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Evening star., 1937-03-28
Own Sisters Mother.in.Law,

When an old sailor at Oslo, Nor
way, married the youngest sister Of
his sons wife the young girl thus be-
came her elder sisters mother-in-law.
Evening star., 1937-03-28
Wet. U. TO MEET
HERE JUNE 3 TO 8
Mrs. Earle Wiley Is Named Lo-
cal Chairman for World
Convention.

The sixteenth triennial world con-
vention of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union will be held in
Washington June 3 to 8. This will
be the sixth time the convention has
been held in the United States dur
ing the last half century.
Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith. national
president, has selected Mrs Earle
Wilfey as local executive chairman of
arrangements Mrs Wilfey's late
husband was one the Capitals out
standing resident preachers for many
years. He was pastor of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church and later
built the National City Christian
Church.
In addition to the principal meet
ings, slated for Constitution Hall, a
worlds worship service will be held
Wednesday afternoon, June 2, in CAL
vary Baptist Church.
Every phase OF temperance activity,
scientific and social work on behalf
OF world education on the alcohol
problem will be considered. In addi-
ton, the convention will honor its
leader, Mrs. Ella A. Boole of Brooklyn,
N. Y, who is completing her sixth
year as president of the world Or
ganiZation.
A large attendance from every Sec
tion OF this country and from other
lands is expected.
Evening star., 1937-03-28
D. C. OPENS DRIVE
ON TUBERCULOSIS

Washington's active participation
In the national program of education
on the Importance in the cure OF tu-
berculosis of the early discovery of
the disease was launched yesterday.
Three days before the official open
ing Of the early diagnosis campaign,
which will run all through the month
Of April, Mrs. Ernest r. Grant, man
aging director Of the District Tuber-
culoss Association, outlined the cam
paign's main features.
''One Of the leading events Of this
campaign" Mrs. Grant said, 'is the
f1rst school health instruction tnsti-
tute, which Is to be held Monday,
April 5, in cooperation with the pub
lie school authorities.
I'VE shall give also coast to- coast
radio broadcasts by Surg. Gen. Par
ran Of the United States Public Health
Service, by Representative Kent Keller
Of Illinois and by Miss Marguerite
Felber from the ONCE Of Education.
"A series OF radio playlets will be
broadcast weekly by groups Of high
school players dealing with the mod
ern means of tuberculosis prevention u
Evening star., 1937-03-28
Shooting
Continued From First Page.)

ing and contended he had taken the
gun from Lanahan's hand after the
latter had wounded himself.
Dent is son of Louis Addison Dent
a noted attorney here until his retire
ment about seven years ago. The elder
Dent visited his son at the Tenth
precinct early in the evening and ex-
pressed the conviction that the younger
man did not do the shooting.
Bullet Punctures Lung.
At Emergency Hospital, 1t was found
the bullet had punctured Lanahan'.
left lung, the injury being too serious
to allow police questioning there. HI.
condition was described as "satisfac-
tory" late last night.
Notified by police Of the shooting
Lanahans wife came in from nearby
Maryland She has been living with
friends since the birth Of child q
few weeks ago, while Lanahan was
stopping temporarily at the Park road
address.
Dent, who also Is married and the
father Of two children, has been maxi
ing his home with his father for the
past two years. He Is civil engi-
neer. Police were told that Lanahan
has been employed on q construction
Job.
Evening star., 1937-03-28
TOWN HALL MEETING
TO HEAR RABBI WISE
Jewish Leader to Speak Tonight
on Religious and Racial
Persecution"

Tonights o'clock meeting Of the
Town Hall of Washington at the
Shoreham Hotel will hear Rabbi
Stephen S. Wise speak on Religious
and Racial Persecution"
The outstanding Jewish religious
leader, rabbi of the Free Synagogue
of New York and descendant Of a
long line of rabbis active in Jewish
affairs in European German-speaking
countries, was one of the founders
of the Zionist movement and founder
of the Zionist Organization Of
America
Members of the panel will be Mrs.
Helen Howell Moorhead, research as
sociate and board member Of the
Foreign Policy Association; Rev. DR..
Anson Phelps Stokes, canon Of the
Washington Cathedral; Edward Keat-
ing, editor OF Labor, and DR.. Paul
Pearson, assistant director Of the
housing division Of p w. A.
Evening star., 1937-03-28
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
ASKED BY BOC0CK
Seeks Funds From tuberculosis
Association to Care
for Victims.

DR.. Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent
of Gallinger Hospital, yesterday asked
the Board of Directors of the District
tuberculosis Association for funds to
maintain at the hospital resident
physician to care for the ever-increas-
ing number of tuberculosis patients.
The board found that it had no avail
able funds to meet the request.
Five years ago." DR.. Bocock wrote,
there was not bed at this institu-
ton for the patient with tuberculosis.
Today there are approximately 200
beds that we have been forced to
make available
During this period Of growth in
tuberculosis control work no special
funds have been made available by
regular appropriations to perform the
service in question. But the situation
is being met in the best possible way
under existing conditions. At the
present time there are received every
"a hours at this institution from two
to eight cases definitely showing pull
monary tuberculosis
Evening star., 1937-03-28
Swimming COURSE
OPENS TOMORROW
500 Boys Enrolled for Les.
sons Sponsored by The
Star and Y. N. c. A,

With approximately 500 boys
enrolled, the first lesson in the learn
to-swim campaign, sponsored by The
Star and the Y. NJ c. A., will be
given in the boys pool at the "Y"
tomorrow.
James c. Ingram, director OF boys
activities, said the boys will be divided
into classes OF about 40 each.
Lessons will be given each day
through Saturday at 9, 10, II, IL,
/, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and o'clock. The
lessons will be concluded Saturday
with difficult test conforming to Red
Cross standards. Ingram expressed
confidence that virtually any boy VINO
attends all the lessons will be able to
pass the test.
Pointing out that swimming affords
a means Of healthful exercise in addi-
tion to serving as safeguard against
the danger of drowning, the campaign
has been Endorsed by numerous Dis
trict officials, including Commissioner
Allen, Miss Sibyl Baker, supervisor of
Fairgrounds; Birch E. Bayh, director
OF physical activities in the public
schools; Commodore w. E. LongfelIow
OF the American Red Cross; Mai.
Ernest w. Brown, superintendent of
police, and Surgeon Gen. Thomas
Parran.
The course was open to all boys in
Washington and nearby Maryland and
Virginia between the ages of 10 and
18 who could not swim.
total Of 485 boys enrolled last
year and at the conclusion of the
course 48 per cent of them were
able to pass the stringent test.
Evening star., 1937-03-28
P, E. 0. CONVENTION
TO OPEN TUESDAY

The second annual convention OF
the P. E. O. Sisterhood will open
Tuesday at Pierce Hall, All Souls
Unitarian Church, Sixteenth and Har-
ward streets The session will con-
tinue through Wednesday.
Miss Myrtle Seidler, chairman Of
Chapter c, will open the convention
formally at 10 am. with an address
of welcome, to which DR.. Ella r..
Fales, District first vice president, will
make response.
The day will be devoted to music,
reports and a luncheon served by
the Ladies Guild Of the All Souls
Church Musical Program. DR.. E. C..
Higbie, president of Wilson Teachers
College, will be the leading speaker
at banquet to be held Tuesday at
pm. at the Mayhower Hotel.
The convention will be concluded
Wednesday by District board meet
ing some time In the afternoon.
Evening star., 1937-03-28
MRS. Johnson Pines for June
But Must Await X-Ray Verdict

A series OF X-ray examinations Of
her shattered knee will determine
whether Mrs Martin Johnson, widow
OF the explorer, will carry out plans
she has mapped for lone venture
into the African jungle, the Asso-
ciated Press reported from New York
last night.
The sparkling-eyed "littlest big
gan hunter" disclosed her intention
to return to Africa while in Wash
ington, where she lectured Friday
night. However, injuries received In
the airplane crash which cost her
husbands life, may mean she will
never walk again.
She went to New York yesterday to
consult Dr. William Darragh, bone
specialist
1T he tells me I can walk again,
III 60 ahead with plans for the
expedition" she said, with wry
Evening star., 1937-03-28
HEARING TUESDAY
IN 13A|R DEATHS
U. S. Bureau Will Conduct
Probe Into Cause of
T. w. A. Crash.
BY the Associated Press.

~ LIE AS1OClAIo0 1I0bS.
PITTSBURGH, March 27.-Inspec-
tor Byron NJ Jacobs Of the Bureau Of
Air Commerce will conduct q hearing
Tuesday on the cause Of the crash
OF the Transcontinental and Western
Airlines transport plane that killed 13
persons Thursday near Pittsburgh.
The Bureau Of Air Commerce an
nounced the date of the hearing
from Washington.
Coroner w. J. McGregor, conducting
separate investigation, said he would
hold an inquest as soon as possible.
While the Federal Investigators as
sembled the evidence Of the plunge
Of the airliner into a cornfield only
miles from the Allegheny airport,
two other Investigations produced
agreement that ice forming on the
wings caused the crash.
T. w. A. Makes Statement.
OfnciaE Of T. w. A. issued a state
ment yesterday that the crash was
due to the plane passing through
localized but very severe icing forma-
tions =" The statement added:
"A heavy deposit of ice formed on
the leading edge Of the ailerons. which
control lateral balance, and caused the
plane to 60 completely out Of con-
troll ."
DR.. John j. Mclean, director of the
county airport, said he agreed with
this theory.
Pilot Larry Bohnet of Newark, his
crew and 10 passengers crashed to
their deaths less than Is minutes
after he had radioed that he was
over the airport and "okay."
Airline officials said the report was
made about 6:33 pm.
The Sun-Telegraph today stated
Bohnet had written in his log book:
Contacted field station at GAS pm"
Saw Ship Dive to Ground.
A few minutes later Capt. A. M.
wilkins, plotting another alrliner, saw
Bohnets ship nose-dive to the ground.
Jacobs conferred with other State
and Federal aeronautical inspectors
in preparation for the hearing at
which several witnesses OF the dis
aster will testify.
Cooperating in the study OF the
accident were R. L. HaZen, c. B. Reed,
Russell Delaney Of the Bureau Of Air
Commerce; George Anderson, district
Weather Bureau superintendent, Of
Cleveland, and Maj. c. Vinet OF
Johnstown, chief of the State aero
nautical inspectors
Evening star., 1937-03-28

Foresters to the shifting Of conserva-
ton agencies from the Department OF
Agriculture to the Interior Depart
ment. Under the BroWnlow Commit
tee report the national forests would
be transferred and the Forest Serv-
ice dismembered, it is claimed. H. H.
Chapman, veteran professor of for
estry at Yale University, whose work
has been largely training young Amer
leans for service in Federal, State
and private employment and advance
ment of sound programs of forest, soil,
wild life and grazing, Is president Of
the society.
I'VE are convinced" he says. that
the Forest Service, the Biological
Survey and other agencies dealing
with organic resources should remain
in the Department of Agriculture,
where ability has been shown to ad-
minister public lands bearing forests.
forage and wild life to protect the
interests of all the people"
He also emphasizes that there is a
balanced program" now in opera
ton "in which no one interest is al
lowed to dictate or monopolize the
use and enjoyment OF our natural re-
sources"
Evening star., 1937-03-28

glance at the steel brace she has
worn since the airliner disaster In
California last January.
ut will take months, Of course, for
the bone to knit-and you have to
have pretty strong knees to push
through the swamps and 'wait-a-bit'
thorns like barbed-wire entanglements
in the jungle. But I'm going back.
After 20 years In the jungles. civiliza-
ton leaves me restless"
Mrs. johnson spoke before ca
pacity audience in Constitution Hall
here and exhibited sound Aims OF
jungle life taken in British Borneo.
Evening star., 1937-03-28

A total Of 1913 persons lost their
lives in the sinking Of the Titanic.
Evening star., 1937-03-28
ALUMNI TO DANCE
eonzaga Association to Hold An
nual Fete Friday.

HudI Fete Friday.
The annual Gonzaga Alumni Asso.
clation dance will be held at tho
Wardman Park Hotel Friday night,
with proceeds to go to the Gonzaga
scholarship fund, it was announced
yesterday
Officers OF the association are: AL
Philip Kane, president; James F..
O'Donneu. vice president; John A. X.
Donovan, secretary, and Louis F.
Frick, treasurer.
Evening star., 1937-03-28
BR00K|NCS REPORT
FAVORS PRE-AUD|T
Advises Congress to Retain
Control of Funds Going
to Executive Branch.

BACKGROUND
For more than a quarter OF a
century, successive administrations
haze sought to simplify the eDeT-
expanding Government structure
through consultations and reor-
Qanization, with but little to shoD
for their efforts. A reduction pro-
oran1 of limited scope ,Das put into
effect By President Roosevelt shortly
after he took Office, and ne has
no,p Advanced another plan, q
major feature OF which calls for
the abolishment OF Independent
agencies. Concurrently, Senate and
House committees also are strug-
Cling pith the problem OF cutting
do,pn on Federal activities.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
ARTS CLUB Wins
PLAY TOURNAMENT
"Shanghai," Drama of Re-
venge, Takes First Honors
in Finals.

The Arts Club OF Washington won
first honors last night in the finals
OF the one-act play tournament, con-
Quoted by the Community Center De-
partment. with its production OF W..
Stucks' Shanghai"
The play, drama Of revenge,
was directed by Marie E. Walcott. And
the cast included Maud Howell
Smith, Anne Ives and Murray Shee-
han.
THE Hundredth Trick" by Beulah
Marie Dix, produced under the joint
direction Of Milton Freedman and
William A. Coleman, took second
honors. Third recognition went to
"The Weak Spot" by George Kelly,
directed by Arthur Rhodes and pre-
sented by the troupers OF East Wash
ington Community Center. Poor
Henry" by Dorothy Winthrop, with
Catherine G. Edgerton directing. won
fourth hOnors.
The four flnalists were chosen by
preliminary judges from an original
entry list Of Is. The finals were
judged by Jay Carmody OF The Star,
Nelson Bell Of the Post, Mabelle Jen-
nings OF the Herald, Andrew Kelley
OF the Times and Katherine Hillyer Of
the Daily News.
The Maud Howell Smith Award
for the outstanding individual per-
formance was awarded to Miss Caro-
line Rogers, who appeared in 1.-THE
Weak Spot" Alfred FRANKFORT, who led
the cast OF "The Hundredth Trick" re-
ceived q double season membership in
the Washington Civic Theater for the
second most impressive effort.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

Thursday. Mr.. Carruthers headed the
list. The Others are:
Edward F. Calladay, president of
the Washington Board Of Trade;
Robert j. Cottrell, executive Secre-
tary of the same organization; Will
liam r. Beale, Wilton H. Wallace,
Edgar Morris and Thomas P. Little
page.
Randolph Raps Business Tax.
Assailing the business privilege tax
yesterday, Representative Randolph
said:
I'VE want to encourage business, not
curb and drive the travelling salesmen
out Of the Capital. The business priv
ilege tax places heavy handicap on
business. On the other hand the sales
tax I am urging would stimulate busi-
ness, and it has been proved that it
yields tremendous revenue without
any one feeling serious hardship.
Il hope the incoming session of
Congress will do what the last session
failed to do-give the municipal gov
eminent of the National Capital de-
pendable source Of revenue to meet
necessary expenses, SO that business
Evening star., 1937-10-24

Degas was both sculptor and a
painter. He was known best for his
paintings of ballet dancers.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, october 23-An
itinerary for 3O-day tour of the
United States by the Duke and Duchess
of Windsor, probably from coast to
coast, will be announced in the next
few days. George Link, jr., attorney
for Charles E. Bedeaux, who is ham
ding all arrangements, said tonight.
1.-The final decision on the places
to be visited will be made after the
duke returns to Paris tomorrow from
Germany and consults with Mr.. Be-
deaux," said Link. II think they are
going to the West Coast, probably
making the outward journey through
the Northern States and returning by
a Southern route"
Link, who is assisting Bedeaux in
handling arrangements here, has sent
the latter tentative itinerary, but
declined to reveal the places he sug-
gested.
"If they are not accepted on the
other side, it might cause bad feeling" !"
he said. "All that can be said now
is that he will visit the principal in
duStrial sections of the country. Mr..
Bedeaux, who spent many years in
improving labor conditions. knows
them all from first-hand experience. T"
He said the fact that Secretary Ickes
of the Interior Department sent Be-
deaux list. of Government projects
may have given an erroneous impress
sion that these were to be the prin-
cipal objectNes of the Windsors, and
Evening star., 1937-10-24

sioner Hazen disclosed it is the plan
of the Commissioners to refer the pro-
gram of the Tax Committee to the
recently created Citizens Advisory
Committee on Taxa ton before any
selection is made of q new tax plan.
Carruthers Heads Committee.
The Advisory Committee is headed
by L. A. Carruthers, chairman of the
Fiscal Affairs Committee Of the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations. Com
missioner Hazen said the views of this
group are especially desirable because
the members represent a "cross Sec
ton" of the business and civic life
of Washington.
The Commissioners and the Tax
Committee devoted SO much time dis
cuSsing the leak" over the latter's
activities and arranging the censor
ship plan that a projected seven-year
budget plan was not even reached.
Maj. Daniel j. Donovan, auditor
and budget officer, who also is chair
man of the Tax Committee, took to
the conference a series of statistical
tables and charts covering the needs
of the District through the 1945
fiscal year. In addition, he had an
outline disclosing the proposed seven
year program would cost in excess
Of $315 100000 These, of course,
were not made public.
Allen Silent on Budget Plan.
1t was the premature disclosure
several days ago of some of the de-
tails of the seven-year program that
led to the new gag" order. The rule
was SO effective Commissioner Allen
refused to reveal the details of a
revolutionary" plan he had evolved
for solving the budget problems-a
plan he mentioned to newspaper men
prior to the conference, but later
refused TO discuss.
Shortly after the tax conference,
the Commissioners made public the
names of seven delegates selected to
represent the District at the thirtieth
annual meeting of the National Tax
Association, which opens in Balti-
more tomorrow and continues through
Evening star., 1937-10-24
SPECIAL SESSION
VIEWED WARM up
U. S. Chamber of Commerce Pre-
diets Not Much Legislation
Will Be Enacted.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Chamber of Commerce OF the
United States predicted yesterday the
special session OF Congress would not
enact much important legislation.
In its weekly Washington review,
the chamber said. ''at the moment,
there Is tendency to regard the
special session as warming-up Pc
riod. preparatory to the regular ses-
sion. and not one in which much
major legislation will be enacted"
The review also said business uncer-
tainties were influencing the special
sessions legislative outlook.
There is an increasingly large body
OF opinion, the statement said, which
holds that excessive Federal regulation,
repressive taxation and Government
intrusion into labor relations have
contributed measurably to the present
uneasineSs in business"
1t added business derived some
comfort during the week from strong
hints that the administration favored
changes in the undistributed profits
tax"
Evening star., 1937-10-24
U.S.. Tour Itinerary Is Dra,cn,
But awaits WindsOr's ApprOudl
(Story on Page ALL

that they really were "only part OF the
program"
A purposted itinerary" published
by New York paper was described
by Link as listing far too many
places" Places named In the article
were housing projects in New York,
Chicago. Washington, D. c.; Atlanta,
Minneapolis, Milwaukee. Los Angeles,
San Francisco and Montgomery. Ala:
the Ford plant in Michigan and the
Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams In
the Pacific Northwest and Boulder
Dam in Arizona. 1t also said the
Windsors would stop in Baltimore and
that the duke would attend the news
paper mems Gridiron Club banquet in
Washington with the President and
other notables while the duchess was
guest of Mrs. Roosevelt.
Mrs. Roosevelt has indicated she
would invite the duchess to the White
House If the duke accepts his invita-
ton to the banquet.
Duke and Duchess of Windsor COM
pleted their two weeks study Of social
conditions in Nazi Germany and left
the Orient express late tonight for
Paris.
The Windsors were said to be greatly
impressed by the Reich's social welfare
measures and the duke told his hosts
he would like to return for closer
study next year.
The Windsors will remain in Paris
until early next month, when they will
sail for the United States for an ex-
tended tour.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
COLORED CITIZENS
|RKED BY OMISSION
Civic Group Wants Member
ship on D. C. Reorganiza-
ton Committee.

criticizing the District Commits
honers for apparently overlooking
the appointment Of one OF it's rep
resentatives on the Committee for
Reorganization Of the District Gov
ernment, the Federation of Civic Asso-
Citations has requested Chairmen
King and Palmisano of the Congress
sional District Committees for rep
resentation before their committees
before any hearings on proposed Dis
trict reorganization are completed.
The resolution, brought before the
colored civic group at q meeting in
the District Building Friday night,
was drawn to give the colored citizens
representation on proposed changes
in the local government. Woolsey W..
Hall, president, said he could not
understand why the federation was
omitted on the Reorganization Com
mittee, as his group represents WASH
ington's colored citizens just as the
Federation of Citizens Associations
represents white citizens.
Unanimous support was voted the
drive for free lunches for school chill
dren. Delegates appropriated $25 for
this fund.
Local suffrage was unanimously ap-
proved in another resolution. Any
proposed change in the present
method of selecting Board of Educa-
ton members was opposed unless and
until" the District secures local suf-
frage.
Unanimous support was given the
Community Chest and letters were
sent to each of the 81 member civic
associations urging them to partici-
pate in the Chests campaign.
The annual election of officers will
be held at the next regular meeting,
to be held November 20 at the District
Building.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
MRS. JAMIE S. HAWKINS
DIES IN HER HOME HERE
Was Resident Of D. c. for IT
Years-Came Here With Hus-
band From Bedford, Va.

Mrs. jamie s. Hawkins. "a. for the
last II years resident OF this city.
died last night in her home. 343l
Fourteenth street, after a long illness.
Mrs. Hawkins came here in 1920
from Bedford. Va. with her husband.
the late N. d. Hawkins. who died sew
eral years sgo. She was member
of Francis Asbury M. f. Church South.
Surviving are five daughters. Miss
Mamie Hawkins and Miss Evelyn
Hawkins. both Of this city; Mrs. j.
X. Walker. Bedford. Va: Mrs. j. NJ.
McChesney. Abingdon. Va, and Mrs.
Henry G. Ellis. Petersburg. Va; Two
sons. Hammer Hawkins and N. D.
Hawkins. jr.. both OF this city. and
13 grandchildren.