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“We Are Very Happy,” Ed
ward Tells Cameramen.
Wedding Plans Sped.
BACKGROUND—
The Duke of Windsor and Mrs.
Wallis Warfield Simpson were re
united after five months last Tues
day when he sped from St Wolf
gang, Austria, to her friends'
home, the Chateau dc Cande, in
Monte, France.
Plans for wedding of the couple
have been rushed since the arrival
Of the former ruler, whose ro
mance with the American divorcee
caused a constitutional crisis in
Great Britain last December.
BJ the Associated Press.
MONTS, France, May 7.—Edward
of Windsor and Wallis Warfield Simp
er*, hand-in-hand and beaming,
posed for photographers today be
neath a chestnut tree on the lawn of
the Chateau de Cande.
Insidp. invitations were being pre
pared for the select circle that will
witness the former British monarch's
marriage to Mrs. Simpson on a still
secret wedding day.
"We are very happy. We always
btp very happy," the duke said, smil
ing. The woman for whose love he
renounced a throne nodded her em
phatic approval.
The chestnut tree, in fuU bloom on
the lush, spacious grounds of the
chateau, provided an almost theatrical
background.
Trousseau Virtually Completed.
The bride-to-be's trousseau, includ
ing a wedding gown In "Wallis blue,”
Is- virtually complete. The shade Is
ohe both she and Windsor prefer.
On the day she becomes her royal
highness, the Duchess of Windsor,
Mil!. Simpson will wear a long after
noon dress, part of an ensemble with
A Jacket to match in soft silk.
“It will be one of the new blues—
her favorite shade—very soft, yet an
Individual blue which we are calling
‘Wallis blue,’ ” the designer, Main
Rousseau Bocher, announced.
The date for the wedding will be
Announced after the coronation of the
duke's brother-successor in London
next Wednesday. Herman L. Rogers,
spokesman for the betrothed pair, said
the announcement may be made next
Friday, adding that it certainly would
not be on Thursday, May 13, for that
lk an unlucky date.
A friend of Mrs. Simpson—one of
the wedding guests-to-be— intimated
that the marriage would take place
«t the Chateau de Cande. near here,
some time between May 23 and June 3.
Jeweler Is Awaited.
Edward's jeweler was expected to
Arrive at their Touraine retreat to
morrow to fit Mrs. Simpson's wedding
ting.
Three fitters showed Mrs. Simpson
10 dresses yesterday before she chose
the gown to wear when she becomes
a duchess. She chose a blue creation
from the Paris salon of Main Rous
seau Bocher, a native Chicagoan who
became a leading fashion designer. I
' A description of the gown was ex- j
fleeted to be announced later. Other !
portions of Mrs. Simpson's wedding i
outfit had been selected previously, i
(A truckload of new clothes, crea
tions of Parisian couturiers, was sent
to Mrs. Simpson at Chateau de Cande
April 29. Blue predominated in the
glamorous raiment, among which
were 17 gowns by the famous Schia
parelli.
Ultra-Modem Designs.
(Ultra-modern designs were pre- I
ferred by Mrs. Simpson. There was a !
pale blue crepe evening dress, with |
long side draperies; a brilliant cerise !
crepe, floating to the floor from back I
end front. A waltz dress of white j
organdy was printed with two figures '
01 red lobsters.
(Butterflies, turtles, dolphins and
chessmen also figured in the print
motifs and fasteners. There was a
form-molding black dress for dinner
and an afternoon ensemble of a blue
tweed redingote, with dolphin but
tons and a butterfly on the lapel, to
he worn with a crepe dress, printed
with white morning glories.)
Edward talked for 10 minutes last
evening with the mayor of Monts,
Dr. Charles Mercier. who had request
ed an audience. The mayor said his
visit—which villagers had awaited as
a sign of the approaching wedding—
was not concerned with the ceremony.
Mayor Welcomes Duke.
Dr. Mercier welcomed the duke in
the name of the people of Monts,
who, he said, were “proud to have
such an illustrious guest.” The duke
thanked him and said he found the
chateau delightfully situated and was
sure his stay would be restful.
The duke golfed yesterday while
his bride-to-be chose her wedding
dress, and. for the second succesive
day. he was defeated by Rogers, al
though the former King used his own
clubs.
“The course is good, but difficult,”
the former King was quoted.
Motorists enjoying Ascension day,
n Catholic holiday, jammed the roads
yesterday about the vast grounds of
the chateau. Peasants flocked to the
gates, but 50 gendarmes kept the
crowds moving.
INDIANA REPORT,
Bloomington Paper Says Wedding
Will Be May IT,
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 7 (£>) —
You have to give the Bloomington
Stax credit, at least, for persistence.
The weekly newspaper, which said
last week it had “definite information"
the wedding of the Duke of Windsor
and Mrs. Wallis Simpson would take
place May 17, published a story in its
edition today saying the “same source
of infoTnation” disclosed the couple
would make their home in America.
Mrs. Simpson, the paper said, made
arrangements several weeks ago to
lease a country estate near Baltimore,
her former home.
The Star maintained it has “au
thentic information that the marriage
will take place May 17 at Chateau
de Cande, near Monts, France.”
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A Correction
In printing the text of Chief
Justice Hughes’ speech before the
American Law Institute yester
day, The Star, as a result of a
typographical error, incorrectly
quoted him as having said 23
petitions for certiorari were dis
tributed among the justices last
■ejimmer so they could be studied
Airing the recess in preparation
';SJr action after the opening of
the current term. The correct
3kxt of the speech stated 233 such
•jjftitions were distributed.
Washington
W ay side
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
RIVALS.
FOR the past week two enterpris
ing salesmen in a large in
surance office here have been
glaring at one another, wonder
ing how it so happened that they had
started to work simultaneously on the
same prospect. Each man tried to
find out as much as he could about the
other’s "leads” to the prospect, without
divulging any information from his
own kit.
Finally they gave up the game and
admitted that both had been put on
the chap's trail by a tip from the home
office. Since that seemed rather silly,
they set out to give the official tipster
a double-barreled load of indignation.
When he had heard their lament,
the man who started it all broke down
and confessed. Their wonderful “pros
pect” is an electrical engineer with a
recording firm, and had agreed to let
both salesmen talk business with him,
while their arguments were recorded
by a secret device. Then the records
were turned over to the office manager,
who wanted to check up on his men.
Visions of fat commissions flew out
the window, of course, when the sales
men heard this, but at least they had
the amusement of listening to their
own palaver as it sounded on the
record, and arguing about who would
have made the sale, if any.
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EXPLANATION.
In the birth records of Fauquier
Comity. Va.. appears this item:
"July 6, 1854, Mary F- gave
birth to white female child."
In the column requiring "Father's
name in full if child, be free and
born in wedlock” is written the re
vealing notations "Irishman—gone
away."
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ROUTINE.
pACH afternoon a nattily dressed
gentleman appears at one of our
fancier local cocktail lounges for a
pre-prandial glass of sherry. His
constant companion is a spry little
wire-haired terrier, which keeps a
weather eye cocked for all that goes
on during the ritual of the aperitif.
Day or so ago the pup suddenly
made a dash for a small aperture
beneath the radiator cover near his
master's table and set up a shrill
barking.
A new waitress on the job stepped
over to the scene of the disturbance,
asking anxiously, "What's he ao
excited about?"
"I suppose he saw a mouse,” said
the quiet man at the table.
"What in the world would he do if
he caught it?" the girl asked.
"Bark a bit and wring its neck,”
said the man. "At least that's what
he did with the other five he caught
in here."
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HOWLER.
^DDRESSING a suburban civic
group on the development of a
community park, a tree specialist
advised the members, “We should
develop the trees for the bark
effect • *
Noting the puzzled expressions
around the room, another horticulture
expert put in:
"Do you mean we should plant
dogwood?"
When things quieted down again
the tree man explained that when he
said bark, he meant the same thing
Hiawatha did in his little talk with
the birch tree. (And what, for
goonessakes, was that?)
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WHAT NEXT?
rpHIS isn't a fashion column, but
we wish to report that a friend
who wanders around department
stores for exercise says that the 1937
model ladies’ stockings for Spring and
Summer wear have lace toes!!
Worn with toeless sandals, they will
reveal the small pink toes and tinted
tonenails of our fair damsels—an ad
vantage that is esthetically very much
of an open question.
3k * 3k Ik
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FOG.
Driving back from Solomons Is
land one misty evening, George
Huber, the fishing editor of this
sheet, was much aggrieved. Be
fore entering his car he had noticed
the moon shining down through
the mists, but once in the machine
the "soup" seemed to be so thick
he could scarcely see the road,
much less the moon.
He turned on the windshield
wiper, but that was no help, so he
drove all the way back to Prince
Frederick with his head stuck out
the side window of the car. At that
town he paused for a sandwich,
and incidentally discovered that in
his haste at the island he had
picked up a pair of sun glasses
instead of his own spectacles.
Took off the dark lenses and
found it was a fine, clear, moonlit
night, with not a trace of fog.
EXPERT.
CHEP FIELDS, the orchestra leader
who got some of his ideas for
special musical effects from listening
to his wife blow through a soda straw
(no kidding), made a confession the
other day. Said he has been trying
for weeks to pick up the first three
numbers in that radio hit parade
program, and has only come close
one time. His secretary, who can’t
even play a zither, has selected the
top songs four time in a row.
Candy Brings Injury.
INDEPENDENCE, Wis. (£>).-JMarie
Reck, 12, suffered a severed tendon in
her right hand because she was too
eager in pointing out her favorite bon
bons at a candy store.
‘’That’s the kind I want,’* Marie
said with a pointing finger. But, she
forgot about the case and shoved her
hand through the glass.
FILM STRIKE PLAN
BACKED BY C. 1.0.
National Boycott and Wide
Picketing Aimed at Major
Producers.
BACKGROUND—
Demands of the film studio
craftsmen for a closed shop and
adjustment of wages and hours
have been insisted upon since ne
gotiations started early this week
for a settlement of their strike.
Although the organization is an
affiliate of the American Federa
tion of Labor, aid of the Commit
tee for Industrial Organization was
offered.
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By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, May 7.—Striking
film studio craftsmen gained support
today in plans to put new pressure on
major producers by a national boy*
cott and widespread picketing of
theaters.
The Committee for Industrial Or*
ganiaatlon offered its help to the Fed*
erated Motion Picture Crafts, Ameri*
can Federation of Labor affiliate.
L. P. Llndelof of Lafayette, Ind„
president of the Painters’ Union,
aligned with the A. F. of L., tele
graphed Charles Lessing, F. M. P. C.
head, asking the names of the strike
affected studios. He said when these
were received he would ask all labor
councils In which painters are mem
bers to boycott theaters showing their
productions.
Lewi* Wires Jordan.
John L. Lewis, C. I. O. chief, tele
graphed C. H. Jordan, local organizer,
that union workers, no matter what
their affiliations, should support the
strikers.
•'Strike of studio workers should
receive the support of all labor people
who are interested in seeing better
conditions for workers in the picture
industry,” said Lewis.
The general executive board of the
United Automobile Workers, C. I. O.
affiliate, telegraphed Lessing it pledged
"the solidarity of 300,000 automobile
workers to your fight for decent con
ditions in the motion picture in
dustry.
"Unless the producers immediately
come to a satisfactory agreement,"
the message continued, "we are pre
pared to inform our members that
attendance at any motion picture
theater Is a violation of that soli
darity.”
Appeal by Lessing.
These and local oilers of imme
diate help from the C. I. O. coin
cided with an appeal by Lessing to
Lindelof and to Z. R. Brown, secre
tary of the San Francisco Bay unit
of the Maritime Federation. Lessing
asked Brown for his support by "pick
eting all theaters in your territory—
am wiring other cities for similar
action.” He told Lindelof the strike
could be "materially shortened” by
picketing theaters.
Complaints from the F. M, P. C
that the International Alliance of
Theatrical and Stage Employes, also
an A. F. of L. affiliate, was soliciting
members from the Federated Crafts
and refused to recognize their picket
lines brought reports that the C. I. O.
was growing in favor among the
strikers. I. A. T. S. E. headquarters
were attacked by a gang this week,
furniture was smashed and men were
thrown down stairs.
A "peace plan” submitted by the
Central Labor Council has been ac
cepted by the film producers, but
turned down by the striking crafts
because it did not grant closed-shop
rights to the F. M. P. C.
Film production continued while
the blg-name actors, through the
Screen Actors’ Guild, pondered a de
cision to be made Sunday whether
to support the strike.
SCIENTISTS ON WAY
TO WATCH ECLIPSE
Lonely Phoenix Island* Objective
of Navy-Geographic So
ciety Party.
By the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, May 7.—A party of
scientists seeking new secrets of the
sun was on an 1,800-mile voyage to
the lonely Phoenix Islands today,
where a total eclipse of 4 minutes’
duration will be visible June 8.
The National Geographic Society
and the United States Navy are joint
sponsors of the expedition. The sci
entists hope to study the sun's corona,
brilliant gaseous formation around the
edge of the sphere.
Scientific equipment will be erected
on Enderbury or one of the other is
lands in the group, which is directly
in the path of the eclipse.
Enderbury Island is uninhabited.
A few coconut trees and patches of
brush are the only vegetation. The
expedition is headed by Dr. S. A.
Mitchell, director of Leander McCor
mick Observatory at the University of
Virginia.
MRS. ROOSEVELT FLIES
Hasn't Lost Nerve, She Says,
En Route East.
CHICAGO, May 7 (^).—Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt expressed sympathy
today for victims of the Hindenburg
disaster as she changed planes en
route to New York.
"It is terrible,” she said. "There is
not much to say. Every one Involved
has my sympathy.”
Dressed in a worsted suit of Eleanor
blue and wearing a gray squirrel cape
the first lady smilingly said she had
not lost her “flying nerve.”
CHILD LABOR ACT FAILS
Tennessee House Refuses to Rat
ify, 58 to 34.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 7 OP).—
The Federal child-labor resolution was
defeated today in the Tennessee House
of Representatives, 58 to 34.
Ratification failed twice before in
Tennessee, in 1933 and 1935.
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Both Senate and House in recess.
Wheeler Committee continues in
vestigation of railroad financing.
House Judiciary Committee studies
bill to control real estate bondholders’
protective committees.
TOMORROW.
Neither the Senate nor the House
will be In sasrion.
Youth vs. Old Age
Defeats Monument
Idea for 60ld Tom9
Practical young firemen who never
answered an alarm behind a team
of gallant steeds, at a meeting of the
City Firefighters Association last
night defeated a resolution to erect
a monument over the grave of Old
Tom, last of the city’s fire horses
who died Monday.
The firefighters defeated a resolu
tion to defray the cost of a memorial
out of their own depleted treasury,
contending it would be better to leave
Old Tom's grave unmarked than to
erect a cheap monument.
Then, the old veterans, some of
them who had ridden with Old Tom
and his white harness mates, Barney
and Gene, moved that the association
sponsor a campaign to raise funds for
a suitable monument through public
subscription. This, too, was defeated,
by younger members who declared
that after all, Old Tom was "only a
horse.”
The firefighters re-elected all of
their officers for another term. The
officers are Curtis McGhee, president;
P. W. Graves, vice president; N. C.
Robinson, secretary; A. J. Woodhouse,
treasurer; F. J. Nesline, financial
secretary, and M. J Finan, sergeant
at arms.
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Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor
Again Heads George
Washington Unit.
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor was re
elected president of the Women's
Board of George Washington Uni
versity Hospital Wednesday at the
annual election of officers held at the
board's monthly meeting in the May
flower Hotel.
Other officers chosen, several through
re-election, are: First vice president,
Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin; second vice
president, Mrs. Eugene Byrnes; third
vice president, Mrs. Vincent Du Vlg
neaud; recording secretary, Mrs. Gus
tav Emery; corresponding secretary,
Mr. Charles Riborg Mann; treasurer,
Mrs. Samuel E. Lewis, and assistant
treasurer. Mrs. H. J. Russell McNitt.
The ticket of officers was presented
by a nominating committee, headed
by Mrs. William C. Borden. The re
tiring first vice president, Mrs. Lloyd
B. Wilson, presided in the absence
of Mrs. Grosvenor, who, with Dr.
Grosvenor. is en route to Japan.
Team captains working under Mrs.
Borden in the campaign for funds
for the hospital reported progress. On
May 15 and 16 Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Bolwell will open the grounds of their
home at Southport, off Laurel road,
near White Oak. for an open golf
tournament for the benefit of the hos
pital fund. Those wishing to enter
the tournament may arrange to do
so by telephoning Mrs. Bolwell at
Shepherd 1577-J, it is announced.
Berry
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mittee vote first upon the President's
court bill in its original form and
then vote on amendments, it was
learned today. The committeemen
take the position that it is better to
| follow the usual parliamentary pro
i cedure. which calls for the perfection
j of a bill by amendment before voting
finally on the bill. If this course is fol
lowed. the bill will be adversely re
ported to the Senate, with the ma
jority report opposing the bill and a
minority report supporting it. The
committee now stands 10 to 8 against
the bill in its present form. The ex
pectation is that all amendments will
be voted down in committee—unless
the administration forces agree to a
compromise.
Next Meeting Monday.
The Judiciary Committee will not
meet again to discuss the court bill
until Monday, nor will it vote on the
bill or any amendments until May 18.
President Roosevelt will return to
Washington May 13, and it is expected
an intensive drive will then be staged
to line up Senators back of the ad
ministration bill. Efforts to arrange
a compromise also may be expected,
but there has been no sign yet that
the President will agree to a compro
mise.
In the Senate yesterday. Senator
McAdoo introduced an amendment to
the Constitution under which the size
of the Supreme Court w-ould be fixed
at 15 for a period of 25 years. Con
gress then would determine what the
size of the court should be. Justices
would be permitted to retire at 70
and compelled to retire at 75. He of
fered this proposal also as an amend
ment or substitute for the President’s
bill.
Senator Andrews of Florida intro
duced amendments to the President's
bill to provide for a Supreme Court
of 11 members, two more than at
present, with a provision that retire
ment should be compulsory at 75. He
offered also a constitutional amend
ment to carry out this plan.
Statement by Farley.
Chairman James A. Farley of the
Democratic National Committee, who
is credited with having had a hand
in the appointment of Maj. Berry to
the Senate, issued a statement today
asserting that recent elections and
polls in several States show a ma
jority of the people backing President
Roosevelt’s program.
“The special election in the tenth
congressional district in California,”
he said, “gave another striking proof
of the fact that the people are solidly
supporting President Roosevelt’s pro
gram. Running on a pledge to up
hold the Roosevelt policies, Alfred J.
Elliott captured the vacant seat by a
substantial majority over his Repuc
lican opponent, despite the presence
in the field of another Democrat who
polled a large vote.
“In the recent State-wide election
in Michigan Democratic candidates
captured five additional of the nine
places, although before the election
they held only one. Another good
barometer of political sentiment was
the re-election of Mayor Dickmann of
St. Louis by a large plurality, although
St. Louis was formerly looked upon as
a Republican stronghold.
“Another straw indicating the direc
tion of the political wind is the result
of a State-wide poll in Utah conducted
by a paper opposing the Roosevelt ad
ministration. The poll showed the
State approximately 67 per cent for
the President’s court reorganisation
and 41 per cent against."
13 SCHOOL HEADS
AT PARLEY HERE
Problem of Apprenticeship
Discussed on Tour of
Eight Cities.
Thirteen nationally known school
administrators, including Dr. Prank
W. Ballou,- superintendent of District
schools, arrived here this morning dur
ing their two-week tour of eight cities
and immediately went to school them
selves at the Labor Department.
As part of their study of ways and
means to give youth the best possible
training for future Jobs, the superin
tendents sat around a conference table
in the office of the Federal Committee
on Apprenticeship to hear from Wil
liam F. Patterson, committee executive
secretary, analyze the problem of ap
prenticeship and tell what the schools
can do about it.
Learning in the Shop.
Industry is generally agreed, Patter
son said, that, for the most part,
skilled workmanship can best be
learned in the shop. He added, how
ever, that the schools play a very im
portant part in giving pre-vocational
and pre-apprenticeship training.
"I think we have learned from our
investigation in other cities that school
training is in no sense a substitute for
apprenticeship training,” declared Dr.
Edwin A. Lee, director of the National
Occupational Conference, which is
sponsoring the tour.
Patterson said that schools should
increase the amount of trade oppor
tunity offered instead of specializing in
a few trades and funnellng student
effort into those few.
Opportunity Advantage.
"More opportunity gives less chance
to make a mistake and makes youth
more versatile,” he said. "Versatility
is a prime factor in being quickly
adaptable to change.”
The schoolmen were to meet this
afternoon with William H. Stead, asso
ciate director of the United States
Employment Service, and tomorrow
with Commissioner of Education
Studebaker.
Several members were to broadcast
at 4 p.m. today over Station WHO.
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Anarchists
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highway near Tortosa, in Tarragona
Province. The outcome was not
known.
FIGHTING IN BARCELONA.
Street* Deserted Except for Uniformed
Patrols.
BARCELONA, Spain (By tele
phone to Paris), May 7 (ff't.—Street
fighting still Is unquelled here today
in a four-day anarchist revolt against
the Catalan and Valencia govern
ments.
The city is '‘comparatively calm,”
but shooting still can be heard from
the suburbs. (This was telephoned
by an American resident, with a cen
sor probably listening 1
The streets are filled with police.
Plaza Cataluna, in the center of the
city, is deserted except for uniformed,
armed patrols. The warfare up and
down Barcelon's streets was "fright
ful” for several days.
Telephone operators returned to
work today for the first time since
the uprising. Public order has been
put under control of an officer sent
here by the Spanish government at
Valencia.
ZARAGOZA TOLL, 76.
Insurgents Say Most of Victims Are
Non-Combatants.
ZARAGOZA, Spain. May 7 UP).—
Ancient Zaragoza's death toll in two
government bombing raids within four
days rose to 76 today, and insurgent
authorities asserted most of the victims
were non-combatants.
Coincidentally, insurgent officers re
ported a series of ‘‘feeler” attacks by
Catalan leftist troops east of the city
had been wrecked on the insurgents’
elaborate defenses.
(Insurgent reports received at Per
pignan, on the Fr&nco-Spanish fron
tier, told of an unresisted insurgent
advance along the whole Aragon front,
on which Zaragoza lies.
(These accounts said 12,000 Spanish
government troops had been pulled
back from the war front to restore
peace to Catalonia.)
Yesterday's bombardment by a line
plane killed three and wounded two
before anti-aircraft guns drove the
flyer away. Another plane had killed
73 persons Monday. Insurgent au
thorities declared all but two of the
victims were women, children or
civilian men.
After yesterday's bombardment fire
men and volunteers rescued a rcore
of women and children from an apart
ment house, the center of which had
been destroyed.
Ropes were tied around their waists
and they were lowered to the street
a few minutes before the whole front
of the building collapsed.
Thirteen miles east of Zaragoza
small attacks by government troops
had been thrown back by insurgents
holding pits cm the treeless clay hills
and rocky precipices of the Alcubierre
Mountains.
MANY REFUGEES LAND.
Women and Babies Among Those
Saved From Bilbao.
BORDEAUX, France, May 7 f/P) —
Two shiploads of Spanish refugees
from tottering Bilbao, 2,806 in all,
reached safety In France today with
an escort of British men-of-war.
Women with babies in their arms,
old men unable to fight and children
chattering with excitement came to
the French ports of La Rochelle and
Paulliac aboard two Spanish ships,
sway from the screaming shells and
rattling machine guns of the insur
gent army pressing on the capital of
their Basque homeland.
Behind them they left almost all
they possessed, but they had the
French government’s promise of refuge
in homes, hospitals and other havens
in France.
The steamship Habana, jammed
with 2,483 passengers, 2,000 of them
children, anchored at La Rochelle,
north of Bordeaux, and the Isarra,
once a pleasure craft, brought 153
children and 170 adults—most of them
women—to Pauillac, down the Gironde
River from Bordeaux.
The French ships Carimare, Mar
gaux and Chateau Palmer steamed
for Bilbao to bring out more of the
endangered civilians.
Floating Bock Travels.
A floating dock for Vladivostok hss
toft Odessa. Russia to be towed 10,000
miles Id 130 dare.
Traveling Educators Here
Several of the 13 school superintendents who arrived here
this morning on an occupational education tour of eight cities,
shown at Union Station shortly after leaving their special car.
Left to right: Paul Loser of Trenton, N. J.; Dr. Frank W. Ballou.
Washington; Edwin A. Lee, in charge of the tour; L. John
Nuttall, jr.. Salt Lake City; E. E. Oberholtzer. Houston, Tex.,
and C. B. Glenn, Birmingham, Ala. —Star Staff Photo.
Sun Comes Out, Indicating
Track May Be Fast for
Race Tomorrow.
By the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ May 7.—With
no unexpected developments, 20 of
the country's outstanding 3-year-olds,
19 colia and 1 gelding, today were
entered for the sixty-third running
of the >50,000 added Kentucky Derby
over a mile and a quarter at Churchill
Down* tomorrow.
Five minutes before the entry book
was •'heduled to close the expected
field of 20 had been accounted for,
with Trainer John Greely just getting
under the wire wtih the entry of
Burning Star, from the Chicago
owned Shandon Farm. Nearly three
hours earlier. Billionaire had got away
in front when Moss Cossman, stable
agent, wrote the name on the blank
for the first entry.
For the first time in 10 years there
was not a filly in the field to perplex
the public, as have Nelly Flag, Mata
Hari and Bazaar in recent years.
The only gelding was No Sir, owned
and trained by Mary Hirsch.
War Admiral Heads Field.
Heading the high-class field were
the diminutive War Admiral, the fa
vored son of Man o’ War from Sam
uel Riddle's Philadelphia stable, and
the highly regarded second - choice
combination of Reaping Reward and
Military from Mrs. Ethel V. Mars'
Milky Way string. Bob McGarvey,
trainer of the Milky Way horses,
stuck by his announced intention of
keeping the fleet Case Ace in the
barn and leaving all to his pair of
stretch runners.
Completing the field were Townsend
B Martin's Court Scandal, the Wheat
ley Stable's Melodist. William du Pont,
jr.'s Fairy Hill, Heelfly from the Three
D s Stable; Walter A. Carter’s Clodion,
J. H. Loucheim's Pompoon. I. J. Col
lins’ Bernard F . Maxwell Howard's
Soeneshifter and Fencing, Raoul
Walsh’s Sunset Trail, 2d; J. W. Par
rish's Dellor, Marshall Field’s Sir
Damlon, Edward W. Duffy's Grey Gold
and Merry Maker, owned jointly by
Willie Shea and Miss E. G. Rand.
Sun Beats Down.
Only Bernard F. Is considered a
doubtful starter. No boy was listed as
rider of the son of Sun God 3d., indi
cating that he may be scratched before
post time (about 4:45 pm., Oentral
standard time). All the other trainers
declared they would start barring un
expected training mishaps or a change
in track conditions.
While the trainers or their repre
sentatives thronged the secretary's
office, a hot sun beat down on the
track, which received another soak
ing from an early morning rain. If
there is no more rain, the racing strip
should be fast for the big event to
morrow. The weather man predicts
fair weather for tonight and tomor
row, with not much change in tem
perature.
The jockey assignments remained
as previously announced by the train
ers, with the exception that George
Odom decided to put Edwin Yager,
Covington. Ky„ on Sir Damion In
place of Nick Wall.
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ART MUSEUM GROUP
TO VIEW COLLECTION
Mellon Paintings Inspection on
Program of Directors’
Meeting Here.
Members of the Association of Art
Museum Directors, whose annual meet
ing opened today at the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art, will inspect the Andrew
Mellon art collection during their
stay here.
The directors will view the famous
paintings, probably Sunday, with Da
vid Finley, Mellon's representative in
Washington.
George E. Hamilton, sr., president
of the Corcoran Gallery, greeted the
directors this morning at the opening
session of the association's three-day
meeting. Business sessions today were
to be devoted to discussion of mutual
problems.
At 4 p.m., the directors were to hear
a brief address by Edward Bruce, chief
of the painting and sculpture section
of the Procurement Division, Treasury
Department, and make a tour with
Bruce to inspect murals in some of the
Federal Buildings.
The program for tomorrow includes
a visit to Dumbarton Oaks, home of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and
a dinner at the Chevy Chase Club, at
which the directors will be guests of
the trustees ot tbs Oorooeao Gallery.
i R ES
_ IRY
American Council Speaker
Wants Congress to End
School Menace.
A congressional investigation of
"educational lobbies.” with a view to
'effecting their elimination.” was
called for today by President Alexan
der G. Ruthven of the University of
Michigan in an address at the opening
session of the annual meeting of the
American Council of Education.
i rus proposal was part of a nine
point program outlined by Dr. Ruth
ven “to produce co-operation, to elim
inate wasteful duplication, and to
secure our colleges and universities in
their natural position of leadership in
the advanced training, of youth.”
The Michigan University head ques
tioned the benefits of Federal grants
for educational purposes, declaring:
“Unless carefully made, they mean
competition between institutions, con
tinuing struggles for ever-greater sup
port of the same kind, the gradual
assumption of the power to dictate
operations by small bureaucrats and
ultimately political domination.
Tendency From Freedom.
' The present position of most tax
supported colleges and universities is
a striking illustration of the recent
tendency of faculties and administra
tors to barter freedom for financial
considerations,” he said.
"The growth of these schools has
I long been viewed with pride by the
majority of Americans, and almost
without exception the faith of the
citizens who created and continued
to support them has been justi
fied * • •
I “The President's Planning Commit
tee should be asked to investigate
Federal subsidies in the hope that the
practice of creating them may be dis
continued or methods adopted which
will limit them to experimental periods
and otherwise keep them from cen
tralizing control over the schools. • * •
"All organized forces In education
should have as common aims the re
sistance of every attempt to place the
schools under political or factional
control and the development of leader
ship which will lead to a free, well
co-ordinated system of higher educa
tion.”
Twentieth Annua! Session.
The council convened at 10 a m. In
the United States Chamber of Com
merce Building for its twentieth an
nual session, which will continue
through tomorrow noon. Its president.
Dr. George P. Zook, reported progress
in the council's activities and a gain
in its membership in his annual re
port, and John H. MacCracken, for
mer associate director of the council,
spoke on "These 20 Years,” discussing
educational progress since 1917.
President Raymond A. Kent of the
University of Louisville, chairman of
the council this year, presided over
the morning session, and Gerald D.
Timmons, University of Indiana
School of Dentistry, over the afternoon
meeting.
The meeting is being attended by
about 400 delegates representing nu
merous colleges, universities. State de
partments of education, city school
systems and other related groups.
HAZEN WITHDRAWS
PAROLE CRITICISM
Commigiioner, However, Believes
Indeterminate Sentence Law
Should Be Changed.
Commissioner Hazen today with
drew criticism previously voiced
against the District Parole Board for
releasing 10 of the 12 men convicted
with Sam Beard on a gambling con
spiracy charge.
However, he expressed as his per
sonal view that the indeterminate
sentence law should be changed so
prisoners would have to serve half of
their maximum sentences before they
would become eligible for parole.
"I have no criticism of the action
of the Parole Board,” Hazen said to
day. He agreed that, under the inde
terminate sentence law, the board has
full discretion to grant paroles after
prisoners have served the minimum
of their sentences. The 10 men were
sentenced to serve from one to three
years.
Hazen modified his statement after
he was informed that Wilbur La Roe,
Jr., chairman of the Parole Board, had
verified defense attorney statements
that the committing judge in the
case had said he would have Imposed
shorter sentences on the men had he
known all the facte at the time sen
tence was given.
AT IKE SHOW
Crowd Gradually Increases
at East-West Highway
Grounds.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, JR.,
Btut! Corespondent ot The Star.
MEADOWBROOK SADDLE CLUB,
Meadowbrook, Md., May 7.—Virginia
owners drew first blood in the classes
for young hunters that dominated the
opening session of the Washington
Horse Show this morning at Meadow
brook Show Grounds, on the East
West Highway in Maryland.
Only a handful of spectators were
I present for the opening of the initial
| program of the three-day session, but
I the crowd gradually increased as the
1 morning wore on. and was expected
to reach record proportions by the end
of this cool, clear and literally perfect
horse show day.
Mrs. John Hay Whitney of Upper
ville, Va., took the event for 3 and 4
year old hunters with her brilliant
youngster, The Bear: Ernest L. Reri
mon, well-known Virginia dealer, cap
tured first and third ribbons among
the 2-year-old types with No Play and
Report; Mrs George P. Greer.halgh of
Berryville, Va., had the second honors
in the 2-year-old test, with Rock
mayne, and the Greenhalgh’s Royal
Rebel, was top horse among the 3
year-olds.
Firenze Our Way Is Second.
With this impressive start the Vir
ginia contingent obviously was due to
predominate today's meeting, although
the second place earned by Mrs. M.
Robert Guggenheim's Firenze Our Way
indicated that Washington owner will
again be a prominent contender at this
exhibition, which is the successor to
the old National Capital meet formerly
held at Bradley Farms, Md.
After a forenoon devoted princi
pally to young stock and saddle horses,
the schedule this afternoon was to
swing into the more important phases
of competition. The first class slated
after the luncheon recess was that
for amateur riders over jumps, the
prize to be a trophy offered by The
Evening Star Co. Later the touch
and-out, ladies’ hunters and pairs of
hunters were to be run off.
The summaries:
. wo-yegr-olds. suitable to become hur‘
ers—-First, No Play. Ernest Redmon sec
ond. Rockmayne. Mr. and Mrs. Gcorea
Greenhalgn; third. Report. Mr. Redmon.
fourth. Randle's Find. U. S. Randle.
Three-year-olds, suitable to betoma
hunters—First. Royal Rebel. Mr. and Mrs.
George Qreenhaleh. second. Sir Mouse,
Mrs. Cary Jackson: third. Auburn Pnr.ce,
Mr. and Mrs. John Ames; fourth. Easter.
Mr. Redmon.
Three and four-year-olds, suitable
to become hunters—First. The Sear,
Mrs. John Hay Whitney: second,
Firenze Our Way, Mrs. M. Robert
Guggenheim; third. Auburn Prince,
Mr. and Mrs. Ames: fourth. Sir Mouse,
Mrs. Cary Jackson.
Novice saddle horse—First. Prom
enade. Clark Herring; second. Shine
On, Mill Stream Farm: third, Moun«
tain Aire, Maurice Weinberg; fourth,
; Mountain Sunrise, Mr. and Mrs. A.
F. Reese.
Five-and-six-year-olds, suitable to
become hunters—First. May Ring,
Mrs. Ellsworth Augustus; second.
Hunters Choice, Mr. and Mrs. Green
halgh: third. Claws, U. S. Randle:
fourth, Troup, Mrs. J. Turner
Moore, jr.
National Capital Challenge Trophy.
Local saddle horses—First, Gulf Breese,
Miss Majorie Lee McLeod: second,
Jack Lightning. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
G. Owen: third, Salome, Mrs. Evelyn
* Walker Robert.
Pimlico
By the Associated Press.
FIRST RACE—The Pocomokg; purse,
^l.uon: 3-year-olds: o furlongs.
xBeautr B (McCombs* _ 07
xManda's Baby «Morris*_ _ I" 104
Shebang (Merritt* _ jo
Sir Isaac <Schm;dl)__ _ _ ” uiji
Fyar. (J. Renick) _ _ 104
Deepwick (O Malley)_HH * i f>7
xPlaynpt <Shelhamer) _ ___ 107
Little Whisk (Shanks) _ __102
Early Broom (Rosengarten)_II-' 104
Happy Hostess (Palumbo* __ 10P
Bravo Caruso (W’agner)_ 107
Titanical (J. Renlck*_ __ 100
_ Also eligible:
Lernana (no boy) _ 107
Little Banner (Faust)_IIIIIII”!"' 102
Potiphiar (Machado) •_ ' top
Miss Epe (Garrett*_I __ i 04
xErad* (McDermott)__ . 1“ 102
KaleicU (Machado* _ _ 102
Harford: purs*.
^■Sw stceplechE,e; ^-ye*r-olds and up;
zzDittp <no boy)_ i«
Drill Master (no boy) ~ “ i W
zPromptfr (Walker* 'I'"I 132
aRedshank 'Mr. White) i*o
Big March fEaby) _ji,,
zSwimalong (Brooks) * 1 «in
Prattler (McGovern)
71 cTheuImmor,al ‘-’d ‘Eagan).. .142
z cAnthonia 2d (Lawson)_ 13o
Z77 aRockden 'K»nf> " ttg
zGreek Idol (no boy»
^Chr'stlf-G M. Hendrle entry.
cJ H. Whitney entrv.
zfb'e pounds claimed for rider
zzSeven pounds claimed for rider
zzZten pounds claimed for rider.
„third, RACE—The Idlewild: purse
furlongs c *lmlni!' ^oear-olds *nd up 8
Samao '(Merritt) pn
Heartrase <Rosenaarten)_ 1 in
xStepping In (McCombs)_ inr>
Petard (Dougherty) _ nn
xBroadsteo (Shelhamer)_' ins
Stool Pigeon (Harltos). _ _ _ Iio
Stingfree (Wagner* _ ” iio
Pompeius (S. Reruck* ZZZZ iio
Easter Herald <Machado)_ ins
x8tar Turn (Cubitt), _ ' in>
Gay Dog (no boy) _ZZZZZZ 113
FOTRTH. RACE—The Idlewild: purse,
Jl.iion- claiming: 4-year-olds and ud id'
vision of third): 8 furlongs.
Brooke Herod (Faust) ink
xDressmaker (McDermott) I ps
xBally Bax iGrlegi __ ” ink
She Knows (Fowler) __ _ p o
xSun 8weep iJohnson) _ZZ inn
Sir Windsor (Palumbo) _ZZZ~ i]n
Titian Kiddie (J Renick)_ __ li i
Emvee 'Machado) .. _ in.
Blackmail (Wagner). JZZZZZZZZ~ ilk
Postponement. 'Johnson) lin
Cruising (O'Malley)_HIHH 115
FIFTH RACE—The Rose Hill Manor:
nurse. 51.000: 3-year olds: 8 furlongs.
Rough Time (O'Malley) _ pe
PTairie Dog U Rrnick) _ ‘ ]|;
aLittle Shaver 'Saunders) * * lie
Cllngendaal (Balaakl)__ZZ 114
aCoae-te 'Morris) _ _ I 10k
Alexandrine iB. Rentck)_ 107
Honey Cloud (Wagner) _’ll?
Carnarvon (Rosengarten) _’ 112
Dunnamany (Merritt) __ . 113
a Bomar Stable entry.
SIXTH RACE—The Dixie Hindieep:
purse. $10,000 added, 3-year-olds and up;
1A ir.lles.
Dark Hope (O’Malley)_ 115
Weston (Shelhamer) _10R
•Two Bob (Merritt) _ no
Aneroid (Roaenaarten) _105
Count Arthur iBalaski) _115
Calumet Dick (Wagner)_105
aFinanee (Saunders)_115
Azucsr (Belshak) 115
a Mrs. E. Denemark entry.
SEVENTH RACE—The Middleburel
purse. $1,000: claiming; 3-year-old» and
up; mile and TO yards.
Baby Witt (Schmidl)_ inp
Sirasy (Merrttt) _ 103
Laoy Carrot (Dougherty)_105
Dury rack (Wagner1 105
Duchess Retah (J Renick)_104
The Swagman 'no boy)_ _ 111
Hard Chase (Shanksl 105
xOentleman (McCombs) _105
xPrettylass (McDermott) _ 105
xFatr Billy (Shelhamer'_- 105
Justa Gal (Machado) . _ 104
EIGHTH RACE—The Mount Pleasant:
purse. $1,000 clalmina: 3-year-olds snd
up1 mile and TO yards.
Say Do (Wagner) 114
xMlss Tiptoe (McDermott)___in*
Sambo Jones (Merritt)___ 111
Sun Way (Booker) . _11*
xBlack Mischief (Morris),_- inp
Prelrie Prince (J. Renick}_105
Saxopal (O'Malley) 114
xRoyal Tuscan (Bhelhamer)_305
xTintypa (McCombs) _ _... PJ
xMiss Tad (McDarmott). 10i
xCnattereai (McCombs' _101
zApprentiee allowance claimed.
Cttar and fast.