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Evening star., 1938-07-07
DELAY IN NAMING
D. C. JUDGES SEEN
Roosevelt Not Expected to Fill
Appeals and District Court
Places Before August.

1t is not thought likely that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will appoint the new
member of the United States Court
of Appeals for the District of Colum-
bia or fill the two remaining places
on the United States District Court
here before he returns, early in August,
from his Pacific cruise.
1t was indicated at the White House
today, however, that Jerome Frank
was under serious consideration for
appointment to the Circuit Court of
Appeals and that Brien Mcmahon,
special assistant to the Attorney Cen
eral, and Samuel Whitaker, also spe-
cial assistant. are being seriously con-
sidered for the District Court. 1t is
understood that more than so names
have been suggested to the President
in connection with these places. An
other name known to be under serious
consideration is that of Charles Fahey,
general counsel for the National Labor
Relations Board.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
D0GGED VIGIL KEPT
FOR PARTY ON RIVER
Expedition Has Passed Cataract
Canyon, Short-Wave Radio
Message Says.
BY the Associated Press.


LEES FERRY, Ariz.. July IA
dogged vigil was kept along the silt
filled Colorado River here today in
view of conflicting estimates Of the
date the six-member Nevills expedi.
ton planned to reach this Northern
Arizona outpost.
Two river veterans expressed belief
the party would not reach here be.
fore the week end.
Before the expedition left Green
River, Utah, June 20, its leader, Nor
man Nevills, Utah, riverman, estimated
they would arrive here July 4.
At Grand Canyon, Emery C. Kolb,
photographer who has twice made
the treacherous Colorado trip. said
the National Park Service had picked
up short-Wave message from an
unidentified amateur operator who
said the expedition had passed Cata-
ract Canyon, most dangerous stretch
Of the 300-mile trip from Green River
to Lees Ferry.
Before leaving Green River, Mr..
Nevills said he had abandoned plans
to carry short-wave radio.
If the party has passed Cataract
Canyon, Mr.. Kolb said he believed
they would have no difficulty reach
ing Lees Ferry.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
Ford Issued Patent for Car
With Engine Mounted in Rear

The long-cherished dream of an
automobile with a rear engine, Afford
ing the driver an unobstructed view
Of the road, is near realization. If a
patent issued to Henry Ford today
bears out its promise.
The patent is for q compact Weight
engine mounted over the rear axle.
The engine. according to the drawings,
is mounted on one side of the axle.
The transmission and differential are
in the center, while the engine n.y.
wheel, clutch and other heavy parts
are on the other side, balancing the
construction.
No indication was given, it was said
at the Patent Once, when, or even
whether, Mr.. Ford intends to start
manufacturing the new type car. It
was recalled that q somewhat similar
idea for rear motor, though not
worked out 20 completely, was patented
about . yoahaSo
Evening star., 1938-07-07
LAKE AT BOULDER DAM
NOW 523 FEET DEEP

Lake Mead, largest of man-made
lakes, still growing as the Colorado
River continues in spring flood, has
reached depth Of 523 feet at Boulder
Dam, according to a report to the
Interior Department.
The lake now extends ia miles
up the Colorado River into the lower
end Of Grand Canyon and covers an
area Of 115,540 acres. A total of a.
100000 feet of water has been
stored-more than enough to fill the
normal requirements for domestic pur-
poses of the entire population Of the
United States for one year.
About 100000 acre feet have been
added to the storage behind Boulder
Dam since the SHOWS began to melt
in the Rocky Mountains this spring
and only 8,500,000 acre feet remain
to fill the gigantic reservoir to over
flowing.
The headwaters Of Lake Mead now
are in the middle of 240-Mile Rapids,
one Of the most treacherous stretches
of water recorded by explorers, and
within few days the rapids will be
completely submerged.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
CHICAGO DEALERS
FACE MILK QUIZ
Official Sees Evidence
Plots Cause Part of
Price Spread.
b. the Associated Press.

BJ the Associated Press.
Thurman Arnold, Assistant Attorney
General said today he had informa-
ton indicating "conspiracies" caused
part Of the spread between wholesale
and retail prices Of milk and ice cream
in Chicago.
Mr.. Arnold, who is in charge of the
Department of Justice Antitrust
Division, said grand jury investiga-
ton beginning tomorrow would include
a survey of prices placed on milk and
ice cream by large distributors and
groups cooperating with them.
In a statement outlining the de-
partment's year-long investigation of
milk and ice cream prices in the
Chicago area, Mr.. Arnold said the in
quiry indicated that "conspiracies and
agreements in restraint of trade"
rather than any accidental condition"
accounted for the price spread.
The statement named none of the
firms which might be involved in the
grand jury inquiry.
1T appears that the producer re-
ceives an extremely low price for milk
In spite Of high prices paid by the
consumer" Mr.. Arnold's statement
said.
The investigation he added, should
furnish an unusual opportunity TO
test the effectiveness of the antitrust
laws to meet an outstanding problem
OF American business and social econ
omy."
Mr.. Arnold asserted the Justice De-
partment had no desire to destroy or
hamper the sale of dairy products.
but that it did intend ito stamp out
illegal practices and establish an or
derly market
Leo F. T1erney, a special assistant
to. Attorney General Cummings, will
head the staff Of Government attor-
neys appearing before the grand Jury
in the Northern Illinois Federal dis
trict.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
BORAH REPORTED
MUCH IMPROVED
Wife Arrives at Bedside, Says
Ve.cran Senator Is Tired
From OverWork.

Confined to his bed with q minor
Illness since Sunday, Senator William
E. Borah, 73, veteran Idaho states
man, was reported to be in a Every
much improved" condition today by
Mrs. Borah. who arrived here this
morning from their Boise home.
Mrs. Borah said the Senator was
tired from "overwork' and was re-
covering from q touch Of nervous in
digestion. She said he had not been
seriously i'll and that she was notified
of his condition only yesterday at Chi
cago, en- route to Washington. She
had been at their Idaho home about
q month.
The Senator and Mrs. Borah will
leave "in a few days" for a vacation
and rest. probably in Maine, she said,
He has been under the care of a ply
sician and a nurse.
Evening star., 1938-07-07

his home when a masked bandit held
him up, took his pocketbook and then,
for some unexplained reason, shot him
in the shoulder
The man said he ran to his house,
secured q gun and fred in the general
direction of the fleeing bandit. How
ever, the mans story was shaken when
investigation resulted In the location
Of his pocketbook, wedged in between
drain pipe in the side Of his house.
But the finding of the pocketbook did
not cause him to change his account
Of the "hold-up."
Omcers nevertheless suspected a
hoax and sent the revolver and the
bullet which entered his shoulder to
the F. B. I. laboratory, where examin-
alton revealed the slug had come from
his own gun. Faced with this evi-
dence, the man admitted he had shot
himself and said he wanted to be near
his love, the nurse who had looked
after him when in the hospital q few
weeks previously.
It was not revealed whether he ever
Won over her a6setaens.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
Vrginian Shoots Himself
To Be Near Nurse He LOued

How Virginia man shot himself so
he could be near a hospital nurse who
had attended him previously was re-
vealed here yesterday by a Federal
Bureau Of Investigation expert.
E. P. Coffey, F. B. I. technical lab
oratory chief, in speech before the
Rotary Club yesterday, revealed the
incident, which occurred in February
and never made known to the public.
Withholding the mans name and
the city where it occurred because the
case was never prosecuted, Mr.. Coffey
told how the man had become en-
amored of the nurse while in the hos
pital a short time before. Evidently
unable to get date" with her and
knowing of no other way to be near
her, the man staged a fake hold-up,
shooting himself in the shoulder with
his own pistol.
One evening last February police in
the Virginia city received word q local
resident had been robbed and shot.
Investigating ofncers found the victim
lying on bed in his room. He told
ofncers he had been out walking uear
Evening star., 1938-07-07
HARLAN HEARING
DEFENDANT SLAIN
Trials Record of Violence
Now Stands at Two
Dead and One Shot,
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. KY, July 1.-TWO dead,
one shot was the record today Of
violence during the Harlan labor con.
spiracy trial now in its eighth week.
Frank White, So, . defendant In the
anti-union indictment involving 80
persons and II corporations, was killed
last night-shot through the head as
he sat on the front porch Of q tourist
camp near Corbin, KY, IA miles south
Of London.
State Police and Sheriff Fred Lucas
took into custody Chris Patterson, who
once was convicted of dynamiting the
home Of a United Mine Workers of
America organizer at Pineville, Bell
County.
A month ago a miner who had been
subpoenaed by the Government but
who had not testified was shot to
death in fight in front of a Harlan
County saloon. Herbert Cawood, then
sheriff, said the incident had no con-
nection with the trial.
The same day the miner was killed
another Government witness, who had
testified, reported he was kidnapped
from restaurant but broke away from
his unnamed captors. Last Tuesday
another deputy defendant, Lee Fleenor,
was arrested on a shooting charge
after man once convicted of killing
Fleenor's father was wounded in
gunhght near Harlan.
The defense offered the testimony of
four additional witnesses yesterday in
an effort to shift blame for the killings
Of a u M. w. A. organizers son from
deputy sheriffs.
Kelly Skidmore, 21, testified he saw
Bolton Youngblood, the organizer, in
a saloon at Evarts. KY, with Granville
Sargent, VINO has testified for the
Government, on the night of February
g. 1887. 1t was that night that shots
fired into the nearby home Of Union
Organizer Marshall Musick killed his
son, Bennett, 49,
The other defense witness, Harry
Bolin. said he saw shots fired from
an automobile ahead as he drove near
the Musick home, and that shortly
afterward he saw Mr.. Youngblood and
man he did not know get out of cars
and enter saloon at Evarts. Albert
Hoskins and Vernon Kelly, miners,
corroborated Mr.. Skidmores story.
Government witnesses, including Mr..
Sargent, had placed several deputy
sheriffs-among them Frank White
at the scene of the shooting.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
Biggest American Macy Plans
Crou From Sino-Japanese War
y. S. Nationals and Their Propertv IL,
Constant Peril Since First Clash
Last July7.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Incessant trouble has come to the
United States Government from the
Sino-Jap war which ended its first
year today.
Since the first clash between the
Japanese and Chinese last July Z,
death, injury and damage to their
property have fallen to Americans al
most every week.
An American warship was sunk,
American passenger and cargo ships
damaged. Stern notes have passed
between this Government and Japan.
And out Of it all has come a decision
to build the biggest Navy in the his
tory of the United States. The year
of Sino-Jap conflict has added many
footnotes to the history of this coun-
try.
Shortly after the war began, Sec
retary Hull laid down IA points Of
friendly cooperation among nations,
sent it to the two belligerents and got
most Of the nations of the world to
subscribe to it.
U. S. Soon Aroused.
The United States was soon aroused
by the terrific damage caused to Amer
lean property and injuries to Amer
leans by the fighting in Shanghai
Chinese planes bombed the S. 8. Pres
ident Hoover, killing a sailor. A strong
protest to Marking was followed by
emphatic apologies and amends. The
Chinese said they though the vessel
was Nipponese transport.
In September the japanese an
nounced Blockade of China. The
United States protested to Japan
against presuming to VAIN foreigners
to evacuate Marking before bombing
the capital. Ambassador johnson and
his staff took refuge aboard the United
States gunboat Luzon for three days
while Marking was bombed.
In October, the United States de-
clared Japan's action in China con-
trary to the Kellogg Peace Pact, there
by labelling her as an aggressor.
A conference Of signatories of the
nine-power pact (excepting Japan
met in Brussels in November. The
United States was represented by
Norman Davis. The conferees adopted
a declaration condemning Japan, but
no concerted action was agreed upon.
In December came the principal in
cident OF the war involving America
the sinking by Japanese planes of the
gunboat Panay, with the loss of three
American lives.
Japan Apologized..
Secretary Hull sent a determined
note to Japan and President Roosevelt
requested that the protest be brought
to the attention of the Emperor him
self. Japan apologized and promised
indemnities.
Japan's final reply came the day
before Christmas. Almost Simultane-
ously the report of Comdr. Hughes Of
the Panay and the findings Of the
naval court OF inquiry were published.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
FLYING DOCTOR MOVES
OFFICE TO GREENBELT
Physician Who Aided in Relief
of Tangier Island Takes
DR.. Dryden's Place.

DR.. A. Thomas Christensen, the
flying doctor who brought medical aid
to icebound Tangier Islanders in
Chesapeake Bay in the winter of 1885,
1886. is to bs the new physician at
Greenbelt. Md. For the last two
years he has been resident physician
at the University Of Maryland.
DR.. Christensen succeeds DR.. James
Dryden, who has moved to Richmond.
DR.. Dryden plans to resume his medi-
cal studies preparatory to becoming
an ear, eye and throat specialist.
DR.. Christensen comes originally
from Newport, r. I. He received his
medical training at Georgetown Uni
versity.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
B. & o. SEEKS NEW LOAN
FOR $4,000, 900 OF R. F. C.
Approval Asked Of I. c. c. for
Funds Which Will Be Used
for Maintenal 9.

By the Associated Press.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
which owes the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. $87, 1885 ,578, asked the Interstate
Commerce Commission today to ap-
prove an application for a new loan Of
$6,000,000 from that agency.
The company said it would use the
money for maintenance and the pur-
chase of materials and payment of pay
rolls. 1t asked that SO ZOO, 900 be made
available July Is and the remainder
August Is
With these funds available the
company will be in position" its ap-
plication said, Ito maintain its prop
erty to the present standards of eff
cheney, avoid the reduction of main
tenance forces to the extent which
might otherwise be required and con-
tinue the employment in maintenance
forces of about 100000 man hours
for a period of not less than three
months"
The application also said the B. & o.
had been unable to obtain the money
from other sources.
Evening star., 1938-07-07

They contended that the japanese
aviators could not have failed to see
the American nag painted on the TOP
deck
On Christmas Day Mr.. Hull sent
note to Japan accepting that gov
ernment's apologies, promises OF in
IDENTITIES and sweeping guarantees
against q repetition of such an Incl
dent.
The first month Of this year, how
ever, brought a string Of protests to
Japan. The United States Govern
ment exclaimed against the seizure of
American property at Marking. In the
same month, Ambassador Grew at
Toxic presented another protest
against looting Of American property
and insults against the American flag
at Marking
Still another American protest went
out in the same month this time be-
cause japanese soldier slapped the
face Of American Consul John M. Al
lison at Marking after he sought to
learn the identity of japanese soldiers
who carried of Chinese girl servant
of the American University at Man.
king.
Regiment Recalled.
In February Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr..
Hull decided to withdraw the l5tn
American Infantry Regiment from
Tientsin, China, after 26 years in
China. 1t sailed the next month. In
February also the 9Th Marines left
Shanghai for the United States.
That same month Secretary Hull
in letter to Chairman Pittman of
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, declared the United States had
no agreement with Great Britain with
regard to the joint use Of their two
fleets in the Far East-or anywhere.
In March the United States pre-
sented Japan with bill for $2,214, ,007
for the sinking of the Panay and
damage to three Standard Oil tank
ers. The Japanese paid up in the
following month.
In June the United States de-
manded of Japan the return of Ameri-
can-owned property in China, chiefly
the 81 100000 University of Shanghai.
Undersecretary of State Welles issued
q strong denunciation of the bombing
of civilian populations in Spain and
China. A few days later the United
States protested the bombing of the
American owned Lignan University
grounds at Canton.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
Father Fears
City, but Goes;
TuO Sons Die
RecessiOnFOrcedH Hin,
to More In-Boys
Are Killed.
By the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE. July 7.-Richard
Franklin, %, former w. P. A. worker
who never liked the city" because he
was afraid something would happen
TO the children" mourned today the
deaths of two sons in accidents 4S
hours apart.
= The depression forced Mr.. Franklin,
his wife Virginia, 81, and their eight
children to move into the city to work.
On July 4 an automobile struck and
killed his son Theodore, 10. Yesterday
Richard, jr, S, was killed in fall from
. drainpipe.
: Dropped 10 days ago from a project
hear Edgewood Arsenal Mr.. Franklin
now hopes to take his wife and re-
naming brood Of six to the country
and raise poultry. He has been study
Ing Q correspondence course on chick
ems for the last seven years.
Evening star., 1938-07-07

Pressure remains low from Eastern
Hudson Strait and Southwestern Greenland
southward to latitude 35 degrees north.
and from Northern Alaska southeastward
to Manitoba and Western Ontario and
thence southward to Texas and New Mexico
with centerS as follows: Resolution Island
Hudson Strait. 1884 inches; Barrow,
Alaska, 30 20 inches; Gods Lake. Manitoba
29.74 inches. and Ell Paso. Tex 2916
inches Pressure Is high over Wyoming
and portions of the adjacent States. Lam
der. Wyo., 30. inches. and over the ocean
east of Newfoundland and Bermuda S. S.
American Trader. 3O.33 inches. and it is
relatively high from Northern Hudson Bay
southeastward to Western Quebec and
thence southwark over the Atlantic States,
and from Southern Alaska southeastward
to Western Washington. Binghamton, N. Y.
30. IL inches. and Ket Nikan Alaska. 3O.1O
inches. Showers have occurred in the
Plains States. the Missouri and Upper Mis-
sissippi Valleys. the upper Lake region, the
northern Rocky Mountain region and South
ern Florida. The temperature has fallen in
the interior of New England and New
York and in portions OF the Plains States
and the Upper Mississippi Valley Abnor-
mally high maxima were registered We'd
nesday afternoon from Kansas and Mis-
souri, southwark, Saltillo and Wichita Falls
Tex. and Ardmore. Okla. reporting the
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
At Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
FRENCH SELL IRON ORE
TO REICH FOR ARMlNG
Agree to Dispose Of 100000
Tons Annually in Return
for German Coke,

Bv the Associated Press.
PARIS. July 7-France, although
arming for war she fears may come
with Nazi Germany. has made an
agreement to sell Germany annually
100000 tons OF Lorraine iron ore,
some Of which may be used in the
manufacture Of war supplies.
The ministry Of finance today dis
closed the agreement, which provides
that the metal, needed for Germany's
war industries, shall be paid for in
German coke. Of which France is to
import $50, 900 tons q month.
This Is the first time there has been
formal agreement on deliveries of
iron ore, although these have been
made steadily to Germany from French
mines.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
SPY JURY QUIZZES
OFFICIALS OF line
Hamburg.American Ships Figured
in Stealthy Departures of
Indicted Suspects.
By tho Associated Press,

~ Wv AoSoSiAtcu
NEW YORK, July IA special
Federal grand jury investigating es-
pionage yesterday questioned two off,
cials OF the Hamburg American Steam
ship Line, whose ships have been used
In surreptitious departures by several
OF ID persons indicted on spy charges
last May.
Christian Beck. managing director,
spent an hour and a half before the
jury and Capt. Emil Maurer, general
marine superintendent, 40 minutes.
Each said his testimony was routine. 1"
Werner George Gutenberg and DR..
Ignatz T. Griebl. two Of those indicted.
ned to Germany on ships operated by
Hamburg American, a German line.
and an associate line.
Several other defendants were en-
ployed on the ship.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
80 AILING VETERANS
= REMAIN IN GETTYSBURG
BY the Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
= GETTYSBURG, Pa, July T.
Thirty-two of the aged Blue and Gray
veterans who came to this battlefield
town for their last joint reunion Law
IN hospitals today, seeking sufficient
strength to enable them to follow their
former comrades and foes home.
e The first deaths during the week
long 18th anniversary celebration
of the Civil War battle, at which
1880 old soldiers were honored
guests, occurred yesterday and last
night as the last veterans boarded
trains for the homeward journey.
: Confederate Soldiers John w
Weaver, IS, of Muldrow, Okla, and
John w. Cooper, 81, of Largo. Fla,
and Daniel T. Price, 81, of Marion,
IND, member of the Grand Army of
the Republic, died of heart ailments
Evening star., 1938-07-07
BODY OF RECLUSE FOUND
Woman Leaves $55, 900 to Build
Rest Home in Maine.

LOS ANGELES, July (P.-Police
found the body of Mrs. Ella Thomp-
son. 78-year-old recluse, in her little
cottage in West Los Angeles last night
Beneath her bed they discovered a
steel box containing books showing
deposits of approximately $55,000,
with will providing it was to oe
used for establishment of a rest home
in the town of Greene, Me-, for wom-
en- over so years of age.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
Fined for PHOTOGRAPH,

Miss Ann Hollick, the English girl
who was photographed sitting in the
lap of Budda in Ceylon's holy city of
Anuradhapura, was, with her fiance,
Lamot Watt, fined IS cents in the
Magistrates Court in Colombo, Ceylon,
for the act.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
4 NEW STAMP ISSUES
TOBE OUT NEXT MONTH
Likenesses Of Jackson, Van Buren,,
Harrison and Wilson Will
Be Carried.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Four new stamps bearing likenesses
Of Presidents Jackson, Van Buren,
William Henry Harrison, and Wilson
will be released here August 4, IL, 1s
and 20, respectively. The first three
will cost 7, 8 and 8 cents each, but the
Wilson stamp will cost 81.
A Scent stamp commemorating the
Tooth anniversary of Iowa's first adop-
ton Of territorial government will 60
on sale 1T Des Moines August "a.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
P. W. A. Grant Rejetced.

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, July Z (P).-
A grant of s5s5,00o from the Public
Works Administration for construction
of two school buildings here has been
rejected by the City Council and the
Board of Education.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
WEATHER REPORT

perature; light ~
Maryland tonight tomorrow; little change
temperature. ~ ~ ''
VrgmiaFa
cloudness; probably tomor
Evening star., 1938-07-07
H. O. L. c. PICKETED
Lower Mortgage Rates Demanded
at New York Office.

NEW YORK. July (P.-Eive hun
dred men and women marched today
in front Of the downtown ONCE Of the
Home Owners Loan Corp. with plac-
ards urging easier terms for the pay
ment Of mortgages held on their
homes hV tho ooSosnman&
Evening star., 1938-07-07
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