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The Washington times., 1937-12-03
CITIZENS GROUP
OPPOSES LIQUOR
STORE INCREASE
Fights Issue Of License
On HamIin Street
By A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor


Opposition was registered by
the Northeast Conference of Citi-
zens Associations last night
against the granting of liquor
license in 1900 block Of Haml1n
st. N. E., or to any increase in
the number of liquor licenses with
in the Dahlgren Terrace area.
Opposition also was voted to
any plan that would empower the
District Commissioners to appoint
the Board of Education.
Protest was made by ]. j. Hur-
ley, of Michigan Park, against re-
routing Capital Transit buses
from Tenth Street Northeast, over
the Michigan Avenue viaduct,
thereby forcing children attend
ing the Brookland school to cross
four dangerous street intersec-
tions.
HOSPITAL STUDY
DR.. George R. Ellis, Of Brook
land, and B. w. Bolinger and G.
E. Miller, Of Metropolis View, were
named to study and report on
the needs Of a hospital in the
upper northeast.
F.. J. Mcdonald, Mr.. Hurley, Mr..
Miller and Marvin M. Mclean
were directed to consider the ques-
ton of organizing a police boys
club for the community,
A. r. E. Scheer was reelected
president, w. A. DriggerS was re-
elected secretary-treaSurer and Mr..
Mclean named vice president.
Announcement was made the
Michigan Park Association would
hold a Christmas celebration for
children at Monastery Hall, Four
teenth and Quincy Streets North
east, December %. On the same
date Metropolis View will celebrate
with a tree at Fourth and Frank
lin Streets Northeast.
ASSAIL D. C. HEADS
Vigorous criticism was aimed at
District officials, including the
Health Department, by the Wash
ington Highlands Citizens AsSocia-
ton last night for ignoring urgent
requests for removal of debris and
filth accumulated throughout GER
tain parts of its community as
result of recent floods, thereby
jeopardizing the health of the
neighborhood.
The association asked extension
of Livingstone Avenue from Mich
OILS Avenue to the District Line,
and that the Commissioners con-
slider construction of a bridge over
the Anacostia River at the foot of
South Capitol Street as a memorial
to Thomas jefferson.
Endorsement was given the re-
cent mass meeting of Government
employees and citizens urging a
rehearing on rates and valuation
of the Capital Transit Company.
Miss Vera M. Barnes was named
as representative to future meet
ings.
SCdOOL NEEDED
Bradbury Heights Citizens AS
sociation, meeting last night in
Bradbury Heights M. E. Church,
appointed Cyril Albright commit
tee chairman to obtain data rela-
tive to obtaining a public school
for its community.
It was pointed out that 300
children of the neighborhood now
are compelled to travel three
miles to the Randle Highlands
and Orr schools, with poor trans.
portation facilities.
Mrs. F. B. Monar was elected
corresponding secretary and dele
gate to the Public School ASsocia-
ton.
The Washington times., 1937-12-03
JAPAN PLANES
BOMB RAILWAY

CANTON, China, Dec. 3 G.N.S)
Japanese planes were extremely
active in the Canton region today,
bombing the Kowloon- Canton rail-
way and destroying the station at
Sheklung. Casualties were not
Immediately aScertained.
Tungtaukou also was raided. A
japanese plane was reported shot
down near the Pingwu station.
BY JAMES r. YOUNG
TOKYO, Dec. 3 Q.N.SD.-A di-
rect threat that Japan might "be
compelled to patrol the Interna-
tional Settlement and French con-
cession in Shanghai was voiced to-
day by a spokesman Of the Japa-
nese army.
In a conversation with Japanese
correspondents following the bomb
and flag incidents that marred
the Japanese victory march" in
Shanghai, representative of the
publicity section of the Japanese
army declared:
Control of anti-JapaneSe agi-
tation in the French Concession
and International Settlement of
Shanghai is unsatisfactory.
IF the present disturbed con-
dition is allowed to continue,
the Japanese army might be
compelled to patrol the settle
ment and concession to main
tain peace"
The threat, if carried out, would
result in serious alterations be-
tween Japan and the Western
powers.
SPOT TUBERCULOSIS
The Army employs a rapid
method of X-ray photography to
spot tuberculosis among its men.
Evening star., 1937-06-07
TREASURY BOOSTS
INTEREST RATES
Allows Highest Return on Notes
in Three Years-To Borrow
SSCO,0O0,0 900.

B, the Associated Press.
The Treasury boosted the interest
rate on its notes today to the high
est level in three years.
No official explanation of the new
rates was available. Observers re-
called. however, the break in the
market for Government securities in
March and early April, which forced
the Federal Reserve Board to boil
ster the market with more than $780,
100000 worth of open market pur-
Chases.
Secretary Morgcnthau announced
the S8OOOO0,000 of borrowing sched-
ued for June IS would be accom-
plished through the sale of 00,0O0,-
600 worth of l3s per cent notes due
September Is. 1899, and s400, 100000
worth of ia per cent notes due March
Is, 1912
The Il. per cent rate on the four
year and nine month notes compared
with a IA per cent rate at which
five-year notes were sold last Decem-
ber and was the highest since 2ls
per cent issue of five-year notes was
sold in June, 1884.
Morgenthau, who fixed the rates
after conferences with the Federal
Reserve Board, was understood to be-
lieve that the rates were the correct"
levels in the present situation.
Evening star., 1937-06-07
Christian SCIENCE
ANNUAL MEETING
Judge Clifford P. Smith Is
Elected President of
Mother Church.
iBy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, June 7.-Steady progress
bf Christian Science throughout the
world, with establishment of SO new
hurches and societies and increas-
hgy friendly public thought, was re-
borted today at the annual meeting
bf the mother church, the First
? Church of Christ, Scientist.
Judge Clifford P. Smith Of Newton
was elected church president for the
coming year. Edward L. Ripley of
Brookline was chosen treasurer and
Ezra w. Palmer of Marshalfleld,
clerk.
Judge Smith has been a member
of the mother church since 1902 and
has been in its continual service since
1908.
States Basis of Success.
In his address Judge Smith de-
clared the success of an organized
movement depends on "a good pur-
pose, clearly stated; an intelligent
plan for achieving this purpose and
active cooperation by the persons
who compose the movement"
He said the writings of Mary Baker
Eddy, founder of Christian Science,
contained the first essential.
William M. Bartlett, secretary of
the trustees under the will of Mary
Baker Eddy. reported that sales of
Mrs Eddy writings in 1886 increased
66 per cent over sales in 1885.
He also rendered an accounting of
expenditures in excess of 100000 for
the year ending last April 80 Under
the terms Of the will these items for
which the fund was used included
assisting 33 churches in erecting, pur-
chasing or remodeling buildings; help
ing churches with lecture activities
and for free distribution Of Christian
Science literature.
Friendly Attitude Increasing.
Increasingly friendly public thought
toward Christian Science. as reflected
IN legislative bodies refusing passage
of measures which would have re-
stricted the rights Of Christian Scien-
fists, was reported by c. Augustus
Norwood, manager of Committees on
Publication.
Judge Frederick C. Hill, chairman
of the Board of Lectureship, reported
3.2l6 lectures during the year ending
April 30.
Gratitude for increased individual
activity of members of the mother
church, with particular commenda-
ton for generous contributions for
food relief, was expressed in the report
OF Edward L. Ripley, church treasurer,
Evening star., 1937-06-07
NEWSPAPER GUILD
MEETSIN ST. LOUIS
PROPOSAL of Affiliation With c. I.
0. to Be Made at Fourth
Convention.
BY the Associated Press.

LS lllS hSool dLcQ ltoo.
ST. LOUIS, June THE report of
the American Newspaper Guilds In
ternational Board, containing recon-
mendations on policy and including
proposal that the guild affiliate with
the Committee for Industrial Organi-
zation, was scheduled for reading in
the opening session of the guilds
fourth annual convention today. The
meeting will continue through Friday
Haywood Broun, president Of the
organization, said he would recon-
mend discussion of c. I. O. af6liation,
one of the major issues before the
convention, be deferred until Tues
day to permit delegates to dispose of
preliminary organization details.
Although the guild is now affiliated
with the American Federation of
Labor. Broun yesterday declared him.
self in favor of a guido. l. o. tieup.
Jonathan Eddy, executive secretary
of the guild, was to present the Inter-
national Boards report.
Evening star., 1937-06-07
MRS. SULLIVAN DIES

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GLEN ECHO HEIGHTS, Md, June
Mrs. Cora May Sullivan, SO, wife
of Thomas E. Sullivan, died Saturday
night at her home here following a
long illness. The funeral will take
place from the home at pm. tomor-
row, burial to be in the cemetery at
Potomac
Mrs. Sullivan was formerly a Miss
Beam of Orange, N. j. She had been
a resident of this vicinity 20 years
Evening star., 1937-06-07
Fen Moving Parts Dependable Ser,
NORGE Refrigerator
<l%7 IN 4

Many honoenoker, though she is not n1echoni-
coIIy inclined, will soon appreciate the advantages
Of the Ro|otor pump compressor exclusive feo-
ture with Norge. Only three moving parts in this
the heart Of the refrigerator. In dollars and cents
this means fewer moving parts to wear OUT thus
low replacement costs, low operating costs, and
low uPkeep costs.
The Norge sketched has five cubic foot interior
with ten square feet Of shelf space. The interior
is finished in addressing porceIoin-the ex-
terror in Dulux The advantages Of Norqe are
many especially as sold through Woodward 6
lothrop.
Il liberal allowance your old mechanical refriger-
dtor. Deferred payments, I, 2 or ; years to pay,
with slight additional carrying charge.
REFR1cERAroRs
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
CROW TO FACE
jury ON COAL

Theo Grow, plain clothesman
attached to the Eleventh Precinct,
who is also proprietor of the
Simplex Coal Company, 1925
Good Hope Rd. S. E., demanded
a jury trial when arraigned in
Police Court yesterday on a charge
of selling shortweight coal. Date
for the trial will be set later.
Grow was arrested November
Is on charges preferred following
investigation by representatives
of superintendent of Weights and
Measures George M. Roberts. 1t
was alleged that the investigators
ordered separate tons of coal sent
to two different addresses and
that the fuel when weighed
showed that one ton was 500
pounds underweight and the other
420 pounds short.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
SAYS CAPTAIN .
DECEIVED her

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 G.N.s).
Myrtle Hazel Joan st. Pierre
PellisSier, who had her husband,
capt" Charles Pellissier jailed
on a threat-to-harm warrant, said
today she would seek an annul-
ment.
Mrs. Pellissier, who once won a
judgment against David Hutton,
ex-husband of Aimee Semple Nc
Pherson, on breach Of promise
charges, declared:
"He said he was a British
army officer and fought in the
World War. He told me he
fought against Mussolini in
Ethiopia and he owned a stable
Of thoroughbreds.
"I found out he was a stable
man employed by zeppo Marx"
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
LEHMAN TO TRY
TAMMANY AIDE

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 G.N.s0.
Dramatic developments today in
dicated New York County Clerk
Albert j. Marinelli, Tammany
leader, would be put on trial be.
fore Governor Herbert H. Lehman,
on charges he is an ally of crime
and unfit for office.
A few hours after receiving
District Attorney-elect Thomas E.
Dewey's renewed and additional
charges, that Marinelli was the
political ally Of bigshot racket
eers," the governor took swift
action. He ordered the Tammany
leader to file a sworn answer by
noon Monday.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
OUTING IS AID
TO PRESIDENT
By GEORGE E. DURNO

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 2 QN.SO.-A
combination of Florida sun and
fishing luck was working wonders
with President RooSevelt'S healing
jaw infection today, according to
a message from eldest son and Sec
retary, James Roosevelt, on the
yacht Potomac, to Secretary Mar
vim H. Mcintyre at temporary
headquarters here.
Presidents infection shows
continued Improvement" ra-
diced the younger Roosevelt.
An abscesSed tooth developed a
toxic condition in Mr.. RooSevelt'S
system some days ago. BY the
time the President called the
dentist. the poison had entered
his system. The offending molar
was yanked, but because the Presi-
dent was running a slight temper
ature, DR.. Ross T. McIntire, White
House physician, ordered him con
fined to quarters" in the Execu-
tive Mansion. 1t was nine days
before he appeared at the execu-
tive offices-and the Florida fish
ing trip started almost immedi-
ately thereafter.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Baltimore Vessel
RarnIned at Boston

BOSTON, Dec. 2 U.N.S0-On
a calm sea in clear weather, the
Boston fishing trawler Wildgoose
today rammed the Portland-to-Bal-
timore steam freighter Charles
Christensen AZ miles due east Of
Boston. Reports to Coast Guard
headquarters said no one was in
jured. The Wildgoose limped back
to Boston with a twisted bow and
torn plates. The Christensen con-
tinued on to Baltimore. She re-
ported slight leak in No. 4 hold.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
at North Pole
"Carnpaigns" Via Radio

LONDON. Dec. 2 Q.N.S0-A
Campaign speech" from the "top
of the world" was reported today
by the London Daily Express.
1t was broadcast by Ivan Papa
min, one Of four Soviet scientists
manning Russia's ice-flot station
near the North Pole.
Revealing the drifting floe is
cracking under pressure of sur
rounding ice, Papanin, a candidate
for the Soviet supreme council,
devoted his speech to describing
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
U. 5: TREASURY
TO BORROW
NEAR BILLION
No New Money In
Refinancing

GN.s.) The Treasury will en-
gage IN a refinsncing program in
volvingI the borrowing Of almost
. billion dollars over the next two
month period. Secretary Morgen-
thau announced today.
The initial, stages will not in
volve new mAney. but is for re-
financing of maturing obligations.
On December Is. the Treasury
will float $3.50, COO, 900 in securities
to pay off a like amount in ma
turing securities. At the same
time. holders Of $277, 100000 in
rs notes that mature in Feb
rUarygwil be permitted to take
part Of the new issue,
Beginning December 20, the
Treasury. win offer short term
bills to the amount Of $4,000, 900
weekly and that amount may be
stepped up to $1O0.OOo,OOO a week
later. depending upon the Treas
ury's cash position.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Murder Charge
Facing Cowboys

Las CRUCES, M, Dec. 2
(INs.) Henry Lorenz, 26, and
Harry Dwyer. 20, the Brooklyn
drug store cowboys" who two
weeks ago failed In their attempt
to hold up a crack transconti-
mental train. today were stunned
to learn they face murder charges.
At their arraignment here the two
would-be badmen learned for the
first time that w. L. Smith, a
trainmsn, died Of injuries received
in q scuffle with them.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Northeast Storm
May Lash District

QN.S0. The Weather Bureau
issued the following storm warn
ings today: Advisory, $3.50 a. M:
Northeast storm warnings ordered
from Virginia Capes to Nantucket,
Mass. Disturbances centered about
200 miles east-southeast of Cape
Hatteras, moving north-northeast-
ward. Will cause strong northeast
winds and moderate gales along
the Middle Atlantic and New Eng.
land coasts, with rain or snow.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

the dangers he and his colleagues
are enduring.
He radioed his speech to Mos
COW. where it was rebroadcast
through the U. S. S. R. He sadi:
1--WE have drifted more than
800 miles from the North Pole.
We had to battle many Difficult
ties, including snowstorms. We
are approaching Greenland. We
must be ready at any moment
to face the grim problem of how
to carry on amid crushing ice."
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Haitian People
Assail President

SANTIAGO, Cuba, Dec. 2.-The
Haitian public is incensed over the
allegedly passive attitude of Presi-
dent Stenio Vincent in the contro-
versy with the Dominican Repub-
lie arising from border fighting in
which many Haitians were killed.
They are staging demonstrations
and strikes, according to travellers
who arrived here from Haiti on
board the Saint Domingus.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

Startled residents Of Virginia
Beach heard the plane roaring
downward in a power dive shortly
after Z o'clock last night.
The ship raised a huge geyser of
water as it struck the sea. Boats
in the vicinity put out Immediately
but there was no sign Of any sur
vivors.
NEAR COLLAPSE
Jones' mother was near collapse
today. The flier came here with
his family from Minnesota four
years ago. The family lives at the
Broadmoor, 1901 Connecticut Ave.
Jones had been in the naval
service four years. He trained at
the Pensacola air station and for
a time was stationed at the Ana
costa Naval Air Station here.
The father of the missing flier
is a special assistant to Attorney
General Cummings. Mr.. Jones
spent the night in frequent com
naunication with the scene OF
searching operations. A brother.
John, is at Virginia Beach, assist
ing in the hunt. -
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
No Smoking
Includes Duke

EDINBURGH, Scotland,
Dec. 2 (I.N.S.).-Even if it
doesn't say positively" a
mo smoking" sign in Scot
land applies to royalty as well
as cOmmOners, the Duke Of
Kent found out today.
Visiting the new Battle Alb
hey Educational Center here,
the duke, ignoring a mo
smoking" sign, lighted a Gig
arctic in the dining ROOM,
An official promptly
stepped forward and told the
duke he was disObeying the
rules. ~.
BIushing, the duke apollo
gized and put out his ciga-
rette.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Windsor 'Fade-Out'
Assailed by Shaw

LONDON, Dec. 2 Q.N.S).
Writing in the socialist weekly
Forward" George Bernard Shaw,
famous dramatist and critic, to-
day condemned suggestions that
the Duke of windsor should fade
from public view and that news.
papers should cease to publish
news Of his activities. "The notion
is unworkable unless Edward
proves a genuine nonentity, hardly
consistent with his abdication." )"
Shaw wrote. "The sooner his
American trip is revived the bet
ter"
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Ford Plant Goes
On 9th Strike Day

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2 GN.S0. !.
The strike called by Local 325 of
the CLOS United Automobile
Workers at the Ford assembly
plant here went into its ninth day
today, with the plant continuing
to operate.
Orderly picketing greeted work
men as they were driven into the
plant grounds this morning.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
China Clipper Gets
Flag Protection

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2
d.NS0-To forestan any posi-
hility Of Japanese or Chinese mis-
taking the Philippine Clipper for
a hostile plane, the big trans
pacific air liner was soaring to-
ward the China coast today, with
large American flags painted on
each wing and on the sides of the
cabin.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Losing on Market,
Doctor Kills Self

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 G.N.S0.
Before the Mortified gaze Of his
wife DR.. John D. Colson, 81,
leaped to his death today from
the second floor of his Brooklyn
home. She said he had lost
heavily in the stock market.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
John J. Keane
Sued for Divorce

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Dec.
Mrs. Ruth P. Keane, of River
dale, has filed suit for absolute
divorce from her husband, John
j. Keane, prominent Washington
attorney, charging infidelity and
naming a correspondent.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Epidemic Closes
Paraguay Ports

ASUNCION, Paraguay, Dec. 2
.Q.N.S).-Due to an epidemic Of
yellow fever, all ports in Paraguay
were closed today.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Heart Attack Kills
Leigh B. Liggett

NEWTON, Mass, Dec. 2. GN.S0. +.
Native Of Detroit, Leigh B. Liggett,
40, secretary of the huge drug
store chain controlled by his
father, Louis K. Hggett, was dead
today Of a heart attack.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Lewis and Green Meet to Decide Labor's Fate
10 Naval Airplanes
Hunt for 2 Fliers
Lost in Sea Crash
Officials Hope Bomber CreU BaiIed Out;
District AUiatOr on Board

QNS While all available naval and Coast Guard craft
swept the waters off Virginia Beach, squadron of 10 Navy
scouting planes hoped off at dawn today the inland
swamps in search of Naval Flying Cadet James
aviation machnis mate Troy W. Blanton whose Navy bomb
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

Naval officials directing the
search for the aviators held hopes
that Jones and Blanton had bailed
out before the crash and drifted
into the swamps safely in their
parachutes.
Reports to the Navy Department
said it might require sometime for
the men to make their way out of
the swaraps as the area is unin-
habited and virtually inaccessible.
ROCKETS SEEN
A resident at Virginia Beach
reported he saw three or four
rockets explode in the air during
the night about a mile inland
from where the seaplane crashed.
The aircraft tender Owl, the
destroyer Jacob Jones and several
Coast Guard cutters at daylight
resumed search Of the sea off the
beach in the vicinity in which the
bombing plane crashed.
The Navy Department said that
pieces Of the wreckage had been
located and from thei n hed
condition indicated the botnbing
plane had hit the water with ter
rifle force.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
OR WAR
TO COME OUT
OF D. C. PARLEY
Murphy Suggested
AS Mediator
BY EDWARD B. LoCKETr

UN.S.| A couple Of middle aged
examiners walked into a hotel
room hero today to try TO settle
the biggest internal fight organ.
lied labor in America has ever
known.
It was. at long last, that the
American Federation Of Labor and
the Committee for Industrial Or.
ganization met 70 speak for peace
or war In union labor-Federation
President William Green and CIO
General John Lewellyn Lewis.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Niece to Inherit
$4,000 of Recluse

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 UN.S0.
A niece who hadn't seen for heard
from her uncle since 1892 today
stood to inherit the $4,000 estate
piled up by Frank De Forest Case,
87-year-old recluse who died, ap-
parently in poverty, in a modest
furnished room on Monday.
She was Mrs. Helen Case Coma
han of Marnaroneck, N. Y,
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Jackie Martin
In HOLLYWOOD

Jackie Martin, editorial art
director and special writer Of
The Times, today interviews
Herbert M ars h all, noted
movie star. Turn to Page IL.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
HISTORY MADE

Representing more than seven
million workers, whose ranks have
been divided for two years, the
heads Of each faction trudged into
a third-floor suite at II q. m. for
a peace conference, which cannot
but be written as historic in the
annals Of labor.
For these two now were to de.
termine whether the CIO and the
AFL shall reunite or 60 forward
separately along different paths.
The men started out together in
life. working in the mines and up
ward into leadership in the same
union, shoulder to shoulder. Then
their roads forked. Today they
met as bitter opponents. They
went into conference grim.faced
and silent, refusing to answer any
reporters questions.
SAME OLD DISPUTE
Intrinsically, the meeting was
again a test of industrial and
craft unionism. It was the Fed
Grafton tradition that a union
man is a mechanic, a plumber or
a carpenter, whether he works In
a steel mill or an automobile fac.
tory, against the modern Lewis
hypothesis that to best and most
effectively unite, workers must
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
REALToR DIES IN FIRE

FLINT, Mich, Dec. 2 Q.N.S0.
Don D. Waters, 46, real estate
operator, died today in flames
which razed his Lake Fenton
home.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
DESCRIBES WATCH

The defense will start Its
examination Of witnesses immedi
ately following the noon recess
when Walter L. Ross, the accused
is expected to take the stand in
his own defense.
Davidson's watch was further
identified by Edward Green, 9
watch repairer of Washington
who testified that he had worked
on the watch several times before
the murder.