Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1937, Page 3

GUARDSMENAWAIT GUESTS TOMORROW Friends and Relatives Are Expected—Field Inspec- tion Held Today. Y ROBERT A. ERWIN, 81afr Correspondent of The Star. CAMP ALBERT C. RITCHIE, Cas- eade, Md., August 14.—With a full week of camp life and military train- ing behind them, the District's Na- tional Guardsmen today assembled on the parade ground in the shadow of High Rock Mountain to pass field inspection and muster before their officers. Inspection extended over the early morning hours, including the military bearing, clothing and equipment of the men and their quarters. This was foliowed by muster, during which the names of the entire Guard were en- | tered for the encampment pay rnll.! A regimenial review concluded the | morning program | The troopers passed before their | commanding officer, Col. John W. ©Oehmann, head of the 121st Engineers and of the District Guard; Maj. Wil- liam T. Roy, special troops; Malj. Fletcher F. Bernsdorff, 104th Quarter- master Regiment, and Capt. Arthur C. Newman, Company A, 372d In-| fantry. Ready for Vis | The entire camp is prepared for| an influx of visitors tomorrow for the annual Sundav parade. Priends and relatives of officers and enlisted men, most of them from Washington, but | including also Baltimore, Norfolk and Danville. Va, and several Maryland towns, will spend most of the day in and around the camp area Col. Oehmann already has issued in- vitations to the District Commissioners, members of the Armv and Navy Union, leaders of Disirict veterans’ groups; James E. Collifiower; Edward D, Shaw, secretary of the Merchanis and Manu- facturers’ Association; Robert J. Cot- trell, executive secretary, and Edward F. Colladay, president of Board of Trade, and Ford Young. president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ As- sociation. Hazen 1o Be Guest Thursday. Commissioner Hazen is expected to be the honor guest Thursday, but | 8 number of those who have received | Invitations will be here tomorrow. i The Engineers returned to camp last night after an afternoon iour of historic Gettysburg Battlefield. They left earlv in the afternoon in an Army truck caravan, following ic Gettysburg the same route traveled by Gen. Robert E. 1ee's barefooted South- ern armies just before the battle. Maj. Ralph S. Childs commanded | the truck convoy which made six stoos | at various spois in the battleground, where lectures were delivered over the loud-speaker system. The special troops and the Quarter- master Regiment will visit Gettysburg Monday. Yesterday's convoy moved through the mountains without mishap and returned to camp at supper time. THE WEATHER l District of Columbia—Fair, con- tinued cool tonight: tomorrow, partly | cloudy, slowly rising temperatures; gentle north and northeast winds. | Maryland—Fair, continued cool to- night: tomorrow, partly cloudy. Virgini; v, continued cool to- night; tomorrow, parily cloudy, possi- | biy showers in extreme south portion. r tonight; tomor- ing temperatures. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah very muddy ai Harpers Ferry: Great Falls, muddy. Chain Bridge, muddy today Revort for Last 21 Hours. Temperature, Baromeier Yesterdav — Degrees. Inches. 0 4 m =o R pm = Midnight Today | nents on the | change their positions. | | Committee for | themselves up as “guardians” of the Actress Fights Brent Annulment Suit George Brent, screen actor, went to court yesterday at Los Angeles for trial of his suit to annul his recent Mexican marriage to Constance Worth, Australian film beauty whose real name is Jocelyn Howarth. Brent and Miss Worth, who contested the annulment action, are HE EVE shown as they appeared on the witness stand. m_:FUSET[] UIJ” ;PERMITS ARE ISSUED WAGE BILL FIGHT House Leaders Won't Con- | cede Defeat—Slim Chance i Seen This Session. By (he Associaied Press. An unprecedented impasse in the Rules Committee impelled almost | everybody but the House leadership 1o ! concede today that the administration wage-hour bill is pigeon-holed for this session. | The leaders insisted publicly they would not give up until the adjourn- | ment gavel falls in a week or 10 days. | Nevertheless, the Rules Committee— | normally considered part of the House | leadership—kept the bill bottled up de- | spite what opponents of the legisim-' tion termed “terrific pressure.” It was believed the first time in con- | gressional history that the commitiee | had blocked a major administration bill. Alternatives Rejected. One by one the alternatives for get- | ting the bill 1o the House floor for de- | baie went | persons indicated the only chance re- | by the board. Informed | maining was for at least three oppo- Rules Committee 1o Even advocates of the legislation agreed there was slim chance of this reversal Influential members. who declined to | be quoted by name, said the committee members blocking the bill might rue | their decision if A more drastic meas- | ure should be offered at the next ses- sion | “This is the mildest bill they'li get to vote for,” one member said. Many legislators, contending a sub- | stantial majority of the House favored | the Senate-approved bill, privately | criticized its opponents on the Rules | atlempting to set House, Called in Bankhead. | The group also drew the fire of | some members for calling Speaker | Bankhead before them yesterday be- Record for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon vesierdav 1o noon 10day.) Highest, 85, 1:30 p.m. yesterday. Year | ago. 92 Lowest, 66, [YINEEN Record Temoeratures This Year. Mighest, 96, on July Lowesi,' 74. on February 28, Humidity for Last 24 Honrs. (From noon yesterday to noon todss.) Highest. 98 per cent, at 10:30 p.m. Lowest per cent, at 11 a.m. Tide Tables. (Purnished be Uniied Staies Coast and Geodetic Surver.) Todav 11278 530 am. todav. Year Tomorrow Tam. | fore they would recommend & routine | | resolution to permit the leadership to suspend the House rules any time up to adjournment. This is done every year in order to pass last-minute legis- lation. | Committee members said a pledge | was exacted from the Speaker whicn precluded him from using the resolu- | | tion as a vehicle to get action on the wage-hour bill. Chairnmran Norton of the House Labor Committee already has served | notice she will attempt to wrest the bill from the Rules Commitiee by a discharge petition. This requires signatures of 218 members and could | not become effective unless Congress | | remains in session until September 13. Bun. fodax un. tomorrow oon. today 135 1" Automobile lights must be ene-half hour afier sunset. 25 om turned on Precipitation, Monhly precipitaiion in inches in the €roital rcurrent monin o date; Month Average. Record Janusry 7R3 February 0 March Aoril 2 May > R0 | June ) July August Beptember October November December Stations. L 3 | Abilene, Tex_ _ 29.92 100 Albany N_'Y Atlania, Ga Atlantic Ciry Baltimore, Md. Charleston. 8.C. | Chicago TII - C Cincinnati. Ohio : | Cleveland, ' Ohio g | Columbia, S. R | Galveston, Helena, Huron Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City | Los Angeles ¢ i | Louisville. New Orleans, L New York, N.Y. Oklahoma, Omaha. Nebr. Philadelphia Phoenix. Ariz Pittsburgh, Fa. Portland, ' Me. 0.16 Clear FOREIGN STATIONS. (7 a.m., Greenwich time. today.) Temperature. Weather. London, England 53 Paris. France Berlin, Germany__ Prest, France urich. Switzerland - Stockholm, Sweden__ Gibraltar. " Spain i ted (Noon. Greenwich time, today.) WHorta (Fayal). Azores 78 Cloudy (Current observations.) Bt. Georges, Bermuda 84 Cloudy 8an Juan 'Puerto Ries &0 Clear Havana, Cuba 7R Gloudy Canal Zone . 80 Cloudy Colon, Leaders said it would be impossible | to hold the House in session that long for a single piece of legisiation. TWO, STUNNED BY BOLT, [ SAVED FROM BARN FIRE Workmen on Neighboring Farm Drag Pair to Safety in Storm Near Berryville. Special Dispater to The Star BERRYVILLE, Va, August 14.— Stunned by the crash of & bolt of lightning, Edward Helvestine and Charles Barrett were dragged to safety by workmen from a neighbor- | ing farm a shori time before flames consumed Helvestine's barn during & | storm Thursday afternoon. | Helvestine, driven to shelter by the | storm’s approach, had just unhooked | a two-horse team when the bolt struck | the barn. One horse was killed in- stantly and the other was stunned, but was led outside and escaped serious harm Helvestine and Barrett were knocked | to the ground by the crash and were | unable to move. Employes working | in a field on a nearby farm saw the flames and rushed to their aid. | Berryville firemen responded, but were unable to save the barn because of & lack of water. Damage was estimated at $10.000. Wheat, hay, fodder, farming imple- ments and barness in the barn were | destroyed. NARCOTIC BILL SIGNED Penalties for “Repeater” Of- fenses Are Decreed. President Roosevelt yesterday signed | & bill fixing the following' penalties for “repeater” offenders against nar- cotic laws: Second offense, $5,000 or 10 years in prison, -or both; .third, $10,000 or | 20 years, or both. South Africa will launch its govern- ment physical education plan this year. FOR APARTMENT UNITS Builders to Proceed at Once With Construction of Additions to East-West Structure. Bv : B1aff Correspondent of I'he Star SILVER SPRING, Md., August 14 — Permits for the second and third units of the $1000.000 apartment house project at Sixteenth street and the East-West Highway were issued yester- | day 1o the Falkland Co., according to ! Gerald Warthan, building inspector for the eastern suburban district. | The new umits will be erected on the | southwest and northeast corners of the intersection and will cost $600,000 The completed units on the southeast corner cost approximaiely $375,000. The new project will include 301 apartments of from three to five rooms in 44 buildings, varying in size from 4 to 12 apartments in each building The buildings in the new units will follow the same architectural design as those in the completed portion. | The Falkland Co. was given permis sion to extend Sixteenth street for 120 feet north of the East-West Highway and lay & 40-foot pavement at its own expense. The construction will be done by the B. L. Jackson Co., build- ing firm. SHIP IS “ARRESTED" MONTREAL, August 14 (Canadian Press).—The motor ship Ormidale, an American vessel registered in Sturgeon Bay, Wis, is under “arrest” here as the result of an attempt by its 13 crew members to obtain $4.000 in wages | and damages Under orders of the Exchequer Court, Quebec admiralty district, copies of the warrant and writ summons have been posted on the freighter. and the collector of Lachine Canal where the Ormidale is docked, was ordered to hold the ship until further notice. AMdavits of the 13 sailors are de- posited in Exchequer Court. Plaintiffs allege their claims have not been safis- fled.>And aid of the court is required to enforce them. | ING STAR, WASHINGTON —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. RAILROAD WORKERS WILL LOSE JOBS | Illinois Central Says Move Neces- sary to Meet Higher Wage Demands. | | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 14 major railroad, the Tilinois Central announced plans Iast night to dis- charge several hundred employes and reduce purchases because of highear operating costs— principally wage in- creases given union employes. The Burlinglon Railroad has dis- closed 300 men have been laid off and others would be affected by the wage boosts, which an official estimated would cost the system $3,000,000 a year L. A Downs Another president of the Illinois Centiral sysitem. said he had notified emploves that it has become necessary to make substantial reductions in our expenses.” Downs said the 5-cent-per-hour wage increase granted recently to em- ploye members of 14 “non-operating brotherhoods would cost the railroad about $2.800,000 yearly TWO SEIZED IN RAID Men to Appear in Court Today on Lottery Charges. Two colored men. arrested yesterday on charges of operating lotieries and later released under $1.500 bond after arra.gnment before United Stale: Commissioner Nedham C. Turnage. were 10 appear in Police Court today. Seized by members of the vice squad, the men gave their names as Robert Haich, 50, of 2010 Third street, ar- | rested in a raid in the 1500 block of | Seventh street, and Marviand Banks, | 44.0f 1314 Ninth street. taken into cus- tody after a raid in the 700 block of Eighth street. 450 Snips in Haircut. In cutting an average man's A barber makes about 450 snips his scissors, declares a london ciency expert Housks W aNTED For Sale or Rent—Furnished or Unfurnished HOULD you wish to Sell or Rent your house we can be of service to you if you will list it with us. We have numerous requests for City, Suburbon and Country Properties. RANDALL H. HAC NER & COMPANY NCORPOEATED SALES RENTALS 1321 Commecticut Aoemue N.W. The Foening Sfar Rawes orfll LOANS INSURANCE Telephone: DFcarur 3600 RECEIVED HERE . Morgan Pharmacy—30th & P Sts. Is an Authorized Star Branch Office. HY make hard work out of something which w can be so easily taken care of? You con most quickly find want by using the Star you well know some one to supply that Classified Section, that so thoroughly read. It is no trouble to insert a Classified Advertise- ment in The Star. In your neighborhood you will find @ Star Branch Office, authorized to accept copy for the Classified Section. It will be promptly forwarded to oppear in the first available issue— and there is no fee for authorixed Star Branch Office service; only regular rates are charged. All authorized Star Branch Offices display the above sign, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1937. WOODWARD & LOTHROP THE MEN’S STORE —SECOND FLOOR Annual Pre-Scason &///'//g FALL | SUITS 7/ 1 and 2 Trousers $3 1.50 Save $8.50 to S13.50 on each suit. Any suits remain- ing after this event is over will be marked $40 and S435 It is 1o our advantage, and 10 the advantage of the manufacturer to keep business on as nearly an even plane as possible all vear around. This then makes a price advantage for vou on Fall merchandise during the Summer months. We realize that it takes unusual values to make men try on heavy woolen suits on hot Summer days. We believe that in this selection of Fall merchandise we really are offering you unusually fine suits at very low prices. We believe that any man that cares about saving on an average of one- third the total cost on each suit will take the time to come in and try on, and probably buy, several suits at this low price. It is merely a question of what your time is worth 10 you in dollars and cents—and how much the dollars and cents are worth in your individual budget. This selling features Woodshire Twists, Shetlands, Tweeds and Worsteds. In addition 10 the suits already men- tioned, we are showing at special price Very fine READY-MADE SUITS in imported fabrics. worsteds and Saxonies. Regularly $65 Mostly 1850 OVERCOATS, 709, are of fine fleeces; the remainder are busi- S ‘; 2'50 ness and dress coats of exceptional quality. Regularly $45_ e A small group of very fine OVERCOATS. Regularly $65_ __ 314""' T = .30 37 CUSTOM-MADE SUITS, regularly $70, are reduced to B — For Young Men About to Go to School We have suits with two pairs of trousers. Sizes . 34 to 38, ages 16 to 22 years. Regularly SI 5. 2> $18,75 i ) $22.50, $27.50 : .95 . = Wool and Corduroy Slacks. Regularly $3.50, $5_ __ sz"’ ’. SJ'!’" Prxr OLommne. 8xcoNp FLOOR.