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Evening star., 1937-12-19

RUT this minioture roiIrood. even
If he goes pop eyed" over it,
is not for Junior" It's q mons
toy. built by men. operated by
men. ond there's no junior to COM
plain thot dod won't Ieove it clone
so thot he con pIoy with it. The
model. complete to the cinder in
your eye ond with eompIexity Of
switches thot would give on enei-
neer q headache, is the pride Of
the New York Society Of Model
Engineers, whose members built it.
Evening star., 1937-12-19

Number 99''
crosses the over
poss and neors the
stotion where pos
sengers woit. In
the lower left cor
ner, below the
trockoee, is one Of
the control boords
on " hich eoch
press Of q button
throws q switch or
storts or stops q
train.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
RESERVE INCREASE
ORDER IN EFFECT
4T2 Billions of Potential
Bank Credit Wiped Out
by Board Action.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A Federal Reserve Board order wiped
out s4,5oO,0oO 900 of potential bank
credit today to prevent a possibly
harmful credit imitation.
BY artihcially raising prices, the
board held, such credit spree might
lay the foundation for a crash.
The order, issued in February, re-
quired 3315 per cent increase IN
deposit reserve requirements. Half the
increase went into effect March ! and
the remainder was effective today.
The March / increase locked up
about 100000 900 Of idle bank funds
as an additional reserve behind de-
posits, eliminating them from the sup
ply of lendable money.
s750,0OO,00 to Be Frozen.
Reserve officials said the additional
increase in requirements today would
freeze" about s75O.OO0.00O of the
present Sl,640 100000 of excess re-
serves.
Credit authorities estimate that each
81 of excess reserves will support about
s6 in credit. The requirement in
crease today, therefore, clipped off
about s4,50O,Ooo,Ooo of potential
credit.
After the first half of the 33l3 per
cent order went into effect. short
term interest rates began to stlffen
because of the reduction in potential
credit. Fearing that long-term rates
would follow suit, many holders sold
Government securities.
With Government issues plunging
to new lows for the year, the Reserve
Board stepped into the market as a
purchaser early this month to main
tain orderly" conditions. 1t has &C
quired about Sl00,O00,00O of Fedora
securities.
Proceeds Available for Loans.
This operation tended to offset the
effect of the increase in reserve re-
quirementS, because most of the Gov
ernment obligations we're acquired
from banks. The cash they received
in payment flowed into supplies OF
idle funds available for lending.
In addition, excess reserves were
bolstered during March by Treasury
purchases of Government securities
totaling S1le,0O0000.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
AMERICA CUP HOPEFULS
LEAVE BRITAIN FOR U. S.
Thousands Cheer Endeavour I and
Endeavour II, Prides of
A. o. M. Sopwith.

By the Associated Press.
GOSPORT, England, May 1-Great
Britain's challengers for the America S
Cup-Endeavou I and Endeavour Il
started across the Atlantic today to
the echoing cheers Of thousands Of
spectators.
On their slim hulls ride the hopes
of their sportsnlan-oWner, T. o. M.
Sopwith, of capturing the cup Sir
Thomas Upton sought so long in vain
and which Endeavour I failed to take
from Harold S. Vanderbilt's Rainbow
in 1884.
Endeavour II was toWed from the
narbor by the Belgian traWler John,
which has been engaged to take her
across the Atlantic.
Endeavour l was picked up off
CoWes by the motor yacht Viva II.
(Although both vessels are equipped
with steering rigs, neither is expected
to sail under its own power unless
absolutely necessary
Evening star., 1937-05-01
MAY DAY THR0NG
STORMS GOTHAM
Vast Army of Workers
Takes Part in City's Big
gest Celebration.
Bv the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 1-Singing and
shouting, thousands of New York's
vast population of workers. employed
and unemployed, marched through
midtown Manhattan today in what
was probably the biggest May day
parade in the clty's history
In the warm sunshine their bands
blared the International" and other
songs of proletarian solidarity as their
feet slithered and scuffed the asphalt,
carrying them southwark to Union
Square, traditional gathering spot for
workers demonstrations.
Men, women and children were in
line; Communists, Socialists and some
with no strong political convictions at
all, and still others of passionate anti
Fascist feeling, all marching between
sidewalks that swarmed with SYM
pathizers, the curious and those who
just happened to be there.
Garment Workers in Line.
The first unit, with Paul White,
member of the International Seamen's
Union, as grand marshal in the lead,
swung down Eighth avenue from
Thirty-ninth street-15 900 members
800 pApAnEC pooo ,o\
Evening star., 1937-05-01
BY J. A. O'LEARY.

The determination of Congress to
wait until all of the annual supply
bills pass before attempting to settle
the controversy over a percentage cut
in the totals was strengthened today
as result of two developments in the
House late yesterday.
First, the House shouted down a
motion to lop fiat 10 per cent off
the s4l6,4l3,000 Army appropriation
bill just before it was passed and. sent
to the Senate.
Second, Representative Woodrum Of
Virginia, prominent Democrat on the
Appropriations Committee, warned
against becoming emotional, hysteri-
cal or dramatic" in the application of
economy. He asked for a conference
with the Senate on a S1,251,250 spe-
cial deficiency resolution from which
the Senate had slashed 25 per cent
Of the House total.
Senator Gerry, Democrat. of Rhode
Island, today Endorsed the principle
of a percentage reduction, in prefer
ence to the impounding method. He
emphasized. however, that he had in
mind 10 per cent cut in the total of
bill, with discretion exercised to
make the reductions where it can be
spared, pointing out there are some
items which cannot be altered
He urged that the budget be brought
into balance and said he felt sure
it could be done by economizing on
unnecessary expenditures. He said
he would favor additional taxes if
that became necessary as final step,
but was confident the balance could
be obtained through economy.
Congressional leaders are expected
to await the return of President Roose-
velt before attempting to iron out the
conflicting views in the House and
Senate as between the 10 per cent
mandatory cut or the Is per cent i'm
pounding plan, with discretion vested
in the President to release any part
of the percentage reserve in the course
of the year.
Meanwhile, Senator Copeland DEM
ocrat of New York, is preparing to
ask War Department officials to tell
the Senate Appropriations Committee
just what the effect on the Army
would be If the percentage cut plan
is applied all along the budget line
at the close Of the session. The New
Yorker has said he is sympathetic to-
ward the desire to save wherever pos
sible, but feels Congress should know
when it acts what the result will be.
Because fixed charges, which can
| (See APPROPRIATIONS, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1937-05-01
''Lysistrata'' Ordered Changed
To Meet Cens0rs Objections

A little rewriting on the Greek
drama "Lysistrata," the Washington
Civic Theater's current production at
Wardman Park Theater, has been re-
quested by the Woman's Bureau OF
the Police Department because some
lines are "too broad"
The changes were being made today
at the suggestion of the District at
torney's Office, which was informed OF
objectionable" parts in the play by
policewoman who sat through the
performance last night.
Capt. Rhoda Milliken, head Of the
Woman's Bureau, said the revislons
are Of minor nature, do not alter the
drama and ''were cheerfully agreed
upon" by the producers.
She said "Lysistrata" had been Gre
viewed" by police when it was pre-
sented here once before and found to
"be moral enough"
Evening star., 1937-05-01
FILIPINO WOMEN
WIN RIGHT TO VOTE
Vote of 405,472 to 40,177 Is Re,
ported by Interior De.
partment
2 the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
MANILA. P. l.. May Woman
suffrage came back to the Philippines
today, the only Oriental country to
grant women the right to vote.
The women voted 405,472 to 40,177
in a plebiscite, the commonwealth
Interior Department reported. after
tabulating the bulk of returns. Only
100000 votes we're necessary for a
constitutional provision assuring femi-
nine enfranchisement.
The only cloud was a charge of
fraud, against which commonwealth
officials warned before the election.
J. N. Bello reported from Southeast
srn Luzon that many minors voted
here.
All but two of the 49 provinces and
;wo of the six cities reported at least
partial returns. 1t will be a week
efore the entire vote is counted, but
lose Vargas, secretary to President
Manuel Quezon, said further returns
ould not change the report.
Women voted only once previously
the closing days of the territoria,
tatus of the Philippines before the
stands became commonwealth. The
legislature, deciding women weren't
efficiently interested, took the vote
way from them and later decided to
It them regain suffrage if enough OF
hem wanted it.
Evening star., 1937-05-01

I'VE wouldn't have had a police
woman in the audience last night" :"
she added, "if someone-I believe a
newspaper-hadn't called and asked
use to see if we thought it passed
inspection"
Capt Milliken pointed out that, de-
spite protests over versions of the play
in several other cities, notably in Los
Angeles several years ago, she had
seen and read the drama herself and
did not believe it to be "immoral."
Richard Skinner, business manager
of the Washington Civic Theater, said
synonyms had been substituted for
words the policewoman decided were
Objectionable"
Skinner said he was not aware OF
any complaints from any one else who
has seen the play. which opened here
Wednesday night for = weeks run.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
8, the Associated Press.


NEW CASTLE. KY, May 1.-The
defense hammered at the Common
Wealth's circumstantial murder case
against Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt
today with expert testimony to refute
the charge that the 61-year- old war
veteran shot to death his fancee, Mrs.
Verna Carr Taylor.
DR. Alexander S. Weiner, Brooklyn,
N. Y, blood expert, headed a group
of witnesses called by the defense
to combat scientific testimony submit
ted by the prosecution. The States
experts testified that stains on the
overcoat worn by Denhardt the night
of last November 6, when the at
tractive widow was found shot through
the heart, we're from human blood.
Gen. Denhardt, who testified that
Mrs. Taylor was worried over the
Jealousy" of a rival and proposed
a suicide pact for herself and
the general, told the farmer jury the
spots were from finger wound suf-
fered while changing a tire. The
defense sought to show the blood was
the same type as the generals.
CommonWealth's attorney H. B.
knsolving, jr, would not say definitely
whether the State would put on the
stand Chester Voolfolk, 26-year-old
(see DENHARDT, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1937-05-01
BAKERS DISPUTE
PARLEY RESUMED
Effort Is Being Made to Avert
Strike Over Wage
Demands.

Committees representing Bakers
Union, No. 118, and the Employing
Bakers Association of Washington
resumed negotiations today in an
effort to avert possible strike. The
contract covering wages and hours for
the union bakers expired at midnight
after a month of conferences had
failed to bring a new agreement.
Charles B. McClosky, business agent
for the union, said the bakers were to
meet at pm. to discuss the situation
in connection with the outcome of the
morning conference. If no agree
ment is reached, the union will await
word from its international office be-
fore calling a strike, he said.
Louis Spiess, attorney for the asso-
citation, said he had heard no talk of
strike thus far.
McClosky said the union seeks in
creases of 8 cents an hour in the
present scale of s1.02 and Sl.22 an
hour for day and night work, respect-
lively, and 10-cent increases for help
ers, now receiving SIS and IS cents for
day and night work The employers
have offered raises of cents an hour
to bakers and cents to helpers, Nc
Closky said.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
Varied Organizations Conduct
May Day Celebrations Here

Patriotic and school groups and
workers organizations today con-
Quoted separate observances of May
day in the Nations Capital.
Memorial services for the World
War dead were to be conducted at
3 pm. at the District World War
Memorial in West Potomac Park un-
der sponsorship of the American
Legion, Legion Auxiliary, Des 40
Hommes ct Chevauz Des 8 Chapeaux
ct 40 Femmes and the Legion Aux
iliary Juniors.
Washington schools joined in the
celebration of Child Health day. Of
fcially proclaimed by President Roose-
welt to be held on May day each year.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
American Tourists
NictOrs in Sit-DOwn
On Russian Airliner
By the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, May 1.-Two United
States round-the-W world air tour
lists won "sit-doWn strike"
aboard a Russian airplane and ar
rived here today in time to see the
May day parade.
l. M Hamilton of Chicago and
Alexander Powell of washington
boarded the plane at Baku yes
terday, bound for Moscow.
The ship landed at Kharkov.
The pilot said he was returning to
Baku.
The Americans demanded the
plane proceed to Moscow, and re-
fused to get out. Officials failed
to bulge them from their deter
mination and gave up after four
and half hours.
The plane landed them at Tula,
not far from Moscow. and the
airline provided a motor car for
the remainder of their trip.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
BERRY HELD BARRED
FROM SENATORSHIP
Dispatch to Tennessee Paper As
serts T. V. A.-Mineral Rights
Dispute Is Cause.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 1.-The
Tennesseean. in a special dispatch
from Knoxville, said today Maj. George
L. Berry, Federal industrial co-ordi-
nator, has been definitely eliminated"
from consideration as the possible
successor to the late Senator Nathan
L. Bachman.
The dispatch said controversy be-
tween Berry and the Tennessee Valley
Authority over the value of mineral
rights on T. v. A. land resulted in his
elimination from the field of candi-
dates for the senatorial post.
The story said the controversy in
volved millions of dollars" and added
that T. V. A. Director A. E. Morgan
had filed under protest the claim of
Berry and associates for 81 ,600,10O for
the mineral rights. The claim was
said to have been filed with the House
Appropriations Committee.
Evening star., 1937-05-01

The United May Day Committee
was to hold an outdoor rally in Frank
lin Square at 80 pm. and an indoor
meeting at pm. at the Workmen's
Circle Hall, 1902 Fourteenth street.
Gen. James A. Drain, past national
commander Of the American Legion,
was to be the main speaker at the
World War memorial services. Frank
B. Noyes, who, as chairman of the
1881 Memorial Commission is credited
with establishing the memorial to the
war dead, was to be introduced
District Legion Comdr. Horace Line
burg was to deliver the address OF
welcome with the response by Mary
(See MAY DAY. Page A-l3.l
Evening star., 1937-05-01
CONGRESS MARKS
| TIME ON ECONOMY
Delay Trend Strengthened
by mo- Vote to Lop
Army Bill Funds.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Shying duay from higher tdres
on the ere OF congressional cleo
tions, President Roosevelt last ueek
urged greater economy in opera
ton OF Government departments.
1t pdS made clear, hoCeUer, that
any appropr .dtionS in ercesS OF
budget lCou / hare to be accom-
panied by repenue-raiSing meas
ureS.
Congress has advanced t,Uo
economy ropoSals-a fiat 10 per
cent cut in all appropriations, pro-
posed by Senator Byrnes, and the
impounding OF IS per cent OF ap-
preparations for Use at discretion OF
President. The latter uds suggested
By Representative Cannon of
Missouri.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
BURLESQUE DENIED
GOTHAM LICENSES
ID Strip-T Tease Theaters
Failed to Save Permits
by Se|f-CIean-up.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, MAY 1.-License Com
missioner Paul Moss brought the city S
head today by fatty refusing to renew
the licenses of IA theaters where strip
teasers were practising their art.
Strip teaserS and male comics, too
more than little alarmed in the
past week by the gales Of protest rag
ing around them, had turned contrite
at the last minute and tried to temper
their shows.
But the commissioner took heed of
the organized complaints from Cath
olic, Protestant and Jewish religious
leaders and turned down the applica-
tions of the theater owners for new
licenses
Cardinal Added Protest.
Patrick Cardinal Hayes was one of
those who wrote the commissioner sew
eral days ago that the burlesque shows
of the city were "disgraceful and
pernicious"
In a statement. the commissioner
specified the old Eltinge Theater, in
Forty-second street, just west Of Times
Square, but explained that what he
said about this theater was applicable
to the 13 others.
Coarse, vulgar and lewd" were de-
scriptive adjectives Commissioner
Moss used. but he made no direct ref
erence to the strip-tease, major
point in many of the complaints.
Public Welfare Held Periled.
He said he had given the utmost
consideration to the fact that the
theaters employ between 600 and zoo
persons, but that the welfare of the
public was plainly imperiled by "the
type of performance, the language
used and the display of nudity"
The denial of the application fol
new licenses was not wholly unex-
pected after the tWo-day hearing in
the commissioner Office. The foes
of burlesque, clergymen and womer
representing various social and vel
fare organizations, had stated Their
case in plain words, describing the
(See STRIPPERS, Page abb
Evening star., 1937-05-01
BY JOSEPH A. FOX.

sharp reduction in the admin
Stratlve staff of the Public Works Ad-
mlnistratlon prior to July l. in prep
aration for greatly decreased budget,
and an orderly wedding out Of other
emergency employees wherever activ-
tiles can be curtailed consistently, ap-
peared today to be the principal tan
gible effects Of the current Govern
ment economy move.
For the old line aeencies-both de-
partment and independent establish
ments-there is nothing radical IN
sight, but this conclusion. as it was
pointed out in one quarter, would be
subject to whatever program Congress
adopted for the 1888 budget
Conforming to President RoosevelJ's
instructions to all agencies to save
what they can on the appropriations
for the fiscal year ending June 30, a
general policy of cutting corners has
been adopted. Vacancies are not be-
ing filled in some instances and other
expenditures are being deferred.
Report Rushed to Roosevelt.
The report OF prospective savings.
covering the entire executive branch
Of the Government. was to be in
| President Roosevelt's hands by today.
Concurrently, the monthly person.
mel report of the Civil Service COM
mission was issued this morning and
showed a total force, as of March BIZ
| of 829,193. a growth of 1859 since
February %. The increase was 275
in the District and 1855 in the field,
making the respective totals l16.l46
| and 713,047. The regular pay roll has
| jumped from sl26, 6,536 30l to S128,244,-
| 4l8. In addition, the Agriculture De-
/ partment reported the usual group of
/ field temporaries-4l,3l in March, to
whom ST ,845 ,608 was paid. In Febru-
ary, the employment was 15,043 and
the pay roll S7O6,663.
In Public Works, the administrative
fund for 1888 has been cut from
S25 100000 to 100000 it was said.
and corresponding reduction in per-
sonnel is to be gotten under way with
out delay. Public Works has IN round
figures $500 employees here and $500
reduction under way there since
February.
Weed Out Where Possible.
! Two others of the large New Deal
groups-the Federal Housing Admin
istration and Home owners Loan
Corp-are continuing to weed out
workers as they can. At both places,
it was said this morning that the
principle will continue TO be followed.
At the F. H. A, it was calculated
! that $50 to 200 field workers had been
dropped in the past few months, and
it was added that in the next four or
five months probably so to 100 here
and in the field would go. An effort
is being made, it was said, to cushion
the dismissals as far as can be done
and no vacancies are being filled.
The reduction Of old Agriculture
Adjustment Administration employees
announced two weeks ago, went into
effect yesterday, approximately 825
losing out This personnel had been
(See EMPLOYEES, Page A-l3)
Evening star., 1937-05-01
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HENDAYE. Franco-Spanish from
tier, May 1.-THE captains Of nine
British merchantmen. ignoring Span
ash lnSurgent refusalS to respect any
foreign ships inside their Bay of Bis
cay blockade. agreed to eVacuate as
many children as possible from Bilbao.
The captains of the nine ships, which
already have reached Bilbao through
the insurgent sea gauntlet, said they
hoped to be able to remove between
1000 and 5000 children to St. Jean
de Luz around the bend of the Bay
of Biscay in France.
They announced their plan after a
conference with the British consul
at Bilbao, f. c. Stevenson.
The ships which reached their
enchorages in the Nervion River to
relieve the food crisis of the war
swollen population last week, are the
Portelet, Hamsterley, Thurston, Mar
via, Sheaf Field, BaCWorth, Blackhlll,
Thorpehall and Consett.
To Protect Refugee Ships.
In London, authoritative sources
disclosed that British merchantmen,
aided by British warships, would re-
move Bllbao's civilian population
whether or not Insurgent Gen. Frau
cisco Franco consents. Warships have
been ordered to protect refugee ships
outside the Smile limit.
All French ports on the Bay of
BisCay already have been instructed
to receive refugees from Bilbao and
were told to expect the first of thou
sands today or tomorrow.
Gen. Franco, virtually defying
Great Britain and France to remove
-combatants from Bilbao despite
the sinking Of the battleship Espana,
backbone of his Bay of Biscay fleet,
curtly notified the British Ambassador
to Spain that insurgent men-of-War
would not be pledged to respect foreign
ships removing Bilbao's civilians.
The entire crew of the insurgent
battleship Espana, sent to the bottom
by Government aerial bombs yester-
day, meanwhile was reported saved.
The Basque government said the in
surgent cruiser Velasco and fishing
boats from Santander picked up Of
fcers and men, including several in
Iured by beloW-deckS explosion.
An authoritative account said the
disastrous bomb, one of several that
struck the Espana, exploded aft and
the crew struggled vainly for 40
minutes to keep their vessel from sell
ting under 3212 fathoms of choppy
Bay of BisCay water.
Insurgent communiques have not
mentioned the sinking Of the Espana,
Franco Warning Presented.
The insurgent answer to a British
inquiry as to whether Franco would
permit free passage of French and
British transports engaged in evacua-
ton was presented to embassy officials
temporarily located here
British officials. said the insurgents
Evening star., 1937-05-01
Wears Ring 70 Years.

LOS ANGELES, May (P).-Seventy
ears ago Miss May Marry put a ring
her finger when she was graduated
rom high school in Providence, R. l.,
nd 1t was not removed until this week.
hen the 90-year-old woman's hand
egan to swell after she fell and broke
9th arms.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
SPECIAL AGENCIES
TO BEAR BRUNT Of
ECONOMY SLASHES
Emergency EmpIoye Rolls
Being Cut Under Moves to
Scale Down Budget.
OLD LINE PERSONNEL
NOT GREATLY AFFECTED
End Result on Major Classifca-
tions Remains, However, Sub.
ject to Congress.
BACKGROUND

There hare been tUo major
personnel upheaUdlS in the Fed
erdl Government in the past fue
gears The direct outgrowth OF the
depression, the first took place on
july /, 1882, When a Sl3 per cent
pay cut accomplished By turloughs.
also Uas accompanied By q reduc-
ton IN force. When the RooSeDelt
administration came into power.
the pay cut uas raised to IS per
cent, and there Uds a slash in en-
ployment in old line agencies. &C.
compdnted houever, By buiId-up
OF neU establishments.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
SUNSHINE TO CONTINUE
D. c. to Have Week End of Warm,
Clear Weather,

Clear Weather.
A week end of clear, warm weather
Is in store for Washington. the
Weather Bureau predicted today.
The sun will be shining as brightly
tomorrow as it is today, forecasters
said, but the holiday may be a trifle
warmer. There are no prospects OF a
change before Monday night or Tues
day.