Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1933, Page 2

A2 ¥x SIS CALLS NAVAL ACADENY ‘FAILURE Graduates Not Educated Men, Admiral Says in Minority Report. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 14.—Saying | that the Naval Academy does not de- | velop officers who are educated men, | and holding that “from an educational | point of view” the Naval Academy is “essentially an amateur institution.’ Admiral William S. Sims, United States ctired, has filed with President n D. Roosevelt a severe cril f existing policies at the Naval ol icism of S )} rman of the Com- 1 Education of the | itor mic 8 gaine tions made his ac ed support f in the majo: scme of his co report_filed b ed F. Shedd, F. Louis Slade, Rober. ~ Boyd, ir.; Glenn R. Shriver, Fran- cis M. Furlon David I. Walsh, Harry L. Englebright and D. D. Glover. Cannot Fulfill Demand. L Admiral Sin e, much to my reg vide either cticn ne material ntlemen val office own Wwith THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1533 What’s What Behind News in Capital. G. O. P. Leaders Vi ing Hoover, But Policy of Silence Prevails. COTTON CAMPAIGN ENDS LATE TODAY Wallace to Make Public His Formal Announcement of Acreage Program. By the Associated Press. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace ex- pects to make public late today his| formal announcement of application of the cotton-acreage reduction program, bringing to an official close a campaign of more than two weeks to reduce the Ppotential crop by about 3,000,000 bales. BY PAUL MALLON. ORMER PRESIDENT HOOVER is doing more than playing with | his war mementos out at Palo Alto. Casually, the big boys of the, Republican Party are dropping in to| see him. JEHOL BORDER WAR SEEN AS IMMINENT Clash Expected After Gen. Feng Yu Hsiang Recap- tures Dolon Nor. By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, July 14—A direct clash be- tween followers of Gen. Feng Yu Hsiang and forces of Gen. Nobuyoshi Muto, commander in chief of the Japanese Army in Manchuria, on the Jehol- Chahar frontier, seemed most likely cficiency in a | ge E. Vincent, | Senator Reed of Pennsylvania is there | now. The news got out some days ago. He explained he was making the trip | to see the annual hi-jinks at Bohemian | Grove. The idea that there could be any politics involved was sol pooh- { poched. You can imagine hi: amazement * when he finds ex-Sen o Smoot of Utah knocking at the .loover door about the same time. Mr. Smoot gave up hi-jinking a long time ago. He has a better excuse for going. It seems he must see his banker friend, Henry Robinson, at Los Angeles, and will stop at Palo Alto on the way back. There will be other hi-jinkers present, | |including’ Mr. Hoover's Washington | her vane, Lawrence Richey, and €x- | aster General Brown, the master mind of the last Republican campaign. | s that it is imposs: shipmen academically and s, especially with esscrs whom, he declares, are Admiral Sims Gaval Academy under its cperation is “no longer for cys, but requires work of col- grade.” Quoting the report of the board of 1, y, held tha at the Academy 1 Sims : wve been doin, Product Cut and Dried. a I =elf. tomed to t s m: in ansther section of the re- on of his report Ad- May I suggest that lable benefit to the efficiency of the Navy if the Academy, d of trying to cducate in four Years the immature high school bov i1 both educational and technical studies, should admit as candidates young men ted character, by competi- i t included all the mathematical, tific and so-called cultural studies, that are deemed neces sary to comply with the Navy Depart s ment’s mission” to mold the mmeria:‘ Teceived into educated men. he majority report recommended t the present ratio of civilian to of- ficer instructors be maintal Re- cently, however, the ratio was reduced and 25 civilian professors dismissed. The beard also recommended that all officers brought here for instruction be kept for three vears or even longer if thdy prove qualified to teach. MRS. HURD RETAINS GRISWOLD TROPHY Veteran Philadelphia Linkswoman Defeats Miss Jane Brooks of Sparkill, N. Y. By (he Assoclated Press. EASTERN POINT, Conn., July 14— Mrs. Derothy Campbell Hurd of Phila delphia today defeated Miss Jane Brocks of Sparkill, N. Y.,"4 and 3, to win the Griswold Cup golf tournament for the third time and gain permanent possession of the trophy. ‘The veteran Philade!phia linkswoman came through with birdies at two im- portant stages of the match, bagging one cf them to go cut in front at tte eighth, after a nip-and-tuck duel, and another at the short fifteenth with a 25-foot putt for a two, to end the match. Mattern Determined To Complete Flight Around World Alone By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 14.—Despite injuries and the exposure that followed the crash of his plane in Siberia, Jimmie Mattern is de- termined to complete alone a flight around the world. In a cable to S. J. Sackett, one of his backers, Mattern today out- lined a plan of traveling as a passenger in a Soviet plane from Anadyr, Siberia, where he was stranded, to Nome, Alaska. At Nome he would obtain a plane taken there by a relief ex- pedition heaced by William Alex- ander of New York, fly back to Anadyr, and at that peint turn | about and complete the globe trip. y of the They will not miss Ogden Mills. He | has recently been there. His excuse Was | the best. His father's will requires him | | to remain in California two weeks each |year. But the will does not mention | Palo Alto. Mr. Mills selected the spot himself, | Preparing Strategy. ! | _They will also not miss ex-Senator Watson of Indiana. but for a different reason. He was not invited. The meeting of the minds at the home of the forgotten man is apparently to consolidate Republican_strategy. Mr. Hoover has been writing some confidential letters to his friends here. No cne will edmit it officially, but | Senator Rexd corresponded with the former President frequently during the 1 of Congress. Minority leader i one letter. Also, dent has been kept closely th developments thrcugh Mr. | re scems to be mo ground for g " whispered inspired Mr. attack on_the olicy. Indeed, | speak for him_ here, | at he favors @ policy strictest silence regarding the Dem of o- Hoover’s policy, the aree with it. They d be a mistake to start of Mr. Roosevelt’s poli- v that time will afford es for political ve had so far. hem greater activity than a | For_that reason they are not all in : b Republican Chairman | c of holding sectional t Neither do they with favor on recent agitation to i it was started here former Senator Watson and | xpect Repeal November 8. word has been passed to the few that liquor will back on 2 of November 8. | the date confidentially fixed who have been can- n in the States. It is not being made public because it is not yet absclutely certair. ¥ The prediction is based on the ex- | azion that five States will ratify | of the eightecnth amendment | finally on November 7. These five | would put the repealer over the top. | More then 32 States are expected to i ratify beforc that date. This will be big news to business. t means that the net worth tax and ers levied at the last session of gress will never go into effect. They will be repealed automatically when liquor revenue starts rolling in. Every business capital stock outstanding 1 be affected. They ld have been ta 10 cents on each $1,000 of its net worth. The larger banks are quictly per- fecting a strong organization against the Glass law. Another confidential meeting will be held here shortly. t wil be bigger than the prelimi- nary mecting recently held. By Feall they may have a full-fledged national campaign under way. | They are countirg on help from the | smaller banks out in the country which | ' may not be able to qualify for the | deposit guarantee. | [ — | No one here believes Mr. Hoover has | {any personal ambiticns for 1936. It appears that what he is striving to do | is to keep the party machinery in the hands of the right people. Or those | he considers to be the right people. | Watson has more backing than you know in his effort to put Saunders among the unemployed. The younger | | malcentents here are with him. They want action. The Association Against the Prohibi- | tion Amendment will be disbanded when the amendment is repealed . . .| | most officials in the organization are | agreed on that. | ! _The word “super” as applied to Mr. | | Roosevelt’s cabinet is inaccurate. It is | a secondary cabinet. In the Hoover | days it would have been called a cabi- 1 net commission. Now it is a council in cfficial parlance. The Democrats 1 have studiously avoided use of the, word “commission” everywhere. 3 (Copyright. 1933.) BOY CATCHES BIG BASS THAT JUMPS INTO BOAT| | | 214-Pound Fish Makes Unusual | Leap at Church Picnic at Gwynn Oak Park, Near Baltimore. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, July 14 —Here’s a fish story which is verified by Dawson H., MacWilliams, game warden, who was | present. | While attending a church picinic at Gwyan Oak Park yestcrday, 13-year-old Richard A. Freeman and a friend were 1owing a boat when—as “Dick” told it: “We had gone about ten feet or five strokes when I saw a large fish leap out of the water beside the boat and | come whirling through the air. The | next thing it gave me a terrible smack in the face as it struck me.” The boy took the fish, a 232-pound black bass, home to his mother, | approximately Returns from the campaign came in by mail and telegraph from the 16 cotton-producing States today and were sent to a special force of accountants to be tabulated together with analysis of contract offers presented by growers. Meanwhile, farm administrators began conferences with representatives of the cotton industry, spinners, manufactur- ers of cotton cloth and wholesale and | retail distributors, to determine involved | factors in connection with the process- ing tax which is scheduled to go into effect about August 1. The tax rate will be fixed later. | At the same time that the tax be-| comes effective on cotton as it receives | its first processing. or change toward its | final manufactured form, the tax will apply to stocks held by plants and | vholesalers, with retail dealers having | 30 days in which to dispose of their| stocks on hand before the floor taxes | affect them. | The Bureau of Internal Revenue has | the task of collecting the processing tax. | ‘When Wallace makes his announce- | ment late today he expects to have the | first final figures of the reduction pro- | gram available. In the meantime, none | were made public. - In return for the acreage they agreed to reduce, growers were allowed either pay for each acre they abandoned, de- pendent upon its production capacity, | or a reduced rental figure and an op- tion cn Government-owned cotton, | which they may sell later. RULES MANY STORES | MUST REMODEL Beverage Permits Board Requires‘l | Changes in Beer Selling Places. A large number of delicatessen stores to a ruling b; o Permits Boazd. A sn ber of drug stores are similarly The remodeling will b2 for th pose of providing separate the serving of the be be done in some cases itions. stores refuse to m a reasonable tim mits will b2 revoked, of This d bers of the Beverage panied by Dr. L president of the Board of Di missioners, made personzl in: conditions in about a dozen stores. It is estimated roughly that between 100 and 125 delicatessens and about 12 drug stores are concerned, but a larg: number of these are expected to make the aiterations. Delicatessens and drug stores are mitted to sell the legal 3.2 per ccnt for consumption on the i the major portion of their business is service of food. If not, they can have only “off sale” permits for the sale of bottled beer. FIDELITY AND GUARANTY ALLOWED TO INTERVENE I C. C. Gives Company Authority as Creditor in St Francisco Rail Reorganization. By the Associated Press. The United States Fidelity & Guar- anty Co. of Baltimore today was au- thorized by the Interstate Commerse Commission to intervene as a creditor in the St. Louis-San Francisco Railrcad reorganization. Tne company has been supplying bonds to the railroad, now in the hands of the St. Louis Federal Court. It has $600.000 of guaranty bonds outstanding. The company’s pe- tition said $25,000 of judgments have been rendered against the railroad in cases where the bonding company has been surety. In order to protect itself the company paid the judgments and asked the court to list it as a creditor. The application added the recei for the line have ressed them: as being anxiocus and willing to pay Louis-San | claims but say they cannot do so with- out a court order. PENNSY REPAYS R. F. C. Gives Back $9,000,000 More of Its $27,500,000 Loan. The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. has repaid another $9,000,000 of its 52 500,000 loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The payment brings the total of re- payments by the company to $18,500,- 000. They borrowed $27,500.000 last yeer to be used in extending electrifica- tion of lires between New York and ‘Washington, D. C. The repaymen started on July 1, when $5,000,000 was paid to the corporation. On July 5 an- | other $4,500,000 was paid. | Awarded Fren INGALLS HONORED b AVID S. INGALLS (left), former Assistant Secretary of the Aviation, and the Navy's only flying “ace” during the I decorated with the ribbon of the Legion of Honor by t Ambassadof, Andre de Laboulaye, yesterday at The decoration was awarded by the French government f record as a fiyer during the war and his * | boundar; | today as a result of the former’s re- capture of Tolunnoerh (Dolon Nor), a town in Chahar Province, just across the border from Jehol Province. (Gen. Feng is engaged in a campaign to regain Jehol and China’s “lost prov- ! inces” from Japan and Manchukuo. The Chinese Natioralist government at Nanking has indicated no force will be used against*him, although his drive is oppx as conflicting with peace ne- gotiations with Japan.) Statements to the Tokio war office from Gen. Muto's headquarters in Changchun, capital of the Japanese- advised State of Manchukuo, indicated that the most serious view is being taken of the frontier situation, which al- legedly menaces the peace and safety of Jehol, lately conquered by the Japa- nese. ed MANCHUKUANS DEFEATED. Gen. Feng Drives Troops Across Border in Capture of Dolon Nor. SHANGHAIL, China, July 14 (#).— Gen. Feng Yu Hslang, who is engaged in a campalgn to regain Jehol and China’s “lost provinces” from Japan and Manchukuo, captured Dolor Nor, after a clash with Manchukuan guards, Chi- nese dispatches said today. The Manchukuans fled acress the the reports added. ey ROBBER USES WOMAN AS SHIELD, BUT IS SLAIN BY HER HUSBAND ___(Continued From First Page) the lobty to or ing, McCarty s d he could Robber Shot Twice. The cashier said he took deliberate aim and shot Conn once in the head q cnee in the body. The c 't was Mrs. McCarty was un- d he had acted entirely which probably originat- ) because the two men automobile approached the opened for business. 1e told Mrs. McCarty 1. in the mean- his 2mbush which t said b id that on of icts who partiei- 1 day Frisco break the leaders, r Underhill. and Under- e sought in connec- ng of four offiers Nash at the Union as City June 17. ed ard returned to e Ciifford Dopson, Frank Sawyer and Billie 1 Plaza in Ka aptu: POLICEMAN KILLED. Charles Stockburger Dies as Robbers Take Factory Pay Roll. PHILADELPHIA, Jul, 14 A — Three rcbbers sh't to d<ath a police- d stole a $6.720 pay roll he was in the factery office of d Co., near Fifth and ects P an, Charles Stockburger, 50, went down under a shower of bul- leis as the gunmen rushed in., He had Ro time to draw his pistol The robbers apparently trailed an au- tomobile carrying Stockburger and two emplcyes of the company from a bank where they obtained the money. They went to the cffice on the second floor and the policeman remained on guard while the employes entered an inner office to place the money in envelopes for the 350 wcrkers at the factory. A few minutcs later the robbers burst into the room and fired. While one killer stcod guard, tho other two rushed into the inner office, picked up the money and fled downstairs. The three disappeared in an automobile. The ng and hcld-up were exe- cuted so quickly that no one got a good look at the men. | Stockburger had been a policeman 22 years. S PEACE AID REQUESTED League Asks Chaco Disputants to Adopt Defense Attitude. GENEVA, July 14 (#)—The League of Nations Committee on the Gran Chaco dispute exhorted both Paraguay and Bolivia today to help the cause of g their armies adopt a e attitude. The League's commission for the Chaco will be named early next week and is expected to proceed to the scene of the dispute during August. ch Decoration FOR WAR SERVICE. | first vice president of Lodge No. 35, Navy for 7ar, was French nbassy. Ingalls’ World the Prencli services to aviation since.—A. P: Photo. to cease fir- | A general view of wright Bay, Cartwright, Labrador, ocean flight cver made. In the i the seaplane squadrcn, photographed FORD PLANS NEW BANK N DETROT New Payments to Depositors in Two Closed Institutions Also Foreseen. after | By the Assoctated Press. DETROIT, July 14—Organization of a new national bank, backed by Ford millions, the possible f¢ positors of the :5 today were foreseen follow rnment’s decision to send $75,000, 000 more into Detroit. Immediate results anticipated were two-fold. _First, the formaticn of a nev bank by Edsel Ford and associates w an initial capital of $5.250,000 to to over a group of suburban banks, an ultimately, it was believed. to take over ssets of the old Guardian National Bank of Commerce, and second, | €arly release of 20 per cont to de I'in the Guardian National. and of per cent to First National Bank-D depositors. Distribution of 40 per cent of depositors’ funds alrcady has been made by both institutions. The ultimate fate of the First Na- tional Bank today was prcblematical but well informed circles here believed | that efforts already are under way for reorganization of that bank, and that | the Ford group might also be active in the formation of this second new bank | Anncuncement of the availability | the new $75.000.000 loan came yeste: | day in Washingten from Jesse H. Jones, | chairman of the Reconstruc! nance Corporaticn Board. It stated that from $20.000,000 to $25.000.000 |would be made available to the | Guardian Naticnal Bank, and that $50.- 000,000 would be forthcoming for the First Natfonal as soon as litigation ncw pending cver the priority of savings de- posits is settled. | " The new Tloans to the %anks were made available on the basic of a sec- ond recently completed apriaisal of | collateral and securities of the two bank: | Jones’ statement points out that “it is clearly evident after a careful ex- ! aminaticn * * * that neither of these | banks can be reopened or reorganized | to pay depositors 100 per ~ent. Jones contradicts the testimony numerous banking officials here durl | the current grand jury investigation, {who have said on the witness stand | that the banks, with moderate as- | sistance frem the Government, coui | reopen and pay depositors 100 per cen | The new bank contemplated by Ford |and associates would te known as the | Manufacturers' National Bank. Its | initial capital would be £3,000.0C0, with a surplus of $1,500,000 and ‘,mdi\'xdf.‘;lr profits of $750,000. | Organizers of the Ford bank named in its petition for a charter Tuesday were Ford, Wesson Seyburn, John Bal; lantyne, Frederick M. Alger and Clif- ford B. Longley. 'RED CROSS TEST | PASSED BY D. C. BOYS i Lindsay Silvester, Edwin Swindler and Samuel Stonestreet Com- pete at Camp Letts. | i B ) ey | Three Washington boys, vacationing at | Camp Letts, Y. M. C. A. camp on the Rhodes River, have passed the American Red Cross swimmers' test, Camp Direc- tor J. C. Ingram reported today. The boys are Lindsey Silvester, Edwin Swindler and Samuel Stonestreet. To pass the test they had to tread water for 30 second, float motionless, swim 50 feet on back with leg movement only. make a surface dive and recover object 6 to 8 feet deep and witness demonstra- tion of artificial respiration, in addition | to other more general requirements. More than 50 of the young campers ' pessed the beginner's swimming test,| which consists of jumping into deep | water, swimming 25 feet and returning | 125 feet. Those who succeeded in this test were: Herbert Wagner, Thomas | | Lansburgh, Hubert Hopkins, John Maury, | Rees Gillespie, Nelson Woodson, Win- throp Shaw, Fred Riley, Custis Lee Hall, ! John Horn, Westley Jackson, Robert Crowell, ‘Russell Hollingsworth, John Watson, Carl Argent, Malcolm MacDon- ald, Richard Inman, Donald Wallis, Harry Williamson, Charles Ruble, Emory Prince, Dowd Rozzell, Horsley Goodman, Charles Swindler, William Hanson, George Stansfield, Bruce Etchison, Ken- neth Brooks, Harry Seguin, Henry Carl, Pred Carl, Ned Thorne, Junior Thorpe, William Jackson, George Ramey. Charles Pettit, Ralph Reese, John Wilhelm, Frank Dean, Willlam Morell, Kenneth Buker, Frank Martin, Bruce McLeod, Arthur Rounds, William Rounds, Rich- ard Openshaw, Thomas McLachlen, Cur- tis Walker, Willlam Marlow, Robert Mitchell and Waldo Starkweather. John P. Hennessey Chosen. John P. Hennessey has been elected | Interior Department Branch of the | American Federation of Government Employes. _In announcing the new slate of officers, the lodge had stated that Neil F. Stull had been elected to the first vice presidency. s s are: 1 leerin aboard the Italian supply ship Ali Italian Flyers Reach American Continent SEAPLANE SQUADRON, EN ROUTE TO CHICAGO, RESTS AT LABRADOR. completing a 00-n: Licp from Rey Gen Ceft) - A RO i . CHARLES A. JONES. C. A. JONES MADE D. C. MANAGER OF the Washington office is looked upen as relatively important among the 49 be- ing set up under the act. It is laregly expected to be a model for other such cffices, the managers for near) which alread been named. The latest appointments were for In- Kirk McKenney cf ' New Yor To carry cut the dut his office, Mr. Jon of appraisers, As at present cor handie only app owners within th managers for having been =d 2t Richmond and Baltimore, respective! Applica 1 are handled through each of the district offices, loans being made in th> form of bo a small amount cf cash per cent of the prese ty, but inno b passed upon 2nd appraisers and are then forwarded to the Hom Owners Loan Corporaticn in merce Building for final review Only Emergency Relief. It is emphacized that home owners mus: b> in need of emergency relief to come within the provisions of the new . s who wish merely to refinance their mortgag> incebtedness, and are not in danger of foreclosures, should not make applications for Fed- eral aid. The aid. it is pointed out, can William County, Va., 1 1880, Mr. Jones came to Washington at an early age and was educated in the public schools of the District, gradu:; Ho first became associated with real estate business in 1909, when he was engaged in rezl estate and financial advertising work. e joined the firm of Thomas J. Fisher Co. in 1911, and served as assistant sales man: til 1918. At that time he joined the Army, serving with the tain in the military guard sec! nance Department. After the war he went back with the | Fisher company for a brief period, but late in 1919 joined the firm of Shannon & Luchs as sales manager. He was vice president and general manager of the concern from 1924 to 1932, when he resigned to practice real estate busi- ness for himself. However, he has maintained offices with the Shannon & Luchs firm, and still retains indirect business relations with them. Fcr many years a member of the | Washington Real Estate Board. he has served as a director of the board, on its Appraisal Committee and on its Arbitration Committee. He has been called in on several ap- praisal cases by local courts, and has | served oh condemnation juries in con- nection with land purchases by the Federal Government. With his family he resides at 3821 Grammercy street, Chevy Chase. . CUBAN DELEGATES SEEK AGREEMENT ON SUGAR By the Associated Press. Cuban delegates met again today with domestic sugar representatives in an at- | tempt to reconcile conflicting views on the proposed sugar stabilization agree- ment. Dr. Eugenio Molinet, Cuban secretary | of agriculture, is head of the Cuban delegation of five. Disagreement in yesterday's discus- sion concerning proposed refined sugar quotas caused the processors’ represent- atives to meet separately and prepare a substitute agreement covering this phase. The sugar representatives are endeavoring to werk out a plan to pre- vent overproduction in an effort to raise - prices, AUSTRALIANS LOSE WilBLEDON MATCH Britain Now Holds Lead in European Zone Davis Cup Finals. By the Assoclated Press. WIMBLEDON, England, July 14— | Great Britain's doubles tcem cf George Patrick Hughes and Fred Pe:ry defeat- ed the Australians, Adrian Quist and Don Turnbull, 7—5, 6—4, 3—6, 6—3 | today to give the mother country a |lead bf two matches to one in the and Gen ger un- | of cap- | tion, Ord- | the 24 Italian seaplanes. en route to the Chicago World's Fair. resting on the waters of Cart- k. Iceland, the largest mass formation Italo Balbo, who are in comn d cf —A. P.-Paramount Photos. S, DRAFTS LAWS 10 CURB KIDNAPING New Legislation to Be Pre- sented to Congress in Jan- uary, Says Cummings. By the Associat No matter how long it tak words of Atiorney General Cummings. the Federal Gevernme: fght underwerid until and crdcr prev er the gangst kidnaper and rack- er. of that effort, the contnued wcrk today on int>nded to give the Gov- er power in dealing with i1l be prescnted to Cummings said. have not been ogreed uprn, One idea. b g hanged. because in n h:ld that the Fed- » in things s count:rf_iting o e cases that spread beer in: E smuggling. or 083 State I a of Investigat essential facts tol and cfficers . ail The ments proposed At present, racketecring clearing hq arranging to co- eral and private ag cr e umming going to be a very 40 DAYS’ RAIN SEEN IF ST. SWITHIN'S DAY LEGEND PREVAILS (Continued From First Page.) in Weather Bureau records) has been decidedly hot and dry. That may mean that temorrow has b:tter than an even chance of being hot and dry. Temperatures this Summer all over | the country have averaged above normal Rainfall in most of the States east of | the Rocky Mcuntains has been less than half of normal. Only recently has there been some relief in the form of sporaaic showers. The trend tcward a hot Summer has been especialiy pronounced in the Mid- west. In the area from Okiahoma and Missouri North and Northwest end through the Ohio 50 far has been the hottest Summer on record. Daily eter ha Kancas City . Chicago . Tcpeta Cincinnati . Baltimore Philadelphi New York . Boston | In the South ranged frem normal to 3 above. have been 4 to 6 above. ‘The drought so far this Summer has centered in Oklahoma end the South- west. Oklahcma now is cuffering one of the mest setious drovghts in its his- tory, says the Weather Burex Texas and Kansas have been hard hit by lack of rain. Rainfall has averaged less | than half of ncrmal east of the Rockies. | It has becn only 10 per cent of normal | in Oklahoma, one-fourth of normal in temperalures 4 dcgrees Justice | olley States this At European zone Davis Cup finals. The victory gave Great Britain a com- manding lead in the battle for the right to face the United States in the interzone finals at Auteuil next week end | The first pair of singles matches | were divided ,vesterday as Jack Craw- | ford, Australia’s new Wimbledon singies | king. defeated Henry W. (Bunny) Aus- tin, and Fred Perry. England's top- ranked player, beat Young Vivian Mec- | Grath, | With the final pair of singles sched- {uled for tomorrow, Crawford will have to beat Perry and McGrath must de- { feat Austin if Australia is to gain the | interzone final The Australian pair for the doubles | today had been announced last night as Quist and Crawford, an unexpected combination inasmuch as Crawford and young McGrath teamed well in the recent Wimbledon tournzment where Crawford beat Ellsworth Vines for the singles crewn. Turnkull and Quist played as the sec- ond Australian team at Wimbledon and numbered among their victims Vines and Kfeth Gledhill, American doubles champions. | With a 2-to-1 advantage hanging for |either side on the outcome of the crucial doubles encourter, the young Australians forced the first set to deuce before losing it. Fight Scrappy Duel. Quist and Perry, serving for thei respective sides, exchanged the first two | games in a fierce, scrappy tennis duel | and the score mounted to two all, then ilhl’('e all on service. The powerful Tumbull won the | seventh game for Australia at love on I'his own service and the Australians seemed to be teaming better, but Hughes | again levelled the score at 4—4 in | games after a prolonged deuce battle. The score went to 5 all before the Britons broke through, took the lead |and won when Hughes held his own service, despite two double faults, 7—5. Somewhat shaken, Quist failed to hold his service at the start of_ the second set, and Perry, ranked as fng- land's No. 1, started a streak of bril- liant tennis to carry the set for Brit- ain. The English team never relinquished the lead, running from 3—1 in games to 4—2, then 5—3. before Quist held them off momentarily by winning the ninth game on his service. The - ns could not continue the rally, wever, and the British veterans quickly ran out the set, 6—4. It was Turnbull's turn in the set to match the brilliant display d put on for England in the s The big Australian opened th t with a love victo: e. and s rors, the Australians g game count to 3—0. English Rout Checked. Perry stopped the British a love game on his service, rallied to Turnbull's aid and tralians sent the game count to 4—1 then 5—2 in their favor. A lo on Quist’s service, backed by T bull's terrific drives, finally carried the set, 6—3. After the rest period the English- men came back with a brilliant rally that quickly decided the match. Hughes won his service to open the set and then with Perry he set upon Turnbull’s delivery and broke through. Perry increased the pace, served a love game and Great Britain led, 3 to 0 Quist, the young Australian, roused himself and with Turnbull playing an airtight game at the net the Anzacs | took the fourth game, but Hughes and Perry_teamed perfectly from that point on. Britain's lead went to 5—2, then 5—3. and, with Hughes serving, the Englishmen raced through the lact game to win the final set, 6—3. 'LOWER RATES ON SUGAR | AUTHORIZED BY I. C. C. | —_— Reduction From Eastern Cities to Points in Central Territory Is Found Justified. B/ the Associated Press. Lower rates on sugar from refini points to the central section of the United States were authorized today by | the Interstate Commerce Commission in a series of reports on suspended railroad schedules. The commission found that reduced rates from Eastern cities on or near the ntic seaboard to points in the cen- tral territory were justified as filed, but directed that the carriers increase their proposed rates 4 cents per 100 pounds on shipments from Southern refining points to Chicago, I St. Louis, Mo.. and | other destinations in the so-called Illi- nois district and in intermediate ter third Perrv Players Sue for Tennis Balls. Refusal of Henry Raimer,. Portage, . to return two balls which tennis ‘playcl‘s batted into his garden resulted in a law suit. Raimer settled and then announced he had fold his home. In th> Rocky Mouniains they | Texas. Kansas, Nebraska and Indiana, | and less than half of normal in Louisi- | | ana, Arkansas, Tennessze, Missouri and Illincis. than in any June for the last 97 years. St. Louis for 96 years has had only one | June that was drier than the one just | past. These trends are more likely to rule the weather for the second half of the Summer than the kind that prevails on St. Swithin’s day. Weather bureau records have largely debunked the good saint’s legend, showing rain often fol- | versa. And, Swithin? ~ One_version of the legend says he was an English bishop who died made a saint and it was decided to But on the day his remains were to be moved, there began a storm that lasted 40 days and nights. This was taken as | & sign of heavenly disapproval and the | saint continued to lie where he was. Takes Pity on Thermometer. | OKLAHOMA (#)—Bill Morris, pitying | his thermometer, brought it in out of | the sun Tuesday when it registered 142 ! degrees. - The official figurc was 107, the ‘hottest July temperature on record here, New Orleans had less rain in June | | lows a dry St. Swithin's day and vice | | the way, who was St.| in 862 A. D. A century later he was | move his burial place within a church. | Know Your Traffic Laws Ignora.:ce is sometimes bliss, but not when it comes to State traffic laws and local ordinances. Ignorance of the law excuses no driver, either legally or morally, for a violation which results in an gutomobile smashup. It is every driver’s duty to know and to cbey all city and State traffic laws. Moreover, such knowledge is just about as es- sential to your safety as the actual mechanics of driving. Certain temporary conditions often call for special traffic regu- lations, and these should also be oh;;n'ed Hfllfl:‘y you pl a trip through neighboring. States, where the laws may be slightly different from those in your own, famil- :::ilu yourself with the regu- ons &t your very first oppor- tunity. # s National Safety Council.