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Evening star., 1938-08-04
TWO MEN KILLED
|NRA|L ACCIDENTS
Brakeman Dies in Tragedy
in AIexandria-Another
Found on Tracks.

Two men were killed in railroad ac-
cidents in nearby Virginia and Mary
land early today.
J. F. Jones, IS, Of R. F. D., No. ),
Alexandria, a brakeman employed by
the Southern Railway Co., died in
stantly at 7:10 am, when he missed
his footing while attempting to board
a tender and fell beneath the tender
and locomotive of train at the
Southern yards in Alexandria.
The other dead man was Walter
Bethea, so. colored, whose body was
found on the Baltimore g. Ohio Rail-
road tracks at Linden. near Silver
Spring. He was decapitated.
Mr.. Jones had been assisting a train
crew couple up train of A box cars
and was leaping on the rear step OF the
tender of the moving train when he
misjudged the distance. His body was
badly mangled and he was pronounced
dead by DR.. Llewellyn Powell, city
coroner
DR.. Powell called an inquest for
Alexandria Police Headquarters at 3
pm. today. Police said the crew was
in charge of Conductor c. T. Martin
of Alexandria, while the engine was
operated by Engineer J. B. Kirchner,
also of Alexandria.
Bethea had been employed fol
the last 20 years at the Forest Glen
Cemetery. near Linden. He had beer
seen walking along the tracks las'
night. His body was found at $50
am.
Evening star., 1938-08-04
CLIPPER HUNT STILL ON

MANILA, Aug. 4 R.-Navy vessels
launched the sixth day of their far
flung search for the missing Hawaii
Clipper today as doubt was cast upon
the value of oil samples skinned from
q big slick" 500 miles east Of Manila.
The bit of oil awaited scientific an
alysis, but officials said there was some
question as to the value of oil as a
clue because of the small quantity
obtained.
Should the samples prove sum-
cient, experts expected to determine
whether they contained aviation oil
and aviation gasoline. which would
be almost conclusive evidence the huge
tfans.racifie plane crashed and sank
Evening star., 1938-08-04
President ntPIays
Good Samaritan
For III Seaman,
" the Associated Press.

ABOARD U. S. S. HOUSTON, en-
route to Balboa, Canal Zone, Aug.
(via naval radio) President Roose-
welt switched from fisherman to good
Samaritan today as he sped toward
Panama and the end Of his vacation
cruise in the Pacific.
The helper role was thrust upon
him late yesterday when Machinist's
Mate Oliver w. Halliwill Of Waoena,
Mimi. was stricken with acute apper-
dicitis aboard the accompanying de-
stroyer McDougal.
President Roosevelt ordered Mate
Halliwell transferred to the Houston
and Capt Ross T. McIntire, White
House physician, assisted Comdr. G. A.
Allen. medical officer of the Houston.
in a successful operation.
Don't worry" President Roosevelt
told the stricken young man. Il had
my appendix removed. am all right.
I know you will be-"
The Houston was scheduled to dock
at Balboa this afternoon.
Evening star., 1938-08-04
FIRST HEAT DEATH
|SREC0RDEDH HERE
Seasons Initial Fatality
Is Woman-Humidity
Continues High.

Washington's first heat death OF the
summer was recorded this afternoon
as the Capital sweltered, along with
much of the Nation, in a prolonged
August heat wave.
Marie Gregory. so. colored, 9l3 E
street S.W., fell to the sidewalk in the
l40O block of Monroe street NV. ap-
parently overcome by heat. She was
pronounced dead by an Emergency
Hospital physician. The body was
taken to the Morgue.
With a maximum temperature OF 81
degrees, two points higher than yes
terday. predicted for the District. high
humidity continued to make suffering
here greater than the mercury reading
alone would justify. Thundershowers
were expected to bring some relief
tonight.
Maine, Texas, California and the
Dakotas saw the mercury reach up
into the 90s, and intermediate read
ings were generally equally hot.
The meteorological map showed
three atmospheric highs" over the
Nation. only few scattered recordings
of rain. ana no likelihood Of cooler
weather anywhere for the next few
days.
Wind Kills One In Quebec.
A heavy wind in Eastern Quebec
killed one person, but moved away
from the United States border.
Early in the morning the Portland,
(Me.o Weather Bureau predicted
temperatures above 80 during the day.
and the same prediction held good
for all New England where. Wednes-
day, six drownings and five other
deaths were attributed to the heat.
New York's metropolitan area
entered its 1lth consecutive day OF
intense heat, with a prediction OF q
high of 92-and the humidity readings
going up.
Light showers moved across the
Alleghenies, but the Pennsylvania area
as far west as Pittsburgh saw its
thermometers in the COS after full
month of heat above 80.
Mercury High in Ohio.
Ohio, where one person died OF heat
prostration and three were drowned
yesterday. again remained in the Sos
with bright sunshine.
Although rain swept the Chicago
area, following a season record OF 81
Tuesday and only l degree less the
following day. when two died Of heat.
temperature of 80 was forecast
again today.
Strong northwest winds brought
some relief to the Dakotas and Mime
sofa Wednesday. after temperatures as
high as 110 at Pierre. S. Oak, and 108
at Mobridge, S. Oak, had been
reached.
Kansas City was slightly cooler
after the mercury had touched 90
Wednesday, with all Kansas and Mis-
souri, blanketed with similar heat.
In Salt Lake City a high mark of
100 degrees was reported. but temper
atures we're falling bit.
Evening star., 1938-08-04

ciple when the powers Of the Execu-
tive we're not nearly so great
The single six-year term proposal
is not new, but has been dormant
for a number OF years. It passed
the Senate once in 1918. shortly after
the three-cornered presidential race
of Woodrow Wilson. Theodore Roose-
welt and William Howard Taft, in
which Mr.. Wilson was elected. The
House. however. failed to take action
in the same Congress. and the pro-
posal died.
In addition to reviving the pro-
posal when the new Congress meets,
Senator Burke said he also would
support a resolution which Senator
Holt, Democrat. of West Virginia has
in mind to have the Senate express
disapproval Of q third term.
Evening star., 1938-08-04
BY PATRICK McGRADY,
Associated Press Stan Writer.

STEAMSHIP MANHATTAN, At
Sea. Aug. douglas Corrigan, only
a little less important in the minds Of
Irishmen today than Brian Boru. Finn
Mac Cool and the great Cuchulain,
grinned with pleasure today as he
stood at the rail of this New York
bound liner and looked forward to the
welcome awaiting him.
Fogs delayed the vessel and the
skipper radioed it would not dock until
S or s pm. tE. s. T) tonight.
The. ship moved at half speed
through fog. Corrigan was in fog,
too, or at least he said he was as he
remembered all that has happened to
him In the month past-the flight in
the old crate from California to New
Evening star., 1938-08-04
BULGARIA ARMING 0. KID

ROME, Aug. / (R.-1taly today
Joined the Balkan Entente in recogniz-
ing Bulgaria's right to rearm.
Approval was informal, consisting Of
a bulletin issued by the official Infor-
mazione Diplomatica. It proclaimed
Rome's "lively satisfaction" over the
agreement of the entente members
Yugoslavia. Rumania. Greece and
Turkey-relieving Bulgaria Of the arms
limitation imposed by the postwar
Neuilly treaty.
Evening star., 1938-08-04

BY the Associated Press.
NEWTON, Iowa. Aug. 4.-Fourteen
hundred employees of the Maytag Co.
were moving in two directions this
morning-one group toward the plant
for the scheduled reopening at noon
today and the other toward a school
for c. I. O. union rally to vote on
the reopening proposal.
Meanwhile $50 additional National
Guardsmen arrived on the strike scene
to be on hand when the washing ma
chine factory is reopened under mar
tial law. in accordance with orders
from Gov. Nelson G. Kraschel.
Military officials said the additional
Guardsmen were moved in today to
replace Guardsmen assigned to attend
a camp next week and that the pres
ent force OF nearly 500 was an "over-
tapping" of the two groups.
John Connolly, union attorney, said
today he believed the union men
would agree to go back to work under
this military coercion" without any
waiver of their rights. However, the
final decision rests with the men at
their meeting this morning, Connolly
said.
600 to 800 for Working.
Employees CT the plant are divided
on the basis of about 600 back-to-
work advocates and 800 others. most
of whom were expected to attend the
union meeting.
In Des Moines, meanwhile. the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board hearing
into charges of unfair labor practices,
brought against the company by the
union. was resumed, with several JAS
per County officials on the list OF
subpoenaed witnesses.
Around the factory the number OF
lSee MAYTAG, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1938-08-04
Typical Corrigan Fog Delays
Docking Until This Euening

York, the take-on for home and his
surprise at finding himself In Dublin,
of all places.
He knew, of course, what awaited
him in New York, for he had got more
than dim idea of New York's frenzied
greetings couple Of days before he
started his wild trans Atlantic flight,
when the city went little balmy over
Howard Hughes and his four world
circling companions.
A month ago, Corrigan was remem-
bering, he was just another flyer with
an airplane that moved one and all
to wisecracks. Few had heard of him.
Today he was the most talked OF
flyer, and to him had come offers to
make all kinds Of money he had never
dreamed Of making-oners to indorse
(eee CORRTGAN, Page A.5.)
Evening star., 1938-08-04
Film Blast Kills Man.

NEW YORK, Aug 4 (P.-A triple
explosion in a Brooklyn film plant
today killed one man and spread
flames to another building 100 feet
away.
The blasts occurred in the one-story
brick building of the Warner Bros.
Cellulose Products Co., subsidiary
Of Warner Bros. Pictures, killing
James Hughes, 40, q watchman.
Evening star., 1938-08-04
Heat Victims Find
Radiator in Club
Going Full Blast
Hy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va. Aug. 4.-1n
Richmond's old and sedate Com
monwealth Club, members sat
and slipped iced drinks against
the August heat.
Shade and ice tinkling in
frosted glasses seemed of no
avail. Hotter and hotter 1t grew
as members mopped brows and
spoke longingly of autumn's
football weather"
Some one touched a radiator.
It was hot-Quite hot. The
steam was on. An automatic de-
vice had blundered and touched
off the furnace.
Out into the August sunshine
went members to escape the heat.
Evening star., 1938-08-04
CLEARED IN NOTE DEAL
Scheme Alleged Forgery of Name
of Louis B. Mayer.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 LP.-Layne
Britton, studio makeup man, was
cleared today of completely in a
scheme to sell promissory notes bear
ing the forged name of Movie Mag
nate Louis B. Mayer.
Charges of forgery and grand theft
against Mr.. Britton were dismissed
at the prosecutions request.
George Donald Smart, sound tech
nician, who asserted he used Mr..
Britton as his unwilling tool to i'm
personate Mr.. Mayer in a telephone
conversation, will be given a proba-
tion hearing next week.
Mr.. Smart pleaded guilty to selling
a $22,500 forged note.
Evening star., 1938-08-04
Shirley's Fingers Mashed.

BOSTON. Aug. 4 R.-Shirley
Temple, 9-year-old motion picture
star, shed a few tears today when
three of her fingers were squeezed In
the door of q limousine. Her physi-
clan, DR.. Leo Madison, said the injury
was not serious and smiles soon re-
placed the tears.
The accident occurred at the Bos-
ton Navy Yard, at the conclusion OF
visit to the historic frigate Constd-
tuition.
Evening star., 1938-08-04

ing must be stopped if the growing
number of deaths among our children
is to be halted"
Not one of those killed this sum-
mer have been passengers in auto
mobiles, but all have been walking,
playing or riding children's coaster
wagons.
Only yesterday 4-year-old Mary
Edna Robinson, 1907 Seventh street
NV, became the fifth victim of a
lSee CHILDREN, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1938-08-04
New Atlantic Hop Planned.

PARIS, Aug. (P.-The giant
French flying boat, Lieutenant de Vais-
seau Paris, it was announced today,
will attempt a transatlantic crossing
to New York via Lisbon. Portugal and
the Azores about August Is.
Evening star., 1938-08-04
Get the Returns
From Tennessee
on
WMAL

The Star will be on the
air as usual this evening to
keep you informed of the
progress of the balloting in
Tennessee.
Tune in on WMAL at 7:30
this evening and stay tuned
In for the Tennessee returns,
with interpretative comment
from G. Gould Lincoln. who
has just returned from the
battlefront.
Evening star., 1938-08-04
Sharp Quakes Recorded.

NEW YORK. Aug. 4 (P.-The seis-
mographs at Fordham University re-
corded two sharp earthquakes, 1900
miles away, at 4:05 and Alb am,
E. S. T., today.
Evening star., 1938-08-04
Police to Round Up Children
Playing on City's Streets as
Summer Traffic Toll Hits 9

toll children
killed June Mai Ernest w,
police issued rigid instructions ofdcers
children found the their
will all children endangeing their lives
Evening star., 1938-08-04
RETURN
TO MAYTAG Jobs
c. !. o. Unionists Go Back to
Work When Troops
Reopen Gates.


MaWag's c. I. o. union forces
Udlked out May 3 after refusing a
10 per cent TRACE cut. Plant has
been closed since. ercept for t,co
days Uhen a 'back-to-uork" NOPE
ment asserted itself. Then, in a
fight. fpe men uere seriously in
jured and IS others trere beaten.
BULLETIN.
NEWTON. Iowa, August 4 P1.-
Maytag c. I. o. Union members,
capitulating to the demand of Gov.
Nelson G. Kraschel, joined back
to-workers in entering the Maytag
plant at noon today for the re-
sumption of operations.
Evening star., 1938-08-04

must take the responsibility for the
city's youngsters. Every effort to get
them on Fairgrounds should be made.
he said.
motorists, too. must take every pre-
caution" Mai Brown added. Speed
Evening star., 1938-08-04

:ing IN the streets" Nal Brown said
1.-The matter Of getting them to play
grounds will be taken up with their
parents by the officers.
"A grave responsibility rests on the
Evening star., 1938-08-04

(See S. E. c., Page A-4)
Evening star., 1938-08-04
JAPANESE OFFER
SOVIET TERMS Of
PEACE ON BORDER
Proposal Made at ParIey
of Russian Envoy at
Foreign Office.
PROTESTS EXCHANGED
ON FRONTIER BATTLES
Plan Believed for Both Sides to
Withdraw, Leaving Boundary
Decision to Commission.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND .;
Current battles betneen Russia
and Japan along Siberian border
NTH Manchukuo and Korea greiD
out of incident July II in ,Dhich
japanese resisted Russian effort to
occupy Changkuteng Hill. strategic
point on iM-defned frontier. Neither
side has Shonn disposition to
launch into open ,Dar, and efforts
are being made for diplomatic
settlement.
Evening star., 1938-08-04
S. f. c. REQUESTS
UTILITIES PLANS
FOR |NTEGRAT|ON
December | DeadIine Set
for 66 Holding Firms
in Douglas Letter.
ACT TO BE IN EFFECT
II MONTHS BY THEN
Details Wanted so We Can Chart
Our Course Commission
Head Declares.

BACKGROUND
One OF the major battles betueen
the Roosevelt administration and
big business" ,Uas stirred by pas
sage of act to regulate utilities hold
ing companies. Development OF
fight pas celebrated lobby inquiry
directed by the then Senator Black.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-05
Broadway's Theatricals
Had Origin in Jamaics

Broadway, or at least the Broad
way Of the American theater, had
many Of its roots in colonial jana
lea, where as early as 1882 a pub
lick theater" entertained the great
planters and their families.
Playbills in John street, New
York. Cedar street, Philadelphia, or
Duke Of Gloucester street in Will
iamsburg, prior to the Revolution,
frequently advertised players
From the Theater in jamaica"
Prior to the Revolution, when
wars and rumors Of wars began to
stultify theatrical activity in the col
onies along the Atlantic seaboard,
many Of the actors migrated to
Jamaica, where they found pleas
ant haven until the peace Of 1888
made possible resumption Of
theatrical fare in America.
Plays were presented in three
centers in Jamaica, according to
Richardson Wright in his book,
''Revels In jamaica" These were
Kingston, Spanish Town, and Mont
ego Bay. Kingston had the first
regular theater and 1t drew the
largest audiences.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-05
GravestOnes Marked Bread

Count Rumford, the physicist who
made outstanding contributions"
to culinary science, began his ex.
periments on baking in ovens made
from tombstones. according to a
paper prepared for the American
Chemical society. In 1882, the First
Presbyterian church Of Huntington.
Long Island, was torn down and
its timbers used to build a British
fort in the graveyard by the order
Of eut.-Col. Benjamin Thompson,
who later became Count Rumford.
The gravestones were used in the
construction Of tables and ovens.
Huntington residents. therefore, ate
loaves Of bread which bore on the
lower crusts the reversed inscrip-
tons Of the tombstones Of their dead
friends.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-05
Arabs First Recognized
Strength of Gibraltar

Even in the days when military
science was in its infancy the Rock
Of Gibraltar. rising sheer from the
Mediterranean to a height Of ], 400
feet, appealed to the Imagination Of
the ancients, who called it, together
with its companion, Gebel Musa, on
the African coast, the Pillars Of
Hercules. In all other respects they
left the solitary giant alone to his
meditations, observes a writer in
the Los Angeles Times.
The Arabs were the first to rec
ognize the rocks strategic value.
AS Moors they crossed the strait in
I'll, christening it Gebel-el-Tarik, or
the mountain Of Tarik, their lead
er's anne. They constructed cas-
tie, which is standing, and eventu-
ally conquered the whole penin-
sula.
Nine hundred years later the last
Moor was expelled from Spain, and
he left it where the original one had
landed, in the Bay of Gibraltar.
On the decline Of the Spanish en-
pire, the rock passed into British
hands.
Napoleon tried to take 1t when he
was building his empire but failed.
Thus was created the phrase "as
strong as the Rock of Gibraltar"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-05
Tongue, Teeth Have to Do
With Voice, Word Sounds

There Is definite relationship be-
tween many speech defects, dental
abnormalities, and various condi-
tons In the mouth. Voice or word
sounds are produced by certain
position or relationship Of the hard
and soft palate. teeth, cheeks and
lips. with the tongue and the pas
sage OF expired air from the lungs.
A change in the volume and reson-
ance Of expired air is varied by
the larynx.
The development of vowel sounds
requires only the opening Of the lips
with a slight tongue motion. Con-
sonants require somewhat more
complicated movements Of the lips
and tongue and are named accord
ing to the part Of the mouth used
in their formation. namely. dental.
lngual. nasal. cultural and libial
A number Of mouth conditions af-
feet speech habits very noticeably.
according to writer in the Detroit
News. The overshot jaw is very
common cause Of speech defects.
The projection Of the upper anterior
teeth prevents good articulation
with the lower anterior teeth.
The undershot jaw also affects the
speech habits through changing the
relationship Of the tip Of the tongue
to the teeth. In both cases 1t is Diff
ficult for the lips to shape properly
the sound or stop 1t at the right mo-
ment. The resulting air leak in the
sound slurs or removes much Of
the tone sharpness.
A high arched palate, missing
teeth or spaces between the teeth.
an open bite, cleft palate, lack Of
normal mobility Of the Jaws, the
abnormal position of various indi-
vidual teeth, and other dental con-
ditions Of a similar character cause
faulty sibilants, leakage Of air when
sounds are made. and difficulty In
making sounds.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-05
First Austrian Railway

The first Austrian railway, pro-
posed by Franz Riepl, was to run
800 miles from Vienna to Bochnia
(now in Poland). Many difficulties
arose, but finally the emperor con-
scented. The locomotive and car
riages for the first train, the "Aus-
trial." were ordered from an Eng
ish firm and shipped by sea to
Trieste. A British engine driver
went with the locomotive to drive
1t on its maiden trip, November
IS, 1887. The Austrians were i'm
pressed by the engine driver, who
wore a frock coat top hat and white
gloves. Only eight miles Of the rail-
road had been completed, from
Floridsdorf, a Vienna suburb, to
Wagram, and the entire route was
lined with curious sightseers despite
bad weather. As the little train
roared past, every one cheered
loudly. It made the eight-mile run
in twenty-one minutes, rested a
quarter Of an hour, then chugged
back.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-05
Black Walnut Tree Held
Fine for Shade and Beauty

Aside from the rich, fne-flavored
nuts 1t bears, the hardy, long-lived
black walnut (Juglans nigra) is a
most desirable ornamental tree-for
shade, for planting along driveways
or roadsides, or as single speci-
men in the yard. 1t makes an ex-
cellent effect when grouped with
other hardwoods, observes q writer
in the New York Times.
This strikingly handsome tree
reaches height Of from so to 100
feet; its trunk sometimes measures
six feet in diameter. In summer
the dark brown bark is in pleasing
contrast TO the great yellow-green
compound leaves. In winter, the
tree is noticeable for its straight
trunk and the way its limbs form q
round-topped head.
Native to the eastern United
States and to southern Ontario, the
black walnut has been successfully
grown in some parts Of nearly every
state in the Union. However. it
thrives only in rich, deep, we'll
drained clayey or loamy soils; and
owing to its long taproot it requires
continuous moisture.
The young black walnut may be
obtained from nurseries, but it
may be easily propagated from the
nuts, the best results coming from
those planted as soon as they ripen
in the autumn. The nuts should be
planted about two inches deep. II
the seedlings are grown in a garden,
they should be transplanted when a
year old to spot where they will
have sunshine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-05
Bucharest Rug Market IL
an Open Air Attraction

The most important rug market
Of Bucharest. Rumania, from the
viewpoint Of travellers, is not in a
shop or store at all, but in the
open air along the river front. There
large rugs are displayed to pros
pective customers on a long clothes
line arrangement, while smaller
ones are hung from street lamps.
The designs are both brilliant and
exotic, some of them even resem-
bling the Navajo Indian rugs sold
in America, and try as one may,
one can not find the same pattern
twice in the whole display. Most
Of the work on rugs is done when
peasant farmers have nothing else
to do. Then they spin the wool and
weave it into the carpets and rugs
for which the country is famous. In
Rumania a good rug is considered
too fine to be put on the floor; in
stead the housekeeper hangs it on
the wall as tapestry, or uses 1t
as covering for bed or table.
A sight both in Bucharest and in
other Rumanian cities is gypsy
bands. with trained dancing bears.
Each gypsy has his bear, and once
the animals start to perform a
crowd will gather like magic to see
the fun. Gypsies who can not get
a living in this easy fashion turn to
the making Of wrought iron work.
Their work is very good, and one
may see many examples Of 1t orna-
menting the best homes in Buchar-
est.