Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1938, Page 1

Weather Forecast Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight; lowest tem- perature about 32 degrees; colder to- morrow night. Temperatures today— Highest, 39,' at 1 p.m.; lowest, 26, at 3:35 am. Full report on page A-2. ¢ 1 Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 12. 87th YEAR. No. 34,577, pox"omee, ch Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, U.S.Rejects Japan’s'New Order’ An China, Note Reserving All Rights Under ‘Open-Door’ Pact Change in Treaties By Negotiation Is Offered BACKGROUND— Since invading China in July, 1937, Japan has more and more excluded American commerce and missionaries from conquered territory. October 6 Secretary of State Hull protested to Japan against restriction of American activities in China. Japan's re- ply, November 18, was termed un- Satisfactory by Secretary Hull, in reasserting position that Ja- pan could not nullify the “open door” in China. (Text of American note to Japan on page A-5.) By the Associated Press. Bluntly rejecting Japan's “new order” program in the Far East, the United States told the Tokio gov- ernment today it reserved all Ameri- can rights in China. A note delivered to the Japanese oreign office by Ambassador Joseph | C. Grew stated in plain but friendly terms that the United States “does not admit” “need or warrant for one power'—Japan—to “consti tute itself the repository of authority and the agent of destiny” i Government announced ' simultaneously that it was pre- pared to enter into negotiation for | changing treaties affecting China. ut it added emphatically it would t tolerate Japan’s effort to super- ede the principles of equal oppor- tunity and the open door which have been long maintained in China. | Reserves All Right. “This Government reserves all | rights of the United States as they exist and does not give assent to a impairment of any of these rights,” | the American note said. It was a reply to Japan's note of ovember 18 announcing the “new ler” program for East Asia which ‘Yapan said was the keystone for enduring peace and stability in East Asia. The step today, taken' after nearly 18 months of note-writing to Japan over her campaign in China and its effect upon American inter- ests there, constituted the first di- rect and complete challenge to Ja- pan’s effort to establish her heg- emony throughout China by means of the “new order” program. The note outlined the United .gmer fundamental position in the ‘hinese conflict and the State De- partment indicated it would be the final communication to Japan on this question. “The people and the Government of the United States cannot assent to the abrogation of any of this country’s rights or obligations by the arbitrary action of agents or authorities of any other country,” the note said. ‘ Parallel to Stimson Action. The reservation of American rights in China was a parallel of | the action taken by former Secretary | of State Stimson January 7, 1932, in the case of Manchuria, which the United States has never recog- | nized as a government. ; The American note labeled “high- ly paradoxical” Japan's admonition" that the Chinese “open door” hence- forth was to be contingent on an admission by the United States “of the validity of the conception by Bapanese authorities of a ‘new sit- uation’ and a ‘new order’ in East | Asia.” The note added: “This country’s adherence to and its advocacy of the principle of ] equality of opportunity do not flow ¢ solely from a desire to obtain the } commercial benefits which naturally | result from the carrying out of that principle. * * * “The principle of equality of eco- | shomic opportunity is, moreover, one to which over a long period and on many occasions the Japanese gov- ernment has given definite approval. It is one to the observance of which the Japanese government has com- mitted itself in various international agreements and understandings. It | paign of United States Minister Threaten fo Spur | pacts with Britain. |most friendly atmosphere.” ‘had flown secretly to Berlin for As Hitler Urges Ickes Termed World By the Associated Press. BERLIN, Dec. 31.—German news- papers lashed at the United States Government ay as Adolf Hitler set Nazidom on Its “road of destiny” for 1939 with the admonition that the army must be strengthened. World Jewry is the American farmers’ “throat cutter” and Sec- retary of Interior Ickes their “gen- eral agent,” newspapers declared, assailing the “Roosevelt regime.” The story of Germany’s protest against Ickes’ Cleveland speech of December 18 and the State Depart- ment’s rejection December 21 was splashed on almost all front pages under such headlines as “Sharpest German Protest Against Lie Cam- Ickes.” A Communique issued yesterday by the official news agency, DNB, warning that there was no hope of Nazi Papers Lash Out at U. S. Appeasement Jewry’s General Agent; Fuehrer Wants Bigger Army in 1939 improving German-American rela- tions as long as the State Depart- ment defended Mr. Ickes, gave the Geramn public its first knowledge of the Ickes incident.. Reichsfuehrer Hitler's hopes for 1929 were expressed in a New Year message bearing the wish “that we may succeed in contributing to gen- eral appeasement of the world.” Hitler reaffirmed continuance of the Rome-Berlin axis and referred to 1938, when Austria and Czecho- Slovakia's Sudetenland were added to the Reich, as “the year of the richest harvest in our history.” “Germany’s course has been des- tined and fixed,” he said of foreign affairs, “* * * the obligations which arise out of our friendship for Fascist Italy are clear and unbreak- able.” Tasks he set for Germany in the (See GERMANY, Page A-5) German Sub Plans Armament Race Chamberlain to Receive Data on Intentions Immediately BACKGROUND— German naval aspirations tra- ditionally have been principal threat to British sea supremacy. Rearmament of the Keich after rise of Nazis in 1933 led to navol agreement with England in 1935 by which Germany agreed to limit her submarine sirencth to 45 per cent of England's force, but retained the right, if she deemed it necessary, to build up to England’s submerine strength. Supplemental agreement signed in 1937, By the Associated Press. LONDON, Dec. 31.—Nazi Ger- many’s surprise plans for a bigger navy to complement her powerful air force and army threatened today to intensify Europe’s gigantic re- armament race. As a parting shot to the year which brought him so many tri- umphs, Chancellor Hitler notified London that Germany intended to more than double her submarine | strength, bringing it to parity with | Great Britain's. | Germany was understood to be| laying plans to begin mass produc- tion of a revolutionary type of “minnow" submarine. She also will build two new 10,000-ton cruisers. Reich to State Reasons. A communique issued here and in Berlin said Germany would “in due course give a definite reply in writ= ing” as to Hitler's reasons for seek- ing submarine parity and as to whether Germany intends to exer- cise 1ts full rights under her naval The communique added that the discussion of the Reich’s naval in- tentions in Berlin were held “in the The British naval mission which these discussions left by plane for London, carrying an outline of Ger- many's expanded program and, ac- cording to Berlin sources, assur- ances that Hitler intends to ke2p his total naval tonnage within 35 per cent of Britain’s total. The Berlin discussions were in keeping with the 1935 Anglo-Ger- man naval treaty’s provision that when Germany found herself con- is one upon observance of which by other nations the Japanese govern- ment has of its own accord and ! upon its own initiative frequently sisted. It is one to which the apanese government has repeated- ly during recent months declared it- | self committed.” | The United States declared its | readiness, in accordance with the| principle of peaceful revision of | treaties, to listen to any proposal | Japan cares to put forward. It, how- | ever, declared itself firmly opposed | to any single-handed denunciation of the treaties by Japan. Program Not Fully Defined. Numerous Japanese officials re- cently have said that recognition by foreign governments of the “new order” program in China was a prerequisite to continue equal eco- nomic opportunity in that country. The program has not been fully defined to the United States but is understood in general to pro- vide that all East Asia would be linked economically or otherwise to Japanese leadership. In her note of November 18 the Tokio government said: * “Japan at present is devoting her energy to the establishment of a new order based on genuine inter- national justice throughout East Asia, the attainment of which end is not only an indispensable condi- tion of the very existence of Japan but also constitutes the very founda- (See JAPAN, Page A-4) No Late Editions Today Due to the holiday, The Star - will not publish the 5:30 and Night Final editions today. Subscribers to these editions will receive the regular city edition. ) fronted with an international situ- ation requiring her to exceed 45 per cent of Britain's submarine tonnage there would be friendly consulta- tion with Britain, Chamberlain to Get Data. Full information on the situation will be dispatched immediately to Prime Minister Chamberlain, spend- ing the holidays in Yorkshire. This unexpected turn in the Euro- pean picture may have an important effect upon Mr. Chamberlain’s talks January 11-14 with Premier Mus- solini in Rome. Under the Anglo-German naval treaty, Germany agreed to restrict herself to 35 per cent of British tonnage in every category but sub- marines. She agreed to limit her U-boat strength to 45 per cent of Britain’s. But it was further agreed that Germany had the right, if she deemed it necessary, to build up to the full British submarine tonnage after “friendly discussion” between the two countries. Tries to Reassure Germany. Britain has been trying, apparently in vain, to persuade Germany there is no imperative need for her to build a vast submarine fleet, while Berlin has held out “the Soviet threat” as justification. Germany was expected to go ahead regardless of the British attitude, but at the same time she was un- derstood to be anxious not to shatter her naval treaty with Britain. She would be in a hopeless posi- tion in an attempt to overtake Brit- ain in capital ships because of her lack of foreign currency and raw materials, Naval experts said Britain had approximately 69 submarines built or being built, totaling 70,000 tons. Germany has 43 submarines, totaling 16,445 tons, completed, and 28 more under construction or planned. Twenty-four of the 43 are small, swift 250-ton craft. Gen. J. 6. Harbord Weds Mrs. Brown At Rapidan, Va. Noon Ceremony Takes Place in Presence Of Small Group Gen. James Guthrie Harbord, chair- man of the Board of the Radio Corp. of America and chief of the Service of Supply of the American Expedition- ary forces during the World War, was married at noon today to Mrs. Anne Lee Brown of Virginia. Gen. Har- bord's bride is the widow of Col. Lewis Brown, a well-known officer of the Cavalry who served for a number of years in the same regi- ment with Gen. Harbord. The marriage of Mrs. Brown and the noted Army officer took place at the home of Mrs. Egbert Leigh at Rapidan, Va., in the presence of a small group of relatives and close friends. The Rev. Thomas Faulk- ner of the Rapidan Episcopal Church officiated and a buffet breakfast followed for those wit- nessing the ceremony. Col. Fitzhugh Lee gave his sister in marriage and the bride’s two sis- ters, Mrs. James C. Rhea and Mrs. John C. Montgomery, were her at- tendants. Capt. Fielding S. Rob- inson, wartime aide of Gen. Har- bord, was the best man. The new Mrs. Harbord comes from a long line of distinguished ancestry. She is the daughter of the late Governor of Virginia, Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, who was one of the great Cavalry leaders of the| Southern Confederacy. At the time of the Spanish-American War Gen. Lee returned to the Army. from which he had resigned in i861 to follow the fortunes of his State of Virginia and became a brigadier general in the United States Army. The former Mrs. Brown is the great- niece of Gen. Robert E. Lee and the great-granddaughter of Light Horse Harry Lee. After a short wedding trip Gen. and Mrs. Harbord will be at home in Rye, N. Y. Investment Firm Asks Receiver Suit Be Killed By the Associated Press. WHEELING, W. Va., Dec. 31—The Fidelity Investment Association, de- claring it was solvent, asked Federal Court yesterday to dismiss a re- ceivership suit filled against it. The association, which sells in- vestment certificates and bonds, de- nied it has operated accounts “reck- lessly, carelessly or wrongfully” in answer to the receivership petition | filed by Robert McCammon of Phila- delphia and eight other contract holders. Judge Willlam E. Baker an- nounced he would hold a hearing at Wheeling Friday, January 6. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION W.P.A. Coercion Quiz Likely fo Clear Hopkins Senators Held Slated For No Blame Also In Campaign Report BACKGROUND— Senate committee delegated to investigate election campaigns of last fall found most wide- spread complaints centering about relief administration in States where contests were bit- terest. Whatever measure of truth was contained in charges has not yet been disclosed, as committee withheld comment pending presentation of its re= port to Senate. By the Associated Press. The report of the Senate Cam- paign Expenditures Committee, in* formed persons said today, will ex- onerate Harry L. Hopkins, newly ap- pointed Secretary of Commerce, of any participation in W. P. A. politi- cal activity. Although the report is expected to deal extensively with alleged political coercion of Federal relief and State employes in Kentucky, Tennessee and Pennsylvania, the committee was said to have found there was no evidence the former W. P. A. chief knew of these incidents. The report will be made Tuesday. No Senatorial Censure Likely. The committee’s findings on in- dividual States, it was sald, will con- tain no personal censure of Senator Barkley of Kentucky, the Demo- cratic leader; Senator Guffey, Demo- crat, of Pennsylvania, nor Senator- elect Stewart, Democrat, of Tennes- see, for conditions in their States. The committee has said previously that political coercion of both W. P. A. and State employes in Ken- tucky was ‘“deplorable.” It said ‘“‘every questionable device” was used in the Tennessee primary and it reported that evidence sustained several charges of W. P. A. political activity in Pennsylvania. Confirmation Predicted. Some Senators who have criticized Mr. Hopkins’ administration of W. P. A. predicted privately that his nomination to the cabinet post would be confirmed with few oppo- sition votes. Senator Gillette, Democrat, of Towa sald yesterday he would vote for confirmation. He won renomi- nation in the primary over Repre- sentative Wearin, who Mr. Hopkins publicly supported. The Iowa Sena- tor said he thought the President should have a “free hand” in selec- tion of his cabinet. Holdups Arrive 5 Minutes Late To Get $325 (Picture on Page A-14.) Five minutes after his wife had taken all the cash on the place $325 —to the bank, Charles W. Sydnor, 35, manager of a real estate firm, was held up by two colored youths this morning while crowds passed |in front of his street-level office at | 941 New York avenue N.W. The young holdup men left with- out a penny for their daring attempt. Mr. Sydnor, who is manager of D. H. Johnson Co., was alone in the office when the men, each about 20 years old, entered and asked about a house on Eleventh street. Mr. Sydnor said he didn’t have such a house listed. One of the youths, he noticed, did the talking, while the other stood behind with his hands in his pockets. Finally the man in back pulled a rusty old revolver and backed the manager behind a counter. The holdup man and his victim stood under a sign advertising “burgiary insurance.” The accomplice then searched two open safes and desk drawers, but found no money. Mr. Sydnor was ordered to stand in the rear of the office, with his back to the street, while the two made their escape. As soon as they were gone he called the police. Mr. Sydnor told police he thought the burglars had spotted the store and were waiting until he was alone there—not realizing that when Mrs. Sydnor left the money went witia her. Mr. and Mrs. Sydnor live at 6034 Ridge drive, Brookmont, M Summary of Page. Amusem’ts, B-12 Church News, B-4-6 Comics. . B-10-11 Editorials - 6 Financial - A-12 Lost & Found, B-7 Page. Obituary __ A-8 Radio .._..__A-7 Real Estate B-1-2 Sports .. A-10-11 Society ______A-9 Woman's Page, B-3 Foreign. Nazi papers lash out again at U. 8. and Ickes. Page A-1 Reich sub plans may intensify arma- ment race. Page A-1 Daladier rushing budget O. K. be- fore New Year dealine. Page A-2 Insurgents shift attack to drive at French border. Page A-4 Italian press abruptly halts attacks on France. Page A-4 Japan’s commander wounded, Chi- nese report. Page A-5 National. Senate Democrats re-elect Barkley as leader. Page A-1 U. S. Rejects Japanese “new order” in China. Page A-1 Editor denies Father Coughlin used Goebbels talk. Page A-5 Washington and Vicinity. 18 hurt in C. & O. wreck in West Virginia. Page A-2 New building in Arlington, Alexan- dria sets records. Page A-1¢ Berwyn man is killed in auto acci- dent at Hyattsville, PageA-14 » Today’s Star Connally to push bill for new audi- torium for D. C. Page A-14 Arlington-Fairfax rail firm answers transit suit. Page A-14 Editorial and Comment This and That. Answers to Questions. Letters to The Star. David Lawrence. Alsop and Kintner. G. Gould Lincoln. Jay Franklin. Lemuel Parton. A-6 A-6 A-6 A-7 A-7 A1 A-7 A1 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Miscellany Vital Statistics. Smashing the Spy Ring. Winnipg Contract. Nature's Children. ‘The Holy Terror. Bedtime Story. Cross-Word Puzzle. Leiter-Out. Uncle Ray’s Corner. A1 A-1 Page Page Page A-8 Page A-8 Page B-71 Page B-10 Page B-10 Page B-10 Page B-11 Sports. 5 Singer, with freak delivery, tops Star pin tourney. Page A-10 Various bowl games to bring together well-matched teams. Page A-10 Sisler rated leading candidate for baseball hall of fame. Page A-10 Sneed gets Vardon award, but trails fleld at Houston. Page A-10 60,000 due at Santa Anita race track opening todsy. PageA-11 [ eng WHICH SORT OF “REGIMENTATION” DO YOU PREFER? Star D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1938—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. *# 213 PEDESTRIANS |4 REETS OF I8 KILLED ON ST! 35 MoNTHS | /' WASHINGTON IN First in Washington— First in the news coverage that builds public confidence—First in circulation and advertising that reflect public confidence. Thieves Get Bird (Stuffed), Also Eggs, in Zoo Robbery The Bird House at the Zoo was all in a twitter today over the big egg robbery. The feathered inmates were still squawking about it this morning, long after the intruder had de- parted with eggs ranging from the huge output of the ostrich to the minute contribution of the humming bird. A burglar, or some small boy led astray by a passion for collecting, jimmied the heavy front door at the Bird House and pried open two cases in which the eggs were displayed. Birdhouse Custodian Malcolm Davis listed the loss as follows: One ostrich egg—very- old. Two mounted African Weaver birds. Two nest and egg exhibits, includ- ing eggs of the crane, penduline tit, Weaver bird and murre, loaned to the Zoo by the National Museum. One stuffed owl head. One stuffed nighthawk head. Several birds’ legs. Police, responding to a radio call, “Scout 81, get report of a house- breaking at Zoo birdhouse,” examined the cases for fingerprints. They were at a loss to explain the robbery, discovered when the keepers arrived to begin feeding. The loot was valueless except to a | highly specialized group of collectors. Huge Mass of Living Cells 'Grown’ in 40 Weeks by Scientist Monster 600,000,000 Miles In Diameter ‘Possible’ If All Had Been Kept- By THOMAS R. HENRY, Star Staft Correspondent. RICHMOND, Va,, Dec. 31.—A cell culture of elemental, inchoate life stuff whose original substance in- creased theoretically 10,000,000,000,- 000,000,000 fold in 40 weeks was de- scribed here today by Dr. Philip R. White of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Starting with a pellet about the size of a grain of mustard cut from a wartlike excrescence on a tobacco plant, Dr. White watched it grow until, arithmetically speaking and ignoring actualities for the moment, if no part had been discarded it would have been an unorganized purposeless cosmic monster spheroid of life 600,000,000 miles in diameter and roughly comparable in size to the whole solar system included in the orbit of Pluto. It still had 12 weeks to go to com- plete its first year of life. At the same rate of growth it then would have been a lusty infant the size of 400,000 solar systems. In a few more weeks it would have swallowed the whole Milky Way galaxy. By the end of its second year it would have filled all the space in known crea- tion, consumed the substance of all the galaxies and perished of starva- tion as it bulged outward into the emptiness of infinity. Cells Divide Rapidly. Such a nighfmare actually hap- pened—in reverse. Dr. White had to do it all in a few test tubes, but he was able to witness such a phe- nemenon of growth as man has not hitherto imagined. He placed his tiny pellet in a special nutrient so- lution. It began to expand. Small as it was it probably contained a great number of separate cells, the basic units of living things. These cells divided, each becoming two. Then the two became four, and so on. After about two weeks Dr. White cut away a few pellets from the original mass and discarded the rest. These were ,placed in new nutrient solutions. This process was continued for 40 weeks. Every two weeks Dr. White would discard the bulk of the mass which had accu- mulated and start new cultures with a few pellets which he saved. Each culture increased in size about 50 per cent a day, Dr. White says. At the end of the 40 weeks he was left with something not much bigger than he started with, but it had all come from the original pel- let, but the actual original sub- stance constituted only about 1- 10,000,000,000,000,000,000th of the final mass. Scientifically this was an im- portant achievement—the first pure plant cell culture. From such cul- tures, it is believed, it will be possible to learn a lot about the behavior of elemental life uncomplicated by spe- cialization. Relatively pure animal cell cultures have been made in the past, such as the celebrated im- mortal chicken heart of Dr. Alexis Carrel, but none of them have shown such a phenomenon of growth. Plant cell cultures, with one possible less dramatic exception, have not suc- ceeded in the past. Last year, however, Dr. White found that when bits of root cut from tomato plants were placed in a special nutrient solution, they con- "~ (Bee SOIENCE, Page A-3) ] Cummings Urges Amendment fo Refire U. S. Judges at 70 Judicial Conference’s Plea for 13 More Jurists Also Goes to Congress Cummings to Quit Cabinet Post at Noon Monday Attorney General Cummings’ resignation will take effect at noon Monday, it was an- nounced today when a letter Mr. Cummings wrote to Presi- dent Roosevalt yesterday was made public at the White House. In announcing the resigna- tion earlier this month the President had said merely it would become effective in January. “You know how hard it is for me to leave,” Mr. Cum- mings wrote. “My heart and my faith have been with you every moment of the time. “The people of our country who love and trust you, and know what you have done for them, will understand what I mean.” The White House did not dis- close who would succeed Mr. Cummings. The name of Frank Murphy, retiring Governor of Michigan, has been most fre- quently mentioned. By the Assoclated Press. Attorney General Cummings rec- ommended to Congress today a con=- stitutional amendment requiring all Federal judges to retire at the age of 70. In a report covering his depart- ment's activities during the year ended last June 30 Mr. Cummings told the 76th Congress he believed such an amendment would be “in accord with the majority opinion of our people.” He suggested, however, that the amendment should not apply to Jjudges now on the bench, or to those whose appointments might be con- firmed prior to the amendment's adoption. The Attorney General also sub- mitted recommendations of the Judicial Conference, headed by Chief Justice Hughes, for establishment of 13 new Federal judgeships. The conference, which met here last September 29, urged two new judgeships for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, two for the South- ern District of New York and one each for the following: Sixth Circuft Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, New Jersey, East- ern District of Pennsylvania, North- ern District of Georgia, Eastern Dis- trict of Missouri, Southern District of California, Western District of Oklahoma and Kansas. Mr. Cum- (See CUMMINGS, Page A-3.) Business Looks Ahead After the sharp recovery from low levels of early this year, business faces the new year with confidence. anticipated. The Star’s annual business and financial review section appear- ing tomorrow will outline events in the last 12 months. Expert Reservations Show District Plans Gala New Year Celebration White House Family To See 1939 In at Executive Mansion Led by the White House family, | Washington will extend the glad hand of welcome to little Mr. 1939 at the stroke of 12 tonight. While thousands in the Capital merrily kiss ‘the old year good-by at night clubs, theaters and lavisa private parties, President and Mrs. Roosevelt plan to stay at the White House, entertain members of the family and a few friends at dinner and wish each other a happy New Year in the President’s study. Meanwhile, hotel and independ- | ent night clubs—most of them com- pletely filled by reservations—pre- pared to start their celebrations earlier than usual to give celebrants their fill of the season spirit before the midnight curfew on public con- sumption of liquor calls a halt to the merriment. Washington’s weather is expected to warm up slightly for the arrival of the New Year. The Weather Bu- reau predicted a minimum of 32 de- grees, with skies somewhat overcast tonight. Not All to Stay at Home. The Roosevelts’ family-circle cele- bration does not mean that the ‘White House will not be represented at some of the city's gayest parties, however Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, debutante niece of Mrs. Roosevelt from Boston, will attend a debut dinner for Miss Margaret Lewis Byrd, niece of Senator Harry Byrd, of Virginia, and a New Year Eve ball given by Mrs. Demarest Lloyd. The dinner, given by Mrs. Henry D. Flood at the Sulgrave Club, and the dance to be held at the Lloyd home at 1825 R street N.W. will sup- plant the traditional New Year Eve dance and ball of Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean on the program of many Capital socialites. ‘The President’s youngest son, John, was expected to bring his bride, Anne, home from Boston to- day for the holiday. Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, the President’s mother, and Mrs. J. R. Roosevelt, his sister-in-law, are already at the ‘White House. Mrs. James Roosevelt, wife of the President’s eldest son, also is here with their two children, Kate, 2, and Sara, 6. But there wasn't much hope the little girls would greet the new year until they get out of bed tomorrow. Throughout the city, some sem- blance of order will be kept by 1,200 police officers—the entire uniformed and plainclothes force with excep- tion of men off on emergency leave. Detectives to Be On Hand. Many detectives will make the rounds of the night clubs. donned in full dress and tuxedoes, to see that the dispensation of intoxicants does not result in over-enthusiasm to the extent of damage to life and prop- erty. They also will aid the Alco- holic Beverage Control Board in de- tecting any breaches of the Sunday liquor ban. After the hands of the clock have ticked over into 1939, hundreds of the celebrants will desert the dry environs of public night spots in the District and journey to clubs in nearby Maryland where the cap re- mains off the jug for several addi- tional hours. Others will adjourn to private rooms in hotels jo continue their merry-making. Night club owners, whe have kept prices almost uniformly the same as last year, are anticipating the largest number of guests in years. In most spots the traditional New Year Eve trimmings—caps, noise-making gadgets, balloons and confetti—will be furnished by the management. Managers of theaters offering midnight shows tonight and tomor- row night are complaining because their houses have insufficient seating capacities to accommodate the ex- pected throngs of movie-goers. Further gains are Barkley Chosen Senate Leader By Democrats His Re-Election Is Unanimous as Good Will Prevails BACKGROUND— With Republican minorities appreciably larger in both House and Senate, speculation has been widespread as to pros- pects of administration leader- ship maintaining sufficient har- mony within majority to exercise legislative control. Legislative recommendations of President, to be outlined nert week, are exr- pected to provide key to this puzzle. . By the Associated Press. Senate Democrats unanimously re-elected Senator Barkley, Ken- tucky, as majority leader at a har- monious meeting today. ‘The caucus lasted only 20 minutes. There were general expressions of friendship and good will among Sen- ators who have differed widely on legislative issues in the past. Senator Barkley was re-elected on the motion of Senator Pitman of Nevada. Senator Harrison of Missis= sippi served as temporary chairman of the caucus. Senator Harrison had lost the leadership by a single vote last year. The caucus unanimously re-elected Senator Lewis of Illinois as party whip and Senator Minton of Indiana as assistant whip. Senator Lee of Oklahoma was designated secretary of the Democratic Conference, a post which has been vacant since Hugo Black resigned from the Sen- ate to become an associate justice of the Supreme Court. After the conference Senator Barkley said the meeting “augurs well” for a harmonious session. Senate Republicans will caucus Tuesday and House Democrats and Republicans will hold their meetings Monday. Garner Is Courted. There were numerous signs, mean= while, that the administration is | courting Vice President Garner's co- operation during the coming con- gressional session. The jovial Vice President, who has been credited with using his in- fluence against some past New Deal legislative proposals; has held an endless series of conferences with administration officials and Con- gress members since his return from his Uvalde (Tex.) home. Two of the callers at his office yesterday were Secretary of Agri- culture Wallace and Harry Hopkins, newly appointed Secretary of Com- merce. Others included Mayor La Guardia of New York and Repre- sentative Rayburn of Texas, the House majority leader. Secretary Wallace, it was learned. sought the meeting with the Vice President. There have been other indications that administration officials want Mr. Garner to have a full under- standing—and a sympathetic one— of their legislative views. It was recalled that the Vice President at President Roosevelt's request re- turned to Washington earlier than he usually does for a Congress ses- sion. On the day of his arrival he conferred with Mr. Roosevelt. Believed to Have Asked Aid. These advances to the Vice Presi- dent stirred speculation about how far the administration might be willing to go to satisfy him and those Democratic Congress members of similar views. Mr. Garner is known as a “middle-of-the-roader," who constantly has advised against anything destructive of party har- mony. While none of yesterday's callers would discuss his conversation with the Vice President, Capital specu- lation was along this line: Secretary Wallace—Outlined ad- ministration’s forthcoming farm recommendations and asked Mr, Garner to support them. | _Mr. Hopkins—Detailed his admini- (See CONGRESS, Page A-3.) Doctor Sought.on Warrant Charging Wife Murder By the Associated Press. CANON CITY, Colo., Dec. 31.— Dr. Ray L. Atterberry, Canon City osteopath, was sought today on a warrant charging he “killed and murdered” his 31-year-old wife, whose strangled. scantily-clad body was found December 21 in their home. Dr. Atterberry, who had testified at an inquest he believed his wife had died of a broken neck in a fall down their cellar stairs, left Canon City yesterday noon. He informed District Attorney E. M. Eagleton he would return tomorrow after visiting patients in several Colorado cities. Mr. Eagleton announced earlier that Dr. Frances McConnell, Denver toxicologist, found blood and skin under the fingernails of the slain woman. The inquest jury held the woman was strangled by “persons unknown.” Kings of Mexico The fight of Mexico's people against foreign dcmination and their overthrow of Em- peror Maximilian will be the theme of the radio drama in the “Road to Freedom” se- ries tonight over Station WMAL at 8:30 o’clock. The program is entitled “Kings of Mexico” and is the fifth in a series offered by The Star in observers and leaders in business and finance will present their views of prospects for 1939. co-operation with the Nation- al Broadcasting Co., the Washington Civic Theater and Georgetown University. i