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A—2 ex RAIL QUIZ CLAIMS EVASION OF LAW Senators Assert Late Van Sweringens Used Inter- locking Holding Firm. By the Associatea Press. Senate investigators, reopening their inquiry into railroad financing meth- ods, asserted today that the late Van Sweringen brothers had made use of interlocking holding companies to ob- tain control of the Missouri Pacific Railroad without approval of the In- terstate Commerce Commission. The assertion was made while John P. Murphy, general counsel for the Alleghany, was on the witness stand. Murphy denied that the Van Swer- fngens had sought to evade the law when they purchased the Missouri Pa- eific through a holding company. Max Lowenthal, attorney for the Eenate Railroad Finance Investigating Committee, charged that by forming Alleghany Corp.. top holding company in the $3.000,000.000 Van Sweringen rail empire, the Cleveland brothers were able to add the Missouri Pacific to their holdings without consuiting: the I. C. C. Murphy said the purpose of the holding company was primarily to effect consolidation of Eastern lines controlled by the brothers and was not | organized with the intention of tak- ing over the Missouri Pacific He said when the Van Sweringens began buying Missouri Pacific stock to “diversify” their investments “there was no machinery whereby we could have gone to the I. C. C. for approval.” A commitiee examiner suggested that O. P. Van Sweringen, the older of the brothers, had cherished a *“per- sonal dream of controlling a trans- continental transportaiion system.” Murphy replied. “I have ofien heard | him deny it.” He added, “He was an ambitious builder, and where he would have landed had there not be a de- pression no one can say.” “He was & very ambitious builder of holding companies,” Acting Chairman Truman, presiding at the committee hearing, commented, smilingly Murphy defended the Van Swerin- gens as desiring only to “improve” the capital structure and traffic condi- tions of the railroads they purchased through Alleghany Corp. U. S. AIDE STRESSES Plane Scattered Over Mountainside ' This photo shows clearly how scattered over the mountainside. o T THE EVENINC STAR, WASHINGTON, the wreckage of the big airliner that crashed on Chalk Peak, Utah, killing 19 persons. was D. C, WEDNESDAY, —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Text of President’s Speech Role of Federal Reserve Board Is Cited. HE text of President Roosevelt's | address at the official opening | of the Federal Reserve Building | follows: You have come here this afternoon mality. This structure is worthy to| rank among the foremost of the Cap- | ital's architectural achievements, and | you and I have gathered here to pay tribute to the beauty and dignity of PURCHASING POWER| line and form wrought by those who | conceived and executed this building But we are conscious of a larger meaning in this brief ceremony—of the | role that the Federal Reserve plays in | Housing Executive Says Nation Is | Not Prosperous Despite Ability | to Create Wealth. | By the Associated Press TAMPA, Fla.. October 20.-—Louis J Alber of Washington. executive di- rector of the National Housing Com- mittee, told the National Exchanze Clubs at their convention yesterdav that the masses must be given greater purchasing power “if capifalism is to survive in the United States.” “This country is not now prosper- ous,” he asserted. “Despite our amar. ing abilitv to create mcre wealth, we are not prosperous as a people. When nearly one-third of our population is supported in part or in whole by some form of charity. when another third 35 living much below the standard ecommonly accepted as the American way, and when the last third is no too secure in its economic future, wi are far from prosperous.” Alber said “share-the-wealth” pro- posals, redistribution of wealth, were no remedies in which a nation was wealthy, but at the same time poor. Mass buying power was his suggested answer, with greater consumption bringing greater production. A delegation of 28 exchangites from Balt Lake City. Utah, won for their | city the 1938 convention of the or- | ganization over Atlantic City and | Pittsburgh. i PRESIDENT IS HELD | | SEEKINGCOURT'SEND | Levitt Charges Roosevelt Trying to Change Form of Govern- ment in United States. | B the Associated Press. i Albert Levitt, former assistant to the Attorney General, declared to- | day that President Roosevelt is de- | termined to change this country's form of government, partly by ‘‘su- | bordination and, if necessary, the de- atruction of the Supreme Court.” Levitt, who recently made an un- #uccessful effort to unseat Associate | Justice Black, expressed his views in | a letter to Frank E. Gannett, New | York publisher and chairman of the | National Committee to Uphold Con- stitutional Government. | Gannett made public the letter and | also a telegram of his own renewing a challenge to Robert H. Jackson, As- sistant Attorney General, to debate | with Levitt publicly on the question: | Does President Roosevelt intend and plan to abolish the Supreme Court of | the United States and to destroy the present constitutional powers and | duties of its judges? Jackson, who has vigorously de- fended the President’s side-tracked | Supreme Court reorganization pro- ! posal, declined Gannett's original | challenge issued October 12. At that | time, the publisher asked Jackson !0: say whether he spoke for the Presi- | dent in a founders' day address at | the University of North Carolina in which Gannett said, he opposed judi- eial review of acts of Congress. Jack- son said Gannett apparently had mis- interpreted his speech. | struments of government to promote | way | their daily life and work. | fectively in the public interest. the broad purpose which this Govern- ment must serve. That purpose is to gain for all of our people the greatest attainable measure of economic well- | being: the largest degree of economic | security and stability. | | the country. We must not complacently suppose that we have achieved perfection. We have provided for the insurance of de- posits for the benefit of the great mass of small depositors. By the banking | for something more than a mere for- | and security exchange acts of 1933, 1934 and 1935, the Federal Reserve | System was given increased power to improve banking conditions and to aid the Government in combatting prac- tices which were evil in their resuits. Those powers had been concentrated to a greater degree than before in a single public body, so that they can be used promptly and effectively in ac- cordance with the changing needs of 1937 is not 1913; nor do we want to turn the hands of the clock back. | The Federal Reserve System, tested by nearly a quarter of a century of | operation, is a public institution DENTISTS LAUNCH DECAY CAMPAIGN Dr. Camalier of Capital| Leads Drive to Aid School Children. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, October 20.—The Amer- ican Dental Association, through its | 47,000 members, set to work today on a health program labeled as “the pro- fession’s obligation to society” and de- signed to make Johnny's and Mary's visits to the dentist less freguent. President C. Willard Camalier urged dental societies and health depart- | ments in each State to “set in mo- tion the wheels of a Nation-wide dental preventive machine” for school To advance the country toward CAPable of adaptation to future, as it | children | this goal is the real mission of the | Federal Reserve System. be attained by that system alone. but neither can it be reached without the proper functioning of our monetary and credit machinery. That ma- | chinery must be steadily perfected and co-ordinated with all other 1n-3 the most productive utilization of our human and material resources. Only in that way can we hope to achieve and maintain an enduring prosperity, free from the disastrous extremes of booms and depressions. Only in that | can our economic system and | our democratic institutions endure. Step by Step, We Shall Make It What It Should Be. | Nearly a quarter of a century has passed since the Federal Reserve Sys- | tem was established. Its creation, out of the Nation's banking experience | from the beginning of the Repubiic, | was due to the statesmanship of President Wilson and to the courage- | ous leadership of the Congress for | which the senior Senator from Vir- ginia, Carter Glass, will always de- | serve the Nation's gratitude. ! It is fitting that President Wilson's portrait in bronze should have the place of honor in the main entrance to this building. And it is appro- priate that the words inscribed under it should be taken from his first in- augural address. Let me quote them: “We shall deal with our economic system as it is and as it may be modified. not as it might be if we had a clean sheet of paper to write upon: and step by step we shall make it what it should be.” Those penetrating words admirably apply to our banking system, which must be constantly alert to changing conditions in order that it may be prepared to adapt itself to the going and changing needs of our people in | | | | { The Federal Reserve System, as it was originally established, was adapted to the pre-war world and brought about a great improvement in the money system. Steps were taken in 1917 to adapt it to the urgent necessi- ties of a war-ridden world. In mobil- izing the country’s gold reserves and in facilitating the Government's vast financing operations the Reserve Sys- tem performed a vital role in the winning of the war. Powers for Good Now Centralized. It is clear now, in retrospect, that if future changes to meet post-war con- ditions had been made in our banking system in the 1920s, it would have been in a far better position to moderate the forces that brought about the great depression. But from the end of the | war, until we were in the midst of economic collapse a decade later, no changes were made in the banking structure to make it function more ef- Since that time the Nation has done much to improve its banking system. It must continue step by step to make the banking system what it should be. Te\ile\i/a\. Star. By mail—inclose 46c addressed to the Art Ap Evening Star. ART PICTURES NY one is entitled to one week’s set of Four Pictures in the Art Appreciation campaign of The Star upon payment of only 39c at the Art Counter in the Business Office of The Evening (stamps not acceptable), preciation Counter, The has been to past needs and conditions. | Nation's steady progress toward goal of a sounder banking system capable of contributing its full share to lasting economic progress and well-being. | Dedicated to Ever-Rising Standard of Comfort. The Board of Governors, whose | building we are dedicating today, was | reconstituted by the banking act of | 1935. To this public body Congress | has intrusted broad powers which enable it to affect the volume and the | cost of money, thus exerting a power- | ful influence upon the expansion and contraction in the flow of money | through the channels of agriculture, | trade and Industry. In this way much | can be done toward the maintenance of more stable employment. Much can ! be done to aid in achieving greater stability of the true value of the | dollar. ! By their nature these important powers are & public concern and the responsibility for their exercise is properly vested in a public body. | Much as they may contribute to the country's progress, monetary powers possess no peculiar magic. They are not omnipotent. To be effective in | performing their function, they must be closely co-ordinated with the other | major powers and policies of govern- | ment which influence the country's economic life ‘The Federal Reserve system as it exists today is better adapted lhln‘ ever before to play its part in com-1 mon with the other instrumentalities of government in the attainment of that increasing well-being for all of our people, which is the fundamental objective of all government. I dedicate this building to progress toward the ideal of an America in which every worker will be able to provide his family at all times with an ever-rising standard of comfort. Regardless of the causes of dental of Washington said in & message to dentists appearing in the current is- | sue of the association’s journal ! The health program, directed at State dental societies and association | members, included | 1. A city, State and national dental poster contest for school children of all ages. 2. Enlistment of citizens in all com- | munities to lead public discussions on | how dentistry can best serve the pub- lic. | 3. Sponsorship of weekly radio | broadcasts over a national network. | 4. Educate school children, 80 per ! cent of whom suffer from dental de- | cay, to appreciate healthy teeth and | care for them from a dietary and san- | itary standpoint | 5. Provide dental examinations for | all elementary school children and enlist the services of the school den- NEW TAXPROGRAM UPTOD. C. HEADS Experts Arrive at Revenue Total Needed, Fail to Fix Form of Levy. ‘The ultimate fate of the District’s new tax program was left to the Com- missioners today by the special com- mittee of experts, appointed to develop that would remain static for at least seven a permanent plan of taxation years. Meeting behind closed doors in the office of Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal, the tentatively | determined the amount of revenue that would be needed to finance the committee It cannot | It is & piece of machinery vital to the | decay, dentistry is charged with iis | District over the seven-vear period, the | cure and its prevention,” Dr. Camalier | but failed to decide on the forms of | taxation that should be adopted Before reaching a decision on the tax program the committee plans to hold a conference with the Commis- sioners to ascertain their vlews. The conference will be held either Satur- | day or Monday. I Business Tax Study. Meanwhile, Chairman Palmisano of | the House District Committee said he plans to give intensive consideration to | new forms of taxes to replace the widely condemned business privilege | tax, which he described as “grossly unjust” and a handicap which no other State places on its business, He declared the net result of con- tinuing the tax after it expires next June 30 would be to reduce business in the District and decrease employment. Outside business houses. he said. are withdrawing their salesmen and re- tist in behalf of children of indigent ! sorting to & mail order business which parents 6. Promote preventive dentistry among children through women's clubs, parent-teacher associations, nurses’ associations and the private office. 7. Advocate a course in dental health for every teacher, college student and student nurse. 8. Appoint dental officer to examine the teeth of and furnish educational material to members of 4-H Clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls and Boys' Clubs. 9. Establish research committees to study dental decay among children by working with State orphanages and similar institutions. New Submarine Leaves D. C. ‘The new submarine U. S. S. Perch left the Washington Navy Yard yes- terday after it was inspected by Navy Department officials. Blind Workers Hold Bazaar Articles made by sightless residents of Washington are on display at the Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind, 1808 H street. Cora Fitton (left), home teacher of the institute, who is blind, is pictured selling a fluffy dog, fashioned by blind workers, to Miss Mallory Hufty. The bazaar, which began Mon= day, will continu: through Friday. —Star Staff Photo. | is not taxable. The new program the Commission- ers’ committee proposes to work out | will be designed to take effect at the | close of the current fiscal year, when | | existing “emergency taxes” expire. | These include the business privilege tax and the 25-cent increase in the | | real and personal property levies | As soon as the committee complete: its program it will be referred to the | | recently created Citizens’ Tax Advisory | Committee, headed by L. A. Carruth- ers, chairman of the Fiscal Affairs Committee of the Federation of Citi- 7ens’ Associations. Realty Levy Discussed. At the conclusion of the special committee’s meeting today, the second | it has held in connection with the new | tax program, Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, | | District auditor and budget officer, | who is serving as chairman, issued the | following statement: i “We have canvassed the estimated | needs of the District for the next | seven years and determined how | much money will be needed to provide | them, but we cannot take another | step until after a conference with the | Commissioners. We will seek such a | conference either Saturday or Mon- day.” It is known, however, that the com- mittee discussed a probable real estate tax for the next seven years, as well as substitution of a general sales tax or some other new form of taxation for the business privilege tax. Commissioner Hazen is anxious to reduce the real estate levy to $1.60, although several members of the com- mittee are understood to feel a $1.70 rate will be necessary to finance the District if & progressive program of public improvement is to be carried out during the 7-year period In addition to Maj. Donovan and Corporation Counsel Seal, the Tax Committee is composed of Richmond B. Keech, vice chairman of the Public Utilities Commission; Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, director of highway: Fred D. Allen, tax assessor, and Chat- ham M. Towers, collector of taxes. 6,000 MORE ITALIANS REPORTED IN SPAIN LONDON, England, October 20 (C.D.N.)—Six thousand men, includ- ing the 61st, 62d and 63d Regiments of infantry which recently left Naples “bound for Libya,” landed in Cadiz, Spanish insurgent port, last week, ac- cording to highly reliable informa- tion received in London today. ‘The troops in question left Italy in Italian ships on October 11 and were first landed in Morocco and the Canaries. From there they were.em- barked for Cadiz in two Spanish ships, the Domine and the Lazaro. One thousand of them were dressed in civilian clothes at the time they arrived and were immediately fur- nished with uniforms of the Foreign Legion. (Copyright, 1837.)" ] | high Gumpty Ridge. had difficulty re- | victims | | cept OCTOBER 20, PROBES LAUNCHED INAIRLINER CRASK Mangled Bodies of 19 Taken From Snow on Moun- tain Top. By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, October 20.— Federal and airlines officials prepared to open three separate investigations into the most disastrous crash in American aviation history as identifi- cation of the 19 victims' broken bodies began at Evanston, Wyo., today. The bodies were taken in wagons over crude mountain roads to Evanston late yesterday. They had been strewn over & wide area when & United Air- lines luxury transport rammed into a mountain peak 80 miles east of here in a terrific storm Sunday night. Bob Johnson, United Airlines press representative, sald the bodies were “tentatively identified” early today. He said the first identified was that of Pilot Earl Woodgerd, Denver, A Federal board appointed by Sec- retary of Commerce Roper is sched- uled to meet here Saturday to inves- tigate the disaster. The United States Postal Department and United Alr- lines also will conduct their own in- quiries. At the crash scene, postal employes under Postal Inspector M. G. Wenger of Salt Lake City searched minutely through snow and wreckage for the remainder of the 174 pounds of mail carried by the transport. One bag was found intact Relatives of the ill-fated sky liner's passengers were arriving at Evanston to claim their dead, but many bodies are 30 badly mangled identification is not expected o be complete until to- night. Searchers reached the plane yes- terday 21-passenger transport was demol- ished. The center of the fuselage was broken over a rocky ridge. The cabin was torn to bits. Bodies, cushions, personal effects were catapuiled over & wide area hurled 100 yards shead of the once magnificent transcontinental liner. Bodies lay grotesquely in the snow. Twisted arms and legs protruded from the glistening white. A man’s hand lay across his chest, only part of his body showing. Most of the bodies were thrown clear of the cabin Searchers, already weary from climb- ng to almost inaccessible 10.000-foot- 1937. moving bodies of the 16 passengel and 3 crew members. The were moved slowly down slippe mountainsides by pack trains 4 miles to a deeply rutted road leading to Knight, Wyo., 26 miles north of the crash. From Knight the bodies were taken over the highway 7 miles to Evanston The two mortuaries of the small Western Wyoming town were filled United Airline officials remained silent as to the cause of the crash ex- to say it was due “to the weather.” DIVORCE ACTION PAYS TRIBUTE TO LIPPMANN By the Assoclatea Press BRADENTON. Fla. October 20.— Mrs, Fave Lippmann sued for divorce yesterday from Author Walter Lipp- mann, asserting he used his gift of invective against her and habitually indulged & violent temper. She charged extreme mental cruelty. Lippmann “is shrewd and quick in his mental processes,” her petition said. “commands & vocabulary virtual- Iy unlimited, is a facile veteran in the use of invective and development of criticism, a phase of his equipment that he constantly uses in admin- istering verbal punishment upon complainant.” The couple married in New York City May 24, 1917 children. Mrs. Lippmann's petition said they separated lest August. It also said a property settlement was pending. Lippmann, 48-year-old Harvard graduate, formerly was associate editor of the New Republic magazine | and editor of the New York World. Except for the rear fin, the | The two motors were | RACING RESULTS Laurel— FIRST RACE—Purse $1.000; elaiming: ear-olds and up: 6 furlongs. 1 ) 18.00 H. L. Straus entry. Py £1.000: claim- up; 6 furlongs. ) .10 3.80 3.2 | 290 250 | 3.00 SECOND RACE— year-olds a ran—Bread King, Deflate and Pompelus. Rockingham— By the Associaled Press, urse 8 furl 2 £800: tongs 7.30 1030 6.10 | 16.60 10.80 | 5.80 elaiming: errie Marie. Morlute. Foxe, Also rag—I Advocate Junlor. S1. Nick and Carissa, | . SECON Purse $800: claiming; | |3 nd up; 6 furlong: | ) (Wholey) Time, | 8 Also ‘ran—Transcan. Civil War. Flying Play, Color § Thundertone (Daily Double paid $219.30.) 'FATHER, DAUGHTER INJURED IN CRASH, Man Almost Scalped as Car Col- lides With Rear End of Truck. Br & Staff Correspondent of The Star. MUIRKIRK, Md., October 20 —Two persons, a father and daughter. were | critically injured today when the car | | in which they were riding collided with | | the rear end of a parked truck near | here. | The injured, taken to Sibley Me- { morial Hospital, in Washington, are Mrs. Francis Doyle of Berwyn and her | | father, W. A. Golden of Laurel. | | Golden was almost scalped by a broken | | windshield and he was said by attaches | at the hospital to be suffering with & | possible fracture of the skull and in- | | juries to his chest. The nature of | Mrs. Doyle's injuries had not been de- | | termined. | | The injured persons were picked up in a private automobile driven by C.| P. Marcus, a District of Columbia food | inspector, and taken to the offices of | a physician in Mount Rainier for first | | aid treatment and later removed to| the hospital. | Prince Georges County Policeman E | J. Huber, who investigated the acci- | dent. said the front end of the auto- | mobile was smashed in by the force of | the impact with the truck. WILKINS COFFEE ADS WIN NATIONAL PRIZE | Cartoons Rated First in That Com- | modity and Sixth in All- . Gres Hip, teh and | Product Ratings. | Wilkins coffee and tea newspaper advertising has been given first rating in the annual survey conducted by the editors of National Ad-Views for | the year ending last October 1, it | was announced today The survey covered advertising in the daily newspapers of the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia | Wilkins was awarded first place among | | all coffee and tea advertisers and | sixth place in all.advertising, regard- | less of product. | The cartoon advertising of the com- | pany was originated by John H. Wil- | kins, jr. the ideas being developed by Lewis Edwin Ryan. Inc. national advertising agency of this city. | LAW EDITOR TO SPEAK !G. A. Finch of Carnegie Endow- | ment to Talk of Orient’s Troubles. | | | | | George A. Finch. assistant secretary | | of the Carnegie Endowment for In- | | ternational Peace and managing edi- | national Law, will address the semi- | nar in international law and rela- tions conducted by Prof. Herbert Wright and Dr. John J. Meng at | | Catholic University at 5:10 pm. Pri- | | day. Mr. Finch will discuss the | “Relation of the United States to the Sino-Japanese Dispute.” She Wears $50,000 in Furs | TELLS OF SIGNING - RADIO' PAPERS Stenographer Informs F. C. C. She Attached Signature at Lawyer’s Request. By the Associated Press A comely law office senographer tn- day told the Federal Communications Commission, hearing disbarment pro- ceedings against two attorneys, that she signed without reading four appli~ cations for radio stations at the request of one of the lawyers. The witness, Mrs. Ethel ning, testified under C. Man- immunity | granted by the commission after she had read a prepared note saying her answers might tend to incriminate her, Mrs. Manning testified she signed application by the Palmer Broadeast- ing Syndicate, Inc, for a station at Portland, Me.; Lewiston, Me. and Cheyenne, Wyo., as well as an applica« tion by Commercial Broadcasting. Inc., for a station at Moorhead, Minn Represented as President. She said she signed the applications at the request of Paul M. Segal, for whom she worked occasionally. She was represented in the applications as president of the Palmer and Commer- cial Cos., but she told the commission today she did not know this Segal told her, she said, that it was “all right” for her to sign the papers and that she “took his word for it." She signed as “E. C. Murphy,” Murphy being her maiden name. In reply to a question by Samuel H. Kauffman, special counsel for the com- mission, Mrs. Manning said she bought no stock in either company, never at- tended any meetings, never received any mail and did not know how lonz she was president. She said she did not know “the real person” interested in the two companies. ‘Dummy Companies’ Claimed. Segal and George S. Smith, who have practiced often before the com- mission are accused of setting up “dummy” companies “for the purpose of deceiving and misleading” the com~ mission. Testimony opened with six of the seven commissioners sitting Commissioner George Henry Payne. accused of “personal malice, bias and prejudice” against the defendants was disqualified to sit in the case by the commission late yesterday Payne. in a statement criticiging his disqualification. said the action “leaves the way open for abeolute econtrol of the commissions in Washington by lawyers whose public interest is sub- ordinate to the interests of their clients.” JURY IS SELECTED IN JANITOR'S TRIAL Twelve White Men Impaneled to Hear Evidence in Murder Case. A jury of 12 white men was impan- eled at noon today in the District Court murder trial of William (Major) McAffee. 61. colored janitor, who is accused of slaying Mrs. Henrietta An- derson. 36, of 1633 L street with & heavy iron furnace shaker August 23, The trial opened at 10:30 am., with Justice Jesse C. Adkins presiding. The Government exercised 10 challenges and the defense seven, while Justic and the defense seven, while Justice Adkins excused 17 other prospective Jjurors because they were opposed to capital punishment or had formed an opinion about the case from reading newspaper accounts. The diminutive colored man was employed at the house where Mrs. An- derson roomed. His attorneys, Robert They have no | tor of the American Journal of Inter- | . Miller and Joseph A. McMenamin, said they may attempt to prove M- Affee was intoxicated at the time the killing took place Mrs. Anderson. an attractive widow, who was employed as a clerk at the Veterans' Administration, was the mother of three children. Assistant United States Attornsvs Samuel F. Beach and Charles B. Mur- ray. in charge of the prosecution, said they are prepared to call 22 witnesses The trial is expected to consume at least two days. THREEC. C. C. ENROLLEES |DIE AS BOAT CAPSIZES | By the Associatea Press. MARION, Va. October 20.—Three enrollees of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Hungry Mother State Park. 2 miles north of Marion, were drowned yesterday when & rowboat capsized on the park lake The victims: Stephen Simms, 18, and Melvin Haga, 17, both of Marion and Charles Hoffman, 17, of Pitts- burgh, Simms and Haga were enrolled at the camp last Friday and Hoffman had been enrolled three months, Camp officers said the youths were supposed to have attended a lecture on fire prevention at the camp, but instead procured a boat without the knowledge of the officers and went on the lake. The bodies were found near the dam where the water was 30 feet deep as a result of recent heavy rains. TRACK MEET AMID WAR Americans Win Competition of Peiping Legation Guards. ‘While the S8ino-Japanese conflict rages in the Peiping area the Navy Department was advised today by radiogram that a track and field méet was held in that city by mem- bers of the various legation guards Geraldine Novak, chosen queen of national fur week, pic- tured at the Mayflower Hotel today, shortly after her arrival here to be presented at the White House tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. Miss Novak, member of the Intterngt_ior;lal (l,‘asi_no z;;";v;‘;lo) .xlzobrl’:' . i 15,000 ermine coat, and in her lap is a K . Bueamyeh —~Star Staff Photo. n L) The dapartment was told the" United States Marines won the contest, but there was a reminder of the war atmosphere when Col. John Marston, former Washingtonian, now com- manding the Americans at Peiping, said “Japanese not competing.” In this twenty-third international guards’ track and field meet, the de- partment said, the final scores were: Americans, 62; British guard, 57; Italian guard, 22, and French guard, 12. CORRECTION. In an account of a fire at the home of Mrs. Ethel Brown at 5437 Con- necticut avenue, published in Mon- day's editions of The Star, it was stated that several occupants had been assisted from the building. The fire was confined to the roof, accord- ing to Mrs. Brown, and it was un- necessary for any one to leave the home. The Star regrets the error. i [