Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER (0. 8 Weather Bureau Foracast Cloudy and cool, probably occasional rain today; tomorrow fair, slowly temperature, gentle to moderate Temperatures—Highest, 71, at Pp.m. vesterday: lowest, 60, at 10 p.m. yes- terday. Full report on page A-9. (®) Means Associated Press. No. 1,577—No. 33,276. ANTITRUST FIGHT ONREVISEDN.R.A BEGINS IN SENATE Opponents Demand Full Repeal of Exemption Clause in Bill. CLARK LEADS MOVE TO ELIMINATE SECTION | Harrison Confident of Favorable Vote to Save Agency Expiring at End of Week. Br the Assaciated Press, Scared even of the ghostlike N. R A. voted by the House, Senate op- ponents of the wrecked recovery law announced yesterday they would de- mand full repeal of provisions per- mitting exemptions from the anti- trust laws. They served notice that when the ekeleton of the Blue Eagle is carried in from the House tomorrow. they would ask to have it sent to commit- tee for the making of such changes. Administration leaders sought to convince their Senate colleagues that nothing but the bones of the bird were left, and that it was a harm- less old carcass from which the Su- preme Court had stripped all skin and flesh. The legislation. a resolution ap- proved by the House Friday. would continue the recovery law until next April, with the authority for com- pulsory codes eliminated because of the Supreme Court's decision holding them invalid. | ‘The little band of Senators who led the fight against the N. R. A even before it was finallv felled by the Supreme Court was openly skep- tical of the resolution despite assur- ance from President Roosevelt that the anti-trust laws would be fully Testored., Concerned Over Relaxation, ‘This group was concerned about & provision of the old act continuing suthority for the President to relax the anti-trust Jaws for voluntary ' @greements between industrial units. Senator Clark. Democrat. of Mis- fouri. author of the Senate resolution to which the House amendment was attached, announced he would move to | send the legislation to the Finance Committee for an amendment repeal- ing the suspension of the anti-trust laws. He was highly hopeful of gather- ing enough votes to suceeed. Chairman Harrison of the Finance Committee. who has charge of the reso- lution for the administration. was con- fident he could ward off the attack and gain Senate approval of the House amendment without serious delay. Fully realizing the old law will expire at the end of this week. Harrison planned to resist the attempt to send the measure back to committee. Administration leaders contended there was little prospect that the suthority for voluntary agreements would be used. and insisted that even if it were there would be no relaxa- tion of the anti-trust laws. | Borah, King Agree. ] But N. R. A. opponents felt that 1{1 there was no desire to use the anti- trust loophole there should be no ob- jection to its elimination. Among those | who joined Clark in this contention | were Senators Borah, Republican, of | Idaho and King, Democrat, of Utah Other critics of the recovery law were expected to fall in line. Borah is still studying the House measure and has not determined what course he will pursue. He told news- paper men, however, that he would “dislike to see a resolution passed which would permit voluntary agree- | ments in definance of the anti-trust laws.” | King was determined to try to elim- inate the anti-trust provision. He contended that if there was to be a relaxation of the anti-monopoly law sufficient to permit industries to make agreements on hours and wages, it should be done under the supervision | of the Federal Trade Commission. This was also Clark’s view. He said: “1 am willing to grant the Federal Trade Commission jurisdiction to ap- prove agreements on maximum hours, minimum wages and child labor, but I am not willing to take a chance on | ®ny more Johnsons or Richbergs.” He was referring to Hugh S. John- #on, former administrator of N. R. A., and Donald Richberg, retiring chair- man of the Recovery Board, both of whom have been favorite targets for the attacks of recovery law foes. Official would-be N. R. A. planners decided they would plan no more until | (See N. R. A, Page A-4) | . FEDERAL MEN READY | IN KAUL KIDNAPING Police Abandon Theory Missing Boy Drowned, Center on Abduction Clues. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 8.—Department of Justice agents prepared to enter the case today as police abruptly dis- carded their theory that 5-year-old John Kaul was drowned in the East River and concentrated on abduction clues. A well-dressed woman who was seen teading a boy answering John's de- scription away from the neighborhood where he lived Thursday night was sought by detectives. They also tried to trace the owner of a gruff voice who telephoned the missing boy's mother last night and said: “Don’t worry. Your child is safe. God bless you." A Federal agent interviewed the father during the day but Rhea Whitley, in charge of the local De- partment of Justice agents, said' his men were not yet taking an active art. v The boy was last seen in a play- ground between fashionable Sutton place and the East River, and his {ather has expressed the belief that he may have been seized by kid- napers who erroneously supposed him 1o be & member of one of the weal \nmules in the neighborhood, ) rising winds. 12:30 Entered as second class matter post_office. Washington, D. C. 100 Physicians 111 After They Attend Society’s Banquet By the Associated Press. AMIENS, France, June 8.— More than 100 physicians were reported gravely ill in this vi- cinity tonight after attending the annual banquet of their med- ical soclety. Police, expressing belief the doctors were poisoned by food eaten at the banquet, sought kitchen employes of the restau- rant where it was held for ques- tioning. The banquet, attended by 250 members of the Medical Society of Picardy, was held last week end. Only today, however, did authorities, hearing of isolated cases of sickness, investigate and find over 100 ill. PARKS"299 WING OPEN GOLF TITLE ,Home-Town Player Springs Upset—Thomson Second and Hagen Third. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM, Stafl Correspondent of The tar. OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB, Pittsburg, Pa., June 8.—Sam Parks, 25-year-old Pittsburgh boy. attached to the South Hills Country Club, a lad who never before in his brief golfing career has won a golf tournament or anything more than a one-day stand, is the new national open golf cham- pion of the United States. An obscure professional, who has been in the paid ranks only a few | vears and a former Pittsburgh golf captain, today out- stripped one of. the great fields gathered for the national champion- ship over a great course to win with a 72-hole score of 299. Two shots behind Parks came Jimmy Thomson, former Burning Tree assistant pro, at 301, and third was Walter Hagen, the old master of 15 years ago, in one of the finest comebacks known to sport. Walter finished with 302 and for a time | looked as if he might win. Refusing to crack when the pressure of the last nine holes of golf's leading tournament came on, Parks finished the final day with 73—76 for a 149! total to win Knows His Oakmont. Your new open golf champion is not a great golfer. He proved he was at Oakmont., but his greatness is. according to his brother pros, only in evidence at one golf course. the course where he won his first major championship and the biggest one of them all. He is a good finisher and a con- sistent one. but the story goes that he knows Oakmont as few people know (Continued on Page B-8, Column 1). LAVAL READY TO USE POWER OVER FRANC University of e WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1935—112 PAGES. | polictes. ROOSEELT FAGES CAUSTIC CHARGES BY GRASS ROTER “Save the Constitution” to Be Battle Cry at G. 0. P. Session. STABILIZATION OF MONEY AND BUDGET ARE GOALS Candidacy Talk, Despite Soft- Pedaling, Thrives Prior to Opening Parley Tomorrow. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 8 —Dele- | gates to the Republican Midwest grass roots conference are Coming | here in special trains and automobiles to take President Roosevelt for & “horse and buggy” ride—if they can. “Save the Constitution” is one of their slogans. It is clear that the as they can of the rebuff which the President and the New Deal suffered recently at the hands of the Supreme | Court. | "So the talk tonight is of two main resolutions. or sets of resolutions, to be adopted by the conference when | it gets into action Monday and Tues- | day. The first of these will be a plain indictment of the President and many | of his policies. Remedies Proposed. The second will offer Republican remedies for the depression and the financial “fix” in which. the Repub- licans sa | the country. It will demand stabili- zation of money and that something be done about balancing the govern- | mental budget. The Republicans, however, are not going to turn their backs on the farmers. roots conference of the representa- | ! tives of 10 of the great agricultural States of the Middle West. They are going to demand that the farmer | “get .is* while subsidies are being | handed out to other groups. This | does not necessarily mean an indorse- ment of the President’s A. A. A. In fact, the Republicans are intent upon | presenting a plan of their own. Center Blame on Roosevelt. In the resolutions attacking President. his economic and financial policies are expected to be condemned as unsound, un-American and uncon- stitutional. The effort will be to put the repsonsibility for errors on the President himself. ard not on the brain trust or any of the cabinet members. The Republicans are coming to tne shrine of Abraham Lincoln to talk Every effort has been made [to soft-pedal discussion of presi- dential candidates. There is a grand undercurrent. however. which has to do almost entirely with “possibilities™ for the presidential nomination. The | Republicans are old hands at politics Wins Right to Issue Strong Decrees to Prevent De- valuation. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 8.—Empowered to is- sue sweeping decrees, Pierre Laval to- night was ready to start his fight to “defend the franc” and “prevent de-| valuation.” | Succeeding where others failed, Laval early today wrested from re- luctant Deputies financial powers, de- | nial of whnich overthrew governments headed by Pierre-Etienne Flandin and Fernand Bouisson. The Chamber approved his course, 324 to 160. Then the Senate voted for Laval, 233 to 15, after hearing him say: “The gravity of the present situation is due to the bad state of the treasury and the budget deficit. There is nothing to do but adjust expenses to receipts.” Laval said the 1935 treasury deficit would be 11,000.000.000 francs (almost $726.000.000). Other estimates in the Chamber placed the total deficit, in- cluding railrcad obligations, at 19,- 000,000,000. Sanity Tests Bill Signed. TRENTON, .June 8 (#).—Gov Hofl- | man today signed a bill to permit establishment ~f county clinics to study the mental and physical condi- tion of convicted persons. Th2 new | law. suggested by the Executivs Com- | mittee of the recent Gcvernor's Crime | Conference, permits judges to defer sentence for 45 days to enable a com- | mission of three to examine the pris- | oner. 1 and they know that it is “impossible to beat somebody with nobody.” The gossip, therefore, is on the increase about candidates. One thing has been accomplished in the effort to soft-pedal candidates—all known po- tential nominees have been warned off the premises. here. foremost candidate, Col. Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily News Boosters on Hand. Many of these candidates will have their boosters on hand, and observers. There has been a feeling that the next Republican nominee should come from this section of the country. Al- ready there is quite a crop of pos- sibilities. including Gov. Alf M. Lan- don of Kansas, Dr. Glenn Frank of Wisconsin, Senator Arthur M. Van- denberg, Senator Dickinson of Iowa and. of course Col. Knox. Michigan, the home of Senator Van- denberg, was not included in the list " (See REPUBLICANS, Page A-3.) CLIPPER FINISHES TESTS Huge Makes of “Blind” Landings Successfully. ALAMEDA, Calif., June 8 (#).—The Pan-American clipper ship completed a series of “blind landings” today in preparation for its pioneering com- mercial flight to Hawaii and Midway Plane Series | Island early next week. Said to be the first such descents ever essayed by a large transport type plane the clipper “performed admir- ably,” officials said. Pilots were com- pelled to rely entirely on the instru- ment board as the flying boat eased into the river. SOUVENIR EDITIONS Imperial Council Session of the Mystic Shrine The Evening and Sunday Star From today until next Sunday, June 16, inclusive, The Star will contain a complete and accurate account of the great event. In addition to regular coverage of the convention sessions there will be a special tabloid magazine tomorrow, special 10-page rotogravure section of beautiful Washington on Tuesday. The Star today contains interesting and complete Shrine news and pictures and on Sunday, June 16, the rotogravure section will be rich in special features of interest to Shrine members. Mailed anywhere in the United States and Canada—45 cents, including all special issues and features, Place your orders at The Star Office, Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest, or at any Star Want Ad branch. Mail copies to your friends back home, Orders by mail with accompanying payment will be carefully handled. Phone orders not acceptable, &s all mail subscriptions are payable in advance. Republicans intend to make as much | the President has placed | Certainly not at this grass | the | None is expected | That goes even for Illinois’ | WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION 'ZERO HOUR' NEARS AS TOKIO PRESSES DEMANDS ON CHINA {Japanese Soldiers Shift Into Position for Action if Necessary. GEN. SHANG’S TROOPS MOVE ON TIENTSIN “Drastic Move” Threatened if Warning Is Ignored—Agree- ment Is Denied. By the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, China, June 9—Ja- panese and Chinese troops marched | ominously in Norih China today as the “zero hour” in the increasingly tense Sino-Japanese controversy drew | nearer. Japanese forces north of the Great Wall are shifting into position, a | spokesman asserted, preparatory 1o “coming south for action” rhould | China fail to meet Japan's North | China demands to “our satisfaction.” | _ Nanking reports said China and | Japan had “reached an agracment” as to the Japanese demands for erad- ication of alleged anu-Japanese ele- | ments in North China. but the Japan- | ese war officers here professed to | know nothing of such an agresment | The military spokesman volunteered the information tkat it is “not & matter for agresment. Manchuria's “Lawience” Due. Great interest was attached to a forthcoming visit of the Japanese Maj. Gen. Kenki Doihara, the “‘Law- rence of Manchuria,” who was under- | stood to be arriving here Tuesday. He was supposedly bringing Jlatest army instructions. Maj. Gen. Rensuke Isogai, Japan- ese military attache at Shaughal, meanwhile, was retur:ing to Shang- | hai. Chinese authorities here took elab- orate precautions to forestall any in- cident that might ignite the powder barrel. even disarming police #long streets where Japanese troops jarade. Japanese officers left for Peiping to serve “final warning” that China must comply wita sweeping demands of the Japanese. Otherwise “drastic action” will be taker, it has been stated Japanese military circles disclosed that one of several demands was the withdrawal of every Crinese soldier in North China to the south of tae Yel- low River. Gen Shang Chen. newly appointed Chinese garrison commander for the Tientsin area, arrivea to take over his duties. which temporarily will in- clude that of serving as Tientsin's mayor. His 32nd army, regacded as among the best of Chinese troops, began moving out of Peiping toward Tientsin. Chen's force replaces the 51st army of Gen. Yu [Hsueh-Chung, which evacuated Tientsin and moved to Paotingfu. the new seat of the Hopeh Province government. Paotingfu is 90 miles south of Peiping | Publication of 1eports of Sino-Ja- | panese tension was prohibited here in an effort to hold down public un- easiness. Chinese Party Banned. In addition to the removal of all | Chinese troops, Japanese demands. | which had almost the character of | an ultimatum, were described unoffi- | cially as including: 1. Replacement of all officials in North China objectionable to the Japarese army. 2._Closing of all offices of the Kuo- | “(See SINO-JAPANESE, Page A-8.) Reader’s Guide PART ONE Main News Section. Changing World—A-3. | Lost and Found—A-9. ! Death Notices—A-9. | Washington Wayside—A-9. Vital Statistics—A-13. | Service Orders—B-3. | Stamps—B-6. | Sports Section—Pages B-9-13. Boating and Fishing News—B-13. | PART TWO Editorial Section. Editorial Articles—Pages. D-1-3. | Editorials and Editorial Fea- tures—Page D-2. | Civic News and Comment—D-4. Women'’s Clubs, Parent-Teacher Activities—D-6. Resorts—D-8-9. Veterans’ Organizations and Na- tional Guard—D-7. Schools and Colleges—D-10. Short Story—D-10. PART THREE Society Section. Society News and Comment— Pages E-1-10, Well-Known Folk—E-5. Barbara Bell Pattern—E-9. Serial Story—E-9. Conquering Contract—E-9. PART FOUR Feature Section. News Features—Pages F-1-3-4. John Clagett Proctor’s Article on Old Washington—F-2. “Those Were the Happy Days,” by Dick Mansfield—F-2. Books—F-4. Stage and Screen—F-5, Music—F-6. Radio News and Programs—F-7. Automobiles—F-8. Aviation—F-8. Cross-word Puzzle—F-8, Children’s Page—F-9. High Lights of History—F-9. Legion Auxiliary and Organized Reserves—F-10. PART FIVE Financial, Classified. Financial News and Comment, Stock, Bond and Curb Sum- maries—Pages G-1-4. Classified Advenmix—fi-s-ll. Public Library—C: | General News—Pages A-1 to B-6. | 1 Morgenthau Cites Liquor Duties and Customs to Extend Jurisdiction at Sea. | By the Assoclated Press, | Alarmed by mounting post-repeal liquor smuggling, the administration | vesterday pressed congressional lead- ers for quick action on new legisla- tion granting President Roosevelt power to declare customs enforcement zones 50 miles off the United States coast. The present limit is 12 miles. Informed by Treasury officials that $75.000.000 in revenue was being lost v & big rum row of twoscore vessels | off the Atlantic Coast. House Demo- cratic leaders announced the new anti-smuggling bill would be brought up for action Tuesday. They foresaw little opposition. “Thirty-nine foreign 1essels are presently known to the Coast Guard to be regularly engaged in the illicit liquor traffic.” Secretary Morgenthau said. “Inasmuch as these vessels are hovering bevond our customs waters “Fifty-Mile Limit” Off Coast Sought in War on Smuggling Sunday Shae i NOBLES ~--AND LIS WELCOMENZ. Loss of Millions in | (12 miles or one hour cruising time) they are not subject to seizure under | existing laws and hence they carry on their smuggling operations with | impunity.” The Treasury said most of the ves- sels are operated under the British flag. All contact boats operating either to or from the smuggler ships also may be seized within the zone and ordered destroyed. The burden of proof that a vessel was outside of territorial and treaty coastal limits would be piaced by the bill on the alleged smuzgler. In a report submitted to the Ways and Means Committee yecsterday, the Coast Guard said 40 foreign ships carrying #lcohol alone were evading $54.720,000 in customs duties and 21,888,000 in liquor taxes. This compared with only six foreign ships " (See SMUGGLING, Page A-3.) BARRYMORE SAYS HEWAS “CAPTIVE” Divorce Plea Alleges Career Was Stifled. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES. June 8—John Barrymore, answering charges of his divorce-seeking wife. alleged here to- | day she once held him captive aboard his luxurious yacht, stifled his artistic career and worried him into flight to New York and England. The noted actor’s assertions were de- scribed as his own answer “by proxy” to the divorce suit filed recently by Mrs. Barrymore, the former Dolores Costello of the screen. For more than two months Mrs. Barrymore kept the actor “a virtual prisoner” aboard their yacht Infanta with women guards, the answer said. She was accused also of threatening to confine him when they reached Los Angeles “upon her false claims of habitual intemperance.” Hotchner is Co-defendant. ‘The answer was filed by the actor's | business manager, Henry Hotchner, a co-defendant in Miss Costello’s action. Hotehner was named on the assump- tion that Barrymore had transferred | much community property to him. more’s own answer, “by proxy.” The actor, whose handsome profile has adorned many an idyllic romance turned to New York from a yacht cruise to Havana with his newly ac- quired young radio protege, Elaine Barrie, and others. No details of Barrymore's “captivity” and the number or identity of his women guards were given in Hotch- ner's answer. He asserted Miss Cos- tello's acts since about May 1, 1934, had caused Barrymore to suffer a heavy decline in income. Contrary to her estimate that he had $350,000 in- come last year, Hotchner said he actually suffered a net loss, taking into account bad investments. Invitation Declared Written. Hotchner said Barrymore kept his wife informed of his whereabouts and invited her to come to England if he should make a satisfactory contract there, but she replied only vaguely and all her other communications while he was in Europe were requests for money, Hotchner said. For the items listed as community property by Mrs. Barrymore, Hotchner set the following valuations: Yacht, $250,000; home, $25,000; securities, $163,000; life insurance policies for benefit of their two young children, $225,000 with premiums of $24,000 paid; jewelry, fursand personal effects, $25,000. —_———— La Paz Claims Chaco Victory. LA PAZ, Bolivia, June 8 (#).—Bo- livia announced a desperate Para- guayan attack in the Invavi sector failed today and that a Bolivian regi- ment counter-attacked successfully, causing the enemy to flee in disorder with many losses. “Proxy” Answer to Wife's | ' R. Dean Warner, Hotchner’s lawyer, | | however, said it really was Barry- | of the stage and screen, has just re- | LAKE CHAMPLAIN AIRBASE STUDIED Member of House Military Committee Describes Trip Over Area. By the Associated Press. The construction of a huge defensive air base on an island in Lake Champlain was disclosed yesterday by a member of the House Military Com- | mittee to be under consideration by some national defense advocates. i ‘This committeeman. who preferred not to have his name used at this time, said he and an Army officer recently made an aerial reconnaisance of the Champlain area, and covered Maine. New Hampshire and Northern New York, too. | He spoke especially of one flat, un- wooded island 2'. miles wide and 14 | miles long. A base could be located | | there, he said. under the Wilcox air base bill, passed Wednesday by the | House. It designates the New Eng- | |hlnd area for consideration by the War Department in setting up a chain | of frontier air defense bases. | While the Canadian government re- | cently made diplomatic inquiries about the possibilities of a United | States Army air base near the | Canadian line, the committee member showed reporters a letter from a high British Army officer, now retired in Canada, who said: “The idea of the United States establishing air bases along the border ‘ seemed to me a fine idea.” Such a base, or series of bases, the committee member asserted. would be regarded by many Canadians as pro- moting continental defense rather than defense of the United States exclusively. Mentioning confidentially the possi- bility of aggression by one nation in particular, he added: “The interests of the United States and Canada are linked so closely that sooner or later we must consider joint continental defense and look on our bases and Canadian bases as integral parts of a unified dgf.eme system.” *¥ Copy Not for Sale by FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS Subscriber or Newsstand Newsboys CENTS ELSEWHERE WHEELER CLAINS HIS BILL IS MUST" Utility Measure Author Says Roosevelt Wants Aboli- tion Proviso. By the Assoclated Press. A private message from President Roosevelt asking passage of the bill to abolish public utility holding com- panies with its present drastic provi- sions was brandished yesterday by Senator Wheeler, Democrat. of Mon- tana in an effort to beat aside opposi- tion to its quick passage tomorrow. “The President wants this bill passed with section 11 retained.”! Wheeder said, referring 1o the part of the measure setting up the machinery for wiping out “unessential” holding companies by 1942 and trimming the remaining ones to “regional” propor- tions. Wheeler withheld the text of the memorandum expressing the Presi- dent’s views. but zaid he had shown it to “several Senators” who earlier had expressed a conviction the Chief Executive would be satisfied with a “regulatory” bill devoid of provisions for dissolving holding companies, Predicts Passage. At the same time Wheeler declared he was adverse to accepting any fur- ther modifying amendments beyond those agreed to Friday, when the first week of debate on the bill was com- pleted. He freely predicted passage of the measure tomorrow under a strict limitation of debate already agreed upon. Meantime, he cenferred with the two Government attorneys, Berjamin V. Cohen and Thomas Corcoran, who drafted the bill, over a new batch of proposed amendments, Several came from Senator McKellar, Democrat. of Tennessee, an administration sup- porter, who has, nevertheless, ex- pressed opposition to some provisions of the bill, Strategy Mapped. Cohen and Corcoran marched into Wheeler's office shortly after noon yesterday and further callers were rushed aside while the three discussed | the final strategy for maneuvering the bill tomorrow. A major amendment by McKellar was directed at the regulatory pro- visions under which Federal control | over interstate transmission of elec- tricity was sought. Seeking to save State regulation intact, McKellar pro- posed that where “any person is sub- ject both to a requirement of this act, * * * and to a requirement of any statute of any State” * * * the | State law shall apply exclusively. McKellar also sought a re-defini- tion of “interstate commerce” to bring it into agreement with opponents’ contention that Federal regulation of such business was possible only where it imposed “a burden on interstate commerce.” Contests Receivers. In a third amendment. he pro- posed denying the right of the Securi- ties and Exchange Commission to act as receiver for any power company in reorganization. As a first step, he proposed giving the courts discretion in appointing the commission or oth- | ers as receivers, and second would | strike out the section of the bill sub- | stituting the commission as receiver | for any company at present in the | hands of other receivers. ‘Wheeler was frankly in opposition to the proposed changes in the re- ceivership requirements and said he had strength to block any new amendments. Required to By the Associated Press. Congressional leaders agreed yes- terday the legislative machine would have to establish a new set of speed records next week if a batch of fast- | approaching “deadlines” are to be met. “This week will be deadline week,” said one Democratic leader, referring to several New Deal agencies soon to | pass out of the picture unless statu- tory extensions are voted. Involved | also will be a congressional effort to | avert a Nation-wide soft coal strike. Heading the “deadline” parade, however, will be the revised Senate resolution to extend a shell-like N. R. A. until next April. It was| passed by the Hnsuc Priday. Senate Ly Record Speed on Measures | to pass such a bill immediately after Save Agencies leaders will seek immediate action on this tomorrow without sending it to conference. Also expiring June 16 is the emer- gency railroad act creating Joseph B. Eastman’s office of co-ordinator of transportation. President Roosevelt | in his unified transportation message recommended extension for at least another year. An effort will be made the Senate disposes of the utility holding company legislation, probably tomorrow. { Also striving for recognition before the Senate starts work on the House- approved social security program will be the Guffey bill to stabilize the- (See cozto!ma. Page A-4) | night into a glitter | potentate to succeed i HOST OF SHRINERS CONVERGING HERE: ING1ST CONCLAVE Glittering Capital Awaits 100,000 Nobles and Week of Merriment. SPEED BOATS TO RACE TODAY ON POTOMAC Religious Services Will Be Held at Temple Heights Delegations Arrive. From every corner of the continent and even from distant isles there was converging on Washington last night a mighty host of Shrinedom's “faithful,” bent on pleasure and a degree of business this week at the sixty-first annual conclave of the Im- perial Council, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. A city of imposing architecture and hoepitable citizenry—transformed into a modern Mecca—stood ready to ex- tend a rousing welcome to caravans of fez-topped nobles from far-flung temples. In contrast to the measured plod- ding of the camels of old, today's caravans—expected to bring 100,000 —are croesing the mythical hot sands of the American desert by spe- cial train and streamlined motor- cade. City Bedecked With Palms. First of the traditionally weary desert travelers are due to tumble out of air-conditioned berths at Union Station this morning and, shaking the figurative sands from their sandals, feast their eyes upon a Nation's Capi- tal changed magically almost over- palm-bedecked city of the Pharaohs. Continued cloudy and cool todav, with prob ble continued showers and a general clearing up with high tem- peratures tomorrow was the weather menu predicted last night Notified that Washington is “your city,” the Shriners already have taken the city at its wor Historic Pennsylvania avenue, which last felt the tread of marching nobies a dozen years ago. has become a pal fringed Egyptian highway by d dazzling. light-canopied midway fun and pageantry bv night The august plaza in front of the White House is transformed into a bit of ancient Egypt, dubbed the “Pavilion of Omar.” Regattas to Be Held Todav. The city's “Nile"—the Potomac— today will be the scene of a modernized form of the gallev-slave regattas which may or may not have thrilled Cleo- patra and her people thousands of vears ago. Only, instead of galley slaves straining at oars there will be trim outboard motor racers skimming at breakneck speeds on the course for | along the Speedway, south of the rail- road bridge. Nearby, rippling the mirrored glory of the Greek temple that is the Lin- | coln Memorial, model yachts will hold another novel regatta of their own, coaxed by tense masters forced to look on from the shore. Underneath the spirit of carnival gayety will run a current of serious business—for the Shrine has work to do this week, from discussion of plans for further hospitalization of crippled children to election of an imperial ustrious Noble (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) ROBLES KIDNAPING PROBE IS PRESSED Government Puts Ace Abduction Investigator in Charge at Tucson, Ariz. By the Associated Press. TUCSON, Ariz. June 8 —An ace invesigator of kidnaping has taken over the task of battering down the walls surrounding one of the Federal Government’s most baffling cases— the desert abduction of little June Robles Determined to solve the kidnaping. a puzzle long after the little girl was returned safely to her parents, the Government has opened a Bureau of Investigation fleld office here with Chapman Fletcher in charge This development and the post- ponement of Oscar H. Robson's trial on a charge of mailing one of the ransom notes led to immediate specu- lation on the apparent reluctance of . the Government to push the trial— despite the recent statement of J. Edgar Hoover. department director, that the case “has been solved.” Chief among the speculations were that: 1. The Government is afraid of its case against Robson. 2. Confident it can establish through experts that Robson wrote the ran- som notes, Government attorneys hesitate to present the case to a jury until some one has been arrested for the actual abduction. 3. Developments, perhaps new ar- rests, are expected before the next court term. RICHBERG PLANS 60-DAY, VACATION AFTER JUNE 16 _ . Says He Will Resume Private * Practice—Phone Inquiry Post Report “News to Me.” By the Associated Press. Donald R. Richberg, whose resig- nation as N. R. A. chairman will be- come effective June 16, said last night he plans to take a 60-day yacation. Beyond that, he has no announce- ment on his next job, beyond saying that he expects eventually to resume the private practice of law. Richberg said ceports that he might be asked to conduct the forthcoming investigation of the American Tele- phone & Telegraph Co. were “news to me.” He added that he didn’t have the “slightest idea” who might be making such ' suggestion.