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ICE FLOE RAPID
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Director of Soviet Expedi
tion Says It Surpasses
All Expectations.
life at the Soviet scientific base
at the North Pole and the aims and
hopes ot the expedition are dis
cussed here by an eminent scientist
who headed the advance party.
' RY PROF. OTTO .1. SCHMIDT.
(Copyright, iprsr. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc., and the New
York Times Co.'
Br Radio to Tne Star.
NORTH POLE. June 3 —For many
centuries the North Pole has at
tracted and awed humanity. Daring
men who have sought to reach it
either perished or returned without
haying attained it. Nevertheless,
they hate, enriched humanity with <
tiejw knowledge.
The American, Admiral Peary, was
the first to rpach the Pole. His glory
will never fade.
But prpsent times are different.
Science cannot be satisfied with rare
glances behind the curtain of mys
tery. It demands continued, unceas
ing observations and the collection of
enormous factual material in order
to make sound conclusions and ap
ple- them in practice.
Soviet science, broadly supported
fey its government and the enthusiasm
rf the whole country, has entered,
upon that road of a thorough study
conquest of the north. Numerous ex
peditions on ice breakers in the estab
lishment of the great northern sea
route and the creation of dozens of
polar stations prepared us for the
ynrk at the Pole itself. We con
firmed Nansen's theory of drift across
the polar basin with our experience
of permanent polar stations and with
modern technique in the form of
radio and airplanes. Due to generous
support from the Soviet government,
the expedition has been carried out I
on an unprecedented scale.
Planes Land on lee.
Four large airplanes flew over the
Pole and, only after passing it, hunted
for fairly flat fields. They landed on !
them, and it is interesting from the
technical and sport side that large
fnur-motored airplanes, piloted by
experienced Arctic pilots, such as
Vodopyanov and Molokov, could land
on unprepared ice fields in the heart
of the polar ocean.
From the scientific side, the most
Interesting observations have been
made. Meteorological data already are '
bring sent four times daily t-o the
weather bureau at Moscow, from
■Where it is being distributed ovpr the
whole world, thus permitting more as- !
eured forecasts of weather, which, to a
considerable degree, is made in the
polar regions.
Drift Exceeds Expectations.
• Observations of the drift are espe
cially interesting. It is evident that it
IS physically impossible to stay a long
♦imp at the actual North Pole because ,
t£ 16 in constant motion. And its speed
•4-up to half a mile hourly—exceeds all
expectations. So far. the drift has been
toward Europe, but it is possible it will
turn toward America or possibly go
fciack from where it started.
The answer to that question, in
which are concealed the laws of the
movement of ice and water in the Polar
tjcean. as well as many other scientific
tpiestions, will be supplied by the work
W the four men we will leave at the
excellently equipped scientific station
m the ice floe—Papanin. Krenkel, ■
BhirshofT and Feodorov. These brave
people will spent about a year there, i
Besides the scientific observation
w hich they will make, thpir radio sta
tion will pare distant future flights
toward the Arctic, including perfectly
possible communication between the
L S. S. R. and the United States across
the Polar Ocean.
We who came with the first plane
bave been living for more than a week
on an ire floe and have been drifting j
with It from the Pole proper. Thirty- j
Five persons have arrived on the four
planes. The Arctic never saw so many
people.
Life On Floe Comfortable.
Life on our ice floe is so well or
ganized and goes on under such com
paratively comfortable conditions that
3t is hard to believe that this Is that
Very Pole which has cost so many
Jives.
On the brilliantly white snow of our
4ce floe, which is surrounded by piles
tof broken ice. stand our beautiful
orange and red planes, our windmill,
radio antenna and a dozen tents.
People rush back and forth, busy with
their work, or just walk and enjoy the
fhimmering cf the ice under the rays
of the sun. We have come to feel
♦ hat. after a struggle with nature,
we will sign a firm and honorable
peace with her. However, it is still
» long time until the expedition is
ended and we know not what diffi
culties we may yet have to face.
FORMER FIRE HALL
DAMAGED BY FLAMES
loss Put at Several Thousand
Hollars in Blaze at
Clarendon.
By s Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ARLINGTON, Va„ June 3.—Dam
Bce estimated at several thousand
dollars was done to the old Claren
don fire hall by a fire which started
on t.he second floor early today. Fire
companies from Clarendon, Arlington
and Ballston fought the blaze.
The building was being used as a
filling station, garage and a furni
ture store. Origin of the fire has not
been determined by Fire Chief May
nard Saunders.
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: FOUR PLEAD GUILTY
Ouartet of Young Men Admit
Causing One-Night Crime Wave.
PETERSBURG. Va., June 3 {&).—
Changing their plea from not guilty
to^Jfuilty after several Common
wealth's witnesses had testified in
HtCffings Court here yesterday, four
yourr| men charged with responsibil
itiCior a minor wave of banditry in
ryjjrsburg. Richmond, Chesterfield
Co*«Hy and Charles City County
tvQSientenced to eight years' impris
onment each by Judge R. T. Wilson.
The four, who waived trial by jury,
I*. Raymond Grubbs. 28. and his
brother Josh, 20, of Chesterfield, and
Sam Aikens, 20, and Dewey Owens,
20, of South Richmond.
A series of hold-ups charged against
the four were all committed on the
night of May 12 and began with the
theft of an automobile in Peters
burg.
W ashington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
TOPSY-TURVY.
HE old question, why are we
right-side-up, or are we? has
been raised again by a recent
occurrence at Garfield Hos
pital. One of the nurses out there
suddenly discovered that whenever she
started to write she inscribed letters
bac:k-end-to and upside-dowTi, just as
her writing would appear in a mirror.
The phenomenon is by no means
unknown, sometimes occurring in
children, but they grow out of it.
Whether the nurse will overcome it,
too, or will have to advise people to
read her correspondence in front of
a. mirror, doctors are not prepared to
predict,
The incident was mentioned, how
ever. by a prominent local eye doctor
when somebody brought up the old
poser, why should we see things right
side-up instead of the other way? Why
shouldn't people appear to be walking
on their heads, and trees to be hanging j
from apples? An image strikes the
retina of the eye upside-down, and
why doesn't it stay that way? And
aren't we all?
* * * *
JULEPS.
Friend of ours had a large mint
julep soiree at his place in Virginia
this week, with guests strewn about
the lawn under the big trees and
practically nobody in the house
e.rcrpt waiters, who charged bagk
and forth bearing trays of freshly
crushed ice and bundles of mint.
One guest wandered into the resi
dence, however, and was strolling
about upstairs, julep in hand, when
he walked into a small room and
to his surprise sair a large dog
sitting on the rug. Before he. could
back out. the dog was between him
ami the door, growling ominously.
Guest saw he was trapped, so he
sat down and sipped a while, think
ing it over. Every time he moved,
the dog bored its teeth and growled
again.
When the refreshments i cere
gone, the victim decided to set up
a howl of his own. It was an
swered fairly soon by his host,
who came in and called off the
i dog, apologized profusely.
"It would have been all right if
only I could have thought of the
right name, to make friends with
him." said the fellow. "But I tried
pi'ery name in dog language and
i he paid no attention. What's he
called'’"
"Julep." said the host, and so
help us, it’s the truth, too.
* * * *
VERSATILITY.
A FELLOW who should know, has
tipped us off to the fact that bus j
drivers in the western division (Chevy
Chase section) of thus city, have been
supplied with the cutest little brooms
and dust pans, and instructions for
] their use. Seems they are now to
j be their own housekeepers as well as
' chauffeurs, the company having de
cided to dispense with the cleaners
i who used to do the work.
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STEAM ROOM.
gECAUSE we've often been on the !
verge of swooning into a small j
puddle of butter when entering cars j
that have been left out in the sun j
all day with the windows up, we re
cently persuaded the Research De- j
partment to whip out a thermometer
and look into statistics on the mas
ter.
Result: R. D discovered that tem
peratures run as high as 132 degrees
in well-boiled automobiles, which
means that all you have to do to get
a good Turkish bath is wrap yourself
up in some heavy toweling, climb into
the car, close the wdndows and wait
for the sun to do its worst.
* * * *
PALS.
In New York on an assignment,
a reporter friend of ours ran out.
of money and let the desperate
word get hack to the office "I need
$50, but .right away."
Couple of the boys received this
vaguely familiar plea at about 2
p.m. one afternoon, and sat down
to think it over.
At 2:30 they sent a reply.
"Columbia Pictures publicity de
partment says when Ronald Col
man landed in this country he had
only $57 in the world stop what
are you grousing about?"
Half an hour later came the fol
low-up message.
"Besides, what would you do with
$50 if you had it Question mark
there isn't, that much money in
the world stop not in the newspaper
world at least love and kisses."
■
"Wot
After muttering around his hotel
room for a while, the broke one
went out and borrowed $50 from
a New York acquaintance.
"Whatsa matter, Washington
friends didn't come through?" said
the New Yorker.
"Sure, they came through all
right. I asked for $50, and they
sent $50 worth of collect telegrams
explaining why they weren’t going
to lend it to me.”
iS * * *
STAND-UPPER.
'T'HE non-athletic girl and her boy
friend were sitting on a bench in
Potomac Park, facing the bridle paths.
It was a fine Sunday afternoon, and
all manner of riders came by—the
young, the old, the clever, the inept,
the lean and the fat. Around a bend
in the path came an exceedingly buxom
lass, pasting for dear life, lifting far
out of the saddle, settling back with
a resounding smack. In passing she
nodded to the girl on the bench, went
chugging on her way.
The N.-A. O. locked down the path
after her a moment, then said reflec
tively to nobody in particular.
'That's Maybelle. She's a stenog
rapher in our office. I always won
dered why she saved all her filing for
Mondays."
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Aviatrix on Third Leg of Her
Round-the-World
Flight.
BULLETIN.
PARAMARIBO. Dutch Guiana.
June 3 titPi.—Amelia Earhart
landed here today at 12:50 am.
<11:50 a m., E. S. T ), on the third
leg of her round-the-world flight.
The American woman flyer set
her heavy plane safely down after
a flight of 6 hours and 2 minutes
from Caripito. Venezuela.
She was expected to stay here
until some time tomorrow’.
Es the Associated Press.
MIAMI. Fla , June 3.— Amelia Ear
hart took off from Caripito, Venezuela,
at 11:48 a m. Greenwuch time <6:48
Eastern standard time) today, bound
for Paramaribo. Netherlands Guiana,
on the third leg of her round-the
world flight.
Pan-American Airways, over whose
route Miss Earhart is flying, reported
the take-off of the aviatrix and Capt.
Fred Noonan, her navigator, was
without incident. Paramaribo is 750
miles south and east of Caripito and
it was thought Miss Earhart would
require only four or five hours to
reach this goal.
Pan-American weather reports from
Georgetown, British Guiana, indicated
the big twin-engined monoplane would
have clear weather all the way.
FLIGHT IS DELAYED.
Miss Earhart Tells of Takeoff and
Hop From San Juan.
BV 4MEI.1A EARHART.
By Wireless to The Star.
CARIPITO, Venezuela, June 3.—I
rolled out of bed at 3:45 yesterday
morning in order to make a dawn
take-off from San Juan. Puerto Rico,
but aviation plans are as likely as
those of mice or men to go astray, and
it turned out thp Electra did not lift
her wheels from the runway until
5:30. Eastern standard time
I had intended to hop 1.000 miles
direct to Paramaribo. Dutch Guiana,
but owing to the later start and the
fact that construction work at the
San Juan Airfield shortened the avail
able take-off distance. I decided to
make Caripito for refueling purposes.
From the time we crossed the green
mountains of Puerto Ric.. until we
sighted the Island of Margarita
(Venezuela) to starboard, we saw
nothing but the tops of cumulus
clouds and the blue sea be ow. I flew
at 8,000 feet most of the way. buck
ing headwinds of probably 30 miles
per hour.
The coast of Venezuela in the hazy
distance was my first glimpse of South
America. As we drew near I saw
densely wooded mountains with wide
valleys in between, open plain and
Jungle. I had never seen a Jungle
before.
A muddy river wound through the
mountain pass we followed. A few
miles inland lay the red-roofed town
of Caripito, with squat oil tanks on
the outskirts. There was a lovely air
field with paved runways and a well
equipped hangar. It Is managed
jointly by the Pan-American Airwavs
and the Standard Oil Co.
We were met by Don Andres Ro
! lando, President of the state of Mona
gas, and Don Ramiro Rendiles. secre
tary general, who were accompanied
by their wives. They cordially wel
comed us to their beautiful country
and hoped we would enjoy our stay.
The crew of the Electra ("consisting
of Miss Earhart and her navigator,
Capt. Noonan! were guests at a
luncheon prepared and served In the
hangar by the Standard Oil personnel.
They were fed everything from beef
steak and grape juice to fruit cake.
At my place were two orchids, such
as one wears only on special occa
sions in town. They grow wild here
and were beautiful, even against my
crumpled flying shirt.
(Copyright, 1937.)
BOARD WILL STUDY
UNION-FORD DISPUTE
Labor Relations Group Prepares
to Examine Charges of Dis
criminatory Releases.
Investigators and attorneys of two
regional offices of the National Labor
Relations Board today prepared to ex
amine charges against the Ford Motor
Co., filed with them this week by the
United Automobile Workers of Amer
ica.
Charging discriminatory discharges
brought on by membership in the
union, the U. A. W. complaints were
filed at Detroit and Somerville. Mass.
Announcement of the action was made
yesterday by Homer Martin, U. A. W.
president, after a conference here with
John L. Lewis, chairman of the Com
mittee for Industrial Organization,
and Richard T. Frankensteen, a re
gional officer of the U. A. W.
Martin also disclosed yesterday
that the U. A. W. is planning inten
sive organization drives in several
leading airplane manufacturing
plants of the country, among them
those of Douglas, Boeing. Lockheed,
Consolidated and Pratt-Whitney.
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate:
Routine business.
Joint committee continues wage and
hour hearings.
Interstate Commerce Committee
continues rail financing inquiry.
Appropriations Subcommittee begins
work on relief bill.
House:
Begins debate on oil conservation
bill.
Ways and Means Committee studies
nuisance tax extension.
Post Office Committee considers
establishment of airmail feeder routes.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Probably will not meet.
Joint committee on wage-and-hour
legislation continues hearings.
Subcommittee on District supply
bill confers with Commissioners pre
liminary to rewriting House bill.
House:
Holds memorial service for iate
Speaker Byms.
Public Lands Committee considers
Oregon and California land grant bill,
10 a.m.
Subcommittee of Foreign Affairs
Committee considers exposition bills,
11 a.m.
Subcommittee of Judiciary Commit
tee resumes consideration of bill to
amend employes’ compensation act,
10:30 a.0b
a
Text of President’s Message
Seven Regional Boards to Deal With Flood, Dust,
Drought Control Urged in Note
on Planning.
FOLLOWING is the text of Presi
dent Roosevelt's message to
Congress today on regional
planning:
Nature has given recurrent and
poignant warnings through dust
storms, floods and droughts that
we must art while there Is yet time
if we would preserve for ourselves
and our posterity the natural
sources of a virile national life.
Experience has taught us that
the prudent husbandry of our na
tional estate requires far-sighted
management. Floods, droughts
and dust storms are in a very real
sense manifestations of Nature's re
fusal to tolerate continued abuse
of her bounties. Prudent manage
ment, demands not merely works
which will guard against these
calamities, but carefully formu
lated plans to prevent their occur
rence. Such plans require co
ordination of many relaied activi
ties.
For instance, our recent experi
ences of floods have made clear
that the problem must be ap
proached as one involving more
than great works on main streams
at the places where major disasters
threaten to occur. There must
also be measures of prevention
and control among tributaries and
throughout the entire headwaters
areas. A comprehensive plan of
flood control must embrace not
only downstream levies and flood
wavs, and retarding dams and
reservoirs on major tributaries, but
also smaller dams and reservoirs
on the lesser tributaries, and
measures of applied conservation
throughout an entire drainage
area, such as restoration of for
ests and grasses on inferior lands,
and encouragement of farm prac
tices which diminish run-off and
prevent erosion on arable lands.
Should Solve
Problem From Bottom.
Taking care of our natural es
tate. together with the stopping
of existing waste and building it
back to a higher productivity, is
a national problem At last we
have undertaken a national policy.
But it is not wise to direct every
thing from Washington. National
planning should start at the bot
tom. or. in other words, the prob
lems of townships, counties and
States should be co-ordinated
through large geographical regions
and come to the Capitol of the
Nation for final co-ordination.
Thus the Congress would receive
a complete picture in which no
local detail had been overlooked.
It is also well to remember that
improvements of our national heri
tage frequently confer special bene
fits upon regions immediately
affected, and a large measure of
co-operSfion from State and local
agencies in the undertakings and
financing of important projects
may fairly be asked for.
Any division of the United States
into regions for the husbandry of
Its resources must possess some de
gree of flexibility. The area most
suitable as a region for the carry
ing out of an integrated program
designed to prevent floods is the
basin including the watersheds of
a pivotal river. But other problems,
dependent upon other combina
tions of natural economic and
social factors, may require a some
what different area to permit th»
most effective functional program.
Many Problem* of
Different Nature*.
For instance, the problem of the
| Great Plains area is a problem of
deficient rainfall, relatively high
winds, loose, friable soils and un
| suitable agricultural practices. The
natural area for solution of the
Great Plains drought problem is
different from that for the solution
of dynamic water problems pre
sented by the rivers which traverse
that area. The rational area for
administration of a Great Plains
rehabilitation program crosses the
drainage areas of a number of
parallel major tributaries of the
Mississippi River. It should, there
fore, be kept in mind that in es
tablishing a region for one type of
comprehensive program, parts or all
of the same area may be included
in a different region for another
type of comprehensive program,
with the result of a Federal system,
as it were, of programs and admin
istrative areas for solution of basic
ally different, yet Interrelated
problems.
Neither the exact scope nor the
most appropriate administrative
mechanism for regional husbandry
can at the start be projected upon
any single blue print. But it is
important that we set up without
delay some regional machinery to
acquaint us with our problem.
I think, however, that for the
time being we might give consider
ation of the creation of seven re
gional authorities or agenples;
one on the Atlantic seaboard;
a second for the Great Lakes
and Ohio Valley; a third for the
drainage basin of the Tennessee
and Cumberland Rivers; a fourth
embracing the drainage basins of
the Missouri River and the Red
River of the North; a fifth embrac
ing the drainage basins of the Ar
kansas, Red, and Rio Grande Riv
ers; a sixth for the basins of the
Colorado River and rivers flowing
into the Pacific south of the Cali
fornia-Oregon line; and a seventh
for the Columbia River basin. And
in addition I should leave undis
turbed the Mississippi River Com
mission, which Is well equipped to
handle the problems immediately
attending the channel of that
great river.
Apart from the Tennessee Valley
Authority, the Columbia Valley Au
thority, and the Mississippi River
Commission, the work of these
regional bodies, at least In their
early years, would consist chiefly
in developing integrated plans to
conserve and safeguard the pru
dent use of waters, water power,
soils, forests and other resources
of the areas intrusted to their
charge.
Planning Board
To Co-ordinate Work.
Such regional bodies would also
provide a useful mechanism
through which consultation among
the various governmental agencies
working In the field could be effect
ed for the development of Inte
grated programs of related activ
ities. Projected programs would be
reported by the regional bodies an
nually to the Congress through the
President after he has had the
projects checked and revised in
light of national budgetary con
siderations and of national plan
ning policies. When the National
Planning Board is established, I
should expect to use that agency to
co-ordinate the development of re
gional planning to insure conform
ity to national policy, but not to
give to the proposed national plan
ning board any executive authority
over the construction of public
works or over management of com
pleted works.
Projects authorized to be under
taken by the Congress could then be
carried out in whole or In part by
those departments of the Govern
ment best equipped for the purpose,
or if desirable In any particular
case by one of the regional bodies, j
There should be a close co-ordina
tion of the work done bv the various
agencies of Government to prevent
friction, overlapping and unneces
sary administrative pxpense and ro
insure the integrated development
of related activities.
Congress Free to Fix
Nature of Policy.
There should be the closest co
operation also with the developing
State and local agancles in this
field, particularly the State, re
gional and local planning boards
and the commissions on interstate
co-operation which work through
Interstate compacts ratified by the
Congress and through Interstate
administrative .arrangements. And
provision should be made for the
effective administration of hydro
electric projects which have been or
may be undertaken as a pert of a
multiple purpose watershed devel
opment. The water-power resources
of the Nation must be protected
from private monopoly and used
for the benefit of the people.
This proposal Is in the interest of
economy and the prevention of
overlapping or one-sided develop
ments. It leaves the Congress
wholly free to determine what shall
be undertaken and provides the
Congress with a complete picture
not only of the needs of each one cf
the regions, but of the relationship
of each of the regions to the whole
of the Nation.
If. for example, the Congress
could have had before it at this ses
sion a complete picture of imme
diate and long-term needs. I think
its task in providing for flood pre
vention and drought emergencies
would have been an easier one.
For nearly a year I have studied
this great subject intensively and
have discussed it with many of the
members of the Senate and the
House of Representatives. My rec
ommendations in* this message fall
into the same category as my
former recommendation relating to
the reorganization of the executive
branch of the Government. I hope,
therefore, that both of these im
portant matters may have your at
tention at. this session.
STRIKE IN VIRGINIA
SNAGS VOTE IN OHIO
Bargaining Election Held Up in
Dispute Over Eli
gibility.
By I he Associated Preas.
CLEVELAND. June 3.—A proposal
for a bargaining agency election
among employes of the strike-closed
Industrial Rayon Corp. plant here
was snagged today on disagreement
over whether employes at the struck
Covington, Va., plant would be eligible
to vote.
Representatives of an employe as
sociation and the C. I. O. Textile
Workers' Organizing Committee said
they would agree to the election pro
posed by Common Pleas Judge Samuel
H. Siibert and then went into confer
ence with the jurist.
After three hours of discussion be
hind closed doors Judge Siibert an
nounced “the conference has gone on
the nicks."
"We want it understood that we
want a vote not only on the local situ
ation but on the situation in the Cov
ington plant.” said Arthur P. Mc
Nulty, assistant general counsel for the
C. I. O. group.
"The situation there is entirely dif
ferent.” countered Walter T. Kinder,
company counsel. “The workers have
no employes’ association and the only
bargaining group is the T. W. O. C.”
The strike at Industrial Rayon's
Virginia plant started March 29.
Cleveland T. W. O. C. unionists struck
last month after friction with the em
ploye association, and then filed
charge < with the National Labor Rela-'
tions Board accusing the concern of
dominating a “company union."
A
STEEL RIOT VICTIMS
HONORED AT RITES
Unionists Eulogize Five Who
Were Killed, Promise to
Continue Fight.
Bj the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 3.—Unionists and
sympathizers gathered in South Chi
cago today for a mass funeral for five
of the six men killed in the steel strike
riot Memorial day.
In eulogies to the dead who fell in a
clash with police near the Republic
Steel Corp. plant union leaders pledged
continuance of the fight against that
firm. Inland Steel Corp, and Youngs
town Sheet <fc Tube Co.
Several hundred persons attended
funeral rites at Indiana Harbor, Ind.,
yesterday for Kenneth Reed, Inland
employe, who was slain in the riot.
Nicholas Pontecchio, a Committee for
Industrial Organization chieftain, de
clared Reed met death "through the
brutality of the despotic rulers of the
industry.”
Five leaders of the Steel Workers’
Organizing Committee, which called
the strike, conferred with Mayor Ed
ward Kelly and demanded he remove
Police Commissioner James P. Allman
and Supervising Capt. James Mooney
from office. They also demanded pros
ecution of police who engaged in the
riot. The Mayor asked for proof of
their charges against the officers.
Scouts Overcome by Gas.
VALETTA. Malta, June 3 (JF).—
Twenty scouts were overcome by gas
yesterday during a mock air raid in
preparation for a scheduled full drees
rehearsal of war drill* and reaeue work.
A
FORD CHALLENGE
DECISION DELAYED
Judge to Decide Tomorrow
on Jurisdiction—More
Witnesses Called.
BACKGROUND—
Successful in gaining bargaining
contracts with General Motors and
other large automotive plants,
C. I. O. turned to organizing Ford
plants last week. Leaders who in
itiated drive were beaten at gates
of Rouge plant in Detroit, tem
porarily delaying effort. Charges
were laid before Labor Relations
Board and probe of riot was begun
by State and city officials.
Bs the Associated Press.
DETROIT, June 3.—Common Pleas
Judge Ralph W. Liddy called addi
tional witnesses today to testify con
cerning a riot outside the Ford Motor
Co.’s big Dearborn plant, after de
laying for 24 hours his decision on
a challenge to his Jurisdiction in the
case.
The Dearborn city attorney and
counsel for unnamed Ford workers,
who were subpoenaed for the one
man grand Jury investigation, con
tended the court had no authority
to inquire into the disturbance in
the suburb May 26, when 18 persons
were injured as United Automobile
Workers tried to distribute union
literature.
Judge Liddy said he would rule
on the question tomorrow, meanwhile l
refraining from questioning persons
represented by the eompaining attor- '
neys. H# proceeded to hear other
witnesses.
As the inquiry resumed, the union
announced it would seek wage in
creases for General Motors employes
next week, when it proposes a revi
sion of its agreement w-ith the cor
poration.
Will Draft Demands.
| Wyndham Mortimer, U. A. W. A.
vice president, said delegates from
union locals in G M. plants through
out the country will draft drmands at
a conference here Saturday and Sun
day.
Under terms of the February 11
compact which ended a prolonged
strike elthpr party may file notice for
revision or termination on or after !
June 11. The agreement does not ex
pire until August 11.
Mortimer said sole collective bar
gaining is not a burning Issue."
After all. we could get exclusive
bargaining rights under a Wagner labor
relations law election," he said. ‘ The
corporation is not bargaining with
anybody else, anyway, so it isn't Im
portant."
One of the demands to be discussed
Mortimer said, will be a minimum w age
for all General Motors plants In the
United States
5.500 Return to Work.
A union pledge of no further inter
ference with non-union workers paved
the way for 5.500 employes to return
to work at the Chevrolet grey iron
foundry in Saginaw.
A strike resulted in suspension of
operations yesterday after members
of the United Automobile Workers of
America ejected six non-union men
from the plant. The strike was called
"unauthorized" by Ed Hall, U. A. W A
vice president.
Nearly a dozen witnesses—officials
| of Dearborn, union members w ho wort
beaten and kicked. Ford employes and
newspaper men—appeared before the
grand jury yesterday. Subpenas issued
for the appearance of Edsel Ford,
president of the company, and Harry
Bennett, his personnell director, re
mained unserved. Prosecutor Duncan
C. McCrea said he had been unable
to locate them.
The temporary stoppage of produc
J tion in the General Motors unit at
Saginaw caused the closing of
j Chevrolet engine plants at Flint Com
i Pauy officials said they would be idle
today and tomorrow.
FIRE TWICE ROUTS
SHIP’S CREW OF 52
Five Reported Seriously Injured
on German Freighter Off
Manila.
B? th« Associated Press.
MANILA. P. I., June 3.—Fire drove
the crew of 52 from the German mo
tor ship Oliva for the second time to
day as rainstorms balked three air
planes in attempts to aid five men
seriously injured fighting the flames.
Offices of the Hamburg American
Line here reported the crew was taken
off by the German steamer Friderun.
Earlier the crew had taken to
lifeboats but returned to fight the
fire when rain squalls started.
The same rain kept two United
States Army amphibian planes from
finding the German motor ship, al
though they circled over the ship's
position 120 miles southwest of Manila
until their fuel dwindled.
A 12-passenger commercial amphib
ian w'as driven back to Iloilo after
flying for 50 miles Into bad weather.
HORSEMAN’S ASSAILANT
IS GIVEN YEAR IN PRISON
Bt the Associated Press.
WARRENTON, Va„ June 3.—Cir
cuit Judge J. R. H. Alexander today
sentenced George Fewell of Marshall
to a year's imprisonment for shooting
Harry Kernes, farmer and race horse
trainer, on Easter morning. The bul
let penetrated Kernes' lung.
Fewell was tried in Fauquier Circuit
Court yesterday, with Commonwealth
Attorney C. W. Carter handling the
' prosecution and Charles G. Stone the
j defense.
ALUMNI ELECT
SILVER SPRING, Md., June 3
(Special).—Richard W. Dudley of
Silver Spring was elected president of
the Montgomery Blair Alumni Asso
ciation at the Spring meeting yester
day at Montgomery Blair Senior High
School.
Other officers elected are Miss Eliz
abeth Findley, Takoma Park, vice
president; Miss Robert Wilkinson.
Silver Spring, recording secretary;
Mrs. Irene Kramer, Takoma Park,
membership secretary; Neal Holmead.
Woodside Park, treasurer, and Irwin
Dietle, Montgomery Hills, sergeant
at-arms.
Work for 3,000 Men.
Construction of the $40,000,000 bat
tleship Anson will give work to 3,000
men for three and one-half years at i
Clydebank, Scotland.
Crisis Passed
In Illness of
Jean Harlow
E> the Associated Press.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif , June 3
—Jean Harlow, exotic screen star, has
been in a critical condition from in
flammation of the gall bladder, her
mother disclosed today, but the actress i
now has passed the crisis in her ill- j
ness.
“I fpel like the whole world has
been lifted from my shoulders.” the
mother, Mrs. Jean Bello, exclaimed,
near tears, after staying up all night
outside her daughters sick room.
"This baby of mine is quite im
proved. Her doctor, Dr. E C. Psh
baugh, says she is out of danger."
Miss Harlow was stricken last Sat
urday. This morning. Mrs. Bello said,
the physician had planned an intra
venous injection in an effort to bolster
her daughter's ebbing strength, since
she has been unable to take food,
even in liquid form.
"Jean's illness was sudden.” Mrs.
Bello recalled. "Saturday morning,
before going to thp studio she com
plained. but insisted on working She
didn't want to delay the picture in
which she was playing with Mr. Clark
Gable. However, when she told me
later in the dav, over the telephone,
that she felt no better. I went to the
studio and brought her home."
M. U. WILL AWARD
STUDENT HONORS
Walter Johnson Will Present
Base Ball Insignia to
Son Edwin.
B) i Buff Correspondent 01 The Sur.
COLLEGE PARK. Md . June 3—
Walter Johnson, base ball's famed
"Big Train." was to hold the spot
I light here this afternoon in pres- I
entation of a base ball insignia I
j to his son Edwin, a member of the
! University of Maryland team, at cla.ss
j day exercises on the campus,
j Conducted by Prof. Charles S.
Richardson, the ceremonies were also
to be featured by an address by Uni
versity President H. C. Byrd.
As announced bv the university to
day. the awards to be made ar.d the
j recipients include:
Silvester Medal for excellence in
athletics, offered by the class of 1908
i to the "man who typifies the best in
college athletics," John Gormley,
Chevy Chase.
Guckeyson Wins Ring.
Man-land ring, offered by Charles
L. Linhardt to the "man outstanding
for the year in athletics," John W.
< Bill") Guckeyson. 6705 Forty-sixth
j street. Chevy Chase.
Mortar Board Cup, offered to the
‘'woman of the senior class who has
been in attendance at least three
years and has made the highest schol
astic overage." L. Voncile Davis, Col
lege Park.
The Jane Douglass Goddard Me
morial Medal, given to the student
| from Prince Georges County "for ex
cellence in scholarship and moral
character," Charles J. Janes. Ana
costia.
Student medal and membership in
the American Institute of Chemists,
given to the member of the senior
class who has obtained the highest
average in chemistry, Francis M.
Bower, Mount Rainier.
Medal to Freshman.
Sigma Phi Sigma Medal, offered by
the Delta Chapter to the freshman
making the highest scholastic average
during the first semester, Mary Eliza
beth Harrover, Manassas, Va.
Delta Delta Delta Medal, given to
the sophomore girl making the highest
scholastic average for the first
semester. Lydia McMullen Evans,
Chevy Chase.
Dinah Berman Memorial Medal,
given to the sophomore who has ob
tained the highest scholastic average
for two years in the College of Engi
neering, Thomas P. Wharton, College
Park.
Athletic letters were to be given to
members of all university teams.
Seniors were to receive gold awards.
Two other important events are on
the commencement program prior to
graduation exercises in Ritchie Coli
seum on Saturday. They are the
junior-senior German in the university
gymnasium at 9 o'clock tonight and
the commencement ball in the gym
nasium at the same time tomorrow.
BROTHERS DIE IN TANK
ST. LOUIS, June 3 UP).—'Two
brothers perished last night in a
gasoline tank car at their filling sta
tion, in suburban Kirkwood.
Oliver Behrens, 34, was attempting
to measure the gasoline with a broom
stick as he stood on the top of the car.
He lost his balance and fell through
the open trap. Carl Behrens, 37. \
plunged into the tank in an attempt !
to save his brother.
Firemen removed the two men and
used inhalators on them for an hour
before Dr. C. E. Bennett pronounced
them dead.
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Engineers to Hold Picnic.
The District of Columbia Society of
Professional Engineers will hold an
"old-time” picnic Saturday afternoon
in seection 19, Beach and Bingham
drives. Bock Creek Park. Each family
is to bring its own food basket.
HUGE RELIEF CUE
Senator Urges Fund of $1,
000,000,000 for Next
Year.
BACKGROUND—
Revolt over relief two weeks ago
threatened rapprochement, between
the Capitol and the White House.
But House of Representatives
agreed to $1 .son,000.000 appropria
tion after indicating it would seek
a cut Whether the sum will sur
vive the Senate, however, is another
question.
Ey ti e AssorlatPd Press.
Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South
Carolina, urged his colleagues on an
appropriations subcommittee tqday to
cut, next year's relief fund to $1,000,
000,000.
Byrnes and the nine other members
of the group—many of them economy
minded—called Works Progress Ad
ministrator Harry L. Hopkins before
them to support the administration's
request for $1,500,000,000.
The House, overriding economy de
mands, voted approval of the larger
sum.
Byrnes Is frequently an administra
tion spokesman, but took issue with
the Presidents supporters on other
provisions In the relief bill.
Urges Loral Assistance.
He advocated that local communi
ties put up .40 per cent of the cost
of W P. A projects He proposed that
local governments be required to show
they needed help before they could
get any money from the Federal
Treasury.
Senator Steiwer. Republican, of
Oregon, another subcommittee mem
ber, was working on an amendment
to define the kind of destitution that
would warrant Federal relief.
When the bill reaches the full com
mittee. there will be further efforts to
amend it. Senator McCarran, Demo
crat, of Nevada, favors earmarking of
some of the appropriation for specific
purposes, despite the fact that the
House defeated a similar proposal.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia,
said he would ask that States be per
mitted to decide whether the unem
ployed would be given direct ©r work
relief. He favored the Byrnes amend
ments.
Kven before Hopkins began his testi
mony. some members of the committee
were ready to support the administra
tion estimate. Senator McKellar,
Democrat, of Tennessee, said he would
oppose earmarking or reductions in the
total fund.
McKellar agreed, however, that the
proposal to make local communities
put up part of the cost was worthy of
stud'. He suggested that Congress
might write some general rule into the
law and give the administration
authority to make exceptions.
There were scattered demands that
the appropriation be either more than
$1,500,000,000 or less than $1,000,000
000. Senator King. Democrat, of Utah,
has proposed a substitute to appro
priate $800,000,000 and turn adminis
tration over to the States. Senator
Frazier. Republican of North Dakota,
was asking *1.000,000.000 extra for
drought relief.
FORD HAS‘ARSENAL,’
STRIKERS CHARGE
Machine Guns, Tear Gas, Bullets
Being Mailed Into Plant,
Union Men Claim.
B> ihf As.'ocla'rd Pres*.
RICHMOND, Calif. June * —
; Charges that machine guns, ammuni
' tion and tear gas were being sent into
the Ford assembly plant here were
voiced yesterday by striking union
workers. The strikers accused the
automobile company of violating the
Wagner act.
Deputy District Attorney J Vance
Polier of Contra Costa County said
union officials told him the arms were
being sent by mail into the plant,
closed since last Wednesday by the
walkout.
Frank Slabv. president of the Rich
mond local of the United Automobile
Workers' Association, laid the charges
of Wagner act violation before the Na
tional Labor Relations Board yester
day. He declared management intimi
dation had prevented the 1.800 work
ers from organizing.
Mrs. Alice M. Rosseter. the board's
regional director, asked Plant Man
agers Clarence Bullwmkel and S. W,
Harrison to attend a conference to de
termine whether a formal board hear
ing was warranted. The officials did
not comment.
I. Richard Gladstein, union attorney,
and H. W. Anderson, U. A W vice
president, asserted they could lead au
thorities to "arsenals.”
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West Point Coach Promoted.
The War Department announced
today the promotion of First Lieut.
Garrison H. Davidson, head foot ball
roach at West Point, to captain in the
Corps of Engineers, effective June 14.
Consul Requests
Tax Deductions
On Liquor Bill
Jester at Southampton
Notes Expenses of
Entertaining.
Br the Associated Press.
An American Consul argued that
when he buys drinks for visiting ad
mirals the Government should let him
deduct the expense from his taxabla
income.
Perry N. Jester, now Consul at
Southampton. England. Informed the
Board of Tax Appeals in a hrief that
he spent $351.17 on beveriges and
$153 on entertainment in 1935. when
he was Consul at Barbados, British
West Indies.
It was, he said, the “usual cus
tomary hospitality to local Govern
ment officials, prominent members of
the community and visiting naval of
ficers, including the real admiral and
his staff."
Such entertainment, he said, is
necessary to maintain a Consul's pres
tige and further American interests.
He declared the Bureau of Internal
Revenue erred in refusing to let him
deduct the expenses,
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