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ROBBERY SUSPECTS
QUIZZEDBYPOLICE
Three Youths Questioned
in Abduction, Beating
Wednesday.
Police today continued their ques
tioning of three Washington youths
held in connection with the robbery
and abduction Wednesday night of
Kary R. Miner, 56, of Yonkers, N. Y.,
described as a former district attorney
of New York County.
Inspector Bernard W. Thompson,
chief of detectives, said the youths had
admitted forcing Miner Into their au
tomobile and driving him to Brook
Lane, Md., where they robbed him of
*■ hia watch and $10 and left him by
the roadside.
Investigation Hampered.
Investigation of the case here,
Thompson said, was hampered by the
fact Miner returned to New York with
out reporting to police. Located by
telephone following the arrest of the
youths, he confirmed the fact that he
had been robbed, police said, and
agreed to return here to appear
against the prisoners at a preliminary
hearing.
The arrests were made Thursday
by Policeman T. T. Creech, seventh
precinct. The prisoners identified
themselves as Joseph Crampton, 23,
of the 1200 block of Thirty-sixth
street; Henry J. McRea. 22, of the
900 block of G street southwest and
John C. White, 24, of the 1000 block
of P street. All were booked for
investigation.
Found Through Tag Number.
Creech began his investigation after
S a colored man reported having seen
three men force a fourth man into
their car in the 3200 block of M street
and drive away. The youths were
located through a tag number fur
nished police. Investigators said they
found a hat in the car with the
Initials “K. R. M.”
The prisoners, police said, admitted
robbing a man, but did not know
who he was. Creech and headquar
ters detectives made inquiries at
Washington hotels and obtained in
formation which led them to believe
the victim of the robbers was Miner.
This Miner later confirmed.
Two girls were taken into custody
along with the youths, but it was
expected they would be released after
questioning today.
Police said the three were the same
youths who stole a meat packer's
truck several days ago and sold the
meat at a Ninth street lunch room for
$14. The truck later was recovered.
LEES ASK RESTRAINT
OF STRATFORD BOOK
6uit Threatened if Volume Is Not
Withdrawn—letters’ Use
Held Unauthorized.
By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va., May 8.—Charles
Carter Lee, Commonwealth's attorney
of Franklin County and grandson of
Gen. Lighthorse Harry Lee, said yes
terday his family would seek to re
strain publication of the book. "Strat
ford Hall, the Great Home of the
Lees”
Charles Carter Lee is administrator
of the estate of his father, John Penn
Lee. son of Lighthorse Harry Lee.
He said the book was written by
Ethel Armes of Washington, former
secretary of the Stratford Foundation,
and includes letters of Lighthorse
Harry Lee, the father of Gen. Robert
E. Lee.
Charles Carter Lee said the letters
were used without permission and add
ed that he would confer next Tuesday
with Garrett & Massey, Richmond at
torneys, to seek suppression of the
book.
"If they do not agree to withdraw
the book,” Lee said, "we will seek an
Injunction in Richmond Circuit Court
to suppress its sale entirely.”
FAIRFAX WOMAN FINED
$10 IN BLUE LAW CASE
Beer Dealer Had Intended Trial
as Test of A. B. C. Ban
on Sunday Sales.
Special DUpateh to TPe Star.
FAIRFAX, Va., May 8.—Virginia’s
blue laws came to the fore again
Wednesday as Mrs. Iva E. Thompson of
Chantilly was fined *10 and costs by
Judge A. C. Ritchie in County Trial
Justice Court on a charge of selling
a bottle of beer at her place of busi
ness last Sunday.
The warrant under which yester
day’s hearing was held charged that
Mrs. Thompson did “labor at a trade
or calling, not a work of necessity or
charity, on Sunday, to-wit, did un
lawfully sell a bottle of beer on Sun
day.”
Hie hearing was actually intended
to test the validity of the A. B. C.
ruling against sale of beer on Sunday.
Sheriff E. P. Kirby stated Mrs.
Thompson had requested that an
officer be sent to her place of business
last Sunday to observe a violation of
the Sunday beer restriction, and that
the summons had been given accord
y Ingly. An appeal was noted.
Hoine-Made Parking Meter.
ALBANY, N. Y. UP).—Sylvester R.
Ooppalino, Truck driver, was sum
moned to City Court charged with
parking his truck overtime in a
pne-hour parking zone. He was
freed after two witnesses corrobo
rated his statement that an alarm
Hock In his truck went off while the
patrolman was giving him his ticket.
The clock, Coppalino explained, was
let when the truck was parked—set
*o ring In one hour.
Together Again
, ,T$.ml}lny happily after their months of separation, the Duke
of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson sat for their first
pictures together since her divorce became final, under a flower
ing chestnut tree in the Chateau de Cande garden at Monts,
France “We always are very happy,” said the former king of
England who gave up his throne. This photo was transmitted
by radio from London._—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
Duke of Windsor’s Fan Letters
Stop as Oilier Mail Piles Up
Five-month separation of Mrs.
Wallis Warfield Simpson and
former King Edward VIII of Eng
land, who gave up his throne
to make her his bride ended last
Tuesday. Edward hurried from his
Austrian retreat to the chateau at
Monts, France, where Mrs. Simp
son had been awaiting a final
divorce decree from her London
ships broker husband. Decree was
granted last Monday.
By the Associated Press.
MONTS. France, May 8.—Feminine
fan mail, for more than 20 years one
of the biggest potential sources of
daily reading matter for Edward, Duke
of Windsor, has stopped since his ar
rival here, a friend of Wallis Simpson
intimated today.
The man, who as Prince of Wales
set hearts aflutter in many quarters
of the globe, will be married to Mrs.
Simpson before long and some sug
gested this fact may have dampened
the ardor of his women admirers.
While those perfumed letters have
vanished, his other correspondence is
piling up, it was learned. His daily
mail has included several invitations
to spend his honeymoon here or there.
Some were from America.
The Duke was deeply affected by
the Hindenburg disaster and spent
most of last evening reading news
paper reports of it and trying to tune
the Chateau de Cande radio to Amer
ican stations for further reports.
He planned a sight-seeing trip for
today while Mrs. Simpson awaited
dressmakers who were to give her blue
wedding gown a second fitting. The
couple, who will be married at some
so far unspecified date after next
Wednesday’s coronation in London,
went on a gay wine-sipping excursion
yesterday.
Deserting the chateau for the first
time since their reunion Tuesday, they
explored the wine cellars of several
castles of the Vouvray wine district
and lunched on chicken, lobster a la
Bretagne and old Vouvray wine at the
Semblancay Village Inn.
The innkeper said Mrs. Simpson
had promised three weeks ago to bring
her "sweetheart" there when he came
to Prance. The duke took .a corsage
of lilies of the valley from the lunch
eon table and pinned them on his blue
eyed, dark-haired bride-to-be.
She and the duke also went to Ven
dome. where they arranged with
George Tait, United States consul
from Paris, to meet the French re
quirement of a birth certificate before
they could be married. Mrs. Simpson
signed an affidavit that her original
birth certificate had been lost or
mislaid.
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Trance
(Continued From First Page.)
there was complete loss of the pair,
sense. A needle could be thrust into
the arm during the trance without
causing a wince. A fourth group were
the somnambulists, who could walk
around with their eyes open, obeying
every suggestion of the hypnotizer.
Still a fifth group could not be hypno
tized at all.
During the past five years Dr. Allen
has worked with 63 Hampden-Sydney
boys of diverse scholastic standings.
First he tabulated their previous col
lege records. He wanted to test out
an old theory that they could be im
proved by suggestions offered in the
hypnotic trance. Normally, he said,
a student's average improves slightly
during four years in college as he gets
to "know the ropes” better and learns
the idiosyncracies of the professors.
The acid test would be whether their
grades increased above this normal ex
pectation.
Professor Counts to Ten.
When a subject was as deeply hyp
notized as possible, Prof. Allen would
say In a commanding voice:
"As a result of this trance, your
powers of concentration will be greatly
increased. Your mind will be clear and
like a searchlight. Your memory will
improve. You will have an Increased
ambition to be successful in your sub
jects and to beat your class records.
When I have counted 10, you will wake
up. One, two, three-.”
In most cases—there is some doubt
about the lighter hypnosee—the sub
jects remembered nothing of what
had happened after coming out of
the trance. At least half of them
did not know the purpose of the ex
periment. They were sent back to
their classes with no further explana
tion.
Dr. Allen then checked their grades
in all their classes for the next two
semesters. Hampden-Sydney grades
on a point system. The average bet
terment of those thrown Into light
hypnosis was about three points—
from 77 to 80. The average of stu
dents who had not been hypnotised
went up only a little more than one
point. These who had gone Into a
deep sleep got an average of five
points better. Other groups improved
three and four points. Generally, Dr.
Allen said, the improvement was pro
portional to the depth of the hypnosis.
Those who could not be hypnotized
showed no better improvement than
the average for the whole school.
Failing Grades Reversed.
Failing grades were turned into
passing grades, but actually, Dr. Al
len said, some of the results were
much better than the figures indi
cate. Two students went up an aver
age of 16 points, almost enough to
change a “C” into an "A.”
The averages were kept down, he
said, by the caliber of about half the
students with whom he experimented.
These heard about what was happen
ing and asked him to give them the
same treatment. These boys were
failing in one or more subjects. This,
in itself, he said, probably indicates
that they had a negatavistlc attitude
toward the teachers with the hyp
notism could not entirely overcome.
It was remarkable that they were
improved at all.
The effect of the trance, he ex
plained, seems to be greater ability
to concentrate and more ambition.
He could not find much effect on abil
ity to remember. The boys studied
harder. They themselves did not
know why they were doing more work,
except that they felt like it. They
had completely forgotten the sug
gestion.
Students Write Poetry.
Other remarkable results obtained
by Dr. Allen is the writing of poetry
by boys who never had written verse
before.
After getting the student in a deep
trance he will say:
“At 10 o’clock tomorrow morning
you will begin to write a poem.”
And at precisely that hour the stu
dent will feel an irresistible impulse
to express what he is thinking about
in verse. Some of the poetry, Dr.
Allen says, has been very good. It
cannot be, however, beyond the actual
capacity of the student. The student
must have had some ability to write
verse anyway, although he may have
known nothing about it.
He also has used hypnotism to
help students swear off cigarettes.
“When you come out of this trance,”
he will say, “tobacco will taste vile
to you, and you will have lost all de
sire for it.”
The next cigarette the boy smokes
is thrown away in disgust.
This condition usually lasts only a
month or so, Dr. Allen says. The
effect of the trance wears off when
the student goes on a vacation and
leaves the college atmosphere.
* Newspaper Man Dies.
NEW YORK, May 8 (&).—Stephen
L. Coles, former radio editor of the
New York Herald-Tribune, died at
heart disease yesterday. A native of
Cincinnati, he was 68 years old and
is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bailie
Field Coles.
Snake Darkens City.
Climbing an electricity standard, a
tiny snake coiled around an insu
lator, short-circuited the high-tension
cables and plunged the city of Penang,
Malaya, into darkness.
Plan Would Produce Valua
ble New Crops, Virignia
Academy of Science Told.
By the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, May 8.—Carl
B. Fritsche, managing director of the
Farm Chemurgic Council, recommend
ed to the Virginia Academy of Science
today inauguration of a Southern in
dustrial-farm program, "which upon
it* completion should result in an out
put of new crop products having an
annual value of $1,250,000,000."
“In view of the growing competition
abroad,” he said, “this amount cer
tainly exceeds any Income the South
may expect in the future from its cot
ton crop.”
Proposals Listed.
Fritsche proposed:
1. Four hundred agrol plants utiliz
ing starch and sugar crops for produc
ing a blending constituent adaptable
for motor fuel.
2. Two hundred starch plants utiliz
ing the Southern White Triumph sweet
potato.
3. One million acres of tung trees
for the production of tung oil.
4. One hundred pulp kraft and news
print paper mills.
“When this program, exclusive of
other chemurgic developments now
in prospect, becomes a realized accom
plishment," he said, “new employment
will be provided directly and indirectly
for over 3,000,000 men.
He said it had been suggested that
the Virginia Academy of Science serve
as the initial sponsor of a Virginia
chemurgic council.
Tells of New Rotor.
Dr. Fred T. Holmes of the Univer
sity of Virginia told the academy yes
terday a new type of high-speed rotor
may make possible "new determina
tions of the speed of light.”
He said the "top,” spinning freely
in space, was suspended between two
magnets which overcome the pull of
gravity. Speeds up to 1,200 revolu
tions per second have been attained by
the instrument, which was described
as the nearest approach to perpetual
motion yet achieved.
The rotor. Dr. Holmes said, may
provide a new tool for medical re
search. He pointed out that similar
rotors developed at the university
laboratory by Dr. J. W. Beams have
been widely used by medical scientists
to study virus diseases, including yel
low fever, infantile paralysis and colds.
A variety of other subjects were
treated in papers read the convention’s
first day’s sessions, attended by sev
eral hundred Virginia teachers, re
search and technical workers.
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ARCHBISHOP UNVEILS
CATHOLIC U. STATUE
Most Rev. Michael J. Curley Offi
ciate* at Shrine of Immaculate
Conception.
A statue dedicated to “Mary, Moth
er of Mankind," was unveiled at 10
a.m. today in the Shrine of the Im
maculate Conception, Catholic Uni
versity, by Most Rev. Michael J. Cur
ley, Archbishop of Baltimore and
chancellor of the institution. The
unveiling followed a "Mary’s day”
mass at 9 a.m.
Right Rev. David T. O'Dwyer, di
rector of the shrine, who celebrated
the mass, accompanied the arch
bishop in the procession from the
orypt to the nave for the unveiling
and blessing of the statue. Right
Rev. John L. Bedford preached the
sermon, and Rev. Dr. Edward G.
Roelker was master of ceremonies.
The statue is a gift of Philip A.
Brennan, justice of New York State
Supreme Court, and Mrs. Brennan,
and the sculptor is Harry Eversfleld
Donohue of New York, all of whom
attended the ceremony.
Invitations were extended to all the
clergy of the archdiocese of Balti
more. members of the International
Federation of Catholic Alumnae, the
faculty and student body of the uni
versity and many Catholics through
out the Eastern part of the country.
The statue, which is 6 feet high, is
made from white Vermont marble on
a base of green vein marble.
Justice
(Continued From First Page.)
and the costs of prosecution would
be greatly increased. To my knowl
edge, the prosecutor, after a convic
tion, always notifies the court of the
other charges against the defendant
and the trial Judge can take these
into consideration in fixing sentence."
This official indicated he expects to
raise these and other objections to
the report when it comes up for con
sideration by the federation.
No Change Is Planned.
The Judges of District Court made
it clear yesterday that they do not
intend to recommend any changes in
the present financial responsibility re
quirements for professional bonds
men.
One judge pointed out that records
show but two forfeitures in the past
12 years, both of which were paid.
The purpose of releasing defendants
on bond, he pointed out, is to assure
their presence in court when wanted
on penalty of forfeiture. This pur
pose has been served satisfactorily
under the present system, he con
tinued, adding that he saw no reason
for changes until abuses developed.
Over 73,000 busses are being op
erated in the United Kingdom.
D. C. Joining Nation Tomorrow
In Paying Tribute to Mothers
Washington Church Services to Empha
size Homage—Health Depart
ment Stresses Needs.
Tomorrow America honors Its 1
mothers. For the twenty-fourth suc
cessive year the second Sunday in
May is set aside officially as Mother’s
day in accordance with a resolution
approved by the Sixty-fourth Con
gress and signed by President Wilson.
Washington church services will
emphasize the homage due the women
who raise the country's sons and
daughters. The mothers will be sur
rounded with flowers, deluged with
presents and accorded, so far as their
families are able, all their hearts
desire.
Departing from custom, the Dis
trict Health Department has decided
to stress the needs of the young ex
pectant mother as its part of the
celebration.
“Make every day Mother's day, and
make motherhood safe through good
maternity care" is the slogan Wash
ington health agencies have adopted
in giving a new aspect to the occa
sion. The health officials approve the
number of flowers sent to mothers on
their day, but they hope to reduce
the number of white carnations worn
through the year in marking deaths
in childbirth.
Posten In Street Cars.
Posters bearing the slogan appeared
in the city’s street cars today, and
a radio broadcast sent to most of the
homes of the Capital the Health De
partment's appeal to make childbirth
safe for both mother and child.
To arouse the city to support the
maternity care program. Dr. George
C. Ruhland, health officer, pointed
out that the rate of 6.38 deaths of
mothers from childbirth complica
tions per 1,000 live births in the
District is ’’very high” and twice
that of Scandinavian countries. The
figure for the country as a whole is
5.62 per 1,000.
“Certain influences inherent in
Washington are responsible for these
high mortality figures,” Dr. Ruhland
said. "It may be stated, however,
that the most notable among these
is syphilis, a scourge which could be
readily and conveniently eliminated
with adequate prenatal care.
“At this time, let us augment the
meaning of Mother’s day. Let us make
every day Mother's day, as regards
the welfare of child-bearing and
prospective mothers. Let us make
motherhood safe through good and
complete maternity care and place
Washington where it belongs—fore
most in the protection of prospective
mothers to the real glorification of
motherhood and Mother’s day.”
Arlington Rites Tomorrow.
An Impressive ceremony tomorrow
will be the services of the American
War Mothers at 2 p.m. at the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington
Cemetery. While the United States
Marine Band plays the mothers will
mourn the sons they lost abroad during
the World War.
Mrs. Howard Boone, national presi
| dent of the organisation, will preside
and Representative Joe Starnes of
Alabama will deliver the principal ad
dress.
The Girls’ Reserve of the Young
Women’s Christian Association will
hold a ceremonial tea In honor of their
mothers from 3 to 4:30 p.m., when
special songs will be sung by the Glee
Club. The Y. W. C. A. Is at Seven
teenth and K streets.
For the benefit of the men living
In the dormitory who are unable to
go home to see their mothers, the
Young Men's Christian Association,
Eighteenth and G streets, will hold a
breakfast tomorrow at S a.m. Mrs. A.
A. Stockdale, wife of the former pastor
of the First Congregational Church,
will speak.
Firemen, Policemen Unite.
The firemen and policemen will
unite In the most elaborate Mother’s
day observance In Washington.
Behind a 60-piece band, the mem
bers of the Policemen and Firemen's
Catholic Association will step out
from Knights of Columbus Hall, 920
Tenth street, and march three blocks
southward to St. Patrick's Church,
Tenth and G streets, for 7:30 a m.
mass, to be celebrated by Bishop
McNamara.
After the mass, at which the mem
bers of the organization will receive
holy communion in a body, the police
men and firemen will march to the P
street entrance of the Willard Hotel
for a breakfast, to which the leading
officials of the city have been invited.
Senator O’Mahoney of Wyoming
will make the main address at the
breakfast. Senator Dully of Wiscon
sin, Commissioners Haaen, Allen and
Sultan, Judges Hitt, Curran, Casey
and Ready, Supt. of Police Brown,
Pi re Chief Schrom, Rev. Ignatitus
Smith of Catholic University, and Rev.
Thomas Dade, pastor of St. Patrick’s
and chaplain of the organization, are
among the distinguished guests ex
pected. Fireman Harry S. Bell, presi
dent of the society, will act as master
of ceremonies.
In demonstration of the inclusive
ness of the Mother’s day celebration,
the Filipino Community of Washing
ton, representing American subjects
10,000 miles away, has arranged a
program for tomorrow, which will open
at 8:30 p.m. at the Young Men's
Christian Association, 1736 G street.
Varied Program Planned.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, presi
dent of the Board of Education, will be
the chief speaker. The activities
planned include folk-dancing and
Spanish and native Filipino songs.
Manuel Argel, chairman of the Ar
rangements Committee, will preside.
Other members of the committee in
clude Dolores Abellera, Jose Dioquino,
Pedro Edralin, Simeon Formas and
Florentine Ruiz.
The Salvation Army Men’s Social
Service Institution, 526 First street,
will observe the day by a ceremony at
11 ant. Adjutant A. E. Baldwin, offi
cer in charge, will deliver a sermon
on “My Mother.” Soloists will render
songs dealing generally with mother
hood.
REV. 1T. HERSON
DIES SUDDENLY
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Was Pastor of Hamline M. E.
Church Here for Five
Years.
Rev. Dr. Joseph T. Herson, from
1923 to 1928 pastor of Hamline M. E.
Church here, died Thursday of a sud
den illness at Havre de Grace, Md.,
where he was pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Dr. Herson, who was in his 50s, was
discussing church matters with a
member of his congregation when
stricken, according to word received
here.
The history of Hamline Church
during the period of Dr. Herson's serv
ice as pastor was eventful. Not only
was the new Hamline Church, erected
at Sixteenth and Allison streets, but
the Iowa Avenue M. E. Church merged
with Hamline. The latter church saw
an increase of nearly 500 in its mem
bership while Dr. Herson was pastor.
At the time of his appointment here
the old Hamline Church was at Ninth
and P streets. The building was sold
and the merger effected. The joint
congregations worshiped in the Iowa
Avenue M. E. Church until the new
Hamline Church was built. President
Coolidge broke ground for the new
edifice in 1924.
Dr. Herson came here from a pas
torate at Salisbury, Md. Leaving here,
he became pastor of St. Mark’s M. E.
Church, Baltimore. From there he
went to Annapolis to become pastor of
Calvary M. E. Church. He also had
held another pastorate before becom
ing pastor at Havre de Grace.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Grace Rod da Herson; two sons, Robert
and William Heraon, and two daugh
ters, Ruth Herson and one married
daughter.
Funeral services will be held at S
p.m. tomorrow in the Methodist Epis
copal Church at Havre de Grace.
Burial will be private in Baltimore
Monday.
Living Up to Name.
OMAHA, Nebr.—A high school boy
has proved his name, Wisdom Stewart,
is not a misnomer. In a county 4-H
club intelligence test, Wisdom's score
was the highest—a "superior” rating
of 95.
Coat Carrying Odor
Of Whisky Acquits
Motorist in Court
By the Associated Press.
BUFFALO. N. Y., May 8 —
Fred C. Willig, 38, arrested on a
charge of driving while intoxi
cated, told the court he was a
bartender and that the strong
odor of whi^y noticed after his
car was wreefced came from his
coat—not his breath.
The Jurors sniffed at Willig’s
coat and acquitted him.
TAFT GOLD BOND PLEA
UP IN SUPREME COURT
$1.0 7 Interest Again Demanded
on Paper Called In by Treas
ury in 1934.
By the Associated Press.
Robert A. Taft asked the Supreme
Court again yesterday to compel the
United States to pay him *1.07 in
terest on a gold Liberty bond, which
was called in by the Treasury in ad
vance of maturity date.
Taft appealed from a decision
against him by the United States
Court of Claims. Last term the high
tribunal refused to decide the issue
after Solicitor General Stanley Reed
said the Court of Claims certificate
did not contain a complete disclosure
of the facts in the case.
The suit wu brought on behalf of
the Dixie Terminal Co. of Cincinnati,
headed by Taft. He held a *50 414
per cent gold bond with an October 15,
1938, maturity date. It was called in
for redemption October 15, 1934. He
presented the bond at the Treasury
March 11, 1935, and demanded that
he be paid in gold or that he receive
interest beyond the call date. The
Treasury refused. He then appealed
to the Court of Claims which upheld
the Treasury.
RITES AT ARLINGTON
Funeral services for Comdr. Ralph
R. Stewart, 51, U. S. N., retired, who
died Thursday at his home in Paoli,
Pa., were held today in Fort Myer
chapel, followed by burial with full
military honors in Arlington National
Cemetery.
A native of Minnesota, Comdr.
Stewart was graduated from the Naval
Academy in 1907. He was awarded
the Navy Cross for his World War
service. He was retired in March,
1935.
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WAGE-HOUR LAWS
Virginia League to Seek
Legislation for Women
and Minors.
By the Associates Press.
RICHMOND, May 8 —Directors of
the Virginia Consumers’ League listed
eight-hour and minimum wage laws
for women and minors yesterday as
definite objectives at the next session
of the Virginia General Assembly.
The board announced the election
of Dr. George T. Starnes, associate
professor of commerce at the Univer
sity of Virginia, as president of the
league to succeed Dr. E. L. Pox of
Randolph-Macon College, who re
signed because of the press of other
duties.
The campaign for the new legisla
tion, directors of the organization said,
will include contact* with candidates
for the House of Delegates with a view
of obtaining definite commitments,
and a 8tate-wlde speaking program.
Dr. 8tames appointed Mrs. John
Galleher of Leesburg as chairman of
the Speakers’ Bureau.
Board members pointed out that a
law similar to the women’s hour law
offered in the last regular session of
the Virginia Assembly has been passed
in North Carolina and contended this
action eliminated the argument, used
In 1936 against the Virginia bill, that
such an enactment would give North
Carolina manufacturers an advantage
over those of the Old Dominion.
The directors also pointed to estab
lishment of minimum wage provisions
in 18 other States and the possibility
of enactment of a Federal wage-hour
bill affecting goods shipped in inter
state commerce at the current session
of Congress.
CENTENARY MARKED
BY MOUNT HOLYOKE
Secretary Perkins Says That Fact
51.9% of Graduates Are Wed
Blasts “High-Brow” Charge.
By the Associated Press.
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., May 8 —
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
yesterday declared college women have
a challenge to get a true understanding
of the changes in the social order and
the way to adapt themselves to such
developments.
Addressing 3,000 fellow alumnae at
exercises commemorating the 100th
anniversary of Mount Holyoke College,
Secretary Perkins asserted women's
organisations were a ‘‘tremendous
force for progress.”
"The past few years,” she continued,
"appear to many of us to have in
evitably hastened the development of
a new order which seems to be open
ing up new opportunities particularly
for well-trained and public-spirited
women.”
Statistics showing living graduates
of Mount Holyoke who have married
numbered 51.9 per cent seemed to ex
plode the fear, Miss Perkins said, that
college women were “too high
browed to want to marry or to be
wanted in marriage.”
Retiring President Mary Woolley
said graduates of the college have
gone all over the world as mission
aries, teachers, founders of schools
and as physicians, and have made a
significant record in uplifting, educat
ing and relieving the sufferings of
people in all countries.
DEMOCRAT CLUB URGES
ELECTION LAW CHANGES
Takoma Group Advocates Repre
sentation From Both Parties and
Earlier Voting Hour.
By * Staff Correspondent o/The Star.
TAKOMA PARK, Md„ May 8 —
Changes in the election laws to provide
election officials from both parties
were advocated at the meeting of the
Young Men’s Democratic Club of
Takoma Park in the fire house last
night.
Members stressed the need for a
change in the opening hour for the
polls from 8 to 7 a.rn., and proposed
seeking legislation to provide equal
representation on registration and
election boards for Republicans and
Democrats.
The club also voted to ask a public
hearing of the Town Council before
the budget for the next fiscal year is
set. More than 50 new members were
elected to membership.
LEE P.-T. A. ELECTS
Mrs. Groves Renamed Chairman
of Arlington School Group.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ARLINGTON. Va.. May 8—Mrs.
Turner A. Groves was re-elected pres
ident of the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion of Robert E. Lee School last
night.
Other officers elected were: Miss
Elizabeth Tudor, first vice president;
Mrs. Lilly Rice, second vice presi
dent; Mrs. Jula St. George, recording
secretary; Mrs. Bess Francis, corre
sponding secretary; Mrs. Lucy Bussey,
treasurer, and Mrs. Ramsdell Wurfel,
historian.
Chairmen of committees elected
were: Mrs. Emily Thompson, pub
licity; Mrs. Parke Trotter, member
ship; Miss Elizabeth Tudor, hospi
tality; Miss Virginia Hooper, program;
Mrs. Ruth Marcey, finance and budg
et; Mrs. Lilly Rice, building and
grounds, and Mrs. Lucy Bussey, Sum
mer round-up.
FAIRFAX SCHOOL BOARD
WANTS ROADS IMPROVED
Asks That Two Leading to High
School Be Taken Into State's
Secondary System.
Special Dlipatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va., May 8.—The Fair
fax County School Board yesterday
adopted a resolution requesting the
State Highway Commission to take
Keith and Cedar avenues, in the town
of Fairfax, into the secondary high
way system. Both streets lead to the
high school and if maintained for
school busses would provide more di
rect routes tor several lines.
It was voted that textbooks shall
be sold through the office of Divi
sion Supt. W. T. Woodson during
the 1937-8 session under the same
arrangements as are now in effect.
Teacher appointments in several
schools were considered, but the board
decided to take no action until later
In the month, when a special meeting
will be called.
Washington Produce
BUTTER—-92 score. 1-pound prints. 35:
y«-pound prints. 38; tub. 34: 90 score,
JjPound prints. 34; V«-pound prints. 35:
MEATS—Choice beef 18; calves 18:
18; lamb. 24: pork loin. 24 frozen
sliced bacon. 33; slab bacon. 28. com
pound. 131 a: lard. 14'/i.
LIVE STOCK—Pigs. 8'/j*9: light hogs.
Py.aa3/*: mediums. 9%al0; heavies, x1,*
95/t; rough*. 5>/ja8: calves. 8alO.
Prices paid shippers net f o b. Washing
ton. By the United States Bureau of
Agricultural Economics:
EOQ6—United 8tater Government graded
extras, mediums, and standards, large,
f.sctlonally higher; nearby ungraded etu*
unchanged. Cuirent receipts. 18'2al9.
hennery whites. 19a20. Government
graded and dated white eggs (net once*
paid shippers f.o.b. Washington): U 8.
**tras. large. 23: U. 8 extras, medium.
19J'a.. U. S. standards, large. 2034.
LIVE POULTRY—Market about steady
at unchanged prices. Fowl: Colored, heavy,
19*20; Leghorns. 14*15. Chickens: Rocks,
22a24: Crosses. 21a23; Leghorns. 17*18.
Old guineas. 25*30 each. Turkeys: Old
hens, 16al7; old toms. 14.
CHICAGO GRAIN
By the Aieocleted Press.
CHICAGO, May 8.—Losses of more
than a cent a bushel In wheat price*
were partially recovered Just before
the market closed today.
Rallying power was strongest In
contracts calling for delivery of new
domestic wheat after June. Selling
during much of the day was prompted
by reports of moisture relief in Win
ter wheat territory, which many
traders said would be beneficial. One
recognized authority, however, said
“trifling” showers at this stage of
crop development are of but minimum
value and plant collapse can quicKly
result unless more rain is received.
Wheat closed unchanged to l’»
lower, May 1.257sal.26's, July 1.17a
1.17 *», and com was unchanged to %
off. May 1.33*,al.33%, July 1.19%a
1.19%. Oats were % higher to :!a
lower.
WHEAT—
Open High. Low. Close.
May _ 1.25*2 1.26*4 1.25 1.26%-2H'4
July.., 1.16', 1.17*/, 1.15’, 1.17-17',
Sept- 1.15, 1.16 1.14’, 1.15*',-3,
CORN—
May, n 1.33% 1.33»« 1.32*4 1.33%-%
May, old 1.32 1.32’, 1.32 1.32
July, n l.ie1/, 1.19% 1.19*,, 1.19®,-*,*
July, old _ 1.18*4
Sept- 1.083, 1.08®, i.ns i os*,
Dec. .84 S .84*4 .83*4 .84
OATS—
May _ .47®, .47’, .47 .47*,-%
July... .44 .44*, .43*4 43*,-®,
Sept- .40 V, .40*,, .40 .40*,-*,«
Dec- .41 *,4 .41 Vs .41*, a .41* a
SOY BEANS—
May ___1.77
July . 1.75V*
RYE—
May.1.12 1 14% 1.11*, 1.14*,
July — 1.02 1.03** 1.01®, i.03».
Sept- .92*2 .93*,4 ,92V* .93%
Dec. __ .94**
BARLEY—*
May. . .76*4
LARD—
May_ 11.27_ 11.27
July_ 11.52 11.55 11.50 11.50
Sept_ 11.82 11.87 11.80 11.80-82
Oct. —_ 11.92 11.95 11.90 11.90-92
BELLIES—
May__ 15.45
July- 15.77 15.77 15.75 15 75
Chicago Cash Market.
Cash wheat: No. 1 hard, 1.31; No.
2 northern spring, 1.32%. Com: No,
3 mixed, 1.34Vi-1.37*£; No. 4 mixed,
1.35%; No. 2 yellow. 1.38-1.38%; No. 3
yellow, 1.34-1.35,/2; No. 4 yellow,
1.32*4-1.34; No. 3 white. 1 35-1.36;
sample grade, 1.00-1.25. Oats: No. 1
white, 53%; No. 2 white. 53*2: No. 3
white. 49*2-50%; No. 4 white, 50*2;
sample grade, 47*2. No rye, buck
wheat or soybeans. Barley. Feed,
70-85; malting, 1.00-1.25. Timothy
seed. 4.25-4.50. Clover seed, 26.00
32.00.
-# ■ . —
NEW YORK COTTON
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 8.—Cotton futures
opened quiet, unchanged to 2 higher,
with offers small and a moderate
trade and foreign demand. May,
13.07; July, 13.09; October, 12.87;
December. 12.83; January, 12 86;
March, 12.91.
Trading was featureless in the
absence of overnight developments.
Although initial levels were steady
on price fixing and a little continental
and Liverpool buying, the market soon
responded to light local selling influ
enced by private reports of rains in
Oklahoma.
Offerings came from the South, New
Orleans and wire houses, but the vol
ume of business remained restricted.
July sold off from 13.09 to 13.04 and
shortly after the first half-hour was
selling at 13.05, when prices were 1
to 4 points net lower.
Reports of slow progress of the
Texas cotton crop, owing to drying
soils and cool weather, failed to at
tract buying.
Sales of cotton goods for the week
were reported to have been limited to
8,000,000 yards, or about equal to the
previous week’s total.
Liverpool reported small business,
with hedging and local selling leading
continental buying and trade calling.
Futures closed steady, 2 lower to 4
higher.
.. High. Low. Last.
May__ 1.1.07 12.9!) 13.09
July -13.10 13.04 13.08
October _ 12.88 12.82 12.88
December _ 12.85 12.79 12.84-85
January _ 12.89 12.84 12.89
March _12.91 12.88 12.91
Spot steady: middling. 13.58.
Cottonseed Oil.
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed easy, 2 higher to 10 lower.
Sales. 144 contracts. Including 6
switches. May, 9.63b; July, 9.66b;
September. 9.71-72; October, 9.63b;
December, 9 57b.
b—Bid.
NO LEG TO GO ON
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (JP).—A novel
method of keeping a husband home
was discovered by police, who were
called to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
James Lambert. They found tha
couple glaring at each other from op
posite corners of the living room.
“I want to go out and she hid my
wooden leg,” Lambert accused.
‘‘Yes, and It’s going to stay hidden,"
his wife retorted.
The police arrested Lambert on
suspicion of being drunk and disor
derly.
GARNER TO FISH
Following the example of the Chief
Executive, Vice President Garner and
five members of Congress will take
time off next week for a fishing trip.
The vice presidential party plans to
leave Washington Friday for the South
Carolina coast, returning on the fol
lowing Sunday.
The group will Include Senators
Herring of Iowa, Duffy of Wisconsin,
Brown of Georgia, Truman of Mis
souri and Burke of Nebraska.
EMPLOYES GET RAISE
SCHENECTADY, N. Y„ May 8 (JP).
—A general pay increase of 2 per cent
for all employes, effective this week,
was announced today by the General
Electric Co.
This is the second 2 per cent in
crease since last October, when the
company adopted a plan evolved by
President Gerard Swope of Increasing
pay raises ss the cost of living rises,
based on the Federal Department cf
Labor Index. The amount Involved
and number of employes affected were
not dlscloeed.