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A—2 wxx SHOWERS BRING MIDWEST RELIEF Cooler Weather in Hard-Hit Area, but Crops Still Suffer. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 28—Scattered showers brought widespread relief to | the heat-harassed Midwest today. Rain—too light to break the crop- killing drought in most areas but sub- stantial in others—fell in parts of the lower Missouri, middle Mississippi and ©Ohio Valleys, Colorado, Oklahoma, Ne- braska and Western South Dakota. Fresh precipitation was indicated for today in the southern sections of II- linois, Indiana, Missouri and Kansas and for tomorrow in parts of the arid Dakotas and Western Minnesota. | Ohio thunderstorms routed a hot | wave as three persons were killed by | lightning. | Cooler Weather. Cooler weather spread over most of Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio and Iowa and | the northern portions of Missouri, Il- linois and Indiana, Manhattan, Kans, enjoyed a drop from 111 to 72 degrees last night, Simi. lar sharp declines were registered at other Kansas points in the wake of Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. YACHTS. PERHAP& today you would like to think of the better things of life—~yachts for example. If you don't feel that you should go to the trouble of buying & yacht you can charter one by the day or by the month. brokers have many yachts listed for The yacht charter—some of them large ones. An old yachtsman who had a yacht for charter in 1931 rented it out at $4,500 a month or for a period of less than one month at $200 a day. This price included the yacht and the uni- formed crew but nothing else. yacht had sleeping accommodations His for eight guests and there were two bath rooms. He thinks you can rent yachts for less than that now. ‘He thinks you could rent a pretty good yacht at $3,000 a month or for a short- er period at $100 to $125 a day. Of course if you want to buy & yacht you can do that, too—anywhere from $5,000 up to $5,000,000. The highest THE EVEN HIT BY WITNESS Securities Board Violates Constitution, Groves Says in Statement. Ly the Associated Press. A witness at the Securities Commis- sion’s investigation of investment trusts and companies told the com- mission today it was “violating the Constitution of the United States in proceeding with this hearing.” The witness—Wallace Groves, New York and Baltimore financier—was called to elaborate upon testimony yesterday regarding a series of mil- lion-dollar deals in the stocks of two investment companies of which he was a director. avid Schenker, commission coun- sel, contended Groves marked up & $300,000 profit through the transac- tions, but the witness contended his profit was not that large, Files Statement. As he took the stand today Groves filed a prepared statement saying he had consulted with counse} regarding & suit brought in Federal District Court here yesterday to prevent the commission from compelling attend- swer to Miss Astor's suit seeking guardianship of the child from Dr. Thorpe. Astor “by her own admission is & person of continuous, gross immoral conduct” writings admitting her gross immoral conduct to be read by said minor child at some future time.” written February 6, 1935: in this book I don't know. * * * like to know what sort of person her mother was and maybe she will be consoled when she makes mistakes UNFIT’ AS MOTHER Ex-Husband Charges Mary Astor ‘Improper Person’ to Bring Up Child. By the Associated Press, LOS ANGELES, July 28.—Dr. Franklyn Thorpe charged yesterday that his former wife, screen actress, proper person” to have custody of their 4-year-old dsughter Marilyn. Mary Astor, an unfit and im- The allegation was made in an an- The physician charged that Miss and declared she “has left Miss Astor was quoted as having “Why I keep writing things down “Maybe Marilyn some day would NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, INVESTMENT QUIZ [ACTRESS TERMED JULY 28, 1936. Now Zioncheck Has a Fish Story Representative Marion A. Zioncheck, marke: and gets into jams to know that precipitation that ranged up to 2 inches. Three men perished in a forest fire raging along a 25-mile front near Havre, Mont. A new flare of flames in the national forest near Winamac, Ind., brought out 600 men to attempt to stem the conflagration. The long dry spell’s effect on timber was gauged in an official estimation that approximately 50 per cent of the trees planted in the Cook County | (Chicago) forest preserves this 8pring had died. Forecasts of dwindling yields came from important corn belt states. Much of Crop Ruined. Federal Agricultural Statistician L M. Carl figured from 80 to 90 per cent of the crop was ruined in 20 counties | along the western and southern bo dgrs of Towa—the “Tall Corn Stat In 15 other counties, he added, pros- pects were the worst “they've ever | been.” Statistician W. M. Ebling reported ‘Wisconsin's corn had been irreparabiy damaged. “Extremely spotted conditions” were noted in Iilinois by Statistician A. J.| Buratt. | Kansas' weekly report held early eorn would make no more than fod- | der, while late corn and alfalfa were ! termed on the verge of ruin. | Corn prices moved upward in the markets as pessimism grew. At Lincoln, Nebr., Sam R. McKelvie, | former member of the Federal Farm | Board, suggested that the Government buy the 1936 corn crop and resell it for seed next year. He asserted it| would remove the crop from specula- tion and assure a quantity of seed for | 1937, Meanwhile, W. P. A. aid was mapped for Kansas and Nebraska. Seven counties in Nebraska were among the 57 in six States added to the Govern- ment’s emergency drought list, bring: ing the national total to 607 in 17 States. | Capper Urger Quick Aid. | Benator Arthur Capper, appealing | to Washington for quick allotment of | funds, declared “thousands of farm | families are facing destitution.” State | Resettlement Administrator L. A. ‘White reckoned 20,000 Nebraska farm L families would require assistance “be- tween now and Spring.” | Gov. Alf M. Landon said Kansas, officials had decided to renew a re- quest for emergency freight rates on feed shipments and to borrow water- pumping equipment from oil firms. The Resettlement Administration suthorized an additional $827,000 for loans and grants to resourceless farm- ers in eight States—bringing the al- lotment total to $5,718,750. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, American Legion Auxil- fary, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. TOMORROW. Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayflower Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Electric Institute, Carl- ton Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Gyro Club, Lafayette Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Mesting, Philatelic Society, Carlton Hotel, 8 pm. Meeting, Treasury Post, American Legion Auxiliary, Mayflower Hotel, 8 pm. Irvin S. Cobb Says: Rules for Becoming Dic- tator of Something Are Simple. BOHEMIAN GROVE, Calif, July 28.—It looks as though, when the battle dust lifts from that distracted country, Spein will have a dictator, dictators being the face. exclaimed in desperation. priced yacht the old yachtsman ever heard of was $5,000,000. He said a $4,000,000 yacht came up to Washing- ton & few years ago and had to move out because it was in the way of a regatta. He says when the Potomac channels are dredged as is now planned some of the largest yachts will come to Washington. * o % % SIGN. William Mayer, a merchant of Arnold, Md., a little settlement on the Annapolis boulevard, between Baltimore and Annapolis, catches the motorist’s eye—and often a bit of his cash—by an ingenious sign. It reads: “Mayer of Arnold.” L LOCUSTS AGAIN. THI locust man is jubilant. He thought his day was over, but has discovered that it has only begun. For the 17-year locusts are hatching now, from eggs laid several weeks ago in tips of tree branches. They may be seen emerging from eggs not much larger than those of an ant. of legs, the first pair already equipped with the lobsterlike digging tips, the baby locusts, of which may be best observed under the microscope, look- | ing, except for their pale white color, much like the amber adult creatures which will emerge from the earth 17 years hence. Break open some of the twigs you find and see if the egg masses inside are moving. * % ok % IDEA. The small daughter of Mrs. Rhea Galloway, Maryland rehabil- ilation worker, was puzzled by pic- tures of Summer brides. “Mama,” she asked, “do you get children before you are married or ajter.” “Why, after, dear,” was the an- swer. “Oh, I thought you got them be- fore s0 they could carry your train at your wedding.” R ZIPPERS. ZIPPER.S that don't zip cause all kinds of embarrassment. This happened on a suburban-bound bus: An attractive young woman got on within the city limits and started to open her bag and pay her fare, but the zipper refused to zip. It was a popular bus stop and peo- | ple were crowding on and crowding off. The young woman, jammed in- side the door, vainly struggling with the recalcitrant zipper, grew red in Passengers tittered. “I just can’t open it,” at last she “What am I to do?” The driver didn’t know—just went on taking up fares, leaving her to tug madly with the zipper that re- fused to work. The bus was well in the country when the young woman swayed into an available seat, still struggling with the stubborn gadget. Finally she turned in desperation to the passen- gers behind her and asked: “Has any one a nail file?” A nail file was produced and the young woman ted It & few seconds, and-—z-i-p-p—it worked. The fare was paid and the bus went mer- rily on. X & x BRITTLE. ance of certain witnesses or obtaining certain records. “I am advised by such counsel, Groves said, “that in their opinion the Securities and Exchange Commis-~ slon is without power or authority * * ¢ to hold this public hearing in relation to investment companies or invest- ment, trusts.” Groves added, however, that “irre- | spective of my legal rights, guaranteed to me by the Constitution,” he was de- sirous of being ‘“constructive and helpful” and, therefore, would proceed with his testimony. Effort to Halt Hearing Fails, An unsuccessful effort to halt the commission’s inquiry at its outset was made in the Federal District Court here yesterday by F. T. Figsher of New | York, a stockholder in the Equity | Corp. of New York. Judge Oscar | Luhring refused to issue a temporary restraining order which he requested, but ordered the commission to show | cause at a hearing August 5 why an | injunction against the hearing should | court. mother was a champion in making mistakes. “I blush a little (very little) at the idea of her reading some of the stuff in this book. I have been and sm such a fool.” Dr. Thorpe’s answer followed a few hours a request by Miss Asto) torney for a court order requir ex-husband to answer questions in a deposition about an asserted former | marriage or be cited for contempt of | Americans tinued From First reported fleeing Madrid by special train. Before going to Montreil, the Quincy stopped at Malaga and reached the American Consul, George M. Graves of Bennington, Vt., and several Amer- ican residents there. It reported that | of Jowa farmers have been in the past | not be fssued. | none of the latter wished to be evacu- tpm‘ntlny to a 15-pound king salmon in his caich, re- to newsmen: “That’s the little brother of the one that got away.” His wife accompanied the playboy Representative on the fishing trip off Port Angeles, Wash. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Democrats (Continued From First Page.) and particularly the killing of pigs un- der Governrment plans, as an attempt to interfere with natural arrange- ment of things. and call the drought an answer. And finally, the great mass | Republicans and the inclination is to return to their old party moorings. Landon's speech accepting the Re- publican nomination, take it by and large, was pretty well received in Iowa. ‘The Republicans will have editorial | support in many of the daily news- papers in the State. On the other | hand, some of the most powerful farm journals will stand by Roosevelt 100 | per cent, among the latter is Wal- lace’s Farmer and Iowa Homestead, | with a circulation of more than 260.- Average Lifespan Of American Men Boosted 11 Years 12 Since 1901, Census Figures Show. Py the Assoclated Press. Amegicans are living longer, Census Bureau reported yesterday. At present, the bureau said, average length of life for white men is 59 years and for white women 63. At the start of the century the figures were 48 and 51. “This change reflects the great progress that has been made in lower- ing the death rate and thus adding the Begmented and with three pairs | As the commission opened public hearings yesterday, Groves testified about million-dollar deals in the stocks of Interstate Equities Corp. of New ! York, and Chain and General Equi- | ties, Inc., of Boston. He challenged contentions of Schen- ker, that he had made a $300,000 profit “without putting up a nickel” of his own money, declaring that Schen. ker did not figure in all the costs in connection with the transactions. Alleged Deals Traced. With Groves testifying he could not remember several activities outlined by Schenker, the latter traced what he said were the financier’s large- scale operations in investment stocks in 1931. After acquiring 642,000 shares of | Interstate with borrowed money, | Schenker sald, Groves procured about | $1,000,000 from the company to ac- | quire 500,000 shares of Chain & Gen- | eral Equities, which gave him control of the latter company, { ‘The commission attorney said Groves | then caused the election of several new directors of Chain & General | Equities and, a few hours later, these | directors decided to buy his stock in Interstate at & profit to him of about $300,000. | Groves sald he did not attend the | directors’ meeting at which it was de- cided to buy the stock and added: “The purchase of that stock was very | carefully considered and it is my un- derstanding the directors thought it was sought at a fair price.” | Groves took the stand after Edward | R. Tinker, former president of Inter- state, had testified about that com- pany’s activities between 1929 and 1932. During this period, Schenker said, assets shrank from $25,000,000 to | u.«lso,ooo, but Tinker denied this was | | ated, in spite of apprehension and general unrest prevailing in the city. | it bears the name of Secretary Wallace Cadets to Be Brought Home. The Navy was notified today that | before he went to Washington to the battleships Arkansas and Wyo- | enter the cabinet, is not beng run by ming, units in the midshipmen’s train- | him now, but by Dante Pierce, who, in ing squadron, would arrive in the vi- | the past, has been a strong supporter cinity of Bilbao, on Spain’s northern | of coast, at 6 a.m. tomorrow to take among them. This publication, which aboard Coast Guard cadets from the | gets into most of the farmers’ homes | Cayuga. Although technically this will place | i Roosevelt and | two more war vessels in Spanish | :?:‘;nx‘ 1:':;::.'“ i i Y o waters, dispatches to the Navy indi- cated their only duty would be to take home the cadets, so that more space could be made available on the Cayugs for possible additional refugees. Va., early in August. It was said the men-of-war would remain in Spanish waters just long enough to make the transfer, leding to the Cayuga at the same time a detail of enlisted men to complete the cut- ter's crew. Citizens at Bilbao Ready. American Consul William E. Cha man, at Bilbao, reported that all re. maining Americans at that place, ex- cept one, were ready to evacuate on|geimer qut of foreign markets. Yet He did not | the omcial records show that exports the first available ship. give their number. More than a score of American citizens previously had been evacuated there. Chapman advised that 140 British a British ship last night. Continued burning of churches and | a ‘certain amount of robbery and | murder” were reported from Barcelona last night by American Consul Lynn Franklin. He sald no Americans had been injured and that there was no shortage of food or other necessities. Hampered by wrecked communica- tions and paralyzed transportation € | will it reply to that part of the Lan- battleships are due in Hampton Roads, ! :l‘(;n xpe?c‘::yin which ;’:e Kansas Gov- i | nationals were taken out of Bilbao by | 000. This farm publication, although | 15 the years of life through improved | sanitation, higher standards of living, labor-saving inventions in the home and the advance made in education |and in the science and practice of medicine and surgery,” the bureau commented. It added that improvement has been “especially marked” in lowering the infantile death rate. At the begin- ning of the century 12,738 of every making 2 | 100000 males born alive died before Now only 6,232 do. Average “life expectation” for col- of the Department of Agriculture and although he was connected with it Republican Presidents—Hoover | in the State, already is In its August 1 issue, Wallace's Farmer and Jowa Homestead will at- tack Landon’s acceptance speech, as it dealt with agriculture, Especially colored women, 49.5 vears. | presidential ticket with some congres- sional ecandidates tied in will find “The loss of markets, both | place on the ballot in Iowa. There will be a certain amount of Lemke sentiment among the more radical | farmers. And it is figured that Lemke’s candidacy may hurt Roosevelt, but the Democrats insist that it will not alter the result in the presidential race. Milo Reno, now dead, head of the | Farm Holiday Group, had some follow- | ing in this State, and it may go over | to Lemke in large part. This Lemke ! support, | candidates in the congressional elec- | tions, may make it difficult for the | Democrats to re-elect some of their present members of the national House of Representatives. That is a real ernor said: at home and abroad, far outweighs the value of all the benefits (under the A. A. A) pald to the farmers.” Farmer “Knows Betfer.” “Every corn belt farmer, of course, knows better than this,” says the farm publication. It continues: “The facts are a matter of official record. By its policies the adminis- tration has taken the American of wheat were 151,976,000 bushels in 1928 and only 82,118,000 bushels in 1932, and that exports of ham, bacon and shoulders were 248,278,000 pounds ored men was given as 47.5 years; for | if the Union party enters | great part the result of the loss of in 1928 and only 84,175,000 pounds in 1932. The great drop in exports came after the passage of the Smoot- Hawley tariff bill in 1930. The great agricultural depression of 1932 was in export markets. The A. A. A. was the administration’s attempt to rescue farmers from the disaster which this loss of foreign markets had brought. “Gov. Landon declared that the | Roosevelt had in 1932, SOVIET PILOT CLAIMS RECORD FOR ALTITUDE systems on land, Ambassador Bowers notified the State Department last headquarters to the roving Coast Guard cutter Cayugs. On it, he would be in a position to dash along the copst, assisting United States nationals. night he had decided to transfer his | Climbs 3,751 Feet With Pay| Load of 2,204 Pounds—Craft Up Hour and 34 Minutes. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, July 28.—Pilot Mikhail Alexeiff today claimed an altitude rec- ord of 39,751 feet for planes carrying & pay load of 1,000 kilograms (2,204 pounds). Alexeif’s fight was made over Mos- cow Sunday, the ship being in the air for an hour and 3¢ minutes. The flight was made under the sponsorship of the Central Aerohy- drogological Institute. ‘The official altitude record for Pplanes Ccarrying 1,000 kilogram pay loads, as reported in the Aircraft Yearbook for 1936, is held by M. Signerin of France, who ascended 29461 feet at Villa- coublay September 23, 1932, Ten Killed in Arab Riot. JERUSALEM, July 28 (#).—British soldiers and terrorists fought a sharp engagement in the Nablus hills today, with at least 10 Arabs believed killed and many wounded. Advices reaching Jerusalem said the battle was the most Bowers Goes Into France. Chafing at his virtusl isolation in his Summer villa at Puenterrabia, near San Sabastian, Ambassador Bow- | ers finally got to Saint Jean de Luz, across the French border, yesterday to notify the Government here of his plans for a seagoing embassy. Placing his belongings aboard the cutter today, he planned to proceed on the vessel along the Northern Spanish coast as far as Vigo. The State Department explained this move as follows: “The Ambassador will thus be able to keep in touch and advise with our Consular establishments at the vari- ous points in affording protection to American citizens. “He will have dependable com- munication with the department by radio, and it is hoped that through the (American battleship) Oklahoma, radio communication can be estab- lished to the bassy at Masdrid. “At the same time the Cayuga will be available to go to any point on the north comst of Spain, where and when needed.” A tense situation at Vigo, on the northwest coast of Spain, led Ameri- administration had ‘put the foreign| farmer into the American market.’ Yet the official records show that in the period 1921 through 1935 the big- gest imports of live cattle came, not in 1935 but in 1928; the biggest im- ports of canned beef in 1929, the big- gest imports of egg products in 1925 | and the biggest imports of wool in 1923. The value of competitive agri- culture imports in 1935, after the biggest drought in history, was only $489,000,000, as against imports of $808,000,000 in 1929." That kind of thing circulated among the farmers is not likely to help Lan- don. As a matter of fact, impartial observers in Iowa today figure that Roosevelt's chance to carry Iowa is better than 50-50. That is today. They admit that conditions may change. They say that the farmers may come around to blaming Roose- velt for the drought, if the terrible heat conditions continue and the corn crop is a loss in a considerable part of the State. Sentiment Not Increased. Generally speaking, however, they have been unable to convince them- selves that the anti-Roosevelt senti- ment has increased to a marked de- gree among the people of Iowa. The Iowa farmers, although they are grumbling now about the heat and the probable loss of much of their corn, have done well this year with gest imports of butter in 1923, the big- | fashionable. It seems to be eomp a ratively easy to make a success of it, too. Just follow & formula: Make it a blas- phemous viola- tion of the first ¢ o m mandment for any one to assign you sec- ond place. Be sure all sentences per- sonally uttered begin with the capital letter end with the pronoun “me.” Convince yourself that, in order ever to behold any human being who is your equal in moral and mental stature, you must carry about with you a full-length mirror. Never permit yourself to be photo- graphed in your night shirt, but always in full uniform. On arising, lock the jaws and clench the fists and leave 'em that way all day. And—this is very important—have a dependable police force and some- body to pick on; preferably somebody without any friends. Altogether, it's good work if s fellow can get it to do. (Copyright, 1936, by the- Newspaper Alllal th Amerigen » Ine.) .the reaction that ment for & moment. “it is a gorgeous sight. buy all that on & penny post card.” wage amounting to 6 per cent of pay up to $50 a week was voted here yester: day by directors of the Jewel THI moon was full. Its soft rays dazzled the beauty of the surf at Ocean City, Md. It was one of those nights that inspire song writers and others, t0o. And one of the latter was a Wash- ington man, vacationing at the resort, who should have known better be- cause he’s been married nearly 18 years. Anyhow, the moon, the water and the night revived the sentimen- tality that once was in him, An attractive young woman stand- ing beside him on the boardwalk alse was absorbing the beauty of that sea- side scene. 8he, too, h:‘:h»uht. had “Ah!” he said. “Isn%t this a gor- geous sight? The moon . . . the glim- mering waves , , , the cooling breeze ... the ship far out there at sea, mov- ing majestically through the white caps.” The young woman looked in amaze- “Yes,” she said, But I can 2,000 Employes Get Bonus. NEW YORK, July 28 (#).~A special distribution for employes th about 2 important since the beginning of the Arab general strike ulluut“ Jewish immigration 101 days ago. can Consul Wiliam W. Corcoran to send 23 Americans and Cubans away from there on a British cruiser. The National Scene LBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, Jul R empire ended. foundation and Allee Longworth, not mean that Political unrest in recent years led to the expulsion of King Alfonso, who was as harmless and kindly a ruler as existed in Xurope. The Spanish republic has been insecure #ince its has not ceased to be vocal. A viewpoint based upon available news up to today justifies the belie? that conservative power will return in Spain—if not immediately, then at an early date. Such an eventuality does merely that the trend toward the left has been halted in Spain, where its present supremacy is at complete variance with the basic char- acteristics of the majority of the people. (Copyright. 1936.) BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. ly 28.—The war in spain is one European conflict that Americans may view objectively with- out apparent danger of becoming invalved. It does not nee- ” essarlly affect the fate of any other nation or people. Mountainous Spaip has been an iso- lated segment of Europe since the Spanish world the conservative royalist faction the world is going Fascist, but ¥ their wheat and small grain crops. They have had two good crops of grass and alfalfa. So conditions here, even if the corn crop should be hard hit, will stack for the farmers much better than in a number of other States. There is an old saying, too, though everything was going to ruin, it rains. Already rains have begun to fall in parts of the State since this last hot spell reached its peak, and there is promise of more rain. If it comes it will save the great bulk of the corn. around here, that when it looks as |9 Lemke and his new Union party fear in Democratic circles. Four years ago Roosevelt carried Iowa by 184,000 votes. In 1928 Hoover won the State by 24,000 votes over Al Smith. The State is traditionally Republican. Nevertheless, the Repub- licans are going to have a terrible job upsetting that 184,000 plurality which These are signs that Republican organization is going forward swiftly and more strongly than for a half dozen years. | The farmers are not quite so keen about the new farm relief act with | its soil conservation program as they were about the old A. A. A, plan. However, they stand to receive a lot of money in Iowa under the program. The payments run on an average for Towa $13.50 per acre. The mini- mum rate to be paid in the corn belt is $5.20 an acre and the maxi- mum, $15.80. The benefit payments, when they begin to come in, are likely to be sub- stantial to a large number of farmers. They may take the money and vote against Roosevelt. On the other hand, they may take the money and vote for him. If you believe the Demo- rats, that is what the farmers are going to do. Towa labor is believed to be friendly to Roosevelt and ready to vote for nim, while business generally is ranged with Landon. In this great farm State industrial labor does not cut such a figure as in other States. It is estimated that labor has approxi- mately 100,000 members here. Not all of labor will vote for Roosevelt. Indeed, already in specific instances, individual workers have declared they will vote for Landon. The Des Moines Tribune makes a practice of interview- ing citizens as they walk about the streets. The majority of the workers interviewed are for Roosevelt, but by no means all of them. Here's what & couple of these work- ers had to say: F. L. Koder, s painter—“There aren't any Republicans, are there? I thought all the Republicans were dp Sure Roosevelt will win, He's helped the country and the laboring man.” A. B. Carpenter, & pumping sta- tion engineer, on the other hand takes this view: “I think Roosevelt will know that Landon is in the race. If it keeps on as it is therell be something doing.” Night Final Delivered by Carrier Anywhere in the City Full Sports Base Ball Scores, Race Results, Day, Latest News Flasbes from Around the World. Complete Market News of the What- ever it is, you'll find it in The Night Final Sports Edition. THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered by carrier—70c a month. Call National 5000 and service wmntg}.iuu »n RALLS MAY DROP FIGHT ON CUT FARE | Women’s Has Advanced First Month Shows Income Total Gains Under Lower Rate. With earnings of the Eastern rail- roads showing a material advance for June, the first month of the reduced |state Commerce Commission over | their protest, speculation has arisen | on the possibility of their dropping | the court action designed to force the rates back to their former level. Twenty-three roads, including all | the principal carriers except the Balti- more & Ohio and Reading, started Injunction proceedings in New York in May to halt the new tariffs and it was generally understood that the hearing would be held in June be- fore a three-judge Federal court. The Interstate Commerce Commission, in- tervening, filed answer and there the | matter has rested. It was reported today in an informgd quarter that nothing will be done before Septem- ber. Two of the principal protestants— the New York Central and Pennsyl- vania—are among the number al- | for the past month well over those of | June, 1935. Central’s Income Up 11%. | The Central, which has embarked | on a huge advertising campaign fea- turing the reduced charges, showed in figures made public today an increase of 112 per cent between the two months. The 1936 passenger income | was $5448,785, while that of June, 1935, was $4,900,486. Concurrently operating expense ratio for all traffic was shown to have dropped from 75.7 to 73.1 per cent. The Pennsylvania’s report, made public yesterday, put the passenger income advance at 6.6 per cent over June of last year. For five months— | January to May—the advance was 10 per cent. | _The Baltimore & Ohio, a leader in | the fight for the new rates, reported the June-to-June jump 16.7 per cent, | and ascribed it entirely to the lower fares, which set up a 2-cent per mile rate for coaches and 3 for Pullmans, as against the uniform 3!; formerly prevalling. It also does away with the Pullman surcharge. The figures from the New Haven, another of the principal protestants, are not yet available. Train Is Restored. The Baltimore & Ohio has put back one of the Washington-Cincinnati trains knocked out hy the depression, and there are reports current that the Pennsylvania also plans changes, but there is as yet nothing definite. One rumor is that the “coach train” operated with such success by the Union Pacific in the West, is to make its bow in the East. The U. P. train carries only coaches and tourist sleep- ers, cheaper accommodations than the de luxe equipment of its finer trains, but it is operated on the same fast schadule. ‘The Chesapeake & Ohio is adding new epuipment out of Washington, carrying now what is known as an Washington, between the Capital and Louisville, District of Columbja—Showers to- night and tomorrow. tonight. Gentle shifting winds. Maryland and Virginia—Showers tonight and tomorrow. Slightly cooler tomorrow night, West Virginia—8howers and thun- derstorms tonight and tomorrow. Cooler tomorrow. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear. Revort for Last 24 Hours. Record for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 8¢. at 6:30 p.m. Lowest, 70 at 4 am Record Temperatures This Year. B 405 R s Humidity for ast 36 Hours.. yesterdsy to noon todsy. it :?.“1-‘-1 t. at 6 p.m. mited States Coast and ished b s Jeodetic Burvey.) 7 e SRR R TS R g Prosipitation, o TRl REANRUANER, ) e 1 the Month. < -1 + A ‘Record. W. | passenger fares ordered by the Inter- | ready reporting and showing revenues | imperial salon car on the George | Slightly cooler | LONG-TIME RELIEF PROGRAM 1S SEEN Tugwell Says Drought Fam- ilies Will Need Help for Year. The Federal Government today faced a full year of granting relief and making loans in the dry lands of the drought area. Back from a swing through the sun-baked States, Resettlement Ad- ministrator Tugwell estimated that perhaps 180,000 Northwestern farm families will need the long-tim relief, S His statement, made at a press con- ference, coincided with an announce- ment that an additional $827.000 in direct loans and grants had been ap- portioned to distressed farmers in eight States, ‘Tugwell listed the resettlement pro- gram as next in importance, declaring that some opposition had developed among business men in the area who feared the neighborhood purchasing power would be endangered by thin- ning out the rural population. “Small-town business men who have not suffered personally, as have the farmers, are more optimistic and are opposed to anything that would tend to thin out the neighboring rural pop- ulation,” he explained. Some Evacuate Voluntarily. ‘Tugwell added that, while some farmers voluntarily were evacuating and others were seeking advisory and financial assistance from the Reset- tlement Administration, the more defi- nite policy of resettlement awaited recommendations of the President's Great Plains Drought Area Planning Committee. He forecast that the cattle business | would continue where it has flour- ished in the past and said the admin- istration policy was to keep as many Ppersons as possible on their farms. During the day the Government's Crop Reporting Board announced a sharp drop caused by drought in the | prospective crop of green peas for manufacture. It estimated a crop of 187,970 tons, | compared with 268,120 tons last year | and a five-year average of 182,070, and | & pack of about 17,000,000 cases, com- | pared with 24,698,000 last year, Nebraska Is Aided. Meanwhile, Nebraska was added to the officially designated drought States | by the Department of Agriculture. It included 7 of the State's counties |among 57 in 6 States added to the | list of emergency drought counties. The department also named 2f ad- ditional Kentucky counties, 16 in Min- nesota, 4 in Montana and 1 each in Missouri and Wyoming, bringing the national total to 607 counties in 17 States, ‘ The A. A, A. Cattle Committee re- | ported that live stock prices in the | principal markets held up well enough | throughout the day to make Monday's contemplated cattle purchases unnec- essary. Thus far no Government ecat- tle purchases have been made, al- though the machinery has been ready for more than a month, ‘Tugwell said one of the favorable factors in the Northwest drought reliet | program was the early evacuation of | {O:J‘ndllmfl herds to pastures and feed- ots. “Cattle have been moving out in | good numbers,” he said. “and the Jit | stock numbers left are in satisfactory physical shape. No caitle are dying oi ‘ hunger and thirst as they did in 1934 | “It is our purpose so far as possibie | to preserve the cattle business where it has flourished in the past, and to keep | as many persons as possible on their | farms. | “It seems possible to keep large num- | bers on their own property unless it de- veiops that the drought has hit that country permanently rather than in a cycle.” | ‘Tugwell said resettlement plans | would depend in part on how badly the | soil blows during the Winter. =RAILROADS T0 BOOST ~ ADS IN NEWSPAPERS [ |One of Best Investments, One | Member of Association Is Quoted as Saying. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK July 28.—The Ameri- can Newspaper Publishers Association said today 23 members of the Asso- ciation of American Railroads were planning increased newspaper adver- | tising in 1036. The association's bureau of ad- vertising said in a statement that | eight other roads would spend the same amount as in 1935 when Ameri- can railroads put $3,500,000 in news- paper lineage. ‘The statement quoted one company official as saying: “Since the lower rate became effec- tive on June 1, the results have ex- ceeded our greatest expectations. If passenger revenues show comparable increases from now on—and I can see no reason why they should not—I be- lieve that we are going to be able to spend, and spend profitably, consider- ably more money for newspaper ad- vertising than we have during any of | the last five years.” The bureau also said railroads in recelvership were considering large advertising expenditures, One com- pany was described as saying: “We consider the money expended for newspaper advertising as among our best investments. We have been permitted to continue it by our bond- holders and the court, despite the fact that we are in receivership.” CHARLES H. KNAPP DIES Head bf International Base Ball League Was Il for Months. hy the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, July 28.—Charles H. Knapp, 62, president of the Interna- tional Base Ball League, died in & hospital here last night. He had been il for months with heart trouble. He had headed the league since the death of John Conway Toole in 1929. Prior to that time he also had been : president of the Baltimore Orioles. EDMUND WYLIE DIES NEW YORK, July 28 (#)—Friends of Edmund K. Wylie, brother of the novelist, Philip Wylie, were informed today of his death in Warsaw, Poland, Wylie was reported to have fallen sccidentally from the balcony of & hotel. Edmund Wylie, an author in his own iruht,mlnmocuumwro!m publishing firm of FParrar & Rhine- hgrt. Edmund and Philip went abroad g * together last month. R

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