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WEATHER.
8. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Cloudy and continued cool tonight and
tomorrow with some probability of inter
mittent rain; moderate to fresh northeaat
winds. Temperatures today—Highest, 64,
at noon; lowest, 53, at 5 a.m.
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MISSING PORK
OF PETER LEVINE’S
Torso Is Found Trussed by
Wire—Boatmen Search
for Killer Evidence.
WIND AND TIDE CHARTS
STUDIED BY F.B.I.MEN
Try to Locate Approximate Scene
of Death in Waters of
Long Island Sound.
BACKGROUND—
Children in recent major kid
napings have, with the exception of
George Weyerhauser, 9. been slain
or never found. Peter Levine's
fate was similar to that of Charles
Mattson, also 12, whose nude,
battered body was found in snow.
Charles A. Lindbergh, jr.: Bobby
Franks of Chicago, Marian Parker
of Los Angeles, Grace Budd of
New York and Marian MaLean of
Cincinnati were slain. Bill Gaff
ney of New York has been missing
since 1917, when he was 4.
B« the Associated Press.
NEW ROCHELLE. N. Y.. May 30.—
One hundred local police and G-men
searched nearby shores today for
remnants of the body of kidnaped 12
year-old Peter Levine, whose wire
trussed, headless torso was yielded up
last night by the waters of Long Is
land Sound after three tragic months.
Scores of irate residents joined the
search. Dozens of small volunteer
boats patrolled the coast, seeking evi
dence that might point somehow to
the killer.
Detective Lt, George Reifenberger .
expressed belief that the boy. cruelly 1
cut by the wire that bound the body,
had been tossed into the sound—
whether alive or dead, it still remains '
to be determined—from a boat, per
haps in the vicinity of Rye or Ma- !
maroneck, 7 miles above New Rochelle. >
Winds and Tides Studied.
Police and Federal agents, headed
by J. Edgar Hoover, F. B. I. chief, j
and Reed Veierrli, veteran head of j
his New York staff, spent the night i
studying chart = of wind and tide
movements, trying thus to locale the
approximate scene of death.
Any hope that- the thin strands
of copper wire which bound the
bodv-—only tangible clue to the mur
der-might lead to a quick solution |
of the case was dispelled by Lt.
Reifenberger.
"They could have bought it at any ;
10-cent store," he said.
Discovery of the body, identified by ,
clothing, was the first development
in the case in several weeks and
confirmed the growing dread in his
family that he would never be re
turned alive.
Ransom notes had been found and
answered: Murray Levine, the father,:
had publicly offered to pay $30,000.
There was no conclusive answer
from the abductors, and the whole |
case of missing Peter Levine had
bepn all but forgotten until, just after ;
dusk last night, a woman telephoned
the police:
"There's a bodv out here!"
Name Stitched in Shirt.
They found, then, what was left of j
Peter Levine—a wire-bound torso only, j
the head gone, the hands and feet j
gone, and only a patched-sleeved ;
sweater, a red windorraker and a '
shirt, with the name ' Peter Levine” !
stitched in it, to make the identifica- !
tion certain. The body had come
ashore on an estate bordering the
sound not far from the boy’s home.
Dr. Amos O. Squire, Westchester
County medical examiner, said it i
would be almost impossible to tell just j
what had caused Peter's death—knife, j
blow or drowning—but added that his j
preliminary examination indicated the \
boy had been slain and his body tossed i
into the sound.
With slim hopes of ever capturing :
the slayer. Federal agents began a i
comprehensive check of boatmen for
miles up and down the bay from the
jagged-rock shore of Davenport Neck,
where the boy's headless body was
found—only 3 miles away from his
home in New Rochelle.
■'There's just a chance, now that the !
body has been found, that some one j
will recall having seen a strange boat i
in the vicinity,” one of the F. B. I. !
men said.
Nine-Strand Wire.
County Medical Examiner Squire !
said the wire which bound Peter's
mutilated torso was a nine-strand
copper wire which might have been
taken from a radio set. ’
"The remains are so badly decom
posed that it is impossible to tell how
the head was severed.” Dr. Squire said
after performing an autopsy.
"Nor is it possible to determine
whether the boy was dead or alive
when thrown into the water. All we
can hope to find out from laboratory
testa of the vital organs is whether he
was poisoned.”
Dr. Squire said it was apparent that
the body had been weighted down,
delaying recovery possibly for weeks.
"This,” said District Attorney Wal
ter Ferris, "is a clear case of murder.”
Murray Levine, Peter’s father, a
* (See LEVINE, Page A-37)
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________ *
Presidential Wreath Is Placed on Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier in
Arlington Cemetery.
America remembered its war dead today, .and under the leadership of
President Roosevelt, decorated the graves .of those brave men who gave their
lives that their country might survive.
A wreath from the President, who is in Hyde Park, N. Y., was laid this
morning on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the national symbol of ulti
mate patriotic heroism, in Arlington Cemetery.
This was the high point of tne od-'
servance of Memorial Day, which at
tracted all faiths and all paiitical
groups, and brought demonstrations
for the fallen of all American wars.
More than 35.000 visitors from out of
town are in Washington for the day.
Senator Walsh Speaks.
At the most impressive ceremonies
of the day, the Grand Army of the
Republic's exercises in the Arlington
Ampitheater, Senator David I. Walsh,
Democrat, of Massachusetts said that
more important than eulogizing the
dead is the need for considering the
fact that we live today “In a world
where truth, justice and moral stand
ards have been disregarded and force
alone has become the dominating
factor in determining the destinies of
peoples and nations."
The Senator took advantage of the
day set aside in memory of those
w ho died in war to warn that America
must keep out of war. He offered two
fundamentals for preserving our
peace—strict neutrality and adequate
national defense. That twofold pro
gram, he said, will keep us out of war
beyond our frontiers. But there is
danger at home, he said. He ex
plained:
“You living veterans who 20 years
ago left the firing lines of Prance
must not think that your battles are
over. You must make yourselves the
inspired leaders in all the great move
ments for advancement and progress
of our beloved country.
"May I urge you, the comrades or
the fallen dead whose memories we
revere and in whose honor this day's
ceremony is held—to fight those forces
that place material values above the
spiritual values upon which our
founders built this Republic and which
have brought other democracies to
ruin and which destroy progress and
liberty everywhere.”
A cool, cloudy day without rain was
forecast by the Weather Bureau.
Wreaths were brought to Washing
ton Cathedral this morning and the
United Spanish War Veterans deco
rated the tomb of Admiral Dewey and
Veterans of Foreign Wars decorated
the tomb of Pre ident Wilson.
A tablet bearing the names of
Georgetown University students who
died in service during the World War
was unveiled at 10 a.m. at Georgetown
Law School.
The services in tAe Amphitheater
began at 1 pm. when a bugler from
the Marine Band blew assembly.
First Memorial Day.
The G. A. R„ made up of men who
fought for the Union 75 years ago,
conceived Memorial Day in 1868, when
Gen. John A. Logan, commander in
chief of the G. A. R., declared:
"It is the purpose of the commander
in chief to inaugurate this observance
with the hope that it will be kept from
year to year, while a survivor of the
war remains.”
Col. Wallach A. McCathran pre
sided at the exercises at the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier this morning.
A host of organizations placed wreaths
including these groups:
The G. A. R. Memorial Day Corp.,
the United Spanish War Veterans, the
Veterans of the Foreign Wars, the
American Legion, Disabled American
Veterans, United Spanish War Auxil
iary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary, Disabled Amer
ican Veterans.
Senator Walsh Speaks.
Besides Senator Walsh, the chief
points of the Amphitheater program
were: ”
Introduction of James G. Yaden,
president of the G. A. R. Memorial
Corp.; invocation by Rev. John F.
Carruthers, past department chaplain.
Veterans of Foreign Wars; "Star
Spangled Banner,” sung by Mario
Cozzi to the accompaniment of the
Marine Band; reading of Gen. Logan's
order establishing Memorial Day;
Sousa’s "Semper Fidelis,” by Fort Stev
ens Post, American Legion; "Lift Up
Your Hearts,” by the Marine Band;
recitation of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Ad
dress by Harlan Wood, past depart
ment commander, American Legion;
“There Is No Death,” by Mario Cozzi;
"Tap°,” cornet solo, by Winfred Kemp,
and benediction by the Rev. William
H. La Roche, department chaplain,
United Spanish War Veterans.
All through the morning the fam
ilies of heroes decorated individual
graves in Arlington Cemetery.
Other Exercises.
In another solemn Memorial Day
exercise tribute to the war dead
was to be paid at 3:30 p.m. today in
Battleground National Cemetery, on
Georgia avenue N.W. opposite Walter
Reed Hospital.
Judge Harry B. Fleharty, special
“(See MEMORIAL DAY.’ Page A-5.)
TALKS MAY BRING
M CZECHS
Premier Hodza to Conduct
Steps This Week With
Sudeten Leaders.
Bs the Associated Press.
PRAHA, May 30—The progress of
peace parleys this week may determine
the chances of effective compromise
between the German and Czech ele
ments of this post-war republic.
The second of three Sunday mu
nicipal elections yesterday showed, as
did those last week, that 80 to 95 per
cent of the Vote in German commun
ities is solidly behind Konrad Henlein,
the Sudeten German "Fuehrer." Czech
communities among the 2,740 where
elections were held followed a trend
to the left.
It was taken for granted the third
and final election, on June 12, would
confirm the results of the first two,
giving Mr. Henlein a powerful ad
vantage in his c'aims to represent the
3.500.000 Sudeten German minority
for which he demands sweeping priv
ileges of self government.
Protest in Advance.
Nevertheless. German Socialists and
Communists were protesting in ad
vance against any compromise that
might be reached without consulting
them.
Premier Milan Hodza will conduct
the peace negotiations, which prob
ably will continue through the week,
with Sudeten German party leaders
Mr. Kenlein paid a preliminary visit
to Premier Hodza a week aito. but
further talks were postponed because
of Mr. Henlein's absence from Praha
on what was described as private
business.
The basic difficulty to compromise,
in the eyes of neutral observers here,
is how to work out a plan whereby
a whole section of the population,
which is Nazi German, can be granted
the concessions of .'self-government
by a state which is struggling to
defend its independence against the |
powerful state of Chancellor Adolf \
Hitler.
Optimism Apparent.
! Some optimism was apparent, how
ever, because the Sudeten Germans \
and Premier Hodza were willing at |
least to talk things over.
The elections yesterday were quiet,
with only one serious clash, at Eiben- |
berg in the border region near Ger- j
many. A Henlein follower and three
Socialists were hurt and police ar
rested 75 rioters.
Disorders before the May 22 elec
tion brought German troop move
ments toward the frontier—routine
maneuvers according to Berlin;
Czechoslovakia, likewise, moved nearly
a half million soldiers along her
frontiers, particularly that with Ger
many.
me government iearea uermany
might invade the country to attempt
a coup similar to that by which
Austria was annexed. Czechs still
fear such an attempt may one day
be made, and believe peace lies in
amicable settlement of the Sudeten
German demands.
-•-—
REPORT 8 DEATHS
IN CLOUDBURST
Searchers Said to Have Found
Six Bodies After Cabin Is
Washed Down Creek.
B: *be Associated Press.
MANCHESTER. Ky.. May 30.-*
Eight members of the Bob Thompson
family were reported to have drowned
early today when a cloudburst washed
their cabin down a creek in this
mountain area.
Mr. Thompson, a miner, and his
eldest son were reported to have es
caped.
Six bodies were recovered, according
to meager information given Tom
Smith, railroad station agent here. He
said the tragedy was reported by
miners. /
The victims were said to be Thomp
j son’s wife and seven children.
Summary of Today's Star
' Page. Page.
Amusements B-16 Radio -B-ll
Comics . B-14-15 Short Story..A-ll
Editorials ... A-6 Society .. ... B-3
Finance _A-ll Sports . ..A-12-13
Lost & Found B-12 Woman’s
Obituary_A-10 Page/-B-8
FOREIGN.
Rebels encircling high loyalist strong
hold. Page A-3
Hitler sympathizers in conclave jeered
on West Coast. Page A-5
NATIONAL.
Barkley confident of adjournment by
June }1. Page A-l
Missing remnants of Peter Levine
body sought by police. Page A-l
WASHINGTON AND NEARBY.
Petworth drugstore robbed of $800
during night. Page A-4
Middies practice for color dress parade
after “sob Sunday” rites. Page B-l
SPORTS. s
Third-place Nationals now bent An
beating road jinx. Page Ait
Odds shortened to 3-2 on Ross in
Armstrong fight. PageA-12
Woodruff rated East's chief hope in
I. C. 4-A track meet. Page A-12
Injury to Hemsley forecasts more
trouble for Indians. PageA-12
Field rapidly narrows in The Star
title tennis tourney. Page A-13
Germany, France clinch semi-final
places in net play. Page A-13
Lord As tor fighting potent Epsom
Derby Jinx. Page A-13
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Pa*« A-f
This and That. Page A-6
Answers to Questions. Page A-6
David Lawrence. Page A-7
Constantine Brown. Page A-7
Washington Observations. Page A-7
We, the People. Page A-7
Lemuel Par ton. Page A-7
MISCELLANY.
Vital Statistics. Page A-lt
Contract Bridge. Page A-ll
Shipping News. Page A-ll
Nature’s Children. Page B-11
Cross-word Pussle. PageB-14
Bedtime Story.
Letter-OuA
IWO PLANES FLY
OVER JAPAN, BRING
AIR RAID WARNING
Unidentified Craft Carry
Scare to Westernmost
Part of Empire.
JAPANESE BATTLING
TO ESCAPE TRAP
Reinforcements Struggling to
Reach Surrounded Division.
Canton Raids Continue.
BULLETIN.
TOKIO. May 30 OP).—Dispatches,
from Fukuoka tonight said two
airplanes of unidentified nationality
had appeared over Kyushu, west
ernmost of the islands of Japan
proper. Western air defense head
quarters issued an air raid warning
at 10:50 p.m. (8:50 a m., E. S. T).
One Fukuoka source said the
planes were over the island about
9 p.m.
>iy the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI. May 30—Japanese
reinforcements battled furiously today
in an effort to reach Lt. Gen. Kenji
Doihara's trapped division, virtually
surrounded by Chinese northwest of
Lanfeng.
Chinese dispatches said the rein
forcements were still 5 miles east of
Lanfeng. however, and blocked off by
masses of Chinese troops.
The predicament of Doihara’s di
vision seemed likely to become an
other "face pidgin” incident, so not
able from a psychological standpoint
in China's war to save herself from
the Japanese invaders.
Doihara’s reputation as an out
standing army leader and the chief
Japanese political manipulator, which
gained him the flowery title of "Law
rence of Manchuria.” would make
his defeat by the Chinese of tre
mendous importance. The "loss of
face” would be akin to that suf
fered by the Japanese in their re
cent defeat at Taierhchwang.
The Chinese—with Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek reported personally
commanding operations from field
headquarters at Chengchow—have
thrown a mighty barrier of fighting
men in front of the Japanese forces
and are fighting desperately to stop
the offensive westward along the
Lunghai Railway.
x Heavy ngnting.
Doihara's 14th Division, the ad
vance element of a Japanese Army
which aimed eventually at reaching
the provisional Chinese capital at
Hankow, was cut off in some of the
bloodiest fighting of the war.
Japanese leaders reported all at
tacks thus far repulsed by Doihara's
men. who were entrenched in three
villages near Jjanfeng.
Meanwhile. Japanese forces south
of the Lunghai Railway advanced
along a Central China highway lead
ing directly to the Peiping-Hankow
Railway, which crosses the Lunghai
at Chengchow . These forces were said
to have penetrated Pohsien and en
gaged Chinese defenders in hand»*3
hand combat inside the walled city.
These forces started off to the
southwest from the Lunghai. intend
ing to cut the Peiping-Hankow line
below Chengchow, but the Chinese
contend it will be necessary for them
to swing north to help Doihara's di
vision out of its perilous position.
To explain the halting of their drive
on Kaifenv—the immediate objective
of the Japanese in their drive toward
Chengchow—the Japanese asserted
that for sheer manpower the army
concentrated by the Chinese exceeded
any force hitherto encountered. Kai
feng is 30 miles west of Lanfeng on
the Lunghai line.
Destructive air raids on Canton in
the past few days have fostered re
ports that a Japanese expeditionary
force is en route to South China
preparatory to landing under strong
naval protection. Foreign military
observers, however, are dubious about
such an operation developing.
Canton Raids Continue.
Japanese bombing planes continued
raids on Canton, apparently seeking to
destroy the city’s morale. Canton’s
principal railway depot, Taishatau.
was bombed again this morning. It
was estimated that 1,000 civilians
have been killed and about 1,500
wounded in the series of raids.
Canton refugees were flooding into
Hong Kong, seeking to escape the air
menace, but, generally, the Chinese
seemed to have maintained their
spirit.
British colonial authdrities at Hong
Kong said that due to congested con
ditions brought about by the influx
of refugees from Canton, Amoy and
Swatow, it might be necessary to close
the frontier to safeguard refugees and
residents already there.
Vice Minister Resigns.
TOKIO, May 30 (/P).—The war office
announced today that Lt. Gen. Yoshi
Jiro Umezu, vice minister, had resigned
and that his successor is Lt. Gen. Eiki
Tojo, chief of staff of the Kwangtung
(Manchuria) army.
An announcement was expected
shortly confirming the resignation of
War Minister Gen. Gen Sugiyama, and
the appointment of Lt. Gen. Seishiro
Itagaki, one of the outstanding com
manders in the China war, as the
new minister, continuing Japanese
cabinet alterations begun last Thurs
day in an effort to provide an effective
"win the war” government.
CHRYSLER GAINS
_#.
Condition of Motor Magnate Is
Described as Better.
NEW YORK, May 30 </P).—The con
dition of Walter P. Chrysler, sr„ auto
mobile manufacturer, who is confined
in a sanitarium with a "circulatory
attack,” was described today as better.
An announcement last night also
noted Improvement and said he was
"better and progressing.” Mr. Chrys
ler’s physician said he waa taken to
the sanitarium because ofjjhe threat
of pneumonia.
c
MEMORIAL DAY, 1938.
Effort to Exchange It for
Security Might Cost
Both, He Says.
By 'he Associated Preas.
GETTYSBURG. Pa.. May 30 —Over |
the graves of the soldiers who fell;
while the cannon thundered 75 years ;
ago. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of
Michigan declared today that "those
who try to trade liberty for security"
might lose both.
Standing beside the marble monu
ment where Lincoln pledged that
"Government of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not perish 1
from the parth.” Senator Vandenberg
said the United. States has come to
"another Gettysburg ”
This time the crisis Is civil, not
military, he told the assembled
throng.
Declaring the Constitution must be
preserved to safeguard Lincoln's
pledge and democracy, Senator Van
denberg said, “One present breach in
the dike of the Constitution—inconse
quential though it may seem at the ;
moment—can loose the final flood.”
' If the Constitution needs change.” j
he asserted. "It can properly be
changed only by the people them- !
selves. Any other change is treason— ;
treason to American heritage—treason
to Gettysburg—treason to Memorial
I Day.”
Subversive Forces Hit.
Terming this "a world in which
i democracy under a flag lies wounded
unto death,” Senator Vandenberg
sounded an alarm against “subversive
forces” which he said "undermine this
Government.” He added:
“I refer not only to those open agi
tators who would uproot and over
throw the American system, but also
to those more subtle but no less sub
versive manipulators and regimenters
who would chain us to centralized
bureaucracy at Washington.”
"I im not mean.” he said, ‘‘that the
American system is a static thing. I
do not mean that we should forebear
from useful change. But I do most
emphatically mean that all change is
not progress X do mean that our
basic principles of government of. by
and for the people—our constitutional
checks and balances—are just as sound
and just as precious now as at any
other moment in the last century and
a half. I do mean that this is a Gov
ernment of laws and not of men. I
do mean that those who try to trade
liberty for security are likely to lose
both.”
Fraternity of Interests.
Declaring that out of Gettysburg
came a re-united Nation, Vandenberg
added:
“We found the means to reunite
ourselves in a wedlock that shall know
no death. America could not exist
without this fraternity of interest.
But here again there are new Gettys
burgs to be fought and won. We are
torn today by class dissentions and
class consciousness. Our people are
divided into hostile groups, each striv
ing relentlessly for its own objectives
regardless of the common weal.
“In recent years we have been
taught actually to hate one another—
to call each other harsh and invidious
names. It will not do, my country
men. I care not whether the strife
be between farmer and industrialist,
between employer and employe, or be
tween those who have and those who
have not. In our America, we sink or
swim together. United we Stand; di
vided we fall. We cannot pull the
lower one-third up by pulling all
three-thirds down. America is a
partnership between 130,000,000 peo
ple.”
W. P. A. DISCHARGES 4
Alleged Shortages in Theater
Receipts Are Found.
NEW YORK. May 30 (JP).—Four
employes of the W P. A. Federal
Theater Project have been dismissed
after alleged discrepancies were found
in the records of two stage productions,
Paul Edwards, administrative officer
for the Federal arts projects here, said
last night Nine others, one a woman,
were questioned in box office short
ages of the W. P. A. circus.
No charges were made. Mr. Edwards
said suspicions were aroused when he
found box office receipts for the two
plays did not compare with the at
tendance.
He said his investigation indicated
admission tickets were lapld to elimi
nate discrepancies in thrrsewrds.
Man, 52, Betters
Youth's Time in
64-Mile Walk
By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va„ May 30—Middle
age was one-up on youth today.
Niels P. Nielsen. 51, of Elko, a red
thatched Dane, scored for those “over 1
40” when he completed a 64.8-mile
walk from Charlottesville to Rich- ;
mond in 14 hours 38 minutes, two
hours better time than that of Nathan ;
Bushnell, University of Virginia stu- j
dent, who trudged over the same
course last month.
Mr. Nielsen reached the Richmond
city limits shortly after dawn today,
the first of four finishers out of a
starting field of 13, which included
three women.
His reward, as to other finishers,
was the satisfaction of fulfilling a
desire to demonstate that age 40 and
above does not spell lack of physical j
endurance.
W. R. Runnicutt, 40, Richmond
tobacco foreman, came in second after
17 hours and 29 minutes on the road;
D. A. White. 60, railroad man of Rich
mond, was third with a time of 19
hours. 20 minutes, and Mack Byrne,
40. W. P. A. writers’ project employ*
and World War veteran, crossed the
finish line seven minutes later.
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MAYOR,STRIKERS
DEFYEACHOTHER;
Goodyear Plant Planning
Attempt to Resume
Work Tomorrow.
by the Associated Press.
AKRON. Ohio, May 30—Akron's
mayor and labor leaders defied each
other as they prepared today for the
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s attempt
to resume operations tomorrow in the
face of a United Rubber Workers’
strike.
"Not even guns and cannon will stop
us next time,-' said Frank Grill, in
ternational secretary of the C. I. O.
union, in addressing a meeting of
workers.
Mayor Lee D. Schroy replied with a
ban on mass picketing and stated "My
answer is that the mayor of Akron
takes orders from no one. If it is
necessary, the entire poltce force will
be there.”
Charles Collins, chairman of the
United Labor Defense Committee rep
resenting 75 C. I. O. and A. F. of L.
unions, pleaded: "Let’s keep our heads
and get this Goodyear thing settled in
conference.”
The Goodyear Co., which employs
some 8.000 production workers, an
nounced that work would resume
Tuesday morning. The United Rubber
Workers went on a spontaneous strike
Thursday over “accumulated griev
ances” and 80 persons were injured
when a crowd clashed with a cordon
of about 100 police.
Mayor Schroy urged that all but em
ployes remain away from the factory
area and issued a statement in which
he said:
"Within the past *8 hours, C. I. O.
officers have made public statements
inciting to riot and armed rebellion
against the forces of public author
ity.
“They know the law. The pickets
must be restricted to the number per
mitted by law and they can use only
peaceful persuasion.”
The union will meet tonight. Na
tional Guard observers are on the
scene.
Snyder Leads With Record
Time in Indianapolis
Auto Classic.
BULLETIN.
SPEEDWAY, Indianapolis, Ind.,
May 30 (A*).—Everett Spencer,
Terre Haute, Ind., a spectator, was
killed today when a wheel from a
crashing race car flew off the track
In the 500-mile automobile race
at the Indianapolis motor speed
way. Jimmy Snyder, Chicago,
led the race at the first 100
miles today in record-breaking
time of 49:59.62, to average 120 015
miles an hour. Emil Andres of
Chicago skidded, spun around
three times and crashed through a
guard rail on the 42d lap. He is
unconscious. Ira Hpll went through
the inside rail at the northeast
turn. He was not hurt.
B’ the Associated rresa.
SPEEDWAY. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.
May 30—Clouds hanging low threat
ened thundershowers as 33 drivers
piloting the fastest field ever as
sembled, lunged away at 10 am
(Central standard timet today in th
start of the annual 500-mile automo
bile race over the Indianapolis moto
speedway.
Officials of the speedway estimate
the crowd would surpass that of las
year, but just before the start of th
race it appeared the attendance wouli
fall short of 150,000. the 1937 figure
as the spectators continued to swarn
through the gates. '
The gates were opened at 6 o'clocl
and the vanguard of the big crow(
began flowing through. The first t
enter was John Ventura, Cleveland
Ohio, mechanic, who had been wait
ing at the gates for 28 days.
Sun Trie* to Break Through.
The sun was trying to break througl
the clouds and It peeped for a fei
seconds just before the start. Offlcia
weather observers said the cloud
would disappear, with the sain comin
out to beat down on the two-and-a
half-mile brick course until the finis]
of the grind.
In event of rain, the car leading th
field must travel 110 laps or 275 milei
to make it official. If the elapsed dis
tance is less, the cars will be flaggei
off the track and started tomorrow
in the positions they were holding a
the the time the race was halted.
Every driver, from the fastest to th
slowest, thought he was going to win.
Wilbur Shaw Confident.
“I’m going to win this race and b
the first to win twice in a row," sai
dapper Wilbur Shaw, victor last yeai
Red-shirted Floyd Roberts of Va
Nuys, Calif., sitting in the position a
the start, said, "I feel this is m
lucky day.”
Louis Meyer of Huntington Pari
Calif., who has copped the first prlz
three times, was just as sure of vie
tory. ,
“I have a good car, feel swell an
think I have a good chance of win
ning mv fourth speedway race.” h
said, as he climbed into his trim blac
and white speedster.
The first lap of the race was a
moderate speed, about 80 miles ai
hour, and did not count in the 20
laps necessary to complete the race
After completing the pacemaking la]
the drivers stepped on the gas, forcini
every ounce of power out of thei
engines.
Rex Mays, Glendale, Calif., drivim
at terrific speed, shot into the leiu
~(See INDIANAPOLIS, Page A-4.)
Fuel for Cars in Today s Race
To Cost Up to $1.20 a Gallon
Pj the Associated Press.
SPEEDWAY, INDIANAPOLIS, May
30.—Gasoline will be a very minor in
gredient In fuel powering the 33 can
in the 500-mile race at the Indianapo
lis Motor Speedway today. Less than
10 per cent will be used.
All fuel restrictions were dropped
from this year’s event. Any fuel and
any amount may be used.
As a result, the can will run on spe
cial blends containing varying combi
nations of bensol, grain or wood alco
hol-substances the average motorist
has not suspectetUwould power auto
motive engines. M
Alcohol is used aeeauss tt its cool
lng effect and also because It permit
a heavier charge of fuel to enter th
cylinders which assist super charger
into developing high power needed li
racing engines.
The alcohol is blended with small*
amounts of benzol and special gaso
line to offset, in some extent. Its great
er disadvantage—high consumption
These blends may cost up to $1.20 i
gallon and yield as little as 3 mile
per gallon. Starting Is difficult witl
racing blends, but this is unlmportan
since racing cars usually are start*!
by pushing.
Use of alcohakfpr racing is not in
dicatlve of amm usefulness for an
Motor fuel for oflnary purposes.
CONGRESS LIKELY
BARKLEY INKS
Leader Asserts Those Who
Want to Go by Then
Will Get Wish.
” *
RELIEF BILL PASSAGE
BY MIDWEEK IS SEEN
Wage-Hour Compromise Remains
and Deficiency Appropriation.
Reorganization Abandoned.
By th#* Associated Press.
Members of Congress want to go
home by June 11 and Senate Leader
Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky ex
I pressed confidence today that they
1 will ge their wish.
"We should pass the relief bill In
| the Senate by the middle of the week.’*
. Barkley told reporters. "Then all
we will have left are a compromise
on the wage-hour bill, a deficiency ap
propriation measure and a few odds
and ends that can be sandwiched in
at any time."
Administration leaders. It was
learned, have decided definitely to
abandon the Government reorgani
zation bill for this session. There
had been frequent rumors that the
measure, shelved in the House after
Senate passage, would be revived
before adjournment,.
Several informed Congressmen pre
dicted, however, that President Roose
velt would renew his request for the
legislation next year.
To Ballot on Relief Bill.
Both chambers were in recess for
Memorial Day. When the Senate
reconvenes tomorrow It will start
voting on amendments to the *3.
247.000.000 relief and public works bill.
Although opponents planned a vig
orous fight to "earmark" funds for
specific purposes, several conceded pri
: vatel.v that the measure would pass in
! substantially its present form. Further
debate was limited under an agree
ment reached Saturday.
A Joint committee arranged to meet
; tomorrow or Wednesday in an effort to
! reconcile differences between the
House-approved wage-hc*ir bill and a
labor standards measure voted by the
Senate last summer.
The House bill would impose uni
form w'age and hour standards
throughout the country, while the Sen
ate measure would let a board fix
I standards by industries,
i Led by Senator Harrison, Democrat,
of Mississippi. Southern Senators have
! demanded sectional differentials. They
| contend that flat standards for all
parts of the country would penalize
Southern industry.
Senator Ellender, Democrat, of
Louisianna. a member of the Joint
' Conference Committee, predicted that
| "some kind of a differential" would be
included in the compromise draft. He
. said the committee may be able to
work out a plan under which differen
tials would be fixed by a board or by
I the Secretary of Labor.
Would Avert Long Fight.
I Southerners generally agreed that
[ such a system would avert a pro
longed fight over final approval of the
legislation.
1 While leaders rushed debate on the
few remaining bills, many legislators
| already were beginning to talk about
next session's work. One major item
’ for 1939 will be a new tax measure.
' expected to bring a renewal of the hot
Government-business fight over the
undistributed profits levy.
Mr. Roosevelt, declaring that the
i new revenue measure continued the
t levy ip modified form for only two
1 years, made it clear Friday that he fa
s vored the principle of the tax.
f Chairman Harrison of the Finance
- Committee, a foe of the levy, told the
t Senate that Congress would have to
find new taxes next year to replace the
; one on undivided profits.
, Senator Gerry, Democrat, of Rhode
- Island, a member of Harrison's com
1 mittee, had this to say:
' "The undistributed profits tax is a
t tax on thrift, which falls especially
heavily on the new and small cor
s porations. It is economic murder.”
—— -•- —
?' RAIN LIKELY, PASCH’G
DERBY ODDS LENGTHEN
i __
11
P Morris*’ Horse Up to 5 to 2 in
Next to Last Call-Over on
\ Wednesday Prices.
By the Associated Press.
11 LONDON. May 30.—As rain fell at
‘ Epsom, foretasting a probable wet
e racing strip. H. E. Morriss’ Paach
c weakened as the big favorite in the
Wednesday derby, his price going
t from 2 to 1 to 5 to 2 in the next-to
1 last call-over on odds.
1 James V. Rank’s Scottish Union was
• second favorite at 17 to 2, followed by
* Viscount Astor’s Pound Foolish and
'< Sir Abe Bailey's Golden Sovereign at
' 13 to 1, Sir Humphrey De Trafford's
Portmarnock at 100 to 7. Leon Vol
t terra's Bols Rousell at 15 to 1, and the
1 Aga Khan’s Mirza 2d at 100 to 6.
Other odds: Flyon, 22 to 1; Mano
rite, 28 to 1; Cave Man, 30 to 1;
Tahir and Malabar, 33 to 1: Bland
star, 35 to 1; Troon, Farce, Unbreak
able and Valerian 3d, 40 to 1; Chats*
worth, 50 to 1; Halcyon Gift, 66 to 1;
Slip On. 80 to 1; Licence, Seventh
Wonder and Caerloptic, 100 to 1, and
What a Lad, 200 to 1. What a Lad.
owned by the Maharajah of Rajpipla,
is considered an almost certain non
runner due to an injury suffered ill
training.
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