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Goodwin Denounces Charges of Mining Stock Fraud Former. Interior Aide Brands Indigtment As ‘Preposterous’ Francis M. Goodwin, former As- sistant Secretary of the Interior in the Harding and adminis- trations, last night bra: as “pre- posterous” a Federal grand jury in- dictment announced earler in the day from Denver under which he is Accused with five other men of a $215,000 mining stock fraud. Now 8 practicing attorney here, Mr. Goodwin said he will “fight the case to a finish.” The indictment, according to the Associated Press, charged use of the mails to defraud in the sale of penny stock shares in Pioneer Gold Pro- ducers, Inc., to more than 3,000 in- vestors. “The indicffent is simply pre- posterous,” Mr. Goodwin said. “I had no connection with the man- agement of Pioneer when the stock was being sold; I am not and never was an officer or director of that corporation. I have no connection in any sort with the brokers; did not prepare, or pass upon or approve any of the literature they used in the stock selling campaign, and did not myself write any letters of so- licitation whatever.” “After the stock selling campaign was concluded, I discovered that certain other properties in which I had an interest had been sold or leased to Pioneer without my ap- proval. Later, I was successful in consolidating three companies into one for the purpose of preservifg the interests of all. substantial cash investment in these properties, and still have. After the consolidation in question, I raised funds to pay off the indebtedness of the Pioneer Co., and later obtained capital from private sources to de- velop the properties and operate them. “If these actions crime, of course I am guilty. Other- wise, there is no justification for such an action. I shall, of course, plead not guilty and fight the case to a finish.” Mr. Goodwin will make bond here. Others indicted, the Associated Press said, are: Ivan E. Goodner, mining engineer and president of Pioneer: Myron Bates, general man- ager; Orville Bates, his brother, vice president; William J. Bona, broker- age office manager, and A. M. Kerns, head of an investment firm. They ! are located in Denver Nazi Praise of Sweden Arouses Suspicions By the Ascociated Press. PARIS, April 27.—Semi-official French commentators professed to- night to “smell a rat” in Germany’s official praise of Sweden’s;“model” attitude of neutrality, while blaming Norway for conniving to provide Britain with a northern war front. “‘Observers of international poli- tics are struck by the similarity be- tween this way of) acting .and the attitude which the Reich took just before Munich and then before the occupation of Czecho-Slovakia,” said the Havas agency. “At that time it was Poland which was the object of all the compli- ments; it was Benes (President of Czecho-Slovakia) who was charged with all the crimes on earth.” Calling the German attitude to- ward Sweden “suspicious,” the agency went on: “It is certain that the military measures taken by Sweden to avoid being surprised by German aggres- Sion are more irritating to the Reich. Everything would be simplified if Sweden showed herself less watch- ful or called home part of the men she has mobilized Johnson Denies Firms Profiteer on Arms By the Associated Press, CLARKSBURG, W. Va. April 27.—Assistant Secretary of War Louis A. Johnson said tonight “in- sinuations” of profiteering in the Nation's armament program “have no basis in fact.” “Let me assure you that in my dealings with industry I have seen no evidence of this so-called prof- iteering,” he said. “On the contrary, I have found industrial leaders who, of their own accord, put their busi- ness to great expense to make production studies of their potential value to industrial mobilization.” Mr. Johnson, speaking at the an- nual convention of the West Vir- ginia Junior Chamber of Commerce, added that “ an Army adequate for the safety of America does not con- template an expeditionary force for use in Europe.” He listed as prime reasbns for a larger Army: “PFirst, to provide garrisons in our overseas possessions to protect our naval installations. * * * Second, to protect America against raids * * * and third to provide a basic force which can be expanded to meet the full needs of any grave emergency.” Watch Missing, Freed Prisoner Is Rearrested For days, police at the first pre- einct have been playing host to Arnulfo S. Hinguanzo, 29, of the 1800 block of Ninth street NNW. He was booked earlier in the week on an investigation charge, but try as they might, police could get nothing on their suspect. Finally they decided to turn him e. At noon yesterday, orders came through to release Hinguanzo. His cell was unlocked and he went into the precinct washroom to scrub. In the washroom at the time was Pvt. James F. Gawen, who had taken off his wrist watch and placed it on a shelf. Pvt. Gawen got his face full of soap at one point and when he emerged from the lather he saw that Hinguanzo had left the room. So had Pvt. Gawen's wrist watch. The policeman set out at top speed and caught up with the released prisoner two blocks away. The watch was in the man’s pocket, Pvt. Gawengsaid last nignt. He returned him to his old cell, went to the book and noted that the “investigation” was completed. Beside the name of Arnulfo S. Hinguanzo last night stood the charge: “petit larceny.” I had a very | constitute a | Reoders; Guide News Summary The Sunday Star, April 28, 1940, PART ONE. Main News Section. Foreign. Nazi planes bomb five British ships in Norse waters. Page A-1 Bold German maneuver over moun- tains menaces allies. Page A-1 Grandi speech hints Italy’s involve- ment in war. Y Page A-4 Air power holds Trondheim key for British, Eliot says. Page A-8 National. Pre-convention meeting of G. O. P. leaders seen assured: Page A-1 Labor Board action in “weak” case studied by probers. Page A-1 Federal jury indicts Seattle builders in anti-trust drive. Page A-1 Special House action sought on job- less tax bill. Page A-2 Gen. Short praises troops and arms in maneuvers. Page A-20 Washington and Vicinity. Roosevelt O. K.’s plan to cut District P. W. A. interest. Page A-1 King hits building of traffic under- passes here. Page A-2 D. C. tax income may exceed $3,200,- 000, Dent says. Page B-1 C. A. A. reorganization proposal op- posed. Page B-3 City heads approve new set of har- bor regulations. Page B-4 Miscellaneous. Obituary. Service orders, Automobiles. Travel, “Trail's End.” Page A-12 Page C-9 Page C-9 Page D-11 Page E-6 | Financial. War buying helps business, Page Selected stocks recover. Page D. C. pay rolls above year ago. Page Washington Gas net improves. Weekly market | summaries. | A. P. market averages. PART TWO. Page Page Page Editorial. Editorial articles. Editorial and comment. News features. John Clagett Proctor. | Civic news. Military and veterans’ news. Cross-word puzzle. Fraternal and civic news. Educational news, PART THREE. Pages C-1-3 Page C-2 Page C-4-5 | Page 4| Page C-6 | | Page | Page | Page Page C- C- C-' C- C- C- Society. Society news. In service society. Future debutantes, Barbara Bell pattern, Women's clubs, Pages D-1-12 | Page D-6 Page D-4| Page D-9 Page D-10-12 PART FOUR. Sports. Maryland takes two more titles at | Penn relays. Page E-1 Nationals defeats Yankees, 3-2, on run in ninth, Page E-1 Blockade retires cup with triumph in Maryland hunt. Page E-2 Thora von Bern best dog in show at Alexandria, ! * ! Page E-3 Capital golf pros now are looking to National open. Page E-4 | Masked General equals record ln‘ Philadelphia handicap, Page E-5 | Classified Advertising. Classified ads. PagesE-6-19 | Lost and found. Page E-6 PART FIVE. | Features. Amusements. Stamps. In bridge circles. Dick Mansfield. Kennel news. Radio programs, Books. Art notes, Music. The Junior Star. Movie Sales Meeting \To Be Held in Capital By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, April 27.—Two in- novations for a movie sales conven- tion were regarded by observers to- day as a move to convince the Na- tion's lawmakers that “block book- ing” of motion pictures is necessary and desirable. The pending Neely bill would outlaw group purchasing of films. ‘Warner Bros. Studio is responsible for the innovations: Selection of ‘Washington, D. C., for its sales meeting June 10-12 and a decision to open all sessions to the public. “The selection of Washington as a convention site,” said Gradwell L. Sears. general sales manager, “was prompted by the desire to acquaint | the Nation's Representatives with the executive and business machin- ery of the motion picture industry as represented at this annual; meeting.” A studio spokesman added: “Since all of the sessions will be open to the public, and the ‘public’ of Washington consists of Senators and Representatives, we hope some of the lawmakers will be present at our meetings. We would like to have them see at first hand how we sell motion pictures.” . About 40 of the country’s big in- dependent exhibitors, in addition to Pages F-1-2-. Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page company executives from here and abroad, will attend. THE BSUNDAY STAR, WABHINGTON, Carolina’s 26 Voles Virfually Assured For Roosevelt Compromise Effected us Gov. Hoey Approves Of Action By the Associated Pre RALEIGH, N. C, April 21—A compromise agreement virtually as- suring President Roosevelt of North Carolina’s 26 votes in the National Demccratic Convention — provided his name is before the convention— was effected today by Gov. Hoey and leaders of the “North-Carolina-for- Roosevelt” movement. The Advisory Committee of the movement, at a meeting here today, adopted a resolution urging the State Democratic Convention to instruct North Carolina delegates to the na- tional convention to vote for Mr, Roosevelt, if his name is presented, “yntil he is nomianted or until his name is withdrawn from the bal- loting.” Gov. Hoey, who recently issued a statement asserting he favored the candidacy of Secretary of State Hull, said tonight the resolution “meets my approval and I will support its adoption at the State convention.” Since the combined leadership of the Hoey administration and the “North - Carolina - for - Roosevelt” movement represents almost all the prominent Democratic leaders in North Carolina, observers here ex- pressed confidence the State was “in the bag” for the President. The “North Carolina for Roose- velt” Advisory Committee voted ‘unanimously to establish an organi- zation in every county, and the 72 members present said reports from all sections of the State indicated | the people were backing the move- ment. ‘The Governor made it plain that he still believes Mr. Roosevelt would not be a candidate for re-election. He said he had had a conference today with John Folger of Mount Airy, chairman of the movement, and had been assured the organiza- tion would not attempt either to “draft Roosevelt” or to place the State party on record as favoring a third term. Constantine Brovmr., 0ff to Join Canadian Army Constantine Byown, jr., 19-year- old son of The Star's writer on foreign affairs, left the University of North Dakota Friday to enlist in the Canadian Army, the Grand Forks (N. D.) Herald reported last night. The youth intended to join the Cameron Highlanders in Winnipeg, the newspaper said. He had met the unit’s commander during a tour of Canada at his Easter vacation, his father said here last night. Informed of his son's plan . three weeks ago, Mr. Brown -told him he was “not. opposed” to it, but pre- ferred that the young man first fin- ish llege term .amd talk the proj r with hing,, wanted it understogd that it wa$ a condition of his approval that the son resign from Canadian and enter American service if the United States should become involved in a war, e v Senator Nye of Pgrth Dakota ap- pointed young Brown to the United States Military Academy last fall, | but he could not qualify because of residence requirements. He en- tered the Western university in February to fulfill these. The youth was born in Constan- tinople, where his father was at the time stationed as bureau chief of the Chicago Daily News. Detectives Spoil Convict Clancy's Wedding Plans By the Associated Press. | PHILADELPHIA, April 27. — A reception party of 22 detectives spoiled Joseph Clancy's wedding plans today. Clancy, an escaped Holmesburg Prison convict, had a showgirl on his arm and luggage in each hand when he walked into his apartment They were just in from New York and altar-bound, the girl thinking she was marrying a prosperous salesman. But an underworld tipster had warned Lt. Bart Gorman that Clancy had bought two new pistols and sworn he would not be recap- tured alive. Detectives popped from closets, from under the bed and around corners—with pistols drawn. Clancy didn’t even reach.for the loaded .32 in his arm-pit holster. “The girl didn't know anything about it,” protested Clancy. As police released her, she shook hands all around and turned to her crestfallen suitor. “I'll shake hands with you, too,” she said. “Good-by. I'm through and glad of it.” Bad Break.on Brakes SEATTLE, April 27 (#).—Wallace J. Crozier, 28, was fined $15 for having defective brakes on his car, which rolled down a hill and into a plate glass window. He is manager of an automobile brake repair shop. An almost perfect cast of a child’s skull, one of the most significant anthropological specimens ever dis- covered, has just arrived at the National Museum as a gift from the Anthropological Institute of the University of Moscow, Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of physical an- thropology, announced yesterday. The skull is that of a Neander- thaler, one of the beetle-browed race of men who inhabited Europe and Asia early in the last Ice Age. It is obviously that of a child about 8 years old. The permanent teeth are still erupting. There is just a hint of the protrusion over the eyebrows which was charac- teristic of the race. Even at that, says Dr. Hrdlicka, it is as pro- nounced as it would be in the prow of an adult white man. The skull, complete in every de- tail, was discovered in Siberia last spring by Russian anthropologists and examined by Dr. Hrdlicka last Valuable Primitive Skull Last Soviet Gift to National Museum summer. He regarded it as a link between the known Neanderthalers of Europe, of whom about 100 skulls and fragments of skulls are in ex- istence, and the primitive men of the Far East. Because of its com- pleteness, he points out, it may also afford valuable clues to ‘the brains or brain processes of the Neanderthalers. ‘While it is impossible to remove the actual skull from Russia, Dr. Hrdlicka said, the cast which was forwarded through the Department of State is so perfect that it an- swers the same purpose. The speci- men is regarded as of such value that it will not be placed on exhibi- tion and is kept in a safe. It demonstrates, said Dr, Hrdlicka, that a remarkable technique of making reproductions has been de- veloped at the University of Mos- cow and even an anthropologist, coming upon such a skull in nature might be deceived. Proposal fo F. C. C. Would Bar Big Radio |Programs fo Millions Clear Channels Would Be Wiped Out in Favor Of Small Local Stations By WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. Millions of rural radio listeners are facing the loss of “big ‘time” programs through a plan of fre- quency allocations before the Fed- eral Communications Commission which would have the effect of wip- ing out the “clear channels” by which stations serve the rural areas. In- directly, it was said, it is another manifestation of the tendency toward cutting down the alleged domination of radio by the big chains, and also to reduce their profits. 3 ‘The breakdown of the clear chan- nels would be brought about by is- suing licenses to local stations in small towns on the same frequen- cies. Elimination of the clear channels may have international complica- tions, it was pointed out. Under international agreements, partic- ularly the recent North American agreement, with its Nation-wide shift of frequencies the latter part of the summer, the United States may have up to 32 clear channels. On the other hand, if these clear channels are broken down by permitting other stations on them, the opinion within the commission is the agreement may also move in on these channels and cause such in- terference and atmospheric havoc that none will get good service, Some even see possibilities of such havoc as to bring a demand for govern- mental operation of radio. Such a | possibility is viewed with consider- able alarm, because it would provide the opportunity for complete dami- nation of this means of mass com- munication by any party in power. Problem for Small Stations. ‘The question has been raised as to whether distribution of clear chan- | nels to small local stations would re- sult in better service. The people in these towns would have a radio sta- | tion, it was explained, but by reason of its own limitations and interfer- ence, which wduld seriously re- strict its coveragé area, it might not attract sufficient ‘advertising income to pay its expenses. Through putting such a program into effect, it was said, approxi- mately 40,000,000 rural listeners | would be-denied the high type of programs which they have been en- abled to 'get for the last 12 years over the clear channel station serv- ice. At present each clear channel station is given freedom from broadcast interference within the | boundaries of the country. It was | done to permit rural listeners to | obtain good reception, and the de- | mand for it is said to be growing as electrical power is being more read- ily available in these areas. 'J. Benfon Wghb Nomed Optimist Governor | By the Associated Press. | ROANOKE, Va., April 27.—Opti- mist Club members of Virginia, Maryland and the District of Colum- bia, attending the 16th annual Opti- mist International District Conven- tion, discussed today their exten- sive boys’ work program, conducted an oratorical contest, and elected 1940 officers. J. Benton Webb of Washington, D. C., was chosen District gover- nor, succeeding Edwin E. Bibb of Norfolk. Benjamin H. Eagle, Bal- timore; Albert H. Morris, Richmond, | and Dr. Raymond Murray, Wash- ington, were elected lieutenant gov- ernors, and Clif L. Cook of Wash- ington was elected treasurer. Fourteen-year-old Robert Morri- son, representing the downtown Bal- timore Optimist Club, won the dis- trict oratorical contest and will be sent by clubs in the district to the contest at the Optimist Interna- tional convention in Kansas City on June 16. Boys from seven clubs participated in the contest which began in the afternoon. The fleld was narrowed down to young Morrison, a Gar- rison Junior High School student, and 15-year-old Andy Shreve, Tep- resenting the downtown Washing- ton, D. C. club, who were in the finals conducted during a dinner dance tonight. Thomas Perry, 60, Dies After Stroke at Glen Echo Thomas Perry, 60, a special offi- cer at Glen Echo Park, Md. died last night after suffering a stroke at the amusement park. Mr, Perry, who lived at Wilson lane, Bethesda, Md., was taken to Georgetown Hospital by the Glen Echo Rescue Squad, where he was pronounced dead. Labor legislation and proposals to amend the National Labor Relations Act will be discussed in the National Radio Forum tomorrow night by Representative Charles A. Halleck, Republican, of Indiana. The National Radio Forum is ar- ranged by The Star and is broad- cast over a coast-to-coast network of the National Broadcasting Co. It may be heard locally through Station WMAL at 10:30 E. 8. T. Representative Halleck is a mem- ber of Smith committee investi- gating the National Labor Relations Board. He and another Republican, Representative Routzohn of Ohio, sided with Chairman Smith in a majority report that asked that the Labor Act be amended “to make it more effective in achieving the fundamental purposes for which it was devised.” The Smith Committee recessed its hearings in March, but resumed again last week, with expectations that it will delve deeper into economic phases of enforcement of the Wagner Act. . . roseeting torney pror o sne P ting ~ o en- trance to Congress after a special 2 that other countries signatory to! the statue’s fine points. STUDENTS LEARN OF FINE ARTS—Pupils of Taft Junior High School gather around the famous statue, “Last Days of the Emperor” (Napoleon I), by Vincenzo Vela, during a special tour of the Corcoran Gallery of Art taken by 40 students of the school. Miss Hope Wickersham, one of the trained leaders taking students on tours of the gallery almost daily, points out some of —Star Staff Photo. Beecher Had Rather Be Admiral Than Composer By EDWARD E. BOMAR, Associated Press Staft Writer. air of a “A Song of Old Hawaii” on & well-worn banjo is headed for Hawaii to take command of a war- ship. | The music trade ijointed “Slim” Beecher -as the au- Lt. Willilam Gordon Beecher, as he is listed rather be an admiral than a com- poser. Still, he left Washington with six |banjoes and the hope of finding more tunes ahout Hawaii. One he | wrote in the islands three years. { world. “There is a Melody Forever Haunting Me—" it goes. The aver- age man would recognize the tune, if not the words. It's been played often enough on the air. Although up to now he has writ- ten 115 songs. including some which midshipmen sing at football games and complex incidental music for the films, music to Lt. Beecher is Just a hobby and the success of some of his tunes “just plain luck.” “Except for a brief contact with Tin Pan Alley in 1925, I've never thought of commercializing them seriously,” he explained. Is Quiet in Manner. Quiet in manner, the Beecher bulk in civilian garb suggests neither the naval officer nor the musician. He has served for the last tow years in the Navy Department’s | Public Relations Department and it is characteristic that most of the | news photographers who dropped carry a tune. The son of a Baltimore architect, Lt. Beecher started writing parodies | for the middies" musical shows soon | after he entered Annapolis in 1921. With Bill Kirten, a classmate, he worked for four years in the musi- cal clubs. With Bert Klackring, another midshipman, he turned out such football songs as “Up and At 'Em Navy” and “Fight Big Blue Team.” He has collaborated with others since, but has done best on his own. Hollywood helped later. His serv- ices were loaned as technical ad- viser for a Navy film, “Shipmates Forever,” and Lt. Beecher had a hand in turning out “Don’t Give Up the Ship.” But “Slim” ‘got his start as a recognized composer in Hawaii. Lt. Beecher cannot read or write music but he picked out a number of new melodies on his banjo and made phonograph records of some to send back home to the folks at Catons- ville, Md., as a Christmas gift. Caught Ear of Musicians. “A Song of Old Hawaiil” caught the ear of local musicians, and aboard his ship on his way back to the States Lt. Beecher by wireless gave permission to a Honolulu mu- sic house to publish it. Now it is on five different makes of phoriograph records, and the publisher is look- ing forward to a sheet music sale of 300,000 or more copies. How Lt. Beecher can produce Halleck Is Forum Speaker Indianan Will Discuss Proposals to Amend Labor Relations Act REPRESENTATIVE HALLECK. election in January, 1035, He wis re-elécted to the Seventy-Pifth and Seventy-Sixth Congresses 2 A The man who plunked out the in naval records, would | time and inspiration te turn out | | ago has been played around the | |in daily did not know he could | Warship Skipper Plunks Out Hawaiian Tunes on the Side | | | knows loose- | | thor of some fast-selling songs, but Lt. W. G. BEECHER. —Harris & Ewing Photo. | songs by the score without being able to read or write a note is ex- daughter of the former Maryland {him to the Naval Academy. She professes not to be particularly mu- sical, but she can put the tunes on paper as *Slim” picks them off on banjo or piano. They work in the evenings, most- ly after their two grade-school chil- dren have gone to bed. Substantial Royalties. There are some substantial royal- ties coming in now, mostly from the Hawail hit. Hollywood gave Lt. Beecher the job of writing the com- plete score for a new Navy picture. Another might have been tempted to quit the Navy and go in for mu- | sic in a big way. approved for promotion to lieuten- ant commander, has passed difficult examinations with flying colors and at 36 is about to take his first inde- pendent command as skipper of the mine-laying destroyer Pruitt. The new skipper will have at least one banjo aboard, in case of in- spiration from the subtropical moonlight. U.S. H. A. Is "Flat Broke,” With Loan Pleas of Billion The United States Housing Au- thority is “absolutely flat broke,” Administrator Nathan Straus said yesterday in reporting that unfilled requests are on fille for a toial of $1,008,900,000 in Governmenj loans, an amount sufficient to rehouse about 225,000 slum fafnilies. “Every single dollar available for loans to local housing authorities has been committed,” he explained. “The till is empty. We are unable to make any further commitments un- til Congress makes further authori- zations.” : The U. 8. H. A. disclosed that the requests for commitments are from 181 local communities in 32 States, including the District, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Legislation is pending in Congress to double the original $800,000,000 loan authorization of the housing agency. It passed the Senate last session, but’ was blocked in the House.. There is s prospect of the measure coming up in the House in-a short while, but earlier reports indicated, if it passes, the loan authorization would be considerably reduced. The District Alley Dwelling Au- thority has been given commitments of approximately $15,000,000. It was understood the additional ‘“request” for $7,000,000 noted in the raport was an application made months 20 and discarded. Norse Nobel Winner Scores Fugitive Regime By the Associated Press. OSLO, April 27.—The legal govern- ment of . Premier Johan Nygaards- vold was bitterly denounced today by Knut: Hamsun, 81-year-old Nor- wegian author and winner of the 1920 Nobel award for literature, for organizing resistance against the Germans. “The government ordered mobili- zation, then fled,” Hamsun wrote in the newspaper Nationen. “Nor- wegian youths now die for that ‘government,’ We need grown-ups and youths just now for other | member of Congress who appointed | But not “Slim.” He has just been | Early Senate Action Will Be Sought on Logan-Walter Bill Subcommittee Reaches Decision in Spite of Veto Forecasts By the Associated Press. A judiciary subcommittee decided | vesterday to seek early Senate action on the Logan-Walter bill providing for judicial review of decisions of administrative agencies, despite pre- dictions of administration suppor- ters that President Roosevelt would | veto it. Chairman Ashurst of the full committee, and Senators Barkley, Kentucky; Hatch, New Mexico; | King, Utah, and Burke, Nebraska, Democrats, and Austin, Republican, of Vermont attended an informal meeting at which it was agreed to bring up the House-approved legis- lation this week. Democratic Leader Barkley said he personally would prefer to wait until- & Justice Department com- { mittee completes its inquiry into the | effects of the measure,-but that he plained by his wife, Cacvella, thé did not know whether the Senate | would agree with him ia this posi~ tion. Sepater Minton, Democrat, of Indiana; an opponent of the bill, predicted the President would veto the measure if it passed the Senate. |charged that the measure would Labor Relations Board and other agencies to court review not only as to procedure but as to the merits of each individual case. “I don't see how any President could afford to sign a bill which just hamstrings all the agencies of the Government,” Senator Minton declared. | Work Stepup Planned In Bid for 5- Day Week In a move to get congressional Senator Minton and others have | subject decisions of the National | Appreciation of Art Taught by Tours of Corcoran Gallery 6,335 City School Pupils On 195 Trips Since Last November Bit by bit the school children of Washington are being instructed in the fine arts through a specialized system of tours through the collee~ tion of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. ‘The trips were started last No- vember after a period of negotiation between the Corcoran Gallery and the Board of Education as to how transportation of students could be arranged. Since that time 195 tGurs have been made with a total attend- ance of 6,335 students. " C. Powell Minnigerode, director of the gallery, said yesterday that al- though this represented but.a “drop in the bucket” compared to the more than 80,000 students in the publie school system, he hoped the number of tours could be greatly increased. Prime requisite for a material in- crease in the tours would be final solution of the transportation prob- lem. Transportation is now paid for by contributions of the students :1‘% their parents, Mr. Minnigerode With the various private schools in and around Washington, he said, the situation is different, as the funds necessary for transportation can more easily be raised in such schools, Typical of the tours was one taken Friday by a group of 40 students from Taft Junior High School. They were supervised by Miss Hope Wick= ersham, a Bryn Mawr post graduate student doing research at the gallery, who explained to them something of the history and meaning of the most famous art objects on display. Miss Wickersham is one of a num- ber of persons either on the gallery staff or in the advanced classes of the Corcoran School of Art who have been especially trained to guide stu- dents through the gallery. It was not hard to see that the students were impressed by many of the exhibits. “Portrait of an Elderly Man” by Rembrandt, “The Last Days of the Emperor” (Napoleon I) by Vincenzo Vela, the famous Gothie tapestries of the W. A. Clark collec- tion, a plaster reproduction of “The ! Puritan” by Augustus St. Gaudens and many others. So interested were | they that it was hard to keep them | from wandering off through the gal | lery to look at the picture and sculpe | tures not included in the usual tour. | Files of the gallery contain many notes of appreciation from students ! taking the tours. | The tours were instituted by the ; gallery as a means of stimulating | interest in the fine arts among the | general public and will be continued | until the end of the -public school | year. Mr. Minnigerode said the tour | would be resumed next fall. | Smuggler Hides False Teeth in His Mouth By the Associated Press | BUFFALO, N. Y. April 27—It | may upset the fastidious to learn | that searching a suspect’s mouth for | smuggled false teeth comes under the head of an ordinary day's work for United States border patrolmen | along the Canadian boundary. John J. Mullen, 43, district super- intendent in charge of a 3,600-mile stretch of border, recites a com- plaint from a small-town United States dentist about excessive im- | portation of false teeth. i The “importer” was speedily ar- | rested. “Not having any teeth himself, this man would go into Canada, buy a false set, slip them into his mouth and sneak across the border to sell them in the States,” Mullen ex- | plained. e | “Our men caught him going across | one day, forced open his mouth, and support for the bill of Senator |S&W the teeth didn't fit. Mead, Democrat, of New York es- | partmental service during the sum- | mer months, members of the United | Federal Workers tomorrow will cir- | culate pledges in which Government | workers will obligate themselves to | stepup “production” so the shortJ week—if granted—will not cost the | Government anything. Jacob Baker, president of the U. F. A, pointed out that the five- day week prevails to some extent in the field and that the changed schedule here during the hot months would aid the employes and the Gov- ernment also. tablishing a five-day week in the de- | “We eventually recovered seven ets of molars he had sold to various dentists.” Spain Reveals Execution Of More Republicans By the Associated Press. MADRID, April 27.—Spanish au- thorities today announced the exe- cution of an undisclosed number of members of the fcrmer Republican “Fine Arts Society” who were charged with responsibility for more than 20,000 political slayings during the civil war, (Furnished by the United and warmer, followed by local sho northeast winds. noon or at night. row showers. River Report. o Higpers Forry lace yeure 7 T 2 Repert Unil ‘1_- o Saturda; y. Midnight 7 12 noon 2 am, Saturday. yesterday. year ago, 40; yesterday, year Record Temperatures This Year. eather Conditions Last 24 Hours. disturbance that was off the South Prida; ward with in- 'yoming, Chey- inches), ‘with rd to extreme n . A high-pressure area is s:flnl nummn;e over the Lake region, troit, Mieh.. 1030.5 millibars (30. inches), and pressure is high on tr > Mi Pacific , Eyreka, Calif., 1022.0 milli- Bouts Taing have. securred n' the Hora rains_have occurred in the Norf BaciBe "Blates 'vad along the Middle A dle rted from the ons, ‘the xss. Tempera- n the Plains States and Platesu. while they have fallen in ky Mountain region, and in the Texas. : Tide Tables. Purnished ited 8 4 53 the Uniied Btates cu:t an Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (:urnat’-mm to date): g 18] Maren ” Highest, 76 on April 4; lowest. 7 on.Janu- | A ary 26 7y night is advancing | g 43 | B Weather Report States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia—Fair today; tomorrow increasing cloudiness wers at night; gentle north and Maryland and Virginia—Fair today; tomorrow increasing cloudiness and warmer, followed by local showers in extreme west portions in aftere West Virginia—Increasing cloudiness, slightly warmer today; tomor- 1333 o m. hts must be turned alf hour after sunset. Weather in Various Cities. cago. TIl. Cincinnati, Ohio Cleveland.’ Ohio Dallas, Te: coathphnBuaos S332RE5228 TR RREE: Pon D32 I St PR ATATITRRSEAABRIES i H