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Evening star., 1937-01-25
FORMER D. c. MAN
KILLED IN FLORIDA
Sumner A. Baker Dies as Automo.
bile Strikes Truck Near
Fort Lauderdale.
By TIE Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Janu-
ary 25-Sumner A. Baker, 26, dis
trict circulation manager of the Miami
Daily News, was killed yesterday when
the automobile he was driving col
lided with beer truck near the city
limits.
Two companions. Howard Linder
and Ed Van Zandt, both of Miami,
received minor injuries.
/ Baker, formerly employed by the
Washington Post, is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Alena Baker, assistant
principal of a girls high school at
Baltimore.
: Sumner A. Baker resigned his posi-
tion on the Washington Post about
four months ago and went to Miami
to work after brief period with the
Long Island Daily Press, Jamaica,
N. L. He worked on the Post two and
half years and previously was en-
ployed by the Yonkers IN. " Herald.
Both Baker and Ed Van Zandt, who
also worked for the Post, lived at the
Logan Hotel.
Baker was born in Chattanooga,
Tenn, July %, 1910, but spent most
of his life in Baltimore. Funeral
services will be held Wednesday at
his mothers home there.
Evening star., 1937-01-25
ROOSEVE[TTALKS
WITH RUNC|MAN
Discusses Temper of British
People Toward America
and Unemployment.

President Roosevelt explored British
sentiment toward America yesterday.
using as a medium the president of
Great Britain's Board of Trade, Walter
Runciman.
With Runciman as a week end
guest, Mr.. Roosevelt discussed in pure
ly informal manner such questions as
the temper of the British people to-
ward America, the general unemploy-
ment situation in the two nations and
whether persons now employed in
Great Britain in the production OF
arms and ammunition could be turned
to the production of more peaceful
commodities.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Mr..
and Mrs. Runciman and members of
the Presidents family motored in a
cold rain to Washington Cathedral
late in the day for special devotional
services. In doing so Mr.. Roosevelt
followed a tradition esta ablished on the
first Sunday after inaugural ton day
in 1888.
The Presidents pilgrimage had not
been announced, but the church was
crowded with worshipers who stood in
silence as he made his way down the
central aisle. Right Rev. James E.
Freeman, bishop of Washington, well
coined Mr.. Roosevelt before taking his
place at the end Of the procession
line.
No change was attempted in the
sacred program arranged for Septua-
gesima. The cathedral choir marched
to its stalls after the golden cross
given several years ago by the de-
throned Emperor of Ethiopia. With
them were Rev. DR.. Anson Phelps
Stokes and Rev. DR.. G. Freeland
Peter, cathedral canons; Rev. DR..
Howard S. Wilkinson, rector of st.
Thomas; Rev. Raymond L. Wolven,
chaplain to the bishop, and other
clergy.
Mr.. Roosevelt listened closely as
Bishop Freeman argued that love ana
service are practical forces in the
world, necessary to civilization. He
concluded with a plea for pragmatic
Christian philosophy made manifest
in industrial, racial, international and
religious relations-"a consummation
devoutly to be wished"
The President, leaving the cathe-
dral. thanked the bishop for his sup
port of the Red Cross flood relief CAM
paign. It had been announced that
the collection taken during the service
was pledged to that emergency pur-
pose.
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and AZerbaidjan in order to build q
strong center for the so-called "tiflis
parallel"
The plot to overthrow the Com
munist state in Russia was laid to
Trotzky's ambition to create pure
Fascism" in the Soviet Union.
A former Washington correspondent
for the newspaper Izvestia told the
Sunday court session he had full
knowledge Of the alleged terrorist plot
against the Russian government.
The witness was Vladimir Romm,
arrested after his return from WASH
ington last Summer.
Romm testified he carried five let
ters from Radek to Trotzky. discussed
the situation in dark alley near q
Paris park with Trotzky, and agreed to
become the latter's undercover in
formant while serving as Izvestia COR
respondent in Washington-but was
unable to do so.
(Trotzky, now in Mexico City, issued
q vigorous denial of the Moscow
charges. He said he heard last night
"for the first time" the name Of
Romm, and that his last contact with
Radek was In 1929
Evening star., 1937-01-25
LONG ILLNESS is FATAL
TO EDWARD v. PERKINS
Funeral for Retired Transit Com
pany Shop Foreman Set for
Tomorrow.

Edward Vernon Perkins, 60, retired
shop foreman of the Capital Transit
Co., died Saturday night after a long
illness at his home, 1914 D street
northeast.
For many years Mr.. Perkins was
foreman of the Brightwood shop Of
the Washington Railway g. Electric
Co. He continued on with the Capt.
tai Transit Co. after the street rail-
way merger and retired in January.
1885. His service with the companies
covered about 80 years. He was a
member Of the Junior Order Of United
American Mechanics.
Mr.. Perkins is survived by his widow.
Mrs. Emma Crawford Perkins; three
sons, Maurice Vernon Perkins, Alvin
r. and Thornton w. Perkins; four
sisters, Mrs. David r. Thomas. Mrs.
Mellis Cornish, Mrs. Sam Moss and
Mrs. Reginald Trueman. and two
brothers, Harry and Randolph Perkins.
He also leaves two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at his late residence.
Rev. DR.. w. A. Haggerty of Rosedale
M. e. Church will officiate. Burial
will be at Columbia Gardens, Va.
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day by Karl Radek, former editor Of
1vestia, who linked the famous
Mdivani family with the alleged con-
spiracy to overthrow communism by
Russia at war.
Known as "Mdivani Bloc"
Radek said the Tiiis bloc was
known as the Mdivani bloc, presum-
ably because one of the Mdivanis
headed it.
(The American chronology of the
spectacular careers of Serge, David
and Alexis Mdivani contains no ref
erence to a brother Bydy.
(Alexis. the former husband Of
Louise Astor Van Allen and Barbara
Hutton, now Countess Haugwitz-Re-
ventlow, was killed in Spanish motor
accident on August /, 1885.
(Serge was killed on Florida polo
field on March Is, 1886, month after
he had married his former sister-in-
law, Miss Van Allen. He previously
was married to Pola Negri and Mary
McCormic David, who survives, Is a
former husband of Mae Murray. A
sister is Mrs. Jose Maria Sert, wife Of
the painter)
L. Serebryakoff. another defendant,
linked Mdivani to the sabotage plot,
testifying in court the prisoner had
come to Moscow to join the intrigue
and help work out the details.
The former Georgian prince was
Jailed together with more than a score
Of henchmen on charges Of plotting
to separate Georgia-the home prov
ince Of Joseph Stalin-from the Soviet
Union.
Death Sentences Likely.
Official sources said there was little
doubt Mdivani and the others would
be tried soon and probably sentenced
to death.
Mdivani wanted Immediately to kill
Laurentius Beria, close friend of
Stain and high Soviet official in
Georgia, but was dissauded by pleas
to wait until Stain himself was killed.
He also related Mdivani's alleged
efforts to consolidate rnalcontents
throughout Soviet Russia, including
opponents Of Communism In Armenia
Evening star., 1937-01-25
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
ARTIST.
ARTIST.
AIDES of the Petworth Baptist

Church are hoping there will
be added to the hog calling.
~ rolling pin throwing, corn husk-
ing and numerous other contests one
which will be test Of skill for hand
potato mashing.
For years George w. Potter has OIL
ciated as official potato masher for the
church supper and has undoubtedly
prepared tons of spuds for public con-
sumption. There's a reason" for
when they appear on the table they
are so light and fluffy and have such
a taste appeal the ladies would never
think of delegating this duty to any
one but Mr.. Potter.
When the men of the congregation
give their annual supper. which usually
involves plenty of good food at nom
inal cost, he has the title of maitre
d'hotel and supervises services and di-
rects the activities of the men folks
all clad in spotless white uniforms such
as the professional chefs wear.
X = 4 +
HANGOUT.
Supper ,Oas being brought up to
the 4-yedr-old son OF a friend OF
ours out in Bethesda tuho tDas going
to dine in bed.
As the nurse brought up the tray
of tasty uictuals the youngster took
one look and then rolled oDer in
bed, groaning:
Take it a,Day, take it apay! I
had too much eggnog yesterday
and haze a terrific hangout."
X
FREE.
G-men chuckle over this incident
reported here recently by Justice
Department agent at Salt Lake City
You've heard of it before, but this
makes it official.
The Oman called on the sheriff
of q Southern Utah county to ques-
ton a prisoner confined in the county
Jail.
Evening star., 1937-01-25
STORE WINS CUP

The B. Rich's Sons Shoe Store, 1901
r street, has been advised that it was
awarded a silver cup for entering the
best children's advertisements, in cit
les over 100 ,000,' in the newspaper ad-
vertising contest conducted by the
National Shoe Fair.
The advertisements Of the local
store were prepared by the Henry J.
Kaufman Advertising Agency, and
carried In The Star last March 10,
April 16 and May 8.
Evening star., 1937-01-25
Some towns not ready open the doors of hospitality

Herewith begins a narrative OF
"The Cruise OF the Bouncing
Betsy" from the log OF a trailer
trip from Des Moines. Iotrd, to
Florida, In the middle OF the
Winter of 1867.
Evening star., 1937-01-25
MRS. Mamie SHELTON
TO BE BURIED TODAY
Washington Woman Was De-
scendant of Families Promi-
nent in U. S. History.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mamie
Harris Shelton, IS, a descendant of
families prominent in early American
history, are being held this afternoon
in Chambers branch chapel. SIT
Eleventh street southeast. Burial will
be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Shelton, who died Saturday at
her home, 920 C street southeast, was
the widow of Thomas F. Shelton. Her
father was the late Richard B. Grif-
fin, an employe of the Capitol so
years.
Her ancestry included Lieut.. Fran
els Ware of the Revolutionary Army
and Sir John Hawkins, British admiral
Of the sixteenth century.
Evening star., 1937-01-25
now except under special devices rec

now except under special devices rec
commended by a Wisconsin law firm.
When Smith explained that much
of the educational" work for Wis
consin clients has been carried out by
correspondence, he said such CORE
spondence had been destroyed and was
instructed sharply by Senator La Fol-
letts to produce additional informa-
ton on the scheme for evading the
Wisconsin law.
Evening star., 1937-01-25
Reply to Farley Invitation Will De-
termine Strike Peace.

BY the Associated Press.
Success Of new Government EFFORTS
to negotiate the General Motors strike
hinged today on the corporations &C
ton on Secretary Perkins request for
its officers to meet union leaders across
a conference table.
If the bid is accepted. Alfred p.
Sloan, jr., General Motors president,
will meet Chairman John L. Lewis OF
the Committee for Industrial Organ
ization face to face on Wednesday for
The first time since the widespread auto
strikes began.
Evening star., 1937-01-25

'You can't see him right now" the
sheriff said. He's out to dinner"
"Out to dinner?" queried the puz-
zled Oman. What do you mean?'
"Oh," said the sheriff. He has a
key to the Jail and lets himself out
whenever he needs to go anywhere
X
DOGS.
ESTERBELLE McHARG, who Is the
- proud owner of some sort of a
pooch she picked up in Naples last
Summer, apparently hasn't seen that
little advertisement that was diStrib-
uted among dog lovers recently,
announcing that two little girls would
stop in and wash any dog for IS
cents.
Miss McHarg and a friend were
recently walking their dogs in the
park when, all of a sudden, the lady
in question got very excited when the
Neapolitan animal started toward a
puddle of water. The friend inquired
what the excitement was all about.
Miss McHarg replied that she had just
paid $3.50 to have the dog washed
and she really couldn't afford it SO
soon again, and he just loves to get in
any kind of mudhole The friend,
being rather surprised by this appar-
ent extravaganza, inquired further
into the matter.
We'll" replied Miss McHarg, che
doesn't like to be washed very much,
so have to send him to the veteri-
nary" The two little girls should do
a booming business if many people
consider their dogs feelings before
their pocketbook.
TIMELY
OUR James Mitchell, jr.-his friends
really ought to know who does ali
that talking about them in this COL
umn-turns out to have been a bit too
timely with that piece about Mrs.
Walter Chappell. She is the lady who
has absolutely no qualms about NOV
ing. Remember?
Well, right after the article ap-
peared, friends started telephoning
Mrs. Chappell, asking If her services
were available for the near future.
Evening star., 1937-01-25
500 REACH MAYFIELD
$1,000 to 10000 More Refugees
From Paducah Expected.

MAYFIELD, KY, January rs (P.-
Charles Wagner, a Red Cross official,
said today 500 refugees from inun-
dated Paducah had been brought to
Mayfield for shelter and relief and
that he expected total of from 49,
600 to 10000 would be quartered here.
Evening star., 1937-01-25
PILLOW.

PILLOW.
Federal agents get lot of laughs
from job hunters who offer peculiar
reasons Dhy they should be dp-
pointed as special agents of the
Federal Bureau OF Investigation,
but sometimes the laugh is on the
G-men.
A special agent vas assigned by
J. Edgar Hoouer to interDiep a
Congressman about an applicants
qualifications for appointment. He
reported back as tolloUs::
"Applicant is one of the pillo,ps
OF the fifth district on whom he
could depend"
Evening star., 1937-01-25

Mrs Chappell, the first to see the
joke of it, thought it very funny the
callers should have found her in bed.
completely exhausted from the effects
of her latest change in residences.
Evening star., 1937-01-25
Trials

(Continued From First Page.)
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: (Second article In series to be print.
cd tomorrow.)
lcopyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-01-17
Building for Archives
Challenge to Leaders
Continued From First Page.)

with 100000 cubic feet Of stack
space, Mr.. Shipman said. The pension
cases for American wars between 1914
and 1917 (not the World War; num-
bered $4,000. all neatly stacked in
what he called cans"
The marvellous entrance doors must
not be forgotten. even if I neglect the
glistening bronze doors between rooms
and corridors The main entrance
doors are beautiful-tWo doors, each
feet wide and 40 high; they are
three tons of most exquisitely de-
signed bronze. decorated with eagles
and medallions.
! meant to remember many more
details, and was busily tucking them
all away into the Subconscious when
my friend and guide said, Now, get
this effect"
We had reached the street level of
the seven-storied building and the
Constitution avenue entrance. In the
position of one just come through the
great entrance doors, faced slightly
elevated semi circular chamber,
straight side open except for bronze
gates-like a giant alcove. perhaps.
In the center of the curved wall fac
ing us softly blended marbles from
six States framed a space which one
day will hold the simple inscriptions,
"The Declaration of independence"
and "The Constitution of the United
States And directly below will be
enshrined the noblest archives of them
all!
For more than year Barry Faulk-
ner of New York has been working on
the murals for this wall-one of
Thomas Jefferson and his committee
submitting the Declaration to the
chairman, John Hancock; the other
of Madison presenting the Constitu-
tion to Washington and the Constitu-
tional Convention. The grouping tells
the beholder the moment he enters the
door that here is the very keystone of
his National Government.
Ground was broken for the National
Evening star., 1937-01-17
Step Forward Seen
In Argentine Parley
Continued From Third Page.)

controversies to a commission of in
quiry, as specified in the Gondra con-
vention of 1923, to the pledge to ap-
ply diplomatic and economic sane
tions in the case of compliance
with those obligations, as provided in
the Saavedra Lamas pact of 1888,
passing through the various commit
ments of the Kellogg-Briand pact.
the Washington Cancellation conven-
tion and the Washington arbitrary
treaty of 1929.
In other words, consultation is not
agreed upon in vague and abstract
way, but, on the contrary, is given a
Evening star., 1937-01-17

Archives Building in 1888, but the
foundations of the work done here
were laid away back in 1774, when the
first Continental Congress asked
Charles Thomson to keep a permanent
record of its deliberations and actions
An effort resulting in the sos volumes
of that Congress deliberations now in
the Library of Congress.
For several years following 1774
these records followed the Congress
about, frequently in danger of loss or
damage by fire, until the seat OF gov
ernment was finally established in
Evening star., 1937-01-17

25-year-old relief recipient charged
with kidnapping the children, as he was
being booked at police station. The
prisoner. George H. Robinson. escaped
without injury.
He was arrested in a car with the
children. two girls, aged 10 and one II,
who charged he had forced them to
get into the car as they came out of
school and made advances to them.
AS he was led before the desk police
officer, the waiting relatives struck at
him with handbags and umbrellas, but
were restrained by officers.
Evening star., 1937-01-17

Washington. Even there fire was
menace.
Not until James Madison was Presi-
dent, in 1910, was the question of per-
manently housing the records con-
sidered. And then 1t was merely q
question of fireproofing several rooms
in the building west of the White
House"-just a place to put the rec
ords where they would be safe.
President Hayes administration saw
the next effort toward a permanent
archives building in plan for "a
cheap building to be used as hall Of
records" to cost about 100000. The
Evening star., 1937-01-17

movement gathered strength through
the years and all Presidents were for it.
BY 1918 the Congress under Presi-
dent Wilson authorized sending COM
mittee abroad to see how archives had
been served over there. However, the
World War intervened.
Finally in 1926 an appropriation Of
$8.750000 was made for an archives
building, and in 1888 it was started.
In the words of Connor, Congress
has provided building architecturally
one of two or three most beautiful in
Washington, and from an administra-
tive viewpoint the most perfect In the
Evening star., 1937-01-17

world. Congress has challenged all Of
us who have proclaimed our interest in
these problems. and whether the ma
tional archives prove worthy Of the
Nation or not now depends on the
manner in which we shall meet that
challenge"
Evening star., 1937-01-17
Exhibition Book of Gold.

With covers Of pure gold, book is
being prepared at Johannesburg,
South Africa, to hold 100000 names
of the visitors to the Empire Exhibi-
ton held in that city.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
KIDNAPPED CHILDREN'S
KIN ATTACK SUSPECT

Relatives Waiting in Police Sta
tion Strike at Man Accused
Of Taking Three Girls.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 1S.-Mothers
and other relatives of three missing
Brooklyn children yesterday attacked
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

A wire to the Nugget today from Russell Maynard, Second Division member of Alaska's Welfare Board, brings the news that the Board will adjourn its present Juneau session, on Mon- day next. The Board has been in session since May 12th, estab- fishing the setup that will handle territorial pensions, old age as- sistance, indigent and delinquent children. A second meeting of this newly created Territorial Board is scheduled for Septem- Der next. Mir. Maynard is spend ing this weekend in Sitka and will catch the steamer Aleutian Tuesday at Juneau enroute home via Seward and Fairbanks.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

Dr. Thomas Morcom, Nome phy- sician and surgeon, was called to White Mountain this forenoon to attend a young native girl, Ellen Reuben, ill with pneumonia. Dr. Morcom after applying his medi- cal skill left the patient in care of a competent nurse and was back in his Nome hospital office by ? pm. Wonderful things, these airplanes.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

Yesterday John Vlaar became full fledged American citizen, receiving his final papers in the District Court, Judge J. H. s. Morrison presiding. MT. Vlaar's case is somewhat unusual inas- much as he, though a native born Hollander, entered the United States as a Canadian, having talk en out citizenship in that country after emigrating thence from his native land. MT. Vlaar has been Nome resident since June 1883
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

E. Lotsfeldt, member of the Second Division staff of the Alas ka Road Commission has return ed from an inspection trip of the Kaltag (Yukon) section. MT Lotsfeldt reports an unusual am- ount of snow over there-states that trapping was fair this win ter, and that some prospecting is going or.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22
News Nuggets
 Around Town

Vim. A. Billy" Anderson, for mer deputy U. s. Marshal and vet eran Nomeite, left today for Bunker Hill in the Kougarok dis trict. Billy will be in charge of the kuzatrine ferry at the end of the tramroad, for the summer
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

His many friends will be glad to know that John Ebberle is once again at home, and serving his customers in his harness shop, after a seige of illness that has confined him to the Maynard Columbus hopsital for the past six weeks.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

Jane Nelson, young 13 year-olo daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Harry Nelson. was operated on las, night for a ruptured appendix Dr. Morcom, who performed the operation at the local hospital, re- ports the patient as progressing nicely.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

The annual High School Jun for Prom is being held tonight at the High school auditorium. The girls and boys have devoted con- siderable time towards making this the ball of the winter sea son. Decorations, music, and floor are, so to speak, ne plus ultra-a most enjoyable evening is antici- pated.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

Pilot Cross later in the day flew a lead of freight into the kou- earok section for the keenan camp and Taylor Creek Road house.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

The lowest Nome temperature last night was 34 above and the highest yesterday AZ.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

White Mountain early today in response to telephone calls for medical aid at that village.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

Pilot Crawford of the MAS hop ped for Dahl Creek early this afternoon, with Louis Nashen- wing and Stanley Bartlett as pas sengers. Hans later flew to Fox Bar and Noxapaga with a load of freight, returning via Taylor with Paul Lucas as passenger for Nome.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22
Airplane News
 Nome Airport

Nome Agent Basset of the Pa cific Alaska Airways informs us that the Nome Airport field will be ready for planes equipped with wheels on Monday next. This is good news for it will mean two weeks mail and the re- sumption of temporarily inter rupted passenger travel.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

Pilot Crawford of the Mirow Air Service took off early today for Bunker Hill, Kougarok, with a load of freight and Billy An derson as a passenger.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

Pilot Cross of the Wien Alaska Airlines rushed Dr. Morcom to
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-22

Ray Sifgenthaler, Oregon State college student, has just been named the champion undergrad uate orator of the Pacific Coast. He finished ahead of competitors from California. Washington, Idaho and Oregon colleges at Co., wallis, Ore, in the annual contest sponsored by the Pacific Forensic League.-AsSOciated Press photo.