Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1937, Page 2

T HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WED NESDAY, - OCTOBER 6, 1937. —_— ey Ay OUIOBER 6 AV RED CROSS ADDS 23,45 MEMBERS 21 Booths, Manned by 200 Volunteers, Opened in City. Progress of Drive. At noon today Red Cross roll call headquarters issued the fol- lowing analysis of the member- ship result secured to date: Government Group 16,605 Financial Group . 2,058 Professional Group . 1,266 Utilities Group - 1,134 Business Group - 961 Residential Group ..... 881 Special Memberships ... 140 The Red Cross roll call drive had counted a total of 23,045 new mem- bers up to noon today as 21 booths manned by 200 volunteers opened throughout the city to aid the cam- paign. Marcy Sperry, chairman of the roll call, announced that yesterday and ,today were the busiest and most suc- cessful since the drive was launched on September 26. The booths are in charge of Miss Mabel Boardman, national secretary of the Red Cross, aided by Mrs. Ernest J. Swift, wife of the national vice chairman of the organization. Chairmen in Charge. Washington women who have been named chairmen of the booths in- clude Mrs. Philip Young, Union Trust Co. and Riggs Bank; Mrs. Edward C. Lord, McLachlen Banking Corp.; Mus. R. W. Howard, National Savings & Trust Co.; Mrs. Joseph Salomon, Hamilton National Bank; Mrs. H. R. Krinbill, American Security & Trust Co.; Mrs. Albert N. Baggs, Metropoli- tan National Bank; Mrs. Norman En- gel, Second National Bank; Mrs. Grif- fith Evans, Munsey Trust Co.; Miss Grace S. Wright, Security Savings & Commercial Bank; Mrs. John Kratz, Washington Loan & Trust Co.; Ml‘s‘: road | L. F. Schmeckebier, Park branch, Riggs: Miss D. C. Dennison; Dupont branch, Riges; Mrs. R. L. Et- tinger, Woodward & Lothrop: Mrs. H. J. Forster, Garfinckel's; Mrs. Wal- ter L. Reed; Jelleff's; Mrs. S. A. Bernes, Lansburgh & Bro.; Mrs. W. H. Israelson, Palais Royal; Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, the Willard; Mrs. the Carleton; Mrs. James S. Arm- strong, Union Station, and Miss Nancy Leiter, Pierre Restaurant. Profesional Group Leads. The professional group, headed by E. Barrett Prettyman, led the day in 100 per cent enroliments. Prettyman reported enroliment of all employes at the National Headquarters of the Red Cross, the American Society for the Hard of Hearing and the Washington Home for Foundlings. Others listing total enrollment were the Sulgrave Club personnel and the Federal Alley Dwelling Authority. + Mr. Prettyman announced a dinner ol his workers, which will be held to- night at the Columbia Country Club | at 7 o'clock. Ameng those expected to attend are Dwight N. Burnham, Carroll Meigs, Dr. Horace Cromer, Dr. Ralph L. Morrison, Dr. William F. Burdick, Miss Janet Fish, James C. Wilkes, Miss Claire Gaffney, Dr. Chester D. Swope, Preston B. Kav- anagh, Albert E. Rogers, Morris Klass and Miss Zelda Dove. N.F.F. E. HEAD ASKS “CODE OF ETHICS” Steward Raps Other Federal ‘Worker Groups in Union Convention. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, Ontario, October 6.— Calling for a “code of ethics” for pub- lic employes “that has due regard for the public interest,” Luther C. Stew- art, president of the National Fed- eration of Federal Employes, today | rapped Government worker groups that “have sought for short cuts and immediate panaceas” to attain ob- Jectives. “Unable to distinguish between public and private employ, they have | sought to bring imto the public service ethods which simply will not oper- ate in our Government Federal serv- dce,” he said. “There have been some strikes, some picketing, some rather tawdry demon- strations, some sabotage, some provo- cative acts designed to attract public attention, and then the false claim has been made that organization ac- tivity was being interferred with. These manifestations have been spor- adic—do not represent the general sentiment of the public employes’ group, but naturally attract unfavor- able public attention out of all propor- tion to their importance. “These manifestations have no place in any proper organization of public employes which is formed for a legiti- mate purpose and conducted along proper lines.” Steward emphasized that ‘“‘there must be definite recognition of the fact that in public service, unlike pri- vate employment, there can be nc such thing as collective bargaining.” s CITIZENS’ GROUP VOICES BUSINESS TAX PROTEST Following a resolution opposing the business privilege tax the North Cleve- land Park Citizens’ Association at its first Fall meeting last night also voted in favor of enfranchisement of District residents. A committee was appointed to op- pose execution of the tax law, which was termed “unfair and inequitable.” In an election of officers J. B. Dick- man was named president; F. L. Barkley, first vice president; R. L. Risdon, second vice president; J. W. Howes, treasurer, and W. M. King, secretary. Dr. H. N. Roberts and F. L. Barkley were chosen delegates to the Federation of Citizens' Asso- clations. e INDIANA DIPLOMACY MONTICELLO, Ind., October 6 (#). ~AVhite County commissionars could give a lesson in diplomacy. A controversy over building an ad- dition to the Burnettsville School split Jackson township into two factions. Petitioned by 500 residents of the township, the commissioners neatly solved the problem by cutting the fownship in two. ‘The separation increased the num- ber of townships in the county to 12. - ’ Ed- ward Goring Bliss, the Mayflower and | The seventh annual Sta mark, N. B. C. announcer. behalf of the needy of Washington got under way yesterda; 0 ] organizations met in the office of Benjamin M. McKelway, managing editor of The Star, to initiate plans for the 1937 drive. ; g Standing are Kenneth H. Berkeley, general manager of the National Broadcasting Co.; Mr. McKelway, Hudson Grunewald, Sunday editor of The Star and campaign manager; Frank La Falce, publicity director of Warner Bros. theaters; Lewis I. H. Edwards, assistant superintendent of police; Capt. Frank C. Morgan of the Metropolitan Police Department, and Gordon Hitten- CAPTAN PRASES CABA NAVEATOR Tells Navy Court-Martial Cruiser’s Instruments Were Unsuitable. B3 the Associated Press NORFOLK, Va., October 6—Lieut. Comdr. Edgar P. Winckler, standing trial for “neglect of duty and strand- ing” his vessel, held the commenda- tion today of Capt. Howard B. Mc- Cleary, commander of the U. S. S. Omaha, as an excellent officer and navigator. Capt. McCleary, who himself will face court-martial as a result of the Omaha’s grounding in a coral reef off Castle Island, in the Bahamas, last July, took the stand yesterday at the | request of the prosecution. Additional | witnesses were prepared to take the | stand today. | The commander of the Navy’s light cruiser, which was damaged to the | extent of about $200,000, said the | Omaha’s instruments were not suitable | for plotting the course the vessel was | following before she was stranded. | None of the instruments, he said, were of value in determining the depth | of the water nor in taking bearings. | Capt. McCleary said Comdr. Winck- | ler expressed no doubt of the ship's safety and did not inform the com- | manding officer that the vessel was in | danger. The Omaha was several miles from the normal course of navigation when she ran aground, Capt. McCleary testi- | fled. | The commanding officer stated that | after the Omaha had been on the reef a number of days he observed vessels, ostensibly bound for Castle Island Light, proceeding several miles ill-fated craft. Capt. McCleary commented upon the condition of certain currents ad- jacent to the island, explaining that they were uncharted and difficult to judge when approaching the coast from the south. He said he did not direct Comdr. Winkler against using a range-finder or any other instrument to determine the ship’s position in relation to the light Capt. McCleary followed David R. Sword, electrician, who testified all the ship’s instruments were in normal working order so far as he knew. Much of Capt. McCleary's testimony was of & confidential nature. He testified the course was changed after a consultation between himself and the navigation officer and that later he had the course changed again. TAX EXEMPTION WON BY EMPLOYES’ UNITS Organizations Administering Ben- efit Payments Escape Cor- poration Levy. By the Associated Press. The Internal Revenue Bureau ruled today that employes’ organizations ad- ministering funds for benefit payments to workers and their families are ex- empt from corporation taxes. This exemption applies, the bureau said, even though employe beneficiaries may be required to make regular con- tributions to the mutusl benefit fund, and even if contributions also are made by employers. In another ruling, the bureau held that persons engaged in producing maple sirup are not agricultural laborers, and therefore are subject to social security taxes. A third ruling sdid that payments from a union to a member for time lost from his regular employment while serving as a negotiator for the union constitute wages and are taxable under the security law. —_ STATUE BREAKERS ARE BEING SOUGHT Fingers of Lincoln Figure Broken Off—Children Blamed for Vandalism. C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of National Capital parks, declared today that everything possible was being done to catch the culprits who recently knocked the fingers off the Abraham Lincoln statue in front of the District Court House and the hand of one of the women in the statue in Dupont Circle. “The work is undoubtedly that of children,” Finnan said. “They usually don’t even bother to take the pieces with them.” Finnan said the breaks would be mended. Workmen now are completing a new iron sword broken off the statue of soldiers at the Botanic Gardens some weeks ago. ) from the grounded position of his | In Lipstick By the Associated Prass. \ | NEW YORK, October 6—Squads of detectives investigating the four- day-old “Scarlet Circle” slaying of Lewis Weiss, 20, and his sweetheart, Frances Hajek, 19, today rounded up| a weird band of organized peeping | toms known locally as the “Queen’s| gunners.” Admittedly up against an apparent stone wall in their search for tell- tale clues in the crime, discovered last | Sunday afternoon. when a stroller found the bullet-pierced bodies of the ung couple slumped in a car in the woods near Queens Village, Long Is- land, police questioned four men known as “gunners.” Deputy Chief Inspector John J. { Ryan said one of the men was a restaurant owner who held a police badge and police credentials. | spooning couples. -Warner Bros.-National Broadcasting Co. Christmas campaign on y when officials of all participating Seated are Mrs. Ada G. Minniz, social investigator; Harry R. Daniel, publicity director for the Department of Commerce, who served as co-ordinator between the campaign and Federal employes in 1936; Mrs. Walter B. Fry, president of the District Congress of the Parent-Teacher Association, and Mrs. C. D. Lowe of the P.-T. A. Band of Peeping Toms Seized Circle Slayings Ryan previously had advanced the theory that the killer might have posed as a police officer, in an attempted “shakedown” of the youthful sweet- hearts, and might have demanded to see Weiss' driving license as a pre- liminary to the graft demand In Weiss’ clutched hands, when the body of the former Jamaica High School athlete was found, he held a wallet containing his driving license. Commenting on the four men ques- tioned, Ryan said today: “These men are members of an in- formally organized group. They ad- mit they are ‘gunners,’ and, in their own words, gunning is plain peeping “Armed with flashlights, they scat- ter through the woods and surprise When they have wasted several hours at this activity they gather in a local restaurant and swap stories.” N.R.A. OIL CODE 1S USED AT TRIAL Firms Expected to Fight Price-Fixing Charge by Citing U. S. Action. | By the Associated Press. | MADISON, Wis, October 6.—Col. | Wililam J. Donovan, chief counsel for 23 oil companies on trial on charges of gasoline price fixing, produced in Federal Court today what was expect- ed to be the main point in his de- fense—certified copies of the N. R. A. petroleum code and President Roose- velt’s designation of Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes as oil admin- istrator. Donovan offered the documents as groundwork for his right to claim before the jury that whatever concert- ed action the oil firms took to stabilize prices had the approval of the Federal Government. His right to make such a defense, without establishing proof in advance, was challenged yesterday by Special Prosecutor Hammond E. Chaffetz, who contended the Government at no time sanctioned practices charged in the conspiracy indictment. The court accepted Donovan's state- ment that the companies “were obliged to carry out the provisions of the code” which suspended application of the Sherman anti-trust law and operated under it until the Supreme Court outlawed the N. R. A. in May, 1935. UNIONIST BEATEN, T0 STAY IN MEMPHIS C. I. 0. Organizer Again in Hos- pital After Thugs Waylay Him. City Negligence Charged. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 6—A C. 1. O. organizer, beaten for a second time on Memphis streets, served notice from a hospital bed today that “no thugs are going to drive me from the city,” and his union backed him with demands that his assailants be pun- ished. “If they kill me there are 400,000 other auto workers who will take my place,” said Norman Smith, St. Louis, 230-pound organizer for the United Automobile Workers of America. Hospital attendants said Smith may have suffered a skull fracture from blows from a machinist'’s hammer and pistol butts wielded by “six or seven” men. In Detroit Pred Piper, member of the International Executive Board of the U. A. W,, said that in the Smith beating “we have evidence of gross negligence on the part of city officials in permitting these things to happen on a public thoroughfare and we have complained to the Department of Justice, the Civil Liberties Union, De+ partment of Labor, Governor of Ten- nessee and President Roosevelt.” ® “We will take immediate steps to prevent a recurrence of these inci- dents and punish the culprits.” RAIN IS ENDED. Tomorrow to Be Partly Cloudy, ‘Weather Bureau Says. The sun came out this morning. An end to the rainy weather was forecast by the Weather Bureau, Tonight is expected to be fair, and orrow will be partly cloudy and colder with mod- erate to fresh’southwest winds shift- ing to the west during the day. Air-transport operations, again in- terrupted last night because of fog and bad weather, were resumed this morning on all routes out of Wash- ingtom b COTTON OFFICIAL ASKS UNIFORM WAGE LEVEL | Same Minimum for Entire U. S. Urged at Convention of Manufacturers. By the Associated Press, PROVIDENCE. R. I, October 6.— Establishment of wage scales on a Nation-wide basis was advocated today by Fred W.| Steele, legislative chairman of the National Association of Cotton Man- ufacturers at its annual meeting. He said his proposal, wiping out the present regional differential, would not work hardship on the efficient manufacturers in any section of the country. “It will force the chiseler into line and will increase the purchasing power of the low-wage areas,” he added. “It will eliminate the sub- standard wage scale as a competitive factor in the market place.” Other industries than cotton, he said, have become aware that sub- standard wage scales in other areas can more than offset manufacturing efficiency or skill in marketing. -— NIES TO FILE PIPE COMPA MOTION FOR DISMISSAL Complaint Charged Arlington Company Organized by Other Five in Restraint of Trade. By the Assoctated Press. Counsel for five concrete pipe com- panies received permission at a Trade Commission hearing yesterday to file & motion asking dismissal of charges they engaged in practices tending to create monopoly and restrain trade. The concerns are the Lock Joint Pipe Co. East Orange, N. J.; the Gray Concrete Pipe Co., Thomasville, N. Baltimore and Hagerstown, Md.; the Concrete Pipe & Products Co., Richmond; the Mid-Atlantic Concrete Pipe & Products Co. Norfolk, Va. and . the Arlington Concrete -Pipe Corp., South Washington, Va. Dismissal of the charges will be asked on the ground none of the alle- gations is supported by evidence and that no public interest is involved. The motion will go before the com- mission for' decision. The commission closed its case with the testimony of one witness, Wiley C. Rodman, attorney-examiner for the commission. He identified various records concerning the cost of pro- ducing concrete pipe made by the Arlington company. The complaint charges the Arlington company was organized by the other companies, and they were alleged to own all the Arlington stock and to have inter- locking officers. meE o WINTER WHEAT BELT IS IN NEED OF RAIN Southeast and Lower Mississippi Valley Relieved by Wide- spread Downpour. By the Associated Press. Recent widespread rains over the southeast and lower Mississippi Valley have relieved partially a general lack of soil moisture, the Weather Bureau reported today. In its Nation-wide survey of crop conditions, the bureau said, “droughty conditions” continued in “practically all Western sections of the Winter wheat belt,” with a general rain badly needed from “the lower Missouri Val- ley to the Rocky Mountains, particu- larly from Texas northward to South Dakota.” Miss Dewson to Talk. Miss Mary Dewson, newly appointed member of the Social Security Board, will be the guest speaker at 8 o'clock tonight at & meeting of the Washing- ton Wellesley Club at the Beauvoir 8chogl, 3500 Woodley road. ¢ uniform minimum | VOLUNTEERS PUSH FREE LUNCH DRIVE Tickets for Bénefit Boxing Card October 18 Are Put on Sale. Volunteers are working day and night at the headquarters of the Citi- zens'’ Emergency Committee in the Mayflower Hotel as the time for the varjous benefit performances for the $100,000 free-school-lunch fun.d draws near. Tickets for the benefit boxing card to be staged at Griffith Stadium Octo- ber 18 went on sale yesterday as po- licemen and firemen competed for the $50 and $25 prizes offered those selling the most tickets in the interests of Washington’s thousands of underfed school children. Commissioner Hazen, who bought the first fight ticket, also agreed to be chairman of the charity ball tenta- tively scheduled for October 26. Mrs. John Boyle, jr., chairman of the committee, sent out an appeal yes- terday for volunteer secretaries to help out at headquarters. Reports on Progress. Speaking at a luncheon in Oppor- tunity House, Mrs. Boyle reported the progress of the drive and announced the various returns being received. Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, she said, has offered to provide 50 quarts of milk daily and the Variety Club, a radio and theater organization, is going to give $250. In addition to the food concession at the Inter-American Horse Show October 21-24 at Mead- owbrook, Mrs. Boyle said the fund had been offered a percentage of the receipts from the sale of programs Discussing the work done by the volunteers, Mrs. Boyle said: “If it had not been for the men and women of Opportunity House, I don't know what we could have done.” Arthur Clarendon Smith, chairman of Opportunity House, declared the campaign was receiving wonderful support. “All we need is some money," he chuckled. Mrs. Frances Troy Northcross, ra- dio speaker, told the group Station WJSV had been swamped with phone cails following Smith’s impromptu ra- dio appeal Sunday. Sends Check for $50. One letter was sent in, she said, classing the appeal by Smith as very moving—so moving that it moved the writer to send in a check for $50 with the remark: buy a lot of milk all right.” Plans also were laid at the meeting for a business men’s luncheon at the Harrington Hotel Friday. Smith, chairman o. the business men’s asso- | ciation and civic association group, | called for volunteers to call the meet- |ing to the attention of about 500 prominent business men. The local Communist party notified Mrs. Boyle of its support of the project to raise funds which, it charges, should be provided by the District and not at the expense of already inadequate relief funds. SENATE POST HELD OFFER FOR BALLOTS Tennessee Governor Was Willing to Support Him in Return for Support, E. H. Crump Says. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn. October 6—E. H. Crump charged today that Gov. Gordon Browning, with whom he suddenly severed political relations last night, recently offered to send him to the United States Senate in 1940 in exchange for the Shelby County political leader's support for a seat in the same body next year. In another bitter statement ac- cusing the Governor of sponsoring a county unit primary voting plan with a view to cutting down Shelby Coun- ty's vote strength, Crump declared Browning “is desperate.” “He wants to go to the United States Senate,” Crump added. “His vaunting ambition was getting the best of him.” Gov. Browning so far has made no statement in reply to Crump's charges. Browning, & former Representa- tive, made an unsuccessful race for the United States Senate in 1934, Josing to the late Senator Nathan Bachman, whose majority in Shelby County put him over in the Demo- cratic primary. SMITH DRAFTS RULES FOR “DEATH SENTENCE” Enforcement of Holding Company Bection of §. E. C. Act to Start January 1. By the Associated Press. C. Roy Smith disclosed today, on taking charge of the Securities Com- mission’s Utilities Division, that he al- ready is preparing rules for enforce- ment of the “death sentence” section of the public utility holding company act of 1935. Because a test of the constitutional- ity of the act is pending in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Smith said he did not know how soon after Jan- uary 1 the rules would be put into use. The “death sentence” section, direct- ing the commission to force simplifi- cation of holding company systems, goes into effect the first of the year. WAR MEMORIAL RITES In the presence of thousands of members of the Aemrican Legion, now on piigrimage to France and Italy, and high officials of the American and French governments,, the Amer- ican War Memorial near Chateau- Thierry will be dedicated tomorrow under auspices of the American Bat- tle Monuments Commission. The ceremonies will be broadcast to the United States by French short wave radio from Paris on a wave length of 25.60 meters or 11.72 mega- cycles, commencing at 10 p.m. Addresses will be made by Gen. John J. Pershing, chairman of the commissoin; Gen. James G. Harbord, Gen. Lheritier of the French Army and national commanders of the American Legion and Confederation Nationale des Anciens Combattants. Four Die in Plane. SINGAPORE, Straits - Settlements, October 6 (#).—Three members of the crew of a K. L. M. Royal Dutch Air- ways plane and one passenger were killed today when the craft crashed near Palembang, Sumatra. | “I guess this will | John Clageit Proctors Feted On 50th Wedding Anniversary John Clagett Proctor looks at their golden wedding anniversary. on as Mrs. Proct Z o or cuts the cake —Star Staff Photo. URROUNDED by their close friends of many years, Mr. and Mrs. John Clagett Proctor last night celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in a beautiful setting at their home, 1605 Jonqui street. : Happy remembrances of a half- century of married life was theirs in their home bedecked with flowers and Bold presents, as their many friends went to congratulate them. Men and women, who refused to let even the rainy night keep them away, were on hand to wish them well. A huge fiftieth wedding anniversary cake was cut by Mrs. Proctor and an elaberate program of music helped enliven the evening. Organ music was played by Mrs. Florence Jacobs and a medley of songs were sung by Mr. and Mrs. Francesco Della-Lana. Other vocal selections were sung by Mrs. Norma Henneberry, accompanied by Miss Eleanor Hulbert. Piano selec- tions were played by Edward Henne- berry. On October 5, 1887, Mr. and Mrs. Proctor were married by Rev. Samuel Hansel Giesy, then rector of the Episcopal » Church of the Epiphany, in the home here of the bride's parents, the late Charles Edward Crown and the late Mrs. Francis Marion Haislett Crown. Native Washingtoni~n. | Mr. Proctor through the years has | made a name for himself as an his- | pertaining to the history of the District was the son of the late John Clagett Proctor, sr., who was a reporter on same year. Long active in many organizations here, Mr. Proctor is vice president, chronicler and poet laureate of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia. He was one of the founders of the Society of Na- tives of the District of Columbia, serving the chairman by the District Commis- sioners of the Permanent Committee on Marking Points of Historic Interest in the District, the funds for which are appropriated -y Congress. In addition he holds thr office of chronicler of the Columbia Historical Society and chairman of the Commit- tee on Memorials and Archives of the Masonic Veterans’ Association. On the occasion of the inauguration of Presi- dent Coolidge in March, 1925, he was named chairman of the Committee on Historic Sites of the Inaugural Com- mittee. Graduated in Lav. Mr. Proctor received his early edu- cation in the public and private schools of this city, later graduating in law at the National University Law School, from which he received his bachelor of laws degree in 1893 and his master of laws degree in 1894. He was admitted to the District bar the latter For many years Mr. Proctor was in charge of printing at the United States National Museum, where he was em- ployed from 1884 until retiring in 1931. He attributes his early love of history and genealogy to his association with the museum. For more than 30 years torian and writer of many articles | of Columbia. A native of this city, he | The Star. He will be 70 November 15. | Mrs. Proctor and he were born the | latter organization as | president, 1924-25. He also was named | he has served on the Historic Sites Committee of the National Capital and has rendered conspicuous service to| Washington in preparing information | on historic sites here. He ha: prepared | the booklets on the sites fo. many oc- | casions of historical significance to | the National Capital His expert knowledge of historic CITY CLERK LEADS IN DETROIT RACE Richard W. Reading and C. 1. 0.-Indorsed Candidate Will Fight It Out Nov. 2. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, October 6—The candi= date indorsed by the Committee for Industrial Organization and the pres- ent city clerk, nearly complete officiai returns showed today, will be the two nominees for Mayor of Detroit in the November 2 election, They defeated the man favored by the American Federation of Labor as well as two others who trailed far be- hind. Richard W. Reading, the city clerk, lead the five candidates in yesterday's non-partisan primary and the second place went to Patrick H. O'Brien, the C. 1. O. indorsee, who said during the campaign that “labor must seize the reigns of government in Detroit and every other American city.” Reading was regarded as a “con- servative,” although the contestants had no party or other designation on the ballot for municipal offices. O'Brien is a Democrat and a former attorney general of Michigan The official tabulation of returns from 900 of the 918 precints showed: Reading, 13,720; O'Brien, 96,600; Smith, 67,507; McLeod, 19,178, and Philbrook, 1,219. More than half of the city's reg- istered voters cast baliots, A fight between C. 1. 0. and A. F. L. forces for seats on the City Council still was in prospect for next month's election, however, as each group ap- parently placed its men among the victorious 18, That number was chosen from the 66 starters to con- test for the nine seats. values has also been used and sought in condemnation. proceedings where historic_sites were being taken over by the Federal Government for public purposes. An ardent believer in national rep- resentation for the District of Colum- bia, Mr. Proctor long has been a mem- ber of the Citizens' Joint Committee on National Representation. He also for many years has been a member of Columbia Typographical Union, La- fayette Lodge of Masons and the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, be- | ing a past noble grand of Covenant Lodge, No. 13, of the latter organiza- tion. Order of the Eastern Star, of which he was grand patron in 1929 and a member of the Trestleboard Club. An Episcopalian, Mr. Proctor is a member of St. Paul's Church, Rock Creek Parish. Writes of Old Washington. Since January, 1928, Mr. Proctor has | written Sunday features on historical | subjects of the District for The Star, his articles dealing with old Washing- | ton. He has read many papers deal- ing with early Washington history both before the Columbia Historical Society and other organizations. | Long interested in civic welfare, Mr. Proctor for many years has been vice | president of the Brightwood Citizens' | Association and is a delegate from the | Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia to the Feder- ation of Citizens’ Associations. Of Colonial ancestry, Mr. Proctor’s great-great grandfather on his. moth- er's side was Samuel Davison, who was commodore of the Pennsylvania State Navy at the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. His great-great grandfather on his moth- er's maternal side was Johannes Heintz, one of the patriots who marched from Frederick, Md., to assist Massachusetts after the battle of Bunker Hill. Like her husband, Mrs. Proctor, for- merly Annie Maud Crown, also is of Colonial ancestry. She has been a valuable helpmate to Mr. Proctor and he attributes the success of his many undertakings to her. Active in Eastern Star. Mrs. Proctor has been active in the Order of the Eastern Star, being a past matron of the William F. Hunt Chapter of that organization. The couple’s friends, many repre- senting the organizations with which they have been affiliated, flocked to their home last night to wish them well and many more happy wedding anniversaries. There were many gifts of flowers and gold. Rev. Richard A. Cartmell, as- sistant rector of the Church ¢f the Ephiphany, went to represent the church. Mr. and Mrs. Proctor have two chil- dren, a son and daughter. They are Francis E. Proctor and Miss Maud S. Proctor, both of this city, the daugh- ter living with her parents. There also are two grandchildren. SPANISH OFFICERS STRIPPED OF POWER Order Signed by Prieto Removes All Political Authority. Fighting Sole Job. By the Associated Press. MADRID, October 6.—The Spanish government issued a strict decree today stripping the army of all political authority, silencing high army officers and stopping all military parades and ceremonies. Pighting was the only function left to the army under the decree, which relegated army officers to positions of anonymity. The order, signed by Indalecio Prieto, minister of national defense, specifi- cally forbade all army officers in com- mand of troops from taking part in any public meeting of political signifi- cance. Officers likewise were forbidden from making any statement to the press or any radio broadcast. The decree, described in the official announcement from Valencia as de- signed to unify the centralized gov- ernment control of the Spanish Army, also prohibited any military parade or Treview without specific approval of the defense ministry. —_ TAX REGULATIONS B) the Associated Press. President Roosevelt promulgated new regulations today providing for exchange of tax information between this country and Canada. The regulations were issued in line with a treaty providing exchange of data. At 8 recent congressiomal inquiry into tax avoidance and evasion, Treas- ury witnesses testified the exchange would help seal tax loopholes. Under the rules, the Treasury will send Canada duplicates of tax returns filed by Canadiaps deriving income from this country. Canads will send the Treasury copies of returns filed by Americans there, EDUCATOR TALKS AT “CRIME CLINIC” Dr. Groves Calls Home Training Most Important Factor in Pre- venting Lawlessness. Proper home training is the best crime preventive, according to Dr. Ernest R. Groves, research professor of University of North Carolina. Importance of environment and parental discipline in shaping the fu- ture of children was explained by Prof. Groves in the opening lecture {last night at Wardman Park Theater of a “crime clinic” series arranged by the Institute of Criminal Science. Discussing “The Home and Crime,” Dr. Groves declared that a child has the best chance of developing into a normal citizen if it has the advantage of normalcy in the home. Potential neurotics and criminals usually result from abnormal home influences, he said. He expressed the belief that good living conditions tn the home play a large part in orderly development of the average child, but pointed out that many great men had overcome the handicap of underprivilege. There was a forum discussion of points raised by Dr. Groves upon con- clusion of his formal address. Patrick B. Kelly, director of the institute, presided. FIREMAN CATCHES FIRE PHILADELPHIA, October 6 (#).—A fireman caught fire yesterday at the annusl convention of the Pennsyl- vania Firemen's . ssociation. George Kramer, Philadelphia, lis- tening to a speaker tell of fire pre- vention, let out a yell and clapped his hand to & pocket from which smoke was pouring. Charles Gill, Philadelphia’s acting chief engineer, rushed into action, yanked off Kramer's coat and ex- tinguished the fire, caused by a box of matches. & Likewise, he is a member of the | | The A. F. L. supported the six in- | cumbents who sought re-election, and they topped the list with 900 precincts tabulated. They are Councilman Ed- | ward J. Jefiries, jr.; Eugene I Van | Antwerp, John C. Lodge, William P. | Bradley, Robert G. Ewald and John A. Kronk | Maurice Sugar, attorney for the | United Automobile Workers of Amer- | ica, who was one of the C. I. O.’s five | Council candidates, also was among | the nine leaders. In the second nine | were four U. A. W. A. officials, Richard T. Frankensteen, assistant president, |and Walter Reuther, Tracy M. D and R. J. Thomas. FORMER POLICEMAN IS ON TRIAL TODAY Robert F. Landgon Accused of Obstructing Railroad Track in Connecticut. Robert F. Langdon, 44, former Di:- trict policeman and at one time a suspect in the unsolved murder of 19- year-old Beulah Limerick, was being tried at New Haven today on a charge | of obstructing a railroad track near his East Haven home. Langdon flagged a Boston-bound limited train to a stop last March 28, | barely in time to prevent the locomo- tive from passing over a heavy chain bolted around the rails. He told po- Mice he saw a man who had been bending over the tracks flee as he ap- proached, and later discovered the chain. Investigation led to the arrest of Langdon, who was charged with placing the obstruction there himself. He denied the charge. The first wit- ness at the opening of the trial yes- terday was a photographer who dis- played pictures taken at the scene of the near deraflment. \GUILTY PLEA MADE BY ALFRED BRAUER Probation Officer Gets Case of Stu- dent Charged With S & W Hold-up. After denying his guilt a week ago, Alfred H. Brauer, 22-year-old univer- sity student, pleaded guilty before Jus- tice Joseph W. Cox in District Court today to robbery charges in connection with the S. & W. Cafeteria hold-up August 31 and the robbery of a Sani- tary Grocery Co. clerk July 27. Because Brauer had no previous criminal record, Justice Cox referred his case to the probation officer for investigation and report. Sentence probably will be imposed next week. Brauer is said by police to have planned both robberies. Harry G. Smith, 35, also under indictment, is accused of actually perpetrating them. Smith, who was arrested in Tampa, Fla., has pleaded not guilty. The third man indicted in the S. & W. and Sanitary cases, William P. Al- len, 30, taxicab driver, pleaded guilty last week to both accusations. The prosecution is expected to nolle prosse a third charge against Brauer involving & pocketbook snatching Au- gust 31 near Cathedral avenue and Fortieth street. Smith and another man, George Carroll, who has not been arrested, are charged with him in the pocketbook case. INFLATION IMPOSSIBLE IN U. S., SAYS THOMAS Utah Senator Back From Europe, Declares U. S. Has Solution to Money Problem. By the Associated Press. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Utah said today that America’s gold and silver reserves make “monetary infla- tion in the United States utterly im- possible.” Just back from a European trip, the Utah Senator said in an interview that “the world's biggest problem is still money and the United States has the solution to that problem.” At the same time he expressed hope that Europe would avoid a general war. He said the prospects were “very much more hopeful than a year ago,” and that England and Italy will “no doubt” reach an agreement which would remove any threat of trouble between them. Thomas went to Europe as a dele- gate to the Interparliamentary Union, and conferred with some of the leading European statesmen. Soviet Dooms 13. MOSCOW, October 6 (#).—Thirteen persons were sentenced to death today on charges of spoiling grain supplies. Nine were sentenced in Moscow Prov- gxec: and four at Azov, on the Black 3