Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Buresu Forecast.) Mostly cloudy and warmer tonight and tomorrow; probably light showers tomor- row; moderate southerly winds. Tem- peratures—Highest, 77, at 3 p.m. yester- day; lowest, 57, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page A-7. Closing New York Markets, Page 16" Entered as second class post office, Washington. No. 35,726. GERMAN, ITALIAN PLANES REPORTED USED IN NEW IRUN ATTACK BY REBELS Insurgents Are Undeterred by Chaining of Hostages in Positions Exposed to Heavy Barrage. BILBAO ALSO IS TARGET, OF RIGHTISTS’ AIRMEN 85,000 Reported Dead and 300,000 Wounded in First 6 Weeks of Civil War—Cabinet Revision to Include Communist Leader and | Indalecio Prieto Also Seen. BACKGROUND— Warring Spanish factions dead- locked in seventh week of civil war, which sees intransigeant Rightists —landowners, industrialists, army officers and clery—pitted against popularly elected Leftist coalition regime, supported by Socialists, Communists, Anarcho-Syndicalists and Liberal Republicans. Rebels hold virtually all Western Spain from Cordoba, Cadiz, Seville and Granada north through Val- ladolid to Burgos. Loyalists suc- cessfully defending Madrid, capital, and key cities of San Sebastian and Irun in northeastern Spain, while practically all Catalonia, whose capital is Barcelona, is firmly held by Leftists. Danger of international conflict great in case of incident involving @ major power. (Copyright, 1936, by the Assoclated Press.) -IRUN, Spain, September 1—A swift fleet of rebel war planes, which government officers said were Ger- man and Italian made, showered death and ruin on Irun and other Bpanish coastal cities today. ‘The rebels, undeterred by the chain- ing of Fascist hostages in exposed places, a procedure they nevertheless called “monstrous,” smashed buiid- ings, homes and defenses with air blasts and screaming shells from field guns mounted on a ridge. Water and gas reservoirs near the railway station were demolished. An unoccupied convent was wrecked. ‘Two bodies were found in the ruins of a republican headquarters. Government Planes Retaliate. Four government planes retaliated late today by bombing rebel ranks as insurgent land forces pushed a slight advance against defenders on the summit of Mount Turiarte, just out- side Irun. The government artillery shelled Tebel positions ceaselessly. A rebel shell fell in the French town ©of Behobie, but caused no damage. Explosions of bombs on the Spanish side of the frontier shook houses in ‘Hendaye. Bilbao Attack Target. Reports from Bilbao, west of Irun on the coast, said Fascist bombing | ships began an aerial assault during the night. Several buildings at Bil- bao were destroyed. Fifty bombs fell in Irun during the first hour of the raid from the air. Six large Fascist planes opened the attack there. The assault died down at 10:30 a.m., after the planes had scored a hit be- | fore the railroad station, while the | artillery continued to shell the San | Marcial road. | Militiamen declared three of the | 8ix planes were of German manu- facture (Fokker), while the others were of Italian make (Caproni). Government officers believed Gen. | Emilio Mola, commander of the rebel forces in the north, was personally | directing the bombardment. A tri-motored plane began a new attack on the northern coastal city shortly after noon, dropping 10 bombs in the center of the town. Republican Center Destroyed. The first air raid destroyed a two- story brick building known as the “Republican Center” and several workers’ houses. Fascist infantry forces were re- ported to have attempted an advance, but government militiamen declared the rebel troop movement was halted by machine gun fire. Field guns, mounted in positions on a bridge overlooking Irun, joined the assault. ‘The insurgents were apparently un- deterred in their bombardment by Fascist hostages chained in exposed Places by government defenders. ‘The hostages had earlier been carted from Fort Guadalupe after warnings had been sent to rebel commanders their supporters would be the first to be killed during an attack. The dual attack was centered, ap- parently, on the San Marcial Railroad (See SPAIN, Page A-3) matter D. C. S pain Promises By the Associated Press. . The American Embassy at Madrid was assured today that the Spanish Government would make an immedi- ate investigation of the attempted bombing Sunday of the American de- stroyer Kane off the Spanish coast by an unidentified airplane. ‘Word to this effect was received at the State Department at the same time as this Government rushed plans to get all of its vessels out of Spanish waters. With about 1,000 of the 1,500 Amer- icans in Spain already evacuated, State Department officials are expect- ed to announce soon the end of its rescue operations through the use of naval and Coast Guard ships. Formal Reply Promised. ‘The Spanish foreign office promised the American Embassy at Madrid a formal reply to its protest over the Kane incident as soon as the inves- tigation was completed. The United Stals transmitted an identical protest informally to Gen. Prancisco Franco, commanding the Spanish rebel forces, but no word has been received concerning the reaction of the insurgent faction. The text of instructions Secretary LOVALISTS BOMB REBEL HOSPITAL Four Killed, 17 Wounded as Projectile Hits Building Occupied by 1,300. (Copyright. 1936, by the Assoclated Press.) BURGOS, Spain, September 1.— Tragic wreckage of a 1,300-bed hos- | pital bore witness today to the first | government air raid on this “capital” of rebellious military Fascists. The rebel leaders, whose own planes |already had bombed Madrid, seat of the Socialist government, counted four | dead and 17 wounded as the result of ! yesterday’s bombardment. One of the | wounded was dying. All four, tne Fascists said, were | killed when one of four bombs hit the hospital. | One Bomb Hits Hospital. | The air raid occurred at 5:50 p.m. Monday. | Fascist officers said one bomb struck. the provincial hospital, occupied by 1,300 persons, including 400 war wounded. Another fell at the junction of San | Pablo and Progreso sireets, in front | of a garage. | Two others struck a home for the | infirm and aged, the rebel leaders charged. ¢ Rebel accounts of the hospital bombing said wounded men walking !in the garden were hit, that one standing in a doorway had his arm and leg torn off and that a father and brother, praying over the body of a dead soldier in a hospital room, | were Kkilled. | Two operating rooms were smashed. Hospital Scene of Wreckage. ‘The hospital, which was still stand- ing today, although the scene of much | wreckage, is constructed in the form of a cross. Dozens of persons were thrown to | the ground by the concussion of the bursting bombs. Gen. Miguel Cabanellas pointed out the wreckage of the hospital a few minutes after the bomb had struck. A surgeon in a blood-stained white uniform pointed out the wrecked oper- ating rooms. In one room 2 freshly wounded of- ficer commented: “It can't be Spaniards who do this! It must be mad men!” Apparently the bombing plane came from Madrid. Powerful explosives were used, one projectile hurling 200-pound stones across a 25-foot river. Today most of the populace was calm. An official press communique said: “Red artillery fire in defense of Irun is being directed from within the French border in open violation of the most elementary principles of inter- national law.” year-old castle of Prague. ch WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1936.—FORTY-TWO PAGES. Quick Inquiry Of Bomb Attack on U. S. Ship Madrid to Seek to Fix Identity Government Here Rushes Removal of All War Vessels. Hull sent to diplomats in Spain con- cerning the Kane incident was pub- lished today, revealing that the United States is making determined efforts to find out whether it was a Spanish government plane or a rebel craft which dropped six bombs near the destroyer Sunday. Hull Cables Embassy. After describing the attack and the answering rounds fired by the de- stroyer’s anti-aircraft gun, Hull cabled the American Embassy at Madrid: “Since the plane making this attack was unidentified, the President has directed that this incident be brought to the attention of the Spanish gov- ernment through you, and informally, with no intention as to recognition, to the attention of Gen. Franco (rebel chieftain) through the American Con- sul at Seville, with the request that both sides issue instructions in the strongest terms * * * to prevent another incident of this character. “Take up this matter immediately with the Spanish government in the sense of the foregoing, endeavor to ob- tain a categorical statement as to whether the plane making this attack (See PROTEST, Page A-5.) Baby Is Killed As Safety Pin Punctures Lung Obstacle Was Lodged in Child’s Throat for Eight Days. Five-months-old Lillian Garner, in whose throat an open safety pin was lodged for eight days, died early to- day in Georgetown Hospital. The pin, a large one, had punctured a lung. The baby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Garner, swallowed the pin early last week at their home in Bel Alton, Md. She was not taken to | Georgetown until Sunday night, be- cause, physicians there understood, the parents did not notice any symp- toms that seemed to indicate an emergency and they lacked means of transportation. An unsuccessful attempt was made at the hospital to remove the pin with an esophascope. It had worked its way down the child’s throat, pierced & lung and caused hemorrhage. MOSCOW SCOUTS RED MUTINY TALE Story in Hitler’s Paper of Soldiers’ Revolt Called Pure Invention. By tbc Associated Press. MOSCOW, September 1.—Soviet of- reports published in a German news- | paper of mutiny among Russian sol- diers at Rjasan, about 150 miles from Moscow. At the same time, the Russian press attacked bitterly what it termed “in- spired, fantastic lies and calumnies.” (Pirst reports published in the Voel- kischer Bedbachter, Chancellor Adolf Hitler's newspaper, declared 300 Rus- sian officers and men had been ex- ecuted after the mutiny. The dis- patch was carried from Warsaw. (Three thousand Russian police were rushed to Rjasan by plane, the newspaper said, and quelled the up- rising with artillery. The 300 reported shot were condemned during a court- | martial, the paper claimed.) “The unbridled anti-Soviet cam- paign is an attempt to conceal the feverish preparations of Fascist Ger- many and its immediate vassal, Poland, for bloody slaughter,” the Russian newspaper Izvestia declared. ‘The newspaper Pravda commented: “For the proposed calumnies, the kept journalists of Berlin and Warsaw have been ordered to lift all barriers to try to make out a case against the Soviet Union. Whistling in the Woods Little Edouard Benes, father to 14,000,000 Czecho- slovaks, frets in the gloomy arched rooms of the 800- His ideal, the League of ficlals denied unconditionally today | RISING TEMPERATURES FORECAST FOR TODAY Maximum May .Exceed 80 After 57 at 6 A.M. Sets Record Since June 24. Rising temperatures, probably bring- Ing back 80-degree warmth, were fore- cast teday after the thermometer had dipped to 57 at 6 am.—the lowest since June, 24. The Weather Bureau predicted mostly cloudy and warmer weather for tonight and tomorrow, with pos- sibly light showers tomorrow. Today’s low temperature was two degrees below that of yesterday’s low, hitherto the coolest of a three-day spell, and only three degreel_.bou that of June 24. It was a degree ‘warmer, however, than the low mark Constantine Brown Nations, out of which grew his democracy, has been shattered * * * now he is compelled to side with Hitler and Mussolini, the very men who brought about the collapse at Geneva. * * ¢ Like the man who whistles in the woods at night, he is optimistic because he is scared. Constantine Brown Staff correspondent of The Star and authority on Euro- pean politics, in a series of four articles gives a graphic descrip- tion of the Czech fears of a repetition of 1914, In the last article Mr. Brown describes a day with Bata, the Ford of Czechoslovakia, whose factories support a town of 35,000. He drives his own small car, lives in a $7,500 house and keeps his office door open to every workman. The First Article Will Appear Tomorrow in THE EVENING STAR of September 1, last year. Forecasters said the temperature might rise to 82 today. ¢ ) WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION DERN'S BODY BACK IN SALT LAKE CITY; "|THRONGS MOURN ¢ Foening Slar VOTERS WiLL BE BECAUSE YOURE Crowds Stand With Heads| Bared as Casket Is Taken From Train. PRESIDENT’S SPECIAL ARRIVES, BLINDS DRAWN Roosevelt Not to Leave Coach Until Just Before Funeral Late Today. By tne Assoclated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, September 1.— George Henry Dern, who left Utah to the acclaim of thousands cheering his appointment as Secretary of War, re- turned today amid the hushed silence of throngs’saddened by his death. The fuReral train from Washington, closely followed by one bearing Presi- dent Roosevelt, arrived at black- draped Union Station at 8 a.m., Moun- tain standard time (10 a.m. Eastern standard time). Secretary Roper was the first of the cabinet and other high Government officials who accompanied the Dern family here for the funeral at 3 p.m. (5 pm., Eastern standard time) to leave the funeral train. Attorney Gen- eral Cummings and Secretary Wallace, among others, followed with bowed heads. Acting Secretary of War Harry Woodring was with them. Engine Draped in Black. The presidential special, diverted from a tour of the Midwestern drought belt that Mr. Roosevelt might attend last rites for the Nation's war chief, followed the funeral section by 10 minutes. The engine of the train bearing the Dern family and Government officials was draped in black. White streamers fluttered from either side. Blinds were tightly drawn on the presidential train. A guard formed quickly on the station platform. REPORT BELITILES TERRORIST CHIEFS Ambitions Outran Abilities, Judge Tells Court as 12 Go on Trial. g By tne Associated Press. DETROIT, September 1.—The Blark Legion was described by the Oakla..d County grand jury today as & terrorist organization with political ambitions Six Regular Army soldiers, wearing | which far outran the abilities of its black arm bands of official mourning, bore the casket from the train through members, The report. prepared by Circuit Judge silent lines of grieving city and State | Guy B. Hartrick of Pontiac, was sub- officials who knew the War Secretary | mitted as 12 men went on trial here in his rise from mining clerk to the | for the Black Legion “execution” of governorship of Utah before he was named to the cabinet. 300 Inside Station. About S300 persone wer el pestlited | violence, if necessary; it was a Black inside the station, all by special Secret Service pass. Among them was Gov. Henry H. Blood. Outside an estimated 2,000 stood with bared heads as the casket was carried to a waiting hearse, surrounded by a special guard of State and eity motor cycle police and soldiers. Mrs. Dern, her face hidden by a long black veil, followed the casket with the children and close friends. Slowly, as traffic was held at a standstill in the downtown section, the procession was directed to State street, turning there up a hill toward the pillared State capitol. The President remained in his train. He was joined by Secretary Wallace. Already with the Nation's Chief were high-ranking administration leaders who accompanied him here, including Rexford Tugwell, Undersecretary of | Agriculture; Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress Administration administra- tor, and William I. Myers of the Farm Credit Administration. President Here Four Years Ago. Only four years ago, lacking one month, the President came here on different mission, to address votegys as the Democratic presidential nomi- nee. He was met by the man he later elevated to cabinet rank. To- gether they spoke, that September, in 1932, in the same great Mormon Tabernacle prepared as the scene to- day of the War Secretary’s funeral. ‘The huge tabernacle frequently has been used for convention sessions, in- cluding clergical meetings of both Catholic and Protestant orders, but the funeral will be the first held there outside the faith. No appointments were made for the President during his stay in the city. After the service, he arranged to at- tend the Masonic and military grave- side services at Mount Olivet Ceme- tery, and then return immediately to his train. He will leave at 6 p.m. (M. S. T.) tonight for Des Moines, Iowa, where Thursday he will hold drought conferences with the heads of seven States, including Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, his Republican opponent for the presidency. White House aides said the Des Moines parley, to be attended also by the Governors of Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Minnesota and Wisconsin, probably would be sepa- rate for each State. This was the program followed in the Bismarck conferences with the Governors of North Dakota and Montana and the Plerre meetings with the heads of South Dakota and Wyoming. -_— Storm in Bermuda. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., September 1 (#)—The Weather Bureau warned shipping today of a tropical hurricane now central about 600 miles south- east of Bermuda and moving north- westward about 17 miles an hour. Readers’ Guide Cross-word Puzzle . Death Notices - Lost and Found - News Comment Features A-9 Charles A. Poole. “As conceived the Black Legion was | a klan with a vengeance, organized t accomplish its objects by force and Klan,” said Judge Hartrick’s summary of the findings of the Oakland County grand jury investigation. The report named 86 State, county and city employes as members of the hooded order, but said: “The grand jury has been unable to find any evidence that the Black Legion is an organization of Fascist character. * * * No evidence of foreign money to finance the Black Legion has been found.” “Below Average Intelligence.” “Certain it is that the men who are listed as officers of the Black Legion in Oakland County are not possessed of even average intelligence upon governmental affairs and the ordinary concerns of life. They do not possess the qualities necessary to attract mef to their command. “They are not leaders, nor even worthy followers.” The report declared that “hysterical or unthinking action will not cure the curse of bigotry, prejudice and ‘play- boy’ antics which lead adult men under the moon at night, in hood and robe, to tinker with the constitutional safeguards which our forefathers vouchsafed nearly 150 years ago. “It has taken the world 19 cen- turies to learn the golden rule of tolerance.” Judge Hartrick, who has been con- ducting hearings for several weeks, said that the Black Legion in Oak- land County was disrupted by the bickering of politicians who sought to gain votes. Dyed Robes Black. “The first 200 members were Klans- men who dyed their white robes black. As a penalty the Ku Klux Klan re- voked the charter of the rebel group, and a general edict was issued for- bidding other Klansmen to dye their robes. Drawn were the lines of battle, and the Black Legion and the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan became mortal enemies, each striving in the com- munities for political domination and control, whether directly or indirectly, both giving vent to prejudices against Roman Catholics, Negroes, Jews, Com- munists and aliens.” Naming Virgil ¥. (Bert) Effinger of Lima, Ohio, as national head of the Black Legion, the report speculated on the indictments returned by a grand jury here charging Effinger and (See TERRORISTS, Page A-5.) 3 DIE, ONE BY ONE, TRYING TO SAVE PAIR Lone Man Survives Monoxide Gas in Missouri Mine—His Condition Critical. By toe Assoclated Press. FULTON, Mo, September 1.—A poison gas screen and 3 feet of water concealed the bodies of three broth- ers from rescuers in a shallow mine shaft, & fourth brother when brought to the surfas father-in-law was in a critical condi- result of Missouri’s Louis Metz, 32, owner of the Metz Mine, near here, was overcome last night by gas while in the mine with his father-in-law, T. J. Wolfe, 53. His three brothers, who entered the narrow 30-foot shaft, one by one, in an heroic attempt to rescue them, died the same way. They were Pred- die, 21; Ernest, 23, and Harry, 19. Carbon mono: a AND VIGOROUS (0 [ 1 BELIEVE IT OR NOT— Fireman Admits Sending Mates On False Runs ANDREW B. HENRY. By a Staff Correspondent ot The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 1.— Andrew B. Henry, 23, a volunteer fire- man of No. 5 engine company, pleaded guilty to a charge of turning in a false alarm when arraigned in Police Court today. Judge James R. Duncan deferred sentence until tomorrow. The alarm, given early today, was one of a series that has sent fire ap- paratus here running helter-skelter during recent weeks. The volunteer fireman, listed as Andrew B. Henry, 23, a driver for the A. B. & W. Rapid Transit Co., was taken in custody by Sergt. George Everly and Officer Earl Watkins a half hour after No. 5 Company’s engines were sent to a false alarm in the 100 | block North Payne street. Co-operation of Desk Officer Cleve- land Shaw at police headquarters and a telephone operator led to Henw's est, police said. Shaw taok the alse alarm call over the headquarters phone, turned it in and immediately checked the number from which the call came with the operator. “The man was not a bit excited when he turned in the alarm for ‘garages on fire, rear of 110 North Payne street,’” Officer Shaw said. He learned the call was made from a pay telephone at the A. B. & W. Rapid Transit Co. terminal. Henry was released on a $100 bond for his appearance in Police Court today, SEAMEN’S STRIKE ENDS LE HAVRE, Prance, September 1 (#)—~Striking French seamen re- sumed work today aftér the mayor, arbitrating the dispute, gained an agreement from their employers. The liner Champlain prepared to sail tomorrow for New York. Its sailors had joined the walkout. The strike started yesterday after the crew of a small freighter demand- ed two more wash rooms be installed in their quarters. Seamen of other ships in the harbor joined in sym- pathy. Vallee Floors Wrong The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s k%KoK (P Means Associated Press. ~ ACTION TO INDICT OFFIGIALS DELAYED Documents in Railway Audit Firm Case Sent Back for Certification. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Action on & request for indictment | of six officials of the Railway Audit | & Inspection Co. was delayed today | until tomorrow as United States Attur- ney Leslie C. Garnett sent documents in the case back to agents of tae Senate for proper certification. The papers had been submitted to Garnett by the special committee in- vestigating espionage and coercion in industry and bore the signatures of committee members, La Follette of ‘Wisconsin and Thomas of Utah and | Vice President Garner. Imposition of the seal of the Senate and other for- mal requirements were needed, how- ever, before the grand jury may re- ceive the case. The six individuals are bejpg cited for their failure to appear before the Senate investigating group at an open hearing August 21. All were under subpoena for that date, but when called they responded only through counsel, Six Named in Action. Those named were W. W. Groves of Pittsburgh president of the Rail- way Audit Co; W. B. Groves of Pittsburgh vice president; L. Douglas Rice of Philadelphia vice president; J. E. Blair of Pittsburgh secretary- treasurer; R. S. Judge of New York and J. C. Boyer of Pittsburgh. It is expected that Garnett will appear before the grand jury per- sonally tomorrow to requesi the in- | dictments and may ask that it act | immediately on the request. If the | six eventually are found gflty, they are subject to maximum punishment of one year in jail, $1,000 fine or both. ‘While waiting for action in their prosecution of this company Senate Committee agents today began study of the records of five other concerns engaged in labor relations activities. Officials of these companies were under subpoena to appear before the committee tomorrow, but on turning over their records the subpoenas were extended and the hearing postponed until September 15. Companies Under Scrutiny. ‘The companies now under scrutiny are the Lake Erie Chemical Co. and United States Ordnance EngineerS, both of Cleveland; the Federal Laboratories, Inc., Pittsburgh; the Auto Ordnance, Inc., New York, and the A. A. Ahner Detective Agency of St. Louis. With this latest congressional con- tempt issue seemingly headed for quick disposition, Garnett said today that the cases pending against three officials of the Townsend old-age pension organization will be held in abeyance until after the election. Needing the presence of one or two members of the House Committee which investigated old-age pension plans, he said none of them has been able to spare time from campaign work to return here for the grand jury appearance. ‘Those cited in this case were Dr. Prancis E. Townsend, Dr. Clinton L. Wunder and John B. Kiefer, all bt whom defled the Investigating Com- mitiee. Clara Bow Has Ptomaine. LOS ANGELES, September 1 (#).— Red-haired Clara Bow, former screen Circulation, 130,911 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. MISS BAKER ASKED FOR DATA T0 BACK CRITICISMOF WPA. Allen Orders Playground, Head to Name “Embar- rassing” Workers. COMMISSIONER ANNOYED BY REMARKS IN REPORT Says Other Departments of City Would Welcome Unwanted Relief Employes. Annoyed by sharp criticism of the W. P. A. services provided for the Playground Department, expressed by Miss Sibyl Baker, playground super= visor, in her 1938 budget requests, Commissioner George E. Allen today ordered Miss Baker to make out ime mediately a report showing what W. P, A. workers are causing her “embar. rassment.” Allen asked for the list of W. P. A, workers whose services were embare rassing so steps might be taken to remove them from the Playground Department. ‘The Commissioner, who is District W. P. A. administrator, reminded Miss Baker there are departments which are “most anxious” to receive W. P. A. labor. Criticism by Miss Baker. In support of requests she made for additional members to her own regue lar staff, Miss Baker wrote into her 1938 budget estimates these statee ments: “The emergency and works progress program undoubtedly have assisted in meeting the constantly-increasing de« mand, but these programs are inevita« bly uncertain, the work poor in qualie ty and the workers unable to carry full responsibility. In actual fact, the W. P. A. and the National Youth Administration programs make such heavy demands upon the supervisory staff of the department that at times all their energy seems to be deflected from the regular program to solve the problems of W. P. A. workers. * * ¢ “In spite of the promise that the W. P. A. program would considerably advance the improvement of the city's playgrounds, there are still 20 mue nicipal grounds on which physical improvements are needed to make them fully effective as play centers. The Playground Department with its present appropriation cannot furnish skilled Jabor and supervision to make effective the W. P. A. unskilled labor available for improvement projects.” Allen Is Surprised. Commissioner Allen’s letter to Miss Baker said: “In view of the fact that the Play- Department has been using relief labor for the past five years, and also as the W. P. A. provides a method under its regulations, form 403, to rectify any condition such as you state, I am indeed surprised at your statement. “There are many departments of the District and Federal Governments which have approved W. P. A. projects. These departments are most anxious to receive W. P. A. labor. I will ap= preciate it, therefore, if you will fur- nish me immediately with a list of W. P. A. personnel who are causing | your department embarrassment, stat- ing the cause of this embarrassment so that steps may be taken to remove them from the Playground Depart- ment.” —_— PAIR AND 2 CHILDREN FOUND SHOT TO DEATH Bodies Discovered by Neighbors on Blazing Bed in Home Near Carbon Hill, Ala. By toe Associated Press. two children were found shot to death today in their horge at Howard Mines, 4 miles south of here. Neighbors discovered the tragedy when they broke in a door after see- ing smoke come from the house. All the bodies lay on one bed, which was in flames. Each had been shot in the forehead. The dead were Marcus Studdard, 32; his wife Mary, 30; Kathleen Studdard, 8, and Shirtly Studdard, 5 months. Sheriff H. G. Mitchell of Fayette County said his investigation indie cated Mrs. Studdard killed her hus- band and children and then ended her own life. Today’s Store News With September 1st the stores are breaking out today star, is recovering from an attack of ptomaine poisoning. Man As Hurler of Liquor Bottle By the Associated Press, TORONTO, September 1.—Rudy Vallee, crooning orchestra leader, landed & “neat, hard left” on the jaw of a man who he was told threw an empty liquor bottle at him last night, the Toronto Globe reported todsy. The man, one of a crowd of 1, dancers at the Canadian National Exposition, collapsed to the floor and was carried from the hall, the news- paper quoted Shoss as saying. “The bottle landed just behind him and rolled to his feet. pointed to one of the dancers as the bottle thrower and Vallee, without hesitation, delivered a neat, hard left to the jaw. “Two other members of the vic- with Sales of Fall Suits for Men and Fall Clothes for Women, including Shoes, Stockings and Gloves. Also Furniture, Home Wear and Coupon Sales. You will find the advertising columns of today’s Star full of interest. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display.) Sdies 35,426 20,013 17,707 8,681 The Evening Star_ 2d Newspaper___ 3d Newspaper___ 4th Newspaper 5th Newspaper___ 3,960 The circulation of The Star is now at its Summer low of about 130,000 daily and after Labor day will begin to rap- idly climb,