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TO PEACE PACT
But “Changed Conditions”
Must Be Recognized in
Accord, Official Says.
BACKGROUND—
Conditions agreed on by the five
signatories of the Locarno peace
pact in Europe were upset by Ger
man remilitarization of the Rhine
land.
Recent British efforts to obtain
another agreement for Western
Europe have been hampered by the
Franco-Soviet mutual assistance
a-ccord and renewed sword rattling
by Germany.
Br the Associated Press.
ROME, March 13.—Italy is ready
to enter a new pact, guaranteeing
Western European peace, a Fascist
official said tonight.
But. he declared, occurrences such
as Germany's remilitarization of the
Rhineland and France's mutual as
sistance pact with Russia must be
token into account.
The statement was made as an out
line of the "tenor'’ of the Italian
note to Great Britain yesterday, re
plying to Britain's proposal for a new
Western European security treaty to
replace the Locarno pact.
That agreement—under which Brit
ain. France. Germany. Italy and Bel
gium undertook to maintain Western
European peace—was made ineffective
trr Germany's Rhineland remilitariza
tion. Germany submitted a similar
reply to Britain yesterday. In author
itative London quarters the opinion '
was expressed that -both Italy and
Germany would refuse to join in a
security pact unless France scrapped
ber military alliance with Russia. ,
The Italian note—handed to Sir I
Erie Drummond. British Ambassador
to Pome, yesterday—had not yet. been
made public, but. the Fascist official
outlined Italy’s position thus:
1. Italy is ready to enter into a new
agreement on the lines of the old Lo
earno. which would be of “indubitable
Service'’ to peace.
2. The new treaty should recognize,
however, that new “realities" and
“changed conditions" exist. His ref
erence was to the Rhineland coup and
the. Franco-Russian pact.
3. The new treaty should be simple
and of ready application, establish
ing precisely the obligations of the
signatories.
4. Italy is ready to guarantee Bel
gium's integrity and independence, to
the same extent that Britain, France
end Germany do so.
(In Paris French official sources
said renewed Fascist-Nasi thrusts at
the Franco-Soviet pact, would meet
with little success, although Socialist
Premier Leon Blum was reported will
ing to let Franco-Russian relations
tool somewhat if that would please
Reichsfuehrer Hitler.)
INDUSTRIALISTS ASK
5 BAN ON CHILD LABOR
*
National Association of Manufac
turer* Backs Clark-Con
nery Bill.
By tbe Associated Press.
■* NEW YORK. March 13—The Na
—tional Association of Manufacturers
tonight urged Congress to enact the
Clark-Connery bill to eliminate chil
dren under 16 years of age from gain
ful employment.
In a. letter to Senators and Repre
sentatives, the association's president,
William B. Warner, declared there
was little likelihood enough States
would ratify the Federal child labor
amendment to make it effective this
year and suggested an early hearing
on ’.he Clark-Connery bill.
Under the bill the Federal Govern
ment would prevent the shipment Into
States of goods produced by child labor
In violation of the State's law. The
association has proposed that the bill
be broadened to control such goods at
the point of origin also.
Your
Income Tax
Method of Ascertaining
Bad Debt Deduc
tions Given.
xht.
Bad debts constitute a considerable
Item in the returns of many taxpayers
and may be treated in one of two ways
—either by deduction from gross in
come in respect to debts ascertained
to be worthless either in whole or in
part, or by a deduction of a reasonable
addition to a reserve for bad debts.
Taxpayers were given an option for
1921 to select either of the two
methods. The method used in the
return for 1921 must be used in re
turns for subsequent years unless per
mission is granted by the commis
sioner of internal revenue to change
to the other method. Application to
change must be made at least 30 days
prior to the close of the taxable year
for which the change is to be effective.
However, a taxpayer filing a first re
turn in 1936 may select either of the
two methods, subject to the approval
of the commissioner upon examina
tion of the return. Permission to
adopt the reserve method is limited to
taxpayers haring a large number of
accounts where credit is extended
ever a considerable period of time. It
is not granted for the purpose of
handling one specific debt.
What constitutes a “reasonable ad
dition" to a reserve for bad debts
must be determined in the light of
the facts, and will vary as between
classes of business and with condi
tions of business prosperity. It will
depend primarily upon the total
amount of debts outstanding as of
the close of the taxable year, those
arising currently as well as those
arising in prior taxable years, and the
total amount of the existing reserve.
In case subsequent realizations upon
oustanding debts prove to be more or
less than estimated at the time of the
creation of the existing reserve, the
amount of the excess or inadequacy
in the existing reserve should be re
flected In the determination of the
reasonable addition necessary in the
taxable year. A taxpayer using the
reserve method should show in his
return the volume of charge sales (or
other business transactions) for the
year, and the percentage of the re
serve to such amount, the total
amount of notes and accounts receiv
able at the beginning and end of the
taxable year, and the total amount of
th* debts ascertained to be worthless
and charged against the reserve dur
ing the taxable year.
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Readers' Guide
and
News Summary
The Sunday Star, March 14, 1937.
PART ONE.
Main News Section.
SUPREME COURT ISSUE.
Senate court hearings expected to last
till mid-April. Page A-l
Senator Clark denounces packing of
court. Page A-3
Roosevelt asks Georgians to back
court plan. Page A-3
Gov. Hoffman presses plan for
amendment. Page A-3
Letters express readers' views on Su
preme Court. Page A-8
LABOR SITUATION.
C. I O launches campaign to union
ize electrical workers. Page A-l
Two pickets arrested here; Alexandria
bakers strike. Page A-2
Strikers picket, court during Chrysler
eviction plea hearing. Page A-4
Miners' pay conversations enter final
Phase Page A-5
Labor assails U. S. contract with Rem
ington-Rand. Page A-5
C I. O. plans drive in Texas oil
belt. Page A-5
FOREIGN.
Madrid government, flies protest on
foreign soldiers Page A-l
Italy declared ready to enter into new
peace pact. Page A-2
Schuschnigg seen seeking plan for
Hapsburg return. Page A-3
NATIONAL
Income tax rush boosts receipts near
$840,000,000. Page A-l
Miss Earhart to start today on world
flight. Page A-l
D C. woman and seven others saved
from burning ship. Page A-l
Mayors request *2.200,000.000 for W.
P A. during 1938. Page A-l
Hieh fiscal officials confer on bond
market situation. page A-2
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
"Thin man" held here In burglaries
nesting $10,000. Page A-l
Changes in District Juvenile Court
measure assailed. Page A-7
31.000 trout placed m Md. streams.
Season opens April 1 Page B-l
Colored race to raise $20,000,000 for
memorial. pagP b-1
Public hearing to be held on barber
bill. Page B-l
Mellon art bill before Senate to
morrow. Page B-l
Rhodes of Fidelity to be tried again
next month. Page B-l
Opposition expressed to District rac
ing bill. Page B-l
Arlington supervisors indorse Sunday
beer ban. Page B-2
Democrats ready with npw move to
enact job-saving bills. Page B-2
Little hope seen for increased school
funds in Montgomery. Page B-2
SPORTS.
National regulars slug in ball game
at training camp. Page B-7
Columbia captures team championship
in I. C. 4-A games. Page B-7
Berg and Bauer make peace after tiff
in Florida golf match. Page B-8
Quintets are eager to see action in
Star's tournament. Page B-9
Four Maryland teams to figure in 51
dual Spring affairs. Page B-3
National pm meet at Norfolk to have
record entry list. Page B-10
Turfman declared not to be true label
for Col E R. Bradley. Page B-ll
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside. Page A-2
Lost and found. Page A-3
Traffic convictions. Page B-3
Service orders. Page a-7
Obituary. Page A-14
PART TWO.
Editorial Section.
Editorial articles Pages D-l-3
Editorials and comment. Page D-2
Civic news. Page D-4
Women's clubs. Page D-5
Parent-teacher activities Page D-5
Military and veterans'
news. Pages D-fi-7
Educational. PageD-R
Resorts. Pages D-fl-ll
Stamps. Page D-12
Winning contract. Page D-12
PART THREE.
Society Section.
Society news. Pages E-l-11
Well-known folk. Page E-8
City news in brief. PageE-10
Marriage Licenses. PageE-10
Barbara Bell pattern. PageE-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-2
Amusements. Fage F-5
Automobiles. PageF-fi
Aviation. Page F-fi
High lights of history. Page F-6
Children's. Page F-7
PART FIVE.
Financial. Classified.
Feoples Drug profits rise. Page G-1
Trade forges up. Page G-l
Staples at another probe. Page G-l
Stocks go dow-n (table). PageG-2
U. S. bonds steadier
(table). Page G-3
Curb list lower (table). Page G-4
Cross-word puzzle. Page G-5
Classified advertising. Pages G-5-15
DR. B. M. SQUIRES DIES;
WAS LABOR OFFICIAL
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March 13.— Dr. Ben
jamin Mark Squires, 47. widely known
as an industrial arbitrator, was found
dead in bed at his home late tonight.
Dr E. C. Olson, family physician,
said death was due to an overdose of
sedative apparently taken unintention
ally.
For several years Dr. Squires was
known as the "czar” of the Chicago
cleaning and dyeing industry. In 1933
he. was named chairman of the Chi
cago Industrial Relations Board set
up under the cleaning and dyeing
code.
From 1914 to 1916 Dr. Squires was
special agent of the United States
States Bureau of Labor Statistics and
was commissioner of conciliation for
the Labor Department from 1916 to
1920. He was a member of the Alaskan
board of mediation and arbitration
In 1916 and also held a position as
administrative member and chairman
of the New York Wage Adjustment
Board from 1917 to 1918.
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Robbers Get $1,265 Pay Roll.
NEW YORK, March 13 OP).—Side
walk robbers took a $1,265 pay roll
from the messenger of an advertising
Arm in busy Manhattan today, but
In Brooklyn a similar robbery attempt
was thwarted by the shouts of two
returning employes of a produce com
pany who saw the firm’s assistant
credit man being held up by two
gunmen.
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DOCTORS CONCUR
IN TRADER CASE
3 Agree Operation Might
Have Saved Life of
Woman,
Bt the Associated Press.
SALISBURY, Md., March 13.—
Three physicians told a coroner's jury
today that the late Mrs. Jeannette B
Trader, indicted for the murder of her
husband, would have had “excellent
chances" of recovery if an operation
had been performed a week earlier.
Without making a recommendation,
the jury, assembled by Coroner Marion
A Humphries, concluded the inquest
into her death by reporting it was due
"to peritonitis caused by abdominal
adhesions following prior surgical
operations.”
Mrs. Trader died March 3 following
an operation at a hospital here. She
j had been removed a short time before
to the Wicomico County Jail from
Snow Hill. She had been held there
after being indicted for the fatal
shooting of her husband.* Clarence J.
Trader, Stockton utility operator.
The jury heard a report from Dr.
Howard Maldeis, post mortem physi
cian of Baltimore who examined the
' womans viscera. Dr, Maldeis reported
that there was no trace of poison in
the organs and further examination
| had determined her death was from
i natural causes.
Physicians Agre*.
Dr J. McFadden Dick and Dr. Ran
dolph M. Nock, who performed the
operation shortly before her death and
the autopsy, agreed on their conclu
sions. They and Dr. Charles R.
Truitt, jail physician, testified she may
have recovered had the operation been
performed several days earlier.
Dr. Dick said that the examinations
made by him and Dr. Nock Indicated
that the abdominal adhesions which
made the final operation necessary
had developed into peritonitis and the
disease was the actual cause of death.
Dr. Dick said he was called into
consultation on March 2 after the
woman's condition became acute. He
reported to Judge Benjamin A. John
son then that she had "one chance
of 2.000 to recover if she is treated
at once," and suggested the opera
tion.
Dr. Truitt and Sheriff Charles H.
Truitt testified Mrs. Trader was not
able to retain any food after she ar
rived at t.he Wicomico Jail. The
i sheriff said he summoned the physi
j cian when the woman complained of
being ill.
Mrs. Trader during her confine
| ment of about a month in the Snow
Hill Jail had complained several times
of illness.
Dr. Truitt said he had followed in
structions from Dr. John L. Riley for
treatment of the prisoner for acute
j indigestion. He said a maid attend
I ant was kept in her cell constant and
! she was also attended by a public
! health nurse.
Dr. Riley, the Snow Hill Jail ph.vsi
! cian for- 30 years, told of his treat
[ ment. He said she complained of
j stomach pains and he prescribed for
j those ailments. He added he saw
her two and three times a day for
a time.
Coroner Humphries said he had
ordered the inquest because of the
"ugly rumors being spread that she
had been poisoned." Mrs. Trader's
three sons, Estel, 21; Richard. 18.
and Reginald. 14. were represented
at the inquest by their mother's at
torneys, Godfrey Child and John L.
Sanford, jr.
The final action in the case re
sulting from the mysterious shooting
of Trader January 14 at the home nf
his estranged wife was expected to
be taken at the convening of the
March term of Worcester County Cir
cuit Court on March 22.
State's Attorney Thomas F. John
son was scheduled to make his recom
mendation for the disposition of the
murder indictment against Mrs.
Trader. One course left for him was
to enter a notation "abated by death”
for the approval of the court.
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THREE-WHEEL AUTO
HITS PEDESTRIAN
Driver. Alexandrian. Is Charged
With Reckless Driving.
Free on Bond.
A three-wheeled automobile, said
by Its owner to be one of three of its
particular type in this country, struck
and critically injured a pedestrian at
Seventeenth street and Park road
about 8:30 o'clock last night. The
driver of the car, Marvin C. Solo
man, who lives near Alexandria, was
charged with reckless driving and
released on $1,000 bond,
Louis Nusbaum, 58. of 1646 New
ton street, was taken to Garfield Hos
pital, where surgeons said he was
suffering from internal injuries and
that, an emergency operation would
be performed.
Police said the machine was steered
from the one rear wheel. A test
showed the brakes to be in good con
dition, police said. Solomon and two
passengers in the car were uninjured.
BELGIAN CONSUL WINS
ACQUITTAL IN TAX ROW
Refused to Permit Water at Home
in Mobile, Ala., to Be
Shut Off.
B7 the Associated Press.
MOBILE, Ala.. March 13—Belgian
Consul A. J. Teilier was acquitted to
day of disorderly conduct charges
growing out of his opposition to a
city sewerage tax.
Unsuccessful opposition to the efforts
of officers to shut off the water to
his home caused his arrest Wednes
day.
Recorder D. H. Edington discharged
Teilier after Detective Lawrence Ar
ras, who with Officer Denny Lynch
made the arrest, testified the Consul
“had not acted disorderly."
Arras said the Consul merely stood
on his water meter and pushed De
tective Lynch off the lawn. He said no
blows were passed.
Immediately after the hearing Tei
lier said he was acting “solely as a
private citizen and not as a Consul."
“If the city does not make a public
apology for the incident within a
reasonable time," he asserted, "I will
enter civil suit against the city.”
Teilier, along with other home own
ers, has vigorously protested the city’s
cut-off program. Inaugurated recent
ly to force payment of the sewerage
tax.
The Consul said his tax was $9.34 in
arrears
U.S. Torn Between Old Policies
Aiul Desire for Real Neutrality
“f reedom of Seas” Has Been American
Principle», but New World Threats
May Force Revision.
(This is the first of a series of
articles summarizing the back
ground and nature of present at
tempts to define through legislation
the neutrality policy of the United.
States, jvith particular reference to
the House and Senate neutrality
bills.)
BY JOHN C. HENRY.
Prom their very beginnings the na
tions of the world have talked of
peace and prepared for war.
Today they do likewise with an in
tensity that is alarming to those who
reckon the final costs in blood and
gold. And playing the game accord
ing to the same rules is the United
States, whose people "love peace and
hate war, and covet no other nation's
territory," but who force through rec
ord military appropriations while its
pacificists clamor for neutrality by
mandate.
Bounded by the great oceans and
increasingly concerned with the vary
ing health of our international- com
merce, America's policies of neutrality
have revolved principally around a
traditional insistence upon "freedom
of the seas.” To protect this "free
dom" we have fought wars, most re
cently that of 1914-17.
War, but No Guarantees.
Prom that war, as from others, re
sulted nothing in the way of guar
antees that the principles we have
j reputedly cherished would be more
j scrupuously observed in the future
j than in the past. Despite this experi
ence little thought was given the ques
tion of revising our neutrality beliefs
during the decade following the war
and as late as January. 1932, the Sen
ate ratified the Havana convention of
1928 in which was contained many of
the old rules of martime law.
Something of a departure in practice
had occurred, however, in 1931, when
the United States co-operated closely
with the league of Nations in con
; sideration of Japan's action in Man
l churia and this was followed in August,
i 1932, by the public contention of Sec
retary of State Stimson, and advocate
of co-operative action by nations, that
the Kellogg pact of 1928 had destroyed
the basis upon which previous doc
trines of neutrality were predicated.
i nncipie indorsed in Politic*.
In the Fall of that year both major
political parties indorsed the principle
of consultation among nations and
this shifting of opinion was climaxed
in May. 1933, when Ambassador Davis
told the Disarmament Conference at
Geneva that if a reduction of arma
ments were effected by general Inter
national agreement this country would
consult with other states In case of a
threat to peace. Furthermore, and of
increasing significance, he told the
conference that in cases of agreement
as to designation of an aggressor the
United States would •'refrain from any
action tending to defeat” collective
measures taken by other states to re
store peace. Application of such a
policy would make the principle of
freedom of the seas distinctly su
bordinate in determining America's
conduct toward belligerents.
In the Spring of 1934, public inter
est in the question of overhauling our
neutrality policy was sharpened some
what by a magazine article written
by Charles Warren, who as Assistant
Attorney General had been in charge
of enforcement of American neutrality
laws and obligations from 1914 to
191V. An excerpt from Warren's
article follows:
' In order to avoid friction and com
plications with the belligerents, it
(United Statesi must be prepared to
impose upon the actions of its citizens
greater restrictions than international
law requires. It must also be prepared
to relinquish many rights which it has
heretofore claimed and asserted, and ;
to yield to contentions by belligerents, !
hitherto denied by it, with respect to
interference with the trade and travel
of its citizens on the high seas, if the
interests of the belligerents seem to
them so to require.”
Arms Probe Gave Impetus,
In the same Spring, war clouds
began to pile up on the European hori
zon and questions of neutrality became
news.
Additional impetus followed through
the Senate investigation of the arms '
traffic with the direct effect, of that
probe being reflected in the consolida
tion of the mandatory neutrality bloc
composed of Senators Nye, Clark and
Bone.
The real force of this bloc was dis
played in the closing days of the 1935
session of Congress, Presenting two
neutrality measures to the Senate in
j July, the committee agreed to with
draw their proposals on assurance of
| the State Department that it would
I co-operate in drafting a general meas
ure. When adjournment seemed
imminent in August, however, without
j any action scheduled, the Nye group
I threatened to tie things up. The
result was speedy recommendation and
passage of a neutrality resolution.
With part of the legislation effective
only to February, 1936, it was extended
last year to May, 1937, two major pro
visions added and the degree of man
datory effect increased.
Mandatory Provision Cited.
In brief, the law now contains the
following provisions:
That the President, whenever he
"shall find that there exists a state of
war” between two or more foreign
countries, shall so proclaim that fact,
and that exportation of implements of
war from this country to a belligerent
j state or to a neutral port for trana
■ shipment to a belligerent state shall
become unlawful. This provision ts
mandatory. Fines, imprisonment and
confiscation are the prescribed punish
ments.
That trading in securities or loaning
of money or extension of credit to
belligerents shall become unlawful.
That “no citizen of the United
States shall travel on any vessel of any
belligerent nation except at his own
risk ”
That manufacturer*, exporter* and
importers of implements of war must
register with the Secretary of State
and obtain licenses
That entry of belligerent subma
rines into American ports may be
prohibited, as may the delivery of men
or munitions from American port* to
belligerent ships at sea.
Arms Ban Expires May 1.
The first two of these provisions ex
pire on May 1 of this year, while the
others are permanent law.
Expiration of these important fea
tures of the present law. plus the in
tensified rearmament race in Europe, j
are the reasons for pressure for en
actment of new neutrality legislation
at this time.
On March 3 the Senate approved a
new bill introduced by Senator Pitt- j
man. chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relation's Committee. This measure j
will be discussed in a second article .
tomorrow.
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EXPULSIONS HALTED
BY COMMUNIST PARTY
Reinstatements Begun After Rep
rimands to Local Committees
Over Injustices.
B7 the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, March 13—The Com
munist party called a halt today to 5
mass expulsions of its members, many
of whom were deemed to have been
dropped for trivial reasons.
Party officials delivered caustic
reprimands to local committees and
began immediate reinstatement of
what they described as victims of the
most flagrant injustice.
Pravda, the Communist party news
paper. pointed out the rase of one
Communist who was dropped because
he was one month in arrears on his
dues after 15 years of loyal member- !
ship and of another who was expelled ,
because he was absent from one
meeting
"The time has come." the newspaper
declared, "for all party leaders to
stop the practice of mass expulsions.”
The move was linked in authori
tative circles to a drive launched last
week for greater democracy within the
party ranks and to an official report
which estimated party membership
had fallen off to about 1.400 000.
City to Get Bust of Cleveland
Rejected for Lack of Button
BT the Associated Press.
BUFFALO. N. Y„ March 13.—A bust
of Grover Cleveland—rejected by buy
ers 52 years ago because a button was
missing from the coat—will be a
Cleveland's birthday gift to this city
Tuesday.
The presentation will be made by a
Yale student, George Urban, jr„ whose
grandfather resurrected the bust from
a corner in a granite shop 10 years
ago. There it. had stood, gathering
dust among tombstones, for 42 years.
"Because of that missing button—
the second from the top—nobody
wanted it," said young Urban’s fRther,
George Urban, sr.
“But Cleveland always had trouble
with buttons, so the bust is realistic.”
The late Grandfather Urban, whose
first name also was George, was Re
publican chairman of Erie County.
Cleveland, a Democrat, was sheriff.
But in spite of their political differ
ences they were close friends.
Wher he died in 1928, Chairman I
Urban willed the bust to the city, to
be presented at an appropriate occa
sion.
His son said today that the button
actually is missing, and is not merely
hidden beneath an unbuttoned coat
flap.
Three other buttons adorn the dou
ble-breasted coat. But where the
fourth should be there is only an
empty button hole.
"When Cleveland became Presi
dent," Urban said, "the bust was j
ordered by a group of his friends in I
Buffalo, where he had been sheriff j
“Pierre, a New York sculptor, was ,
commissioned and President Cleveland !
sat for the bust in Washington.
“But when it was delivered, minus
the button, the purchasers refused to
accept it."
Tuesday, at the Cleveland birthday
celebration in a Buffalo hotel, it will
be accepted for the city by Mayor
George Zimmerman and will be placed
in City Hall.
Senator Adams in Forum
COLORADOAN TO DISCUSS SUGAR ISSUE TOMORROW NIGHT.
“The American Sugar Bowl" will
be the subject of an address by Sena
tor Alva B. Adams of Colorado in
the National Radio Forum tomorrow
at 10:30 p.m. The National Radio
Forum is arranged by The Washing
ton Star and broadcast-over the net
work of the National Broadcasting
Co.
President Roosevelt recently sent
a message to Congress dealing with
the sugar situation and Senator
Adams is one of the sponsors of a
bill designed to assist in the produc
tion of sugar in this country and
to maintain sugar quotas for foreign
importations. Senator Adams insists
that the measure will not increase the
price of sugar to the housewives of
America. Sugar is produced in 17
States in this country, including the
cane sugar producing States.
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Paris Population Decreases.
Removal of residents to the suburbs
has caused a decrease in the popula
tion of Metropolitan Pari* in the last
five years.
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ALVA B. ADAMS.
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VIRGINIA FISHERS
WILL MIKE’
Adopt Resolutions Designed
to Improve Market
Conditions.
Be the Associated Press.
MATHEWS, Va., March 13.—The
“sit-down itrike” of shad fishermen
in the Fox Hill and surrounding areas
of Elizabeth City County probably is
ended, it developed at a meeting of
the Tidewater Fishermen's Associa
tion here tonight.
The fishermen, who did not fish
yesterday or today, said they expected,
on the strength of promises from the
wholesalers of higher prices Monday,
to fish again that day, though they
reserved the right to ship their fish if
they desired.
About 50 fishermen attended to
night 8 meeting and adopted several
resolutions which it is believed will
enable them to obtain better returns.
The body agreed to the wholesaler
buyers’ request to charge 1 cent a
pound more to retailers for shad.
Daily telephone contacts with mem
bers of the association will be main
tained by G. G. Buroughs, secretary
of the body, who obtains quotations
from New York and other leading
markets daily.
The Fox Hill agroup adopted the
Gloucester-Mathews method of de
manding price quotations from New
York and other leading markets daily.
At Phoebus, Va., W. H Graham,
manager and secretary of the L. M.
Newcomb & Co., Inc., tonight de
clared published reports of a fisher
men's strike were a tempest in a
teapot.
“There are 9 or 10 out of approxi
mately 100 shad fishermen who are
not working their nets," he .said, “and
none of them do business with ua.’’
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MARYLANDER SEEKS
ROAD HEAD'S OUSTER
Dr. Tabler Called ‘‘Arch County
Politician” in Attack by
Democrat.
Br ih« Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. March 13 —Kent R
Mullikin, Democratic floor leader of
the House of Delegates, demanded to
day that Dr. Homer E. Tabler, who
he called "that arch county pol
itician. ’ resign or be dismissed as
chairman of the State Roads Com
mission.
Mullikin said that a discussion of
the threatened loss of Federal road
money had convinced him that the
States road financing would not be
in such a "muddle if members of tne
commission gave more time to roads
and less time to politics." The Fed
eral Governmnet has threatened to cut
its allotment to Maryland, because, it
claims, the State has diverted roads
funds to other uses.
Mullikin recommended that Nathan
L. Smith, chief engineer nf the Roads
Commission and, like Tabler, a Re
publican. be appointed chairman of
the commission.
Mullikin said that the commission's
auditor will confer again with officials
of the Federal Bureau of Public
Roads on Thursday in an attempt
to show the diversion has not been
increased.
TWO D. C. MEN GET
HONORARY DEGREES
Bishop Hughes and Francis M.
Durrance Get Doctorates at
Florida Southern College.
By the Associated Press.
LAKELAND, Fla.. March 13.—Dr.
John Homer Miller, pastor of the Hope
Congregational Church of Springfield.
Mass., was awarded the honorary de
gree of doctor of divinity by Florida
Southern College at a founders’ cele
bration today,
Francis Marvin Durrance of Wash
ington. D C, received a doctor of
laws degree.
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of
Washington, who will end the five
day celebration with two speeches to
morrow, will be awarded thp honorary
degree of doctor of humanities then.
Francis M. Durrance, an examiner
with the United States Tariff Com
mission, lives at 4007 Connecticut
avenue.
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D. C. MAN DIES IN CRASH
Companion Critically Hurt in
Capitol Heights.
George W. Gibbons of 501 Twelfth
street northeast, was killed, and a
companion was critically hurt when
the coupe in which they were riding
swerved and struck a telephone pole
at the Intersection of Central and
Crystal Springs avenues in Capital
Heights, Md., early today.
Gibbons companion was not im
mediately identified. He was taken
to Casualty Hospital.
FIRE SWEEPS SHOP
Other Buildings in Southeast Are
Threatened by Blare.
Fire of undetermined origin which
momentarily threatened adjoining
buildings last night, virtually destroy
ed the interiors of a cleaning and
pressing shop Rt 213 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast and an upholstery
firm at 211 Pennsylvania avenue.
Although two alarms were sent in. the
flames did little damage other than
to the two ground floor buildings
and did not spread into a bowling
alley on the second floor.
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C. I. 0. GROUP. TO MEET
--
Building Trades Department Or- j
ganired Month Ago.
James F. Gill, president of the ■
C. I. O. Building Trades Depart
ment, announced last night that a
meeting of his group will be held
tomorrow night at 1743 Q street.
Gill said the department was or
ganised about a month ago and has
125 members. Its membership, he
added, was drawn from those dissatis
fied with the American Federation of
Labor. Any one interested is invited
to attend the meeting. Gill said. Guy
Warner is secretary-treasurer of the
department.
W ashington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
SCOURGE.
This item is printed in the spirit of
pure cussedness, trusting that it will
bedevil others as it has us. There is
nothing phoney about it. Every prob
lem posed below can be answered. Heh,
heh. You try. The questions are ex
tracts from a super-intelligence test
with which a professor at Massachu
setts Tech has been working to under
mine the good dispositions of his stu
j dents and colleagues,
j Take it away, victim:
| “Punctuate the following sentence
so that it makes sense: James where
| John had had had had had had had
had had had had the professor's ap
| proval.
“A man was traveling in a country
where all the inhabitants were either
■ knights or knaves. The knaves never
j told the truth. The knights never
| lied. The traveler met three men.
^WIIT
" IwetT
He asked one of them whether they
were knights or knaves. He did not
i hear the man's answer and asked
another what he said. 'I think he said
knaves.’ said the second man. 'I think
1 he said knights,' said the third man.
What did the first man say?
"Two silver coins, one bearing the
inscription 'Caesar, 4fi A D ’ and the
other 'George I, 1714 A D ' were
brought to a collector to learn their
value. The collector said that such
coins actually had been issued but tnat
these were both counterfeits. How
did he know?
"In how many ways can six nines be
combined to give 100--surh as 99 99 99
"In a certain college the president. I
a professor, an instructor and a janitor
are named Brown. Green. White and
Black—but not in that order.
"In the same college are four stu
dents with the same names.
'The student with the same name as
thp professor lives in Black's fraternity.
"Green's daughter-in-law lives in
Philadelphia.
"The father of one of the students,
who is not absent-minded, confuses
White and Green in class.
"White is tne instructor's father-in
law and has no grandchild.
"The president s oldest son is seven.
"Name the men in order."
"PIN'G."
Young colored prisoner urns being
grilled by police about several al
leged burglaries, which he not only
admitted, but boasted about.
' Did, you take anything else tn
the lady's room but her ' pocket
book?" he was asked.
"No. The family was in the next
room listening to Amos and Andy"
he answered "I did. look tn a
drawer, but there wosn t anything
interesting."
"Didn't you touch, anything else
tn the room’’"
"Well, mebbe one As I was
climbing out the window 1 saw a
ukulele, and I couldn't resist. I
?ust reached over and plucked one
string—just one 'ping.' "
MANAGER.
ADD the name of 10-year-old Sally
* Williams to the list of enviable
persons you know who were born with
the knack of getting things done
quietly, effectively and with a minimum
of expense.
Sallie decided a month or so ago
it was high time her mother had a
nice birthday party since, fortunately,
her mother's natal anniversary wasn't
far off.
So out of her weekly allowance,
plus her daddy's bonuses for the "A"
grades she gets in school, Sally saved
enough to be the sole backer of the
party. Her father's offer of assist
ance—financial and otherwise—was
refused.
Down to her daddy's office in the
Press Building sneaked Sallie one
afternoon and invited her mother's
friends by telephone. All by herself
she ordered the rather elaborate re
freshments. The decorations were
arranged under Sallie s personal super
vision.
Possibly Sally’s father had a qualm
or two as to just how much of a
surprise the surprise party was going
to be to his wife. Sallie wasn't wor- |
ried.
The guests arrived on time, removed
their wTaps and came downstairs just
as the most surprised mother Sallie
ever had walked in the front door
from a pleasant afternoon's auto- i
mobile ride—which she had no Idea
her 10-year-old daughter had ar
ranged for.
* * * *
Wrong Start.
BYSTANDER was watching one
of the recent gambling raids along
Fourteenth street. Oblivious to what
went on around him the man stood
-tn _
with his nose flattened on the plate
glass window a.s the raid progressed
inside. Suddenly a girl came run
ning out the door brandishing a water
glass, stopped near him and yelled:
"You look like a photographer and
you can't take pictures in there!"'
The man knew what he was and It
wasn't a photographer, but the girl
looked very angry and she waved the
glass very violently. Like any man
of prudence he lit out. He slipped
on the curb, hurt his knee, resumed
flight and promptly bowled over a
little girl, apologized and finally
stopped when he saw no one was
chasing him.
Cautiously he marie his way back j
to the scene of the raid. "Boy!" said
a photographer, brushing himself off
and eyeing his smashed camera, "that
girl with the glass nearly ruined me
She was almost as mad as she was
cross-eyed."
MYSTERY.
A neu-s scribe who shares an
apartment in town with another
scribbler returned home the other
afternoon to find his friend down
on hands and, knees, crawling ]
ft 4
Reserve Board Reported
Ready to Check Any Sharp
Market Break.
By the Aiscciated Press.
Top-ranking fiscal officials con
ferred yesterday amid talk that th<*
Federal Reserve Board might step in
to check any sharp break in the Gov
ernment bond market.
Secretary Morgenthau. Marriner B.
Eceles, chairman of the Federal Re
serve Board, and members of the
board’s Open Market Committee dis
cussed Friday's heavy selling of Gov
ernment bonds in an hour-long ses
sion.
Afterward Eceles told reporters he
saw no cause for alarm
Asked what action might be taken
by the Reserve Board, he replied it
was obvious tnat. if anything wo;<■
done, Government bonds would be
purchased on the open market.
Prior to his talk with member.- of
the Open Market Committee, Mor
genthau conferred with W R Bur
gess, vice president of the New York
Federal Reserve Bank and manaerr
of the Reserve system's open market
account.
Burgess and the Open Market Com
mittee have charge of the Reserve
system's policies in the purchase and
sale of Government obligations.
Usually well-informed authorities
said that if the selling movement
wmich developed Friday should
broaden to any appreciable extent
the Reserve system would buy Fed
eral bonds.
Eceles said there was no thought of
changing the board's ‘ easy money ’
policy and that the conference with
Morgenthau was primarily a review
of general credit conditions
Morgenthau, accompanied bv Mrs.
Morgenthau and his son Robert, left
last night for a two-week vacation at
Sea Island, Ga.
TOWNSEND’S ARREST
MAY BE DEMANDED
California Labor Commission De
mands Payment for Discharged ■
Employes.
BF the Ab'orla’Pd Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 13 —
Charles Dreyfus, attorney for the
State Labor Commission. sa;d toda;
there was a probability thp commis
sion would ask warrants for the ar
rest of Dr. Francis E. Townsend next
week.
The commission communicated w.th
the head of the old-age pension plan
March 9, demanding by return ma.: a
certified check for $474 to pay claims
of six discharged Townsend plan em
ployes here.
Dr. Townsend s reply today said he
had forwarded the letter to his attor
ney, J. R Christianson of Chicago,
who would ' state our position In this
matter."
Dreyfus said if the check was not
received by March 16 or a satisfac
tory explanation giver, by Cnrtstian
son warrants would be asked on
charges of violating the California
semi-monthly pay day law and the
law compelling payments of wages due
to discharged employes.
Penalty for each violation could be
six months in jail and a $500 fine
Dreyfus said.
Dreyfus stated he also contemplated
asking warrants against Capt. Delber
Brunton, former State director of
the old-age pension plan organization
here, and Ft.mour Young, national sec
retary of the organization, at Chicaze.
They are in Washington with Dr
Townsend.
YOUNG BRIDE SCORES
IN FIGHT FOR JOB
School Chancellor Terms Married
Woman Ban “Unreasonable.”
Injunction Stands.
By tt.G Associated Press.
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. March
13.—A young bride won the first round
of a fight today to retain her teaching
position ai the Oxford Universi'
High School when Chancellor L. A
Smith ruled a school board's ban
against married women was '‘un
reasonable."
The chancellor refused to dissolve
an injunction obtained by Mrs. Janelle
Wise Elliot to prevent the Oxford
School Board from forcing her resigna
tion
Educational authorities sought to
force he young woman to lease the
school after her marriage last De
cember. She refused.
Mrs. Elliot said she would resume
her classes Monday.
Chancellor Smith granted a perma
nent injunction to Mrs. Elliot re
straining Supt. A B Webb, who
sought her resignation, from forcing
her to quit and enjoining two teachers
from serving in her position.
Counsel for the school board an
nounced an appeal.
STORE STRIKE SETTLED
Murphy Helps in Agreement at
Detroit Company.
DETROIT, March 13 (A>).— A strike
that closed the Crowley-Milner Co.
Department Store, one of the largest
in Detroit, last Wednesday was set
tled tonight in a conference ar
ranged by Gov. Frank Murphy. The
store will reopen Monday.
James B. Jones, president o' the
company, said the Governor "has
done an excellent Job and has been
fair to both sides."
Terms of the settlement were not
announced immediately.
around the front room, examining
light plugs and wires.
"What the-?” said the First
Scribe.
“ Can't figure this out," said the
Second Scribe. "All the light
globes in the place seem to hare
burned out at once. Very strange.
I don't see anything wrong with
these connections."
The pair decided to summon the
janitor.
"Say." they shouted at him tn
indignant chorus, "what do you
suppose makes the lights go off in
this place all at once for no rea
son at all? What about getting 'em
back on? You know how to do It?"
"Well" said the janitor, "I
wouldn't be sure, but the electric
company man that was here today
said he thought maybe if you paid
your bill-”
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