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Evening star., 1937-11-18
MRS. PERKINS, GREEN
AND LEWIS QUERIED
Mrs. Norton Asks Them for Their
Attitudes on Wage and
Hour Bill.
By the Associated Press. /.

By the Associated Press,
Chairman Norton OF the House La
Dor Committee announced today she
had asked Secretary of Labor Perkins,
William Green and John L. Lewis to
state their present views on the pend
ing wage and hour bill.
Mrs. Norton wrote letters to the
three labor authorities. She said
she took this action because of the
great conflict of opinion which seems
to exist on this legislation"
Informed persons said Mrs. Norton
had acted in the hope that replies
from Mr.. Lewis, chairman of the Com
mittee for Industrial Organization.
and Mr.. Green, American Federation
of Labor president. would answer
questions in the hlinds Of many legis-
lators since both of the two rival fac
tons of organized labor had publicly
criticized the legislation
Southern opponents of the bill in
the House, meanwhile, were casting
about for means of preventing the
measure from reaching a vote despite
signing by los House members of a
petition to accomplish that purpose
The petition requires 218 votes to
bring the bill to the House floor.
Evening star., 1937-11-18

6y tne Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j., Nov. l8.-The
Newark News said today that James
H. r. Cromwell, husband of Doris
Duke, "can be the next United States
Senator from New Jersey If he wants
to be-"
Senator A. Harry Moore, New Jer-
sey's Democratic Governor-e elect, 'is
repeatedly prepared to designate
Cromwell for Washington Immediately
after Moore begins his third term as
Governor" the newspaper said.
Moore could not be reached for
comment today it added, but it is
known Democratic leaders have talked
to Cromwell about the appointment.
He can have the seat if he wants to
If he will run for election next No.
vember."
The News pointed out Mrs. Crom-
wells adherence to the Democratic
cause showed up in the 1886 cam
paign in the form of a $4,000 cam
trlbution to the New Deal war chest
and said Democrats have agreed there
is no question of Cromwell's eligibility,
inaSmuch as he is 40 and lis cur
rently living at Somerville, on the
Duke estate"
Cromwell, reached by the Passsic
Herald News, was quoted as saying
Il would accept it if they offered it to
me. Wouldn't you accept a thing like
that if it was offered to you?"
Evening star., 1937-11-18
CHARLES A. LYONS,
VETERAN, SO, DIES

Charles A. Lyons, SO. of 1869 Merid-
ian place NV. retired employe of
the Washington Navy Yard and native
OF this city, died yesterday in the
Washington Sanitarium Hospital, Ia
koma Park, Nd, after a long illness.
Mr.. Lyons, veteran of the
Spanish American War, was past
commander of Dewey Camp, United
Spanish War Veterans, and also was
active in the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. He was the son of the late
Daniel Rufus Alexander Lyons and
the late Mrs. Susan Boswell Lyons.
His parents formerly were of Mary
land
Surviving are daughter. Mrs. Alb
ner H. Ferguson; a son. Charles A.
Lyons, jr., and granddaughter, Miss
Margaret Lee Lyons, all of this city,
and a sister. who lives in Philadel-
phia
Private funeral services will be held
tomorrow in the Zurhorst funeral par
lors
Evening star., 1937-11-18
UTAH PLANE CRASH
LAID TO 3 CAUSES
Federal Investigating Boards Re.
port Is Made Public
by Roper.

The crash Of United Airlines plane
into a Utah mountainside during a
snowstorm October II with the loss of
l9 lives. was due to a combination of
three causes, according to a report
Of the Federal Investigating Board
made public late yesterday by Secre-
tary OF Commerce Roper.
Two Washingtonians, Mrs. Natalie
Campbell Pritchett, socially prominent
contributor to the society columns OF
The Star. and Charles D. Renouf, local
passenger agent for United Airlines,
were among the crash victims.
The causes, according to the board,
were:
Il. Static conditions encountered in
the last portion of the flight. which
rendered the reception of radio range
signals unintelligible
q. The continuation of the flight
into mountainous country at an alti-
tude below the higher mountains with
out the aid of ground visibility or
radio signals to definitely identify po-
sition.
"3 A change in the weather caused
by the approach Of an unprecedented
cold FRONT"
Evening star., 1937-11-18

of legislation which no voting section
of the United tSates would have stood
for. Yet. she pointed out, it took two
years to get the ridiculous un-
American thing" off the statute books.
She said members Of Congress often
needed the explanations and definite
information which an official repre-
sentative of the District could furnish
in regard to the District estimates be-
fore Appropriation Committees.
Mrs. Walter Greenough, national
chairman of the Department OF Gov
ernment and its Operation of the Ma
tional League of Women Voters,
pledged support of more than 500 local
leagues and national headquarters.
She said she had sensed within the
past six months, a distinct difference
in the feeling here in support Of ma
tional representation. Praising the
presentation OF the subject last night
she declared she was sorry you can't
be road show" to carry the message
throughout the country
Mrs Gutenberg introduced four
other national officers of the league:
Mrs Harris Baldwin, vice president, of
this city; Mrs. Augustus Roam, De-
catur. Ga; Mrs Roscoe Anderson
Webster Grove, Mo, and Mrs. George
Gelhorn, St. Louis, Mo- and these
other guests: Representative Herman
Koppleman of Connecticut. and Mrs
Koppleman; Mrs Edward B. Mclean
Jesse c. Suter, vice chairman of the
Citizens Joint Committee on National
Representation, and Frederic William
Vile.
Miss Rhoda Milliken, vice president
of the Voteless League. presented
through various departmental chair
men the proposed program of work
for the year. 1t was officially adopted
on recommendation of the chairmen
including Mrs. Charles Weston, Mrs
William H. Savin, Mrs Gordon Wag-
enet, Mrs Pearl B Klein. Mrs Max O
Lorenz, Mrs. David Cushman Coyle.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
PAINTINGS OF CAPITAL
RESIDENTS IN EXHIBIT
Third Annual Christmas Showing
Will Be Held at Phillips
Memorial Gallery.

The work of number of prominent
residents here will be included in the
paintings, drawings and sculptures
comprising the third annual Christ
mas exhibition of the Phillips Memo
rial Gallery, opening with a reception
at 3 pm. today at the Studio House,
1914 Twenty-first street NV.
The exhibition will continue until
December 20. It will be open on week
days from 10 am. to $50 pm. and
Sundays from 2 to 6 o'clock.
The list of exhibits includes paint
ings by Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, wife
Of Associate Justice Stone; Miss Eliza
beth Roberts, daughter Of Associate
Justice Owen j. Roberts; Mrs. Dean
Acheson, wife of the former Under
secretary of the Treasury; Mrs. Dun
can Phillips, wife of the director Of
the Phillips Gallery, and her sister,
Mrs. Daniel Partridge, III, and Ed
ward Bruce. chief of the section Of
painting and sculpture at the Treasury
Department.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
Congress in Brief
TO-DAY.

TO-DAY.
Observation-Disclosures by South
ern Senators continues.
Farm-Senate and House AgrIcul-
ture Committees speed bill drafting.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Will continue debate on anti-lynch-
ing bill.
Agriculture Committee meets again
to work out new farm bill.
La Toilette Civil Liberties Committee
meets at 10 am.
House:
Program uncertain.
Agriculture Committee resumes
consideration of farm legislation.
Subcommittee of Ways and Means
Committee resumes consideration of
tax revision program. 10 am.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
MERIT EMPLOYEES
URGED TO UNITE
Former Civil Service Secretary
Tells Workers to Act Together
to Protect system.

The necessity for civil service en-
ployes to work together in their own
interest in view of the trend away
from merit system appointments in
the Government was emphasized last
night in a talk by John T. Doyle
former secretary of the Civil Service
Commission. to the United Civil Serv-
ice Employees. The meeting was at
the All States Hotel.
DR.. Doyle, who was secretary Of
the Civil Service Commission 46 years,
also urged legislat ton to do away with
mandatory age limits for retirement.
Ability to perform assigned duties,
rather than age. should govern retire.
ment. he said. The change, he added,
would also tend to cut down the cost
sustained by the Government in main
tanning the retirement system.
The former civil service aide, it was
announced. has become honorary
president of the U. S. c. E., which
is headed by E. Claude Babcock.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
JAPANESE MENACE.
'H|NDENBURC' LINE
One Gate of Walled Kashing
Reported Captured in
tNanking Drive.
BY the Associated Press.


SHANGHAI, Nov 18-Japanese
Army spokesmen announced tonight
that Japanese troops driving to break
through China's "Hindenburg" line
between Shanghai and Marking had
captured one gate of the walled city
of Kashing, southern keystone of the
line.
Both Chinese and japanese reported
heavy fighting in the area around
Kashing, so miles southwest of Shang-
hal and 30 miles south of Soochow,
main point of Chinese defenses.
Chinese told of spirited engage
ment at Seven Star Bridge, 4 miles
northeast of Kashing. japanese said
they were unable to state officially
that their forces had captured the
city.
Civilians Flight Spurred.
News of the japanese push against
the southern wing of the defenses
stretching from the Yangtze River
south to Hangchow Bay came a few
hours after an unoficial government
warning spurred mass migration Of
civilians from Marking.
For "a hours Chinese had held their
own along the length of the defenses
to which they retreated after Shang-
hal fell into japanese hands Novem-
ber 9.
Although the Japanese received re-
Inducements for the new onslaught
today, their only advance apparently
was on the southern front. They
were unable to push forward toward
Soochow. along the Shanghai Marking
Railroad.
Chinese reported their troops. aided
by 20 warplanes, had counter attacked
and pushed japanese back toward
Cheni They also asserted Chinese
had repulsed three Japanese attempts
to effect a landing at Fushan, 100
miles downstream from Nanking on
the Yangtze.
Creeks, Canals Aid Defense.
The japanese explained that Chinese
lines from Soochow north to the
Yangtze were protected by a network
OF creeks and canals and defended
by 100000 troops under the command
OF Gen. Pal Chung-hsi, leader of
Kwangsi Province forces and once
a bitter foe Of Generalissimo Chang
kal-shek.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
HUGHES Shooting
HELD ACCIDENTAL
Coroner Exonerates Wife
Who Killed Husband-Court
Trial Uncertain.

By Staf Correspondent OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Nov 1S-Ex-
onerated at coroners inquest here
yesterday in connection with the IA
tai shooting of her husband, Mrs.
Kathleen Hughes, 35, and her chill
dren, anxiously awaited news at their
Hunters Station home today as to
whether she would be tried by
Fairfax County court.
Commonwealth Attorney Paul E.
Brown said he was undecided" re-
garding trial in view of the "acci-
dental" verdict handed down yester-
day by Acting Coroner William B
wilkins.
Mrs. Hughes was charged With "fe-
lonious assault resulting in death"
and released under s2,5OO bond after
she shot and killed her husband.
Carley NJ Hughes. during an argu-
ment late Tuesday in their Fairfax
County home.
Blamed For Accident
Mrs. Hughes testified at the in
quest that she grabbed the revolver
from a dresser drawer to protect her
self and in struggle over the weapon
with her husband it went off
Mr.. Hughes had blamed his wife
for an accident in which their son.
John, II, had been injured when
knocked from bicycle by an auto
mobile, police we're told.
Mrs. Hughes rushed her wounded
husband to the Alexandria Hospital,
where he was placed in a ward dl-
rectly across the corridor from his in
jured son. He died shortly after
wards. The son was not told of his
fathers death
Hearing Postponed.
Mr.. Hughes, a World War veteran.
conducted a cleaning esta ablshment
here. He married Mrs. Hughes when
she was only l3 years old.
Three of the couples children wit
messed the tragedy. They are Diane.
20; Mildred, 19 and Jean IA. All
testified in their mothers behalf. say
ing that Mr.. Hughes attempted to
beat her with a stick
A 3-year-old child was away at the
time. John was in the hospital suffer-
ing from head injury received in
the bicycle accident.
A preliminary hearing scheduled for
today was pc ned.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
FOUR MEN ARRESTED
IN RAIDS BY POLICE
Alleged Gambling Establishments
Entered-Gaming Table
Charge Is Filed.

-Four men. arrested yesterday in
raids on alleged gambling establish
ments were released today by United
States Commissioner Needham c.
TCrnage under 1900 bond each. pend
ing preliminary hearing December 6.
Two of the raids were in the 900
block of H Street NV. Pete Gianaris,
400 block OF Massachusetts avenue
NV, was charged with setting up a
gaming table. while William P. Hall,
900 block of H Street NV, was held
on lottery charge.
The other two were arrested during
raid in the 900 block of G street
NV. They were Edward H. Jarvins,
1000 block Of H street NV, and Milton
Arlington. 400 block of Park road
NV. Each was charged with setting
up gaming table.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
DIRECTED VERDICT
DENIED TO GROVES
Justice Cox Refuses Defense
Motion in Senate Con-
tempt Trial.

Justice Joseph w. Cox today denied
request for a directed verdict OF not
guilty in the trial of w. Boone Groves,
vice president Of Railway Audit IL
Inspection Co., on charges of contempt
Of the Senate.
Defense Counsel Alvin NeWmyer had
asked the directed verdict on the
ground no provision had been made
for transportation or payment of ex-
penses to the defendant on the day
of his directed appearance before the
Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Mr..
Groves was served at his home in
Pittsburgh with a subpoena to appear
before the committee In Washington
on August 81, 1886.
In objecting to the request. prior
to its denial by Justice Cox, Govern
ment Prosecutor Champion Harris in
formed the court there was no evi-
dence that Mr.. Groves had asked for
transportation. but it was established
that he actually was in Washington
on the morning Of August 21.
Closing arguments in the case be-
gan shortly before noon. with the jury
expected to take the matter under
consideration late today.
Although another officer of the
company, L. Douglas Rice, general
manager, was acquitted on the same
charge last May, the prosecution
against Mr.. Groves gained new
point yesterday when Justice Cox sus-
tanned Government objection against
consideration Of actions of either the
defendant or the Civil Liberties Com
mittee after the date of the alleged
contempt.
1t had been the contention of the
defense that the action of August 81
WAS not complete in that the de-
fendant might have purged himself
by subsequent appearance had not
the committee intervened on August
Is in connection with a show-cause
order against the defendant to say
they no longer wanted either the
records or Mr.. Groves.
In the trial of Mr.. Rice this defense
contention was admitted to considera-
ton.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
7. Y. A. SEEKS RULING
ON RATE TESTIMONY
Court Refuses to Allow History
of Charges to Be introduced
in Power Firms Suit.

BY the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Nov. ls.-
Tennessee Valley Authority attorneys
prepared today to ask for positive
ruling from three Judge Federal
court to exclude consideration OF cleo
trio rates Of ls private utilities at
tacking the Authority's power pro-
gram.
The court yesterday refused to allow
N. NJ. Argabrlte, New York. operating
vice president of the Appalachian
Electric Power Co; the Kentucky
and West Virginia Power Co. and
Kingsport Utilities. to testify as to
rate history of his firms.
Rate histories introduced by two
witnesses prior to Argabrite were pro-
tested by William c. Fits, jr., T. v. A
solicitor
Il will renew my motion to strike
these from the record" he said.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
Big Arms sCache
Discovered by
French Surete
Inquiry Of Hooded
Society Increases
Arrests to 6.
By the Associated Press,

oS inc ASSOClateo fIeSS.
PARIS, Nov. ia government
inquiry into the secret order Of
Hooded Ones" yesterday uncovered a
vast armaments cache and brought to
six the number of arrests on charges
Of a plot against security Of the
state"
Investigating magistrates ordered
the Surete Rationale to intensity
search throughout the country for
traces Of the hooded society recruited
from several nationalist parties op-
posed to the Chautemps government.
Surete agents said two tons of arms
and munitions, including machine
guns. rifles, pistols, cartridges and
hand grenades, were discovered in q
raid on cellar fortress built beneath
= Paris apartment house.
A search of two other cellar fort
resses found one empty, but the Sec
ond contained IL boxes bearing traces
OF having carried arms.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
DRIVER SENTENCED.
Man in Accident That Lead to Shoot
ing Gets Month Term.

special Dispatch 10 Inc star.
FAIRFAX. Va, Nov. le.-Alfred
Simmons, 81, of Holmes Run. was
sentenced to one month in the COUNT
Jail when arraigned in Trial Justice
Court on a hit-and-run charge today.
growing out of the injury to John
Hughes.
1t was the injury of the 12-year-old
boy that led to the argument between
Hughes and his wife and the shooting
in which the latter was absoIved
from blame at a coroner's inquest in
Alexandria yesterday.
In addition to the jail sentence,
Simmons permit was revoked for
one year in the decision handed down
by Judge A. c. Rltchie.
The Hughes youngster and a COM
panion were riding bicycles short
distance from their home when
truck operated by Simmons struck them
and continued on without stopping
Questioned in court today, Simmons
said, Il was scared and did not know
what to do after the accident"
Evening star., 1937-11-18
Prisoner Confesses Staying
And Marrying Victims Wido,v

here, Mrs. Bosshardt nervously stroked
the hair Of her 1l-year-old son
Malans son-and told Sheriff Antoine
B. Prince she always had believed her
first husband deserted her.
Bosshardt, Is, and Schaefer said
they threw the body into an old well.
Deputies climbing into the 10-feet-
deep hole discovered a cave-in had
buried the bottom in IS feet Of dirt.
Bosshardt told Prince he felt re
sponsible" to Mrs. Malan.
II knew she had to raise Malan's
son." he said, land 50 tried to do the
next best thing married her"
It may take several days to remove
the debris.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
WARMER TEMPERATURE
AND RAIN ARE EXPECTED

Near-freezing temperatures are
predicted again tonight by the Wealth
er Bureau, but they are expected to be
followed by warmer weather and rain.
The overnight minimum will be
about "a, the forecaster said, one de-
gree under today's low"
Overcast skies, followed by rain, and
gentle, variable winds changing to
southeast or south are the outlook for
tomorrow.
The IS mark, recorded at am, was
considerably off the fall record Of 81,
reached October Is.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
By the Associated Press.


ST. GEORGE. Utah, Nov. 1s.-From
lips tight locked nearly three years,
Charles Bosshardt loosed today a
bizarre story that he killed a man,
then married the victims widow-who
did not know her husband was dead
to atone for his crime.
From Jail cell at Salt Lake Siy
33-year-old George Schaefer, con-
firmed Bosshardt's story Of killing
Spencer Malan March II, 1885, in q
ranch fight, and of Bosshardt's sub
sequent marriage to Mrs. Malan. who
Is Schaefer's sister.
And at the ranch scene OF the killing
near Enterprise, IS miles northwest Of
Evening star., 1937-11-18
RACING RESULTS
Bowie

BOWIE
FIRST RACE-Purse I,OOO; 2-yeap.
old maidens; & furlonEs.
Brown Moth tEccard) go $50 40
Sandusky tSarno) 1890 $50
Camaraderie tMcCombs) 2l.gO
Time, l:14M.
Also ran-fNewark. Auxiliary, AfBrma.
ton. mason B., Flyin& Rapture, oMthers
Love, fDr. Tate, Sure Swift, Unselfsh.
fField.
SECOND RACE-Purse. 81 100: claim.
ing; 4-year-olds and up; mile ana 10
Yards.
Elwawa (Sarno) 1890 .4O aao
Flying Victory (SchmidD $3.50 1C,.nO
Merrily On Eccard) 90
Time, :5OS.
Also ran--f Never Idol. Deadeyedick,
sun sweep. Phantom Fox. Sandy Belle,
Arios. Taunton, TZisane, Venetian.
field.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
Kensington PIT. A. Movie.

KENSINGTON, Md. Nov 1S CSpe-
ciaD "A motion picture will be
shown at the Kenslngton School to-
morrow at pm under the auspices
of its Parent Teacher Association.
Proceeds will be used to buy supple
mental supplies for the school.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
Church to Give Supper.

GA1THERSBURG, Md, Nov. 1s
Especially Under auspices Of the
Ladies Aid Society of Epworth Meth
odist Church, Gaithersburg, q turkey
supper will be served in the Gathers
burg Masonic Hall this evening Mrs.
Norman B. Jacobs is chairman Of the
committee IN charse.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
TRANSFER ORDERED

1t. Col. Sasse to Be Relieved at
Mississippi State.
The War Department today or
dered transfer of 1t. Col. Ralph I. Sasse
from duty as Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps instructor at Mississippi
State College to the 18th Cavalry at
Fort Knox, KY.
Sasse recently resigned as foot ball
coach at Mississippi State because of
poor health. His transfer will become
Evening star., 1937-11-18
MRS. JENCKES TO SPEAK
Will Address National Defense
Committee of D. A. r.

Representatives Virginia Jenckes OF
Indiana will be guest speaker before
the National Defense Committee Of the
District Daughters Of the Revolution
tomorrow at 1890 am. at the May
flower Hotel
Mrs. Jenckes Is a member of the
Fort William Henry Harrison Chapter
at Terre Haute.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
D. c. GIRL, Is, LOCATED
VISITING HER BROTHER
Chicago Phone Call Declares
Miss johnson "Too Upset" to
Explain Leaving Home.


The family Of Alice Lorena john
son, l6-year-old Western High School
sophomore. who disappeared Tuesday
morning, received word early today
that the girl is IN Chicago visiting
her brother.
Last seen here shortly before her
first morning class, Miss johnson ar
rived in the Illinois city aboard a bus.
The brother, Clifford M. Johnson. a
contractor, telephoned this morning
He said she was too upset" to ex-
plain why she had left her home, at
220l Hall place NV.
Members of her family said the
girl had approximately SIS in her
purse when she left for school Tues
day
Evening star., 1937-11-18
JOSEPH W. ALSOP

B r | ! liza n t
w a S h ington
n e W S p a p er
CORE spond-
ent and CO.
a u t h or of
he Is 8
Days." a story
Oh CQc recent
dramatic Su-
preme Court
fight.
Evening star., 1937-11-18
Foreign Orders Refused.

Builders of heavy machinery In
France are so busy that foreign orders
are refused.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-09-16

ioli. Little flower girls, Flavia
Seikora and Lorraine Ludwig,
nieces of the bride wore floor
length silk orchid taffeta gowns
and carried baskets of coral glad
ioli.
Clifford Redding, brother of
the groom was his attendant.
Ushers were Clarence Berberich
and Mike Heiderscheidt.
Following the ceremony we'd
ding breakfast was served the
bridal couple and their attend
ants at the Vernon Dittbenner
home. The wedding dinner and
supper were served in the church
parlors to about rs friends and
relatives The table mattresses
were Magazine, Marcella and
Margaret Heiderscheidt and De-
loras Berberich, nieces of the
bride. They wore white dresses
with black organdy aprons and
head bands trimmed with orchid
and green.
A dance was given in the eve
ming at the Lucan hall.
They will honeymoon in
northern Minnesota and be at
home on the groom's farm near
Milroy after October /.