davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-03-29

The southern disturbance now extends
from the lower Rio Grande Valley north
eastward to the middle Mississippi VALLEY:
Memphis. Tenn. 50. IS inches and pressure
remains relatively low over the Plateau
and southern Rocky Mountain regions
Grand Junction Colo. .a.7s inches An
eastward with center short distance south
OF Newfoundland, Cape Race. 29.14 inches,
and trough extends thence southwest
ward to Florida. Pressure is low and fall
ing rapidly over the district of Mackenzie
Aklavik 29.22 inches, and Simpson, 30, -
inches, and pressure remains low from
Hudson strai. .,s TO southern !Grsssnland
minor disturbance is centered over south
western Hudson Bay Churchill Manitoba.
1856 inches. Pressure is high from tie
northern Plains States eastward to the
lower Lake region and the Middle Atlantic
and North Atlantic States. and from tho
north Pacifc coast eastward to Montana,
Rochester N Y. ,46 inches. and KAN
loops, British Columbia 30"6 inches. High
pressure, prevails, also from the Bahamas
about $50 miles east-southeast of Bermuda
30."7 inches. Precipitation. mostly in the
form Of rain has occurred from Nevada
and Arizona eastward to Indiana and the
lower Ohio and lower Mississippi Valleys
and In portions Of the Middle Atlantic and
North Atlantic States. The rainfall was
heavy in Arkansas and portions Of the ad-
the sreatest amount, .:'.4H inches. The tenn
perature has fa!len in portions OF the. At
lantic States Texas, and the southern
Plains States, while the weather has be-
come warmer in the Dakotas Minnesota
and the northern Lake resicn.
Evening star., 1939-03-29

land, Mr.. Livingston came to this
country when boy. Early in his
career he was in the clothing busi-
ness in Chicago and the South.
Identified with a number of Or
ganizations. Mr.. Livingston was a
Scottish Rite Mason, a member of
Osiris Lodge, F. A. A. M; Almas
Temple of the Shrine, the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and
the B'nai Birth.
Surviving are son. Ben Living
ston, Junior partner in the firm;
seven daughters, Miss Jen Living
ston. Mrs. Arthur J. Sundlun Miss
Bertha Livingston, Mrs. Melvin
Schlosberg. Mrs. Fred Schneider
and Mrs. Isador Cohen, all of this
city, and Mrs. Abe l.. Cohen, Indi-
annapolis; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie
Millenthal, New York, and Mrs.
Sarah Korn, New Jersey; q brother,
Harry Livingston, Brooklyn, N. Y,
and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. tomorrow in Danzanskys
funeral home. 3501 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be In Adas
Israel Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-03-29

The Executive Board and the
Board of Managers of the congress
already have placed their stamp of
approval on the Music Appreciation
Campaign. The Board Of Managers,
which consists Of the officers and
committee chairmen, unanimously
indorsed the project at q meeting
last week.
Mrs. Fry Fosters Campaign.
Mrs. Walter B. Fry, president Of
the congress, who presided at yes
terday's meeting, also has given her
personal pledge Of support to the
campaign and has expressed the
hope that the individual member
associations will do as much as they
can to further the program through
out the school system.
The three symphonic works re-
leased so far are available at the
special Music Appreciation booth in
the lobby Of The Star Building. The
masterpieces available are Schu-
berts Diminished Symphony" Bee
thoven's Symphony No. S In G
Minor" and Mozart's symphony No.
20 In g Minor"
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Auto Workers Cheer
Leaders Attacked
AS Radical
Fronkensteen Quizzed
On Methods Used in
Organization Drive
BY the Associated PRESS.

oS the hSSCCldteu fIeSS.
CLEVELAND, March 29.-The C.
I. o. United Automobile Workers
Convention gave ovations today to
two officers allied with a union fac
ton attacked as radical" by c. I. 0.
leaders.
George F. Adde's. secretary-treas-
urer was cheered several minutes as
he rose to give his report. Richard
T. Frankensteen. vice president, was
cheered loudly but not quite so long
Two c. I. o. vice presidents
Philip Murray and Sidney Hill
man-yesterday admonished the
convention to end factionalism and
demanded that the delegates crush
the activities OF an element which
they described as radical. Most
delegates interpreted this as criti-
cism of the Adde's es-Frankensteen
coalition.
Questioned 40 Minutes.
Mr.. Frankensteen was questioned
for 40 minutes from the convention
floor, principally by Walter Reuther,
president of the unions powerful
West Side |Detroit local and leader
OF a middle Of f-the-road" bloc of
delegates.
Attacking Mr.. Frankensteen's S
methods in directing a campaign to
organize Ford Motor Co. workers
Mr.. Reuther said Nationwide
$4,000 radio program had been
contemplated by Mr.. Frankensteen
with the Ford Symphony Orchestra
participating and Mr. Frankensteen
as master of ceremonies. Mr..
Frankensteen was trying to nelp
himself get ahead in the union,' Mr..
Reuther said.
MIR. Frankensteen agreed he had
planned a program. but said it was
to have consisted Of light ballads:
I was ready to do anything to
organize Ford. The officers disap-
proved and we gave it up"
1000 Ford Workers Signed Up.
Criticized previously by some dele
gates for failing" in Ford organ
ization, Mr.. Frankensteen said 1000
workers signed up within eight
months, but that only fifth of the
assessments were collected.
Two delegates from Ford local
are among the 488 In the conven-
ton.
Mr.. Reuther expressed belief "the
Ford drive was a political football,
the group that organized Ford would
have a large potential body of votes
at the next convention"
Il readily admit I have not been
free of factional activity" said Mr..
Frankensteen. once beaten near
Ford plant. I'VE (of1icers) are all
sick OF 1t and ready to put an end
to it."
Mr. Adde's blamed Homer Martin,
now leading another wing of the
union, for a $370,725 operating def
cit incurred between July !, 1897,
and December 81, 1898.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Indictment Charges
Defendant Embezzled
S1,023 From Women
Larceny Of 81 Pairs
Of Shoes Claimed
In Another Case

Russell R. Riddell was indicted
today by the District Court grand
jury on a charge of embezzlement
of S1,023.31 from Elizabeth F. Howe
and Helen L. Howe.
The charge grew out Of a real
estate transaction involving property
In San Diego, Calf. which he was
supposed to sell for them. He IS
accused of taking $500 on June 30,
1886, like sum on July 7 of that
year and $23.2l on August 81, 1886.
Bishop Hansberry, colored. 26, and
Nelson johnson, colored, 18, in an
Indictment charging housebreaking
and larceny, are accused of taking
64 pairs of shoes and 24O pairs of
socks, as well as $782 in cash, from
a store at l148 Seventh street NV.
on March Is.
Eleven cases of housebreaking
and larceny were returned against
Ralph w. Sands, involving property
worth $1,000. comprising cash, jew
elry and clothing, according to As
sistant United States Attorney Ar
SAANA -. SOAaWC11, WIZ Sdlu GlldG GLllS
property was disposed of to Aaron
Trachtenberg, who today was in
dicted in II cases of receiving stolen
property.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are: Frank I. Harri-
son, and John H. Dawson, joyriding;
Anna Whitlock, grand larceny; Dam
iel Davis, Walter NJ Childs, William
H. Gaines. William Clark, Charles
Brown, Colmon Johnson and Ray
mond j. Gibson, housebreaking and
larceny; Ernest Brooks and Joseph
Marion, receiving stolen property;
James Morton, violation of the
Liquor Taxing Act, 1884; Robert H.
Morse and William L. Hill, forging
Government check; William D.
Goodman, false pretenses; Phillip A.
Shima robbery; Allan Ezell an6
Howard Coleman, assault with a
dangerous weapon; Joseph w. Full
ton and Henry Nichols. assault; Will
bur r. Boone, carnal knowledge;
Fred F.. Deming, abortion, and John
M. Nelson, taking mail from a re-
ceptacle.
Evening star., 1939-03-29

to have television station, and that
means the expenditure of great sums
of money. However, it is the con-
sensus that "television is Just around
the corner" Mr. Murray added. In
America four or five large radio con-
Germs are now prepared to place sets
on the market. at prices ranging
from S100 to 5000.
Among the other disadvantages
that television must overcome are
electric disturbances caused by auto
mobiles, short-Wave equipment in
doctors offlces, and operation Of
great dynamos and generators.
Artists appearing on the program
this morning were Gordon Hitten-
mark, radio announcer, as master of
ceremonies; Tex Walker, singing
cowboy; Jackie Beryl, Lynn Allison,
Gene Archer. Buddy Clark. Dorothy
MCGUIRE and Miss Charlie Ross
from the National, Earle and Capitol
Theaters.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Committee Votes
Miss Perkins Control
Of Wage.Hour Unit
$30,847, 900 Sanctioned
To Run Department
Of Labor Next Year
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The House Appropriation Com
mittee, approving a s30,847 ITO ap-
preparation to run the Labor De-
partment for the next fiscal year.
recommended today that control of
funds for the Wage-Hour Division
be restored to Secretary Perkins.
The action threatened to reopen
a sharp controversy, since both the
Senate and House voted recently to
give Elmer F. Andrews, wage-hour
administrator, complete Jurisdiction
over the funds for his division. The
committees action would not apply
to the current years appropriation.
Both the committee and Secre-
tary Perkins contended independ-
ent administration of the wage
hour law funds would increase costs,
and the committee further asserted
that endless confusion would en-
sue"
Current Funds Exceeded.
Although the bills total was
S377,81O less than the amount rec
commended by the Budget Bureau
1t exceeded the departments cur
rent appropriation by s2,730,92O The
committee said the increase could
be attributed directly to the cost of
administering the new wage-hour
law.
Praising the achievements of the
Cancellation Service in averting
threatened strikes and settling 9TH
ers the committee recommended an
increase of $4,000 for the service
over the budget estimates to pro-
vide Is additional conciliators.
The committee also added S22 ,l2O
to the bill to give the Public Con-,
tracts Division additional personnel
after L. Metcalfe Walling, admin
istrator, testified his division had
been able to investigate only 1000
of the $4,000 Government contracts
covered by the 2-year-old Walsh
Healey law.
c. /. GA. F. L. Row Is Factor.
The committees recommendation
disclosed that Secretary Perkins
contends the c. I. GA. F. L. con-
troversy handicaps virtually every
function of her department.
She told a subcommittee in testi-
mony made public today that the
department had maintained very
fine balance between the two
groups, even though one frequently
accuses it of favoring the other.
Il would like to say that (the
controversy is one of the most
difficult things We have to deal
with because it complicates every
single thing we do" Miss Perkins
said
She disclosed that the depart
ment never takes an action affecting
one of the labor organizations with
out advising the other.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
In recess.
Foreign Relations Committee coil
siders neutrality legislation. 1890
am.
House:
Considers Labor Department 'ap-
preparation bill. Noon.
Appropriations S u c o m m tee
votes on Presidents $l50,0OO,OO0 re-
lief request. 10 am.
Interstate Commerce Committee
studies I. G. G. rail legislation. 10
aM..
Post once Committee opens hear-
ings on postal savings legislation
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Will resume debate on war ma
terials bill.
District Subcommittee meets to
act on Overton fiscal relations plan.
II am.
Finance Committee considers oil
amendments to tax bill. 1880 am.
Banking and Currency Subcom-
mittee studies bill relating to trust
indentures. 1880 Am.
House:
Considers w. p. A. appropriation.
Judiciary and Labor Committees
meet In executive sessions. 1880
am.
Foreign Affairs Committee will
hear Claude Bowers. Ambassador
to Spain, In executive session. 10
am.
Fiscal Affairs Committee Of Dis
trict Committee (executiye) begins
revision Of District tax bill. 10 Am:
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Many Schools Being Aided
In Music Appreciation
Symphony broudcosts

Through the cooperation of
the National Broadcasting Co.
The Star Is presenting over
WMAL each weekday morning
a movement from one of The
symphonic compositions fea-
tured in the music appreciation
campaign. The program on
which the recordings are heard,
"Today's Prelude" is scheduled
daily except Sunday from $50
to 7:25 am. and The Stars re-
cordings may be heard at ap-
proximately 7 am.
The recordings already re-
leased in the campaign may be
obtained at the special booth
in the lobby Of The Star Build
ing each weekday from 8 am.
to 6 pm. The booth is closei
on Sundays.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Deep Interest in
Stor Campaign =
Shown at Meetinq

More than score Of parent-teach-
er and home and school associations
afnliated with the District Of Colum-
bia Congress of Parents and Teach
ers now are helping. or are making
plans to help their schools to partici-
pate in The Stars Music Apprecia-
ton Campaign.
This was revealed yesterday when
Mrs. T. David Gates, chairman of
the Music Committee of the con-
gress, brought the campaign to
the attention of the president S
conference. composed of the heads
of the member associations and the
chairmen Of the various committees
of the congress.
A show of hands disclosed that
dozen Of the associations repre-
sented at the meeting already have
aided their schools in purchasing
the first three symphonic MASTER
pieces included in recordings being
made available in The Stars cam
paign. An equal number indicated
they plan to make it possible for
the schools they represent to take
advantage of the offer.
Questions Show Wide Interest.
Every one present seemed deeply
interested in the movement and
asked all sorts Of questions about
the records and the methods being
used by the schools which have
placed the recordings in their music
courses" Mrs. Gates reported.
Mrs. Gates said several members
Of the conference expressed the
fear they would not be able to
obtain the records released so far
in the campaign because they hadn't
sent in one of the reservation forms.
The Music Committee chairman
assured the conference, however,
that 1t Is not necessary to file the
reservationA
Evening star., 1939-03-29
| Ashurst Reels
| Off Another
Rhetorical Gem
~ the Associated Press,

Ev the Associated Press.
Cover -to-cover readers of the
Congressional Record, which prints
the daily proceedings of Senate and
House, reached in establishment to-
day for their dictionaries.
What gave the legislative brows-
ers pause over their morning coffee
was this bit spoken on the Senate
floor by Senator Ashurst, Democrat
of Arizona:
I'm the early years of my career,
like bifurcated, peripatetic vol
cano, travelled the United States
speaking for low tariffs"
The dictionary backs up the con-
clusion that the Senator, who often
reels OF such rhetorical gems with
malice aforethought, was compar-
ing himself to two-legged volcano
that did its erupting while travelling
about.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Three Nuzi Youths
Expelled by Denmark
By the Associated Press,

By thS ASJoCIAteo Pre1J,
COPENHAGEN, March 29.-The
Danish ministry Of justice last night
ordered the expulsion of three Nazi
youths accused Of clandestinely post
ing propaganda bills in Tonder,
Northern Schleswig city gained from
Germany In a 1920 plebiscite.
The youths were said to have come
with $50 pupils of the "Fuehrer-
schule" for training Nazi propagan-
dists to campaign for the German
minority in current Danish elections.
Police had said today the group
would be permitted to stay in Den
mark on good behavior, but could
take no part in electioneering.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Fire Destroys Tobacco

More than $500 worth of tobacco
in barn on the farm of Mrs. Sally
Allen, near Ritchie Station, Md,
was destroyed by f1ve yesterday.
The property of Merton Canter, it
was stored in the barn for curing.
Following the blaze police arrested
two colored persons and charged
them with stealing three hacks of
tobacco from the barn.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Report

of slowly
and
northeast and east shifting to southeast winds
rain with slowly rising tonight
and tomorrow.
vrginiantemtten rain tonight and tomorrow slowly rising
tomorrow and in north portion tonight.
tonight
tonight and in extreme east portion tomorrow
Evening star., 1939-03-29

forms died yes
terday in emer-
gency Hospital
after an illness
of about five
months.
Mr.. Livingston,
whose home is
at 4701 Connec-
ticut Aven ue =,
t o u n d e d the
c ] o t h | ng Arm
here So years
ago. The store
is in the 900
block of Seventh
street NV.
A native of Po-
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Samuel Livingston, Head
OF Clothing Firm, Dies

Samuel Livingston, IT. founder
and senior partner of the firm OF
S. Livingston & Son, dealers in men 5
and boys civilian clothing and uni
Evening star., 1939-03-29
First Gothum Synagogue

Permanent Jewish residence in
New York City dates back to 1854,
but the first synagogue was not
erected until 1923. according to a
study published by the Columbia
University press.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Wrong Weight to Be Illegal

The Isle Of Man may make it
illegal for a penny-in-the-slot
weighing machine to show incorrect
weight.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
House Pulled Over Hill

A large house was pulled by
steamroller through the main streets
and over q hill In Hamilton, New
Zealand.
Evening star., 1939-03-29

Don't change horses in the middle
of . stream, or your mind In the
middle Of the street.
Evening star., 1939-03-29

The Andes extend over some
1000 miles OF South America.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
River Report.
Precipitation.

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac clear at Great
Falls today
Evening star., 1939-03-29

Monthly precipitation in inches in ths
Capital tcurrent month to date):
Evening star., 1939-03-29

RECOVERING FROM POL
SON-Mrs. Louise Byrum is
shown here at her home, 416
G street Sc, with three of
her four children, who were
treated today at Gallinger
Hospital for food poisoning.
Left to right: Burton, S;
Jeanette, 3, and Milton, 9.
Detained in the hospital after
his brothers and sister we're
released was Melvin, IA, shown
with Nurse Margaret Wilburn.
Mrs. Byrum said food the chill
dren ate for supper last night
made them sick.
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Report for Last Fl Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest 81. midnight. Year ago. 50.
Lowest, 35. $40 am today. Year ago,
40.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest S5. on March 90.
Lowest II. on February 23.
Humidity for Last 81 Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, "a per cent. at am today.
Lowest, % per cent. at noon today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Evening star., 1939-03-29
The Sun ana Moo

Rises. Sets.
san. ssan. to%osrolp tSa.s F. ss::ssss s::$s
Moon' today ------ 1920 pm. 1877 an.
Automobile lights must be turned on
nne-half hour after sunset "
Evening star., 1939-03-29

FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Ceodetic Subway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
Scientist Says Quirk Governed
Choice of Unknown Soldier

while assembled military command
ers stood at attention. Into the
room went Sergt. Edward F.
Younger of Chicago, whose distin-
guished service led to his being
named to designate the one that
would become the symbol of all
Americas unknown dead.
II all the other persons present
had been handed slips of papers
bearing the numbers /, 2, 3, 4 and
had been told to choose one, DR..
Vaughn said, curious thing prob
ably would have happened.
Each, he declared. might we'll have
made the same choice as did Sergt,
Younger when he thrise circled the
caskets, placed wreath on the third
from the left, saluted. and withdrew.
Explaining the oddly which re-
suits in the frequent choice of the
NO. 8. DR.. Vaughn said that when a
selection OF four numbers or objects
is offered, the human tendency to
pick an odd number causes the
elimination of two and four, or the
second and fourth objects.
One and three remain, but the first
is so obvious that every one picks
three. In the choice of the I'm
known Soldier, he said, with all the
caskets presenting the same appear
ance, 1t was reasonably certain that
Sergt. Younger would select the
third from the left, or No. 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
Navy
Continued From First Page.)

nance and Quartermaster Corps
construction were the chief def
ciencies, Mr.. Starnes said the ord
nance situation was the most criti-
cal relative to our national defense"
I'VE should adopt long-range
view and construct ordnance plants
to supply items which will never be
supplied through commercial plants
and agencies" he declared. Time
is of the essence in this field"
That structural defects were dis
covered in heavy 10,000-ton cruisers
as early as 1880 was revealed yes
terday by Acting Secretary of the
Navy Edison in letter to Senator
Vandenberg, Republican, of Michi-
gan. Mr.. Edison said stern posts in
some cruisers were replaced as late
as 1894. He added that the Navy
made changes to correct lack of
stability on the part of the newest
destroyers.
Senator Vandenberg had written
Mr.. Edison asking about reports
that the Navy had done nothing
to correct "shimmy" in the heavy
cruisers and top-heaviness IN the
new destroyers.
The Acting Secretary said it was
found that, when the supply of fuel
and stores ran low on the destroyers
their stability was less than con-
sidered necessary for successful
operation. He added, however, that
the defects were not as serious as
reports had described them and
that steps had been taken or were
being taken to correct them.
The stern posts of the cruisers
cracked because of faulty casting,
he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
n Guns Boom
On V. M. I. Centennial
By the Associated Press,

oJ Inc ASSOCldteQ fIeSS.
LEXINGTON, Va, Nov. 11.-Vir-
ginia Military Institute, the West
Point of the South" which grew
from little stone arsenal, saluted
the start of the second hundred
years with a booming of 81 guns
today.
The start of the elaborate CEN
tennial program became official"
when the guns sounded across the
hills shortly after midnight. The
explosive reminder brought a pause
at the ball in w. H. Cooke Hall,
where smart-clad cadets and their
ladies marched a military figure.
An artillery salute of 10 guns to
Gov. Price at 8 am. heralded the
start of todays program.
The Governor was escorted by a
cavalry troop to the parade grounds
at 1l:20 and from a speakers stand
reviewed V. M. rs proud corps of
700, moving over the ground that
Gen. Stonewall Jackson trod when
he was a member Of the institute
Faculty.
Gov. Price delivered the centen-
NAL address and dedicated the new
Preston Library, named for Col.
Thomas Lewis Preston, a member
OF the second Board of Visitors and
q member of the faculty for more
than two-score years.
The Presidents five-minute talk
from Washington was picked up by
amplifiers.
The Duke-V. NJ I. football game
IN the afternoon and a dance to-
night in Cooke Hall will complete
the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
BY the Associated Press.


BOSTON, Nov. ia Boston
psychologist asserted today that a
strange quirk of the human mind
governed the final selection Of
Americas Unknown Soldier, whose
honor is being sung again this Arm
istice Day.
Declaring that this quirk of the
mind almost certainly would have
resulted in the same designation, no
matter who made the ultimate
choice from among the four name
less dead, DR.. w. L. Vaughn, pro-
lessor Of psychology at Boston Uni
versity, explained in an interview
that the ultimate selection hinged
upon the mysticism of numbers as
manifested by the tendency of
everybody to pick an odd number
in any sequence.
Such a sequence was laid out
when, on October "a, 1921, four flag
draped. nameless caskets were
aligned in a room in a little French
hotel at Chalons- Sur-M Marine, one
each from the battlef1elds of the
Aisne-Marne. Mouse -Argonne, Som
me and St. Mihiel. Those who had
picked them from 1000 or more I'M
identified American dead previously
had taken steps to see that all trace
of their origin was removed-even
the battlef1elds from whence they
came.
A French military band played