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Evening star., 1938-03-11
Berlin Officials Confirm Army
STRENGTHENING, However.

Berlin Officials Confirm Army
Strengthening, However.
BERLIN. March IL tP).-The
strengthening of German Army forces
on the Austrian frontier was confirmed
today by sources close to the govern
ment.
1t was vigorously denied, however,
that this represented an attempt to
intimidate Chancellor Kurt Schusch-
nigg Of Austria.
Restraint Removed.
1t became apparent here that any
restraint Berlin may have imposed
hitherto on Austrian Nazis had been
removed.
Various border garrisons on the
Austrian frontier have been slightly
reinforced" said a source close to the
chancellor
But 1t was insisted this was merely
precautionary measure which in
view OF the turbulent indignation pre-
vailing among the Austrian public and
the passionate sympathy felt by the
Reich German population on this side
of the border scarcely needs explana-
ton"
German newspapers, which for q
few days had played down Austrian
news. were wide open today.
Der Angriff, Propaganda Minister
Paul Joseph Goebbel's newspaper,
banner-lined:
"Schuschnigg no longer able to
control situation Bolshevist chaos
threatens Vienna"
Der Angriffs heavy emphasis on
"Bolshevist chaos" heightened the be-
lief OF many that German troops
Evening star., 1938-03-11

might enter Austria to put down the
'Bolshevist" menace.
The political atmosphere in Berlin
was tense into the wee hours of the
morning, and late light at the cham
celery indicated Reichfuehrer Hit
Ter was consulting with his advisers.
These were said to include Joseph
Leopold, Austrian Nazi leader, report
ed made a member of Hitler's personal
staff, and Wilhelm Keppler, German
state secretary, who made flying trip
to Austria yesterday to confer with
Arthur Seysz-Inquart, Nazi-inclined
minister Of the interior and friend Of
Hitler.
Hitler had taken for granted, so re-
ports ran here. that Italy would do
nothing to save Schuschnigg from any
efforts further to Nazify Austria.
Rome and Berlin in Contact.
Rome and Berlin were in constant
contact yesterday, leading to the re-
ports Premier Mussolini would give
Schuschnigg no help as he made
ready to do in 1884 by sending troops
to the Austrian border after Chancel-
lor Dollfuss was assassinated.
In German eyes, Schuschnigg didn't
play fair after the Berchtesgaden
agreement with Hitler last month,
which was presented as a step toward
more friendly cooperation between
the two countries.
BY it, five pro-German ministers got
into Schuschnigg's cabinet with Hit
ler's approval. restrictions on Naxis
were eased slightly and political pris-
oners in Austria were released.
Schuschnigg's subsequent speech to
the Austrian Parliament that he was
determined to keep the nation in
dependent and that Nazis must remain
an outlawed party, however. was a
blow to those who hoped for swift
Nazification Of the country.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
HARRY c. EDMONDS, go,
STRICKEN AT CHICAGO
Brother of Mrs. Carl Stodder Was
Leader in Property
MANAGEMENT Field,

Harry CASTOR Edmonds, so, leader
in the property management field in
Chicago since 1901 and brother of
Mrs. Carl Stodder. 214O Wisconsin
avenue NV, died Wednesday in Pres
byterian Hospital, Chicago, according
to word received here.
In addition to being head of his own
real estate and property management
firm in Chicago. Mr. Edmonds was a
director Of the Terminal National
Bank there, director of the United
Drill & Tool Corp, and member of
the Chicago Real Estate Board. He
was trustee of the Home for In
curables. Chicago. and a former di-
rector of the Winnetka School Board
Winnetka, ILL.,. where he resided.
Mr. 'Edmonds was native Wash
ingtonian Besides his sister, Mrs
Stodder, who is the wife of the cashier
of The Star, he leaves his wife, Mrs
Eva Edmonds; daughter, Mrs. Will
liam A. Frazer, jr.. Erie, Pa: two
brothers, Dean S. Edmonds. New York,
and Claude A. Edmonds, Muscatine,
Iowa, and another sister, Mrs. Bessie
Edmonds Smith Of Bryn Athyn, Pa.
Evening star., 1938-03-11

Coal mining is being developed in
in the Philippines.
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Munich
Continued From First Page.)

Salzburg. Hundreds of motor cycle
troops were moving southwark.
Motorized engineer detachments
carried pontoons, motor boats and
other material used in military cross
ings of wide streams. Numerous COM
mandeered brewery trucks helped carry
this material. Peasants along the
highway said this had been going on
all night"
Near the border troops impressed
peasants for work and commandeered
horses and automobiles. The border
near Salzburg is marked by the Rivers
Inn, Salzach and Saalach.
Because there was no effort to hide
mobilization. Bavarians believed 1t
was not intended actually to send
troops into Austria.
Evidence of Mobiliza ton.
Evidences Of mobilization were the
following:
l. Able-bodied men were being
called to the colors and their private
cars COmmdnQeered.
2. Municipal buses and private
trucks were requisitioned
3. Owners were frankly told these
vehicles would be used on the Austrian
border.
Concentration Near Munich.
There was known to be large con-
centration of troops near Sternberg,
20 miles south of Munich, along one
of the main roads into Austria.
Regular army units and brown
shirted S. A. and black-shirted S. S.
Nazi guard units) were moving
toward Freilassing. near Salzburg,
Garmisch and Fuessen. Roads out of
Munich were controlled.
Trains to the south were still run
ming "for the time being" as railway
authorities put it.
The Austrian Consul at Munich de-
parted, travelling toward Vienna by
automobile early this morning.
Patrols Round Up Troops.
Amid runors that something was
about to happen military patrols
visited beer cellars and cafes, in one
case interrupting a circus perform
ance. to call out all uniformed men.
Many bodied men driving pri-
vate automobiles were commandeered,
along with their cars
Inquiry at military headquarters
brought the reply merely rather ex-
tensive maneuvers" The general pub
lie, however, remained nervous. The
word mobilization" was heard fire.
quently in street conversations. =
Storm Trooper and s. s. movements
seem to be northward, rather than
toward the Austrian border. On the
other hand, there are large concentra-
Evening star., 1938-03-11
POLICEMAN TELLS
Of BLOW BY KEYS
Lewis Informs Inquest That
Man Hit Him With
Hammer.

How Leroy Keys. 38, colored, hit
q heavy machine hammer while he
was trying to arrest the demented man.
was related to a coroner's jury today
by Policeman John Lewis at the sec
ond inquest into the fatal shooting of
Keys by Policeman John w. Nally.
Pvt. Lewis repeated his testimony
on Wednesday and the events that led
up to the shooting of Keys after the
World War veteran locked himself into
his home at 2470 Ontario road NV,
defied police to dislodge him and
finally set the room on fire. The
second inquest was attended by repre-
sentatives of the Washington Council,
American Civil Liberties Union, and
the National Negro Congress. Both
organizations had protested to District
officials against alleged "brutalities"
in the shooting of Keys The organi-
cations also insisted that the officers
should have used tear gas in an effort
to subdue the crazed man.
Struck Him With Hammer.
Policeman Lewis said that after half
an hour of pleading with Keys to
surrender, during which the man
threw carpenters tools at him through
the window, he reached through the
window and seized Keys by an arm
which held a butcher knife He said
the crazy man at that time was con-
cealing a heavy machine hammer be-
hind his back.
Keys swung the hammer on me
from above while I was leaning
through the window holding his knife
hand" the officer testified. The blow
vas a glancing one, across his shoulders
and left no mark. Pit. Lewis said Keys
lunged at him with a butcher knife
before he could pull his head and
shoulder back through the window.
Attorney James O'Shea, who is de-
Tending PIT. Nally, asked the witness
If he considered he had placed Keys
under arrest before the man had
ierked free. On receiving an affirma-
tive reply, Attorney O'Shea asked, Did
-ou not have authority to shoot the
man at that time to maintain arrest?"
Il could have shot him then" the
policeman replied, but we still hoped
to take the man alive"
Testimony Is Recorded.
Three stenographers are making
shorthand record of the testimony
The family of the deceased veteran is
represented by two colored attorneys
and the district attorneys Office sent
two assistants to examine the witnesses
Roger Robb and John Conliff. The
corporation counsels office was repre-
. sented by Matt Mahoner
Private Lewis was the first witness
and remained on the stand for almost
two hours At least 20 other witnesses
ere under subpoena
At the inquest Wednesday. when q
six1man jury failed to agree, police
f0h testified they used their service
s1ns only after Keys endangered their
lives with missiles and those of other
occupants of the building in which he
rad locked himself by setting fire to
The curtains. The fire spread to an
cverstuffed chair and was extinguished
after the shooting.
After reading accounts of the kill
ing. Commissioners Hazen and Sultan
called for report on the investiga-
ton Of the incident. Mr.. Hazen said
last night, however. that he would
rely on the judgment of the coroner's
jury.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
FARM ACT SEEN
AIDING RELIEF
Secretary Wallace Predicts
It Will Raise Farm
Income.
By the Associated Press.

BY tne ASSOCIATED PreSS.
Secretary Wallace told a Senate
Committee today that. in his judg-
ment, the Agricultural Adjustment Act
Of 1898 will lessen the relief load in
farming areas.
The new farm act, the Secretary Of
Agriculture predicted, before the Sem
ate Unemployment and Relief Com
mittee, will have the general effect of
raising farm income.
He admitted in his testimony that a
fewer number Of hours of man
labor" would be necessary TO till this
years restricted cotton acreage, but
said this increase in unemployment
was expected to be Offset by higher
cotton prices
He agreed with Senator Murray,
Democrat, OF Montana that it would be
better to attempt irrigation of present
arid land than to encourage the drift
OF farm families from the drought
areas to Pacific Coast States
Mr.. Wallace urged approval of re-
| quest for $2,000,000 to start construct
ing small dams. wells and reservoirs,
under the Facilities Act.
Senator Frazier. Republican. of In
diana asked if additional funds were
needed to expand the Farm Security
Administrations program of making
loans to farmers.
Obviously, Senator" Wallace re-
piled.
Cites Farm Talk Plight.
Secretary Wallace said 1t would take
many years to restore destitute farm
families-estimated at more than L.
900, ,000-to a self-supporting basis.
Mr.. Wallace said promising be-
ginning had been made toward help
ing these families regain stability
through rehabilitation program en-
bracing relief grants, loans and tech
nical guidance.
We are fighting an economic
disease which has been neglected for
generations" the Secretary said. I'VE
cannot hope to cure it overnight"
Sto,foo,VUU available.
Mr. Wallace reported also that in
sufficient funds had been made avail
able to assist all needy rural families
He said field officials OF the Farm
Security Administration. agency di-
recting the rehabilitation program
had reported that they knew of more
than 100000 families eligible for loans
IN addition to the more than 100000
who have received aid.
The amount of money made avail
able for loans and grants so far this
fiscal year. F. S. A. officials said.
was s73.433.000.
The Secretary of Agriculture blamed
"deep-rooted maladjustments in our
rural economy" for the rural relief
situation.
The chief of these" he said. were
prolonged period Of ruinous farm
prices, careless and unscientific tillage
| practices, unsound tenure systems, a
heavy burden of debt inadequate acre
age, and long continued wastage of
our farming capital by soil erosion"
Evening star., 1938-03-11
G. T. DIETERICH RITES
WILL BE HELD TODAY
Retired Tailor Was Member of
Association of Oldest
Inhabitants.

Funeral services for George T.
Dieterich, 70. formerly in the tailoring
business here for many years, who died
Wednesday night at his home in the
Mount Vernon Apartments, are being
held this afternoon in the " L. Speare
Co. funeral parlors, 1909 H street NV.
Burial will be in Congressional Gene
terry.
Mr.. Dieterich, who had retired some
years ago. was member of the Asso-
citation of Oldest Inhabitants of the
District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1938-03-11

ton camps about 20 miles south of
Munich.
At the time of the Hitler-S -Schu-
schnigg talks at Berchtesgaden last
month, after which the Austrian
Chancellor made several concessions
to Austrian Nazis, there were numer-
GUS reports that Germany then was
massing troops at the Austrian border.
Except for few Alpine troops in
winter mapeuvers, nothing could be
found. This time. however, it seemed
to be either a large-scale bluff or real
preparation for action.
DENY THREAT TO SCHUSCHNIGG.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
$4,000 for Alaskan Work.

Delegate Dimond, Democrat, of
Alaska said today after a conference
with Aubrey Williams, acting Works
Progress administrator, he had OBJ
tanned promise of $4,000 for addi-
tional work relief in Alaska during the
remainder Of the fiscal year.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
MRS. BLAINE-LOWRY
EXPIRES IN HOSPITAL
Mount Rainier Resident Was Ill
Short Time-Last Rites to Be
Held Monday.

Mrs. Hortense Beauharnais Blaine
Lowry, for many years a resident of
Mount Rainier, Md, died last night in
Sibley Hospital after a short illness.
Mrs Blaine-Lowry, the widow of
Nathan r. Lowry. was active in sew
eral organizations, including the
Daughters of Veterans and the Ladies
OF the G. A. r. She was a charter
member Of the Johnstown (Pa) Y. w.
c. A. and member of the Chanceford
Presbyterian Church at Lower Chance
ford, Pa. She had attended the Fourth
Presbyterian Church here. Among
survivors are two sons, Lancaster and
Blaine Lowry, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Monday in Chambers funeral
home, 1400 Chaplin street NV. DR..
j. H. Miers, pastor of the Fourth Pres
byterian Church, will officiate. Burial
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
Probe Teaching Methods.

To learn what is wrong with the
method of teaching mathematics in
Czechoslovakia, the ministry Of edu-
cation has sent out examination pa
pers to $50 Czech elementary schools.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
Seek to Reform River.

Engineers in India have been con-
sidering how to reform the Kosi River
which swings 100 miles from east to
west and back again every 300 years,
causing much damage.
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Wage.Hour Division
Advises Compliance

when in doubt comply" the
Wage and Hour Division has ad-
vised numerous wholesalers. includ-
ing some located in the District, in
response to queries as to their status
under the wage-hour law
The queries were based particu-
larly on the circumstance of a
wholesaler purchasing goods from
outside State but making all sales
within the State of his location.
Even for goods which have tempo
rarily come to rest at the whole
saler's place of business, the general
counsel Of the division wrote, "the
courts may hold that employees en-
gagged in wholesale sales of goods
brought in from outside the State
are in commerce It would seem
wisest to adopt the policy as to
such employes-when in doubt, COM
ply"
1t was also ruled that telephone
operators. even when handling long
distance calls, are exempt from pro-
visions of the act on the grounds
of being service" employees, the
greater part of whose operations are
intrastate.
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Seton Wants u. S.
7oGive Land
Back to Sioux
B> the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Nov. 16.-Ernest
Thompson Seton wants Uncle Sam
to give their old Buffalo hunting
grounds back to the Sioux Indians.
The 78-year-old naturalist said
that the territory-including South
Dakota, Nebraska and Eastern Mon
tana and Wyoming-was guaran-
teed to the tribe In 1868 by a
Government treaty with Red Cloud,
Sioux chieftain.
The treaty was broken, Mr.. Seton
said, but now
Farmers out there haven't been
doing so well. They would be glad
to sell their land to the Govern
ment, and the money the Govern
ment would be spending for 1t is
owed to the Indians anyway.
"The land could be stocked with
buffalo from Yellowstone Park and
Canada and the Indians could hunt
and live the way they did before
the white man ever came"
Mr.. Seton said that, of course,
fences would have to be constructed
around cities like Omaha and
Cheyenne to keep buffalo from
roaming the streets. Details like
these, he said. could be worked
out.
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Open House Is Held
Al Anatostia Hiqh

Students at Anacostia Junior
Senior High School stayed after
school yesterday. but not for pun
ishment. The school held its first
open house. with approximately 700
parents attending.
The produd parents watched their
youngsters working in the machine
shop. demonstrating chemical for
mulae, baking pies, exercising in the
gymnasium and going through the
entire routine of their daily classes.
At the parent-teacher meeting,
conducted for the occasion, the par
ents heard Sir Willmott Lewis,
Washington correspondent for the
London Times, urge that they hold
fast to their ideals.
I'VE have found" he said. that
the only efficient remedy against
oppression is the retention by the
people of the ultimate power which
we call political liberty"
Mrs. William Plemmons, president
of the Parent Teacher Association,
presided at the meeting, and John
Paul Collins, school principal, intro
duced the speaker.
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Parking Meters
Cost ; Drivers
| 81 Collateral

1t cost at least three motorists
81 each yesterday to learn about
the citys new nickel hour"
parking meters.
The first motorist to pay his
tuition was John P. Richardson
30, of Anacostia, who was arrested
on Fifteenth street NV. and re-
quired to post 50 collateral on a
charge of failure to drop a nickel
in the slot.
The others penalized in a similar
manner were Robert B. Hayden, %,
of the 1900 block of Ingleside Ter
race NV, and Mrs. Elizabeth Giles,
director of the Girls Activity De-
partment, Community Center.
Mrs. Giles parked her car in the
1000 block of F street NV. while
she did some shopping. She was
surprised to find a ticket on her
windshield when she returned. Mrs.
Giles was under the impression she
was to pay for parking after using
the facility, rather than before.
She posted 81 collateral and ex-
pressed the hope her mistake would
clear up the question for others.
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Jefferson Memorial
On Columbia Island
Is Suggested
Plonetorium Urged
In Plan to Save
Cherry Trees

A new site for the Thomas Jeffer-
son Memorial. designed to remove
objections to impending destruction
of number of Japanese cherry trees
at the Tidal Basin, was proposed
today by Mrs Elizabeth B. Magruder,
chairman of the Arlington County
Board.
In a letter to Frederic A. Delano,
chairman of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission,
Mrs. Magruder suggested the memo
rial be an imposing planetarium 10
Gated within the District on Gov
ernment property at the north end
of Columbia Island.
Citing the existence of plane
tariums in only four other American
cities, New York. Philadelphia, Chi
cago and Los Angeles, Mrs. Ma
gruder contended such a memorial
would eliminate all the criticism
and objections to the site and type
of memorial proposed, as well as
add to the beauty and culture of
Washington in manner fitting the
character and exemplary life of that
eminent American Jefferson)."
The Columbia Island location
would be ideal, Mrs. Magruder said,
with the site visible from the inter-
section of Rock Creek Parkway and
Arlington Memorial Bridge Airing
ton Cemetery, Lee Mansion, George
Washington Memorial Parkway and
Georgetown University.
Mrs. Magruder said this proposal
had been presented previously to
Thomas F. Settle. secretary of the
Park and Planning Commission, but
that at the time the Tidal Basin
site already had been selected and
it was assumed there would be no
objection.
Frank c. Hanrahan, Arlington
County manager. made public Mrs.
Magruder's letter and the plan it
offered. The idea, he said, was
originated by Clifton L. Stone
burner, an assistant county engi-
neer, who has collaborated in map
ping out the site and development
of the suggested memorial, and
Frank L. Dieter, county planning
engineer.
Evening star., 1938-11-16
AIfaro and Del Toro
To Speak Toniqht

Ricardo j. Alfaro. former Presi-
dent of Panama and a member OF
The Hague Permanent Court OF
Arbitration, will be the principal
speaker at the open meeting of the
American Bar Association Latin
American Committee tonight at
O'Clock at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Chief Justice Emilio del Toro of
the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
an appointee to the Inter- -Ameri-
can Conference in Lima, Peru, will
also speak. An open discussion led
by William r. Valance of the State
Department and DR.. Milton Colvin,
general counsel for the Works Prog
ress Administration, will follow the
speeches.
Former Ambassador to Chile Will
liam Culbertson, a member of the
Latin American Committee. will in
troduce the speakers. Col. William
Cattron Rigby. committee chair
man, will preside at the meeting. to
which the entire diplomatic corps
Of the Latin American countries
here has been invited.
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Memorial Plans Opposed
By Southeast Council

Voting to protest by letter to Pres
ident Roosevelt, the Council of
Southeast Citizens Associations last
night registered vigorous opposition
to erection of memorial to Thomas
Jefferson on the Tidal Basin site
now decided upon.
The civic group scored the high
cost Of foundation and proposed re-
moval of many Japanese cherry
trees and recommended that q self
Hquidating memorial in the form of
a stadium be built near the Ana
costa River at the end of East
Capitol street.
1t was decided to send copies of
the protesting letter to the Fine
Arts Commission and the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion and to follow up the commune
cations with visits by special COM
mittee.
Other action taken at the meet
ing, held in the 11th precinct
police station, included decision to
contact Traffic Director William A..
Van Duzer relative to traffic light
installations for the intersections Of
Eighth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc, Fifth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc. and Twenty fifth
street, Minnesota and Pennsylvania
avenues Sc, and approval Of sug-
gestion that the new vocational
school on Potomac avenue Sc, be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets, be named the John H.
Chamberlain Vocational School In
honor Of the first director of voca-
tional training In Warrington pub
uc schools.
Evening star., 1938-11-16
Officers Are Elected
By Legion Post

One American Legion post here
last night elected and another in
stalled new officers.
Edward Kelly of the National
Capital Park Service was elected
commander of the National Press
Club Post. No. 20, with these other
new officers:
Nathan D. Golden, past depart
ment commander of the District OF
Columbia Department of the Vet
Grams Of Foreign Wars, senior vice
commander; E. John Long. asso-
ciate editor of the National Geo.
graphic Magazine, junior vice com.
mander; Paul j. McGahan, past
commander Of the District Depart
ment, American Legion, second
junior vice commander; Stepher
Walters. adjutant; Harry E. Rad
cliffe Of Nature Magazine, finance
officer re-elected), and Helmar r
Baukhage of the North American
Newspaper Alliance, chaplain Gre.
elected for tenth time). Roy St
Lewis, former Assistant United
States Attorney General, is post
judge advocate.
The new officers will be installed
at the December meeting of the
post. George c. Gillingham OF the
Tennessee Valley Authority, retiring
commander, presided at last night s
meeting.
Officers of the Pepco Post, No. 43
were installed in ceremonies in the
Pepco Auditorium.
They are: Ernest Kennard, COM
mander; w. F. Stansbury, senior
vice commander; William o. Baker
junior vice commander; H. j. Hines
adjutant; Charles F. Noack, finance
officer; K. N. Mount, historian
George Myers, chaplain, and A. r
Belk, sergeant at arms.
William Slattery, senior vice com.
mander of the District Department
assisted by the Junior vice com
mahder. his staff and the Nationa,
Guard of Honor. conducted the in
stallation.