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Evening star., 1938-09-04
MRS. ROOSEVELT
ASKSA|D TO SOUTH
Equality of Freight Rates
Urged as One Remedial
Measure for Ills.

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. appar-
emily agreeing with the President that
the South is the Nations No. eco
nomic problem. calls for remedial
measures to benefit the section in her
question and answer page in the Sep
tember issue of the Democratic Digest.
This is a publication of the Demo-
cratic National Committee.
Mrs Roosevelt holds that equality
Of freight rates, restoration of eroded
farm land and provision for a more
variegated agriculture are three Of the
most pressing needs of the South She
gave her opinion in answer to ques-
ton from Mrs Charles w. Tillett, jr.,
Of Charlotte. N. c.
The question was based on the re-
cent report of the National Emer-
gency Council.
A frequent accusation heard in con-
nection with the South's economic sit
uation, Mrs. Roosevelt pointed out. is
that freight differentials have forced
the South to lower wages and poorer
working conditions-low wages having
been made possible because of cheaper
living and lower standards.
1T seems to me. If this is So" Mrs.
Roosevelt writes, these facts should
be brought out so strongly that the
public demand will force the placing
of the South on the same basis as the
rest OF the country, so far as trans
portatlon is concerned.
AT the same time" she continues,
this should regulate labor conditions
and wages SO that no part of the
country will be unfairly competing
against any other in way which
makes a group of workers live on a
lower standard. This automatically
removes that low standard groups
buying power and serves to make
them a detriment to the prosperity
of the country"
She feels also that satisfac ctory
solution of the South's agricultural
problem is equally important. TOO
many people live on land which can
not adequately support them,' she
concludes.
She holds that the passage OF the
Child Labor Amendment is still a
vital issue" in the country at large
THE wage and hour bill only covers
child labor where this labor is done
in connection with goods shipped in
interstate commerce ;" she writes
She pointed out it is not against the
law for children to work In the pro-
duction of goods which are not for
shipment across State lines and for
this reason contends they still lack
adequate protection.
The question about child labor was
asked by Mrs. Ruth Dell OF Wash
ington
Evening star., 1938-09-04
| List of DOnt's
For Gro,cn.Ups
| On School Eue
the Associated Press.

EY the Associated Press.
Here are few don't for grown-ups
who have little friends entering school
this year.
Don't pull the old one that goes:
We'll. you're going to go to school.
You'll have to mind your P's and Q's
now"
Or that other gag:
so you're going to have Miss So
-and so for a teacher. had her. and
she's hard-boiled. You'd better be a
perfect little man."
Or:
Now. you're a grown-up girl! Do
you think you can learn to read?
That's really something, you know"
Experts at the Once of Education
said yesterday that it is very important
that entering school should not be a
break for the child. The school day
should merely become part Of his full
day.
Comments such as those above, they
said, tend to frighten or inhibit be-
ginner, whereas the stress should be
on giving the child a chance to be
himself.
In that connection mothers should
beware OF being dramatic about the
first tender parting" officials said.
Don't deposit your child at the
school with fearful good-by kiss that
makes little Mary think you're going
out Of her life forever.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
BONUS FOR MUSIC
IN D. {. GUARD HIT
Congress to Be Asked to
Repeal Provisions, Says
Commissioner Hazen.

Convinced that the member of the
District National Guard who carries
a musket should be paid as much as
the member who carries a fife or drum.
District officials will ask Congress
next session to repeal provisions for
extra pay for the music makers, Com
missioner Hazen revealed yesterday.
Prior to 1916. Congress provided for
extra pay for members of the band.
in order to promote development Of
that unit of the Guard. Authority
was given for hire of musicians who
were not enlisted members of the
Guard.
That plan was abandoned in 1916,
but authority for payment of extra
salaries for band members was con-
tinued. Ordinary members of the
band were permitted to be paid 81 a
day extra. assistant band leaders s6
day extra and the leader SO a day
extra, when serving at the annual
encampments or for parades when
the band was ordered out by the COM
manding general OF the District militia
While appropriations were not made
for this extra pay, members Of the
band brought suit against the District
and during the past year won court
judgments amounting to more than
$4,000.
A recommendation for resembling Of
the extra-pay provision is planned by
Col John w. Oehmann, commanding
officer of the l2lst Engineer Regiment
Approval was voiced yesterday by Dis
trict Budget Officer Daniel j. Dom
ovan and Commissioner Melvin C.
Hazen.
Il fail to see why member of the
Guard who carries musket should
be paid less than the men who carry
a flute or fife" said Col. Oehmann
Maj. Donovan and Commissioner
Hazen voiced the same sentiments.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
TWO CHILDREN
AMONG SIX HURT
IN AUTO M|SHAPS
Two Women Are Injured in
BIadensburg Road
Collision.
MARLBORO PIKE CRASH
SENDS ONE TO HOSPITAL
Landover Child Cut Over Eye
in Accident at Foote and
Fifty-sixth Streets.

Six persons, including two children,
we're injured in traffic accidents here
and in nearby sections during the last
"a hours.
Two of the victims, both women
were hurt in crash between two cars
in the $500 block of Bladensburg road
NE. They were Mrs. Theodore Cioffl,
Ss. Mount Rainier, Md, who suffered
brain conclusion, and Alice D. Hum,
26. of 3l4 Seventeenth street NE,
who received an elbow injury.
A collision between three machines
on the Marlboro pike, near Maryland
Club Gardens, sent Elliott Morgan. 35
of 1905 C street SW. to Casualty Hos
pital with cuts and bruises.
Boy Knocked From Bicycle.
Wilfred Schlarman, 13, of 1927
Eighteenth street Sc. was treated by
a private physician for an ankle in
jury after he was knocked from his
bicycle by an automobile at Thirteenth
street and Good Hope road Sc.
Peggy Shegogne, 4. Landover, Md,
was cut over the eye when the car in
which she was riding collided with
another at Fifty-sixth and Foote
streets NE.
Grant Waller, 40. Beltsville. Md.
vas taken to Providence Hospital with
injuries to his head and arm. received
when he was hit by an automobile
near his home.
Death Ruled Accidental
Meanwhile, police reported there will
be no inquest in the death of Mrs
Julie E. Jones, so. who died Friday in
St. Elizabeth's Hospital of injuries
suffered in an accident August 90
She was the 62d traffic victim of the
year.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said, after an investigation, he would
issue certificate of accidental death.
He said four cars were involved in the
accident and that the one directly re-
sponsble left the scene without the
drivers identity being learned. Mrs.
Jones was riding in machine operated
by. her son, police said When the car
was struck she was thrown forward,
lnJurlng her nose.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
Aero Squadron Ends Hardest
Mission as Historian Is Found

Parade" Then the search began which
ended when one of the veterans found
Mr. Barrett and brought him to the
reunion last night
Mr.. Barrett said he didn't know a
single member of the famous squad
ron until last night. He had never. of
course, talked with any of them, but
his aviation library provided him with
the local color which aided him in
producing a history declared to be as
accurate as any that could have been
written by any member of the
squadron.
The World War flyers are here for a
four-day reunion They came from
many parts of the United States. but
the intervening years have turned
them toward more conventional
means of travel. for only one of them,
Maj. Charles Pursley, United States
Army, of San Antonio,-TeX, flew here
Along with Adolph Dovro who came
from the same place, he was awarded
the glass mug given each year to the
one who travels the longest distance
to attend.
Most Of the time here will be spent
in sightseeing. and the only reminder
of the old Army life will be luncheon
at Lockwoods on the Potomac, be-
tween Mount Vernon and Fort Bel
voir. 1t is the estate of Milton K.
Mickey Lockwood, a member of the
squadron, and he has arranged to have
the food served from the rolling
kitchens of the Engineer post nearby.
And Mickey provided the only and
annual casualty of the reunion Every
year, regularly, Seth Bowman of Mon
roe, Mich, arrives with new straw
hat, and just as regularly Mickey
steps on it. Stuck on the bulletin
board, the crushed hat Is an emblem
and an assurance that both Seth and
Mickey are In attendance.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
Canine Mascot
OfBeebe Trips
Killed bv Auto

The career of Trumps. famous little
uire-haired terrier, who made at least
one public appearance in Washing
ton, and who acted as official mascot on
the deep sea expedition of DR.. Will
liam Beebe of the New York Zoolog-
ical Society, was brought to an end
recently by an automobile in New
York.
Trumps was owned by Miss Gloria
Hollister, holder of the deep sea div
ing record for women, and as a men,
Der of DR.. Beebe's Bermuda expe-
eitions Trumps gained measure of
fame by showing aquatic talents CT
his own by jumping off cliffs into the
sea and swimming under water.
His Washington appearance was
with his mistress on the platform of
Constitution Hall, when Miss Hol-
lister lectured before the National
Geographic Society. Trumps also ap-
peared on two occasions before Town
Hall audiences in New York City.
Trumps was satisfying scientific in
terest and natural curiosity by in
vestigating a dead cat when he was
killed by speeding motorist on the
road In front of his mistress home
near Suffern, N. Y.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
LUNCHEON TO HONOR
MAI. GEN. HARRIES
Career of First Commander Of
Military Order of World War
to Be Recalled.

In memory of the late Maj. Gen.
George H. Harries, first commander
in chief of the Military Order of the
World War, a luncheon will be held
on Thursday, September 8, in the
Mayf1ower Hotel. Similar luncheons
and testimonials will take place in all
cities throughout the United States
where there are chapters of the order
At one time commanding officer of
the District Of Columbia National
Guard. Gen. Harries served with dis
tinction in the Philippine 1nsurrec-
ton and in the World War.
Before entering the military serv-
ice. Gen. Harries was member of
the editorial staff of The Evening
Star. Because Of this association,
principal speaker at the luncheon here
will be Gideon A. Lyon, associate
editor of The Star, who will be in
troduced by Benjamin NJ McKelway,
managing editor Rear Admiral Har-
ry G. Hamlet, chapter commander,
will preside.
Col. Joseph M. Heller, chairman Of
the Committee on Arrangements, said
military men from all branches of
the service will attend the luncheon
and that "appropriate tributes will
be paid to the memory Of gallant
soldier.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
THEORY OF SUICIDE
STUDIED IN DEATH
Agents Continue Investigation of
Body Weighted by Iron
Found in Potomac.

Authorities were inclined to the sui
eide theory today in the death of Pvt.
Charles Slinkamp. 3d. of the 5th Engi-
neer Corps, Fort Belvoir, whose body.
weighted with an iron bar tied about
the throat, was found in the Potomac,
near the fort, Thursday.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents were still working on the case.
however, and Fairfax County Coroner
c. A. Ransom is withholding a certifi-
cate of death. The soldier, identified
by flngerprints, had been A. w. o. L.
from the fort since August %.
An autopsy disclosed there was no
water in the lungs, but there was a
possibility the soldier might have been
strangled before his head went under
by slip knot about his throat.
Friends at the reservation said Pvt.
Sllnkamp had been respondent be-
cause of his inability to obtain a
transfer.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
KUHN AGAIN ELECTED
COMMANDER OF BUND
Western District Head Claims
New Evidence of Film Actors
Spreading Propaganda.
By the Associated Press.

bS tlle ASSOCIATED PreSS.
NEW YORK, Sept. s3.-Fritz Kuhn
Of New York was elected national
commander for fourth term when
the German American Bund opened
its sixth national convention tonight.
Bund officials said the secret bal
lot, demanded by Mr.. Kuhn after an
open vote had been suggested, made
the commander a unanimous choice.
Herman Schwinn of Los Angeles,
director of the bund's Western dis
trict. said he had new evidence to
show that Hollywood film actors and
the Jewish Hollywood Anti Nazi League
had been working with "alen refu-
gees to spread subversive doctrines
in this country" He said he would
give the information to the Dies con-
gressional committee investigating un-
American activities.
Mr. Schwinn also said the bund
would 'co-operate with influential and
patriotic organizations to combat Jew
ish internationalism"
Officials said the attendance of 632
delegates was the largest in the Or
ganization's history.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

Picking out the famous Lost Bat
talon" of the 30sth Infantry in the
contours of the Meuse- -Argonne to
guide it back to less perilous position
was a vastly easier job for the 50th
Aero Soua dron, A. E. F.. in 1918 than
finding the man who wrote the colorful
and accurate. as we'll as the only his
tory of this Flaming Coffin" unit.
But, with the tenaciousness with
which the flyers had stuck to the old
crates sent them to fly during the war,
they followed lead after lead At every
annual reunion many an officer had
accused another of writing the story.
arguing that it could have been writ
ten only by some one who sat in the
base and listened to the swapping of
tales after each sortie.
Not until last night did they find
their man. The discovery was made
here, where the annual reunion is
being held for the first time. And it
was a greater shock than pan-caking
down to earth under the smoke and
dust of battle. For he had not even
been overseas As a matter Of fact,
he was too young to serve in the
World War.
So last night, by way of celebration,
he was feted at the annual dinner in
the Continental Hotel and made an
honorary squadron member.
William E. Barrett is his name. He
is an author, but at the time he wrote
the history he was doing aviation on
a st. Louis newspaper. An aviation
enthusiast, he flew planes for his own
enjoyment and collected all manner of
aviation material as hobby. From
his books. histories and records he was
struck with the outstanding accom-
plishments Of the 50th Squadron and
decided Its feats should be recorded.
So he wrote the "50th Squadron on
Evening star., 1938-09-04
N. F. F. E. WILL MARK
21ST ANNIVERSARY
Banquet September II to Draw
One of Largest Groups Of
Federal Employees.

One Of the largest groups of Fed
eral employees ever assembled here
is expected at banquet marking the
21st anniversary of the National Fed
Grafton of Federal Employees at the
Mayflower Hotel, September II.
Members Of the federation from
Maryland, Virginia and other nearby
States, as we'll as local Federal en-
ployes, will attend the banquet. which
is one of chain" Of anniversary
parties to be held by local unions
of the federation throughout the coun-
try and in the insular possessions.
Luther C. Steward and Mrs. Ger
trude NJ McNally, president and sec
retary- treasurer. respectively. of the
federation, who have been active lead
ers in the organization virtually since
its inception. will be honor guests.
according to Henry G. Nolda of Local
No. 2, chairman of the committee
in charge.
The National Federation of Fed
eral Employees was organized in WASH
ington in 1917 to bring about essen
tial Improvements in working condi-
tons
Evening star., 1938-09-04
TRIP TO VIRGINIA SPOTS
LISTED BY PARK SERVICE
Naturalist to Conduct Junket to
Williamsburg, yorktown
and Jamestown.

The National Capital Parks Service
will conduct trip to WILLIAMSBURG.
Yorktown and jamestown next week
end by boat and bus to view historic
Colonial Virginia, Supt. c. Marshall
Finnan announced yesterday.
The all-expense trip will be conduct
ed by a naturalist and will leave
Washington Saturday night and re-
turn Monday morning.
In anticipation of the trip. two
moving pictures of the siege of York
town and the founding of jamestown
will be shown Friday night at the
Pierce Mill Picnic Grove. In case of
rain, it was announced. the pictures
will be shown IN the auditorium of
the North Interior Building.
A bird walk will be conducted Sun
day morning through Fort Dupont
Park and in the afternoon a descrip-
ton of the trees in Lafayette Park will
be given by park naturalist, Mr.
Finran said
Evening star., 1938-09-04
CATHOLICS URGED
0STUDY LEADERS
Church Is Not Opposed to
Liberalism, Declares
Dr.. Fitzpatrick.

Catholics from colleges all over the
country yesterday were advised by DR..
John r. Fitzpatrick, provost Of Co.
lumbus University. to study the lives
of modern Catholic leaders such as
Cardinal Gibbons as step toward bet
tering their own exiStences.
Dr. Fitzpatrick. who was the lunch
con speaker at meeting OF the 23d
International Conference of the Fed
Grafton Of College Catholic Clubs at
the Wardman Park Hotel warned his
listeners against the atheism in Com
munism and observed:
The adamant opposition Of the
Holy Father and the Catholic hier-
archy to Communism has misled some
Well-intentioned non-Catholics into
the error of believing that this oppo-
sition extends to liberalism as we'll,
an error fed and fostered by the Com
munists themselves.
Cites History of Church.
An examination of the history Of
the church is enough to refute this
error if by liberalism one means a
philosophy of Government which has
as its purpose the achievement of the
greatest good for the greatest number.
The church at all times has stood
and still stands for true liberalism,
that liberalism which finds its inspira-
ton in the parable of the Good Sa-
marian and in the commandment: :
Love thy neighbor as thyself.'
Banquet Tonight.
The Very Rev. 1gnatius Smith, OP,
director of the philosophy department
at Catholic University, will be the
principal speaker at the annual ban
ouet of the federation at the Ward
man Park Hotel at 7:3O o'clock to-
night
John " Kingston of Elmhurst, Long
Island, president of the federation. will
preside at the banquet. which will bring
the three-day conference to a close.
A cruise down the Potomac on a
chartered yacht will precede the
banquet
Low mass was said for the delegates
this morning at the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception by the
Rev. Paul Deery of Bloomington, Ind,
chaplain of the group. The Right Rev.
Msgr. Joseph Corrigan. rector Of Cath
olic University, delivered the sermon
Evening star., 1938-09-04
PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC
SCHEDULE GIVEN
Child Health Centers Will
Be Open for Tests to
Correct Defects.

A special series OF examination
clinics will be held during the two
weeks prior to the opening of school
by the medical inspectors of the school
system to examine pupils who have
been unable to obtain examinations
by their family physicians.
Parent-teacher associations and
Health Department nurses will be re-
quested to advise parents to present
pupils for the physical examinations
so that any defects may be corrected
at an early date.
All examinations will be held at the
child hygiene centers. The time for
the inspection will be 10 am. on each
examination day, with registration
from $50 to 10 am
For white children. examinations
will be held at the following locations
At the Weightman School. September
7. 9. II and 16; at 30l G street S.W..
September 8 and IL; at 824 D street
Sc, September I, 9, II and Is; at
the Petworth School. September II;
at 2237 Nichols avenue Sc, Septem-
Der 8, 8. II and is. and at the Bur-
roughs School, September 6, 9, II, 13
and is.
For colored children. examinations
will be held at the Burrville School
September 7. 8. II, IA and IS, and at
the Giddings School on September s
8, 8, 13, IS and Is.
If parents have not already taken
their youngsters to the family doctor
to determine physical fitness. there
should be no delay in carrying out
this responsibility, according to Health
Officer George C. Rutland.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
DIVERS SPEED HUNT
FOR MERIDA HOARD
Fear Seasonal Storms Will Halt
Work of Salvaging Huge
Sunken Treasure.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 3.-Divers
aboard the Italian treasure ship Falco
worked at top speed today in a race
against seasonal storms which may
halt their efforts to recover reported
II tons Of silver bullion and jewels
aboard the sunken steamer Merida, IS
miles off the Virginia Capes.
Observers said seasonal storms would
make it necessary for divers to halt
their work within the next week or 10
days. If the treasure is not recovered,
the Falco is expected to return to her
base at Spezia, Italy. and resume
operations next summer.
Thus far, divers have brought the
ships bell and radio set to the surface.
The Merida sank May IL. 1911, after
being rammed by the steamer Admiral
Farragut in thick fog.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
COUNTY AROUSED
OVER STATEMENT
Pugh and De Lashmutt Are
Asked to Clarity Their
Backing of Tydings.
BY JACK ALLEN.

Former Judge Donald A. De Lash
mutt and States Attorney James H.
Pugh were called on last night to
avert any rift their recent statement
indorsing Senator Millard E. Tydings
might cause in the new independent
Democratic faction in Montgomery
County.
The two leaders were told the state
ment inferred" the faction. sworn
to strict neutrality in the bitter con-
test for the senatorial nomination. is
supporting Senator Tydings over Rep
resentative David J. Lewis and were
asked to clarity it,
1t was explained the statement "is
doing injury to the chances of At
and Joseph A. Cantrel, whom the In
dependents have Endorsed for Cover
nor and Representative, and to the
chances of the Independents county
ticket as well.
The demand for clarification was
made on Judge De Lashment, factional
chairman, and Mr.. Pugh, one Of the
groups recognized heads, by Owen E.
Ryan OF Chevy Chase. a Washington
contractor. who is a candidate for the
House OF Delegates on the Independ-
ents' slate.
Both Sides Aroused
Mr.. Ryan, stauncn Lewis supporter
who has been making radio addresses
for the Representative said that not
only are Mr.. Lewis adherents sore" -"
but declared Senator Tydings' fol-
lowers are also because OF the effect
the statement may have on the success
Of the county ticket, Mr.. O'Conor and
| Mr.. Cantrel
Il am surprised at the reaction it
has caused Mr., Ryan said last night.
Il knew Mr. Lewis had many follow
ers in our group, but I did not know
there were so many. I find that all
but very few of the Independents
regard his candidacy with favor"
Mr.. Tydings' supporters" he added
ARE sore because Judge De Lashmutt
and Mr. Pugh took it upon themselves,
without consulting any one, to jointly
issue such a broad statement. They
feel we would have been better off
without such a declaration.
Confusion Arises.
"As supporter of MI Lewis on a
Statewide scale and a candidate for
the House of Delegates on the inde-
pendent Democratic ticket. I have tried
to be very careful to keep the two
separated in respect to the definite
agreement the Independents reached
at meeting several weeks ago to
stay out of the Lewis-Tydings con-
test as group.
Il have been approached by num-
Der of people in the last few days who
have been confused by the broad state
ment given out by Mr.. Pugh and Mr.
De Lashmutt, supporting Mr.. Tydings
as individuals, but in its wording
inferring general support of the group
Il wish to say there has been no
meeting in which any action has been
taken supporting a candidate for the
United States Senate
I think Mr. Pu2h and Mr. De Lash
mutt owe it to all of these to retract
their statement and issue statements
individually, if they care to. for Mr.
Tydings to clarity the situation and
pacify decided resentment even
among Tydings adherents of the
group"