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Boy, 4, Recovering
Alter Car Hits Him
Fleeing Threatener
Eldridge Automobile
In Three-Car Crash;
Pedestrian Injured
Traffic Record
The traffic record, as revealed “
at police headquarters for 24
hour period ending 8 tin. yes
terday :
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 41.
Motorists injured. 8.
Motorists arrested 219.
Pedestrians injured, 6.
Pedestrians arrested for vio
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 8.
A 4-vear-old boy, struck by an
automobile as he ran away from a
larger boy who had threatened him, \
was recovering in Children's Hos
pital today from serious injuries.
The child, Jerome Ferro. 1010 Vir
ginia avenue S.W., was hurt yes- |
terdav in front of his home. His j
mother, Mrs. Grace Ferro, was at
work at the time, but said she had
established the following story of
the accident:
Jerome had started to the store I
across the street with a penny, in- j
tending to buy a cookie. On his ■
way, he met an older boy in the j
neighborhood who had molested i
him. Jerome fled in terror, when j
the other boy started toward him, J
and dashed into the street.
An automobile driven by Robert j
H. Wilson. 21, of 115 Ingraham j
street N.W., struck the boy and |
after treatment by a private
physician, he was removed to the !
hosDital.
Three-Way Crash.
M. O. Eldridge, assistant director |
of traffic, was involved in a three- j
car collision at Forty-fourth street
and Cathedral avenue yesterday. |
Mr. Eldridge's automobile, accord- 1
ing to the police report, collided
with a car driven by Allan C. Whit
lock, 17. of 5910 Cedar Parkway.;
Chevy Chase, which in turn collided !
with another car driven by Kath
leen Duncan, 17, of 6805 Forty-fifth
street, Chevy Chase.
Injured in this crash were Mary
H. Davison. 17, of 6806 Forty-fifth
street. Chevy Chase, taken to
Georgetown Hospital, and Donald
Matthias, 17, 3718 Manor place N.W.,
treated by a private doctor.
Police Seek Driver.
William Griffin. 14, son of Frank
lin Griffin. 116 Eleventh street N.E.. i
was injured this morning while hid- !
ing a scooter in the street near his '
home. The boy was taken to
Casualty Hospital and treated for
bruises and possible injuries to his
arm and shoulder.
He told police that he was struck
by an automobile which was travel
ing the wrong way down the one- i
way street. The driver stopped, i
asked if he was hurt and then, when i
William said he was not. drove on.
Later William was taken to the
hospital and police broadcast a
lookout for the car.
Lawrence Satterfield, 59, of 1424
Shepherd street N.W., was treated
at Emergency Hospital for injuries
received last night when knocked
down by a street car in the 700
block of Fourteenth street N.W. His !
injuries were thought to be not
serious.
Mortensen Will Probated
ROCKVILLE. Md.. Aug. 9 (Spe
cial).—The will of Lars L. Morten
sen admitted to probate in the
Orphans' Court here, bequeaths the
entire estate to his sister, Mrs.
Helene Jensen, and names the
Washington Loan <fc Trust Co. ex
ecutor. The instrument does not
reveal the value of the estate.
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TRAFFIC EXPERT IN CRASH—M. O. Eldridge, assistant director of traffic, had an accident yes
terday at Forty-fourth street and Cathedral avenue. Three cars were involved and two persons
injured. Mr. Eldridge’s damaged car is shown in background and he is standing next to it, sadly
contemplating the damage. —Photo by Amateur David C. Proffitt.
Germany Surveys
Civilian Power to
Meet Emergency
People's Special Talents
Are Listed to Increase
Nation's Efficiency
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. Aug. 9.—Germany today
directed a comprehensive survey of
her civilian power—men. women
and children—to meet any emerg
ency which may menace the nation
in the critical days ahead.
While the program to establish
a peak of preparedness by mid
August was stepped up. a gigantic
card index of special talents of Ger
mans was being prepared for the
new civilian registration ordered
last night for next week.
Only soldiers, reservists and per
sons less than 5 years old and more
than 70 were excluded in the orders
for a vast survey of the abilities
and capacities of Germans.
Squeezing Out Efficiency.
“We are squeezing the last drop
of efficiency out of a nation which
already has attained an impressive
degree of all-round competence.”
one official commented.
‘Should there be an emergency
calling on the Reich to exert itself
to the utmost, every German man.
woman and child will be at the post
where he or she can perform the
most effective service."
‘cftiounijiuii oi uuenis was
one of a series of preparatory
measures being taken. A press cam
paign against Poland continued,
consumption of gasoline was re
stricted and German pride and
sense of security was being stimu
lated by a nation-wide showing of
movies of the Siegfried line of fort
ifications on the western frontier.
It was reliably reported that a
number of Berlin schools would be
used to quarter troops being called
up at the end of this week for
maneuvers. Classes were being
doubled up. to prevent interruption
of the educational program.
Army People Excluded.
There was no official explanation
of the purpose of including children
as young as 5 years in the civilian
registration. One explanation was
that the number and temperaments
of children might be a controlling
factor in deciding what and how
much special service a mother might
perform.
Soldiers and reservists were ex
cluded from the survey because the
army already knows where and
how they are to be used. But
civilians were puzzling today over
cards—green ones for females and
orange for males—on which were
columns of searching questions.
They must be filled out and turned
in to police—by Aryans—between
August 13 and 19. Jews will have
a registration of their own between
August 28 and September 2.
The announcements did not say
so but the presumption was that in
an emergency Germany would be in
a position to direct the lives of civil
ians as completely as a nation con
trols its armed forces.
Hobbies Are Listed.
Men and women could be used at
tasks to which they were best suited
or at jobs which, because of special
conditions, need to be done most
urgently. The questions require a
citizen to state his present occupa
tion, list his previous jobs, his spe
cial talents and even his hobbies.
It was stated in the announcement
of the survey that women would be
required to perform more varied and
extensive service than was the case j
in the World War.
Thus special attention is being
paid to facts brought to light by the
green cards. Germany has a fairly
definite estimate of the extent and
capacity of its manpower through
military registration, but informa
tion on women is less detailed and
exact.
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D. C. 'Baby Placement'
Services Condemned
A resolution condemning “so
called baby placement services” in
the District and recommending their ;
investigation by the District Com
missioners. was adopted last night :
at a meeting of members of the
Brotherhood of Albright Memorial j
Church at the Takoma Playground j
Center. i
The resolution urged also that if
such practices are permitted to con
tinue they should be supervised by ;
District authorities.
Other resolutions adopted would !
prohibit use of neon lights to ad- 1
| vertise liquor; prohibit men and
■ boys over “child age” from "travel
ing” on the streets of the com
munity in bathing trunks without
tops: mforce strictly rules against
profane language and "other inde
cent practices in the playground.”
Third Convict Who Fled
Bus in Virginia Seized
By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va.. Aug. 9.—John
V. Cogbill. assistant United States
district attorney for eastern Vir
ginia. said today the Federal Bureau
of Investigation notified him a
third Federal prisoner of seven who
escaped near Thornburg. Va.. July
26. was captured yesterday in Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
ivu. i^oguiu saia me t. a. i.
named the man t\s Luther Eugene
Morris of Paducah. Ky. The at
torney said he understock the man
denied he was Morris, but that his
fingerprints checked with those of
Morris on Government files.
Morris, who was serving a tive
I year term for post office robbery,
escaped with six others from a bus
! in which they were being transferred
from Atlanta to Lewisburg. Pa. Two
others were captured Monday at
Kankakee, 111.
Mr. Cogbill said he would forward
a warrant to Chattanooga charging
Morris with being an escaped Fed
eral prisoner. A similar procedure
was followed in the cases of those
captured in Illinois, but Mr. Cogbill
said he was informed the pair held
there would be returned to Atlanta
to complete serving their sentences.
Broker Thought Drowned
In Suicide Pact With Wife
' By the Associated Press.
OCEAN CITY. Md.. Aug 9 —Wil
j liam A. Dally. Salisbury investment
j broker, was believed drowned here
early today and his wife was suffer
i ing from shock in what Police Chief
I Lemuel B. Cropper termed an ap
parent double suicide attempt.
Mrs. Dally was found semi-con
, scious on the beach at 1 a m., whis
pering hoarsley, ‘ He's in the water.”
■ At the Salisbury Hospital, where she
j was taken, she refused to talk to
1 physicians or nurses.
On the beach. Chief Cropper said,
j police found two passports dated 1922
! in Germany, a marriage license dated
June, 1918. a bankbook, shoes, two
pairs of spectacles and a note blam- <
ing stock market conditions for the
effort at suicide.
The marriage license gave Mrs. i
! Daily's age as 40. her husband as 63.
Police said the couple attended a
baseball game last night and drove
i to Ocean City in a taxi after leaving
: a penciled note on Daily's office door
I reading:
"Closed today on account of
| death.”
Mrs. Dally is a native of Ham
burg, Germany. Her husband, a
native Nebraskan, formerly lived in
Chicago and was in Germany from
1911 to 1922.
Park Savings Bank
Creditors' Claims Heard
James C. Wilkes, special master
in the Park Savings Bank case,
cleared up many details at a hear
ing on creditors' claims today and
planned to resume hearings at 10
am. Tuesday in room 202 of the
Police Court Building. The session
will be devoted principally to con
sideration of costs and counsel fees.
In the meantime Mr. Wilkes has
under consideration the appoint
ment of an auditor to prepare rec
ords of the bank, upon the basis of
which there will be made a dis
tribution of some of the funds to
depositors who had money in the
bank in 1929. The funds to be dis
tributed were realized as a result of
a long fight in the courts over the
closed institution. The directors
have pledged to pay $500,000 by
October.
The special master heard claims
by several creditors this morning,
and there was a general discussion
as to future procedure in the case.
Representing the depositors were
William E. Richardson and E. Hilton
Jackson, counsel. The receiver, John
F. Moran, and Counsel Herbert M.
Bingham assisted the special master
in looking into the claims of de
positor*.
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Treasurer Declares
Democrats Not Under
Obligations to Lewis
Spikes Story of $500,000
Gift; Says $50,000 Loan
In '36 Has Been Paid
By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Aug 9. —Usually
uncommunicative Oliver A. Quayle,
jr„ treasurer of the Democratic Na
tional Committee, today took ad
vantage of a visit to John L. Lewis'
stronghold to assert the committee
was not obligated financially to the
C. I. O. chieftain.
He also moved to spike reports of
a $500,000 contribution by Mr. Lewis'
organizations to the Democratic
party, asserting he knew "absolutely
nothing whatever" of such a gut.
"I don’t know a thing about con
tributions Lewis may have made to
help some local campaign." vig
orously declared Mr. Quayle. "but
all the national committee ever got
from him was $50,000. and that s
been paid off.
The treasurer explained a $50,000
loan was advanced by Mr, Lewis'
United Mine Workers during tne
1936 campaign and this was repaid
in two $25,000 installments.
The assumption that Mr. Lewis’
organization financed the Demo
cratic party in one capacity or an
other developed late in 1937 after
President Roosevelt’s famed state
ment, "A plague on both their
houses'’ during the "little steel"
strike.
Replying in a radio address. Mr.
Lewis said "it ill behooves one wno
has supped at labor's table and wno
has been sheltered in labors nouse
to curse with equal fervor and fine
impartiality both labor and its ad
versaries when they become locked
in deadly embrace.
Secretary of Labor Perkins earlier
was conferring with General Motors
and C. I. O. officials when Mr. Lewis
at a press conference referred to
contributions to the Democratic
party. General Motors officials broke
off conferences, asserting Mr. Lewis
"had called upon the administration
to pay its political debts."
Mr. Quayle's statement drew more
than passing interest from delegates
gathering for the national conven
tion of Young Democrats opening
tomorrow. He is in Pittsburgh as
the National Committee's conven
tion observer.
Candidates for offices headed the
vanguard of an expected 10,000 dele
gates. Most discussed for the presi
dency were Homer Matt Adams.
Springfield, 111., and John Neff,
Staunton. Va. Dark horses are
State Senator Pat Beacon, Hunt
ington. W. Va., and Harry Shank.
Columbus, Ohio.
Germany has started plans for
exploiting the copper ore deposits
of Lower Silesia.
Anti-Americanism
Reported Growing
In Japanese Areas
U. 3. Missionaries Forced
To Leave Sinyang
And Kikungshan
■y the Associated Press.
PEIPING, Aug. 9.—Broadened ac
tivity against Americans in Japa
nese-controlled areas of China was
reported today in fresh dispatches on
anti-foreign manifestations.
Chinese dispatches said both
Americans and Britons were among
foreign missionaries forced to leave
Sinyang and Kikungshan, Honan
province.
Two Canadian missionaries and
four Chinese associates were re
ported arrested last Sunday at Su
cliow, Kiangsu Province, accused of
organizing an anti-Japanese “Na
tional Salvation Society" in mission
compounds and of furnishing mili
tary information to Central Chinese
government forces.
Anti - American demonstrations
were reported at Hwohsien in Shansi
Province and Shuhchiachwang in
Hopeh. Expulsion of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph C. Scoville of Los Angeles
from Hwohsien, reported yesterday,
was said to have been ordered by a
Japanese officer on the ground that
Scoville was employed by a British
organization and living in a house
formerly occupied by a Briton.
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jupunese jees npoiogy
For Injury to Chinese
HONG KONG. Aug. 9 </p,.—The
anti-British movement in South
China took a more serious turn
todav with Japanese presentation
to British naval and consular au
thorities of five demands growing
out of injury of a Chinese at Swatow
Monday.
The Japanese demands, counter
ing a British protest over the inci
dent, were for admission that Brit
ish sailors were involved, a British
apology, compensation for the in
jury to the Chinese, punishment of
the British sailors allegedly respon
sible for the injury and assurance
that there be no recurrence of the
ip.-ident.
Serb-Croat Discussions
Reported Suspended
By the Associated Press.
BELGRADE. Aug. 9.—Authorita
tive political quarters today said
that Serb-Croat negotiations for
transformation‘of Yugoslavia into a
federal state have been “indefinitely
suspended.”
Premier Dragisha Cvetkovich. who
has been conferring with Dr. Vladi
mir Machek. Croatian peasant lead
er. will fly to Italy tomorrow, it was
stated, but the purpose of his trip
was not revealed.
It was said that the earliest pos
sible date for resumption of the
talks would be “some time in the
fall.”
For the second time in four
months, it was learned, Regent
Prince Paul refused to accept an
autonomy plan drafted by Cvetko
vich and Machek.
Machek in an August 1 interview
warned the Belgrade government
that Croatia would secede “with all
possible consequences" unless his
demands were met quickly.
Secession, he said, would “prob
ably mean a world war.”
Three Brothers Held
On Lottery Charges
Three brothers were ordered held
today for grand jury action under
$1,500 bond each on charges of op
erating a lottery and possession of
numbers slips following arraign
ment before United States Commis
sioner Needham C. Turnage.
The three. Clarence Lee. 27; Percy
Edward. 31, and William Francis
Wilson. 30, all colored, of the 1300
block of C street S.E., were arrested
by officers led by Capt. George M
Little at First and D streets S.E.
yesterday afternoon. All pleaded
innocent.
Officers said they confiscated sev
eral copies of "Policy Pete's Dream
Book."
Racing Results
Rockingham Park
By the Associated Press.
FIRST RACE—Purse. $800: claiming;
•'5-year-olds: 1 miles.
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Wakita and Tee Tee.
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Circus Fan Official Protests
Siam's Change of Name
Thailand? And What’5,
Of Famous Twins?
Hildreth Asks
By EDDY GILMORE.
Melvin D. Hildreth, chairman of
the board of the Circus Fans of
America, behaved like the wild man
from Borneo today when he heard
the State Department had recog
nized Siam as Thailand.
“For many years." he snorted, “the
world has known Siam as Siam, and
now they've changed it. Someone, j
apparently, has forgotten all about i
the Siamese tw'ins."
Centuries ago. the country was
known as Thai—pronounced “Tie."
Recently the natives clamored for
the old name and the authorities
gave it back to them.
Duly informed. Phya Abhibal
Rajamaitri, minister here, marched
down to the State Department and
relayed the information.
They Can’t Do That.
Thereupon, the department issued
a bulletin to the effect this Govern
ment would forget about Siam, and
from now on it would be Thailand.
“Forget Siam?" Wailed the chair
man of the organization of circus
lovers, “they can’t! It's gotten into
the language through the Siamese
twins.”
Mr. Hildreth—An attorney here—
Plunged into his desk and came up
with an ancient photograph of two
strange looking individuals.
“Poor Chang and Eng," he sighed.
“They were the first Siamese twins
to become famous, and with the
help of P. T. Barnum, they made
Siam famous. They've been robbed
of a priecless heritage."
Mr. Hildreth said the recognition
of Thailand has further circus com
plications.
And What About “Flag.”
“As every circus fan knows.” he
explained, “the famous flag of Siam,
which uses the noble elephant as its
motif, always flies from the center
pole of the big top. Has it been
changed, too?”
Mr. Hildreth said he'd concede
the citizens of Thailand one point
if they'd call their land Thaai and
not Thailand.
"While 'Thai twins' doesn’t hold
the tongue-ticking rhythm of Sia
mese twins, it does have a meaning.
The twins are tied together aren't
they?”
He said the whole thing was a sad
Incident to the circus fans and that
he was preparing an official protest
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—Harris & Ewing Photo.
Colored Man Faces
Murder Charge
For Capital in
Recent Months
Charges of forgery and uttering,
housebreaking and larceny and vio
lations of the narcotic laws ac
counted for many of the 73 indict
ments handed up today to Justice T.
Alan Goldsborough in District Court,
The list was one of the largest in re
cent months.
Elijah Butler, colored, 20, was in
dicted on a charge of second-degree
murder in the knife slaying July 15
of Arthur Nipper, colored, 32.
Fourteen charges of housebreak
ing and larceny were lodged against
Leroy Dorsey, 29, colored, accused by
police of taking clothing, jewelry
and other objects from a number of
apartments.
Eight charges of forgery and ut
tering were returned against Charles
Riston Schroth for allegedly passing
checks for small sums.
Others indicted and the charges
against them were:
Elmer Warner, Clark Smith, Bus- 1
ter Rookard and Fred I. Hardy, joy- :
riding: Joe Williams, grand larceny:
Mildred Stevens, receiving stolen
property: Earl W. Black, Clayton
Gray, Stanley Gray, William Stokes,
Herbert Burrell. Russell T. Barker.
Edward Scalia. Carl C. Whitworth.
James H. McCormick and Edward
Sam. housebreaking and larceny;
John H. Grimes, James P. Beatty.
William Swinney, Leon James and
James Holley, assault with intent to
commit robbery and assault with a
dangerous weapon: Percy H. Lang,
housebreaking and larceny and forg
ery and uttering a Government
check: Harry E. Blackwell, robbery;
Fred Thomnsnn Manuel fialon and
Major Bowling, robbery and assault
with a dangerous weapon; Irving
Carlisle, assault with intent to con»
mit robbery; William H. Evans.
James H Lee, Theodore Diggs and
Oscar White, assault with a danger
ous weapon: Arline Blackwell, Bus
ter Buchanan; Lee Ah Sam. John
W. Reese, Edward Bean. Eli Thomp
son and Simon Lloyd. jr„ violation
of the Harrison Narcotic Act and
of the Narcotic Drugs Import and
Export Act: James T. Pierce. Harry
E. Budd, Charles Minor, John Leek,
Chang Warren, Charles H. Stubbs,
James Adams. Loranzo Hopson,
Harold T. Everett. Clinton Ran
dolph. James Williams. George
Fairley and Wilmon Williams, vio
lation of the Harrison Narcotic Act,
the Narcotic Drugs Import and Ex
port Act and conspiracy; Sam
Greene, setting up a gaming table
in the 1200 block of New York
avenue N.W.; James Simpson, vio
lation of the numbers law: Earl E.
Butler, forgery and uttering: Harry
F. McConnell, violation of the Na
tional Motor Vehicles Theft Act;
Martin C. White, violation of the
White Slave Traffic Act. and Wil
liam Ball, sodomy.
Mrs. Crounse Pays $26,000
To Settle Fund Claims
Mrs. Pepita Crounse. who last
week won an annulment of her
marriage to Joseph Whitla Stinson,
has paid out *26.000 to settle claims
of attorneys for trustees of the
fund she once established for her
former husband, as well as fees
for lawyers who represented Mr
Stinson and her former nurse. Miss
Jessie Shoemaker, in the sensa
tional District Court case.
Alvin Newmyer. counsel for the
wealthy matron, said a sum of $2,500
was p.vid to Attorney George Horn
ing :nd his associates for their
services in connection with Miss
Shoemaker's *50.000 libel suit against
Mrs. Crounse. The suit has been
dropped. Mr. Newmyer said.
r-an oi me i^o.uuu was paia to
Carroll L. Beedy. who represented
Mr. Stinson in the annulment suit
and in the trust fund litigation,
while the remainder was used to
settle claims of counsel for the trust
fund trustees.
An agreement that Mr. Stinson
would not appeal the annulment
decree was included in the settle
ment. it was said. Mr. Beedy said
Mr. Stinson received nothing out
of the $26,000 except his expenses
for counsel.
Others who received payments for
trustees' commissions included Ed
mund L. Jones, counsel for Charles
S. Baker, one of the trustees: Harold
Marsh, another trustee, and Arthur
P. Drury, representing the National
Savings <fc Trust Co., also a trustee.
Washington Printers
Lose Game They Won
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 9.—Washing
ton’s Union Printers baseball team
met its first defeat in the Typo
graphical Championship Tourna
ment here this morning when it i
was nosed out by Detroit, 12-11, in
the 10th inning.
Washington had defeated Detroit i
yesterday in a game played under
protest, and at a committee meet
ing last night, the game was ordered
replayed from the time of the pro
test. the first half of the 10th
inning, with the score tied, 11-11,
and with two out and the bases:
loaded.
When the game was resumed this j
morning Detroit sent in a pinch1
hitter who drew a walk, forcing in |
a run. Washington failed to score
in its half of the inning.
(Earlier story on Page A-13.)
Norfolk Boat Passenger
Jumps Into Sea, Drowns
By the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va.. Aug. 9.—A wom
an listed as Mrs. Irene Morrison,
address unknown, was drowned off
Ocean City, Md., last night when
she jumped into the sea from the
Old Dominion Line's New York
Norfolk steamer George Washing
ton. Capt. G. E. Horsley reported to
police today when the steamer
docked here.
Several persons saw her leap, he
said.
The steamer was swung about and.
with searchlights stabbing the dark
ness, circled the area for an hour
before resuming the voyage to Nor
folk.
On a chair beside the rail was
found Mrs. Morrison’s purse con
taining 77 cents. There also was a
suitcase containing a coat bearing
the label of a Boston store.
Records of the company show she
purchased her ticket August 4 in
New York City,
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NEW YORK. — WANTED:
DEAD OR ALIV'E—The search 1
for Louis (Lepke) Buchalter, I
fugitive industrial racketeer, j
widened today as New York ;
E>osted a $25,000 dead-or-alive
reward for his capture.
—A. P. Wirephoto. j
Security Board Stops
Lump-Sum Benefits
To Those Over 65
Agency Anticipates
Signing of Amendments
Substituting Monthly Aid
B» the A*rociated Press.
The Social Security Board, antici
pating quick presidential approval
of amendments to the social security
act. announced today it had stopped
receiving claims for lump-sum old
age insurance benefits from persons
65 years old.
One of the revisions which Con
gress approved substitutes monthly
payments for the lump sum if certain
requirements are met.
Chairman Arthur J. Altmever of
the board estimated that 485.000
persons over 65 would receive pay
ments under the new schedule next
year at a cost of $110 000.000. The
current system, he said, would have
cost not more than $30,000,000.
‘Termination of the payment of
lump-sum benefits, up to now pay
able to workers at age 65," Mr. Alt
meyer said, "is the only revision of
the old age insurance program to
take effect simultaneously when the
amendments are signed by the Presi
dent.
“Workers who became 65 between
now and 1940 and many of those
who have already attained that age
and been paid lump-sum benefits,
will, in almost all cases, get consider
ably more from the revised old age
insurance plan than they could
have received before the law was
amended.”
The new monthly benefit pay
ments will go to those workers over
65 who have paid taxes on their in
come for at least 18 months, or at
least half of the time between the
present and their 65th birthday
anniversary.
Mr. Altmever said that 178.000
claims for lump-sum benefits to per
sons 65 years old. involving $10,- j
000.000, already had been paid.
Morgenthau Is III
In Copenhagen Hotel
By the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN. Aug. 9— Henry
Morgenthau, jr., United States Sec
retary of the Treasury, was confined
to bed in the Elsinore Summer Hotel
here today with a headache and a
slight stomach disorder.
The indisposition compelled him
to postpone his intended study of
Danish dairying. He has said he
planned to return to the United
States September 6.
The Secretary, his wife and three
children arrived today, planning to
remain about eight days before go
ing on to Finland. Sweden and Nor
way.
Bridges Picks Hawks
To Steer Campaign
For Presidency
Manager Says Race
Will Stress Youth
Role in Government
By th< Associated Press.
A couple of Republicans just out of
their 30's teamed up yesterday for
the purpose of electing Senator H.
Styles Bridges of New Hampshire
the next President of the United
States.
One was Senator Bridges himself,
just past 41, and the other was Rep
resentative Charles Hawks, jr„ of
Horicon, Wis., a first-term member
of the House, who turned 40 only
last month.
Mr. Hawks, somewhat mystified
that Senator Bridges had selected
him as his campaign manager, sat
in his office and outlined the objec
tives and methods of the campaign.
He indicated that accent on youth
would be the keynote. The Senator
is preparing for a whirlwind speak
ing campaign this fall, which, unless
plans go awry, will carry his uncom
promising anti-New Deal views to
audiences from the Middle West to
the Pacific Coast and back. Sen
ator Bridges now is in New Hamp
shire preparing his speeches.
"We want,” Mr. Hawks said, "to
interest the young people of the
country in their Government. And
I think we can do it.”
Unlike most candidates. Senator
Bridges will have no oppning an
nouncement to make, Mr. Hawks
said. The forthcoming speaking trip
will be sufficient for that, he added.
Nor. he continued, will there be
an effort to obtain pledged delegates
to next year's Republican Conven
tion.
"We would prefer.” he said, "that
the delegates be unpledged. What
we hope to do is to make friends
among them.”
iiic onmtui a campaign is oeing
financed "in the usual way—by con
tributions." Mr Hawks said. These,
he added, have already been re
ceived from all over the country.
In Congress Senator Bridges has
been known first of all as a gad-fly
to the New Deal. A specialty of
his has been a series of 20-minute
speeches seizing upon what he con
siders some vulnerable spot in the
administration's defenses, and pierc
ing it with oratory.
As Mr. Hawks outlined it today,
the Senator's Western trip, with
additions still to be made, is to in
clude appearances at Des Moines,
Iowa; Omaha, Nebr.: Colorado
Springs. Colo.; San Francisco. Los
Angeles. Portland. Oreg : Enid,
Okla.; Kansas City, and St. Louis.
The dates will be announced later.
Johnson Increases Lead
Over Brown in Kentucky
Fy the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE. Kv„ Aug. 9.—With
less than 1.000 of Kentuck's 4.307
precincts unreported. Lt. Gov. Keen
Johnson's lead for the democratic
gubernatorial nomination mounted
to 26.485 today over his chief oppo
nent. John Young Brown, former
United States Representative.
Mr. Johnson, the State administra
tion's candidate, who criticized the
C. I. O. in his campaign and made
a major issue of Mr. Brown's po
sition as an attorney for the C. I. Os
United Mine Workers, had 231.393
votes for 3,660 reported precincts.
Mr. Brown had 204.908.
Victory of Circuit Judge King
Swope of Lexington for the Republi
can nomination was conceded last
night by his principal rival, John
Sherman Cooper, Somerset attorney.
Returns from 3.503 precincts gave
Mr. Sw-ope a 34.458-vote margin. He
had 97.676. Mr. Cooper 63.218.
There's a Limit
ALBUQUERQUE. N. Mex. (i«*>.—
Mrs. Fred Deal didn’t get very
angry when some large boys per
sisted in stealing fruit from her pear
tree. It was after they pelted her
with her own pears that she called
police.
Weather Report
(Furnished by the United State? Weather Bureau.)
District of Columbia—Showers this afternoon and probably early to
night followed by mostly clear tomorrow: cooler; moderate southwest shift
ing to westerly winds.
Maryland—Showers this afternoon and probably early tonight fol
lowed by fair tomorrow; cooler.
Virginia—Scattered showers this afternoon and early tonight in west
and north portions and in southeast portion tonight; slightly cooler to
night; tomorrow partly cloudy and not so warm.
West Virginia—Partly cloudy and cooler preceded by showers in ex
treme east portion tonight: tomorrow fair with moderate temperature.
A dictiirhonea r,f *»*>*!»*»*.» ---—
moving northeastward off Southeastern .
Newfoundland. St. Johns. 1007.1 millibars
'79.74 inches) Another disturbance of
considerable intensity is moving rapidly
eastward over the Lake region and the
southwestern portion of the Province of
Quebec. Killaloe. Ontario. 998.0 millibars
(79 47 inches). The tropical disturbance
continues to move slowly west-northwest
ward a short distance north of Haiti !
Pressure is relatively high south of Nova
Scotia. S S. Excello. 1070 0 millibars
‘•10.17 inches', and over the Southeastern 1
States. Montgomery, Ala.. lolH.o millibars
(do.(M» inches). Pressure is rising over
the lower Missouri Valley. Columbia. Mo.,
lolt.d millibars < 30.04 inches'. Pressure I
continues high over northern Hudson Br.v
and the northern Rock.v Mountain region '
Chesterfield District of Keewatin 10*31.7
millibars <30.17 inches), and Beaver Lodge
Alberta. 1018.H millibars (do.ox inches*. !
During the last 74 hours there have been I
rather general showers in the Lake region j
and the upper Mississippi Valley and scat
tered showers in the Central Valleys, the ,
New England States, the middle and north
ern Plains and in portions of Texas. Tem
peratures have fallen considerably in the
lower Missouri and upper Mississippi Val
leys and the western portion of the upper
Lake region.
River Report.
Potomac River cloudy. Shenandoah
muddy at Harpers Perry: Potomac slightly
muddy at Great Palls today.
Report for Last 24 Honrs.
Temperature. Barometer.
Yesterday— degrees Inches.
4 p.m._ H9 79.94
H p m.- 84 79.94 .
Midnight _ 78 29.92 4
Today—
4 a m. _ 76 29.89
8 a.m._ 8d 29.9(1
Noon_ 91 29.89
Record for Lait 24 Hoars.
(From noon yesterday to noon today !
Highest, 91. noon today Year ago. 91.
Lowest. 74. 3:30 a.m. today. Year ago.
73.
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest, 96. on June 16.
Lowest. 17. on February 23.
Humidity for Laat 24 Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 93 per cent, at 1 a.m. today.
Lowest. 44 per cent, at noon today.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow
High _,2:05 a m. 3:04 a m
Low __. _ 9:02 a.m. 10:07 a.m.
High _2:29 p.m. 3:34 p.m.
Low _ 8:56 p.m. 10:03 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
3un. today . 5:15 7:12
Son. tomorrow_ 5:16 7:11
Moon, today. 2:06 p.m
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In tnchet In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1939. Average. Record.
January_ :t.41 3.55 7.83 ’37
February- 5.71 3.27 8.84 84
March _ 2.89 3.75 8 84 -91
April - 3.78 3.27 9.13 89
May _ -0.41 3.70 10.69 89
June . __ 4 45 4 13 10 94 on
Julv - . 2.0! 4 71 10 63 '86
August _ 0.06 4 01 14 41 28
September_ 3 74 17 45 '34
October _ 2.84 8.81 '37
November _ . 2.37 8 60 '89
December ... 3.32 7.56 ’01
Weather in Various Cities.
Temp Rain
.... Barom HtghXow. (all Weather.
Abilene . 29.97 73 64 0.34 Cloudy
Albanv _ 29.80 89 87 _ Rain
Atlanta 30.06 97 72 Clear
Atlantic C. 29 91 81 75 0 40 Cloudy
Baltimore 29.91 94 75 Cloudy
Bir'ingham 30.06 90 7” _ Clear
Bismarck 29.94 7 1 40 _ Cloudy
Boston 29.91 89 7(i Cloudy
Buffalo 29.71 84 72 0.22 Cloudy
Charleston 30.09 91 68 Cloudy
Chicago 29.88 S3 53 0.13 Clear
Cincinnati 29 91 92 73 0.05 Cloudy
Cleveland 29.82 88 61 0.72 Cloudy
Columbia 30.06 97 73 Cloudy
Denver 29.85 79 49 Clear
Detroit _ 29.77 86 68 1.05 Cloudy
El Paso . 79.88 86 65 Clear
Galveston 30.00 89 76 Clear
Helena 29.97 64 46 0.28 Rain
Huron 29.97 73 48 Cloudy
Indian'olis 29.97 87 61 0.11 Cloudy
Jack'onville 30.09 90 76 Cloudy
Kansas C. 30.03 75 58 , Clear
X Angeles 29.82 75 62 Cloudy
Louisville 29 94 9] 72 0.09 Cloudy
Miami 30.03 89 81 0 10 Clear
Mpls-St P. 29 88 68 54 1.05 Clear
N. Orleans 30.03 92 75 0.33 Cloudy
New York 29 8s 78 72 0.07 Cloudy
Norfolk 30.01 91 76 ... Cloudy
Okla. City 30.00 77 64 Clear
Omaha 30.03 75 53 0.01 Cloudy
Phila. _ 29.91 84 73 Cloudy
Phoenix 29.74 101 78 Clear
Pittshugah 29.85 86 73 0.14 Cloudy
P’land. Me 39.88 73 63 0.02 C oudy
P'ld Oreg 79 82 97 64 Clear
Raieigh 30,03 92 72 Cloudv
I1 tV^‘% ’m-- §5 22 016 Cloudy
S. Lake C. -9 < < 86 55 Cloudy
S Antonio 29.97 95 75 0 04 Cloudy
San Diego 29.82 74 65 Cloudy
s_ fnclsco 29.88 63 58 ”‘ c°cuAj
Seattle 29.85 89 56 Clear
Spokane 29.80 86 54
Tampa 30,06 90 75 rear
WASH .D.C. 20.91 91 74 I” cloudy
FOREIGN STATIONS.
(7 a.m.. Greenwich time, today.)
w, , . Temperature. Weather.
London. England 56 • Clear
Pans, France . 57 Cloudy
Vienna. Austria..I” 63 Rain
B^esf"' £.',rmany- 04 Clear
Brest. France HI Cloudy
Zurich. Switzerland 5' ClSudy
Stockholm. Sweden o« Cloudy
Gibraltar. Spain 71 Cl?»r
Horta v Greenwich time today )
Horta (Fayal). Azores 77 Cloudy
tu (Current observations.)
st Georges. Bermuda 81 Cloudy
Rlco ii Si
Colon. Canal Zone”:: • 81 CtoSdv