Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1937, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON PLANE IS MISSING | [Washington| (POPE MAY IGNORE |DULINGS GUILTY INPOLARBASE TRIP Two Other Craft Reach So- -viet Camp in Arctic With Food and Supplies. BACKGROUND— . Last Friday Moscow reported that @ scientific erpedition from the Soviet had reached the North Pole, Pstabdlished a camp. One reason for ‘the trek is the Soviet hope that it ‘may establish an air route to the United States over the Arctic short cut. By-the Assoctated Press. MOSCOW, May 26.—Concern for the safety of I. P. Mazuruk, pilot of one of three transport planes flying food and equipment to the Soviet pelar air base, was evident in Moscow today when no report was received from him 15 hours after the take-off. ‘Two of the planes reported they had landed near the Pple, one finding the tiny outpost on an ice floe and the other sitting down about 13 miles be- yond the earth's northern axis and an unannounced distance from the base camp. Authorities said they felt the lack of a report from Mazuruk might be un- nécessarily alarming. It was pointed out that he may have landed near the camp where four of the Soviet air trail pioneers are to live for a year, but failed to report because of & damaged radio. Are Soviet's Best. The transport that reached the camp was piloted by Vassily Molokoff. It slid to a halt on the runway the advance party had grooved into the ice at 6:24 am., Rudolf Island time, sbout 9:2¢ pm, Tuesday, Eastern Standard time, thus completing the dash of about 560 miles from the Rudolf Island base in 7 hours and 24 | rainutes. ‘The other ship, in the hands of A. D. Alexieff, sat down about 8 am. Briet messages from the polar outpost | thus far did not explain why he failed ‘o land at the ice floe camp. All three pilots are expert in Arctic flying and are among the Soviet Union's most famous airmen. ‘The three planes swept over the out- post about seven hours after their take-off from Rudolf Island, but ap- perently Molokoff's ship was the only one successfully guided down directly to the camp. The others continued circling over the wastelands. The crews on the three supply craft were believed to total ubout 15 men. Damage to the radio apparatus at the polar base interfered somewhat with plans to direct the planes. Mol- okoff, Alexieff and Mazuruk had planned to follow a radio beam into a safe landing. Regular radio communication from the polar camp, remained in effect, however. g Regular Flights Hoped. ‘The three pilots spread out in re- connoitering formation as they neared their goal, reckoning their course by the radioed position of the Arctic oamp and keeping an eve out for the Broad wings of the ship that landed Dr. Otto J. Schmidt and his party of 12 on the floe Friday afternoon. Schmidt is general director of the ex- pedition. The supply craft had good weather throughout their flight. At one point ane of the three radioed: “There are Ruge ice fields below us, stretching for many miles, divided only by very nar- row fissures.” ‘The cargoes of condensed food and mcientific apparatds will be used by Comdr. Ivan Papanin, commander of the group of four, who will remain fpr a year on the slowly shifting floe. ' They will make weather observa- tions and complete other studies through which the Soviet Union hopes to establish regular flights over the Arctic shortcut to the United States, Their quarters will be a collapsible, fur-lined hut, which one of the sup- ply ships carried. Camp Drifting. The three transport ships and their erews, together with Schmidt and the other eight members of the original expedition and the plane that carried them, were expected to leave the Win- tering party in the frigid loneliness of the top of the world after the camp’s supplies had been stored. All four planes were scheduled to hop back to Rudolf Island, three of them en route to Moscow and the fourth to remain there, with Mazuruk in command, ready to carry succor to the outpost in event of emergency. .The floating ice field on which Bchmidt and his expedition landed Friday has been drifting about 1213 miles a day, but not in a straight line, &nd was believed to be within 50 miles of the Pole. It was 13 miles from the earth’s axis when the Schmidt party landed. THREE FALSE ALARMS «fThree false alarms in the Northeast section kept firemen on the run for a short time early today. The boxes pulled were at Thirtieth and Otis, Twenty-second and Perry and Tenth and Evarts streets. Police were searching for five youths said to have been seen riding in a tan sedan near the fireboxes when the alarms were turned in, Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Routine business. Military Affairs Committee hears Dr. Hugo Eckener testify on Germany's need for helium. Wheeler Committce continues rail- road financing inquiry, House: Memorial members. Agriculture Subcommittee hearings on crop insurance bill. Labor Subcommittee continues hear- ings on bill regulating textile industry. Rivers and Harbors Committee dis- cusses Bonneville Dam project. Immigration Committee holds hear- ings on bills to reduce quotas. TOMORROW. services for deceased starts Senate: ill not be in session. Ristrict Appropriations Subcommit- teescontinues hearings on 1938 supply bill Hofise: Pinishes consideration of emergency relief appropriation bill and takes up ;miscellangdus conference reports. Military Affairs Committee consid- ers.hellum gab bill, 10:30 a.m. X subcamimittee of District Com- i resumes consideration cf tax program, 9 am. . Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. FREAKS. ERHAPS no trade or profes- sion in this funny country en- genders so many peculiar work habits as the business of writ- ing a daily column. Even doing a regular plece for the papers three times or more each seven days puts the foolish touch on some characters. ‘We know half a dozen people in town who are torn by the spasms of news- paper creation three to seven times a week, and they all seem to be, frankly, just a trifle slap-happy. (Present company not excepted.) One gent of our acquaintance dashes and darts around his office like a duck with a stomach full of firecrackers for hours every morning before he finally drags himself, by brute force of will power, to sit down and face the typewriter to do' his stint. Another paragrapher ap- proaches his labors with obvious joy, never tiring of the sight of his thoughts ticking out into written sen- tences and essays—but when he writes something he especially approves of he can be heard to applaud himself like mad (but right out loud). A fellow who writes about matters serious and deep, smokes cigarettes while at work, but always holds them shielded under the palm of his hand like a schoolboy trying to catch a quick drag before teacher comes around the corner. This chap, one of the most valuable contributors we have to our own daily effusion, usually is adamant when appealed | to for more of his excellent material, | but when he makes up his mind to contribute writes about 20 “Waysides" at a clip and throws them at us with a fine flourish. | Lady columnists also develop the technique of the daft. One we know sits by the window and smokes and smokes and smokes cigarettes until her deadline is only a few minutes away, then turns on the typewriter like a fury and whips off the yarn in a trice. Another is famous for the fact than she has attended dozens of con- | vivial parties in Washington where most of the guests suffered a definite eclipse of memory before the eve- | ning was out, yet she—a stout fellow |at any punch bowl—is always able to remember every detail of the cele- bration, down to costumes and the color schemes of the gentlemen's i black eyes. | Our favorite of the female of the | species, however, is an amiable lady who has invented her own rules of | punctuation, grammar and spelling, | and defies the world to change them. | If she wants to put all the words in | & sentence in “caps,” she does it, and fooey to the copy readers. Commas are as dust before the wind to her, and a dangling participle is charming as Spanish moss, hanging head down from the trees of Georgia. She is the Pproudest of the proud eccentric spirits {in a balmy calling, and we rattle the | bars of our cage in salute to her, * % ok X SIT-OUT. Fellow just batk from Akron, Ohio, tells us that employes of a certain firm out there recently sat out the dance a bit too long in pro- test against working conditions. They went on a prolonged sit-down strike and when they came back found the firm had gone broke and out of business. No workers, no stock, no income. * x ok % CAMARADERIE. USINESS is business and all that, | but when Jim Robb of American Airlines was arrested for speeding re- cently, hauled to the twifth precinct and told to post $20 bail, he didn't have it in pocket at the time. The fellows who came to his rescue were acquaintances, employes of rival air- lines here. * ok ok X NEWS. Fatherhood being a matter much in the public prints these days, what with Col. Lindbergh a poppa again and a lady doctor out in Maryland announcing that she has delivered more than 4,000 babies and noticed that all fathers groan alike, we submit an anecdote over heard’on a street corner the other day. Chap was telling how a pal of his, in a state of jitters before the ar- rival of his first infant, finally called up on the telephone when the glad tidings were a reality. “He whooped and hollered ‘It’s here! It's here!’ about 20 times before I could get out a word. Then I said, ‘Boy or girl?’ and he shouted ‘One or the other’ and slammed down the receiver.” CHRISTENING. ONE of the unprobed mysteries of this age is the' varying toughness of champagne bottles. Dropped six inches to a cushioned floor, the best vintage in all the land will come gush- ing out of a splintered bottle. Smashed repeatedly against the side of a steel ship, the same bottle will not even crack, as any one who has ever tried to christen a boat (especially when the news reel people are around) will testify with vehemence. President, launches more ships than most people, has beeh caught in thu predicament more than once, watch- ing the bottle bounce back unabashed from ship-side, leaving matters at an impasse. Recently, outdoing herself in trying to make a flagon of the sparkling stuff break on the second ipitch, she pulled the bottle over her ghoulder to get a full-arm swing, conked a very dignified gentleman. pn top of the head. Fortunately, he did motigo sliding ses, while down the ways and into thousands cheered, Mrs. Roosevelt, who as wife of me«l PROTEST OF NAZIS Vatican Holds Cardinal Free to Speak to People as He Chooses. BACKGROUND— In a recent address in Chicago Cardinal Mundelein characterized Adolf Hitler as “an Austrian paperhanger, and a poor one at they” The German Embassy here called attention of the State Department to the prelate’s remarks, but no protest was made. By the Ascoclated Press. VATICAN CITY, May 26—The Vatican was reported ready today to spurn a formal protest by the German government against anti-Nazi utter- ances of George Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago. Officials of the Holy See said no reply had been made to the protest and indicated that none would be made because of the authoritative po- sition the American prelate holds as head of his own diocese. Since the controversy broke over the cardinal's slap at Hitler, the Vati- can position has been stated informal- ly to be that Cardinal Mundelein was free to speak to his own people as he thought best. Vatican’s Stand Held Unchanged. ‘There was no indication here that the formal protest entered by Diego von Bergen, German Ambassador to the Vatican, brought any change in the Holy See's attitude. ‘The protest presented to the Vati- can secretariat of state included an objection to the American cardinal's description of the German trials of priests and lay brothers on immorality charges as propaganda worse than the atrocity tales of the World War. (In Berlin official sources said the government was interested primarily in hearing whether Pope Pius asso- ciates himself with or disavows Car- dinal Mundelein'’s statements. Nazi Opinion of Attack. (The attack was considered by courts, as well as an insult to the chancellor of the Reich. (Much of the press campaign in Germany against the cardinal made clear that his remarks were consid- ered to have been inspired by the a campaign against Germany. (Chicago was chosen for the attack, German sources declared, because the | church viewed the United States as the best place from which to strike at Germany.) Reliable sources believed the papal secretary of state, Cardinal Pacelli, would explain to Von Bergen, politely but firmly, that the church could not interfere in the personal political pro- nouncements or opinions of American citizens. | Such a precedent, it was said, had been established in the case of Father Charles Coughlin of Detroit during the recent American political cam- paign. At that time, it was recalled, the holy father steadfastly denied any intention of intérvening to modify the Detroit priest's political activity, ale though the official Vatican organ, Os- servatore Romano, deplored the tone of his language. WAGNER ACT TESTED BY EL PASO GROUP Electric Company and Employes Ask Supreme Court to Pre- vent Election. By the Associated Press. The El Paso Electric Co. and a group of its employes made a new attack in the Supreme Court yesterday on the Wagner labor relations act. They sought to prevent Edwin A. Elliott, regional director of the Na- tional Labor Relations Board, from holding an election to determine whether members of the El Paso Elec- tric Co. Employes’ Representation Plan, described as a voluntary asso- ciation, or the International Brother- hood of Electrical Workers, No. 585, should represent the employes in col- lective bargaining. The petitions said the Federal Dis- trict Court at El Paso enjoined the board from enforcing the act against the company and from interfering with the existing employer-employe relationship on the ground the meas- ure was unconstitutional and the utility was engaged only in intrastate activity. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, however, that there were no special circumstances sufficient to warrant an injunction against the board and sent the case back to the District Court for further proceedings. Nazis as a defamation of the German | Catholic Church as the opening gun of | INSHERIFF DEATH Brothers Sentenced to 99 Years’ Imprisonment in Ambush Slaying. By the Assoclated Press. ROCKY MOUNT, Va, May 26— Paul and Hubbard Duling, brothers, of Summersville, W. Va, were con- victed of first-degree murder today in the ambush slaying of a deputy sheriff three years ago and were each sentenced to 99 years' imprisonment. A motion to set aside the jury ver- dict was overruled by Circuit Court Judge A. H. Hopkins. The two were charged with Kkilling Deputy Sheriff T. J. Richards of Franklin County by firing upon him as he was riding in an automobile with a Negro prisoner, Jim Smith. Smith was killed also, and the Duling brothers have been indicted for this slaying. The State contended the Dulings killed the officer in revenge for the death of a brother, who was killed when he leaped from a liquor- laden automobile several years ago. After sentence was pronounced Hub- bard Duling asked permission to make a statement. He said he wished to say to the court and to every one in the hearing of his voice that “we are ab- solutely innocent of the charge.” It was the third trial of the two on the same charge. In the first trial, before & Franklin County jury, dis- agreement among the jurors resulted. The second trial was halted before the testimony stage because of defense objection to certain members of the jury panel drawn from Franklin County, a mistrial ordered and a venire summoned from Halifax County, the Franklin County jury list having been exhausted in the second trial. Richards was taking a Negro pris- oner to Rocky Mount in the early part of the night on October 12, 1934, when he and his prisoner were mowed down by shotgun and pistol slugs on a sec- ondary road leading to Callaway, in the northwestern part of Franklin County. MRS. LINDBERGH T0 GO HOME SOON Hopes to Leave Hospital Within Two Days—Second Cot Put in Nursery. E» the Associated Press. LONDON, May 26—Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh was reported today to have made such satisfactory progress after the birth of her third son two weeks ago that she will be able to leave the London clinic within the next two days. At the Lindberghs' country home, Longbarn, near Weald, in Kent, a second cot was placed in the nursery alongside that used by their 4-year-old son, Jon. It was expected that Mrs. Lindbergh and her blue-eyed baby son would be taken to Longbarn, where she and her husband and Jon have lived in se- clusion since their dramatic departure from the United States 18 months ago after the conviction of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the kidnap-slaying of their eldest son. Mrs, Lindbergh's mother, Mrs. Dwight Morrow, was one of the visitors yesterday to the seventh floor suite taken in the name of “Mrs. Charles” at the smart West End clinic. Mrs. Lindbergh's rest last night was disturbed by violent thunder- storms which drenched London after the hottest May day in three years, but she awoke early today. Masses of flowers and scores of telegrams, many from the United States, continued to pour in to the clinic, g FINED $100 ON SECOND DRUNK-DRIVING CHARGE First Offender Also Asseseed Same Penalty by Police Judge McMahon. Luther Banberg, 43, of 1649 Kramer street northeast was sentenced yes- terday by Police Court Judge John P. McMahon to pay a fine of $100 or serve 45 days in jail for a second- offense conviction of driviing while drunk. Banberg's last arrest oc- curred on April 16. He had been convicted of a similar offense in January, 1933. Judge McMahon also sentenced Walter A. Fox, 35 of 3331 Brothers place southeast to pay a fine of $100 or serve 30 days in jail on a first- offense conviction of driving while drunk. Fox was arrested March 12 and convicted by a jury several days ago. Mrs. Harry F. Vickers Char ges Cruelty in Plea for Divorce Prominent Member of D. C. Bar Sues_ for Limited Decree. Charging both mental and physical cruelty, Mrs. Grace Kanode Vickers, legal assistant to Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of District Court, filed suit for limited divorce today against Harry F. Vickers, young California inventor and vice president and general man- ager of Vickers, Inc., of Detroit, man- ufacturers of hydraulic equipment. Mrs. Vickers is a prominent mem- ber of the District bar and is well known in civic as well as legal circles. She is a niece of Commissioner Mel- vin C. Hazen. ‘The couple was married here July 30, 1934, by Justice Peyton Gordon of District Court, and lived at the Shoreham Hotel until lasi December 21, when he left her and went to Bermuda, Mrs. Vickers stated in her bill of complaint. ‘Through Attorney Henry I. Quinn, president of the District Bar Associ tion, she told the court her husband’s cruelty began on the second day of their marriage, when he insisted on bringing his former wife, Mrs. Nell M. Vickers, to call on the bride at their apartment in Degroit—“much to the distress and emotional torture of both.” Although she has tried to cater to “every whim and wish of the difficult and complex nature of the defendant,” Vickers would “become very angry, flying into & rage and demonstrating an’ ungovernable ’ » and- eon=i MRS. GRACE KANODE VICKERS. —Harris-Ewing Photo. ducting himself in a ruthless and cruel manner,” the wife stated. “PFor some strange reason and with- out any explanation, the defendant refused to allow announcement of the marriage to be sent to his family or out-of-town friends,” Mrs. Vickers de- olared, adding that when she sent an announcement to Fred J. Fisher, oldest 6f 'seven brothers of automotive fame, Vickers threatened to cause her “plenty of trouble.” She said the separation followed an incident in their Shoreham Hotel apartment in which Vickers became physically abusive, s, 'C., 'WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1937 Father Claims Abandoned Twins Charles Mitchell as he clai med his 4- Profit in Diorama Hobby Young Washington Finds Interest as Well as Reward in Contest. This young man is admiring a finished Diorama portraying a fleet of Viking ships, which has been prepared by the artist for the World Museum page of nert Suday’s Star. OUNG Washington is discover- ing in The Star's diorama contest & new hobby which offers reward in addition to the mere enjoyment of working with the colorful patterns of the World Museum series. The first essays have been received in competition for the weekly prives of $5, $4, 83, $2 and 11 honorable mentions of $1 each. In them the young designers write of their in- terest in piecing together last 8Sun- day's diorama, which pictured in vivid color the glories of ancient Spanish castles. As the judges scan the first entries, awaiting others before final appraisal, the announcement comes that the second weekly contest will deal with Viking ships. This diorama is to be published in the next issue of The Sunday Star. “Castles in Spain.” ‘The diorama “Castles in Spain,” of which this week’s contest entrants are writing, showed the Alhambra, where Christopher Columbus was granted his request for the three ships with which he discovered America. The forthcoming cut-out goes back to events about 500 years before Columbus. 1t is called “Dragons That Walked on the Water” and shows a fleet of Viking ships sailing from the fjords of Norway. It was in such ships that Leif Erickson, son of Eric the Red, sailed beyond Green- land and found s mainland where vines were thick on the bank and grapes hung heavy. This may have HUNGER-STRIKING CLERK DISMISSED Charged with “Attempting to Coerce Government” and “Insubordination.” By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, May 26.—Philip A. Baumgartner, hunger-striking Civilian Conservation Corps clerk of Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., was dismissed today on charges of “attempting to coerce the Government” and “insubordination in gonduct.” urth Corps Area Headquarters ordered the dismissal. Maj. Gen. Van Horn Moseley, eom- manding officer, had warned Monday that Baumgartner, who demanded an increase in his $105 month wage, “had better resume eating.” Military authorities pointed out that, as a civilian, the 37-year-old C. C. C. warehouse worker was not subject to court martial. Pay allow- ance was continued through. Tuesday. Baumgartner, down to 170 pounds and complaining of abdominal pains, had been unable to work since last Saturday. He started his fast May 16, weighing 196, e FOUR ARE ARRESTED Held on Counterfeit Charge in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, May 26 (A .— Secret service' agents had four men under arrest y on_counterfeiting charges and expressed the belief they had broken fp‘a ring of spurious note passers spekeing to reap s harvest from visitors to the eoming Golden Gate Bridge-spening eeremonien L8 been the mainland of North America The ships pictured by Holling C. { Holling, creator of the World Museum series, in this diorama were bulit of | oak plank, shingled one over the other and riveted together with iron rivets. They were calked with cattle hair dipped in pine pitch or other gummy substance. Figurehead of Dragon. ‘The title of the forthcoming dio- rama was derived from the fact the bows of the Viking ships usually were decorated with a figurehead of & mythical monster or dragon, while the stern carried the carved tail of the animal. The warships were final- 1y called dragon ships, or just dragons, and they must have looked very like some primeval monster of the deep as they scudded over the waves. The oars slipped out through slotted holes, giving the ships the appearance of dragons walking on water. ‘This topic should be a lively one for imaginative youngsters and make the competition for next week's essay prizes keen. All children under 16, not related to Star employes, are eligible to enter the contest. The essays should not be more than 150 words long, but must tell: (a) Why I like the dio- ramas, (b) Who helped me make it, (¢) How I made it and (d) What it added to my education. Also tell the time it took you to make the diorama. The Star will receive essays on the “Castles in Spain” diorama until publication of the next one. School Exercises To Be Addressed By Mrs. Roosevelt Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Pupils to Hear Talk. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will de- liver the commencement address at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 8chool next month, she announced to- day at her press conference. Elizabeth ‘Wilson, daughter of Undersecretary of Agriculture M. L. Wilson, is a member of the graduating class, she said. During the commencement season Mrs. Roosevelt also will receive an honorary degree from John Marshail College in Jersey City on June 16. Some 68 members of the Roosevelt Home Club in Duchess County, N. Y., will be entertained at the White House with a buffet supper on Saturday eve-~ ning, she said. The club was formed while the President was Governor of New York. WILD FLOWER SHOW Garden Club Announces Display at Monterey. MONTEREY, Va., May 26 (Spe- cial) —~The fifth annual Wild Flower Show of the Highland County Garden Club will be held in the vourt house here on Friday and Saturday, from 1to8 pm. ! More than 100 rare specimens of wild flowers, many of which #re raised only in this section of the United States, will be on exhibition. ? year-old twins, Mary Ann and Jo Ann, at a Chicago or- hange yesterday. The girls were abandoned on a street during the night by their mother, who et photographs of herself in one of the girl’s pockets. Police took the little girls to the orphanage. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. SHUTE CONQUERS TURNESA, 2ANDT Titlist’s Strong Finish Wins. Runyan, Dudley, Hines P. G. A. Victors. Bv the Associated Press, PITTSBURGH FIELD CLUB, As- pinwall, Pa, May 26—Defending Champion Denny Shute of Boston put | on a strong finish to whip Joe Turnesa, | Tuckahoe, N.Y., 2 and 1, in the first | 18-hole match play round of the pro- fessional golfers’ championship here this morning. Shute, finishing the out nine poorly, was 2 down. Turnesa won the first two holes, | taking No. 1 with par 4, where Denny | was short, and pitching stiff on the second for a birdie 3. Shute's pars | won the next two. Turnesa topped his | brassie second on No. 3 and missed | the short fourth green. Joe's birdie 4 took the fifth, but Denny ran down | a 50-footer for a deuce to win the | sixth. A pair of 5s on seventh and eighth sent Shute down. | Par, -~ 445 353 444—36 Shute, out__ 545 352 555—39 Turnesa, out_ 436 443 445—37 Shute rang up birdies on 11 and 12| | to draw even, and then won 14 and | | 15 with pars as Turnesa three-putted | both holes. They halved 16 and 11‘ Denny dropped a 12-footer for a 3 on 11 and came out of a bunker stiff io the can for a 4 on 12. - 445 - 434 - 445 Shute wins, 2 and 1. Runyan Has a Battle. Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. Y., had a ding-dong battle before beating Levi Lynch, Dallas, 4 and 3. Eevn at the half-way mark, Lynch lost 1 and 3 through trap trouble, but won the second when Runyan was short. Both had deuces on 4, Paul holing a 30-| foot chip shot after Lynch had planted | his tee shot a foot from the can. Lynch birdied 5 but lost 6 to Run- | yan's par 3. The Texan chipped | in from 10 feet for a birdie 3 on 7 and won the eighth, but Runyan came | level again as Lynch missed a 4-footer on nine. Runyan—Out .... 455 253 454—37 | Lynch—Out - 546 244 345—37 Other Results. Other results of the first 18-hole | round matches were: Ed Dudley, Philadelphia. defeated Herman Barron, White Plains, N. Y., | 5 and 3. Olin Dutra, Los Angeles, defeated Clarence Doser, Philadelphia, 3 and 2. Willie Coggin, San Francisco. de- feated Sam Schneider, Concordville, Pa, 6 and 4. Jimmy Hines, Garden City, N. Y., defeated Clarence Owens, Greenville, 8.C, 6 and 4. Six down at the turn, Jimmy Demaret, Houston, gave Former Na- tional Open Champion Sam Parks of Pittsburgh a great battle before bow- ing, 2 and 1. Parks shot the first nine in 34, dropping long putts for birdies on 4 and 5. Demaret's chief trouble was with his irons. Demaret won four of the first five holes coming in, with a 1-under-par stretch. Steve Zappe, Springfield, Ohio, was 8 down to Bill Burke, Cleveland, when rain caught them at the ninth, and decided there was little use playing further. They agreed that Burke should win, 5 and 4. Billy Burke, Cleveland, defeated Steve Zappe, Springfield, Ohio, 5 and 4. Tony Manero, Peabody, Mass., de- feated Lloyd Gullickson, Cleveland, 2 and 1. Vic Ghezzi, Deal, N. J., defeated Mike Turnesa, Elmsford, N. Y., 3and 2. Sam Parks. Pittsburgh, defeated Jimmy Demaret. Houston, 2 and 1. Gene Sarazen, Brookfield Center, Conn., defeated Eddie Schultz, Troy, N. Y, 3 and 2 Johnny Revolta, Evanston, IlL, de- feated Sol Dibuono, Larchmont, N. Y., 4 and 3. Al Espinosa, Akron, Ohio, defeated Clark Morse, St. Louis, Mo., 3 and 1. Jim Foulis, Chicago, defeated George Kerrigan, New Rochelle, N. Y, § and 4. Pat Wilcox, Norfolk, Nebr., defeated Bruce Coltart, Haddonfield, N. J., 2 and 1. Harry Cooper, Chicago, defeated Ben Richter, 8t. Louls, 4 and 3. Medalist Byron Nelson, Reading, Pa., kept up his winning pace with & 2-and-1 triumph over the veteran Leo Diegel, Philadelphia. 435—34 435—34 446—34 chi e Farley Aide’s Condition “Good.” CHICAGO, May 26 (#).—The condi- tion of Ambrose O’'Connell, secretary to Pustmaster General James A. Far- ley, who underwent an emergency ap- pendicitis operation Monday night, TEST OF STRENGTH DUE ON RELIEF Leader§ .Urge Reversal of Tentative Decision to Ear- mark $505,000,000. BACKGROUND— Congressional demands for eflec- tive earmarking of relief funds in past years have met little success. The President’s supporters alu ays have succeeded in giving him vir- tually a free hand in determining how relief funds should be spent, earmarking usually serving only as a guide to show how Congress would prefer to see the money used. B: the Assoctated Press House leaders urged their colleagues today to reverse their tentative de- cision to set aside one-third of tha proposed $1,500,000,000 relief fund for roads, dams and other special pure poses. They asked that the administration be given a free hand in disbursing the money, quoting President Roose= velt’s comment that every dollar ear- marked for other purposes meant fewer jobs for persons on relief. Participants in yesterday's revolt to allocate $505,000,000 for special ex- penditures, however, showed no dispo- sition to yleld. Representative Beiter, Democrat, of New York; Starnes, Democrat, of Ala= bama, and Cartwright, Democrat, of Oklahoma, joined in a letter urging members who voted for the earmark- ing amendments to “stay put, because pressure may be brought to bear.” Because of the annual memorial service in the House this afternoon, the final test of strength was poste poned until tomorrow. Representative Woodrum, Democrat, of Virginia, said that before a vote was taken on the relief bill as a whole he would demand another vote on each of the earmarking proposals. A majority could overturn yesterday's decisions. Tentative Allocation. The amounts tentatively set apart follow: $45,000,000 for flood co: 0l $300,000,000 for the Public Works Administration. $150.000,000 for highway construce tion and grade crossing elimination. $10,000.000 for building small lakes and ponds in the great plains, scene of recent droughts. The debate brought a warning from Representative Boland. Democrat, of Pennsylvania, of a possible presidential veto if the earmarked funds were re- tained in the b Cries of “pork barrel” also were heard Administration chieftains protested against all the amendments diverting funds. “This is a relief bill," said Majority Leader Rayburn. “If we earmark thesa amounts, we'll do great harm and de= stroy some of the great relief pro- grams already under way." Acting Chairman Cannon of Appropriations Committee added: “If you earmark the funds, you can't meet emergencies when they arise.” Second Sharp Debate. The arguments yesterday consti- tuted the second sharp debate over the bill. The first was over the sizg of the entire allotment. advocates wanted to cut it to $1,000,« 000,000. Some members sought to ine crease it by various amounts up to $4,000,000,000. Administration forces defeated all those proposals. Another attempt to reduce the total, however, is expected to be made by an economy group in | the Senate. Representative Starnes had started the earmarking ball rolling with his amendment to make $45,000,000 availe able for authorized ficod-control proj= ects. It carried a vote of 156 to 89. Chairman Jones of the Agriculture Committee next won approval for the amendment to make $10,000.000 avail- able for construction of lakes and dams in the drought area. Then came Representativ Democrat. of Florid the e Caldwell, with the pro- | posal to give the P. W. A $300,000,000 of the money to take care of all pro- Jects approved by P. W. A’s earmark- ing division or for which local com- munities have voted bond issues. The amendment carried, 172 to 48. Speaks for “P. W. A. Bloc.” Representative Beiter, spokesman for & “P. W. A. bloc.” said it would make a total of $431,000,000 available for public works projects, including $131.000,000 now in P. W. A.'s revolv- | ing fund. The House also tentatively approved another Caldwell amendment im- pounding the money in the revolving fund so it could not be transferred to other agencies. The chamber accepted an amend- ment by Representative Lanham, Democrat, of Texas, which would bar {from relief rolls persons who refused private employment. They would be barred for the period such employ- ment was available. Another amendment by Representa- tive Knutson, Republican, of Min- neapolis, to prevent expenditure of the relief funds for construction of any BoIf course or other recreational pro- ject not available to the public free of charge was shouted down. 16-YEAR-OLD WIFE IS KILLED BY POISON Mrs. Theresa Decatur Dies in Hos- pital—Drug Reported Self- Administered. Polson, which police say was self- administered, proved fatal early today to Mrs. Theresa Decatur, 16, who died in Georgetown Hospital less than 12 hours after she was dropped on an operating table by an unidentified man. Detectives said the girl was found unconscious on the sidewalk near her home, 3042 R street, and was taken to the hospitel by a stranger, who left before nurses could obtain his name. Questioned when she regained cone sciousness temporarily, Mrs. Decatur, police said, told them she had taken the poison, but would not say why, Married two years ago to Frank Decatur, 21, an apprentice iron worker on the new Apex Building, the girl was reported missing from her home about 10 days ago. Her husband said at the time he thought she had gone to New York on a sightseeing trip. He told police she drew out all but $1 of her $35 savings account before she left. was reported “good” in a bulletin is- sued last night at Passavant Hospital. He was stricken Monday when he ar- rived here with Parley, who addressed the Loyola University alumni. O'Con- Dell's wife arrived yesterday. Q Manchuria Roads Ousted. Automobile roads fn Menchuris have increased from 400 miles to 4,000 since 1933, ¢