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TO ACHIEVE TRUCE
Intercedes in Illinois Strike,
With Sit-Downers Eager
to Settle Dispute.
BACKGROUND—
First major United States sit
doun strike was conducted in
plants of General Motors Corp.
during January and into February,
until truce was signed between
G. M. C. and representatives of
United Automobile Workers of
America.
There followed wave of sit-down
strikes, big and little, many of
them in industries akin to auto
mobile. Latest was in Fansteel
Metallurgical plant at Waukegan,
III., this week. Company refused
to make peace until strikers were
ei'acuated. Officers dispatched
under court order to force workers
out were repulsed by acid hurling.
By the Associated Press.
WAUKEGAN. HI., February 20 —
Oov. Henry Horner interceded to
night In peace negotiations of the
fbur-day-old “sit down” strike at two
Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. plants in
North Chicago, but failed in an at
tempt to bring employe and company
Officials together at a conference.
Meanwhile. Martin P. Durkin. State
labor director, pronounced the situ
ation the "most serious . since 82
workers took up their posts behind
nailed doors of the company's fac
tories. He said there was little hope
of immediate settlement of the dis
pute.
Through Durkin the Governor to
night invited the strikers to form
a committee and meet with him at
the State Capital tomorrow. Durkin
said the strikers adgeed to the plan,
provided the committee members were
not arrested when they left the plant
and held on contempt of court charges
pending against them. Durkin said he
gave them that guarantee.
Company Declines Offer.
From the plant Durkin went to
corporation headquarters and sub
Jnitted the proposal to company
officials, but President Robert J.
Aitchison declined to attend the meet
ing, saying the situation at the plant
‘was so tense he could not leave.
Gov. Horner announced immediately
from his executive mansion at Spring
iield that the conference was "called
off.” He said he had no further plans
Tor negotiations, but would keep in
'constant touch with the strike. He
said the possibility he would go to
North Chicago to take personal charge
of the dispute was "remote.”
Later Aitchison said he desired to
reconsider his refusal, and conferred
again at length with Durkin. After
the meeting he said he had been given
no assurance the conference would
not be attended by what he referred
■to as professional "outside” labor
agitators, and that unless he had that
assurance he would not attend.
Reminds Horner of Duty.
Unable to reach Gov. Horner by tele
phone, he telegrt phed him he was
ready to meet with a committee con
sisting solely of strikers. Then his
wire turned to law enforcement, and
he asked: "Will the court order for
the restoration of the company's plant
be enforced by State and county
officers? The question confronting
you as Governor is whether the duly
constituted authorities can and will
enforce the laws.”
After receiving the telegram, Gov.
Homer notified Durkin to extend a
second invitation to the conference
for 3 p.m. tomorrow. He did not
specify who should attend the meet
ing, but said the strikers and com
pany officials could choose any one
■they desired to represent them. Aitchi
•on could not be reached for comment.
> At Springfield the Governor said,
.**We have had industrial peace in
illlinois for several months, and the
purpose of this conference is to re
store it.”
When Durkin visited the strike
bound plants, where the workers have
defied a court order directing their
ejection, he was accompanied by
Robert Pilkington and John O’Connor,
Federal conciliators, and Patrick Cul
len and A. L. Mclnemey of the Illinois
labor department. They stated their
purpose, a barricaded door was un
latched and swung open and they were
permitted to step inside.
They presented their plan to Carl
Bwanson. spokesman for the strikers
and secretary of Local 66 of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers. He conferred
with the other sit-downers and an
nounced their decision.
Deputies armed with clubs and base
>>r11 bats patrolled the grounds outside
'the beleagured buildings, but made no
move for a new raid on the workers'
"Strongholds.
* President R. J. Aitchison declared
■the management would not open ne
gotiations until the "sit-downers” va
cated the company’s property and
Avould not deal with Committee for
Industrial Organization leaders under
any circumstances.
"The sheriff's attempts to enforce
the court order was repulsed by acid
throwing and violence,” his statement
said in part. "Sheriff Doolittle has
advised the Governor of his inability
to cope with the situation and has re
quested State assistance. We have
advised Mr. Durkin (State Labor Di
rector Martin P. Durkin) action by
Gov. Homer is essential. The matter
of law enforcement is now squarely be
fore the authorities of State and
eounty.”
j ouincis uuVi
Company Attorney Max Swiren as
serted the corporation might be forced
to drive the “sit-downers" from the
buildings if law’ agencies failed to act.
Attorney Joseph Jacobs quickly
4s*ued a counter-statement in behalf
«f the C. I. O. organizers on the
#cene — Meyer Adelman and Leo
Krzycki. It held Lodge 66 of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, the strikers’
union, "has always been ready to con
fer with company representatives in
efforts to adjust the present un
fortunate situation. It added:
"We, too, can raise the law enforce
ment issue. The company is not obey
ing the terms of the national rela
tions act. which requires collective
bargaining. It is a matter of funda
mental human relations that employes
ehould have the right to select their
own representatives this company has
denied.”
Lake County officers—turned back
Friday in a two-hour battle with the
plant defenders—complied with Gov.
Homer’s request that they forego
aggressive tactics while the mediators
sought to end the controversy by
peaceable methods. ,
Police End Affray.
Some of them clashed with strike i
sympathizers late last night, stars
were tom from their coats before
they terminated the affray with their I
bludgeons. j
A cold driwle cut the size of the <
*
Readers' Guide
and
News Summary
The Sunday Star, Feb. 21, 1937.
PART ONE.
Main News Section.
FOREIGN.
Volunteers ban marks new phase of
Spanish war. Page A-l
NATIONAL
Murder charged to farmer In death
of girl. 16. Page A-l
Senate group reports mandatory neu
trality bill. _ Page A-l
President giyes go-ahead signal on
court legislation. Page A-l
Waukegan tense as strike peace talks
fail. Page A-2
Girl, 20, fatally shot while in car
awaiting escort. Page A-2
New formula for curing "sweat shop”
ills drawn up. Page A-4
C. I. O. prepares for test of organiza
tion strength in East. Page A-5
President signs bill extending F. H. A.
power on home loans. Page A-9
Southwest dust scourge is routed by
snow. Page A-10
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
President sees youth group after brief
"sit-down. ’ Page A-l
W. P. A. official charged with forging
salary checks. Page A-l
Repeal “red rider” or extend it na
tionally, says Gilligan. Page A-7
National bank assets and deposits
reach new high. Page A-13
Old-age assistance program exceeds
early estimates. Page B-l
Revival of move to increase Commis
sioners’ powers possible. Page B-l
"School” for new D. C. Committee
members planned. Page B-5
SPORTS.
Georgetown wins fast mile relay race
in New York meet. Page B-7
Hoyas defeat Terp quint and C. U. and
Maryland tie in ring. Page B-7
Southern Conference boxing tourney
at College Park to be hot. Page B-8
Bannockburn is reorganized as Capital
Golf and Country Club. Page B-8
Griffith decides he will give National
holdouts a real battle. Page B-9
Rossiyn pin event draws record field
of men and women. Page B-10
Case Ace out, but 24 are named for
Santa Anita Derby. FageB-11
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside. Page A-2
Lost and found. Page A-3
Vital statistics. Page A-9
Obituary. Page A-12
Traffic convictions. Page A-17
City news in brief. Page A-19
Educational. . Page B-6
PART TWO.
Editorial Section.
Editorial articles. Pages D-1-3
Editorials and comment. Page D-2
Civic news. Page l)-4
Women's clubs. Page D-5
Parent-teacher activities. Page D-5
Military and veterans'
news. Pages D-6-7
Resorts. Page D-8
Stamps. Page D-9
Winning contract. Page D-9
PART THREE.
Society Section.
Society news. Pages E-l-11
Well-known folk. Page E-6
Barbara Bell pattern. Page E-ll
PART FOUR.
Feature Section.
News features. Pages F-l-4
John Clagett Proctor. Page F-2
Dick Mansfield. Page F-2
Radio programs. Page F-3
Amusements. Page F-5
Automobiles. Page F-6
Aviation. Page F-6
Children’s. Page F-7
High lights of history. Page F-7
Public Library. Page F-8
PART FIVE.
Financial, Classified.
Metal prices soar. Page G-l
Weather spurs trade. Page G-l
Auto output climbs. Page G-l
Stocks irregular (table). Page G-2
Low-yield bonds gain
(table). Page G-3
Curb list improves (table). Page G-4
Cross-word puzzle. Page G-5
Classified advertising. Pages G-5-11
JAYWALKERS GIVEN
TAGS IN INDIANAPOLIS
Traffic Squad Seeks to Battar
City'a Record and Give
Motorists “a Break.’’
By the Associated Presi.
INDIANAPOLIS, February 20.—
Police began tagging Jaywalkers to
day.
Capt. Lewis Johnson of the traffic
squad distributed to his officers 25,000
tags to be given pedestrians who cut
across comers, walk against traffic
signals and cross streets in the mid
dle of the block.
"We are going to stop accidents to
pedestrians if at all possible," said
Capt. Johnson. "Indianapolis has a
poor record in this respect and we are
calling on pedestrians to use precau
tions and give the motorists a break.”
“Please accept this card in the
same spirit in which it is given,”
said a notation at the bottom of the
card.
In event the cards fail to produce
results some arrests may be made, the
(raffic officers said.
crowd gathered at the seven-foot wire
fence encircling the Fansteel property
this afternoon.
The "ait downers,” their light and
heat cut off, gathered around oil
stoves as cold drafts swept through
windows broken by the bolts, cog
wheels, bottled acid and tear gas
Jombs hurled in Friday’s affray.
Dr. A. E. Budde and John J. Bertha,
who identified himself as an investiga
tor for the La Follette Senate Sub
:ommittee on Civil Liberties, visited
the plants today.
ANDERSON, Ind., February 20 OP).
—Bonds totaling $9,000 were provided
today for 19 automotive- union men
ind sympathizers indicted in connec
tion with the disorders a week ago
that led to clamping of martial law
>n all of Madison County.
Albert Jacobs, an Indianapolis at
torney, presented *'.e bonds to Judge
Charles E. Smith, who announced the
nen will be given a hearing March
L All are accused of rout and riot
ind 16 face an additional charge of
nalicious trespass.
GIN PLANT CLOSED.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., February 20
A>).—Operations at a Continental Gin
3o. plant here were suspended today
when approximately 600 employes left
heir posts.
Algernon L. Smith, president of
he company, said the plant was closed
tecause of differences between the
nen and the management over the
luestlon of a contra j.
EPOCHAL ECLIPSE
COMING IN JUNE
Geographic Society and
Navy to Sponsor Observa
tions From Pacific Isles.
One of the longest total eclipses of
the sun In history will be observed
next June by a group of astronomers
sent out jointly by the National Geo
graphic Society and the United States
Navy, it tyas announced yesterday by
Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, president of
the National Geographic Society.
The eclipse will be observed from one
of the Phoenix Islands, a group of
tiny, barren coral atolls in the Pa
cific. On two of these islands, the
period of totality will be more than
four minutes. Recent solar eclipses, to
study which expeditions have been
sent around the- world, have lasted
less than a minute. This is the longest
for 1,200 years. Its maximum du
ration will be seven minutes and four
seconds, but at this point in the mid
Pacific there is no land for 1,000
miles.
Its path extends for more than
5.000 miles across the Pacific. It will
be visible from the mainland of Peru
about sunset, but then the sun will
be too low in the sky to permit satis
factory observations.
Will Cross Date Line.
A paradox of this eclipse is that it
will "end the day before it starts,"
according to Dr. Grosvenor's an
nouncement. Its path will cross the
international date line in the mid
Paciflc, so that it will begin on June
9 and end on June 8.
Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of
naval operations, has arranged for
the mine sweeper Avocet to transport
the party from Honolulu to the
Phoenix Islands early in May. The
scientific program is being directed by
Dr. Lyman J. Briggs, director of the
Bureau of Standards, and chairman
of the National Geographic Society's
research committee.
__ . j__ a rniortifip ct Q fT
1 lie icaut-i v/a -
will be Dr. S. A. Mitchell, director of
the Leander McCormick Observatory
of the University of Virginia. Capt,
J. F. Hellweg, superintendent of the
Naval Observatory, will be in charge
of the Navy party.
Among the scientists who will take
part in the expedition are Dr. Paul A.
j McNally, director of the Georgetown
j College Observatory; Dr. Heber D.
Curtis, director of the University of
! Michigan Observatory , Dr. Floyd K.
Richtmyer of Cornell Observatory;
Dr. Irvine C. Gardner of the Bureau
of Standards, and John W. Willis of
the Naval Observatory.
The expedition will establish itself
on either Canton or Enderbury Island,
both just south of the equator, about
1,800 miles southwest of Hawaii and
3,000 miles northeast of Australia. The
islands are about 30 miles apart. The
one on which living and observing con
ditions are found to be best will be
chosen. Both islands will be difficult
to land on. The Phoenix Islands, pos
sessions of Great Britain, are without
inhabitants.
Enderbury Island Is about 2'-3 miles
long and 1 mile wide, while Canton
Island is approximately 9 miles long
and 4 miles wide. Both have salt
water lagoons in their centers. At
Enderbury the duration of the eclipse
will be 4 minutes and 4 seconds.
The scientific program, according
to the National Geographic Society
announcement, will be the most com
prehensive ever earned out by eclipse
observers. Special attention will be
given to observation of the suns
corona, visible only during a total
eclipse, and the chromosphere, or
outer layer of the sun, by photo
graphing the flash spectrum which
permits the determination of the
heights to which vapors rise above
the sun's surface.
Flash Spectrum Fleeting.
This flash spectrum becomes visible
during the few seconds just after
the moon's disk completely eclipses
the sun and immediately before the
sun begins to emerge from behind the
moon. Dr. McNally will photograph
the corona with light of different
colors by using various types of filters.
Dr. Richtmyer will measure the total
light of the corona.
Dr. Gardner will take with him the
same eclipse camera of his own de
sign which he took to Russia for
last year's total eclipse and with which
he obtained very successful photo
graphs. He also will take photographs
in color. The Naval Observatory party
will be especially interested in de
termining the precise times the eclipse
begins and ends. This will serve
as an important check on calculations
of the movements of heavenly bodies
in which the observatory is chiefly
interested.
The great bugbear of eclipse ex
peditions, bad weather, is largely
absent in this case since weather
records from the Phoenix Islands show
almost constant clear w'eather during
June.
RAYMOND MOLEY’S
MOTHER DIES AT 82
Succumbs at Home in Cleveland
Suburb—Followed Son's
Career Closely.
Br the Aisocleted Press.
CLEVELAND, February 20.—Mrs.
Agnes Fairohild Moley, 82, mother of
Raymond Moley, former "brain
truster” in President Roosevelt’s offi
cial family, died today at her home
In suburban Berea. She had been
an invalid for several years.
Mrs. Moley was born in Berea April
14. 1854, the daughter of John and
Jane Fairchild, who moved to Ohio
from Connecticut. She married Felix
James Moley, a merchant tailor, who
died 12 years ago. Surviving, besides
Raymond, are another son, James,
Berea postmaster, and two daughters,
Miss Nell Moley and Mrs. Josephine
Btmum.
Miss Moley said tonight her mother
followed proudly the career off the son
who became an adviser to the Presi
dent. Successivey, Moley was Mayor
of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, at 21 years
of age, a professor and a nationally
known Washington figure.
Moley, now a magazine editor, in
formed relatives he would arrive to
morrow from New York to attend
funeral services.
LINDBERGHS LAND
BOMBAY, February 20 <JP).—Col.
and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh rested
tonight at Jodhpur. India, after a one
stop flight from little-known Gwadur.
They flew 300 miles from that isolated
spot to Karachi before continuing to
Jodhpur.
The couple, on a vacation Jaunt,
paused leas than an hour in Karachi,
on the north coast af India.
Slaying Witness
SAMUEL ROSOFF.
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
Slaying
(Continued From First Page.)
by automobile to Atlantic City and
his return trip today.
Breslin announced tonight the ar
rest as a material witness of a man
he identified as Max Friedman, 31,
of the Bronx, N. Y. He said Friedman
had been a trucking superintendent
for Rosoff since February IS and sa;d
for several years prior to that he was
treasurer of a trucking company owned
by Rosoff.
Two in Store to Be Quizzed.
Breslin also was going to question,
he said, two men in a Teaneck store
who told police two strangers came
in shortly before Redwood was killed
last night and asked the way to
Laurelton parkway, the. street on which
Redwood lived.
After a night and day of question
ing union men, including Joseph S.
Fay, president of the Hoisting Engi
neers' Union of Newark, Prosecutor
Breslin said, “There's no doubt in my
mind that a labor dispute was the
cause of the shooting."
He had information, he said, that
at a meeting in New York Monday
night several union leaders accused
Redwood of being friendly to the
C. I. O. in opposition to the American
Federation of Labor craft union. Fay,
however, denied that was the reason
for the conference. The meeting, ne
said, was in connection with the juris
dictional dispute between the “sand
hogs" and carpenters on the Wards
Island intercepting sewer, a Rosoff
Tunnel Corp. Job.
Union Walked Out Thursday.
Redwood's union walked out on the
job Thursday, continuing an inter
rupted strike which had begun Feb
ruary 8. His men, labor leaders said,
objected to working in the tunnel with
members of the engineers' union be
cause of their stand in the jurisdic
tional dispute.
Breslin announced that a 12-year
old girl saw Redwood's killers flee in
an automobile last night and said he
expected the car would be found soon.
The gunmen shot down Redwood as he
was about to get out of his car in
the driveway of his secluded Laurelton
Parkway home.
Another development was the find
ing on a highway near Teaneck of a
.38-caliber gun, which Breslin later
identified as the one used in the
killing.
"All the bullets (which killed Red
wood) were from the gun which they
found in Teaneck, the ballistics re
port showed." Assistant Prosecutor
William Mehler said tonight. Sergt.
Harry Butts, New York ballistics ex
pert, examined the gun and bullets.
The pistol's serial number had been
filed off.
Beslin said the Bergen grand jury
would meet Tuesday and that he
hoped to have a case to present at that
time.
$25,000 BAIL IS REFUSED.
New York Judge Frees Rosoff Pend
ing Hearing Tuesday.
NEW YORK, February 20 (4>).—
Samuel R. Rosoff, wealthy subway
building contractor, was released with
out bail tonight a few minutes after
he was served with a warrant re
quiring him as a material witness
in New Jersey in the killing of R.
Norman Redwood, a labor union
official.
Armed with a writ of habeas cor
pus, the contractor and his attorney,
Jonah Goldstein, went before Supreme
Court Justice Aaron Levy in an
impromptu court session at the Na
tional Democratic Club immediately
after the warrant was served.
Justice Levy ordered Rosoff’s re
lease in the custody of his attorney
after denying a request by Bergen
County officials that his bail be set
at $25,000.
A hearing was set for 11 a m. Tues
day on removal of the contractor to
New Jersey.
WHITEMAN’S CAR ROBBED
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., February 20
OP).—Paul Whiteman, orchestra lead
er, reported to police today that
thieves broke into his motor car last
night and made off with clothing
valued at $3,500.
He said the loot, taken from his
car outside the hall where his orches
tra played for a concert and dance,
included one seal coat worth between
$500 and $1,000.
EDWIN F. 11 DIES
OF RARE AILMENT
Leukemia Proves Fatal to
Widely Known D. C.
Civic Worker.
Death last night terminated the long
and useful career of Edwin F. Hill,
known to thousands of Washing
tonians and one of the most popular
men In civic life here.
For the last two years Mr. Hill had
been suffering from a rare and In
curable ailment, leukemia, but said
nothing about it, and remained active
In his work as regional Information di
rector for the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. until 10 days ago.
Next to his life work, to which he
had devoted 37 years. Mr. Hill’s great
est Interest lay In the welfare and good
fellowship activities of Kiwanis Clubs.
He was one of the best known Kl
wanians in the United States.
Kiwanians Meet at Bedside.
Even his final illness failed to
dampen Mr. Hill's enthusiasm for Ki
wanis activities, and only last Thurs
day he received a delegation of fellow
members of the Washington club at
his home, 28 East Woodbine street,
Chevy Chase, Md.
The club had voted to recess and
continue the meeting at Mr. Hill's bed
side to save the perfect attendance rec
ord he had established during his 10
years of membership here. The Ar
lington County Kiwanis Club voted a
similar action Wednesday to show ap
preciation for Mr. Hill's aid in organiz
ing the club.
Mr. Hill died at his home at 5:45
o'clock last night. He was 55 years
old. having been born January 15,
1882, in Orange County, Va.
Be^an in Line Crew.
He began in the telephone service
as a helper in a line crew with the
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph
Co., the predecessor of the Chesa
peake & Potomac Co., in 1900 at
Portsmouth, Va.
His rise thereafter was rapid. He
became a lineman, a cable splicer,
foreman, general foreman, district
i plant superintendent and division su
perintendent and worked in the tide
water area at Richmond and at
Charleston, where he served as in
■ formation manager for West Vir
ginia.
While working in West Virginia Mr.
Hill received the Theodore N. Vail
i medal for public service after he spent
■ 24 hours collecting information over
the telephone which eventually located
! a bombing plane that had crashed in
the forest of Nicholas County. Four
of five flyers were dead when located
and the fifth died of his injuries.
Transferred Here in 1925.
He was transferred to the Wash
ington offloe in May, 1925, as Infor
mation director for the District, Mary
land. Virginia and West Virginia, in
February, 1935, he received a diamond
service emblem from the company in
recognition of his 35 years' service.
Mr. HU1 Joined the Kiwar.ls Club
at Charleston in 1922, transferring
his membership on coming to Wash
ington. He had been in charge of
publicity for the local club since com
ing here.
In 1933 Mr. Hill was elected gov
ernor of the Capital District of Ki
wanis Club6, embracing the District,
Maryland, Virginia and Delaware. The
following year he was selected an In
ternational trustee of Kiw&nis Clubs.
Started Boys’ Club Work.
During his presidency of the Wash
ington club in 1933 Mr. Hill started
boys’ club activities. Prior to that he
had been interested in work for crip
pled children and helped in the cam
paign before Congress which resulted
in establishment of the Weightman
and Magruder Schools for Crippled
Children in the District.
He was elected a director of the In
ternational Society for Crippled Chil
dren in recognition of his useful work.
Mr. Hill was a thirty-second de
gree Scottish Rite Mason and a char
ter member of the Charles Town
Lodge, No. 153, A. F. and A. M.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Marie Nicholson Townsend,
whom he married at Portsmouth, Va.,
in 1910: his mother, Mrs. Etha Gar
nett Hill; three sisters. Miss Etha
Rowena Hill and Mrs. Norman L.
Beach, all of Locust Dale, Va.. and
Miss Frances Powell Hill of Wash
ington, and three brothers, Roland
Flint and Henry L. Hill of Orange,
Va., and Douglas Scott Hill of At
lanta, Ga.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
AIR BOMBERS KILL 25
IN RAID ON ALBACETE
0-Hour Seige of City 85 Miles
Inland From Valencia Re
sults in Many Wounded.
VALENCIA, Spain, February 20
UP).—Twenty-five persons were known
to have been killed and many were
wounded today in a continuous six
hour bombardment of Albacete, 85
miles inland from Valencia, by In
surgent airplanes.
The bombardment began at 9 a.m.
and continued until 3 pm. without
a pause.
The damage to civilian homes was
described as tremendous. No military
objectives were reported hit, however.
It was only the second time during
the war that Albacete had been
i bombed.
Walsh Forum Speaker
SENATOR TO DISCUSS WASHINGTON AND DEFENSE.
Senator David I. Walsh, Democrat,
of Massachusetts will deliver an ad
dress on “George Washington and
National Defense’’ in the National
Radio Forum tomorrow at 10:30 p.m.
The forum is arranged by Hie Wash
ington Star and broadcast over the
network of the National Broadcast
ing Co.
Senator Walsh is chairman of the
Senate Committee on Naval Affairs
and for many years has been keenly
interested in legislation for the up
building of the Navy. In the light
of determination of the naval arms
limitation treaty, the future of the
American Navy becomes increasingly
important.
Walsh has been in the Senate
since 1918, with the exception of
the two years from 1924 to 1926.
While he was Governor of Massa
chusetts, he was elected to the Senate
November 2, 19 I, to succeed John
W. Weeks, who later became Secre
tary of War under President Coolidge.
He entered public life in 1900 at
the age of 28, when he was elected
to the Massachusetts House of Rep
resentatives. Ha became Lieutenant
Governor of the State In 1913 and
Governor In 1915. He was bom in
A
SENATOR DAVID I. WALSH.
Fitchburg. Mass., obtained his A. B.
degree at Holy Cross College and
studied l^r at Boston University.
Dies at 55
EDWIN F. HILL.
_—Harris-EwingPhoto.
M’S COLLAPSE
KILLS 3 FIREMEN
Seven Others Injured While
Battling Blaze in Nash
ville Building.
By the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. February 20.—
Three firemen were crushed to death
today by collapse of a wall of a burn
ing building.
Five other firemen, trapped near an
entrance, were dug out of the tangled
mass of briclu and timbers and two
more suffered injuries while working
outside. None was injured seriously.
Rescuers, themselves in danger of
leaning walls, worked for hours with
picks and shovels to penetrate to the
buried bodies.
The fire wrecked the building of the
W. E. Stephens Manufacturing Co.,
makers of shorts and work pants, and
two adjoining structures on the public
square were damaged by smoke and
water.
Three Dead Listed.
Those who lost their lives were Lieut.
Joe Keefe and Pipemen Charles T.
Oberchene and Tom Maddin.
Chief F. B. Moore, with tears
streaming down his cheeks, said Keefe
had pleaded for permission to enter
the blazing building.
"He asked me to let them go In
with a hose three times,” the chief
said, "and I refused. Then he said to j
me. ‘Chief, I think we can go in now
and stop it,' and I said, ‘Joe, don’t
go In.’ ”
Finally, however, the chief agreed.
A short time after the men entered
the entire north wall of the combin
ation three and four story building
collapsed, carrying the upper floors
through to the first, where the fire
men were working.
Portion of Wall Toppleo.
"There was a thundering noise above
us, a sheet of flame, and then all went
black." said one of those rescued.
Later the top portion of the front
wall toppled. i
The first alarm was turned in short
ly after 5:30 a.m. and two subsequent
alarms brought most of the city’s
fire-fighting equipment.
Chief Moore. Assistant Chief J. A.
Scruggs and Assistant City Building
Inspector Chet Harrison agreed that
the fire must have started from a
small coal stove left burning in the
rear of the Stephens Building.
SOVIET COMMISSAR
LIKELY TO VISIT U. S.
Ordzhonikidze's Successor to Make
Trip Is Belief in
Moscow.
Br the Asso«!»ted Press.
MOSCOW. February 30. — Belief
grew here tonight that Russia's new
commissar of heavy industry, when
named, will visit the United States
or send an important mission there.
Ambassador Alexander Troyanov
sky, cabling condolences from Wash
ington on the death of Gregori K.
Ordzhonikidze, referred to reports the
late industries commissar had planned
a trip to the United States.
Ordzhonikidze, who died Thursday,
will be buried in the Kremlin, with
principal rites tomorrow.
The Soviet press has referred fre
quently to the greater efficiency of
American factories and to Russia's
need for copying American methods.
Two possible successor. to Ordzho
nikidze have been mentioned unoffi
cially. They are Valery L Mezlauk,
a vice president of the Union Council
of People's Commissars, and Lazarus
Kaganovitch, commissar of railways.
BRIDGE ATTORNEY
BOOED AT HEARING
Heated Exchange Marks Inquiry
Into Golden Gate
Fatality.
By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 20 —
A heated exchange, dufing which
spectators hooted and booed State
Senator Walter McGovern today
marked the State Industrial Accident
Commission's Inquiry Into the death
plunge of 10 men from the Golden
Gate Bridge last Wednesday.
McGovern, appearing as attorney
fen* the Pacific Bridge Co., protested
the radio broadcasting of the pro
ceedings as “publicity which is coin
ing into money the tears of the fam
ilies of those who died.”
He strode out of the room amid
a chorus of boos because he was not
permitted to read a letter from the
company and was not allowed to ques
tion witnesses.
Commissioner Frank C. MacDonald
said McGovern was "presuming to put
the commission on trial.”
Safety Engineer L. K. Reinhardt
of the commission testified recom
mendations had been made for in
creasing the security of the platform
and that Company Supt. James Gra
ham and others had agreed.
Eldon Wood, a steel worker, who wafc
on the scaffold next to the one which
fell, testified there was a shortage of
•‘lock bolts” to secure in place the
cl&mpe which held the scaffolding In
Place.
W ashington
W ay side
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
ORPORATIONS that are full
of whimsies make the favorite
kind of items for a lot of
Wayside readers. That is why
we print this anecdote of the one
which concerns Ann Keller, who has
freshly left Washington to live again
In Philadelphia.
The corporation that was putty in
the hands of Miss Keller is one en
gaged in long-distance moving. She
called it one day to ask if it would
taring her bicycle to Washington. The
corporation said it would and it did.
There was no charge and Miss Keller
wanted to know why.
"Oh, we liked the sound of your
voice,” said the corporation. Miss
Keller never heard from it again until
she wanted to move back to Phila
delphia recently. They took her pos
sessions, bicycle and all, back to her
home and, still liking the sound of
her voice, refused to charge any
thing for it.
* * * *
KAPPAS, ARISE!
For all the administration’s sup
posed fealty to higher education, a
Miss Mann tells the story of an ex
ecutive in one of the departments
which will be repeated here, even if
it alienates the Phi Beta Kappa vote
in 1940.
The executive was listening to
the Qualifications of a fob seeker
reported to be one of the brighter
minds shined up at the University
of Wisconsin.
"I’m a Phi Beta Kappa," said the
applicant.
“So?" said the executive. "What's
that?"
* * * *
NO POOD.
'J'HE next time Dr. Charles A Beard
is called upon to address a con
ference. he expects to make a pre
liminary study of the evening’s pro
gram—particularly that portion deal
ing with food, if any.
A few minutes after the noted his
torian had completed a talk last
night at a conference on public ad
ministration. John M. Carmody, rural
electrification administrator, gave a
brief speech, then announced he would
have to leave for another engage
ment.
Carmodv turned to Dr. Beard, shook
hands with him and started out of
the room. He was about half way
down the center aisle when Dr. Beard
called out:
“Say. wait a minute and I'll go with
you. I thought this was a dinner I
was going to attend—and I haven't
had a thing to eat.”
A moment later Dr. Beard was on
his way to the hotel's dining room.
* * * *
HUMANIST.
Dan Terrell, who has been men
tioned here before as a cocker
spaniel enthusiast, called the col
umn the other day as if it were an
authority on cockers just because
there are items here about the
breed.
“Have you ever heard of a
cocker—a good one. that is—with
a full-grown tail?” Mr. Terrell
wanted to know.
The Wayside said it hadn't.
"Well, you're hearing of one,”
said Mr. Terrell, "because I haven't
got the heart to have my dog’s tail
cut off.”
a * * *
REPEAL.
TAMES W. BOOTH, the writer, lost
his eyeglasses one day last week
and. trying to recall where he might
have left them, called by telephone
every place he had visited on the day
of the loss. One of the places called
was a i«6taurant run by a foreigner:
"Has any one turned in a pair of
eyeglasses?" asked Mr. Booth.
ten. -
OUifES^c
"No," said the proprietor, “we have
no wine glasses—only beer glasses,"
and hung up the receiver.
# * * *
METTHOD.
A GIRL who works in the Govem
^ ment called yesterday to tell us
about Edith Kohn, who once got a
job with one of the alphabetical agen
cies using a technique that might be
helpful to other job seekers.
"Don't be modest.” a friend advised
Miss Kohn prior to her personal appli
cation for the job.
Miss Kohn was modest, however,
during the first part of the interview;
so modest that the man seemed com
pletely bored. But when humility
failed, she reversed her method.
"Hey.” she said, "I was valedictorian
of my high school class .’’
"That so?” asked the executive.
"Just a minute, then.”
The minute ended. Miss Kohn had
a Job. She did not keep it long, how
ever, because the whole thing was
supposed to be a sort of joke on her
part.
POPE CRIPPLED AGAIN;
ULCER ON LEG REOPENS
Recent Activity Blamed for Re
currence of Ailment.
Bandages Applied.
Br the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY, February 20.—
Wider and tighter bandages were ap
plied today to Pope Pius' crippled legs
and physicians reported the pontiff, in
walking a few steps again, had re
opened an ulcer on the left leg.
The new bandages were applied to
overcome “natural reactions" of the
holy father’s delighted insistence on
getting on his feet in the last few days,
attendants said.
Reopening of the ulcer was said to
be not alarming and the Pope’s gen
eral condition was described as
"hopeful.”
I
VOTE FRAUD TRIAL
DEMURRERS Fll D
Defendants in Kansas City
Offer No Refutation
to Charges.
Br the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, February 20.—Vote
fraud defendants on trial here elected
l today to stand on a demurrer, ofler
tng no refutation to the Government's
sensational charges of ballot Juggling.
As the prosecution rested in the
second of a series of cases involving
charges of wholesale law violation in
' the November general election, counsel
announced no witnesses would be pre
sented on behalf of the five defend
ants contesting the charges. Judge
Merrill E. Otis recessed court until
Monday when arguments will begin,
after overruling a defense motion for
a directed verdict of acquittal.
Two Plead Nolo Contendere.
As was the case In the first trial
which resulted in two convictions, two
of the seven defendants pleaded nolo
contendere and testified for the Gov
ernment.
The demurrer invoked by the five
who pleaded not guilty attacked the
indictment, alleging prejudicial ut
terances by the court in charging
the grand jury on election law viola
tions.
Today’s leading witness was C. A.
Appel, jr., of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, who told the Jury his
examination of ballots showed evi
dence of changes made by erasures—
shifting the "X” from the Republican
to the Democratic ticket.
Appel, questioned by Assistant
United States Attorney Sam C. Blair,
said "it was apparent the -X’ on top
of the Republican column had been
erased and, in some instance*, so
carelessly and vigorously that the
paper was tom through.”
Five Oppose Indictment.
The five defendants opposing the
indictment are Dome E. Wells, Dem
ocratic judge; Frank H. Adams, Re
publican judge; Joe R. Wells, jr.,
Democratic clerk: John A. Luteran.
Democratic precinct captain, and Leo
B Roach, member of the police de
partment.
i More than a dozen witnesses testi
fied they voted the Republican ticket
"straight.” Randall Wilson, Assistant
United States attorney, passed ballots
to the jury bearing numbers corre
■ sponding with voters’ names on the
election records, and asset ted the
ballots showed an "X” had been
srased under the Republican emblem
and that one appeared under the
Democratic.
Mrs. Delilah Chaney, an indicted
Republican precinct judge, testified
she sat at a table in the voting place
and wept "because I had to steal my
j neighbor's rights.”
TORNADO RAVAGES
LOUISIANA PARISH
Twoscore Houses Demolished. 7
Persons Seriously Hurt—400
Yard Path Cut.
By the Associated Press.
SHREVEPORT. La., February 20.—
Seven persons were injured today by
a tornado which swept across the
North Louisiana Parish of Lincoln,
demolishing more than two acore
houses.
Three were described as seriously
hurt.
Torrential rains came with the
windstorm which struck about 3 30
p.m. (Central standard time.)
The tornado struck first at Hoods
Mill and then ripped onward for 15
miles to the northeast, cutting a path
300 to 400 yards wide. Midway in its
I course it touched the outskirts of the
; little town of Dubach.
The seriously injured, on first re
: ports from Dubach. were; Bud Jenk
ins, 12, skull fracture; Mrs. Claude
j Higgins, head injuries, and Margaret
Higgins, her daughter. 12, skull frac
ture and other injuries.
The injured were taken to Dubach
for first aid and it was planned to
more them later to a hospital at
Ruston.
Heaviest damage was reported in
the area north of Dubach, where seven
large farms felt the full force of the
disturbance. Four of the farm houses
were destroyed. Several children were
injured in this area.
Near Natchez, more than 150 miles
to the southeast in Mississippi, an
other tornado struck the village of
Kingston,
MARSHFIELD. Mo., February 2C
l^5).—A tornado twisted through three
Ozark counties—scene of four tomadic
deaths two years ago—injured at least
four persons seriously today. Mrs
Charles A. Plank, ill of influenza, was
lifted in her bed from her collapsing
home and deposited in a nearby field.
Her husband was Injured.
200 COUPLES AT DANCE
OF CHAUFFEURS’GROUP
Many Wealthy Washingtonians
Drive Own Cars as Employes
Attend Event.
Many a wealthy Washingtoniar
drove his own automobile last nighi
while his chauffeur whirled the lads
of his choice about the bail room at
the Raleigh Hotel to the strain* of s
10-plece dance orchestra.
The occasion was the annual bene
fit dance of the Private Chauffeurs
Benevolent Association, and some 20(
couples turned out for it.
Waldron R. Cooper was chairmar
of the Dance Committee, and th«
Floor Committee consisted of Lau
rence Stombach, Samuel Quinn. How
ard Woodring and Paul E. Landry.
CO-OPERATIVES TOPIC
OF TALK WEDNESDAY
The work of President Roosevelt!
Commission on Co-operatives will t*
discussed by its chairman, Jacol
Baker, in a public address Wednes
day at 8 p.m. in the Interior De
partment auditorium.
Baker will speak at a meeting, opei
to the public, sponsored by the Wash
ington Consumers’ Club and Its asso
ciated co-operative gToups. includlnj
Konsum, Inc., distributor of gasolinf
and oil; Rochedale Stores, Inc., dis
tributing groceries to its members
’ Consumer Housing, an organiza
tion for the building of low-cost house:
to members. These groups sell good!
at prevailing market prices and mak|
rebates of surplus to members at state*
intervals as savings.
Marquis Childs, author of "Swedeq
the Middle Way,” a study of 8wedis|
oo-operatives, will be chairman a
the meeting.