Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1934, Page 2

A—2 xxxk NO ALLIANCE SEEN INSPEAKERFIGHT Leading Candidates Seeking House Leadership Also Stay Independent. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. The fight for Speakership and House leadership in the incoming Congress is to be a free-for-all with- out any entangling alliances. This was | made clear today in the statements by the leading candidates for both offices that they have made no tie-ups with any other candidates to do team work for control of the House and that they do not intend to enter into any such bargain. The threat that the administration is to enter into the contest by sup- porting a ticket composed of a South- ern man for Speaker and a Northern man for House leader also receved em- phatic denial from those closest to the President and the national campaign managers Bankhead Withdrawal Denied. The published statement that Rep- resentative Wil n B. Bankhead. chairman of the House Rules Commit- | tee, had withdrawn as candidate for Speaker and would be a candidate for House leader and would support Rep- Tesentative Joseph W. Byrns of Ten- nessee for Speaker. was flatly today by Representative Bankhead, Representative Byrns and Representa- tive McReynolds of Tennessee, who is Mr. Byrns' campaign manager. Mr. Byrns said he had not seen Mr Bankhead since last July, that he had no conferences with him regard- ing organization of the House, nor had any of his supporters. Mr. Byrns also declared that he has no inten- tion of making any hook-up with any other candidate for either office Representative Bankhead denied that he had had any conference with Mr. Byrns or any agent of his or had he seen Mr. Byrns since Speaker Rainey’s funeral. “I am a candidate for the Speaker- ship.” said Mr. Bankhead. “I have made no combination or agreements and I do not expect to.” Leadership Held Separate. Representative McReynolds, who was in conference with Mr. Byrns today, as his campaign manager, said: “Qur fight is only for Mr. Byrns for the speakership and our friends and following are free to vote for their own choice for House leader- ship. We have great hope for any support the friends of any candidate for Housce leader may give us. but it is absolutely our policy to enter into no agreement with any other can- didate.” By long-distance telephone from Boston Representative John W. Mc- Cormack, prominent candidate for House leader, denied emphatically that he has entered into, or will enter into, any combination or agree- ment for House offices. As soon as he reaches Washington, next week, formal announcement of his can- didacy for House leader will be made. Representative Sam Rayvburn of Texas, who has been said to be the administration’s choice for Speaker, because he is a protege of Vice Presi dent Garner, has also denied that he entered into any combination or agree- ment with any other candidate. Mr. Rayburn has also denied that he has received any intimation from admin- istration sources that he will receive Executive support or the backing of the Democratic National Campaign Committee. BUDGET ESTIMATE HEARINGS STARTED Independent Offices Figure Pro- vides for Five Per Cent Restoration. Hearings started today on the first of the big appropriation bills, that for the independent offices which sets the policy for Government salaries. The budget estimates provide for restoration of the remaining 5 per cent of the 15 per cent pay reduction as of July 1, but a determined effort will be made by a large group in Congress to have the full restoration of basic salaries made retroactive to January 1 One new member of the subcommit- tee on independent offices sat in the hearing today. Representative Lam- bertson, Republican, of Kansas. He was nominated by Representative Taber of New York, ranking Repub- lican on the Appropriations Commit- tee, to take the place of Representa- tive Goss of Connecticut. who was defeated in the recent campaign Those who were heard this morning included Capt. Lock. budget officer for the White House: Director Caemmerer of the National Park Service and the budget officer for that service which is in charge of the Executive Mansion, Judge Black and Secretary Tracy rep- resented the Board of Tax Appeals. The units to be heard this afternoon are the National Mediation Board and Railway Adjustment Board. To- morrow the hearing will cover the ‘Tariff Commission and the Communi- cations Commission. Next Monday the hearing will be for the Veterans' Ad- ministration and on Tuesday for the Federal Home Loan Bank. The hearings are scheduled to be elosed on December 12. POLICE PRECAUTIONS AID BANDITS ESCAPE Wild West Bank Hold-up Exe- cuted in Chicago—8$3,300 Is Taken. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 4.—Police took a $3,300 precaution in dealing with bank robbers yesterday, and lost. It was disclosed today that the few geconds spent in checking a distress call from the bank to establish it was genuine was the margin by which four robbers escaped after looting the Hamilton State Bank of that amount. The robbers waved their weapons, including a machine gun, wildly, and shouted “Yippee”; for their version of how a bank should be “taken” in wild West style. AMENDMENT GAINS SEEN Miss M. F. Lenroot Expects Child Labor Ban Ratification. With the Legislatures of practically all States in session next year, the child labor amendment to the Con- stitution stands a good chance of ratification in 1935, Miss Katherine F. Lenroot, new head of the Children’s Bureau of the Department of Labor, said yesterday. One of her objectives will be to promote the amendment. Twenty States already have ratified, and only 36 more are needed. denied | l What’s What Behind News In Capital 1,000 Executive Orders Issued by Roosevelt in First 21 Months BY PAUL MALLON. | | “start viewing Congress with alarm about this time of year. There i seems to be less of it this year i because of the popular impression that President Roosevelt dominates the situation. He certainly has so far, A private check-up discloses that in the first 21 months of his admin- istration he has issued almost 1,000 executive orders. That means he made nearly 1,000 new laws. This is a record two a day, not counting Sunday. In th me time Congress has passed 1332 measures, meaning 1,332 new laws. Most of these decrees by the President and by Congress are un- important. Mr. Roosevelt’s mostly related to N. R. A. codes. Some of the congressional acts merely gave Mr. Roosevelt authority to act. Yet. in a general way, the compara- tive figures will give vou a general idea of the extent to which presidential importance has grown and congres- sional authority diminished under the New Deal. Other Important Factors, There are other m significant underlying factors in the present con- gressional situation. The truth is that this coming meeting of the newly elected legis- lators is mot going to be a con- gressional sesston at all, but rather a caucus of the new polyglot Demo- cratic party. There are not enough Republicans lejt to make it inter= esting, but there are enough d ferent kinds of Democrats to pre= vent it from being orderly. At bottom the be this: The Congressmen generally him wholeheartedly; nearly all den in his skull. breasts for him and themselves. Patronage Club Shortened. last session. Most of the good jobs al- ready have been given away. retains more than the ments to barter with. More important is the fact that Congress as a whole seems still to be as unpopular as ever with the country. Last week there was a try-out of a new play here. The producers discovered to their amaze- ment that the scene which drew the greatest applause was one in which George Washington physi- cally threw two Congressmen out of his headquarters with scorn and derision. Such a feeling, more than anything else, will work in Mr. Roosevelt's favor. The result will be that the adminis- it tration generally will prevail, but will be a harder job than you think. and . frequent compromises will necessary. Drought Effect Felt. The drought has passed out of the headlines, but its real effect is only now beginning to be measurable. Animal feed supplies have reached such a dangerously low level that actual imports of corn, soy beans, oats and hay are nmow starting. The Government curtailment pro- gram and the drought have cut the supply to the smallest level since 1381. A. A. Acers admit off the record that, if there is a heavy Winter, feed stocks probably will not be sufficient to carry live stock through to Spring main available, the lack of snow will offer another drought menace for next year. all tied up in knots. While one division is announcing plans for new crop cuts next year, an- {other is moving earth and trying to move heaven to conserve feedstuffs. Feed Crop Situation. How the situation stacks up in the principal feed crops is figured by the A A A on this basis: Corn, 56 per cent of average; oats, 50 per cent; barley, 45 per cent; wheat, 66 per cent; pastures on Oc- tober 1 poorest on record; commercial feeds, smallest supply in any recent year, A special bureau was set up a few weeks ago to advise farmers what feeds are available and their price. Wild hays and even some weeds are for the first time being used to feed cattle. All weather reports are being scanned by anxious eyes. The recent snows out West were hailed with de- light. Meat Seriously Impaired. The only human food supply seri- ously impaired by the drought is meat. The A. A. A. experts expect the smallest butcher stock in 35 years. An official Government bulletin re- cently went so far as to predict cur- tgilment of the Nation's meat supply for the next two years. Vegetarians will not suffer. It is no wonder that you see so many automobile wrecks going some- where to happen nowadays. Gov- ernment statisticians figure Amer- icans are driving nearly 5,000,000 cars which are seven or more years old; 7,500,000 cars six years old and 11,000, 000 cars five years old. A terse new manual of emergency governmental agencies covers 314 pages and lists about 100 noodles in the alphabet soup. (Copyright. 1934.) . Rumanians Are Saving. People of Rumania are again add- ing to their bank savings accounts. i T IS customary for every one to It is almost 50 a month, or | fear Mr. Roosevelt, but few agree with who have arrived here so far seem to feel that they could still do better than the President has; each carries from one to half a dozen pet panaceas hid- | They can be expected to beat their raise hell for | Mr. Roosevelt's patronage club has been shortened considerably since the | Yet he ordinary amount of small privileges and prefer- be the Winter is open and pastures re- | This dilemma has the A. A. A.' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. 71 FAGING DEATH INKIROFF SLAYING [Soviet Rounds Up Alleged | Terrorists and Promises Speedy Punishment. | By the Associated Press. | | MOSCOW, December 4.—Soviet | | Russia struck swiftly at alleged ter- | rorists today, rounding up 71 of them | to face trial for their lives. | Officials announced the sweeping | arrests while the nation mourned the ; assassination of Sergei Kiroff, secre- jtary of the Central Executive Com- | mittee at Leningrad. Thirty-nine “white guards.” or ene- | mies of the Soviet, were jailed in the Leningrad region and 32 others were | taken in the Moscow area. Death Penalty Invoked. The arrests followed a decree of the Soviet Central Committee invoking the death penalty for terrorists. Swift trial and punishment were ordered, with no appeal from death sentences. The “White Russians” were accused of preparing terroristic acts against Soviet officials and if convicted must | face a firing squad under the decree. In addition, the head of the com- missariat of home affairs at Lenin- grad and six of his assistants were re- moved from office, accused of negli- gence in safeguarding the state’s se- curity. They will be tried on these charges. Whether any of the 71 “white Rus- are accused of direct com- in the slaying of Kiroff, a close associate of Joseph Stalin, was not announced. Details of Slaying Announced. Details of the slaymg, which took place Saturday in a government building at Leningrad, were made public by Soviet officials. Leonid Nicolieff, 30. a former Soviet worker in Leningrad, is held for the crime. The government statement said Kiroff was killed by a revolver shot fired at close range into the back of his head as he passed a room where visitors are received. Kiroff died al- most instantly, his skull shattered. HENDERSON ESTATE ment for Embassy on Six- teenth Street. The Mary F. Henderson estate ves- terday received $75.200 from Poland mn full payment for its embassy at 2460 Sixteenth street This action was taken in compliance with a court order obtained by George E. Edelin, executor of the estate, who had asked for permission to accept the final payment from Poland at this time. The property was purchased from Mrs. Henderson in 1919 by the gov- ernment of Poland, Casimir Prince Lubomirski, then minister, signing a note for $160.000 for the balance due on the property. No money actually was exchanged. This note was duced by payments to $80,000, due until next year. and Edelin, siring to liquidate the assets of estate, then applied to the court for permission to accept $75.200 in full settlement. MENTAL HYGIENE UNIT TO HOLD DINNER FRIDAY Dr. Arthur H. Ruggles, Noted 3 Psychiatrist, Will Discuss Education Topic. The annual dinner of the Washing- { ton Institute of Mental Hygiene, a | Community Chest agency, will be held | Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Barker Hall, | Y. W. C. A. Dr. William A. White, president of the organization and su- perintendent of St. Elizabeth’s Hos- pital, will preside. The chief speaker will be Dr. Ar- thur H. Ruggles. whose subject wiil be “The Application of Mental Hy- giene in Education.” Activities of the institute—the Child Guidance | Clinic at the Polk School and the | Life Adjustment Center, 1410 Colum- | bia road—will be discussed by the Yet, if | director, Dr. Paul J. Ewerhardt Dr. Ruggles is a leading psychia- Itrist. He is president of the National | Committee of Menial Hygiene, with offices in New York C: | RUSSIA BIDS FOR STEEL | PITTSBURGH. December 4 (#).— ‘The Sun Telegraph says Soviet Russia is negotiating with Pittshurgh builders ‘or steel mills equipment for the con- | struction of several large mills. | 1f the orders are placed, it will mean | several months of full production for | one or more of the local builders of { heavy machinery. Arrangement of the financing 1s proving the main stumbling block in the negotiations. IS PAID BY POLAND 1$75.200 Received in Full Pay- | situation seems to | Soldier Dies COL. JOSEPH A. MARMON., COL.J.A. MARMON, 50, EXPIRES HERE |Began Career as Soldier in Spanish War—Widow Is Pauline Frederick. Col. Joseph A. Marmon, commander (of Fort Jay on Governors Island, | N. Y., and husband of Pauline Fred- | erick, stage and screen star, died this | morning at Walter Reed Hospital, | where he had been under streatment since July. His wife, whom he married at Scarsdale, N. Y. last January 21, was at his side when death occurred. Col. Marmon was a veteran of the | Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection and the World War, with 34 years of Army service. He was 59 years old. Col. Marmon served & brief tour of d here while en- rolled in the Army War College in 192 ). Marmon and Miss Frederick were married by the town clerk at Scarsdale. The groom was a bachelor, while his bride, who gave her age as 50, had been married four times. Mrs. Marmon has been stopping at the aess of her husband. Commissioned in 1900. A native of Mitchellville, Jowa, Col. ion is a graduate of Manhattan College. Notre Dame and Sorbonne, in Paris. After an enlistment during the Spanich-American War, he joined the staff of the Columbus (Ohio) Dis- patch. In 1900 he was commissioned a second lie assigned to duty in the Philippines. The next 10 years brought him sev: eral assignments in the Philippines ard in 1913 he served in the Hawaiian Islands, being transferred the follow- ing year to the Panama Canal Zone. e was promoted to captain in 1915 | The years immediately preceding Marmon served on the Texas | He then became an instruc- tor at the first training camp at Madison Barracks, near Watertown. N Y. Later he was promoted to major with the 49th at Camp Merritt, N. J., and to lieu- | tenant colonel and colonel in com- mand of the camp. Served at Hoboken. He served as assistant chief of staft | of the port of embarkation at Ho- boken from October, 1918, to the closing of the port, June 20, 1921. Graduating from the Army School {of the Line at Fort Leavenworth, Kans, in 1921. Col. Marmon attended the General Staff School in 1 and was ordered to New York City as assistant chief of staff of the 77th Division, Army Reserve. Graduating from the Army War College in he became assistant chief of staff for military intelligence at 2d Corps Area headquarters on Gov- ernors Island. At the time of his death Col. Mar- mon was regional commander of the 16th Infantry at Fort Jay. Mrs. with stage and theater audiences since her first appearance in the Knickerbocker Theater at New York in 1902 Frank M. Andrews, Willard Mack, Dr. Charles Rutherford and Hugh Chisholm Leighton. WORCESTER. Mass., December 4 (#)—Ethel I. Knight Celatka, 21, who Jumped from the burning Morro Castle and remained 14 hours in the water belore being picked up, died last night at the home of her parents in Shrews- bury. She was a bride of a month, having married William Celatka of Northamp- ton November 8. Her parents said the rigors of her Morro Castle experience | weakened her heart Life’s Like That Roosevelt Hotel during the critical ill- | utenant of infantry and | Infantry Marmon has been a favorite Her previous husbands were | Z4 ) BY FRED NEHER. ¥Copyri R. A. MADE ME TAKE ON ANOTHER MAN. (Copyright. 1934.) ¥ 3 IBOARD SAYS PRESS| BOUND BY RULINGS Head of Publishers’ Associ- ation Says Call-Bulletin Or- der Is Free Press Threat. By the Assoclated Press. | The National Labor Relations | Board has ruled it can exercise juris diction over disputes involving News: paper Guild activities and the ruling has been challenged by Howard Davis, ' president of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association. 1 ! Davis, in a statement last night, !said the ruling was a “threat to a | free press.” The board had said argu- ments presented to it led to the “un- tenable conclusion” that the Con- stitution “confers upon the newspaper business complete immunity from reg- ulation to which publishers do not consent.” The ruling was given in the Dean S. Jennings case. Jennings com- plained he was forced to resign as rewrite man for the San Francisco Call-Bulletin because of his activities in behalf of the Newspaper Guild, or- ganization of editorial employes. Ordered to Act in 10 Days. The board, finding that the paper had violated the recovery act, ruled vesterday that unless it offered to re: instate Jennings within 10 da would be cited for Blue Eagle disci- pline and legal action. The paper, a William Randolph Hearst interest, was offered an opportunity to pre- | sent testimony concerning Jennings' departure from his position. The paper contended the board | could not hear newspaper cases. It insisted the executive order creating | the board, if applied to the papers, would modify the code without the publishers’ consent, contrary to the constitutional guarantee of a& free press. Says Code Draft Flaunted. The text of Davis' statement fol- lows “The decision of the National La- bor Relations Board in the San Fran- cisco Call-Bulletin case is a threat to a free press in the United States. “It nullifies the freedom of the press reservation contained in the daily newspaper code. Article 7 of the code for the daily newspaper pub- | lishing business was written to pre- | serve the constitutional guaranty of the free press. : “This article provides that no mod- ification of the code as it affects any publisher shall be binding upon him unless he consents to do it “Without such a reservation in the | code. publishers felt that the press | of the country might be subject to | governmental control. | “This article was approved by the! | President on February 24. 1934.] ‘without modification, condition or | qualification.” Provision Held Meaningless. “Today the National Labor Rela- tions Board ruled that this provision is meaningless, stating that if the President should modify the code, such modification would be binding on | { the publisher signatory to the code. despite their non-consent to the mod- | ification. “If this decision is accepted by | publishers who have signed the code ;lt nullifies the freedom of the press | reservation in the daily newspaper code. “The code provides a complete method for adjudication of controver- sies arising thereunder. The pub- lisher of the San Francisco Call- Bulletin has been ready and willing to submit to that procedure. He | declined to assent to other jurisdic- tion and in so doing maintained that 7 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1934 Christmas Matinee Feature Joe E. Brown in “The Circus Clown,” which will be featured at the Apollo Theater during The Star-Warner Bros.' Christmas toy matinee December 15. Outstanding pictures, with famous stars in the leading roles, also will be featured at Star-Warner Bros.’ toy matinees the same day at 10 other Warner Bros.' theaters. J;‘is Santa Claus to Visit Me?” Toy Matinees Hold the Answer {More Than One Home Like This One Will Be Saddened This Christmas Unless Washingtonians Respond. “Santa Claus s coming soon!” ! The faces of three little brothers | brightened. Tommy, the eldest, who had just passed his eighth birthday made the happy announcement. Then he began remembering. “Remember last Christmas” he said. “Remember the big tree and the trains and my scooter, and all those nice toys. And candy, too. And | —and, and 2 sled!” His brothers stopped their play. Their eyes turned toward the little fireplace in the living room. They were remembering, too. “He filled all our stockings.” said Billy, who was 5. “And Jiminyl—he’s coming againl!” | Like Last Christmas? ! | Tommy smiled in anticipation. “He's going to bring me a red ‘Irish Mail,’ with a brake on it, and a shoot- ing game—and—and a fire engine— he’s going to put them under the tree. he is—and mommie is going to wake us up. like she did last Christmas, and say, ‘Look, boys—Ilook, Santa's been here; see what he's brought you!'" | In the next room the mother sat listening. very still. Suddenly her eves filled, and tears coursed down her cheeks. She, t0o, was remem- bering last Christmas. But Tom was working then. They were poor now It was all so different—so terr’l different. How could she tell her babies? What could she say to them? She hadn't the heart nor the strength to stop them in their happy plan- ning. Besides, they were so little they coulcn't possibly understand. In their childish faith they knew that Santa Claus would not forget them. Thousands May Miss Santa. | In thousands of homes in Wash- | ington boys and girls are waiting he was within his rights under article 7 of the code.” Board’s Statement. Said the board: “The logic of the argument ad- | dressed to us. leads to the untenable | conclusion that the first (freedom of | the press) amendment to the Federal | Constitution confers upon the news- paper business complete immunity | from regulation to which publishers | do not consent; that an attempt to impose a code, or modification of the present code, would be unconstitu- tional so far as it concerns non-con- senting publishers. “What Congress cannot do Is to pass any law abridging the freedom of the press. Apart from this the newspaper business stands on a footing no different from that of cther in- dustries * * ¢ J “If and when the President attempts Itc impose a modification that really | does abridge the freedom of the press it will be time enough to invoke the constitutional guarantee.” REPRESENTATIVE SEEKS TO RESTORE U. §. LEAVE Mrs. Jenckes of Indiana Will Work for 30-Day Privilege of Federal Employes. Representative Virginia E. E. | Jenckes, Democrat, of Indiana will | work in the next Congress for restora- | tion of the 30-day leave privilege for Government employes, she said last night in a radio talk sponsored by the | American Federation of Government Employes. In arguing for the leave, she made a particular plea for District policemen and firemen. “Now that there is a marked ten- dency toward reduction of the length of the working week and toward the five-day week in industry, there is ample justification for permitting Government employes to share in this general process,” she said. “Since there is no indication on the part of | the administrative officers of the Gov- | ernment service that they will seek a | five-day week or reduced hours for em- | ployes, it seems only fair that they should at least give back to these em- ployes what has been taken away from them—their additional 15 days’ leave.” ELEPHANTS 'STAMPEDE; TERRORIZE SHOPPERS Drivers Abandon Autos as Beasts Roam Through Streets of Peru, Indiana. By the Associated Press. PERU, Ind, December 4—A stam- pede by four elephants of the Hagen- beck-Wallace Circus, in Winter quar- ters here, terrorized motorists and Christmas shoppers in the downtown district here late yesterday. Traffic was paralyzed as motorists deserted automobiles to seek safety. Before being captured on the court house lawn, the beasts flattened sev- eral sections of iron fencing sur- rounding the home of Bert Bowers, banker and former circus official. ‘The elephants were shipped to Cali- fornia, where they are to take part in a motion picture, ¢ for Christmas, counting the days with joyous hope, making plans, for | the day that is better than circus day, better than Fourth of July—better than Easter—best of all! And in all too many of these homes there are parents whose hearts are heavy, know- ing that unless some one helps them, Christmas will be a day of bitter tears. The Star-Warner Bros.' Christmas toy matinees will make is easy for all to help. Each of you can be the Santa Claus who will not fail and who must not fail these less fortunate children of Washington. These matinees, which have been so successful in the past, are to be held for the fourth consecutive year, on Saturday, December 15, in 11 Warner Bros.' theaters. A Gift for Admission. You have only to bring a new toy or a new article of wearing ap- parel to be admitted to any matinee. The rest will be taken care of by the | Council of Social Agencies, which will collect your gift from the theater and | see that it is delivered to some poor family in time for Christmas. The council, in a careful survey. is making a list of all needy families in the hope that enough gifts will be provided | so that none will be overlooked. | The demand is great this year, and | though 30,000 gifts were brought by | generous persons to the Star-Warner Bros.’ matinees last year for distribu- tion by the council, a still greater number will be needed this Christmas, in order that as many families as pos- sible can be provided for. Although one single new toy will admit you to a matinee performance, you can bring as many gifts as your heart dictates. If you cannot attend in person you can send your offering to any of the theaters listed. And you need not wait until the day of the performance—for the theaters are pre- pared to receive anything you may send in advance. | In addition to the satisfaction you will have in knowing that you have | nelped some poor child who is depend- | ing on you for Christmas happiness, if you attend a matinee you will be more than rewarded for anything you may bring. For the Star and Warner Bros. have planned elaborate and complete programs for your entertain- ment. The finest of feature pictures, of interest to both children and adults, have been scheduled, with ad- ditional short features and comedies and supplementary entertainment. Here is the fuil list of the Star- Warner Bros.’ Christmas toy matinees on Saturday, December 15: Outstanding Pictures on List. TIVOLI—Shirley Temple in “Baby Takes a Bow,” a Laurel and Hardy $30 IN PRIZES FOR WASHINGTON BOYS AND GIRLS. Now is the time, boys and girls, to write your letter, “Why I know there is a Santa Claus and why every poor child in Washington should DON'T DELAY, send it in NOW to the receive gifts this Christmas. Santa Claus Editor of The Star. It will be fine to win that prize of $15 offered by The Star for the best letter. and maybe little brother other awards. Don’t forget, you must not be your letter. The best letter will win a prize of $15, second prize is $10 and the third prize is $5. {in |or 3 feet high, but falling rapidly and comedy, “Busy Bodies”; “The Night Before Christmas” and “The Man on the Flying Trapeze,” a -~ Popeye comedy. AMBASSADOR—J2ckie Cooper and ‘Wallace Beery in “Treasure Island,” “The Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives” and “Can You Take It,” a Pop- eye comedy. SAVOY—Joe E. Brown in “The C: cus Clown,” “Bedtime Worries,” an Our Gang comed: “Touchdown Mickey,” a Mickey Mouse comedy and “Let's You and Him Fight,” Popeye comedy. COLONY—Shirley Temple in “Lit- tle Miss Marker, an Our Gang comedy, and “The Nigh! Before Christmas,” a Silly Symphony. YORK—Joe E. Brown in “Son of a Sailor,” “Dirty Work,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and Mickey.” a Mickey Mouse comedy. AVENUE GRAND—Shirley Temple in “Little Miss Marker.,” “Dirty Work,” a-Laurel and Hardy comedy and “Sockabye Baby, comedy. Shows Include Comedies. APOLLO—Joe E. Brown in “The Circus Clown,” “His Neighbor,” an Our Gang comedy. and “Mickey’s Good Deed.” a Mickey Mouse comedy HOME—Bruce Cabot in “Midship man Jack,” “His Neighbor,” an Our Gang comedy, and “The Three Little Pigs.” METROPOLITAN—George O'Brien | “The Last Trail” “Oliver Eighth.” a Laurel and Har: and “The Big Bad Wolf,” a Silly Symphony. EARLE—Charlotte Henry in “Alice in Wonderland” and “Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives.” AVALON—Jackie Cooper and Wal- lace Beery in “Treasure Island,” “Santa’s Workship.” a Silly Sym- phony, and “Shoein’ Horses,” a Pop- eye comedy. The Star Expedition film, “Search for Santa Claus.” a thrilling moving picture record of the airplane trip to the Far North, presenting the first scenes ever made within and workshops of Santa Claus, com- pletes its run at the Metropolitan Theater tomorrow and will be shown in other Warner Bros.' theaters on the following dates: Ambassador, December 5. 6. T: Colony. December 7; Tivoli. December 8; Avalon, December 8. Avenue Grand, December 9, 10, 11: Apollo, December 12, 13; Home, December 14, and York, December 14. the COLDER WEATHER DUE HERE TONIGHT Potomac Is Dropping to Normal Level—Fair Night Is Forecast. ‘The Potomac along the Washington water front was dropping to its normal level today as the Weather Bureau predicted “fair and colder” for tonight and tomorrow. Only nominal damage was counted. here in the wake of the flood which reached its peak during low tide yesterday morning and failed to raise the water very high in the local channels. The mercury tonight is not expected to get below 34 degrees. The tidewater section of the Poto- | mac, which ends near Chain Bridge, | was practically normal today and still | falling after yesterday's 6-foot rise. | The river above Chain Bridge was 2 well within its banks. The same con- ditions were reported to the Weather Bureau from Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Perhaps the most damage was ex- perienced along the Shenandoah trib- utary to the Potomac. Valley lowlands were flooded and large quantities of shocked fodder floated away. Secondary roads throughout Vir- ginia were damaged in scattered sec- tions and some bridges were weakened. Road crews were making repairs and marking danger spots for motorists. Finger Biter Jailed. Amputation of his brother's finger after biting it in a fight October 19 cost Henry Yeager, colored, about 30, 1119 G street southwest, six months in Jail. or little sister will win one of the more than 12 years old if you write “Touchdown | & Popeye | comedy, | the home | Your letter must be at the office of The Star not later than mid- night of Saturday, December 15. their letters, will be made one week Announcements of the winners, with later, Please write on one side of the paper only, and get your letter in early. 1 | i | i ! By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. { ROCKVILLE, Md., December 4— | Demurrers attacking petitions which | three defeated candidates have filed in “an attempt to obtain a recount of | votes cast in the November 6 election i have been set down for argument in the Circuit court December 12. it was learned today. The date was fixed late yesteraay by Judge Hammond Urned, chief ! justice of the circuit embracing Mont- gomery County, and attorneys repre- senting the six candidates involved in the contested elections were notified this morning. Two Are Democrats. Petitions for the recounts were filed recently by John B. Diamond. former president of the Board of Montgomery County Commissioners and defeated Democratic candidate for re-election; Raleigh S. Chinn. another unsucc ful Democratic nominee for the counts board, and Walter W. Dawson, fusion | candidate for State's attorney. Diamond and Chinn were defeater respectively. by Charles E. King an Frank H . candidates of the ne Fusion party. while Dawson lost James H. Pugh on the Democret party’s ticket RECOUNT HEARNG 5 SETFORDEL 12 Montgomery Demurrers to Retabulation of Votes Will Be Argued. Irregularities Charged. All three petitions leveled charges « irregularities at both poll officials an< voters. Two other contested elections alsy | impend, but they will be settled by the Maryland General Assembly Dr Llewellyn Jordan. Democrat, has con- tested the election of Joseph C. Can- trel and John Imirie. Democrat, is posing the election of Walter M. Ma- gruder. Both Cantrel and Magrude are Fusionists and were named to the House of Delegates Cantrei said today that he woulc “resist in every manner Dr. Jord 'NEW YORK ALDERMEN /ADOPT CITY BUDGET | e $3.000.000 Less Than Last Year Health Department Cuts Assailed. | By the Associated Pr NEW YORK. December city budget totaling $518.301.232 was adopted last night by the Boa of Aldermen. Cuts of $139.867.50 were made upon recommendation of the Finance Committee Democrats attacked the butiget as “dishonest,” while Fusion aldermen assailed the Democrats for making cuts in the Department of Health. The new budget, despite efforts of jthe La Guardia stration economize, only the 1934 figure of $551.000,000. The proposed measure goes to the mayor for certification by him, the city clerk and the comptroller. Should Mayor Fiorello H. La Guar- dia veto the cuts made by the alder- men in the Health Department, the Tammany Democra.s woula have to muster 54 votes to override the veto, {11 more than they polled today. Added to the mayor's protest against | the Health Department reductions were similar denunciations from the New York League of Woman Voters. |COLORED MEN ARRESTED 'ON COMPLAINT OF GIRL | Two Held for Connection With Charges of Investigation in Criminal Assault. Two colored men were arrested last night for investigation in connect with charges of a 22-year-old white | girl that they had dragged her from | the street and criminally assaulteq her in a home in the 1600 block of Eleventh street. The girl was taken ‘o Gallinger Hospital after she had gone to police following her escape, sho toli them, from the house on Eleventh street. Detectives Henry Rinke and R. S. Bryant and Private J. A. Godbold who were assigned to the case, ar- rested the colored men. No warrant for their appearance ir Police Court to answer charges ha been isued this morning, £ssistant | District Attorney David A. Hart said | —. Store to Surround Home. Because she cannot give up the home in which she has lived 50 years, Mrs. M. Norman, aged 80, will live in the humble place surrounded by a six-story store. The merchandising company-has just paid $2,500,000 for the site and will begin building at once. “My husband left it to me for life, and I cannot leave it, although I have been offered a good price,” said the widow regarding the old place. E BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS a = Jopanese children have a Chinese Sonta Clous with eyes both in front ond in back shopping days to Christmas JAPAN Hotei, or Hoteiosho, a celebrated Chinese priest who is revered for his consideration of children, means to the Japanese boys and girls what Santa Claus signifies to young Americans. He 1is repre- sented in Japanese art as carrying an immense sack on his shoulders, surrounded by 16 playful boys. He is said to have eyes in back of his head as well as in his face. and to be able to see around corness.