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Evening star., 1939-02-17

ange Hospital for the Insane after
ono Of the most DISASTROUS fires in
Quebec's history had swept the
asylum for "a hours.
More than 5000 patients were re-
moved to safety. Hospital officials
said no casualties resulted.
Though patients were unharmed,
10 firemen suffered minor injuries.
DR.. c. S. Roy, hospital medical
attendant, blamed the disastrous
fire on pyromaniac. He said that
In recent weeks several minor blazes
had been found, and quickly ex-
tinguished, at the same spot where
this fire was discovered.
The blaze, discovered in the mems
wing about 8 am. Thursday cut its
way through one section of the hos
pital after another.
Evening star., 1939-02-17

the President of the United States"
With regard to Ambassador Bull
lifts participation, the Morgenthau
testimony ran:
THE Ambassador first brought it
the plane transaction to my at
tention. Then, following by usual
cuStom-before I see a foreign mis-
sion of any kind, call up the State
Department and say is this an au-
thentic mission and is it all right
for me to see them?'-I will not see
any foreign mission unless the State
Department says they are authentic.
Mr.. Welles (Undersecretary of
State), after reasonable time. in
formed me that this was an authen-
tic mission and on that basis I re-
ceived them"
Secretary Morgenthau also said
the credentials of the French mis-
sion were signed by Premier Da-
ladler and the French ministers of
aviation and finance.
In speech in the House vester-
day Representative Cox, Democrat,
or Georgia denounced secrecy in the
conduct of foreign affairs and asked
the closest, freest, frankest, most
sincere cooperation between the
administration and the legislative
department of the Government to
the end of helping to maintain
world peace and keeping this coun-
try out of war"
Seeks Policy Determination.
He said that, in his opinion. Con-
gresS must make clear choice of
either an internationalistic or an
isolationist policy before we can
determine with certainty the neces-
sites and requirements of our mill
tary machine. The House and
Senate Committees on Military Af-
fairs seemed to have heard one sort
OF report from military officers and
another kind of report from at least
two OF our foreign Ambassadors.
In radio address, entitled Lets
Look After America First" Senator
Holt, Democrat, of West Virginia
said that TO become entangled in
the controversies of foreign coun-
tries is sure way to endanger our
country" He added:
I'VE again hear the call to save
the democracies. Has it been so long
that we have forgotten the call in
the last war, that call for us to enter
in order that we could make the
world safe for democracy Instead
of world safe for democracy, we
see today fewer democratic nations.
Evening star., 1939-02-17
Defense
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planes to raise the Armys air fleet
to $500.
House leaders agreed to include
all appropriations to finance the
plane purchases in the regular War
Department appropriations bill, ex-
pected to reach the floor In two
weeks. OF the total $500 900 900
for the Air Corps, leaders said, $50
100000 will be made available for
immediate expenditure on 565 planes.
The Army expansion bill author
ICES the expenditures, but a separate
measure is required to make the
funds available.
The House Naval Affairs Commit
tee, meanwhile, was rushing work on
a $68 10000 bill for construction
and improvement of naval bases.
The Senate Naval Committee ap-
proved bill authorizing an ex-
penditure of $5,5O0O00 for modern
lzatlon of three submarines the
Argonaut, Narwhal and Nautilus,
and a measure authorizing acquisi-
ton by the Navy of tanker now
under construction for the Standard
Oil Co. Chairman Walsh told the
committee the Navy was impeded
by "woeful and shameful lack of
auxiliary vessels"
AS the defense legislation held the
spotlight at the Capitol, an in
fluential member of Congress pre-
dicted the administration would
await the outcome of efforts to end
the Spanish civil war before making
any move toward revising the
Neutrality Act.
The eventual attitude, he said, will
depend on whether the threat of a
European war is increased by any
demands, territorial or otherwise,
which Germany and Italy might
make coincident to proposals that
they withdraw their troops from
Spain.
Chairman Pittman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee said
that although some provisions of
the law expire May l, the commit
tee would be in no hurry to act.
MOrgenthau Testimony Given.
Despite the secrecy with which it
had been surrounded, a portion of
the transcript of the testimony given
by Secretary Morgenthau before the
Senate Military Committee two
weeks ago became public Yesterday.
in this, he said, the French plane
matter was first called to his atten-
ton by Ambassador Bullitt.
Some committee members. par
ticularly Senators Nye Clark and
Reynolds, Democrat, of North Caro-
lima insisted on knowing under what
circumstances the Treasury became
involved in the deal. Mr.. Morgen-
thau replied:
Il thought 1 made it plain that
that instruction to me came from
Evening star., 1939-02-17
Automatic Promotion
In Civil Service
Provided in Bill
SchweIIenbuch Plan
Embodied in One Of
Four EmpIoye Measures
By ]. A. OLEARY.

A new system of automatic pro-
motion for Government employees
is proposed in one of four civil
service bills just introduced by Sem
ator Schwellenbach, Democrat, of
Washington
In one of his other bills the SEN
ator joins in the move to make
1920 the minimum basic salary,
with revision of other pay rates in
the lower grades. The Senate Civil
> Service Committee, which already
has two other pay bills before it,
plans hearings soon on all these
salary measures. Chairman BuloW
OF the Civil Service Committee, is
advocating a $1,000 minimum, and
Senator McCarran, Democrat, of
Nevada is sponsoring a ST 500 mini
mum bill
Senator Schwellenbach' third bill
would give the President authority,
by executive order, to place in the
classified service any position or
group which may now or hereafter
be exempted by statute from civil
service. This authority would ex-
tend to employees of corporations
set up by Congress and controlled
by the Government.
Non-Competitive Tests.
1ncumbents of such positions could
acquire civil service status by pass
Ing non-competitive examination.
and upon certification by the de-
partment head that the employe
has rendered satisfactory service for
six months
The fourth Schwellenbach meas
ure is designed to extend the CLASH
flcation Act to the field service. 1t
was originally limited to the depart
mental service here. This measure
sets forth groups that may be ex-
cluded from classification.
The automatic promotion plan
presented by Senator Schwellenbach
would work as follows:
Every employe would be advanced
to the next higher step in his or
her classification grade at the be-
ginning of the quarter following
each years service. until the top step
OF the grade is reached
The plan further provides that
every employe at the highest step in
the grade and with five years of
service would be entitled to a Sl2O
raise in annual salary, and a SINH
lar increase at the end of each five
year period
An important feature of this bill
Is the provision that the compen-
sation of an employe shall in no
way be affected by the average of
the compensation paid to other en-
ployes in his grade or class"
This would appear to put an end,
If enacted, to the so-called average
clause the Appropriations Commit
tees OF Congress have been writing
into annual supply bills for many
years, and which has the effect of
putting the brakes" on the gradual
salary stepups contemplated by the
original Classification Act.
Re-enacted Each Year.
Inc clause, re-enacted every year,
provides that the average of the
salaries Of all the persons under anv
grade in any bureau or appropria-
ton unit, shall not at any time ex-
ceed the average of the compensa-
ton rates specified for the grade in
the Classification Act.
In cases where only one emplove
Is allocated to certain grade, his
salary must be held to the average
OF the rates in that grade, except in
what the Appropriation Acts refer
to as unusually meritorious cases.
AT the present time some of the
lower grades are being exempted
from the average" clause.
Evening star., 1939-02-17
Second Advance Made
To Alley Authority

Payment of S462 900 to the Alley
Dwelling Authority as a second ad-
vance on a loan of $6,6OO,o50 was
announced today at the United
States Housing Authority.
The advance makes a total of
Evening star., 1939-02-17

Out of the last war came the die
tators.
Whenever Great Britain has any
chestnuts in the fire and the United
States is needed to pull them out,
we hear the call of our duty to save
the world"
Evening star., 1939-02-17
Insane Hospital
Is Razed by Flames;
1900 Patients Safe
Inmates Are Led From
Doomed Building Into
Subzero Weather

QUEBEC, Few. IT canadian
Press Only blackened ruins re-
mained today Of st. Michel LArch-
Evening star., 1939-02-17

Chile has granted a loan to Pata-
gonla for local developments.
Evening star., 1939-02-17

$608,000 turned over to the local
agency by Charles J. Maxcy, direc-
tor of the Finance and Accounting
Division, for preliminary expenses
and land purchases in connection
with its low-rent housing program.
The A. D. A. has taken up options
on a tract bordering Alabama ave-
nue. and also a slum area known as
Navy place, in Southeast Washing
ton. The newly acquired funds will
be used in purchasing parcels of this
land.
Evening star., 1939-02-17

Frans Halls, the world-f famed 18th
century Dutch painter, died in a
poorhouSe.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
DIESEL TRAINING.

The rapid growth of the Diesel industry
is creating many new opportunities for
trained men A new class now forming
For details call or write Washington Diesel
School, 40 Que st. ne. corner Que st. and
Eckln2ton pl ne Dupont 1875
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Cards Shift Fistic
Array 10 Offset
Y. P. |. Power

Old faces in new roles will be
seen Saturday night when Catholic
University's boxing team meets Vir-
ginia Tech in the Brookland gym.
Advance reports about the slug
ging proWess Of the Gobblers have
caused Coach Eddie La Fond to
juggle his lineup, although only one
Card fighter will be fighting at a
weight entirely new to him.
Gerry Strang, natural 165-
FOUNDER, will be used as a light
heavyweight for the first time but
Fred Stants bout in the 165-p pound
class and Jay Turner's fight as a
heavyweight will be old stuff for
those two.
The changes have been planned
because Virginia Tech will present,
In Frank Oliver, a fighter who is
considered on par with. Slant,
rated one of the best middleWeights
in the college ring. Another reason
that influenced La Fond was the
fact that Slant and Oliver are
neighborhood rivals in their home
town of Norfolk, and Fred wants a
crack at his fellow -townsman.
Both Slant and Oliver are unde-
feated
Strang, whom La Fond consid-
ers too inexperienced for Oliver.
will Jump from the frying pan into
the fire. because his foe in the
light heavyweight division will be
Dave Pitts, one of the hardest
punchers on the Tech squad.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Tobias to Fight GiIIey
On Tuesdays Show

Toby Tobias, former University of
Miami mittman, will decorate Tues
day nights boxing show at Turner's
Arena. facing Charley Gilley, Balti-
more lightweight, in an eight-round
preliminary to an exhibition of four
rounds by Henry Armstrong, world
lightweight and welterweight cham
pion.
Bill Poland, New York heavy
weight, will square off with Howard
Iandgraff of Baltimore and Augie
Flowers, Jersey City lightweight,
will meet frankie Wills, local prod
uct, in SiX-rounderS.
Billy Banks, local colored feather
weight. has been signed to face
Armstrong for one round. Match
maker Goldie Ahearn expects to To-
cate another fighter to travel a
round. with stablemate Of Arm
strongs tentatively slated to be
Henrys target for two.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
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established business. Potomac 1894. 13s
RESTAURANT, near 14th and SITS NV,
gong 900 monthly; whisky: $4,000
down: seats l4O. Bob Hollander. Suite 907
Tower Bldg Metropolitan ANA.
RboGMING,TouR1sT b1sinsll ..rtIR HOUSE. in downtown
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MACHINIsT WANTED. with shop. to assist
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and invest five to ten thousand. Give age.
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SANDWICHES, BEER; corner, residential
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price 81 800. Box l79-M Star
ATTR. ROOMING HOUSE, DUPONT CIR.
~ rooms, garage rent. 500; filled. A
GonderiuI renting location, $500 handles.
>. WINFIELD. gOs 10Th NV Natl. 1854.
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Evening star., 1939-02-09
Subs Bowl RossIyns to Sweep
In Ladies' District LOOP

Gooding hitting 148-389, estab-
lished a season record team set OF
1,774 in the Graphic Arts League.
Washington Centennial gained a
three game lead in the Eastern
Star League by 2-1 win from
Unity as the runner-up Joseph II
Milans dropped two games to Acacia
Pounding out 136-338 counts,
Hylna Mays was top roller in the
Lucky Strike Ladies' League, yet
Holmes Bakery triped her Social
Security No. 2 team twice.
Emerson g. Orme carried off top
honors in the General Motors
League when Harvey Shipley's 1877
led the Service teams sweep and
Bob Miller's 356 paved the way for
Sales 2-1 win from Capital Cadillac
Tacking together strings of 145
1873 and 144, Gus Places. Peerless
Bakery captain, established a season
record of 427 in the Southeast
League.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Touring Woman Bow|ers
Defeat Mans Team
epecial Dispatch to the Star.

epecial Dispatch to the Star.
COLUMBIA, S. c.. Feb. 9-Rolling
621 in a laSt-game charge, the
Rosslyn All-Stars defeated Colum-
bia S Southeastern champion mems
team last night by a 14-pin margin
-Four monkey spares in a row that
gave EVELYN Ellis 139 and Ida Sim
mons l42 led the last-minute victory
of the crack Virginia girls team.
Miss Simmons 361 was tops in
1859 team count. Meeks' 399 led
Columbia's 1875 score.
In an exhibition singles match
Caroline Hiser trimmed Miss Sim
mons. her teammate, $50 to 342.
Gait Davis, manager of the tour
Ing bowlers, won his third straight
singles match of the trip by trim
ming Dave Minnick, 389 to $50.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Standards Stops Late
RuIIyin Victory

A second-half rally by Bureau of
Standards nearly overcame an 1S-
point half time lead held by the
G. A. O-Post Office quint in the
Goyernment-Y League last night,
but the latter finally won, 3l-29.
General Accounting had a 23-5
lead at the end of the first 20 min
utes, but Bausch, Heuer and Barn
we'll led a comeback which nearly
succeeded in overtaking the Ac-
cOuntantS.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Trio Is Threatening
Mays Pin Lead in
Rec League
Coins Made by MondIey,
Clarke, Harrison as
Puce-Setter Slips

Brad Mandley. Astor Clarke and
Champion Joe Harrison closed in
on Henry May, the Recreation
League top-average shooter, as they
turned in respective sets of 384,, 1894
and 385 last night, while May was
bowling only 344. AS May dropped
to 124-30, Mandley moved to 124-2l,
Clarke to l24-l and Harrison to
1928.
An idling University Shop team
gained first place AS Clarke paced
Herzog's sweep over the erstwhile
leading American Window Cleaning
outfit.
New Mark for Bankers.
The 4-year-old, l75-game mark Of
Tom Bridges went by the board in
the Bankers League when Tom
Francis of Union Trust climaxed
his rolling at the Arcadia with a
prodigious l79 His Whopper gave
him the weeks high set of 1893.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Episcopal Quint Takes
Third Come in Row

Episcopal High School today had
q budding streak of three consecu-
tive victories, adding Washington
Lee High tossers as its latest victim,
40-8, yesterday at Alexandria.
Farquhar. with y points, and
Bradley, with 8, paced Episcopal,
while Martin and Howell scored the
only field goals registered by the
hapless Little Generals.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
ROOMS FURNISHED.

II32 gOth ST. NV. cor. s. near Conn.
ave-Large bright. front room well fur
nished; semi-pvt bath. oil heat; every
convenience Decatur 41n6 o.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
D. c. BowIers to Finish
Match in Frederick

Sixteen pins down, the Washing
ton Old Milwaukee boWlers will in
wade Frederick, Md. tonight to roll
the Old Milwaukee of that city in
the final block of a home and home
series.
The local lineup will include
Monk Stevens, Al Spivey, Wells
Skinner, Quinn Skinner, Horace
Hughes and Art Taylor.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
p. 6. A. Record Is SET
As McSpaden Cuts
120ff Par II
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. O.
Natives vino had stacked home
grown Texas talent against the field
in the $4,000 Texas open, pulled
their punches trif1e today in favor
of the sensational goings-on of Har-
old Jug' McSpaden of Boston.
The stopped veteran blistered
Breckenridge Parks wooded par SO
-35-71 course in a mere SO strokes
-l2 under par in Warmup round.
He minced in 10 brides, one eagle
and seven pars to crush the course
record by five strokes and break all
existing P. G. A. records for a par-7l
course.
Every Shot Masterpiece.
Il could't have played a single
shot better than I did gasped Nc
Spaden as he walked off the 18th
green.
His Incredible card:
Par-Out 49, 4i4 1915
324 3i3 334-3a
Pdr-In :I4i 544 i4:I-35-11
Mcspaden-1n 343 3t4 333--3o-59
Prior to McSpaden's outburst, the
veteran Abe Espinosa of Chicago
had stirred the railbirds with SO,
one under the old course record.
E. j. Dutch Harrison, the nom
chalant Arkansas traveller, checked
in with a 65 and Byron Nelson of
Reading, Pa. and Henry Ransom
of Bryan, Tex, scored Cts.
Practices After Record.
McSpaden stunned the galleryites
sufficiently with his Is holes-but
he hoored them completely when he
trudged off the final green and
headed for the practice ground. He
worked on his shots there for 80
minutes and quipped:
I'm hitting the ball a little bet
ter than ! did this afternoon"
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Arlington Lead Changes.

Gibson Grays gained first place in
the Arlington County League by a
81 win for Mutual Insurance as
Gary Triplett, the erstwhile leader,
dropped to fourth place when the
place Geran Realty admins
tered WhiteWashing.
Lloyd Tubbs tilted his top average
to 114-40 as he led Sher and Cohen S
81 win from Preston Drugs with
359. Earl Donaldson rolled 377 for
the losers to increase his average to
ll3-49 for second high.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
20 Years Ago
In The Star

Fees and Dudack starred as
GEORGETOWN baSketers doWned
George Washington. 32-l4, for the
second time this season.
Johnny SternS won the Valen-
tine golf tournament at Pine
hurst, defeating Donald Parsons
of Chevy Chase, 3 and ,, IN the
final round.
Navy closed its basket ball sea-
son by handing Camp Humphries
a 3l-9 licking and finished with
Is victories and no defeats.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
LOST.

BRACELET, platinum. set in diamonds and
sapphres. liberal reward. Adams $500.
CLASS RING, BENJAMIN Franklin Univ,
vicinity 14th st, bet. K and l.. Finder
please call Att 5000, Ext. >, Reward.
COCKER SPANIEL, black, white spots on
legs, answers name "Malo'; age yrs. Call
Decatur 2G4i.
Theater. Reward Columbia 63lS.
DIAMOND RINGS 3: Febr 9th, bet 5000
st. NV. and Union Station; reward If
returned above address.
PICTURE blue, framed madonna. in Muir
National 900 Apt. SOB.
Bethesda Call Wisconsin 2579-R.
R C A. portable phonograph, turntable
and two l6ln., transcriptonS Reward.
RING. onyx, center diamond: probably lost
at Calvary Baptist Church Sunday. Re
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RINGS >. in ladies' rm., Supreme Court
Bldg. Saturday. Reward. Mrs. H. D.
McKlbben. . Sanford ave, Catonsville. Md.
STEAK SET. silver. lost Monday. Reward.
Wisconsin $3.50
WRIST WATCH. lady's Bulova, diamond on
each side; lost Sunday in Capitol Theater
Reward. Emerson SS12. 10'
WRIST WATCH. round yellow gold. Long
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WRIST WATCH, Elgin. 18th st. bus or
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Evening star., 1939-02-09

PIANO. handsome baby grsnd; fr1Ridaire
studio couch, gate-leg table. breakfast SET
Krieg's storaee room. GIG Eye NV. IL
Evening star., 1939-02-09

Two substitutes, Audrey Freschi
and Thelma SINNERS, proved the
star boWlers last night as RoSslyn
gained a five-game lead in its bid
for its fifth straight Ladies District
League championship by sweeping
Georgetown. Replacing Capt. Eve
lvn Ellis and Blanche Wootton, who
are touring with the Rosslyn ALL
Stars, Mrs. Freschi rolled high game
of 1856 and Miss SINNERS high set
of $40
Led by Margaret Lynn's 1886,
Chevy Chase defeated Lucky Strike
two games to supplant the Luckies
as runners-up. Polly Shugrue was
high in the Luckies' 6l0-l,659 top
team counts with 150-353.
Annetta Matthew turned in a
nifty 376, but Rendezvous dropped
81 decision to Red Circle Food
Shop. Thelma Robinson's 329 was
high for the winners. Arcadia was
81 winner from Convention Hall
as Beth Minson rolled 339 ana
Esther Burton 1875.
With Don Sonnemans 1896
headlining a record season team SET
of l,72O, which swept Traffic, the
second-plsce Commercials are right
at the heels of Accounting in the
c. & P. Telephone League pennant
chase.
Mary Balaguer Of General Counsel
No. rolled 100 and Alberta Baudu
totaled 81 to share high scoring
honors in the Commissioner and
Miscellaneous League at the Lucky
Strike.
Judd & DetMeiler with JACK
Evening star., 1939-02-09

BUTCHER. grocery store exp, good oppor
tunlty. Mills. l144 You st. NV.
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Bile business firms; must be neat appearing,
5000 personality, good conversatlonaliSt and
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