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A—2 »& DUKE MAY VIST BETROTHED SOON Not Impossible Mrs. Simp- son May See Ex-King at Chateau, Rogers Says. BACKGROUND— Book by Geofirey Dennise ac- eused Duke of Windsor with “mud- dling, fuddling and meddling” while on the throne of Great Britain. Events of serious moment leading to the abdication of Edward in December began with securing of preliminary divorce decree from Ernest Aldrich Simpson by his American wije six months ago to- morrow in Ipswich., By the Associated Press, MONTS, France, April 26.—Mrs. ‘Wallls Simpeon’s spokesman said to- day it was “not impossible” that the Duke of Windsor would visit her soon "' at the Chateau de Cande. The spokesman, Herman L. Rogers, Insisted, however, that “it is literally true that there are no plans for the wedding.” He said Mrs. Simpson's final divorce decree was expected no sooner than May 5. It has been re- ' ported the Duke and Mrs, Simpson will be married at the Chateau chapel 4n June. PUBLISHERS HALT VOLUME. Duke's Anger Stops Book as Probation Period End Nears. B3 the Associated Press. LONDON, April 26.—The Duke of Windsor won from his Austrian place » of self-exile today a fight to have a British book gbout him taken out of circulation. The publishers of “Coronation Commentary,” it was disclosed, not » only took the fast-selling volume from L English book shops, but wrote the * duke a note of apology. That was upon the demand of the former monarch’s attorney, Wwho threatened legal action unless amends were made by today. The action by the publishers came Just on the eve of tomorrow's expira- tion of the six months’ ‘“probati period” necessary to make the pre- liminary divorce of Wallis Warfleld . Bimpson final under English law. Her attorneys, within the next two weeks, will take the necessary legal ateps to make the decree final. Then « Mrs. Simpson will be completely free to marry the duke—probably in June, after the coronation fanfare for King George VI has died down. As for the book, “Coronation Com- mentary,” it was learned today that Edward read passages of it at St. Wolfgang, Austria, only recently. .Angered, he instructed his London solicitor, A. G. Allen, to take vigorous action. Allen issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the publishers, William Heinne- mann, Ltd., threatening an injunction by today unless the book were with- drawn and an apology issued. Today the duke's legal 1gpresenta- tives and the publishers were con- ferring prior to issuing a formal state- ment. The publishers at first said merely: “The book is out of print.” Some obeervers said the publishers were actuated in their withdrawal of the volume both by a desire to avoid rehashing the abdication crisis just before the May 12 coronation and by the fact that English juries often hand down considerable damage Judgments in such cases. The duke’s move also recalled the slander suit which Simpson has brought Mrs. Joan Sutherland for re- marks she allegedly made concerning his wife's divorce. This has been post- poned unti} after the coronation. # George VI, the brother who suc- ceeded Edward on the throne, cele- brated his fourteenth wedding anni- versary with Queen Elizabeth. There was a quiet family luncheon at Windsor. Legal authorities explained today that it will be unnecessary for Mrs. Simpson to appear personally when her application for a final decree is made. U. 8. EDITION HELD UP, NEW YORK, Aprii 26 (&.— Publishers of the American edition . of “Coronation Commentary,” contro- versial volume which has aroused the Duke of Windsor's ire, called & confer- ence today to decide whether to brave & royal libel suit by releasing the book. The American edition, printed some time ago, was scheduled to be released . today, but in view of the furore cre- ated by the English edition, was held ! up pending a conference among Dodd, , Mead & Co. officials. The Duke of Windsor strongly ob- Jects to the volume and has announced its publication here would be followed by & suit for libel. Congreas in Brief TODAY. Senatet Expected to recess out of respect for late Senator Bachman, Democrat, of Tennessee. Oivil Liberties Committee continues inquiry into Harlan County. Neutrality conferees try again for agreement. House: Considers minor legislation. Naval Committee starts hearings on bill to suthorize air base at Bennett Feld, S8an Francisco. Ways and Means Committee con- tinues hearings on railway pension plan taxes. Rivers and Harbors Committee con- Sinues hearings on Florida ship canal. Labor Committee considers labor standards for apprentices. TOMORROW. Benate: Will consider routine bills. Judiciary Committee begins delib- erating in executive session on Presi- dent's court bill. Education and Labor Subcommittee eontinues hearings on civil liberties in- ‘vestigation. Interstate Commerce Committee hearing on track and bridge bill, 10:30 am. House: Considers a rule governing & bill for repeal of the law making public sal- aries of corporation executives in ex- cess of $15,000. Rivers and Harbors Committee re- sumes hearings on Floride. ship canal bill, 10:30 a.m. B Committee eonsiders bill to provide Federal aid to education, 10:30 a.m. Interstate Commerce Committee considers petroleum bill, 10 a.m. ‘_ Special Tax Sul ttee of Dis- trict Committee hearings on Collins tax bill, 10 a.m. Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events REVENGE. STORY comes to us which shows human nature in such an unfiattering light that we good. Still maybe Mr. Van Duzer or Capt. Carroll would like to know it. Seems that a man who uses the Rock Creek parkway driving to and angry at traffic which crosses his path at Massachusetts avenue. Coming out of the park drive onto that thorough- fare he always has to wait what seems light. It makes him furious every evening. The next morning, however, he al- ways has his revenge. Turning into side of the street, where he drives across the detector (it's a demand signal, you know) which he knows will change the light to red on the Then he drives on downtown feeling happy at the idea of all those cars stopped with nothing coming out of the park to justify the redness of the Washington and Things. A would not print it were it less from Chevy Chase is veddy, veddy &n unconscionable time for the green the parkway, he cuts over to the left avenue. light. * ox % x CUSTOMER. Few structures in the world con- tain more aluminum than the De- partment of Justice Building, where agents for the last two years have been investigating alleged mon- opolistic phases of the Aluminum Co. of America. * x k% EX-FRIEND. A girl we know—she's secretary to an R. F. C. official—recently received a radiogram from her sister in Madrid informing her that all was O. K. with Bis despite the intensified ahell- ing of the city last week. Before she got this reassurance, however, the radiogram people mis- takingly called the house where she last boarded. The landlady, supposed- ly a good friend of the addressee, re- ferred them to the correct address. Twenty-four hours or so later she phoned her ex-boarder. “I suppose you got your radiogram, all right?” she said casually. “They said it was from Madrid and I guess it was about your sister. I thought she might have been killed, but I've been too busy to call.” Now the landlady’s ex-boarder is also the landlady's ex-friend. * % ok % NO STING. ’I‘HERE‘S a pert little Missus (why shouldn’t they be pert, too?) in this town who, looking back upon it, thinks she said the wrong thing to & bank the other day. She was pretty angry at the bank, in a poised and dignified way, at hav- ing refused payment on a check simply because it would have over- drawn her account. But, try as best she could to conceal her anger, she walked up to & paying teller and said very severely: “I should like to close my account here. If you will tell me what my balance is, I shall write a check for it and that will be that.” The man went over, examined the records, came back to make the un- amiling report: “Madame, your balance is 30 cents.” The sting of it, to the bank, was less severe than she thought. * x ok x COINCIDENCE. Edmund Plohn of the theater Plohns thinks coincidence goes too far in this world. All last week he spent telling a Jriend of a wonderful reference book on the theater which he had owned for years. “You can’t think of a question which it does not answer,” Mr. Plohn kept saying. “You ought to read it.” The friend agreed and Mr. Plohn sent over the book. Nezt day his phone rang. “I understand you're an authority on the theater, Mr. Plohn,” said the voice. Quick as a flash Mr. Plohn knew he was being kidded by the man to whom he had lent the volume. He never would have known how false was his assumption had not the book borrower walked into his ©Office while the badinage was going on, * % k% TOO EASY. IN THE opinion of Attorney Gen- eral Fomer 8. Cummings, news- paper headlines have catered to loose thinking on the part of the Ameri- can public. Cummings expressed himself on the subject when a reporter asked if the Department of Justice would launch 8 “trust-busting campaign.” “Trust-busting,” mused Cummings, “there’s a typical example for you of headline thinking — ‘trust-busting.’ No, we're not out to bust trusts. The whole question is too complex to be expressed in such simple terms. “Yet the public seems to like simple ideas, particularly if they have a con- venient handle on them—Ilike trust- busting.” Cut in Fall on Saw. CUMBERLAND, Md,, April 26 (#).— Ray Glase of Fort Ashby is in a serious condition at a hospital here as a re- sult of injuries he suffered when he tripped and fell on a cross-cut saw. He had just cut down a tree and ran away from it as it began to topple, carrying the saw with him. Woman Falls Dead When She Is Told Flood Is on Way BY the Associated Press. JOHNSTOWN, Pa.,, April 26— Mrs. Missouri Hurley fell dead today after & neighbor informed her “there’s a flood coming.” Mrs. Hurley had asked a son to g0 to the oceliar to see if any water seeped in. water 3 inches deep. Mrs. Hurley collapsed. A phy- sician said & hearg attack eaused death. . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON BUSINESS URGED TOINCREASE J0BS Lightening of Relief Load Advocated by C. of C. Speaker. Business men were called on today by one of their own members to see what can be done toward increasing employment and lightening the na- tional relief load. Addressing the national ocouncilors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Colby M. Chester of New York, chairman of the General Foods Corp., pointed to the 2,000,000 still on Works Progress rolls and said “it might be a good immediate move if every manufacturer, every merchant and business man, every industry were to set about studying the existing methods of operation—to see what more can be done to employ many of those on relief.” Those now without jobs, he admon- ished, “will add to the welfare of the Nation as a whole when they are get- ting paid through productive business enterprise rather than from taxation.” Labor Dominating Theme. In touching on employer-employe relationship, Chester struck the theme that, from all indications, will pre- dominate the convention, particularly in view of the Supreme Court deci- sion invalidating the Wagner act. In this connection, major atten- tion is being directed to a speech to be delivered Wednesday morning by Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward P. McGrady, who is expected to out- line the administration’s viewpoint. The issue came before another group meeting today, when the Amer- ican Trade Association executives con= vened for their semi-annual gather- ing and heard Assistant Secretary of Commerce Ernest G. Draper and other speakers discuss the part of these as- sociations in fostering industrial peace. Two Suggesied for President. As the chamber delegates were gathering in what will probably be their largest meeting in Washington, with about 3,000 expected, two names were heard as possible nominees for president to succeed Harper L. Sibley. George Davis of Kansas City is most prominently mentioned. He has ex- tensive farming and banking interests in Kansas and is looked on by his friends as striking a middle ground between conservatism and liberalism. There is talk also of Fred H. Clau- sen, farm equipment manufacturer of Horicon, Wis, who is perhaps the outstanding authority in the chamber of taxation. The nomination, which is tanta- mount to election, was hardly expected to be made before the Nominating Committee gets together Thursday, and some observers felt that the ulti- mate choice would afford a test of strength between liberal and conserv- ative factions in the chamber. Convention Opens Tomorrow. The National Councilors met here this afternoon preliminary to the opening of the twenty-fifth annual convention of the chamber tomorrow for a three-day appraisal of the prob- lems of industry and agriculture, and Government relationship to these. They also will nominate directors from a slate submitted by the con- stituent units of the chamber they represent. The terms of 18 of 36 directors are expiring, and there may be other vacancies, but only a small turnover was expected. Chester, as spokesman for the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers, praised the progress business has made ‘in the fleld of wages, hours and employe relations.” He depre- cated “the public's lack of under- could not remain passive in the face of this. He warned business men, too, against “alarming ourselves over ghosts that probably won't bite.” At the same time urging co-opera- tion of workers in meeting common problems, the speaker said that “labor needs to visualize a bit more the predicament facing management.” Election Is Task. ‘The chamber faces an unexpected task in naming a president to succeed Sibley, who, according to custom, would have been re-elected for his third year had not the press of official business forced him to step out. This morning Dr. Arthur T. McCor- mack, president-elect of the Amer- ican Public Health Association, pre- sented awards for 1936 in the city and rural health conservation con- tests, and Joseph W. Evans of Hous- ton, Tex., a vice president of the chamber, made the presentations for the fire waste contest. These winners were announced earlier this month. The city health contest, in which there were several group winners, is sponsored by the chamber, and the American Public Health Association, while that for the rural areas, which are classed by districts, is financed by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. The Fire Waste Council co-operates with the chamber in the fire waste contest, for which the principal award went to Philadelphia. At 7:30 o'clock tonight at the May- flower Hotel the American section of th International Chamber of Com- merce will hold its annual dinner. Thomas J. Watson, chairman of the American Committee, who is presi- dent of the International Business Ma- chines Co., will preside, and Secre- tary of Agriculture Wallace will be the guest of honor. The speakers will be John Foster Dulles, New York law- yer, and Eliot Wadsworth of Boston, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Dulles, formerly in the State Department, will discuss the in- ternational situation. The first general session of the chamber will be held at 10 a.m. to- morrow. After the invocation by Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, 8. J., vice president of Georgetown University, President Sibley will give his annual address, and Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago, head of the Railway Busi- ness Association, who was first presi- dent of the chamber in 1912, will talk on its 25-year history. The chamber then will break up into the round-table conferences which will be a daily feature along with the general sessions. Johnstown (Continued From PFirst Page.) stocks to higher floors and threw up protective bulwarks. ‘The 8t. Patrick’s day flood covered half of the “golden triangle” with a crest of 46 feet. Last January's high water mark was 33 feet, Mayor mm of Johnstown ordered of & small part standing” and said that management | *\YErS Tose to within a foot of flood district be- cause of the rising waters. Some observers here predicted a continued rise in the Conemaugh and Stony Creek Rivers would put the downtown area under 6 feet of water, although the river was stationary at noon after reaching a 17.7-foot level. The city waited anxiously. NMore rain would cause another rise in the streams, which carried off a down- pour of more than 3 inches falling | during the night. One engineer said: “We can't tell yet whether the crest has been reached at Johnstown or not. It depends on whether there will be any more rain.” The Red Cross was notified to be prepared for a possible emergency. Serious Condition Reported. Reports to the Works Progress Ad- ministration headquarters at Harris- burg described conditions at Hol- sopple, Pa, near Johnstown, as “worse than a year ago,” when high waters inundated the countryside. Many towns in Somerset County were cut off as waters flooded the highways. Jugtown, a community of 50 per- sons in Blair County, near Altoona, was reported marooned after the Juniata River left its banks, | The water was the highest at| Johnstown since March 17, 1936, when floods caused more than $30.- 000,000 damage in the city. It was here that 2,000 persons lost their lives in a great flood a half century ago. Mother and Children Rescued. At Ligonier, Pa, firemen rescued a mother and her four small children today from a cottage in which they had been marooned by flooded creek waters a half mile east of Ligonier. Rescuers said the family’s name is | Beseler. Firemen estimated an area § miles square was under water in the Ligonier Valley. Johnstown residents, taking no chances, frantically moved to higher ground. ‘Trolley service stopped. Train serv- ice was hampered by washed out tracks. Valley pike, a residential street, and Stony Creek street, a downtown resi- dence street, both were flooded. Homes along these streets were vacated. Merchants Are Warned. Police sent warnings to all mer- chants to prepare for higher waters. Hundreds of employes worked fever- ishly to remove stock to top floors. Few of Johnson's 14,000 students went to school. At 11:30 am., the waters passed the 17.7-foot level—1.7 feet above flood stage. Small mountain streams were pour- ing more water toward the city. The Franklin Street Footbridge, which replaced the big bridge destroy- ed by the flood last St. Patrick’s day, was washed from its foundation. From all sections of Western Penn- sylvania came the same word—rain falling and streams flooding. Heavy rainfall drenched the upper reaches of the 900-mile Ohio River watershed during the night. Near Flood Stage. At Franklin, Pa., on the Allegheny, the waters rose to within 4 feet of the | 17-foot flood stage. The preclpiuuon; in the whole area averaged about 3 | inches in the past 24 hours. Several highways near the railroad city of Altoona were closed. The | waters flowed over a bridge on the | Altoona-Bedford road. | A note of improving conditions came from Greensburg which is 30 miles -ast of Pittsburgh. The Lincoln High- | way was opened for traffic near there after being closed for several hours, due to the flooding of Loyalhanna Creek at Ligonier, home of the big steeplechase estate of Richard K. | Mellon. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad re- routed eastbound trains from Pitts- burgh via Pennsylvania because of flood conditions in the Cumberland Valley of Maryland. Automoblile parking on the wharves at “the point” in Pittsburgh, converg- ing place of the Ohio. Monongahela and Allegheny, was banned after the stage. Parts of the wharves were | under water. Houseboat owners tied | up their boats and prepared to ride out the flood. Water from the Casselman River flooded more than a score of homes in West Meyersdale, Pa. Many resi- dents reported water from 4 to 5 feet deep in their cellars. No trains have been able to reach the town today because of washouts. High Water at Cincinnati. The Ohio River reached a stage of 27.4 feet at Cincinnati today. Assist- ant Meteorologist W. B. Schlomer said most of the streams and tributaries between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati had run out, leaving room for high water to be absorbed before it passed Cincinnati. He predicted a possible maximum for Cincinnati of 35 feet, 17 feet below flood stage. At East Liverpool, Ohio, up the river, the Ohio was rising half a foot an hour. Lockmaster E. M. Ellis at dam No. 8 said the stream was expected to go over its bank in lowlands here at 3 am. Tuesday, at 33 feet, and pre- dicted a crest of 43 feet Tuesday night. Forty-three feet of water, 10 over flood stage, would halt street car and interurban traffic and enter the first floores of several potteries and other industrial plants along the banks. River men at Steubenville, Ohio, predicted continuous rains would force the Ohio River to a stage tomorrow of 40 feet—>5 feet above the level at which steel mills here must shut down. The stage this morning was 215, and the river was rising a foot hourly. The crest January 26 was 45.1 feet and the record crest of March 18, 1936, was 525 feet. The Ohio River rose steadily toward flood stage in Wheeling. Wheeling Island. Threatened. Capt. J. R. Hill, weather observer at Warwood Dam, predicted the Ohio River would mount to a 48-foot level by noon Wednesday, 11 feet above flood stage. The water at that level would cover all of Wheeling Island,. residential community of 10,000 persons, opposite Wheeling in the middle of the Ohio River, and much of South Wheeling. The river stage at noon today was 23.1 feet, with the water rising seven- tenths of a foot an hour. Rivers and creeks, sent out of their banks by three to four days of pour= ing rains, cut off traffic to the Eastern Panhandle town of Romney and dis- rupted travel in several other sections of West Virginia. A quick recession of the waters, with little prospect of serious flood oonditions, was predicted by the Road OCommission. Buses, vaps and trucks were re- ported halted all around Romney, where 40 home demonstration agents were unable to return home after ending s conference. Soil Favors Tobacco. BALISBURY, Md., April 26 (#— Mayor Alfred T. Truitt, who is leading & move to revive tobacco as an im- portant Eastern Shore crop, said soil survey mapa showed much of the land in Wicomicly was well suited for leaf growing. 2 Scene today along the water front at Alexandria, Va., as flood waters from the Poto debdris in the streets. Photo taken at the corner of King and Union streets. View in Brentwood, Md., as waters from the Eastern Branch swept through part of thp town. Seventy-five persons were removed safely from this area by the rescue squad of the Riverdale Fire Department. Along the Richmond-Washington highway just south of Alexandria, showing swollen Hunting Creek. Earlier today the water had completely stopped all traffic. —Star Staff Photos. Congressional (Continued From First Page.) bruised when the roll of the ship threw her across a stairway landing. Vice President Garner and many Senators and Representatives were on the party. Another Norfolk-Washington steam- er, the Northland, came through the storm with 180 passengers, including a party of about 60 D. A. R. dele- gates returning from a sight-seeing trip. No one was injured on this boat, although there was considerable damage in the dining salon and kitchen. A 65-mile wind added to the dis- comfort of the passengers by driving spray and rain through the window casings. When the weary Congress- men tried to get some sleep after midnight, many on the windward side of the boat found their quarters wet and wandered about with porters looking for a dry spot. For two days the Congressmen and their families had been making their headquarters at the Chamberlain Hotel while visiting Yorktown, Wil- liamsburg and Jamestown as guests of the Peninsula Association of Com- merce. Some Returned by Train. The Congressmen were members of the Merchant Marine, Naval Affairs, Military Affairs and Commerce Com- mittees of the Senate and House. Many were accompanied by their wives and children. Thirty-two mem- bers of the party decided not to make the boat trip last night because of inclement weather and left for Wash- ington by train and bus. The steamer left Old Point Comfort about dark last night. After a short run the steamer encountered 30-foot waves caused by the cross currents of the York and James Rivers and the 65-mile northeaster. Capt. Eddie Eaton reported the steamer at no time was in danger. Both boats arrived on schedule, but debarkation was delayed for half an hour because of high water at the docks. ‘The heavy wave broke over the bow of the ship as it beat 1ts way through Horse-Shoe bend in Lower Chesapeake Bay. For four hours, until the steamer rounded Smith's Point into the more sheltered Potomac, the passengers were tossed about. Many of them were sea sick. About 85 members of the party wers at dinner when the big wave hit the boat. A dozen or more diners were thrown from their seats amid a cas- cade of dishes and overturned tables. The Vice President, Senate Majority Leader Robinson and Mrs. Robinson narrowly escaped being in the dining salon debacle. They completed dinner about 10 minutes before the big wave struck and-had returned to the main salon. Benator Byrd, Democrst, of Virginia, who replaced them at the table. managed to keep his seat during | the roll. H ference was marooned in the town. A ferry between Cumberland Dam the mainland and Coast Guard cutters stood by. Williamsport, Md., hard hit by the 1936 flood, was uneasy as the Potomae ran almost 9 feet above normal. The river was still within its banks there, however, and would have to rise 30 feet higher before there is any real danger. Trains of the Southern and Chesa- peake & Ohio Rallways were strand- ed at Lynchburg, Va. last night be- cause of high water near Charlottes- ville. Trains were running south from Lynchburg this morning, however. Six amall boats sank at the moor- ings off Alexandria during the night After their occupants had abandoned them, and a police rescue squad saved H. D. Daniels, & city employe, his wife and 14-month-old baby from their small yacht only a few minutes be- fore it broke away from the King street wharf. Wills Creek Rises Fast. Cumberland was in a particularly perilous spot, as both the Potomac and its treacherous tributary, Wills Creek, swelled dangerously from the heavy rains that made streams rise through- out the mountain area. A prearranged warning signal—sa heavy blast of a local brewery’s whis- tle—was sounded at 11:13 pm. at Cumberland, and merchants and resi- dents of the flood area took immediate action to protect their propemy. Although the waters had made no serious inroads on the city early toasy, the situation was as potentially dan- gerous as it was last night, and resi- dents recalled the March, 1936, flood which caused $3,000,000 damage. With rain still falling, several hun- dred National Guardsmen, American Legionnaires and W. P. A. workems were on hand for any emergency. Fire Chief Reid C. Hornicka said there was “definite danger of another flood if the rain doesn’t let up.” St. George's Methodist Church and a few other high spots were the only places on St. Georges Island un- touched by the rising waters. The island is 16 miles below Leonardtown, near the mouth of the Potomac. Tide Backs Over Wharf. A wind-blown high tide backed the Potomac over the wharf at Leonard- town and threatened to disrupt elece tric light service. Both the electrie light and municipal water plants are located near the wharf. The weather cleared somewhat later in the morning, however, and the tide began to fall as the wind also abated. An attendant of the Potomac Edison Co. plant at Williamsport predicted the tributaries of the Potomac would stop rising three or four hours after the Tain lets up, and the steady rise in the river also would be checkgd. Conditions, he said, are not right for & disastrous flood, there being no ac- cumulation of snow and all the rise being the result of rains. However, there was no indication of any imme- diate let-up in the rain there. At Hancock, Md,, another acene of high water last Spring, town police- men were quoted by the Associated Press as saying there was no sign of & rise in the Potomac. The officers said they had not been warned to ex- pect any high water. Potomac 6 Feet Above Normal. Harbor precinct police here estimated the Potomac was running about 6 feet above normal. At Great Falls and Sycamore Island it was about 2 feet | above normal Fearing continuation of high winds, which reached a velocity of about 30 miles per hour early today, yacht ¢lub officials notified boat owners to tie up their craft securely. Six Sewer Department crews were on duty during the hours before dawn, pumping out flooded cellars and clear- ing overburdened sewer basins in low sections of the city. Several automobiles and three houses were damaged by falling trees. The fire rescue squad was called out to hack limbs from the trees after they pierced windows The double-blossom cherry trees were in no grave danger. park offi- cials said, although water was awirling around their trunks and rising rapidly. Despite the steady rain yesterday, more than 16,000 persons drove around the Speedway to inspect the trees. Hotel managers reported tha influx of week end visitors was almost as large as last week, when more than Garner went to bed at 9 pm. He |and Romney stopped operations and | 300,000 persons descended on the city. said he slept perfectly despite the pitching of the ship. | Capt. Eaton said the bay was| “rougher than I have ever seen it at this time of year.” “The boat has rolled more con- tinuously than I ever remember be- fore.” he added. During the height of the blow Sen- ator Lundeen was shaved by the ship's barber without getting a scratch, and Benator Russell, Democrat, of Geor- gia held & member of the crew in his lap for & minute when a wave tumbled them both into & corner. Rus- sell said the man, a watchman and veteran bay sailor, had just been assuring him there was only a light breeze blowing. “I wasn't scared exactly,” Russell said, “but I'd have been a little more at ease in my hotel room.” Senator Schwartz, Democrat, of | ‘Wyoming sald Senator Hayden, Demo- crat, of Arizona and he “turned in early.” Schwartz was up again after the boat reached the river. _I‘T];ods (Continued From Pirst Page.) the highway if the wate continued to rise. ‘Washington Airport was partially under water, but it was expected to drain in time for resumption of flying this afternoon. Naval Air Station and Bolling Field also were covered in spots. Planes were hoisted in their hangars when the river flowed through a gap in the new seawsll being constructed around the fields. Lashed by a “northeaster,” chang- ing in velocity from 35 to 59 miles an hour, the Annapolis water front was hit hard. Stores along Dock street were flooded and debris floated in the street. The Claiborne-Annapolis ferries were unable to leave their docks and all along the Navy seawall double modkings had been arranged for the numerous boats there. North Beach, Md., was isolated this morning by rising water which covered Highway No. 2 three feet deep in spots. The seawall guardrail was demolished its entire length and the wall {tself undermined in several places. Plers were washed away and several boats beached. A 4-inch rainfall in the vicinity of Martinsburg, W. Va., during the last 24 hours brought fears of flood con- ditions. The road between Martins- burg and Berkeley Springs, a State highway, wes blocked by swollen streams. Romney, in the S8outh Branch Val- ley, was virtually marooned, busses, vane and trucks being stranded. A 40 home demonstration for & week end con- blocked traffic entirely on Route 28. Shenandoah Flooded. The Shenandoah River and its tributaries were running high, accord- ing to reports from Winchester, Va., where nearly 6 inches of rain has fallen since early yesterday. The river was overflowing the Lee-Jackson Highway at Mount Jackson and water Tose 10 inches an hour at the north and south branch confluence at River- ton. A large fill at the Valley Pike Bridge, spanning Cedar Creek south of Mid- dletown, Va., was washed out. A simi- lar washout occurred there in March, 1936. Engineers were watching the Shenandoah Bridge at Ferry and were prepared to close the span. Flood waters in the Rappahannock River at Remington, Va., where the Southern Railroad crosses, were only 8 foot or two below the stringers of the train bridge and the highway bridge, some 100 yards upstream, was under water, passengers on board & Southern train, arriving here about noon today reported. The town of Remington is under 3 to 4 feet of water, which in one place, at Tin Pan Creek near the town, was flowing an inch or two over the tracks. Inhabitants of the town told them it is the worst flood any of them had ever seen. The flooded areas stretch from Charlottesville to Washington, farms in creek valleys in most cases being partially submerged. Culpeper, Va., bound on three sides by Mountain Run, was almost iso- lated by high waters after 30 hours of rain caused bridge and highway damage. The only traffic outlet there was Fredericksburg. Bus service was discontinued at Culpeper after bridges were deemed unsafe. Hancock Bridge Closed. The bridge across the Potomac at Hancock was ordered closed after the flood waters carried away some of the piles under the temporary span replacing the structure de- stroyed by last year's flood. Nathan L. Smith, State Roads Commission engineer, said “it is im- possible to go south, west or north of Hancock” because of the closing of the bridge and the United States highways to the west and north are under water. Smith also said the new bulkhead at Chesapeake Beach had been washed away by the high tide and heavy waves from the bay. “The situation in Western and Southern Maryland probably will be worse with the Potomac rising at the rapid rate it is,” Smith ssid. 50 Families Evacuated. Pifty families evacuated their homes 8t. Georges Island, near Leonard- Castleman’s | Herndon (Continued From First Page) he had In his possession a number of documents espousing the cause of communism, but the Supreme Court held none of these on its face showed criminal aims. The State objected particularly to a pamphiet headed: ‘““The Right of Self- Determination of the Negroes in the Black Belt.” Commenting on this, opinion said: “There is no evidence the appellant | (Herndon) distributed any writings or printed matter found in the box he carried when arrested, or any other advocating forcible subversion of gove ernmental authority. There is no evi- dence the appellant advocated, by apeech or writlen word, at meeting or elsewhere, any doctrine or action im- plying such forcible subversion.” Asserting the “crucial question” was | the application of the statute and gt its formal interpretation by the State Court, Justice Roberts declared: . “In its application the offense made criminal is that of soliciting mem- bers for a political party and con- ducting meetings of a local unit of that party when one of the doc- trines of the party, establisked by ref- erence to a document not shown to have been exhibited to any one by the accused, may be said to be ulti- mate resort to violence at some in- definite future time againat organized government.” This, he held, does not constitute “Inciting to insurrection.” He also held the statute was not sufficiently definitely in describing the offenses it was enacted to prohibit. In another decision todsy the Su- preme Court sustained s 193¢ Min- nesota property tax on shares in Montana and North Dakota State banks owned by the Pirst Bank Stock Corp. of Minneapolis, Minn. It was contended by the Minneapolis concern that only the State of in- corporation could constitutionally im- pose such a tax. It had paid assess- ments to Montana and North Dakota on the siock, valued by Minnesots at $1,027,095. By its action the Bupreme Court affirmed s ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court upholding the levy. Justice Stone, who delivered the de- cision, announced no dissent. Justice Butler, who lived in Min- nesota before his appointment to the bench, did not participate in the case. the ocourt's Electric Power From Nile. ‘Water of the Nile will be made to nd. Four hundred other fa %:. Md,, and sought safety on higher ul in danger of being eut off roduce electric power for factories i:icn the Egyptian government willp k 8t the Assousn Dam.