Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U 8. Weather Burcau Forecast.) Fair and warmer tonight, lowest about 48 degrees; tomorrow fair and warmer; rain tomorrow night; colder Sunday. Tem- peratures—Highest, 47, noon today; low- 31, 4:15 a.m. today. Full report on page A-9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17,18&19 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C No. 33,190. WORK RELIEF BILL PASSAGE ASSURED | ‘ Bronchial Trouble Is| M I N US M’BARRAN Complicated by Heart | W eakness. WAGE AMENOMENT Administration Victory Cer- tain as Wagner and 0’Ma- honey Speak for Russell’s Compromise Plan. Col. Louis McHenry Howe, princi- | pal secretary to President Roosevelt, is seriously ill at the White House. ‘ Col. Howe has not been in good | health for several years and since his | récent trip to Boston with the Presi- | | dent, when he overtaxed his strength, | he has been confined to bed suffering | from bronchial trouble complicated | | by cardiac weakness. This is the diagnosis of Dr. Ross McIntire, U. S. | N.. White House physician, who has been seeing Col. Howe daily since his illness became serious. An improvement was noted in Col. Howe's condition yesterday and he felt | so much better today he was per- mitted to sit up in his room. Mrs. Howe, who spends most of her time | at their home in Fall River, Mnss..‘ | joined her husband at the White | House a week ago. BORAH QUIZZES PAIR ON DIFFERENCE IN PLANS Th Col. Howe, Roosevelt’s Aide Since 1910, Is Critically 11 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH D. C, ELEVEN HELD HERE IN NATION-WIDE NARCOTIC DRIVE Raids Believed to Have Broken Up Local Selling Ring. ILLICIT DISTILLERS, SMUGGLERS CAUGHT | General Round-up of Alleged Vio- lators Ordered by Treasury Department. COL. LOUIS McHENRY HOWE. (Pictures on Page B-1.) ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Only Federal Buildings Blanketed In on Prevailing Wage—Hop-| kins Jubilant as Number on Rolls Shows Slight Decrease. Reversal of Trend Seen. [ BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Defeat of the McCarran prev: wage amendment to the President's work relief bill today hecame assured when Senators Wagner of New York and O'Mahoney of Wyoming told the Senate they would support the so- called Russell compromise. A vote on both was expected today. Senator Wagner took the floor as the session opened to explain his change ot attitude toward the McCarran amendment. He said the President would veto the work relief bill if it were sent him with the McCarran amendment included. He said that on the other hand the President would approve the Russell compromise. The New nothing should be done by the Senate to delay fatelly the passage of the work relief bill. He praised highly the record of President Rcosevelt, both as Governor of New York and later as President of the United States in his relations to labor. “Let us not forget.” said Senator Wagner, “the humane singleness of purpose of President Roosevelt.” Because of their long intimate asso- | cratic nominee for Vice President, and ciation and his appreciation of the | the subsequent campaigns for Gover- character, loyalty and ability of his|nor of New York and for President, old friend, President Roosevelt is|Col. Howe served as the President's naturally concerned about his Sl‘(‘rl‘-‘(‘losest political adviser, and many | tary's illness. The latter was in a attribute to his acumen and sound | cheerful mood today. however. when | philosophy more than ordinary credit he sat in his bed room chatting with | for Mr. Roosevelt's election as Chief friends. | Executive. Col. Howe is 64 years old and has| During the early years of Mr. been associated with the President since | Roosevelt's affliction Col. Howe was 1910, when the latter first went to the | his constant companion and during Howe at that time was on the Albany staff of the New York Herald. Mr. Roosevelt brought him to Washington with him in 1913 when he became Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Col. | Howe serving in the capacity of his | assistant and secretary. | Throughout the campaign of 1920, }when Mr. Roosevelt was the Demo- ailing | New York Assembly in Albany. Col.|the 1932 campaign he took a leading part in mapping out Mr. Roosevelt's campaign. He has made his home | at the White House since Mr. Roose- | velt's inauguration, making frequent trips to visit his wife in Fall River. Because of Col. Howe's illness, Mrs. Roosevelt today canceled a speech she was to have made at a luncheon in Boston tomorrow. | INEFFICIENT FIRMS York Senator declared | SHEARER NAMES § NG 1S URGED SENATORSAS REDS OUSTI | Shearer Refers to Justice Williams Warns They Must Department List at Munitions Probe. Go if Codes Are to | Protect Labor. { BY HAROLD B. ROGERS, Driving against law violators in all parts of the country, the Treasury Department threw its strength today into a clean-up which resulted locally | in the arrest of seven men and four women charged with violating the Harrison narcotics act. Reports from various quarters of the United States began coming mm Treasury headquarters shortly after noon to indicate a clean-up of dope peddlers, illicit distillers, counterfeit- ers, smugglers, violators of the income | tax law and others. ‘The Washington dope raids, which resulted in a virtual round-up of all alleged dope peddlers in the capital, | was an outstanding feature of the | narcotics drive. In addition to the seven men and four women charged here, another woman was held for in- vestigation. Many Arrests Made. Alcohol tax agents, who have re- ceived no pay since the first of last December, turned in glowing reports show¢ng shortly afternoon a total of 362 arrests in various parts of the | country and seizure of 57 automobiles and 428 stills with a capacity of 133.- 930 gallons a day. Property valued at $57.921 was confiscated by the al- cohol tax agents. Simultaneous raids and arrests by all Treasury enforcement agencies were being made, officials explained, to test advantages of this kind of simul- taneous action. Reports were filtering in to the head- 15, ( Star 1935—FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES. THE MOVING SHADOW! ]9 AlRMA"_ HRMS 'Alcohol Board for Tigiutening GET RATE BOOST I. C. C. Grants Increases to Many Lines—Cuts Rates of 11 Others. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. Witaout awaiting the passage by Congress of emergency airmail legis- lation now pending. the Interstate Commerce Commission today respond- ed to the urgent cryv of airmail con- tractors for financial relief by an- nouncing issuance of an order grant- ing increases in airmail pay rates to The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 131,159 Some Returns Not Yet Received s Associated Press. TWO CENTS. BLANTON DENIES POLICE “PLOT" IN FIERY QUIZ SESSION {Probe in Uproar as Texan Resents Being Called “Just Another Witness.” SAYS HE APPROVED BEAN’S APPOINTMENT Lawmaker Declares He Withdrew Indorsement of Headley to Aid Man Who Accuses Him. BY JAMES E. CHINN. Fireworks exploded in a riotous ses- sion of the Special Crime Committee of the House todav when Representa- tive Blanton, Democrat, from Texas, replied to charges of Police Inspzctor Thaddeus R. Bean Bean had told the committee yes- terday Blanton had conspired with Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent f Law Against Drunk Driving 256 Accidents Laid to Intoxication . Compared With 172 in 1933 as Sales | mem: o Consess Are Summarized for First Year. Imposition of more rigorous punish- ment on drunken drivers held re- sponsible for traffic accidents was ad- vocated today by the three members of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in a formal statement sum- marizing results of the first year of legal sale of liquor here since repeal of prohibition. March 1 was fhe anniversary. The board made public figures show- | of police. to force his retirement so that Inspector Albert J. Headley | could be promoted to the position of | assistant superintendent A voluntary witness before the committee, Blanton resented repeated interruptions to his testimony. As a | result Representative Schulte. Demo- % | crat, of Indiana, reminded him rather o | emphatically that he was “just an- other witnes even though he is a Randolph Asks Order. Sthulte’s remark caused a flare-up |and threw the hearing into disorder. | The disturbance became so hot and 'aging.” said the board. which con- sts of George W. Offutt, chairman; Mrs. Agnes K. Mason and Isaac Gans. “The mere fact that the number of accidents caused by drunken drivers furious that Chairman Jennings Ran- dolph arose from his seat and de- manded that the hearing be conducted in a dignified manner “I'll treat them right if they treat is but a very small proportion to the me right” Blanton shouted, at the whole is beside the point. The in- same time glaring at Schulte and crease in the numbers of these cases John R. Fitzpatrick, committee coun- indicates that some strong corrective Sel measure should be used. Judging from ‘The disturbance followed Blanton's our own experience. revocation of efforts to explain his interest in In- drivers’ licenses for long periods. and spector Headley and after members of Applies to U. S. Buildings. Sl = agner said the Russell BY theAssociated Press ¥ the Associated Press. Bmse‘:dalfnfnv.“m ’(‘:\9 nature of a com- An assertion by William B. Shearer. Congress was bluntly warned today promise, provided for the payment of big navy advocate, that nine Senators by §. Clay Williams, retiring head of prevailing wages on all Federal Build- A were “recorded in the Department of | the National Recovery Board, that it jail sentences for this offense should the committee had shelled him with be the order.” questions. compared with 172 in 1933; 166 in _ This recommendation recalled that In the midst of the 1932, and 149 in 1931. Fatal accidents | Corporation Counsel E. Barrett Pretty- | Fitzpatrick looked at caused by drunken drivers were found | man some months ago instructed his said 1% of the 32 contract holders. Re- ductions were ordered in 11 cases. The order. it was admitted, frankly | anticipates enactment by Congress of | | the emergency legislation recommend- | ing that in 1934 there were 256 acci- dents caused by drunken drivers as quarters here and were to be made public later in the day as further ar- rests and seizures were made. excitement Blanton and “Rings” Overlap. 1ngs which would be erected out of Justice records with past afliations the appropriations carried in the bill Senator Borah of Idaho interrupted “What is the distinction between the McCarran amendment and the Russell amendment?” “There is very little distinction be- tween the two,” replied Senator Wag. ner. continued to press him: “There is no difference between the McCarran amendment and the Rus- | sell compromise except that the Rus- | sell amendment has the approval of the President, and the President will veto the McCarran amendment.” Senator Borah wanted to know if Scnator Wagner believed that under the Russell compromise the prevailing wages paid to labor and industry would be maintained. Senator Wag- ner said he believed such would be the case. Senator O'Mahoney also insisted that the Russell compromise would give ample protection to labor and industry. Explains Types of Work. “Then what's the differenve between the McCarran and Russell proposi- | tion?” Borah again demanded. Senator O'Mahoney replied that under the McCarran amendment the President would be required to pay the prevailing wage for all kinds of work under the relief bill “There are two kinds of work," said Senator O’Mahoney. “There is the made work and there is the useful | jnto the records, referred at once to!S. Johnson, Darrow told the Presi- public work. If the McCarran amend- | ment were adopted it would have been | mandatory on the President to pay the prevailing wage for made work.” Senator McCarran of Nevada, au- thor of the prevailing wage amend- ment. which has been strongly op- | posed by the President since it was | firse offered, asked if it were not true that under the Russell compromise | the payment of the prevailing wage | was limited to work on public build- ings of a permaneng nature erected for the departments of the Govern- | ment. Senator O'Mahoney demurred to this. Senator Hastings of Delaware, Re- publican. called attention of the Sen- | ate to the fact that it would take & vear for the architects and officials of | the Government to prepare plans and | let contracts for permanent public uildings. Yet the work relief bill, he said, is expected to take care of 3,500,- 000 workers, beginning immediately. The Delaware Senator also called at- tention to the fact that many of the States have prevailing wage laws and that there might be conflict between | the Federal and State laws. Text of Compromise. The text of the Russell compromise amendment follows: “The President shall require to be paid such rates of pay for all persons engaged upon any project financed in whole or in_part, through loans or " (Continued on Pa Column 8.) | with the Communist party,” was read | today into the record of the Senate | Munitions Committee. | This climaxed a tumultuous session almost rivaling the one earlier in the | week when Shearer thundered out a denunciation of big shipbuilders who gandist” at the Naval Limitations | | Conference in Geneva in 1927 and later broke with him, purportedly in a disagreement over pay. His reference to Senators on the Communist list was in a letter writ- ten by Shearer to Homer L. Fergu- son, president of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.. on March 27. 1929, in an effort to justify his claims for further compensation. Activities for Funds. He recited his activities in favor of further naval appropriations, particu- larly calling attention to a pending appropriation for cruisers. “Twelve Senators only opposed the cruiser bill.” he wrote, “of which nine are recorded in the Department of Justice records with past affiliations with the Communist party.” “Who are these Senators?” asked Senator Bone, Democrat, of Wash- ington, leaning over the desk. “I'd like to know who some of my com- panions are.” Shearer, who prior to that time had busied himself at the witness desk pouring reports and correspondence | a publication entitled “Reds in Amer- | ica,” published in 1924 under edi- torial direction of R. M. Whitney, | | director of the Washington bureau of 'row's report was “superficial, intem- the National Defense Society. ! Names Not Supplied. i Shearer made no effort to point out | which nine of the Senators he claimed | were on the Justice Department list.’ and the committee did not pursue its questioning to bring this out. The | list, however, contained 14 Senators. Named were Senators McKellar of | Tennessee, Frazier of North Dakota, | Ashurst of Arizona, the late Senator Kendrick of Wyoming, the late Sena- | tor Howell of Nebraska, the late Sena- tor Ralston of Indiana, former Sena- tor Dill of Washington. Wheeler of Montana, the late Senator La Fol- lette of Wisconsin, former Senator Brookhart of Iowa, Norris of Nebraska, Shipstead of Minnesota, former Sena- tor Johnson of Minnesota and former Senator Swanson of Virginia, now Secretary of the Navy. Previously Shearer denied that he had threatened to kill a shipyard official in a dispute over pay. “I would not threaten to kill any- body who owed me money,” he as- serted. The committee also heard W. C. Hushing, spokesman for the American Federation of Labor, express the opinion that conscription of industrial “(Continued on Page 12, Column 2.) | Democrat, of Utah, Williams frankly Erin Saddened as i{est of World must be ready to destroy the inefficient minority in business if it determines to protect labor on wages and hours of work. | Leaning back in his chair at the Senate Finance Committee's investi- | He added. when Senator Borah |Once had employed him as a “propa- | gation of N. R. A., and pointing his finger at the Senators around him, Williams said: | “You must enforce the code for the social benefits involved against the 10 per cent that the code may de- stroy, or if you are determined to avoid the destruction of the inefficient units then we've got to abandon the | purpose of serving the social side.” | Urges Anti-Trust Changes. | Talking slowly and carefully, Wil- | liams warned the committee also that maintenance of the codes was de- pendent upon some modification of the anti-trust laws. Before the committee met today it was disclosed that Clarence Darrow, the veteran lawyer who conducted perhaps the most noted of all on- slaughts on N. R. A, had accepted an invitation to testify concerning the Blue Eagle The Chicago lawyer. now in- formed the committee he would ap- pear Monday. Foes who want to| scrap N. R. A. forthwith were looking | forward to his testimony hopefully. | Ten months ago, in a report which brought a furious scrap with Hugh 7. dent some N. R. A. codes tended to foster monopoly and crush the “little fellow.” Johnson replied that Dar- perate and inaccurate.” Advocates Open Competition. Williams, in his second appearance in the Senate’s N. R. A. inquiry, also advocated open and free competition between communities as well as be- tween industrial units. He said it was not the function of | N. R. A. to “rebuild the business structure” of the Nation. “We ought to interfere only to the minimum necessary,” he added. Questioned closely by Senator King, | told the committee there must be some } modification of the anti-trust laws to | permit codes to survive. “Except as the anti-trust laws can | be modified to that minimum amount necessary to permit business men to | work together,” he said, “I think it's | probably true that the codes would not survive.” Senator Hastings. Republican, of (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) 'HAWAIIAN FLYERS ' MAY START TODAY ‘l’erfect Weather Required for Test of Government Robot . Plane. | Treasury Leads in Honoring St. Patrick By the Associated Press. LIMERICK, Irish Free State, March 15.—They were gathering green sham- rocks in Ireland today to honor good St. Patrick, but old timers morosely reflected that the modern March 17 celebrations are not like those of yore. Even “Little Alfie,” Lord Mayor Al- file Byrne of Dublin, has gone to New York for Erin’s big day, the ancients point out as they gloomily puff on their clay pipes. “Shure, and his honor hadn't the heart in him,” they say, “to stay home this year and see the way they cele- brate the blessed saint’s day. “The old flare for celebrating is dy- ing out and it's a sad day for Ireland.” Even New York, London, Ghunz San Francisco and Melbourne will do more honor to the sainted Patrick than Dublin, Cork and Limerick, the oldsters complain. ‘There was the time when on March 17 every Irishman worthy of the name pinned a bunch of shamrocks on his hat aad went off to march in a pa- rade, cheer the booming bands or carry a banner. Then there were speeches, with | those who had kissed the Blarney Stone knowing well how to breathe fire and brimstone against the ancient enemy—Rogland. Finally there were sessions of “drowning the shamrock” and may- be a tew cracked heads just from tne exuberance of the occasion. By comparison, the old cclebrants sigh, ‘the current holiday observance is dull and drab indeed. By the Assoclated Press. OAKLAND, Calif.,, March 15.—Per- fect weather was awaited today for a Pacific flight of the Government’s new radio compass-robot plane, regarded as the latest development in sdfety | for transoceanic flyers. A contemplated flight for this morn- ing which would have carried the plane and the new radio compass it is testing anywhere from 800 miles out over the Pacific to Honolulu, 2,400 miles away, was indefinitely post- poned. ‘The delay was announced by Capt. Clayton Bissell, Army pilot called from Honolulu to handle the controls, after the United States Weather Bureau reported conditions at sea were not as favorable as desired for testing the radio compass. The airman called a press confer- ence for noon, indicating the fiyers were anxious to make the crucial test as soon as possible—this afternoon if conditions are ideak N The advantages of such a simul- |ed by the Federal Aviation Commis- taneous drive were believed by Treas- | ury officials to be effective because of crime. For instance, smuggling of narcotics leads to peddling of nar- cotics, and smuggling of liquor often- times, officials said. had some kind of a hook-up with illicit distributors, sometimes with illicit distillers and frequently with counterfeiting. Among the agencies whose agents were on the battle front today were the Customs, Coast Guard and Nar- cotics Bureaus, Alcohol Tax Unit, Secret Service Division and the In- | telligence Unit of the Bureau of In- ternal Revenue. Plans for this particular drive have been under way for two weeks, officials | said, but the general policy of build- ing a better system for correlation of enforcement agencies has | been under way since last Sumer. | Among the early reports outside Washington was one from Charles Tuttle. alcoholic tax chief at Atlanta. | Ga.. where 74 cases had been made | by the arrest of 117 persons and | seizure of 307 illicit stills In San Francisco the customs agent |in charge reported the arrest of 13 persons and seizure of several ounces of opium and heroin. At Los Angeles a case of jewelry valued at more than $10.000 was seized by the cus- toms unit, whose agents also confis- cated 17 ounces of morphine off the Japanese liner Tatsuta Maru. Arrested in automobiles and apart- ment houses, local prisoners were locked up in precincts last night, but were brought to police headquarters today for fingerprints and photo- graphs. Several strange incidents featured the raids. including the arrest of one man with $100 bills sewed into his coat and necktie. One woman in an automobile had a lap full of dope. Another woman prisoner i. an ex- pectant mother. Raids Began Yesterday. The raids were started at 8 o'clock | yesterday morning and continued during the day and through the night. One officer said after the last arrest sources of supply. The narcotics seized were said to constitute the largest haul made in the National Capital in many years. The raids were conducted by De- | tective Sergts. Dan H. Jone and C. E. Mansfield of the police narcotic squad. The woman with her lap full of dope was Dorothy Tanner, 24, of the 900 block of Hamilton street, who, the officers said. was attempting to make a get-away when the police car forced them into the curb at Thirteenth and L streets. Her com- panion, Russell Vaughan Claybourn, alias- “Whitie,” jumped from the car and attempted to pu. up a battle with the officers, but was subdued. In the woman's lap they found a large quantity of morphine. This was con- fiscated and the pair was led by Clay- bourn to his apartment in the 900 block of Hamilton street where more narcotics were found. Claybourn had the $100 bills sewed in his clothes. Driver of Car Arrested. Another car, driven by Carl Bullo, 32, of the 1300 block of Rhode Island avenue, was seized in the 1700 block of Seventeenth street. Bullo was arrested and a quantity of narcotics in the car was taken by the raiders. In the lobby of a hotel near the Capitol Building officers took into cus- tody two more suspects, Kalil Nader, 60, of the 800 block of Ninth street northeast, and Julian Sanders, 46 of the 500 olock of L street, but found no narcotics. Nader is known as the “Kaiser” on accoun: of his picturesque mustachios. Others arrested by the raiders in- cluded Mosbey Williams, 40, anc. May Lee, 46, of the 900 block of New York avenue; Benjamin Henry Woolf. 43, and Mrs. Lucille Woclf, 30, of the 1700 block of Seventecnth street; Clay Nichols, 33, of the 2100 block of P street, and Bessie Snow, 50, of the 400 block of K atreet. sion, the Post Office Department and the aviation industry and requested | interrelation between various phases of | by the President nearly two months ag0. ‘While the Post Office Department has not announced its estimate of the increased cost of the service, it was unofficially estimated the total in- crease in Government payments would amount to $1.500.000 or more a year. This is only about half the amount asked by the companies. The com- panies estimated their 1935 losses at present rates would be $5,000,000. Order Disappoints. ‘Today's order, which cannot become legal until Congress passes the emer- gency airmail bill granting the I. C. C. | the right to increase airmail rates, came as a bitter disappointment to several of the companies which had petitioned for increases Administration leaders anticipate early passage of the emergency air- mail bill. favorably reported by the House Post Office Committee. to be seven last year as compared with one in the previous year, two in 1932 and one in 1931. “Frankly. these figures are discour- | POST TAKES OFF N STRATOSPHERE 350-Mile Speed Sought to Maryland Attorney General c Break Coast-to-Coast Record. i LOS ANGELES. March 15 (#) — Wiley Post. noted ‘round-the-world | assistants at Police Court to urge jail sentences for drunken drivers The A. B. C. board revealed that it (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) | FISCAL CRISS LAD | | 10 NIGE POLITICS Charges Fight on Jobs | Blocks Budget Bill. i By the Associated Press | ANNAPOLIS. March 15.—The State The increases ordered by the I. C. flier. took off from Union air terminal ' of Maryvland today faced its worst C. range from a half cent per pound | g¢ Byrbank today on his second at-| financial erisis in to a maximum of 20 cents per pound- mile. The 20-cent Increase was granted American Airlines on its Chicago-Fort Worth route, which it bid in at an all-time record of 8 cents per mile. The second largest of the increases went to Robertson Airplane Service years—and one “What are you doing here; trying to show your authority?"” “Oh, hell no,” Blanton replied. Blanton admitted he had entered into a “gentleman’s agreement” with Maj. Brown whereby Inspector Bean would be retired after promotion to the rank of assistant superintendent and Inspector Headley clevated to his place. As a prelude to the excitement, Fitz- patrick apparently stirred Blanton's ire by asking him why he had sum- moned Inspector Bean to his office for a conference. Denies Calling Bean. Blanton denied emphatically he had lled Bean. “I haven't seen Bean nor talked with him in a year™ Blanton declared “When I got back to Washington I met Maj. Brown and asked him about Bean. ‘Has he been retired?’ T asked. *‘No." Brown told me. Then I sug- gested I'd like to talk with Bean. A week or ten days later he came to my office veluntarily.” Fitzpatrick skilfully maneuvered Blanton into admitting that in the tempt to span the continent in eight | State official blamed it on “maneuver- arrangemetnt for the retirement of hours or less in a 2447-mile flight through the stratosphere to New York City In his usual quiet manner the Okla- | which developed with lightning-like he could help Bean get more money. | ing over a few political jobs” on the part of Gov. Nice. ‘The components of that crisis— Co., which recently failed financially homa pilot waved “so long” to a group | speed as the General Assembly worked and was taken over by Wedell-Wil- | of sleepy-eved well wishers at the| itself into a deadlock over the bien- | liams Air Service Corp. The increase, which came too late to save the origi- nal company. raised the rate for the New Orleans-Houston route from 16.7 cents to 31 cents. American got an increase of 13'% cents on its Cleveland-Nashville route and 13 cents on its Newark-Fort Worth line. 12.5 Decrease Ordered. The heaviest decrease of 125 cents was meted out to United Air Lines on the Seattle-San Diego. United also lost 6.2 cents on its transcon- tinental line from New York to San Francisco. The new rates are to be base rates per airplane mile, it was explained. it was impossible to find any more | APd ¥ill 3PPIY to loads of 300 pounds or less. ‘The I. C. C. explained that its new | rates are designed to enable the air- mail companies to comply with the existing scale of wages for pilots and copilots. some of the companies have not be- gun to pay the scale ordered by the National Labor Board “notwithstand- ing their agreement to do so as a condition to the extension of their temporary contracts.” . SWITZES ARE INDICTED IN PARIS SPY INQUIRY American Couple Among 30 Sent to Correctional Court, 10 Being Fugitives. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 15.—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gordon Switz of East Orange, N. J. and New York were indicted with 30 other persons today as mem- bers of an alleged Soviet spy ring. Magistrate Michel Benon, the ex- aminer, sent the cases to the Correc- tional Court for trial, expected to be- gin in April. Guide for Readers Amusements Comics .. Features e o Finance ... A-17-18- Lost and Found.. Radio ... Serial Story . Service Orders .. Short Story It reported, however, that | | field and roared away in his globe- girdling plane, the Winnie Mae. Post's first cross-country strato- | sphere dash several weeks ago ended abruptly when he set his motor- | troubled ship down on the Mojave Desert less than an hour away from | Los Angeles. 350-Mile Speed Sought. | He expected today to travel through | the less restricted regions of the upper | air at a speed of around 350 miles an | hour “or more"—something like six | miles a minute. . Post dropped the “Winnie Mae's” | retractable landing gear as the ship { left the ground. and will land on the | plane’s belly when he reaches Floyd | Bennett Field in New York City. Post’s take-off today had pre- | viously been canceled because, he said, of unfavorable local weather conditions. Toward dawn, however, fog from | the Pacific Ocean rolled off the term- |inal and reports from other points along the route were believed satis- factory. A tail wind—something the | pilot has been waiting for—will speed his trip. Post leisurley donned his 16-pound “stratosphere suit,” specially designed for the trip, and climbed into the “Winnie Mae.” ‘The official time of his take-off was 6:16 am. (Pacific standard time). His take-off was without mishap and the landing gear was dropped midway down the runway. The plane will have less air resistance with the gear off. The flier headed due east, pointing the blue nose of his ship abruptly up- ward to gain as quickly as possible the altitude he expects to keep throughout his trip. He will fly be- tween 32,500 feet and 40,000 feet. HOLMES BILL IN HOUSE Cellar Measure Would Permit Acceptance of Bequest. Legislation authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to accept on behalf of the United States the bequest of about $250,000 which the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes willed to the Government was introduced in the Mouse today by Representative Celler, Democrat, of New York. He pointed out that without such authorization, Justice Holmes’ last wishes might re- main unfulfilled. Representative Celler paid tribute to the service which the late justice rendered to his country and named him the “most ciyilized American.” | nial budget bill—are: | 1. General fund payments from the Treasury have been suspended. | 2. The State has until midnight to- | night to evolve a plan which will | satisfy the Federal Government that | Maryland will bear its share of the | | reliet burden. 3. The Senate and the House are | in disagreement over the budget and | | the Conference Committee failed to | come to an agreement after a lengthy | meeting last night. 4. Nothing can be done to place | cash in the Treasury or to pass reve- nue-raising plans to meet the relief | demands until the budget is definitely Bean Headley was merely delaying his own appointment “Headley was deferring his own appointment.” Blanton explained. “so Blanton, intimating that the com- mittee was not treating him fairly, threatened to take the case to the floor of the House. He was told this | was his privilege. After the hearing adjourned, Blan- ton and Chairman Randolph were ob- served in a far corner on the floor of " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.)_ . REYNOLDS FAMILY ESTATE PLAN WINS Judge Moore Announces Decision to End Long Legal Battle. passed by both houses. . ' | By the Associated O Comax, ames Nice- | WINSTON-SALEM. N. €. March 15. The State official who charged that | —Judge Clayton Moore today an- the blame for the situation rests with | nounced he would approve the settle- | Gov. Nice was Attorney General Her- | ment of Smith Reynolds’ estate pro- | bert. O'Conor. He said in a statement | posed by the Reynolds family | last night: He indicated there might be minor “With pressing relief problems and | changes in the decree. but said that financial questions confronting the | the substance of his order on distribu- State of Maryland. as we approach tion of the estate of $27,975.000 would { the deadline set by the Federal Gov- pe the settlement suggested by R. J. | ernment, it seems unfortunate that| Reynolds. jr. and his sisters, Mrs., | Gov. Nice finds it necessary to occupy | Charles Babcock and Mrs. Henry W. | his time maneuvering over a few Bagley, | political jobs in the State Roads| This proposal would give 37', per Commission. | cent of the fortune to Anne Cannon “The facts in the matter are these’| Reynolds. second, Reynolds' child by —after endeavoring to eliminate en- | his first wife, the former Anne Can- tirely the office of assistant attorney non: 25 per cent to Christopher Rey- general to the State Roads Commis- | nolds, child of his second marriage to sion, the Governor was compelled by | Libby Holman. the actress; $750,000 reason of constitution and legal pro- | o' Miss Holman, and the remainder visions to restore the position. “However, he_has fough _“Ho and_still | for (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) }roundation. | to R. J. Reynolds, jr.. and his sisters establishment "of a charitable By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 15.—Broadway actors agree that even the “dog towns™ don't deserve some of the shows they et. 7 “Dogs” are what theater men call the try-out stops for shows bound for lost to the theater. The abuses suffered by those six— Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Haven, Hartford and Boston—are deplored in the current Equity, organ of the Actors’ Equity Association. Equity Protests Shabby Shows Given D. C. on ‘Dogtown’ Route Equity says editorially that man- agers who send half-ready shows to those cities are seriously injuring the prestige of the theater. Special sym- pathy is expressed for the audiences, used as “experimental guinea pigs.” The editorial is admittedly inspired Broadway, and actors are fearful that | by a protest from Richard E. West- six of the best are in danger of being | wood, Washington, D. C., editor of | Nature Magazine. Westwood defends Washington as a good theater town whose people have been too often be- trayed by shoddy goods. Equity suggests another week of ree hearsal, even if it must be paid for. ¢