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Evening star., 1937-07-09
C0MDR. HARRY PATRICK
GOES TO OBSERVATORY
Will Relieve Capt. Andrew 8.
Hickey ~ Assistant superin-
tendent, Navy Announces.

Comdr. Harry Gates Patrick. U. s.
N. will relieve Capt. Andrew s. Hickey
as assistant superintendent Of the
Naval Observatory. it was announced
at the Navy Department today.
Capt. Hickey will leave early next
month to command Destroyer Squad
ron ; Of the Scouting Force His flag
ship will be the U. S. S. Clark He has
been on duty at the Naval Observatory
since September, 1894.
Comdr. Patrick, who has been serv-
ing aboard the U. s. s. Gamble as
commandant Of the Mine Division of
the Mine Squadron, Minecraft of the
Battle Force, Is native Of Evansville,
Ind. He was an outstanding base ball
player at the Naval Academy In 1906
Comdr. Patrick married Evelyn W.
McNeely Of Evansville, and they have
two children Harry Gates Patrick, r.,
and Evelyn Louise Patrick.
Evening star., 1937-07-09
W. u. THREATENED
Justice Department Considers
Anti-Trust Action.

=
Antitrust Action.
Justice Department officials said yss-
terday ANTITRUST division attorneys
were considering prosecuting the West
ern Union Telegraph Co. for alleged
violation Of antitrust laws. They
added no decision had been reached
yet
The contemplated action is based on
complaints lodged with the Justice De-
partment six months ago by the Postal
Telegraph Co. which charged Western
Union with taking options On prop
critics with the stipulation that Postal
Telegraph not be permitted to rent or
lease space on the same premises.
Evening star., 1937-07-09
ON THE CUFF.

THERE'S one man in town who has
found how to spend an evening
with \ minimum Of expense All the
equipment he needs u q $40 bill,
Evening star., 1937-07-09
Moonlight Cruise Tonight.

A moonlight cruise aboard the
steamer Southport viii be taken at
$40 tonight ~ employees OF The Ra-
ksgh HaberdAsher,
Evening star., 1937-07-09

c. w. LAwrance boarded = bus to
come to 4 downtown movie, profIered
the ten spot to the driver. Driver said
he was sorry, but what with being short
Of change the ride would have to be
on Capital Transit. Arriving at the
theater for which he was bound, Mr..
LAwrance discovered the film he
wanted to see wouldn't open until
the next day, then began berating the
cinema houses system of advertising
Tor the confusion 1t caused. The
manager heard him. invited him in
side. So Mr.. 1Awrance enjoyed .
free show. On the way home after
ward he caught another bus, caught
another bus driver short Of change.
and finally went to bed with the bill
still intact.
Evening star., 1937-07-09
C.L. 0. D|SCRED|TED,
GREEN DECLARES.
Statements of A. F. of L.
Leader Answered as Beinq
empty and DID,"
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
c. !. o. and A. F. of L. split
became official last Summer, when
Executive Council OF latter ordered
suspension OF a11liates OF former.
Since then conflict between them
has been unceasino.
Evening star., 1937-07-09
SUMMATION,


In summing up these statistics it
probably rill be ,UeH to present q
defense tor that "inpisible hair
pins" item right awny. Some one
is sure to ,rant to knoU how ,Oe
could count inuisible hairpins.
Well, they ueren't really invisible
on account OF lDe san them, but
the girl said that Wds the name.
Furthermore the people phose
bills still are unpaid shouldn't
have to ,rorry. Not Dhae the young
lady is 1896 solrent.
The only one Uho has to worrv
Is the psychiatrist It he eper sees
that list hen probably 0ipe up the
tohole thing as hopeless.
PROBLEM, CHILDREN.
ONE Of our local operatives has jus
heard from friends out from Wis
consin a little yarn that has her 90
ing around talking to herself.
Seems Mrs. Mary Krogan mar
ried John Schaatz. shortly after he
son married Mr.. Schaatzs daughter
Now Mrs. Krogan is step-mother- in
law to her own son and both mother
in-law and step-mother to young Mr.,
Krogan. And John Schaatz is step
father-in-law to his daughter an,
father-in-law and step father to hi
son-in-laW and stAp-son. It make
young Mr.. and Mrs. Krogan brothe
and sister or something and 1t make
US slightly dafy trying to figure /
all out.
At any rate any little Krogan chill
dren are going to have only one re
Of grandparents, regardless Of tn
Mendelian theory. the law Of aver
ages, or Who's Who in America.
Evening star., 1937-07-09
AT HONE.


Betsy SmNth, ipho lipes up on
Cdlpert street, pouches for this
tale. She sato pair of little girls
sitting on the 'front.' steps, ap-
preached By a sdlesman.
rs your mother homer" he
asked one.
"Yes sir. she IT," the lass replied
stoeetly.
In tew minutes he returned
after getting no ans,cer to his push
ing OF the door bell.
Il thought" he. said, you told
me your mother tDas home"
"She is home" the qul main
tained, still s,ueet about it all. But
TOE don't lipe here"
\ ~
BELLE LETTRE.
ITS known fact that anything 4
likely to happen In q Newspaper
shop, 50 there's not much point ia
repeating it except that It gets thu
paragraph started.
Anyhow . letter came to the city
desk the other morning that brought
the boys up short.
Please call at 171S Blank street, /"
1t read. and ind any information
necessary leading to my whereabouts.
I do not think It win be necessary
to explain further"
No, don't tell u. Let " g,,ees,
Evening star., 1937-03-28
PUERTO RICO FEARS
new CLASHES TODAY
Troops "On the Alert" After Re
ports Demonstrations Are
Planned.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March
37.-The government tonight ordered
National Guard companies and the
e5th infantry regiment to remain
ION the alert" in their barracks to-
night because Of reports that Ma
tionalists planned independence DEM
onstrations tomorrow.
Police said that although Mayor
Manuel Marin had refused to grant
. permit for q Nationalist parade at
Mayaguez tomorrow, they had in
formation Nationalist leaders intended
10 carry out their plan.
Authorities feared a repetition Of
hast Sundays disorders at Ponce,
where l8 were killed in firing be-
tween police and demonstrating Ma
tionalists.
The sudden and unannounced re-
turn to Puerto Rico Of former Senator
Luis Munoz Marin, an independence
advocate, was considered significant.
Munoz Marin, who flew here from
Washington, is not Nationalist,
however. He cautioned against force
full means of gaining independence.
The guard was increased about La
Princesa Prison, where Pedro Albizu
Campos and other Nationalists sent
enced for conspiracy are being held.
They were convicted last July,
United States Marshal Draughon said
he had not received orders to remove
them to United States prisons.
Evening star., 1937-03-28
Production 20 Pct. Orer '29
Held Need to Offset Machines

hiring policies, dismissal wages, hours
of work, retraining, employment office
programs, unemployment insurance,
relief and other forms Of social Sc
curity," he added.
The report was submitted to Gill
by David Weintraub and Harold
Posner after . research survey.
Gill viewed the present discussion
Of labor-saving devices as continue
alton Of the controversy born In Eng
land during the industrial revolution.
"Our economic system has not
evinced an ability to make the neces-
sary adjustments fast enough" he
said. 1T may, therefore, be expected
that the dislocations caused by tech
biological progress will continue to
present serious problems Of industrial,
economic and social readjustment." ="
The report carried charts which
showed that even during the pros
porous 1e20s there was substantial
unemployment.
Unless production in all types Of
services increases considerably and
keeps pace with chronological change,
we are faced with q permanent un-
employment situation" 0nl said.
Evening star., 1937-03-28
FRIEND IS SHOT,;
ENGINEER QU|zzED
l. A. Dent, Jr., Questioned
After J. c. Lanahan
Is Wounded.

Jerry c LAnahan. II, Of Oxon Hill,
Nd, was in a serious condition in
Emergency Hospital last night with q
bullet wound near his heart, while
police were holding a close friend for
questioning in connection with the
shooting, which occurred in an apart
msnt hosise II i7oi fark foad yesterday
afternoon.
The man being held, Louis Addison
Dent, jr-, 81, $500 Sixteenth street, was
said to have been In 4 room alone with
LAnahan when the single shot was
fired, and is said TO have had the gun
used, q .22-caliber revolver, in his hand
when others in the Apartment rushed
In.
Arriving before Ianahan was re-
moved to the hospital Inspector Ed
ward J. Kelly and tenth precinct po-
lice said Lanahan told them Dent had
fired the shot. Later, however, In
spector Bernard w. Thompson, chief
of detectives, and Detective Sergt
Walter Beck said note from Lanahan
to his wife had been found in the
room, this discovery leading them to
believe the wound might have been
self-inflicted. They declined to dis
close contents of the note.
Three Are Released.
Present in the apartment at the
time of the shooting, in addition to
IAnahan and Dent were the formers
sister, Mrs. Ethel Robertson; her
cousin, w. S. Clark of the Park road
address, and Richard McAuliffe, I'LL
Lamont street. All were taken to the
station house for questioning and later
released.
Clark, son of Mrs Edna Clark, who
rents a room in the Park road apart
ment to Mrs Robertson, widow. said
he arrived at the apartment a few
minutes before the shooting. Mrs.
Robertson, he said, WAS in the kitchen
when the shot was heard and he
rushed into the room to find Dent
holding the revolver. Dent was look
ing at the gun, but said nothing either
then or later Clark said.
Police were notified by Emergency
Hospital after a call was received for
an ambulance.
Police did not disclose the results OF
their early questioning Of Dent, other
than to say he denied doing the shoot
(see SHOOTING, Page A-10)
Evening star., 1937-03-28
BY the Associated Press.


w. p. A. researchers declared yes
terday 50 many labor-saving machines
and techniques have developed in the
last eight years that business would
have to boost its production 20 per
cent above the 1929 volume to reduce
unemployment to 1929 figures.
Corrington Gill, acting w. P. A..
administrator, said the report empha-
sized anew the necessity Of keeping
in touch with chronological trends
80 the Government may help work
ers who find themselves without 4
source Of income as = result OF In
dustrial, economic and social change"
He suggested it would be desirable
to set up Government machinery to
keep abreast of changes in industrial
technique.
"This would make it possible to
determine at the earliest moment the
industries, occupations and areas most
likely to be affected" he asserted.
Such information, made available
to labor, industry, the general public
and governmental and private agen-
cies, would suggest adaptations IN
Evening star., 1937-03-28
D, c. BANK T0PAY
SECOND DIVIDEND
FederaI-American Plans to
Distribute $1,248,O0O,
Starting April 5.
BY HAROLD B. ROGERS


Payment OF Is per cent dividend
to 23, 900 depositors Of the closed Fed
eral-American National Bank 6z Trust
Co., amounting to more than $1,248,.
900, will begin Monday, April S, it
was announced last night by Cary
A. Hardee, receiver. Hardee has ar
ranged a system of paying depositofs
in groups-some each day-to avoid
confusion and crowds in the ONCE,
1895 New York avenue.
Notice will be mailed to each de-
positor," the receiver explained. with
instructions to call at the bank for
dividend checks on the date indi-
Gated in the notice"
he asked depositors to adhere
strictly to the notices and to bring
their cards with them for identifica-
ton. ,.
The payment will constitute the
second dividend from this bank,
which distributed the first dividend Of
so per cent in September, 1888.
Other Dividends Promised.
Hardee said further dividends will
be available to the depositors at q
later date as the bank has a large
amount of assets on which it cannot
realize at the present time Neither
would it be advisable to liquidate at
once. No intimation as to the time
Of further payments IN be made
now"
He promised, however, "a further
payment at the earliest possible
moment"
The Federal-American was the
largest Washington bank to fail to
reopen its doors after the bank holi-
day of March, 1888. It had a capital
stock Of 100000 and total assets
Of a book value Of $17,095 ,563.64.
The institution was first placed in
the hands Of a conservator, John
Poole, former president Of the bank.
Through sale Of some Of its assets
to the new Hamilton National Bank
and a loan from the Reconstruction
Finance Corp, it was able to pay so
per cent to depositors when the Ham
ilton bank opened in September. 1888.
In addition to paying out the so
per cent, which went to unsecured
creditors, the Federal-American has
paid out secured and preferred liza
bilities totaling $4,576,04742.
The loan from the Reconstruction
YI1,~~ A. =,
Evening star., 1937-03-28
Bin cham Gaze Wife 'Crunts'
But Petted Dogs, Court Told

versation regarding current Affairs,
she testified:
He took the attitude that I had q
very inferior mind, . very inferior
brain. and wanted me to understand
he felt that way, % he often told me,
You don't understand this, or You
don't understand that"
She said she asked Bingham to take
her back into his affections about
two or three years ago.
II begged him to try and have q
reconciliation, but he would not ever
speak to me. He turned his back"
One Of her seven sons, Woodbridge
had testified previously he believed thu
trouble began about TO years ago on
. trip to the Orient.
1T began, Is far Is saw it, in ia
PAN" he said. ~ My mother va,
i'll and he made no attempt, Is far a.
could make out, to bring about goot
feeling between them. -"
He told me definitely at this tint
(9AA RTNGHAA. pn9e A.l2,)
Evening star., 1937-03-28
THREE D. c. men HURT
IN FATAL ACCIDENT
Leesburg Woman Killed, Hus-
band Injured in Triple Crash
Near Hamilton.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LED6BURG, Va, March 27.-Mrs.
Leith Rawlings, II, Of this town, was
killed and her husband and three
Washing gtonians were injured In 4
triple automobile crash near Hamil-
ton, eight miles from here. tonight.
Rawlings was in Loudoun County
Hospital here, where physicians said
his condition was undetermined. The
other victims suffered minor hurts.
They are Rodney Jones Of 1880 Rhode
Island avenue, Jack Futz Of 2l5 r
street northeast. and Joe Brown Of
20s r street northeast.
The Rawlings car, travelling west
on the Purcellville-Leesburg pike, was
side-swiped by = machine containing
two unidentified colored men and
thrown into the path Of the Wash
ingtonians' vehicle, driven by Brown.
Passersby brought the victims to the
hospital
Evening star., 1937-03-28
By the Associated Press.

1y the Associated Pres3.
MIAMI, Fla, March 27.-Mrs. Al
freda M. Bingham received . final d.
vorce decree from former Senator
Hiram Bingham of Connecticut today
after she testified he recognized her
presence by "a kind Of grunt," al
though he greeted their two dogs
very affectionately."
Absolutely like q stranger" was
her reply to . question regarding his
conduct toward her in their marital
relationship in recent years.
When he came home at night IN
Washington" she said in a transcript
of testimony released today, we had
two dogs and he would always greet
them afIectionately and edusively, but
he kind Of condescended by giving q
kind of grunt to me Is recognition Of
my precense. that Is all. He did not
greet me the same way he did the two
dogs"
As to his conduct and general con-
Evening star., 1937-03-28
B. K. .FOCHT, HOUSE
MEMBER, EXPIRES
Pennsylvania, "a, Stricken
in Taxicab on Way to
Theater.

Representative B en- am n Kurtz
Focht, Republican, Of Pennsylvania
died suddenly In taxicab last night
after being stricken with an acute
heart attack. He was "A years old
and had been in Congress since 1907.
though his tenure was broken twice.
Focht and his secretary, Miss Lottie
+. Stetler of the Continental Hotel,
had just finished dinner when the
seizure occurred. Leaving a down.
town restaurant. they got into cab,
intending to 60 to movie.
Il noticed that Mr.. Focht looked =
little ill.," said Miss Stetler. When
we got to Fifteenth and F streets he
slumped in his seat and I ordered the
driver to go to Emergency Hospital" :"
On arrival there Representative
Focht was pronounced dead.
DR.. George w. Calver, Capitol ply
sician, revealed that he had been
treating Representative Focht for q
heart ailment for about year. Only
Friday, he said, his patient dropped
into his ONCE and said he "felt great"
Appeared Well Yesterday.
Attaches Of the Burlington Hotel,
where Mr.. Focht had lived for several
years, said he appeared in good health
when he left the hotel yesterday
morning.
After a conference vita DR.. CAL
yer, DR.. A. Magruder Macdonald. Dis
trict coroner, permitted the removal
OF the body to the Zurhorst UNDER
taking establishment at 30l East Capt.
tol street.
Late last night Miss Stetler had
been unable to get in touch with
Representative Focht's family in
Lewisburg and Pittsburgh. She said
Evening star., 1937-03-28
PERU AVIATOR GETS
PRAISE FOR FLIGHT
Revoredo Acclaimed in Buenos
Aires After Solo Trip .
From Lima.

B5 the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, March ~
Argentine Army flyers tonight &C.
claimed Peru's crack airmaYl,
Armando Revoredo, for his daring
and well-planned achievement" in
making the first nonstop 2,000-mlle
solo flight between Lima and Bueros
Aires.
Revoredo, an aviation commander,
landed his yellow monoplane at n
Palomar Airport at 3:07 pm. todAy,
Just 13 hours and 81 minutes after
he left the Peruvian capital.
Smiling. Revoredo stepped from his
plane showing little sign OF fatigue
after the hazardous flight, part Of
1t over the Andes, to receive the
congratulations Of high Argentine
Army officers and the Peruvian Am.
bassador. Felipe Barreda Laos.
Revoredo then went to the air bass
ONCE to talk by radiophone with
his wife and mother In Lima.
Evening star., 1937-03-28
CORCORAN OPENS
PAINTING DISPLAY
18th Biennial Exhibition
Preview Attended by Bril-
liant Company.

The Fifteenth Biennial Exhibition
OF Contemporary American Oil Paint
ings, an event of national Importance
in the world Of art, opened last night
at the Corcoran Gallery Of Art with a
preview attended by brilliant COM
pany Of guests, many from distant
points.
The exhibition, largest in the his
tory OF the gallery's biennial shows,
will be thrown open to the general
public today at 2 pm. for four hours.
Thereafter the show will be open daily
through May 3.
Leaders in art circles here and in
other cities joined with dignitaries
OF public and private life Of Wash
ington in viewing last night the col
orful collection Of 461 paintings Sc
lected by a distinguished jury OF art
lists as worthy OF inclusion in the
notable exhibition.
Board Receives Guests.
Members of the Board OF Trustees
Of the gallery. Of which George E.
Hamilton is president, received the
guests and, with C. Powell Minnige-
rode, director of the gallery, aided in
guiding the visitors through the IA
galleries in which the pictures have
been hung. The main lobby and
grand staircase were decorated with
palms and other foliage, which formed
a striking background for the hun
dreds of guests. An orchestra played
in the lobby during the evening.
OF special interest to the throng
were the four paintings chosen by the
jury for the w. A. Clark and the Cor
coran awards. Early in the evening,
in Director Minnigerode's ofrice, the
5000 in cash prizes and the Corco-
ran medals and honorable mention
certificate we're presented to the for
tunate artists. Yesterday afternoon
the winners were congratulated by
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt during .
visit to the gallery.
Mrs. Roosevelt appeared greatly i'm
pressed with the exhibition. She was
escorted through the galleries by
Director Minnigerode. She readily
agreed to pose with the winning artists
for newspaper and news reel photo
graphers. She paused to chat with
Edward Bruce, head Of the Treasury
art project.
Hopper Landscape Wins First.
The prize winning paintings are
"Cape Cod Afternoon" q landscape by
Edward Hopper Of New York, who was
presented with the flrst Clark prize
Of $4,000 and the Corcoran gold
(see CORCORAN, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1937-03-28

With fewer visitors than usual, due
to the early observance Of the holi-
day, the Capital was ready today for
its annual celebration Of Easter, but
the prospect Of unusually cold weather
cast a chill over the aspirations Of
those who had planned to parade their
new Spring finery in the traditional
promenades.
Easter bonnets will be safe from
rain. according to the predictions of
Weather Forecaster Charles L. Mitch
ell, but the temperature is apt to
hover somewhere between 80 and 40
degrees.
Washington's visitors arrived by
train, bus and private automobile. but
their number was far from record
breaking. Several special trains and
number Of buses were operated,
Evening star., 1937-03-28
SHIPS RUSH TOAD
OF FU.S.FRE|GHTER
Big Liner Turns to Go to
Rescue After Second
Distress Call.
BY the Associated Press.

HONOLULU, March 27.-Ships II
a wide area of the northwestern Pa
cific turned today to the aid Of the
leaking and helpless American freight
er Volunteer, with crew Of about 40,
which was fighting q losing battle
against the sea $40 miles OF the coast
Of Japan. 49, .a.. .,....t-
A second distress call within fou1
hours turned the big liner Empress OF
Canada of her course to 20 to the
rescue. At the same time several JAP
anese freighters began 4 race to the
Volunteers side.
In the van of the rescue ships the
British freighter Fresno City neared
the scene in 4 240-mile run she start
ed when the Volunteer sent her first
call for help at 1890 am, CPacific
standard time).
Again Calls for Help.
A second call for help at 4 Am. to
the Empress of Canada said:
The Fresno City is coming to my
assistance. Water is gaining fast. Re-
quest you come also.
The Empress OF Canada was 635
miles from the Volunteer.
The various messages indicated the
Volunteers crew had been fighting
trouble since being buffeted by a Sc
we're storm two days ago.
We've shipped feet of water in
our No. hold and our pumps are un-
able to control it," said a roundabout
message from the Volunteer shortly
before noon. I'VE are proceeding at
reduced speed at latitude 1885 north,
longitude 153:45 east"
Left New Orleans Feb. 7.
Under command of Capt. W. w.
Geldert of Algiers, La, the 7,717-ton
ship left New Orleans February for
the Pacific Coast, and then headed for
Kobe, Japan, via Honolulu, with a
cargo of cotton and merchandise. She
is owned by the Lykes Bros.-Ripley
Steamship Co.
The Volunteer was the fourth ship
to encounter trouble in the Pacific In
the last fortnight. On March 13. the
British freighter Silverlarch, afire for
several days, turned her eight pas
sengers adrift in lfeboats 400 miles
northeast Of Honolulu as the U. 8. s.
Louisville raced to the rescue. The
passengers were picked up by the
cruiser. The freighter crept in to Hon
olulu, where the blaze was put out.
Message Received.
NEW ORLEANS. March ~ R.-
E. A. Jimison, marine department
manager Of the Lykes Bros. Ripley
Steamship Co.. Inc, here late today
received relayed message from Capt
Geldert, master Of the disabled
freighter Volunteer, reading:
Expect Fresno City reach me II
pm, March 20 (about 10 pm. Central
standard time). Twelve feet Of water
In No. hold. Unable to control"
Evening star., 1937-03-28
Cool Weather Due to Curtail
Traditional Easter Parade
Early Observance of Day Results IL,
Decrease in Number of Visitors.
R00seveIts to attend Services.

however, and the Washington tourist
camp reported capacity crowd, with
about IS trailers wheeled into line
last night. Most Of the hotels were
filled. but this factor bore little re-
lation to the Easter crowds, since the
percentage of guests has been high all
Winter.
Roosevelts TO Attend Church.
President and Mrs Roosevelt will
lead the thousands attending church
services this morning Mr. Roosevelt
will wear q black cutaway coat, striped
trousers and top hat, but Mrs. Roose-
welt had not decided last night what
she would wear. They will attend st.
Thomas Episcopal Church. Mrs
Roosevelt also viii attend the KNIGHTS
(See EASTER. Page A-2O