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F00D SENT SPAIN FORBLOODDONCRS Loyalist Shortage of Meat and Milk Serious, Says Dr. Spence. &peclal Dispatch to The Star NEW YORK, April 9 (NANA).— ‘The meat and milk shortage in Loyalist Bpain has become so severe, according to Rev. Dr. B. H. Spence of the Ca- nadian Committee tc aid Spanish De- mocracy, that regular shipments from here have been requested to maintain the health of a corps of 1,500 blood donors used by Dr. Norman Bethune's Canadian transfusion unit, Dr. Spence, minister in the United Church in Toronto, arrived here yes- terday for a conference with the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy. | The first shipment, valued at $4,000 and consisting of 12,000 gallons of condensed milk and several thousand cans of beef, peas and corn, will leave Monday from St. John's, New Bruns-~ wick, said Dr. Spence, bound for Havre, from where it will be sent over- Jand fo Spain. Similar shipments will be made from the same port, he said, “every two or three weeks after that.” The request for the food supplies | eame via urgent cable from Dr. Beth- une, explained Dr. Spence. Depots in Two Cities. | “Dr. Bethune,” he said, “has been in | Spain since last October. With five other Canadians and 29 Spaniards, he established a transfusion depot in Barcelona and another in Madrid and organized this corps of 1,500 blood donors, The donors call periodically at the depots and offer their blood, which is then treated chemically and kept on ice until needed. There are 13 hospitals at present in Spain with blood refrigerating facilities and the Canadian unit also uses six light trucks, partially refrigerated, to trans- port blood for transfusions on the battle line “‘Since October, we have been send- ing Dr. Bethune money to buy the special meat and milk died required by the blood donors to keep their red corpuscle content high. Now he cables the money is useless to him, that the foods simply are not to be got for money or love in Spain.” American medical activity in loyalist Bpain is growing slowly and another unit of 12 doctors, nurses and techni- Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. FOX AND HOUNDS. N ELDERLY woman who always is appalled by the size of the Department of Com- merce Building played a game of fox and hounds with the janitorial staff over there the other day. The janitors won. On previous visits to the building, the woman discovered it held a jinx over her. She could get into it but she never could emerge again without coming dangerously close to claustro- phobia. Unable to endure much more of the same thing, she figured out a system for frustrating the jinx. On her last visit, she carried a handful of small paper chips. As she walked along the corridor, she dropped them behind her, marking, she imagined, a perfect trail over which she might return. She reckoned without the janitors. By the time she had completed her business, they had completed theirs of sweeping up her scores of little markers. She had the same old difficulty, finally escaping twilight. * ok ok x POLITESSE. During one of the Police De- partment’s recent gambling raids, a zealous officer chased a fleeing suspect straight into a women’s turkish bath and emerged again with his prisoner in hand. Re- porters, impressed by this bland performance, crowded around the cop and asked him, “What did you do when you had to break into the steam room?” “Listen, dopes,” said the sleuth angrily. “I know how to behave when there are ladies in the room. cians will leave for the war sector on the Normandie Wednesday, bringing | the total number engaged there now | to 61. Of these, 15 are doctors, 35 | nurses and 11 are classed as “techni- | cians”’—ambulance drivers, mechanics, electricians. The unit will be headed by Dr. A. Ettleson, Chicago brain sur- | geon, who is assistant professor of | neurology at the Loyola University Medical School and is on the staff of | the Cook County Hospital. Among ! their number will be Leigh White of | St. Louis, author of a book about Mexico, “Miracles and Maize." Mr. | White resigned as publicity director of Doubleday, Doran to drive an ambu- lance for the unit. American Unit Location. The American unit is at present in & hospital near Albacete, a region which has seen heavy fighting since the center of activities shifted south- ward from the Guadalajara front Letters received this week from nurses | on duty there offered a picture of the grueling experiences they are under- going. ©One, Lini Fuhr, writes: “One morn- | ing from 4 am. till 5 am. I stood | with & Dutchman while he was going | out. He asked me to sing to him and | § I did. T Lad been up at 6 o'clock the day before. One doctor accused me of being sentimental, staying with him instead of sleeping.” After describing the exhausting nature of her tasks, she adds plaintively: “But darn it, I don’t | get thinner—a little firmer perhaps— | that's all.” Mildred Rackley reports that, after an attack, “the doctors and nurses were working 40 hours without stop- ping, going from one major operation to the next. One night at 2 o’clock, in the middle of an operation, the battery went dead. All of us ran for our flashlights, and, with the feeble glimmer of eight flashlights, Dr. Barsky (Edward Barsky of Beth Israel | Hospital, New York) finished remov- ing a shattered kidney.” Frederika Martin, the head nurse, writes: “I had a small fruit cake, and, one day, we had such a strain and a patient we all loved died. I made tea and called them (the other nurses) into my room and fed each one a teble- €poon of fruit cake. The result was dynamic. Anne stopped shivering. Sally’s lips got a bit of color in them, etc” Another paragraph of her long let- ter reads: “Anna Taft and Helen Freeman work in the operating room— night and day, for there are tremen- dous technical preparations between periods of continuous operating. Poor Taft stands for 10 to 12 hours in her gown and gloves, assisting first one doctor operating and then another and Helen runs back and forth. Real per- petual motion at last.” (Copyright, 1937, by the North Americat Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) Indian Faces Trial. SPOKANE, Wash, April 9 (#).— Against a bizarre background of moc- casined Indians and native tongue testimony, the Government sought to convict Baptiste Andrew, 64, today of | slaying the “other man” in a reserva- tion triangle case. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Routine business. Judiciary Committee hears oppo- nents of Roosevelt court bill. Labor Committee studies proposal to make C. C. C, permanent. House: General debate. Military Committee contifiues study of legislation to take profits out of war. Rivers and Harbors Committee con- tinues hearings on proposed Filorida ship canal. Post Office Subcommittee resumes consideration of airmail legislation. TOMORROW, Senate: Is not expected to be in session. Interstate Commerce Committee, 10:30 a.m., on air transportation bill. Judiciary Committee, executive, at 1¢ am., to consider nominations. Commerce Committee, 10:30 a.m., hearing on appointments to maritime Commission, House: ‘Wil not be in usio‘ I took off my hat.” * ox x x REGULATIONS. TF YOU should happen to be at an Army flying field when planes are | about to take off, don't imagine the pilots are practicing up to be stage villains because they go around hiss- |ing between their teeth—or rather between the places where their teeth ought to be. The Army flight surgeons have issued an order forbidding pilots to wear their dentures while in flight. Afraid the boys might get in an ac- cident, swallow the teeth and choke { to death It's not such a far-fetched rule, either. You seldom find a chap who has been flying for many years with- out making a rough landing at some time or another and losing a few molars in a collision with the instru- ment boards * ok ok x LIFT LEFT. BEING sensitive ourselves, we never relish embarrassing moment anec- dotes, but it seems there was quite a worthwhile one over at Emergency Hospital not so many hours ago. - g Two women got on an elevator at the fifth floor. It was a pretty crowded | elevator, headed downward. After the operator had tucked them in, so to | speak, he closed the door and turned on the power. Nothing happened, not even a clicking noise. Nothing went on happening for several moments. Then, to break the impasse, a small woman offered to get off. She did, but still the elevator would not budge. By that time, the other passengers were looking pretty mean at the two women who had brought the eleva- tor to such a pass. There was but one thing to do and they did it. As soon as they stepped out, the lift left. * % Kk % PRECAUTION. Our candidate for the title of “Most Cautious Citizen” of the Dis~ trict is the fellow who pays a ore- mium of $62 per annum for the protection of his property against damage by earthquake. Must be from California. * ok k% TRUISMS. E HEAR now of a charwoman in one of the Government labora- tories who is thoroughly familiar with that old axiom about valor and dis- cretion. Few nights ago while clean- ing up after a scientist she poured a flacon of sulphuric acid down a drain pipe. There was a roar. A geyser of acid and vapor swirled to- ward the ceiling. By that time, however, the char- woman was far down the hallway, leaving a broken glass door behind her. . Called upon for an official alibi, she explained, “I wouldn’t mind 'em say- ing ‘There goes Josephine,’ but I just can’t stand the idea of having 'em say ‘Don’t she look sweet.'” * K % DRAMA PATHETIQUE. TH:E bedraggled old man was on his hands and knees over a sidewalk grating near Fourteenth and E streets. He peered down between the bars, a look of purest misery on his face. Occasionally he made futi® gestures with his hands, as if thwarted in reaching for something valuable down below. Passers-by stopped to inquire. “I lost my nickle down there. last nickle, mister,” he sobbed. was going to buy a cup of coffee.” The play was good for at least a dime a head, sometimes a quarter. One cynic, who had contributed in a moment of weakness, loitered to see if he had been taken in. He had, all right. The act played to & new audience about every 15 min- utes. It was a hit every time. My w1 Pope to Resume Auto Rides. VATICAN CITY, April 9 (#).—Pope Pius XI announced today his inten- tion of resuming automobile rides in the Vatican gardens. A special plat- form will be built enabling the pontiff ‘to walk directly into m-;\uwmowe. the place at late | THE . EVENING SLUMP OF FRANC WILL CONTINUE France Decides on Cheap- est Currency to Attract Tourist -Trade. By tke Associated Press. PARIS, April 9—France allowed the franc to sag today to attract tour= ists this Summer. The treasury has decided upon & cheaper franc, financial circles re- ported, with the possibility the rate may go to the low of 22.96 francs to the dollar agreed upon in the tri- partite monetary agreement. The dollar closed officially at 22.40 francs for a net decline of 2.8 per cent since the drop started yesterday. The rate was equivalent to 4.464 cents, as compared to 4.593 yesterday and 4.539 at the market opening today. The pound sterling closed at 109.90 francs, against 106.53 yesterday. Gold Price Change Seen. The Financial Commission charged with guarding the franc rate, finan- cial circles reported, allowed the cur- rency to sag to take advantage of a situation created by reports of a pos- sible change in the United States gold price. This group, after a conference with Finance Minister Vincent Auriol and Emile Labeyrie, governor of the Bank of France, issued a statement attrib- uting the franc's weakness to: “Intentions attributed to President Roosevelt to modify the United States gold policy by certain revaluation of the dollar.” The statement called attention to the fact these reports had been denied in Washington. | “There is nothing in the fluctuations about which to become nervous,” Au- riol said. (A rate of 22.96 to the United States dollar is the equivalent of 4.277 cents to the franc.) Big Season Expected. “The biggest tourist season since the ‘Golden Twenties’ is expected,” financial sources predicted. With this expectation, the commis- sion charged with guarding the franc's rate has decided to offer the cheapest franc in four years, it was said. This three-man body, backed by unrestrict- ed authority to regulate the currency under the new monetary laws, may not choose to let the franc hit the 4.277- fcent low, but experts predicted it | might remain near that figure, | DECLINE HALTED IN NEW YORK. | Assurance Given Gold Price Will 1 Be Changed. } NEW YORK, April 9 (#)—Presi- | dent Roosevelt's renewed denial today | | the Government had any intention to | alter the price of gold halted an abrupt decline in stocks, commodities and foreign exchange rates. l Shares which had dropped from $1 | to $3 early in the session halved or | cancelled their losses, and grains at | Chicago moved over to the plus side. | Heavy declines in rubber, copper, hides and silk futures were largely erased and cotton futures, which had been down as much as $2 a bale, re- covered strongly. Foreign currency values, which had | declined along with the franc i terms of the dollar, came back to better fig- | ures and the franc itself improved, | both in late London trading and at | New York. | In early dealings the French unit | was lower by nearly .10 of a cent, but the rally wiped out & portion of the |loss. The break followed a sharp downward movement in Paris, where | | the dollar closed at the equivalent of | 4.464 cents to the franc, compared with 4.593 yesterday. | JOHANNESBURG PANICKY. | Gold Shares Tumble, but Again Re- turn to Normal. | JOHANNESBURG, Union of South | Africa, April 9 (#)—Panicky crowds thronged the Johannesburg Stock Ex- | change today as gold shares tumbled in some cases as much as 45 points as a result of fears the United States would lower the price of gold. (A break in the French franc in Paris was partially attributed to tne same rumors, which have been de- nied.) The slump in some shares was due | chiefly to an overbought position in the market which led brokers to sell out weak clients. Traders found a reassuring note, however, in the fact big mining and fnancial houses abstained from sell- ing shares. Prices rallied near noon on support from London. Among stocks to drop sharply in the morning were Anglo-American Mining Corp., which dropped from yesterday's 94 shillings to 83; Western Reefs Exploration & Development, down to 60 shillings from 73; West- rand Investment Trust, at 20 from 28, and West Witwatersrand, 280 from 325. The panic subsided during the after- noon with shares rapidly returning to normal. Many increases wers reg- istered as big operators snapped up “bargains.” BANDIT BEGINS SERVING 200-YEAR SENTENCE Br the Associated Press. DECATUR, I, April 9.—Elmer Lee Walling, 32, started serving a 200-year sentence in the Southern Illinois Peni- tentiary at Menard today for the slay- ing last October 24 of Alva Beall in a Decatur tavern hold-up. Walling pleaded guilty to murder charges yesterday and was sentenced by Circuit Judge C. Y. Miller. He was captured in Bowling Green, Ky., in January after a gun fight with police in which his companion in the hold-up, Lee (Red) Antle of Spring- field, Ill, was slain. Walling, who denied firing the shot that killed Beall, was extradited to Illinois for trial. At the time of his arraignment he placed the blame on Antle. BURNED IN BOAT FIRE W. P. Barnes Slightly Hurt in Cabin Cruiser Blaze. W. P. Bamnes, 31, of 25 L street southwest, was slightly burned yes- terday in a fire that started in some olly rags on the deck of the cabin cruiser Martha, in dry dock at Four- tenth and Water streets southwest. Damage to the boat was estimated at about $50. Barnes was cleaning the vessel when the rags caught fire. He was burned as he threw them from the deck. Fire- men from No. 13 Engine Company ex- tinguished the blaze. The cruiser is owned by T. T. Keane of the South- | ern’ Hotel Bupply Co. *: ’ ¢ | 8 TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C Exterior Completed on Library of Congress Annex This air view, taken from annexr to the Library of Con the Goodyear blimp, shows the gress (lower right), the newest structure on Capitol Hill. On left is the lx'rbiraryi; center.mthe Supreme Court, and upper, the Senate Office Building. The annex is to be finished some time next year. —Star Staff Photo, by F. C. Wilkinson. A.F.L UNIT USES METHOD OF RIVAL | Tactics of Lewis’ Group Are Adopted in Drive to Organ- ize Westinghouse. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, April 9.—A union affiliated with the American Federa- tion of Labor adopted the methods of John L. Lewis' Committee for In- dustrial Organization today in a com- petitive drive to organize the workers | in Westinghouse Electric & Manufac- turing Co. A. R. Johnson of Washington, as- | sistant business manager of the In- | ternational Brotherhood of Electrical | Workers, directed the drive in the Pittsburgh area, one of the largest electrical centers in the country. Im- mediate objectives, Johnson said, in- cluded the Allis-Chambers Manufac- turing Co. and Duquesne Li He explained “We aim to organize everybody— phone operators, truck drivers, every one in the electrical industry in these plants. They will all be in the one union.” Refusal of the federation to adopt the industrial union plan of organi- zation led to the break between its | president, William Green, and Lewis, | who formed his independent commit- tee to organize mass industries into all-inclusive unions. The United Electrical and Radio ‘Workers of America, the Lewis union in the industry, recently participated in collective bargaining negotiations with Westinghouse officials which re- | sulted in a general wage increase. Johnson asserted 1,600 of the 10,000 workers at the East Pittsburgh district plants of Westinghouse had applied for membership in his union and said 10,000 circulars were handed out to- day at the company gates. The circulars stated, in part: “Our brotherhood is now putting on an active campaign for the proper | organization of all employes of the electrical manufacturing industry into one organization—no matter what class of work the employe may be en- gaged in, including clerical workers. “* * * Don't be misled by the preachings of ‘wildcat-fly-by-night’ organizations whose policies and teachings will eventually end in misery and destruction for employes and in- dustry alike.” Sit-Down (Continued From First Page.) - Lis to organize machine shop workers at the soft coal mines. The federation this week supported a proposed amendment to the new Guffey bill that would have con- demned sit-down strikes—the tech- nique employed by Lewis’ United Auto- mobile Workers in both the Chrysle) and General Motors strikes. 3 The Senate turned down the amend- ment, but a day later adopted the res- olution assailing both sit-down strikes and unfair labor practices by em- ployers. House Approval Held Lacking. Defeat of the Dies resolution for a sit-down investigation, Majority Lead- er Rayburn said, should not be taken as meaning the House condoned the strikes. ‘The measure called for no immedi- ate action, he pointed out, and the in- quiry might have dragged on for some time. The defeat surprised House leaders, who had predicted it would be adopted. The conflict between Green and Lewis intensified today with their organizers confronting each other in the ofl flelds and elsewhere. Green is president of the A. F. of L., while Lewis heads the Committee for In- dustrial Organization, whose affiliates have been suspended from the federa- tion for “insurrection,” Lewis was expected by associates soon to start issuing “certificates of affiliation” to unions associated with the C. I. O Green said he would call a special meeting of his Executive Council soon to consider expulsion of the L/avis unions from the federation. John P. Frey, president of the A. F. of L. metal trades department, said he personally would start the federa- tion’s East Texas organization cam- paign in Houston next Thursday night despite receipt of a letter threatening his lite. .r ght Co. | DY the Associated Press. ROME, April 9.—Throughout the | Italian empire today bachelors and | male members of childless marriages pondered what may be a more | troublesome future unless they help | | boost the declining birth rate. With wonder and anxiety, they | awaited the results of the cabinet session Premier Mussolini has called for tomorrow to consider ways and means of {increasing the present population of 43,000,000 white Italians to 60,000,000 in 1950. Fascist Grand Council March 3. The point program which, in broad terms, called for: | Priority in occupation and promo- tion for fathers of big fa..ilies. Adjudication of salaries on a fam- ily basis so that preferential salaries The session was ordered by the Grand Council laid down a seven- | 1 taly’s Bachelors Fear New Tax In “More Babies” Legislation Cabinet Meets Tomorrow to Consider Program to Increase Population 17,000,000 by 1950. | may go to fathers of numerous chil- | dren. Revision of existing measures for the protection of large families. Institution of loans for matrimony and dowry insurance for young work- men; Establishment of families association: Revision of provincial and municipal & national big | boundaries on the basis of fecundity so that unprocreative sectional popu- lations would receive fewer benefits in the way of public institutions; Constitution of a central control agency to stimulate propaganda. Bachelors. already taxed for being single, and childless husbands feared the result of tomorrow’s deliberation would be further taxes, fading hope of job promotion. and a complete dis- appearance of the high pay positions | hitherto available only to unattached men. Tradition (Continued Prom First Page.) band repeatedly told me that he did not love me, that he did not want to live with me, that he wanted me to leave him and take our child with me and that he preferred newer to see our child again rather than to have to live with me.” Alimony Is Asked. She asked alimony and custody of | their 6-year-old son and charged her husband once refused her money to | buy a postage stamp to write to her | parents. Boardman explained the historical | background of the phraseology where- | by lawyers cause a plaintiff to speak of himself as “the plaintiff” instead “In ancient times in England,” he said, “when few people knew how to read or write, litigants appeared in court personally and orally stated to the judge what their grievances or de- fenses were. The court clerk, who knew how to write, listened to what they said and, as they said it, wrote it down in a summarized form on a roll of parchment, which constituted the record of the case. “The clerk, as was perfectly natural and logical, wrote his records in the third person. While the plaintiff was talking, he would write: “The plaintiff sues the defendant for that the de- fendant hit the plaintiff on the head with & club’ When the defendant got up to tell his side of the story, the clerk would write: ‘Comes now the de- fendant and says that he did not hit the plaintiff in the manner and form alleged.’ Later, Lawyers Wrote It Out. “At a later date, after lawyers, some of whom could read and write, had come into existence, they would write beforehand what they intended to say, and after reading it to the judge they would hand it to the clerk, so he could copy it on a parchment roll at his leisure. For this reason they always wrote it in the third person, just as the clerk would have done had he taken it down himself. “As nearly as can be ascertained, the time when lawyers stopped reading their pleadings to the court and started merely leaving them with the clerk was during the reign of Ed- ward III, approximately 600 years ago. But from that day until this lawyers have clung to writing every- thing in the third person. “In this day there is no sense whatsoever in writing pleadings in this form. It is really amazing how complicated a very simple statement can be made by writing it in this old- fashioned way. Lawyers frequently get the plaintiff and the defendant tangled up, and even when the law- yer does his best the poor client has to sign and swear to something which he probably only half understands.” Headaches Forecast. SALT LAKE CITY, April 9 (#)— Two million dollars and a headache was predicted for Utah from tourists this Summer. “The $2,000,000 will be spent by the travelers,” explained W. D. Rishel, Utah Automobile Association presi- dent. “The headache will come from try- ing to find rgom for the trailers.” Tries New | { | JEAN BOARDMAN. Juliana’s Error Drives Parisian Shops Frantic Starts for Home With 6 Costly Coronation Model Creations. By the Assoctated Press. PARIS, April $.—Crown Princess dressmakers frantic for a few hours when she “ran away” with six of their most exclusive creations for the Brit- ish coronation, it was learned today. Completely unknown to the princess, the models were packed into the royal roadster when she and her husband, Prince Bernhard, left Paris Tuesday for The Hague at the end of their pro- longed wedding trip. ‘The designers had sent the models for the princess’ inspection to the hotel where the royal couple was staying, In the mix-up of packing for the hur- ried departure Juliana's maid placed the coronation gowns with the prin- cess’ other clothes and the bags were carried out to the car. When the dressmakers discovered that the princess—and their models— were speeding toward the French frontier, alarms were sent by telephone to all points along the route to ask the princess to check over her clothes and please send back the coronation gowns. der, the alarm reached Juliana. She sorted out the creations and started them back to Paris. ‘They will be the patterns for scores of coronation gowns. Hugh Herbert Under Knife. HOLLYWOOD, April 9 (#).—Hugh Herbert, film comedian, underwent an abdominal operation yesterday. Dr. Stanley Immerman said Herbert was mmmfl; Juliana of the Netherlands drove Paris | Finally, just as she reached the bor- | CUBA TO CONFER ON PAYING BONDS Americans Invited to Dis- cuss Settlement for $84,- | 000,000 in Default. I Cuban Ambassador Peter Martinez Fraga today invited “duly accredited” representatives of American holders of $84,000,000 of defaulted Ma(-hadc‘ administration public works bonds to meet this month in Havana to discuss settlement of the debt | The Ambassador said he had been instructed by his government to in- vite affected bondholders to send one authorized representative, each, with a view to beginning the conference by April 20. The bonds have been in de- fault since 1933 | Embassy officials described the move as an ‘“enormous sacrifice” under- taken with a view to wiping Cuba's slate clean of debt accusations. A spokesman said the Cuban gov- ernment wants to “get its house in order” so that Cuba cannot justly be charged with failing to pay its debts Text of Formal Statement. A formal statement issued by the Ambassador last night said “The Cuban government recently | appointed a commission to study the so-called public work’s debt | “The commission is made up of Dr Manuel Gimenez Lanier, secretary of the treasury, who heads it; Dr. Juan | J. Remos, secretary of state: Gen Rafael Montalvo, secretary of defense, and the former secretaries of the treas- | ury, Messers Eduardo I. Montoulieu, | German Wolter del Rio and Col. Manuel Despaigne. | “The Cuban Embassy at Washington | has received instructions to invite the various public work's bondholder groups to send one representative for each group to Havana in order to start | the study of this matter after the 20th of this month. “According to a statement made by | the Debt Commission on meeting for | | the first time it will not accept nor | will the Cuban government accept | other representatives than those duly | | accredited by the above mentioned | groups, thus avoiding the undesirable intervention of private agents or speculators.” Used for Expansion Program. The debt was incurred between 1925 and 1933 by the Machado regime for construction of a new Cuban capitol, completion of a central highway, ex. pansion of the national university and for various schools and hospitals. The public works bond issues, not including interest, involved in the forthcoming discussion were listed un- officially by the embassy &s follows 5lac, certificates 1928-0 $867.000 Public Works bonds. 1930-45 National Bank. 1930 V297) Chas Treasury {ssue. 1930 (5 Contractors Cuban Co Warren Brothers Co.. 1¢ National Capitol ~and works. 1925 Total ‘When the Machado government was | overthrown the debts were held by the new government to have been in-| curred illegally. A decision last June by the Cuban Supreme Court, how- ever, upheld the constitutionality of | the bonds and the right of the bond- | holders to collect the debt. ‘ President Frederico Laredo Bru re- cently appointed a Public Works Debt Commission to study the problem in an effort to work out a solution. i 40.000.000 20.000.000 20,000,000 499507 FLYERS RETURN 21 Kelly Field Students Grounded | by Dust Storm. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 8 (#). | —Twenty-one students of the pur- | sut section at Kelly Field returned | to Army headquarters yesterday after | a hectic battle with a sudden dust storm that grounded 19 and caused 2 to crash Wednesday night. Cadet F. J. Back, jr, 23, Talla- hassee, Fla., suffered a fractured arm when his plane nesed over in land- |ing in a pasture near Caldwell. BALL GAME POSTPONED Due to the weather and the muddy condition of the Roosevelt High School diamond, the opening game of the public high school base ball series, | slated for today between Tech and | Legal Dance COAL LEGISLATION NEARER PASSAGE House Conferees Approve Senate Changes to Measure. BULLETIN. The Sepate today approved rec- ommendations of a Senate-House conference on the Guffey-Vinson coal-control bill. It now goes to the House for final congressional action. b5 tne Assoctated Press. Legislation to permit price-fixing in the bituminous coal industry moved a step nearer the statute books today after Senate and House conferees ap= | proved Senate changes in the Guffey= Vinson coal control bill Both Senate and House must ace cept the conferees’ recommendations, however, before the measure can go to the White House ‘The bill is a substitute for the origi= nal Guffey coal-control act, which was invalidated by the Supreme Court. The principal Senate amendment to which the House conferees agreed was the substitution of a tax of 1 cent a ton on all bituminous coal to provide funds for administration of the law. As passed by the House the bill would have levied an administra- tive tax of 1)> per cent on the sale price of coal at the mine A penalty tax of 19'; per cent agamnst producers who violate the law was not disturbed. The conferees accepted a Senate amendment which would exempt coal purchases of farm co-operatives from price regulation Under provisions of the bill, it would be 1llegal to sell coal below the fixed | minimum price except under contracts | in effect January 16, 1933 'CORCORAN EXHIBIT T0 BE OPEN TONIGHT Special Concession Granted to Per- mit Inspection of Contempo- rary Oil Paintings. As a special accommodation to Gov- |ernment and other employes whose working hours prevent them from visiting the show during the day, the | Corcoran Gallery of Art will be open | tonight from 7:30 to 10 o'clock to persons wishing to visit the Fifteenth | Biennial Exhibition of Contemporar American Oil Paintings The exhibition was visited by more than 500 persons last Friday nig gallery officials said today. No admis- sion fee will be charged tonight or on succeeding Priday nights. The exhibition, largest in the his- tory of the Corcoran biennial sh includes 461 paintings by 405 a in 28 States, the District of Colu and the Virgin Islands 1t will be open to the public t Muy 9. PLANE HITS STORMS KINGMAN REEF, April § (&) « Pan-American Airways Radio) American Clipper gently rocked the water at Kingman Reef t after a 1,546-mile flight from P: Pago, American Samoa, during wh.c the big Sikorsky flying boat passed through a snowstorm and thurn storm This was the second stage of return survey flight from Australasia to the United States. Plans call for a dawn take-off for Honolulu. 2d Bowie Entries for Tomorrow FIRST RACE— olds and up ay Jack x8ylvia G (Schmid Advocate Junior Happy Hos! (De Cam xQueen Govans (Le xGentleman (Ji Thatch (Richards xFair Time (Barba) SECOND RACE— ing: mai Schley se_(De Ca xMasuta (Le Blanc arlor Trick (Wagner) XHappy Chase (Barba) x McKay | xHybrangea (Le €1.000 4 furlongs. milis) THIRD RACE—Purs, 3-year. and up; 6 xSea Gu xChilly Brief ( 1 xEudes (Gordo! ———— xCredulous (Jaekle) xClean Sport (Le Blanc) xStipulate (Schmidl xLove Potion (Sarno e £1.000 furlongs | . FOURTH RACE ing: 4-vear-olds an | xReal yam | Ilchester Vi Building ] Hit and Bun (De Camillis) . xChurch Call (Shelhamer) xHeadin Home (Duffy) _ FIFTH RACE—Southern Maryland Ha dicap: purse. $5.000 added: 3-year-o and up; 1 miles | Weston' (Wagner) Kenty (Hanford) Rag | aMucho Gusto (Westrope) _. Calumet Dick (Richards) aJackie D (Barba) __ aNew Deal (E. Smith) Quincy (Parke) a—Araho Stable ent SIXTH RACE—Purse. 1000 olds and up: claiming; 1/s miles. Queen Elizabeth (Falion) xIragedian (Barba andry (Jaekle) Do (Porter) (Eccard) Fair Scout (Le Blanc) xChie{ 'Mourner (Sarno) xSweeperman (Le Blanc) Canpra_ (Johnson) Relativity (Madeley) 9 107 114 =5 198 i-years x&a SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $1.000: §-vear= olds and up: claiming; 1's miles xDeparted (Duffey) TInfilee (Rosengarten) Happy Plag (O'Mall XMaddening (Barba) Naval Cad=t (Parke) Dormido (E. Smith) Some Bull (Gilbert) Scratches for Today— (Cloudy and muddy.) First race—Grey Heels. Second race—Low Cuts, Royal Rhup- sody. Third race—More Pep, Brief, Zcb- ulo, Bill Bleiweiss, Gentleman, Sea Gull, Grainger and Eudes. Bowie Workouts FRIDAY. APRIL 9. Cloudy and Sloppy. THREE-EIGHTHS MILE. Ebbie_ :17% Low Outs 30~ Royal Rhap'y ONE.HALF MILE. 54~ Stage Whisper Chilly Instep Tral - Tall Oak Enthusiasm uma Relativity 5 Smoke Signa 5 Abbots Hour FIVE-EIGHTHS MILE. Pight Talk 1:043 Chief Mourne: Chance King 1:05%5 Weston THREE-FOURTHS MILE. Gay Dog . 1:22% Takus . 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