Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Wenther Bureau Forecast.) Local thundershowers late tonight or tomorrow; not so warm tomorrow; mod- erate southwest winds. \ Temperatures—Highest, 97, at 3:15 pm. yesterday; lowest, 77, at 6 today. Full report on Page B-3. Closing N. Y. Markets,Pages13,14&15 @he Ey — 4] ¢ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION tered as second class matter Jost office, Washinzton, D. C. 32.599. = No. GTO], D. C TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1933— ny Stap The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. e Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,429 FXP UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS WASHIN Released ROTS BREAK GUT || O FIVE FRONTS N MINE STRKE Pistols and Tear Gas Figure | in Clashes of Deputies and Pickets. SIX MEN ARE WOUNDED | IN UNIONTOWN BATTLE | 36 in Hospitals as Result of Fight- ing—Every Colliery in Penn- . CHARLES F. URSCHEL. URSCHEL RELEASED: SILENT ON RANSOM Rich 0il Man’s Family Re- fuses to Talk After 9-Day Captivity Ends. sylvania Faces Tie-up. BULLETIN. BROWNSVILLE, Pa.. Zugust 1 (#).—Louis Podorsky, 28, of Allison, died today, the first fatality in the ke zone cf Southwestern Penn- ylvania. Podorsky, a striker, was wounded in a clash between pickets and unidentifitd men earlier in the day he Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Pa., August 1.— Gunfire and tear gas sent 16 men to hospitals in the Southwestern Penn- sylvania strike zone today as the walk- out spread to other mines in the dis-! trict and threatened to tie up every colliery in the State's great bituminous coal fields lionaire released by kidnapers today D: er between deputy sheriffs and upon payment of an unannounced ran- pickets broke out at the Star Junction 'som, declared his eves were kept taped Colonial No. 3 and Edenborn mines during his nine days' captivity and he of the H. C. Frick Coke Co. did not know where he was taken by Eight men were wounded by pistol the swarthy machine gun snatchers. and shotgun fire, two so seriously that| Urschel said he knew only that his they may die. Three were injured by kidnapers drove him several hundred f_l;lr:f‘f g;{im:flfk_s lz;‘f Gf\a“f Were se- miles and freed him in the night near Miners in the pits of the Pittsburgh | Norman. about 30 miles from Okla- Coel Co. and the Pil Terminal | homa City. Coal Corporation. both of vhich rec- | Urschel would not discuss the ran- s LR T e e but Arthur Seeligson. friend of are striking for recognition. hel family and chief inter- 9,000 Join Strike. e dsa‘d di‘:‘"",”"‘ apayment had o iycaliby e n made. Questioned about the ran- chel said firmiy: the ; Som. | “That is a family affair.” | | Reiuses to Reveal Sum. | Seelig.on reiused to reveal the amcuni or details of the negotiations, saying simply The ransom was paid.” Urschel seemed in good health, althougin his eyes were bloodshot and he iocked t.red as he arose from sev- eral hours' sieep and appzared on the sun porch of his manson, the spot where the kidnapers seized him as he was enjoying a quiet bridge game with Mrs. Urschel and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jarrett July 22. | The oil man reached home at mid- [nlzhl after calling a taxicab from a barbecue stand near the point of his release. B By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, August 1— Charles F. Urschel. 40-year-old oil mil- Buffalo & Su. other operator of checkweigh Observ v this is virtually a de- mand for recognition of the United Mine Workers of America Workers in _a score of Washington. Greene and land Counties slso are on st In all, more than 30.000 miners have struck Union officials warned against walk- outs at mines that are unionized, say- ing this is “the wrong time” to strike but the men ignored them. Six Shot in Battle Six men were shot in a orush be- tween strikers and deputy sheriffs at Mrs. Urschel, worn after nine days the Star Junction mine. of anxiety over her husband's serety,| At Colonial No. 3. scene of recurring Sat with him as he taiked with re- disorders in the last week, two men porters. Also present were his son, were shot and two others seriously Charles, jr, 17, his arms clasped about burned by tear gas. " his.father, and Mrs. Urschel's son, Tom At Edenborn, bricks and stones were Slick, jr., 16. thrown and tear gas exploded. Several _ The wealthy oil man said he had persons were injured. slept little while he was held captive Fighting broke out at two other places| ' The time seemed terribly long,” he during the night said. “The days seemed to drag on Reports persisted that more troops forever. will be sent into the area and Gov. ‘We got along fine,” he related, Pinchot, who Saturday declared virtual Smiling. “They told me, ‘We doni martial law, said it is a “conditional Want to make this any more difficult possibility” that additional Guardsmen than we have to. If you fight, we will will be dispatched. He said, however have to mistreat you. If you don't, we that he has had no formal request Will get aleng.’” | | for reinforcements. Tape Removed Twice. Pinchot’s plans for a “peace” con-! fererce with offi ‘He said the tape was removed from h Cficlals of the Frick CO.'nis eyes only twice during the nine and representatives of the United Mine Workers collapsed_but the Governor Jays—once when he wrote a letter used will meet with miners' leaders . when he was allowed to shave hims¥r Say Deputies Opened Fire. He was held captive in a small shack, Pickets said the trouble af Star he said, and the automobile trip from Junction occurred after strikers had it to Norman required about 12 hours haited several miners on ihe mghway | Immediately after the kidnaping Urschel s oort 1o mesiags them BEVaY said, his captors drove for 14 hours | S straight. He estimated they traveled | The pickets said several deputy sher- at,least 500 miles. | FOOSEVELT PLANS KIONAP DRIVE ¥ TALK WITH HOLIY |Indication He Will Align Gv- ernors in Uniform At- tack on Racket. Rumors Again Rife Profespr, at 0dds With Hull, Will @t New Assignment. | | By the Associated Press. | HYDE PARK, N. Y, Augist 1.— President Roosevelt opened a special in- quiry into means of battling the kid- | naping racket in a confererce today with Raymond Moley, intimae adviser and Assistant Secretary of Sate. The Moley conference follews closely the organization of an enlarged Bureau | of Investigation in the Demrtment of Justice. Mr. Roosevelt is iletermined to give full Federal co-operaion to the States in the drive against stealing in human lives. May Suggest Uniform Attack. Also, there is indication he will sug-| gest shortly to Governors of the States| a uniform method of atiack against| this newest of rackets whicn is flourish- ing at alarming rate. Observers here were inciined to place double significance to the Moley visit. He has been at odds with Secretary Hull over State Department policies and persistent rumors have prevailed that Moley is to be given a new assign- ment. | Marvin H. Mclntyre, a secretary to the President, was asked what relation Moley's office as Assistant Secretary of | State had to the kidnaping campaign He replied that Moley was an expert in crime study and had been called on for his advice. He said Moley was con- tinuing as Assistant Secretary of State | Meanwhile, an early visit is expected | here from Secretary Hull, who is return- | ing from the London Economic Con- ference. Advance reports say he is geing to do some talking about his relations with Moley. Signs Wool Textile Code. Getting down to business egain to- day, despite the terrific heat, the Presi- dent signed the wool textile code pro- viding a 40-hour week and minimum ! wages of $14 in the North and $13 in| the South. It is expected to put 27,000 additional employes to work. The wool | code becomes effective August 14. Every importance was attached to| the anti-kidnaping conference by the President. He is known to favor and| to be organizing a super-police force—a | sort of national Scotland Yard—to go to work with State and local authori-| ties against kidnaping. | There is some speculation here over whether Moley may be given the special sssignment of drafting the new Federal legisiation desired to aid the Govern- ment in fighting kidnaping and that he also will be asked to work out with the State governments the uniform system which the Presidents wants to enable a united attack on the racket.| | Insisted He'd Continue. ! In all likelihood, such an assignment probably would transfer Moley to the ! Department of Justice but Mr. Moley and the White House very recently in- | sisted that he would continue as As- sistant Secretary of State with offices; close to Mr. Hull. Robert Strauss, a special assistant to| | Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, the industrial | recovery administrator, cairied the wool | textile code here and the President’ signed it after reading the lengthy | document carefully through. LA GUARDIA ENTERS MAYORALTY RA()IE| [ by Pusion Fight Against Tammany, (Continued on Page 3. Column 10 | back of tha eer. © They iad two the | chine guns. GANDHI I8 ARRESTED mobii. & ' J20%k Il WITH 33 FOLLOWERS Pop. New Individual Movement “I really never did see any of the men. There were some guards where Thwarted by Civil Author- ities’ Quick Action. Candidate Is Ctmplicated by New Move. By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORE. August 1.—The fusion movement to pick a slate to oppose | Tammany's candidate in the electian of a mayor this Fall became more com- plicated today when Fiorello H. La Guardia, independent Republican, an- ! nounced he would be a candidate for we stopped, but just two people stayed with me all the time. The place where I slept was a 3-room shack in more or Is - (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) KIDNAP PROBERS SEEK — AUTO WITH D. C. TAGS AHMEDABAD. India, August 1—The police Think C: MiTaine GAnLINE S e e e e Onelol lowers were arrested by civil authorities today at the outset of their new dis- obedience campaign for Indian inde- pendence, but their early release on majyor. | La Guardia, who recently declined a designation by the fusionists as candi- date for presicent of the Board of Al- dermen, said he reserved the right to withdraw “if another candidate, strong- er, suitable and acceptable can be agreed upon.” erole Wi il BALTIMORE, August 1.—Maryland lThe] a:nounc'emfr:’t‘ un}e while ng-‘ 1 ves considere ikely. sion leaders, including former . Plans to march to the village of Ras, —os, POlice earlr todsy were on the| Gharles 5. Whitman, were awaiting a in Kaira district, where they hoped to' lookout st the requeefol B cooee b oshaton i) (o RYoH e alra district, Y 0 lice for two autemobiles which they O'Ryan as to whether he would accept gain converts for the individual move- | peioeq o have been involved in the | their offer to run as fusion candidate ment, were thwarted when Gandhi was | for mayor. La Guardia was defeated bduction of-a you Baltimore girl. | arrested at the home of a wealthy mill =2 Eu:e[ 'w‘l"c:“gm e :"' g | P Mayor Walker four years ago. | District of Columbia plates and the ‘ i other Pennsylvania tags. Seeks Argentme Meat. Police declined to reveal the name BUENOS AIRES, August 1 (#).—The of the girl, the license numbers of the | Italian government, it was learned to- cars or any other details in connection | day, is interested in purchasing a large with the case. quantity of Argentine meat for the The officials early today said they | army and has asked for prices from | had mo clues as to where the automo- | the héad of an Argentine mission now biles had gone, but were maintaining|in Rome negotiating an Argentine- a close check along the State highways. | Italian trade agreement. Refusal to Pay Ransom Seen Answer, to “Snatch Racket” eampsign. By the Associated Press. | attend the convention of the Interna- WILL MODIFY TARIFFS GHICAGO, August —Tre actics of . tional Association of Poice Chiets, sug- m mili are n en ¢ Deoree Expected Soon Easing New toajs:;mp omh:g:‘:n‘:‘:ng ruk::,d ::\ ?&af%fi;dfi?&?fifi?fi.flu&' 3; S oty Tasseaas. the expresced opinion of Dr. Carleton | kidnepers would “abandon & business PARIS, August 1 UP.—A decree is Simon, New York criminoiogist. | that paid no dividends.” 3 He asserted that the way to stamp| The use of the drug scopolamine as expected soon modifying recent French ' out the “snatch racket” was,to subordi- | @ means of making criminal suspects teriff increases so that American goods| nate the welfare of the Individual for | talk was urged in an address prepared wunder intermediery rates will remain| the benefit of society in general and | for delivery today olchl Dunlap, editor in that class without being raised, ex- | begin the offensive by refusing to W! of The Detective, ial publication of t whe minimum rate is ransom demands. the association. He ted this drug, e e (i fats “There would be a few martyrs at.semetimes ibed for nervous con- “g few who wouid fall | ditions and which has the pcwer of 1 power, the “third Involved in Abduction of Baltimore Girl. By the Associated Press. The arrests were made under provi- sions of ordinary law, whereby they be- ' came siate prisoners to be detained at. the government's pleasure. If a paroie is broken, they must stand an .open trial. Oniy recently Gandhi announced he would disband the Ashram, or college of devotees, which he called the most precious thing in his Mfe, and that its 32 members, his wife, d secretary, \Mahadev Desai, would march to Ras. It was planned that if Gandhi were arrested, the others would continue. In the projected movement individual acts would replace the previous mass higher then the intermediary teriff, in; which cese the new minimum will, first,” he said, apply. in the front line trenches, The American Chamber of Commerce | would benefit ultimately.” 0 Paris protested against the muul Dr. Simon, who came but society | making a subject lose his would be more effective than to' degrea” | from Washi THE BOY WHO STOOD ON THE BUR NING HUEY LONG DEFIED IN VOTE CHARGES Prosecutor Accuses Election Commissioners of Fraud in Louisiana. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, August 1—Formal election fraud charges were filed today against 15 election commissioners by | District Attorney Eugene Stanley. His action came as a surprise move in the battle over jurisdiction in the investi- gation of the vote on constitutional amendments in last November's elec- tion. The fight resulted in the declara- “protect” the grand jury. The commissioners were charged with making false returns of the votes Conviction carries a fine of $100-tc $500 and imprisonment of 6 12 months. Capiases were issued for the arrest of the commissioners and thejr bonds were fixed at $1,000. Fraud Charges Magde. The district attorney’s Jnformations charged that in the sevénth precinct of the fourteenth ward, the official re- turn on lm'zgxax;inn::mnflo. “th:‘:ct;?l for and 10 . whereas vote was 203 for &nd 133 against; thirteenth precincs, fourteenth ward, official return, 24¢ for and 12 against Actual vote, 13; fifth precinct, #eventeenth wara, cial return, 0 for and 8 against actual vote, 319 for and 84 agains seventh prefinct, sixteenth ward, offi- cial returx, actual vete, 141 for and 75 against; second precinct, seventeenth ward, of- ficial seturn, 365 for and 5 against; actug! vote, 209 for and 52 against. Beth Judge Alexander C. O'Denncll of Criminal District Court and District Aftorney Stanley said the declaratior sf martial law by Gov. O. K. Allen wil not alter the plans for examination of six ballot boxes in open court to- MOrrow. Judge Ignores Threats. The judge said only superior physical force could restrain him from perform- ance of duty and the district attorney declared he would not be turned aside by “threats, villification or abuse.” Gov. Allen issued his martial law ogder after a conference called Sunday Senator Huey P. Long, whose fac- tion had supported the constitutional amendments in question. Eleven of the 12 grand jurors, whose report of a no true bill in the fraud investigation was refused by Judge O'Donnell after the twelfth charged it was made without examination of bal- lots, petitioned the Governor to protect them from “near anarchy in court” 1and to order the ballots destroyed. ‘The Governor declared martial law, | ordered the commander of the State militia to offer any necessary protec- | tion tq the grand jurors, but refused | to have the ballots destroyed, saying the courts could be relied upon to take proper action. Gov. Allen was back at Baton Rouge today. Senator Long was reported ill of food poisoning at his home here. Deputies Hold Boxes. Sheriff’s deputies seized the ballot boxes and stored them in a sealed room under guard and the grand jury was denied access to the ballots. The grand jury was driven from the yoom by the deputies. Action started as soon as Senator Long reached New Orleans Sunday ington. He called a con- ference with his political leaders at the Roosevelt Hotel, including Gov. Allen. Soon two companies of State militia ‘were mobilized at Jackson Barracks and issued rifles and revolvers with two clips of ammunition and ordered to stand by for orders. They stood armed and ready throughout Sunday night and gan were dex;:e%b‘inmuud tm orders from e executive ent. Anonymous circulars dealing with the dispute over the election ballots deluged New Orleans today. The circulars were placed on door steps all over the city during the night and plastered throughout downtown streets. Unsigned, they reproduced the peti- tion of the grand jury to Gov. Allen for immediate destruction of the bal- lots, Gov. Allen’s order invoking martial law, and footnotes a former Govs. John M. Parker, and Jared Y. Sanders Col. John P. Sullivan, and the publishers of the New Orleans Times-Picayune and Daily S:ates, who are fighting tne policles of the Long political organization. l GUIDE FOR READERSI 29z for and 1 against;| Woman Struck Dumb As Bolt of Lightning | | Leaps Into Kitchen By the Associated Press. GASTONIA. N. C., August 1.— Mrs. Lester Whited, who vester- day had a firm, clear voice, today faced the prospect of never speaking again The woman was struck dumb by a bolt of lightning that hit in her yard, ren up a waterpipe and leaped into the Kkitchen. Mrs. Whited was knocked uncon- scious. She was revived by a physician but could not talk. The doctor doubted she ever | would speak again. IGNORES POLICY Home Loan Board Will Not Favor Those With Civil Service Status. | Flat announcement that the admin- istration policy of giving preference for re-employment in the new Government agencies to those workers with earned civil service status dropped from the regular establishment, is not to be fol- owed, was made today by the Federal Home Loan Bark Board in a statement said to have been authorized by Chair- | man William F. Stevenson, ‘“before |leaving on a brief Summer vacation, | combined with official business.” | Stevenson, who had previously an- | nounced intention to apply the board’s own “merit system” in choosing per- | sonnel, included in the statement the | text of the legisiation creating the or- | ganization, which provided for appoint- ments without regard to any other laws. | First to Oppose Plan. | The case is the first in which the |head of any of the new groups has openly professed intention of pursuing an employment program that runs | counter to that of President Roosevelt. | In notifying the Civil Service Com- mission a week ago to strip {rom the re- | employment register those former em- | ployes who had attained civil service status by “blanketing” rather thin com- | petitive _test, Secretary of Commerce | Roper, chairman of the Cabinet Com- | mittee on Re-employment, said: “In this iast group, the President has expressed & deep personal interest and has indicated that he wishes those who have acquired a civil service status | considered first on_request for re-em- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) HIRAM JOHNSON’S SON KILLS HIMSELF | Attorney, Recently Divorced, Is Found With Bullet Through Heart. By the Associated Press. HILLSBOROUGH, Calif., August 1.— Archibald M. Johnson, younger son of Senator Hiram Johnson, committed suicide by shooting at his home here today. Johnson was divorced from his wife at Reno June 13, and she later mar- ried Comdr. Howard A. Flanigan, U. 8. N. The body, shot through the heart, was found about 3 am. by the butler. Senator Johnson was summoned here from San Prancisco. The son, about 47, left two notes, addressed to his parents. He was a practicing attorney in Francisco, where his older brother, , jr., also is a lawyer. He also left a “prayer,” in which he spoke of loss of fortune and “com- mise with honor, truth or woman's In the World War Johnson, a major, was wounded at Chateau Thierry. PLANS NEW BUREAU TOKIO, August 1 (P).—Because of the im) ice of American a new buresu m':undh dealings with Another bureau for Manchurian and Mongolian affairs also is planned. through proper civil service test to be. RELEF FROM HEAT TOMORRON IS SEEN 'Showers and Wind Shift Pre-| dicted to Ease City’s Swel- | tering Residents. Thundershowers and a shift in the | hot southwest wind will bring relief from the heat by tomorrow night, the Weather Bureau predicted today as the | total of heat prostrations here during | the past two days mounted to 17, and | | at least 20 deaths attributable to the beat were recorded throughout the | ast This afternoon, however, probably | will bring temperatures equaling those of yesterday, when the mercury climbed to 97.degrees, the third hottest day of the vear, the forecaster said. | At 2 pm. 95 degrees had been re- corded, and the mercury was slowly rising | Approximately 2.230 employes of the | Federal Government were excused from work shortly after 1 pm. as the heat | in their quasters became excessive. | 750 Treasury Clerks Go Home. | The Treasury Department sent 750 clerks of the bonds and currency divi- { sion in the Liberty Loan Building south of the Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing; 350 empioyes in the Register’s Of- | fice, located in the Auditor’s Building on | Fourteenth street; 500 workers in the | Supervising Architect’s Office on the | fourth floor of the Treasury Depart- ment Building and about 50 employes of the .Coast Guard in the Treasury | | Annex on the north side of Pennsyl vania avenue adjoining the Riggs Na- tional Bank. Approximately 80 employes of the | Prohibition Bureau went home at 1:15 p.m. and all employes of the State De- | partment who could be spared were | sent home at 1 o'clock. It was mated that approximately 500 Te | esti- | OFFICIAL START FINDS WHOLE NATION BEHIND RE-EMPLOYMENT DRIVE TPay Raise, Hour Cut Pledges Pour in Draft Michelson As Publicity Chief On Recovery Plan | From Employer 'RETAIL CODE IS MADE “No. 1” Man >Transfer- EFFECTIVE AT ONCE red From Treasury for | Steel Hearing Recessed While Conference Seeks Basis of Agreement. General Supervision. The Democratic party’s chief press agent, Charles Michelson. teday was in charge of the administration’s recovery | licity program. He walked into the | big the N dustrial Recovery Administration in the typical quiet Michelsor. fashion and went to work. Michelson will have no title, it was_explained, for some time to come By the Associated Press Denominated the official inan- guration day for “the President’s emergency re-employment drive,” that feature of today was lost amidst a welter of activity at the Recovery Administration on ap- | plication of both the blanket and specific codes for raising wages and spreading employment. But in distant and varied cor- ners, the Blue Eagle signifying co-operation by business and in- dustry with Mr. Roosevelt's ideas of how to better the times began officially spreading its wings. Pyramiding piles of pledges to in- crease wages and decrease working time, 50 more men can get jobs, signal- ized the progress of the campaign that has been under way for days back. Postmasters Were on notice to use their own judgment as to how to post the lists of merchants who join the move- t, merchants to whom the adminis- ration expects the public to tu their business. it Runs Until January 1. . Although the banning of child labor in the prcposed general code does not take effect until August 31, the pre- amble of the covenant which business leaders have been asked to sign with the President sets the time for the yment drive” and for the o of the general code from today until the first of next year. A quick spread of the retail code which' went in force today by order of Hugh S. Johnson, recovery administra- tor. is being sought by his assistants ?(‘lnu&xwm?‘m that soon every type public sales agency wil ket unger its terms.o e e msjor development followi; order which Vesterday brought the n?:f Jority of dry goods, department store, clothing. shoe and furniture dealers as well as food dealers into two temporary agreements to remain in force until | hearings are held, was presentation of & separate code to cover the country’s 5 and 10 cent stores. straightening out some of the nu- merous difficult publicity problems. The administr: tion's number 1 press agent was transferred to the re- 2overy praogram from the Treasury De- partment, where since March 4 he has been supervising public relations mat- ters for Secretary Woodin Michelson, although without title, will outrank the industrial control head publicity man, Charles Francis Horner, who holds the title of director of info mation. He will also have under his supervision temporarily Labert St. Clair, who was loaned by Barron G. Collier advertising agent. to get the publici staff of Administrator Hugh S. John- son’s outfit functioning. | Newspaper men assigned to_the re-| covery program asserted that St. Clair has done a remarkable job in ‘the short time he has been at work here. He employed 10 reporters and started “cov- ering” his own program in real news paper fashion. He said today he will remain on the job here two weeks longer. Meantime, Horner has been pushing the program from a national stand- point. He is lining up speakers for a Nation-wide educational drive. Boaz Long, who formerly was the di- rector of information, still is ac the new set-up. There are 2 score of cther officials supervising various phases of the program. Michelson, it was explained. will not confine his activities entirely Johrson administration, but w over the progress being made arious hcg. wheat and corn edi the Department of Ariculture and cther publicity men employed by the Government to push the recovery cam- Daign. Mr. Michelson, Employment of Additional Workers Assured Under Recovery Codes. The employment of thousands of ad- ditional workers in all avenues of Dis- | turned out there Thousands yesterday _and _today | | flocked to beaches and swimming pools in and near the city, while last night other thousands sought relief in the city's parks. The East Potomac golf | Course was littered with humanity throughout the night, whole families going there to sleep in the grass. The park police reported unusual traffic congestion around Hains Point and on the Speedway, where motorist repaired | for the slight breezes which swept off the water. There were many waiting | for speedboat rides. | May Get Shower Tonight. Thundershowers _probably will reach Washington_toright. accordirg to the official prediction, but at first will cause little lowering in the temperature, | which will continue high throughout to- morrow morning. By tomorrow after- noon, it is expected, the southwest wind will begin to shift to the northwest and showers in the evening probably will usher in a decided drop in the ther- mometer and definite relief from the | heat which has_gripped the city, along with the rest of the Atlantic Seaboard since Saturday. Reports from the Middle West today | indicated that the torrid wave which | had caused unestimated crop d: " (Continued on Page 2, Colum BALBO AGAIN DELAYED SHOAL HARBOR, Newfoundland. winds and fog prevented an Italian armada of 24 seaplanes from taking off today for the 1800-mile flight to Valentia, Ireland. | Visibility at sea was poor and the commander, Gen. Italo Balbo, gave no | indication as to when the take-off order | would be given for the next lap on the | return to Italy from the United States. trict business was assured today, as retailers and other fields of business and industry began functioning under limited working hours provided by na- tional industrial recovery co The full force of this ben: majority of retailing lines felt until after September 1, when the Saturday holiday, permitted under the President’s code because.it had been a practice of precedent, is discontinued. At that time, department stores and August 1 (). —For the sixth day cold ‘ augmenting | “(Continued on Page retailers of the majority of types of merchandise will be compelled to re- main open no less than 52 hours a week, &nd are limited to working their help more than 40 hours a week. ex- cept as to managers and exccutives Grocery stores, however. go on a 48- hour weck immediately, and since these cus.omarily remain open from between 60 and 63 hours a week, vast increase in their personnel is necessitated. Edward G. Yonker. president of the Sanitary Grocery Co. Inc, which cperates 353 stores in the Wash- ington area. stated that his organiza- tion had signed the President’s blanket code agreement and are today putting it into full effect subject to certain designated provisions of the code of fair competition for the food and ery distributors which have been substituted by consent of the N. R. A. for designated provisions of this agree- | ment. The reduced working hours of the company’s employes will necessitate the present personnel, numbering 1,600 by approximately 300 to 400 workers. he said. In no cases | are the salaries of present employes | to be reduced to accomplish this, since such a procedure, he pointed out, would not be within the letter nor spirit of the code. New help, Mr. Yonker asserted, will , Column 3.) Cove Creek Dam to Be Named By the Associated Press. | Recognizing his long and successful contest for Government control of the Tennessee River power resources, the board of the Tenm v:u;eyc &\;t&m-‘ | ity today announ e proj am lty Cove Creek would be named Norris | Dam in honor of Senator George W.| Norris of Nebraska. For 12 years, the Senator advocated public ownership of all natural re-| sources in' the vast Tennessee River, basin and ss early as 1922 introduced his first Muscle Shoals bill. His original bills were vetoed by both | Presidents Coolidge and Hoover. A/ compromise measure known as the Ten- nessee Valley act and described by Nor- ris as “the best Muscle Shoals bill ever " was approved by to provide After Senator George Norris Authority's statement said, “with its provisions looking to cheap fertilizer, cheap power and more dams in the Tennessee River basin, Senator Norris has won the enthusiastic approval of the people of the Tennessee River drainage area.” Norris_Dam will be located on the Clinch River nearly 80 miles above where it empties into the Tennessee. It will be linked with Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals by a tie transmission line some 220 miles long and will form | one of the world’s largest reservoirs, inunlating an area of about 83 square miles and _crea an artificial lake with a total shore line of 800 miles. Chairman Arthur E. Morgan of the Valley Authority in commenting on the designation of Norris Dam said: “The at Nebraskan and the new deal will be remembered together in the historic Norris Dam in Eastern ‘Tennessee upon which work will shortly begin.” No Concession in Sight. e e This was stated authoritatively to call for longer work hours and lower vages | than the general retail agreement. No concession, however, was in sight from the administration. | One omcial said . “They must all comw ‘under hour work limit’except food dg:'ersw- | “That includes drug stores. They {have not yet presented their - code | formally, but we have told them that | they can use the professional category | exemption from hour limitation for eir pharmacists. and for the must keep the 40 hours e “If they can actually separa food end of their businecs, that x':n{';: may be run under the 48-hour limit of food dealers’ code.” Restaurants also have not been heard from officially, but the understanding was that Johnson would seek to have them also keep the 48-hour limitation. Steel Accord is Sought. While this concentrated effort to bring the millions of small employing establishments under permanent and binding codes was in progress, K. M. Simpson, deputy in charge of steel, was carrving on private conferences with leaders of the industry and advisers to seck out a final decision on the steel agreement, discussed in open hearing 3'(’5!;‘:58 V. 3 There was some expectation that flexible 40-hour work week proposed‘{r!y the steel men as 2n average to be taken over each six months period might be tightened to furnish a definite limita- tion on the hours that any man would be required to put in during one week Johnson also was arranging to speed hearings on automobiles, coal and other industries which have filed codes. A new hearing was under way today on millinery, a line employing around 100.000 persons, mostly in the big cities. R. W Lea, the most recent addition to the staff of deputy administrators has been selected by Johnson to conduct the hearing on th= automobile code. He came back from Europe last week socner than he had expected, at the re. quest of Johnson. As a colonel in the Army. he worked with Johnson during the Wctr:g War and has been intimately ssocial with him in varic prises since. i e Wool Code Approved. Expecting it to put more than additional persons to Work, the w dent at Hyde Park, N. Y., signed the wool textile code. providing a 40-hour week for the workers in this industry, with minimum wages of $14 weekly in the North and $13 in the Soutn, pokesmen for the laun industry went to the ndmmi.strauondm seek. ing_temporary effectiveness for & sode | to_cover more than 200,000 employes, EBecause of the fall in the laundry business, due to washing being done at home in recent years, the laun own. ers contendzd they were nnmcdlffly un- aole to comply with the PreTs}i]dent's agreement. SRt iere was no indicatie ‘hether concessions would be mg:eyeb‘et;ule of this and the laundry men be permit- ted to put their own code into effect pending formal consideration of it, us- ing the Blue Eagle meanwhile, Voluntary Drive Gains, In the meantime, the campaign :;llldunl:l:rll{ hlgreements to raise 'u:= ours was advancing over th%e (lsountry. ook ot egrams from postmasters trict officers told a story of m.:fn& wglx of agreements signed. lowever, reports also were that number of questions needing mfl: before merchants and men could sign was growing steadily. Sev- erxt;: (;hambers of comm | retaining specialists to study the agree- | ments and interpretations issued by the | administration 5o as to give their mem- bers correct information. A million new jobs, scattered 0 | retail shops big and small, from end end of the country, were held under the hour-reducing, -raising agreements presented by the Nation's é!:t into effect. tods storeeepers and Dwarfing agreements of » even |-(°°“WNM3-MM