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WEATHER. " "
Partly cloudy, probably followed by , GVGning. papGI"
local showers tonight and tomorrow; not 111 Washington With the
murh change in temperature; gentle AsSOCl'atpH Promts Monro
winds. Temperatures today—Highest, -n.SSUt.ld.ieU rreSS INGWS
91, at 1 p.m.; lowest, 76, at 6 a m. and WirGphotO ScrVlCGS.
Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 10 Yesterday's Circulation, 134,772
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Poth YEAR. Xq. 34,080. _D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1937—THIRTY^SIX PAGES. »»» on Pr..., TWO CENTS.*
Ii'IRE RAZES 11-MILE AREA
IS JAPAN S CONSULATE
N SHANGHAI IS BOMBED
Jrigin of IMissilc
Fatal to Sailor
Is Probed.
CHINESE DEAD
BELIEVED 5.000
Removal Refused
by 500 U. S.
W omen.
BACKGROUND—
Sino-Japanese fighting started
from clash of troop July 7 near
Peiping and spread to Shanghai
after killing of two Japanese there
12 days ago. Bomb attack by
Chinese planes on Japanese war
ships in Whang poo River last Sat
urday resulted in killing of 1.4(10
Chinese and foreigners, including
three Americans. American sailor
iras killed yesterday when shell of
unknown origin hit the cruiser Au
gusta, flaaship of Admiral Harry
E. Yarnell.
y ihp Associated Press.
SHANGHAI. August 21—War and
re continued to lay waste in Shang
ai today, with foreign police esti
lates tha* about 11 square miles of
he world's sixth largest port had
pen destroyed.
Fire leveled most of Chinese Chapei,
apanese Hongkew, Yangtzepoo. in
nslrial Pi- ' utJ. acra-.s tin- Whangpoo
tver. and Kiangwan. Only the In
■rnational Settlement, the French
vneession and parts of Nantao in
ip Soochow Creek area remain intact.
In the absence of firemen, who al
■adv had evacuated the burning
reas. the flames continued to spread
nchecked it> all directions. Stifling
noke and fierce heal were driving
lanv Chinese belligerents from the
ongkew battle area.
Aerial Warfare Renewed.
Three Chinese warplanes droned
rer the smoking ruins in renewal of
arfarp today, aiming their bombs at
ip Japanese consulate. The pro
■ctiles fel! wide of the mark, but
illpd one Chinese and one Japanese
nd wounded 13 others, all believed to
e Japanese.
(In Nanking Chinese air force
officers declared their planes had
fought off a Japanese attempt to
raid Nanking in the largest and
most bitterly contested air battle
of the undeclared war. They
claimed three . Japanese planes
were shot down. Late in tile after- |
noon warning reached the Chinese
capital that 20 big Japanese
bombing planes had taken off
from aircraft carriers lying off the
mouth of the Yangtze and were !
heading for Nanking.i
From the United States cruiser Au
usta. $10,000,000 flagship of the
merican Fleet, grim-faced blue jack
ts carried the shell-ripped body of a
1-year-old Louisiana boy. one of the
rew’ and the fourth American to be
illed since the hostilities started. The
ody was wrapped in the Stars and
tripes.
The mighty Augusta still lay reso
ltely at anchor on a curve of the
Vhangpoo near the heart of the In
ernational Settlement to protect
imerican lives while investigators
ought to learn tile origin of the 1
nch anti-aircraft shell that killed the
eaman. F'reddie John F’algout of
taceland. La.
A routine Navy board, headed by
lomdr. E. H. Kincaid of the Au
usta, heard testimony of persons
vho witnessed the shelling. Chinese ■
(See CHINA. Page A-3 )
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MONTAGUE RETURNS
TO FACE CHARGE
Mysterious Golfer and Friend of
Hollywood Stars Waives
Extradition.
the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. August 21.—'"Mys
erious John” Montague—he of the
ron grip atui deadly golfing eye—
vas en route to New York today to
ace a 7-vear-old robbery charge.
Unexpectedly waiving extradition,
he man whom George Von Elm once
ailed "the greatest golfer in the
rnrld.” volunteered yesterday to re
urn and “face the music." He left
sat night with three New York offl
•ers.
As La Verne Moore, Montague is
moused of participating In the $700
mld-up of a Jay, N. Y„ roadhouse
n 1930.
Screen friends—Bing Crosby, Guy
■Cibbie, Oliver Hardy and others—
•allied to Montague's defense when
re was arrested July 9. They plead
•d with Gov. Frank Merriam of Cali
fornia to refuse extradition on the
•rounds Ve had lived an exemplary
ife here.
Gov. Merriam still had New York
State's extradition request under ad
visement when Montague announced
hi* decision. He had been free under
$10,000 bond.
SABOTAGE RULED OUT
LOS ANGELES. August 21
Rollin C. McNitt, national labor re
lations examiner, said in a statement
today he was certain no sabotage was
committed on an Army plane under
construction during a strike at the
Douglas Aircraft plant.
McNitt issued his statement at the
close of a hearing into charges the
Douglas company discriminated
against employes for union actlvi*.
He said it would be some time befwe
h- made a decision.
Boy ‘Trying to Make GootV Dies
After Blast at Training School
Succumbs Happy in Thought He Had
Earned Place on Foot Ball Team.
Tiro Others Burned.
Explosion of a gasoline blow torch at
the National Training School for Boys I
end'd 17-year-old Pete Vakas' valiant i
struggle along the road bark, but he
died in Gallinger Hospital this morn
• ing happy in the knowledge that he
j had von a place on the foot ball team.
! Two-thirds of the lads body was
: burned early yesterday when the blow
i torch exploded in the machine shop i
j and sprayed him and G. Lancaster
1 Lloyd. 50. chief of machinery at the
! institution, with blazing gasoline.
As Pete vas carried into the hospi
| ta 1 at the school, he sobbed to Col. j
j Claude D. Jones, superintendent of
I the institution:
"Gash, colonel, does this mean I
: won't be able to make the foot ball
j team after all?"
When Col. Jones assured the injured
j vouth that nothing could prevent him
! from playing with the first team, Pete
| smiled.
Pete was a problem when he first
came to the institution a year and
, a half ago and twice he escaped But
| six months ago he told Col. Jones he,
wanted to play wiih tVie foot ball
team and Intended to be a credit to
the institution.
It was Pete's eagerness to make
good that prompted him to crouch
close to the pot in which Lloyd was
melting lead to repair a water pipe,
alert for an opportunity to lend a
helping hand, and caused his death.
As Lloyd adjusted the flame, the
torch blew up. Lloyd and Pete, their
clothing on fire. ran. blinded with
pain, in opposite directions. Several
other boys who had been working
near the torch pursued Lloyd and
Pete, hurled them to the ground and
beat out the flames.
Llovd was burned about the face
and neck, but his condition is not
believed to be serious. William Decker,
17. of Tennessee, was burned on the
left leg. Doctors at Gallinger Hos
pital worked all last night in an
effort to save Pete's life.
Pete was the son of a banana
vendor. His family lives at 406 Eighth
street southwest.
Girl. 18, Attacked and Killed
With Brick—Murderer
Escapes.
By 'h*1 A.ssocia'ed Press.
CHICAGO, August 21.—Miss Anna
Kuchta, 18, a student nurse at the
Chicago Hospital, on the South Side,
was criminally attacked and slain,
Police Capt. John B. Prendergast said,
by a man who crushed her skull with
a brick early today.
Detectives said the slaying w<as
similar to those of other women in
Chicago in the last two years.
The killer, police said, fled through
a'fire escape window w hen Miss Flor
ence Palmowski, 19. another nurse
opened the door of the room to call
Miss Kuchta after a rest period.
Miss Palmowski found the body on
the floor near a cot. It was clad only
with stockings and white shoes. De
tectives said the killer had srufTed part
of a pillow down the girl's throat.
A bureau had been ransacked and
a small radio was reported missing. A
coroner's investigator said she had
been attacked.
Had Gone to Room to Rest.
Miss Kuchta had gone to the room
to rest about 4 a m and her body
was found an hour and a half later.
Miss Palmowski said she saw only
the man's back as he went out the
window. She described him as 19 or
20 year old, wearing a white shirt,
dark trousers and a light cap.
Police said she could not say defi
nitely whether he was white or colored.
Detectives found a paving brick
on the window sill. They said it was
the weapon used by the slayer.
Police said the killer apparently
had attempted to gain entrance to
the room two weeks ago. Nurses re
ported at that time they saw' a man
on the fire escape with a wrapped
package in his hands. Twu days
earlier a screen had been removed
from a window of the room, police
said.
Hyde Park police placed a guard
at the hospital fpr four days after the
man was reported seen on the fire
escape. The guard W'as withdrawn
when the man did not make another
appearance in that time.
The slaying, police said, was similar
to others in Chicago in the last two
years. In each case the victims were
women and the slayers used bricks
as the death weapons.
Only recently a woman Vas at
tacked and beaten by a colored man
armed with a brick who entered her
hotel room by a window.
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r*Ai ennuiia cctc ormon
wnwk.k/\/iiin Ok. I MUUUIIU
Crosses to Foynes in 11 Hours and
33 Minutes.
FOYNES. Irish Free State, August
21 iflh.—The British flying boat Cale
donia arrived here at 10:15 a.m. (4:15
a m., E. S. T.) today after another ex
perimental crossing of the North At
lantic from Botwood, Newfoundland.
The hop completed the third round
trip of Imperial Airways planes over
the Northern route since survey flights
were started early in July.
The Caledonia's flying time was an
nounced as 11 hours. 33 minutes, which
was the fastest crossing of any of the
Survey trips.
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NAZIS SENTENCE FIVE
Members of Bible Stut^nt Society
Sent to Prison.
DUISBURG, Germany, August 21
(A>).—Five members of the Interna
tional Bible Students’ Society, which
has been outlawed in Nazi Germany,
were sentenced today to terms of from
four months to two years as “fanatical
enemies of the state.”
Originally, five men and two women
were arrested. Police said one man
committed suicide in jail. Another
was acquitted.
All were accused of trying to flood
the country with pamphlet* “contain.
,ing allegations against the present
regime.”
ROOSEVELT SCANS
FAR EASTREPORTS
Follows Policy of Watchful
Waiting After Killing
of 1). S. Sailor.
By the Associate Press.
President Roosevelt snd his cabi
net, studying every report from the
Sino-Japanese conflict, followed a pol
icy of "watchful waiting" today.
The killing of an American sailor
and the wounding of 18 others at'
; Shanghai brought the President and
his advisers together in grave dis
cussion yesterday. It was a Japanese
shell, the cabinet was told, that struck
ihe Augusta, flagship of the United
States Asiatic Fleet
There was no indication, however,
i there will be any immediate steps at
' this end.
Hull said Government officials had
expressed no belief that the shell that
struck the Augusta was fired in any
hostile manner.
Discussing plans for evacuating ,
civilians from China. Hull said suffi
cient American commercial and naval
vessels are in Chinese waters to con
tinue to move out Americans sys
tematically and in aa large numbers
as necessary.
' Mr. Roosevelt rebuked at his press
! conference private individuals who
called for invocation of the neutrality (
act. which bars shipments of arms
to belligerent nations.
Government officials, he said, prob
i ably know more about the situation
than outsiders.
The Slate Department has withheld
recommendations that the neutrality
: restrictions be laid down. The work
ings of the law in this situation, ofll- i
cials have said, would handicap only
one nation, presumably China.
Secretary Hull said that the United
Slates will continue to protect its
citizens.
A far-flung system of communica
tions kept Hull and the President in
close touch with military and dip- |
lomatic authorities. By cable and ■
wireless, Mr. Roosevelt obtained infor
mation almost instantly from Ad- t
miral Harry E. Yarnell, commander i
of the Asiatic Fleet.
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GUFFEYS OUSTER
Wheeler and O’Mahoney
Take Senate Floor to An
swer Radio Attack.
PENNSYLVANIAN ALSO
HAD ASSAILED BURKE
Montanan Declares Guffey Was
“Afraid’’ to Deliver Speech
on Floor.
Senators Wheeler, Democrat, of
Montana and O'Mahonev, Democrat,
of Wyoming shouted defiance in the
Senate today of threats from Senator
Guffey, Democrat, of Pennsylvania to
defeat them and called for removal of
the Pennsylvanian as head of the
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Com
mittee.
The two Senators, who opposed the
Roosevelt court bill, took the Senate
floor at the outset of today's session to
reply to the speech last night by
Guffey.
The sleek, well-dressed Pennsylvania
Senator sat quietly in his rear-row
seat while Wheeler and O'Mahoney
turned toward him shouting their
wra*hful denunciations. He smiled a
little when Wheeler promised to in
vade Pennsylvania to campaign against
him for election as Governor of the
Keystone State.
O Mahoney interrupted Wheeler to
assert that if he had the power he
would not ‘'change a word, or a line,
or a vote'' of his record. In ringing
voice, he told Guffev thai Ouffev had
not harmed the Senators he had men
tioned, but the Democratic parly.
The three Guffey mentioned prin- !
cipallv were O Mahoney. Wheeler and
Senator Burke. Democrat, of Nebraska j
He predicted the defeat of O Mahonev
and Burke and said Wheeler would
have "plenty'’ of explaining to do1
before 1940
mtoui* ii uimey.
O'Mahoney, turning to face Guffey,
shouied at him:
'The sooner we get that man re
moved from the position he occupies
now the belter it will be for the Demo
cratic party.”
Wheeler had obtained the Senate !
floor as soon as a quorum was as
sembled. He stalled off by asserting
that Guffey had not written the
speech he delivered on the radio and
that he was "afraid'' to deliver the
speech on the Senate floor.
Wheeler won the floor to reply to i
Guffey despite a point of order raised 1
by Senator La Follette. Progressive, of
Wisconsin. By a voice vole the Sen
ate shouted down the objection and
permitted Wheeler to proceed.
Wheeler's remarks on the floor came
while a quiet movement got underway
unofficially to depose Guffev from the
chairmanship of the Democratic Sen
atorial Campaign Committee.
Bitter Feeling Aroused.
His demand that Senators who op
posed President Roosevelt's court re
organization be defeated aroused bitter
feeling in the ranks of the opponents,
and precipitated one of the most ex
plosive political situations this session
has known—just a few hours before
adjournment time.
Wheeler told the Senate:
‘T feel highly honored that the '
Senator front Pennsylvania should
have singled me out as one of three
members of the Senate for the pur
pose of broadcasting a speech last
evening that every one knows he didn't
write and that every one knows he
wouldn't dare to deliver on the floor
of the Senate because he knows he •
would have to yield to answer ques
tions.”
Burke Make* Appeal.
Meanwhile, Senator Burke, one of
the administration's most outspoken j
Democratic critics, asked the Nation
today to permit no future "attack”
on "the independence of our courts.”
He made the request in a radio
speech.
Burke, discussing chiefly farm and
labor problems, touched only briefly
oji the court question and made no
(See GUFFEY, Page A-3.)
Summary of Today’s Star
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Page. Page.
Art_B-3 Obituary_A-9
Books_B-2 Radio _C-l*
Church News. Real Estate,
B-4-5 C-l-7
Comics _B-6-7 Serial St»ry..C-l*
Drama-C-16 Short Story.. B-5
j Editorials_A-6 Society _A-S
i Finance ... A-l* Sports. _C-8-9
Lost & Found C-l# Woman's Pg._ B-8
Music _B-3
FOREIGN.
Flames rase 11 square mile* of
Shanghai. Page A-l
Manila preparing to receive additional
refugees. Page A-3
Franco's forces advance on Eastern
Spain. Page A-3
Fierce battle is fought at Nankow
Pass. Page A-3
NATIONAL.
Ouster of Guffey from campaign post
reported launched. Page A-l
Weary Congress nears adjournment
today. Page A-l
Roosevelt studies Far East reports
closely. Page A-l
Chicago nurse attacked and slain in
hospital. Page A-l
Wage-hour fight is forecast in ranks
of A. P. of L. Page A-S
Aarmy-Navy defense fund large*t in
peacetime history. Page A-3
Mattern leads flyers of three nations
in search for Russians. Page A-5
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Husband found shot to death after wife
disappears from home. Page A-l
Break in heat wave in prospect; five
prostrations. Page A-l
Boy, 17, dies after explosion at train
ing school. Page A-l
' D. C. National Guard ends two-week
encampment. ’fage A-S
| Washingtonians among Americans
I safely evacuated. Page A-S
. x.
Sneak thief steals *81 from hosless i
and guests at party. Page A-1S j
Year's traffic told at 89 as motorist
dies. Page A-1J '
Spoils system denounced at closing ses
sion of Round Table. Page A-U
Gobel Arm refuses to cease work on
slaughter house. Page A-1*
Copeland-May airport bill passed by
Congress. Page A-13
Several important D. C. bills passed |
in session. Page a-13
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Page a-8
This and That. Page A-S
Stars. Men and Atoms. Page A-8
Answers and Questions. Page A-8
David Lawrence. Page A-7
H. R. Bukhage. Page A-7
Mark Sullivan. Page A-7
Jay Franklin. Page A-7
Lemuel F. Parton. Page A-7
SPORTS.
Maranvllle likely big league manager
next season. Page C-8
Red Sox—and Grove—prove pet vic
tims of Griffmen. Page C-8
Pirates come to life, threaten Cubs
and Giants. Page C-8
United States Wightman Cup team
seeks sweep over British. Page C-»
Middle Atlantic team play golf revival
planned. Page C-9
Shotmakers ready for United States
amateur golf tourney. Page C-9
MISCELLANY.
Nature's Children. Page B-5
Traffic Convictions. Page B-5
Vital Statistics. Page B-5
Service Orders. Page B-5
Cross-word Pusxle. Page B-8
Bedtime Story. Page B-8
Letter*Out. ^ B'7
Dorothy Dix. > Page B-8
Betsy Caswell. Page B-l
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AFTER WIFE FLEES
Mrs. Eugene Williams Dis
appears—He Is Found
Dead Few Hours Later.
BULLETIN.
A penciled note addressed "To
Whom It May Concern" was found
in a pocket of Malcolm Eugene
Williams' trousers when his body
was examined by police. Detective
Sergt. John Wise disclosed this aft
ernoon. Contents of the message
were not disclosed, pending com
pletion of the police search for
Williams' missing wife.
(Picture on Page A-2.)
A few hours after his wife left for
an unknown destination, Malcolm
Eugene Williams, 34, a machine
operator in an ice cream plant, was
found shot to death today in the
second-floor bed room of his home at
312 Fourteenth street northeast.
At a late hour this morning rel
atives and friends of the missing
woman, Mrs. Rose Williams, 32. had
been unable to locate her. They
feared she might have attempted
suicide following an all-night dispute
with her husband.
Police reported Williams apparently
had committed suicide, although the
coroners office is still investigating
the case. The couple quarreled and
Mrs. Williams fled the home about
5 a m., police were told, and the fatal
shot was fired two hours later.
Mrs. Maude Bailey, who, with her
husband. Henry Bailey, rooms at the
Williams home, heard a shot about
5 o'clock and found Williams lying in
his bed. fully clothed, with a bullet
wound in his head.
An ambulance was summoned from
Casualty Hospital and Williams was
pronounced dead by the physician in
charge. A revolver, one cartridge of
which had been discharged, was found
beside Williams’ body.
Williams' two sons, Frank, 6. and
Malcolm, 9, were in the house when
the shooting occurred. Police were
Told Mrs. Williams had been up all
night with her husband, who had in
sisted on drinking and was in a
quarrelsome mood.
About daylight Mrs. Williams fled
without telling anybody where she was
ttOllltf Wi I hunt* Evan..--1. a- ..
her. He went next door to the home
of his wife a sister, Mrs. Margaret
Bui nett, at 514 Fourteenth street
noi theast. Mrs. Burnett had not seeu
her sister.
Williams then went to the home of
his father-in-law, George O. Berkley,
1227 F street northeast. Learning his
wife was not there, he returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey noticed he had a
gun in his pocket after he returned
they said.
They tried to persuade him to give
up the weapon, they declared, but he
refused, saying he was going upstairs
and get some sleep. Shortly later, the
shot rang out.
Mrs. Williams’ father said he had
nevei known his daughter to leave lier
children before. He and Mrs. Burnett
expressed the fear that the wife had
ended her life.
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MORTON D. HULL DIES;
WAS REPRESENTATIVE
Illinois Republican Served in
House Troni 1923
to 1933.
Br the Associated Press.
BENNINGTON. Vt„ August 21.—
Morton Deuisou Hull, 60, former Re
publican Representative from Illinois,
died during the night at his Summer
home after a long illness.
A native of Chicago, he was gradu
ated from Phillips Academy, Exeter,
N. H., in 1885 and from Harvard four
years later. He was admitted to the
bar in 1892.
After serving in the Illinois House
of Representatives and Senate he was
a delegate to the Republican National
Convention at Chicago In 1916, and a
member of the Sixty-eighth to Sev
enty-second Congress from 1923 to
1933 from the Second Illnlois district.
His wife, the former Katherine
Bingham, died in 1931. He leaves a
son, Denison B. Hull.
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Cabin Cruiier Burns.
EGG HARBOR, Wis., August 21 (/P).
—One person was injured when a 38
foot cabin cruiser carnjhpg 12 passen
gers and a crew of two<3ught fire and
exploded in Green Bay late today.
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Hoover, in Socks, I
T a 1 k s F i s h i ii g
W i l h S h oema ker
Former President Has
Shoes Re/taired in
Oregon Shop.
By 111* Associated Pres*
MEDTORD. Oreg . August 21 —It's
a usual thing for W. T. Stevens' cus
tomers to sit in their stocking feet and
gossip while he fixes their shoes, but '
today Stevens reported a special occa
sion.
The shoeless mar who discussed
fishing and the Chinese war for 10
minutes was former President Hoover.
Conference Discussed.
PAIX) ALTO. Calif., August 21 (/P.
Former President Herbert Hoover said
yesterday proposals for a Nation-wide
party conference to consider Repub
lican principles had been discussed
with both Alf M. I.andon of Kansas,
1936 presidential nominee, and Na
tional Chairman John D. M. Ham
ilton.
"The notion that there is friction
over such discussion is piffle," he
said.
"The press carried a statement from
Washington that the idea of a gen
eral conference of all Republican
leaders and of all delegates in the
Spring of 1938, for the purpose of
making a declaration of fundamental
principles was not discussed with
Gov. Iaindon or Mr, John Hamilton.
"That statement is untrue. The
idea arises from leaders in many
Slates. Some of them ha\e discussed
it with Gov. Landon and so far as I
know, discussions are still proceed
ing. It was discussed months ago
with Mr. Hamilton, who undertook
to recommend the proposal to the Re
publican National Executive Commit
tee.”
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CALIFORNIA'S WATER
SUPPLY IS GUARDED
Ill Feeling Mounts st Banning
Camp Over Wounding of Five
C. I. O. Pickets.
Ey the Associated Pres*.
BANNING. Calif., August 21 —
Squads of sheriffs’ deputies and special
officers guarded the Banning camp of
the metropolitan water district's Colo- \
rado River Aqueduct today as ill feel- j
ing mounted over the wounding last
night of five C. I. O. pickets.
Union leaders asserted officers used
buck shot in the disturbance. Sheriff
Carl Rayburn of Riverside County
denied the assertion.
The injured men were part of a
crowd assembled near the entrance to
the camp, which has been picketed for j
the past week by members of the Mine, j
Mill and Smelter Workers' Union, a
C. I. O. affiliate.
Sheriff Rayburn said violence be- j
came necessary when the pickets threw
rocks at highway patrol cars which
were following a bus taking workers
into the camp.
The union is demanding a closed
shop.
BLOND TO FACE COURT
IN POISON DEATH CASE
Mra. Hahn Will Be Arraigned To
day—Must Alao Answer Two
Other Charges.
By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, August 21.—Mrs.
Anna Hahn, 31-year-old German
born blond, accused in two indict
ments with poisoning elderly Cin
cinnatians. returned to court today
for arraignment on warrants charg
ing murder, larceny and being a fu
gitive from justice.
The woman attended yesterday’s
arguments on motions of her attor
neys attacking the two indictments.
Arraignment today before Municipal
Judge Otis Hess was on indictments
charging Mrs. Hahn with the poison
deaths of George Gsellman, 67, and
Jacob Wagner, 78, the larceny war
rant, issued by George Heis, 63, charg
ing theft of S140 and a *75 ring, and
the fugitive warrant, issued in Colo
rado Springs, charging theft of three
rings worth *305.
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Chicken Thief Chase*?
Congress today considered a bill
that might conceivably, opponents de
clared, put Federal G-men to chasing
chicken thieves.
The measure wild make It a Fed
eral offenae to wansport stolen live
stock or poultry aero** Btate line*.
HEAT WAVE HERE
Forecaster Spots Rain
clouds That May Bring
Week-End Relief.
!
Temperatures
Midnight *1 7 a m..77
1 am.- 80 8 am._80
2 a m.- 79 9 a m.85
3 a m..78 10 a m..87
4 a m. --77 11 a m._88
5 a m. .. .. 76 12 noon_90
6 a m.-76 1 p.m._91
A relentless sun promised to broil
the Capital again today, but the fore
caster has spotted rain clouds that
might bring a measure of relief over
the week end.
The toll of prostrations increased by
five during the last 24 hours, which
also saw the temperature soar to a
new Summer record of 97 degrees.
With slightly overcast skies not ex
pected to provide much of a buffer
between the sun s rays, this high mark
may be jeopardized this afternooon if
comparable temperatures mean any
thing. At 9 a m. today the reading
was 85, five degrees higher than for
the same hour yesterday.
Considering the official forecast of
"partly cloudy, probably local showers
tonight and Sunday, with not much
change in temperature.” thousands of
Washingtonians prepared to embark
on trips to beaches and other cooler
climes.
Employes Leave Early.
As the mercury surged above the
90-degree mark for the third suc
cessive day, nearly all divisions of the
Treasury, the General Accounting
Office and the District Building turned
their employes out early.
Employes at the Bureau of Public
Roads were not so fortunate, but a
sympathetic restaurateur came to
their rescue by donating 12 gallons
of lemonade to help them withstand
the oppressive heat.
Hundreds of persons left their
homes, made unbearable as the tern- ;
perature failed to go below the middle
70s during the night, and sought cool
spots in the parks. Many spread
blankets and slept on the grass.
Sleeper Falls Off Roof.
Muses Henson, 35. colored, met with
disaster when he tried to And com
fort by sleeping on the roof of his
home, 447 Second street southwest.
He rolled off and fell three stories, i
At Gallmger Hospital he was said
to have suffered fractures of both
arms, broken ribs and possibly in
ternal injuries.
Those overcome were Mrs. Bess
Crawford, 40, of 335 W street; Herbert
Bobo, 50. of 235 Morgan street north
east; Willis Barnes, 24, of 1309 I
street; George Fleming, 31, of Ta
koma Park, Md., and Dewey Baker,
33. of Seat Pleasant, Md.
Of the country's larger cities only
Boston, where the high mark was
93, was hotter than the District. Older
"hot spots'' were St. Louis, 94; New
York, 94; Atlanta, 94; Richmond, 92;
Tampa and Jacksonville, 92, and New
Orleans, 92.
The only city that had much in
the way of precipitation was Kansas
City, where the rainfall totaled 1.68
inches.
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VIRGINIA TROOPER SLAIN
BY SON IN ARGUMENT
Prosecutor Says Shooting Near
South Boatbu “Clear Case"
of “Self-Defense.'’
By the Associated Press.
SOUTH BOSTON, Va„ August 21
Deputy Sheriff H. E. Boelte said State
Traffic Officer N. G. Terry, 62, was
shot to death at- his home 6 miles
south of here last night by his son,
Btover Terry, 26, following an argu
ment.
Commonwealth's Attorney M. B.
Booker, who Investigated the shooting,
said it was a “clear” case of “self
defense.” Booker said a preliminary
warrant charging murder had been
issued and that Stover’s bond for
release pending hearing next Satur
day would be given today.
The county coroner viewed the
body, but no inquest was held, Booker
said.
Officer Terry had been on the State
police force silfte January 15, 1929.
and was assign* to South Boston and
Halifax.
nr
DRAWS ID CLOSE
Rayburn Predicts Adjourn
ment Will Come by
“Sundown.”
MUCH OF ORIGINAL
PROGRAM POSTPONED
Housing Measure and Deficiency
Appropriation Action to
Conclude Work.
MTXETIV.
The House approved a compro
mise form of a $526.00(1.00(1 low-cost
housing and slum clearance bill
today.
Bj the Associated Press.
A weary Congress neared ad; urn
ment today, but with so much of its
original program postponed that mem
bers half expected President Roosevelt
to call them back In two months.
Majority Leader Rayburn. Democrat,
of Texas predicted this session* end
will come "by sundown."
Little remained except to bring the
Senate and House into agreement on
the final form of the Wagner housing
measure and the deficiency appropria
finn hill
Both branches had approved the
two bills, but in such varied form that
conference committees had to go to
work to compose the differences.
Senators and Representatives about,
to head homeward were eager to learn
at first hand how the voters felt about
what they have accomplished—and
what they sidetracked.
Those Senators who helped defeat
President Roosevelt's court bill w-pre
particularly eager to appraise the pos
sibility of reprisals.
They had heard Senator Guffev
Democrat, of Pennsylvania sav last
night they ought not be sent back to
Washington.
In a sensationally frank speech.
Guffey called specifically for the de
feat of Senators Burke. Democrat, of
Nebraska and O Mahonev, Democrat
of Wyoming, two of the leaders in
the fight on the court bill. He called
them ingrates ” He also mentioned
by name Senator Wheeler, Democrat,
of Montana.
Sugar and Tax Passed.
Two major pieces of legislation went
to the While House yesterday—the
sugar quota bill and the tax loophole
plugging measure.
Tiie sugar bill's fate was obscure, de
spile efforts to amend it to Mr.
Roosevelt's satisfaction. He had ob
jected to any limitations on island
possessions, which he said might be
unfair.
The tax bill, howeypr. was certain
of approval. The President had asked
for it when he found revenue w'as far
below expectations last Spring. It
hits particularly at what Treasury
officials said was the use by the
wealthy of personal holding companies
to avoid taxes.
The Senate also sent a S34.000.nn0
flood-control bill to the White Hou.se.
The President indicated he would sign
it. although not approving of all its
provisions.
Mr. Roosevelt vetoed a bill to set
S2.000 as a minimum annual pay for
United States marshals.
The Senate approved late yesterday
a S150.000.000 deficiency appropriation
bill and sent it to conference. The
House had passed it earlier in th«
amount of S98.000.000.
House Works Late.
The House worked late at a nigh'
session, acting on nearly two private
bills a minute and sustaining that
speed for almost an hour.
Representative O Connor, Democrat,
of New York, presiding, hammered
through decisions on 107 measures
in 55 minutes. Of these 94 pass’d
and 13 were blocked by objections.
Through the session as a whole,
however, speed was noticeable oni.
by its absence.
The debate on the court bill, wind
ing up in passage only of a procedure
reform measure that could have passed
any time, was the notable feature
of the session.
From early February on. in Con
gress and out. arguments raged o:i
the merits of Mr Roosevelt's proposal
■ See CONGRESS, Page AOT)
BINGHAM EN ROUTE
TO SEE ROOSEVELT
Sails Unexpectedly From London.
Far East Believed Likely
to Be Main Topic.
E» (he Associated Press.
LONDON, August 21.—Robert W.
Bingham. Ambassador to London,
sailed unexpectedly today to confer
with President Roosevelt on the in
ternational situation.
One report, which was not con
firmed. said Mr. Roosevelt had sum
moned the Ambassador for urgent
discussions of how far Great Britain
is willing to go with the United StatPs
in efforts to halt the Sino-Japanese
hostilities.
The Ambassador departed from
Southampton aboard the Empress of
Britain. News of his going, a spokes
man said, had been concealed care
fully at his instructions.
While it Is known that Bingham will
discuss international affairs with the
President, their exact nature was not
revealed. The Embassy spokesman
declined to comment when asked
whether the hasty trip was connected
with the Sino-Japanese crisis.
"Mr. Bingham will be back within
a month," a spokesman said.
Reasons for Trip Personal.
Secretary Hull said today that Am
basador Robert W. Bingham was re
turning homyirom London for per
sonal reasnor Hull aaid Bingham'*
visit would ba brM,