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Evening star., 1937-03-17

VALENCIA, Spain, March II ;P,.-
More than half of the original mem
bers of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion,
American volunteers aiding the Span
ish government, have been stricken
from the ranks by death or wounds,
Miss Mildred Rackley, assistant direc-
tor OF an American ambulance unit.
said yesterday.
New recruits, including Spaniards,
Britons and Germans as well as Amer
leans, however, have replaced the cas-
ualties in the battalion which she as
serted still Is in the thick Of fighting
on the Jarama front, southeast OF be-
sieged Madrid.
Miss Rackley, whose home Is in
Taos. N. Mex, said fighting in the
Jarama sector has diminished since
the last two weeks of February when
heaviest losses were suffered by the
American fighters.
Miss Rackley, in Valencia to OBJ
tain medical supplies, reported many
Of the wounded were cared for by
the American ambulance unit. but she
asserted she was unable to give exact
losses or to lis: names OF the casu-
alties.
Evening star., 1937-03-17

The clippers will require from IS to
II hours.
Mantz to Be Relief Pilot.
Miss Earhart,s crew comprises Paul
Mantz. her technical adviser, who
will act as relief pilot as far as Homo
lulu; F. j. Noonan, former Pam
American pilot, who will serve as
relief navigator as far as Rowland
Island, first stop after Honolulu, and
Capt. Harry Manning, tn navigator,
who will 60 as far as Port Darwin,
Australia. From there the aviatrix
will continue solo"
Always officials worked on a sched-
ule whereby three trans-Pacific planes
in the air at once would not disrupt
radio communication facilities. Each
plane will contact the Always broad
casting station near here.
Aboard Miss Earhart's S8O, 900 plane
will go about 5000 special stamp
cachets. The proceeds will help
finance the world tour, on which the
avaitrix hopes to gather data impor-
tant to possible commercial routes.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
MAN, 1O2, PRAISES PIPE

OMAHA, Nebr., March II fP).-
Patrick Phillips, avowedly celebrating
his l02d birthday anniversary this
st. Patrick's day, says that smoking
q corncob pipe and eating oatmeal
for breakfast have contributed to his
long life
His chief pleasures, he confided,
were going to church and riding in
automobiles.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
FOUR HELD IN SLAYING
G-Men Arrest Suspects in Tourist
Camp Killing.

The Justice Department announced
last night the arrest Of four men
on a charge of killing Robert Au-
buchon, resident of the tourist camp
at Deming, N. Mex, on the night of
March IL.
Agents said they arrested George
Alfred Lord, jr., and his brother Del
bert on March IL, and yesterday ar
rested Walter Smith and Emmit
Powell at Phoenix. They said the
four men would be returned to Las
Cruces, N. Mex, to answer murder
charges.
Evening star., 1937-03-17

its handling Of the riots, the most san
culinary in Paris in three years.
Strong cordons Of police were
thrown about strategic government
centers to guard against rising politi-
cal agitation.
Communists, enraged by what they
called the massacre Of Clichy," de-
manded immediate arrest Of Col
Francois de ROGUE, leader Of the
militant Right, and dissolution Of his
French Social party, q meeting OF
Evening star., 1937-03-17
FRENCH BARRIERS
AT BORDER TIGHT.
Hemingway Finds Travel at
Standsti|| as Rebels Re-
ceiVe Thousands.

The noted American author OF
~FdreneH to Arms" Death in the
Afternoon" and other stories has
gone to Spain to ,orite the human
interest story OF the Spanish cipu
pur. He tells here of the stringent
Franco-SpdniSh border regulations
barring ciUilians, in contrast to the
huge numbers OF foreign troops that
are pouring into rebel ports OF
Spain.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Riots
BY the Associated Press.

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Evening star., 1937-03-17
Earhart

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Evening star., 1937-03-29
Elect VestrYmen Tonight.

MOUNT RAINIER, Md, March %
(Special) The annual congregational
meeting Of st. Johns Episcopal Church
will be held in the parish hall here at
3 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
WILLARD MANAGER
DUE TO TESTIFY
Labor Board Inquiry Into
Discharge of Waitress
Nears End.

Harry P Somerville, manager Of
the Willard Hotel, was scheduled to
appear this afternoon before Trial
Examiner Edwin S. Smith, member
of the National Labor Relations Board
to present final testimony in hearings
on the boards complaint that Mrs.
Mabel Norman. waitress at the Willard
Coffee Shop, was discharged because
of testimony in a previous case before
the board.
Mrs Norman, who served as shop
steward for the coffee shop unit of
the Hotel and Restaurant Workers
Alliance, was dismissed from the hotel
February %. On January % she had
testified against the management in
connection with the discharge of a
union waiter
Subsequently, testimony has shown,
the management asked the union to
transfer Mrs. Norman to another
hotel because she was a trouble
maker" in the Willard post. After
making an investigation of the charge
the union refused the transfer and
the management Of the hotel then
dismissed the woman.
Although Mrs. Norman was told by
Miss Evelyn Miller, shop manager,
that she was being discharged for
incompetence" Miss Miller and all
witnesses for both the board and the
hotel have testified she was one Of
the best mattresses in the shop.
Witnesses for the hotel, however,
testified at considerable length that
she had disrupted service by splitting
the mattresses into cliques.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
Rooseuelts Lead Hardy Throng
Braring Weather for Easter
Warm Wraps Hide Fmery as Mercury
Clings to Lo,o 40s-Smudges Still
Protect Cherry Buds.
Story on Page A-1.)

District Maj. Alfred c. Oliver, IT,,
U. S. A., chaplain Of Walter Reed Hos
pital, gave the closing prayer and
the benediction.
Several hours later the President,
in cutaWay coat. striped trousers and
top hat, and Mrs Roosevelt, who for
sock something new for fur wrap,
attended the services at st. Thomas
Episcopal Church with two Of their
grandchildren and Mrs. James Roose-
welt, wife of the Presidents eldest son.
There they heard Rev. Howard S..
Wilkinson preach on Risen With
Christ" After the service COM
munion was administered to the Presi-
dent and then to the 1000 others In
the congregation.
Other Services Held.
Other thousands attended early and
midday services in various churches
throughout the city and fiocked to
the Sylvan Theater, in the Monument
Grounds, where the Schola Cantorum
of the National Capital Parks sung
hymns under the leadership of Maestro
Arturo Papalardo.
At the park services, held at am,
Rev. Dr. Arson Phelps Stokes, canon
of Washington Cathedral, led the as
semblage in prayer after greetings
had been voiced by c. Marshall Fin
nan, superintendent Of National Capt.
tai Parks.
Just back from trip to California,
Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop
of washington. preached at the late
afternoon service in Washington Ca
thedral. The earlier festival sermon
was delivered by Right Rev. Charles
Fiske, former bishop of Central New
York. .-..
THE Crucif1xion,' popular cantata
by Sir John Stainer, was presented
in nearly a score of churches, while
"a Legend of the Grael," miracle
play by Douglas Horton, was portrayed
at the First Congregational Church
Special masses were held in the
morning In all Catholic churches
where the programs were climaxed
later with solemn high mass.
Many of the out-of-town visitors,
who came by all forms Of transporta-
ton but not in record-breaking num-
bers, were still IN the city today.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
NEEDOF RELIEF AID
BY YCHURCHES TOLD
Ministerial Union Hears
Street Ask Help in So
CiaI Work,

ElWood Street, director of public
welfare, whose request for a supple
mental relief appropriation of S830,000
was turned down by Assistant Budget
Director John L. Keddy, told the Min
isterial Union of Washington today
that cooperation of the churches is
essential to the proper development
Of public welfare service in the Dis
trict Of Columbia"
Street addressed the union in the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, but made no mention of the
budget official. whose recent edict
that it is the duty Of the churches to
assume the burden of emergency re-
lief has brought this problem squarely
before the pastors of Washington.
The immediate problem Keddy had
reference to was the care of some
5000 employable heads Of families
denied either direct relief or w P. A.
jobs
Church work and social work must
go hand in hand, and each must re-
inforce the other" Director Street told
the union. THE problems of public
welfare service are many. Churches
can be Of great help in meeting them -
Inadequate Facilities Cited.
Among these problems he enumer-
ated the lack of relief for employables
and adequate relief for unemployable
persons; inadequate facilities in many
institutions, such as the penal institu-
tions and the District Training School
for the Feeble Minded; inadequate
personnel in practically all institu-
tions, including especially Gallinger
Municipal Hospital. Children's Tu-
berculosis Sanatorium and the Receiv-
ing Home for Children.
Street reminded that the work car
ried on by public welfare agencies
originally was church work" The
Districts public welfare agencies. he
declared, will be glad to cooperate
with the churches, putting them in
touch with needy families, prisoners
and others whom the churches can
assist.
He pointed out program of CO.
operation for the churches as follows:
Pastors can, through their own
spoken word, interpret to their con-
gregations and to the community at
large an understanding of these prob
lens and Of ways in which they can
be met.
Speakers Can Be Invited.
"The churches can invite speakers
on public welfare service before their
congregations and before various
groups within the church organiza-
tion.
The churches can send groups of
their members, such as adult Bible
classes, to visit the public welfare
institutions and learn Of their ac-
tivities.
The churches can supply volun-
teers, properly trained for service IN
these various institutions and agencies.
THE pastors can cooperate il plan
ming constructive religious program
for the inmates Of these institutions.
Evening star., 1937-03-29

Blue-coated stalwarts are stationed
these days at the entrance to Secretary
Ickes' suite of executive chambers in
the new Interior Department Building
which is still unoccupied-and zeal
ously guard its secrets from the eyes Of
the curious.
Since news leaked out about Ickes'
private kitchen and dining hall, q
stricter vigilance has been maintained
until now the entire building is under
close guard No one may enter except
on an official pass good for one trip
only and, as experience showed, the
official authority doesn't carry much
weight.
Newsmen armed with properly made
out passes were promptly halted by a
brass-buttoned Horatius who guarded
the portal that leads into the executive
wing on the sixth door Thus far
shalt thou go but no farther" he
paraphrased in polite but Arm COM
mand.
The neWsmen were instructed to 60
downstairs to see the captain Of the
guard That oficial looked carefully
at the passes, pocketed them and dis
appeared. After a restless and sus-
picious wait the newsmen finally gave
it up as hopeless job.
But at least one heretofore unpub-
lished fact was revealed in prowl
about the less guarded basement.
Next to the huge cafeteria there will
be spacious gymnasium where desk
wearied officials and employees too
perhaps, may seek healthful relaxation
in hand ball or indoor tennis.
Interior officials are careful to call
it an activities" room, but the work.
men scorn that designation and say it
is a gymnasium. The dome lights are
wired for protection. so perhaps the
workmen are right. There are locker
rooms and showers in the rear. The
gymnasium is about the only room in
the building with wooden flooring
suitable fof dancing. Inquiries as to
whether there would be special ladies
days" or what kind OF gymnasium
equipment would be installed brought
no information.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
Ickes' Suite in Ne,u Building
Is Guarded From Prying Eyes

A gray-tiled tunnel connects the
basement of the old building with
the main floor of the new one. This
also is strictly guarded. The tunnel
passes under Rawlins Square, from
which the Office of National Capital
Parks has removed all the fine old
trees and substituted rows OF tall sap
lings no thicker than mans thumb.
in time, however, the redesigned park
will be one of the most attractive
in the West End.
Ramps lead into the interior courts
of the new building and thence into
the basement garage space, which will
accommodate 500 cars. Employees
were enthusiastic over reported plans
for the garage, but now that it is COM
plete, the problem Of moving the cars
in and out is one that only the more
dexterous drivers can solve.
Vents have been installed in the
floor to carry away the exhaust fumes.
These are about 4 inches high and
regularly placed. Cars either will
have to straddle the vents or park in
between them. That would not be so
difficult, except for rows Of huge foun-
dation columns which interfere with
the maneuvering.
Original plans for the new building
called for an underground garage to
accommodate 1000 cars. This was
ruled out because of exorbitant cost,
due to subterranean water encountered
in the area So additional space was
provided for a garage in the base
ment.
Only Secretary 1ckes, it was said,
knows when the personnel can start
moving into the $13,0O0,000 building.
The cafeteria kitchen has been
stocked with canned goods for days
in anticipation Of moving day. The
only occupants now are the telephone
exchange force.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
WILSON T. KENNER
DIES SAT RESIDENCE
Retired Chief Engineer at War
Department Filtration Plant
Was sc.

Wilson T. Kenner, Sc, retired chief
engineer OF the War Departments
filtration plant, died Saturday at his
home, 446 Park road, after short i'll
ness.
Mr.. Kenner became connected with
the Navy Yard in 1906 and was trans
ferred later to the War Department,
where he served until his retirement
in 1882. His health began failing sew
eral months ago, but his illness did not
become acute until about two weeks
ago.
He had two sons, both lieutenant
commanders in the Navy-William w.
Kenner, stationed at Seattle, and
Frank T. Kenner, stationed at Homo
lulu. Also surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Bertha NJ Kenner; a sister, Mrs
Elizabeth Shots, and brother,
Samuel F. Kenner, both of Front
Royal, Va.
Funeral services will be held at II
am. tomorrow from the S. H. Hines
%. funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street. Burial in Arlington National
Cemetery will follow.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
JAMES W. M'GINN
FUNERAL IS CONDUCTED
Cabinet Finisher Was Old and
Respected Employe at Senate
Office Building.

James W. McGinn, 88, for % years
an expert cabinet finisher at the Sen
ate Once Building, died Saturday at
Providence Hospital after an illness
OF three weeks.
Appointed in 1915 by former Sen
ator George Chamberlain OF Oregon,
Mr.. McGinn was one of the Oldest
and most beloved of the Senate en-
ployes, according to Chesley w. Jur-
ney, sergeant at arms Of the Senate.
He lived at 109 Second street north
east.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mar
celia J. McGinn; daughter Mrs.
Alice E. Foot, and son, Charles A..
McGinn, both of Portland, Greg
Funeral services were held this morn
ing at the Lee funeral home, Fourth
street and Massachusetts, avenue
northeast, with mass at st. Joseph's
Church, Second and G streets north
east. The body was to be sent to
Portland for burial.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
MISS MYRTLE O. INGE
DIES AT SANITARIUM
Former Resident of Petersburg,
Va, Lived in Capital
rs Years.

Miss Myrtle o. Inge, SO, Of 522 Fiji
teenth street southeast, for 25 years q
Washington resident, died Saturday in
Washington Sanitarium after a long
illness.
Miss Inge came to Washington from
Petersburg, Va. where she was born.
She is survived by brother, Maj.
Berkley Inge, U. s. A., retired, and
sister, Mrs. Margaret Inge McReady,
both of this city. She also leaves a
niece and four nepheWs.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow in the Lee funeral
home, Fourth street and Massachu-
sets avenue northeast. Burial will be
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
FRIEND ABSOLVED
OF SHO0T|NGPART
Jerry C. Lanahan, Fighting
for Life, Declares He
Wounded Self.

Absolving his lifelong friend of any
blame for the bullet wound above his
heart, which he told police he in
flicted himself, Jerry c. Lanahan, 2l,
of Oxon Hill, Md, was fighting for
his life in Emergency Hospital today.
Lanahan summoned detectives to
his bedside Sunday night and urged
them to release Louis A. Dent, Jr.,
civil engineer of 5000 Sixteenth street,
whom he had accused Saturday of
shooting him in an apartment at l70l
Park road.
In the presence of a nurse, Lana
han dictated the following statement
to police at the hospital:
"Of my own volition, I desire to
put in writing to police officers that
I attempted to take my own life with
my own gun and my friend, Louis A.
Dent, jr., had nothing tc do with it. !"
Dent was Immediately released
from the tenth precinct. He fastened
to Lanahan's bedside.
Jerry told me he was sorry" Dent
said. He had been drinking a little
and was delirious from pain and
didn't know what he was saying, he
told me"
Detectives Walter Beck Of head
quarters and John Cayton, tenth pre-
cinct, earlier had found two notes
which Lanahan admitted writing,
they said. One of these was addressed
to Lanahan's wife, Margaret, mother
~ b;e fu,o-uyooNolS ho hv According
to police, the note said:
"Margaret-Goodby and take care
OF the baby because love her and
you, too."
Emergency Hospital physicians said
that, while Lanahan's condition is
critical, he has a good" chance Of
surviving. A .22-caliber bullet Is
lodged in his chest just above the
heart.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
BAND CONCERT.

By the United States Army Band
at the Army Band Auditorium at 6
pm. Capt. Thomas F. Darcy, con-
ductor.
... Program.
March, Tribute to Sousa" Goldman
Tone poem, MY Souvenirs" Mainente
Gould Academy Dedication March,"
Mainente
Impressions of an Afternoon
Mainente
Fox trot, What Will I Tell My
Heart?" -- Lawrence
THE Little Shepherd" "-----Debussy
Waltz, Vienna Beauties" -Ziehrer
March, 1.-THE Spotlight '--------Klohr
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1937-03-29

Much of the Capitals Spring fnery
still was "unchristened" today after
an Easter Sunday that saw only a
hardy group, headed by President and
Mrs. Roosevelt. brave high winds and
low temperatures to promenade and
worship.
Every one. including the Weather
Bureau, agreed it was one OF the
bleakest casters in years-a clear, cold
day during which the mercury hung
in the low 40s.
Those who did venture out for the
traditional parade were obliged to hide
their new outfits under warm wraps
and keep protective hands on hats
and bonnets
Park officials also were harassed by
the inclemency, being forced to con-
tinue their smudge fires around the
Tidal Basin in an effort to save the
bud-laden Japanese cherry trees, so
far undamaged
Thousands at Arlington.
Despite the cold, however, thousands
arose early to attend the annual
Knights Templar sunrise services at
the amphitheater in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery, where tribute was
paid the soldier dead following the
ceremonies.
Mrs. Roosevelt was one Of the first
arrivals at Arlington, reaching the
amphitheater shortly before 7:30 am.
and sitting through the rites after the
knights and the Marine Band marched
to the scene In their colorful uniforms.
Rev.. James Shera Montgomery,
chaplain of the House Of Representa-
tives, delivered the invocation and
Theodore c. Lewis led the throng in
Easter hymns. Rev. John c. Palmer,
grand chaplain Of the District Grand
Lodge, F. A. A. NJ, recited the New
Testament Scripture, which relates the
story of the first resurrection morning.
Visitors Are Greeted.
Past Grand Comdr. Eugene E.
Thompson Of the. District Com
mandery, in charge Sof the program,
greeted the visitors. who. included a
large number of knights and their
friends from all sections of Virginia.
The sermon was preached by Rev. G.
Ellis Williams, superintendent Of the
Methodist Episcopal ChuSches In the
Evening star., 1937-03-29
OPEN
PEACE SESSIONS
Catholics Are Urged to 0p-
pose War on Moral
Ground

Ma ion-Wide opposition to war by
Catholics on moral grounds was urged
today at the opening of the eleventh
annual conference of the Catholic
Association for International Peace
at the MayfloWer Hotel. attended by
Catholic educators from all parts of
the country.
The conference is dedicated TO the
proposition that peace should be
sought because of its essential good
ness, not because war brings deaJh
and death is cruel or for any other
materialistic reason
I'VE have an obligation of pro-
claiming that a world society Is a
reasonable and natural outgroWth of
the concept of the brotherhood Of
man. Rev. William j. Lunney Of Villa
nova (Pa) College. said during a
round table discussion of the Moral
Foundation of a World Society,"" pre-
sided over by Rev. Charles c. Miltner
Of Notre Dame University.
Mans insuffciency is recorded in
his sociability,-' Rev. Philip Reilly of
Providence, R. l.. College, said in ex-
planning the search for peace on moral
grounds. He seeks society in the
family, the tribe and the state. The
natural end of the state is to work for
the good of its people and the first
good is peace
Statement Defining Principles.
A statement defining the anti-war
principles Of the organization de-
clared:
The association would have Catho-
lies in the United States do more than
their numerical part to prevent an
other world war. More than our
patriotic principles are here involved.
Or rather, our citizenship influenced
by our moral obligation to justice and
charity calls on us to act.
1T urges Catholics to place their
trust in God, to pray earnestly that
the world does not lead itself again
into the moral and physical gamble of
war and to study diligently and work
faithfully for the peace of the world.
The association urges Catholics to
extend Catholic action and the knowl-
edge of Catholic principles in order to
Danish enmity, to create q true love OF
peace and willingness to peace
throughout the United States. 1t urges
also active cooperation with organiza-
tions of general members when there
is clearly no danger of any misunder-
standing of the principles of the
Catholic faith"
O'Mahoney to Talk.
Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, OF
Wyoming, will talk on THE Economic
Basis of War and Peace" at tonight's
international dinner of which the
chairman will be Michael Francis
Doyle of Philadelphia. a delegate to
the Buenos Aires peace conference OF
last December.
The second speaker at the dinner
is Charles G. Fenwick, a member OF
the faculty at Bryn Mawr CPa.) Col
lege, whose topic is "Our Response
bility for World Peace"
Other discussions scheduled for to-
day include Social Relations in a
World Society" and "Nationalism In
Relation to a World Society" The
two round-tables tomorrow will con-
Germ Economic Relations in World
Society" and Political Organization
in World Society,""
The Student Peace Federation Of the
Catholic Association for International
Peace will meet at the Mayhower
Wednesday, the day after the close OF
the first conference.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
CONCERT PLANNED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, March %
Rehearsals by the newly-organized
Northern Virginia Choral Society for
q concert in June will begin at the
Robert E. Lee School on Lee High
way at 730 pm. Thursday.
1t is expected that an orchestra
will be organized at the same meet
ing. The concert will be under the
direction of DR.. Thomas P. Martin.
Early registration has been urged by
DR.. Martin.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
Box Company Head Dies.

BRADENTON, Fla, March 20 [P).-
Merton C. Hillyer, so, Of Sheboygan,
Wis. where he was president of the
Guardian Box Co., died yesterday.