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A—2 *x THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1936. m 100,000 BEDOUINS THREATENING WAR Plan March on Jerusalem to Fight for “Free” Holy Land. BACKGROUND— Disorders in Palestine during last two months have claimed lives of . 3cores of Arabs and Jews. Riots brought strong reinforcements to British troops. Arab nationalists have continued general strike. The .Arab High Committee for Palestine ““has defied British authorities. " "The disturbances have found ".#cho in House of Commons when * members were warned of uprising against British authority as Arabs “vefuse to recede from their insist- ence in demanding independence and freedom from what they assert is Jewish domination. By the Assoclated Press. AMMAN, Trans-Jordan, June 26.— Yeaders of 100,000 Bedouin warriors proposed a march on Jerusalem to- day to assist their Arab brothers in the Hold Land. They laid their demands before Emir Abdullah of Trans-Jordan an\ talled for a “show-down” after a meeting of 200 sheiks and leaders of desert tribes. * “We must go to the aid of Arabs in Palestine,” & big, sun-blackened ‘thief, enveloped in a black robe, de- clared. “We are all one people. These are our lands. * “Freedom for Trans-Jordan is use- less without freedom for Palestine. Talk and strikes have won nothing. “We must cross the Jordan and win Palestine back from the Jews and | the British.” Another sheik, all of whom talked | dreely, said: “We will warn the Emir the Arabs of Palestine must be given freedom and freed from Jewish dominance within 10 days or we will go and free them ourselves.” Arabs wrecked a train on the Jeru- walem-Haifa-Lydda Railroad line to- Qav, killing the engineer and a soldier. . A general fight between Arab at- fackers and the military guard on the irain immediately developed around the wreckage. The first incomplete reports from the | cene said it was believed the Arabs had suffered heavy casualties. A number of Bedouins were report- ed to have already crossed the muddy Jordan, only guarded on rare inter- vals by a frontier patrol numbering 1,200 soldiers. Every Bedouin is allowed by law to carry arms and possess modern rifles end ammunition. Their plans, they said, called for one great rush across the Jordan with one body of men carrying arms and ammunition to equip Palestine Arabs, who can be punished with death for possessing guns. Already guns and ammunition were said to be finding their way into the hands of Palestine Arabs. The Emir, pale and worn by the| problems of his country, asserted: “We look upon the problems of Pales- | tine as local problems.” “We have no cause to interfer added. “Trans-Jordan is peaceful.” Dempands Justice. “But,” he declared, picking up a curved blotting pad from his desk and putting it between his teeth, “the Arab will hold on with his teeth like this. He must have justice, he must have freedom. “I am afraid if trouble continues in Palestine, we will have great trou- bles here.” he —_— League (Continued Prom First Page.) need representation at the September session of the League. A tumultous welcome, unprecedented in League of Nations history, was given Haile Selassie today. Thousands of residents of Geneva massed at the railroad station when the train carrying the Negus, torether with many statesmen, arrived. The King of Kings, here to plead his cause against Italy, walked slowly from the train bciween lanes of cheer- ing admirers, who shouted “Long live the Emperor!” Dressed in a gray silk cape and wearing a fedora hat, the Emperor n;lzowledged the greeting with stately nods. A young Geneva Fascist masqueraded T as Emperor Selassie today and fooled the police in a public ceremony. Dressed and made up as the Negus, he deposited a wreath of flowers on the foot of a monument. Police later discovered “the Emperor” was a mem- ber of the Young Geneva Fascists. : Although the police announced their fflentification of the imposter, they ‘were unable to do anything about it, for the youth disappeared. % Previous to his disappearance he ade his hoax complete by motoring bravely to the League of Nations Palace, where he received the salutes of the police guard, League ushers and officials of the League themselves. British and French diplomats ar- rived with an agreement on the “prin- cipal problems” to come before the Council, after a meeting between An- thony Eden, British foreign secretary, and Premier Leon Blum in Paris. Other delegates recessed a meeting of an international Dardanelles con- ference at Montreux to attend today's meeting. Primarily, the Council will formulate recommendations to be presented to the League Assembly, called to meet in Geneva Tuesday. U. S. Navy Air Base Planned in Alaska, Legislator Asserts By the Asscciated Press. SEATTLE, June 26.—The Post- Intelligencer- says Representative . Harlan, Democrat, of United States Pisheries Brant for Alaska. Washington Wayside ¢ Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. NICE PEOPLE. YOUNG man here for one of Washington’s most fashion- A able weddings has left with a profound impression of our poise and hospitality The impression was one of the re- sults of the night of the bachelor din- ner. In the course of that festive finale to the bridegroom’s rugged in- dividualism, the hero of this anecdote imbibed, and imbibed and imbibed. Came time to go to the home of his host during his stay, the young man directed the driver to an approximate address in Georgetown. They finally came to one of the finer domiciles in that neighborhood in which the lights were burning brightly. “This is it,” said the visitor. He grabbed his bags, waived an airy farewell, and vanished through the door. There was no one to greet him inside, but he made his way to what he was sure was his bed room, un- dressed, bathed and turned in for a comfortable night. | Getting up late the next morning, he | met the lady of the house for the first time. It was quite a surprise to both | of them, but the lady never lost her poise, said she hoped he had been comfortable—and that if he would go about eight houses down the street, he would find the home he ‘had been looking for the night before. * ok ok % FAN. | Repercussions of the Louis- Schmeling fight still are being | heard. The 4-year-old son of a fight fan’s family provided , the | latest ome. | Far into the night, for one so | wyoung, he had lain listening to his 10-year-old brother’s description of Schmeling’s right—the latter hav- ing been to see the movies that afternoon. That he had been listening with out learning became apparent when he showed up at the poker table, where his father sat downstairs, his fists doubled up, a deadly serious look on his face. “Listen, daddy,” he addressed his perplezed parent, “which is my left?” * x ok x | NATURE. VAGRANT breeze furnished the passengers of a Connecticut ave- | nue bus a little diversion on a recent | | ride home. The bus was bowling along with every one occupied with his own | thoughts or meditations when a sud- | den gust of wind lifted the hats from | | two ladies sitting well uptowardthe | | front and hurled the head adornments | to the rear of the bus. Many helpful hands reached out to retrieve the hats, but after floating the | length of the bus another current of | air reversed their flight and wafted them back to the front. | Scorning to do the obvious thing the perverse wind did not return each lady her property, but made an exchange and deposited the felt within easy reach of the lady who owned the floppy straw with the wide brim and vice versa. Amidst the smiles of the passengers they restored to each other the errant hats and the passengers lapsed back into persong) introspection | and outward calm. * % % * GLAD-I-O-LUS. DID you ever speak of the glad- i-o-lus, just so, and have one of those snooty persons remark loftily, “‘Oh, glad-eye-olus?” Well, you won't have to feel re- proved any longer, for the American Gladiolus Society, which ought to know has adopted your pronunciation as official, also the piural “gladioluses,” rather than “gladioli.” And the ac- cent, in both singular and plural, is on the ‘o—" so there! * % ¥ % CRITIC. ‘HE strange marks which steno- graphers make in their note- books look unintelligible to those who do not write shorthand, but they failed to arouse any awe in a 7-year- old tot who visited her big sister in a lawyer’s office the other day. = i The attorney was dictating when the child entered and she watched her sister for several minutes. When the dictation was finished she looked down at the notebook and asked: “Is that the best you can write?” CODE. A young lady received a post card which said, in the priefest Possible way: “Miss XYZ. J. M.— ABC. After deciphering that J. M. meant “just married” and that ABC were the initials of a former beau, she forthwith sent this reply: “Mr. ABC. T. B—XYZ. How long did it take you to figure out that T. B. stands for ‘too bad’?” TH! timid soul in a tiny rattle-trap came out first the other day in an encounter with a snooty, uni- formed chauffeur piloting a town car almost “a block long.” The en- ! BOARD REVERSED INLIQUOR STAND Commissioners Overrule A. B. C. Body on a Point of Law. The Commissioners today over- ruled the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which had ordered revocation of the on-sale liquor license of Eugene | Brinkley, 533 Eighth street southeast, | who last Winter pleaded guilty to & charge of violating the gambling statute and is now serving time for the offense. The Commissioners upset the ac- tion of the A. B. C. Board on a point of law raised by Acting Corporation Counsel Vernon E. West. The point was that in reissuing the license for this year the board had not required Brinkley to renew a sworn stipulation he had made in 1935 that he would surrender vol- untarily his license if he was con- ;lcud of the charge pending against im. Sold Part of -Stock. The license was issued to Brinkley's, Inc, of which Brinkley was president. Early last year he owned 98 of the 100 shares of stock in the corporation. Last November he sold 25 shares to one of his employes, but the Commission- ers were told no cash was involved— that Brinkley accepted a note for | $4,500. Thereafter the corporation ap- plied for a 1936 license, and it was ; granted, the board failing to ask Brink- ley to renew his 1935 stipulation. | After the license was issued, Brink- | ley pleaded guilty in District Supreme Court to the charge of setting up a gaming table, an offense which consti- tutes a felony in the District. The cancellation of the license, and the order later was issued. Grounds Held Lacking. Stress was laid on the fact ihat the gaming table was set up at a place other than the premises licensed for | the sale of liquor. West said the | board had made two mistakes. First, | that it had no authority in law to | “cancel” a license, and second, that it could not revoke the permit because | the 1935 stipulation had not been re- | peated in the 1936 permit #ssuance. “Since there is no evidence that Brinkley conducted any of his gam- bling operations upon the licensed premises, it is plain that there is no ground for revocation of the license,” sald West. “The board recognized | this fact and ordered the license can- celed upon the ground that it had been issued inadvertently.” Rail Retirement 1Con}inued From First Page.) Retirement Board from requiring carriers to turn over to it their pay roll records and restrained the com- missioner of internal revenue from collecting the tax, the first payment under which, amounting to approxi- mately $15,000,000, was due Tuecsday. When the railroads filed their suit, they announced they intended to take their fight to the Supteme Court if necessary. It was by similar procedure that they succeeded in securing the in- validation of the 1934 retirement act. In that case, Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat declared the law unconstitu- tional and his ruling was affirmed by the highest tribunal. Decision Was 5 to 4. The decision by the Supreme Court was 5 to 4, with Chief Justice Hughes saying in a dissenting opinion that the “gravest aspect” of the majority ruling was that it denied to Congress the power to pass a compulsory pen- sion act for railroad employes, no matter how limited and reasonable the plan might be. Justice Bailey said that the new legislation contained many of the con- stitutional defects of the old act, in- cluding the payment of pensions to employes reaching the age of 65 who had severed their connection with the railway service years before. If today's decision is sustained by the higher courts, to which it probably will be appealed, former railway work- ers ‘1:1“:;“ deprived of $46,000,000 they would have received during the coming fiscal year in the form of pensions. The railroads estimated that they would be assessed $58,000,000 for the first year and that their payments would increase steadily until they m;unud to $269,000,000 in the year RIOTING IN POLAND WARSAW, June 26 (Jewish Tele- graphic Agency)—Many persons were beaten and 50 windows broken in anti- Semitic disorders yesterday at Bodzen- tyn, near Kielce, Natlonalists attacked a rabbl of Kopitschnitz visiting Hassidic Jews at Tarnopol, but were driven off. HE convention is in process night before, he had been Democrat. Allcs Longwerta. perature of the sssemblage. roared and sweated through the Democratic promises of the 1932 formances. These are his words: faithtully complied with the spirit He may be right. If the spirit of A. B. C. Board thereupon moved for | MIKE ROMANO. RING DEATH IS LAID T0 HEART MALADY Romano Victim of Natural Causes, Verdict of Coroner Says. A coroner’s verdict of death by “natural causes” wrote the end today to the wrestling career of Mike Ro- mano, 45, who came to the United States more than 15 years ago as Italian heavyweight wrestling cham- pion to enter the ring in this country. Romano died last night shortly | after the conclusion of a match, | lasting 13'; minutes, in which his shoulders were pinned to the mat by Jack Donovan, 23, Boston grappler and former member of the Boston Untversity wrestling team. Donovan was released from technical custody of an officer when Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald issued a cer- tificate stating the topnotch heavy- weight had “died from coronary occlu- sion and chronic disease of muscles of the heart, liver, spleen and kidney.” Doctor Called by Referee. Romano remained on the mat last night after he had been thrown by Donovan. Referee “Cyclone” Burns noted his apparently serious condition and asked that a doctor be sent for. Romano was examined in the ring, again before he entered s ambulance and was taken to Freedmen's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Dr. MacDonald said Romano’s heart ailment was “not acute, but of long | standing, gradually making inroads on his physical condition until he suc- cumbed easily last night.” ” Colncidentally, Romano died almost two. weeks to the day after Steve | Zenoski had been stricken fatally in the ring in New York City in a match with Romano two weeks ago. Romano, always recognized as a clean and sclentific wrestler, noted Zenoski was ill and asked the referee to stop the match. Zenoski died two days later. Meanwhile, Wrestler Rudy Dusek left by train at 5 am. today for New York to help Mrs. Romano settle her husband's affairs. Ernie, Joe and Emil Dusek, Rudy’s brothers, and George Koverly, all of whom wrestled after the Romano-Donovan match last night, remained here today. Was Mosaic Artist. Romano, in addition to wrestling, artist and was in the interior deco- rating business. Donovan ended the bout last night with & head scissors and wrist lock after more than 12 minutes of wres- tling. Burns counted three, but Ro- mano never rose again. The victor said he “felt Romano go & bit limp as we stood locked in a corner.” “We went to the mat,” Donovan con- tinued, “and I applied the head scis- sors and wrist lock. As I held him in that hold he gave a gasp, and I re- laxed the grip, which I hadn't been holding very tight, anyway. Then Burns counted him out.” Romano, & native of Trieste, Italy, was a resident of Elmhurst, Long Island. He had one child, a girl of 11. He had been decorated by the Italian government for heroism dur- ing the World War. GUARDS ARE DOUBLED BUCHAREST, June 26 ().—Police and military patrols in Bucharest streets were doubled today as the gov- ernment decided on firm measures to suppress attacks on Jews. Comparative quiet was felt in the city after riots during the last two days in which iron guard students at- tacked distributors of Jewish news- papers and burned their wares. - The National Scene | |in her acquital of” second degree | worked in recent years as a mosaic | BY ALICE LONGWORTH of adopting the New Deal change- ling that was deposited in the Democratic cradle soon after the inauguration of Mr. Roosevelt. It is amusing to watch the expressions on the faces of the thousand del- egates who are assembled for the ceremony. It is not their job to determine the qualifications of the infant for membership in the family. They are here merely as witnesses. The patience of the delegates was worn thin during Senator Robinson's speech Wednes- day night. They walked out in droves. In fact, the only spontaneous demonstration of enthu- siasm since the convention began took place the The judge :| wealth’s Attorney Lawrence W. Doug- ‘when one of the speakers said that a Republican but had become & ‘When so many Democrats are taking » walk the news of even one conversion, though 1t happened in the distant past, raised the tem- Senator Robinson was an object of considerable sympathy as he unenvisble task of reconciling the platform with the New Deal per- “The Roosevelt administration has of the Chicago platform promises.” black is white, if the spirit of sour is sweet, then the Senator is using his words correctly. But never, outside of metaphysical speculstion, has the word spirit been called upon to bear such & burden. A holy, or possibly somnolent hush came over the convention as the chairman expounded the mystical doctrine of political transubstantiation. As soon as he reathed the more mundane ground of the sins of the Supreme Court the’audience simply had to relieve its overstrained endurance with & few whoops - and & decorous smesk toward the exitd, | withou$ waiting for the DRIVE TO START IN MONTGOMERY Supporters of Landon and State Senator Le Gore Forming. BY JACK ALLEN, 8taff Correspondent of The Star. ‘The drive for the Republican party’s presidential nominee, Gov. Alfred M. Landon, and its choice for Congress from the sixth Maryland district, State Senator Harry W. Le Gore, began to assume definite shape with the forma- tion of & county-wide Landon-Le Gore Club last night, and is to be formally opened within 10 days. trict began to assume definite shape with the formation of a county-wide Landon-Le Gore Club last night and is to be formally opened within 10 days. More than 100 party leaders who at- tended the organization meeting at Kenwood Country Club delivered a tirade against the policies of the Demo- cratic administration and poured nearly $2,000 into the treasury when campaign contributions were called for, Non-Partisan in Nature, Earl Whittier Shinn of Kenwood, elected president of the club, declared the drive for Landon and Le Gore will be non-partisan in nature with both Republican and anti-New Deal Demo- crats joining in the fight to defeat Roosevelt for re-election, “It is time we got together,” he said, “to defeat the type of government that is at cross purposes with all the funda- mentals that have served to make our country one of the most prosperous and progressive nations of the world. We should go to the polls and reaffirm the principles of 1776 that the Govern- ment is the servant of the people and not the master.” In his acceptance speech Shinn de- clared the campaign machinery has not been generally fixed as yet, but said | that plans will be made to keep in close contact with each of the 27,000 regis- tered voters of the county throughout the campaign. Offices will be main- tained in the principal communities of Montgomery throughout the drive. Shinn will be assisted in directing the campaign by a staff composed of Wilson L. Townsend, vice president, and James Cunningham Rogers, sec- retary-treasurer, and an Executive Committee, made up of Walter W. Dawson, Paul Sleeman, Robert L. Mc- Keever and Mrs. Claude W. Mitchell. An Advisory Committee will be chosen within a few days. Dawson, chairman of the Republi- can State Central Committee for Montgomery County, and Pressley Baldridge, former chairman of the Republi State Central Committee for Iowa, declared the Constitution | of the United States itself is at stake in the election this Fall. Baldridge said the voters should seriously consider the effect that po- tential changes in the set-up of the | Supreme Court would have if Presi- | dent Roosevelt is re-elected. CONNELLY SLAYING IS SELF-DEFENSE Acquitted by Jury, Widow of Park Policeman Faints in Court. Mrs. Alice J. Connelly, 38-year-old mother of four chilren was back home today recuperating from the strain of her three-day District Supreme Court trial which ended yesterday murder in the shooting of her hus- | band, Park Policeman John F. Con- nelly, 41, March 18. The not guilty verdict followed argument by her attorneys that she | acted in self defense. Mrs. Connelly fainted when the | jury foreman gave its decision, ex- onerating her. She had admitted on the witness stand that she shot her husband in their home at 2220 Eight- eenth street following a St. Patrick’s day party, but said she was in fear that Connelly meant to harm her. It was the second time during the | trial that she had collapsed. As she was testifying Wednesday, she slumped in her chair and would have top- pled to the floor but for the aid of court attaches and jurors. Defense Attorneys James A. O'Shea and Alfred Goldstein put numerous witnesses on the stand who testified that Connelly was disagreeable and violent when intoxicated. Some of them told of seeing Mrs. Connelly with a black eye, supposedly inflicted by her husband. NICKLES DEFENSE LOSES FIRST POINT to Judge Overrules Demurrer Amended Indictment in Sewer Case. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va,, June 26.—Judge Walter T. McCarthy over-ruled a demurrer to an amended indictment charging N. C. Nickles, member of a Pennsylvania sewer con- struction firm, with bribery, after sustaining . first demurrer to the las to amend the indictment against by cause of a technicality in its wording. Counsel for Nickels claimed the orig- inal indictment did not state a vio- lation of law. The second demurrer was entered L | 55?5 - g i £ 8 i i : | i Gets Many Proposals ANN COOPER HEWITT, Inventor’s heiress, who sued her mother for $500,000 on the ground she had her sterilized, more letters she has received goes over some of the 10.000 or from strangers. Nearly all are proposals of marriage.—Copyright A. P. Wirephoto. SUNSET CONCERTS TAWES IS ELECTED TOBEGIN JULY 19, BYSTATEFIREMEN {Opening Date for Water Gate Symphony Series Is Announced. ‘The opening date for a series of “sunset symphonies” at the Water Gate of the Arlington Memorial Bridge has been set definitely for Sun- | day, July 19, officials of the Washing- ton Summer Concerts Association an- nounced today as they completed ar- rangements for a drive for funds. ‘The date for the first concert origin- ally was set for July 12, but was post- poned when the association found it necessary to conduct a drive for ap- proximately $10,000 with which it is | planned to construct a barge for pres- entation of the concerts. The Women's Committee of the newly-formed association was named at a meeting yesterday at the home of Mrs. Walter Nash, who was elected | president. Mme. L. de Sockoloff was named chairman and Miss Sylvia Meyer secretary and treasurer. Other active members are Mrs. Arthur Seaton, Mrs. Jeter Horton, Mrs. Lester Meumann, Mrs. Paul Hatch, Mrs. Stanley Thompson, Mrs. | Maxfield Dunlap, Miss Hazel Gibson Wood and Miss Gretchen Hood. A Junior Committee also was formed, composed of Miss Lilla La Garde, Miss Katherine Fuqua, Miss Mary Virginia Williams and Miss Mary Ann Greenough. As part of the campaign for funds, tickets priced at $1 will be placed on sale next Monday at Homer L. Kitt's, 1330 G street; the A. A. A. ticket bureau, Seventeenth street and Penn- sylvania avenue, and at the offices of the Concerts Association, room 612, 1406 F street. The tickets will be sold in booklets of six for $5, 12 for $10 and 24 for $20. These tickets will be good for any of the concerts, (Crisfield Man Unanimously Chosen at Hagerstown Convention. Special Dispatch to The Star HAGERSTOWN, Md., June 26— Having elected J. Millard Tawes, Cris- fleld, president and selected Easton for the 1937 convention city, the Maryland State Firemen's Associ- ation, was ready to bring its forty- forth annual convention to close with & 2-mile long parade this afternoon and fleld events later at the Hagers- town fair grounds. Tawes’ election | was made unanimous when B. H. Shipley, Ellicott City. withdrew shortly before the balloting began. The Ladies’ Auxiliary to the fire- men also concluded its business meet- ings by electing Mrs. Virginia Lee Chenoweth, Pikesville, president, suc- ville. The auxiliary will organize State- wide nursing units and first aid which was organized in Georges County last year, the first of its kind organized in the United | States. Prince Georges County is represented among the new auxiliary officials by Mary E. Walker, Berwyn Heights, secretary, and Mrs. Annie Burnett, Branchville, as chaplain. The Prince Georges firemen, how- ever, failed to put over T. Weston | Scott, Cottage City, for secretary, | George Lindsay, secretary since 1923, | being re-elected. | Montgomery County's contingent, however, led a successful campaign for J. C. Raney, Kensington, who was ! elected to the Board of Trustees for | a five-year term in a three-cornered race with Herbert A. Urie, Rock Hall, | !and Marc Bryant, Denton. Raney received 416 votes, Urie 88 and Bry- | ant 61. Blanton Boasts of $30,000,000 Obtained for “Watchdog” Home Distric of Treasury in Congres- sional Record Tells of Triumphs After Preventing “W aste.” Representative Blanton, Texas Democrat, who considers himself something of a Treasury watchdog, takes credit upon himself for sending more than $30,000,000 into his little Texas congressional district during the last three years. Ardent guardian of the Nation’s wealth, the Texan boasts in the June 24 issue of the Congressional Record that he was responsible for diverting $30,051,927 in loans and grants of one kind or another into an area where the official population in 1930 was 238,671, Taking eight pages of the record to set forth this achievement, Blanton closes with the following fine senti- ment: fighting against all wasteful spend- ing and balancing the budget. While I did not agree with much of the spending that has gone on during the last three years, I did see to it that my constituents in my 12 counties received their fair share of geis jfi'fi! it oalate owners of his district have totaled $3,685,251. The Reconstruction Finance Corp. has loaned $1,478414 to enterprise in his district, with even more than this being authorized and available. The Federal Housing Administra- tion has insured modernization notes totaling $350,753 and accepted $40,773 in mortgages for insurance, Blanton continues. ‘The National Youth Administration in Texas has distributed $84,580 to the deserving young folks of the Blanton district. Three Other Sums. Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins had sent $2,848,272 into the district up to last December. At the same time, the Civil Works Administration has disposed of $1,237,659 down there and the Works Administration was able to find $1,536,336 in projects in that area. Under the N. I. R. A, Mr. Blanton further points out, there were $578,- 103 in Federal projects and $1,302,628 in non-Federal projects. The Resettlement Administration has done $778,752 worth of resettling for Mr. Blanton's constituents. The A. A. A. worked off $7,000,796 in rentals and benefit payments to farmers in that district, their activi- ties including the raising of cotton, wheat, corn, hogs, peanuts, cattle, sheep and goats. Farm aid also was extended by the Parm Credit Administration in the amount of $958,476. The Soll Conservation Service spent $117,764 in the Texas district. In addition to the sums itemized, and the construction costs for post office which are not given, Blanton states that “quite a sum,” which he was unable to determine, has camps in his district. Before closing with his plea to “get ceeding Mrs. Mary H. Baker, Hyatts- | classes patterned after the first unit, | Prince | SIRATEN S 14, TRALSBY4SHOT Adams and Cox Hold Lead in British Open Golf Event. v tne Asroctated Press. HOYLAKE, England, June 26.—Two young British professionals, Jim Adams and Bill Cox, today held the |lead in the British open golf cham- pionship at the half-way mark with totals of 144, four shots ahead of Gene Sarazen, the favored American pro- fessional. Adams and Cox were one shot ahead of Henry Cotton, Alf Padgham, Dick Burton and Francis Francis, all Britons, and Marcel Dallemagne, the French native open champion. Bure ton shot a 71 today, Padgham, Cotton, Francis and Dallemagne, 72's; Adams a 73 and Cox a T4 Sarazen, scrambling all the way, went out in 37, and back in 38 for a total of 148, one ahead of Ted Turner, Pine Valley, N. J,, the next American in line. Ezar’s Elimination Seen. Errie Ball, Mobile, Ala, shot a 77 and posted a 151 for the 36 holes; Willie Goggin, San Francisco, had a 78 for 152. These scores were reason- | ably sure of qualifying for the final day of play tomorrow, but Joe Ezar, the other American in the field, had an 80 today, which brought him a total of 162 and almost certain elimination. Sarazen got away to a bad start before a great gallery, pulling his sec~ ond shot at the first and taking a 5, one over par. He fought hard over the next three holes and managed to | et his pars, but he was not hitting the ball well. Sarazen's putter brought him back | to par at the fifth, where he dropped 8 20-footer for a birdie. Then he | played the next two holes in par. Finishes With Two Fives. Gene pulled his approach into deep rough at the eighth and pulled his second into a p at the ninth, tak- |ing 5s both places for a first nine | total of 37. Sarazen—out 545 334 355—37 | Only a fine putting touch and good breaks kept Sarazen in the running, | for he hit the ball all over the course. He dropped a 40-foot putt at the fif- | teenth and followed with one half that length at the sixteenth. Obviously disgusted with his game, Gene was in the sand at the tenth and eleventh, and he moaned when putts rimmed the cup at the thirteenth and fourteenth. At the seventeenth he sliced his second to the edge of the course, but the ball hit an iron fence | on the way out and bounded back on | the fairway. | 544 354 454—38 | —75—148. A wind from the sea, which can make Hoylake one of the world's most dreaded tests of golf, swept the fair- ways this morning as play started. It was virtually assured that there | would be a new champion when Alf | Perry, whose victory was a great sur- | prise las{ year, shot two 38s. just as he did yesterday, for another 76 and a | total of 152. | Cotton, who started the second round three shots back of Bill Cox, the leader, made it apparent at the very start of this morning's round | that he was about to march for the top. He went out in 34 two under par. He hit only one bad shot dur- ing the nine, driving into the bunker at the second. but he got his par, nevertheless. birdied the third and eighth and was well on his way. Cotton—Out 444 344 34434 | Starting back home with a great | chance to lead, Cotton floundered and hit the ball worse than at any time this week. He three-putted the tenth | green, missed the green with his drive | at the short eleventh, topped his drive |at the fifteenth and hooked his drive | at the seventeenth into the trees. | Cotton—In. 544 345 454—38—T72—145 Adams Home in 34. \ Starting on the back nine, Adams appeared to be slipping. but he birdied | the tenth, thirteenth, fourteenth and sixteenth and played all the others in par, to post a 34 for a 73. Cox, faced with the loss of the lead. | holed a 12-foot putt on the last green for & birdie and a total of 144. He was in frightful trouble on the twelfth, where he hit a poor drive, flubbed his second. butchered his third, and then, reaching the green in five, sank a 20-foot putter for a six Leading second-round scores and 36-hole totals: Alf Padgham, Britain, 36—36—72 —145. Dick Burton, Britain, 33—38—T1 —145, Charlie Whitcombe, Britain, 37— 39—76—149. Norman Sutton, Britain, 35—37— T2—147. | Prancis Prancis, Britain, 36—36— | 72—145. Tom Collinge, Britain, 36—37—73 —147. *Alex Walker, Britain, 39—37—T76 | —150. | Ted Turner, Pine Valley, N. J., 38 —36—T74—149. Willie Goggin, San Francisco, 38 —40—78—152. Errie Ball, Mobile, Ala., 38—39—177 —151. *Amateur. Henry Cotton, Britain, 34—38—72 —145. Alf Perry, Britain, 38—38—76—152. Gordon Good, Britain, 36—37—73 —148 Laury Ayton, —151. Percy Alliss, Britain. 38—34—72—146 Jack Busson, Britain. 38—35—73—149 W. H. Davies, Britain 36—40—76—148 James Adams, Britain 39—34—73—144 Tom Green, Britain, 36—36—72— 146. Syd Easterbrook, Britain, 36—37— 13—152. Gene Sarazen, Brookfield Center, Conn., 37—38—75—148. Aubrey Boomer, Britain, 40—35—758 —149. Arthur Lacey, Britain, 37—37—74 —150. A—Jock McLean, Britain, 42—36— 150. Sheriff Makes Auto Jump Open Draw On Eastern Shore By the Assoclated Press. Britain, 37—38—75 Crossing the Chester River Bridge, he was caught on the draw as it rose to let a boat pass. The sheriff stepped on the ges, his automobile cleared the 15- foot gap and landed safely on the other side.