Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1936, Page 2

HOLT MAY LOSE PATRONAGE PLACE West Virginia Senator Will Be Punished for Fight With W. P. A. BY the Associated Press. Democratic regulars in the Senate moved yesterday to punish Senator Rush D. Holt, youthful and rebellious Democrat from West Virginia. Holt, who waged a strenuous fight with’ Harry L. Hopkins' W. P. A, and who unsuccessfully opposed the re- election of his Democratic colleague, Senator M. M. Neely of West Virginia, announced through his office here that he had received notice that he would be deprived of certain patron- age privileges that had been assigned to him. Holt announced he had received the following letter from Senator Ca:l Hayden, Democrat, of Arizona, chair- man of an unofficial Democratic com- mittee which controls such patronage jobs as Capitol Hill policemen and elevator operators: “It has become my duty to advise you that when Congress convenes in January you will in all probability be deprived of the patronage positions now assigned to you. “From expressions made to me by | Democratic Senators, this action will| be taken as a result of two facts.| Pirst, because you gave comfort, if | not aid, to those who were seeking to defeat the Democratic national ticket and also opposed the election of a Democrat to the United Smtes1 Benate. “Second, because there are newly elected Senators who wholeheartedly | supported the Democratic party at the last election and who therefore have & sound claim to patronage posi- tions among the attaches of the Benate. ! “I am sending you this letter in | order your appointees may mnot be | surprised when they are removed from ' the places they now occupy. | “I hope in the meantime they will be able to find other suitable posi- letter was: “I see the era of good feeling has Holt's office said he had made three | appointments which apparently would | be affected by Hayden's letter—two policemen and one elevator operator. Center of Controversy. Holt, who came to the Senate in 1035 az its youngest member since Henry Clay, has been & frequent cen- ter of controversy. Elected before he was 30 years old, the minimum age required by the Constitution for Senate membership, he waited until he attained that age | to take the oath of office. | Even then, however, it was mot | until two days of constitutional debate | that the Senate voted 62 to 17 to seat him. At that time his colleague, Senator Neely, whom he later accused of dic- tating W, P. A. appointments in their home State, accompanied him to the | rastrum to take the oath. Holt’s first Senate vote was for the Bankhead bill to aid farm tenants. | Some of his first speeches eriticized | public utility holding companies and | the natural gas industry. Last session he demanded a sena- torial investigation of the Works Prog- ress Administration, assailing condi- tions he said existed in West Virginia and Pennsylvanis. He said Hopkins wax “doing more to destroy President | Roosevelt than any other man in | this country.” Hopkine Denied Charge. Replying. Hopkins denied any West Virginia W. P. A. worker had beea given a job through political influence. The W. P. A. chief also upheid the | dismissal of the young Senator’s broth- | er as a W. P. A. engineer. Opposing Neely's re-election, Hoit eharged that W. P. A. workers were eoerced into voting for Neely in his successful primary campaign. | In the midst of the presidential eampaign, Holt had a luncheon con- | ference with Gov. Alf M. Landon, the | Republican nominee, and told report- ers afterward he was “favorably im- | pressed” with him. Sinee the election he has demanded | s Senate inquiry into Federal relief | before Congress votes any more money | for that purpose. DRIVER. OF POLICE CAR FORCED TO WALK BACK| Returns to Station to Report Auto Cruiser Was Stolen Before His Eyes. B the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, December 26.—Po- Hee Lieut. Albert Bruce of nearby | Churchill Borough walked home to- day—to report the borough's cruiser car stolen. He said he stopped to investigate & sedan parked along a highway, but a8 he neared the parked ear it sped | away. Bruce continued: “I turned to run over to my car to give chase, when I saw a man behind the wheel, who got the machine in’ @ear and stepped on the gas in a| h i Bruce walked back to headquarters and learned his car had been wrecked against a tree and abandoned. Trees and Plants ToBegin Journey To Tokio Monday Garden Club of America to Ship Good-Will Of- fering to Japan. By the Associated Press. PRINCETON, N.J., December 26.— From the Garden State to the Flower Kingdom—New Jersey to Japan—a good-will offering begins its journey Monday. The offering, 5,000 plants and trees | Resorts. | Traffic convictions. { Aviation. ! inquest into the traffic death of an 8-year-old boy here tonight, Police | Readors:‘ Guide News Summary The Sunday Star, Dee. 27, 1936, PART ONE. Main News Section. Chiang will urge leniency be shown 1o repentant Chang. Page A-1 PFrance willing to exchange Germany’s colonies for peace. Page A-1 Mrs. Simpson forgives critics of Ed- ward, friend says. Page A-1 New Cuban president promises honesty in administration. Page A-1 NATIONAL Battle over relief appropriation is foreseen. Page A-2 Antagonistic views held on neutrality legislation. Page A-1 Wreckage of plane found by trapper 11 Idaho mountains. Page A-1 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Infant dies of burns after matches set crib afire, Page A-1 Transfusion volunteers asked for child burned in fire. Page B-1 Hearing scheduled on Sunday liquor sale legisiation. Page B-1 Coroner’s jury to hear evidence in husband shooting. Page B-1 D. C. fiscal report to go to President this week. Page B-1 Cremation of prisoner in Dillwyn Jau found accidental. Page B-2 Holiday death toll rises to 23 in Vir- ginia. Page B-3 Colored ex-convict shot down in gun battle with policeman. Page B-1 SPORTS. Nationals schedule 28 games in grape- fruit circuit. Page B-7 Georgia Tech upsets California, 13-7, | in gridiron battle. Page B-7 ' Washington and Pitt both anxious for | first Rose Bowl win. Page B-8 ' Golf, tennis, base ball, racing, fight- ing, other sports reviewed. | Pages B-9-10-11 | MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside. Lost and found. Obituary. Page A-2 Page A-3| Page A-10 Page B-6 Page B-12 Page B-12 | PageB-12 | Army orders. Vital statistics. PART TWO. Editorial Section. Editorial articles. Pages D-1-3 | Editorials and comment, Page D-2 Civic News. Military and veterans’ news. ‘Women's clubs. Stamps. Cross-word puzzle. PART THREE. Society Section. Society news. Pages E-1-13 Well-known folk. Page E-6 Barbara Bell pattern. Page E-12 | Educational. ‘Winning contract. PART FOUR. Feature Section. News features. Pages F-1-4 Jobn Clagett Proctor. r-2 Dick Mansfield. F-2 3 Radio programs. F-. Amusements, Automobiles, Pages D-5-6 Page D-5 Page D-7 Page Children’s. High lights of history. PART FIVE. Financial, Classified. January promotions planned. Rall earnings jump. D. C. store sales rise. Stocks recover in week (table). Bond table. Curb table. Classified advertising. R STRIKE LEADER ISiflELD AFTER CAR KILLS BOY B7 the Associated Press. LONG BEACH, Calif., Decemeber 26.—Harry Bridges of San Prancisco, maritime strike leader, was booked at the city jail on charges of inves- tigation of negligent homicide and ordered held without bail pending an Page Page Page Page Page Page D-7 | Page E-13 | PageE-13 | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 27, 1936—PART ONE. FIGHT ONRELIEF SEENNCONERESS King Believes $500,000,000 Suggested by President Unnecessary. By the Assoclated Pross. Christmas celebrations over, the Capital is preparing for a bitter strug- gle in the coming Congress over next year’s relief spending. The limited amount of relief funds now on hand pushed the issue for- ward as one of the first to be tackled at the session opening January 5. There were mounting signs that President Roosevelt's suggestion for a $500,000,000 appropriation, to last un- til June 30, would draw sharp attacks both from advocates of more liberal spending and legizlators who favor a tightened Federal purse. Senator King, Democrat of Utah, told reporters he considered such & sum ‘“unnecessary.” “If overhead is reduced and proper economy applied, $250,000,000 to $300,- 000,000 should be enough,” King said. Opinien Is Divided. He added that he considered $300,- 000,000 to $500,000,000 enough for Federal relief throughout the fiscal year beginning July 1. States should absorb a growing proportion of the burden, he contended. Other quarters in the Capital were understood to feel that $500,000.000 would not be sufficient for the rest of this fiscal year and that a much larger sum probably would be neces- sary for next year also. While arriving congressional leaders agreed the relief controversy would have first call when the session ac- tually opens, the problems of new neutrality legislation to replace that expiring May 1 claimed attention also. Day in Capital Quiet. Otherwise, the day after Christ- mas in the Capital was a compara- tively quiet one. Sporting & new Christmas tie, Pres- ident Roosevelt devoted several hours in his office to routine Government rejointed the family circle in the Executive Mansion. His secretaries said if he had be- gun preparation of his message on the unaware of it. The President had three callers—R. ‘Wllwn Moore, Acting Secretary of | State; John H. Fahey, chairman of the Home Loan Bank Board, and | Henry F. Grady, dean of the College of Commerce of the University of California and former chief of the Trade Agreements Division of the State Department. Grady still is consulted on policy in connection with negotiation of reciprocal trade pacts. He told re- porters, however, that neither this nor the West Coast maritime strike was touched upon in his brief talk | with the Chief Executive. ILLINOIS TO PROBE 'PAROLE SYSTEM Gov. Horner Orders Inquiry Into Much-Criticized Act—Sullivan to Conduct Study. BY the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., December 26. ‘crmcum that has made it a 1937 legislative issue, today was the sub- Gov. Henry Horner. In charge of the inquiry was T. P. acting superintendent of | of paroles. absence had been granted George Scully, who has been superintendent the Governor's first administration. The Governor did not comment other- wise. Lieut. O. H. Hoyt announced. The 36-year-old head of the Pacific Coast longshoremen was on his way to a maritime strikers’ mass meeting in nearby Wilmington when his auto- mobile struck and killed Joe Miranda, 8, who was riding a bicycle, Hoyt re- ported. Hoyt said the order to book Bridges came from Chief of Police Joe H McClelland after more than two hours’ questioning of Bridges and others in his automobile. Lieut. Charles Gouthro, another of the officers who questioned Bridges, said the longshoremen’s leader and passengers in the car declared the boy was riding on the wrong side of the | street, and that his bicycle was with- out lights. 400 HOMES UNDER BAN DUE TO SCARLET FEVER By the Associated Press. OWEGO, N. Y., December 36. The State Health Department quaran- tined nesrly 400 Owego homes to- night in an effort to curb what Dr. George M. Ramsey of the department described as s ‘“very serious” epi- demic of scariet fever. Dr. Ramsey said more than 700 of the village’s 5,000 residents had been stricken with the disease. One death, that of Leon Frellensen, 33, on Christ- mas eve, was attributed to the epi- demic, he said. The quarantine regulations will be effective for 21 days. Dr. Ramsey said the source of the outbreak was distribution of raw milk. He sald he had found a dairyman who had marketed his milk despite illness of three members of his fam- ily. Distribution of the milk has | Robbery given by a group of women from the Garden Club of America to the Jap- raiiroad siding en route to Vancouver, British Columbia, there to be shipped to Tokio. In 1909 the city of Tokio presented rocal gesture has been made and ac- eepted. . Of the 5,000 plants and trees, repre- senting an investment of $5,000, there ___(Continued From First Page.) streets shortly afier midnight colored man, who leveled & 2 told, £ bandit fired shot at the as O'Donnell. Investigation. While the entire system of paroling | convicts was under investigation, | tention centered on the release last | me, as he has testified. | June from Joliet Penitentiary of Stan- ley Murawski and Prank Whyte, now under arrest in Chicago for the mur- der of Michael Toth, policeman. The Parole Board had been criti- cized previously on complaints that numerous convicts, given their free- dom without publicity, had continued criminal careers. The Governor did not indicate what the Sixtieth General Assembly next month about the parole system. IR K. OF C. TO BE HOST TO DISTRICT ORPHANS Christmas Party Will Be Held at National Theater Tuesday Morning. Orphans of the District's various institutions will be entertaimed at a Christmas party at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the National Thesater, under spon- sorship of the Knights of Columbus, Boxing, gymnastics and singing and dancing numbers will be staged by the Boys’ Club of the Metropolitan Police Department. Fortillo, the clown, and the Knights of Columbus Boys® Band also will participate in the entertainment. It is expected variety entertainers from two. downtown the- aters will perform. Christmas gifts will be presented the children. ‘Transportation will be furnished by the Rotary Club and Capital Transit Co. John M. Connell is chairman of arrangements. ACTRESS DEFIES COURT PROBING HER FINANCES Grace Bradley Grilled in Breach of Contract Suit Brought | state of the Union, scheduled a few | | days after Congress opens, they were | Page D-4 | Tecommendations he would make to | Sullivan, who stepped into the job of from Dr. of paroles during the four years of | d i Greets Son’s Fiancee Both in Boston to see Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., ill with sinus trouble, Mrs. Roosevelt poses daughter-in-law, Ethel du Pont. of the two since Miss du Pont Franklin, jr. in this photo with her future This is the first posed photo. announced her engagement to —Copyright. A. P. Wirephoto. GIFT OF GOD" BABY PLOTTERS IN JAI {Mrs. Nellie T. Muench Gets! mail. After a cold turkey lunch, he | 10 Years in Hoax Begun in August, 1935, By the Associated Press. 8T. LOUIS, December 26.—Four convicted conspirators in the “Gift of | God” baby case, including Mrs. Nellie ‘Tipton Muench, went to jail today— the first time behind bars for any one concerned in the sensational hoax which started August 17, 1935, with the birth of a son to Anna Ware, un- wed servant girl. Mrs. Muench, the key figure, and | her three co-defendants found guilty of an attempt to defraud by a Fed- eral court jury last Sunday, will spend the week end in jail pending action Monday on appeal bonds. Federal Judge George H. Moore sentenced them to prison after overruling a | motion for & new trial. The sen- tences: Mrs. Muench, 44, red-haired sister of a Missouri Supreme Court judge, 10 years and s fine of $5,000. Mrs. Muench claimed to have borne the child Jater awarded Miss Ware by court order, 8 Years for Husband. Dr. Ludwig O. Muench, her band, 8 years and $5.000 fine. Wilfred Jones, attorney, who ob- tained Miss Ware's baby for Mrs. hus- —The Tlinois parole system, under | Muench, 10 years. Mrs, Helen Berroyer, friend of Mrs. | ing fear that a magazine article about | Muench, who aided in the plot, § | Ject of an investigation ordered by ' years. The four specifically were charged With use of the mails to obtain money Marsh Pitzman, wealthy supervision middie-aged bachelor physician, by | falsely representing to him he was the Mr. Horner said a 30-day leave of | father of a son claimed to have been T. | borne by Mrs. Muench. Mrs. Muench, attired in a black ress and & mink coat, made a tearful Plea to the court just before sentence : was passed. Sullivan, former chief of police | no here, is superintendent of the State me, Bureau of Criminal Identification and | man he was th i “I took a baby, one that I thought one else in the world wanted but " she sald. “I did tell Dr. Pits- e father bui there never was a conspiracy to defraud him of any of his property or any of his money. His purse was always open to No Aim te Violate Law. “I did it out of love, to hold him. I don't want innocent people to suf- fer. My husband did not know the facts until last Monday night. There Was never the slightest thought or slightest idea to violate any law in any ‘way whatsoever. “Please, may you and God be merciful.” The others had nothing to say when given the usual chance to speak. Dr. Muench appeared nervous. The men were sentenced to Leaven- worth, Kans., Federal penitentiary; the ‘women to & reformatory at Alderson, W. Va. As the four arrived for sentencing, they were taken in custody and searched for weapons. None was found. Jones and Mrs. Berroyer face charges of perjury in connection with their testimony at a habeas corpus hearing. R Texas Editor Dies. PAMPA, Tex.,, December 26 (#).— Joe M. Smith, 89, first editor and owner of the Pampa News, now the Pampe Daily News, died here yesterday. Age Benefits BILL TO DEMAND TEACHER'S OATH Youthful Arkansas Legisla- tor Would Curb Communism and Free Love. By the Associated Press. JONESBORO, Ark., December 26. Twenty-two-year-old State Repr sentative Herman Horton said today | he was preparing a bill to prohibit Ilny one refusing to pledge allegiance | to the American flag from teaching in an Arkansas school, and to define the teaching of communism or free love as felonies, Stating that he was not charging any one with these things, Horton said his bill was prompted by pub- lished criticism of Commonwealth College, co-operative labor school at Mena, Ark., and by personal inquiries | 1nto the conduct of the institution, “If adverse conditions exist at Com- monweaith, the bill, if enacted, will remedy them,” he said. “If they do | not exisit, the bill will not affect the college.” The 1935 Arkansas Legislature con- ducted an investigation at Common- wealth. The Inquiry Committee re- ported, however, that it found no evi- dence of any advocacy of violence. | tary-treasurer of Commonwealth, re- | cently asked the Civil Liberties Com~ | mittee of the United States Senate to investigate conditions in Polk County, | m which the achool is Jocated, express: | the ocollege, published early | month. might | against it. E CITIZENS ATTACK COLLEGE this lead to violence !l‘ Group to Seek Clesing of Com monwealth. MENA, Ark., December 26 (#).—A | Citizens’ Committee condemned the “teachings and practices” of Com- | monwealth Labor College today and | the chairman of the group said he | would seek its closure “in a legal way.” | Declining to elaborate, the chairman of the Citizen's Committee, Rev. L. D. Summers, pastor of the First Baptist Church, made public a resolution he | said had been signed by 914 residents | of Polk (Mena) County. It expressed “regret that this col- lege is in our midst.” The college is located near Mena. ‘The resolution also took exception to the action of Miss Charlotte Mosko- witz, secretary-treasurer of Common- wealth, in calling upon the Civil Lib- erties Committee of the United States conditions in Polk County. Miss Mos- kowits expressed fear a recently pub- lished magasine article about Com- monwealth might prompt a violent assault on the school. HATS TROUBLE BISHOP | Doubts Women Should Have Heads Covered in Church. ELY, England, December 26 (#).— The Bishop of Ely doubts that St. Paul was talking about present-day hats when he wrote that all women should be “veiled” when they enter church. The bishop feels that the “women- must-wear-hats” rule is being carried too far. On at least one occasion, he said, “s girl to avoid rebuff, borrowed her boy friend’s cap before entering the ehurch.” Forum Topic WINANT TO TELL PROGRESS IN SECURITY SET-UP. ‘The Federal old age benefit plan, which vitally affects millions of Amer~ ican citisens, will be discussed by Chairman John G. Winént of the So- cial Security Board, over the National JOHN G. WINANT. most far-reaching soeisl ventures of Miss Charlotte Moskowits, secre- | Senate two weeks ago to investigate | SON OF ROOSEVELT REPORTED BETTER Visit of Fiancee Coincides With ‘Doctor’s Bulletin Denying “Setback.” B the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 26.—The ar- rival of Miss Ethel du Pont, flancee of young Franklin D. Roosevelt, coin- cided today with his physician’s report that the tall Harvard senior, son of the President, was “convalescing per- fectly.” . Mrs. Roosevelt arrived yesterday and left the exclusive Phillips House, parently in good apirits after a hur- ried trip to his bedside from the midst of Christmas activity in Washington, “Today, with Miss du Pont, she spent three hours with him and again, when she left, smiled and appeared in cheer- ful spirits. Dr. George Loring Tobey, jr., young Roosevelt’s physician, snnounced his patient had suffered “no setback” and scoffed at talk of a blood transfusion. ‘ An authoritative source yesterday asserted a sample of Roosevelt’s blood had been drawn off to be tested for & possible transfusion. ‘Today's bulletin read: “Convalescing perfectly, no set- back, no possibility of a transfusion. Mrs. Roosevelt called Miss du Pon visit “the most natural thing in the world for her to do.” The pretty blond young heiress to a share of the Du Pont millions came to Boston by train today from New Jersey. Neicher Pranklin’s mother nor his flancee would say how long they planned to stay in Boston. Mrs. | Roosevelt said she was satisfied her |son was showing steady improve- ment—*"getting better every day.” While official duties held an anxious | father in Washington, he kept in touch by telephone. He talked di- rectly yesterday with Franklin. | Tonight Dr. Tobey reiterated that his patient, who has been at the hos- | pital since before Thanksgiving with sinus trouble complicated by a strep- tococcus infection, was resting com- fortably and that his condition was satisfactory. Miss du Pont returned to the hos- | pital for a brief, second visit after | both she and Mrs. Roosevelt had posed | for photographers at the downtown hotel at which both are staying. MAN ABANDONS CAR 70 ESCAPED KILLER Filling Station Operator Identifies Captor as Claude McGee in | Telephoning Sheriff. BY the Associated Press. DONIPHAN, Mo., December 26 (#). —Willaim Hicks, filling station & tendant, telephoned Capt. A. B. Shep- | pard of the State highway patrol | from Salem, Ill, tonight that he had escaped from a man identified as | Claude McGee, convicted murderer, | who had kidnaped bhim near here | this morning. | Abandoning his automobile to his captor, Hicks said he jumped out and | | ran. McGee drove off toward East' St. Louis, TNl | | The half-starved desperado farced | his prisoner to drive through South- | | east Missouri byroads before cross | | ing over into Nlinois. | McGee abducted Hicks after he had | | previously forced two boys, Chester and Boyd Wilson, to drive him to| Doniphan from Gatewood, 15 miles to | | the west. Four days ago s man identified as | McGee kidnaped W. R. Phillips and | Horton Scott and forced them to |drive him from Deering to Poplar | Bluff, Mo, where he ejected them | and drove off in their car. An inten- sive search was made for him, but he | was not found. McGee escaped November 18 from the Scott County Jail at Benton, Mo., | where he was awaiting a decision on his appeal from a death sentence for the murder of W. T. Carlton of | | Grays Point, Mo. in an attempted | hold-up May 8, 1935. | Cardinal Dougherty and Party of 80 Sails for Eucharistic Congress. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 36.— Throngs bade bon voyage to Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia as he left today on the liner Normandie for Rome en route to the Eucharistic Con- gress in Manila, February 2 to 7. Through hundreds of women who desired to kiss his ring, he made his way to the gangplank. Aboard, | dosens of persons followed him from deck to deck as he posed for photog- raphers and then went to his state- room. He mounted six flights of stairs to pose on the liner's sun deck. “Ten minutes,” he said to the cam- eramen, “and that’s all.” But after 15 minutes had gone by, he was still posing. Heading an American party of 30 persons, the cardinal will be known at the congress as the Pope’s “legate » latere.” 5 Included in the pontifical mission were: The Right Rev. Msgr. J. Carroll McCormick, chancellor of the Arch- diocese of Philadelphia. Aloysius L. Fitspatrick, papal cham- berlain of cape and sword. The Right Rev. Msgr. Marius Boehm, assistant .editor of Osserva- tore Romano. The Right Rev. Msgr. Charles where her son lies ill, smiling and ap- | CATHOLIC DELEGATES| DEPART FOR MANILA Washington . Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things, ‘TALKATIVE. HE prisoner was pleading his I own case before Judge Edward M. Curran in Police Court. He was charged with drunken- ness. He was asked how many times he had been arrested. “Only for minor misdemeanors, your honor,” was the reply. “Never any- thing serious.” “How many times?” the jurist - sisted, “Oh, they were all just minor mis- demeanors and I never got much time.” “If I let you off this time, will you keep out of trouble?” the judge asked. “Yessir, judge; I won't never come back here no more. been in serious trouble before,” the defendant. replied as a grin spread over his face with the prospect of getting off. ** 'Course, the grand jury investi- gated me a couple of times, but I beat the rap.” The man looked puzzied as the Judge pronounced sentence of 90 days on the charge of drunkenness, * % *x % KEYS. Standardization, at least that's one word for it, does seem to re- sult in some strange situations. Take, for instance, those several bungalows in & row, we were told about. The door keys of any ome ©of them will open the doors in any of the others. There is quite a bit @ key-borrowing back and Jorth. While it is convenient in cases of emergency, each householder Jeels insecure in the knowledge that any of the others could turn a key and walk in, should the spirit move them. * x * % PET. AS the day before Christmas (which makes this story a bit late) and a little colored lad was standing on a car-loading platform holding in his pudgy arms-a fat red hen. “Is that & pet?” one of the more curious observers of the phenomenon asked. “Yes, sir.” said the boy. “They're killing chickens around our house to- day and I'm taking this one with me wherever I go.” *x e CYNIC. The 5-year-old son of the family watched admiringly as five trains, two street cars, switch lights and all the other eppurtenances of a railroad operated perfectly in the toy community built by & neighbor. Everything was complete, even to an electrical shovel, which loaded trucks with sand. After watching the display for about 10 minutes, this S-year-old asked wonderingly: “Why don’t the airplanes take off " pointing to two planes in a miniature hangar. * x * % FERTILITY. | IN FLORIDA they tell you some fan- tastic tales about the remarkable | climate and the unusual fertility of | | the soil. One of the guides who escorted Senator King and other members of Congress on the “Sugar Cane Spe- | cial” through the sugar plantations in soil which they call muck is so fer- tile that truck farmers in the sec- tion have to wear goggles when they plant corn. That's because the corn stalks pop out of the ground as soon as the seed is planted. T x x x OVERDONE. LOUIBI NOONAN MILLER tells the story of a junior drama re- porter—a local lad—who became sort of famous in the theater world on the basis of a single review. He was the only representative of his craft who could get away for the moment to preview a picture. At the time, he was not so well known, but they were glad to have him. At least he was one person the exhibitor could introduce as being from the cor- rect profession as far as the pic- ture’s owner was concerned. The picture house people were far from happy the next day, however. ‘The young man wrote a0 eulogistically of the film that the price was raised to a point which the theater could not pay. The picture, incidentally, never has been shown in Washington; a case of & review being so overdone as to defeat its own purpose. . x %% EXPERT. I you will jorgive the absence of names, we can tell you about & Washingtonian who is given to em- phasis and ezaggeration when he is in his cups. He was in one of the prouder restaurants the other might when Grano of the papal secretariat of state. Pather Salvator Burgio, !ernerzflv:l Brooklyn, now of St. Vincent's - inary, Germantown, Pa. Father 8Sal- vator will plan all ceremonials in con- nection with the congress. TURKEY BESTS HUNTERS Bird Freed by Boys’ Group Easily Eludes Pursuers. the waitress brought the last dish of vegetables. “What's that?” he asked in & louder voice than usually is em- ployed in the place. “Asparagus,” said the waitress. “How much?” asked the man. “Thirty-five cents.” “Listen,” said the man, “I go marketing with my wife every Sat- urday. I'm an authority on as- paragus. For that much money they give more of it than you can hift.” “Pog Leg” White Buried. for Isaac (Peg Leg) White, retired Detroit policeman, who died in Cum- . | berland, Md., Jast week while awaiting i Rk ¢ I ain't never | | the Everglades, pointed out that the | WIDENING RICHTS WILL BE SOUGHT C. of C. Group to Consider 0ld Georgetown Road Project. By & Btaff Correspondent of The Btar. BETHESDA, Md. December 26.— Securing rights of way for widening of Old Georgetown road will be the first order of business of the Steering Committee being organized by the Chamber of Commerce. ‘William Buckley, chairman of the delegation of five from the chamber, named to promote the widening and improvement of the road, welcomed the announcement that the State Roads Commission would widen the road if the necessary right of way could be secured. “Now that the Roads Commission recognizes the need for widening the | road our task is simplified and it will | not be necessary to carry the matter |to the Legislature to get additional | tunds,” Buckley explained. “The committee will have a real Job before it, however, to get all the rights of way and straighten out the legal questions involved. I feel sure we have made progress and -that we can work out the details in time.” Property Owners Seen. Buckley said he had talked with several property owners along the road and believed they would agree to granting the necessary ground for a | 80-foot right of way. The road sur- face is 20 feet wide and in some places is bordered by fences and trees 80 closely that the clearance is less than a yard. The group named by the Bethesda chamber will be augmented by rep- resentatives from the Old Georgetown Road Citizens' Association, the Be- thesda Fire Board, the Bethesda Ele- mentary School Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation and will include advisers from the American Automobile Association and the Keystone Automobile Club, Buckley said. “I have already asked the heads of the other groups interested to name | members to the Steering Committee | and will schedule a meeting early in | January to organize a campaign to | contact every property owner along the road with a view to securing the right of way required. To Eliminate Danger. “Widening the road will be an im- provement to the entire community ' and will eliminate the dangerous eon- dition which has caused many ac- cidents.” The offer to widen the road eame from Nathan L. Smith, chief engi- | neer for the Maryland Roads Com= | mission, after an inspection of the The road would be ing & 10-foot shoulder and a ditch on both sides, and by cut- ting away the banks and other ob- structions which cut down the motor- | ists’ vision at curves and grades. | _ The shoulder also would provide suf- ficient space for busses to load and discharge passengers without tying up traffic. LABOR IN MEXICO SPLIT ON TROTZKY One Federation Welcomes Red Exile, Another Warns Cardenas, Br the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 26.—The | General Labor Confederation of Mex- ico tonight declared its approval of President Lazaro Cardenas’ action in offering Mexico's hospitality to Leon Trotzky, Russian exile. | It issued a statement praising | Trotzky as an “upright and sincere revolutionary,” whose presence in Mexico “surely will provide orienta- | tion to the proletariat, in view of the | enormous social experience he has.” It said labor leaders who opposed | Mexico offered him asylum were mo- tivated “by personal interests.” The Confederation of Workers of | Mexico, a larger organization earlier announced its opposition to Trotzky's presence and warned Cardenas he acted on his own responsibility. Trotzky, now en route to Mexico from Norway. i& expected to arrive | shortly after January 10 ot Vera Crus or Tampico. Diego Rivera, noted muralist. who was intermediary in arranging the Russian’s permit to reside in Mexico, said Trotzky would come directly to Mexico City after landing. Tentative | plans have been made for him to live | at Rivera's villa in Coyacan, Mexico City suburb. 'THREE DIE AS CAR PLOWS INTO CROWD Auto Smashes Into Spectators At- tracted by Another Traf- fic Accident. | BY the Associated Press. LEXINGTON, Ky., December 26.— ‘Three persons, members of a crowd assembled on a highway at the scene of an automobile accident 2 miles from here, were killed tonight when another car plowed into the group. The dead: Otto T. Jones, 68, in front of whose home the accident occurred. Charles Sharp, 33, of Hamilton, Ohio, who had stopped beside the highway io offer aid after the first accident. Mayme Johnson, 18, colored, of Lexington. The Johnson girl had been an oc- cupant of one of two cars involved in the first accident. She was killed instantly. Jones and Sharp died while en route to a hospital. The driver of the car, who said he was blinded by the lights of an ap- proaching truck and did not see the group on the road, was booked as Everett Broaddus of Richmond, Ky. Three charges of manslaughter and one of assault and battery were filed against him. BAN LUTHER PICTURES German Governor Orders Church * Symbols Out of Schools. Gov. Carl Roever said the Naz party platform does not demand that party symbols and pictures of Reichs- fuehrer Adolf Hitler be hung in