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Evening star., 1937-04-06
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
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Senate:
In recess.
Judiciary Committee continues
hearings on Roosevelt court bill
House:
Considers sundry private bills.
Agriculture Committee resumes
consideration of farm tenancy leg
1slation.
Interstate Commerce Committee
resumes study of proposal to put COM
mercial airlines under Interstate
Commerce Commission.
TOMORROW
Senate:
Takes UP unanimous consent CAL
endar, followed by resolution on sit
down strikes.
Appropriations subcommittee meets
on State, justice, commerce and labor
supply bill Executive SESSION.
Judiciary Committee continues hear
ing on Presidents court bill.
House:
Considers miscellaneous bills.
Labor Committee meets 10 am.
Immigration and Naturalization
Committee meets 1890 am.
Post Office Committee meets 1890
am.
Public Buildings and Grounds Com
rittee meets 10 am.
Judiciary Committee meets 1890
am.
District Committee meets 1890 An.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
V|RG|N|A'|S L0ATH
TO TRY DR.. MILLER
Prosecutor Fears First-De.
gree Murder Charge Can't
Be Supported.
By the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, April s.
Commemorative Attorney william
Fife today explained his willingness To
accept plea Of second-degree murder
from DR.. r. G. Miller, accused OF
causing the death Of l8-year -old Cleo
Sprouse, by saying that developments
since the indictment Of the dentist
showed a st-degree murder charge
could not be supported before q jury.
The 53-year- r-old dentist was indicted
on charge of hrst-degree murder
after the pretty high school juniors
body was found near the University OF
Virginia cemetery, but both Fife and
Robert e. Taylor of defense counsel
announced this week that plea Of
guilty TO second-degree murder had
been agreed upon.
Plea Was Postponed.
Under Virginia law conviction under
second degree murder charges calls
for prison sentences ranging from to
20 years.
The plea of guilty to second-degree
murder, originally scheduled TO have
been made yesterday, was postponed
until tomorrow morning because of
the death of a sister OF Circuit Judge
Lemuel Smith.
Commenting today upon the asser-
ton OF the girls mother, Mrs. Lula
Sprouse, that she will fight the COM
promise, the prosecutor said the case
had only been partially investigated
when Miller was indicted
No Idea of Revenge"
Since he was indicted, however
he said, other developments have
been brought to light which lead us
to believe the ends Of justice will be
met by the plea of guilty IN the
second degree DR.. Miller is expected
to make tomorrow
Again I say" said the prosecutor,
"the prosecution Of this case will not
be carried forward with any idea OF
revenge, but, rather, with the idea
Of meeting the ends of justice"
He said he had arranged by tele-
phone to talk with Charles Curry,
Staunton attorney retained by Mrs
Sprouse to fight the compromise plea,
but that definite hour for the con-
ference had not been fixed.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
FLORIDA SHIP CANAL
HEARINGS TO START
Tentative Plans Are Made to
1naugurate Sessions
Next Week,

The House Rivers and Harbors Com
mittee today made tentative plans to
start hearings next week on the Flor
ida ship canal project after receiving
sharply conflicting reports from Army
engineers on the project.
Attaches of the committee said the
date Of the hearings would depend on
availability Of printed copies of the
reports. A committee clerk said
Chairman Mansfield probably would
limit the testimony to two or three
days.
Maj. Gen. Edward M. Markham,
chief Of engineers, ignored . report
Of the War Departments Board Of
Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and
recommended completion Of the giant
waterway 1T . cost Of $lo7. 7.o2l 900.
The board, whose report the War
Department transmitted to Speaker
Bankhead along with Gen. Mark
hams, said the canal was economically
unsound and should be abandoned.
The board said the canal. If dug to
An adequate width and depth, would
cost 63,s3S,o00.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
SAILOR GETS IS DAYS

Ollie Mikuenka, who said he had
been sailor for the last 20 years,
appeared before Judge Edward M.
Curran in Police Court yesterday and
pleaded guilty to a charge OF intoxi-
cation.
Have you ever been arrested here
before?" the Judge asked,
mo, sir" the defendant replied.
Have you ever been arrested any,
where before" Curran pursued, land
If so, Uhere?"
Yes, sir, I've been arrested before
Madrid, Barcelona, Singapore, Bud
apest, and lot more. But they al
ways let me out soon as sobered up"
This will probably set precedent,
then" said Judge Curran. Fifteen
days"
Evening star., 1937-04-06
"Chief Justice left the Supreme Bench

"Chief Justice left the Supreme Bench
to run for the Presidency"
Il stand corrected" Dieterich said
my history may be in error
The Illinois Senator then criticized
the appointment of Chief Justice
Hughes after his defeat for the presi-
dency and asked:
Don't you think Gov. Landon, had
he been elected, would have appoint
ed Herbert Hoover to the Supreme
Court?"
mo" Birmingham said. Hes an
engineer, not a lawyer"
Well" Dieterich added, 1T looks
like the Supreme Court Is court OF
retirement, a place for defeated Re-
publican candidates"
Wheeler and O'Mahoney announced
their agreement on constitutional
amendment to Senator Pittman,
Democrat, of Nevada, who had sug-
gested he might back any amendment
they would propose jointly.
Pittman told reporters he expected
the committee would approve the
amendment and that he might give it
his own support, but not as an alterna-
tive to the administration measure.
O'Mahoney, still not ready to COM
nit himself on the Roosevelt bill, said
he felt encouraged over prospects Of
his amendment.
The committee late today is to hear
James Truslow Adams, historian.
Restiveness over duration Of the
hearings evidenced itself In the COM
mittee. but no Senator was yet willing
to ask for time limitation.
The opposition expects to present
testimony all this week and possibly
next. Supporters Of the President
will return to the stand at least briefly
before the committee takes up the bill
In executive session.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
'W|NDFALL' TAXES
UPHELD BY COURT
U. S. Appeals Tribunal Ap-
proves Dismissal of In
junction Suit.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, April 6-The
Fourth Federal Circuit Court Of APP
peals today upheld the constitution
Atty of the ''vindfall' taxes in AZ
nrmine the decision of the District
Court at Salisbury. N. c., In the case
Of the White Packing Co VS. the COL
lector Of internal revenue.
The opinion in the case, written
by Judge John j. Parker. upheld the
District Courts dismissal Of suit
brought TO enjoin collection of the
80 per cent tax under title 8 of the
revenue act OF 1896.
Rules Burden Shifted.
The court declared that the White
Packing Co. came under the classifl-
cation Of those professors who had
shifted the burden Of the processing
tax, later declared unconstitutional,
without paying it,
The Supreme Court decision in
validating the processing tax, the
court here said. held it invalid be-
cause it was not tax at all, but q
mere step in a plan for the regulati
of agriculture beyond the powers Of
Congress.
The windfall tax. on the other
hand, Is not a step in any plan Of
unconstitutional regulation of agri-
culture or industry, but tax In the
strictest sense of the word imposed
for the purpose Of meeting an antici-
pated deficit in the budget due to the
passage Of the soldiers bonus bill
and the invalidation of the processing
taxes Judge Parker,s decision said.
Theory of Tax.
The opinion pointed out that if the
appellant realized no net income as a
result of the business upon which the
processing tax was imposed, he is not
liable for the "windfall" tax although
he would have been liable for the pro-
cessing tax.
The "windfall'' tax, it continued, is
based upon the theory that the pro-
cessing tax imposed by the act would
increase the price Of taxed product
by the amount of the tax. Such in
crease in prices, the court said. re-
suited in an abnormal increase in
profits for professors in that they were
relieved from the payment of the
tax which had resulted in the increase.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
HACKSAW FOUND
|NLANCDONPRO
Filings Also Examined for
Link to Attempt to
DeraiI Train.

A hack saw and iron filings, said to
have been found on the property OF
Robert Langdon, ~, former Wash
ington policeman, after an apparent
attempt to derail q fast passenger
train in New Haven, were being sub
jected to laboratory tests today, ac-
cording to an Associated Press dis
patch from the Connecticut city.
Langdon, who was discharged from
the District force after his arrest in
connection with the still unsolved
murder OF Beulah Limerick, is held by
New Haven authorities on a charge Of
wilfully placing an obstruction on the
tracks OF q New York-Boston express.
Bond has been set at SIS, 900, and the
case will be taken into court next
Monday.
Flaxxed Train With Flashlight.
The former Washington ofiicer was
arrested March 20 after he Jagged the
New Haven Railroad limited with a
flashlight in time to prevent the train
from crossing heavy chain that had
been bolted across the tracks. He ex-
planned he had seen a man running
from the scene a few moments before.
Langdon was held in $4,000 bail
on an "idleness" charge the next
day, pending further investigation.
Finding of the saw and filings in the
cellar of his home, together with
discovery Of undisclosed information,
resulted in the obstruction charge,
Connecticut State Policeman William
Murphy declared, according to the As
sociated Press.
The "idleness" charge was nolle
pressed when Langdon appeared be-
fore Judge Clifford Sturges, and the
obstruction accusation filed instead.
The statute which Langdon Is al
Press said, provides maximum prison
sentence OF 10 years for obstruction
and one OF 80 years for intent to de-
rail.
Involved in Limerick Case.
Langdon, now in the poultry bust
ness in New Haven, was the police
man on the beat" when Miss Limerick
l9-year-old secretary of the Sky High
Whoopee Club, was shot to death ir
her Nineteenth street southeast home
on the night of December 81, 1880
Although released As 4 suspect ir
the Staying, LAngdon was dismissed
from the force after detectives report.
ed discovery OF liquor-making ap-
paratus IN his home.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
GENERAL RISE LOOMS
IN PRICE OF SHOES
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April GA genera!
rise in retail shoe prices loomed yes
terday as leading chain store operators
announced plans for boosts 10 offset
increased leather and labor costs.
Melville Shoe Corp, operating stores
in about 40 States, gave notice its lines
would be advanced on April IL, and
said it would disclose the amount of
advance later.
Dealers have estimated that Spring
and Summer lines will range from Is
cents to so cents pair higher than
a year ago, and some quarters Of the
trade have contended mark-ups of 81
to 50 pair may be necessary on Fall
goods, due to shortages of hides and
rising manufacturing costs.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
WARNSPRES|DENT
Of CONSTITUTION
Court Plan Witness Urges
Roosevelt to Retrace
His Steps.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Prectpttnted by Presidents re-
quest for authority to name str new
Supreme Court justices unless
those oper 20 retire, the fight has
split party lines in Congress and
brought that body's normal tunc-
tions uirtually to a standstiH.
Senate Judiciary Committee
hearings on the measure hare
shown no signs OF ending despite
demands that they be terminated
to permit enactment OF necessary
legislation. Most opponents OF the
bill agree With its primary ob1ec-
tipe-securing more liberal in
terpretation OF the Constitution
but insist 1t be done By constttu-
tiondl dl'nn1endment.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Odd Names In,peril
ChiId's sPersOnulitv.
Parents Informed
- the Associated Press.

- the Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Nebr., April 6-Parents
who give their children odd sounding
names and those OF ambiguous mean
ings," DR.. W. e. Walton, University OF
Nebraska psychologist warned today.
endanger the youngsters personality
development throughout life.
The name which = child is given
1T birth may be a determining factor
in his development Of personality, In
the ease with which he acquires
friends, and in all probability, in his
success and failure in life," he said.
Dr. Walton said his study Of names
disclosed Robert, Richard, Charles and
Jack were the four most popular mems
names. and Jean, Dorothy, Jane and
Virginia in the forefront Of popularity
as womens names.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
BIC PARADE HERE
MARKS ARMY DAY
Roosevelt to Review March,
ers-Group Who Opposed
War to Meet.

A cross-section OF Americas highly
mechanical armed forces started a
parade along Constitution avenue this
afternoon in observance of Army day
and the twentieth anniversary OF the
entrance Of this country into the
World War.
Although designed as colorful
peacetime procession, military men
found the demonstration by units OF
Americas lighting organization far
SURPRISING In impressiveness the force
available when Congress declared war
on Germany on April 6, 1917.
Forming at New Jersey avenue and
B street southeast, the parade wound
through the Capitol grounds and
headed for stands directly south OF
the White House, where President
Roosevelt, Secretary of War Woodrins
and other cabinet members and mill
tary officers were to review the
marchers
Five Divisions in Parade.
The line of march consisted of
f1ve divisions, including regular troops
OF the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard, National Guard, Organ
lied Reserve units, r. o. T. c. college
units and high school cadets and vet
erans and patriotic groups.
Veterans in the Police Department
who wished to participate were ex-
cusd from duty at l pm. by In
Spector L. l. H. Edwards.
The column also included groups
OF girl high school cadets, units repre-
senting the Daughters of Union Vet
erans, several womens posts of the
American Legion Auxiliary. a de-
tachment and band OF Gushing Aux
iliary to the Sons of Union Veterans
and a marching unit of the Grant
Union Circle of the Ladies of the
G. A. r.
Gen. B0wley in Command.
Maj. Gen. Albert J. Bowley, COM
manding general of the 3rd Corps
Area. had command Of the five main
divisions and acted as grand marshal.
While the parade moved along a
handful of CRAVING men and one
woman, who voted in Congress against
American participation in the World
| War, planned to gather tonight in
commemoration Of their action.
Of the original 56 dissenters, 80
have died Edward keating Of Colo
RADIO said he never expected to see
the time when his mo" vote would
be praised, but it's become a pretty
popular thing to have done, now"
Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the
first Congresswoman, said her mo-
was drowned in the shout OF opposi-
ton.
| Senator Norris, white-haired Ne
braska Independent. who was one OF
the dissenters, will be among the
surviving mo" voters when they meet
for a reunion dinner at the Willard
Hotel.
Two other members of the present
Congress will attend-Senator Jun-
deem, Farmer -Laborite, OF Minnesota
who was Representative 20 years
ago. and Representative Knutson, Re-
publican, of Minnesota.
Other events incident to the OBJ
servance of Army day will be an Amer
lean Legion dinner in Alexandra, Va.
where Admiral William D. Leahy
chief of naval operations. will be the
principal speaker, and dinner OF the
Military Order OF the World War al
the Mayfower Hotel, where Secretary
Woodring will speak.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
REGULATION IS URGED
FOR AIR TRANSPORTS
Railroad and Utilities Commits
sioners Say Lea Bill Properly
Amended Is Satisfactory.
~ the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
The National Association of Railroad
and Utilities Commissioners today ad-
vocated Federal regulation Of air car
riers in interstate and foreign COM
merce.
John E. Benton, general solicitor of
the association, which he said repre-
sented utilities commissions in 46
States, told the House Interstate Com
merce Committee the Lea bill was
satisfactory provided it was amended
to preserve the right of the States to
regulate intrastate operations.
The Lea bill would vest regulation in
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The commission would have power
to regulate rates, service accounts and
Issuance Of securities by airlines.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Sit.Down
Continued Prom First Page.)

day by Senator Pittman, Democrat, of
Nevada.
In its original form, this resolution
condemned sit-downs as illegal and
contrary to sound public policy" and
also denounced the so-called indus
trial spy system" used by some en-
ployers to combat labor unions.
To Offer Amendment.
Robinson said he would offer an
amendment to the resolution, ap
proved BY the conference, but did not
reveal its nature.
Meanwhile. in the House, Repre-
sentative Hoffman. Republican, Of
Michigan bitterly attacked President
Roosevelt, John L. Lewis and Gov.
Frank Murphy Of Michigan for the
armed rebellion" which he said has
continued for 90 days.
After emphasizing his States motor
industries had led the attack on the
depression, Hoffman called Gov. Muir
ply "the puppet Governor Of the
principality" and said his first act as
Governor after having been brought
from overseas by Mr.. Roosevelt was Ito
countenance, encourage and assist =
communistic attack upon the pros
perity the motor industry had de-
veloped.'
Backed by the President, Hoffman
charged, "he willfully refused to en-
force the laws Of the State and Michi-
gan now learns that Lewis will bring
in his strong-arm men from United
Mine Workers organizations to throw
out, with or without bloodshed, those
who defy Lewis authority
Scope Of Resolution.
The Pittman resolution is a concur
rent resolution-in effect, . mere state
ment Of policy by both houses Of Con-
gress which does not require any ac-
ton by the President.
1t is limited to industries within the
jurisdiction of Congress" and, there
fore, would not apply to strictly intra-
state businesses.
The Pittman resolution and two
others kept the troublesome sit-down
issue before the Senate after it had
rejected yesterday proposal to insert
into the Guffey-Vinson coal bill poll
cy declaration against such strikes.
Robinson led the opposition to the
proposal Of Senator Byrnes, Demo-
crat, Of South Carolina, calling sit
down strikes illegal and against pub
lie policy. Administration forces voted
1t down, 4s to 36, and then speedily
approved the coal bill, So to IS.
Robinson and others made it plain
they were not condoning the strikes,
but merely believed the denunciation
had no place in the coal measure.
Byrnes Amendment Opposed.
Although no one defended the le-
gality Of the sit-down method, q
group of Senators led by Wagner,
Democrat, of New York protested the
Byrnes amendment was one-sided be-
cause it did not condemn illegal tac-
tics by employers Is well Is en-
ployes.
Wagner noted that the La Toilette
Civil Liberties Committee had ex-
posed a widespread use OF labor es-
pionage and a "sit-dovn by employ
ers against the national labor rela-
tiorN act"
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Bakers Have Day in Court.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. R.-Liter-
ally 1t was Baker day In court.
Joel &. Baker. clerk, and his father,
Grover c. Baker, bailifi, performed
their regular duties.
Attorney Alexander Baker served
As Judge pro tenn and presided in IL
divorce cases. During intermission he
visited with Judge Frank P. Baker In
Criminal Court.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
DEATH TO BE PROBED

A coroner's jury tomorrow will in
vestieate the death of Marie Mclean,
%, of the 1400 block Of Forty-fourth
street northeast, who died in Sibley
Hospital last Thursday, allegedly from
the effects of an illegal operation.
DR.. James William Hart, 81, of 2l56
F street, who was arrested yesterday
in connection with the death and later
released on $4,000 bond, is to appear
at the inquest.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
MISSING GIRL FOUND

Rosilee Simons, 14-year-old daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Simons OF
Aurora Heights, Arlington, Va, who
has been missing from her home
since last Friday, WAS located today
in Detroit, Mich, according to police.
She is now in the custody OF an
uncle, who is . member Of the Detroit
police department.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
RECEIVES POPPY

President Gets Flower Prom
4-Year-Old Iowa Girl.
From 4-year r-old Ruth Joyce Bradlsh
of Sioux City, Iowa, President Roose-
welt received today the first buddy
poppy Of the annual Veterans Of For
eign Wars drive for relief Of widows
and orphans Of World War veterans
Joyce is an orphan in the organi-
zation's home at Eaton Rapids, Mich
She was accompanied to the White
House by Col. Bernard w. Kearney,
head Of the veterans organization.
Evening star., 1937-04-06

about a half acre of the kids school
paper" . losing . lot OF sleep, as We
have in wrangling the poser. and end
ing up in no especial good humor.
("P. S." writes Mr.. Lewis, Il bet
Mr.. Hayes didn't solve it In = couple
of minutes either.~
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Washington
Waysiide
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
A WHAT?

a W7A4
a ISIS LOUISE HART, who IS,
M Of all things, an attorney 1T
w the Department Of Justice,
tells US she was scanning q
deposition in a veterans disability suit
the other day when she came across
this item:
The plaintiff allowed as how he had
been permanently disabled by an in
jury received in wartime service with
the Navy. Said he was carrying food
to prisoner aboard ship when he
tripped over q chain attached to
300-pound wench."
You'll have to call an admiral about
that one. We don't know any details.
INSULT.
A WASHINGTON scribe we know Is
ponderously slow typist and
would prefer not to have any names
dragged into this story, but it so hap
pens that he called drug store the
other night and asked to have type
Evening star., 1937-04-06
ARISE!

WORD comes to us, by q devious
w way as usual, OF group OF
policemen who sat in Judge Curran's
court recently. The discussion-a very
facetious discussion, you can be sure
concerned the advantage Of q sit
down strike among policemen.
Not an angle Of the thing remained
unexplored when the bailiff suddenly
called out:
Every one rise"
The policemen were the hrst on their
feet, an automatic gesture.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
20 PLANES PURCHASED
French Government Supervised
Company Places $500, 900 Order.

Company Places $500, 600 Order.
WILMINGTON. Del. April 6 R.-
The Bellanca Aircraft Corp. said yes
terday that Air France, French gov
ernment supervised airplane trans
portation company. was the purchaser
Of 20 airplanes costing approximately
s80O.0O0 now under construction 1T
the Bellanca factory near New Castle.
Six OF the planes, costing approxi-
mately $4,000 each, have been COM
pleted and will be sent to New York
for transportation to France by ship.
The entire order will be completed by
June 10.
The planes are to be used for the
transportation Of mail, though not In
trans-oceanic service, 1t WAS stated at
the plant
Evening star., 1937-04-06
SALES TALK.

None but the hdrd-hedrted could
Jail to synpdthize Dith those house
toulouse sdlesn,en Who tag from
door to door, morning, noon and
night, but for the first time the
other day we encountered one Dho
compelled sympathy to blossom into
outright affection.
The trick Was turned by little
girl Uho came around to the door
with soap po,Dder samples. She
knep her little piece by rote and
ratified it of mile a minute.
When she had finished. she paused,
looked Us sQuarely in the eye and
said, Mice little dog you haze there.
Is there family in the apartment
upstahs'"
Evening star., 1937-04-06
for 1odey-

Muddy and cloudy.
Fourth race-Good Omen.
Sixth race-Xandra, Chief Yeoman.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
PERSUASION.

PERSUASION.
WITHOUT even trying, Mr.. A. H.
w Lewis of Arlington. Va, has per-
suaded us to break our rule about
never mentioning that three light
mathematical problem again.
mo doubt the reading public is fed
up" says he, accurately, but I send
along a solution for your own edifi-
cation"
Admitting we've been edited to a
brown turn since the blasted problem
first appeared in print, We have no
idea of writing up Mr.. Lewis figures,
which are beautiful, simple, clear and
convincing.
Thing that brought on all this WAS
the gentleman's confession that he
had happened to read the problem at
about midnight and didn't finish solv-
ing it until 2 am, after using up