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A-2 *% COCHRANE BETTER: HAS ‘2000 NIGHT “Outlook Is Fine,” Brain Specialist Says—Tiger Manager Sleeps Well. B5 the Associated Press, NEW YORK, May 27.—An official bulletin said today that Mickey Cochrane, manager of the Detroit Tigers, who was struck on the head by & pitched ball Tuesday. had passed *“a good night” and that his condition “had improved.” Signed by Dr. R. Emmett Walsh, Yankee physician, the bulletin as is- sued at St. Elizabeth's Hospital at 7:55 w.m. (Eastern standard time) read: “‘Cochrane has passed a good night. His condition is improved.” Dr. Byron Stookey, brain specialist, said: “The outlook is fine.” ‘The physicians said Cochrane slept well and received ice bag applications to his head during the night. Mrs. Cochrane also spent the night at the hospital, breakfasted in bed and talked with the doctors for 30 minutes this morning about the improvement in the condition of her husband. Cochrane’s body is tired and his skull is broken, but the mind that directed the Detroit Tigers to two American League pennants and a world championship still is with his team. Mrs. Cochrane Visitor, Last night, just after three doctors had ended & consultation and an- nounced Cochrane’s condition as “slightly improved,” Mrs. Cochrane entered the room. Some one had told Mickey the Tigers had lost to the Yankees. “We lost today,” he whispered. She nodded “Very badly?” he asked. His wife told him no and he seemed relieved. Actually the Tigers were beaten by the Yankees, 7-0. Doctors said his team'’s defeat had no ill effect. One of the doctors expressed the belief the crisis would be reached within the next 24 hours. If the Detroit manager, who was hit by a piteh thrown by Bump Hadley of the Yankees, Tuesday, can hold his own in that time, his chances are much greater, physicians said. Messages Pour In. Messages from fans and athletes to keep up the fight came to Mickey's bed at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Some hope was held that the great- est catcher of his time, the beau ideal of receivers, would be able to play in the future. Dr. from the hospital, told reporters, “Sure, he's going to play.” Cy Perkins, one of Mickey's best friends, is helping Del Baker run the Tigers. He's not much of a help, for he haunts the hospital, grief-stricken at his friend's injury. Mickey has been’ his pal ever since Cochran landed in from Portland. Perkins taught him all he knew about big league catch- ing and Mike took his job. They re- mained friends, s¢ much so that Cochrane's first act when he was made manager of Detroit was to name Perkins a coach, LORD MARLEY GUEST OF CONGRESS GROUP Will Give First-Hand Report on Progress of 0. R. T. Projects. Lord Marley, deputy speaker of the British House of Lords and chairman of the British Empire Parliamentary Advisory Committee of the Organiza- | tion for Rehabilitation and Training, | Is scheduled to give a first-hand report of the progress of O. R. T. projects | to members of the Congressional Committee of American O. R. T. at a feception at the Mayflower Hotel to- aight. Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York is chairman of the congressional committee which has arranged the reception and dinner to honor Lord end Lady Marley, who are visiting this country in connection with the | O. R. T. program. O. R. T. is a 57-year-old interna- tional organization devoted to re- habilitation and education of the op- | pressed peoples of Central Europe. | It finances school, farm and work- shop projects designed to train people displayed from their homes for new places in agriculture and industry. The membership includes prominent persons of the United States, Great Britain, France and other European sountries. Lord and Lady Marley recently Visited the O. R. T. projects in Europe. €enator Wagner said guests at the reception tonight would include more than 60 members of Congress in- terested in O. R. T. and some diplo- mats representing the countries af- fected by its program. TOMORROW SET AS AVIATION DAY Roosevelt Tssues Proclamation and Studebaker Urges Schools’ Observance. With a view to stimulating interest in aviation, President Roosevelt today issued a proclamation designating to- morrow as National Aviation day. In his proclamation, which was au- thorized by a recent act of Congress, the President called on officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Federal buildings and appealed to the people of the oountry to observe the day with ap- Ppropriate exercises. Following the President’s proclama- tion, Commissioner of Education John W. Studebaker urged all schools to hold appropriate ceremonies com- memorating the tenth anniversary of Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight and with a view to focusing attention on all outstanding achievements in avia- tion. The President stated in his procla- mation that the United States may justly claim to have taken a leading part in the development of the science of aeronautics and enjoys,today an outstanding position among the na- tions of the world in the use of air transportation. He set forth also that Stookey, emerging | the big leagues | with the Philadelphia Athletics, fresh | | i flats from the chaff flats. | properly in all parts of the country bidding him | e Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. TOUCHE. PORTS note: The first croquet victim of the season is Mr. Edward Harper, whose son Junior accidentally crowned him with a mallet while playing in the back yard the other day. The bump on Mr. Harper's forehead is declining nicely, thank you. * ok ok % MONIKER. An auctioneer in Luray, Va., is named O. Hammer. (All right. All right. Ripley started doing it first, but it's a small world as well as funny one, isn't it?) * ok ok X WARNING. SPY who hangs around cigar stores, disguised as Robert Taylor, tells us that a claim has been filed against the United States Government by an Indian named John Trouble- in-Front, N * % Kk % TRANSIENTS., "HE Roadside Theater's three pet kittens (including the one named Harry MacArthur) have disappeared. Their mother apparently decided enough of the gypsy life was enough, maybe too much. First they lived in an old barrel, full of stray costumes They were ousted from there when the costumer began routing up old materials to use in new combinations. Then they dug in among a stack of “flats” (pieces of scenery, to you) and were just beginning to feel at home when the scenic designers came around and began sorting the wheat Next they established residence in the girls’ dressing rooms (why, Mac!), but very withdrew when rehearsals started and the place was put in use again. Now nobody knows where the kittens have gone, or whether they'll be back in time to toss out the first mouse at the official opening of the play- house in June. % * ok k% BOOKKEEPING. HE most complicated banking transaction we've heard of a Scotchman, dealing with himself. | He took $800 from his savings account to pay cash for an automobile, but the pain of spending it was terrific. He finally assuaged his hurt by charg- ing himself 5 per cent interest on the $800 “loan” as he repays it to his savings ledger. (We didn't catch on, either, for a couple of hours, so don't-be discour- aged.) * ok ok % FALSE FACE. Will people who have been run- ning home to hide under the bed, or making powerful resolutions about never touching another drop, please note that there actually is a lamp post at the eastern end, South side of the mew Michigan Avenue Bridge which has “Mich- igan Ave.” printed on all four sides. You weren’t, therefore, meeting yourself on the way back as you walked or drove around it, * Kk k% PHILATELISTS. IN THE Department of Justice mail- bags the other day there was a letter for Ugo Carusi, assistant to At- torney General Cummings. The letter had traveled from China via Pan American Clipper, and with all its stamps, cachet and legend, it was con- spicious as a Christmas tree at a shad bake. Word spread quickly that Carusi had a trans-Pacific first day cover, hoping to snare the item for amateur collections. After much amiable bickering, Carusi finally decided who should get the prize. Then he opened the letter. It said: “Dear Ugo: Be sure and save the envelope this letter is in, and send it right back. I want it for my collec- tion.” * ok ok % CAREER. HE IS usually to be seen on F street between Ninth and Tenth, a spry, elderly man, a little seedy, but spruce in spite of it; a chap with benign countenance and the air of one who has had leadership among men in times past. The other day one of our corre- spondents came under his dominating smile as she was about to cross the street at this point. “Wait one minute!” he ordered peremptorily, holding up his hand and waving her back. “Now!” he ordered again, as the lights changed; and in- tuitively watching the uplifted arm of her benefactor instead of the traffic light, she hurried on, said an invol- untary “thank you” as she passed him in the hurrying crowd. “Not at all,” he raised his voice to answer. “I make it my business to save at least two lives a day,” he said, narrowly escaping a car, but taking time to add: “And I always make it & point to save my own.” * ok ok ok PRECAUTION. EON KROLL, the New York artist and Carnegie prize winner, was touching up a couple of new murals in the Attorney General's office at the Justice Department the other day when a photographer came in and began rigging up a tripod. Mr. Kroll, who was at work garbed in his under- shirt, made a dive for s stack of clothes, pulled up a shirt and put it on. “No, no, Mr. Kroll,” said the Shotog- the issuance of his proclamation was In accord with the purposes of Con- gress to “stimulate interest in avia- tlon with a view to the further advancement of the science of aero- nautics.” rapher. “The other way looks more natural. The public won't mind seeing you that way.” 3 “Sure, I know,” said Mr. Kroll, but~ toning up his shirt as fast as he could, “but what would my wife say?” | in years was put over here recently by | and within an hour philatelists were | buzzing around him like bees, all | | THE EVENING' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1937. Babe in Woods Rescued FAVORITES LEAD INP.G. A TILIS All But Shute, Snead Top Foes at 18-Hole Mark of Third Round. By the Assoctated Press, PITTSBURGH, May 27.—All fa- vorites except Sam Snead of White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., and defend- ing Champion Denny Shute of Boston held short leads today at the half-way mark in their 36-hole third-round matches in the Professional Golfers' Association championship, 8nead toured the Field Club course in par 7 this morning, but was one down to Harold “Jug” McSpaden of Winchester, Mass, who scored five birdies and an eagle for a 3 under par 69, Shute lost three of the first five holes to Ed Dudley of Philadelphia, but rallied on the back 9 to draw even, with a birdie on the home green. Here's how the boys stood when they started the last 18 holes of the third- round matches this afternoon: Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. Y., 3 up on Jimmy Hines, Garden City, N. Y. Harry Cooper, Chicago, 2 up on Jim Foulis of Chicago. Manero Ahead. Tony Manero, Peabody, Mass,, 1 up on Vic Ghezzi, Deal, N, J. Byron Nelson, Reading, Pa., 4 up on Johnny Farrell, Short Hills, N. J. Jimmy Thomson, Shawnee-on-Dela- ware, Pa, 2 up on Ky Laffoon, Chi- cago. Henry Picard, Hershey, Pa., 3 up on Horton 8mith, Chicago. Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. Y, was 2 up on Jimmy Hines, Garden City, N. Y. Runyan lost 11 while ex- ploring rough, but went 2 up when Hines was trapped on 14 and 15. Jim- my's tee shot stopped 2 feet away on the short sixteenth for a birdle win. Paul got that hole back by holing a 6-footer at 18 and finishing 2 up. Runyan—In ____ 455 435 443—37—175 Hines—In __.___ 445 446 244—37—76 Both Have Troubles. Both Runyan and Hines were having their trouble, with Paul 1 up at the | quarter pole. Jimmy found rough to lose No. 1, but took the second when Runyan overshot the green. Hines ap- proached dead for a birdie 4 on 3 and then three-putted 4. Paul lost 5 when trapped, but won 7 and 8 to go up, as Jimmy's pitch landed in a trap and| he plowed into rough on 8. Runyan—Out ______ 455 363 444—38 Hines—Out, -- 544 453 554—39 National Open Champ Tony Manero, firing & sub-par 35, had Ghezzi 1 down. Ghezzi sank a 3-footer for a birdie 3 on the second, but Manero got that hole back with another birdie on the third. Tony's par 5 took the fifth, where Ghezzi's approach skid- did over the green. Ghezzi—Out ..... 435 363 444—36 Manero—Out -- 444 353 44435 Ghezzi canned a short one for birdie 4 at 12 to draw even in his match with Tony Manero. Both were trapped at 14 and Tony blasted out a foot from the pin for his par 3, but he | was short with his iron third to lose No. 15. Tony's par 4 at 17 sent him 1 up again at Ghezzi's drive dove deep into deep rough. Ghezzi—In .. 444 545 354—38—74 Manero—In ._445_536.344—38—73 Picard One Up. Picard was 1 up on Smith. Henry rolled in a 6-footer for a birdie 3 on No. 2 and Smith planted his iron tee shot 4 feet away for a deuce on 4. Picard went up when Horton pushed his approach into rough. Smith—Out _ Picard—oOut, _ -- 435 353 444—35 Picard matched par in to lead Smith 3 up at the half way mark. Henry stroked in an 8-foot putt for a birdie 3 at 10, won 11, where Horton was in rough, and took 14, when Smith's tee shot fell in sand, to go 4 up. Horton's par 3 won 16, where Picard's drive was trapped. 8Smith—In - 455 445 344—38—74 Picard—In - 345 435 444—36—71 Jimmy Foulis drew level with Cooper by sinking a 3-foot putt on 10 and a 30-footer on 13 for birdies, but lost 14 When he laid himself a stymie. Harry holed one from 5 feet on 17 for a birdie 3 0 g0 2 up again. Cooper—In _.___ 455 435 334—36—71 Foulis—In 355 345 344—36—73 Cooper jumped into the lead on No. 1, where Foulis three-putted and kept ahead to turn 2 up. He canned short putts for birdies on 4 and 5, but lost 7 to Jimmy's par when he was 445 243 54435 545 353 444—37 Thomson Ahead. A par 36 out put Thomson 2 up on Laffoon. Ky's approach was under- clubbed on No. 1, but he rammed in & 6-foot putt for a birdie 3 on the second. Jimmy went 2 up with birdies on the long third and fifth, sinking & 30-footer at 3 and reaching 5 with two long blows. Sliced drives cost Thomson 8 and Laffoon 9. Laffoon—Out._ .. -535 354 445—38 ‘Thomson—Out 444 344 45436 Laffoon caught Jimmy by holing a 30-footer for a birdie 3 an 10 and getting an orthodox par at 12 where Thomson three-putted for & 5. Ky followed the Yrough all the way to the 15th green to take a 7 and went 3 down again when trapped at 17. Laffoon, in..... 345 437 354—38—76 Thomson, in ... 455 435 344—37—73 McSpaden shot three birdies and an eagle for a sub-par 34 out, but was all even with Sned. Jug lost No. 1 when trapped, but dropped a 20-footer for an eagle on 3. They had halved the second in birdie 3s. McSpaden's iron on the short fourth was trapped. He holed one from 6 feet for a birdie 4 on the fifth, but three-putted 6, he hit his approach 3 feet from the pin for a birdie 3 on 9. McSpaden—Out 533 444 443—34 8Snead—Out ._...._ 435 353 444—35 McSpaden Under Par. McSpaden continued his sub-par shooting on the second nine for a 35 and & 69 total, but could garner only a one-hole lead on Snead, who had a par 72. Jug planted s niblick 2 feet away on 10 for a birdie 3, but lost 13, where he was stymied. o Trap trouble cost Sammy 16, but he got down a 5-footer to halve 17 with McSpaden in birdie 3s, Farrell lost control of his irons on the way in and Nelson jumped away to a four-hole advantage at the half- way mark. Johnny dubbed his ap- proach at 10, and finally picked up on 14 after dinging two traps. Farrell's par 5 won 15, where Nelson was in Tough, but Johnny missed to short' FArrell-Out ... 465 ¢33 &44—80lsnd -- 445 253 454—36 | | | | | Three-year-old Alice Kocher, shown i her home as shg is held by Policeman R. (Story on Page A-1.) n bed this morning at J. Poquette. —Star Staff Photo. U.S. TRIO SCORES IN ENGLISH GOLF Three Survivors Enter Quar- ter Finals as Fourth One Is Defeated. By the Associated Press. SANDWICH, England, May 27—| All three remaining American con- tenders marched today into the quarter finals of the British amateur golf championship. After Dick Chapman of Greenwich, Conn,, chief hope of the Americans, had won his fifth-round match from H. G. Harrison, London bookmaker, 2 | and 1, Wilford Wehrle of Racine, Wis., and Robert Sweeny of Newport, R. I, and London, also checked in with fifth- round triumphs. Wehrle eliminated J. H. Neal of Great Britain, 3 and 2. while Sweeny disposed of Dr. H. Gardiner-Hill, 2 up. Chapman reached the last eight only because Harrison was even worse. Eleven over fours for 17 holes, the & | American played a weird round, visit- ing practically every rough and bunker on the course. John O. Levinson, one of the leading American chgllengers, was eliminated. The two “just made the grade. Wehrle defaated A. J. Evans of Great | Britain, 1 up, and Sweeny had to go to the nineteenth to win by the same margin from Bromley Davenport. Levinscn, Chicagoan who holds the New England championship, was zoundly beaten by J. J. F. Pennick, English amateur king, 5 and 4. Sweeny sank a magnificent 30-foot putt at the first extra hole to win it with a 4 after his first two shots | 1anded in the rough. Davenport blew a 6-footer for a half. Wehrle's Foe in Bad Luck. ‘Wehrle's match with Evans had an unfortunate ending. As Evans started to address his ball on the eighteenth green, it moved slightly without being touched. Evans imme- diately called to Wehrle and told him what had happened. The referee promptly called it a stroke against him, giving him a 5 against the Amer- ican’s winning 4. ‘Through the thirteenth hole it ap- peared that Wehrle was headed for an easy victory, but his game fell apart and Evans, a veteran cricketer, grabbed the next three holes with sparkling g0lf to square the match. The seven- teenth was halved, but the Briton then got that costly break at the home hole to bow out of the tourney. Dr. H. G. Hill defeated Dale Bourn, 2 up. Other Results. Gordon Peters, Scottish Walker Cup star, remained in the running by tak- ing his fourth-round match from A. A. Duncan, 2 and 1. Stanley Lunt, one of the British favorites, was the victim of an up- set, bowing to Charles Stowe, 1 up. Other fifth-round resuits: Lionel Munn won from C. E. ©Olander, 4 and 3; Charles Stowe beat N. R. C. Scott, 7 and 6; J. J. F. Pen- nick, the English champion, defeated Andrew Jamieson, 3 and 2, and Gor- don Peters, the lone surviving mem- ber of the last British Walker Cup squad, turned back Stanley Anderson, 4 and 3. Wehrle in Fine Form. Wehrle continue to shoot some of the hottest golf seen in the tourna- ment in eliminating Neal, champioh of the Royal Air Force. Three-putting the thirteenth and fourteenth, after having squared the match, cost Neal the decision. Wehrle jumped a dead stymie to halve the fifteenth. He holed a 15-footer at the sixteenth to close out the match. Hill, who played for Oambridge be- fore the war, gave Sweeny a hard tussle, squaring the match at the fifteenth, only to three-putt the six- teenth and eighteenth. Never Heard of This One. LINCOLN, Nebr., May 27 (#).—Sec- retary of State Harry Swanson pon- dered over a “new one” today. He received a letter asking whether & license would be required to sell a tombstone cleaning fluid. “The Legislature has licensed almost everything else,” Swanson said, “but that must be one thay haven't heard of yet.” —_— sixteenth green and got into sand twice to lose 17. Nelson—In .. 455 336 344—37—74 Parrell—In __ 555.3x5 464—xx Nelson 3-putted to lose No. 1, but stuck his pitch 2 feet from the can for & birdle 3 on the second. A trapped tee shot cost Johnny No. 4, Nelson's &poon was short oh 8, but he went up again‘as Farrell took three putts on 9. Nelson—Out ' ... 535 353 454—37 . D..C. MIDSHIPMAN T0.BE COMMENDED Julihn Among 10 to Be Hon- ored for Officer-Like Qualities. By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 27.—Rear “Admlul David Foote Sellers, superin- tendent of the Naval Academy, today selected 10 midshipmen of the grad- uating class to receive letters of com- mendation for having contributed by | officer-like qualities and positive char- acter to the development of naval , 8pirit and loyalty within the midship- men regiment. The superintendent will present the letter at a regimental dress parade to be held on June 2. Those to receive the letters are: William Draper Easton, Md. Richard-Geary Colbert, Pittsburgh, Brinckloe, jr., Pa Felix Eugene de Gollan, jr., Atlanta, Ga Emery Arden Grantham, Albany, Tex. Lawrence Virginius Julihn, Wash- ington, D. C . Ralph Kissinger, jr., Fairfleld, Nebr, Willlam Paden Mack, San Francisco; Calif. Richard Philip Nicholson, Valentine, Nebr, Archie H. Soucek, Oklahoma City, Okla. Roger Blake Woodhull, Yeadon, Pa. Midshipman Kissinger also was de- clared winner of the class of 1897 sword. This is annually awarded to the member of the graduating class who contributes most by his qualities |and character to the development of | spirit and loyalty in the regiment. His name will be inscribed on the cup which is retained at the academy. Midshipman Jack Arthur Ober- meyer, New York City, was awarded the Colonial Daughters of the Seven- teenth Century prize, a wrist watch, for excelling in history. He is a member of the graduating class. He also won another wrist watch, given by the National Woman's Relief Corpe, for standing first in the course in economics, The Relief Corps is the suxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic. Midshipman Edward Sentman Arentzen, Stratford, N. J, won the class of 1924 prize, a gold watch, for standing highest in the graduating class in marine engineering. Midshipman Mark Henry Jordan, Lawrence, Mass, was awarded the Thompeon prize, a navigating sextant, awarded the member of the graduating class which each year is most proficient in practical and theoretical navigation. Four battalions of the regiment competed today in the final drills for the honor of naming the ‘“color girl.” The commander of the company which wins the competition names the girls. Companies and platoons com- peted earlier in the week. -— W.P.A.RESEARCHERS SEEK TO KEEP JOBS 30 Employes From. Philadelphia Here to Solicit Assurance From Hopkins. ‘Thirty employes of the National Re- search Project of the Works Progress Administration came to Washington today from Philadelphia, where the project has its headquarters, to elicit assurance from the office of Adminis- trator Harry Hopkins that the project ‘would be continued. Representatives of the same group were here last week. They were tald by Corrington Gill, assistant admjnis- trator, that the future of the project after July 1, when the 1938 fiscal year opens, depends on the amount of money appropriated for W. P. A. for the coming year. It was thought Gill would grant them another audience today. Hop- kins is in Indianapolis. ‘The workers on the project are en- gaged in studies of various industries to determine the effect of technologi- cal changes on labor. Its headquar- ters were established in Philadelphia because that city is in the midst of a variegated industrial ares. ROSE LOVERS INVITED Members of the Potomac Rose So- clety aad rose lovers in nearby Mary- land and Virgini§ bave been invited to visit the rose n of Dr. Whit- man Cross, president of the society, Satufday stternoon. The garden, h includes all kinds of roses, many ¢f his own develop- ment and not yat in general com- merce, 15 Jocated'a$ Eest Kirk street DUKE TO SAY ‘Qur FIRST AT WEDDING Windsor and Mrs. Warfield Rehearse Ceremony With Mayor. By the Assoclated Press, MONTS, France, May 27.—The Duke of Windsor will say “oui” (yes) first & week from today. Mayor Charles Mercier, the head man of Monts, told him so this noon during another rehearsal of the 15- minute ceremony which will unite the duke and Mrs. Wallis Warfleld on June 3. ‘The mayor spent an hour going over the service with Edward and Mrs, Warfleld in the music room of the Chateau de Cande. When he got there Mrs. ‘Warfleld, gay and smiling, already had taken her place. She and the duke peppered the mayor with questions, especially about who would say “oui” first. The duke will say the first “oui,” the mayor replied. Police Protection Discussed. Mrs. Warfleld wore a light gray summery dress with a blue collar. The duke had on a gray business suit. Officials of the Surete Nationale fol- lowed the mayor to the chateau. They discussed plans for wedding day police protection. Herman L. Rogers, the duke's spokes- man, said Sir Walter T. Monckton, attorney general of the Duchy of Cornwall, would arrive soon by plane | for a “business visit” with the duke. (This might deal with financial ar- rangements—the duke gets no govern- ment pension from Britain.) Sir Wal- ter also is to be a wedding guest. Asked if guests gther than the 16 who have accepted might show up at the last minute, Rogers conceded that was possible. There have been new rumors that the Duke of Kent, whose presence was frowned upon by the British government, might come to the wedding after all, incognito. Aunt Bessie Makes Preparations. Meanwhile, Mrs. D. Buchanan Merryman, Mrs. Warfleld's “Aunt Bessie,” took over the job of superin- tending the final preparations for the marriage of her favorite niece and the Duke of Windsor. Attendants at the Chateau de Cande, where the former king and the woman for whose love he abdicated the British | throne will be wed June 3, said the American relative of the bride-elect “rolled up her sleeves and went to | work.” | “She’s boss!” they added in no un- | certain terms. ! Mrs. Merryman, whose home is in | Washington, D. C., has taken charge of the servants, calling them by their first names as she supervises their work in the ancient castle. Her imposing figure moved through | the rooms at Cande, seeing to it that | they were prepared for the first | wedding guest, who is expected to ar- rive Monday. Rogers indicated none of the 16 who accepted—from a list of 30 invited— were expected over the week end. Maj. E. B. Metcalfe, who will be | Windsor's best man, and Lady Alex- | andria Metcalfe, it was thought, would be the first arrivals. Maj. Metcalfe was one of the few ' persons holding court or government | positions to accept invitations. He is | an equerry of the duke. Among “Aunt Bessie's” duties are directing preparation of approximate- ly 10 rooms, planning the wedding | breakfast and decorations and deciding | on the seating arrangements for the ceremony in the chateau music room. | Quarters Being Prepared. Quarters are being prepared for the guests despite the belief that some, particularly those from Paris, may drive down for the ceremony and | leave the same day. For her part, Mrs. Warfield went to the assistance of the duke's secretary, who was swamped with a pile of mail. ‘The prospective bride tackled a stack of correspondence which the secretary had not found time to read, opened the envelopes and sorted the letters into neat groups according to their importance. Windsor personally supervised the arrangements for police protection of | the chateau during the wedding. PRESS ATTACKS CHURCH. Beaverbrosk Papers Deplore Treat- ment of Duke. LONDON, May 27 (#).—The pow- erful Beaverbrook Press sharply crit- icized the Church of England today for what it termed a too-harsh treatment of the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield. Rallying to the defense of Britain's abdicated monarch, the Daily Express flatly blamed leaders of the church for inspiring virtual governmental ostracism of his wedding to the wom- an for whom he gave up the throne. The published list of those invited to attend the ceremony June 3 at the Chateau de Cande was considered re- jmarkable for its many omissions— reportedly under government pres- sure—and the Express summed up s full column editorial with the ques- tion: “Isn’t it possible that the duke is being treated with rather too much of a rough edge?” The Daily Express is the chief organ of the press controlled by Lord Beaverbrook and publishes simulta- neous editions in London, Manches- ter and Glasgow, with a circulation of more than 2,000,000. ‘The paper, which was sympathetic to Edward during the crisis leading up to his abdication last December, claimed that as the duke’s wedding day approached “a series of penalties and prohibitions are lald against him and against those who desire to show him friendship and affection.” ROOSEVELT IS STILL BOTHERED BY COLD President, However, Assured He Will Be Able to Visit at Hyde Park. President Roosevelt’s head cold was still bothering him sufficiently today to cause him to remain away from his desk in the executive office for the third consecutive day. Dr. Ross T. McIntire, White House physician, assured the President he would be well enough by Saturday to travel to his home at Hyde Park, N. Y., as planned several weeks ago, to spend three or four days with his mother. 3 The President continued tof do & certain amount of work, using His desk in the oval room study adjoining his | very little difference to those who bed.room. He felt well enought today to receive two business callers—Sec- retary of the Treasury Morgenthau, with whom he conferred for:néarly an hour, and Secretary of the Interior 1 2 House Heads Plan Five Roll Calls on Relief Bill Today By the Associated Press. House reading clerks cleared their throats today for their busiest day of the session. Intent on defeating proposals to set aside one-third of the pro- posed $1,500,000,000 rellef fund for special projects, administra- tion leaders said they would force rall calls on three amendments, & Republican proposal to return relief administration to States, and on final passage of the bill. It requires about 40 minutes Lo take the “ayes” and “nays” of the 435 members. Five roll calls would take more than three hours. BRITISH STIRRED BY BRIBE CHARGES Commons in Bitter Debate Over Corruption in Arma- ment Deals. Bj the Assoclated Press. LONDON, May 27.—A bitter debate | over alleged behind-the-scenes bribery in the international armaments trade stirred the House of Commons today. Philip Noel-Baker, Laborite mem- ber, picked up the attack where Al- fred Duff Cooper, secretary of war, left it yesterday in debate over a civil list bill granting departmental ! funds. Noel-Baker cited evidence of bribery uncovered in the report last Septem- ber of a royal commission that in- vestigated the private manufacture and commerce in war implements. $250,000 Bribe Declared Offered. “They unearthed a flmt-class scan- dal—a bribe of £50,000 ($250,000)— which was to be offered to the head of a foreign power in order to in- crease its armament orders,” he de- clared. “I am prepared to accept such evi- dence as the honorable member has | produced—I am not acquainted with | all the details—of these nefarious transactions and of a British firm offering bribes,” Cooper answered. He declared that munitions salesmen | approaching foreign customers “may | BANKERS TOLDD.C. LEADING RECOVERY Groom Addresses Session at White Sulphur Springs on Business Here, BY EDWARD C. STONE, Speclal Correspondent of The Star. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W, Va., May 27.—Business in Washington during the last year has been good; in fac, statistics indicate that the District of Co- lumbia has prace tically led the country in recov- ery, Acting Preste dent Thomas J. Groom told the members of the District Bankers" Association at the , opening of the nineteenth ane nual convention at the Greenbrier Hotel here today. Groom has been acung head of the association since the death of Karl W. Corby. His annual report showed that Was g g- ton is enjoying an era of unusual Tom K. Smith. | prosperity. The attendance of members and Ruests is by far the largest since the economic slump in 1929. Today's ses= sion was made especially notable by the presence of Tom K. Smith of St. Louis, president of the American Bankers' Association, who addressed the convention on “The Banking Oute look.” “Informed Public” The most effective safeguard against financial difficulty, Smith said, is “an informed public, alive to the dangers of inflation and aware that booms are as unhealthy as pane ics.” “The general upward movement in building activity and the stock market which has taken place since 1932 i3 not based to any significant extent on bank loans,” Mr. Smith said. “The funds upon which this activity is based are the result of Government borrowing. The Government ob- tained cash by sale of securities, largely to the banks, and it disbursed this money in relief and public works and all its other acuvities. The Needed. find it quite impossible to net a con- | tract unless they are prepared to ! give a substantial commission to a| statesman, to sell the goods.” | The war minister argued, however, | that the practice was not anything | new in “the irony of war.” Hits Corrupt Statesman. “The commission is given to a cor- rupt statesman,” he contended, “the foreign country has the goods it re- quires and the people of England are employed to make them. “These things happened in Europe 8 hundred years ago. No one was ashamed. * * * So far as the sar- | donic, ugly fact exists that in the last war men were killed by bullets made in our own country, it is a cruel part of the irony of war, but it made | were killed whether the bullets were made at home or abroad. “The more these hideous facts are advertised the better. I don't mind full publicity being given anything which will impress on the mind of the world the stupidity as well as the wickedness of war.” CHIEF OF DU PONT CLAN TO BE ABSENT Pierre S. Says He Is Sorry to Miss | Wedding of Kin to Young Roosevelt. By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK. May 27.—There'll be 8 day's rapprochement around the banquet board down in Delaware June 30, when the Du Ponts and Roosevelts gather for the wedding of Ethel du Pont and Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr. The President will be there with his family, and most of the Du Ponts with theirs, For the political writers and the Washington observers—even though they won't be there—there's one dis- appointing note. The leader of the Du Pont clan won't be on hand to greet the President. Pierre §. du Pont, the titular leader of the family, chairman of the Board of E. I. du Pont de Nemours, and one of the organizers with John J. Raskob and Alfred E. Smith of the American Liberty League, will be in France. Mr. and Mrs. du Pont sail on the Queen Mary, June 23, & week before the wedding. They will visit Mrs. du Pont's brother and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Belin. The Belins” son, Pierre, was one of the passengers who escaped in the Hindenburg disaster. The elderly Wilmington industrialist, a cousin of the father of young Roosevelt's financee, was asked if he would be at Owl's Nest, the estate of Miss du Pont's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene du Pont, to greet the President. “I'm sorry, but I won't be there,” Du Pont replied. “I would like to at- tend and had planned on it. “But Mrs. du Pont and I made our arrangements to go to Europe last January. At that time we picked a salling date later in June because we understood the wedding would be earlier in the month.” Du Pont explained he had made numerous business engagements in France and elsewhere in Europe im- mediately after arranging his passage. “I certainly don’t want our absence to be misunderstood,” he said, con- tinuing: “After all, it's the youngsters that are getting married and it's their future. Whatever differences the old folks might have don’t amount to any- thing on such a day.” Congress in Brief In recess. House: Resumes debate on $1,500,000,000 relief fund. Agriculture Committee continues hearings on production-control legis- lation. Rivers and Harbors Committee con- siders Bonneville Dam project. Interstate Commerce Committee funds trickled down through the economic structure, and the recipients deposited them in their bank ace counts and thereby swelled the total of deposits. It is upon these deposits, which are owned outright by their depositors, that the upward movement in security prices and the upturn in building construction are based.” In his summary of Washington busi- ness conditions, Groom said retail sales in the Capital are the highest on record and the construction of houses and apartment units has far exceeded any previous year. Bank deposits—demand as well as time and savings—show a tremendous increase, he sald. Prosperity of Banks. The welfare and prosperity of the banks, he explained, is evidenced by the fact that, although there has been a 100 per cent increase in reserve requirements, not a single Washington bank found it necessary to borrow or rediscount any paper in order to com- ply with the new requirements. The banker cited the opposition among bankers to the postal savings system, which is considered in direct competition with chartered banking institutions, and lauded the new regu- lations for trust investments in the District of Columbia. He spoke pare ticularly of the work of the Graduate School of Banking started at Rutgers University while Robert V. Fleming, head of Riggs National Bank, was president of the American Bankers' Association. At Groom's suggestion, the conven- tion paid special tribute to the memory of Corby who died while president of the association this year. The chair- man also spoke of the deaths of George L. Starkey, Clarence F. Norment, Wil- liam B. Hibbs and F. R. Horner, all of whom died during the year. Failures 15 Per Cent Lower. Reporting for the Committee on Commercial Trade Activities, Norman E. Towson, Washington Loan & Trust Co., said that at the end of April na- tional basic business indices were gen= erally favorable, compared with a year ago. Business failures were 15 per cent lower, employment had increased 14 per cent and wages 30 per cent, the cost of living had increased only 5 per cent, with commodity prices up 114 per cent and retail prices 7 per cent. Compared with a year ago, new bond financing is 115 per cent ahead and new stock financing over 200 per cent. Turning to Washington, Chair- man Towson stated that bank cleare ings increased in the Capital by about 20 per cent during 1936 over 1935 and that commercial and real estate loans by Washington banks on March 31, 1937, compared with the similar date in 1936, had increased by $6,348,000. The report called attention to the great increase in new building opera- tions, repairs and renovations, the in= crease in automobiles registered in Washington, increases in telephones in use, department store trade, and hotel occupancy, as well as a steady ex- pansion in the number of visitors in the Capital. James A. Soper, Lincoln National Bank, chairman of the association's fiduciaries section, presented his ane nual report showing an unusually ac- tive year. During today's session, Hugh Leach, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, was ine troduced. He is a special guest of the association and made a few brief re- marks. The four divisions of the American Bankers’' Association met to select a nominating committee. The present chairmen are John A. Reilly, national bank division; T. Hunton Leith, sav- ings bank; W. L. Koontz, state bank, and Barnum L. Colton, trust company. A series of sports tournaments under Chairman A. Scott Offutt was to open this afternoon. The convention will be in session five days. e MURDER TRIAL BEGINS Bruise to Figure in Case of Mrs. Deetrick Death. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May 27 (&), —A reported bruise on the head of Mrs. John W. Deetrick figured today in the trial of her husband, accused of first-degree murder in connece tion with her death by shooting. Coroner David H. Hauser said it might have been caused by & blow, Prosecutor W. A. Ambrose said he considers bill to place airlines under Interstate Commerce Commission. Military Affairs Committee hears Dr. Hugo Bckener ask for helium for dirigibies, would prove the gun which caused Mrs. Deetrick’s death was found jammed under her pocketbook and could not have been used by her tg l‘dhfl‘m