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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-11-24
Nep Division in NeUe1
Deal Ranks InuoIues Hull

A new and interesting division has
occurred in New Deal ranks in
Washington, and for the first time
there is the possibility that Secre-
tary Of State Cordell Hull may be
involved in a real fractional dispute
This dispute may involve Hull be-
cause ii is directly concerned with
foreign policy One group thinks
that the United States should take a
firm stand against religious and ra-
cial persecution, as II considers ii,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-11-24
Secretary Wallace Fights
To Saue His Farm Program

Secretary of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace is not only battling to save
his farm program in his stumping
tour to persuade the Middle Western
farmers that AAA is fine and every
thing will be all right when con-
trolled production really gets into
operation: he is fighting to make 1t
possible for some New Dealer to
win the presidency next time with
out the third-term handicap.
Careful study of the election stu
alton by experts forces the conclu-
sion that unless Wallace can vindi-
cate himself and his farm program
it will be absolutely necessary for
President Roosevelt to take a third
nomination-unless he's willing to
accept Secretary of State Cordell
Hull as a compromise or else per-
NIT the Democratic party to name
a Garner, Byrd, Jesse Jones or
someone else who can get the back
ing of Democrats hostile to the
Roosevelt economic policies.
This situation is partly due to tie
complete failure of the New Dealers
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-11-24
Left Wing Nero Dealers
Want No Part of Clark

His nomination, however, would
be regarded as little less than tragic
by the left wingers in the New Deal
He does not sympathize with their
detectives at all. For example, he
is strongly against any proposal
which would further enlarge the
powers of the White House. He is a
'reactionary" to most New Dealers
and a liberal" to most conserva-
tives.
There would be a lot of poetic
justice in the story if he should be
nominated and elected President.
Back in the early days of the CEN
fury practically all liberals and pro-
gressives were clamoring for the d.
rect primary for the nomination of
senators, governors and presidents.
The first convention affected by the
preferential presidential primary
was that of 1912. Senator Clark's
father, Champ Clark, then speaker
of the house of representatives. ran
in a lot of primaries. He won al
most everywhere. Notably he de-
feated Woodrow Wilson in a series
of clashes for popular approval.
The conservatives had not taken
the primary idea seriously For in
stance, in New Jersey the bosses
had not even bothered to enter their
| choice, so it was won by James
E. MARITIME, by a small vote, de-
spite Marines utter lack of politi-
cal strength. The bosses had nc
thought of paying any attention to
the primary, and directed the legis.
lature to name someone else. But
Woodrow Wilson, then governor
made the peoples choice by pri
mary an issue, and forced the cleo
ton of MARITIME to the senate. Which
incidentally he came to regret later
But at the Baltimore convention il
was a different story. The liberals
and progressives fought Champ
Clark, the peoples choice, tooth anc
nail, although he had clear ma
! jority of the delegates on ballot after
ballot. William Jennings Bryan
finally turned the tide to Wilson
| making the runner-up- in the pri
.maries the victor at the convention
Missouri now thinks the wrong
may be righted % years later.
Neto Division in Neto~1
Deal Ranks Inuolues Hull
A new and interesting division hal
occurred in New Deal ranks il
Washington, and for the first tim,
there is the possibility that Secre
tary of State Cordell Hull may b,
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is the fact that no one is even run
ming in the election this year whose
victory would boost the chances of
any 100 per cent New Dealer for the.
presidential nomination with the sim
gle exception of Sen. Alben w. Bark
ley in Kentucky. And Barley, to
the conservative Democrats and
many idealistic New Dealers, is
anathema since the odors of the
WPA campaign machinery grew SO
Objectionable last spring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30

BOSTON, March 80 Q.N.S).
She was the glamour girl Of the
gay ninetieS, toasted by two CONT
nents, possessor of a fabulous for
tune, owner of the $4,000, 900 Hope
diamond, and personal friend Of
King Edward VII.
Today, May Yohe, now gray and
81. was looking for . WPA Job
: AS d prerequisites she must ap-
pear in Federal court next Monday
and regain her American citizen.
ship, lost in 1894, when she mar
ried Lord Plunkett.
At the turn Of the century, she
eloped to South America with Put
nam Bradlee Strong, son Of a
former New York mayor. That
marriage ended in divorce in 1910,
and in 1914, she again married
a Britisher, her present husband.
Capt. John SHUTS, relative of Jan
Christian SHUTS, famed Boer war
general.
The couple now lives in Jamaica
Plain. Mrs. SHUTS explained she
needs the WPA job because her
husband is ill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
BLUM MAY SHUT
PARIS BOURSE

. PARIS, March 80 0.N.SO Pre-.
mier Leon Blum pressed forward
today with a new drive for par.
liamentary sanction of his finan.
cial measures designed to termi-
nate Frances monetary and eco.
nomic difficulties.
Blum will submit the new pro-
posalS TO parliament Friday,
it was believed. He warned that
unless they are accepted by the
beginning of next week the Paris
BourSe may be closed.
Speculation was widespread
over the character of the meas
ures the Socialist premier had in
mind, it was believed they may be
designed to give him wide powers
to deal with financial matters.
Blum's threat that the Bourse
may be shut was voiced to Radi-
cal Socialist deputies who sought
to ascertain his plans.
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Violent fighting ragged along
miles of the front, virtually from
Teruel to Barbastro, some 40 miles
north Of the stronghold of Lerida,
where the nationalist were
knocking at the city's gates.
WOUNDED SENT TO FRONT
A communique issued at the
menaced government seat Of Bar
celona declared the Franco ad-
vance from Fraga, near the Cata-
Ian border. had been held up and
that fighting Continued every
where with enormous intensity"
Casualties were believed piling
up on both sides as the contend.
ing high commands hurled all
available troops into the carnage.
Even wounded loyalist troops SUI.
Continued ON Page 4, Col. 81
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ACTIVE,
RISEAT OPENING

NEW YORK, March 80 Q.N.S0 .
The stock market met support in
initial dealings today, after the
fresh break yesterday to new lows
since 1885. The majority Of
pivotal issues showed gains run
ming to a point, and trading was
fairly active. The ticker ran 2
minutes late.
Motors, copperS, steels and high
priced shares, chief bear targets
recently, led the opening rally.
U. S. Steel, Bethlehem, American
Smelling, Anaconda, du Point and
U. S. Rubber were among repre-
sentative issues to gain a point or
more.
Some shares were backward, in
GLIDING few rails, American To
bacco 3D." Goodrich and Indus
trial Rayon,
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8 Killed, 30 Hurt
ByTOrnadOinSOuth

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March 80
G.N.SO Eight persons were dead
and 80 injured today after tor.
nadic winds swept through parts
Of Arkansas and Louisiana. Turtle
Creek, near Ferriday, La, was the
scene Of four deaths, while three
persons died near Texarkana and
one at Van Buren,, Ark.
Ten persons were injured in the
Turtle Creek area.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
HOUSE GROUP.
REPORTS own
MERGER BILL
COP Hearing Plea
Voted Down
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL

G.NS.) Cracking the party
whip, the House Reorganization
Committee today rode over minor
, ity opposition to report the Gov
ernment reorganization bill, 7-to-2.
BY exactly the same vote, with
two Republicans protesting, the
committee refused to hold public
hearings on the four House bills
which were wrapped into one and
substituted for the Byrnes bill
passed by the Senate.
Committee Chairman Cochran
Cd of Missouri, was instructed to
seek unanimous House consent to
limit debate to six hours, starting
tomorrow. g.
PASSAGE SPEEDED
He also was authorized to re-
quest the House to convene an
hour earlier tomorrow and to
order the bill read by title only,
so that it can be pushed to final
passage by Friday or Saturday.
Representatives Taber (R.) of
New York and Clifford tR.l Of
Massachusetts, minority members,
pleaded for delay on the ground
that the nation is aroused and
should have time to consider con-
sequences of the far-reaching
legislation.
Cochran emphatically denied re-
ports that House leaders were
rushing passage to avoid pressure
from the country to kill the meas
ure.
CRASH LAID TO BILL
In urging delay in hearings, Gift
ford argued that the decline Of
the stock market is linked by fl
nancial writer's to threat of final
enactment of the legislation con-
ferring the broad powers on Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
Ickes Tells Earle
Relief Rule Stands

Q.N.S0 PWA Administrator
Ickes in a letter to Governor
Earle, of Pennsylvania, today an
nounced it was impossible to allow
the State to use other than relief
labor on PWA projects.
Earle had appealed for a loop
hole through which he could make
use of nonrelief labor to rush COM
pletion of the $20.000,0OO PWA
projects. He said there was in
sufficient relief labor to handle
the projects.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
Mother jailed,
Police Keep Son

DETROIT, March 80 I.N.S0.
Jailed as a hit-run driver, Mrs.
Dorothy Bussert, Is, Toledo, Ohio,
today was assured her 7-year-old
son was well cared for at home.
Arrested yesterday as a hitrun
driver after she struck a horse and
wagon. she said that her son was
alone in her Toledo home. Toledo
police were radioed and they
promised to look after the child,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
Nail Is Removed
From Windpipe

PHILADELP H La, March 30
QN.S0 two-inch nail which
lodged in the trachea of Doloris
Edward. IL, of Copley, Ohio, for
two months has been removed,
Temple University Hospital an
nounced today. Officials of the
institution refused to disclose who
performed the operation, but an
nounced the boy was coming
along nicely" and should be able
to leave the hospital soon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
Lands Girls Blood Donor
Stricken by Heart Attack
Husband of Slain
Wife Dismissed
AS Fireman
BY CARROLL PEEKE

Slight improvement" was re-
ported today in the condition of
sergt. Morrill, C. Mason, 80, fire
man, who gave a pint of his blood
last Friday in a vain attempt to
save the life of Mrs. Blanche Ger
trude Lands, %, victim of the
Lovers Lane" murder.
Stricken with a heart attack
while on duty at No. 2 Truck Com
pany last night, Sergeant Mason
was rushed to Emergency Hos
pital in a critical condition.
Doctors said that while the
TRANSMISSION was not responsible
for the heart attack. the loss of
blood had weakened MIN and
lessened his chance for recovery.
Lands FIRED"
AS James L. Lands, 2s-year-old
husband Of the slain woman,
paced his cell in District jail,
awaiting Grand Jury action on a
charge he murdered his wife, the
District Commissioners met today
and dismissed him from the fire
department.
This action was taken on the
ground that Lands had been
absent from duty without leave,
and that he had been generally
inefficient. No trial board action
was necessary, since Lands held
only a probationary status, having
been appointed to the department
only about six weeks ago.
FRIEND OF FATHER
A close friend of James Beck
ert, member of the department
and father Of Mrs. Lands, Sergt.
Mason was one of a number OF
volunteers who last Friday Of
fered their blood for a transfu-
sion in an effort to save the life
of the Young woman.
Examination showed Sergeant
Mason'S blood was nearest the
type of that of Mrs. Lands, and
Friday afternoon the TRANSMISSION
was made, with Mason giving 612
&C. of blood. Mrs. Lands failed
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. II
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Roaring Motors
Banned from n. Y.

ALBANY. N. Y, March 80 QN.
SO.-Governor Lehman today
signed the Rapp bill designed to
remove noisy motorcycles from
New York State highways. The
measure requires motorcycle manu-
facturers, after January l, 1899,
to have a suitable muffler or de-
vice to prevent unnecessary noise
from exhauStS. ...
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
HARRY B. PITTS
FOUND DEAD OF
GAS IN GARAGE
Suicide Indicated;
Motive Hidden
BY THEODORE KINCArD

In the suicide garage" Of a
vacant Chevy Chase home where
"a 17-year-old boy took his life two
months ago, the body of Harry
B. Pitts, AZ, Washington real
estate operator, was found today.
Pitts was slumped down in the
back seat of his automobile. Car
bon monoxide from the exhaust
Of the car apparently caused his
death.
FOUND BY SALESMAN
Ironically, Pitts body was dis
covered by Floyd Lagersons OF
Takoma Park, Md, who, on Jan
uary %. opened the same garage
to find the body of Truman w.
Cole, 17-year-old Wilson High
School student, also a victim Of
carbon monoxide fumes.
Lagerson, salesman for Pitts,
and Clarence J. Poland, of Aurora
Hills, Va, a business associate.
started searching for Pitts this
morning when his wife told them
The had not been home last night.
After asking Montg ON cry
county police to search for the
builder, Lagerson and Poland went
to the house at 1855 Chevy Chase
Boulevard, Chevy Chase. Md. to
search the garage ION q hunch."
Pitts was agent for the. house,
Pitts apparently drove to the
vacant garage shortly after he
left his home at 2 Blackthorn ST.,
Chevy Chase, last night ostensibly
to keep an appointment with La
gerson and Poland. His keys were
still in the ignition lock of the
automobile.
ASSOCIATES SHOCKED
Although business associates
said Pitts had appeared de-
spondent in recent weeks, they
expressed shock over his death.
They said they knew Of no reason
why he should want to end his
life.
At his office yesterday, Pitts
was in a jovial mood and seemed
in excellent health, friends said.
His associates said he had no
pressing business worries. Pitts
opened his own office in 1898.
Previously he had been connected
with the loan department of Shan
non and LuchS Company for a
number of years.
WIDOW, CHILDREN SURVIVE
DR.. E. A. A. Dunn. Montgomery
county coroner, issued a certificate
of death due to carbon monoxide
fumes.
Pitts is survived by his widow
and two children, Harry B. Pitts,
jr., Is, and Doris, II. He was
secretary of Lafayette Lodge Of
Masons and a member of the
Civitan Club and other civic organ
izationS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
Roosevelt Gives Pardon
To Convict in AlCdtrdz

ened criminals ever to receive
executive clemency. The Presi-
dent acted, however, when it was
found that Rector had pleaded
guilty to the bank robbery and
kidn ping charges to avoid serv-
.~g year sentence in the
= To Penitentiary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
Gandhi COnapses
At BerbhOiOriSSa

CALCUTTA, March 80 uN.SJ.
Mohandas K. Gandhi. idol Of In
dia's teeming 'untouchableS," sui.
fered a new breakdown of his
health today while attending q
political conference at Berbhoi,
orisSa. He is 50 years old.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30

0.N.SO President Roosevelt to-
day pardoned Rollie Rector who
had been serving a 20-year sent
ence at Alcatraz prison for bank
robbery and Kidnapping.
Rector is the first inmate of the
Governments stronghold &c 4l44 =.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
Etchings
Reported Stolen

ALLENHURST, N. j., March 80
Q.N.SO.-French and Italian
etchings valued at $4,000 were
reported stolen today from the
summer home of Charles A.
Whelan, head of Whelan drug
chain,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
Terhune, Broker,
Awaits Sentence

NEW YORK, March 80 G.N.S.)
Ten Brock M. Tehune, so, former
prominent realty broker, was held
in the Tombs today awaiting sen
tence on his plea Of guilty to a
charge Of grand larceny. It was
charged the former Socialite had
stolen nearly $4,000 worth of
jewelry from various firms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
Bill to Abolish Realty Tax
On Homes Urged in Senate

A bill to abolish all taxes on
real estate used as habitations in
the District was introduced today
by Senator J. Hamilton Lewis Cd
Of Illinois.
Revenue heretofore raised by
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the real estate levy should be
made up by other forms of taxa
ton, the bill declared. The bill
would make it illegal for the
Commissioners to collect taxes from
land or buildings used as habita-
tons In the District Of Columbia."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
BEST DEFENSE
lis OFFENSIVE,
He DECLARES
Men and Means
Being Prepared
By FRANK GERvAsT

ROME, March 80 UN.SO-A
stern warning to the world that
Italy is ready to wage war, II
was delivered by Pre-
mier Mussolini in a speech to the
Italian senate today.
1--WE are preparing the men
and the means for a war Of
quick decision" II Duce said.
"The best defense is an often
sive.
STRONG ARMY
"In ten years Italy will have
50,000,000 people in the mother
country alone.
Many men are needed to
comprise the big battalions eS-
sential for our defense. The
extent of our preparedness has
been amply proved. The dis
patch Of two army corps to
Libya and the drain on our
army necessitated by the situa-
ton in Spain have not weakened
us.
DUTY TO HAVE NAVY
ITALY has more than the right
to possess worthy navy. It
has a duty to do so.
There never can be too many
guns in proportion to infantry.
Guns have always been called
the queens of BATTLE"
II Duce paid tribute to his army
officers and to his governmental
associates.
"The officers of the Italian
army" he said, Constitute q
hierarchy worthy of the highest
respect. The question Of unity
Of command in Italy has been
solved by a policy of placing
political strategy in the hands
OF the head Of the government" .
MuSsolini took occasion to praise
recent growth OF the Italian navy,
During the last few years."
he said, lit has given proof of
its value. In 1941, Italy will
have eight battleShips, and of
these four will be new ones.
In the next war, rest assured
that our battleships will not re-
main in their harbor.
MORE AIRPLANES
"Our air force is composed of
several Thousand airplanes, many
of them Of most modern type,
Fifty thousand workers in many
factories are building airplanes
and airplane engines"
Mussolini's speech was in the
form Of general review Of Italy's
army, navy and air force, and
was delivered when the Senate
had concluded debate on forth.
coming armament appropriations.
The address was broadcast
throughout the country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
8O-HOur Snow Ties
Tn Newfoundland

HARBOR GRACE. N. F., March
80 (C.TP.S0-Snow crews left
divisional points with Snowplows
today to clear drifts from rail-
roads after 80 hours of gale-driven
snow blanketed' east Newfound.
land.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
D. c. BOY AWARDED

BLACKSBURG, Va, March 80.
NJ. j. Zweig, of Washington, D. c.,
has been awarded a varsity mono
gram for competing on the Viz
ginia Tech swimming team.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
FIREARMS MAKER DEAD

PHILADELPHIA, March 80.
Reginald F. Sedgley, firearms in
ventor and manufacturer, is dead
in his sixtysfirst year here today.
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Desperate Loyalists
Stem Franco Drive
Bitter Fighting RACES on Long Front;
Wounded Rushed to Battle Line

LONDON, March 80 NNS.).-A Reuter- dispatch from
Paris today stated French antarcrat guns the Franco
Spanish border fired nationalist planes which return
ing from bombing raid against Port Bou the Spanish
side of the border.
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HENDAYE, Franco Spanish Border, March 80 QN.S).
Spanish loyaists fighting desperately to the nationalist
advance today virtually halted the drive of Generassmo
Francois eoions into Catalonia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-30
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Showers tonight and tomorrow; warmer
tonight with low about so; moderate
southerly winds. "Details on Page 49,
Evening star., 1938-04-22
Preparing q Squeeze.

THERE are two types of squeeze
plays, the natural squeeze and the
prepared squeeze. A natural squeeze
occurs when declarer. by simply play
ing out his cards in natural order,
suddenly discovers that one of his
opponents is squeezed In executing
prepared squeeze declarer must lay
the groundwork by first eliminating
one or more suits from one of his
opponents hands. This hand illus
trates a neatly executed double squeeze
in which slight amount of prepara-
ton was necessary.
William K. Barrett Of Atlanta, Ga,
was the declarer. Mr.. Barrett, at the
age Of Is, is considered a veteran, as
already he has achieved considerable
success In national tournaments.
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West opened the queen Of hearts,
his partner overtaking with the king
and playing the ace. After trumping
the second heart, Mr.. Barrett, knowing
that he might lose a diamond trick II
the suit did not break, drew three
rounds Of trumps. discarding club
from dummy, and then prepared for .
possible squeeze. Dummy's two top
diamonds were cashed and then q
third heart was ruffed. Declarer next
played his ace of diamonds and fol-
lowed with his last trump. At this
stage dummy and West each held
three clubs and one heart. West was
forced to retain his top heart and
discarded club. whereupon Mr.. Bar
rett threw dummy's remaining heart
and now 1t was East's turn to be
squeezed. East, holding three clubs to
the queen and the jack Of diamonds.
was also forced to let 90 Of club and
thus tho Anal trirk v,as Won hv dim.
my's small club. However, II Mr.. Bar
rett had not trumped the third round
of hearts, he would have been unable
to execute the squeeze. East then
could have retained the high heart and
the high diamond and his partner
would have been able to keep the clubs
protected.
Evening star., 1938-04-22
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES,

BY THE FOUR ACES.
David Burnstine Merwin D. Maier,
Oswold Jacoby, Howard Schenken,
worlds leading team-of-four, inventors
Of the system that has beaten every
other system in existenceD
Evening star., 1938-04-22

HISTORY'S greatest naval encounter
was the Battle of Jutland that
took place in the North Sea off the
Jutland Peninsula Of Denmark on May
3l-June /, 1916
The total strength of the German
high seas fleet and the German battle
cruisers was pitted against the British
battle cruiser and grand fleets. Ger
many lost II vessels. with 1853 officers
and men; the British lost IA vessels
and 66l7 officers and men, but won
supremacy of the seas
Strange as it seems, this major
conflict was started by single Danish
freighter, the IN. J. Ford which
signalled the British with a cloud of
steam when German destroyers were
dispatched to search her.
Jack of All Trades.
From the time Forrest Blodgett left
high school, he has never been out Of
work except when travelling from job
to job in a homemade trailer. He
has worked as a fruit packer in many
States. following the harvests through
the Wet. He also has carpentered,
chauffe cd. followed the wheat har-
vest, sol led, sold. held an office Job
and pose, Is an artists model