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Evening star., 1938-04-20
WEATHER REPORT

CollmbaLght
Marylandscatted tonight
tomorrow partly cloudy
sna-Mosy cloudy and scattered showers tonight possibly
IN south portion tomorrow morning. much
West Vrgna-Mosy
probably showers portion tonight.
Evening star., 1938-04-20
Windsors Go to Riviera.

VERSAILLES. France, April 20 up.
The Duke and Duchess OF Windsor
left last night for Antilles, on the Ri
viera, where. friends said, they planned
to rent for several months the Chateau
de Croe, owned by the American-born
Sir Pomeroy Burton.
Evening star., 1938-04-20

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelts reiteration OF
his belief in peaceful negotiations"
strengthened the arguments of his
Senate lieutenants yesterday that the
$l,l56, 100000 naval expansion pro-
gram could not be construed as war
like.
Mr.. Roosevelt said at his press con-
ference yesterday that this Govern
ment viewed with sympathetic in
terest' the new accord reached by
Britain and Italy, He refrained. how
ever from any references to the politi-
cal conditions which impelled it.
The United States, the President
said, believes in the promotion Of
world peace through the friendly solu-
ton by peaceful negotiation between
nations Of controversies which may
arise between them,
He said the White House had given
no opinion on the wisdom of a pro-
posal by Representative Scott, Demo.
crat, California, to have the State De-
partment issue list formally naming
international treaty violators. Repre-.
sentative SCOTS goal was reported to
be an unofficial boycott of Italy, Ger.
many and Japan.
Walsh Defends Prograh.
The international note ran through
Senate discussions Of the House-ap-
proved bill to authorize an increase of
20 per cent in the Nays strength.
This program looks large when you
consider 1t by itself" Chairman Walsh,
Democrat, Massachusetts,, of the Naval
Committee told reporters" but when
you compare our position with that Of
other nations it is very merger"
Senator Walsh said many Senator's
were shocked" when debate devel-
oped that the projected increase would
not bring this country up to the
5-5-3 ratio once lad down for Britain,
United States and Japan.
The Senate approved most CON-
mittee amendments to the measure
yesterday, causing Senator Barkley
of Kentucky the Democratic leader,
to predict final passage by tomorrow.
But from Senator Nye. Republican,
of North Dakota. an opponent, came
a statement that I'VE have between
~ and As votes against the bill and
we will keep debating it for two weeks
or more"
Senator Nye SAID he would stress
the argument that we have ADEQUATE
national defense against any attack
against even simultaneous attack on
both coasts"
Amendments Approved.
Amendments approved without OBJ
lection would increase the number Of
authorized auxiliary ships from % to
26 and would require shipbuildins to
be carried out under terms of tlla
Walsh Healy act, which imposes wae,
and hour standards on Government.
contractors.
Although originally approving a.
amendment to wipe out a House
approved authorization of s3.ooo.OoO
for building a dirigible, the Senate
later reconsidered and delayed ac-
ton.
Remaining committee amendments,
which were expected to arouse a
vigorous floor fight. would increase
from 5000 to $4,000 the maximum
tonnage of three new battleships to
be built under the expansion program
and would lift from $4,000 to 10000
the tonnage maximum for two new
aircraft carriers.
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Fairfax Meeting Postponed.

FAIRFAX, Va. April 20.-The
meeting of the Fairfax Citizens Asso-
citation, scheduled for tomorrow eve
ming, has been postponed until next
Wednesday in the court house at
1870 pm.
Evening star., 1938-04-20
Party at Lyon Park.

LYON PARK, Va, April 20 (Spe-
ciaD The Lyon Park Citizens As
sociation will hold its annual benefit
spring card party Friday at pm.
at the Lyon Park Community House.
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Report for Last 81 Hours.
Record for Last "a Hours

Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon todayO
Hiehest. 81. $50 pm. yesterday. year
Lowest, IS. 4 am. today. Year aso. SO.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. rs, on April IA.
Lowest. 1s. on January 2S.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon todayo
Highest. S5 per cent. at 30 a m. TO-DAY.
Lowest. 10 per cent. at 4:3O pm. yes
terday
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
To-day Tomorrow.
Hiph 1l:4lam l2:l4 O. m.
low 6:O1 am 6:54 am.
Hish - 1890 p.m.
Low - 6:42 pm. I:30 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets
Sun, today 5:26 b:49
Sun. tomorrow - 5:25 $50
Noon, today -- BIB pm.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
Ut Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
1t Great Fal1 today.
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Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital lcurCent month 10 datel
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NAVAL EXPANSION
BLOC HEARTENED
Roosevelt Reasserts His
Belief in Peaceful
Negotiations.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Naval expansion program has
been gro,Ding in cost almost dauy
since its Introduction into Congress
last Uinter at request OF President
Roosevelt. At that time, President
1Drote that Nation should strength
en- detenses in uteU OF absence OF
assurances that tDorld Uould Iona
remain at peace.
Evening star., 1938-06-09
Ohioan Who Aduises DictatOrs
By Phone Calls, Here for Peace
And Mr.. Abe Pickus Ii
Determined to Get
Action BY U. S.

When European dictators pick up
their telephones they're apt to get
Abe Pickus and bit Of free advice
from Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr.. lickus Is the peace-lovinR
American citizen who advised Mus
solini to get his Black Shirts out Of
Spain. He told Franco to quit bomb
ing Barcelona and warned France
she might become "second-rate
power"
1 After sinking several thousand dol
lars in transatlantic telephone calls
Mr.. Pickus came on to Washington
to take up the cause Of peace with
the State Department, the White
House and Congress.
Mr.. Pickus said that foreign diplo-
mats and statesmen could learn a
lot in Washington about buck pass
ing. He says the State Department
advised him to take up peace with
Congress, and that Congressman sent
him to the White House, where he
learned that he should 60 to the
State Department.
Oil Pays for Calls.
But Mr.. Pickus is not discouraged
I'm here for one purpose" he said,
peace! I've got enough money
for plenty more telephone calls. MY
oil business back in Cleveland takes
care of that think I'll call up the
President of France next"
Mr.. Pickus usually gets secretaries
on the wire, although he says his
transatlantic call once drew Gen.
Franco to the phone.
II advised him to make peace"
Mr.. Pickus said, "and he told me he
was in favor Of peace. I told. him
to call general election, and he
said he couldn't understand me as
he was a little deaf"
The Germans, according to Mr..
Pickus, are abrupt, to say the least.
When Mr.. Pickus told one of Hitler's
secretaries that Germany would be
wiped off the map" If she started
another war the secretary hung up
on him.
The British, too, can be bit tough.
Mr.. Pickus could get no satisfaction
out Of the prime minister's 'secre-
taries when he told them to clean
house in Palestine.
The Slippery japanese.
The Japanese, Mr.. Pickus finds, are
real diplomats.
When Mr.. Pickus told the Japanese
Ambassador to abandon the conquest
Of China he was informed, he said,
that the Japanese people desired
peace with all their hearts. "The
japanese give you nice words" Mr..
Evening star., 1938-06-09
SUGGEST CLAYTON
AS COMMISSIONER
Rhode IsIandAvenue Citizens
DepIore Postponement
OF viaduct.

The Rhode Island Avenue Citizens
Association last night recommended
William NICK. Clayton as worthy of
consideration for the post of District
Commissioner, which becomes vacant
September /.
The author of the resolution, George
Target, made it plain that the recon-
mendation was not made at the ex-
pense of other possible candidates for
the Office, and that the letter sent to
the President was meant to be merely
q suggestion of worthy candidate.
The action of Congress in passing
measure postponing for two years
the erection of proposed viaduct at
Brentwood road and T street NE.
was deplored by the association. Free
man Weiss, president, said there had
been no public hearings on the bill,
which was ''railroaded" through Con-
gress The bill is now awaiting the
signature Of President Roosevelt.
Branch Library Sought.
Mr.. Weiss invited the adjacent citi-
zens' associations to join with the
Rhode Island avenue group in at
tempting to secure another branch
library for the Brookland- Woodbridge
Langdon area. He said joint COM
mittee Of the associations was to be
formed to get such a project into
the next District of Columbia appro-
priation.
Probable additions to the Langdon
Park tennis courts in the near future
were forecast by Wallace E. Perry,
secretary, after reading a communica-
ton from c. Marshall Finnan, super
, intendent of National Capital parks,
which said the matter was under con-
sideration.
Restoration of German classes at
the Mckinley High School was advo-
Gated by several members of the asso-
citation, and the matter was turned
over to the Schools Committee. Har-
old ]. Clay said there had been no
German language classes at Mckinley
for several years and Northeast stu
dents wishing to study the language
had been forced to go to Central.
Celebration Plans Revealed.
A Fourth of July celebration to be
given by the citizens associations of
the Northeast section was announced
by Mr.. Weiss. He urged all members
to attend the fete, which is to con-
sist of athletic contests, a baseball
game, parade and band concerts. He
said probable visitors to the affair
would include Miss Sybil Baker, head
of the District Playground Depart
ment; Mr.. Finnan and Walter john
~son, former big league baseball star.
Another protest was made against
the absence of white center lines
on New York avenue NE. between
Bladensburg road and Florida avenue.
New members admitted to the asso-
citation included A. Edwin Sparks
r. H. Sarrett, Carl S. Engel, E. A.
Spargo, Miss Frances Farrell, Michael
]. Pauline, Roy S. Clarke, Roy E.
Stokes, Harold A. Mayer and Mrs.
c. D. Jones.
A bylaw of the association calling
> for a monthly meeting IL months
year was set aside. The association
will reopen in September. -
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some action and less buck passing
out Of the Federal departments here
he's going to take up matters with
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
Mr.. Pickus Is conducting q one
man campaign for world peace be-
cause he saw war In France, where
he was wounded twice. and where
he helped to bury 500 dead.
He wants our Government to quit
selling guns, ammunition and wal
planes to Europe. He's going to stay
here, he says. until he can get some
thing done about the situation.
Evening star., 1938-06-09

tured by both sides In the Spanish
Civil War.
Ambassador Bowers since early In
the war has maintained headquarters
at st. Jean de LUZ, France, across the
border from Spain.
At the same time reports from in
slrgent Spain said Harold T. Dahl Of
Champaign, Ill, an insurgent prisoner
since last July, when he was captured
as government aviator, had been
given the freedom Of Salamanca on the
promise not to attempt escape.
Evening star., 1938-06-09
LITvIN0FF GIVES DINNER
FOR RETIRING u. S. ENVOY
Ambassador. and Mrs. Davies to
Leave Friday for His New
Post in Belgium.
sociated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, June 9.-Soviet Foreign
Minister Maxim Litvinof gave a din
ner last night in honor of United
States Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
and Mrs. Davies, who leave Friday for
Mr.. Davies new post in Brussels.
The entire staff of the American
Embassy attended, along with high
Soviet officials and the Belgian Min
lister, G. Hendricks, and his wife.
In a short speech Ltvinoff said
there was q latent, Unprecedented
mutual sympathy and respect between
the American and Russian peoples.
Mr.. Davies replied by agreeing with
Litvinof's remarks about Russo
American relations and praising Soviet
economic achievements.
Evening star., 1938-06-09
Dog Bites Danish Queen.

COPENHAGEN. June R)-Queen
Alexandrine Of Denmark was recover
ing today from dog bite and probably
win not participate In celebration Of
the Soth birthday Of King Gustav v Of
Sweden at Stockholm June 16.
Evening star., 1938-06-09
AMERICAN PRISONERS
EXCHANGE IS SOUGHT
Ambassador Bowers Reported
Requesting Trade by Rebels
and Loyalists.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 9.-United States Am.
bassador Claude q. Bowers was re.
ported last night to have asked thu
Spanish government and the ins,lrgent
regime at Burgos to consent to an ex.
change Of American volunteers cap.
Evening star., 1938-06-09

Pickus said, "but they won't put them
in writing"
Mr.. Pickus said that unless he gets
The Washington times., 1938-03-03

} everything points to the
plane having been forced down
somewhere in the canyon near
the southern California Edison
generating plant No. 3 on the
north fork of the San Joaquin
River" o. w. Coyle, chief pilot
of the western region for TWA,
declared. ,,.<
MINUTE SURVEY MADE
Coyle and Hubert Stancil
Fresno TWA manager, were di.
recting a ground crew survey on
the south side of the river between
the Edison plant and powerhouse
No. of the San Joaquin Light &
Power Company, approximately 20
miles west.
1t was in this region that a crew
under Stancil at dusk last night
reported finding Of a scar on the
mountainside which indicated the
plane had crashed in that area.
Coyle declared he believed Pilot
John D. Graves descended to get
under the ceiling of clouds and
when he found himself over the
rugged mountainous crags at.
tempted to follow the course of
the San Joaquin River with ground
contact rather than pulling up
blind into the clouds.
FEARS THE WORST
"It would be a natural course
under such conditions" Coyle
said.
Coyle was pessimistic about the
possibility of any of the nine per.
sons aboard the plane being found
alive.
"The plane was travelling
about 180 miles per hour" he
said, "and if it cracked up in
the mountains, as appears Ger.
tain,. searchers will tind it de.
moliShed."
Ground crews appeared to be
the only means Of searching avail.
able today as low ceiling, heavy
rains and poor visibility combined
to keep searching planes grounded
at the flooded Fresno Airport.
The Washington times., 1938-03-03
Lost Liners Trail !.
Leads to Canyon
.1" Of Sierra's River
Little Hope Held for Nine Aboard as Search
/ Is Pushed TOrtuOusLy on Foot

NoRTHFoRK, Cal, March 8 (LN.S).-Armed with def
mite information that the missing TWA sounger with nine
persons flew this rugged mountainous district for at least
eight minutes before it disappeared Tuesday night ground
Of the Sierra national forestry service searched both
sides of the rivers canyon today
The Washington times., 1938-03-03
STARS, STUDIOS
BIC SUFFERERS.
THROUGH FLOOD
One Set Swept Away;
Many Homes Hit
BY MILTON HARKER

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, March 3
U.N.s) (via short wave radio to
New York; Major studios came
in for their share of grief as
result of the worst storm in South
ern California in so years.
Twentieth-C Century Fox reported
that Scottish village set for the
picture kidnapped" had been COM
pletely demolished.
FAKE WHALE LOST
At the Warner Brothers lot a
large tin and Wooden whale used
in when You Were Born" was
caught in a torrent of rushing
waters and carried off into the
Los Angeles River.
Many stars, including Bob Burns,
George Jessel and Jimmy Ellison
told their studios they were unable
to leave their homes because of
flood conditions.
Director George Marshall of
Twentieth Century Fox jumped
from his car near Malibu Pier in
time to escape a slide which
washed his sedan into the Pacific.
CAPRA FLEES HOME
Director Frank Capra planned
abandonment of his house between
Malibu and Los Fores because it
was feared that a dam over Malibu
Greek, approximately four miles
back in the mountains, might
break.
Madeleine Carroll, motion pic
ture star, started for Los Angeles
from Malibu and narrowly escaped
death in the same slide that car
ried away Marshall's car. She and
Marshall returned to the movie
colony on foot.
DRINKING WATER Low
A storm flume leading from
Roosevelt Highway to the sea, in.
stalled after the flood of 1884 car
ried capacity flood waters to the
ocean and kept water from enter
ing any houses in the movie col
ony proper at Malibu.
1t was estimated that the beach
water supply would be exhausted
within a few hours. Bottled water
was available at the colony groc-
cry, however.
The Washington times., 1938-03-03
TRAINS STALLED
DAY ON COAST

SANTA SUSANNA, Cal, March
3 QN.SO.-Hundreds of Southern
Pacific railroad passengers, bound
from San Francisco to Los
Angeles, remained aboard the
Lark and Sunset, two crack
limiteds, here today, more than
"a hours overdue at Los Angeles.
Railroad officials rushed busses
here to transfer the passengers to
Los Angeles, 27 miles south Of
here, but after arrival of the
buses it was learned that the
highways had been washed out.
Plenty of food and heat were
available on the trains, company
officials said. The passengers
faced additional delays Of more
than "a hours.
The northbound daylight limit
ed, bound for San Francisco. is
stalled at north Los Angeles. with
The Washington times., 1938-03-03
VENTURA RIVER
BURSTS BANKS,
FLOODING CITY
Red Cross Shelters
Homeless Hundreds

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March .
0.N.SO (via short wave radio to
New York; The coast city OF
Ventura so miles north Of here
was in a state Of flood today.
One man was dead and two
others we're reported missing
while scores Of families living In
lowlands were marooned as Q res
suit of the torrential rains. Tbs
Ventura River burst its banks in
four different places. =
The Red Cross set up heads
quarters in a municipal ballroom
to care for hundreds Of persons
made temporarily homeless by the
storms. -
Several bridges including the
county year-old $150,0O0 Bard Me-
mortal Bridge were washed away.
telephone lines we're down and Ill
roads out of the city were blocked
by flood waters and debris from
the wrecked bridges.
In the rich Ventura oil fields
waters of the swollen Ventura
River ripped at the big derricks,
causing thousands Of dollars dam
age. =
The Washington times., 1938-03-03

Arriving here from her home
town some five years, Miss Lam
obtained a job at the Shoreham.
The assistant housekeepership fol-
lowed a period of devotion to her
task and the assignment to Con-
stance Benefits suite during the
screen stars recent visit came as
a matter Of course.
The Washington times., 1938-03-03
PGrrOn Asks
NeWSetup

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the District Health Department
and the Public Health Service.
He said he recommended estab-
lishment of $50 additional beds
because q ratio Of Eat least" two
beds should be maintained for
each of the new tuberculosis cases
reported each year. Washington'S
tubercular cases, he explained,
average 800 a year.
"This is a minimum figure"
DR.. Parran said, "and in New
York two and a half beds are
provided for each of the average
tuberculosis cases. Even these
facilities are being taxed in New
York"
Parran told the Commissioners
very significant improvements"
have materialized under the
regime of Health Officer George
G. Rutland.
However" PaTan said. "the
District Health Department is
faced with an accumulation
from many years of neglect.
It is inevitable that DR.. Ruh'
land as yet has been unable to
catch up with this accumula-
ton"
The Public Health Service
recommendations, DR.. Farran ex'
planned, we're undertaken with
DR.. Robert Olsen, Assistant Sur.
geon General, and Is other
Health Service experts.
The Washington times., 1938-03-03
IStudent Airm1Gn Killed
ITruinQ to Get Bearings

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, March 3
G.N.S0.-William Grieve, Toron-
to, Canada, student flier killed
near Chesterfield yesterday when
his plane crashed, apparently was
attempting to get his bearings
when the tragedy occurred, Off
cials investigating the case said
today.
G. C. Roberts, a witness, said
Grieve was flying low and calling
to persons on the ground just be-
fore the crash. When his plane
stalled it struck the ground before
he could regain flying speed.
A letter from Grieve's mother,
found in his pocket, showed that
the youth had entered the air
service against the wishes Of his
parents, Dr. and Mrs. George w.
GrieVe, Toronto.
The Washington times., 1938-03-03
Too Many Deer,
Farmers Complain

TRENTON, March 3. - There
are too many deer in Atlantic,
Burlington and Ocean COUNTESS
the State fish and game commits.
sion was. told today by. farmers
and berry growers. who want
something done about it. Fencing
of cultivated land is useless, the
commission was told, because deeg
jump barriers as high as II feet.
It was suggested by the COM
plainants that hunting of does
be permitted and that deer also be
transported to hill areas.
The Washington times., 1938-03-03

ing a work crew feyerishly at
tempting to prevent a wall of the
Santa Monica canyon from sliding
into the rushing waters below.
The watchers saw a man slip
and slide down the canyon, wall to
be swallowed in the raging water.
Carrillo seized a rope and ran
toward the stream fashioning it
into a lariat, and as the waters
carried their near victim past,
made a perfect toss, the loop set.
ting around the drowning mans
shoulders.
Together, Carrillo and the po-
liceman pulled the man, who later
identified himself as Duffin, to
safety.
The Washington times., 1938-03-03
Egypt Calls Parley
For Canal Defense

PORT SAID, Egypt, March 3
GNSO-Unwilling to accept
AngloItalian assurances regard
ing neutrality of the Suez Canal,
and perturbed by Italian troop
concentrations in neighboring
Libya, the government today sum-
moned a meeting of the defense
council for Saturday, to con
slider every aspect of Egyptian de-
fenSe plans"
The Washington times., 1938-03-03
GARLIC ROPES
MAN IN FLOOD

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, March 3
G.N.S0.-Movie Actor Leo Corrilio
turned cowboy in a real life
thriller" today and rated hero's
salute for quick thinking and
action which probably saved the
life of Ralph Duffin of Pasadena.
Carrillo. with Policeman D. H.
Mclean of the Santa Monica force,
was standing near his home watch
The Washington times., 1938-03-03

Hazel. Lam, 27-year-old Elkton
CW. Va) girl who made good in
the big town and intends to do
better in Hollywood, was en- route
to the film capital today.
Miss Lam, until last night as
sistant housekeeper at the Shore
ham Hotel, has a new job with
Constance Bennett as her boss.
The Washington times., 1938-03-03
Rep. Johnson Back
From Honeymoon

Representative Dewey johnson
(F.-LD of Minnesota, was receiv-
ing congratulations today. Over
the weekend he and Miss Flor
ence Roche, of st. Paul, went to
Baltimore and were married.
They remained in Atlantic City
until yesterday.
The Washington times., 1938-03-03

PICTURED above are three
Of the passengers in the lux
ury airliner which disappeared
late Tuesday night while fly
ing from San Francisco to
Los Angeles.
The Washington times., 1938-03-03
Rev. Msgr. Griffin
APPOINTED Bishop

Q.N.S) Pope Plus XII has ap
pointed the Very Rev. Msgr. Will
liam A. Griffin, pastor Of the
Church Of st. Michael, Jersey City
N. J.. as a bishop,
The Washington times., 1938-03-03

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