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Evening star., 1938-04-28
FESTIVAL QUEEN
TOURS ORCHARDS
Trip PreCedes Coronation
of Miss Moffett as
Shenandoah XIV.
Hy TIE Associated Press.

WINCHESTER, Va, April 2s.-
Little apples-instead of blossoms
peeped out. from the foliage of a mil
lion Frederick County orchard trees
today as the Queen and her court
OF the annual Shenandoah Apple
Blossom Festival were conducted on
tour of fruit growing areas Of
Northern Virginia.
Blossoms they hoped to see had
faded and dropped week ago after
Mother Nature had upset calculations
by fastening the blossoming by more
than a week.
Miss Adelaide Moffett, New York
blond beauty. who will be crowned
Queen Shenandoah XIV" this after
noon, was escorted by State motor
cycle police and festival officials. She
made the trip with Mrs. Burr Powell
Harrison, her official hostess, and her
80 princesses, chosen from women's
colleges of Virginia and nearby States.
Skies Are Bright.
Bright skits and gentle April breezes
greeted the steadily increasing crowds
today. Visiting bands stationed them
selves on specially constructed pa
valions for concerts and haWkers be-
gan plying their trade.
Coronation ceremonies for Miss
Moffett were scheduled for this after
noon. She was to be crowned bv Ad-
mlral Richard E. Byrd at o'clock. and
this was to be followed by a pageant,
"Springtime
Miss Moffett arrived here from
Washington yesterday and last night
was guest at dinner party given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison after a
tour OF the Skyline drive and a cabin
picnic party given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Williams of Front Royal.
Reception for Prices.
Gov. and Mrs. James H. Price
will be guests of honor at a reception
tomorrow night by State Senator and
Mrs. T. Russell Gather.
Gov. Price and his party will ar
rive tomorrow morning and will re-
main until Saturday evening, when
the executive will go to Front Royal
to address the Chamber Of Com
merce.
Winchesters streets and buildings
were festooned in green, pink and
white as thousand Handley High
School boys and girls yesterday AFTER
noon went through a dress rehearsal
OF the pageant they will present this
afternoon.
The crowds will gather at the City
Hall at o'clock for concerts by a
drum and bugle corps of Breckenridge,
Pa, by the Orbisonia (Pa.) High
School Band, and the v. M. I. Glee
Club. The cadets will give another
vocal concert at 9 pm.
High spot Of tomorrow's program
will be the parade. starting at 2
o'clock.
Evening star., 1938-04-28
MRS. ROOSEVELT MAKING
DISC OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Book Is Being Recorded for Use
of Blind-She Reads First
CHAPTER.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 2S.-Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, at the request of the
American Foundation for the Blind,
is having her autobiography, This Is
My Story" recorded as talking book
Tor use by the Nations sightless
readers.
Mrs. Roosevelt herself read aloud
the first chapter yesterday. Blind
employees Of the association listened in
as her voice was recorded on the
disc.
She Is a nice. quiet dresser" said
one listener. Sometimes women wear
taf1eta dresses that rustic and can be
heard in the record"
Mrs. Roosevelt was wearing black
wool skirt and jacket and a black
satin blouse.
The remainder of the book will be
recorded by professional reader.
Evening star., 1938-04-28
BRITISH PREPARE
WAR FOOD CLAMP
Iron-CIad Control to Be Put
Down Few Hours After
Outbreak.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 28.-Britain plans
to clamp down iron-clad control of
the country's entire food resources
within few hours Of the outbreak
of any future war.
Ration cards and detailed instruc-
tons for consumers. retailers and dis
tributors already have been prepared
the food defense plans department of
the Board Of Trade, disclosed tonight
in its aRnual report.
Large reserves of wheat. whale oil
for margarine and sugar already have
been accumulated. as the chancellor
Of the exchequer Sir John Simon, dis
closed in his budget speech Tuesday.
Import Protection Necessary.
The report declared that prompt
action" to Safeguard imports of staple
foods would be first precautionary
measure
1t said immediate drastic control
would be an urgent need in wartime,
The country imports over half its
meat, 10 per cent of its cheese and
sugar, about 80 per cent of its fruit
and 80 per cent Of its cereals and
fats.
The food department already has
created shadow" organizations to
control and distribute imports and
homegrown supplies. A country wide
organization will be ready for opera
ton by the end of May this year.
Unlike the World War arrangement,
which had separate organizations con-
trolling cereals, sugar and imported
meats. there would be a single con-
troller directing every aspect Of the
food problem
To lessen the afraid hazard meat
supply would be decentralized, taken
| from London's great Smithfield market
to ring of depots around the rim
Of the city.
Hopes to Avoid Food Lines.
The department hopes to avoid
food lines, which are constant dam
gers in air raids, by registration of
every consumer with specific re-
taller. All retailers would be licensed
and receive weekly supplies to meet
the actual demand. All prices would
be controlled.
Normal trading would cease within
a few hours Of the outbreak of war,
and all importers would become Gov
ernment agents. Flour millers, sugar
refiners and seed crushers would be-
come Government contractors.
A minimum economic mixture for
bread already has been laid down for
compulsory use by bakers.
Evening star., 1938-04-28
HOUSE D. C. BODY
HAS THREE PRESENT
Palmisano Refers Four Measures
to Subcommittee, Then Leads
General Discussion

The House District Committee held
its regular weekly meeting yesterday
with only of its l9 members present
Chairman Palmisano referred four
bills to subcommittee for considera-
ton and then he and the two other
members who attended-Represen
tlves Kennedy, Democrat. of MARYLAND
and Hull. Progressive, of Wisconsin,
engaged in an informal discussion that
ranged from the search and seizure
provision in the recently enacted
numbers legislation to the evil in
fiuence on children of slot machine
gambling.
To each correspondent, according to
Mr.. Kennedy, the prisoner would send
two small blocks of wood with the
following instructions:
First, it is important to catch the
bedbug. Then put him on one of
these blocks and crush him with the
other
Another committee meeting is sched-
uled for next Wednesday.
Evening star., 1938-04-28
KNOWS REDFERN DEAD.
WALDECK, BACK, SAYS
New York Explorer Returns From
Guiana Jungle Declaring He
Saw Crash Spot.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GEORGETOWN, British Guiana,
April 28-Theodore j. Waldeck, New
York explorer, returning from four
months Of perilous search for trace
of Paul Redfern, missing American
aviator, declared today that Redfern
was dead.
II found the place where the plane
crashed and definite proof that the
gallant airman is dead" Waldeck said
He gave no further details of his
discovery. saying first he must forward
report to DR.. Frederick c. Redfern
of Columbia. S. c., father of the flyer.
Redfern disappeared in August, 1927,
in an attempt to fly nonstop from
Brunswick, Ga, to Brazil. Strange
tales have come out of the steaming
jungle of British Guiana since then
one saying that Redfern had become
the great white god" of a jungle
tribe.
Evening star., 1938-04-28
CONGRESS IN BRIEF
TODAY


Naval-Senate continues debate on
expansion program.
Wage-hour-House Rules Commit
tee considers giving new bill preferred
status.
Relief-Social security and other
Government boards testify before
House committee.
Aviation-House committee consid-
ers new air industry agency.
Shipping-House debates bill to re-
habilitate merchant marine.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Continues debate on Navy bill.
District Subcommittee hearing on
bill to regulate professional engineer
ing in Washington, 1890 am.
Commerce Committee, executive,
1890 am.
House:
Not expected to be In session.
Appropriations Committee con-
tinues hearing on relief bill, 10 am.
Rules Committee resumes consid-
GRAFTON Of wages and hours bill, 10 Am
Evening star., 1938-04-28
DANIELS TO SEE WELLES

Josephus Daniels, Ambassador to
Mexico. arranged to talk again today
with Sumner Welles, Undersecretary
OF State, about Mexico's appropriation
Of American oil wells.
State Department officials said they
did not believe it would be possible
for Secretary of State Hull and Mr..
Daniels to get together before the Am
bassador goes to Raleigh. N. c., to cele-
brate his golden wedding anniversary
Monday. Mr.. Hull, who is now vaca-
tioning at Pinehurst. N. c.. is not due
back ut his ONCE until that day.
Evening star., 1938-04-28
TESTIMONIAL DINNER
President of R. P. Andrews PAPER
Co. Honored by Employees.

Employees of the R. P. Andrews
Paper Co. gave a testimonial dinner
last night for Ross P Andrews, presi-
dent of the company, on the 45th an
niversary of the firms foundation
The affair was held at the Columbia
Country Club.
Mr.. Andrews for years has been
prominent in civic affairs, being presi-
dent of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association. the National Paper
Trade Association and other bodies
He was presented with a set Of cock
tail tables by the employees.
Evening star., 1938-04-28

The disturbance that was over Northern
rapidly eastward to Nova Scotia and New
foundland. Sydney Nova Scotia. 291O
inches while the Kansas disturbance has
moved northeaStward to Wisconsin, La
Crosse, "a inches. and trough eX-
tends thence outh-SouthweStward to East
ern Texas. Pressure remains low over
Alaska, Yukon. and the district of Mac
kenzie, Dutch Harbor. Alaska, % "a inches
and it is relatively low and falling slowly
over California and the Plateau region
lonopah. New. 29.S0 inches. Pressure
is high over the Rocky Mountain region
the Plains States. Manitoba and Northern
Ontario. and from the Lower Mississippi
Valley eastward beyond Bermuda Will
mington. N. c., 30.}6 inches: Waynoka,
Okla. and Churchill, Manitoba. 2S
inches and Moosonee. Ontario, 1924
inches Showers have occurred in the
Missouri and Upper Mississippi Valleys,
the Upper Lake region. the Plains States
Arkansas, Eastern Texas and portions of
the North Pacific States. The temperature
has risen in New ENGLAND. New York. the
Middle Atlantic States, the Upper Ohio
Valley and the Plateau region. while cooler
weather has overspread the Plains States
the Missouri and Upper Mississippi Valleys
and the Northern Lake region.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac, clear At
Great Falls today
Evening star., 1938-04-28
PUPILS GRAMMAR BEE
Nearly 70 From Parochial Schools
to Compete for Awards.

Nearly 10 students from the eight
grades of parochial schools in the Dis
trict and nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia will compete in an English
grammar bee at the Gonzaga High
School Theater tomorrow at $3.50 pm.
Emphasis will be on the identifica-
ton of clauses, phrases and parts of
speech, and the winner will receive a
full scholarship to the school. Half
scholarships will go to second and
third place winners.
This is the second annual grammar
bee sponsored by the school.
Evening star., 1938-04-28
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HENDAYE, France. April 2s-An
engagement between the fleets of the
insurgents and the Spanish govern
ment was narrowly avoided, it was
learned today. when insurgent wal
vessels bonabarded government land
forces yesterday.
Dispatches from both sides said the
insurgent war feet, including the
cruisers Canarias and Almirante Ger
vera, together with smaller vessels
rained shells on government lines
along the Mediterranean Wednesday
especially Alcala de Chivert, north of
Castellon.
Loyalist Ships Sent.
Barcelona radio orders sent the
government ships steaming at forced
draft to the area, but their COM
manders declared they arrived too late
to engage the insurgents.
The government feet has been
based at Cartagena. A sea battle off
Cartagena occurred between the two
fleets March 6. The insurgent cruiser
Beleares was torpedoed and sunk with
an estimated loss of 900 lives.
Heavy bombardment OF government
positions at Albocacer, on the coastal
front north of Castellon, was reported
by the insurgent command at Irun
today to have destroyed two trains
OF government reinforcements arriv-
ing from Castellon.
Dispatches from the government
front at Albocacer said the resistance
was growing stronger every hour, and
that the insurgent offensive along the
Aloocacer-Alcala de Chivert line def
nitely was stopped
Threat to Loyalist Rear.
Insurgents said rain drenching all
Eastern Spain prevented their often
sive from developing normally. !"
From the east, however, a new threat
developed toward the government's S
rear.
Gen. Jose Varela's veteran Casti-
lians drove down the highway from
Teruel toward Valencia, aiming at the
coast at Sagunto.
A successful drive would trap the
government troops north of Castellon
in another coastal pocket, such as
that about Barcelona where govern
ment defenders have been cut of
from the rest of Spain
Gen. Varela opened his drive down
the 60-mile highway to Sagunto and
the coast when his troops stormed
government flanking positions in the
Pobo Mountains northeast of Teruel
yesterday.
Fifteen miles down the coast from
Sagunto is Valencia, main supply base
for Central Spain.
The Insurgents difficult task was to
break through the strong system of
government trenches which crisscross
the highway. and then to drive be-
hind the governments front line in
Southern Teruel and Central Castel-
lon.
Varela's success would mean virtual
collapse Of government resistance in
East Central Spain. as the govern
ments entire right wing would be
hemmed in with the Mediterranean at
its rear.
Evening star., 1938-04-28
BY the Associated Press.

breach OF agreements.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 28.-The foreign
Office announced tonight that Prime
Minister Chamberlain and Premier
Daladier had reached full agreement
on all points discussed" at the end
of the first day of their review of
Anglo-French world policy.
The communique did not specify
what points figured in todays search
for common safeguards against the
central European and other threats to
world peace.
Closer Cooperation Expected.
The tWo-day conference, from which
much closer cooperation of all fight
ing services of the two powers is ex-
pected to be major result, Will be
resumed tomorrow.
Premier Daledier and his foreign
minister, Georges Bonnet, left for
Windsor to be dinner guests of King
George and Queen Elizabeth.
Viscount Halifax, Britain's foreign
secretary, and Sir Robert Vansittart.
his chief diplomatic adviser, partici-
pated in the surveys of the troubled
world, from China to Spain and
Czechoslovakia
Nazi efforts to absorb Germans Of
CzechoSlOvakia in the expanded Ger
man realm loomed as an increasing
agreement on the question of military
cooperation
A small crowd watched Premier
Daladier and Foreign Minister Bonnet,
who few from Paris yesterday. enter
the Prime Minister'S residence in dingy
Downing street.
Soon after the French entered, Vls-
count Halifax crossed over from the
foreign office, followed by Sir Robert,
Informed sources believed the Pre-
miers would take long-range decisions
in an effort to deal with German ey-
panslon. New accords for both powers
with Italy would bulwark such tactics.
II was expected they also would work
directly with the leaders of Czechoslo-
Vakla in an effort to get them to
satisfy Germany. Other possibilities
for discussion were propping up coun-
tries like Yugoslavla and Hungary eco
nomically to enable them to resist Nazi
hegemony.
One version of the search for mill
tary cooperation was that the fighting
services of the two powers would be 50
closely knit that neither could 90 to
war without the other,
Evening star., 1938-04-28
WEATHER REPORT.

OF CoumbaShove
.
Maryland
cooler
West Vngnashove and generally
much
Evening star., 1938-04-28
Greco-Turkish Pact Signed.

ATHENS, April % (P).-Greece and
Turkey yesterday signed l0-year
pact of friendship and non-aggres-
sion, providing for constant consulta-
tion on all questions involving the two
cOuntrie6
Evening star., 1938-04-28
Raise Recommended.

The Senate Post Office Committee
yesterday recommended SIS increase
IN the annual salaries OF letter car
riers in the village delivery service.
Evening star., 1938-04-28
STAMP BEST-SELLER
1,O54,4S Streamlined 1-Centers
Sold Here Monday.

The streamllned 1-cent stamp which
went on sale Monday already has be-
come best seller in stampdom.
Postmaster General Farley esti-
mated today that 1,054.488 were sold
here Monday. Postal clerks Cancelled
124,037 flrst-day covers.
The 1-center. first of the forthcom-
ing 3l-stsmp presidential series, shows
George Washington's profile against
q green background.
Evening star., 1938-04-28
REBEL SEA FLEET
AIDS LAND FORCE
Naval Battle Is Narrowly
Avoided as Loya|ists
Speed Warships.
BACKGROUND

After splitting loyaltst Spain By
driving to Mediterranean seacodst,
insnrgent forces Of Gen. Francisco
Franco launched ne,p driues north
toDdrd Barcelona and south toudrd
Valencia. Other armies conperg,nq
on Catalan capital along French
border and from central sectors of
'front.'
Evening star., 1938-04-28

Coffee grows to perfection on the
mountain slopes Of Mexico.
Evening star., 1938-04-28

Record for Last - Hours.
rrom noon yesterday to noon today)
HIGHEST. 90. at 5 pm. yesterday. Year
ago 81
Lowest. 81. at 5:45 am. today. Year
ago, 43.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 81. on April 90
Lowest. IS, on January %.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
CFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, 81 per cent at 5:45 m. today.
Lowest, As per cent. at pm. yesterday.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
GeOdetic SurVeyD
Evening star., 1938-04-28
FRANCO-BR|T|SH
CONFEREESAC AGREE
Farley to Broaden Powers
Cooperation Will Be
Resumed Tomorrow,
BACKGROUND

oAC n InOOND-
British government OF Prime
Minister NeUille Chamberlain has
launched upon t,Oo-pronged poltcy
OF negotiating for peace NTH the
dtctators and closentng ties NTH
France and the United States.
French Premier Deladier has fol-
loWed path to door of Mussolini and
present talks are in nature of
mutual assurance against II Duce'S
breach OF agreements.
Evening star., 1938-04-28
River Report.
Report for Last - Hours.

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry, Potomac. clear At
Great Falls today
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-02
MORE PROGRAM
EVENTS ADDED
CLUBS TENTATIVELY as
SIGNED sPoNsoRsHTPs
IN MEETING

Tentative assignments OF win
ter program events 20 clubs. hotels
and business houses Of the city
were made yesterday afternoon
by Mrs. Eva Warner who heads
the Recreation Department-Jsy-
Gee committee sponsoring them.
Added 10 the events already to
&c sponsored is a swimming card
81 All-StaF swimmers here IN the
state during the winter. i group
Of federal theater plays. marion
cite shows. nursery school and
sewing room exhibits. Spanish
operetta and Gilbert and SuIli-
van opeTetta. Many Of the events
have been definitely planned out
and arrangements are going for
yard on others. II is expected
that release II dates ard clubs
sponsoring the events will be
ready within three weeks.
In general the program viii
consist Of major events wlth well
known units coming here, Local
groups also staging several Of
these events ard minor events
which wiIl be scattered through
the three winter rsonths u
January. February and March.
A calendar q events viii -
prepared for dis;rlbusicEs
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-02
KEY TRUCK FARMERS GROW LARGE
Colored Folk Find Soil Here Produces Enormous Fruit
GRAPEFRUIT In KEY WEST HOME


The land of milk and honey
fruit and flowers for which we
always seek, may not be so far
away
1t isn't for two Key West color
ed residents at ALB Thomas street
just around the corner from the
W.P.A. building, where Erskine
Role and wife's little place finds
delicious and highest grade gold.
en- grapefruit spotting their front
and side yard. tropical guavas
and more northern peach, and
three beehives. This is just part
of the story.
We'd like to take YOU through
the yard and have them show
you the many varieties oil
the beautiful grapefruit, sweet as
can be. ard LEI her tell you of the
various excellencies and peculi-
arities. let her point out the rosy
bloom on the shaded parts Of the
famous pink grapefruit. let her
show you seedless types, let her
amaze you with the various pro-
visions az The Maker. Or stroll
70 the oranges and see the finest
brands. or take you 10 the three
old fashiooed beehives, unscien-
tifIcaliy constructed. which pro.
duced Is gallons OF honey You
would be amazed az we we're
And this is not harvest" year
for those trees. she says
Il attribute most Of IL 20 the
soil. said the ROLES. who truck
farnned on tire Thousand Is
lands. Knock En- Down Key
of the lower Keys and TOW
Key West. 1T viii produce
anything Sometimes / think that
IL Key Westers would only get .
little pep and go our ard stick
the right roots into fhe ground
they woaId be q LOT better Off
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-02
FOUR ABSENTEE
BALLOTS VOTED

Some elections have brought
out large number of absentee
voters, but not so in the general
election which is to be held on
November 8, next Tuesday.
AS matter of fact the alb
sentee votes which have been
cast in the office of Judge Ray
mond r. Lord are said to be
fewer than ever before, and as
there are but two more days af-
ter today on which absentee bal
lots may be cast, the outlook for
a large vote is not very promis-
ing.
Today Judge Lord announced
that but four votes had been cast
to date, and one of them was
voted this morning from resi-
dent of the Sixth Precinct. The
three others were voted by resi-
dents of the Third Precinct.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-02
MEMBERS OF
HOUSINC UNIT
TWISTED HERE
TAKEN ON TOUR OF CITY:
ECOME FAMILIARIZED
WITH CONDITIONS IN THIS
LOCALITY

| Rudolph Nedved and r. STAN
ley Sweeley, representatives of
the United States Housing Au-
thority, were in Key West yes
terday for the purpose of con-
ferring with members who are
attached to the authority in Key
West.
Some time ago j. Fred Dion,
chairman of the local board, was
advised that members of the ma
tional authority would arrive in
Key West for conferences with
other agencies. Acting Scores
tary Franklin E. Albert, of the
local branch, contacted the head
of the department in Washington
and was advised that represen-
tatives of the agency would be in
Key West at the earliest possible
moment.
Mr.. Nedved and Mr.. Sweeley
were taken on a tour of the city
in order that they may familiar
ize themselves with existing con-
ditions. Although their inspec-
ton was necessarily brief, they
said that they saw the necessity
of improved housing conditions.
Mr.. Dion presided at a meeting
of the authority in Key West
which was attended by Mayor
Willard M. Albury, and the fol-
lowing members of the local agen-
cy: Hugh Williams, ]. Lancelot
Lester, VOLTAGE Kirke and Frank
lin Albert.
Mr.. Nedved explained the pro-
visions of the u. S. Housing Act
and indicated that project could
only be undertaken with the
whole-hearted support of the
community and the local govern
ments.