Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1935, Page 2

CHANGESINA.A.A BELIEVED INVALID Schechter Decisicn Ignored in Farm Amendments, Observer Says. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. No bill being presented for passage “4n Congress today i+ more “palpably unconstitutional than the proposed amendments to the wgricultural ad- fustment act and t.: original act which it is now sought to amend. Notwithstanding the unanimous de- cision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Schechter case, which specifically says that there is mothing in the Federal Constitution which permits Congress to control . agricultural production, the Agricul- tural Committee of the House of Representatives has reported a bill which seeks to do the very thing that the court tabooed. ‘The bill is an intricately phrased measure, but it is accompanied by a report which attempts to justify the “constitutionality of the admendments. It is significant, however, that court decisions are cited for various minor “changes in the original law, but no citation is given for the main attempt to control agricultural production. The new language of the bill on that fea- ture reads as follows: “The Secretary of Agriculture shall, subject to the provisions of this section, issue, and from time to time amend, orders, applicable to processors, asso- «ciations of producers, £nd others, en- gaged in the handling of any agricul- tural commodity or product thereof specified in subsection 2 of this section “Such persons are referred to in this title as ‘handlers’ Such orders shall regulate, in the manner hereinafter in this section provided, the handling of such agricultural commodity, or product thereof, in the current of interstate or foreign commerce, or so a8 directly to burden, obstruct or affect interstate or foreign commerce in such commodity or product thereof.” Penalties Stipulated. Penalties ranging from $30 to $500 a day are stipulated for violating “orders.” . Now the Supreme Court in the Schechter case clearly disposed of all the ingenious phrases of the brain “trust lawyers about “affecting” or “ob- stracting” interstate commerce. But apparently the House Committee swal- lowed, hook, line and, sinker, what the Agricultural Department lawyers have just told them was constitutional. Indeed, in one part of the House Committee report the statement is boldly made that the act has been changed to conform to the Schechter decision. But no proof is adduced that such has happened. The A. A. A. amendments merely change the word “license” to read “order” and the word “handler” is substituted for “producer,” though here and there in the bill are evi- dences that handlers and producers are about the same. Commodities Affected. 1t is curious, too, that the defenders | of the bill insist that because the Su- | preme Court declared milk affected | with the public interest, as defined by a New York State law, this gives the Federal Government the right to de- clare what farm commodities are af- fected with a public interest 30 far as tie Federal power is concerned. This would mean that Congress could de- clare any commodity affected with the public interest and thereafter it could be controlled as to production pre- cisely as was attempted under the N.R. A | It is unthinkable that a unanimous decision of the Supreme Court for- bidding Federal control over produc- “tion will be ignored by a Congress consisting of members who have taken an oath of office to support the Con- ‘ stitution. But strange things are hap- pening in Washington nowadays * which are explained neither by logic nor study of the Constitution, but by political “expediency and by coercion applied by the executive branch upon the legislative branch of the Govern- ment through the use of various pub- lic works funds and political appoint- ments, H (Copyright. 1935.) e WIFE FOUND INSANE *IN TRIANGLE KILLING, Jury Frees Woman Who Shot Pretty Guest—Confinement in Sanitarium Weighed. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, June 19.—A jury of nine women and three men last night returned a verdict adjudging » Mrs. Gladys Carter to have been in- sane last April 13 when she shot and ,killed her house guest, Frances Wal- ker, 20, following the discovery of in- timacies between the girl and Archie Carter, her husband. Mrs. Carter thus was automatically freed of the manslaughter charge, of ‘which she was convicted last week by the same jury. Immediately after the verdict was Teceived Judge Fletcher Bowron or- dered the pretty, red-haired matron returned to his court room today, at which time decision will be made * whether her mental state necessitates & term in & sanitarium. Miss Walker was an expectant mother at the time of the shooting. ‘BLOODY RIOT IS LAID * T0 VANCOUVER REDS 21,000 Striking Longshoremen March on Dock and Are Met © With Tear Gas and Clubs. . VANCOUVER, British Columbia, .June 19.—A bloody three-hour riot, _in which scores were injured, left ‘Vancouver’s water front restless today What’s What Behind News In Capital Conservatives Rule New N. R. A—A Bit of Window Dressing. BY PAUL MALLON. HE important thing behind President Roosevelt’s current reorganization of N. R. A. is not the superficial dismantling proposed, but the men he has chosen to do it. ‘Those who will conduct the autopsy and rattle the skeleton of the Blue Eagle are distinctly more conservative than any group which had anything to do with the bird when it livad. They are not exactly reactionaries, but neither are they Richbergs or John- sans. It is apparent to gl N. R. A. insiders that anything to be worked out of the existing situation in the way of future business co-operative action will be more moderately conceived than the last attempt. ‘You can see that by calling the roll of the coroners on the dismantling board. Of course, every one knows that Chairman O'Neill is & New York banker. He is rated in N. R. A. as a good man, level-headed. He has been in charge of personnel and will de- cide who is to be fired, You know what that means. YOUR > RESIGNATION I REQUESTED His chief aid is Prentiss Coonely, a Connecticut manufacturer and said to be of a Republican family. Leon Marshall, in charge of the review divi- sion, was a signer of the famous Brookings report which took the N. R. | A apart in detail. Also he spoke caustically about N. R. A. before the United States Chamber of Commerce. Maj. George Berry, labor representa- tive, is a right wing laborite, not to | be compared with Sidney Hillman or John Lewis. These are the men who will run| | whatever show there is, and you mnay be sure they will hew to the letter of 1 the new Supreme Court law. | Liberal Window Dressing. | The supplemental Advisory Com- | mittee is Tecognized backtage as mere liberal window dressing. All on it| have other more important interests | which undoubtedly will keep them from doing much advising. There ave | three strong liberals (Messrs, Phil | Murray, Walton Hamilton and Wil- liam Green), plus Charles Edison, Mrs. Emily Newell Blair and Hqwell Cheney, silk manufacturer. The real significance of President Roosevelt’s selections is more ap- parent if you consider those whom he did not select. Foremost among those is Leon Henderson, whose friends thought he was going to get the review job. What amount- ed to @ campaign in his behalf had been conducted on the imside for a week or more. Obviously Mr. Roosevelt wanted his | N.R. A. post-mortem handled by those representing less left-wingish economic views than Mr. Henderson adequately represents. Undertone in Congress. A peculiar undertone has developed in Congress recently. No one seems | to care very much about anything. | All are anxious to get home. Their | children are out of school. It is va- cation time. The weather has lately turned hot and uncomfortable. As a result, deep questions of leg- islation are not getting as much at- tention as they usually do. For in- stance, few seem to be excited about the constitutionality of the Wagner- Connery Labor Board bill or the Guffey-Snyder bill. The main idea seems to be to get the remaining leg- islative job done as quickly as pos- sible and get out of town. This is encouraging for the re- mainder of the White House legisla- tive program. The President is being required to work for each item of legislation, but in the end he will get just about everything he wanted (util- ity bill, bank bill, social security, A. A. A. amendments, Cuffey, Wagner- It will never be given out, but a confidential report on the Guffer coal bill was prepared a few days ago by an N. R. A. authority, who held it to be unconstitutional. The report argued strongly against the advisability of permit- ting the proposed nine-man board to fix prices. It contended the board would be dominated by the coal industry and coal labor; that consumers were not adequately represented. And finally it assert- ed that the proposed power to fis minimum prices was bad; that mazimum prices should be fized, if any. Wrong Answer Apparent. It is understood the report was pre- pared at the request of a foremost administration authority, but appar- ently it gave the wrong answer. least it would not help the adminis- tration drive for the bill if published. Cloak-room authorities say it was sly John Garner, the Vice President, . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1935. EARLY AL A.A.OTE SOUGHT IN SENATE Opposition Appears to Have Largely Disappeared in Upper Chamber. By the Assoclated Press. Roosevelt leaders sought an early vote in the Senate today on the farm amendments which invest Secretary ‘Wallace with new powers. The amendments, studiously pre- pared as well to strengthen the A. A A in any Supreme Court test, bounced through the House yesterday by 168 to 52, although the question of their constitutionality was raised. Senate opposition, so strongly reg- istered last year, appeared today to have been largely dissipated. Chief among the amendments’ pro- visions is an authorization for the Secretary of Agriculture to “order” marketing agreements—if 50 per cent of the handlers or two-thirds of the producers desire one—for handlers or producers of milk, tobacco, fresh fruits, except apples; fresh vegetables and turpentine. Debenture Plan Revived. The amendments also would permit use of a form of the old export de- benture plan by authorizing use of 30 per cent of customs receipts to pay exporters the difference between do- mestic and world prices. They like- wise would prevent suits to recover processing taxes should the agricul- tural adjustment act be held uncon- stitutional. Both Senate and House opponents have fought the amendments vigor- ously for more than a year, but yes- terday in the House opposition crumbled and a record vote was not even forced. A standing vote was taken after efforts to have hops and edible dry beans included among the “order” commodities had been de- feated. | Also beaten was the attempt by | New England textile interests to have cotton producers paid their produc- | tion benefits directly from the Treas- ury instead of from processing taxes. At various times the question of whether Wallace could legally “order” marketing agreements was projected in debate, but apparently the ob- jectors generally were willing to leave | the issue to the courts. Amendment Provisions. Here are the main provisions of the amendments: 1. Authorize Secretary of Agricul- ture to “order” marketing agreements for handlers of milk, tobacco, fresh | fruits (except apples), fresh vegetables, including soybeans, walnuts and | pecans, and turpentine, if 50 per cent by volume of the handlers in a given class or region wish it or if two-thirds | of the farmers desire it. Also subject milk purchases from producers to price fixing, and milk retailers to “orders.” 2. Permit crop control to move up or down by substituting “adjustment” for “reduction” in defining the con- trol program. 3. Authorize use of 30 per cent of customs receipts, and any part of pro- cessing tax equivalents, to pay farm commodity exporters the difference between domestic and world prices, and make available tax money for land withdrawals. 4. Permit the President to fix quotas or compensating taxes on imports he | finds are depressing domestic farm products below parity price levels. Prevent Recovery Suits. 5. Freeze processing taxes at pres- ent levels if the act should be ruled unconstitutional and prevent suits to | recover taxes. previously paid. | 6. Direct that pre-war tax and in- terest rates be considered in figuring farm-industrial price parities. 7. Extend the Jones-Costigan, sugar | quota act from May 9, 1937, to De- cember 31, 1937. 8. Authorize the Secretary to ex- amine books of parties to marketing agreements. 9. Provide for refunds on floor stocks if a tax is dropped. 10. Authorize Secretary Wallace's “ever normal granary” plan of accept- ing and holding commodities in lieu of cash benefit payments in produc- tive years for feeding onto the market in lean years. 11. Encourage State co-operation to promote farm program. 12. Direct processing taxes pay- ments directly into Treasury and the appropriation of equivalent sums for benefit payments. MARVYN SCUDDER DIES NEW YORK, June 19 (#)—Marvyn Scudder, 60, one of the country’s most noted actuaries, died yesterday of pneumonia after several weeks’ ill- ness. He was a native of Lake For- est, I He became well known throughout the Nation for his work with investi- gating committees, notably the Arm- strong insurance investigation, the | to the barns Monday when the com- Chicago surface line inquiry and sev- gal congressional probes in Washing- n. His widow and a daughter, Mrs. David E. Hudson of Washington, sur- vive. e gttt Strike Kills 0il Wildcatter. FORT WORTH, Tex,, June 19 (P —. W. H. Roeser, 60, who won and lost three fortunes as a “wildcat” operator, died here yesterday just as he had made a fresh strike in a territory of which many oil men were skeptical. ‘Two hours before a heart attack caused his death at his home he was told of the discovery of oil in a new Anderson County well he was drilling. Senate. Moves toward final vote on social security bill. Commerce Committee opens investi- gation of Ewing Y. Mitchell charges against Secretary Roper. ’ House. Takes up Wagner labor disputes bill. TOMORROW. Senate. Probably will debate the seating of Senator-elect Holt, Democrat, of West Virginia. ‘After Egrth'quake Strugli India’s Quetta District ‘This air view vividly pictures the destruction, with thousands of homes completely demolished, that followed in the path of the recent earthquake Body of Ancient Miner Found Trapped in Kentucky Cavern PEACE IS PUSHE N OMAHA STRKE Arbitrators to Confer With Cochrane on Obstacles to Settlement. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, June 19 —Three members of a Board of Arbitration wrestled today with obstacles which must be ironed out before midnight Thursday to end the two-month-old car strike. | ‘The Thursday midnight deadline was set by Gov. Cochrane, military dictator of Omaha, who called out the National Guard to end rioting and disorders which marked the strike. Late last night the arbiters asked the Governor for a conference to clarify certain questions, It was set for early today. Cars in Operation. Street cars resumed operations in all sections of the city, including the South Omaha riot zone, without mo- lestgtion after the military czar re- scinded the order that seat all trams pany failed to observe the Governor's edict to be ready to arbitrate. As trams operated undisturbed, Chief of Police Robert Samardick at midnight directed police to clear streets of jitneys which operated in defiance of city and State carrier regulations. Outlaw of jitney competition was one of the terms of arbitration set forth by the company which were rejected by the Governor. The former employes named Ernest | Bowerman, labor official, as their rep- | resentative in arbitration and the company selected Sam W. Reynolds, | Omaha coal dealer and American | Legion leader. Gov. Cochrane named as the third and impartial member of the board John J. Ledwith, Lincoln attorney. 200 Return to Jobs. ‘The main questions in dispute are return of the strikers, seniority and | closed shop recognition. Four hun- dred men struck April 20 to enforce their demands. Nearly 200 have since been returned. Martial law was invoked Saturday after three consecutive nights of riot- ing in which two were killed and 150 injured. PATENT CASE DECISION REVERSED ON APPEAL Refusal of $500,000 Tax Offset for B. & 0. Upheldi—Realty Man Denied Release. By the Assoclated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. C,, June 19.—The Circuit Court of Appeals handed down three opinions yesterday, including one reversing the District Court at Baltimore, Md,, in the appeal of Wil- liam P. Hoeltke versus C. M. Kemp Manufacturing Co. The majority opinion reversed the lower court and remanded the case for further order. Hoeltke sought an injunction' against the Kemp com- pany, ‘alleging infringement of patent for an automatic fire check in con- nection with gas burners. He also sought damages. ‘The Circuit Court upheld the United States Board of Tax Appeals in its decision refusing the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad the offset of $502,498 for income taxes in 1927. 1t affirmed the decision in the case of Otis W. Rowe,, realty man, versus C. O. Nicholson, superintendent of the Federal reformatory eamp at Peters- burg, Va. Rowe, through' habeas corpus proceedings, sought release from the Federal prison camp on grounds that he had completed his full three-year sentence if time were allowed for good behavior. Prison authorities took the position, which was upheld by both District and Circuit courts, that Rowe had violated his parole and as a result was not en- titled to time off. MRS. W. H. EMERY DIES; BURIED |N ARLINGTON Son in Warrenton, Va., and Daughter in New ¥ork Sur- vive Admiral’s Widow. Mrs. William Hemsley Emery, widow By the Associated Press. MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky., June 19.— The body of an ancient “Floyd Col- lins” trapped deep in a cavern in Mammoth Cave National Park, prob- ably before Columbus set sail for America, was guarded while being chemically tredted today. Archeologists feared - sightseers would shake it to pieces before they could figure out exactly who the man was and how he came to be mining with crude tools. Since discovery of the dessicated body, described as an important scientific “find,” in a cave one-half mile from Violet City, archeologists of the National Park Service have been hunting for clews to who he was. They believe he was a pre-Columbian miner. in the Quetita district along the northwest frontier of India. The area has been sealed to prevent an epidemic from thousands of unburied bodies. The remains are being treated chemically so that no clew may be lost. Because of the fragile nature of the body, no cne is allowed on “mummy ledge.” Apparently the pre-historic man met the same fate as Floyd Cbllins, who was trapped in a cave in this vicinity 10 years ago when a rock fell on him while he was exploring. Collins’ plight became a subject of world-wide concern during the days of attempts to rescue him. He was reached after 17 days, but had been dead at least 24 hours. Discovery of the pre-historic man’s body, lying face down on a sand ledge under a rock which slipped and pinned him, was made June 7 by Grover Campbell and Lyman Cutliff, cave guides. b.0.P. TRIO URGES HOLT SEATING BAR Election Group Minority of Senate Returns Own Reports. By the Associated Press. ‘The Senate was asked today by Re- publican members of the Elections | Committee to declare void the election of Senator-elect Rush Holt, Democrat, of West Virginia. Senators Hastings, Republican, of Delaware: Austin, Republican, of Ver- mont, and Dickinson, Republican, of Iowa submitted a minority report as- | serting that the fact that Holt had not attained the age of 30 years at the start of his term made him in- eligible. Asks Seating Tomorrow. Holt, who was 30 today, will ask the Senate tomorrow to seat him. The majority committee report, signed by 11 members, holding Holt entitled to his seat, will be filed later. Senators King, Democrat, of Utah; Connally, Democrat, of Texas, and Johnson, Republican, of California, drew up separate minority reports, all holding the West Virginian ineligible. Dangerous Precedent Seen. ‘The Hastings-Austin-Dickinson re- port said: * “We think the plain language of the Constitution means that a Sen- ator must be 30 years of age when his term begins. While in the case of Mr. Holt the age requirement lacked a little less than six months in time, the principle involved would be the same if he lacked five years and six months. “To decide that a person elected to the United States Senate could wait until shortly before his term had expired and until he had arrived at the age of 30 years is placing a construction upon the provisions of the Constitution that is wholly un- warranted; would establish a princi- ple which might readily result in greatly diminishing the number of saunwn provided for by the Consti- tution.” A. A. A’’S PRINCIPLES STAY, SOCIETY H?ARS Basic Institutions Remain as Long as Protective Tariff, Collestive Bargaining, Wilson Says. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, Ga, June 19.—Basic in- stitutions of the A. A. A. will be con- tinued s long as there are a protec- | tive tariff and labor union types of Dr. Wilson spoke io the American Society of Agricultural Engineers in meeting Lere. He outlined ways and means of preserving economic demod- racy, a balance between and induetry, and soil conservation, ‘The engineers. by J. H, Wood. assistant director of OFFICERS SILENCED ON'WORLD AFFAIRS Swanson “Admonishes” Ad- miral Stirling Not to Com- ment on Controversies. By the Associated Press. Announcing he had “admonished” Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, jr., for & recent newspaper article, Secretary Bwanson today ordered naval officers not to discuss “controversial inter- national questions.” Swanson said he “considered it im- proper for Navy officers to publish controversial comment om interna- tional affairs which might be con- strued as offensive to foreign gov- ernments or their nationals.” Commands Broeklyn Yard. Stirling commands the Third Naval District and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. His recent article was interpreted by several _.-mbers of Congress as favor- ing a general European war against Russia. “T considered it my duty,” Swanson said at a press conference, “to ad- monish the admiral not to try to settle foreign affairs, which are under the State Department or the President, under the Constitution.” Swanson said, however, his letter to Stirling would not be entered on the officer’s service record. He he did not wish “to mcomwemh.o‘u?; admirals to do the same thing.” Asked if naval regulations would be amerded to require officers to submit articles in advance, Swanson said there “shouldn’t be any written” on such controversial questions. Silent on Naval Treaty. “We've got no right to give them permission,” he added. Swanson declined comment on a reported Anglo-German naval agree- ment, saying it was a “State Depart- ment matter” and that he had just stopped comment on international af- fairs by all naval officers. He added the Navy Department was considering asking funds for replace- ment of obsolete battleships at expira- tion of the Washington treaty on De- cember 31, 1936. Asked whether he would consent to a continuation of the battleship holi- day until 1942, if Great Britain and Japan agreed, Swanson said “we'd have to consider that question.” ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT FACES OUSTER MOVE Texas Young Democrat Group Would Force Him From Club Office. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., June 19.—Rumbles of contention among Texas Democrats were heard today after it was dis- closed & plan was on foot to oust Elliott Roosevelt from the vice presi- dency of the Young Democratic Clubs | of Texas. Phil Overton. Dallas, member of the —Wide World Photo. FRANGE CONSIDERS NAVY PACT JUNKED Anglo-Reich Accord Kills Washington Treaty, Com- mittee Says. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 19.—Members of the | { Chamber Naval Committee said today | | & majority of that body consider that the British scrapped the Washington | naval treaty of 1922 when they made their present naval agreement with | Germany. This consensus, they stated, was | shown at a secret session of the com- | mittee, They said the committee | agreed with the government's view that “Prance has a free hand” on the naval question. ‘The committee was understood to foresee a naval armament race as a result of the Anglo-German accord. Premier Pierre Laval and Francois| Pletri, minister of marine, were re-| | quested to appear before the commit- teg Friday to discuss the enlargement of the French fleet. ‘The members said France's 600.000 | tons of warships were roughly divided | into 400,000 tons for Mediterranean | service and 200,000 for the Atlantic. ‘They argued that if Germany has | 400,000 tons, Prance would be hope: lessly outclassed and would have build up her Atlantic fleet on the | ground that the 400,000 tons assigned to.the Mediterranean colonies were | needed to protect many long coast | lines and to transport colonial troops. ALL-EUROPE PACT SOUGHT. Britain te Urge Limitation of Navies | on Continental Powers. (Covyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, June 19.—Great Britain wielded its new naval agreement with Germany as & bargaining weapon to- day, confident it can persuade other European powers to accept naval limi- tations. Conclusion of a naval treaty for all principal powers of Europe by 1937— granting that Japan would remain adamant against restrictions on war- ships—became the objective of the British government. Scarcely had the ink dried on the signatures to the Anglo-German agreement, permanently restricting their navies to a 100-35 ratio, when it was announced officially Capt. Anthony Eden will resume his naval negotia- tions with the French government Friday at Paris. Great Britain implied in its treaty with the Reich that it was ready to approve building up of the British and German navies if other powers should “violently upset” the equilibrium under the Washington treaty. This will expire in 1936. Government authorities said talks will’be resumed with Italy which, Uke France, was bound by the Washington treaty. It was understood a Russian delegation may be formally invited to London sbon. Official circles insisted Great Britain bad not abandoned hope for a world- wide naval conference before the end of 1935, as required by both the Washington snd London five-power treaties. The Anglo-German pact disclosed, however, that both nations are con- vinced naval ratios, applying to all categories, must be the backbone for any limitation treaty. This was believed to limit the prac- tical objective for a general naval pact to Europe alone, in view of Japan’s opposition to the system which Tokio has long considered as debasing its position as a world power. Great Britain, designated as pace- maker in the 100-35 ratio, granted permission to Germany to build its tubmarine fleet to full equality with England’s 52,000 tons, provided the question be submitted to “friendly dis- cussion.” POWERS EXTENDED Justice Department officials yester- day said the new amendments to the law broadening the powers of United HOT SPELL BROKEN BY FREAK STORM Damage at Hagerstown $100,000—Showers in Prospect Tonight. Normal conditions were returning today in the wake of yesterday's freak storm which broke the season’s bottest weather with a 20-degree drop &nd scattered $100,000 damage about Hagerstown, Md. Today’s cloudy, cool spell will be followed by possible showers this aft- ernoon and tonight and fair and siightly warmer weather tomorrow, the Weather Bureau said. Heat prostration sent two Wash- ingtonians to hospitals for treatment and at least two others were treated shortly before the storm brought a welcome relief here. Hagerstown Is Swept. Meanwhile a 10-minute storm of tornadic proportions swept Hagers- town, blowing the roof from one building in the downtown section, smashing an unoccupied automobile end littering the streets with wind- falls; according to the Associated Press. The mercury here reached the sea- son’s peak of 95.3 at 3:45 o’clock and remained at approximately that figu until the storm to tne northw brought a shift of wind and a 20- degree drop in less than two hours. Thomas E. Anthony, 29, and Ira Lamb, colored, 35, of Tampa, Fla. were treated at hospitals for heat prostration and discharged. Police reported that at least two other per- sons were overcome in the downtown section. Only the edge of the storm passed over the city, attended by a brisk, cool breeze and brief flurries of rain. A trace of precipitation was recorded at the Weather Bureau last night. Mercury Down to 62. ‘The mercury got down to 62 de- grees here early today, and through- out the forenoon had not risen above 70. The skies were overcast through- out the day. In Hagerstown. limbs, from large trees and material from a new bu ing near the Washington County Hos- pital were tossed against the sides of the hospital. Power and electric light lines i suburbs were broken and a number of homes and garages were damaged. Dozens of signs in the business sec- tion toppled and plate glass windows in two business houses were smashed in. Streets in residential sections were blocked by fallen trees. SCHALL MENTIONED IN OLSON’S TRIAL Governor Testifies Against Charge of Violation of Corrupt Practices Act. By the Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS, June 19. — The name of United States Senator Thomas D. Schall, prospective opponent of | Gov. Floyd B. Olson in the 1936 sen- atorial race, figured in the trial yes- terday of Minnesota’s chief executive on charges of violating the corrupt practices act. Gov. Olson testified against the contention of 29 petitioners that he failed to file a statement of owner- | ship and financial interest in the innesota Leader, Farmer-Labor par- ty newspaper, and to account for the 1934 campaign expenditures for radio speeches. The name of Senator Schall was read into the record by Olson’s coun- sel. Previously, E. Fullerton Brown, one of the petitioners, testified that James Laughlin brought the petition to him. After Attorney F. W. Murphy had asked Brown if Laughlin was working for Senator Schall, Brown replied he did not know, but said Schall and Laughlin were acquainted. ‘The Governor, in his testimony, said he was unable to recall whether he had spoken over the radio on the dates set forth. Asked if he had filed any statement of ownership or finan- cial interest in any newspaper with the county attorney, he replied: “Having no such financial interest in any newspaper, I did not file any such statement.” S L N Gets Bill for Own Burial. DANVERS, Mass., June 19 (#)— Harry E. Stone received a bill yester- day fro ma collection agency for pay- ment of the expenses of his own burial. The bill, sent to Stone’s wife stated Stone was dead, buried, and that the undertaker had not been paid. The Stones sent 8 note to the agency saying that a visit to their home would prove Harry E. Stone was alive, well and happy. TRAFFIC TIPS "by the NATIONAL SAFETY COUNEIL “Seven Sins of Traffic. Recently we asked an old-time com- mercial driver, who had driven for 18 years under all sorts of traffic and weather conditions, to list the out- standing causes of highway accidents, based on his observations. Here are the “Seven Deadly Sins of Traffic,” as he sees them: 1. Inattention; failure to heed the work at hand. 2. Excessive speed, which, he says, is an element in nearly all serious crashes. 3. Trafic violations. Law-abiding drivers have a right to depend on ob- servance of traffic rules by others. 4. Intoxication. The drinking driver is a constant menace and the problem has become mental or physical disabilities tend to 's sense of alertness. 1. to keep car in safe con- dition. Frequent inspection is the protection. W