Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1936, Page 1

. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair today, colder this afternoon and night; tomorrow, fair und colder. Tem- peratures—Highest, 42, at 7 p.m. yester- day; lowest, 22, at 2 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page B-5. Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos Sunday Morning and Every Afternoon. () Means Associated Press. No. 1,654—No. 33815. Entered as second class matter post_office, Washington, D. C. NAVY WINS, 7700 IN LAST 6 MINUTES OF THRILLING GAME Schmidt Goes Over From Three-Yard Line After Interference Ruling. SULLIVAN, ARMY HALF, “GOAT” OF CLOSE FIGHT Midshipmen Strike Back Down- | field in Scoring Drive—Crowd of 102,000 Sees Battle. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, Staff Correspondent of rhe Star. PHILADELPHIA, November 28— | Through six wild minutes hear the finish of a spectacular gridiron strug- | gle today, Navy struck swiftly to beat | Army, 7 to 0, before a record Eastern foot ball throng of 102,000—but it rode to victory on an out-and-out break. An illegal pass interference, coming ing when it appeared the Midship- | mén had been checked on the Army 20-yard line, gave them the ball at first down within 3 yards of goal. Then Sneed Schmidt, St. Joseph, Mo., lad, in three solid smashes at the Army line went across with less than 3 minutes left for play. | Bill Ingram, scion of a family fa- mous in Navy foot ball history, kicked the extra point. As Schmidt was the hero of the game, so was Henry Sullivan, Army balfback, from Mount Stirling, Ky., the “goat.” For it was Sullivan who was held guilty of illegal .interference on the 17-yard pass Ingtam had in- tended for Bob Antrim. But for the ruling against Army, the Navy might | well have been checked short of goal | for it had been shoved and shunted sll over the gridiron the greater part of the game. 1 But with the recovery on its 25-yard line of & fumble made by Army's Jim Craig, the Navy suddenly had swung back into the game to strike with blinding swiftness and be aided by not one, but two pass interference rulings. | Claiming the ball when Schmidt re- | eovered Craig’s fumble, Navy launched | its only bona fide thrust of the day | when Ingram faded back and whipped | a short, hard pass toward Antrim. Into the picture leaped Army’s big fullback, Jim Schwenck, who batted the ball to the ground. On this play, interference was ruled by Field Judge E. E. Miller of Penn State and Navy | ploves in the form of increased wages, ' m given a first down on its 35-yard line. | Again the Navy found the air was| Mrs. Roosevelt i oy A he WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING,‘ NOVEMBER 29, 1936—116 PAGES. * Greets Oparre When the final curtain fell at the National Theater last night, concluding the presentation there of “Wingless Victory,” . Mrs. Roosevelt hastened backstage to extend congratulations to Katharine Cornell, the star Oparre. premiere here Tuesday. The show, by Maxwell Anderson, who played the leading role of had its world —Star Staff Photo. SH00000,000 SETS B, 0.WINS ORDER OVEND ECORD Millions More in Wages and Bonuses Paid During November. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 28—With one more business day to go, No- vember, traditional month of divi- dends, neared its close today after shattering all post-depression records for distribution to stockholders. Since late Octeber corporations throughout the country have ordered more than $800,000,000 pald vut in regular and extra dividends and in arrearages on preferred stock. A good percentage of the companies hand- ing out more money to their security owners also cut juicy melons for em- bonuses, or both. Large disbursements, due in part to WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION iy Stad CONSTITUTIONTOPS LIST OF PROBLEMS FACING CONGRESS Labor Leads Groups Seek- ing Federal Social and Economic Laws. MANY SEEK CHANGE IN SUPREME COURT President Silent on Demands for Amendment on Wages and Hour Control. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. A crop of problems is developing for the Seventy-fifth Congress, which meets January 5. ‘These problems have to do both with the legislative program under which President Roosevelt is expected to lay in the lap of Congress and with measures which will be put for- ward by groups in and out of Con- gress. Already organized labor has an- nounced its intention of pressing for legislation which it believes will be| in its interest. The American Feder- | ation of Labor, it is reported from | Tampa, where the federation has| T0 PROTECT TRAINS Court Enjoins Strikers at Cumberland After 6 Hurt in Rioting. Bt the Associated Press. | CUMBERLAND, Md., November 28. | —cCircuit Court Judge D. Lindley | Sloan tonight signed a temporary in- | junction restraining the United Textile | Workers of America from interfering | with operation of ‘Baltimore & Onio trains. | The railroad asked for the injunc- | tion today after a second outbreak of rioting at the strike-closed celanese plant here. Today’s fighting broke out at a nearby railroad station when a train attempted to enter the plant. Judge Sloan gave the defendants until December 10 to show why the injunction should not be made per- | anent. | The injunction suit named officers and officials and members of the the road to Army territory when|the Federal undistributed profits sur-| Cumberiand Union of the United Schmidt thréw a pass to Anirim, Who | tax, is expected to continue into De- | Textile Workers and officers of the caught this heave for a 15-yard gain | and a second straight first down in| midfield. center of the Army line for a first down on the 40. | Ingram masterfully set up Navy's! mext great thrust by skirting end for | 8 yards. On second down he started | as if to duplicate the run but, instead, stopped and heaved a long aerial to Irwin Fike, an end, who grabbed the twisting oval and raced to the 20-yard stripe before he was brought to earth. Sullivan’s Play Held Tllegal. From the Army side reserves rushed into the fray in an attempt to stem the tide of battle, but Ingram, on the next play, calmly picked out Antrim Just short of Army’s goal and sent the | oval streaking teward his target. This | time, instead of Schwenck rushing to bat it down, Sullivan leaped from his halfback position and groped for the bal. It bounded off the fingers of the two men—Antrim and Sullivan—into the air and eventually to the ground. Groans from the Navy side of the fleld echoed over the stadium as Ref- eree C. M. Waters of Williams College started to bring the ball back to the Army 20, evidently regarding the play #s an incomplete pass. But Field Judge Miller rushed in, called the pen- alty and Navy had the golden oppor- tunity to score iis second victory in | three years and fourteenth in the series | of 37 games. But those 3 yards were nothing easy for Navy. Schmidt plunged into the (Continued on Page B-6, Column 1.) Plane Held Ready| To Fly President From Buenos Aires BY the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, November 28.— Pan-American Airways said tonight the Pan-American Clipper plane would be placed at President Roose- velt’s disposition here in case he “should be obliged to return to his eountry unexpectedly owing to some emergency.” (Mr. Roosevelt, scheduled to reach Buenos Aires Monday aboard the eruiser Indianapolis to attend the opening of the Inter-American Peace Conference Tuesday, has given no pub- lic intimation that he considered fly- £t : 5 ;' i g2 -k 4 { H 8 siat i 1 cember, Wwith some important com- Ppanies to take action then. To escape late October, winding up with a rec- ord-breaking week, appeared to have passed its peak. Axle Company Bonus. Today's big bonus to shareholders was provided by Timken-Detroit Axle Co., which announced an extra divi- dend of $1.25 on the common stocX and the regular quarterly disburse- ment of 25 cents, both payable De- cember 21 to stock of record Decemter 10. Total payment will be $1,470,000 The company also assured its pre- ferred stockholders there would be no slip-ups next year by declaring all the regular quarterly dividends for 1937 in one lump, but payable in the regular quarterly installments. Indicative of the week's trend was the compilation of the Standard Sta- tistics Co., noting 196 favorable divi- dend changes during the period. That was an increase of 4 over the previous record, set the week before. Extras numbered 122, increases 31, resump- tions 17 and initial payments 26. Dividend Action Tomorrow. On Monday, last business day of the month, a number of large corpora- tions will meet for dividend action. They include American Rolling Mill Co., Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Holland Furnace Co., Johns- Manville Corp. and South Penn 0il Co. Among payments declared today were an extra of $1.25 on the common by Acme Wire Co., an extra of 10 cents a share by Argo Oil Corp., an arrearage payment of $10.50 a share on preferred by Federal Mining and Smelting Co., an extra of $1.25 & share on the common by Roos Bros., Inc. national unioh. It charged interfer- | ence with interstate traffic, trespass on | the Féderal surtax, payments must be] the right-of-way and at the station. ‘Then, shifting tactics, Schmidt, In- | made before December 31. The rush, | gram and Schmidt again pounded the | however, which has continued since | ‘The railroad charged armed strikers with “forcibly and violently assault- ing, maiming and wounding passen- gers.” It charged assault and trespass on November 16, 25, 27 and 28. The suit followed renewed outbreaks [ (See B. & O, Page A-10) 'ROSA PONSELLE TO WED BALTIMORE MAYOR’S SON Singer Met Earle A. Jackson at | Farewell Performance of Lucrezia Bori. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, November 28.—The engagement of Rosa Ponselle, Metro- politan Opera star, to Carle A. Jack- son, son of Mayor and Mrs. Howard W. Jackson, was announced here to- night. Carmella Ponselle, sister of the singer, made the announcement at the Green Spring Valley home of C. Morton Stewart, sr., where the opera star has been resting. The date for the wedding has not been set. It was at the farewell performance of Lucrezia Bori here that Miss Ponselle and Jackson met. Frederick R. Huber, manager of the Lyric Thea- ter, introduced them at an intermis- sion. The couple have been seen fre- quently together in the past few weeks, but denied rumors they would wed. she was “perfectly sincere” at the time. Jackson is connected with his - father’s insurance firm here. “Charm School” for Building Guards Instituted by Ickes More than ever the thousands of feminine visitors to Washington are carrying back home memories and gossip of the “charming manners” of the polite uniformed guards at Fed- eral buildings. Little do they suspect that Secre- tary of Interior Ickes, who is the “boss” of the 688 guards and their officers employed in Federal buildings, and but officials who have charge of the school point to the universal po- liteness which one encounters from all Federal guards as justification for their training in the niceties of life. Courtesy and good manners should in hand, one of the school pointed out. be naturally courteous, in H 1 g ; By i ‘The training the guards receive in their daily and emergency duties is often realistic. Especially is this the case in the fire-fighting practice. Hot, gas masks, so important in buildings like agriculture, where chemicals abound, and the fire is put out and guard must know all there is to know to answer questions about the he is sta- Miss Ponselle said that when | she denied such a rumor last week | been in convention, will concentrate on the passage of the 30-hour work | | week bill. This measure has been sponsored in the last two Congresses | by Senator Black of Alabama and Representative Connery of Massachu- | | setts. There have been demands from | | some labor leaders also for an amend- ' ! ment to the social security act to re- lieve the wage earners from the pay roll tax for old-age pensions. Included in demands of labor, al- though it will probably be backed by others, is an amendment to the Con- | stitution to authorize the Federal | Government to deal with Nation-wide social and economic matters. In | other words, to legalize such measures |as the N. R. A, the Guffey coal act 1and the old A. A. A, which were de- clared unconstitutional by the Su- {preme Court during the last Con- 'xress. Move for Legislation. ) ‘There is a group which still hopes | such legislation may be so drafted as |to avoid a declaration of unconsti: tutionality. This, in itself, may prove |too tough a problem, unless, indeed, | the present personnel of the court | |is changed or increased. Although | there are some Democrats in Congress | who would like to see the member- |ship of the court increased by the appointment of enough “progressives” | to insure decisions upholding the New Deal measure, the idea is repugnant to many. Certainly President Roose- velt has given no indication that he would approve such a measure. Oth- | ers would change the present law by | making it impossible for a mere ma- | jority of the court to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional. There |is grave doubt, however, that a law |of Congress undertaking so to limit the authority of the Supreme Court | would itself be held constitutional by | that body. The President himself has given ! no indication as to his own attitude |toward a constitutional amendment | Increasing the powers of the Federal | Government to deal with social and | economic problems. He has been! asked repeatedly both before and | since the recent election whether he favored a constitutional amendment. He has said nothing. In some quar- ters it has been rumored that he would prefer such an amendment to come backed by a demand of the people ahd to originate in Congress itself, if there is to be an amend- ment. | Foreign Policy. The President is en route to the Pan-American Conference in Buenos Aires. What he will bring back from that conference in the way of recom- mendations for the next Congress can only be a matter of surmise. The policy which he may develop, if he does, would be an important part of the foreign policy of the admin- istration. He has been an earnest advocate of the so-called “good neigh- bor” policy toward the other Amer- ican nations. Whether this will be magnified in any way, looking to peace agreements, remains to be seen. Advocates of American entry into the World Court will become more active with the assembling of Con- gress. There are some who believe that President Roosevelt will again seek the advice and consent of the Senate to protocols providing for American adherence to the court. The old group of irreconcilables in the Senate has been materially thinned in the last three or four years. ‘The European situation, with war clouds comstantly hanging over that (See CONGRESS, Page A-4.) WOMAN, 54, SENTENCED IN $145,000 SHORTAGE Divorcee Gets 10 Years in Prison for Embezzlement During 9 Years as Treasurer. BY the Associated Press. ABERDEEN, 8. Dak., November 28. years in the State Penitentiary for embeszling more than $145,000 in city and school district funds during her nine years as joint teacher. Mrs, Brown, ill and nearly sightless high blood pressure, pleaded guil- ty to the charge which was filed after the shortage was discovered, last Sep- tember. Judge Howard Babcock, who pro- nounced sentence, refused to impose the mandatory fine of twice the amount embezzled, holding this sec- tion of the law “clearly invalid.” ’ . ~ e ~ \_\\ LITVINOFF SCORE BERLINTOKID PAGT Charges “Secret Military Alliance” Menaces World Peace. BACKGROUND— Creation of Japanese-sponsored Manchukuo in 1932 heightened ill- jeeling between Russia, long suspicious of Japanese aggression, and Tokio, long coveting rich Asiatic mainland provinces. Border clashes are jrequent. Russia, feverishly preparing her frontiers, just completed new railroad link- ing Komsomolsk, on Pacific, with inland, thereby making herself in- dependent of trans-Siberian rail- road, too close to Manchukuoan border for comjfort. Recent Ger- man alliance with Japan, and negotiations between Japan and Italy on ‘“commercial” treaty. have further aggravated Soviet antagonism. By the Associated Press. | Malady Forces (| Child to Talk, Baffles Doctors | | Body Wastes Away | | and Hair Turns ' Snow W hite. Bt the Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. November 28— | Four-year-old Emmie Wilson, who | “can’t stop talking,” carried on his | childish prattle today, growing weaker | | from a strange malady which baffled | his doctors. | His body wasted away to 20 pounds {and his hair turned snow white, Em- | mie talked on and on, just as he has since entering a hospital, November | SHELLS FALL NEAR BRITIGH ENBASY |Spanish Rebels Bombard “Safe” Street—Offense to South Repulsed. BACKGROUND— Spain has become an armed battlefield, whereon soldiers adher- ing to jascism-monarchism or communism-socialism vie for ulti- mate supremacy. Each side has supporters among European powers where those conflicting principles are the life blood of law and 18, with what first was believed to be meningitis. | Physicians said they were not sure | | of his ailment. They called in a nerve specialist today. The boy had a slight stroke two | weeks ago which affected his face. One eye remains open, one side of his mouth is drawn. | He sleeps four or five hours at night. | He is alternately rational and delirious. | His fever comes and goes. All during his waking hours Emmie order. Neutrality agreements have been in force, the Madrid government | seeking to carry the issue to the | League of Nations. Both Germany and Italy are at “outs” with the | League, but back the Fascist cause | in Spain. League sessions will begin De- cember 17. | By the Associated Press. | MADRID, November 28—Artillery MOSCOW November 28.—Foreign \ talks—of home, childish desires and | shells dropped near the British Em- Minister Maxim Litvinoff charged to- | his mother. Mrs. May Wilson, herself | passy today and sent citizens scurry- night that Germany and Japan were joined in secret military alliance to 1aunch war which would spread to “all continents.” In one of the most important ad- dresses to the All-Union Congress of Soviets Litvinoff gave his “absolute assurance” that the secret pact ex- isted in connection with the publicly announced German-Japanese anti- Communist agreement and connected it with two serious Far Eastern border clashes this week. “There is no sense in this pact,” Litvinoff said. “But I can say with knowledge and full respensibility for my statement that 15 months of ne- gotiation by the Japanese military attache with German diplomats has resulted in this secret pact. “Within 48 hours after the pact was signed two considerable violations of the Soviet border occurred. But the invaders did not realize who was guarding our Far Eastern frontiers.” He referred to reports of two clashes between Russian and Japanese-Man- chukuoan border patrols protested re- spectively by the Soviet nation and by Japan. Litvinoff - reiterated Russia’s desire for peace asserting the Soviet Union “wants no partners and no blocs, it simply offers co-operation for peace. | It can give more than it receives.” | The congress applauded Spanish | Ambassador Marcelino Pascua who| had assailed fascism for its policy of “contempt for peace” and cheered Gen. Vassily Constantinovich Bluecher, Russian Far Eastern commander. “We know there now exists a bloc between Italy and Germany on one hand and Germany and Japan on the other. We have authentic information that Iitaly proposed to Japan conclu- sion of an agreement similar to that existing between Japan and Germany as described in the press,” Litvinoff said. Turning to Spain, Litvinoff roused his audience to loud cheers with the declaration: “We are filled with sympathy and admiration for the heroic resistance of the Spanish people in resisting the forces of barbarism and vandalism, “Our enemies say we want to estab- lish & Communist regime in Spain and then annex it as a federated republic. Only simpletons would believe this be- cause then we would have postponed this congress until such time as we could have included Spain as the twelfth federated republic of the Soviet ‘Union.” Josef Stalin, secretary-general of the Communist party of Russia, was not present during the speech, but the (8ee MOSCOW, Page A-3.) STRIKE IS POSTPONED Mexican 0il Workers Agree to 4 Months’ Truce. MEXICO CITY, November 28 (#).— Oil workers of Mexico signed an agree- ment today to postpone their scheduled strike for four months. ‘The agreement came after President | sons were killed and 30 wounded | seriously ill at her Mumford, Tenn., home. Always he seems to be afraid to be alone, especially at night. Busy nurses, passing his room, accustomed as they are to suffering and death, dab a handkerchief to their eyes as they hear his plea: | “Come on in. Please come on in.” ECUADOREAN ARM PEBELLIN FLARE Dictator Reports Uprising of Regiment at Quito Suppressed. BS the Associated Pross. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, November 28.—A military revolt broke out today in Quito, Ecuador’s capital, but the governor of Guayaquil said tonight he had been officially informed the up- rising had been suppressed. Reports from Quito said the Calderon artillery regiment rebelled, but three other ‘regiments of the garrison remained loyal. A section of the Ecuadorean Army battled loyal troops in the streets of Quito. Dictator Federico Paez de. clared tonight the uprising had been crushed. Official reports said 3 per- in a two-hour fight. Paez asserted in a‘radio broadcast that the rebellion was inspired by Communists. The military commander here de- clared the outbreak was confined to the one Quito regiment. There was no disturbance in Guayaquil, and re- ports from the provinces said they also were quiet. | ing for cover as clearing skies brought |2 renewal of the Fascist-Socialist bat- | tle for possession of Madrid. | ‘The shells were from Fascist bat- teries, the government said, and the | Socialist troops turned their big guns against the Casa de Campo region, capital. The shells falling near the British Embassy dropped into Fernando el | Santo street, which the militia and | pedestrians had considered compar- | atively safe. | Shrapnel sprayed the street to a point within a few yards of the em- bassy gates. Rebel Offensive Repulsed. Meanwhile, the Fascist insurgents launched a new offensive from Val- verde, a short distance south of Madrid along the Aranjuez road. ‘Their attack was supported by mor- tar crews and machine gunners, but was unsuccessful, the government said. ‘The Madrid militia in & counter-at= tack drove back the Fascists, “sending the insurgent casualty roll soaring,” it was reported here. Authorities praised the conduct of 50 Spanish telephone girls who stuck to their posts at switchboards with only mattresses at the windows to pro- tect them from bombardment. Another bitter onslaught was re- | ported at Northern Oviedo, with As- turian myners, Madrid spokesmen said, (See SPAIN, Page A-4.) TWO BODIES RECOVERED List of Known Dead in Alaska Landslide Raised to 14. JUNEAU, Alaska, November 28 (#).— The known dead in the earth slide here last Sunday was increased to 14 today with the recovery of two more bodies. ~ They were believed to be the re- mains of Mrs. Fred Marson and Joe (Paez set up a military dictatorsiup (See ECUADOR, Page A-4.) Advances Visit to In- struct Toy Campaign Couriers. ANTA CLAUS today radioed to The Star his assurances that he will be here & week in advance of his usual annual visit to give final instructions to his couriers that no child in Washington shall be for- gotten this Christmas. The couriers of this jolly, apple- cheekéd polar visitor are the people of the District and the agents of the sixth annual Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. night of December 18 to tell them how ta bring to thousands of boys and girls to whom December 25 might be just a date on the calender if it were not for the determination of . (See TOYS, Page A-2.) A ~ Vanali, the only persons listed as Santa Claus Coming Week Earlier This Year, He Radios THE SIXTH ANNUAL STAR-WARNER BROS.- N. B. C. TOY MATINEES and THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL METROPOLITAN POLICE PARTY in co-operation with THE PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION have joined forces té provide food, new toys and new clothing for needy children and poor families this Christmas. New toys and new clothing will be received at all Warner Bros. theaters and will be taken as the price of ecdmission at 11 theaters on Saturday morning, December 19. Non-perishable food or any other gifts will be received at any police precinct in Washington. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PHONE NATIONAL 5000 Branches 239, 293 and 418 FIVE CENTS | Seross the Manzanares River from the | TEN CENTS AR RE CHAIRMAN NORTON 10 ABOLISH D, C. SUBCOMMITTEES Announces Legislative Pro- gram and Says She Will Continue Post. REPRESENTATION BILL FIRST TO BE OFFERED Measure to Put “Teeth” in Gam- bling Laws Here on List for Next Session. BY JAMES E. CHINN, 8taff Correspondent of The Star. PELHAM, N. Y., November 28— Representative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey today definitely spiked rumors she would resign as chairman of the House District Committee to take an assignment on the more important Appropriations Committee, and at the same time announced her legislative program for the coming session of Congress. “The chairmanship of the House District Committee is a headache,” declared Mrs. Norton. “But I love ‘Washington and feel that I can be of more valuable service to the city as chairman of the District Committee than by serving on the Appropriations | Committee. I am willing to sacrifice all the honor and glory that goes with service on the Appropriations Come mittee in an effort to see that Washe ington gets a square deal in Congress.” | Mrs. Norton, visiting her sister in Pelham, already has made ambitious plans for the District - Committee during the Seventy-fifth Congress. Every item in her elaborate program is designed to improve existing condi= tions in Washington, and to expedite passage of legislation necessary to bring ebout the changes. Subcommittees to End. First and foremost, Mrs. Norton pro- poses to abolish every standing sub- committee of the District Committes | as a means of preventing the death of legislation from lack of consideration. She pointed out that 61 District bills— some of them of vital importance dieds in subcommittees at the last sessior | of Congress because of the pigeon= holing proclivities of subcommittee | chairmen who were not in sympathy with the measures. 8econd, Mrs. Norton proposes > | urge the Ways and Means Committee to place on her committee only mem- bers who are interested in District af- | fairs. In the last Congress, she sai® only a few members of her committes took an active part in the commi: tee’s activities . Topping Mrs. Norton’s legislative program is the joint resolution to re- lease the District from the shackles of disfranchisement through a con- stitutional amendment to provide for | national representation. She said | this resolution would be the first she | would introduce at the coming session. | A bill to destroy the effect of the so-called “red rider” to the 1936 Dis trict appropriation act forbidding the teaching or advocacy of communism in the public schools is second on the | list. The third measure is intended to | moderniz» and humanize Juvenile Court procedure by substituting a | chancery for the present criminal system. A so-called “model” bill foy this purpose failed to reach the House calendar at the last session. Gambling Bill Teeth. ‘The legislative program also ine cludes a bill to put “teeth” into the District’s gambling laws — “teeth™ that will emasculate the “numbers racket”—as well as a measure to legalize horse racing under the pari- mutuel system. In addition, Mrs. Norton said she would sponsor legislation to put into effect the plan of Judge Nathan Cayton of Municipal Court to create a small claims branch to handle cases involving $50 or less. Two of the bills on which Mrs, Norton will seek immediate action— the anti-gambling measure and the one to legalize horse racing—were among the 61 that died in the last Congress because of failure to receive subcommittee approval. Both measures were referred to the Judiciary Sub- committee, headed by Representative Palmisano, Democrat, of Maryland. The anti-gambling bill had passed the Senate. With abolition of standing sub- committees, Mrs. Norton explained it will be possible to get these two meas= ures, as well as others on which action is desired, on the House calendar, since they will be referred to special com= mittees for consideration. In appointe ing special committees, Mrs. Norton hopes tq select as chairmen only mem- bers known to be in sympathy with the bills. Mrs. Norton pointed out that the (See NORTON, Page A-4.) FOG, COLD WEATHER CURB FOREST FIRES Flames Still Menace Large Area in Northwest—Blaze Near Town Checked. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg., November 28.— Scattered fogs, & higher humidity and low temperatures proved of material aild today in checking flames still crackling over thousands of acres in the fire-stricken Northwest. ‘The danger point apparently was in Linn County, about 75 miles south of Portland, where a 400-acre fire ad- vanced within a mile of the community of Cascadia before being -checked. Fires still raged along the Oregon coast from the Columbia River south- ward to the California line, and also along the Columbia River and north- ward into Washington, but most of them were reported under control. It was estimated roughly that about 20,000 acres, mostly second-growth and cut-over land, were burning in Southwestern Washington and about | the same area in Oregon. 4