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Evening star., 1939-05-01
Estigorribio Expected
To Leave u. s. in June
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Paraguayan Legation officials said
today Gen. Jose Felix Estigarribia,
Minister to Washington, probably
would leave about the middle of
June to take Office as President of
Paraguay on August Is.
Although Gen. Estigarribia was
the only candidate in Sundays elec-
tions, officials said technically he
would not be named President until
the electoral college meets June IL.
They said Paraguays electoral sys-
tenn was similar to that of the
United States. IN that the electors
were chosen by popular vote and
the latter then selected the Presi-
dent.
Gen. Estigarribia was in New York
today, having gone there to attend
the opening of the Worlds Fair.
1t was believed his program would
center largely about economic re-
construction of Paraguay, whose
finances were strained in the long
Chaco war with Bolivia.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Mrs. McCarter Dies
Was Mother Of
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Former Virginia Belle
Had Been Married Five
Times, Divorced Four
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May death at IS
came yesterday to Mrs Mayron An
drews McCarter, mother of Ann
Cooper Hewitt, the "sterilized"
heiress.
Mrs. McCarter, the most spec
tacular society glamour girl of her
day, died in the one-room apart
ment In which she had lived since
filing bankruptcy petition year
ago.
The cause Of her death was not
given.
The red-haired one-time Virginia
belle during her involved marital
career was married to five men,
four OF them reported millionaires,
and divorced four times.
Her spending won her In France
reputation as the greatest woman
gambler" and society circles knew
her as the woman who had been
invited to become leading lady in
the Shah of Persia S harem.
Mrs. McCarter's legal difficulties
were climaxed in January, 1896,
when her daughter charged the
mother had duped her into UNDER
going a sterilization operation.
Mrs. McCarter married her first
husband, DR.. Pedar Brugiere, mill
lionaire San Francisco physician, in
1902. They were divorced after seven
years and she married Stewart Den.
ming, New York broker. This mar
riage was annulled a short time
later.
Her third husband, Peter Cooper
Hewitt, AIMS father, died in 1921.
He was 63 at the time of his mar
riage three years before.
Mrs. McCarter wed and divorced
Baron Robin d'Erlanger of Paris,
an artist. She married her last
husband, George w. c. McCarter,
lawyer son Of Robert H. McCarter,
defense counsel in the Hall-Mills
murder trial, in 1926 in Trenton,
N. ]. They were divorced in 1884.
LOS ANGELES, May 1 HN.-The
Los Angeles Examiner said today
Mrs. Ann Cooper Hewitt Bradstreet
is in Reno considering the posi-
bility Of divorce" from Gene
Bradstreet, former bar steward.
Informed of the death Of her
mother, Mrs. Maryon Andrews Nc
Carter, In New York yesterday, Mrs.
Bradstreet was overcome by emo
ton and unable to talk coherently,
the newspaper said.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
| Science News
Called Mark of
Alert Papers

ATLANTA, May Understand
able and reliable material" found in
Associated Press news stories in the
realm of science was cited in radio
forum here as an indication Of jour-
nalism's growing interest in worth
while subjects"
The forum was conducted yester-
day by Miss Emily Woodward, for
mer president of the Georgia Press
Association, and John E. Drewry,
director, and Edward c. Grouse of
the Henry w. Grady School Of
Journalism at the University Of
Georgia.
The three speakers asserted news
papers are constantly alert to i'm
prove editorial standards by COM
bining newspaper ability with a bet
ter knowledge of other subjects.
when the Associated Press Gre
ated the Office of science editor and
began to furnish its members with
much understandable and reliable
material in this field" Mr.. Drewry
asserted. ut was but another indi-
cation of journalism's interest in the
worth while"
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
Considers stream pollution meas
ure. Noon.
President Green of A. F. of l..
testifies before Labor Committee on
Wagner Act amendments. 10 am.
Foreign Relations Committee re-
sumes neutrality hearings. 10:30 am.
$500 100000 slum clearance bill be-
fore Labor Committee. 4pm.
House:
Considers compromises on Interior
Department appropriation bill and
veterans pension bill. Noon.
w. P. A. Investigating Committee
resumes hearings on New York City
relief setup. 10:30 am.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
May take up bill relating to trust
indentures, if stream pollution Is dis
posed of today.
Foreign Relations Committee con-
tinues neutrality hearings: 1890
am.
Labor Committee continues hear
ings on Wagner Act amendments;
10 am.
Indian Affairs Committee meets
on general business: 10:30 am.
Banking Committee considers
nomination of Leon Henderson to
Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion (executive); 10:30 am.
House:
Considers private calendar.
Appropriations Subcommittee con-
tinues hearings on State-Justice
supply bill; 10 am.
Banking Committee resumes con-
sideration of home loan bank bill;
10:30 am.
Flood Control Committee meets;
10:30 am.
Subcommittee of District Commit
tee begins milk investigation. 1880
m.
Evening star., 1939-05-01

The disturbance that was southeast of
Nova Scotia SUNDAY morning has moved
north -northeaStward to Newfoundland,
Botwood. 1926 inches. while another dis
turbance has moved from the lower Lake
region east-southeastward and is centered
this morning about $50 miles southeast
Of Nantucket. Mass. with lowest pressure
about 1880 inches. Pressure is relatively
low from Southern Saskatchewan south
ward to Western Texas and over the
southern Plateau region and Northern
British Columbia. Wink. Tex. and Blythe.
Calf. 29.S2 inches: Langara Island. Brit
ish Columbia. % So inches. and Williston.
yails from Hudson Bay seuthward to the
and from Alaska east-southeastward to
the Upper Mackenzie Valley and thence
st s9uthwaId to Utah Fort Smith; District Of
Manitoba, 5000 inches. Rain has fallen
IN the Middle Atlantic States. the Upper
Ohio Valley, the Lower Lake region and
II the Rocky Mountain and Northern
seasonably cool from the Upper Mississippi
Valley eastward to the Atlantic coast. while
the temperature is above normal in the
Plains States and the Southern Rocky
Mountain resion. Frosts. mostly light,
the North Atlantic States
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Estigarribia, Envoy
To u. s., Is Elected
Paraguay President
Hero of Chuco War Was
Sole Candidate; First
Vote Since 1882
By the!Associated Press.

ASUNCION, Paraguay, May L.
Paraguay voted yesterday for a new
government to be headed by Gen.
Jose Felix Estigarribia, her Minister
to Washington and hero of the
Chaco war with Bolivia.
1t was the first presidential elec-
ton since the beginning of the
Chaco war in 1882 and Gen. Estigar-
ribia was the only candidate for the
presidency, with Luis Alberto Riart,
Minister to Rio de Janeiro, as his
running mate for the vice presi-
dency.
The two were the candidates of
the Liberal party. The National Re-
publican party did not participate
on the grounds that there are no
liberties in Paraguay today and the
rights of her citizens are not re-
spected."
Supporters OF the French-edu-
Gated warrior asserted his election
to the presidency would end three
stormy years in which two govern
ments were overthrown by force.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Negro Called South's
No. | Economic Problem

Reporting on the first of series
Of good will" tours in the South,
Representative Arthur w. Mitchell,
colored member of the House from
Illinois, said today that he is con-
vinced the Negro Is "the South's
number one economic problem"
A speaker in is cities In North
Carolina, he called attention to q
recent w. p. A. survey which re-
vealed that in that State alone there
are 100000 Negroes above the age
Of Il who cannot read or write.
Representative Mitchell said he
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Mrs. Russell Is Admitted
To Hiqh Court Practice

Mrs. Annie Vest Russell of 3O32
Rodman street NV, an employe of
the Treasury Department, has been
admitted to practice before the
Supreme Court.
Mrs. Russell was admitted to the
practice on motion of Judge Charles
Loblnger, formerly United States
judge to the Philippines. Afterward
the new member of the high court
bar was entertained at luncheon by
Mrs. Beatrice D. Offutt and Mrs.
Goldie B. Sefken, other woman at
torneys admitted to practice.
A North Carolinian, Mrs. Russell
is graduate of the National Uni
versity Law School and was admit
ted to the District bar three years
ago.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Danish Royal Couple
|sWelcomed 10
Hyde Park Estate
Norwegions Take Leave
Of RooseveIts to Dedicate
Pavilion at Fair
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK, N. Y, May l.
While their European neighbors,
Grown Prince Olaf and Princess
Martha of Norway, went to the New
York Worlds Fair today, Crown
Prince Frederik and Princess Ingrid
Of Denmark took their places as
guests of the family" in the coun-
try home of President and Mrs.
Roosevelt.
The same honey informality that
marked the entertainment of the
royal Norwegians Friday and Satur-
day in this Dutchess County village
was being followed with the heir to
the Danish throne and vivacious
Princess Ingrid. They were well
coined at the Poughkeepsie dock late
yesterday by the President and First
Lady, returning from the fair
The NorWegians were dedicating
today their native pavilion at the
exposition. The Danes will leave
Hyde Park tonight for similar cere-
monies at their exhibit tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt charted a strictly Ameri-
can program for their royal guests,
including picnic at the Chief Ex-
ecutive's new Dutch colonial bunga-
low to " followed by a dedication
OF a new post Office at Rhinebeck,
16 miles north Of here.
Not only were the Danes to wit
ness this traditionally American
scene, but the Prince himself was
to lay the corner stone after Mr..
Roosevelt dedicated the building.
The structure is an authentic re-
production of the first house built
in Rhinebeck In 100 by Hendrick
Kip on patent Of land from the
Dutch government. The stone used
In the building was taken from the
ruins of the original house and
adjacent lands of the Beekmans,
leaders in the Continental cause be-
fore and during the Revolution.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Music Festival Tomorrow

OCCOQUAN, Va, April 20 (Spe-
ciaD Schools Of Occoquan and
Dumfries districts of Prince Will
liam County will hold their music
festival, featuring American folk
music, tomorrow at 8 pm. The
program, eliminating the years
work in music in the schools, Is to
include massed chorus singing.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Weather Report
FURNISHED by the United States Weather Bureau1

row. lowest tonight about degrees slowly rising temperature
day. gentle moderate norher winds becoming
MandFair continued with light
portions rising temper
Wednesday,
VnaFar and continued with light
frost in extreme west portion tonight rising Wednes
day. ~
West VgniaFa and continued light heavy frost in
Evening star., 1939-05-01

found that a preponderance of North
Carolinians. both white and colored,
are behind President Roosevelt "all
the way"
He will speak in Jacksonville Sat-
urday and in Tallahassee Sunday.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Report for the Last 4s Hours,

Record for Last "a Hours.
rrom noon yesterday to noon today
Hishest. 50 at IL Am. yesterday. Year
ago, 20.
Lowest. 40. at 4:ao am. ta6ay. Year
ago, Al.
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest, 90, on April 25
Lowest. II. on February 20.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, 80 per cent. At $3.50 pm. yes
terday.
terday.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED BY United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
To-day. Tomorrow.
Hieh - 6:02 am. 6:51 am.
Low - 1919 am. iii am.
Hieh - 6:27 pm. 7.17 pm.
Low - 1855 pm. 1:47 pm.
The Sun snd Neon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today -- 6:12 6:69
Sun, tomorrow - $40 ZOO
Moon. today ----- 500 pm. 3:4S an.
Automobile lights must be turned on one.
half hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
River Report.

River Report.
Potomac River muddy and Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy
at Great Falls today.
Precipitation.
Evening star., 1939-05-01

Monthly precipitation In inches IA ths
Capital (current month to date):
Evening star., 1939-05-01
America After Munich
Recognition Grows Thot Dictotors'
Rise Affects Our VituI Interests

(This article, the second of t1po
in Which Lord Lothian appraises
American public opinion, ap-
peared in the London Observer
on February rs last. 1t is re-
printed here by special permis-
sion OF the author and of the OBJ
SerUer. The first article Was pub
HShed In yesterdays Star.)
Evening star., 1939-05-01

FURNISHED BY United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05

OF tire width The law also provides
that not more than 900 pounds gross
weight per inch tire width can be
concentrated on one wheel. This would
permit a gross load of l4,40O pounds
for truck with four supporting tires
each six inches in width. providing the
= load were equally distributed on the
four wheels and if other terms of the
act did not apply.
Limit Axle Loads
Another part of the law prevents
loading more than $4,000 pounds gross
weight on one single axle. Tandem
aXles less than 40 inches apart are
considered as one axle and a pair OF
such aXles less than 40 inches apart
cannot support more than $4,000 pounds
gross weight.
Granting tire widths are sufficient,
load limits for trucks can be determined
as follows:
If the distance from the front axle
to the rear axle is 20 feet or less, add
from axle to axle and multiply by $50.
The result will be the trucks gross
load limit in pounds. The gross load
limit for a truck Is feet from axle
to axle would be Is plus 40. or 50,
times $50. The sum, $3.50. would be
the trucks gross load limit in pounds.
If the truck is more than 20 feet
to the distance in feet from axle to
axle and multiply by 700 to get the
gross pounds load limit.
To determine the gross weight that
could be carried on pair OF tandem
aXleS, if the aXles are more than 40
inches apart. add the figure 40 to the
distance in feet between the two aXleS
and multiply by $50. The result is the
pounds gross load limit that could be
carried on the pair of axles. A pair OF
tandem axles 40 inches apart could
carry a gross weight of 28275 pounds,
according to the law. The limit in such
a case would be computed-40 plus
3.5 Cthe distance in feet between the
aXles) equals 435, times 650-28,2 75.
To Prevent Overlooking
Detailed information regarding other
combinations of trucks, trailers, or
buses is available at all highway di-
vision offices. highway patrol head
quarters and at the main highway de-
partment office in Helena.
The restrictions on tandem axleS
were established to prevent overlooking
aXles. although the entire load were
within the legal limit according to the
distance between the front and rear
most aXles. and according to total tire
width. Overlooking of tandem aXles
would result in as great highway dam
age as overcoming an entNe VeIlCIe,
the engineer said.
The new law limits the length of any
one vehicle to IS feet and sets 60 feet
as the bumper-to-b bumper length limit
for any combination OF vehicles. Com
binations may include two units only,
such as a truck or truck-tractor with
either trailer or semitrailer attached.
A semitrailer is considered a distinct
unit, and a trailer may not be pulled
behind a semitrailer that is drawn by
either a truck or truck-tractor. as the
combination would include three units,
McKinnon pointed out.
The law also sets eight feet as the
maximum width of any vehicle except
implements Of husbandry and highway
machinery.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05

gastroliths were to the dinosaurs
he had crop. Gastroliths are egg
shaped stones which scientists say
dinosaurs ate to aid digestion. One Of
these gastroliths is considered by scien-
lists as a world wonder. 1t is composed
Of coral, indicating a type Of marine
life in Montana during the period.
Most striking Of Montana's beauti-
fully lighted dioramas is a cross-section
at the rear of the room; composite
Of Montana mountain country 1t Is
in the form of huge fireplace with
roaring log fire on the hearth. Above
IS a steep mountain down which
illuminated falls and cascades Of water
descend. At either side are ranch
homes, the old types and the new.
Mountain sheep, deer, elk may be
seen. and on the roadway an old pack
outfit and prospector's cabin. an early
day trapper and his horse and an In
dian village.
There are dioramas OF Glacier ma
tional park. lake and stream fishing
Lake Josephine and many other points
Of an Alpine wonderland.
Irving Slope. a young Montana
artist. is responsible for a large oil
painting and all of the sand blast
wood frieze that runs around the big
room.
Montana offers you hospitality. As
you leave. you pass under this brand
ing ironed sign:
$50 long, Old-Timer! May your
range grass never fall
And Montana means it,
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05
Who Built First Shelters?
Facts Yelled in Mystery

ers in Anaconda by Marcus DAILY.
Senator w. A. Clark constructed a
smelter at Meaderville This was built
to treat the ores from Clarks Colusa.
Both the mine and smelter were later
purchased by the Boston & Montana
Co. This company operated both OF
these smelters at Meaderville until the
completion of the Montana Central
railroad and the building of the i'm
mense plant on the banks of the Mis-
souri, river at Black Eagle falls, below
the city of Great Falls.
The Meaderville plants were then
abandoned and Great Falls entered
the picture as one of the outstanding
smelter cities Of the world At the
present time Great Falls has grown
to be the second largest city in Mon
tana and is the site OF the big refinery
and treating plants which have de-
veloped from their early start in the
smelling industry.
The prosperity Of Butte, Great Falls
and Anaconda have always been closely
linked because Of their activity in the
copper mining and smelling industry
of Montana 1t is the development Of
these early day crude smelters to the
efficient plants of the present time
which have kept these cities growing
and placed Montana foremost in the
metal markets of the world.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05

. METERS and mills have always
held a place of prime interest
in the history of Montana. the
. Treasure state of the nation. At
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05
Road Repair Costs Lessened
By Spring Load Restrict ons

The Montana highway depart
ment saved "many thousands of
dollars" in spring breakup repair
costs this year by imposing motor
vehicle load limit restrictions on
weakened stretches of highway be-
fore road surfaces were ravaged
by warm weather'S resultant frost
boils and snow runoff water, and
excessive traffic loads, according
to State Highway Engineer D. A.
McKinnon.
Early establishment of the restric-
tons and rigid enforcement OF the load
limit regulations also made it possible
for the highway department to raise
restrictions on most main travelled
routes earlier than usual because of
the reduced road damage. Mckinnon
said. At present most sections have a
4O0-pound per inch road width OF tire
load limit, which does not seriously in
convenience normal trucking or pas
senger transportation, he added.
The engineer pointed out that
lightened spring road damage not only
results in decreased repair costs, but
keeps motor lanes in better condition
for commercial and private cars, trucks
and BUSES. In future years as the
highway department reconStructS old
roads and brings them up to modern
traffic specifications the need for re
stricted load areas each spring will
be greatly lessened, he said.
Beginning right now. however Nc
Kinnon said, 1.-The highway department
will not only check against vehicle
overlooking in the spring of the year,
but under a law passed by the last
legislature will carry on a year-round
drive to prevent road damage because
of overlooking motor vehicles" He said
the new law is in accord with uniform
traffic regulations adopted by II west
ern states.
Check Commercial Carriers
The highway department is not in
terested in collecting fines, although
the new law provides stiff penalties
for constant load limit violators, but
merely has the protection of Montana
highways as its watchword, the en-
gineer added.
Commercial carriers throughout the
state will be checked for overlooking
at various points this year by mobile
weighing crew operating under super,
vision Of the highway department and
the highway patrol, he explained. The
weighing equipment includes a trailer
house built by the highway department
and a full set of truck and bus weigh
ing scales The weight checking is done
by highway maintenance division OPP
orator and a highway patrolman.
McKinnon said the mobile weighing
station will operate all over the state
on an unannounced itinerary. checking
vehicle loads on all main thorough
fares. ut is only through constant
vigilance and effort to enforce the new
law that we will prevent vehicle over
loading and save the state many
thousands Of dollars in needless dam
age to our highways each year." he
said
One general provision of the new
law regulating the sizes and loads OF
motor vehicles limits the gross load,
which Is the weight of the vehicle and
its cargo, to 600 pounds for each inch
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05
By EDWARD B. REYNOLDS

~ METERS and mills have always
held place of prime interest
in the history of Montana, the
~ Treasure state of the nation. At
Anaconda, the worlds largest
copper smelter and reduction works,
stretches over hillside southeast of
the city. There. the red molten metal
is poured forth daily and astounding
present-day statistics of the smelling
industry may be had for the asking;
but statistics on the pioneer Smelters
Of Montana are yelled in obscurity.
The first mills in the state were
crude affairs called arastras. These
were of Spanish origin and brought to
Montana by Californians. The arastra
ore was placed in the pit and huge
boulders were dragged around by means
Of wooden arm" to which they were
attached. Power was furnished by oxen
or horses.
These worked with varying success
The ore was pulverized water was
added and finally slime" resulted
by amalgamation. Later improved
methods of milling were adopted.
The milling processes advanced
rapidly but the smelling Jagged be-
hind. The early day smelters were all
crude affairs and none OF them were
successful. Most of the early day ores
were shipped to Swansea, Wales for
smelling
Finally. in 1878, the Colorado smelter
was erected in Butte. scene of the
states greatest mining activities which
required the smelling of its ores. The
Colorado was an outstanding success
and from that date on the mining
industry in Montana prospered. No
longer was gold the major metal eX-
tracted from Montanas mines Copper
came into its own.
Following the success Of the Colorado
smelter in the treatment of refractory
ores came other SmelterS. The New
York Copper Co. erected a shelter
in Meaderville, suburb of Butte, in
1879. Later this Smelter became known
as the Boston & Montana smelter.
In 1880 the Parrot smelter was erect
ed in Butte and in 1882 another smelt-
er was added to the number already
in that city with the erection of the
Bell smelter. At that time Butte was
est mining and smelling operations.
In 1883 the start Of Anaconda's rise
to supremacy in the smelling industry
came with the laying of the founda-
ton for the SmelterS which are now
the worlds largest. The building of
these smelters also marked the found
ing of the city Of Anaconda. First the
smelters were on the north bank of
Warm Springs creek, north Of the city.
Later they were rebuilt on their pres
ent site, southeast Of the city.
Following the building OF the smelt-