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¢ [N FARM INCOME Prices Raised by Drought Offset by Shortening of Crops. B the Assoclated Press. With drought-heightened prices off- setting shortened crops, the Agricul- ture Department estimated yesterday that cash income of farmers this year would total $7,850,000,000, almost 11 per cent more than the 1935 total of $7,090,000,000. Both totals include cash income from the marketing of farm' products and benefit payments under Federal farm plans. The department said “Government payments during 1936 are expected to be considerably small- er than in 1935,” when they were $585,000,000. The cash income estimate was de- scribed as based on actual income for the first seven months of this year, plus “indications as to sale and probable prices for farm products” during the remainder of 1936. $4,024,000,000 Cash Received, Cash received by farmers in the first seven months of this year was placed at $4024,000,000, compared ‘with $3,426,000,000 for a similar period in 1935, ‘The advance of prices as the re- sult of drought-reduced crops, and im- proved “demand for farm products,” ‘Were given as main factors behind the prediction that farm income for the remaining months of this year would be higher than last. The increases during the first half of this year were credited to larger supplies of farm products sold at slightly lower prices than in 1935. During the last half, the economists #aid, this will be reversed with shorter supplies and higher prices. “This higher level of prices is likely to more than offset the lower level of marketing, and the cash income during the remainder of 1936 probably will be slightly larger than for the same period,” it was said. ‘The sharp advances in many crop prices because of the drought were said to have caused farmers to mar- ket crops ‘“earlier than this year” and s0 increase June July income totals. Consumer Demand Better. An expected decline in income from erops later this year because of early marketing and drought reductions will be offset, it was said, by increased income from livestock and livestock products during the rest of the year. “Improved consumer demand aris- ing from better business conditions” was listed as a factor in sustaining prices. The econSfhists ad:itted two fac- tors might change their estimates. If pastures improve and “reduce the necessity for early marketing of live- stock, income during the remainder of the present year might be slightly smaller,” they said. On the other hand, they asserted that if the bulk of payments from the $470,000,000 fund for this year's soil conservation-subsidy program is| made before January 1, that “would | tend to increase the income during 1936.”, A. A A spokesmen said no pay- | ments had been made under this pro- | gram, although some might start next | month. They predicted the peak in payments would be reached about January 1. FULL DELEGATIONS INVITED TO STAUNTON Kings Daughters and Sons’ State Convention. Will Be Held Octpber 20-22. By the Assoolated Press. SUFFOLK, Va., September 19.—A eall to local circles to send full dele- gations to the convention of the Vir- ginia - barnch, International ' Order King's Daughters and Sons, to be held at Staunton, October 20-22, was is- sued -today by Mrs. Henry S. Eley, president of the State branch and also president of the international order. The Executive Committee of the or- der announced that each circle may be represented by three delegates in- stead of the customary two delegates allowed. The business and devotional ses- sions of the convention will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, the call stated. Teas and luncheons will be held at the Stonewall Jackson Ho- tel. Delegates will be entertained in the homes of Staunton members of the order. Mrs. R. R. Heydenreich of Staun- ton, is general chairman of the.con- vention. Mrs. R. P. Bell is chairman of the Mousing Committee. Court Will Hear Cumberland Row . Over Pay Parking IPlainli,f! Gets Order . Against Auto Meter Company. By the Associated Press. | CUMBERLAND, Md., September 19. «“Meter-parking” in Cumberland’s business district apparently was head- ed today for an airing in Circuit Gourt. g « Culminating & week of protest by therchants, Chief Justice D. Lindley Bloan issued an order requiring the Mark-Time Meter Co. of Miami, Fla,, to show cause why the company should not be compelled to remove parking meters from the sidewalk in t of the Belvedere Hall Associa- on, Inc. . A petition seeking the order was filed in Circult Court by William A. Gunter, Taylor Morrison and William . Geppert, attorneys for the plain- . Simultaneously, the Trafic Com- mittee of the Mercantile Bureau of the Cumberland Chamber of Com- mherce announced it would sponsor & campaign for funds to seek an in- Junction to prevent the Mayor and City Council from collectithg the me- ter fees. :Tht Mayor and oouncil recently refused to change an order fixing.-the meter parking charge st 5 cents for Imlf an hour. ‘The. Belvedere Hall complaint states Wayside . Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. FRONT. HE story goes the rounds in cer- tain local circles of a young | man from Chevy Chase who spares no cost—to his friends —in order to keep up a front in these tough times. He works at Tugwelltown and he drives every day from his home to his occupation in a car as large as the family's dividends used to be. Ever; morning, the story goes, he buys two gallons of gasoline and every evening he runs out of gaso- line anywhere from one-quarter to three-quarters of a mile from home. Is he non-plussed? Not so far, but he probably will be soon. To date, he has merely called a friend, asked him to buy & gallon o° gasoline and bring it to him. They have come through’ to date, but the supply of them rapidly 15 being exhausted. * %k % WANDERER. You have to be a tazi driver, a tazi driver insists, to appreciate just how queerly Washington's strects behave. “Take Florida avenue,” said the driver, who was playing host to an operative last night. “It does some of the craziest things a street ever tried. Did you know that it makes an arc and thus crosses both V and W streets twice?” Our man said he did not know it. “Well, it does,” the hacker went on. “Yowd think it would get bored with the monotony of it, wouldn’t you?” * ok ok X TWILIGHT SONG. THE F street theater, which travels under & new name these days, may be nroud of its new sign, but in | one quarter the sign is mighty un- popular. Go up there at dusk in the evening | just as the sign is being turned on and you will hear a frightful protest on the part of the sparrows. Tolanks The theater's staff just looks upon and an increase in business volume. * * x % THREAT. THE policeman who was patroling | Constitution avenue near the Mu- | nitions Building the other morning | was startled to hear a feminine voice shout to him from one of the upper floors: “Don't you dare mark any cars in this block toda; “Just for that,” said the officer, “I'm going to mark everything in sight.” He didn't, however, which made it twice as funny to him when, about 11 am., he saw all the cars in the street | being shuffied from one position to another. Now he knows how amusing it is to | be taken literally when you are not being literal. * x x x GAMBLE. ON! of our better Navy pilots, name purposely withheld on account of he likes to be considered a Hot Pilot, even if he does ground-loop occasion- ally, reports an eminently embarrass- ing moment during a recent cross- country flight. Landing on the field at a Western city, he made one of those very sad sharp right turns at the end of his landing run. The result was the cus- tomary broken wing and wheel. On walking shamefacedly up to the Army hangar, he was met and profusely thanked by a small boy, who dis- played the results of a winning bet. A little investigation disclosed the fact that a regular practice on the part of the Younger Generation in the vicinity of that particular field is bet- ting whether an airplane will ground loop or no on landing. The odds are about even, it was ascertained further. It seems the winds on the field change quite radically and very, very quickly. A local citizen ventured the opinion that his city boasted “the ground- loopingest fleld in the country.” * X *x % WRONG MAN. Richard Parker, who lives in the 2000 block of F street, stum= l;lad into something when return- ing to his room. Arriving at about 12:30 p.m. he mounted to the sec- ond floor of the rooming house in which he resides. In the darkness he stumbled and Jell on the landing. Almost im- mediately a door opened and & woman’s voice called out vehe- mently: “John, darn you, I knew if I let you out tonight you'd get drunk again.” Then she switched on a light, saw Parker and apologized. —_— GOV. NICE DROPS PLANS TO VISIT STORM AREA Situation on Eastern Shore Re- ported Not as Bad as Anticipated. By the Assoclated Press. the furror as a herald to evening| -THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 20, 1936—PART ONE.’ T1PCT.RISESEEN | [Wrashingeon] |CHINESE TROOPS SURRENDER TOWN Railroad Center Taken Over by Japanese After Officer Is Slain. BACKGROUND— Cramped in island empire, Japan in 1932 set out boldly to extend influence on ‘ Aiatic mainland. Domination of Manchuria and Jehol accomplished, “independent” state of Manchukuo was estab lished. Earlier this year strained rela- tions between Tokio and Nanking were caused by movement of Japa- nese troops into Tientsin and Pei- ping. Japanese sources reported Canton declared war on Nanking to enforce demands jor action against Japanese. Chinese, how- ever, declared reports were spread to detract attemtion from smug- gling in North China and rein- Jorcement of Japanese garrisons there. Meanwhile, various “incidents” have resulted from ill feeling among nationals of both nations and ten= sion has been frequent. By the Assoclated Press. PEIPING, September 19.—Sur- rounded by Japanese troops, the Chi- nese garrison at Fengtal surrendered that North China railroad center to- day as tension between the two gov- ernments was heightened by a new “incident.” ‘The slaying of Niwajiro Yoshioka, a Japanese consular policeman at Hankow, assertedly by a Chinese, brought immediate orders from the Nanking government for & thorough search. Observers considered this latest ex- pression of anti-Japanese sentiment would do much to nullify recent offi- cial expressions of friendly feeling between the two countries. Although the Japanese Embassy at Nanking asserted no protest would be made “until full information is ob- | tained” from Hankow, Chinese circles | there expressed belief the Japanese | already had demanded dissolution of the Kuomintang (Nationalist) party in the city. Coincided With “Surrender” The slaying of Yoshioka, reported shot in the back of the head while standing in a police box, coincided with the “surrender” of Fengtai to contended was an attack on a Japan- ese officer and his orderly by soldiers of the Chinese garrison. In addition Col. Hsu Chao-Lin, Chi- nese garrison commander, gave a public apology to Col. Renya Muta- guchi, commander of the Japanese Embassy guard at Peiping. After the ceremony, performed in the presence of both detachments, the 400 Japanese troops in full war equipment marched into the garrison Just vacated by thousands of Chinese. Chinese machine guns were mounc- ed on the roof of the barracks, but officers said they had ordered their troops not to begin a quarrel under any circumstances. U. S. Writer Mishandled. The calm of the proceedings was broken only by the rough treatment News correspondent, who said he and his wife were handled rudely by Jap- anese while attempting to report the surrender. Hankow authorities meanwhile as- | sured Yoshiaki Miura, Japanese Con- sul. General, that his countrymen would ‘“receive fullest protection” against . any new attacks. Japanese warships, however, landed patrol par- ties and all persons entering the Japanese concession were searched. At Shanghai officers of the third Japanese fleet called an emergency conference on the cruiser Idzumo to “consider measures to be taken as a result of the slaying.” The Japanese Consul at Swatow, on the South China coast, simultane- ously protested to authorities the dis- covery of a bomb in a Japanese res- taurant there. At the same time a Manchoukuan army officer reported to Hankow Japanese authorities that he had been attacked by Chinese on a train from Peiping. Chinese Officers Resentful. Despite the settlement of the Feng- tal incident, it was reported at Tientsin that Chinese officers were resentful because they contended the Japanese officer and his orderly were molested in an attempt to disarm garrison troops. Japanese officers in North China were saild to have demanded the sur- render of the garrison as a move toward the expulsion of Chinese troops from North China. Chinese vernacular papers attributed the new outbreak of anti-Japanese feeling to the elaborate celebration yesterday of the occupation of Mukden, Man- churia, five years ago The nineteenth route army, whose departure from Pakhol earlier had been demanded by the Japanese be- cause of the slaying of a Japanese druggist on September 3, was re- ported to have refused to leave. At Canton it was reported that Marshal Chiang Kai Shek, ruler of South China, had ordered Kwantug forces to drive out the insurgent troops. 150 STUDENTS ENROLL FOR NIGHT HIGH SCHOOL Faculty Announced ;or Washing- ton-Lee at Ballston—Regis- tration to Continue. BY a Staff Correspondent ot The Stat. BALLSTON, Va., September 19.— The faculty for the Washington-Lee High School night school, where en- roliment will be continued next week, was announced today by Thomas H. Christie, principal. Theé school has 150 students enrolled to date. Members of the faculty are Miss Louise Crizer, C. M. Richmond, L. G. Hamm, T. O. Jones, W. W. Rich, R. T. Guinter and E. W. Paulette. Sessions of the school are held dur- ing three periods from 7 to 10 p.m. each Monday, Wednesday and Thurs- day night, purchase of a community Christmas tree, which is to be planted in the make amends for what the Japanese | of Frank Smothers, Chicago Daily | CLEVELAND TAKEN BY LEGIONNAIRES 'Vanguard of War Veterans Arrives for Convention Starting Monday. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, September 19.—The vanguard of American Legionnaires “took” Cleveland today to the strains | of martial music as hotels figuratively | posted “standing room only” signs for the Legion's eighteenth national con- vention opening Monday. By airplane, automobile ard train, | World War veterans arrived to partici- | pate in an elaborate program of the | so-called “bonus convention.” Cleveland wore holiday attire to greet the soldier throng. With hardly an exception, the boys | —now men—who “went across” titied | the Legion caps at jaunty angles. Pro- | fessional men, business executives, po- | litical leaders—the 18 years since the | first Armistice day fell from them as they greeted comrades. 200,000 Attendance Seen. K. W. Kitchen, executive vice presi- dent of the Convention Corp., pre- dicted “this will be the biggest gath- ering in the organization’s history.” He estimated a peak attendance of 200,000 persons. “Mademoiselie from . Armientiers,” | the mythical musical lady of countless verses, fell upon the visitors’ ears as | they approached Public Square, where | a 72-hour musical marathon was in | progress. Motorized box cars, copies of the famed “Forty and Eight"” raiiroad cars | of France, made their appearance, piloted by members of the “Forty and Eight” branch of the Legion. Elsle Janis, called “the sweet- heart of the American Expeditionary Forces” for her wartime entertainment appearances “Over There,” came by plane. Gardens to Be Dedicated. National Comdr. Ray Murphy of Des | Moines, Iowa, will dedicate the new | | American Legion Peace Gardens in | Rockefeller Park tomorrow. Each of | the 48 States, the District of Columbia and 52 nations will be represented in | the gardens by memorial trees. The convention Resolutions Com- mittee studied more than 500 proposed pieces of legislation—of which prob- | ably 50 ultimately would reach the floor, committee members said. Pre-convention speculation men- tioned prominently as probable suc- cessors to National Comdr. Murphy, Harry W. Colmery of Topeka, Kans., and Quinby Melton of Grifin, Ga. near Atlanta. Legion Auxiliary members said Mrs. O. W. Hahn of Lincoln, Nebr., was scheduled to succeed Mrs. Melville :(uikluwne of Chicago as its presi- lent, NEW BRIDGE PROMISED ON PAGE COUNTY LINE . Span on Rockingham Boundary to Replace One on Which Many Wrecks Occurred. Epectal Dispatch to The Star. SHENANDOAH, Va., September 19.—A new bridge on the Page-Rock- ingham County line to replace the present one has been promised Page and Rockingham citizens by State Highway Commissioner Henry Shir- ley. The bridge to be replaced has been the scene of many wrecks. The new bridge will be 21 feet wide to replace one 132 feet wide. A detour for traffic is being arranged to speed the work. Mr. Shirley said that work would begin early this Fall and be completed before June 1. Representa- tives who went to Richmond to in- terview Mr. Shirley were Senator Aub- rey Weaver of Front Royal, J. L. Faltz, Mayor of Shenandoah; W. E. Hisey, Shenandoah; Supervisors W. C. Koontz, Rochingham, and F. F. Karnes, Page; C. E. Williams, V. C. Grifith, Floyd Stanley, Otis Kite, John Kite and C. L. Stevens. R SENATOR APPOINTED ON: OLD-AGE PENSION Hillard to Replace Muse as Mem- ber of Virginia Legisla- tive Committee. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., September 19.— Lieut. Gov. James H. Price today ap- | pointed State Senator Major M. Hil- lard of Portsmouth to the Virginia Old Age Pension Committee in place of former State Senator Benjamin Muse of Petersburg. . Mr. Muse's recent resignation from the Senate automatically removed him | was seen for the first time in this Scarcity Results In Higher Prices For Horseradish Plebian Herb in Luxury \ Class as Cost Is Tripled. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, September 19.—The high price of horseradish is bringing tears to eyes on Produce Row. This plebian herb, long used by leather-tongued diners to sharpen steaks and other viands, now is def- nitely in the luxury class. Local firms, receiving the season's first carloads of horseradish root, marked up a price of $10 a hundred- weight, more than three times last year's average figure. Out on Blizzard Hill. which, iron- ically enough, is the site of a relish works, they blame it on the drought. Usually about 300 carloads are re- ceived in St. Louis to be grated and mixed with vinegar for culinary use. Figured in thermal units, that’s a lot of horseradish. This year, however, Produce Row estimates about 100 car- loads will catch the output from the adjacent Missouri and Illinois area, | which is somewhat of a center for this high-voltage piant. 80, although these hardy farmers will harvest but a third of their normal crop, thelr cash income will be about the same. Horseradish is propagated from root cuttings. SHP ACCONPANES REICH SEAPLANES “Mother” Craft Follows Fly- ing Boats to Base on Long Island Sound. Br the Associated Press. PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y., Sep- | tember 19.—One of Germany’s trans- | Atlantic fiying boat “mother ships” | country today when the Schwaben- | land arrived here from the Azores. A converted freighter, the Schwa- beland carries a derrick which lifts flying boats out of the water and places them on a 150-foot steel cata- pult which may be swung in any direction, The ship, a complete me- chanical and meteorological base, also has a huge canvas “trail sail” to smooth the sea for plane landings. The German Lufthansa flying boats Zephyr and Aeolius, catapuited from her deck, preceded the Schwabenland to the Pan-American Airways trans- Atlantic’ marine base at this Long Island harbor. Next Tuesday afternoon the Aeoli- us, with its crew of four under Flight Capt. Hans W. Engels, is to be cata- pulted off the Schwabenland for & return flight direct to Horta, the Azores, In the morning the Zephyr will be catapulted as a demonstration for a party of invited guests and will fly over Long Island Sound. Later the Schwabenland will proceed to Ham- ilton, Bermuda, there to await the Zephyr, which will take off from the water here and be catapulted on to Horta from Hamilton. CITIZENS’ AéSOCIATION NAMES ZONING GROUP Committee Seeks to Improve Method of Advertising Proposed Changes. Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., September 19.—A special Zoning Comimttee has been appointed by the Silver Spring Citizens’ Association to study the mat- ter of zoning and resoning permits for land in the county. The committee has been directed to endeavor to ascertain if a more effec- tive way of notifying the public of changes in soning can be worked out. It was suggested that county offi- cials be asked to notify each adjoin- ing property owner affected by the change in zoning, and to give a more clear description of the land to be re- soned in the advertisements. It was brought out at the meeting that certain lots adjacent to the East Silver Spring School have recently been resoned. Members declared that the rezon- ing would “radically” affect proposed additions to the school grounds. An immediate investigation of the matter was directed. Heads German Methodists. FRANKFORT - ON - THE - MAIN, from the committee, which was formed Germany, September 19 (#).—Dr. Otto el ol Chancellor Adolf Hitler (standing in rear of auto) shown as 50,000 picked men of the Labor Service Corps marched past him in review carrying spades and knapsacks at the annual Na- tional Socialist party congress in Nuremberg. The Labor Service Corps is made up of boys who will form next year's contingent of the German conscript army. The Nazi congress, which lasted a number of days, was the scene of one of the most impressive military displays in recent times. —Wide World Photo. STRIKE DEPUTIES CONGLUDE DUTIES 1,700 Called in Lettuce! Walkout Dismissed—Fear of Clash Fades. By the Associated Press. SALINAS, Calif, September 19.— A hurriedly-mobilized army of 1,700 special deputies was dismissed late | today after officers reported they were unable to verify rumors that San Prancisco longshoremen were en route here to aid striking vegetable workers. | The deputies were summoned to the National Guard armory by the | blast of a fire whistle shortly after Gov. Frank F. Merriam arived here to act as personal mediator in the strike. An airplane was sent to scan the highways after one rumor said 500 automobiles were headed this way. | The pilot flew toward San Jose and | then reported he was unable to tell whether a caravan was en route be- | cause of the heavy Saturday traffic. “I wish I could share your relaxed | feeling,” Police Chief George Griffin told the deputies over a loud-speaker at the armory. “It is 50 serious and o dangerous that I cannot smile. No- | body must leave town over the week | end.” In Los Angeles, Capt. William Hynes of the police radical squad said “Red | gold in to the United States Treasury PAY RENT ONGOLD | BASIS, JUDGERULES Lease Signed in 1890 Calls for 139,320 Grains Four Times Each Year. BACKGROUND— The United States Supreme Court has ruled Congress had the power to abrograte payment in gold of private obligations which stipulated payment in gold coin or gold motes. In its “gold clause” decision it added the Government had no right to stop payment of its obligations in gold when that method of payment was specified. A few cases have been appealed, contending that new phases were presented concerning the ruling, but the court has refused to pass on them. By the Asssciated Press. KANSAS CITY, September 19.— Federal Judge Merril E. Otis today upheld a lease signed in 1890 requir- ing a realty company here to pay 139,- 320 grains of pure gold, or its money equivalent at current gold prices, as quarterly rental for a store location. Emery, Bird, Thayer Realty Co., the lessees, had invoked the “gold clause” resolution passed by Congress in 1933, abrogating the right to collect gold | obligations, payable in coin or notes, in such coin or notes. The lessees had asked that they be allowed to pay only $6,000 in currency quarterly. The Boston Ground Rent Trust, owner of the land, had demanded | $10,158.75, contending that amount | was the value of the pure gold speci- fled in the lease since dollar devalua- tion. ‘The realty company is rental agent for the Emery, Bird, Thayer Dry | Goods Co., which occupies the site. “It is a simple case,” Judge Otis wrote. “One man owned a plece of ground in Kansas City. Another man desired to use that ground * * * for business purposes. SMITH WILL JOIN - CAMPAIGN IN EAST Degides to Speak Against Roosevelt—5 Addresses Mapped. BY ALBERT L. WAKNER. Alfred E. Smith, Democratic presie dential candidate of 1928, has de- cided to enter actively into the fleld against President Roosevelt and the New Deal during the last six weeks of the campaign. Upon his own initiative, it was learned yesterday, Smith, whose brown derby campaigning brought miilions out to see and hear him eight years ago, has determined to make a series of speeches. There may be as many as five and they will be delivered in vital political centers of the East. One speech in Massachusetts, an- other in New York and another, per- haps in New Jersey, are included in the program which Smith is reported working out. He is due to make his own announcement in a few days, Neither the Republican party nor the American Liberty League, according to the information in political circles here, will sponsor the addresses. Smith proposes to make his own announcement when he gets ready, prepare his own speeches and de- liver them under his own auspices. Whether he will speak for Gov. Al- fred M. Landon, nominee of the party which Smith has fought for a life- time, is a detail with which the Capi- tal is unfamiliar. But the whole point of Smith's essay into the campaign is to help mobilize opinion against Mr. Roosevelt and the perpetuation of his administration. The former New York Governor thus will be striking at his one-time political ally. President Roosevelt | three times nominated Smith for President. After Roosevelt succeeded Smith as Governor of New York, a growing coolness came to a first peak in 1932 when Roosevelt took the presi- dential nomination for himself in deflance of a strong convention group Foresaw Change in Value. “In effect, the owner said to the | merchant who wished to rent, ‘T will | lease my ground to you, not for dollars, | but for grains of gold. I want grains | of gold * * * because next year or at | some time during the life of this lease the Government may devalue dollars. It eannot devalue grains of gold.’ | “In reply, the merchant said, in! effect: “‘I understand, and * * * T will pay you grains of gold, not devalued dollars. * * * If I do not then * ground and building go back to you Commenting on the clause, Judge Otis wrote: “The resolution applies only to those obligations payable in money. * * * An obligation pavable in fence posts or bushels of wheat or grains of gold is not payable in dollars so as to be included in the language (of the resolution), ‘Discharged upon pay- ment, dollar for dollar.’"” Surrender Rule Held Void. Referring to the Kansas City firm's claim that owners of the land would have to turn their 139,320 grains of | abrogation | for only $6,0004the judge added: “Any statute or regulation which | marshaled by Smith. However, the latter made several not-too-enthusi- astic speeches for Mr. Roosevelt in the 1932 campaign. Angered by the policies of the New Deal, Smith broke openly and whole- heartedly with President Roosevelt, delivering a scathing attack on the administration in a speech last Janu- ary at a dinner of the American Lib- erty League. He has since been silent except to sign a round-robin letter to the delegates to the Democratic National Convention last June, warn- ' |ing against a party indorsement of the New Deal (Copyright, 1038, by New York Herald- Tribune.) MRS. E. H. BEARD, HURT IN AUTO CRASH, DIE Injuries Received in Crash Whic Killed Daughter Are Fatal to Virginia Woman. Specis] Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., September 10.— Mrs. Leura McInturff Beard, eritically agitators under the guise of tourists” | purperts to compel the lawful pos- Lmiured yesterday when her daughter. were moving toward the strike area. | sessor of gold bullion * * * to sur- | Miss Carrie Lee Beard, 20, was killed A similar mobilization was carried out yesterday when reports were cir- | thing less than ‘just compensation’|phia, died early toda culated the strikers were about to make a move of some kind. Quf. prevailed then and they disbanded. Lettuce packing proceeded tocay with non-union labor and a minimum of guards about the sheds. Few strikers were in evidence. ‘The Governor went immediately to t former State Senator C. C. Baker. He said he expected to begin con- ferences later with a group of Sa- linas’ “leading citizens.” Guards at the armory blocked traf- fic off streets about the building and cars were forced to detour at least a block. Meanwhile, Secretary E. E. Win- ters of the Central Labor Council here, challenged Henry R. Sanborn, San Rafael anti-radical publisher, to name “even three or four” strike lead- ers who are “known Communists.” Sanborn, whose status as “co-ordi- nator of law-enforcement agencies” was questioned by the Civil Liberties he home of his close personal friend, | render it to the sovereign for any- | as their car overturned near Philadel- according t3 is clearly void.” “We do not suppose that if a Mis- | souri farmer is bound by his contract | to deliver a horse to his neighbor, he can tulfill his obligation by de- | livering a horseshoe on the theory that if he did deliver a horse, Robin | Hood would steal it, leaving a horse- shoe as a souvenir. “Oh, for a pilot who will safely steer their craft between Scylla and Charybdis, the Scylla of paying the rent they agreed to pay, the Charyb- | dis of surrendering the premises if they do not pay the rent.” Attorneys for the store here said they have not decided what further steps in the case will be taken. Four-Fold Ruling Sought. Emery, Bird, Thayer Realty Co. which sublets the property involved to the dry goods company, one of the largest and oldest department stores here, sought a four-fold decree in its suit. Union in San Francisco today, charged Communist agitators were leading the strike. “If you can name ever three or four known Communists who you claim are leading the strikers,” wrote Win- ters to Sanborn, “and who do not even beiong in Salinas, I will give you as- surance that organized labor will see that they leave town and we will not need a single deputy or a weapon of any kind to aid us.” WASHINGTON-LEE HIGH P.-T. A. ADOPTS THEME ‘“Modern Parent the School” Chosen as Topic for Year’s Activities. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. BALLSTON, Va., September 19.— “Modern Parent Knows the School” was the topic of the program for the year's activities adopted by the Parent- Teacher Association of Washington- Lee High School at its first Fall meeting. Mrs. O. B. Pitts, president, appointed Mrs. James F. Hayes, Mrs. R. A. St George and Mrs. Russell Johncox dele- gates to the Arlington County council of P-T. A’s. On the recommendation of Supt. of Schools Fletcher Kem) & committee of Mrs, Ruby C. Simpson, Mrs. Norman Sim and Mrs. Russell Clapper were appointed to recommend & new meeting night, because the present one conflicts with night school sessions. Knows - JOINT SESSION PLANNED Epecial Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., September 19.—The Suburban Young Republican Club will entertain the Young Re- publican Club of the District of Co- lumbia at the National Women's Country Club September 26, it was announced yesterday by Byron Sedg- wick, president of the local club. ‘The club will also sponsor a dance October 24 at the National Women's Country Club for the benefit of the campaign fund. s X-Ray Movie for Doctor. ROME, September 19 (#).—Inven- tion of an X-ray motion picture ma- chine for medical use was announced todsy by the Rizsoli Institute at Bologna. The machine, developed under the direction of Prof. Putti, will be dem- onstrated to delegates to the Ortho- Congress at Bologna It sought to void payment of ren- | tals in grains of gold; a decree that | demands for payment in gold bullion | were unlawful; another that demands bfor more than $6,000 quarterly ren- tals were unlawful and an injunction | to prohibit collecting more than that | amount every three months. It also asked recovery of $20.793 | additional rent, paid under protest | since the Boston trust invoked the gold clause in 1934. The additional rent was paid to avoid termination of the lease in the event the store's con- tention was not upheld. “There has been,” the opinion fur- ther stated, “such pursuant to that legislation, such ex- ecutive action as that it is impossible for plaintiffs (Emery. Bird, Thayer) literally to comply with terms of the lease. They cannot deliver quarter- nually 139,320 grains of pure gold at any bank in Kansas City, or New York or Boston.” Might Pay in London. “There are two things they can do, neither a literal compliance with the terms of the lease. They can deliver quarter-annually 139320 grains of pure gold to the lessors in London, England. (The Boston trust had sug- gested this alternative.) “They can pay defendants quarter- annually the present value in currency | of 139,320 grains of newly mined gold. | There is one other thing they can do ! (and they asgreed to do it if they did | not pay the stipulated rent), they can surrender possession of the premises to the lessors and, if possible, negotiate 8 new lease. “Plaintiffs contemplate the first and second of these alternatives with dis- tress and are aghast with horror as they view the third.” ‘The opinion commented at length on the store’s contention that “the equivalent of 139,320 grains of gold is $6,000,” this contention being based on the abrogation resolution by Con- gress. “Defendants (the Boston firm) deny that the statutes and regulations would require the lawful possessor of 139,320 grains of gold bullion to turn it ints the Treasury for $6,000. “They assert it would be paid for at the price fixed for gold newly mined. ‘We consider it unnecessary to resolve this controversy.” p Discusses Federal Attitude. Discussing the Government's atti- tude on gold payments in relation to the contract, the opinion stated: “A’s obligation to deliver a stipulated quantity of gold to B certainly is not satisfled by the delivery of one-half that quantity, merely because, if the whole quantity were delivered, the sovereign, withoit' right, would seize half of it. We do not suppose that in legislation and, | word received by relatives at Stras- burg, where they formerly resided. | Mrs. Beard and her daughter were en route from Kennet Square, Pa., to Kernstown, near here, to reside, and had been preceded by Mrs. Beard's husband, E. H. Beard, who was open- | ing a leased house when told of the | accident. Mrs. Beard was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Eli McInturfy, | Strasburg. A double funeral will be held there, probably Tuesday. BShe | leaves her husband 2nd a son, Howard | Beard, Wilmington, Del. Miss Beard was to have enrolled for post-graduat2 | work at Handley School here. S MALARIAL SPECIALIST AT SIDE OF TITULESCU | Third Blood Transfusion Held Not Necessary in Five Doctors’ Consultation. By the Associated Press. | ST. MORITZ, Switzerland, Sep- | tember 19.—A Rumanian malarial specialist, Prof. M. Ciuca, arrived her ‘tomght to aid in diagnosing the mys- | terious illness of Nicholas Titulescu, his country’s former prime minister While the statesman's condition was reported unchanged, five doc- tors in consultation decided a third blood transfusion would not be neces- sary at present. Titulescu at first was reported suf- fering from a form of blood poisoning, | but friends among the Rumanian | delegation to the League of Nations | said yesterday his physicians were | trying to determine whether he had | been deliberately poisoned. (N. & W. SHOPMEN ON OLD WORK BASIS ! Car and Locomotive Departments at Norfolk Return to Five- and-a-Half Days. By the Associated Press. ROANOKE, Va., September 19.— The Norfolk & Western Railway Co. today announced return of employes of two of the departments of the Roanoke shops to a pre-depression work-week basis. Employes of the car department and the locomotive department were put on a five-and-one-half day week basis. The two departments had been working on & four-and-one-half and five-day week basis for more than a year, -_——— the days of old, a debt to a tenant of 50 golden guineas would have been dis- charged by a payment of 25 because, if 50 were paid, the lord of the manor would have exacted 25.” Concluding, Judge Otis stated “ex- actly that has Happened which it was foreseen might happen. The dollar has been devalued. Shall not the mer- chant perform his contract? * * ¢ shall some judge say: ‘the parties to this simple contract meant just the opposite of what every one knows they did mean?’ Shall some judge say: ‘You made the contract you wished to make, but against your will, I shall make & new contract by which you will be bound for half a century to come’? No judge has such arbitrary power, Neither the President nor the « Congress has such power. Neither the President nor Cingress has attempted to exercise such power as to any con- tract of the character of this one.” s