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THREE CENTS.
NAVY SEIZES 3 BREWSTER PLANE PLANTS
4
Corregidor Damaged by Heavy Blasting of Jap 9-Inch Guns
_ a.
U. S. Submarine
Hits Undersea
Craft of Enemy
Manila Bay Fort
Reports Casualties
From Big Shells
(Earlier Story on Page A -1.)
•» 'h* Aaaoriatcd Pr***.
Corregldor was bombarded
heavily today by Japanese guns
of J40-milimeter caliber—about :
••Inch—the War Department
said in a communique late today,
adding that “some casualties and
gome damage resulted."
The big guns picked up where,
Japanese dive bombers left off. it
having been reported earlier that
the island fortress was being sub
jected to steady thrusts from the
air. The late communique said the
hostile air attacks had decreased
At the aame time, the Navy De- .
partment told of a clash between an
American and a Japanese submarine, >
In which the enemy craft was sur
prised in the Western Pacific and
damaged by torpedo fire. The Amer
ican undersea boat was commanded
by Lt. Comdr. Elton W. Orenfell
Radburn N. J., who was one of four
submarine commanders awarded the
Navy Cross today, Before attack
ing the Japanese submarine. Comdr
Orenfells craft sank a 5.000-ton
enemy vessel
The War Department communi
que added that on the island of
Fanay. in the Central Philippines,
enemy troops made further landings
on the southwest coast near San
Joae. but in the northern pert of
the Island near Lambanao the
enemy was halted temporarily in
sharp counterattacks by the Ameri
can Filipino defenders.
The War Department confirmed
the shelling of the coastline of
Curacao. In the Netherlands West
Indies, by an enemy submarine yes
terday. The communique said that
a quickly extinguished brush fire
was started but no damage was In
flicted and the submarine disap
peared after shore batteries opened
fir*.
House Group Increases
Defense Highway Fund
B* the Associated Press.
Representative Mott. Republican
of Oregon, announced today that the
House Roads Committee had ap
proved a bill to increase funds for
access roads needed by war indus
tries from $150,000,000 to $250,000 -
000.
live measure amends the highway
defense bill and Mr Mott said pro
vided funds for those roads certified
as immediately necessary by the
War and Navy Departments.
Two Germans Recaptured
BOWMANVILLE Ontario. April
$0 (4*t.—Two German officers who
attempted to escape last night from
a prison camp near here were rr
rrptured before they were able to
get outside wire barricades. Their
eerape was first reported when they
were absent at the nightly roll call.
(Earlier Story on Page B-*.>
St. Nazaire Toll Put at 500
LONDON April 20 .A' —Free
French headquarters declared today
that 500 Frenchmen were killed at
Bt. Naraire during the recent British
commando raid there and said it
was possible the figure included some
executions by the Germans as re
prisals
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Editorials A-I
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Radio B 14
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Woman's
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Complete Index on Page A-1
OUSTED—Lt Gen. Akira Muto
has been removed as chief of
the Japanese Bureau of Mili
tary Affairs, the Tokio radio
says, and replaced by Maj.
Gen. Ken-ryo Sato, iStory on
Page A-1.)
Compromise Sought
By G. 0. P. on War
And Peace Stand
Hot Willkie-Toft Clash
Develops at Committee
Meeting in Chicago
i Earlier Storv on Page A-l.)
Bv GOULD LINCOLN,
Sur sun Correspondent
CHICAGO. Anril 20—Strenu
ous efforts were under way late
today in the Resolutions Com
mittee of the Republican Na
tional Committee to work out a
compromise resolution on the
war and the course to be fol
lowed by the United States after
it ends.
The forces supporting Wendell L.
Wilikie and his resolution declaring
for international co-operation after
the close of the war to maintain
peace- which has been interpreted
by Mr Wilikie. himself, as a "re
pudiation' of the policy of isola
tionism—were demanding that the
language prepared by Mr Willkie
dealing with this phase be oarripri
in the resolution ultimately reported
to the national committee.
Supporters of the position taken
by Senators Taft of Ohio and Brooks
of Illinois, who favor strong dec
laration for the all-out prosecution
1 of the war. but who are against
committing the country and the Re
publican party to international co
operation. in so many words, at this
time were opposing that section of
the resolution
Floor Fight Threatened.
Threats were made by Willkie sup
•See REPUBLICANS. Page 2-X >
Other League Games
AMERICAN LEAGl'E.
At Cleveland—
St. Louis 101 10 —
Cleveland 012 01 — -
Batten#**—Ga)«h»u«e and Ferrell. A
>m»th and De&auteU
At Chicago—
Detroit 000 000 ft —
Chicago 200 000 1 —
fDoertr*—Treui an# TVhhetU; Rime.
and Treah
Sew York-Philadelphia—Postponed.
NATIONAL LEAGl'E.
At New York—
Philadelphia 002 400 0 —
New York 000 300 0 —
Batten**—Johnson and Warren McGee.
Fait. Sunkel and Panning
At Brooklyn—
Boston 000 000 110— 2 7 0
Brookivn 203 020 20t — 0 112
blurin—E*rl». 'pihn T»«: and
lomKardi Klntti Huh. and sullHan
Darner
At Pittsburgh—
Chicago 020 000 iRO— R n 0
Pittsburgh 020 000 000— 2 7 3
Batterie*-M*et' McCallnuah and
Fhe'p* Butcher and Lepei
Only Games Scheduled i
Today's Home Runs
American League.
Case. Washington 5th inning
Conroy Boston. 4th inning
Keltner. Cleveland 3d Inning
Re pass, Washington, 9th Inning.
National League.
Camilli. Brooklyn. 1st inning
V. Di Maggie. Pittsburgh. 2d inning
Litwhiler. Philadelphia, 3d inning.
Glossop Philadelphia 4th inning
Maj. Gen. Ken-ryo Sato
pictured when he was at
tached as observer to the
United States Army at Fort
Sam Houston. San Antonio,
Tex. —A. P. Wirephotos.
►-— |
Nats Trim Red Sox,
10-4, in First Game
Of Double-Header
Case, Repass Homer
In 15-Hit Attack;
Wilson Yields Five
By BURTON HAWKINS.
S*«r Staff Correspondent.
BOSTON, April 20.—Burly Jack
Wilson, former Red Sox right
hander, checked his former mates
with five hits here today as the
Nats blasted Joe Dobson and
Mike Ryba for 15 hits to defeat
Bosion. 10 to 4, In the first game
of a double-header.
George Case and Bob Repass
each delivered their first home runs
of the season. Case connecting off
Dobson leading off in the fifth in
ning and Repass hammered his in
the ninth with Bobby Estalella on
base
Boston scored three runs in the
third inning when Estalella threw
wild past First Baseman Mickey
Vernon into right field at a time
when the bases were loaded The
Red Sox got their other run in the
fourth to take a 4-1 lead when Bill
Conroy homered with none on
Washington whittled that margin
to 4-3 in the fifth and grasped a
6-4 lead in the sixth on doubles by
Estalella and Repass, a walk to
Jose Gomez and Stan Spence's sin
gle. Wilson singled with the bases
loaded in the seventh to score two
more Washington runs.
In winning his first game of the
season. Wilson permitted only one
hit in the final four innings.
Every member of the Washington
line-up figured in the 15-hit attack
The first game was delayed more
than an hour because of rain and
the nightcap did not get under way
until 5:30 o'clock.
FIRST INNING.
W' ASH ING TON —Case singled of!
Tabor's glove and continued to sec
ond on Tabors wild throw pa.-t
Foxx. Case took third as Spence
grounded to Foxx Vernon walked
Campbell flied to Di Maggio in short
center, the runners holding their
'See BASEBAIX. Page 2-X.)
Box Score
tFirst Game.)
WASHINGTON
A.B. R. H. O. A. E.
Case, rf _ fi 2 2 5 0 0
Spence, cf _ 5 1 2 1 0 0
Vernon, lb.. 4 0 1)0 10
Campbell, rf_ 5 1 2 2 0 0
Earlv. c . 5 0 1 4 0 0
Estalella. 3b 3 3 3 0 2 1
Repass, ss 4 2 2 3 3 0
Comet. 2b ... 4 1 1 13 0
Wilson. • p _ 10 11 10
40 10 15 27 10 1
BOSTON.
A.B. R H. O A. E.
Di Mapg-io. rf 4 0 12 10
Pesky, ss .... 3 1 2 4 10
Williams. If 3 10 4 0 0
Koxx. lb 4 0 1 9 3 1
Tabor. 3b 3 0 0 3 2 1
Kox. rf 3 0 0 0 0 0
Newsome. 2b 4 0 0 2 3 0
Conroy, r 4 113 0 0
Dobson, p _1 1 0 0 10
Ryba. p 1 0 0 0 2 0
Lupien _ 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 4 5 27 13 2
Lupien hatted for R'ha in »th
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Washington 100 023 202—10 15 1
Boston 003 100 000— 4 5 2
Summary
Rons hatted in—Early i?). Coiiro’. Case
Repas* <3>. Spence <2> Wilson ft*.
Two-base hits—Estalella «*!). Renats
Home runt—Cnnroy. Cate Repast
Malen base—F«i.
^aeriflces—Fetby. Wilson
Double plays-Genet Repas* and Vernon:
Newsome. Fesk* and Foil Di Maaff'o
Fobs and Tabor
Left on bases— WasRinfinn. P: Ration. «
Rates on balls—OR Wilson. Si oR Dobson
21: oR Ryba 5.
Struck oil—Ry Wilton 4; by Dobs#* I;
b* Ryba. I
Hits—OfT Dobson IP in • inninpsi »i
Ryba S in 3 tnninrv
Passed ball—Karly.
Winning piicbpr—Wilson.
Latin* piteber—Dobson
—Mmn. iammerv Bammel *n*
PtHTII
Tim*—•:!*.
Vichy-Nazi Tie
Is Key to Peace,
Laval Asserts
Declaration of War
Against Germany Was
'Crime/ Nation Told
(Earlier Story on Page A-l.)
E» thr AMociated Pre*».
VICHY, Unoccupied France.
April 20.—Pierre Laval, new pro
Axis chief of the French govern
ment, told the French people
emphatically today that the 1939
declaration of war against Ger
many was a ‘'crime” and that
they had their choice now be
tween rapprochement wtth Ger
many or “seeing our civilization
disappear."
(Listeners in London reported
Laval also said in his radio ad
dress that Britain "after letting
us down in the fight now is treat
ing us as an enemy.” Vichy dis
patches did not include this pas
sage *
Refejring to the Montolre meeting
which he arranged between Adolf
Hitler and the Prench chief of
state. Marshal Petain, Laval de
clared:
"Since Montoire. since October.
1940. the war has been extended
to all continents and has taken oo
new significance. To the reasons
which determined us to seek a policy
of accord and reconciliation with
Germany there have been added
other reasons which are even more
compelling."
Assails Bolshevism.
Addressing the French nation by
radio. he said:
The gigantic battles which Ger
many is waging against. Bolshevism
have not only extended the war. but
have revealed its meaning.
"Do you believe the Soviets, if
they were winners, would halt at our
frontier?
"Would you agree that, with con
sent given by England, they would
impose upon us a regime which will
involve mechanization of the wort
era and annihilation of the elite?
"Thus we have put before us this
alternative: Either integrate our
selves—with our honor and our vital
Interests respected—in the new Eu
rope which will rise tomorrow from
the great epic which unfolds before
our eyes, or resign ourselves to see
ing our civilization disappear."
• As recorded in London. Laval
said. "My thoughts go especially
to those among you who have
suffered from attacks of a former
ally, all the more fierce against
(See LAVAU Page A-5.)
Capital Loses Convention
NEW YORK April 30 —'The
National Society of Daughters of
the American Colonists announced
today that because of war emer
gency conditions in Washington the
annual assembly April 24 and 25.
would be transferred to Philadelphia.
Senate Delays
Labor Action to
Hear Roosevelt j
Message to Congress
And Fireside Chat
Expected Monday
(Earlier Story on Page A-l.)
B* the Associated Pres*
Informed that President Roose- j
velt intends to outline general
national policies for controlling
the cost of living In a message
to Congress and a subsequent
radio talk Monday night, the
Senate, today postponed until
April 28 consideration of restric-,
tive labor legislation.
Senator Connally, Democrat, of
Texas obtained unanimous consent
for the delay after telling his col
leagues that President Roosevelt
personally had requested him not
to press a motion to take up a
bill authorizing the Government to
take over strikebound war plants.
"The President has authorized me
to sav that he made this request
and that he expects to send a mes
sage to the Congress relating to
the establishment of a general na
tional policy regarding the cost of
living and all factors relating there
to. including labor," Senator Con
nally said.
Message Will Generalize.
The President's message is ex
pected to deal in general terms with
methods of controlling the rising
cost of living Some Congress mem
bers said they doubted that specific
legislative proposals would be ad
vanced at this time, however.
Under the agreement reached by
the Senate. Senator Connally would
be privileged to call up on April 28
a motion to take up his bill, to
which advocates of restrictive legis
lation have said they Intended to
offer amendments suspending the
40-hour week, freezing open and
closed shops and limiting union
initiation fees.
Before the agreement was reached
Senator Austin, Republican, of Ver
mont asked Senator Connally if he
had considered the possible effect on
the conduct of the war. declaring
that “Congress is entitled to know
why, after weeks of delay which
seemed to some of us to be un
necessary, we are now asked to slow
down in this important effort."
Senator Connally replied that he
had not changed his attitude toward
the need for legislation, but that
the President felt he might make a
contribution to the war effort rather j
than delay it by giving a report on
the whole subject before Congress
acted.
Connally Cites Veto Possibility.
If Congress were to rush a meas
ure through despite the President's
request. Senator Connally said, it
might be vetoed.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
of Michigan, declaring that the Na
1 See LABOR. Page 2-X >
Late News Bulletins
Better Ship Pooling Planned
Harry Hopkins, the President’s principal war supplies
advisor, disclosed at the White House today that the United
Nations planned an improved system of pooling their ships in
order to get more efficiency out of wartime trans-oceanic
supply routes. Mr. Hopkins, just back from 12 days in London,
said this was one of the matters he was taking up with Presi
dent Roosevelt.
R. A. F. Resumes Sweeps Over France
FOLKESTONE. England —R. A. F. fighter squadrons
resumed patrol sweeps over Northern France late today as a
stiff breeze swept fog from the Straits of Dover. Two groups
of planes were seen heading toward Calais and Boulogne
through the lingering haze
Red Northern Fleet Battles Germans
i
MOSCOW >&<.—The Germans have launched heavy at
tacks against units of the northern fleet, but have been re
pulsed with destruction of 15 Nazi planes, the Moscow radio
reported tonight. Many additional German planes were
damaged, while the defending Russian fighters suffered no
losses, the radio said. 'Location and time of the battle were
not given »
Detroiter Helped Nazi Flyer Escape, Says F B I.
DETROIT —Escape of a German Army combat pilot
from an officers’ concentration camp in Canada was made
possible through co-operation of Max Stephan, German
born proprietor of a Detroit restaurant, the F. B I. revealed
today. Stephan, a naturalized American citizen, admitted
giving the German flyer food and money and arranging his
transportation out of Detroit Sunday morning. John S Bugas.
Detroit FBI. chief, declared The flyer was Peter Krug.
21-vear-old lieutenant in the German Air Force.
Poughkeepsie Loses Regatta
POUGHKEEPSIE. N Y 'The Intercollegiate Rowing
Association's regatta will not be held here on the Hudson
River this year, according to word received today by Stewart
Kimlin, chairman of the local Entertainment Committee,
from Asa Bushnell. secretary of the association. Mr. Bushnell
said the Board of Stewards hoped to name a new site within a
few days. Several sites are under consideration, but the
favored one was believed to be Onondaga Lake, Syracuse,
w'ith the distance of the varsity race reduced from four to
three miles.
G. W. Nine Beats Virginia, 6-5
George Washington University's baseball team defeated
Virginia this afternoon at Griffith Stadium. 6-5 Billy Rob
ertson. ex-catcher, making his first start on the mound for
George Washington, held the Cavaliers to aix hits.
SATISFIED WITH WAR EFFORT—Secretary of State Cordell
Hull, back at his post after a two-month Southern vacation ad
vocated by his physician, is shown as he entered the White
House today for a talk with President Roosevelt. In a statement
earlier in the day he expressed satisfaction with the war effort.
(Story on Page 2-X> —A. P. Photo.
Hospital Treatment
For Civilian Defense
Workers Is Asked
Randolph Bill Seeks
$100,000 for Injured
Volunteers Here
Free hospitalization and med
ical services for District volun
teer civilian defense workers in
jured in line of duty would be
provided under a bill introduced
today by Chairman Randolph of
the House District Committee.
He asked that $100,000 be ear
marked for such purpose.
In requesting congressional sanc
tion for the District Commission
ers' assumption of legal responsi
bility for injured O. C D. workers.
Mr. Randolph s bill does not include
compensation for those injured, nor
does it make provision for deaths
to volunteer workers growing out
of bombing raids or other war ex
igencies. Death claims would have
to be a matter of speeial legisla
tion. it was indicated by Corpora
tion Counsel Richmond B Keech.
who drew the bill at Mr. Randolph's
request.
Right to Requisition.
The Randolph bill also gives the
Commissioners authority to requisi- ,
tion any private property for de- !
fense purposes and make reason
able compensation for use of same
The bill also empowers the District
to accept funds and gifts from the
United States Government, such as
gas masks, helmets and other de
fense equipment.
The bill is a new blackout meas
ure. permitting the Commissioners
to borrow an additional $600,000
from the United States, making a
total of 1.600.000 Of the additional
$600,000. the sum of $100,000 would
be set aside to pay for injuries
growing out of defense activities.
It would permit the Commissioners
to utilize the personnel and facili
ties of the local government in ren
'See HOSPITALIZATION Pg 2-X i '
Two Firms Accused
Of Pads Restricting
Plane Glass Output
Philadelphia Company
Named With Du Pont
By Justice Official
By the Associated Press.
A Justice Department official
today accused two American
firms of participating with Ger
man and English firms in an in
ternational cartel which, he said,
had resulted in rigid restrictions
on production of a plastic glass
widely used in military aircraft.
Walter R. Hutchinson, special as
sistant to the Attorney General,
named the companies at a Senate
Patent Committee hearing as Rohm
A Haas Co. Inc., of Philadelphia;
Rolun & Haas. A. G.. of Darstadt,
Germany; I. G. Farbenindustrie of
Germany, Imperial Chemical Indus
tries, Ltd . of London, and E. I. du
Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.
These firms, he testified, made
inter-related agreements prior to
the war covering methyl-methacry
late. a glass substitute used for cock
pit inclosures; transparent bomber
noses, gun turrets, landing light
covers and windshields on military
aircraft.
Series of Agreements.
"Through a series of bipartite
agreements executed at different
times," Mr, Hutchinson said, “there
was constructed an international
cartel covering products of the acry
lic field, the principal thread run
ning through these agreements be
ing the conspiracy pertaining to cast
sheets of methyl methacrylate.
"The investigation iby the Jus
tice Department! developed the fact
that though some of the conspira
tors never had direct dealings with
one another, an over-all division of
territories was worked out, whereby
Philadelphia 'Rohm and Haas) kept
out of the world markets and Du
Pont remained out of the British
empire except when given permis
' See PATENTS, Page 2-X ’
MacLeish Urges A. P. Editors
To Oppose Nazi Peace Move
i Earlier Story on Page A-3.)
B> the Associated Press.
NEW YORK April 20—An Axis
peace offensive is due to be launched
this summer, Archibald MacLeish.
director of the Office of Pacts and
Figures, told more than 600 pub
lishers and editors at the annual
luncheon of Associated Press mem
bers today.
Mr MacLeL?h. who is also libra
rian of Congress, emphasized that
one of the principal weapons vital
to the defeat of this forthcoming
offensive of the Axis was the one
that journalists were trained to
use—ideas and words
"You have realized for a long time
and for a longer time than most
of us—that an Axis peace offen
sive is in the cards for next sum
mer." he told the editors.
A ‘peace offensive is an offensive
in political warfare and political
warfare is warfare fought with the
weapons journalists and publishers
are trained to use—the weapons of
ideas and words It can be met and
turned only by employment—by the
most skillful and effective employ
ment—of these same weapons. And
it Is the press, in a country which
puts its reliance on a free and in
dependent press, which has that
skill and can employ it.”
Mr. MacLeish asked the editors
to warn the public against this new
offensive of "devices of psychological
attack” as compared to attacks by
dive-bomber and other such me
chanical onslaughts.
"Bombers flying at Impossible
speeds and unattainable heights are
accepted without question and ob
served without astonishment.” he
said. "But the devices of psycholog
~ Se^A P EDITORS Page A-5)
Action Follows
Charge Against
Management
President's Order
Kept Secret Until
Factories Are Taken
Bv BLAIR BOLLF.S.
The Navy, at President Roose
velt's direction, this afternoon
took possession of the thre#
plants of the Brewster Aeronau
tical Corp. at Long Island City,
N. Y.; Newark, N. J.. and Johns
ville, Pa., because of “dissatisfac
tion with the management,” and
prepared to operate them until
the President “determines tha
plants * • • will be privately op
erated In a manner consistent
with the war effort."
The Navy took possession of the
plants at 2:22 p m, the White House
announced. The company has large
contracts for training planes. The
Navy Department said they also
turned out combat types.
Navy Iaeues Statement.
The Navy later issued an an
nouncement asserting that the “ex
isting private control" of the corpo
ration “has not proved adequate,
under the circumstances confront
ing it,” to effectively operate the
plants and assure essential deliv
eries Brewster plane* are used by
the British as well as the American
Air Force.
The action followed by a few dayi
a complaint presented to the Presi
dent by R. J. Thomas, president of
the United Automobile Workers of
America, that there was a slow
down situation at these plants and
that the management was made up
for the most part of aliens.
Mr. Thomas told reporters at the
White House Thursday that he was
asking the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation and the Navy Depart
ment to investigate the situation at
| the Brewster factories.
Order Secret Two Day*.
Mr. Roosevelt directed the step
pursuant to hts powers as Presi
dent and a* Commander In Chief
of the Army and Navy, In an
executive order dated April 18. two
days ago. The order was kept a
secret until the moment when me
Navy took possession of the plants.
The President previously has or
dered the same steps taken with
regard to four industrial organiza
tions—the Toledo. Peoria 8c West
ern Railroad: the Federal Shipbuild
ing A Drydock Corp, the North
American Aircraft Co. and the Air
Associates. These organizations were
taken over because of labor troubles.
‘ It Is deemed essential.” the order
said of the Brewster factories, “that
such plants be taken over for use
or operation by the United States
of America in order that they be
effectively operated.”
The first paragraph of the order
said:
“Brewster Aeronautical Corp. has
entered into contracts for the con
struction and manufacture of essen
tial war materials and such war
materials have been in the course
of manufacture at the plant* of »aid
company.”
Officials here said that the Brews
ter Corp. has been falling far be
hind in deliveries of planes to the
Government.
No Labor Problem Involved.
Capt George C. Westerve’t,
U. S N. retired, assumed control
of the plants when the Navy took
over.
Government officials here empha
sized that there was no labor prob
lem Involved In the Government's
assumption of control.
The executive order directed the
Secretary of the Navy to employ
a competent civilian adviser on in
dustrial relations” for Brewster and
| it was said that Capt. Westervelt
would pick this man
The executive order added:
“The Secretary of the Navy shall
employ such employes. Including a
competent civilian advisor on Indus
trial relations, as are necessary to
carry out the provisions of this or
! der. and. In furtherance of the pur
poses of this order, the Secretary of
the Navy may exercise any existing
< See BREWSTER,' Page" 2-X.)
Forty-Foot Fall From Tank
To Sidewalk Kills Worker
A 20-year-old workman was killed
instantly today In a headlong plunge
to the sidewalk from the top of a
40-foot tank at the McMillan Res
ervoir, First and Douglas streets
NW,
The youth. William Kendrick of
4421 Ord street »N.E . was engaged
| in filling the tank with lime—used
; to filter drinking water. Witnesses
told police the worker was standing
on top of the tower when a guy
rope with which the lime was being
lifted from the ground on a jib lift,
snapped, knocking him from his
perch. Police were told the youth s
' fall was momentarily cnecked when
I he clutched desperately at a ladder,
but another lurch of the rope hurled
him to his death.
Markets at a Glance
NEW YORK April 30 iA*'.—
Stocks irregular; price changes
narrow Bonds uneven; some
rails advance Cotton quiet;
hedge selling. May liquidation.
CHICAGO: Wheat shade low
er, early 1-cent loss mostly re
gained. Com about steady, good
feeding demand Hogs 10-15
lower: top. $14.10: larger supply.
Cottle—Steera 10-15 higher;
small run, good beef demand.