Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1937, Page 2

A—2 #x= D.ARACTS TOGET| FLAG FOR DISTRICT Suctess Seen as Hazen| Says He Will Sponsor Bill at This Session. Revival of the long struggle to ob- tain an official flag for the District of Columbia, this time with every prom- 1se of success, was announced today by Mrs. William D. Leetch, District flag chairman of the Daughters of the American Revolution. ‘The matter was brought to the spe- cial attention of patroitic organiza- tions on Navy Day, Wednesday, when all State and territorial flags were raised at the Naval Academy. The District was the only unit without an emblem. Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen, & leader in the movement for a District flag, has assured Mrs. Leetch he will sponsor a bill authorizing it at the regular session of Congress in Jan- uary. Since the matter has been revived, Mrs. Leetch said, & number of organi- zations, including the Merchants and Manufacturers Association and the Board of Trade, have assured the D. A. R. of their co-operation. She anticipates the necessary legislation will be only a formality this time. Meanwhile, designs are expected to be submitted. The tentative plan is for the Commissioners and the Fine Arts Commission to devise a plan of competition, with a jury to select the winning emblem. Strangely enough, the D. A. R. and other organizations were blocked in two previous attempts to have author- izing legislation passed. Twice such a bill was approved by the Senate and blocked in the House. But no such difficulty is anticipated this time. A history of State flags and a study of tentative designs for a District flag, written by Jennie Gorton Walker of the D. A. R., appeared as a full-page feature of The Sunday Star as far back as February 20, 1927. ROSS ATTORNEYS WILL GET HEARING Removal of Davidson Murder Sus- | pect to Stafford Jail Is to Be Sought. Attorneys for Walter L. Ross, young Marine charged with the murder of Elmer J. Davidson, 52, Washington attorney, will have a hearing before Judge Frederick W. Coleman at Fred- ericksburg tomorrow morning on their petition for removal of Ross from Alexandria to the Stafford County jail. For some reason, the 17-year-old Marine was taken to Alexandria when he was turned over to State policemen by officers at the Quantico Marine base, where he had been held in the guard house following his alleged con- fession of the slaying. The murder occurred in Stafford County on the night of October 3. Attorneys Frank P. Moncure and C. W. Shaw have charged the imprison- ment of Ross in Alexandria under an assumed name was “outrageous” and resembled “inquisition practices.” Sergt. E. J. McDermott of the Vir- ginia State police has announced that Ross has made a detailed confession to the slaying. Davidson was stabbed and shot to death beside a little-used road. His body was not discovered until the following morning. U. S. TO DEVELOP ‘SUICIDE’ RAIDERS Two Experimental Boats of Speed Up to 50 Miles Per Hour Are Planned. By the Associated Press. The United States Navy is prepar- ing to follow the lead of foreign fleets in developing small, lightning-fast “suicide” raiders and scouting craft. Details remain to be worked out, Navy officials said today. They de- clined to amplify a disclosure by As- sistant Secretary Edison that two ex- perimental boats, designed to attain speeds up to 50 miles an hour, are planned. The expected speed would be greater than that reported for any of the similar craft developed by Italy, Great Britain and Germany, whose navies have experimented with “suicide” ships since World War days. Their swiftness, Edison said, would enable them to dash within a few hundred feet of any enemy vessel, dis- charge torpedoes and dart quickly out of range of hostile guns. The speed boat raiders, faster than other surface craft, won the “suicide” sobriquet when used by the British in the World War. Speed and the ability to maneuver quickly are their sole defense. With 8 or 10 men aboard, the British sent them zig-zagging up and down the Belgian and French coasts in search of submarines and military informa- tion. The Italians have built them in great numbers, and some of their craft are reported to have reached speeds of more than 40 miles an hour. The Gérmans have concentrated on a larger but slower vessel. Intrigued by the military possibil- ities and comparative economy of a defense mosquito fleet, the new Phil- ippine Commonwealth has been mak- ing inquiries looking to the eventual purchase of 75 or more. Naval officials say the “suicide” boats are effective weapons in land- locked, sheltered waters but may be too small for the open sea. ART THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Famous Paintings Subject of Lecture JAPAN CONQUEST AREA NEW NATION Kewisui Changed to Hoho by Mongolian Congress. Teh Named Head. B the Associated Press. PEIPING, Oct. 29.—Establishment of a new independent “Inner Mon- golian nation” in the Northwestern Chinese provinces recently conquered by the Japanese Army was formally proclaimed today at Kewisul, capital of Suiyuan Province. A “national assembly” of 500 In- ner Mongolian delegates, gathered from Suiyuan and Chahar Provinces under Japanese auspices, announced establishment of the new state at the end of a three-day session, ‘The assembly also declared that the name of Kewisui was changed to Hoho and the city was made capital of the new nation. Mrs. Edward O. Hulburt (center), Alexandria artist, used Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” as one of the illustrations for her lecture befor left to right, at yesterday’s meeting, Oscar Nelson, club president; Mrs. H: bridge, representing the District Federation of Women’s Clubs. e the art group of the Petworth Women’s Club. Pictured are Mrs. R. K. Bailey, chairman of the art section, Mrs. ulburt, and Mrs. Lloyd A. Morrison and Mrs. Miles C. Trow- —Star Staff Photo. Pictures in Star Art Series Used in Talk to Women’s Club \Collectors of Weekly Sets Will Have Complete History, Mrs. Hulburt Says in Petworth Address. “and in the text form of art appreciation lessons, is obtainable for the THE history of art, in the pictorial form of beautiful color reproductions library of every home through The Star’s campaign to popularize art, Mrs. Edward O. Hulburt, Alexandria artist, pointed out in a lecture | appreciation drive. before the art section of the Petworth Women's Club. Speaking yesterday at the monthly luncheon meeting of the group in the Petworth M. E. Church on Grant Circle, Mrs. Hulburt based her remarks on The Star's art project and illustrated it with the first 12 prints of 48 famous paintings being offered during a 12-week program. “You will have the history of art if you collect the weekly picture sets | and art appreciation lessons,” said Mrs. % B Hulburt, in her second appearance be- fore the Petworth art section. She spoke to the group last year also. Mrs. Hulburt began her story of art | with the Italian Renaissance and showed the second set of prints in The | Star's campaign, Da Vinci's immortal “Mona Lisa,” Raphael's “Madonna Tempi,” Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” and Titian's “Duke of Ferrara,” all of the Renaissance. Reproductions Offered. Beautiful color reproductions of the 48 famous paintings are offered by The Star in-sets of four & week for 12 weeks at nominal prices, and three sets thus far have been released. The art project is being conducted in collabora- tion with the National Committee for Art Appreciation and is designed to bring the benefits and beauty of art, old and modern, to every one in the Washington territory. “In presenting any paintings to you,” Mrs. Hulburt said, “I must remind you of Spinoza's words about art: ‘Try to understand before you blame or praise.” Robert Louis Stevenson said that all forms of art and all artists have their characteristics and all have a pat- tern.” Mrs. Hulburt offered as a “very per- fect composition, Thomas Benton’s ‘Lassoing Horses”” All of Benton's work, she said, has a pattern. This painting is among the first four prints offered by The Star. Benton is an outstanding American artist, famous in recent years for his murals. She compared with Benton's work that of Pieter Breughel the Elder, whose ‘“Peasant Wedding,” painted when the Italian Renaissance was penetrating Northern Europe, is in- cluded in the set of famous paintings available this week—the third—of The Star campaign. There is a similarity, Mrs. Hulbert pointed out, although Breughel lived during the Sixteenth century, and Benton is painting today. Both pic- tures mentioned, she said, are packed with figures, colors and action. Great American Artists. “We also have learned to appreciate the works of the great American artists, four of whom, including Mr. Benton, were presented by The Star when its program began,” Mrs. Hulbert continued. She referred to Winslow Homer, famous for his watercolors and his pictures of the rockbound coast of Maine; Thomas Eakins, por- traitist, to whom great fame did not come until he was past 60, and Mary Cassatt, the great woman painter, a native American, but according to the speaker, “wery French in her in- fluence.” “Where you possibly can,” Mrs. Hulbert urged her audience, “you should visit the art galleries in Wash- ington and in Baltimore to see the originals of great paintings and get the inspiration they offer.” Mrs. Lloyd Morrison, chairman of fine arts for the District Federation of Women’s Clubs, and Mrs. Miles C. Trowbridge, assistant chairman of the IC 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 39c at the Art Counter in the Business Office of The Evening Star. By mail—inclose 46c (stamps not acceptable), addressed to the Art A reciation Counter, The Evening Star. Indicate desired set—No. 1—2—3 B ] Addross ..o ooeoceoaeemmemmmmmeeme e deeeceemee e e am e s a——. - Age (if student) «oooeeeee----.Yoars. federation’s division of art, were among the guests at the Petworth meeting. Mrs. Morrison is presenting The Star art project to each of the 33 clubs affiliated with the federation as she visits them. Mrs. R. K. Bailey, art chairman, was VIENNA PUPILS TO USE ART SERIES FOR CLASS Reproductions of 48 Paintings Offered in Star's Art Apprecia- tion Drive Are Basis of Work. Special Dispatch to The Star VIENNA, Va., Oct. 29.—An art class composed of seventh-grade pupils in Vienna Elementary School has been organized, and as a basis for their project will use the reproductions of | 48 famous paintings of old and modern masters which are being offered by The Star in connection with its art The class will be under the direction of Mrs. Nancy Faulkner, a teacher in the school, assisted by F. A. Wilcox, town clerk, and a well-known artist. While an effort will be made to teach the pupils to draw, the main emphasis will be laid on art appreciation, it was stated, and the class will study during the year the entire set of pictures of- fered by The Star. Representative Named. Mrs. Nan Honeyman, Oregon Repre- sentative in Congress, has been named in charge of yesterday's event. Mrs. Oscar Nelson is president of the Petworth club. as a member of the Women's Partici- | pation Committee of the 1939 Golden | Gate International Exposition. Stories of the Masters ALBRECHT DURER By HOWARD SIMON. [14 IS head was intelligent, his eyes flashing, his nose nobly formed. But his fingers— you would vow you had never seen anything more elegant.” It 1s a contemporary who is describing Albrecht Durer, in whose elegant fingers and in 3 E whose inquiring mind lay a superb talent. He was the second of 18 chil- dren born to the Durers. It was & time when a sen- sitive and gifted youth could profit by the environ- ment that was g Nuremberg of the Howard Simen. late 15th century. This peaceful, free city was widely renowned as a seat of liberal learning. Here the first printing press was set up and made its halting and historic beginning. And here, too, literature and art and music flourished. When Durer had completed his ap- prenticeship as a wood engraver, he departed from Nuremberg and did not return for four years. He visited Ger- many and Flanders and Italy, observ- ng everywhere the work of other art- ists. The Italian renaissance was at its height; from Mantegna and Bel- lini, whose works he saw in Venice, he learned to overcome his German stiff- ness of line. In 1497, at the age of 26, he had completed the masterly Apocalypse series of woodcuts. ‘The stern. and majestic subjects of these engravings and of his paintings give no hint of the Nuremberg citizen who lost many a stiver at play and who loved to sit far into the night with boon companions over flagons of wine. He had lively curiosity, and naive wonder, and a love for travel. His Fame Spread. Before long his fame had spread. He hoped it had spread so far as the ears of the all-powerful regent of the Netherlands, Margaret. At any rate he planned to combine & glimpse of the coronation of Charles IV in Antwerp with the business of seeing Margaret. He undertook the long journey, with many stopovers and excursions. The coronation procession was in- deed a brilliant spectacle. All the wealth. of Charles’ newly inherited low- 1and kingdom was in evidence. Cloth of gold and velvets and richly attired burghers crowded the glittering, cob- bled streets. There was, too, the eye- filling sight of a group of lovely maidens covered only by “thin, trans- parent veils.” Albrecht Durer moved closer to the parade. “Being a painter,” he explained, “I looked about me a little more boldly.” Still on his travels he heard of ‘went on this side-trip, too, and gazed upon the splendid sight. He traveled on to Bruges and Brussels and Ghent. There were other amusements, and 1 stiver for a bath, I changed 1 angel for expenses. Brandas, factor ' of The notebook records a multitude of | such transactions, exchanges, presents and expenditures. When Durer went | over his account, the mournful fact | remained that what had seemed a | rush of business was nothing of the sort. He wrote bewilderedly, “In all my doings, spendings, sales and other dealings, in all my connections with high and low, I have suffered loss in the Netherlands.” And Margaret had displayed no interest in the pictures he had brought for her. He had to take them away with him again. An unhappy note adds, “Six people whose portraits I drew at Brussels have given me nothing.” And he had become ill |of a fever. Honors in Antwerp. But if expected profits had to be written off, there were many friendly greetings. In Antwerp at a banquet of the Painters’ Guild, held in his honor, he related, “as I was being led to the table, the company stood on both sides as if they were leading some great lord. And there were amongst them men of very high position, who all behaved most re- spectfully towards me with deep courtesy.” Before he returned to Nuremberg he heard of the treacherous capture of Luther. He was deeply moved and wrote in his diary, “O God of Heaven, pity us.” He had always been religious and now on his return resolved he would devote himself to the creation of teligious works of art. But he was full of plans for writings on geometry, perspective and fortification, so that he had time for only a few pictures. His ailment grew worse. In an at- tempt to have himself cured by a distant doctor, he wrote and enclosed a drawing. He had sketched himself before a mirror, a gaunt and reclining figure. Underneath he wrote, “The yellow spot to which my finger points is where the pain is.” The illustra- tion, besides being an excellent por- trait, helps to diagnose his iliness, an intermittent fever, characterized by enlargement of the spleen. Greatest Scholars Were Friends. Among Durer's friends were the greatest scholars, and the most tal- ented of his day. Raphael exchanged pictures with him, Erasmus was his host, Melancthon was a staunch friend, even the Emperor Maximilian did him henor. Agnes Durer, his wife, remains. a subject for debate. She was either a shrew or an inconspicuous, dutiful spouse. Durer’s biographer, one Wil- ilbald Pirkheimer, wrote nothing but ill of her, but his view may have been colored by the fact that after her husband’s death she refused to hand this good friend a pair of antlers he had taken a fancy to, out of Durer’s belongings. What seems even more likely is a grudge left over from eve- nings of merry companionship with Durer, when beratings fell upon both befuddled heads. Durer's own note- book bears no word of praise nor blame. ‘When Albrecht Durer died in 1528 he was honored abroad as well as at home. Luther paid him tribute, giving thanks that Durer would be spared the sight of the evil that was sure to come, and mourning “one who was the best of men.” The above painter is among 48 great masters whose Dpictures are offered 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 39 cents. Each week’s set contains & lesson in art appreciation, and per- sons who obtain all 12 weekly sets will get free a collector’s portfolio, :’thl. 1937.) Prince Teh, Mongol prince who long has been associated with Japanese expansionist schemes in Inner Mon- golia, was named head of the new “nation.” Mondols asserted that Hoho is a restoration of the ancient Mongol name for the twin cities of Kewisui and Suiyuancheng, some 350 miles west of Peiping on the Peiping-Sui- yuan Railway. They said it symbolizes the liberation of Mongols from cen- turies of Chinese oppression. Domei, the Japanese national néws agency, quoted Prince Teh as saying that the Mongols must resolutely go ahead under Japan's leadership and bulld up Asia, “long dominated by White men.” A Japanese communique said the Japanese still were besieging Pingting, walled city 65 miles east of the pro- vincial capital, Suiyuanfu, contradict- ing previous Japanese claims that Pingting was captured two days ago. LABOR BOARD AIDES OPEN CONFERENCE Regional Officers Assailed by A. F. L. Are Present—Policy Is Reported Considered. Fifty regional directors and attor- neys of the National Labor Relations Board were in Washington today, summoned for administrative confer- ences with members of the board and its legal staff. Although disclaiming the conference | had any bearing on recent criticism | of the regional officers by officials of the American Federation of Labor, all of those named in the complaints were present today. It was understood, also, that among the foremost issues under | consideration was that of board policy in the face of the fierce conflict be- tween the Federation and the Com- mittee for Industrial Organization. It also is understood the assembled officers are studying final drafts of the yearly report of the board, to be | submitted to Congress in January. The year closed last June 30 and the re- port_has been in process of prepara- tion since that time. ‘The report annually contains im- portant explanations and examples of board policy, closely concerned during the last 12 months with the issues raised by labor’s civil war. A similar meeting of regional offi- | Ecers was held about a year ago. | _All three members of the board, | Chairman J. Warren Madden, Edwih | | 8. Smith and Donald W. Smith, were present. Also attending was Charles Fahy, general counsel. 'BABY IS CREMATED IN BLAZING HOME Father Seriously Injured in At- tempt to Rescue Child From Flames. By 2 8taff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON, Va, Oct. 29.—An 11-month-old baby girl was burned to death shortly before noon today while she slept in her bed. The girl was Barbara Frances Her- ring, daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Herring, 5729 North Eighth street. The father was seriously burned and cut while attempting to rescue his daughter from the blazing home. Neighbors said that the parents of the child were away when the fire started. Mrs. Herring is & house- keeper and was at work only one block away, while the father ran home from a nearby garage when he saw his house ablaze. He injured himself seriously in at- tempting the rescue. He was taken t‘; & Washington hospital by a neigh- r. Firemen found the girl's body on & bed which they pulled from the one- story frame structure, LAST RITES TOMORROW FOR MRS. LILLIAN RAY Widow of Business Leader Will Be Buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. Died in Pittsburgh. Puneral services for Mrs. Lillian Sullivan Ray, who died Wednesday, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Maurice F. Vilsack, in Pittsburgh, will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Holy Trinity Catholic Church, fpllowing brief services at the home of her sister, Mrs. Katherine S. Heavey, 1323 Thirtieth street N.W. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Ray was the widow of George W. Ray, a well-known business man here, Besides her daughter and sister, she leaves another daughter, Mrs. Joseph W. Montgomery, New Orleans; three other sisters, Mrs. M. E. Gibbs, Mrs. L 8. Dolan and Mrs. Michsel J. Col- bert, all of this city, and two brothers, M. D. and William D. Sullivan, both of Washington. She also leaves five grandchildren. PARTY POST FILLED Miss Mary Coughlin Is Democratic Committeewoman. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 29 (#).— Miss Mary Coughlin, Stratford lawyer, ‘Was elected Democratic national com- mitteewoman 1ast night in a close, bitter contest: ¢ ‘The State Committee' desig- nated Miss hlin for the post left vacant by the'death of Mrs. Josephine mn“rflnm FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1937, RECESS ENDS TILT AT RAIL HEARING Truman Delays Quiz for Week After Witness Charges Senator Libeled Him. By the Associated Press. S8enator Truman, Democrat, of Mis- souri, angered by charges that he had libeled a committee witness, abruptly recessed & hearing of the Senate Rail- way Finance Committee yesterday with the assertion that he could not give the witness an “unprejudiced hear- ing.” He had just heard himself accused of “innuendo, misrepresentation, dis- tortion, libel and omission of material fact.” The accusation was made by William Wyer, treasurer of the Mis- souri Pacific Railroad Co. Wyer's book- keeping methods had been attacked by Truman Wednesday. ‘When Wyer finished his hotly word- ed reply yesterday, the Senator flushed and said: “Your statement is exactly in line with your bookkeeping. I don't think it conveys truth to the committee or to the public, and I want to say that the committee now feels that for the rest of this day we cannot give you an unprejudiced hearing. “We are going to adjourn until ‘Wednesday morning at 10 o clock.” Wyer had read to the committee, which is investigating financing prac- tices of the Van Sweringen railroad empire, a lengthy statement, which said in conclusion: “Now, Senator, I have taken up, point by point, the items covered by your statement, and have referred to it constantly as your statement, which, of course, it is, as you have read it into the record, but I understand fully that in preparing it you have had to rely on the advice of others whose views and attitude toward this pro- ceeding may not be so public-spirited as yours. * * * “I think it is now evident that it was not a judicial summary of the facts on both sides of the transactions discussed, but that it was a summary of the contentions most damaging to my reputation which could be win- nowed out of several volumes of the record. “I do not understand the reason why public funds appropriated for an investigation which might lead to the passage of sound legislation affecting railroad financing, should be converted to a project for the dafamation of character.” MARCELLE MANVILLE FILES RENO SUIT Blond Wife of Asbestos Heir | Charges Cruelty in Seek- ing Divorce. By the Associated Press. RENO, Oct. 29.—Blond Marcelle | Edwards Manville, fourth wife of Thomas Franklin (Tommy) Manville, jr.. millionaire asbestos heir, filed suit for divorce here today, charging cruelty. The former Broadway and Holly~ wood show girl also asked ‘court approval of & property settlement, negotiated recently after spectacular wrangling, which reportedly will net her upward of $200,000. George A. Bartlett, her attorney, asxed District Judge Thomas F. Moran to set the case for trial immediately. 'WINDSORS PUSHING U. S. TOUR PLANS| Duchess Writes Letters for Boat Leaving Today—Bullitt May Attend Farewells. By the Associated Press. PARIS, Oct. 29.—The Duke and Duchess of Windsor hastened prepa- rations today for their United States tour, devoting most of the day to de- tails of the voyage and attending to correspondence. ‘The Duke conferred at length with his London financial adviser, Thomas Carter, who has been in Paris for a number of days. The Duchess, mean- while. wrote a number of letters to friends in the United States for boat mail departing today. Only a few of the Duke's old friends are in Paris, but members of his suite expected social activities of the ducal couple will be more active in the week preceding their sailing. William C. Bullitt, United States Ambassador to France, was expected to figure in “bon voyage” affairs. CLUB DANCE TONIGHT New Mexico Contingent to Have Halloween Party. More than 300 members of the New Mexico contingent in Washington are expected to participate in the Hal- loween party to be given under the auspices of the New Mexico Demo- cratic Club of Washington at the Potomac Boat Club, Thirty-sixth and K streets, tonight. The ball will be & costume affair. Many of those attending will wear costumes characteristic of the South- west. ‘Those in charge are Mr. Karl Green, Miss Dorothy Belmore, Mr. Peter Mc- Atee, Mrs. Mary Jane Mabry, Mrs. E. K. Neumann, Mrs. Ed Swope, jr.; Mrs. James Heaney, Mrs. Karl Green, Mrs. Margaret Nole, Mrs. Pluma Jor- dan O'Farrell, Miss Frances Ortiz, Mrs. Helen Frank, Mr. Joe Martinez, Mr. Paul Tackett, Mr. George Armijo and Mr. Peter Davies. R i STATE CLUB INSTITUTE WILL BE IN BALTIMORE A State Club Institute for Maryland clubs has been planned for Novem- ber 15 at the Roland Park club- house in Baltimore. The morning session will be devoted to practical discussion, and at‘noon Dr. Edward W. Broome, Montgomery County superintendent of schools, will speak on “Character Education.” Miss Alves Long, chairman of the| department of international relations, General Federation of Women’s Clubs, will speak at 2 p.m. The Board of Directors and the presidents of the federated clubs, constituting the Advisory Council, will meet November 16 at 11jam. in|. Mrs. the Roland Park clul Prank M. Hoadley, of the Maryland Federation of fomen's Clubs, Fll preside at the meetings. R. P. Hill Dies; Sent to House By Two States REPRESENTATIVE R. P. HILL. —A. P. Photo. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 29.—Rep- resentative R. P. Hill, Oklahoma City, Democrat from the fifth Oklahoma dis- trict, died in a hospital today after suffering a heart attack. Mr. Hill, one of the few men ever to represent two States in Congress, first was elected from the Illinois twenty- fifth district in 1912. He returned to Congress in the last session, defeating a crowded field. He was a member of the House Judiciary Committee. Representative Hill, who succeeded Josh Lee when the latter was elected to the Senate, had lived here at the Roosevelt Hotel. As a Representative from Illinois here before the World War he lived at the Octavia. Born in Ewing, Iil, in 1874, he studied law and held various munici- pal offices in Marion, I, prior to his election to Congress. Following his de- feat he resumed his law practice and | moved to Oklahoma, where he was a district judge when chosen to succeed | FLOOD POSTPONES - ARAGON FIGHTING Spanish Rebels and Loyal- ¢ ists Combat Rise in Valleys of Ebro. By the Associated Press. ZARAGOZA, Spain, Oct. 29—In- surgent and government armies on the broad Aragon front quit fighting each other today to combat a common enemy—a flood that sheeted wide areas in the valleys of the Ebro River and its tributaries. t The Gallego River, rushing down from the Prench frontier to join the Ebro at this insurgent base and old Aragon capital, was at its highest level in 20 years—21 feet above nor- mal. The Ebro was 22 feet above normal. Heavy rains were responsible for the high water. The Ebro flooded roads and railways in Government territory near Huesca to the north, causing great damage. It | filled trenches and driving the Valen- cia troops to higher ground. Zaragoza was threatened and forced to take flood precautions similar to those taken in America’s Ohio Valley when the Spring floods come Some of the recent principal battle- grounds of this front were under se\- eral feet of water. Hostilities were dic- rupted. Fighting Zone Huge Lake. Government forces were driven out of positions near Sabinanigo, in the Jaca sector, in the headwaters area of the Gallego. Almost the entire * fighting zone south of Zaragoza, along the Ebro, was one great lake Dispatches from Madrid told of progress of the government plan for the second transfer of the capital since the civil war began 15 months ago, including denial by Home Secre- tary Julian Zugazagoitia that the gov- ernment was “fleeing” to Barcelona from Valencia. The government shifted to Valencia nearly a year ago, when Gene: mo Prancisco Franco's insurgents laid Representative Lee. NEW HOUSING UNIT GETS 43 PROJECTS Roosevelt Transfer Order | Is Made Public—600 Employes Shifted. By an executive order made public today, President Roosevelt formally transferred to the United States Hous- ing Authority, under Nathan Straus of | New York, 49 existing P. W. A. housing | and slum clearance projects with all | their assets, totaling more than | $134,000,000. Mr. Strauss is returning here imme- | diately after Tuesday’s election in New | York and will take over P. W. A’s housing division from Director How- ard A. Gray, who has been promoted to assistant administrator of public ‘works. y The approximately 600 employes of the old P. W. A. Housing Division were transferred under executive or- der to the new Housing Authority. About 400 of these employes are in the ‘Washington headquarters. The trans- fer includes all employes “actually serving” who shall be certified within six months from the date of the order as having been engaged with housing or slum clearance on or prior to the enactment of the Wagner-Steagall Act. | Under provisions of this act on!y' those employes whose annual salary is $1,780 or less may acquire a com- petitive civil service status. Exempted from housing projects under the executive order were the two projects in Puerto Rico. A balance of $200,000 will be transferred to the Prerto Rican Re- construction Administration for the completion of these projects. The Langston Courts, which is be- ing developed for colored tenants on Benning road N.E, is one of the 49 P. W. A. housing projects turned over to the new independent agency. As of October 6, Langston Courts was 77 per cent completed. Of the remain- ing projects, 22 are now being occu- pied. PSR SUES TO DIVORCE WIFE HE REPORTED MISSING P. William Reeves, 1301 Fifteenth street N.W., who recently reported his wife, Marguerite, missing after she had failed to keep an appointment to meet him, filed suit for absolute divorce in District Court yesterday afternoon through Attorneys Alvin L. Newmyer and Lewis H. Shapiro. Mr. Reeves named a co-respondent, with whom, he said, he learned his wife had gone to a nearby town. Mr. Reeves returned recently from the Philippines, where he served on the staff of High Commissioner Mc- Nutt. His wife did not accompany him there. They were married Sep- tember 23, 1932. ‘There are no children. HIKERS TO HEAR TALK Rock Climbing to Be Topic of W. BR. Williamson. Wililam R. Williamson of the Social Security Board will talk on rock climb- ing before the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club at the Mount Pleasant Li- brary at 8 o'clock tonight. Mr. Wil- Jiamson was one of the Appalachian Mountain Club party that made the “Guideless Ascents of the Alps.” The club will have its first official club-wide rock climbing trip in the Bull Run Mountains Sunday. Buses will Jeave Treasury place at 7 o'clock in the morning. Reservations are be- ing taken by the leader, Paul Bradt, 1847 Mintwood place N.W. — SUSPECT ARRESTED Seized After Fur Store’s Burglar Alarm Summons Police. Pirst precinct police holding for investigation & colored man, arrested in the areaway of the fur store of Willlam Rosendorf, 1315 G street N.W., after the opening of two rear yindows had set off a bur- glar alarm last night. The man said he was from South Carolina. Policeman A. B. Nicholson. | the transfer of | siege to Madrid. A government communique reported developments on the Madrid front were inconsequential but an insurgent communique received at Hendave France, told of destruction of ins gent fortifications in University C: on the northwestern edge of the The insurgents said Madrid mi men attempted to attack after blow pital with a series of mines but back before the resistance of the surgent troops, who had been using the building as a fortress. Seaplane Falls in Flames. A Valencia defense ministry bul reported an insurgent seaplane fel flaming into the Mediterranean after anti-aircraft batteries at Portbou, the frequently-bombed government rail- head on the eastern French border, opened fire. The announcement said the plane headed for France, then attempted to alight on the water but caught fire before it could “sit down.” Home Secretary Zugazagoitia, in a broadcast last night at Madrid, said some governement personnel and files already had been moved to Barcelona, Catalan capital. It is on the Medi- terranean 250 miles north of Valencia and within 70 air miles of the French frontier. The move will place the capital about 600 miles from Madrid orr the basis of present means of land transportation ‘The home secretary gave no detailec | explanation for the move but agswerea charges that the regime was “fleeingiy | northward. If the government “eve: felt the need to flee,” Zugazagoitis said, “it would ‘flee’ back to Madrid and nowhere else.” \WAR ADMIRAL NAMED FOR $50,000 RACE Riddle 3-Year-01d, Champion for Widener Cup at Hialeah March 5. Srecial Cispatch to The Star LAUREL, Md., Oct. 29.—The Glen Riddle Farm's War Admiral has been nominated for the $50.000 Widener Challenge Cup March 5, at Hialeah Park, Fla, according to word given out here today. Officials of the Santa Anita, Calif., track are endeavoring to have Owner Samuel D. Riddle of Philadelphia, nominate the 3-year-old champion for g the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap next March. It is reported that Owner Riddle is more favorable to a Winter’s racing in California than Florida, but Trainer George Conway is in favor of the latter State. Conway, in filing the nomination this morning of War Admiral for the $15,000 Washington Handicap, tomor- row’s 1%-mile closing feature, said the son of Man o' War would run only if the track were fast. Nominates Missing Hunter and Son Return., JEROME, Idaho, Oct. 29 (#).—R. L. Cornwell and his 10-year-old son Dean, unreported six days in the Central Idaho Wilderness, emerged at Sea- foam ranger station last night and explained they'd just continued their deer hunt until they killed a buck. RACING RESULTS Laurel— FIRST RACE—Purse, £1.000; claiming; for 2-year-olds foaled in Maryland; 6 fur- ) l.l;ltllerl Drawn (K't'ger) 20.30 8.40 3.50 Free Ride (Corbett) 2,90 2.10 Only Son (Snyder) 4.00 Time—1:16%. ¢ Also ran—Lei Philigal and Sh; aW. L. Brann entry. Dance, Actress, adnnine, 0. SECOND RACE—The Southfield; purse, $1,100; for 2-yel s; mile and 30 yards. Flying Wild (Corbett) Alps (Longden) Sureswift (Pollard) Time. 1:47%4 Alse ran—Invineible and Siekle Lass. Rockingham— By the Associatea Press. FIRST RACE- 2-year-olds; 6 i Evening Time ( Long Wave (Hartle) Very Busy (Knott) Time—1:16%. _Also ran—8t Sirathdale, Exum, King Presion and Me: SECOND RACE—Purse, $800; claiming: ids and up; 6 furlonks. 4.00 230 22 150 380 d.40 7.80 390 3.00 330 3.00 18.90 Time, Pick Out, rst, Razzle Dazzle, ry Chair. 530 3.0 910 510 360 Alse ran—Teeter Totter. Douslas ¥ Stavka, Smear, St. Nick, Thundertone and , Shantime. THIRD RACE—Purse, $800; clalming: 3-year-olds and up: 17s miles. who made the arrest, said no property had been taken and the building was ', entered. Ace of Spades (May) 550 4.00 3.60 Ernecsst (Dutts) 750 o Tty {gh Bre B ¢