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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-02
|ckes in Error
In Attacks on
0verton Proposal
Fiscal Students Find
Mistakes Of Fact in
June n Report
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
To settle the annual battle oDer
the Federal share in District er-
penSes, Senator ODerton OF LOU
isidnd recently proposed Fed
erdl obligation measured bu the
percentage OF land area OF the
District required for national
purposes. This non amounts to
about one-ftth of District acre
age and one-ftth of the District
general fund mould be about
$4,000 900. as compared to the
s5.000,000 lump sum of the past
three years. Asked by Chairman
King OF the Senate District Com
m1ttee Dhdt he thought OF the
Ouerton plan, Secretary Ickes
prote that he opposed it.
Students Of District fiscal prob
lens charged yesterday that Secre-
tary of Interior Ickes made errors
OF fact in his report June q to
Chairman King of the Senate Dis
trlct Committee in which he opposed
adoption Of the Overton formula fol
determining the size of the annua,
Federal payment toward expenses OF
the National Capital.
They protested that District rev.
enues-and not Federal funds" a.
used by Mr. Ickes-are appropriated
to pay for the maintenance and de.
velopment of the extraordinarily
large amount of recreational areas
within the District.
Furthermore, persons versed In
the history and meaning of District
finances challenged the soundness
OF two expressions of opinion which
were used by Mr.. Ickes in his argu-
ments against adoption of the Over.
ton formula.
One OF these theoretical claim.
was that a precedent" might bt
established which could be employed
by the States with the result of i'm
posing new and heavy financia
burdens on the Federal Treasury
Another was Mr.. Ickes' suggested
alternate that a more equitable
formula might be to base the Fed.
eral payment on the value of mu.
nicipal services performed by the
District and beneficial to the Fed.
eral Government.
Surprised at Stand.
Critics of Mr.. Ickes' argument.
were surprised over his statement
OF who bears the expense of Fed.
orally owned recreation areas in the
District, for the reason that they art
under the supervision of the Ma.
tional Parks Once. which is on.
OF the units under the direction Of
the Secretary of Interior.
In opposing the Overton plan Of
using as a basis for determination
OF the size of the Federal payment
the percentage of the Districts lane
area which is Federally owned anc
thereby tax-exempt, Secretary Ickel
said:
Moreover, the greater portion O.
the Federal lands within the Distric
of Columbia is utilized by the cit.
liens of the District for recreationa
(see ICKEs, Page A-30
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Jack Dempsey Improving,
With Crisis Not Yet Passed
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, July Encouraged
by optimistic hospital bulletins and
personal message from the patient,
Jack Dempsey's many friends to-
night had cause to believe the former
heavyweight champion will recover
from an emergency appendectomy.
Late this afternoon A. A. Jaller,
executive officer of Polytechnic Hos
pital, announced that:
Improvement has been noted in
Mr.. Jack Dempsey's condition by
DR.. Robert Emery Brennan, his sur
geon. Temperature, 1908 degrees;
pulse, 10; respiration, o."
Earlier the old Manassa Mauler
had sent word through his secretary,
Ned Brown, to tell 'em all hello.
How could a guy lose with so many
seconds in his corner? It's just a
cakewalk"
Although the crisis in his case is
not expected until tonight or to-
morrow, the 44-year-old ex-cham-
pion appeared to be making rapid
strides all day. Early this morning
he was clamoring for food and COM
planning that the drinking water
was too warm. At 8 a I'm. the hospital
said he had spent . very good
| night"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-02
By the Associated Press.

FREE CITY OF DANZIG, July l.
"A tour Of all parts of Danzig dis
closed today that black-uniformed
Danzig S. S. men were in complete
charge of one hill and had partial
control Of another.
Business went on as usual in the
city hall and the radio STATEN was
unguarded by either police or S. s.
men. Any one could wander in or
out and there were no provisions
visible for caring for several hun
dred men who, according to many
reports, are stationed within the
radio building.
But on two hills overlooking Dan
zig S. S. men were encountered
These blackshirts are ready to de-
fend the community in any emer-
eency," it was said yesterday. 1--WE
have our S. A. (storm troopers) and
s. S. already trained an official
said.
Barbados Close Paths.
Tourists with field glasses and
cameras went to the top of the
Bischofsberg without molestation,
but were not allowed to take certain
side paths in the park which crowns
the hill. These paths were closed
by barricade and signs stated that
entrance was forbidden.
The S. S. had taken charge of the
Hadelsberg, on the top of which are
the two 'masts of the Danzig radio
station.
Danzig vibrated with rumors and
many citizens were saying they were
sure that German soldiers or men,
bers Of Nazi emi-military forma-
lions from outside Danzig were in
town.
There were stories that mysterious
trucks were bringing in loads of
arms. and Polish moving svan was
pointed out as being under suspicion.
But 1t was found to be carrying $50
mattresses to the Wiehen barracks
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again. regardless of whatever pres
sure may be brought to bear upon
him to accept the nomination for a
third term"
Continuing his discussion of the
situation faced by the Democratic
party. Senator johnson said:
Liberals in and out of the party
(See WHEELER, Page A-5D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-02
9 Italian Flyers Killed

ROME, July l (R.-The death OF
nine army flyers in the collision of
two tri-motored bombers was an
nounced In a communique tonight
The accident occurred yesterday
near Viterbo during aerial maneu-
vefS.
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kozis Expect City
To Seek Reunion
On Hitler Cue
By the Associated Press.

oGNh1N, July 1.-I1lsi 4uaA va o
tonight said the Free City of DAN
zig probably would return to Ger
many through a declaration of DAN
zig citizens on the basis of the right
Of self determination" But when
the step would be taken remained
a mystery. There was a flood Of
rumors giving conflicting dates.
One man-Adolf Hitler-will de-
termine the hour. In the past when
he has decided to move he has done
so suddenly, without letting the
world in on his secret beforehand.
Danzig is modestly arming her
self for such an eventuality, al
though her spokesman say that the
Free City will not take the initia-
tive. This was believed here to
mean merely that Danzig will not
hoist the sWastika flag until Hitler
gives the signal.
Danzig Weakest Point.
Although Danzig is a small part
of what the Nazis want from Po-
land-the port is included in Po-
lands customs systematic Nazi
high command was believed to have
decided to start with it because they
regard it as the weakest part of
the Polish armor.
The Nazis say Poland's allies,
Britain and France, will not fight
over Danzig. which they say lis be-
yond doubt a German city and
wants to return to the Reich" Dam
zig was a part of Germany before
the World War.
Some NaZi quarters even say they
see great advantage" for Ger
many in the nervousness" of Paris
and London over a Danzig coup.
They reason that if officials in these
two capitals convince themselves
that Germany is about to start mill
tary action, then they will come for
ward and offer Danzig to Hitler on
a platter.
Propaganda Aimed at Britain.
Everything in official quarters in
dictates that Germany believes the
argument of determination
holds as good today for Danzig as it
did for Austria, the Sudetenland
and Memel. and that Britain will not
dare oppose it.
There is at least one big difference
between the situation this summer
and that of year ago preceding
the drive against Czecho- Slovakia.
Now German propaganda is not
driving headlong against the Poles
with screaming tales about atrocities
and with threats of action as it did
against the Czechs.
This time Britain and her newly
welded bloc of allies are the main
target.
Deny Hitler to Visit Danzig.
The foreign Office categorically
denied today that Hitler or his first
aide, Field Marshal Hermann Will
helm Goering, or any other leading
Nazi personality planned to 60 to
Danzig. The foreign Office said that
in any case none of them would go
until after the free city formally
was annexed by the Reich.
Bad weather chased Hitler from
his mountain-top summer chancel-
lery at Berchtesgaden to Munich
Nazis said he was expected to spend
quiet week end" there.
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder
commander in chief of the German
Navy, presided over the launching
in Bremen today Of new 1O,OO0-ton
cruiser, the Luetzow. She is Ger
many's fifth heavy cruiser, capable
of 80 knots an hour and equipped
with eight 20.3 centimer (8-inch)
guns. Fifty thousand persons
watched the launching.
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Dr.. Smith Willing to Return,
Louisiana Sheriff Saws

BATON ROUGE, La, July ! R.-
Sheriff Newman de Breton said to-
night he received a telegram from
the missing DR.. James Monroe
Smith from Canada saying he would
(See L. S. u, Page A-3)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-02
Fire and Police
Unification Next
On D. {. Slate
Kennedy to Introduce
Measure This Week.:
Backed by President

BACKGROUND
Many features of original
Grifenhagen plan for reorgani-
cation OF District government
'Dere disapproued by President
Roosevelt Certain other pro-
posed changes 1pere condemned
by ciuic and businessleaders. As
a result, steps lDere taken more
than month ago to repise the
plan to overcome these objec-
tons. About month ago Presi-
dent Roosevelt redppointed
George E. Allen as Commissioner
primarily to direct the carrying
out OF the reorganization plan.
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German Plane Reported
Forced Down in Poland

WARSAW. July l LR.-Reports
reaching Warsaw tonight said a
German plane was forced down
yesterday near the Polish town of
Czestochowa, 81 miles from the Ger
lSee BERLIN PAGE A-4l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-02

From the United States Weather Bureau Report
Full Details on Paee Az
Fair today and tomorrow; little change
in temperature; Tuesday, local thunder
showers. Temperatures yesterday-High-
est, "a, at 4:30 pm; lowest, 81, at am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-02

(See ICKES, Page A-30
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Earlier Story on Page ED
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tSee BERLIN, Page 4
Evening star., 1939-12-03
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Evening star., 1939-12-03

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are: Watson, 2b; o. Saunders, SIS;
Hall, IF; j. Cauder, CT; Ingraham.
lib; Henjum, If; ingalls,, 3b; Uric.
C..
Trojans will appear in new
uniforms of red with white
stripes. The contest viii start
at 3:l5 and will be preceded by
the Key West Conchs and Pirates,
who will clash in the initial game
to be called at 100.
Twin Bill Labor Day
Local fans will see no outside
teams in this city on Labor Day.
This announcement was made
public by Manager Roy Hamln
of the Key West Conchs yester-
day when interviewed by the
writer for the second time this
week.
Program for Labor Day, as out
lined by Mr.. Hamlin and agreed
on by Manager Bush of the Pr
rates, Manager Earl Adams of the
Trojans and Manager Frank Cara
ballo of the Blue Sox, is as fol-,
lows: First game, Pirates VS.. Tro-
jams; second game, conchs VS. Sox.
Public specs" Carbonell, who,
according to unconfirmed rumors.
has deserted the Pirates and sign
ed up with the Trojans, as did
Mario Hernandez, crack third
sacker, will be seen in Pirate
uniform on Labor Day, as will
Hernandez. Rumors have proven
untrue. Carbonell will pitch for
the BUGS Monday.
All receipts of the game will go
towards paying the full umpire's
equipment ordered by Roy Ham
lin some time back. 1t is under
stood that no cut of the gate re-
ceipts will 60 to any of the four
clubs.
Field Day Monday
A base circling contest will be
sponsored by Social Club MART,
and those taking part in the race
will be: Evelio Rueda and Joseph
Domenech, Trojans; Jesus Garcia.
Blue Sox; Rene Machin, Conchs.
Other events will also be held.
Each may receive a prize for
their efforts, with the runner
the round of the bases in
the shortest time getting the best
prize.
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about her to pass the time between
summers.
She erased the frown from her
forehead and looked at her small,
businesslike watch. As she sus-
pected, it was lunchtime. She
| thought: There can't be anything
to worry about, and brushed the
| troublesome, persistent query
away with the sand that chung to
her.
The spot where the dinghy was
beached formed a cove and the
winter tides had washed away the
wooden steps leading to the ground
above. Cecily clambered agilely up
| the sides of the little bluff and
paused as her eyes came level with
| the ground. She paused to look APP
provingly at the cottage set in the
pines. It shone whitley in the SUM-
light. The cottage and the low Cape
Cod picket fence had been newly
painted and the effect was like a
picture on a postcard. Cecily
thought.
Headline
THE tantalizing scent of coffee
4 mingled with the scent Of salt
and earth and it spurted Cecily
into a run across the distance to
her door.
SIN starved, Libby!" she shout
ed as she ran up the fight OF stairs.
well, what'd you expect? Lib-
by answered in her sharp New
England tones that Cecily had long
since learned were tender. Time
you was CROWN up and actin like
a lady"
eNow what's the complaint"
Cecily asked few minutes later
from the doorway where she stood
wiping her freshly washed face.
There was a man come here
this mawnin and wanted to see
the. mistress, and what could /
tell him?"
"You could tell him / was paint
ing the dinghy and within hailing
distance. Or has your voice given
out? Seems to me my earliest rec
objection is having you yell at Doug
and me and being heard a mile
away"
Don't you be sassy, Cecily. /
wasn't a-goin' to tell him anything
of the sort and have him see you in
pants. Cecily Stuart, tell you,
you've got to head in! You're
twenty one years old and
"And I shouldn't wear pants, "
Cecily finished mischievously.
II wasn't a-goin' to say anything
like that. only say that you ought
to act and look more grown-up."
Il will Cecily promised. "But
if you don't give me something to
eat, I'll have to put it off until after
lunch because I'm going to act like
a starved wolf if you don't"
Cecily had discarded her leather
jacket and pulled on a bright
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hind the plate; Watson at second;
Ingalls, at third; Powers at short;
r. Hall, ]. Souder and Henjum in
the outfield. Trojans will be a
little stronger than they were up
the state. At that time they play
ed Kelly at second and ]. Car
bonell on third. However, the
game Sunday viii witness Jackie
at second and Mario Hernandez
on third. Rueda, Davila and
Domenech will be in the gardens,
with Alonzo in reserve. Wickers
will pitch and Joe Navarro will
catch his losses. Sterling at first,
John Navarro at short. Nuff said.
Program at Trumbo Field for
Labor Day weekend follows,
Sunday September 81
Hollywood AII-Stars VS.. 8Eo-
jams; two league teams in an
exhibition game.
Monday, September A.
Pirates VS.. Blue Sox; Key West
Conchs VS.. Trojans
/ Sunday the first game will be-
gin at 1:30 p. m. and on Monday
the opener viii get underway at
p. m.
Between games, athletic events
will be held.
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is sorry that the guarantee want
ed was so high or he would play
the west coast team on those
dates.
AS to Labor Day. Manager Roy
Hamlin, Ct Key West Conchs. is
not attempting to bring any club
here for that date. The writer
will have the use Of the grounds
at that time. A field day is be-
ing arranged, including a 100
yard dash, circling the bases.
fungo hitting and accurate throw
ing TO second base. Anyone is
eligible to enter in any of the
contests. and not any certain four
players. Prizes viii be awarded
the winner of each event.
Sunday the Hollywood ALI
Stars viii have practically the
same lineup that defeated the
Trojans upstate on August Is.
Ives. their star pitcher. viii be
in the box. Their manager,
Ingham Che spells his name that
wayD will be on first; N. Hall be-
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1 sweater over her shirt. She sat
down at the cherrywood table in
the dining-room.
| Libby wouldn't let her or Doug
eat in the kitchen. If theu didn't
&know their place." she did. It
grieved her that Cecily who could
have had a housefu1 Of servants
and married some rich young gem
Ltleman," should be getting along
with nothing more than her own
bpoor service. But if that was what
ECecily wanted, she would stay for
lever, even If her own daughter,
Trudy, did beg her to come and
live with her.
/ Now what about this gentle
man? Who was he? What did he
want?" Cecily asked when she had
finished her omelet.
It was pothin' important, Geo
lily. He said he, was lookin' for
place to rent for the summer"
We'll, he came to the wrong
place." Cecily answered and at
| tackled a quarter of an apple pie.
That's what j told him but /
was kind of sorry for the poor man.
He said his wife had had nervous
breakdown and wanted to find d
nice, pretty place a distance out
from the village. He said he had
driven all over the Cape and this
was the place she had her heart set
on. He said he was willins to paw
two hundred dollars a month for
the next three months but / told
him you wouldn't be interested.
He's staying at the Puritan House
and left his card on the hall table"
"Oh, that reminds me-" Cecily
answered at once, 81 forgot to look
there. Did Willie bring the mail?"
willie was here. If he did, it'd
be there" Libby answered with
characteristic shortness.
Cecily went into the hall and
saw that there were some letters
and the Boston paper on the table.
She took them into the living-room
glancing over them as she went.
There was letter addressed in
the large, bold handwriting of her
Aunt Olivia, some advertisement
forwarded to her from her apart
ment, a letter from Hilda Froman,
one Of her friends, and one or two
others that she didn't recognize.
She unfolded the newspaper.
"Oh, LibbyP she called, 81 had
a telegram from Doug while you
were marketing. He arrives this
afternoon. I'm driving over to
GranniS to meet him. Can we have
fried chicken tonight?"
Then you change your clothesl
What's he dom up here today? I'm
sure / dunno whether ] kin get
chicken this late" Libby's answers
ran together as Cecily's eyes slid
over the news columns and came
to rest on q headline she had been
seeking.
! Continued tomorrow.
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THE. WEATHER

Key West Fla,
Aug. 80, 1899.
Observation taken at 7:30 a. m.
18th Mer. Time
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small world of Doug and Cecily
that needed no others.
Not The type
ITHEY had had no others for the
i last six years since they were
left orphans by a railroad accident.
They had had Lathrop Duncan
who had managed their generous
trust funds and they had had Lib
by, their old nurse. And they had
wanted no one else, they had stated
firmly at the age'of fifteen.
Wasn't Doug in prep school and
Cecily at Miss Maidstone's? And
didn't they have the cottage for all
the home they needed?
Those two, so straight, so poised,
so quietly firm and so identical
even to the number of freckles on
their noses, had met with little OPP
position.
Their only close relative was
Olivia Watts, Franklin Stuart's sis
ter, known to the opera world as
Madame Olivia Darrell, one of its
great stars. Olivia said, of course,
she would bring up '.those poor
babies as though they were her
own. Wasn't Cecily the same age
as her own daughter. Gloria? But
Olivia Sretreated gracefully with
her smelling salts, her maid and
her secretary before the imnov-
able resolve of. the twins to man.
age their own lives. Olivia's re-
treat was not without relief to all
of them.
Cecily thought of those six years
as she sat there on the sands.
They'd been like the sky above her,
she thought - cloudless! They'd
had minor troubleS-they'd had
the mumps, much to their disgust.
Doug had had his tonsils out and
nearly fallen in love. The latter
had given Cecily a bad turn. She
knew that some day he would find
a girl, but she asked a few more
years of his companionship for
herself. She wanted no other. She
wasn't a mixer"
Aunt Olivia had offered to give
her a coming-out party the year
before when Gloria made her
debut but Cecily had laughed at
the idea.
I'D have to paint my fingernails
red, wear spike heels and stay up
all night, Aunt Olivia. and I'm not
the type.
Aunt Olivia had secretly agreed
and sighed thankfully that her own
high-voiced, glamorous Gloria tDds
the type. Gloria had had a very
successful first season. 81
So Cecily had forgotten about 1t
and gone about quietly living the
life that she liked best. She wasn't
much of an artist, she knew, but
she enrolled at an art school, found
herself a modest apartment in
Greenwich Village and gathered
books and people that she enjoyed
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WEATHER FORECAST

(Till 7:30 p. m, Thursday
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy with scattered showers
tonight and Thursday; gentle to
moderate variable. winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy tonight
and Thursday, scattered showers
in south and east portions.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Gentle to moder-
ate variable winds, partly over
cast weather tonight and Thurs
day with scattered showers.