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LASTWAR GAVE SHELDBYGUARD “Blues” Rout “Red” Foe After Night March’at Indiantown Gap. BY WILLIAM S. TARVER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa., August 20.—Enveloping the left flank of an entrenched Red army and finally striking from the rear with ma- neuvering reserves, the Blue 29th Division rotued the enemy today to bring to a successful close the second and last of its overnight war games. Silently and under cover of night, the Virginia and Maryland Infantry bridgades filed across Swatara Creek on 6-foot bridges, quickly thrown over the stream by Col. John W. Oehmann and his 121st Engineers from Wash- ington. Only the splash of a man occa- gionally slipping into the shallow water broke the stillness. The intense darkness completely hid the close- packed column. Theén, suddenly, the drone of an enemy airplane was heard in the dis- tance and officers hurriedly cleared the spans. Soaring over the creek, the | plane droppeda bright white flare which | revealed the bridges and the ghost- like flgures of the soldiers huddled on either bank. Flare after flare fol- lowed, illuminating the scene with! the brightness almost of day. A blue| 75-millimeter gun roared in a futile shot at the speeding plane. Artillery Fire Concentrated. Meanwhile, enemy artillery fire pre- sumably was concentrated on the crossings, sice the purpose of the flares was to guide the aim of the guns. Finally, the plane departed, the flares died down and the passage of the men across the stream was re- sumed. By 4:30 am. all the troops had gained the west bank, with the 91st Brigade on the right and the 58th on the left, and the attack began. Supporting the dough boys were the 110th and the 11ith Field Artillery with their 75-millimeter guns and the 176th with its heavier artillery. Rain fell intermittently during the night, soaking the ground and making sleep impossible for the 8,000 National Guardsmen. Just before daybreak, however, the sky cleared and the red sun rising over the Blue Ridge Moun- tains quickly dispelled the ground mist through which the attacking troops moved, firing as they advanced. The sharp staccato crack of rifles and machime guns was punctuated with the occasional heavy boom of artillery. In command of the Red Division, which held a position on high ground facing eastward toward Swatara Creek, was Maj. William T. Roy, whose daring dash with a squadron | of armored cars through the center of | the 20th Division was the sensation of the mimic battle the first two days $1 this week. < Today, however, the cards were ‘stacked against him, the proper work- out of the tactical problem calling his defeat. With 40 rifiemen he Simualted the defense of a division of about one-half or two-thirds the strength of the 29th. Flags Contrel Advance. Men wearing white and red flags controlled the advance of the attack- fng Blues, the white flag meaning they uld advance only by infiltration and e red that they must obtain a @reater superiority of fire before going forward at all. From the viewpoint of the observer, the attack in the left sector, made by the 58th Brigade, was comparatively tame, since the refusal of several farmers to permit use of their fields made it necessary to simulate all troop movements beyond the Lickdale-Leba- non road. In the right sector, however, actual war conditions more nearly existed. Regiments of the 91st maneuvered across the flat terrain to attack the Reds on the high ground to the front, while from the Red position Maj. Roy ;?d his rifiemen kept up a continuous e. Unable to roll up the flank with a direct attack, Gen. Milton A. Reckord, commanding the division, threw his division reserve into the fight. It con- sisted of one regiment of the 91st, less one battalion, and the tank company from Danville, Va. Circling the hostile left flank, the reserves fell upon the Reds from the zear, plercing their center and throw- ing them into disorder. Simultane- ‘ously, both the 91st and the 58th re- floubled their attack and drove the Reds from their position and towars the southwest. “ The purpose of the battle was to #nable the 29th division to close both Indiantown and Swatara Gaps, thus Yottling up the Red Army, which was soncentrating behind Blue Mountain o the north. + With its mission accomplished, the division hiked back to the permanent €amp here, arriving about noon. Most of the men immediately climbed wear- {ly into their bunks for a few hours’ gleep to make up for what they missed last night. 4 Practicing Bridge Constructlon. : The work of the Engineer Regi- thent, considered vital to the success of the attack, was performed smoothly and quietly. For the past week, the troops had been practicing laying bridges, and their experience stood them in good stead. At 2:30 am. the regiment began throwing six Kapok and Lampert foot bridges across the wide creek and by 3 o'clock had completed the job. The infantry crossing began at 3:10. Near the close of the engagement, a eircling enemy airplane located the division command post in a heavy ¢lump of woods and dropped four smoke bombs on Maj. Gen. Reckord end his staff. . Special attention was given to the division communication system, which was installed by the Norfolk Signal Co. Within a surprisingly short time wires were strung and Gen. Reckord was in communication with the scat- tered elements of his division. Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. FANCY WORK. [EN you want a particularly gorgeous bit of embroidery work, get the United States Army to do it for you. Col. W. A. McCain, commanding officer of the Quartermaster Depot at Philadelphia, is the man to see, but he probably won't consider the propo- sition unless you are representing an agency of the Government. When the new Federal Court Build- ing in New York was completed re- cently hangings were needed for two court rooms, according to Robert Le Fevre, assistant to the assistant di- rector of procurement, who does & lot about the interiors of Federal structures. The judges decided on red velvet to be embroidered with the seal of the United States. Mr. Le Fevre could find no com- mercial concern willing to undertake the huge eagles, and was referred to the Army. The Quartermaster Depot has been making flags and banners for years, and turned out two stunning eagles for New York law offenders to gaze upon. It would have been nice to think of our peace time enlisted men sit- ting around Philadelphia, engaged in embroidering velvet with gold and silver strands. But Mr. Le Fevre as- sures us that the Quartermaster De- partment employs women for its sew- ing. * % Kk X IT WORKED. A Cleveland Park youngster (you will understand) has found that his father's electric razor works very effectively. Unable to ezperiment satisfac- torily on his lightly furred chin, he tried an eyebrow. It proved to be just the thing and the razor removed it in no time at all. And now his mother has to arch a line over that denuded spot until the hair begins to grow. * ok ok X CYNIC. CYNIC who has walked through the years stooped under the bur- den of his misgivings about human nature is walking a bit straighter these days as a result of 8 weak moment, Down in Police Court the other day he was accosted by a policeman, A. Stanley Moreau, who thought the cynic might have a job for a youth who had just received a suspended sentence on a charge of drunkenness. The cynic did have such a job, but no confidence in the man to whom he gave it. > —~—— Just to please the policeman, now- ever, he took the chap to his Virginia “plantation” and put him to work. At 8 o'clock the first evening, he found it necessary to go out and tell the man to stop working. The fellow stopped dutifully enough, but the next morning at 6 o'clock the employer found it necessary to warn the man not to start his day so early, that the family could not sleep through the noise of his tree chopping. * x k% MYSTERY. A bus driver, No. 2388, on the Rock Creek loop line is getting himself talked about these days because of one quirk in his driving which his passengers regard as ‘mysterious. Just above Rosemary street in Chevy Chase are some trees, the limbs of which hang low enough to touch the top of the bus. This driver, unlike others, always pulls out to the middle of Connecticut avenue to avoid striking the spreading branches. Bus riders report they cannot figure out whether he does it be- cause he loves trees or desires to protect the top of the bus. Some one will ask the driver one of these days, of course, and spoil @ perfectly nice mystery. * ok x % CONFUSED. OBERT F. MARTIN is an econo- mist, not & sports writer, but for all the alien aspect of his profession, he managed to turn in one of the best explanations of the Louis-Sharkey fight. €2 (3% “Very simple,” he observed be- tween the time Sharkey was knocked out and his recovery in time to say hello to mom over the radio. “Very simple. Sharkey was confused. He thought he was participating in the Olympic dlfln.g tryouts.” * % % YOU DOG DAYS. would go a long way before you'd find a boy who likes dogs more than Mickey Egan. ber and size of their bandages, moved the other day. He had not been in the new neigh- borhood more than a few hours when he saw a boy, much larger than him- ‘The principal ceremony of the en-|: eampment, a review of the division by Gen. Malin Craig, chief of staff of the Army, is scheduled for 11 am. tomorrow. Hundreds of rs are expected to be present for the military spectacle. Gen. Craig, Gen. Reckord and at_least three other major gens erals will review the troops. They will be mounted. District Commissioners Hazen and Sultan are among the dis- guests expected. Immediately after the ceremony, a few of the distant organizations will strike camp and depart for their home Most of the units, however, porting the men are be made under the supervision of Lieut, Leland Reck- ord. ‘By Saturday mlm this camp aite will be deserted. ) lads as well as small dogs. That interlude ended, Mickey wen! into his new home to find visitor in the form of a toy bulldog. i “You don't bite, do you?” Mickey, putting out & hand to pet the dog. The dog did bite, but Mickey still likes them in spite of one of the worat 5-minutes they’ve given him. Boxer Must Pay Alimony. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1936. TEN ARE ADVANCED FOR CHINN'S POST Ex-Gov. Pollard Among Those Mentioned as Suc- cessor to Justice. Ry the Associated Press. RICHMOND, August 20—A Rich- mond and Halifax County delegation recommended to Gov. Peery yesterday afternoon the selection of Henry C. Riely, Richmond attorney, as successor to the late Justice Joseph W Chinn of the Supreme Court of Appeals. The delegation visited the executive officers shortly after the Governor re- turned from funeral services yesterday for Justice Chinn at Warsaw. Nine Others Advanced. Names of nine other possible con- tenders for the vacancy on the State's highest tribunal were advanced by their friends. including another Rich- monder, Judge Frank T. Sutton, jr., of Law and Equity Court. Members of the delegation support- ing Mr. Riely included Legh R. Page and Thomas B. Gay, Richmond attor- neys; State Senator Willlam Tuck of South Boston, James 8. Easley, Hali- fax attorney, and Marshall Booker, Commonwealth’s attorney of Halifax County. Mr. Riely is a native of Halifax. His father was a member of the appellate court. Bar May Indorse Candidate. Joseph Farland Hill, president of the Richmond Bar Association, said a meeting probably would be called shortly to consider the question of in- dorsing a candidate for the vacancy. Richmond has been unrepresented on the Supreme Court for a number of years. Among others mentioned for the po- sition are former Gov. John Garland Pollard, Judge Vernon Spratley of Hampton, Judge James L. McLemorz | of Suffolk, only member of the one- time Special Court of Appeals who has not been elevated: Judge Phillp Wil- liams of Winchester, Judge A. C. Bu- chanan of Tazewell, Leon M. Bazile ) Hanover, former assistant attorney general; State Senator R. O. Norris of Lancaster and C. M. Chichester of Richmond, director of the securities division of the State Corporation Com- | mission. .. NICE WILL ATTEND REPUBLICAN RALLY Maryland Governor to Introduce Henry J. Allen at Silver Spring. Py a Staft Correspondent ot he Star. SILVER SPRING, Md. August 20. —Gov. Harry W. Nice accepted an invtiation today to appear on the program for the rally which the Landon-Le Gore Club of Montgom- ery County will stage in the Silver Spring Armory Saturday night. The chief executive of Maryland had been asked to introduce Henry J. Allen, former Governor of Kansas and one-time member of the United States Senate from that State, who is to deliver the principal address. It was also learned that State Sena- tor Harry,W. Le Gore of Frederick County, Republican nominee for Con- gress from the sixth Maryland dis- trict, will attend the rally, which in- augurates the presidential and con- gressional fight in Montgomery. Other party leaders from Maryland and the District of Columbia also sig- nified their intentions of being pres- ent, including William P. Lawson and Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Repub- lican national committee members from this State; Edward Colladay, Re- lican National Committee members tne District; Mrs. Dolly Gann and Paul Lesh, president of the Landon- EKnox Club of the District of Colum- bia. On the platform with the visitors will be many county leaders, among them County Commissioners Frank Karn and Paul Coughlan, Earl Whit- tier Shinn, president of the Landon- Le Gore Club, and others. JAPANESE MILITARY ATTACHE IN ACCIDENT Col. Matsumoto Escapes Injury When Truck Crashes Into His Car. Col. Kenji Matsumoto, military at- tache of the Japanese Embassy, nar- rowly escaped serious injury today when a market truck crashed into his automobile at Thirty-fourth and Por- ter streets. The attache, who was en route to his office at 2219 California street, suffered & bruised shoulder and was shaken up by the impact. His chauf- feur, Tatsuyuki Tanaka, who lives at the California street address, was un- hurt. The truck, driven by Edward L. Roberson, colored, 913 Fourth street southwest, badly damaged the left side of the diplomatic car when the wheels locked. Col. Matsumoto did not require medical attention. He continued to Lis office in a taxi. Rabbits and Fire Perils. Rabbits and fire are the two great- est perils to Britain’s newly planted forests, an inquiry shows. The National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. | Steel workers asserted yesterday that | FIREPROOF BOAT TEST SUGCESSFL 1,750-Degree Blaze Con- fined to State Room as Maritime Officials Watch. By the Associated Press. FORT EUSTIS, Va., August 20.— George C. Sharp, New York marine architect, declared today that experi- ments. aboard the Nantasket, steel freighter of the James River Fleet, have shown the way to construction of fireproof ships. As his Subcommittee on Fireproof Construction, Detection and Extinction prepared for final tests in specially constructed state rooms, he pronounced preliminary experiments yesterday that developed temperatures as high as 1750 degrees a success. Walls of the test cabins bulged under scorching heat before a group of maritime officlals as fires raged under furnace-like drafts, but the flames were confined to the point of origin. Effects Are Watched. Seven hundred pounds of kindling and oak wood, approximating the combustible material in a state room for two, were stacked in the test rooms, then ignited and the cabin door pulled shut. Electric thermometers inside and outside the cabins recorded the tem- peratures. Glass doors cracked. ceil- ings and floors blackened—but the flames remained within the walls of the cabwmns. The committee watched the effect on fireproofed woods, composition as- bestos boards with various types of decorative vengers, and fireproof bulk- heads designed to confine fire to re- stricted areas of the ship. Cloth Turned Brown. Bits of cloth hung on the outside walls of the experimental -cabins turned slightly brown at the height of the fires, but did not ignite. The findings will be embodied in a set of recommendations to be sub- mitted to a Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, headed by Senator Royal | 8. Copeland, for possible use in draw- | ing up legislation to be presented the | | next Congress. | Engineer’s Aides. Those assisting Mr. Sharp in con- ducting the tests include Capt. H. C. Shepherd, Bureau of Mine Inspec- | tion and Navigation, Department of Commerce; Comdr. H. L. Vickery, Bu- reau of Construction and Repair, Navy Department; Dr. S. H. Inberg, Bureau of Standards; W. G. Esmond, United States Shipping Board Bureau; Hugo Frear, naval architect; E. H. Rigg, naval architect; David Arnott, Amer- ican Bureau of Shipping; S. D. Mc- Comb, Marine Office of America; A. R. Small, Underwriters’ Laboratories; Comdr. H. N. Perman, United States Coast Guard, engineering headquar- ters; E. I. Cornbrooks, Bureau of Ma- rine Inspection and Navigation, and Sidney L. Eason, secretary. The Nantasket is one of the war- time steel freighters of the James River fleet, commanded by Capt. M. 8. Richardson. - WORKERS PROTEST ON UNIONS, FIRMS Steel Labor Charges Influence Used by Both Sides to Make Them Take Stand. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 20— both the Republic Steel Corp. and union organizers had used influence to force them to take a stand in the unionization drive. Employes of the Republic's plant at Canton petitioned Gov. Martin L. Da- vey for “the protection we require to pursue our work in a peaceful man- ner,” and said, “Our experience with outside labor organizations has been that various methods of intimidation and coercion are used in securing members.” J. B. Damich, representative of the Steel Workers’ Industrial Organization Committee, asserted employes of the Republic’s Cleveland plant had com- plained to him they had been threat- ened with loss of their jobs unless they signed a petition against the in- dustrial organization plan. This was denied by John N. May, general committee chairman of em- ploye representatives of the Cleveland plant, who said “practically every man” signed the petition “without op- position.” i the line. You can't find 2 CAPITAL GUARDSMEN ARE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Andrew Smith and Harold Mayer Undergo Treatment for Minor Ailments. &recial Dispatch to The Star. HARRISBURG, Pa., August 20.— ‘Two Washingtonians were among six National Guardsmen of the 29th Divi- sion removed from their training camp at Indiantown Gap. Pa, to a hospital here for treatment of minor aflments. The Guardsmen were: Andrew M. Smith, 1213 Shepherd street, suffering from an intestinal {llness, and Harold A. Mayer, 34, of 3019 Channing street northeast, who, according to the .As- sociated Press, was slightly injured in an automobile accident. AN FRANCISCO, August 30.—The lake formed by Boulder Dam definitely is changing the climate of a large area in two States. Data gathered by air transport pilots in the course of their regu- lar flights establish the existence of a great body of cool, damp air, mushrooming upward and out- ward from the impounded water. This is more important news for Americans than the cables from Spain. It foreshadows what may be done’by a consistent State and national program of storing water In ponds and lakes in the great plains and other semi-arid regions. It ought to change Mr. Tugwell's supercilious atti- tude toward the pond-building project which originated in Kansas and is spreading through neighboring States. Dispatches relate how Mr. Tugwell was met by & raven that is the sole surviving inhabitant of & Lemswerth. carefully, the professor may hear & ruined farmstead in the dust bowl. If he listens word of warning on New Deal crop - destruction from this wise old bird. The poet, Poe, heard it, in quite xmmmm-mm%& : : (Copyright, 1086.) Upper: Japanese woman residents of Washington serving luncheon yesterday for Japanese seamen at Hains Point. women are Seiko Nishio, Mary Hirakawa and Kio Higashi. The The seamen are on a good-will tour of the United States. Lower: Jonchichi Fujimori (left) and Yoshio Makuda eating their lunch. Note the chop sticks. —Star Staff Photos. Italy (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) His government is a government of | young people. He considers himself an | old-timer—Mussolini is 53 years old now. His chief lleutenant, Count Ciano, the foreign minister, is 33 years old; the minister of finance, Baron ‘Thaon di Revel, is 41; Ricci, the min- ister of education, is 34, and so down member of his cabinet or a man in a responsible | position who is over 45. The only ex- ception is Marshal-Badoglio, the hero in Ethiopia, who is maintained on the | active list of the army despite his 62 years. Badoglio i a soldier and a spe- | cialist whose experience is necessary. But even he is considered in the war | department as an elder statesman, and they go to him only for advice | and counsel. | It is for the youth that new Italy is being built. And youth responds 100 per cent to Mussolini's efforts. Young- sters like to play soldier. Mussolini is giving them plenty of that. Every child from the age of 6 belongs to what they call here a “balilla,” a re- vised Boy Scout organization. It is really a military organization where the youngsters play soldier in earnest. | Between the ages of 6 and 14 they are | taught to march in formation, to work | together and develop the body. After the age of 15 they are given rifies— identical except in size to these rifies are the military rifie manufactured by the army arsenals. There are about 4,000,000 in existence. Athletics for boys and girls are com- | pulsory every Saturday afternoon and | Sunday. During that time each week Italian youth plays earnestly. ‘They gather in the forums, especially built in practically every community as a tribute to Il Duce, to indulge in | all kinds of sports, swimming, tennis, foot ball, shooting, basket ball. Not a Sunday passes withcut Mussolini in- specting some camp. He pilots his own plane and can be wherever he likes in & few hours. His visits are never broadcast beforehand. Not even his aides know when and where he will be next Sunday. He just arrives unex- pectedly in Naples or Florence or Turin or Bari and goes straight to the forum to see “his children” play. He reviews them at once; with a pleasant smile for the tiny ones and a severe and earnest face when the old ones—those over 15—march by. Mus- solini does not miss his effects. The youth are inoculated with the Fascist doctrine in the most pleasant manner. ‘They know no other. They can't imag- ine that there can be another, and when they hear that there are other countries with other systems and other laws they consider them as barbaric states. Some Oppeosition. Of course, there still is opposition among the old families and the rich class against Mussolini’s unitarian state. Their number necessarily is small and the opposition does not worry the dictator at all. The young members of the patrician families are compelled to play with the others; they are com- pelled to join the army like the rest of In the masses there is no opposi- tion to 11 Duce’s regime. There can be none. The Italian people have he endeavors to forestall the require- ments of the industrial workers. Only a few days ago he decided o | increase by 10 per cent the wages of 650,000 employes in factories and mines. On the surface this unexpected in- crease in wages appeared as a bonus for the “faithful manner in which the working ciasses have been co- operating with the government during the hard days of war and sanctions " The truth is, however, that Mus- solini realizes there is a amount of restiessness among the industrial population because of the inevitable increase in the cost of liv- ing. And in order not to appear that he has yielded he has given them a small increase. His reasoning was that the sanctions have been lifted, the export | trade will revive. Italy exports a good many foodstuffs, such as meat, fowls, butter, oil, cheese, wine and eggs. As long as these were kept in the country because of the sanctions the cost of these essentials went down. Now that they are once more exportable, the masses will have to pay more for them. On the other hand, Italian manufac- tured products also will be exported again. The industrialists will see their profits increased. In order to keep the balance between capital and labor the ' 10 per cent increase was only fair. But once more, in order not to lose the theatrical effect of his action he did not make his order government rou- tine, but in a speech to 10,000 people announced the measure. And the workers of Italy became enthusiastic. They called nim, according to the pa- pers, at least, their father. He was thinking of their welfare when they themselves had not yet thought of asking for a raise. And the moral ef- fect was there. (Copyright, 1936. by The Evening Star Newspaper Co.) LABOR DEPARTMENT SEEKS STRIKE END Conciliation Commissioner to Confer With Contractor and Plasterers’ Agent. The Labor Department today en- tered the controversy over wages which has kept more than 100 plast- erers on strike at the new Inierior Building for the past three days. Howard T. Colvin, conciliation com- missioner for the Labor Department, said he had made appointments with Floyd Jennings, plasering contractor on the building, and James Buckley, business agent for the Operative Plasterers and Cement Finishers Union, Local 96, to discuss the situ- ation this afternoon with a view to settlement. Buckley says all contractors except | those for the Interior Building and the new tuberculosis sanatorium at Glena Dale, Md., where only three plasterers are on strike, are paying $1.75 an hour. in accordance with an agreement be- tween the union and the Employing Plasterers’ Association, whether they are members of the association or not The agresment went into effect Satur- day and the men on the Interior Build- ing project went on strike, Buckley said, when the new scale was refused. Jennings explained that he had never refused to pay the new scale, but in- sisted on formal written notice of the demand for the new scale. He stated he had an agreement with the inter- national officials of the plasterers’ union that the $1.50 scale would be paid on all projects started before June 1, 1936. The Interior Building was begun last February. MISS ABBOTT SWITCHES NEW YORK, August 20 (#).—The Women’s Division of the Democratic National Committee announced last night that Miss Grace Abbotl, pro- gressive Republican and former chief of the United States Children’s Bu- reau, would be chairman of & na- tional committee of welfare leaders for the re-election of President Roose- velt. certain | JAPAN'S MIDDIES VISIT ANNAPOLIS |Are Guests at Academy. Admiral Standley to Be Host This Evening. Japan’s student naval officers, here from the training ships Iwate and | Yakuma, moored at Baltimore, turned today from a round of sight- seeing and official functions to get a first-hand view of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. | Vice Admiral Zengo Yoshida, Capt. Toshihisa Nakamura, commanding the Yakuma and Capt. Kakuji Kaku- | da, commanding the Iwate, and other high-ranking Japanese naval officers were guests at the Naval Academy. The admiral and his stafl, as well as designated officers from the two war- ships, and the midshipmen, napolis and presented to the regiment of United States midshipmen. They were to be guests at luncheon at the Naval Academy and the schedule called for their return to Washington about 3:30 p.m. Enlisted Men See Capital. But the Capital was not entirely forgotten in today's program, for a second group of 600 enlisted men were on a sightseeing tour here. They | were to have luncheon at Hains Point in East Potomac Park, with a concert oy the United States Navy Band. This evening. from 5:30 to 7:30 o'clock, Admiral William H. Standley, Acting Secretary of the Navy and chief of naval operations, will hold a reception in honor of Admiral Yoshi- da and the visiting officers and mid- shipmen at the Mayflower Hotel. Place Wreath on Tomb. Yesterday afternoon Admiral Yoshi- da and his party placed s wreath on the Timb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Capt. Tamon Yamaguchi, the Japanese naval attache here, tendered a recep- | tion to Japanese and American naval officers and the midshipmen at the | Mayflower Hotel at 5 p.m. yesterday. ) The midshipmen's dinner was held an | hour later at the hotel. Tomorrow Admiral Yoshida and his | party will go to Mount Vernon to place |a wreath at George Washington's tomb. Thence, the party will depart for Baltimore, from which the Japa- | nese vessels sail on Sunday morning ylor New York. There they will visit | until September 2. 'PARK WORK BEGUN ON LEITER ESTATE 20 C. C. C. Members From Fort Hunt, Va., Detailed to Project Across River. Active work started today to turn the newly acquired Leiter estate on the Virginia side of the Potomac Riv- er, opposite Glen Echo, into a public recreational area. C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of the National Capital Parks, said some 20 Civilian Conservation Corps members from Fort Hunt, Va. have been detailed to work on the estate, which will form a section of the George Washington Memorial Park- way. He said the area will not be ready for public use before next Sum- mer. John Paolano, landscape architect of the branch of plans and design of the National Park Service, and Lawrence Murray, C. C. C. land- scape architect, inspected the area yesterday and laid down final plans for development. For the present these will be confined to the building of tridle paths and hiking trails and the preparation of picnic areas. Later a motor highway is planned on both sides of the Potomac River, south- ward from Great Falls in the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Fin- nan said arrangements have been made to transport the C. C. C. group from Fort Hunt to the estate and back each day. 36 New Species of Fish. Pishermen at Moreton Bay, Austra- lia, recently netted 36 new species of oyster-eating fish, which like others of their kind, stand on their heads to eat, with tails upward and clear of the water. were | shown over the establishment at An- | HUGE INSURANGE ASSETSINVOLVED $215,000,000 Transferred From Pacific Mutual to New Company. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 20.—A bat- tery of attorneys, representing virtue ally every warring group, attended the | court hearing today of a show-cause order on the transfer of $215,000,000 assets from the old Pacific Mutual | Life Insurance Co. of Californis to the new company. George 1. Cochran, W. H. Davis, Douglas E. C. Moore and Stanley M. McClung, directors of the old com- pany, brought in motions to s¢* aside the original liquidation order made by Presiding Judge Douglas L. Ed- monds last month. Judge Edmonds appointed Samuel L. Carpenter, State insurance come missioner, as conservator and liquie dator of the concern. Carpenter sued Cochran and seven other former Pae cific Mutual officials for $511,651. Carpenter alleged the defendants were liable for the amount because of illegal “transfers, gifts, donations and contributions” in connection with their operation of the firm’'s stocks and assets. In announcing a reorganization, Carpenter said Pacific Mutual's diffie culties arose chiefly from non-cane cellable policies for which no adequate reserves were made. ! Representatives of non-cancellable | policyholders appeared to oppose the | transfer of assets. Sixteenth largest company of its | type in the country and licensed in 40 States, Pacific Mutual has a deficit ! of $22,356,493, Carpenter reported. DRIVER TEST DEVICE | WILL BE SHOWN HERE Safety Experts and Civic Leaders i Will Witness Demonstra- tion Tonight. | The first national demonstration of | & battery of driver-testing equipment will be given to safety experts and civic leaders tonight at a dinner spon- sored by the American Automobile Association in the Willard Hotel. After the exhibit here, the testing apparatus, comprised of 15 separate devices, will make a tour of the coun- try in a speci designed car trailer, to be viewed at affiliated clubs of the |A. A A | Many of the guests at the dinner | tonight will be given tests on the ap- | paratus. Those expected to attend include Thomas H. MacDonald, chief |of the Bureau of Public Roads; Pyke | Johnson, vice president of the Aue tomobile Manufacturers Association; Thomas P. Henry, Detroit, president | of the A. A. A.; Representative O'Neal of Kentucky, chairman of the uniform traffic regulations committee of the | Roper accident prevention confer- ence; Roy F. Britton, director of the | National Highway Users Conference; Lew Wallace, president of the Ameri« | can Association of Motor Vehicle Ad- | ministrators; Roy W. Crum, director |of the Highway Research Board; | Senator Reynolds of North Carolina, {and Dr. H. C. Dickinson of the United | States Bureau of Standards. The purpose of the testing equip- !ment is to secure information con- icemmg individual factors that cause accidents, A. A. A. officials announced i in a statement today. 2 KILLED, 11 HURT | | AS CAR JUMPS CURB Brother and Sister Among Vic. tims as Iowan Loses Control in Paterson, N. J. Bv the Associated Press. ' PATERSON, N. J. August 20.—A brother and sister were killed and 11 other persons, including the children’s mother and brother, were injured todav when an automobile, driven by Louis Hummel, 55, of Davenport, lowa, jumped the curb at a busy intersection and plunged into a group of pedes- trians. Helen and Edward Cummings, aged 4 and 7, respectively, of West Pater- son were killed. The condition of three others was critical Hummel told police he was on his | way home after a vacation in New | York. He said he became confused | with a traffic policeman’s directions and jumped the curb while attempt- 'mg to make a turn. Patrolman Russell Elvin, who was on duty at the intersection, said Hum- mel lost control of his car. Police held Hummel on a technical charge of manslaughter. TUNA CLIPPER FACES DAY WAIT FOR AID Nearest Ship to Disabled Boat Off Guadalupe Island Is 200 Miles Away. BY the Assoctated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 20.—Drift- ing helplessly in heavy seas 560 miles off Guadalupe Island on the lower California coast, the 12-man crew of the San Diego tuna clipper San Joaquin today faced at least another { day's wait for aid. ‘The steamer Surlies, 200 miles away, and three Coast Guard cutters, some 700 miles distant, were answering dis- tress calls from the 120-foot craft. A message from the disabled clip- per, intercepted by the Radio Corp. of America, said: “No rudder and heavy sea. Captain advises will be forced to abandon ship unless aid re- ceived. Able to maintain radio serv- ice approximately three hours longer.” Night Final Delivered by Carrier Anywhere in the City Full Sports Base Ball Scores, Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World. 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