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Evening star., 1937-08-10
d. &. Traffic Deaths Rise to 67
As Auto Kills 6-Year-Old Bow
Driver Released on
BOnd-Mrs. Thorne
Ruled Car Victim.

The Districts 1887 traffic fatality
toll rose to 81 yesterday-an increase
Of l6 over traffic deaths in the same
period last year-when Albert NJ
Tully, 6, of 534l Forty-second street,
was crushed under an automobile in
the 4l0C block of Military road.
Spencer Lee, 10, of Cabin John,
Md, told police the child darted from
parked car into the path of his
machine. Lee was released in 81 900
bond pending action of the coroner
The child, son of Mr. and Mrs
James F. Tully, died in Georgetown
Hospital with crushed chest and a
fractured leg. His father is employed
in the Claims Division of the Social
Security Board.
After seven months of investigation,
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald yes
terday formally listed the death of
Mrs. Adie w. Thorne, 73. of 1926
Fifteenth street, as a traffic fatality
She died in Emergency Hospital on
January g.
Last September Mrs. Thorne limped
into the third precinct and reported
she had been knocked down at Six
teenth and H streets by an automo-
bile bearing the diplomatic seal Of a
foreign embassy. She returned home
and collapsed few weeks later. At
Emergency Hospital it was discovered
that her hip had been fractured
Embassy attaches, police said, de-
MED the car bearing the license num-
Der reported by Mrs. Thorne had been
in the vicinity Of Sixteenth and H
streets when she was struck. Coroner
Evening star., 1937-08-10
Grass Seed SO1Ued,
Local Man Reaps
Harvest of Corr,

Great oaks from little acorns grow
but did you know you could get corn
on the cob from just plain grass seed?
That's what happened in the horti-
cultural career of j. L. Lee. SOB Sec
ond street northeast. A little tired
seeing naught but cinders in his back
yard, Lee decided to plant some grass.
When the grass began to grow he
found huge stalk of corn sprouting
from the former cinder bed.
1t grew and it grew, and finally
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee gathered fresh corn
from their back yard, while their
neighbors journeyed to market for
theirs
Down Winchester way, in the
Shenandoah Valley, where I was
raised" Lee said, Eve have some likely
looking cortland / grew lot Of it.
But none compares with this l2-foot
stalk In my back yard"
Evening star., 1937-08-10
RESERVE employees
IN new BUILDING
More Than 800 Settled in Consti.
tuition Avenue Structure After
Week End Moving.

The Board of Governors Of the
than 800 officials and employees were
settled in their new home on Con-
stitution avenue today after the week.
end move from two other buildings
The board, which formerly had been
housed in the Treasury Department
Building, had been occupying space
recently in the Shoreham and WASH
ington Buildings.
The new marble structure between
Twentieth and TWenty-first streets
occupies prominent part in the
architectural group on Constitution
avenue from Seventeenth street to the
Potomac River.
Evening star., 1937-08-10
TREASURY AGENTS TRY
FOR SHOOTING PRIZES
Second Annual Revolver and Pts
tol Match Gets Under
Way Today.

Forty eight picked men from the
eight Acknowledgement agencies of the
Treasury were to start firing today in
their second annual revolver and pis-
tol match at Camp Simms, District
Heights. Md.
Gathered from all parts of the coun-
try and Puerto Rico, the agents are
competing for prizes in the match, for
which Capt. Harry Dengler, Internal
Revenue, is executive officer, and Gum
ner Charles N. Hubbard, Coast Guard,
chief range oficer. The competition
will continue through Wednesday.
The marksmen are ace shots from
the Secret Service, White House Police,
Alcohol Tax Unit, Narcotics Bureau,
Customs Bureau, Mint Bureau. Bu-
reau Of Engraving and Printing and
the Treasury Building guards.
Evening star., 1937-08-10
MESSAGE TO GIVE.
RIGHTS Of WORKER.
President Plans to Define
Unionization Rights of
Federal JobhoIder,

President Roosevelt is expected to
define directly to Federal employees the
attitude of the Government toward
their unioniZation activities in a mes
sage to be sent to the three white
collar Observation-Disclosures Fedora
ton of Federal Employees, United Fed
eral Workers of America, and American
Federation of Government Employees
This developed today after q confer
ence at the White House, where Luther
c. Steward, president of the N. F. F..
E., and Jacob Baker, U. F. w. head
called in response to an invitation
from Mr. Roosevelt. Baker was ac-
companied by Henry Rhine, an Or
ganizer for the c. I. o. group.
There was no representative of the
A. F. G. E., the A. F. OF l.. affiliate,
present at the meeting, which was ar
ranged after the President had sent
his regrets in response to an invita-
ton to attend the N. F. F. E. Conven-
ton, opening in Illinois on September
6. The President WILL instead, send
message to the convention, and
copies, it was said, will go to the other
two groups.
Recently, at a press conference,
President Roosevelt said the Federal
workers were free to join any union
they saw At, but that strikes and COL
lective bargaining, in the ordinary
sense OF the term, were prescribed.
This mornings conference, bringing
together the heads of two of the three
rival employe groups, lasted about 20
minutes. The participants said it
covered matters Of general interest to
Government workers.
Government employe matters also
had another place on the Presidents
calendar when members Of the Civil
Service Commission were called to the
White House.
Evening star., 1937-08-10
D. c. GUARDSMEN
HARASS RAIDERS"
121st Engineers Put Sound
Detectors to Work Against
ENEMY P|anes."
BY ROBERT II. ERWIN,
Staff Correspondent OF The Star

CAMP ALBERT c. RITCHIE, Cas-
cade, Md, August 10-Sound de-
tectors, the ears of the army. were
turned skyWard today as the 12lst En-
gineers, District National Guard, di-
rected harassing gunflre at enemy
planes flying over the camp.
While the speaker-shape units we're
brought into play to locate air raiders,
land forces spread over the camp pa
rade ground in special anti-aircraft
deployment.
Alternately leveling barrage of bull
lets toward the enemy" spreading out
over the terrain and taking cover, the
District guardsmen carried out their
program of worrying the enemy
driving them off rather than allowing
themselves to match their rifle fire di-
rectly against the enemy" machine
guns.
Hundreds Take Part.
-Four hundred enlisted men and 25
officers, commanded on the field by
Lieut.. Col. Julian S. Oliff, executive
officer under Col. John w. Oehmann,
participated In the drlll.
THE whole idea" said Col. Oliff,
is to drive, the enemy away and to
keep their planes from getting close
enough to do us any damage. We
aren't trying to run from aerial ma
chine gun attack-we fight back To
use the old and overworked term, the
best defense is good offense"
The anti-aircraft drill followed yes
terday's command post exercise of the
Engineers, under which the lines of
defense were drawn against the enemy
the Red" forces-who had landed
troops at Baltimore, Wilmington and
Annapolis and were marching toward
the Americans - the Blues" - en-
camped at Camp Ritchie and in the
surrounding area.
Prepare for Attack.
In this operation each unit was is
sued regular orders and carried them
out in general effect The District
guardsmen we're flgura lively establish
ing division headquarters and prepar-
ing their attack and defense for an
o-AilAAS aiCd Ma pENu ouI Uc9~cc1l NCW
Oxford, Pa, and Westminster, Md.
The officers of the Engineer regi-
ment, headed by Col Oehmann, played
host last night to social entertain
ment for officers of the special troops,
the l04th Medical Regiment and the
104th Quartermaster Regiment, in reg
mental headquarters mess hall. Col.
Oehmann was master of ceremonies
and chief host.
A lecture on the battle of Gettys-
burg will be delivered at pm. tomor-
row, illustrated with lantern slides,
showing the positions OF the Confed-
crate and Union armies at the battle
and the Confederate retreat to the
Rappahannock, and positions they oc-
cupied before the battle started. Trips
to the battlefield, with lectures on the
field, will be made Friday and Monday.
Evening star., 1937-08-10
STRICT BANK LAW
PROVIDED IN BILL
Pa|misano Measure for D. c.
Is Modelled on Those of
Several States.

Tightening of the Districts banking
laws and removal of certain restrlc-
tons on the banking business are
provided IN bill introduced today by
Chairman. Palmisano of the House
District Committee.
Palmlsano said the legislation was
requested by the District Bankers
Association
F. G. Addison, chairman of the COM
mittee on Law and Legislation of
that organization, told Palmisano the
bill is modelled after banking laws in
a number of the States.
Adison said action on the measure
is not expected at the current session
of Congress. He explained its intro
duction at this time would give the
various interests affected ample time
to consider the bill and make known
their position at the next session.
The various sections of the bill
would:
l. Make stop payments on checks
good for only six months unless re-
newed. Renewals could be made in
definitely.
2. Make checks good for one year
only-the so-called stale check law"
adopted by 18 States. It also would
authorize banks to pay checks in which
customers fail to note the change of
a new year, as happens frequently
about January l.
3. Require protests of checks to be
legally made
4. Require customers to inform
banks within six months of cases when
checks have been forged, altered, or
raised, If the bank is to be held legally
liable for payments.
5. Allow banks to pay at their dis
cretion money held in trust to bene-
flciaries in the absence of other direc-
tons as to legal disposition.
s. Allow bank notaries to take
acknowledgements even though they
own stock in the institution, providing
the notaries are not personally or
officially party to the acknowledge
ment.
Z. Remove a bank from all but
actual damage" in event of suit re-
sulting from refusal to cash a Gus
toners check.
g. Relieve banks forwarding items
from legal responsibility for loss oc-
casioned by negligence at the bank
where the item is payable.
Evening star., 1937-08-10
Castle Added to Park.

Belfast Castle, with 200 acres Of
land, has been added to the park sys-
tenn of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The
gift of Lord Shaftesbury, a former
lord mayor of the city, the new park
completes trio of open spaces-Hazel-
wood. Bellevue and the castle estate
which provides Belfast with a park
system unequaled for admirable sit
uation by any city in Great Britain
or Ireland,
Evening star., 1937-08-10
Watch Windshield Wiper.

The windshield wiper is a simple
little gadget that nobody pays much
attention to except when 1t is raining
And all too often, when the rain
starts, the careless driver finds the
pesky little thing is out Of order.
Make It q point to check your wind
shield wiper regularly. rain or shine.
Sec that it y IN Yorktng order.
Evening star., 1937-08-10
INQUEST TO BE HELD
IN ELEVATOR FATALITY
Evidence in Death of Colored
Worker at Palace Laundry
to Be Presented.

An inquest was to be held at the
District Morgue today into the death
of James Steadman, 81, colored, who
was killed August 3 in an elevator ac-
cident at the Palace Laundry, Ninth
and H streets.
Steadman, one of several laundry
employees who operated the combina-
ton passenger and freight elevator,
was crushed to death when trapped
between the elevator and the shaft.
Reports of faulty safety devices led to
the inquest. Union representatives
and District elevator inspectors were
expected to be among the witnesses.
Evening star., 1937-08-10

Macdonald issued certificate OF ac-
cidental death.
9-month-old infant. Marie Ma
Gina Of Capitol Heights, Nd, was
slightly injured when the car driven
b, Thomas N. Lanquest. 36, of Capt.
tol Heights crashed into telephone
pole in the 200 block of Sixty-third
street northeast. She was treated at
Casualty Hospital.
Peck" Henry, Is, of 1856 E street
southeast was slightly injured in a
freak accident yesterday. She was
bruised by a large tree which was
knocked over by truck driven, police
said, by Fred Lewis, "a, of Medford,
N. J. After treatment at Providence
Hospital she returned home.
Evening star., 1937-08-10
HEARINGS ON u. S. STEEL
OPENED BY COAL BOARD
Seven Subsidiaries Apply for Ex-
emption From Guffey Act
Provisions.

By the Associated Press.
The Bituminous Coal Commission
started hearings today on the appli-
cation of seven United States Steel
Corp. subsidiaries for exemption from
provisions of the Guffey coal control
act.
After James W. Hamilton, secretary
Of the Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp.
had described the relationship between
his company and other subsidiaries,
the hearing was recessed to allow
Hamilton to obtain additional informa-
tion requested by the commission.
Evening star., 1937-08-10
PLANS D. c. SUFFRAGE
Citizens Committee Meets To-
night to Chart Course.

Plans for obtaining suffrage for Dis
trict residents will be considered to-
night at conference meeting" to be
held by the Citizens Committee for
Progressive Action at Wesley Hall,
1903 K street.
Discussion at the open meeting will
concern topics brought up at a mass
meeting on the subject of suffrage for
Washington, held two weeks ago at the
Sylvan Theater. Karl Gerber will pre-
side at tonight's meeting.
Evening star., 1937-08-10
BAND CONCERTS

BY the Navy Band at the District
War Memorial in West Potomac Park
at o'clock tonight Lieut.. Charles
Benter leader; Alexander Morris,
assistant
Evening star., 1937-08-10

BY the Soldiers Home Band in the
bandstand at o'clock tonight John
s. NJ Zimmerman, bandmaster; An
ton Pointner, assistant.
Evening star., 1937-08-10

BY the Marine Band at the Tubercu-
losis Hospital. Thirteenth and Upshur
streets, at $50 o'clock tonight. Capt
Taylor Branson, leader; William F.
Santlemann, assistant,
Evening star., 1937-08-10

BY the Army Band in the garden at
Walter Reed Hospital at $50 o'clock
tonight. Capt. Thomas F. Darcy, lead
er; Karl Hubner, assistant.
Evening star., 1937-08-10
FEDERATION is FORMED
Missouri Federal Employees

mAeeourl EeoeTdl Employee
Unions Organize State Group.
Organization Of the Missouri State
Federation OF Federal Employees
Unions, the twentieth State fedora
ton afn1iated with the National Fed
Grafton Of Federal Employees, was
announced today by Gertrude M. Nc
Nally, secretary-treasurer OF the ma
tional group. ........-..
She also announced formation Of
the Legislative Council Of Texas Fed
erAl Employee orgauiSationa
The Washington times., 1937-07-15
Braddoek TO Testify
For Former Second ,
Now Kidnap Suspect

BINGHAMTON, N. Y, July IS
U.NSO. - James j. Braddock,
former heavyweight boxing cham
pion Of the world, and Joe Gould,
his manager, appeared today on
a list Of 40 names the defense in
the O'Connell kidnap case plans
to summon here in behalf of
George Garguild, one of eight de-
PENDANTS charged with the abduc'
ton Of John ]. O'Connell, jr., in
1888!
The witnesses will be used in an
effort to prove Garguilo, one time
second to Braddock, never has
been a fugitive from justice, as
the Government contends.
The Washington times., 1937-07-15

money from a bank.
The money was handed to
Sheriff Russell Wilkes in Paris.
Mo-. according to that official, by
Noel Newton. son Of the preacher
and a filling station operator
there, and Miss Myra Hanan, %.
a clerk, who has lived with the
Newtons since she was a child.
Sheriff Wilkes said Miss Hanan
told him that the Rev. Newton.
a Baptist minister for 80 years,
had given her an envelope before
going to conduct a funeral.
In the envelope, the woman said
she was told, were important docu.
mentS. After the finding Of Mrs.
Kelly's beaten body in the Missis-
sippi River and the questioning
of the Rev. Newton, she opened
the envelope and found the
money, which she turned over to
the sheriff.
When Newton was arrested on
firSt-degree murder charge Mon
day, Sheriff Wilkes said he found
$40 in his pocket, and expressed
the belief the $40 is the difference
between the $3.50 Miss Hanan
surrendered and the $3.50 check
caShed by the victim.
The Washington times., 1937-07-15
ConnerY Memorial
Mass Attracts 1000

More than 1000 persons at
tended the memorial mass held
at st. Matthew's Church, 1928
Rhode Island Ave. N. W., today
in memory of the late Represent
alive William P. Connery of Lynn,
Mass, one of the most popular
members of Congress, who died
June IS.
Among those present for the
impressive services which were led
by the 100 Catholic members of
the House and many from the
Senate, were the Congressman'S
widow and his brother, Lawrence,
from Lynn, Mass.
The Washington times., 1937-07-15
ORDERED
ON COURT
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court bill was reached in the face
of warnings that it would cause
the death of several senators.
This warning came from Senator
Copeland CD of New York, a
physician, and was repeated by
DR.. George w. Calver, official
physician to Congress.
The two physicians were so
concerned over the health OF
various members. they issued in
dividual warnings. Copelan d
urged his colleagues to "eat spar
ingly, drink lots of water and GO
to bed early" Calver issued a
statement urging members to
make the necessary adjustments
in living and work" necessary for
good health. At present, he is
treating a hundred members OF
Congress for various ailments.
Sees Dire Results
Copeland predicted more Sena-
tors would die if the court debate
;as prolonged. He said:
ut is a great pity the Admins
tratiOn is keeping Congress in
session. BY doing so it is sign
ing the death warrants Of more
of our colleagues. Just as over
work and strain killed Joe Robin
son, there will be more deaths
if this court fight is continued"
Copeland was slated to resume
the opposition's attack on the
court bill next Tuesday. He yielded
the floor yesterday by unanimous
consent to announce Robinson's
death. At the time, it was gen.
orally conceded the bill would
never again be debated. This
situation changed overnight, when
it was learned the President still
desired enactment of the measure.
Senator Pittman CD of Nevada,
president protein Of the Senate,
said:
Certainly, we are going ahead
with the court bill. i see no rea-
SON why the bill shouldn't be
enacted into law. We will re-
sumo debate on it Tuesday,"
To this, Senator Wheeler CD
of Montana, leader Of the oppo-
Sition, replied:
"The bill is dead. The Senate
win merely stage the ObSequies
next week"
The Washington times., 1937-07-15
Lemons Main Food
OF Polar AViators

LOS ANGELES. July IS G.N.S0
Lemons, oranges and other fruit
cooked chicken and tongue-un-
Sweetened tea.
That was the food on which
the three Russians lived for 6212
hours while they flew from Mos
COW to a pasture near San Jacinto,
Calf.
The filters drove here today in
an automobile from March Field,
so miles east. They went imme-
diately to a private residence,
where they will sleep.
Before retiring, they revealed
some details of their amazing
transpolar flight. Pilot Gromov
said:
Long before we landed we
took off our fleece-lined flying
suits. 1t was too blasted hot
over the North Pole. You see,
our plane was sealed against
the cold.
I'VE ate mostly lemons, which
we sucked. Besides this we
had a little unsweetened tea
and some cooked chicken and
tongue. An agricultural inSpec-
tor seized part of a lemon l
had been sucking. / told him
1 was through with it,"
The Washington times., 1937-07-15
FLIERS MODEST
AT PRAISE
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uncle of Andrea Yumashev, the
copilot of the transpolar plane.
None of them has seen the young
airman for more than II years.
His sister, Mrs. +Tamara Mamay,
married and left Russia for Amer
lea shortly after Andrei began his
career with the red army.
ut is not goodby forever, ="
Andrei told her as they said
goodby, she recalled today.
wherever you are in the years
to come I will come to you"
Waited At Airport
Tuesday night she waited at
Oakland airport while the Soviet
monoplane swept down from the
top of the world. She breathed
a prayer of relief in Russian
when the word came the flierS
had landed at San Jacinto, Cal.
She had waited eight hours at
the airport for that word.
The flier's step-mother, Mrs.
AnaStasia Yumashev, and his
aunt and uncle, DR.. and Mrs. A.
c. Yumashev. kept vigil with her
through part of the night, but
returned home when it was def
mite the plane had passed Oak.
land.
The promise of Tamara'S
brother made II years ago in
Russia soon will be fulfilled.
With his transpolar comrades,
Copilot YumaShev will visit San
Francisco this weekend.
Tears Well in Eyes
Tears welled in her blue eyes
when Tamara learned. that Soviet
officials had made arrangements
to bring the airmen here. She
said:
This is the best newS-yes,
the best news I've had since
the plane landed safely. That
was the best news in my whole
life"
Had plans not been made by
Soviet officials to bring the
gallant airmen to San Francisco,
Tamara planned to fly to
Southern California to meet
them, especially her brother, She
said:
at Is gOOd--sO good. Andrei
is coming here after all"
The Washington times., 1937-07-15
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vited guests on the floor of the
Senate. Two seats in the gal
lery are being assigned to each
Senator to take care of the
throng which is expected at the
ceremony.
The seating arrangement on
the floor includes chairs for the
immediate family, composed of
Mrs. Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Grady Miller and son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Miller. and Charles
Miller, jr; Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Brewer, and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
E. Robinson, jr.
President to Attend
Across the aisle will be seated
the President and his Cabinet.
The other seats will be reserved
for the diplomatic corps. mem
berS of the House, the Chief of
Staff of the Army, the Chief of
Naval Operations the Major
General Commandant of the
Marine Corps, and the Command
ant of the Coast Guard.
The family group will gather
in the Vice Presidents room and
will be escorted to their seats
exactly at noon. The President
and his Cabinet will meet in the
Presidents room. The Supreme
Court will meet in the office of
the secretary of the Senate. The
diplomatic corps, the Chief of
Staff of the Army, Chief of
Naval Operations, Commandant
of the Marine Corps, and the
Commandant of the Coast Guard,
will meet in the Senate reception
room.
May Open Casket
Whether or not the casket will
be opened so that those who &C.
cupy seats on the floor may file
past at the conclusion Of the serv-
ices will depend upon the wishes
of Mrs. Robinson. This is the
usual custom.
At the conclusion Of the services
the chamber will be closed, and
a guard will be placed around the
casket. The body will remain in
the chamber until time for its re-
moval to the special train which
will take it to Little Rock for the
burial services Sunday.
This train will leave Washing
ton at 10 p. m. tomorrow. When
the Senate met at noon today, so
Senators and % Representatives
had signified their intentions Of
accompanying the body to Ark
ansas on the special train.
The Washington times., 1937-07-15
TERRY WALKER
DENIESCHARGE

LOS ANGELES, July IS U.N.SO
After Indignantly denying she
"enticed" Jan Rubin, noted vio-
linist, from his home, Terry
Walker, film actress, was confer
ring with her attorney today pre-
pairing an answer to the $4,000
alienation of affections suit filed
against her by Mrs. Adele Crane
Rubini, wife of the musician.
She said she knew Rubini only
through radio work.
The Washington times., 1937-07-15
Sen. Robinson Martyr
To Duty, Say Friends

'chamber to make the usual mo-
ton for an overnight recess.
On Tuesday, ne remained alone
in his apartment near the Capitol.
A senatorial colleague called on
him and found him much better
and eager to return to the Senate
floor. He confessed, however. that
he had coughed up blood during
the night and his colleague per
sua6ed him to remain at home
and to consult his physician. This
Robinson did. But it proved toe
late.