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SPANISH DANCERS THRILL AUDIENCE Give Colorful Interpretations * In Recital at Willard Hotel. BY ALICE EVERSMAN. The two Spanish dance artists, Paco Cansino and Senorita Juanita, who were presented last evening in & recital at the Willard Hotel by the Beren-Brook Artists, had to repeat practically every dance on the pro- gram so great was their success with the audience. Although hampered by & stage not large enough for comfort, the artists, nevertheless, were able to enthuse a large audience with the colorful dances embracing every type of national art. Against a simple background of ‘black, relieved by a magnificent Span- ish shaw], black embroidered with enormous red roses and hung flat in diamond shape, the vivid costumes of both dancers added their own scenic effect. Masters of the intri- cate steps that are the delight of every section of Spain, the artists gave not only a highly entertaining program, but one that covered most of the typical dances of their country. Dance Famous Numbers. Thus there was the “Fandanguillo” of Cordova, the “Flamenco” from Sevilla, “Farruca,” the Sevillan gypsy dance; “Allegrias-Tipicas,” “Rap- sodia Valenciana,” “Jota Aragonesa,” the “Tambourine Dance” of Madrid, the “Ecos del Albaicin” of Toledo, “Tango Zambra” of Granada, two classic dances, “Andalucia” and “Claveles Rojos” (Sevilla) and “Cape “Dance, bull fight fantasy. To the superb heel technique, pliant movements and swiftly changing postures of the two dancers was add- ed an extraordinary skill in the use | of the castinets by which they marked the rhythm and the musical climaxes. Yet the temperaments of the artists brought individuality to their separate presentations. Paco Cansino is suave in movement, working gradually up to the dramatic point where he allowed the full ardour of his feeling to come forth, while Senorita Juanita throws herself into her interpretations with abandon from the first moment of her entrance. Use Varied Costumes. Two solos were superbly danced by Juanita, “Fado,” a Portuguese dance, and the classic “Andalucia.” The re- mainder of the program was given Jointly, the outstanding numbers be- ing the “Tambourine Dance” with its | rapid sounding of the tambourine on | heel, knee, elbow and hand, the| “Tango-Zambra” and the “Cape ! Dance.” Different costumes, elaborate | and beautiful, were used for. each dance. The accompaniments were played by Fernando Alonso, who also gave three | solos and he too was required to repeat them on response to the audience's | keen pleasure in his performance, Ex- ! cept for La Argentina, Washington has | seen no visiting artists specializing in the Spanish dance art. so the program | by Senor Casino and Senorita Juanita | was educational as well as highly en- | #Joyable. | TWO BREAK PRISON BY DOUSING LIGHTS Make Spectacular Escape After Pulling Switch, Throwing Plant Into Darkness. JOLIET, I, November 7.—TWwo | -convicts made a spectacular escape | from the Illinois State Penitentiary | at Stateville tonight as they pulled the master power switch and threw ‘the prison into total darkness for “five minutes. { After breaking a lock on the fur- niture factory door and attempting to force the lock on an outside gate, the pair climbed & crude ladder and leaped off the top of the 33-foot ‘wall surrounding the penitentiary. | One of the convicts, James O'Con- | nor, 29, once before escaped from the | prison. The other, Willlam Pat King, | 33, was serving a second term. PURE FORM OF VITAMIN ANNOUNCED BY OIL FIRM Product Is Worth Four Times Weight in Gold—Not Designed for Medicinal Use. B the Assoclated Press. HARRISON, N. J.,, November 7.— A pure form of vitamin D worth four | times its weight in gold is announced 'by Ralph R. Weschler of the Na- tional Oil Products Co. ‘The vitamin is not made for medic- inal use, but for scientists only to use in testing commercial forms of this vitamin. The new vitamin is theoretically pure, Mr. Weschler says. It is 85 million times more potent than one of the units of vitamin D estab- lished by the U. S. Pharmacopeia. It is extracted from cod liver oil, and 25 tons of raw oil are needed to give 1 pound. A teaspoon of the new stuff is estimated to be equal to & :Hamr million spoons of the ordinary Under the American Medical Asso- ciation’s standard for vitamin D milk, 1 teaspoonful of this new oil would be equivalent to the vitamin from 210,000 quarts of milk or from 350,000 loaves of bread. S PLAN “BUM-PROOFING” California Counties Seek to Bar Indigent Transients. LOS ANGELES, November 7 (#).— Authorities from the 10 Southern {California counties agreed at a meet- today on a program for “bum- " the lower half of the State. ““'Representatives of the county su- Jpervisional boards, sheriffs’ offices and Los Angeles Police Department that neft Thursday or | Dick Mansfield. Classified advertising. Readers' Guide and News Summary The Sundsy Star, Nov. 8, 1836. PART ONE. Main News Section. WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Two arrested in Capitol Heights kid. naping and robbery. Page A-1 D. C. Government reorganization un- der consideration. Page A-1 Churches to help launch appeal of Community Chest. Page A-1 Secretary Perkins tells how private ele vator trapped Hopkins. Page A-1 Mrs. Roosevelt expects to do ‘same things' in ‘second term.’ Page A-2 Court suspends sentence of lawyer guilty of embezzlement. Page A-7 C. Bedell Monro named president of merged airlines. Page A-13 Late Jules Jusserand paid tribyte by President at dedication. Page B-1 Representative Hoeppel and son seek habeas corpus writ. Page A-1 Legion plans Armistice day rites in Arlington Amphitheater. Page B-1 Government workers looking to job permanency. Page B-1 Leaders of “red rider” battle were de- feated in election. Page B-1 Alcohol board refuses liquor permits near hospital. Page B-1 Alexandria Council to act on boxing measure Tuesday. Page B-3 Further study of “Arlington City” plan proposed. Page B-3 5 central welfare agencies join hands for Community Chest. Page B-3 Magistrates seek to try traffic cases again. Page B-3 NATIONAL. Lewis-Green conference may settle controversy of labor. Page A-1 Judge disqualifies himself in Maxwell case because of kinship. Page A-1 Girl faces choice between foster par- ents and mother. Page A-1 San Francisco to dedicate $77,200,000 bridge Thursday. Page A-2 Large independent steel operators join wage increase movement. Page A-2 President begins framing budget rec- ommefidations. Page A-2 Kentucky bullet victim flancee of Gen. Denhardt. Page A-3 Secretary Hull optimistic on South American peace mission. Page A-5 House will have ample time to organ- ize before counting vote. Page A-5 Dawes bank stockholders liable for $12,500,000. Page A-8 Merchants expect best Christmas sales since 1929. Page A-11 FOREIGN. President voices hope in Buenos Aires conference. Page A-1 Fascists due to enter Madrid today if bridges are intact. Page A-1 Germans plan rites for Nazis killed in 1923 “putsch.” Page A-3 SPORTS. Three of four major D. C. elevens win; Navy beats “Irish.” Page B-6 Fordham keeps its slate clean; Ala- bama routs Tulane. Page B-7 Northwestern gets Big Ten title; Penn trims Michigan. Page B-8 Armour sees Revolta and Laffoon s ace of golf pros. Page B-9 Furr resents slur on ring ability, wou! kayo Lucas. Page B-10 Roman Soldier races to front in Riggs Memorial. Page B-11 MISCELLANY. ‘Washington Wayside. Lost and found. Obituary. Page A-10 Educational. Page B-4 PART TWO. Editorial Section. Editorial articles. Page Editorials and comment. Page Winning contract. Page Civic news. Page Military and veterans' news. ‘Women's clubs. Parent-teacher news. Cross-word puzzle. Aviation. Resorts. Public Library. Traffic convictions. City news in brief. PART THREE. Society Section. Society news. Pages E-1-12 ‘Well-known folk. . Page E-4 Barbara Bell pattern. Vital statistics. PART FOUR. Feature Section. News features. Pages F-1-4 John Clagett Proctor. Page F-2 Page F-2 Page F-3 Page F-5 Page F-6 Page F-6 Page F-7 Page F-7 Page A-2 Page A-3 Page Page 8 Page D-10 Page D-10 Page E-10 Radio programs. Amusements. Automobiles. Auto show puzzle. Children's., Highlights of history. PART FIVE. Financial, Classified. Business sweeps ahead. Page Theaters to aid television. Page D. C. securities climb. Page Stocks advance (table). Page Corporate bonds narrow (table). Curb list higher (table). Stamps. Page Page Page G: G G: G G G: G 5 1 ROOSEVELT MARGIN 9,800,000 SO FAR |» Unofficial Popular Vote Still Lacks 12,373 Boxes—Official Canvass Must Be Awaited. By the Assoclated Press. The popular vote for President, in Tuesday’s election, still incomplete, with 12,373 voting units unreported, stood last night as follows: Roosevelt, 25,810,049, Landon, 16,000,109. Lemke, 655,312, Until the official canvass is made in all States, the complete vote will not be available. L AIEEALGY AIR CRASH KILLS 9 Two Japanese Among Victims in Russia. MOSCOW, November 7 (#).—Nine Persons died in the crash of an air- plane outside Moscow yesterday, it was officially announced tonight. The dead included the pilot, his mechanic, five Soviet citizens and two Japanese. ‘The plane was flying the Koenigs- berg-Moscow route. Special commis- sion was designated to investigate. STRIKERS TO BE OUSTED ra X Rietpl P French Court Grants Plea of Re- vada State lines and at entry points ;ntveen Southern and Central Cali- Four Die in Plane Crash. WARSAW, November 7 (8)—Two finery Operators. PARIS, November 7 (#).—Expulsion of striking workers from a Paris sugar refinery was ordered by a French Page E-10 | _THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 8, 1936—PART ONE. Memorial for Blimp Crew | {IRANSBAY BRIDGE | (W ashington FOOT BALL GAPTAIN IS KILLED IN CRASH Four Butler University Com- panions Hurt as Speed- ing Car Hits Tree. By the Associated Press. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, Novem- ber 7.—A planned week end celebra- tion of a foot ball victory ended tragic- ally here tonight when Spero Costas, 21, of Canton, Ill, captain and senior quarterback of the Butler University team, was killed and four companions were hurt, two critically, in an auto- mobile crash. ‘Their car missed a curve here, over- turned twice and was crushed against a large ash tree. Police Sergeant Finis Burkhart said the automoblle had been traveling “at least 70 miles an hour shortly before the crash.” Those injured were: George Costas, 19, of Canton, brother of Spero, and a member of the Butler freshman foot ball team, possible skull fracture and chest injuries; H. Wayne Tru- lock, about 23, of Indianapolis, driver of the car, skull fracture and a broken leg; Inman Blackaby, 20, of Canton, junior fullback on’the*Butler varsity, cuts and bruises, and Melvin Vander- meer, 19, also of Canton, freshman foot ball player at Butler, cuts and bruises. Sergt. Brukhardt said the automo- bile was “completely wrecked.” Spero Costas’ and Blackaby starred in Indianapolis today as the Butler eleven clinched the championship of the Indiana Intercollegiate Confer- ence by defeating Valparaiso Univer- sity, 41 to 0. Coach Tony Hinkle of the Butler team said tonight Costas was en route to Canton to invite his father to at- tend dad's day at Butler next Satur- day. Hinkle said Costas’ father had never seen his son play college foot ball and that Spero had been par- ticularly anxious that his dad see him play his last game for the university. “He was one of the best boys I've ever had,” Hinkle said. Farmers (Continued From First Page.) and amendment of the social security act putting the entire cost of old-age | pensions on employers. The farm leaders indicated yester- day that they feel, as labor apparent- ly does, that the President should construe his sweeping victory as a mandate to re-enact most of the bene- | fit legislation which was thrown out | last Winter. “If the majority vote is for the public good, the minority must get in as the way one of the farm smen put it. Both the farm and labor leaders appear to be determined to force the { hand of the administration, if neces- sary, by going over his head and bringing pressure to bear on Congress. Wallace Irked. Secretary Wallace seemed irked as the farm leaders threw cold water on ‘the crop insurance plan, which he | fathered and tried to have included | in the Demccratic platform at Phila- delphia last June. After watching one speaker after another shrug shoulders over the crop’ insurance idea, Wallace spoke up rather sharply: “If you want to throw crop insur- ance out of the window now, that is up to you. It is for you to decide.” He then excused himself and stalked |off to the White House to see the President. As he was leaving the White House, he told newspaper men the farmers seemed pretty sharply divided about crop insurance. They seemed to want re-enactment of the A. A. A, he said. The Secretary had lunch with Ed- ward A. O'Neal, head of the American Farm Bureau Federation. After lunch O'Neal offered a resolution, the farm spokesmen. Text of Resolution. ‘The text follows: “Resolved, That the primary need of agriculture is adequate prices and we, therefore, urgently recommend the strengthening of the present pro- gram to maintain parity income as an aid to the stabilization of supplies of farm products in the interest of both producers and consumers. We recommend & permanent program. of surplus storage and commodity loans, with voluntary crop insurance in the cases where a practical program can be devised. No program of storage or insurance can be permanently ef- fective, however, unless coupled with some effecti/e means of controlling production and distribution of farm produce.” ‘Whether Secretary Wallace pre- vailed on O'Neal not to put the de- mand for re-enactment of the A. A. A. in written form could not be learned, but the resolution was milder than the statements of the farm leaders in the floor discussion of the farm rogram. Later O'Neal said the resolution was tantamount to a demand for another A A A “We'll go to Capitol Hill, when Con- gress convenes,” he told newspaper men, “and repass it.” ‘The conference, which was attended by the President’s Crop Insurance Committee, lasted most of the day. The morning session ' was devoted chiefly to a discussion of the insur- ance idea. There seemed to be a lack of agreement as to what crop insur- ance was and a good deal of doubt as to the practicability of any form of crop insurance as a solution of the farmer’s problem. thing that worked was ," O'Neal declared. “You bout crop insurance from now until midnight but crop insurance won't work unless you have other things. Let’s come back here and re- enact the A, A, A, with improvements. Re-enact commodity storage and let’s have charged to a greater degree the administration costs to the processing of farm commodities.” (Copyright, 1936, New York Herald- Tribune.) _— . BORAH SLIGHTLY ILL Narrowly Escapes Pneumonia, ‘Wife Quotes Physician. of Idaho, was recovering at his hotel apartment today from an indisposi- tion that Mrs. Borah said bordered on which was unanimously adopted by | The swastika and the union jack flyin, side by side in the great Burstead Churchyard at Chelmsford, England, recently, when a wreath was placed on who perished when their craft in September, 1916. TWO MORE FIRMS BOOST STEEL PAY National and Republic to Raise Compensation About 10 Per Cent. BY the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH, November 7—Large independent steel operators fell into line today on a 10 per cent wage in- crease for steel workers November 16. Following the lead of United States Steel Corp. and Bethlehem subsidi- aries, National and Republic an- nounced that pay in their plants would be raised on an average of 10 per cent. The only difference in the agree- ments, announced after negotiations with employe reprezentatives, was that some provided automatic adjustments with changes in living costs, while others contained no such provision. Still Under Consideration. The company proposals still were under consideration by employe repre- sentatives at several plants. At Car- negie-Illinols’ Duquesne, Pa., mills, | the employe representatives accepted | the pay increase, but rejected the ad- | justment provisions. Generally, all “white collar” office workers making less than $5,000 a year are to receive a 10 per cent boost. John L. Lewis, president of the | United Mine Workers and head of the | drive to bring all the industry's em- | ployes into the Amalgamated Associa- tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, called the increase “welcome but in- adequate.” ‘Workers Know Power, He Says. “The raise,” he said, “will do more to make the workers of the country conscious of their power than any- thing that's happened for a long while.” |~ He also forecast a much larger mem- | bership for his union as a result. The coal industry, he said, had tried to forestall unionization by pay increases in 1933, but had failed. Lewis declined to say what he | thought would have been a fair in- crease. The wage agreements call for a 5%~ cent increase in the basic hourly rate of 47 cents, with adjustment of other rates. COURT HOLDS 4 MEN IN $1,000 STORE THEFT Alexandrians Face Grand Jury Action After Police Court Hearing. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, November 7.— Four colored men, charged with burglary and grand larceny in con- nection with the theft of $1,000 worth of merchandise from the J. C. Penny Co. store here Thursday, were ordered held for action of the grand jury after & preliminary hearing in Police Court today. . ‘The men ordered held for grand jury action are Willlam Johnson, a former Civilian Conservation Corps worker; Willie Lee, Norman Bowman and Robert Stewart, all of Alexandria. —_————— DIES IN ROAD CRASH CROWLEY, La., November 7 (#).— Roger Wendell Christie; 23, of Hollis, Long Island, N. Y., was killed last night in an automobile-truck crash near here. His body was sent to his home today. Christie, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira ‘Wendell Christie, was a licensed air- plane pilot. His companion, Charles Daniel, was cut and bruised. The two men were occupants of the automobile. Daniel said they were in search of employment. BY the Associated Press. ROME, Ga., November 7.—Pretty | mingham, Ala. ‘The - her—just as it the grave of the Zegpelln crew was shot down in that vicinity —Wide World Photo. Peace (Continued Prom First Page.) Hemisphere are joined together by an ever-increasing community of inter- ests. “It is no exaggeration to say that in & world torn by conflicting de- mands, in & world in which democratic institutions are so seriously threat- ened, in a world in which freedom and human liberty itself is at stake, the Americas stand forth as an ex- ample of international solidarity, co- operation and mutual helpfulness. “Nevertheless, satisfactory as the international relationships on this hemisphere may be, much is still to be done. The gains that have been made can be consolidated and construrtive steps can be taken along lines hereto- fore untried. It seems to me that an unprecedented opportunity exists for the American nations to co-operate in a friendly fashion to make the spirit | of peace a practical and living fact. “T feel confident that on the solid foundation of inter-American friend- ship, equality and unity the confer- ence at Buenos Aires will be able to take further steps for the main- tenance of peace, thus insuring the continuance of conditions under which it will be possible, nay, in- evitable, for the economic, social, cul- tural and spiritual life of the nations |of this hemisphere to reach full | growth, “I hope with-all my heart that the forthcoming conference will give re- newed hope and courage to the war- weary peoples of the worid by demon- strating to them that the source of armed conflict can and will be elim- inated from the Western Hemis- phere.” FORMAL INVITATION CABLED, BUENOS AIRES, November 7 (#). —President Augustin P. Justo, in a cable message to President Roosevelt, formally invited him today to visit Buenos Aires for the opening of the Inter-American Peace Conference De- cember 1. His message was sent after United States Ambassador Alexander W. Weddell visited Acting Foreign Min- ister Ramon Castillo to inform him | Mr. Roosevelt hopes to be aple to | attend the parley which he himself roj d. 5 C:;iello expressed the wish the United States Executive would find nothing will interfere with his pro- Jected visit. If President Roosevelt should sail to Buenos Aires on the cruiser In- dianapolis, which he has used for other trips, the ship probably would dock at Mar del Plats, s sea resort in the southern part of Buenos Aires prov- ince. Then he would come to this city by train. A ship of the Indian- apolis’ size might encounter difficulty in the Rio de la Plata on which Buenos Aires is located. Mr. Roosevelt'’s possible visit con- tinued to arouse enthusiasm in the Argentine press. ‘The newspaper La Prensa declared his coming here “would be s great stimulus to success” of the Inter- American Conference. “But the most interesting aspect of the possible visit of Mr. Roosevelt,” the newspaper said, “is that he has been the protagonist of the most no- table Democratic government in recent history and has won the approval of the United States people after man- aging the destinies of his country for four years in exceptionally difficult circumstances.” . President Justo tonight asserted that the conference would be “mem- orable in American annals.” ‘The statement was made in & speech from the government house, Casa Rosads, in the course of an in- ternational broadcast arranged by the Pan-American Union. Free Seed in 1893. Farmers were given free seed in 1893 as an inducement to plant cotton in Hall County, Tex. Now it is the county’s major crop. Girl Has Hard Choice Bétween Foster Parents and Mother having been rearer by the Pittmane. DEDICATION 13 3ET San Francisco to Commis- sion Span Costing $77,- 200,000 Thursday. BY the Associated Pruss. SAN FRANCISCO, ‘November 7.— The Transbay at & cost of 24 lives, 1,157 injuries and $77,200,000—will open Thursday to commuting motorisis of San Francisco and her sister citles. Por the first time in history San Francisco will have solid footing to supplement the ferry boats'that ply between the , Oakland and other East Bay citles. And commuters will save a few min- utes daily—no one knows huw many yet—in the trip to and from their San Prancisco jobs. Mayor Angelo Rossi telegraphed President Roosevelt today asking him to attend Thursday’s ceremonies. Costliest in World, Bullders of the bridge say it is the costliest span in the world, although its 11%-mile over-all length is under that of the 14-mile Tri-Borough Bridge in New York City. . Its suspension towers extend 500 feet above and 200 feet below the bay sur- face, but they are not nearly so large as those of the Golden Gate Bridge nearing completion a few miles away. It spans the longest stretch of navi- gable water ever bridged—4 ' miles— and its actual length is 8!, miles. ‘There are 3 niiles of approaches. The bridge has 51 piers, 44 of them under salt water. It contains 152,000 tons of steel and 1,000,000 cubic yards of concrete, enough, engineers say, to build 35 duplicates of the 28-story Los Angeles city hall, Series of Bridges. It is expected to handle 12,600,000 automobile passengers and 42,500,000 interurban passengers annually. ‘Technically it is a series of bridges laid end to end. The first two are suspension units between the San Francisco Embarcadero and Yerba Buena Island in the bay. ‘This stretch was deemed too long for one suspension bridge so they buiit s great concrete block 282 feet above the bay surface at the half-way point and called it an anchorage. Suspen- sion cables extend from it east and west. The bridge route leads through a 500-foot tunnel on Yerba Buena Island to the east section, which is composed of a cantilever span 1,400 feet long, 5 truss spans each 509 feet long and 14 truss spans each 291 feet long. Until some time in 1938 passengers wili be able to travel over this bridge only by automobile. Interurban train facilities will be installed meantime. Pedestrians never will be permitted. ITALO-ETHIOPIAN RECOGNITION SEEN Tri-Partite Conference in Vienna Expected to Lead to Step. BY the Associated Press. ROME, November 7.—Formal recog- nition of the Italo-Ethiopian Empire by Austria and Hungary will be an- nounced during or immediately after » tri-partite conference in Vienna next week, authoritative sources here said tonight. Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian for- eign minister, left for Vienna tonight. Austria and Hungary already have given indirect recognition of the Ital- ian regime in Ethiopia through state- ments by public officials. Austria ac- credited her new minister, Egon Ber- gen-Waldenegg, to Victor Emanuel of Italy as King and Emperor. Before his departure, Ciano and Waldenegg signed several agreements | exchange between the two countries. Restoration of the Hapsburg mon- archy is likely to be another problem for discussion during Ciano’s visit to Vienna. ‘The possibility of such a discussion revived old rumors of the betrothal of Otto to Princess Maria of Italy and numerous observers here asserted be- lief the announcement would be made immediately if Otto should occupy the Hapsburg throne. Faces Exile QUARREL REPORTED BE- TWEEN CAROL AND MOTHER. QUEEN MARIE. BY the Associated Press. VIENNA, November 7.—King Carol wants his mother, Dowager Queen Marie, to leave Rumania oecause of a new quarrel between them, Balkan diplomatic. circles reported today. to facilitate financial and commercial | Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. TRAVELER. HE phrase “inveterate traveler” might well be applied Grand Commander John H. Cowles of the Scottish Rite, for he has traveled over half a mil- lion miles in pursuit of his official duties as head of the rite. Most of Mr. Cowles’ traveling has been done in this country, naturally, but he has made numerous trips abroad and even now is adding some ten or fif- King -Gustaf V of Sweden, who is head :; the Masonic bodies versing this distance equal to times around the world Mr. Cowles used practically every known eans of conveyance—irain, automo- bile, bus, plane, horse and buggy and power. On a trip abroad last year he pre- sented the Supreme Council of Bel- gium & box lined with velvet con- taining three gavels. Gold and silver plates testified that both the box and the gavels were made of genuine cedar of Lebanon, such as was used in King Solomon’'s temple. These articles were made by the boys in the manual training department of the Masonic Home at Louisville, Ky., and were presented by the Grand Con- sistory of Kentucky. * X X % PROMISE. At a recent Arlington County Board meeting a citizen, complain- ing of the condition of a street on which he lives, said: “If somebody dies, we will not be able to get a hearse up the street.” County Manager Frank C. Han- rahan replied: “If you will notify | me, I promise to have all holes filled in before both weddings and Junerals.” %k ox PIGEON. | THANKS to the humanity of | trafic policeman at New York | avenue and Seventeenth street, a young pigeon with no qualifications for survival remains alive today. It was just 8:50 o'clock yesterday morning when the pigeon took it into its foolish head to walk diagonally across the wide intersection. Traffic was . . . well, you know what traffic is at that corner at 8:50 am. . .. and the pigeon found itself engulfed in & swirl of flying rubber and metal. At the first sight of its wild, flut- tering terror, the policeman’s whistle let out a long pre-emptory blast. ‘Traffic came to a sudden stop, and the pigeon, probably the first one ever to have a police escort, continued its journey across the thoroughfare. Trafic waited, lost in that mellow glow which settles upon those wit- nessing a good deed. * x x % REASON. prisoner was charged with as- sault and was on trial before Judge Edward M. Curran and & jury. He had just taken the stand in his own defense and was asked by his attorney why he had his hand in his pocket, as he had testified, when | struck over the head by the man he | was accused of attacking. The dis- | trict attorney had attempted to show he was drawing a knife. | “why did you have your hand in your pocket?” his attorney asked. “Because I had 20 cents in there,” was the reply, “and I had my hand on that.” Even judges and jurors sometimes | laugh, it seems. * * X % FORM. TKE neatest trick of the week—if it works—was accomplished by the tall, blond and enterprising as- sistant to the society editor of a local paper. To Mrs. Wallis Simpson she sent the paper’s standard “wedding form,” one of those data sheets to be filled out by those whose lives may be ldnrrupt.ed by the jangle of wedding | bells. Every one is hoping that Mrs. Simp- son fills it out correctly and in de- tail. It would be such a simple answer to & situation that has the whole world befuddled. * x % ¥ NAME. Strange as it may seem, there is a new appointee in the Navy De- partment whose name is Uunopippt. At one time the department had a Null and a Void employed to carry on its business and they worked only e few doors from Cradle and 3rave. We have the undisputed word of Donadd Con- well for this. k% MELTING POT. Tfll heterogeneous composition of our country is somewhat pussling to 13-year-old Teddy McDowell of the 1700 block New Hampshire avenue. At the dinner table recently, during the course of the inevitable political discussion, one of the guests was ex- plaining the Republican tendencies of upstate New York. “Now, you take Syracuse,” he was saying, “29 per cent of the population 1s Polish, 30 per cent is Italian”— “Good night!” interrupted Teddy, greatly impressed by the figures, “where are the Americans?” State Grange Is Model. BELTSVILLE, Md., November 7 (Special) —T. Roy Brooks, master of the Maryland State Grange, announced meeting held in PRESIDENT STARTS WORK ON BUDGET Move to Curtail Costs Arouses Interest in Conferences. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt and Daniel W, Bell, acting director of the budget, 0| put their heads together yesterday over the intricate problem of Federal finances, as the Chief Executive began framing his budget recommendations to Congress. Next year’s budget—and the knotty question of whether it will be bal- anced—will claim Mr. Roosevelt's at- tention through most of next week in & series of conferences with Govern- ment fiscal experts and Department heads. ‘Fhe . President’s recent statement he would “try to balance the budget” sharpened interest in his fiscal con- ferences and centered attention on the divergent influences which may be brought to bear on Federal spend- ing policies in the next Congress. Relief Is Key Problem. There was widespread conjecture over whether liberals might push for a broadened—and more costly—New Deal program, while conservatives countered with a demand for substane tial scaling down of present expendi- tures. Well-informed Treasury sources in- dicated there may be increases in budget estimates for regular depart- ments, national defense and the social security program. They sald, how- ever, that the question of whether next year's financial ledger will be written in black or red ink will depend largely upon the not yet estimated relief burden. Rising Government revenues have increased the possibility that, the budget may be balanced next year, but many financial experts doubt that this alone would suffice, without dras- tically curtailed expenditure. Estimates Challenged. Closed hearings at which depart- ment representatives have outlined their next year's needs to the Budget Bureau have been under way for a month. Little information regarding them has leaked out, but some who have appeared before the bureau said their estimates had been challenged as too high. In calling for spending estimates, Bell told department heads that “every possible effort should be made to bring each item below the cor- responding appropriation for the fiscal year 1937." Some departments are known to have expanded activities in mind, however, and the final decision as to whether these will be suggested to Congress will rest with the President. If the budget should be balanced next year, it would be the first time since 1930 that the Government had lived within its income. FALL RADIO FORUM OPENING DELAYED Secretary Roper to Be First Speaker in National Broadcast Nov. 16. The Fall premiere of the National Radio Forum, scheduled for tomor- row night over a coast-to-coast Na- tional Broadcasting Co. network, has been postponed for a week, until No- vember 16. Secretary of Commerce Roper will be the first speaker. “Looking Ahead” is his topic. He is expecied | to reveal for the first time some of the policies to be followed by his department during the next four years | of the New Deal. ‘The opening broadcast of the forum | will mark the beginning of its sev- | enth successive year on the air—a | record that has established it among | the oldest regular radio features. { The forum, which is arranged by The Washington Star, under the di- ! rection of Oliver Owen Kuhn, man- aging editor, will continue its estabs lished policy, of presenting Govern- ment officials, members of Congress and outstanding figures in American life, in timely discussions of national and international events. ‘Throughout the Summer the forum remained off the air because of a ple- thora of political broadcasts in con- nection with the intense presidential election campaign. Alleged Pickets Arrested. NEW ORLEANS, November 7 (#).— Police arrested 13 men on charges of vagabondage and accused them of doing picket duty in the marine strike here today. ‘The police, the International Long- shoremen’s Union and the Interna- tional Seamen's Union refused to rece ognize the strike. More than a hun- dred men were arrested earlier this week by police who were ordered to clear New Orleans of pickets. Dying Physician Scribbles Notes Describing Pain Sister Finds Body in Kitchen of Home, Doors Locked. BY the Associated Press. NEEDHAM, Mass, November 7.— Scribbled notes found beside the body of Dr. Harold H. Beiermeister, 53, re- tired physician, left to the medical profession today a record of sensations he experienced for two hours before his death last night. On three penciled notes, timed at 8, 9 and 9:15 p.m, the physician de- scribed the pain he endured. One of the notes simply said: “Angina? Pseudo?” Another stated he was suffering “severe pains at the point of the sternum (breastbone). Pain under the breastbone. Bronchial spasm.” The third said he was suffering “severe pain, three to five minute in- tervals—putting right hand above head gives relief.” His sister, Mrs. Walter E. Goodwin, with whom he lived, discovered his body in the kitchen of their home, She returned home to find the doors locked. She gained entrance through the window of the house. Mrs. Goodwin, who said her brothe: