Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1936, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR D. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, . e L A e e ] REPORTERREACHES RACHDAD TODAY End of Fifth Day Finds "Round-World Flyer in Egypt. * BY LEO KIERAN. By Badio to Tbe Star. MLEXANDRIA, Egypt, October 7.— Thet end of the fifth day of my fasci- nayng. bewildering dash around the wopld found me in Alexandria yester- dayy At Athens Monday night I had a delghtful dinner as a guest of the Fegina Club and stayed up late, vis- itige the Actopolis and the Odeon. Thgre was much excitement in Athens w! an editor was injured in his newspaper office. The police refused to @et, while Dictator Metaxas held | an gofficial dinner, with detectives | swarming all around. in the Hotel Grgpde Bretagne, where I stopped. « Flight Across Mediterranean. § left at dawn on an interesting flight across the Mediterranean. The pilgt took off quickly and landed two Id - | French Readers' Guide and News Summary The Evening Star—Oct. 7, 1936. POLITICAL. President to invade Kansas on trip be- ginning tomorrow. Yage A-1 Close election in Iowa predicted by present trend. Page A-1 Col. Knox to campaign in Southern and Central New Jersey. Page A-2 Landon completes addresses for Lake States campaign. Page A-3 Lowden considers additional stumping appearances for G. O. P. Page A-1 Lehman to continue appeals to public | for laws. Page A-6 New Deal prospétity claims denied by | Vandenberg. Page A-9 FOREIGN. Karl Radek, noted Russian editor, ar- rested in Stalin plot. Page A-1 Britain approaches U. S. and Japan | on Pacific status quo. Page A-1 Communists chafing under | decree by Blum. Page A-1 Mussolini reported grooming Count | Ciano for dictator. Page A-1 Rebels drive spearhead within 16 miless of Madrid. Page A-1 Swedish aviator is unreported in hop | to Stockholm. Page A- New Spanish Ambassador due to reach hogrs later at Mirabelos, Crete, to re- fugl. We had tea aboard the former vaght Imperial, now used as an off- shgre station of Imperial Airways. Thegre we met the passengers of two plapes similar to our own which were dound for Athens from Alexandria. We were off in half an hour over theg mountainous island where, accord- ing to legend, Icarus and Daedalus magde the first flight and met disaster | in ,fleeing Minos after building the JaByrinth where Minos imprisoned thém. We landed early in the afternoon in Aléxandria, a beautiful, colorful city. Ti®® people were very hospitable and inferested in the ‘round-the-world | dadn. Few Native Stores. | drove through the city and found mugh that was interesting. There were very-few purely native stores, how- evéh, most of the shops displaying m brands of British and Ameri- | cafl_products. gtumvd to the Hotel Cecil, where, In getinge room. I “dressed” for dinner witlprthe first linen change since the stagy of my trip. The dark brown shigt-I put on ought to be good as far as ®Bangkok. making an average of miles per shirt, i er at the hotel insisted I negded a haircut, but I had to beg off, 1! I must arise at 3 am. for the takgeoff to Baghdad, which I will reagh six days out from Times Square, wifiging my way to India. (prrisht. 1636, by the North American #¢ Newspe Alliance nc.) EKINS IS IN LEAD, es Rangoon, 3,000 Miles Ahead | of Two Rivals. YORK. October 7 (#)—H. R. ““ark World-Telegram and i newspapers reporter, Lower Burma, at tandard time) to- / 3.000 miles ahead faper rivals in the the bro. olg tes, the cen fen of the New York 4 and the Interna- ice, arrived at Gaza, Reistine, at 1.0 a.m. (Eastern stand- ime), after a flight from Alex- | An hour and a half | &, Egyvpt, she took off for Rutbah Weils. third entrant in the race is jeran of the New York Times the North American Newspaper nce. Kieran's office last heard him at Alexandria, to which city ew with Miss Kilgallen m Atffens. The Journal said Miss Kil- zaMn did not mention Kieran in e latest dispatch. PKins was to spend the night at Rasfgoon and then continue his trip Eaptward. He is half way around the Wi Le®, a All Ir he | | | three reporters expect to reach Mgaila in time for the first Eastward P nger flight of the Pan-American Cl] r ship. ’ ~ [ Continued From Pirst Page.) : ‘g;ain de#Binares, 40 miles from Madrid and p«;?t just northeast of San Real de Sa#ff Vicente, about 45 miles from Mt the San Real sector the battle frofit crosses the Madrid-Talavera Join with the Toledo front. Even as his legionnaires, regulars ! from three directions at Navalcarnero, government defense post in the west, military commands to “mop up” the test of the country. of -Gen. Emilio Mola, was divided in four subordinate units. Gen. Jose Mos- sieg® of the Toledo Alcazar, was made comfander of the Guadarrama front. opofations in other sectors were offi- cialy named frent commanders. wagassigned to the Asturian (Oviedo) fromt: Col. Iruretagoyen was placed Gen: Bonte was named commander of thesAragon sector. heaflquarters in the field would be es- tablished at Valladolid. Genm. Aranda was in recognition of his eousage in holding Oviedo, capital of North, against the surrounding So- cialist army. théf} drops suddenly southward to a id. highiroad just north of Santa Cruz to and Moorish cavalry were striking | Franco was whipping into shape his | Phe northern army, undér command cardo, who .won his spurs during the Officers who have been in charge of Rromoted to a general, Col. Aranda over’ the Guipuzcoa-Viscaya front, and Gen, Mola announced his general Insurgents said the promotion of thes province of that name in the LOYALISTS HARD PRESSED. (Copyrigh, 1936, by the Associated Press.) MADRID, October 7.—8hivering So- cialist defenders fought bitterly today to block a concerted drive by Fascist insurgents along crumbling defense lines west of Madrid. Blue with cold, the harassed gov- ‘ernment troops engaged insurgents in vicious encounters unaware of a Fascist artillery flanking movement south of Navalperal which might squeeze them between two attacking forces. Unceasing attacks in the sectors around Avila, at the top of the west- ern government lie, and near Santa Cruz Del Retamar, on the Maqueda- Madrid highway, prevented the wearied Socialists from gaining much-needed rest. Cold, as well as steel, brought new hardships for the defenders as they gathered a motley collection of civilian ace, which began a | | Betsy Caswell. Capital tonight. Page A-5/ ‘WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Gas firms' merger price of less than million hinted. Page B-1| Regular jury to weigh Virginia mail | bomb case. Page A-5 Detectives investigate attempt to| wreck express train. Page B-1| Fight to prevent rezoning on Massa- chusetts ave. renewed. Page B-1 Budget Bureau halts use of appropri- ation at training school. Page B-1 NATIONAL, Nve reveals plane deal involving Elliott Roosevelt. Page A-1 Boy to get sixty-ninth transfusion in | fight for life. Page A-1| New board ready to enforce Govern- ment contracts act. Page A Husband dies of poison after shoo wife accidental Yage A-Zi C. I. O. to demand full surrender by | A.F.of L. on suspension. Page B-1| China Clipper off today on 27th air- mail flight over Pacific. Page A-3 ‘Treasury maps war on narcotic smug- glers. Page A-1 Head and torso of woman sought in Boston Harbor. Page A-5 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. ce Longworth, is and That. ! ers to Questions. Washington Observations. David Lawrence. Page A-2 Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 A-11 1 Do hy A-11 SPORTS. . *‘ Power nets Yankees world series win ' over Giants. Page A-14 | | Powell, with mark, proves best batsma: Page New ownership looms for mar | league teams. | G. W. to face hefty o eleven. Helen Dettweiler long tour. Page Lightning kills foot ball playe: jures 11. Page Brovn, 1p50R. 545 to take | MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside. | Traffic convictions. | Vital statistics. Irvin S. Cobb says. Young Washington Dorothy Dix. Page Page Page Page / Page Page B-13 Page B-14 Page B-14 Page B-11 Page B-14 Page B-16 Bedtime Story. Nature's Children. Winning Contract. Avenue of Fashion. City news in brief. FINANCIAL. Corporate bonds improve ( table). Page A-17 Power output climbs. Page A-17 Steel ingot rate higher. Page A-17 Stocks forge ahead briskly (table). Page A-18 | Industrials lead Curb rise (table). Page A-19 JITNEY BUé PLAN URGED FOR DISTRICT Columbia Heights Group Favors| Plan—One-Man Cars Opposed. After expressing opposition to the usé of one-man street cars, the Columbia Heights Citizens’ Associa- tién last night adopted a resolution fayoring a jitney bus system here. Mrs. Marie Flynn Maddox, who introduced the resolution; pointed out the system was successfully operated in other cities. Under this practice, ‘taxicabs en route to a certain destina- tion could, for a nominal fee, Pick up other passengers wishing to reach & similar point. A report submitted by A. B. Carty, chairman of the association’s Taxa- tion Committee, asked a larger Fed- eral contribution for the District, with no increase in taxes. The report was adopted, Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell, president, was given a vote of thanks for having secured from Congress the $15,000 appropriation used in - con- nection with the G. A, R. convention. Abolition of the road crossing of the Baltimore & Ohio' railroad tracks at Bates road, near Catholic Uni- versity, was asked in another resolu- tion adopted. It was introduced by F. M. Barnes. e U. S.-Mexican Pact Signed. MEXICO CITY, October 7 (#).— Edouardo Hay, Mexican foreign min- ister, apd United Stdtes Ambassador Josephus Daniels signed a reciprocal treaty yesterday for the return of stolen automebiles, trailers and air- i center for indiv | who “Was Page B-13 | | Gestapo (secret political police), planes. It was the fifth treaty signed during Daniels’ ambassadorship. COUGHLIN LINK 106.0.P.CHARGED Priest's “Connection” With Republicans to Be Topic of Secretary Ickes. Armed with “documentary evi- dence,” Secretary of the Interior Ickes announced late yesterday that he is going to broadcast a campaign speech Friday night at Columbus, Ohio, in which “I will show a very definite connection between the Re- publican high command and Father Coughlin.” ‘The Columbus speech is the first of five political addresses which Ickes will deliver this month before mid- Western and Eastern audiences. Since his recent use of documentary evi- dence to charge that Gov. Alf M. Landon, the Republican nominee, was dominated by William Randolph Hearst, Ickes has taken little part in the campaign. That address proved somewhat of a boomerang, for mno sooner than kes was “off” the air, than William | Hard, Republican National Committee commentator, went ““on” to air some of President Roosevelt's former connec- tions with the publisher. Ickes did not say yesterday who he meant by the Republican high com- mand, other than to explain he had evidence of “a certain community ‘of interests” between the Republicans and * Father Coughlin's support of the candidacy of Representative Wil- liam Lemke. He will speak Saturday at Wilbur- force Umiversity, a colored institu- tion, near Columbus; October 19 at Philadelphia; October 22 at Omaha, Nebr., at the request of Senator George W. Norris, Progressive ally of the New Deal, and October 27 at Harrisburg, Pa. Radek as commissar of communications September 27. Radek, an old member of the Bol- that municipality Miss Miriam Alerander, a student at Hyattsville High School and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Alexander of 9 Chillum avenue, who was selected last night by the dramatic critics of three Washington newspapers to be “Miss Hyattsville.” will reign as queen of the golden jubilee to be held Saturday in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of She Coronation ceremonies and presentation of the trophy that goes with the winning of the contest will be held in Magruder Park Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A parade will precede the exercises, while dancing will follow in the evening. —Star Staff Photo. HARD BROACCASTS | shevist regime, worked with Trotzky | during early was exiled with him, later returning to grace. In his last article, published at t beginning of the trial of the 16 con- fessed conspirators, he defended him- self and said the men on trial should be shot He was accused by several defend- ants of knowledge of many plots against Stalin and others. Thirteen others also have been arrested since the investigation and, with be brought to trial at a vet set. o principal conspirators—so in the public prosecutor’s im- d plea for the death penalty the closing moments of the e Gregory Zinovieff and Leon igh-ranking officials rty's couneils. ted at the trial that they h fI and Kameneff were found having organized a united ual terroristic acts on instructions from Trotzky. The others were convicted of joining revolutionary days and the conspiracy and plotting the death | of Sergei Kiroff, Stalin’s chief assistant, assassinated in Leningrad late in 1934. Some testified they worked with agents of the German Britain (Continued From First Page.) to the United States in 1898 by Spain; the Caroline Islands and the Marshall | Islands. SWANSON EMPHASIZES STAND. Says U. S. Ts Prepared to Match Pacific Building Activity, ‘Warning indirectly against disturb- | ance of the present status of forti- fications in the Pacific after expira- tion of the Washington Naval Treaty, Secretary Swangson indicated today the United States was prepared to match the building activity of any other power in that area. The State Department disclosed today it was studying a communice- tion from Great Britain, addre.sed also to Japan, proposing continuation of the present status of fortifications in the Pacific after the Washington naval treaty expires <his year. Beyond this, officials refused to comment. Earlier official statements had in- dicated that the United States did not intend to fake the initiative in any move toward extending ‘the status quo” provision regarding forti- fications, but that it would be re~ ceptive to any overtures fiom the two other powers for a discussion of | the subject. Secretary Swanson at his press cons ference said: “Fortifications are intended to an= swer _fortifications. One menace must be met by another menace.” ‘Both the -Secretary and Admiral William H. Standley, chief of naval operations, who sat at the Cabinet member’s side during the conference, emphasized that formulation of American policy toward fortification of -its Pacific possessions must await expiration of the treaty unless some new. understanding was ~reached meanwhile. They indicated the United States would take no initia- tive in the matter. Swanson, asserting “we must wait and see what happens,” added that the United States, even if it decided to proceed with fortification work, could do nothing about it until Con- gress provided an appropriation In response to questions he said the Navy Department had no infor- mation Japan already had begun to fortify certain of the islands appor- tioned to it in the Pacific under a League of Nations mandate. topcoats, blankets and towels for pro- tection against biting winds. militia held stubbornly t6 its || {, ‘despite the disadvantages, war ministry reported. - Night Final Delivered by Carrier Anywhere in the City L] Full Sports Base Ball Scores, Race Results, Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World. What- ever it is, you'll find it in The Night Final Sports Edition. THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY :STAR—delivered by carrier—70c a month, Call National 5000 Complete Market News of the and service NEW ACCUSATIONS he | Renews Pennsylvania P. W. A. Attack as Charge Is Denied. Pv ihic Associated Press. New charges of politics were aimed at the Pennsylvania Works Progress | Administration last night by William Hard, Rep! n radio commentator, | as the W. P. A. made public what| called a “categorical denial” of vious ations. r development was an | the Senate Campaign | ating Committee that the Republican National Committee | was acting in good faith" § having Hard broadcast charges befor submitting them to the committee. The W. P. A. made public a reply which Edward N. Jones, Pennsylvania W. P. A. administrator, wrote to Harry | L. Hopkins, chief of the organization, to a statement by Hard Monday night | that Jones and his aides were using | the W. P. A. as a political weapon. Read Affidavits, In his broadcast last night, from | Philadelphia, Hard asserted the way to get “a good W. P. A. job” in Pean- sylvania was to be “a good. a very| good, Democratic New Dealer.” He| read what he sald were affidavits to| support his charge. Monday night, he had quoted what | he said were affidavits from three | Pennsylvania W. P. A. workers that | they were told to change their polit- | ical registration from Republican to Democratic or face dismissal. Photo- static copies of the affidavits were | submitted to the Senate committee | | yesterday. Jones quoted statements he said he | | had received from superiors of the | three W, P, A, workers denying the charges. When the affidavits were submitted | to the Senate committee they were accompanied by a letter demanding | that “if-the New Deal is not guilty, | clear it in open hearing.” Turned Over to Probers. | ‘The committee voted to refer the | charges to its investigators and to study- their report when it s com- pleted. “This committee 1s impartial and in a judicial manner will dispose of cases when the evidence of all inter- ested has been presented,” said a committee statement. In his speech last night Haid read an affidavit he said was signed by Dr. Albert Willlam Samueli of Phila- delphia alleging that three Demo- cratic party workers who had never been on relief rolls were given W. P. A jobs. Another, bearing the name of Harry Ball, Sharon Hill, Pa., sald Ball had been persuaded by a superior officer to switch his 1egis- tration from Republican to Demo- cratic. ac by TEACHER CRITICALLY INJURED BY CAR Miss Louise De Lane in Emer- gency Hospital After Accident at 15th and G Streets. Miss Louise De Lane, 49, a teacher at Holton-Arms School, was reported in a critical ¢ondition at Emergency Hospital today from injuries received last night when struck by a street car at Fifteenth and G streets. Miss De Lane, who lives at 2120 Leroy place, may have received a frac- tured skull, physicians said. She suf- fered brain concussian, a fractured collarbong and muiltiple cuts and bruises. | The street car was said to have struck Miss De Lane as it turned fromr G street into Fifteenth street. The car was operated. by Collen M. Bowen, 56, of 1234 D street north- east, police said. Claude T. Huff, 48, of 44 New York avenue, an employe of the Norris Transfer Co., suffered a broken left leg yesterday when he fell from the rear of a truck after preventing a young companion from: falling. The accident occurred as the truck turned info an alley in‘the 1300 block of G street. — _ Aviatrix Reaches India. KARACHI, India, October -7 (#).— The English aviatrix ‘Jesn - Butten, ‘to New Zesland, arrived hére BOARD 70 ENFORCE U.5.C Warns Manufacturers Eva- sion May Run Them Afoul of Anti-Trust Laws. By the Assoct A newly-created board plunged to- day into its job of enforcing the Walsh-Healey law requiring concerns which do business with the Govern- ment to observe certain labor stand- ted Press. | ards. The board's chairman, Frank Healey, was on record with a warning that evasion of the law by manu- acturers might “run them afoul of he anti-trust laws." Lacking funds from Congress to pay the enforcement body. Secretary Perk- ins named three experts of her Labor Department as members of the board yesterday, and had them “loaned" for | mandant of detectives in New South | the job. Secretary Perkins said the board will « W. Brown, superintendent of police, | not attempt to establish minimum wages in industries where wage rates are consistent with standards of decent living. Contractors receiving about $380.000.000 annually from the Government will come within the board’s jurisdiction, she said. The board's mandate from Congress requires that holders of certain Gov- ernment contracts in excess of $10,000 shall maintain prevailing wage rates, pay overtime for all work over eight hours a day or 40 hours a week, and employ no workers under certain age limits. A few hours after their appoint- ment, the three board members— Healey, Hugh L. Kerwin and Telfair Knight—opened a hearing on the plea of the Cotton Textile Iastitute for a 90-day exemption of cotton textile manufacturers from the minimum age rule for girl workers and the eight-hour-day rule for certain other workers. The board said other hearings, cov- ering exceptions asked by window sash manufacturers, lumber brokers, copper and brass foundries and ma- chine factories, may be held shortly. After Frederick W. Morrison, coun- sel for the Cotton Textile Institute. told the board manufacturers might evade the act by sellinfl to dealers who would contract with the Govern- ment, Chairman Healey, answering a query of a labor union representative, said: “It might be possible to defeat the purpose of the act through concerted action by the empioyers of a given industry, but that would run them foul of the anti-trust laws.” MOTORIST IS HELD A charge of reckless driving was placed against Howard B. Richardson, 48, of Bethesda, Md., by eighth pre- cinct police today after an accident | at Wisconsin avenue and Porter street. Miss Emily Warden, 23, of Lynn, Mass.,, suffered face and leg injuries when the automobile in which she was riding collided with a car driven by Richardson. Miss Warden was treated at Mount Alto Hospital. ONTRACT ACT BIG JERSEY VOTE Campaign Is Renewed in Southern and Central Part of State. By the Assoclated Press. - ABOARD KNOX CAMPAIGN TRAIN, in New Jersey, October 7— Col. Frank Knox, Republican vice presidential nominee, charted a campaign course today across South- ern and Central New Jersey in re- newing his drive to recapture the State for his party. ‘The itinerary of the Republican “first mate,” as Knox terms himself, called for. talks in South Elizabeth, New Brunswick, Trenton, Burlington, Atlantic City, Hammonton and Cam- den, Devoting two days to the State, Knox was cheered as he faced today's tour by predictions that the Repub- licans would carry New Jersey in No- vember by from 250,000 to 300,000. The 300,000 figure was advanced by Andrew O. Wittreich, Hudson County chairman, and the smaller estimate by former Ambassador Walter E. Edge, Landon-Knox campaign chairman in the State. Normally G. O. P. Territory. Chiefly, the candidate’s route today led through normally Republican ter- ritory. The Atlantic City appearance takes him, however, into the home city of State Senator William Smath- ers, Democratic rival of United States Senator W. Warren Barbour, who is up for re-election in November. Yesterday Knox invaded three of the four New Jersey counties which carried the State for President Roose- velt in 1932. The Chicago publisher made his New Jersey opener in Jersey City, stronghold of Mayor ank Hague, State Democratic leader, and vice chairman of the Democratic Na- tional Committee, laving siege for Later he talked in Middlesex County and at night wound up his campaign day with a rally in the 114th Infan- |try Armory in Paterson, Passaic | County seat. Roaring Paterson Ovation. mory and lined standing along the walls gave Knox a roaring ovation in Paterson. For five n utes before his address the audience saluted him with organized cheering, clapping in.the style of a foot ball “locomotive” cheer and then thun- dering out “Rah! Ra Rai “The gravest evil in our national life.” Knox told the silk manufactur- inz city crowd. “is this scramble to ! make our national Government a grab-bag.” He charged that “the scarlet thread of special favor” ran through every | major measure of the Rooses | ministration, and said they all somebody something.” STUDIES POLICE WORK the room & gave | | | New South Wales Detective Chief Visits Brown. Inspector William J. McKay. form- erly of Scotland Yard and now com- | Wales, yesterday visited Maj. Ernest | and J. Edgar Hoover, director of the | Federal Bureau of Investigation | Here to study police methods, his | next stop will be Atlantic City. (Continued From Fi mier with a successor upon his death Il Duce bears the double title of Capo del Governo e Primo Minis- | tro” (head of the government and | prime minister) as well as “Duce del | Fascismo” (leader of the Fascist party). Political circles declared he can separate the first official designa- | tions and give the second of these to | another without affecting his real position. Another important change was re- ported under consideration to consoli- | date more closely the Fascist party | with the internal government. This | involved appointment of a Fascist | commissioner to govern the provinces ministry of interior. Official circles predicted the secre- | tary of the Pascist party—now Achille Starace—would be made either min- ister of the interior if Mussolini re- linquished the post or named under- secretary. Count Ciano, who married the premier's daughter, has had wide ex® perience in Italian governmental posi- | tions. Altnough he is only 33 years ‘old. he has held important posts, in- | cluding the ministership of propa- ganda, before he became foreign minister. His admirers cite "these qualities: A good personality, ease in making friends, excellent knowledge of | languages, widely traveled and a good | appearance. | Since his return from the Italo- | Ethiopian war, where he won a silver | medal for leading the ‘“desperata” | air bombing squadron, he has appeared iwldely before the public and made | many speeches. | Fascist circles pointed out these | activities resemble those of his father- in-law. The National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. REENWICH, Conn., October 7.—A favorite political maneuver is to anticipate charges of f the opposition. For example, Mr. Roosevelt's answer to the accusation that he is the bene- ficiary of Communist support was given out the day bef replying was ore the article to which he was printed. The Republicans have exercised the same strategy. For some time it has been known that the New Dealers were planning to revive the wet and dry fight in an attempt to obscure the real issues of the campaign. That scheme has been anticipated by Gov. Landon, who assures inquirers that he considers national prohibition a dead issue—that the question is & matter for the States to decide. Let us hope this means that we shall not find ourselves fighting the eighteenth amendment battle over again. But Aliee Longworth. why should anybody want to bring Pprohibition into this um‘pl’nl? Even for the purpose of confusing voters. It is too dead to be useful. (Copyright, 1930.) the important Hudson County vote. | under the direct jurisdiction of the Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. COINCIDENCE. HE luckiest man in the world has jusi been called to our attention. He's a newspaper man who used to work in China for a press as- sociation. During that time the re- porter's wife went to her home in Con- necticut for a visit and eventually cabled him that she would like him to come to the United States for a conference—she for one had had OFF-SEASON PLAY FOR POOLS MAPPED Plans Call for Board Courts to Be Built—Project Considered. Washington's public swimming pools will be boarded over for nine months |of the year and converted into play areas so oadminton, volley ball and other games may be played when bathing is out of season, if plans con= | sidered yesterday by the Co-ordie | nating Plans Committee of the Dis- | trict of Columbia Recreation Com- | mittee mature. Lewis R. Barrett, the District’s | co-ordinator of recreation, heads the Plans Committce, which has asked enough of the Orient. man put on his hat, walked out of his office and left on a boat sailing that day. Arriving in New York he went to the main office of his associa- long since fired. He was greeted with “Nice work,” exclaimed the boss, “leaving so promptly. I hope my cable didn't inconvenience you. Here's the check reimbursing you for your transportation and expenses.” The day the reporter left China a cable had been received ordering him | to report in New York for duty at | once. And the press association still doesn’t know about the manner in which they rewarded their reporter for walking out on them. * o x ox FAITH The Department of Agriculture recently pondered the request of a | hopeful citizen in the “bible belt,” who wrotes “The bible says ask and it shall be given unto you, so I want @ small farm.” * ok x % NAME. PLEASE. I‘HXS getling Anthony Adverse and Susan B. Anthony mixed up, men- tioned once before in this column, makes us wonder if our high opinion of stamp collectors as historians is cntirely justified. | | A crowd which overflowed the ar- | After all Susan B. Ant was a prominent nineteenti century femin- ist leader, xceedingly serious wom= an, t titious character of an earlier day— a high-living sort without a purpose in the world, as far as we could make out, except meeting a lot of nice peo- ple and going lots of places. We do not believe that Susan and Anthony, had it been possibie for them to meet, would have had a thing in common. And yet the Post Office Department reports that a philatelist, whose name it refuses to disclose, has ordered 300 Anthony Adverse stamps. The de- partment, after some hesitation, sent | him 300 Susan B. Anthony stamps. | No protest has been received. . - | ALIENS? SOME faithful fans in front of The r's world series scoreboard the other afternoon got a laugh out of a question put to one of the onlookers by the lady who clung to his arm. “Henry,” sald she, “why do they call it the American League? Are all the players Americans?” Henry explained gravely that he couldn't be sure, because while in | Cleveland they're Indians, in Detrott they're Tigers. * [ | | | i S | OUT OF STEP. | MAJ. CHARLES MASSON of Bal- = timore, in command of the Ob- servation Squadron of the Maryland National Guard, says that he has never complained about one-way streets in the United States since he visited Amstérdam. Finding the per- sonnel at his hotel exceedingly oblig- ing. after emerging on the narrow street the morning after his arrival, to receive stares and cold looks from countless pedestrians. Despite the fact that the sidewalks were only a few feet wide, it seemed to him that an unnecessarily large number of persons were running into him, and shouting things at him. Finally an enormous Dutchman seized him by the arm and began talking and | gesticulating. “I speak nothing but English,” Maj. Masson finally protested. “Ah! This sidewalk is one way, sir," the Dutchman said in excellent English. “And you are walking on the wrong side. The reason you are | bumping into people is that they do | not expect any one to be walking in this direction on this side of the street.” Maj. Masson crossed the street. * ok x x INSULT. The following letter was received by the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation from a young admirer of the G-men: “I have. seen men of your de- partment in the movies and read about them in the paper. I am in the 9th grade. We are studying occupations. I am planning to be a lawyer. If I don’t make good I would like to join the Department of Justice. What are the require- ments?” ; L ] ROUGH IDEA. DRA GEORGE M. CHURCHILL, who makes history live again for stu- dents at George Washington Univer- sity, thihks that he learned something about the psychology of mail clerks the other day. He resides at 505 River road, Bethesda, Md., and received a letter addressed to him at Bethlehem, Md., without delay or forwarding. Mail clerks must have the habit of reading only the first few letters of a name, Dr. Churchill imagines. How else the letter got to Bethesda he wouldn't know. Once it reached the brought it to his address. Spelling Club to Meet. The Capital City Spelling Club has invited the public to be present at its regular megting tonight at Mount Pleasant Library, beginning at 7:30 o’'clock. g Being the impulsive type, the young | tion to explain, considering himself | much shoulder slapping from his boss. | | Retired Merchant, ny Adverse is a fic- | right town his familiar name probably | the National Parks Service for more information, particularly on costs. | Malcolm Kirkpatrick, resident lan | scape architect attached to the Na- | tional Capital Parks, presented the ’prehmmary sketches yesterday. They showed how the pool areas, such as Banneker, Takoma and Mc- Kinley, might be converted through the use of temporary platforms. Yesterday's session approved a d velopment plan for Eckington Recre tion Center, which embraces McKi: ley High School and Langley and Emory Schools. This will be sent to the Board of Education for action and to the District Recreation Commite tee. The plans provide for development of a small children's playground | around Emory School and a new ene trance to the swimming pool; tennis courts, the development of a play area for elementary school children; a large | playfield; horseshoe courts and hand | ball facilities. | Preliminary sketches for revampi | Georgetown ~Playground at Thi | fourth and Q streets were approved. SAMUEL W. PAYNE'S FUNERAL IS TODAY of Native Georgetown, to Rest in Glen- wood Cemetery. Funeral services for Samuel field Payne, 83, retired me: being held today in the Wise home. 2900 M street. Burial will in Glenwood Cemetery. Mr. Payne dted Monday home of his son, Edward V. 5408 Galena place. He was & of Georgetown and had spent most his life here. | For many years he was cas} | Pennsylvania avenue cafe established himself in a cig: | magazine business in an uptown store on Fourteenth street. He retired 10 | years ago | Besides his son. he leaves his widow, | Mrs. Catherine S. Payne: two othe sons, Walter B. Payne, Rochester, N, Y., and Samuel T. Payne. Kenmor N. Y; two daughters, Mrs. Paul Beran, Anchorage. ska, and Mrs. David A. Hart, this city, wife of the assistant | United States attorney, and eight | grandchildren. at Pa Pulaski Day Proclaimed. COLUMBIA, S. C., October 7 (9. — Gov. Olin Johnston yesterday pro- claimed October 11 “Gen. Pulaski Memorial day,” for the observance and commemoration of the death of Brig. Gen. Casimer Pulaski, | Trip (Continued From First Page.) heading for Chicago. which will be reached at 7 o'clock that nigh The major address the Presid | will make in Chicago that night will be in the stadium at 9:30 o'clock. He will leave at midnight for Grand Rapids. Mich., arriving there at 9 am. October 15. He will then visit | Lansing and Detroit. According to the present schedule, Mr. Roosevelt will attend a political meeting in Des troit, but his personal schedule does not call for a major address. | Cincinnati Next Stop. | At midnight he will head for Cine | cinnati, arriving there at 10 am. | October 16. He will spend an hour | there and then proceed to Cleveland, stopping en route at Middletown, Dayton, Springfield and Columbus. He will reach Cleveland about 3 p.m. |and will remain three hours. He will then head for New York State, the first scheduled stop being Niagara Falls, which he will reach early on | Saturday, October 17. l From there he will motor to Buffalo, arriving about 11 a.m., to remain hall an hour. and from there he will go to Rochester, which will be reached at 1 o'clock. There he will remain | for an hour before res'ming his travel. Mr. Roosevelt will then stop at Syracuse and Utica end will reach | Albany in time to make a brief ad- dress, and then go to the executive | mansion to have dinner with his | friend, Gov. Herbert Ieaman, whe at the insistence of the President It a candidate for re-election. After dinner the President will ge | to Hyde Park, N. Y. arriving there | shortly before midnight. Receives Several Callers. Although faced with the task o speech-writing and disposing of routin: business before leaving tomorrow, Mr Roosevelt found time today to receiv a number of business callers. Among | them were Assistant Secretary of Stat | Sumper Welles, Myron Taylor of tht | United States Steel Corp., John H | Pahey, head of the H. O. L. C.; Re | settlement Administrator Rexfor¢ Tugwell, Assistant Secretary of Stat | R. Walton Moore and Secretary of th | Interior Ickes. The latter was 1 luncheon guest. Late today the President will serve tea during the call of James A. Moffett former head of the Federal Housing Administration, and Mrs. MofTett, wh have just returned from a long visil in Europe. Mr. Roosevelt discussed the Ameris can dollar and its relation to foreigr money at his press conference lat yesterday. Gold Supply Gives Influence. To guard against a serious slump in American values as a result of am future action of foreign countries, thy | President expressed a belief thal | emergency monetary powers should b vested in the Government. With its large supply of gold, Mt | said, this country has much influenc in controlling the price of that basi money-metal. The President refused, however, t say definitely whether he would asl Congress to renew his power to chang: the dollar’s gold content and to main tain a $2,000,000,000 stabilization fun¢ for steadying the dollar on interna tional exchange markets. This powe expires January 30, 1937.