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Evening star., 1938-02-08
FIGHT IS MAPPED
IN CONDEMNATION
Michigan Park Citizens Per.
feet Defense for Hear
ing Friday

Branding as unjust, dispropor-
tionate, and contrary to law" the
condemnation and proposed assess
ment Of land about South Dakota
avenue from Eighteenth street to
Michigan avenue NE, the Michigan
Park Citizens Association last night
completed its defense for several hun
dred property owners who would be
affected, and prepared for the sched-
uled hearing this Friday by Chief
Justice Alfred A. Wheat.
The 23-point petition as drawn up
by James G. Wilkes and John F.. Hill
yard. local counsel hired by mass
contributions Of the affected commu-
nifty, was approved unanimously by
125 citizens assembled in Bunker Hill
School last night. New charges In
addition to those presented at a mass
meeting last month are included in
the completed petition.
Previous Dedications Cited.
Mr.. Hillyard points out in his draft
instances where exceptant property
owners and their predecessors in title
have dedicated certain properties
along South Dakota avenue while no
recognition in the form of evidence
has been introduced In the case to
show that such dedications were made.
The fact that verdict after the
initial hearing was arrived at with
out property owners having had an
opportunity to be heard or without
adequate notice prior to hearing" was
also criticized.
Highway Scheme CHARGED.
Contention that the proposed extern
sion would be without strictly local
benefit and that the District was
attempting ito create an artertal
highway for a more direct route from
nearby Maryland into the city" s
detailed In several articles of the
petition.
Opposition to the issuance Of LIQUOR
licenses to two proprrietors Of small
restaurants on Twelfth street between
Quincy street and Michigan avenue
NE. was again voted by the Park
group
A committee Of five was appointed
oy President John j. Hurley to inves-
tlgate a movement Of the Northeast
Conference OF Citizens Associations to
establish q boys club for the north
east section.
Nominations prior to elections next
month were held. Mr.. Hurley was
selected for his third term as pres
ident.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
HOSPITAL CHANGES
DUE E|NALEXANDR|A
Resignation of Mrs. Mar
garet Fair as Superintend.
ent Brings Action.
BY . stan Correspondent o, The star

BY Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. g.
Sweeping changes in management
methods at the Alexandria Hospital
were due to be considered by the
medical staff and Board Of Lady
Managers today in the wake OF the
regisnation yesterday Of Mrs. Mar
garet Page Fair, superintendent for
the past six months.
The board also Is slated to pass on
Mrs. Fairs resignation. The super
intendent said she was quitting to
accept hospital position in New
York City.
She insisted. however, she was not
reslgnlng under FIRE, that she had
rendered her resignation twice pre-
viously and 1T had been refused, and
added she recently had received a
letter Of confidence from the board
Mrs. Fair said she was advised neither
the president nor Executive Commit
tee of the Board of Lady Managers
would attend today's meeting.
A few hours after Mrs. Fair an
nounced her resignation the medical
staff of the institution met in special
session and drafted a letter to the
Board Of Lady Managers charging
Mrs. Fair is not qualified person
to serve as superintendent of the
hospital" They said. I'VE felt from
our observation of Mrs. Fair in action
that she was entirely unsuited for the
position Of superintendent.
Discharge Recommended.
I'VE unanimously demand her i'm
mediate discharge and vacation of
the premises within "a hours" the
letter adds. 1t further recommends:
That the board, cooperating with
the medical staff. Immediately desig-
nate someone as acting superin-
tendent.
THAT the staff be authorized to
designate three doctors to suggest q
general policy for the acting super
intendent with regard to all matters
involving technical questions and
technical and professional personnel.
THAT the Board of Lady Managers
appoint committee Of three to work
with the three doctors mentioned in
developing list of several qualified
candidates from which the board may
select with confidence a permanent
superintendent.
Desire Proper Working Basis.
The letter concluded that the staff
made the suggestions only through q
desire to aid lin the task of restoring
order where chaos exists and of re-
turning the hospital to a proper
working basis"
The hospitals Board of Lady Man.
ayers Is said to have sole power of
employing personnel at present. The
hospital also has q Board of Trustees
who serve In custodial capacity and
q Board of Directors exercising fiscal
control.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
DROUGHT VICTIMS
LIVING IN HOPE
Destitute Farm People Face
Uncertain Future, but
Refuse to Leave,
BY the Associated Press.

1y ZIG hSBOclAtSQ frek.
WILLLSTON, N. OAK, Feb. g.
Victims Of successive years Of drought
and crop failures, nine out of ten farm
families in Williams and Divide
Counties, North Dakota, live oour-
sgeously today on hope and Federal
relief grants averaging slightly moro
than dollar . day per family.
These are destitute farm people
who face an uncertain future on land
that hasn't produced a good crop
since the 1929 stock market crash.
They have seen their resources dwin-
die until they have nothing they can
call their own-land, machinery and
live stock all mortgaged.
c. H. Lockrem, district supervisor
for the Farm Security Administration,
said today that 2,97l farm families
Of an estimated $500 in the two
counties were receiving relief grants.
'The problem is becoming more
acute daily as the grant rolls In
crease" he asserted
Some Of these families would like
to abandon the land but lack funds.
Where would we go?" they ask.
1--WE are broke and have nothing
with which to get new start"
Others have retained something OF
the pioneering spirit that marked the
homesteading Of this area at the turn
of the century and wouldn't leave II
they could. The have faith and en-
phatically assert that few goo6
crops will make things boom.
Both groups have hope-hope that
this will be the comeback year. They
have been encouraged by Meteorol-
ogist Ross o. Miller, who said that
conditions this year were better for
a crop than any time since 1927.
There is sub-soil moisture this winter
from rains Of last fall.
Already hundreds Of inquiries for
seed and production loans have come
to Federal agencies. Desperate ~
they are, the farmers want to try
again, If the Government will stake
them. They want to try again even
though it was SO dry last year that
seeds didn't germinate and the sight
Of green grass was likened to finding
a needle in haystack."
Some Of these farmers were origi-
nal homesteaders-men who farmed
profitably for Is years, acquired addi-
tional acres for wheat and feed crops.
increased their herds OF cattle and
then saw their holdings vanish.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
MRS. CATHERINE MILLER
WRITES FOR DAUGHTER
woman Believed Missing Sends
Special Delivery Letter
From Leonardtovn.

Mrs. Catherine Miller, 20, who vas
reported missing yesterday by the
couple with whom she left her 6-year.
ola daughter. Catherine Lorraine, sent
q special delivery letter to the couple
last night in which she explained she
wished her child to join her at Leon
ardtoWn Md.
MRS. Miller wrote to Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Jennes, 522 Sixth street Me-,
Win whom she and the child had been
rooming for several weeks, saying she
would make arrangements to have the
child brought to her at Leonardtown
Mr. and Mrs. Jennes told police the
mother left Saturday morning without
letting them know of her plans.
A lookout was broadcast for the
missing woman.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
EXPLANATION ASKED
IN LIBRARY DISPUTE
Board Seeks to Learn Why Asso.
citation Was Refused County
Building Snace.

9y star Correspondent Of The star.
SILVER SPRING, Nd, Feb. g.
Howard P. Bailey, president OF the
Silver Spring Library Association
Trustees, today asked County Com
missioner Paul M. Coughlan for an
explanation of his refusal to permit
use Of the county building hearing
room.
Mr.. Bailey pointed out that the
associations quarters In the Jesup
Blair Community Center are made
quate. and that larger quarters were
urgently needed. He also asked clari-
fication of the opinion offered by F.
Barnard Welsh, counsel to the county
board, that the law did not permit
the library to occupy county build
Ing.
I'VE cannot, on the basis of such
knowledge as We have, comprehend
the logic Of the county attorneys
opinion" Mr.. Bailey wrote in part.
He states that library service is not
one of the purposes for which the
county building was constructed. We
would appreciate copy of the legis-
lation in which these purposes are
specified. We find it difficult to recon-
cile the occupancy Of a portion of the
building by the Public Health Lay
Committee with his statement con-
corning use of the building for the
purposes for which it was erected.
If non-tax supported organiza-
ton, such as the committee, no mat
ter how valuable its services, can
have portion Of the building, surely
anything as vital to the community
life as public library, serving as il
does to supplement the work OF the
public school system and legalized tc
the extent that 1t Is tax supported
should have legal right to use oi
the building.
If there are other and more i'm.
portant reasons why the public library
should not be located in the county
building, or If the board has some
alternative to offer, would like tt
be advised in order to make a full
report to the association and ad.
visory council, composed of represent.
atives Of all civic, parent-teacher anc
similar organizations in the com.
munity"
Evening star., 1938-02-08

The disturbance that was over Nova
Scotia Monday morning has advanced east
northeastward. being central about $50
miles east Of Newfoundland and a sec
ondary is central about 200 miles southeast
of Cape Race, Newfoundland with lowest
pressure pressure about 1880 ineres; The dis
ya1ced northeastward. being central over
Hudson Bay. Port Harrison. Quebec, oa.7S
inches; Pressure is also low on the British
Columbia coast. Langara Island. 1884
inches with q trough extending southeast
ward to Wyominx: Lander, 29.1a inches.
bee. San Maur. 30.64 inches. south and
ssouthwestward to the East Gulf states:
eastward. P!S Pressure is also high over ths
inches with a wedge extending southeast
ward to saskatcheyan, PRINCE Albert. 30:44
have occurred in the Middle % and NORTH
Paciilc States and light snow. in. the
Northern Plateau region and Montana.
Temperatures have fallen in the Atlantic
States. Eastern Montana and the Dokotas.
while they have risen in the Upper Lake
region. the Lower Missouri and Upper
Mississippi Valleys and over the Southern
Plateau.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
IL Volunteer BLOOD
Policemen Appear at Hospital 80
Minutes After Call.

Twelve policemen appeared at
Emergency Hospital to have their
blood tested today within 20 minutes
after q notice was flashed over police
teletypes asking for volunteer blood
dohors for Sergt. Eslie Williams of
the Traffic Division.
Sergt. williams, 81, Of 1910 Buchan-
an street NV, was reported seriously
Nl..of erysipelas ut the hospital. He
Joined the police foros In 1907.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
$1,000 BILLS HOARDED

Some people must be boarding ST.
900 bills, Treasury officials said today.
Most denominations Of currency de-
clined In circulation last year. but the
"grands" increased $4,000 900 worth
to 1888 100000. That's a $1,000 bill
for every 450 persons in the country.
The $50 bill suffered the worst slump
in usage drop of S26, ,00O, ,000-al-
though there were 81, ATS, 900, 900 worth
still around.
Evening star., 1938-02-08

man Palmisano, though he had tried
diligently, and hence he still didn't
know.
At the committee room, he informed
the group. he was told that the bill
was slated to be referred to the Judi
ciary subcommittee, headed by Repre-
sentative McGehee Of Mississippi. but
the subcommittee had been tied up
with q mass Of other legislation.
After reviewing briefly the origin
and status Of the legislation. which is
designed to strengthen the lottery
law and give the authorities 4 more
potent weapon against the numbers,
DR.. Colvin concluded his report by
writing:
Il have been unable to get in touch
with Mr.. Palmisano."
Instructed to Press Inquiry.
Dr. Colvin WAS instructed to con-
tinue his efforts and report back the
results, If any.
After adjournment of the closed
meeting, William Roy Valance, chair
man OF the organizations Legislative
Committee. said the lawyers present
felt that the House District Committee
should have . chance At least to con-
slider the numbers bill, even II Chair
man Palmisano felt it was unvise
legislation
The Federal attorneys, it was ex-
planned, didn't think the chairman
should sit on" such legislation indefi-
nitely.
During the discussion. mention vas
Evening star., 1938-02-08
DOCKSTR|KE'SEN
BELIEVED IN VIEW
Settlement of Puerto Rican
Labor Trouble Seen To.
day or Tomorrow.

~ the Associated Press.
Omcials said today early reports
from Puerto Rico indicated a settle
ment might be reached today or
tomorrow" in the blockade OF the
island resulting from a stevedores'
strike which began January at all
the insular seaports.
They said workers all over the
Island were voting today on whether
to accept Professionally the 40 cents
an hour offer made by shipping COM
pAnies while an arbitration commit
tee considers more permanent set
tlenent Of the dispute between dock
workers and the steamship lines.
Labor Department officials said
Conciliator ]. L. Bernard was serving
IN an advisory capacity to the arbi-
tration committee composed of 1nsular
Supreme Court Justice Emilio del
Toro, Federal Judge Robert Cooper
and 1nsular Auditor Leslie A. Mac
Leod.
Situation Held Critical.
Reopening Of the channels of COM
merce in San Juan, where a tie-up
OF shipping has resulted in the shut
down of major industries throughout
the island, was regarded in Wash
ington as of extreme Importance. De-
scribing the situation as critical" !"
omcials had hoped to receive word
last night that the way was clear for
Idle ships to load and unload.
For more than Ave weeks San Juan
has been so effectively "blockaded"
by the Committee for Industrial Or
ganization organized strike that only
a few passenger steamers carrying
United States mail have arrived or
departed from the harbor. There
has been no interruption of mail
service, the Post ONCE Department
said. and the needle industry in the
island has resorted to use Of the parcel
post in efforts to send goods and
clothing to American customers.
DR.. Gruening Confident.
DR.. Ernest Gruening. director Of
the Division of Territories and Island
Possessions in the Interior Depart
nent. said he was confident that
Gov. Blanton Winship has the situa-
ton under complete control" There
is no present fear Of rioting or dis
orders.
The Arbitration Board, headed by
Justice Martin Traveiso of the Su-
preme Court, met for the first time
yesterday. Mr.. Bernard is using his
influence to bring about an early set
tlement of the strike
onicials here do not believe it is
necessary for Washington to make
any other move. While the Govern
ment is fully cognizant of possible
dangers in the present situation, espe-
cially of the serious threat of a food
famine. it is not prepared to do more
than what the Labor Department is
now attempting
The loss in trade already exceeds
AD,000,000, 1t was said. While q few
Of the sugar mills still are operating,
. prolongation of the strike would
result in critical economic conse-
quences. Thus far there has been
only one disturbance of record. That
was last week, when farmers, unable
to send out any Of their produce,
attacked . G. I. o. organizer on the
docks.
Of6cials believed the worst posi-
bic development that could happen
would be sympathetic strike OF ship
crews. For this reason Gov. Winship
has cautiously refrained from any
attempt at force to take over the
jobs OF the striking stevedores and
longshoremen.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
NYE WOULD ASK HULL
TO PROBE SPY REPORT
Proposes He Ascertain Basis of
Rumor o. S. Flyers Gave Japa.
ueSe Secrets to prItsin

w
By the Associated Press.
Senator Nye, Republican, of North
Dakota proposed yesterday that Sec
retary Hull ascertain the basis Of a
report that American naval flyers,
while searching for Amelia Earhart
had learned Japanese military secrets
and revealed them to Great Britain.
He said the report was printed in
Smiths Weekly, which he described
rs a widely-read Australian journal,
1t indicated, he added, that the naval
flyers had "spied upon" Japanese
naval bases and turned over their find-
ings to the British Admiralty"
Senator Nye told the Senate he al
ready had written to the Secretaries
of State and Navy about the report,
and that both had informed him there
was no basis tor It.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
UNOFFICIAL D. C.FLAG
REQUESTED BY HAzEN
Bill Sent to Congress Would Have
Secretaries of War and Navy
Help in Picking One.

Designation of an unofficial nag for
the District is proposed IN . bill for
warded to Congress by Commissioner
Melvin G. Hazen. He explained that
all the States have flags and that the
National Capital frequently is embar-
rassed by not having one for display at
parades and other celebrations.
The flag would be selected by COM
mission to consist Of the Secretary Of
War. the Secretary of Navy and the
president Of the Board Of Commis-
sioners. The Fine Arts Commission
would pass on the design before It was
adopted.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
Congress in Brief
By the Associated Press.

TODAY.
Farmhouse debates control
bill.
Anti-lynching - Southern Senators
continue filibuster.
Naval Admiral Leahy continues
testimony on new defense program be-
lore House Naval Committee.
Banking-Chairman Jones of r. r.
G. gives House Banking Committee
suggestions for lending legislation.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Will continue anti-lynching debate,
with possibility Of other business being
brought up.
Appropriations Subcommittee, fur
ther executive hearing on District ap-
preparation bill.
Judiciary Committee, 1890, hearing
on proposal for q referendum vote on
constitutional amendments.
Judiciary Subcommittee. further
hearings. 10:30, on equal rights
amendment to Constitution.
Commerce Committee. resumption
OF merchant marine hearings, 1880.
Interstate Commerce Committee, ex-
ecutive, miscellaneous business
House:
Considers miscellaneous bills on CAL.
endar.
Subcommittee of Appropriations
Committee continue hearings on In
terror, War and Agriculture supply
bills, 10 am.
Indian Affairs Committee considers
general Indian bills, 1890 Am.
immigration and Naturalization
Committee considers private bills,
1890 am.
Patents Committee resumes hearings
on bill to establish Department Of
Science, Art and Literature. 1880 an.
District Committee eonhders mis-
ee'lansous hllA 1p:3o an.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
DENTISTS WIFE SUES
FOR DIVORCE DECREE
DR.. Stephen L. De Burr Charged
With Desertion-She Seeks
CUSTODY of Children.

Charging infidelity, Mrs. May v.
De Burr, 3700 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, filed suit in District Court to-
day for absolute divorce from DR..
Stephen L. De Burr, . dentist, with
ofices in the Argonne Apartments.
Through Attorney John Malloy, she
told the court her husband deserted
her and their two children about
Easter, 1885.
He has an extensive and lucrative
practice and also deals In the stock
market, she stated.
The court was asked TO award her
custody Of the children. a girl, 10
years old, and a boy, 8, and to order
DR.. De Burr to pay her alimony.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
Rabbi Breslau to Speak.

Rabbi 1sadore Breslau Of the Open
Court Club will address the Jewish
Community Center Institute on Re
ilslon and Science At $50 pm. to-
morrow. Leo A. Diamond will intro
duce the speaker.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
JAMES M. HICKS DIES:
P. W. A. SECTION CHIEF
connected With Engraving Divi-
slon-Expires Suddenly in
x Street Apartment.

James M. Hicks, Al, a section chief
IN the engineering division of the Pub.
ac Works Administration, died early
today in his apartment, at 1900 K
street NV.
Mr.. Hicks was pronounced dead by 4
physician called in by q nurse. Well
known in the P. W. A., where he has
oeen employed since its establishment
IN 1888, Mr.. Hicks had but recently re-
turned from a business trip in the
South. it was said,
MIS-. Margaret Hicks, his widow,
was said to be visiting relatives in Co
lumous, Ohio. Mr.. Hicks was a native
OF Dayton, Ohio, friends said.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
THE WEATHER REPORT

District OF ColumbaFar
with minimum tonight
Maryland
and
Evening star., 1938-02-08
Federal Bar Presses Inquiry
On Anti-Numbers Bill DELAY
Effort to See Paln,isnno Fails, and Rea-
son for Inaction Remains Mystery.
Chance to Vote Urged.

THE crime situation
national disgrace There is small hope
conditions body tenrv remains
Indifferent, unnformed
ATTORNEY GENERAL CUMMINGS
Evening star., 1938-02-08
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

why he G House District Committee has held the Senate
oers racket bill for lacking
proved question when brought
meeting OF the Legislative
the Federal Bar Association
been commissioned to nnd ont renort.d
Evening star., 1938-02-08
Salaries May Be Boosted.

Netherlands Indies may increase
government salAsy allowances $780,.
900 this yeax.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
Report for Last "a Hours.
Record for Last "a Hours

Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Hishest, 81. 4:1O pm. yesterday. Year
ago, 81.
Lowest, 80. $50 am. today. Year
ago, 36.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 50, on February 9.
Lowest, 18, on January 2S.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 10 per cent. at $40 am. to-
day.
Lowest, 80 per cent. at noon today
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac clear At Great
Falls today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today. Tomorrow.
HiRh - 1927 An. 2.34 am.
Low -------- 7:bS am. p:O6 am.
Alen ----------- s.vo pm. ,o.aU p.m'
Low ------------ o.of PIN. AV.Vo p.m.
The Sun sAd MooA.
sss: sss: ,sss!.ev tssss - ,37:s: e: Ill.,
xatemebiis lights must s. turned on
ons-hsn hour sfteI sunset.
Evening star., 1938-02-08

1urlng the discussion, mention was
Evening star., 1938-08-11
BY the Associated Press.

0S tHe ASSOCIATED tIeSS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1l.-A rally in
Japanese dollar loans in response to
the halt in Siberian border hostilities
and general downward drift in
domestic corporate issues featured to-
days bond market.
Higher from the start, Japanese
government 5i2s and IS held gains of
2 to 3 points near the final hour
japanese municipal and industrial is
sues also rallied strongly. Toxic City
6lzs rose more than and Yoko-
hama IS /.
Rails were under pressure, some
Gliding of to around 3 points Delay
in adjusting the rail labor wage diff
ferences tended to restrict trading
demand.
On the loss side were Kansas City
Southern IS of so; Lehigh Valley 4l2s
of 2003; Great Northern 4l2s (E) of
TT; Illinois Central 4s4s. Southern
Pacific AVS of 81 and Nickel Plate IS.
Price movements in utility and indus
trial divisions were narrow and mixed.
U. S. Governments turned irregular
In the final hour, ending 4-32ds lower
to 5-32ds higher
Elsewhere the tendency was down.
ward to the close A few top-grade
liens made narrow gains, including
Bethlehem Steel 3s4s. up a at 99as
and American Telephone 3l.s, 4
higher at 103$4
Walworth As lost IL at So, Stude-
baker IS II. at 70 and Northern Pa
eific Is, l3s lower at s2l2
Evening star., 1938-08-11
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Aug. l-1ndications
that Argentina is preparing to COM
pete actively for world export business,
together with Jap-Russian stoppage
of fighting. tumbled wheat down 2ss
cents today to fresh 5-year-low-price
records.
Bright prospects for increased Ar
gentine crops were reported Large
shipments of wheat out Of Russia
formed an added bearish influence.
At the close, Chicago wheat futures
were 1A-2A cents lower, compared
with yesterdays finish; September,
62A so y; December. 64ss -6412; corn,
1ss-l's down; September, 49a4 -497s
December, AN ATS, and Oats, .-as