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Evening star., 1937-02-07
Study School Program.

The five-year school-building pro-
gram drawn up by Supt. Of Schools
Frank w. Ballou will be discussed in
detail at meeting Of the Subcom-
mlttee on School Buildings of the
Board Of Trade at the Harrington
Hotel at 1880 pm. Friday.
Arthur Heaton, chairman Of the
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, represented the trade body
at the hearings Wednesday on the
proposed new auditorium for WASH
ington.
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Col. Upshur 70 Talk,

Col. William P. Upshur, Marine
Corps, will be the speaker Thurs.
day at the luncheon Of the Junior
Board Of Commerce at the Lee House.
Since National Defense week begins
Friday, Col. Upshur Is expected to
talk on this subject and the part the
Marine Corps will play in the OBJ.
servance.
Last Thursday the organization was
addressed by Judge Edward NJ. Cur
ran Of Police Court. His subject was
Crime Prevention" In his talk
Judge Curran outlined the problems
facing Police Court.
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Four Members Admitted.

Four new members were admitted
at the last meeting Of the Forest Hills
Citizens Association. They are DR..
George G. Havenner. Albert B. Hav-
enner, Ralph Austin and Mrs. Leo H.
Paulger.
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Officers In Meet.

The newly elected officers Of the
Washington Restaurant Association
will meet tomorrow night to make
plans for the year, according to Ed
ward D. Shaw, secretary of the Mer.
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton, Of which the restaurant group
Is a division.
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this organization bear any expenses
connected with 1t. Later, when the
club Is better organized and a pro-
gram Of activity has been decided
upon, meetings may be made more
frequent.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Hazen will welcome the delegates Tues
day. A formal banquet and ball will
be held Thursday evening. Technical
discussions and round-table parleys
will NIL the daily program. The Or
ganization is one of the oldest Of It's
kind in the country.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Reorganization Of d. C.
and the Jacobs Report.

CENATOR KING has been
authorized by the Senate Dis
trict Committee to arrange for an
inquiry into the proposals of the
Jacobs report for the reorganiza-
ton Of the government Of the
District of Columbia. This in
quiry will include a study Of the
reorganization report made two
years ago by Auditor Donovan,
Peoples Counsel Roberts and a
representative of the Bureau Of
the Budget.
The last mentioned report con-
sists of q number of volumes Of
factual description Of the history
and present set-up. but the con-
clusions Of the committee were
never agreed upon. Roberts indi-
vidual conclusions have never been
released for publication. 1t is ex-
pected that this information will
be disclosed in the forthcoming
inquiry and hearings.
1t is proposed that the study
of the Jacobs report by the Senate
Committee at this time be con-
fined to the question of reorgani-
zation rather than the matter Of
fiscal relations and taxation. as
revenue and appropriation meas
ures must originate in the House.
Senator King has for q number Of
years sought to make changes in
the local government through
the enlargement of the powers
of the District Commissioners.
Through such enlargement Of
powers Congress would be relieved
of some of the minor municipal
details, which are regarded as too
trivial to consume the time Of the
National Legislature.
There has always been positive
civic organization objections raised
against some of the provisions
which have been heretofore in
cluded in such proposals. Little
objection has been heard against
extending the powers to perform
the many minor municipal func-
tions, but when proposals to give
the Commissioners the power to
appoint judges of the local courts
or to strip the several citizen
boards Of their powers a very
definite obstruction has been en-
countered.
The Federation Of Citizens AS
sociations created Q special COM
mittee q couple years ago to make
q study and report on the reorgani-
xation of the District government.
This committee urged the study OF
the question by the member asso-
odstions, but so far the commit
tes has had very little help from
such sources. Recently the chair
man Of the committee promised
that Q comprehensive report would
be ready for the federation at an
early date.
Jefferson Junior High
Boosted by Collins.
ONCE more there Is rejoicing In
~ Southwest Washington over the
-s..~-- -.
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BY JESSE C. SUTER.

M in District affairs during
the last week aS indt-
4 Gated by q vast amount
Of space devoted to our problems
in the local press. Passage by the
Senate Of the bill creating . COM
mission to consider the problem
OF the erection Of great audi.
torium and the reasonable as
surance Of approval by the House
OF Representatives Is probably the
most notable event Of the week.
Ranking next in interest Is the
favorable action Of the House
District Committee on the bill to
legalize race-track gambling In the
District. This bill was passed .
couple Of years ago by the House,
favorably reported by the Senate
District Committee and failed OF
enactment through objections Of
Senators who responded to the
vigorous protests Of civic and re-
ligious organizations led by the Fed
Grafton OF Citizens Associations.
The Senate on Friday passed
the Wheeler bill for repeal Of the
red rider" Thus there Is now
before the House and Senate re.
peal bills. Tomorrow being Dis
trict day in the House, it Is ex-
pected that the Kennedy repeal
bill will be considered. and it would
be q very simple solution for the
House to substitute the Wheeler bill.
The search has continued for
the author Of the red rider" but
so far only a case Of mistaken
identity has been developed.
Neither friend nor foe seems will
ing to accept the responsibility,
which would seem to indicate an.
other good reason for repeal
A timely report by the superin-
tendent Of schools gives an in.
teresting outline OF the public
schools program for the teaching
of patriotism to the pupils from
and including the kindergarten to
the teachers college. The program
met with the hearty approval Of
the Board Of Education.
OF really more importance than
any of the items noted above
was the survey made Of District
needs by Chairman Ross Collins
and his colleagues Of the House
Appropriation Subcommittee on
the District appropriations. Ac-
companied by officials OF the Dis
trict an extensive inspection was
made Of streets. bridges, schools,
school sites and other District
institutions and projects. The
friendly interest and apparent
sympathy shown by these Repre-
sentatives was declared by oficials
to be most encouraging.
The District Commissioners, dur
ing the last week, were reported
to have expressed desire to have
their number increased 50 as to
broaden the responsibility for the
performance of their arduous
duties, to say nothing Of the many
social exactions, such as dinners,
greeting visitors and being photo
graphed posed with beautiful
women. One wag, in commenting
on this latter item, insists that
Commissioner Hazen will never
abdicate that job.
The Public Utilities Commission
passed an order effective on Nom
day last fixing q lower scale Of
rates to be charged by the Potomac
Electric Power Co. The commits
sion. at this writing. still with.
holds its expected order substitute
ing a shuttle bus service from
Takoma Park to Fourteenth and
Kennedy streets and an all-day
express bus service for the present
rail service via Third, Kennedy
and Fourteenth streets.
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Jefferson Junior High
Boosted by Collins.

ONCE more there is rejoicing In
~ Southwest Warrington over the
encouragement given by Representa-
tive Ross Collins after his visit
to the old Jefferson School Build.
ing and the several suggested sites
for the proposed new building.
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DR.. SpratIin Talks on Spain

N~ UT ~PUHT
SPANS historical background
was discussed by DR.. v. R. Sprat.
lin, head of the department Of
romance languages at Howard
University, before the faculty
education meeting at Armstrong
High School yesterday. This
speaker was introduced by Mrs.
Ora w. Spivey, assistant principal.
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EARHART HERE,
TELLS OF NEW
WORLD HOP
"FIying Laboratory" to
Be Ready for Trip
By End of Nav

Undaunted by the Honolulu
crash which ended her attempted
round the world flight, Amelia
Earhart, Americas first lady of
the airways, paid brief visit to
Washington today, en- route to
Burbank, Cal, where she will in
spect her newly.repaired flying
laboratory"
Interviewed at the Willard Ho-
tel, the famous aviatrix smilingly
admitted that she and her two
companions experienced no severe
shock in their crack-up while at
tempting to take off on the Sec
ono lap of their flight, except to
their spirits and pocketbook."
Grateful to Army
Miss Earhart would not divulge
the nature of business which
brought her to Washington, but
limited:
81 am extremely grateful to
Army authorities for Grating my
plane and sending it back to
Burbank"
The cab she took to keep a
1890 appointment was directed
to go to the War Department, and
it is believed she gave her thanks
in person to officials responsible
for shipping the damaged craft.
Miss Earhart said her plane
would be ready for another globe
girdling trial aboIt the end of
May, and that she would take off
as soon as possible. She will be
accompanied by Fred Noonan, nav
igatpr on her last attempt. Harry
MaAning, her radio-navigator, will
not be a member of her crew, as
he has been returned to his At
lantic flight detail.
Repairs Put At $4,000
Turning to the financial loss in
Cured by the crash, Miss Earhart
said:
ut wasn't as bad as first re.
ports made it appear, but never
theleSS, it wasn't exactly helpful.
The craft was estimated to be
worth $4,000. Repairs will
to approximately $4,000.
Miss Earhart arrived by train,
as weather conditions in New
York were not SO good, and it
seemed rather risky to fly" How
ever, weather permitting, the rest
of her crosS-country trip will be
made on commercial aircraft lines.
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KNCKERBOOKER BARES NIGHT OF HORROR IN DEATH CELL
Y. M. I. Cadets Arrive
For Crater Battle

field where one of the most des-
perate conflicts of the Civil War
took place.
The streets and buildings of the
city are gaily decorated for the
celebration. and there is a general
feeling of festivity. For war has
played an important part in the
history Of this community, one Of
the oldest in the United States.
In 1903, Capt. John Smith
visited what is now Petersburg,
and it may we'll be that it was
here that he met the Indian prin.
cess Pocahontas, for she lived
close by.
Knew Many Battles
During the Revolutionary War,
Petersburg was raided by the
traitor, Benedict Arnold, and was
the scene of bitter fighting.
Lafayette lived here, and it was
here that CORVALLIS made a DIES.
perate attack in an effort to cap
ture him, but failed.
In the Civil War Petersburg suf-
fered when the city was besieged
for nine months and was forced
to surrender only a week before
the surrender of General Lee at
Appomattox Courthouse, ending
the war.
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JURORS GIVEN
KR|EGERCASE

The fate Of Mrs. Mary Krieger,
blonde 35-year-old former Okla
homa school teacher, and Samuel
L. Frooks. 55-year-old New York
lawyer and one-time congressional
candidate, charged with conspir-
ing to blackmail the late Carroll
Pierce, Alexandria banker, was
placed in the hands of an all-male
jury in United States District
Court late today.
William r. BerkSon, Of New
York, counsel for Frooks, and
United States Attorney Leslie c.
Garrett, chief prosecutor, con.
sumed the entire morning session
today in their final arguments.
Justice F.. Dickinson Let's spent
the recess period ordinarily re.
served for luncheon in delivering
his instructions to the jury.
Berkson and Garrett were far
apart in their version of the
conduct Of the defendants while
the alleged blackmail conspiracy
was taking place.
Mrs. Krieger had valid claim
against the bankers who had
promised to give her lifetime EN-.
ployment in his bank, Berkson
said, and Frooks, as her attor.
ney, had a professional duty to
represent her in negotiations to
adjust the breach of contract.
Garrett, on the other hand, de-
nouncing the accused as "vul-
lures" said:
Through this rope of evi.
dence there is a thread of black
mail from beginning to end"
The fiery prosecutor detailed for
the jury the Governments version
of the relations between Mrs.
Krieger and Mr.. Pierce and, de-
claring that her rental of a safe
deposit box in Pierce's box was
obviously a front, shouted:
"She had no more use for a
lock box than tOmcat has for
a marriage license"
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shook me, because I knew what he
would answer when l asked:
"Why?"
And he smiled again and said:
Because tonight l am going
to die"
frowned.
"Si, Senior, If you see them
come for me tonight and they
bind my hands at the wrists
with Irvine, you will know. This,
Senior, Is Spain and this is the
CalabOzO and the CalabOzO Is
the place where the war is be-
ing fought, and death is all
around US here, Senior. 81, Senior,
you smell it?"
blew the fetid air from my
lungs, but when I inhaled again
it was truly the breath of death.
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HOUSE BILL CUT
$18,828,6O4
international News Service


Reducing budget requests for
the Tennessee Valley Authority
and other agencies, the House Ap-
preparations Committee today re-
ported the second deficiency bill
with economy cuts" of $18,S28,604
The bill carried $79, 2o6,932 as COM
pared with $98.O35,54S recon-
mended by the Presidents Budget
Bureau.
While the committee reduced
estimates for the IVA, it asserted
that it had provided ample funds
to carry on the vast power, flood
control and navigation project.
The chief saving in the bill was
made by cutting from $4,000, 900
to 100000, the Budget Bureau
estimate to pay refunds of the in
validated AAA processing taxes in
the next year.
A total of $44,166,270 was
recommended for the IVA, a
budget reduction of $4,333,730.
The committee granted $742,-
439 for continuation of prelimi-
nary study on the proposed Gill
bertSville Dam on the Tennessee
River, an increase of $86,056.
The measure carried $488,50
for extension of two airmail
routes in South America. One
route is on the west coast from
Arequippa, Peru, through Bolivia
to Buenos Aires. The other is on
the east coast from Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, to Buenos Aires.
The measure also carried 1882
600 for soldiers bonus payments.
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BY CARROLL PEEKE

PETERSBURG, Va, April %.
The stars and bars flew again to-
day over this historic city. Can
non rumbled through the ancient
streets and gray clad soldiers
marched to the stirring music of
military bands.
The scene was the arrival of
700 Virginia Military Institute
cadets to participate in the re-
enactment of the Battle of the
Crater to be held Friday in the
Petersburg Military Park.
At the station the cadets were
met by the Marine Band from
Quantico and paraded through the
city streets, lined with hundreds
Of visitors.
1000 Marines in Camp
Already encamped are 1900
Marines from Quantico, who will
act the part of the invading Fed
eral troops in Fridays battle,
while the cadets, together with
the Richmond Howitzers and the
Petersburg Grays will enact the
roles of the Confederate defenders
Of the city.
The Marine brigade encamp-
ment has been named Camp Lee
jeune in honor of General John
A. Lejeune, former commandant
Of the Marine Corps, while the V.
M. I. camp has been named Camp
Robert w. Massie, in honor of the
president Of the board Of the in
stitution, known as 1.-The West
Point Of the South"
A company Of Marine engineers
arrived here last week and laid
out the two camps on the battle
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proudly written with the inscrip-
ton:
1--WE came here June IS, 1896"
Just below a hooking hand had
scraWled:
and July 10 we bIotted out
these funny little FaSciStS."
This postscript was signed:
"CNT," which means "Confedera-
ton Nacional del Trabajo," the
| neutrality-suspicious. national con,
federation of labor.
Messages Of Death
But San Sebastian fell to the
whites, and then later there came
upon the walls the hammer and
sickle of the SovietS. Beside this
Communist sign occurred again
and again the ominous letters,
'Fai," the Federation Anarchist
Iberica," the most numerous of
all.
With my Dictionary I painfully
deciphered one inscription after
another. 1t soon became evident
that all were written in the face
of certain death. Unlike any
other cell I had ever seen, this
one had not a single obscene
drawing on it's walls. The
thoughts of this rooms unnum-
bered occupants had dwelt upon
but one thing.
eve defy your firing squad"
Thus exclaimed one group, chal.
longing fate with their full names.
Another, in a different mood,
wrote:
Il, Pablo, am in the caIabOzO
for the first time, oh, my poor
Wife!!"
Another wrote a poem to the
sun, which he probably never saw
again.
Another Occupant Arrives
Deep in the task of deciphering
this poem, I was startled by the
grating Of the bar. The iron door
swung open and the civil guard
pushed inside a dark-faced man.
Without a glance at me, the man
began to pace slowly up and down
the cell.
He walked half an hour and
walked, sometimes beside him,
sometimes passing him, before
either of us spoke. Finally
offered him a cigarette. He &C.
cepted with thanks.
Another iron door opened and
slammed shut nearby. The civil
guard went away. AS his steps
died out there came four muffled
knocks on the wall. My COM
panian leaped catlike to the door
and, whispering name through
the aperture, put his ear to the
hole.
A voice murmured. My com
panion listened, whispered word
through the hole. Strengthened up
and began to walk again, his face
more somber than before.
His Last Sandwich
I asked:
you have a friend next
door,"
Eyes, friend.
Pushing toward him a sack of
food my friends had managed to
send in, invited:
Have some of my supper"
He answered, turning his
back:
Il cannot eat"
He stood still, looked a long
time at the wall opposite, then
took sandwich and, smiling with
the corners of his mouth turned
down, said:
But 1 shall eat, for perhaps 1
shall never eat again"
I understood him too ua1J II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-28
7 ODAY IN
CONGRESS

0CAk@VG
Not in session.
Judiciary Committee resumes
court plan study.
La Toilette Committee continues
civil liberties investigation.
Foreign Relations and Claims
committees meet for routine bust
ness.
House
Meets at noon.
Begins consideration of second
deficiency appropriations bill.
Interstate Commerce Committee
continues petroleum study.
Agriculture Committee considers
sugar quota bill.
immigration Committee con-
siders naturalization bills.
Rivers and Harbors Committee
resumes hearing on Florida canal
proposal.
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BASQUES RALLY,
CHECK DRIVE
ON BILBAO
Madrid Forces Open
Counterattack on
Insurgent Foe
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international News Service
BY striking on the Madrid front
Spanish loyalists strove today tt
stem the insurgent advance on thu
distant Basque sector before Bill
bao. Developments we're:
l. Desperate under renewed
Smelling of Madrid, militiamen
battled southwark in suburban
Carabanchel, fighting to silence
insurgent artillery and relieve
pressure on Bilbao.
2. InSurgent armies slowed
down on the Eibar-Durango line,
within Is miles of Bilbao, to
consolidate positions. Basques
used the breathing spell to draw
up secondary defenSes.
3. InSurgent headqua r S
branded leftist reports of the
bombing and burning of the
Basque Holy City" of Guernica
as a fake. Capture of 1000 10y
alists in the Basque offensive
was claimed.
4. With latest, uncensored, de-
tails Of the civil war, H. K.
Knickerbocker flew to London,
revealing his arrest in San Sc
bastian for a mysterious cause.
S. The inSurgent government
protested to Britain. charging
that an English destroyer es-
corted British merchantmen in
side the three-mile limit outside
blockaded Bilbao. Baltic states
protested to the rebels against
seizure of Scandinavian vessels.
MADRID, April % ONS1.
Lashed into desperation by two
weeks of almost daily lombard
ment of Madrid and by loyalist re.
verses on the Bilbao front, militia
men stormed southwark from the
capital today in a new offensive
against the half-Siege of Madrid.
With big shells landing in the
heart of the city, troops captured
blocks of houses in the Cara
banchel vicinity four miles south
of Madrid. Their offensive had a
double purpose: To relieve pres
sure on the Basque front, and to
reach and silence the batteries of
insurgent artillery on hilltop EN-.
placements west OF Madrid.
VTTORIA, Spain, April %
U.N.S0.-Spanish insurgents con-
tinued their drive toward Bilbao
today, advancing through the
broken Biscay front as Basque
troops proved unable to hold their
lines following the fall of Eibar
and Durango.
hopping up behind the fleeing
BasqueS, the insurgents cleared
the entire Eibar valley of loyalists,
Selling enormous quantities of war
materials left behind by the gov.
eminent forces.
LONDON, April % U.N.S.),
SPANS insurgent government to
day charged that a British de
Stroyer entered the Spanish
three-mile limit while escortine
British merchantmen into 10y
alist Bilboa.
In a formal protest General
Franco affirmed that the bat
tie cruiser Hood and the destroyer
Firedrake afforded protection to
British Merchantmen running
the blockade last Friday.
KHOLM, April %
.S0-Insurgent warShips
forced the Swedish steamer
Iberia, carrying a cargo OF
oranges from Valencia and Car
tagena, to put into the insur
gent Moroccan Port of Ceuta, ii
was charged here today.
In spite of the Swedish cap
tain's protest, the Iberia was
forced to discharge her cargo at
Ceuta.
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Bryan, Songwriter,
III 10 Years, Dead

HOLLYWOOD, April % G.N.sJ.
Vincent Bryan, 81, who wrote
many song smashes of yesteryear
including "Tammany" and INV
Merry Oldsmobile," was found
dead in bed at his home here
yesterday, apparently from an
overdose of sleeping tablets.
Bryan had been i'll for the past
10 years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-28
Pr. A. to Hold Dance

The AnacoStia Junior-Senior
High School Parent-Teachers AS.
ISOLATION will hold a benefit dance
on May LIST in the building of the
Anacostia High School.
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q Nations In Protest

OSLO, April % G.N.SO Nor
way, Sweden, Denmark and Fin
land toda. joined in a protest to
Gen. Francisco Franco over the
halting of Scandinavian vessels by
insurgent warships.