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Evening star., 1937-08-02
Euicted Family Finds a Home
after Sleepless Nights in Auto

Her little body exhausted from four
nights Of trying to sleep in borrowed
automobile on downtown parking
lot, 16-month-old Shirley Butterworth
slept all day yesterday when she found
herself in real bed at last.
"She was plumb worn out" said her
young father, Clifton Butterworth,
with a fond smile today as he faced
life with fresh hope inspired by the
generous response Of kind-hearted
Washingtonians to a description of
the family's plight published in The
Star Saturday.
Unable to pay rent until pay day
on a new Job after three weeks of idle
ness, Butterworth and his family were
evicted from rooms on Ninth street
last Tuesday. With no other place to
60 unless they separated, Clifton, his
wife, Margaret, and Shirley lived until
Saturday night In the automobile of
. friendly attendant on 4 parking lot
at Constitution avenue and John
Marshall place.
Then help came from severa.
readers Of The Star. One was Misa
Maud Maxwell, who took the But
terworths TO her home Ut l2e North
Carolina avenue seutheast and toId
Evening star., 1937-08-02
NEW LEv|ATHAN'S
PLANS REVEALED
Work May Start This Year
on Safest, Most Modern
Liner as U. S. Flagship.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Maritime commissioners expressed
the hope today that construction can
start this year on new American
flagship, which they said would be
the most modern and safest liner
afoat.
The commission called for bids on
behalf of the United States Lines on
a ship OF its own design. They will
be opened September Is.
Although not so large as some OF the
present foreign luxury liners, the new
ship, commission members said, will
be "a model of modern construction"
Specifications include: Length, 1928
feet; beam, 80 feet; depth to prone
made deck, IS feet; speed. % knots;
passenger accommodations, 1900:
crew, $50.
Safety arrangements will permit
flooding OF as many as three compart.
ments. Most lifeboats will be motor
propelled and radio equipped
The vessel will be built under SUBJ
Sldy provisions of the maritime act.
Fire Resisting Materials.
The liner is intended to replace the
decommissioned Leviathan. operated
until 1885 by the United States Lines.
In planning the vessel, commission
offlclals and designers used such sea
disasters as the Moro Castle fire
as object lessons. Fire-resisting ma
terlal will be used throughout the
34,000-ton liner. they said.
The new craft is designed as
companion ship for the liners Man.
haitian and Washington, although
slightly larger.
Bids were asked on both a fixed
sum and an adjusted price basis. The
latter is subject to adjustment be-
cause OF changes in the cost Of
labor and materials, providing any
resultant increase in cost does not
exceed IS per cent. The fexibility
OF this alternate arrangement is exc
pected to facilitate the biddinRs,
Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy said.
United States to Contribute To Cost.
The ship will be built under the
construction differential subsidy pro-
visions of the merchant marine act.
These authorize the Government to
contribute up to so per cent of total
construction cost, depending on the
difference between foreign and do
mestic costs.
The United States Lines laid up
the LeViathan, with the permission
OF the Government, after contending
the cost Of running her had risen too
high to allow competition with mod.
ern transatlantic craft.
The commission asked some months
ago for bids on two types OF ships
to replace the Leviathan. The bids
were rejected June on grounds that
they were so qualified that a nat
price could not be determined.
The two bids submitted at that
time on ship of the Manhattan
Washington type were sl4375, 900 and
sl4 5000. Bids for an alternate
and slightly larger ship were SIS.
455,0O0 and s15,665,ooo.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
Poundnaster Catches Olvn Dog
hLaunching annual Roundup

Just about to complete his first
years service as poundmaster-he
WAS sworn in last August l9-Marks
is having the pound whitewashed and
renovated, with separate accommoda-
tions for the ladies and gentlemen of
the dog world. To date, only one
gentleman has appeared-an Irish
terrier Of aristocratic appearance. Not
lady in the pound. All others are
just plain NUTS, both male and
female.
If poundmaster's dog isn't safe
from the dog catchers, whose dog is?
That is the question the attendant
at the pound would like to have an
sWered.
This afternoon the one and only
pound wagon will be up around Chevy
Chase In roundup Of stray pets
without muzzles or licenses. Already
today several boys and girls went to
the pound to get their dogs out
The law is no respecter of dogs"
the poundmaster said, in his annual
warning to the people of Washing
| ton who have, to date. permitted 5000
pets to 60 without tags. Deadline for
obtaining tags was originally July !.
This was extended to August land
that's the last extension From now
on it's every dog for himself.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
SHIP WATCHMAN
DESCRIBES BLAZE
Started in Bagged Sugar
and Spread Like Gasoline,
Board Told.
By the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE. Md, August 2.-The
watchman aboard the steamer City of
Baltimore, which burned with loss
OF three lives told a Federal investi-
eating board today that the fire shot
up from pile of bagged sugar.
The vatchman, Frank Barnes, was
the first witness called before the
board at the second day of the hear
ing. He said he went amidships
Thursday night to check cargo.
Il had been gone about three min
utes," he said, Il walked back for
ward and one of the sailors called to
me: God, there's a flren
THE blaze was licking along the
edge of one Of the bottom sugar bags.
Jumped for it and stamped it out.
"A sailor helped me and We got
that blaze out without any trouble.
But in two minutes, half way between
the front and the midships gangway,
some or 8 feet from where l was
standing, fire shot up from the top
of the sugar like some one had thrown
gasoline on it."
Barnes threw up his arms to show
how the blaze sprang up.
Il saw that it was serious and ran
upstairs and hollered to the pilot
house. he continued. Every one
yelled fire. hollered up the tube to
the second officer in the pilot house
Fire on the freight deck l heard him
turn and tell the captain"
Barnes said he got out fire hose.
but no water came from it. The second
mate turned on the sprinkler system,
he said, but he didn't know whether it
worked. He said he thought he saw
1t working in the after section of the
ship. After the first hose failed, he
said, he connected another one with
the help of the chief engineer and this
one threw water on the fire. Smoke
and fire drove him from the hose,
however.
The Federal board was particularly
interested in the location of the fire
outlets aboard the Baltimore Norfolk
boat.
The body of third man killed
was identified as Cy Hayne, an oiler
IN the ships engine room. The body
was found floating about so feet from
the hull of the ship, grounded after
She caught fire Thursday night.
The engineer officers of the boat
have not yet appeared before the
board.
Hundreds of siehtseers were fer
ried out to the wreck by boats from
khore yesterday.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
FAUNTLER0Y UNIT
HONORS BURNETT
Society Pays Tribute to Pro.
totype of Famous Char
aCter in Book.

twenty-five members of the Faunt-
leroy Literary Society gathered at
1919 I street yesterday to pay tribute
to Vivian Burnett. prototype Of the
character which thousands Of mothers
in the last SO years have considered
the ideal son and thousands Of boys
over the same period have considered
the perfect sissy-Little Lord Faunt-
leroy.
Burnett, who died last week en- his
sailboat after rescuing four persons
in Long Island Sound. having src-
cessfully lived down the appellatlon
sissy" by his adventurous life, was
described as gentle kind and
manly in an address given hy Ernest
c. Rick. president Of the society. He
was. Rick said, the society's most
honorable honorary member"
The exercises, which included trib-
utes to Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
who in 1884 wrote the book which i'm
mortalized her son, were in commemo-
ration Of the day year ago that the
society placed a memorial tablet at
the house on street where the book
was penned. An evergreen wreath was
placed under the bronze plaque
Present at the ceremony were the
following officers Of the society: Mrs
Judith King, secretary; Mrs. Mable
Rick. treasurer; Mrs. Rose Weisbrod
chairman OF the Membership Commit
tee and Rev. Waldo Manlev. who gave
the benediction.
Shortly after his return from the
exercises Rick received a letter from
Lord Robert Powell, founder OF
the Boy Scout movement. accepting
honorary membership in the society.
Evening star., 1937-08-02

The first catch in the poundmaster'
annual dog roundup, which began
today, was Poundmaster Frank
Marks own pet Of II years, Foxie, a
shepherd dog
Foxie few nights ago wandered
away from his home. Last night
citizens complained to police that a
barking dog was disturbing their sleep
The police ordered the poundmaster
to investigate, and who should it be
but Foxie?
If Foxes foxy" Marks said, "hell
remain indoors while this dog hunt
is on"
At the start of the annual roundup,
Poundmaster Marks and three Of his
men, all armed with nets, got out
on the highways OF Bluefleld and
Deanwood at dawn. and before noon
they came back with a choice COL
lection Of tagless dogs-and a fiock
OF fleas
Scratching began at II o'clock in
the dog pound. What with getting
acquainted with one another. the
dogs started up flea exchange. So
by noon they had to be puf7ed and
powdered and made ready for the
boudoir and an afternoons siesta-
all preparatory to the lethal chamber,
unless owners claim them, putting
up 50 each for tags.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
HEAT PROSTRATES MAN
AT GRIFFITH STADIUM

Fairly high temperatures, which the
Weather Bureau said will continue in
definitely, resulted in a heat prostra-
tion yesterday when John G. Forman,
4e, OF Roanoke, Va, was stricken at
Griffith Stadium.
At Casualty Hospital, physicians
said the heat aggravated a brain all
ment that led to Forman's collapse.
He was allowed to go home after
treatment.
The mercury climbed to "a shortly
after 2 pm. and this morning it
again appeared headed for the mid
Ole 8os. Today and tomorrow, the
3orecaster said, will be fair.
Evening star., 1937-08-02

them they could stay as long as they
desired. She gave them COM
Portable bedroom and the use Of her
kitchen. d
1T is fine to get under q roof
again." Butterworth said. I'VE proba-
bly, will have to stay there until the
18th. when my first real payday
comes" He will get only about So
today for \ few days work rs an
auto painter. but on the 18th he will
be paid $50 for two weeks work.
Then we may stay on with Miss
Maxwell and pay her rent, if she
is willing" he said.
But there's no telling how long We
will be able to pay rent, even then"
he added ruefully. II don't know
whether this job is steady or not.
I'd like to get steady job as an
automobile or truck driver--most of
my experience has been as chauf-
feur."
To help tide the Butterworths over,
50 IN small amounts was left for
them by callers 1T the parking lot
Saturday. One woman contributed
clothing and some toys for Shirley.
Two Offers Of places to live came after
they went With Miss Maxwell.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
1,5OO attend Party
Of Hobbs, Lewis
Families Near Here

The third annual reunion of two
Maryland clans whose strains crossed
more than a century ago was held
yesterday as four generations OF the
Frederick and Montgomery County
Hobhses and Lewises picniced in
Jessup Blair Park. on Georgia avenue
at the District line.
With third of the two families
missing, the assemblage yesterday still
totaled approximately $500 persons.
Judge Lewis Hobbs of Colesville
Nd, whose name combines that of
both families. said the strains crossed
when his grandfather married q
Margaret Lewis.
The Lewis family he said, was de-
scended from French Huguenots who
left their country and went to Wales,
later coming to this country, where
most of them settled in Virginia. One
of the family, Fielding Lewis, married
Betty Washington, sister of the first
President, he said
Indoor base ball, horse shoe pitch
ing and lot of fashioned get-to-
gether chatting were the principal
items Of entertainment yesterday.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
JOHN A. HALL DIES,
WAS G.P. WORKER
Spanish War Veteran, 81, Had
Been III Long-Burial to Be
at Arlington.

John A. Hall, 81, 83l Whittier place,
Spanish War veteran and employe
at the Government Printing once
for the last II years, died in Walter
Reed Hospital yesterday after a long
illness.
Born in Sweden, Mr.. Hall was
brought to this country while an
infant, making his home in Quincy,
Ill. There he became a member of
the Lambert Lodge of Masons. During
the Spanish american War he served
in the Army as a non commissioned
officer.
Mr.. Hall came to Washington in
1925 to take position as proofreader
with the Government Printing Once.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Hazel Hall, and four daughters, Caro-
lyn, Clara, Mary Louise and Mrs.
Susan Shuey, all of this city; his
mother, Mrs. Sara Hall, and three
brothers and three sisters, all living
in Illinois.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. tomorrow in Hines funeral
home, 29O1 Fourteenth street. Burial
will follow in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

TODAY.
Senate:
Begins debate on Wagner housing
bill.
Special committee begins hearings
on Government reorganization.
House:
Debates minor bills
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Continues debate on housing bill.
Interstate Commerce Committee
considers railroad financing investiga-
ton bill, 1890 am.
House:
May consider private calendar snd
conference report on District tax bill.
Banking and Currency Committee
considers housing bill, 1890 am.
Labor Committee considers wage and
hour BIN, 10 am.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
FORMER CONSUL DIES

HoNGKONG. August 2 (P).-Harry
L. Paddock, former United States con-
sui at Annoy, China. and retired
naval officer. died yesterday of pneu-
monia. He was ST years old.
Paddock, a former Californian, was
an engineer with Admiral Dewey S
feet during the Spanish-American
War with the rank of lieutenant COM
mander. He later entered the consular
service and served at Annoy until III
health forced him to resign in 1908.
Since then he had been in the insur-
ance business in Hongkong.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
GRAND CHEF is ELECTED
BY CAROLINA 40 AND 8
DR.. E. J. johnson of Spartan burg
Named by Legion Fraternity
on Eve of Convention.

BY the Associated Press.
ROCK HILL, S. c., August 2.-Dr.
E. I. johnson Of Spartanburg was
elected grand chef de gare Of the 40
and 8. American Legion fraternity,
yesterday on the eve of the annual
convention of the South Carolina De-
partment Of the Legion.
Other officers elected were: James
w. Cullens of Beaufort, grand chef
de train; James c. Bush OF North
Augusta, grand conducteur; l.. A.
Hamilton Of Columbia, grand garde do
Ia porte; Julian Wolfe Of Orangeburg,
grand avocat; Wade H. Gladdenmf
Chester. grand historian; Joseph w.
Hudgens of Taylors cheminot ma
tionale; Rev. Waldo Lever Of Landrum.
grand amonier, and Dr.. John D.
Settler Of Columbia, grand medecin
Evening star., 1937-08-02
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
Of Interesting Events
and Things.
GEOGRAPHY.

GEOGRAPHY.
~ R1END of ours who lives in
~ nearby Maryland happened to
hear his gardener -handyman
in conversation with a motorist
who had paused in front Of the house
the other day.
You know where Cumberland
street is?" said the man in the car.
"Nawsuh, never heard Of it." said
the gardener, who has only been
working at the place for a couple of
years.
Cumberland is the next street over
from the house,
We'll, isn't this Somerset?" in
quired the fellow in the car.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
EX-CAPTAIN LOSES LONG
REINSTATEMENT FIGHT
oberlin M. Carter, Ousted 80
Years Ago. Fails in Final
Court Battle.

Oberlln M. Carter. who was dis
missed as captain in the United
States Army 80 years ago, failed to-
day in his final effort to secure an
equity court order compelling the
Secretary Of War to reinstate him.
Carter who argued his own case
eontended his dismissal was based on
improper and false testimony sub
mitted to court martial that was
hostile TO him.
The lower court dismissed his suit.
and his action was approved today by
the United States Court of Appeals,
which held court of equity had no
right to overthrow the finding of a
court martial unless the latter was
without jurisdiction. In this case. the
opinion said, the question of jurisdic-
ton was not raised.
Evening star., 1937-08-02

"Oh, but want about five or six
yards
Quite all right. No charge" he
insisted
When the roll Of paper was tucked
under her arm she turned at the door
and said sweetly, You Know, I
thought this would be so nice draped
around my bed room. I'm doing 4
new color scheme. and green is such 4
cool color, don't you think?"
Evening star., 1937-08-02
SEASON ON DUCKS
WILL OPEN NOV. 4
Hunting to Last 80 Days in
Maryland, Virginia and
Other States.

The 30day duck hunting season for
1887 for Maryland, Virginia and other
Southern States opens November q
and closes December 26, the Depart
ment of Agriculture announced today
This years regulations were approved
July 30 by President Roosevelt
At the same time the department
said the mourning dove hunting season
runs from September l to September
80 and from November Is to December
81 for Maryland. There is no open
season on this bird in Virginia The
Maryland and Virginia woodcock sea-
son runs from November Is to Decem-
ber l5
Number Of Birds Increased.
Ducks, geese, Wilson'S snipe and
coot can be bagged in the duck season
which opens as early as October in
the Northern States. The limited
season, the Biological Survey reported
has resulted in increasing the number
Of birds available. but it added 1T will
be years before the refuge program
will produce maximum results. and in
the meantime the preservation of ade-
quate breeding stocks is an especially
critical problem"
Every duck hunter, the department
reminded, must have a Federal stamp
Other hunting regulations and re-
strictions, which will be followed by
hundreds OF thousands OF gunners
who take to the woods and the river.
in the Fall, include:
Continuation Of the regulation pro.
viding no open season on snow geese
and brant in Florida and in State.
north thereof that border on the At.
lantic Coast, and no open season ir
any part of the United States or
Ross geese. wood ducks, ruddy ducks
canvasbacks, redheads, buff1eheae
ducks and swans.
Duck Bag Limit 10 Daily.
Bag and possession limits, continued
from the last two seasons, place the
daily bag limit on ducks at 10 in thu
aggregate and make the possession
limit conform to the daily bag.
The daily bag and the possession
limit on geese and brant of the kinds
permitted to be killed have been in.
creased this year to five in the aggre.
gate of ali kinds. Last year the limit
was four.
The new daily bag limit on coot i.
IS. Last year the limit was Is.
Batting of waterfowl and doves snc
the use of live decoys IN hunting
waterfowl are not authorized, regard.
less of the distance between the bali
or decoys and the shooter.
The three-shell limit on repeating
shotguns, either hand operated OF
automatic loading, in effect the last
two seasons, is continued this season
Hunters may use shotguns not larger
than No. 10 gauge.
Waterfowl and coot may be hunted
in season from 7 am to pm.
Snipe, rails, gallinules (other thar
coot, woodcock, mourning doves
white winged doves and band-tailec
pigeons may be hunted in season
from am. to sunset No change!
were made in the regulations on band,
tailed pigeons.
Open seasons on rails and woodcock!
have been readjusted in several States
and the daily bag limit on sora rail!
has been reduced from Is to IS. Thest
birds, the Biological Survey explains
are abundant only in a few restricted
Evening star., 1937-08-02
INJURED DIVER LACKS
FUNDS FOR OPERATION
Suffers Broken Back in Plunge
Into Shallow Water at Crystal
Beach, Md.

Lacking funds for an operation by
. specialist, Edward Cannon, %, of
el2 New York avenue, lay in Emer-
gency Hospital today with a broken
back, the result of a dive into shallow
water at Crystal Beach, Md.
Cannon was brought here yesterday
from Annapolis, where he was taken
after the accident Saturday.
Physicians said delicate operation,
which can be performed only at Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, is neces-
sary to save Cannon from paralysis
and perhaps death The operation
would cost about 5000.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
Alice Longworth's
Mimicking Helps
First Lady on Air
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt credited
a take-off by her Republican
cousin, Alice Roosevelt Long
worth, today as "the most help
full criticism" she has received Of
her radio broadcasts.
Beginning a column Of ques-
tions and answers in the August
Democratic Digest, publication
of the party women's division,
Mrs. Roosevelt wrote that after
watching Mrs. Longworth mimic
her, she realized she had many
things to correct In her radYo
technique.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
MAN BEATEN, ANOTHER
BITTEN; SUSPECT HELD
Alleged Housebreaker Detained
for Investigation After His
Companion Flees.

Arrested after he is said to have
struck one man on the head with a
milk bottle and bitten another on
the finger, James Gregory, ~, COL
ored, 1900 block Of U street, was being
held for investigation today in con-
nection with an alleged HOUSEKEEPING
attempt
Gregory and another colored man,
who escaped, were apprehended Sat-
urday night. police were told, trying
to open the door Of the apartment OF
Edgar w. Geoghegan, %, of zoos
Sixteenth street.
When his companion fed Gregory
allegedly struck Geoghegan with milk
bottle and bit the finger of Glen
Zimmerman, %, OF 6l0 Twenty second
street, visitor at Geoghegan's apart
ment, before he WAS overpowered
All three required treatment at
Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
SPONSORS CRUISER
Daughter of Hawaii Governor

Daughter of Hawaii Governor
Will Christen the Honolulu.
NEW YORK, August 2 [P).-Selec-
ton Of Miss Helen Poindexter, daugh-
ter OF Joseph B. Poindexter, Governo,
Of Hawaii and former Montana at
torney general, as sponsor of the new
l0,0o0-ton cruiser Honolulu was an
nounced yesterday by Navy Yard
omcial5.
The Honolulu will be launched
August as. Gov. Poindexter also Il
expected to attend.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
110 Labor Rows Settled.

The Cancellation Service OF the
Labor Department adjusted 11s
strikes, threatened strikes and labor
controversies involving $4,000 workers
in the four weeks period ending Sat-
urday, it reported yesterday.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
Six Hurt in Bus Fire

ANNAPOLIS, August (P.-Six
colored children were slightly injured
when bus containing 80 Sunday
school pupils caught fire while return
ing from a beach outing. The chill
dren were hurt as they rushed to
escape through doors and windows.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
WOMEN RALLIED
BY NINE. CHANG
Calls for Sacrifices to Meet
Japanese Threat to
China,
BY the Associated Press

by lHe hssoclated Press.
NANKING. August 2.-Mme. Chang
Kai-shek has called on the women
of China to fight Japan according
to their ability"
The Wellesley-educated wife OF the
head of the central government her.
Evening star., 1937-08-02
Curb on U. S. Spending Urged.

John c. Gebhart, director Of the
National Economy League. yesterday
urged curtailment Of Federal spend
ing, with the warning that successive
Treasury deficits would lead to dis
astrous imitation" or "insuperable tax
burdens"
Evening star., 1937-08-02
Santiago 1glesias to Speak.

Santiago Iglesias, resident commits
sioner of Puerto Rico in Congress,
will be principal speaker at a meeting
to be held under auspices OF the
Spanish Committee in Defense of
Democracy at the Earle Restaurant at
10 pm. tonight
Evening star., 1937-08-02

self secretary
general Of his air
forces, declared
yesterday: In
the World War
the women Of
ev cry country
gave their best
the women Of
China are no less
patriotic or capa-
Bile of physical
endurance than
the women Of
other lands. This
we shall show the
world"