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Evening star., 1937-12-12
death TOLL IS g
Hundreds Homeless in Cali.
fornia DeIuge-Worst
Disaster in Europe.
Pictures on Pace Az
Pictures on Page A.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Community -paralyzing blizzards in
the East and rising storm floods in
California, linked with disastrous
gales at sea, caused at least 81 deaths
last night as winter struck most OF
the Northern Hemisphere.
Hundreds were left homeless in
Northern California, and in the fer
tile Sacramento Valley crops, live
stock and houses were swept away in
the three-to4seven-in deluge that
sent river stages to dangerous levels
The worst storm disaster occurred
in Europe, near Castlecary, Scotland
where rescue workers dug for the
bodies of still more victims in Britain's
biggest railway wreck in ~ years
Thirty bodies were taken from ths
debris of the crack Scottish express
which smashed into the rear Of an
other passenger train during q blind
ing snowstorm.
Upstate New York felt the fui
brunt of hte American storm, with
10 known dead. The Federal Gov.
ernment authorized the use of Ma.
tional Guard troops to help storm.
isolated Erie County communitie.
dig out"
New Blizzard Hampers Rescues.
A new blizzard hampered rescu,
work amid already huge snowdrift'
north OF Buffalo.
An aviator who few over the nu
| merous white-b nketed "ghos
towns" reported hundreds and hun
dreds" of automobiles were stallet
and abandoned in the snowdrifts.
Tales of suffering and dramati
| rescues came from the stricken com
Enunities as ski and snowshoe relic
4, parties fought. their way through tn
blizzard.
Some of the families are evel
burning furniture to keep warm" on
relief party reported after . visit t
suburban Buffalo.
Another party which trudged t
snow-bound homes with groceries re
ported finding q mother feeding he
| (See STORM. Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1937-12-12
Ne,u Deal Merry-Go-Round
Breaks DO,vn in CridirOn Skits
A Klauern in alabama, the Interna'
tional Big Apple and Charlie M'Carthy
Add to the Gayety at annual Dinner.

set the keynote for these parlous
scenes:
Why do all New Dealers feel 50 very
blue,
Talk of cutting taxes to pull business
through?
A merry-go-round was theirs
And business paid the fares.
We all went round and round and
round
When hark! A sound!!
o the merry-go-round broke down,
The New Deal hit the ground;
And business men went broke again,
While the merry-go-round went UNI
pah-pah, um-pah-pah,
Um-pah, um-pah, um-pah-pah!
The merry-go-round broke down
This chorus from the satiric stage
Continued on Page A-20, Column -
Evening star., 1937-12-12

Leaders of the Government, indus
try and organized labor as well as
the diplomatic corps were all in
volved in the histrionic accident last
night when the merry-go-round broke
down at the Gridiron Club dinner.
Horses, swans, ostriches and clowns
were Jared from the merry circle
and went sprawling at the very open
ing of the dinner which thereafter
found President Roosevelt. Republic
cans new, old and ex), various cab
met officers, Supreme Court Justice
Hugo L. Black, the newspaper column
lists, the business world and even the
international world in various ad-
vanced stages Of bewilderment and
confusion.
The song of the shrill hurdy-gurdy
Evening star., 1937-12-12
ARMY FLYER DIES
IN LANGLEY CRASH
Major Perishes in Flames, Ser
geant Hurt at Charity Fair
Air Show.
" the Associated Press.

8y the Associated PreSS.
LANGLEY FIELD, Va, Dec. IL
Maj. A. e. Waller was burned to death
and Staff Sergt. John johnson had a
miraculous escape from death this
afternoon when their pursuit plane
crashed in flames during the aerial
show held in connection with charity
fair being staged at Langley Field.
As the machine hit the earth door
new open and Sergt. johnson hurtled
80 feet or more through the air and
bounced along the earth like rubber
bali until he came to rest another 10
feet. away. He was at first believed to
be dead but when taken to the hospital
was found to have a chance for re-
-coyery, although he had what was
described as q serious conclusion.
The plane, flying in formation.
caught fire while about 200 feet above
the ground and leveling of for land
ing. Maj. Waller, the pilot, immedi-
ately left the formation and started
TO ease down for b landing. Smoke
was pouring from the machine when
it left the formation and about Is
feet from the earth it burst into flames
and plummeted downward as 5000
people gazed in horror.
: Fire fighting equipment of the air
drome was on the scene almost a
soon as the plane hit, the earth. Bu
the flames had gained too much head.
WY to be qnenched.
Ali machines In the air landed Z
few minutes after the accident II
order that personnel might be counted
and the missing machine and me,
identified. Immediately thereafter the.
took to the air again and the aeria
show continued as though nothinl
had happened.
Mai. waller was operations ONCE
oe headquarters. Eighth Pursuit Gro ~
Among the Thousands Of horrine'
spectators were i've Representatives
who new here from Washington today
stan sergt. Johnson's address /
given a. dlencore, N. Y. He had beel
as Langley Field short time. havin
been stationed previously in the Phil
ippines.
Mai. Waller came to Langley Fiel
In June from Morgan Field, Ky. II
Z had been at Langley at intervals i
Y the past nve years. -
Evening star., 1937-12-12
4 KILLED, / INJURED
IN TRAIN-CAR CRASH
Fast B. & o. Passenger Hits Auto
at bennington, W. Va.-Two
Miners Victims.
81 the Associated Press.


GRAFTON, w. Va, Dec. n.-A
fast Baltimore d Ohio passenger train
struck an automobile at nearby Flem-
ington today, killing two men and two
women and critically injuring an
other man.
Dead were David Foster, "a, Of New
burg, w. Va; Raymond K. Butcher,
-, Of Clarksburg, w. Va; Mrs. Min
ME Rollins and her sister, Miss Edith
Mcintyre, both Of near Clarksburg.
injured was Charles L. Lawson OF
0rasselli, near here, whose wife told
State police her husband and Butcher,
both miners, were en- route to Gallo
way for groceries.
The automohils was carried several
hundred feet pwn the track By the
Warrington 0mcdnnah train.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
LABOR UNIT HEAD
ANSWERS CRITICS
Denies Board Infringed on
Free Press by Calling
Editor to Testify.
By JOHN C. HENRY.

Editors and reporters have neither
constitutional immunity nor any day
to-day legal immunity from the obliga-
tions Of telling what they know Of
violations of the Nations laws, ].
Warren Madden, chairman of the
National Labor Relations Board, de-
clared yesterday in q formal denial OF
CHARGES that the board had infringed
upon the "free press" by its recent
action in serving a subpoena upon
the editor Of Mill and Factory, trade
publication.
The subpoena demanded that the
editor, Hartley w. Barclay, produce
his files and other information per-
tanning to an article he wrote con-
demning the board for its procedure
in hearings on q complaint against
the Weirton Steel Co. Mr.. Barclay
refused to honor the subpoena Is q
storm of criticism arose over the
Evening star., 1937-12-12
DAVIES T0LEAVE
MOSCOW IN SHIFT
Ambassador to Russia May
Go to Brussels or Paris
in New Change.

Another shift in the American
diplomatic service. involving Joseph
E. Davies, Ambassador to Soviet Rus
sia, will be announced within a few
weeks, it was learned yesterday. Mr.
Davies will soon relinquish his post
and accept transfer to another
embassy.
Mr.. Davies, it is said, had his heart
set on succeeding Ambassador Rob-
ert w. Bingham at London, but that
post has been offered to Joseph p
Kennedy, chairman of the Maritime
Commission, who is preparing to sail
next month. Although Ambassador
william E. Dood is quitting Berlin
the best information here is that Mr.
Davies is not being considered as his
successor. Hugh r. Wilson, Assistant
Secretary of State, is said to be slated
for Berlin.
State Department officials refused
to discuss the proposed re-shuffle oi
the major diplomatic posts, but spec.
ulation linked Mr.. Davies with Bel.
GUM and Paris. The State Depart.
ment, it was said, is considering
bringing back to the United State!
as assistant secretary either Hugh
Gibson, Ambassador to Belgium, o.
William C. Bulhtt, Ambassador Il
Paris. Mr.. Davies, according to in
formed sources, probably will be Of
fered whichever post may be made
vacant by the contemplated transfel
to assistant secretaryship.
Mr.. Davies informed the State De
partment several months ago that h
desired different assignment, as hi
wife, the former Mrs Marjorie oos
Hutton, did not find the Moso
climate congenial. Mrs. Davies re
turned to this country several week
ago because of illness, and the Am
bassador joined her here few day
ago to spend the Christmas holiday,
Questioned about reports that h
would be transferred to another posi-
Ambassador Davies said last Wed
nesday, after paying call on Presi
dent Roosevelt, that he would e
anywhere ''the boss sends me-"
Mentioned as possible successo
to Mr.. Davies at Moscow was Floy
B. Odlum, president of the Alta
Corp, q contributor to Presiden
Roosevelt's 1886 campaign fund an
an avowed New Dealer. Mr.. Odlum'
name first was linked with the pro
jected Moscow transfer several month
ago.
In New York yesterday, Mr.. Odlur
said he had not been offered tn
ambassadorship. He was reminde
that his name had been mentione
before in that connection.
II don't suppose I can stop m
name being mentioned" he remarke,
tCopyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-12-12
Installment Tax-Paying Proves
Boon to Baltimore and People
System Devised by Thomas G. Young Remarkable
for Its Simplicity, Thousands Making Pay
ments i'm Advance of Date Due.

ing, the same thing Is encountered
20 often that the emphasis leads to
the conclusion that installment tax
paying Is the hub around which the
entire local government revolves.
That Is not far wrong, for on this
"easy payment" principle. adapted
from the f,eld Of merchandising, Bal
timore has built . 1iscal system I'M
pressing the observer - being Is 10
markable for its simplicity ~ for
the advantages It oilers the city and
its people, Thousands Of whom CO.
opefste to the extent Of making pay
meaats IN advance Of the date due.
Il required vidon and enthusiasm
to launch this ippovation IN tax-sath-
ering, and both we're present In large
(9eo TAI18. paHa IA.41
Evening star., 1937-12-12

ALPENA, Mich, Dec. II R-The
steamer M. H. Stuart, for which q
Coast Guard cutter had been search
ing in Upper Lake Huron, arrived
safely late today at Manitoulin Island,
IL miles north OF its destination, Duck
Island, near the entrance to Georgian
Bay
The Stuart, with crew Of 10 and
passengers aboard, arrived with
its cargo 18 hours late after fighting
ice and heavy seas in crossing Lake
Huron from the Michigan shore.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
GALL|NGERP PLAN
RUSHEDFORHOU
Health Service Advice Due
| to Be Offered at D. c.
| Bill Hearings.
BY GARNETT d. HORNER.

The United States Public Health
Service expects to formulate positive
recommendations for bettering condi-
tions at Gallinger Municipal Hospital
In time for consideration by the House
SUBJ Committee which will begin hear
ings on the District appropriations bill
tomorrow, Asst. Surg. Gen. Robert
Olesen said last night.
Although the full report of the Pub
lie Health Service survey Of District
Health facilities and needs probably
will not be ready before the latter part
of January, DR.. Olesen said he would
make available piecemeal as swiftly
as possible whatever results Of the
study District Health Ohicer George
C. Rutland might consider Of value In
the budget hearings.
It was considered likely that the
Federal experts recommendations
would support the Health DEPART
ment's plea for increased funds to pro-
Evening star., 1937-12-12
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Dec. 11.-Italy withdrew
tonight from the League Of Nations,
but announced her determination to
continue to collaborate for peace.
The action, decided upon at a
seven-m minute meeting Of the Fascist
Grand Council was proclaimed by
Premier Benito Mussolini from the
balcony of the Palazzo Venezia.
One of the greatest crowds ever as
sembled in the vast square in front
Of the palace, despite heavy rain,
roared its approval.
Now we are on our own" he
shouted, land depart without regrets
from the reeling ship where they do
not work for peace but are prepar-
ing for war;
Follows Reich and Japan.
Italy thus followed in the foot
steps Of Germany and Japan, with
whom she is joined in an anti-Com-
munist pact, among the leading ma
tions to depart from the League.
Membership in the League will not
end until two years after formal no.
tice q withdrawab but Italy for more
than a year has pursued a policy
Of non-co-operation" with Geneva.
This estrangement dated to May
II, 1896. when the Italian delegation
walked out Of a meeting of the League
Council after it had voted to con-
tinue sanctions against Italy because
Of the Ethiopian War.
Mussolini was in fighting mood
Is he appeared upon the balcony OF
his palace.
Arraigning the League in vigor-
Gus attack, he declared:
1T is necessary to choose whether
to be in the League or out Of it."
Then he cried the question: In
IT,"
NO." answered the multitude.
"Out OF it?"
"Yes!" responded the thTong.
Booes reSounded when uDuce spoke
derisively of the great democracies.
Pounds Fist for Emphasis.
He assumed a belligerent posture
with lips puckered out and hands
plunged tightly against his hips. Their
he pounded the balcony railing with
1See ITALY. Page A-4)
Evening star., 1937-12-12
APPARENT FAILURE
|0F BUSINESS TAX
HITS D. c. BUDGET
Figured to Bring in 49, ,000,-
600 Levy Now Stands to
Net Only ST, 100000.
OFFICIALS CONCERNED
OVER FISCAL PROBLEM
Cannot Explain Low Returns as
Estimates Were Based on
Census Bureau Data.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Late last session Congress
adopted an Emergency Repenue
Act to increase District tar COL
lections by about $1,000 900 as
means OF balancing the 1883 buds t.
One OF the major elements 1uas q
tar OF t,Do-ftths of 1 per cent on
gross receipts on business and pro-
tessio,al activities. 1t uas 7oundly
denounced from the start as un-
workable, inequitable, and in some
cases almost confScdtory.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
FIGHT ON UTILITIES
COMMISSION SEEN
OVER TRANSIT RATE
House Subcommittee Plans
"Punitive" Measures
Against D. c. Body.
REVIVAL OF PEOPLES
COUNSEL POST STUDIED
Hearings Will Start Tomorrow on
1889 Appropriations for
District.

BACKGROUND
Utility rates-pdrticularly those
charged for transportatton-tor
years haze been bone OF con-
tention in the District. Once again
the fight has fared as the result OF
fare increase granted the Capt.
tai Transit Co. by the Public Utih-
ties Commission. Dhich has come
in for widespread criticism.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
TW0B|LLS OCCUPY
CONGRESS CHIEFS
Drive to Speed Wage Bill in
House and Farm Act in
Senate Planned.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Called into special session No
pember IS to act on farm relief
and other major issues, Congress
got OF to a sloU start Uhile COM
mittees drafted agricultural bill.
Both. Houses striving no,D to get
tarm, wage-hour and neD housing
bills out OF ,udy soon to clear the
track in January for tar rerision
to aid business, Government re-
organization and, annual supply
bills.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
BACKGROUND

6ACA0NOVNO-
BecdMss Of the attention 0iuen
the proposal OF Representatives
Kennedy, Democrat. Of Mdryland
to i,taxgxsate tpstaIlnse1st tar coa-
lection here, The Star presents an
account OF the ,oorktsg Of this
plan In Baltimore, tDhere It
originated.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
Multitude ROars
Its Approval OF
Withdrawal.
DUCE ASSAlLS
GENEVA BODY
Air, Land and Sea
Power Flaunted
to World.

BACKGROUND
League OF Nations applied sane
tions against Italy from October,
1885, until July, 1896, as result OF
Premier Mussolni's campaign to
conquer Ethiopia. Italian CO.
operation pith League lacking since
her delegate walked out OF Genera
consultations in protest to collec-
the action against the Rome gou-
ernment. Premier Mussolini con-
terred in September with Reichs-
tuehrer Hitler in Berlin.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
By J. A. FOX.

ssan Oorrespondsnt Of The 0ear.
/ BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. u.-The
first object that sreets the eys at
City Hall here = . placard Just In
side the main entrance reading:
May ! psy n taxes Ia INSTALL
nents7 Yes"
Through thu slE5366rs q the batld-
Evening star., 1937-12-12

(See HOSPITALS, Page A-17.)
Evening star., 1937-12-12

(See CONGRESS, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1937-12-12

(see LABOR, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1937-12-12

CO. g. Weather Bureau ForecastO
Fair and continued cold today; tomor-
row increasing cloudiness and slightly
warmer; gentle, variable winds today.
Temperatures yesterday-Highest, "a, at
pm; lowest, 20, at z am.
Full report on page Az
Evening star., 1937-12-12

(eee TAjell, Pa1e IA-G
Evening star., 1937-12-12

(See d. c. TAXES, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1937-12-12
Steamer Reaches Safety.

(See STORM, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1937-02-20
ICkES is SUSTAINED
IN BRIDGE DISPUTE
District Court Holds P. W. A. Can
Withhold Funds for
Construction,

Justice Joseph w. Cox Of District
Court late yesterday dismissed a suit
by the Metropolitan Bridge Co. to
compel p. W. A. Administrator Ickes
to consider its application for funds
with which to build a tube and bridge
across San Francisco Bay.
Holding that disbursement Of P. W.
A. funds is within the discretion Of
the President, Justice Cox said also
that It Is mot clear that the appilca-
ton Is even eligible for considers
ton"
The company and its organizer. T.
A. Tomasini, had told the court that
r. w. A. officials refused to consider
the application on the ground that
the company Is a private corporation
and that works funds may be dis
bursed only to public agencies.
The concern contended it was .
public corporation by virtue Of fran
chise secured from the Board Of Su-
pervisors Of Alameda County, Calf,
to build the tube and bridge and to
collect tolls. A permit from the War
Department also was secured.
Evening star., 1937-02-20
Steel
Continued From First Page.)

denied, however. that the administra-
ton was considering use Of this plant
If private manufacturers continued
to ignore Navy demand for steel. They
said the plant was equipped only to
turn out armor plate, while steel now
needed for ship construction is Of
another type.
Wanted TO Retain Plant.
In protesting to the House Naval
Committee against legislation by Rep
resentative Smith, Democrat, Of West
Virginia to authorize the sale, the
Secretary Of the Navy said the Gov
ernment wanted to retain the plant
'in view of present world condi-
tioIlS."
Mr.. Roosevelt said at press con-
ference yesterday that the Govern
ment would be forced to act soon to
obtain steel needed in the construc-
ton of several vessels.
He expressed approval of the mini
mum wage and maximum hour pro-
visions of the Walsh-Healey act.
Evening star., 1937-02-20

He likes being a chef, but given his
choice, he would take a stock farm
and the training OF hunters He
doesn't sing that barge puller's song,
but you should hear him do. Give
a Man Horse He Can Ride"
y y y n
TONIC.
THERE have been stories galore in
this world Of people who use
tooth paste on shaving brushes and
vice versa, but a girl who knows Blake
Lancaster turns him in as a victim of
a variant Of this old theme
Discovering his hair to be unruly,
young Mr.. Lancaster. rushing to keep
an engagement, decided to make a
correction with a nearby
tonic.
Pouring out generous portion in
his hands, he doused his head and
started rubbing vigorously. Instead
of glistening with the docile sheen
he had expected, Mr.. Lancaster looked
up to find his head covered with a
lather. Now he keeps the
shampoo and tonic in separate COM
partments of the cabinet.
EGGS.
NEXT time Lieut.. Col. Sam How
ard, U. S. M c.. has a little au-
tomobile accident he's going to be
sure the other car doesn't contain
eggs. It leads to complications. Tues
day morning, the day Of the snow,
Col. Howard was taking his youngster
TO school, Smoking a cigarette, he
looked away from the
road to brush of a spark from the
cigarette. When he looked up there
In his path was another car. He put
on the brakes, but the going was slip
perry and he slid gently into the other
fellows buzz buggy, putting q slight
dent In fender.
Evening star., 1937-02-20

rain" declared Bob Conk.in. who op-
crates a l,600-acre wheat farm.
Conklin explained the snow II it
melted slowly on the ground would
sink in, while rain would be apt to
run off too quickly.
It's the greatest thing in the
world said G. c. Taggart, who
planted $50 acres in wheat. If
there's enough of it, it'll bring the
wheat country back"
Panhandle Has Respite.
Farmers in the Panhandle plains
area had their first respite yesterday
in six days of binding dust They
hurried to their fields to throw up
ridges Of soil in an effort to hold their
blowing lands should the black bliz-
yards" return.
Colorado reported a snowstorm
moving east of the Rockies In Texas
a dust haze still hung in the Wichita
Falls area.
Plans for a drastic soil erosion
program received hearty approval Of
farmers meeting at Garden City,
Kans They will be presented at
five-State conference in Amarillo,
Tex. next month.
The county commissioners at Dodge
City Kans.. ordered owners of 10
fields subject to wind erosion to work
the land in five days or the county
would do it and assess the costs
against the owners The Kansas State
soil control Law authorizes the COM
missioners' action.
Evening star., 1937-02-20
QUEZON TO VISIT
PRESIDENT SOON
"Purely Domestic" Matters
Affecting Philippines
to Be Discussed,
Ps the Associated Press

Fs the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 2o.-Pres-
dent Manuel Luis Quezon of TIE
Philippine commonwealth declined to-
day to say whether future trade rels-
tons between his country and the
United States wouldsbe discussed when
he visits President Roosevelt in Wash
ington. but commented that some
sort of reciprocal trade agreement
would be mutually beneficial"
Quezon. heading delegation Of Fill
pinoS, arrived from the West yesterday
en- route to the National Capital. He
plans to remain here several days.
Domestic Discussion.
II have come TO discuss purely do
mestic matters affecting the Philip.
pines" Quezon said. II am not at
liberty to speak about the complete
purpose Of my trip until have seen
the President
He declined to confirm reports he
would seek TO prevent the erection Of
United States tariff barriers against
Philippine products when the islands
become independent in l946, indicat-
ing the question would be one to be
threshed out later.
Progressively increasing taxes on
Philippine exports to this country are
provided in the independence act.
Virtually all Of the sugar produced in
the islands is shipped here and the
trade balance consistently has fa-
vored them.
Naval Bases Not Topic.
Quezon denied he would discuss
establishment of naval bases on the
islands with the President
Besides his two daughters. Aurora,
II, and Senaida, Is, he was accom-
panied by a number of Filipino off,
cials and Maj. Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, former chief of staff of the
United States Army. now military
adviser to the Philippine government.
OF conditions in the islands, Quezon
said he felt that everybody is salts
fed that We are making progress"
Evening star., 1937-02-20

Continued From First Page.)
trade practices. They would be ex-
pected, however, to state definitely
just what practices were permitted.
and officials said this would do much
to eliminate confusion regarding fair
practice laws.
The agreements would be voluntary
and. it was said, would not strike di-
rectly at the "caiseler" Authorita-
tive persons said, however, those re-
fusing to sign might lose benefits in
the exchange Of information among
participating industries.
No attempt will be made to fix prices,
but officials said 1t might be possible
to bring about voluntary understand
ings under which business men would
agree not to sell ,low cost.
Antitrust Laws would be revised to
authorize the agreements.
The two-way program, although mar
rover than the N. r. A., Is In line
with Mr.. Roosevelt's assertions that
objectives sought b. the earlier re-
sovsry agency were good