Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1937, Page 2

RALROADS COSTS HELD UNDULY T Senator Says Van Swerin- gens Got Funds Needed for Maintenance. By the Associated Press. Senator Truman, Democrat, of Mis- souri asserted today that the Missouri Pacific Railroad embarked in 1931 on a program of “desperate cutting of ex- penditures and deferred maintenance” in order to “pay the Van Sweringens money that ought to “have gone into additions and betterments.” The statement was made before a Senate committee investigating rail- road finance, of which Truman is act- ing chairman. Associates of the late Van Sweringen brothers, who created a giant rail em- pire, of which the Missouri Pacific was & part, quickly challenged Truman to prove that the program to which he referred was instigated by the Van Bweringen organization. A stir was created in the hearing room when a former attorney for the Van Sweringens, not called as a wit- ness, interrupted to suggest that if Truman wanted to “be fair,” he should have addressed his remarks to L. W. Baldwin, president of Missouri Pacific, instead of F. P. Johnson, finance officer, who was on the stand at the time. The attorney, who identified him- self as John Marshall of a Washing- ton law firm, told Truman that Bald- win had ordered the curtailed ex: penditures and was “more qualified” to explain than Johnson, Committee examiners demanded immediately that Marshall be sworn as a witness. When he took the gtand, he said he did not represent any of the witnesses before the com- mittee. He said, however, that he was formerly employed by the Van Sweringen organization, “What prompted you to suggest that we call Mr., Baldwin?" Marshall was asked. “I probably shouldn’t have done it,” the attorney replied. “I think the committee knows how to handle its procedure,” Truman told him. Marshall apologized and left with- out testifying. REBELS ANNOUNCE BLOCKADE OF SPAIN| Admiral Fernandez Says Vessels Will Patrol From Almeria to French Frontier, By the Associated Press. PALMA, Mallorca, Oct. 28—Vice Admiral Francisco Moreno Fernandez announced today that insurgent war- ships were establishing a complete blockade of the Valencia govern- ment's coast from Almeria to the northern frontier bordering France. Admiral Fernandez, with 35 ships under his command, arrived today at Palma and took over command of the land, sea and air forces of Mal- lorea. Also under his command were the gunboats Dato and Jese Canalejas. With the admiral's arrival, Palma, port of this largest of the Balearic Islands, became the sole insurgent naval base. D-fense Reported Broken. HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Fron- tier, Oct. 28 (#).—Unofficial dispatches reported today that Moorish troops had broken through Spanish govern- ment lines in the Usera sector of Madrid and advanced 800 yards in Paseo de Rosales. Insurgent bombardment of Cata- lonia’s raflway connections with France was renewed yesterday. Anti- aircraft batteries drove away an in- surgent plane after it dropped several bombe on Portbou, just below the east- ern end of the French border. TS SEEN NEW FAC IN CANCER STUDY | Dr. Skinner Believes Probe Into Plant Viruses May Shed Additional Light. A possibility that new light may be shed on the cellular activity of cancer through the study viruses was voiced here today Dr. W. W. Skinner, bio-chemist with the Department of Agriculture, who spoke to the Association of Dairy, Food and Drug Officials in conven- tion at the Raleigh Hotel. Dr. Skinner, who is assistant chief of the Chemical and Technological Research, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, said that, “We may be on the threshhold of a discovery that will be of great value in the study of cancer. Our research in peculiar chemical substances which produce disease yet of themselves are not living matter is giving us new in- eight into plant viruses.” He was careful to point out, how- ever, that they had made no direct discoveries concerning cancer. They were only making an intensive study of chemicals which over-stimulate cellular activity that lead them to believe they were getting close to acquiring definite knowledge concern- ing “plant cancers,” which might be related to cancer in man. The research, carried out under the Bankhead-Jones Act of 1936, is not to expand the work of the Bu- reau of Chemistry and Soils, but to make a little deeper study of cer- tain phases of the work, he said. of plant | by | Fine Paintings, D. A.R. Leader Says |System Comparable to Fed- NG STAR, WASHINGTO Star’s Art Appreciation Drive ||| § BI(0DSERUM |WPAFFEE LAWYER Lauded as Citizenship Aid National Culture Includes Study of in Backing Campaign. Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, State regent of the District Daughters of the American Revolution, today described The Star's art appreciation campaign as “an important step toward making the public increasingly aware of the place of art in the preservation of history and tradition of all nations.” In giving her indorsement to the art project, which is now in its third week, Mrs. Haig cited the American citizenship program being conducted among the youth of this country by the D. A« R. and declared culture, including art appreciation as one form# of it, was a contribution to better citizenship. “We look to history to understand today,” said the State regent. “The historical perfod and trends depicted in the representative selection of modern times make it possible for us from which they sprang.” American Artists Cited. Of particular interest to Daughters of the American Revolution, she point- ed out, “are the American artists who have found in this country all the necessary inspiration for producing great paintings. low Homer, in water colors; Thomas Fakins, the portraitist; Mary Cassatt, the first great woman painter, and Thomas Benton, the muralist, which are included in this study, are im- | portant links in the development of the art of our own country.” “Through them,” said Mrs. Haig, “we find much of American tradition in its mos. vital and stimulating form. We congratulate The Evening Star for its part in creating interest in and demand for more and better art.” Beginning more than two weeks ago, the art campaign has gained wide- spread support and great momentum through the Washington area, winning the support of schools, ‘colleges, uni- versities, art schools, women's clubs, parent-teacher associations and other groups. | " The star, in collaboration with the | National Committee for Art Appre- ciation, is offering beautiful color re- productions of 48 famous paintings | nal prices. The prints are released | in sets of four each week for 12 weeks, |and three sets are now available. Those entering the campaign this week may still obtain the sets released last week and the week before. Lessons in Art Appreciation. University, nationally known authority on art, is author of the lessons in art appreciation which accompany each week's set. The lessons come with- | the period of art to which the week’s paintings belong. BY HOWARD SIMON. IR THOMAS MORE one day gave audience to a young painter newly arrived from Germany. He had a pleasing manner and, more important, a letter of introduc- tion warmly recommending him from Erasmus, scholar of Basle. When the interview was over, Hans Holbein had a commission to paint the portrait of Sir Thomas ;and his family. | The marvelous skill and fidelity with which it was executed amazed Sir Thomas. Hol- bein's future was assured. He could please the Eng- lish. Dther court- jers and their wives sought him out, and Holbein returned to his home in Basle to make provision fer his wife and children and hasten back to Eng- Howard Simon. enough to paint a sensitive and mas- followed him to England: “Master Hans Holbein the Painter, now in England: the Council of the City of Balse, send greetings to our dear citizen Hans Holbein and let you know herewith that it would please us if you would repair home as soon as possible.\ In that case, in order that you may | better stay at home and support your wife and children, we will furnish you yearly with 30 pieces of silver until we are able to take care of you bet- ter,” The offer did not tempt him, and he remained in England. Four vears later, in 1536, there was bestowed upon him the title of “Painter to the King {of England, Henry the Eighth" . Knew Poverty in Youth He had come a long way from his childhood when he was poorly fed and had wandered wvith his brother and their painter father from Augsburg through Germany, to Basle, to Lu- cerne and once more to Basle. He had illustrated books at Basle, in his early youth, and had painted the Magis- trate’s house with murals over the outside in Lucerne, and had every- where practiced his art as draughts- man, decorator, fresco painter, por- trait painter, architect, modeler, and miniaturist. P He had painted few religious pic- tures, for the turmoil of the Refor- mation had turned artists to portrai- ture for means of a livelihood. The Church no longer employed painters to do altar piecesor murals or decora- tion of any sort. In Baslg in about /a\ife\ie\ile\i) ART PICTURES Star. By mail—inclose 46¢ Evening Star. Indicate b T T U——— Address ... Age (2 GHEDH) omoommmeeeee Sets Number 1, 2 and 3 Now Available NY one is entitled to one week’s set of Four Pictures in the Art Appreciation campaign of The Star upon payment of only 39¢ at the Art Counter in the Business Office of The Evening (stamps not acceptable), addressed to the Art Appreciation Counter, The desired set—No. 1—2—3 [ T ——————— .Years, paintings from the 16th century to | to go back and examine the traditions | The works of Wins- | Dr. Bernard Myers of New York | out extra charge and are devoted to | Dr. Myers describes | Deming, architect; Miss Bertha Noyes in entertaining and informative style | and Aline E. Solomon. Stories of the Masters HANS HOLBEIN | of old and modern masters at nomi- | = Ry MRS. HAIG. the life and work of each famous painter included in the group. The pictures to which Mrs. Haig referred were released the first week, designed to show American art as it They are Homer's “Bahama Tornado,” Eakint’ “Lady With a Set- ter,” Cassatt's other and Child" and Benton's “Lassoing Horses.” As part of its art program, the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion have a national committee of art critics who select or pass on paintings that are placed in the national head- quarters here. Members of the com- mittee are C. Powell Minnigerode, di- rector of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and a local and national sponsor for the art appreciation campaign; Mrs. L. M. Leisenring, member of the | mour, all in one elaborate architectur- {well turned calves to advantage. Henry 3 | did them justice, land. He remained in Basle just long | | plowmen,” terly portrait of his wife and children. | Almost immediately a letter from Basle | “We, Jakob Meyer, Burgomeister and | Corcoran School of Art faculty; W. I 1519 he married Elsbeth, a widow with two children. And he became a citizen of Basle. Now he was in London. The great Whitehall fresco, painted in 1537, was the first work of importance that Hol- bein did for Henry, and if his suc- cess had been assured before, it was doubly so now. For 150 years every distinguished visitor to the Palace was taken to see it. Its subjects were a great figure of Henry the Eighth, his mother Elizabeth, his father Henry the Seventh. and his third wife, Jane Sey- al sef 2. In 1698 the walls were destroyed by fire and with them the magnificent fresco. The large drawing from which the fresco had been made remains, and it shows us Henry in his prime, the portrait by which he is best known to us. He stands with arms akimbo and legs carefully posed to show the was vain of his legs. This portrait and he was well pleased with it. “I could make six said the King, “out of six peers, but out of six peers I could not make one Holbein.” Henry was a careful guardian of the state exche- quer, but he was 5o often pleased with his court painter’s achievements that he frequently lavished double pay- ments upon him Yet even so perfect and meticulous a craftsman can come to grief. One | day the court painter was sent to make | & portrait of Anne of Cleves, fifth | bride-to-be of Henry. The portrait, when it was finished and sent to Henry, found favor in the King's eyes. He sent for the lady, and in his impa- tience to meet the original of the lovely portrait, set sail on his barge down the Thames from London. At last they met. The ardor of the | King cooled immediately. She was far from beautiful. He returned to his barge—alone and still bearing the gifts he had intended for her. The King’s painter, luckily, was not at hand. But Henry bore Holbein no ill will—at least not for long. The court painter remained in his employ at his salary of 30 pounds a year, a large sum in the 16th century. Few of Works Remain. Of Holbein’s pr-~gious output, only a few portraits yemain. The large frescos and the wall paintings on the buildings in Lucerne have all been destroyed or have disappeared. Only sketches and copies of these remain. Of the rest the portraits in oil and the pencil drawings bring to life again the court of King Henry and animate & whole long period of English history. Holbein died in 1543. He had served the King well and he had served art well. The one rewarded him with a considerable fortune—the other with a fame that places him securely in the small company of truly great portrait painters. ‘The above painter is among 48 great masters whose pictures are offeredl in reproduction form by this newspaper— 48 masterpieces in original colors. They are divided into 12 sets of four, one set a week for only 39c. Each week's set contains a lesson in art appreciation and persons who obtain all 12 weekly sets will get a free collector’s portfolio. (Copyright, 1937.) SYRIAN TOWN FLOODED DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 28 (#)— A great flood rushed down from the | Sometimes a single injection brings hills northeast of Damascus today and swept through the town of Dmeir, where almost all the houses were washed away. Dozens of bodies were recovered by troops and police from Damascus. One hundred were missing, The flood followed & cloudburst. A ‘BANK' S FOUNDED eral Reserve May Crush Epidemics. By THOMAS R. HENRY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, Oct. 28.—A Nation-wide system of blood serum depositories somewhat comparable to the Federal Reserve set-up in banking now fis being established, it* was learned in connection with meetings of the American College of Surgeons here. In these depositories are prepared and stored serums made from the blood of convalescent patients of measles, whooping cough, scarlet fever, infantile paralysis and a wide variety of epidemic diseases. Weekly “statements” of its deposits are sent out by each serum bank so that one city can draw upon another in cases of epidemics. The first of these was established at the Michael Reese Hospital in Chi- cago and this has served as a model for the others. Others now are in operation in Des Moines, Detroit, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New York and San Fran- cisco. Prepared under rigidly stand- ardized and sterile conditions, potent blood serum can be kept potent in the ice box deposit vaults of the “banks” for as much as nine months. The movement is expected to spread rap- idly to other cities. The banks are | amalgamated into an Association of Serum Centers. Improvements in Treatment. At the same time, it was learned, far-reaching improvements now are under way in convalescent serum treatment. At one Chicago hospital work was reported showing that what | almost amounts to a specific for the wide variety of ailments due to the | streptococcus form of bacteria is pro- vided by the convalescent serum of patients recovering from scarlet fever. The streptococcus is one of man's | greatest natural enemies. It not only is responsible for scarlet fever, but also for such maladies as streptococ- cic sore throat, infections of the mid- | dle ear, which cause an enormous | amount of permanent deafness; strep- tococeic pneumonia and meningitis, possible blood clots and frequently fatal infections following operations. When it was found about three years ago that a German dye substance had a highly specific effect on the strepto- cocei in the blood the discovery was hailed as one of the greatest medical advances of the decade. This, in a more potent form, is the now cele- brated sulphanalamide, which has saved thousands of lives, but which. it | has been demonstrated in the last few weeks, is a virulent poison if careless- ly administered and which always has some poisonous effect. The new serum devised at the Chi- | cago Serum Center apparently does | everything tlat sulphanalamide can| do with respect to streptococci, with no poisonous effects and with very | little chance of any bad results. The | absolute requirement is a pooled sup- | ply of the blood serum of scarlet fever | convalescents. A pint or more of | blood is taken from a person well on | the road to convalescence from scarlet fever. When the serum has been | taken from this blood ‘and tested for | freedom from any infective agents it is pooled with the blood serum of | scores of other persons in & similar state of recovery. From then on it is| available to anybody whose system has | been invaded by the dreaded “strep.” Large Quantities Injected. Since it is made of human blood, | there is no possibility of the bad serum | reactions which sometimes follow the administration of serum made from the blood of horses and other animals. ‘ It can be injected into the veins in| large amounts in proportion to the seriousness of the infection with no possibility of an allergic effect or of forming a blood clot There is no need of typing blood, it was explained, since persons of all| blood types are represented in the | pooled supply and the different types | neutralize each other. So far as pos- | sible an equal number of males and | females are represented to neutralize | the infinitesimally small amouns of | hormones that might be present in the | serum of one sex. The effects often are dramatic. Streptococcic infections are character- ized by sharp rises of temperature. the temperature down to normal and keeps it there, In other cases the re- covery is more gradual. Very few cases have resulted in actual failure. Scar- | let fever is the most prevalent of all| streptococcic diseases. It would be impossible to keep a constant supply of | serum from other maladies caused by | this bacterium because there is no reg- ularity in their appearance—they often occur and reach a climax suddenly, and cases are widely separated. As in cases of other infections, ap- parently the body tissues secrete into the blood something, as yet unknown, which attacks the invading organisms. | As the patient gets well the amount or | potency of this material gradually | diminishes, although enough may re- main to protect the individual through- out life. It is known that the sub- stance is contained in the globulin molecule of the blood and various ef- forts have been made to get it out by chemical methods, without success. Possible to Use Both. This molecule, it was explained to- day, may be something like a dog’s tail attached to the motile globulin molecule which distributes it through- out the blood stream and if it could be obtained in pure form it might prove to be inert. Efforts to find something corresponding to the sulphanalamide radical in the globulin have failed. The possibility in severe cases of using both the scarlet fever serum and sul- phanalamide now is being considered. When sulphanalamide was used with pneumonia serum in experiments at the National Laboratory of Health in ‘Washington a “synergistic action” was found. the effect of the two together being greater than the added effect of both when used alone, This human convalescent serum, it was pointed out, is one medicine with which the physician hardly can make the mistake of using too much and there is little practical use of purify- ing it further so as to obtain the actual substance, prdbably a minute part. of the whole, which does the work. Human serum, it was stressed, is one of the best possible foods and a person seriously ill of a streptococ- cus infection usually is in need of food. A development of even greater prac- tical importance, it was learned, is that with the further development of the blood serum bank system any future epidemic of measles probably can be stamped out befors it gets started. Measles convalescent serum | told them they should return a ver- D. -, TOASKNEW TRIAL Janitor Is Fund Guilty of Murdering Woman With Furnace Shaker. A new trial for Willlam (Major) McAflee, 61, colored janitor, who was found guilty late yesterday of first degree murder for the slaying August 22 of Mrs. Henrietta Anderson, 36, of 1633 L street N.W., will be sought by his attorney, Robert I. Miller, it was learned today. The jury returned its verdict, which carries a mandatory death sentence, after 1 hour and 33 minutes’ delib- eration. The expression on McAffee's face did not change when he heard the jury foreman pronounce the word “guilty,” but a grin spread over his features as he was led from the crowded court room. Should Justice Jesse C. Adkins deny the motion for a new trial, sentence probably will be pronounced next week. Miller said, however, he then will carry the case to the United States Court of Appeals. Assistant United States Attorneys Charles B. Murray and Samuel F. Beach told the jury yesterday that McAffee smashed Mrs. Anderson’s skull with a heavy iron furnace shaker. They could advance no mo- tive for the killing The defense contended McAffee was so drunk at the time of the slaying that he had no recollection of what occurred. Charging the jury, Justice Adkins dict of second degree murder if they found McAffee was too drunk to per- mit him to deliberate and premedi- tate the killing. His instructions also would have permitted a verdict of manslaughter as well as not guilty. Both Government counsel in their addresses to the jury accused the de- fendant of attempting to “murder Mrs. Anderson’s reputation as well as her body.” PAINTING IS STOLEN FROM C. U. SHRINE Is Taken From Souvenir Room. Man and Wife Robbed on Leaving Auto. A valuable painting of the Blessed Virgin was reported stolen today from the walls of the souvenir room at| the Shrine of the Immaculate Con- ception at Catholic University. The portrait, a gift to the shrine when it was opened, was mounted in a 4-by-3-foot gold frame. Another robbery victim, George L. Keen, 48, reported that two armed | bandits lay in wait for him and his | wife, Jennie, 45, last night and con- fronted them as they left their auto- mobile in a garage at rear of their home, 58 Hamilton street NW., The gunmen obtained $2 from Mrs. Keen and 20 cents from her husband. Colored hold-up men last night invaded the grocery of Max White at 49 G street S.W. locking him in a back room and cutting the telephone wire before they fled with $45 taken from the cash register. Descriptions of the two were given police. Irene Barnes, colored maid in the employ of Lester Boykin, 2825 Albe- marle street N.W., frightened away two colored burglars last night after they had broken the glass to the| front door of the Boykin residence and gained entry. The maid screamed and the men fled without taking any loot. DIANA WILSON DIES Pneumonia Fatal to Actress, Two Decades English Star. LONDON, Oct. 28 (#).—Diana Wil- son, tall English actress, for two dec- ades a figure of the English stage, died today of pneumonia. She was 40. She appeared in America after the World War with Isadors Duncan. has now been improved to the point where a rather small injection given to a child who has been exposed serves as an almost certain protec- tion The last great measles epidemic was two years ago. Another can be expected within a year or so. Chiefly a children’s disease, measles goes over the country like wildfire. A child usually recovers without serious ef- fects, but sometimes complications result which cripple the victim for life, leave the heart permanently weakened, or even prove fatal. In terms of money alone, such an epi- demic costs the American people many millions in doctor bills and medi- cine. Needed in Last Epidemic. At the time of the last epidemic the convalescent serum preventative treatment was in its infancy and use of it was made in only a few com- munities. It probably will be wide- spread in the next epidemic and from then on, as serum pools increase and the method becomes well known, it may be almost universal among ex- posed children. Among adults, espe- cially in primitive communities, measles is often a very serious disease. It was one of the chief causes of death during the Civil War. Sev- eral Pacific islands have been nearly depopulated with it. Convalescent serum now probably could be rushed by plane anywhere in the world | when such an epidemic started. Once a case of measles has started, it was pointed out, the serum has not proved so effective in the past, but recent experiments indicate that the difficulty has been with two small doses. A curative dose, it is believed, must be about ten times a preventative dose. When human serum is used there is no reason why such a dose should not be given. The same method may eventually be applied to such children’s diseases &s whooping cough and chicken pox. One feature of this sort of a bank, it was stressed, is that the supply almost always equals the demand. Once an epidemic of measles starts, more serum 15 required and automatically there is more aveilable, for there are more | convalecents. The same is true for any other disease against which con- valescent serum is effective. The banks are set up locally, but must be under responsible direction, must conform in every respect to the rigid standards demanded by the as- sociation, and submit to eonstant in- spection, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1937. Chest Pledges Increase Richard W. Hynson, chairm ments unit (left), yesterday reported substanti ecial contributions to the Chest campaign to Clarence early sp Phelps Dodge, president of the Willett, jr., director of the Ches ecial assign- increases in an of the Chest s Chest (center) and Herbert L. t (right). —Star Staff Photo. D.C. Surgeon D etails Operation To Restore Scalps Torn Away - Machines Worse Than| Indians, Dr. Cahill ) Tells Convention. ‘ By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, | Associated Press Science Editor. CHICAGO, Oct. 28—The Indians have stopped scalping, but the ma- chines have taken over where the red men left off, the American Col- lege of Surgeons was informed today. This fact was brought out by James A. Cahill, M. D., of Georgetown Uni- | versity School of Medicine in telling how surgeons have devised operations to build new scalps, something which was not done much “in the good old days.” The moderns who lose their scalps to machines are exclusively women and Chinese. according to Dr. Cahill's records, which cover 96 cases. Long hair catching in wheels or belts is the cause, and since the Chinese cut | their queues they have been exempt. But bobbed-hair styles have not been | a complete protection. The most recent operation for giv- ing a woman a new scalp was de- scribed by Dr. Cahill. The patient was a 2:-year-old garment worker whose accident came as she stooped | to pick up something under her ma- chine. The machine did about twice as much scalping. in area, as a savage's | knife, and it took off the right ear, too. Yet today, said Dr. Cahill. the young woman has a new ear and a | complete scalp. She wears a said | transformation, DR. JAMES A. CAHILL. Dr. Cahill, and in good looks tainly has no reason for a rassment.” Most of her new scalp—and thi cludes quite a bit of forehead skin— | came from the region of her shoulder blades. The skin there was first de- | toured to the back of her head by a “pedicle flap” and then moved to cover the areas where scalp and othe skin was missing. ‘The tissues of her new ear were sup- plied by the skin of her neck. below the ear. The cartilege to stiffen the | ear and give it shapeliness was taken from her seventh rib. TWO G. U. PROFESSORS WILL SPEAK IN BOSTON Dr. James B. Scott and Dr. Wil- frid Parsons Will Address Catholie Alumni Federation. Dr. James Brown Scott and Dr Wilfrid Parsons, S. J., professors at Georgetown University, are on the speakers’ program of the National Catholic Alumni Federation, which | opened its annual convention today in Boston. Dr. Scott, an authority on inter-| national law, spoke on “The Spiritual | Ideas and Ideals of American Democ- | racy,” furnishing the keynote of the convention. There are only four pub- lic speakers at the convention. “The Threat to Demoeracy From Within" will be the topic of an ad- dress tomorrow by Dr. Parsons, pro- fessor of political science in the grad- uate school and also Georgetown li- brarian. \ S ASTOR’S SON HURT LONDON, Oct. 28 (#)—John Jacob Astor, son of Lord and Lady Astor, and | three other Oxford University under- | graduates were injured today in an Oxfordshire auto-truck accident. Gas Being Bottled. Natural gas found in Southern France is being bottled and taken to Paris, where it is being tested as fuel to run busses. Chief G-Man Sends A Toy Machine Gun To Shirley Temple By the Associated Press. The person who recently sent Shirley Temple a machine gun has been identified as J. Edgar Hoover, the Nation's No. 1 G- man ‘The weapon clatters and shoots sparks but that is all, because it's a toy. Hoover shipped the gun to the little Hollywood star, an aide ex- plained. in fulfillment of a prom- ise made at the film colony Sep- tember 14, when Shirley made Hoover a member of the “Shirley Temple police.” Her acceptance letter, which she wrote, was ad- dressed “to Chief Hoover from Chief Temple.” It assured Hoover that Shirley already had “shot everybody on the lot.” NEW AIRPORT SURVEY The Bureau of Air Commerce has agreed to make a new survey of the Preston Glenn Airport at Lynchburg, Va., to determine the minimum amount of work necessary to make it suitable for airmail service. American Airlines,dperators of the ‘Washington-Nashville route which in- cludes Lynchburg, will join in the ately. Attend Council Meetings Dean Louise Pound of the University of Nebraska (left) and Dean Margaret Morriss of Pembroke College, Brown University, who are here with a num cators attending the three-day s the American Association of Un ber of other distinguished women edu- emi-annual business meeting of iversity Women. Dean Morriss is national president and Dean Pound first vice president of the association. The session, the A, A. U. W, clubhouse, 1634 1 which ends tomorrow, is being held in a‘eet N.W. —Star Staff Photo. new study, to be undertaken immedi- | PLEDGES 10 CHEST - REPORTED HIGHER Special Assignments Unit Arinounces Gifts Totaling Nearly $100,000. Substantial increases in a number of early subscriptions to the tenth ane niversary campaign of the Community Chest were reported by Richard W. Hynson, chairman of the special ase signments upit at the first report meeting of the unit yesterday in the Willard Hotel, | Although no official totals were an- | nounced, informal reports showed early special gifts totaling nearly $100,000 have been received. They | will not be recorded officially until the Audit Committee, headed by James A. Councilor, begins its work | November 10. At the same time, Ross Garrett, di- rector of the Central Admitting Bu- reau for Hospitals, asked the Chest to appropriate $389,000 for support of hospitals and clinics during the com- ing year. He reported that one out of every 12 persons in Washington received medical aid through Com- munity Chest funds last year. Ap- proximately 75 per cent of e re- ceiving medical aid were self-support- ing, but did not earn enough to meet the added expenses of a serious ill- ness, he said. Two Gifts of $500, Among the gifts reported at yester- day's meeting of the special ass ments unit were two new $500 each, one from Edgar nnow living in Canada, who, d visit here, became interested in work. Other gifts made p included those of Mel | $600, an increase of 20 p last s gift; Morris Ci an increase of 100 per cer gift of last y C. Christie, per cent; Mr. Compton, $500, an increase of 25 per cent and Mrs. Dwight W. Davis, $2,500, an increase of 14 per cent: Mrs | Chauncey M. Depew, 810,000, an increase of 25 per cent The largest gift of the day was that of The Evening Star Newspaper Co., | $40.000. Other gifts were: Mrs. Annie C. Glover. §1,500; M. |and Mrs. Reginald Huidekoper, $62 | an increase of 12 per cent; Frank R | Jelleff, Inc., $6.000, an increase of 11 | per cent; Victor Kauffman, $4,000, an | increase of 14 per cent; Mrs. Frederi A. Keeps, $6.000; Alexander C. K $500, a new gift; Mr. and Mrs. Fr: B. Noyes, $2.500; R. Ross Pe § $500; Dr. William C. Rives Mrs. B. Francis Saul, $5 John Sau! | 600, an increase of 33 per cent: M: lle Sherwin, $1,500, an incre £ 25 per cent. Anonymous Gifts Listed. A number of anonymous gifts in cluded one for $2.300, another of $800 & third of $1,200 and two others of $1.800 each. Mr. Garrett reported that by ar- ranging for the District s | under | ata ti | funds me and by making up with Che of their | medical aid he required doing t wever, he said, t! to the hospitals for thou: | lars, the hospit into debt to local 8 ation has reached a pot pitals in the poorer sectio “may have to close their doors un | the Chest can actually pay for the | cases it sends to them. EX-HUGHES BUTLER GUILTY IN ASSAULT Good Character Plea on Basis He Worked for Justice Fails to Save Defendant. An attempt on the part of the de his good charact: he was a former butler for Chief Justice Hughes of the Supreme Court failed to sa Norvell O. Smith, 40, from a guilty verdict when he was tried im Police | Court today on a charge of assau ing his wife, Edna Smith teenth street NW, on Ju Smith is now employed as a ut: man in the new United States Su- u uilding. It was stipu- r both sides that s were presen as a witness he would testify to the good character of the defendant This stipulation was agreed to by the Government in order to preclude any possibility of the summoning of the Chief Justice as a witness and be- cause it was presumed by the prose- cution that the defendant m have the faith of the Chief Justice in order to have been in his employ and st be employed in the Supreme Court Building. A jury found Smith guilty. He will be sentenced later by Judge Ed- ward M. Curran RACING RESULTS Laurel— FIRST RACE—Purse. £1,000; claiming; for 2-vear-olds: 6 furlonss. Genevra M. (McCombs) 6.00 3.30 Bloomer Girl (Seabo) 3.60 Greenski (Corbett) Time—1:186. Also ran—Brilliant Blue, My Buddy, Do Briar Plume. xFrank Brooke, Bunny xJo D, xWoodwaae and Goodwine, if Chief J 2.80 2.80 3.30 ECOND RACE—Purse. §1,000: claim- ing; for 3-vear-olds and up; Marsiand bred: & furlonss. 340 240 230 2.60 Absconder (Vinas) 0" M: 2.90 3350 small and Accrue Also ' ran—Square Plas, Belie Change, May Music, Sandy Best Policy. Rockingham— Bs the Associated Press. FIRST RACE—Purse. $800: s and up; 6 furlongs. claiming; 190 3.80 810 620 8.00 , _Briar Thorn, Gypwick. Hasty Happy and ; annah. Y Joily ‘and Love Po- Hannab. " Pai claim- ing: 3= Fair Time (Marrero) Catehall (Jacques) Flickering ( il Pond. s 1:13% ran—spur Flower, J stan, Lord » Grandma's Boy, Hi Vic. Wulf; Dalton and Old Damision. (Daily Double paid $42.20.) £800: .. maiden 12,00 300 330 810 6.10 R 830 BT Gum, Jack Fir. Garels Bavs Barbara, Lismum Fiise. Taxi and [ Suning Free. THIRD RACE—P 2.year-olds: 6 furlon, Sandusky Bright So ime—1:14 Also ran inchoesia,