Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1937, Page 4

A—4 *% PRESIDENT HUNTS TARPON IN' GULF Fishing Vessel Develops En- gine Troubie Near Mis- sissippi Mouth. By the Assoctated Press. NEW ORLEANS, April 30.—A radio report to temporary White House headquarters here today said the destroyer Moffett, carrying President Roosevelt on his fishing vacation, was cruising in the gulf after developing slight engine trouble near the mouth of the Mississippi River last night. The message said the new 1,850-ton destroyer developed a clogged oil line and put in at Pilottown at the mouth of the river shortly before 10 p.m. The trouble was remedied and the Moffett got under way again early this morning. She was expeeted to transfer the President to the U. S. S. Potomac some time during the day. Hunts Fighting Tarpon. With memories of a rousing recep- tion in this ancient crescent city, President Roosevelt cruised today “somewhere along the gulf coast” looking for fighting tarpon. | Col. Edwin M. Watson, tall and | strapping military aide, bet the Presi- j dent a dinner tha* he (Watson) would catch the first one. i The vacationing Chief Executive | with his son Elliott and aides | started the 110-mile trip down the | Mississippi to the gulf at 5:05 p.m., Central time, yesterday on the fast| new destroyer Moffett, skippered by | Comdr. A. H. Addons. Boat Anchors at River Mouth. | Four hours and 50 minutes later the | vessel, flying the blue presidential flag at her bow, anchored off Pilot Town, at the mouth of the river. The President was scheduled to transfer to the U. S. 8. Potomac early this morning and shortly afterward take the motor whaler the Moffett brought from Norfolk and head* for the Texas coast for his first fishing. “It all depends on the weather and whether they are biting,” he told a group of nmewspaper men at the New Orleans dock when asked how long he would cruise before landing at Galveston for the homeward journey. The destroyer Decatur, commanded by Lieut. Comdr. J. A. Waters, cruised down the Mississippi as escort to her newer sister ship. Both were to steam close to the Potomac dur: the voy- | age. while a third destroyer, the | Schenck, will relay official messages between the Potomac and temporary White House headquarters at the Roosevelt Hotel here. Message From Grayson. Secretary Marvin H. McIntyre was in charge at headquarters. His first apnouncement was a message to the President from Chairman Cary T.| Grayson of the Red Cross saying that | organization would have rehabilitation work “well under way” within the | next day or so in the Fastern flood Tegions. Crater (Continued From First Page.) expected to watch the show with aged eyes. This time the rehearsed sham en- gagements at 11 am. and at 3 p.m. were hardly as surprising to partici- pants or spectators as was the explo- &lon, which left 278 of Elliott’s South Carolina Brigade dead or captured, and a gap in Lee's defense fortifica- ticn 135 feet long and 300 feet deep. The Marines, cadets and Guards- | men were to crowd into the crater | this morning in the role of Union roops after the firing of 150 pounds | of powder in emulation of the 8,000- | pound blast touched off by coal-miner soldiers of Grant's 48th Pennsylvania Regimenct. This afternoon they were to charge as Daniel Weisiger's Brigade of Virginians, Wright's Georgians and | Saunder’s Alabamians in repulsing the ;‘ autack. The 2d Battalion, 111th Field Artil- | lery, under Maj. Charles McCurdy, planned to bring eight “French 75's” to the mimic battle to imitate in some degree the Confederate and Federal batteries, which took part in the crater fight. Drewry to Speak. Petersburgers, quite unlike their be- sieged predecessor citizens, made the day a holiday on Mayor John Jolly’s proclamation, and welcomed the crowd of visitors, which included many of Virginia’s garden week guests. Repdesentative Patrick Drewry, Democrat, of Virginia left congres- | sional duties to open the dedication after a concert by the Marine Band. | Then Dr. Douglas Freeman, Rich- | mond editor and biographer of Lee, ‘was to deliver a narrative of the morn- ing’s action, following this at 3 p.m. with an account of the afternoon maneuvers. The drama, as enacted during the day by the soldier-actors, would show how the Pennsylvania miner-soldiers ran the 510-foot tunnel under Elliott’s men and Col. William Pegram’s four- gun battery in lines near Petersburg. They carried out the dirt in old boxes in the 33 days’ digging, which the men of the South could hear but could not locate. The failure of the fuse—a matter remedied by two brave volunteers who crawled in and relighted it—delayed the explosion for an hour and 14 min- utes after its scheduled time of 3:30 am. The charge was tardy and the fragments of Elliott’s brigade and men under Wise held tieir Northern foes | within narrow limits along Confed- erate lines about the crater until three brigades of Mahone could be High-Minded Painter at Work THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Here’s a close-up of the man whom thousands of Pennsylvania avenue pedestrians have watched as he paints the face of the clock on the high stone tower of the old Post Office Depart- The painter is A. R. Fitzgerald of Alexandria, shown swinging high above the ?raduced by shooting from the darkened interior of the tower. ’s figure through the face of the clock as he paints the time away. He is used to high places, having recently painted the 700-foot tower of the Arlington ment Building. street. At right: radio station. An odd effect Note the dim outline of Fitzgera A.F.of L. (Continued From First Page.) all costs,” Sheriff Emmett L. Shay of San Bernardino commanded 40 depu- ties at the dam, allied with 24 State highway patrolmen. On the Arizona side Sheriff T. H. Newman stationed 10 deputies. C. L 0. Is Ignored. ‘The strike began last Friday, with C. 1. O. spokesmen demanding $1 a day wage increases and collective bargaining recognition. Yesterday’s settlement ignored the C. I. O. ana affected only half the 1,100 who joined the walk-out The A. F. of L. obtained a 5 per cent wage boost, to meet the “prevailir.g union wage scale,” and a 40-hour week. Federal Labor Conciliator Edward Fitzgerald sought today to bring other dam contractors into a labor agree- ment. Parker Dam is the intake point of a 266-mile aqueduct now under con- struction in Southern California. Eight thousand men are employed on the entire project. Auditorium (Continued From First Page.) as well as secretary of the commis- sion. The committee of five will consist of Finnan, representing the National Park Service, and one representative from each of the following: Fine Arts Commission, Procurement Division, Treasury Department; National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission and the District municipal government. Selection Due Shortly. Selection of representatives from these organizations for the Advisory Committee is expected to be completed shortly, so the Advisory Committee can get down to business. Looking into all the various factors involved in the problem of a new Capi- tal auditorium, the committee will be authorized to work up two or three| | tangible proposals for submission to the Capital Auditorium Commission. Among the factors to be considered, following a specific suggestion at the commission meeting this morning by Senator Connally, will be traffic, trans- portation and parking. The Advisory Committee will be instructed to avoid any recommendations which would | add further to the congested traffic fi situation here. The new auditorium also, it is be- || lieved by Connally, should be in a position available to several avenues of || transportation. Robinson Made Move. The Auditorium Commission was || formed as a result of a move by Sena- i tor Robinson of Arkansas shortly after The act was approved | | inauguration. February 20, establishing the commis. sion and authorizing it to “investigate as to desirable sites for an auditorium to be constructed in the city of Wash- ington with sufficient capécity, in the opinion of the commission, to meet the requirements of public convenience and necessity.” The commission is authorized to ascertain the approximate cost of & suitable site and of the erection of the auditorium, to formulate plans, recom- mend how the cost shall be borne, and how the auditorium should be con- || trolled and supervised. The commission must report to Con- gress with recommendations for legis- lation at the present session. Attending this morning’s session were Secretary Ickes, who has been brought up. insistant in his demands for such san “Whale of a Medal” for Cohan Delights Connery, Former Actor B the Associated Press. Representative Willlam P. Connery, Democrat, of Massachusetts recon- noitered the legislative front today and predicted the bill to commemorate George. M. Cohan for writing “Over There” would go over the top by Summer. “The House and Senate,” he said, “have authorized a gold medal and the President has approved. The House has appropriated $700 for it and all that's needed is a nod from the Sen- ate to make the money available.” Connery—a one-time song-and- dance man in Cohan’s shows, as well as a fighter in Uncle Sam’s trenches— was as happy over the award as & soldier on furlough. He recalled a backstage conversa- tion with Cohan after Congress au- thorized the award. “It was s big surgrise to George,” Connery said. “He just smiled and said: ‘Well, Billy, that's mighty fine, but, after all, “Over There” was only a bugle call’ “But,” said the Congressman, “what s bugle calll” The lawmaker was asked what kind of a medal $700 would buy. “A whale of a one, I'd think,” he re- plied. Compared with the present cost of other Government medals, it looks as if Connery’s whale adjective is no ex- aggeration. The gold Medal of Honor, for in- || stance, is listed at $75, while the bronze one sells for $3, the Victory Medal, $1.50, and the Philippine campaign || award, $1. ‘The dies for those have been struck, however, the artists paid off and the machinery set up in the mints to make them. Before Ryesident Roosevelt can pin Oohan's mgdal on him all that work will have to be done. - “But,” said Connery, “it will be & auditorium following the inauguration | downpour; Senator Connally, Senator Austin of Vermont and Chairman Lan- ham of the House Public Buildings | and Grounds Committee. The only absentee member of the commission was Representative Taylor of Ten- nessee. Sitting in with the commission were | A. E. Demaray, associate director of | the National Park Service, and Finnan. | o Girl, 11, Gives Life in Vain. LOS ANGELES, April 30 (#) —Cry- ing deliriously “Save my brothers, they are burning to death,” Evelyn Lowe, 11, died of injuries suffered in futile attempts to save the lives of her| younger brothers in a blaze which de- stroyed their home. —Star §tafi Phtltgs. GIRLS’ CLUB TO DANCE Benefit at Annandale Will Aid | Camp Fund. Ry ¢ Staff Correspondent of The Star ANNANDALE, Va, April 30—The Summer camping fund of the 'Teen Girls Club of Annandale will be bene- fitted by a dance to be given at the Annandale Elementary School from 8:30 to 12 o'clock tomight. The club is composed of girls in the Lee-Jack- son High School and the Annandale | School. Mrs. George Hurd, director of the club, said she planned to take | the members for a three-week camping trip in the mountains this Summer. | GOLD CUP RACES SET TOMORROW Many 1936 Winners Entered in Six Steeplechases at Warrenton. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. WARRENTON, Va., April 30—With the 1936 winners of more than 50 races on the American hunt race cireuit listed in its entry files, the Virginia Gold Cup Association was making final preparations here today for the six steeplechases which will comprise the program to be run off here to- morrow afternoon on the Alexander B. Hagner estate. The first of these, the Agricultural Purse, for farmers’ horses, is set for 2:30 pm. Following it will be the Virginia Gold Cup, the Virginia National, the Warrenton Hunt Cup, the Broadview Steeplechase and the Fauquier Plate, ell of which have attracted strong fields. Entry List Imposing. Not only has the entry list for this year an imposing past history, but it includes many of the names already distinguished in action since the opening of the 1937 season. Chief among these, of course, is Paul Mellon’s Welbourne Jake, whish has nicked off the Deep Run Hunt Cup, the Mid- dleburg Cup and the Maryland Hunt Cup within a single month. Then there is Mrs. George Bostwick's Fugi- tive, which took the Carolina Cup at Camden and another timber race at Middleburg; Gerard Smith’s Sun Faun, which won the Meadowbrook Hunt point-to-point of 1936, and Mrs. Frank M. Gould’s Ostend, winner of the New Jersey Cup last Fall, and recently third in the Maryland. These are the stars of the featured Gold Cup race of four miles over tim- ber, but they do not far outshine the fields nominated for the Virginia Na- tional, three miles over brush, and the Broadview, of two and one-half miles over the same huge brush fences. In the Virginia National, for ex- ample, will be found James C. Brady, jr.’s Crooning Water, Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark's Eastern Shore, Benjamin Leslie Behr’s Baffler and Mrs. H. G. Crosby’s Kentucky Ginger. Other Entries. The Warrenton Hunt Cup. formerly a timber race but this year changed to the top hurdle test in a series of three races to be run over that type | of course, has attracted Col. A. E. Pierce’s Plain Peggy, Mrs. James Clark's Itsaboy and Alvin Untermyer's Wizardess. 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Stable'’s Sir Gareth; Robert B. Young's Frostcake, the Brandywine Stable’s Radient Rowley, Mrs. Frank M. Gould's The Scaup, Popular Lane Farm’s Rocky 8hore and George L. Ohstrom’s Star Trap. The biggest winner on the American hunt circuit in 1936, Richard K. Mellon's : Toolbox, tops the list of nominees for the Fauquier Plate, & mile and one-quarter hurdle race. The remainder of the fleld is a more or less unknown quantity, but the fact 20 horses have been entered assures brilliant competition. v The Soviet travel agency is inviting British sportsmen to Russia to enjoy the thrills of fox hunting. ——— DAVID LEVY DEATH IS HELD SUICIDE Despondency Over Deaths of Two Brothers Blamed for ° Action. A certificate of suiciue has been is- | sued by the coroner’s office in the case of David Levy, 62, manager of the in his apartment at 3601 Connecticut avenue, Despondency over the death of two 4 Friendly Pive Shoe Store, who ended | his life with {lluminating gas yesterday | brothers within the last 15 months s believed to have motivated Levy to asphyxiate himself in the apartment kitchen by opening the jet< on the stove, His body was found by his wife, Mrs. Annie Levy, who hurried home after her husband failed to answer the teis= phone when she called from outside. Police said Mrs. Levy told them her husband had appeared “nervous” when they arose yesterday. A note Levy left to his wife said he couldn't “‘siand it any longer.” One of Levy's brothers, Hyman Levy, died in Florida last week and was | buried here. The other brother cied about a year ago. ‘ON THIS BIG 1936 3-CU. FT. 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