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Evening star., 1939-07-10
STAR WASHINGTON D c. MONDAY JULY TO- 1889
Capt. ". {. Asserson,
Retired Navy Officer,
Dies in Georgia
Was on Duty Here at
photographic Office
And Observatory

Capt. William G. Asserson, SO, U.
s. N. retired, died Saturday at his
home In Augusta, Ca, the Navy De-
partment announced here today.
From 1919 to 1922 he served in the
photographic Once here and from
1925 to 1927 he was stationed at the
Naval Observatory.
A native Of Portsmouth, Va, he
was appointed to the Naval Acad-
emy from New York State, and after
IS years naval service retired June
30, 1882.
During the World War he was on
duty escorting troops and supplies to
the Allied forces in Europe. AS COM
mander Of the destroyer Castine he
was awarded the Navy Cross for dis
tinguished service. The italian gov
ernment decorated him with the
Medal Of the Order of st. Maurice
and Lazarus. He also held citations
and decorations for the Spanish
campaign, China relief expedition,
the Philippine campaign, the Cuban
pacification and the World War. His
World War decoration was the Vic
tory Medal with escort clasp.
His last assignment before retir-
ing was as co-ordinator of the
Ninth Area, with headquarters at
San Francisco. Among his sea COM
mands were the battleship Idaho
and the light cruiser Olympia.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Isabella Pig
man Asserson, he leaves a daughter,
Mrs. j. l.. Robertson, Augusta, Ca,
and a son, 1t. William c. Asserson,
U. S. N.
Funeral services will be held at
l:30 pm. tomorrow in the Naval
Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Nd,
and burial will be In the academy
cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
In Mrntnrtunt
BOXWELL. SAMUEL prAcuv

BOxWELL. SAMUEL PEACHY. A trib-
~ ofe @ Oh love and devotion to the memory
sea Who nef1end ensere sd sAMuEL e17
1886. "'' 'oi' io'
suTronnded Tr 1no . BY friends am lonesome
For beneath the smile lies an aching heart.
oNEIsYs WIFE iHa' FRANcEsF AsSNRszaF BoxWSE11 so5 VII
BRoADNICK, IRENE E. In sad men,
BRoADNIcK. who departed this ' life three e
THE FAMILY.
BROWN. IDA v. In sad but loving re-
IpA I1pIeAnoyaneS epowHm 9t my q, devoted grandmother
July 10. 1898. '' '''e
9ne 9n year has passed since that sad day,
6s Ger VOICE s was hushed she stole away.
DEvoTEEHD SS Il GRANbbHuaH5Es la f5s5Ga 5s:i IRENE
GAsCH. FRANCESCA ARTH. In mem
1BTH SIy o. casru asT beloved low, sister. FRANcFscA
HER DEVoTG6fa Va TGfas sisTHRs 1ahs Al ANb 5gas BROTHER
MCDANIEL. BIRL. Sacred to the mem
Mcdaniel. M lnL. who departed this life July
~ 1870 Two WIFE vfFEs ASb aSf 'e1hH Children. I.
u,lyndSl MeKENNA, ANNA CURTIN: In loving
MchGNNA. VINO departed this life one
year ago today, July 10, 1888
She had smile for every one.
heart as good as gold
inose who knew her loved her.
r,r,, her memory will never grow old
AfE HolREs REs9SHD aNb nrzE zz1zEEsS = Rr1b2 b2RA
TIGNOR, DIR. CHARLES A. AND At
IORNEY CLARENCE w. Sacred to the
GH%REs Of TdNoge Hp5 osyey yDo s i:
WY rGNoR sss xno sns v.a
one year ago today. July 10, 1888
Vain the tribute we would pay them
words cannot express
What 1t meant to have them with us
AND our thankfulness
sweet sed the he memory srTs they have left US
Great. the blessing that was given
DEVOTED sisTERs AND BRaorHERs I.
TIGNOR. CLARENCE W. Sacred to the
o Gaf Esse1 HUSBAND W. TdNof Hs father
today. july 10 1888. year s'o
Treasured thoughts of one 80 dear
OFTEN bring a silent tear:
thoughts return to scenes now past,
Time goes on. but memories last.
HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN. .
TURNER. JESSIE CRAIG. In memory
Of our mother who died two years AGO,
July 10. 1887.
She. will ever remain in the hearts Of
aiE 'fats9 baGaHfEhs fna sr.o5ffHHdrin oHHE ELIZA
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Deaths Reported

Lucy c. Byrnes. ~, Georgetown Hospital.
Arthur Whaiey 81. Georeetown Hospital
Warren strickhauser. 81, Emergency Hos
Edwin L. Maschmeyer. so, al Peabody IT..
John Z. Hsgs: Al. 7I0 18th st. Sc.
Franklin r. Lowery. 20, $50 Rock Greek
Matilda {. Proctor, s5.. .1020 q st..
wilheimina Dyer. go, Freedmen's Hospital.
Elizabeth Proctor, 81, Home for AGED and
Infrm.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
indians Dance for Ruin
For Porched Fields
b. the Associated Press.

6S the Associated Press.
zUNI, N. Mex. July 10.-The Zuni
Indians danced the rain dance to-
day, with fervent prayers to the
tribal gods for water for parched
fields and crops.
Almost in the shadow of the Cath
olic mission destroyed by their fore
bears in the Pueblo rebellion of 1880
masked dancers called on the gods
and the spirits Of the dead for life
giving rains to dispel the worst
drought in a decade. Z
veterans Of the Indian country
watched to see whether the Indians
sage forecasters-once again had
timed their dance to coincide with
the coming of the rains.
The Black Rock Reservoir, source
OF zuni irrigating water, has been
dry a month.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Mount Alto Veterans
Celebrate Fourth Late

The Fourth of July arrived five
days late for 100 disabled veterans
in Mount Alto Hospital who climbed
out Of bed yesterday and put on
colored hats for an outdoor cele-
bration.
Rained out on independence Day,
they decided to keep the excite
ment until Sunday afternoon. when
the hours seem long" Two hun
dred other patients were too Ill to
leave their beds for the picnic
supper.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Misidentified Dead Man
Found to Be T.G. White

Police today reported that dead
man, previously believed to be Jacob
Fore Moss, jr., had been identified
as Thomas Gregory White, a dentist,
Of North Carolina.
Found unconscious at Eighteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. last Friday, the man was TAX
en- to Gallinger Hospital, where he
was tentatively identified as Mr..
Moss through police collateral
receipt found in his pocket.
The man died Friday night, and
when his body was taken to the
Morgue his true identity was dis
covered. The coroner issued GER
tif1cate of death from natural causes,
giving heart condition as the cause
of death.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Meeting to Be Tomorrow

The District branch Of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment OF Colored People will hold
its monthly meeting at the Twelfth
Street Y. M. C. A. at $50 pm. to-
morrow. Plans for summer activi-
ties will be discussed and delegates
Will report on the 3Oth annual
conference of the association held
In Richmond last week.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Births Reported

Clayton and Ann Trait, twin boys,
John and Mary Sostello. girl.
George and Betty Fleming. girl.
Edwin and Gladys johnson. boy.
Joseph and Mildred Long. boy.
Arthur and Bessie Moore boy.
Edward and Marietta Wright. girl.
James and Elizabeth Grinnell, boy.
Willie and Bessie Ratifi. boy.
Willard and Mary Brooke. boy.
Harold and Annie Cummings, girl.
Lawrence and MARGARET GALLAGHER. girl
Joseph and Mary Hartman. boy.
Constantine and Louise Kalis, boy.
Paul and Jean Lynch. girl
John and Mary OConnell. girl.
Jerry and Connie Rubino, boy.
Charles and Edith Head. boy.
Lucius and Martha Pinkney. boy
William and Mary Thompson, girl.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Conference Called on Plans
For RoyuI Visit in June

ence this afternoon Mr.. Lascelles,
accompanied by Sir Ronald, con-
ferred with Mr.. Summerlin. It was
said at the State Department that
tentative plans already have been
referred to British official quarters
in London and have received the
necessary approval.
AS the plans stand now, the King
and Queen will arrive in Washing
ton from Canada about noon, June
8, and will 60 to the White House,
where they will be guests during
their stay. It was understood that
state banquent is included in plans
for their entertainment here.
They will visit the Worlds Fair
in New York, June 10, and that
night will motor to Hyde Park, N. Y,
to be the weekend guests of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt,
preparatory to going to Canada,
June IL.
It is understood also that there
will be a lawn party at the British
Embassy for the King and Queen
during their visit here.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Communist Party Aide
Demands Trial Of Mose|ey
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, March 8.-Phil Frank
field, secretary of the Communist
party in Massachusetts,. today "ur-
gently requested" an investigation
Of speech made in Boston by Mai.
Gen., Van Horn Moseley, retired
United States Army officer, and de-
manded he be tried and his $4,000
a-year pension be Immediately with
drawn"
In a telegram which he said he
had sent to Secretary of War Wood
ring, Mr.. Frankfeld charged that
Gen. Moseley made a ''treasonable"
speech before the Sentinels Of the
Republic last Saturday.
He urged citizens to take action
on the New Deal similar to the Bos-
ton tea party" the telegram read.
HE also called for formation and
drill of armed bands to defy con.
stituted civil authority. Gen. Nose
ley should be tried and his pension
Immediately withdrawn"
Mr.. Frankfeld's telegram said
executives of Sentinels repudiated
his speech Immediately"
Evening star., 1939-03-08
BY j. A. O'LEARY.

The first showdown In this years
congressional battle over Govern
ment reorganization will come in
the House this afternoon on a move
to substitute the Byrd plan for the
measure backed by administration
leaders in that branch.
The outstanding difference is that
the bill reported from special Sen
ate committee by Senator Byrd,
Democrat, of Virginia would re-
quire definite approval of a presi-
Dental regrouping order by both
branches of Congress before it could
take effect, while the House bill
would make the order effective after
60 days unless disapproved within
that time.
If administration leaders succeed
in defeating the motion of Repre-
sentative Dirksen, Republican, of
Illinois, to substitute the Byrd
plan the odds are In favor of passage
of the House committee bill before
evening.
May Provide Climax.
The vote on the substitute, there
fore, may prove the climax in the
House fight. Even if this Is reject
ed the committee bill probably will
have to clear the hurdle of a mo-
ton to recommit before final pas
sage.
It was on a motion to recommit
that rebellious Democrats, support
ed by the then small Republican
minority, killed the 1898 reorganiza-
ton bill last spring.
The pending measure, however,
has not aroused the intense oppo-
sition that developed last year. In
the first place, the 1899 edition of
reorganization Is a skeleton version
of the old bill, leaving out such
controversial issues as abolition of
the General Accounting ONCE and
Civil Service Commission as they
now exist and dropping also the new
Department of Public Welfare.
Therefore, while the Republicans
doubled their House membership in
the November election-they now
have 1859 members Democratic
leaders have narrowed the pending
bill to scope they believe will hold
most Democrats in line and muster
q safe majority for final passage.
Representative Warren, Democrat
of North Carolina, pointed out last
night, when general debate ended
that not a Democrat had spoken out
against the measure.
Republican Floor Leader Martin
of Massachusetts, predicted his side
of the aisle would give general sup
lsee REORGANIZATION, Page A-50
Evening star., 1939-03-08

President Roosevelt late this aft
ernoon is expected to put his official
approval on detailed plans for the
visit in Washington early in June
of the King and Queen Of Eng
land.
The President has called a con-
ference at which the tentative plans
will be gone over carefully and put
in final form by Sir Ronald Lindsay,
the British Ambassador; Alan Fred
erick Lascelles, assistant secretary
to King George vi, who is in this
country making advance arrange
ments; Sumner Welles, Undersec-
retary Of State, and George Sum-
merlin, chief Of the protocol divi-
sion of the State Department.
Mr.. Lascelles, who was in WASH
ington about 10 days ago discuss
ing plans with State Department
officials, returned yesterday from
Canada, where the British King and
Queen will also visit, and he ex-
poets to leave Washington tonight
or tomorrow to return to London.
Before the White House confer
Evening star., 1939-03-08

rage Page
Amusements, Obituary. A-12
BIS Radio Bio
Comics B-16-17 Short Story Ala
Editorials A-10 Society," B-3
Finance Ais Sports --A-18-19
Lost, found Biz Woman's Pg. B-8
Foreign.
Revolving Reds yield in Madrid,
Miaja declares. Page Al
British plan army expansion for USE
on continent. Page Al
Britain backs China in money war
with Japan. Page Az
Slovak freedom hopes fade before
German opposition. Page Al
Plus XII expected to fill cardinal
vacancies soon. Page AS
Negrin in Paris, escaped foes in
Madrid by minutes. Page A-6
National.
Hopkins pledges positive action to
aid business. Page Al
Showdown vote on reorganization
bill due this afternoon. Page Al
Senator Lewis offers bill to repeal
neutrality laws. Page Al
Martin named head OF "indepen-
dent" U. A. w. Page A-3
Salich says U. S. superiors knew of
data given Soviet. Page AS
Newsman describes is months as
Spanish Reds prisoner. Page A-6
Samuel T. Bledsoe, Santa Fe presi-
dent, dies. Page A.lz
Washington and Vicinity.
City heads hit Griffenhagen plan;
propose own. Page Al
Overton fiscal plan hearing date set
for next Tuesday, Page B-1
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Ickes Allowed
ToG Get New Car
AT 81 800
the Associated Press.

Secretary Ickes won the House
Appropriations Committees ap-
proval today of a request for a
new automobile-provided he can
get it for $1,000
The committee included an item
for that amount in the Interior
Departments appropriation bill. It
still must be approved by the House
and Senate.
First Assistant Secretary of the
Interior E. K. Burlew told the COM
mittee $1,000 would not provide an
adequate car" for Mr.. Ickes' per-
sonal use and asserted it probably
would restrict competition In the
purchase.
In previous years." he said, I'VE
have had from as high as IS 1000
down to $2,500. Now the amount
is down to $1,000. That means that
we will have to buy car from a
particular company, probably"
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Hopkins Promises
Positive Action 10
Aid Business
President Schedules
Conferences on
Tax Revision
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins
today promised business positive &C
ton to back up promises Of CO.
operation in recent statements by
administration leaders.
His statement was made at a
press conference shortly after it was
learned at the White House that
President Roosevelt had scheduled
conferences on the tax question
with Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau, Undersecretary Hanes,
Chairman Harrison of the Senate
Finance Committee and Represent
ative Cooper, Democrat, of Tennes-
see, a member of the House Ways
and Means Committee.
Mr.. Roosevelt arranged for a
meeting this morning with Secre-
tary Morgenthau and Mr.. Hanes,
who have been studying the tax
structure to determine whether it
contained deterrents to business
which might be removed.
4AOoAoSA1Cld1 d1ucS SdlQ LlllS con.
ference probably would be followed
tomorrow by session with Senator
Harrison and Representative Cooper.
Senator Harrison recently pleaded
for reduction of Government ex-
penditures and applauded state
ments by the Treasury Secretary
that no new taxes were in prospect.
Action Promised.
In his promise of action to aid
business, Secretary Hopkins said:
Life is just too short to make
speeches unless you're going to do
something about it."
He ascribed to political rivalry
and "cynicism" any doubts which
might have been raised about the
sincerity Of the administration
statements. He referred to his own
cooperation speech at Des Moines,
Iowa; the no-new-tax promise of
Secretary Morgenthau, the no-new-
Evening star., 1939-03-08
We
The Government
People

Again 1--WE the Government
People" entertain the radio
audience tonight over WMAL
at 10 O'Clock in a special pro-
gram designed especially for
the Government employees of
Washington and vicinity.
The broadcast will feature a
concert ensemble from the
Department of Agriculture
Symphony and a cast from the
Agriculture Players, as we'll as
Government news and inter-
views.
The program is presented by
The Star, with the co-opera-
tion of the National Broad
casting Co.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Extortion Notes Threaten
PHILADELPHIA Debutantes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, March 8-Two
debutante daughters of families
prominent in Philadelphia society
were described today as having been
threatened by crudely fashioned ex-
tortion notes sent to the families.
DR.. Francis r. Packard, physi-
clan and authority on medical his
tory, said he had received two notes
demanding money under threat of
physical violence to his attractive,
19-year-old daughter Frances.
One note was received two weeks
ago, he said, and the other three
or -four days later.
At about the same time, city de-
tectives disclosed, a note contain
ing similar demands was received by
Miss Mary L. Mayer, 21-year- -old
daughter of the late George Lewis
Mayer.
Detectives deposited a dummy
package at the place named in the
note, but they said no one appeared
to obtain it.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Negotiations Reported
Opened With Burqos

HENDAYE, France, March 8 tR.-
While Spanish Communists were be-
ing suppressed by the new national
defense government in Madrid to-
day, Gen. Jose Miaja, head of the
new government. was said to have
opened negotiations with the Bur-
gos government for a three-week
armistice which would end in COM
plete capitulation.
Segismundo Casado, war minister
who swept into power Sunday with
overthrow of the Juan. Negrin gov
ernment, was reported to have en-
tered Nationalist lines under a flag
of truce to arrange the surrender.
Spanish observers cited a speech
by Gen. Miaja yesterday as pointing
to his plans.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Britain Prepares
To Expand Army
For Continent Use
Hore-BeIishu Outlines
Plan; Empire Would
Have Own Reserves
BY tie Associated Press,


LONDON, March "a compre-
hensive plan to expand and equip
the British Army for service on the
European continent Immediately on
the outbreak of a war and to build
independent reserves of military
power throughout the British En-
pire was outlined today by War
Minister Leslie Hore-Belisha.
Before the House of Commons he
described program embracing
creation of reserves of manpoWer
in the Middle East and in India, the
establishment of an anti-aircraft
command for the defense of Great
Britain and the reorganization of
methods of drafting and equipping
units, thus speeding wartime mobili-
Zation.
The war minister also said 1000
officers and $4,000 men of the regu-
lar army reserve would be called for
training in September, when the
biggest maneuvers of mechanical
troops in British peacetime history
are to be conducted in Yorkshire.
Anti-Aircraft Increase.
Anti-aircraft and coast defense
batteries will be increased so to 100
per cent. he continued.
Hore-Belisha announced that To-
cal troops for defending overseas
ports, except those in India, would
be increased from 3,766 in 1887 to
$500 in 1899.
These measures, the minister said,
will not affect the size of Britain's
field force of 10 divisions "trainend
and equipped to meet the event of
war in European theater." He
continued that q declaration on
February 6 by Prime Minister Cham
berlain on the solidarity of British
and French interests makes it in
cumbent on us to consider and to
prepare for use of a field force in
certain eventualities.
He added: Conversations between
ourselves and the French have not
committed us in this respect, but
prudent minds should be ready for
any eventuality."
Troop Total Now 531,353.
The war minister mentioned pre-
viously announced army estimates
of f16l, ,133, 900 ($805, ,665, ,000) for the
1939-4O fiscal year, the biggest de-
fense program in British peacetime
history. The estimates sent the an
nual budget past the f1,000, 900 900
($5, 1000, ,00O,0 ,000) mark for the first
time since the World War.
Mr.. Hore-Belisha said British
troops, exclusive of those stationed
in India and Burma, no wtotaled
53l 1853, an increase Of $1,000 in IL
months.
The army estimates, announced
March l, provide for an increase Of
the empires armed manpower to
$500. The home army is to be
15,700 men greater.
Not Limiting Liability.
If we are involved in a war;" Mr..
Hore-Belisha declared, "our contri-
button and the way in which we can
best make it will not be half -hearted
(see LONDON, Page A-40
Evening star., 1939-03-08
III. D. Smith to Succeed Bell
As Budget Chief Next Month
Outgoing Official to
Be Assistant to
Morgenthou
By ]. RUSSELL YOUNG,

Harold D. Smith of Michigan will
become director of the Budget Bu-
reau on April Is, succeeding Acting
Director Daniel w. Bell, who on that
date will become assistant to the
Secretary of the Treasury it was an
nounced at the White House today
Stephen Early, presidential secre-
tary, said that Mr.. Bell, who has
been acting budget director since
1884, has not formally resigned. but
is expected to do so within a few
days. The announcement followed
a conference between President
Roosevelt and Mr.. Bell.
1t was said also that Mr.. Bell, who
has retained his executive position
as member of the Commission on
Accounts and Deposits of the Treas
ury Department throughout his
more than four years as acting di-
rector of the budget, may Letter re-
turn to his old position on the COM
mission 1t has civil service status.
The Presidents selection of Mr..
Smith, at present Michigan budget
director, to take over the manage
ment of the Budget Bureau was
made on the recommendation of
Attorney General Murphy, who has
been familiar with Mr.. Smiths
qualifications for number of years.
Mr.. Smith is a native of Haven,
Kans., and is Al. He is married
and has three children.
Mr.. Smith received a BIS. degree
in engineering at the University of
Kansas and later received an MA.
degree in public administration at
the University of Michigan. He
was employed for a while in the
Detroit Bureau of Municipal Re-
search and also was Detroit munich
pal consultant. For 10 years, he
was a director of the Michigan Mu-
nicipal League and served as a di-
rector of the Bureau of Govern
ment at the University of Michigan.
He resigned the latter position
several years ago to become Michi-
gan budget director, and served
on the States Emergency Relief
Commission. He has been a men,
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Negotiotors Agree to Consider
c. L. O.'s Unity Proposal
Labor Peace PorIey Will Be Resumed
In New York Friday Niqht

ly had abruptly rejected the c. I.
o. unity proposal, Mr.. Bates said it
and any other suggestions which
may be drafted will be submitted to
the Friday night meeting.
Secretary of Labor Perkins unex-
pectedly re-entered the peace nego-
tiations this morning after an earlier
display Of short tempers by con-
ferees had threatened to disrupt the
session.
Closeted with the seven negotia-
tors for more than half an hour
Miss Perkins emerged to say "some
progress" was being made. She said
she had been summoned to confer
about suspension of the discussions
to allow two of the c. I. o. conferees
to participate in coal wage negotia-
tions in New York City, but added
that no lengthy suspension is con-
templated.
AS the two labor committees met
this morning John L. Lewis, presi-
dent of the c. I. O., demanded that
Gee T AoOp nac. cI
Evening star., 1939-03-08

Der of the Michigan State Plan
ming Board and various other Or
ganizations active in the Great
Lakes regional planning work.
Mr.. Smith already has accepted
the Presidents offer to take over
the Budget Bureau.
Mr.. Bell took over the bureau
at the time Lewis Douglas resigned
the dictatorship because of differ
ences Of opinion with the President
in relation to New Deal policies.
The President offered Mr.. Bell the
dictatorship but because of his
civil service status as a member
OF the Accounts and Deposits Com
mission, he preferred to hold on to
that position and merely be acting
director.
The White House was unable to
say today just what functions Mr..
Bell would be in charge of when he
becomes assistant to the Secretary
of Treasury It was said that that
will be worked out later.