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MB AIRLINER
BELIEVED LOCATED
IN ARIZONA RAVINE
Wreckage of Tri-Motor
Transport Sighted in in
accessible Region.
DISAPPEARED SATURDAY
WITH 8 PERSONS ABOARD
Plane Was Being “Ferried” to
New York for Shipment
to Europe.
By the Associated Press.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., April
A—Maj. A. D. Smith, division super
intendent of the Transcontinental
Western Air, in a radio message
to the airport here at 10 a.m. today
said the wreckage of an airplane was
sighted northwest of Mount Baldy
in Eastern Arizona.
There was no sign of life in the
twisted mass.
The veteran pilot, flying a tri-mo
tor transport, said the wreckage was
in an inaccessible region. He told
airport operatives here his ship was
circling the spot until Maj. Victor
Bertrandias could arrive from Wins
low with his ship, which had been
held on the ground there for an
emergency.
Plane Disappeared Saturday.
Smith and Bertrandias, export
manager of Douglas Aircraft Co.,
were leading a search for a Douglas
airliner with eight persons aboard
which disappeared Saturday while
being "ferried" to New York for
shipment to Europe.
Baldy is about 30 miles west and
slightly north of Alpine, where numer
ous reports of sighting the plane came
in yesterday and last night, It is on
the border of the Fort Ap>ache Indian
reservation.
The p>eak, which is 11.000 feet high.
Is approximately 40 miles south of
St. Johns, Ariz., and more than 60
miles off the course the huge Douglas
skyliner was taking across continent.
Maj. Smith said he was certain it
Was the twin-motored ship Pilot Glen
Mosier flew out of Burbank, Calif.,
Saturday morning.
The ground p>arty organized at
Winslow included Maj. Bertrandias,
in charge: Sheriff Lafe Hatch of
Navajo County. Capt. Morgan of the
Los Angeles, Calif., county sheriff’s
office and a Department of Com
merce Inspector.
U.S. FARM PURCHASE
PROPOSAL REJECTED
House Agriculture Committee Re
fuses to Authorize $50,000,000
for Agriculture Unit.
By th« Associated Press.
The House Agriculture Committee
refused again today to authorize the
Secretary of Agriculture to spend $50,
000,000 annually to buy farms for re
«ale to tenants and sharecroppers.
A motion to reconsider the proposal,
which the committee disapproved by
a 13-to-ll vote last Wednesday, lost
on a 12-to-12 tie vote today.
The farm purchase plan was one
phase of the tenancy program recom
mended by President Roosevelt. Secre
tary Wallace and a special committee
named by the President.
Chairman Jones offered a substitute
plan to authorize the Secretary to lend
$50,000,000 annually to tenants for
the purchase of farms on terms allow
ing them as long as 40 years to pay.
The plan, which would eliminate
Government purchase and supervision,
won a tentative agreement. Jones and
other members said. A formal vote
on it was planned tomorrow.
Opponents of the Government land
buying proposal objected that it would
place the Government in farming
business.
Action also is expected tomorrow on
two other phases of the President's
program—appropriation of $75,000,000
for rehabilitation loans and $70,000,
000 for a four-year submarginal land
retirement program.
POLICE PRESS SEARCH
FOR BRICKBAT SLAYER
Records of Ex-Convicts Checked
After Suspect Is
Described.
Bt the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April 6.—Parole
records of colored ex-convicts were
checked by police today in the search
for the brickbat slayer who killed Mrs.
Edna A. Worden and her daughter
Marguerite. 12, in their apartment
Sunday during a robbery.
Several housewives, beaten with a
brick by a colored man in recent
weeks, have described him to police.
Capt. Burt Wallis said the suspect was
25, weighed 175 pounds and was 6
feet tall.
Fingerprints found in the Worden
apartment were checked against those
of known criminals. Police also had
two clay models of size 11 footprints.
County Autopsy Surgeon A. F. Wag
ner reported no evidence of criminal
assault.
JULIANA RETURNS
Princess and Husband End Trip
to Paris.
PARIS, April 6 (/P).—Princess Juli
ana, heiress to the throne of the
Netherlands, and her husband, Prince
Bernhard, started back to The Hague
by automobile today after ending
their honeymoon trip with a whirl at
Paris night life.
The royal couple carried with them
a number of gifts for the court, in
cluding a box of exploding cigars
which the prince bought at a joke
1,500 Starving
On Rebel-Held
Spanish Peak
Women and Children
in Terror Reign of
Two Officers.
tn the Assoclatefl Press,
ANDUJAR, Spain, April 6.—Two
madly-determined insurgent officers
were reported today to have set up a
reign of terror over 1,500 slowly starv
ing men, women and children on top
of El Cabezo (the summit) Mountain
in Southern Spain.
A story of spreading sickness from
malnourishment and of hard-fisted
efforts to put down a move toward
capitulation after eight months of
siege was brought down from the 2,000
foot high fastness by three men who
fled the mountainside under cover of
night and surrendered to government
troops.
The deserters, two civil guards and
the young son of the chief guard of
Lugar Nuevo Palaoe, pictured the
populace as driven to desperation by
hunger and accused the commanders,
a Capt. Cortes and a Lieut. Ruano, of
establishing military terror to quell a
rising disaffection.
A civil guard officer and many of
(See" FORTRESS7Pag"e""\-8")
Chrysler Settlement Near,
but Coal Miners Face
Long Lay-off.
BACKGROUND—
Eighth day of negotiations for
settlement of Chrysler Motor Co.
labor trouble finds conferees near
agreement, but disputes of soft coal
miners in Alabama and Tennessee
appear headed for long drawn out
negotiations. Recognition of United
Automobile Workers of America as
bargaining unit is chief point at
issue in parley at Lansing, Mich.,
while Southern coal miners de
mand wage scale which applies in
Appalachian region.
By the Associated Press.
Labor troubles in automotive plants
of the North and coal mines of the
South kept more than 125,000 wage
earners idle today.
Between the geographical extremes
in the Nation w’ere scores of minor
Industrial disturbances.
Prospects for a quick settlement of
the Chrysler Motor Corp. strike in
volving 80.000 workers were bright as
negotiations were resumed at Lansing,
Mich., today, but 20,000 Alabama
miners and 7.000 around Knoxville,
Tenn., faced the possibility of a long
lay-off pending approval of a new
contract.
All mines of the Pittsburgh Coal Co.
and Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corp.
remained idle, too, pending negotia
tions on agreementns covering working
conditions. The Alabama and Ten
nessee miners, a union spokesman
said, would demand time and a half
for overtime and a wage increase.
Murphy Refuses Prediction.
Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan,
occupying the role of peacemaker in
the Chrysler dispute, declined to pre
dict when an agreement would be
reached, but there were reports a pact
would be signed in time to permit re
sumption of operations next week.
Observers felt settlement of strikes
involving 10,000 Hudson Motor Car Co.
employes and 2,200 Reo Motor Car Co.
workers hinged on the outcome of the
Chrysler parley. It affected 65,000
Chrysler workers and 20.000 employes
of automotive firms selling to Chrys
ler.
Alfred P. Sloan, jr., president of
General Motors Corp., condemned sit
down strikes in a statement issued at
Phoenix, Ariz. Their seriousness, he
said, lay not in themselves but "in
what they will lead to.”
The Committee for Industrial Or
zanization started a unionization
drive in the oil industry with assur
ance from a union leader that sit
down strikes were not on the program.
Disputes over wages and hours for
clerks closed the fourteenth retail store
in Akron and suburban Barberton,
Ohio, yesterday. Akron auto mechan
(See LABOR, Page A-4.)
TAXES EAT UP ESTATE
Inheritance Levies Amount to
Half of McCormick Estate.
CHICAGO, April 6 (£>).—Illinois and
Federal inheritance taxes will amount
to more than half of the $22,000,000
estate of Cyrus Hall McCormick, an
inventory on file today in County
Court disclosed.
The chairman of_ the board of the
International Harvester Co. died June
2, 1936, leaving an estate valued for
tax purposes at $22,359,806.
Trustees' attorneys said the Federal
Government would receive $10,397,942
in inheritance tax. the State $1,289,
298. the total amounting to 52.27 per
cent of the estate.
INTEREST BOOST
IS FEARED ON NEW
U. S. BORROWINGS
Fiscal Officials Speculate
Over Maintenance of
Present Rate.
DISCOUNT EHLL ISSUE
TOTALS $300,000,000
Reserve Buying of U. S. Securities
May Serve to Keep Charges
on Bonds Low.
By tfie Associated Press.
Fiscal officials speculated today over
whether low interest rates on past
Government financing could be main
tained when the Treasury carries out
its plan to borrow additional money
before July 1.
In its December and March financ
ing. the Treasury issued 2.5 per cent
bonds. Now. however, bank liquida
tion of Government securities and
other developments have led to a belief
in some administration quarters that
any future bonds may carry a higher
coupon rate.
In his statement that the Treasury
will borrow new cash this fiscal year,
Secretary Morgenthau did not say
how much would be borrowed, or what
type of obligations would be issued.
The Treasury has been borrowing in
anticipation of June 15 tax payments
at the rate of $50,000,000 a week
through discount bill issues.
Further Bills May Be Issued.
Originally, Morgenthau contem
plated borrowing only $300,000,000 in
this manner, but some informed au
thorities said today further bill issues
may be employed for the projected ad
ditional financing.
With the sale of $50,000,000 of bills
yesterday, the total issue reached
$300,000,000. A slight stiffening of the
rate on these bills was reported last
night.
One factor which may tend to keep
interest rates low, however, is the Fed
eral Reserve Board's decision to buy
Government securities on the open
market.
Meanwhile, members of Congress
looked to the revised budget expected
from President Roosevelt next week
for an explanation of Secretary Mor
genthau’s projected new increase in
the Federal debt.
Revenues have totaled $3,762,000,000
so far this fiscal year. Only three
months of that year remain. Mr.
Roosevelt's January budget estimated
the year's revenue at $5,796,000,000.
Budget May Reduce Estimate.
Since heaviest revenues flow in with
the March income tax deadline, some
persons doubt this goa1 will be
achieved. If income appears likely
to fall short, the President's revised
budget next week may scale down the
estimate.
Morgenthau said yesterday, "I am
quite sure we will need new money
between now and the end of the fiscal
year. July 1.” He did not say whether
the decision was prompted by failure
of income tax receipts to meet esti
mates.
About April 14. Mr. Roosevelt will
send a revised budget to Congress, and
it may scale down the estimate.
New High Debt Likely.
The new borrowing probably will
push the public debt over the *35,
026.000,000 originally forecast for the
end of this fiscal year. At present, the
debt stands at a new all-time high of
$34,782,000,000.
Morgenthau's announcement of new
borrowing followed the heavy liquida
tion movement in the Government
bond market the past several weeks.
It was this movement that led to the
Federal Reserve Board decision to buy
Government securities on the open
market for the announced purpose of
maintaining "orderly” conditions.
This action will tend to bolster banks’
supplies of idle cash, and thus officials
expect it to maintain easy money
conditions.
Morgenthau described the Reserve
Board action as "a constructive move.”
He said the Treasury itself has no
immediate plans for exerting any in
fluence on the money market, but that
it is keeping in close touch with Fed
eral Reserve activities.
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MAKES OWN LETHAL GAS
TO KILL WIFE AND SELF
Mailman Turns Apartment Into
Death Chamber—Note Blames
Worry Over Debts.
By tne Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.—With
a homemade lethal gas chamber Leroy
Irish, 40-year-old mailman, ended his
worries over debts at the cost of his
own life and that of his invalid wife,
police said today.
Police Inspector George Engler said
Irish dropped enough poison gas pel
lets into a vase of acid to kill every
one in the apartment house where he
lived and died. Only the perfection
with which he sealed the apartment
with tape saved other occupants.
The bodies were discovered yester
day and with them, Engler said, a
note blaming worries over debts.
Maryland Rushes Through Law
Authorizing Taxes in Greenbelt
Bt h Stall Correspondent ot The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, April 6—A housing
authority to serve as “landlord” lor
Greenbelt is set up in a new bill
passed by the State Assembly this
morning. At the same time it adopted
a second measure to incorporate the
Resettlement Administration develop
ment near the National Capital.
The new bill, which was prepared
by Federal officials in Washington and
brought to Annapolis last night, paves
the way for rich revenues for both
Prince Georges County and the State
of Maryland, for it would take the
vast community out of the tax exempt
classification it has enjoyed.
While it provides for no direct levies
against Greenbelt residents, it em
powers and instructs the supervising
body to contract the county and State
to pay the equivalent of what their
respective levies would raise on prop
erty within the town.
Valuations on the property would be
fixed by the assessors for Prince
Georges County. Should land rents
fixed by the authority be insufficient
to meet the county and State charges
the difference would be made up from
Federal funds appropriated under the
Wagner act.
In addition to its powers to fix
rents upon tenants, the new board
would be vested with authority to
(See GREENBELT, Page A-6.)
4
ROOSEVELT URGES
WAGE LAW DELAY
IN D. C. FOR STUDY
Suggests Amendment to
Minimum Pay Act Also
Might Include Men.
COURSE QUESTIONED
BY HAZEN AND SEAL
Commissioners Are Ready to Name
New Board—Cummings’ Opin
ion Is Submitted.
BACKGROUND—
In 1918 Congress enacted a min
imum wage law for women em
ployed in the District of Columbia.
The statute prevailed for more
than four years, when it was chal
lenged by Children’s Hospital and
a hotel employe, and was subse
quently held unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court.
That decision since had stood as
a guidepost in similar legislation.
However, a week ago, in a historic
reversal, the court ruling on an ap
peal on a minimum wage law in
Washington State, decided, 5-4,
that the District law was valid.
President Roosevelt has requested
the District Commissioners to delay
appointment of a Minimum Wage
Board to administer the resurrected
law governing the salaries of women
and minors, he revealed today in
messages to Vice President Garner
and Speaker Bankhead.
The President said he made the
request to allow Congress an oppor
tunity to determine whether the min
imum wage act for women which has
been inoperative for the past 14 years
should be amended.
Accompanying the President's mes
sage was an opinion from Attorney
General Cummings clearly contend
ing that the once outlawed minimum
wage law for women and minors is
now effective.
The Commissioners at their board
meeting agreed to withhold action on
the minimum wage law, in accordance
with Mr. Roosevelt's request. Com
missioner Allen said he was glad the
President had asked for the delay,
pointing out that it will give the city
heads ample opportunity to investi
gate the qualifications of the men
whom they will appoint to the mini
mum wage board.
President's Message.
The President’s message follows:
“Fourteen years have elapsed since
the Supreme Court, by its decision In
, the case of Adkins vs. Children's Hos
pital, 261 U. S. 525. rendered the
District of Columbia minimum wage
law inoperative. I submit herewith
the opinion of the Attorney General,
which makes clear that the recent j
decision of the Supreme Court, in the |
case of West Coast Hotel Co. vs.
Parrish, overruling the previous de
cision, has rendered the statute once
more effective.
“In view of the long interval during \
which it was impossible to administer
i See D. C. WAGE, Page A-12.)
UNDER DOCTOR'S CARE
HOLLYWOOD, April 6 UP).—Owen
Moore, 51. one-time matinee idol, was
under a physician's care today after
his release from the county psycho- ,
pathic ward.
An insanity complaint was dis
missed yesterday.
Moore, former husband of Mary
Pickford, was placed under observa
tion last week. An affidavit by his
wife, the former Katherine Perry,
stated he became intoxicated, threat
ened her and slashed his wrists with
a knife.
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England, France Reported
Seeking to Preserve
Pact on Spain.
B' tne Associated Press.
Great Britain and France were re
ported ready today to try to line up
t the Balkans against Italy if Premier
Mussolini moves to quit the interna
tional "hands off Spain” agreement.
That plan was recounted by an in
formed Paris source as the Spanish
insurgents, friendly to Italy, claimed
new important successes on the north
ern front. Their commanders asserted
2.000 government soldiers had been
killed in recent fighting for Durango
and Bilbao.
The possibility Italy might quit the
27-nation non-intervention accord was
raised by an Italian spokesman as
the outgrowth of authoritative Italian
charges that France had "flagrantly
violated” it, allowing aid to be sent
to the Madrid-Valencia government.
Britain and France would act to
isolate the Balkans from Italy only
as a "last rpsort," the Paris source
said, as they are not anxious to at
tempt a major political realignment
in Europe.
Although all the nations in the non
: intervention accord have already j
agreed to stop movement of volun
1 teers to Spain, the land and naval
patrol scheme for making the plan
(See SPAIN, Page A-3.)
-.
MOTHER GETS POST CARD
FROM HER “DEAD” SON
By tne Associated Press.
FORT WORTH. Tex.. April 6—A
message from the "dead" mystified a
Burleson. Tex., family today.
Mrs. W. G. Miller told Chief of
Detectives Tom Jackson that her son.
Donald Miller, 37, sent her a post
: card dated April 1 from San Fran
I cisco. On March 23 burial services
; were held at Burleson for an auto
mobile-train victim whose body was
sent there from California as that of
: her son.
He was presumed to have been killed
, March 18 with two other men in a
collision near San Bernardino.
The body buried at Burleson had
1 been badly mangled.
Irwin May Be Walking Free
In Mask He Made, Gedeon Says
Skill as Sculptor Cited by Father of
Slain Model—New York Police
Combing City,
BACKGROUND—
Veronica Gedeon, model: her
mother, and Frank Byrnes, a lodger,
were slain Easter Sunday in their
New York rooming house. The
women were strangled and the
male roomer stabbed.
Several suspects have been gues
tioned in the case and released.
bs the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 6 —The fantastic
possibility that Robert Irwin, sculptor
suspect in the Easter morning triple
murders, was wandering about New
York streets disguised in a masque
of his own making spurred police
combing every section of the city
today.
After 24 hours of searching answer
ing hundreds of anonymous telephone
calls placing the former divinity stu
dent in the Bowery, the Bronx. Green
wich Village and a dozen other sec
tions, detectives in squad cars still
had not caught up with him.
"There is nothing new in the case."
announced Chief Inspector John A.
Lyons at hearquarters. "The situation
is unchanged."
Joseph Gedeon. upholsterer father
of the 20-year-old artist model, "Ron
nie,” strangled with her mother and
a roomer. Frank Byrnes, in their
apartment Easter Sunday morning,
suggested to detectives that Irwin
might be wearing a mask of his own
making.
"He will try to disguise himself with
a mask of some kind,” Gedeon, him
self questioned almost 48 hours as a
suspect last week, told Lieut. Martin
Owens, ir. charge of detectives at the
East Fifty-first street station.
"He is very good at making masks.”
Gedeon said. "He can make them so
perfectly he could fool any one."
In the murder flat, on East Fifty
third street, along with other clues
police have announced point directly
to Irwin as the murderer, was found
a mask of the face of "Ronnie.” the
popular model, perfect in its likeness.
Irwin, while a mental patient for
three years at the Rockland County
Hospital, sculptured busts of President
Roosevelt. Max Schmeling. Marlene
Dietrich. Prof. Einstein and other per
'See SCULPTOR, Page A-5.)
IS VERY CLOSE
_ !
Official Count May Be Nec
essary to Determine
Victors in Race.
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT. April 6 —The possibility
that the official count might be needed
to determine some of the victors in :
yesterday's biennial Spring election
developed today as lagging returns
showed the closest races in recent
Michigan history.
A Republican and a Democrat were
running neck and neck for top place
in the contest to elect two Supreme
Court justices, and two Democratic
asDirants for universitlv regents were
SENATORS REPORT
Agreement on “Declaration
of Policy” Announced
by Robinson.
BACKGROUND—
The sit-doun strike, senatorial
bogey man for the past several
weeks, jumped the traces Thursday
when Senator Byrnes. Democrat,
of South Carolina offered an
mendment to the pending Guffey
coal bill, declaring these strikes il
legal and contrary to public policy.
While Administration leaders
fought to stave off a vote. Byrnes
stood his ground, yielding only to
ih a r-riort* r\1 nfforin n n viihstitlit f
Summary of Today’s Star
Page Page
Amusements B-18 Radio -B-14
Comics B-13 Society_B-3
Editorials . A-10 Short Story A-7
Financial A-17 Sports ..A-14-16
Lost & Found A-3 Woman’s Pg. B-12
Obituary _ A-12
SUPREME COURT ISSUE.
Witness urges amendment instead of
court enlargement. Page A-2
STRIKE SITUATION.
Three new resolutions condemning
sit-downs offered. Page A-l
Labor troubles keep 125,000 idle in mo
tor and coal industries. Page A-l
FOREIGN.
1,500 men. women and children starve
under rebel rule. Page A-l
NATIONAL.
Republicans and Democrats neck and
neck in Michigan. Page A-l
Interest boost is feared on new U. S.
borrowings. Page A-l
U. S. court upholds ‘’windfall’’ taxes in
North Carolina case. Page A-2
Sculptor, accused of triple slaying,
hunted in Manhattan. Page A-l
Twelve killed by rain and wind storms
in South. Page A-2
Japanese urges elimination of tariff
barriers. Page A-2
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Delay in D. C. wage law enforcement
urged by Roosevelt. Page A-I
New bill authorizes State-county taxes
in Greenbelt. Page A-l
Commissioners find $95,000 for relief
of employables. Page A-l
Virginia loath to try dentist on first
degree count. Page A-2
Several Alexandria homes to be opened
first time for tour. Page A-3
Raids and Maryland legalization men
ace D. C. bookies. Page B-l
Maryland Assembly passes relief bill
legalizing bookmaking. Page B-l
Paul Garber, antique dealer, kills self
because of ill health. Page B-l
I
Three District bills may be considered
bv Senate tomorrow. Page B-l
Collins tax bills for D. C. criticized by
Representative Kennedy. Page B-l
Weather outlook favorable for Cherry
Blossom Festival. Page B-l
Doherty pushes attack on "confusing”
no-parking signs. Page B-l
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Page A-10
This and That. Page A-10
Answers to Questions. Page A-10
Political Mill. Page A-10
Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-10
David Lawrence. PageA-11
Paul Mallon. PageA-11
Mark Sullivan. PageA-11
Jay Franklin. PageA-11
Delia Pynchon. Page A-ll
SPORTS.
Linke appears suited for pinch-batter
role with Nats. PageA-14
50 rooks on major rolls and 30 held
likely to stick. Page A-14
Dempsey is astounded by fickleness of
heavy scrappers. Page A-15
Brooklyn and Billionaire give Bradley
hope in Derby. Page A-16
Nell Powell of Charlotte seen as com
ing duckpin queen. Page A-16
FINANCIAL.
U. S. bonds ease (table). PageA-17
Daily oil output off. Page A-17
D. C. postal receipts rise. PageA-18
Stocks drift down (table). Page A-18
Curb list drops (table). Page A-19
Ingersoll-Rand net soars. Page A-19
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside. Page A-2
Bedtime Story. Page B-7
Nature’s Children. Page B-7
Young Washington. Page B-8
City News in Brief. Page B-10
Vital Statistics. Page B-10
Traffic Convictions. Page B-10
Service Orders. Page B-10
Dorothy Dix. Page B-12
Betsy Caswell. Page B-12
Crossword Puzzle. Page B-13
Letter Out. Page B-14
1
j increasing their lead over Republican
incumbents.
Returns from 3.105 out of 3.480 pre
cincts to name two State Supreme
Court justices gave:
Thomas F. McAllister, Democrat,
352 683; Walter H. North, Republican,
349,411; Louis H. Read. Republican,
346.277; Walter I. McKenzie, Demo
crat, 344,400.
For State highway commissioner,
3,121 precincts gave Murray D. van
Wagoner, Democrat, 399,230; Charles
M. Ziegler, Republican, 317,162.
Republicans were safely ahead in
races for State superintendent of pub
lic instructon and member of the State
Board of Education; Democrats led for
two University of Michigan regents.
Less than 5,000 votes separated four
candidates for seats on the State
(See MICHIGAN,-Pago A-4.)
amendment extending the scope of
the original to all sit-downs instead
of only those in the coal-mining
industry.
Brynes' amendment was submit
ted after persistent demands that
the Federal Government take a
firm stand against this new labor
weapon.
Senate Majority Leader Robinson
•aid today he had agreed with other
administration chiefs on a ■ declara
tion of policy" on sit-down strikes. Lt
will be brought before the Senate for
speedy action tomorrow, he said.
Robinson said a group of Democratic
Senators had decided at a prolonged
conference this morning on a modified
version of a resolution offered yester
( See ~SIT-DOWN. Page~\-2.)
Overwork Disability Award
Is Upheld by Appeals Court
The first award on record by the
United States Employes’ Compensation
Commission for disability resulting
from overwork was confirmed today by
the United States Court of Appeals.
The decision involved the case of
James S. Rennie, 51, of Baltimore,
claims adjuster for the Royal In
demnity Co. here.
Evidence presented to the commis
sion showed he worked under contin
ual pressure, handling from 250 to 300
cases a month, whereas the usual case
load was from 75 to 100. He testified
he found it necessary to work late at
night, Saturday afternoons and Sun
days frequently. The strain aggra
vated a pre-existing heart condition
and brought on a heart attack May 5,
1934, the commission found.
It held that this constituted an ac
cidental injury within the meaning of
the statute, and awarded him com
pensation from the time of the heart
attack to November 1, 1935.
His employer and the insurance
company, tha Globe Indemnity Co.,
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appealed to the District Court ior an
injunction against enforcement of the
order.
Assistant United States Attorney
Allen J. Krouse. representing the com
mission, and Attorney James E. Mc
Cabe, who appeared for Rennie, moved
to dismiss the suit, but their motion
was denied, and an appeal was taken
from the court’s ruling.
Holding that the disability resulted
from an accidental injury. Chief Jus
tice George E. Martin of the appellate
court said the case was analagous to
' an injury resulting from physical ex
ertion.
SOS CALL SENT OUT
BY CHINESE STEAMER
try the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 6—Globe
Wireless reported early today the
steamer Pei An had sent out an
urgent call for assistance after run
ning aground at Whampoa on the
Chinese coast.
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$95,000 AVAILABLE
IMMEDIATELY FOR
D. C. EMPLOYABLES
Commissioners Reveal Dis
covery of “Hidden Funds”
for Relief.
$130,000 DEFICIENCY
ITEM TO BE SOUGHT
City Heads to Ask for Additional
Million Dollars to Care for
Jobless Next Year.
The District Commissioners revealed
today they have discovered “hidden
funds,” totaling $95,000, which will be
made available immediately for relief
of the city's “unemployed employ
ables.”
At the same time, the Commis
sioners announced they will formally
ask the Budget Bureau today to ap
prove a deficiency item of $130,000 for
relief of employables in May and June.
Later, the Commissioners said, they
will go before the Senate Appropria
tions Subcommittee in charge of the
District supply bill and ask for an
additional million dollars in relief
funds to care for employables in the
next fiscal year.
Action of the Commissioners followed
demands of an aroused citizenry that
vigorous action be taken to end suf
fering among 10,000 persons in the
families of 3,000 employables, who
have been denied both direct relief
and work relief.
Elwood Street, director of public
welfare, was directed by the Commis
sioners to map out immediately an
emergency program to alleviate suf
fering among the unemployed. Street
scheduled conferences for today with
; officials of the Public Assistance Divi
sion to develop the program.
Discovered in Two Accounts.
Funds for immediate relief of the
unemployed were discovered in two
accounts. In the direct relief account
Auditor Daniel Donovan found $70,000
which had been set aside at the be
ginning of the current fiscal year for
an emergency. Donovan explained
that 5 per cent of all District appro
priations at the beginning of each
fiscal year are set aside in an emer
gency fund to be held until the last
quarter of the year.
In funds left over from the tran
sient relief program Donovan found
$50,000. and the Commissioners di
rected that $25,000 of this amount be
used to employ additional personnel
to certify needy cases for direct relief.
Street said he will budget the $70,
000 over a three-month period. Only
$25,000 will be set aside for relief of
employables this month.
"You can see that won't go very
far,” Street said.
May Be Used Immediately.
If the requested deficiency appro
priation receives the approval of the
Budget Bureau and Congress. Street
said, all of the $70,000 will be used
immediately.
It was pointed out. however, that
even if the deficiency item is ap
proved by the Budget Bureau, it
would be at least a month before its
passage through the House and Sen
ate could be completed.
Street said the present force of the
Public Assistance Division already is
overworked and that none of that
personnel could be used to certify
the cases of the needy unemployed
employables.
Last Friday the Council of Social
Agencies informed the Commissioners
that responsibility for the city's inade
quate relief program had been placed
squarely on them by the Budget Bu
reau. Before then the Commissioners
had contended the Budget Bureau had
informally rejected a request for a
deficiency appropriation to care for
the employables.
The action of the council was fol
lowed by a mass meeting of 1,500 citi
zens Sunday, at which resolutions
were adopted urging the Commis
sioners to ask for a deficiency appro
priation providing $100,000 monthly
until the end of the fiscal year and
an additional appropriation of at
least $1,000,000 for relief next year.
Allen Encouraged.
Commissioner George E. Allen, who
has administrative control over local
relief, said he is encouraged by the
interest District residents are taking
in aiding their unfortunate fellow
citizens, and added:
"If the buck has been passed to us
for failure to provide sufficient funds
with which to care for the unem
ployed and their families, we shall
certainly take steps to leave no stone
unturned in our search for money.
The interest displayed by District citi
zens at the mass meeting was a
healthy sign and we welcome it.”
In advance of the mass meeting.
(See”EMPLOY ABLEST Page A-5.)
3 WOMEN MISSING
ON HITCH-HIKE TRIP
Foul Play Is Feared—Search to
Be Made for Them
in Tijuana.
By tne Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. April 6.—Three
young women, last seen attempting to
hitch-hike a highway ride six days
ago, were mysteriously missing today
while parents feared for their safety.
Mrs. Joseph M. Smith, mother of
18-year-old Caroline Smith, said her
husband had gone to San Diego, in
tending to search the Mexican border
town of Tijuana.
Caroline, with Mrs. Violet Watkins
and Mrs. Hazel Mae Mackay, both 27,
left ostensibly on an automobile trip
to San Francisco Wednesday. The
machine was found abandoned next
day in Redlands, where an oil station
attendant said he saw them asking
for a ride east.
Mrs. Smith said she feared foul
play, but there was a chance the
three were on a vacation lark.
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