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Evening star., 1937-06-25

night that It rained. As the eve
ming wore on the rain increased.
Lightning flashed and thunder
roared, Power lines were wrecked and
service disrupted.
WHEN Kemp, the Foxs chauffeur,
stumbled over the dead body
OF Jeffrey he had to strike a match
With which to see, and in this in
adequate light he thought the man
was Owen. He let out a yelp and
ran to the house and raised an
alarm. People came and the police
came with flashlights and every one
thought it was Owen. Even Carita,
who looked at the body and then
tainted, thought it WAS Owen. Within
an hour all Of Hollywood and most of
the nation knew that Owen Fox had
committed suicide. The radio an
nouncers who broadcast the story had
authoritative statements that Owen
had been moody and morose OF late,
that there was doubt about his future
and that he was bored with life. It
made swell story.
AS for Owen. he was pleasantly
drunk in small restaurant on Santa
Monica boulevard where he had
stopped to get out of the rain and
where no one recognized him. 1t was
late when a taxi deposited him in
front Of his house He went in and
heard lot of people in the living
room, and thinking that a party was in
progress and having no mind for
parties, he went into his own room and
got into bed. His man, Douglas.
found him there the next morning and
nearly swooned OF fright.
But the story was out. the damage
done. And Sam Bloomfield, being
first, last and always publicity man,
put aside any grievances he might
have had regarding the horror of the
situation and made the best OF things.
Story after rumor and rumor after
story went out over the wire for two
days. Then an authoritative state
ment was issued that Owen had not
killed himself at all. He was alive and
well and eagerly contemplating the
new role he had just agreed to play in
Pacific's latest vehicle
Thus was Owen restored to popu-
larity among a public who only thinks
Of one side Of situation like that.
And though Owens sense of decency
rebelled at the method Of his restora-
ton, and helping out the Jeffrey
family didn't ease his conscience a
great deal, he eventually accepted the
morose and to brood, because he
knew that that was the way things
happened IN Hollywood and no one
could do anything about it.
(Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-06-25

do anything so ordinary. The public
won't stand for it. You've got to give
'em something with glamour in it."
Jaw, run up tree and bark"
Owen grinned. Sam was his publicity
manager. Sam was always telling him
he had to do something to make the
public want to see him. Sam was
over-eager.
Unhappily, however, Sam had
always been right before. Unhappily,
he was right now, a fact that ranked
In Owens mind. He tried not to
think about it, but he couldn't help
remembering that he was getting old
and new stars were twinkling in Holly
wood every day and that his contract
would soon come up for renewal with
Pacific Pictures.
Owen began to brood. He became
morose. No matter what Sam or
Or any one else said he wasn't going to
divorce Carita just for the sake Of
publicity. Carita was the only thing
life had given him that he treasured
or really felt was worth keeping for
all time.
Time passed and Owen began losing
favor. His fan mail dropped off His
producers looked dubious when his
name was brought up in business
discussions. And Owen became more
and more morose.
The night that it rained he was In
0 foul mood. Sam Bloomfield had
called up earlier in the evening and
told him that unless he did something
exciting pretty quick he was done for
And Owen had told him to go to hell
THEN he told Carita he was going
out and walk in the rain because
It helped him to think. He went out
and down the walk and met Steve
Jeffrey at the gate. Steve was Owens
double. the man who did the stunts
and took the risks in scenes in which
Owen wasn't good enough. Steve as
Is often the case, looked a lot like
Owen.
Just coming in to see you, Owen" ="
he said. Look, I've got to have
some money. My kids in jam. He
works in a bank, you know, and the
little fool played the races and lost.
The bank doesn't know about it yet.
Owen, you gotta help mel"
The light was poor and Owen
couldn't see how desperate Steve
Jeffrey looked. 1t struck him as being
1ronic that some one should come to
him for help right then. He only
half heard what Steve said.
yeah" said Owen, "Well. you go
run UP tree and bark, Mister. I'm
out on a limb myself. No ones
offering to help me- And he started
Evening star., 1937-06-25

THIS is rather a
- weird story Of
how the death OF
one man restored
fame to another.
It concerns Owen
Fox, movie star.
and Steve Jeffrey,
his double, and
Carita Fox, his
wife.
Carita was
Owens secon d
wife. He married
her when he was
38. He married
her because he
hved her and not
rs a pu b licit y
stunt, which was
almost his undoing.
"At your age"
8 a m Bloomfield
tol d him dis
Hustedly, you can't
Evening star., 1937-06-25
CANADIAN is ELECTED
HEAD OF KIWANIANS
21st Annual Convention Comes to
Close-President's Court
Plan Is Hit.

b. the Associa ted Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 25.-Ki-
wants international wound up the
21st annual convention here yesterday
following the selection of F.. Traf-
ford Taylor of st. Boniface, Mani
toba, as president.
Delegates tabled a series of reso-
buttons on President Roosevelt's court
reorganization plan.
Taylor became the first Canadian
10 hold the international presidency
since George H. Ross of Toronto held
the Office in 1929. He was elected
by acclamation.
H. G. Hatfield of Oklahoma City,
Okla, was renamed treasurer.
Evening star., 1937-06-25
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Evening star., 1937-06-25

of down the street
and left Steve
standing there.
Steve watched
Owens figure dis
appear in the
gloom and his
heart was bitter.
The jam that his
kid had got into
was the culmina-
ton of many un-
fortunate things
that had happened
to him lately. He
stood there a
moment and then
walked up the drive
to Owens garage,
went inside and,
without giving the
matter furt h or
consideration, shot
himself dead.
This, you re-
member, was the
Evening star., 1937-06-25

Harry W. Colmery. American Le-
gion national commander. assailed the
Presidents court plan yesterday.
The trend away from American
principles holds a threat to liberty
and individualim," Colmery said.
Evening star., 1937-06-25

Music Collection in Moscow.
Moscow is making a collection of
instruments and folk songs
in Armenia.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
H|LDLAB0R LAW
ACTION IS URGED
President Asks States to
Speed Ratification Of
Amendment.
By the Associated Press.

By tne hsSOClaleo freSs.
President Roosevelt, unheeding the
dispute over curbing the Supreme
Court. today made q second brisk
move to achieve goals by seeking to
speed ratification of the child labor
amendment.
In letters to the Governors and
Governors-elect of 19 States where
Legislatures meet this Winter, he
asked favorable action on the pro-
posal pending since 1924. Only IL
more States need to act to make it
the twenty-second amendment, inas-
much as - States have ratified.
1T is clearly indicated that child
labor. especially in low-paid. un-
standardized types OF work. is increas-
ing" Mr.. Roosevelt wrote.
II am convinced that Nation wide
minimum standards are necessary and
that way should be found promptly
to crystalline in legal safeguards public
opinion in behalf Of the elimination
Of child labor"
Congressional leaders considered the
action another indication of presi-
Dental militance on labor legislation.
Militance Is Seen.
Meanwhile word reached Congress
that administration advisers were
drafting comprehensive business reg
ulation statute in the spirit of N. r. A.
Mr.. Roosevelt still had to decide on a
specific plan, an informed source said,
but one suggestion receiving of1cial
study would empower the Federal
Trade Commission or 4 new agency
on two major points:
l. To enforce "fair trade practices"
as defined by Congress. Payment Of
starvation wages" or working labor
unconscionably long hours would be
banned.
2. To approve voluntary agreements
on wages. hours. price-posting and
similar matters, having the force of
law for the industry involved. This
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1937-01-08

President Roosevelt laid before Congress today
District budget for the coming fiscal year. embodyng
formula the result of the fiscal relations study for
determining of payment citys
applied by Congress- the formula would the amount
of the Federal in the fiscal beginning
from the $1,000 900 to estimated s53357 the
lowest in history.
The Federal known in the however Is abo
hed altogether The 233357 does National
payment from National of its being anticipated
proceeds from charges for services by the District either to
citizens to Government departments Principles governing past
fiscal relationship including the fixed ratio scrapped
Entirely substituted.
The budget and the formula the Dis
rct with the necessity of raising nearly s0O000 taxes
for the next fiscal The the
ations net income inheritance estate
increase in the gasoline graduation of the vehicle
tax commercial vehicles with reference weight
examination Of existing business taxes.
Justification of the increased is based the reports
fndingo which special direction called by President
that the property and the total load District
Columbia lower" than in II cities comparable
definite recommendation made in the fiscal relations
that District residents be granted the right local
frage If they want it, National representation pointed
would require constitutional amendment.
Suffrage Referendum.
The report said Provision should be made through
Evening star., 1937-01-08
ROOSEVELT, JR.,
ON WAY TO D. C.
Out of Hospital, He Hopes to
Graduate in June-May Go
to Law School.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. January 8.-Franklin D.
Roosevelt, jr.. reported recovered from
sinus infection and streptococcic
throat, left for Washington today to
spend few days at the White House
before going to Florida.
The Presidents son, a patient at
Massachusetts, General Hospital since
November Is, said as he boarded
train for the Capital that he hoped
his fiancee, Miss Ethel du Pont, would
join him at Wilmington, Del. He ex-
pressed the hope that he would be
able to graduate from Harvard College
in June, the month also set for his
wedding, but he feared his illness
might interfere with his ambition to
graduate cum laude.
Franklin said he was uncertain
about his career after leaving college.
but was thinking seriously Of law
school.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
T'oo Neo Battleships Ordered
By Roosevelt as Requirements
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt ordered the
Navy today to begin construction of
two new battleships to replace over
age vessels in the fleet.
He included funds to start work on
the vessels-made necessary, he said.
by the shipbuilding activity of other
naval powers-in his request to Con-
gress for record peacetime national
defense fund Of nearly billion dollars
for the 1898 fiscar year.
Increased expenditures for airplanes,
ordnance equipment and expanded
personnel for both Army sad Navy also
were proposed in the Presidents budget
message.
The total appropriation recommend
ed to Congress for the naval and mil.
itary establishments was $3.50, ,763, 600,
an increase of $92 1882 900 over estimat.
ed outlay for the current fiscal period
ending next June 80.
At his press conference today r..
Evening star., 1937-01-08

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, January g. General
Motors officials said . "sit-down"
strike started today at the Cadillac
Motor Car Co., where 5000 men are
employed. Reports said several hum
dred men were in the plant. a Gen.
eral Motors unit.
At the General Motors offices it was
sai2 the divisions affected were the
paint, stamping and final assembly Of
the Clark avenue plant.
The union presented demands to
the Cadillac management several days
ago, fixing pm. yesterday as the
"deadline." Yesterday, however,
union officials announced an indefi-
mite extension of this time limit.
I'VE can pull the men out on a
minutes notice." said Walter Reuther,
president of the West Side United Au-
tomobile Workers local. He said ac-
ton had been deferred so that what
ever steps were taken could be part
Of the national strategy Of the union. ="
General Motors subsequently an
nounced the strike had caused the
laying of of 1900 men at the Cadil-
lac plant and that operations In the
La Sale division also were suspended.
It was said at the corporation ofIices
that II Buick and other units closed
as expected ut 4 O'Clock this afternoon
only the Pontiac and Oldsmobile divi-
sions and truck-producing units will
be producing complete vehicles. There
was no assurance. 1t was added, that
these latter divisions will be able to
continue operations.
Meanwhile increasing tension In
strike centers spurred State and Fed
eral conciliators in their attempts to
settle the walkout Of United Auto
mobile workers In General Motors
plants.
While police at Flint. Mich. dis
persed . crowd Of union members
with threats Of using tear gas, night
long conferences were held in Detroit
In an endeavor to smooth the way for
negotiations between U. A. w. A. and
corporation odieiala.
Frank Murphy. starting his second
lsss STRIKT Pa5s l-O
Evening star., 1937-01-08
ACTIVITY Of G-MEN.
HINTS RELEASE Of.
KIDNAPPED YOUTH.
Mattson Case "Break" Seen
as F. B. !. Agents Speed
Out of Tacoma.
By the Associated Press.

oS tiic hSSOCldltu FISSS.
TACOMA, Wash, January 8.-Three
automobiles filled with men believed
to be Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents raced through Olympia. Wash
at $50 am. today and took the road
to Aberdeen, "a miles southwest OF
Tacoma.
This sudden action stirred rumors
break had come in the kidnapping
Of 10-year-old Charles Mattson.
The three machines, travelling
rapidly, careened onto the branch OF
the highway leading directly toward
Aberdeen and other harbor cities.
At the same hour, two other auto
mobiles, also travelling at high speed,
were reported leaving Tacoma on the
mountain highway leading to the
southeast toward Mount Rainier, where
the drivers hurriedly conferred before
the machines separated and sped on
their way.
Believe Boy Released.
Observers interpreted their activity
as meaning the kidnapped boy had
been released. All law enforcement
agencies had completely withdrawn
from activity earlier in the week at
the request of the boys father. The
general understanding was that they
would make no moves until Charles
was released.
The latest communication from the
Mattson family to the kidnaper, pub
lished in the Seattle Times yeSter-
day, indicated that important de-
velopments could be expected shortly
Neither Harold Nathan. in charge
of the Government operatives in Ia
coma, or Inspector Earl j. Connolly
could be reached in their hotel rooms
after the Federal machines left the
garage
The hurried and unexplained trips
Of the supposed G-men, coupled with
the fact members Of the Mattson fam
lily were wide awake at an unusually
early hour. stirred speculation Charles
might have been released from his
12-day captivity.
Tacoma Police Inactive.
Tacoma police remained at their
headquarters. protesting to know no.
thing Of the Federal agents move.
ments.
The sudden activity of F. B. I.
agents came at the end of a night
filled with vague rumors. One Of
these suddenly centered interest on an
island in American Lake, about IL
miles south Of Tacoma.
Another rumor indicated the ac-
tual payment of the $4,000 demanded
for Charles release might have been
made late Thursday by DR.. w. w.
Mattson. his father, or an inter-
mediary.
Such rumors have been inter-
mingled with a cloud of clues" ever
since the boy was stolen from his
home December ~.
Cold Worries Father.
The new break" in the hunt came
on one of the Winters coolest nights
here-a night which might seriously
have harmed slender Charles health
If he should have been released to
walk along some freezing country road
during the early hours.
The intense cold so worried DR..
Mattson that he made ARRANGEMENTS
to have his son taken to a hospital
Immediately after his release by kid
napers.
While law enforcement agencies
(See MATTSON page l-I1
Evening star., 1937-01-08

Roosevelt noted that Great Britain had
begun the construction Of two new
battleships. France, three; Italy, two,
and Germany, three.
He expressed regret that the failure
Of the principal sea powers to agree
last year on continuation Of feet
limitations provided In the Washing.
ton and London naval treaties made
1t necessary for the United States to
follow their lead In building.
Both the Chief Executive and the
naval high command said 1t would
be some time before contracts for
construction could be let and the
actual keels laid.
The President set aside approx.
mately 50, ,0o0, 900 In the 1898 budget
for early stages Of the construction.
It Is estimated the two vessels COM
pleted will cost about $4,000. 900
each.
The 1887 national defense estimates
80 ~@-Ny0. - - y
Evening star., 1937-01-08

legal residents of the District at q
referendum upon the question"
Application of the new formula,
however. is not made dependent upon
the grant of local suffrage.
The drastic nature of the budget
report is strikingly illustrated by the
statement of District officials that even
If all of the new forms of taxation
suggested in recent years-substan-
TALLY those recommended by the com.
mittee-should be adopted, together
with a boost in the real estate tax
from s1.50 to s1.70, the total new rev.
enue produced would not exceed So
100000. There still would be a deficit
Of nearly s3,5OO,OOO to finance the
budget
The Presidents recommendation for
adoption of the three-point formula
was contained in his budget message
to Congress, the text of which is pub
lished elsewhere in The Star today.
1t was based on the findings of the
special Fiscal Relations Committee he
(Continued on Page A.16l
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Hopeful Picture Of Finance
Painted by President in
Message-Large Sums
Still Needed for Relief.
AID APPROPRIATION
ESTIMATE DELAYED
Full Provision Expected to Be
Made for Debt Retirement in
1939-No New Tax Demands
Made-Continuance of "Nui-
sance" Levies Is Recommended.
Full tert OF Presidents budget
message on Page Ais.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

In his budget message to Congress
today President Roosevelt painted. in
cold figures, hopeful picture of
Government finances.
Although we must continue to
spend substantial sums to provide
work for those whom industry has not
yet absorbed. the 1888 budget Cfor
the fiscal year ginning July l, 1887,
and ending June 80. 1882 is in
balance" the President said.
And except for debt reduction Of
$40l, $4,000. it will remain in bal
ance," he continued, "even if later on
there are included additional expendi-
lures of as much as $l,537, 1924 900 for
recovery and relief
The President did not include in
his budget submitted today estimates
for recovery and relief appropriations
for the next fiscal year except in the
sum Of $3l6,030,913. 1t is his hope
that the total additional amount re-
quired for these purposes will not ex-
ceed the $l.537,123, 900 already men,
toned. This would bring the total
amount for relief for 1888 up to ap-
proximately 1883, 3,154,000, or $685.
003,000 less than the amount ESTE
mated for the fiscal year 1887.
The President frankly warned in
dustrial employers that they must do
their share If the budget is to remain
in balance. Only by the absorption
into private employment of many men
and women now on the relief rolls will
It be possible to keep the expenditures
for relief within the bounds he visual
lies. he said.
He declared that the Government
would not ALLOW any American FAM
lilies to starve," whether it meant un-
balancing the budget or not.
Industry. therefore, must give en-
ployment to enough men and women
on relief to make possible a cut of
about 331s per cent of the relief appro-
priations during the last year.
1889 Budget Outlook.
II improvement in economic condi-
tions continues at the present rate.
the President said, I'VE axpect to
be able to attain in 1889 a completely
balanced budget, with full provision
for meeting the statutory requirements
for debt retirement"
Here are the estimates of Govern
ment receipts and expenditures for
the fiscal year 1888 on which the
President bases his hope for a bal
anced budget:
Receipts. s7,262, ,sS2.52s; expendi-
lures. s6,157,999,254 Gncluding $685.
030,9l3 for recovery and relief; sur
plus, $1,135607,943. 1t is to this
surplus he looks to meet other re-
quirements for relief during the year
1898.
Should the Presidents estimates
prove correct, and relief expenditures
be not increased and Congress not
make new and large appropriations,
not now estimated for, the high water
mark of the public debt, estimated at
$35. 5.026, ,543, ,494, will have been reached
at the close of the present fiscal year,
June 80 next From that point on it
(see U. S. BUDGET, Page A-l5)
Evening star., 1937-01-08
France Demands POWers' Aid
In Denying Morocco to Na7is
Seeks to Halt Flo,o of Foreign Men and
Arms to Spoi',-Cermans Reported
Strengthening Forts.

France finds it impossible to per-
NIT Germany to gain q foothold
there"
At the same time. authorities at the
Quai D'Orsay insisted German and
Italian acceptance lin principle" Of
a proposed ban on foreign volunteer
enlistments for Spain had opened the
way for quick consultation Of powers
represented on the International Neu-
trality Committee
They said France would press for
such q consultation.
Uniformed sources in London said
ISee FRANCE, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1937-01-08
ROOSEVELT SIGNS
MUNITIONS BAN
Resolution Banning Ship
ments to Spain Now
Becomes Law,
D, the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
A special resolution embracing
munitions shipments to Spain be-
came law today with President Roose.
velt's signature.
The measure was hurried to the
White House and signed within a few
minutes after Vice President Garner
affixed his signature at the opening of
the Senate's session.
The resolution provides a $4,000
fne or five years imprisonment or
both for any ore who should:
Export arms. ammunition or i'm
plements Of war from any place in
the United States. or possessions Of
the United States, to Spain. or to any
(see NEUTRALITY, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1937-01-08
LOST CHILD FOUND
IN DAYTON SEARCH
Little Girl Is Located Unharmed
After All-Night Hunt
Through City.

~ the Associated Press.
DAYTON, Ohio. January s.-Po-
lice headquarters reported today that
4la-year-old Barbara Ruth Isble. OBJ
tect Of an all-night hunt, had been
found unharmed.
Details were not Immediately avail
able at police headquarters, but on
GERS said they understood q man had
been taken into custody.
Fifty policemen and squads of Boy
Scouts and neighbors secured streets
and open areas in the vicinity Of Nc
Cook Field, wartime Army air base
near where the chubby. dark k-haired
youngster disappeared early last
night.
She was in the company of an
"elderly man" OF medium build who
wore . dark overcoat, Miss Grace Nc
Donald, who lives nearby, told police.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. January 8.-French officials
asserted today 1t was impossible" for
France to permit a reported German
incursion into Spanish Morocco, and
said she would demand an immediate
consultation of Europe's powers to
halt the flow OF foreign men and
munitions into Spain.
Taking immediate cognizance of a
report by the French Moroccan ad-
ministrator to the effect Germany was
conducting . large-scale military and
commercial invasion in the adjacent
Spanish zone. the French officials
said:
Evening star., 1937-01-08
5,0DOMORE c. MI c.
EMPLOYEES STRIKE
"Sit-Down' Reported at
Plant of Cadillac Motors
in Detroit.
BULLETIN.

DETROIT, January 8 %.-
Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan.
attempting to compose differ
ences between General Motors and
its striking employees in the face Of
spreading shut-downs and new
"sit-down' strikes, said today he
had been "in touch with the White
House"
He added that he had not COM
municated directly with President
Roosevelt, who earlier in the week
went over the automotive-labor sit
uation with Secretary Perkins.