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Evening star., 1938-02-11
THE WORLDS WHIPPING BOY?
Moderate SnO,c
d. c. Prospect
This afternoon

At least a moderate" snow was in
prospect this afternoon as the skies
cleared somewhat following a light
furry which whitened the city about
noon. The mercury continued around
the freezing point.
The forecaster said there Is little
prospect OF a heavy snow. He expects
more precipitation, with the tempera-
ture getting above freezing late to.
night or early tomorrow.
The current outlook is for snow
or rain tonight: tomorrow cloudy and
warmer. accompanied by rain. The
low tonight is expected to be around
81 degrees.
The snow and below-freezing tenn
peratures terminated four days OF
Springlike weather in which early
shrubs and plants displayed buds
ordinarily not slimpsed here until the
middle of March.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt accom-
panied by Mrs. Ruth Bryan Rohde,
former American Minister to Denmark
arrived at Washington Airport in the
middle of the SnoWStorm early this
afternoon In an American Airlines
plane from New York Although vis-
ibility was destricted to less than A
mile in Washington, the pilot had little
difficulty in landing. The storm at
that time was described as local.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
Police Are Microphone Stars
As Traffic Trials Go on Air

The first defendant to appear on
the program was 20-year-old Reed
Gale, 1448 Girard street NV, who
was charged with exceeding the o.
mile speed limit on @ street NV.
He said his speedometer was broken
and pleaded guilty. Judge Newman
said that was too bad and fined him
80.
The time-worn alibis of the defend
ants and the monotonous melting out
OF fines by the judge went on as usual
today rs though there hadn't been a
microphone In the building. The rou-
tine procedure is as follows: The clerk
tells the defendant what the charge
Is and asks him how he pleads. The
defendant replies and the policeman
then takes the stand to tell the Judge
his version of the case. The judge
hears the story, then asks the defend
ant whether he has anything to say.
l8Aa RRAAnCA9TS Pare A.So
Evening star., 1938-02-11
COURT ENJOINS
PRICE FIXING ON
RAILROAD COAL
Storm, DESTROYS
Shelter on Ice,
4 A1Unit Rescue
Scientists Construct
SnOw Hut and Re.
pair Radio.
b the Associated Press.


MOSCOW, Feb 1l-Four Russian
scientists adrift on an ice foe of the
eastern coast Of Greenland reported
today that an Arctic storm had
wrecked the silk tent which had shell.
tered them while waiting for rescue.
The tent was ripped and the radio
mast which also had served as tent
pole was blown down. Loaded sleds
were overturned. The radio, however
was set up in new position and the
campers built q snow hut in which
to wait for relief.
Killed Three Bears for Meat.
The men had fresh meat-three
polar bears they killed last Tuesday
when their small foe drifted within
sight OF the bleak, mountainous coast
OF Greenland.
I. T. Spirin, director of Soviet aerial
plans to rescue the campers. said the
land nearest the noe was tiny Traill
Island, only SO miles south of the
camp yesterday.
Spirin said the foe might reach the
Island but more likely would be car
ried past it by the Arctic current
which in eight months had moved the
campers more than 1000 miles from
their original North Pole position.
Icebreakers in Race.
The principal rescue ship. the ice
breaker Murman, meanwhile was
rapidly overtaking the slower ice
breaker Taimyr in the race to succor
the four men.
Spirin, whose aerial expedition was
standing by to aid in the rescue, esti-
mated the Taimyr was 100 miles from
the noe at the ships last reported posi-
tion-7l so degrees north latitude and
1918 degrees west longitude. The
Murman then was at 1905 north, 5.25
west.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
AMNESTY GRANTED 1000
BY JAPANESE EMPEROR
~ the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Feb. ll.-Clemency was
granted to approximately 1000 political
prisoners and offenders and full civil
rights of 300. 1000 persons were restored
today in amnesty from the throne.
The terms of six military of{icers and
civilians involved in the army insurrec-
ton of 1896 and three naval ofncers
involved in the assassination Of Pre-
mier Tsuyoshi Inukai and the accom-
panying revolutionary plot in 1892
were reduced.
About half Of those whose civil rights
we're restored were charged with viola
ton of the election laws.
The act Of clemency came from the
throne in honor Of the 2.53Sth anni-
versary Of the founding OF the empire.
when the first earthly emperor, Jimmu
Tenno, ascended the throne.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
T,oin Sisters, 5,
Forced to Pass
Off Bogus Bills
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TUCUMCARI. N. Mex, Feb. IL
How a modern "Svengali' used his
pretty, 5-year-old twin daughters as
innocent fronts" for a counterfeit
bill-passing scheme was disclosed by
United States Secret Service agents
here today.
The "Svengali," they said, was
Charles L. Baker. ex-convict who
pleaded guilty to counterfeiting charges
in Denver yesterday after he had been
arrested for trying to pass bogus bills
at Trinidad, Colo
The agents said Baker had passed
many spurious bills in Texas and New
Mexico by sending the girls. Wilma
and Velma, into stores for small pur-
chases. His downfall came, they said,
when he attempted to work without
them.
The girls were known as model
school pupils. The agents said there
was no question they had simply been
imposed upon and used" by their
father and that no action would be
taken against them.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
British A.A.A. Votes
To Boycott Olympics
Set for Toxic in 40
BY the Associated Press.

oS tilf hSSUCldteQ fTeSS,
CHELMSFORD. England, Feb.
1.-THE General Committee of
the British A. A. A. today passed
by unanimous vote a resolution
against Britain attending the 1910
Olympics in Toxic.
H. F. Pash. member of the COM
mittee, expressed hope the United
States and other countries would
follow the British lead.
1t isn't a question of politics,
as some people think. but mat
ter of humanity and fair play"
Pash said. What has happened
in China has set the feelings of
all lovers of sport against those
responsible.
Il am very glad to find the
resolution passed unanimously
that in the event the Olympic
games are held in Toxic in 1910
they should not receive the sup
port of British competitors"
SYDNEY. Feb. II (P.-The
British Empire Games Federation
placed on record its disinclina-
ton to participate in Olympic
games proposed to be held in any
country at war.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Guffey. Democrat, of Penn
sylvania proposed today to outlaw Sit
down strikes by seamen and extend
minimum wage provisions to all ships
flying the American flag.
He made the proposal in broad new
legislation which he said would pro-
vide "amicable settlement of all dis
putes and to promote peace in our
maritime industry"
Senator Guffey's proposals were Of
tered as amendments to the Merchant
Marine Act as a substitute for pro-
posals advanced by Joseph P. Ken
nedy. chairman of the Maritime Com
mission.
Mr.. Kennedy's suggestion to pat
Tern mediation of maritime labor dis
putes after the Government plan now
operating for railroads had broueht
protests from Secretary Perkins and
spokesmen for organized labor.
Sterilization Seen.
amman copeland OF the Senate
Commerce Committee said Senator
Guney's substitute proposals would
be given full consideration by the
committee, which is considering nu-
merous amendments to the Merchant
Marine Act.
Senator Guffey said his proposals
would stabilize the present unsatis-
factory situation without unduly re-
stricting the rights of labor"
Senator Guf1ey's proposals provide
that when any regulation of the MARI
time Commission, or provisions Of the
proposed law, is violated, that COM
plants shall be made to consular or
customs officials. They could act
through the Bureau OF Marine Inspec-
ton and Navigation OF the Commerce
Department.
This bureau, which controls licens-
ing of officers and seamen, then could
take complains to the Federal courts.
Special Mediation Board.
II port committees, composed of
union and shipowner representa-
tives and q representative from the
(see MARITIME, Pasa A-5.)
Evening star., 1938-02-11
CR|STEA TO REPAIR
DAMAGE BY COCA
Rumanian Dictator to Rule
Without Parliament for
Time Being.
BACKGROUND


| Octar!dn Gogd mas named RH-
! manian premier about sir weeks
! ago, after government OF Georoe
Tatnrescu had Jailed to obtain SUI
fc'cnt support at polls Intense
drNc against Jews has been car
/ r'cd on since then, drduino rarn-
, M9S from several pouerS that mi
nofittes treaties signed at end of
'"or must be respected.
BY the Associated Press
, BUCHAREST, Rumania, Feb H.
A new government with dictatorial
powers governed Rumania today, COM
missioned by King Carol to restore
confidence shaken by the six-Week ad-
ministration of the anti-Semitic Pre-
mler Octavian Goga.
SlXty-eieht-year-old DR.. Miron
CrlStea, patriarch of the Rumanian
Orthodox Church. is the new premier
and he will rule without a parliament
by decree until new constitution is
promulgated.
He acted quickly upon taking the
oath OF fealty to the King with four
sweeping DEGREES which:
l. Named military garrison COM
mandants of large cities as projects of
their districts.
2. Made nationwide state of
siege by which persons charged with
serious crimes may be tried before
military court. bucharest and other
larger cities have been under such
siege" for number of years.
3. Postponed indefinitely Chamber
and Senate elections, set for March.
4. Ordered higher officials OF viii
lagos to call assemblies for the naming
of mayors and two assistants to each
mayor.
Much Authority in Army.
As the new government took form
it became apparent the King and his
new premier had concentrated much
authority in the army and some circles
described the new regime as "a SEMI
military dictatorship"
The army was given the right of
search and control of a frightened
press censorship, under which news
papers were not permitted to publish
photographs of political leaders nor
anything concerning foreign affairs
except official statements.
Army control. however, was not alb
solute. and the police and gendarmerie
remained under direction of the in
terror ministry.
Business generally received the new
government with evident relief. Gov
ernment bonds rose to points and
the stock market turned upward.
The new cabinet, which met at the
palace throughout the night, went at
noon to the patriarch premier's pal
ace and then in body to the Cathe-
dral to pray.
The decree naming military COM
mandants as projects placed the ma
tion's civil administration under mill
tary control. kilograms from the pre-
mier's Office authorized the COM
mandants to assume the prefectural
duties and to preserve order"
The hand of the King was evident
in every move of the new government,
tsee BUCHAREST, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1938-02-11
Pictures on Page BIZ

Washington's first attempt to get
the public tramc-hazard conscious by
broadcasting proceedings from Trafnc
Court went OF smoothly before 4
packed courtroom today. with the
Districts trafnc policemen carrying
OIL top honors as mike" heroes.
The general opinion of the an
nouncers from three stations who
handled the 45-minute broadcast was
that the policemen who testified
against the defendants displayed the
most sang froid and the best radio
voices In the broadcast.
Each defendant spoke into three
microphones as he told it to the
Judge" Judge Hobart Newman, who
presided, also had three microphones
before him, as did the policemen who
testified. The clerk assisting Judge
Newman had one mierophons.
Evening star., 1938-02-11

FOREIGN.
Arctic storm destroys ice campers
Sneiter. Page Al
Repairing damage by Goga first Job of
nuliialian cnlef Page Al
Soviets reported refusing China large
scale aid pare "A
Manchukuo seeks help of American
capital pspe "A
Reich attributes wave of runors tn
Pollsn-JeWish sources. Page AS
NATIONAL.
Court grants temporary injunction
against Coal Commission. Page Al
Guffey offers plan to outlaw sit-down
strikes oy seamen. Page Al
Approval of jackson nomination faces
delay Page Al
w. P. A. quizzed on $3.50, ,ooo, 900 fund
increase asked. Page Al
Naval expansion bill vote awaits dead
line of Japan's reply. Page Al
Cummings gives Senate group not oil"
case reports. Pare A.
State medicine and U. 8. subsidies hit
by Or. Fishbein. Page A-12
New R. F. c. unit may lend $211, ,000,-
600 in housing drive. Page Ais
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Sponsor sees death of D. c. income tax
proposal. Pare Al
Evening star., 1938-02-11
FIRE HITS IOWA CITY

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa, Feb. IL
R.-The city's most disastrous fire in
more than decade caused damage es-
timated by firemen at $l85,000 to
buildings in the business section before
it was brought under control early to-
day. Fire companies from nearby
Omaha, Nebr., augmented the city's
fire-fighting forces
Evening star., 1938-02-11
BANDITS CAPTURE TRIO
Bank President, Son and Wife
Held During $2l5 Robbery.

BURNETTSVILLE, Ind. Feb. II (4p)
Three men seized John c. Duffy. H.
president OF the Burnettsville State
Bank, and his son George. the cashier,
from their separate homes early today,
took them to the bank and attempted
to blow the safe. Failing in that. they
ransacked safety boxes and obtained
$2l5.
The elder Duffys wife, IS, also was
forced to 60 along to the bank. After
being held captive for about two hours
the three were returned to their homes
by the robbers, who then fled.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
D. c. INCOME TAX
DEATH PREDICTED
Wood, Who Insisted on
Plon, Confident 1t Will
Not Pass.

From the man who aided in making
an income tax one of the features OF
the 1889 District revenue bill-Repre-
sentative Wood, Democrat. Of Missouri
came the prediction today OF it.
death in the House
Mr.. Wood joined with Representa-
tive Dirksen, Republican, of Illinois
in insisting that an income tax plan
be written into the new tax pro-
gram. Both are members of the
Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee of the
House District Committee, which
wrote the tax bill.
Although still favoring An income
tax for the District, Mr.. Wood i.
confident it will not be written into
law this year. He said his converse
tions with other House members ir
the last few dsys convinced him II
hasn't = chance of being approved.
Public Hearings Monday.
The House last year rebelled against
an income tax for the District and
approved in its stead the present
business privilege tax on gross re.
ceipts.
Public hearings on the new tax bill
will start before the Fiscal Affair:
Subcommittee Monday at 10 am. anc
probably will last throughout the
week. The chairman, Representative
Nichols, Democrat, of Oklahoma. saio
the subcommittee would welcome the
views of representatives of every busi-
ness and civic organization interested
in the tax program.
Question Of Surplus.
Mr.. Nichols is particularly anxious
to learn whether the taxpayers Of
the District want to build up a sur
plus in the general revenue fund, a:
contemplated by the present bill, OF
to raise only a SUFFICIENT amount ol
funds to balance the 1889 budget.
According to present indications the
anticipated budget deficit in the COM
ing fiscal year will not exceed $1,000.
900. The bill is estimated to raise
at least s6.60O.000.
In addition to 4 per cent tax or
incomes of all persons who work in
the District, it provides for continue
ton of the business privilege tax un-
der a graduated scale, as we'll as the
present $l.75 levy on real and per-
sonal property.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
Edict Severe Blow.
Halt on Further
Schedules Seen.
TEMPORARY STAY
GIVEN 2O9 ROADS
Lack of Public Hearings
Held Illegal Course
of Action.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Issuance by the Bituminous Coal
Commission Of minimum, price
orders mlthout first holding hear
,ngs has been attacked uide1y by
consumers and coal producers as on
unconstitutional denial OF due
process, as weH as piolation OF the
Coal Act. The position of the Com
mission has been that no hearings
~ere necessary until after the prices
Nere set. The commission beoor
such a hearing last Tuesday. nt
uhich consumers hare been airing
their complaints.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
Slain in Poker Game.

MARTINSVILLE, Va, Feb. II R.-
Jess Ramsey. 33-year-old filling sta
tion operator, was slain here early to-
day in what Sheriff j. M. Davis was
told was . poker game quarrel. The
sheriff said Dick Warren. IS, . Mar
ansville city fireman, was sought.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
BILL SEEKS TO 0BAN
MARITIME S|T-|NS
Gufey Plan Also Would Ex.
tend Wage Minima to
All U. S. Ships.
BACKGROUND-

The Senate Commerce Commit
tee. conducting broad snruey OF
maritime labor conditions, tho days
ago approved resolution calling for
investigation OF shipping industry.
Various labor mediation plan, un-
der study BY committee have been
opposed by both A. F. OF L. and
c. !. o. maritime union spokesman.
Meanwhile, an carly deportation
hearing aDnits Austrian born Harry
Bridges, West Coast Lonoshore-
mems leader. Uhose status in the
United States has been under fire.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
Summary Of Today's Star

Chinese waiter again arrested in 500
Staying. Page AS
Autopsy shows death Of man, So, was
due to auto injuries. Page Ala
Police make IA more arrests In drift
ing criminal" drive. Page Ala
D. c. bill hearings recessed until citi-
zens appear Monday. Page B-1
Justice Stephens defends D. G.
courts. Page B-1
Evening star., 1938-02-11

lSee DEFENSE, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1938-02-11
WEATHER.

70. 3. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Cloudy. with snow or rain tonight; to-
morrow cloudy and warmer, preceded by
rain minimum temperature tonight about
80 Temperatures today-Highest. 81. at
midnight; lowest. %, at pm.; 20 at 3
pm. Full report on page Az
Evening star., 1938-06-24

quilts, she regards those facts as news,
but wouldn't send them in to her
paper.
Avoids Tipping on Thieves.
II know from bitter experience
items like that can result in Mrs.
Jones having her storeroom robbed, or
Mrs. Smith losing her quilts" she
explains. I'll write about the sweet
aromas OF a plum grove in our neigh
borhood, but I'll not tell whose it is,
lest some of the plums be gone when
the owner comes to pick them," Mrs.
Wilson said.
More startling than this kindly
theory Of newspaper practice was Mrs.
Wilson's revelation of generous COL
fusion between the various county
correspondents In her section of the
country. Metropolitan reporters who
unused upon the dream Of the country
newspaper writer as the one last
rugged individualist in the trade were
bowled over by the discovery that
correspondents for several other news
papers made a friendly exchange Of
news with Mrs. Wilson each week.
I'VE never try to scoop one an
other" she said. Why do that in
a weekly letter? But we can help
each other to make certain that all
our papers, scattered over the nearby
counties, have every bit of worth
while news that can be sent out from
our community"
Mrs. Wilson's own writings, to
Evening star., 1938-06-24

Judge from her conversation, are dis
tinguished by strong, humorous. yet
poetic feeling for the daily life Of
her home folks. A sample item from
her work:
g. E. Shaw is the first one we
know to be happy about the April
snow. the first grown-up, anyhow.
Glib had sick COW and called Dr.
Frank Knots from Saltwater. Doc
got stuck in a snowdrift and couldn't
make the trip. The COW got well.'
She Is paid nothing for her letter
to the Saltwater publication, but
makes an occasional dollar writing
for the farm page Of the Cushing
Daily Citizen. She reports on all
phases Of farming in that paper.
sometimes sticks in a few Of her
favorite home -concocted recipes. In
the Saltwater letter she follows one
simple rule: Report all the news.
and, regardless, get around to printing
the names of every one in the COM
munity at least once a month.
Mrs. Wilson expects to head home
ward today. Says she's not tired Of
being here but has been getting mighty
homesick these last few days. After
all. she has been away from the farm
a whole week now.
Evening star., 1938-06-24
Ace Rural Newspaper Woman
At Roosevelt Press Parley
Does Not attempt to Get
Special Ir,terUie,U for
Paper, However.

The Nations No. ! rural newspaper
correspondent. Mrs. Edna Eaton Will
son of Ripley, Okla. attended press
conference of Americas No. l news
figure today at the White House, but
asked no questions and did not at
tempt to obtain a special interview
for her favorite newspaper, the Still
water Gazette and Daily Press.
1t may have been that Mrs. Wilson's
silence was prompted by her desire to
look out for President Roosevelt's in
terests, for that was the prime princi-
pie OF journalism she enunciated yes
terday afternoon in her own press con-
ference with local reporters. In those
pleasantly loquacious meetings she in
sisted that the best service of journal
list Is to look out for the interest of
the people whose names and actions
make news
Winner of $500 and a trip to New
York, Washington and White SULPHUR
Springs offered each year by the
Country Home Magazine" for the
best rural correspondence in the Ma
ton, Mrs. Wilson made her first trip
East when she came to New York to
receive the prize. Before that time
she had never been more than 100
miles from the farm where she lives
with her husband and four sons, but
the sturdy, keen and loqacious Middle
Westerner took her adventures in easy
stride. She met celebrities, saw sky
scrapers, was interviewed by the press
and on the radio, and pocketed her
check.
Amazed by Orderly Traffic.
Somewhat to the surprise of dis
illusioned city folk, Mrs. Wilson said
that the thing that impressed her
most about her trip up to yesterday
was the remarkable order maintained
In New York trafi1c.
All those cars and people, 50 we'll
controlled with people respecting one
another's rights she said.
This was a blow to her interviewers.
who had vague feeling that both
the masses of cars and people had
for years been crawling over them
In mad scramble like so many ants
on a ginger jag, but the city reporters
were just as naive in their inquiries
into Mrs. Wilson's journalistic methods.
They found that she writes about
everything pleasant worth knowing
in her community but is careful not
to deal in scandal. and even to pro-
tect people from their own enthusiams.
For example, if resident of the
Ripley district puts up an extraor-
Evening star., 1938-06-24
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Meeting, Beta Mu Sorority, Ward
man Park Hotel, 8 pm.
Dinner. Phi Upsilon Omicron
Sorority, Wardman Park Hotel, 6 pm.
Reception, Phi Upsilon Omicron
sorority, Wardman Park Hotel, 8 pm.
Auction, Washington Philatelic So
ciety, Carlton Hotel, 8 pm.
Supper. Nu Omega Chi, Lafayette
Hotel, 7:30 pm.
TOMORROW.
Banquet, Phi Upsilon Omicron So
rority, Wardman Park Hotel, $50 p IN
Dinner-dance, Beta Mu Sorority
Wardman Park Hotel. pm.
Banquet and dance, Beta Chi
Sorority. Shoreham Hotel, pm.
Dance. Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 10,
American Legion, Indian Spring
Country Club, 10 pm.
Evening star., 1938-06-24
Accidents Film to Be Shown.

The Accident Prevention Institute,
in conjunction with the Accident Pre-
vention Committee of the Junior
Board Of Commerce, will demonstrate
the cause of accidents in a film to
be shown at pm. today at the new
Traffic Court.
There is to be no admission charge.
An open forum will follow the pic
lures
Evening star., 1938-06-24
British Army Collects Metal.

In response to an order calling for
the surrender Of all candlesticks in
military quarters at Aldershot, Eng
land, married soldiers turned III more
than 1000, relics ef other days, in
cluding some more than so years old.
Evening star., 1938-06-24

One in every 20 drivers involved
in fatal road accidents in England Is
woman.
Evening star., 1938-06-24

dinarily fine batch OF canned foods,
or makes q splendid collection Of