Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1936, Page 1

(U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) - Increasing cloudiness tonight, possibly local showers followed by slightly warmer; gentle easterly. Temperatures—Highest, 93, at 3:45 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 62, at 7 am. today. Full report on page A-20. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 No. 33,712, tomorrow; winds, mostly Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. b ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION LEADERS HOLD PLANES|PRESIDENT READY IN READINESS TO FLEE]0 PICK GROUP T0 IF MADRID IS TAKEN(SID Loyalists Fear Fall Within 10 Days. REBELS AWAIT MORE TROOPS| ‘Air Raiders Blast 4 Trucks With Munitions. BACKGROUND— Fascist dictatorship and Commu- mist or Socialist liberalism remain an undecided issue on the thirty- second day of Spain’s civil war. Fascist rebels, with four-fifths of the 235,000-man army, control a good half of the country in a slow siege of Madrid. The Socialists, working under shadow of possible Communist domination, hold the other half of the country with @ citizen army. The Fascist rebels gathered around them supporters of the once powerful church, business interests and the moderate average man. The government at the February elections won a working majority of Deputies, but with less than half the national vote. They rallied peasants and workers, who believed they had been oppressed and sought a better life, more freedom and a chance to govern themselves in Socialist, Communist and an- archist political systems. (Copyrigkt, 1936, by the Assoctated Press.) MADRID, August 18 (via Gibraltar, | uncensored). —Leaders of the Spanish | Socialist government, fearing fall of | the capital, were reliably reported to- day to be holding three airliners in readiness to speed their flight at a moment’s notice. | Insurgents in the Guadarrama Mountains north of Madrid are firmly established and have only to await reinforcements coming from other sides of the capital before opening & forceful attack. There is opinion here the rebels then would have the capital at their mercy. The crucial moment, it is be- lieved, will come within the next | 10 days. | The government leaders were stated | on reliable authority to be holding the airliners at Baraja Airdrome. Rebel air raiders tried unsuccessfully to destroy the machines, but succeeded in blowing up four truckloads of ammunition. The practice of turning off the city’s electric lights at night as precaution against air raids has been abandoned, because under cover of darkness ven- dettas broke out and there were many deaths. LOYALISTS SEEK RECRUITS. Urge Women to Make Munitions, Fearing Long Conflict, (Copyright. 1936, 0Y the Associated Press.) MADRID, August 18.—The Socialist Spanish government, fighting to crush the Fascist revolt, called today for new volunteers and urged women to take up manufacture of ammunition and Win- ter clothing—tacitly admitting the 32- day-old civil war might last many smonths. ‘The new militia was being formed at Madrid and Barcelona into a “bat- talion of Red Lions”—Communist and Anarchist peasants and laborers. With 80 per cent of its standing army of 235,000 troops authoritatively reported to be fighting for the rebels who want a Fascist dictatorship, the “®Socialist government sought volun- teers to bolster its desperate drive to stop the march toward Madrid. Many workers already have joined Loyalist government troops. Peasant snipers harried rebel advance guards. ‘Women shouldered rifies and marched into war. Shopgirls, newly married to dashing soldiers, went .with them to front line battles. Praising women for aiding the fight to stamp out Fascism, the govern- ment suggested more worthwhile (See SPANISH, Page A-5.) JAPANESE NAVAL " ATTACHE CHANGED Tokio Declares Transfer of Capt. Yamagachi Is Not Linked With Espionage Case. By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, August 18.—The navy of- fice tonight announced Capt. Kengo Kobayashi, now commanding the special service ship Tsurumi, had been sppointed naval attache at the Wash- ington Embassy, succeeding Capt. Ta- mon Yamaguchi. It was stated officially the change crets 1o Japan. Yamaguchi was scheduled to return $o Japan long before the Farnsworth charges were uncovered, officials said. Capt. Tamon Yamaguchi, whose re- placement as Japanese naval attache Roosevelt to Stay Near Washington to Follow War News 8y the Associated Press. HYDE PARK, August 18.— Critical conditions in war-torn Spain and Europe were disclosed authoritatively today to have prompted President Roosevelt to put a check on any plans that would call for his being far {rom Washington for any extended period. This fact became known only five days after Mr. Roosevelt, in address at Chautauqua, N. Y, had asserted he was more gravely concerned over international ten- dencies than domestic problems. During a press conference to- day, however, the President said he had had no new reports on the Spanish civil war, other than duplication of information in the press. Nevertheless, any thought of a lengthy trip is out of the picture because the Chief Executive feels he should not be too far away from his Washington base for very long at a time; but that thought does not apply to his forthcoming trip through drought States start- ing a week from tonight. TITLE FIGHT OUT, | | Champion Suffers Injured| Hand, Schmeling Man- | ager Is Told. By the Associated Press. BRADDOCK SAYS NEW YORK, August 18.—Joe Gould, | manager of Heavyweight Champion James J. Braddock, announced today the scheduled title bout between Brad- dock and Max Schmeling is “definite- | ly off.” Joe Jacobs, manager of Schmeling, | said “The whole thing is news to us.” | | “We are going down to the commis- sion meeting to find out what it's all about,” said Jacobs. ‘So far as we know, the fight is on. Why, only yesterday I completed arrangements for Schmeling to train at Specu- | lator, N. ¥.” Earlier today Promoter Mike Jacobs said he would be “seriously interested” in matching Schmeling against the winner of tonight’s bout between Joe Louis and Jack Sharkey in the event the Braddock-Schmeling fight is called off. Jacobs Wants Chance. “We'll stand for nothing of the | kind,” roared Joe Jacobs. “Schmeling earned a crack at the title when he knocked out Louis two months ago. We're going to fight Braddock for the crown—no substitutes for us.” Gould said Braddock is suffering | from a bone enlargement of the little | finger of the left hand, a common ail- | ment among boxers. Braddock aggra- vated the injury during two months’ preliminary training at Loch Shel- drake, N. Y., where he trained before wresting the championship from Max Baer last June. Braddock has not worked out at his camp for about two | weeks. The bout was tentatively set for September 26. However, there was a likelihood that it was to have been advanced to September 22 because the Jewish holidays included the former date. Meanwhile a cool out-of-season Fall night was assured for the Sharkey- Louis bout. Louis ruled the favorite at odds variously quoted from 7 to § to3tol Louis Has Edge. Louis will enjoy.a 2%-pound edge in weight over Sharkey in their 10- round fight at the Yankee Stadium. Louis scaled 199% pounds at the weighing-in today; Sharkey, 197%. Sharkey arrived at the weighing- in a few minutes before Louis, ac- companied by his manager, Johnny Buckley, and his trainer, Tony Palo- zolla. While Sharkey was being examined by Drs, William A. Walker and Charles Pless, he turned around and spoke_ to Louis. “How are you, Joe?” Sharkey in- quired. “Hello,” Louis replied and let it go at that. The New York State Athletic Com- mission physicians pronounced both men physically fit. Sharkey’s blood pressure was 142 over 72. His pulse was 62 and went up to 74 after exer- cise, returning to normal in 10 sec- onds. Louis’ blood pressure was 112 over 72. His pulse was 72 and went up to 78 after exercise, returning to normal in 10 seconds. Shells of Ships’ Guns Silence Guadelupe. USE OF POISON GAS CHARGED Bowers Establishes Temporary Base in Beach Hotel. (Copyright. 1936, by the Associated Press.) HENDAYE, France, August 18.— Salvos of 6-inch shells from the rebel cruiser Almirante Cervera today silenced the guns of the government fortress of Guadelupe. However, the fort’s armament was still regarded as a menace $o any rebel attack by land. In retaliation for the vicious shell- ing, two government bombing planes from San Sebastian blasted rebel troop positions in the hills northeast of Enderlaza. Poison Gas Charged. Spain’s rebel junta announced to- night it intended to notify foreign governments and Red Cross headquar- ters in Geneva that Spanish govern- ment forces have been using poison jas. (The rebels, who also announced they now hold more than two-thirds of the country, contended the gov- ernment air force had been using gas bombs at least two days.) (Paris dispatches quoted govern- ment authorities as saying tear gas bombs had been used for defensive purposes only.) United States Ambassador Claude G. Bowers established a temporary embassy in a hotel at Hendaye Beach after completing an evacuation cruise | of Northern Spain aboard the cutter Cayuga. Denies Cayuga Incident. ‘The Ambassador took occasion to personally deny reports he had been ordered off the Cayuga after a dis- pute with naval officers over move- ments of the vessel in Spanish wa- ters. (The State Department at Washington also denied the report, which was carried by the Army and Navy Journal.) In a land attack on San Sebastian and Irun, the rebels tried a new ad- vance over the hills from the direc- tion of Enderlaza in the face of heavy machine gun fire and air at- tack, Reports that rebel troops from Oyarzun had cut off communications between Irun and San Sebastian were discredited by government forces. At the same time, insurgents oper- ating out of Tolosa atttmpted a west- ward advance toward Azpeita, 15 miles southwest of San Sebastian and the birthplace of Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order. A strong detachment of government troops was concentrated at Azpeita. Some slight progress by the rebels along the Tolosa-San Sebastian road was reported. A column moving eastward from Tolosa was still seeking to contact rebel troops under Col. Beorlegius at Oyarzun. Shell Kills Man on Hospital. A radio report from San Sebastian said a civilian on the roof of a ma- ternity hospital had been killed by a shell from the rebel cruiser Espana. However, expectation of new sup- plies of ammunition and the appar- ent failure of rebels in a combined sea and land attack aroused new hope in the besieged government territory. Arrival of a fleld train at Irun prompted rumors that new ammuni- tion for Government guns was en route from Barcelona. The extent to which political hos- tages had been executed in reprisal for (See BOMBARDMENT, Page A-5.) —_— BREEZES DUE TO KEEP MERCURY “IN BOUNDS” Break in Heat Wave Here Ex- pected to Last at Least 48 Hours. Northerly breezes will help keep the mercury at a reasonable level today and témorrow. Predicting the break in the current heat wave would last at least 48 hours, the forecaster said tonight would be cloudy and showers are possible tomor- ToW. High temperstures, however, are ex- pected to prevail again by Thursday. Blankets were dug out of the moth balls early today when the mercury fell t0 62 at 7 a.m., the lowest mark record- ed here in several days. MUSSOLINI JOINS WITH REICH :“Italy will support through thick and thin' her ally, Germany, which she doesn’t like. * * * Their general staffs have been working together since the end of the Ethiopian war, * * * Il Duce men over 60 are in hiding or rules a state of youngsters— have dyed their hair. * * * Count Ciano, 33-year-old foreign secretary, called his father-in-law \‘Mussi’ just American.” here was announced today in Tokio, has been accredited to the United customary for Japan to keep its naval attaches assigned fo Washington for periods of only about two years. At the Japanese it was said ‘Yamaguchi’s return to Japan was a Toutine matter. The naval attache himself was in once—he is ardently pro- Constantine Browni Staff correspondent of The Star, has written a series of articles on Mussolini’s. preparedness measures for the war Europe again fears. The first appears tomorrow in THE EVENING STAR Baltimore today to welcome two Jap- rl naval training Y D.C.AFFAIRS Will Select Members to Sur- vey Fiscal Relations With U. S. NAMES TO BE REVEALED AFTER TALK WITH BELL Trip on l(iuiuippi to Be Brief If Added to Drought In- spection Itinerary. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staft Correspondent of The Star. HYDE PARK, N. Y, August 18— President Roosevelt probably will an- nounce tomorrow the personnel of the special committee he will appoint to study the fiscal relations between the Federal and District Governments. ‘The President expressed himself to this extent during a press conference at his home here today. He said D. W. Bell, acting director of the budget, will come to Hyde Park tomorrow, and that they will go over the subject. He added that he hopted to be in a posi- tion to make public the names of the committee immediately afterward. Mr. Roosevelt has left to the head of the Budget Bureau the working out of the details ineident to selecting this important committee. Prom informa- tion he has received in advance of Bell's visit, he has reason to feel that Bell has received the acceptances of the individuals the President has asked to serve. The President could not say today just how large a committee he would appoint. When Congress, in the Dis- trict appropriation act for this year, provided for the appointment of a committee to make a study of the fiscal relations between the two gov- ernments, no restrictions were placed on the size of the committee or on the qualifications of the persons to serve. The Congress left these details to the discretion of the President. Congress to Get Report. Congress did specify, however, that | the results of the survey of this com- | mittee be transmitted to Congress | when it meets again in January. The | President, in carrying out the wishes of Congress in the matter, will include | the report of the committee in his budget message, probably along with recommendations or opinions from | himself. | The President announced today that if he does include a journey on | the Mississippi River in his drought- inspection itinerary, the river trip will not be a lengthy one, as originally con- templated. He added that he has not | yet made his mind up definitely about the trip. Mr. Roosevelt did say that on his journey from the West to Charlotte, N. C,, where on September 11 he will | address a huge political rally, he ex- pects to pass through the Great Smoky National Park for the purpose of in- | specting it. No Uther Speeches Planned. According to the President, he has no other political speeches scheduled for the near future. Upon his arrival back in Washington, Septémber 11, he will address the National Power Con- gress assembled there. He will go to Cambridge, Mass., September 18 to address the ceremonies incident to the celebration of the 300th anniversary of Harvard University. Before the President puts a final O. K. on his plans for his drought- inspection trip he will confer here with James A. Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. After two days of rest at his moth- er's home here, President Roosevelt today turned his attention to work. In the quiet of his cubby-hole study on the first floor of the picturesque Roose- velt house he devoted the greater part of the forenoon to disposing of routine business and to the study of reports on the drought. He made few engagements for the day. He planned a motor trip for the afternoon. Plans Series of Parleys. In his study of the drought situa- tion the President is aiming to fortify himself with facts preparatory to his inspection trip to the drought area, when he will hold a series of con- ferences with the Governors of the affected States. While the President and his asso- ciates heré insist that anything the President will say on this expedition will be “non-political,” there is reason to know that he will take this oppor- tunity to give constant reminders of (See ROOSEVELT, Page A-5.) CORN HITS $1.13, HOGS ABOVE $12 Grain Reaches High Mark for Eight Years—Nears Peak of Decade Ago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 18—Corn and September then a cent & bushel at the opening of the Board of Trade, touching $1.13, s new peak within 3 cents of the previous high price of $1.16 estab- in May, 1928. corn for Is i 43 grs Bis § 15 E’i i o Star WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1936—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. *%*** LAN SAKES! \ = WONDER \F KISSIN” SOME. OF THOSE BAD BOYS OF MINE WouLp HELP? = T, (- DL i o Al it s ¢ 1;'; 1Y) % Y'y‘ Police Hunt Banditsfor Hold-Up| P GOMMITTEE SEES And Beating of ‘Bank-Shy’ Man Cleaning Shop Proprietor Clubbed by | Pair Who Escape With More Than BULLETIN. Police today arrested four col- ored men and a colored woman and held them at police headquarters for questioning in connection with the clubbing and robbery of Samuel Siratonis. At the same time it was announced the victim knows his assailants and can name them when he regains consciousness. A city-wide search was underway this afternoon for two colored bandits who escaped with more than $300 after brutally clubbing Samuel Siratonis. 35-year-old proprietor of the Cosmos Cleaning and Dyeing Shop, 3003 Four- teenth street, in a daring daylight hold- up this morning. Regaining consciousness at Garfield $300. Hospital, where he was said to be suf- | fering from severe head lacerations. | Siratonis told police the money taken from him was oniy a fraction of a “roll” he usually carries. Police said he indicated several thousand dollars was hidden in the store and was over- | looked by the bandits. Physicians said they thought Sira- | tonis would recover, but that it was | impossible to tell the exact nature of | his injuries pending developmeént of X-rays. Persons who knew Siratonis said they had urged him not to carry his | money, but to deposit in a safe de- | posit box or a bank. They said he | had lost about $15.000 or $20.000 in a bank failure several years ago and | (See HOLD-UP, Page A-4) ADMR. SHOEMAKER 1S INJURED BY GAR Former Navigation Bureau Chief Accident Victim in San Francisco. (Picture on Page A-3.) Rear Admiral Willlam Rawle Shoe- | maker, U. S. N., retired, who served at the Navy Department from June, 1924, until February, 1927 as chief of the | Bureau of Navigation, was struck oy an automobile in San Francisco last night and seriously injured, the Asso- ciated Press reported today. Treatment for brain concussion, cuts and bruises was given at an emergency hospital, according to the dispatch, and then the veteran naval officer, now 73, was admitted to Letterman Hos- pital at the Presidio, an Army estab- lishment. Admiral Shoemaker 1s well known here. He served in 1923 and 1924 at the Navy Department as director of war plans operations, and in 1912-1914 was a member of the General Board here. He also was on the board during the World War. In 1907-1909 he was in charge of enlisted personnel of the Navy in the Bureau of Navigation He was retired from the service in 1927 and recently has been living in San Francisco. However, he retained his membership in the Army and Navy and Chevy Chase Clubs here. Admiral Shoemakér was commander of the Battleship Force of the Pacific Fleet in 1921, and previously com- manded the Cruiser Force of that or- ganization. After the war he served as commandant of the Hawali naval dis- trict. Born February 10, 1863, at Staten Island, N. Y., Acmiral Shoemaker graduated from the Naval Academy in 1884 and became a rear admiral in De- cember, 1917. In 1896 he married Miss Jennie D. Cheesman, daughter of Mor- ton Cheeseman of New York City. They have three children, William Rawle, Carolyn, now Mrs. A. B. Hep- ler, and Katherine, now Mrs, Arthur Caley Davis. Fire Hits Ohio Town. WOOSTER, Ohio, August 18 (#).— Fire swept through a business block of Wooster early today, threatening the entire budn,a section. Readers’ Guide Page. Cross-word Puzzle Death Notices Melcher in Hollywood. A-8 News Comment Features A-11 -A-16 Sports . _A-14-15-16 ‘Washington Waysi -A-2 Women’s Features .Q.-B.-ll THOARNYFLYERS * LLED I CRASH {Pilot and Mechanic, in War! Games, Fall Near Otsego, Mich. By the Associated Press. ALLEGAN, Mich., August 18.—Two | Army fivers plunged to their deaths | today when they leaped—too late— | | from a blazing two-place pursuit plane. | The plane was flying at low altitude | with five other Selfridge Field ships participating in the 2d Army war games when it burst into flames. Second Lieut. William W. Harding, 25, of Los Angeles, and his mechanic, Pvt. Francis Maier of Dowagiac, Mich., Jjumped, but their parachutes did not open. Al Burgess, farmer, of Near Otsego, said smoke and flame streamed out of the plane as Harding quickly put in a glide as if looking for a place to land. “Then the boys must have seen they couldn't make it,” he said. “They Jumped. We could see them plainly; their parachutes dangled, but did not open. They must have been too close to the ground.” Inquiry Is Ordered. Capt. Warren Maxwell, in command of the flight, ordered an investigation. He said a broken fuel line or con- necting rod may have caused the tragedy. The plane rolled over lazily as the men leaped, Burgess said, and then crashed into the rain-soaked earth. It was demolished. The fatalities were the first of the War maneuvers, Harding was a graduate of the Army Flying School at San Antonio, Tex. He came to Selfridge Field June 30, 1934, and was commissioned as a sec- ond lieutenant in the Air Corps Re- serves last October 15. Maier, who was graduated from Dowagiac High School last year, had been in the Army only a few months. Plane Catches Fire. “The plane was one of six flying fairly low overhead as we rushed out to watch them,” Mrs. W. D. Clock, who lives in the vicinity, related. “Suddenly we saw a puff of smoke be- hind one of them. At first we did not realize it was on fire. “Then the smoke became so heavy The only evening paper in Washington with the “Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 129,462 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. 317.525519 ASKED FORD. C. SCHOOLS TOFILL OLDNEEDS Three Senior and 4 Junior Highs Are Included in Construction Program. PROPOSALS SUBMITTED | BY EDUCATION BOARD (P) Means Associated Press. Budget for 1938 Is Drawn Up, Covering 31 Building Projects. Needs Are Cited. BACKGROUND— ' With the school population of the Capital swelling steadily, recent years have seen concurrently an ever-mounting accumulation of needs, as appropriations failed to keep step with the demands for housing and teaching personnel. The Board of Education now has devised a five-year program de- signed to cope with the problem, and a start toward its fulfillment would be made under estimates framed for the next fiscal year, BY DON S. WARREN. DRU”GHI PRUGRAM | of Education has proposed a 1938 missioners revealed today. College and the Miner Normal School BACKGROUND— For building construction in the range mational measures for com- group ezpects to meet the President | of 'these items is $5,492,000, as against Striving to catch up with housing | and personal needs which have piled | up during depression years, the Board school budget totaling $17,525,619— an increase of $5,030,659 over appro= priations for this fiscal year—the Com= Successful Texas Plan Is% Construction of three senior high H schools, four junior high schools and Stumed at Start of | new homes for the Wilson Teacher " ” DUSt BOW' TOUF. is contemplated in items sought for land, buildings and drafting of cone Eight members of Great Plains | “Uction plans. Drought Committee, appointed by | fisca] year beginning next July 1 the President Roosevelt to suggest long- | poarg ’“ks 54%024.&% for 31 pym,ecu' ks S & | including the enlargement of many bating drought, left Washington | ejementary schools, and for purchase Saturday for 3,000-mile first-hand | ¢ additional school grounds it asks inspection of stricken areas. The | g) 468,000 for 17 projects. The total somewhere in South Dakota at end of tour and present recommenda- tions, By the Assoclated Press. DALHART, Tex., August 18.—The President’s committee to ‘study the drought set out today on roads away | from the main highways toward the | “dust bowl” in a first-hand search | for a long-range soil program. | As Rexford G. Tugwell and other | members of the committee viewed sun- baked fields on a 3,000-mile tour, re- | | ports of increased farm distress came | rom Washingtén. There Aubrey Wil- | liams, deputy W. P. A. administrator, predicted that approximately 75 per | cent of the Dakotas’ farm population will need relief by Fall. The Depart- | ment of Agriculture considered sug- | gestions for sheep purchases and a seed loan program. The President’s Drough Committee, | which later will confer with him, prob- | ably somewhere in the Dakotas, on what the members saw, moved by automobile across the Texas and Okla- homa panhandles toward Lamar, Col., which 1s north of the heart of the “little dust bowl” of Southeastern Colorado. Perspiration poured from Resettle- ment Administrator Tugwell and other members of the committee as they stood in a sun-drenched field to see for themselves. H. H. Finnell, stocky, red-moustached regional Federal soil conservator, showed them where four inches of rain had penetrated the fer- tile lands of the Texas Panhandle to a depth of seven feet. This land grew a good crop of hegari, live stock feed, while nearby fields were burned out. “This is an example of what soil conservation does,” Finnell told the committee. “Wind blew away 3 inches of this top soil last year. Contour farming, which conserves moisture, preventing it from running off, was practiced this year. There have only been 7 inches of rain this year, but there is a good crop prospect.” Contouring is Explained. Contouring, he explained, is the practice of plowing and listing across the slopes of .a field, with each fur- row on a level line instead of up and (See DROUGHT, Page A-4.) —_—_— FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILED —————— Three Feared Buried in Wreckage on B. & 0. ZANESVILLE, Obio, August 18 (). —A freight train derailment on the Baltimore & Ohio line today piled up 18 cars near Pleasant Valley, 10 miles northeast of here, and members of the train crew expressed fear three men riding in one of the cars might be buried in the wreckage. Train Service Halted. JERUSALEM, August 18 (Palcor Agency) —The Palestine government today ordered discontinuance of train service between Jaffa and Tel Aviv to we knew it must be burning. We could see it break out of the forma- tion and fall. It was horrible.” ‘The planes were flying in an area that had been swept a short time (See PLANE CRASH, Page A-4.) protect passengers from roadside snipers in the area. ‘Three persons have been killed and five wounded in the past three days as disorders broke out anew after the explosion of a bomb in the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv Sunday. Assailant Seeks Warrant For Woman BY » Staft Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 18.— Within 10 minutes after a woman was shot, & desk officer at police head- quarters here cleared up the case and arrested the woman's essailant without leaving his desk. Officer Cleveland Shaw had barely finished dispatching the rescue squad ambulance to 818 Montgomery street where Bessie Bowers, colored, had been shot in the abdomen, when a calored girl ,'I-lhd:,hw ‘headquarters 7 She Just Shot asking for a warrant for the Bowers ‘woman. “What did she do?” asked Officer Shaw. “She drew a knife on me,” replied the girl, listed as Mozell Caldwell, 18, colored, 815 North Alfred street. “Who shot her?” asked the officer. “I did,” replied the girl. ‘Whereupon, the girl found herself under arrest one minute and in a cell the next. The condition of the Bowers woman was reported to be critical at the Alexandria Mospital. but $1,567,500 appropriated for the present year. Three Senior Highs Proposed. Starting of construction Jf a senior high school at Twenty-fourth street and Benning road northeast, with $500,000 cut of a total authorization of $1,525,000, and a second at Fifth and Sheridan streets on the same financial plan, is proposed in estimates submitted for the board by Supt. of Schools Frank W. Ballou. The board also asks $50,000 for drafting of plans and specifications for a third senior high school on Rhode Island avenue northeast and $45,000 for a site. Appropriation of $300,000 for starte ing construction of a jumior high school at Euclid street and Georgia avenue and an equal sum to start the building of another junior high school on Bladensburg road northeast, the total cost of which each would be $500,000, were urged by the board. In addition the board seeks $300,000 for purchase of a site for another junior high school near Nineteenth street !and Columbia road and $$75,000 for purchase of a junior high school site (See SCHOOLS, Page A-3.) STORM WM%NING DOWN Weather Bureau Says Disturbance ‘Will Move Into Mexico Tonight. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., August 18 (®).—Storm warnings along the Southern Texas coast, posted yester- day after a fropical disturbance was reported brewing in the Gulf of Mex= ico, were ordered down early today. A Weather Bureau bulletin at 8:30 am. (Central standard time) said the storm likely would move inland into Mexico near or south of Tampico to= night. The reports said the disturbe ance was attended by gales and prob- ably winds of hurricane force over a small area near the center. No stormy weather was reported along the Texas coast. At Corpus Christi residents of the low areas returned to their homes. ICKES HEARING DELAYED Prosecution of Charge Continued Until August 25. WINCHESTER, Mass., August 18 (#).—Police said today prosecution of Robert Ickes, foster son of the Secre- tary of the Inierior, on a charge of driving while under the influence of liquor was continued until August 25 with the approval of counsel. It was originally set for hearing tomorrow. Busy Shopping Day Tomorrow will be a busy shopping day from the ap- pearance of advertising in today’s Star, featuring Ad- vance Sales of Women’s Coats and Suits, College Require- ments, Household Furniture and Rugs, Store-Wide Sales, One-Day Sales, Men’s Sum- mer Suits and Further Reduc- tions Sales. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) The Evening Star_ 2nd Newspaper___ 3rd Newspaper___ 4th Newspaper___ 8,054 5th Newspaper___ 7,190 During the past five years The Star has gained more than 21,000 circulation, both daily and Sunday in the city and suburbs and its circula- tion at the present time is running about 9,000 ahead of umnmu'uw. Lines 29,501 14,515 11,429