Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1936, Page 2

EKINS, AT KARACHI LEADS GLOBE RAC Dorothy Kilgallen and Leo Kieran at Alexandria, Egypt. - Leo Kieran, reporter for the - North. American Newspaper Al- liance, Inc., is traveling around the world by airplane and other facili= S ties. His mission is to show how Zany .traveler .may .make .this * journey, using only the regular " services. By Lhe Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 6.—H. R. Ekins, New York World-Telegram and Bcripps Howard newspapers reporter, landed at Karachi, India, at 6:55 a.m. (Eastern standard time) today, ap- proximately 2,000 miles ahead of ais two rivals in their round-the-globe race. Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Evening Journal and International News Service and Leo Kieran of the New York Times and the North Amer- ican Newspaper Alliance reached Alexandria, Egypt, at 7:56 am. (Eastern standard time), after an uneventful flight from Athens, Greece. The race started last Wednesday night, when the three boarded the dirigible Hindenburg for its eastward crossing to Frankfort, Germany. All are bound for Manila, where they hope to catch the Pan-American Clip- per for its first eastward passenger flight, scheduled for October 17. KIERAN IS DELAYED. Saves 4 Hours in Wild Dash Over Italian Roads. BY LEO KIERAN. By Radlo to The Star. ATHENS, October 6.—Despite 8 mad rush across Europe to make up lost time, I landed here at 7:25 p.m. yes- Jerday, a day behind schedule in my dash around the world. However, the wild ride over moun- fainous Italian roads Sunday night from Bologna to Brindisi to make ‘Detter time than the express trains afforded was successful in saving me ore than four hours. But on arriv- ¥ng in Brindisi I found that the sched- uled flight of the Imperial Airways ‘Plane had been delayed by inclement weather. * The plane finally arrived at 11 am. Aand I left Brindisi at 12:15. We flew cross the Strait of Otranto in a hort-Calcutta Imperial Airways fly- ing boat, passed over Corfu, South- west Albania, the Isle of Levkas, Lephalonia and down the Gulf of Corinth to Phaleron Bay at Athens, where I found I must spend the night. & However, the lateness of my arrival had its recompense, inasmuch as I Jhad not slept in a bed since leaving New York last Wednesday night. I xpect to pick up my schedule again ;erore arriving in Hongkong, barring unforeseen difficulties. . The real hero of my ability to pick p my schedule yesterday morning is own only to me by the name of “Jimmy.” He drove me from Bologna to Brindisi over twisting mountain roads in the fastest and most thrill- ing ride of my experience. = The ride was similar to the Europeah road racing classics, with sliding turns and high unfenced precipices. We arrived in Brindisi in three hours after a drive of 374 kilometers. During the ride, when told to- slow | down, Jimmy only smiled, “Si, Si,” and added more speed. I am taking off today at 7 a.m. for Alexandria, Egypt, where I begin a | new race against time over the Jong | route to Hongkong. Executions (Continued From Pirst Page.) with loathing. The “Cheka,” peo- ple’s tribunal, understood to be entire- | ly dominated by the anarchists and syndicalists at its headquarters on Holy Sunday Hill, successfully hood- | winks the police and the government | over the treatment of persons known | to have fallen into its clutches, today’s advices said. Many persons have been executed, they added, despite official efforts to save their lives and “Cheka” assur- ances to the authority that no harm would befall them. Tragic evidence that the “execu- tioners” aim at the extermination of the entire capitalist class is provided, the travelers continued, by the num- ber of persons of liberal convictions found every day at dawn on the capi- tal's sandy outskirts, shot with a “savage cruelty.” Day "after day, they said, scenes | at the execution areas in the uni- versity city, at Cuatro Caminos and | on San Isidro Hill, with mothers and | their children discussing shopping over bullet-riddled corpses, reveal Spain in the raw. Photographs of Corpses. For a period of less than four weeks from August 14, the advices said, police headquarters collected in a «dozen bound volumes the photographs of 250 unidentified dead men and 3; unidentified dead women. Each photograph showed a cor] it had been found. hoe The Madrid County Council offices collected similar photographs of 127 imen and six women. Their still un- ddentifed remains had been discov- ered in the sinister suburban villages ©of Fuencarral, Getafe, Vicalvaro and ¥illaverde, the advices said. A favor- dte ruse of the “executioners,” the refugees continued, is to accost “sus- pects” in the street, segregate them and obtain from each privately an account of the conversation they were holding when accosted. It may be fatal, the sources said, if the accounts do not tally. ¢ Many Rightists still are in danger it they venture abroad, the sources gaid, describing the arrest of a finance ministry employe in a central cafe. Two syndicalist militiamen tapped }is shoulder and asked to see his papers. Like a hunted animal, they d, the cringing “suspect” complied, t the militia, apparently not satis- as to his identity, invited him to *come to headquarters.” % Dragged Off By Militia. “Assassins! I refuse to go with you,” cried the “suspect” in a voice which the refugees said haunted them for days. “Murderers!” he shouted, “you have no right to arrest me, Fetch me an assault guard.” He still was screaming as the militia dragged him off. L (The government recently broadcast & notice advising all persons who Te- ceived unwelcome visits or attentions from militia, above all from militia Readers' Guide and News Summary | The Evening Star—Oct. 6, 1936. POLITICAL. Landon cutting into Roosevelt lead in Minnesota. Page A-1 don charges New Deal shuts off news sources. Yage A-2 Boos force Senator Holt to abandon address. Page A-4 Knox says President fails to explain Communist aid. Page A-5 Former Senator Reed hits New Deal “tyranny.” Page A-7 G. O. P. women criticize activities of Mrs. Roosevelt. Page A-7 FOREIGN. Italo-American tratle treaty seen in elimination of bounties. Page A-1 Hundreds of lepers parade streets of Manila. Page A-1 Rebels marshal 150,000 troops for march on Madrid. Page A-1 Paul Claudel, former French Ambassa- dor to U. S., seriously ill. ‘Page A-2 Premier Goemboes of Hungary dies after long illness. Page A-12 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Federal-State plan to stop horse doping blocked. Page A-1 Two suspects held in Virginia bomb slaying. Page A-1 Edward E. Muth, prominent in the- atricals, found hanged. Page A-1 President Roosevelt back at White House for three days. Page A-1 Signalmen foil attempt to wreck express. Page A-1 Landlord held for grand jury in shoot- ing of tenant. Page A-2 Girl of 22 admitted to practice before Supreme Court. Page A-2 Judge declines to free Boland, Lyd- dane case figure. Page A-3 Red Cross funds held invested in U. S. securities. Page A-3 D. C. public school operation cost shows increase. 4 Petition for rehearing on one-man cars due. Page B-1 Federal policing cost to District is shown in report. Page B-1 Labor unions demand ouster of Utili- ties Commission. Page B-1 | noted for charity work. Page B-1 | Domestic workers organize here to raise standards. NATIONAL. | Rurt Bjorkvall hops for Sweden with- | out baroness. Page A-1 Mayor William McNair of Pittsburgh submits resignation. EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. | Alice Longworth. Page A-2 | This and That Page A-10 | Answers to Questions. Page A-10 Stars, Men and Atoms, Page A-10 | David Lawrence. Page A-11 Paul Mallon. Page A-11 Jay Franklin. Page A-11 Lemuel F. Parton. Page A-11 Mark Sullivan. Page A-11 SPORTS. Giants seek to deadlock series behind Fitzsimmons. Page A-1 World series history seemingly dooms Giants' chances. Page A-14 Grimes betting choice for job of pilot- ing Dodgers. Page A-14 Grimm given free hand as manager of Cubs. Page A-14 Hapes brothers of “Ole Miss” worry G. W. eleven. Page A-14 Gallagher’s defeat by Everett hurts ring prestige. Page A-15 McLarnin Again in spotlight by out- pointing Canzoneri. Page A-15 New net rulers assured in Middle At- lantic doubles. Page A-15 Catholic U. not taking lightly invad- ing La Salle eleven. MISCELLANY, Washington Wayside, Vital statistics. City news in brief Young Washington. Irvin S. Cobb says. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Bedtime Story. Nature's Children. Traffic convictions. Page Page -6 Page B-16 Page B-14 Page B-14 Page B-8 Page B-8 Page A-9 | FINANCIAL. Rail bonds up, others leg (table). Page A-17 Bank loans and deposits gain. Page A-17 Lenger exchange hours talked. Page A-17 Stocks advance despite realizing (ta- bie). Page A-18 Specialties firm on Curb market (ta- ble). Page A-19 Protection of rail common stocks urged. Page A-19 —_— REVIEWS TROOPS SAPPORO, Japan, October 6 (#).— Emperor Hirohito today reviewed the final event of the annual war games— a parade of 25,000 crack troops and squadrons of airplanes—and then pre- sided at a banquet for 3,800 military officers and government officials. Seven persons en route to the maneu- vers were killed in a train wreck. point to sterner government measures to liquidate the amateur “execution- ers.” Ever since Syndicalist Manuel Lopez, outstanding’ member of the very “committee of public safety” which was condemning Rightists to death, was murdered by some of his own militiamen, several “executioners” have faced legal firing squads for their exploits. Stern warnings have been issued by all labor -unions, including the Na- tional Confederation of Labor itself, that “merciless treatment will be meted out to all guilty of such hor- rible crimes.” It remains to be seen, today's sources said, whether the unions can fulfill their threat. trations and Page B-1 | H. 0. L. C. auctions home of sisters | Page B-1/ Page A-1/ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INJURE 8 PERSONS Two Are Critically Hurt in D. C. Mishaps Last 24 Hours. Eight persons were injured, two per- haps critically, in traffic mishaps in the District during the past 24 hotrs. The victims in the most serlous cases are Miss Virginia M. Weissbrod, 19, of 725 Eighth street, and Fred W, Hill, 34, of 932 P street. Miss Weissbrod was struck in the 4200 block of Connectieut avenue by an automobile said by police to have been driven by Stuart W. Jenks, 3212 Oliver,street. At Emergency Hospital it was said she may have a fractured skull, in addition to lesser injuries. May Have Skull Fracture, Hill also may have a skull fracture as the result of being knocked down at Tenth and P streets by a car police said was operated by Mary Wilson, 21, of 4223 Eighth street. He was taken to Freedmen's Hospital. Struck by a hit-and-run driver, James Smith, 74, colored, 609 Half street southwest, was removed to Emer- gency Hospital yesterday with injuries to his leg and ankle. The accident oc- curred at South Capitol and M streets southeast. Doris Mangum, 7, of 1027 Third street northeast, received injuries to her leg and foot when struck by an automobile operated by Lumuel W. northeast. She was taken to Casualty Hospital. Edyth Anderson, 29, of 47 Manor circle, Takoma Park, Md., suffered a | lacerated ankle when struck by a truck | operated by Henry W. George, 29, col- | ored, 326 M place southwest. She was | treated at Emergency Hospital. The | mishap occurred at Eleventh and F | streets, Struck by Car Near Circle. | _George Patterson, 39, colored, 1420 Eleventh street, was cut and bruised about the face and legs when struck |on Rhode Island avenue near Logan Circle by a machine driven by Howard | Carpenter, 24, of Brentwood, Md. He was taken to Garfield Hospital. The others hurt were John 8. Giles, 51, of Lanham, Md., who suffered a hip injury when struck by a taxicab |at Union Station, and Lonie Philips, 22, colored, 211 T street, who received cuts to his chest and shoulders when the car he was driving struck a parked truck on New York avenue northeast near Fairlawn avenue, Spain (Continued From First Page.) | with success in last week's fighting, government circles acknowledged, de- claring their forces had recovered the | optimism lost by the reverses. | A cavalry charge against defense im!les northwest of Madrid, in the | Avila sector, was repulsed, the gov- into the mountain area. (In the same sector, however, the insurgents Jeported the capture of | San Bartolome de Pinares, 6 miles | southwest of Navalpearl.) | Attack Left Flank. ported again to have attacked the in- surgent left flank at Siguenza. Apparent success of efforts to ob- ; tain materials of war cheered militia- | men on the front lines as well-in- | formed quarters seemed confident the | often-heralded fall of Oviedo was “imminent.” Seven more days, the government | admitted, would be necessary to cap- i ture the northern insurgent strong- | hold. provincial capital of Oviedo in the | north, the government announced, 17 | houses were captured in slow house- | to-house fighting. | Reports | Oviedo. 1 for volunteer gravediggers, to be paid an equivalent of $7 a day, to bury the { mounting heaps of corpses in the provincial capital. Extend Defenses. On the Toledo front government troops pushed their left flank, now resting on Mocejon, toward the Tagus River under a heavy Fascist artillery | bombardment. The extension of the lines was made to strengthen the defenses of Aran- juez, reported as the next important objective of the Fascists in their ef< fort to ring Madrid and cut the Ma- drid-Valencia Railroad ‘Throngs of militiamen, far more cheerful than a week ago, milled about the streets of Madrid to a late hour, heedless of the drenching rain. Many of the soldiers were still in picturesque improvised uniform. One middle-aged warrior wore a biretta with a cartridge fixed in each of the four corners and a red garland of ribbon tied around the black tuft in the center. 4 Determined to bring the capital's life back to normal, Secretary of the Interior Galarza announced the forma- tion of special pelice for night duty in suburban districts. ‘With the milk supply problem only half solved, municipal authorities turned their attention to the Winter food supply and announced that with- out a ration card “no person will be able to obtain any food.” The National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. INCINNATI, October 6.—Headlines tell of Lefts and Rights fighting in the streets of Paris. These eonflicts, however, appear to be little if anything more than the usual demon- eounter-demonstrations that have been entertaining Paris for the past three or four years. The occasion this time is the imminent fall of the Communist regime in Spain. The French Communist and Fastist factjons, in their , exuberant Latin fashion, are registering their re- actions to what is happening across the border to the South. Interspersed with comments on the policy of devaluing the franc. The pitcher may go to the well once to often. There is always the chance that a really serious situation may develop in France, though most level-headed Frenchmen do not consider it an immediate possibility. In spite of our election warfare, how orderly, without warrants, to telephone police temperate and restrained we still seem when we look at Europe. headquarters for a carload of assault or security guards). (Copyright, 1936.) - Reed, 29. of 119 Rhode Island avenue | line almost surrounding Madrid met | | lines at Navalperal de Pinares, 30! | ernment said, with heavy slaughter as | Moobrish horsemen were driven back Socialist assault guards were re-| from Gijon painted a! ;ghnstly picture of conditions within | The insurgent commander, | | Col. Aranda, the reports said, called | High Court Admits Couple Woman, 22, and Husband Take Oath at Bar Together, y 5 Mrs. Henry E. Moore, 22, youngest person ever granted the rivilege of appearing as an attorney before the United States upreme Court, pictured here with her husband. —A. P. Photo. By the Associated Press, RED-HEADED girl of 22, A youngest woman ever admitted to practice before the Supreme Court, retired from one day's limelight today determined to let her lawyer husband do the court room battling for a while. “Henry's career is to come first,” announced Mrs. Lucy Moore, after she and her husband, Henry Moore, stood at the bar of the country’s highest court yesterday and took the oath to- gether. demure, 5-foot-7 wife-and-partner ad- | mitted she has yet to argue before a court. When the Moores hung out their shingle in Marianna, Fla., she ‘Three years out of law school, the | explained, Henry did the court room work, and she dug precedents out of | musty law books to bolster his argu- ments. “Court ‘work doesn't appeal to me | strongfy yet,” she said, “although |I'm sure I would find it fascinating. I would like a little more experience before trying it.” , Mrs. Moore, 1 of 40 attorneys ad- mitted to Supreme Court practice | yesterday, does her own cooking and housework, but prefers “the business world.” Both the Moores have been working for the Government lately— he as an attorney for the Home Owners Loan Corp.; she as a librarian for the Social Security Board. “I,” said Henry, “consider it simply a case of two careers in one.” NEWS CENSORSHIP LAID TO NEW DEAL Has Shut Off Source on W. P. A. Activities. By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans, October 6.—Gov. Alf M. Landon said today the New Deal was employing a “censorship of the source of news” which he said | was “just as bad as the censorship of | new: " itself. “Harry L. Hopkins has shut off the | source of news,” the presidential’ nominee added to a press conference in reply to questions concerning the W. P. A. administsator’s statement that relief records{Were open “to any=- | body who has a legitimate reason to | see them.” * Landon said he thought W. P. A | cost records and pay rolls “is a public | business and the information should be made available to any newspaper.” | “I view newspaper publicity as a legitimate purpose,” the Republican candidate said. “All public records, | | of any kind or description, should | be open to the newspapers. “It doesn’t make any difference | whether or not it should be during a campaign. Censorship of the source of news is just as bad as censorship | of the news.” Prepares Fresh Tour. Meanwhile immigration, relief, farm | and St. Lawrence waterway problems In fighting in the outskirts of the | shared Gov. Landon's attention to- gether with fresh speaking arrange- ments for his fourth major campaign swing starting Thursday. With the election four weeks from today, the Republican presidential nominee explored phases of the relief problem hinging upon the illegal resi- dence of aliens in the United States commissioner at Ellis Island. Corsi told reporters he recommended “humanization” of the immigration laws and establishment of a non- partisan board to administer relief. Deportation of alien heads of fam- ilies, he said, often threw their Amer- | ican-born families upon relief. Promises to Study Plea. After conferring with Landon, Corsi said the candidate had promised con- sideration of his plea for amendment of the present mandatory deportation law to prevent injustices and to give the President or & member of his cabinet “discretionary power” in ap- peals of “deserving cases.” Corsi, a Republican who was reap- pointed by President Roosevelt, re- signed and became & director of the Home Relief Bureau under the Fusion administration in New York. Delegations interested in the St. Lawrence waterway and the Midwest- ern farm problem also had appoint- ments with the nominee. Fred J. Freestone of Washington, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Na- tional Seaway Council, headed the former group. F. E. Herrick of Des Moines led an Towa farm group including State Sen- ator William S. Beardsley of Iowa, H. ‘M. Havner, former attorney general of Tows, and Charles K. Needham, pub- lisher of the Grinnell Herald-Register. Pact s e (Continued From First Page.) e that “everything seems to be .going along exceedingly well” in connection with “stabilization” of world cur- rencies. > Although he made no furfher com- ment on either the Italian monetary adjustment or France's reduction of tariffs and quotas, other Treasury offi- cials said such actions were “natural results” of the recent currency agree- ment between Great Britain, France and the United States. The new valuation of the lira was | regarded in Treasury circles as a fair relignment with other currencies, re- ‘Mlnl.kmdw'lrdm-m Landon Declares Hopkins | with Edwin Corsi, former immigration | Base Ball (Continued From First Page.) | | & ball go, swung and missed, then on the third pitch flied to Ott. Two runs. GIANTS—Jackson grounded to Laz- zeri on the first pitch. Castleman singled to center after taking a strike and a ball. Moore flied to Selkirk on Gomez's first offering. There was a strike and two balls on Bartell when he bunted down the third-base line and beat it out for a hit, Castleman taking second. Gomez's first pitch to Terry was a called strike and the next was hit down to Lazzeri, who threw to Gehrig to retire the side. No runs. Yankees, 5; Giants, 2. FIFTH INNING. YANKEES—Gehrig watched a ball, then slashed a hot grounder to Terry, | who made a nice stop and beat him | to the bag. After two strikes and two balls, Dickey sent a slow roller to Whitehead, who came in fast to"whip him out. Hitting on the same count, Selkirk fiied to Leiber. No runs. GIANTS—Leiber waited for a three- and two count and went down swing= ing. Ott hit the first pitched ball for a home run in the upper deck of the left-field stands. then flied to Di Maggio. Also hit- ting the second pitch, Whitehead hit to Gomez, who tossed him out. One run. Yankees, 5; Giants, 3. SIXTH INNING. ‘YANKEES — Castleman whipped over two strikes on Powell, a ball, then struck him out on the next pitch. Lazzeri also fanned after the count had gone to three and two. Gomez also went down swinging after thy count had gone to three and two. No runs. GIANTS—Jackson, with a two-and- two count on him, popped to Laz- i zeri. Castleman missed a strike, let |two balls go by, then bounced to | Gomez, who tossed him out. Moore grounded weakly to Lazzeri after a called strike and a ball. No runs. Yankees, 5; Giants, 3. TWO MEN FACE CHARGE OF ATTACKING WOMAN Released on $1,000 Bond Each After Police Court Hearing Today. ‘Thomas Moore, 37, and James Duke, 35, who were released yesterday on $1,000 bond each on charges of as- sault on Mrs. Elizabeth D. Kettler, 46 New York avenue, asked jury trials in police court today. The assault was alleged to have occurred at & card party in the Home of Moore and Duke at 2503 Champlain street. Bonds remained at $1,000 each. Moore was rescued by police here three years ago from three men who secreted themselves in his hotel room with the intention of attacking him. Detective Sergt. Frank O. Brass learned of the plan and broke into the room through a hail of bullets and arrested them. He laler received the police medal for bravery for his act. ORDER $27,500,000 SHIP Cunard Officials Sign Contract for Queen Mary Sister Vessel. LIVERPOOL, October 6 (#).—The Cunard-White Star Line today an- nounced it had signed a contract with John Brown & Co. for the construc- tion of a sister ship to the Queen Mary. - The ship, which is expected to cost $27,500,000, will be built in the same berth at Clyde as the present Queen of the Atlantic. Keel blocks already have started. been - Anywhere TUESDAY, OCTOBER_ 6, Mancuso took a ball, | 1936. PAUL CLAUDEL ILL, EX-FRENCH ENVOY Former Ambassador te U.S. Undergoes Blood Trans- fusion. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 6.—Paul Claudel, poet and diplomat and former French Ambassador to Washington, under- went a blood transfusion here today. His condition was reported as ex- tremely serious. Paul Claudel was one of the most distinguished Ambassadors the French government ever sent to Washington. He rose “from the ranks.” That is to say that he did not belong origi- nally to the diplomatic, but to the consulaf corps. ‘The Prench diplomatic corps con- tinues to be a “closed corporation.” 1t is only seldom that & man is trans- ferred from the consular to the diplo- matic service. To achieve such a dis- tinction the officer must be a man of outstanding ability. Claudel, whose parents were middle- class people, joined the consular serv- lce because it was the only way a young man without means could travel around the world and see foreign lands. And there are few parts of the five continents which Claudel has not visited in his consular and diplomatic career, Considered Poor Talker. ‘The former French Ambassador was & poor talker. His great power of | expression was in writing. He was |a witty man, but few people could understand his jokes because his French was as unintelligible as his English. But as a poet he held a privileged rank in French literature. Claudel was born on August 6, 1868, and entered the French consular serv- ice as a very young man. He spent 12 years of his life in China in various | consular posts, where he understood, | as much as & white man can under- stand, not only the Chinese mentality, but also their literature. The outbreak of the war found him as French Consul General in Hamburg, Germany. After the war he was shifted to the diplomatic service and “appointed Minister to Rio de Janeiro. Later he was transferred to Denmark. In 1921 Claudel was appointed Am- bassador and sent to represent France at Tokio, where he remained until | 1926. Transferred to Brussels On December 3, 1926, he was ap-| pointed Ambassador to Washington, where he remained until March, 1933, when he was unceremoniously trans- | ferred to Brussels. i | This unexpected transfer hurt | Claudel's pride more than anything else that happened in his long and distinguished career. The French | government did not give him the usual timely warning. He simply was informed by cable that he was through and that another diplomat would be | sent 1n his place. He took it like a good soldier, however, and went to | his post in Brussels, where he re- | | mained until 1935, when he was pen- sioned. Claudel was an extremely popular ambassador in Washington. It took | some time before people could begin | to understand his brilliant mind. He was shy and different. But when | those who came in close touch with him began to realize his sterling qualities, they became his life-long friends. At one time he had certain diffi- | culties with Henry L. Stimson, the ‘secreury of State in the Hoover ad- | | ministration. Claudel explained later | what the trouble was: “Stimson in- sisted on talking his college French to | me and I did not understand what he | was saying. I used to answer in my | broken English and he did under- stand what I was saying. And we both jabbered along for hours with- out knowing what we meant to say.” Flight (Continued From Pirst Page.) and a gallon of water. Besides, he | took emergency rations—tins of bis- | cuits and food in capsules—sufficient for 30 days. ‘The wings of the plane were stuffed with table tennis balls to afford buoy- ancy in event he should be forced down. A life preserver will be his only safety equipment if he is forced down at sea, but he figured the plane would float six or seven days. Weather Bureau officials said his flight up the Maine coast to St. John's, Newfoundland, would be through ex- | cellent weather conditions, with mild cross-winds. Off Cape Race, however, cold west- erly winds, with the temperature at the freezing point in the zone where he probably will fly. Rain also may be encountered, adding to the hazards over a stretch of about 300 miles. Favorable west winds were forecast for much of his long oversea hop to a point some 400 miles west of Ireland, where he is likely to encounter stiff headwinds that probably will slow up his speed. Similar conditions, offi- cials said, would face him as he flies over England and on to Stockholm. Arthur Huntington, who plotted the course Bjorkvall will fly, said the plane had a cruising speed of around 110 to 120 miles an hour. The plane, called the Pacemaker, carried only a wireless receiving set and no sending equipment. Weather reports are to be broadcast to him at regular intervals until he reaches a point near the Irish Coast, where he will adjust his equipment to hear from European stations along the route. Bjorkvall climbed into the cockpit of his plane at 7:20 o'clock, waved good- by to the several hundred persons gathered to watch the take-off and began warming up the motor. There was & bright sun and clear skies as he began the run down the long concrete strips of the airport. He made a perfect take-off, the plane lift- ing its 8,000 pounds gently into the air. | Night Final Delivered by Carrier 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 —170c & month. Call National 5000 and service | it and is therefore still alive. | those interruptions to the weddin [ Washington | Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. RACKET. E'RE not mentioning any names, but there are cer- tain persons in Lyon Village who should be ashamed of themselves. Lawrence Tibbett—the owner of the magnificent voice—visited friends in Lyon Village not long ago. He was asked to sing, and to the delight of his small audience rendered several numbers, obligingly granting requests for old favorites. In the midst of the impromptu con- cert the bell rang and two policemen were admitted, Neighbors, they said, had been complaining about the noise and would that man stop singing? * % * x FATIGUED. Three Quantico Marines, appar= ently all worn out from sight-see- ing, were observed demonstrating superior hitch-hiking technique in front of the Washington Monument the other night until a traffic officer interfered. The Devil Dogs had hauled a park bench well out into the street, and were sitting on it, moving their thumbs in an arc as cars whizzed along dangerously close to them A policeman, happening by, spoiled the stunt. You musn't do your hitch-hiking sitting down, it seems. * x ox % JUSTICE. N A FEUD between. & man and a mouse, the mouse definitely scored the other night. The rodent, cleverer and more comfort loving than most of his species, has been quartering himself in a huge davenport in a ‘Washington living room, R~ The man who lives there placed a trap under one of the cushions not long ago, but the mouse apparently knows dangerous cheese when he sees However, when the trap setter lost some change while seated on the davenport last night, he thrust his hand under the cushion and got | caught in his own trap. His fingers are sore today and the mouse prob- ably 1s still laughing. * x % x WEDDING BELLS. OCOMOTIVE bells mingled with wedding bells for a nearby Mary- land couple recently, causing one of | service so frequently seen in the movies | LANDLORD S HELD FOR JURY INDEATH Widow Breaks Down at In- quest in Telling of Slaying by Stanton. Donald K. Stanton, 37-year-old Treasury file clerk, today was being held for grand jury action in the death of Ray E. Childress, 35-year- old taxicab driver, fatally shot by Stanton, his landlord, in an evice tion quarrel Friday night. A coro= ner's jury ordered him held after hearing three hours’ testimony yes- terday. Childress, whose 22-year-old widow and five young children were left virtually destitute by his death, was to be buried today. Funeral and burial expenses will be paid by the undertaker and the taxicab company which employed him. Stanton claimed self-defense. Tak- ing the stand at the inquest, he said the cab driver, a muscular, 240« pound 6-footer, attacked him with a board after he had attempted to evict him for non-payment of $11 rent. Emotion Overcomes Widow. Mrs. Childress testified her husband had simply sought to knock Stan- ton's gun from his hand. Sobbing throughout her testimony, she broke down completely when she reached the climax of her story. A brief | intermission was called as she raised | her heavy black veil and dabbed her | streaming eyes with her handker- chief. - “I heard four shots,” she finally managed to continue in a muffled tone. “Two of them hit my husband. He plunged upon the bed and lay | half off of it. I fell on my knees | and called to him, but he didn't an- swer. I wanted to help him, but I couldn't. I pulled at him to try to | make him comfortable. His body | was too heavy for me to move. “‘Won't somebody help me? I cried. Then Mr. Stanton's wife helped me to turn my husbands body over. His eyes became fixed, and I found that he had been shot in the chest. I knew then he was gone.” | Stanton told the coroner's jury tha' Childress not only was in arrears with his rent, but had used profanity around the premises and was a dis- | turbing element. Childress’ widow said they paid $7 a week for their smali basemen bed room and partial use of the kitchen, and were only 10 days behind with the rent. Furthermore, she testified, Stanton had failed to grant | their request to install screen doors | and place a rug on the floor. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ratterree, who occupied a top floor in Stan- ton’s house, testified that five min- utes before the shooting Stanton asked them if they had heard Chil- dress use profanity during an argu- . ment. Ratterree said he had not. He quoted Stanton as saying, “Can't you stretch a point and say you heard | Childress use profanity?” Stanton admitted this, explaining he merely wished to prove Childress had broken the peace and could be evicted by police. but seldom 1in real life. As she lives near the railroad and is familiar with train schedules, the bride tried to time the garden cere- mony to end before a local train ar- rived. But one of those pre-nuptial | delays occurred and in the middle of | | the ceremony the train stopped with | much snorting, blowing, tooting and bell ringing. The preacher, who could not be heard in the din, just stopped marry- | ing the couple and stood there staring at the train with disapproval. When | the train departed he resumed the | ceremony. The couple for a time, it would seem, were only half married. SR CAUTIOUS. N AUTOMOBILE of ancient vint- age, tied to a tree by a length of stout rope, was a diverting spec- tacle in the Northwest sector recently, an operative reports. '?’"‘:E‘." A He says that he sat on the curb for nearly an hour, hoping to get a look at | the owner and trying to figure out what | manner of man he might be. The | first explanation that occurred to him ‘was that the driver was absent-minded and under the impression that he had | arrived on horseback when he hitched | his axle to a tree. But he finally con- cluded that probably the brakes on the car were not dependable and that since the car was parked on a hill the rope was a necessary precaution. * ¥ X X NOT TO BE. Whenever floods of oratory are loosed, it is mot unusual for a speaker to be downed by his own eloquence, and Washingtonians at a recent convention were treated to something of the sort. “At this point,” shouted one participant in debate, “I want to quote a contemporary, Daniel Web- ster, who said, ‘To be or not to be’” We are glad William Shakes- peare didn’t happen to be there, or he would have been [frightfully irritated. * ok k¥ NICE WORK. PANHANDLING business requires brief working hours and fur- nishes a steady income, according to a public assistance division worker, who has been doing research on the subject. Three dollars on week days and $7 on Saturdays is the average take in Washington, panhandlers say. Men, it seems, are more generous than women, and women loaded with pack- ages are avoided by experienced pan- handlers. It seems to embarrass them to be accosted when they are walking along with a hat box, for example, and they invariably refuse donations, clutching their purchase with a slight- ly belligerent attitude. One panhandler in the pub- lic assistance division' worker that sometimes he asks ladies for a dime when they are carrying what is ob- viously & new dress, just for fun. It brightens the day, he says, although it's a waste of a panhandler’s time. Gets Religion, Pays for Theft. MIAMI, Fla. (#)—Profession of a religious faith by a New York resi- dent resulted in rectification of an error of 12 years' standing at the Mi- ami Post Office. The New Yorker wrote that 12 years 8go he knowingly received & dollar more than he was due from a post office clerk making He inclosed the dollar. The landlord stated he had sought advice at police headquarters several hours prior to the shooting He asked Detective Sergt. Jeremiah Fla- herty of the homicide squad how he could legally evict Childress. Flaherty Tells of Advice. Flaherty testified he advised Stan- ton that if the roomer were in fure | nished quarters he could be locked out, and to call police if the tenant tried to re-enter by force. Flaherty added that this procedure was ail right only if the tenant was absent from the premises. He said he was under the impression Childress was a single man, and that he would not have given such advice if he had known the cab driver was married and the father of five children. Mrs. Childress was in the kitchen when she heard Stanton nailing up her door. She said she ran for her husband, who put his shoulder against the blocked entrance and crashed through it. Stanton testified: “He charged in like a lion jumping through a paper ring. He wrenched a board from some shelves and lunged toward me. My escape was cut off. I retreated as far as I could and shot once. Chil- «dress came on. He aimed a blow at me, hitting my shoulder. I was either knocked or fell to the floor. I fired at least two shots while lying on my back. One of them entered the ceiling over my head. I did not know any shot had taken effect until Childress swung around and fell half- way across the bed.” Mrs. Stanton confirmed her hus- band’s story that he was threatened by the board Childress held before he picked up his gun. She said it was a question of Childress’ life or Stanton’s. SCRIPPS-HOWARD BUYS MEMPHIS NEWSPAPER By the Assoclated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 6.—The Scripps-Howard newspapers announced last night the acquisition of owner- ship and control of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, one of the South’s leading newspapers. Statements by James Hammond, the retiring president and publisher, and John H. Sorrells, executive editor of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, did not reveal the terms of the sale. Both men declined to elaborate on them. The Commercial Appeal, with a daily morning circulation of approxi- mately 123,000 and a Sunday circula- tion of approximately 138,000, is an outgrowth of the old Appeal, estab- lished in 1840. ‘The sale of the newspaper's prop= erties included transfer of Radio Sta- tions WMC and WNBR, owned and operated by the Commercial Appeal, Inc. The acquisition of the radio sta- tions is subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission. ‘The Scripps-Howard chain operates the Memphis Press-Scimitar, the only afternoon newspaper here. The Com- mercial Appeal has no morning come= petitor, MUNGER RITES SET ‘The funeral of Capt. Curtis Boyd Munger, Medical Corps, U. 8. N, for= mer commanding officer at the Naval Hospital here, who died at Newport, R. I, Saturday, will be held tomorrow, with burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Services will be conducted at 11 o'clock at the Fort Myer, Va., Chapel. Officiating will be Capt. Sydney K. Evans, retired former chief of Navy chaplains. * Capt. Munger was born in Mal Jowa, December 30, 1878, ]