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Evening star., 1938-05-02

Joyl lt 40 d S1Cdl
the House and Senate that the peo-
pie Of the District of Columbia are
fully capable of determining what
they want. 1t is our sincere hope
that they will consider this refer
endum as the equivalent OF the ex-
preston Of the desires Of the Amer
ican citizens resident at the National
Capital"
The opportunity to express them
selves at the ballot box, denied them
since 1874 brought e5,0l7 men and
women to the polls here Saturday,
where they voted, l3 to /. for the
right to choose representatives to
Congress and presidential electors, and
to for the right to home rule"
The final official corrected returns,
as announced this morning, show
1902 votes were cast for national
representation and 6,748 against, and
82,971 votes for local suffrage and
10.757 against.
These results will be placed before
the House Judiciary Committee May
18 to spur its members to action on the
Capper-Norton resolution calling for
a constitutional amendment providing
the District of Columbia with the ia
tional franchise, and the Lewis Ran
dolph resolution. providing for both
the amendment and the right to elect
local officials.
Are Kept in Vault.
Whether the ballots themselves will
be laid before the committee is ques-
tion. Mr.. Finch said. Meanwhile, they
are being kept deep in vault closed
with time locks.
However, the results of the polling
will be put into the Judiciary Commit
tees record and ANY other record we
can get into" said Mr.. Finch. The
committee will hold hearings on the
resolutions both May 18 and May l9.
Mrs. Roosevelt told questioner at
her press conference this morning:
his press conference this morning:
Il was interested to see how many
people turned out"
Commissioner George E. Allen char
acterized the polling as a grand and
glorious demonstration" Long a
staunch supporter of the suffrage
cause, he said:
Il wasn't at all surprised at the
great turnout. am deeply gratified
at the result. but it comes as no sur
prise. I knew what the people of
Washington wanted.
The citizens of the District have
conclusively demonstrated what they
want-and will demand-a voice in
(See SUFFRAGE, Page A-4.)
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FORD SEEKSQU|z
. Of OUTSIDE AID
T0LAb0R BOARD
Asks Court to Determine if
CorCoran or Cohen Were
Consulted.
LEWIS AND MARTIN ALSO
NAMED IN PETITION
81 Questions Submitted in Move
Over Agency's Order
Against Company.
Ry the Associated Press.

| ny tne Associated Press.
CONVICTION, KY, May 2.-The
| Ford Motor Co. asked the Circuit
Court of Appeals today for permission
to determine whether the National
Labor Relations Board, prior to its
order against the company, consulted
any one not connected with the board,
including Thomas Corcoran, Benja-
min v. Cohen, John L. Lewis or Homer
| Martin
Mr.. Corcoran and Mr. Cohen, New
Deal legal advisers, headed those
mentioned by the company in its de-
mand for information.
Others were Mr.. Lewis, Committee
for Industrial Organization chief; Mr..
Martin, president Of the United Auto
mobile Workers of America, and any
other officer or employe of ANY other
department of the Government" and
ANY officer, representative or attorney
for the U. A. w. A. or of the C. 1. O."
Submits List of Questions.
The company submitted a list Of ST
questions, asking the court to require
Chairman j. Warren Madden and
Members Edward S. Smith and Donald
Wakefield Smith of the N. L. R. B. to
answer to them under oath.
The company demanded copies of
any recommendations or communica-
tions received by the board from any
OF the persons mentioned, and also
memorandums passed between board
members and board employees who
helped prepare the findings of fact
and conclusions of law.
Other questions included:
Whether the board or any MEM
Der read all or any part of a steno-
graphic transcript or other verbatim
report of the testimony before the
trial examiner.
Was Summary Prepared?
Whether any summary, condensa-
ton, abstract, analysis or synopsis of
the testimony, or any notes, report,
memorandum or other written COM
ment was prepared by any board mem
Der. employe or other person.
Whether any member of the board
read or inspected each exhibit.
Whether the board or any member
made use of or relied on any material,
oral or written, other than the testi-
mony, exhibits, etc, in consideration
or determination of the case.
Whether the board considered rul-
ings of the trial examiner on obiec-
| tions to admissibility of testimony or
exhibits.
Whether the board or any member
read the company's petition for a
hearing.
Mr.. Ford seeks to set aside a Labor
Board order of December %, 1887,
charging the firm with violation of the
Wagner Labor Act at its Detroit
plants, directing that it cease what
the board termed anti-union activities
and reinstate 20 workers, discharged
assertedly for union activity.
Evening star., 1938-05-02
Want Indian Oh Nickels,

SNOW HILL, Md, May (Py.-The
Nassawango Tride, improved Order
of Red Men, have protested that
elimination of the Indian head nickel
would leave the country without "a
real American COIN They asked
Maryland's representatives in the
House and Senate to have the COIN
age of the Indian head nickels con-
tinued after coinage of the new Jeffer-
son nickels is begun.
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Body Found on Tracks.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, May 2 (P.-
The crushed body of Richard Scott.
27-year-old Williamsburg taxi driver.
was found beside the Chesapeake g.
Ohio Railway tracks near here yes
terday.
Police Sergt. w. H. Kelly investi-
gated after a c. & o. engineer re-
ported seeing the body as he piloted
a train into Williamsburg at 10 am.
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REBEL ATTACK ENDS
STALEMATE IN SPAIN
Insurgents Assail Loyalist Lines
South of Aliaga-Gains
Denied by Government.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
HENDAYE, France, May 2.-An in
surgent attack on government lines
south of Aliaga in the Teruel sector
today broke a week-long, weather.
enforced stalemate in the Spanish
civil war.
Government dispatches said the in
surgents failed to gain appreciably.
Successive waves of tanks and infan-
try rolled up the slopes of a govern
ment-held peake only to be met with
gusts of machine-gun fire.
The government reported the insur-
gents fell back, leaving the sloping
no-man's-land dotted with dead.
Aliaga Is 80 miles northeast Of
Teruel.
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c. H. A. HOSPITAL
F0RU.S. WORKERS
BEING PLANNED
Mass Meeting Is Called for
Wednesday Night to
Consider Proposal.
COOPERATIVE SHARES
MAY BE SUBSCRIBED
Representative Byron Scott and
DR.. Hugh Cabot Will Discuss
Movement.

BACKGROUND
Group Health Association, Inc,
organized last tall as co-Opera-
tine program to propide medical
Seruice for Government employees
for small monthly payments, has
been handicapped by opposition of
organized medical profession, Which
led to boycott OF its members by
District hospitals unless they be-
came patients of approved physi-
clans.
Group Health Association, Inc, Is
considering plans for building a new
hospital for Government employees here
in order to make its cooperative
health program entirely independent
Of its opponents in the organized medi-
cal profession, it was disclosed today.
William c. Kirkpatrick, G. H. A.
president, said the proposal would be
laid before the associations members
and other Government workers at a
special mass meeting called for 8 pm.
Wednesday in the Labor Department
Auditorium.
The G. H. A. Board of Trustees
will ask the membership at that meet
ing, he said, for mandate to 60
ahead with drafting definite plans for
construction OF the hospital and a
method of financing it. These plans
would be submitted to a later general
meeting for approval when they were
worked out, he said.
Meeting to Be Public.
The meeting Wednesday night will
be open to all Government workers
and other residents here interested in
enlargement Of the group health move
ment, Mr. kirkpatrick emphasized.
Representative Byron Scott of Cali
fornia and DR.. Hugh Cabot of the
Mayo Clinic at Rochester. Mimi. will
discuss various phases of the group
health program at the meeting. Mr..
Scott is sponsoring a resolution in
Congress for investigation of the op-
position to group health by the Dis
trict Medical Society and the Amer
ican Medical Association. DR.. Cabot
Is an outstanding advocate in the med
ical profession of group practice as a
method of providing medical service.
1t was indicated that DR.. Cabot
later might have some connection with
the local group health organization,
but officials emphasized that there had
been no negotiations with him as yet.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick said that if senti-
ment of the Wednesday night mass
meeting was favorable toward the
hospital building proposal definite
plans for method of financing the
construction, enlarging the G. H. A,
membership and making any other
changes in the organization that
might be necessary. would be worked
out in a short time.
Cooperative Payment Plan.
He said the general principle now
being considered for financing the
proposed hospital invloved obtaining
agreements from a sufficiently large
group Of members to pay certain sums
for cooperative share in the hos
pital, with the payments to be spread
(See HOSPITAL, Page A-3l
Evening star., 1938-05-02

FOREIGN.
Hitler leaves Berlin on trip to visit
II Duce. Page Al
Henlein demands plebiscite of Nazis
in Czechoslovakia. Page AS
Crash fatal to 10 in italy is investi-
gated. Page AS
1000 Chinese guerrillas enter Shanghai
to harry japanese. Page AS
Kaiser's scion wed to daughter Of Rus
sian pretender. Page As
NATIONAL.
Ford seeks quiz Of Labor Board "out-
side advisers" Page Al
Mrs. Roosevelt favors annual wage for
workers Page AZ
Four States will hold primaries to-
morrow. Page AS
Roger Robb resigns as assistant U. S.
attorney. Page B-1
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Group Health considering construction
of own hospital. Page Al
Districts rush to polls boosts suffrage
on Capitol Hill. Page Al
Engineer Commissioner Sultan trans
ferred to Colorado. Page Al
Death of Wampler handy man called
murder by sheriff. Page Al
First circus parade here in years draws
throngs. Page AS
Two killed, five other persons injured
in week end accidents. Page B-1
Chamber of Commerce executives
open session here. Page B-l
Evening star., 1938-05-02
DUCE GETS BAER'S PLEA
Urged to Intercede for Jews Whe1
He Sees Hitler.

LOS ANGELES, May 2 F.-Max
Baer, former heavyweight boxing
champion, cabled Premier Mussolini of
Italy last night asking that he inter-
cede with Chancellor Hitler of Ger
many at their Rome meeting tomor-
row in behalf of Jewish residents of
Germany and Austria
Baer appealed to Mussolini as a
lover Of sports. He sent the cable
at the request of Guido Orlando,
chairman of national movement Of
prominent Italian-Americans to pro-
mote such messages.
Evening star., 1938-05-02
PLAYWRIGHT IS DEAD

Belford Forrest, go, Former
Comedian in Hal Roach Pictures.
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, May 2 P.-
Belford Forrest, so, playwright and
former film comedian. died yesterday
at Hollywood hospital.
Mr.. Forrest was known as Fenton
Ford when he played in Hal Roach
silent screen comedies. In later years
he toured Great Britain and South
Africa in Shakespearean roles and was
a member of the American Acamedy
of Dramatic Arts faculty in New York
City.
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Navy Moves Into New Base.

SAN PEDRO, Calf, May 2 R).-
One hundred officers and men of the
Navy battle force and observation
scouting wings took up quarters today
at Reeves Field, which the Navy is
developing as . major amphibian
base.
Evening star., 1938-05-02
Museum Gets Rare Tapestry.

RICHMOND. Va, May 2 CP.-
Thomas c. Colt. jr., curator and di-
rector of the Virginia Museum Of
Fine Arts, announced today a rare
Gothic tapestry, valued at approxi-
mately $4,000. had been presented to
the museum by an anonymous donor.
Evening star., 1938-05-02
RI0TING IN JAMAICA
Police Rush to Scene of Disorder
by 1000 Laborers,

KINGSTON, Jamaica. May 2 tP).-
Police reinforcements were hastened
today to the Tate and Lyle estate near
here after 1000 rioting laborers had
destroyed a car belonging to the
estate and further disorders were
threatened.
Fifty policemen joined so already
on duty at the scene of trouble, which
began Saturday with a strike by 900
workers building a sugar factory.
Evening star., 1938-05-02
Huge Trout Landed.

LAKE GEORGE, N. Y, May up.
"A monster brown trout that weighed
pounds ounces today overshadowed
even the big ones that got away on
the opening of the lake trout season.
Evening star., 1938-05-02
DAWES BREADS SLEEP
Ex-Vice President, Convalescing,
Would Rather Smoke.

Would Rather Smoke.
NEW YORK, May (P).-Brig. Gen.
Charles G. Dawes. convalescing in
Roosevelt Hospital from an appendec-
tony, regards sleep as just nuisance
between pipesful of his famous upside
down tobacco burners.
He has seven pipes, all underslung,
in his room here. and he can hardly
wait each morning to start stoking
up," hospital attache said today.
Evening star., 1938-05-02
Summary Of Today's Star
SPORTS.

SPORTS.
Pirates begin annual fadeout early
as Cubs rise. Page Ala
Wright, Case back to sub for ailing
Simmons and Goslin. Page A-12
Griffs to battle Indians for lead start
ing here tomorrow. Page ALA
Ty Cobb. Hal Chase rated greatest by
Umpire Dinneen. Page Alb
P. G. A. tourney may kill bid Of Yanks
IN British open. Page Ala
Evening star., 1938-05-02
STRIKE RULING DELAYED
Supreme Court Puts Off Action on
Labor Act Protection.

The Supreme Court postponed action
for at least two weeks today on liti-
CATION involving the question of wheth-
er employees who strike are entitled
to the protection of the National
Labor Relations Act.
Only few minor opinions we're
delivered before the court arranged
to recess until May 16 after hearing
arguments in two cases.
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Suffrage Committee Meets
Thursday to Map Next More
Vote Is Clear Mandate to Congress, Says
Fmch-Results to Be Placed Before
House Group on May Is.

Eaed Washgtons overwhelming demand for the right to vote
Wilbur Finch
announced his officials
forciby people
suffrage"
IF pebscie
Evening star., 1938-05-02
JUSTICE ROBERTS is So
Supreme Court Duties Make Up
His Days Program.

His Days Program.
BY the Associated Press.
Justice owen j. Roberts Of the
Supreme Court was 50 years old today,
but court duties-as usual-consti-
tuted the days program.
Mr.. Roberts was appointed to the
bench in 1880 by President Hoover
after he had been co-prosecutor Of the
Teapot Dome oil fraud cases for the
Government. Frequently he held the
balance of power in five-to-four deci-
sions on cases involving Roosevelt
legislation.
Evening star., 1938-05-02
HITLER DEPARTS
TO VISIT L DUCE
Vociferous Send-Off Given
Fuehrer and Retinue
by Berlin.
BACKGROUND

Premier Mussolini last Septem-
Der Dtsited Reichstuhrer Hitler at
Berlin and saw German Army ma
neuUers and inspected arms plants.
At that time it pas decided Hitler
repay II Duce's Disit by travelling to
Rome tbs spring. Signs OF agree
naent for mutual support in oggres-
size movements hinted When Mus
solini welcomed German seizure OF
Austria in March.
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ROOSEvELTNOTE
ASKS HOUSE VOTE
ONPAY-HOURB|LL
Chamber Is Entitled to Full
Debate, Says Letter to
Mrs. Norton.
RUSH TO ADJOURNMENT
MAY BAR CONSIDERATION
Campaign Platform Cited in Plea
National Measure Should Be
Discussed, He Says.

BACKGROUND
The House Rules Committee
shelued page-hour bill Friday de-
spite rigorous plea by Chairman
Norton OF House Labor Committee
to send it to the floor. The same
committee prevented action on the
original ,Uage-hour bill last taU.
Current bill is revision of the
first. Which satisfies both A. F. L.
and c. /. o.
(Tert OF Presidents letter to
Mrs. Norton, page A-3J
Evening star., 1938-05-02
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
FINANCIAL.

Corporate bonds down
(table).
Stocks sell off (table)
Curb list mixed (tabE
General Foods shares
approved.
Earnings reports given
Steel lull continues.
MISCELLANY.
City News in Brief.
Natures Children.
Vital Statistics.
Shipping News.
Crossword Puzzle.
Bedtime Story.
Letter-Out.
Contract Bridge.
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~. s. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer to-
night; gentle, variable winds. Tempera.
lures today-Highest, 80. at pm;
lowest, Al, at am.
Full report on page Az.
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PETIT POINT = By igor CaSSin1

and it will probably be quite an ex-
pensive dovecote, cause Margot
intends to entertain lavishly as Sc
nora Zuberbuhler.
At the Roumanian Legation,
yesterday afternoon, the tip-top
of our local Society plus large Sc
lection of diplomatic representa-
tives The whole staff of the
Roumanian Legation w caring
getaways and helping to receive
the guests :. George Duca, among
the most efficient u. Madame van
Haersma de With, wife of the
Minister of the Netherlands,
among the loveliest E. The three
Misses Patten, Mary, Josephine
and Helen, amusing everybody
with their wit Eleanor Meem,
in a refreshing summer outfit, one
of the very few of the small fry
The whole affair very delight
full Mrs. William D. Mitchell,
of Detroit, Mich, is at Boxwood,
her home near Middleburg, which
has recently been leased to the
RAYMOND Taryieres, who have
heen at Huntland J.. Mr.. and Mrs.
Randolph Santini, who have been
at their country place near Middle
burg for a visit, have returned to
New York Mrs. S. F. Marvin,
has left Warrenton with her sons,
Louis and Carter Strong, for the
Marvin Camp in the Adirondacks
The Amory Carharts, with son
Amory S., jr., and daughter
Marion. have also left Warrenton
for Fishers Island, N. Y, for the
suEnneE
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ling Larabee, Mrs. Alex Duer, Mrs.
Grisewell Perkins or Mrs. Harry
lie L. Entertain at before
,heon cocktail parties on Sun
r.y morning Watch the sun
set from your garden, midst
larkspur and roses with mint
iulep and your dearest, cheeriest
friends Dine in Middleburg
with cronies and go to movies
later. Only accept their invita-
tions when you have seen the movie
at home -. Fly to New York from
the Warrenton airport for your
summer outfit :. or drive to
Washington, where Manuel Trucco
and spritely looking sister, Re-
beca, were entertaining a large
assembly and feting with cock
tails and all sorts of one-bite sand
witches and delicious little cakes)
that Observation-Disclosures Margot
Garrett and her curly haired
promised husband, Mariana Zuber-
buhler, second secretary of the Ar
gentine Embassy &. There was
an endless selection of South
American diplomats and the usual
number of pretties you always see
at the Chilean Embassy We
don't want to name them all, cause
II would take too long, but after
Margot herself came bridesmaids
Margot McConihe and Emily Davis
and friends Eleanor Meem, Caro-
line Cecil, Dolly Corbin, Lucy
Sharp. Ruth Dove and Lorraine
Llttlefield BY the way, Margot
and flance are looking for a house
to rent possibly in Foxhall Road,
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Mrs. Fairfax Harrison an
nounces the marriage Of her
daughter. Sally, to Mr.. Gerhard
Dieke. The wedding took place
at her home, "Belvoir," in Eau
ouier county, Va, at noon yes
terday. The ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. Sanford L.
Rotter, of The Plains, before a
beautifully improvised altar of
white flowers and green ferns
lit with cathedral candles. in
the long drawing room OF Bel
voir."
Miss Harrison entered the
room with and was given IN
marriage by her brother. Rich
ard Harrison. She wore white
satin gown. simply made, fitted
to her slender figure on princess
lines, with v neck, short sleeves,
a full skirt and a long train.
Her tulle veil was held in place
by a coronet of silver leaves and
she carried a white prayer book.
Miss Maize Baird, a niece OF
the bride, was maid OF honor
and her only attendant. She
wore a lovely costume of blue
taffeta, made with tight bodice,
short sleeves, a long, full skirt
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Louis Owsleys, the Counselor OF
the Cuban Embassy and Sonora
de Baron, the latter in sum-
merry lowered print: the Naval
Attache of the Argentine En-
bassy and Sonora de Sueyro,
and Mrs. Ralph Brewster.
NEAR NEIGHBORS
The Ambassador of Belgium
and Countess van der Straten
Ponthoz were late arrivals but
in time to enjoy seeing some OF
their friends. The countess wore
a print costume in which the
background was of black. DR..
and Mrs. Breckenridge Bayne
strolled up the street to the
party with the Patten sisters,
who are nearby neighbors.
Others who reside near the
scene of yesterdays party who
were in the company were the
Ambassador of Chile. Senior
Manuel Trucco and Senorita
Marta Trucco. The Counselor
of the Chilean Embassy and Sc
nora de Huneeus passed us in
the driveway as we were depart
ing.
Lucy Sharp's black and white
frock, practically backless when
she removed her little Elton
jacket, caused much comment.
Other young people seen were
Ruth Quinn, squirrel by John
Sobotka.
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Pierces. the Edward Jenkinses or
the Robert Winmills) Pile
in a station wagon and cook steak
suppers at Daniels Mill, where
you "shoot the rapids" in a canoe
or swim or loll around. Mary Sci
den Kennedy, big and gorgeous
lassie, and David Warren (Chief
Justice John Marshall's great
grandson) almost drowned when
their canoe upset yeste d d Y
afternoon Learn how to
truck, shag and what-not from
some little darkie groom, or get
the "cullud chillen" in from the
kitchen to dance for your dinner
guests >. Bustle off to market be-
tween the hours of 9 and noon.
Discuss the gossip of the hour, or
q latest recipe or issue invites as
you pass the time o day" with
Mr.. Harry Groome, Mrs. Ster-
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Sallv Harrison Wed at 'BelVOir

son of 1881. She has just re-
ceived her Ph.D. in chemistry
at Johns Hopkins University
Mr.. Dieke is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Gerard Dieke, of Hol-
land. where he graduated from
the University of Leyden In 1925.
He is also a graduate of the
University of California and is
at present associate professor
of physics at the Johns Hopkins
University.
After a short wedding trip,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dieke will make
their home in Baltimore.
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PETER CARTER
Ccc6rate Anniversary of King Carols Accession PETE
Says:

III ERE and there:
II The Shoreham Terrace, packed with people and a
breeze nearly blowing all of away and Margarta Montero
nearby table looking pretty as rose and wearing
orchids and Representative Andy Somers of New York. tax
ing lesrey look around and then settling down Sin
terested ookerone Clyde Herring of Iowa. stop
ping past chat and then rushing off somewhere ese and
Senator and Mrs Royal Copeland and Mrs Copeland holding
reception her table because she left today and you know
she will tell anyone "goodby-it is always Ados
printed affea and John Meiggs Even from California
possessing the mellow and delightful speaking voice
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and she carried an old fash
Toned bouquet of pink roses and
blue forget-me-nots.
Mr.. Dieke had as his best man
DR.. Joseph E. Mayer of Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore,
Md.
Miss Sally Harrison, the
youngest daughter Of the late
Mr., Fairfax Harrison and Mrs,
Harrison, was graduated from
Foxcroft School in 1880 and was
presented to society in Wash
ington and at the Bachelors
Cotillion, in Baltimore, the sea-