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Evening star., 1937-04-27
Nagel Turns Director.

CONRAD NAGEL is the latest actor
to turn to directing. Within the
next few weeks he will sit in direc-
tors chair and pilot cast, headed by
Bruce Cabot, through Love Takes
Flight" This is for Grand National.
the same company, incidentally, for
which former comedy star Douglas
MacLean now is producer.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
Souvenir.

Hams have been known to collect
everything, but Myrna 10y had
the strangest experience of all the
players.
Glancing from the living room win
dow OF her new Coldwater Canyon
home, the M.-G.-M. star was surprised
to see a man loading small tree onto
his car. Sending the gardener out,
she learned, much to her surprise, the
visitor" was a fan and had chopped
down one of her priced trees.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
Garbo Dances.

A FTER all his years on stage and
screen, Charles Boyer is taking
dancing lessons. And his teacher is
none other than Garbo.
Evening star., 1937-12-06
SENATEUNIT DELAYS
ACTION ON JUSTICES
Postpones Considerations of Nom
nations on Request of
McCarran.

The Senate Judiciary Committee to-
day postponed action until Wednes-
day on the nominations of Prof
Henry w. Edgerton of New York and
Representative Fred M. Vinson, Dem
ocrat, Of Kentucky to be associate
justices Of the United States Court of
Appeals for the District OF Columbia.
The two subcommittee handling
the nominations made favorable re-
ports to the full committee on both
nominations, and no opposition was
expressed by any of the committee
members present Action was put off,
it was explained, at the request of
Senator McCarran, who is out of the
city, and who had indicated he wanted
to be present when they were taken up.
Meanwhile, it was announced that
the subcommittee handling the re-
appointment of Judge John P. McMa-
hon for another term at Police Court
will hold hearing at 1890 am. to-
morrow. The full committee had au-
thorized the favorable report on the
Mcmahon nomination at it's last meet
ing, but before the report was filed a
request came from one attorney for a
hearing This subcommittee is COM
posed Of Chairman King and Senators
McCarran and Austin.
Evening star., 1937-12-06
FOUR MEN LINKED
TO HOLD-UPS HELD
Quartet Accused in Series of Six
Armed Robberies Here Fri
day Night.

Four colored men. one of them pos
itively identified by two of the victims,
were held by police today in connec-
ton with the series of six hold-ups
Friday night that was climaxed by a
gun battle in which bystander was
wounded.
The identified bandit was arrested
after two of those robbed in the Friday
night foray had picked out his picture
from the "rogues' gallery" at police
headquarters. The three other sus-
poets were captured in his home at
the same time
Refusing to reveal identity of the
suspects, police indicated they still
were looking for fifth member of
the bandit gang who was believed to
have acted as lookout and driver of
the car in which they sped from one
hold-up to another in rapid success
sion.
Inspector Bernard w Thompson,
chief OF detectives, said the hold-up
victims would be asked to view the
suspects in lineup at police head
quarters as soon as it could be ar
ranged.
Meanwhile Benjamin Chesavoir, the
bystander who was shot during the
gun battle in liquor store at New
Jersey avenue and L street NV.
which ended the hold-up foray, was
recovering at Emergency Hospital
from a chest wound.
Evening star., 1937-12-06
Milwaukee RAIL
PROBE IS STARTED
Senate Investigators to Hear
Group of Bankers and
Executives.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senate Investigators began a study
today of the financial policies of the
Chicago Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railroad in an effort to analyze the
causes Of the lines insolvency.
They asked a group of bankers
and railroad executives, familiar with
the roads financial history, to testify
before the Senate Railroad Finance
Committee.
The line was reorganized in 1928
and in 1885 it again was bankrupt.
Investigators said reorganization
proposal advanced by the debtor road
after the bankruptcy in 1885 was
filed with the Interstate Commerce
Commission but was now dormant" !"
Senator Truman. Democrat, of Mis-
souri, said the committee would go
to the bottom of the ST. Paul situa-
tion just as we did in the Missouri
Pacific"
Earlier this fall the committee held
extensive hearings on proposals to
reorganize the Missouri Pacific, West
ern arm of the $3,o00,o 100000 Van
Sweringen railroad empire.
Evening star., 1937-12-06
BUS DRIVER ROBBED
OF $2OAND 7OTOKENS
Young White Bandit Seizes
Change Carrier and Flees.
Pocket Book Snatched,

Waiting until the last passenger had
alighted, young white bandit early
today held up the driver Of North
west-bound Capital Transit Co. bus
and escaped with $40 in cash and more
than 10 car tokens.
Robert w. Carey, 1855 Jackson street
NE, the driver, told police the hold up
was carried out about o'clock be-
tween Columbia road and Irving street
NV, when the bandit pressed what
he believed was gun against his back.
After taking a change carrier con-
tanning SIT, SO from Carey's pocket
and the tokens, the bandit, who had
boarded the bus In the downtown
section, fled.
Mrs. Annie King, 13 MAYORS court
NV. reported she was struck across
the face and robbed of her coat and
purse, containing about 81, by a
colored man who accosted her while
she was walking near Fourth and O
streets NV.
Carolyn W. Parker, 915 I street
NV, said her room was broken into
and robbed of $50 and jewelry worth
more than $3.50, while Robert Murray,
1475 Duncan street NE, reported he
was neld up by an armed colored man
at Fourteenth street and Tennessee
avenue NE. and robbed of $12.
Evening star., 1937-12-06
NEUTRALITY BLOC
TO SEEK LAWS USE
Nye and Others Intend to Call on
I President to Ask Why Act
Hasn't Been Invoked.

Ey the Associated Press.
Members of the neutrality bloc"
talked today of raising in the Senate
the question of invoking the neutrality
act in the Sino-Japanese hostilities
unless President Roosevelt convinced
them there were good reasons not to
apply the law.
Senator Nye, Republican, of North
Dakota, said he and several others
intended to call on the President this
week to ask why the act had not been
invoked. He indicated the other call
ers might include Senators Clark.
Democrat, OF Missouri; Vandenberg,
Republican, of Michigan, and La Fol-
!ette, Progressive, of Wisconsin.
Senator Nye asserted invocation of
the act would hurt Japan more than
China because materials from this
country are not reaching China now"
He said his interest, however, was in
seeing that the United States neu-
trallty was preserved regardless of the
erect on China or Japan.
Chairman Pittman, Democrat. of
Nevada, of the Foreign Relations
Committee, said there had been mo
steps customarily associated with a
state Of war" which necessitated in
vocation of the act.
Evening star., 1937-12-06
$4,000 BANK NOTES,
LOST HERE, FOUND
Cancelled Papers, Missing Since
Post Office Fire, Recovered
in New Jersey.

Two Cancelled $4,000 bank notes
lost here during the fire in the new
Post Office Building two years ago
turned up in Matawan, N. j., today
and started an investigation to deter
mine how they came into the posses
sion of man sentenced to Jail on dis
orderly conduct charges.
An Associated Press dispatch quoted
Matawan Police Chief Edwin Sloat as
saying Treasury Department agents
were making the investigation. The
police chief quoted John A. Walsh. Is.
as saying he obtained the Federal
Reserve Bank certificates from a rela-
tive here
The notes, useful only as inter-
departmental financial receipts. were
thrown from the Post Office windows
in bundles during the fire and a
number of them still are missing
Walsh and youth identified as
Francis c. Arlington, 18. were ar
rested at Matawan yesterday. Chief
Sloat said the disorderly charges were
based on a complaint that the men
had stolen property in their posses
sion.
Evening star., 1937-12-06
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

TODAY.
Farm-Senate limits debate: House
continues voting on amendments.
Housing-Banking committees re-
sumo hearing.
Rails-Senate committee begins in
vestigation of Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul System.
Taxes-House subcommittee con-
tinues general study of tax revision.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Will continue debate on farm bill.
Special committee studying WOO
prices hearing at 10 am.
Interstate Commerce Committee
hearing at 10 am. on bill to regulate
hours of train dispatchers.
Education and Labor Committee
executive. at 10 am. on nomination oi
Nathan Straus to be United State.
Housing Administrator.
Judiciary Subcommittee meeting al
1920 am. on nomination of Police
Court Judge John P. Mcmahon fol
reappointment.
House:
Continues consideration 6 farm bill
Banking and Currency COMMITTEES
resumes consideration of housing legis.
lation at 1890 am.
Subcommittee Of Ways and Mean!
Committee continues consideration O
tax revision program.
Subcommittee Of Appropriation.
Committee resumes hearings on Treas.
ury-Post Office supply bill at 10:3O a m
Evening star., 1937-12-06

body had not been recovered because
high seas hampered the work Of boats.
He lives in the Broadmoor Apart
ments, 1901 Connective avenue NV
Mr.. Jones' body was locked in the
cockpit of the plane about 400 yards
of shore in 18 or 20 feet of water,
according to a report Of the Navy
mine sweeper Owl.
The body Of the other flyer, Troy
w. Blanton of La Fayette, Ala, was
washed ashore short time before Mr..
Jones' body was located.
A star football and basket ball
player at the University of Montana
from 1881 to 1893, Cadet Jones be-
gan his Navy training at the Ana
costa Naval Air Station here about
IA months ago. After q month of
elimination" training, he was sent to
Pensacola, Fla, for year Of flight and
ground training. After that, he was
assignedsyor active duty on the York
town.
Evening star., 1937-12-06
Blue La,v Driue Visits @'Sins''
Of FOrefatllers on VernOnters

Enforcement of the law revived
memories of prohibition days.
"Psst," Missed ice-cream, addicts to
the drug store girls, "can I buy a cone
here?"
rs it a necessity" whispered the
girls, "can you get along without it?''
Won't last day unless I get it,"
came the answers.
Said q physician to q soda clerk !:
so can't get milk shake, hey?'-
and then promptly wrote himself a
prescription for one and slipped with
smile of satisfaction. Milk shakes
became medicine.
Here and there in the county,
churchgoers toted guns, needing
Berry's warning that under the old
law "menfolk" were required to carry
guns to protect the women from the
Indians.
Theater Manager Raymond A..
Kiniry- shut down his two theaters
last night for the first Sunday since
his fight against the blue law began
a month ago.
The current blue law crime wave
broke out when Berry started enforce
ment Of thS old statute against Kiniry.
The theat managers retort was a
petition demanding general enforce
ment. Berry took heed. =
Evening star., 1937-12-06
$1,702,37O CHINA WAR
EXPORTS IN NOVEMBER

By the Associated Press.
The State Department announced
today that export licenses for ship
ment to China OF $1,702,370 in war
materials were granted during No
vember.
Virtually all this amount was de-
voted to military airplanes.
The licenses granted China repre-
sented the largest item OF the total
of $5,746,9 allotted to all countries
during the month.
Soviet Russia received the next
highest allotment of $805,613, chiefly
for rifles, carbines, machine guns, au-
tomato rifles and pistols.
Licenses totaling $638,579 were
issued during the month to Canada,
mainly airplane propellors and equip
ment.
Evening star., 1937-12-06
AIKEN DEMANDS
PURGE OF c. 0.P:
Vermont Governor Calls
Southern Heads Party's
"Greatest Liability"
BY the Associated Press.


MONTPELIER, VT. Dec. 6.-Gov.
George D. Aiken of Vermont Joined
the controversy over the future OF
the Republican party today with a
demand that the national committee
"be purged of the baneful influence
Of the Southern committeeman" and
broad Affirmative" program adopted.
Aiken, speaking as the elected leader
Of one Of the two States to vote
Republican in the 1895 election, ad-
dressed to the committee an open
letter that called for revitalizing, q
party that is in "a nearly complete
state Of Generalization"
I'VE have become a party of old
men," he argued. Unless we can
become also a party for young men
and young women the party will die
the processes OF dissolution have
already begun"
Greatest Liability"
Concerning the purge" he said
the Southern committeeman, "nour-
ished on political patronage alone
and used as tool for controlling
the party" constitute the party's
greatest liability. The character
OF their representation is such as
to preclude any possibility OF securing
the cooperation Of millions of patri-
otto fellow citizens south of the Po-
tomac and the Ohio, and their prom
inence in party councils repels right
minded voters elsewhere"
Aiken proposed that each commit
tee member be allotted a vote equal to
the proportion which the Republican
vote in his State bore to the total
vote in that State cast for President
in the last national election" Such
procedure, he wrote, would make the
position Of committee member attrac-
tive only to men and women who are
convinced of the possibility of build
ing up the party in Democratic terri
tory and are determined to build it."
Almost coincidental was the dec
laration of Senator H. Styles Bridges,
Republican, of New Hampshire, in
Springfield. Ill, that the Republican
party needs a program that is AN
example of clarity = of accomplish
ment based on common sense and not
on ethereal promises" Bridge said he
had no doubt that before we can at
tempt to criticize those in power, we
must clean our own house We must
see new faces in high places"
Nine-Point Program.
Aiken, in demanding a party pro-
gram as has been urged by former
President Herbert Hoover and others,
outlined nine-point platform. 1t
called for social aims similar to those
Of the New Deal-"which the Roose-
welt administration had the wisdom
TO adopt but lacked the ability to put
into efficient operation"
He also proposed rejection of "enor-
nous expenditures and special bene-
flts," an agricultural program for car
rying bumper crops over into lean
years, aid to small business and a
fair share of the Nations production"
for industrial workers, new safeguards
Tor States rights, coordination of
our present unrelated policies" of
borrowing, expenditure, relief and
taxation, promoting of better rela-
tionship between Government and
business, change in the form of Gov
ernment only by constitutional
means" and an invitation to youth to
help produce and distribute larger
volume of goods instead of offering
them "A place at the feed trough
Evening star., 1937-12-06
By the Associated Press.


BELOW FALLS, vt, Dec. g.
The "sins" of their forefathers today
weighed heavily upon the shoulders of
Windham County residents.
A blue Monday found at least 100
persons caught in the tolls of law
laid down by Vermont's early settlers
to ward off the "skulking Redskins"
and the devil"
Investigators yesterday scribbled
down their names as they went about
the grim task of enforcing blue law
banning on the Sabbath day amy
secular business or employment except
works of charity"
More might have joined those
against whom States Attorney Ernest
F. Berry said he would seek warrants
today in the "blue law crime wave"
But every police suffered an attack Of
writer's cramp as the day wore on.
Here's how enforcement of the old
statute worked:
There may be no argument about
1t among the buffers, but golf in this
hilly State is a form of work. A four
some found that out when it ventured
forth on a blak course and was neatly
stymied by dsScers who read them the
blue law.
Evening star., 1937-12-06
CAR FALLS INTO RIVER:
TRAPPED DRIVER DIES

A colored man. who drove his auto
mobile down Second street Sc. and
into the Potomac River, was drowned
yesterday when trapped in the car.
The body, identified as that of
James S. Thomas, 81, of 1915 Sixth
street Sc, was in the District Morgue
today pending issuance of a coroner's
certificate.
Pvt. j. c. McCrae, marine guard at
at the Navy Yard, told police he saw
the machine going south on Second
street Sc, about Sis am. Just
afterwards, Pvt. McCrae said. he heard
a splash. He went to the edge of the
20-foot seawall at the end of Second
street, but could not locate the sunken
vehicle.
The night watchman of the Sewage
Pumping Station and fifth precinct
police were called, but could do no
better. Harbor police with cranes
eventually salvaged the car to find the
driver slumped over the wheel dead.
Evening star., 1937-12-06
SCARLET FEVER DEATHS
INFREQUENT IN DISTRICT
Rate Only O.32 Per 100000.
Measles Fatalities Also Far Be-
low U. S. Average.

Washington's scarlet fever and
measles death rates are among the
lowest in the country, according to a
study of mortality figures just COM
pleted by Mrs. Theresa Dansdill Nc
Gee, secretary Of the Health Commit
tee Of the Council Of Social Agencies.
Percentages, figured on a per-100,-
000-population basis, show the Capital
rates only o.32 deaths from scarlet
fever, while the United States as a
whole rates 81. The average measles
death rate for the Nation is 81 and
for the District only 129.
Discussing health problems here,
Mrs. MCGEE said:
Although Washington is crippled
by lack OF funds for medical services.
it could be far healthier than it is If
people knew about all the resources
that do exist for meeting health prob
lens. In so far as the Health Com
mittee can spread information 1t is
helping to check disease"
Evening star., 1937-12-06
LOW HOME INTEREST
RATE TO BE STUDIED
Senate Committee to Consider Az
Per Cent for Dwellings Up
to $4,000.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Wagner said today the
Senate Banking Committee, holding
hearings on President Roosevelt's s
housing proposals, would study sug-
gestion that the interest rate on homes
costing $4,000 or less be cut to Az
per cent.
The President urged a reduction to
5l2 per cent, per cent less than
the Federal Housing Administration
now offers on insurable loans
With the view of cutting down the
monthly payments on small house,
the committee also will consider max
ing the life of mortgages 80 instead
OF 20 years, Wagner said.
Experts told the committee last
week this would bring new homes
within reach of those who could pay
from $40 to $50 a month.
Wagner said the committee had
been unable to find any method of
following the Presidents suggestion
that building workers be guaranteed
an annual wage instead of higher
hourly pay they receive at irregular
intervals.
THAT is something we will have
to leave to cooperation between labor
and the building industry" he said.
Evening star., 1937-12-06
ST|MUL|ARES SLOW
ON FOREIGN TRADE
Efforts Through Use Of
Zones Progress Little,
Roper Reports.

The Governments efforts to stimu-
late foreign trade through use of for
eign trade zones are proceeding slow
ly" because of the experimental nature
of the program, Secretary of Commerce
Roper has Informed Congress in a re-
port on business conditions for the
year ended June 30, 1887.
One such zone already is in opera
ton by New York City at Stapleton,
Staten Island, while second will be-
gin operation next year at Mobile, Ala
Applications are pending for trade
zones at San Juan, Puerto Rico; San
Francisco and Jersey City.
Foreign trade zones, which operate
virtually as free ports, were authorized
by Congress in 1894. Commerce De-
partment officials said they served a
two-fold purpose, providing shippers
with cargo handling and warehousing
facilities at minimum cost and en-
couraging the use of American labor
and products in preparing goods for
sale in this country
Business Better.
Goods brought into the zone for
transhipment to foreign countries are
exempted from ordinary customs regu-
lations.
Another phase of the report de-
scribed how good business conditions
were during the last fiscal year. In
this connection, the Secretary wrote:
Total employment increased almost
uninterruptedly during the fiscal year. u
AS early as Osctober of this year, how
ever, the Federal Reserve Boards ad-
justed index of factory employment
declined from 1907 to 983
Other comparisons of Mr.. Roper's
report with later information include
Industrial production showed al
most uninterrupted monthly increases
through the first half of the fiscal
year and to March, 1887. For the re-
mainder Of the year activity was main
tained at relatively steady pace.
Federal Reserve Board index of in
dustrial production declined from III
to l03 in October.
Retail Trade Grows.
Railroads experience improve
ment." Railroads now asking rate
increase to offset higher costs.
Further growth shown in retail
trade" Retail trade still holding up
in most sections.
The foreign trade of the United
States continued to expand Still
true, especially as to exports.
Gold continued to flow into the
United States in large volume. THE
gold inflow recently has been only
about as large as the exports. which
have been resumed after an interval
OF two years.
The Secretary urged Congress to
conserve fisheries resources through
wise management and exploit them on
a longtime basis. He said there was
great need for stabilization by COM
mercial fisheries. Production of many
varieties Of fresh and processed fishery
products increased during the year
and prices were well maintained OF
reached higher levels, he said.
Evening star., 1937-12-06

The, Atlantic storm has diminished con-
siderably in intensity and was centered
this morning about $50 miles southeast
of Sable Island. Novia Scotia, with lowest
pressure about $3.50 inches. disturb
ance of increasing intensity is moving
north h-northeaStward along the Middle At
lantic coast Baltimore Md, 80 GA inches.
while disturbance which developed over
the Southern Appalachians Sunday morn
ing, has advanced northward to Lake
Ontario. Toronto, Ontario 9.64 inches.
Pressure is low and falling over the North
ern plains. Prince Albert, Saskatchewan,
1884 inches. Pressure is high and rising
over Southern Greenland, ,Julianehaab.
30.50 inches while pressure is high from
Western Ontario. Sioux Lookout. 3o.2S
inches southwark over the west Gulf States,
Houston. Tex. 30.32 inches. Pressure is
rising over. Mackenzie Valley and British
Columbia. Copper Mine, District of Macken-
zie, 30.72 inches, and Kamloops. British
Columbia. 1850 inches. During the last
"a hours there has been rather general
precipitation over the lake region, the
Ohio Valley and in the Middle Atlantic
and South Atlantic States. Light snow
The temperature has fallen considerably
in the Ohio Valley and, over most, of
the Southern States. while is has risen
considerably over the Northern plains