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WEATHER. m, .. IV. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) lUe Ollly evening DEDer Fair tonight; tomorrow cloudy, fol- ' jn Washineton with fehp lowed by rain; not much change in tem- 1AU TT . j WU'“. perature, lowest tonight about 35 degrees; Associated iJreSS NfiWS gentle winds. Temperatures—Highest. 44. and Wiret)hotO SpnriPPQ •t noon today; lowest, 35. at 5 a m. today. auu "UCpiiUlU OCrVH.CS. Full report on page 19. _ Yesterday’s Circulation, 144,398 Closing New York Markets, Page 18 (Some returns not yet received.) 85th YEAR. No. 33,876. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1937-FORTY-SIX PAGES. ***» <*> M.an. A..oc..t.d p™.. TWO CENTS. FLOOD WATERS BEGIN INVASION OF SOUTH SCORE OF TOWNS FROM CAIRO TO MEMPHIS DEEP IN MISSISSIPPI TIDE Crest, Now Hovering Above Paducah, Ky., Is Still to Come as 100,000 Work men Fortify Levees. NEW HORDE OF REFUGEES FLEES FROM LOWLANDS federal and State Agencies Speed Rehabilitation in Ohio Valley, Where Flood Damage Has Been Placed at $400,000,000; Health Hazards Mount. By the Associated Press. Flood waters of the North, unrelent ing after a $400,000,000 scourge of the Ohio River Valley, began invasion into the heart of the South today. A score of villages and countless /arms along the 200-mile stretch from Cairo, 111., to Memphis, Tenn., swam deep in the rising yellow tide of the Mississippi, fed at a rate of nearly 3,000,000 cubic feet per second by the falling Ohio. The crest was still to come—now hovering just above Paducah, Ky. Cairo Becomes Alarmed. Anxiety deepened in the beleaguered city of Cairo—a sunken island citadel 60 feet below the river—as the waters crept ominously higher. Silently, through the night, the debris-littered tide inched upward, reaching a stage of 58.4 feet—almost to the point reached before the Birds Point-New Madrid “fuse plug” was dynamited to save the city. A new 3-foot bulwark of sandbags, topping the 60-foot sea wall, lent some comfort to the 5,000 remaining inhab itants. It was still to be tested, how ever, and the river was only 1.6 feet below the top of the concrete wall. Army engineers predicted a crest of 62 feet. Ranging southward from Cairo, a pick-and-shovel army of 100,000 toiled like beavers to fortify the billion-dol lar levee system that guards the rich cotton lands along the Mississippi. The slow surge of the flood, gather ing enormous pressure from the bloated Ohio, spread over new terri tory last night and today. The pilot of a plane returning to Memphis after an aerial survey of the Cairo-to-Memphis danger zone re ported whole villages under water. The village of Tomato, Ark., was reported eaves deep in muddy flood waters. Most of the 300 residents perched in barn lofts, in attics and in second-story rooms—waiting to be rescued or determined to “stick it out.” Coast uuara on r«r»i. United States Coast Guard cutters Shuttled up and down the restive waters on "picket duty," to watch for weak spots or new breaks in the; levees. Warned of impending danger, new hordes of refugees streamed from the low-lying marginal lands along the Mississippi. Tent cities sprang up on highlands and ridge* 30 miles from the river to house temporary "orphans of the flood.” At Barton, near Helena, Ark., single concentration camp reoelved 15,000 refugees. Ten additional cen ters were spotted. Thousands of oth ers were removed to East Arkansas cities and to Memphis. And last night, in the darkness, around the red-flaming camp fires, voices lifted in prayerful, hysteria touched song: "River, stay ’way from my door.” Levees Are Holding. * Every levee throughout the Missis Sippl system was holding today—and United States Army engineers pre-, dieted they would continue to hold, j barring the unexpected. In Little Rock, Ark., Gov. Carl E. Bailey declined Eastern offers of help, I declaring Arkansas wants to fight its own flood battle—with aid only from ■ the U. S. Army and Red Cross—"until we are completely licked.” Memphis,. safely perched on the Chickasaw Bluffs, hummed with ac tivity today as more thousands of (See FLOOD, Page A-4.) i_ - District Rainfall Cracks 55-Year Mark, More Due l Although a 56-year-old rainfall rec ord for January was broken here to day, the Capital has been dry in com parison with cities in the flood area, where in some cases as much rain has fallen during the past 25 days as is normally recorded in four months. The mark here was eclipsed over night when M of an inch of rain fell, to bring the total so far this month to 7.37 Inches. The old mark, estab lished In January, 1882, was 7.09 Before that date the record (or January was 5.14 inches. More precipitation is in prospect here during the next 24 hours, the forecast calling for "fair tonight, cloudy tomorrow, followed by rain be ginning tomorrow afternoon or night.” The low temperature tonight is ex pected to be about 35 degrees. Figures compiled by R. J. Martin, meteorologist in the Climate and Crop Division, Weather Bureau, re veal that up to Wednesday morning the rainfall in sections of the Ohio ’ (See WEATHER, Page A-2.) * * ^ , -—-—I i Caravan Flees Flood Waters Caravan of farm wagons streams across Mississippi bridge at Memphis with refugees on the way to high ground. A little mother cares for her baby brother at Louisville, all refugees of the flood. » —A. P. Photo. MOTHERARRESTED 20-Year-0ld Dorothy Fen wick Dies After Three Months Battle. Twenty-year-old Dorothy Fenwick today lost a fight for life which she had waged with such courage .that friends and strangers alike came to her aid. The girl died at Galllnger Hospital after struggling for more than three months to survive the cruel burns she received when a jar of gasoline thrown by her mother at her step father showered over the stove on which she was cooking breakfast. After the girl’s death, her mother, Mrs. Mattie Bray, 43, of 439 K street, was arrested and held at the Woman's Bureau pending an inquest, the date of which has not been set. Mrs. Bray was remorseful after the acci dent and visited the hospital to do what she could to ease her daughter’s pain. The jar of gasoline was thrown in the kitchen of the K street home cm the morning of October 18 during a quarrel between Mrs. Bray and her husband, Samuel Bray, 60, a cement finisher. Bray went to the hospital today to attend to funeral arrange ments for his step-daughter. Two quarts of gasoline, used for cleaning dresses, showered on the stove over which the girl bent. In a flash, her hair, face, shoulders and hands were a mass of flames. The girl ran into a hallway and collapsed. A roomer in the house extinguished the flames and summoned aid. At the hospital, the girl’s Injuries (See BURNS, Page A-2.) $500,000 PLANT BURNS 135 Flooring Workers Lose Jobs at Newberry, Mich. NEWBERRY, Mich., January 29 (**>. —Fire swept the Robbins Flooring Co. plant here today causing damage es timated at nearly $500,000 and throw ing 135 men out of work. Firemen saved only the warehouse, while a dozen dry Ulna loaded with lumber, and 1,000,000 feet of lumber were destroyed along with the com pany’s power plant which also fur nished power for the Cheeeborough Lumber Co. . « * • *.. RAD ‘CONFESSES’ HIS SHARE IN PLOT — Former Publicist of Com munism Offers No Defense in “Final Words.” E» the Associated Press. MOSCOW, January 29.—Unre pentant to the end, Karl Radek, once the foremost publicist of Communism, made no effort today to defend him self when he and 16 co-defendants against charges of plotting the over throw of the Soviet government were allowed to speak their "final words." "I admit the treason. I do not de fend myself,” Radek told the court abjectly. “There are no extenuating circumstances.” Unlike Gregory Piatikoff, who re nounced his association with Leon Trotsky, exiled Bolshevist leader and foe of the Stalinist regime in Russia, Radek made no effort to shift the blame. His weird whiskers and dun-colored old blouse gave the writer the appear ance of a fanner as he defiantly told the court: “I cannot even say Trotzky misled me except to say that I warned Trotzky in 1934 to avoid foreign complications. He was silent for a year and then he revealed the fait accompli with Hitler. “Everything he said about the resto ration of capitalism was true.” Rebuked by Judge. The crowded courtroom listened in tently to Radek’s resolute words and to a dramatic rebuke from the bench when he referred to "my comrade judges.” “You are no comrade,” Judge Vas sily Ulrich, presiding over the mili tary collegium of the Supreme Court, interrupted. Ulrich, possibly more than any other man, holds the fate of Radek and the other prisoners whose deaths were de manded yesterday by Prosecutor An (See MOSCOW, Page A-2.) War Correspondent Dies. LONDON, January 39 CP).—Sir Fercival Phillips, 69, noted War cor respondent who recently was brought home suffering from an Illness con tracted in Morocco, died today of acute nephritis. He was a native of Browns ville, Fa. . • * r - ' PRESIDENT NAMES FOURU.S.OFFIQALS TO LEAD CLEAN-UP IN FLOODED AREAS, Hopkins, Surg. Gen. Parran, Gen. Markham and Col. Harrington to Leave for Memphis Sunday. 200,000 TO BE PLACED ON FEDERAL RELIEF ROLLS Food and Drug Administration Will Supervise Salvaging of Submerged Stocks—State and Local Agencies Will Assist in Vast Rehabilitation Program. By tbe Associated Press. President Roosevelt announced to day four high Government officials would leave for Memphis Sunday to begin a clean-up and sanitation drive from there northward to the Ohio River. The four are Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress Administrator; MaJ. Gen. Edwin M. Markham, chief of Army Engineers; Surg. Gen. Thomas Parran, jr., of the Public Health Service, and Col. P. C. Harrington, Army Engineer now attached to the W. P. A. The President made the announce ment at his press conference. Meanwhile, a number of Govern ment agencies were developing a broad rehabilitation program for the flood area that will include placing about 200,000 persons on relief rolls, inspecting food supplies and clearing away debris. Hopkins and the others will arrive in Memphis Monday, go up the river by boat and stop at all Important cities to plan a program of rehabili tation with loc^ relief leaders. Blankets to Be Furnished. The President said blankets and other equipment would be furnished and two kinds %f Federal financial assistance provided. The first will be for persons in need of Immediate financial assist ance on a small scale. They will re ceive donations from the Red Cross. Larger sums will be lent through the Reconstruction Finance Corp. to help storekeepers who have lost their stock. Bankers in the area have been asked to adopt a liberal attitude in helping these people. The Federal Housing Administration also will participate with insurance of private loans for restoration of dwell ings. The extent of the damage along the Mississippi will determine the exact number the Government will place on relief. First plans provide for 50,000 families, averaging 4 persons each. rood to Be inspected. To preserve the health of these and other refugees when they go back home, the Food and Drug Adminis tration is preparing for what P. B. Dunbar, assistant chief, called "the biggest Job we ever tackled.” As soon as the water recedes, in spectors will check all food supplies in flooded stores, warehouses and railroad terminals. Dunbar said apparently an enor mous quantity was submerged. Every (See RELIEF, Page A-4.) STONE ON WAY HERE Justice Reported Almost Entirely Recovered From Ailment. BRUNSWICK, Oa„ January 29 (&)■ —Justice Harlan F. Stone, refreshed by a month’s visit at Sea Island Beach, was en foute to Washington today to sit with the United States Supreme Court when it convenes next week. Physicians said the Justice was al most entirely recovered from an in testinal ailment from which he had suffered. YOU CANT 1 DO THAT in MY, i pftfSEMC THE “SIT-DOWN” EPIDEMIC! TO MAKE REPLY Declines to Answer Con cerning Stock Market Deal ings Since Promise. Bishop James Cannon, jr„ testifying by proxy, in his $500,000 libel suit against Representative George Holden Tinkham, Republican, of Massachu setts, refused under cross-examination today to state whether he has engaged In stock-market dealings since prom ising officials of his church in 1930 not to do so. Cannon’s persistent refusal to an swer a repeated demand by Tink ham'8 attorney Roger J. Whlteford, for an answer to a question about his stock-market activities, if any, at the present time, was contained in a lengthy deposition read to justice Jen nings Bailey and a Jury in Federal District Court. Cannon’s refusal was read from the deposition by his attorney, Robert H. McNeill, who took the stand for his client because of the latter’s illness in a hospital at Durham, N. C. Trial is Adjourned. Justice Bailey adjourned the trial until Monday with the deposition showing Cannon insisting that to an swer any question relating to his pres ent conduct would be "an invasion of my rights.” Just previously, the deposition had revealed a sharp exchange between Whlteford and Bishop Cannon over a series of questions relating to the churchman’s dealings with an alleged "bucket shop” in New York City prior to 1930. Cannon said he had dealt in stocks with a New York firm, but denied it was a "bucket shop.” A member of this firm, he said in response to cross examination, had been sent to prison on a charge of using the mails to de fraud. Qaisaed by Whlteford. Whlteford, in the deposition, ques tioned Cannon closely about the ac tion of the General Conference of the Methodist Church South investigating Cannon's stock transactions in 1930. In reply to a question Cannon said he had written a letter to the General Conference stating that he had not thought he was doing anything wrong by dealing in stocks, and expressing his sorrow and regret that he had done so, in view of criticism that had arisen. He promised in the letter not to engage in such activities again. It was at this point Whiteford had asked Cannon if he had kept his prom isee CANNON, Page A-S.) Summary of Today’s Star Page. Page. Amusements B-13 Puzzles .....B-17 Comics .....B-17 Radio _C-3 Editorial_A-1S Short Story B-16 Financial ..A-17 Society__B-3 Lost & Found A-3 Sports -C-l-3 Obituary ...A-12 Woman's Pg..B-15 FOREIGN. Radek offers no defense in Soviet trial: Page A-l NATIONAL. Fire extinguished, liner continues voy age to New York. Page A-l Bishop Cannon refuses to answer con cerning stock market. Page A-l Reclamation starts in Ohio as South is expected to escape flood. Page A-l 12 huge Navy planes land In Hono lulu from U. 8. Page A-2 U. S. plans to put 200,000 on relief rolls In flood crisis. Page A-l G. M. C. discharges “sit-strikers" in asking evlcttyn by court. Page A‘l Sit-down strike closes Goodrich tire plant. Page A-15 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. 1,000 D. C. movie fans defy cold rain to greet visiting stars. Page A-l Schmitt supervision of R. A. unit un der investigation. Page A-8 Butler held for grand Jury In $50,000 bond in gem case. Page B-l Commissioners prepare new snow parking rule. Page B-l Second Army airman dies following Front Royal crash. Page B-l .. - , Robinson auditorium bill put on Sen ate calendar. Page B-l EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. This and That. Page A-1S Answers to Questions. Page A-10 Washington Observations. Page A-ll David Lawrence. Page A-ll Paul Mallon. Page A-ll Dorothy Thompson. Page A-ll Jay Franklin. Page A-ll Constantine Brown. Page A-ll MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside. Page A-2 Vital Statistics. Page A-1S Young Washington. Page A-1S Betsy Caswell. Page B-15 Dorothy Dix. Page B-1S Nature’s Children. Page'B-14 City News in Brief. Page C-4 Traffic 'Convictions. Page C-4 SPORTS. Griffs trade Reynolds and Kress for Wasdell of Minneapolis. Page C-l Louis is picked to shatter Pastor's hopes in light tonight. Page C-l Johnny Fischer, golf champ, keeps fit by playing basket ball. Page C-2 Lonsdale's claim of once defeating Sullivan is discounted. Page C-J FINANCIAL. Leading stocks inclined to give ground (table). Page A-18 Curb market shares keep in narrow limits (table). Page A-ll Bond market eases due to strike, flood (table). Page A-17 ' ' ' ;.* .1 Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor, Here for Dances, Met by 1,000 (Pictures cm Page B-U Braving a cold rain, 1,000 Washing ton movie fans turned out this morn ing for the arrival of Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor, who are here to appear at the President's birthday parties tomorrow night. Wearing broad smiles. Miss Harlow and her equally famous companion alighted from a train at Union Station to the cheers of hundreds of school girls and boys, who made up the bulk of the crowd. Outside the gates of the rotunda of the terminal, the Hollywood stars paused a moment to tell a radio audi ence they were "both feeling fine and happy to be here.” Miss Harlow, just as glamorous in person as she appears on the screen. was wearing a new mink coat, a Paris model hat and a "slave bracelet" on her ankle. Taylor, who had been reported stricken with Influenza on the train, said he “felt better.” He had the collar of a powder-blue topcoat turned up and the brim of his soft hat pulled down over nis eyes. Politely refusing requests for auto graphs, the film stars hurried from the station while a score of uniformed policemen held back their admirers. Their destination was somewhat mysterious, although they were re ported bound for a downtown hotel. Col. E. Goring Bliss, co-chairman of the President’s Birthday Ball Com mlttcc, and Carter Barron, district (See STARS, Page A-12.) FI EXTINGUISHED IN HOLD OF LINER Ship Which Sent SOS Call Continues Voyage to New York. B> the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 29.—The captain of the coastwise vessel Shawnee wirelessed late this morning he had succeeded in extinguishing a fire in the No. 2 hold after a fight of several hours during which he dis patched a peremptory SOS distress call. Laden with 190 passengers and a cargo of fruits, vegetables and cotton, the Shawnee, of 6,209 tons, with a crew of 174, was bound from Jack sonville and Miami for New York when her skipper wirelessed a call from a position off Cape Henry, Va., for as sistance at 7 a.m. (E. S. T.) The City of Birmingham and the Coast Guard responded. An nour ana zu minutes later me Shawnee advised all ships in the vi cinity the fire was under control. Reports Fire Is Out Then, at 9:50 a.m. (E. S. T.) the captain wirelessed his New York office: “Fire in cotton now out. Proceeding to New York.” Before the fire had been completely extinguished, however, the Shawnee added this precautionary wireless mes sage to other vessels in the vicinity: "Fire under control. No immediate danger, so do not require assistance at this time. Please keep sharp watch on 600 meters in case we should re quire you later.” “ The Shawnee, a passenger-carrying vessel of the Clyde-Mallory Line, ra dioed its New York offices it was en countering heavy weather. 52 Miles From Cape Henry. The position of the ship at the time of the S O S was about 52 miles south east of Cape Henry, John E. Craig, vice president of the line, said. The Shawnee was schedulled to dock here at 11 o’clock tonight when she cleared Jacksonville, but the New York offices of the line believed the fire would delay her arrival. The steamship City of Birmingham, 125 miles from the position the Shaw nee gave, turned immediately to ren der aid when it received the Shawnee's SOS. The fire apparently broke out during the night, radio reports said. FIGHT ON ANNEX Secretary to See President on Pan-American Union Dispute. BY NELSON M. SHEPARD. Another international row over the proposed annex for the Pan-American Union appeared likely today when Secretary Ickes, learning it is pro posed to erect the structure on the Constitution avenue triangle opposite the new Interior Department Build ing, declared be would appeal for a second time to President Roosevelt to prevent it. * “Of course, I shall go to the Presi dent, and at once," Ickes said when informed of the action taken late yes terday by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission in favoring the proposed site, which would obstruct the view of the new Interior Building. Ickes apparently was caught un awaits. “I knew there wu some modified plan cm foot, but I never thought it involved placing the annex on the original site, which wu threshed out last year,” he said. Before seeing the President, who intervened with the State Department lut Summer to block construction of the annex on that site, Ickes said he would consult Immediately with Fred eric A. Delano, Mr. Roosevelt's uncle, who is chairman of the Planning Commission. He expressed astonishment that Delano should have presented the plan to the commission yesterday, in view of the lively dispute that had arisen previously. Ickes said it wu his understanding that the Pan-American Union had agreed to build the annex on its own grounds. The triangle on Constitution avenue between Eighteenth, Nineteenth streets and Virginia avenue now forms a parking lot. By setting back the pro posed annex to the extreme northern edge of the lot, the new plan would bring it more into conformity with the line of the other monumental buildings abutting on Constitution avenue. “Even if the new Interior Building had not been erected, I would be Just u much opposed to having the Pan American Annex placed on that tri angle,” Ickes said. ■ .1 1 "1 Star Will Receive Funds for Red Cross Flood Relief The District of Columbia has been assigned a quota of $120,000 (originally $24,000) for flood relief by the Amerccn Red Cross. The Evening Star will assist in raising the required amount by receiving and acknowledging in its columns the contributions of Washingtonians. Make checks payable to District Chapter, American Red Cross, for flood relief. Bring or mail them to the cashier, The Evening Star. Those who desire to submit their contributions directly to the American Red Cross may send or deliver cash or checks to the District Chapter, American Red Cross, 1730 E street. STRIKERS IN COURT PLEA FOR EVICTION “Sit-Downers” No Longer Are Employes, Petition for Injunction Says. HEARING SCHEDULED . MONDAY AT 2 PX. “Firing" of Men Holding Plante Raises Issue Likely to Com plicate Negotiations. B> the Associated Press. DETROIT, January 29— A petition seeking a court order for eviction of "sit-down” strikers from two Fisher body plants at Flint, Mich., revealed today that General Motors Corp. no longer considers the men to be em ployes. Roy Brownell, Flint attorney for General Motors, filed the petition with Circuit Judge Paul V. Gadola of Gene see County (Flint) late yesterday. It requested an injunction prohibiting the strikers from continuing to occupy the plants they held since Decem ber 30. The court directed the United Au tomobile Workers of America, which called the strikes that have crippled operations of General Motors, to show cause why an injunction should not be granted at a hearing Monday at 2 pm., Eastern standard time. “No Longer Employes.’* The bill of complaint with the in junction petition referred to the "sit down” strikers as "former employes' and said "they are no longer employes of the plaintiff and have no right to remain on the premises." Evacuation of the strikers has been demanded by General Motors before it would meet with the union to settle the . widespread strikes. However, should this be accomplished through the asked-for court order, negotiators might be confronted by a new issue. U. A. W. A. leaders have said they would protest alleged discrimination against union members, and one of the eight points they seek to negotiate with the corporation demands rein statement of all employes "unjustly dismissed.” They indicated that this would apply to the discharge of the strikers. Status of Others Unrevealed. Until the injunction petition wa: filed General Motors had given no in dication that it no longer regarded “sit-downers” as employes. Whethe; the corporation holds the same view toward strikers who have not re mained on company property and “sit-downers” who have vacated three other plants could not be learned. Agents representing three branches of the Federal Government were in { vestigating phases of the prolonged ! labor dispute. The Department of Justice assigned operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to ascertain whether strike breakers were sent across State lines to the scene of a strike at the corporations guide lamp plant at Anderson, Ind. The La Follette Civil Liberties Com mittee, which has had representatives at Flint for a fortnight, ordered a Senate agent to Anderson to investi gate union allegations that striker, there were victims of violence. Raids to Be Probed. Secretary of Labor Perkins dis patched a representative to Andersor: also, under instructions to determine whether General Motors lnstlgatec raids on a union meeting and the U. A. W. A. headquarters there, as al leged by strike leaders. Miss Perkins said the Labor Department agent would visit other General Motor, strike zones as well. The Labor Secretary said she wouk continue to converse with leader* o. both sides, and she remained "hope ful” for a settlement. Harry R. Baldwin, Anderson Mayor, sent Miss Perkins a denial of allega tions made by Ed Hall, second vice president of the XJ. A. W. A., that po lice held a striker and beat him dur ing a recent disturbance. Mayor Bald win said officers protected union lead ers and conducted them to safety. He blamed the trouble on "outside or ganizers.” Differences between Gov. Trank Murphy of Michigan and the Flint Al liance continued. The Governor declined yesterday to (See G. M. C„ Page A-2.) Youth Impaled On Sharp Pole Driven 16 Miles Bj Canadian Praia. NORTH BAY, Ontario, January 29. -Sixteen-year-old Louis Johnson was recovering in a hospital today after surgeons had removed from his side the end of a broom-handle ski pole upon which he bad been impaled. The accident happened near the boy's home at Redbridge, 16 miles from here. He fell and the sharp point of the improvised ski pole pierced his life side. Two hours elapsed before the boy's mother telephoned Dr. J. E. L Joyal of North Bay, who advised the broom handle be sawed off close to the body and the boy brought to North Bay by automobile. He was conscious during the trip. At the hospital the remaining por tion of wood was removed and php» slclans said no vital organs were af fected. % ‘ .