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The Washington times., 1937-04-30
WPA GETS SHAW PLAYS

months occasionally, if necessary,
and to discontinue the whole ar
rangement at any time after due
notice If I found it unsatisfac-
tory"
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Continued From Page ~
her school days she has spent most
of her time travelling.
DISTINGUISHED Record

Don't miss the opening chapters Of
ARTISTS Model Slain" q new novel
by Michael O'Malley starting Monday,
May 3, in Tho Washington Times.
Evening star., 1937-05-21
D. C.. Bill
Continued From First Pare.)

Continued From First Page)
tangible property rate during the
coming fiscal year, but it was knocked
out on the floor Of the House.
After a preliminary examination
Of District officials as to the need for
adding s1.00O,00O to the unemploy-
ment relief fund, the subcommittee
recessed this afternoon until Monday
with prospects the hearings will be
completed by the end OF next week
1t also was learned today that
whether the Appropriations SUBJ
committee considers tax amendments
as part OF the supply bill will depend
on what develops In the House within
the next week. There were indica-
tions that if separate tax measures
have begun to move by the time the
Senate Subcommittee is ready to re-
port the supply bill, efforts to combine
the taxes with the appropriations will
not be pressed.
The Commissioners are working on
a program that would add $7,50O,OO
to the city's general fund through
2 per cent sales tax. inheritance tax,
an automobile weight tax and per
cent insurance tax on net premium
assets. They also will propose adding
l cent to the gasoline tax, placing
$1,000.0oo more in the gas tax. paving
fund.
The welfare section Of the appro-
priation bill as passed by the House
contains $6,866,440, a reduction Of
$22S,435 below budget estimates, which
was deducted from the funds OF
number Of institutions. One large cut
Of $l03,88 was in the administrative
expenses Of the work house and
reformatory.
The House reduced the budget esti-
mate for unemployment relief from
s1,465.ooo to $l,41l,5oo by restricting
the amount for personal services.
Evening star., 1937-05-21
TWO GERMANS TO DIE.
Military Rebellion and Murder
Charged to FLYERS.

CnargeQ 10 Flyers.
BILBAO, Spain, May 2l P).-Two
captured German aviators were SEN
fenced to death today on charges of
military rebellion and murder.
The two officers, downed on the
Basque front, were convicted by a
popular tribunal of Waging warfare
against the government of Spain in
the forces of Insurgent Gen. Francisco
Franco.
They are Capt. Walter Kienzel and
Lieut.. Gunther SchulZe. A Febus
governmental Spanish) Agency ac-
count Of the trial said Capt. Kennel
testified he had been in the regular
German Army before he came to Spain
voluntarily last January.
Influenced by German press photog-
raphers, who convinced him that So
Wet Russia was aiding the Spanish
government, Capt. Kennel enlisted TO
oppose the Russian influence" He
said he arrived at Cadiz, Spain, Feb
ruary 10 aboard the German steamer
Hiln1a, which he boarded at Kiel, Ger
many.
His first command in Spain, he said,
was an escadrille of nine war planes
protecting insurgent communication
lines In the sector near Talavera de ia
Reina, west and south of Madrid.
Then he was transferred to Vitoria,
insurgent base on the northern Span
tsh front.
Evening star., 1937-05-21

Ringing Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Cir.
Gus, said last night he had advised
the 1900 employees of the show to
join the American Federation of Ac-
tors.
He added that all except about 100
employees Of the circus had expressed
willingness to join the federation.
Officials Of the show said they were
not faced with any labor difficulties at
present.
Gompertz said he expected the
question of the circus employees aflli-
alton with the federation to be settled
at conference with Ralph White
head, executive secretary Of the Amor
ican Federation Of Actors, In Phila-
delphia Monday.
Evening star., 1937-05-21
BOMB HITS REFUGEE SHIP.
Yacht From Bilbao Reported Struck
During Air Battle,

During Air Battle.
~ the Associated Press.
HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish From
tier, May 2l.-1nsurgent Spaniards
broadcast today an announcement
that incendiary bombs, dropped during
an insurgent- Basque government air
battle, had fired the Basque yacht
Goizeka-Izarra, carrying refugees from
Bilbao.
Diplomatic sources disclosed that
the Goizeko 1zarra was expected to
arrive at Pauiuac, France, tonight,
where hundreds of refugees from the
civil war have been landed in recent
weeks
Although the communique said the
Goizeka-1zarra was carrying an m-
disclosed number of refugees Ito Eng
land" it was believed she was bound,
instead, for Bordeaux, where she
landed 500 Bilbao children on a
previous trip. 1t was not known
whether any children were aboard at
present. There were other insurgent
reports that the ship was carving
several high officials of the Basque
government, as well as 100000
pesetas worth Of jewels and silver
belonging to members Of the Basque
cabinet.
Bibaos mud-smeared militiamen
went over the top today in. a series of
stabbing counter attacks to beat in
surgent invaders back from the city's
last line of Notifications.
The counter drives, launched yester-
day with support of a squadron of
government planes, were reported by
the Basque Defense Council to have
put 1talian-reinforced forces of Gen.
Emilio Mola to flight in the Munquia
sector, nine miles north of the Basque
capital.
Evening star., 1937-05-21
after the boat left Old Point Com

after the boat left Old Point Com
fort.
After she saw her name in the
paper, Mrs. Loper said, she commune
Gated with Chief Inspector Eugene c.
Carlson, who Is in charge Of the Nor
folk office Of the Bureau Of Navigation
and Steamboat Inspection of the
Commerce Department. Carlson, a
member OF the board of inquiry,
served her with a subpoena to appear
at today's hearing, Mrs. Loper said.
First witness before the board-the
members Of which are Coast Guard
Comdr. H. C. Cornell, Judge Staley
and Carlson-Was Capt. Chap Posey,
master of the District OF Columbia.
He said he was not acquainted with
Keene and did not know that a pas
senger by that name had been aboard
his vessel until late last Friday after
noon.
He said he left the boat an hour
after 1t docked In Norfolk. At that
time, he had received no report of
any unusual occurrence on the trip.
He was told Of Keene's disappearance
when he returned that evening at 4:45
O'Clock to pilot the boat back to WASH
ington, Capt. Posey said He told
the board that watchmen punch
clock near Keene's cabin every 20
minutes and that records showed the
watchman had made his rounds on
schedule the night the passenger
vanished
Capt. Posey said narrow catwalk
enctrcling the boat would have en-
abled any one to enter and leave
Keene's cabin through the window.
A lifeline IS fastened Just above the
catwalk, he said.
One OF the most significant clues In
the battling case is the fact blood
stains were found on the guard rail
Of the aft deck 10 feet from Keene's
cabin window. Keene's eyeglasses
were found shattered on the cabin
floor. He was unable to see without
the glasses, his family declared, and 1t
would have been impossible for him to
have made the treacherous trip along
the catwalk to the aft deck without
them
Judge Staley announced at the OPEN
ing of the hearing that the boards
primary interest was in determining
whether there had been any negligence
on the part Of the steamship company
or the crew of the District of Columbia.
The Bureau of Navigation and
Steamboat Inspection decided to
launch a formal investigation early
this week after the Federal Bureau of
Investigation refused to intervene in
the case, and Virginia, District Of Co.
lunbia and Maryland police authori-
ties showed no inclination to accept re-
sponsibility for solving the case.
Evening star., 1937-05-21
HORSES STILL NEEDED

WELLINGTON, Ohio, May 2l (F.-
Perhaps Old Dobbins still has q
chance in this modern mechanical
age.
At least reports from William B.
Murray, horse-breeder Of Rochester
near here, would seem to indicate that
the tractor and the automobile have
not yet entirely replaced work horses.
Murray disclosed he had sold 80
horses since January /, for total Of
$16,150.
Evening star., 1937-05-21
Amelia Earhart to Fly East.

BURBANK, Calf, May 81 R).-
Amelia Earhart, planning a second
attempt soon at circling the globe
In her flying laboratory" prepared
today for an eastward hop to an
undisclosed destination after a 900
mile test fight yesterday in the plane
which cracked up last March 20 In
Honolulu.
Evening star., 1937-05-21
CIRCUS ADVISES FORCE
TO JOIN ACTORS UNION
General Manager Expects Cues
ton of Afiliation Will Be
Settled in Philadelphia.

EN tne NESOCIHCeO PIeSS.
BALTIMORE, May 21.,-Samuel W.
Gompertz, general manager OF the
Evening star., 1937-05-21

8y the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 2l.-France, Belgium
and the Vatican were reported today
by q usually well-informed source to
have approved British plan to bring
about an armistice in Spain and with
draWal Of foreign volunteers in the
civil war.
Both Catholic and Socialist sources
suggested the Belgian government
would be likely to conduct negotiations
with both the Spanish government
and It's foe, Insurgent Generaissimo
Francisco Franco.
The British plan it was said, called
Tor dlspatching of international COM
missions to Spain and gradual appli-
cation of the truce until it covered all
government and insurgent held terri
tory. simultaneously disarming and
sending home foreign soldiery
Inquiry in Other Capitals.
Britain was described as conducting
discreet inquiry" in other capitals
seeking general accord to terminate
the sanguinary conflict that started
last July.
A foreign Office spokesman said he
had no knowledge of the inquiry"
but French dispatches from Brussels,
where Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos
was conferring with Premier Paul van
iceland of Belgium, said the talks
were concerned with French approval
Of the peace plan.
Meanwhile, widespread doubt pre-
vailed in diplomatic quarters that such
. campaign could succeed. 1t was
pointed out that bitter hatred divided
the warning legions in Spain.
The Valencia governments request
OF yesterday that the League of Ma
tlons Council consider intervention in
the conflict threatened to ALLEVIATE
Italy from the armistice plan, it was
said
France and Britain were reported to
be opposing the Spanish government
move to thresh out the dispute at
Geneva, preferring to advance their
original plan which brought the ban
on arms, munitions and volunteers
Tor the war through the 27-nation
neutrality group.
Valencia previously accepted in
principle a plan to settle the war by
plebescite, but Salamanca, head
quarters of Frances authoritarian
government, has not replied. The at
titude of both sides to the proposed
recall Of volunteers was not known.
Gan insurgent spokesman, Gen.
Jose Milan Astray, yesterday broad
cast a warning that any one in the
1nsurgent ranks who "pronounces the
word 'armistice' will be considered
traitor.D
In red Spain and abroad it may
be possible to speak of armistice, but
Nationalist Spain is fighting for its
existence. its independence, its civil
1zation and its grandeur" he said.
(This was taken as the insurgent
answer to the British armistice pro-
posal0
TWO GERMANS TO DIE.
Evening star., 1937-05-21

tached duty" in the Governors Of
fee.
When go on my vacation" Gov
Nice said, Il will be accompanied by
no one except Mrs Nice. Katz then
will be subject to the orders of the
superintendent Of State police"
Col. E. F. Munshower, superintend-
ent Of State police, said:
IT Sergt. Katz is turned over to
me, he will go on active duty patrol
ing the roads at once"
Evening star., 1937-05-21
ARM|ST|CE MOVE
GIVEN SUPPORT
France, Belgium and Vati-
can Approve British
Proposal.

BACKGROUND
The British government, through
Hs oUn Ambassadors, has been
seeking to learn the attitude of
foreign nations on the drmistice for
some time. 1t DdS reliably dis
closed that they haze encountered
no retuSdls for active consideration
OF the plan.
Evening star., 1937-05-21

From HOT SPRINGS, ARK.
1405 K St. NV. MET. 1862
Evening star., 1937-05-21
Road to Rome Rushed.

Berlin's 800-mile road to Rome
through the Brenner Pass is expected
to be ready for the Rome Exhibition
IN 1o<1.
Evening star., 1937-05-21
SERGT. KATE is SLATED
FOR ROAD PATROL DUTY

Nice and Munshower Reveal
Plans for Trooper Who
Figured in Probe.
By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, May 21.-state Police
Sergt. Menash Katz, who figured
prominently as a witness in a re-
cent investigation Of the State police
department, will go on active patrol
duty on the highways for a three
month period during the Summer.
Sergt. Katz now Is serving on de
Evening star., 1937-05-21

Against "Gin Marriage Law"
SACRAMENTO, Calf, May 21
P).-A bill to repeal CALIFORNIA;
gin marriage law"-its requirement
for three-day notice Of intention to
Evening star., 1937-05-21

wed sent many impatient couples into
nearby States-reached the State
Senate today carrying Assembly ap-
prevail
Evening star., 1937-08-01
Judge pass on any of the breeds within

judge pass on any of the breeds within
his group.
A few of the breed judges of particu-
lar interest to local fanciers are Cas-
well Barrie, Scotties; W. E. Baker,
cairn and Kerry blue terriers; Harry
Brunt, bulldogs; ALI belmont, collies
and English cocker spaniels; DR.. Jar
rett, dachshunds; Thomas Keator, wire
hair terriers; Julian Platz Boston ter
riers; John P. Wagner, great Danes;
William A. Price, American cookers
and the breed specials.
Something new in the dog world
were the recent invitations sent out
by Southern kennel club to a select
list asking for trophies for their show.
Neatly printed in the proper corner
were the initials r. S. V. P!
Dog shows within driving distance
of Washington in August, with dates,
place and closing date for entries, are
as follows:
August 7, skytop. Pa, July 81; 8,
Kingston, Pa, Aug. /; IA, Portsmouth,
r. l., Aug 7: 81. Lenox. Mass, Aug.
II: 2e. Bar Harbor. Me. Aug. 10; 20,
Hamilton, Mas. Aug. II.
Evening star., 1937-08-01
Woman Mat Fans
Given Free Show

p PIPING a leaf from base ball,
Promoter Joe Turner will OBJ
serve ladies night" at the weekly
mat show Thursday night at Crit
fifth Stadium when the fair sex will
be admitted for the price of tax
ticket to witness a double feature
bill
Joe Cox will stack up against Bill
Sledge and Ernie Dusek will tangle
with Reb Russell in the twin fea-
lures, both of which will be one
fall to finish. Dusek disposed of
Jack Hader in 80 minutes on last
weeks card, while Russell pinned
Jack Kennedy.
Attendance at caulif1ower cards
lately has fallen off considerab bly,
and Turner is admitting ladies free
in an effort to stimulate interest
among the men they'll bring with
them.
Evening star., 1937-08-01
NAVY THIRD SACKER
TURNS MOUNDSMAN
Cooke Likely Will Play Garden
When Not Pitching-Also
Is Grid Prospect.

SIecial Dispatch to The Star.
a NNAPOLIS, Md, July 31.-rem
Cooke, third baseman on the
Navy nine last Spring, has developed
into pitcher this Summer and Marty
Karow. coach is pleased with his work
and expects to use him on the mound
next year
Cooke is a good hitter and probably
Will play in the outfeld when not
pitching.
Jerry Brucket is the only effective
pitcher Of last year who will be avail
able next Spring, and KaroW is work.
ing with several mound prospects this
Summer. Cooke, however, appears to
be much the best
Howard Thompson, shifted from
second base to shortstop, is playing a
fine game in the latter position. Cooke.
who is from Mississippi and a second
classman, also is good backfleld
prospect for the eleven this Fall.
Evening star., 1937-08-01
Social Chess Courtesy Cards.

SGCiaI CneSS courtesy SaTuS.
EFFECTIVE today the Social Chess
Lounge at the Parkside Hotel, Off
cial headquarters for the Metropolitan
Chess Association and its coordinate
units, inaugurates the plan Of social
chess courtesy cards" for the benefit
Of players and would-be players who
are not members of the Washington
Social Chess Divan. which by special
arrangement has unlimited use OF all
facilities Of the only up-to-date chess
quarters in the Nations Capital.
The Social Chess Lounge is located
at 1886 I street northwest and is
equipped to accommodate 40 players
daily in an evening of entertainment.
Additional sets of chessmen. folding
and inlaid boards will be installed dur
ing the Fall to provide modern facili-
ties for minimum Of IS players.
Lighting is excellent and the
library boasts more different
chess magazines than possessed
by any chess club in America.
Membership in the Washington So
cial Chess Divan is 50 per quarter,
that is. the facilities Of the lounge are
available to divan members during
August, September and October for
only SO, which may. be paid in monthly
1nStallments of 81.
Divan membership also includes in
structional lectures. educational ex-
hibits, rapid transit Journeys, intra-
divan tournaments. simultaneous ex-
program.
There is no such claSsihcatio as
membership in the Social Chess
Lounge for it is the purpose Of the
chess director of the lounge to provide
local and visiting chess fans with
Evening star., 1937-08-01
Sure to Be Socked.
(NOW BALL" TED BROADPIBR

could have told Farr all about
thls instead Of permitting the Welsh
man to sound off about never being
knocked of his feet" Louis will GER
talnly put Farr down. This much is
certain. because Farr does not carry
enough guns to jar Louis off balance
Onhurt. Louis is the most dangerous
two-fiSted fighter in the game todav
and that accounts for his leadership
OF the heavyweight division.
Ten miles of road work daily k the
proper training diet for Farr. 1t will
further develop his stamina and lee,
for the test to come. Louis is NOT III.
one to take his newly-Won honors
nehtly and he will press from ths
opening bell. The fact that Joe and
Ills managers did not bother much
10 demand a percentage of the NOV.
ing picture rights of the fight car
only mean that the Bomber will bs
out to finish the fight as quickly as hs
can. All this presages a stormy eve.
nlng for Tommy Farr when thev
clash in the Yankee Stadium,
Evening star., 1937-08-01
MERKLE PURSUED
BY AGED BLUNDER
Now a Bridge Tender, Might
Have Been Diamond Boss
Had Fans Forgotten.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
~ AYTONA BEACH. Fla, July
3l.-Fred Merkle forgot to
touch second.
For % years the fans have
remembered that Merkle forgot-and
perhaps that's why he maintains a
bridge in Volusia County instead of
managing base ball club
Not so long ago Merkle took over
the direction of semi-pro club The
jeering bleacherites still hadn't for
gotten. Their taunts ranked and
Merkle relinquished the reins.
Can't Get Away From 1t.
NOW, a gray-haired man of 49, he
leans against the bridge railing
and watches the cars whiz by.
Perhaps he thinks OF that historic
day-september %, 19O8-when Free
Merkle, promising 19-year-old rookie
committed base balls classic blunder
boner that cost the New York Giants
pennant.
Yes, many fans remember how
A'ANA hiS 1dllCd w I'LL W SCCOIlO dIlG
thereby cost the Giants a game they
had to win from the Chicago Cubs
in order to protect their slim lead
Forget He Was a Star.
MOT SO many remember that
Merkle. a really fine first base
man. played major league base bal
for many years after that. But wher
he began to slip his blunder followed
him.
Occasionally nowadays some on,
stops to talk with him about bas.
ball. The conversation at first usually
centers around present-day stars
Carl Hubbell, Joe Di Maggie and Lol
Gehrig-or about the pennant races
Sooner or later, though, the visitor
harks back to that long-remembere<
| day in 1908.
Then Fred Merkle, bridge superin'
tendent, gazes off into space-and say!
| exactly nothing.
Evening star., 1937-08-01
CROUCH|NG STYLE
MAY WORRY Joe
Briton Called AWkWardIy
Clever, Courageous by
Canadian Champ.
BY SPARROW McGANN.

o4So ofbhNS11 N. j., July d.
Tommy Farr not only talks q
good fight, but shapes up as
the best bet England ever turned
out TO contest for world supremacy in
the heavyweight division.
Farr has had enough fights and has
the experience required for one who
holds the title of the British Empire.
How much good this will do for him
against Joe Louis cannot be answered
until the men step into the ring and
he gets a taste Of the leather tho
Brown Bomber pours in. 1t will then
be up to Tommy Farr to display the
courage he learned in the colliery pits
of his native Wales and the boxing
booths of all England.
The best line furnished on Farr Is
supplied by Sonny Jones, the junior
WelterWeight champion of Canada, re.
Gently returned to his country Jones
worked out in the same training camps
with Farr and witnessed his fights
against Ben Foord, Max Schmeling
and Walter NeuSel. Jones is a British
subject and his words can be taken
at face value.
Evening star., 1937-08-01

adequate game facilities on nom
profit, cooperative basis.
Monthly dues of the divan, which
has regular meetings each Wednesday
at the Parkside Hotel, go toward de-
fraying the expenses of the lounge.
Nom members Of the divan-chance
players and casual visitors to the
lounge-have been paying the small
cover charge OF 25 cents for an eve
ning's entertainment. SO that such
players may come and play at the
lounge as often as they choose in a
single day. social chess courtesy
cards are being issued now
To obtain daily courtesy card"
the visitor merely has to stop by the
desk on the right of the entrance TO
the lounge, pay the cover charge and
receive guest card. or contact any
member present of the Membership
Committee Of the divan, who may issue
courtesy cards.
Any visitor, spectator, or player
within the game rooms of the
Social Chess Lounge must have
daily courtesy card"
However. the wife or husband Of a
member Of the divan does not need a
courtesy card as they are extended
the same privileges as the regular
| members.
Membership in the divan Is by inM-
ton only.
If you would like to cooperate with
the organized chess program and be
chess fan, today's application form
should be clipped and mailed to the
chess editor, The Sunday Star.
Evening star., 1937-08-01
AyQOG'S LIS5EEI
By RRTAXNT0N ~

- OMEWHERE in Washington
there is a boy named Charles,
about II years old, and he
~ wants a collie.
He wants collie real bad" badly
enough to take the long trip out to
Beech Tree Farm, beyond Falls
Church, Va, on his bicycle, just to
look at collies; badly enough to offer
to trade his practically new bike. a
bike which he bought himself after
laboriously saving and earning the
necessary cash himself for a collie
pap.
There is boy who knows
what he wants and is going to
get it!
The folk at Beech Tree Farm are
looking forward to a return visit from
Charles in the near future when they
expect to have some collie pups,
ONE doesn't need a large kennel,
many dogs, extensive grounds. to
get many of the pleasures and profits
Evening star., 1937-08-01
Madeirans Proud Of Antonio,

NATIVES of Madeira are tremend-
ously proud of Antonio, and right
fully so, for he is the greatest boxer
ever developed on this 27 by IA mile
island several hundred miles off the
west coast of Africa. Not long ago
Antonio made a voyage to Lisbon.
Portugal and knocked out the
featherweight champion Of Southern
Europe. On his return to Funchal
most Of the island population turned
out for a demonstration
Antonio is 81 years old and scales
125. and has the durability of pack
mule. He is endowed with more than
a fair amount of boxing skill. and is
a murderous left-handed puncher,
who clubs his opponents to the can
vas in much the manner of Jack
Dempsey in his prime.
Evening star., 1937-08-01

Of dog raising. Comdr. Sampson, who
lives in an exclusive section of Country
Club Hills, Va. where large kennels
would not be allowed. has one of the
neatest, most attractive and most ef-
fioient, small kennels ever have seen
He has only four or five dogs, but those
four or five are all good ones-a
couple imported from one of the most
noted Cairn terrier kennels in Canada.
Evening star., 1937-08-01
Another Sarratt Gem,

FAMOUS during the period 1903
1921 as the first British master at
chess. J. H. Sarratt is the pioneer of
the combination school, OF his style,
it is said, he played sufficiently we'll
to beat the other players of his day,
and that is the most that any player
need exert himself to do"
Sarratt guides the White pieces in
the following game, while an unknown
plays the Black.