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WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, probably occasional rain tonight and tomerrow; slightly warmer tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 45 de- grees. Temperatures—Highest, 65, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 45, at noon today. Full report on page A-4. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14&15 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. € No. 33,200. HITLER DEMANDS BALTIC CONTROL IN SIMON TALK; LEAGUE MEETS APRIL 15 * < Arms Asked to Save Europe * Doubts War From Reds. | 7 | | BERLIN PARLEY | : LASTS 8 HOURS ww A Navy 30 Per Cent Size of Britain's Is Sought. i (Copyright. 1935, by the Associated Press) | BERLIN, March 25.—Reichsfuehrer | Hitler, in intimate consultation with Sir John Simon, British foreign sec- retary, was reliably reported today to have insisted that Germany needs an | adequate army and & navy capable of | controlling the Baltic, with a good | sized air fleet as well, in order to de- | fend Western European civilization | Trom invasion by Russian bolshevism. Hitler was said to have claimed that Nazi Germany has saved Europe from bolshevism. ‘ | | SENATOR BORAH. BORAH DOUBTFUL WARIN PROSPECT Believes America Will Keep Out if Conflict Comes, However. Confer Eight Hours. He went into conference this morn- tng with Sir John and it was eight hours later before their session, which | had included a two-hour lunch, ended. | The statesmen will confer again to- | morrow. Diplomatic circles said the conver- gations were likely to determine whether Europe turns back toward | peace or continues on toward war. | Sir John entered the chancellory ac- | companied by Capt. Anthony Eden.| (Copyright. 1935. by the Associated Press.) British lord privy seal; Sir Eric Phipps. | Senator Borah, who has specialized British Ambassador. and a hattery of | in international affairs during a long secretaries. | career, predicted today that there will Baron Konstantin von Neurath,|pe no European war within the near Reich foreign minister. introduced the ' future. British foreign secretary. The Idahoan. who was for many Previously. years Republican chairman of the Met Eden i Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Hitler previously had met Capt.|forecast that even if there was a Eden. as the youthful British diplomat European conflict America would keep had negotiated an agreement with the out of it. ch Reichsfuehrer more than a year ago limiting Germany's army to 300,000 men. The agreement subsequently was turned down by Louis Barthou, French foreign minister, who later was | assassinated with King Alexander of Yugoslavia at Marseille. Foreign diplomats eagerly watched the start of the negotiations, specu- lating on the Reichsfuehrer's ability to dicker with Sir John, an old hand | at diplomatic maneuver. An air of tense excitement prevailed | In an interview with the Associated Press Borah also suggested that the rearming of Germany might, instead of bringing war, lead to a more peace- ful "Europe. WASHINGTON, D. C Poland Is Also f Rebuffed on -~ “Protest.” FRENCH AWAIT LAVAL JOURNEY Reassurances ‘ Austria, Hungary | Reported. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, March 25—The League | of Nations today officially convoked its Council for April 15 to discuss France’s 2ppeal against Germany | Meanwhile, volitica! circles here said | they had heard France had practically | assured Austria and Hungary that the | latter two nations would benefit from any modification of Versailles tieaty | military clauses recognized for Ger- many. | German Union Favored. Hungarians here said there was a growing sentiment in Hungary ‘avor- ing union with Germany unless the Little Entente—Yugoslavia, Czecho- slovakia and Runania—accepted some territorial adjusiments and the crea- tion of a Danubian confederation based on =conomic freedom and poli- tical equality. ] It is expected in Geneva that both ! Hungary and Austria will follow Ger- many’s lead ‘n proclaiming compul- sory military service. Austria Wants 40,000. Austrian quarters indicated a de- |sire for a military force of about, 40,000 ‘mmediately, with the right! to increase the size of its army and | the latter are found unsatisfactory. ! Compulsory military service would | make the Hungarian and Austrian armies about 15 per cent of the popu- | lation of those courtries. It would swell Europe's forces un- | der arms, which, without the aadi- | tions of Hungary 000,000 larger this year than in 1934, WILLING TO NEGOTIATE. Italy's Participation Rests on Ger- and Austria, but ¢ Foenin ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MONDAY, MARCH = 25, ANYHOW,IT's BETTER N You ve BEEN GETTIN" LATELY! HERBERT HOOVER HAY! ROOSEVELT GOES SOUTH TONEHT President Decides After Learning of Howe's Improvement. 125—A President Roosevelt will leave ‘Washington late tonight for his brief vacation in Florida waters, having McHenry Howe, his close personal friend and principal secretary. has passed the immediate crisis of his illness and is showing considerable | improvement. The President’s decision was en- River of Ice Floods Town in Wisconsin, Damage Is $100,000 Emergency Crews Work at Top Speed to Clear Away Debris. By the Assoclated Press WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis.,, March river of ice that through a dam and poured in on this city like a tidal wave had emergency crews working at top speed today to reduce the number of police, saying | been given assurance that Col. Louis clear away debris. Carrying slabs of ice from 24 to 36 inches thick, which had been piling up for 48 hours, the rising waters of the Wisconsin River broke off a timber superstructure on the dam at Biron. two miles north of here, and surged into the city last night, causing an o Star 1935—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. %% BONUS “PRESTIGE” ASKED BY HOLSE Leaders Feel President | Should Effect Compromise With Them. smashed | By the Associated Press. An urgent plea that President Roosevelt forego any atiempt to compromise or the bonus until the Senate has acted has been made to the White House by an administretion leader in the House. Close friends of this member, who asked that neither his name nor The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. WE B0 OUR pART SATURDAY'S cireunntion, 125,614 TUAES 136,029 Some Returns Not Yet Received (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. TIP-FF SHOWDOWN WORK -RELIEF BILL DUE AS PROBERS CONFERENCE PLAN SUMMON WIINESSiBAlKEM HOUSE ;Man Reported to Have|Administration Leaders May Known of Raid Plans Invoke Special Rule to to Tell Story. Adjust Views. FULL INVESTIGATION ‘INFLATIONISTS PRESS ORDERED BY HAZEN'FOR THOMAS AMENDMENT AT | L Commissioner Takes Charge of Meeting Is Called to Map Strat- Own Inquiry After House Hear- | egy to Force Measure Through ing Reveals Accusations. by End of Week. BY JAMES E. CHINN. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. A stormy session of the Special ~ Administration forces met a tempo- Crime Committee of the House ap- |rary check when they sought in the peared imminent this afternoon as | House to send the $4.800,000.000 work- plans were made to settle the con- relief bill to conference today. troversy as to who “tipped off” a | Unanimous consent to send the bill. suspected gambling house at 113 B Wwith 31 Senate amendments to con- street southeast of an impending raid. |ference in the Senate was asked by Hugh Pred, proprietor of a tea Representative Buchanan of Texas, tavern at 115 B street southeast, who | chairman of the Appropriations Com- was reported as having had knowledge of the contemplated raid four hours in advance, was subpoenaed to testify when he refused to appear before the witness subpoenaed by the committee ’nnder authority granted it by the House. . Capt. Joseph E. Morgan of the fifth precinct. in which the suspected gambling house was located, told the | Crime Committee Saturday Fred had informed him he knew about the plans for the raid before Detective Watson Salkeld and several other officers broke | evidence of gambling. [ Officer Ts Blamed. Blame for a “tip-off” on the raid was indirectly laid to Salkeld by Capt. Morgan. Salkeld vigorously denied it. Both Morgan and Salkeld have been | summoned to appear with Fred in an | effort to settle the controversy. In spector Albert J. Headley, administra | tive head of the fifth precinct, also | has beén called to tell what he knows about the situation. Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen | meanwhile, personally assumed charge of another investigation of the fifth precinct situation. Hazen directed Inspector Thaddeus committee voluntarily. He is the first | | into the place without finding any | including Russia, will be almost 1,-! nounced at the White House this estimated $100,000 damage. | afternoon following a consultation The splash boards which were torn { i away were 8 feet high and as they |n!t.ended by Capt. Ross lT,»McIn!lr!.““_e way a wave of almost equal { U. 8. N, White House physician, and | hejght poured in upon the streets to four other Navy doctors, all specialists | the east side of the river. The water theirs be used, disclosed this special | Bean, assistant superintendent of po- plea. Back of it is the complaint by | lice, to make the investigation. Maj. some Representatives that the White | E. W. Brown, superintendent of police, House has done most of its com- |said Saturday night Bean would make promising this session with the Sen- | the investigation in place of Inspector ate, thus giving that body prestige. | Headley, in whose district the fifth These House members feel ‘their | precinct is located. Headley has been | Doubts War Soon. i man Willingness. ‘The interview, in which the Idahoan | turned an experienced eve toward | ROME. March 25 (P)-—Although , foll | Italy has mobilized her military class E‘flfi‘»" Tcllowatiduestion anc sniswer of 1911 in the interests of maintain- . “Does Germany's |ing European stability, she still is e e hens faturesns MeAD | willing, official circles said today. to participate in diplomatic negotiations in the Wilhelmstrasse government | A “A mapn takes some risk in at- offices as the conferees ‘assembled‘ | tempting to prophesy what will happen | Several members of the cabinet dodged ' jn Europe within the near future or in and out of the chancellery before any time. But I have a very strong the British visitors arrived. Many conviction that there is not going to | Nazi provincial leaders were in Berlin be any war in Europe within the near | apparently to keep in close touch with future or within any reasonaole time. | developments d “The Versailles treaty had already Lines of regular and secret police been disregarded by the other nations, kept traffic moving in the street out- jts military clauses had been disre- side the chancellery. Police als0 | garded and other conditions were de- guarded the British Embassy and the | veloping that made it inevitable that Adlon Hotel where the British delega- Germany should renounce the treaty. tion is stopping. gobody kmaws this better than Great | | Britain, and Great Britain holds the | A'“"""; for "‘“‘;‘; e | key to the situation. The first conference of Hitler, Sir| Ly N John and Eden ended at 1 pm. when War Not Desired. Der Fuchrer escorted his guests to the | “Pyrthermore, neither Italy nor chancellery’s dining room for lunch. | France desires war, and there will not The subjects discussed during the be any war unless an attempt is morning were not immediately made | made to compel Germany to conform public, but it was officially stated that | Gen. Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's personal diplomatic agent, and ‘Baron von Neurath were present throughout the parley. The conversation was to be resumed | at 3 pm. to continue until 5 or 6 p.m. | Hitler sprang a surprise et the| start of the conversations with Sir| John and Capt. Eden by requesting the visitors be brought to the chan-| cellery to meet him at once. | The Reichfuehrer's request occa-| sioned a sudden revision in the origi- nal program, which contemplated that the preliminary conversations should be conducted between the British enjoys and Baron von Neurath. Hitler had not been expected to confer with Sir John and Capt. Eden until tomorrow. | As the parley got under way, it was reliably reported Germany would | bring to the discussions a demand that she be accorded the right to possess a navy 30 per cent the size of Great Britain’s. Larger Fleet Not Desired. | While a fleet of this size was ac-| knowledged to be comparatively small, it was said it would be of suffi- cient strength to give the Reich se- curity in the Baltic Sea, allaying whatever apprehensions might be en- tertained by Germany for the Soviet | people. to the terms of the treaty. That's the way 1 see it.” Q. “Doesn’t it look like there will be an effort to compel Germany?” A. “There will be a certain effort | made, but it will not take on the form of physical attack.” | Q. “What are the probabilities of | America’s being drawn into the war, if there should be one?” A. “I do not anticipate we are going to be involved in "this controversy. We should, and I have no doubt we will, make every effort to abstain from participation. I do not feel nearly as much trouble about the European situation as the situation in the United States. There is where our problem is and the further we keep away from Europe the better for our We are still suffering from one visit to Europe and I trust we shall never make another.” May Better Conditions. Q. “Is this German move a step | toward revision of the Versailles treaty and more settled conditions in Europe?” A. “It may happen that this move will be in the interest of better condi- tions. I have frequently said there would never be real peace in Europe until the Versailles treaty was abro- gated. This may lead to a re-writing of the treaty on such terms as will sea power. | glve much greater assurance of peace Germeny does not desire a Jarger |20 stability in Europe.” fleet, it was explained. until she is| St assured of restoration of her colonial | empire. | Along with her naval demands, the Reich was expected to seek from the powers of Europe sanction for her con- scription program and her new mili- Plea Made for Bruno. CHICAGO, March 25 ()—In spite of hostility from Police Commissioner John P. Allman, Mrs. Bruno Richard Hauptmann came to Chicago today to appeal for funds to aid her husband, tary air fleet. convicted kidnaper of the Lindbergh In return for these concessions, it | was indicated Hitler might be willing to agree to Germany'’s return to the League of Nations and participation in 20-year non-aggression pacts. FLYING DUCHESS SAFE ON FLIGHT TO ALGERIA Word of Arrival Calms Anxiety for 60-Year-Old Wife of Duke of Bedford. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 25.—Anxiety re- garding the whereabouts of England’s “fiying duchess,” the 60-year-old wife of the Duke of Bedford, was relieved todsy as word was recelved at her home in Woburn Abbey that she had arrived safely at Oran, Algeria, Sat- urday. The duchess reported she planned to remain at Oran three days, after with France, England and Germany, | provided Germany agrees. Government sources expressed the opinion the mobilization, instead of closing the avenue to diplomatic dis- cussion, rendered such negotiations more effective. 1 The mobilization orders summoned approximately 200,000 men to the! colors. It was considered likely that | after their concentration the troops | would be moved to nérthesn cities | adjacent to the frontier. Fulvio Suvich, undersecretary for foreign affairs, returned today from the tri-partite conference at Paris and went soon afterward to the Venezia Palace, where he was closeted for some time with Premier Mussolini. Suvich undoubtedly will accompany Il Duce to Stresa for the next con- Terence of the powers planned for next month. MOSCOW VISIT STRESSED. French Officials Prepare for Laval's Trip. PARIS, March 25 (#).—While keep- ing & watchful eve on the Berlin con- ference between Reichsfuehrer Hitler ard Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary, French officials today gave “(Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) FOUR MORE PLANES SEEK MISSING FLYERS Stanley E. 8iscoe and Capt. Thomas Wrathall Lost in Canadian Woods. By the Assaclated Press. MONTREAL, March 25.—Four more planes took off from St. Hubert Air- port near here today bound for North- ern Quebec to aid in the search for Stanley E. Siscoe, prominent Canadian mining man, and his pilot, Capt. Thomas Wrathall, lost in the thick last Tuesday. the ground for some sign of the plane, The search was resumed with re- newed vigor today when a blinding snowstorm which forced searchers to halt their efforts yesterday cleared away, The lost men's cabin plane was amply supplied with food and suff- cient clothing to enable them to with- stand the rigorous weather of the frozen mining district of Northern baby. a new emphasis to B lived in Washington most in conducting a newspaper department. in answer to que: which she will fly across the Sahara eseTt to Nigeria and then tag rtum. Women's Page in The Star EGINNING with today’s issye, The Star will give terests. A special page under the direction of Mrs. Betsy Caswell will appear regularly. Mrs. Caswell is a native of Virginia, but has extensive experience in homemaking in all of its phases. and in the bringing up of children. She is The benefit of her rience will be given gladly periainin i —recipes, table service, etiquett Caswell will gladly offer assistance to the women o Washington in all their homemaking problems, Quebec. womeh’s activities and in- of her life. She has had experienced cooking and housekeeping to household matters , menus, etc. 'S. |in heart and lung diseases. ‘This con- | sultation was called as a result of Col. | Howe's marked improvement yesterday. | Besides Dr. McIntire the Navy con- ! | sultants_were: Drs. G. C. Thoma | Luther Sheldon, W. H. Hargrove Robert G. Duncan. It is upon the leaving on a special train for Jack- sonville about midnight. It is said also at the White House that he is leaving with reasonablé assurance that Col. Howe's condition should continue to improve, at least for sev-! eral weeks. While thiz reassuring news |flushed into basements to depths of {from 4 to 8 feet, extinguished fires and damaged stocks of merchandise in store rooms in the business district. At the Consolidated Water Power & Paper Co. mills motors were grounded and other equipment soaked, with the result that suspension of | report of this group, it is said. that | operations may be necessary for a | the President has decided to go ahead | few da: | with his intended vacation in Florida, ' vs. OTHNGIAKER chamber should have a share of this | involved in the House inquiry, in| ., orence prestige. | Administration Firm. With the administration standing firm in its attitude against the bonus, the House passed the Patman bill to pay immediately with new currency. If there are to be compromise talks, some Representatives feel the White House should talk first with the House. They take obvious comfort from the report that leading administra- tion Senators for some days have tried. unavailingly. to determine the President’s _attitude toward a com- promise. They said similar attempts to get a presidential commitment on charges that he sought assistance at the Capitol for & promotion. Hazen gave his orders to Inspector Bean at a conference in his office at the District Building this morning. Also present were Maj. Brown, E. Barrett Prettyman, corporation coun- sel, and Edward W. Thomas. assistant corporation counsel. “We are going to make a thorough ! investigation of the fifth precinct.” Hazen said out, first if there was a tip-off, and if s0, who made it. Second, Inspector Bean will go into the morale of the { personnel and his report will deter- mine whether changes should be made.” Confidence in Bean. “We are going to find | was given out today, it was said by Dr.| McIntire that the ultimate prognosis is not such as to expect entire recov- | ery, although for the present the phy- sicians expect a steady improvement | |in Secretary Howe's condition. | At Jacksonville the President will | | 8o aboard the Navy destroyer Farra- |gut. The yacht Nourmahal, owned ADMITSILRAAD Tells Senate Group That Wages,/Production and Profits Are Raised. a compromise before the House voted last week also failed. “Inspector Bean is not involved in | Frequently this session. when con- | any way,” Hazen said, “and the Com- troversial questions were presented to | missioners have absolute confidence the House, Democratic leaders at-|in him.” |tempted to win from the President| Commenting on reports that Bean |an agreement to compromise. They |is planning to retire, Hazen said: |did that on the bill dealing with the A “Inspector Bean can stay just where | Federal 5 per cent pay cut and on the he is until he dies, so far as the Com- $4,880,000,000 works-relief bill. | missioners are concerned. We have woods of the Gatineau district since | A dozen planes are now scanning by Vincent Astor, will keep close by, and the President will transfer to the yacht on those occasions when he is in the mood for fishing. It is the President’s purpose to keep within an | hour’s cruising distance at all times of the Florida coast, in event of any sudden relapse on the part of Col. Howe. Friends Are Guests. On the Nourmahal, besides Astor, | will be the same small group of friends | of the President who have made up | the former fishing and cruising parties of the President since occupying the ‘White House. They will be Kermit Doosevelt. Dr. Leslie Heiter, Mobile, Ala.; George St. George, Judge Kernochan and Rhine- lander Stewart of New York. It is un- derstood that James Roosevelt, the | President’s eldest son, will join the party before the President’s return. | Marvin H. McIntyre of the White House secretariat, will set up a tem- porary skeletonized executive office at Miami, and will keep in touch with the President at sea by radio. Sim ’;l;i.; l}eéin Court Fight for Custody of Girl By the Associated Press. A clothing manufacturer critical of N. R. A. conceded before the Senate Finance Committee today that wages, production and profits had been raised in the men’s clothing industry under the code. The witness. Francis M. Curlee of St. Louis, said he could not testify, however, whether the code had in- creased purchasing power. Turns Over Correspondence. Curlee, a ftall, with a fringe of white hair, turned over to the committee today, in re- sponse to a subpoena, all his recent | correspondence. The subpoena was issued Friday after Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Kentcky, charged an effort had been | him through | made to “intimidate” his _constituents, Curlee testified he had asked a Kentucky clothing manu- facturer to call the Senator. The aggressive La Follette, Pro- gressive, of Wisconsin, undertook the questioning of Curlee at today's in- quiry. Degspite rainy weather, an- other capacity crowd was on hand, though most of the Senators were absent. Under La Follette's questioning, Curlee said wages in the Curlee plants in St. Louis and Mayfield, Ky, had been raised substantially under the| yepgeance because of the strictness | Italian articles. He was the secon: bald-headed man Compromise Allowed. Each time the word sent back to | the House was that the administ tion was insistent upon its original | position. Yet the Senate was allowed to compromise on restoration of the 5 | per cent pay cut on April 1 and to |accept the Russell prevailing wage amendment to the public works bill. “That has done anything but make our life easy,” said one prominent | Representative today. “The adminis- | tration apparently expects the House to go on indefinitely taking the rap |and letting the Senate get credit for | doing its own legislating.” — GUNMEN HURT FOUR |Open Attack on Madrid's “Po- litical Prison.” ! prison officials and a passerby were | wounded today when unidentified sub- “ machine gunners fired a blast of bullets | from a taxicab as it passed Madrid's | model prison. ‘ The officials were leaving the prison | entrance after their night duty. | The model prison is where the political prisoners arrested during the | } absolute confidence in Inspector Bean. I have asked him. however, that if | “(Continued on Page 5, Column 4) ARKANSAS COURT PROTECTS LANDLORD | Holds Tenant Cannot Sue to En- | force Cotton Crop and Acre- | age Reduction. | By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. March 25.— In a decision vital to the protracted sharecropper-landlord controversy in | Eastern Arkansas, the State Supreme Court*today held that a tenant could not sue a landlord to enforce the MADRID, March 25 (#).—Three 1934-35 cotton crop and acreage re- ‘Taylor of Colorado. 1 duction contract entered into between | the landlord and the United States | Department of Agriculture. | With this holding, the high court refused to issue an injunction to pre- | vent an alleged tenant eviction. - | Ttaly Expels German Writer. ! ROME. March 25 (#).—Paul Ull- mittee. | Representative Johnson of Texas | iImmediately objected. Representative Rankin of Missis- sippi asked the Speaker and Chairman | Buchanan what it is proposed to do | with the work-relief bill. Buchanan replied the bill should be sent to con- ference. | “The Senate has added 31 amend- | ments to that bill." said Buchanan “The bill is not capable of adminis- tration with those amendments,” Rankin Disagrees. “We are familiar with those amend- ‘m:nu and we think they are capable of administration.” replied Rankin. “I can't help what you think, and { I don’t care,” retorted Buchanan with | some heat. “I said we believe the Senate amendments capable of administra- | tion,” answered Rankin., “that means the great majority of this House.” For the time being, that closed the attle between the inflationists in | the House who wish to have the Thomas silver amendment agreed to | by the House and the administration What course will be followed with regard to the work-relief bill will b determined this afternoon by the | Democratic leaders of the House. who are determined to send the bill to | conferenc. May Require Rule. | The two courses open are to move | in the House to send the bill to conference or to bring in a special rule providing for sending the bill to The administration | forces are believed inclined toward a special rule. Such a rule would direct the House to disagree with the Sen- | ate amendment and send the bill to | conference. The Senate already has | requested a conference on the bill | If “the special rule is brought in, it | could exclude any motion to concur in the Thomas or other Senate | amendments to the work-relief bill. Should a motion be made in the | House to concur without a special rule a substitute motion to concur in the Senate amendment would take prece- dence. | Jus before the House assembled at |noon today Speaker Byrns returned |from a conference with PreBident | Rooevelt at the White House. He said the work-relief bill should be sent to | conference. He declined to answer | questions as to whether he and the | administration forces approved the ! Thomas amendment which provides | for the issuance of silver certificates {by the Secretary of the Treasury | against all silver bullion owned or cquired by the Government, at the | monetary value of silver. When Byrns | was leaving the White House he said he had discussed the work-relief bill with the President and that he hoped the bill would be finally disposed of and sent to the White House before the end of the week. The work-relief bill was delivered to the House by a Senate clerk at the | opening of the session today. It was | then that Speaker Byrns recognized Representative Buchanan to make his request to send the bill to conference. Inflationists Meet. Earlier today a group of House cur- rency inflationists and silver sup- | porters met at the call of Representa- tive Martin of Colorado to lay their plans for forcing a vote in the House on concurrence in the Thomas silver amendment. Among those attending |the conference was Representative Taylor is the | acting Democratic leader of the House. He has served in this capacity | during the entire session of the pres- ent Congress in place of Representa- tive Bankhead of Alabama, who has been absent on account of illness. At the meeting of the inflationists were 32 members of the House. Sena- tor Thomas of Oklahoma, author of | the silver amendment, sat with them recent rebellion are being held for mann, a German newspaper cor- | for part of the time. { trial. Police said the attack ap- | parently was connected with political | respondent, wos ordered expelled from | The opinion expressed at the meet- iluly today for having written anti- | ing was that everything possible d | should be done to bring about the District Couple’s Grand- daughter Is Stake in Legal Battle. respectively, to 58 and 61 cents. He said profits in 1934 were “bet- | ter than in 1933.” and “had been bet- ter throughout the industry.” La Follette asked if there had been code, from 36 and 21 cents an hour, | of | | i the officials prisoners. with the political | German correspondent to be expelled this month. Blossoms By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans, March 25.—Dr. and Mrs. G. G. Simpson of New York took their fight for legal custody of one of their daughters, 8-year-old Pa- tricia Gaylord, to Kansas courts today. The girl, one of four daughters, now is with the mother, Mrs. Lydia Frances Simpson, who took her from a school near Buffalo, Kans., February 17. At the time the girl was living with Mrs. Simpson’s mother, Mrs. Mary Ped- roja. who is aligned with the father in the action. Dr. Simpson's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Simpson of Washington, D. C. Hearing of the case was expected to require several days. Dr. Simpson’s testimony was to be given by depo- sition. The child probably will not be called to the court room. Simpson, assistant curator of the American Museum of Natural History, contends Mrs. Simpson is unfit to have custody of Patricia because she once had been committed to an insti- tution for the insane. Mrs. Simpson charges her husband bhad her placed in the institution when she sought her children gafter the couple had separated threg IS 2go. “shockingly low wages” before the code, but Curlee said he had “no in- | formation on that.” Industry Not Sweatshop. “The men's clothing industry was not generally & sweatshop industry,” he said. The Industrial Recovery Associa- tion of Clothing Manufacturers, which | he represents, Curlee said, is willing to conform to any reasonable min- imum wage. He added. however. that he per- sonally had “never believed in the (Continued on Page 5, Column 3. Injunction Sought. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March 25 (®)—Counsel for “rank and file” members of the sixth district of the Amalgamated Association of Ironm, Steel and Tin Workers prepared to- day to file an injunction suit to re- strain international officers of the union from interfering with so-called “outlaw” lodges of the union. Sixty members from 14 Jodges at- tended & meeting here yesterday which authorized injunctigp proceed- ings and retained an attdaey. . Japanese Cherry Display Expected Next Sunday | | Washington's annual display of | Japanese cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin is now slated to start | next Sunday, with full blooms being reached two or three days later. This was the official word today of | ©. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of the National Capital parks, after an inspection of the trees. David Saunders, chief horticultrist, confirmed this opinion after he had made the rounds. Saunders, several days ago, had one of the cuttings of the trees placed in water indoors at the prop- agating gardens, west of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and today the very first blooms of the year were being admired. “There will be a fairly good showing on Sunday if the weather stays warm,” said Mr. Finnan. In the absence of rains or high winds, or extremely cold weather, the | blooms should lasWabout two weeks. { The double blossolns, found on the | trees in East Potomac Park, are now | expected out around April 13. On Sunday night illumination of | the trees around the Tidal Basin | | will be undertaken. This was a fea- ture of last year's celebration and now there are about 70 lights avail- able. The Japanese Ambassador and his family, in keeping with the custom of past years, will be invited to view the blooms when they reach maturity. Finnan said today the trees are in a very healthy condition this year. This is due to work done under a P. W. A. allocation of $50,000. Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peeples, director of the Community Center Depart- ment, in co-operaion with the parks officials, is arranging a sunrise cere- mony on April 5 on the banks of the Tidal Basin, and on Saturday, April 13. she proposes to present “The Mikado” in the Sylvan Thea- ter, on the Wajhington Monument | grounds. “ adoption of the Thomas amendment. | Confers With Thomas. * The House silver bloc conferred with Senator Thomas and then desig- nated Representative Dies. Democrat, of Texas to make a motion on the House floor to concur with all Senate amendments. It also appointed a committee to confer with Speaker Byrns to see that “we are allowed our parliamentary rights,” the Associated Press reported. | The committee comprises Repre- | sentatives Dies, Murdock, Democrat, : Rankin, Democrat, of Mis- Pierce, Democrat, of Oregon: Taylor; Moritz, Democrat, of Penn- sylvania; Beiter, Democrat, of New (Continued on Page 5, Column 7.) Amusements Comics Features Finance | | Serial Story . 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