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Evening star., 1937-04-26
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

eenatsi
Expected to recess out Of respect for
. lAte Senator Bachman, Democrat, OF
Tennessee
Owl Liberties Committee continues
inquiry into Harlan County.
Neutrality conferees try again for
agreement.
House:
Considers minor legislation.
Naval Committee starts hearings on
bill to authorize air base at Bennett
Field, San Francisco.
Ways and Means Committee con-
tinues hearings on railway pension
plan taxes.
Rivers and Harbors Committee con-
tinues hearings on Florida ship canal.
Labor Committee considers labor
standards for apprentices.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
VIII consider routine bills.
Judiciary Committee begins delib-
Grating in executive session on Presi-
dents court bill
Education and Labor Subcommittee
continues hearings on civil liberties in
vestigation.
Interstate Commerce Committee
hearing on track and bridge bill,
1880 am.
House:
Considers q rule governing bill for
repeal Of the law making public sal
aries Of corporation executives in ex-
cess of $4,000.
Rivers and Harbors Committee re-
sumes hearings on Floride Ship canal
bill, 1890 am.
1ducation Committee considers bill
to provide Federal aid to education,
1890 am.
Interstate Commerce Committee
considers petroleum bill, 10 AN.
Special Tax subcommittee OF Dis
trict Committee resunSb hearings On
Collins tax bill. 10 Am.
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bruised when the roll of the ship
threw her across a stairway landing.
Vice President Garner and many
Senators and Representatives were on
the party.
Another Norfolk Washington steam
er, the Northland, came through the
storm with $50 passengers, including
. party Of about so D. A. r. dele
gates returning from = sightseeing
trip. No one was injured on this
boat, although there was considerable
damage in the dining salon and
kitchen.
A 65-mile wind added TO the dis
comfort of the passengers by driving
spray and rain through the window
castings. When the weary Congress-
men tried to get some sleep after
midnight, many on the windward side
OF the boat found their quarters wet
and wandered about with porters
looking for a dry spot.
For two days the Congressman and
LIlclI 1hul1llC0 1l0u OCClA lloAAAA9 hAASAA
headquarters at the Chamberlain
Hotel while visiting yorktown, Will
liamsburg and jamestown Is guests
Of the Peninsula Association OF Com
| merce
Some Returned by Train.
The CongresSmen were members OF
the Merchant Marine, Naval Affairs,
Military Affairs and Commerce Com
mittees of the Senate and House.
Many were accompanied by their
wives and children. Thirty-two men,
bers Of the party decided not to make
the boat trip last night because of
inclement weather and left for Wash
ington by train and bus.
The steamer left Old Point Comfort
about dark last night. After . short
run the steamer encountered 3o-foot
waves caused by the cross currents OF
the York and James Rivers and the
o5-mile northeaster.
Capt. Eddie Eaton reported the
steamer at no time WAS In danger.
Both boats arrived on schedule, but
| ACbNA A0tlOA Wdo 0C4AJSo AVA AAoAA Ola
hour because of high water At the
docks.
The heavy wave broke over the bow
Of the ship as it beat It's way through
Horseshoe bend in Lower Chesapeake
Bay. For four hours, until the steamer
rounded Smiths Point into the more
sheltered Potomac, the passengers were
tossed about. Many Of them were sea
sick.
| About IS members Of the party were
at dinner when the big wave hit the
boat. A dozen or more diners were
thrown from their seats amid . cas-
cade Of dishes and overturned tables.
The Vice President, Senate Majority
| Leader Robinson and Mrs. Robinson
narrowly escaped being in the dining
salon debacle. They completed dinner
about 10 minutes before the big wave
struck and had returned to the main
salon. Senator Byrd, Democrat, Of
Virginia, who rsplAoed thsm at ths
Evening star., 1937-04-26
U. S. EDITION HELD UP.

NEW YORK. April rs (F.-
Publishers of the American edition
OF Coronation Commentary" contro-
versial volume which has aroused the
Duke OF Windsor's ire, called q confer
ence today to decide whether to brave
. royal libel suit by releasing the book.
+ The American edition, printed some
time ago, WAS scheduled to be released
today, but In view Of the furore Gre
ated BY the English edition, was held
up pending conference among Dodd,
Mead d %. officials.
The Duke Of Windsor strongly OBJ
jects to the volume and has announced
its publication here would be followed
by Q suit for libel.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
DUKE MAY VISIT
BETROTHED SOON
Not Impossible Mrs. Simp
son May See Ex-King at
Chateau, Rogers Says.
BACKGROUND

BACkGROUNDe
g., Book BY Geo6rey Demise ac-
cused Duke OF Windsor Dith mud
ding. tuddling and n,eddling" while
on the throne OF Great Britain.
Eperts OF serious moment leading
to the dbdication Of EdUdrd in
December began Nth securing OF
preliminary divorce decree from
Ernest Aldrich Simpson BY his
American wite sir months ago to-
morrotD in lpspich.
By the Associated Press.
:. MONTS, France, April 26.-Mrs
Wallis Simpsons spokesman said to.
day it was mot impossible that thu
Duke of Windsor would visit her soor
at the Chateau de Cande.
The spokesman, Herman L. Rogers
insisted, however, that lit Is literally
true that there are no plans for the
wedding" He said Mrs. Simpsons
hnal divorce decree was expected nc
sooner than May 5. It has been re-
ported the Duke and Mrs. Simpson
will be married at the Chateau chape.
In June.
PUBLISHERS HALT VOLUME.
Evening star., 1937-04-26

he had In his possession . number
OF documents espousing the cause Of
communism. but the Supreme Court
held none Of these on its face showed
criminal aims.
The State objected particularly TO .
pamphlet headed: The Right Of Self
Determination of the Negroes In the
Black Belt"
Commenting on this, the courts
opinion said
There is no evidence the appellant
(Herndon distributed any writings
or printed matter found in the box he
carried when arrested, or any other
advocating forcible subversion Of gov
ernmental authority. There is no evi-
dence the appellant advocated, BY
speech or written word, at meeting or
elsewhere, any doctrine or action i'm
plying such forcible subversion."
Asserting the crucial question" was
the application OF the statute and npt
its formal Interpretation by the State
Court, Justice Roberts declared:
In its application the offense made
criminal is that Of soliciting mem
bers for q political party and con-
Quoting meetings Of a local unit Of
that party when one OF the doc.
trines Of the party, established BY ref
erence to document not shown to
have been exhibited to any one BY
the accused, may be said to be ulti-
mate resort to violence at some In
definite future time against organized
government"
This, he held, does not constitute
"inciting to insurrection.
He also held the statute was not
sufiiciently definitely in describing the
onenses 1t was enacted to prohibit.
In another decision today the su-
preme Court sustained q 1894 Min
nesota property tax on shares in
Montana and North Dakota State
banks owned by the First Bank Stock
Corp. Of Minneapolis, MINI.
1t was contended by the Minneapolis
concern that only the State of in
corporation could constitutionally i'm
pose such q tax It had paid assess
ments to Montana and North Dakota
on the stock, valued by Minnesota at
81. .027 ,095.
BY its action the Supreme Court
afirmed = ruling by the Minnesota
Supreme Court upholding the levy.
Justice Stone, who delivered the de-
cision, announced no dissent.
Justice Butler, who lived in Min
nesota before his appointment to the
bench, did not participate In the case.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Dukes Anger Stops Book Is Probation
Period End Nears.
1y the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 26.-Ihe Duke of
Windsor won from his Austrian place
Of self-exile today fight to have a
British book about him taken out of
circulation.
: The publishers Of Coronation
/. Commentary" 1t was disclosed, not
= only took the fast-selling volume from
: English book shops, but wrote the
= duke 4 note Of apology
- That was upon the demand Of the
. former monarch's attorney, who
q threatened legal action unless amends
!, were made by today.
= The action by the publishers came
= Just on the eve of tomorrows expira-
- ton Of the six months "probation
period" necessary to make the pre-
liminary divorce of Wallis Warfield
!. Simpson final under English law.
a. Her attorneys, within the next two
weeks, will take the necessary legal
steps to make the decree final. Then
:. Mrs. Simpson will be completely free
to marry the duke-probably in June
after the coronation fanfare for King
George VI has died down.
As for the book, Coronation Com
mentary," it was learned today that
Edward read passages of it at ST.
Wolfgang, Austria, only recently
'zAngered, he instructed his London
solicitor, A. G. Allen, to take vigorous
action.
Allen issued a 48-hour ultimatum
to the publishers, William Heinne-
mann, Ltd, threatening an injunction
by today unless the book were with
drawn and an apology issued.
Today the dukes legal representa-
tves and the publishers were con-
ferring prior to issuing formal state
ment, The publishers at FIRST said
merely: The book is out of print"
Some observers said the publishers
were actuated in their withdrawal Of
the volume both by a desire to avoid
'rehashing the abdication crisis just
before the May IL coronation and by
the fact that English juries often
hand down considerable damage
Judgments in such cases.
- The dukes move also recalled the
slander suit which Simpson has
brought Mrs. Joan Sutherland for re-
marks she alegedly made concerning
his wife's divorce. This has been post
poned until after the coronation.
George VI, the brother who sue
ceeded Edward on the throne, cele-
brated his fourteenth wedding ami
versary with Queen Elizabeth.
There was quiet family luncheon
At Windsor.
Legal authorities explained today
that 1t will be unnecessary for Mrs.
Simpson to appear personally when
her application for q final decree Is
, made.
Evening star., 1937-04-26

| ference was mArooned in the town.
| A ferry between Cumberland Dam
and Romney stopped operations and
blocked trafnc entirely on Route 28.
Shena ndoah Flooded.
The Shenandoah River and its
tributaries were running high, accord
ing to reports from Winchester, Va,
where nearly 8 inches OF rain has
fallen since early yesterday. The river
| was overfowing the Lee-Jackson
Highway at Mount Jackson and water
rose 10 inches an hour At the north
and south branch confluence at River
| ton.
A large I'LL At the Valley Pike Bridge,
spanning Cedar Greek south Of Mid
dletown. Va, was washed out A SINH
lar washout occurred there in March,
| 1896. Engineers were watching the
| Shenandoah Bridge at CastlemAn' 8
| Ferry and were prepared to close the
span.
Flood waters in the Rappahannock
River at Remington, Va. where the
Southern Railroad crosses, were only
3 foot or two below the stringers Of
the train bridge and the highway
bridge. some 100 yards upstream.
WAS under water, passengers on board
Southern train. arriving here about
noon today reported.
The town OF Remington Is under
! to feet of water, which In one
| yHlo 81 ir pap hA
town, was flowing an inch or two over
the tracks. Inhabitants Of the town
told them it Is the worst flood any Of
them had ever seen.
| The flooded areas stretch from
Charlottesville to Washington, farm,
in creek valleys in most cases being
partially submerged.
Culpeper. Va, bound on three sides
by Mountain Run. was almost iso-
lated by high waters after 80 hours
of rain caused bridge and highway
damage. The only trafic outlet there
was Fredericksburg. Bus service waa
discontinued At Culpeper after bridges
were deemed unsafe.
Hancock Bridge Closed.
The bridge across the Potomac at
Hancock was ordered closed after
the flood waters carried away some
OF the piles under the temporary
span replacing the structure de-
stroyed by last years flood.
| Nathan l. Smith, State Roads
Commission engineer. said ut Is i'm
possible to 60 south, west or north
Of Hancock" because Of the closing
OF the bridge and the United States
highways to the west and north are
under water.
Smith also said the new bulkhead
at Chesapeake Beach had been washed
away by the high tide and heavy
waves from the bay.
THE situation in Western and
Southern Maryland probably will be
worse with the Potomac rising at
the rapid rate 1t Is" Smith said.
50 Families Evacuated.
| Fifty families evacuated their homes
at st. Georges Island, near Leonard
town. Nd. and sought safety on higher
pund. -Four hundred other fanny ies
Sses In danger ol heing NIt Oh hb@
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Cut in Fall on Saw.

CUMBERLAND, Md. April rs F.-
Ray Gla3e Of Fort Ashby Is in serious
condition at . hospital here Is 4 re-
suit Of injuries he suffered when he
tripped and fell on cross-cut saw. He
had just cut down tree and ran away
from 1t Is 1t began to topple, carrying
the saw with him.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Woman Falls Dead
When She Is Told
Flood Is on Way

~ the Associated Press.
JOHNsTOWN, Pa, April 26.-
Mrs. Missouri Hurley fell dead
today after . neighbor informed
her there's . nood coming"
Mrs. Hurley had asked q son to
70 to the cellar to zee II any
water seeped in.
He returned to report the
water Z inches deep.
Mrs. Hurley collapsed. A ply
sician said q heart attack caused
death. ~
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stocks to higher floors and threw up
protective bulw1rkB.
The st. Patrick's day food covered
half Of the golden triangle" with .
crest Of As feet.
Last Januarys high water mark was
33 feet.
Mayor Daniel Shields Of Johnstovn
oedefed evAeaaattoE Il q small paxt
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Soil Favors Tobacco.

SALISBURY. Md, April 26 F-
Mayor Alfred T. Truitt, who k leading
. move to revive tobacco - An i'm
portant Eastern Shore crop. said soil
survey mapa showed much Of the land
in wicomic was well suited for l-ef
growing.
Evening star., 1937-04-26

Before she got this reinsurance,
however, the radiogram people mis-
takingly called the house where she
last boarded, The landlady, supposed
ly good friend of the addressee, re-
ferred them to the correct address.
Twenty-four hours or so later she
phoned her ex-boarder. II suppose
you got your radiogram, all rieht?"
she said casually. They said it was
from Madrid and I guess it was about
| your sister I thought she might have
been killed, but I've been too busy to
call" Now the landladys ex-boarder
Is also the landlady's ex-friend.
X
NO STING.
THERE'S pert little Missus (why
shouldn't they be pert, too?) in
this town who, looking back upon it.,
thinks she said the wrong thing to
bank the other day.
She was pretty angry at the bank,
IN poised and dignifled way, at hav-
ing refused payment on check
simply because it would have over
drawn her account. But, try as best
she could to conceal her anger, she
walked up to paying teller and said
very severely:
I should like to close my account
here. II you will tell me what nv
balance is, shall write a check for
1t and that will be that"
The man went over, examined the
records, came back to make the un-
smiling report:
Madame, your balance is 80 cents. !"
The sting OF it, to the bank. was
less severe than she thought.
COINCIDENCE.
Edmund Plohn OF the theater
Plohns thinks coincidence goes too
tdr in this World.
All last tDeek he spent telling
friend OF a wonderful reference
book on the thedter phich he had
otoned for years.
you can't think OF a question
Dhich it does not dnswer," Mr..
Plohn kept sdving. you ought
to read it,"
The friend agreed and Mr.. Plohn
sent ouer the book.
Nert day his phone rang.
understdnd you're an authority
on the thedter, Mr.. Plohn," said the
Doice.
Quick as Hash Mr.. Plohn knew
he ,Dds being kidded by the man
to ,chona he had lent the polune.
He never tDould haze knoDn how
false Dds his assumption had not
the book borrosper Ddlked into his
Office Dhile the bddindoe Wds going
on.
TOO EASY.
IN THE opinion of Attorney Gen.
eral Homer S. Cummings, news
paper headlines have catered to loose
thinking on the part of the Ameri-
can public.
Cummings expressed himself on the
subject when a reporter asked II the
Department Of Justice would launch
. "truHt-busting campaign"
"Trust-busting," unused Cummings,
there's a typical example for you Of
headline thinking - trust busting.
No, we're not out to bust trusts. The
whole question is too complex to be
expressed in such simple terms.
yet the public seems to like simple
ideas, particularly If they have a con-
venient handle on them-like trust
busting"
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
REVENGE.
STORY comes to Us which
shows human nature in such

A c1OH4 comes 70 Us which
~ shows human nature in such
~ an unfiatter1ng light that We
would not print 1t were it less
good. Still maybe Mr.. Van Duzer or
Capt. Carroll would like to know it.
Seems that a man who uses the
Rock Creek parkway driving to and
from Chevy Chase Is veddy, veddy
angry at trafic which crosses his path
at Massachusetts, avenue. Coming out
OF the park drive onto that thorough
fare he always has to wait what seems
an uncomfortable time for the green
light. 1t makes him furious every
evening.
The next morning, however, he al
ways has his revenge. Turning into
the parkway. he cuts over to the left
side OF the street, where he drives
across the detector OTIS q demand
signal, you know which he knows
will change the light to red on the
avenue.
Then he drives on downtown feeling
happy at the idea Of all those cars
stopped with nothing coming out of
the park to justify the redness OF the
light
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Electric Power From Nile.

Water of the Nile will be made to
produce electric power for factories
rhich the Egyptian government villa
Build at The AssouAn Dam.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
CUSTOMER.

FeD structures in the World con-
tain more aluminium than the De-
pdrtment OF Justice Building, where
agents for the last t,Do years haze
been Investigating alleged mon
opolistic phases OF the Aluminium
Co. of America.
X
EX-FRIEND.
A girl we know-she's secretary to
an r. F. c. official-recently received
a radiogram from her sister in Madrid
informing her that all WAS o. K.
with Sis despite the intensified shell.
ing of the city last week
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Floods

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Herndon

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JOhnstown

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Congressional

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Fifty families evacuated their homes
at st. Georges Island, near Leonard
town, Nd. and sought safety on higher
q pund. -Four hundred other fanny \tes
Sses In danger oI heing Gt OF h0
Evening star., 1937-04-26

nIeI IuTpan LTAMC ana enter the nrSl
loores Of several potteries and other
industrial plants along the banks.
River men at Steubenville, Ohio
predicted continuous rains would force
the Ohio River to stage tomorrow o1
40 feet-5 feet above the level at which
steel mills here must shut down.
The stage this morning was ais
and the river was rising a foot hourly
The crest January Is was 45.1 fee,
and the record crest of March 18, 1895
WAS SIS feet.
The Ohio River rose steadily towarc
hood stage in Wheeling
Wheeling Island. Threatened.
Capt. j. R. Hill, weather observer q
Warvood Dam. predicted the Ohit
River would mount to a 48-foot leve
| by noon Wednesday, II feet Abov,
flood stage.
The water at that level would cove
all Of Wheeling Island. Residential
community of 10000 persons. opposite
Wheeling in the middle Of the Obi,
River, and much Of South Wheeling.
| The river stage at noon today wa
23.l feet, with the water rising seven
tenths of . foot an hour.
Rivers and creeks, sent out Of thei
banks by three to four days Of pour
ing rains, cut of trafic to the EASTER
Panhandle town of Romney and dis
rupted travel in several other section
of West Virginia.
A quick recession of the waters
with little prospect OF serious foo.
conditions, was predicted by the Roa'
| Commission.
Buses, Vans and trucks were re
ported halted all around Romney
where 20 home denomination agent
| were unable to return home afte
ending . conference.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-05-29

Directors Of MOntauAns, Inc. re-
Gently endorsed q plan 70 make
fishing In Montana ''the best In
the United States
The directors announced after
q meeting az Helena that they
agreed 10 cooperate with the State
Fish and Game commission, sports
mems ciubs and chambers Of conn
merce In q campaign TO raise
funds which would enable the COM
mission to rear 3 large number
Of six-ineh fish for planting In
state streams each year.
Il believe that every business
man In the state Is vitality inter
ested In seeing that fishing In
Montana IS brought up 10 the best
In the United States" C.. r. Nc
Clave, Of Great Falls. president Of
the State Chamber Of Commerce,
said. land we can only do that
through cooperation with the
State Fish and Game commission
by supplying them with the neces-
saFy funds SO that fish can be
planted Of a size that makes their
living an assured fact
The directors expressed satisfac-
ton with results Of q national add
vertiSing campaign the organiza-
ton Is carrying on. An advertise
ment that appeared In one edition
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-05-29

critic. But Miss Hildegarde Withers had
finally persuaded him to attend q per-
Torrance of chamber music, for the
good Of his soul, and it had continued
late.
Manhattan is never really quiet or
peaceful, Oscar" Miss WitherS told
him. Sometimes it Is hushed-but
only with the hush that comes Just
before the crescendo movement Of a
Wagnerian opera"
Suddenly a light flashed on in the
second story window OF sober brown
'dThere, Oscarl" said the school
teacher. IF we only knew what scene
is being played In that lighted room
above usI Perhaps 1t is lovers meet
ing, or a bitter quarrel. Perhaps an
assassin waits
The Inspector snorted.
IL can imagine what's going on IN
that house because / know the place
and the old codger who lives there.
Johan Wurtz Is the name-retired
brewer A hundred to one that he got
up to take some bicarbonate OF soda
The Inspector was rudely interrupted
by a shrin trumpet-like scream which
exploded from window above them.
"Helpl Policef Poli-i-i-icel" It was
u fO1CC-d& WOAAlc1n VIII A(6AAACQ
from the second story window.
The Inspector spat out his cigar and
made a dive for the door Of the brown
stone house.
He leaned on the bell, and when the
door opened he flashed his badge.
whats going on here2"
"Upstairsl" garg1ed the fat woman.
They ran up a thickly- carpeted stair,
turned, and burst into q library where
every light blazed-
1t was q long and narrow room,
crammed with booksheives, tables, and
massive chairs. The tops Of the cases
and almost every available inch Of
table space had been given over to
tiny statutes of horses.
One small table was overturned and
its models scattered across the rich
yellow rug. A man lay sprawled in the
shadows.
It was the woman who spoke, dis
jointedly. Il heard the noise-poor Mis-
ter Wurtz-dead as q stone he is :"
Piper faced her. You the maid?"
'rHousekeeper, she said. Miss EN-
my Marvin is me-"
Piper kneIt, ignoring the spilled sta
tuettes. The body was dressed IN long
underwear beneath a silk dressing gown.
1t was thin old body, the face dark
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-05-29
Loeb Leven Trout
Are Used to Stock
Clark's Fork River

An experiment to secure a trout that
prOpagates successfully In Clark's Fork
river was completed by the Red Lodge
Rod and Gun club with the planting
Of 90 1000 fish Of the Loeb Levin vart-
ETY. In the river.
John Schofield, Helena, superinten-
dent Of state fish hatcheries, granted
transfer Of the fish from the Big
Timber hatchery after a discussion
with q. L. Throop, president OF the
Red Lodge club, and Leo r. Spogen,
secretary. Throop and Spogen pointed
trout planted In Clarkis Fork were
killed off because eggs were buried In
the muddy water OF the river In the
spring. The fact that Loeb Levin trout
spawn IN the fan, when the water rs
clear, led spoxtsmen to believe that
variety would be successful.