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. A=2 %» THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1936. SCHOOLTURNS 007 4 LUDKE CHLDREN Father Brands Action of | Board as “Religious Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events Intolerance.” By s Staft Corvespondent o1 Lhe Star. | OXON HILL. Md.. June 10.—Dis- barment of his four the local grammar school for their refusal to salute the American flag, ' ordered yvesterday by the Prince Georges County Board of Education was branded as “religious intolerance’ today by A. A. Ludke, member of the Jehovah's Witnesses sect. Action of the board concluded sev- eral weeks' deliberation following the children’s failure to comply with daily patriotic exercises at the school. The board's ruling, believed the first | of its kind in Maryland, will permit the youngsters to attend classes until the close of the current semester. but they will not be permitted to enroll in .any county school after September 1. . Choice Left to Children, ¢ Pending the board’s decision. the ichildren, Esther. 7: Walter. 8: Anna *Louise, 10, and Fred. 12, have not been permitted to attend the ceremonies “which open the school routine each ‘day. They will continue to remain fouiside class rooms during the exer- Xices until the end of the term Insistinz they have left choice of Action entirely at the children’s discre- *tion, Mr. and Mrs. Ludke said today fhat they “certainly will not ask the fyoungsters to salute the flag if the rchildren feel they should not.” Ludke's explanation of his off- foring’s action is based on the com- | wmandment: “Thou shalt have' no oth- ¥r god before Me." : Fundamental Principle. # “People have no right to worship #pnything or anybody except God,” he sdeclared. “That is not only a funda- mental principle of the ‘Jehovah's Witnesses' religion, but is clearly set forth in the Bible. Freedom of reli- gious thought is guaranteed in the Constitution, do. 1 don't want to get hot-headed | about this thing. I'm not able to say, | until after much thought, whether I will appeal this to a higher body, fight it through the courts, or what.” Under the Maryland school attend- ance law, Ludke must provide educa- tion for his children “equivalent to” public school standards until they are 14 vears old, when they may be excused if lawfully employed. or until they are 16 if not so employed. in the Washington Post ike said he might send the children to a District school or m'ght attempt to teach them at home. “They have all had wonderful grades,” he said The board's ruling. given on advice of its attorney, Waldo Burnside, was transmitted to Ludke in a letter by County Supt. Nicholas Orem It read Ruling of Board. “I have been instructed by the Board of Education of Prince Georges County to notify you that your children will be refused enrollment in the Oxon Hill or other school in Prince Georges County after September 1st next unless they agree to comply with the intent of that section of the school law of the State of Maryland reading as follows It shall be the duty of boards of education to prepare for the use of the public schools of the State a pro- gram providing for the salute to the flag and such other patriotic ,exercises from time to time as may be deemed by them to be expedient, #and under such regulations and in- |Atruction as may best meet the nvarious requirements of the different {igrades in such schools: all to the end 1that the love of liberty and democracy, signified in the devotion of ail true and Iipatriotic Americans to their flag and %o their country, shall be instilled in iithe hearts and minds of the youth of lAmerica Two other Ludke children, Frances, 13, and Ruth, 14, students at high 'school here, said they were not re- {rquired to salute the flag since no such yexercises were held in their class .Tooms. They declared they complied t With patriotic exercises in grammar | 5chool because “we didn't know what it was all about then. We didn't understand. We were to0 young.” | , | \FHA. FRAUD CHARGE tHOLDS 4 ARKANSANS i Refrigerator Sales Involving Banks Alleged. ; By the Associated Press | . HELENA, Ark., June 10.—Four men | were arrested yesterday by a special Federal investigator on charges of con- £piracy to defraud the Federal Housing Administration. They were ordered held to the October Federal grand jury under bonds of $2,500 each. | The four were booked as C. M. | Shattuck, 26, West Helena; C. R.| Schuele, 34, Helena; J. M. Farr, 34, | Helena, and Watts McKinney, about | 45, former Marvell business man and planter. | Special investigator Norman W. | Ferris testified that the four men ar- | rested and six others named in the | warrants were accused of selling elec- tric refrigerators to persons not finan- | cially able to purchase them. He | charged the men sold the notes on | the refrigerator loans to banks, and that when the banks failed to make collections they called on the Federal Housing Administration, through which the operations were conducted, to make the loans good. + Testimony showed approximately . 80 refrigerators, involving loans of ., approximately $12,000 or more, were sold in this section. A.F. G.E. LODGE TO MEET; Questions of overtime work and an | equitable method of reducing person- | nel when necessary will be discussed at the regular bimonthly meeting of | Resettlement Lodge, No. 206, Ameri- | can Federation of Government Em- | ployes. at 8 p.m. tomorrow at 1328 G, street. Elections will be held to fill! .vacant lodge offices. : Loans Made Good Through rmoku all he wanted. This. she hoped, i Congress in Brief ' TODAY. Both Houses in recess. , Senate Bankruptcy Committee gets gvidence on receivership laws in New York. Senate-House conferees get to work bn new revenue measure compromise. TOMORROW. Meeting of House and Senate con- lerees on District approphiation bill. children from | TRIP. I don’t know what I will | and Things. T LOOKED for a few minutes the other night as if Jim Crane, who | handles Washington publicity on | the Texas Centennial, was going | | to be carried all the way to Texas in | | his zeal to do the job right. | The last minute before the Presi- | dent’s specail pulled out of Union Station found Crane aboard checking head sizes as a prelude to providing the official party with 10-gallon hm.\ So, oddly enough, did the minute after the train pulled out. To get Crane off the train became | the problem of the fiiends he had left | waiting at the station. They were un- able to stop the train at Alexandria, | and then at Manasses, but Monroe, Va. gave promisc of definite results. As- | sured by railroad representatives that the train would stop there, prepara- tions were made to drive to Monroe and bring Crane home. It turned out, however, that Crane had made his own arrangements. Just as the rescue party was about to leave for Monroe. word came that he had hopped oft the train when it slowed in Alexandria. He came home in a taxi % % & % PUNISHMENT, An attractive and pleasant night club dancer, who ordinarily is afla- ble about almost everything, gave way to complete disdain the other night. She was being driven by her escort down one of the town’s main streets at some rare hour midway between midnight and daun. “Look at this town,” said he, as he looked out of the car at quiet and empty streets. “It's deserted.” | | This town,” the young lady re- | plied dryly, “ought to be deserted.” | - xoox ’ FUNNY THING. ‘/\ POLICEMAN and a baillff in 3 Traffic Court did not see eve-to- eye on a chap sitting in the back of the room, and before it was all over things were badly scrambled The ceptrai figure of the drama, an alcoholic version of his normal self, started the wheels of justice grinding in reverse by falling off the bench on which he was sitting The bailiff rushed over to him, found him to be drunk rather than ill. and ordered him to leave the room 'Go home.” the bailiff commanded Go home. and don't come back.” The chap gave him a fuzzy look and staggered out of the room That looked like a successful ending ) to the whole incident until the police- man who had brought the man there on three traffic charges checked up and found out what had happened. An exciting few minutes elapsed before the bailiff overtook the accused and count- ermanded his order to “go home.” * * % | PIANO. N a nearby Maryland suburb sits an old lady in an old house A beautiful grand piano. which she cannot play, is one of her cherished possessions. Friends will tell you the story: In his last moments, her husband called her, and said, “Mother 2% so he always called her. “Mother. 1sn't there somehting I could get you which you always have wanted, but haven't asked for? | “Daddy.’ she replied. “Daddy, ves. there is. All my life I have wanted a grand piano, even if I can't play it.” | There it sits today, shining, testa-, ment of love that makes its own musie, TOUGH GUY. | ']‘HE Washington mother of a lovely red-headed lad of 5 recently caught him smoking his first cigar- ette | Rather than go through the riga- marole of punishing him and telling him all about how they stunt his growth, etc. she decided to let him would make him so sick that he wouldn't want to touch another for some time. But it didn't work. The lad smoked nine cigarettes in the afternoon with no ill effects. | Now the mother is in a quandry. Suggestions from friends range all the way from a good chew of strong plug tobacco to one of those old-fashioned spankings. HAVEN. When the starlings come back next Winter, we can tell you where they have been—some of them, that is. They will have been in a nest in the pistol holster on Gen. Jack- son’s statue in La Fayette Park. That, at least, is the story which comes from an operative, who when told that they couldn’t possibly be starlings, said: “Huh! As if I wouldn’'t know a starling!” CAUSE AND EFFECT. ETTING Representative Zion- check as a patient was a surprise to Dr. Edgar Bocock, superintendent of Gallinger Hospital. * | Getting in touch with friends of many years ago came as & second sur- prise to the doctor. | The story of Zioncheck's confine- | ment to Gallinger, like all other Zion- check stories, toured every press wire in the country and was cabled abroad. | Dr. Bocock had given no thought to this angle of the case until letters started pouring in. They came from friends, old schoolmates, World War buddies and former associates in the medical profession, many of whom he hadn't seen for 15 or 20 years. There were letters from - South America, where he once lived. The friends reported they had seen the doctor's name in the papers, were glad to locate him again and wanted to know how he was 8. | Army Officer Lieut. Col. Edward L. Hoffman is pictured here with the Collier Trophy he won in 1927 jor development of the triangular parachute. He was reprimanded severely by the War Department Mon- day for concealing from superiors his connection with a private firm and making false statements in the investigation which cleared him. Only the statute of limitations, it was stated, saved —Underwood & Underwood Photo. him from a court martial. STUDENTS RECEIVE BONDS OF COUNTY SOLD AT PAR MASTER'S DEGREE 13 Honored by C. U. After Montgomery Gets Best Rate | Completing Social Serv- | ice Course. l Thirteen students of the National Catholic School of Social Service today received their master's degree from the Catholic University of America at its annual commencement. The 13 students yesterday received their di- plomas in the fifteenth annual com- mencement ceremonies of the Social Service School, a resident school for the training of social service workers, at 2400 Nineteenth street. The school. conducted under the auspices of the National Council of Catholic Women as a graduate school, has a total enroilment of 46 students, representing 20 States, Germany and China. The commencement address yester- day was given by Right Rev. P. J. Mc Cormick, vice rector of Catholic U versity, who stressed the necessity of retaining the ideals instilled by the school during the two-year course ich the students have completed. Addresses also were made by Very Rev. John J. Burke, president of the Board of Trustees of the school and general secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference: Rev. Francis J Haas. Milwaukee, former director of the school: Miss Jane Hoey, director of the Public Assistance Bureau of the Social Security Board, and Miss Agnes C. Regan, acting director. Most Rev. Amlete Giovanni Cicog- nani, apostolic delegate to the United States, was the celebrant at a mass held in the school chapel prior to the commencement exercises. Those who received diplomas in- | cluded: Miss Mary Blaschke. Miss Lil- lian Dammn, Miss Catherine Flinn, Miss Hermine Gircux. Miss Elynor Leary, Miss Mary McNamara, Miss Marie Mann, Miss Ruth O'Connell, Miss Cecilia Pisula, Miss Gerome ' Rutkowski, Miss Helen Seeley. Miss Anne Sweeney and Miss Geneva Wis ADKINS WILL ADDRESS GONZAGA ALUMNI GROUP Annual Banquet Is Planned Sat- urday Night at National Press Club. Justice Jesse C. Adkins of the Dis- trict of Columbia Supreme Court will deliver the principal address at the annual banquet of the Gonzaga Alum- ni Association Saturday night at the National Press Club ball room. Guests will include Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. J., president of George- town University; Rev. Henri Wiesel, S. J., president of Georgetown Prepar- atory School; the faculty of Gonzaga and the 1936 graduating class The committee in charge includes James F. O'Donnell and Louis F. Frick. cochairmen; Bernard F, Gar- vey, Al P. Kane, John A. K. Donovan, | John J. Carmody, Clarence R. Gor- man, Irvine Holbrook, William J. Mad- den, Richard D. McCarthy, J. Orrel | Queen and Henry I. Quinn. Reprimanded ARE in History for Two Se- curity Blocks. Sicctal Dispatch to The Star RCCKVILLE. Md., June 000 refunding bond 10.—A block of $250.000 worth of 90-day tax anticipation certificates and a $194.- issue were dis- | G. W. WILL AWARD DIPLOMAS TONIGHT Dr. Marvin to Address Grad- uates—Prize Winners Announced. Following the annual class night ex- ercises and awards last night, the 115th annual commencement exercises of George Washington University will reach a climax at 8 o'clock tonight in Constitution Hall, where diplomas will be presented to members of the grad- uating class. Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of the university, will address the graduating class. Provost William Carl Ruediger will present three members of the faculty, who are to be designated professor emeritus. Dr. Oscar F. Blackwelder will offer the invocation. Dean Elmer Louis Kayser, university marshal, will introduce the deans of | the colleges and schools and directors of the divisions, who in turn will pre- | sent candidates for degrees. As each candidate’s name is called, he will receive his diploma from President Marvin, who later will confer honorary | degrees upon three members of the | Board of Trustees. Academic Procession. | | The academic procession, led by the university marshal, and with the presi- Radio Man dent, trustees. deans, members of the faculty and deans forming the line, will enter the hall at 8 pm. | Harry Deming, foot ball captain and member of the Student Council at the university, was selected last night as the senior who, throughout his career | at the school, has contributed the most constructive work in student activities. This outstanding honor headed the list of 44 awards made at the class night exercises in the university yard. | Deming was given the Delta Tau! Delta Medal. | Dr. Marvin made the announce- ments and presented the awards, ex- | cept in one case. He called on Mrs. | Jessie Fant Evans, a trustee, to present the Morgan Richardson Goddard award in commerce, won by Joshua Evans, | 3d. her son. The award signifies nul-l standing accomplishment in economics, | business administration, foreign com- | merce and public accounting. Evans earned all A's in the subjects, Ruth Critchfield Wins Medal. posed of by the Montgomery County commissioners price in the his The Hamilton National Washington outbid three banks to take certificates at par, rate of 190 per Nuveen & Co. the refunding interest per cent. In addition bear the expense delivering the maturities. Work on Budget. yesterday at ory of the county. with an cent, while bonds at par, it agreed The bonds are to refund all bond six will 275 interest and the remainder will mature from 1946 to 1951 at 3.25 that fall due in the next One-half of the issue from 1941 to 1951 at issues months. mature per cent per cent interest Mcmbers of fiscal year beginning Ji complete the task next week. ment now in effect. Repair of Potomac drive near Brook- drive was washed away during the recent flood, leaving residents along the thorough- fare virtually cut off from neighboring | Sponsored by the Works the project will cost $3,265, of which the county mont was roved. The ccmmunities Progress Administration, will pay $630. Speeding Curb Asked. A protest against continuation of & privately-owned dump on the East- st Highway, near Sixteenth street, was received in a letter from the Six- Asso- The beard also received a petition from 100 Kensington residents asking that county police be detailed to curb speeding along upper Con- W teenth Street Heights Citizens ciation. necticut avenue, Authorization was given the Wash- ington Suburban Sanitary Commission to sell $65,000 of State bonds from its | sinking fund and to purchase $52.000 in municipal bonds for the fund. YOUNG CRIPPLES ON TRIP Wieghtman School Pupils Guests | of Junior C. of C. Today. the best Bank of county the tax anticipation interest John of Chicago purchased the ranging from 275 to 325 to of preparing and the board continved their work on the budzet for the new ¢ 1 and may | It is| hoped to pare expenses in some of the county departments and continue the | tax rate of $1.50 on the $100 essess- Ruth Critchfield, 1608 A street northeast, received the Pi Beta Phi medal, awarded to the woman in the senior class who, throughout her course, has done the most construc- tive work in student activities. Miss Critchfield has been vice president of the Student Council and president of the Women's Athletic Association She has been active in athletics, de- bate and dramatics. Graduating with the highest scho- lastic average in the law class. Whit- | field Huff Marshall, 7023 Blair road received the John Bell Larner medal Antonio Gonzalez Revilla, Panama, whose scholastic average is the high- est in the medical class, received the John Ordronaux Award The Alexander Wilbourne Weddell Award, a prize of $200 for the best essay on international peace, went to Ames William Williams, 1916 G street Six Tapped for Fraternity. | Six men outstanding in student activities were tapped for member- ship in Omicron Delta Kappa. honorary student activities fraternity, including William Cheatham, 1332 I street: Charles Hallam, 3333 Mec- Kinley street; Robert Hankins, 2704 Brentwood road northeast; Paul Moats, 2164 Florida avenue; Charles Stofberg. 1657 Thirty-first street, and Sam Walker, 1312 N street. Sixteen honor graduates of the ,Law School were elected to member- ship in the Order of the Coif. legal honor society, including: Douglas Otis Baird, 1803 Biltmore street; Homer Joel McK. Barlow, Union Trust Building; Hugh Kemp Clark, Nor- folk: Julius Maurice Friedenson, West Haven, Conn.. Willlam F. Lemke. Fargo, N. Dak.; William A. Lowe, 1309 Floral street; Robert Henry Marcus, Chicago; Whitfield Huff Marshall, 7023 Blair road: Thomas Lee McCann, 1827 Wyoming avenue; Seymour Stanley Mintz, 3518 Twenty- third street: Platonia Ernest Papps, Detroit, Mich.; James Auburn Roberts, | Missouri; Helen Roberta Sherfey, 3601 New Hampshire avenue; Kather- ine Emma Shilling, Troy, Ohio; Willis Sylvanus Siferd, jr, Lima. Ohioc; | Ralph Page Wanlass, Logan, Utah. | Other awards included: Alpha Chi Sigma Freshman Award: | chemistry—Byrne Thurtell Burn: | William ~Frederick Sager and Oscar Crippled children of the Weight- | Klioze. man Scheol were to be guests of the Alpha Chi Sigma Senior Award, Junior Chamber of Commerce today 'chemistty—Arthur Vincent Danner,, | on a boat ride down the Potomac Vevay, Ind. River. Members of the chamber wers to | transport the youngsters to the buat | Margaret Ivins Cardon. | | in private cars. A. L Sheehan of the | | Beulah | Mitchell, Michael L. Plant, Henry A. Drake, school principal, will be in commerce group and Mrs charge of the trip. The National Scene BY ALICE LONGWORTH LEVELAND, June 10.—Although this is my eleventh conven- tion, it is the first in which I've been one of those cogs that are supposed to make the wheels go 'round. As a cog I have a double function and occupy two seats— one on the floor as a delegate at large from Ohio and one in the press section as correspond= ent for a syndicate. At the first session I occu- pied only the delegate's seat, which, by a lucky chance, happens to be just below the speaker's rostrum. The delegates, the reporters and the spec- tators, like the public, are asking one another, “What next?” The question does not refer to the routine of the convention, but to possible pronouncements of the candidates for the nomi- nation and the issues to be framed in the plat- form. Alice Longw ‘We all expect the nomination of Mr. Landon, but there is a feeling of expectancy, as if one of the other three candidates might at any moment hurl a thun- derbolt which might change the picture. We say to one another: next? all, accept second place? united front of his foes?” Who knows the answers? Not even the men from Kansas. Has Knox something up his sleeve? Or may Landon still be blocked by & “What position is Borah going to take Will Vandenberg, after Not the delegates. Not the press. Everybody expects Mr. Hoover to give the best show of the convention. The tone and temper of his speeches during the last eight months have been inspiring. of the New Dealers has been growing in intensity. His indignation against the sins If his address to the convention is characterized by these same qualities, the party may hope to gain strength by what he says. The new Hoover may be a pillar of fire in the future instead of the pillar of salt that some partisans considered him a few years ago. No speech of the present convention can be much more important than Mr. Hoover's. (Copyright. 1936.) Miss Cardon Gets Award. Alpha Delta Pi Award, French—| Alpha Delta Theta Award, chem- | istry—Clara Helen Larsgaard. Alpha Kappa Psi Award, merce—William David Nye. | American Institute of Chemists’ | | Award, chemistry — William Anton | Heine. | Beta Phi Alpha Award, zoology— Mary Shelor Bowman. | Chi Omega Award, society sciences— Ruth Joyce Allen. | Colonial Dames’ Award, | Marie Garland McNeese. E. K. Cutter Award, English—David | Scott Thomas. | D. A R. Award, American history— Charles Perry Shephard. Isanc Davis Awards, public speak- ing—William Francis Goodykoontz, frst; Jennie Prances Garner, second, and Edmund Allan Ziman. third. William Thornwall Davis Award, ophthalmology—Willlam Josef Mes- singer. Delta Sigma Rho Awards to the winners of the inter-fraternity de- bates—Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Chi. Delta Zeta Award, botany—Law- rence G Gibson. Ellsworth Award, patent law—Doug- las Otis Baird. Goodykoontz Winner. European History Prize—William Francis Goodykoontz. Willie E. Fitch Award, chemistry— Francis Ward Minor. French Government Award, French— Mary Margaret Ferry. Edward Carrington Goddard Award, French—Zoe Florence Wythe. James Douglas Goddard Award, pharmacy—Fred Royce Franzoni. Samuel Herrick Award to that mem- ber of the graduating class of the Law School, excepting the winner of the Larner Medal, who shall have attained the highest average grade in the entire work of the third year—Robert Henry Marcus. Hour Glass Award to the woman student in the sophomore class having a scholastic standing of B or higher and the most outstanding record in activities—Alison Renee Claflin. Gardiner? G. Hubbard Memorisl | com- history— | senger train safety. 'PEERY ORDERS PAY CUT | Wins Seat On the basis of unofficial returns, Luther Patrick, left, today had defeated George Huddleston, veteran member of Congress and critic of the New Deal, in Alabama. Patrick, radio poet and entertainer, was hit on the head with a sauce bottle recently | during an altercation with Huddleston. He is shown being con- | gratulated by Lynn Council, office manager, and others. | HUDDLESTON QUT IN RUN-OFF COUNT Patrick 6,000 Ahead of Ala- baman 22 Years in Congress. | By the Assoctated Press BIRMINGHAM. Ala, June 10.—An ardent New Dealer ended George Hud- dleston’s 22 years in Congress yester- day by beating him in a Democratic run-off primary Luther Patrick. 42-vear old lawyer, poet and radio entertainer, won the ninth district nomination by about 6.000 votes after a spirited campaizan which he charged Huddleston with ovalty to the New Deal In the heat of the campaign the two met in a restaurant and Huddleston struck Patrick over the head with a sauce bottle. The attorney Wwas not badly hurt In yesterday's other run-off primary. John Sparkman. Huntsville, and R. T. Simpson, jr, Florence, ran so evenly that reports from the last few boxes were awaited to determine the nominee in the Tennessee Valley (eighth) dis- trict. With 226 of 242 boxes counted Sparkman had 16392 and Simpson, 16.066 Sparkman and Simpson, toth at- torneys, each acused the other of Ala- bama Power Co. affiliations and au- thority toward the T. V. A. Patrick centered his fire on the 67- | year-old Huddleston's leadership in the fight last year against the “death sen- tence” in the administration holding company bill. He also criticized the Representative’s votes against the Guffey coal and social security acts. di: UNION PACIFIC WINS SAFETY MEDAL AGAIN Six Annual Records Broken in 12 Years by Road Harriman Established. EY the Associzted Press. NEW YORK, June 10.—The E H Harriman gold medal, presented an- nually to the class 1 railroad with the best record of safe operation. was awarded today to the Union Pacific Railroad. It was the sixth time in 12 years thet the railroad has won the medal established by the m>n who plaved such a prominent part in its develop- ment and awarded by the American Museum of Safety. The western railroad received the safety awerd in 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928 and 1933 and also ranked first in 1926, 1929 and 1934 but under the museum's rules was not eligible for competition. The presentation was a family affair, with two sons of the founder partici- pating. E. Roland Harriman, repre- senting the founder, presented it to his brother, W. A. Harriman, chair- man of the Union Pacific. A silver medal was awarded to the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway. | operated by the U. S. Steel Corp.. and a bronze medal was given the Pitts- | burg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Co. A certificate of spectal com- mendation was given the New York Central system for its record in pas- RESTORED TO WORKERS | General 5 Per Cent Appropria- tions Cut in-Virginia Also Discontinued. Py the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, June 10 (®).— Gov. Peery today ordered full restora- | tion of the 10 per cent salary cut to State employes and discontinuance of the 5 per cent general cut in appro- | priations effective July 1. —_—- Award, history—Ruth Joyce Allen. Henry E. Kalusowski Awards, phar- macy—Julius Symons and Fred Royce | Franzoni. Kappa Delta Scholarship Award to the woman student in the freshman class maintaining the highest scholastic average—Marie Garland McNeese. Kappa Kappa Gamma Award, bot- any—Ruth Edna MacMillan. Sigma Delta Phi Award to the win- ner of the freshman oratorical con- test—James Carlin Thomas. Sigma Kappa Award, chemistry— Horace Featherstone Drury. Staughton Award, Latin—Mary Mar- garet Ferry. James MacBride Sterrett, jr., Award, physics—James Merrick Hall. Thomas F. Walsh Award, history— Margaret Ivins Cardosf. Washington Journal Award (prize essay contest sponsored by the Wash- ington - al, German-American ‘weekly) Florence Wythe. L3 | accepted | Diono ~ Alfteri, —Copyright, A, P. Wirephoto. | DUCE RAISESTALK OF HIS SUCCESSOR Naming of Son-in-Law to Foreign Minister Post Alters Outlook. By the Associated Press ROME, June 10.—Premier Mussolini stirred talk of his successor last night by naming his son-in-law, Count Galeazzo Ciano, the world’s youngest foreign minister of a major power, in a sweeping “changing of the guard.” In the long-expected cabinet shake- up Tl Duce gave up his majority hold- ing by surrendering three of his eight portfolics. There are 15 cabinet posts, Ciano, but 33, becomes the youngest foreign minister in Italy’s history. Belief was expressed in diplomatic cir- cles I1 Duce would groom his relative for his eventual successor as premier. Ciano is married to Mussolini's daugh- ter Edda. The new foreign minister steps up from the cabinet post of minister of propsganda. Ciano took time off from this job during the Ethiopian War to g0 to Africa, where he won a medal of valor for his leadership of the “desperate” air squadron, in which two of Il Duce’s sons flew. Gives Up Three Ministries. The dictator gave up the ministries of colonies, corporations and foreign affairs. Mussolini will still bs a busy man however. In addition to being premier, the other posts he retains are the interior, war, navy and aviation. Thus he has sole control of the nation's armed forces and police In making way for Ciano. Il Duce the resignation of Fulvio Suvich, undersecretary for foreign affairs for several years. He wrote Suvich a letter of appreciation “for the collaboration given me during four vears” and promised him “a posi- tion of high confidence.” Giuseppe Bastianini, ambassador to Poland, was made undersecretary for foreign affairs. He is only 37. The other appointments were until today Ciano's undersecretary. minister of press and propaganda; Ferruccio Lantini, min- | ister of corporations, and Alessandro | Lessona. minister of colonies. Les- sona being moved up from under- secretary. Count Ciano’s diplomatic record in- cludes service as consul general in Shanghai and as an attache of the Italian embassy in the Vatican. His | father. €ount Constanzo Ciano, is | president of the chamber of deputies. | Duce to Visit Ethiopia. | ROME. June 10 (®).—Dispatches from Addis Ababa said last night Rodolfo Graziani, Italian commander, had announced at a reception of native notables .that Premier Benito | Mussolini will visit the Ethiopian | capital soon. | LABOR MEDIATOR FAILS | IN ELECTRIC DISPUTE By the Associated Press ‘ SCHENECTADY, N. Y., June 10.— Mrs. Eleanor Herrick, regional director of the National Labor Relations Board, | said yesterday she was returning to | New York after being “unable to de- | vise any satisfactory method” of | settling the work stoppage in part of | the General Electric Company pnm.i “Commissioner William C. Liller of the United States Department of La- bor and myself.” she said in a state- | ment, “have been unable to devise any satisfactory method of settling | the dispute, the effort to arrange a | joint conference having been unsue- cessful.” James Carey, president of the United | Electrical and Radio Workers Union, | had said the union would agree to a meeting between their representatives and W. R. Burrows, vice president of General Electric. | Burrows said, however, the company | would confer with those engaged in the stoppage only if and when they‘ return to work and present their | grievances through the Workers Coun- eil. | SKATING STAR ARRVESTED‘ e ] | SARANAC LAKE, N. Y, June 10| (). —Janet Milne, girl speed skating | star, was arrested here yesterday by police and charged with speeding | while roller skating on the vmngey main street. | The case was dismissed after Mayor | Thomas P. Ward appeared in Traffic Court, arguing Miss Milne had not employed a motor-driven vehicle in Ihmhn[ the speed limit. _— New Radio Policy. The Palestine government has an- nounced that programs broadcast fi the new station are to be educa- and non-political, | adjournment | other measures to be taken up. | regulatory bill probably will be act | on before is strong enof CONFEREES SEEK TAX COMPRONISE Indications Seen That House Provisions Will Pre- dominate. €% the Associated Press Tackling one of the last barriers to of an action-laden Seventy-fourth Congress, conferees prepared today to seek a compromise on the strife-torn tax bill There were indications from re- liable scourses that the House provie | sions of the measure might predomi- nate when the conferees finally sub- mit a bill to the House and Senate for final action It was understood in some quarters that the administration’s insistence for high levies on undistributed cor- porate profits as outlined in the House provisions would be accepted in part, at least, in place of the lon flat tax provided in the bill as it | passed the Senate Briefly, the chief point of difference as the conferees gathered for their first meeting was this The House stands back of a grad | uated tax on undistributed corporate profits ranging up to 42!, per cent The Senate favors a flat 7 per cent tax on undistributed profits Corporate Income Tax. Another point of difference which was expected to be adjusted concerned the corporate income tax The House repealed the existing graduated corporate income tax ranging from 12', to 15 per cent. The Senate in- creased this tax, making it graduated from i5 ' per cent to 18 per cent There was little chance that the bill would be ready when Congress mee Monday after a week's adjournment for the Republican National Conve tion, but it was predicted the tax bill would be in shape not later than Wednesday. Speaker Bankhead has indicated the House will act on the Vinson bill offered as a substitute for the Guffe coal act, invalidated by the Supreme Court, and there are a number of The Robinson-Patman chain store Congress adjourns. as well as the anti-lobbying remain several conference rep appropriation and other measure: which leaders predicted would offer no difficulty. President’s Stand. Before President Roosevelt left on his trip through the Southwest it wa understood he indicated to House and Senate Democratic members of the Tax Conference Committee that still favored the higher levy by the House on undistributed cor- porate profits With this in mind. House conferec noped for a victory for their bill, 1 substance Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee em- phasized. however, that the House conferees would be willi to co any Senate amendment which believed would improve the bill. We want to obtain the best reve enue measure possible out of the House and Scnate bills.” said Dough- ton. “There will have to be soi compromises. of course. but we hopeful the result will be acceptable to both House and Senate SCHUSCHNIGG MAKES OFFER TO GERMANY Ready to Enter Understanding Provided Austria's Freedom Is Safeguarded. B the Associated Press. VIEN June 10.—Chi; Schuschnigg offered last n ter an understanding provided Austria’s freedom and inde- pendence are unqualifiedly safe- guarded. Addressing 100.000 members of patriotic organization. “Father Front,” Schuschnigg warned Nazis and Socialists, however, against talk- ing revolution, because “the country h to fight it He enjoined his hearers to forget Austria’s old borders and think of the new fatherland Apparently referring to Prince v Starhemberg, recently removed as vice-chancellor by Schuschnigg, the speaker asserted one qualified general gets better results than five conflicting first-rate generals. Von Starhemberg did not attend the rally. When Schuschnigg mounted the rostrum monarchists’ cries of “Hoch Hapsburg!™ were heard While the chancellor was talking men, supposedly Nazis, exploded paper firecracker bombs in a nearby cafe, causing & momentary scare bu there was no damage. n MEMBER DRIVE OPENS Advertising Club Campaigns to Add 350 to Rolls in 20 Days The annual membership drive of the Advertising Club of Washington which will last 20 days. was launched yesterday at a luncheon of the Mem- bership Committee at the Willard Hotel. The club seeks 350 new mem- bers. Fourteen team captains were ap- pointed. with each group expected to fill a quota of 25. An automobile radio will be given the captain of the team which turns in the largest num- ber of members in excess of the quota. DR. MILLER TO ATTEND Head of Federal Bar Association to Be at Boston Meeting. The Federal Bar Association wil! be represented at the annual meeting of the American Bar Association in Bos- ton the week of August 24 by Dr. Jus- tin Miller, special assistant to the At- torney General and president of the Federal organization: William R. Val- lance, legal adviser to the State De- partment, and John T. Vance, jr., law librarian of Congress. Alternate delegates include Miss Ellyne 8. Strickland of the Board of ‘Tax Appeals; Ralph Q. Corneil of the War Department, and Col. Hugh C. Smith of the judge advocate general's office, War Department. iy = DETECTIVE RETIRED Detective Robert L. Manning. for- merly attached to the second and eighth precincts, has been retired after 16 years of service. His rccord con- tains many commendajions. Manning now manages an inn al Silver Hill, Md.