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Evening star., 1938-08-11
SOAP BOX DERBY
CHAMP OFF TODAY
Norman RoCca Will Leave
for Big Race Event
in Akron.

Norman Rocca, IA, Soap Box Derby
champion of Washington, leaves to-
night to represent this city in the
hfth All-American Soap Box Derby
Sunday at Akron, Ohio.
Norman and his mother, Mrs S. ].
Parrish. who live at 2237 Nichols ave-
nue. Sc. will make the trip as guests
Of The Star, co-sponsors with the
American Legion of the local coasting
race, as part of the awards received
by Norman for winning the first
Washington Soap Box Derby. They
will leave Union Station at 1850 pm.
on the Fort Pitt Limited of the Bal
tinore e. Ohio Railroad and will
arrive in Akron tomorrow about 10
am.
Will Join Parade.
Before leaving for the train that
will carry him to a thrilling race, in
which more than 100 other city cham
pions from every section of the coun-
try and a number of foreign countries
will compete, Norman will march with
the Sons of the American Legion
Drum and Bugle Corps. which is to
participate in a parade of Legion
naires and other patriotic groups in
connection with the annual convention
of the District of Columbia Depart
ment of the American Legion.
Since Norman and his speedy racer.
0,l, a.. t>,,3l nj
on which he used wheels from an
ambulance stretcher flashed across the
finish line in drenching rain during
the running of the finals Of the derby
on July %. his car has been completely
overhauled, frightened up and given a
new paint job. The construction and
the design of the car, which proved
the best Of field of 224 homemade
coasters, was not changed, but the
outside Of the car, damaged by the
rain during the race, was repaired.
Originally painted dark blue and
yellow, the flashy-looking racer now
sports a body painted tobacco brown
with a hood Of chrome yellow. The
car was Grated in The Evening Stars
carpenter SllOp duu SAlIpPCo w @AhAoAA
last week
Royal Welcome Awaited.
The Washington champion will re-
ceiye a royal welcome when he ar
rives in Akron to compete in the
national finals. Every city champion
is met by a delegation headed by
band, and which includes other city
champions and derby officials. Last
year champions from 12o cities in
the United States. and from Hawaii,
Canada and South Africa competed
for national and international honors
before a crowd Of more than 100000
spectators.
This year Norman and his racer
will compete against an increasing
number Of champions on the specially
constructed derby course at Derby
Downs outside Of Akron.
When Norman arrives in Akron he
will receive gold wrist watch, en-
graved with the Soap Box Derby en-
blem, at a banquet honoring all the
competitors in the race. In addi-
ton, he will receive other prizes be-
sides those won in the actual COM
petition.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
BIDS EXCEED SCHOOL
FUNDS BY $4,000
Special Meeting of Alexandria
Council Will Be Called to
Consider Offers.
By s,ar Correspondent of The Star.

BY Stat. Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. Aug. 1l.-Bids
submitted for construction Of the new
elementary school to be built here TO
serve the North Ridge section exceeded
appropriations by more than $4,000
when opened yesterday.
Only two bids were received on the
project, one from the Northern Vir-
ginia Construction Co. Of Alexandria,
which submitted a quotation of $1S3,-
900, and the other from T. Calvin
Owens of Bethesda, Md, who bid $685.
SOL.
An appropriation made by the coun-
Gil totals only $123, 900, while the esti-
mates made for the work have not ex-
ceeded $4,000.
City Manager Carl L. Budwesky said
q special meeting Of the Council will
Be held within the next few days to
eonNdsf the bids
Evening star., 1938-08-11
BLACK MARYLAND
CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Appointment to Supreme
Court Stirs Controversy
Among Candidates.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 1.-THE con.
troversy that ragged around the ap.
pointment Of Senator Black to the
Supreme Court carried over today
into the Maryland Democratic sena-
torial primary campaign.
At odds on the issue were Senator
Tydings, who is up for reelection, and
Representative Lewis, who seeks to
unseat the senior Maryland Senator.
Issues Developed.
They discussed the issue last night
Mr.. Tydings against Justice Black.
and Mr.. Lewis for him-while these
developments shaped up:
Baltimore County Republican fac
ton, headed by j. Purdon Wright,
chief adviser to Gov. Harry W. Nice,
Endorsed Judge Oscar Lesser of the
supreme bench of Baltimore for the
G. q. P. senatorial nomination, while
the Republican State Central Com
mite indorsed its former chairman,
Gaien L. TAFT.
State Controller William S. Gordy,
jr., candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Governor, urged the voters
in an address at Annapolis to exercise
their rights in second choice ballots.
William Curran, Baltimore political
leader and foe of Mayor Howard w.
Jackson, also an aspirant to the gov
ernorship, asserted Mr. Jackson was
wrong in his assertion the Bar Asso-
cations selection Of judgeship slate
| was designed to get around the law.
| Speaking at Cumberland, Senator
| Tydings said he voted against the
Senate confirmation of Mr.. Black as
a Supreme Court justice because the
Alabaman had belonged TO an organ
ization that %fomented religious, racial
and national prejudice and hatreds."
| Asserting he had demanded an in
vestigation of the reports that Senator
Black was member of the Ku Klux
Klan, Mr.. Tydings said that after Sen
ator Black had admitted in a radio
address he once had been a member
OF the Ku Klux Klan, Representative
Lewis had stated
L was perfectly satisfied with his
| speech-in fact, I was satisfied with it,"
Declared False Issue"
Mr.. Lewis, addressing Democratic
! Club meeting here, said Senator Tyd-
| 1ngs had raised false issue" in
bringing up the Black matter and as
serted that II he had been a member
OF the Senate he would have voted for
the Senator's confirmation as a su-
preme Court justice.
The fault doesn't lie on his
(Black's) boyhood mistakes-as the
were. The fault lies in having a liberia,
on the Supreme Court of the Unite,
States" he said.
| WEINBERG WTTuDp AUs
Evening star., 1938-08-11
REVIEW FRENCH ARMY

BR1ANCON. France. Aug II (P,.-
twenty thousand French troops. par
tlclpants in war games near the
Italian border, passed in review today
before President Albert lie Brun.
Premier Edouard Daladier and Chief
OF Staff Marie Gustave Gamelin.
The most modern mechanical units,
as well as powerful Moroccan cavalry
which turned the tide of battle" in
the final day of maneuvers yesterday
by quick climb up steep mountain
side to aid the Invaders" took part.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
BOY, IS, GETS LIFE
Ohio Youth Confessed Slayer Of
6-Year-Old Girl,

CINCINNATI, Aug. II (R.-Lind-
berg Trent, IS, confessed slayer Of
6-year -old Shirley Ann Woodburn,
was convicted today by . three Judge
court of first-degree murder and SEN
fenced to life imprisonment.
Young Trent pleaded guilty to two
indictments charging premeditated
murder and murder In the course Of
attempted criminal attack.
Shirley AIMS body was found in a
wooded tract on Decoration Day, some
20 hours after she disappeared while
at play.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
WEATHER REPORT

District of ColumbiaPary afternoon
and possible slightly
moderate shifting
Maryland-Partly cloudy; in
portion tonight tomorrow fair slightly cooler
VnaPart tonight and
with local showers in south portion tonight
and portion ntonigh
West Vigna-Party
south portion tonight cooler
in north
Evening star., 1938-08-11
FRENCH LABOR OFFICIAL
VISIT UNITED STATES
BY Radio to Tne Star.

BY Radio to the Star.
PARIS, Aug. 11.-Leon Jouhaux,
secretary of the French General Con-
federation of Labor. and. as such, one
OF the most powerful men in France,
will leave shortly for the United States.
Jouhaux will take part in labor and
anti-Fascist conferences. He will be
accompanied by several other members
of his confederation as well as repre-
sentatives of other organizations.
After remaining for seven days in
the United States, Jouhaux intends, 1t
is learned. to go to Mexico to discuss
the situation there with the Mexican
authorities.
toes'r.sht 1ess. +. 9h,sase Daily Ssvs
Evening star., 1938-08-11
HARRY G. TAYLOR
DIES IN CHICAGO
Former Rail Association Official
Here Victim of Heart
Ailment.

Harry Guy Taylor, So. who from
1927 to 1882 was public relations man.
ager here Of the Car Service Division,
American Railway Association. died
last night in Chicago. where he held
the position Of commissioner of West
ern railroads and chairman of the
Western Association of Railway Ex-
ecutives.
Mr.. Taylor, who had lived in Chi
cago since leaving Washington, died
of heart ailment suffered 10 days
ago, according to an Associated Press
dispatch
He left the railway association here
to become regional co-ordinating
commissioner Of the Western railway
group when the Emergency Transpor-
tation Act of 1888 was passed.
Born in Wilbur, Nebr., Mr.. Taylor
was former newspaper publisher
and legislator. He attended Wesleyan
University at salina. Kans, and York
College at York. Nebr.
Leaving school because of illness, he
became publisher of the Norton
County CNebrD Plaindealer, and later
Of the Central City (Nebr) Nonpareil
He was former president of the Ne
braska State Press Association
In 1911 he was elected to the Ne
braska Legislature, and next year be-
came member of the Nebraska State
Railway Commission on which he
served Is wears He WAS made nresi.
dent of the National Association of
Railways and Public Utilities in 1924,
and four years later became chairman
Of the Advisory Board of the Central
Western Shippers.
Survivors included his widow, Mrs
Jessie Taylor, and twin sons. Bruce and
Stanley. %, of Evanston, ILL.,; his
father, Charles William Taylor of Los
Angeles, and sister, Mrs. Dean Tay-
lor Smith of Glendale, Calf. Inter-
ment will be at Lincoln, Nebr.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
MRS. BENTLEY'S WILL
ADMITTED TO PROBATE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

ROCKVILLE. Md. Aug. 1.-THE
will OF Mrs Cornelia Hallowell Bentley.
widow Of John G. Bentley. who died
at her home at Sandy Spring last
Saturday. was admitted to probate in
Orphans Court here yesterday.
It bequeaths to her son, John N.
Jack) Bentley, former big league
baseball star. a mortgage for $2,5oO
and accrued interests and $500: makes
q small cash bequest to each of her
grandchildren and leaves all invest
ments in trust for the benefit of her
daughter. Florence Miller Bentley.
The residue goes in equal shares to
Mrs Bentley's four daughters Florence
Mildred Bentley. Mildred B. Wilson,
Edith B. Thomas and Eliza B. Thomas.
The instrument, which was executed
March 8. 1888, names John N. Bentley
and Frederick L. Thomas executors.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
1900 CLERICS' SLAYING
CHARGED TO LOYALISTS
Bishop Karl Joseph Alter, Toledo,
Ohio, Returns From Eucharistic
Congress in Budapest.

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE Staying
of at least 1000 clerics was charged
against Spanish government forces
today by the Right Rev. Karl Joseph
Alter. Bishop of Toledo. Ohio.
Bishop Alter, who returned from
the Eucharistic Congress at Budapest
aboard the Italian liner Saturnia, said
he had spent four weeks behind the
lines of Gen. Franco studying condi-
tions among the civilian population.
In the province of Hesca, he said,
he found only four churches left out
of 400 that stood before the civil war
began.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
WEINBERG WITHDRAWs,
Frederick Attorney Quits Senate Race
for q State Post.

By the Associated Press.
FREDERICK. Md, Aug. li.-Ieo
Weinberg, Frederick attorney, who
said he will support ANY qualified"
Republican senatorial candidate who
will pledge unalterable opposition to
President Roosevelts policies" with
drew yesterday from the Senate race
and announced for State attorney
general.
Mr.. Weinberg announced for the
Republican senatorial nomination a
month ago, saying he wanted the peo-
pie to have the right to express their
preference as between genuine con-
servatism and false liberalism" Since
that time two others, Galen TAFT Of
Montgomery County and Judge Oscar
Lesser of Baltimore, have announced
for the nomination.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
Macdonald Reports on Palestine.

LONDON. Aug. II R}.-Colonial
Secretary Malcolm Macdonald re-
ported to Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain today on his impress
sions Of the situation In Palestine,
where Arab-Jewish racial strife broke
out July 5. Macdonald made q secret
flight there last week md.
Evening star., 1938-08-11

The pigtail was popular among Eng
lish sailors in the period from about
1900 to 1913. the sailors dressing each
others queues, II
Evening star., 1938-08-11

River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers very
muddy at Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly
muddy at Great Falls today
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today 5:l1 ZOO
sun. tomorrow - 5:1S 7:Os
Moon. today - 1.O4 pm. 5:4ler1
Automobile lights must be turned on one
hals hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
Report for Last r. Hours,
Record for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
Trom noon yesterday to noon today
Hishest. 90. at $50 pm. yesterday.
Year ago 65.
ago. II.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 96. on July IL.
Lowest, 1S, on January 2e.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Htshest. 30 per cent. at pm. yester-
day.
Lowest. ~ Der cent. at pm. yesterday.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED BY United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
Evening star., 1938-08-11

Gasoline taxes yielded State govern
ments more than $76o.ooo,ooo last
Evening star., 1938-08-11

Keep cut flowers as cool as possible.
Do not expose them to direct sun
light.
Evening star., 1938-08-11

The District Of Columbia was estab-
lshed in%7e0.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
PreeiDitation.

Monttlly precipitation in inches In the
Capital (current month to date:
Evening star., 1938-01-23

in a malicious, mischievous or fe-
rocious manner.
However, the deponent, disbeliering
his pet was mad. had post mortem
performed, which revealed his dis
belief entirely justified.
What Mr.. Partin wants is another
pet for his children. He thinks the
commissioners ought to buy it. They
are inclined to agree, but Mr.. Partin
wants another pup from Barney's
mother, who is expecting another lit
ter. and there settlement runs into
the law.
The commissioners individually are
prohibited from doing business with
the county board Of which they are
members. but does that law also apply
to the commissioners counsel? And
If so, does replacing Barney with an
other puppy from the kennel of F.
Barnard Barney Welsh constitute
doing business with the county? Mr.
Partin hopes the commissioners cut
this Gordian knot soon so Reta and
Nancy will again have a dog to play
with.
Evening star., 1938-01-23
Bailey to Speak in Forum


w YAGEs and hours legislation,
M soon to be revived by the
Y Y administration, will be
discussed by Senator Bailey
Of North Carolina in the National
Radio Forum at 1890 pm. tomorrow.
The Forum Is arranged by The Star
and broadcast over the network Of the
National Broadcasting Co., being car
ried locally over Station WMAL.
Senator Bailey 10 not in sympathy
with the proposal to set up Federal
board to pass upon the question Of
hours and wages Of labor, or to leave
the administration Of the proposed
law to the Department of Labor and
its head. He opposed the measure
when it was before the Senate. When
and If the bill is passed by the House
and sent to the Senate for action
again, the North Carolina Senator
may be expected to renew his opposi-
ton.
Chairman Norton Of the House
Committee on Labor and her group
are planning to get to work on . new
wages and hours bill-probably sim
liar In major respects to the measure
which the House recommitted ut the
special session. President Roosevelt,
ct tho oatset q ths present sessaoo,
Evening star., 1938-01-23
COMMERCE BOARD
T0HONOR CURRAN
G. Lyle Be|sIy Also Gets Pub.
lie Service Key of Jun
ior c. of c,

Directors Of the United States
Junior Chamber Of Commerce and the
Washington Junior Board Of Com
merce last night honored G. Lyle
Belsley. director Of the Civil Service
Assembly Of the United States and
Canada, and Police Court Judge Ed
ward M. Curran Of this city Is the
young men who had made the most
outstanding contribution in 1887 to
public welfare In the Nation and IN
the District.
Mr.. Belsley, . former personnel ex-
pert with Government agencies here
was awarded . diamond-studded gold
key as the civic leader under IS who
accomplished the most useful public
service during the year. The cere-
mony was broadcast over . coast-to-
coast network from q dinner meeting
at the Mayflower Hotel.
Judge Curran was cited to receive
the local award, which will be pre-
sented oficially by the Junior Board
Of Commerce at another dinner in
April. An honor guest at the ban
quet, he received a round Of ap-
plause when he arose to express ap-
probation for his selection.
Chosen Because Of Reforms.
It was pointed out that Judge Cur
ran was selected because of reforms
he has instituted in Police Court and
for his "untiring efforts to modernize
the machinery of justice" The COM
mittee which made the selection
stated that:
After long and serious considera-
ton Of the many young men under
the age Of 36 who have made the most
valuable contributions to the welfare
Of our city. we find Judge Curran
best exemplifies the type Of public
service the young business and pro-
fessional men Of our organization
desire to recognize and encourage.
We are fortunate to have within our
membership q young man whose devo-
ton to the best interests Of WASH
ington is an incentive to the youth
Of the District"
Judge Curran Is q graduate Of the
University of Maine and Catholic
University. and . member of the
law faculties at Catholic and Colum-
bus Universities.
The gold key was presented to Mr..
Belsley by Roswell Perry Rosengren,
president Of the United States Junior
Chamber of Commerce, a 33-year-old
attorney Of Buffalo, N. Y. Mr..
Belsley. who also is 33, is a graduate
OF Pomona College, in California.
Created Selection System.
After period at the Brookings In
stitution, Mr.. Belsley went with the
Personnel Classification Board before
going to the Civil Service Commission.
In 1888 he was appointed personnel
director Of the Farm Credit Admins
tration and was credited with estab-
fishing an efficient system for the Sc
lection and training Of personnel.
The organization which Mr.. Belsley
now directs is dedicated to raising the
standards and increasing the efficiency
OF civil employees in the United States
and Canada.
Another speaker at the banquet,
held on the eighteenth anniversary of
the founding of the United States
Junior Chamber Of Commerce, was Eu-
gene Meyer. former governor of the
Federal Reserve Board and publisher
OF the Washington Post. Mr.. Meyer
congratulated the Junior Chamber of
Commerce members on their interest
in an effective civil service for the Ma
tons biggest business-Governm
Evening star., 1938-01-23
YOUTH BREAKS GLASS
TO GET BACK IN JAIL
Virginian Repeats 0ffense Soon
After Leaving 0ccoquan When
Refused Food,
B, stan Correspondent Of The Star.

os StaH Correspondent OF The Star.
ARLINGTON, Va, Jan. 22-El-
bridge Thompson, 10. of Glasgow, Va,
likes jails and the sound of crashing
glass-he gratified both desires today.
The youth entered the Offices of the
Southern Oxygen Co. on No. 1 high
way at the Washington Airport, and
asked members of the staff for money
for something to eat.
When did you eat last" some one
asked him.
"Oh. I had a good breakfast at
Occoquan this morning. lust cot
out after serving 60 days there for
breaking q window" THOMPSON liz
quoted as answering. Employees told
him they could not help.
The youth is said to have walked
outside the Office, picked up a stone
and threw it through a pane of glass
Arlington police took the boy to the
county jail. Tonight he was being
held for investigation"
Evening star., 1938-01-23
SIX TO DIEM CHAIR
FOR KILLING GUARD
Columbia Is. CO. Jury Is Out Az
Hours Weighing Fate of
Convicts.
81 the Associated Press.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. pa
verdict carrying the death penalty for
each was returned today in the trial
of six convicts charged with killing
Olin Sanders, captain Of the guards,
in a daring attempt to escape from
the State penitentiary.
Capt Sanders was stabbed with a
sharpened piece of steel December II
while the six convicts held him cap
tive in his Office, bargaining his life
for their free passage through the
penitentiary gates in an automobile.
After Gov. Olin Johnston and 9TH
ers pleaded in vain with the convicts
to release their hostage, militiamen
routed them from the room, and Capt.
Sanders lay on the floor, bleeding to
death.
Counsel for the prisoners asked the
jury for mercy and to consider the
mentality Of five Of the defendants,
for whom pleas Of insanity were en-
tered, but the jury, after deliberat-
ing four hours and q half, returned
a simple murder verdict
The only sentence under such YER
dict is death by electrocution. The
verdict was presented at 4:31 pm,
and Judge c. c. Featherstone deferred
sentencing the men until Monday
morning.
Defense attorneys served notice of
motions for new trials.
Mrs. Sanders. widow OF the slain
guard captain. was in the courtroom
when the verdict was read. Mrs. Roy
Suttles Of Simpsonville. S. O.. wife
OF one Of the defendants, vept.
Suttles. however, smiled. J. v. Bair
Of Sumter, another defendant. who
sat next to him. put his arm around
Suttles. whispered something in his
ear. and both men grinned.
The other convicts, William B.
Woods Of Biloxi, Miss, confessed ring
leader Of the escape plot; Herbert
Norman Of Detroit. Mich: Clayton
Grams of Rochester, N Y. and George
Wingard Of Columbia, received the
verdict internationally.
Testimony OF the States witnesses
and of the defendants themselves
agreed in its main details OF the at
tempted escape. but the prisoners gave
conflicting testimony as to who ac-
tually dealt the death blow.
Evening star., 1938-01-23
N. R. l. B. AND U. A. w. END
CASE AT FORD HEARING
Company's Attorneys Expect to
Call 600 Witnesses in St.
Louis Dispute.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 22.-Counsel for
the National Labor Relations Board
and the United Automobile Workers
OF America tentatively closed their
case today at hearing into Ford
Motor Co. labor practices in its st.
Louis assembly plant.
approximately 240 witnesses have
testified since the hearing began De-
cember 16 on charges brought by the
Q. I. o. union that the company had
refused to bargain collectively, had
disseminated against its members
and had tostered a company union"
Ford attorneys have announced they
expect to call more than 600 witnesses,
including all the employees now at work
at the plant. They told Trial Exam
iiaer Tilford E. Dudley at least two
months would be required to present
the company's defense.
Evening star., 1938-01-23
Repeal of l5.Cent
Tax on Free Circus
Tickets Is Requested
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
A spokesman for the Circus
Fans Association asked Congress
yesterday to repeal q 15-cent levy
on free circus tickets.
Melvin D. Hindreth Of Wash
ington, appearing at the House
Ways and Means Committee tax
hearing. said:
Members of the cabinet and
the Presidents family cannot be
stopped at the entrance to, the
big top and asked for this Is
cents, so the circus pays it out
Of Its own funds.
"All We ask Is that the tax ex.
emption now given to free tickets
to the theater be extended to the
circus" ....
Evening star., 1938-01-23
M0UNTAINEER IS "SOT"
AGAINST VACCINATION
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CARLISLE, Pa. Jan. 22.-John
Marsh, Blue Ridge mountaineer
neared the end Of his s5th sentence
in the Cumberland County Jail to-
night, still "sot" in his determination
not to permit his son to be vac
cinated.
The 42-year-old carpenter who has
said ne would rot in jail' before he
would give in, will be taken once
again before Justice Of the Peace Will
liam Dosh Monday for a hearing.
II he still refuses to permit the
vaccination Of his s-year-old son Eu-
gene he will 60 back to his cell in
which he spent Christmas and New
Year day, to begin his 66th sentence
of five days.
Marsh has been in Jail s25 days
OF the past four years in his feud
with the South Middleton Township
School Board.