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’I;HE EVENING DEMOCRATS GET |[Washington | |JURY DEADLOCKED NEW YORK ‘BREAK' G. 0. P. Unable to Agree on Opponent for Lehman. Forces Split. By e Assoclated Press. ! NEW YORK, August 22.—With the tampaign for Governor occupying an important position in the election ih New York State, the Democrats appeared today to have gained a head etart in that their candidate already i3"chosen. «Gov. Herbert H. Lehman is seeking re-election, while the Republican aders have not yet agreed en an opponent. “"The Eastern division managers of Gov. Alf M. Landon's campaign pub- licly have expressed a ‘“hands off” policy in the State situation, but pri- vately they do not conceal their hope #6r a quick achievement of harmony. The Kansas Governor probably will canvass the governorship contest in His forthcoming visit to New York Btate. " The central figure in the Republic- #n controversy is the Onondaga Coun- ty leader, Clarence R. King of Syra- cuse. City Leaders Hit King. King_has aroused the ire of New York City leaders, who previously had expressed a willingness to unite behind an upstate candidate to op- pose Lehman, because of his failure to declare his personal choice between the two Syracuse aspirants for the nomination. Mayor Rolland B. Mar- | vin and State Senator George R.| Fearon. Inasmuch as the State convention 1s not until September 28, the lead- ers believe a pre-convention “build- Mp"” of a favorite is necessary. Opposed to Fearon and Mayor Mar- | vin is the candidacy of Supreme Court | Justice William F. Bleakley of neigh- | boring West Chester County. Unless | the Onondaga County leader comes to 4n early decision where he will throw the support of his organization, some | of the metropolitan leaders are pre- pared to abandon the idea of an up- | gnte candidate to oppose Lehman—a | ew Yorker—and give their support to Justice Bleakley. The Landon managers feel a pro- tracted controversy over the governor- Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. LL because of a length of silver tape—rather than red—officials A of New York showed signs of doing battle with the Capital city not long ago. Red velvet hangings in the new Fed- eral Building in New York, designed to hang above the bench, were em- broidered with the haughty eagle of the Federal seal, surrounded with widely spaced gold stars, represent- ing the States of the Union. Some New York politician noticed when the drapes were being hung that one central star, directly under the eagle, stood out from the others be- cause of a silver border around the gold. The New Yorker asked the young Federal man supervising the work what that specially treated star meant. “That’s the District of Columbis the young man from Washington answered, unwilling to admit that he had no idea why. Persons around the court house grew indignant as the news spread. They inquired of Wash- ington. Information was rushed from the procurement division that the most twinkling of the stars repre- sented the Empire State. Still doubtful, the New Yorkers counted the stars and found only 48. They believe the Federal officials now, and, it is reported, seem happy that the District is unrepresented. * % o CELLOPHANE. A Miss Stephens here from Utah might have run an even higher fever the other day if her sister had not relented on her flat order that no relative of hers was “going to take a powder wrapped in cello- phane” without first removing the cover. She did relar a bit, how- ever, and permit the sister to take a standard capsule containing a standard remedy. It took a lot of argument to win her consent, though, * ok ok % GOOD-NIGHT. #hip may become a threat to Landon's | chances to carry New York, with its 47 electoral votes. | The Democratic convention, also on | Beptember 28, at Syracuse, will serve | principally for the formal: fenomi- | nation of Gov. Lehman, and ‘will be a | tally for President Roosevelt, Labor Backs Democrats. VER since Merle was born—that was about 14 years ago—a proud Arlington County father has slipped into her bed room every night. just before retiring, to see that she was resting and properly covered. And, by force of habit from Merle's infant days, he would always gently hug her as he tucked a cover around her The '36 campaign in New York also | finds, for the first time, organized labor in the field with a political party. | The State Committee on labor’s Non-Partisan League—which includes such pro-Roosevelt union leaders as Maj. George L. Berry, John L. Lewis, Sidney Hillman and David Dubinsky— organized the American Labor party to support the candidacies of Presi- | dent Roosevelt and Gov. Lehman on | an independent basis. The Labor party ballot will include | the same list of presidential electors as the Democratic, with the labor leaders well represented on the slate | approved by the Democratic State| Committee this week. Some of these labor leaders look upon the Labor | party in New York as the forerunner | -of a national labor party in 1940. PIEDMONT DAIRY GROUP | . SETS FESTIVAL DATE, “Manassas Fete Will Be September 25—Slate of Officers Elected. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. MANASSAS, Va., August 22.—At a | mass meeting held in the Town Hall at Manassas last night the sixth annuel Piedmont Virginia Dairy Festival was organized and Friday, September 25.| et as the date for the event this year R. S. Hynson of Manassas was re- elected president of the association | Lake Triplett of Marshall was elected | ‘first vice president; Ben Middleton of Herndon, second vice president; Sam | Luckett of Alexandria, third vice presi- dent; Dr. George Cocke of Manassas, secretary, and R. L. Byrd of Manassas. | treasurer, The board of directors was enlarged and will include all county agents, home demonstrators and agricultural teachers for the territory covered oy the association. which comprise Arling- ton, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fairfax. Loudoun, Madison, Orange, Prince William, Rappahannock, Stafford and Spottsylvania Counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fredericksburg and ‘Washington, D. C. SAN MICHELE AUTHOR NOW READS OWN BOOK Operation Restores Sight of Dr. Munthe of Capri Long After Completing Work. ROME.—After many years Dr. Axel Munthe of Capri has been able to read for the first time his own famous | Story of San Michele, read by hun- | dreds of thousands of people all over the world, but never till now by the man who wrote it. Dr. Munthe's sight was almost gone by the time his book was finished, and he could only listen while it was read aloud to him. For a time he saw little save light and darkness, but an operation by Prof. Vogt of Zurich, Bwitzerland, has restored his sight, and with the aid of spectacles Dr. Munthe has at last read for himself the story which has deighted so many. It pleased him, he confesses in his introduction to an illustrated edition of San Michele to be published. Month-Old Baby Weighted Down By 63-Letter Name By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, T. H., August 22. —All things considered, it's quite a name Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Murray Judd gave their month- old son. They Christened him Kanani- noheaokuuhomeopuukaimanaalo- hilohinokeaweaweulamakaokalari Judd. It's Hawaiian for “The-beau- tiful' - aroma - of - my - home - at- shoulders. It s0 happened the other night that the father went to one of those parties at which men get together for a so- cial evening away from their wives. His mother-in-law, a divorcee of 20 years, who has had little use for men | since, came by for a visit during his absence, and decided to spend the night. Cramped sleeping quarters forced her to sleep with Merle. U — s i (e Father, of course. came home near daybreak, and a little unsteady on his feet. But he didn't forget Merle. Into her bed room he walked as quietly as possible under the circumstances. Gently, he picked up a cover and wrapped it around her shoulders and started to hug her just as gentl: Suddenly, an adult figure rose in the bed and shoved him roughly aside. “Get away from here, you drunk,” shouted a woman's voice. It was his mother-in-law. * x ok % SCRIBE. READERS of one of the local papers lost a chance at a pretty snappy feature story the other day, but this, perhaps, will compensate them. The story was about Detective Roy E. Blick, vice squad man, who was victimized to the extent of a pretty snappy Panama hat while he testified before the grand jury. As every one knows, & court reporter likes nothing better than to write stories about de- tectives from whom things are stolen. The first of the press room lads who heard about Blick’s hat leaped to the typewriter to perform his pleasant duty. He was just putting the finish- ing touches on the little gem when an associate walked into the room. The associate was told about the whole thing. “So you steal hats to make stories?” asked the associaie, pointing to Blick's headgear, which the other man had removed while writing the story. The hat, with the story pasted in- side, was returned to its owner. * x ok x GLINT. IT TOOK a Sherwod Forest caddy to convince a certain Washington golfer that he—the latter—is a pretty terrifying-looking gent when things g0 wrong with his game. It was on the third hole that the golfer, after a better-than-average start, put a neatly sliced ball plunk in the Chesapeake Bay. He just stood there on the tee for a moment, cogi- tating the malevolence of the fate that follows golfers. That, at least, is what he thought he was doing. He discovered it was far worse than that when he looked around for the caddy. Not seeing him, he finally called.. “Yes, boss,” said the caddy, peek- ing out cautiously from behind a tree a good 20 yards away, “I'm coming as soon as you get that club-throwin’ glint out of your eye.” L KNOCK, KNOCK. On the last trip of the Wash- ington Senators to New York, two local base ball scribes hopped into one of Gotham’s ornate taricabs and instructed the driver to head for the Yankee Stadium. New IN MUENCH TRIAL Four Defendants Calm Pend- ing “Gift of God” Baby Outcome. By the Associated Press. KAHOKA, Mo. August 22.—After more than 10 hours’ fruitless delibera- tion, the second Muench “gift of God” baby conspiracy case jury was excused at 12:10 am. today, with instructions to resume deliberations at 9 a.m. At midnight Circuit Judge Walter A. Highee had called the jury into court, but sent them back, as he had done earlier, to continue deliberation. The four defendants, Dr. and Mrs. Ludwig O. Muench, Attorney Wilfred Jones and Mrs. Helen Berroyer, ap- peared to be calm as the rural jury deliberated their fate. The four were charged with attempting to gain un- lawful possession of unwed Anna Ware's baby and pass it off as Mrs. Muench’s own child, Instructions to Jury. The case went to the jury at 3:45 p.m. Friday with instructions it might find any two or more of the defend- ants guilty. The maximum penalty under the charge is one year in jail and $1,000 fine for each. »The first case, brought here from St. Louis on a change of venue last April, ended in a mistrial after a Juror told Judge Higbee he had been approached with a bribe offer. Associated Prosecuting Attorney | Frank E. Matthews closed the State’s {argument by repeating that titian- | haired Mrs. Muench, former St. Louis society figure, who announced birth of a child one year ago this month, privately accused Dr. Marsh Pitz- man, wealthy St. Louis bachelor, with being the child’s father and sought | to obtain $250,000 from him through | the child. Dr. Pitzman testified he had be- lieved for a time he was the baby's father, and paid Mrs. Muench $14,500. Anna Ware, Pennsylvania servant girl to whom the St. Louis Court of Appeals returned the controverted baby, said Mrs. Muench wanted her baby “to palm off on the public as her own.” Declared Baby Own. Showing emotion at times during the trial, Mrs. Muench pleaded that the child was her own, that she never | accused Dr. Pitzman of being its father, and that the money she re- cefved from him was a loan for her “defense fund,” when she faced ! charges in the 1931 kidnaping of Dr. Isaac D. Kelley, for which she was acquitted. She announced the baby (was a “gift from God, sent to me |in my time of distress.” The State alleged Jones obtained | the Ware baby for the Muenches and Mrs. Berrover helped him transfer it from the home of a midwife, CLASH IS AVERTED | AT BAKERY PLANT Police Called as Neighbors Fear Fracas Between Strikers and Non-Union Drivers. Juvenile Court officials at Cblumbus, Ohio, puzzled yes- terday over identity of this attractive girl who said she was Alice Harper, 17. She re- fused to disclose her address or anything about herself. She ended Friday a hunger strike started Sunday when she was arrested. Police said she may be from Minnesota. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. EUROPE DESIRES PEACE, SAYS GRAY Chancellor of A.U. Describes International Movement After Foreign Trip. One of the most encouraging fea- tures of the Furopean situation today is a sincere international movement for world peace, which has the sup- port of more than 40,00,000 Europeans !Grn)‘. chancellor of American Uni- Czechoslovakia and Austria. Despite the persistent news of mili- | versity, reported today on his return | from a two-month visit to Germany, | CLEVENGER CASE, ARGUMENTS BEGIN Rebuttal Witness Hits Claim of Hallboy He Didn’t Know Co-ed Was Slain, BY the Associated Press. ASHEVILLE, N, C, August 22— Evidence was completed today atthe murder trial of Martin Moore, huge colored hallboy, charged with killing Helen Clevenger in her Battery Park Hotel room early the morning of July 16. A defense motion for nonsuit was denied, and Judge Donald F. Phillips ordered arguments by counsel to start immediately, Rebuttal testimony ended shortly after James Pinkins, scrub man at the hotel, testified that the 22-year-old defendant sought to evade his work on Miss Clevenger's floor the morning after the crime. Pinkins also contradicted Moore's testimony that he did not know of Miss Clevenger's death until 7 pm, July 16. Her body was found by her uncle about 8:30 a.m. Repeats Conversation. ‘The 18-year-old, 108-pound New York University coed was killed about 1 a.m. that day. Pinkins said Moore, hallboy, told him “between 9 and 10 o'clock” in the morning, “‘There's a woman sick or dead up on the sec- ond floor.”” Ed Frady, hotel engineer, testified Pinkins told him of the conversation with Moore, Pat Branch, hotel manager, ques- tioned about Moore's re-enactment of the crime August 9. said he saw no force exerted upon the Negro during the demonstration. The 18-year-old, 108-pound New York University co-ed was killed about 1 am. that day. Pinkins said Moore, 6-foot 3-inch hall boy, told him “be- tween 9 and 10 o'clock” in the morning | “There’s a woman sick or dead up on the second floor." " Pinkins said the defendant, who repudiated a confession with the claim it was wrung from him by beatings after his arrest, told him he had wo-k to do on the second floor, but was not going there “because of the sick woman.” “You go on and do your work,” Pinkins said he told Moore. “If that woman'’s sick she ain’t studying about in every walk of life, Dr. Joseph M. | you." Sheriff Laurence E. Brown, who headed the 24-day investigation, cli- maxed by Moore's arrest while in pos- session of what experts identified as the death gun, testified Pinkins told taristic activities throughout Europe. | him the same story immediately after Dr. Gray there is a strong and prowing movement for peace and an earnest striving for economic sta- bility as a basis for such peace. There is an ac- tive international with headquar- ters in Czecho- slovakia which ¥ said, | the hallboy's arrest. Arguments to Be Brief. ‘The State rested at 10:15 am., the non-suit motion was perfunctory and Sanford Brown began speaking for | the defense after Judge Phillips also denied a motion to strike from the record all references to Moore's re- pudiated confession, Scroop Styles of defense counsel peace federation Said, “We're going to try to hold argu- ments to an hour and a half for each side.” “You have not been shqwn.” Brown X % numbers 3,000,- | argued, “in whose hands the gun was 000 members in when the deceased was slain. If you that country and | disregard the confession the State con- 40.000.000 members in Europe. There | tends was voluntarily given, you have also isanother organization, known as 'only circumstantial evidence against | Police were called to the plant of | the “Christian Fighting Corps.” which l this boy.” the Dutch Baker Boy, Inc., at Ninth | is bending every effort to establish- | and Monroe streets northeast, today | to avert what residents of the neigh- clash between striking bakery driver- salesmen and non-union drivers start- | Ing on their morning rounds. ment of international accord. Shortly after Brown began his This ' speech the gaunt prisoner slipped low group, Dr. Gray said, is working on |in his seat, rested his head on the | borhood believed was a threatened the theory there is no way for peace back of his chair, closed his eyes and | unless it is a peace established on a let his long arms hang limp. He oc- | | religious content There is casionally licked his lips. Later he now being organized lifted his 6-foot 3-inch frame and No violence resulted, however, and | an Anglo-German Brotherhood also gazed sleepily at the jury of middl 'all but three pickets dispersed after | dedicated to peace. The new organiza- ' aged men, most of whom have daugh- tion of German women'’s groups, the | ters, the non-union men routes. left on their | Deutzche Frauenwerke, with 16.000.000 | Robert C. Lester, business agent of | members. also is wholeheartedly in the ' the Bakery Drivers' Union, said some {ll feeling resulted from attacks on three of the “traveling pickets” as- signed to follow the company's trucks on their routes. One man, 8. Gurney of Kensington, Md., is un- der care of a physician because of a beating administered by five men in Capitol Heights, Md., Lester said. The men followed Gurney's car as he “tailed” the company’s truck and attacked him after he had crossed the District line into Maryland, Les- ter claimed. BANDITS SLAY 32 JAPANESE SUBJECTS Two Manchoukuans Also Killed in Raid on Walled City Near Border. By the Associated Press. 5 TOKIO, August 22.—A thousand bandits killed 32 Japanese subjects and 2 Manchoukuans in a raid on the walled town of Fusung, near the Korean border of Manchoukuo, Domei News Agency dispatches reported to- day. They said the well organized and heavily armed bandit army swarmed into Fusung last Sunday, overpow- ered the small Japanese garrison, and razed more than two-thirds of the buildings. The bandits carried off hostages when several Japanese Army bomb- ing planes from Singking forced them to retreat. The bandits apparently singled out Japanese or Koreans for their vic- tims. Of those killed 3 were sol- diers, 2 policemen and 27 civilian residents. A Japanese infantry column from Supingkai occupied the town after the airplanes routed the marauders. The attack was the high spot in a marked revival of bandit activities in Eastern and Central Manchoukuo. —_— SPANKS SON, .62 83-Year-0ld Mother Saves Him From Jail Sentence. MONROE, La., August 22 (#).—An 83-year-old colored mother vigorously spanked her 62-year-old son before o City Court judge to save him from a sentence on a drunk and disorderly charge. “I'll whip him,” offered the mother, Sarah Logan. She bent him across her knee and spanked him with her open hand. Tears coursed down Sam's cheeks. He said he would be “good from now on.” York cabs, unlike our own, have a heavy glass partition separating. the operator from his passengers, sparkling - diamond - hill - is-car- ried-to-the-eyes-of-Heaven.” And—just, to save.you the trous ‘ble—it has 63 letters. 3 but a portion of it slides back for purposes of communicution. After proceeding e one of the writers mind, and Mfl‘ —_—— different destination, ofa ‘o the glass. The taxi James | struggle for world peace, Dr. Gray | said. This group has 8.000.000 women | active in support of its “foreign de- | partment,” which is seeking to work with the women of other countries in behalf of peace. “The peace movement is & strong force in European life today,” Dr. | Gray said. “It is a movement which ihu the support of almost every class and group. Europeans realize that an- other war would be disastrous to their civilization. supported alone by the labor elements. play a part in the development of world peace and there are many active international peace groups.” Dr. Gray said Hitler and the Nazi government have the solid support of the German people because of the general feeling in Germany that the government is sincerely seeking to im- prove the conditions under which they live. He said the morale of the German people is very high. FARMERS ON STRIKE PARIS, August 22 (#).—The pros- pect that Parisian dinner tables might be barren of cabbages loomed last night as 8,000 truck farmers in regions outlying Paris quit their fields in a wage dispute growing out or a poor season. Crops shortened by unusually cool and rainy weather, the farmers com- plained they were unable to sell vege- tables because most Parisians were away on vacations. The proprietors of the farms sought to cut their hired hands’ wages from 4 francs (about 24 cents) to 3.2 francs an hour. stand. Alice Longworth. driver, rdpped with a deft gesture, but with- turning his head, flipped open B;gd window, end said, “Who's e G The peace work is not | The intellectual groups feel they must | WATCHMAN BOUND DURING ROBBERY | Colored Bandits Escape With $25 Following Hold-up Near Ben- ning Viaduct, Clover Clayton, 700 block of Fourth street northeast, watchman on a proj- ect of the Bayne & Wright Construc- tion Co., was held up and tied hand and foot by two colored men in a robbery near the Benning viaduct last night. The bandits, according to the watchman, forced him into the office, where they bound him, took his keys and stole $25 from the cash drawer. They escaped by running down a railroad track near the property. Police also received reports of two minor robberies last night. Victims were: Matilda Milhem, 54 R street, who reported a colored man jumped on the running board of her car and mluht‘ her purse containing $1.50 when she halted for a “stop” light at New Jersey and New York avenues. Carlton W. Corbin, 1310 Twelfth | street, manager of a store at 1201 Ninth street northwest, said two colored men entered the place and one snatched a bag containing $25 in bills while the other one was ask- ing Corbin for a bar of soap. Both escaped. Copra Shipments Increase. Copra shipments from the Philip- pines to Europe are five times greater than last year. The National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. ACKSON HOLE, Wyo., August 22.—The American State Depart- ment refuses to put this country into the present world picture 8s intermediary in the Spanish civil war. Americans who are unqualifiedly devoted to the ideal of peace may regret that the United States should apparently neglect an opportunity to act as peacemaker. Sober second thought should convince such per- sons that Mr. Cordell Hull is acting wisely. Intervention is never welcomed by either side in civil conflict. The neighbor who steps into & domestic brawl traditionally comes out through the window, much the worse for wear. This country cannot afford to take sides in the internal upheavel in Spain, where issues are in- volved that Americans do not pretend to under- We could not go in and get out again without becoming embroiled in the controversy between Reds and Fascists, and such involvement could add nothing to American prestige. It South American republics of Spanish origin wish to take & chance as mediators, that should be their own affair. The United States has learned to mind its own business. (Copyright, 1936.) STAR, WASHINGTON D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1936. Crowd Gre President, as his special train m ~ Landon (Continued From Pirst Page.) invited him to a drought conference at Des Moines September 1, an invita- tion Landon said he would accept. To settle the drought problem, the nominee said, “we should combine our initiative and efforts, just as our pio- neer forefathers who settled this State combined their efforts to meet the great problems of their day.” After making stops at other points of Ada, Bucyrus, Crestline, Mansfield | and Canton, the Landon special train was Aue at West Middlesex at 1:30 p.m. | His address delivered, Landon ar- ranged to go to nearby Newcastle to attend a dinner conference of Repub- lican leaders from Pennsylvania, Ohio. New York and West Virginia. He planned to sandwich in a visit to the home of 85-year-old Mrs. Mary Reed Baird, who was his nurse after his| healthh for about a vear. but his death | birth September 9, 1887. On Sunday morning the Governor will return to West Middlesex for per- sonal visits and possibly to attend church services at the Methodist church where his grandfather. Rev William H. Mossman, once served as | pastor. THRONG AWAITS LANDON. Thuosands Start Early Trek to Candidate's Birthplace. | WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. August 122 (#)—The land of Alf M. Landon’s birth awakened before dawn today to converge upon little West Middle- sex to hear him open his campaign | In ever increasing numbers the people of the countryside moved upon Tam O'Shanter golf course, where the speech will be delivered from an open-air rostrum, many begin- | ning their trek in the darkness and | remaining wherever they could rest their heads until dawn. Heavy showers, accompanied by electrical storm, swept over the little town a few hours before the Kan- san’s train was due at 1:20 pm, Eastern standard time. G. Edward Green of Harrisburg, in charge of the Reception Commit- tee, said the rain would not affect plans, unless it continued past noon. | Reports said the skies were clearing to the west. Crowd of 100,000 Seen. Parking space was provided for 25,000 or more cars, and G. Edward Green, secretary of the State Repub- lican Committee and chairman of the rally, predicted between 50,000 and 100,000 persons will be here by the time the Governor begins to speak at 3 pm. (E.S.T). ‘The sunflower, official Kansas blos- som and the 1936 Republican cam- | paign emblem, was seen on all sides, | and from almost every other window hung a likeness of Landon. The event was hailed as & home- coming, banners and bunting and offi- cial signs everywhere proclaiming the trip here for his opening campaign speech a visit home by a favorite son. Landon was born in the home of his grandfather, Rev. William Mossman, in West Middlesex, while the latter was pastor of the little Methodist Church where the candidate tomor- row will hear an old-fashioned Meth- odist sermon on the subject “The Christ of the Ages” by Rev. Henry G. Shilling, a 34-year-old Democrat. Throngs Arrive Early. Gov. Landon's special train from the West was due in at 1:20 p.m., Eastern standard time, but the throngs were taking no chances on arriving late. Arriving early were the first of 24 special trains the Pennsylvania and Erie Railroads routed into town. As quickly as they could be unloaded the cars were shunted to sidings as 10 miles away to await removal again after the afternoon speaking program should end. There was no transportation from the depot down town to the golf course a mile and a half away, and the visitors trudged in parade fashion or deployed to advantageous spots along the way- side to be among the first to catch a glimpse of Landon on his first visit home since he was a youngster, Well Diggers Wanted. OKLAHOMA CITY (#).—What Oklahoma needs, complained Ron Stephens, assistant State W. P. A. administrator, is more well diggers and fewer delegations asking for well diggers. “A delegation told me they could get water within 14 feet of the sur- face,” he said. “They drove 100 miles to get Federal aid to do it. They could have dug the well while they were getting there and back.” SRR e Girls, 13, Signed for Films. HOLLYWOOD, August 22 (P).— Thirteen is & lucky number for three girls who fixed their names to movie contracts today. _ Age 13, they are Jeanne Dante, who recently appeared in a New York stage play; Deanna Durbin, & singer, and Peggy Ryan, a classic.dancer. <> as Republican nominee for President. | ets Landon A group of enthusiastic Towans attempt to shake hands with Gov. Alf M, Landon of Kansas, Republican nominee for ade a brief stop in Clinton, Iowa. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. . B. BROWNE DIES; NATIVE OF CAPITAL Official of Realty Firm Ex- pires During Visit in Connecticut. } Alexander Britton Browne, 51, vice | president of Randall H. Hagner & Co. and a member of one of the oldest and best known families of Washing- | ton, died today in Madison, Conn., where he and Mrs. Browne were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. King Whitcomb. Mr. Browne had not been in good | was not preceded by any immediate iliness. Mr. Browne was born in Wa: ton on June 20, 1885, a son of late Aldis B. Browne and Mrs. Mary Delahay Browne. In 1904. he joined with Randall H Hagner in forming the real estate company of that name and since that time has been closely identified with | some of the most important real estate transactions in this city. He was particularly interested in de- | velopment of the Connecticut avenue section. He was a member of the Washington Real Estate Board, the Metropolitan and Chevy Chase Clubs of this city and the Maryland Club of Baltimore. Mrs. Catherine M. Browne; a son, Al- exander Britton Browne, jr.. hi mother, Mrs. Aldis B. Browne; a brother, Aldis Browne of Chicago, and & sister. Mrs. Walter Boyden of South Dartmouth, Mass. The remains are to be brought to Washington tonight, with notice of funeral arrangements to be given later. Politics (Continued From First Page.) | said he did not. The President added | with a serious expression that he has received assurances that politics has never entered into the plans for this Charlotte gathering, and that he per- | sonally did not expect it to be turned nto a political rally. Power Parley Address. no politics in the occasion of the address he is to make at the National | Power Congress in Washington Sep- | tember 11, or in the speech he will make at Harvard University on Sep- | tember 18, at the celebration of the | 300th anniversary of that institution. While on the subject of speeches | the President remarked that he hoped he would be called upon to make as | few as possible in the future, because speech was a severe task upon the time and strength of a President.” He | mentioned, for example, how hard he had to labor to write the last major speech he delivered, which was at Chautauqua a week ago. The Democratic high command, managing his campaign, is expecting him to deliver at least six majojr speeches during the last six weeks of the battle. Besides Chairman Farley, others at the campaign conference last night were Forbes, Morgan, treasurer Na- tional Democratic Committee; Law- rence W. Robert, jr., better known as “Chip,” national secretary; Charles Michelson, national director of pub- licity, and Carl Bvoir. The President made only one en- 3 gagement for today, it being with Clarence Dillon, New York broker and financier, who will be a luncheon guest at Hyde Park. Tomorrow the President will clear his desk and pack< up to take a special train back to Washington, where he will arrive early Monday morning, to remain two days before starting on his tour of the drought “dust bowl.” $6,000 Paid for Bible. For a Hebrew Bible of the thirteenth century $6,000 was paild at a London sale, Mr. Browne is survived by his widow, | The President said he could see| | the preparation and writing of a| INSURANCE FIRM WILL REORGANIZE Liquidator Ordel,"of 0ld Pa- cific Mutual Set Aside by Judge. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 22.—Supers for Judge Henry M. Willis late yes~ terday vacated orders by Presiding Superfor Judge Douglas L. Edmonds appointing State Insurance Commis- sioner S8amuel Carpenter as liquidator of the old Pacific Mutual Life Insur- ance Co. and approving a plah of reorganization Carpenter submitted. Judge Willis acted on the ground that Judge Edmonds was disquali- fied because he holds a Pacific Mutual policy, but upheld Edmonds’ ap- pointment of Carpenter as conserva- tor. The company is operating under a new incorporation under his di- rection. The hearing will be resumed Mon- day, when Judge Willis will hear arguments on motions to dismiss the whole case. Attorneys for interven- ing groups contend the act under which the proceedings were insti- tuted is unconstitutional, and that Carpenter’s appointment even as conservator is, therefore, invalid. Hopes Business Will Continue. Judge Willis expressed hope that liquidation of the company would not be necessary and that its business would continue under direction of Car- penter until such time as it could be restored to other control. Earlier today Deputy State Attorney General John Flynn told the court only one offer to purchase assets of the old company had been received by Pacific Mutual officials. He said the offer was not considered because it provided no protection for interests of non-ca: celable liability to policyholders. In- adequate reserves for this class of poli- cy caused Carpenter to seek reor- | ganization of the company a& month | ago, he said at the time. Irving Walker, counsel for a group of intervening stock and policy hold- ers, disputed Flynn's statement abot purchase offers, but Judge Willis ruled | that this phase was out of order for | the present. Other Questions Not Involved. Judge Willis said the question of whether there had been any misman- agement or misconduct in the com- pany's affairs is not involved in this hearing. “The question of solvency of the company may come up.” Judge Will said. “What caused the insolvency. it exists, is a matter in which this court has no concern.” Commissioner Carpenter recently sued George I Cochran, former pres dent of the company, and seven of | former officers and directors for $5 651, which he contended is due be- cause of alleged illegal “trar gifts, donations and contribu | handling the company's assets,” VICE DRIVE TURNED UPON CONNECTICUT Thirteen Arrested in Nutmeg State and Three in New York by Federal Men. A Justice Department campaign to wipe out white slavery in Con- necticut has been launched with the arrest of three men in New York and 13 additional persons in Connecti- cut, J. Edgar Hoover, director of the | Federal Bureau of Investigation, told | the Associated Press last night, The three men were arrested in New York by F. B. I agents and charged with violating the Mann a They were to be arraigned today complaints charging them with be- ing fugitives from Connecticut, where the warrants for their arrests were issued. The trio—Joseph Petrucelll, Ar- thur Tasselli and Bentazzo Enrico— were said to be members of a well- | organized ring which takes girls to Connecticut from Massachusetts, New | York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. A number of the 13 persons & rested in Connecticut are women, all of whom have been charged with vio- lation of the white slave traffic act. FINAL PROBATE PA;’ERS FOR TRAMMELL FILED Of $200 Cash Left Widow, Lawyer Who Acted as Administrator ¢ Gets $100, By the Associated Press. BARTOW, Fla, August 22.—PFinal | probate papers in the settiement of | the estate of the late United States | Senator Park Trammell were filed here yesterday. Of the $200 cash bequeathed to Trammell's widow $100 was awarded to J. P. Marchant, attorney, who acted as administrator. Marchant reported to the County Court that a notice to creditors had been published, that he had collected as administrator $4,242 from a New Orleans life insurance company and that he had paid it over to C. I. Wig- gins, receiver of the First National Bank of Lakeland. An accounting of the estate showed that the insurance policy had been made payable to the Lakeland bank as collateral for a loan. WANTS CITIZENSHIP LOS ANGELES, August 22 (#).— Duncan Renaldo, film actor, who was a man without a country six years, yesterday took out his first papers for United States citizenship. He served a Federal prison term on conviction of making false state- ments in an application for a pass- port to Africa, where he played in “Trader Horn,” several years ago. Recently he re-entered the United Stated on 2 Rumanian quota. 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 Natiomal 5000 and service will start at once.