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Evening star., 1938-04-16
CHICAGO GRAIN
Ey ths Associated Press.

Ey tfs Associkfeo Press.
CHICAGO, April 16.-The wheat
market settled lower today after an
opening advance based on reports Of
crop damage Southwest. strength in
stocks and imitation gossip.
Early gains Of as much As Y cent
were replaced by corresponding losses
as the market fell at times about a
cent below early highs May wheat
fell from 85is TO 84ls and showed little
recovery power.
Profit taking following Thursdays
sharp upturn contributed to the selling.
With foreign markets observing a holi-
day. no export sales were reported and
many traders preferred to wait revival
In European business.
Reports from the Southwest indi-
Gated damage As result of last weeks
freeze to wheat in the Texas Pam
handle and parts of Oklahoma, but
Kansas grain was believed to have
escaped serious harm. Railroad and
elevator interests estimated damage
to red wheat In the Texas Panhandle
would reduce the crop expectancy from
$4,000. 900 to 100000 to 25,00O,0O0
bushels. Heavy rains fell in parts Of
the Southwest the past 36 hours.
Corn, oats and rye markets were
quiet, but prices were slightly higher
on all contracts. Lard also advanced
slightly.
Around midsession wheat was Nv
lower, compared with Thursdays fin-
ish May. 84ss: July, a.. Corn was
unchanged to a up, May, 6o%; July.
62A. SO. .
Evening star., 1938-04-16
RAIL HEADS MAY ASK
CUTSIN WAGE RATES
National Mediation Board May
Get Request to Help
Distressed Roads.

By the Associated Press.
Railway executives indicated today
they might seek . reduction in rail-
road wages through the National Medi-
alton Board.
The railway act provides for the Me-
diation Board to seek arbitration II
the railroads and unions are in q dis
pute and unable to agree Strikes are
outlawed while these negotiations are
In progress.
George NJ Harrison, president Of
the Railway Labor Executives Asso-
citation. turned down fiatly yesterday
= proposal from J. J. Peiley, president
Of the Association Of American Rail-
roads. that labor voluntarily take a
cut to help financially distressed roads
make income and outgo meet.
Mr.. Pelley indicated the roads would
withhold any action until after con-
ference next week with Chairman
Wheeler Of the Senate Interstate Com
merce Committee. Senator Wheeler
asked representatives of the railroads
and labor to discuss with him possible
legislative aid for the carriers.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
BELLS At VATICAN
RING END OF LENT
Elaborate Easter Services
Set for Tomorrow
49,. at St. Peters.
By the Associated Press.

ny tOt AA1OCl0tGo EIe88.
VATICAN CITY, April l6.-Church
bells, stilled since Holy Thursday,
rang out the end Of Lent and the Joy
Of the risen Christ in the Eternal City,s
multitude of churches today as priests
within them struck fiints to light the
paschal candles.
At Florence fireworks were employed
to express the Joy of the faithful. A
metal dove, carrying . lighted fuse,
was released from the cathedral's high
altar and Travelled out Of the structure
on . wire, reaching an oxcart loaded
with rockets, which it set of in the
square outside.
Priests Bless Homes.
Priests, attended by acolytes, visited
homes throughout Italy. sprinkling
them with holy water. Food for the
Easter dinner was set out so that it
also might be blessed and, on the de-
parture Of the priest, coin was
thrown into the silver bucket In which
his assistant carried the holy water.
Many new priests. including Amer
leans who prepared for the priesthood
in Rome, were ordained.
TomOrrOw's Easter services at st.
Peters, which have attracted hosts OF
tourists to Rome, will be even more
elaborate than usual, for they will in
clude public canonization ceremonies.
Publicly venerated FOR the first time
will be Andrea Bobola. Polish Jesuit
martyred in Russia: Salvador da Horta,
Spanish lay Franciscan, and Giovanni
Leonardo, Italian founder of the Clerics
Of the Mother OF God.
Extensive F10Odlighting.
The facade, dome and cupola will be
illuminated by fioodlighting. more ex-
tensive than ever before.
Pope Plus will be borne into St.
Peters on throne, famed with
ostrich plumes and heralded by his
trumpeters and fianked by his guards
men for the Easter mass.
He will assume the great throne,
protected by special draperies to spare
him from drafts. His physician, Dr.
Aminta Milani, will be near him
throughout the ceremony.
After the mass, the pontiff will be-
stow his blessing on the multitude
from the balcony of the Basilica.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
ASKS ADVANCED BUYING
TO AID COTTON MILLS

By the Associated Press.
Senator Byrnes Democrat, of South
Carolina. proposed yesterday system
of advance Government buying to
keep the South's cotton mills in oper-
alton.
He wrote President Roosevelt that
the W. P. A., c. c. c. and other Gov
ernment agencies would help relieve
a crisis in the industry by placing
their orders now for several months
ahead.
Many mills already have closed, he
said, and others soon will be out Of
operation unless steps are taken to
bolster the demand for cotton goods.
The Senator said he had discussed
the situation with W. P. A. Admins
traitor Harry L. Hopkins and expected
to confer with the President soon.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
SPENDING RESUMED
FOR PUBLIC WORKS
Ickes Allots $3.119,9O2 for School
Construction in Twenty.
Seven States.

Dy the Associated Press.
Secretary Ickes resumed public
works spending today with allotments
totaling s3.lls,9O2 in loans and grants
to help finance construction of 50
schools and school additions in 27
States.
Total cost OF construction was es-
timated at s6.543,l25 The grants
will not exceed As per. cent of the
project cost The remainder required
must be provided by local contribu-
tions
These allotments represent re-
sumption of the present p w. A.
program" Secretary Ickes said.
The projects were taken from ap-
plications received by p w. A. :nd
approved prior to June 20, 1887. The
new allotments will be financed un-
der existing legislation from sale of
bonds and securities taken in by p.
w. A. under previous congressional
appropriations and are not tied in
with the new P. w. A. program pro-
posed by President Roosevelt this
week
Today's projects must be suhstan-
TALLY completed by July !, 1899.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
OUTING IN LEAKY CANOE
CAUSES FIVE DROWNINGS
Four Small Boys and Man Trying
to Rescue Them Die in
Canadian Lake.

SUDBURY. Ontario, April 16 (Ca-
madam Press) "A Good Friday out
ing in . leaky canoe ended yesterday
in the drowning Of four small boys
and . man who attempted to rescue
them.
The children were Paul Rangers
Z; Armand Rangers, 10; Lawrence
Ross. 10, and Gerard Ross, g. John
Dinwoody was drowned when he tried
to save them.
George Dinwoody. brother Of the
drowned man. succeeded in saving
two Of the six boys. who became panic
stricken when their canoe began leak
ing 200 yards from the shore Of Min
now Lake. miles from here.
The four who drowned crawled out
on rotten ice coating the lake. but
the ice failed to hold and they fell
through.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
.EDMONSTON COUNCIL
CONTEST IS LIKELY
Veach and Fenwick Terms to
Expire-Third Officer Is
Resident of Riverdale,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
EDMONsTON, Nd, April l6.-It
appears likely that at least two of the
three council seats to be filled in the
Edmonston election on May will be
contested. The deadline for candidates
to file is tomorrow midnight.
Terms Of Councilmen Clyde Veach,
first ward, and George Fenwick, Sec
ond ward, expire. Another councilman
from the second ward to serve the one
year remaining on the term of former
Councilman James o. Grubb also Is
to be elected. The latter has moved
to Riverdale. making him ineligible to
serve on the Edmonston Council
Should Councilmen Veach and Fem
wick stand for reelection, and it is
reported they will. both are slated to
be opposed. Roy F.. James is expected
to oppose Mr.. Veach and Richard W.
Frere has filed for the two-year term
in the third ward, to which Council
man Fenwick also Is expected to as
pire.
Mayor A. E. Bost has another wear
to serve, as have Town Treasurer John
A. Downing and Councilman James
NJ. Maximow, first ward.
Evening star., 1938-04-16

toned to carry on the fight for several
months on central and southern
battle fronts.
Gen. Miaja, in assuming power, an
nOunced that the sternest discipline
would be instituted in his territory to
set proper example for the troops.
He seemed the calmest of any Official
in Madrid, terming the Vinaroz break
through as just another episode Of
the war
The city itself took the severence
Of Catalonia without disorder or con-
fusion. Evidences of war enthusiasm.
on the other hand, were more notice.
able than at any time in the past year.
This was due largely to the intensive
recruiting campaign which has been
going on throughout government
Spain.
1t was estimated that approximately
10000 900 persons live in the part of
government Spain under Gen. Miaja.
Beside Madrid, the principal points
are Valencia, Alicante and Almeria.
The territory is largely agricultural
although important munitions fac
tories have been esta blished in it
since the outbreak of the civil war 81
months ago
Evening star., 1938-04-16
Easter Trip Treat
Giues 2IChiIdren
Thrill of Lifetime
Illuminated Ice Cream,
Rabbits Are Dessert
at Dinner.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 16-A baseball
game and Loop shopping tour were
the big attractions Of the city today
for 81 high-spirited Kansas young
sters being treated to an Easter vaca-
ton by . one-time mule skinner who
struck it rich in oil.
The children, aged 6 to Is, arrived
yesterday from Hutchinson, Kans., on
. special five-car train. They, and 16
adults. were the guests of L. E. Doug
lass, Kansas oil operator.
Among the youngsters were the
three Douglass children who sold Dad
the idea Of taking their classmates to
Chicago for an Easter vacation.
The children didn't know 1t but
they were the biggest attraction in the
Palmer House dining room last night.
While they gaped At the floor show
and listened to the music, the other
hotel guests watched them.
The outstanding thrill Of the f1rst
days visit was the dessert at dinner
Illuminated tce cream Easter rabbits
perched In nests Of frozen spun sugar.
It cost Douglass 500. added to his
800 . day for 10 rooms and meals.
Tomorrow the children will visit the
Chicago Geological Park in Brookfeld.
They will return home Monday.
The party IL costing Douglass about
5000. but he saidt was worth 1t.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
M;aja Dictator of Loyalists
Cut From Catalonia by Rebels
Raised to Supreme Head
Recently by Premier
Juan Negrin.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID, April 16.-0en. Jose
Miaja. became tie supreme head Of
military and tivilian affairs today in
the southern four flfths Of government
spain, cut OF from Catalonia by the
insurgents break through to the ses
At Vinaroz.
the bald, bespectacled savior of
Madrid" most famous Of the few army
officers who have remained loyal to
the government, WAS vested with the
highest powers several days ago by
Premier Juan Negrin. government
minister Of national defense. The ap-
pointment was confirmed by radio last
night.
Gen. Miaja,s first act was to de-
clare the government would continue
its fight, despite the Vinaroz setback,
and that every effort would be made
to maintain normal conditions in the
territory under his control.
In his first interview Gen. Miaja
minimized the seriousness of the gov
ernment's situation and expressed con-
fidence the final outcome of the war
would be favorable to the government.
News that the insurgents had dis
membered government Spain was
neither surprising nor unexpected,
since the reverence Of Catalonia had
been regarded rs almost inevitable for
the past two weeks. even though the
government succeeded in obtaining
strong reinforcements for its air force
The bulk Of government Spain un-
der Gen. Miaja still has radio contact
with Catalonia and the capital at
Barcelona. 1t also has contact by
air and sea. although the insurgents
are conducting . blockade of the
Mediterranean coast
For weeks the government has been
sending essential supplies into the
Madrid area In expectation Of its ter
ritory being split asunder Troops
were said to be supplied and NUM-
Evening star., 1938-04-16
AID IN REFERENDUM
IS URGED BY HAZEN
Fair and Impartial Test of
Sentiment Hoped for by D. C..
Commissioner,

COul
The referendum to be conducted
April so by the District Suffrage AS
sociation is the only way to determine
the view Of the majority OF Washing
ton residents with respect to local
suffrage, Commissioner Melvin c.
Hazen declared today in urging citi-
zens to cooperate in the "plebiscite."
Expressing the hope that the poll
will provide fair and impartial test
Of public sentiment of the question,
the Commissioner added:
If the citizens of the District want
the right to vote. they should have it.
Through this referendum they can
express their views and the result will
show what the majority wants. There
should be representative vote in the
poll"
Commissioner George E. Allen and
the Democratic District National
Committeeman Malcolm S. McConihe
also urged full cooperation in the
poll.
Mr.. McConihe said he wants to see
an overwhelming vote in favor of local
suffrage to convince Congress that
citizens of Washington want to exer-
else their right to vote.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
H. c. HOTALiNG DIES;
VETERAN PUBLISHER
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
MAPLErON, Mimi, April le.-Her-
bert G. Hotaling, u. veteran Mime
sofa newspaper publisher and former
president and executive secretary Of
the National Editorial Association,
died at his home here last night from
uremic poisoning.
A newspaper and public career
which started when he was . l6-year-
old printers apprentice in his BIRTH
place, Mankato, MINI, led Mr..
Hotaling to the presidency Of the Ma
tional Editorial Association in 1917.
In 1919 he became the first execu-
tive secretary OF the association and
served until his retirement from active
work in 1888. He also was president
Of the Minnesota Edit4rial Association.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
FUNERAL RITES ARE SET
FOR MISS EFFIE CRAIG
Retired Clerk of Engraving and
Printing Bureau Was
70 Years Old,

Miss Efhe Craig, 10, retired clerk Of
the Surface Division. Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing. who died Thurs
day at the home Of her niece, Mrs.
Ralph c. Wilton, 1904 Thirteenth
street NV. will be buried Monday in
Holy Rood Cemetery. Funeral services
will be held at O'Clock Monday
morning in the Shrine Of the Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, Sixteenth
street and Park road NV.
A lifelong resident Of this city, Miss
Craig was retired from the bureau
about four years ago She was a sis
ter Of the late Rev. Francis E. Craig,
who was pastor Of the Shrine of the
Sacred Heart, Mount Washington,
Baltimore.
Miss Craig was q member OF the
Catholic Daughters Of America. the
League OF the Sacred Heart and the
Sodality Of the Shrine OF the Sacred
Heart Church here.
Besides her niece. with whom she
made her home she Is survived by q
sister, Mrs. Mary E. Pope.
Evening star., 1938-04-16

Representative Charles J. Golden.
Democrat, Of California died last night
in Walter Reed Hospital after q long
illness. He entered the hospital about
two months ago.
Mr.. Golden was elected to the
Seventy-third Congress in 1882 and
had been reelected to each succeeding
Congress as Representa- tive of the
seventeenth California district. He
was 4 wholehearted supporter of the
New Deal. Until his illness. it was
one of his produest boasts that he had
never missed House roll call since he
began service in that body.
Born in Peoria County, ILL.,, he
taught school in Missouri and Iowa
for five years and edited country
newspapers in Northwest Missouri for
10 years. He built homes in Kansas
City. Mo-, from 1908 to 1912, when he
moved to San Pedro, Calf, and con-
tinued in the real estate business.
He was q member from Nodaway
County in the Missouri House of Rep
resentatives for two terms starting in
1901. was president of the Board Of
Regents Of Northwest Missouri Teach
ers' College from 1905 TO 1908, presi-
dent Of the Los Angeles Harbor Com
mission from 1923 to 1925 and was .
member Of the Los Angeles City Coun-
Gil from 1925 to 1929.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Clara
N Golden. two dauQhterS Mrs Lester
Hawthorne, Stanberry. Mo-, and Miss
Abbie Golden, this city; two sons, John
c. Golden, Hemmett, Calf, and
Charles J. Golden, jr., q student At the
University of Southern California. and
q sister. Mrs. Belle Hall, Wilsog. Mo.
Funeral services will be held in San
Pedro, Calf The time Of the funeral
and other details were to be announced
later.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
Washington Produce

Butter-aO score, 1-pound prints. 2si.:
i-pound prints. so; .-pound prints. al.
lambs. 81: veal. Is; sows, ,1a; fresh pork,
80; pork loin, 90: fresh ham, 90; large
smoked skinned ham. l 8; smoked skinned
bacon. 81: sliced bacon, 80: piece bacon.
~: compound. II: lard, 1Ol7.
Live stock-Pigs l4O-160 pounds. $50
a7.3O:. light pigs, l40-18O pounds. .5a
8 90: heavies, 21O-24O pounds, 7.b0aT so:
250,300 pounds 7.2ba7 80: sows 5,50a
500; stass 500 down: calves 1o.00a
Prices paid shippers-net +. o. b. wash
ingtno. BY the United States Bureau Of
Agricultural Economics:
HG0S-Market slightly stronger; prices
! cent higher on nearby ungraded eggs.
Steady on Government graded. Govern
ment grsded and dated egas-Whites.
U. 8. extras. large, %; U. 3. extras. me-
diums ls; u. 8. standards. large, 1917:
U. 8. standards. mediums. 1871. Nearby
ungraded egss-Current receipts, II to
Is; whites. is to ~.
LIVE POULTRY-Market weak; prices
UNCHANGED. Fowl-Colored heavy. 20 to
~; No. 2. 15 to Ii: Leghorns 15 to 9:
ROSTERS. II to l3. Chickens-Virsinia.
Rocks broilers, ? pounds and less M - 70
No. No. :. Is to is:: No. ,. is to ID; Deis-
and less, % to %: fryers: ~ o23; roast.
eoiored fryers 1s to 90; Leshorns. broil.
ers. ia pounds and less, 1s: Ia. pounds
ss ssd to us ss e Toni: to q !. es g. 'u'f''H'n'
Evening star., 1938-04-16
TWO BIOGRAPHY PRIZES
OF $1,000 ARE OFFERED
De Hostos Centenary Group Seeks
English and Spanish Writings
m Edncafnr
on Educator,

The De Hostos Centenary Commis-
sion of San Juan. Puerto Rico. has
announced two prizes Of $1,000 each
for the best biography In English and
the best biography in Spanish Of
Eugenio Maria de Hostos, noted edu-
Gator and sociologist.
Contest provisions require that the
works should be original In the Ian
guages mentioned. written especially
for the contest, and one original and
three copies mailed before October 81
to the president Of the commission,
Emilio del Toro, chief justice OF the
Supreme Court Of Puerto Rico.
The author must not sign his manu-
script, the rules state. but should iden-
tify his work with distinctive
motto" and keep q typewriter copy
as proof Of his authorship.
Evening star., 1938-04-16

NSoACAAoCA Jill L hcC g.
coming out fully: the dogwood and
lilacs in Rock Greek and other parks
are in good appearance: the crab
apple blooms In Anacostia Park look
their prettiest. and the Botanic Gar
dens can provide most anything in the
line Of flowers.
Extra Police on Duty.
To take care of any traffic snarls
that might develop, the Metropolitan
and U. S. Park Police planned to
have extra men on duty.
Attendance at churches throughout
the city was expected to be heavy.
with the President and Mrs. Roosevelt
slated to lead the churchgoers. They
will attend IL am. services At St.
Thomas Episcopal Church.
+ They will be accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. James Roosevelt, Maj. Harry
Hooker Of New York. q former law
partner of the President, and Miss
Elizabeth Henderson, young Hyde
Park protege Of Mrs. Roosevelt.
Sojourning At the White House
over the week end will be several
friends Of the presidential family, in
cluding Maj. Hooker, Al Kresse, Mr..
and Mrs. Curtin Windsor and Mrs.
Morris Bloch and her daughter and
son.
President Roosevelt plans to greet
egg rollers in the White House grounds
from the south portico of the Ex-
ecutive Mansion Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Roosevelt and some Of her house
guests probably will mingle with the
crowds on the lawn. At 2:30 pm.
Monday the President will 90 to
Griffith Stadium to toss out the flrst
ball At the opening game between
Washington and Philadelphia.
The solemn season Of Lent ended
at noon today and the Christian world
looked forward to tomorrow, when
the feast Of Easter recalls the mystery
Of the resurrection.
Worshipers this morning attended
the final rites Of Holy Week, which
started Thursday.
Good Friday services were held gen.
orally throughout the city yesterday
afternoon and last night.
At the Franciscan Monastery the
removal Of the body Of Christ from
the GROSS and the entombment were
re-enactnd BY clergy and laity Of the
F1aneiseSn order.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
IRELAND VOTES MAY 81
New Executive Will Assume

New Executive Will Assume
Omce on June 80.
DUBLIN, April Is (P).-The gov
will elect its new President on May
81. with the executive assuming once
June 80.
The position was created by the
new constitution. which became ef-
fective December 20. 1897. Under its
terms Eamon de Valera. then Presi-
dent. became prime minister.
The President will have duties
roughly corresponding to those Of the
abolished governor general.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
Fifth Mystery Fire Probed.

BALTIMORE, April Is (P).-An in
vestigation was started here today into
q fire that destroyed 4 garage on an
elaborate suburban estate last night.
It was the fifth mysterious blaze In the
area within two weeks.
Three autos were destroyed in the
latest fire, which caused damage es-
timated by firemen at $4,000. The
blaze was on the property OF T. Mel
son Strother.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
Recovery
Continued From First Page

$37 600 900 increase for flood control
projects into the War Departments
pending non-food control projects
into the War Departments pening
non-military appropriation bill.
Road Fund Increase Forecast.
Representative Taylor predicted the
House would accept Tuesday the
Presidents recommendations for an
increase Of $l0O.O00,000 in the pre-
viously proposed 100000 600 1899
road appropriation, writing it into the
pending Agriculture Department ap-
preparation bill.
While President Roosevelt linked to
his program Anti-mOnopOly measures
and legislation to tax State and local
Government salaries and the income
from future issues Of Government Sc
curities, many congressional leaders
discounted the probability Of action
along that line at this session.
Mr.. Roosevelt told reporters yester-
day he would send monopoly and taxa
ton messages to Congress very soon
One administration Senator pre-
dicted. however, that on monopoly
the President would ask only appoint
ment Of . committee to study possible
Improvements In antitrust laws.
Amendment Seen Needed.
The Presidents suggestions for tax
ing bonds and salaries raised consid-
erable discussion among Senators who
believed . constitutional amendment
would be needed to make such taxa
ton possible.
Mr.. Roosevelt said many lawyers
thought the taxes could be imposed
without an amendment
Senator Borah, Republican. Of
Idaho. who recently put through the
Senate = proposal to tax all future
Federal bond issues, declared the Fed
eral Government could not tax State
and local Government bonds without
. constitutional amendment and, he
said, the States would never agree to
that.
Chairman Ashurst, Democrat. Of
Arizona Of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee. OIL the other hand. predicted
the Supreme Court would uphold the
validity Of legislation such rs the
President indicated he would recon-
mend.