Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1937, Page 2

0K.ONAPPOINTEES MEETS 0PPOSITION “Eyll Hearings” Demanded = in Approving Maritime Commission. " B5 the Assoclated Press. Administration efforts to hasten confirmation of five appointments to the Maritime Commission ran into un- expected opposition yesterday from a ‘group of Senators known as liberals. Senator Black, Democrat, of Ala- bama held up the nominations in- ~definitely by insisting on “full hear- ~ings.” Senators Bone, Democrat, of ‘Washington and Nye, Republican, of North Dakota, who sided with Black, said they understood labor union offi- “cials had protested some of the ap- pointments, not including that of - Joseph P. Kennedy, slated to be chair- man. Labor Organization Opposed. Bones said he heard that labor or- . ganizations objected to the attitude of - some of the appointees during recent strikes. Nye added he wanted to ask some questions about the nomination of Admiral Emory 8. Land. He said that when Land appeared before the Sen- ate Munitions Committee he appeared “ill-informed” about profits of private shipyards. Other nominees are Rear Admiral Henry A. Wiley, retired, of Texas; Thomas M. Woodward of Pennsyl- ‘ vania and Edward C. Moran, jr., of Maine. Meanwhile, President Roosevelt wrote finis to & maritime controversy by signing a bill making it merely optional for seamen to carry so-called “continuous discharge books.’ Strike (Continued From First Page.) called out of the city. At Detroit 10,000 Hudson employes were idle, with no negotiations scheduled. Five hundred employes of the Chevrolet small parts plant in Bay City, Mich.,, began a sit-down strike today, necessitating a suspension of production. The plant normally em- ploys 2,300. The strike was the third in a Gen- eral Motors plant since the company signed an agreement with the U. A. W. A. two weeks ago. The other strikes, in Fisher Body plant, No. 1, at Flint and the Cadillac Motor Car Co. | at Detrolt, were settled within a few hours. The principal idleness in the auto- motive industry was due to the Chrys- ler strike. Besides its 60,000 idle employes, a shutdown of Briggs body plants left 20,000 without work. “The Chrysler strike is still on de- apite the fact that the workers have evacuated,” Martin said on returning to Lansing after explaining the truce to the strikers and urging them to g0 home. “The only difference is that Perls of wisdom about the art of |, be the most drastic, makes lynch- & way has been paved to an amicable | MOUNtiNg an unruly horse, was none | ing g Federal offense, with the county settlement.” Judge Plans No Action. Circuit Judge Allan Campbell, who issued an injunction March 15 order- ing the sit-down strikers to leave the eight Chrysler plants, said today the voluntary evacuation yesterday re- | moved the necessity for further action unless & motion should be made by at- torneys for the corporation. The strikers disregarded the injunc- tion, which ordered them to leave the plants by March 17. Writs of attach- ment directing Sheriff Thomas C. Wilcox to arrest the strikers on charges of contempt of court were is- sued on March 19. No attempt was made to serve the writs. The protected formation of a volun- tary organization known as “Citizens of Michigan,” to seek “to return Michi- gan to a position of prominence and respect in the eyes of the Nation,” was | announced at Detroit by Philip Breit- meyer, former mayor of the automo- bile capital. A published announcement said the group’s objective “is to affirm respect for law and to encourage impartial law enforcement for the benefit of working men and all alike.” It added that “this is not a vigilante com- mittee.” C. 1. 0. IS DEFIED. Maine Shoe Firms Refuse to Nego- tiate With Union. BY the Associated Press. As developments in the Chrysler strike took a turn for the better, the status of other labor disputes in the country was as follows: Maine shoe manufacturers voiced opposition to the C. I. O. which called & walkout in 19 Auburn and Lewiston shoe mills. Some of them said they would never negotiate with the C. I. O. Strikers picketed the mills, but oper- ators said production was near normal. Police investigating violence at- tending the Toledo, Ohio, cab drivers’ strike arrested nine men. Settlement of the Chicago taxicab drivers’ strike awaited selection of a fifth member of an Arbitration Board. Officials of & Detroit cab firm involved in a strike of drivers contended all its vehicles were operating. San Francisco dockmen were or- dered back to work after water front employers and representatives of long- shoremen reached an agreement on Jurisdictional disputes. A one-day sit-down strike of girl clerks in a La Crosse, Wis., store ended with announcement of a 10 per cent wage increase. Ohio Workers Strike. Failure of the Patterson Foundry & Machine Co. to meet union demands resulted in a strike of 125 workers at East Liverpool, Ohio. One of New York's chain store strikes was settled yesterday, and progress was reported by negotiators for peace in the other. Conferees an- nounced an agreement had been signed ending the strike in the H. L. Green stores, calling for wage increases, shorter hours and union recognition. Meanwhile, officials of the F. W. ‘Woolworth Co. and union officials an- nounced they had reached agreement on some points of their controversy. Half a hundred women used the ~down” technique in Memphis inst strikers at the Nona Lee ess Co. 1 They pierced picket lines yesterday fter a battle in which half a dozen re disrobed while returning to work defiance of a strike call issued by the International Ladies’ Garment ‘Workers' Union, an affiliate of the ZC. L O. i Management Sends Food. © The management sent food to the ~Stay-in workers under police protec- :non and provided cots and bedding =dor an indefinite stay. 5 Employes of the Bethlehem Steel =Corp. passed through the gates of the Jdebanon, Ps, plant under police guard again today, but the picket line which Washington “Is it half Wayside MUTTER DOLDS. finer session of tongue-twisting than butter molds.” She blushed. 1 mean dutton dolds. Er sh ...” Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. OT since Beatrice Lillie’s con- tortions with the famous “12 dozen double damask dinner napkins” have we heard & that staged by a lady in a downtown department store yesterday. Approaching the button counter, she said vaguely, “I'd like half a dozen “I mean,” she said, “half a dozen mutton bowls.” The clerk tried to help. & dozen butter bowls you want? “Madam,” said the stern voice of the shopper’s husband, “I believe it is half a dozen button molds.” * %k x CLANG! Mr. C. B. Dean of Arlington, Va., who was standing near Eighteenth and G streets the other morning when two fire engines came charging down F and stopped at the corner of Eight- eenth, reports that a nearby newsie suddenly burst into full cry, “Peppah. Peppah. Getchamawninpeppah. All about the big fire down on the next corner. Paaaaaypah!” ® ok k% | INSTRUCTOR. ‘COMDR. F. G. REINICKE of the' public relations branch of the Navy was out horseback riding the | other morning on the path parallel to Mount Vernon Boulevard. He was| | astride a big bay loaned him by a| friend, and the horse apparently felt | it was a fine day for kicking up heels. | At least in short order he had played | around enough to work up a good |lather, and other riders passing by kept pitching dirty glances at Comdr. | | Reinicke. Tired of that “you brute” | look, the officer dismounted and led | his horse for a while. When he start- | l'ed to remount, the nag would have | none of it. While Reinicke was chas- | ing the beast around the path, a dis- | tinguished-looking gray-haired gen- tleman, well mounted and trimly at- | tired, rode up. He was accompanied | | by two young men, who were ordered | to dismount and assist the grounded | horseman. They did. | Reinicke later discovered his bene- | factor, who had also dropped a few| other than Maj. Gen. Leon B. Kromer, | chief of Cavalry, U. S. A. | { The naval officer is thinking about | extending him an invitation to come | | down and learn how to ride an ob- | | streperous ship. | * % ok % | OFFICIAL. AUL HODGE, supervisor of the bird | sanctuary of the National Park | Service, has observed three flocks of | |geese flying due north these last zwol | moonlit nights. This, we take ft, | | makes Spring official, for if the vernal | season were not in the air and fancy i free in the minds of geese, they surely |{would not be whipping around the | skyways in the moonlight. | * ok ok % INGENUE. | ISS STELLA AKIN, special as- | sistant to the Attorney General, is, to be sure, very youthful in appear- ance, but she was nevertheless a bit | bowled over the other night when she | returned from a banquet in Alexan- | |dria, carrying a large bouquet of | Spring flowers, and the elevator boy at her apartment house gazed at her | | admiringly and said: “Why, Miss | | Stella, you must have been the flower girl at some weddin’.” * x x % SUPPLIES. A LATIN professor at George Wash- ington University picked up his T rocnes N\ LK STOCK! - i 1 g telephone the other morning and heard a charming female voice say: “Would you please send me three pairs of your $1.25 stockings advertised to- day for $1 and charge them to my ac- count? My name is—" | “Shades of Caesar,” quoth the pro- | fessor to himself, having nothing mn | stock but a supply of tough verbs, and thereupon set out to investigate. He found that the university switchboard had been working overtime all day an- swering orders for stockings, a depart- ment store having printed the wrong telephone number in its advertisement. | He decided his call was merely his share of the “business.” * %k % STYMIED. A traffic policeman out on upper Connecticut avenue lolled unhap- pily on his motor cycle last night, watching car after car run through a red light and whisk on down toward town. i There was ezactly nothing he could do about it, for the signai had stuck on “red” and Connecticut avenue traffic must go on. jeered and booed as the plant re- opened yesterday was missing. Operations were resumed after & shutdown ordered March 4 because of a strike over a new wage-and-hours contract. Arthur Preis, president of the Lucas County (Ohio) Workers’ Alliance, said branches of the crganization—com- posed of Works Progress Administra- tion project employes—would be asked today for authority to call a general W. P. A. workers’ strike in the county. Failure of attempts to negotiate with local officials a settlement of a strike of W. P. A. truck drivers prompted this decision, Preis said. Danger of a strike of street car and bus operators of the Columbus (Ohio) Rallway Power & Light Co. faded when & labor conciliator said the company had recognised the operators’ union. ) THE EVENING ANTILYNCH BILLS HEARINGS T0 OPEN 59 Measures Are Facing Committee—rFloor Seeks Gavagan Draft, BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Open public hearings by the full House Judiciary Committee on some 59 anti-lynching bills (many o. them identical) sponsored by 54 members of the House are to start next Wed- nesday at 10 a.m. In the meantime there is a drive to get a sufficlent number of signatures on a petition to discharge the com- mittee from further consideration of the Gavagan bill and to bring it up for action in the House. Although, obedient to a ruling by the late Speaker Longworth that the number of signers to such a petition may not be disclosed, secrecy is being maintained by House clerks regarding the number of signatures. It was con- fidently asserted when the House ad- joured yesterday until Monday that there are already more than 200 signatures and that by Monday night there will be the required 218 signa- tures necessary for discharge. There is a similar petition for discharge on behalf of the Fish bill, which up to the time of adjournment had 68 signa- tures. Hope for Quick Action. So those who are supporting the Gavagan bill are hopeful that it may come up for direct action in the House before the hearings are started in the Judiciary Committee. Representative Mitchell, Democrat, of Illinois, the only colored member of Congress, has been most insistent for the hearings and was in confer- ence late yesterday with Chairman Sumners and others interested in this legislation regarding the witnesses to | be invited to testify or to send in statements. “We are getting some of the most representative people of the country, | both colored and white,” sald Mr. Mitchell. “We are inviting the law- enforcing officials of & number of States. Attorneys general have been asked to send a representative where they themselves are unable to appear. This will be the most representative hearing ever held on the subject.” Bill Passed in 1921 Died. In the Sixty-seventh Congress Rep- resentative L. C. Dyer, Republican of Illinois, introduced an anti-lynching | bill on the opening day, . .pril 11, 1921, which was passed by the House on January 26, 1922, by a vote of 236 to 119. It was debated in the Senate on | November 27 and 29 and died there. The principal pressure for this leg- islation comes from the National Asso- ciation for Advancement of the Col- ored People. Would Make County Liable. The Fish bill is generally believed made liable for a heavy fine, even where members of a mob from an- other county transport the victim | through that unoffending county. Representative Mitchell, wio has probably the simplest and shortest bill, and who is pressing his own bill for consideration and discussion by witnesses at the hearing, argues that the Gavagan bill, which is being | pushed for direct action in the House | under the “discharge” petition could not be enforced. He criticizes par- ticularly two sections: “A failure for more than 30 days after the commission of such an offense to apprehend or indict the persons guilty thereof, or a failure diligently to prosecute such persons, | shall be sufficient to constitute prima facle evidence of the failure, neglect, or refusal.” “The county in which he is seized and the county in which he is put to death shall be jointly and severally liable to pay the forfeiture herein provided.” The Mitchell and Gavagan bills have the same title: “To assure to persons within the jurisdiction of every State the equal protection of the laws, and to punish the crime of Iynching.” Queen of French Beauty Queens| Likes U. S. Men | Fenwick in 1915. STAR, WASHINGTO! NEWSPRITPRCE IPSTS0PER TON 15 Canadian Companies Definitely Announce In- crease for 1938. BY the Associatea Press. NEW YORK, March 26.—Fifteen Canadian companies were listed to- day among the paper firms that have definitely announced an increase of $7.50 per ton in the price of newsprint for the first half of 1938. The increase—from $42.50 to $50 per ton—first was announced in New York by the International Paper Co., parent concern of the Canadian Power & Paper Co. The company said de- mand was running more than 10 per cent ahead of last year. Heavy Exports. Canadian export figures, revealed at Ottawa last week when Interna- tional announced the price boost, showed gains both in volume and value of newsprint over an 11-month period. The Dominion bureau of statistics reported exports for 11 months ended February 28 totaled 57,001,014 hun- dredweight, worth $99,516,835, com- pared with 48,130,354 hundredweight, with a value of $81,966,925 for the previous corresponding period. The newsprint industry, as a whole, it was pointed out today, usually fol- lows International's lead in prices. “Although some foreign markets are already bidding higher, the com- pany hopes the domestic market will be stabilized at this level,” Interna- tional's announcement of the new policy said. Firms Announcing Increase. Canadian firms that have announced the $50 price include: Abitibi Pulp & Paper Co., J. R. Booth, Ltd.; Brompton Pulp & Paper Co., Canadian International Power & Paper Co., Consolidated Pulp & Paper Co., Donnaconna Pulp & Paper Co., E. B. Eddy Co., Mersey Pulp & Paper Co., Minnesota and Ontario Pulp & Paper Co., Price Bros. & Co., Ltd.; St. Lawrence Pulp & Paper Co., the | Blandin & Manistique Co., Anglo- Canadian Pulp & Paper Mills, St. Raymond Paper Co. and James Mc- Claren Co. Snake Kills Boy. While playing on the kitchen floor, the 2-year-old son of G. Burger of Clanwilliam, South Africa, was bitten to death by a cobra. ‘Family’ I.Vedding To Unite Fenwick And Sister-in-Law | Prospective Bride Has Made Home With Fam- ily for 22 Years. The wedding of Frank Paul Fen- | wick and Mrs. Josephine Fenwick will be a “family affair” with the bride- groom’s son, Frank, jr., acting as his best man and his daughter, Virginia, attending her aunt as maid of honor. Fenwick, who is 52, and his sister- in-law, 10 years his junior, will be married April 3 at Sacred Heart Church by Rev. M. W. Hyle. The bride has been “a member of the fam- ily” for 22 years, her niece said. She came to live with her elder sis- ter when the latter marrieq Frank The girl fell in love with her brother-in-law, W. A. Fenwick, and the two were happily married. W. A. Fenwick, however, died a few months after the wedding and after the young couple had established | & home of their own. The widow re- turned to live with her sister and | brother-in-law. Mrs. Frank Fenwick died in 1935 and her sister remained to look after the bereaved children. Frank, jr., is now 18, and his sisted, Virginia, 21. The family lives at 1519 Park road. Mr. Fenwick and his sister-in-law obtained their marriage license at Dis- trict Court yesterday. and Girls, Too Mlle. Madeline de Charpin (right), Paris’ “Queen of Queens,” and Mrs. Germaine Johnson. IFTY MILLION Frenchmen weren't wrong when they put Mile. Madeline de Charpin at the head of France's class of beauties. Mile. de Charpin, who, incidentally, is 22 and the daughter of & French Army colonel, was here yesterday— and it’s & shame to put that in the past tense—as an ambassador of good- will. It seems that Paris is having an Exposition Internationale from May to November and she has been tour- ing America to create interest in the affair. Madamoiselle likes American men— they're “charming.” They're different from the French men. “They are—what you say,” says she, “different? Oui, both have charms— but in = different way.” Oh, yes, she had something to say, too, about our girls. She likes them; H —Star Staff Photo. thinks they have ‘“sex appeal” and “dress beautifully — everything matches.” What Mlle. de Charpin wanted most to see while in America was a cowboy. In Denver her heart did tricks while she was in a hotel lobby. Because a tall, dark man with a 10- gallon hat came toward her. “There’'s my cowboy,” thought Mille. de Charpin. With manners that | would not have been out of place in the best circles, he introduced him- self. And what disallusionment. He turned out to be the French consul. Mile. de Charpin has picked up & fair sort of English while riding Pull- mans, and, strange enough, the words that have stuckquith her are “Okay, Toots.” h\yey While here she . the guest of Mrs. Germaine Jghnsop, 3323 Wis- consin avenue, who ara in radio programs as “The Little French.Girl.” s ® [ D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1937. Smudge Pots Used to Save Cherry Blossoms Jreezing of the Capital’s famous Cherry Buds also will be clear and comparatively cold, he said. The winds will be mod- erate and northwesterly. A 39-degree drop in temperature occurred between 2:10 p.m. yesterday, when the reading was 70, and 7 am. today, when it was 31. Two hours later the temperature had risen only 1 degree. At midnight, whern the reading was 42, strong northwest & cherry blossoms. winds, which had whipped across the | city during the afternoon, drove the velocity recorder up to 48 miles per hour. Frank T. Gartside, assistant super- intendent of the National Capital Parks, supervised the pots during part of the night. The smudges were lighted shortly after midnight, he ex- plained, when the temperature was about 39, but it was dropping so fast that officials thought it best to get things started. The smoke will be continued as long as the temperature remains around One of the many smudge pots set up around the Tidal Basin last night as a protection against —Star Staff Photo. the freezing mark, said Gartside. | At a meeting of the Cherry Blossom | Festival Committee yesterday, it was decided that, due to the uncertain weather, a definite date for the fete would not be set until later. Officials had tentatively selected April 6 as the time. Charles J. Columbus, publicity chairman for the event, said the fes- tival could not be held April 9, since Sakiko Saito, 10-year-old daughter of | not be in the Capital then. For Easter | Concert Is Scheduled for 7 AM. at Sylvan Theater. Members of the Schola Cantorum of the National Capital Parks held a dress rehearsal last night in prepara- tion for their first public appearance at an Easter sunrise concert scheduled for 7 am. Sunday at Sylvan Theater on the Monument grounds. The re- hearsal was held in the Departmental Auditorium. Under direction of Maestro Arturo Papalardo, the group will sing selec- tions from Haydn's “Creation” and the | Easter Hymn from “Cavalleria Rusti- cana.” In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be given in | the Departmental Auditorium. An out- door rehearsal is planned tomorrow from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Sylvan Thea- ter. An electric organ has been fur- nished through co-operation of a local music house. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon of the Washington Cathedral, will lead the group on Sunday morning in re- | citing the “Lord’s Prayer.” C. Mar- | shall Finnan, superintendent of Na- | tional Capital Parks, will welcome the | public. Soloists will be Mrs. Afton | Margetts and George Stonebreaker. | The organist will be James Smiley. Easter lilies will form a background | for the concert, officials said, and 200 | mixed volces will participate in the program, which is expected to last about half an hour. Commissioners Invited. | | Commissioners Melvin C. Hazen, | | George E. Allen and Daniel I. Sultan | | have received special invitations to at- | tend, Finnan said. Dr. Hans Kindler, conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, has accepted an invitation to attend, officials explained, and many other dignitaries will be present. Sec- retary Ickes and Arno B. Cammerer, director of the National Park Service, are prominent in the list of patrons. Singing in the group will be Dr. and Mrs. Harold C. Bryant. Dr. Bryant is an assistant director of the National Park Service Donald Edward McHenry, park naturalist attached to the National Capital Parks, is likewise | prominent in the chorus and a num- ;H _:ymns fieliearsed by Chorus Sunrise Service ARTURO PAPALARDO. ber of soloists who sing in choirs here will be heard in the Schola Cantorum, officials asserted. Rehearse Two Months. Active rehearsals for the FEaster sunrise concert have been under way on successive Monday nights since mid-January in the Interior Depart- ment auditorium. But for a year, offi- cials said, the Schola Cantorum has been in existence here, the only city | other than New York to have such an organization in this country. Papalardo has conducted opera in Italy, Russia and South America, as well as in this country and has taught and coached & number of celebrities. ‘The following is the detailed pro- gram for the Easter sunrise concert: “Light Divine,” Mascagni's “Cavalleria Rusticana” vake the Harp,” “The Creation"—Haydn “The Heavens Are Telling,” “The Creation”—Haydn “Achieved Is the Glorious Work,” “The Creation”—Haydn “By Thee With Bliss” (Lover duet and chorus)._..“The Creation"—Haydn “Light Divine” (repeated by request), “Cavalleria Rusticana’—Mascagni CADET KNOCKED OUT AS COMPANY IS STONED Colored Boys Blamed for Throw- ing Rocks at McKinley High Students. Marching with his cadet company | yesterday, Edward Zabel, 18-year-old McKinley High School student, was knocked uncon- scious by a large stone thrown at the group by a colored youth in the 100 block of U street. Zabel's com - pany was return- ing to “Tech” from regimental competit ion at iCentral High § | School when sev- eral colored youths started throwing stones. One of the larger ones struck Zabel, necessitat- ing a stitch at Sibley Hospital to close the wound. He lives at 918 Irving street northeast. ey 50 FEDERAL PROPERTIES ARE OFFERED FOR SALE BY the Associated Press. The Treasury offered for sale today more than 50 Federal properties. Most of the buildings and sites have been supplanteq by new structures erected under the emergency construc< | tion programs of 1934-35-36. Many of the buildings now are oc- cupied by city, county and State agen- cles. Occupants are required to va- | cate upon 30 days’ notice, The Treasury, as soon as interest warrants, will advertise the properties for sale and call for bids on specific dates. Many cities are taking advantage of a law enacted by the last Congress which permits them to buy the sur- plus buildings and site for half their appraised value, if they are to be used for public purposes, { Edward Zabel. Wives of Officials Expect to Forego Finery for Easter Secretary Perkins De- clares Plans Depend on Strike Situation. BY the Associated Press, The wives of several cabinet mem- bers will welcome Easter without new finery. It's a principle with some of them. They shrink from appearance in the traditional “Easter parade” wearing outfits which proclaim their newness. Mrs. Homer Cummings, wife of the Attorney General, said she is discour- aged with Spring shopping in general. T! ~ hats, she said, make her look “L.e & Swiss yodeler, or perhaps & Grenadier Guard.” Secretary Perkins’ Easter plans de- pend on the strike situation. She said she has had no time to think about clethes recently. NYE NEUTRALITY Resolution Was Designed to Force Application of Law to Italy. BT the Astociated Press. | A resolution designed to force ap- | plication of America’s neutrality lav: to Italy's participation in Spain’s civil war was on the Senate calendar today, with action possible on Monday. Calling for a ban of arms shipments to Italy and other governments alleged | to be active in the Spanish strife, the resolution was introduced yesterday by Senator Nye, Republican, of North Da- kota, but immediate consideration was blocked by Majority Leader Robinson. Pittman Protests. Chairman Pittman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee pro- tested that there is not “the slightest | evidence that Italy as a government has been taking part” in the Spanish conflict. “If the State Department should support the contention that arms are | being trans-shipped from Italy,” Pitt- | man contended, “Premier Mussolini would consider such a charge provoca- tive and insulting, and the cause of peace would not be served. “We would have to find Italy was a belligerent. “Under the present law, it is entirely for the President to decide whether a state of war exists and declare an | embargo.” | The Nevadan added that “there does seem to be evidence that some for- ! eigners — including Americans — have | gone into Spain as individuals to fight.” | Nye Clains Support. Nye said he had found “much sup- port in the Senate” for his proposal to get Secretary Hull's opinion. “There is a large justification for the institution of our neutrality policy against nations engaged so aggressively in Spein,” he told reporters. “I hope the resolution will fetch from the State Department a detailed accounting of | what is the extent of the arms trade, | if any, with Italy. | “If the question is raised whether | Congress has the right to ask the | State Department for a legal opinion | T will draft a direct resolution asking } why the neutrality act is not enforced. | “It is time we acted. Already our | prosperity is bound up with the world | buying of war materials which is | bound to lead to a crash. So there is no reason why we should not apply the brakes to some degree by extend- ing the Spanish embargo.” At present arms shipments to Spain itself are under embargo. Congress in Brief ‘TODAY. In recess. House Rivers and Harbors Commit- tee considers stream pollution legisla- tion. TOMORROW. Senate: Will not be in session. House: ‘Will not be in session. Subcommittee of Judiciary Commit- tee meets, 10:30 a.m. Appropriation Subcommittees re- sume hearings on War, Agriculture and Interior Department supply bills, 10 am. Garbo and Powell Only Film Lovers to Take Scenes in Stride BY the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, March 26.—There’s a trick to every trade—even the great screen lovers have theirs. Here's how they prepare for those passionate clinches: Luise Rainer, academy award win- ner for 1936—She relaxes in her dressing room to the soothing strains of Viennese waltzes. Finally she says, “I can do it now.” Myrna Loy—She hides out for a few moments with her knitting. Rosalind Russell—She parks in front of a mirror and stares at herself. Joan Crawford—She orders tea and aips while rehearsing. Robert Montgomery —He walks about the set in circles, staring si- lently st his feet. 4 Spencer Tracy—He sits on the side- lines and whispers his lines in the script girl's ear. Bette Davis and Kay Francis—Both hide in their dressing rooms to induce tine romantic mood. Robert Taylor—He seeks a dark corner and stands there muttering to himself. Only Greta Garbo and Willlam Powell seem to take their love scenes in stride, without an interlude for “warming up” exercises. All that the imperturbable Miss Garbo asks is a formal introduction to her leading man. And Powell—he has the reputation of being able psuse in the midst of shaving, necessary, to swoon in the arms of some torrid temptress. 4 the Japanese Ambassador, who has | been named queen of the event, would | CLAUSE BLOED EASTER VISITORS GREETED BY COLD Capital Churches Complete Plans for Sunday Services. Cold winds brought out Winter wraps today as the first throng of Easter visitors reached the Capital to join Washingtonians in Easter festivities. Special trains and busses from sur- rounding States were bringing visitors in throughout the day, including hun- dreds of school children, here for sight- seeing. With plans virtually complete for Easter Sunday services in Washington churches and public parks and monu- ments already groomed for the occa= sion, the city awaited the weather man's verdict for the holiday week end, continued cold and clear weather was indicated, however. Catholic and Protestant churches today observed Good Friday, bringing the Lenten season to a close. School children had left their class rooms to begin their Easter holidays, which con- tinue until April 5. Parochial schoois closed Tuesday and will reopen next Tuesday. Sunrise Memorial Service. The Grand Commanderies of Knights Templar of Virginia and the District will conduct a sunrise memorial service Sunday, beginning at 7:30 am.,, in the amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery. Between 8,000 and 10,000 persons are expected to attend, includ- ing delegations from commanderies in Maryland, North Carolina, West Vir- ginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. The Grand Master of Templars will be represented by Right Eminent Sir C. Byron Lear, grand sword bearer of the Grand Encampment. Past Grand Comdr. E. E. Thompson of the Dis- trict is chairman of the committee in charge. The Marine Band will head the col- umn, which will be formed on the roadway directly in front of the west gate to march to the amphitheater. On the approach of the column six trumpeters from Fort Myer will sound the assembly. The religious service will be in charge of Rev. Sir Knight James Shera Montgomery, grand prel- ate of the District and chaplain of the House of Representatives. Rev. Bir Knight G. Ellis Williams, superintend- | ent of work of the Mehodist Episcopal | churches in the Washington district, | will deliver the sermon, and Eminent Sir John Palmer, grand chaplain of Grand Lodge, F. A. A. M, of the Dis= trict, and Maj. Alfred C. Oliver, jr., Army chaplain, will assist in the services. Lilies to Be Put on Tomb. At the conclusion a cross of lilies will be placed on the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier with full Templar honors. Three-hour services recalling the crucifixion of Christ began at noon today in churches throughout the city. Various ministers conducted services at Foundry M. E. Church. Dr. G. | Williams, superintendent of Distri | Methodist | ranged the devotions. | Protestant ministers delivering ad- | dresses on “The Seven Words From Episcopal Churches, ar- the Cross” were Dr. William S. Aber= | nethy of Calvary Baptist Church, Dr. | Russell J. Clinchy, Mount Pleasant | Congregational Church; Rev. J. Luther | Neff, Wesley M. E. Church: Dr. Jacob S. Peyton, editor, the National Meth- | odist Press; Rev. Reno S. Harp, jr. Trinity Episcopal Church; Dr. John W. Rustin, Mount Vernon M. E. Church South. and Dr. Frank Steel- man, Calvary M. E. Church Good Friday services began at 9 am. in the National Shrine of the Im- maculate Conception at Catholic U versity. The Catholic Evidence Guild was to conduct services in Franklin | Park at 2:30 p.m. with clergymen | from the United States and Canada | taking part. Rev. John Maloney, To- ronto, was to be one of the speakers. | Stainer’s “The Crucifixion” will be sung by the choir of Mount Pleasant Congregational Church at 8 p.m. Nor- | ton M. Little will direct the chorus. | Services at Holy Trinity. | Rev. Robert J. Gannon, 8. J., presi- dent of Fordham University, was to deliver the discourses this afternoon at the “Three Hours of Agony” service at Holy Trinity Church. Right Rev. Charles Fiske, retired | Bishop of Central New York, conducted | passion services from noon to 3 p.m. | at Washington Cathedral. Rev. Ed- ward Slater Dunlap will conclude his addresses on “The Events of Holy Week" at evening services. Protestant churches of Georgetown will unite in Good Friday services at 8 pm. at Dumbarton Avenue M. E. Church. The lenten series of weekly | services under auspices of the Lutheran | Ministerial Association of Washington | came to a close this afternoon with a | special service in the Lutheran Church | of the Reformation. Good Friday choir programs today include: Columbia Heights Christian Church, | 8 p.m., Du Bois' “Seven Last Words.” Memorial United Brethren Church, 8 p.m., Stainer’s “Crucifixion.” Keller Memorial Lutheran Church, combined choirs of Keller and the Na- tional Baptist Memorial Church, “Stainer’s “Crucifixion.” Concordia Church, 8 p.m. second portion of Bach's “Passion According to St. John,” by the Concordia Can- tata Choir. Waugh M. E. Church. Waugh M. E. Church, 8 pm. Du Bois’ “Seven Last Words,” by the church’s senior choir. Church of the Epiphany, 8 p.m. Macfarlane’s cantata, “The Message From the Cross.” The annual performance of the Agriculture Department Chorus, di- rected by Robert Frederick Freund, was to be presented in the South Building auditorium at 5 p.m. Dedication of chancel windows in memory of Rev. J. Joseph Fletcher, on the first anniversary of his death, will precede Easter services and holy communion at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Webster street and Rock Creek Church road, at 10 a.m. Sun- day. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will deliver the sermon. For the convenience of visitors, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, Lincoln Museum and the house in which President Lincoln died will be kept open until 10 p.m. tomor- row, Sunday and Monday. = . Democratic League Luncheon. Representative Nichols of Oklahoma will be guest speaker at the Demo- cratic League luncheon at the Grafton Hotel at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. Arthur Clarendon Smith, president of the league, will preside. »