Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1935, Page 4

LUGRYLOLLY POPS LOTERY ASSALED Merchants Arrested in Sale of Candies Start Po- litical Row. By the Associated Press. CLARZ, Mich, Juiy 20.—Fifty in- dignant business men, many charged with selling “lucky number” lollypops, were under arrest tocay as this town became the battlefleld of Attorney General Harry §. Toy’s war on gam- bling devices. The campaign foilowed the arrest two days ago of Bert Kane, widely known State political worker, on a charge of placing a slot machme ir & hotel. Prosecutor T. G. Bowler theréupon ordered all games of chance elim- inated, and Sheriff George Bates de- clared today that the entire county is as “clean as a whistle.” Bowler disagreed. He said the cam- paign would not be complete until & clergyman alleged to be promoting an automobile lottery for charity is arrested. i The sheriff, upon receipt of a peti- tion signed by 55 citizens asking him to desist, announced he would limit his drive to slot machines hereafter. “If we kept on we would be arrest- ing farmers for planting their crops,” he said. POTATO PRICE CUT, STRIKE HELD WON THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., Rebuilt Tank Corps of the Gé_rman Army An Explorer at Work JULIE ROGERS, 2 YEARS OLD, EXPLORES A POOL IN ROCK CREEK PARK. » «Council Says Farmers Have Bene- £ fited $610,000 in Face " of Drop. By the Associated Press. PAINTER, Va., July 20.—Although Eastern Shore potatoes were quoted ~today at $1.25 a barrel—the price . -prevailing several weeks ago when o growers clamped down an embargo . to force & higher return—leaders of “.the movement said the “strike” had _ benefited farmers to the extent of “, $610,000. . The council named by a farmer mass meeting to control the crop * movement said the drop back to $1.25 / was necessary to save growers from “ staggering demurrage charges on tubers already packed for shipment. # One source estimated the mounting | # charges at $3,500 a day. Meanwhile, the relief administra- tion was authoritatively reported as having placed a new order for 170 » cars of potatoes in the Government's » drive to help the Eastern Shore men. » The governing council, which at . one time pushed the price to $2.10 and then dropped it to $1.60, ex- . Dlained the $1.25 price was accepted & 4n order to get a large commission eompany’s order for 300 cars. . * CHILD KILLED BY TRUCK § Colored Girl, 2, Hit on Annandale Road—=Suspect Held. 5 By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. : FALLS CHURCH, Va., July 20.—A #-year-old colored child, Beatrice Virginia Mason of Falls Church, tas . Btruck and killed by a truck on the #nnandale road near here tonight. Daniel Thomas, colored, near whose % home the accident occurred, rushed the child to Georgtown University % Hospital, where she was pronounced | . dead. ] Police are holding David Campbell, | also of Falls Church, said to be the | ~ driver of the truck, pending & coro- | ner's inquest. Texan Elected by D. A. V. NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 21 (#)— £ Marvin A. Harlan of El Paso, Tex, * was elected national commander of | i the Disabled American Veterans early | this morning on the fourth ballot after “ B night-long session of voting. Weather (Continued Prom First Page.) when a live wire fell across the high- * way. A hay rack on Columbia pike, i in Montgomery County, also was struck by lightning. ¢’ At Fredericksburg, Va, M. L. { Grainer, 25, was killed instantly by lightning while at work on his father’s farm, about 4 miles from the town. In Washington County, Western ¢ Maryland, two farm hands were killed * by lightning when they took refuge £ from the storm in a barn near Clear # 8pring. They were Wilbur Herhert, + 18, and John Mullen, 25. Two other £ men in the barn suffered minor in- Temperature Tumbles. After the storm had passed the tem- rature continued to fall in the city. t 7 o’clock the official record was 78 egrees; at 8 p.m. it had ed a ttle and registered 79, but at 9 o'clock t was down 5 degrees to 74. That reading held at 10 o'clock and at that # time the Weather Bureau indicated 4 there probably would be little drop # during the night. # Although Washington’s record yes- # terday was the highest for 1935, it # was by no means the highest record # for July. On July 20, 1930, just five 4 years ago, the temperature reached # 106 degrees. The highest previous # record for this year was on Friday, & July 12, when 96 was recorded. # The only death here attributed to # the heat was that of Silka Montgom- & ery, 40, colored, 1700 block of Cor- # coran court. She had been suffering # from high blood pressure, and phy- 4 sicians said her death resulted when 4 her condition was aggravated by the 4 persons were overcome, 4 but their condition last night was 4 Dot serious. 4 Virginia Man Collapses. #+ Orlando B. Hinton, 36, of Virginia # Highlands, Va., collapsed on a street 4 car at Fourteenth street and Pennsyl- # vania avenue, but was revived at 4 Emergency Hospital and sent home. 4 Maggie Townsend, 60, colored, col- » lapsed on Massachusetts avenue and . received a concussion from the fall, .+ but physicians at Casualty Hospital 5 said her condition was not serious. In Baltimore, Mrs. Mary Smith shortly afterward in a hospital and physicians said heat prostration had killed her. ‘Washington was one of the hottest cities in the entire country yesterday, with Baltimore close behind. Maryland metropolis also set a new peak for the year with an official Teading of 96 degrees. Thundershow= A % AND FINALLY DECIDES TO SHARE HER DINNER WITH HER PAL, A SPANIEL. JULIE IS THE DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. JOEL TOWNSLEY ROGERS, 6412 THIRTY.FIRST STREET. ROGERS IS AN AUTHOR. —Star Staff Candid Photos. ers in many localities, however, routed the oppressive heat in widely scat- tered areas, according to the Associ- ated Press. Deaths throughout the country from the current torrid wave mcunted upwards of 40 as Michigan reported two additional fatalities and Kentucky one. New York Gets Showers. ‘Welcome showers broke the hot spell in New York @ity, Chicago and scattered areas west beydnd the Mis- souri River, But a sizzling week end was pre- dicted for Michigan, where five of the heat deaths and at least eight drownings occurred since Thursday. Government forecasters at Chicago, where an afternoon thundershower as- sumed cloudburst proportions on the West Side, said above normal heat would prevail over the week end over most of the Midwest. One New Yorker was killed by lightning and several Chicagoans were reported struck during the storms. At Freeport, Ill, a herd of cows, believed maddened by the heat, stam- small streem. Several of the animals were killed. The maximum dropped from 89 to *, 84 in four hours at Cleveland. It was 88 at Louisville. Bolt Kills Four Bathers. An Associated Press dispatch from New York City said four bathers were killed by a bolt of lightning at Brigh~ ton Beach. Four others were injured. Those killed were Dr. Joseph Borak, Joseph Harris, 40, his son, Barnett Harris, 15, and Marvin Chesmer, all of Brooklyn. The injured were Russell De Shant, whose legs were paralyzed; Emil Graeson, Ruth Honig and Alice Beer. They were felled in a sudden storm which drenched the city with sevem- tenths of an inch of rain in less than 20 minutes and sent the mercury when a bolt struck them. Six of the others hit were apaprently victims of the same series of flashes. Shesmer was struck farther down the beach. The | peded over a 50-foot precipice into a | ning and OFFERS STUDY STARSFORSHFETY Naval Observatory Summer School Promotes Se- curity at Sea. Star gazing in the daytime is part of the curriculum of s Washington Summer school which begins the fourth week of its 1935 session to- mOrTow. The school has been going, off and on, for several years, and lasts nine weeks each Summer. It has only three puplls, who are not really pupils at all, because there is no regular in- structor. Except for occasional as- sistance, the students teach them- selves. The Summer school is in session at the Naval Observatory, and is part of a highly technical instruction course for officers who eventually will be assigned to Navy survey ships. Just how highly technical is shown by some items from the curricula: “De- termine the latitude of a station and the azimuth of & mark by observation of Polaris at any hour angle, deter- mine the value of a division of the stride level and latitude level, deter- mine the latitude of a station by Tal- cott’s method.” Work Aids Maritime Safety. Reduced to the least common de- nominator, the work trains men for important contributions to maritime safety. When they have been “grad- uated,” the young naval officers will be ready to help in the preparation of charts and manuals of directions in- valuable to the world’s navies and commercial fleets. Many of the charts currently in use by ship's pilots are centuries old. Some date back to the days of the Elizabethan buccanneers, the con- quistadors of Imperial Spain and the clipper era of Yankee merchant trad- ing. Naturally these do not contain up-to-the-minute information on maritime short cuts, changes in the ocean floor and so forth. Even the newer charts are constantly being out- dated because of subterranean shak- ings of the cradle of the deep. Ves- sels frequently run into trouble in places where maps say they shouldn’t. Cases were cited by the student offi- ocers of battleships going aground, when according to its chart there should have been 1,000 fathoms under the keel. Charts Kept in Line. To keep charts in line with the latest information both as to hidden dangers and shortest and most navi- gable routes is the object of the studies undertaken each year at the Naval Observatory Summer School. Directories say the observatory is at Massachusetts avenue and Thirty- | fourth street, but the three Summer students know the exact location of their “class rooms” in latitude and longitude to the degree, minute and second. They are becoming so ac- curate at determining locations that when they jojn & survey ship thou- sands of miles out in some vast ocean they will be able to make calculations which will quickly determine their position. Most:¢F the work of the three stu- dents, Junior grade lieutenants, is with an ordinary engineer’s or surveyor's transit through which they can and do sight stars in connection with learning how to obtain a precise lo- cation. George Washington, himself an expert surveyor, used to take land observations overhead. But land sur- veyors don't go in for it nowadays, the students explained, the reason being that the practice has fallen into such disuse that few know how to do it. Star Sights Simpler. Because of the rapid movement of the sun, star sights are simpler of accomplishment and more accurate, it was explained. The students often “shoot” Venus and Sirius in broad daylight with results more satisfactory than are achieved by night. The little group of calculators also works with magnetic and gyro com- passes. A false “sun” has been erected in an observatory laboratory and the trick is to find it with a huge mag- netic compass about 10 feet away. The “sun” consists of a glass disk, framed in brass and mounted on & shelf near the room’s ceiling. A tiny circular area in the upper part is lighted by electricity supplied by a small motor. Information which goes into the making of charts prepared by the United States Hydrographic Office, to which the work at the Naval Observa- tory contributes, is, it may be sur- prising to learn, interchanged among naval powers. ‘When American mariners find & hidden reef or a short cut the discoveries are trans- mitted to the Japanese, the British and other nations, which in turn give similar information to the United A A A (Continued From First Page.) Thursday by which it was rejected. But it ran into opposition from Sen- ators from rayon-making States, in- cluding Wager, Democrat, of New ‘York, who regarded the tax as a “sur- render to the silk industry,” Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, and Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary- land. Chairman Smith, Democrat, of South Carolina, of the Agriculture cotton depended, more than it would help the cotton textile industry. Glass Denounces Proposal. Glass denounced the proposal as JULY 21, 1935—PART ONE. revealing to the world, in spite of ground during the initial maneuvers air corps. Lobby (Continued From First Page) Ickes, P. W. A. administrator. Twenty- two court actions, in all, have been | brought to try to block the construc- | tion of these municipal plants, Ickes | reported. He said that a review by | Henry T. Hunt, general counsel of P. W. A, showed that the language |in the bills is “similar in so far as | questions of constitutionality” are con- | cerned” and that in some instances it is *identical.” This indicated, Hunt | reported, that the bills are “drafted |on form instructions emanating from some central source.” Of the 22 bills filed, 18 were in Pederal courts and four in State courts. On motion of the Government, nine bills have been dismissed; in three | cases motions to dismiss have been { denied, in nine motions to dismiss are pending, and in one case the | Kentucky Court of Appeals allowed |an injunction “on the ground that that bond ordinance was subject to referendum.” cipal facilities. Only nine have not | been attacked so far by utility com- | panies. Hunt reported that the utility com- panies have attacked P. W. A. allot- | ments for power developments on the | ground that the Constitution does not | confer power on Congress to appropri- ate national funds to finance such | local and competitive facilities and ;‘tht the delegation of power to the President to select projects for financ- | ing was unconstitutional. The suits | also charge various unlawful actions i cuministrator. Senate Lobby Committee would pur- Associated Gas & Electric Co.’s lobby- ing activities until it has reached the [top of the pyramid. The investiga- | young Western Union messenger in Warren, Pa, who got 3 cents for each signature he could obtain to tel- egrams paid for by Associated Gas, and with R. P. Herron, the Warren securities representative of the com- pany, who signed names which he took from the telephone directory. Committee members intimated that next week they would reach J. L Mange and H. C. Hopson, described as “king pins” in the organization, in the efforts to reveal the full scope of the company's lobbying activities, which cost $700,000, and the origin of the orders to destroy all records of the campaign after the congressional investigations were ordered. Chairman O’Connor of the House investigation intimated yesterday that he thought the revelations of the Senator Black indicated that thei sue its present investigation of the| tion began with Elmer Danielson, the | treaty restrictions. ‘Upper: A squadron of the German Tank Corps, a dlvision of the army which Hitler has rebuilt and is now Lower: A tank equipped with a special caterpillar tread and other new features, photographed from the of the revived corps near Berlin. Hitler started his task by building & huge trivial in character. He said “every- body” knew the utility companies paid for telegraphic barrages on Congress and that signatures were frequently faked. He said his committee in- tended to get at the “real situation,” particularly with respect to direct lobbying in Washington. Questions Vote Control. “We want to find out about these | charges of alleged attempts to di- | rectly influence members of Congress | in their votes,” he said. “That is the | story the country wants to learn.” | " O’Connor said that the committee | had completed its investigation of the | charges by Representative Ralph O. | Brewster, Republican, of Maine that | Thomas G. Corcoran, White House contact man for the Wheeler-Ray~ burn bill, had attempted to intimidate him into voting for the “death sen- | tence.” The committee would file its | report within » week, he said, and | that this wouid complets fts investi- | gation of allegations of “lobbying” by | the administration. | The Republican National Commit- | tee, in a new clip sheet entitled “Fact ‘and Opinions,” yesterday asserted lflnl “no lobbying investigation fis ‘or gentlemen representing the ad- | ministration and the White House. The article cited, in particular, Corcoran, Charles O. West, who has | been the President’s chief legislative | contact man during the present ses- | sion of Congress, and Dr. Ernest H. Gruening, director of the Division of | Territories and Insular Possessions, who assisted Corcoran in trying to | persuade Representative Brewster to vote for the “death sentence.” Cor- coran is on the pay roll as counsel for the R. F. C. and West is on the pay roll of the Farm Credit Administra- tion. Both, the article states, are in “a :posmon, in great Government-lend- | ing agencies, to extend or refuse | favors.” - It has not been explained why West, Corcoran and Dr. Gruenng were not on their respective jobs in the Gov- ernment offices where they are em- ployed. What business had these gentlemen frequenting the Capitol and House Office Buildings ‘contact- ing’ Democratic member's of Congress |on the holding company bill? (Copyright. 1935.) LOBBY METHODS HIT. Activities of Business Draw Fire of Schwellenbach. By the Associated Press. Modern lobbying methods of busi- ness drew fire of Senator Schwellen- bach, Democrat, of Washington, yes- terday. Schwellenbach said his observa- tions as a member of the Senate com- Senate committee were superficial and makes up for lack of littlé business—or for ment? Come in and tell mittee have convinced him that al- < WEIGHED .. . by his credit standing * «<Jones hasn't any money.» «No, but his credit is good»—and Jones’ credit standing opens the door of opportunity for him. Credit standing capital. It enables the wage-eamer to capitalize his integrity and his earning power—to arrange through Morris Plan for a loan—for any worthy purpose. Do you need meney to pay debfs—buy a home—a home or self-improve- us your money needs. MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W. Washington, D. C. ~—Wide World Photos. though “business interests decided to be clean and honorable in their lobby- ing, they can't get away from their old habits.” “The old method of lobbying” he added, “consisted of bribery, black- mail and entertainment. That was abandoned for the modern method of really trying to ascertain public sen- timent and representing it to mem- bers of Congress. “But the investigation already has shown the unfair methods used, the fake telegrams with names taken from city directories, the millions spent to deceive us on the utility bill. “I have no objection to legitimate iobbying. It is extremely desirable to learn both sides of any question, and to know what the people want, but these methods make that impos- sible.” MISSING GIRE FOUND IN VACANT APARTMENT Frightened Because She Stayed Out Late, Mary Beno Hid in Building. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 20.—Mary Beno, 10, object of a wide police search since she disappeared from her East Side tenement home Wednesday night, was found today in a vacant apartment in the same building occu- pied by her parents. Police said the girl, frightened be- cause she had stayed out until a late hour Wednesday, went to the un- PRODUCTION BASIS URGEDFORA A A lowa Farm Study Commit- tee Proposes End of Corn- Hog Program. By the Associated Press. AMES, Iowa, July 20.—A substitute for the A. A. A. corn-hog program, providing that benefit payments be based on production rather than re- duction, was recommended today by the Iowa Farm Study Committee. ‘The committee claimed its proposal placed emphasis on sound farming practices that would insure soil fer- tility rather than on flat crop re- duction. Composed of 25 Iowa farmers, some of whom are county corn-hog chair- men, the group was aided by Iowa experiment station specialists in de- vising the proposal, which said it “should eliminate the injustices of the present program.” Would Require Grass-Raising. Benefit payment of 35 cents a bushel on corn, of which Iowa is the Nation’s leading producer, would be continued. But production would be curtailed only the amount regarded as necessary to maintain soil health by increasing grass production. Farmers who did not raise the required amount of grasses would receive no payments. Benefit payments would also be con- tinued at $2.50 per head on hogs, but would be based on the number of hogs produced, rather than the number re- duced, as is the present case. The committee proposed that for Towa, the corn acreage be reduced next year 20 per cent from the 1923-33 average and that the Government en- courage growing of legumes and other soll-building grasses on the land taken from corn. Would Cut Hogs 15 Per Cent. Based also on the 10-year average, the . State’s hog production would be cut 15 per cent rather than the cur- rent 10 per cent. The committee urged “greater au- thority in administration be vested in county allotment committees” and recommended that each county set aside 5 per cent of its production quota for use in settling disputes within the county instead of by Washington com- pliance checkers. Presented before a meeting of corn- hog-allotment committeemen the plan was to be forwarded to Washington authorities. WOMAN IN FIGHT RINGS FIRE ALARM BY ERROR Loses Balance and Grabs Handle. Full Crews Quickly Respond. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 20—It wasn't that Mrs. Grace PFisher mistook the fire-alarm box for a mailbox, or any- things else as Hackneyed as that. It was simply, she told Magistrate Anna M. Kross today, that she and her husband were having a fight, ber husband raised his arm as if to hit her, she ducked, lost her balance and grabbed the fire-alarm handle to keep from falling. Along came three engine compariies, two hook-and-ladder companles, a salvage corps patrol, two police-radio cars, three battalion chiefs and & pa- trolman who arrested her. The magistrate paroled her in cus- tody of her husband pending a further hearing. Railroad Sues Truck Owner. OKMULGEE, Okla., July 20 (®.— The Frisco Railroad sued the Hale Halsell Wholesale Grocery Co. in Fed- eral Court here today because one of its trains hit a grocery truck near Swick, Okla., several months ago. Asking $28352 for damages to the occupled apartment and has been liv- ing there since. Beautiful Fast Colors train, the railroad company charged the truck driver with negligence. Let Us Give You an Estimate—No Charge Enterprise Roofing Co. 2125 Rhode Island Ave. N.E. General Offices, 119 Potomac 0200 : Light St., Baltimore 4