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Evening star., 1937-07-15
BOARD MAY ENTER
RAILROAD STRIKE
If Disputants Do Not Agree by
Tomorrow, Mediators May
Step In.

By the Associated Press.
The National Mediation Board Is
preparing to intervene In the threat
ened Nation wide railroad strike.
Unless representatives Of the carriers
and the II incorporating unions come
to terms today on new wage and hour
agreement, the board will step in to-
morrow, officials said.
Negotiations are deadlocked. The
unions demanded an increase OF 20
cents An hour. The carriers first
offered Z cents. Further compromises
have been proposed, but none accepted.
If the Federal board intervenes,
present wage and hour levels will be
frozen until the board decides further
mediation would be futile. After that
President Roosevelt could order truce
while q presidential board investigated
and reported on the strike issues.
George NJ Harrison, president OF
the American Association Of Railway
Labor Executives, said mo progress
was made At yesterdays joint confer
ence.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
DR.. DWIGHT HOLMES
ACCEPTS new POST
Dean Of Graduate School Of How.
ard University Will Head
Moran CollerA.

Dr.. Dwight o. w. Holmes, dean Of
the Graduate School of Howard UNI
versity. today notified trustees of
Morgan College, Baltimore, of his &C.
ceptance Of the presidency Of that
institution. for which he was selected
last month.
DR.. Holmes took his A. b. from
Howard and his A. M. and Phi. d. from
Columbia University. He came TO
Howard after IS years service as
teacher and officer at Douglass High
School In Baltimore and two years
1T Miner Normal School here, He
was appointed dean Of the COLLEGE of
Education at Howard In 1920 and
was placed In charge Of the newly
created graduate school in 1924.
The new president is = member Of
the boards Of the Family Service
Association and the Northwest Set
tlement House here and also belonss
to other educational associations and
commissions.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
VIRGINIA POSTMASTERS
TO ADOPT CONSTITUTION
Controller slattery and Repre-.
sentative Robertson Will speak
Tonight at Banquet.


sentative Robertson viii Speak
Tonight at Banquet.
By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, July 1S.-Vir-
ginia's postmasters gathered today for
the first annual meeting Of the States
chapter of the National Association
Of Postmasters.
The program was scheduled to start
at noon, with w. Nelson Page Of
Winchester, State president, calling
the meeting to order. Clyde W. saun-
ders. Richmond postmaster, planned
to greet the group.
Speakers on the program included
Benjamin A. Rufnn. representing the
city and Chamber Of Commerce; owen
A. Keen, chief clerk in the once of
the Postmaster General, and William
]. Dixon, superintendent Of the
Division Of Postmasters.
The days business included adop-
ton Of . constitution and approval Of
bylaws and election Of officers.
Among those expected to appear on
the banquet program tonight were
william L. Slattery, controller Of the
Post Once Department; Representa-
tive A. Willis Robertson Of the seventh
congressional district and r. Gray
Williams Of Winchester,
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Kirginia1, Protests
Posters Slight of
Early Jnn,est0,u,,
- the Associated Press,

- tne Ab4oCl3te0 Press.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va, July ls.-
Among other things. southerners pre-
ter their history straight.
$50 intimated Kenneth Chorley,
president Of Colonial Williamsburg,
when he disclosed yesterday that he
hid written to Howard S. Palmer,
president Of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad. protesting the
use Of q poster bearing the words:
@"New England-where American
history began"
sChorley wrote it could be said with
more Justice to have begun Ut James,
e4vn u607, f1rst permanent English
eatuement in America). tn Virgins,
& on Roanoke Island, In North Caro-
Una"
as1he poster Is IN Grand Central Sta
tn. New York.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
Holds brief routine session.
Heuse:
Considers conference report on In
terror Department supply bill
Agriculture Committee studies crop
insurance bill.
Judiciary Committee considers bill
to require foreign propaganda agents
to register with State Department.
Labor Committee continues study Of
wage-hour bill.
Rivers and Harbors Committee re-
sumes hearings on regional planning
bill.
Post Once Committee considers air.
mail legislation.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Win hold state funeral In senate
chamber for Majority Leader Robin
son.
Heases
conaadees 6oo4 eeukul hm.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
|R0W MARKS PROBE
OF CHICAGO RIOT
c. ]. 0. Lawyers Accuse
States Attorneys Office
of Anti Union Policies,
Dy the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 15.-The coroner's
inquest into 10 deaths In Memorial
day steel strike rioting was turned into
. wrangle today with c. I. O. attor-
neys accusing the States attorneys
once Of pursuing an anti-union policy.
The four union lawyers jumped to
their feet and shouted the charge
after Assistant States Attorney Nal
Coghlan explained during questioning
OF witness that his ONCE in investi-
eating the rioting was not concerned
with the positions Of strikers or en-
ployers in the case, but merely was
performing its of1icial duties.
IT'S apparent the State attorneys
once is against trade unions and the
G. I. o." the union counsel cried.
Opening 81 Dispute.
The dispute began during interroea-
ton Of Louis F. selinek, = member of
the union Strike Strategy Committee
At the Republic Steel Corp. plant in
South Chicago.
Selinek said that when Assistant
States Attorney Alexander Napoli
questioned him June l at the South
Chicago police station he was forced
to answer the way Napoli wanted him
to.
1T is evident this was a typical third
degree by the State attorneys men,"
David Bentall, 4 G. I. o. attorney, COM
mented.
Coghlan, answering the witness
claim he had been denied legal rights,
said Selinek had waived immunity be-
fore the La Toilette Senate Civil
Liberties Committee and had no right
to immunity here.
Advice 70 Selinek.
Another c. I. O. attorney, Ben
Myers. advised seiinek he was entitled
to immunity and did not have to
answer Coghlan, but Coroner Frank
J. Walsh interrupted to declare he
would not oountenance objections or
other hindrances to testimony.
In reply to . question by Coghlan,
selinek said no one" had advised
him to change his testimony from that
given in the statement to Napoli At 4
police station.
seiinek yesterday had repudiated
the statement from the witness stand,
In 1t. Napoli said, selinek named
Joseph Weber, = union leader, As one
who talked about arming the men
with guns and clubs" before the
march toward the Republic property.
Selinek Sees Mfx.up.
AS the State attorneys ONCE oues-
TONED him about the police station
statement, Selinek said he couldn't
remember making certain remarks
and added he believed the statements
were mixed up."
Il never was in police trouble BE-
fore" selinek answered excitedly. and
when Joined the union and started
to night for my rights I never thought
Ia be In anything like this"
He said the police treatment of the
men At the station was terrible" and
the onacers had taken there wounded
men who belonged in hospitals"
Deputy Coroner James J. Whalen
announced the Paramount Notion Pic
ture Of the riot would be shown to
the six-man coroner's jury As part of
the evidence. He said it would be
screened after all other testimony has
been submitted. probably late tomor-
row.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
c. |. o. DRIVE OPENED
FOR FORD EMPLOYEES
Literature Is Distributed Among
$500 Workers at Edgewater
Assembly Plant.

By the Associatec Press.
EDGEWATER, N. j., July 15.-The
C. I. O.'s United Automobile workers
Of America launched today its first
concerted open drive to organize the
3.700 workers in the Ford Motor Co.'S
assembly plant here.
Supported by the Workers Defense
League, union organizers were ordered
to the gates Of the large Ford plant
to distribute union literature to en-
ployes this afternoon.
The union men, police lieutenant
Alexander Flannery said. yesterday
obtained pamphlet distribution per-
mits required by an Edgewater Or
dinAnce.
IT they keep within the police
regulations. there will be no trouble
and no arrests" he said.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
UNION ROW TO BOARD

The Social Security Board En-
ployes' Union Of Baltimore and the
board have agreed to take to the
National Labor Relations Board
charges that four union officers were
discharged because Of organization
activities. 1t was announced today,
Details Of the hearing before the La
Aor Board remain to be arranged.
The United Federal Workers Of
America, new c. I. o. amliate, viii
furnish the Baltimore union with
lsOai eouneel and help In preparation
q beieds and presentation 6 u oaso.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Democratic Offices Moved

ARLINGTON. Va, July IS (spe-
ciaD.-The ONCE Of the Democratic
Executive Committee Of Arlington
County has been moved from East
Falls Church to the new Campbell
Building on Court House Square. it was
announced today by Charles r. Fen
wick, committee chairman. Once
hours Win Be from 7:30 to pm.
every day except Saturdays and Sun.
dASB.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
MRS. CULLINAN LOSES
NEW TRIAL APPEAL
b the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT. July 15.-Counsel for
Mrs. Halle M. Cullinan, formerly OF
Warrington, yesterday lost their mo-
tion for new trial Of her 500 900
alienation OF affections suit against
Miss Laura Strittmatter Of Detroit.
Recorders Judge John v. Brennan
denied the request. Several months
ago . jury decided there was no cause
for action.
The plaintiffs husband, Charles H.
Culltnan, former Home Owners Loan
Corp. employe, married Miss StEitt-
matter while still married to Mrs.. Cul-
Imam, but the ceremony was annulled.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
DRIVER IS FINED $1,000
IN DEATH OF TWO MEN

Thrse-Aonths' Suspended Jail
Sentence Also Imposed on T. o.
0reenough Of Charlottesville.
D. the Associated Presa.
WARRINGTON, Va. July 1s-T. O.
oreenoush of Charlottesville, Va,
was found guilty of involuntary man
daughter yesterday and was sentenced
BY Judge J. r. H. Alexander to pay .
81, 900 fine. He was also given . three
month"; suspended jail sentence.
0reenough several anohths ago vas
driving IN automobiA that ki1led tvo
eoaoesd Aep sad injured thsss ethsGs.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
NORRIS QUITS CAPITAL
FOR WISCONSIN HOME
Ailing Nebraska Senator Was
Advised to seek Cooler
Climate.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senator George w. Norris, 76-year-
old Nebraska independent, who has
been i'll more than three weeks, left
here late last night for his Summer
home in Waupaca, Wis.
Norris condition when he left Naval
Hospital here was reported as "excel-
lent" His physicians advised, how
ever, that he 60 to . climate cooler
than Washington's. The Senator
probably will 60 to his home in Nc
Cook, Nebr. when the weather cools.
Norris was taken to the hospital
after . sudden attack Of what Senate
daetors believed to be indigestion.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
Of Interesting Events
and Things.
DRAY DAY?


THE Department Of Utter Con-
Il fusion cleaned from . local
newspaper recently an item
a reading 1t Is the sap OF 4
tree. natural huid free from chem
icals. Its vegetable oil, its other in
gradients are helpful to hair and scalp.
And better still, are helpful to hair
and scalp. And better still, it cuts
draying time in half. Ask for 1t when
you make your next shampoo ap-
pointment, etc, etc"
o. K, Gertrude, two is two is
two and better still the compositor
better get out Of town while a two is
two is q two and better still before
the advertising manager picks up a
base ball bat and drays the Stats out
Of somebody.
Evening star., 1937-07-15

AhA S4sAs
We Dould like to note, merely for
the record, that the gentleman Who
bodsted to Us about as hoW he had
a local country club fl up its court
back stops. make rules about chill
dTen playing in late afternoon, and
otherwise reform the Tennis Stud
ton, has also distinguished himself
otherWise around the club noD.
Playing in mighty doubles match
the other afternoon, he took = beau-
tiful, yea. masterful swing at the ball
and hit himself squarely in the eye
with his racquet. Has q full-grown
sinner to show for this bit Of
masoschistic acrobatics. The Tennis
Committe as yet has not acknowledged
the incident, in = formal way.
DOLDRUMs.
On q visit way back up in the hills
to see some dogs he keeps there with
colored trainer, fellow we know
was led away tn the corner Of the
yard, far from about 20 other members
OF the colored mans family, a few
days ago, and opportuned as follows:
"Mistuh John, next time you come
down here to see them dawgs, you
guess you could bring me 4 quart Of
likker?"
Sure" said our friend.
We'll. now don't tell any of these
others around here about 1t, or won't
git drop for myself"
Fine, won't mention a word"
Now unnerstan' me, Mistuh John,
Use not takin' to drinkin' or anything.
But you know We been 30 busy down
here for almost two months that I
haven't been in town even on a Sat-
tiddy night"
Sure. understand
Il declare. Missuh John, here a
while back. it got 20 quiet around here
and every day 30 much like the last
day, that I went down the road q piece
and bought myself 4 flock Of guinea
hens, Just to have sumpu on the place
to raise q little hell"
+ + 4
MOoAN, hal k1AlH--
Since almost any quartet-barber
shop. bar room, old apple tree. or
whatever variety-is convinced that it
could sing hungry lion back into his
cage. we would be inclined to doubt
this story If it did not come to us from
a young man notoriously addicted to
telling the truth.
Says he was dining out with some
singing pals the other evening in one
Of those German restaurants where
every one joins in the chorus after the
second round of beers. Choice of the
moment was Sleep" which the boys
were warbling with soft. soporifc ef-
fects when they noticed 4 gentleman
doing gently into his plate. This, OF
course, much delighted the crowd,
which next began to yodel "All the
World Is Waiting for the Sunrise"
whereupon the sleeping customer
awoke. stretched, and called for q cup
of coffee.
TREACHERY.
On Connecticut avenue Just below
Dupont Circle there stands q charm
ing ivy-covered building. with Z sign
on the front Of 1t reading National
Lumber Manufacturers Association"
The building is Of brick.
X Il
MYTHS
Because we are inclined to be fair
game for almost any kind Of super
stition, provided It rhymes, the Bureau
Evening star., 1937-07-15

Because we are inclined to be fair
game for almost any kind of super
stition, provided 1t rhymes, the Bureau
Of Biological Survey recently has sup
Evening star., 1937-07-15
TREACHERY.

On Connecticut avenue just below
Dupont Circle there stands q charm
ing ivy-covered building. with Z sign
on the front Of 1t reading National
Lumber Manufacturers Association. {"
The building Is Of brick.
The Washington times., 1937-08-17
CHINESE Wire
PLEAS TO D. C,

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Aug. IT.
G.N.S).-The Chinese students
association of the University OF
Michigan today was pleading that
the United States Government de.
clare Japan the aggressor in the
present unofficial war in China.
At the same time, the association
asked the Government not to in
woke the neutrality act.
Its stand was made known by
A. T. Liu Of Shanghai, a student
at the University of Michigan, in a
telegram addressed to President
Roosevelt, Secretary Hull Members
Of Congress, Washington"
The telegram to the President
asked:
1--WE respectfully request the
United States Government that
initiated the nine-power treaty
and has maintained intimate
friendly relations for so long to
assume the moral responsibility
under the treaty and declare the
invading power an aggressor ma
ton"
The Washington times., 1937-08-17
Naughty!
Get Lit Bar Sign
DralUs ABC Ire

ASBURY PARK, N, j., Aug. II
UN.s)-The proprietress Of a
local bar has learned that the
penalty for superlative advertising
is abolition Of the catch-phrase.
Outside the bar was a sign. It
read:
"Get Lit at the Lighthouse"
State Alcoholic Beverage Com
missioner D. Frederick Burnett dis
sented. His order to the woman
to get rid Of the sign observed:
eft is a smart, catchy phrase
and does no harm if your cuStO-
mers disObey it. If, however, 1
allowed you to get away with it,
then we would be flooded with
such signs as:
acct SOused at SOusa's,'
'Stewed at Stewards or Pie.
eyed at Pian0la'S.'"
The Washington times., 1937-08-17
Crawls Into Bed,
SmOthers Sister

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. II
(C.TPS0.-Joan Schiller, young
daughter of Mr.. Mrs.
Carl Schiller, crept into her
mothers bed early this morning.
smothering her three-year-old sis
ter, Shirley Mae. The baby was
dead when Mrs. Schiller awoke
child's father said. "She is
this morning.
"You can't blame JOAN" the
just small, too, and she liked to
sleep with her parents"
The Washington times., 1937-08-17
Roosevelt Threat
Suspect Held Sane

BOSTON. Aug. II G.N.s).
Held in jail in default Of $1,000
bail on a charge of writing a letter
to President Roosevelt, threaten
ing to inflict bodily harm upon
him. Morton D. Wainwright, 70,
of Winthrop, was declared sane
in a report by physicians who
examined him.
Wainwright, q former United
States deputy marshal in Seattle,
Wash, was charged by Secret Ser.
vice men with having written the
letter to the President during
May, 1896.
The Washington times., 1937-08-17
Shot Down, Filler
Slain by Japanese

SHANGHAI, Aug. II UNS0
One escape from death, but not
two, was allotted today to Q
daredevil Chinese aviator who
flew too close to japanese anti
aircraft guns.
Shot down, he bailed out and
landed safely in the rifle range
at Hongkew Park-but In Japan
eSe territory. Racing for
Chinese soil. he was shot dead
by q japanese officer.
The Washington times., 1937-08-17
Great Armies Locked
In Shanghai Death Grip

said, because of its height and
prominence.
With fires raging over wide
areas in four sections of Shang-
hal, where Chinese batteries
pounded at the anchored japanese
fleet and Japanese planes, naval
guns and land artillery hammered
Chinese entertainments on either
side of the river, and all police
and fire units left the interna-
tional settlement today to work on
the south side of Soochow Greek.
312 AMERICANS FLEE
Under such q bowling canopy
Of Shell-fire, 312 more American
women and children today fled to
the safety Of an American liner.
Shells screamed across the
stream into Chinese and japanese
military encampments, planes bat
tied overhead and two plulnmeted
blazing to earth, and explosions
shook the city during the perilous
dash down the river to the Dollar
liner President Jefferson at Woo
sung.
Behind them the refugees. some
Of them expectant mothers, others
women with children in their arms,
could see dozens Of pillows OF
smoke Streaking into the blue sky
over the Hongkew, Chapel and
Pootung sections.
The Washington times., 1937-08-17
M<M1z1s
." .:: sa;::.' EIMES

Published daily at 1917 H st.
N. W., washington, D. C.
Editor and Publisher,
Mrs. Eleanor Patterson
Associate Publisher.
william C. Shelton
Entered as Second-claSS matter
Tuesday. August II, 1897. at the
Post Office ct washington. D. C.
The Washington Times will be
sent to any subscriber in the
United States, postpaid. at the
following rates:
! month. IS so 8 months .S2.So
3 months. I.25 year. go. 500
The Washington times., 1937-08-17

For budding with 5000 other
prisoners in the over.crowded Jail
was Alma Singh, the Hindu muir
derer. whom the executioners
couldn't hang.
Twice when he was on the scat.
fold last December, the rope broke.
so the executionerS gave 1t UP as
a bad job, and Atma's sentence
was committed to life imprison.
ment.
ROPE BROKE TWICE
Now, with shells booming around
the jail, he faces the danger Of
death anew-while most Of the re-
mainder Of the prisoners may be
freed.
Most Of the international pris'
The Washington times., 1937-08-17
BRITAIN SPEEDS
EXPANSION OF
HER AIR FORCE.
Huge Sky Fleet Nears
Outlined Strength

LONDON, Aug. IT UNS0.
The British rearmament plan is
going ahead full blast and today
the expansion Of the Royal Air
Force was nearly complete.
OF the 1877 squadrons and 1,750
aircraft aimed at under the ex-
pansion scheme outlined in May,
1885, the British r. A. F. now
has 12s squadrons and 1,142 first
line airplanes for home defense.
BOOST PERSONNEL
In addition, some $500 pilots
and 22,500 mechanics have been
commissioned and enlisted. All
the personnel required has been
recruited, except normal additions
to replace retirements and losses.
British Squadrons are being
raised from IL to IA aircraft each
in the case Of fighters, and from
9 to 10 in the case of reconnais-
Sance units. Bomber squadrons
are being raised from 8 aircraft
to IL.
Thus the original expansion
scheme for a home defense force
Of 1900 airplanes. which was later
raised to 1850, will be accom-
plished without increasing the
number Of squadrons beyond 1877.
The Washington times., 1937-08-17
y Japanese Hurt
In Depot Explosion

KYOTO, Japan, Aug. II QN.S0
Nine army ammunition depots
were wrecked ct 2:30 q. m. today
in Q mysterious explosion. Twenty.
two arsenal workers were injured.
Military police investigated the
possibility of sabotage connected
with the Shanghai hostiNties.
The Washington times., 1937-08-17
Army Housing
Fund Approved

Agreeing to Senate amend.
mentS, the House yesterday
passed and sent to the White
House a bill authorizing Army
housing projects costing $25.5s7,-
456.
The Washington times., 1937-08-17

"a Refined Woman Couldn't Become
So Bold In Six Days" A Jury Be.
lleved What the Help Said They Saw
Through the Windows Of q Hotel. but
the Judges Have Set Aside the Yer.
diet. Read About This Interesting
Marital squabble in The American
Weekly, the Magazine Distributed
with Next Sundays Herald.
The Washington times., 1937-08-17

CONTINUED from Page II
sives, badly damaging the station,
tearing up rails, and killing un-
determined scores.
Wheeling away from the station
as Chinese anti-aircraft guns
found their range, the japanese
airmen then bombed a wide area
from the station to the CONNER
cial Press Building.
FEAR RAID ON ALIENS
So violent has the five-day bat
tie become, with the scope and
tempo Of the bombardment con-
stantly increasing in a dozen cross
lines serving Shanghai, that
United States consular officials
tonight expressed fears Of an in
sane raid on the international
settlement inspired by Oriental
mass hatred of aliens.
Nervous consular attach e S
pointed to the removal Of the
Chinese Postal Remittance Bank,
in whose building the American
consulate Is situated.
The municipal council staff,
the American further noticed, is
faithfully carrying out the official
order to duck three stories below
the top floor on every airplane
visit.
The Washington times., 1937-08-17

How the Mind Influences Our Body.
Bad Mental Habits MAY cause Stomach
Trouble. Arthritis or Heart Disease.
Read. This Unusual and Instructive
Article in Tho American Weekly, with
Sundays Washington Herald
The Washington times., 1937-08-17
Shell Kills Prisoners,
Misses Moose Cheater

SHANGHAI Aug. II N.S)-War's grim humor reached
macabr high today when shell smashed through the nterna
ona settlements JAIL killing eight and wounding TO-
The Washington times., 1937-08-17
in
Brief

NEW YORK, Aug. IL (I.N.S.),
With more than $11,OOO,OOO at
stake, the Guaranty Trust Com.
pany moved today to carry to
the U. S. Sureme Court its fight
to prevent the Government from
collecting on claims assigned to
It by old imperial Russia.