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Evening star., 1937-07-27
100 NOW ENROLLED
AT HEALTH CAMP
Six More Stricken Children
Get Chance to Fight
for Life.

Ihe number OF tubercular children
flghting their way back to health at
the District tuberculosis Association
camp on Bald Eagle Hill grew to 100
today as result of contributions from
generous Washingtonians
Receipts Of s33377 Yesterday and
today raised the total donations so far
to s2.99577, enabling six more chill
dren to enter the camp, with s50.77
left toward care Of the l0lst child,
1t Will cost only $50 to care for each
child during the remaining six weeks
OF the camp period
When the camp opened three weeks
ago today, the association had funds
to care for only so children. There
is room at the camp for l25. News
paper descriptions Of the plight Of
those left behind because of the in
sufficient funds stimulated the flow
OF voluntary contributions. which
have given the 40 additional children
chance for health.
With camp facilities for 25 more
children, whose treatment can be
-'AA"AAS'o oAiAy Ny lDus
tons, there are more than 200 youngs-
ters on the waiting list They are
suffering from tuberculosis in the
early stages, which can almost GER
talnly be cured by the medical care,
nourishing food and rest waiting for
them at the health camp But un-
less given this care and taken out Of
contact with the pulmonary cases of
tuberculosis in their homes they have
little chance, according to Mr.. Ernest
r. Grant, managing director of the
association
One Of the contributors yesterday
created considerable excitement by
walking into the associations head
quarters at 1922 Eleventh street and
laying down 500 bill. She refused
to give her name; Just asked that
the money be used for the benefit Of
the tubercular children.
Another donor sent a 81 check with
this explanation: To-day would hay7
been my mothers birthday and instead
OF taking flowers to her grave l srl
sure she would prefer helping some
youngster."
Evening star., 1937-07-27
RULING ON W.P.A,
D|SM|SSALSASKED
C.. j. o. Affiliate Hits Quota
Method in Request to
Cummings.

Charging the Works Progress Ad-
ministration with unfair labor deal.
ings in its arbitrary" method OF dis
missing 500 employees of the admins
trative staff here, the w. p. A. local Of
the United Federal Workers has asked
the Attorney General for An interpre-
tation Of 4 provision in the relief
appropriation act making State quotas
basis for lay-offs.
THE administration has made an
unnecessary and extreme interpreta-
tion of the law" it was charged in
a statement issued yesterday by the
union. which is affiliated with the
c. I. o.
The statement charged that in using
State apportionment as a factor in
selecting employees for dismissal, w.
P. A. officials based State quotas on
the number from each State employed
in w. P. A. alone instead OF in the
entire apportioned Federal service,
Involving \ complete concession to
political patronge" 1t was on this
point the Attorney Generals interpre-
tation was asked. The w. P. A. is
not under civil service.
The union insists that seniority
should be the principal factor in de-
termining dismi4sals.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
GOREO D. c. EMPLOYE
IN SERIOUS CONDITION

Attacked by bull, Harry Thosnp-
eon, 80, q foreman at the District
Home for the Aged at Blue Plains, was
in q serious condition at Casualty
Hospital today from a fractured skull
and other injuries.
Thompson was gored by the animal
Sunday Is he walked through It's
pen. Hearing his cries, his brother,
Jesse Thompson, rushed in with a
pitchfork and drove the bull away.
The foreman WAS picked up uncon-
ecio,n. At the hospital 1t was found
he had skull fracture. crushed
chest and several brohRn ribs.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
RANDALL LLH.HAGNER
|D|ES IN NEW YORK
Head of Real Estate Firm
Was Active in Civic
Affairs.

Randall H. Hagner, member Of an
old Capital family and long a:tive in
the affairs Of the city, died early last
night in Presbyterian Hospital, New
York. He WAS 81 years old.
Mr.. Hagner, who headed the real
estate Arm which bears his name, was
en- route to join his family for the
Summer at Watch Hill, r. l., when
stricken July 20.
At the hospital it was found that he
was suffering from bronchial pneu-
monia. He was placed under an oxy-
gen tent, but his condition rapidly
grew worse His wife and two sons
were at his bedside when he died.
The body was brought to Washing
ton today. Funeral arrangements
were expected to be announced during
the day.
Mr.. Hagner was born September 81,
1879, the son Of Charles E. and 1sa-
bella Davis Hagner. The late Justice
Alex Hagner and Gen. Peter Hagner
were his great-uncles.
Founded Real Estate Firm.
In 1904. not long after he completed
his education in District public schools,
he and Alexander B. Brown, who died
last year, founded Randall H. Hagner
Il Co. and built the business to one
of the largest in the local real estate
field
Hagner & Co. was largely response
BILE FOR the transformation OF Con-
necticut avenue from a residential to
a commercial section, since the trans
actions for most OF the stores on the
avenue were made through the flrm.
Among the principal sales Mr Hag-
ner negotiated were the Transporta-
ton and Woodward Buildings.
The Hagner company engages in a
general real estate and insurance busi-
ness and is mortgage loan corre-
spondent for the New York Life Insur-
ance Co. The company is located at
1921 Connecticut avenue.
Was Bank Director.
Mr.. Hagner was a director OF the
Riggs National Bank, to which posi-
ton he was elected in January, 1922:
member of the Washington Real
Estate Board, the Metropolitan and
Chevy Chase Clubs and OF St. Johns
Protestant Episcopal Church.
He is survived by a brother, DR..
Francis R. Hagner, prominent WASH
ington surgeon; hi7 widow, Mrs. Mar
guerite Cotton Hagner, formerly of
Illinois, and four children, Alexander
B. Hasner Of Warrenton, born of Mr..
Hsgners first marriage to Anna Law
renee; Randall Hagner. jr.; Mar
guerite Cotton and Isabe lla Louisa
Hagner, all Of this city. The family
home is At 1899 S street.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
TEACHER ENTERS
RACE IN ARKANSAS
Robert F. Waters, 4S, High School
superintendent, Church
Choir Leader.
By the Associated Press

6E ine ASSOCIATED Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July IA
mountaineer school teacher-humornt
challenged today Gov Carl E. Bailey's
candidacy for the Senate seat left
vacant by the death OF Joe T. Rob-
inson.
While political leaders debated what
course to pursue in the face OF the
Democratic nomination given Bailey
by the party's State Committee, Robert
F. Waters, 4s, announced he would
enter a special Senate election this
Fall IS an independent candidate. He
never before has sought an elective
public once.
The effect OF his announcement on
other prospective independent candi-
dates was not Immediately apparent.
Mentioned for the race have been Mrs.
Ewilda Gertrude Robinson, widow of
the late Senator: Representative John
L. Mcclellan Of Malvern and Attorney
c. A. Walls Of Lonoke. a Robinson
klnsman. None made any statement.
Bailey, deferring selection of the
election date, which must be between
September "A and November IL. also
declined comment.
Waters, superintendent Of the DAN
vile High School, Yell County school
examiner and writer under the pen
name Of The Ambassador from Yell"
made his announcement in a personal
letter to Little Rock reporter and
confirmed his intentions in 4 state
ment today in which he said he could
not believe that \ majority of the
people approve of the committee nomi-
nation OF Gov Bailey" He did not
announce = platform
Waters Is native Of Havana, small
community in the Ouachita Mountains
OF Western Arkansas. A graduate of
the University Of Arkansas, he re-
turned to Havana to teach 4 rural
school and later moved to Oklahoma,
where for nine years he was 4 teacher
and county agent. He did graduate
work in English at the University Of
Chicago and returned to Yell County
to become county school superintend-
ent.
He is an active member OF the Bap-
tist Church, teaches . Sunday school
class, belongs to the B. Y. P. U. and
leads the church choir.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
SENATE APPROVES
TRAIN LIMIT BILL
Remains in Session Until After
Shutdown and Sends Measure
to House.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
A limit on the length OF freight
trains, advocated by Senator McCar-
ran, Democrat, of Nevada, As a safety
measure, received approval OF the
Senate yesterday
The chamber remained in session
until after sundown to pass McCar-
rams proposal and send it to the
House. There was no record vote.
The Nevada Senator appealed for
support OF his bill, which would Limit
freight trains to 10 cars, on the
ground it would tend to preserve both
life and property.
Senator Bailey Democrat, Of North
Carolina, joined Senators White and
Hale, Maine. Republicans; Senator
Copeland. Democrat. of New York. and
Senator Dieterich, Democrat. of Ilh-
nols, IN expressing opposition.
Bailey asserted enactment would
cost the railroads about sl5no0O 900
a year, The public. he added. ultl-
mately will pay the bill.
The only amendment adopted fixed
the effect date Of the bill as July
/. 1898.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
FARLEY DOUBTS THIRD
PARTY IN 1910 POLLS

BY the Associated Press.
LA CROSSE, Wis, July 27.-Post-
master General James A. Farley told
interviewers here yesterday he did not
believe there would be third party in
1910.
The Postmaster General stopped
here en- route to Oconomowoc, Wis, to
dedicate a new 100000 post Office to-
day. He had been touring Minnesota.
He said the Democratic party always
had been liberal party and he be-
lieved 1t fulfilled all the aims Of the
proposed new party. He declined to
discuss the possibility Of President
Roosevelt running for 4 third term.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
TOM MIX CIRCUS
OPENS 3-DAY STAY.
Actor Stages Riding Ex.
pIoits That Won Him
Fame in Movies.

The Tom Mix Circus,-trick horses,
trained elephants, 1ebras. lions,
trapese artists, sawdust and every
thing-opened yesterday at Twenty
fifth street northeast and Benning
road and is giving four more perform
ances. two each today and tomorrow,
starting. respectively, at and pm.
The opening crowds. more than half
small boys, cheered Tom Mix as the
aging but still agile Westerner revived
some Of the riding exploits that won
him fame in the movies, such as roping
four galloping horses with one lasso.
Erma Ward duplicates the gymnas-
tic daring that cost the life of Lillian
Leitzel, famous trapeze performer.
Erma, swinging from q high rope by
one arm. turns over 100 times Frank
Shepherd does two and half soner-
saults under the tent roof and is
caught neatly by another performer
a feat said TO be unique.
There are the Hanneford family,
bareback riders. Little Eva, the eie-
phant that does everything, from
dancing to bowling: horses that rescue
Tom from the outlaws. There are
many other lively features during the
two and 4 half hours Of each per
tormance.
Evening star., 1937-07-27

Adde's, after brief reflection, an
nounced that well met their de-
mands.' although he appeared to be
unfamiliar with them. He said he
hadn't read the list carefully. but that
it would be discussed in detail at 3
meeting with the U. A. w. A. on the
employers side Of the table and the
girls on the other.
Little unusual" Adde's observed
with broad smile when the employees
first made known their intentions.
The girls desire a closed shop, S.
hour week, minimum weekly wage Of
$25, time and . half for overtime,
arrangements for vacations, provision
for wage increases in the future.
seniority rights. proper lighting and
sanitation. payment of wages weekly.
two weeks notice of discharge or lay
of and provision for discharge and
lay-on only for cause.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
REDUCTION SOUGHT
ON "CANNED MUSIC"
Federation of Musicians Hold
Discussions With Radio
and Recording Firms.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 27.-American
Federation OF Musicians officials be-
gan negotiations yesterday with radio
and recording Arms which they hope
will bring An agreement by Friday
for drastic restrictions on the use Of
canned music"
Joseph N. Weber, president Of the
federation, has threatened = Nation
wide strike against the making Of
further recordings after August IA
unless the radio and recording firms
come to terms. The federation, an
American Federation Of Labor afili-
ate. has TOO locals
Although the big radio networks
have = general rule against using re-
cordings except for special sound ef-
fects, they are participating in the
discussions later in the week because
they are af1liated with small radio
stations which use recordings.
The musicians association objects
to unlimited use of recordings on the
grounds that its deprives musicians of
work.
Evening star., 1937-07-27

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, July Naturalization
of IS girl clerks and stenographers
employed at International headquar-
ters of the United Automobile Work.
ers of America puts George r. Adde's
on the other side Of the conference
table today.
Adde's IS secretary-treasurer of the
U. A. w. A. The girls served notice
on him yesterday that they. too, had
joined the Committee for Industrial
Organization.
Their union is the United Once and
Professional Workers of America.
Along with notice that collective
bargaining was imminent right in the
U. A. w. A. office. the girls, with Miss
Muriel Jenkins as spokesman. sub
mitted lengthy list Of demands and
questions they regarded ~ ripe for
discussion
Evening star., 1937-07-27
MADE
FOR LOCAL PARKS TOURS

Dates for specially conducted tours
through local parks were announced
today by c. Marshall Finnan, super
intendent of National Capital Parks.
Tomorrow a junior nature walk is
scheduled for $50 pm, starting at
Boulder Bridge in Rock Creek Park
A campfire program is set for pm
Friday at Pierce Mill Picnic Grove,
when U. 8. Lyons, associate astron-
omer at the United States Naval
Observatory. will give a talk entitled
The Heavens Above"
An all-day trip including 8 nature
walk in the Chopawamsic Recrea-
tional Area has been set for Sunday,
Finnan said today Swimming facili-
ties will be offered by the Jewish Com
munitv Center
Evening star., 1937-07-27

3ect. She was dght-seeing, with six
or seven other tourists In tow. At
Fourteenth and r streets she stopped,
peered across and saw the sign ma
tional Press Building"
There" she explained to her
charges, 'is press headquarters. That's
where all the newspaper men come
,na md get the w''1Xinst0n news we all
Evening star., 1937-07-27
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
Considers wage-hour bill
Judiciary Committee considers court
procedure bill.
House:
Considers routine business and per-
haps bill to provide six presidential
assistants.
Senate House Committee discusses
plugging of tax loopholes.
Agriculture Committee discusses
general farm program.
Labor Committee studies wage and
hour bill
Rivers and Harbors Committee con-
tinues hearings on regional power and
conservation authorities.
Naval Committee holds hearing on
bill to authorize construction of =
dirigible.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Probably will continue debate on
wage and hour legislation.
Indian Affairs Committee meets at
1890 am. on miscellaneous matters.
Agriculture Subcommittee meets at
1880 am. on bill relating to packers
and stock yards act.
Hoase:
Considers immigration and naturali-
zAtion bills.
Banking and Currency Committee
considers monetary bill 1890 Am.
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee begins hearings on Coast
Guard efficiency bill 10 an.
Immigration and Naturalization
Committee begins hearing on mis-
cellaneous bills 1890 am.
District Subcommittee begins hear
tnss on bill to establish nve-day week
In Fire Department 10 An.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
COMMITTEE 0. KS.
SECUR|TYWORKERS.
Nominations Of Al Experts
and Attorneys Approved
by Senate Group.

The Senate Appropriations Commit
tee today approved the nominations
Of Al Of the experts and attorneys OF
the Social Security Board whose Jobs
were jeopardized by an Independent
Ohices appropriation bill rider, which
the committee backed No action
was taken today on 10 others, includ-
ing three high-ranking officials.
The three were Frank Bane. execu-
tive director: John J. Corson, assistant
executive director. and LIE Roy Hodges,
director OF the Bureau OF Old-Age
Benefits. All three are from Virginia.
The rider in question made subject
TO nomination by the President and
confirmation by the Senate all posi-
tions OF expert and attorney at the
board for which the pay is $4,000 or
more annually Under it, none of
the incumbents could draw paw until
this procedure had been complied
with.
Favorable Reports Ordered.
The committee ordered favorable
reports on the following:
Jesse o. Irwin, Georgia; John r.
Campbell, jr.. Massachusetts,: Thomas
H. Eliot, general counsel. Massachu-
sets: Mary R. Wing, Ohio; Leonard
]. Wilbert, Wisconsin; r. Gordon
Wagenet, Connecticut; Curtis K.
Lakeman. Connecticut; John F.
Hardy, Massachusetts,; Joseph L. Fay,
Massachusetts,: fsadore F. Falk. Con-
necticut, Merton L. Emerson, Massa-
chusetts; Robert P. Bingham, New
Hampshire: Robert E. Huse, Massa-
chusetts. Norman J. Ware. Connecti-
cut; Thomas c. Broadway, Arkansas,
James Guy Pepper. Arkansas; Edward
B. Williams. Arkansas: Leonard j.
Calhoun, Mississippi; Edward J. Nc
Cormack. Tennessee; Jack B. Tate,
Tennessee; Sue S. White. Tennessee;
Elliott H. Meyer, Michigan; Thomas
c. Billig, Maryland; Godfrey May,
Maryland; William M. Calvin, Mary
land. A. Delafeld Smith, New York;
Mary E. Austin. New York: A. Mel
win Sims, New York; Mary Ross. New
York; Louis Resnick, New York; Har-
old P. Packer. New York; Rose J.
McHugh, Joseph E. McElvain, Jane
N. Hoey, 8. Park Harman, Walter
Gellhorn. Thomas c. Blaisdell. tr..
and Paul E. Betzell, all of New York;
Merrill G. Murray, Minnesota; Ruth
o. Blakeslee Pennsylvania and James
S. Douglas, Louisiana.
The following were listed rs still
awaiting committee action: Alanxon
w. Wilcox and Thomas I. Emerson,
District of Columbia, William r. Will
hanson. Connecticut; Helen r. Jeter,
California; Agnes Van Driel, Illinois;
Gladys A. Harrison, Minnesota: Ben
jamin S. Beecher. Wisconsin, and
Bernice Lotwin, Wisconsin.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
TEMPERATURE LOWER
HERE BY 10 DEGREES
IS at 10 AM. Compares With
IS at Same Time YESTERDAY.
Two Were Frustrated.

Cooler weather WAS welcomed by the
District today after showers yester-
day afternoon broke up the heat wave
OF the last few days.
The temperature, rising to 90 de-
grees shortly before 2 pm. yesterday
and causing two prostrations in the
Washington area, dropped to 70 in the
wake OF the rain. 1t WAS 81 at $50
this morning and had risen to IS by
10 o'clock, 10 degrees cooler than at
the same hour yesterday.
Yesterdays heat victims were DAN
lei Cant. 80. OF $500 o street south
west, who collapsed at Nichols avenue
and Talburt street southeast and was
taken to Casualty Hospital and Ed
ward c. Clarke, %. Of New Kensing-
ton, Pa, overcome near Fairfax, Va,
and treated At Georgetown Hospital
Both are reported in satisfactory con-
dition today.
A return to warmer weather is OK
pected tomorrow.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
FIVE, ADRIFT, RESCUED

HARBOR BEACH, Mich, July ~
R.-A Coast Guard power lfeboat
reached Harbor Beach at $40 o'clock
this morning with fve men who were
taken last midnight from the drifting
barge Michigan In Lake Huron. The
barge. with two more men aboard, vas
approaching Harbor Beach tn tow Of
the tug Harrison.
The Ooest GuArdsmen reported the
pulpwood cargo was lost, as the barge
rolled all night long in storm winds
and high seas, but that the entire
crew was safe.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
ARCHITECT.

~ hE,SiDENI hOO6EVEIl. AC-
- cording to news that sneaks in
on us via the grapevine by
4 which news always is sneaking
IN on us, finds time amidst his other
duties to keep an eye on the buildings
the Government constructs here and
abroad.
When the President made his last
visit to Hyde Park he took q side trip
to Poughkeepsie, to give the Begin
nings of the new post ONCE there
a once lightly He did not like
the stone being used and what's more
he did not like the way it was being
applied.
The result WAS trip to Pough-
keepsie by the Supervising Architect
Of the Treasury. He agreed with the
President and, as the work had Just
been started. the stone work not liked
was ripped cf1 and new specifications
worked out
Evening star., 1937-07-27

Whats the matter, lady?" he
asked She told him.
why, ma am" was his cornful re-
ply. 'them's caows."
Martory's face was almost Is red
as the shirt.
TYPO.
We knotD one on a local secre.
tdry, but tDe Uont gtpe her apdv.
Letter Dds dictated to her the
other day. wherein occurred the
phrase "fue ton element" Eptstle
brought instant response from the
recipient. He .oanted to kno.o ,p1,at
his business had to do NTH a "fpe
tom elephant"
i 4 4
STREET SCENE.
CHE was one of those large, capable
matrons, who like to take charge
Of things: one of those fortunates
never plagued BY d0pt On any sub-
Evening star., 1937-07-27
BANKERS WIFE DIES
Mrs. g. E. Roosevelt Related I

Mrs. g. E. Roosevelt Related to
President by Marriage.
NEW YORK, July ~ F.-Mn
Julia Addison Roosevelt, wife Of
George Emlen Roosevelt, who is 4
second cousin of Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, died yesterday In Roosevelt
Hospital She was 48 and had been
III for several months.
She WAS a daughter Of Rev. Charle
M. Addison. retired Stamford, Conn.
Episcopal Clergyman
Her husband is senior partner of
the banking firm Of Roosevelt and
Son.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
EDITOR APOLOGIES

Bad Photograph Of Dead Soviet
Ofhcial Brings Explanation.
MOSCOW. July ~ (P.-The editor
OF the newspaper Soviet Art, In .
public apology for bad photograph
OF Felix Djherjinsky. former secret
police chief, that he published on the
eleventh anniversary of the official's
death, explained today it was not
sabotage" but poor printing
The newspaper Izvestia had &C.
cused the editor Of hostile" Journal
istic malpractice.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
IL Die as Train Hits Bus,

MEXICO CITY, July 2e R.-Twelve
persons, all Mexicans, were killed and
~ were injured yesterday when train
crashed into bus near Tampico. The
dead included several men, four women
and q child.
Evening star., 1937-07-27

Mr. Roosevelt has ideas about the
construction Of buildings in foreign
countries, too according to that same
grapevine). He likes Jefiersonian ideas
columns. porte cocheres and whatnot
If the climate will permit their Use.
The Dutch comes out when he con-
siders the cold countries: he feels stone
houses in the Dutch Colonial style are
just the thing for Americans in lands
where the mercury is apt to drop to
SO below,
The Washington times., 1937-04-28

Word also comes from a secret
source that the Princess Dellas is
held prisoner by followers of her
father on an African island, and
that Count Anton Borgat, of royal
blood and reputed to be enam-
CURED Of the Princess, in trying to
rescue the Princess has also be-
come a prisoner on the island.
Two youthful members of the
Ivory Patrol, Tim and Spud, at
tempted to assist Count Bordot in
finding the Princess. The release
of the three men is to take place
tomorrow, with the King regent
and his aides making an early
start before the release of Count
Bordot, to prevent being overtaken
in his dash to Letitia.
Is there any escape for the
Princess so that she will not lose
her chance to become Queen OF
Letitia? What will happen to Tim
and Spud, the Count and the
Princess? Find out by reading
TIM TYLER'S LUCK in the comic
pages of The Washington Times.
Turn to the comic pages now and
continue this thrilling adventure
story.