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W.P.A.TOCOMPILE L. S. ‘BAEDEKERS' 6-Volume Relief Project to Aid Tourist “Discover America.” Some 6,500 writers, research work- ers, architests, geologists, photogra- phers, map makers and clerical work- ers are to be enlisted from the relief rolls to publish the American Guide—a set of American “Baedekers” which will enable Americans “to discover America,” Harry L. Hopkins, W. P. A. administrator, announced yesterday. The new guide book will be pub- lished in five volumes corresponding to five natural regions of travel in the United States. Mr. Hopkins said it would furnish a wholly useful and hitherto unperformed service for the citizens of the country and also yield productive jobs to white collar work- ers for whom it is difficult to find good projects. The work will take 10 months to finish. No such manual has been available for the United States since the Bae- decker Guide of 1909 which was pre- | pared prior to the age of widespread | travel by automobile. Even such a| large city as New York has no com- | prehensive guide book to its amazing variety of cultural, educational and economic resources of interest to both tourists and residents, the W. P. A, | stated. | Of the five volumes one will com- prise the Northeastern region of the country extending from Maine and | Massachusetts west to Illinois and‘ Wisconsin. West of Chicago travelers | hormally take one or two routes. either through the North Middle Western States to the Pacific Coast or through the Southwestern States to Mexico or Arizona. Each of these sections will | have its own guide. The Pacific Coast | States, including Nevada and Utah, will also comprise one region, and the Southeastern States another. Travelers going from New York to New Orleans or Florida will be able | to obtain information of interest to | them from one guide book. | Administration of the research and editorial preparation of the guide will head up in Washington. Control of the field force of writers and other workers will be vested in 12 regional supervisors, who will also direct the work in each of the States in which the regional offices are located. Every other State will have a supervisor and & staff of writers, taken from the re- lief rolls, working in every city hav- ing a population of over 10,000.| Smaller localities and rural sections will be covered by field trips. The project has already enlisted the eupport of many national organiza- tions. Among those which have ex- pressed interest and willingness to co- operate are the American Automobile | Association, American Forestry Asso- | ciation, American Geographical So- ciety, National Recreation Association, Foreign Language Information Serv- | ice, American Planning and Civil As- sociation, Appalachian Trail Confer- ence, American Nature Association, American Historical Association, and | Science Service, which represents the | National Research Council; me“ American Association for the Ad- | vancement of Science and the Na-| tional Academy of Sciences. Various Government departments have also signified their willingness to offer counsel and furnish valuable informa- tion. Notable among them are the National Park Service and the United | States Geological Survey. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Naval Flyers Undergo Trz{ining Student Pilots Put Through Stiff Course at Anacostla. Base. No. 1—James M. Vinson, in the rear, appears & bit dubious about the outcome of his last “30-minute cneck flight” before the final solo. No. 2—After a perfect three-point landing. minutes in the air alone. No. 3—Traditional in the Navy for its airmen—a toss at the moment. Harry A. Bogusch—all dry “in the drink” Lieut. W. V. Davis, jr., his checker, signs “time out” on Vinson's jacket. Failure never produced that grin. It's the end of his first 30 as part of the initiation. Here goes —Star Stafl Photos. Southerners The American Guide is intended es- pecially to serve travelers of modest means. For this reason routes of | travel will be indicated not only for automobilists but also for persons wishing to see America from its riv- ers, canals and small streams, and for hikers wishing to follow mountain trails. Suggestions will be given for those who may desire to observe typ- ical manufacturing and agricultural processes at factories or on farms where visitors are welcome. Facts will 8lso be compiled regarding interesting sights in the foreign quarters of large cities. Festivals to Be Described. Colorful festivals, which are held | in all parts of the country at some | time during every year, will be de- ! scribed. Examples are the Fortiand | (Oreg.) rose festival, the New Orleans Mardi Gras, the Santa Fe fiesta, the | Easter dawn service at Miami Beach, | Indian ceremonials and the Bach mu- sic festival at Bethlehem, Pa. The influence of racial groups on the life and customs of different com- munities will be traced. Information will be provided on hunting and fish- ing seasons and methods of obtaining licenses. Biographical notes will be | compiled about noted citizens who have lived in various localities at one time or another. Unique library and mu- seum items will be listed, attention will be directed to churches and public | buildings where distinctive architec- | tural and art experimental theaters and schools will be_described briefly, and all manner[ of historical landmarks, parks, hotels, mineral springs, geo- logical wonders, irrigation pro)ecls,[ low-cost housing developments and medel factories will be described. Where unusual developments in nat- ural science, such as the colonies established by beavers and prairie | dogs in certain parts of the country, may be seen, these will be called to the attention of tourists. the process of compiling the ma- terial for the national guide books, a | mass of information will be uncovered, in States and localities, which cannot be used in its entirety. All of this material will be left with local of- | ficials or deposited in municipal li- braries. It is expected that most States and many cities will avail themselves of this opportunity to pre- pare their own guide books after the work on the national guide has been completed. PRISONERS LASHED Colored Men Convicted of Theft Punished at Wilmington. ‘WILMINGTON, Del., September 14 (#)—Two prisoners were whipped at the New Castle County Workhouse | today. Clarence Forwood, colored, charged with robbing a blind man, re- | ceiyed 10 lashes. He will serve 18 months. John Brown, also colored, said to be from West Virginia, charged with breaking and entering, received 20 lashes. He also will serve 18 months. About a dozen spectators saw the | lashes applied by Warden Elwood ‘Wilson. Wife Slayer Gets Life. PRINCETON, Mo. September 14 () —Arthur Banton, colored, was coftyicted today of killing his wife be- cause she answered chain letters. He was gentenced to life imprisonment. | the President and the New Deal. 4Continued From nrszr Puge) {m ight piEk to run as Vice President. Furthermore, the Republicans are| striving in the coming campaign to win back to the party fold the large number of Republicans who voted for | | Roosevelt in 1932. They figure that also mean a Roosevelt platform—will |t they can get back most of these be sent by all the States to the Demo- cratic national convention. Republican votes, they can win The second place on the national | Mr. Kirby lists a large number of | ticket is not a matter to be taken members of his committee in South- ern and border States. and Virginia members, his announcement, are: Irving Pollitt, Baltimore; Alfred R. L. Dohme, Baltimore; M. P. Moller, Hagerstown; Robert S. Bright, Fred- erick, and Thomas F. Cadwalader, Baltimore. Virginia, Thomas C. Boushall, Richmond; McLane Tiiton, Charlottesville, and E. Randolph Wil- | liams, Richmond. The renomination | Roosevelt is considered assured, not- withstanding the opposition which according to | | may arise from the Southern Com- mittee to Uphold the Constitution, the opposition of Bainbridge Colby and other Democrats who do not like there is to be a fight in the conven- tion, it may come, it is said, over the drafting of the platform. But even there the Roosevelt Democrats are| confident of winning their points. G. O. P. Looks to Conservatives. This, however, does not mean that many conservative Democrats, I of President | lightly, the Republican leaders hold The Maryland | within & few months the presidential preference primaries and State con- Maryland, L.{ ventions to name delegates to the Re- | publican National Committee and to | the Democratic national convention will begin. Fourteen or 15 States have | | the presidential preferential primaries, | and many of the other States elect | in primaries their delegates to the con- ventions. New Hampshire is to lead off the preferential primaries on the second Tuesday in March. North Da- kota, Wisconsin, Georgia, Illinois, Ne- braska, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland, California, South Dakota, Ohio, West Virginia, New Jersey and Oregon follow in order, with preferen- tial primaries durng March, April | and May. Trend Will Be Decisive. been held, it is likely that sentiment for presidential candidates on the Re- publican side will have begun to crys- talize. Many of the States may pre- both | fer to send “uninstructed” delegations, in the South and in the North—old | provided they have no “favorite-son” | line Democrats—will not oppose the | candidates to offer. | New Deal both in the convention and | But candidates who enter the pri- | later in the presidential campaign. It | maries in the big pivotal States of that the Republicans are hopefully for support; is now suggested that it might be well to nominate one of these conservative | work may be studied: | is to these conservative Democrats | Pennsylvania, looking | example, and make good showing, will so hopefully | be reckoned off to a good start in the national | that in some Republican quarters it | Preconvention | Illinois and Ohio for campaign. For ex- ample, should Senator Borah of Idaho permit his name to go before the Democrats for Vice President on [hg‘ voters of Ohio and should he win the Republican ticket, bearing out the | primary by a big margin, his stock “coalition government” idea that has | will soar. been proposed by some opposed to| Roosevelt's re-election. reported that several of the Republi- | Place on the national ticket. | can leaders who will attend the meet- |ing of the Executive Committee of ‘Lhz Republican National Committee | in Washington September 25 are talk- ing about such a coalition ticket. i At Republican national headquar- | | ters, however, John Hamilton of Kan- | sas, a member of the Executive Com- mittee, said yesterday of the proposal | to have a conservative Democrat named for Vice President on the Re- qubncan ticket: “I do not think anything of this kind will be done. “If it is exped'ent to have the as- sistance of any anti-New Deal Demo- crats, there are other ways much more practical politically and more efficacious from the standpoint of the | rehabilitation of sound policies in Gov- ernment than the nomination of a vice presidential candidate. “No member of the Executive Com- | mittee, nor any other member of the‘ National Committee, has ever talked | ‘to me about the possibility of nom- | |inating a Democrat for Vice Presi- dent on the Republican ticket.” | See Hope in “Anti” Vote. The Republicans will welcome anti- New Deal Democratic votes, of course. However, they do not, generally speak- ing, believe the naming of a con- | servative Democrat for Vice Presi- dent on the G. O. P. ticket will neces- sarily attract many such votes. Votes are cast “against” candidates and policies, very largely. They were so cast in the presidential campaigns of 1932 and 1928. Any Democratic votes cast for the Republican would, therefore, be “against Roosevelt, and | Idaho for President and Landon of | Kansas for Vice President, Vanden- Some of the presidential candidates It has been | may be unwilling to accept second | It has been so in the past. And, also, several | aspirants for presidential honors have failed to reach their goal because of their declination of the second place. However, there will be plenty of Re- publicans ready to accept the vice | presidential nomination and combina- | tions have already begun to be sug- gested. Among them are: Borah of | berg of Michigan for President and Landon of Kansas for Vice President, Knox of Illinois for President and Landon of Kansas for Vice President, and other combinations of these same men. Probably none of them today would admit that they would take the second place on the ticket. To do s0 would be bad psychology. But it is essential that a man of ability be named. While Mr. Hamilton did not men- | tion the “more practical” and “effica- cious” methods of making use of the anti-New Deal Democrats, rather than nominating one of them for Vice Pres- ident, it has been suggested that the | Republican nominee for President, if he be elected, name a number of anti- New Deal Democrats to places in his Cabinet. This would be an effective | way of bringing about something in the nature of a coalition administra- tion, it is said. If a Republican President is elected next year he will have to face a strongly Democratic Senate. Only one-third of the membership of the Senate is up for re-election next year. ‘With 70 out of the 96 Senators Demo- crats today, and only 19 of the Dem- ocrats up for re-election, it is mathe- By the time these primaries have | not for any Democrat the Republicans matically impossible for the Republi- cans to regain control of the Senate. } If the G. O. P. elects a President, how- ever, it is entirely likely that it would | | win control of the House, whose mem- bership comes up for re-election. JUNE KNIGHT REPORTS | $5,000 JEWEL ROBBERY Former Follies Girl Says She Was < Tied by Two Men After Reius- ing to Get Into Bathtub. the Associated Press NEW YORK, September 14 —June Knight, former Follies girl, reported to police today that two men forced their way into her apartment and robbed her of jewelry and coins | “valued at more than $5,000.” The blond actress said the intruders | | bound and gagged her and a colored | maid, Hazel Curry, and then stripped | the rooms of jewels and $50 in cash. The robbers, both with guns, first ordered the show girl to “get into the tub in the bath room,” she said. But she refused, and they finally se- cured her with bed sheets and pa- | jamas. By at $1,000 two yellow gold bracelets worth $50 each, and three rings. Miss Knight later said that tme robbers overlooked valuable jewelry in her strong box. { WABASH AVERTS STRIKE GRANTING UNION TERMS | Agreement Affecting 4.500 on Road and Subsidiary Not to Be Precedent. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, September 14.—A threatened strike of 4,500 employes of | the Wabash Railroad and the Ann Arbor Railroad, a subsidiary, was averted late today when the road and | the employes entered into an agree- ment and the strike call wa$ canceled The railroad agreed to allow wage schedules and other matters of a working agreement asked by the Big Four brotherhoods, and upheld by the National Railroad Adjustment Board, on many individual cases with the stipulation they were not to serve as precedents. C. S. Montooth, senior vice presi- dent of the Order of Rallway Con- ductors, made the announcement of the agreement. Representatives of the conductors, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen signed the agreement along with Norman Pit- cairn, receiver for the road. 150 complete line of standard and i Rmerican made wateh Shep at the friendly store—. 9® orre alwars wit : She listed the loot as a $3.500 dia- | mond ring, & diamond bracelet valued | SEPTEMBER 15, SECOND DIVISION SITE DEDIGATED $100,000 Memorial Projeot Starts at Rites—Gen. Harbord Speaks. Members of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps joined together shortly before noon yesterday to dedicate the site of the $100,000 memorial to the 2d Division, A. E. F,, the only divi- sion of the American Army that repre- sented both the land and water forces of the United States in France. Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, one of the three commanders of the divi- sion during the war days, was the chief speaker and, using the same spade that turned the first earth for the Lincoln Memorial and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, broke ground for the memorial to the 5,150-odd men who died in action as members of the historic division. ' Gen. Harbord credited the success of the 2d Division to its “unity of | pride and affection” and each in- dividual soldier’s knowledge that his | comrades “would not fail-him under any conditions.” | “This beautiful monument.” he con- | tinued, “will be more than a mere memorial. It will be rather an imper- ishable decoration which we, the sur- | vivors, place gratefully upon the dust of our dead comrades to testify to our deep, enduring love and admiration for them.” Platoon Snaps to Attention. As Gen, Harhord finished his ad- dress, he stepped from the specially built speakers’ stand to take the spade. | A platoon of Infantry from Fort' ‘Washington, Troop F, 3d Cavalry of Fort Myer; a Marine detachment from Washington Barracks and a company of sailors from the Navy Yard, snapped to attention to present arms. The color guard was made up | jointly of men representing the three services | Preceding Gen. Harbord's address, Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely, U. 8. A, retired, who commanded a brigade of the 2nd Division during the war, recounted some of the exploits of the famous fighting unit. The divi- | sion, he said, sustained a tenth of all the casualties of the A. E. F, captured a fifth of all enemy prisoners taken, and gained twice as much 1935—PART ONE. Start 2nd Division Memorial Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, Division, A. E. F., FORMER D. C. WRITER DIVORCED AT RENO; Cruelty—Wife Known Here as Artist. ground as any other American di- vision. He also paid tribute to Lieut. Gen. | Omer Bundy, who preceded Gen Harbord as commander of the divi- sion, and Maj. Gen. John A Lejeune, Harbord's successor. Gen. Bundy, |one of the three men to attain the rank of lieutenant general during | the war, was present. Division Harmony Example. “Any one who says the Army and Navy cannot get along,” he said, “needs only to look at the 2nd Division.” As the audience applauded, Gen. Ely added: “Admirals and generals who can't get along will be tanned soon enough.” The addresses were preceded by a brief concert by the United States Marine Band, under the direction of Capt. Taylor Bransin. Col. Alva J. Brasted, chief of chaplains, U. S. Army, said the invocation. In the speakers' stand weré seated John Russell Pope, prominent archi- tect and designer of the memorial; James E. Fraser, sculptor of the monument; Admiral William H. Standley, chief of naval operation. and other officials of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. \ Maj. Frank E. Mason of New York, | who recently succeeded the late Maj. | Lucian Vandoren as president of the | Second Divisica Association, acted as director of the program and intro- duced the speakers. Stand for Veterans. A special stand, beside that of the speakers, was reserved for members of the division and their families. Several hundred spectators lined the | roped-off area directly south of the ‘White House on Constitution avenue, where the memorial will stand. The moanument will be of granite in huge, solid blocks, each weighing 30 | tons or more. On a large panel of | each side will be carved the names of | small French villages and sectors of the battle front made famous by the victories of the 2d Division. {large arch symbolic of the gateways of Paris, and before the arch will be | an upright flaming sword 16 feet in height, ca which the Indian-head in- | signia of the division will be em- bossed. Including its approaches, the memo- rial will be 26 feet high, 30 feet wide and 40 feet deep. The surroundings will be appropriately landscaped. Formal dedication will take place next July, when the Second Divisicn Association holds its sixteenth annual reunion kere, . ‘Wanderlust Club Meets. ‘The Wanderlust Travel Ciub will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Miss Theresa De Francisco, 137 B street southeast. Miss Patricia Hunt of Yorkshire, England, will speak. DELCO OIL HEAT 3 Whole Years to Pa; ‘325 Price Includes 235 gallon tank, tat and all connections for therough Installati sad_Gusrsnieed b Let us tell you about Delco estimates at your convenience. ———with ¥ f experience and equi selection of the Droper heat. We h: ithout obilgation te b 907 N. Y. Ave. N.W. ! mal | staff of Fortune magazine Between the panels here will be a | WE ARE GRADUATE HEATING ENGINEERS American Heating By the Associated Press RENO, Nev. September 14— Charles C. Wertenbaker. fiction writer | and member of a well-known Vir- ginia family., was divorced at a brief private trial here today by Mrs. Hen- rietta Hoopes Wertenbaker. Phila- delphia and Wilmington, Del, so- | cialite. Her complaint merely made a for- charge of cruelty, and District Judge Benjamin F. Curler ordered the transcript of testimony sealed The former Henrietta Hoopes, Phil- adelphia society fgure, and Werten- | bak whose ancestors were identi- fied with the early days of the Uni- versity of Virginia, were married September 25, 1926. at Wilmington They have no children, Charles Wertenbaker, former Wash- ington newspaperman, now is on the He is the author of several books and numer- cus short stories. Mrs. Wertenbaker, a graduate of Holton Arms School here, had several of her paintings hung in exhibits at the Corcoran Gallery while the couple lived here. | LANGER FORESEES NEW INDICTMENT ATTEMPT By the Associated Press. BISMARCK. N. Dak.. September 14 —Former Gov. Willlam Langer said today he expected an attempt would be made to indict him in connection with his defense fund appeal by & Federal grand jury which meets in Fargo Tuesday Describing the action he predicted as “another contemptiblc attempt to break me and discredit me,” Langer said: | . “I wish to advise my friends ® * * that the Federal Government ® ¢ ¢ | is about to make another attempt to indict me and my political associates for the collection of a defense fund last year.” Langer and four associates were | convicted in June, 1934, of conspiracy to misuse Federal relief funds. The former Governor toured the Middle West seeking funds to finance an ap- peal, upon which the Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the case to the | North Dakota Federal Court, holding | conviction had been on insufficient | evidence. e i i Acid Condition have found relief in Mounuin Valley Mineral Wacer diret from famous Hot “ own home just as at America's greatest health resort. Phone for Free Booklet. 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Following the walks to be held in Rock Creek Park this week end, in- terested persons will be invited to as- semble at the tennis courts near the | reservoir at Sixteenth and Kennedy streets from Wednesday through Sun- day for the walks beginning at 2 and 3:30 p.m. September 25 and 29 calls for a schedule beginning at the Chesa- | peake and Ohio Canal at Sycamore Island—car stop No. 30 on the Glen Echo line—as the starting poiat for that series of hikes. Bridge Is Assembling Point. ‘The Saddle Club Bridge in the Rock Creek and Potomac parkway, south of Connecticut avenue, will be the assem« | bling point for the series to he held October 2 to 6. The hikers will assem- ble again at Pierce Mill in Rock Creek Park—as it is doing this week end—for the series October 9-13. Sycamore Island series will be repeated October 16-20, while from October 23 to 27 the walks again will be conducted from the Sixteenth street reservoir. war-time commander of the 2nd shown as he broke ground for the division memorial at Sixteenth street and Constitution avenue yesterday. Burton, assistant superintendent of National Capital Parks, is looking on. Albert Clyde- —Star Staff Photo. MISSING AVIATOR AND PLANE HUNTED serve Flyer, Overdue—Crash Is Reported. | By the Associated Press. BEACON, N. Y. September 14.— State police, sheriff's deputies and private citizens were searching tonight for an airplane believed to have crashed at Mount Beacon, near here. The search followed report” that Lieut. Lincoln C. Denton of the United States Naval Reserve Flying Corps was missing on a flight from Albany | Airport to Floyd Bennett Field ing with Denton was C. Hart, chanic. Lieut. Denton and Lieut. Walter E. Fowler left the Albany Airport at 5:45 on the return portion of a practice | flight from Bennett Field. Fowler landed at Bennett Field, but no trace was found of Denton. Dancers at a casino on top of the 1,600-foot mountain reported seeing a plane circling over the peak tonight. A few minutes later & loud crash was | Fly- me- | heard, — Irish Leader Dies. DUBLIN, September 14 (#).—Sir | Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, 72, a chamberlain of four Popes and one of the first members of the Irish Free State’s Senate, died today. He was the author of books of travel. Under the direction of H. R. Gregg, | National Parks Service naturalist from Hot Springs, Ark., the nature guide ‘walks will go forward. Mr. Gregg ex- ‘plnined today that this series is de- | signed to enable Washingtonians to | become better acquainted with flowers, | birds, trees and other natural features | of the trailside. He explained that there is no charge for these services, and that people of all ages are invited. Hikes for Pupils Planned. Later, Mr. Gregg proposes to work with school groups through the co- operation of the Board of Education. He explains his hikes for the genersl public will be conducted rain or shine, | inasmuch as there are interesting fea=~ Charles Wertenbaker Accused of Lieut. L. C. Denton, Naval Re-!tures to be observed when it is rain- ing that cannot be viewed at other times. i Every Friday evening at 8 o'clock at P)erce Mill in Rock Creek Park, Mr. sz:z will conduct camp fire pro- grams, comprising illustrated lectures, | community singing and cther features. PLAN NIGHT COURSE Red Cross to Instruct in Hygiene and Care of Sick. | Evening classes in home hygiene and care of the sick will be held by ‘(ht District of Columbia Chapter of the Red Cm<s on Tuesdays and Thurs- ‘da}s from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. for a period of six e beginning with an organization meeting September 19. Miss Caroline E. 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