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WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forec Fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly ‘warmer tomorrow; gentle northerly winds becoming variable tomorrow. tures—Highest, 84, at J p.m. yesterday; lowest, 65, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page B-8. Closing New York Markets, Page 14 No. 33,669, RECORD HEAT HITS WEST AS FARMERS TAKE W. P. A. J0BS Damage and Distress In- creased as Temperature Ranges Up to 110. 3,000 CALLED TO WORK ON U. S. RELIEF PROJECTS Feverish Buying Hoists Grain Prices to Maximum Allowed by Regulations. BACKGROUND— With corn in critical period, moisture or aridity of mext fort- night will determin whether Mid- west drought destruction of 1936 will equal devastation of 1934, in opinion of Agriculture Department. Alarmed by conditions, the de- partment has established a live stock feed agency. Secretary Wal- lace has allotted $5,000,000 to pur- chase cattle. The I. C. C. has cut Jreight rates in stricken area. The R. A. seeks authorization to loan from its $1,425,000,000 relief fund. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, July 6.—Record heat Increased dmmage and distress in the Midwestern drought belt today. Despairing farmers pinned their hopes for a break in the protracted siege on a change in weather. none was sighted for the immediate future. Instead, a broadening of the high temperature blanket was for- cast. Meanwhile, in Washington Presi- dent Roosevelt plunged into drought relief conferences almost immediately on his return from Virginia. Three edministration officials discussed the problem with the President. There were Rexford G. Tugwell, resettlement administrator; Aubrey Williams, as- sistant works progress administrator, and J. B. Hudson, acting administrator of the A. A. A, Abnormal heat seared the prairies from the Rocky Mountains to western Kentucky yesterday. All-time marks were broken at Williston, N. D., and Rapid City, S. D. with respective readings of 110 and 106 degrees, and | ut Sioux Falls, S. Dak, with 109. A new record of 105 was established at Moline, Il Other maxima in- cluded: Yankton, S. Dak., 112, after an all- time high of 113 had been set Sat- urday; Miles City, Mont.; Huron, S. Dak, and Pana, I, 108; Hastings, Nebr., 107; Bismarck, N. Dak., and Fremont, Nebr, 106; Grand Island, Nebr., 105; Quincy and Peoria, Il.; Des Moines, Iowa, and Dickinson, N. Dak., 104; Springfield, Ill.; Keokuk, Iowa and Havre, Mont, 102, and Omaha, Nebr., 100. Showers Fall in South. Scattered showers fell in Southern | and Atlantic States. Light precipi- tation was indicated for tomorrow in some parts of the Dakotas, Wis- consin and Indiana, but the general prediction was for hot, dry weather. The drought stimulated feverish speculative buying in the Nation’s markets today, hoisting prices of all major grains—wheat, corn, oats and rye—the highest they could go under existing trade regulations. Wheat shot up 5 cents a bushel, corn 4, oats 3 and rye 5. All prices were at new highs for the season. ‘Trade reports were that drought and heat had destroyed crops in many sec- fions of the United States, resulting in the seventh consecutive crop faliure in the Spring wheat belt. Canadian ad- vices indicated grain growing ‘in sec- tions of the prairie provinces also was damaged seriously. Market Reaches Stalemate. The wild rush to buy all grains at the start of trading in Chicago re- sulted in a virtual stalemate of the market., Prices were at the permis- sable limits and would-be buyers, frantically trying to acquire holdings, ‘were unable to bid any higher. There were few sellers at the sharp advance and therefore little business. Trading in corn came to a complete standstill for a time. July wheat was bid up to around 6106 and December was around $1.07%, within 2 cents of its 1935 peak. Wheat prices have advanced more than 12 cents a bushel in two weeks and were now 23 to 25 cents higher than they were a year ago. The limit prices of 5 cents above the previous close were bid for wheat futures at Duluth and Minneapolis, but there was no grain for sale at these figures early in the day. Buying orders flooded the wheat futures market at Kansas City as drought reports from the Northwest sent prices soaring the full 5-cent limit. S Deliveries Above $1 Mark. All deliveries here went above the $1 mark, with December selling up to $1.03. Trade diminished soon after the (See DROUGHT, Page A-5. CHINESE ARRESTED AT U. S. MAN’S HOME 10 Held for Counterfeiting at Peiping Residence of Army Officer. By the Assoclated Press. PEIPING, July 6—Ten Chinese were nrrested today on a charge of counter- feiting at the home of Col. Isaac Newell, United States Army officer and former military attache, who is on vacation in the United States. The alleged counterfeiters- were using the Newell home as a manu- facturing base for thousands of bogus bank notes of Hopei Province. Their leader was asserted by police to be Col. Newell's former No. 1 houseboy. ‘The house was empty of its Ameri- can occupants. Roy Chapman An- drews, the explorer, who had been spending his honeymoon at the Newell residence, left for New York with his bride recently. | But | ‘Tempera- Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Surrogau; Refuses to Set Aside W aiver—Ap- peal Planned. By the Assoclated Press. RIVERHEAD, N. Y, July 6.—Mrs. Pauline V. Rogers, comely 42-year-old widow of Col. Henry Huddleston Rog- | ers, today lost her fight in Surrogate’s Court to obtain dower rights in the huge Rogers’ fortune. i The decision was not announced by | Surrogate Robert S. Pelletreau in open court, and none of the principals to the legal tussle over the $16,000,000 estate, | | nor their attorneys, were present. } Under the ruling, filed with his | clerk, the surrogate refused to set aside the waiver to her dower rigits. Her bequest from the estate re-| mains a $100,000 outright and a sum | roughly estimated at $125,000 as an | annual income from the estate. | It was announced in New York soon | after the decision that Mrs. Rogers’ fight would be carried to the appelate division. Mrs. Rogers' fight to obtain her dower rights in the $16,000,000 estate of Col. Rogers was based on her claim she signed a waiver of those rights without realizing what she was signing. The attractive widow, who married Col. Rogers in August, 1933, testi- fied that before she signed the waiver, her late husband's lawyer, Adrian H.| Larkin, told her it would not jeopard- | ize her rights in the estate. She signed the paper without read- | ing it, she said, because she consid- ered Larkin a good friend and re- lied on what he told her. | The waiver which formed the basis for Mrs. Rogers’ action was the second | such paper she signed, the first having been drawn up at the time of her marriage to Col. Rogers. The widow | testified she considered this first | waiver only a temporary document. The second waiver was drawn up | (See ROGERS, Page CLOUDBURST HITS AREA IN VIRGINIA Huge Boulders and Tons of Slate Swept Through Towns in Southwest. By the Associated Press. RICHLANDS, Va., July 6—Flood waters from a cloudburst in Western Tazewell County, carrying huge bould- ers and tons of slate, swept through | the communities of Raven and Red | Ash today and covered State Highway No. 84 to the northwest with debris | for 8 miles. The storm was one of a series which struck in Far Southwest Virginia early today, wrecking communication lines, inundating roads and doing large property damage. At Raven, Mrs. Rosa Lambert, a widow, and her five children, were trapped by flood waters in their home as boulders weighing near 500 pounds smashed in the rear of the house. An estimated 800 tons of slate was swept down the mountainsides across highway No. 84. The road was blocked from Richlands, in Tazewell County, to Shert Gap, in Buchanan County. A Norfolk & Western branch line through the section also was blocked. Every available laborer, including W. P. A. workers, was set to work this morning clearing the highway. The storm, which was accompanied by a severe electrical display, began about 2:30 a.m. and continued for three hours. It was accompanied by hail, which beat down corn near Honaker. Town Manager R. W. Arthur of Wytheville said two severe electrical storms struck the town during the night, but the wind was not unusu- ally high. Norfolk & Western Rail- road men, reaching Bristol, brought reports of storms in Wythe County. Telephone company employes at Marion said that a windstorm between Marion and Bristol early today wrecked telephone lines. Trees were blown across lines at Damascus on the Virginia-North Carolina border and 13 telegraph poles were snapped off there. Unverified reports at Marion said that several stores at Saltville, 20 miles to the northwest, were washed away this morning by a cloudburst. Communication lines to Saltville were broken, 19 Sentenced by Germany. DRESDEN, Germany, July 6 (#).— Nineteen persons, whom authorities described as Communists, were sen- tenced yesterday to prison terms ranging from two to five years and two months for “preparing acts of high treason.” These were stated to consist of surreptitious communistic agitation and distribution of com- munistic literature. b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Sfar WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY,' JULY 6, 1936—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. , #%#% Widow of Col. Rogers Loses Fight to Obtain Dower Rights U. S. ASKS REVIEW OF STEEL DECISION AS STRIFE LOOMS Labor Board Declares lts Function Must Be Up- Held to Keep Peace. 500,000 UNION MEMBERS IS GOAL OF ORGANIZERS Relief if Job Lost Promised Work- ers by Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. BACKGROUND— Labor’s union representatives have never swayed the steel indus- try. Two years ago, A. F. of L. voted to attempt organization in steel field, but plans failed to ma- teriglize. Group of A. F. of L. unions, favoring industrial union- ization rather than craft unioniza- tion, last Fall formed Committee on Industrial Organization. It de- cided to test own strength on drive to organize steel on industry lines. Proceeding on theory that attack is best defense, industry immedi- ately joined in denunciation of labor motives and pledged all re- sources to fight organization drive. BY the Assoclated Press. Warning that industrial warfare threatens, the Government stepped into the steel picture today as the struggle over unionization in the $5,- 000,000,000 industry headed rapidly into its first crucial phases. With John L. Lewis spurring the drive to organize all 500,000 steel workers into one big union in defiance MRS. PAULINE V. ROGERS. BULLETIN BOISE, Idaho, July 6 (#).—W. Scott Hall, close political associate of Senator William E. Borah, Re- publican, of Idaho for a quarter of a century, said today Borah will be a candidate for re-election and that he will support the State and national Republican tickets. “In my conversation with the Senator, I saw no particular dis- satisfaction on his part with the Republican platform,” Hall said. “On the contrary, he is well pleased with the platform as a whole.” Hall issued his statement after’ an hour’s conference with the Sen- ator, BODY OF RECLUSE 10 BF EXHUMED lowa County Board Acts to Solve Death of Iwers in Gold Discovery. By the Assoclated Press. TIPTON, Iowa, July 6.—The Cedar County Board of Supervisors today passed a resolution authorizing exhumation of the body of Henry Iwers, whose hidden fortune brought treasure seekers to the Iwers farm near here. Already $213,500 has been found on the farm. The board said it passed the resolu- tion after receiving “orders from the State Department of Health and ad- vice from the attorney general's office.” Iwers was buried in the Durant, Iowa, Cemetery. At Des Moines, Glen Schmidt, State Investigation Bureau chief, said an attorney for relatives of Iwers had asked the bureau to investigate cir- cumstances of the elderly farmer's death, Arrangements Made. The bureau chief added that his office made a preliminary investiga- tion last week. He said the attorney had made arrangements for the exhumation. “Now there is nothing for us to do but await results of the autcpsy," Schmidt said. Iwers died May 30, 1936. Schmidt said he was informed the death certificate said the cause was double pneumonia. An irate heir to the money. found aimed a “shot in the pants™ threat at gold rushers eager to search for more hidden wealth. Seventeen claimants were left out in the cold when Iwers willed his property to his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Voss. So the forgotten folks planned to swoop down on the place in a treasure hunt. But Voss had other ideas. He O (See RECLUSE, Page A-2.) President’s Wife Sees Human Side of W. P. A. Aid Operation BY FRANCES LIDE. A colored woman with an order blank at the W. P. A. surplus com- modity warehouse, Sixth and D streets, felt a moment of panic today when the slip was taken from her hands and turned over to a little boy standing with her at the “food window.” Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was in- specting the building and photograph- ers were arranging a >sicture, but the ‘woman didn’t understand that. When the shot was completed, however, and the order slip returned, her evident relief also relieved the President’s wife, Calling attention to the incident, Mrs. Roosevelt pointed out that the woman was ‘“petrified—almost in tears—at the thought of losing her slip.” True to her announcement last week that she expected to spend much of the Summer visiting W. P. A. and N. Y. A. projects, Mrs. Roosevelt started out this morning in comfortable walk- ing shoes for a “botton-to-top” tour of the District W. P. A. sewing room project. First visiting the W. P. A. supply warehouse, Sixth and Constitution avenue, where W. P. A. work relief supplies are distributed, she went to the John Marshall sewing room, John Marshall place and C street, where 1,300 women are employed in two shifts on making garments which are later distributed among W. P. A. relief clients, A burst of applause grected her ap- pearance with the party, which in- cluded Mrs. Mary Steele Funkhouser, (See R , Page A-B. r ) of the bitter opposition of employers, the National Labor Relations Board reopened a fight in the courts to force steel companies to accept the national labor relations act as & means of keeping peace. The board announced it was peti- tioning the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans today in a new effort to enforce the act against the big Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. The petition said “the need for remedial legislation such as this act is now being amply illustrated by the threatened strife in the steel industry which will, by its nature, directly bur- den * * * interstate commerce.” “Employer” Unions Hit. The act, among other things, guar- antees the right of collective bargain- ing, seeks to outlaw employer-domi~ nated .unions and Jists “unfair prac- tices” for which employers could be penalized. It is now the subject of court battles in which its constitu- tionality is being challenged and defended. The Labor Board some time ago is- sued an order directing Jones & Laughlin to cease alleged interfer- ence with its employes’ attempts at self-organization and to take back 10 discharged employes at its Aliquip- pa, Pa, plant. The board asked the court at New Orleans to enforce this order. The court refused, declaring the steel la- borers were engaged in manufacture, not interstate commerce, and that the Constitution gives the Federal Gov- ernment no power to regulate labor relations in manufacture. The court pointed to the Supreme Court decision which struck down the labor provisions of the Guffey coal con- trol act on the ground they were an invasion of State rights. Rehearing Cites “Difference.” ‘The Labor Board, in its petition today for a rehearing, argued that the Guffey act's type of regulation “is different from the employment of means to protect commerce itself pro- vided in the national labor relations act.” Unless “the threat of industrial war- fare is alleviated,” the board argued, workers may “directly and intention- ally interrupt interstate commerce.” It said the “express purpose of Con- gress to prevent such direct and in- tentional burdens to commerce itself, and to provide a means of settling dis- putes whichr lead thereto, distinguishes this statute” from the Guffey act. Congress, the board added, has power to “protect commerce” by removing the causes of strikes. The board’s move was the latest major development with a bearing on the struggle over unionization which is fraught with potential importance for the future history of the American labor movement. With employers reiterating their in- tention to maintain the “open shop,” John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers’ leader and head of the Committee for Industrial Organization, planned to strike the keynote of the unionization drive at 9:30 o'clock tonight in a radio (See STEEL, Page A-4) SON BORN TO MRS. DON Wife of Speed Enthusiast Is Daughter of New Yorker. LONDON, July 6 (#).—A son was born today to Mrs. Kaye Don, wife of the automobile and motor poat racing | enthusiast. Mrs. Don is the former ‘Miss Eileen Martin, daughter of Leon- ard F. Martin of New York. The cou- ple was married in 1922, Readers’ Guide Page. -B-16 Answers to Questions Death Notices - Editorial _:__ Financial News Lost and Found Sports ... Washington Wayside ..__A-2 B-10 ~ s <SB! 1\ MONTH OF HEALTH EDUCATION ANuvgigl} a0 PATRIOTISM- syl UNCLE SAM_ PAYS ALL To B WaRpep Dr. Cadman, Radio Preacher, Reported in Critical Condition| Appendicitis Operation Deemed Necessary by Physician. By the Assoctated Press. PLATTSBURGH, N. Y, July 6— Dr. L. G. Barton, jr, said today that the condition of Dr. S. Parkes Cad- man, noted radio preacher, was “crit- fcal.” Dr. Barton, who is attending the 71- year-old Brooklyn clergyman at the Champlain Valley Hospital, said he| was “quite sure” that Dr. Cadman had | a ruptured appendix and that an op—l‘ eration would be necessary. ‘The minister’s llness, he explained, | was such that “a deferred operation is | advisable and we are deferring it from | hour to hour until he is able to un- | dergo it.” | ‘The physician described Dr. Cad- man as a strong and vigorous man for his years, but said his condition was serious and a little worse today. Refusing to yield to pain, Dr. Cad- man addressed 1,500 persons in the Methodist Church here last night on world peace, fulfilling a lecture en- gagement. Not until he completed his address /™ NECESSARY EXPENSES Juv{ S-Aucusrs I : 36. DR. PARKES CADMAN. did the pastor of the Brooklyn Cen- tral Congregational Church seek med- ical attention. Then he went to the hospital and Dr. Barton was summoned. (770 DIE FOR AID INTOKIO REBELLION Five Get Life, 52 Shorter Terms After Up- rising. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, July 7 (Tuesday).—A spe- cial court-martial early today sen- tenced 17 leaders of the February 26 rebellion to death and 5 others to life imprisonment. The court also convicted 44 non- commissioned officers and 8 civilians, ordering them imprisoned for terms ranging from 18 months to 15 years. The charges against them included murder, rebellion and disobedience to the commands of the Emperor himself. It was in this rebellion that the pre- mier, Admiral Keisuke Okada, nar- rowly escaped assassination. Three other statesmen were killed. Strike at Capital. Shortly after midnight February 26 the officers-leaders of the coup ordered some 1,400 men under their command out of their barracks in Azabu Ward and marched them to the heart of the capital. Before dawn, small groups of offi- cers, armed with pistols, machine guns and swords, and riding in motor cars, descended on the residences of five of the empire's leading statesmen in Tokio intending to paralyze the ex- isting government by assassination. Three elderly statesmen, among the most distinguished in Japan’s recent history, were slain in their homes, Admiral Count M&m Sl;fn.l lord ki r of the privy and former pre”fi!er: Gen. Jotaro Watanabe, in- spector generai of military education, and Korekiyo Takahashi, minister of finance and former premier, Premier Okada escaped when the band which invaded his official resi- dence killed, instead, his brother-in- law, Col. Denzo Matsuo, who resem- bled the premier in appearance. Besides these four murders, the rebel officers had to answer for the deaths of five policemen. - A band of sssassins also attacked and seriously wounded Admiral Kantaro Suzuki, grand chamberlain of the imperial court. Occupied Important Base. After the assassinations the rebel officers, with their enlisted men, most of whom were entirely ignorant of their leaders’ purposes, occupied for three and a half days the Nagata- Cho district in the heart of the cap- ital, including such government build- ings as the premier’s official residence, the new Parliament building, the home ministry, the war ministry and the general staff offices. The rebels defled the government and broke several agreements.to sur- the 1,400 enlisted men heeded the government’s appeals and promises of leniency and laid down their arms. 14 MAN IS DROWNED, ANOTHER MISSING West River Dragged for Body After One Fatality Is Discovered. With the body of a Washington man aiready taken from Maryland waters as the result of a holiday tragedy, au- thorities today were seeking the body of another man believed to have drowned near Shadyside. George H. Atchison, 54, of 638 G street southeast, lost his life in the Lower Potomac when he fell or jumped from a sailboat adrift im St. Cath- erine’s Sound off River Springs, Md. Richard M. Sullivan, 1747 Church street, an employe of the Public Works Administration, and two other week- end vacationists heard Atchison’s screams and rushed to his aid in a rowboat, but he was found Ilifeless, fully clothed, when they reached the scene. Robert Wonderly, 47, of Walbrook, Md, is believed to be the other vic- tim. West River, near Shady Side, was being dragged after he disappeared while wading in shallow water yes- terday. Guest at Resort. A week end guest at the resort, ‘Wonderly had been swimming most of the day with friends, but a storm had driven them ashore. Later, when (See DROWNING, Page A-4.) Turkeys Used on Insects. DANBURY, Nebr,, July 6 (#).—O. B. Smiled and Truman Springer of Danbury expect to kill thousands of grasshoppers today and produce a profit at the same time. They pur- chased a flock of turkeys and turned them into alfalfa fields to fatten on grasshoppers for the Thanksgiving market. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. SATURDAY'S SUNDAY’: Sreuiation, © 114,244 Cireatation. (Bome returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. ROOSEVELTBACK SEESFARLEY AN OROUGHT ADES Postmaster General Due to Make Decision on Leav- ing Post. MCARL’S SUCCESSOR ALSO IS CONSIDERED 137,258 (#) Means Associated Press. Conferences and Gerard Swope Also Sched- uled for Today. With Roper Political and drought problems con- fronted President Roosevelt today as he returned to the White House from a week end tour of Virginia. After scheduling a luncheon meet- ing with Postmaster General Farley, which may result in a definite deci- sion concerning Farley’s cabinet status while directing the New Deal’s political campaign, the President summoned three of his aides for a discussion of | severe drought conditions in the West. | The Chief Executive also is de= | voting considerable thought to the | selection of a successor to J. R. Mc- Carl, whose 15-year-term as controller | general expired last week. There were indications, however, that final deci~ sion on this appointment will be dee ferred for some time because of the | importance of the controller’s work anq the job's status as a prize political | plum. May Take Leave of Absence. Farley accompanied Mr. Roosevelt | on the Virginia trip, but said the pos- sible relinquishment of his cabinet post was not discussed. The general- issimo of the Roosevelt forces inti= mated, however, that rather than re- sign he would prefer a leave of ab- | sence without pay from the Post Office | Department, and gave the impression ! a definite decision will be made today. It is generally believed the Presi- ident will accede to Farley's wishes in this matter, Several of the Roose- velt lieutenants have pointed out it _ | would be helpful to Farley during the Freed appeared at the Hudson ave | campaign to remain a member of the nue station at 9:45 am, (Eastern : . ¥ | cabinet, even though he is not draw- Sendsrd Ume) wih his stoemey, | . ond sowe sue e doing his Abraham Marovitz. .de wore a dark | departmental work e P an 2 | Mr. Roosevelt also conferred this attorney had reported. morning with Secretary of Commerce | Roper. For this afternoon he has He was not accompanied by his | dlc. Buir. o ey i | scheduled talks with Gerard Swope, tince her Bhotoorann was potnted out | chairman of the board of the General since her photograph was pointed out | 5 as resembling that of the woman who | Eiectric Co. and head of the Mobili« 8 | zation for Human Needs; Stillman F. 5 FREED QUESTIONED IN VALLETTE CASE Hushand of Woman Hunted in Slaying Surrenders to Police. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, July 6.—Edward Freed, part owner of the Nut House, North Side night life spot, surrendered to police today to be questioned about the love affairs and slaying Thursday noon of Audrey Vallette, 31-year-old “plati- num blond butterfly.” visited Miss Vallette's apartment just before she was slain. Wife’s Whereabouts Unknown. Freed was taken to the office of Police Capt. Andrew Barry. Before being closéted with him, Freed told inquirers he had neither seen nor heard from his wife, Ruth, since the time Miss Vallette was shot in the chest in a near North Side hotel apartment. He asserted he did not know where she was. Freed asserted that since Thursday noon he had been staying with rela- tives in Chicago. “I last saw Ruth either late Wed- nesday or early Thursday,” he said. “I had a business engagement and left her at our home.” He refused to discuss his acquaint- anceship with the slain woman. Questioned by Capt. Barry, Freed declared he would not talk of Miss Vallette, also known as Annabelle Blake, until he has had a chance to talk with his wife. Wants to Talk to Wife. ‘To a point-blank question as to his relations with Miss Vallette, he re- plied: “I would like to co-operate with the authorities, but my wife’s liberty is at stake and until I get a chance to talk with her I have nothing clse to say. “I had a nervous breakdown after T heard about this and I have been under the care of a doctor at the home of relatives. When I read about this I phoned my brother to call Attorney Marovitz. When I am to clear up the situation.’ Eyston Drives Car 162.5 Miles in Hour Westbrook, secretary of the National Community Chest; Morris L. Cooke, | director of Rural Electrification, and | Senators Loftin and Hill of Florida. May Leave Thursday. The President plans to leave Washe~ | ington Thursday or Friday to visit | his mother in Hyde Park for a few days. He will embark for a two- week cruise along the Maine coast on his son James’ 50-foot schooner. | John and Franklin Roosevelt, jr., also will accompany him on this trip, which will include a visit with the governor general of Canada. Mr. Roosevelt probably will not return to Washington before August 1. The President made two speeches during his Virginia trip, the first marking the dedication of Shenan- doah National Park. Tribute to Jefferson. On the Fourth of July he stood at the portico of Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello in Charlottesville and eulogized Jefferson. Describing him as 8 man who was not satisfied with “things as they are,” but devoted himself to “things as they ought to be,” Mr. Roosevelt called on the Na- tion to renew the struggle for “true freedom.” At Williamsburg, old-time capital of Virginia, the President yesterday at- tended worship in the old brick church of Bruton Parish. With Mrs. Roosevelt by his side the President faced the church’s 200~ year-old altar, before which stood the original baptismal fount used by the settlers at Jamestown. Greeted at the door by Rev. Dr. W, A. R. Goodwin, the rector, the Presi- dent was reminded that Bruton was the church of Patrick Henry, Wash- ington, Jefferson, Monroe and Madi- son and that eight Presidents of the United States before him had occu- to Set World Mark By the Associated Press. BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah, July 6.—Capt. George Eyston, English speedster, drove his shark-nosed racing car 162.5 miles in one hour today to set a new world record. In setting the new mark in his specially built machine, Eyston bettered his own world record of 159.3 miles an hour. Official American Automobile Association timers caught the record. Holiday Death Toll Hits 440, Largest Number in Last 5 Years By the Assoctated Press. The Nation today summed up its cost in life of celebrating the double holiday of the Fourth of July and found the staggering total of 440 per- sons had met violent death over the week end. It was the largest Independence day celebration fatality list since 1931, when 483 died, and the second largest in the last nine years. However, the 1936 deaths were over two days, whereas the compilations for some of the previous years were for the Fourth only. Death totals were 216 in 1935, 175 in 1934, 185 in 1933 and 243 in 1932. Motor vehicle fatalities numbered 254 as unprecedented millions took to the highways for the double holiday. Deaths by drowning were listed at 103. Fireworks resulted in 7 deaths, the same as in 1935, 1920 and 1033. There were 12 deaths attributed to 4 fireworks in 1930, 11 in 1928, 6 in 1931 and 2 in 1934. Advance esti- mates were that the sale of pyro- teshnics had increased substantially in 1936. Others lost their lives in tavern brawls, airplane crashes, wild shoot- ing and railroad and other acci- dents. Pires and lightning claimed other victims. ‘The record compared unfavorably with the list of 205 in 1928, 159 in 1929, 178 in 1930, 243 in 1932, 185 in 1933, 175 in 1934 and 216 in 1935, despite widespread appeals for a safe and sane celebration. National Guardsmen occupied Rem- sen, Towa. A firecracker there started 8 blaze that resulted in a loss esti- mated at $500,000. Four blocks of business buildings were razed. Fifteen families were homeless. Deaths by States: Alabama, §; Ar- (8ee FOURTH, Page A-4) 5 pied the same chair. As text for his sermon, Dr. Good- win used the prayer offered at James- town at the opening of the first legislative assembly ever to meet in America—“men’s affairs do but little (See ROOSEVELT, Page A-5.) TEN HORSES BURN IN TRAINING BARN Two of Seven Animals Led From Building Run Back to Die in Fire. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ky., July 6.—Fire of unknown origin destroyed a large saddle horse training barn and 10 horses at Kalarama Farm, near here, yesterday, it was reported by L. R. ‘Thurman, manager of the saddle horse nursery. ‘Thurman expressed the opinion that the fire started from defective electric wiring. Among the horses burned to death were: Gypsy Sun Flower, champion brood mare by King Barrymore-Spoon~- bill by Sun Flower, and her colt foal by Kalarama Rex; Brownsdale Fairy Prince, yearling colt by Kalarama Rex- Gypsy Sun Flower; Kalarama Captain, promising 2-year-old show colt by Kalarama Rex-Gypsy Sun Flower; Star Broom, 2-year-old show gelding by Kalarama Rex-Star Blossom; Mary Long, 2-year-old 5-gaited show filly by American Born-Moonflower; a 2-year- old filly by Chief of Longview; 2-year- old stallion by Kalarama Rex and & 4-year-old walk-trot gelding. Fiye horses were led from the burn- ing building. Two others were taken out, but ran back in and were de-