Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Tair tonight and tomorrow; rmer tonight, with lowest temperature about 45 degrees; colder tomorrow afternoon and night. Temperatures—Highest, 48, at noon today; lowest, 31, at 10 p.m. yester- The only evenin, per in Washington 5 the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. day. Full report on page Closing New York Markets, Page 20 84th YEAR. SPANISH No. 33,806. A-16. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. REBELS READY TO DESTROY BARCELONA, EDEN TELLS PARLIAMENT < Aim to Cut Off Supplies of Socialists. ARMS AND GAS TRAFFIC CITED Warning to Ships| to Quit Port | Reported. BACKGROUND— Spanish civil war, now in fijth month, began with uprising of army in Morocco and spread to Spain proper with mobilization of propertied classes and militant clergy behind Fascist forces seeking to overthrow popularly-elected Popular Front Government. Leftists early in fighting won control of industrialized Catalonia, and insurgents have won Northern, Western and Southern Spain. Bar- Families As Rain Gives @h Flee Zone of Attack WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Eoening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1936—SIXTY-FOUR PAGES. ### SENATORHARRISON SEES SURPLUS TAX AS RECOVERY AID Has Caused Companies to Boost Dividends and Pay, He Asserts. Madrid Res pite Two of Gen Francisco Franco’s ablest war lords, Lieut. Col. Handsche Castejon, left. and Gen. Jose Varela, who commands the Fascist armies outside Madrid. Castejon directs Franco's celona, chief remaining loyalist stronghold outside of Madrid, has served as port of entry for much of war supplies which have main- tained the Leftist government in the face of powerful rebel assaults. Rebel regime of Gen. Francisco Franco accorded recognition by Italy and Germany. B the Assoctated Press. LONDON. November 20.—The Span- Ish insurgent government is prepared to destroy the Port of Barcelona if euch action is necessary to cut off war supplies to the Socialists, For- eign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons today. Eden declared his information came directly from the provisional insurgent administration of Gen. Francisco Franco at Burgos The Fascist declaration apparently was in answer to a British demand to “declare its intentions” on a reported blockade of Barcelona. Communication November 17. | Eden, bombarded with questions at the opening of the session, said Great Britain received a communication No- vember 17 from the Burgos junta which declared: | “The scandalous traffic in arms,‘ munitions, tanks, airplanes and even toxic gases which has been carried on through the port of Barcelona is well known.” | The communication added, the for- eign secretary declared, that the “real nationality” of most ships carrying the supplies was “Russian and Span- ish.” The foreign secretary said the com- munication continued | “The National (Fascist) govern- ment, being resoived to prevent this traffic by every means of war at its disposal, will even go so far, if neces- sary, as to destroy the port.” Appended to the declaration was & warning to foreign shipping to ebandon the harbor, the foreign secretary told the members. Foreigners and non-combatants were advised to leave the eastern coastal city, he said. | Franco Contact Ordered. Eden last night instructed Sir Henry G. Chilton, British Ambassador to Spain, to contact a representative | of Insurgent Gen. Prancisco Franco for details of the asserted plan. Sir Henry, now at Hendaye, France, was expected to inquire into these questions: 1. Will a blocade, if established, operate against British shipping in the Mediterranean? 2. Do the insurgents intend to try to prevent shipments of arms, rhuni- tions and men from reaching ports | (See LONDON, Page A-3.) - s WOMEN MUST ANSWER AGE QUERY CORRECTLY Pension Blank Raises Issue of Penalty if False Data Are Given. Blanks for employe registration un- der the old-age pension benefits of the | social security act contain a space for age. But nobody ever thought of its being of great importance until woman | employes began to ask the Social Se- | curity Board whether there was any penalty for not answering all questions correctly. A little research developed that some woman employes would | rather not commit themselves cate- | gorically on the age question. But it has to be done—and correctly. The same penalties attaching to false tax information on other taxes apply to the social security tax. But the employe’s age, it is stated, need never be known by the employer. ‘The registration blank can be dropped in the mail, addressed to “Postmaster, Local,” or it can be handed to a post- man or taken to the post office or | given to the employe’s labor organiza- | tion for final delivery to the right place. The age question, though, is seri- ous. It has to be answered correctly. | BOY, 15, GETS LIFE TERM Elmer Dillon Confessed Slaying Michigan Farmer. ADRIAN, Mich., November 20 (#).— Elmer Di}jon, 15, formerly of Gapville, Ky., who confessed he shot and killed Melvin Whaley, 63, farmer, November 10, to obtain his automobile for a trip to Ohio, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder today and received a life sen- left flank. | B the Associeted Pross. M | hard rain today under urgent orders | to evacuate the areas of heavy Fascist ADRID. November 20.—A steady stream of men, women and children poured out of Madrid's danger spots in a land and aerial bombardment. The rains last night and early this morning forced a let-up in the fighting FRANCOWARKS U, 1 and gave the refugees and opportunity RESERVOIR BREAK. ' |STILL EXPECTS NO LIFT IN LEVIES THIS SESSION Balancing of Federal Budget by 1938 Hoped For by Finance Chairman. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator Harrison of Mississippi, | chairman of the Finance Committee, today hailed the administration cor- porate surplus tax as a material con- tributing factor in the recent out- | pouring of dividends to stockholders and the many increases in wages and salaries paid by corporations. “The law has had the effect of in- creasing purchasing power,” said Har- rison. “It has caused corporations to | disgorge which otherwise would " not have distributed this money.” Harrison, chairman of the joint committee appointed to look into the ! | whole tax structure after a White House conference during the early | part of the campaign, declared today | | he still believed there would be no | | need of legislation for increased taxes or new taxes at the coming session of Congress. | “There will be none,” he predicted. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. to take up new quarters. | At the same time the government | Surplus Tax Law to Stay. surveyed its defense lines and declared | While there may be some amend- them intact after a fortnight of siege | ments to the corporate surplus tax unparalleled in the last 18 years. | law, they will not be retroactive, nor | Defense officers said the republic’s | will there be any repeal of that act, improvised army was manning barri- | Harrison continued. He expressed ad- cades on three sides of the insurgent | miration for and satfsfaction with the " (See MADRID, Page A-3.) | law. Social Security Act Lauded. He praised the social security act. | “I see no reason to change the tax | rates or the philosophy of the law,” he said. “It is the most constructive law | we have passed for a long time. Wheu | it has been in operation a reasonable time I feel sure it will be able to meet any employment situation that may grow out of depressed business condi- ON PORT BLOCKING TAKES 1 Z0LNES Cemmunication Received in Japanese Towns Swept Roundabeut Manner, | Away—Sleeping Inhabit- Says Moore. ! ants Trapped in Beds. | B3 the Associatea Press. Bt the Associatec Press. | tions. There may be some changes ! made in the law through amendment. I see that the commission has made recommendations for some. Some of the States are not financially able to meet their contributions to the old- age pensions now going into effect. It may be that a change in the Federal Government's contribution for this The United States Governmen: was in receipt today of indirect warning from the Spanish Fascist command that it intended to stop all traffic in the port of Barcelona and that for- eign vessels should stay away from there. This was revealed today by R. Wal- ton Moore, Acting Secretary of State. who said that the communication was transmitted in such a roundabout manner that it did not warrant a re- ply. He indicated this Government, for the time being at least, would take no action on the matter, ascerting the situation at Barcelona was an aca- demic one so far as the United States was concerned because there were no American commercial or naval vessels in Spanish waters at this time. The warning came in response to an inquiry made of rebel representatives | in Seville by the American consul there, who acted on instructions from the State Department to obtain in- formation concerning the situation at Barcelona. The consul reported that Gen. Queipo Dellano, one of Generalissimo Franco's subordinaets, had transmit- ted to him a copy of of the text of instructions dispatched by Franco to his representative at Lisbon, Portugal. This ordered the Lisbon Fascist rep- resentative to inform all foreign gov- ernments the Pranco regime intended to close the port of Barcelona and eave. KRUPP GUN FACTORY 125 YEARS OLD TODAY g1 L R R Historic - German Plant Busier Than Ever—Bonuses Are Given to Employes. By the Associatea Press. ESSEN, Germany, November 20.— The historic Krupp Gun Works cele- brated its 125th anniversary today, busier than at any time since the World War. Bonuses were distributed to former employes and their widows to sym=- | | workmen, many of whom lived in Bendix workers firm in demsnds for | Osarusawa, while others resided in complete unionization. bolize the Krupp family's recognition of the workers’ share in the creation and development of the vast enterprise which began in 1811 as a small steel foundry. The pay roll now includes more than 100,000 workers (in the World War there were 171,000) and one of | the most pressing problems is the | shortage of skilled labor. | anese troops were ordered sent to| warning that all foreign vessels should | 1 OSARUSAWA, Akita Prefecture, purpose may be made. | Japan, November 20.—Three thou-| “There seems no way to amend the sand rescue workers dug tonight in!law to continue the private pension treacherous mud for the bodies of System. The trouble is that such a 1,000 missing residents of this town, Provision might be held to make the ingulfed by the- rushing waters of a law unconstitutional.” broken mine reservoir. Harrison declared himself strongly | Some of the bodies were buried 20 OPPosed to removing the tax levied feet deep in the poisonous ooze. Eighty N the law on employes under the bodies had been found at nightfali. Social security act. The railroad bureau said 320 houses Repeal Pressure Begins. had been swept away and 200 inun- Under the act a tax of 1 per cent dated. The known dead were placed is levied after January 1 on the at 250, with 1,000 still missing. wages of industrial employes to set The torrent raced down upon the UP @ pension fund. The Republicans villag~ from one of the largest copper S0ught to make this a major issue in mines in the empire. Sleeping in- the campaign just closed habitants were trapped in their beds. _ “Undoubtedlv there will be pres- Their homes were caught up by the Sure from some sources to remove this | released flood and dashed against the tax on employes to pay for this social , rocky banks of a mountain stream. security,” Harrison admitted. “The Met Snasdiats Dith. movement will not get anywhere. This provision of the law ought not The majority of the residents met g be rapesied.” * immediate death by drowning. Others — ajeqdy there have been such de- | were suffocated in mud carried by mangs from certain labor leaders. the water, & poisonous solution which i, (BT SCCR T R e ey was used at the mine for Washing pajancing of the Federal budget. Dur- COpper ores. | ing the first three months of 1936, | Hundreds of bodies were washed onto he said, there had been an increase the banks of the mountain stream.| of Governinent receipts over a cor- transformed into a muddy torrent. responding period of 1936 of 14 per Many were women, who still clasped ' cent. At the same time there had | babies in their arms. | T (Sec TAXES, Page A-2) Rehabilitation work began imme- | diately after the news of the disastér | was flashed to nearby Akita City. Jap- | o oy s st i »| | Sumenary of order in the vicinity. Staff members of the Japanese Red Cross, health offi- cials, doctors and nurses hurried to the scene. H Rains Blamed. Army Orders. B-6 o - ‘ Comics -.... D-5 The bursting of the reservoir was Editorial ..__A-10 | believed caused by heavy rains, which | Finance ..._A-19 swelled the contents of the huge re- Lost & Found A-3 ceptacle. | Obituary .- A-12] Sweeping down the village below, the flood carried along residents, tinder-‘NA"o"M" 3 2 wood dwellings, live stock and every- | voseph E. Davies, D. C. lawyer. named thng in its path. It flooded other| Ambassador to Moscow. Pige A-1 villages in its race to the Noshirogawa | TW0 Marine fiyers killed in crash on R!ve% | _routine flight. Fage A-1| | Dividend outpouring held due to sur- plus tax by Harrison. Page A-1 Celanese workers’ demands given U. S. labor conciliators. Page A-2 Page. | . Amusements. C-6 Rescue workers found only 18 sur- vivors. | The mine employed about 2,000 Fage A-3 A. F. L. Council plans inviting Winant to social security parley. Page A-5 Hawaiians fear maritime strike may cause food panic. Page A-5 neighboring villages. Slayer Is Hanged. 'WINNIPEG, November 20 (Canadian Press) —Ian Murray Bryson, 22-year- old slayer of a Winnipeg policeman in a 3-cent robbery, was hanged today. U.S. Embassy Refugees Practice With Rifle Amid Cannon Roar B3 the Assoctated 'Press. MADRID, November 20.—Yawning boredom amid the roar of battle and the heart-gripping drone of Fascist bombing planes overhead has settled over the little colony of 76 refugees voluntarily “imprisoned” in the Amer- ican Embassy here. Banned from leaving the embassy grounds, men, women and children, whose active peace-time lives have suddenly been reduced to isolated leisure, find ennui even more disturb- ing than bombardment. X For nearly a month most of them have not stepped outside the embassy quarters. Ironically, while war rages within earshot, the men have taken up tar- tence. He will be the youngest inmate of the Southern Michigan Prison, - A get-shooting with small rifles. mmmrmmcolflamT | morning to nightfall in of the palatial embassy. n knit garments for chil- machine in the running all day hangs heavy on the One New York girl g i g feflEy i 11l : { g H Business leaders seek to ernse pre- | election day bitterness. Page A-6 Gov. Leche says Louisiana & Arkansas Railway strike settled. Page A-7 Social security workers planning en- rollment of employes. Page A-8 | Rev. Charles E. Coughlin explains curb of radio addresses. Page A-8 Rosa Ponselle denies engagement to Baltimore mayor's son. Page A-8 Roosevelt gets glimpse of land in Caribbean Sea. Page A-12 Pay boosts, dividend extras, bonuses point to $1,000,000,000. Page A-23 ‘Witnesses go before grand jury in Townsend case. Page B-4 Maj. Gen. Russell asks for 10,500 more Merines. Page B-6 New R. A administrator farm ten- ancy student. Page B-18 FOREIGN. Pranco warns U. 8. Port of Barcelona to be blocked. Page A-1 Break in Japanese reservoir takes lives of 1,000. Page A-1 Families flee Madrid attatk zone as rain halts shelling. Page A-1 Winning mother assured cash as stork derby will is upheld. Page A-1 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Chest solicitors urged to greater efforts. ‘ Page A-1 BOMBER CRASHES, KILLING 2 MARINES Lieut. Keen and Sergt. Eagan Die After Motor Fails on Test Flight. First Lieut. Cleo R. Keen and Sergt Frank P. M. Eagan of the United States Marine Corps were instantly killed this morning when the bombing plane in which they were making a test flight from Quantico, Va., crashed in a field near Lothian, Md. Persons in the vicinity said the plane appeared to be having engine trouble and nose dived from a height of about 100 feet. Lieut. Keen’s home address is Mo- berly, Mo.: Sergt. Eagan's home 1s shown on the official records as Dor- chester, Mass., but officials said his widow, Mrs. Emily Alice Eagan, re- sides at Quantico. The body of one of the fiyers was pinned m the wreckage and had to be cut out with blow torches. Both Bodies Mangled. Bodies of the two men were so mangled rescuers could not tell which was which. Both wore their uniforms under flying jumpers. One had to be cut from the wreckage with a blow torch. Robert Stull, teacher at the high school and first man on the scene said that both men apparently died instantly. “I was in the school building when the plane passed over, flying toward the southeast,” Stull said. “It was flying low, I would say about ' 100 feet, and seemed to be having mo- tor trouble. The plane passed over the school and 1 heard the motor (See CRASH, Page A-8.) GEORGE ADE GAINS | “Gradual Improvement” Shown | by Author, Doctor Says. MIAMI BEACH, Fla., November 30 (#)—Dr. J. Raymond Graves said to- day George Ade, seriously ill with a lung and heart trouble, was “showing gradual improvement.” The 70-year-old Indiana rested “very comfortably” last night, Dr. Graves reported. Today’s Star Fire series in Northwest keep firemen | and police busy. Page B-1 Acetylene torch use to enter gaming places discussed. Page B-1 Police guard doubled on witnesses in O'Brien shooting case. Page B-1 Red rider bars two publications from D. C. schools. Page B-1 Data for higher U. 8. payment to be | presented tomorrow. Page B-1 Arnold well cast in film at Palace Theater. Page B-2 Plaza parking proposal is offered by planners. Page B-5 Political pressure to halt auto bond- ing probe denied. Page B-12 | EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. This and That. Answers to Questions. Washington Observations. David Lawrence. Paul Mallon. Constantine Brown. Jay Franklin. Headline Folk. SPORTS. Georgetown has big edge on Maryland in grid reserves. Page D-1 Adamaitis and Carroll of C. U. out of game with Terrors. Page D-1 Yale is favored over Harvard in grid classic tomorrow. Page D-2 Stymie proving bane of pro golfers in title tourney. Page D-3 ‘Yawkey decides to stand pat on Red Sox squad for 1937. Page D-4 Braddock-Louis bout rated build-up for future title scrap. Page D-4 FINANCIAL. Bonds ease (table). Trade forges upward. General Electric votes extra. Freight loadings jump. Stocks irregular (table). Curb list mixed (table). MISCELLANY. Bedtime Story. ‘Winning Contract. Trafic Convictions. Nature's Children. ‘Young Washington. City News in Brief. Vital Statistics. Betsy Caswell, Dorothy Dix. Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-! writer | CoME UP 'S AND SEE ME SOMETIME, N (Some retu; K N A Tuenews TAFFY, OTHSOME aup | J. E. Davies, Local Attorney, i Named Ambassador to Russia Federal Official Under Wilson Selected by President. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. The appointment of Joseph E | Davies of this city as Ambassador to Russia was announced today at the White House. Davies. chairman of the Federal Trade Commission under President Wilson, has been a prac- ticing attorney here for nearly 20 years. In announcing the appointment, it was disclosed that President Roosevelt had signed the commission before he left Washington Tuesday night for Argentina. The announcement, how- ever, had been delayed pending offi- cial word from the Russian govern- ment that Davies would be persona grata at Moscow. Word to that effect was received at the White House this | morning. Just when Davies will take over this important post. made vacant some weeks ago when William C. Bullitt was | transferred to Paris as Ambassador, | to succeed the late Jesse Straus, was not disclosed. The appointment of Davies, who al- ways has held a more or less active position in the Democratic high com- r3 - JOSEPH E. DAVIES. mand, did not come as a surprise. It was assured that he would be put in some high post, and his name had been mentioned prominently in con- | nection with a successor to Bullitt. | Beside the close friendship which has existed between Mr. Roosevelt and | (See DAVIES, Page A-4.) OHIO LAW UPHELD ON MINIMUM PAY 3-Judge Federal Court Rules District and New York Statutes Different. EY the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 20.— A three-judge Federal Court held Ohio’s minimum wage law, affecting | constitu- | 42,000 women and minors, tional today. | "“The court said that the Ohio law | was different from those of New York and the District of Columbia upon | which the United States Supreme | Court ruled adversely recently. Mrs. Agnes B. Dickinson, Columbus attorney, who challenged the consti- tutionality of the Ohio measure, en- acted in 1933, said appeal would be carried to the United States Supreme Court. Judge Florence Allen of the Sixth United States Circuit Court of Appeals Ohio law was based on “the value of reasonable service.” It said this was distinguishable from the laws of New York and the Dis- trict of Columbia, which were based on the necessity for a decent and healthful living. The decision was unanimous. Dis- trict Judges Robert Nevin and Mell G. Underwood participated. Judge Allen declared in the eight- page opinion that the United States Supreme Court did not criticize the minimum wage law, but criticized the | methods of setting up minimum wage scales. The District of Columbia and New York State minimum wage statutes, she said, were valued on the basis of wage scales, while the “Ohio law seems to be clear on the method of establishing wages.” “In the Ohio State statute nothing is implied that anything is to be added to the reasonable value of wages,” the decision said. read the decision, which held that the | GHEST'S SITUATION IS CALLED ‘GRAVE Only 69.54 Per Cent of Fund | Raised—Week End Spurt Is Urged. With only 69.54 per cent of the Community Chest total raised today, Chest workers were sent out for a week end of solicitations with the warning that “the situation is very grave.” The warning was sounded by Cole- at the last daily report luncheon to be held at the Willard this week. So- licitors were faced with the task of raising more than 30 per cent of the Chest goal of $1.969,000 by the final report of the campaign next Tuesday night. ‘The report today from the five solici- tation units showed 19.440 gifts amounting to $154.086.26, bringing the aggregate Chest subscriptions to date to 117,363 gifts amounting to $1,349,~ | 380.28. Bishop Freeman Speaks. Features of the luncheon included | a challenge by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, dramatic skit in which “Despair,” the last of the four public enemies, pre- sented his case, and a visit by Marvin H. Mclntyre, secretary to President Roosevelt, an honor guest. “Exciting” developments were prom- ised by Jennings to meet the “grave” situation. Some substantial gifts al- ready have been increased to help the Chest make up its shortage, it was announced. | 'The Special Assignments Unit was called into session immediately after | the luncheon by Vice Chairman Rich- | | ard Hinson to consider “tactics” for appeal to the most generous givers in | Washington. Jennings said special plans were | being developed this afternoon to (See CHEST, Page A-23) TORONTO, November 20 (Canadian Press)—In a decision upholding the validity of the famous “stork derby” clause of the Millar will, Mr. Justice W. E. Middleton today ruled that the $500,000 prize was intended for the “mothers of legitimate children only.” The clause, providing a bequest of a) tely $500,000 to the mother in Toronto who bore the most children in a 10-year period which ended last October 31, had been attacked by rela- tives of the wealthy Canadian. Some 17 mothers competed in the derby, which would up in a welter of ties, conflicting claims and accusa- tions. v The judgment was preliminary nature. It ruled against the claims of relatives of the Toronto lawyer who contended the 10-year baby race was against public policy. Stork Derby Will Ruled Valid, Children Must Be Legitimate Later Mr. Justice Middleton will hear evidence on the claims of the leading mothers and direct the ex- ecutors of the will as to distribution of $500,000. Today's decision speeds final settle- ment of the strange will case, but it does not appear to have ended the legal phases by any means. Millar's next of kin may appeal to the Supreme Court of Ontario, and the case might be carried beyond to the Dominion High Court and finally to the Privy Council in London. ‘The Ontario government Was rep- resented at the hearing by an assist- ant attorney general who opposed awarding the fortune to any of the mothers, on the grounds that the best interests of Ontario might not thus be served. (#) Means Associated Pr man Jennings, campaign chairman, | Bishop of Washington: a Yesterday’s Circulation, 141,218, rns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. BRAIN OPERATION BY D. . DOCTORS AIDS MENTAL LLS Six Capital Residents Gain Relief by Surgery on Frontal Lobes. \RESTORED STABILITY THOUGHT PERMANENT | Fraction of Impulses Believed the Cause of Nervousness, Are Blocked Off. BY THOMAS R. HENRY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., November 20.— {A surgical operation on the frontal | 1obes of the brain which appears to be | relieving certain symptoms ordinarily associated with various types of ine sanity—and which probably consti= tutes one of the greatest surgical in- novations of this generation—was de- scribed before the Southern Medical Association meeting here today by Drs. | Walter Freeman and James W. Watts of the medical faculty of George | Washington University. Already six Washingtonians have | been returned home within the past few weeks when they seemed doomed to prolonged mental illness. There is good reason to believe that the relief of symptoms is permanent. The operation, for which there seems to be good experimental and clinical grounds, appears to be pene- 'mmmz some of the fundamental | mechanisms of human personality }itselr and to have psychological and philosophical implications as note- worthy as is the apparent therapeutic value. In selected cases it relieves tenseness, sleeplessness, anxiety, ap- prehension and worry and restores peace of mind, happiness, ability to concentrate on the problems of life, and something of the placidity and | contentment of mature years. Operation Relatively Safe. ‘The operation blocks off a fraction of the impulses to and from the pre= frontal lobes of the brain. It is rela- tively safe. Its results are practically | immediate. | _As one of the surgeons expressed it: | “It seems to take the sting out of the psychosis and restore the power of normal forgetting.” | While at first thought it might seem a procedure which would benefit & great many apparently sane persons, the doctors stress the fact that it 8 a drastic treatment which can be justified only when the balance of mental functions has been seriously |upset and when ordinary measures have yielded unsatisfactory results. Its effect seems to be that of putting a brake on the driving force of mental life—of freeing the brain from the lash of a master turned slave-driver. It seems to establish, among other things, that there is an actual, tangible, physical basis in the brain for various mechanisms of both normal and abnormal pere sonality which can be attacked with | & surgeon's knife as easily as can | an inflamed appendix or diseased tone sils. Thus it almost confirms the unity of mind and brain and opens an enormous field of neurological | investigation. ‘ Devised by European. The operation was devised about & year ago by Dr. Egas Moniz of Portu- gal, distinguished European brain | specialist. but his remarkable resuits reported 1n a French medical journal appear to have attracted little atten | tion until they were taken up by Drs. | Freeman and Watts. It seemed almost | unbelievable that uncontrollable sore row could be changed into normal resignation with an auger and a knife, The operation is surgically uncome plicated. It is possible to perform it under a_local anaesthesia, although most of the patients to date have been under general anaesthesia as & safeguard against psychic shock. Two holes are bored through the skull at points three centimeters to the right and left of the midline and approximately three centimeters in front of a line extending over the cranium between the fronts of the ears. Through these openings a hollow needle is inserted into the brain and through this needle, by means (See HENRY, Page A-2) REMAEERE TEMPERATURE RISE FORECAST FOR D. C. Overnight “Low” to Be 48 De- grees—Freezing Mark Hit | Twice in 48 Hours. | The mercury started up today after | touching the freezing mark for the | second time in 48 hours. | Clear skies and moderate tempera~ | tures are promised by the forecaster tonight and tomorrow, with the over | night “low” expected to be about 46 degrees. Colder weather is due to return late tomorrow afternoon or night. The temperature failed to climb far above the freezing level during the afternoon yesterday, the maximum reading being 38 at 2:30 p.m. At midnight, it was 32, and at 10 o'clock this morning the reading was 39, 13 degrees higher than it was at that hour yesterday. FLYER CRASHES French Aviator Injured in Hop to Tokio. TOKIO, November 20 (#).—Andre Japy, French aviator, crashed yestere day on a hillside in Saga Prefecture as he attempted to reach Tokio from Hongkong on the last lap of a flight from Paris. said dispatches received here today. Japy suffered injuries to his head and thighs and lay in the wrecked plane for four hours before villagers found him and took him to a country physician. ‘