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The Washington times., 1938-08-09

the commission), will defend his
order. He will contend the law
requires him tc fix some limita-
tion and If the Chicago Board
of Trade thinks the two million
bushel allow aDce would make
spectators out of its traders, he
would be in favor of one million.
There was little interest here
in the outcome of the Kentucky
primary-outside of WPA, of
course. All confidential Admin
istration data indicated Senator
Barkley would win handily.
Also few believed the concen-
trated power of the national
Administration could fail to
win a situation like that one.
Professional Republican mo-
gulS heaved a 12-inch sigh of re-
lief when they got the G. o. P,
program committees summer
school" announcement. They
half-feared the amateurs would
come out with something like
the Ten Commandments or else
say something which might bet
ter be left unSaid, for the pres
ent. They said practically moth
ing-which made it pleasant all
around.
The summer school, idea
originated in an inside compro.
mise between those who are de-
manding more Republican &C
tivity and those who want to
wait until Mr.. r. makes his next
mistake, before letting go both
barrels.
Hoover Us. L0ndon
THE energizerS are headed by
l. Herbert Hoover and the wait
awhiles include such as ALI Ian
don and Senator McNary. In.
cidentally the sweetness and
light once reported in this col
umn as existing between Hoover
and Landon did not last long.
Landon refused to have any.
thing to do with this program
committee. He was asked to
name some appointees and re-
fused.
y
Most professional Republican
politicians still grasp their nos,
trils gently at any mention Of
the Glenn Frank program com
mittee.
What aroused all Of them
lately was their information
that the committee would make
its final report in September,
1899. They think the master
minds should be able to wheedle
suggestions for a 1910 G. o. p
platform out of their minds
before then. But, they say, per.
hapS it would be just as well ii
the report were delayed until
1941.
Truth is, the Frank commit.
tee is keeping the pot stirring
in some minor degree and may
attract interest in the party
from elements which the politi
cos do not reach.
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British Rush
ToBuyGold

LONDON, Aug. 8 O.N.S.).
Increasing uneasineSs in Lon
don regarding the Far East
ern crisis and continued ru-
mOrS of pending modification
Of the tripartite monetary
agreement among Britain,
France and the United States
led today to a new rush for
gold.
Early in the morning gold
valued at 2,356,OOO pounds
sterling (abOut $11,7SO,OOO)
was sold at 142 shiIlingS seven
pence half-penny per ounce,
an increase of four pence
half-penny over the previous
price. This marked the high
est price for gold here since
March, 1887.
The dollar hit $4.S7 GIG to
the pound sterling.
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Tax Returns Barred
To Propaganda Quiz

Q.N.SO. Secretary Of tn e
Treasury Morgenthau, with the
approval OF President Roosevelt
today ruled that the special House
committee which will open an in.
vestigation of un-American aetivi-
ties on Thursday, may inspect tax
returns of any individual or or.
ganization deemed necessary in its
inquiry.
The ruling said that any in
formation thus obtained which is
relevant or pertinent" to the pur-
pose of the investigation, may be
divulged to the House.
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mittee is al
ready prepar-
ing q new bill
That may be
sire t C h i n g
matters some
what. But it is
not too much
to say that
A S ST S t a n t
State Secre.
tary r. Wa
ton Moore is
work in g on
t h e legiSla-
ton, and also
work in Cn
h e Senate
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VO 7 E.
OCCUPIES FOUR.
STATES TODAY.
CONTINUED from Paee II

has been at odds with Democratic
leadership here.
President Roosevelt will make
two speeches in Georgia, en- route
back to the Capital from his fish
ing cruise. There is keen specula'
ton here as to what-if anything
Mr.. Roosevelt will have to say
about Senator Walter F. George
who is up for denomination. AND
opposed by an Administration can
didate, Lawrence Camp.
Senator George is not loved by
the White House. In fact, it is
an open secret in New Deal circles
that if the White House could
purge" only two Democratic Sena
tors the choice would fall on Sena,
tor George and Senator Millard F.
Tydings, of Maryland. Both
States hold primaries next month
Fought Court Bill
The President is understood to
feel that he has some justification
for intervening" in Georgia poll
tices because he speaks of it as
his adopted" State. He owns a
large farm there, and in the last
Is years has spent much time in
the State.
Both George and Tydings have
been consistent anti-New Dealers
They opposed the court program
the reorganization bill, and much
other New Deal legislation.
M. Roosevelt will have an op
portunity this week to pay off the
George account-if he embraces
it. Later, it is understood, he will
have or make the opportunity tC
speak his mind concerning Tyd
ingS in Maryland.
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Maryland Electors
Must File in Person

Maryland voters who wish to
vote in primary elections on Sep
tember IL, and the general elec.
ton November 8, must register
and vote in person, Lawrence w,
Robert, jr., secretary Of the Demo
cratic Committee, announced to
day. AS dates for registration
from now until September vary
in different counties, voters must
consult their county officials.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
CONGRESS MOVE
TO SUPERVISE
PRIMARIES seen
State Rights Fight at
Next Session

U.N.S) A new congressional
battle over the issue Of State
rights loomed today. Senator
Sheppard CD Of Texas, chairman
Of the Senate Campaign Funds
Committee, said the question Of
Federal control over Senatorial
primaries will be renewed in the
next Congress.
The right which Congress once
claimed to supervise primaries was
overruled by the Supreme Court in
1921 when it voided the conviction
of United States Senator Truman
H. Newberry and 16 others on q
charge of conspiring to violate the
Federal corrupt practices act in
the Michigan primary.
NeW Amendment
Sheppard said the issue may be
met by seeking a constitutional
amendment, or by challenging it
with enactment of the old Corrupt
Practices act.
In voiding Newberry's convic.
tion, after his contest with Henry
Ford for the Senate seat, the Su.
preme Court held that the States
alone could supervise senatorial
elections.
Court Shift Seen
The majority decision was writ.
ten by Justice McReynolds, who
now usually is in the minority
on constitutional questions. One Of
the dissenters was Justice Brand.
els, who usually has been in the
majority since the Supreme Court
changed to a more liberal interpre-
tation of the basic law.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
WAR MACHINE READY, RUSSIA
WAITS FOR TOKYO'S ANSWER
MOscOW Insists
On Retaining
Chdrkufeng

MOS COW. Aug. 9 GN.SO.
Ready to hurl its mighty war ma
chine into action and spill gal
Ions" of Japanese blood, the So
Wet Union waited tensely today
for Tokyo's reply to Moscows
terms for cessation of the border
warfare at Changkufeng Hill.
Military leaders made it clear
they will not hesitate to plunge
into open war with Nippon should
Japans reply to Foreign Com
missar Maxim Litvinov's proposals
come in the form of bullets and
bombs.
CLAIM HILL CAPTURED
Litvinov, in his last conversa-
ton with japanese Ambassador
Mamoru Shigemitsu, warned the
present fighting along the Sibe
rian-Manchukuoan border can be
checked only by Japanese recogni-
tion of RusSia's treaty right to
the disputed Changkufeng area.
Despite japanese claims to the
contrary. the Soviet regime stood
pat on its claim that Changku-
feng Hill and the surrounding
area have been restored to Russia
by the Far Eastern Red army.
One source commented that
action by Japan to oust the SovietS
from their military positions on
the frontier would almost GER
tainly release the long-expected
war to a finish between the
y. s. S. R. and Japan"
LOOPHOLE OFFERED
Meanwhile, Litvinov awaited an
other visit from ShigemitSu, who
Is expected to bring with him
Tokyo's acceptance or rejection of
the Soviet truce terms.
In an apparent move to give
Japan a loophole whereby the
japanese nigh: submit to the Rus
sian terms without loss of face,
the influential newspaper Pravda
accused Japanese militariStS
rather than the Tokyo govern
ment of responsibility for the bor
der strife. The paper said:
THE Japanese government
must put its militarists in their
place for using such provoca-
tions in an attempt to involve
Japan in war with the Soviet
Union"
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Girl Scouts 10 Hold
Campfire Program

District No. 4, Girl Scouts, will
close its summer day camp to-
morrow at Jesup Blair Community
Park, Silver Spring, with a camp
fire program from 2 until $50
p. m.
Exhibit Of crafts and other &C
complishmentS of the $50 scouts
enrolled will be a feature. The
camp is under the direction of
Miss Marguerite West.
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Hull's right-hand man has re-
Gently held private conferences
individually with Committeeman
Lewis, Of Illinois; Thomas, Of
Utah, and Nye, Of North Da-
kota. Organizations agitating
on various methods of keeping
us out Of war also have been
called in.
Apparently what Moore is
trying to do is to reconcile the
differences of opinion which
have partly nullified existing
law, in hope Of getting everyone
together. That hope will not last
long, as every Tom, Dick and
Franklin has q different idea.
What will come out is not yet
evident, but there is certain to
be o dispute, and a big one.
49,
More POWer Sought
MIR. ROOSEVELT Is unqueS-
WA tionably leading up to a
renewal of his demand for more
discretionary power. He prob
ably will not get around to it,
however, until after election.
His associates make no pres
ent secret Of their belief that
existing law has proved to be
foolish because it laid down
strict embargoes for the Presi-
dent to follow, in expectation
Of war developments in Spain,
but wholly unmindful that an
other kind Of war was to break
out in China.
RuSSo-JapaneSe outbreaks
have added more volts to the
high tension topic, and the
State Department is proceeding
with confidential care, but the
issue cannot be avoided as the
most important section of pres.
ent law (the embargo section)
expires next May l.
\ + 4
Don't put too much money
on these stories about the Ad-
ministration backtracking its
order limiting wheat traders to
100000 bushels Of futures per
person.
A wrong IDEA got started
when an Agriculture Depart
ment official, answering an in
quiry, said the coming meeting
Of the Commodity Exchange
Commission had been indefi-
nitely postponed. Ordinarily
indefinite postponement means
permanent poStponement in
Washington, but this time it
does not.
DuUeI to Explain
THE CEC (made up of Wal
L lace, Roper and Cummings)
will meet as soon as the Cabinet
officers get back from their
vacations. Then a hearing will
be held at which j. w. T. Duvel,
Of the Commodities Exchange
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The News Behind
The News
= By PAUL MALLON

by
Full Part Strictly Prohibid)
TNHE Administration has quietly started to work the
first and biggest visible question for the next Congress
neutrality Coincdentay, the Congressman who now
being elected handle it discussing it in their
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
325 Planes 10 Take
Part in LeQion Fete

0.N.SD The Army Air Corps
will send 325 airplanes to Los An
geles in September to participate
in the American Legion national
convention parade September 20,
Acting Secretary of War Louis
johnson announced today.
nrirers, WATCH Out for Children
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

LOUISVILLE, KY. Aug. TN.SJ-SteGddy advancing his
Senator Barkey today held majority Of
opponent Co.. A. B. Chandler tGbulG.
tions tho counties resumed today.
The totals Gre BGrkIey 272S90, Chandler 21284S.
Tabuaions expected be completed Jefferson county
ousuie) by night precincts remained to be
counted BreGitt county, Uhee Staying halted the GonG
ton Saturday.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
Japs Again Bomb Canton
1O2 More Killed, 159 Hurt
II Planes Attack
Area Around
Cathedral

CANTON. China, Aug. 9 0.N.S).
Japanese war planes brought new
death and destruction to the huge
southern Chinese port of Canton
today, killing at least 102 persons
and wounding l59 in another series
of Shattering air raids.
Other Japanese aerial attacks
continued on towns and cities
throughout Kwangtung Province.
Today's series of attacks fol
lowed raids yesterday in which
between IS and $50 residents were
killed and about 200 wounded.
Damage Heavy
During the morning there were
three separate attacks on the
smoke and debris-filled city. At
lis p m, the afraid warning
sounded for a fourth time.
Destruction was enormous as
the Japanese bombers concen-
trated their high-explosive missiles
on the city.
/ During the morning the Jap
anese airmen bombed the Sal,
chuen cement and water works,
both railway stations and nearby
tracks and the Shaho region near
the Tangshan district.
Chinese Guns Futile
Early in the morning, II bomb
ing plapes dropped tons of ex
! ploSiVes 6n the Canton bund and
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Soviet Attack
RepulSed
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Continued from Page II
air base at Romanovska, 1t was
learned.
Russian air raids in Korea, it
was charged, started dangerous
forest fires near the towns of
Keiko and Seikaku.
Tanks in Retreat
An official dispatch said Rus
sian tanks are retreating toward
Novokievsk following surrender of
many Of their crews, but fresh
Soviet troops, according to Off
cial dispatches, have taken up
new positions between 500 and
1000 yards from the japanese
lines at Changkufeng.
Soviet artillery sheled the Nip
ponese trenches this morning
ceasing fire at p. m.
Soviet artillery Shelled the Nip
damaged passenger train of the
north Korean railway, according
to press reports, evidently in an
ticipation of enlarged military op
erations. Large numbers of Soviet
soldiers were reported concentrat
ing at Novokievsk, ready to hurI
themselves into the fray at short
notice.
Peace Far off
Observers believed that the new
Russian air raids and the con
tinued bitter fighting, with rapidly
mounting casualties, all were serV
ing to make it extremely difficult
II not almost impossible, for Tokyo
and Moscow to negotiate a settle
ment of the border dispute. Anti
Soviet sentiment in Japan was
rising rapidly.
Today'S attacks and counter
maneuVers followed Moscow'S re
lection of the latest japanese
peace proposal, calling for cessa
ton of hostilities and restration oi
the status quo as Of July 10, the
day before Russian troops Seizec
and began fortifying Changku
feng hill.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

the vicinity around the Frencl
cathedral, which suffered heavily
in Yesterdays attacks.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

A runlor has arisen tnat the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
DuUeI to Explain

NHE CEC (made up of Wal
l. lace, Roper and Cummings)
will meet as soon as the Cabinet
officers get back from their
vacations. Then a hearing will
be held at which j. w. T. Duvel,
of the Commodities Exchange
Administration different from
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

ALL MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE
n ADVANCE
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

RATES BY MAIL FOR Virginia. MARY.
LAND. WEST VIRGINIA AND
NORTH CAROLINA
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

Chinese anti-aircraft guns re-
sisted strongly, but could not drive
the Japanese planes away,
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

Drivers. Watch Out for Children
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
Damage Heavy
Chinese Guns Futile

Early in the morning, II bomb
ing plaQes dropped tons of ex-
ploSiVes pn the Canton bund and
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

RATES BY CARRIER IN WASHING
TON. D. c.. AND SUBURBS
Evening star., 1938-08-26
SECURITY STUDY
IS NEARING END
Report May Bring 0Id.Age
Insurance to Farmers
and Others.
BY the Associated Press.


The Social Security Board is nearing
completion of a three-month study
which may result in extension Of
Federal old-age insurance to 10000
900 farm hands, hired girls and other
wage earners now excluded from the
insurance system.
A report to the boards advisory
council is due September Is.
Eventual expansion Of the social
security law to take in all who work
for wages has been the goal Of leading
social security advocates since Con-
gress passed the present statute three
years ago.
Due largely to unsolved problems
Of administration. the acts old-age
insurance provisions were limited in
the main to employees of industrial and
commercial concerns.
On the laws third birthday, August
49,, President Roosevelt called for ex-
pansion.
For weeks prior to the address, board
experts had been trying to work out
some system of collecting old-age
insurance contributions from farm
laborers. domestic servants, and casual
workers-and their employers. In
Vulnerable problems arose, such as the
frequent shifting of workers from one
job to another; the high proportion
of employees to employers. often
one-to-one ratio; and the lack Of busi-
ness and record-keeping facilities of
farmers and housewives.
Establishment OF a stamp system
similar to England's has been sug-
gested as one way of administering
old-age insurance for farm, casual
and domestic help. Unemployment
stamps are purchased at British post
offices each pay day and affixed to
the employees unemployment insur-
ance books. The money from the sale
of the stamps goes into the govern
ment's unemployment fund.
Evening star., 1938-08-26
FARM PRODUCTS PRICES
REACH FOUR YEAR LOW

So Per Cent Drop in Livestock
and Poultry Sends Entire
List Down 1.6 Per Cent.
Py the Associated Press.
Farm products prices declined dur
ing the week ended August 20 to the
lowest point reached in the last four
years, the Labor Department reported
today.
1t said prices for farm products as
q whole decreased 16 per cent, largely
because Of a decrease Of 5.3 per cent
in livestock and poultry prices.
The weakness in farm prices was
q major factor, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics said, in forcing the whole
sale commodity price index during
the week to the lowest level reached
since December, 1894.
The bureau said the index stood
at TIA per cent Of the 1926 average
at the end of the week. That was
six-tenths Of per cent lower than
the week before, IL per cent under
last months figure and lib per cent
below that for the corresponding week
in 1887.
Evening star., 1938-08-26
Meeting TO. MAP PLANS.
FOR FALL HORSE SHOW
Rules for October 10 Event to
Follow Those of Annual
Spring Showing,

Arrangements for the National Cap
ital Parks fall horse show will be made
at an organization meeting of the
Horse Show Committee. to be held at
10 am. Wednesday in the ofIice OF its
chairman, c. Marshall Finnan, super
intendent of National Capital Parks.
october 16 has been designated as
the date for the show, which will be
held in the Rock Greek Park equita-
ton field. Rules for the show will
be similar to those for the spring show,
one of the most successful in the his
tory Of these annual events. The
show will be informal and confined
to horses and riders regularly using
the park bride paths. Horses which
have taken blue ribbons in any show
outside the parks this year will not
be eligible nor will horses brought
in vans.
Other members OF the committee
are Edward J. Kelly, vice chairman;
Albert Clyde-Burton, Park Policeman
Leslie Mason, the only mounted park
Evening star., 1938-08-26
ART DISPLAY SEEN
Children's Work to Remain on
Exhibition Till Sept. 7.

Art work by Baltimore school chill
dren will remain on exhibition at the
Children's Federal Art Gallery, 816 In
dependence avenue S.W, Until Sep
tember Z, 1t was announced today
The exhibition includes paintings and
drawings, pastel and charcoal works,
soap carvings, wood carvings. etchings,
block prints and murals. The gallery
Is open daily from l pm. to pm.
and Saturdays, 10 am. to S pm.
Evening star., 1938-08-26

September from Honolulu, where he
has been vacationing with his family
and, with Mayor Angelo Rossi, inspect
slum-clearance sites in San Francisco
for which 5000, 900 has been ear
marked by the United States Housing
Administration. Mr.. Straus will look
at slum-clearance sites in Oakland
Calf, also before he begins the trip
to Washington.
Evening star., 1938-08-26
STRAUS RETURNS SOON

Nathan Straus, administrator @. the
United States Housing Authority, will
return to Washington the day after
Labor Day, 1t was announced today
after a long absence during which he
visited slum clearance undertakings in
IA cities.
Mr.. Straus will reach San Francisco
Evening star., 1938-08-26

officer; John Gheen, Norman Clarke,
J. B. MacMurray, Ollie Catlett and
Maj. Frank L. Whitaker, ONCE OF
the chief of cavalry.
Evening star., 1938-08-26
TWizzler Answer,

1t would be 40 days before all
seven Of the solitaire players would
be together.
Evening star., 1938-06-12

The ashes of w. E. Milton Bode,
horse and dog fancier. were buried at
his request in an English dog cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-06-12
Scientists in Mammoth Gaze
Try to Forget 24-Hour Cycle
Free From Reminders and 119 Feet
Below Surface, They Still Feel Guided
by Habits of Lifetime.
appropriations bill.

things So they decided to get away
from all that g.. -.-l
I'VE haven't found out anything
vet" DR.. Kleitman said. but what we
expect to find out is how easy it is
for a person to change from his nat
ural 24-hour cycle. 1t is not that we
hope to have people change to another
cycle. though it might be worth while
for some to shift-some intellectuals"
Mans highest efficiency appears
when his normal body temperature is
highest" the psychologist explained,
and added that the body temperature
is highest. normally 986 degrees, about
2 o'clock every afternoon. There's
range of about degrees in the body
temperature, he added, "and its low
est is about 2 a.m.-the efficiency curve
follows the body temperature curve"
Efficiency and Mental Energy.
Since mans efficiency is greatest at
the climax Of normal body tempera-
ture, he said, study of the possibility
of changing that cycle at will is i'm
portant, particularly for those whose
work requires great mental energy.
So the pair has set up housekeeping
in the cave chamber-about 10 feet
wide and 25 feet high. Neither man
has shaved in a week. They wear
overcoats and woolen hoods and ga
loshes over their shoes. It's bit chilly
at 54 degrees except when walking.
The only discomfort they have found
so far is slight dampness of the bed
sheets, noticeably when they first
crawl in for nine hours sleep.
Don't you get bored?" Dr. Kleitman
was asked.
We'll, We sometimes wish we had
another couple for bridge"
William Baffin discovered the bay
named for him in 1915.
Evening star., 1938-06-12
GEN. COOKE RITES
CANCELS EXERCISES
V. M. I. Suspends Program to
Honor Former Superintendent.
109 to Graduate Wednesday.
the Associated Press,

Ey tne ASSOCIATED Press.
LEXINGTON, Va, June 1.-THE
Virginia Military Institute commence
ment program was Cancelled today due
to the funeral of Gen. William H
Cooke. former superintendent of the
school.
Gen. Charles E. Kilbourne, present
head of V. NJ l., and members of the
Board Of Visitors attended the Cooke
rites at City Point this afternoon.
Winners OF trophies which were to
be awarded at regimental parade to-
day were announced. Presentation
Of the cups will be made at a parade
later in the finals program, which will
be climaxed Wednesday with the
graduation of 109 cadets. Gen. r. c.
Marshall of Washington, former CHIEF
OF construction for the Army, will be
the speaker.
Cadet J. X. Bell of Goshen was
announced as the winner of the In
dividual Scoring Intramural Award
He set an intramural record by tally
ing 1856 points during the session. The
Freshman Scoring Trophy will go to
H. E. Stengle, jr., of Portsmouth.
The Garnett-Andrews Cup for the
all-around company in the corps was
won by Company F. commanded by
Cadet Capt. Ned Baldwin of Manila
r. 1. Company F also captured the
lntramural Athletic Award,