Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1937, Page 2

A—2 =#% THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 19317. W MAGIC EXHIBITION T0 A CHLOREN P.«T. A. Benefit for Under- privileged Set For Week of June 14, « The tricks, illusions and wizardry of the magic art will be brought into play at a series of public performances 8t ‘the National Theater during the week of June 14 for the benefit of Washington's underprivileged school children who are furnished clothing Ayt shoes by the Student Aid Com- njittee of the District Parent-Teacher Association. ~Plans for the shows, to be presented dune 14-19, inclusive, were disclosed taday by Mrs. Walter B. Frye, P.-T. A. persident; Mrs. E. J. Dowling, chair- man of the Student Aid Committee; Mrs. William A. Moyer, chairman of the P.-T. A. Ways and Means Com- ttee, and Charles W. Townsley, vice esident of the Washington branch of the Society of American Magicians. =The shows will be presented by vet- efan magicians under auspices of the B-T. A. -For many years, the committee work has been notable in Washington, With the organized school mothers cdntributing their time and work for the relief of children who lack suffi- clent clothing either to be properly and healthfully clad or to be pre- sentable before their classmates. The exhibition of magic—designed with full-fledged stage illusions and equipment and magicians trained to 11yl the displays of Blackstone and Keller—will be staged on successive nights of the week beginning Mon- dgy, June 14, with a matinee per- formance on the following Saturday fof the benefit of Washington's school children. = Stage Arrangements. Townsley, assisted by other mem- bers of the Society of American Ma- giglans, will make all stage arrange- ments for the show and conduct it with the wares of the magician's art now being assembled here from all parts of the country. Among those Townsley are Robert Mainfort of Alexandria, Va., Central High gradu- ats and now a student at George ‘Washington University, described as a “genius” at card manipulation, with a Stage presence that rivals the pro- fessionals, and Comdr. Charles C. Slayton, U. S. N, retired, now living at Annapolis. Comdr. Slayton is a member of the societ A series of shows for the benefit of all of Washington was decided upon unanimcusly last Tuesday at a meeting of parent-teacher leaders in collaboration with Townsley, who has long been interested in the Stu- dent Aid Committee's work. “Last year,” said Mrs. Prye, “the Btudent Aid Committee helped 1,100 achool children and from a separate &und purchased shoes for 1,000 others. The requests for help have been so heavy, however, that we have had to buy more clothing than usual. . “The purpose of the magic shows is to supply the P.-T. A. organization with a fund with which to begin this work in September, when the ohildren return to school. literally deluged with requests for sid each year just before the opening of school. These calls come from dis- pessed parents, who are umable to clothe their children properly so that they may attend classes.” . The shoe fund constitutes the only qutside contribution. It comes from the Community Chest. The clothes Gome from “bundle days” held at &chools throughout the city during the school year, when children with available old and used clothing bring it to school. This clothing is then turned over to the Aid Committee, and each Wednesday the P.-T. A. mothers &pend most of the day sewing, other- Wise repairing and distributing the | apparel from the Park View School, Warder street and Newton place, Citizens’ Aid Asked. ¢ “We are calling upon all of Wash- fagton,” Mrs. Frye declared, “to help i this cause. The 15000 members; of the P.-T. A. are devoting their time and personal services to the ‘Wwork without compensation. “‘Our goal is $10,000, which we trust Will be realized from the magic shows. This will give us the start we need and help us through the year.” . Mrs. Dowling has been chairman of the Student Aid Committee for the last 11 years. “One of our jobs right row,” she pointed out, “is to help some of the students secure their graduation apparel. We are outfitting | One girl at the present time.” : “This isn't all of our work,” she &4id. “We often get in touch with the“public welfare agencies when we make visits and find cases of actual Htiger, privation and the threat of L ession from home, the lack of T medical care and children who drhot get enough milk to drink daily.” “Lownsley said “we plan to present *§¥ery high grade show, bringing into | fy=many talented magicians of the | hington area, all of them men who Hg¥e studied and practiced the arts of ic for many years. Our stage ipment and illusions will be of the VXY best, because we are acquiring it from professional sources.” “Dse of the National Theater was weeured for the week of June 14 @ough the efforts of Edmund Plohn, i manager, who made arrangements for the exhibition of magic with the nger estate, owners of the theater, off"a trip to New York this week. ~-Meanwhile, pledges of support have BEgn received from school, business ggg civic leaders throughout the city, ascwell as the P.-T. A, > Tickets will be placed on sale in a few days, in cooperation with the &chants and Manufacturers' Asso- estion, governmental departments, eivic clubs, hotels and ticket bureas. C¥nplete plans for the sale will be emmounced later, KA. A. URGES MOTORISTS 3370 AVOID MEXICO NOW +<Xhe American Automobile Associa- today warned ils members ‘fimghwt the country against imme- &fiite tours to Mexico because a strike s#spetroleum workers has completely up gasoline sales. *Reports to A. A. A. headquarters e sald many American motorists fEfe stranded below the border with ty fuel tanks when gasoline sales ‘%ped yesterday in anticipation of general petroleum strike which t into effect at midnight. collaborating with | We are| Bark, Fitted With Phone and Radio, Brings Old Sea Flavor to Navy Yard tucket, a bark built in 1876 a. Ranger, a Navy gunboat. is berthed at the Navy Yard af: Boston. Massachusetts Nautical School merchant marine officers. Cadels on the foremast of the U. S. S. Nan- The square-rig ship The men alojt are students at the s the U. S. S. ter a run from , which trains All canvas flying. The Nantucket uses sail about a third of the time, has 500-horsepower motor below for most navigation. It leaves here Monday for a cruise to Norfolk, the Azores, Southampton, Amsterdam, Rouen, Madeira, Nof- folk again, Fall River and Boston Navy Yard, headquarters of the school, which it plans to reach September 21. The 114 cadets are chosen by competitive ex- amination, spend two years learning the fundamentals of going to sea. Capt. a Clarence Abele, U. S. N., retired, heads the school, a State institution. The cadets scrub deck. They wash down eve stone every week. They arise at 5:15 a.m. and spend a vigorous day. They navigate, run the engine, learn the radio. windjammer is modern, with shower baths, telephone, electric The cadets sleep in hammocks. Their shi is 177 feet long at the water line, has a 33-foot beam. Their ship is called a bark because two masts carry square-sail rigging and the mizzen mast fore-and-aft rigging.—Star Staff Phot light. ry day, holy- The old draws 16 feet, Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. A befuddled salesman recently RATTLER. NSWERING the the toy heard a lady’s voice say, “Go get one of your indestructible rattles and bring it to the phone.” “Yes, madam,” said he, thinking it wiser to obey than to argue with some one in such a humor. telephone in department of a “Very well,” he continued, return- ing with the rattle in hand. “Rattle it,” said the lady, sternly. He did. “Now break it,” she ordered. But, madam, it is indestructible.” “Phooey. My 6-month-old son just broke his. Smash it, I say, and charge it to me.” “Yes, madam,” said the salesman, smashing away. “Smashed yet?" “Quite,” said he. “Now count the bells inside.” “There is only one bell, madam.” “Only one? You sure?” “Only one.” “Thank goodness,” sighed the lady. “I could find only one after Junior broke his ‘indestructible;’ but every time I shook him I thought I heard him tinkle. Guess he didn't swallow a bell, after all. Well, thanks very much. Charge it."” “Yes, madam,” said the clerk, rat- tling off to get a sales slip. * % k% CHECK-UP. ‘VE'VE always thought it s bit of an affectation to have a pri- vate telephone and a house tele- phone in anything less than a major domestic establishment, but heard the other evening a practical tale that rather changes our viewpoint. This was about a fair lass who has the two-phone combination in her small apartment. A young man who comes around quite a lot has the same arrangement in his quarters. Tother night he called up to say he was frightfully sorry but he didn’t think he could keep an engagement with her. Had a terrible cold, was at home and thought he'd best stay there. Suspicious, our lass decided the swain was not really at home. She summoned her apartment mate, told her to get on their house telephone, put through an outside call to the gentleman's house telephone and see what happened. Then she went on conversing with him on the private hook-up. Few seconds later he said, “Wait & minute, my other telephone is ringing,” and darted away. Came back very shortly. “That's funny,” he said. on the line.” “Very funny,” said she and began sympathizing with his cold in a large way. “Nobody * ok ok % TCH TCH DEP'T. After his story had gome out on the wires to thousands of breath- less fams, a certain press service correspondent here had to send through two corrections in his ac= count of the national spelling bee. Both were necessitated by mis- takes in spelling, the expert having put through “diptheria” as “dipth- theria” and “amoeba” as “ameoba.” He says that after all the kidding the boys gave him, he felt about as big as an amoeba, one with dip- theria maybe. * ok ok % SHINE. NEVER would have thought of this if one of our keen-eyed corre- spondents hadn’t seen it with his own eyes. Walking down the street the other day he espied a well-dressed, exceedingly portly gentleman ambling along with a shoe lace flopping loosely around the ankle. Fellow obviously was aware of it, but what to do? He couldn’t bend over and reach it, a tentative inspection of a nearbly fire plug convinced him discretion should overrule valor as to that scheme, and fgl;!ames B. Stewart, United States ul general at Mexico City is trying btain sufficient gasoline to get the inded motorists back to this coun- “but travel into Mexico is abso- ly inadvisable at the present time,” A gaid, in this unchivalrous age young ladies don't stop on the street, tip their funny bonnets and say, “Pardon me sire, but may I be of any assistance in the matter of the shoe lace?” Our spy trailed the fellow couple of blocks, suspecting._ something wes downtown store, a somewhat | SWEENY ADVANCES 10 BRITISH FINALS U. S. Entry to Face Irish| Title Holder for Crown in Amateur Golf. | By the Assoctated Press. SANDWICH, England, May 28— Wielding a magic putter, tall, curly- | haired Robert Sweeny, native New | Yorker who has lived in London for several years, battled his way into the | final round of the British amateur golt | | championship today. Tomorrow he will face 50-year-old Lionel Munn, many-times champion | of Ireland, over the 36-hole route for | the crown relinquished by Hector | Thomson of Scotland because of ill health. So deadly on the greens that he re- quired only 41 putts for the 29 holes he played today in eliminating Wil- ford Wehrle of Racine, Wis., and Charles Stowe, British colliery en- Rineer, Sweeny was reckoned at no | worse than an even-money bet against | | Munn. The veteran Irishman reached | | the finals by first eliminating J. J. | | F. Pennink, English amateur cham- | pion. 2 up, and then Count Alaric de Bendern, 4 and 3. Wehrle Bows, 3 and 2. { Sweeny won his quarter-final round | match from Wehrle by a 3 and 2 |count. In the afternoon he shot a sensational 32 on the outgoing nine against Stowe to be 4 up at the turn. He followed up with four successive 4s to win, 6 and 5, as a large gallery, headed by Merle Oberon, film star, looked on in amazement at his putting skill. Sweeny has been a persistent con- tender in the tournament since 1932 He was beaten in the third round that year and in the fourth round in 1933. In 1935, however, he traveled all the way to the semi-finals before he was | elirgjnated by Lawson Little, 3 and 2 Little went on to win the title for the second time in succession. Last year Sweeny reached the sixth round before bowing, 1 up at the twenty-first, to the Australian cham- pion, Jim Ferrier, who subsequently was beaten in the finals by Thomson. Champion Is Beaten. Dick Chapman of Greenwich, Conn., the other American survivor, went down on the nineteenth hole to Count Alaric Bendern in the quarter-finals. Chapman lost in the nineteenth hole after three valiant comebacks had brought him all square both on the ninth and eighteenth greens. His jdrives have been so wild that, after almost a week of play, he still scarcely knows the conditions of the Royal St. George's fairways. Munn left the fairway only once in defeating Count de Bendern. The veteran Irishman shot the first nine in 35 strokes, to take a 2-hole lead at the turn. He won the tenth, but dropped the eleventh—the only hole he lost. After halving the twelfth and thirteenth, Munn ended matters by winning the next two holes with 4s, while his opponent was taking s pair of 5s. going to happen. It did, just as he had guessed. The heavy one turned into the nearest shoe shine parlor, sank heavily into one of the leather chairs, waited for the boy to give him an unnecessary shine and, inci- dentally,, to tie the shoe. * ¥ ¥ X TRAINING. A few horse trainers with novel ideas sometimes pass up the cere= mony of the “morning blowout”— the warm-up at dawn before a big race—when their charges are going to be shipped to the scene of the race in a van. They argue the jostling around in the van loosens up a horse’s muscles as much as any gallop, and maybe they are right, At least a damsel we saw swing- ing onto one of those ceiling bars in a Washington bus apparently thinks so. She was being bashed about quite a bit as the bus crunched on its way, and a polite fellow said, “Won’t you take this seat? I get off at the next stop.” “No, thanks,” she said. Bit further on, two seats were de- serted. She stood her ' ground. Finally a curious passenger said, “Don’t you ever sit down?” “Certainly,” said the lady. “But this is the way I get my daily dosen.” WAGES SEEN SAFE IN REORGANIZING No General Reduction Indi- cated in House Plan, Cochran Says. Reorganization of the Government as proposed by the House Reorganiza- tion Committee would not result in a general reduction in salaries of Gov- ernment workers, Chairman Cochran today indicated on the floor of the House when he said he is “not in favor of a revision of salaries at this time, either by increases or reductions.” The committee will meet early next week “just as soon as Speaker Bank- head returns and Representative War- ren, Democrat, of North Carolina, who has been acting in his place, is free,” Cochran said. The chairman emphasized that all the joint committee meetings, includ- | ing the one held Thursday, “were as| peaceful as any legislative committee | could hold.” Opposes Salary Revision. His opposition to any revision of sal- aries was announced at this time because of inquiries regarding his vote on the amendment of Representative May, Democrat, of Maryland, reduc- ing the salary of Harry Hopkins, re- lief administrator. He explained that he has been “trying to co-operate with the President in preventing the passage of bills containing new au- thorizations that will require large appropriations.” Cochran said, “There are a lot of officials and employes in the Govern- ment service who are underpaid, and there are many officials and em- ployes who, in my opinion, are over- paid, but whenever Congress intends to increase salaries, so far as I am concerned personally, it will be those in the lower brackets who will re- ceive first consideration from me. “I have received a large sumber of letters from all over the country pro- testing the passage of any bills pro- viding for the reorganization of the Government, many of them indicating | that it would result in a reduction in salary. While the committee has been meeting in executive session, and I have never made it a practice to dis- cuss what happens behind closed doors, nevertheless I feel justified in stating that that question has never been advanced at any time at any meeting that has been held, nor has the committee ever received any rec- ommendation that calls in any way for a reduction in salary. Purpose of Meeting. “The meeting held by the joint com- mittee, with the exception of the one on Thursday, have been for the pur- pose of hearing the representatives of the President’s committee, as well as Trepresentatives of the Brookings In- stitute, who have explained their rec- ommendations. Those hearings have been completed. In the interest of expediting legislation it was decided that until further notice the House committee and the Senate committee would act individually. There has been absolutely no definite agreement of any kind as to the future policy of the House committee.” NEW AIR SERVICE SEEN BY ECKENER Two Ships May Be Operated Across Atlantic if U, 8, Releases Helium. B the Associated Press. Dr. Hugo Eckener told Congress yes- terday that two airships may be oper- ated across the North Atlantic next Spring if sufficient fireproof helium gas can be obtained. The German dirigible expert said the service would be established by his company in co-operation with the American Zeppelin Transport Co., of which he is an official. He added the ships would fly from Germany to Lakehurst, N. J., and then to Rio de Janeiro, making possibly 25 round-trip flights a season. Ten trips last year by the dirigible Hindenburg, which recently was destroyed by a hydrogen gas fire, demonstrated the service could be operated at a profit, Eckener declared. He appeared before the House Mili- tary Committee to urge relaxation of this country's laws against exporting helium, on which the United States holds a virtual monopoly. Contending sale of helium for Ger- many's commercial airships would have no military significance, Eckener said: “It is quite impossible to use airships for military operations in Europe. “Will you please consider that our country is surrounded by nations own- ing thousands of military airplanes. I can’t conceive of an airship getting be- yond the frontiers of our country on & military mission without being shot downs® > : 4 ROOSEVELT AT DESK Cold Nearly Gone, President to Leave Capital Tomorrow. President Roosevelt was back at his desk in the executive office today after being away three days because of a head cold. The President said he felt much bet- | ter, although the malady had not yet disappeared entirely. He plans to leave Washington tomorrow night to spend two or three days at his home at Hyde Park, N. Y. BYRD DENOUNCES BUREAUS' WASTE Tells Students Cost of Gov- ernment Too Great to Be Borne. By the Assoclated Press. RICHMOND, Va, May 28.—Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia told Univer- sity of Richmond students today “that CHANGES ADVISED INWAGE-HOURBILL Fitzgerald Asks Tighter Pro- | visions Regarding Ap- prentice Labor. BY JOHN C. HENRY. New cross-currents of support, oppo- sition and projected alterations were swirling around the administration wage-and-hour bill today as House and Senate leaders continued prepa- rations for opening hearings on the measure next week From within the House Labor Com- mittee, which will handle the legisla- tion on that side. came word from Representative Fitzgerald, Democrat, of Connecticut that he will lead a fight for tighter provisions with re-| gard to use of apprentice labor and against the imposition of higher wage-and-hour standards in the North than in the South. In its present form, the bill allows the proposed labor standards board discretion in both issues, specifying, there exists at Washington the most | | wasteful and bureaucratic form of | | government that has ever been known | | in our history.” | Byrd, speaking at the university | convocation, said that “witih the ex- | | tended operations of the Federal Gov- | ernment, some of which may be bene- | ficlent and desirable, the cost of these | | numerous bureaucratic machines of | | duplicated activities is too great to| | be borne.” | | “They are rapidly becoming Frank- ensteins—the contrivances of ingeni- | ous idealistic theorists—that may grow i 80 powerful as to destroy the right of citizens to liberty, life and happiness,” | he said. | Can Rarely be Dismantled. bureaucratic machines, once estab- | lished and made operative, can rarely | be dismantled.” Byrd, chairman of a Senate com- mittee on governmental reorganiza- tion, said he made his statements | after “investigating for months the | ment.” “The danger is that in meeting and overcoming one crisis we must not create another one,” he warned. “Government must operate its af- | fairs with machinery of administra- | tion as simple and effective as private business would provide,” Byrd said. “One Government —the Federal Government—should no more be given all power than one business establish- ment should be allowed a monopoly. Relief must be afforded, but economic servitude to government should not be necessary to provide it.” Integrity of Supreme Court. Touching briefly on the proposed Supreme Court reorganization, Byrd said “the courage, capacity and integ- rity of the Supreme Court of the United States had been demonstrated | under many trials and tests. * * * It would be a national calamity were public faith to decline in its honesty and independence of judgment.” He urged protection of the Nation's steps can be taken to place the Federal go basis beginning the first of next off our indebtedness.” “The Federal Government can con- tinue the activities that are desirable and necessary,” he said. “Hundreds of millions of dollars can be saved by retrenchment and consolidations of departments and agencies. The. relief should be locally administered and the Federal Government should no: contribute more than one-half the total expense.” 1S Had Disagreeable Task. Byrd sald it was “a disagreeable task for me when I publicly asked that a $1,500,000 resettlement alloca- tion in my own community be salvaged. “I did so, however, because of my bellef that the money was wastefully expended and because I believe that economy, if effective, must begin at home,” he added. “So long as public officials and citizens generally demand expendi- tures of Federal money in their own communities we will be unable to re- duce the distribution of Federal money.” — JUDGE DOOMS DOG Boy Loses Plea for Pet Which Nipped ‘Mm DENVER, May 28 (#).—Municipal Judge Phillip B. Gilliam sentenced Curley, a water sparfiel, to die June 7 after Carl Eskildson testified yester- day the dog had nipped him on the right calf. Ferm Armento, 15, fearfully pro- tested bis r ‘was not vicious, | “This 1s probable because the great | | operations of the Federal Govern- | credit through curbing expenditures | and reduction of the public debt, and | said he was “convinced that definite | Government on a strictly pay-as-you- | July, and then we should begin to pay | for instance, that its regulations may provide for employment of appren- | tices and learners at lower wages than the industry standard Ab-‘ sence of some provision establishing a definite ratio of such' learners, Pitz- gerald claims, leaves a loophole for chiseling and exploiting. A bill which would make the Federal Committee on Apprentice Training & pemmanent agency and place it under | the Labor Department was reported out yesterday by the House stor] Committee. The agency, as at present, | | would encourage the setting up of uni- | form standards of apprentice training in all States and would serve to bring industry and labor together in a program to train skilled workers on a | sound and responsible basis. ! Sponsored by Fitzgerald in the | House, the same measure has been in- | troduced in the Senate by Senator La Follette, Progressive, of Wisconsin. Along with Fitzgerald's plan to tighten the proposed legislation was | another indicated yesterday by Chair- | man Connery of the House Labor Com- | mittee, who disclosed receipt of numer- ous complaints about sweatshop con- ditions in small industrial establish- | ments, accompanied by proposals that | the law should be made applicable to | employers of eight or even fewer persons. Originally, the bill specified that those employing fewer than 15 would be exempt, but this figure was elim- inated at the last minute and none substituted. These and other possible changes in the legislation were discussed yes- terday noon at a conference between Connery, Senator Black, Senate spon- sor, and Ben Cohen, administration brain-truster who is credited with pre- paring the draft of the measure as | Ainally introduced. | As those guiding the legislation | made their plans, a note of determined opposition from within the admin- istration party was sounded today by Senator King of Utah. declared the pending bill is “worse.” “It goes too far and infringes on the rights of the States,” he said. “It commits absolute power to a govern- mental bureau to determine wages and | hours. It is in harmony with the plan instituted in Italy by Mussolini to bring all labor under one head.” Continuing the campaign for public | support initiated by Senator Black on Wednesday night, Representative Connery last night spoke over a na- tional radio network in behalf of the legislation. The purpose of the measure, he de- clared, “is to require by legislation those conditions of employment which | most of our employers contend they would like to see in force if and when they are freed from the competition of the industrial chiselers and the | competition of the products of As.atic coolies and other workers who are paid | wages so low that they would not be tolerated even by our American indus- trial chiselers.” Emphasising that the legislation seeks to establish only & minimum wage, Connery continued, “it is labor's Job, by collective bargaining, by their right to organize, to see to it that the workers get a decent living wage.” On the question of hours, the House chairman said he favored a range from 30 to 40 hours per week in different industries. PLEADS NOT GUILTY Samuel B. Snider, 806 North Capi- tol street, pleaded not guilty to three short-weight charges when arraigiied before Police Judge Walter J. Casey today. He was released under $300 bond pending a jury trial. One-time foe of the N. R. A., King | The charges, filed by Weight In- spector Charles F'. Applegats, involved the purchase of chickens and other meat. ‘ SHUTE'S 71 LEADS. HINES INP. €. A, Cooper Ahead of Manero at Turn—Laffoon Tops TOMLINSON CASE 1S SENT 10 JURY Lawyer Accused of Planning and Directing Robbery of Tailor. The District Court robbery trial of J. William Tomlinson, well-known lawyer, went to the jury at 12:20 p.m. today after four and a half days of trial, Conviction might carry a max prison term of 15 yea Tomlinson and Philip John Pratt, colored, are charged by the Government with rob= bing Sam Siratonis, proprietor of a tailor shop at 3003 Fourteenth street, of $785 last August 18. Pratt was tried jointly with the lawyer Tomlinson is best known in V 1 ington for his work as counsel for Gaston B. Means during Means' trial here in connection with the Lindbergh baby kidnaping hoax Government’s Charge. The theory of the Government s is that he planned and robbery, although not actually preser.s at the scene of the crime. Final argument to the jury or half of Tomlinson was made by C Defense Counsel James A who staked the entire case on and the alleged lack of credibilits two colored witnesses who implicateq Tomlinson. Assist: United S Attorreys Samuel Beach Charles B. Murray told the jury alibi was not entitled to belief Continuing court far pa. time for adjo Dickinson Letts yesterday dis § all testimony to be offered. He determined to end the trial tod: the jurors would not have to retu after the holiday week end Cross-examination of To Assistant United States Attomey Beach late yesterday elicited stat ments that the defendant disc his telephone and gave up prior to the date of the robbery, Tells of Meeting Pratt. Admitting he knew Pratt, T said he met him through Pratt's ployer, who wa: gang running ill ington from New Jersey imum Byron Nelson. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH FIELD CLUB, Aspinwall, Pa., M; 28.—Slender | Denny Shute, defending title holder from Boston, gathered a 3-hole ad- | vantage over handsome Jimmy Hines, | Garden City, N. Y., in the first r d | of their 36-hole quarter-final match in the Professional Golfers' Associa- | tion championship todav. | Shute shot a subpar 71 that should | have been a 69. He missed putts of 2 and 4 feet on the 12th and 14th. | But while kicking away the little ones, | he holed the long putts. He got dowr i putts of 13, 18, 10 and 7 feet for birdies. Wild drives cost Hines two holes. He had 74 | After a hard rain delayed the start for 45 minutes a bright sun came out It was very hot and the players were puffing laboriously as they climbed the long hill to the home hole. Cooper Catches Manero. Harry Cooper, Chicago, rallied on the last six holes to overtake Tony Manero, Peabody, Mass., and grab a two-hole lead at 18. Cooper matched par on the second nine, picked up three straight holes starting at 13, and knocked in an 18- footer on the last hole for a birdie 3. Manero held a one-hole advantage at the quarter pole. Three down through the eleventh. Ky Laffoon of Chicago shot the last seven holes in perfect par to catch young Byron Nelson, Reading, Pa., and faced the final round all square. Nelson's par figures won four, where Laffoon was trapped, and eight when Ky underclubbed his approach. Byron exploded from the sand 1 foot from the cup for his par on eight Nelson, out... -= 545 354 44438 Laffoon, out_ -- 545 454 454—40 Laffoon drove out of bounds to lose eleven, but dropped a 25-footer for a birdie 4 at twelve and won thirteen when Nelson missed a 2-foot putt. He 1aid his approach 5 feet away and sank the putt for a birdie 3 at eighteen, to become even. Nelson, in_ Laffoon, in 474 435 353—38—177 Harold “Jug” McSpaden, Winches- ter, Mass., finished the first 18 holes 2 up on Henry Picard of Hershey, Pa. McSpaden shot a par 72 for the second best medal-score performance of the morning. Picard lost No. 1 when trapped, but coaxed in a 6-footer for a deuce on four. Luck was with McSpaden on five, where an overplayed approach bounded from a bank back on the carpet, and he stroked a 20-footer in for a birdie 4. He three-putted six, but holed an 8-foot putt for a birdie 3 on seven. A 20-foot putt dropped for Picard on eight and they moved to the second nine even McSpaden, out 445 344 355—37 Picard, out 545 253 445—37 Play was delayed 45 minutes until heavy showe- subsided. ‘The players were directed to lift any buried shots because of the soft- ness of the greens and fairways. Shute Leading. A missed iron shot cost Hines the first, but he won No. 2 when Shute was trapped, and was home in two blows for a birdie 4 at the third to g0 ahead. Denny sank one from 13 feet for a deuce on 4 and his par took the fifth as Hines three-putted for a 6. Denny was in sand on 8, but went one up by drilling in an 18- footer for a birdie 3 at nine. Par out___ -445 353 444—36 Shute out - -455 253 453-—-36 Hines out. 544 363 444—37 Finishing strong, Denny turned the half-way point 3 up on his par 4 and won 10 where Hines was in the rough. Shute missed a 2-footer that would have won 12 and then failed to get down one from 4 feet and lost 14. But he rammed in 10 and 7 foot putts for birdies on 16 and 17. Par—In_ - 445 435 344—36—72 Shute—In 445 445 234—35—71 Hines—In _ - 545 435 344—37—T4 Manero Off Fast. Manero was off to a fast start, drop- ping 6-foot putts on 2 and 3 for birdies. Cooper got one hole back at 8 where Tony was in sand and turned turned the quarter-pole 1 down. Cooper out -545 353 444—37 Manero out -53¢ 353 454—36 Manero los ree straight holes starting at 13, where Cooper sank a 20-footer for a birdie 3. Tony was trapped at 14 and three-putted 15. Harry dubbed a 2-foot putt at 17, but stroked in one from 18 feet for a birdie 3 at 18 to become 2 up. Cooper—In .... 455 335 353—36—73 Manero—In ... 455 446 344—39—75 ‘The weather became very hot as a burning sun popped out after the rain had ceased. 455 535 a { .} | represented the colored m suit arising out of an aut dent and later called at street northeast, as attorney brother, Maurice Pratt charged with a traffic offer Du that period in response to quest he received a from clients at Chase home. “Why did night?” “Becaus the defendant re He said he spen the Fairfax Hotel Walter Smallwo, colored men both Pratt and Smal duced to him by th Lawyer's Wife Testifies. Mrs. Joscphine B. Tom of the defendant. was one of principal witnesses relied on to ese | tablish his alibi. She referred to & little green diary to fix dates in ane | swer to q Recalled to the stand clear up a few ambiguit { linson burst into tears when asked what she had written her diary on August 23, tHe day her husband was arrested at their home. She said she | had made no entry Tomlinson testified he accompanied | his wife to work the morning the | robbery was committed and then went to the Woodward Building office of | Mrs. Sadie A. Gentry, notary public, where he remained until nearly 11 am. From that time until noon, he | said, he was in the office of an in= | surance adjuster in the same build- | ing. Then he had lunch with the ad- juster and later played bridge at the | Fairfax. | Pratt said he was at home at the ‘ time of the robbery. vesterday to SO 17 RECEIVE DIPLOMAS FROM NATIONAL PARK Svecial Dispatch to The Star. FOREST GLEN, Md, May 28— Graduation exercises of the prepars |atory department of National Park Seminary were held in the chapel hera Wednesday. A class of 17 received | diplomas. | The commencement address was | given by Rev. Raphael H. Miller of | the National City Christian Church, iWashmgtnn. Rev. Joseph T. Kennedy of St. John's Church, Forest Glen, |gave the invocation |~ Presentation of certificates was mads by Elizabeth Crawford Heylmun, dean {of instruction. The program also ine cluded organ selections and a song by Nancy Lee Colton. | Honor students were Cora Lee Aron= stam of New York, first; Ruth Wheary of Wisconsin, second, and Martha Sloan of New York, third. Honorable mention was given Lillian Hill, New Jersey, and Isabel Davis, New York Jean Owens of New York is presie dent of the class and Jane Wiggins of Michigan is vice president. INQUEST IN SLAYING OF WOMAN PLANNED By the Assoclated Press. ORANGEBURG, S. C, May 28— Solicitor A. J. Hydrick said last night an inquest into the slaying of Mrs. Alice Holman Boltin, 25, would prob- ably be held today. The young woman's partly-clothed body was found on her bed room floor Monday afternoon, a bullet wound in her head, and officers detained her husband, Doyle Boltin, a bakery em= ploye, for questioning. Sheriff George L. Reed said a pis- tol was found near the body, and torn bits of undergarments were scat- tered about the room, indicating = struggle with her slayer. Congress in Brief TODAY. Routine business in Senate and House. House Agriculture Committee hears Secretary Wallace on new farm proe gram. House Interstate Commerce Come mittee considers putting commercial | airlines under Interstate Commerce > Commission. ‘TOMORROW. Neither house in session. »