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ECONOMIC WAR
Cardenas’ Recall of Envoy
Is Expected to Bring
Reprisal.
> ENGLISH MINISTER’S
WITHDRAWAL LIKELY
Claims Demand Leads to Rupture
After Long Battle Over Oil
Expropriation.
background—
Mexico expropriated foreign
otvned oil industry, valued at $400.
OOO'.OOO. on March 18, and since
then has made no payment to the
1 dispossessed companies. British
made greatest interest in Mexican
oil industry. London has twice sent
notes demanding restoration of the
seized properties and this week
made an abrupt demand for pay
ment of claims in default since
January 1.
By thi Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. May 14—Mexico
and Great Britain came to a diplo
matic parting of the ways today for
the third time in two decades.
Offended at Britain's "unfriendly
attitude" arising from President Lazaro
Cardenas' expropriation March 19 of
' British oil properties valued at $250,
000,000, the Mexico government an
nounced withdrawal of its Minister
in London, Primo Villa Michel, and
closing of its legation there.
It was confidently expected that the
British Minister to Mexico, Owen St.
Clair O'Malley, who presented his
credentials only last November 5,
would be recalled promptly as Britain's
first act.
Mr. O'Malley himself said that such
• action as Mexico took was rarely
Unilateral.
Economic Measures Expected.
local quarters held it likely that
Great Britain, which already had an
nounced her intention to boycott
Mexican oil, would follow the sev
erance of diplomatic relations with
economic measures designed to bring
the Cardenas government to terms.
There was no indication, however,
as to what form these measures would
take.
Mexico bought from Great Britain
* to 1935 and 1936, respectively, goods
worth 23.400,000 and 23,700,000 pesos
and sold her goods worth 76,200,000
and 67,800,000 pesos, so that cessation
of commercial interchange would
hurt this country most. tThe peso
was quoted yesterday at from 4.28
to 4.32 to the United States dollar.)
Britain’s increasingly energetic pro
tests against expropriation of Aguila
(Royal Dutch Shell) Oil Co., along
with 16 other British and United
States companies, prepared the way
for the diplomatic break.
Twice in recent weeks Mr. O'Malley ,
presented demands for return of the |
properties, asserting there had been !
“denial of justice” and political mo
tivation in the seizure, and twice
Mexico flatly refused.
Claims Cause of Rupture.
A small bill for 370,962.71 pesos,
less than $100,000, and Britain's in
sistence that it be paid was the direct
cause of the rupture, however.
The bill was for the third of 12
annual installments on British claims
growing out of Mexico's civil wars.
Payment was due January 1. Several
times recently Mr. O’Malley had in
quired informally about the matter
and received no reply. Wednesday he
wrote a formal note.
He told the Mexican government
that its attitude toward this bill and
toward “government indebtedness gen
erally” was “far from reassuring” and
“in itself rendered unjustified an ex
propriation an essential condition of
which would be payment of full and
adequate compensation.”
k Foreign Minister Eduardo Hay in
his reply yesterday sharply challenged
Britain's right to “analyze the do
mestic situation of Mexico.” He
added, apparently referring to war
debts, that "powerfuVfitates having at
their command abundant resources”
were not paying all their bills and in
formed Mr. O'Malley orally of the
withdrawal of the Mexican Minister
from London.
Text of Announcement.
The official announcement said:
"The Minister of Great Britain was
i • • • advised that, in view of the
unfriendly attitude of the British
government toward Mexico, growing
out of the recent expropriation of the
oil companies, the Mexican government
considered it necessary to withdraw its
Minister in London and the personnel
of its legation in that country, clos
ing it, and leaving the archives in
custody of the Consul General, Gus
tavo Luders Denegri.”
In 1920, the British envoy was re
called from Mexico' as a result of
, British claims against the government.
Three years later relations again were
severed after agrarians besieged and
killed an English woman who refused
to let her lands be expropriated.
Mexico has been at odds, too, with
the United States. Relations were
broken off after the assassination of
President Francisco Madera, in 1913,
not to be resumed until Carranza be
came President in 1917. Carranza’s
assassination severed them again in
1920 and they were renewed again in
1923 after Obregon came to the presi
dency.
There was some belief here that
Britain, facing the Mexican govern
ment's unyielding attitude on the oil
Issue, had moved deliberately toward
ending diplomatic relations, but this
could not be confirmed.
Commenting editorially on the Brit
ish note which resulted in the break,
the newspaper Ultimas Noticias said
yesterday:
"We do not remember having read in
* the annals of diplomacy a note sent
by one government to another with
which it cultivates friendly and peace
ful relations so bitter, so malevolently
Intended as that which the govern
ment of his British Majesty has sent
y to Mexico.”
Mussolini Hurls Deti at U. S.,
Threatening to Fight to End
Hits at Warning by Woodring, and Says
Totalitarian Bloc Will Meet
Democracies9 Challenge.
Py the Associated Press. i
GENOA, Italy, May 14—Premier
Benito Mussolini, hitting back at what
Italy regards as anfl-Fascist bias in
the United States, declared today that
the totalitarian states would “become
a bloc and march together to the end”
if threatened with a “doctrinal war by
the so-called democracies.”
11 Duce’s thinly-veiled but unmis
takable thrusts at "speeches from
across the ocean” reflected the Italian
government's growing irritation over
remarks made recently by Secretary of
War Harry H. Woodring of the United
States and various other American
acts.
Mr. Woodring, in a speech May 5,
warned dictator-controlled nations
that democratic countries might some
day get enough of their provocations
and resort to war.
Other things regarded as entering
OIL SETTLEMENT
Washington Is Embarrassed
by Effect Upon Good
Neighbor Policy.
By the Associated Press.
Informed persons represented State
Department officials today as disturbed
by Mexico's break in diplomatic re
lations with Great Britain and con
cerned lest it cause this country em
barrassment.
The possibility of any such step
as a British naval demonstration in
Mexican waters was said to be re
mote. but persons close to the de
partment expressed the opinion that
in any event the rupture would make
more difficult, and possibly delay, a
settlement of American claims for
expropriated oil properties.
The United States and Great Britain
have exchanged no views on the diplo
matic break. Secretary Hull said at his
press conference. He declined to con
sider the question as one which might
affect the United States’ dealings with
Mexico, in relation to the oil prop
erties or otherwise.
Valued Up to $150,000,000.
These properties have been valued
unofficially as high as *150.000,000.
President Roosevelt, however, has in
dicated this Government would not
support claims tor more than the
sum actually invested.
The British properties expropriated
March 18 along with those of Amer
ican oil companies were valued at
about $250,000,000.
The United States Government ad
vised Mexico it would expect that
government to pay for the properties,
but conceded Mexico's right to ex
propriate them.
This, coupled with President Roose
velt's subsequent remarks as to what
payment would be expected, contrasted
with the British attitude.
Britain asserted a conviction that
the expropriation had been dictated by
political considerations and charged
justice had been denied the oil com
panies in the procedure followed.
Speculate on Policy.
Observers here speculated on the
possible effect on the prestige of the
administration's "good neighbor” policy
if Britain's action resulted in return
of the expropriated British properties.
Most believed that if this were done,
the United States would demand simi
lar treatment of the properties of its
nationals.
There was speculation, too, on the
possibility that some totalitarian power
might seize on the situation to
strengthen relations with Mexico and
arrange for purchase of oil produced
from the properties.
Persons cl9.se to the State Depart
ment said it was unlikely this country
would offer to mediate the dispute
between Mexico and Britain.
No Need to Consult U. S.
Asked whether Mexico had con
sulted the United States before sever
ing diplomatic relations, State De
partment officials said that at first
sight this was a matter directly be
tween Mexico /nd Great Britain and
they did not see that Mexico was re
quired to consult this country.
When Britain first adopted her
strong attitude toward the expropria
tion of the British oil properties, some
officials believed this might help the
United States’ position because it
would better contrast the “good neigh
bor’’ attitude of the United States and
induce the Mexican government to
adopt a more conciliatory view toward
this country. The matter, however,
has now gone too far to have this ben
eficial effect, it is thought.
The United States may be placed in
the trying situation of being asked by
Mexico to handle her representation
with Great Britain.
Informed observers did not believe
Great Britain would take any re
taliatory steps beyond placing a boy
cott on Mexican oil.
DR. HUGO ECKENER PAYS
VISIT TO ICKES’ OFFICE
Assumption Is German Called to
Discuss Secretary's Helium
Sale Opposition.
Bjr the Associated Press.
Dr. Hugo Eckener. veteran German
dirigible commander, paid a visit to
Secretary Iekes’ office today.
Interior Department, officials assumed
he had called to discuss Mr. Iekes’
opposition to sale of helium to Ger
many for the operation of her new
dirigible, the XL-130, built to replace
the ill-fated Hlndenburg.
Dr. Eckener went directly to the
Secretary’s office to await an inter
view. Mr. Iekes previously had said
he would see Dr. Eckener if the latter
desired.
into the Italian attitude were state
ments by Secretary of the Interior
Harold Ickes, a congressional move to
have Italy named among violators of
the Kellogg-Brland pact and the State
Department's failure to recognize the
sovereignty of Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian matter has for sev
eral months blocked conclusion of a
new commercial agreement between
the United States and Italy.
II Duce. who arrived in Genoa this
morning aboard the battleship Conte
di Cavour, said in a speech devoted
to international affairs that Italy
wants peace.
"But," he asserted, "we must be
ready with all our forces to defend
it, especially when we hear speeches—
even if from across tlje ocean—on
which we must reflect.
"It perhaps is to be excluded < from
i See MUSSOLINI, Page A-9.)
HUNGARY JOINING
Relations Grow Stronger
With Reich and Italy,
Premier Says.
Br the Asjccittrd Preas.
BUDAPEST, May 14.—Hungary’s
new "strong man" premier, Bela
Imredi. today announced Hungary is
drawing closer to the Rome-Berlln
axis of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mus
solini.
In a speech in Parliament outlining
foreign policy Imredi said "Our re
lations with Germany are growing
more intimate” and stronger also with
Italy. The same, he asserted, holds
true for Poland.
The new premier, who formed a
government yesterday to combat un
authorized Hungarian Nazi move
ments. said his policy would continue
to be "an active, peace policy.”
Wide Divergence on Peace.
Imredi pointed out. however, that
there were wide differences of opinion
as to how to establish peace. Hun
gary has an active revisionist element
demanding return of territory lost in
the post-war settlements.
"On one side are those who believe
in maintenance of the status quo and
on the other those who stress the im
portance of a genuine and Just peace,"
he said.
Imredi, who yesterday succeeded
Koloman Daranyi as premier, had two
bills ready to push through Parlia
ment—both aimed at Ferenc Szalasl.
“the Hungarian Hitler” and leader of
anti-government Nazi groups.
One of the measures would provide
more drastic penalties for disturbing
public peace; the other would tighten
restrictions on the right of public as
sembly.
Nazi Experiment by Government.
Imredi s plan for ending the politi
cal uncertainty which caused Dar
anyi’s resignation contained an un
spoken assurance that Nazi and Fas
cist ideas would be tried out thor
oughly in Hungary, but the experi
ment will be conducted by the gov
ernment—not by opposition groups.
A five-point program announced last
night disclosed that Hungary is to
have compulsory labor service, a modi
fied form of the “strength through
joy" movement and a corporative sys
tem of control, similar to Germany’s
and Italy’s, for trade, industries and
professions.
STORM ON WAY
Warnings Up for Coastal Ships
From Virgiina Northward.
An eastbound storm centering over
Illinois and Indiana caused the
Weather Bureau today to warn ship
ping along the Atlantic Coast.
Warning flags were ordered up from,
the Virginia Capes to Block Island,
R. I., at 10:30 a.m.
The bureau said the storm ap
parently was moving east northeast
ward and that it would be attended by
increasing southeast and south winds
reaching gale force at times late this
afternoon or tonight.
CUTATEANGSHAN,
JAPANESE REPORT
400,000 Chinese Troops Are
Declared Trapped in
Suchow Area.
CAPTURE CULMINATES
FIVE MONTHS’ BATTLE
Invaders Also Land Forces Near
Foochow for Attack Upon
Canton-Hankow Line.
BACKGROUND—
Japanese have striven for five
months to conquer East Central
China by means of offensives from
North and South toward East-West
Lunghai Railway. Resistance by
overwhelming superiority of Chi
nese numbers held up Japan’s drive
from North and caused one major
setback lor Nipponese forces at
Taierhchwang more than a month
ago.
rijr the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, May 14.—A Japanese !
Army communique said today the vital
Lunghai Railway—objective of Japan s
Central China campaign—had been
cut east of Tangshan. Mobile troops
reaching the line immediately blew
up a bridge.
Traffic over the railway, running
east and west through the heart of
Central China's rich agricultural area,
had been blocked shortly before by
aerial bombardment, disrupting trans
portation of war supplies to China's
huge army defending the region.
In reaching the railway the Jap
anese achieved a goal for w/iich they
have been battling five months.
Japanese Army spokesmen declared
400.000 Chinese troops were trapped
in the Suchow area, with no choice
other than to surrender or face anni
hilation. Suchow was violently bom
barded, with 100 civilians killed.
Troops Land Near Foochow.
While the Japanese were furiously
pressing their advantage in Central
China, warships landed troops near
the South China port of Foochow—
evidently for an attack on the Canton
Hankow Railway.
Japanese planes swarmed overhead,
protecting the ground troops as they
planted the rising sun flag on the
Lunghai Railway.
At least 200 planes were reported
supporting the operations, bombing
and machine-gunning Chinese de
fenses And dumping huge quantities
of explosives on Suchow, junction
point of the Lunghai and Tientsin
Pukow railways.
Thrust at Railway Seen.
Military observers believed the land
ing at the mouth of the Min River, 10
miles below Foochow, was preliminary
to a determined effort to cut the
Canton-Hankow line over which China
has been receiving most of tne muni
tions and other supplies coming to
her through South China ports.
It was the second landing on the
tSee CHINA, Page A-9.)
OUTBOARDS TUNED
FOR 130-MILE RACE
100 Men and Mother of Two Enter
Annual Albany-to-New York
Marathon Tomorrow.
Ey the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y., May 14.—One hun
dred men (more or less) and the young
mother of two children tuned roaring
motors today in preparation for to
morrow’s bounding ride down the
Hudson River—the Uth annual 1«0
mile Albany-to-New York outboard
motor boat marathon.
This is the race where many start,
but few finish. Last year 115 drivers
of the “flying shingles’’ took off. Ex
actly 41 finished.
Marshall Eldredge of East Wey
mouth, Mass., the 1937 winner who
piloted his class C boat down the
river in 3:06:21—an average speed of
41.7 m. p. h.—was back to defend his
laurels. Three other past winnere also
were entered: Clayton Bishop, the
Onsett, Mass., fireman who won in
1936; the veteran Fred Jacoby, jr„ of
North Bergen, N. J„ 1935, and Charles
Johnson of Cranberry Lake, N. J„ 1934.
Mrs. Kay Crippin of Saratoga
Springs, N. Y., is the lone feminine
contender. She’s tried twice before
and each time she failed to finish.
Summary of Today's Star
Page. Page.
Amusements B-l< Obituary A-8
Church News Radio A-8
A-12-13-14 Real Estate B-l-6
Comics B-14-15 Short Story A-14
Editorials A-10 Society .. ..A-15
Finance _A-18 Sports A-16-17
Garden page B-7 Woman's *
Lost*Found A-S Features .A-15
FOREIGN.
Hungary drawing closer to Rome
Berlin axis. Page A-l
Anglo-Mexlcan break embarrasses U. S.
in oil dispute. Page A-l
Lunghal railway cut at Tangshan,
Japanese report. Page A-l
Mussolini hurls dell at U. S., threaten
ing light to end. Page A-^
New Hungarian premier starts anti
Nazi drive. Page A-l
Fifty new Loyalist planes strike rebel
offensive. Page A-2
New cabinet formed in Belgium by
Spaak. Page A-9
Great Britain angered by Mexican
diplomatic break. Page A-9
Czechs’ Minister in London sees Hen
lein. Page A-9
Chile threatens to leave League if re
forms are barred. Page A-9
Berlin denies charge Jewish rules hit
United States. Page A-9
NATIONAL.
C. I. O. issue gags Lewis in Pennsyl
vania primary. Page A-l
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Boy convalescing from effects of
unique skull operation. Page A-3
Tuberculosis group to make inspection
at Glen Dale. Page A-20
McCarran, ired by amendment, to fight
own aviation legislation. Page A-20
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Page A-10
This and That. Page A-10
Stan, Men and Atoms. Page A-10
Answers to Questions. Page A-10
The Capital Parade. Page A-ll
David Lawrence. Page A-ll
Mark Sullivan. Page A-ll
Jay Franklin. Page A-ll
Lemuel F. Parton. Page A-ll
SPORTS.
Griffs anxious about Ferrell’s lack of
slab form. Page A-16
DIMaggio, Lavagetto new batting lead
en in majors. Page A-16
Five-hour auto race involves months
of preparatory toil. . PageA-17
Louis to be easy, says Galento, victor
over Mann. Page A-17
MISCELLANY.
Shipping News. Page A-5
Vital Statistics. Page A-6
City News in Brief. Page A-6
Nature’s Children. Page A-ll
Bedtime Story. Page B-14
Letter-Out. Page B-14
Cross-Word Puaalo. Page B-14
Contract Bridge. Page B-ll
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AMBASSADOR KENNEDY INSISTS ON WEARING LONG PANTS AT KING GEORGE’S
_. _RECEPTION.
C. 1.0. BSE GAGS
Support in Keystone State
for Kennedy Is Weakness
as Well as a Power.
Bv G. GOULD LINCOLN,
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, May 14 —John L.
Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers and head of the Committee
for Industrial Organization, declared
by Gov. George Earle to be the "one
and only" issue in the Democratic pri
mary campaign in Pennsylvania, has
never made a speech in the State since
the campaign started. Unless there
is a change in plans he won't until
after primary day Tuesday.
Yet Mr. Lewis is responsible for the
candidacy of Lt. Gov. Thomas Ken
nedy for the Democratic nomination
for Governor. Senator "Joe" Guffey
probably had something to do with
the final decision to enter Lt. Gov.
Kennedy, for Mr. Lewis needed Sena
tor Guffey—and vice versa. But in
the main, had it not been for the in
sistence of Mr. Lewis, Mr. Kennedy
would not now be a candidate. As a
matter of fact he did not want to be
a candidate. He was drafted—just as
he was drafted to be candidate for
Lieutenant Governor in 1934, and to
strengthen the then Earle-Guffey
Democratic ticket.
Mr. Lewis is one of the most dynam
ic and persuasive speakers in the
country. There are few orators to
compare with him—and none in the
Pennsylvania primary campaign. Yet
he has been tongue-tied in this cam
paign, which will result either in a
great political gain for the C. I. O. or
in a major defeat. Why?
The answer is easy. Mr. Lewis is a
voter in Illinois and, the Pennsylvania
people do not like to have an outsider
dictate who shall be their chief execu
tive in Harrisburg. Second, the C. I.
O. support of a gubernatorial candi
date is at once a strength and a weak
ness. It is a strength because the
United Mine Workers—the backbone
of the C. I.. O.—has some 230,000
members in Pennsylvania, and because
(See PENNSYLVANIA, f>age A-9.)
NEW LABOR TROUBLE
. MAY CLOSE CIRCUS
Actors’ Federation Rejects Pay
Cut Proposal—Fight Renewal
Threatens to End Tour.
B> the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 14.—Renewal of
a dispute between the American Fed
eration of Actors (A. F. of L.) and the
Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey
Circus today threatened to halt the
annual tour of the “big show.”
Several hundred circus workmen
at a mass meeting last night rejected
a proposal by the circus management
of a wage-cut and authorized the
union's Executive Council to call a
strike any time.
Ralph Whitehead, union executive
secretary, said another Issue was the
circus’ asserted refusal to discharge
100 or more employes not in good
standing with the union, which has a
closed shop contract. A mass meeting
of the performers was scheduled for
late today.
The union called a strike & month
ago, when the circus was in Madison
Square Garden. It was settled after
two days by a pay Increase for work
men. The show, now in Brooklyn, is
scheduled to move to Washington to
night.
Circus laborers now get $60 a month
and board and room, and Mr. White
head said John Ringling North, presi
dent of the circus, had asked the union
to accept a reduction to $30 a month
and board and room.
The union official said the request
was “in the form of an ultimatum”
with the intimation that if it were not
accepted the show would close and go
back to winter quarters at Sarasota,
Fla.
Doughton Under Knife.
Representative Robert L. Doughton,
chairman of the House Ways and
Means Committee, underwent an ab
dominal operation today at Garfield
Hospital.
Dr. W. balhoun Stirling, who per
formed the operation, said Mr. Dough
ton probably would spend two weeks in
the hospital and about two more at
home before returning to his duties.
Glass to Leave
For Home Soon
To Take a Rest
By the Associated Press.
Senator Glass said today he would
return soon to his Lynchburg. Va..
home and stay there for the rest of
the session. ^
Friends said one factor in Senator
Glass' decision to leave Washington
was his annoyance over recent con
gressional developments. He is a vig
orous opponent of some of the heavy
spending features of President Roose
velt's program designed to aid recov
ery. which is pending in the Senate
Appropriations Committee, and the
wage-hour bill, pending in the House.
He said recently, however, there was
little use in speaking against meas
ures "when nobody is going to listen
to you.”
A principal factor, friends asserted, !
were doctor's orders several weeks ago
that he go home and rest. The Vir
ginian. 80 years old, has been especially
active as chairman of the Appropria- !
tions Committee and as ranking Demo
crat on the Banking Committee.
GERMANY PROTESTS
BRAZILIAN ARRESTS
Six Reich Citizens Jailed as
Suspects in Abortive
Fascist Coup.
By the Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO. May 14—The
German government today protested to
Brazil against the arrest of six German
citizens as suspects in the abortive
Fascist rising Wednesday against
President Getulio Vargas.
The Brazilian government, however,
assured the German Embassy the six
were arrested as individuals and that
there was no indication they were
agents of any foreign power or or
ganization.
The assurance was given despite the
fact President Vargas flatly accused
the Fascist Greenshlrts of having "for
eign help” in their short-lived uprising
against his regime. He did not name
the foreign source of their aid.
President Vargas declared the In
tegralists had seized upon "all possible
sources without regard to their origin
and unheeding the fact that with
foreign help they compromised the
sovereignty of Brazil.”
The Vargas government in recent
months has taken drastic action to
restrain German Nazi activities in
Brazil, but officials said there was no
concrete evidence the Nazis supported
the Integralist revolt.
The main search for revolt suspects
centered on the fugitive Integralist
chieftain, Plino Salgado. who has
been in hiding since the organization
was banned March 18.
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SERGEANT IS CONVICTED
OF REMOVING PAPERS
Three-Year Labor Sentence Is
Reconsidered by Court After
Clemency Plea.
Br the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 14 —A mil
itary court yesterday convicted Sergt.
Samuel B. Edgeman, 30th Infantry
office attache at the Presidio of San
Francisco, of removing official and
confidential records from the office
files.
Edgeman was dishonorably dis
charged and sentenced to three years
at hard labor, but a plea for clemency
resulted in a decision to reconsider
the punishment.
Maj. L. F. Daniels, who presided,
said among papers taken were rec
ords of Army and Navy maneuvers
and part of the flies of the Army In
telligence Service.
HULL-ROPER ROW
DENIED BY EARLY
President Studying Plan to
Have Joint Reports by
Attaches, He Says.
President Roosevelt is directing a
joint study by the State and Com
merce Departments that is expected
to result in a reorganization of the
commercial attache reporting system
prevailing in American embassies
abroad.
In announcing the reorganization
plan today Stephen Early, secretary to
the President, .said the principal pro
posal is that the trade advisers here
after should report jointly to Secre
tary Hull and Secretary Roper instead
of solely to Mr. Roper, as at present.
At the same time, Mr. Early denied
reports that the study has led to a
disagreement between the two cabinet
officers and that this disagreement
might lead to the resignation of one
or the other. He also denied that
the new program called for transfer
of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce from the Commerce to the
State Department.
Joint Reports Suggested.
Although it has been suggested in
some quarters. Mr. Early told report
ers, that commercial attaches, being
assigned to embassies, should be ap
pointed by the Secretary of State
rather than by the Secretary of Com
merce, the ultimate decision probably
will be that the attaches should be
appointed, as now. by the Commerce
Secretaiy and detailed to the State
Department with instructions to re
port jointly to both departments.
Mr. Early said the present system
of reporting directly to the Commerce
Department "does not make for effi
ciency.” He pointed out that occa
sionally the matters reported by com
mercial attaches have distinct diplo
matic angles which should be known
to the State Department. To remedy
this defeat in the system, the presi
dential secretary said, the President
has joined in a study by Secretaries
Hull and Roper and Undersecretary
of State Sumner Welles.
Auto Example Cited.
Mr. Early cited several instances to
show the need for joint reports by the
trade attaches. He pointed out that
signs recently have been posted in
France urging the public to “buy
French automobiles.” and that ap
parently these notices were placed
with the knowledge of the French
government. Naturally, he said, this
becomes a subject of diplomatic im
portance, but, under the present sys
tem. the trade attache's report on this
campaign “may or may not” reach the
State Department.
There would be no change in the
reporting methods of Army and Navy
attaches of the embassies, Mr. Early
said, because the data they collect is
highly confidential.
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Old Battleship Goes to Sea.
BREMERTON, Wash., May 14 (jR.
—The U. S. S. Kearsarge, form bat
tleship converted into one of the
world’s large crane ships, went to/sea
again today.
The 11,000-ton ship was towed by
three Navy tugs into midstream,
where the transport Sirus planned to
take her in tow on a 6,000-mile voy
age to the East Coast for use in con
struction of new naval vessels.
BULLETIN
A man identified by police as E.
J. Patchell, 52 years old, was found
dead from a pistol wound in the
Hotel Lee House shortly after noon
today. A pistol was found beside
the body, according to police.
Hiding of 4 Invalids in Flat
14 Years Charged to Family
By tbe Associated Press.
BOSTON, May 14.—Children’s or
ganizations today pushed an Investiga
tion of the case of two Roxbury broth
ers and two sisters said to have been
hidden in a squalid flat for 14 years
because none of them was able either
to walk or talk.
Robert C. True, agent for (he Mas
sachusetts Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children, said the four,
offsprings of a 73-year-old father and
53-year-old mother, included boys, 35
and 15, and girls, 33 and 14. The
younger boy was blind, as well as
dumb, he said, and all were suffering
from disease.
The four were patients at Psyco
pathic Hospital today, pending prob
able removal to a State institution for
specialized training.
Two other daughters, who worked
as domestics, supported the family in
poverty, since the father was forced
to give up his trade as a carpenter,
Mr. True reported.
A minister’s report that neighbor
hood children saw shadowy figures
moving around in darkened rooms of
the flat prompted the society’s inves
tigation.
UDDERS’ STOCK
IN $70100 RACE
Only Nine Will Go to Post in
Preakness as Dah He
Is Scratched.
ANAFLAME WITHDRAWN
BECAUSE OF ILLNESS
Dauber, Second in Derby. Made
Favorite in Early Betting
at Odds of 5 to 2.
By the Associated Press.
Pimlico, Baltimore. m<j„ May
14.—A steady rain that started falling
in midmorning threatened to furnish
a dismal setting for the 48th run
ning of the Preakness late today as
the overnight field was reduced to nine
by the scratching of William Wood
ward’s Anaflame and Hal Price Head
ley’s Dah He.
The skies were still overcast four
hours before post time for the first
race, but there was evidence they
might clear before the 3-vear-olds
parade for the big *70.000 race at ap
proximately 4:55 p.m., Eastern stand
ard time.
A continuation of the rain, however,
would furnish ideal conditions for the
mudlarks—notably Dauber, the fa
vorite, and Sun Egret, a doubtful
starter unless the track is muddy. The
last time the Preakness was run over
an ofT track was in 1933, when Head
Play won.
Anaflame Is III.
Anaflame, only filly in the overnight
field of 11, was withdrawn officially
this morning after Trainer James
Fitzsimmons had announced last night
she would not start, due to Illness.
The withdrawal of the filly left Fight
ing Fox as the lone representative of
Woodward's Belalr Stud.
Mr. Headley also decided to rest
hopes on Menow, early pace setter
and fourth in the Derby. Dah He
was regarded as a rank outsider, any
way.
A continuation of the rain would
play havoc with the crowd. All of
the reserved seats have been sold, but
the stands seat only about 15.000.
Several hundred ushers stood in small
groups under the shelter of the stands,
with nothing to do as the expected
early arrivals failed to put in their
appearance.
Although Dauber, second In the
; Derby, reigned a 5-2 favorite as the
first of an expected crowd of 45.000
poured into Pimlico, most experts
classed the field for the 48th running
as "wen-balanced.”
Probably not more than seven will
face the barrier at about 4:55 pm.
(Eastern standard time). Doubtful
starters were Bull Whip and Sun Egret.
Short Stretch Hampers Dauber.
Dauber's ability as a stretch runner
brought him the place position in the
Kentucky classic just a week ago.
That very virtue worked to his disad
vantage today.
ine preaxness is 1-16 mile shorter
j than the Derby and Pimlico's stretch
I is less than 3-16 of a mile, as com
pared with the '.,-mile straightaway
at Churchill Downs.
Coupled with that is the No. 6 post
position drawn by Dauber. That
called on Jockey Maurice (Moose*
Peters to exercise all his riding skill
to keep the slow-starting William
Dupont, jr„ colt out of early trouble
and in a position to bid for victory
j during the final jarring drive before
| the grandstand.
The Preakness’ major question
| marks are Fighting Fox, owned by
j Woodward, and Bull Lea. Warren
j Wright's colt. They disappointed in
the Derby, but on form flashed in
early-season races rate another
chance. t
The Fox and Bull Lea were the
heavily-played favorites in the Derby.
They'll get no such support today with
Myron Selznick's Can't Wait and Hal
Price Headley's fleet Menow, third
and fourth at the Downs, rated above
them.
Can't Wait Second Choice.
Can't Wait, son of Victorian, 1928
Preakness winner, figures to be the
second choice with George Woolf on
his back. The California veteran is
well acquainted with the track. He
won the Preakness two years ago with
Bold Venture and hung up a new
track record of 11-6 miles with
Pompoon in the Dixie Handicap on
Wednesday. He and Raymond (Sonny)
Workman, who'll be up on Menow, are
the only former winners in the field.
Menow, juvenile champion of last
year, offers his high speed as his
greatest foundation for hopes of vic
tory. He set the Derby pace for a
mile then weakened. However, Pim
lico's sharp turns and straightaways
favor Menow.
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SCHOOL TO GET D. C.
ESTATE OF STIMSON
Former Secretary of State
Bequeaths vWoodley to
Phillips Andover.
Woodley, the estate at 3000 Cathe
dral avenue N.W., which is owned by
Henry L. Stimson, former Secretary
of State, has been bequeathed to
Phillips Andover (Mass.) Academy,
and will pass to the school on the
death of Mr. and Mrs. Stimson.
The gift was made known yesterday
in New York, where the Stimsons now
reside. Mr. Stimson, an alumnus of
Phillips Andover, is president of the
board of trustees.
Woodley was purchased by Mr.
Sttmson*when he headed the Hoover
cabinet. It embraces 18 acres and was
part of the original tract known as
Rock of Dumbarton.
The mansion house was built by
Philip Barton Key, and has been the
scene of many notable gatherings.
Jhe place was used as a summer home
by Presidents Van Buren, Tyler,
Buchanan and Cleveland.