Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1936, Page 1

(U, 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Local thundershowers; tomorrow gen- erally fair and somewhat warmer, ex- cept scattered afternoon thundershowers. Temperatures—Highest, 90, at 2 p.m. yes- Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos Sunday Mornfhg and terday; lowest 69, at 6 a.m. y. Full report on Page A-5. No. 1,633—No. 33,668. class matter , Washington, D. C. Euntered post offi CHILD IS 100 ARE IN‘SANE’ <@ Boy Dies of Poison After Swallowing | Torpedo. 35 ARE INJURED AT CITY DISPLAY | 123 Are Dead Through- out Nation as Holiday Is Celebrated. (Pictures on Page B-1.) A weird accident which last night cost the life of 2-year-old Ralph Eisele of mearby Battery Park, Md, climaxed a day which saw more than 100 persons treated in District hos- pitals and first-aid stations for in- Juries received from Fourth of July KILLED, BURNED FOURTH 100,000 Witnessl Fireworks Show At Monument Address by Senator Radcliffe Features Exercises. One hundred thousand persons gathered in the vicinity of the Wash- ness the brilliant display of fireworks with which the Capital brought to an end its celebration of the Fourth of July. The huge crowd, no whit discour- aged by the threat of rain earlier in the evening, sprawled across the Monument Grounds, the Ellipse, the Agriculture Department lawn and around the Lincoln Memorial. When the spectators had departed, leaving the area littered with news- papers on which they had sat, street ington Monument last night to wit- | he wnls WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1936— HOPKINS PROPOSES MOVING FARMERS FROM ARID AREAS Sees Hope for Successful Year Gone—Urges Long- Range Plan for Land Use. —— INCREASE IN RELIEF IS HELD NECESSARY Report Asks Aid in Rebuilding Herds and Purchase of Feeds. | BACKGROUND— Droughts have spread destruction and death through Midwestern farm regions on several occasions in recent years. Most severe in- stance was in 193¢ when various New Deal agencies of relief offered aid through seed loans, low freight rates, resettlement of families and direct cash grants. In present crisis, relief plans are being co-ordinated by special board, NN R = e | St NETY-TWO PAGES. ¥ FIVE CENTS v_wasaiNnGToN _anp susuess | TEN CENTS Every Afternoon. ELSEWHERE POLITICAL PARTIES DRAW' LINES FOR AGTIVE CAMPAIGN Both Roosevelt and Landon Due to Make Cross- Country Swing. VANDENBERG EXPECTED TO BE ACTIVE SPEAKER Democrats Estimate $2,000,000 Will Be Spent—G. 0. P. May Have Larger Sum. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Plans for the national political campaign are fast rounding into shape, despite the fact that the Re- publican nominee for President, Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, has still to make his acceptance speech. That speech, which will be the first campaign document of the Republi- can candidate, is expected to denxl DONOVAN: ADVISES $1.300.C. TAXRATE BE KEPT THIS YEAR Increase Held Unnecessary Despite Net Deficit of $960,365. SHORTAGE OF $4,000,000 REDUCED BY SURPLUS City Commissioners Will Get Fis- cal Report at Next Meeting Tuesday. BY JOHN L. HACKNEY. In spite of the fact that District | expenditures will exceed current gen- eral tax revenues by close to $4,000,~ | 000, the District will be able to main- |tain its existing $1.50 tax rate dur- ing the fiscal year, according to a re- | port for the Commissmn;rs made yes- |terday by Maj. Daniel’ J. Donovan, District auditor. | The Commissioners, however, be- cause of the holiday, have not yet explosives. cleaners and park employes went to| including Tugwell, Wallace, Hop=- | received the report, but will have it The Eisele boy, son of C. M. Eisele, secretary-treasurer of the Washington Industrial Loan Co., and president of the Southeastern Industrial Bankers, Inc., bit into a torpedo and died within | 8 few minutes of sulphuric acid poison- ing. The tragedy occurred at the Eisele home, 137 Glenbrook road, Bat- tery Park, Md. Of the scores of fireworks casualties here, only two were believed to be gerious. U Sparks Fall in Crowd. Of these, 35 suffered injuries, mostly eye burns, inflicted when sparks and ashes fell into the crowd of 100,000 which gathered last night on the | slopes of the Washington Monument to witness the pyrotechnics display ar- ranged as the community’s observance of Independence day. In virtually every hospital in the city, staff physicians were hard at work far into the night caring for the unsupervised celebrators’ burns. Among those treated at Emergency Hospital was 12-year-old Champ Clark, 4922 Quebec place, son of the Missouri Senator and grandson of the former Speaker of the House, whose name he bears. The boy received slight burns to his left hand in set- ting off a firecracker. Twe Emergency Units Active. Most of the injuries received by those at the community celebration were also minor in nature, but kept the two emergency first-aid stations active several hours. Gordon O. Stone, director of the first-ald and life-sav- ing unit of the District Red Cross, said most of the victims were suffering from eye burns received as they looked skyward at the multi-colored fiery bursts. Apparently, a breeze, which was hardly discernible on the ground was of sufficient strength at the height achieved by the soaring rockets to carry the debris from their explo- sions over the grassy area occupied by the huge crowd. Both of the children most seriously injured during the day were at Emer- gency Hospital last night. Adelaide Tennille, 5, colored, of 1313 Riggs place, suffered severe burns of the abdomen and knees when her dress caught fire. Boy May Lose Thumb. James Hill, 10, of 1511 Wisconsin @avenue, may lose his thumb as a re- sult of injuries received when he picked up an aerial bomb on the Monument Grounds, and it exploded in his hand. In nearby Maryland and Virginia the traffic death list was five and there were three drownings. Meanwhile, figures compiled by the Assoclated Press showed at least 123 died on the highways and in other accidents attendant on the holiday. Although thousands were injuged by firecrackers, only one—a Chicago girl | —died of burns directly attributed to an explosion. Figure Under That of 1935. ‘While the death rolls were incom- plete, the figure was considerably under that of 1935 when 214 died. Motor accidents claimed 87, drown- ings reached 29. A firecracker started a $500,000 fire at Remsen, Towa. The traffic death list by States wi California, 6; Connecticut, Georgia, 1; Idaho, 2; Illinois, 1; In- diana, 5; Kansas, 1; Kentucky, 1; Maine, 1; Maryland, 3; Massachusetts, 3; Michigan, 5; Minnesota, 1; Mon- tana, 1; New Jersey, 3; New York, Ohio, 3; Oklahoma, 4; Oregon, Pennsylvania, 5; Rhode Island, Bouth Carolina, 2; Tennessee, 2; Texas, 11; Utah, 4; Virginia, 4; Washington, ¢; West Virginia, 1; Wisconsin, 2. Although sale of firecrackers is banned in the District and Virginia, (See FIREWORKS, Page A-4) HALF OF TOWN LEVELED work., Although the crowd listened re- | spectfully and sympathetically to the patriotic exercises, it appeared impa- tient for the pyrotechnics, and cheered when informed the fireworks were to begin. Variety In Display. There were soaring rockets which colored the sky and sent explosive echoes reverberating against the | Monument slopes, ground flares, | aerial lanterns, intricate and humor- ous sets and various other spectacular displays. The higher of the rockets could be seen throughout the downtown area and beyond and people gathered on many rooftops to watch. ‘The fireworks were preceded by an impressive commemoration of Inde- pendence day, which included an ad- dress on “The Declaration of Inde- pendence,” by Senator Radcliffe of Maryland. That document, he said, “in reality is a living spirit, ever ready to serve us in times of need.” He pic- tured the spirit of its framers as | persevering in the American people and carrying them through the disas- | ters of the depression. When the economic crisis made it imperative that the Nation should have leaders similar to those in the days when it was born, such leaders appeared and brought it through suc- cessfully, he asserted. Under the chairmanship of C. Mel- vin Sharpe the exercises started promptly and each event was begun at the stated time. Skies Clear by 7 P.M. Although rain fell intermittently after 5:30 p.m,, the skies were clearing (See 100,000, Page A-4.) —_— AUSTRALIAN FLYER, MELROSE, KILLED Was a Prize Winner in London- Melbourne Air Derby of 1934. MELBOURNE, Australia, July 5 (Sunday) (#).—C. James Melrose, noted Australian flyer, died teday when his plane crashed. Details were not immediately available. Melrose was & prize winner in the London-Melbourne Air Derby in 1934, and a veteran flyer. In November, 1935, while flying over the Bay of Bengal he was the last person to sight another noted Aus- tralian aviator, Sir Charles Kings- ford-Smith, who, with his co-pilot, Tom Pethybridge, disappeared in the vicinity of Malacca Strait while on a flight from England to Australia. WEALTHY MAN ROBBED Masked Pair Get $200 in Cash and $600 in Jewelry. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 4 (P). —Two masked, white-gloved, armed men robbed George A. Brown, retired millionaire shoe manufacturer, for- merly of Salem, he told police, of $200 in cash and $600 in jewelry in the bed room of his home here early today. Brown reported the two - robbers were concealed in his bed room when he entered. While one confronted him with a pistol the other took $200 from his person and a watch and several gold and diamond bracelets from a dresser. The men cut the telephone wires in the room, then climbed out a window ln& escaped in an automobile, Brown sa AS’CRACKER STARTS FIRE Pamage in Remsen, Iowa, Esti- mated at $500,000—20 Homes Destroyed. By the Associated Press. REMSEN, IOWA, July l‘—A“hr; started a firecracker tonight wipe out nu:e‘zy of the northern half of this town causing damage estimated by of- ficials at half a million dollars. The blaze, fanned by a strong wind de- stroyed half the Remsen business dis- trict, twenty homes, the Illinois Cen- tral Railroad Station and the grand- stand in the town's ball park. The town was without lights. For a time during the worst of the blaze the town's water supply ran out, rendering firemen powerless to combat the biaze. Officials said a small girl playing in a tent beside a cafe set the canvas on fire with a firecracker. They did not disclose her name and indicated she ‘would not be held responsible. Firemen resorted to dynamite to check the blaze, which was brought In one of the heaviest days of travel on record, the holiday death toll on the roads of nearby Maryland and Virginia yesterday reached five while the District added a dozen names to the long list of injured. There also were three drownings in this area. One of the traffic victims was Lowell Freeman, 27, chief of the mails and files division of the Suburbin Re- settlement Division, who was killed Friday oight when the car he was driving collided head-on with another near Frederick. Freemen resided with his sister, Mrs. Howard E. Nestor, 819 Buchanan street. Egbert Rude, Boulevard Apartments, a Treasury employe riding with Pree- man, was seriously injured. He was taken to a hospital in Prederick. A multiple collisica near Fredericks- burg killed" Charles Clarke, 23, of Richmond and sent three companions to the hospital. Miss Armatha Etter, 19, .of State uader control about 9:30 o'clock. “ ) ke Five Killed Nearby in Autos; 12 Are Injured in District s, Fa, cied in Hr2orstawn Hc"l-‘ kins and Bell. Steps similar to those listed above already have been taken. Hope abandoned for any measure of successful farming this year, Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress admin- istrator, yesterady suggested that farmers in five drought States be given aid in moving elsewhere and that a long-range plan for future use of lands in the drought areas be promulgated.. ‘The present drought, a survey made public by Hopkins said, is made ex- tremely severe by the accumulation of six years of adverse crop condi- tions, grasshopper plagues, duststorms, soll erosion and low crop prices. Farmers in 10 States, as a result, are without resources, and the dry weather has cast them on the public for relief, if they are to survive. Relief Increase Necessary. The tragic condition revealed by Hopkins means an increase, rather than a slackening off, of relief from | the Federal Government, the suryey $112,000 Found on Iowa Farm; $150,000 More Will Be Sought Relatives of Three Dead Baclielors Say Estimated $350,000 Hidden—Prop- ‘erty Willed to Two Cousins. Py the Assoctated Press. TIPTON, Iowa, July 4 —One hun-/ dred and twelve thousand dollars in gold coin, gold and silver certificates | box containing $88.000 in securities | | securities were found hidden in the house where the old bachelors lived. | It was learned that another iron BALLOONEXPLODES IN COLORADO RAGE Army Entry Blows Up—All Reported Landed Within State Lines. By the Associated Press. DENVER, July 4. — Misfortune and securities was discovered on the reported to belong to the John Iwers | dogged the national baloon races to- Iwers farm near here, it was an- estate had been uncovered previously, | day, the Army bag exploding and the nounced today and relatives of three and the contents were taken to a | Cleveland entry unable to find enough aged bachelor farm owners, now dead, plan a second organized treasure hunt next week. 3 | Davenport bank. The estate of the three brothers is valued at $350.000. Authorities be- | wind currents to carry it further than | 120 miles. All entrants were reported landed Buried in an old machine shed in | lieve that more money may be found ' tonight withcut getting outside Colo- an iron box, the fortune was discov- ered last week by Louis Voss, admin- | hidden on the farm. | It has been rumored for many years | rado. The Army pilots talked some- what light-heartedly of their narrow stated. The administrator quoted yciator of the Henry Iwers estate, who that there was “a lot of money” bur- | escape. figures from several of the arid sec- | coarohed with court officials and rela- | ied on the 880-acre farm of the Iwers tions to show that families on relief | are increasing rather than falling off. | In outlining remedial measures he | regards as imperative, Hopkins .sug-; gested “three major elements in & revised land use program.” These included, first, conversion of cultivated crop land into permanent pasture . range; second, increase in size of farm units now too small for grazing that have been made unfit for crop production because of the drought; third, the migration of families from the hardest hit areas to better lands. Must Move Families. “The third step in the revised land use program for the drought are: Hopkins stated, “will consist of help- ing families who are unable to make the necessary change to larger and less intensive types of operation to | move out of the area to other regions where better opportunities for farming may be found. “This type of resettlement appears to be particularly desirable in certain parts of North and South Dakota, in | Northwestern Texas and in parts of | Colorado and Kansas, where damage | by wind erosion has been most severe.” The burden of caring for such farmers, Hopkins continued, has been lessened by the fact large numbers of farm families have voluntarily abandeoned hope of satisfactory farm operations and have moved to other States. “During the six-month period end- ing December 15, 1935, more than 32,000 persons emigrated from 19 drought States to California alone,” the administrator said. “Over 37 per cent of the total drought emigrants came from the Dust Bowl area. Simi- 1ar movements into Oregon and Wash- ington have also taken place.” Hopkins defined the Dust Bowl area (See DROUGHT, Page A-10.) 'MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED IN MILWAUKEE RACE Driver Knocked From Machine and Run Over as 7,000 Spec- tators Watch. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, July 4—Robert Arnd, 23, a motor cycle racer from Whiting, Ind., was killed in a race at State Fair Park today before more than 7,000 spectators. Arnd was thrown from his machine when it was sideswiped by another motor cycle, and was run over by a second machine. The youth was pronounced dead at entrance to County General Hospital. tal of injuries received when the car n which she was riding left the near Hagerstown. In a head-on collision between two cars on the Rockville-Fredericksburg road, Ladora Wilson, 20, colored, ‘Was fatally injured and seven others hurt. Another colored woman, Rebecca Scott, 76, of Reisterstawn, Md., met death when she was struck by an au- tomobile on the Reisterstown road. Miss Mary Rockwell, 26, of 1673 Co- lumbia road, and James C. Jerrell. 30, also of Washington, were seriouesly in- Jured in an accident near Zuni, Va., ac- cording to an Associated Press dis- patch. They were taken to Lakeview Hospital, near Suffffolk, where phy- sicians said Miss Rockwell's condition wascritical, Jerrelys car, police overturned after a collision and Was demolished. . H. D. Garver, 50, of Madison, Wis., Hotel, was in traffic (See TRA said, | High Lights tives. PRESIDENT VISTS LABOR ANDSSTEEL | VIRGINIA SHRINES Trips to Jamestown and Wil- liamsburg Are Planned Today. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staft Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va,, July 4 —President Roosevelt, with Mrs. Roosevelt and a | small party of friends, tonight sailed | | down the historic James River aboard | | the presidential yacht, Potomac, on | | his way back to Washington after | giving an Independence day address in the morning at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, in which he made an appeal for leaders of the character and spirit of Jefferson to meet the problems of the present and to relight “the sacred fire of funda- mental freedom” kindled by the founding fathers. ‘The Potomac anchored for the night near Brandn, one of the historic Co- lonial homes along the James River. It will resume its journey when the President awakens tomorrow morn- ing. Shortly after 10 o'clock tomor- row this trim little vessel wil! pull up at the dock at Jamestown Island, the scene of the first English settlement in Virginia, where President Roose- velt and his party will go ashore to again visit the points of interest be- fore motorihg to Williamsburg, seven miles away, for many years the capital | (See ROOSEVELT, Page A-2.) Readers’ Guide PART ONE. Main News Section. General News—Pages A-1, B-5. ashington Wayside—A-2. t and Found—A-3. Death Notices—A-8. Resorts—] 3 gpom Section—Pages B-6, B-11. oating and Fishing News—B-11. . PART TWwO. Editorial Section. Edlto{)lal Articles — Pages D-1, Editorials and Editorial Fea- tures—D-2. Civic News and Comment—D-4, Veterans’ Organizations, Na- tional Guard, Organized Reserves—D-5. - Cross-word Puzzle—D-86. Stamp News—D-6. PART THREE. Society Section. Society News and Comment— Pages E-1, Well-Known Folk—E-T7. Barbara Bell Pattern—E-7. Contract—E-8. PART FOUR. Feature Section. News Features—Pages F-1, F-4. John Clagett Proctor’s Article on Old Washington—F-2. “Those Were the Happy Days,” by Dick Mansfield—F-2. Radio News and Programs—F-3. Stage and Screen—F-5. Automobiles—F-6. Aviation—F-6. Children’s Page—F-7. History—F-7. PART FIVE. Financial, Classified. Financial News and Comment, Stocks, Bond and Curb Sum- maries—Pages G-1, G-4. Classified Advertising — Pages [y §i \ GRDFORBATIE ' Spokesmen for Both Sides Assert Views as War in Industry Impends. | BACKGROUND— Organized labor as represented by recognized national unions has had virtually no foothold in power- ful steel incustry. In 1934 A. F. of L. voted to attempt organization, but mo progress was made. Last Fall, group of A. F. of L. unions, | favoring industrial unionization rather than craft unionization, formed Committee for Industrial Organization and decided to test own strength in drive to organize steel on industry lines. Industry, following theory that best defense is attack, immediately joined in denunciation of labor ‘motives and pledged all resources to fight organization drive. BY JOHN C. HENRY Gaining in intensity, the battle ) between labor and the steely industry was centered today in Chifago and | Homestead, Pa., demonstrations were scheduled by the labor forces. The immediate ©b- jective was to provide an initial im- petus in efforts of the Committee on Industrial Organization to organize the 500,000 workers in the $5,000,000,- 000 steel industry. Barrages and counter-firing from both sides have continued in increasing vigor during the past week with a key figure on each side loosing an eleventh heur blast last night. In this instance, the spokesmen were Philip Murray, chair- man of the C. I. O. campaign unit, and E. G. Grace, president of the Bethle- hem Steel Co. Murray, in a printed bulletin sent to all steel workers, set forth the objec- tives of the committee drive, these in brief being: (1). To “protect the con- stitutional and civil rights” of steel ‘workers by assuring them the privilege of organizing without company inter- ference and, (2), to gain “the recogni- tion of the steel corporations of the principle of collective bargaining through representatives of the Amal- gamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers.” Aim at Peaceful Means, The bulletin said in part: “We are not interested in promoting strikes or causing industrial disturb- ances. Our aim is to organize the steel workers into the Amalgamated Associ- ation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers through peaceful and constitutional means. “Attempts on the part of officials of steel corporations and local chambers of commerce to create the impression in the public mind that the steel workers’ Organizing Committee is in- terested only in precipitating disorder and causing strikes are deliberately misleading.” Grace's statement followed the pat- tern_of thase reieased._earlier in_the (See STEEL, Page A-5.) Badoglio Honored Again. ROME, July 4 (#).—A new honor fell to Marshal,Pietro Badoglio, con- queror of Ethiopia, today when the cabinet gramted him a full vice-re- gal salary for life. ‘The marsbal was named viceroy of Ethiopia after the capture of Addis Ababa, but later retired from that post to head the general staff of the n-;hn Army. £ where two giant| Maj. W. J. Flood. operations officer Several thousand dollars in! (See TREASURE, Page A-10.) | in charge of the race, said at 9:45 p.m. (Mountain standard time) that the two Navy bags landed late this after- noon within a few miles of each other near Deer Trail, Colo., 60 miles south- east of Denver, The Goodyear-Akron entry, he sald, came down near Sterling, Colo, 120 miles east of Denver. Earlier in the day, the Cleveland Great Lakes Exposition entry landed near Akron, Colo, and the United States Army balloon, the first to land, | exploded and caught fire when it came down near Elizabeth, Colo. None of the pilots or co-pilots was injured, Maj. Flood said. The Army balloon crashed into an | Eastern Colorado hillside 35 miles | south of Denver. “It was just one of those things,” said lean 47-year-old Capt. Haynie McCormick, recalling that in the 1932 race from Omaha his balloon descend- | Sherwood, N. Dak. He would not hazard a guess as | to the cause of today's explosion, but | his associate, Capt. John A. Tarro, ‘suggesud it might have been due to of the bag with a tree. As the wind began to swing the bal- Rocky Mountains, the Army crew de- cided to seek low altitude winds that might sweep them back to the plains area. They let gas escape and descended from 12,000 feet, casting out (See BALLOONS, Page A-4.) P Plane Record Claimed. CHICAGO, July 4 (#).—A new non- stop speed record for transport planes | between Los Angeles and Chicago was claimed tonight by C. R. Smith, presi- dent of American Airlines, who said | the Flagship, one of the company's | new twin-motored Douglas ships, cov- ered the 1,800 miles in 18 hours and | 10 minutes. ‘Thirty-eight thousand baseball fans crowded into Griffith Stadium and overflowed into the playing field yes- terday to see the Yankees beat Wash- ington twice. The attendance broke all records for a regularly scheduled game or double-header and has been of the 1924 world series when the Nationals beat the Giants to win their only world championship. The Nationals, lightly regarded in pre-season estimates of American League clubs, but one of the circuit’s biggest surprises, lost the first game, 4 to 3, and the second, 5 to 0. The huge throng, according to ball park figures, exceeded the seating ca- pacity of the stadium by fully 7,000. ‘Two hours before the time of the first game it was announced that all seats, box, reserved and grandstand, bleacher and pavilion had been sold, but so determined were fans to get into the park that standing room was sold. Griffith Admits Surprise® | President Clark Griffith admitted he made a mistage by not erecting the temporary bleachers in the out- fleld that are used during world series. “I didn’t expect such a turnout,” ex--| plained Griffith, “especially with the weather so threatening.'” Long before the first game the crowd spilled onto the playing field, causing groundkeepers to hurriedly erect roped-off sections in all sections of the outfield and along the base lines. The crowd, it later was de- clared by park officials, topped all in the history of Washington base. ball, except one turnout during the 1924 world series, when the Nationals won their only werld championship. A couple thousand fans, disregard- (See BASE BALL, Page A-5.) loon toward the front range of the| exceeded only once—the final game | ‘in broad outline with the philosophy | of government for which he and the | Republican party stand. President Roosevelt, in_his acceptance speech at Franklin Field, did as much for the New Deal Democrats. Landon’s spcech is to be delivered in the heart of the great agricultural West—a setting very different from that which President Roosevelt fated in Philadelphia. However, like the iflcceptance speech of the President, cast by air and via the press to every section of the country. Both of the major party candidates are expected to be active in the com- ing campaign. Both will swing across the country. President Roosevelt | ready is widely known to the people of every section. Gov. Landon stil remains something of an enigma. There is no slightest doubt that the | people are anxious to see him and to ‘form their own estimate. The chair- | mittee, John Hamilton, already has | travelled far and made a number of political speeches. The battle, how- | ever, lies between Roosevelt and Lan- dou in the last analysis. Many Speakers Enrolled. Both parties will have a long list | of speakers in the Qleld. The Republi- can vice presidential candidate, Col. Frank Knox, is expected to be active |on the stump. Vice President Gar- ner, uniess he abandons the role which he accepted and maintained during | the last campaign, is more likely to | be a silent partner of the Democratic | ticket. Senator Arthur H. Vanden- burden for ths Republicans. Republican high command has by no | means abandoned hope that when the campaign is well under way, Sen- | ator Borah of Idaho, a most effective | campaigner, will do his full share. It is a fact that Rorah would like to | campaign for the Republican ticket— make a majcr issue of a return to the gold standard. | Vandenberg, speaking in Grand Rapids last night, undertook to take | | apart the democratic national piat- | candidate. He dubbed the opposition | “the Roosevelt party,” which he said, “mocks the American system that was proclaimed on our first Fourth of July, and which aims at collective society controlled from Washington.” His speech marked the opening of the Michigan campaign. ‘Vandenberg, however, will by no means confine his campaign to his home State. The next month or two will find both parties actively engaged in or. Farley of the Democratic National | Committee has already done a tre- | mendous amount of this necessary man Hamilton will be travelling from State to State from the present until (See POLITICS, Page A-3.) 38,000 Set Ball Park Record, Griffs Drop Two to Yankees Athletes of Nation Celebrate Holiday With New Records Sports reached a new peak yesterday as athletes of the Na- tion celebrated Independence day with a series of record- breaking performances. In the National A. A. U, cham- pionship for men and women at Princeton, George Varoff of San Francisco soared to a new pole vault mark of 14 feet 612 inches, and eight American records were shattered. At Providence, Helen Stephen, Missouri girls, in scor- ing three victories ran to a new world mark of 11.7 seconds in the 100-meter race. Eight new Olympic tryouts found the boats of the universi- ties of Washington and Cali- fornia victorious, with Pennsyl- vania and New York Athletic Club boats fiinishing second. The four will compete in a final trial today. : In the National League the Cubs divided a twin bill with the Pirates to wrest the lead from the Cardinals, who dropped two games to the Reds. Helen Jacobs finally won the all-England tennis champion- ship at Wimbledon, defeating Frau Hilde Sperling of Denmark. On the Thaines the Tabor School crew of Massachusetts defeated Kent School of Connecticut in the main race of the Royal Hen- ley regatta final. Gov. Landon’s address will be broad- | man of the Republican National Com- | | berg of Michigan, undoubtedly will | | carry a good deal of the campaign| And the | ganization work. Chairman James A. | spade work for the campaign. Chair- | | before them for consideration at their | next meeting on Tuesday. Maj. Donovan showed that, includ- ing the use of $2,758,044.60 surplus with which the fiscal year began last | Wednesday (July 1), the District will end the current year with a net paper deficit of $960,365 | Such a deficit will be the second in | recent history of the District govern- ment, a shortage of $62.742 having resulted in 1933. Two Sources at Hand. | Maj. Donovan already has turned | to two sources to make up the funds that will be lacking. The study of fiscal relations, for which Congress | earmarked $50,000 from the Federas share and which is expected to estabe lish the amount of fair and equitable | national acceptance, and the Commis- sioners’ Special Committee on Texa= tion, he said, will have to find the way to meet the increased demand for | general revenue. “ The auditor explained that the de- | ficiency figures are based wholly on general revenues and do not include the taxes levied for special purposes, such as the gasoline tax and the ine come of the Water Department. Nor does the report consider the surplus funds on deposit with the | Treasury Department raised under the act of June 29. 1922, which, since | 1927, have enabled the District to operate on a “pay-as-you-go” basis. That fund remains in the neighbor- hood of $3,000,000. The current appropriation of $43,« 500,000 is the largest ever made for the District except in the years of 1931 and 1932. Only once before, however, has the total expenditures from the general fund exceeded the general revenue. Meanwhile, the Dis- trict has been able to pay its bills as they came due, because of the re- serves surplus set \up nine years ago. Extracts From Report. “The District of Columbia,” Maj. Donovan said, “based on presently | available information, and based also {on revenue only that may be raised {ed on high tension electric wires near | provided it does not undertake to ynger provisioms of existing law. will close the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, with an estimated deficit of $560.365. This deficit refers only to the gen- |eral fund and does not deal with or static electricity, generated by contact | form and the democratic presidential | include revenue of the Water De- | partment. Notwithstanding this esti- mated deficit, no increase is recom- | mended by the auditor in the tax rate | of $1.50. * * * “The statement for the fiscal year 1937 shows that the District will com- mence that year with a revenue sur- plus brought over from the fiscal year 1936 of $2758,044.60, and that the total estimated general fund avalabil- y for that year, including the net ‘ederal payment of $4.950,000, is $38, 048,044.60. The total estimated ap- propriation and other charges against the general fund for 1937 amount to $40.008,410, thus leaving a revenue | deficit at the close of the fiscal year 1937 of $960,365. | “These figures show that the Dis~ | trict’s current revenues with the $1.50 tax rate and a Federal payment of $5,000,000 are close to $4,000,000 short of the amount required to discharge the obligations carried in the District appropriation act for 1937.” Would Defer Levy Debate. Later in his report Maj. Donovan asked that any action on increasing the tax rate be deferred until after the study to be made under the recent congressional authority and until after the special committee on taxation, which he heads, can make a further study of possible new sources of rev- enue. Under instructions from the Commisisoners, only four general sources are to be considered—inheri- tance tax, increased gasoline tax, weight tax on motor vehicles, and an increase in public utilities taxes. “The conclusion is inescapable that the District of Columbia now needs m. .2 money than it is able to raise (See TAX RATE, Page A-5.) SOARING MARK SET BY RICHARD DU PONT 36-Mile Flight Establishes Record for Distance and Return. EY the Assoctated Press. ELMIRA, N. Y, July 4—Richard C. du Pont of Wilmington, Del., set & new international soaring record for distance and return today as the seventh national soaring contest drew toward a close. Du Pont piloted his new German soaring plane to Watkins Glen and back to the starting point and was credited with a 36-mile flight. The previous international record was established June 28 by Chester J. Decker of Glen Rock, N. J., who flew to Corning and return, a distance of approximately 13 miles. Numerous other glider pilots, in- cluding Decker, took off today in cross-country, ts. Du Pont was.n the air tely three bours.