be accepted by the House
without the necessity Of going to con-
ference.
The committee also is considering
extension of the period Of amortization
on home mortgages from 20 to IS years.
In addition to the move to put of
the anti-lynching bill until the regular
session, sponsors of pending air trans
portation legislation also may endeavor
to obtain some agreement to have it
taken up early in the new session. This
bill, designated to give the Interstate
Commerce Commission control over
commercial aviation, with the prob
lem of ground safety left in the Com
merce Department, was debated with
out action last August. Senator Nc
Kellar, Democrat, of Tennessee op-
posed the measure at that time.
Evening star., 1937-12-20
RAIL PR0BERH HITS
AT RECENERSH|PS
Truman DenounCes Them as
"Greatest Racket on
Earth"
BY the Associated Press.

0y INC hSSOCldteU FEeSS.
Senator Truman, Democrat of Mis-
souri,, told the Senate today that rail-
road receiverships were 1.-The greatest
rackets on earth"
Delivering orally report from the
Senate Railroad Finance Investigating
Committee, the Missouri Senator
called Federal Judge James H. Will
kerson OF Chicago the most notorious
receivership judge on the Federal
bench"
In the two receiverships of the
Chicago, Milwaukee g. st. Paul Rail-
road, he said, "the highest of the
high-hat in the legal profession" had
"resorted to tricks that would make
an ambulance chaser in a coroner's
court blush with shame"
Presided at Hearings.
Senator Truman presided at hear
ings in which the committee investi-
gated the st. Paul receiverships.
The same gentlemen" he said,
will come out of the pending receiver
ships with more fatter, fees and wind
up by becoming attorneys for the
new and reorganized railroad COM
panies at fat yearly retainers; and
they will probably earn them, because
it will be their business to get by the
Interstate Commerce Commission, to
interpret and to see that the courts
interpret, laws passed by the Congress
as they want them construed.
These able and intelligent lawyers.
counselors, attorneys, whatever you
want to call them, have interviews
and hold conferences with the men,
bers of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, take them to dinner and dis
cuss pending matters with them"
Mentions Silas Strawn.
Senator Truman said T. D. Gres-
ham, Texas & Pacific Railroad coun-
sci, and 'Mr. Shaw of Winston,
Strawn & Shaw-this is Mr.. Slias
Strawn, past president of the National
Chamber of Commerce and great up
lifter-obtained information and gave
advice to members of the commission,
or the court, on pending matters in
private"
The Missourian declared the New
York law firm of Cravath, Degersdorff,
Swaine & Wood, counsel for Kuhn,
Loeb & Co., arranged with Shaw to
have Judge Wilkerson take charge of
the 1925 receivership of the st. Paul.
Referring to a committee compila-
ton of st. Paul receivership fees and
other costs totaling nearly $7,000,O00,
Senator Truman said Winston, Strawn
& Shaw became attorneys for the re-
celvers and received $247OO0 and
Evening star., 1937-12-20
GENLUDENDORFF,
REICH HERO, DIES
War Commander Was Mill
tant Apostle of Anti-Chris.
tian Religion.
ES the Associated Press.


MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 20.-Gen.
Erich Ludendorff, 72-year-old idol Of
the German Army, died today.
The German World War COM
mander apparently was recovering
from an operation on an infected
bladder but last night his heart failed.
Physicians made unavailing efforts
to strengthen him with blood trans
fusion He remained fully conscious
until S am and finally died at $40
am. (2:20 E. S. t..
Throughout his illness of more than
three weeks, the aged warrior showed
the same Spartan self-discipline that
had made him symbol to Germany's
army when he was chief Of staff under
Field Marshal Paul Won Hindenburg
during the World War.
Suppressed Signs Of Pain.
Just as he had refused to spare him.
self during the war and had worked
more ardently than any of his col
leagues, during his final illness he
suppressed any sign of pain and i'm
plored his family not to worry
BY a strange coincidence, this arch
enemy Of Catholicism and militant
apostle of new, Aryan anti-christian
religion spent the final days Of his
life attended by nuns in the Catholic
Josephinum Hospital.
The choice of the hospital was
dictated by Prof. Ludwig Kielleuthner,
who operated on the general and who
would attend patients at no other
institution.
During the past week it had seemed
the general would recover. His physi-
clans had said he was improving
rapidly and had ceased issuing bull
letins on his condition.
The sudden relapse last night, how
ever, showed that his weakened con-
stitution was unequal to absorbing
transfused blood.
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler and Field
Marshal Werner Won Blomberg, Reich
war minister, were informed i'm
mediately.
Hitler sent condolences to Luden-
dorft'S widow Mathilde, who had
moved to the hospital to be with her
husband.
Tribute by Hitler.
Il extend heartiest sympathy" the
chancellor's message said :" by the
death of the great soldiers general
issimo, Ludendorn, the German people
lose one Of its best and most faithful
sons, whose labors in peace and war
aimed solely for the welfare of Ger
many.
His name will live forever in Ger
many history. I and the National So
cialist (NazD movement will ever re-
member gratefully that at the time
of the nations greatest need he staked
his whole personality and shared fate
with those who entered the lists on
behalf of q better future Germany"
Gen. Ludendorff died at peace with
his Fuehrer and consoled with the
thought that the last great battle Of
his life had been won-recognition Of
his Germanic faith movement.
BY decree last May IL Gen. Lu-
dendorff's new religion, approaching
neo-paganisn, was put on an equal
basis with the Catholic and Protestant
faiths, of which he was bitter Toe.
Evening star., 1937-12-20
Police Push Food Collection
As Part IN Christmas Driue
This Years Items in Toy Campaign
May Exceed 5000 Collected in 80.
PIT. 4. Mends Gifts.

Thanks to Washington,s response
to The Star-Warner Bros. IN. B. C..
Christmas campaign it seems there
will be plenty of toys for the children
OF the city this Christmas and now
the campaign moves to close. stress
ing the needs of the inner infant and
man.
While members of the Parent Teach
er Association labored today sorting
and wrapping toys and clothing COL
lected at the Warner Bros. toy matt
nees, the Metropolitan Police force
worked on collecting food at their
Christmas headquarters at the Ma
tional Guard Armory, to be distributed
in husky baskets on Christmas Eve.
Those who would stock pantry
Evening star., 1937-12-20
~ the Associated Press.


TRENTON, N. j., Dec 20.-An in
vestigating committee OF the General
Assembly reported today that it found
corrupt, selfish and unthinking"
administration Of the city Of Wild
wood by New Jerseys only woman
Mayor and her "henchmen."
Composed of five Democratic As
semblymen because Republican law
makers refused to serve, the committee
centered its attack on Mayor Doris
w. Bradway, her husband, Edwin T.
Broadway, and the subpoenaed-but-
missing Webster c. Bright, Repub-
NcanS.
The committee charged loading
Of the city pay roll" had been carried
80 far that "ths taxpayers are bur-
dened with . staggering tax -rats of
Evening star., 1937-12-20
City's $50 Tax Rate Hit in Report
On Regime of Woman Mayor

over 80 per hundred dollars OF as
sessed valuation"
It cited numerous instances Of what
1t termed graft and other violations
Of the law, then recommended that
the proper authorities be instructed
ito prosecute any and all officials
guilty Of wilfully and corruptly be-
traying the trust repooed in them by
the citizens Of Wildwood"
Mrs. Broadway frequently explained
that she did not know things were
being done illegally, the report re-
called. It continued:
"She made an attempt to excuse
her woeful lack Of knowledge by in
sisttng that she was 'dumb-yes,
very dumb'-and then by stating that
when she became . commissioner In
Gee WILDWOOD, Psss A-4,l
Evening star., 1937-12-20

in the Capital.
Beard Case Recalled.
1t was recalled that Sam Beard,
erstwhile leader of the gambling fra
ternity here. was convicted solely on
wire-tapping evidence, and there have
been predictions that he would be
pardoned in event the high tribunal
should bar such evidence.
Today's ruling came in the case Of
Frank Nardone and several co-defend-
ants found guilty in United States
District Court in New York of SNUG
Cling illicit alcohol into the country.
To large extent, the case against
them rested on the testimony Of Fed
eral agents, who had listened in on
conversations Of the defendants by
tapping telephone wires.
The Federal Communications Act
provides that it shall be a felony for
any person to intercept or divulge any
interstate telephone conversation with
out the consent Of the party making
the call. In view of that section of the
law, Nardone and the other defendants
contended, the testimony of the agents
should not have been admitted against
them.
Olmstead Case Cited.
The trial court, however, citing the
well-known "Olmstead case," decided
in 1928, admitted the testimony, but
stipulated that if the admission Of
this evidence was improper the con-
viction of the defendants should be
set aside.
The Olmstead case, in which the
court was divided. to 4, upheld a
California conviction for a violation
of the Prohibition Act. Wire-tapping
evidence was admitted in that case
despite the fact that a California
statute made it q misdemeanor for
any one to tap a telephone wire.
Speaking for the majority of the
court in the Nardone case, Associate
Justice Roberts took cognizance Of
the Olmstead case, but said:
I'VE, nevertheless, face the fact
that the plain words of Section COS
(of the Federal Communications Act)
forbid any one, unless authorized by
the sender, to intercept a telephone
message, and direct in equally clear
language that no person shall di-
vulge or publish the message Of its
substance to any person.
Conclusion Unshaken.
ITO recite the contents of the mes
sage in testimony before a court is to
div,llge the message. The conclusion
that the act forbids such testimony
seems to us unshaken by the Gov
ernment's arguments"
Then holding that the words ANY
person" are sufficiently broad to in
clude a Federal officer, Justice Rob-
erts concluded:
For years controversy has ragged
with respect to the morality of the
practice of overlapping by officers to
obtain evidence 1t has been the view
OF many that the practice involves
grave wrong In the light of these
go. ~OryDr