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A—2 xxx AIR CLIPPER FLIES 0L SAILING ROUTE Takes Advantage of Tried Winds in Hop From Ber- muda to England. The trail-blazing Pan-American Clipper 111, which made two round-trip survey flights to map passenger air service betweem New York and London via Newfound- land and Ireland, is now speeding toward England over the southerly trans-Atlantic route—via Bermuda and the Azores. Completion of this hop will make the commander of the clipper, who tells here the story of his present flight, the first person to have covered by air a great circle over the Atlantic Ocean. BY HAROLD Captain, Pan-American Clipper TIT. Ofér BOARD PAN-AMERICAN CLIPPER III, EN ROUTE TO THE} AZORES, August 18 (N.AN.A) (By| wireless).—For the first time in five successive exploratory flights a(‘mss; the Atlantic Ocean to chart wind and weather conditions for the great clip- per ships that will later speed passen- gers and cargo between America and Europe on 24-hour schedules, our clipper is flying a course set by her century-old predecessors of sail Well out of Bermuda, the Pan- | American Clipper drove through the | night on the first fight projected over the southern arc of this ocean. Upon our successful landing at Southampton, England, we will have completed the first circle course over the North Atlantic, In laying out the route for this eastward flight, we chose, in preference | to the so-called direct steamer route, the broken-line tack of the old Yankee clippers, which, rounding the Ber- mudas, beat a tack due east to the 40th parallel and then coasted “down- hill” toward Fayal on their way to the African coast or the East| Indies. At the 40th parallel we were to turn north and east and fly up to the Azores. Longer by 200 miles than the “direct” course, this broken line of flight gives us full advantage of the prevailing westerlies, which, further south, become confused in the “horse latitudes” that lie just above the Doldrums, and break into a series of unforecastable wind shifts. Same Winds Utilized. The clippers of a hundred years ago | and their modern name-bearers have the winds as a common element. The most practical flying courses across the | Pacific Ocear, for instance, were found | to parallel closely not the modern | steamer lanes, but the old-time sailing | tracks of 50 and 60 years ago, along | which the Pacific clippers now ply across that 9,000 miles of ocean to the China coast. It is reasonably certain that the flying routes across the At- lantic will also parallel the old wind- jammers’ routes, shifting with the weather map and the winds that 80 | vith it. On last night's weather chart this southerly tack offered other advan-| tages—lower clouds, for most of the| distance, and fewer clouds at the| higher levels, which, on the direct course, would hinder our obtaining the sights on stars and planets by which our course is set. Neither course showed much in the way of helping winds, at any altitudes, but the clipper course offered steadiness in what three, four and five knot breezes the weather map promised. We could #ave an hour'’s flying time by follow- ing a direct line, but more hours aloft, put to useful purpose, on survey flights are actual advantages. Gas Ample for Exploring. Monday night, after our easy run over the “groove” already worn on this Atlantic stretch by the U. S, A, Ber- muda Clipper and the R. M. A. Cav- alier of Imperial Airways on their regular passenger schedules, the Pan- American Clipper was fueled for 25 hours—to provide us ample margin for exploring anything on or off the course that appeared to be of in- terest or importance. What those {tems might be we have no means of knowing beforehand. But first land- falls taken on islands after an ocean run of 2,000 miles are always worth | exploring from all angles. If the character of the Azores is not distinct, for instance, a few hours' flying toward the islands from various direc- tions, on a first approach, are worth A hundred such approaches after landmarks are definitely assigned. We expected to see little of the ocean last night, as there were clouds below us. But, up here, 2 miles ahove the sea, there was good visibility in all direc- tions except down. The moon was al- ready up and shining when the sun dropped beneath the Western cloud horizon, scarcely four hours after our departure from Hamilton Harbor, Ber- muda, at 2:21 E. S. T. yesterday after- noon. The sky, a brilliant mass of stars, was almost too brilliant for easy celestial sights. The air was so smooth in the early hours of the flight that there was no sensation of movement. First Officer De Lima shared the bridge with me, with Engineering Of- ficer Wright at his post directly be- hind. Navigation Officer Masland charted our progress. The only sounds were the ship's bell, when Masland was called to the bridge, and the click- ing of Radio Officer Robert's telegraph key as he taps out our periodic position reports back to Port Washington, Long Island, away from which we are mov- ing steadily eastward at our minimum eruising speed of 127.5 miles per hour. Ship's Clerk Thaler had his tables #et in the lounge—fresh linen, china and silver service—when we split watch for dinner, a full seven-course dinner with steak and mushrooms. (Copyright, 1937, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) GRAY, TODAY. Housing—House considers Senate- approved bill. Alr transport—Senate debates bill to place commercial air service under Interstate Commerce Commission. Tax evasion—Senate Finance Com- mittee holds hearing after approving bill to close loopholes. TOMORROW. Senate: Program uncertain, with possibility tax loophole bill will still be up, if not disposed of today. Appropriations Committee probably will meet on last deficiency bill. House: 2 ‘Will consider the contested election of Representative Jenks, Republican, of New Hampshire. Committee recom- | gaucherie. | lad ,S!GN in the court of the old De- Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. SPICH. UTTING aside more serious matters pertaining to the clever Chinese, we refer you to a story told by a gentleman who attended a dinner party in Wash- ington where many of the more scholarly and important Orientals of this city were honor guests. Young American lad at the affair took a hit too much aboard before dinner. Might have been the rice wine got him, or something. vow YA LiKka When he sat down to dinner, he} leaned across the table, stared in the face of a Chinese gentleman and said: “Say, you spikka de Inglish? The Chinese gentleman was much too polite to take exception to this He merely turned to the next him and began a con- versation. Somewhat later he was called upon to address the gathering, he being apparen the most distinguished of the company present. He arose, made a charming speech in flawless Oxonian English, bowed and sat down Then he leaned across the table, smiled at his young American friend and said gently, “How ya likka da spich?” * ok x X LITERALLY. Department of Personal Observa- tion and Advice: Never let anybody tell you it isn't literally, factually possible to sneeze your head off. Almost did it ourselves this morning. We had an attack of hay fever while getting a shave in a barber shop. * ok ok % DIAGNOSIS. THE EVENING STAR, SINK SUBS, BRITAIN ORDERS WARSHIPS Admiralty Acts to Protect Shipping Through the Mediterranean. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, August 18— Britain moved sternly today to protect her “arterial road” through the Medit- erranean with what was described as & “shoot-to-sink” order against sub- marines that molest British merchant- men. The dramatic order crackled from the admiralty radio to units of the Mediterranean fleet and to the naval bases at Gibraltar and Malta. It was interpreted in London as sure indica- tion that British patience was near the breaking point as the result of an increasing series of air and sea attacks reported in sections of the Mediterranean far from Spanish wa- ters. Strong Stand Held Necessary. “Shipping is not safe on the whole of the Mediterranean,” said one ad- miralty official. “On account of the danger zone it is imperative we should take a strong stand to insure the safety of British shipping. “Extra ships may be dispatched to the Mediterranean.” Of eight ships reporting attacks since August 6 only one was of Brit- ish registry, however, this was the oil tanked British Corporal, and it was said to have been the target of a bomb and machine gun attack by planes—not a submarine. Franco Denies Responsibility. The government protested to Span- ish insurgent authorities that the three attacking planes appeared to be Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s, Franco disclaimed responsibility. The cabinet instructed Sir Henry Chilton, British Ambassador to Spain, now at Hendaye, France, to advise the insurgent regime that Franco's reply was inacceptable. 25 MIL FROM SANTANDER. Italian Troops and German Planes | Aid Franco, By the Associated Press. HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Fron- tier, August 18.—An insurgent army | described by the Spanish government “Black | as built around the Italian Arrow” brigade and bolstered by 200 German planes, battered toward San- tander today in what may prove the JFELLOW down in Virginia wants to know just what medical science will invent next. Says a friend of his suffering from rheumatism was first advised to have his teeth out. | He did, but didn't feel much better. | Next doctor he consulted went into | |a brown study, decided to clip !hel patient's toenails for analysis. Hasn't heard from the analysis yet, but he'd like to know in advance what theur)" is back of it all. So would we. * K % x ‘WHOOPS. partment of Interior Building, | where there is a space marked off with white painted lines: “For Trucking Only.” ‘What, no big apple? * % k¥ POSSE The detectitif department of the | Roadsidé Theater reports that | Harry MacArthur, which is a cat, " has been missing more than a | fortnight. Disappearance was kept a secret until today on the theory that maybe H. M. would show up again with a few young H. Ms to show for time out. No such luck. MacArthur's last appearance was in “In Mizzoura,” when it played around atop the melodian. Was supposed to return in time to haunt “The Haunted Mill,” but no make the first curtain. A posse of catnip has been sent out on the trail. The theater management, furthermore, will pay a reward of 2 jelly beans for the return of any- thing answering to the mame of Harry MacArthur * ok ok % STARS. 'O BRING meteors down to the public level, a professor at Har- vard has classified them as commuters, dinners and milkmen. crucial campaign of Spain's civil war, Columns operating on parallel high- ways into Santander, the government's last Biscayan seaport and stronghold, were reported within 25 miles of San- tander's outskirts. Highway Curves 35 Miles. That was the distance in straight line northeast, but each unit faced the task of covering some 35 or 40 miles of curving highway, flanked by the barbed wire and concrete Ioru-l fications of Santander's defenders. The fourth day of Generalissimo Franco's big push through the sun- | scorched mountain lands brought into play vesterday large numbers of tanks, field guns and planes. Includes 200 German Planes. The Madrid-Valencia government said Franco's aerial armada included 200 German planes. This was taken to mean alrcraft manufactured in Germany. The government seemed to regard the Santander offensive as the pivotal action of the 13-month-old conflict. A communique reminded its troops in this northern battle area, as well as the whole population of government Spain, that the situation was critical because Franco had thrown the best of his war equipment and troops against Santander in an attempt to win the war there, MARCONI MEMORIAL Dickstein Urges Monument in House Resolution. Erection of & national memorial to Marconi, “inventor of ‘an apparatus for wireless telegraphy, and a man who should be remembered by all mankind,” was proposed in the House yesterday by Representative Dick- /C:‘(.’\\ owal o B G S Commuters are the shooting stars you see while on the way to work early in the morning (funny habits, these Bostonians) or returning home at twilight. Commuters are the most frequently seen and reported of shoot- g stars. Dinners are those that blaze across | the heavens while people are at dinner. They are seen only if bright enough to shine through the windows. Ob- servatories receive fewer calls about them. Milkmen fall in the early hours of the morning, when, according to the professor, only milkmen are about. Milkmen are too busy watching out for college boys who want to drive their wagons to bother reporting meteors. So are the other people out at that hour, professor. They watch the stars come tumbling down, and just write it off to experience. Never can tell what you'll see on the way home from an evening of industrious brawling. POTOMAC RIVER LINE IS SUED FOR $10,000 Alexandrian Claims Injury in Collision of Steamer 8. S. Potomac and Motor Boat. The steamer Potomac and the Po- tomac River Line, Inc., were sued for $10,000 in District Court late yester- day by Thomas R. Monroe of Alex- andria, who said he was seriously injured in July, 1936, when the ship struck a motor boat in which he was a passenger. Through Attorneys Samuel F. Beach and Stephen P. Haycock Monroe said he was on the boat Seabird when it was rammed by the Potomac near Fort Washington. He said the smaller craft belonged to James R. Harding of stein, Democrat, of New York. He in- troduced a resolution calling for the designation of an appropriate site to be set aside for such a memorial. Dickstein explained the memorial will be erected by voluntary contribu- tions. He added that a committee has been organized for this purpose in New York. Tiny Alexandria. mendation was that Jenks be unseated in favor of Roy, Democrat. No committee meetings scheduled. Prom now on any business can be ‘brought before House under suspension of rules. seized and sold if his claim is not satisfled. Admiralty actions, such as Mon- Toe’s suit, are rarely flled in this Jjurisdiction. The tiny girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hall of Silver Monroe asked that the Potomac be| Hill, Md., on Friday the 13th is shown here in her incubator at Providence Hospital. From the less than 2 pounds she weighed at birth, the baby has grown Baby Stronger WASHINGTON, [TEN HITIN BILL Bar Official Says Provision Would Enroll Lawyers as “Telltales.” By the Associated Press. An American Bar Association official told the Senate Finance Committee today a provision in the tax loophole bill would “enroll 175,000 lawyers in this country as tell-tales.” Qeorge M. Morris, chairman of the house of delegates of the bar asso- ciation, urged the committee to elim- inate a requirement that attorneys giving advice in organization of for- eign holding companies must report to the commissioner of internal rev- enue. Morris said he had no authority to speak officially for the bar association. The requirement, Morris contended, was ‘“‘naive.” He said it could be evaded easily and would *‘violate the fundamental requirement of the prac- tice of law that an attorney not be required to disclose facts given to him in his professional capacity.” In a hearing lasting less than a half hour the committee heard two other requests for amendments to the meas- ure, which it voted last night to report favorably to the Senate and expected to call up for consideration this after- noon. Holt S. McKinney, representing the Re-insurance Corp. of New York, asked that fire insurance companies be spe- cifically excluded from the definition of personal holding companies. The proposal is designed to prevent use of personal holding companies as a tax- avoidance device. Harry J. Gerrity, counsel for the National Association of Building Own- | ers and Managers, asked that rents be excluded from the definition of per- sonal holding company incomes. The bill would include rents in the defini- tion except when more than 50 per cent of a corporation’s income was from rentals. Arthur H. Kent, Treasury expert, opposed the change, asserting that 50 per cent was a “fair test” of whether & corporation’'s income was derived principally from real estate activity. D. C. CONSTRUCTION SHOWS INCREASE Col. Oehmann Reports Permits | With Valuation Amount- ing to $37,240,747. Construction activities in the Dis- [ trict continued to increase at a rapid | pace during the last fiscal year, with the value of private and District gov- | ernment building permits amounting to $37.240.747, Building Inspector | John W. Oehmann reported today. | This figure represents an increase of nearly 23 per cent over the total of $29.522.856 which was reported in the 1936 fiscal year and was nearly | 1100 per cent over the level in 1935, | During the year ending last June | 30 private construction amounted to $34.560.785, and the District govern- ment, which has all its construction | projects recorded with the building inspector, added to this $2,679,962 | There were 2,073 private dwellings | }plnred under construction in the past | | vear. of which 1300 were detached | dwellings. In addition, there were | 552 apartments designed to provide | housing for 4,182 families, In his annual report to the Commis- sioners Col. Oehmann noted that his | office made 72.875 inspections of work | on new buildings and repairs and | | said “our limited inspection personnel has been entirely inadequate to make the number and character of inspec- tions necessary to insure proper com- pliance with the approved plans and code requiremen PICNIC SCHEDULED The annual family basket picnic of Spalding Council, Knights of Colum- bus, will be held Sunday afternoon on | the grounds adjoining St. John's | Church, Forest Glen, Md., F. J. Mal- loy, grand knight of the council, an- nounced today. The Entertainment Committee, headed by Ralph J. De La Vergne, is arranging a program of sports. Harold N. Whelan is in charge of accommodations, and William J. Ryan is arranging for the prizes. The For- est Glen Council of the Knights of Co- lumbus is co-operating with the local group. until she now weighs nearly 3 pounds. Physicians, at first skeptical of her chance to live, now are hopeful that she will devei [ into a normal child. —Star Staff Photo, ) | Says Whisky and $20 Was | Congleton, an employe representative, D. C., WEDNESDAY, Wreckers Start Work on Chain Bridge Chain Bridge is closed to traffic for eight months, beginning today, as wrecking crews start tearing down the superstructure to make way for a new and larger span pipes supplying Arlington Cc AUGUST 18, 1937. ounty without interrupting supply was first job undertaken by work- men. Barricades were erected at each end of the 63-year-old span at 7:30 am. today. new structure, which will cost $338,000, will be 10 feet wider and 20 feet higher than the old span. Transfer of water The —Star Staff Photo. WEIRTON WORKER TELLS OF “OFFER" Proposed to Go and Get Organizer. By the Associated Press NEW CUMBERLAND, W. Va., August 18 —A Weirton Steel Co. em- ploye told a Labor Board hearing to- day that he was “offered whisky and $20” and told by the chairman of the Plant Employve Representative Plan | g0 out and get an organizer.” The witness, ncis Moore, about . said John La of the P on, or- | a second | to* representation dered the “trip.” and that time he sent Moore to Steubenville, Ohio. | “There was & union organizer over there and he told us to go and get him.” Moore testified. Allen Heald, Labor Board attorney, questioned: “Did you get him?" “Yep.” answered Moore. Informed that he had been sub- poenaed to testify at the Labor Board's hearing on charges of ‘‘terrorism” against Weirton Steel, Moore said Russ came to him yesterday a aid “Why didn't you come to us sooner?"” Still in the employ of the company, Moore said he found “a little more | than usual” in his pay check after the Steubenville trip, although he was away from work “several days.” Beaten by Gang. Curly-haired Charles Schroyer, for. mer Weirton employe, testified toda that a union organizer was beaten by | a “hatchet gang” which the S. W. O. C. charged the company sponsored to oppose organization of its 12,000 men Schroyer said Kenneth Koch, an | organizer for the S. W. O. C., came | into the Committee for Industrial | Organization headquarters last Win- | ter “covered with blood” and said “the hatchet gang beat him up.” Coatless steel workers filled all seats and crowded onto window sills in the little Hancock County Court House room for the third day of the hearing called by the National Labor Relations Board for its own complaint that the company intimidated em- | ployes. Company Badges Displayed. Badges bearing the E. R. P, in- signia of the company employe rep- resentatives’ plan were displayed for the first time along with C. L O. badges. The millmen had come from the nearby Ohio Valley steel town of Weirton, W. Va, to hear the con- tinuation of witnesses' stories that the ‘“hatchet gang” was organized to drive “union agitators” out of Weirton. Clyde A. Armstrong, chief counsel for the company, insisted upon the removal of spectators from behind the witness stand before the hearing resumed. Offered $10 a Day. Schroyer asserted Claude Conway, chairman of the Weirton Steel Security League, of- fered him $10 a day to “walk around the streets (of Weirton, W. Va..) and keep your eyes open for agitators. Conway told him, Schroyer averred, that “Weirton Steel, the lawyers and the money back of us” would protect him if he encountered any difficulties. Schroyer said he refused the offer and ignored Conway's suggestion that he become a member of the employes league, an insurance and social organization. John W. Porter, chief of the board's counsel, asked the black-haired worker: “Do you know whether the group which Conway invited you to join was actually formed?” “Yes, it was called the hatchet gang,” Schroyer replied. vesterday that Theater Bans Shots Of Ardent Boy Fans To Aid Screen Hero By the Associated Press, INDIANAPOLIS, August 18— “Park your shootin’ irons at the door” is the rule at an Indianap- olis neighborhood theater, all be- | By the Associated Press. cause the small boy patrons were too anxious to help the hero. Every Saturday afternoon the youngsters turn out for a Western thriller. For a time they were content to boo the villain, but recently ‘they started bringing their toy pistols, and the pop of cap guns resounded throughout the theater as they fired from the hip at the villain. The little girl patrons protest~ ed, and the theater manager is- sued his edict that guns must be lett at the door. John Roosevelt Denies Cannes Champagne Squirting Report, JOHN DRAYTON. BULLETIN, PARIS, August 18 (#).—John Roosevelt, youngest son of Presi- dent Roosevelt, told the Associated Press tonight that he did not squirt champagne at the Mayor of Cannes or hit him with a bouquet of flowers at a festival Sunday. CANNES, France, August 18 —Offi- | Is of this fashionable Riviera re- reported “great” indignation today among both French and Americans over the unceremonious twist which | they sald John Roosevelt gave to | Cannes’ “Battle of the Flowers."” The 21-year-old son of President Roosevelt, they said, had cut short | fayor Pierre Nouveau's welcome at | the height of the fete last Sunday | night by squirting champagne in the Mayor's face and slapping him with a bouquet i The French foreign office asked the | French press to ignore the story but | the Cannes Fete Committee, com- posed of Mayor Nouveau's aides, saw the matter in a different light. They took newspapermen aside to make what they termed an official announcement on the incident. Mayor Was Greeting Him. It occurred in the famous Cannes| promenade, known as the “Croisette” | or “Battle of Flowers,” at the moment | Mayor Nouveau was to deliver flowers | and a ‘“pretty speech” to the distin- | guished American visitor. Roosevelt, youngest of the Presi- |is & traditional flower fight | liam Phillips, United States ambassa- | MNINGH T0 HEAD RADIO COMMISSION Federal Power Board Head Will Try to Straighten Out Situation, By the Astoctated Press. President Roosevelt has asked Frank R. McNinch, chairman of the Federal Power Commission, to leave his post long enough to straighten out the af fairs of the Federal Communications Commission. Two vacancies existed on the latter commission. Mr. Roosevelt asked Me- Ninch, a North Carolina Democrat, to serve as chairman. He nominated T. A. M. Craven of Washington, chief engineer for the communications agency, to the other post raven, a retired naval officer, will succeed Irvin Stewart of Texas, re- signed. The late Anning 8. Prall of New York was chairman. Republican Congressmen have been particularly critical of the commiss= ‘ion’s handling of radio cases. They charged favoritism was rampant and that monopoly was encouraged. McNinch, a lawyer and former may- or of Charlotte, has been a member of the Federal Power Commission since 1930. McNinch Still With Power Board. White House aides emphasized that McNinch, who is reported to hat had a hand in shaping the noter power “yardstick” policy of Mr. Roose- velt, would not resign from the Power Commission, Following the Republican the Communications Comm rule over radio has tended toward monopoly and favoritism, Rep- resentative Fish, Republ York yesterday urged a congressior investigation of the commission see what is behind” the empl of Charles Michelson, the Democra National Committee's pub! by the Crosley Radio Corp. cinnati. Fish said Michelson is dr ing a $10,000 salary. char Last Sunday a Republ the comm Payne, cal of president of the Cr WLW, JOHN - ROOSEVELT. | —A. P. Photos. dent’s children, a Harvard University student on a vacation trip, had ridden in the parade in a two-horse carriage put at his disposal by a local hotel. | With him, the Cannes’ committee said, was John Drayton. his com-| panion cn the eight-week European | Jaunt i When the young Americans drove | up. the Mayor bustled to the side of | the carriage to greet Roosevelt on behalf of Cannes. The Mavor car- | ried a large bouquet for the Pres dent’s son But before the Mayor could make | his speech, said his aides. Roosevelt | snatched a bottle of champagne from a cooler on the floor of the carriage | and squirted its fizzing contents in | the Mayor's face. While the Mayor sputtered, the story went, Roosevelt seized the sheaf of flowers from him and slapped Nou- veau's head with it. Georges Goin, head of the fete comittee, said the “Battle of Flowers” but the participants customarily throw sep- arate flowers—'not whole bouquets” and do not usually squirt champagne. Goin said he was at the Mayor's side at the time. (At Boston where Drayton is as- sociated with a brokerage firm he was described at the son of the socially | prominent William Astor Drayton of | Newport, R. I, and a nephew of Wil- | | dor to Italy.) Mary Dewson’s Helps to Prove Pet Thesis| BY BLAIR BOLLES. Mary Williams Dewson's appoint- ment to the Social Security Board is an apt reward for her four years' work to put across her pet idea that woman's place is in the Government. Once politicians would raise their glasses and say, “Here's to the women. God bless 'em!” But Miss Dewson ended all that. She taught them to say, “Here's to the women. Let's get their votes!” In 1932 and 1936 she organized the women behind Roosevelt as they never had been organized since the nineteenth amendment went into effect, and her reward was having Frances Perkins named Secretary of Labor, Nellie Tayloe Ross, director of the mint; Josephine Roche, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Ruth Bryan Owen, Minister to Denmark; Daisy Harriman, Minister to Norway. Miss Dewson—"Molly” to her friends —is 63. She is an economist, a soci- ologist, a politician, a mountain- climber, a sheep dog-raiser. She calls herself “an old New England spinster,” but Jim Farley loves her for the votes she has brought his boss. His enthusi- asm overcame his inhibitions last Spring. and during a banquet he kissed Miss Dewson while diners clapped and cameras clicked. Politics But One Phase. But politics Is a phase of life which Miss Dewson entered late, and then only when she saw that she would have to influence government if her eco- nomic and sociological theories were ever to receive legislative sponsorship. In 1900, three years after she grad- uated from Wellesley College, Miss Dewson became superintendent of the Girls' Parole Department in Massa- chusetts. There she first felt the need for a social security program, and years later in 1934, when her activities as a politician were bringing the results she hoped for, Mr. Roosevelt named her a member of the Advisory Council of his Committee on Economic Secur- ity. Out of its consultations came the social security. law. Miss Dewson is at her Summer home in Castine, Me, now, enjoying her sheep dogs. Twenty-five years ago, she wes secretary of the Commission on Mini- mum Wage Legislation for Massachu- A A ppointment setts when the first minimum wage law in the United States was passed by that State, Wrote Wage Law Briefs. Ten years later, she wrote the factual brief from the economic stand- point in the case here of Adkins vs. Children’s Hospital, the suit over the District’s minimum wage law which resulted in putting all such legislation under constitutional ban until the Suapreme Court reversed itself this Spring in the Washington State mini- mum wage case. Miss Dewson also wrote the factual economic brief in the California mini- mum wage case in 1924, and for five years she was president of the New York State Consumers’ League. She has accomplished so many things that a mere catalogue of them would take 1,000 words. Since 1933, she has been an indus- trial economist for the Labor Depart- ment. When the Blue Eagle flew, she sat on the economic advisory board of the N. R. A. For three years she served as eco- nomic expert for the Women's Edu- cational and Industrial Union in Boston. “Appeal to Intelligence.” When the World War came she acted as zone chief of the Bureau of Refugees of the American Red Cross in France. During the campaign for suffrage she went from door to door, through the Massachusetts countryside, advo- cating equal suffrage for women. Nobody has counted the number of votes cast by women in the 1936 elec- tion for Roosevelt. But it's certain that the 15,000 “reporters” sent out by Miss Dewson—women experts in to produce data relating to cha at the corporation had been gi unusual concessions.” Payne the C: o 1y of 500,000 wa an “expe; > monc usual commerc al profits. Payne's Curiosity Aroused. “There is something strar k,” Payne said. “There was s inserted into our an Congress—a report that seen by any commissioner—a gratuitious and valuabl ment” of the Crosley st Crosley wrote Payn Payne of “unw resentatives of Crosley said 500,000 watts power on a lar basi had been on file with the commission since January, experiment had already demor the benefit of the increased capac for remote and rural service.” Besides the proposed the commission Congress inv of Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President. He said young Roosevelt had sold sev- eral radio stations Texas to Wil Randolph Hea e publisher had succeeded *“in having the owner. ship transferred without the formal; of a hearing before the Federal Com- munications Commission.” 33 IN LIQUOR CASE TO BE ARRAIGNED All but One of Defendants in Smuggling Case Are Under uggested Arrest. Arraignment of the 33 ed Monday on a pating in a huge i q gling conspiracy has been set tenta- tively for next Tuesday All but one of the défe been under a: Police, Federal in: gators United States deputy marshals s are searching for the missing mi George Richie, thought to be some- where in Virginia Warrants for the accused conspira- tors were issued about three weeks ago by United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage and arrest of the men began immediately. Most now are at liberty under bond The ring is alleged to have smuggled 1,000 gallons of corn whisky into Washington weekly two years of its operation The liquor, police said. was into Washington from stills in foothnills of nearby Virginia and tributed wholesale to hootleggers. SHOWERS TONIGHT MAY BREAK HEAT Partly Cloudy Skies Expected to Hold Temperature Under 92 Degrees. Local showers tonight may br temporary relief from the curr heat wave, the Weather Bureau pre- dicted today. Partly cloudy skies were expected to hold the official temperature slightly under yesterday's maximum of 92 recorded at 3:20 p.m. The Weather Bureau thermometer climbed from a low of 74 at 4:15 am to 89 at 12:15 p.m. today. The humidity at the Weather Bu- reau was 54 per cent at noon, as com- pared with 43 per cent at the samc time yesterday. The higher humidity is far above what would be necessary for comfort, officials said, and about 15 per cent above the average for ‘Washington. ‘The official forecast for the District was “partly cloudy and probably local showers tonight, and Thursday; not quite so hot tonight.” run the dis- some phase of the New Deal—to spread the Roosevelt message to their sisters pulled a great many of those votes. Here is the secret of Miss Dewson's success, as expressed in her own words: “We don't make the old-fashioned plea to the women that our nominee is charming, and all that. We appeal to the intelligence of the country’s women. Ours were economic issues ART CRITIC DIES JOLIET, Ill, August 18 (®.—Mrs. Adele Fay Williams, 77, staff artist and art critic of the Joliet Herald-News since 1916, died at a hospital last night after a year’s illness. She also had done feature writing and art work on the New York Journal and the World, the Washington Times and we' found the women resdy to listen.” and the Pittsburgh Spectator and-the Gazette, 4 4