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Evening star., 1937-12-23
Mrs. Roosevelt
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journey from New York by Mrs. James
r. Roosevelt, widow Of the Presidents s
half-brother. These two will assist
Mrs. James Roosevelt, wife of the
Presidents eldest son, in carrying out
the plans and making arrangements
Tor the White House festivities.
Another change in the original
plans as announced at the White
House today is that Franklin, jr., now
studying law at the University of
Virginia, will not join the Roosevelt
family at the White House with his
helress bride. the former Ethel du
FONT, until Christmas afternoon. 1t
was originally planned that they
would join the family Christmas Eve
and remain until early afternoon,
When they would motor to Whining
ton, Del. to spend the rest of Christ
mas with the brides parents.
Employees Received.
Inc Christmas celebration at the
White House started during the fore
noon today, when the President, as
sisted by his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
James Roosevelt, received in his Office
the nearly 200 clerks and other en-
pioyes OF the Executive Office. Form
ing long line, the employees shook
hands with the President and received
seasonal greetings and gifts in the
form OF a memorandum pad holder
WIN the Presidents seal inscribed
upon it.
Late this afternoon the President
Will receive in the East Room of the
Wnlte House the members of the
white House staff and police force and
"nite House garage who will be ac-
companied by their families and minor
children. To each of these the Presi-
dent will give CHEEKY greeting and
small present.
Ioday's Christmas celebration plans
at the White House also included cele-
oration of the thirtieth anniversary
OF the birth of James Roosevelt, the
PRESIDENTS eldest son and one of his
secretaries. Young Roosevelt was at
iis oeSK Cne greater part OF the Qay
and tonight will have q dinner party
in his honor at the White House.
During the forenoon he received a
birthday serenade in his Office, the
music being furnished by Powder
River" Jack Lee and his wife Kitty
of Montana, who were attired in their
striking looking Western costumes.
Mr.. Roosevelt spent the greater part
of the day laboring in his office, his
principal conference being with Secre-
tary of the Treasury Henry w. Nor
genthau and Daniel w. Bell, acting
director of the budget, who are finish
ing the budget which the President
expects to transmit to Congress on
January 3. The President will hold
his customary weekly meeting with
his cabinet this afternoon.
Evening star., 1937-12-23
Congress
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wright. Mr.. Roosevelt called on men,
berS of Congress to be content with
smaller slices of Federal funds for
their pet projects, in order that the
budget may be approximately bal
anced
After reciting what he termed "un-
palatable" but perfectly true" facts
about the necessity for economy, he
said in the letter:
More than 5000 counties in the
United States are glad to get every
possible expenditure of Federal funds
within their counties, but know you
will agree with me that if we legis-
lated with that as the principal OBJ
jective in mind, there would not be
any Democratic party and there would
not be any solvent government after
few years"
THE Congress" the Chief Execu-
tive added, has a perfect right con-
stitutionally to exceed the budget, but,
if the budget is exceeded, obviously
the Congress must accept full re-
sponsibility, and obviously the Demo-
cratic members, which has such a
large majority in the Congress must
equally accept the full responsibility"
Suggested Curtailing Program.
Recently Mr.. Roosevelt suggested
curtailing the road construction pro-
gram by canceling certain authoriza-
tions before January l. Failure Of
Congress to repeal the authorizations
at the special session left the Secre-
tary Of Agriculture no alternative to
apportioning among the States $A4,-
000, 900 for use on roads in the next
fiscal year.
Mr.. Cartwright wrote the President
recently that no member Of his COM
mittee had requested a meeting for
immediate consideration Of cancella-
tion.
Meanwhile. the close lineup on the
principal votes in the. special session
indicated that despite huge Demo-
cratic majorities in both houses, op-
posing forces in the coming session
might be almost even in strength.
A review Of the session disclosed
only three real test votes. The ad-
ministration won two of these by mar
row margins and lost one by a fairly
| close vote.
They were: The House vote on re-
committing the farm bill, which failed
by half dozen votes; the Senate vote
to substitute an entirely different
measure for the administration farn,
bill, which lost by five votes and
the House vote to recommit the wage
hour bill, which carried.
The wage-hour vote marked the first
time since Mr.. Roosevelt took of,,cs
that the House has revolted on a
fundamental administration recon-
mendation.
Evening star., 1937-12-23
300 FLEE HANkOW
FEARING ATTACK
Americans and Foreigners Leave
in Flag-Draped "Christmas
Express" Train.

By the Associated Press.
HANKOW, China, Dec. 23.-Three
hundred Americans and other foreign
ers fed a feared japanese attack on
this temporary seat of Chinese gov
ernment tonight. They were aboard
an international christmas express"
evacuation train.
The flag-drapped train, OF which
both Chinese and japanese had been
informed in advance, was expected
to reach Hong Kong on Christmas or
the day after.
OF the 800 refugees, 81 were Amer
leans, most of them wives and families
OF missionaries at Hankow, Wuchang
and Hanyang.
Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson
rendered official thanks to British
consular officials, business men and
Chinese government officials who CO.
operated in arrangements for the
refugee train.
Although japanese have not molested
Hankow in recent weeks, Chinese gov
eminent departments were preparing
to leave soon for Chungking in Szech-
wan Province. Ambassador johnson
was considering moving to Chungking
with the government and canceling
previous plans to go to Shanghai.
Evening star., 1937-12-23
HUSBAND GUILTY
OF Staying WIFE
Jury Convicts Former D. C.
Policeman After Study.
ing Case 24 Hours.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FREDERICK, Md, Dec. 2a.-Wil-
liam H. Buckingham, former WASH
ington, D. c., policeman, was convicted
OF murder in the second degree today
for the fatal shooting of his wife
Elizabeth, last July 10 after a quarrel
in their Carroll County home.
The jury deliberated almost "a hours
before reaching verdict, which car
ries a possible prison sentence of to
l8 years.
Buckingham, 81, his forehead bear
ing the scars Of gunshot wound, al
legedly self-inflicted after the shoot
ing Of his wife, remained stolid as the
verdict was read. He contended an
unknown intruder shot both himself
and Mrs. Buckingham. He was In q
hospital for weeks after the shooting.
State witnesses testified the Buck
inghams had quarreled violently over
the former policeman's attention to
other women.
Evening star., 1937-12-23
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey he AsSocia ted Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23-Charles Hester,
whose head started ticking when a shell
burst beside him during the World
War, learned today the cure OF his
strange ailment virtually was a matter
of practice.
The Shawnee, Okla, head ticker"
has been in Hines Hospital for three
weeks. During that time several spe-
cialists in oral and cranial disorders
have studied his peculiar affliction.
The sound of the ticking audible a
few inches from Mr. Hesters ear,
travels through the eustachian tube to
the middle ear and is caused by the
palatal muscles, said specialist.
THE movement is caused by an
action that should not be termed
voluntary because We do not know that
he wants to do it," explained the
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Florida to K and through K street to
Third NE. where the trio stopped.
Receiving a telephone call from
Beltsville shortly after 7 am. to-
day that the Jarvis filling station
had been robbed by three boys in a
car with Pennsylvania license tags,
the two policemen entered the scout
car in front of the police station
just as a car with Pennsylvania tags
sped past Then the chase was on.
At the ninth precinct station. police
said holes in the rear window of their
car indicated that only a AS caliber
pistol and luger had been fired. One
man was armed with a .32-caliber
pistol which did not show signs Of
having been fired. according to Pear
son and Briscoe. Pearson said ne fired
eight shots at the fleeing car.
At the Hyattsville police station,
the three admitted the hold-up
according to police, and said the car
had been stolen in Philadelphia.
They said they stole two cars. aban-
doning the first In favor of the one
they were driving
According to the report made to
police. the boys drove into the
Jarvis station on the Baltimore boule-
ward and ordered a tank of gas.
When the tank was filled, two of
the boys drew pistols and told the
attendant:
Here is your pay" and drove of
Unable to Explain Act.
At the station. Billerback, who said
he was high school student and the
son of a Philadelphia draughtsman
couldn't explain why he had done it.
"All at once I just found myself in
a peck Of trouble" he lamented. He
said he left Philadelphia last night
after attending school at the Gratz
High School and hoped to get job as
bellboy in st. Petersburg.
II was never in any serious trouble
before" he said, except once when a
gun we were fooling with went off and
shot boy In the foot. We were taken
to police headquarters but released
without charge"
An Associated Press dispatch from
Philadelphia confirmed the fact that
none Of the three had a previous po-
lice record there, but said Billerback
was reported absent from the Grat2
school since December IS.
Sheldon, a graduate of the Rising
Sun School of Aeronautics, said he
had hoped to get a job as an airline
mechanic in Florida.
Harton, who said he left high school
last year while he was in the second
year, said he was just going along with
them.
All three boys said they loved gang
buster" radio programs, but were never
impressed with the fact that the
criminal always got it in the neck"
Evening star., 1937-12-23
PEDESTRIAN KILLED

Sperryville Man Hit by Truck
Near Washington, Va.
FRONT ROYAL, Va, Dec. % LP.-
Noah Frazier, 10, Of Sperryville, was
killed yesterday by a small truck
while he was walking along the Lee
Highway miles east of Washing
ton, Va.
State Traffic Oficer Turner A.
Slaughter, who investigated, said the
truck driver was summoned for a
hearing December 20 in Washington.
The truck, he said, was from Glouces-
ter County.
Evening star., 1937-12-23

important, and l decided that the
cause of revolution could still be in
trusted to Stain. But events of the
last year, and especially of the last
six months, the systematic method
with which Stain has exterminated
all those who were Lenin's associates,
all those who helped make the revo-
luton, all those who have built up
Russia during the last 20 years, has
proved to me as to many others that
only the facade of what we sought to
create is now left, and that behind
that facade, in the name of the revo-
luton and the workers, crimes which
cannot be too forcibly denounced are
being committed against humanity
and against the workers cause.
What is happening now in Russia
is the greatest lie in the world and
the greatest crime against the world
workers movement that has ever
been known. Nobody has any right,
if he believes as I do in the work.
ers' cause, to conceal this state of
affairs and allow his comrades to
keep their illusions about Soviet
Russia.
Running Personal Risk.
I am quite aware that I am run
ming a personal risk in denouncing
the Moscow government. The fate
which overlook Reiss may overtake
me, but those who assassinated him
miscalculated if they believed that
their act would dissuade others from
doing their duty
During my last months spent as
Charge d'Affaires at Athens, all my
friends in Moscow stopped writing to
me, my chiefs did not answer my let
ters, my desk and papers were
searched, and, finally, Soviet ship
arrived and 1 was invited to dine
aboard. I was suspect because I
had expressed some doubt about the
justice of those early trials. But Mos
cow did not dare accuse me openly.
That is not now it's method. I was
to disappear as so many others have
disappeared.
If 1 had been recalled to Moscow
I would then have gone like Yurenev,
Ambassador to Berlin; Davtian, AM
bassador to Warsaw; Karsky, Ambas-
sador to Turkey; Brodovski, Minister
to Riga, and Podolsky, Minister to
kaunas, all of whom were recalled
and shot. What risk I am running
now is no greater than the risk I
would run remaining in the service Of
my country.
felt it would be doing a far
greater service to the workers every
where to do what I have done. to
resign and try to explain the real
meaning OF the events in Russia. to
protect the memory of my fellow
revolutionaries in time past against
accusations that they had become
traitors and spies, and perhaps to
save the lives of some of those who
are now under threat of death by
the hands of that mysterious power
which now reigns in Moscow where
we sought to establish justice and
happiness for the worker.
There is no public opinion in Russia,
because the truth is not told there.
and it is to the public opinion of the
world that appeal must be made il
democracy in Russia is to be saved.
(Copyright. 1887. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1937-12-23
BOY, II, INJURED

Struck by a hit-and-run bicyclist,
Thad Toomer, IL, colored, was in a
serious condition today in Children S
Hospital with a compound fracture
OF the leg.
The youth, who lives at 116 Adams
street NV, was knocked down while
walking on the sidewalk in the 100
block of Sixth street NV. yesterday.
He was taken to the hospital by a
motorist.
Evening star., 1937-12-23
UTAHANS PLAN DANCE

Annual Christmas Celebration to
Be Held at Shoreham.
The Utah State Society will hold
its annual Christmas dance Christmas
night at the Shoreham Hotel.
Patrons and patronesses for the
affair are Senator and Mrs. Ebert D.
Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold A.
La Fount, Judge and Mrs. Harold M
Stephens. Judge and Mrs. G. A. Iver-
son and DR.. and Mrs. Marcus Burton.
Evening star., 1937-12-23
0USTED AIDE CALLS
STAIN 'BETRAYER'
Barmine Sees Reactionary
Dictatorship Set-up in
in Russia.

Light on the "hquidetion" policy
Of Stain, under Which some of the
outstanding political and military
leaders OF Sopiet Russia hape been
executed, is cast here in one of a
series OF articles. The Driter, for
n1er Soviet Charge d'Afaires in
Athens, Greece, recently resigned
and fled to Paris, fearing for his
he. He had serDed the Soviet as q
diplomat for 10 years.
Evening star., 1937-12-23
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The Washington times., 1937-08-10
CubanS to Form
Optimist Clubs

HAVANA, Aug. 10 QN.S).
Optimists clubs are to be organ
lied throughout Cuba, it was an
nounced here today by j. A.
Gregory, Tampa publisher Ua
Traduccion) and lieutenant cover.
nor of the Optimists fourth dis
trict, comprising Georgia. Florida
and the new field in Cuba.
Gregory, whose organization
work is being aided by Representa-.
tive Fico Lopez Of the Cuban con-
greSs, says Governor James ALI
red, of Texas, hopes to attend the
organization meeting in Septem-
Der.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
PRESIDENT PAYS
TRIBUTE TO FIRST
AMERICAN BABY
Fete at Roanoke Island
Honors Virginia Dare
By EARL GOODWIN

BY EARL GOODWIN
They call Virginia Dare 1.-THE
first child of English parentage
born in the American colonies"
But they could just as well call
her The Nine Days Wonder.
For when the President goes
down to Roanoke Island. August 10,
to deliver a nationwide broadcast
as part of the 350th anniversary
Of the birth of this child, he
knows from his researches into
American history that there are
only nine days Of Virginia Dare's
life which are known to historians.
Record Is Missing
She was born August 10. 1887,
In the colony sent over by Sir
Walter Raleigh. She was the
granddaughter of the man named
White who had been selected as
governor of the colony before the
settlers left England. Nine days
after she was born, Governor
White took ship back to England.
After that-darknesS as far as
Virginia Dare is concerned. NO
record Of her in England or in the
United States :. And yet on
August 10 the world will hear all
about her through Mr.. RooSevelt's
voice and Postmaster General Far
ley will issue 10000, 900 large and
handsome scent stamps for which
thousands of philatelists will
scramble madly.
A special post office force will be
sent to Manteo, N. c., to handle
the first day covers which will
bear an engraved picture of what
the Post office thinks is Virginia
Dare's family. All this makes Vir-
ginia Dare the most publicized in
FAINT in the United States-but no
one has the slightest idea what
happened to her.
Months Celebration
A whole month of celebration
has preceded the Presidents part
In the Virginia Dare observance.
It has been a fine thing for the
promoters of that part Of the
world as we'll as giving an impetus
to historic research.
The only thing known about Vir-
ginia Dare comes from a record
written by the child's grandfather,
Governor White, who was, as far
as we know from the records, the
sole survivor Of the lost colony.
That record reads:
ION the eighteenth august,
1850 Eleanor, daughter to the
governor, and wife to AnaniaS
Dare, one of the assistants, was
delivered of a daughter in Ro-
anoke, and the same was chris
tened there Sunday following,
and because this child was the
first Christian born in Virginia,
she was named Virginia"
Colony VaniSheS
Governor White had intended
to return with supplies but he
arrived in England at bad time.
The Spanish threatened England.
The next year the Spanish armada
sailed to destroy England and was
itself destroyed by storms. Three
years later Governor White landed
on the site of the original colony
and found not a single trace
thereof-except some letters carved
in a tree. The governor never
found the slightest hint of what
had happened. Later expeditions
Searched-but to no avail.
On this flimsy story has grown
the traditions of the first of the
settlements backed by the English
government in the time Of Queen
Elizabeth. The President will take
part in commemorative exercises
presided over by Representative
Lindsay Warren of North Carolina,
who has been extremely active in
legislation connected with the
anniversary.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10

Comet hunting will be WASH.
ington's favorite outdoor sport to.
night.
For Finsler's comet, discovered
a month ago by DR.. Paul Finsler
OF Zurich, Switzerland, will be
visible to the naked eve.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
DEATH PLAYS TRICKS

LYNN, Mass, Aug. 10 Q.N.S0.
Death is always playing tricks.
Here's another example. A note
bearing news of the death of 10
seph Burnham, of Brockton, to his
brother Charles, of this city, was
too late. Charles had also died and
the note to the home of the
brother in Brockton was also late.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Wild Punch Breaks Leg

EDINBURG, Texas, Aug. 10
G.N.S0.-Fred Thompson's zeal
at following through when he
swings a punch had him in a hos.
pital here today. where his frac-
tured leg is mending.
Thompson explained tn a t he
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
cARUSI TALKS TO LIONS

SILVER SPRING, Md, Aug. 10.
Ugo Carusi, executive assistant to
the Attorney General Of the United
States, will speak on work Of the
Attorney Generals office at a din
ner meeting Of the Silver Spring
Lions Club tonight at $50 o'clock
at the Indian Spring Country
T1Jfh
The Washington times., 1937-08-10

The comet, which has a head
eight times the size of the earth
and a tail 100000 miles long,
will be a mere 100000 miles
away from U.S.
To find the visitor, locate the
Big Dipper in the northern sky.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Capital on Lookout for Comet

Then squirt down the handle, and
between the second and third
stars from the end you will see the
comet.
OF course, If you have a tele-
scope you will have a much better
view.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10

took a punch at an adversary in
his home town Of Hargill. When
he followed through in the best
pugilistic form, his leg twisted and
broke under the force Of the mis-
aimed blow.
Evening star., 1937-01-28
GRANGER GUEST
. ON VAL[EE'S HOUR
Brian Aherne Also on Variety
Program-NeW Chorus
to Make Debut.

ERCY GRANGER, famous con-
- cert pianist, will make one Of
his rare radio appearances as
l. guest star on Rudy Vallee's
Variety Hour tonight at o'clock over
WRC and other N. B. c. stations.
Sharing the spotlight with Granger
will be Brian Aherne Of movie fame,
a new quartet called Men Of Gotham,
and Eddie Green, colored comic.
Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees
have Just returned to New York after
an engagement in Florida. Next week
the broadcast will originate in st.
Paul, MINI.
"X7OCAL VARIETIES, heralded as
one of radios most unusual mu-
sical programs, will make its debut on
WRC at 7:15.
A chorus of IA voices, blended to
produce the effect Of vocal orches-
tra," will present the program. The
instrumental accompaniment will be
composed of piano, organ, string bass
and guitar.
VICTOR McLAGLEN, burly motion
V picture star, will contribute to
Bing Crosby's Music Hall" program
on WRC at 10. Josephine Tunninia,
soprano, and Rosalind Marquis, screen
star, also are scheduled to take part.
SIXTEEN children will present spe-
cial revue as a feature of Lanny
Ross program on WRC at 9. Mary
Small, 15-year-old contralto. will act
as mistress of ceremonies. In addi-
ton, she will sing winter Wonder
land" and Alabama Barbecue"
FLOYD GIBBONS will dramatize the
heroic capture Of a robber by
Charles Heyler, deputy post Office in
spector, during his program on WJSV
at 10. Two other authentic adven-
lures also will be dramatized.
d REPRESENTATIVE MAVERICK of
Az Texas, Democrat, will speak over
WMAL at 7:45. His topic will be ''Is
the General Welfare Constitutional"
Evening star., 1937-01-28
Park Official Lectures.

James B. Williams. special collab-
orator of the National Park Service,
spoke on Recreation in National
Parks and State Areas" in the Gov
eminent Auditorium, Thirteenth street
and Constitution avenue, last night.
Movies of Yellowstone National Park,
the Chopawamsic Recreational DEM
onstration Area near Quantico, Va,
and Alabama State Parks were shown.
Evening star., 1937-01-28
D. C. NEWSPAPER GUILD
REFLECTS R. M. BUCK
President, Other Officers and Elk
ecutive Committee Chosen at
Annual Meeting.

Robert M. Buck of the Washington
Daily News was reelected president
of the Washington Newspaper Guild
at the annual election in the District
Building last night.
Nathan w. Robertson, Associated
Press, was named first vice president;
Louis ]. Heath, United Press, second
vice president; Carlton Skinner, Wall
Street Journal, secretary, and Ben
Evening star., 1937-01-28

Pearse, The Evening Star, treasurer.
Those elected to the Executive Com
mittee we're Paul A. Conlin, Times;
Elizabeth May Craig, Portland Press
Herald: c. Stanley Garrison. United
Mine Workers Journal; Herbert Little,
Scripps Howard Newspaper Alliance;
George T. OrDell, Newspaper Informa-
ton Service; Joseph L. Ranft, Herald;
Harrison Salisbury. United Press;
James D. Secrest, Post; Richard l..
Turner, United Press. and Jay Walz,
Post.
Evening star., 1937-01-28

Halley's comet, on its last appear
ance In 1915, had long and very
brilliant tail. ,..,..-. .......
Evening star., 1937-01-28

Twins Are Not Related.
Misses Pauline Duke and Edith
Newman, both Of Vernon, Ala, were
born the same day. They are both
twins, but are not related.
Evening star., 1937-01-28
Air Headliners

4clNo4ACos
Evening Programs.
500 p.m.-WRC, Rudy Vallee;
VOL, give Star Final;
WJSV, The Band
Wagon; WMAL, When
the Flood Came"
900 p.m.-WRC, Show Boat;
WMAL, Rochester Phil
harmonic Orchestra;
WJSV, Maj. Bowes'
Amateurs.
1000 p.m.-WRC, Music Hall;
WJSV, Floyd Gibbons.
1880 p.m.-WMAL. Slum Der
Music.
Short.Wave Programs.
1880 p.m.-LONDON, Musical
Program, GSD, 25.5 m,
ITS meg.
900 p.m.-MONTREAL, This
Is Paris" CRCX, 49.2
m, 500 meg.
1910 p.m.-LONDON, Musical
Program. GsD. 25.5 M,
11::75 meg. {
Evening star., 1937-12-03

The Netherlands government has
placed q large order for naval and
| military airplanes