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BUYING SHIP FIRM LINKEDTOP. W. A Vandenberg Hints in Senate Probe Group Received Assurances Here. By the Assoclated Press. Intimations were made by Senate Munitions Committee members today that the Cord Corp. and two Wall Street traders might have bought con- trol of the New York Shipbuilding Corp. soon after President Roosevelt was inaugurated, because they were informed from “Washington contacts” that public works money was to be made available for a naval buildixg Pprogram. The two Wall Street operators, named as Ben Smith and Tom Bragg, were disclosed as having a 50 per cent interest in the New York company and represented on the board of directors by Gene Tunney, former world heavy- weight boxing champion. Ministers Got Checks. Earlier the committee received testi- mony that two New Jersey ministers who participated in the settlement of the shipyards strike last Spring, had received checks from the New York Shipbuilding Corp. as “appreciation” for their aid. “It seems to me,” Senator Vanden- berg, Republican of Michigan, said “that Bragg and Smith must have given you some assurance they would get some Public Works money.” He was addressing L. B. Manning, chairman of the board of Cord Corp. | and of the Shipbuilding Corp., a wit- ness. | “We had no such assurance,” Man- | ning replied. “Anybody could have known it, the newspapers were full of it.” Rise Held Unusual. “Wasn't it very unusual that the stock of the ship company could rise from 314 in March of 1933 to 22 in August,” Senator Clark, Democrat of Missouri, asked. “Very unusual,” Manning replied. “Did you buy into New York Ship,” Vandenberg asked, “because you hoped Ben Smith and Tom Bragg could re- move part of the speculation out of the investment because of their Wash- ington contacts?” Before replying, Manning paused a | moment, then added: “It's still quite a speculation.” A moment later, he added: “We tried to take the company out of politics when we came in.” Questioned About Flynn. “Is that why you hired the Demo- cratic secretary of State of New York as soon as you took over?” Vanden- berg asked. “That had nothing to do with it,” Manning responded. Vandenberg identified the New York secretary to whom he referred | as Edward J. Flynn. Manning testified that Tunney represented Bragg and Smith on the board of directors and all the others, including himself, held only nominal amounts in their own name and the balance in the Cord Corp.’s interest. The committee recessed until Mon- ! day. The evidence about the ministers was introduced by the committee while questioning Philip Chappell commissioner of conciliation in t}?e" Department of Labor, 8 major medi- ator in the strike. Chappell attributed the strike to “bitterness” on the part of men, skilled mechanics, “who were receiv- ing 65 and 75 cents an hour, while men on other projects financed by public works funds were receiving $1 to $1.25 an hour.” Ships Financed by P. W. A, He recalled that the ships in the | company'’s yards were financed by P. | W. A. funds Chappell testified the strike was settled by an agreement for an in-| crease of 14 per cent in wages. | The ministers were named as Rev. Harold P. Sloan of Woodbury and Rev. John Pemberton, jr., of the Cen- tenary Tabernacle Methodist Episco- pal Church in Camden. The checks, written on the com- pany, were sent by Clinton L. Bardo, then president, who described them as | for “the very helpful and constructive | aid which you rendered in the final settlement of our labor situation.” “As a more substantial token of our appreciation,” said a paragraph in the letter to each, “I beg to inclose here- with check for $250 which I hope you will accept in the spirit in which it is sent. This is intended for your per- sonal use.” Minister Replies to Bardo. The letters were dated May 16, 1934. Replying, Rev. Mr. Pemberton wrote ; to Bardo saying: “I was as surprised to receive it as Moses must have been to receive the manna when he was leading the chil- dren of Israel out of the wilderness. “I interested myself in the New York shipbuilding strike solely be- cause of my concern for the welfare of my following and the community. It never occurred to me that either side would express such genuine ap- preciation as you have shown. * * * “At any time in the future that I can be of assistance to you or the men, I shall be pleased to be called upon.” He added a postscript saying: “I am still looking forward to an- other bowl of bananas and cream with you.” Capt. Williams Criticized. Chappell did not go into detail as to the part played by the New Jersey ministers 1n the strike settlement, say- ing merely they had “injected” them- selves into the negotiations. He criticized strike settlement efforts ©f Capt. Henw Williams of the Navy. “Capt. Williams intimated,” he said, ‘that unless the men went back to work the Navy would take the Tusca- loosa (a cruiser) out of the yards and finish it in the Navy yards.” He said Williams had “intimated” he had received instructions for his ! action in Washington. be presented at Washington Auditorium Saturday. MRS. COOKE’S WARRANT AGAINST SON-IN-LAW DISMISSED BY JUDGE (Continued From First Page.) the jewelry. He said that on the day of his wedding he shoveled snow from the Cooke back yard during the morn- ing and at noon was given 30 cents by Mrs. Cook to drive to a nearby restaurant for his lunch. He said that during the afternoon he and Jane went downtown and were married. During the afternoon his wife and sister-in-law planned to run away. Scarlett said they left at 2 o'clock on Saturday morning a week ago for Winston-Salem after Anne had cut the telephone wires to cripple pursuit. Runaways Had $69.50. Scarlett said that between them they had only $69.50. They hoped this amount would cover a vacation trip, since stops with relatives were planned at Winston-Salem and Brunswick, Ga. first and the bride and bridegroom came back to Washington Monday by train after Scarlet was arrested in Savannah, Ga, The automobile in which the young couple were riding had been demolished in a collision with a switch engine. Scarlett was represented by Attor- ney Kenneth Lyddane of Rockville, while State’s Attorney James H. Pugh handled the prosecution. In addition to Mrs. Cooke and her son- in-law, the only other witnesses were Mrs. Cooke's attorney, Webster Bal- linger of Washington, and Police Chief William Garrett, who told of arresting Scarlett following his re- turn to this jurisdiction. Questions Banned. Questions directed at Ballinger in an effort to show that Mrs. Cooke objected to young Scarlett as a son- in-law were banned by the court on the ground they would reveal con- fidential information between at- torney and client. Mrs. Cooke had denied emphatically on the stand that she swore out a warrant for Scarlett because she did not wish to recognize im as a son-in-law. The young bride was prevented by illness from attending the hearing. Scarlett said, however, that as soon as his wife recovered the two of them would leave for Miami, Fla., where he hoped to find employment. Scarlett’s father, George S. Scarlett, a retired railway detective of Winston-Salem, was one of the first to congratulate the defendant after the warrant was dismissed. BREMER SUSPECT SLUGS D. J. AGENT AS HE SIPS BEER (Continued From First Page.) agent fired at him through the win- dow.” The identity of the prisoner was guarded by the Chicago office of the Division of Investigation, but the po- lice of Northern Illinois were asked today to hunt for Doyle in a car bearing the same licenses as one in which Doyle escaped. D. M. Ladd, agent in charge of the Chicago Federal men, declined to identify the escaped man. “I can't comment upon it at all,” Ladd said. R. B. Nathan, chief of the division of investigation’s Kansas City offices, maintained the same silence, not even admitting that his men had captured Doyle. Man Long Sought. Kansas City police had been hunt- ing Doyle for some time. Recently the trail grew warmer, when an apart- ment manager identified a picture of Doyle as an “E. A. Conley,” who had lived in his building. Doyle is wanted in Kansas City for questioning in the “I felt it was not right for a govern- ment to come in and threaten the men in this manner,” Chappell said. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECTAL RETURN-LOAD RATES ON FULL and part loads to all points within 1.000 miles: padded vans:_guaranteed service. Local moving also. Phone National 1460, NAT. DEL_ASSOC.. INC.. 1317 N. ¥. ave. $2.75 PER BU.: s, $2 50. Beautifully packed in bu. baskets. MISS GEORGIE GOODLOE. Crozet. 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The car in which the man escaped later was found abandoned near Wheaton, 25 miles west of Chicago. Anne Cooke returned | DOUGLAS VOLK, 73, PAINTER, IS DEAD Famous American Artist| Noted for Portraits of Lincoln. By the Associated Press. FRYEBURG, Me.,, February 7.— Stephen A. Douglas Volk, 79, noted | American portrait painter, died at his home here early today. Famed for three portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Volk was working on a fourth until his health grew feeble recently. The unfinished portrait would have portrayed an early scene in Volk's | life, when his father, Leonard Volk made a bust of the Great Emancipator Lincoln posed with Douglas, then 4 years old, sitting on his lap. Painted King Albert. Volk also was noted for portraits of King Albert of Belgium, David Lloyd | George, war-time premier of Great Britain, and Gen. John J. Pershing The late King Albert decorated the artist with the Cross of the Order of Leopold 1I. A Summer resident of Maine 40 years, Volk in recent years spent the Winters here, too. A widower, the artist leaves a daughter, Mrs. Marion Bridges, wife of Dr. Ezra Bridges of Rochester, N. Y, and two sons, Capt. Wendall Volk, U. S. A., stationed at Fort Williams, Cape Elizabeth, Me., and Jerome Volk of | Lovell, Me. © Although a native of Pittsfield, Mass., Volk spent most of his early life in Illinois. Named for Lincoln’s Rival. Named by and for Lincoln’s rival, Volk generally was known simply as Douglas Volk. Steven A. Douglas was his mother’s cousin. He studied in Paris under Gerome from 1870 to 1873. From 1886-1893 he was director of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. Holder of many exposition medals and prizes, Volk was a member of the Royal Academy, the National Acad- emy, the Society of American Artists and the National Society of Mural Painters. 2l Dr. Earl P. Gregory said today that Volk’s death could be attributed only to old age. Funeral services will be held at 10 am., Saturday, probably at a local funeral home. Y.W.C.A. RE-E.LECTS HEAD Mrs. Albert W. Atwood Continues as President of D. C. Unit. Mrs. Albert W. Atwood was re- elected president of the District ¥. W. C. A. yesterday. Other officers elected were Mrs. Fred E. Wright, first vice president; Mrs. Herbert E. Day, second vice president; Miss Louise A. Davidson, recording secretary; Miss Margaret R. Fox, treasurer; Miss Mary Jane Win- free, assistant treasurer, and Mrs. William K. Cooper, corresponding sec- retary. WHERE TO DINE. “Enjoy Our Log Fires!™ Southern Menus Creamed Chicken and Golden Brown Waffles . . . Try this delicious com- bination _prepared in the best Southern style, Drop in for & . cocktall hstween dusk and dinn Prepired by “master mizer. LUNCHEON, TEA, DINNER The Night Final Edition on White Paper Beginning next Monday, Febru: 11, the use of pink paper in the Night Final Edition o:’x':['yhe Evening Star will be discontinued and thereafter the front page of this edition will be printed on White paper. RED STARS A row of Red Stars will be printed down the right-hand margin of the front page to identify the Night Final Edition. Call National 5000 and order the “Night Final” de- livered regularly to your home, and delivery will start immediately. = A3 Patients at Walter Reed Hospital were entertained yesterday by the ballet group from “Aida,” the opera to The veteran in_the center in the wheel chair is Edmund Voth, and the young lady at his side is Dania Krupska, premier dancer in the show. Other patients in the back are, from left to right, Edward Calvert and Harry G. Osborne. —Star Staff Photo. ‘FLYING BANDIT’ FOUND WITH BODY IN AUTO ON 2,000-MILE TRIP (Continued From First Page.) Sheriff Charles W. Struble of Kala- mazoo, had & hunch Brown had been killed. The officer’s guess was based on & telegram from Nevada and signed | “Robert” asking the contractor's father, Roy Brown, to telegraph $50 in care of a Sacramento Hotel. The sheriff telegraphed Sacramento police. Body Found in Trunk. ‘The highway patrol station near Truckee, through which all automo- biles entering California on that road must pass, was immediately notified. While Frechette underwent the routine border inspection, Highway Patrolman Frank Carson lifted the lid on the trunk. He stared down into the eyes of young Brown, shot twice through the head. Carson snapped the trunk shut. Walking back into the patrol station, he covered Frechette with a revolver. | In his asserted confession Frechette cleared his three passengers of any connection with the crime, or knowl- edge of the gruesome cargo the ma- chine carried. Hit Aviator With Hammer. Frechette became known as “the flying bandit” seven years ago when he was convicted of slugging his flying instructor, Harry W. Anderson, with a hammer during a flight from Pontiac. Blake said Frechette said he struck Anderson because Anderson had frozen to the controls. Testimony at his through Anderson’s and the plane's pockets for valuables after bringing the plane down on its nose. He was paroled after serving the minimum of | a 6-to-10-year sentence. WOMAN’S CLUB “LOANS” BOWERMAN PAINTING Takoma Park Presents Work of Miss Norma Bose, Teacher at Roosevelt. A painting which the Takoma Park Woman’s Club won last Spring for its work in the art projécts prescribed by the penny art fund competition, was presented to Dr. George F. Bow- erman, District librarian, at a meet- ing last Tuesday. The painting is the work of Miss Norma Bose, instructor of art at Roosevelt High School, who recently received an award from the National Society of Women Painters and Sculptors. In accepting the painting, which he was told to consider a “permanent loan,” Dr. Bowerman called attention to the fact the Takoma Park Library was the first branch library to be built. He urged the club to appeal to Congress for more and better branch libraries. Through Service Lane trial showed Frechette went | Surprises Rival ACTING GOVERNOR UP- SETS LAFFO Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. DUE T0 CONTINUE Resignations Hint President Is Turning Toward “Right Wing.” By the Associated Press. New Deal gossip, which teems in Washington during cocktail hours, today fashioned out of the resigna- tion of five “left wing” agricultural officials & mass of speculation as to where the lightning may sirike next. More resignations from the A. A. A. were believed to impend. “Is President Roosevelt going to the right?” was the question asked in circles which earlier in his ad- ministration interpreted the dropping out of such conservatives as Lewis| W. Douglas, Dean Acheson and O. M. W. Sprague as signalizing a “left” tendency. How the “dead cats” which put dynamic Hugh S. Johnson in retire- ment will react on Secretary Ickes, for whom some Congressmen have been gunning, and Donald R. Rich- berg, whom labor union leaders call a “traitor,” was another question often put—and as often unanswered. Roosevelt Silent on A. A. A. President Roosevelt had nothing to | say about any reports that the A. A. A. | shake-up and his letters to the Ameri- can Federation of Labor rejécting its | N. R. A. and automobile code demands represented a swing toward conserva- tive trends. | But that didn’t stop some observers ‘ from wondering what Undersecretary | Rexford Tugwell, presidential adviser, might do upon returning from Florida | “Absolute Privilege” De- to find his close friend, Jerome Frank, out of the A. A. A. through a reorgan- fense Set-up—Character of Opponent Attacked. A. B. CHANDLER. ‘While Gov. Ruby Laffoon was in Washington on business yester- day, Chandler, acting Governor of Kentucky, signed a proclamation for a special legislative session to enact a primary election law. Laf- foon, political foe of Chandler, op- posed the primary move. Chandler is shown signing the bill at Lex- ington, Ky. ization sanctioned by Secretary Wal- lace. Tugwell, often designated the “No. | 1 brain-truster” since Raymond | Moley’s retirement, has been in the | background, comparatively, ever since | his trip to Europe just before the No- vember election. Wallace Seeks Harmony. Secretary Wallace said the person- nel changes which took Frank out as St the A. A. A. general counsel along| After two unsuccessful efforts to }flm ;osur o(}thg]gfifl%;l:;fn:;re g]ss:lb}}g | escape jurisdiction of the courts here, :n::ony." He uddged that "I"ugweu | Senator Huey P. 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A. policies and that others | any privilege from this scoundrel would leave. anywhere cn earth under God's living i e sun. I invite him to sue me in any court of competent jurisdiction, and One view expressed in the “left | I will not defend the suit except on wing” camp was that many A. A. 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