Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1940, Page 2

CA—2 sse Shenandoah Fesfival Opens With Sunshine But No Blossoms Thousands Flock To Winchester for Coronation Today By a Btaft Correspondent of The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., May 2— Under clearing skies, but without benefit of blossoms, the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival program got under way today with thousands of visitors from Washington and near- by Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsyl- vania and Maryland on hand. ‘The Festival Committee missed its guess that the thousands of trees in the commercial orchards would be in bloom by the first of May, but the miscalculation had no apparent effect on the visitors arriving to ‘witness the colorful ceremonies. Heavy showers blown in on a brisk wind shortly after the queen’s arrival last night continued until early today, but clearing skies brought out bright sunshine with cooler temperatures. A few decora- tions whipped by the wind had been replaced and last minute prepara- tions were complete for the outdoor ceremonies of coronation and pageantry. Queen Will Be 18 Tomorrow. Over seven converging highways, festive throngs were pouring into town to see the coronation ceremony this afternoon in the Handley High School Stadium when Dr. Henry F. Grady, Assistant Secretary of State, will place the crown on the brow of Senorita Lillian Somoza, daugh- ter of the President of Nicaragua, and proclaim her “Queen Shenan- doah XVII.” The young queen, who will ob- serve her 18th birthday anniversary during the festivities tomorrow, ar- rived yesterday from Gunston Hall in Washington, with a classmate, Miss Rebecca Morgan of Charleston, ‘W. Va,, who will be West Virginia's official representative at the fete. She was chaperoned by her aunt, Senora De Bayle, wife of the Nica- raguan Minister in Washington. They were escorted by William Har- ris and State officers. During her stay Senorita Somoza will be the guest of Mrs. Richard E. Byrd. She was the honor guest at a luncheon there at noon after she had posed with her princesses and other attendants in the morn- ing in orchards, where here and there an early variety had burst into bloom. Despite the weather, indications | were everywhere that the festival was to be celebrated with traditional gaiety. Hotels were filled to over- flowing, and many tourist and room- ing houses reported “sell-outs.” The streets were decorated with bunting of green, pink and white and stream- ers and “welcome” banners greet- ed new arrivals. Mummers Parade Tonight. Firemen from 40 companies and bandsmen had burnished their ap- paratus in preparation for the mum- mers’ parade tonight, after which there will be a fireworks display at Handley Stadium. Meanwhile, the queen and her princesses will be entertained at a reception and dance. The pageant will be repeated to- morrow morning without the queen and her court. They will watch an aerial show at the Admiral Byrd Airport before the official luncheon at noon. Various forms of entertainment had been provided by committees for the crowds as “fili-ins” between highlights of the program. These included band concerts, a ventrilo- quist and magician on a City Hall plaza platform, and a “vox pop” radio broadcasting feature. The queen’s coronation at 3 p.m. at the stadium was listed as the first of the stellar attractions. She was to be attired in white net over creamy satin. Little Miss Mary | Marshall Steck, granddaughter of | John M. Steck, lawyer and pioneer | apple grower, is to bear the crown | on'a white satin pillow. Old Coronation Ritual. The coronation ceremony is an | adaptation of that used for the crowning of kings and queens in the ancient English capital of Win- chester, which ante-dated London, and was prepared by the Rev. Dr. 8. L. Flickinger, pastor of Centenary Reformed Church, an authority on liturgy. The pageant, “The Quest of Beauty,” written in poetic style by Garland R. Quarles, city school superintendent, which follows im- mediately after the coronation, will be in three parts, lasting about an hour and a half. In the first are flag groups, boys and girls in color- ful cestumes, forming by drills such emblems as that of the 13 colonies, the Confederate flag and finally “The Star Spangled Banner,” while the Handley Band plays suitable music. Beauties of the classics, the Orient, Holland, folk celebrations and the Old South are introduced in inter- pretative dances, which include the dance of the Trojan maidens, Aurora and the ball dance, in a Persian mar- ket, the feast of the rajah, a Dutch dance, folk and polka numbers. The third and final episode por- trays in poetry, music and dancing the beauties of apple blossoms. South American Parley On Trade Planned By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, May 2.—Foreign Minister Jose Maria Cantilo of Ar- gentina disclosed today that a con- ference among Argentina, Braazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay on common economic problems is in prospect. Cantilo said that he and Bolivian Foreign Minister Alberto Ostria Gutierrez agreed in principle on the project a few weeks ago. Cantilo added, however, that Ar- gentina had not received an official invitation. The conference probably will be held at Asuncion, Paraguay. France Again Protests Japanese Bombings B3 the Associated Press. PARIS, May 2—France protested to-Japan today for the fourth time over renewed aerial bombings of the French -owned Hanol - Kunming Railroad, in Southwestern China, & long-standing source of Far East- em tension. Jhe Foreign Ministry announced Ambassador Charles Arsene Henry had delivered the protest to Tokio the railway, which runs from French Indo-China into Yunnan Prbvince, was. attacked April 28 and FAIR SKIES, BUT NO BLOSSOMS FOR QUEEN—Fair weather today helped to make up for a lack of blossoms at Winchester as the annual Apple Blossom Festival got under way. Here dark-eyed Senorita Lillian Somoza, daughter of the President of Nicaragua, tries on the crown she was to receive at the coronation this afternoon. The Maryland Campaign * Radcliffe Battles Bruce Forces Take Intensive Drive Into Baltimore By WILL P. KENNEDY, Star Staff Correspondent. BALTIMORE, May 2.—The “mop- up” brigade of Bruce troops con- tinued today its intensive drive “in enemy territory” to make certain the Democratic nomination of Na- tional Committeeman Howard Bruce over Senator Radcliffe for the Senate. Two Baltimore election districts, with seven convention votes each, which have been practically con- ceded to Senator Radcliffe, were the scene of yesterday's and today’s campaigning. They are the 4th and 5th. Last night the “heavy artillery” of campaigners invaded six meetings in the 5th district and tonight they will go into the 4th. Tomorrow the Bruce men will go into Carroll County, Anne Arundel County, Somerset County on the Eastern Shore and any other de- batable fighting ground will be can- vassed before the ballotjng next Monday. | Mr. Bruce's supporters claimed to- | day that he won many votes last night in the 16th and 20th wards of the 5th district. Gov. O'Conor, who is Mr. Bruce’s chief supporter, carried this district two years ago! —and the 20th ward swung the de- | cision. It is largely Catholic vote, which ’is guided by Joseph Mc- Sweeney, the Governor’'s local lieu- tenant. Enters Fourth District. When Mr. Bruce tackled the 4th | district today he knew that he was digging into a hotbed of opposition. William Curran, Democratic city leader, said this is the one election district in Baltimore in which he | expects to see the Radcliffe forces, under the leadership of Mayor Jack- son, defeat Mr. Bruce. In the 4th district Jack Pollock is leader and the vote is largely Hebrew. State Senator Daniel Chambers, who has always been with the Jackson forces, has switched his support to the Bruce drive. Mr. Bruce replied over the radio last night to Senator Tydings, a Radcliffe supporter, who has called the Bruce campaign “silly, camou- flage and a smokescreen.” He re- iterated his arguments at five meet- ings: The banquet of the Baltimore Press Club in the Lord Baltimore Hotel. with Richard Rudolph presid- ing; a rally in the 27th ward at Arrow Inn Hall, Park Heights, where William A. Bortner presided and James G. Knight introduced Mr Bruce; a meeting of the 15th Ward Democratic Organization, Walbrook Oval, with Wilbur Coyle presiding; a 16th ward rally at the Poplar Grove Democratic Club Hall, where he was introduced by *Joe” Byrnes, and a colored meeting on North Carrolton street. Senator Radcliffe also attended the Press Club meeting. Backed by Cleveland. Impetus was given to the Bruce drive last night when Richard F. Cleveland, son of Grover Cleveland, addressed three rallies in the 15th, 16th and 27th wards, urging the elec- tion of Mr. Bruce as the man quali- fied to serve Maryland in the Senate. In the name of patriotism and good sense,” Mr. Cleveland said, “let us insist that this campaign be de- cided on the real issue of the fitness of the two candidates for this tre- mendous job, and let us stop this dangerous talk of sympathy for a nice man.” Priscilla Lanes Suspended HOLLYWOOD, May 2 (#)—War- ners suspended Priscilla Lane yes- terday because she refused to take the starring role in “Money and the Woman.” Miss Lane said she con- sidered the part unsuitable to her talents. Prowler Real, Not a Dream, Girl Finds Miss Alice Lackey didn't know whether she’d been dreaming about a prowler being in her bedroom or not. It's hard to tell when you wake at 1:40 o’clock in the morning. While she lay in bed at her resi- dence, 1818 N street N.W., trying to puzzle it out, a man stalked out of a clothes closet across the room, she told police. When she screamed the intruder struck her with a blunt weapon and fled, according to Miss Lackey, 20-year-old cashier in a downtown restaurant. She was treated for head lacerations at Aqril 30, » Emergency Hospital. No property Wwas reported missing. 5 L To Beat Off Bruce On Eastern Shore By JACK ALLEN, Star Staft Correspondent. GALENA, Md, May 2—Tena- ciously battling opposition efforts to smash through his lines, Senator Radcliffe today brought his cam- paign for renomination back to the | place of his birth—the Eastern| Shore. The junior Maryland Senator, | whose rival, Howard Bruce, claims to have made gains in this quarter | |of the State during the last few | days, arrived this afternoon for a | whirlwind tour of Kent County that is to end with an address in | Rock Hall at 7 pm. | He was scheduled originally for a speech at Centreville later in the evening, but a last-minute change in plans finds Senator , Tydings, backing his colleague for renomina- tion in Monday's Democratic pri- mary, substituting for him in this | appearence. Seeks to Clinch Baltimore. The switch was arranged so Sen- ator Radcliffe can hustle back to Baltimore for a series of speeches arranged by his city advisers, who | are fighting determinedly to fore- stall any Bruce advances in that sector. In paying a final campaign visit to his native Eastern Shore Senator Radcliffe is confronted by claims from the Bruce camp that it will carry Kent, Cecil, Queen Anne, Car- oline and Somerset, which command a total of 14 convention votes. They concede to the Radcliffe organiza- tion, according to advices from Bruce headquarters, the counties of Talbott, Worcester and Wicomico. Senator Radcliffe maintains he will sweep the Shore, carrying all nine counties and their 31 votes. Radcliffe headquarters here said “a trick the Bruce machine is em- | ploying in every section of the| State” is being utilized by the op- | position in an effort to carry Kent | County for its candidate. Alleged Promises to Brice. “Senator Brice,” it was asserted, | “is telling Kent County voters that the Bruce organization has prom- ised to support him for Governor n 1942 if he carries Kent for Mr. Bruce in the senatorial primary on Monday. His slogan is ‘A vote for Bruce for the Senate is a vote for Brice for Governor.’ “Apparently we are going to have five Governors after 1942—accord- ing to the Bruce organization. It has made identical promises to four other county leaders.” These four, it was stated, are Rep- resentative Sasscer- in Prince Georges, Attorney General Wil- liam Walsh in Allegheny, former At- torney General Preston Lane in Washington and State Treasurer Hooper S. Miles in Wicomico. In a dozen speaking appearances in Baltimore last night Senator Radcliffe reiterated the claim he has made time and again during his campaign for renomination—that his opponent has yet to show why he should be sent to the Senate and that Mr. Bruce has indorsed Sen- ator Radcliffe’s record by his fail- ure to criticize the votes he has made on major bills before Con- gress. | Alexander Barger Dies; Former Veierans’ Doctor Dr. Alexander F. S. Barger, 74, retired medical authorizer for the Veterans' Administration, died at his home, 424 Seventh street N.E., yesterday following a long illness. A native of Eddyville, Ill, he prac- ticed medicine in that State until 1900 when he came to Washington. He received an appointment to the Veterans’ Administration, at that time a part of the -old Pension Bureau, the following year. Dr. Barger was graduated from the Howard University medical school in 1892. The school since its founding in 1868 has graduated both colored and white internes. He retired from Government of- fice in 1936, after 35 years’ service. Dr. Barger was a past grand noble of the Federal City Lodge of®Odd Fellows and a member of the Myron M. Parker Lodge of Masons and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Cullum Barger; a daugh- ter, Mrs. Eulalia B. Steagall, of ‘Washington; a brother, Harry S. Barger, of Washington and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted by the Odd Fellows Lodge tomorrow at 2 pm. in Deal's funeral home, 4812 Georgia avenue N.W. Burial will be in Cedar Hill 3 A . | Mary’s Chapel in the Cathedral. Jeane Shoryack and Louise Ensogna are shown in the Arab- fan costumes in which they will dance at the Shenandoah Blossom Festival. * Cathedral Association Members Gather For Meeting Bishop Freeman and Mrs. Freeman Are Honored at Dinner The men and women in the van- guard of supporters of the work and building of the National Cathe- dral of St. Peter and St. Paul gath- ered here this morning for a full day of activity spotlighting their interest, with the climax scheduled for 3 pm. At that hour the meet- ing of the National Cathedral As- sociation opens in the great cross- ing and north transept of the Cath- edral, with the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, presiding. Bishop and Mrs, Freeman last night were honored at the Sulgrave | Club with an appreciation dinner in the season of their golden wedding anniversary, celebrated two weeks ago. The dinner was sponsored by the chapter and council of Wash- ington Cathedral and the women’s committees, with members present representing 20 States. Former Senator George Wharton Pepper of Pennsylvania, a member of the Cathedral Chapter, presided. Bishop Holt to Speak. Today was chosen as the occasion for the meetings because it is As- cension Day. The Right Rev. Ivan| Lee Holt of Dallas, Tex, of the Methodist Church, who has served as president of the Federal Coun- cil of Churches and who is a mem- ber of the council of Washing- ton Cathedral, is to deliver the principal address at the 3 pm.| meeting. Immediately after this| service Bishop gnd Mrs. Freeman | planned to receive the delegates to | | the meeting and their guests in the | bishop’s garden. | The day's exercises began at m# am. with communion for members of the women’s committees in St. At 11 am. the committees met for| their annual meeting, to be fol- lowed by luncheon, in the Na- tional Cathedral Girls’ School, ad- joining the Cathedral. The officers of the committees include Mrs. Roosevelt, honorary national chair- man; Mrs. William Adams Brown, honorary national chairman, and Miss Mary E. Johnston, national chairman, who is presiding. Bishop Dedicates School. Beauvoir, the Cathedral elemen- tary school, was dedicated by Bishop | Freeman shortly before noon. The | office of dedication was conducted in the building housing the school’s higher grades. Pupils, their parents and teachers Joined in the singing of hymns, and, after Bishop Freeman had asked blessing upon the structure, a sym- bolic fire was lit in the fireplace. Upon conclusion of the service, the bishop and his attendants passed through the various rooms of the school and then proceeded to the building in which the lower grades are located. The school is located in the Cathe- dral Close, at 3500 Woodley road N.W. The exercises will close at 8:30 pm. with a choir festival in the Cathedral, conducted by Dr. T. Tertius Noble, organist and com- poser, of New York City. Partic- ipating in the festival will be the choirs of National Cathedral, under the direction of Paul Callaway, or- ganist and choirmaster; of the Church of St. Stephen and the In- carnation, Sherman J. Kruezburg, organist and choirmaster, and of St. John’s Church, Georgetown, di- rected by E. William Brackett. Pilgrimages on Program. ‘Throughout the day many of the out-of-town members of the asso- ciation, the -council and the wom- en’s committees are expected to make pilgrimages- through- the ‘athedral, the Bishop’s garden, the ottage herb garden, the Cathe- dral library and the three Cathe- dral schools—elementary, girls’ and boys’. Members of the Cathedral Asso- ciation from all parts of the Union— the total membership is 7,000—were awaiting the annual meeting this afternoon. Not only Bishop Free- man but the dean and cauons of the Cathedral and the Rev. Paul D. ‘Wilbur, rector of the Church of St. Stephen and the Incarnation, and the Rev. F. Bland Tucker, rector of St. John’s Church, Georgetown, planned to attend. Reports are to be made of the progress of the association by its officials—] Freeman, chair- The blossoms are imitation, because the trees about Win- chester have been late in blooming this year, but the effect is quite pleasing when Janie Hamman holds the flowers. Dr. Arthur Camp Stanley Buried in Arlingfon Funeral services for Dr. Arthur Camp Stanley were held today in Epiphany Church, with the Rev. Dr. Ze Barney T. Phillips officiating. Dr. Stanley, an outstanding figure in Washington medical circles, died Tuesday at his home, 2370 Massa- | chusetts avenue, after a brief illness. | Virginia. Dr. Stanley was buried inf Arlington National Cemetery. As a young man Dr, served as an officer in the Medical Corps of the Navy, and later during the World War. Epiphany Church was filled with the many friends of Dr. Stanley. Burial was private, with only mem- bers of the family, honorary pall- bearers and a detail of Boy Scouts present. Dr. Stanley was scout com- | missioner for the District. man; Walter B. Clarkson, president; the Very Rev. Nokle C. Powell, D. D,, vice president; Miss Johnson, vice president and chairman for the women’s committees; Richard ‘W. Hyson, treasurer, and Edwin N. Lewis, secretary. 100 at Dinmer. One hundred persons gathered at the Sulgrave Club last night for the dinner in honor of Bishop and Mrs. Freeman. Attached by a ribbon in episcopal purple to each place card was a gilded medal showing on the obverse a view of the Cathedral as it will look when finished and on the reverse the figures of St. Peter and St. Paul, the patrons of the Cathedral. The Rev. Charles T. Warner, rec- tor of St. Alban’s Church, Massa- chusetts and Wisconsin avenues N.W., and an honorary canon of the Cathedral, pronounced the invoca- tion. Miss Johnson called the roll of regents and chairmen of the women’s committees. Former Sen- ator Pepper introduced the speakers: Former Undersecretary of State William R, Castle, representing the chapter; the Rev. Dr. William Adams Brown, Union Theological Seminary, New York, representing the council; Walter B. Clarkson, vice president of the Chesapeake & Po- tomac Telephone Co., representing the association, of which he is presi- dent; Dr. Powell, representing the Cathedral clergy; Bishop Freeman, and the Rev. William Bradner, canon presentor of the Cathedral, giving the benediction. Attending the dinner with the Cathedral's executive leaders and committeewomen were a small group of Washington women, who for sev- eral years have acted as an advisory and hostess committee for out-of- town groups. They are Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett, Mrs. Frank B. Noyes and Miss Elisabeth Poe. The ‘activities opened earlier yes- terday when the Cathedral Council met in its semi-annual conclave. Members of the council celebrated hely communion at noon and had lunch afterward in the refectory of the College of Preachers. The meeting itself was held in the after- noon in the reading room of the Cathedral Library, . Stanley | —Star Staff Photos. Dr. Jesse E. Moorland, Howard Trustee, Dead Dr. Jesse E. Mooreland, 76, a mem- ber of the Board of Trustees of How- ard University and chairman of its Executive Committee, died Tuesday in New York City. The educator was active in mis- sionary work in North Carolina and being a trustee of the Frederick Douglass Home Associa- tion and the American Negro Acad- emy. He was instrumental in estab- lishing the Rosenwald Y. M. C. A. buildings for colored men and boys in 18 cities of the United States. Dr. Moorland was graduated from the Theological department of How- ard University in 1893. The school conferred an honorary degree of doctor of divinity on him in 1906. He was general secretary of the col- ored Y. M. C. A. here in 1891. The university’s Moorland Foun- dation was established in 1914 when | Dr. Moorland presented the school | with more than 3,000 books and pamphlets on Negro life. Funeral services will be held in Brooklyn at 8:30 am. tomorrow. Memorial services will be held at the university at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Lincoln Memorial Ceme- tery here. Rites for Mrs. Rowe Will Be Held Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. Eulalie Domer Rheem Rowe, 78, who died Saturday in Santa Monica, Calif., will be held here tomorrow at 1:30 pm. in Gawler's funeral home, 1756 Pennsylvania avenue N.W. Mrs. Rowe, a native of Washing- ton, was married to Clarence B. Rheem, vice president of the local real estate firm of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey, in 1888. Mr. Rheem died in 1913. She later married Thomas J. Rowe of Montana, who survives. She will be buried in Rock Creek Cemetery. The Rev. Henry W. Syn- der, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, will officigte at the services. Congress in Brief TODAY Senate: Continues debate on bill to end Government purchasing of foreign silver. Civil Liberties Committee hears Secretary Wallace discuss_interstate migration of farm labor. House: May complete debate on wage- hour amendments. Smith Committee hears Edwin 8. Smith, Labor Board member. TOMORROW. Senate: Probably will not meet. House: Will probably consider changes in the wage-hour law. Smith Committee continues in- | Febru vestigation of Labor Board, 10 am. Public Lands Committee to con- sider various bills, 10 a.m. ‘Ways and Means Subcommittee 'fi consider Patman chain store bill, a.m, Dies Tells Jurors About Pelley Letfers At Mayne Inquiry House Probe Chairman Is Third Member of Congress to Testify Chalrman Dies of the House Com- mittee on Un-American Activities testified today as the District grand jury continued its investiga- tion of the case of David D. Mayne of Springfield, Va., accused of selling letters designed to show a connec- tion between Mr. Dies and William Dudley Pelley, leader of the Silver Shirts. Accompanying Mr. Dies into the grand jury room were United States Attorney Edward M. Curran and Assistant United States Attorney John W. Fihelly, who are conduct- ing the case. Assisting is Assistant United States Attorney Evan T. Davis, who is regularly in charge of the grand jury. Mr. Dies is the third Representa- tive to go before the grand jury since the inquiry opened Monday. The previous grand jury, which went out of office at the beginning of'the month, declined to take crim- inal action against Mr. Mayne. Yesterday afternoon Representa- tives Thomas, Republican, of New Jersey and Hook, Democrat, of Michigan testified, as did Mr. Pelley. Representative Voorhis of Cali- fornia may be summoned to tell about the alleged employment of Mr. Mayne by the Dies committee. Gardner Jackson of Chevy Chase, Md,, legislative counsel of Labor’s Non-Partisan League, through his attorney, William A. Roberts, has requested the Government to pre- sent the case. Mr. Jackson’s asso- ciate, Harold Weisberg, writer and private investigator, is said to have paid Mr. Mayne $105 for the letters, allegedly signed with Mr. Pelley’s name. Indictment is sought on charges of perjury, forgery, obtain- ing money under false pretenses and conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States. Murder Syndicate Grossed $500,000 Year, Reles Says By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 2—Abe (Kid Twist) Reles, alleged leader of Mur- der, Inc, was quoted by District Attorney William O'Dwyer’s office today as disclosing that the killers- for-hire syndicate committed at least 63 murders and grossed about $500,000 a year. The mob’s income, according to the 34-year-old gangster, was chiefly built on underworld assassinations, bolstered by petty rackets and jewel robberies in Florida carried out by members of the ring “on their vaca- tions.” Mr. ODwyer’s office said Reles, who turned informer in the hope of escaping the electric chair, acknowl- edged that he and Harry (Happy) Maione received the biggest share of the gang's profits. Reles is expected to be the State’s major witness next week in the trial of Maione, Harry (Pittsburgh Phil) Strauss and Frank (the of George Rudnick, police informer, who was stabbed 54 times with an icepick in a Brooklyn garage in 1937, Mrs. Lillian G. Alsip Funeral Tomorrow Mrs. Lillian Goodwin Alsip, 42. of Takoma Park, Md., died yesterday at Washington Sanitarium following an operation. A native of Washington, Mrs. Alsip | had been a resident of Takoma | Park for more than 30 years. She was an active worker at the Takoma Park Baptist Church, where she taught a Sunday school class. | She is survived by her husband, | Ralph C. Alsip: a son, Ralph C., jr.; | a daughter, Alice Lee; her parents, {Mr. and Mrs. John Ridgeway of Takoma Park; four brothers, John and Russell of Takoma and Jesse and Walter of Washington, and three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Mec- Conoughey and Mrs. Ann McQuire, both of Takoma, and Mrs. Mary Mayo of Washington. Funeral services will be held to- morrow at 11 am. at the home of her parents, 408 Takoma avenue. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Ceme- tery. Dasher) Abbadando for the slaying | Arthur F. White, 45, Assistant Director 0fI. C. C., Dies Funeral Services to Be Held Tomorrow for Native of Kansas Arthur Fairchild White, 45, assiste ant director of the Interstate Com= merce Commission since 1935, died yesterday in Emergency Hospital after a short illness. Mr. White, who lived at 4901 Bat- tery lane, Bethesda, Md. came to Washington seven years ago. Born in Manhattan, Kans., he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis K. White, who now reside in Sacra- mento, Calif. Mr. White lived in California for several years, graduating from Po- mona College in Berkeley in 1916. From 1918-1933 he served as execu- tive department statistician of the Southern Pacific Co. of San Fran- cisco. In 1933 Mr, White came to Wash- ington to work on the staff of the Federal co-ordinator of transporta- tion. He pioneered in the develop- ment of comparable transportation statistics for railways, water lines, bus and truck lines and co-ordina- tion of railways with highway service. He became head cost analyst and assistant director of the Interstate Commerce Commission in April, 1935, taking charge of collecting, analyzing and publishing statistics of railway, waterway, highway, airway and pipe line traffic, service and costs. He was a leading witness at com- mission hearings on railway pas- sengers’ fares, Survivors, besides his father and mother, include his widow, Mrs. Harriet R. White, whom he married in 1938 (his first wife, the former Irene Leek of Claremont, Calif., died in 1937); five children, Arthur F., jr.; Raymond W., Donald R., George F, and William F.; four brothers, Halsted and Irving White of Berkeley, Alan White of San Diego, Calif., and Milton White of Prince- ton, N. J, and a sister, Mrs. Helen R. John of Alhambro, Calif. Funeral services will be held at 3 pm. tomorrow at Hines funeral home. Mrs. Anfoinefte Cromelin Dies of Heart Attack Mrs. Antoinette Sohon Cromelin, widow of Paul H. Cromelin, presi= dent of the Inter-Ocean Film Co., died yesterday of a sudden heart attack while visiting her son in Hackensack, N. J, it was learned here today. Mrs. Cromelin was a native of Washington. Her husband died in 1929. Surviving are three sons, John S., | of Chicago; Paul G., of Hackensack, and Julian T, of Washington; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothea C’Connel of Hackensack; two brothers, Henry W. Sohon of Washington, and Dr. M. D. Sohon of Hasbrouck Heights, N. J, and a sister, Dr. Elizabeth Sohon of Washington. Funeral services will be held at her sister’s home, 1336 Vermont ave- nue N.W,, Saturday at 9:30 am. A requiem high mass will be sung at St. Patrick’s Church at 10 am. | Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cem- etery. Racing Results Jamaica By the Assoctated Press. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1.200; claiming; 4-year-olds up: 6 furlongs. | Salamis (James) 3.20 2.20 2.20 | Ritorno (Eccard) 2.80 230 | Td Weber) 240 fiss Selection, Howellville and me Beat Time. 1 SECOND RACE—Purse. $1.200: ine: 4-year-olds up; 6 furlongs 5 Clapair_ (Durando) 870 430 370 | Cease Fire (Seabo) 6.80 4.4 | Repercussion_(Donoso) 7.80 y 1:1325 ran—~Count Edward. | Jimmie Cabaniss and Ebony Fl Narragansett - By the Associated Press. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1.000; claiming: 4-year-olds and up: 8 furlongs. Prospectus (Diliddo) ~ 11.50 10 19,799 Bob C. (Rose) 14.40 12110 ©On_the Dot (Krovitz) 1450 Time, 1:141 Also ran—] R.._The Trout. Ji Shining Knight. Mr. Brook. Wahcoo, Flags, Transday and Lunsford. claim- Falkland, y. cooler; lowest temperature tonight mostly westerly. generally fair. moving very slowly northward B in_intensity, Houghton millibats (20.30 inches). wl sure is relatively low over Mid- B Bantie ana 'North Atiantic ® States. Burlington. Va.. 1,003.4 millibars (2 . Pressure is high over the middle v Mountain_reion. the middle Plains, region with little change Lake, Mich.. $92.2 region, Spokane. Wash.. 1.006.1 millibars (! inches). During the last 24 hours thera have been general rains in the At- 1antic States and showers in the Great Kes region and the uoper Ohio Valley. Temperatures have fallen _considerably from the lower Great Lakes region south- ward over the Southeastern States. Report for Last 21 Hours. Temperature, Barometer. Yesterday— degrees. inches. 4 pm. - 3 Rpm. O Midnight Record for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 75, 1:30 p.m. yesterday. Year Recerd Temperatures This Year. Highest, 82, April 30. owest." 7. on” Janvary 19, Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to moon today.) Highest, 97 per cent, at 11 p.m. yester- {bvelt, 48 per cent, at 1:30 p.m, yester- The Sun and Moen. Sun, todsy Sun. tomorrow Moon, today Automobile 1 hts one-half hour gfter sunset, " Lotd 08 itation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the date): Capital (current month to > 3 22R3L2R IBBRIRDS SDRD sdisudssieis [-] W 290835935, 280, 60. '!fl'en. 52, 6 a.m. today. Year ago, 45. | He|, Weather Report (Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau) District of Columbia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow: slightly about 44 degrees; moderate Wwinds, Maryland—Mostly cloudy; slightly cooler; light showers in west por- tion tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy; cooler in east portion. Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; cooler in east and central portions tonight and extreme east portion tomorrow. West Virginia—Mostly cloudy and slightly cooler tonight; tomorrow The disturbance over the Great Lakes®—— Tide Tables. (Purnished by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) To, High Low _ High 4i4lpm. 5:31pm, Low Z 11:%6 pm. 1205 pm. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers cloudy at Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy * Great Falls today. 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