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Atmeyer Call
Security Act
imperfect

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, July
II UN.SO.-The Federal Social
Security Board, declared today at
never will be perfect. but it is a
fair start, DR.. Arthur j. Alt
meyer, chairman of the Social
Security Board declared today at
the University of Virginia InSti-
tute of Public Affairs.
Many problems Of security have
not been touched yet, and even
administrative problems Of the
present act have not been solved,
DR.. Altmeyer said.
Pointing out that different
States have different scales Of
aid for the aged, dependent chill
dren and the blind, he said:
Most of this variation is due
to differences between the
States in their ability to meet
the financial burden entailed.
Some of it is also due to differ
enceS in the cost of living.
1T may not be possible or
desirable to establish uniformity
in allowances to individuals
throughout all the States.
Nevertheless, consideration may
well be given to the develop
ment of variable rather than
fixed Federal grantS-tO-aid SO
that States may receive Federal
assistance in accordance with
their financial ability to carry
out these plans. However, this
problem is most difficult, and
no completely satisfactory sOlu-
ton has yet been found"
Problems of unemployment COM
penSation, DR.. Altmeyer said, are
far more difficult in this country
than in any other country in the
world, because of the size of the
United States, and the varied in.
dustries and modes of living. He
said:
ct is unfair to expect that
the United States should start
at a level reached elsewhere
only after long administrative
experience"
The questions of extending old
age benefits to agricultural and
other workers not now included
and of making provisions FOL
widows and orphans are prob
lens DR.. Altmeyer says he be
lieveS he can be, worked out be
fore monthly old-age benefit pay
mentS become due January /
1912.
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MR.. MAE WEST
W|NSP0|NT

LOS ANGELES, July II Q.N.S)
Mae West officially is married to-
day-but the buxom film stars
legal troubles are by no means
ended.
While the famous "come.up-and-
see .me-sometime" actress, usually
so well supplied with retorts, re-
manned silent, attorneys for Frank
Wallace declared they had further
court moves under way.
Wallace, a Broadway dancer
now known as "Mr. Mae West, +"
yesterday won court recognition
Of his marriage to Miss West in
Milwaukee, Wis, April II, 1911.
He had sued for such recognition,
but it was granted over the pro-
test Of his own attorney.
Wallace's attorneys were seeking
to have Miss West make deposi'
ton on whether she was a kiss
less bride" 26 years ago.
When the actress attorneys
moved to have the case decided
Judge r. w. Kenney ruled that
whether Miss West and Wallace
lived together Knight be of his.
torical interest, but is not per.
tinent to this case"
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WRITER FOUND
BADLY BEATEN

PITTSBURGH, July II G.N.SJ.
Charles F. Danver, columnist on
the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. was
found beaten unconscious early
today within a block Of his home.
He was reported in a serious
condition with a possibly fractured
skull, a fractured jaw, scalp
bruises and cuts over the left eye.
Police said he was found with
his coat torn off, his shirt, under
clothes and necktie torn, and his
empty wallet lying nearby. On
the ground were scattered SO in
bills and some change.
Newspaper friends of Danver
said they saw him leave a news
paper day picnic at a local amuSe-
ment park early this morning in
an automobile. Police were at
tempting to identify the driver.
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FIRE RECORD

(From 10 a. m. July is to 10 a. m
July ID
1929 A. M.-4SO1 Wisconsin Ave. N
HOO 4. M.-Rox 275. needless
1l:54 A. M.-3300 block of Nichols
Ave. S. E.. automobile.
3:?4 P. Mas Harvard st. n. W.,
needless.
5:45 P. M.-Box 4s1, false.
ESQ P. M,--Cathedral Avenue. be-
tween Thirty ninth Street and New Mex
leo Avenue Northwest, tree on wires.
1856 P. M.-Fourth and Claiming
Street Northeast. electric wire down.
1888 P. Mise T st. n. W., short
sos P. M.-121s Kenfworth Ave. N.
E., short circuit.
sos P. M.-Third and Indiana Ave
nue. Northwest. automobile.
seq P. M.-Box 2S2, false.
1928 P. M.-s27 P st. N. W. refrigera-
s:11 P. M.-32OO block of Van Hazsn
ST n. W, limb on wires
9:1s P. M.-11O2 Fourth st. n. w,
ITO P. Ms New York Ave. n.
e. floor.
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AirpIdnes TO Combat
Grasshoppers in West

DENVER, July II G.N.S0.-Use
of airplanes in the war being
waged on the western plains
against grasshopper hordes was to
be tested in the Fort Morgan,
Colo, area today.
The plane will take off from
Fort Morgan and fly over one Of
the most heavily infested areas in
the State, spraying grasShopper
poison in the same manner that
planes have been used to spray
cotton in the South, according to
plans announced in the office OF
Gov. Teller Ammons.
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HUNTF0R BRIDE
.0F 'BLUEBEARD'

TORONTO, July 16 G.N.SJ.
Search for Mrs. Christina McKen-
zie, Of Allandale, Ont, one of the
20 brides" of George Fritz Roedi-
ger, conferred here today.
A fortune in cash allegedly de-
posted in half dozen Toronto
banks by Roediger has been un-
covered by authorities, police re-
vealed today.
The source of the income, which
is said to make him IAN extremely
wealthy man." is being investi-
gated. Roediger, a German i'm
migrant, never worked except as
a butcher, as far as can be learned.
The trail Of the "Bluebeard"
Roediger has led to other accounts
in Ontario cities and in western
Canada.
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Son Aids Millionaire
Fight $4,000 Suit

PASADENA, Cal, July IT
0.N.S0-Thomas Warner, ST.,
millionaire auto accessories manu-
facturer, and his son, Thomas
Warner, jr., were friends today in
face of a $4,000 suit filed against
Warner, sr.
The suit assertedly grew out of
the fathers attempts to block the
planned marriage of the son to
Mrs. Jean Macdonald, divorce.
It was filed by Mrs. Pearl Anti
bus, private investigator, who
charged she suffered injuries when
the father led six investigators
into her home and forcibly took
out Warner. jr.
In aligning himself beside his
father to aid in fighting the suit.
young Warner declared he had
hired Mrs. Antibus to help HIM
discover whether Mrs. Macdonald
really loved him.
He said he spent $4,000 In hir.
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I R UCE RULES
SENATOR'S IN
COURT ISSUE
Continued from Page II

CONTINUED from Page II
Barley and Harrison remained
on Capitol Hill to guard against
surprise attacks from their oppo.
nents. Most observers deemed
these strategic safeguards were
unnecessary since many impor.
tant figures in all four camps
including Barley and Harrison
were in the funeral party.
There remained much bitter.
ness in the camp Of court bill OPP
ponents over the Presidents letter
inferentially charging them with
playing politics during the armis-
tice over Robinson's death. They
may take steps next week to de-
termine why the President made
this charge.
There was a movement afoot,
too, among court bill foes to answer
the Presidents demand for enact
ment Of the measure. Some oppo-
nents wished to answer it directly,
while others proposed to have diff.
ferent individuals answer it in the
debate next week.
Initial efforts by Barkley's
friends to link the court fight to
the leadership contest were on the
wane. At first, they pointed to
the Presidents letter, addressed
to Dear Alben" and as acting
Democratic leader" as clearly re.
vealing Mr.. Roosevelt's choice.
This advantage, however, was off.
set when the President conferred
with Harrison and authorized a
statement that the President
would keep hands off in the con.
test"
Run Into PitfalI
The Barley followers also ran
into a pitfall when several anti.
court bill Senators, who are sup
porting him, protested the conten.
ton that the measure was an issue
in the leadership race. They de-
clared they were supporting Bark
ley even though opposed to the
bill.
Many court bill opponents, how.
ever, were leaders in the Harrison
camp. So, too, were some of the
prominent court bill supporters,
including Senator Byrnes CD of
South Carolina, who withdrew
from the leadership race and an.
nounced himself privately for Har-
rison. It therefore was difficult to
inject the issue into the leadership
race as the winner must almost in
evitably win a majority in each
camp.
Tentative plans are understood
to have been made today by op-
ponepts of the Presidents court
bill to move to recommit the
measure to the Judiciary Com
mittee next Tuesday.
Although unconfirmed, the re-
port is that three of the men,
bers Of the Senate heretofore not
identified with anti-court bloc
have pledged their votes for re-
committal with the Wheeler.
Burke contingent.
However, these three members
are on the trip to Arkansas to
attend the funeral of the late
Senator Joseph T. Robinson and
it is feared that pressure may be
brought to bear on them from
high Administration officials dur
ing the trip which will cause them
to refuse to vote to recomnit.
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} Miss Prince lived with Miss
Dorothea Gilligan, SO, secretary
to DR.. Webster, it was revealed.
She was questioned yesterday
afternoon and released. Early last
evening she was taken back to
police headquarters for further
questioning. Not satisfied they
had covered the ground thor
oughly, police entered her name in
the arrest book and held her over
night with the technical notation
suspicious person" beside her
name.
Girl Is Cleared
Today, after an hours question
ing, she was cleared of any con.
nection with the case and released
after telling a clear, Straightfor-
ward story, according to Deputy
Police Superintendent James j.
Cusick. He said:
"We're right back where we
started from. We are satisfied
she had nothing worth while to
tell"
For clues to identity Of the
phantom slayer" of DR.. Webster
at the door of his home early Fri
day, police now are questioning
more than 300 of his patients.
From files of DR.. Webster'S
medical records, detectives drew
names of persons high in ranks
of society, and others who &C.
cepted charity ministrations.
Satisfied the doctor did not
have q known enemy, and that
robbery was not the motive for
his killing, police accepted the
theory DR.. Webster was killed by
some revengeful person, motivated
perhaps by a mind warped by
loss of a dear one who may have
been a patient of the doctor.
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services and interment will be-
Sunday.
More than 100 Senate and
House colleagues and representa-
tives of official Washington
boarded the special train follow
ing a state funeral service in the
Senate yesterday.
Mrs. Robinson and other mem
bers Of the family were secluded
today in a special car, which
carried the silvery casket, banked
with flowers. An honor guard Of
two Capitol policemen stood watch
over the remains.
Mrs. Robinson was accompanied
by Hattie M. Caraway, herself a
widow, who became the senior Sen.
ator from Arkansas when the
majority leader died Of a heart at
tack Wednesday.
The other members Of the fam
lily were Charles and Grady Miller,
brothers of Mrs. Robinson, and
their families, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Robinson, jr.
Close friends and Government
officials who accompanied the
funeral party included Bernard
Baruch, New York financier;
James A. Farley, Postmaster Gen
eral and chairman Of the Demo
cratic National Committee; Joseph
B. keenan,, Assistant Attorney
General; Harvey Couch, Arkansas
utilities nagnate, and Charles
West, White House Intermediary.
Friends, Foes Grieve
President Roosevelt was repre-
sented by two White House aides,
Col. Edwin M. Watson and Capt.
Paul Bastedo.
Political friends and enemies of
the leader, who died at the height
Of the Senate battle over the Su-
preme Court issue, Joined in Sor-
row on the 12-car train. Some Of
them expended great personal ef-
fort to make the journey.
Senator AShurst CD of Arizona,
chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee. rose from a Sick-bed
that kept him from attending the
state funeral. Senator McCarran
Cd of Nevada, bitter foe of the
court bill also boarded the train
against his doctors orders.
The funeral party will conclude
its journey Sunday morning at
Little Rock, where Robinson was
born almost IS years ago.
Garner To Attend
The Congressional delegation
will be met by Vice President Gar
ner, who was mentioning at his
home in Uvalde, Texas, when Rob
inson died.
The body will be escorted to the
State capitol, where it will lie in
state until 3 p. m, when final
services will be held at the First
Methodist Church. Interment
will be in the family cemetery.
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PASTORS HEAD
TURNED BY
WOMEN

Pittsfield, Ill, July II Q.N.S0
he Rev. Col. Ellsworth Newton
who beat his admiring parishioner
and inamorata to death with an
iron dumb-bell, today was de-
scribed as an egomaniac whose
success with women had gone to
his head.
The 125-pound, 51-year-old Bap-
fist pastor had an almost I'M
believable attraction for women.
some of whom thought him a god,
States Attorney Merrill Johnston
revealed today. The minister still
appears youthful. Attorney Johns
ton said:
"The Rev. Mr.. Newton had
very winning ways with women.
As he grew older and still re-
tanned an almost bOyish physi-
cal appearance he was even
more successful in his love
making.
"FinaIIy, he thought he could
do no wrong at all. 1t was then
he began to identify himself
with God"
The prosecutor quoted Myra
Hanan, the girl Pastor Newton
took into his home in 1919 and
who had remained devoted to him
since, as saying:
II thought he was God. He
was God"
Besides Miss Hanan, the pastors
wife also remained devoted to him,
while the woman he killed, Mrs.
Maybelle Kelley, was insisting that
he run away with her and had
drawn $3.50 of her own money
from the bank for that purpose at
the time he beat her to death.
How completely confident the
pastor was of his power over
women was illustrated by the fact
that he turned over the 1880 he
had taken from the slain woman
to Myra Hanan for bookkeeping. u
It was Miss Hanan's revelation
of this fact that led to the min,
ister's arrest and subsequent con
fession. Johnston said:
"That was what broke him.
When he found one of his women
had gone back on him, his ire
mendOus ego was punctured.
Then he ratified off his cOnfes-
SION"
Meanwhile, with preparations
moving speedily ahead to indict
him and send him to the electric
chair, Newton remained supremelS
calm in his jail cell today.
81 do not need prayers. Do
you need prayers? All, but you
wouldn't understand"
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Kin Of Blast Victims
Will Be Given 100000

SULLIVAN, Ind, July II
T.N.SO.-Ab $4,000 in work
mems compensation will be dis
tributed among the families of 20
miners killed in an explosion at
the Baker mine near here Thurs
day, it was announced today. All
the dead had large families.
The coroner's office and State
and Federal Bureau of Mines are
investigating the blast. An in
quest was ordered.
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CAPITAL HEAT
CONTINUES
CONTINUED from Page u

(COnLl0ueu from rage
skirted the downtown section Of
the city finally sent the readings
into the 70's in early evening.
Tragedy marked the frenzied
rush of the populace to cooler
pursuits as Paul Green, colored,
drowned in Kingman Lake when
he dived into the water after
spending some time fishing on
the bank.
Attempt at rescue was made by
another colored man, Walter Will
liams, of 1917 Ninth st. N. w.,
who failed to bring the Strug-
Cling man to safety in time to
save his life. The dead man,
who was 40 years old, lived at
1900 Q st. N. w.
Felled by the record heat were:
John Armstrong, 81, of GOT Sixth
st. N. E.; Arthur Jones, Al, Of
1923 Fourth st. N. E.; Celesse
Evans, 81, Of 720 Girard st. N.
w.; Ida Maggie, Sc, Of 1872 F st.
N. W.: Emolia King, 81, Of 1910
First st. N. E., and James Hive
ly, Of Arlington, Va.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July II
Q.N.S0.-Three deaths were di-
rectly attributed today to heat
and storms in Ohio. William
Thompson, IS, was killed by a
lightning bolt near Xenia, while
his brother-in-law, Clarence Riley,
40, was knocked unconscious by
the flash.
James Hoelle, a farm hand, died
Of heat prostration near Hamilton,
and Marvin Polling, 80, telephone
lineman, died suddenly while work
ing on a service line.
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Japan S Commandant'
In North China Dead

PEIPING July II G.N.SD.
Japanese military officials today
mourned the death Of Lieut.. Gen.
Kanichiro Tashiro, former North
China garrison commandant, who
succumbed to heart disease at the
age Of Sc.
His duties, which had become
highly important to Japan in the
current crisis, have been taken
over Lieut. Gen. Kiyoshi Katsuki.
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WHH FINES

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at 1917 H st. N. W.. Washington.
D. C.
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Wife No. 7 Divorces
FdrnsWorth, Spy

CINCINNATI, Ohio, July IT
Q.N.S0-On the ground that a
previous marriage was undiSsolved,
Mrs. Catherine Barrett Farms
worth held divorce decree today
from John Sonar Farnsworth, a
Federal prisoner.
Farnsworth, a former lieutenant
commander in the Navy. is serving
a term in Federal prison at
Atlanta, Ga, for conspiracy to
sell Naval secrets to q foreign
nation.
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Aiming 5. PraN
Much Improved

BOOTIBAY HARBOR, Me-,
July 17.-Chatrman Aiming s.
Prall, Of the Federal Communica-
lions Commission, Ill at his sum-
mer home here, was reported
much improved" today.
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Departures from Normal :.
Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January /, 1887, 524.
Excess of temperature since
July i, 1887, %.
Accumulated excess Of precipi-
tation since January /, 1887, 6.99.
Deficiency Of precipitation since
July !, 1887, 0.10.
Temperatures same date last
year-HigheSt, 90; lowest, IS.
Weekly weather outlook for the
period July 10 to "a, inclusive:
North and Middle Atlantic
States: Generally fair, except a
period Of showers middle of week.
Cooler Sunday, warmer by Tues
day, and slightly cooler by Thurs
day. Temperature for week will
likely average about normal.
Ohio Valley and Tennessee:
Showers over west portion Mon
day and Tuesday and over east
portion Tuesday and Wednesday,
then generally fair until the end
Of week, when showers are again
probable. Temperature will likely
average about normal.
Tide Table
High tide todey at 3:04 a. m.
and 1925 p. m.
High tide tomorrow at 1855 a. m.
and 4:19 p. m.
Low tide today at 1903 a. m.
and 1910 p. m.
Low tide tomorrow 1857 h. m.
and 1903 p. m.
The Sun and Moon
Sun rises today at 4:55 a. m. and
sets at 1882 p. m.
Sun rises tomorrow at 4:56 a. m.
and sets at 1881 p. m.
Moon rise today at2:S5 p. m. and
sets at IL (midnight).
Moon roses tomorrow at 1881
o. m. and sets at 0:13 a. m.
TEMPERATURES
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:Myste1:y Girl Freed
XKp Doctors SL0aIi1DQ

R. 0NSDWth elimination
Of
wa Mis- Eizabe
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Treasury Condition

Treasury balance as Of July IS,
$2,514,947, 207.85; internal reve-
nue., $5,553,205.03; customs re-
ceipts $17,838, 292.00.
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Robinson Goes Home
With Senate Escort

ABOARD ROBINSON FUNERAL TRAIN July by the largest
Little final funeral
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TheWeother

District Of Columbia Local
thundershowers late this afternoon
or tonight; Sunday fair and cooler;
moderate southwest winds, shift
ing to northwest by tonight.
Maryland-Local Thunderstorm
ers this afternoon or early tonight,
slightly cooler in north portion to-
night; Sunday generally fair and
cooler. .-a
Temperatures
Yesterday Today
4 p. m. ...o 95 4 a. m. ..... 70
8 p. m. go. IS 8 a. m. ..... 80
Midnight 90. rs Noon ....... 80
Evening star., 1937-01-29
Drunk in School.

LOS ANGELES R.-Fred Meintz,
81, night school student, was /haled
into police court for drunkenness.
What kind Of . school do you at
tend?" the Judge asked.
"Bartenders' school," said Meintz.
His fine was $40.
Evening star., 1937-01-29
Twizxler Answer.

The tourists who had gone from
one country to the other. and given
heir money in the drst place. had
&&ered the discount.
Evening star., 1937-01-29

Across.
I. Twenty-hfth President.
8. Discuss.
Is. Elaborate discourses.
Is. A journeying forth.
II. The sun.
18. Slow.
1s. Wands Of orchestral conductors.
20. Be dizzy.
70. Pertaining to skin.
"a Insect.
IS. An expert: slang.
~. Thespian.
29 Divided.
3d. Beat.
33 Turn.
"a. Any conspicuous part.
IS. Attempt.
ss Wife Of twenty-fifth President.
90 Mother Of Proserpine.
Il. The Bengal ounce.
q. A headland.
a. Old.
Is. Birthplace of twenty fifth Presi-
dent.
~. Pungent.
%. The black rhinoceros.
30. First name Of twenty-fifth Presi-
dent.
IS. Antecedent.
81. Macaw.
IS. Dauhs.
81. fastened.
81. Lobelike.
63. A list.
IS. Anglo-saxon money Of account.
66. Gloss.
81. Assassin Of twenty-hfth President.
50. Councils
20. A cyprinoid fish.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
Trinity College Beauties Lose
Dates to Catholic u. Goods
Surrey Sho,cs Reasons for Changing
Trends Among Patrollers of
Cardinal Pike.

Arguments favoring the co-eds from
undergraduates include the observa-
ton that they may be dated in class,
while it costs nickel phone call even
to get in touch with Trinity student,
The coed also is able to offer the
atmosphere Of "the home and home
cooking"
According to the studious element
at the university, major cause for
the recession is the fact that the pro-
fessors, taking cognizance of the
"pike-patrolling brigade" have stiff.
ened the courses to the point where
the student now spends the day in his
study instead of meeting q Trinite
at the village drug store.
"The recent business depression has
forced dad to cut my allowance
in half" confessed another youth
Therefore I have had to drop my
Trinity connections The report
however, declared this reason not
typical. because most Of us don't
have any allowance"