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Evening star., 1937-10-15

The U. S. Government owns and limits
the seal catch that's why these skins
are some of the scarcest in the world =.
and why they're usually so expensive.
Our New York buying office was in on the
ground floor when these rare Sealskins
were auctioned off! They bought us all
they could get! And we bring them to
YOU at tremendous saving Alaska Seal
skin has a cleaning luster that distin-
guishes it from any other fur :. it's a
STANDARD of warmth and not only
ageless in It's fashion appeal :. but all
most ageless in durability.
Lansbrghs-Fur Saon-Second Floor
Evening star., 1937-02-13
COUNTRY'S future
'LANDON'SCONCERN'
Defeated Presidential Can
didate Makes Plea for Nom
Partisan Consideration.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 13.-Alfred
M. Landon's plea for non-partisan
consideration of issues involving the
whole future of our country" was
studied today by Republican leaders
for some indication Of his attitude
toward the Supreme Court .contro-
versy.
Some leaders who heard the titular
head Of the Republican party address
the Lincoln day dinner Of the National
Republican Club last night expressed
surprise at the mildness of his re-
marks. Others said he merely was
adhering to q course outlined by Re-
publican strategists to keep reorgani-
zation Of the court a bipartisan issue.
They recalled the statement Of the
party's chairman, John D. M. Ham,
ilton. after q conference with the
presidential candidate here Thursday
that the Issue (the Supreme Court
is so fundamental that there Is no
opportunity for anything but nom
partisan debate"
Message Is Brief.
The smiling Kansas took less than
500 words for his message to the fifty
first annual Lincoln day dinner, his
first address in New York since he
wound up his unsuccessful bid for the
presidency in Madison Square Garden.
He extolled Lincoln and closed with
the following comment which was in
terpreted as directed at President
Roosevelt's proposals to increase the
membership Of the Nations highest
court:
when I accepted the invitation to
come to this meeting I planned to
make a few informal remarks to you
as a Republican talking to fellow
Republicans.
Since then events have occurred
in our national life which make 1t
out of place for me to talk on a party
basis. The issues raised are greater
than any party. They concern the
whole of us.
Future Is Involved.
"They are worthy Of unhurried de-
liberation by Congress. They will
not wisely yield to partisan discussion
either within or without the Congress.
The whole future Of our country Is
involved.
Upon these issues I have strong
convictions, but I shall not avail my
self of this occasion to discuss them
further.
In the past It has been a boast in
this country that politics ends at the
waters edge. While this grave nat
ter. which goes to the very founda-
ton of our Government, is pending.
let us resolve, each and every one Of
us. to prove ourselves Americans by
doing our best to end politics within
the waters edge.
And with humbleness Of heart let
us pray to the God of our fathers
that now. as in the days Of old. He
will be for a spirit Of Judgment to
him that sitteth in Judgment, and
for strength to them that turn the
battle to the gate"
Evening star., 1937-02-13
WASHINGTON OFFICERS
CHOSEN FOR COURSE
Five With District Residences and
Four From Nearby Posts to
Attend Artillery School.

Five Army Field Artillery officers
whose homes are in the District of
Columbia and four others now on
duty at nearby Army posts will be
included in the class for the 1875
course in the Field Artillery School,
Fort Sill, Okla, according to War
Department orders.
The five Washingtonians to be in
cluded in the class and their present
posts are: First Lieut.. Beverly D.
Jones, 10th Field Artillery, Fort Myer,
Va: First Lieut.. Robert B. Neely, 83d
Field Artillery. Fort Benning, Ca;
First Lieut.. Phillip H. Pope, 18th
Field Artillery, Fort Sam Houston,
Tex; First Lieut.. Herbert G. Spar
row. SD Field Artillery, Fort Bragg,
N. c., and First Lieut.. William Memo
her, 1st Field Artillery, Fort Sill,
Okla.
The officers from nearby posts who
will become members of the class,
in addition to Lieut.. Jones, are First
Lieuts. Harrison D. King and Leslie
II. Wyman, 10th Field Artillery, Fort
Myer, and First Lieuts. William O.
Bullock and Daniel Parker, jr., 9Th
Field Artillery, Fort Hoyle, Md.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
MRS. PlTNER BURIED
IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY
Widow of Chief Of Copyright
Division, Library of Congress,
Died From Fall.

Mrs. Margaret B. Pitner SO, who
died Thursday in Emergency Hospital
as a result OF an accidental fall about
five weeks ago at her residence in the
Roosevelt Hotel, was buried today
in Arlington National Cemetery.
Funeral services were held in st.
Matthew's Catholic Church.
Mrs. Pitner's hip was fractured in
the fall. She suffered a heart attack
in the hospital. where she had been
under treatment for the injury.
She was the widow of William J.
Pitner, chief of the Copyright Di-
vision, Library of Congress. who died
in February, 1886. Mr.. Pitner served
as a captain in the Army during the
World War.
Among Mrs Pitner's survivors are
a brother, John Columbus, and q
sister, Mrs. Anne Fitzhugh, both Of
this city.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
.FAVORS RADIO BAN
FOR NEWSPAPERS
Wheeler to Offer Bill Making
Ownership by News
Units illegal.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Wheeler Of the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee plans
to introduce legislation to make 1t
unlawful for newspapers to own radio
broadcasting stations.
He said yesterday the purpose was
to prevent monopoly Of the channels
Of public information. The Senator
also made public data, furnished by
the Communications Commission.
showing $50 stations are now owned
or controlled by newspaper interests.
The data showed 50 Of the stations
had been acquired by the new interests
during the past year, and more than
100 applications were pending for
licenses from parties afiliated with
newspapers.
Wheeler also made public an opin-
ion written by Hampson Gary, general
counsel of the Communications Com
mission, that legislation Of the kind
proposed by the Senator SHOULD meet
the constitutional requirements"
Asked ConstitutionaIity Opinion.
The Senator had asked the COM
mission for an opinion on the con-
stitutionality of legislation denying
the right of newspapers to obtain
broadcasting licenses in the future
and requiring them to divest them
selves of existing rights in broadcast
stations within a reasonable time"
In his opinion. Gary said the ques-
ton was mot free from doubt, and,
therefore, I think the inquiry does
not permit a categorical answer" but
he added:
Il am Of the opinion that the mu-
tual ownership and control of news
papers and broadcast stations bears
reasonable relation to and has an
effect upon interstate commerce and,
therefore, If the Congress enacted
law of the purport suggested, it
should meet the constitutional re-
quirements.
UNFAIR Competition" Feared.
Wheeler contended also that for one
newspaper in a community to own a
broadcasting station makes it pos
sible to give another newspaper un-
fair competition" by combining ad-
vertising rates, or using the radio to
advertise the paper.
Wheeler expressed opposition to the
control Of cleared channels by radio
chains. He said the chains might
need one or two for originating pro-
grams, but not more. Acquisition of
super-power stations by the chains
was characterized by Wheeler as "a
very distinct tendency toward mo-
nopoly."
On the question of newspaper
ownership, Wheeler also asked the
commission whether it had authority
at the present time to deny applica-
tions from newspapers for stations on
the ground of public policy"
Gary held there was no such au-
thority. but that the commission was
empowered to consider the business
! connection of applicants in deciding
| whether a license would serve public
interest, convenience or necessity"
Evening star., 1937-02-13
BUFFALO HAS new
ATTACK ATTEMPT
Fourth Case Since Staying Of
Babcock Girl Is Re-
rnr%oJ

BY the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y, February l3--
The police had a report today Of q
fourth attempted attack on Buffalo
women since the Staying OF Mary
Ellen Babcock. 18.
Officers said Miss Virginia Skolyon,
30. waitress, was found unconscious
in vacant lot at a IN, and reported
she had tainted when q man with
whom she had been riding had at
tempted to attack her.
The affair occurred a few hours
after Police Commissioner James w.
Higgins had advocated emasculation
Of all men convicted as habitual sex
offenders.
Higgins men have sought for seven
days, without success, for the knife
slayer who left Mary Babcock's body
in a field last Friday night.
The police report Of the incident
said the driver of the car drove into
vacant lot. Miss Skolyon resisted
his advances, the report said, and
leaped from the car. Then she tainted
and the car drove away. Soon after
ward she was found unconscious by
Mrs. Josephine Boehn.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Confederate Seal
Is Missing From
Virginia Library
Cherished Gift of Judge
Payne Taken From,
Case at WarrentOn.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
WARRENTON, Va, February l3.-
The Warrenton Library continued a
search for clues last night as to the
whereabouts Of one Of its most cher
ished possessions. seal Of the Con-
federate States of America.
The seal, believed to be the one taken
to England by Mason and Slidell in an
effort to obtain funds for the Southern
Army, disappeared from its glass case
in the library at time unknown.
The glass covering Of the case had
been broken when the loss was dis
covered.
The late Judge John Barton Payne
gave the seal to the library, and 1t
stood on a mantel for a number Of
years before it was placed in its glass
case for safekeeping.
Judge Payne received the seal from
Judge William Mann, secretary to
Mason and Slidell.
Authorities here said they did not
believe the seal could be replaced.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
MOLEY ASSA|LS
COURT PROPOSAL
Declares RooSeveIt's Plan
Strikes at Heart of Demo-
cratic Government.
BY the Associated Press,

BY tEe hBSOClALe0 freSS.
NEW YORK, February bray
mond Moley, an erstwhile member Of
the Roosevelt brain trust" said last
night the Presidents proposal for
changing the Supreme Court strikes
at the heart Of democratic govern
ment."
In radio address Moley, now q
magazine editor, said there must be
change" but denounced Mr.. Roose-
velt's plan as the wrong way to go
about it.
He took his stand emphatically for
increased Federal regulation Of ecc-
nomic matters, but said the power
could be granted only by the people
themselves-that is by constitutional
amendment.
But to say" Moley added. that
such a need (for enlarged Federal
powers) exists is not to condone the
proposal Of a measure which violates
the spirit of the Constitution itself"
1T is merely to say that the way to
approach a question Of such tram
scendent importance is to approach It
frankly, honestly and openly"
To contentious that the electorate,
re-electing Mr.. Roosevelt overwhelm-
ingly last November, already had
"tacitly approved" the Presidents
course Moley replied:
"The fact is that the electorate was
told that if necessary these detectives
would be achieved through clarifying
amendments to the Constitution"
To the claim that the difficulty lay
not in the Constitution but in the
courts Interpretation of it, he re-
joined:
THAT is simply not So"
He pointed out that the entire
court knocked out N. r. A. and said
that even if the bench consisted
solely of Brandeises, Stones and Car
dozos," there still would have to be
an amendment to permit the national
regulation of trade practices, labor
matters and the like.
The final answer of the Presi-
dents supporters" said Moley, "is TO
point out that amendment takes too
long
What emergency in a democracy
has ever justified the abandonment
Of democracys primary principle
popular consent to fundamental
changer"
He went on to say that the late
Huey Long once told him that be-
cause he feared the court would not
find his share-the-wealth plan con-
stitutional, he believed that the entire
membership Of Congress should be
added to the Supreme Court"
Asserting that the United States
Supreme Court was responsible for
bringing on the Civil War, the blood
est war in our history" Mayor F.
H. La Guardia declared that the
court would not now be permitted to
block satisfactory solution Of pres
ent-day problems.
Speaking before a meeting at Abra-
ham Lincoln High School, where he
received the Lincoln award, bestowed
annually by vote of the students upon
the citizen who has rendered the
greatest service to the city of New
York" the Mayor said Lincoln would
"be Mortified by the long lines of men
and women on relief today"
He would see the necessity Of cor
rective labor laws if he were alive"
said the Mayor. But he would find
himself in the same position as our
President today. blocked by the Su-
preme Court"
Evening star., 1937-02-13
INJURED IN TORCH BLAST

Gardiner Rodrick, "a, Of 1928 r
street northeast, was burned about the
face and hands yesterday when blow
torch exploded, according to police.
while he was working beneath an
automobile In the District Repair
Shop, 2o1 Bryant street.
At Garfield Hospital physicians said
his condirlon was not believed serious.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
FATAL RAIL WRECK
BLAMED ON COUPLE
Drove Auto Down Rigth Of Way
as Came" Witnesses Tell
District Attorney.

Hy the Associated Press.
FRESNO, Calf. February 13-An
alleged remark. Lets go play rail-
road" figured today in District Attor-
ney Dan F. Conway's investigation Of
the wreck Of the Southern Pacific's
"owr passenger train, which killed
two trainmen.
Conway said two witnesses told him
Mrs. Frank K. Richie made the re-
mark to her husband at q cafe and
that the couple drove their automobile
down the railroad right-of-way for 200
feet before 1t stalled and they lea7ed
out. Laboratory tests, Conway added,
showed Ritchie was Intoxicated,
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Cites C. of c. Stand.

WICHITA, Kans., February 13 [P).
Harper Sibley, president of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, told the Wichita Chamber yes
terday that while the national body
has taken no action on President
Roosevelt's judicial reform proposals,
it previously had opposed every at
tempt toward depriving the United
States Supreme Court Of its func-
tions.'
Evening star., 1937-02-13

The resulting tumble and exclama-
tory remarks (direct quotes deleted
here out of discretion and at the
request of the principaD were suflicient
to arouse several occupants of the floor.
Clay closed the window after thumb
ing his nose at the chilly darkness
outside and returned to bed, mumbling
to himself and the world at large.
t,+ + \
FIRE STYLES.
Women nerer lose their heads
about hdts-dt least not inten-
tionalfy, this story indicates.
At q recent fire on Seventeenth
street one OF the iDonlen residents
of the house iohere the fire iDas To-
Gated rushed doiDn the steps to the
lobby. removed her hat and holding
1t In her hand. exclaimed: IL neper
Dedr this hat" Thereupon she
rushed back to her room and re.
turned subsequently wearing an.
other headptecs.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Davies ASSails Proposal.

GETTYSBURG. Pa, February Is
R.-Bitter opposition to President
Roosevelt's proposed changes in the
Supreme Court as making war on the
national umpire" was expressed last
night by Senator James J. Davis, Re-
publican, of Pennsylvania.
Addressing the Adams County Re-
publican Club at a Lincoln's birthday
dinner, Davis advocated action on the
proposal be withheld until next year.
when the people through the ballot
shall have an opportunity to show
where they stand"
Evening star., 1937-02-13
4 X \ \
DEVOTION.

Mrs. Clara Little, Uho admits she
Is. he only female her husband and
tather-in-law 1pill permit to 90
fishing Uith them, is responsible for
this note from Florida.
She says there came time t0hen
the three OF them tOere fishing in q
lake. The tDo men both had
strikes phich they ,UouIdn't ledUe.
And the rain came down in tor
rents. 1t Dds so heapy, in fact.
they could not haze ro,ped to shore
because it ,Dds blotted out OF sight.
The boat filled rapidly and she
wielded the bailing bucket n1adly.
While two men bdttled TOR t,Do
fish, she fought for three liues.
P. S. Both fish got dpay.
~ ~
"C'EST DROIE."
THE audience at the National Thea
ter was all aglitter with pearl
and silks and satin lapels shortl
before the curtain rose on the openin
night Of Tallulah Bankhead's Re
fected Glory"
A Senator hurried in to take hi
seat. His business suit contraste,
with the dressed magnifi
cence of those about him-so strangel.
that young lady in the row benin:
MIN, thinking 1t safe to speak Il
French, was heard to comment:
Evening star., 1937-02-13

w YHIIE Hayward Marshall Of
A the Board Of Trade was
wv running the Midwinter
dinner of the board last
week his young sons were not idle.
They conceived the idea that since
their father, as general chairman Of
the Dinner Committee, was busy with
civic affairs, they would arrange a
show for the benefit of the Red Cross
with the aid Of others in the neighbor-
hood.
The show. which included Jokes,
card tricks, q singing dog and q
dance by little Mary Howard. 6 years
old. was staged at the home Of DR..
Charles Howard, 242 Tuckerman street
northwest.
The only slip-up was the refusal Of
the dog to sing at the right time.
After repeated attempts to make him
lift his voice with a harmonica, be
was slowed away in the basement,
where he began to sing vigorously.
continuing throughout the perform
ance.
Those who took part in the show
were Haywood and Norton Marshall,
Bobby, Billy and George Hinkel. STAN
ley and Glen Stevenson and Charles
and Mary Howard.
Despite the shameful performance
of the dog the show was financial
success, for Haywood Marshall, ST..
was intrusted this morning with $l1.45
which he turned over to the Red Cross
fund.
Evening star., 1937-02-13

"C'est drole quill nest pas habile
CONNIE il faut ce soir pour cette grande
occasion" CIT Is strange that he
does not dress as is fitting the great
occasion this EVENING"
The Senator turned and adjusted
his coat OH the back of his seat. Look
ing back at the young lady who had
spoken. but without appearing to ad-
dress her, he said:
II am sorry the Senate stayed in
session so long this evening I had no
time to dress for Miss Tallulah."
The young lady blushed blush that
would be a blush in any language.
COLLECTOR.
THE newspaper artist was bidding
l. farewell to a base ball writer,
leaving for the Senators training
camp. Possibly the artist was
touched" by the farewell; at least he
fell violently in love with a 15-inch
cuspidor on the steamship pier at
Baltimore from which Florida tourists
sail. After fondling it for time, he
was inspired to have such a beautiful
cuspidor in the art department on his
paper. Eventually he tucked 1t under
his overcoat and made his way un-
steadily to the street. As he stepped
into a friends car, q none-too- gentle
hand restrained him and a deep voice
said: "Son, you can't get away with
that"
"What?" demanded the artist, but
added as the stranger showed his de-
tective's badge: "Oh, I see I can't"
He lugged the cuspidor back to its
original resting place.
X X \ \
n E. CLAY, JR., employed in the
~ offices Of Senator Byrnes Of
South Carolina, was handled rather
roughly by Washington's brief cold
snap the other morning.
Awakened about am. by his own
shivering. Clay rubbed his eyes,
yawned and finally decided for the
sake Of self-preservation he would get
up and lower q window. Still sleep
ridden mentally, he failed to remember
the wastepaper basket placed beside
his bed the night before for an ash
tray and he unwittingly attempted to
use 1t for bed room slipper.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Twice Forcibly Opened.

Twice Catholics of this intensely
religious city, swelled by pilgrims from
nearby towns and villages, had forcibly
opened their IA churches. After the
first time, Gov Aleman ordered them
closed again by police, but later he
showed more leniency and declared
some churches" would be allowed to
remain open.
I'VE don't know anything about
their being open," answered Jorge
Guapillo, acting head of the municipal
government, when he was asked
whether police would interfere.
Since 1924 all Vera Cruz Catholics
had been forced to hold their re-
ligious services secretly.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Congress in Brief.

TODAY.
Both Senate and House in recess.
Senate Foreign Relations COMMITTEES
starts closed hearings on permanent
legislation. q.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
CATHOLIC REVOLT
TRIUMPH LOOMS
0rizaba, Mexico, Services
Are Ignored by All
Authorities.
Py tie Associated Press.

Py tie Associated Press.
ORIZABA, Vera Cruz, Mexico, Feb
ruary 13-After IL years of secret
worship, ever under the shadow OF
police raids and prison, Orizaba's jubi-
liant Catholics offered prayers of
Thanksgiving today in their own
churches.
Openly and rejoicingly, they knelt
in prayer before flower-blanketed al
tars they had opened to sunlight again
last Tuesday in defiance Of the state s
rigidly enforced anti-church laws.
Peaceful Rebellion" Wins.
Apparently their peaceful rebel
lion" had triumphed Municipal, fed
eral and state authorities did not see"
the devout streaming into their can
delighted churches and did not
hear" the joyous pealing of bells from
long-slent belfries.
Il expect everything will be settled
within IS days at the most" said a
representative Of Gov. Miguel Aleman,
indicating the success Of Orizaba s
militant Catholics would mean victory
for the whole aroused state OF Vera
Cruz
I'VE disapprove," he said, "but the
Catholics will not be disturbed"
(Reports in Mexico City last
night said all churches in Cordoba
had been seized in rioting in which
one man was killed and several
others injured. One church door
was reported ripped down by
throngs. At another church. con-
verted into a fire station, the fire.
men were ousted and the appara-
tus wrecked. Similar scenes were
reported at Amatlan, near Cor
doba.)
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
Of Interesting Events
and Things.
DOGGONE.

DOGGONE.
7 v YHILE Hayward Marshall of
\ n ! the Board Of Trade was
wv running the Midwinter
dinner of the hoard last
Evening star., 1937-04-11
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