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SEES 3 STORMS
Critical Period Past, bul
Threat Will Be Watched
Until November.
By the Associated Press.
The hurricane season passed its
peak with only three storms of gale
force recorded by the Weather Bureau
Last year, the hurricane season pro
duced 17 storms which came out of
the tropics with a force of more than
60 miles an hour.
Charles L. Mitchell, Washington
forecaster, cautioned, however, that
the period for tropical disturbances
•has not passed. Not until November
will the Weather Bureau stop look
ing diligently for these storms, and
even then a late comer may blow out
of the South Sea.
Only one of the three storms this
year actually hit the South Atlan
tic Coast. On July 29, a storm with
about a 50-mile wind struck the West
Florida Coast just north of Tampa
and crossed the peninsula. Property
damage was not heavy, the Weather
Bureau reported.
Between August 24 and September
2, a storm beat its way up the At
lantic Seaboard, but the center never
touched land. The third storm dur
ing the middle of September stayed
well out to sea until it reached Nova
Scotia, where it turned inland and
was felt at Eastport, Me.
Today, the Weather Bureau was
watching a tropical storm far out to
sea. in the South Atlantic. It was
first reported south of the Azores by
a ship on the yay to Africa. The
storm was lost for two days when it
again was reported slightly east of the
previous position, but still so far away
the Weather Bureau could not predict
whether it ever would reach the shores
of the United States.
Mitchell said it was not rare for a
-season to pass with only three hurri
canes. He brought out graphs to show
there were seven seasons on record
when only one or two tropical disturb
ances were recorded. The records go
back 50 years.
Recently, however, reports of hurri
canes seem to have been more numer
ous Mitchell said this was partly
due to improved facilities for charting
the storms. Until comparatively re
cently. he said, many a storm blew
itself out at sea without the bureau
ever hearing of it. Now ships report
disturbances, their violence and loca
tion. and many storms appear on the
bureau's charts that live onty a day
or two and never touch land.
HIGH COURT TEST SEEN
FOR FORD LABOR CASE
N. L. It. B. Officials Studying Rec
ord of Hearings With the
“Utmost Care.’’
Et the Associated Press.
Labor Relations Board officials said
yesterday they are studying with “ut
most care" the record of hearings on a
complaint that the Ford Motor Co.
violated the Wagner labor disputes
act, because board attorneys felt that
the case eventually would go to the
Supreme Court.
Officials said reports that the Ford
ease would be reopened for additional
evidence were unfounded. They said
a decision had been delayed to ex
pedite rulings in emergency cases in
which strikes, or threatened strikes,
were involved.
Robert Wohlforth, secretary of the
Senate Civil Liberties Committee,
meanwhile refused to comment on re
ports that the committee had dropped
Its investigation of labor relations in
the Ford plants.
Ambassador’s New Home
Ambassador Hans Dieckhoff. Germany’s Minister to the
United States, will live at this newly rented residence at 2929
Massachusetts avenue when he returns from abroad. The home,
now in process of redecoration, once housed the Hungarian Lega
tion. Offices of the German Embassy will remain at their
present address, 1439 Massachusetts avenue.
__—Underwood & Underwood Photo.
END OF POLLUTION
IN WATTS RUN SEEN
Chairman of Public Works Com
mittee of Federation Reports
on Activities.
The polluted condition of Watts Run
in the Deanwood section may be elim
inated in the near future, Howard B.
Woodson, chairman of the Public
Works Committee of the Federation of
Civic Associations, reported at a meet
ing of the group Friday night in the
board room of the District Building.
Woodson said funds for draining
the section would be made available
by the National Capital Parks, which
has given promise of an early start
on this project.
Woolsey W\ Hall, president, reported
he appeared with a group of colored
night school teachers to protest in
I auguration of a new night school
teacher selection plan. The plan,
which the board postponed for at
least a year, would have required col
lege degrees for certain positions. The
teachers contended they would not be
eligible for appointment this year as
I they would not have time to qualify
| under the new requirements.
A committee consisting of James
D. Pair, George W. Beasley, Maj. H. D.
Queen, George H. Ganaway and Mrs.
Velma Williams was appointed to
study proposals for reorganization of
the District government.
DIES SUDDENLY
ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 25
(Special).—Mrs. Edith J. Mills, 37,
wife of Michael B. Mills, died sud
denly early today at the Alexandria
Hospital. The cause of her death was
undetermined.
Mrs. Mills leaves, besides her hus
band, three daughters, Miss Mary V.
and Miss Anna ViAla Mills and
Mrs. Louise Breen, and three sons,
Ernest C., Linwood R. and Robert C.
Mills, all of this city.
The funeral will be conducted at 2
o’clock Tuesday from the Christian
Church. Rev. R. W. Frame pastor,
officiating. Interment will be1 in Ivy
Hill Cemetery.
TRAFFIC CONVICTIONS
FOURTH-OFFENSE SPEEDING.
Elmer V. Lynch, 1348 Twenty-sev
enth street, $25.
FIRST-OFFENSE SPEEDING.
William F. Flemings, 146 C street
•outhwest, $5.
Wilbur T. O'Brien, 607 Fourth
•treet, $5,
Melchar D. Carino, Maryland, $5.
Lorenzo Robinson, 805 O street, $10.
Ernest W. Crosson, 3619 Twentieth
•treet northeast. $5.
Warren M. Whitmore, 1335 JefTer
•on street, $5.
Carlos J. Keene, 3144 Mount Pleas
ant street, $5.
Carroll F. Ingalls, 4708 Wisconsin
avenue, $10.
William R. Pierce, Virginia, $10.
Joseph Martino, 1622 Thirty-fourth
•treet, $10.
John C. Crist, 2321 King place, $5.
Mischa L. Niedelman, 732 Park Cen
• tral Apartments, $5.
Clarence W. Richard, 628 Eighth
•treet northeast, $5.
Carl I. Sanderson, 925 North Car
olina avenue southeast, $5.
James J. McMahon, 1341 T street
•outheast, $5.
Willis H. A. Fahey, Maryland, $5.
Henry L. Vota, 820 Sheridan
•treet, $5.
Leedy J. Cane, 4528 Fessenden
•treet, $5.
Robert H. Bowlinger, 1809 Park
eide drive, $5.
Ray R. Holsinger, Maryland, $5.
Herbert H. Norton, Maryland, $5.
Ben Mannis, 1747 Kllboume
place, $5.
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BIRTHS REPORTED
Daniel J. and Mary C. Ryan. boy.
James S. and Helen L. Taylor, boy.
Howard K. and Emily M Farrow, boy.
Everett C. and Alice M. Crites. boy.
Charles S. and Jeanne Bernard, boy.
Dunbar C. and Helen E Gordon, gorl.
Henry E. and Dorothy M. Amos. girl.
Wallace L. and Alma M. Schubert, girl.
Fenton P. and Kathryn R. Cogar. boy.
Thomas P. and Catherine M. McGlynn.
boy.
Charles E. and Agnes V. McKessor. boy.
Ellsworth J. and Frances E. Hand, boy.
Arthur snd Evelyn Brodie. boy.
Bernhard M. and Dorothea A. Soldi, boy.
David and Bertha Pepper, boy.
Peter L. and Mary E Flaherty, boy.
Alexander O. and Margaret K. Bohrer,
boy.
Dan M. and Emily P. Watt. girl.
Glenn W. and Georgia E. Wolfe, girl.
Henry C. and Santina Farley, girl.
Jack L. and Gladys E. Menefee. girl.
Wallace and Fannie P. Cook, girl.
Raymond E. and Gertrude L. *Funk. boy.
Lawrence G. and Louise Franklin, boy.
James E. and Mary L. Harvlll. boy.
Horace L. and Mary L. Masters, boy.
John R. and Sophia B Hagon. girl
Robert F and Elizabeth Whitney, girl.
Clarence M and Henri H. Yeatman. girl.
Joseph B. and Angelina Sapienza. boy.
Charles R. and Gertrude I. McArthur, boy.
Francis M. and Jane F. Call. boy.
Robert h. and Catherine M. Pfarr. boy.
Roger A. and Dorothy M. Bell. boy.
John H. and Helen Hamlin, boy.
Harcus W. and Edna M. Pugh. boy.
Walter A. and Martha J. Graham, boy.
Archie W. and Minnie G. Farr. boy.
Dominic I. and Mildred K. Rlcucci. girl.
Robert F. and Velma I. Evans, girl.
Joseph J. and Ely B. Carroll, girl.
Fred and Sylvia H. Rosenblat, girl.
Joseph S. and Laura V. Trunnell. girl.
Frank and Dorothy E Spicer, girl.
John A. and Venessa M. Thomas, boy.
Clarence and Florence Hawkins, boy.
Ferrell and Nannie Walker, boy.
Charles A. and Vivian Dunklns. boy.
Jame* and Margaret Douglas, boy.
Edward C. and Delores Jackson, girl.
f.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
W. H. Hoffmm.
Paul H. Hutalor 23. 422 8th st. n.e.. and
Eleanor B. Embrey. 23. c st
n a; Rev. W. 6. Abernethy.
h'” P Zsitiny. ■:*. 516,1 Fulton st.,
and Martha E. Thomas, 25. 1717 K st •
Rfv. A J. McCartney.
David Wlnakur, 21, and Leona Spector.
18. both of Baltimore; Rev. Abram
Simon.
RaJ?h and Hawi E Jordan.
’R' both of Richmond, Va.; Rev. John
c. Ban.
J0“Ph ?■ Harris. Jr.. 2.3. 810 Massa
chusetts ave. n.e . and Reba G. Phillips,
,, 24. 1015 N st.; Rev. John C. Ball.
Melvin W. Woods. 25. and Mary E. Rock
well. 18. both of 1654 44th st.; Rev. F
E. Warren.
William P Moore, 24. Farmington. Mo.
and Carlotte M. Tobin. 21. 1138 5th st.
n.e.; Rev. A. L. Lelsner.
Hllott A Billings. 24, Miami. Fla., and
Priscilla Robb, 22, if00 Hoban rd.; Rev.
F. E. Warren.
Robert A Makofske. 28. Hempstead. N. Y..
and Olivia E. Curran. 27. 922 Upshur
at. n.e.; Rev. O. V. Hartke.
_ . Rockville.
Gordon Brook Bingham. 21. and Jane
Everett Himes. 19. both of Washington.
Lawrence Allen Browder. 33. Washington,
and Louise Gladys Priest. 33, Peters
burg, Va.
Wilbur K Bruner. 21. and Georgetta
Norris 17. both of Washington.
Nelson H. Vanderan, 24. and Mildred E.
Btahl. 24. both of Mercersburg, Pa.
Chauncey B. Bailey. 48. and Mary A.
O Coflnor. 38. both of Washington.
f/dVc„Vau8hn Frasier. 27. and Helen
Marie Kemp. 27, both of Washington.
Gustave Shrolf. 33. and Elsie M. Posch
mann, 33, both of New York, N. Y.
DEATHS REPORTED
Maria H. Brayton. 93. 1217 Jefferson It.
Rosa V. Holmes. 78. 524 3rd st.
William W. Millan, 74, 5437 Connecticut
ave.
John H. Turner, 73. 829 3rd st. n.e.
James H De Pue. 89. Georaetown Hospital.
Ella Rollins. 87. 1805 Burke st. s.e.
P’ Br°"n- 5B- 2301 Cathedral are.
Louis Green. 62, 1814 A st. s.e.
DfLlle.Vi w'nes- 42. 516 14th st. s.e.
Robert s. Cowan. 39. 1208 Maple View
Pi. s.e.
Hospital' McGowan- 31. Walter Reed
ni-!lanjr J9jdnson- Providence Hospital.
2? H •XjrTTj9,n a a • 5,B- OalUnger Hospital,
^pital 5*a*t*1*ws- 5®. Tuberculosis Hos
B^iSie? vJaoIC!Sn',3n.>. Casualty Hospital.
R^h.r eAKi,B 3B- 1711 ilth st.
Robert A. Perry. 19. Providence Hospital.
U. S. Unit Refutes
Pointer’s View on
Crossing Delaware
Declares Washington
Would JSot Have Stood
I p in Open Boat.
Ey the Associated Press.
The National Park Service offered
its own explanation yesterday for
the painting of “Washington Cross
ing the Delaware.” in which it said
“realism is completely lacking.”
"No man in his senses, least of all
the commander in chief of the Con
tinental Armies, would stand erect in
an open boat while passage of an
ice-jammed river was being nego
tiated,” a Park Service bulletin ob
served. "But this was a circumstance
that no one appeared to consider
when Leutze's canvas appeared.
“Nor did it reflect upon the artist’s
sense of the fitness of things that his
model for the Delaware River was
the German Rhine, which he could
>e from the window of his studio.”
In explanation, the Park Service
said:
“It must be remembered that the
best schools of the early Victorian
period turned out work of similar
trend, and that according to the
standards of his day Emanuel Leutze
was an artist at once renowned and
popular.”
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AZORES REPORT FAILS
TO STIR U.S. AIR AIDES
American Interests “Well Taken
Care Of’’ by Pact, Declare
Aviation Officials.
By the Associated Press.
Government aviation officials ap
peared unconcerned westerday over re
ports that Portugal had refused France
permission to use the Azores as a base
for a projected trans-Atlantic service.
American interests, they said, were
"well taken care of” by the agree
ment with Great Britain under which
American and British planes already
have started test flights.
Informed officials said this Govern
ment had deferred action on German
and French requests for a similar
agreement, pending further experi
ence with the trans-Atlantic service.
Test flights by German and French
planes were made this year under
special limited agreements permitting
use of American terminal facilities.
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“Shorts” Have Until Mon
day to Pay $1.10 a Bushel
or Deliver Grain.
Ey the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 25.—Dis
ciplinary action against some of the
participants in the September corn
“squeeze” on the Chicago Board of
Trade loomed today after emergency
action by exchange directors had ab
ruptly suspended trading in that de
livery.
Charges of manipulation may be
filed, reliable sources said, with the
penalty, if guilt la proven, either
suspension or expulsion from the giant
exchange.
The Board of Directors was in ses
sion almost all of last night consider
ing the tangle and only a few hours
before trading opened at 9:80 am.,
cut the knot of conflicting views by
stopping trade in September corn.
The drastic order also provided all
open contracts, there were 8,012,000
bushels in them, be settled on a basis
of 81.10 >4 a bushel. The “shorts”
have the option of paying the price
for their unfulfilled contracts or of
delivering com. They have until
1:30 p.m. Monday afternoon to signify
their Intentions in writing.
Lending credence to rumors that
manipulation charges would be filed
was the statement of Kenneth S.
Templeton, president of the exchange,
explaining the directors had no other
course than to suspend trading to
prevent or halt manipulation under
terms of the commodity exchange
act.
September corn had fluctuated
wildly during the last two weeks with
price swings of as much as 8 cents a
day, the limit allowed by regulations.
The swings were interpreted variously,
but the consensus was that it was
another skirmish between a huge
Northwest grain company and pro
fessional speculators. The grain house
had purchased contracts calling for
delivery of corn and the speculators
were unable to get the grain because
1936 grown corn was scarce.
The grain firm, reported in exchange
circles to be Cargill, Inc., of Minne
apolis, was said to own contracts call
ing for approximately 6,000,000 bush
els of corn wanted for current milling
operations because the newly grown
grain was not dry enough.
The "short” interests included a
well-known Chicago speculator. La
Salle street gossip insisted for days the
Farmers’ National Grain Corp. may
have been on the "short” side at one
time, although officials of Farmers’
National refused to confirm or deny
this. This company Issued a state
ment Thursday charging there was
manipulation in September corn.
Cargill officials refused to comment
on the exchange order. Neither would
they confirm reports the Board of
Trade had ordered them to liquidate
1,000,000 bushels of September corn
Friday and they had flatly refused on
the ground this was unduly protecting
the "shorts.” The company was re
ported to have informed the Board of
Trade it had actual need of the corn.
Identity of other "longs” was not
disclosed and It was generally as
sumed they were tor the most part
speculators "riding the coattails" of
the dominant holder.
"This crisis,” Templeton said, "would
not havev arisen had it not been for
the near exhaustion of old domestic
corn due to the drought of previous
years, and this in spite of heavy im
portations of Argentine, South African
and other foreign corn, which shortage
permitted the long interests to take
advantage of the situation.”
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9 Trapped Men Escape.
ST. PAUL, Minn., September 25
UP)-—Nine men working on a sewer
project 185 feet underground were
trapped in total darkness and en
dangered by escaping air pressure for
a half hour last night when fire short
circuited the motor in the surface
decompressor shed.
Led by their foreman, the men
packed the end of the tunnel to keep
it from caving in, then climbed to
safety up a ladder to the head of the
shaft.
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Japan will strengthen its anti
profiteering regulations.
WANDERER’S BODY
WILL BE CREMATED
Action Asked in Cablegram From
Germany—Kin Have Not
Had Will Probated.
Police yesterday arranged for^crema
tion of the body of Herman Bode, the
starving and ragged wanderer who 1
died in Gallinger Hospital a week ago
and left an estate of more than $35,000
to relatives in Germany.
Capt. Ira Keck, assistant chief of
detectives, said cremation of the body,
which had lain unclaimed in the Dis
trict Morgue until yesterday, was re
quested in a telegram received through
the Germany Embassy from Adolph
Meyer of Hanover, Germany.
Meyer was named executor of
Bode's estate in a will which police
found in the wanderer's baggage for
warded here from New York. The
will divided his property equally
among a sister, a brother and the two
daughters of another brother, who
are believed to be living in Germany.
When Bode was found wondering
on the streets here, suffering from
under-nourishment and exposure, he
had $1,494 in cash in his pockets.
His baggage disclosed bank books
showing deposits in New York banks
amounting to more than $15,000:
more than $12,000 in German railroad
stock and $4,000 in paid up life
insurance. Capt. Keck said there
vas mention of a safety deposit box
n New York which might disclose
till further wealth.
So far. beneficiaries of the will
lave made no moves to have it pro
bated. Capt. Keck said Meyer's cable
[ram yesterday—the first response to
i cabled notice of Bode s death which
was dispatched the first of the week—
iid not indicate whether he planned
to come to this country to take charge
bf the estate.
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WISCONSIN DELEGATION
SHOWS MENAGERIE HERE
Some 500 Wisconsin Legionnaires,
returning from the national conven
tion in New York, stopped off here
long enough to exhibit a float con
taining quite a menagerie.
There was, first of all, a badger, em
blem of the State. Other mascots
were a porcupine, a fox. two white
tailed deer, a wolf and a raccoon.
They got along amicably, perhaps, be
cause they occupied separate cages on
the truck.
The float also exhibited six small
aquariums containing pike and tiger
muskellunge from Wisconsin waters.
The Wisconsin Legionnaires made
juite an impression in the parade.
The only untoward episode occurred,
D. L. Coon, a delegate, related, when
some one opened the badger's cage
and it mad* a break for freedom down
Eighth avenue. But the creature wa3
caught after a short chase.
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