Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1937, Page 2

A2 * TRUSTEES INDORSE NEW LIBRARY BILL Suggest Proposed Building Be Made Eligible as P. W. A. Project. The Board of Trustees of the Pub- fie Library has approved the Collins bill for censtruction of a new main building for the free library system, Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian and secretary of the board, announced yasterday, and has sent to Chairman Norton of the House District Commit- tee a number of amendments which would alter some of the bill's original provisions. The amendments were adopted ten- tatively by the library trustees, sub- Ject to approval by Representative Col- lins, author of the measure, and were finally agreed on and ordered to be sent to the House District Committee after Theodore W. Noyes, president of the Board of Trustees, and Dr. Bower- man had conferred with Representa- tive Collins and secured his approval of the proposed amendments. One of the principal amendments ruggested would make the new build- ing eligible as a Public Works Admin- istration project by including the pur- chase of a site and construction of the building within the provisions of the act authorizing the Commissioners to | obtain, by grant and loan, up to | £10,750,000 for municipal projects. | Only a part of this total has been | loaned to the District up to this time. Specification on Funds. Another important change in the bill proposed by the library trustees was to qualify the authorization of a $2,500,000 site and building fund by | the words “or so much thereof as may | be necessary” and 1o specify that the funds authorized for appropriation | would come out of the revenues of the District of Columbia “and the ‘Treasury of the United States.” The | change in language would remove any | complications in connection with the | proposal of financing the building, or | & part of it, out of Public Works Ad- | ministration funds and of a possible finding that not =0 much as the tnmlj sppropriation would be necessary to | erect and equip the new building. In connection with developing plans | and specifications and supervision of | construction of the building, the trus- [ tees proposed an amendment designed | t0 meet the requirements of the mu- | nicipal architect in the employment | ©of experts and assistants in this phase | .of the work. Another amendment advocated wouid eliminate a section of the bill | providing that the principal readmg} room in the new structure should | bear the name of Theodore W. Noyes, president of the library board. This | was voted, the trustees reported to Chairman Norton, at the urgent re- quest of Mr. Nc The board also asked Chairman Nor- | ton to hold a hearing on the bill ‘which library trustees and the Mbrarian would outline in detail the need for & new main library and the reasons for the enactment of the bill at this time. Under the measure, the | “site for the building would be located | Arest of Sixteenth street and north of Pennsylvania avenue. All plans and | gpecifications would be subject to the! approval of the library trustees, the | Ubrarian and the Commissioners. The bill also provides that, with the completion and acceptance of the | new bullding, the present central li- | brary on Mount Vernon Square shall | be a branch library to be known as | the Mount Vernon Square branch. | Collins Expresses Approval. ! Mr. Collins said yesterday he had | examined the proposed amendments | and they met his unqualified approval. “The one providing that the $2.500.- | 000, ‘or as much thereof as may be | necessary,’” he declared, “is in line with what's proposed in most biils. “Another of the proposed amend- ments authorizing a P. W. A, loan, it seems to me, ix a happy way to solve the problem of financing the library. “My main interest is to get the lbrary erected. I'm not concerned so deeply about the mechanics involved.” Mr. Collins has repeatedly expressed his interest, in library and school needs | in the District, and has become one of | the leading champions of adequate | Ubrary expansion. The current Dis- trict bill reflected this interest in the | provision of sufficient personnel to permit library service in the central branch on Fridav afternoons for the | first time since 1930, as well as Satur- day afternoon service in the major branches. The bill also carried funds for completion of the Petworth branch | library and for & new branch library in Southwest Washington in connec- tlon witk the new Jefferson Memorial Junior High School. TRAPPED MINER DEAD, RESCUE WORKERS FEAR Btill 18 Feet Away From Man Entombed in Shaft in Pennsylvania. By the Azsociated Press. | TAMAQUA, Pa., April 10 —Rescue | squads worked teverishly tonight to reach Anthony Vinscavage, 48, en-| tombed in his independently operated coal hole. They held little hope that | he was alive. | ‘Vinscavage was trapped by a cave- | in as he and a son, John, 19, were erecting timbers in the mine early| today. The son escaped uninjured. Rescue workers said tonight they were 18 feet away from the spot where the man was trapped. They received no response to sig- nals tapped on a pipe sunk to the bottom of the shaft. The coal hole is located on property of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal | & Iron Co. MASSIE AND BRIDE SAIL Navy Officer to Join Asiatic Fleet at Manila. SEATTLE, April 10 (#).—Lieut. (J. G.) Thomas H. Massie, Navy officer, and his bride sailed today aboard the liner President McKinley | for Manila, where Massie will join | the Asiatic fleet, | Massie has been attached to the! Puget Sound Navy Yard at Bremer- ton and formerly was in Hawaii, where his first wife figured in an attack by several islanders. SUSPECT MAY BE “JEEP” CLARKSDALE, Miss., April 10 (). —A ‘man booked by Police Chief N. A. Cartledge as H. A. Gilbert was arrested today as the “jeep” who has robbed 30.Jce boxes of food in Clarksdale, The robber was called the “jeep” becauze he left notes at homes he Tobped aigned “The Jeep.” (] | School Board asks budget restoration | Traffic code administration under fire | 16.1.0. SETTO FORM i'{‘elegflph Co. locals within the next | cal industry would engage in collective Readers' Guide and News Summary The Sunday Star, April 11, 1937, PART ONE. Main News Section. FOREIGN. Baldwin in retirement speech warns against fascism. Page A-1 British reported reinforcing navy on Basque coast. Page A-1 Trotzky, at hearing, denies treason charges. Page A-2 Political fate of Belgium may hinge on vote today. Page A-7 NATIONAL. ‘Walsh proposes blacklisting for labor act violations. Page A-1 Ontario premier refuses to deal with C. 1. O. organizer. Page A-1 Ickes assails “odd man” on Supreme Court in address. Page A-1 Textile parley will hear Hull and Wallace. Page A-1 Johnson, Roosevelt court plan backer, victor in Texas. Page A-1 Police go into huddle on Gedeon slay- ing. Page A-2 Chief Justice Hughes marks his 75th birthday anniversary. Page A-3 ‘Wagner decision effect on court pro- posal is awaited. Page A-4 Midamerica sale negotiations strike deadlock. Page A-6 Committee approves five maritime body appointments. Page A-15 1936 movie salaries top industrial pay in early reports. Page B-2 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Federation holds $5,000,000 lump sum inadequate. Page A-1 Collins predicts expansion of size of the District. Page A-2 “Toots” Juliano and 12 others nabbed in police raid. Page B-1 Congressmen give views on D. C. building program. Page B-1 Congress action on District auto in- spection bill foreseen. Page B-1 of $300.000 items. Page B-1 D. C. legislation to progress this week in Senate. Page B-1 Lawyer slated to go to trial tomorrow on robbery charge. Page B-1 Rivers and Harbors Congrees meets in D. C. this month. Page B-2 as arrests mount. SPORTS. Nationals raliy to score, 5 to 2, over Chattanooga club. Page B-6 Calumet Dick repeats to take closing feature at Bowie Page B-§| Welbourne Jake annexes cup event in ‘Middleburg meet. Page B-7 faryland wins in track and base ball, bows in lacrosse Page B-8 Sailing events boomed by getting good | £pot on cup program Page B-9| United States Golf Association is cagey | in naming dates. Page B-lfl‘ acing outlook in East this season is unusually bright. Page B-11 MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside. Lost and found. Obituary. Traffic convictions, Service orders Vital statistics City news in brief, PART TWO. Editorial Section. Editorial articles. Pages D-1-3 Editorials and comment. Page D-2 Civic news. Page D-4 ‘Women's clubs. Page D-5 Military and veterans’ news. Resorts Educational. Cross-word puzzle. Stamps. Page B-4 N R Page A-2 Page A-3 | Page A-14 Page A-17 | Page A-19 | Page A-21 Page A-21 | PagesD-6-7 Page D-8 Page D-9 Page D-10 | Page D-10 | PART THREE. Society Section. Society news. Pages E-1-9 ‘Well-known folk Page E-3 Barbara Bell pattern. Page E-9 PART FOUR. Feature Section. News features. Pages F-1-4 John Clagett Proctor. Page F-2 Dick Mansfleld. Page F-2 Radio programs, Page F-3 Amusements. Page F-5 Automobiles. Page F-6 Aviation. Page F-6 Children’'s page, Page F-7 PART FIVE. Financial, Classified. D. C. store sales climb. Page G-1 Industrial pace slower. Page G-1 Auto plants face rush. Page G-1 Stocks hesitant (table). Page G-2 TU. 8. bonds gain (table). Page G-3 Curb list narrows (table). Page G-4 Classified advertising. Pages G-4-16 . LOCALSINA. T.&T. Weeks of “Missionary” Work Over, Charters Are Ex- pected. Bs the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 10.—James B. Carey, youthful president of the United Electrical and Radio Workers of America, an affiliate of the C. I. O, said today the union was ready to charter eight American Telephone & two weeks. Weeks of “missionary” work among employes of the Nation's largest cor- poration have included distribution of promotional literature and the setting up of district systems of organization, Carey said. He described the literature as made up of leaflets charging the company had capitalized on the depression, cut- ting personnel and wages, at the same time increasing its dividends. Arthur W. Page, a vice president of the company, said he had no com- ment to make on Carey’s remarks. Carey predicted negotiations between his union and the General Electric Co., which began on Maxch 15, would terminaee Monday in an sgreement. He said he expected the entire electri= bargaining with the union. TWO DROWN IN CAR WINTON, N. C., April 10 (£ —Two men were drowned here tonight when the automobile in which they were riding plunged off an open draw bridge. F. M. Jenkins, operator of a filling station near the bridge, said one of the men had been identified as Wil- liam Laasiter, about 35, of Eure, in Gates County, but that the identity of the other man had not been egtab- lished. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, COLLINS PREDICTS BIGGER D. C. AREA Restoration of Original 100 Square Miles in Gener- ation Seen. Chairman Collirs of the House Sub- committee on District Appropriations believes that an increase in the arca of the District 18 inevitable—that with- in a generation the original 100 square miles of the Federal District will be restored. “It's not a wild or silly dream,” Oollins declared yesterday, discussing his theory. But Collins declined to reveal the basis for the prediction or even dis- cuss how such a plan could be carried out. Nevertheless, other members of the House, especially those from Maryland and Virginia, whose districts would be affected by the expansion have heard reports of a movement to bring about the change—a movement that ap- parently has not yet gone beyond discussion. Representative Smith, Democrat, of Virginia, whose territory embraces Arlington County, Alexandria, and in fact the entire area included in the original District that Congress retro- ceded to Virginia in 1846, is one of those who has heard the proposition discussed. But he thinks the plan is merely “a wild dream.” It has always been Smith's philosophy, he says, to keep his “gun loaded and fire when there is some- thing to fire at.” Thus far, he pointed out, no definite plan has been de- veloped, so there's nothing to fire at. Agreement With States. Under one of the plans discussed Congress would enter into an agree- ment or compact with Maryland and Virginia to take over certain areas in those States contiguous to the District and include them in the proposed “Greater Washingion.” How these States would be compensated for giv- ing up such valuable territory is one question which apparently hasn't been given serious thought. Under one proposal, however, Mary- land and Virginia would be given a percentage of the annual tax collec- tions made in the territory absorbed by the District. Like 8mith, Representative Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland, a member of the House District Committee, regards the proposal as “fantastic"—one which he believes should not even be seriously considered. Kennedy pointed out that the voters of both States as well as the State | legislatures would have to ratify any | plan that Congress might approve to | extend the borders of the District, and it is very doubtful if that would be | done, | In the first place, Kennedy ex- | plained, any extension of the District | into Maryland would take away from | | the State some of its most valuable territory in Montgomery and Prince | | Georges Counties. The Maryland State | Legislature would hardly approve such | | & plan, he said, and the voters, espe- | | cially those in the areas affected, would Tebel against it because they would be | denied the franchise, unless national | representation is granted the District | in the meantime. The same condition would exist in Virginia. The area that would be taken into the District is among the most valuable in the State, and is said to yield more tax revenue per capita than any section, exclusive of the cities. Area for Workers. The idea behind the proposal, Mr. | Collins suggests, is to include in the | greater District the area in which | the people live who work here, and | give them the benefit of a central government. Maryland and Virginia, he argues, should not have the right of taxation and government over the people who work in Washington. | In this connection, he declared Con- gress already has committed itself to the principle of accepting responsi- bility for the welfare and happiness of Federal employes by permitting non- resident children to attend District schools. Collins also pointed out that Wash- ington is strained to the bursting point due to steady enlargement of the Federal establishment, and cited the forecast of George McAneny, chairman of the Jacobs Fiscal Re- lations Advisory Committee, that the population will reach 1,000,000 in 15 years. It is impossible, he said, to crowd 1,000,000 persons into the pres- ent area. As the population grows, Collins believes, 0 will the Federal establish- ment, and make more necessary an increase in the District area. At the present time, he explained, there is no available space for the concentra- tion of additional Government build- ings such as exists in so-called tri- angle area, and declared that Con- Rress would not agree to scatter new Federal buildings to be erected in the future far beyond the existing build- ings and thereby reduce the efciency of interdepartmental business. SIT-DEWN PRISONERS TO BE TRANSFERRED Florida Officials Plan to !cntte.r Them Among Other Road Camps. BY the Associated Press. TALLAHASSEE, Fla, April 10— State prison bureau officials said to- day 21 white convicts who staged a sit-down astrike at a camp near Jas- per Thursday and Friday probably would be scattered among other road camps. There was no violence during the strike. The prisoners merely. quit work, demanded removal of Capt. A. (Buddy) Coursey and declared they would not return to their tasks until & new captain took charge of the camp. They did not say why they wanted Coursey removed. Nathan Mayo, State commissicner of agriculture and head of the prison system, said Coursey was a good captain and would remain at the camp. Guards were told to let the con- victs “sit it out” without food or water. The prisoners obtained water by digging a hole but went without food for two days. Last night they capitulated. Aranha to Return Here. RIO DE JANEIRO, April 10 (#).— Oswaldo Aranha, Brazilian Ambas- sador to the United States, arranged today to leave by airplane Monday to return to Washington after spend- ing five months in politieal activity lfi,,_’“m‘ His wife will accompany ] | Pederal road grants. D. C, APRIL 11, Wife Pickets Plant Arriving at her estranged husband’s Newark, N. J., button factory in an expensive limousine, Mrs. H. Johanna Christensen took a sign and joined striking employes in picketing yesterday. Mrs. Christensen’s divorce suit, in which she named a New York model and listed her husband's wealth, was reported to have precipitateC the walkout. ~—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Federation ‘ | action on this question cut about $50,- 000 from the appropriation approved | by the Budget Bureau. The federa- tion merely recommended that the sum suggested by the Budget Bureau | should not be increased. The body took no direct action on the eight new tax measures now before the House District Committee, which | are calculated to raise from $11,000 000 to $13,000,000 in additional rev- enue, if all are adopted. It will adopt recommendations on those questions later. These bills, laid before Congress after formation of the proposed 1938 budget, showed there was an antici- | pated deficit of $6,100,000. ‘The federation, however, took an in- | direct slap at proposed diversion of the | special gasoline tax revenues to sup- | port District functions not restricted | to road improvements and repair when it protested that the gas tax fund | should not be put to any use which might deprive the District of grants | under the Hayden-Cartwright Federal road-aid act for highway improve- ments here. $600,000 a Year in Plan. This Federal road aid act provides | that a portion of Federal grants shall | be withheld if local gas funds are | spent for other than highway pur- | poses. Under the King bill passed | by the Senate the District would be | placed on parity with the States for | It is figured the District should receive some $600,000 | per year for this purpose Contrary to this position was the action of the House in making charges against the District's gas tax fund about half the expenses of the Traffic Department, the whole cost of the Department of Trees and Parkings and the cost of sidewalk and alley improvements The proposal to Congress that the District Government take over the bonding in criminal cases before the courts provoked heated debate, but the federation finally held that an item of $13,000 for creation of the office of bonding commissioner should | not be appropriated until legislation covering the proposed activity had been presented to Congreas and pub- lic hearings held. Split Developes on Question. The body was split over the question, some leaders claiming it would open the door to entrance of the municipal government into many flelds of private business and others charging that the bonding “racket” must be broken up. There was a charge also that if the District refused to grant bond to a prisoner, the proposal might be found unconstitutional since it would de- prive the prisoner of his right to release. Several speakers insisted that if there are abuses in the present pri- vate bonding business, this should be met by proper regulation. Others re- sponded that several attempts have been made at regulation and that they had failed of success. There was agreement, however, that creation of an office of bonding com- missioner should not be provided in an appropriation item until Congress had considered basic legislation which would show the scope and intent of the business of such office. The mere in- sertion of the appropriation item, with a promise of a legislative action later, was termed by some speakers as “a pig in & poke.” Hospital Shift Weighed. The proposed transfer of control of Gallinger Hospital and the District's tuberculosis sanatoria from the Board of Public Welfare to the Health De- partment, the federation held, should not be provided in a shift of appro- priations, but should be considered only as a legislative matier on which public hearings should be held. The transfer was provided in the supply bill as reported by the House District subcommittee on appropriations, but is was knocked out on a point of order as the bill was passed by the House. Abandonment of the Receiving Home for Children and transfer of its wards to boarding homes, as pro- vided in the House action on the budget measure, met with disapproval of the federation. It held conditions of the home could be improved. The body asked that appropriation items for salaries for the staff of the Traffic Department and for provision of automobile tags be restored to their regular places in the budget, mesning they should be continued as charges against general tax revenues. These | two items were stricken from the bill in the House on points of order which were raised because the itams had been transferred to make them charges against the special gas tax fund. The federation also asked restoration to the bill of an item for the salary of a people’s counsel. That office has been vacant since the resignation last November of William A. Roberts and the salary item was dropped by the House. Fight Over Playgrounds. There was a long fight over the pro- posed transfer of control over numer- ous playground activities from the Municipal Playground Department to the Community Center Department of the public school system. H. C. Phillips, chairman of the Education Committee, proposed that the federa- tion approve changes to give the Com- munity Center Department control over school grounds now operated after school hours and during the Summer by the Playground Department. He opposed, however, the transfer of play- grounds not immediately adjoining school buildings. Mrs. Horace J. Phelps, in a minority report, urged that appropriation items transfered in the bill be restored to the Playground Depariment. By a vote of 24 to 20, the federation dis- approved the shifting of the appro- priations, upholding Mrs. Phelps’ recommendations. The federation urged the Senate Appropriation Committee to reinstate in the supply bill the following items: | For construction of a new Bunker Hill School, $115,000; completion of the Anacostia Junior-Senior High School, $70,000, and a second-story addition to the Crosby Noyes School, $60,000. Persons under 18 would be deprived of their right to obtain automobile operator permits under another feder- ation action. The present minimum age limit is 16. The body also urged that the Traffic Department be made the depository of records of liens against automobiles and held that filing of liens be made mandatory, Vote Loyalty to King. OTTAWA, Ontario, April 10 (Cana- dian Press) —Both houses of Parlia- ment adopted an address of loyalty to King George VI today, written in observance of his coronation next month, Senator Lewis to Speak ILLINOISAN TO TALK TOMORROW IN NATIONAL RADIO FORUM. Foreign affairs, particularly as they touch the United States, will be the subject of an address by Senator James | Hamilton Lewis of Illinois in the Na- tional Radio Forum tomorrow at 10:30 pm. The National Radio Forum is ar- ranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the network of the National Broadcasting Co. Senator Lewis, & member of the Sen- ate Foreign Relations Committee and Democratic whip of the Upper House, is in constant touch with European and Far Eastern problems. Much of his knowledge of foreign affairs has been gained by personal observations during numerous trips abroad, where he is known almost as widely as he is in this country. He has been knighted by the Kings of Bel- gium and Greece and was made a member of the Knights of the Round | ‘Table at ceremonies in London, pre- sided over by the British sovereign. Senator Lewis could have been in America's diplomatic service had he chosen, but he elected to remain at home. He declined an offer by Presi- dent Wilson to appoint him as Am- bassador to Belgium. On s recent trip to Soviet Russta 4 SENATOR LEWIS. Senator Lewis was stricken serioualy 1ll in Moscow. He has eompletely re- eovered his health, however, and is as active as ever at the Oapitol. ) 1937—PART ONE. POLICE INHUDDLE ON GEDEON CASE Detectives Continue Hunt for Sculptor in All Room- ing Houses. BACKGROUND— Veronica. Gedeon,. model: her mother, and Frank Byrnes, a lodg- er, were slain Easter Sunday in their New York roominy house. The women were strangled and the male roomer stabbed. Several suspects have been ques- tioned in the case and released. BULLETIN. UTICA, N. Y., April 11 (Sun- day) —A suicide note signed “Rob- ert George Irwin” was handed to a traffic officer tonight by an un- identified woman who said she found it in the street. New York police requested the note be sent to them for comparison with handwriting. #7 the Associated Pres: NEW YORK, April 10—Three of the highest police ofcials investigat- ing the Gedeon murder mystery went into a huddle to “go over the details of the case” today as efforts to locate Robert Irwin, fugitive sculptor, con- tinued unsuccessful. The officials attending the parley were Chief Inspector John A. Lyons, Deputy Chief Inspector Francis J. Kear and Acting Capt. Edward Mul- lins, who is in charge of the homicide squad. Have Many Leads to Follow. After the conference, which lasted an hour, Lyons said: “The conference was called pri- marily to go over details of the case. We have many leads to work on, but nothing new has developed.” The meeting was held at a down- town police station, several miles from the Beekman Hill neighborhood where Veronica Gedeon, 20-year-old artists’ model; her mother and Frank Byrnes, & roomer, were slain Easter morning. Detectives continued a systematic | but fruitiess canvass of all rocming | houses in their search for the sculptor, | described by Lyons as dlnzerounlyi insane. Two large cardboard cartons con- | taining all the evidence gathered in the slayings were taken from the Pifty-first street police station to the | property clerk at police headquarters. | Third Degree Charged. | ‘The New York committee of the | American Civil Liberties Union | charged that Joseph Gedeon, father of the slain model, had been sub- jected to “third-degree inquisition” last week when he was heid for ques- | tioning, and asked Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine to dismiss the po- licemen involved. | The committee said in a letter to Valentine that a physician’s report showed Gedeon. who was exonerated had received numerous abrasions and | bruises while in custody. 'HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER BELIEVED IN WRECK Pedestrian May Have Fractured Skull—License Number Taken by Witness. struck and severely injured a pedes- been in a collision with another car | after leaving the scene. was being sought by police early today. Viva Reihm, 60, Beltsville, Md., may have suffered a skull fracture when struck by the car at Thirteenth snreeti and Pennsylvania avenue last night. | Police said the driver stopped momen- | tarily and that a bystander got the license number and description of the car. A short time later, police said, a car | answering the same description col- lided with another machine in the| 4500 block of Bowen street. The victim | in the first case was treated at| Casualty Hospital. | Robert Dosslemyer, 6, of 907 Thir- | teenth street, received a broken left | leg when struck by a car at Eleventh | and I streets last night. He was| treated at Emergency Hoepital. Police sald the driver of the car was Maurice | E. Miller, 69, of 3600 Edmunds street. | TAILOR BEATEN HERE AND ROBBED OF $153 Morria A. Katz Is Victim in Hold- | Up—Two Girls Lose $20 to Gunman. Morris A. Katz, 926 G place, was robbed of $153 last night by a man | who assaulted him as he was walking | in the 200 block of Hamilton street. | Katz, a tailor, told police his assail- ant also took a brief case which con- tained some documents of the United Garment Workers of America. Kats was found lying on the sidewalk by a passer-by, but did not require hcs- pital treatment. Betty Steiner and Mildred Parker, both of Maryland Park, Md., were robbed of $20 by an armed colored man who slapped one of taem and then seized both their purses as they ‘were walking on Fastern avenue near the District line last night. CRASH INJURY FATAL T0 CUMBERLAND MAN Charles P. Tee, Jr, Buccumbs. Parents Were Injured as Car Hit Wall. BY the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa, April 10.— Charles P. Tee, jr, 21, of Cumber- land, Md., injured in the crash of an automobile into a wall near Dills- burg today, died tonight of & fractured skull and internal injuries. Tee's father, Carl Edward Tee, suf- fered concussion of the brain and a fractured rib, and his mother, brain concussion and a fractured leg. The driver, Carroll Silvus, 21, of | Cumberland, was cut on the head and right leg. Corpl. C. C. Naddo of the State highway patrol investigated. NG Four Arabs Shot. JERUSALEM, Palestine, April 10 (#).—Four Arabs were shot and wounded critically today as they left the vicinity of the Omar Mosque. They were fired on from ambush by snippers In what police said was a feud among Arabe. A Jewish woman was killed near ‘Tel Aviv by shots fired by two Arabs who escuped. Washington Wayside of Interesting Events and Things. SWAN SONG. ECAUSE it is composed in the B writer, we print, unaltered and unsung, this touching little tale of death in the afternoon: “Hawkshaw is dead. washed his last supper of bread in a pan of water before eating it, preened himself in an imaginative mirror as though preparing to saunter forth be- “last mile” to the execution block with the poise and resolution of a Sidney Carton. “Hawkshaw was a gray goose. Random Observations profound spirit of the obituary “Fastidious to the end, he solemnly fore an admiring world, and strode the “Last January, M. J. Berry, hook- and-ladder expert at the Congress Heights Fire Department spent his | vacation at Point Lookout on the Chesapeake. He saw the handsome gander strutting among his harem and claimed him with the intention of fattening the bird for an Easter feast. “Snatched unceremoniously from his familiar aquatic surroundings and imprisoned in a barnyard “cell” with a flock of doomed chickens, Hawkshaw never forgot his breeding. At meal time the squawking, greedily clucking hens never perturbed him. Every morsel that gained ingress to his pa- trician stomach was first and always washed. Friends and doubting stran- gers from miles around came to wit- ness the phenomenon. Hawkshaw never failed them. “Then Berry discovered his fastidi- ous prize could ferret out hidden bits of food His snooping propensities earned him the name of the famous sleuth. “But Easter came and with it the end of 40 days’ fasting. Berry, looking st his 18-pound beauty, became acutely aware of the bird's raison d'etre. “Now Hawkshaw's gray gooce quills flutter aimlessly in the barnyard dust It is hoped that with Berry 1gh of gourmnet relish there was ngled a note of something akin to reverence. NAMESAKE. Wayside contributors may or may not be interested to know there is a town named Wayside, which our geographic expert located in North- ern Nebraska, not far from the Wyoming line. It is also only a bit south of the famous Black Huls, near the South Dakota- Nebraska border. We remember another hamlet named Wayside, too, somewhere down in Virginia, but near what corners, borders and hills we couid not recall in a coon's age. Any suggestions? * o ok % MONNIKER. RS. JEAN MEIGS of Bradley Hills received a beautiful Sia- wanted to attach a really appropriate and not knowing the right words called up the Siamese Legation to ask what cats were called in Siamese. “Cats?” said the voice on the tele- phone. “We call 'em ‘meyow.’ " Mrs. Meigs wasn't satisfied with that and finally persuaded the Lega- Oriental monnikers. Meanwhile they called the puss Pinkie, because of her eyes (which may have been that way because of a Siamese hangover). When the Legation's names finally arrived, Mrs. Meigs couldn't get very far with pronouncing anything ex- cept the word “dara.” which means “sweetheart” or something like that. What to do, what to do, mused Mrs. Meigs, until she hit upon a scheme. She christened the cat Pinki-dara, which sounds mighty Siamese to us. * X ¥ % PERENNIALS. OR months now we haven't heard any of those persistent legends that roam the drawing rooms of the | city at indiscriminate intervals. You know the sort—the stories about things that happened to a friend of & | friend of a friend of the narrator, A few samples: The tale about the tramp who mooched a nickel from a lady in La- fayette Park and then spent it to buy a sack of peanuts for the pigeons. ‘The horror yarn of the poison dress. Ditto the one about the girl who was in the theater and some one stuck a hypodermic needle in her arm and tried to whisk her away to be sold into slavery in Hindustan. (Those two aren't dead—just resting up, we feel sure.) Story about the man who went into a restaurant out West and found he was the only customer. Couldn't get any service, because the two waiters were quarreling between themselves Finally the proprietor appeared and said, “What's the matter with you guys? Can't you wait on one lousy customer?” * % ok BULL'S-EYE Answering questions for the pub- lic at large is only one of the tribulations of a city editor. Nine times out of ten the question is inspired by alcohol, a bet, or just plain lack of sufficient energy to go look up the answer. Latest gripe came from a fellow who seemed to be slightly whoozy and using the telephone in a cock- tail room, at that. He wanted to know the correct spelling of “chinkapin.” The city editor let the paper run itself for a few min- utes, went to the dictionary and looked it up. When the gent was satisfied and hung up, the operator called back. “What is a chinkapin?” said she. “That guy was one,” snapped the eity editor. “Oh,” said the operator, quietly. *Is it really a nyt?” BALDWINWARNS AGAINST FASLISH | Announces Imminent Retire- ment, but Sets No Date. Chamberlain Favored, By the Associated Press, WORCESTER, England, April 10.— Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, the | sturdy cornerstone of British conserv- atism, warned his people earnestly away from either communism or fascism today in a homely speech that sounded like a swansong He announced his imminent retire- ment, but set no date for it. He has been prime minister three times. | Addressing his constituents, he | warned Britain against “mass con- sciousness” and ‘“the virus of either communism or fascism.” And then | the 69-year-old government leader | declared” of himseif “It is far better to go when the people may still think of you as per- | haps not incompetent than to stay i.mm perhaps they know before you |do that you are becoming incompe- tent.” The Conservatives of the Bewdley |division, whom he addressed. ap- pointed a committee to select a candi- date for his House of Commons seat !and adopted a resolution expressing appreciation of his services. Chamberlain Favored. Political observers generally agread | Neville Chamberlain, who is a year |and a half younger than Baldwin, | would be his successor in the prime | ministership. | Baldwin's withdrawal has long been ilakm for granted, and some observ- ers have predicted he will be made a lord. It is generally believed he will | quit. soon after the imperial confer- jence which has been called immedi= | ately following King George's eoro- nation May 12. The stocky prime minister minced no words in warning against Britain's adoption of “ideas alien to the ideas which we hold in this country.” “They are the ideas of communism and differing forms of fascism,” he | said. “Ideas that can do nothing t | help our country in solving our own constitutional problems. “I don't think this country is danger of having mass consciousn But don't let us, in our happy-go- | lucky way, think that such a thing | cannot come to Great Britain—there is nothing more important than to keep ourselves immune from the virus of either communism or fascism. Fears Rapid Change. Citing the vast speed-up in trans- portation since he was first elected to the House of Commons as an ex- | ample of the changing times, Bald- win said “Today you may drive with safety | on roads 60 miles an hour. But if this | country ever tries to travel in a | constitutional change at 60 miles an | hour the conatitution will be wrecked, and it will be wrecked as it alwavs has been in these rapid changes—in disaster and in bloodshed.” | Concerning his forthcominz res- ignation, the prime minister told the Conservative meeting “I am quite clear in my own mind that while I believe my judgment to be as good—if it has been good—as | it has ever been, I am conscious that The driver of an automobile who | mese cat as a present recently. She |the vitality is to a certain extent | sapped, and that one needs more rest trian and who was reported to have handle to this fine feline specimen, |and one gets more tired | “But if that be the case in days like this, was right has one to go on | with the risk that one may get much | more tired and really impair ths | work of the government of which ons | is the head?” “When I retire,” Baldwin once said, | tion to promise her a list of splendid | “You Will never hear of me again. I want to go back to Worcester, read books, live a decent life and keep pigs.” LOYALIST DECREE WO00S INSURGENTS Fair Treatment, Opportunity for Career Offered Those Who Surrender. Fernando de los Rios, Spanish Am- bassador to the United States, an- | nounced yesterday that his govern- ment has informed him that it has issued a decree guaranteeing {i treatment and the opportunity for future careers to rebels who volune tarily surrender The Spanish Ambassador said that | the decree was issued at the presens moment because the Spanish govern= | ment believes this to be the turning | point of the war. It is convinced, ha | said, that thousands of persons on the rebel side wish to lay down their arms, and will do so, if assured of fair treatment by the government The decree, signed Manuel Azans, president of the Spanish Republic, contains two main provisions: “Article 1—That the lves of rebel combatants, whether citizens or for- eigners, who fall prisoner, will be re- spected and without loss of time thev will be delivered to competent au- thorities, and no proceeding will be instituted without consent of the cab- inet of ministers “Article 2—Rebel combatants who voluntarily enter our ranks will not only have their lives spared, but in vestigation will be made and, if ad- herence to the republic is proven. they shall have the posts, positions and pre- eminences to which they are entitled in civil as well as military life.” In answer to questions, the Spanish Ambessador refused to predict how much longer the ecivil war will en- dure, but said that if the proposal to withdraw all foreign elements from both sides were accepted the war would be over in two months. He said his government had informed him that 90 per cent of the rebel troops on the Guadalajara and Madrid fronts are foreigners, including Moors, and that 60 per cent of the rebel troops in the south are foreign. Asked why the percentage of foreign troops was higher around Madrid. he said he was informed it was because the Italians had insisted upon having the glory of capturing Madrid and had taken that sector out of the hands of Gen. Francisco Franco, the rebel leader. | He said that he had no information concerning the reported replacempent | by Spanish troops of the defeated and demoralized Italian divisions on the Guadalajara front. ER s Jack Pearl Recovering. NEW YORK. April 10 (#).—Jack Pearl, radio comedian, was recove ering at a hospital tonight from an operation he underwent earlier in the day for an intestinal aflment. 4 e