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New Radio Dramas
On 'Road to Freedom'
To Start Tonight
English Revolution »
Led by Cromwell to
Be Theme of First
Man's bitterly contested struggle
for freedom from oppression will be
portrayed dramatically tonight in
the first episode Of -Road to Free
dom,” to be presented by Civic The
ater players at 8:30 o'clock over Sta
tion WMAL. sponsored by The Star
in co-operation with the Civic The
ater and Georgetown University.
The first of a scheduled series of
13 historical periods marking the
progress of the common man's fight
for the enjoyment of ordinary rights
and privileges, tonight's production,
“The Glorious Adventure.” will viv
idly recreate the sacrifices and cour
age of men and women who strug
gled for their rights nearly 300 years
ago.
The play has been written in the
language of the 20th century by
Charles Dillon, veteran radio writer
and now in charge of radio work for
the American Red Cross. To insure
historical accuracy and provide au
thentic background for the series,
Mr. Dillon collaborated with Dr.
James T. Lowe, history teacher at
Georgetown University.
Farmer Chief Character.
Familiar historical characters fur
nish only the background for the
play, which has as its chief charac
ter a young farmer who refuses to
submit to the oppression of a greedy
lord of the manor.
Centered about the period from
1642 to 1649. during the English rev
olution led by Oliver Cromwell
against monarchy and the divine
right of kings. “The Glorious Ad
venture” marks the birth of rule by
Parliament.
The central character is played by
Harrison Libbey. well known to
Washington followers of the Civic
Theater for his excellent stage per
formances. particularly in the title
role of “Johnny Johnson." produced
last year by the group.
Nancy Hutchinson plays the role
of his sweetheart. Joan, who fears
for their happiness because of his
bitter denunciation of the rulers of
the land. Norman Rose will play
the part of Hugh Peters, chaplain
to Cromwell, and Joe Bourne and
Dixie Clendenan will play the par
ents of Joan. The lord of the manor
will be portrayed by Paul Walter.
Others in Cast.
Other members of the Civic The
ater players who make up the cast
are Betty Rice, Donald Sisler, Ed
ward Stevlingson, George Finger. Ted
Tenley. Robert Anderson and Rich
ard Gee.
F. Cowles Strickland, director of
the Civic Theater for the last two
years, has directed the cast for to
night's dramatization, which shows
John, the young farmer, forced into
the service of King Charles the
First. Later the young man joins
the opposing forces and commands i
the detachment that brings the !
King to the block.
Succeeding episodes will be pre
sented each Saturday for 13 weeks
from 8:30 to 9 p.m. over the same
station. The campaign for the Bill
of Rights in the American Constitu
tion will furnish the material for the
program December 10, and on the
following week the role of Joan of
Arc in the break-up of an oppressive
feudal system will be dramatized.
Bill Coyle, radio director for The :
Star, will announce the programs j
and supervise the series. Musical i
backgrounds will be furnished by a !
10-piece orchestra directed by Fritz
Balzer.
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New Chemical Used
To Delect Trichinosis
By the Associated Press.
The Public Health Service an
nounced yesterday the development i
of a new and more accurate chemical ;
for use in detecting cases of trichi- ;
nosis, a painful muscle disease.
The disease is caused by eating |
poorly cooked pork which contains
tiny worms. The worms work their
way through the walls of the
stomach and intestines and lodge
in various muscles of the body,
causing them to stiffen, swell and
become almost useless.
Treatment of the disease is com- ;
paratively simple. Public Health!
Service physicians said, providing
it is caught in its early stages.
The new chemical for diagnos
ing it is an antigen, or substance
which stimulates the disease-fight
ing mechanisms of the body to pro
duce antibodies. These antibodies j
attack disease infections directly j
and are the principal means by :
which the body defends itself.
When the antigen is injected I
under the skin a large red spot i
is proof that the person has the j
disease.
Dr. Studebaker Urges
beared' Education
By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 3—Dr.
John W. Studebaker, United States
commissioner of education, says
educators today should gear their
teachings to world problems.
He told the National Council of
Chief State School Officers here last
night:
“We all have a very grave re
sponsibility in Latin America and
with world problems in doing much
more than we have ever done be
fore in gearing our teachings, es
pecially in the social sciences,
geography and allied subjects, with
these problems.”
The council will end a two-day
annual meeting today.
Bertram E. Packard, Maine State
superintendent of public instruc
tion, said Federal aid in education
was necessary because of differences
in financial statuses of States.
“While the Government should
have an audit control over the
money it appropriates to schools,"
he said, “there should certainly be
no control of what is taught or how
it is taught.”
Birds Get Fish Food
PUEBLO. Colo. MP).—Forest offi
cials had forgotten about ducks
when they planted several lens of
moss, shrimp and other aquatic life
as food for fish in Lake Isabel.
Migratory flocks came along soon
after the planting and cleaned
up all the food. Now the fish are
hungry.
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ROSEMONT, MINN.—25 ESCAPE SCHOOL BUS CRASH—Twenty-five Rosemont school children
yesterday escaped the fate of the victims of the school bus-train crash near Salt Lake City.
The Rosemont bus collided with an automobile and the Impact hurled the youngsters from their
seats. Only five were hurt, including two occupants of the automobile.
—A. P. Wirephoto.
J. A. Edgerton Dies;
Was Vice Presidential
Candidate in 1928
Business Man, Executive
And Philosopher, 69,
Passes Unexpectedly
James Arthur Edgerton, 69, busi
ness man, administrator, philoso
pher. past president of the Inter
national New Thought Alliance and
one-time candidate for Vice Presi
dent of the United States on the
Prohibition party ticket, died in
his sleep at his home. 3808 Virginia
boulevard. Beverly Hills, Va„ early
this morning.
He had been in customary health,
and his death was entirely unex
pected.
Mr. Edgerton had been promi
nent in literary, educational, politi
cal, fraternal and religious affairs
for nearly half a century. A man
of many natural gifts and keen en
thusiams, he was born at Plants
ville. Ohio, and was the son of
Richard and Tamar Vernon Edger
ton. Educated at Bartlett Academy,
Lebanon Normal School and Mari
etta College, he had Vice President
Charles G. Dawes for a classmate
during part of his academic career.
But it was to the Populist party and
the theories of William Jennings
Bryan, rather than to Republican
ism. that he was attracted in his
youth. His first public service was
as secretary of the State Labor
Board of Nebraska. 1895 to 1899.
Journalism, however, called him
away from politics, and from 1899 to
1903 he was a member of the staff
of the Denver News, carrying on
Eugene Field's famous column in
that paper.
Was (state Prohibition Head.
Mr. Edgerton's next employment
was with the American Press Asso
ciation in New York. Later he was
affiliated wdth Watson's Magazine
and spent half a dozen years as an
editorial writer for the New York
American. President Wilson named
him purchasing agent for the Post
Office Department in 1913, and he
remained in that position until 1921.
Subsequently, he wfas prohibition
director for the State of New Jersey,
organizing the law enforcement
agencies charged with the duty of
fighting illicit traffic in liquor. He
resigned to enter private business
in Washingon and had maintained
offices in the National Press Build
ing during the past decade.
Mr. Eagerton. always interested:
in philosophic problems, won inde
pendent fame as a leader in the
field of spiritual progress. He was
president of the National New
Thought Alliance. 1909 to 1914, and
of the International Alliance. 1914
to 1924. At a convention of the
international organization a fort
■ night ago he was made honorary
' president.
Wrote Several Books.
His published books included'
"Glimpses of the Real." “Songs of
the People." "The Philosophy of
: Jesus." "New Thought and the Com
ing Religion," “In the Gardens of
God." “Invading the Invisible” and
a book of poems now in press.
Mr. Edgerton was nominated for
the vice presidency by the Prohibi
tion Labor party in 1928 and made
an active campaign . “Prohibition,”
he believed, "can be enforced, if
we put in charge those who wish
to enforce it.”
He married in 1895 a second cous
in, Miss Blanche Edgerton, who
survives with six children: James
C., wartime pilot and pioneer flier
of the airmail: Joseph S.. aviation
editor of The Star: John Eldon. Jus
tin. Esther (Mrs. George Lacy) and
Elizabeth (Mrs. Frederick Koci>.
There are eight grandchildren.
For many years the family home
was the old Leadbeater estate at
Fort Lyon, near Alexandria. The
house was destroyed by fire and Mr.
Edgerton built a new residence in
Beverly Hills.
He was a 32d degree Mason and
a member of the National Press
Club.
Funeral arrangements are to be j
announced.
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Woman Asks Damages
For Cafeteria Fall
A $2,500 suit was filed in District
Court yesterday by Stella Whitford,
3369 Eighteenth street N.W., against
the Navy Cafeteria Association, an
unincorporated group of Navy De
partment employes, claiming negli
gence. She declares that on May
26. 1937, the association “negligently
allowed a greasy substance” to re
main on the floor of the cafeteria,
and she slipped and fell be
cause of this, seriously injured her
knee and fraetured her left elbow.
The court was informed that be
cause of her injuries she was pre
vented from performing her cus
tomary duties as stenographer #.nd
clerk at the Navy Department
for a long time. The suit was filed
by Attorney D. Edward Clarke.
Film Writer Forgets
License at His Wedding
By the Associated Press.
BEVERLY HILLS. Calif.. Dec. 3.—
Even movie folk get flustered when
they marry.
Charles S. Belden, screen writer,
kept his bride-to-be, Joan Marsh,
actress, waiting 40 minutes last
night while he returned home to get
a wedding necessity he had forgot—
the license.
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JAMES A. EDGERTON.
_—Buckingham Photo.
Extension ot Efforts
In Maritime Industry
Ordered by C. 1.0.
—
Charges Federal Agency
Tries to Break Down
Bargaining
Bv the Associtted Press.
The C. I. O.. charging the Maritime
Commission with efforts to “break
down collective bargaining.' has
ordered an extension of union efforts
in the maritime industry.
John L. Lewis, C. I. O. president,
yesterday appointed a committee of
maritime union leaders to undertake
the work.
“The committee will vigorously
oppose efforts of the Maritime Com
mission to break down collective
bargaining in the maritime industry
through abrogation of existing con
tracts on Government-chartered i
ships and attempts to destroy the
present system of C. I. O. hiring
halls," Mr. Lewis said
The Maritime Commission has
taken the position that as a Govern
ment agency it cannot enter into
collective agreements with unions
but has obtained seamen for Gov
ernment vessels through Federal
shipping commissioners.
The Lewis committee includes
Harry Bridges, West Coast C. I. O.
director, and Joseph Curran, presi
dent of the National Maritime Union
on the East Coast.
The C. I. O. also will set up a legis
lative staff in Washington to work
for extensions of social security laws
to seamen and enactment of meas
ures to extend collective bargaining
in the maritime field.
A. F. of L. and C. I. O. maritime
leaders present a united front in op
position to the hiring and non
contract policies of the Maritime
Commission. The A. F. of L. re
cently set up a new international
maritime union built around the
sailors' union of the Pacific.
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China Gets $4,800,000
In Gifts From U. S.
Bn the Associsted Press.
SHANGHAI. Dec. 3.—The Chinese
Wartime Relief Commission at
Chungking announced yesterday that
Chinese living in the United States
had contributed 30.000.000 Chinese
dollars i about $4,800,000) for de
fense and relief purposes since out
break of the war with Japan.
Since the 1930 census*showed the
Chinese population of the United
States to be 74.954, this would indi
cate a contribution of about $64 per
person. However the sum pre
sumably includes also gifts by oth
ers in the United States forwarded
through Chinese organizations.
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Chicago Grain
B> the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3—Spreaders
buying December delivery at 3 cents
discount under May and July helped
to steady the entire wheat market
today.
Some cash and elevator interests
indicated willingness to take wheat
on this basis, and removal of hedges
and scattered short covering de
veloped also. While this type of
buying was not broad, it did give
prices about Vi cent upturn at times.
The soft winter wheat belt re
ceived moisture overnight, blit sec
tions of the hard-wheat area to
the west went without relief.
Liverpool closed % off to % up,
or about as due, being influenced
to some extent by cheaper Argentine
offers. Subsidy sale of 20,000,000
bushels of United States wheat to
Great Britain may prove tem
porarily helpful, traders said, if
hedges are removed in the pit in
connection with the transaction.
Indications of improved export
demand for domestic corn as a re
sult of a recent upturn in Argentine
prices strengthened the com mar
ket. Export sales today were es
timated at 100.000 bushels in addi
tion to 500,000 bushels sold yester
day. Oats and rye were steady to
higher, while provisions showed lit- 1
tie change.
Around midsession, wheat was un
changed to V4 higher compared with
yesterday’s finish, December, 63%;
May. 68%, and corn was unchanged
to y4 up; pecemljsr. 47%; May. 50%.
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Unemployment Total
Is Put at 10,569,C J
By Leon Henderson
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Production Index Rise of
39 Points, 20 Over 1929,
Needed to Give All Jobs
BACKGROUND—
President Roosevelt last April
asked Congress to authorize a
penetrating and comprehensive
study of the American business
structure. Voting $500,000 for the
task. Congress in June created a
12-man committee containing
both, departmental and congres
sional members . and launched
them on uhat is expected to be
a two-year task. After several
months of preliminary work,
hearings began this week.
Bv JOHN C. HENRY.
Estimating current unemployment
at about 10.569.000. Leon Henderson.
New Deal economist, told the Fed
eral Monopoly Committee today that
a record Federal Reserve index of
production of 140 would be needed
to absorb this load.
At present the index is about 101.
It was about 120 in 1929.
If production should return to
the 1929 level, unemployment still
would be near 6.000.000 Mr. Hender
son said, a condition created largely
by an increase in the Nation's labor
supply.
Digging deeply into employment
statistics and estimates. Mr. Hen
derson, now serving as executive
secretary of the committee, cited
unemployment figures as follows:
March, 1933—14,317.000.
July, 1937—7.412.000.
February, 1938—11.793.000.
October, 1938—10.569.000.
Labor Forre Has Grown.
In appraising these estimates, he
pointed out. it is necessary to realize
the growth in the Nation's “labor
force" during the past 10 years. To
reflect this, he cited the following
estimates:
January. 1929-r48.000.000.
March. 1933—50,300.000.
July. 1937—53.000.000.
December. 1938—54.800.000
Employment records. Mr Hender
son said, show about 43.580.000 now
at work in all occupations in
America.
Mr. Henderson paid tribute to the
inudustrial system which still can
produce $62,000,000,000 in national
income this year.
“I don't believe we are in for stag
nation and decline." he said, “but as
things now stand our economic
growth has stopped and we must
make adjustments to meet this con
dition.”
Retires With Perfect Record.
Senator O'Mahoney. Democrat, of
Wyoming. committee chairman,
asked the economist to make a
prophecy as to unemployment in the I
future, but Mr. Henderson, recalling
his prediction of the recession of
1937. declined to do so, saying:
“I'm more or less in the position
of a man who makes a hole-in-one
at golf the first time out. He says
he's perfect and he'd better quit
now. I've retired from the field of
phophecv.”
Referring to the many manifesta
tions of economic change which
have been scanned briefly during
the past two days of background
presentation by Government wit
nesses. Mr. Henderson declared:
“Outstanding change, and one
which is of greatest importance, is
the significant departure, since 1929,
from our historical line of growth.
This is most apparent from the
course of industrial production since
1929. No observer can overlook it,
nor believe other than that as things
now stand, our growth has stopped.
“In terms of per capita production,
we are failing to hold our own,
though the rate of technological
change holds its steady course. Some
hold firmly to the belief that our
economic ills are due to too rapid
a rate of change, and the lag in so
cial adaptation.”
Basic Relations Shaken.
Basic reliances on which the
American competitive capitalistic
system has been operating have been
shaken, the economist continued, by
the following developments:
1. Passing of frontier.
2 Leveling off of population.
3. Decline of competition.
4. Decline in concept of possible
control through monetary policies.
5. Institutionalization of savings.
(Insurance companies. savings
banks, coroporate surpluses, etc.)
6. Lessening of competition
through import restrictions.
7. Absence of great new industries
recently.
8. Excess of savings over new in
vestment in capacity to produce..
9. Enormous increase in consumer
credit
10. Governmental intervention of
many fcinds. (Alienation of na
tional domp^n.)
Lines of Study Indicated.
Posing a long list of questions
which have direct bearing on the
entire picture. Mr. Henderson then
outlined the indicated main lines
of study, some to be undertaken by
<he committee and others by estab
lished government bureaus.
They follow:
1. Concentration and control.
2. Price system and price policies.
3. Effect of governmental policies.
4. Bureau of Industrial Economics.
Sally Clark Is Bride 1
Of George McLanahan;
1,000 at Wedding
Mrs. John Roosevelt
Is Matron of Honor
For Sister
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Dec. 3.—In a formal
setting before 1,000 Invited guests,
Sally Poor Clark, 18-year-old sister
in-law of John A. Roosevelt, at
high noon today became the bride
ol George X. McLanahan, 25, New
York and Watch Hill, R. I., social
register! te.
The ceremony was solemnized m
the Emmanuel Church (Episcopal),
Back Bay, by the Rev. Grant Noble
of Williamstown. a relative of the
bridegroom. The Rev. Phillips E.
Osgood of the Emmanuel Church
assisted.
The tall second daughter of Mrs.
F. Haven Clark of Boston and
Nahant wore a flowing, full-skirted
white velvet gown with leg-o-mutton
sleeves and with lace bordering a
low, square neckline. She was veiled
in white tulle and carried a bouquet
of large velvety gardenias.
Miss Clark was given away by Dr.
George Clymer, her uncle.
Sister is Matron of Honor.
The ring placed on her finger by
Mr. McLanahan was a plain green
gold band, inscribed on the inside
only.
Mrs. John Roosevelt, the bride’s
sister, was the matron of honor.
She wore a purple-blue velvet gown,
an ostrich feather toque, and car
ried deep pink roses.
Duer McLahahan, brother of the
bridegroom, was best man. John
Roosevelt, youngest son of the Presi
dent. was one of the ushers.
The Chief Executive and Mrs
Roosevelt were invited but did not
attend the wedding. They sent a
set of Wedgwood plates with small
crimson figures.
After the church services, a recep
tion for 300 guests was held at the
home of Mrs. George Clymer, the
bride's aunt.
Flan Hawaii Trip.
The bride and bridegroom left
soon afterward by train for Cali
fornia. where they planned to re
main a short time before leaving for
Hawaii.
They indicated they would return
in the late spring to summer at
Watch Hill. R. I.
The bride's going-away costume
consisted of a dark, tailored, plum
velvet coat, a plum velvet hat and
a slate-blue dress.
The bridesmaids, who wore velvet
gowns and ostrich blue toques, in
cluded: Rebecca West of St. Louis.
Mo, and Frances Weir of Weirton
W. Va.
Mrs. Clark, the bride's mother
wore a street-length dress of pur
ple blue velvet and a small velvet
hat with a veil.
Young Joan Clark, third of the
Clark sisters, whose role was de
scribed by the bride as “something
between a flower girl and a brides
maid,” wore wine velvet.
The ushers, besides Mr. Roosevelt,
included: Edward Magee of Pitts
burgh. Frederick Clifford of Chicago, :
Bradford Shinkle. jr, of St. Louis- 1
Myler Kier of Pittsburgh, Frank 1
Griswold, jr, of Radnor. Pa, and A
Murray Preston of Washington
DC.
Mr. McLanahan's gift to his bride
was a diamond and emerald bow
pin.
Old House Restored
An old farmhouse near Durham.
N. C.. which served as headquar
ters for the last Confederate Army
in the field in 1865. has been re
stored and opened as a Southern
shrine.
Students Get Aid
The Oxford University Gazette
states that of 4.900 undergraduates
at Oxford during 1937-8 2.630 were
in raceipt of financial assistance.
5. Socially and economically
harmful competition.
6. Improvement of anti-trust
policy and procedure.
7. National standards for corpora
tions.
8. Mergers, interlocking relation
ships, industrial, utility and bank
holding companies, investment
trusts.
9. Insurance companies. Organi
zation, practices, importance in
economy, investment policies, etc.
10. Corporate practices. Existing
forms of business organization, trade
associations, alternative forms.
11. ^Distribution. Marketing laws.:
12. Credit mechanisms for small1
enterprises. •»
13. Overall economic data and
special studies. Consumer credit.
Labor racketeering. Break-even
points. Depreciation and cost ac
counting. Debt growth.
^'or nearly five hours yesterday
committee saw and heard Dr
Willard Thorp, WaH Street econom
ist now serving with the Commerc<*
Department, blue-print the entire
economic structure of the Nation
spotting concentrations, directions
of growth and contraction, and j
otherwise charting all of the factors
which have appeared in the business
system.
Citing the concentration of 86 per
cent of corporate assets in the hands
of less than 6 per cent of the number
of corporations, and more than half
of the total assets in the hands of
.2 of 1 per cent of the number of
corporations, Dr. Thorp drew the
fire of Thurman Arnold, head of the
Anti-Trust Division of the Depart
ment of Jusaice. when he ventured
the opinion that the operation of
the Sherman anti-trust law has
been largely responsible for this
development.
Mr. Arnold disputed the econom
ist’s reasoning that corporations
were encouraged to merge because
of Government policy against joint
action of individual units.
More days to
BUY and USE -
CHRISTMAS
SEALS
PROTECT
YOUR /
HOME .
They educate people about aymp
toma of tuberculoaia In order that [
medloai aid may be aought early, i,
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BOSTON.—SALLY CLARK WED TODAY—On the eve of her '
wedding to George X. McLanahan, Sally Clark attended a bridal
party last night, where she is shown dancing with John Roose
velt, youngest son of the President and husband of her sister
Anna. Jack Marshardt with whose orchestra Sally made her
debut as a night club singer just five months ago, is looking on.
—A. P. Wirephoto.
Mrs. Lyster Dewey,
Welfare Worker,
Expires Here at 73
District Resident for 48
Years to Be Buried
On Monday
Mrs. Etta Conkling Dewey. 73.
wife of Lyster H. Dewey, died last
night, at her home. 4512 Ninth
street N.W., after an illness of
several months.
For 48 years a
resident of this
city. Mrs. Dewey
had been active
in church and
welfare work
here. Same came
to Washington
with her hus
band. who is a
retired botanist
of the Depart
ment of Agricul
ture, where he
had charge of
fiber plants.
During her final
Mrs. Dewey.
illness Mrs. Dewey bad spent much
of her time knitting scarfs for lep
ers and tatting for others, until she
became too weak to continue work.
A native Of Seneca Falls. N. Y.,
she was taken to Tecumseh. Mich.,
by her parents, the late Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick Knight, when she
was a baby. Her mother died when
she was only 2 years old. and she
was adopted by the late Mr. and
Mrs. Henry C. Conkling.
Was Church Worker.
In 1889 she was married to Mr.
Dewey and went with him to
the Michigan Agricultural College,
where he was an instructor. There
was no school for children at the
college, so Mrs. Dewey organized
and ran a school for them. She
came to Washington with Mr.
Dewey in 1890.
Many years ago Mrs. Dewey
joined the old Unity Presbyterian
Church, which later became the
Gunton-Temple Memorial Presby
terian Church. She continued active
in the latter, taking a keen interest
in its Sunday school and missionary ;
work.
Mrs. Dewey was a member of the ,
women's board of the Presbyterian
Home, on which she had served
many years. She visited the home
often and on her 73rd birthday
she received a message of greetings
from all residents at the home.
Worked for Camp Fire Girls.
Another of her interests was the
Camp Fire Girls. She hacUbeen <
actively in charge of a group of
them since 1P’5 and held numer
ous meetings iw them in her home.
She directed many hf the Camf Fire
Girls activities during the World
War.
For more. than 25 years Mrs.
Dewey was an aoiive member of the
Petworth Women's Club, being par
ticularly interested in its^art, phil
anthropic and hospitality sections.
besides her husband, she leaves a
daughter, Mrs. Carl G. Frost, Ken
more, N. Y„-and two grandsons.
Funeral services will be held at
11:30 a.m. Monday in Hines funeral
home. 2901 Fourteenth street N.W.
The Rev. Dr. Bernard Braskamp,
pasto*- of Gunton-^emple^Memorial
Presbyterian Church, will officiate.
Burial will^be in Ro|k Creek Cem
etery. r ^
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Kcfcpa Sigma Alumni •
Dinner Tonight
Leaders in a variety of fields will
be present at the Founders' day
banquet of the alumni chapter of
Kappa Sipma Fraternity t,o be hejd
tonight at the Carlton Hotel.
Among those expected to attend
are Emil Hurja, formerly with the
Department of the Interior and now
an insurance executive:* fdfmer
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of the District Harry Covington;
Col. Jgmcs A. Moss, president gen
eral of th«f United States Flag As
sociation; Director <* Prisons Jtqpes
V. Bennett, former District Commis
sioner George E. Allen? J. \V. t.
Duvel,' chief q| the Commodity Ex
change Administration; Gov. Harry
I^ce of Maryland and Lowell
Thomas, news commentator..
The principal address will be de
livered by Hamilton W. Baker of
Boston, national officer of Che fra
ternity. •
Canary Killed
COLDWATER, Mich. OP)-.—Riddle.
John C. Johnston’* pet canafy, was
killed instantly when she attempted
to nibble cheese from a mouse trap.
A
Pre-Christmas Party
Is Slated at Home
Seeking to determine the wants
and needs of children at the Good
Samaritan Home, 53 K street N.E.,
a pre-Christmas party has been
arranged for 6 p.m. Tuesday by
the United States Treasury Post,
No. 35. of the American Legion.
After dinner at the home the
Legionnaires will trim a tree and
then determine the number of
sweaters, stockings, shoes and gifts
needed to provide the children a
happy Christmas. Distribution of
the gifts will be made at a second
party on December 21. Miss Mary
Baker, chairman of arrangements,
announced.
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Slayer Faces Death
MADISON. Va.. Dec. 3 i/Pi.—Harry
Williams, 25, colored, faced death
in the electric chair today for the
murder of Clarence Mills, also col
ored. last November 20. Williams was
convicted yesterday and the death
sentence recommended by a jury
composed of two undertakers and
10 farmers.
Garbage Disposal
Held 'Racket'
In District
Maryland Farmer Says
It Ranks Next to
• Numbers Game
A Maryland farmer today told a
committee appointed by the District
Commissioners to consider regula
tions on collection and removal of
garbage from the District that,
"next to the numbers, the garbage
racket is the biggest in Washing
ton.”
This statement was made at the
fourth precinct station house before
about 50 farmers from nearby Mary
land and Virginia engaged in haul
ing garbage from the District to
feed their hogs.
Gus Bender, the farmer, urged on
the committee that all garbage be
collected by the farmers at the city
garbage transfer station, instead of
allowing the farmers to deal directly
with the hotels, restaurants and
other stores disposing of the refuse.
Under the present system, he said,
the farmers with more capital can
-buy up the garbage from the small '
operators.
Hint at License System.
The committee, composed of mem
bers of the District Police, Health
and Sanitary Departments, hinted
they would support regulations re
quiring individual haulers to take
out annual licenses for the payment
of stated fee. It felt such a pro
cedure would give the refuse depart
ment more adequate data and at the
same time act to protect the farmer
haulers.
The question of continuing op
eration of the garbage disposal plant
at Cherry Hill, Va„ recently dam
aged by fire, was also brought up.
Urges Operation at Minimum.
The sentiment of the farmers
seemed to be that the plant should
operate at an absolute minimum, al
lowing most of the garbage to be
removed from the city by the farm
ers. Committee members pointed
out that the District regarded
Cherry Hill plant as the "guaran
tee" that the garbage would be re
moved.
William A. Xanten. supervisor of
the Refuse Department, also char
acterized the garbage business as a
"racket,” and. said he had been called
on by men from New Jersey asking
if they could set up a hog farm in
nearby counties to take advantage
of the District garbage.
Stanley De Neale, assistant cor
poration counsel, presided, and
pointed out that the District had
a large investment in the Cherry’
Hill plant, which would not be bene
fited by closing it up.
About U. S. Families
In every 100 American famili
27 have two members, 45 have three
or four, 19 have five or six and 9
have seven or more members.
Pleasure Boat Clubs Fight
Full-Crew Clause in Pact
Pleasure boat clubs here and at
places along the Chesapeake Bay.
as well as coastal fishermen, were
massing their forces today in an
effort to secure legislation which
would relieve them from compliance
with a treaty provision which, they
believe, would require a full officer
complement on their vessels.
Under the provisions of the in
ternational labor treaty, ratified by
the Senate last June, but which does
not go into effect until November
1, 1939. any vessel 40 feet or more
in length which goes beyond the
“inland waters" of the United States,
not only must carry a full crew; of
four licensed officers, but must carry
a similar group for each watch of
eight hours, provided it stays at sea
for a longer period than this.
There are other provisions as to
stewards and cooW etc., for each
watch, which, it was explained. £
strictly applied t« the accommoda
tions aboard some of the vessels,
would force the owner and any
guests to stay ashore. .
Dr. Grover Bache Gill, commc -
dore of the Corinthian Yacht Club
here, said his organization was
planning to do everything passible
to have pleasure boats exempted.
The Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing
Association, meeting this afternoon
at the Annapolis Yacht Club at An
napolis, Md„ plans to adopt a reso
lution calling the treaty provisions
as they relate to small boats “im
practical. absurd and imposing an
undue burden on the owners oper
ating boats for pleasure.’’
The resolution would instruct the
president of the association to ap
point a committee' to take such •
action as may b*> deemed necessary
The treat*, it was explained at
the State Department, contains a
provision by which each signatory*
natioi* *may determine for itself
what vessels under 2o0 tons may be
exempted. Sifc* legislation, it was
explained, now is beirff prepared by
the Department ^lf Commerce and
<*ill be introduced f«t the coming
session of Congress.
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Weather Report '
District of Columbia—Occasional rzAn beginning late tonight or
torrtorrow. slightly warmer; lowest temperature tonight about 38 degrees'
moderate winds mostly southeast.
Maryland—Occasional rain beginning late tfcnight or tomorrow
"lowly rising temperature.
Virginia—Probably occasional rain tonight and tomorrow; somewhat
warmer tdhight andfin the interior tomorrow.
West Virginia—Occasional rains tonight, and probably tomorrow
morning: somewhat warmer tonight; slightly colder tomorrow afternoon
in west portion.
Meekly Weather Outlook.
North and Middle Atlantic States—,
PrecipitaUjn ab^it Tuesday or Wednesday. '
near en<F of week and alone coast at
beginning of week. Temperatures mostly
moderate rxceot cold at end of week.
Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Fwecipta
tion about Monday night nr Tur^iay and
again towards end of week# Temperature
mostly moderate exdlpt cjlder tewars
end of week. # ♦
Pressure is low southeast of Greenland.
Julianehaab. 28.92 inches, from Hudson
Strait west-southwestward over the western
Canadian4 provinces. Resolution Wand.
Hudson Strait. 29 24 inches, anal Medicine
Hat. Alberta. 29.40 inches A disturbance is
moving north-northeastward o' rtr the upper
lake region. Milwaukee. Wis . •0.00 inches,
•nth a trounil enendiftg southward over
the lower Mssllkippi Valley. Pressure
continues high over the Atlantic States
high oveit the far Southwest and California,
and ipe Canadian maritime provinces.
Bangor Maine. HO 00 inches. Pressure is
Fresno. Calif.. HO HO inches. During the
last 24 hours there have, been rather
general rains in the Central Valteys, the
Lafte region and portions of the we.<4
Gul' States. Precipitation occurred also
ovefcthe North Pacific States, the northern
Rocky Mountain fegiifh and norther;,
California. Temperatures have risen in the
Lake*region. while they have fallen some
what in the west Gulf States. •
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River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac clear at Great*
Falls today. %
• l^de Tables. ^ *
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High —4:1 1 a ,m*. 5:02 a.m.
Low __ 10:50 a.m. 11:41 a m.
High 4:44 p.m. 5:35 p.m.
T^'W —q 11:39 p.m.
The Sun and Moon. •
Rises. Sets
flun. tod;iy 7:1*9 a m. 4 40 p.m.
Sun. tomorrow 7:“oam. ":40 p.m.
Moon, today. 2:07p.m. 2:5oa.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after %unset. *
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitat»in In inches in the
Capital (current month to datei:
Month 103R. Average. Record.
January ..2.04 *3.55 7.R3 '37
February _ 2.37 3.27 0.84 '84
Morch _• 2.23 3.75 8.84 91
Afl^il —*_“ 1.07 3.27 9.13 '89
May __ 3.61 3 70 10.69 '89
June _ 2.20 4\13 10.04 '00
Julv _ 5.00 4.71 10.03 '88
August Ji_.*4.04 4.01 14.41 '28
September._ 4.27 3.24 17.45 \34
October *_ 1.15 2.84 8.81 '37
November _ 2.60 2.37 8.09 '89
December _. 3.32 7.50 '01
Report for Last 21 Honrs.
Temperature. Barometer
yesterday— Degrees. Inches.
4 p.m. _ 32 30.64
8 p.m. _ 32 30.53
Midnight ___ 33 30.6;
Today—
4 am. _ 32 30 46
8 a.m. _ 35 30.44
Noon _ 46 30.33
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Record for Last 21 Hours.
'From^noon yesterday to noon today )
Highest :15. Pi n.r*. Year ago. 4!.
Lowest. 28. 0 a.m. today, %fear ago. 26,'
Heeord Temperatures This Tear.
Highest 06 on August 15.
Lowest 18. on January 28.
Humiditv for Last 24 Hours.
'Worn noon yesterday to noon today.t '
Highest 81 per cent, at Tr.’iO a m tod.:
lowest 54 per cent, at 4:10 p.m. yestei
any.
Weather Hi Various Cities.
m Tnnp. Rain
Stations. Barn. Hieh Low. fall.Weather.
Abilene :to. l o To 40 Clear
Albany :*n.4M ^ 4 Cloudy
Atlanta 30.20 B< 40 Clnudv
At!. City 30.48. 44 28 _ Cloudy
Baltimore 30.40 32 30 ___ Cloudv
Blrm gnam 30.00 on 48 Cloudy
Bismarck 20.00 44 24 Clear
Boston 30.5R 26 1R Cloudv
Ftoffalo 30.14 36 32 0.04 Cloudy
Charleston 30.20 02 40 Rain
Chicago 20.04 50 48 0.20 Rain
Cincinnati 29.90 02 48 o.oo Cloudy
Cle»ela%i 30.Oo 42 30 0.14 Cloudy
Columbia 30.32 58 40 Cloudy
Denver _ 29.82 44 30 Clear
Detroit 29.90 44 30 0.32 Rain
El Paso 30.24 58 30 Clear
Galveston 30.10 70 50 0,68 Clear
Helena 21) 08 44 32 0.04 Clear
Huron 29.72 50 20 Clear
Indlapolls 29 82 54 40 u.40 Rain
Jacks'nville 30.22 68 56 Foggy
{Cans. City 29.84 54 30 0.30 Clear '
L. Angeles 30.18 78 R4 Cloudy t
Louisville ‘>9.92 82 48 0.08 Rain
Miami 30.14 70 72 Cloudy
Mplg.-St.P. 20.72 30 33 - Rain .
N. Orleans 30 02 72 58 _ Cloudy
New York 30.52 30 28 _ Clouriy
Okla. City 30.00 54 38 __ Clear
Om#ha 20.82 42 20 _ _ Foggy
PhiTad phia 30.50 32 20 _ Cloudy
Phoenix 30.18 70 40 _ Clear
Pittsburgh 30.18 30 34 _ . Cloudy
P' tl'nd.Me. 30.58 20 10 Clear
P'tl'd. Ore. 30.00 54 40 o.SO Cloudy
Ralekth 30.30 oil 32 Cloudy
St. Louis 20.00 00 48 0.74 Rain
S. Lake C. 30.00 40 20 0.34 Rain
S. Antonio 30.12 78 50 Clear
San Diego 30.10 70 48 Cloud/
s: Fr'-isco 30.20 02 54 o 62 Rain
Seattle 30.00 52 44 0.58 Cloudy'
Spokane 29.88 44 30 0 64 Clear
Tampa 30.18 74 58 Clear
WASH. D C. 30.44 35 32 Cloudy
Foreign Stations.
(7 a m. Greenwich time, today.)
r ®ktionJ: Temperature. Weather.
'-En«land ... 4‘J Cloudy
Paris. Prance __ 45 Cloudy
Vienna. Austria ..... 41 Cloudy
Merlin. Germany _ .15 Cloudv .
Brest, Prance _ 54 Cloudy *
Rt’ncVh ,Swl,|erland- Hi) Rain
SfS^hiUm. Sweden ... 41 Cloudy
Gibraltar. Spain 53 Cloudy
Greenwich time, today.)
Horta (Payall Azores (S8 Cloudy
, (Current observations.)
■t. Georges. Bermuda «0 Cloud*
Puerto Rico TS Cloud?
colon. Canal Zone_ 74 cloudy
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