Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1936, Page 2

BUS REROUTING HEARING I SET Commission for Second Time Will Weigh Monroe Street Protest. Por the second time, the Public Utilities Commission tomorrow will consider the question of rerouting the bus line on Monroe street northeast. The bus lines runs east and west on Monroe street northeast, between Twelfth and Twenty-second streets. There is no objection to the bus line, except that it blocks both sides of the highway and makes too much noise. Residents and property owners along Monroe street will be satisfied if the nuisance is reduced by half. They are willing to have the busses eontinue to run either east or west, but not both ways. Why they ask, can't Newton street, & block north, or Lawrence street, a block south, take care of either the incoming or out- going busses? Residents of both Newton and Lawrence streets, however, are better satisfied with the present routing and are perfectly willing to con- tinue walking a block to catch the bus. Once before the Utilities Commis- sion turned down the request for rerouting. A request for rehearing ‘was made, but the law prohibited such @ second consideration of the question. An appeal was taken to William A. Roberts, people’s counsel, who found that a petition for a hearing without reference to the past experience of the complainants could be effective. It was and the hearing was scheduled for tomorrow. Counsel has been retained by both Newton street and Lawrence street property owners. Roberts will repre- sent the Monroe street petitioners. POTTERS’ PROTEST BACKED BY BORAH Importations From Japan Held Serious Threat to U. §. Industry. By the Assoctated Press. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., July T— Senator William E. Borah, former chairman of the Senate Foreign Rela- tions Committee, agreed with the National Brotherhood of Potters to- day that something should be done about importation of chinaware and pottery from Japan. Last Friday, the union in conven- tion here, sent the Idaho Senator a telegram describing the Japanese Fed- eration of Pottery Exporters as & mo- nopoly and “demanding” it be barred from doing business in the United States. Senator Borah replied today, “I agree with you in letter and spirit; you can count on me to assist in every mands.” The union quoted the Federal Tariff Commission as saying 35 per cent of way possible with your de—‘ Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. SOUVENIR. HERE probably are many me- mentos of Representative Zion- check’s last session in Congress and elsewhere lying around Washington, but one you may not have heard about is an ash tray. It is about the heaviest ash tray money could buy, and it rests on the desk of a business man with whom the Washington Representative had deal- ings. Even before Zioncheck was known to the rest of the country as 'a tempestuous fellow, he had indicated as much to this particular business man. There was no fear on the lat- ter's part, however, until Zioncheck began to make the front page. Then, anticipating that some day he | might become a character in the story, | the business man began to be afraid. Daily he followed the story, looking for a hint as to the moment when the tide in the affairs of the rollicking Representative would engulf him. It was on the Monday when he read of Zioncheck’s escape that he decided it was time to act. He went shopping that morning and returned with the heaviest, most de- | structive looking ash tray that money could buy. He did not say a word to his staff about it, but its members understood. Now the ash tray just sits there, an- other receptacle for charred tobacco, but it might have been an important | property in the Zioncheck drama if | the Representative had not got mad | and gone home. * % * % ETIQUETTE. There is a certain degree of respect that must be paid the | President when you meet him, a | visitor observed after a hand- shaking audience this week. Discovered in the act of re- trieving a flask, which looked very much as if it contained a beverage, from a cache in some shrubbery on the White House lawn, the young man' ezplained himself: “I couldn’t shake hands with | him with that in my pocket, | cowd 17" NG _STAR, WASHINGT! TRADE STRUCTURE Negotiations With Other Nations to Be Based on New Policies. By the Associated Press. ROME, July 7—High Pascists said today, now that League of Nations sanctions are to be lifted, Italy will rebuild her foreign trade structure from the ground up. The rebuilding, they stated, “will be without haste or preferent when economic and fimancial sanc- tions were imposed by League mem- bers, Italian authorities said Italy would remember sanctionist states fol- lowing the war and prefer to trade elsewhere.) Basic Points Stated. ‘Two basic points, it was stated, will govern the remodeling process: 1. Those who wish to sell to Italy must buy from Italy. - 2. The sellers must not finsist on sending into Italy products already provided by Italian agriculture and irdustry. Virginio Gayda, authoritative edi- torial writer, disclosed the foreign office already was planning for special | missions to sanctionist countries to open negotiations for new commercial accords. Six Circumstances Cited. Gayda said these negotiations would have to mold themselyes to six cir- cumstances. 1. Italy has developed a ‘“more fober” manner of life during the sanctions’ siege and now will not re- turn to importing “excessive quantities of useless luxuries.” 2. The siege stimulated Italian agri- culture and industry “to surpass not- ably the technical and economic | limits” of the era before the war. 3. Some of the new trade currents Italy was forced into by sanctions cannot be “annulled or deviated.” 4. Italy will not willingly give up the more favorable balances of trade which sanctions brought her. 5. The problems of developing a new colonial empire will be consid- ered along with the trade program of | the kingdom. 6. “The rapid formation of an eco- nomic autarchy is not a fable but a | solid, developing reality.” GLAVIS MAY ASSIST CAMPAIGN PROBE Report P. W. A. Investigator to Be Chief Attorney Is Denied. * X ¥ % VERNACULAR. | AN AMERICAN ran across a fine example of how the English mud- dle through not long ago. Visiting an out-of-the-way flying field of the British Air Force in Africa an American Air Corps officer was Louis R. Glavis, director of investi- gation for the Public Works Adminis- tration, is being considered by the Senate Campaign Investigation Com- miitee for appointment as special in- vestigator, it was learned today. Reports that Glavis has been se- lected as chief attorney for the com- mittee were denied at the Capitol. At the pottery sold in the United States 1 horribly embarrassed to discover that P. W. A. headquarters it was stated came from Japan and the pottery | the British do indeed dress for dinner | Glavis has not resigned from his pres- workers there receive less than $4 | every night in the most unlikely spots ent post, despite persistent reports to for a 60-hour work week. “Our immigration laws,” the union's message read, “prevent entry into | on the globe, and that he was without | uniform or dinner coat. | The American confided his plight the contrary. It has been rumored recently that Glavis has threatened to quit because our country of Asiatics, yet the Tariff | early in the day to one of his hosts, | of disagreement wtih Secretary of the Commission’s report shows that the Japanese monopoly yearly ships into the United States the product of at least 6,000 of these workers at total landed costs which are less than the American cost of production.” -— SENATOR KING MAPS CAPITAL ACTIVITIES Needs of Schools Are Chief Con-| cern of District Committee Chairman. A meeting of the Airport Commis- sion, study of the Judiciary Square building plans and an inspection of District school buildings are among the more important District activities planned by Senator King, Democrat, of Utah and chairman of the Senate District Committee, during the next lew weeks, “The Senator, who has no election worries for the coming Fall, since his present term does not expire until 1941, is planning to remain in Washingtoa for some time. He has always been initerested in the projects named and deelared himself particularly concerned af-this time with needs of the school départment. Irvin S. Cobb . Says: Throat Specialist Has Designs on His Tonsils. Y HILLS, Calif., July 7.— the last bedside bulletin, so many Stnce kind souls have inquired, that T am offering a supplemental report on the | wrecking crew. First I cracked an ear drum. (Cries ofyWhose?”) Then this clinging Cali- fornia influenza ridved slightly h by west Wi in your cor- refpondent’s area. Semow I've fallen 10 the hands of [ at specialist. fine fellow— by easily satisfied in=the matter of edfertainment. HE idea of a speightly conver- sgfion is to hold down my tongue with a spoon and me say “ah.” . t I claim is, when you've heard ol “ah” you've heard 'em all. But he-fairly hangs on my words. There’s a gleam in his eye I don't like. He's béginning to crave my tomsils. Al- ready he reiers to them in a proprie- toffal manner. You'd think they were | a pair out of his private loan tion and he’d just entrusted them to_me temporarily. So my next dis- may be filed on the run. I'm to flee as a bird to yon moun- tafp. In youth they gargled for me— these tonsils did—and I'll protect them nd¥, even if I have to spend the next ;e-mmmuplmemmhuh t's an idea—maybe I can out- > ht. lggm:!thl North Americ (Cgpyright. , by can 8 Newspaper Alliance Inc.) o %o explaining that the small private plane | | in which he had arrived didn’t boast | of much in the way of a baggage compartment. Later in the day a sign was posted | | on the mess bulletin board, reading: “Out of deference to our American | guest, officers will dine dirty tonight.” * x *x % WRONG BOAT. l JF_YOUVE got a moment, our| Potomac operative would like to| tell you the story of a yachtsman | who did not get to Piney Point the | other night. This yachtsman, it seems, goes in for simple navigation. To get to Piney Point, he concluded, one would have only to get into the wake of the| | Norfolk boat, follow it for five hours, and find one self at one's objective | just like that. The other night when the big boat pulled out, he was right behind it, just far enough away to ride com- fortably. For five hours, he rode| there, oblivious of everything but the | mother craft in front. “Now,” he said, “we should be at Piney Point.” He wasn't though. He looked up and saw thousands of lights, those belonging to the Washington he had left but five hours before. Instead of the Norfolk boat, he had been follow- ing one of those which makes a night trip down the Potomac and back. *x x w TROUBADORS. Symphony music in Washington and elsewhere has been improved, | oddly enough, by the rise of the jazz orchestra in the wake of repeal. Many talented musicians who otherwise would be unavailable play in symphony concerts because they can earn additional money at the night clubs which have sprung up since the days of pro- hibition. * ok x % PLOT. 'HARGES of “political activity” that can be counted on to bob up thoughout the Government estab- lishment every time a campaign is on, remind Lawson Moyer, chief examiner of the Civil Service Com- mission, of a story. Some years ago, when stationed at Atlanta, Moyer went up into South Carolina for the commission to in- vestigate a report that a rural mail carrier was overstepping the bounds. The Post Office Departme ; also as- signed an inspector to the :ase. A thorough survey by the two showed nothing detrimental to the carrier. It appeared that all he had done was to participate on a non- partisan basis in a local election which was no cause for action. So Moyer sought out the com- plainant. He got no further informa- tion, but had an idea. “By the way,” he asked, “if this fellow loses his job, do you expect to get it?” “Why certainly!” came the totally- unexpected reply. “Why in the— do you suppose I reported hln?:' Interior Ickes over investigative policy. As director of the Bureau of Investiga- | tion of the Interior Department Glavis has charge of a force of about 400 men assigned to prevent and uncover ir- regularities in P. W. A. projects throughout the country. The Senate Committee, of which Senator Lonergan of Connecticut is chairman, is preparing to make an in- tensive investigation of campaign ex- penditures. Before it gets down to work, however, it must employ a chief attorney and a chief investigator. Appointments to both posts are ex- | pected to be announced before long. Glavis is said to be but one of several investigators under consideration for the committee job. — {HUSBAND ASKS SEARCH FOR MISSING SPOUSE Samuel Green Appeals to Police, Stating Wife Disappeared on June 29. Police today were asked to search for Mrs. Elizabeth Green, 25, who disappeared from her home at 1118 Tenth street on June 29. Her husband, Samuel Green, a clerk at Blech- man’s Depart- ment Store, 700 H street north- east, told police he could give no reason for Mrs. Green's disap- pearance. He said they had come here from Min- neapolis, Minn., § last year. The missing woman is de- scribed as 5 feet 4 inches tall, medium build and has brown hair and brown eyes. The husband lives at 905 M street. Mrs. Green. New Zealand Ships Mud. New' Zealand has shipped a ¢on of mud, having curative properties, to England to be distributed among spas. The Washington | [TALY TOREBUILD NICKLES PLEADS GUILTY T0 BRIBE Five-Year Suspended Sen- tence Given Sewer Con- tractor in Arlington. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., July 7.—After pleading guilty to a charge of bribery in connection with construction of a part of Arlington County’s $4,700,000 sewer system, Nicholas C. Nickles, member of an | Erle, Pa., construction firm, was given (During the war with Ethiopia, & 5-year suspended sentence by Judge Walter T. McCarthy in Circuit Court here today. The plea was entered after opening of the trial had been delayed almost two hours by conferences between the court, Commonwealth's Attorney Law- rence W. Douglas and Defense Attor- ney Thomas W. Phillips. Nickles with- drew his previous plea of not guilty. In suspending sentence, Judge Mc- Carthy said he was doing so on rec- ommendation of the commonwealth's attorney and added that the fact Nickles is not a native of this country had a bearing on the suspension. Judge McCarthy told Nickles he will be subject to further order of the court and will be called back if his behavior is not what it should be during the period. Change of Venue Asked. An indictment returned against the defendant in April charged Nickles with having given Louis Bishop, a former county sewer inspector, a $500 “gift of gratuity” in connection with | { alleged errcneous reports filed by the | inspector for work performed by the contracting firm during construction of the sewer system. Bishop, who also was indicted by | ‘fhe April grand jury on a bribery | charge, was scheduled to be tried at the conclusion of the trial of Nickles. Following Nickles' plea of guilty, ‘Frnnk L. Ball, counsel for Bishop, | asked the court for sufficient time to | prepare a petition for a change of venue. “In view of what has hap-| pened, my client cannot have a fair | trial in this county,” Ball said. Jury Is Discharged. He referred to the fact that the jury summoned to hear both the Bishop and Nickels cases was present in the | court room when the former pleaded guilty. Agreeing that Bishop should not b> tried before the present jury, Judg=! McCarthy discharged its 20 members who had waited in the court room twn | | hours. Nickels and Bishop were arrested last March after an investigation of the Rosslyn-Four-Mile Run intercepto™ sewer line was made by supervising | engineers and county officials. The | alleged erroneous report was said Lo have caused the county to averpavi more than $5,000 for the line. The overpayment, was deducted on sub- sequent estimates. 'STATEMENT DUE ON FARLEY PLANS| :Prelident Is Expected to An- nounce Course of Cabinet Member. | By the Associated Press. | President Roosevelt is expected to| announce today whether Postmaster General Farley will resign from the cabinet or be given a leave of absence | without pay while he is directing the | Democrats’ re-election campaign. Farley conferred with the President for two hours yesterday. Leaving the| White House, he said Mr. Roosevelt probably would make the announce- ment at his regular press conference today. Officials indicated Farley would be given a leave without pay. in accord- ance with his own wishes, and that | William W. Howes, First Assistant Post- master General, would take charge of the department, at least until after the November election. Reports have been current for some time that Farley would either resign from his cabinet post or take a leave of absence to devote his full time to the campaign. At a press conference last Tuesday Mr. Roosevelt said he would have nothing to say on the reports until the next Thursday, when he was to confer with the Postmaster General. After that meeting, how- ever, Farley said the subject had not been discussed. L. W. Robert, new secretary of the Democratic National Committee, joined the conference yesterday after luncheon was over. It was indicated the President’s speaking campaign probably would not start in earnest until mid-August. RECOUNT IS REPEATED ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (#).—A re- count of a recount began today to set- tle that Gulf Beach queen situation. Miss Marcy Vic Smith was first de- clared winner of the title and a trip to Cuba. A recount showed Mrs. Agnes Bryan had the most ballots. Miss Smith protested. So new counters were named and the contest sponsors hoped this would be a re- count to end recounts. Air Pilot Dies in Flames. LINCOLN, Nebr, July 7 (#).— Charles Edward V. Smith, 25, of Mid- land, Mich., was killed today when his sirplane crashed in flames at the municipal airport. National Scene BY ALICE LONGWORTH INCINNATI, July 7—The administration won't accept no for an answer about Passamaquoddy. We are now informed that ‘Prof. —— Tugwell plans to take over the model village that was built to house the tide harnessers and use it as a resettlement project, or that it might be converted into a veterans’ hospital. It seems essential to get the white elephant performing for the Maine campaign. p Mr. Hopkins warns that conditions may necessitate a drought-afilicted areas. removal of population from the It is possible that he and Mr. Roosevelt may put their heads to- gether and that we shall see farmers from the West and the Southwest in a Government- directed trek to the Northeast Coast. So far as is known the Washington bureau- Alice Lonsworth. ‘crats have not originated any use for the other project for which Congress refused to appro- priate funds, the Florids ship canal. They might make it a hide-out for Mr. Astor's yacht Nourmahal until the election 1s over. » (Copyright, 1936.) C., TUESDA Thrill That Comes Once JULY 7, 1936 in a Lifetime Bob Feller, left, 17-year-old Iowa high school junior, who struck out eight Cardinals in three innings of an erhibition game yesterday, being congratulated by Dizzy Dean. The game, played between the Cards and Cleveland, at Cleveland, was won by the Indians, 7 to 6. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. GORE FACING FIGHT FORS Challenged by Field of New Candidates in Oklahoma Primary. Py the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY. July 7.—The! fight of blind T. P. Gore to remain in | 19| the United States Senate after years was challenged by a fleld of comparative newcomers to politics to- day in the headline race of Okla- homa's first primary election. Among the seven Democrats oppos- ing the veteran were Gov. E. W. Mar- land, Representative Josh Lee, who went to Congress from a public speak- | ing professor's chair at the University of Oklahoma, and Gomer Smith, na- tional vice president of the Townsend old-age pension organization. Heavy Vote Predicted. Today's ballots will determine the candidates to compete in a run-off | Fair | election three weeks hence. weather and wide interest in the cam- paigns brought predictions of an un- usually heavy vote, more than 400.000. Gore, charged by Marland with fail- ure to support all New Deal measures, retorted the Governor used State em- ployes in his campaign. Gore and Marland forces charged W. P. A. worl ers were actively supporting Lee. Gore headquarters predicted Mar- land would be in the run-off with | him, with Gore leading the ticket. Lee and Smith challengers promptly declared their candidates would land a place in the July 28 run-off. Republican Interest High. Republican interest also was high in the Senate race. Among the eight Republican aspirants were Herbert Hyde, former United States attorney, who prosecuted the kidnapers of Charles P. Urschel: Robert W. Kel- lough. Tulsa lawyer, and Horace Mc- Keever, Enid lawyer, who once ran for Governor. In the congressional races, eight Democratic Representatives asked re- nomination, and in the fifth district, | 23 Democrats and six Republicans are seeking the post being relinquished by | Lee. Also at stake were Marland's three | initiated measures: A constitutional | amendment to permit the State to pay $15 a month to aged over 65, the amount to be matched by the Federal Government; a 1 per cent increase in sales tax to finance the pensions, and a $500,000 appropria- tion for the Conservation Commission for salaries’and expenses. Dardanelles , (Continued From First Page.) sia and Turkey joined in opposing the suggestion. The British draft, submitted yester- day, would replace the original Turk- ish suggestion by which the Islamic nation hoped to gain approval to re- fortify the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmora and the Bosphorus. The Turkish proposal caused the first rift in the negotiations. ‘The principal Turkish objection was aimed at the British suggestion to continue a form of the present Straits Commission. Russia, favoring restriction of war- ship passage eastward, was declared willing to agree to bottle up her fleet in the Black Sea in time of war rather than allow free access of the inland water to large navies. British, Russians Clash. Despite the defection of Italy, the conference declded to push onward with the work of making a conven- tion which would be binding upon all participants in regulating the pas- sage of warships through the Darda- nelles. A clash between the British and Russians featured the session. Maxim Litvinoff, the Soviet foreign commis- sar, vehemently opposed the British proposal that all nations should give Turkey & two weeks' notice when intending to send warships through the straits. Litvinoff insisted that any Black Sea power should give only three days’ notice. Opposes Giving Notice. He remarked that if the British wanted to transfer its fleet from Plymouth to Scapa Flow it would not want to be obliged to give notice to & foreign power. Litvinoff emphasized that Russia should have the right to send war- ships without delay to all Russian naval bases whether in the Black Sea, the Baltic or the Far Eust. ENATE TODAY = Base Ball (Continued From First Page.) play, Higgins to Gehringer to Gehrig. Two runs. American, 0: National League, 4. SIXTR INNING. AMERICAN LEAGUE—Rowe at- tempted to bunt and was out when Hubbell made a diving catch of his pop fly. Appling flied to Galan. Gehr- inger walked on four straight balls. Hubbell tossed out Di Maggio. No runs. NATIONAL LEAGUE—Goslin went | to left field for the American Leaguers. Appling threw out Hartnett. Whitney took & third strike. Durocher popped to Gehrig. No runs. American, 0; National League, 4. SEVENTH NG. AMERICAN LEAGUE—Davis now pitching for the National Ieague. Gehrig hit a home run into the distant right-field bleachers. Gehrig’s home run was the first hit made by the Yankee star in the four “dream games.” Herman threw out Averill. Dickey batted for Ferrell. Davis tossed out Dickey. Herman knocked down a smash over second off Goslin, but could not throw in time to retire the batter. Foxx bated for Higgins. Foxx's smash to Durocher was too hot to hold and it went for a hit, Goslin stopping at second. Selkirk batted for Rowe. Selkirk walked, filling the bases. Ap- pling singled past Collins. Goslin and Foxx scoring and Selkirk stopping at gecond. Warneke replaced Davis in the box for the National League. Gehringer walked, again filling the bases. Di Maggio lined to Durocher. Three runs. NATIONAL LEAGUE—Harder now pitching, Dickey catching, Foxx play- ing third and Chapman playing cen- ter for the American League. Harder tossed out Warneke. Galan fanned. Herman singled to center. Collins flied to Goslin. No runs. American, 3; National League, 4. EIGHTH INNING. AMERICAN LEAGUE—Gehrig walked. sacrifice, grounded to Whitney., who fumbled, but managed to retire the batter at first base. whiJe Gehrig | Sox, who put the first two pitches| | moved to second. Herman threw out | into the bleachers and rapped a third | | Dickey. Gehrig going to third. Goslin | sock against the barrier. Dave Keefe,| | batting practice pitcher of the Ath-| walked. Foxx struck out. No runs. NATIONAL LEAGUE—Medwick bunted down the third-base line and Foxx whipped him out. Ott batted for Demaree. Ott singled to left. Hartnett lined to Appling. Riggs batted for Whitney. Riggs took a third strike. No runs. American, 3; National League, 4. NINTH INNING. AMERICAN LEAGUE—Ott went to right field and Riggs to third base for the National League. Crosetti batted ilor Harder. Crosetti fanned. Appling rolled to Herman. Gehringer doubled down the left-fleld line. Di Maggio popped to Herman. No runs. American, 3; National League, 4. Frick Gives Pep Talk. The cream of major league base ball talent, gathered from 16 American and National League clubs. took the field under a warm sun and cloudless sky in the fourth annual all-star game, The American League forces, tri- | umphant in the three previous classics, | nominated Robert Moses (Lefty) Grove, ace of the Boston Red Sox, to open on the pitching slab. The National Leaguers, spurred by & flery pep talk by President Ford Prick and determined to regain lost prestige, sent Dizzy Dean of the color- ful St. Louis Gas House Gang to the mound. Neither team is permitted by the rules to use a pitcher for more than three innings, so it is almost certain that Manager Charlie Grimm, in ad- dition to Dean, will rely on Carl Hub- bell of the Giants, and possibly Curt Davis of his own Cub team. The other National League pitchers are Van Lingle Mungo of the Dodgers and Lon Warneke of Chicago. Manager Joe McCarthy of the Americans was believed ready to bank on Grove, Schoolboy Rowz of the world champion Tigers and, possibly, Vernon Kennedy of the White Sox, Vernon (Lefty) Gomez of the Yan- kees, Mel Harder of Cleveland and Monte Pearson, also of the Yankees. Kennedy, almost an eleventh-hour selection for the Americans’ squad, took the place of Tommy Bridges of Detroit, who is ill. Rookies on Both Teams. For the first time in the four-year history of the classic rookies have found théir way on the squads of the rival teams. On the American League team, New York's sensational out- fielder, Joe Dimaggio, was a heavy choice in the fans’ voting. The Car- dinals’ youthful infield star, Stu Mar- tin, was another rookie who placed high in the country-wide voting. ‘The crowd, expected to fill the Bees' Park to its capacity of 42,000, CHINESE. FLYERS DESERTINPLANES 20 Officers of Southwestern Force Flee With 10 Bomb- ers Into Hunan. B3 the Associated Press. HONGKONG, July 7.—Twenty of- ficers of the Southwestern Chinese air force deserted today, taking with them 12 bombing and fighting planes. The ships were flown from Siuchow in Kwangtung Province to Changsha in Hunan Other deserters from the were reported to have gone to hai by steamer from Canton. A teenth plane was reported to ha been found near Swatow, coastal city of Kwangtung. ‘The Canton government, seeking to unite the South and Central Chinese administrations against alleged Jap- dnese aggression, offered rewards of $20,000 each for capture of the de- serters. PFrom Changsha the aviation officers issued a manifesto declaring they would not participate in any civil war between the two Chinese governmen grandstand seats and 25,000 bleacher seats. | The National Leaguers, hosts at this | vear's - game, took the field first for | batting practice. Dressed in the uni- forms of their respective clubs, ti senior league stars spent half an hour 1 pounding the batting practice pitches !of Ralph Birkofer of the Pirates and | Bobby Smith of the Bees. { The American Leaguers, following their rivals, staged the more sensa- tional of the batting drills. Di Mag- gio, on his first trip to bat in prac- | tice, rammed a line-drive home run Chapman. twice failing to|into the left-field bleachers and drew | | a big hand from the crowd. He was | followed by Jimmy Foxx of the Red letics, was serving in that same ca- | pacity for the American League squad | Later, when Keefe tired, Foxx went | into the box and pitched in batting | practice. | The American Leaguers, with a squad batting average of .334, is one of the most powerful offensive outfits ever assembled. Only 4 of the 16 players, excluding pitchers, are bat- ting under .300. Yanks, with a .389 average, is the top hitter. The National Leaguers, while able to show a powerful attack themselves, averages, at least on paper. have a squad batting average of .307. Of the two teams, however, the Na- tional Leaguers are conceded a pitch- ing edge. The National League ball was to be used during the first half of the game and the American League sphere will |be tossed into the game thereafter. The umpires at the start of the game ere “Beans” Reardon of the Na- tional League, behind the plate; Bill Summers of the. American League, first base; Bill Stewart of the National League, second base, and Lou Kolls of the American, third base. National Leaguers Eager. Boston's biggest base ball show since Babe Ruth was a rookie southpaw with the Red Sox found the All Stars of the National League pepped up to turn the tables on their American League rivals. In the words of the normally fun- loving, banjo-playing Charley Grimm, manager of the Chicago Cubs and this year's boss of the Nationals: “We didn't come up here to help celebrate the Boston Tea FParty. We're planning to throw one of our own.” By contrast with the American Leaguers, who took things in stride and refused even to be disconcerted by train wrecks along the route to Boston, the Nationals steged some- thing - resembling an old collegiate rally. Next year's all-star show has been awarded to Washington. Records of previous games are as follows: 1933 at Chicago, Americans, 4; Nationals, 2, with Lefty Gomez, New York, the winning pitcher, and Bill Hallahan, St. Louis, the loser; 1934 at New York, Americans, 9; N: tionals, 7, with Mel Harder, Cleve- land, the winning pitcher, and Van Mungo, Brooklyn, the loser; 1935 at Cleveland, Americans, 4; Nationals, 1, with Gomez the winning pitcher, and Bill Walker, St. Louis, the loser. | SISO Taxis Are Guarded. DALLAS, Tex., July 7 (#).—Armed guards rode 100 taxicabs here today as operators sought to break an eight-day drivers’ strike. The cabs, manned by drivers who had returned to work, were put into operation last night amid muttered threats of strikers and sytpathizers. air force | Lou Gehrig of the | cannot match the junior circuiters’ | ‘They ! COUNTY MANAGER PLAN IS PRAISED System Checks Centraliza- tion, Braden Tells Public Affairs Institute. B a Staff Correspondent ot Tae Btar. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 7— Widespread adoption of the county manager plan to bring about a revival of popular interest in and & more efM- clent operation of local government was urged by Roy 8. Braden, former manager of Arlington County, at the University of Virginia's Institute of Public Affairs here today. He cited advantages the plan has given Arlington County residents since its adoption January 1, 1932, as the first authorized county manager form of government in the country. “The overwhelming majority of the people have confidence in the new system of government, not only be- cause it is efficient and because they know it is being operated for the equal benefit of all citizens without consideration of petty politics and per- sonal aggrandizement, but also bee cause they realize they now have a means of holding local governmental authorities definitely responsible for the success or failure of their gov- ernment,” Braden said. Check on Centralization. The former Arlington manager con- demned the tendency of State and Federal Governments to take rights |of self government from comm: ties, “mostly for the just reason th: local governments are very inefficient He offered the manager plan as check on overcentralization of gou | ernment, and as a means of restor ing “many of the privileges we ha | had to sacrifice.” Politicians and county officials were charged by Braden as being respoi sible for preventing a wide adoption of the manager plan. Politicians Oppose Plan. | They have opposed the plan because “it takes away their vote-getting, job- holding possibilities and substitutes merit instead of political alliance in community operation,” he charged. “I believe if you were to canvass the office holders in Virginia countirs today you would find 90 per cent of them firmly against the manager —and they will be against it with the power they can summon to t command.” the county manager a thority predicted. Referring to Arlington County' enabling act as imperfect. but “a grand step in the right direction,” Braden offered a later act applying to all Virginia counties, under which Henrico County is now functioning, as being much nearer the desired goal. Points to Accomplishments. | “Politicians have taken care to see that Arlington cannot come under the provisions of the later act without special legislative enactment,” he said. Pointing to the successful operation of the manager plan in Arlington County, Braden said that a $338,000 deficit there on June 30, 1932, had | been wiped out in favor of an existe ing surplus of more than $172,000 by June 30, 1935, while services to the people were increased instead of cur- tailed. During the period, a county-wide | system of garbage, ash and refuse col- lection, a '$3,000,000 sewage system, an accounting and cost control &ys- tem, & budget system of fnancial planning and & general county-wide tax levy have been installed under the new government, he said. 'ROCK CREEK PARK ADDITION IS URGED North Chevy Chase Citizens to Discuss Development Near Lake. Br & Staff Correspondent ot The Star. CHEVY CHASE. Md., July 7.—De- velopment of a tract of land near Chevy Chase Lake as a new unit of Rock Creek Park will be proposed by the North Chevy Chase Citizens’ | Committee at a meeting to be held | here tonight. Plans for the project have not been formally discussed, but it is said by committee members that an effort will be made to have the site sought a | short time ago for the establishment of an incinerator included in any area that might be developed. Mason B. Leming, chairman of the committee, has discussed the proposal | with a number of colleagues and resi- dents of North Chevy Chase and sen- timent is strongly in favor of having the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission enlarge the park to include a unit near the lake. It is not'known whether the com- mission can arrange to grant the re- quest, but the support of the Mont- gomery County Civic Federation and the Montgomery County commission- ers will be solicited. Leming has called the meetipg for the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam S. Kenworthy, 9203 Connecticut avenue, at 8 o'clock. - FOUR OIL BURNERS IN ROBBERS’ LOOT 26 Cases of Beer and Half a Crate of Lemons Also Are Reported Stolen to Police. | Four oil burners, 26 cases of beer | and half a crate of lemons comprised | the loot of three robberies reported to police today. The oil burners, valued at $400, were stolen from the basements of a row of houses being constructed in the 5200 block of Fourth street, the beer from a warehouse alley in the 3200 block of M street and the lemons from a garage owned by Nick Cha- conas in the rear of 115 E street, from which 20 sacks of potatoes were stolen about two weeks ago. Meanwhile, police distributed to authorities in other cities a 9-page | lookout to aid in the capture of a | nail-biting bandit and two aides, who held up Mr. and Mrs. Karl Peterson | late in the afternoon of June 20 and | robbed their jewelry store in the Woodward Building of articles valued at $10,000. The circulars said Peterson would pay $500 reward for the capture of the bandits and return of the jewelry. They listed 47 rings, braceleta and watches, giving detailed descriptions of each, and contained photostats of some of the more valuable items. One of the bandits was described as being a chronic fingernail-biter, about 30 years old, short "nd with dark brown hair. The other two are black-haired, glender and about 5 years older, the lookout said, “.