Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1936, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, WAS HINGTON D. C, SATURDAY, MAY —-—————-—————;—————_—______;.—_._J___._______—____“_ WARRANT ISSUED FOR ANN HARDING Bannister Accuses Star of Abduction After She Sails for England. By the Assoclated Press. QUEBEC, May 30.—Harry A. Ban- nister, former husband of Ann Hard- | ing, swore out a warrant today for the arrest of the screen star on a charge of abducting their daughter Jane. His action came on the heels of Miss Harding's unexpected departure for Europe with the 7-year-old child last night. Bannister, accompanied by three lawyers, visited the court house twice this morning. Miss Harding, mean- while, apparently had a long lead over her former husband in her race | to England where she has a film contract. Overtaken in Quebec by Bannister, who had flown up from Newark, N. J,, Miss Harding sailed aboard the liner Duchess of Atholl last night instead of waiting for the liner Empress of Australia, due to sail this afternoon. | The Duchess of Atholl disappeared | in the dusk over the St. Lawrence | River less than a half-hour after | Bannister landed here by plane. The only remaining chance for him to catch up to his former wife and child | before they reached the high seas would be to fly to Father Point, 200 miles down the St. Lawrence, where the pilots are dropped. The Duchess of Atholl was scheduled to pass that point about noon today. Miss Harding Has Writs. Miss Harding, bearing one court | order giving her custody of her | daughter for six months and another granting permission to take the child to England, said she had no idea what Bannister has in mind in following her. (Bannister, before leaving New York with his attorney, said, “I am going to get a writ of habeas corpus. 1 have Canadian lawyers. 1 have affidavits, too. I think the mother should have the child, but if she establishes a foreign residence, I may never see it again.”) Rold Rich Woolley of Los Angeles, | sttorney for Miss Harding. said he | Washingto Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. S0 ORDERED. HEN commencement exercises are held at one of the institu- tions of higher learning one feature which prevailed last year will be missing by order of the dean. In other words, no more wearing of “Shorts” as & nether garment to ac- company the cap and gown. Last year when the procession wended its way across the campus the young men were encompassed in the dignity of the cap and gown but due to a spell of hot weather a number of them had elected to wear “shorts” instead of trousers to overcome the stuffy feeling of being dressed in the conventional graduating costume. ‘That would have been all right had not a strong breeze prevailed as the patade was passing the group of notables and officials and playfully whipped around the skirts of the gowns to expose several pairs of manly, bare legs. Hence the dean issued an order to the effect that “shorts” are out as an accessory to the cap and gown. * %k X CHANGE. Chevy Chase is growing up. Residents of the 3700 block of Jenifer street recently concluded that the street once had been a cow path. The building boom brought several mew houses to the block. Then it was discovered that the house numbers, some of which had been in use 15 or 20 years, apparently had been drawn out of a hat. Now they all have nice, new numbers, much to the dismay of the telephone company and mail carriers, * ok MESH RASH. OME of these modern sport clothes than those who have to look at them. Take the case of the girl here in town who looked in the mirror as she Hibbs & Co. Partner Slated for Post, With Groom Vice President. BY EDWARD C. STONE. Special Correspondent of The Star. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va., May 30.—At the closing business session of the eighteenth annual Con- vention of the District Bankers’ Asso- clation here today, Karl W. Corby, partner in the % brokerage house of W. B. Hibbs & Co., was slated to be elected presi- dent for the com- ing yeur. Other officers favored by the Nominat- - ing Committee ‘were: Thomas J. Groom, vice presi- dent ard cashier, Bank of Com- merce & Savings, first vice presi- dent; Hilleary G. Hoskinson, vice president, Riggs Na- tional Bank, second vice president; Ord Preston, president, Union Trust Co., third vice president, and Albert 8. Gatley, vice president, Lincoln Na- tional Bank, treasurer. Frank J. Hogan will be asked to serve the asso- ciation again this year as general counsel. President Charles H. Doing had ap- pointed as members of the Nominating Committee, Victor B. Deyber, Second National Bank; Sidney F. Tallaferro, Riggs National, and Frederick P. H. Siddons, American Security & Trust Co. Thomas J. Groom. Corby Native of District. Corby, who will guide the affairs of the association during the coming | year, succeeding Doing, is & native ‘Washingtonian, graduate of Wdsh- ington Collegiate Preparatory School and of the Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania, 1915, He | was associated in business with his | - have startling effect. on others|fatner, Charles L Corby, until the latter's death in 1926. That same year he was elected to the directorate of the Riggs National Bank and is 7 her early sailing. | Was undressing, let out a shriek and | 5¢j)) serving on the board. was zesmonsible foe he P & started for the telephone to get a Has London Deadline. “To avoid any unwarranted delay | because Miss Harding is obliged to be | in London, England, on June 8, 1936. | T personally caused her to sail on the | Duchess of Atholl last night instead of the Empress of Australia this after- noon,” he said. The actress, who said she was going to London to fulfill a motion picture contract, boarded the vessel from a tender in midstream, accompanied by her little daughter Jane and the child’s nurse. Black Legion (Continued Prom First ESQ\ Isaac White, one-legged former De- troit policeman. Ri Legion leader known as “Col. Peg-Leg” has been mentioned in at least three | phases of the inquiry. | One of the references to “Col. Peg-| Leg” was made in New York by John | R. Leibungut. radio engineer, who said | he was forced to join an order known | as the “Black Knights” here several | years ago. «45-caliber bullet with the warning: “This is half your badge. If you | ever desert you'll get the other half.” ‘Whatever remains untold of the‘ gecrets the night-riding Black Legion | guarded with lash and pistol seemed | fated for exposure in multiple in- quiries that took definite form today. Eighteen mer were in custody in Michigan as the investigation of the order that ostensibly warred on Com- munism under the death’s head in- &ignia went into its second week. The eighteenth was detained for questioning last night. Reticent d:-l tectives of the homicide squad, who identified him as Virzil Morrow, said they wanted to question him about a eeting at which the “execution” of Charles Poole allegedly was planned. Thirteen men who attended that meeting face murder charges here. At Jackson four others are charged with kidnaping and assault in con- nection with the flogging of a Bllt Legionnaire who refused to atten Meetings. Grand Jury Probes to Open. In the privacy of grand jury rooms Detroit and Flint, investigators will attempt next week to ascertain whether there is evidence to connect the night riders with numerous other floggings and a dozen deaths ascribed to them by informants, many of them anonymous. In Washington, members of Con- gress said they would make a con- centrated effort to obtain an imme- diate congressional investigation. Wayne County Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea, who said he had received letters, many of them anonymous, indicating that the Black Legion had chapters in most States, assembled evidence to bolster his request for Federal Bureau of Investigation as- sistance. United States Attorney = General Homer S. Cummings awaited that evi- dence in Washington before deciding whether the Federal Government would enter the inquiry. From several of the 13 men accused of the Poole slaying, arid from others who have admitted membership in the order, came indications of the Black Legion's defense against the charges that it created a veritable reign of ter- ror and had visions of a “super gov- ernment” with Black Legionnaires in control. John Bannerman, a native of Scot- land and one of the 13 defendants, who will be examined in court Tues- day, declared that “we never intended any harm to any one; it was just some crazy fool who did the shooting.” He said he was not a witness to the £laying. “There were some good things in it,” Bannerman continued, referring to the Black Legion, “like protecting our industries from cheap foreign competi- tion. I figured some of the things I didn't like didn't mean anything anyway." £ The average age of the 13 defend- ents, 12 of whom will face court ex- amination Tuesday, is 38. Most of them were born in small towns and are machinists or factory workers. None has a police record. The thir- teenth defendant is ill. L T ca said a Black | A | given the matter a thought. theless, by trick. doctor. She thought she'd broken out in some horrible rash and was coming down with something strange and deadly. she'd been in a Then she remembered playing tennis that afternoon mesh polo shirt—and had sunburned with a lace-work effect. * x % x TRAFFIC AND TREES N EXPERT on trees was explain- ing to an interested small audi- ence the other night that traffic al- ways had been terrible on trees. When the automobile came along to displace the horse, he explained, it was thought a considerable advance had been made in tree culture. The horses used to gnaw the bark and eat He said an organizer he the leaves and the automobile looked | knew as “Col. Peg-Leg” gave him a | more promising. It did not turn out | that way, however. Automobiles ran into trees and knocked them down and heavy traffic opened up seams in gas lines which permitted the fumes to escape and damage the foliage “The airplane will settle all that,” | | suggested a listener. “No, it won't,” said the expert. “It probably will just fall and crush the trees.” * * X ¥ PRIDE. YOU may have thought it never happened or you may nevér have Never- an overalled steam-roller operator was seen out on Connecticut avenue the other morning with a can of polish, a soft cloth and a fond manner, giving his vehicle a thor- ough cleaning and shining. ) COMICS FAN. “Not to be Clipped” on the: files of the papers in the news depart- ment may apply to most persons, but not to a comic-page fan who dropped in not long ago. He had been out of town for a couple of weeks and was that far behind in his comic strip reading. He wanted to know if it would be possible to refer to the fles. It was possible, he was told by the man who had a fellow-feeling for Junny-paper readers. The permission giver then went back to his work and got com- pletely lost in it until he was di- verted by a soft moise of paper being torn coming from the vicin- ity of the files. He got there just in time to see the subscriber tear- ing out the fourteenth page of his back reading. * ¥ % % STORK STORY. THE stork, not the dove, is the bird of peace, it seems. Judge John P. McMahon and Attorney M. Edward Buckley, for in- stance, have been at loggerheads for several weeks. It all came up over & case in which Buckley was to de- fend a man on a charge of larceny Buckley secured several continuances on one ground or an- other. Finally, two weeks ago, Judge Mc- Mshon became irked by 'the con- tinued delay and told Buckley that the case would be tried last Tuesday without fafl . . . except in case of death. Nobody died in the interim, but the case was not tried when called. Buckley again had business elsewhere. It was explained that he had to be at Sibley Hospital, gave birth to a 9-pound baby girl. Now all is forgiven and Judge Mec- Mahon met Buckley in the hall the next day and congratulated him. where his wife World Education Session. TItaly Bans Thaler Exlwrtl Three huridred delggates from all | ADDIS ABABA, Mgy 30 ().—Export . parts of the world the 1936 [of silver thalers s ‘metals conference of the Parefts’ Educational | from Ethiopia was forbidden today by In October, 1928, Corby became | active as a general partner in the | Hibbs brokerage firm, members of the New York Stock Exchange and other exchanges. He is a member and official of the Washington Stock Ex- change and the New York Curb Exchange. His other interests are numerous and varied. A member of the Board of Trustees of George Washington University, he is chairman of the Finance Committee. He has served as president of the Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital since May, 1934. For more than 10 years, he has been on the Board of Directors of the Lanston Monotype Machine Co. He is married and has two children. Adolph Miller Speaks. Groom presided at the final busi- ness session at which several impor- tant annual reports on section and | committee activities were read. Dr. Adolph C. Miller, former mem- ber of the Federal Reserve Board, | gave an address on the “Gold S'and- | ard.” Robert L. Flather. chairman of the | Advertising Committec, in a report | placed on file, showed that the public relations campaign was highly suc- cessful and that the booklets promot- ing a better understanding of bank- | in great demand. Reports Presented. The report of the Auditing Com- mittee, W. Frank D. Herron, vice president, Union Trust Co., chairman, was presented, as was the report of the Insurance Committee of which the chairman was Willam V. Sim- mons, trust officer, Liberty National Bank. Francis G. Addison, jr., pres- ident, Security Savings & Commer- | cial Bank, presented the report of the | Law and Legislation Committee. Another report came from the Pro- | tective Committee, the chairman be- |ing James A. Soper, vice president | and_cashier, Lincoln National Bank. A. Scott Offutt, vice president, City Bank, eported for the Standard Banking Forms Committee, while the day's final report for the Taxation Committee came from Chairman Tal- ;hlerro. trust officer, Riggs National Bank. Credit Bureau Report. Committee, James C. Dulin, jr., chair- man, stated the outstanding credit development during the year was the increase in the use of the Federal Housing Administration loans. From April 30, 1935, to April 30, this year, the banks of Washington granted 4,492 loans aggregating $2,032,508.43, ranging from 7 loans aggregating $4,- 785 by the member bank granting the smallest number, to 1,116 loans total- ing $475,561.69 by the member grant- ing the largest number. | In addition to loans granted by banks, Chairman Dulin sald other agencies in the District, including in- dustrial houses, real estate and finance companies, had granted 565 loans ag- gregating $257,349.16. Chairman Dulin’s report revealed that the banks in the Capital are still very active in pushing recovery by advancing such loans. e MAYOR’S SON PROTESTS. ELGIN, II. (P)—The Eigin City Council received a letter from a 9-year-old boy who complained that & manhole cover jutting oft of a pavement broke the wheels on his miniature automobile. “If I could only get some action I might sye the street department, but I have got to have the wheels before Winter sets in,” said the communica- tion. It was signed by Mayor Myron M. Lehman’s son Dick. 54 Licenses Mark June Wedding Rush, Setting Mark by 14 Prospective June weddings ac- counted for a large part of the 54 marriage licenses issued yes- terday by an overworked clerical staff in District Supreme Court. The number was 14 in excess of those issued on the same date last year, A number of the licenses was | ing and sound banking practices were | Reporting for the Credit Bureau | | Shortly after the return of Re; Benjamin S, Young, besieging landlady, was forcibly ejected. the door by her arm. Mrs. Young, on an Emergency Hospital bed. swollen leg. Nurse Ada Wyman is attending the landlady. inset shows Mrs. Young’s face. —r L4 Zioncheck (Continued From First Page.) United States attorney’s office with- out result and returned to the dis- puted apartment. There Zioncheck found her con- fronting his wife when he came home about 9 o'clock last night. At first, Zioncheck was amiable. He showed Mrs. Young how his pet turtle could tap dance to the tune “I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby.” ‘The strife started about midnight when Mrs. Zioncheck learned from her husband that he had telephoned her from Pittsburgh. Mrs Zioncheck said she never received the call and accused Mrs. Young of taking it for he[. Women Start Tussle. Mrs. Zioncheck, who, until & few weeks ago, was Mies Rubye Louise Nix, told Mrs. Young she would have to leave. Mrs. Young refused, and the two women began to tussle. Zioncheck cheered his wife on. “She’s making a touchdown!” he shouted. Then Zioncheck entered the play and grabbed Mrs. Young by the feet, while his wife took her head and arms. In a few seconds, Mrs. Young was in the corridor. She had lost her shoes in the scuffie, and they were thrown after her into the hall. A news camera man snapped a photograph of the eviction, and per- sons in the crowd of spectators tried to take his equipment. A fight started quickly, spreading to the kitchen of the Zioncheck apartment. During the melee a reporter received slight scratch on the arm from a pen- knife stroke. The police again were called. hen this conversation took place: - Mrs: Young: “It's about time you came here (to the police). Please help me, help, officer, come here.” Zioncheck Opens Door. Zioncheck opened the hall door to survey her. Mrs. Young: “You (to the police- men) were supposed to be here to pro- tect me. They came and put me out and shut the door. Then she (Mrs. Zioncheck) came tearing out of the apartment and put me out. Look at this—my leg is broken. I can't get up. I can’t get my shoes on.” (Then she put them on, however.) Zioncheck took a bottle out of the kitchen and offered it to Mrs. Young. The officers went into the apartment. Mrs. Young: “I can’t walk. I tried to get up. I don’t know what it's about.” (She was helped up.) Zioncheck, to reporters: “Come on in.” Mrs. Young: “I want these officers here, please. No wonder you have the press. Mr. Zioncheck and his wife beat me u ‘The police weren'’t here. - said would be here. You me if T needed protection to tel you and I did. I'm going to stay right ! Note the The | here with the police protection, like | you said.” Zioncheck: “You are in a place you have no right to be.” Officer Uses Telephone. | One of the officers sat at the Zion- check piano. Another used the tele- phone. ‘The officer on the phone: “This isn't & riot call—no, not a riot call.” After Mrs. Young had been helped up from the hall floor, she went to the kitchen door and entered again. Representative Zioncheck was very angry when he learned some one had | tried to knife the reporter. He didn't hear of it until 10 minutes afterward | but he threw a glass at a person he thought was the offending party. His aim was bad and his attorney, L. Q. C. Lamar, was struck in the back of the neck and slightly cut by the missile. Meanwhile the crowd in the cor- ridor grew. Tenants turned out in bath robes and informal attire to witness the spectacle. Shortly before the principals drop- ped off to sleep around 3 a.m., Zion- check emerged from his apartment in | pursuit of a reporter. It developed that several blows had been ex- changed. Dental Neglect Excusable. ANCHORAGE,' Alaska (#).—Dr. T. J. Pyle, dental director for the United States Bureau of Indian Af- fairs, saild the main difficulty he had with Alaska natiyes was getting them to give their teeth proper care. “Yet,” he mused, “we, too, might not be punctual if it meant going out- doors in 50-below-zero weather to get & chunk of jce, melt it for & cup of water and brush our teeth.” Th role of No. 1 —Star Staff Photo. A ki resentative Marion A. Zioncheck, Democrat, of Washington from Pittsburgh last night, The feminine contenders are in Mrs. Zioncheck counts 10 as Mrs. The gentleman from Washington is shown pulling her through —Copyright, A. P. Photo. Mrs. Young slumps to the floor. the apartment doorway. —Copyright, A. P. Photo. Indianapolis | (Continued Prom First Page) record of 114.188 was established in 1933 by Cummings. Stapp’s time for the 50 miles was 25:50.05.° Close behind him was Shaw, who had started in ninth place. | ‘The popular Indianapolis driver bore | down furiously in his effort to pass Stapp and succeeded as the race ap- proached the 75th mile. Two More Give Up. Jimmy Snyder of Chicago, and Johnny Seymour of Escanaba, Mich., were victims of mechanical trouble and were forced out of the race shortly after Frame gave up. Snyder went out at 50 miles while Seymour gave up at 35 miles when his clutch slipped so badly he could not make any speed. The nose of Stapp's car just did beat that of Shaw's across the wire at 75 miles before the Hoosier boy took the lead. Stapp's time for 75 miles was 38:53.28, a record-breaking average of 115.117. The old record was 113.599. At that time Gardner was third, Roberts, fifth; George, Connor,.sixth; Chet Miller, seventh, Doc Mackenzie, eighth; Al Miller of Detroit,. ninth, and Herb Ardinger of Glassport, Pa,, tenth. Shaw, driving the newest thing in race cars—an exceptionally stream- lined speedster—continued to drive e National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH T INTERVALS during the past months we have been treated to presidential pronouncements on the determination to ecopomize. For some time they came fairly regularly. Now 3 economy is definitely out the window. Passama- quoddy and the Florida ship canal are “riding” back on the relief bill. It is even possible that we shall see the shelter belt reinstated on the administration program. Prof. Tugwell, in his braintruster,has been granted his own privy purse. Relatively small, it is true— & mere 852 million—but it is a tribute to his power and importance in the New Deal hierachy. The most lucid and sivage protests agiinst the continued spending came from those: two stanch Democrits, Senators Glass and Byrd of Virginia, but Alice Lengworts. they are persistently voted down. As the end of the session nears it is clear that the administration feels that economy may be well for conversational purposes, but that cash in hand is Billy Winn of Detroit, fourth; Floyd | 3 econds with an average speed of 115.757 miles per hour. It also was a new record, the old one being 112.246, made by { Frame in 1933. Stapp in Second Place. Stapp was second. in the same lap, while the next eight cars were oue lap each behind the pace setters. In order, they were Winn, Roberts, Con- nor, Miller, MacKenzie, Al Miller, { Emil Andres, and Herb Ardinger. accident. The first casualty occurred when | & youth named Joe Meyers, Streator, | the race and received & | broken back. probably | kind, annually attracts the largest sporting crowd of the year in America. Prizes Total §100,000. Prizes totaling $100,000 dangled be- fore the speeding drivers with $20,000 going to the winner. The first 10 | money. As a safety measure, $100,000 was spent on the course this Spring in the hope of cutting down accidents and tragic deaths. The treacherous turns are protected by a new 3-foot-high retaining wall figured speeding drivers from somersaulting over it to possible death. If they crash into it, they will bounce right back onto the track instead of plung- ing over the wall. A 40-foot wide apron, a space_into which cars may spin harmlessly, has been built inside the track, replacing & 2-foot high con- crete wall. In the 23 years of racing, more than 25 drivers have lost their lives on the turns, plunging over the old re- taining wall at terrific speed. The turns, around which the drivers speed at 110 miles an hour, have been re- surfaced with a composition which covers the greasy, bumpy bricks. Yes- terday the track received its pre-race bath to remove the oil and grease accumulated during qualifying tests. In the interest of American motor car development, the drivers were re- stricted to a meager 37); gallons of gasoline for the full 500 miles. They've got to average 13.33 miles per gallon. If they run out of fuel, they will run [ out of luck. All they can do is get out and walk. Oldtimers of the roaring road acted as officials today. Ralph De Palma, winner in 1915 and regarded as one of the greatest figures in American racing, is referee, with Tommy Milton, winner in 1921 and 1923, the official pacemaker, leading the field away on the exciting first lap. ° Aircnh‘ Boosted. Air services of Australia will add | House: y | more American aircraft. IIL, fell out of a tree while watching | The race, the twenty-fourth of its; drivers to finish share in the prize | | | | sa. Wis., | Annie Pleasants, WARWITH TRIPOLI 10 BE REENACTED . Naval Academy Is Trans- formed Into Pirates’ Lair as June Week Opens. By the Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 30.—The Naval Academy, its tennis courts hid« den under “the streets of Tripoli” and its waterfront decorated in similar manner, began the annual June week celebrations today. The decorations formed the backe ground for a celebration formally bes gnning the academy's week of fes- tivities. The carnival is in four parts, centering about a re-enactment of the burning of the frigate Philadel- phia in the Harbor of Tripoli during the 1804 war with Barbary pirates. A representation of the frigate swung at anchor in Dewey Basin. The waterfront was converted into a miniature Tripoli of 1804 and two “forts” guarded the entrance to the basin. Lateen sails were rigged on all boats in the basin Fireworks Display Follows. A fireworks display will follow the re-enactment of the historic scene The arrival of King Neptune is the second of the episodes. Midshipman B. C. Jarvis, a plebe from Ferda, Ark., will play the part of Neptune and will be accompanied by three mermaids— all of them midshipmen The ceremony will take place on the destroyer Babbitt Following that celebration. 14 motor launches will take the graduat- ing class and its guests 7 miles out to Annapolis Roads. where they will dance on the deck of the battle- ship Wyoming President Roosevelt has announced he would attend the celebration The Army-Navy base ball game and track meet featured the sports pro- gram. Three Honor Midshipmen. Admiral Sellers announced the three midshipmen graduating with the highest merit. Their standing, based on multiples for the four-year course, was: Midshipman A. F. Weinel, Colum- bia, IIl., 907.61 Midshipman W. B. Near, Wauwato- 905.85 Midshipman J. A. Brown, Nashville, Tenn., 87988, Miss Julia Bishop, the “color girl® for the June week ceremonies, will arrive at the Naval Academy in time to participate in a rehearsal of the presentation of colors dress parade Monday morning Among the guests who will attend the festivities today are Maj. Gen. A. J. Bowley, commander, 3d Corps Area, U. S. A Col Amos W. W, ‘Woodcock, president, St. John's Col- lege: Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, e Burcau of Navigation; iral E. 8. Land, chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair; Rear Admiral H. G. Hamlet, com- mandant. Coast Guard: Admiral Brown, Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis, and Mrs. W. A. Swanson, wife of the Secretary of the Navy. REAL ESTATE MAN DIES Special D h to The Star. HYATTSVILLE. Md. May 30— Samuel A. Pleasants, 73, local real estate man, died in Washington Sani« tarium, Takoma Park_last night after an illness of three weeks A native of Mississippi, Mr. Pleas~ ants had been a local resident for about 10 years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs and a son, Samuel New York City attorney Services will be held in Pinkney A | Memorial Episcopal Church tomorrow at 2 pm. Irvin S. Cobb Says: Republics Not In- grates But Might- ily Forgetful. ANTA MONICA, Calif, May 30 (N.AN.A.).—So now comes Me- morial day, bringing parades of veterans, and with the rest of | It was the first time in many years | 3 few brittle tottery monagenarians— that 100 miles of the speed classic | pitiable left-overs from & war of which had been run without a fatality or an | many in this modern generation scarces ly have heard— and yet ‘twas a war to save this Union. At the cemeteries therell be flowers for sol- diers’ graves and bright little flags, but presently the weather will wear the flags to wisps of tattered cam- bric and tomor- row's sun will fade the flowers. Republics aren't ungrateful— | mightily forget- ful, though, sometimes. At Indianapolis upwards of 160,000 spectators from all over America will to prevent|pe packed like mackerel in a kit to watch a bloody classic of automobile racing. That's what this date means to them. Some will be there not be- cause they want to see crazy driving— they could get an eyeful of that for nothing on any highway—but because, when the almost inevitable crashes come, visiting death or mutilation on mad speed bugs, these favored ones will have grandstand seats for the slaughter. If we'd revive the old Roman games, with their gladiatorial butch- eries, the proposition would pay beau= tiful dividends. I'd like to have a little stock, myself. And all over the holidaying land the tally of fatalities from reckless auto- mobiling will mount up and up. What's the use of Memorial day unless there's a fresh crop of rudely-killed innocents to be memorialized afterward. (Copyright. 1036. by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Congress in Brief l TODAY. Senate: Debates $2,370,000,000 relief de= ficiency bill. House: In recess. o MONDAY. Senate: ‘Will take up ship subsidy biil, if big deficiency measures passes today, Judiciary Committee, regular weekly ymeeting, Will consider consent calendar.