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Evening star., 1939-06-20
Mrs. Alderman Tells
Court Dog Chewed
Up Wedding License
Charges Ruth Ettine's
Lowyer Threatened to
BIucken Character

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, June 20-A dog
which chewed up q marriage IL
cense and dthreats against the plain
tits character were described today
At the trial Of Alma Alderman's
$150,O00 alienation Of affections suit
naming Ruth Etting, blond singer
Of blues tunes.
The ex-wife of Myrl Alderman.
Miss Etting's present husband, whose
love the singer Is accused of steal
Ing, ended four days on the stand
under redirect examination She
explained why she and Alderman
never used q marriage license they
obtained here two years ago last
January.
I'VE didn't get married again be-
cause dog got hold OF the license
and tore 1t up" she explained, sim
ply.
She and the pianist were wed in
Tijuana, Mexico, January ., 1895,
but she testified that some doubt
had been cast on legality of the cere-
mony.
Mr.. Alderman and talked it
over and he said why 60 to all that
trouble to get married again when
We know we are married and be-
cause 4 couple Of people say we
Arent?" she continued.
Discussing an interview two
months ago with Miss Etting's at
torney, Bernard Cohen, Mrs. Alder
man voiced q hint that the singer
had exiled herself permanently from
California. She declared:
He (Cohen told me not to 20
through with this suit-that he
would have Is witnesses in court to
blacken my character and said that
even If I did get a judgment I
wouldn't be able to collect it, be-
cause Miss Etting and Mr.. Alder
man are not coming back to Cali
fornia."
Conclusion of her testimony
cleared the stage for the long de
layed appearance of Martin tthe
Gimp Snyder. Miss Ettings first
husband. Snyder is in the county
jail, awaiting action on an appeal
from 20-year prison sentence for
shooting Alderman last fall. Attor-
nTs indicated that his appearance
might end the plaintiffs case.
Evening star., 1939-06-20
Lands Murder Case
Recalled as Suit :
Is Quoshed

An echo Of the Lands mur-
der case came today in District
Court, when Attorney Jean M.
Boardman filed a suggestion
Of death" that Blanche Ger
trude Lands died about March
rs Of last year, when her main
tenance suit was about to be
sent in for trial.
James L. Lands, former Dis
trict fireman, was convicted
about a year ago of second-de-
gree murder for her death and
was sentenced to life imprison-
ment and is now in the Leav-
enworth Penitentiary at Ieav-
enworth, Kans. The Govern
ment accused him of Staying
his wife with a stone in the
/ northeast section near Bunker
Hill Park.
Mrs. Lands filed her suit for
maintenance in August, 1887,
but due to the fact that the
civil calendar is far behind
schedule, it was just about to
come to trial now. Mr.. Board
man said that today's action
abates the case, which now
legally dies.
Evening star., 1939-06-20
Bids 10 Be Asked Soon
On -Four New Naval
Building Projects
Progroms at Ycrd ond
Research Laboratory to
Continue After July ]

Expansion programs at the Wash
mgton Navy Yard and the Naval
Research Laboratory, Bellevue, D.
c., will be continued Immediately
after the opening of the 1910 fiscal
year on July l. Bids for four new
prospects will be advertised about
July l.
Under the terms of $1,000 600
program, for which funds were pro-
vided during the 1898 and 1899 fiscal
years work now is in its final stages
at the Washington Navy Yard and
has virtually been completed at the
Naval Torpedo Factory, Alexandria,
va.
Largest of the projects scheduled
Under the 1910 program is an $685.
600 central Office and drafting room
building at the Navy Yard Bids
for construction of the foundation
for this building are to be adver-
tised about July l.
Other bids which will be invited at
the same time are for extensions of
storehpuses 2 and 4 at Bellevue
and the construction of a railroad
tide bridge at the Bellevue water
front.
The 1910 construction program is
expected to reach total of ap-
proximately $1,500,OOO. At the Navy
Yard, in addition to the new CEN
trail Office building, the program
calls for extension of the power
distributing system for naval ord
nance construction, 100000, and
foundry storage facilities, $4,000.
or total of $1,O55 900.
Construction at Bellevue, in addi-
tion to the warehouses, for which
100000 will become available July
j, and the railroad tide bridge, for
which $4,000 has been appropriated,
will include a fuse loading plant
building and accessories, 5000 900,
and installation of weight handling
and transportation equipment,
100000.
~ Foundations for a $1,4O0,OO0 gun
assembly shop at the Navy Yard,
largest item in the 1889 program,
are expected to be completed dur
ing July, with erection of the steel
framework to begin Immediately
after the Government accepts the
foundations from the contractor.
Completion of an ordnance stor-
age warehouse costing 1855 900, now
nearing completion at the Navy
Yard, has been held up by the gen.
eral building trades strike but still
is ahead of the contract schedule.
Dredging of the site for rail-
road tide bridge at the Navy Yard
has been completed under a S32 900
contract awarded the Diamond Con-
etruction Co. of this city, and con-
struction work is about to begin.
The tide bridges at the Navy Yard
and Bellevue will permit the ship
ping of loaded freight cars on rail-
road barges to delivery points and
will reduce the cost of shipping car
load lots of materials to the two
plants.
Evening star., 1939-06-20

WaShington's traf1c policemen
will be permitted to wear pith he'll
NETS, tan colored, as protection
ag9inst the sun as soon as the new
headgear can be acquired.
The Commissioners today ap-
proved q recommendation by Police
Supt. Ernest w. Brown that the
police manual be amended to permit
the change rrom the regulation uni
form cap, which Maj. Brown said,
offers limited protection from the
sun.
This will be the first time in his
tory that Washington police have
been permitted to wear helmets,
Maj. Brown said.
The Commissioners authorized
the expenditure of $50 for the pur-
chase OF about Is OF the helmets,
which, 1t was figured. will be about
enough to provide for the men reg
ularly assigned to eight hours OF
"stop-and-go' duty.
Evening star., 1939-06-20
Senate Unit 10 Vote
On Single, 6-Year
Term for President
Another Constitutional
Amendment, on War
Poll, to Come Up Also
(Tert OF Senator Burke's speech
on page B-S.)

4 GU " AoCHutOf ohJ nc opCClb
on page B-8J
A constitutional amendment to
confine presidential service to a
single 6-year term was gaining sup
to recent indications that President
Roosevelt may be candidate for a
third term in 1910.
Pending before the Senate Judi
ciary Committee. resolution pro-
viding for the amendment will be
voted on by the committee July 3,
it was decided yesterday. At the
same time, the committee will con-
slider another amending proposal
to require national referendum be-
fore a declaration of offensive war
fare.
Principal open support of the one
term proposition during the past "a
hours came from two Democratic
Senators, Burke of Nebraska and
Van Nuys of Indiana, both of whom
have departed on numerous occa-
sions from the Roosevelt leadership.
Senator Van Nuys. telling report
ers that fellow Indianan, Philip
pine High Commissioner Paul v.
McNutt. is his presidential choice,
declared his belief that election of
any candidate to third term
would violate one of the best ira
ditions of our country"
Complicating Senator Van Nuys'
position slightly is the fact that
former Gov. McNutt already has
announced his support for President
Roosevelt for third term If the
latter should choose to run. If not,
Mr.. McNutt is a candidate himself.
Senator Burkes opposition to
third term was expressed last night
during his speech on the National
Radio Forum, sponsored by The
Star and broadcast over a Nation
wide hookup of the National Broad
casting Co. The Senator warned
that no man can safely predict
the fate of our form of government"
II the third term tradition Is broken
in 1910.
Republican support of the single
slx-year term idea was voiced a few
days ago by Senator Wiley of Wis
consin agter Senator Vandenberg of
Michigan had advised that the
Republican nominee in 1910 should
commit himself to retiring after a
single term.
Frequently a subject of political
controversy, the anti-third term
tradition established by George
Washington actually precipitated
congressional action during the
presidency of Calvin Coolidge, the
Senate passing a resolution con-
demning any thought of violating
this custom.
Later, Mr.: Coolidge did mot
choose to run"
Evening star., 1939-06-20

The disturbance that was over Manitoba
Monday morning has advanced northeast
Waro to Hudson Bay. Port Harrison
Quebec 29.2u inches. with q trough ex-
tending southwark to the lower Lake
resion. Erie. Pa. 1880 inches. Pressure
is also low over Saskatchewan, Battleford.
20. 20 inches, and over extreme Western
Texas. FL Paso. 29.6S inches Pressure is
high southeast Of Nova Scotia with maxi
mum pressure about 3O.26 inches Press
ure is also high over the Middle Gulf
States, Montgomery. Ala.. 3O.16 inches.
and "A, along the East Florida coast Jack
area Of slight intensity is moving eastward
ton. Quebec. 1000 inches. and another
ward ever the upper Mississippi valley and
Mimi and Chicaso. Ill. 1906 inches.
Pressure is also hish along the North Pa
ciic Coast. North Head. Wash. 3O12
inches During the last "a hours show
ers have occurred in the North Pacific
States. the Northern Plateau. the Ohio and
middle and upper Mississippi Valleys the
Lake region. the Middle Atlantic States
the Carolinas and portions OF the North
Atlantic and West Gulf States. Tempera-
lures have risen in the Middle Atlantic
and North Atlantic States and over the
Southern Rocky Mountain region. while
they have fallen slightly in the upper Lake
region and the upper Mississippi Valley.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac muddy At
Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1939-06-20
5eu|ptors' Guild
|aysCompetition on
Jefferson Memorial
Methods Are q Blind
Artists Soy, Tokine
Rop ot Commission

The methods of competition
drawn up by the Jefferson Memorial
Commission for the Jefferson monu-
ment to be placed in the memorial
were condemned today by the Sculp-
tors Guild, Inc.
The competition calls for submis-
sion OF photographs OF sculptors'
work stating clearly the name of the
artist. From these Henri Marceau.
professional adviser to the commits
sion; James Earle Frazer and Heinz
Waneke, sculptors, will select six
men for further competition. Each
OF the six will receive 81 900 for pres
entation Of plaster models.
Therefore, the guild says. 1t viii
be impossible for the jury not to
know the identity of the sculptors
entering the competition.
1T therefore becomes evident that
this Is no longer q fair competi-
ton, but merely similar blind as
the retaining of the late John Rus
sell Pope as cOnSultant on the me-
morial,' the guild maintains.
The guild goes on to say that Mr..
Marceau. who also is assistant di-
rector OF the Philadelphia Museum,
OF which Mr. Ffske Kimball. COM
mission member, is director. and Mr..
Frazer, who for years has been as
sociated with the late Mr.. Pope are
In direct contact with the forces that
are responsible for "railroadine
through the Pantheon design Of the
Jefferson Memorial
The jefferson Memorial Commis-
sion competition program states
that its Committee on Sculpture,
which consists of five commission
members and Mr.. Marceau. will
invite the opinion of the Jury
men OF the first stage OF the COM
petition, the architects of the
memorial, the Fine Arts Commits
sion and the section Of fire arts
OF the Procurement Division of the
Treasury and will make recon-
mendatIon to the commission
proper. whose decision on who the
sculptor shall be will be final.
This Thomas jefferson Memorial
Commission. which by these very
words can take or leave any recon-
mendation of the above mentioned
groups, will, it is not difficult to
foresee, do the same as it did with
the building itself when it asked
the advice of the Commission of
Fine Arts, which it not only totally
ignored but enormously represented
before the House Subcommittee on
Appropriations" the guild declares.
Evening star., 1939-06-20
Tufts Awards Degree
To Admiral Colbert
erecial Dispatch to The Star,

oFeClAl dispatch 10 Inc Star.
MEDFORD, Mass, June 20
Tufts College today announced that
1t had awarded the honorary degree
Of doctor of science to Leo Otis Col
bert, rear admiral and director of
the Coast and Geodetic Survey OF
the United States.
In conferring the degree in exer-
cises yesterday, Admiral Colbert was
described as graduate of Tufts In
1907 and member OF many scien-
tific societies and recognized leader
OF a service. which has rightly re-
ceived international recognition for
its accuracy and its far-sighted
scientific achievements
In his citation DR.. Leonard Car
michael, president Of the college,
declared "the world has never need
ed maps more than 1t does today
Evening star., 1939-06-20
Weather Report
FURNISHED bv

Stat Wealth Bureau
District OF Coumbia-Partly
late
change moderate southwest
MayandPartly in central and
east portions tonight;
temperature. " " ' 49,
Vigna-Pary cloudy and in
portion tomorrow; much change
West VngnaParty
night and tomorrow; not much change n
Evening star., 1939-06-20
Washington Seeks
Junior Chamber Meetino
BY the Associat ted Press.

6y tne ASSOCIATED Pre8S.
TULSA, June 20.-Early arrivals
for the national convention of the
United States Junior Chamber of
Commerce claim most support for
Mark Matthews Of New York City,
Perry Pipkin Of Memphis and Al
bert Boutwell, Of Birmingham for
the presidency.
Atlanta was the first to bid for
the next convention.
Washington. D. c., and Mime
apolis were making strong cam
paigns.
The convention opens tomorrow.
M. c. Gale, vice president in
charge Of extension, reported 236
new organizations had become af-
fhated with the national group in
the past year.
Evening star., 1939-06-20
Groves Porents Celebrate

CUMBERLAND, Md, June 20
R-This was golden wedding an
niversary day for two Of Allegany
County's most famous parents
John r. and Emma Grove-the
father and mother Of baseball's
well known Lefty. They still live in
the same house in the Charles Town
section Of Lonaconing in which they
were married June 20, 1850.
Evening star., 1939-06-20
Tower to Be Lifted

Engineers are preparing to lift
the l.OOO-ton tower of the city hall
OF Johannesburg, South Africa, 80
feet. They will cut through the
foundations Of the tower and dome,
lift the gigantic structure on huge
jacks and keep it there until two
additional stories have been built.
The work Is part of . 1880 900
project to rebuild the city hall.
Evening star., 1939-06-20
Parkway Bids Opened

A low bid Of $276,912 for construc-
ton of 10-mile section of the
Blue Ridge Parkway south of Rock
fish Gap in Virginia was submitted
to the Public Roads Bureau yester-
day by Walter Il Prater, Norris
town, Tenn.
Evening star., 1939-06-20

Burma has been connected 10
Running, China, by q new railway.
Evening star., 1939-06-20
Report fer Last "a Hours.

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers cleal
at Harpers Perry: Potomac muddy q,
Great Falls today
Evening star., 1939-04-27
Refugees Talents
Enrich America,
Ickes Declares
Address Before German
Cultural Freedom Guild
Broadcast Nationally

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 27.-Declarine
Germany had enriched" the United
States with 400 cultural refugees
in the last six years, Secretary
Ickes said last night they were civ
ing reminders that even the
most powerful tyrant cannot kill the
soul of a man.
Under a tyrant the best and
noblest of a people submerge or go
into exile" he told the American
Guild for German cultural freedom
in nationally broadcast address.
Those in retirement bide their
time until the bright day of free
dom again breaks through the low
ering clouds as in due course it will
do in the totalitarian states of Eu-
rope. Those in exile carry on. They
keep. alive the sacred fire of their
culture on foreign shores and wait
for the day of liberation to come"
Glory to Any Nation.
Secretary Ickes said America
meanwhile benefited from the tai
ents and skill of refugee scientists,
writer's and artists.
What ever the dictators may de-
cree for their temporarily sup
pressed peoples" he continued, I'VE
Americans are modest enough to
admit that we can never have too
much good literature, too much good
music, too much enriching science.
These men of the mind and the
spirit would be glory to any ma
ton and it is tragic commentary
upon our mountaineering civiliza-
ton that, in the full flower of their
genius. they should be compelled at
the risk of their lives to seek shelter
thousands of miles from their home
land
The dinner. said the Guild. was
'in recognition of Secretary Ickes'
brave and fortnight stand against
dictators, on behalf of civil liberties
and freedom of speech and as
sembly."
NeO-Barbarian Theory.
The Secretary said that in Ger
tain" European countries lit is the
fashion-or shall I describe it as an
ignius fatuus, the marsh light of
a dictator-to insist that culture is
the product of pure race, particu-
larly THE specially designated pure
race. The consequence, as dicta-
torially stated. is that every other
race is inferior"
IF this neo-barbarian interpreta-
ton of history is correct, then our
whole national history is lie; then
we must deny that the United States
really has a civilization. More than
this. we must question whether we
even exist.
$50 - And if we do exist-Which
lis difficult to deny; if we do have a
virile and vigorous population
which is apparent; if We do have a
fruitful and constantly expanding
culture-of which I am firmly con-
vinced-then. I submit that THEY
over there debase the truth and
degrade the known history of man.
kind"
Evening star., 1939-04-27
Ookmont Association
Seeks Resurfucino

Resurfacing Of the roads In Oak
mont In Montgomery County, Nd.
Is sought by the Oakmont Associa-
ton.
A flve-man special committee has
been appointed to confer with the
county surveyor to determine the
best methods and materials for use
in the resurfacing.
William p. Kilmain of Bethesda,
Evening star., 1939-04-27
Births Reported

Jennings and Mildred Hotel. boy.
William and Helen Carpenter. boy.
Alvin and Hester Caldwell, girl.
Melvin and Marearet Howdershell. girl.
Harold and Dorothy Snyder, girl.
10 and Margaret Hicks. girl.
George and Frances Sutton. girl.
Elbie and Ethel Auterback. girl.
Irwin and Elizabeth 6chimmelpfennig, girl,
Thomas and Marie Baker, girl
Thomas and Dorothy Williams, boy.
| John and Genevieve Dade boy.
1vor and Katherine Jones. boy.
Michael and Catherine Linck. boy.
| Oliver and Sarah Mathis, boy.
Wallace and Edith Perry. boy.
Paul and Corinne jeffrey. boy.
BENJAMIN and Anne Stogo, boy.
Joseph and Hilda Redman. girl.
Dan and Virginia Cox, girl.
James and Vera Kelleher. girl.
John and Nellie Browning. girl.
| Carl and Evelyn Wahler. girl.
Morris and Rose Abrams, girl.
James and Ruth Wilson. girl.
Michael and Katherine Grande. boy.
Robert and Elizabeth Pond boy.
William and Dorothy Middleton, boy.
Gottlieb and Veronica Orth. boy.
MAYNARD and Elizabeth Shoemaker. jr.. girl
Lester and Nora Ferris, girl.
Perry and Phyllis Huff. girl
Sidney and Irene Davis girl.
Edward and Jeanette Stacy jr.. girl.
Sebastian and Doris Gismpapa, girl.
Francis and Catherine Pohl
Joseph and Elinor Wilkites. girl.
Warren and Hazel Smith. boy.
Robert and Eta Venerable boy,
Eric and Mary Warren. boy
Francis and Mary Burke. boy.
Shurl and Ruth Witten, boy.
John and Esther Lucey. boy
Howard and Anna Stone. boy.
Henry and Gretchen Hopkins girl.
Harold and Ruth Greig girl.
Gregory and Lillian Bussink. girl.
Richard and Mary Cameron. girl,
irwin and Anita Hyatt. girl
Ralph and Alice Tucker girl
Howard and Louise Smith. girl.
Wilson and Lillian Warder girl,
Stacy and Ethel Dobson. boy
Vincent and Vivian Brown, girl.
John and Nellie Cant girl
Walter and Ida Bracey boy
Nelson and Mary Spriggs, boy,
Henry and Willie Brooks, girl
Edward and Florence Harrison, girl.
Sam and Beatrice Reed. boy.
Joseph and Aline Redd, boy.
Evening star., 1939-04-27
Rockville,
Deaths Reported

Mnnia King 80, go H st. ne
Nora F. Mulvihill 76. 1929 Kennedy st. n. W
Annie Campbell. "a Providence Hospital.
Ellen ]. Mill. "A. 41O3 Conn., ave. NV.
William ]. Schlett, TO- Homeopathic Hos
ptal
Harry Berman. Sc, 1901 Gallatin st. NV.
Collin H. Ball. 64. St. Elizabeth's Hospital
BENJAMIN c. Flournoy. SO. 1922 P st. NV
Clara A. King. 80. 1887 25th st. Sc
Henry Michael Fischer, SO. 1927 Conn., ave
NV.
Harriet Bishop so. 1878 Columbia rd NV
Margery w. Shoemaker, As. 37OO Mass. ave.
NV.
Sarah M. Burns As. 3OO6 18th st. NV
Peter j. Harrison. 30. Emergency Hospital
Infant Diane Pearl Lettmann Sibley Hos
pital
James Bowen, 62. 1882 Belmont st. NV.
Chester Keys. SO. TAI Navy pl Sc
Roscoe B. Middleton. As Gallinger Hospital
zack Bolton. As. 1850 Wisconsin ave NV.
John c. Boone. A, $3.50 Wisconsin ave. n W
Wade Sheriff., A. en- route to Providence
Hospital
Shirley Wright. g. Children's Hospital.
Infant Mary Ann Wilson, Children's Hos
Infant Ernest Adams, Gallnger Hospital.
Tears and TRADES don't mend bro
ken bones. Cooperate for safety.
Evening star., 1939-04-27

was elected to the association Board
Of Directors to fill the unexpired
term of Henry Klaus, who resigned.
William DAILY is chairman OF the as
sociation.
Evening star., 1939-04-27
Marriage License
AppIicotions

William G. McDermott 27. $50 9th st.
s.w.. and Margaret J. Forsythe. 26. 1921
18th st. ne: the Rev. Bernard A. Nc
Keon.
Douglas $. Birsfeld: 81 and Edith H. orde.
2:;5 both Of 3719 Brandywine st. NV: the
Rev Alfred ]. Wilder
Charles Smith. Al, 2514 14th st NV and
Eva M. johnson, 30 BIS Sherman ave.
NV: the Rev. C. Foucha.
John j. SchWager, % 932 Independence
ave. s.w.. and Joyce House. is, 1904 In
dependence ave. s.w.' Judge Robert E.
Mattingly.
Richard H. Purkey. 90. Mayfower Hotel,
and Elizabeth r. Shenk rs. 1904 @ st.
NV: the Rev E H pruden
Paul Gordon. 30 and Florence Briscoe. %,
both OF 25 Dingman pl. NV; the Rev.
j. Edward Graham.
Gladys Payne. 20 New York City; Judge
Robert E. Mattinely
Carl j. Malm. 40. and Marjorie Kostad. 26.
both of Rochester, N. Y; the Rev. U. G.
Vernon D. Rowe, 90 1920 21st ST. NV,
and Peggy Stone. 2S. 1920 21st ST. NV.
the Rev. w. B. King
Herbert E. Parmes. %, 516 U st. NV, and
Eleanor B. Williams -. 514 q st. NV; W.
the Rev. Robert L. Rollins.
Raymond P. T Townsend; e; and Louise F.
George williams. 80 Chevy Chase. Md,
and Lillith v Dixon. 81. washington.
Joseph Walter Adams. 20. Beltsville. Md
and Catherine eager 90, Lakeland, Md
Charlotte L. Satterwhite. IS. Washing
David L. Gotten. 23 and Nola German. 25,
both of Washington.