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Evening star., 1937-02-27
pneumonia FATAL
TO SPORTS EDITOR
Bernard William St. Denis Thorn
son Held Post on New York
Times Since 1915.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated PteSS.
NEW YORK, February 27.-Col.
Bernard William st. Denis Thomson,
sports editor of the New York Times.
died last night in st. Luke's Hospital
Of pneumonia he contracted Wednes-
day. Except for the two World War
years he served as colonel, the 63-
year-old executive had held his posi-
ton continuously since 1915.
The son of newspaper man, ;
was born in Port Fortune, Quebec, and
was graduated from Harvard Law
School in 1895. He went West and
sought fortune as both rancher and
gold prospector. His first newspaper
Job was on the Chicago Pecord er-
AIDS staff. Before moving to the
Times Sunday department in l. 13, he
had been Sunday editor Of the New
York Sun.
Thomson's favorite sports were
horse racing and rowing, the latter
having been an interest at Harvard.
Although he preferred the anonymity
of his desk to by-line writing, his as
sociates knew his love of sport as a
robL It one. Once, he broke the bank
ut Monte Carlo on two successive
nights before himself going broke.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
Queson for Reciprocal Treaty
To Boost u. S.-Isldnds Trade
Philippine President,
Here on TtrO.MOnth
Visit, Tells of Gold.
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

Optimistic Manuel Luis Quezon,
first President of the Philippines, was
here today with the news that he
approves Of labor camps and that there
is gold in the hills in his common
wealth of 1901 islands
Quezon came for two-month visit,
not to talk about gold ore, however,
but to persuade the White House that
the islands should be accorded trade
concessions which will supply them
with the more useful wealth Of for
eign exchange.
Il think a reciprocal trade agree
ment between this country and the
Philippines would be advisable" the
dapper politician from the Far East
yesterday told the press in his Shore
ham Hotel suite in an explanatory
prologue for his trip.
He commented on the status and
powers of the Philippine Supreme
Court, q seven-judge tribunal.
According to our constitution, the
Supreme Court cannot declare law
unconstitutional except by two-thirds
vote. We do not feel that the vote of
one man on our Supreme Court
should have the power to overthrow
law which the Legislature and the
President in all honesty considered
within the constitution. which they
have sworn to support"
S2I, ,o0O, zoo in Gold Last Year.
He declined to offer his opinion on
President Roosevelt's judiciary reor-
ganization plan. He returned, instead,
with enthusiasm to the Philippine
gold output, which amounted last
year to $21 100000.
II think the very islands of the
Philippines are made OF gold,' ne
said.
From gold he turned to national
defense and announced his belief IN
the virtue of concentration camps.
That's fine" he said. Put q
muitimillionaire's son to work with q
poor mans son and -,ep him at It
for a while. It's the best school OF
democracy"
The Philippines constitution. he ex-
planned, permits the government to
require compulsory service, military
or otherwise. of any Of i citizens
in peace or in war.
He said he approved heartily OF
the plan of Gen. Douglas lac
Arthur. United States military ad-
wiser to the islands, for the COM
pulsory military training of all yout. :.
Its the Swiss system" said
Quezon, "and Switzerland is the
oldest and most thorough democracy
in the world. We keep q standing
army Of only 10000. but in 10 years
We will have available 4o0.Uoo men
to dghk
Evening star., 1937-02-27
.U.S.-STATEPOWER
SUPPORT |SURGED
Ladder Holds Government
Development Program
Is Best.

United in their criticism Of the
policies and practices Of the private
power monopoly" conference delegates
of the League for Industrial Democracy
in session at the Washington Hotel
today we're urged by DR.. Harry W.
Ladder. executive director. to give
their undivided support to a program
of Federal and State development Of
hydro-electrlc power
Such a program. Dr.. Ladder said,
provides the best opportunity thus
far offered the public TO combat the
private power monopoly" Supporting
his claims of monopoly, the speaker
declared that as recently as 1885 three
great power groups controlled more
than one-haf of the electrical energy
produced in this country. The three
named were United Corp. North Amer
lean and Electric Bond &, Share.
Five Join In Denunciation.
Throughout the actresses of last
evenings dinner meeting at the Ma
tioral Press Club auditorium five
speakers. led by Norman Thomas. head
of the Socialist party and executive
director of the league, joined in de-
nunciation of the industry's policies
particularly IN their intrusion into
politics.
Describing the commission form of
regulation as ineffective in itself and
''hamstrung' by decisions of the Su-
preme Court, Thomas continued:
There is no way to keep private
power ownership and exploitation in
our economic life and yet keep il
out of politics. And because it is in
business for a profit its role in poll
tics will be, as history proves, to pro-
tect profits no matter at what cost
to true democracy"
Representative W. D. McFarlane
Democrat, Of Texas aSsailed the power
interests in like vein, making most
pointed criticism of conjunctive lobby
ing with railroads, oil companies and
other big business" interests and in
their influence upon the press through
large advertising appropriations anc
the threat Of curtailment of this
revenue for publications.
Pooling Proposals Opposed.
McFarlane bitterly opposed the
power pooling proposals of private
industry as being designed TO destroy
ANY chance to show adequately how
cheaply power is being produced ano
distributed under Government yard
stick plants"
The Texan accused Dr. Morgan
chairman of the T. v. A., of wanting
ito compromise with the power trust
in favoring the power pooling plan.
Other speakers of last nights meet
ing were Representative Thomas r
Amlie, Progressive, of Wisconsin, Nc
Alister Coleman and Paul Ward
Representative Rankin of Missis-
sippi and Pierce of Oregon, both
Democrats, and Rural Electrificatior
Administrator John Carmody are
among the speakers scheduled tonight
Evening star., 1937-02-27
NEW TRIAL ASKED
BY DR.. TOWNSEND
Arguments on Motion to Be
Heard Probably Next
Friday.

A motion for new trial was filed
in District Court today on behalf Of
DR.. Francis E. Townsend. elderly head
Of Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd,
who was convicted Wednesday Of con-
tempt Of the House.
Arguments probably will be heard
next Friday on the motion, which must
be disposed Of before the pension chief
may be sentenced.
A jury found DR.. Townsend guilty
OF contempt in walking out of hear
ing being held by the Bell Committee
on the subject of old-age pension Or
ganizations.
In asking new trial, the physician
alleged that Justice Peyton Gordon
erred in denying his motion for a
directed verdict and in refusing to
permit him to present to the jury evi-
dence in justification of his depar-
ture from the hearing room.
He also objected to the courts in
structon to the jury that he was
guilty if he was summoned, ap-
peared and willfully left the presence
OF the committee without its ac-
quiescence.
His contention was that the court
should have accepted his prayer for
instructions to the Jury that to find
him guilty they would have to be-
lieve that he did not appear before
the committee at all.
The motion was filed by Attorneys
Joseph A. Cantrel and Elisha Hanson,
who represented DR.. Townsend during
his trial.
The maximum penalty for the
offense involved is one year imprison-
ment and $1,000 fine.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
Bride and Groom
Wait at Chapel
For Clergyman
Wrong address Delays
Ceremony Almost
an Hour.

The familiar story of the bride left
waiting at the altar was given new
and doubly embarrassing twist yes
terday when both the bride and bride
groom worried in Walter Reed Hos
pital Chapel nearly an hour, while the
clergyman, scheduled to perform the
wedding ceremony was looking for
them in a chapel several miles away.
Kenneth Gapen, Miss Marie Inge-
britsen and 25 guests wondered why
Rev. Horace E. Cromer was taking
so long to come from his home at
1888 Somerset place. They learned
the reason when the clergyman
arrived-nearly an hour after the
appointed hour.
Rev. Cromer. who is pastor OF
Emory Methodist Church. had been
misinformed of the place of the cere-
mony. He drove to the chapel at
Fort Myer, Va. Failing to find the
couple there. he returned, ascertained
the correct address and finally married
the pair.
Gapen a Government employe, and
his bride. formerly a nurse at Walter
Reed. left for New Mexico. where the
husband will take a position with the
Soil Conservation Commission
Evening star., 1937-02-27

Motorists Swerved their autos to
avoid hitting the headgear A street
car turning into Seventeenth street
was stopped to keep from running over
it, as seconds later SO was another.
The provocative chapeau apparently
to make sure it attracted attention,
wandered onto both tracks on the
Avenue. bringing to screeching halt
two more trolleys.
AS the lights changed nevsboy
retrieved the hat, still untouched by
wheels, and returned it TO its owner,
who rolled it up and put it in the
briefcase.
ARSENAL.
DICKIE BAILEY is ready for any
criminality that may linger in the
wake Of the current crime cleanup
when he grows up a decade hence.
Approaching his father the other
night. he snapped out one of those
toy G-men guns with celerity that
would have done credit to Buffalo Bill
at the same age, TO-
And do you know what Id do if
you took that one away from me?"
Dickie wanted to know.
"What?" asked the father.
This said Dickie, reaching into
another pocket for another gun He
went straight through five guns that
way, pulling the last one out of his
bedroom slipper. That, you've got to
admit. is thinking several jumps
ahead of the criminal mind.
X
SMART.
We've heard of ailing dogs going
voluntarily to the doctors, but you'd
also like to learn of Tommy, ink
black cocker spaniel owned by Ernest
L. May, manager of the Bancroft
Hotel. which daily asks a lady to fix
up his eyes.
A boric acid solution was prescribed
by veterinarian about year and a
half ago for Tommy's weak eyes. A
Mrs. Hughes. widow Of a naval officer
and guest at the family-type hostel,
assumed the laudable task of looking
after her good friend. Tommy.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
BINGHAM SAYS FLOOD
: CONFIRMS ROOSEVELT
8y the Associated Press

1y the Associated Press
NEW YORK, February 27.-Robert
Worth Bingham, Ambassador to Great
Britain, sailed on the liner Europa
early today to resume his duties in
london, and expressed opinion that
the Ohio River Valley food "has con-
vinced the whole country of the wis
dom of the projects for which Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been working for
the tpast four years"
1T is very interesting" he said.
tha t the only river in the region
ghf Eh did not do any damage was the
'enl hessee, where the T. v. A. is in
oen alton"
Il ae envoy. who had hurried home
Il )uisville, KY, to assist in the re-
oi 1itation of the food zone, said he
! ght that the formation Of an Ohio
~ Authority, resembling the Ten
z be Valley Authority, was a dis
y possibility.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
KATz TO TESTIFY
IN POLICE PROBE
Maryland Legislative Scene
Will Be Dominated by
Probe Next Week,
BY tht Associated Press.

BY tht Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, February IL
Actual, behind -the-scenes work on
Maryland's most important legislative
problem-the S7O0OO.o 900 biennial bud
get-will reach climax next week. a
climax that will be overshadowed by
sensa tional hearings before the Sen
ate committee probing political inter-
ference in the State police department.
The two public hearings held by the
Investigating Committee this week
seriously hampered consideration of
the budget. Practically all members
Of the two fiscal committees elected
to attend the hearings rather than
meetings of their own committees.
Big Three to Testify.
Hearings in the State police probe
will hold the center of legislative in
terest until they are completed. They
have not gone far enough as yet 10
allow guess as TO when they will end.
The reputed big three" of Maryland
Republicanism j. Purdon Wright,
former police head and now general
counsel to the Public Service Com
mission; State Employment Commits
sioner Harry C. Jones and State
Budget Director William H. Brakeman
are to appear at Monday nights
hearing.
Jones was a member of a COM
mission which investigated the Tangler
Island relief expedition, led by Carey,
on which a State trooper died That
commission recommended Garey's dis
miSsal. charging that he was ITEM
peramentally unfit" to be police super
intendent.
Carey submitted TO the Senate Com
mittee report Of three alienists which
countered the Tangier commissioner S
finding as to his temperament.
Sergt. Katz Is Summoned.
Tuesdays hearing is to bring Sergt
Menash Katz. State police aid to the
Governor. and Lieut.. Andrew Conner
Of the State police before the COM
mittee
Katz's name has figured in the testi-
mony Of virtually every witness. The
committee has heard charges that
Gov. Nice promised TO make Katz a
Lieutenant if the force is increased:
that Katz interfered with operation
Of the force; that Katz carried mis-
leading reports to the Governor: that
Katz lobbied against Senate confirma-
ton of Maj. Carey.
Lieut. Conner was given that rank
while Mai. Wright was superintendent
Of the department. Prior 10 that time
he had acted as police chauffeur for
Maj. Wright.
johnson Is Restored.
Conner was brought into head
quarters under the Wright regime and
made second in command. replacing
Capt. Edward Nick Johnson Capt.
Johnson never lost his rank. however,
and now IS second in command again.
Other developments in the police
situation today were:
Decision of the Senate Finance and
House Ways and Means Committees
to strike allowances designed to add
so men to the police force from the
1889 State budget.
Introduction of a bill by Speaker
Emanuel Gorfine. Democrat, fourth
Baltimore. and AZ Delegates to en-
power the superintendent Of police 70
install a teletype system connecting the
headquarters and all substations.
Denial by Gov. Nice that he had
ever been furious" with Maj. Enoch
B. Carey, deposed police super1n-
tendent. for having two Catholics
investigating a Mason"
Evening star., 1937-02-27
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
NOT DUKE.

NOT DUKE.
HERE was just one thing wrong
with that story We had the
other day about the Phi Beta
u Kappa key tina. was found,
worn for a while and finally returned
to its owner by the driver of a beer
truck. 1t was only wrong enough to
amuse. not wrong enough to hurt any
one.
The key belongs to Paul Royster
and Mr.. Royster is graduate OF
North Carolina, not Duke University.
as the Wayside item said.
Any one who knows the feudin'
tradition between the two schools will
appreciate the necessity for bestowing
credit where credit is due. Mr.. Roy
ster is Chapel Hill Kappa.
ETIQUETTE
1t is not up to this department,
pith all its sins and shortcomings,
to reprope manufacturers for the
problems of etiquette they create.
1t 1pould be nicer, though. ii neDs-
papers were not called upon to an
SWer such questions as the fol-
io1Ging:
What should be the SGlutation
on letter addressed to Blank
Soap, Cincinnati, Ohio9"
Not Blank Soap Co., Just Blank
Soap" our man countered.
Yes" said the caller.
II uouldnt know," said our man.
But you might try Dear SudS."
KNIGHTHOOD.
A LADY'S hat and four gallant street
car motormen are the prota 60
nists in this breezy yarn.
AS the lady was crossing the corner
where the trolleys turn up Seventeenth
street, as well as continue down Penn
sylvania avenue. during the homeward
rush hour on recent windy day. q
gust of wind neatly lifted the small
black hat from the golden-haired head.
Into the traffic snarl it (the hat, not
the head) bounded. The cautious
lady proceeded across the street, care
fully deposited her briefcase against
the iron fence surrounding the Court
of Claims, and looked back.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
COAST GUARD AIDS HUNT
FOR MISSING SCHOONER
% Men Aboard Fishing Ship Are
Unreported Since Thursday.
Owner Confident She Is Safe.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, February ~ Three
Coast Guard vessels widened q search
today for the 110-foot Boston fishing
schooner Gossoon. missing. with 28
men aboard, since she reported loss of
her propeller 140 miles east of Boston
early Thursday.
Patrick j. OHara, treasurer Of
O'Hara Bros Co., Inc, her owners,
said they had absolutely no fears for
the ships safety"
O'Hara expressed the opinion the
Gossoon was probably under sail
trying to make Lunenburg or some
other Nova Scotian port"
The patrol boat Thetis and the cut
ters Chelan and Algonquin searched
wide AREA for the missing vessel,
which lacked wireless.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
ST. MARYS PACKERS
URGE OYSTER PLANTING
Project Involving Bay and River
Being Considered by Con-
servation Commission.

By tie Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. February 27-The
State Conservation Commission feare
Thursday the request of delegation
Of oyster packers from ST. Mary;
County for the planting o. seed oysters
and shell in the waters of the Chesa-
peake Bay and Potomac River ad-
Joining their county.
The commission took the reques
under consideration. 1t will not de.
eide on the distribution OF seed oysters
and shells until the middle of March
Members of the county delegation
were j. c. Lore Herman Woodfielc
and Warren Denton.
Evening star., 1937-02-27

While naturally at first he did not
relish the cold drops on his pupils, he
quickly realized they made him feel in
top shape. One morning. on hearing
Mrs. Hughes familiar steps, Tommy
sat up begging. He hoped up on q
sofa beside her, tilted his face up
opened wide his eyes and waited ex-
pectantly.
The treatment over. SO Mrs Hughes
declares. Tommy put his nozzle
against her cheek, gave her little kiss
(not sloppy one) of thanks, and
leaped down to frolic.
Ever since then the diurnal rite has
repeated, except for short absences
Of Mrs. Hughes. as Tommy prefers that
her sympathetic hand squeeze the
syringe.
ALL'S WELL.
The piece about the clerk inad-
Uertertly selling man his oDn
derby Uhen tie latter bought four
tor 81 during the rummaqe dap
sales, brings into print the phil
osophtcdl question OF tchether an
other bargain hunter was strictly
honest.
The second chap made the round
of the leading haberdasheries on
Washington's birthday to add to
his Wardrobe. Bucking against the
human tide in an F street shop.
he came across tie priced at 70
cents Which he liked. Pulling it
from the rack, he ,0ent oUer to the
counter to pay the har1Ssed at
tendant, lDIlO charged him only ~
cents for the craDat. The customer
said nothing.
ArriDing at another SHOWCASE,
he saw s1.29 shirt Which caught
his fancy. He took it to q differ
ent clerk, Dho said, "s159, please"
Our problem paid Uhat wds re-
Quested-nnd said nothing.
At the correct prices. the total
bill mould haDe been s20S. And.
adding up the mistakes, that u
Uhat p1s paid.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
Two $4,000 Hours in Air.

Eight of the senior captains of the
British Imperial Always. some Of
them in the service 20 years. have
spent between them 10000 hours in
the air. covering more than 5000. 900
miles.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
MEETING DATE CHANGED
Burroughs Citizens Association
Sessions on Fourth Friday.

The Burroughs Citizens Association
meeting last night at the John Bur-
roughs School voted to amend its con-
stitution to hold all future meetings
on the fourth Friday of each month
The meeting was adjourned after
a half-hour business session so that
time could be devoted to q mass meet
ing on local suffrage.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

TODAY.
Senate:
In recess.
agriculture Subcommittee continues
hearing on crop insurance bill.
House:
In recess
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-03
GEORGIAN SHOT
 BY STATE TROOPER
Under Police Guard at Hospital = Working
 Flim=Flam Game

Cambridge, Mass, May 3.-(UP) Shot by a state trooper at a Charlton cemetery, 55 miles from here, William Young, 60, 240- pound Georgia negro, was under police guard at a hospital today pending arraignment in connection with an alleged f1im-flam scheme.
 Young, a strapping six-footer who said his home in Atlanta, was wounded in the right knee by Trooper Augustine Russell after pre- viously eluding police in Cambridge and Charlton. He was unarmed.
 He escaped Saturday night when Cambridge police trapped com panion, Hutler M. Freeman, 40, New York negro. on charge of conspiracy to steal.
 Intended victim of the pair, police said, was Mrs. Louise Headley, a Cambridge negress. She told police the two negroes had asked her to keep $900 for them, but requested she produce $40 as evidence she was trustworthy.
 Mrs. Headley noted that the pairs 'roll' actually was of plain paper wrapped in two bills and notified po- lice, who accompanied her to a rem dezvous with the two negroes. Free man was captured but Young eS- capped.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-03

craze" but little money (compara- tively), a more difficult task to collect, and greater shrinkage. All other general classifications showed the following percentages: $100 and over-51.2 per cent, decline 2.3 per cent; $25 to $99-7.4 per cent de- cline 8 per cent; $ to $24-7.6 per cent, decline 2 per cent; and Fair feld-5.5 per cent, decline 5 per- cent. The steady decrease in gifts of $100 and over is alarming. At one time, in 1929, these reached 67.5 per cent. A fair expectation is regarded as 60 per cent in this group and 40 per cent in gifts of less than $100. On this "60-40" basis We would have raised $404,300 in the recent campaign.
 There was marked improvement in collections both on current year subscriptions and on old accounts. The former showed 90.8 per cent, as against 88.4 per cent for 1884. Col lections on pledges of prior years amounted to $18,375.09, compared with $16,713.12 in 1884. Tentative budgets, as included in the goal were paid, even though the 1885 campaign failed by $24,000. Like. wfse, it is expected, if present plans are carried through successfully that it will not be necessary tc reduce budgets tentatively granted from 1886.
 Health Council Busy
 The Family and Recreation Coun- cils, Childlren's Councils were ex- ceptionally active during the year The Health Council attacked proo- lens of health. It was considered by informed people in the Health Field, that there was great need for central organization which could study and help meet the health needs of the community. Such an organization should have the representation of all recognized health groups, both public and pri- vate. As result, Steering Conl- mittee. composed of a representative from the Bridgeport Medical society, the Bridgeport Dental society, the Hospitals, the Public Health Depart ment, the City Dispensary, the Pri- vate Nursing Agencies and the Com munity Chest, held several meetings early in January, to make super
 Through the generosity of the Bridgeport Dental society and with the cooperation of the Department of Health, Dental Survey of every school child in Bridgeport is being undertaken. Though these surveys are not uncommon, this is the first time any city in the United States has conducted complete survey, taking in children of high school age. More than 50 dentists, with the assistance of the Dental Hy- gienists of the Department of Health, are contributing their time, and to date a number of schools have been completed.
 A committee studying home medi- cal care of indigent patients who have been hospitalized is active, and several important meetings, one with city officials has already been held and definite promise of muni- cipal cooperatoin made.
 Another group is busy working out program of health education The Bridgeport Medical society, working in cooperation with the Health Council, has started radio campaign and each Monday evening at R.An 0ver WTGC leading physician or surgeon speaks on some important phase of health. fall is now being prepared.