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KEENE MURDER
PROBERS 10 SEE
ROPE AND WEIGHT
Evidence May End Theory
D. C. Real Estate Man
Committed Suicide.
SAILORLIKE KNOTS
CONVINCE FISHERMEN
Friends in Washington Also De
clare He Could Not Have
Tied and Shot Self.
BY JAMES CULLINANE.
Staff Correspondent ol The Ctar.
CRISFIELD, Met., June 2.—Investi
gators delving into the violent death
of Charles F. Keene went by boat to
Smiths Island this afternoon to ex
amine a length of marlin rope said
to have been knotted tightly about
Keene's neek In addition to the bow
line-tied cotton cord which secured
the body to an iron-laden brief case.
Detective Sergt. Marlin Brubaker
of the Maryland State police was in
formed that an iron weight had been
tied on the marlin line. Presence of
this additional cord and weight, in
vestigators believe, might obviate the
possibility of suicide.
Magistrate J. P. Bradshaw, who con
ducted an inquest on Smiths Lsland.
the result of which was a murder
verdict, told Sheriff William H. Dry
den that he saw a weight attached to
the marlin line and that the line was
so tightly looped about Keene's neck
it had to be cut loose.
Line and Weight Left Behind.
Through some oversight, neither the
line nor the reported weight were
brought here along with the body and
a curious assortment of objects found
In the brief ease.
After the visit to Smiths Island,
about, 30 miles out in Chesapeake Bay,
Investigators probably will bring the
evidence to Washington to learn if
the objects found attached to Keene's
body can be identified as Keene's.
Meanwhile, the body of the 63-year
old Washington real estate operator
was returned to the Capital today to
the funeral ehapel of Joseph Gawler
At Sons. 1756 Pennsylvania avenue.
The sailorlike knots on the two
fords about Keene's neek have eon
vineed fishermen of Crisfield and
Smiths Island that Keene was mur
dered aboard the steamer District of
Columbia on the night of May 13.
"It was a seaman that killed him.
all right.” said Edward Smith of
Smiths Island, who found the body
floating in Chesapeake Bay near the
mouth of the Potomac River Tuesday
afternoon. "Only a water man uses
marlin rope—the only place you can
get it ts a ship chandler's or on a
boat—and the man that tied that
bowline in that cotton cord was an
expert rigger."
Friends Scout Suicide.
Capt. John Whitlock, a veteran
waterman, also said the knot had been
tied by an expert rigger.
i In Washington, friends of Keene
said he never could have tied the
knots which secured the weighted
brief case about his neck. Walter
Blount, a distant cousin and friend
of 30 years’ standing, aboard whose
yacht Sunshine Keene visited before
leaving for Norfolk, said Keene never
felt quite safe on the water and could
never understand why Blount had
purchased a boat. Blount was sure
Keene had no knowledge of seamen's
or rigger's knots, i
Dr. W. F. Stout, also of Smiths
Island, who first examined Keene and
testified before the coroner's jury,
expressed the belief that, the real
estate man had been knocked uncon
scious before being shot and thrown
overboard.
"He had been struck a terriffic
blow over his left eye,” said Dr. Stout.
“Blood had coagulated around the eye
and that convinces me that he was
struck at, least three-quarters of an
hour or an hour before he was killed.
You see. there was no coagulation
around the bullet wound. He must
have died instantly after he was shot.”
The shot which killed Keene was
fired into the center of his throat
near the Adam's apple. It took an
upward course through his brain and
lodged in the bone at the crown of
his skull.
Bullet Compared to Keene's.
The bullet was recovered by Dr. R
R Norris, who performed an autopsy
last, night. Detective Brubaker
weighed the lethal bullet with
(See KEENE~Page A~3j~
MAN HIT BY RACER
SUCCUMBS TO HURTS
Otto C. Rohde, Spark Plug Firm
Official, Was Struck by Car
at Indianapolis.
the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS. June 2.—Otto C.
Rohde, 49, vice president and chief
engineer of the Champion Spark Plug
Co. of Toledo, Ohio, died today at the
City Hospital of injuries received last
Friday in an accident during the pre
liminaries of the 500-mile race at
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Rohde was one of those struck by
the car of Overton Phillips. Middle
town, N. Y., driver, as it spun into the
pits out of control after the gasoline
tank caught fire.
George Warford, 42, of Indianapolis,
standing in the pits, was struck by the
car and died a short time later.
Phillips and two others were in
jured, but all are recovering.
Rohde received fractured skull and
other injuries. An operation was per
formed Sunday to relieve pressure on
his brain. He improved slightly and
then suffered a relapse.
Rohde had been associated with the
Champion company 22 years.
Justice Cardozo on Vacation.
Associate Justice Cardozo of the
Supreme Court left the city this
morning for a vacation. He left by
train for New York
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Clue to Keene Death
Copt. John Whitelock. veteran Smiths Island boatman, ex
amines the knot used to tie a nwighted leather bag to the body
of Charles F. Keene. Whitelock declared the knot, a close-up
of which is shown at right, had been tied by an expert rigger.
—Star Staff Photos.
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MIC 10 CONDUCT
WINDSOR WEDDING
Fighting Parson Braves Ire
of Bishops to Bless “My
King” and Bride.
BACKGROUND—
The romance that dethroned King
; Edvard VIII of Great Britain was
generally condemned by the Church
of England. Twice divorced. Mrs.
Wallis Warfield tomorrow will be
come the Duchess of Windsor. Ed
ward's choice, forced by Prime Min
ister Stanley Baldwin, uas to ab
dicate rather than rule the empire
without "the woman / love” as his
queen.
By the Associated Press.
MONTS, France, June 2.—A fight
ing North England parson, braving the
opposition of the Church of England,
will give the Duke of Windsor and
I Wallis Warfield his religious blessing
at their wedding tomorrow.
The middle-aged “labor” preacher,
Rev. R. Anderson Jardine, vicar of St.
Paul's Church. Darlington, England,
will perform the religious ceremony
after the civil service is read in the
Chateau de Cande music room by
Mayor Charles Mercier of Monts. The
first service will begin at 11:30 a.m.
(5:30 am., E. S. T.).
It came about this way:
Edward was called to the telephone
last night, after all hope for the de
sired religious consecration of his
marriage had been given up.
An unfamiliar voice said firmly:
“I am coming down to marry
you.”
It was the small town vicar, Rev.
Mr. Jardine, known for his work
among the laboring class.
The preacher gave his former mon
arch no opportunity to protest. ”1
am coming,” he insisted.
Not Met at Station.
Today, without being met at the
Tours railroad station, he taxied to
Car.de and bowed to the duke.
”1 prefer to die rather than see my
King married outside the church,”
proclaimed Rev. Mr. Jardine.
Windsor and Mrs. Warfield were
said to have been overjoyed. Both
were represented as having been ex
tremely disappointed over the impos
sibility of finding a clergyman to mar
ry them, because the Anglican Church
frowns upon remarriage by divorced
persons and Mrs. Warfield had been
twice divorced.
Herman L. Rogers, the duke's
i spokesman, declined to disclose
whether Mr. Jardine had received the
approval of his bishop to perform the
ceremony.
I
Ambassador De Los Rios
Summoned to Valencia
for Conference.
Bv 1 hf Associated Press.
The Spanish Embassy said today
that Ambassador Fernando de Los
Rios had been railed to Valencia to
consult with loyalist government on
the present situation in Europe.
Enrique Carlos de la Casa, who will
become charge d'affaires during the
Ambassador's absence, said the Am
bassador would sail on the steamship
Queen Mary from New York June 9.
Embassy attaches said they had no
definite knowledge of the discussions
the loyalist government wished to have
with the Ambassador and did not
know how' long he would remain in
Spain.
The Embassy said Ambassadors of ;
the Spanish loyalist government to
other w'orld powers also had been sum
moned to Valencia for a series of con
ferences w’ith high officials of the re
gime.
De Los Rios flew’ to New York to
day for a visit of a few hours, which
his colleagues here said will be de
voted strictly to "personal business.”
The State Department announced,
meanwhile, that on the recommenda
tions of its representatives at Valen
cia, the American Embassy would not
be moved from that place. Under
secretary of State Sumner Welles had
announced last week that such a step
was under consideration because of
danger to American personnel from
insurgent air raids.
BILL WOULD PENALIZE
SNAIL-PACE DRIVERS
New Hampshire Senate Group
Passes Anti-Slow Driving
Proposal.
Bs the Associated Press.
CONCORD, N. H„ June 2.—The
Judiciary Committee of the Senate
today submitted a unanimous favor
able report on a bill aimed at slow
driving motorists.
Under terms of the measure, al
ready approved by the House, "No
persons shall drive a motor vehicle at
such a slow speed as to impede or
block the normal and reasonable
movement of traffic except when re
duced speed is necessary for safe op
eration or in compliance with law.”
Violators would be given penalties
now imposed for overspeeding.
Mrs. Harriman, Ready to Sail,
Finds Maid, Dogs, Bags Missing
NEW YORK, June 2.—A missing
maid, missing luggage and two dogs
today complicated the departure of
j Mrs. J. Borden “Daisy" Harriman for
| her past as United States Minister
! to Norway.
Mrs. Harriman. the second woman
to be appointed to a ministerial office,
got on board the United States Lines
liner Washington shortly before 11
o'clock and discovered her state room
bare except for some diplomatic
pouches and baggage.
"But don't say I'm upset, because
I'm not.” admonished Mrs. Harriman
as she looked anxiously for her maid,
who preceded her by an hour with the
luggage.
Meanwhile, she wrote a check for
$42 to get Kim, her German shepherd,
and Bart, her cocker spaniel, on board.
Die missing maid and luggage ar
rived shortly before the liner sailed
at noon.
Die new Minister to Norway said
she hoped she would be “as much
credit to my country as was Mrs.
Ruth Bryan Owen,” Minister to Den
mark, and first woman appointed to
such a post. '
George S. Messersmith, Minister to
Austria, and Frederick A. Sterling,
Minister to Bulgaria, who Is on leave
ft
to serve as United States commissioner
to the Paris exposition also sailed on
the Washington.
‘ I am simply delighted to be going
to Norway—a country where I’ve never
been and which has so much in com
mon with us,” said Mrs. Harriman.
"Norway is a democracy which has
always had a consistent attitude to
ward peace and which has always
been in the forefront in social secur
ity legislation.”
Mrs. Harriman was accompanied by
Jaqueline Story, her secretary. 6er
daughter, Mrs. Harriman Russell of
Beverley Hills, Calif., and her sister,
Mrs. George H. Harris of Concord,
N. H„ were at the boat to see her off.
Mrs. Harriman said that her 16-year
old granddaughter, Phyllis Russell,
would Join her in Oslo later in the
Summer and remain with her until
Pall.
Mrs. Harriman declined to answer
direct questions about her post and
said "I am leaving with the usual
instructions which are given to Min
isters by the State Department.”
The day after she was named Min
ister to Norway Mrs. Harriman star
tled the State Department by inad
vertently disclosing that negotiations
for a trade pact with Norway were
well under way, although no formal
announcement had been made.
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BRITAIN CONSIDERS
NAVAL ACTION IN
SPANISH WATERS
Admiralty May Dispatch
Ships to Curb Italian and
German Vessels.
FASCIST NATIONS ARE
REINFORCING FLEETS
Speed Seen Necessary to Bring
Eevolters Back Into Non
Intervention Fold.
BACKGROUND—
Sending of men and munitions to
aid Gen. Francisco Franco's Fas
cist forces by Italy and Germany
and like assistance to Loyalists by
Russia has threatened peace of Eu
rope since Spanish civil war
started last July.
Britain and France acting in
the interest of peace organized
27 nations into Non-Intervention
Committee and warships were sent
to patrol Spanish waters in effort
to cut off outside aid. Bombing
of German cruiser Saturday by
government planes cost the lives
of 26, with the retaliatory shelling
of Almeria on Monday, brought
about present crisis.
Bt (he Associated Press.
LONDON, June 2 —Great Britain
was reported today to be considering
a plan for joint naval action against
Spain to offset the establishment of a
virtual Italian blockade of ports held
by the Spanish government.
Convinced of the necessity of pre
venting any new critical incidents in
the civil war, Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden was understood to have
taken under advisement the plan
which would grant Italy's and Ger
many's demands for guaranteed pro
tection of their fleets in Spanish
waters.
The British admiralty was reported
to be considering dispatch of additional
ships to the troubled area The battle
squadrons of both Italy and Germany
already off Spain were being rein
forced.
Under the proposal Eden was said to
have before him for immediate action,
the warships of Britain, France, Ger
many and Italy would unite as an in
ternational fleet against Spain in the
event of any further molesting of
vessels of the "Hands-off Spain" Com
mittee.
The foreign office was said to be con
vinced that speedy action was neces
sary to bring Italy and Germany back
within the non-intervention set-up.
They quit the committee Monday after
Germany's swift retaliatory bombard
ment of Spanish Almeria, demanding
as the price of their return guarantees
• See SPAIN, Page A-5 >
STRIKE DUTY PLANE
CRASHES AT PLANT
Pilot Escapes Injury Landing
Food for Republic Steel
Workers.
By the Associated Preaa.
WARREN, Ohio. June 2.—A plane
carrying food to workers in the strike
closed plant of the Republic Steel
Corp. here crashed into a line of box
steel cars in landing inside the plant
inclosure today, but the pilot was
not injured, Frank Flynn, manager of
the plant, said.
Flynn did not identify the pilot and
the extent of the damage to the plane
could not be learned.
The plane, painted green and white,
attempted a landing in a narrow im
provised field in the inclosure.
The picket lines are several hun
dred yards from the landing place.
The planes have been arriving with
food at the rate of approximately two
an hour. On some landings the
planes have been targets for snipers,
but the origin of the bullets never has
been determined.
ETERNAL^
PRUNING
IS THE PRICE
^ l of ECONOMY
r v
Subpoena Issued for Edsel
Ford in Detroit Riot
Investigation.
Bv the Associated Press
Homer Martin, president of the
United Automobile Workers, announced
todav charges of unfair labor practices
had been filed with the National Labor
Relations Board against the Ford
Motor Co.
Martin said more than 150 specific
eases were cited in the charges at the
Detroit and Somerville, Mass., regional
offices of the board. He said the
charges alleged men were discharged
for union activities.
At thp same time. Martin announced
the U. A. W. would go into organiza
tion of aircraft industries jointly with
the Committee for Industrial Organi
zation.
Martin made the announcements at
a joint press conference with John L.
Lewis, C. I. O. chieftain. Prior to the
press conference, they had been
closeted together in Lewis' office for
more than an hour.
EDSEL FORD SUBPOENAED.
Personnel Head Also to Appear in
Auto Riot Probe.
E? the Associated Press
DETROIT, June 2—A subpoena
was issued today for Edsel Ford, presi
dent of the Ford Motor Co., as a one
man grand jury began an investiga
tion of last week's fight between com
pany employes and members of the
United Automobile Workers of Amer
ica.
Duncan C. McCrea. Wayne County
prosecutor, said process servers who
called at the Ford Co. offices were
unable to find either Ford or Harry
H. Bennett, personnel director.
Six witnesses appeared today before
Common Pleas Judge Ralph W. Liddy,
I conducting the grand jury inquiry on
the petition of McCrea.
They included Mayor John L. Carey
and Police Chief Carl A. Brooks of
suburban Dearborn, where fighting
broke out last Wednesday as union
organizers prepared to distribute
"Unionism, Not Fordism" leaflets.
Detectives Arthur W. Glover and
Joseph Althoff of the county prosecu
tor’s staff, said Jones admitted he
was involved in the fight at the Rouge
plant. He said he was regularly em
ployed there as a tool and die maker.
Mayor Carey, Chief Brooks and
City Attorney James Green of Deat
born all refused to comment after
testifying.
Summary of Today’s Star
Page. Page. I
Amusements B-l 1 Radio ... ._A-14 t
Comics __C-10-11 Short Story-B-l5
Editorials -- A-8 Society_ B-3
Finance _A-15 Sports_C-l-3
Lost & Found A-3 Woman's Pg. C-4
Obituary .--A-10
FOREIGN.
Spanish envoy here called home for
conferences. Page A-l
Church of England pastor to officiate
at Windsor wedding. Page A-l
Britain may seek joint naval action to
curb Italy. Page A-l
NATIONAL.
House action on tav evasion probe is
delayed. Page A-l
Jackson first witness as wage-hour
hearings open. Page A-l
President returns from Hyde Park
visit. Page A-2
Successor to Van Devanter topic as
court recesses. Page A-2
Republic Steel Corp. pushes production
plans in face of strike. Page A-4
Relief bill faces another major fight
in Senate. Page A-5
WASHINGTON AND NEARBY.
Rope and sailor's knot indicates Keene
was murdered. Page A-l
"Spoils system" for new District Jobs
urged. Page A-l
One death, four prostrations laid to
heat. Page A-l
Senators to end hearings on D. C.
bill today. Page A-2
Cousin refuses to believe Keene com
mitted suicide. Page A-3
Temporary employes’ leave curtailed
by decision. Page A-4
American U. drive for $250,000 opens
with dinner. Page A-13
New code would strengthen elevator
regulations. Page B-l {
House group to get revised "nuisance
industries’’ bill. Page B-i
Son of D. C. Army officer bitten by
anaJte. Page B-l
Auditorium committee hears pleas for
ice sports. Page B-l
O. M. Gasch named assistant corpo
ration counsel. Page B-l
Tomlinson remanded to jail, pending
appeal. Page B-l
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Page A-8
This and That. Page A-8
Washington Observations. Page A-8
Answers to Questions. Page A-8
David Lawrence. Page A-9
H. R. Baukhage. Page A-9
Dorothy Thompson. Page A-9
Costantine Brown. Page A-9
Lemuel Parton. Page A-9
SPORTS.
Fischer earns berth as regular hurler
for Nats. Page C-l
Police benefit boxing card tonight
should sizzle. Page C-l
Feud revival looms in The Star's ten
nis tourney. Page C-l
Return of banned spitball urged by
Pilot Grimes. Page C-l
Par takes beating in open golf quali
fications. Page C-2
Seven big tourneys remaining for
Capital golfers. Page C-2
Schmeling to claim title "forfeited” by
Braddock. Page C-3
Deitrich. Nat cast-off, hurls no-hitter
against Browns. Page C-3
MISCELLANY.
Mrs. Roosevelt addresses Arlington
visiting nurses. Page A-2
Service Orders. Page A-6
Vital Statistics. Page A-6
Traffic Convictions. Page A-6
Shipping News. Page A-6
Young Washington. Page B-7
Dorothy Dix. Page C-4
Betsy Caswell. Page C-4
Winning Contract. Page C-5
Men's Fashions. Page C-3
Nature’s Children. Page C-10
Cross-word Puzzle. Page C-10
Bedtime Story. Page C-ll
Letter-Out. Page C-ll
Wage-Hour Bill No Neic N.R.A.,'
Jackson Says, Praising Its Aim
Measure Ends “Lip Service” to Labor
and Gives First Real Aid. Assistant
Attorney General Tells Congress.
HAC K CrKUU Is D—
The Black-Connery wage and
hour legislation uas introduced
shortly after Supreme Court, in
three liberal decisions, had aroused
hope a carefully dam n bill embody
ing such regulation might receive
judicial sanction. Prime objectives
are elimination of sweatshop wages
and hours and abolishment of child
labor.
BY JOHN C. HENRY.
Assistant Attorney General Robert
H. Jackson today told the Senate and
House Labor Committees he "saw no
parallel" between the Black-Connery
wage-and-hour bill and the outlawed
N. R. A.
First witness to appear before the !
Joint. Congressional Committee at the ;
opening of public hearings on the !
bill, the youthful Jackson discounted
| the ‘ easy lip service" tendered on all
sides to the principle of improved
! standards of labor and asked the com
mittee to make this devotion to ideals
"statutory instead of merely rhe
torical."
Questioned by members of the two
committees, Jackson evinced determi
i nation to keep the pending bill free of
! any stigma of being a "new N. R. A."
1 (See WAGE-HOURrPage~A^10.) ’
DELAYED IN HOUSE
Resolution Goes to Commit
tee as Maverick Shouts
Protest at Tactics.
Er the Associated Press.
An objection by Representative
Maverick. Democrat, of Texas blocked
today an attempt to obtain Imme
diate House consideration of an ad
ministration resolution to create a
House-Senate committee to investi
gate tax evasions and avoidances.
"I'm tired." he shouted, "of people
coming up here and giving me some
mysterious reasons why I should do
something. I want to know the real
reason."
Chairman Doughton of the Ways
and Means Committee had sought a
unanimous agreement to bring the
measure before the chamber.
The Senate approved it yesterday
j soon after President Roosevelt asked
I Congress to stop the "evil practices"
of tax dodging by the wealthy.
Refer to Rules Committee.
The resolution now will be referred
to the Rules Committee, which must
approve it before it can come up on
the floor.
Chairman O'Connor of that com
mittee announced to the House he,
too, would object to immediate con
sideration of the resolution unless it
were amended.
Chairman Harrison of the Senate
Finance Committee said wealthy men
and women referred to in the Presi
dent's message would be given an
opportunity to testify if their names
are disclosed by the Senate and House
investigators.
The measure which Maverick ob
jected to would provide for the ap
pointment of six Senators and Repre
sentatives to conduct the inquiry.
The Senate adopted the resolution
yesterday shortly after the President's
recommendations for plugging gaps in
the tax laws were read. Once the
House acts and the committee or
ganizes, it can begin hearings as soon
as it issues subpoenas for witnesses.
Justice Department Active.
Assailing wealthy citizens who seek
to invent devices to evade payment
of income taxes, Attorney General
Cummings today said the Justice De
partment for some time has been
making a special study of such
schemes.
While primary investigation of tax
evasion is vested in the Treasury, he
said at a press conference. Justice
Department officials are co-operating
in an effort to "plug up” loopholes in
the tax laws through which some tax
payers seek to escape proper pay
ments.
"The ingenuity of people in seeking
to invent devices with which to frus
trate the tax laws," Cummings de
clared, "is being exercised all the time
in an effort to shift the burden of
taxation to other taxpayers.”
Big Names May Be Aired.
Meanwhile, many members of Con
gress expressed certainty the inquiry
would bring out the names of wealthy
taxpayers described in the President's
message as having avoided or reduced
tax payments by such devices as in
corporating racing stables, yachts
and country estates.
The inquiry will serve two pur
poses—to focus public attention on
the extent of alleged tax evasion and
to supply Congress with information
essential to the drafting of corrective
legislation.
FOUR PROSTRATED,
ONE DIES OE NEAT
Mercury Starts Climb Here
After 24-Hour Wave,
Reaching 92.
A hot Summer sun started tempera
tures upward again today afteT 24
hours of a heat wave that contributed
to one man's death and caused four
prostrations.
The only passible relief from the
heat offered by the Weather Bureau
was "the remote chance of a thunder
shower this afternoon.” The expected
high temperature for today was 93.
the bureau said, one degree above yes
terday's peak.
The latest forecast was "fair to
night” and probably tomorrow, slightly
warmer tomorrow with "gentle vari
able wunds.”
From a low of 72 degrees at 5 am.
when most of Washington's citizens
were getting their soundest sleep of
the night, the mercury climbed to 77
at 7 a m. and 82 at 9 a m., just 10 de
grees below yesterday's high of 92.
recorded at 4:30 p.m. It was 84 at
11 am.
The Weather Bureau reported high
humidity of 48 per cent at noon. This
was somewhat offset by light north
west breezes.
Carpenter Is Victim.
The man to whase death was re
ported was Martin L. Porter. 58. col
ored, a carpenter. 1217 Mount Olivet
road northeast. He had complained of
the heat yesterday. Last night, he
moved his bed to a sleeping porch, but
spent a sleepless night, his wife, Ada.
said. He was found dead in bed at
daybreak and Coroner A. M. MacDon
ald said death was due to a heart con
dition, aggravated by the heat.
Alfred Stamback. 37, of 928 K street,
who became ill at Bladensburg road
and Morse street northeast, where he
was working. He was taken to Casual
ty Hospital.
Taken to Hospital.
Blanche I. Couch, 34, of 709 C
street northeast, prostrated while
working in the National Pants Co.
plant, 408 First street southeast. She
was taken to Providence Hospital
Edwin Morris, 29, of 2712 Fourth
street northeast, who collapsed while
installing a refrigerator in a drug
store at 1738 Connecticut avenue. He
was treated at Emergency Hospital.
Roy Hart, 819 Eleventh street, over
come while painting a house at 4504
Elm street, Bethesda. Md. He was
treated at the Workmen's Compensa
tion Clinic, Seventeenth and I streets.
‘DIZZY’ DEAN SUSPENDED
Frick Lays Him Off Indefinitely
“for Good of Game.”
NEW YORK, June 2 ()P). — Ford
Frick, president of the National
League, today suspended Jerome Her
man (Dizzy) Dean indefinitely for
"conduct detrimental to the best in
terests of base ball.”
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Girl Held Father's Slayer.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 2 (4»).—
Coroner Chester D. Gunn reported to
day 15-year-old Marion Ayres shot
and killed her father, Frank Thomp
son Ayres, rather than see him beat
her mother. Ayres. 47, is chief petty
officer on the U. 8. 8. Dallas. The
shooting occurred in the Ayres' small
mountain ca&in.uear here.
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Nichols Asks Specific Ban on
Civil Service Rolls for
Appointments.
“GET EMPLOYES WILLING
TO WORK,” HE DECLARES
Subcommittee Struggles to Get
Plan Ready—Income Levy
Foes Map Opposition.
BACKGROUND—
Despite apparently improved
business conditions, March income
tar receipts, estimated at $840,000,
000, totaled only $700,000,000. Sec
retary Morgenthau ordered an im
mediate inquiry, assigning investi
gators to check returns of wealthy
taxpayers. Findings were submitted,
to President with a recommendation
that legislation be sought to dose
tax, loopholes.
BY JAMES E. CHINN.
Scores of new jobs in the District
service that would be created with the
adoption of the proposed $6,149,000 tax
increase program would be placed
under the so-called "spoils" system
under a recommendation made today
to the special Tax Subcommittee of
the House District Committee *-v Rep
resentative Nichols. Democrat of Okla
homa.
Nichols, a member of the subcom
mittee. urged that a provision be
written into the new tax legislation
specifically declaring that none of the
new appointments in the tax asses
sor's office and other offices resulting
from the tax-increase program be
drawn from the civil sendee register.
Nichols said he "didn't want to see
the District government handicapped
in the operation of the new tax laws
with inefficient employes" who were
protected from dismissal by the "cloak
of civil service.”
"Get some employes down there
at the District Building that can and
will work." he declared. "If they
don't work, you can fire them."
Full Session Tomorrow.
Behind closed doors the subcom
mittee struggled for two and a half
hours over details of the proposed
business privilege tax bill before re
cessing for lunch. An effort will be
made at another session, starting at 2
p.m., to whip the new tax program in
shape for consideration of the full
District Committee at a special meet
ing tomorrow at 10:30 a m.
Elwood H. Seal, corporation coun
sel. presented to the subcommittee a
recommendation from the Commis
sioners for inclusion in the tax leg
islation of a provision which would
authorize them to borrow money from
the Federal Treasury to operate the
District government until revenues be
gin to pour into the municipal treas
ury in the Fall.
Meanwhile, opponents of the pro
posed income tax. which would tap
the salaries of all employes in the
District for $2,000,000 a year, are
preparing to push a plan to substi
tute a 20-cent increase in the real
estate tax. The 20-cent boost would
raise the real estate levy to $1.70 and
produce between $2,000,000 and $2,
400.000 in additional revenue.
Chairman Norton of the full com
mittee may take a prominent part
in the move to increase real estate
taxes. Originally she advocated a
general sales tax in lieu of an income
tax, but since the sales tax was
scrapped by the subcommittee she is
known to look with favor on a higher
real estate levy.
Would Set Limit at $3,500.
Mrs. Norton would support an in
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LARGE APARTMENT
SOLD TO SYNDICATE
Westchester Is Purchased by Syn
dicate for Price in Excess
of $4,000,000.
The Westchester, generally regarded
as the District's largest apartment
group, has been sold to an interna
tional business syndicate, it was an
nounced today by stockholder of the
Westchester Development Corp It is
Washington's largest private real es
tate transaction in recent years.
Three large buildings at 4000 Cathe
dral avenue, comprising the Westches
ter group, and 28 acres of ground were
delivered to representatives of the syn
dicate for a price quoted as "in excess
of $4,000,000." Amsinck, Sonne & Co.
of New York, included in the pur
chasing group, represented the syndi
cate. Westchester stock was owned by
Morris Cafritz, Gustave Ring and Har
vey Warwick, who jointly negotiated
the sale.
The new owners of the huge depart
ment development plan to erect addi
tional apartments on the 12 acres of
the property which are still undevel
oped. it was stated.
The Westchester contains 550 house
keeping apartments, most of which are
large units. The first building was
started in i930 by Cafritz Construc
tion Co. and the third structure was
completed in 1931. Many of Wash
ington's more prominent families have
made their homes in the buildings.
U. A. W. HEADS CONFER
Martin and Frankensteen Meet
With John L. Lewis.
Homer Martin, president, and R. T.
Frankensteen. Detroit organizational
director of the United Automobile
Workers, conferred today with John
L. Lewis, chairman of the Committee
for Industrial Organization.
Asked if there was a possibility of
a strike being called in the Ford
plants. Martin said there would be nc
strike "unless 1t is forced by Ford.”
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