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Evening star., 1939-03-17
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
Debates Government reorganiza-
ton bill; noon.
Monopoly Committee questions
liquor importers; 10 am.
Subcommittee considers regular
War Department appropriations;
1890 am.
House:
In recess until Monday.
Appropriations Subcommittee con-
tinues study of Presidents $l5O,00O,-
900 relief request; 10 am.
Ways and Means Committee con-
t1nues hearings on social security
extension; 10 am.
Interstate Commerce Committee
concludes hearings by waterway
opponents of transportation bills;
10 am.
Marine Committee studies pro-
posals for new canals; 10 am.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Not expected to meet.
House:
Not expected to meet.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
President Meets Press
In Green Get-Up and Shamrock

lows; don't you know what day 1t
is?" he asked the writer's.
One of the newspapermen in the
front row answered by saying Were
all North Irishmen.'
The President has always made 1t
a custom to wear some evidence of
st. Patrick's day. While he boasts
only q wee drop Of Irish blood, he
always has a strong reminder of
the day, because it was on St. Pat
rick's day in 1905 he and his distant
cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt, were
married in New York City with the
latter's uncle, President Theodore
Roosevelt, attending the ceremony.
The President exchanged greet
ings with Mrs. Roosevelt today by
telegram, the First Lady being In
Texas On . speaking engagement.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Bronson Cutting Lecture
Locale Is Shifted

The final Bronson Cutting Memorial
lecture will be delivered Monday.
March ~, at the Belasco Theater
instead of Constitution Hall, where
the first two lectures were given, it
was announced today.
The change of locale was decided
on by the promoters of the lectures
as an expression of protest against
the refusal of the Daughters of the
American Revolution to permit the
use Of their Constitution Hall by
Marian Anderson eolored singer.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Help O'Connors Celebrate

singer-dad and joined in a Come
all-ye."
Two more portions of the program
remained to be finished-and when
these sectors were disposed of, from
the formal musical setting, the
Friendly Sons of ST. Patrick and the
Georgetown University Glee Club
got their heads together, in another
part of the University Club. and
ushered in st. Patrick's Day in the
morning.
That's how it was the bottom OF
the night met the top of the morn
ing in Washington. D. c.. the Ma
tion's Capitol and the gateway to the
South, on this ST Patricks Day.
In the language of the Friendly
Sons. when father and son get to-
gether, it's great day tonight for
the Irish-especially when their
name is O'Connor."
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Daily Broodcosts

Through the cooperation of
the National Broadcasting Co.,
The Star has arranged to pre-
sent over WMAL each weekday
morning q movement from one
of the great symphonic compo-
sitions featured in The Stars
Music Appreciation offer.
The program on which the
recordings will be heard, ITO
days Prelude" is the only
morning recorded broadcast de-
voted exclusively to classical
music. It is scheduled daily
except Sunday from $50 to
7:25 am, and The Stars re-
cordings will be played at ap-
proximately 7 am.
The recordings themselves
may be obtained at the special
campaign booth in the lobby Of
The Star Building any weekday
from 8 am. to 6 pm. Beetho-
ven's Fifth Symphony" and
Schubert's Unfinished SYM
phony" and the electric record
players also are available. The
booth is closed on Sundays.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Mrs. Holden Files Suit
For Divorce at Reno

Following quickly suit for limited
divorce filed in District Court Tues
DAY by DR.. Raymond T. Holden, ir.,
Mrs. Holden filed suit in Reno, New.
yesterday. Both charged cruelty.
In his complaint, DR.. Holden de-
clared ne had learned that his wife
had gone to Reno and was planning
10 divorce him. He also alleged his
VIE Is infatuated with another man.
He asked custody of their young
daughter, Mary.
Mrs. Holden, the former Margaret
Eiilot Burch, made her debut here
The Holdens were married in St.
fatrlcks Cathedral, New York City,
on January Z, 1882.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
U. S. Deputies Proposed
For Civil Service in Bill

In response to a recommendation
OF Attorney General Murphy, Chair
man Ramspeck of the House Civil
Service Committee today introduced
bill to place deputy United States
marshals in the competitive classi-
fled civil service.
This measure provides that any
one now serving as deputy mar
shall may acquire civil service status
upon recommendation of the At
torney General to the Civil Service
Commission and subject to nom
competitive tests of fitness.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Annual French Contest
To Be Held Tomorrow

Students from the Districts pub
lie, private and parochial schools
will participate at $50 am. tomor-
row in the Fifth Annual French
Contest sponsored by the Washing
ton Chapter of the American Asso-
citation of Teachers of French.
The session will be held in the
Hall of Governmnt at George Wash
ington University.
Some Is schools are sending more
than $50 students to compete for
the prizes and medals offered by the
ministry of foreign affairs of France,
to be presented in April by the
French Ambassador, Count de Saint
Quentin.
Evening star., 1939-03-17

In honor of st. Patricks day,
President Roosevelt met the press
today in a green suit Of rough
worsted material, a green tie and,
in the lapel of his coat, a shamrock.
In addition, the President had on
his desk a green carnation, as well
as a large pot of live shamrocks
which were presented to him by the
women members of his secretarlal
staff.
The President assumed q mock
Indignation when he scanned the
front row of correspondents and did
not see anything in evidence sug-
gesting st. Patrick's day. The
President said he was surprised and
ashamed to note this indifference.
"Whatb the matter With you tel
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Iron Hitler Needs
Was Not Gained
In Czecho-SIovakia
U. S. Expert Says Coup
Only Makes Nozis More
Dependent on Imports
Star Staff Photo.

Acquisition of Czecho- -Slovakia
makes Germany more dependent
than ever on iron imports to keep
her steel and munitions industries
running. according to Charles Will
Wright, foreign mineral specialist of
the United States Bureau of Mines.
An important steel and munitions
producing country, Czecho- -Slovakia
nevertheless has been importing
about 100000 tons of iron ore an
nually and producing domestically
only about half of her requirements,
Mr.. Wright pointed out.
Mr.. Wright, who studied the min
eral industries in Central Europe
at first hand last summer, outlined
the present situation in Germany
and Italy as to their production and
consumption Of metals, fuels and
other essential minerals. at meet
ing of the American Institute of
Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
at the Harrington Hotel last night.
He showed by graphs the domestic
output of these commodities in per-
centages Of consumption and illus
trated just how far the totalitarian
countries will get by their attempts
at self sufficiency, concluding that
the self-sufticiency attempts have
not been satisfactory and that in
some instances the countries have
fooled themselves" in an effort to
make them appear so.
Both Germany and Italy depend
upon imports for three-quarters of
their iron requirements and for all
OF their nickel, tungsten and tin, Mr..
Wright said.
Germany produces about Is per
cent of her copper-of which she
gained none by the acquisition of
Czecho- o-Slovakia-and one-third of
her motor fuel requirements, Mr..
Wright added, while Italy produces
only about per cent of both ler
copper and her motor fuels from
domestic sources
About one-third of Germany's iron
imports come from the rich mining
region in French Alsace- Lorraine
Since this producing section
and the coal deposits in Germany S
Ruhr district 60 together like ham
and eggs in the view of mineral
experts. there has been speculation
that one of Hitlers future moves
might be to try to seize Alsace-Lor-
raine back from France. But
Frances powerful Maginot defense
line is between the iron mines and
the German border.
The figures presented by Mr..
Wright show that one of Germany's
most pressing needs is for oil. and
Hitler's eastward expansion program
Is carrying him toward the rich oil
fields of Rumania.
"AS to Germany's acquisitions of
the last year Austria added 1000 900
tons Of iron ore to Germany's an
nual requirements, amounting to
80, 1000, 900 tons and sufficient mag
nestle and graphite to meet domestic
requirements. The annexation of
Czecho-Slovakia, however, has added
but little. For her steel industries,
Czecho-Slovakia imports about o.
O00, 900 tons of iron ore annually and
consumes 100000 tons. However.
Germany gets large China clay de-
posits and radium mines which will
make her sufficient In these two
commodities"
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Migrating Birds Die

Thousands of dead birds, mostly
tltlarks, were washed ashore along
the coast near Deal, England, after
q severe winter storm. They had
migrated from the European CONT
nent because of the cold weather.
but collapsed in the storm while
crossing the English Channel.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Hale to Leove Hospital
Py the Associated Press,

Senator Hale, Republican, of
Maine, who underwent a bladder
operation on March l, was reported
recovering rapidly today and was
expected to leave Emergency Hospi-
tai tomorrow. Aides said the Sena-
tor went for an automobile ride yes
terday and planned another ride
later today. Senator Hale went to
the hospital under an assumed name
to avoid publicity.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Providence Club Elects

Joseph A. Roney, local attorney.
was elected president last night of
the Providence College Club of
Washington at smoker in the
Roger Smith Hotel. Other officers
were John Shields, vice president:
Vincent McBrien, secretary, and
Robert Lucey, treasurer.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Acts Revision Demanded

The Senate yesterday received a
petition bearing the signatures of
$4,000 little businessmen in 43 States
demanding notifications in the Ma
tional Labor Relations Act. Sem
ator Burke, Democrat, of Nebraska,
seeking revision of the act, submit
ted the petition. E.-
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Committeeman Named
b the Associated Press,

By Cne AS9oclated Press.
The House of Representatives
named five Democratic members
yesterday to serve on committees.
They were Representative Smith,
Democrat, of Illinois, public lands:
Representatives Monroney, Demo-
crat, Of Oklahoma and Sasscer.
Democrat, of Maryland, election of
President, Vice President and Rep
resentatives, and Representatives
Larrabee. Democrat, Of Indiana and
oconnor. Democrat, Of Montana,
pensions.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Ruth McKenney to Speak

Ruth McKenney, author of "In-
dustrial Valley" and MY Sister
Eileen" will discuss the subject THE
Writer in a Troubled World" at 8
o'clock tonight at the Book Shop,
916 Seventeenth street NV.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Stars Music Appreciation Drive
Praised by Business Leaders
Junior Trade Body
Executives Pledge
Full Cooperation

Two leaders of the younger busi-
ness and professional men Of the
District today lauded The Stars
music appreciation campaign as one
Of the finest cultural movements
ever conducted in Washington.
Enthusiastically indorsing The
Stars efforts to stimulate interest
in the musical classics through dis
tribution Of recordings of 10 SYM
phony masterpieces, Lyle O'Rourke
president of the Junior Board OF
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Report

District
"a tonight;
Sunday; moderate
Maryland
falr and continued cold; rising temperature Sunday
West VrgnaFar slightly
continued cold rising temperature ~
Evening star., 1939-03-17

The policeman on the corner is in
a position to see the whole traffic
picture better than you can from
the sidelines. Observe his signals.
Evening star., 1939-03-17

!, The Northern disturbance is centered:
mong soRy
SON. 293a inches. A trough extends thence
southeastward to the Gulf Of Saint Law
yleinty Of Bermuda. Harrinston' Hat1a Quebec. sas
1862 INCHES. Pressure is relatively low
na aTSm the Rio vss New pon
Ariz.;, .9.ss inches, and it is falling quite
5spsy Uoooey e shs ns6s o axS
With centers as follows: Fort Peck. Mont.
Nome nias Hhsa st !Gsenh nsbs NO 4s E,
zoath Of Cape Race r. csS 30 ~ inehess ,tss
Northern Appalachian resion. and light raj?
Mdds ts Thussdsy Isys s0ns the New Ensand snd
the United States and the Temperature is
SECTIONS East of the 0Sfs Kocfg
IInetoa Hne ioSest temperatMre m reported in in the
MINI. ' vas '' oNe'' a. 0e''"'''
Record for Last "a Hours.
..d' aisssst' ss s:is pm. y yesterday: d Year
Lowest. 80. $50 am. today. Year ago,
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 76. on March s.
Lowest. II. on February 23.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
tErom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Humidity. 20 per cent. at 4 q m today
Lowest, 20 per cent at 5 pm. yesterday.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
At Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy at
Great Falls today.
Tide Tables,
(Furnished BY United States Coast ana
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
Hleh ---------- 5:27 am. 6:13 Am.
Low ------------ O:43 am.
Hlgh ----------- 6:51 pm. 6:36 pm.
Low ---------- 12:22 pm. iii pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun, today 6:lS 6:l6
sun. tomorrow-- 6:17 6:17
Moon. today 4:13 am. 1921 pm.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches TN the
Evening star., 1939-03-17

More pedestrian deaths occur on
quiet, isolated streets than In the
entire cOngested section.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-27

u passed The ball ~ senator
Ted Schroeder, ID. rssvs. creating
. state prorstr csmmsssioa of nins
members which ~.,,ld have snntrci
~ the ~sy fruits, bsffles ard ssge.
tables soutsf he marketed tu heep
dawn SURPRISES which nav 'shssss
dawn' the priess
The senate struck fsotH ihs
measure . provision that II slsa
apply 10 livestock. poultry and
their products and also killed .
section which put teeth" In ,hs
law by providing up 10 tboo fine
for failure To comply.
Schroeder said his bah was 10.
signed mainly Ia aid b~fsy growers
Of ruysii,,p valley. senator uor.
dun klsmHsrd D.. whitman. st.
tackled the biii. saying II WAS an
attempt 10 duplicate In tks state
the federal cfop eeatfoi program
and thai u Was un~ofksbte aaisss
dnns on . national scsis.
The senate put ossr until Non.
day consideration ~ . hall permit
ting courts To fix water i~~eis u
lakes upon petition ~ property
own.fs Eastern Washing ton ssn.
stofs objected II would h. ruinosls
Ia irrigation disificts drawing their
water from iskes
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-27

Monty Percival. Ted schroe-
der.
Against the bill. DIR. q. b.
Newsletter, Mrs. Kathryn Nal
strom.
The consolidated measure. which
left the senate Jan. 81 as Senate
Bills As. ~ and as, came up sud
denly in the midst OF consideration
of routine calendar measures.
Without warning, the governors
whip Sen. Joseph Drumheller.
Spokane. ordered a call of the
senate forcing attendance of alb
then put ~ on the floor. Enum-
claws Sen. Henry Kyle immedi-
ately moved the senate refuse to
concur in the first house amend
ment.
Drumheller carried a motion to
kill this proposal.
Then KYLE asked that the vote
be postponed until 1890 a. m. Sat
urday. asserting house floor
amendments were not yet in his
bill book. that ne did not know
what he was voting on. This was
true In the case of minor house
amendment or two.l
The governors other senate
leader, Earl Maxwell Of Rem
ton, moved successfully to
kill this effort at delay.
The only Republican To vote
against the bill. Sen. Herbert
Sieler. Chehahs. declared family
responsibility clauses of the bill
had been eased somewhat by the
house. But it is improper to at
tempt TO fix such responsibility by
law" he insisted. Parents should
be responsible for minor children,
but not children for parents"
Declares No Improvement
This bill, declared Sen. James
Sullivan, Seattle, state head Of the
Old Age Pensions union, lis no i'm
provement over its predecessors.
Were just where We were when we
Continued on Page 3. Column 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-27
SOLONS COMPROMISE
ON POWER MEASURES

OLYMPiA-A middle Of the
road" compromise in the fight
over five bills sponsored BY the
state Grange or private utilities
was drafted today by the senate
public utilities committee.
The bittsrest nndercover battle
of the session has revolved around
three bills backed by the Grange
To expand the powers Of public
utility districts and two bills 10
ourtsil their pover-one by reqmr-
ing q vote Of the people on issu-
sncs Of bonds and the second Civ
ing the state public service de-
psrtment jurisdiction over the
districts rates.
The committee has agreed on
compromise bill writing the
latter measure into a bill broad
ening the powers Of the district
A Grange bill calling for forma-
ton OF a state power authority
comprised OF one commissioner
from each district VIII not come
out Of committee, according TO re-
ports. The bill requiring a vote
on purchase Of existing privately
owned utilities with bond issues
also will die there. II was ssid.
Sen. Joe l. Keller. d. Clsllsm.
SAID two bills would Dc produced
finally. including provisions neither
as liberal as the Grange wants nor
az conservative. - is demanded by
the power companies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-27

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-27
Walk IN DARK
Brings DEATH
TO STUDENT
Russian Dancer and
German Student in
l.. A. City College
Victim of Attack

LOS ANGELES-Police or,
dered a search today for q
Negro who was seen running
from the Los Angeles City
College campus shortly after
Miss Anya Sosayera. 27. beau.
tiful Russian dancer and Ger
man student, WAS attacked
and fatally beaten on the
wooded grounds.
Miss Sosayera apparently was
wsylsid. dragged into the under
brush and rsvished. when she left
dramatics class at the college
for a few minutes walk In the open
air last night.
Wally Meyers, q fellow student
found her staggering. bruised and
disheveled, on the Vermont street
edge of the campus.
"Oh. Wally, where were
you:" she gasped. Why
weren't You there 10 protect
me. He hit me with some
thing"
Then she collapsed, and did not
again recover consciousness before
dying in the General hospital early
this morning.
Drives Away In Car
Detective Lieutenant William
Clark of the police homicide squad
said the only possible clue that
had been found to her attacker
was supplied by group of young
students, who saw a young Negro
run from the campus at about the
time Meyers found Miss SosAyera.
The Negro jumped into an old
coupe and drove hurriedly away.
Police ordered hunt for the man.
He was described as OF average
height. and wearing striped polo
shirt.
Miss Sossyera died OF a basal
skull fracture early today while de-
tectives waited at her bedside
hoping that she would revive suffi-
GENTLY 10 describe her attacker.
Her other injuries included a bruise
on her right knee, bump on her
forehead. and scratches about her
face and throat
Took stroll In Dark
Detective Clark expressed be-
lief that a. Miss Sosayera took
short stroll in the darkness along
one OF the gravelled walks Of the
campus. her sttacker crept up and
slugged her from behind. then
dragged her into one OF the
numerous groves or thickets dot
ting the campus and raviEhed her.
The evening gown that she wore
for her role In the class drama was
torn and dishevelled. She stu
clutched another gown, her
change" for another scene. Re-
consciousness later, she
made her way for help, police be-
lieved
Miss Sosayers came TO Los An
geles three months ago from San
Francisco where her relatives re.
side She lived in an apartment
across the street from the campus
with her college drsmstics teacher.
Miss Ann Stanley.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-27

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-27

The train. crowded with holiday
passengers en- route to the San
Francisco Golden Gate exposition,
was dersiled as IL sped downgrade
before entering a pass through the
Medicine Bow range.
Among the critically hurt was
Mrs w w. lager. wife OF a vice
president of the Bankers Life In
surance company. Des Moines. Ia.
lager was lightly injured. Both
were rushed TO a hospital In Lara
mic. 20 miles east. along with 10
or 20 other injured passengers
A sketchy account OF the wreck
was obtained from those In Lara
mie able TO talk. They all said