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Evening star., 1938-03-20
Operation Risk
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By the Associated Press

0y bnS Associated PreSS.
KANSAS CITY, March 19.-Sylya
Davis, who gambled against death in
an operation, modestly told her pub
lic' tonight she's mot as brave as
you think"
The 20-year-old girl who underwent
an operation which doctors told her
might mean either death or a partial
cure OF spastic paralysis which has
made her limbs useless since birth,
dictated a message to the thousands
who have written her from all over the
Nation.
During the past week sylvia has
shown enough progress to permit vol
untary movement of her legs.
Before the operation" Sylvia ex-
planned, II did everything I could do
with my mouth. (That included writ
ing on a typewriter, painting and
turning pages of pooks) Nov I'm
hoping to do things with my hands
and I intend to study voice. III be
seeing you al soon."
Evening star., 1938-03-20
BRIDGES THREAT
Anglers COPELAND
Union Heads Warning on
Maritime Strike Held
Absolute Treason

Senator Copeland, Democrat, of
New York, announced yesterday he
would bring to the attention of the
Senate Commerce Committee a.
threat by Harry Bridges, director of
Pacific Coast maritime labor activi-
ties OF the Committee on Industrial
Organization, to work for passage OF
the Pettengill long-and-short-ha
railroad freight rate bill If the Wa
terfront Employers Association of
Southern California did not quickly
meet the demands of striking water
front workers who have tied up ship
ping in Southern California ports.
The Senator's announcement came
as Secretary of Labor Perkins in
formed the employers she would name
an arbitrator in the waterproof dis
pute which has tied up 18 ships at
San Pedro and II at Los Angeles.
The Pettengill bill, regarded by
maritime interests as inimical to
shipping, is being opposed by mari
time unions on the East Coast, who
contend any blow to the shipping
industry would adversely affect labor
Mr.. Bridges, after being denied a
hearing here before the Senate Com
merce Committee and the House Mer-
chant Marine Committee, is reported
to have sent telegram to the Cali
fornia waterfront employers, a copy
Of which is now in the possession of
Senator Copeland.
Senator Copeland said he thought
the rank and file of the maritime
unions ought to know that the head
of the maritime labor unions on the
Pacific Coast is so Indifferent to their
interests that he is willing to sacrifice
their welfare to attain temporary
victory in a labor dispute"
Il think this threat is absolute trea-
son to the rank and file of the mari
time workers." Senator Copeland said,
adding that friends of the merchant
marine were united in opposing the
Pettingill bill as threat to the maritime
industry.
The Senator said he had been in
formed that the c. l. o. strike on the
Pacific seaboard had caused loss of
employment to 5000 waterfront work
ers and 1000 not directly involved and
the sacrifice of daily pay roll total
ing s12.500
(Copyright, 1888. New York Herald
Tribune)
Evening star., 1938-03-20
1900 T0PARADE
HERE ON ARMY DAY
Celebration Due to Be One
of Most CoIorfuI in
20-Year History.

Spurred by increasing national de-
tense activities. more than $4,000
marchers already have requested as
signment to positions In the Army
Day parade which will pass in review
before President Roosevelt and oth1r
national leaders on Constitution ave-
nue. on the afternoon of April 6, 1t
was announced last night by the Mill
tary Order of the World War, spon-
sors OF the demonstration.
Places in the column already have
been reserved for more than ITO
marching units and scores of bands
and drum corps and the demonstra-
ton promises to be one Of the most
colorful in the 20 years Of Army Day
, observances.
Brig. Gen. Albert l.. Cox, local COM
mander of the Military Order OF the
World War, will take the review with
the President and the official party
will include members of the cabinet,
military leaders and national COM
manders of the American Legion, the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars and Dis
abled American Veterans, and Rear
Admiral Reginald r. Belknap of New
York, commander in chief OF the
order.
Dryden Is Grand Marshal.
Brig Gen. William Dryden, grand
marshal OF the parade, will have as
assistant marshals in charge of the
five main divisions Col. J. M. VAIN
wright, commanding officer. Fort
Myer, Va: Col. John w. Oehmann,
commanding the District National
Guard; Col. Leroy w. Heron, Field
Artillery Reserve. commanding the Or
ganized Reserves; COL Jesse c. Drain,
commanding r. o. T. c. units and
| cadet organizations, and 1t. Col.
George E. Ijams, past commander in
chief of the order. who will command
a division of veteran and patriotic
| units.
The first division of the column will
be composed Of regulars of the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps, including the
Army Band, 18th Infantry from Fort
Washington. Md; 34th Infantry, 66th
Infantry and new model tanks from
| Fort Meade, Md; 10th Field Artillery
and Sd Cavalry. Fort Myer, Va; a
field ambulance group from Walter
Reed Hospital, the Marine Band, a
battalion Of marines, a battalion of
sailors and detail from the Coast
Guard.
Third Division Of Reserves.
The second division, National Guard
will consist of the l21st Engineer Band,
Headquarters troops. 29th Military
Police Company. l2lst Engineers; S72d
Infantry and 260th Coast Artillery
with its drum and bugle corps and
new mobile equipment, including
searchlights and anti-aircraft guns.
The third division, Organized Re-
Evening star., 1938-03-20
COMMITTEE URGES
ADDED A|RPORTS
Expansion of System Held
Defense Need-ControI
Legislation Asked.

Volclng a warning that the United
States is inadequately equipped with
landing fields for national defense,
especially in the vicinity of the Cap
ital, National Airport Committee
appointed by Director of Air Com
merce Fred D. Fagg, jr.. last night
urged Federal participation in a pro-
gram Of expansion of the Nations
airport system.
The committee, in a statement is.
sued by its chairman, Floyd E. Evans,
head of the Michigan Board Of Aero
nautics, called for enactment by Con-
gress Of the Lea bill to establish
Federal Aviation Commission 10 as
sumo control of all flying activity in
the United States.
Washington is represented on the
committee by Brig. Gen. Henry H.
Arnold, assistant chief of the Army
Air Corps
Characterizing the Lea bill as the
spearhead of the governmental reor-
ganization plan the committee said:
We must include an enabling clause
in this basic legislation for Govern
ment participation in airport expan-
sion if we are to meet our flying needs
and keep abreast of airport construc-
ton abroad
Cities Cannot Carry Load,
Certainly, the cities no longer are
able to carry the whole financial bur-
den OF airport construction and ex-
pansion. Moreover, We do not have
sufficient airport facilities now for our
Air Corps to use in repelling attacks"
Mr. Evans said the Lea bill, sup
ported by every branch of the aviation
industry" should include specific au-
thorization for Government aid to
States and municipalities in airport
construction if it is to meet current
and future needs
He called attention to the fact the
Southwestern Aviation Conference, in
Oklahoma City last week, as we'll as
numerous other regional aviation con-
ferences, had gone on record favoring
Government aid in landing field con-
struction.
w. P. A. Work Praised,
Nor must the legislation confine
such aid to the so-called civil airway
SYSTEM Mr.. Evans said. That would
be inimical to the interests of the
growing army of private flyers
The committee said the Works Prog
ress Administration has done a "splen-
did job" of airport construction
throughout the country, but that such
work was only of stop-gap nature.
In the meantime the House Public
Buildings and Grounds Committee.
considering establishment of an air.
port for Washington to serve both air
transport and defense needs, prepared
to go into the final phase this week
OF its consideration of the pending
Smith and Wood bills.
Evening star., 1938-03-20

serves. will be commanded by CO..
Heron as brigade commander of
units of infantry. cavalry. field ar
tillery. engineers, Air Corps. coast
artillery, quartermaster and other Re-
serve units in this area. Col. West
A. Hamilton will command colored
Reserve contingents.
The fourth division will include R.
0. T. c. units from Georgetown
University, University of Maryland,
Howard University and ST. Johns Col
lege. units from the two brigades Of
high school cadets and their bands
and cadet units from Alexandria and
Clarendon, Va, high. schools.
The fifth division will be composed
Of Veterans Of Foreign Wars, Ameri-
can Legion and other veteran and
patriotic units, with their bands and
drum corps. a mobile ambulance unit
and miscellaneous units. The division
Evening star., 1938-03-20

sentatives Of labor, civic and church
groups from 20 States.
At the conference, called by the
National Negro Congress. letter from
John L. Lewis, head of the Committee
for Industrial Organization and United
Mine Workers of America, was read.
THE c. I. o. is uneQuivocally in
support of this legislation" the letter
stated. THE continued delay of the
legislation through the highly ques-
tionable tactics of a small minority
is blot upon the record of our Con-
gress." Numerous other communica-
tions in support Of the bill were read.
Evening star., 1938-03-20
w. A. PARKER DIES

Retired Executive of Type Firm
Has Heart Attack.
PETERSBURG. Va, March 10 (P)
-Wadsworth A Parker, "a, of Plain.
held, N. j., retired assistant treasurer
OF the American Type Founders Co.
died suddenly this morning of a heart
attack in Colonial Heights tourist
home.
Mr.. Parker arrived Thursday er
route to Florida and had stopped owe,
10 visit points Of historic interest
while others IN his party continued
south.
He is survived by one brother
Thomas Parker Of Melvin. Tex
Evening star., 1938-03-20

Nlnety-eight per cent of Chile's 1887
melon crop was shipped to America.
Evening star., 1938-03-20

will be led by the Army and Navy
Legion of Valor. composed of holdlers
of the Congressional Medal of Honor
and Distinguished Service Cross.
Organizations which have not yet
been assigned but wish to-participate
are asked to communicate at once with
Maj. Edwin S. Bethlehem. jr., parade
chairman, 100 I street NV. Listing
in the parade order will close March "a.
Stands are to be constructed at va
rious points along the line of march
and seats will be sold to meet ex-
penses.
The parade will be followed by the
annual Army Day banquet in the eve
ming at the Mayfower Hotel. Assist
ant Secretary of War Louis johnson
will be the principal speaker.
Evening star., 1938-03-20
Officer in Germany Recalled.

Capt. Albert c. Wedemeyer, In
fantry, has been ordered relieved from
assignment as student in the Ger
man General Staff School, Berlin
Germany, the War Department an
nounced yesterday. On his return t.
the United States he will be assigned
to the 29th Infantry, Fort Benning.
ca
Evening star., 1938-03-20
CHINESE FUND GROWS
Local Red Cross Chapter Get.
$3,575 for Relief.

3,575 for Relief.
Contributions received by the local
chapter OF the American Red Cross
for the Chinese relief fund now total
$3,575, it was announced yesterday.
The Junior Red Cross of Woodrow
Wilson High School donated SIS.
Persons desiring to contribute may
send donations to the District head
quarters. 17a0 4 strset NV, marked
for this purpose.
Evening star., 1938-03-20
LYNCH BILL PASSAGE
URGED AT CONFERENCE
Farley Called by National Negro
Congress Maps Plans for
New Campaign.

Plans for a campaign to force recon-
sideration and passage by the Senate
Of the Wagner-Van Nuys anti-lynch-
ing bill at this session OF Congress
we're considered yesterday at a meet
ing at the Whitelaw Hotel of repre-
Evening star., 1938-03-20
Geological Society to Meet,

Inc Geological Society of WASH
,ngton will hold its 563d meeting
wednesday at pm. in the assem-
oily nall of the Cosmos Club. Papers
to be read by two speakers will he
accompanied by lantern slides
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1938-03-10

Vol.l No.l5 Falaer. Alaska
GRACE BAILEY OF A!GIIoRAl1a BzCClES
MSS ALlSlA" At ICE c.LG!LT1I.
Miss Matanuslla lIaid' outf- + ted For
Trip to Northern Citys Coap951Sion
Doro thy Vasano ia as M: SIS ia teaus,.a l.aidn
left Wednesday morning for "a thanks to
compete for the title O. ~ SIS Alasxan.
Mrs. Ross Shelly was acting as her CHAP
eron and Earl Bell, as her manager at the
Ice Carnival.
FLASH! Report this evening states
that Miss Grace Bailey or Aachor-
age was chosen nj IS l1eakaa at
the Coronati Oh Bell to7lsht IN
Fai rban2.ss a. n the t1t1e goes
the honor Of ruling over the Ice
Carnival and a trip to Hollywood
wi tn all expen ses paid,
Miss Vesono ia is a brunette Nj tn very
vivid colorlngs She is IL years ola and
q Senior at the Palmer High School, she
is 81 inches tall and weighs i'll pounds.
On Monday she went to secure her wardrobe
for the trip. The co11nit5ee to select
TIE clothes, as originally planned, vas
disbancods ITS Leo JACOBS hurt lec knee
and ankle while taoogann1ag Sunday ana
Miss Myrtle K1ovstad was 1nao-e &c maze
arran sanents TO leave school Hhere she is
q teacher. a new c0T4it tee was formed
hurried1y. I-~so Vorno Eastlsa11 continued
as chaiT nan ana was assisted By Mrs.
Lawrence Vasonojo, the Queenfs neither, ond
MRS, George Novak, who was re spons 1ble fo1
the Queen aP pearance the n light OF the
Corona ION Ball.
Much Of the wardrobe wos purchased in An
chcrago tnrcn 81 the Trading Post old the
balance in Palmer, a desert ri on Of the
clothes purchased will be found on page 4.
4 sum Of $4,000 was set aside FOR the
Macdrobe, end &25 90 was Ill owed for the
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1938-03-10
COUNCIL TO GIVE PUEBLO LIRRY
$G29. 90, SON OPEN FT}-De4Y ETEl,

Other Local Organizations Promoting
as Il direct result Of the contest to select
"7iiss llatanueka Maida and the rattle, the
Fa21lor Plbllc Library will be $685. 90 ri che.
Tao GlV1c Council, winch sponsored the con-
test. will turn this amount over to the Ii
bIT}1T for new books.
This is the largest single donot1on to date
md nearly as nach SIS the total amount
raised oy school Children since the orgoni-
cation Of TIE library, w.Iica his amounted
to $26lse2.
at tie smle tine, the Civic Council announ-
cos met just as soon S partitition can
be Lndo to close of the rest OF the school
the Library will be open to the public on
Friday evenings fro1- 700 to eco. Further
the Library Cmm5 ttoe composed Of Ers. B.J.
P1nClo OF the legion 4luEilliary, !Ir. Harold
Ia-u1a. super-nt ord cat Of the Palmer School,
Cn6 M, Robert licCully. Codnc ilnan, want to
hear from say one VINO would be willing to
take charge Of the library on Saturdays for
peri % o. one or two non tbs. as soon as
crrol goIoen is can be mode, the Library will
be kept open Oh Saturdays.
Private don2ti ons are coming in slowly.
However, several organic ations have express
sei q desire 80 help IN 4 caIlpaign to en-
large the Library. The Coop Board has su;-
g9sred t1ot there be 4 separate shelf for
cooporat i've literature and they already have
some books to donate.
1I0spIIL FOUR PoTIT PROGRAM BEING
PUSHED; NEW CCJlC len all CHOSEN
at all but two Of the recent meetings in
the local districts, to elect = Counc ilman
for the coming YER. Dr.. Utrecht and Mr..
JAG obs have been present tc discuss the
Four point plan for tie cont inue tion of the
ltotonua4ca Fospi tel vi tn the people. Special
Meetings were held in the other two dis
tr1cts to allow resi- dents to he2r Drs.l-
brecht and Mr., Jacobs. In every district
far similar resolution has been pas sed
that the d i st riots would q eve rvt,finr in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01

in the "escalator" clause other classes of ships.
 A decision, in problem that might mean expenditure of many hundreds of millions of dollars, real ly lay with the United States and Britain, because a French govern ment spokesman told the United Press in Paris yesterday that France would agree in advance to what ever decision the other powers made.
 T. was not necessary to make any decision public. The three powers are bound only as concerns them selves. But Germany and Russia have subscribed to the treaty. Ger many, by special agreement, is en- titled to build up to roughly one third of the British strength, so she would be entitled to build one super ship for each three Britain builds.
 The most dramatic phase of to- days negotiations was the possi- bility of race in building gigantic battleships, floating fortresses, rang ing from 42,000 to 45, ,000 tons.
 But the prospective cost was stag gering-from $60000,000 to $75,000,- 900 a ship. One new super-ship would cost Britain $20,000000 more than one of 35,000 tons. Twenty million dollars equals 1-64 of the total amount derived annually from the country's heavy income tax.
 Britain would probably plan five super-ships if any. The United States would equal her. Japan would join In perforce, whether or not she ever had considered building such ships. Germany would follow Brit ain. France would build to match Germany, Italy to match France. Russia, anXiously increasing her unknown strength, would be ex- pected to build against Germany and Japan alike if able.
 Even without any super-ship plans it was expected that the British navy estimates for the fiscal year beginning April 1, to be published probably Friday, would total $600,- O0O,000-an increase of $75, 5,O00,OO0 Besides the new ships for which it was expected provision would be made Britain is building, or about to start building, more than 150 warships including five 35,000 ton battleships, five aircraft carriers, IT cruisers, 40 destroyers, 18 sub marines and Is assorted auXiliaries.
 Some hope remained that Japan might voluntarily announce her building program and thus halt a prospective race in super-ships. The United States, Britain and France in simultaneous notes asked Japan for her program. She refused and made 1t plain that she believed the request-virtually demand-was unfair. Her leading spokesmen have said earnestly that Japan will not start a naval race and will join in one only if forced. It has been hinted that should some power in- quire privately, in friendly, in- formal way, it might get the infor- nation sought-or that if the chance come, the information might even be volunteered as an act of good faith. The powers, however, felt themselves forced to play safe. They felt that if competition ever started in one single class of Warship it would spread to all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01

the state, he made injuries into the highway department to familiariZe himself with its operations.
 The issue of control went to the supreme court which decided in fa- vor of Macdonald.
 Regarding the survey which Hur- ley conducted in the highway agency, Macdonald reported to the governor, that he had not been noti- fled officially or unofficially" that such an inuiry was to be made Hurley's agents, he said, complain ed of lack of cooperation on the part of highway department employees.
 If in any case they did not re- ceive the help they needed" he said, "they can find the reason in their own secretiveness. <" {" x the highway commissioner has nothing to hide and nothing to fear from any unbiased survey"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01


 'Fallacious State ment
 There probably has never ap- peared in a report of responsible public officer in Connecticut" he said, "a more reckless and fallacious statement than than of the com missioner of public works to the ef- feet that by recognizing the state highway department sufficient funds can be made available to build all the new and modern highways in the state which traffic surveys have shown t. obe needed. |" it can only be assumed that the reason that the commissioner of public works presents his budget estimates so boldly is that he does not under stand the functions and activities of the state highway department and the reuirements for moneys under existing laws"
 To have one man responsible for the departments spending, as pro- posed by Hurley, the highway com missioner observed, would be par ticularly well designed for the dis pensation of political patronage"
 Such reorganization, he said would be legal way to throw the merit act out of the windows as it applies to the highway department '
 See Roads-Hurley
 Hurley had only one comment to make today regarding the volumin- ous report which, he said, he had not entirely read.
 "The trick photography" accusa- tion he branded as ridiculous.
 All you have to do is visit the scenes photographed. The road is there. Anyone can look at it."
 The controversy between the two state agencies arose after Hurley was named public works commis- sioner last June. On the strength of an attorney generals opinion he was in charge of the "real assets" of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
COMPETITION WITH BUSINESS IS HIT AT
(Continued from Page D

Baruch contended that the na- tion must distinguish between mon- opoly, which he explained as "such control of price and production as exploits the public" and mere bigness which through mass distri- button and mass manufacture has been one of our greatest blessings in low price, cheap service, and hence increased production, and better standards of living than exist elsewhere in the globe"
 "On this whole question of mon- opoly," he said, T cannot agree with campaign of attacking our existing business system on a broaa front for the sole purpose of break ing 1t into smaller pieces.
 T prefer precisely to define those practices which we regard as mon- opolistic and then vigorously to prosecute all who overstep those rules"
 Declaring that some monopolies are natural and unavoidable, Baruch said that since the government has ample power to regulate them di- rectly, T have always doubted either the necessity or wisdom of the attempt to regular them by having government compete with them.
 "The operation of business rather than the regulation of business smacks too much of what is going on in Russia and Germany" he said. Tt is violation of ar essential of recovery which is to activate our traditional economc system rather than to restrict it."
 Baruch said that there was re- luctance of both government and people to pay for their "dead horses.
 "The railroads are a conspicuous case in point" he said. "The railroad problem would be easier if assets which no longer serve, and which do not and cannot earn, could be put through the wringer of liquidation and reorganization and if prudent consultations and abandonments of uneconomic ser vices were made"
 He favored a straight subsidy on the domestic consumption of farm products, leaving the market ing and production free, rather than regulation such as entailed under the administrations crop control bill.
 The subsidy would be in a form of loan on scaled down value to tide the farmer over emergencies created by a "glutted" market.
 Baruch said that the administra- tion's plan would not by itself sufficiently increase farm income by raising prices and added that pro- cessing taxes for benefit payments were inevitable.