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T A2 %% - ‘RANGERS MOBILIZE - TOCOMBAT FIRES Most Critical Situation in Forests Faced This Year. C. C. C. Forces Aid. . By the Associated Press. . Forest rangers and “smoke chasers” *have mobilized to cope with one of the ‘most critical fire situations since the | ‘drought of 1934. | The fire danger in the forests of | ‘the country is described by forestry ‘officials here as extremely serious. \Drought conditions already have forced “the closing of national forests in Wis- < consin to camp fires except under per- ‘mit, and to smoking except at im- ‘proved camp sites and places of habi- +tation. . It was expected that similar action »would be necessary in Michigan and + Minnesota. 1 In the Black Hills of South Da- ‘kota, uncontrolled flames have swept 1 over more than 8,000 acres and in up- : per Michigan 500 men and more were ‘called in to fight a large slash fire. ! Forestry officials estimate that some + 4000 permanent and part time em- ployes will be on duty during the fire . season which extends from May to the .+ latter part of October. The number . includes rangers, lookout men, “smoke ; chasers,” patrol men and dispatchers. H C. C. C. to Aid Work. + In addition, members of the Civilian . Conservation Corps and men engaged ‘on certain W. P. A. projects will be + available for actual fire fighting. ‘Unusual precautions are being taken by the United States Forest Service to lessen the fire hazard in the country’s forests. A Nation-wide weekly radio program is being devoted to warnings for those who enter forests to be care- ful of their camp fires and smoking. Huge bundles of leaflets and posters have been shipped to the forest areas, urging constant care to prevent fires. C. C. C. boys have been posted at . strategic positions on highways through . the forests. They stop every passing car, urge the occupants to be careful, . and give each a pamphlet entitled, “Keep the Forest Green.” " The Forest Service is considering * equipping its planes with loud speak- * ers. During periods such as this, the * planes would circle over camp sites and shout warnings to those below to be * eareful of their fires and smoking. The organization set up by the For- est Service to combat fires is perfected each year months before the fire sea- son starts. It is built around the per- manent organization of rangers, of | which there are about 700. CRASH FIRES TRUCK AND $35,000 RAYON| Alexandria Firemen Hold Loss| t0 $6,000 in Accident Which Injures Man. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 16—A North Carolina truck loaded with a $35,000 cargo of rayon was partially burned after being wrecked in a col- lision with another truck on Route 1 near Hunting Creek late yesterday. ‘The loss was estimated at $6,000. The driver of the second truck, Harry Evans, 29, 902 Wilkes street, sustained | a head injury. He is being treated at| the Alexandria Hospital for a scalp| laceration and possible brain con- cussion. A short circuit in the wiring system is believed to have fired the vehicle.| ‘The blaze was not noticed until almost | three hours after the crash, which sent | the truck down an embankment. Alexandria firemen saved most of the truck's valuable cargo while ex- tinguishing the blaze. The rayon loss ‘was estimated at $3,500, said to have been covered by a total cargo in- surance of $35,000. ‘William Fitch, 23, Burlington, N. C., driver of the damaged truck, escaped uninjured. i Murphy (Continued From First Page.) & funeral home here. Mr. and Mrs. ‘Woodward and Mrs. Murphy were so shaken up that they made no im- mediate plans for taking the body to Dubuque. Senator Murphy was elected to the Senate in 1932. He defeated Henry Field, Republican, and former Sen- ator Smith W. Brookhart. He was collector of internal revenue for Iowa from 1913 to 1920 and was an income tax counselor for 11 years. He lived all his life at Dubuque. Son of a former newspaper editor, | the late John S. Murphy, he was a newspaper reporter and editor for 20 years, He married Ellen Emma McGuire in 1917 and they had five children— Charles, Mary, Elinor Ann, Imelda and Ellen. Mr." Woodward is publisher of the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald. In Des Moines, Iowa, the attorney general's office said today the va- cancy caused by Murphy’'s death must be filled at the general election in November. He had two years yet to serve and his successor would be elected for that period. A Democratic State convention Mmeeting next week will nominate that party’s candidate and the Republican and Farmer-Labor parties, which al- ready have met, will be reconvened to make nominations. Gov. Clyde L. Herring is the Demo- « eratic nominee for Iowa’s other sena- torial post, now held by Senator Les- ter J. Dickinson. Dickinson is the Republican nominee for re-election. STRONG NEW DEAL BACKER. Senator Murphy Advocated Benefit Payments to Farmers, Senator Murphy was one of the W ashington Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. E WAS weak, weary and very thirsty under the burning sun —and all the world was against him. He found the For 20 minutes he struggled pa- tiently, but hopelessly, to open a door to one of Washington’s downtown beer parlors. As he mopped the perspira- through the glass panel in the door and through one in a second door. Inside, he could see men seated at a long bar, drinking long, cold draughts. unused side entrance. The sufferer didn’t know it, but less than 8 feet away was the main entrance through which men and women passed freely, behind them. The man gave up at last. Across the walk was a taxi. He headed for that, and tried its door. It opened so Brushing that aside as inconsequen- tial, he started to enter. But along came the driver to say he wasn't driving. thirsty man took a turn or two and landed by chance right in front of the door to the bar. But just then an employe of the place confronted him e GRAND FINALE. GROUP of Washington newspaper men and their friends were re- fishing boat captain at Solomons Is- land. Luck was excellent and for two days in succession Bowen had taken his ful. second day the party became tired of hauling in so many fish and they all agreed that the next to pull in a fish Wayside FAILURE. door locked against his face. tion from his brow he looked longingly The door was locked. It was an letting the screen doors bang shut suddenly it struck him on the head. Overwhelmed by frustration, the and told him, “No.” cently the guests of Edgar Bowen, guests to where rockfish were plenti- would end the fishing party. Hardly had the proposal been made when one of the members of the party had a strike and started reeling in. Al- most immediately some one else had a strike. Then in quick order three others, which completed the number of lines in the water, began frantic- ally reeling in fish, Hard as it was to stop fishing un- der such conditions the party decided that this was the most perfect way to end a fishing trip and still have everybody satisfled at catching the “last” fish. * x x % PSYCHOLOGIST. A large, perspiring man with his coat on his arm was expostulating with @ tazi driver on Eleventh street. He seemed violently dis- pleased and everybody thought he was angry because the driver had violated the traffic rules or some- thing of the kind. Investigation developed, how- ever, that the fat man’s disturbed state of mind was caused by a small card attached to the door of the taxi. It bore the single word “Heated.” The fat man argued a card like that might be all right in the Winter, but that it was nothing to have in a tari when the tem- perature was soaring around 100. What he was trying to get over to the driver was that it was bad psy- chology, although he did not use exactly those words. * % k% BROKEN HOME. SOME amusing twists arise at times from the living arrangements of the young women employed by Uncle Sam. As is well known, these girls have a tendency to take an apartment to- gether in pairs or trios or in larger groups. Some rent “furnished” and others buy furniture bit by bit on the installment plan. An apartment in the Dupont Circle section shared by two charming young secretaries of New Deal officials has a strange air these days One of the girls bought the bed room furniture and the other the living room equip- ment, both in the latest modernistic designs, with white bear-skin rugs, marble lamps and rounded corners, But the girl who owned the living room set married and now a bridge table and telephone directory is all that is left, while the owner of the swanky Hollywood effects in the ad- joining room makes up her mind what to do about the situation. Meanwhile, guests wonder why they have to wait down in the lobby for the unmarried partner, instead of going right up as formerly. T TONGUE TWISTER. all. ‘The story is told by the wife of one of the District’s prominent lawyers and later verified by the attorney him- self. It seems that recently he was playing a hard game around the “nineteenth” golf hole at Chevy Chase strongest supporters of the New Deal's agricultural policies. He was a chief advocate of bene- fit payments to farmers under the agricultural adjustment act and up- held the soil conservation subsidy pro- gram enacted after the Supreme Court invalidated the A. A. A. “Better trial with the danger of error than no trial at all,” he said of the new program. Senator Murphy is the sixth mem- ber of the present United States Sen- ate to die. Bronson Cutting of New Mexico was killed in an airplane crash in Missouri Jast Spring. In the Fall Huey P. Long of Louisville was shot to death at the Louisiana capitol. Thomas D. Schall of Minnesota died of injuries suffered in an_automobile accident here. Duncan U. Fletcher and Park Trammell, both of Florida, died a short time ago. Q Club. The “game” was prolonged and very dutifully he phoned his wife that he would be a little late for dinner. She became a bit suspicious, but decided to be a good sport about it. After all her husband probably needed some relaxation after a long day at the office. He finally arrived home, and taking his seat at the dinner table began to tell about his game. “Pshay,” he broke out, “we had a terrible experience. In driving up to the club we almost ran over a spanish cockeral.” His wife was puzzled and said she had never heard of a spanish cockeral. “Why,” he explained, “it is & little dog, about so high.” “You mean a cocker spaniel,” his Early in the afternoon on the | vans do have their troubles after FRANCE PRESSING TALKS ON BRITAIN London Urged to Take Part in Locarno Parley at Brussels. BACKGRCUND— German abrogation of Locarno treaties last March in remilitari- zation of Rhineland brought a sub- stitute accord at London, wherein England undertook to enter a vir- tual military alliance with France and Belgium if discussions for a new peace treaty failed. Italy re- fused to attend d Locarno confer- ence unless Germany were present and Great Britain regards a con- ference without Italy and Gere many as futile. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 16.—France turned new official pressure on Great Britain to- day to force a Lacarno Conference at Brussels next ‘Wednesday. The government issued new instruc- tions to Charles Corbin, French Am- bassador to London, to bring “all pressure” to persuade the British to attend the session and stand ready to make good on promises of a virtual military alliance with France and Bel- glum if security negotiations break down. Promised Aid in March. (Great Britain promised virtual armed assistance to France and Bel- glum in the London Locarno accord reached by the three nations last March after Germany reoccupied the Rhineland. (The pledge was contingent on col- lapse of discussions of a new European peace framework, necessitated by Adolf Hitler's denunciation of the Locarno mutual security pact.) Corbin received the new orders after Premier Leon Blum and Foreign Min- ister Yvon Delbos conferred with Sir George Russell Clerk, British Am- bessador to France, and learned the cabinet in London was holding firm for inclusion of Germany and Italy | at the sessicn or postponement of the meeting. In the event of a flat refusal at London, however, informed sources reported France was likely to propose “simple conversations” between the three nations to establish a basis for a later conference. France Sticks,to Agreement, These sources pointed out strong reasons support the opposite position taken by the nations involved. France holds to her original agree- | ment with London, they declared, | while Great Britain feels a conference | without Germany or Italy would only | strengthen the Italo-German alliance. Both Blum and Delbos, during the meeting with Sir George, repeated the | French demand for a review of the | situation as originally scheduled. 'PARDON REVOKED AFTER 15 YEARS | President Sends Counterfeit Man Back to Prison on Complaints of Racketeering. By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, July 16.—President Roosevelt has canceled the 15-year- old conditional pardon of Ignazio records—and sent him back to the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta to serve the remaining 20 years of his term. The President acted at the request of Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, based on a report from District Attorney Wil- liam F. X. Geoghan of Kings County. Geoghan said he had received com- plaints from Brooklyn bakers that the 59-year-old Saietta, described by Geoghan as the successor to the rackets of the murdered Frankie Uale (Yale) in 1928, was terrorizing Italian bakers who refused to pay him tribute. The district attorney said he was convinced the stocky, gray-haired Saietta was practicing extortion and invoked a provision of the conditional pardon that stipulated Saietta must “be law abiding and not connected with any unlawful undertakings.” President Harding granted the par- don after Saietta had served 10 years of a 30-year term for paying a corpo- ration’s dividends with counterfeit money. He was released to go to Italy, but later returned to the United States. He was arrested secretly Tuesday. NICE WILL WELCOME PEERY TO MARYLAND Governors Will Be Guests of Alex- andria C. of C. at Fort ‘Washington. v the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, July 16.—Gov. George C. Peery of Virginia and members of the.Chamber of Commerce of Alexandria, Va., will be welcomed to Maryland tonight by Gov. Harry W. Nice when they come to Fort Wash- ington for their annual outing. Both Governors will be guests of the Chamber of Commerce. Gov. Nice said that if time permitted he would take a boat trip down the river with the group. Gov. Nice, returning from Saietta—“Lupo the Wolf” in police | Life of a Mountie In Pittsburgh Is Not an Easy One By the Assoctated Press. PITTSBURGH, July ' 16— Charles L. Dye, acting superin- tendent of police, decided the heat ‘was too great for the department’s horses and ordered them kept in their stables. The mounted policemen? They'll continue at work—on foot. BROKENSHIRE ASKS JOB FROM W. P. A. Once Highest Paid Radio Announcer Lives Hermit Life on Long Island. Norman Brokenshire, once the high- est paid radio announcer in the coun- try, who was connected with WRC in 1925, is looking for a W. P. A. job. “I'll do any work the W. P. A. gives me,” Brokenshire told a newspaper, according to the Associated Press, which reported an interview with Brok- enshire in a Long Island cabin in which he has lived a hermit's life since last March. The former announcer, who “cov- cred” the inaugural ceremonies of two Presidents during his radio career, said he can't even afford electricity for his cabin, located on Lake Ronkon- koma. He said he's been using ofl lamps. “Jobs have a way of slipping from under me,” Brokenshire explained, dis- cussing his experiences since he suf- fered financial reverses. “I was a strike breaker during the building service strike in New York last Win- ter. Then I was a carpenter, but the job went like all the others, and I came out here.” Brokenshire said he had a new lease on life and at 36 wanted to try new flelds. Brokenshire's rise in radio was me- teoric. Less than a year after he “broke in” with WJZ in New York, he was given the assignment of broad- casting the inauguration of President Coolidge. He also assisted in describ- ing the 1924 Democratic National Con- vention in Madison Square Garden. He was connected with WRC here from June to November in 1925. Then he returned to WJZ, free lanced for a while, and later joined the WABC- Columbia network. In 1929, while with WCAU in Phila- delphia, he described the Hoover in- augural for the Columbia network. He participated in the broadcasting of many other important events. Brokenshire's salutation, “How do you do, ladies and gentlemen, how do you do!"” became a familiar expres- sion to radio audiences. ACADEMY SEAPLANE IS FORCED TO LAND | Seven Midshipmen and Crew of Four End Flight in Poto- mac River. Py the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 16.—A sea- plane from the Naval Academy, with seven midshipmen and a crew of four aboard, was forced down by engine | trouble off the mouth of the Potomac River today, taxi-ing ashore at Reed- ville, Va. The plane was one of a squadron of eight which took off from the Acad- emy to ferry 56 midshipmen to Lang- ley Field, Va. for a tour of the lab- oratories maintained there by the Na- tional Advisory Committee on Aero- nautics. The midshipmen make the trip to the flield and back each Thursday. Capt. John F. Shafroth, U. 8. N,, commander of the Reina Mercedes, station ship at the academy, reported that the midshipmen and crew of the plane were uninjured. He sent a pa- trol plane from the academy to bring the midshipmen back to the academy. A tug from Norfolk, Va., will take the disabled plane and its crew back to the Norfolk Navy Yard. Lieut. E. J. S. Young, U. 8. N, was piloting the disabled plane. He was accompanied by a second pilot and two mechanics. The midshipmen aboard, all members of the second, or junior class, at the academy, were: F. C. Lynch, A. R. McFarland, L. T. Mc- Quiston, A. Minvielle, N. R. Nelson, B. S. Rankin and W. E. Rawie. —— SHORTAGE IS FEARED Civil Engineers Told Irrigation Need to Provide Food. PORTLAND, Oreg., July 16 (#).— The annual convention of the Ameri- can Society of Civil Engineers was told today a national food shortage is possible unless irrigation places more land in production to keep pace with the growing population. J. W. Haw, agricultural specialist of St. Paul, Minn, said more than 3,000,000 more acres of vegetables, fruit and sugar beets would be neces- sary for the 141,000,000 estimated population of the United States in 1961, Haw contended that Western irri- gated agriculture is supplementary to another boat outing, was involved in a shipwreck Tuesday night. The established agriculture in the humid areas rather than competitive. National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH ROF. TUGWELL has flown West to rescue the perishing. Doubt- less the coming of the great agricultural expert from New York City will be an omen farmers, who of better times to the distressed will hope that Mr. Tugwell has learned something about farming since the epoch-making launched a few years ago. program of crop destruction was On his record of performance, however, the resettlement chief is hardly the man to entrust with the problem of making grass grow and cattle thrive where drought is now causing havoc. The problem confronting the Western farmer is not a new one, for it existed long before anyone thought of putting the weather into . D. C. THURSDAY, CHAMBER WEIGHS TWO MAJOR BILLS Passage Seen for Nationali- zation of War Industries and Bank Reorganization. BY the Associated Press. PARIS, July 16.—Passage of two major government bills—nationaliza- tion of war industries and reorganiza- tion of the Bank of France—was asked of the Chamber of Deputies today. Adoption of the measures was con- sidered assured despite the Rightist opposition to the nationalization meas- ure. Right wing deputies estimated the cost of taking over munitions factories politics. It is a problem for experts who are familiar with the smell of sod and know some- : ; thing about dust that doesn’t come off library Alice Longworth. SheTve! The rural resettlement administration had almost folded up, but the drought now gives it an opportunity to try out its theories of population shifting on a large group of despairing and defenseless wife vouchsafed. “Sure,” he replied. “Isn't that just what I said?” citizens. (Cop-right. 1936.) at 1,000,000,000 francs ($66,000,000). Fernand Laurent, Rightist leader, de- clared the issuance of new government securities in exchange for privately- owned stocks would lead to devalua~ tion. The proposal to revise statutes gov- erning the Bank of Prance would create a board of 20 directors to manage the institution. Five of these directors would be named by producers, merchants and consumers, five others by bankers and the remaining - 10 would be government officials. | The administration staff also would | include three censors, elected by the | shareholders, one governor and two under-governors. | The bank reorganization measure, one of the government's reform bills, was designed to end control of the bank by a group of “200 families,” whose directorships are generally re- garded to have become almost hered- itary. . Townsend (Continued From First Page) and Browder,” said Father Coughlin after the conference. In his reference to Landon in the | address, Father Coughlin said: “Today | when Mr. Landon advoeates the res- toration of the gold standard, I am forced to repudiate his philosophy and platform as a return to the days of economic slavery.” organizations would retain their sepa- Coughlin told the delegates the three rate identity, but that they would work for the same principles. “There is your Dr. Townsend; there is the Rev. Gerald Smith,” he said. “With those two I stand four square. “How many of you will follow Dr. Townsend?” Roosevelt Critics Assailed. Southern delegates who claimed the support of Townsendites from 15 States | had voiced disapproval last night of speeches criticizing the Roosevelt ad- | ministration and started a drive| against affiliation with any third party. | Father Coughlin said in the course of his speech: “In your assembly v.here: are some Southern delegates who think more of their jobs than they do | of Dr. Townsend.” Dr. Clinton Wunder, Townsend East- ern regional director, took up the at- tack on the administration where Fa- | ther Coughlin left off. “The ‘Dummycrats’ in Washington have cited Dr. Townsend, John Kiefer of Chicago, a Townsend director, and I for contempt,” said Wunder, “and what our contempt is for those ‘Dum- mycrats’ in Washington.” He referred to the action taken by | the House of Representatives in citing the three men after Dr. Townsend defled & committee investigating his | movement ‘and Kiefer and Wunder | failed to answer committee subpoenas. Crowd Demonstrative. The crowd was in a demonstrative | mood and Wunder set them off again | in a roar of wild cheering when he pleaded with the delegates to “stand behind that human rock of Gibraltar, Dr. Townsend.” “If those “Dummycrats’ in Washing- ton send Dr. Townsend to jail, how many of you would go to see him— raise your hands,” said Wunder, and the crowd was off on another demon- stration. Wunder assailed the activities of Representative Bell, Democrat, of Mis- souri, chairman of the special commit- tee which investigated the Townsend | movement, and he suggested that Con- gress investigate itself. The third party alliance bringing together Coughlin, Townsend and Rev. Smith was formally announced after a conference of the three feaders. Smith Assails Roosevelt. Townsend said Chairman James A. Farley of the Democratic National Committee was “trying to throw brick- bats in our convention” and Smith assailed the Roosevelt administration as a “subtle plot to communize the Nation.” Dr. Townsend was greeted with an outburst of enthusiasm as he appeared : on the stage of Public Hall. Willis Mahoney, Democratic nomi- nee for the Senate from Oregon, the first speaker, said: “When this great leader of ours stood before that inquisition in Wash- ington he showed himself a true American.” “My slogan is, ‘I want to be elected so I can go to jail with Dr. Town- send.’ " Representative Martin L. Sweeney of Ohio, a critic of the administration and a follower of both Father Cough- lin and Dr. Townsend, said: “I'm a Democrat, one of the origi- nal Roosevelt men at Washington, but I despise dictatorship. I am not lenid to condemn the administra- | tion.” J. W. Brinton of Washington, D. C., said the administration had decided to use the “political arm” of the Gov- ernment to persecute Dr. Townsend. Southern delegates already had voiced loud disapproval of convention speeches criticizing the Roosevelt ad- | ministration and claimed that 15 States, including four in the East, were behind them in their drive against affiliation with any third party. Bid Several Months 'Ago. Townsend headquarters announced last night that the National Union for Social Justice leader had accepted an invitation delivered several months ago by Dr. Townsend and later officially extended by Dr. Frank Dyer, conven- tion secretary. Father Coughlin, a principal back- er of Representative William Lemke for President on the new Union party ticket, was quoted as saying Monday night he had declined to address the conclave. Dr. Townsend said the same | night that he could think of “at least a dozen men” he would prefer to Lemke as President. ‘The elderly pension chief and Rev. :,lr. rs::‘th soundly lambasted the ew in addresses yesterday, and Smith declared, “My friends, :e are not going to lose with Lemke, we are going to triumph with Townsend.” * Smith's “statement touched off s JULY 16, 1936. Woman to Die Tonight A medical commission appointed by Gov. Lehman found that Mrs. Mary Creighton, right, accompanied by a prison matron, is physically able to walk to her death in Sing Sing’s electric chair. son murder of Applegate’s wife. POISON SLAYERS WILL DIE TONGHT Mrs. Creighton, Hysterical May Be Carried to Chair. Applegate First. Py the Associated Press. OSSINING, N. Y., July 16—Sing Sing Prison officials made preparations today for the double electrocution of the convicted poison slayers of Mrs. Ada Applegate, facing the prospect of carrying Mrs. Frances Creighton from her cell to the electric chair. The 36-year-old woman, scheduled to die sometime tonight, probably about 10 (Eastern standard time) with Everett C. Applegate, husband of the slain woman, ate practically nothing for breakfast after a restless night, Prison officlals decided that Apple- gate should die first, reversing the usual procedure of deferring the electrocution of the strongest until the last. Nervous and devoid of the con- fident attitude he displayed up to two days ago, the 39-year-old con- demned man was moved to the pre- execution chamber which is but a few steps from the chair. Woman Unprecedented Problem. Mrs. Creighton's case presented an unprecedented problem to prison offi- cials, who said that if she is electro- cuted tonight she will be the first woman who did not walk the “last mile.” If the electrocution is not stayed by action of Gov. Lehman or court order, prison attaches indicated Mrs. Creighton probably will be removed from her cell, where she has been bedridden for eight days, to the death chamber in a wheel chair. They also considered having prison attendants | carry her. Suffering from hysteria and insist- ing she is unable to walk, Mrs. Creighton had not been advised of the report of the special commission 'appomwd by the Governor that “her condition is the reaction to the situ- ation in which she finds herself” and that there was no evidence of dis- ease. Clipping her hair for the electrode and dressing her was to be deferred until shortly before the time set for the death march. The man and woman likely will go to their death without seeing each other. They have had no glimpse of each other since they were brought | to Sing Sing more than fve months | ago. Poison in Eggnog Charged. Mrs. Creighton and Applegate were convicted of murder in the death last September of Mrs. Applegate, a 268- pound woman. The State charged the defendants gave her poison in an egg- nog. Both families occupied the same | house at Baldwin, Long Island. On June 30 the Governor heard clemency pleas for Mrs. Creighton and Applegate, but reserved decision. Both have lost appeals to the Supreme Court for new trials. A letter from Ruth Creighton, 16- year-old daughter of the condemned ‘woman, saying that Applegate had told her he was “going to kill” his wife was offered as basis for Mrs. Creighton's plea. It was dated last April. GIVES LIFE FOR CHILD Hollywood Grandmother Crushed by Automobile. HOLLYWOOD, Calif.,, July 16 UP). —A woman gave her life to save her 8-year-old granddaughter from death under the wheels of an automobile last night, police reported today. Mrs. Margaret Ray, 66, could have saved herself on busy Sunset Boule- vard, the police report said, but in- stead she pushed her granddaughter out of the car's path. Dye Plants to Close. LOS ANGELES, July 16 (#).—Shut- down of 75 per cent of the cleaning and dyeing plants in Los Angeles by Saturday because of strike conditions was predicted today by Ben Keller, chief of the Consolidated Plant. Own- ers’ Association. — e demonstration which was exceeded only by that given Dr. Townsend. After Dr. Townsend told his fol- 16wers that the movement had the support of Father Coughlin's National Union, delegates from 12 Southern States announced after a closed meet- ing last night that they were opposed to any “form of fusion or merger” with any third party st this time. i 4 Mrs. Creighton is scheduled to die tonight with Everett Applegate, both of whom were found gu: <« of the:poi- ilty P, Wirephoto. —Copyright, A King (Continued From First Page.) revolver “fell in the roadway between | the King and the troops following | him.” | The King, uniformed as an officer, was riding a horse at the head of » troops to whom he had presented new | . $3.08 per 100 pounds for colors in Hyde Park. Cheering throngs packed both sides of the roadway as the monarch, fol- lowed closely by his brother, the Duke of York, rode back toward Bucking- ham Palace. The King retained his calm dignity throughout, although several witnesses | said they believed he saw the armed man in the crowd before the quick commotion broke out. Women screamed and fainted. Pow- erful bobbies swarmed in on the sus- pect and rushed him away before vio- | lence developed. Plays Round of Golf. | The King rode on into Bucking- | ham’s court yard, later motored to St. | James’ Palace for lunch and state bus- | iness, then went by auto to Fort Bel- | vedere, his Summer residence. There he changed into golfing clothes and played a round of golf at Coombe Hill, planning to return to | London in the evening. | The whole English capital was thrown into consternation by the in- cident. Newspaper extras were swept off the stands by excited throngs seeking to | learn every word of the escape of their Sir John Simon, home secretary, told the House of Commons: “The whole House will be profoundly | thankful that the risk to which his majesty was exposed was so promptly | averted.” Witnesses’ statements indicated the | suspect was standing in the crowd near the arch untii a few seconds be- fore the King rode by. Then he suddenly pushed himself to the front rank despite the usual vpolice precautions of uniformed bob- ‘;bies on both sides of the thorough- | fare and detectives scattered through | the crowd. Scotland Yard Uncertain. Of what happened next, Scotland | Yard itself announced: “Exactly what followed has not yet been as- | certained, but a revolver fell in the | roadway between the King and the | troops foilowing him.” Various versions, told by different | persons standing close by, indicated | the revolver was thrown at the King or knocked out into the roadway by bystanders or policemen. One generally accepted account was that “a woman in gray” had seized the man’s arm as the gun came up. A policeman quickly went to the woman'’s assistance. Some were found who asserted the revolver was thrown so accurately that it hit a flank of the King's horse, causing the animal to flinch. Scotland Yard asserted the revolver | actually was thrown, but it did not | indicate that it came anywhere near | the King. An official of the famous police headquarters said no special measures were taken for the King's protection during the parade but that there were “the usual precautions with uni- formed men lining the streets and plainclothes men mingling with the crowd.” In addition, Edward, as is usual on such occasions, was accompanied by the captains of his bodyguard, the Royal Horse Guards. American Sees Incident. C. Harold Einecke, musician and church organist of Grand Rapids, Mich., who is on vacation in London, | said: “I was standing just at the | top of Constitution Hill when I no- ticed the King looking steadily toward the left. “I think from his rigid attitude he tainly his horse seemed to sense | something was wrong, for it looked uneasy and its ears were twitching. “Then, just as the King passed, there was a scuffie and & man rushed out from the crowd.” “The King seemed completely un- moved, but the excitement of the crowd nearby was intense. Soldiers and police rushed forward. “A number of women in the crowd screamed and several fainted., They were quickly attended by ambulance men.” The police took into custody a man who had made a photograph of the incident so promptly that his picture showed the revolver flying through the | air. | They also held for questioning two, women who said they had witnessed the whole affair. The Duke of York, who was riding immediately behind the King, saw the entire disturbance. Excitement ;and consternation pre- must have spotted something. Cer- ' MILK SUPPLY CUT BY HOT WEATHER Director of Producers’ Body Declares Continued Heat May Create Shortage. ‘Washington’s milk supply has been reduced approximately 5,000 gallons a day by the extended hot weath:r, B, B. Derrick, director of the Maryland- Virginia Milk Producers’ Association, said today. Continuation of the heat wave, he declared, might create a shortage of milk for the Capital city area, bit no increase in price is contemplated un- less the cost of feed becomes too high The Washington area consumed 55,000 gallons supplied by association distributors yesterday, Derrick said. This represents about 88 per cent of the entire market in the area. “There will be a shortage of milk if we lose 5,000 gallons more a day of the supply,” he pointed out. At pres- ent the supply is sufficient to hand the demand despite a reduction o 5,000 gallons a day in the supply thus far. Meanwhile a hearing will be held Monday in the Department of Ag culture on the association’s petiti for a uniform price scale for its o members and others who ship to dis tributors here. Week About Limit. Referring to the milk supply, Der rick said: “We can't stand much m of this weather or our supply will short. One more week is about | limit. “Concentrated feed has gone up $2 a ton this last week and the hay crop in Maryland will be only about 50 per cent of normal and in Virginia 33', per cent. In some sections of V ginia silo corn is a complete failurr | “It didn't come up on account of | the dry weather at planting time,” ti | director declared. “The drought al has curtailed our supply of cream from the Middle West.” The milk supply also is dwindling :r other cities. In the last several da Norfolk and Richmond have sought to secure milk from the assoc . " here, according fo Derrick. but his ganization was unable to help them. Cut Prices to Wholesalers. Discussing Monday's hearing, Der- | rick said, “Our co-operating distribu | tors, who buy from members of thit | organization, pay 26'; cents a gallo: all the | milk they keep in their plants and se } as fluid milk or fluid cream. A coupir | of distributors get their milk abou 129 cents per 100 pounds below that | figure. Then they go out and cut prices, largely to wholesale custome | The proposed plan to come bef: the Agriculture Department woul place the Washington milk marks under an administrator, who wou enforce the uniform prices, Wit bonuses for higher butter fat conten! and good farm and cattle scores. Plans for opposing the agreemer will be made Saturday at Fairfax a meeting called by Dr. F. W. Huddle- ston, Fairfax County treasurer and & large independent milk producer | Other independents will confer wWitr { him. The Fairfax Farms and High jland Farms are the only local dis { tributors who buy from independent "md they are expected to join the opposition. Seal to Represent D. C. Assistant Corporation Counsel EI | wood Seal has been named by Com | missioner Hazen to represent the Dis trict as an ‘“observer” at Monday' hearing. Seal, two years ago, con- ducted an investigation into the ques | tion of monopolistic practices in the | milk industry in this area as agen | for the Senate District Committee | but no legislative action was taken He also advised with Commissione: | Allen later in the campaign to obtair | milk at cheaper prices for families or the District relief list. Milk shipped here, by crossing thi | District line, is in interstate com | merce, and for this reason it is be | lieved the proposed agreement woulc be legal. Baltimore's milk agreemen three years ago was killed in court be cause most of that city's supply come: from within Maryland. Derrick ad ministered the Maryland agreemen | before he came here. tent unparalleled since the days pre | ceding the death of King George. Picture Is Printed. Afternoon newspapers showed a pic ;ture of a bareheaded, full-faced mar | in the grip of four husky bobbies. Harry Black, one of the wit nesses, said: “I saw a man who hac something in his hand. He threw if in the roadway. The King turnec around and looked at it for a mo ment, then rode on.” | _J. H. A Dickson said: “When thi King had ridden down the hill fc a few yards, he seemed suddenly tc | sit up. | Bomb Feared by Some. ‘ “Then a mounted policemar jumped off his horse very hurriedly | grabbed something lying in the ro: | way—some people thought it was i | bomb. “Then policemen grabbed hold of man and rushed him away.” | Attempts at violence against mem bers of the royal family are rare u Great Britain. One of the last occurred May 11 | 1935, at the jubilee celebration ir | Belfast when a resident of a hom« threw a bottle at the Duke of Glou- cester's automobile. A similar incident eccurred July 14 1934, in Edinburgh, when a bottle wa. thrown at the car in which King George and Queen Mary were return: | ing from the Hamilton races. Some witnesses said they though King Edward’s horse was struck or | the flank by the revolver. | The Evening Star, in contrast to th | poiice report, stated the suspect actu |ally had aimed the revolver at tht | King, but that a woman had knocke¢ it out of his hand. Said William Thomas: “The King noticed something as he rode by anc kept his eyes on some one in the crowd “The next thing I saw was a mount. ed policeman jump from his horse an¢ seize a man. There was something ir the man’s hand.” With the King rode his brother, the Duke of York. The presentation o the colors took place in brilliant sug: shine, with Queen Mary and othe: ladies of the royal family watching. HITLER SENDS MESSAGE. Congratulates King Edward on Escap- ing Assassin. BERLIN, July 16 ().—Reichsfuehrer Hitler congratulated King Edward by telegraph today on his escape from attack. Hitler's message read: “I have jus! received news of the dastardly attack attempted against your majesty and wish to convey to your majesty by most cordial felicitations on escaping vailed throughout the city to an ex- ] \ this danger.” >