Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Generally fair and continued warm today and tomorrow, except possibility of local afternoon thundershower; wind: Temperatures yest l;‘ul! light terday—High- at 2 pm,; lowest, 78, at 5 a.m. report on Page A-6. (#) Means Associated Press. o. 1,686—No. 34,039. Entered as second class post office, Washington, D. he GTON, D. C, > McCARRAN WARS ON COURT BILL, DEFYING FARLEY B3 | Holds Opposition to Plan “Death | - Warrant.” ! | | BITTERNESS GROWS IN WEEK’S DEBATE Administration Claims It | Has Enough Votes to Win, BACKGROUND— For five months Congress has been confronted with proposal of President Roosevelt to inject new blood into the Supreme Court by increasing its personnel. The Sen- ate Judiciary Committee reported adversely on the legislation, and the Senate itself now has embarked on bitter debate that threatens a long run. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. A week of battle—lacking one day— | in the Senate over President Roose- velt's proposals to increase the mem- bership of the Supreme Court, ending yesterday afternoon, served, at least to increase the bitterness and tension among the members of the Upper House. | The attack on the compromise court bill, which the administration has | accepted in lien of the President's original demand for six new justices of the Supreme Court, was carried on yesterday by Senator McCarran, | Democrat, of Nevada | McCarran told the Senate in Ffl(‘(‘l; that he would rather go down to | defeat for re-election than to | coerced by “Jim" Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Commit- tee, into supporting a measure which | he believed would undermine the | Nation. “I do not think the time has come,” ! #aid McCarran, “notwithstanding the | fact that I belong to a party with a great dominance and a great popular ! power here in this body, I do not | believe the time has come when mem- | bers of our own party dare cast us | off and say: ‘Because you exercise | | the judgement God Almighty gave you, therefore you are about to be | read out of the Democratic party.’ " Calls on Workers. Always recognized as a friend of | labor, McCarran called on the workers | of the country to “come to us now, for tomorrow it may be too late.” “Stop this fire at its inception,” he eontinued. “If it had been stopped in Germany, labor would have the right to organize there today.” During this first week of debate on the court bill, only six Senators de- livered addresses, despite the fact | the court bill was kept constantly before the Senate. Four spoke in support of the bill, Majority Leader | Robinson, Guffey of Pennsylvania, ‘ Logan of Kentucky and Minton of | Indiana. Those who opposed the | measure were Wheeler of Montana and McCarran. Wheeler is the floor | leader of the opposition. Tomorrow | the opponents will continue the debate, | With either Senator Bailey of North | Carolina or Senator O'Mahoney of | Wyoming taking the floor. Only Democrats so far have taken | part as leading speakers in this con- | test, emphasizing the schism which the court bill has made in the ranks of the party. Republican Senators op- posing the bill may not get under steam before the end of the coming week. Senator Borah of Idaho, a member of the Judiciary Committee, | may be the first to speak on the Re- | publican side of the chamber. Republicans Are Quiet. The brickbats have flown—and | #ome have landed—among the Senate Democrats, up to date, while the Re- | publicans have looked on with only | an occasional question. The effort of | the administration forces has been | to prove that the Democrats oppos- Ing the bill have run out on the| President—to whom they owe in large | part their election to the Senate. “If you don’t vote for this bill you Wwill | break the President's heart,” was the plaint of Senator Logan. This attitude on the part of the ad- ministration forces has made the op- position see red. They have not hesi- tated to read to the Senate state- ments attributed to the President him- self that there was no intention— before the last election—of tamper- ing with the Supreme Court. They have referred again and again to the Democratic platform of 1936, which contained no reference to an increase {n the court membership. Now that the debate really has be- &un on the court issue, both sides are eagerly awaiting the reaction of the country to the so-called compromise bill. This compromise was whipped into shape after the President had been informed there was no chance ‘whatever of putting the original court bill through the Senate. It was whip- ped into shape by Senator Robinson, NINE KILLED, 30 HURT IN FRENCH WRECK Two Trains Collide in Yards at Le Mans as Leading One Slows for a Switch. By the Associated Press. LE MANS, France, July 10.—Nine persons were killed tonight, railroad officials said, when two trains collided in the yards of this city. Between 25 and 30 persons were in- Jured, several gravely. The accident occurred when a train leaving Le Mans for Rennes, directly ‘west, overtook a train bound for Mezi- don, to the north, as the latter was slowed down for & awitch. ‘Two ears at the rear of the Mezidon train were crushed. | Troop trains carrying units of Japan's | and Japanese forces | pitter, | & precarious 36-hour truce. | them at 7:20 p.m. Saturday. SENATOR McCARRAN. —Harris-Ewing Photo. JAPANESE TROOPS. REPORTED SHFTED Manchuria Units Said to Be on Way in North China Trouble. BACKGROUND— Japan has carried on continuous penetration — economic, political and military—of North China since conquest of Manchuria in 1931-32. Tokio was instrumental in setting up a semi-autonomous regime for North China Latest crisis occurred Wednes- day, when Japanese and Chinese troops clashed on the Yungting River mear Peiping. Truce was concluded Friday. but broken Sat- urday. 4 Br the Associatec Press. PEIPING, July 11 (Sunday). powerful Manchurian Army were re- ! ported rglling toward the North China trouble zone today as Chinese resumed their intermittent warfare. They clashed again yesterday and last night along the Yungting River | about 10 miles west of Peiping, ending Although fighting ceased shortly before midnight | it was expected to be resumed at day- break. | ‘The Japanese asserted they won the opening combat of the renewed con- flict, capturing Lungwangmiao (Tem- | ple of the Dragon King on the east | side of the Yungting River about half a mile north of Marco Polo Bridge. Conflict Began Wednesday. It was near this beautiful 90()-!00[I marble span that the original con- | flict began Wednesday night, when | units of Japan's North China gar-| rison on night maneuvers clashed with | soldiers of the Chinese 29th Army. | The fir phase was ended by an armistice Frid: by which the Jav-| anese withdrew to the east of the| Yungting and the Chinese to the west. | Japanese declared the Chines2 along the Yungting opened fire on The Jap- anese took up the challenge and seized | Lungwangmaio after two hours’ brisk | fighting. They said their casualties were heavier than in the earlier phase of the conflict, in which they lost 10 killed and 22 wounded. Chinese charged the Japanese had broken the truce several hours previ- ously, when they sent 600 soldiers with tanks, machine guns and fleld pieces from Fengtai to the Yungting area, where they attacked the walled village of Wanpinghsien. Important Rail Junction. Fengtai is an important railway junction about halfway between Peip- ing and Yungting. The Japanese had withdrawn most of their men there after the Friday truce. There were Japanese reports of & fresh armistice early today, but the Chinese merely said they were trying to “halt the fighting by negotiation.” Reports, which conflicted in many details, indicated several local clashes followed the return of the Japanese from Fengtai to the river shortly after noon Saturday. LEXINGTON SPEEDS 10 EARHART HUNT AS HOPES DWINDLE 300 Airmen to Make “Last Chance” Survey of Pa- cific Area. LONG VIGIL NEAR RADIO ABANDONED BY PUTNAM Arranges to Continue Receiving Reports at His Southern California Home. BACKGROUND— Amelia Earhart and Fred Noo- nan, attempting most dificult leg of aviatriz’s round-the-world flight —from New Guinea to Howland Island—disappeared nine days ago after receipt of message that they had half hour's supply of gas left and no land in sight. Widespread search of South Pa- cific has enlisted aid of United States Navy. U. S. S. Colorado rushed to scene with planes and aircrajt carrier Lexington was later dispatched with fleet of more than 60 planes. BULLETIN, HONOLULU, July 10 (®.— Planes of the battleship Colorado completed their search of the Phoenix Islands tonight without sighting a trace of Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Frederick J. Noonan. The three catapulted aircraft, after a fruitless morning flight, this afternoon explored Canton Island, largest of the Phoenix Archipelago to the south of How- land Island, with results equally as discouraging. By the Assoclated Pres HONOLULU, July 10.—Holding lit- tle hope for rescue of Amelia Ear- hart, Navy flyers from the battleship Colorado scanneq the Phoenix Islands today while the Aircraft Carrier Lex- ington with 300 aviators hurried on for a “last-chance” survey of the South Pacific area where she disap- peared eight days ago. Without clues and virtually with- out hope that aviation's first lady and her navigator, Frederick J. Noonan, would be found, the Colorado's air- men pointed their three catapult planes toward the main Phoenix group, tiny bits of land. . Naval searchers expressed the opin- | ion today's survey would exhaust the best chances¥for a rescue. They said the hunt probably would turn to open water southeast of Howland tomor- row. The Lexington planned to reach the search area by Monday morning and naval authorities said she might un- leash her entire brood of 62 fighting planes at once. Swift Conclusion Expected, Capable of covering 60,000 square miles daily, this great air armada was expected to bring the hunt to a swift conclusion. The Lexington reduced its speed to 18 knots to conserve fuel. The car- rier's brood of airplanes was fueled and on the line awaiting take-off. All possibilities to determine and cover the area are being worked out by the fiyers. Plans have been until Monday. George Palmer Putnham, husband left incomplete of the missing aviatrix, arranged to quit his long vigil beside Coast Guard naval radio operators in San Fran- cisco and leave for his North Holly- wood home. Putnam said he had not given up | hope for the world girdlers who dis- appeared on a flight from Lae, New Guinea, to Howland Island. “It's just that I feel there is noth- ing more that I can do here,” he said. “Miss Earhart’s mother Earhart) is at my home,” he added, “and I thought I should be with her.” He arranged with Lieut. Frank Johnson, Coast Guard communications officer in San Francisco, to continue receiving reports of the search at his Southern California home. His son, David Binney Putnam, 24, planned to accompany him southward. Broad Survey Undertaken. The Colorado’s aviators, empty- handed after three days of flying over the island group designated as the most likely place to search, undertook a broad survey of four or five small dots of reef-encircled land southeast of Howland Island. ‘The great hunt first embraced 104,- 000 square miles of sea mnorth and west of Howland, but switched to the Phoenix area on the belief of naval authorities that wind conditions and unidentified radio signals pointed to the south and east of Howland. Prize Snapshots Published In Sunday Star Competition INNING snapshots for The Sunday Star Snapshot Contest are published to- day in the rotogravure section, ‘Turn to that part of the paper and look them over for ideas that may lead to capturing a $500 class prize or the $1,000 grand prize of the $10,- 000 Newspaper National Snapshot Awards, now engaging the attention of amateur photographers all over the country. The contest will continue each Sun- day, with prize pictures appearing in the rotogravure section, until it ends September 12. The Star will give & $5 first prize for the best snapshot and a $2 award for every picture pub- lished weekly. Final winners in the four classes will receive $25 each from The Star and will be entered in the third an- nusl Newspaper Snapshot Awards competition . at s national salon in Explorers’ Hall of the National Geo- graphic Society in Washington in No- vember, to be judged with other pic- tures entered by participating news- papers from coast ‘to coast. Every one may compete except com- mercial photographers and employes of The Star. Pictures entered must have been made since May 15, but there are no restrictions about where they are taken. Contestants may enter as many snapshots as they wish, and they are asked to send only prints, not nega- tives. But be sure to save your nega- tives, because you will be asked for them if your work is entered for the national awards. For the final judging, pictures will be divided into four classes, covering the types of subjects that may be photographed. These classes are: 1. Children and babies~—Any picture (Bee ENAPSHOTS, Page A-12.) 3 (Mrs. Amy | v WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION SUNDAY MORNI , JULY 11, » CHIEF, I CANT DO A THING WITH THIS ONE --- IT'S LIKE TRYING To CooL OFF A VOLCANO! ¢ | Star 1937—102 PAGES. MIRROR IS USED 10 SLAY WOMAN Newark Hotel Murder Linked by Police to 0’Connell Kidnap Case. BULLETIN. NEWARK, N. J, July 10 (P).— ‘The victim of a hotel room mur- der tonight was identified by police as Mrs, Al Handel, wife of a Gov- ernment witness in the Federal trial in connection with the 4- vear-old kidnaping of John J. O’Connell, jr., of Albany, N. Y A man, found on the floor of the room, ill from the affects of alco- holism, according to Deputy Chief | John Haller, later identified him- | self as Handel. | By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J, July 10.—Police | | investigation of the slaying of a pretty | blond woman in a fashionable hotel | tonight led indirectly to a phase of the | | Government trial of Manning Strewl | and seven other men held on charges growing out of the kidnaping of John J. O’Connell. jr., of Albany. Deputy Police Chief John Haller said that in the clothing of a man found in the slain woman's room was found | | a receipt for a Newark traffic fine paid | | by an “Albert Handel.” Both Are Unidentified. The slaying victim, about 35 years | of age, and the man were unidentified ‘three hours after a hotel chamber- maid entered the room tonight to find | the beaten woman dead on a bed, her | companion unconscious nearby. ‘The man, who apparently had been | drinking heavily, was rushed to City | Hospital. The woman's face was bruised. She had been beaten to death with a blood- stained hand mirror found near her | bed, said Dr. Carmine Bernardinelli, assistant county medical examiner. Her nude body was partially covered by a sheet. The couple took the room two weeks ago, Haller said, registering as “Mr. | | and Mrs. Casper of Kingston, N. Y. | Police sought to establish their identity through a lease found in the man's clothing and three bank books among | the woman's effects. | The slaying was discovered at 8:40 | pm. (Eastern standard time), but Dr. (See SLAYING, Pagé A-3) | o . Gershwin Near Death in West; Baltimore Surgeon Summoned | Dr. Dandy Expected to Go by Plane to Aid of Composer. Notified by radio while cruising on Chesapeake Bay that George Ger- shwin, noted composer, was near death of a brain tumor in a Los Angeles hospital, Dr. Walter Dandy, famous Baltimore brain specialist, prepared early today to fly to New York, where, it is anticipated, he will board another plane to go to the musician’'s bedside. The first word of Gershwin’s critic illness was disclosed when the Coast ' Guard here was asked to make con- tact with Dr. Dandy, who was with Gov. Harry Nice and a party aboard the Maryland State yacht Du Pont. | The request stated that an operation might be necessary to save the com- poser’s life. Later the Associated Press was in- | formed in Los Angeles that Gershwin (See GERSHWIN, Page A-6) | GEORGE GERSHWIN. Catholic Priest Unfrocked for Faking Miracle| | By the Associated Press VATICAN CITY, July 10.—The holy | office tonight convicted Raffaele Codipietro, parish priest of Paganico Sabine, diocese of Rieti, of “sacrilege” and excommunicated him on charges of faking a miracle during a com- munion service in his church July 26, 1936. At the time of the alleged miracle, Codipietro called the attention of his congregation to what were purported to be drops of blood issuing from communion wafers, it was stated. LAST STEEL M Youngstown Executive De- clares “We Won't Sign With Anybody.” By the Assocfated Press, CLEVELAND, July 10.—Youngs- | town Sheet & Tube Co. laid plans today to reopen its strike-closed | Indiana Harbor, Ind. plants, and Republic Steel Corporation went ‘The holy office subjected the priest to a painstaking examination, the results of which were referred to Pope Pius. I Prelates said tonight's sentence out of the church and, as a civilian, sacrament. It was recalled the holy office last month instructed bishops throughout the world to correct abuses in the forms of Catholic worship and to prevent the development of such abuses in the future. U. S. Will Mount 16-Inch Guns On New 35,000-Ton Battleshipsr BACKGROUND— While the great nations of the world for years have talked peace, arms limitation has been an issue on which efforts to agree have proven fruitless. Reluctantly the United States has entered the race for supremacy. By the Assoclated Press. The United States Navy prepared yesterday to mount 16-inch rifles— the biggest and most powerful guns in the world—on its two 35,000-ton bat- tleships now under construction. A brief announcement by the State Department said that, instead of the 14 or 15 inch guns mounted on most of the world’s battleships, the new ‘Washington and North Carolina would carry nine giant rifles which would hurl 2,100-pound armor-piercing pro- Jectiles 35,000 yards (172 nautical miles). Announcement that the new men of war would carry the big guns rather than the smaller caliber type provided in the 1936 London naval treaty came after an unsuccessful diplomatic at- tempt to secure Japan's adherence to the smaller gun provision. Reject Gun Limitation, The department said the United States, maintaining its policy for re- ducing armaments, had sought pledges from Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy that they would not mount Buns of greater than 14 inches on any new warships they build. The governments have now replied, the statement said, and “unfortunate- {1y, 1t 16 established that there s act ' Decision to Use Most Powerful Armament in World Follows Failure to Get Agreement of Naval Powers to Limit Calibers. universal acceptance” of the gun limi- tation provision. The announcement mentioned no sea power by name and did not say which countries had accepted and which had rejpected the 14-inch limi- tation provision. The European pow- ers, however, let it be known at the London conference they would abide by the limitation provided Japan-- which refused to sign the pact— pledged its adherence. Prior Notice From Japan. ‘The Japanese government had previously notified the United States and other powers it would not promise not to mount 16-inch guns on the new ships it plans to build. In view of the failure to achieve the necessary unanimous adherence, the State Department’s announce- ment said, the United States “with the greatest reluctance” will mount the big, powerful guns on its new battleships. Navy officers added that the de- «cipion meant any battleships to be buill in the future would also mount 16-inch rifles. Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of naval operations, told Congress recently that it might be necessary for the United States to construct several more warships if other nations continued to increase their naval armament. The battleships are to be built at the Philadelphia and New York Navy Yards at an estimated cost of $60,~ 000,000 each and will be bigger, faster and more powerful-than any existing American warships. The Navy now bas 15 battieships, ahead with arrangements to resume | operations at Pittsburgh and Cum- berland, Md., units. B | These plants are the only steel | mills remaining idle as a result of | | meant the priest was unfrocked, cast the seven-State strike which at its | height throttled a sixth of the | will be denied the Catholic marriage Nation's steel production, and made | approximately 100,000 men mills and affiliated mines. “We will open next week at Indiana Harbor,” Vice President J. C. Arget- singer of Sheet & Tube said. “Our position is entirely unchanged. will not sign with anybody. We are obeying the law.” B. F. Handloser, general manager of Republic’s Dilworth Porter divi- sion, at Pittsburgh, said he expected “no difficulty” in reopening that plant Monday to 300 workers. In Cumberland, Md., Mayor Thomas W. Koon refused to admit C. I. O. organizers to a workers’ conference he had called with a view to reopen- ing Republic's Taylor tin plate mill. idle in TWO WITNESSES TESTIFY. Tell N. L. R. B. Trial They Were Hired as Inland Guards. CHICAGO, July 10 (#).—Two Wijt. nesses testified today before a tional Labor Relations Board trial examiner that they were hired as “guards” by a detective agency and were told they would be called for duty at the Inland Steel Co. plant in East Chicago, Ind. The witnesses, John Chesko, (See STEEL, Page A-t 30, and ) If “mother will pay,” as Edgar Garret Le Rouge says, her son’s pas- sion for sight-seeing may cost her a pretty penny. ‘The 18-year-old New York youth was arrested here yesterday after he allegedly skipped a $129 sight-seeing bill and & $76 hotel bill, apparently by climbing out a fourth-floor win- down and down a rope. ” Edgar left the debts behind him at the Raleigh Hotel, police were told. He also is charged with taking a $25 hotel radio along with his baggage. The youth registered at the Raleigh Tuesday. It was said he visited all the sights of the Capital and some out-of-town ones in addition, includ- ing & few at Baltimore and Annapolis. On Priday, police were told, the mansgement presented quite & Dbill - ¥ Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos Sunday Morning and Every Afternoon. FIVE CENTS ‘lTHX CENTS N URBS | FLSEWHERE ROPER SAYS PILOTS MUST USE AIRPORT ON OWN JUDGMENT Reply to Airline Flyers Warns They Land Here on Own “Responsibility.” PUBLICATION OF D.C. SITE REPORT IS BLOCKED But Advisory Committee's Propo- sals May Be Made Public by House Tomorrow. BACKGROUND— Eleven years ago there began a Nght to provide for Washington an adequate air transport terminal. Many congressional committees and commissions have coped with the prodlem of a site and failed. While Government held hearings, private interests developed Washington Airport. Strangled by obstacles, Washington Airport has been out- grown by modern, high-speed air- liners. Pilots on Thursday delivered an ultimatum—-Give us a safe place to land within 60 days or we stop flying here.” With publication of the long- awaited report of the District Airport Commission blocked at the Capitol by the Supreme Court bill debate in LL§ WILL BE REOPENED, We | | the Senate and recess of the House, Secretary of Commerce Roper late yesterday issued warning that land- |1ngs and take-offs at Washington | Airport during the next 60 days *“must remain a responsibility” of individual airline pilots. Roper's warning was contained in a formal statement made in reply to | an ultimatum of air transport pilots | that unless adequate airport facilities | are provided in Washington, they will | refuse to operate new high-speed transport airplanes here. They al- lowed a period of 60 days for com- pliance with their demands for im- provement of safety standards. Second Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral Harllee Branch, in charge of air- mail, said late yesterday that the Post Office Department “is very much worried” over conditions at Washing- ton Airport in view of steadily increas- ing airplane speed, size and the num- ber of schedules operated daily. The department, he said, is ready to establish airmail service between ‘Washington and Buffalo, the first phase of ‘“capital-to-capital” service between the United States and Can- | ada, which will add further to the existing airport congestion here. Report Is Filed. The Airport Commission’s report, containing recommendations for a site or sites and was filed yesterday aft- ernoon with the presiding officer of the Senate, Senator Pittman, and the of- fice of the Speaker. A copy- also was sent to the White House. Senator Pittman held that he did not have authority tc make the re- port public without approval of the Senate, under the law creating the commission. Senator King of Utah, chairman of the commission, tried to obtain per- mission of the Senate to publish the report under unanimous consent, but was blocked by objection of Minority | Leader McNary of Oregon because of | the rigid rules governing Senate ac- | tion during its consideration of the | Supreme Court bill. | In the House the report was locked | up in the office of the Speaker await- | ing convening of the House tomorrow. | It was thought likely the report will | be made public tomorrow afternoon. Secretary Roper in his reply to the | airiine pilots’ ultimatum said the | Bureau of Air Commerce “has long been aware of the deficiencies of the ‘Washington-Hoover Airport and has been instrumental in increasing its factors of safety.” Bureau Has Made Studies. The Secretary of Commerce, it was explained, “has full authority to con- trol all of the interstate operations of the scheduled airlines and this control etxends to the type of operation con- ducted by such airline to and from any airport or landing area within the United States.” ‘The Secretary determines upon ap- plication of airlines whether or not use and operation of a given airport is a safe one and can approve or dis- approve the company’s application for operation to and from any airport base. “In the case of the Washington- Hoover Airport and the two airlines there it has long been an operating (See AIRPORT, Page A-11.) Actor Receives Broken Rib. HOLLYWOOD, July 10 (#).—Actor Errol Flynn received a broken rib to- day in a boxing scene of a picture. Jack Roper, professional pugilist, de- livered the blow. Studio physicians said Flynn may return to work Mon- day. ‘Mother Will Pay,’ Says Youth, Held After Hotel Bills Pile Up for all this, in addition to his room and other incidentals. Edgar was said to have replied that “mother will pay.” Yesterday morning the man- agement found Edgar's room empty, and a rope dangling from the open window. A description was broadcast to the hotels. During the afternoon, police said, Edgar appeared at the Shoreham Hotel, registering as “Robert Harri- son.” He explained, it was said, that “mother will pay.” Headquarters - Detective Herbert Wannamaker of the check and fraud squad was notified. He arrested Edgar and police are holding him, charged with theft of the radio. pend on the ability of Edgar's mother to pay. He gave a New York address on West Ninety-fifth street. ) Additional charges seemed to de-l THOIN CAPTTAL DE AS NATION'S HEAT CLAIMS 130 LIVES | Temperature Here Climbs to 95.4 at 5 P.M.—No Relief in Sight. WOMAN AND YOUTH ARE LOCAL VICTIMS Samuel Williams, 18, Drowned. Several Prostrated Are Treated at Hospitals, Temperatures, 83 85 89 Swelling the national death toll to 150, the protracted heat wave cone tinued to blanket much of the coun- try yesterday while Wasiington counted two more deaths and a scors | of prostration cases and faced a con- tinuation of high temperature and excessive heat at least until Tuesday. | The hottest day of the year was re- | corded here as the thermometer went | 10954 at 5 pm. and dropped by slow | degrees after sundown. It still regis- | tered 83 at 10 pm. Combining with the heat to make Washington suffer, | the humidity stood at 66 at 7:30 pm. Legions of city dwellers throughout | the swelter belt of the country hur- ried to resorts, picnic groves, rivers, | lakes and the ocean. Many thousands | of those left behind crowded parks— many to spend the night under the stars | Meteorologists said condensation of rising air, warm and moist, might | cause local thundershowers at many points, but they would bring little re- lief to the 90 to 100 degrees burning a wide belt from the Western plains to the Atlantic seaboard Forecasters saw the possibility of thundershowers in the vicinity of New | York City and the Southern portions | of Tilinois, Missouria and Indiana, Northwestern Minnesota and South- Eastern Kansas. But they said un- seasonably high temperatures would inue in most sections. They pointed out the most severs heat wave of 1937 was following a tmy i blazed by a similar siege in 1936, | Both began July 7 | Last year the spell lasted eizht dave. It came during the devastating drought. This Summer—by contrast —farmers expect a bountfiul har No Relief in Sight. In Washington, Forecaster Charles L. Mitchell saw no relief in sight for perhaps several days. Generally fair and continued warm was the forecast for today and tomorrow, except for the possibility of local thunder showers in the afternoon | While the mercury was climbing toward its peak yesterday, Samuel D. Williams, 18, of 1120 New Jersey aves nue southeast, drowned in the Wash- ington Channei, where he had gone swimming to escape the blazing sun. Later, Mrs. Lillie Mae Walker, 63, of the 1600 block of Hobart street, collapsed from the heat and died be- | fore medical aid could be obtained Dr. Frederick O. Roman, who was summoned, found she had died of a heart attack, induced by the heat. Mrs. Walker had been found uncon- lying on a divan in her living v John L. Johnson, a roomer Collapses While Swimming. Williams collapsed while swimming in the channel. Raymond Elliott, 44 of 1341 Fourth street southeast, an unemployed chauffeur, and Richard | E. Fisher, 22, went to his aid and dragged him out. They worked des- | perately over the unconscious youth while a fourth precinct patrol wagon | sped to the scene. The youtm was | carried to Providence Hospital, but | efforts of rescue squad workers failed. | Williams died shortly after 4 p.m. | William McQueen, 26, colored, of the first block of Florida avenue, fell | through the show window of a furni- ture store at Seventh and D streets | and was treated at Casualty Hospital (See WEATHER, Page A- ) 'CHARGE HOUSE BUILT " WITH STOLEN GOODS Police Claim Laborer on G. P. 0. Annex Used U. S. Materials in Own Dwelling. Police said last night they had proof that a colored laborer employed on the Government Printing Office annex | built at least part of the five-room house he is finishing at Third and C streets northeast of material stolen from the Federal project. ‘The house is completed except for the porch and a few interior trim- mings, police say, and its excellent con- struction prevented them from colleat- | ing much in the way of evidence except | & few left-overs. Frank F. Harley, 30, of the 800 block of Thirteenth street northeast was | arrested yesterday and held for in- | vestigation. Police seized a quantity | of planking, ceiling paper and insula- tion material found on the premises of the new dwelling. The officers said Federal contractors identified the parts | as having been stolen from the annex | site. Police said Harley had been epm- ! ployed on the annex at North Capitol and G streets for nine months. He is said to own the lot on which the new | house has been built. Police said they would investigate further in an effort to learn if the entire house was built of stolen material. | Radio i’rogrlm, Page F-3, Complote Index, Page A-2. L)