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Kelly Demands
Roosevelt Run
For 3d Term
Young Democrats
Cheer Words of
Chicago Mayor
*r the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. Aug. 12.—Mayor
Edward J. Kelly of Chicago today
demanded that President Rooseveh
run for a third term.
Before the national convention of
Young Democratic Clubs of America
that cheered and applauded his
Words. Mayor Kelly said he believed
b third term was the sentiment of
the convention.
Recalling Mr. Roosevelt's words
that he had enlisted for the duration
of the "social struggle." the Mayor
said:
"In this economic war against
starvation and unemployment and
in this social struggle against inse
curity. Mr. Roosevelt, we demand
that you continue as commander in
chief of our liberal humanitarian
Government.
“You have lost your right to your
own personal life. You do not be
long to yourself. You belong to the
people and the people want your
continued leadership.
More Opportunities.
“We want your steady voice to
plead our cause. WTe want your
steady head and hands to guide us
in the American way that we should
go. We want you to stay on in the
fight to insure more work and wages
•—to create more opportunities for
men and women on the bottom.
"Mr. President, the young democ
racy of America will not take 'No' for
an answer.
• “That, I believe, is the sentiment
cf your convention.
“That. I believe, is the voice of
young democracy that sees only
two ways—the way of Roosevelt or
the way of reaction—it means go
ing forward or going back.
“There is the faith of young de
mocracy that knows what President
Roosevelt has done for you and
knows why he must carry on what
ever the sacrifice.
“There is young democracy's
great fight and greater victory in
the coming campaign to know and
be assured that it's Roosevelt for
four more years.
“Mr. President, the young de
mocracy awaits your answer."
Refers to Coalition Fight.
Mayor Kelly said he didn't come
here to “peddle any sunshine for
the New Deal—nor use a tar brush
on the Tories" because the "per
sonal liberty and the moral security
of the whole American people comes
i before any party or any philosophy
of government."
Referring to the coalition fifeht in
Congress against the Roosevelt pro
gram. he said:
“Our people have no use for those
Un-American blockades to human
progress—those sudden parliamen
tary deaths of sound legislation.
They have a way of dealing with the
cloakroom connivers who preside
over the committee burials and fili
busters against enactments for mon
etary control.
“They have pegged the political
‘gangsters' who don't care who suf
fers or starves as long as they can
put the White House back in Wall
Street—and bring back the snatch
as-snatch-can methods of the 'tick
er-tape 20s.’ ”
The final session of the three-day
convention got under way an hour
and a haff late, but an organist
pepped things up to help the dele
gates forget the heat.
The gathering staged a 10-minute
demonstration last night after a
speech by Paul V. McNutt. Federal
security administrator, outlining a
future course for “modern liber
alism."
piupu.Miig inaorse
ment of New Deal aims were expect
ed to reach the convention floor to
day. The organization's constitution
prohibits indorsement of any presi
dential candidates until after one is
nominated by the party.
Adams’ Election Forecast.
Homer Mat Adams, 28-year-old
assistant finance director of the
State of Illinois, openly advertised
as having the support of senior New
Dealers, was virtually conceded the
presidency of the clubs when John
Neff. Staunton. Va.. his closest op
ponent. withdrew and threw' his sup
port to Adams. Harry Shank of
Urbana. Ohio, W'as the only other
candidate remaining in the race.
The Ohio delegation which had
been supporting Shank threw its
support today to Adams, practically
assuring him of an unanimous vote.
The Ohio group's Steering Commit
tee advised Adams the State's five
votes would go to him because its
delegation felt he was “representa
> five of the highest type of young
Democrat * * * and stands like
us. squarely with President Roose
velt and the New Deal.’’
Convention leaders also forecast
the election of Mrs. Verda Barnes.
Idaho Falls. Idaho, former Interior
Department official in Washington,
as vice president.
The speech of Mr. McNutt, who
<See DEMOCRATS Page”A-6.)”
, Auto Wreck Repairs
Marriage Plans
By the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG. Pa.. Aug. 12.—The
marriage plans of a young New York
couple, wrecked by a Virginia min
ister, were repaired today by an
automobile wreck.
Life looked dark to pretty Jeanne
Cornish, 18, of Elmhurst, Long
Island, eloping with 19-year-old
Stewart Brown of Dumont, N. Y.,
when a Winchester. Va.. clergyman
said she seemed too young and re
fused to marry them.
It looked darker when their car
overturned near here on the return
trip.
* But the sweethearts were injured
only slightly and Miss Cornish's
mother told her over long-distance
telephone that if she would come
home she could be married there
with her parents' consent.
Squalus Successfully Lifted
80 Feet for First 5-Mile Tow
Stern Raised First to That Level,
Bow Then Pulled Up to 60 Feet
! By trip Associated Press.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. 12 —
! Climaxing successful the most dif
ficult pfr.se of a history-making
salvage operation, the United States
Navy today lifted the flooded sub
marine Squalus and her 26 dead
from the ocean floor that has
gripped her almost continuously
since May 23.
Approximately two hours after
the unwieldly stern of the submarine
: was lifted from its bed of mud the
partially flooded bow was raised to
a position about 60 feet from the
sea bottom and preparations were
made to tow the Squalus and the
> salvage ship Falcon to shollower
water off the Isle of Shoals about
five miles distant.
The three topmost bow pontoons
surged to the foam-covered sur
face only a few feet aw-ay from the
side of the Falcon. They came up
in beautiful alignment, foam spray
ing into the sunlight like a fountain.
For the first time since the lifting
began at dawn a happy cheer rang
out as the pontoons came to rest on
the surface. Despite the flurry of
the rising, the disturbance did not
even approximate the wild surge
that accompanied the last salvage
effort on July 13 when the bow of
the submarine itself suddenly broke
water.
The Arrangement.
The salvage fleet presented a
strange spectacle as preparation for
towing began. Between the towing
tug Wandank and the Falcon bobbed
the three pontoons above the stern.
The Falcon itself rode almost
above the Squalus in double-decker
fashion. Astern, acting as a drag
anchor for both the submarine ana
the salvage ship, was the tug Saga
more. To port rode the submarine
Sculpin, sister of the Squalus, while
to starboard a small fleet ot Coast
Guard and Navy vessels served a
similar purpose of steadying the
pontoons.
Shortly before 9 a m. (E. S. T.)
the three pontoons attached to the
tremendously heavy water-filled
stern of the craft broke the sur
face amid a wild flurry of foam,
indicating the after compartment
had been lifted 80 feet from the
bottom.
Without warning, save for a sud
den burst of air bubbles, the tnree
topmost stern pontoons broke the
surface simultaneously, throwing
foam fully 15 feet into the air. The
pontoons themselves broke almost
clear of the water, sank beneath the
| surface and rose again to ride side
j by side on the calm sea.
Working smoothly and without
outside sign ot flurry, the stnpped
to-the-waist salvage crew ran well
within its lifting schedule. The air
pumps of the salvage ship Falcon
started pounding shortly after 5
l a m. An hour later Admiral C. W.
Cole announced the six topmost
! pontoons above the submarine had
; been filled and that action was but
: a matter of minutes. Nevertheless,
: the Navy worked with great care
towards its final goal.
A calm sea. stirred only by the
smallest ground swell, a clear warm
; sun. and an absence of breeze gave
' (See SQUALUS, Page A-5J
Suitor Shoots Divorcee
And State Trooper,
Then Kills Sell
'Jealous Admirer'
Arrives After Party
At Fashionable Home
By the Associated Press.
SMITHTOWN BRANCH. N. Y..
Aug. 12.—A socially prominent
young divorcee was shot and crit
ically wounded after a house party
on the fashionable Long Island
North Shore today by a man de
scribed by State Police Lt. Charles
La Forge as "a jealous admirer."
The assailant fired three shots at
Mrs. Elizabeth Greve Caldwell Car
olyn of Delafield Farm. Noroton,
Conn.: wounded a State trooper
who tried to save her, then turned
the gun on himself and sent four
bullets into his heart. He died '
almost instantly.
Lt. La Forge identified him as
Lawrence Sprague. 30. stepson of Dr.
Shirley E. Sprague, New York City
physician.
Mrs. Carolyn, who went to Long
Island late yesterday from her Con
necticut home, said Sprague, corner
ing her in a bedroom of the house
threatened to kill her if she rejected
j his suit, and then announced he
would kill any one who tried to
enter the room.
He had tried to see her earlier in
the evening, but had been turned
aside after telephoning. Later, it
developed, he entered the house
while Mrs. Carolyn and some others
were away for a short time and
waited her return.
The shooting occurred in the pre
tentious summer home of Mrs.
Madeleine Waterman Higgins, 31,
daughter-in-law of the late Charles
Higgins of New York, head of the
Higgins Ink Co. Mrs. Higgips told
police she had been separated from
her husband. Tracy Higgins, since
June.
Mrs. uaroiyn, wno uses ner
maiden name of Greve, is the
daughter of William Greve. wealthy
- ex-president of the Prudence Bond
Co of Brooklyn, which in 1923 in
sured his life for $1,000,000. Greve
tfas in Bermuda when the shooting
occurred and made plans to fly here
at once. His daughter was taken to
| Southside Hospital, Bayshore.
Mrs. Higgins said Sprague had
; telephoned Mrs. Carolyn about 10
o'clock last night, a few hours after
she arrived at the Higgins home
from Connecticut, which is just
across Long Island Sound, but was
told by Mrs. Higgins that Mrs. Car
olyn was not there.
Earlier in the evening Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Emmett of St. James,
another North Shore town, had
called with some house guests, Mr.
and Mrs. Huntington Watts of New
Canaan, Conn.
Bullets Miss Stomach.
Mrs. Carolyn was hit by three
bullets, which just missed the wall
of her stomach.
The trooper, John Busch, was hit
in the left arm. Then Sprague
turned the gun on himself and fired
' four bullets into his heart.
Mrs. Carolyn, who has two chil
, dren, met Sprague in Reno about
five months ago. according to, Mrs.
Higgins, while she was getting a di
vorce from her second husband.
In Spragues pocket the police
found a summons issued only a few
hours earlier by a State trooper
charging him with driving through
Westbury, Long Island, at 65 miles
an hour.
At the hospital later Mrs. Carolyn
said she was terrified when she
saw the gun.
“When we sat down on the bed,
he said. ‘Either we make up or I’ll
kill you,’ ” she declared.
“I told him we just couldn’t make
up. He said. ‘I know that you’ve
called the police. If any one enters
the door I’m going to kill you
and get him and then shoot my
self. ”
Sprague was described by police
as a commercial artist employed
j by a New York department store.
AfTISt uies
NEW ROCHELLE. N. Y.. Aug. 12
(/Pi—Montague Castle. 72. artist and
designer of stained glass windows,
' died yesterday after a long illness.
One Dead, 35 Hurt
In Train Collision
In Colorado
Several Passengers
Reported Trapped
In Cars
Ey the Associated Press.
DENVER. Aug. 12.—One man was
killed and an estimated 35 injured
today in a collision of two passenger
trains on a crossing switch in South
Denver.
The man killed was tentatively
identified as R. S. Mock of Pueblo,
conductor of northbound Santa Fe
train No. 6. The injured were taken
to Denver Hospital.
The Police ^Department ordered
five ambulances to the scene. An
emergency Fire Department crew
equipped with acetylene torches
was dispatched, apparently to cut
open cars in which several pas
sengers were reported trapped.
The collision was between the
Santa Fe's No. 6 and the Denver &
Rio Grande Western's No. 1. The
latter was the first section of the
Scenic Limited, a popular tourist
train running from Denver to Salt
Lake City via Pueblo and the Roval
Gorge.
Agreement Signed Settling
Sakhalin Island Dispute
By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Aug. 12.—The Soviet
government announced last night
that Russian oil workers and Jap
anese concessionaires had signed a
collective agreement in Northern
Sakhalin I-^and. where a bitter dis
pute arose between Moscow and
Tokio over operation of the impor
tant fuel supply sources.
The announcement, made through
Tass, Soviet official news agency,
said the agreement provided for a
15 per cent wage increase and other
benefits for the workers.
The dispute took a serious turn
July 21 when a naval ministry
source in Tokio said Japanese war
ships were assembling in northern
waters as a result of a Soviet threat
to confiscate the Japanese conces
sion on the island, which is half
Japanese and half Russian.
Jailed Seamen Named
HAMBURG, Germany, Aug. 12
OP).—1Three members of the crew of
the United States liner Manhattan,
arrested August 4 on charges of cur
rency smuggling, were listed today
as Henry Dunker, Irvin Kaysetz and
Jay Davy. Their attorney said he
regarded the charges against them
as "minor.”
Hitler Confers
With Ciano on
Axis Policy
II Duce's Stand
Is 'Clarified' in
Lengthy Talk
BACKGROUND—
Germany's axis partner. Italy,
linked to the Reich in an out
right military alliance since May,
has shown little enthusiasm for
' Hitler's Damig demands, fearing
; they may lead to war with Po
i land. Present meeting of Ger
| man and Italian foreign ministers
is expected to determine general
axis policy on Damig. Southeast
Europe and a possible military
alliance with Japan.
ay ii'c /v.vsuciaiea rress.
BERCHTESGADEN. Germany,
Aug. 12.—Adolf Hitler and the
foreign ministers of Germany and
Italy held a lengthy conference on
Rome-Berlin axis policy today in
the Fuehrer's mountain chalet near
1 here.
Hitler gave Count Galeazzo Ciano,
: the Italian Minister, a hearty wel
j come when he arrived by motor car
from Salzburg.
There was a roll of drums from
the Fuehrer's black-uniformed body
j guard as Count Ciano's car rolled
; up in front of the Berghof. Step
ping out on the terrace, the Fuehrer,
accompanied by Foreign Minister
Joachim von Ribbentrop, greeted his
guest and personally conducted him
into the house.
The conference began after a
luncheon given in honor of Count
Ciano, Premier Mussolini's repre
sentative and son-in-law. Count
Ciano was late leaving Salzburg
and it was believed the delay was
caused by a last-minute telephone
talk with II Duce.
Guests at the luncheon included
Bernardo Attolico, Italian Ambas
sador to Berlin; members of Count
Ciano's entourage. Dr. Otto Diet
rich. the German press chief; Dr.
Friedrich Gaus. foreign office legal
expert, and several foreign office
officials.
nmrniui; urnerai nuuaiion.
Both German and Italian spokes
men remained tight-lipped on the
subjects of the Ciano-Von Ribben
trop talks, which opened at Salzburg
: yesterday.
One German official, however,
said: “You need not expect any
sensational announcement. They are
: just reviewing the general European
, situation."
An Italian spokesman asserted:
“Whatever steps take place, you may
be sure that Rome and Berlin wiil
see eye to eye."
It was announced meanwhile that
a schedulei. duck hunt for Sunday
was canceled, but whether the time
would be reserved for further talks
was not known immediately.
As the two foreign ministers went
over the situation, Labor Front
Leader Robert Ley told journalists
: he believed the world would have
peace if it heeded Hitler. Ley, who
is in Nurnberg to organize the an
nual Nazi convention, declared:
“I am convinced that the world
will come to rest and that it will be
able to build up a lasting peace if it
takes to heart the words which
Adolf Hitler will address to the
world from the party day of peace
at Nurnberg.”
To Attend Musical Festival.
The talks with Hitler are gener
ally believed to mark the end of the
official part of the Italian foreign
minister's visit. Evening will see
von Ribbentrop and Ciano at an
open-air performance of the Salz
burg music festival on the town's
Cathedral Square.
One German commentator close
to the foreign office described the
Salzburg meeting as "bound to bring
a new impulse to the clarification of
the international situation.”
Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm
Goering's National Zeitung of Es
sen, however, said that in Germany
| “no sensation could be seen in a
visit of a minister. It is self-evident
that the responsible men of both
nations keep themselves constantly
informed.”
Persistence
EUGENE. Oreg.. Aug. 12 </P).—It
took 10 years for San Francisco po
lice to recover Capt. Herman C.
Dempewolf's stolen watch and for
a while it looked as if it ihight take
them that much longer to find the
captain.
They traced the Army officer from
California to Montana to New York
to Kansas to Eugene.
Summary of Today's Star
fage. i'age.
Amusements, Editorials * A-8
B-14 Lost, Found B-7
Church News. Obituary _._A-10
A-12-13 Radio_ A-9
Comics--B-12-13 Real Estate B-l-7
Finance A-16-17 Society _A-7
Garden Page, Sports A-14-15
A-ll
Foreign.
Hitler confers with Ciano on axis
policy. Page A-l
Japanese Premier takes firm stand
against axis pact. Page A-2
Welles to confer with Mexican envoy
on oil problem. Page A-2
Peace propaganda of Japanese fails
to get results. PageA-10
National.
McNutt speech arouses speculation
on Roosevelt support. Page A-l
Army probes Langley plane crash
fatal to nine. Page A-l
Divorcee is wounded following Long
Island party. Page A-l
Roosevelt boards cruiser, all bills
disposed of. Page A-2
Senator Burke sees shakeup of
parties in ’40. Page A-3
New phases of Annenberg case
studied by U. S. Page A-5
Nye warns G. O. P. it had better
nominate progressive. Page A-6
American flyers unreported on
Ireland hop. Page A-6
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Washington and Vicinity.
Police hold prisoner, seek motive in
shotgun slaying. Page A-18
D. C. Legion nominates Slattery and
Goodacre. , Page A-18
President vetoes bill for extension of
parking met er system. Page A-18
Editorial and Comment
This and That. Page A-4
Answers to Questions. Page A-8
Letters to The Star. Pag£ A-8
David Lawrence. Page A-9
Alsop and Kintner. Page A-9
Preston Grover. Page A-9
Lemuel Parton. Page A-9
Constantine Brown. Page A-9
Sports.
Punch added to national tennis as
players slug ball. Page A-14
Vet Sarazen is happy as he tops
Dapper Dan golf. PageA-15
Welsh favored to beat Lynch in
M. A. net final. Page A-15
Miscellany
Service Orders. Page A-7
Dorothy Dix. Page A-7
Needlework. Page A-7
Barbara Bell Pattern. Page A-7
Vital Statistics. Page A-7
Nature’s Children. Page A-9
Bedtime Story. PageB-12
Crossword Puzzle. PageB-12
Letter-Out. Page B-12
Winning Contract. Page B-13
Uncle Ray’s Corner Page B-13
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Second Army Plane
Crashes in Virginia;
Two in Craft Jump
Crackup Follows Bomber
Tragedy Within 24 Hours;
Fate of Men Unknown
By the Associated Press.
LANGLEY FIELD. Va . Aug. 12 —
An Army plane crashed near here
today in the second crackup ana
burning of a Langley Field plane in
24 hours. The pilot and a passen
ger jumped in parachutes, but it
was not learned immediately if they
escaped injury.
The ship, an attack plane, fell
near Fort Eustis. about 15 miles
from here, while engaged in a rou
tine flight. Post officials said the
plane burned.
The plane was piloted by Second
Lt. C. T. Murrell of the Air Corps
Reserves, and the passenger was Pvt.
Amelio Lenzeni.
Bomber's Crash Probed.
A three-man board of inquiry
probed, meanwhile, into the flre
seared wreckage of a Douglas B-18-A
bomber that crashed during a take
off killing two commissioned officers
and seven enlisted men.
The plane, attached to the 21st
Reconnaissance Squadron, devel
oped trouble shortly after it left the
field about 1:30 p.m. yesterday and
plunged to the ground from an alti
tude of about 150 feet.
Lt. Col. Walter Bender, executive
officer in charge, said the board's
report probably would be made to
the War Department within the
“next two or three days."
Members of the board, appointed
immediately after the crash, were
Maj. Clarence S. Lober, Capt. Wil
liam H. McArthur and Lt. Nicholas
E. Powel.
4 „ 4 A..4 ”
Witnesses said the big plane had
just cleared the field when one of
the two motors sounded as if it were
"cutting-out.” The pilot, Second
Lt. Homer M. Mackav, apparently
in an effort to bring the ship down
safely, put it into a steep glide to
ward the waters of Back River, a
short distance away.
The plane, however, went into a
dive and crashed, bursting into
flames almost immediately. Wit
nesses said there was an explosion
as the plane hit the ground fol
lowed by a series of six lesser ex
plosions as crash truck and ambu
lance crews sped to the scene.
The intense heat of gasoline
flames spouting from the plane beat
back-efforts of rescuers to reach the
men imprisoned in the fuselage and
it was not until nearly two hours
later that the bodies could be re
moved from the wreckage.
List of the Dead.
Col. Bender said no funeral ar
rangements for the men would be
announced until identification had
been completed and relatives had
expressed their wishes.
Army officials listed the dead as:
Second Lt. Homer M. Mackay, na
tive of Lansing, Mich.
Second Lt. Thomas L. Butner,
Burnsville, N. C.
Technical Sergt. William Morgan,
Norton, Va.
Staff Sergt. Raymond Shelley,
Oakdale. La.
Staff Sergt. Everett Kirkpatrick,
Quilsene, Wash.
Staff Sergt, Howard A. Jauernig,
Meridian. Idaho.
Corpl. Pete Bunyk, New Kensing
ton, Pa.
Pvt. Anthony Reale, Milwaukee,
Wis.
Pvt. Roy B. Leopold, East Mauch
| Chunk, Pa.
/ wo Are Kmea
As Navy Plane Crashes
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 12 1/P).—
Tw Navy flyers, a Reserve officer
and an enlisted man of the Regular
Navy, met deatfi yesterday in the
crash of their plane at Miramar
Landing Field, north of San Diego.
The pilot was Ensign T. R. Wood,
28, U. S N. R., and his passenger
V. P. Armstrong, 33, radioman, first
class. Both were attached to Bomb
ing Squadron 3 of the Navy aircraft
carrier Saratoga. The plane caught
fire after it crashed and was re
duced to a mass of charred wreck
age.
The accident occurred as the
flyers were engaged in gunnery
exercises.
Ensign Wood, whose widow lives
in Coronado, was a member of a
prominent Tacoma, Wash., family.
Mr. Armstrong is survived by his
father, Warren V. Armstrong, Bris
tol, Pa.
Finder of $1,565
Gets No Reward
By the Associated Press.
BLUEFIELD. W. Va., Aug. 12.—
Miss Margaret Litton had only a
clear conscience today as her reward
for returning a purse containing
$1,565 to its owner.
The pocketbook was left on a
counter of the dime store in which
Miss Litton clerks. She found it and
turned it into the office.
Hours later the distraught owner
came in and claimed it.
"She might at least have thanked
me," said Miss Litton, "but maybe
she forgot."
Missing Broker's
Body Found on Beach
Near Ocean City
I
Coast Guardsmen Find
Corpse of W. E. Dally;
Son Identifies Him
By :ue Associated Hic*ss.
OCEAN CITY, Aug. 12.—The body
of William E. Dally, missing 63-year
old Salisbury <Md.) investment bro
ker, was found today by Coast
Guardsmen on the beach one-fourth
of a mile south of Ocean City.
William Larsen of the North
Beach Coast Guard crew notified
Capt. T. T. Moore of the Ocean City
Coast Guard the body had been
washed ashore on the south side of
the inlet.
Capt. Moore left immediately to
aid in bringing the body here.
Yesterday Dr. M. H. bally of Chi
cago identified pictures of the in
vestment broker as the father he
had last heard from in Germany in
1922.
Accompanied by a representative
of the International Harvester Co.,
with which Mr. Dally was connect
ed in Germany, Dr. Dally said he
recognized the man from pictures
and descriptions on circulars being
distributed by the police.
Dr. Dally said his father had
written his mother in Chicago in
1922. asking her for a divorce. To
his mother's knowledge, he said,
the divorce was not obtained. \
Wednesday morning Mr. Daily's
wife, Irma, was found exhausted on
an Ocean City <Md.> beach, gasping:
“He's in the water."
Yesterday's development brought
out the fact Mr. Dally had mar
ried Mrs. Irma Dally at Denton.
Md.. in June. 1938, although au
thorities previously had been told
the marriage took place in Ger
many.
Representatives of the Security
Exchange Commission from Wash
ington concluded an examination
of Mr. Daily's company records and
returned to their headquarters
without disclosing what, if any
thing, they learned.
Troops Drop War
To Pass in Review,
1
Distinguished Guests
And Camp 'Sightseers'
Watch Ceremonies
By « Stall CorresDondent ot The Star.
FIELD HEADQUARTERS. 3d
CORPS. 1st ARMY. MANASSAS.
Va.. Aug. 12.—Slicked up again
after a week of marching and
countermarching, attacking and be
ing attacked in dust-powdered field
and chigger-infested forest and
brush. 17.000 National Guardsmen
from the District and three States
today passed in review before their
State Governors, District Commis
sioners Melvin Hazen and David
McCoach and other distinguished
guests.
With bands playing and battle
flags flying, the troops, deeply
bronzed by a week of blazing sun
shine. harder, fitter and wiser in
the ways of modern warfare than
when they pitched camp a week
ago, were assembled in close order
by divisions early today for the
first time since their arrival. The
reviews today are the major cere
monials for the two Guard divi
sions. the 28th, from Pennsylvania,
and the 29th. from the District,
Maryland, Virginia and Pennsyl
vania.
Busy Averting Traffic Jams.
The 29th Military Police Com
pany. Washington and Virginia
State police manned all main high
ways and side roads leading to the
review area, doing their best to
avert traffic jams and movement
of through traffic on Lee highway.
Hundreds of private citizens flocked
into the BuH Run battle area for
the review.
This afternoon and tomorrow will
be hours of freedom from the heavy
training grind of the last week and
rest for the even more strenuous
combat program which will begin
officially at 6 a.m. Monday, when
a fast-traveling, hard-hitting pro
visional division of Regular Army
troops, with more than 70 tanks,
motorized infantry, cavelry and
field artillery and all the most mod
ern weapons of war, with strong
aviation forces overhead, will begin
moving westward from the general
vicinity of Quantico. Va„ to at
tack the two Guard divisions.
Reveille sounded soon after dawn
in the scattered regimental camps
of the 28th Division south and east
of Manassas and the crisp aroma
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8-Story Fall Not Serious
DAYTON, Ohio. Aug. 12 (/Pi.—Miss
Margaret Berczelley. 23, fell from a
top window of an 11-storv building
yesterday, crashed through a sky
light on the roof of an adjoining
three-story building and. Dr. E. R.
Crew said, was injured only super
ficially.
Mayo Reports New Treatment
For Violent Headaches
By the Associated Press.
Three physicians of the Mayo
Clinic at Rochester, Minn., reported
today they had discovered a method
of treating certain severe headaches
which are due to excessive alcoholic
indulgence and other upsets in the
body's chemistry.
The headaches in question occur
when persons develop a condition
in which the chemical content of the
blood is thrown out of balance, Dr.
B. T. Horton, Dr. A. R. MacLean
and Dr. W. McK. Crain explained.
One of the natural chemicals in
the blood is known a shistamine,
and apparently either too much or
too little of it will cause the violent
pains. This is due, the physicians
said in a report in the journal Mod
ern Medicine, to the fact the blood
vessels in the head expand.
The causes of this unbalance and
the resulting headaches have not
been determined exactly, except that
alcoholism is known to be one fac
tor, it was reported.
Histamine headaches are different
and often more severe than migraine
or any other kind.
“The pain is so severe that many
patients contemplate suicide.” the
physicians said. “It is limited to one
side of the head and is of a constant
excruciating, burning, boring type,
involving the eyes, the temple, the
neck and often the face.”
The headaches develop and dis
appear very quickly, they added,
sometimes within a few minutes, but
they may last as long as several
hours. They usually occur with
:locklike regularity at a particular
hour of the night and, as a result,
persons who suffer from them can
not lie down. They are forced to get
what sleep they can while sit
ting up.
In some cases the effect of alco
hol in upsetting the histamine bal
ance is clearly evident, but com
plete abstinence does not cure the
headaches.
The only successful treatment
found is to give the sufferer doses
of histamine. Dr. Horton and his
associates said, in the same way
that a hay fever sufferer is given
small doses of pollen until he de
velops an immunity to it. The his
tamine is given to “desensitize” the
sufferer to it, regardless of whether
his headaches are caused by too
much or too little of the chemical.
With this treatment 65 patients
have been given permanent relief
from their headaches, 10 have had
no benefit and 9 could not be
reached afterward for a check-up.
Some relief is obtained occasionally
by keeping one hand in cold water
to raise the blood pressure, the
physicians added, and by the use
of drugs which constrict the blood
vessels. However, the histamine
desensitization has been the only
permanent remedy.
l
Civil Service
Bans Municipal
Office Seeking
Classified Employes
Already Holding
Posts Unaffected Yet
Bv J. A. FOX.
Civil service employes no longer
may seek a municipal office in
nearby Maryland and Virginia be
cause of the political ban of the
Hatch Act. the Civil Service Com
mission ruled today.
Temporarily, the commission left
undisturbed the status of Federal
employes who are already holding
office, announcing that this ques
tion is still to be determined and
may await a formal ruling by the
Department of Justice.
Under successive executive orders
dating back to 1912. Federal employes
who comprise the bulk of the pop
ulation in nearby communities have
been permitted to hold public office
on the ground that this was in the
public interest. The commission be
lieves, however, that the sweeping
prohibitions of the Hatch Act will
ban this unless the Hatch Act is
amended.
In view of the intent of the spon
i sors of the Hatch Act to apply civil
| service restrictions to non-civii serv
i ice employes it is expected that
1 these same bans will be applied to
; office holders who are outside the
; civil service.
commission statement.
The commission's statement on
the matter follows:
"The United States Civil Service
Commission announced today that
under the Hatch Act employes in the
executive civil service will be pro
hibited from becoming candidates
for municipal office.
"This has been permitted previ
ously in certain municipalities ad
joining the District. Certain em
ployes of Navy Yards, arsenals and
military establishments have been
permitted, likewise, td participate
actively in local elections. This will
not be possible under the Hatch Act
which provides that no employe in
the executive branch of the Federal
Government, or in anv agency or
department thereof shall take'any
active part in political management
or in political campaigns.
“The commission has under con
sideration the procedure which
j should be followed by employes in
the competitive civil service who
now hold office under the authority
granted prior to the passage of the
Hatch Act. It is possible that it
will refer this question to the De
paitment of Justice for decision.
Exceptions to Rule.
“Up to the time the Hatch Act
was signed the political activity of
classified employes was governed in
part by civil service rule 1 issued
by the President under authority of
the Civil Service Act of 1883.
“Rule 1 reads as follows: -No per
i son in the executive civil service
i sllail use his official authority or
i influence for the purpose of inter
fering with an election or affecting
; the results thereof. Persons who, by
the provisions of these rules, are in
the competitive classified service,
while retaining the right to vote as
i they please and express privately
; their opinions on all political sub
jects. shall take no part in political
I management or political campaigns.'
“It was legally possible and also
advisable because of local conditions
to make certain exceptions to rule 1.
For example, employes in the ex
ecutive civil service permanently re
siding in localities adjacent to the
District have for many years been
permitted by executive order to be
i come candidates for or to hold mu
| uicipal office. A large proportion of
the population of these communities
j consists of employes of the Federal
1 Government.
A N’ew Situation.
A new situation, however arises
under the Hatch Act. As it is an
act of Congress, exceptions to it
cannot be made under an executive
order. The only exceptions which
could be made would be by action of
the Congress itself.”
The Civil Service Commission rul
ing settles a question that has agi
tated nearby communities ever since
the Hatch Act was signed. Even
now. however, the question has not
l been thoroughly canvassed inasmuch
as there are some instances where
officers have been elected but have
not assumed their duties and in con
sequence their status is not clearlv
defined.
The Civil Service Commission de
cision came unexpectedly inasmuch
as it had been understood that
further conferences with the Depart
ment of Justice were in prospect be
fore the point was passed on. Legal
officers of the commission, however
had been studying the problem for
some time and come to the conclu
sion that this finding is logical.
Doubter May Die
From Snake Bite
By the Associated Press.
SANTA ROSA. Calif., Aug. 12.—
Stephen Cook scoffed when T. U.
Schubach showed a dangerously
poisonous copperhead snake to
crowds in his snake-bite medicine
booth at the Sonoma County Fair.
“You're a faker, that snake won't
bite.” yelled Mr. Cook.
Then he grabbed at the snake. It
bit him.
Even then he was not impressed.
It took several sheriff's deputies to
get him to the county hospital.
Partly Cloudy, Breezes
Forecast for Week End
A warm week end was forecast for
Washington. The Weather Bureau
; said today would be fair, with tem
peratures hovering around 90. and
that tomorrow would be partly
cloudy, with temperatures about the
same.
At 10 a.m., the mercury had
reached 84. Breezes were blowing
from the south and will continue to
fan the city * fevered brow over the
week end, it was said.