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Evening star., 1937-02-06

; Many legislators followed the
market trends, especially in Wall
Street, where stocks sold off one
to five points upon publications
of the Roosevelt message. The
losses were reduced later. Some
brokers viewed the slump as par
TALLY attributable to the size Of
recent price advances.
No message the President has sent
to Congress has created so much stir
and so much comment. That part OF
his message which called for more
speedy and more adequate handling
of legal cases was generally approved,
by Republicans as well as Democrats.
His proposal that he be given author
ity to add additional members OF the
Supreme Court for each of those OF
retirement age who fail to retire was
promptly condemned by some of the
Republican members Of Congress.
Several of the Democratic Senators
and Representatives apparently do not
look with relish on the proposal.
Inquiry as to the Supreme Court
docket revealed the fact that the
highest court in the land has kept
in recent years, and is keeping, abreast
- y1y~OY AZ nnro A1fN
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Ey the Associated Press,

Fly the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 6.-From the
ivyless walls of old knowledge Box
an s o S went out today to Dublin
Dan and Porkchops Shorty, two Of
her most illustrious sons, to help
save their alma mater from the
landlord.
They want T-Bone Slim and Big
Jew O'Neil, too, and Ralph Chaplin
and Dave Tallman, wherever they are.
For the knowledge Box, proclaimed
the "only hall of learning open to
bums," is, to phrase 1t plainly, finan-
cially flat.
In the words of Slim Brundage, the
director, the boys need $40 month
for rent-and more endowments to
expand the curriculum"
So, Slim said, they're "going to
throw a dance and bazaar called the
jungle Fiesta of Forgotten Men bn
February a." ..-.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
FIVE ON BURNING
SCHOONER SAVED
Coast Guard Push Through
Raging Sea to Aid Two
Other Ships.
Ey the Associated Press.

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 6.-The five
man crew of schooner, aflame off
the South Carolina coast. was taken
aboard a Honduran steamer early to-
day as Coast Guardsmen pushed
through heavy seas to the aid of two
crippled freighters, one listing dan
gerously."
Coast Guard division headquarters
said the captain Of the S. S. Tela, a
steamer, reported at 6 am:
Took off entire crew of dismantled
schooner William A. Morse of st.
Thomas, Virgin Islands, proceeding to
Philadelphia with crew, schooner still
afloat and on fire.
The five rescued were named in an
other dispatch as Capt. Fred Dunke,
David Powers, John Rabitte, Hugo
Neville and August Milinaar.
The rescue off Charleston, S. c.,
was performed in raging northeastern
driven seas which smashed the rud-
ders of two steam freighters. the
6,0O6-ton Ell Occidente of the Morgan
Line and the 3,828-ton Rigel out Of
Bergen, Norway.
Both boats drifted helplessly before
the storm.
The Coast Guard cutter Modoc, pro-
(See SCHOONER, Page A-ll)
Evening star., 1937-02-06
92 and Father
OF 81, Expects
Stork Again
Welfare Board Pre-
pairing Layette for
COIOred Home.
By tie Associated Press


BROOKSVILLE, Fla, February g.
Ambrose Hilliard Douglas, colored. Is
90 years old and the Oldest OF his 81
children is 66, but the Board OF So
cial Welfare here said it is getting a
complete layette ready for his wife.
Ambrose announced to the board
therell be a little Douglas, the thir-
teenth by his present wife and the
thirty eighth all told. He expects the
new arrival in March, he said.
The welfare board will present the
youngster with everything from caps
to bootees.
Douglas. whose snow-white beard
and hair throw his black complexion
into sharp contrast. lives in little
house north of Brooksville with his
wife and II of his children. The
latter range from II months to ID
years.
The father has a job with the
W. P A. that pays him S19 month.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
BY ]. RUSSELL YOUNG.

President Roosevelt's disclosure OF
his plan for revamping the entire )u-
dietary system undoubtedly gave HIM
more genuine satisfaction than any
other of his public utterances or acts
since becoming President.
Mr.. Rooevelt's face beamed as he
read his plan at a press conference
yesterday morning before sending the
message to Congress.
He not only enjoyed the effect his
sweeping proposals made on the as
sembled group, but derived added
satisfaction in knowing that no one
in the gathering had the faintest idea
in advance of what was coming.
Generally there is some sort of leak
in advance or hint on the contents OF
the Presidents messages. This was
not true yesterday.
The President and his immediate
associates had carefully guarded the
secret and they succeeded in sealing
the lips of the group Of congressional
leaders and members Of the cabinet
with whom the subject had been dis
cussed.
Gave Small Hint.
The nearest to an advance hint was
the fact that the President, at the de-
partmental reception Thursday night
told one newspaper man that ne was
going to give him something to keep
I,;r OF tho conference
scheduled the following day.
Mr.. Roosevelt did not complete the
final draft of his message until long
after midnight Thursday. He had
been studying the subject for months
and began to put his ideas into def
mite form a few weeks ago. 1t Is un-
derstood he started actual writing
five days ago.
At 7 am. yesterday the President
had Stephen Early, his press relations
secretary, as well as several private
stenographers, on hand at the White
House to mimeograph the message
and accompanying letter.
Immediately before the press con-
ference, the President read the whole
matter to Vice President Garner. the
Speaker Of the House, majority leaders
of the Senate and House, the chairman
of the Senate and House Judiciary
Committees and members of the Cabi-
net. This delayed the opening of the
press conference about 20 minutes.
The President was all primed and
ready to 60 when more than 100
representatives of the press crowded
into his office. He opened the con-
ference with q rather innocent look
on his. face, and remarked casually
1See PRESIDENT, Page A-11.)
Evening star., 1937-02-06
By the Associated Press.


The gigantic task Of rehabilitation
far surprising the aftermath of the
San Francisco earthquake and fire in
l906-forged ahead with quickening
pace today through the fiood-ravaged
Ohio River Valley.
Federal and State officials counted
the cost in fabulous millions.
All down the 1,000-mile flood trail,
from Pittsburgh to ,iro, ILL.,, clean
up" legions Of w. P. A. workers
pushed the mud and muck fouled
debris back to the river
And slowly, not unlike crash vic
tim emerging from shock. vast army
of nearly million refugees began to
realize the stunning individual effects
of the disaster as they found what
the river had done to their homes.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
'Clean.Up'' Army Pushes Job
Decentralization in Flood Area
Local and ". p. A. Workers Busy at
Gigantic Task of Clearing Debris
in Raua ged Cities.

With the crisis ended, a dreary pic
ture of ruin remained buildings
collapsed houses gone, swept
away by the tidal yellow waters, or
sagging drunkenly on undermined
foundations and everywhere,
from cellar to attic, a thick coating
of mud and slime and filth.
Mops. brooms and hoses were
brought into action in the Nations
great Spring cleaning'-a herculean
labor, which officials said would take
three to six months, at an estimated
cost Of $3.50 per home. approximately
400 900 homes and buildings were
damaged in the l2-day food emer-
gency period.
A survey Of the stricken areas today
(See REHABILITATION, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Britain Names Berlin Envoy.

LONDON, February 6 P.-Sir
Neville Meyrick Henderson, British
Ambassador to Argentina, last night
was appointed Ambassador to Berlin,
where he will succeed Sir Eric Phipps.
Sir Eric will be transferred to the
Paris Embassy to replace Sir George
Russell Clerk on the latter's retire.
ment shortly.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
ELAINE'S SHOW CLOSES
Tonight's Performance Will Be
Last for Drama.

SAN FRANCISCO, February 6
R.-Management Of 1.-THE Return Of
Hannibal" a stage play in which
Elaine Barrie has a role. announced
today that the show would be with
drawn after tonight's performance.
The play had it premiere here Feb
ruary l..
Cast changes preparatory to It's
New York opening require withdrawal
of the show, the management said.
Miss Barrie recently entered suit
for divorce in Los Angeles from her
screen actor husband, John Barry
more.
Evening star., 1937-02-06

MOSCOW, February 6-The great
est party purge since 1927-when the
names of Leon Trotzky and hundreds
of his followers were scratched of the
Communist roster-now is in full
swing, reports from throughout Russia
indicated today.
Hundreds of influential citizens
already have been arrested and
charged with participating in the So
called "Trotzkyist wrecking con-
spiracy," these advices showed.
Soviet industrial workers have de-
manded quick prosecution and the
death sentence for Alexander Geor-
givich Belaborodoff, alleged Trotzkyist
sabotage agent and one of the former
Urals Soviet officials held responsible
for the summary executions of Gar
Nicholas and his family in 1918.
Accused by Tobacco Workers.
Belaborodoff, former president Of the
Orenburg Soviet, and dozens of other
alleged Trotzkyist leaders were ar
rested several weeks ago at Rostoff-
on-the-Don.
Workers in the Rosa Luxembourg
tobacco factory charged the prisoners
participated in systematic sabotage of
a great agricultural machinery plant
and railways and coal mines in the
Black Sea region.
The machinery plant, which pro-
duces most of the combination har-
vester-reapers used in the Soviet COL
lective farm program, has encountered
production difficulties for more than
a month, throwing more than 10000
workers temporarily out Of employ
ment.
BY repeated resolutions-which usu-
ally are considered seriously by the
Moscow government-the workers de-
manded official action to halt the
alleged sabotage.
Most Severe Penalty Asked.
I'VE demand mercilessly that justice
be applied to the terrorists,' said one
resolution directed to the Kremlin.
Another group asked 1.-The most Sc
we're punishment"
The Rostof Communist Party Com
mittee dismissed its secretary general,
E. I. Livschitz, whose provincial au-
thority corresponds to the national
power of Joseph Stain, party secretary
general
Mass meetings in many sections in
dicated that third great trial may be
expected soon. 1t will involve men who
once stood as high or higher in the
party and government than those who
have already been executed by firing
squads, following conviction in the last
few months.
Among the expected new defendants
are Nikolai Bukharin, former editor
of the government newspaper Izvestia,
and Alexis Rykoff, who succeeded
Nikolai Lenin as Russian premier dur
ing the latter's long illness prior to his
death.
Reputed Right Center Head.
Burharin has been called by
Communist leaders-"the head of the
so-called right center which plotted
with other Trotzkyist groups for the
restoration of capitalism"
Belaborodoff was president Of the
Orenburg Soviet when the Car, the
Czarina and their children were
moved down with pistol bullets in an
Ekaterinburg cellar. The exact cir
cumstances of the executions, ordered
by Ural Soviet officials in secret
meeting, always have been in doubt.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Emperor's Brother to Wed.

TOXIC, February R.-The Man.
choukuoan Embassy formally an
nounced today the engagement of
Prince Pu-Chieh, younger brother of
Emperor Kangteh, to Miss Hiroko
Saga, granddaughter of Marquis
Kinto Saga, a member of the Japanese
House Of Peers.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
ROOT EVERY WEAK"

NEW YORK, February 6 Dr.
Elihu Root, lawyer and statesman,
who Is suffering from bronchial pneu.
monia at his home, 998 Fifth avenue.
was described today as "very weak"
Root will % years old on Feb
ruary Is,
Evening star., 1937-02-06
FIFTH MUTILATED BODY
FOUND ON FRENCH SHORE
Remains Decapitated, Hands Tied
Behind Back-Believed Victim
of Spanish Civil War.
Ey tie Associated Press.

Ey tie Associated Press.
LAROCHE-SUR-YON, France, Feb.
ruary 6.-The discovery Of a NTH
mutilated body washed up on the sea.
shore today spurred police investi.
cation of what was believed to be
grim reminder of the Spanish civil
war.
The body had been decapitated and
the hands were bound behind the
back. 1t appeared to have been in
the water for several months.
Police said they believed the bodies
were those of Spaniards killed at sea
in the bloody conflict and tossed
overheard.
All of them were nude, one had
been beheaded and two had their
hands bound.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
ENJOYS
PRESS SURPRISE
Sweeping Court Proposal
Read at White House
Conference.

Under President Roosevelt's
plan to enlarge Federal judiciary
and Supreme Court, no present
members of Congress would be
eligible for appointment to either.
See David Lawrence, Page A-9.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Summary of Todoy's Star

FOREIGN.
Hundreds jailed in Soviet purge ac-
cused of Trotzky aid. Page Al
Duces son wed; will visit U. S. with
bride. Page AZ
Windsor's sister goes to aid him in
financial problem. Page A-3
NATIONAL.
Personnel failures blamed by U. S. bu-
reau for 4 crashes. Page Al
Strike arrests await move by Gov.
Murphy. Page Al
Passage Of court shake-up proposal
is seen. Page Al
Rows threaten maritime peace on West
Coast. Page Al
"Clean-up" army attacks debris left
by flood. Page Al
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Kennedy plans to offer "red rider"
compromise. Page Al
Coroner probing post office workers
death plunge. Page AS
Red Cross relief fund total reaches
$16.755, 900. Page As
Women's 40-hour work bill is offered
In House. Page A-16
Man badly burned when frisitors fire
house. Page A-1S
Evening star., 1937-02-06
HUNDREDS JAILED
|. ASTR0TzKYA|DES
IN SOVIET PURGE
Influential Citizens Seized
in Greatest Drive
Since 1927.
SYSTEMATIC SABOTAGE
IN FACTORY CHARGED
Death Demanded for Ex.Head Of
Orenburg, Soviet Who Ordered
Car Killed.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Aduent OF Josef Stain as Rus
sian dictator in 1927 sdW eclipse
and Grille of Leon Trotzky, iDith
Lenin co-tounder of the Soviet
state in Russia, in controversy ouer
immediate objectives OF SoUtet
Union-world revolution or success
of socialism in Russia. TrotzkH
meanwhile, has remained abroad,
and last year Is prominent Rus
SLAMS uere killed after conteSSing
participation in plot NTH him for
the ouerthrOW OF Stain regime.
Second plot recently uncovered and
10 more leaders executed. ,uhile four
others, including noted Karl Radek,
political commentator for IzueStid,
1uere sentenced to long prison
terms.
Evening star., 1937-02-06

(See LINCOLN, Page A-ll.)
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(See STRIKE, Page A-11.)
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(See PRESIDENT, Page AID
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WEATHER.

CO. s. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Rain. or snow changing to rain. and
not SO cold tonight; tomorrow cloudy.
colder, preceded by rain; minimum tenn
perature tonight about "a degrees. Tenn
peratures-Highest. IS, at 4 pm. yester-
day; lowest, %, at am. today.
The Washington times., 1937-05-12
CheWChdseSets
Golf Loop Pace

BY a near Shutout victory
the score being S1a to 1a-Chevy
Chase Club firmly established it.
self in first position in the first
team matches Of the Women'S
District of Columbia Golf Asso-
citation staged at Indian Spring
yesterday. Chevy Chase's victim
this time was Congressional.
The other first team match
resulted in Manor defeating Co
lumbia, SO.
In second team settos, played
at Beaver Dam, Manor Club
vaulted into the lead by topping
Chevy Chase, 61a to 2R. Other
second team results were Ken
woods 512-3R decision over
Washington, Army and Nays
win from Columbia. 5-4, and Con-
gressional's triumph over Wood.
mont, SO.
In the first team match stand.
ings, Chevy Chase is now six
points ahead of the second place
Columbia team. Manor Club leads
the second Fighters with a %.
point standing, followed closely
by Congressional with 81 points.
Columbia is in third notch with
10 points.
The Washington times., 1937-05-12
Scott Is Anxious
To Keep Streak

The young man-he's just al
can use his dukes, and next Mon
day night in the feature match
on the boxing card for the benefit
of the Fire Chiefs Convention at
Turner's Arena he will attempt
to preserve an unbroken string Of
81 victories.
The names Buddy Scott, former
Oklahoma Military Academy ath-
lete, and until a few months ago
student at George Washington
University.
Scott, whose brother, Howard, is
a well-known local scrapper, has
been matched with Hobo Williams,
of Alexandria, the former New
York State Golden Gloves cham.
pion and one time "taker on of all
fighters" in a carnival, in a 10
round battle expected to attract
an overlooking crowd.
Buddy and Hobo, neither Of
whom has reached his twenty
oCCO44O D41 OALAdJs WALL VIC OoGUAAAAS
for the third time, and the setting
for next Mondays match Is better
than ever before. Since his draw
with Scott and a defeat inflicted
on him later by the same chappie,
Hobo has done some tall" fight
ing, as they say in local fight
circles. The Alexandrian, who has
been brought along by Harry
Groves, held Eddie Nader to q
draw. In a return match with
Nader, Williams did all right for
the first few rounds, but wilted
at the finish, and Nader won
going away. But it was no disgrace
to lose to the man who few years
ago was considered the fifth rank
ing heavyweight in the country.
Scott Is managed by Gabe
Mendez, and last week in Miami
hung up his nineteenth knockout
at the expense Of Walter Fields, a
tough Dixie hombre.
Promoter Joe Turner and Match.
maker Goldie Ahearn are giving
the firemen a healthy cut on next
weeks card. They are lining up
strong supporting bouts.
The Washington times., 1937-05-12
Reds Buy Jordan
From Bees

BOSTON, May Ia Baxter
Buck" Jordan. temperamental
first baseman Of the Boston Bees,
was sold outright to the Cincin-
natl Reds today.
Jordan, who was a persistent
holdout this spring. asking that
his salary be raised so per cent,
will receive $4,000 from the Reds,
the same contract he had with
the Bees.
The Bees received offers from
three minor league clubs, Indian
apolis, Buffalo and Montreal, all
in the International League.
Montreal offered more money for
Jordan than the Reds, but Presi-
dent Bob Quinn said in fairness
to Jordan he was letting him go
to the Reds.
Jordan, who is 20 years old,
came to the Bees in 1882 from
Baltimore after IL years in the
minors and two tries in the ma
jors, one with New York in 1927
and the other with Washington
in 1881. Last year he had his
best year in the majors, batting
1923.
Yesterday the Bees purchased
Roy johnson, Yankee outfielder.
The Washington times., 1937-05-12
Brooklyn Moves
In First Division
By Victory

NEW YORK, May 12.-The Ma
tional League is beginning to won.
der If there might be something
to this hard-bitten Bur leigh
Grimes, Tho can take a monde
script ball club which sets the
pace in errors and bring it into
the first division.
The Brooklyn Dodgers are up
there today and, on the strength
of their current brand of baseball.
figure to stay awhile.
They came from behind yester.
day to beat the st. Louis Cardinals
in a northumberland bat
tie, making Is hits to Is for a 9
to victory.
The Chicago Cubs, meanwhile.
were being whipped by a giant
barrage, 10 to /, and tumbled into
the second division.
The Pittsburgh Pirates stayed
in front in the National League
when Cy Blanton shut out the
Boston Bees. 3 to 0. The Cincins
natl Reds beat the Phillies. IL to 3.
The amazing Philadelphia Ath-
letics improved their position at
the top of the circuit by beating
the Detroit Tigers, 4 to 1, Caster
hurting a four-hit game. The
Cleveland Iidans were defeated, IL
to 4, by the Boston Red Sox, and
the Yankees bowed to the Chicago
White Sox, Z to 2.
The st. Louis Browns downed
Washington, Z to 5.
The Washington times., 1937-05-12
Bulge Marked
AsKey Player

FOREST HILLS, N. Y, May IL.
One long, lean, young Californian
Donald Budge-will have a large
say in where the Davis cup shall
land this year.
That is the consensus Of tennis
players, coaches and managers to-
day. They figure whichever Of the
three chief contenders-Austra-
liza, Germany or the United States
reaches the finals at Wimbledon
is sure bet to lift the cup from
England.
The Observation-Disclosures battles
here May 20, 80 and 81 are called
toSs-up but it is generally admit
ted that if Bulge is at his peak,
he should win both his singles
matches and, paired with Gene
Mako, skim through the doubles.
The winner of this match is
conceded a slight edge over Ger.
many.
Therefore, they say, as Bulge
goes, so goes the cup.
However, the Australians work
ing out here today concede moth
ing. They grant they face stiff
battle but fail to see where they
are worse than an even money
bet, Bulge or no Bulge.
Bulge, of course, will be our
No, / man in the singles but it
still is a question whether little
Bryan Grant or Frank Parker
will get the call for the No. 2
spot. However, it is generally
agreed that if Grant can break
out of his recent slump he will
get the nod.
The Washington times., 1937-05-12
GRIST OF THE GRIFFS

Itake high seats, lest We be drowned
in the tears. Lost all four games
in which he participated, three as
starting pitcher, and once in re-
lief capacity. The last time was
yesterday. Allowed 10 runs in
26 1-S innings. Gave "a hits and is
bases on balls. Allowed IS earned
runs, or almost 5 earned runs per
9 inning game.
DeShong: Things are looking
up. Jimmy won two and lost one.
Was knocked out in his first two
starts and pitched like a kippered
herring. Came right back and
looked like a great pitcher, allow.
ing earned run in II frames.
The Huntsville Breeze Duck
Newsom to you): Won two games
and lost one. Pitched one great
game against the Yankees, and
another great game against the
Detroit Tigers. Wild as a hawk
at times, but wildness is part of
his ability. Pitched 20 % innings,
allowing almost 5 earned runs per
nine-inning game.
Sid Cohen: Relief pitcher, and
what relief! Hasn't been scored
on, but apparently is fated to be
one Of the pulmotor boys. Well,
there's not much to say when the
other fellows can't score. Or may
be there's lot to say.
Ed Linke: Allowed 2 earned runs
in II 2-3 innings as a relief pitcher.
Had only one bad day, and merits
a starting chance. Probably he'll
get same when the boys return
to Washington.