davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1937-06-06
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

With the mo compromise" flag ap-
parently hauled down at the White
House, a new check-up on possible
amendments to the Presidents court
reform bill was begun yesterday-and
on votes OF Senators.
While the administration forces
We're sounding out sentiment on pos
slble compromises, the opponents Of
the Presidents plan to increase the
membership OF the Supreme Court
continued steadfaSt in their assertions
that there would be no compromise
and said they were prepared to fill
buster all Summer against it if nec-
eSSary.
From sources close to the admin
lStratlon came reports that the fight
might be made for an amendment
similar to that proposed by Senator
Hatch OF New Mexico, permitting the
appointment OF one new justice of
the Supreme Court year for each
justice on the bench over 10 years
OF age who fails to retire, or for the
so-called Logan substitute, similar to
that OF Senator Hatch, setting the
age OF retirement at IS, and provid-
ing that the increases shall only be
temporary and that the court mem
bership shall return to nine.
Busy With Adverse Report.
Meanwhile, the subcommittee In
charge of drafting the adverse report
of the Senate Judiciary Committee
on the Presidents court bill was at
work, putting the final touches on
the report which will place the bill
on the Senate calendar Members of
the committee predicted that the re-
port would be made within the next
few days. Senators McCarran OF Ne
vada and O'Mahoney of Wyoming
met with Senator King OF Utah.
chairman OF the subcommittee, at
Senator Kings home yesterday after
noon. Kings illness has delayed sub
mission of the report.
Senator McCarran said emphatically
that the move now for compromise
was merely 'face-savinR" proposal.
iAN oio INV, ilS odiI. Iillctlu W SOIll-
promise with principle, and he added
4 will stand in the Senate until !
drop against any compromise This
statement was made in response to a
question whether the opponents Of the
bill would filibuster against a COM
promise that appeared to have ma
jority in favor of it,
Senator Burke of Nebraska. leader
of the opposition to the court bill, pre-
dicted a compromise would be de-
feated in the Senate He said that 40
Senator'S were ready to talk a COM
promise to death, if necessary. He
added. however, that no filibuster
would be necessary for a compromise
could and would be defeated by vote
in the Senate.
The opposing Senators insisted
sentiment against increasing the Su-
preme Court, as proposed by the
President, had grown so strong
throughout the country there was nc
(See COURT, PAGE A-4D
Evening star., 1937-06-06
Jumbled DC. Tax Plan Faces
Indefinite Fate This Week
Hodgepodge of Raising Proposals, Their
Yields Undetermined, Due for Action
in House Committee.

per cent on the gross receipts of every
body in Washington who sells anything
for profit.
Altogether, there are six Of these
revenue-p producing plans intended to
raise the necessary $6.OO0.000 but
which no one seems to know exactly
what the result may be.
Like the haphazard, hasty construc-
ton of the tax program, SO were the
estimates of the amounts the tax pro-
posals would produce And as the COM
pleted program heads for the full
committee for final approval before
going to the House for action, the
amount of revenue it will raise is still
like the letter TX" in the algebra prob
lem. 1t is an unknown quantity.
Income Tax Yield Indefinite.
For instance, when Representative
Collins, Democrat, of Mississippi,
chairman of the Appropriations Sub
committee, which drafted the. 1898 Dis
trict supply bill, introduced his income
tax plan in the House, it was estimated
to yield about $5,O00000. But Collins
bill called for outright repeal of the
existing tax on intangibles, which is
now producing, without the proposed
teeth" about $2,200,000 year. 1t
also provided for exemptions which
are not included in the present plan
Collins, incidentally, wanted to exempt
members Of Congress and Government
officials appointed for a definite term
OF office.
But the bill which the Tax Subcom-
mittee approved-which is not even a
good rewrite of the Collins bill
exempts no one except the President
and members of the Federal judiciary
whom the Constitution has saved from
taxation on income. Yet, the Com
| missioners estimate, the bill will pro-
| duce less than one-half Of the amount
IaAe Is q TAXR PnRA A.6')
Evening star., 1937-06-06
Romance Fades
as Army Uses
Canned Calls
Control Tomer Opera.
tor Takes Orpr Bu.
glers' Duties.
By the Associated Press.

bA tile ASSDCIdleQ Press,
Some of the romance of the Army
faded yesterday when the Air Corps
announced 1t is using mechanical
devices to play bugle calls without
buglers.
The Air Corps News said that a
control tower operator has taken
over the duties Of buglers at Mitchell
Field, N. Y.
BY means OF phonograph with
a crystal pickup, an amplifer and
two high-quallty loud speakers" 1t
explained, "bu2le calls having ex-
ceptional clarity and perfection are
played.
An added feature, march music. is
played four times daily The Star
Spangled Banner is played for re-
treat, and when reviews are schet-
uled troops march to the strains OF
the best bands in the land"
Evening star., 1937-06-06

was walking down the steps he said, "a
black curtain fell over my eyes"
Eye specialists were called and their
opinion was Unanimous: His trouble
was diagnosed as a detached retina, an
incurable form of blindness, they said.
They told me If I ever saw again
1t would be through the help of a
higher power" Smith excitedly told a
reporter this morning
Then few days ago, the miracle
occurred.
About 4 am. Smith awoke and
wanted some water. He turned on q
light, signal to others in the house
that he was awake and in need of
attention. And as he pulled the light
cord he found to his utter amazement
he could see everything in the room, rs
clearly as hs could year ago.
Evening star., 1937-06-06
RACE MARK TIED
BY WAR ADMIRAL
Equals American Record in
Romping to Victory in
Classic Belmont.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

NEW YORK. June 5.-War Ad-
miral. the mighty little son Of Man o
War flashed record smashing display
OF speed today to capture the classic
Belmont Stakes with ease and become
the fourth 3-year- in thorOug ghbred
history to wear the priced triple
crown"
Despite an injury to his right fore
quarter at the very start, where the
odds-on favorite in the seven horse
field kicked himself and nearly went
down. War Admiral spurted quickly
to the front. kept full command all
the way, and won off by himself like
true son OF the renowned super
horse.
The sensational Samuel D. Riddle
colt galloped home four good lengths
in front Of Maxwell HoWard's Scene
shifter, with the long shot Vamoose
in third place. 10 lengths farther
back. and the highly rated Pompoon
badly whipped sixth. Pompoon,
which had chased War Admiral home
in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness
this Spring, never was a contender.
Evening star., 1937-06-06

Flatly declaring it will not grant
freedom to professional gamblers who
have been convicted more than once,
the Parole Board yesterday refused to
reconsider the parole applications Of
Sidney Kaplan and Lewis L. Levy.
Kaplan and Levy, who were con-
victed with Sam Beard. Washingtons
erstwhile gambling overlord, and 10
others Of conspiracy to violate the
gambling law Of the District pleaded
that the board Disseminated against
them last month. At that time the
board granted parole to the 10 men
caught In the drive against Beard
who did not have previous records.
Evening star., 1937-06-06
Veteran, Blind for a Year, "'
Regains Sight During Night
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LYNCHBURG, Va, June S.
Thanking God for what seemed to him
miracle. Paulette Smith, World
War veteran who went stone blind a
year ago, has regained his sight.
just as one presses the button in
a dark room to food it with light so
was the veterans sight restored with
shocking suddenness.
1t was on June 13 year ago that
Smiths sight vanished completely.
Three days before he had a dentist
pull nine teeth in the hope of allevi-
ating pain cause by arthritis Shock
of losing his teeth kept him in bed for
three days.
On the morning Of June l3, he felt
we'll enough to 60 downtown. As he
Evening star., 1937-06-06
TWINS BORN DIFFERENT
IN DATES AND COUNTIES
Alabama Records Show Boy 7
Hours Older Than Girl
of Farm Family.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. June 5.-Mr.
and Mrs. John Jackson Mccullough
are the parents of twins born on diff
ferent dates in different counties.
Birth certificates received by the
State Health Department disclosed the
first OF the twins, boy, was born at
9:l5 pm, April Is, at the Mccullough
home on r. F. D. 2, Plantersville, Ala.
The second twin. girl, was born
at 4:15 am. the following day at a
Selma hospital
The certificates were signed by DR..
James Tankersley.
Mccullough is a 30-year-old farmer
and the mother is 81. They have no
other children.
Evening star., 1937-06-06
SLAUGTER HOUSE
SEEN TAX BURDEN
Extension to Sewage Sys.
tenn Might be Necessary,
Dr.. Parran Warns,

BACKGROUND
Controversial storm last Fall
greeted proposal OF meat packing
firm to erect slaughter house in
Benning area. Rejecting dpplica-
ton. Commissioners set riQid
standards for such industries here.
Under ertsting laU, city heads
compelled to grant permit nhen
company revised plans to meet
Standards
MednlUhile. King Norton bill
banning nuisance industries sub
Ject OF controversy in Senate and
House District Committees, center
ing partly on effect OF ertrd load
OF slaughter house on city's se,Oage
disposal plant.
Evening star., 1937-06-06
Ties American Record.

A LTHOUGH under no pressure at
any stage and not even touched
once by Jockey Charley Kurtsingers S
whip, War Admiral equaled the
American record. clipped a large
chunk off the Belmont Stakes mark,
and, as climax. knocked a fifth
second off his daddys track record by
stepping the mile and a half in
2:283s.
War Admiral didn't touch the world
record of 2:23, credited to a British
horse at Newmarket in 1929, but the
colt apparently had enough in re-
serve to have cracked the American
standard If he had been extended
The Riddle star carried 1875 pounds,
eight more than Man O. War did when
the superhorse set the track mark of
228t5 in 1920 The former record
Evening star., 1937-06-06
PROSECUTOR S|FTS
KEENE CASE CLUES
ASP0L|CE EDROPOU
Son of Slain Real Estate
Man Joins Plea All Leads
Be Exhausted.
OWNERSHIP OF TOOLS,
BRIEF CASE IN DOUBT
Report Being Drawn by State
Troopers to Be Non-Committal
as to Cause of Death.

BACKGROUND
on the night OF May II, Charles
r heene, s., elderly real estate
broker IN Capital, lett By boat for
NorlotH. A Udcant. but blood
stained, cabin ,GGs opened the merit
morning, but no other trace OF
keene eristed.
After a pertunctory Investigation.
the case stn1mered until last Mon
ddy, ,ohen Keene's Ueighted body
nds found near Smiths Island. IN
chesapeake Bay. An island Jury
called it murder, but police are &C.
fno1oledging surrender WITHOUT anu
solution,
Evening star., 1937-06-06
BY NELSON NJ. SHEPARD.

District taxpayers were warned by
Surgeon General Thomas Parran of
the United States Public Health Serv-
ice yesterday of the probability of
immediate steps" being necessary to
construct a secondary treatment ex-
tension of the city's new sewage dis
posal system, nearly doubling its
s4125 ,00G cost, to handle the addi-
tional load Of waste from the Adolf
See SLAUGHTER HOUSE, Page Ala
Evening star., 1937-06-06
COURT BILLS FOES
PREPARE TO CRUSH
ANY COMPROMISE
Several Ready to Fi|ibuster
All Summer Against Ex-
pansion Measure.
PRESIDENTS CRITICISM
OF JUSTICES ASSAILED
Comment on Vacations Met by
Sharp Remarks Regarding
Roosevelt Fishing Trips.

BACKGROUND
President Roosevelt last February
startled Congress and Nation by
proposing S10eeping reforms OF Fed
erdl judiciary Democratic party
split on issue and liberal decisions
Of Supreme Court since then hare
strengthened cause OF opponents OF
, reform proposal.
Evening star., 1937-06-06
.$1,01D,0QO BOOST
|. IN D. c. FUND SEEN
Senate Group May Report
$46,5O,000 Supply Bill
Tomorrow.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Facing q considerable deficit in
District fiscal picture. House
slashed 1888 appropriations belot0
budget estimates. Subcommittee
OF House then turned to task of
deuising ne1O tar schedule to raise
needed margin OF repenue.
MednThile Senate Committee.
porcerless to initiate tar legislation
held hearings on fiscal needs OF
District and decided to restore
some OF House cuts
Orer period OF years. Federal
contribution to support OF Nations
Capital has decreased steadily.
Evening star., 1937-06-06
VANDENBERCH|TS
WAGE BILL HASTE
Committees, However, Con-
tinue Effort to End Hear
ings June ID.
RACREPOTND

BACKGROUND
Broad ob1ectiue OF ddminiStra-
ton NTH regard TO industry is
to eliminate smeatshop wages and
hours and child labor.
N. R. A. effort 1uas inudliddted
bv Supreme Court, but Black
Connerv bill noU before Congress
Is latest attempt. Measure is point
ed at interstate commerce directly,
but contains provision tor similar
regulation OF interstate commerce
mhen in competition ,oith that OF
interstate character.
Evening star., 1937-06-06

ltdiu ana Germany MOnddu iftt
the Hands -Of-Spdin' Committee
OF Nations, the day German ships
Shelled Almeria after Loyal,st
planes had bombed both German
and Italian reSsels. Russia does
not pdnt neutrality group to make
concessions, and France, her ally.
is dnrious Russia be kept in close
consultation.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. June 5.-Further diplo-
matte Wooing of Germany and Italy
tonight was seen necessary before
the two nations may be won back
into the international patrol around
Spain.
Both nations responded to the
British proposal outlining a basis for
their return to cooperation.
1t was reported unofficially both
Rome and Berlin baked at the Brit
ish suggestion the commanders of
the international patrol should con-
suit before any reprisals be taken in
event of a patrol vessel being at
tackled.
Shortly after Germany's note in
reply was delivered in London,
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, German
Ambassador, flew to Berlin for dis
cussions over the week end with
Reichschancellor Adolf Hitler
Italy's reply was delivered to Sir
Eric Drummond, British Ambassador
in Rome, but copy was not received
Immediately in London.
Both replies were believed to have
followed a similar pattern.
British Reserve Comment.
British officials reserved comment,
but it was understood strong hopes
were held here Hitler and Premier
further negotiations.
These hopes were based on the fac..
as one put it, They didn't say yes
but they didn't say no
Frances reply also is being studied.
Paris was understood to be concerned
over what some interpreted as an
effort to freeze out" Soviet Russia
from the n-intervention diplomatic
and naval maneuvering
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
talked to Won Ribbentrop and Italy's
Ambassador, Count Dino Grandi, be-
fore going home to study the situa-
ton over the week end.
An official spokesman, commenting
on Germany's note, which was not
published, said There is no reason
to be disturbed about it,
Eden did not talk with Russian
representatives. on the Non -Irterven-
ton Committee and some sources sug-
gested he deliberately ignored them.
Rhe Russian Embassy maintained si-
lence, awaiting the presentation OF
Edens findings before the full Neu-
trality Committee.
Russia Singled Out.
One factor which concerned the
U. S. S. R. was Italy's warning after
she quit the neutrality group, that her
ships would remain near Spain and
keep Russian vessels from taking help
to the Spanish government-by force
II necessary.
German war vessels also remained
in Spanish waters and more were
on the way
France clung to her stand, disclosed
yesterday, that all the naval nations
represented in the Non Intervention
Committee should join in the neutral
patrol of Spain, which is designed to
keep foreign arms and volunteers out
of the Iberian Peninsula by peace
full means. Only Germany Italy
France and Britain have participated
in the patrol.
Eden's suggestions included crea-
ton of guaranteed safety zones for
neutral ships near Spain and discus
sions among Germany, France, Italy
and Britain if vessel Of any of them
was attacked
Evening star., 1937-06-06
BY JAMES ]. CULLTNANF.

The mystery death file Of Charles
F. Keene. ST, will not be consigned
to the realm Of unsolved mvsterie.
AS long as any clues which might lead
to murderer remain unexplored.
States Attorney F. Kirke Maddrix
Of Somerset County, Md, declared last
night
Maddrix expressed surprise that
State police detectives we're preparing
10 wind up their investigation with a
non -committal report which they plan
to submit to him early this week.
1T seems rather early to wind up
the investigation, Maddrix said. Il
don't see how the case can be closed
until we find out who owned that
brief case and the automobile tools
| that were in it. There are other
| questions that remain to be answered,
too"
Charles F. Keene, jr., son Of the
63-year r-old real estate broker. whose
death was unhesitatingly listed as Z
| murder by coronerIs jury Of Smiths
Island. Md, fishermen last Monday,
Joined Maddrix in expressing amaze
ment over the proposed closing of the
State police investigation.
To Ask Case Be Pushed.
! There is no question but that nv
! father was murdered" " Keene sad.
| Il will ask Mr. Maddrix TO vigorously
! oppose any move intended to end the
/ investigation on the assumption that
dads death was suicide. I shall ask
| him to take the case before the grand
! jury for a thorough investiga ton of
| all Of its aspects if that move becomes
necessary
In Baltimore Detective Sergt. Mar
lin Brubaker revealed that a report
on the battling mystery is being pre-
pared for submission to Maddrix. The
report will not contain any concm-
sions as to whether the death Of
keene was suicide or murder. Bru-
baker said, but will merely be COM
pilation of all the evidence he has
gathered.
We are drawing up the report be-
cause at this time there is nothing
| further to be done" Sergt Brubaker
said. If anything new comes up We
will run it out. Of course. but at the
present time We have run out all DOS
sible leads
Washington detectives revealed that
| Brubaker left with them the auto
mobile jack, tire iron and hammer
which were wrapped in ragged
| piece of old canvas and stuffed in
! the leather brief case which was tied
around Keene's neck with rope.
The rope was tied with an intricate
knot known to seamen.
Seek Missing Car.
The detectives are searching for
Keene's missing automobile to dis
cover whether a jack is in it. They
have been told that the jack was is
sued as standard equipment in all
| 1885 Studebakers Keene's automo.
bile was a 1928 Nash
Police are faced with two conflict
] ing stories about Keenes car His
| family insists that Keene left the
machine in Southern Maryland
garage after it was struck by a C. c.
C. truck several months ago. Police
have checked every garage in five
Southern Maryland counties without
tSee KEENE pace A3D
Evening star., 1937-06-06
SHIP "F|RE" ALL SMOKE
Chemical Bomb Blamed for Scare
Aboard U. S. Transport.

COLON, Panama, June (P.-The
ington rode safely at anchor in Lii
mon Bay today with danger Of fire
in hold packed with $50 tons of
explosives removed
Smoke, which started pouring from
hatch when the ship was at sea
Thursday, was smothered shortly after
the Ludington reached port here
After an investigation, Col. Sherburne
Whipple, assistant chief of staff, said
there was no fire and that the smoke
probably came from a chemical bomb.
Evening star., 1937-06-06
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

Inc 1888 District supply bill is ex-
pected to be reported to the Senate
tomorrow, with indications that
changes will add a million dollars or
more to the House total Of s45 ,228 900
In a three-hour session yesterday
its revision Of the measure, the net
result of which, it is believed, will place
the total somewhere between S46,-
900 900 and SAC, 500, 900
Details of the revision will not be
made known until after meeting Of
the Appropriations Committee tomor-
row morning.
Since the House measure made It
necessary for the District to raise
about $4,000 900 in new taxes. the re-
ported changes in expenditures may
raise the city's new revenue require
ment to about 100000, or slightly
more.
Lump Sum Believed Ratified.
It is understood the Senate sub
committee ratified the action OF the
House in retaining the Federal pay
ment at the $4,000 lump sum
fgure.
The Senate subcommittee is believed
to have restored most but not all, OF
the cuts the House made in budget
estimates, but also made some re-
auctions in other House items. Until
the bill is formally reported, there
fore, it is difficult to predict what the
exact net change in total will be.
The unemployment fund is under
stood to have been held substantially
to the House figure of s1,4ll,500 This
was one of the major questions dis
cussed during the nearly three weeks
Of Senate hearings. some civic groups
(See D. c. BILL, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1937-06-06
PRESIDENT BEGINS
/ WEEK END CRUISE
Games, Wife and Daughter, and
Harry L, Hopkins Among
Those in PARTY.

b. the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt embarked at
the Navy Yard yesterday for a week
end cruise on the Potomac River.
He boarded the yacht Potomac after
a conference with House Democratic
leaders.
Accompanying the President on the
cruise were James Roosevelt, his wife
and their daughter Sara, Harry L..
Hopkins, Works Progress administra-
tor, and Mrs. Hopkins; Robert H.
Jackson, Assistant Attorney General
and Mrs. Jackson and Miss Mar
ouartite LELAND, a personal secre-
evening.
Evening star., 1937-06-06
AID.
URGED FOR SPAIN
Both Rome and Berlin Oh.
jeCt to Consultations
Before Reprisa|s.
PACEGPOTND-

BACKGROUND
Italy and Germany Monday LETT
the Hands -Of-Spain" Committee
OF Nations, the day German ships
shelled AlmerM after Loyal,st
= planes had bombed both German
and Italian reSsels Russia does
not Want neutrality group to make
concessions, and France, her ally.
is anxious Russia be kept in close
consultation.
Evening star., 1937-06-06

Continued on Page B-6, Column }
Evening star., 1937-06-06

(See WAGE-HOUR, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1937-06-06

tU Weather Bureau Forecast)
Local thundershowers today, not quite
so warm tonight tomorrow, probably fair;
moderate south and southwest winds
peratures-Highest, 80, at 4 pm.
yesterday; lowest, SO, at S am. yesterday.
Full report on page A-10.
Evening star., 1937-06-06
Lump Sum Believed Ratified.

(See D. c. BILL, Page A-4)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-07

the running broad jump. Here Jesse
found himself trailing. But he
came through like the real cham
pion he was and set a new Olym-
pic mark of 26 feet SIS inches.
Perry's comeback to win the U.
S. national singles title and Alice
Marbles surprise victory over Hell
en- Jacobs in the nationals after
the latter had won her first VIM
bledon crown stand out in bold
relief in the tennis picture.
In the World Series the New York
Yankees buried their city rivals
from across the Harlem River, the
Giants, under barrage of extra
base hits, four games to two. The
Yankees practically rewrote the
record book on their way to the
pennant and in taking the World
Series in such definite fashion.
The football season turned out
to be one mad scramble with all
the teams joining in the fun of
knocking off some highly-favored
opponent. Perhaps the maddest
scramble of the season was the
hectic battle waged between Yale
and Princeton in Palmer Stadium
Yale finally won the see-saw battle
1928 after trailing at one point
0-16. The customers were limp frcm
excitement.