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sympathy by Ormandys sensitive ac-
compartment. The vitality of the
concerto Is more pronounced than
that Of the symphony and the de-
veiopment Of its themes does not lag
Tor moment. Its lyricism has power
and verify which mounts in intensity
TO broad and passionate climaxes.
There are many solo intervals in which
the full resources Of pianist's virtu-
osity are called into play and In these
the magnificent technical 1uency Of
Rachmaninoh made q dazzling dis
play. Thunderous acclaim came spon-
taneously from the listeners for the
artist, who outdid himself in the
spirited freedom of his performance.
Although Rachmaninon, Is COM
poser and soloist, was the feature Of
the program, MIR. Ormandy added to
his fame as interpreter with q bril-
liant exhibition of his powers In the
symphony and especially in the open
ing number. Beethovens overture to
"Leonore' No 3. Appearing for the
first time on the podium with baton
IN hand, Mr. Ormandy Immediately
set about presenting the famous over.
ture in an entirely new light. Its
drama was strongly emphasized and,
by force of extreme, contrasts. became
thrilling in its denouement. The
whole range Of orchestral color was
employed with sure instinct for tell
ing effect. Rarely has such perfect.
floating pianissimo been heard or such
exquisitely nodded phrases that grew
to proportion Of great magnitude IS
the music unfolded the dramatic
story.
Mr.. Ormandy's reading was a splen-
did example of musicanship, imagina-
tion and dramatic insight and as such
the effect on the audience was electric
Surrounded by the orchestra members
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Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

NationaHDark.
Judgment Day." the Civic
Theater offers Elmer Rice's play about
q dictator state: $50 pm.
Keith's-"That Certain Age" an
other bright Deanna Durbin film
wherein Jackie Cooper is her boy
friend: 1924 am, 1:27, $3.50, 5:33,
1886 and 9:39 pm.
Capitol-"Sing, You Sinners" = mad
family-and Bing Crosby does not get
the girl: II am, 1:50, 4:40. 7:30 and
1920 pm. Stage shows: 1880, $40,
$50 and 800 pm.
Earle-"Garden of the Moon," mu-
sical with . glamourized Margaret
Lindsay: IL am, Las, 4:30, tbs and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: 1880, $3.50,
$40 and 8 pm.
Columbia-"spawn of the North"
love and adventure on the Alaskan
coast: 11:55 an, 2:20, 4:45, 7:l5 and
$40 pm.
Palace-"Too Hot to Handle" 10y
and Gable find thrills in the newsreel
business: 1l:55 am, 2:20, AS, 7:l0
and $40 pm.
Metropolitan-"You Can't Take It
With You." screen version Of the stage
hit with a host of stars and Frank
Capra's direction: l1:25 an, 1855,
4:25, 7:05 and $40 pm. 4, :.
Little-"Un Garnet de Bal" in which
. woman tries to recapture some of
her youth. with none to6 happy results:
IL am, los, 3:l5, S:2S, 7:3S and
9:45 pm.
Belasce-"Grand illusion, study ol
the futiiity Of war: l:25, SIS, SOS
and 10 pm.
Evening star., 1938-10-26
Civic Theater PLAY
Opens Tonight.

The Washington Civic Theater.
moving downtown for the first
time in its career, opens its third
season tonight at the Rialto
Theater.
The play is Elmer Rice's "Judg-
ment Day" based upon a dicta-
tors purge trials. It has been
directed by F. Cowles Strickland.
, The play will run at the Rialto
for the remainder Of the week.
Evening star., 1938-10-26
Nine. Vera Strelska
To Offer Recital.

Nine. Vera Strelska, Russian bal
lerina. who has appeared with the
Ballet Moderne and the San Carlo
Opera Co., will appear in recital dur
ing Russian Child's Day" program
to be offered next Wednesday night
at the Dmitrieff- Gnoochef1 Studio,
,5612 Connecticut avenue.
The program is to be presented for
the benefit Of Russian children in
Shanghai.
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who never fail to respond to artistic
demands, he had to bow his acknowl-
'edgements many times. Yesterdays
concert was outstanding also for the
spirit Of cooperation and sympathy
which existed between conductor and
soloist, resulting in q. performance of
an unusually high order.
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studdiford and the others were &C
ceptable.
The plays. directed by Marie E. Wal
colt. will be repeated tonight at $50.
C.. A. NJ,
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
1000 TAKEN PRISONERS
BURN NU,S.SCHOOL.
in WAR.

SHANGHAI, July 16 G.N.s0.
China's "scorched earth" policy Of
leaving nothing Of use to the
japanese has led to the destr1lc-
tion of the American hospital at
Kiukiang and much other foreign
property, japanese authorities
charged today.
Following the earlier blasting
of four pontoonS leading to Stand
ard-Vacuum Oil Company wharves
at Kiukiang, the Chinese have set
fire to other waterfront proper
ties and the French Catholic
Church, it was asserted.
Japan's army Of the Yangtze,
however, is as far from Kiukiang
as 1t was a week ago.
Airplanes and the guns Of river
ships pounded at the lion forts
at the entrance to Poyang Lake,
but the Chinese army stood i'm
movable. On the other hand, Chi
neSe accounts said $4,000 japanese
were trapped near the lake, and
japanese airplanes were parachut-
ing supplies to them.
Chinese airplanes and mos
quito" torpedo boats continued to
prey on Japanese river warships.
The Japanese denied yesterdays
Chinese claim that As Japanese
fighting craft had been sunk
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
NSUL FROM 81 WEEK TO FORTUNE TO POVERTY IN EXILE
Edson Office Boy Empire Country

CHICAGO, July 16 QN.S0 "A
mos spectacular career in Amer
lean finance came to an end to-
day with the death Of Samuel In
sull, sr.. one-time utility king.
insult, who began work as an
office boy at less than 81 a week,
provided the most brilliant high
light of the 1882 depression when
his three-billion-dollar utility en-
pire crumbled and he fled the
country. With his holdings went
a personal fortune estimated at
between s5o,000,O00 and $780,
100000.
Born in London on November
II, 1859, he was brought to this
country by no less person than
Thomas A. Edison, who made him
his personal secretary.
Within short time of his ar
rival in the country, insults
genius made itself felt and he was
given a dictatorship OF a large
part of the Edison properties.
From there on it was step by
step upward until the peak when
1t was estimated he had 600 900
individual stockholders wit h
money in his enterprises.
FLED ABROAD
In 1882, insult fled abroad to
escape prosecution on charges Of
grand larceny and embezzlement
growing out Of the failure of his
lgreat financial empire. In June
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hours fitted in perfectly with the
great inventors scheme OF work
ing.
From virtually the first moment
Of his arrival in New York to work
for Edison, his meteoric rise to
financial heights began.
Cold, domineering and ruthless in
business, insult still had one soft
spot-he loved fine music and
singing. He built a thirty-million-
dollar office building that housed
the Chicago Civic Opera Com
pany.
insults last dream, before his
fortune was wiped out, was to
make electricity cheap and plenti-
full throughout the countrysides in
America. He believed this would
raise the standard Of living
throughout the land.
MARRIED ACTRESS
insult was married to Margaret
A. Bird, an actress, on May "a,
1899, when he already was well
started on his road to brilliant
success. They had one son, Sam
uel, jr., one year later.
When insult fled the United
States, Mrs. insult, followed and
Joined him in Greece. After his
acquittal in 1884, she shared his
financial oblivion-his retirement.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
SE|zEPLANT
400 Sugar Refinery
Strikers Stay in
HAD "SOME CASH"

EDGEWATER, N. j., July is
GN.sO.-Twenty-five CIO strik.
ers early today remained in
possession of the plant Of the Ma.
tional Sugar Refinery Company
here.
The stay-in strike began yester-
day when 400 members Of the
United Sugar Workers Union,
Local 151, an affiliate of the C1O,
took possession while negotiations
for a new contract were under dis
cussion at the New York office
of the company.
The number Of strikers was re-
duced last night to IS, as Mayor
Henry Wissel of Edgewater, sent
police reserves to the building.
There was no disorder.
The union refused to accept a
wage cut of 10 cents an hour.
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ouer, told the House, in line with
President Roosevelt's arms speech
at San Francisco: s
IF we do not succeed in find
ing some way to end the folly
of this everlasting expenditure
on armaments, the future
which we shall be preparing
for our children is one at which
we may shudder."
At the same time construction
on a new SIS, 5,OO0,000 mass-produc.
ton airplare plant was started
at Birmingham by Lord Nuffield
Britain's Henry Ford" and Sil
Kingsley Wood, air minister,
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Nationalist advices said it was
likely that most Of the men would
be able to filter through the lines
and escape, but they lacked roads
over which to withdraw their fight
ing equipment, which would fall
into the hands of Franco troops.
GOVERNMENT SUFFERS
On the coastal front of Castellon
province, however, the tide of con-
flict turned and the militiamen Of
Government Gen. Jose Miaja,
pressing back the NationaliStS, oc-
cupied the important heights Of
Mt. Marcos. "a miles north Of
Valencia.
Along the Teruel7Sagunton high
way the Nationalists followed
through on their Sarrion victory by
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years. He had been a director in
IS companies.
1t was said that insults failure
was not due to bad business judg-
ment or blunder, but rather to
his visionary optimism and ex-
uberance.
The tremendous spread of the
electric light industry and tne
growth of the Edison properties
under insults management was
due mainly to his foresightedness
which brought power to towns
and hamletS in 80 States Of the
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
BERLIN EXCITED
BY CZECH MOVE
Continued from Page y

Continued from Page u
stances Of provocations and lin
suits" to Reichsfuehrer Hitler and
Sudeten Germany in Czechoslo-
vakia were reported in German
newspapers.
No actual reason for the re-
ported mobilization, however, was
given in the dispatch.
Due to increased tension be-
tween the Czechs and Sudeten
Germans, all Czechoslovakian
state police leaves have been can
celled, the Daily Express reported
today from Prague.
Fresh movements of Czech
troops have also occurred, but it
was emphasized in Prague that
they merely involved routine re.
placements, said the Express.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
WPA to Stay,
SaysLoGuardia
on n. 7. Tour

NEW YORK, July 16
(I.N.S0.-That the WPA is
here to stay was the opinion
today of Mayor LaGuardia,
following an inspection tour
of New York headquarters.
Watching $500 workers,
LaGuardia commented:
Few people realize the
m a gnitude of the WPA,
which is spending hundreds
Of millions of dollars to pro-
vide work for the unem-
ployed. The WPA is under
splendid business control.
Il see something that looks
like permanency. It Is get
ting to the point where the
unemployed can walk In and
get q job"
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
BRITAIN STARTS
DRIVE TO REARM

LONDON, July I6 G.N.sO.
Made available by. the House of
Commons amid grave warnings
about the dangers Of world re-
armament, a $1,750, ,000,0 900 fund
went to work today to build up
the British Army. Navy and Air
Pointing to the disappearance
OF past civilizations, Sir John
Simon, Chancellor Of the Exche-
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
Norgenthau Sails for
Resi- in Europe

NEW YORK, July 16 G.N.S0.
Henry Morgenthau, jr., Secretary
of the Treasury, and his family
were en- route to Europe today
aboard the Holland-America liner
Statendam for a months vacation
While Morgenthau stressed that
he is going for a rest. London
dispatches said he had been in
vited by the British government
to talk over debt, trade, exchange
and other questions.
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CHICAGO, July 16 U.N.S.)
Samuel insult, jr., was in
formed of the death Of his
father in Paris today when the
son arrived at his office at the
Commonwealth Edison Com
pany, one of the ex-financier's
major utility monuments.
Young insult said:
Father had a weak heart.
We all knew 1t. l had a letter
from him q week ago."
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Cheers Stun
Hughes!
Continued from Page y

tCOnC1nUed from rage ~
personally to congratulate Hughes
and his companions and it was ex,
pected they would go to Washing.
ton next week.
At the same time, Secretary Hull
announced the receipt of kilograms
from Maxim Litvinov Commissar
Of Foreign Affairs for Russia, and
Soviet Ambassador Troyanovsky,
congratulating the airmen. In a
message to Hughes here, Secretary
Hull said:
Il have heard that you are
coming to Washington and hope
to have the opportunity to con-
gratulate you personally on your
splendid achievement. You and
your associates have carried to a
new high standard the best ira
ditions Of aviation"
Fran ranking Army air experts
also came high praise to Hughes
and his companions.
Major-General Frank M. An
drews, GHQ Air Force. said:
General Headquarters Air
Force, congratulate you and your
crew on your splendidly-planned
and remarkably-executed world
flight and the establishment of
q record which will long be one
Of the outstanding achievements
Of modern aviation"
Similar in tone was a message
from Brig. General H. H. Arnold
assistant chief of the Army All
Corps
Hughes, in the belief of these of
3tcers, has firmly established thu
top place Of America in the worlc
Of aviation.
Hughes seemed stunned by thu
glory and homage paid him b!
New York yesterday as he wa
carried on the surging crest O.
cheers from the Battery uI
Broadway to City Hall.
In his modest fashion, he triec
to Submerge himself as merely ont
Of 20 or more men, including hi
flying companions, technician
and Army and Navy advisers, wht
had made the remarkable achieve
ment possible.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
u. ). ConsuIts Berlin
On Refugee Problem

EV1AN-LESBAINS, France, July
16 GN.S).-George L. Brandt,
member Of the American delega-
ton to the intergovernmental
refugee conference which closed
yesterday, was en- route to Berlin
and Vienna today to consult Ger
man authorities on the emigre
problem. He will report back to
the 32-power committee when it
meets again in London August 3
Brandt holds consular rank in
the United States diplomatic ser
vice.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
Insults Son Not Surprised
BV Fatal Heart Attack

The son had driven to his
office from his new home in
Geneva, Ill. He Is assistant
to James Simpson, chairman
of the board of the utility
company.
insult placed a transatlan-
tic telephone call to learn de-
tails of the dath from his
mother.
insult, ST., had planned to
return to this country in the
fall, his son said.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

governments draft minorities stat
ute gives the Germans as we'll as
the Hungarians in Czechoslovakia
far-reaching concessions.
The statute, which will shortly
be submitted to parliament, is un-
derStood to include:
/. Provincial governments and
legislatures for the Germans and
Hungarians.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
II Autos DESTROYED
By Blaze in Garage

ROCK HALL, Md, July 16.
Seventeen automobiles were de-
stroyed in a blaze which swept a
garage owned by Emory Hogan
here today. An explosion pre-
ceded the fire, cause Of which
was not known.
Eight Of the II cars destroyed
were new models. Fire aEGaratus
was summoned from ChesJertown
to aid local firefighterS.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
400 Plane Motors
Bought by Britain

PATERSON, N. J., July 16
(I.N.S.).-The Curtis Wright
Corporation today had orders
for 400 Wright Cyclone Mo-
tors, of the type used by
Howard Hughes in his globe
circling record flight, to be
installed on American-made
military planes now under
construction for the British
Air Ministry. The 200 ships
are LOckheed mOnOplanes,
similar to the "New York
Worlds Fair 1885,"
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union and two provinces in Can
ada.
FORTUNE WIPED OUT
1t was this urge to bring the
comforts of light and power to al!
that ultimately brought about his
downfall-that and an implicit
faith in the comeback" powers
Of the land of his adoption. Amer
lea.
When the bottom dropped out
of the securities market in 1929
and other financial giants were
scurry1ng to cover their positions,
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2. Proportional representation
for the minorities.
3. Official provincial languages.
terests for $4,000, 900.
4. Greater local police auton.
omy.
5. Maintenance Of the present
relationship between the Czechs
and SloVaks.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

A slight figure in a black dress,
white shoes, gloves and hat, she
was a picture Of profound anguish.
With her was a French woman
friend who acted as her interpre-
ter in talking with hospital at
tacheS.
HAD "SOME CASH"
One of the first questions asked
her was whether insult had much
money on his person when he col.
lapsed. Mrs. insult said he had
some cash." but was not sertain
whether he carried it all with him
or had left 1t at his hotel.
Two hours elapsed between the
time Of insults death and his
widows arrival at the hospital. ALI
thorities had difficulty in locating
her to inform her of her husbands
passing.
Mrs. insult was so agitated that
with the aid Of her woman friend,
she attempted to carry on a con.
versation in French with the un-
dertaker, Bernard Lane, who is
an Englishman.
BURIAL IN LONDON
AS soon as the death certificate
had been written, insult was
stripped and his body placed on
slab in the hospital morgue,
where dozen other corpses lay.
His clothes were placed in a sealed
container. Police and hospital
authorities debated whether it
would be necessary to perform an
autopsy.
A representative of the United
States embassy was sent to the
hospital to check upon insults
Effects. It was understood burial
would take place in London, where
the one-time Millionaire owns
home.
insult arrived here on July II
from Canada and joined his wife,
who had been stopping at the Con-
tinental Hotel for some time.
Death struck insult as he was
just beginning to enjoy life after
years Of hard work climaxed by
disgrace, flight and exile.
SUFFERED 20 YEARS
"The por man." Mrs. insult
was overheard to say to the un-
dertaker. He had ben suffering
for 20 years. It was a shame he
had to die now"
Lane said that burial In Lon
don was practically certain"
This will be in accordance with
Mrs. insults wishes. he said.
insult was dead by the time he
reached the hospital at 1:20 p. m.
He collapsed near a subway sta
ton on the Place de la Concorde,
one of the broad thoroughfares
radiating from the Etoile, where
he apparently had been walking
alone.
PRACTICED THRIFT
insult was just about to buy a
one-franc, 60-centime az cents
first-claSs subway ticket when
he collapsed. He had been living
on pension Of a few hundred
dollars week since his financial
empire went under and had been
practicing a thrift unknown to
him in the days of his economic
glory.
The attending physician at
Paul Hospital officially
recorded Insults death as due to
a heart attack.
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of that year he sought refuge in
France, but four months later
turned up in Greece, where he
was given immunity from deporta-
tion to this country for over a
year.
The first audit of insults books
revealed the market manipula-
tions Of Samuel and his brother,
Martin. The Federal Grand Jury
voted indictments charging mail
fraud in the selling of corpora
ton securities stock against In
sull. Other indictments followed.
Twice the United States Govern
ment attempted to have him ex-
PEELED from Greece, but failed.
Then insults residence permit eX-
pired, and the Greek supreme
state council refused to renew it.
He made wild plane dash across
the country, but was taken into
custody in Turkey at the request
of the American authorities and
returned to this country.
FINALLY ACQUITTED
After hearings and trials in the
United States, insult finally was
acquitted in November, 1884, at
which time he was claimed to be
stone broke" with the exception
of three pensions Of $4,000 voted
by the boards of three Of the
countrys best utility companies
which he had served for many
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continuing an advance on q 12-mile
front.
The army's left wing crossed the
river Albentosa, and in a furious
engagement inflicted heavy losses
on the government.
1000 TAKEN PRISONERS
One thousand vernm e n t
soldiers were taken prisoners, &C
cording to Nationalists claims.
Spreading out as they drive
South-eastward, the NationaliStS
won a dominating position on the
road to RubieloS.
Nine government airplaneS were
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
ELECTION QUIZ
LAUNCHED IN
THREE STATES
Interest Centers on
Kentucky

1N.S.) On the hunt for elec-
tlon irregularities, the Senate
Campaign Expenditures Commit
tee today threw its spotlight on
Kentucky, Tennessee and Penn
sylvania.
Chief interest centered on Ken.
lucky where Senate Majority
Leader Alben w Barkley recently
received the presidential bless
ing" in his fight with Gov. A. e.
tHappy) Chandler for the Demo
cratic senatorial nomination.
ORDERED PROBE
The committee, headed by Sena-
tor Sheppard Cd Of Texas,
unanimously ordered a thorough
inquiry into Kentucky few days
after President Roosevelt visited
the State to give unprecedented
support to Barkley.
Investigators will be dispatched
to Kentucky early next week to
study charges and denials that
Federal relief funds have been
used freely TO aid Barkley. and
State relief funds made available
for Chambers supporters.
The committee kept secret the
exact nature of charges received
from Pennsylvania which caused
an investigator to be sent into
that State. One complaint arose
out of the primaries "and others
are more or less general state
ments regarding the expenditure
Of State and Federal relief funds, p"
Sheppard said.
TENNESSEE QUIZ
Suspected serious irregulari-
ties" in Tennessee also were kept
secret pending a report from a
committee investigator. Sheppard
said an investigator was dis
patched to Tennessee several days
ago, but declined to mention
names or discuss details of the
case.
The committee, m n W h i | e,
terminated inquiries into North
Dakota and California, on the
grounds of insufficient evidence
and on-jurisdiction.
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insult, much In the manner Of the
speculator Diamond" Jim Brady.
before him, bought and bought
in the face Of q crashing market
panic-confident that what ap-
peared to be a calamity would
turn to a prosperity boom within
few weeks after public conf,
dence was restored.
Then, when his personal fortune
had been wiped out with the flood
Of market losses, insult was forced
to borrow, at first huge sums, and
then small "pittances" to tide
him over from month to month.
Throughout the depression period
he refused to retrench, and con-
tinued to expand his enterprises,
until finally, in the spring Of 1882,
his utility domain collapsed like
house of cards.
COMPANIES COLLAPSE
Middle West utilities went into
receivership. and the colossal In
sull utilities and corporation Sc
curities, jointly capitalized at
nearly a half billion dollars, like
wise collapsed.
insult first reached New York
at nightfall on February %, 1881,
and went Immediately to Edison's
home where he proceeded to work
until 4 o'clock the next morning.
Edison was a hard worker, mad
insults knack for long, arduous
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FRANCO PUSHES ON!
FRANCO PUSHES ON!
LoyaIists Isolated
In TerueI Sector
Spanish Government Forces Battered
AS Nationalist Advance

HENDAYE French-Spanish Frontier. July 16 QNS.).
Forty thousand Spanish troops today reported
virtually marooned" among rugged mountains by the
tionast advance the Teruel front.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
HENLEIN INSIsTENT

PRAG UE, July 16 G.N.SO.
Konrad Henlein and his Sudeten
Germans today continued their
demands for Nazi party supremacy
in the Sudeten areas, although the