Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Local thundershowers late this aftere noon or early tonight: not quite so warm tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy. gentle variable winds. Temperatures—Highest, 92, at 2:45 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 70, at The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. ‘ ‘Women's Features .. 5:30 am. today. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 -— No. 33,296. BLM A A A TAXFEAT BEGUN BY PACKERS ANDFLOLRILS Suits to Halt Collection to Break in Courts Next Week. MILLIONS INVOLVED IN LEGALITY CONTEST V. S. Claims Law Prevents Effort to Stop Payments Until Su- preme Court Test. By the Associated Press CHICAGO. June 29.—Packers and millers joined cotton manufacturers today in a rebellion against the proc- essing taxes of the administration’s agricultural adjustment act. A survey showed some 35 packing houses had filed petitions for injunc- tions to restrain collection of the hog processing tax with the next install- ment, due on July 1. General Mius, Inc., with headquar- tsrs in Minneapolis, joined the attack by filing a similar suit in Buffalo, N. Y.. seeking to restrain collection kntered as second class matter post ofice, Washinzton, D. C Box Score ! ‘ WASHINGTON. | AB. R. H. Bluege, ss.... 0o 1 | Stone. rf o 1 Myer. 2b A Manush. If. .. o 1 f Travis, 3b 0 Schulte, ef 0 Holbrook, e 1 Kuhel. 1b, 3 Hadley, p o o Bolton 0 0 34 3 82413 0 Bolton batted for Hadley in 9th. E. o0 0 o o [ » ) 0 0 NEW YORK. AB. R. H. Combs, ot 3 Rolfe, 3b 4 Chapmar, cf. 4 Gehrig, 1b Lazzeri, 2b 0. 1 o0 6 8 A 0 1 o 0 0 6 1 o0 E. 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 2 0 2 0 o 2 Dickey, ¢ Selkirk, rf 0 0 o0 Gomez, p . Murphy,p. .. o 0 SCORE BY INNINGS. 000 000 012~ 3 102 300 00x- 6 SUMMARY: Washington New York ) ©of the Federal wheat processing tax. |, The packers were reluctant to dis- cuss the suits. but it was explained that they are intended to lift the tax until the Supreme Court rules on the validity of the A. A. A. Privately, at- torneys for the Chicago packers have been predicting a defeat for A. A. A since the court’s N. R. A. ruling. Hearings Due Monday. Many of the injunction proceedings are scheduled for hearing Monday. and a victory for the proc rs would tie up taxes totaling hundreds thousands of dollars. although big Chicago packers. & week. do not figure in the fight Among the bigger packing firms which have taken the taxes to court are Kingan & Co. of Indianapolis, Adolf Gobel. New York: Louisville Provision, Co., Louisville, Ky.. Butzer Packing Co., Salina. Kans.. F. G Vogt & Son, Philadelphia. and the Rochester Packing Co.. Rochester. N ¥ Also asking injunctions to hait col- | are | lection of the processing taxes three Iowa firms—the Tobin Packing Co., Fort Dodge: the Kohrs Packing Co.. Davenport. and the Dubuque Packing Co.. Dubuque. In the St. Louis area alone, suits on file would tie up collections ot more than $1.000.000. Firms seeking in- Junctions include Heil Packing Co., Krey Packing Co., Laclede Packing Co.. J. H. Belz Provision Co. and the American Packing Co. Deny Tax Restraint Pmsible‘. The Government has answered the St. Louis suits with the claim that Federal statutes prohibit the mainte- nance in any court of a suit to re- strain the collection of Federal taxes A similar answer has been filed to a suit by the Scala Packing Co., Utica. N. Y. over $17.702 in processing taxes. The Chicago packers generally said they would pay the July 1 installment and await developments in the court fight. Cotton processing taxes are under fire in a $2,500,000 action filed by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., seeking to recover taxes already paid. The packers’ suits do not seek re- covery, it was explained, since to win | would subject the houses to a flood of similar suits for farmers and con- sumers. Washington offices of the A. A. A, the Justice Department and the In- ternal Revenue Department said a complete list of suits filed and money involved was not available. A. A. A. Wins Round. The A. A. A. tax program, however, has already won an initial victory in the tax fight. This came when Fed- eral Judge Albert L. Reeves of Kansas | City recently dismissed a petition of the Larabee Flour Mills, protesting the processing tax and asking an injunc- tion restraining collection of the wheat processing tax. At the same time the court refused to rule on the constitu- tiopality of the A. A. A. program But another Federal judge, Judge William H. Atwell at Kansas City, last ‘Wednesday granted a temporary in- junction to the G. R. Smith Milling Co. of Sherman, Tex., restraining the Government from collecting the Fed- eral processing tax on wheat in the Kansas City district. The milling company attacked the tax on the grouads if violatd the fifth and tenth amendments ‘c the Constitution. The case will be tried September 19 on its merits. The com- pany posted $125,000 bond fo guar- antee payment of th- tax if it proved to be iegal Six Sailors Die in Collision. TARANTO, Italy. June 29 (#) —Six sailors were killed and a number in- Jured in a collision between the naval destrcyers Zeno and Malocello, an official communique today said. The collision occurred during maneuvers off the naval base here. The two warships were able to proceed to port under their own power, Readers’ Guide Page. Siishere Bo14 ..A-6-7 ...B-8 ..B-8 A-8 A-14-15 .A-9 A-2 Pt B-9 -1-2-3-4-5-6-7 ...B-9 ...B-14 ..A-10 A-12-13 ...A-9 A-10 Amusements . Church News ... Comics .. Cross-word Puzzle Editorials Finance Lost and Found Real Estate . B: Serial Story . Short Story .. Society .. Sports .... Vital Statistics ‘Washington Wayside . 1y Three-hase hit—Gehrig. Home runs—Chapman, C osetti to bases—Washington, New 6 balls—Of Hadley. 4: off —By by Murphy, 1. Hits—Ofl Gomex out in ninth). Winning pitcher—Gomer, Umpires—Messrs. Kolls. Dinneen. YANKEE HOMERS BEAT GRIFS 63 Chapman and Combs Get Circuit Blows Off Bump Hadley. Line-ups. WASHINGTON. Biuege. ss Stone. Myer. b Manush Travis. Schulte. cf Holbrook. © Kuhel. 1b Hadley. » Umpires—Messrs. Dinneen BY FRANCIS E. STAN. NEW YORK, June 29.—The New York Yankees made it two straight victories in the current series by de- feating the Nationals here this after- noon The score was 6 to 3. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON—BIluege Combs. Crosetti threw out Stone. Myer struck out. No runs. NEW YORK—Combs singled to cen- ter. Rolfe hit into a double play. Bluege picked up his grounder, stepped on second, forcing Combs, and then threw to Kuhel, getting Rolfe. Chap- man singled to center. Gehrig tripled | to the right-field bleachers, scoring Chapman. Travis tossed out Lazzeri. One run. Washington, 0; New York, 1. SECOND INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Manush popped to Lazzeri. Travis flied to Chapman. Schulte popped to Lazzeri. No runs. NEW YORK—Dickey singled to | right. Selkirk forced Dickey, Myer to | Bluege. Crosetti hit into a double ! play. Myer to Bluege to Kuhel. No runs. ‘Washington, 0; New York, 1. THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON—Holbrook flied to Selkirk. Kuhel hit a Texas leaguer | over Crosetti’s head. Gomez knocked down Hadley’s hot grounder and Cro- setti picked up the ball and threw him | out, Kuhel going to second. Chapman | came in fast for Bluege's fly. No runs. NEW YORK—Myer threw out Go- mez. Combs singled to left. Rolfe | fouled to Travis. Combs stole second. Chapman hit a home run inside the | park. scoring Combs ahead of him. | Genhrig walked. | Dickey went out, Kuhel to Hadley, who covered first base. Two runs. ‘Washington, 0; New York 3. FOURTH INNING. | WASHINGTON — Stone flied to Chapman. Myer struck out the sec- ond time in a row. Chapman came in | fast for Manush’s fly. No runs, NEW YORK—Selkirk singled to left. | crosetti also singled to left. Selkirk | stopping at second. Gomez bunted in |an attempted sacrifice and Selkirk | was forced at third, Hadley to Travis. | Combs hit a home run to the left field fence, scoring Crosetti and Gomez ahead of him. Rolfe doubled to cen- ter. Bluege threw out Chapman, Ralfe going to third. Gehrig walked. Lazzeri flied ceep to Manush. Three runs. Washington, 0; New York, 6. FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Travis went out, Gehrig to Gomez, who covered first. Schulte popped to Gehrig. Crosetti threw out Holbrook. No runs. NEW YORK—Dickey fouled to Travis. Kuhel took Selkirk’s grounder and tossed to Hadley, who covered | first. Manush backed against the left field boxes for Crosetti's fly. No | runs. | Washington, 0; New York, 6. SIXTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Kuhel singled to right for the second hit off Gomesz. | Hadley flied to Selkirk. Bluege forced | Kuhel, Crosetti to Lazzeri. Lazeri| threw out Stone. No runs. NEW YORK—Gomez hit in front of | the plate and Holbrook picked up the ball and threw him out at first. Combs fouled to Holbrook. Rolfe popped to Kuhel. No runs. ‘Washington, 0; New York, 6. SEVENTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Myer beat out a R Hadley, 1: by Gomez, 3: 7 in R innings (nome Donnelly and | Kolls, Dennelly and flied to | | ch WASHINGTON, - | present form, without the ‘death sen- | CHIAPPE WOUNDS Lazzeri also walked. | SENATE LEADERS ' WARN HOUSE FOES - OF UTILITIES BILL ‘Threaten to Kill Holding Firm Measure if “Death I Sentence” Is Deleted. \ROOSEVELT CHARGES | | POWER LOBBY AT WORK | | President Renews Demand for Mandatory Abolition and | Flays Opponents. By the Associated Press. | | Senate leaders warned today they would have to kill the administration's ‘ utilities bill if the House does not ap- | prove the “death sentence” abolish- ing holding companies. This threat was made after Presi- dent Roosevelt, in renewing his de- mand for mandatory abolition, charged | that the most powerful lobby ever or- | ganized was employing deliberate falsification in its fight against this | provision. | “If the bill passes the House in its tence.’ " said Senator Wheeler. Demo- crat, of Montana, "I will vote to kill it in the Senate.” | Wheeler Hints of '36 Issue. i Wheeler, coauthor of the legisla- | tion and leader of the Senate forces which squeezed the bill through by a one-vote margin, said he had told the President he would have “nothing to} do” with the House measure. Wheeler added he was willing to “take the issue to the country” in the next election. | The House gave up its Saturday | holiday to continue the stormy debate | which has cut across parly hnes and aroused already ragged tempers. Amendments were in order. but ad- | ministration men did not intend to | move restoration of the “death sen- tence” until next week. That provision—requiring abolition by 1942 of all holding companies which the Government considers “unneces- sary”"—was eliminated by the House | Interstate Commerce Committee. In- | stead, the committee proposed to g the Securities Commission discretion- ary authority to wipe them out. President Reiterates Stand. Speaking to reporters, the President reiterated that he wanted the Senate bill substituted for the House measure. He hit at contentions of utility com- | firms would destroy the value of their securities. He contended their end- ing would really benefit stockholders | by removing what he described as parasite companies now eating up | profits in management fees and divi- | dends. Mr. Roosevelt’s statements coincided with a “cloak room” campaign in the Houst to wirl support for the “death sentence.” Leaaers said they were gaining strength and that they had a margin of 28 voles. 'WIND, RAIN STORM SWEEP PORTUGAL Dead ané Injured Unknown in| Devastation by Twisters and Cloudbursts. By the Assoclated Press. LIBSON, Portugal, June 29.—Tor- nadoes and cloudbursts swept almost all of Portugal today leaving an un- | determined number of dead and in- jured and causing widespread prop- erty damage. Oporto was plunged into darkness early this afternoon when a tornado and torrential rains struck the city causing panic among the populace. Moncorbo was flooded and several children were reported missing. Blinding, choking clouds of sand enveloped the town of Vianna do Castello. | Country districts reported that live stock had been swept away in floods. Reports from South Portugal said that orchards, vineyards and standing crops had been virtually destroyed | with great loss to farmers. In almost every part of the coun- try buildings were unroofed and trees uprooted. After gales in some sec- tions huge hailstones covered the ground. i A number of persons were struck by lightning and there were many accidents, especially along the coast. | | eenth consecutive game in which Myer hit safely. Manush singled to right, Myer stopping at second. Travis hit into a double play, Lazzeri to Crosetti to Gehrig. Schulte was thrown out by Rolfe. No runs. NEW YORK—Chapman took & third strike. Myer went into right field for Gehrig's pop fly. Lazzeri walked. Dickey grounded to Kuhel. No runs. Washington, 0; New York, 6. EIGHTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Holbrook was out, Crosetti to Gehrig. Kuhel singled .to center for his third straight hit. Had- | ley walked. Bluege struck out. Stone | singled to center, scoring Kuhel and sending Hadley to third. Myer walked, filling the bases. Manush flied to Sel- | kirk. One run. NEW YORK—Selkirk grounded out to Kuhel unassisted. Crosetti flied to Schulte. ,Myer threw out Gomez. No runs. Washington, 1; New oYrk, 6. NINTH INNING. WASHINGTON — Travis walked. Schulte also walked. Holbrook sin- gled, seoring Travis and sending Schulte to second. Gomes was taken out of the box and replaced by Mur- phy. Kuhel fiied to Chapman in- short center. Bolton batted for Had- ley and struck s;lt.lwsl;l:tle Ilnlledw:) left, scoring ulte, Holbrook stop- ping at second. Stone filed to Chap- .A-11 , | bunt to Gomez. It marked the el* panies that elimination of the holding | | poor sport.” WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, SATURDAY, TH'CONSTITUTION | \\ HAS BEEN MURDERED! WE GOTTA GET TH' CULPRITS !! JUNE 29, 1935 —THI ¢ Foening Star RTY PAGES. ! | | FOE N PARIS DUEL Former Police Prefect’s Bullet Hits Godin in | Right Hip. By the Associated Press PARIS. June 29 —Jean Chiappe. fiery Corsican and former prefect of Paris police. shot and wounded Pierre Godin, Chiappe's predecessor as pres- ident of the Paris Municipal Council, in an early morning pistol duel today. There were two exchanges of shots Chiappe’s last bullet struck Godin just above the right thigh, causing what physicians said was a super- ficial wound. Godin Lad criticized Chiappe’s for- mer administration of the police de- partment. Chiappe, as president of the Municipal Council. is unofficial “mayor” of Paris and one of iis best known politicians. Massard Serves as Second. The duel. which began at 8:30 am., was directed by Chiappe's principal | second, Armand Massard, a famous fencer and often a duelist. Massard's best known meeting was with the late Lucien Gaudin, acknowledged as the worjd's greatest swordsman. | The meeting on the field of honor | had shared attention and excitement in Paris with the challenge made to | Jean Borotra, tennis star. by Didier Poulain, Paris sports writer The little Corsican, who hundreds of | times led riot squads of police into action, met the former council pres- ident secretly on the estate of Mme. Coty, widow of the miliionaire per- perfumer, in the Bois de Boulogne. They fired from 25 paces. Reconciliation Avoided. The duelists parted without being | reconciled. When hit, Godin sank to the ground and doctors and sec- | | onds gathered about him. After an | examination he was carried into the home of Mme. Coty, where the wound | | was probed and dressed A medical certificate said Dodin | suffered a superficial wound two inches above the right hipbone. Immediately after the duel the fol- lowing statement was issued, accord- | ing to custom: “In conformity with an agreement drafted June 28 a meeting between Jean Chiappe and Pierre Godin took place Saturday, June 29, at Paris at 8:30 a.m. on a private estate. “Two shots were exchanged without result at the word of command. The pistols having been reloaded by the | director of combat. Pierre Godin fired immediately after the word ‘fire’ and | thereafter was struck by the shot of Jean Chiappe, which hit him on the | upper part of the right hip on the outside.” | “The combat was ended. Conduct | | of the combat had been intrusted to | Armand Massard. The adversaries | were not reconciled. A medical cer- | tificate is attached to the present | statement.” | BOROTRA DUEL OFF. | WIMBLEDON, England, June 29 (#)—The threatened duel between | Jean Borotra, France’s veteran ten- | nis ace, and Didier Poulain, Parisian | sports writer, has been called off, | Borotra revealed today. | The two were to have met on the | field of honor because of an exchange | of acerbities in the Paris newspaper I'Auto over Borotra's decision not to play in the Davis Cup singles this year although he entered the all- English tournament at Wimbledon. “Everything has been settled to my satisfaction.” the Bounding Basque said, “and I have been assured that Poulain never meant that I was a| statute authorizing national banks to | ored, was severely injured. | | | contracts COAL STRIKE DUE AS PARLEY FAILS | session Only President Can Stop Walkout Now—Miners Offer Maintenance. By the Associated Press. Only presidential intervention can stop a soft coal strike Monday. Negotiations on new wage and hour for the vast Appalachian flelds collapsed this morning and the joint wage conference recessed sub- ject to the call of the chairman. Before taking this action the oper- ators accepted the United Mine Work- | ers’ offer to supply maintenance men | during the strike, set for Sunday mid- JEAN CHIAPPE. BANK DEPOSITORS WIN BIG VICTORY Preferred Creditors of Com- mercial National Must Return Cash. Commercial National Bank de- positors won their first substantial legal victory today when the United States Court of Appeals for the Dis- trict ruled they can recover an esti- mated sum of $1.818824 from the ! alien property custodian. the Mer- | chant Fleet Corp. and others. a de- cision making possible the payment of | from 85 to 90 per cent of the aggre- gate deposits. ! The opinion, written by Associate Justice Groner. decides a new point of law and marks the first time depositors in a local bank have recovered a large sum in legal proceedings following the | bank holiday. The suit was filed in District Su- preme Court by Thomas E. Rhodes, | a former special assistant to the Attorney General and a depositor in the bank. He asked the court to| set aside a payment in full by the| | union and distr night So far President Roosevelt has not asked either John L. Lewis, president of the mine workers, or the opera- tors to continue the present wages and hours. Mr. Roosevelt expressed hope at his semi-weekly press con- ference yesterday that an extension could be arranged. Officers Lay Strike Plans. Lewis may ask that any waze in-| creases granted laier be made retro- | active in the event another extension | is made. After ine conference re- cessed, he went irto a huddle with | other international officers of the | t presidents ‘o dis- cuss strike plans. The wage negotiations were closely | linked with the iate of the Guifev coal | stabilization bill. now before a ways and means subcommittee. Hearings on this measure o set up a “li‘tle N. R. A" for the biiuminous industry were completed vesteraay The bill is on President Roosevelt's | “must” list of lepisiation Some oper- ators feel that its enactment is peces- | sary before they can commit them- selves to definite wages and nours for the next nine months. | Twe Extensions Already. 1 Present wages and hours have been | extended twice—April 1 and June 16— to give Congress time to act on the bills. Chairman Hill. Democrat. of | Washington, of the Ways and Means Subcommittee said vesterday he| thought it would be reported by the middle of next week. The wage conference session this | morning was brief. Duncan Kennedy. | chairman, reported that the negotiat- | ing committee “has been unable to Some Retur %K% K HEADLEY ADVANCE REPORTED BASED ONPLERET0 QUT Retirement on August 31 Is | Promised by Blanton in New Pact. ABOLITION OF POSITION IS INDICATED BY BROWN New Assistant Superintendent of Police Will Reach Age of 65 July 21. The promotion of Inspector Albert J. Headley to be assistant superin- tendent of police, ordered yesterday | by the Commissioners, was based upon a new “gentlemen's agreement.” in which Representative Blanton of Texas gave the pledge that Headley would retire August 31, it was dis- closed today. A promise regarding Headley's early retirement was voluntarily submitted to the Commissioners by Mr. Blanton when he paid a surprise visit on the Commissioners yesterday to persuade | them to carry out an earlier “gentle- | men’s | and Supt. of Police Brown for the retirement of Asst. Supt. Thaddeus R. | agreement” between Blanton Bean and the elevation of Headley to the post, it was declared. Commissioners Hazen and Sultan today declined to give any official report on what transpired at the brief yesterday when they were visited by Mr. Blanton. but there was no effort made to deny facts reported as to Blanton's promise under the new “gentlemen’s agreement.” Head- ley himself was not in the District Building at the time and it was not known whether he was a party to the new agreement Can Retire at Discretion. Officials explained. however, that the Commissioners have the right un- der law to retire a police official after he has reached the age of 60. at their discretion. The report of the House Crime Investigation Committee now up for reconsideration urges that police officials be retired when they have reached the age of 65 years. Headley will be 65 July 21. Without giving a report on the con- ference with Mr. Blanton yesterday Commissioner Hazen today gave an explanation of the decision of the Commissioners to reverse their de- termination of Thursdey not to fill the vacancy in the post of assistant superintendent of police. He recalled that late last Summer Maj. Brown called to his attention reports that Inspector Bean expected to apply for retirement and asked if the Com- missioner was agreeatle to the pro- motion of Headley. the mnext in line and rank for the post. Hazen agreed He was emphatic today. as he was in his statement to the House Crime | Committee in declaring that at that time he knew nothing of Mr. Blan- ton’s campaign to have Headley pro- moted Maj. Brown indicated today that | the post of assistant superintendent probably would be abolished on retire- | ment of Inspector Headley. Abolition of the post was one of the recommendations of the Special Crime Committee of the House after it singled Headley out for censure for his conduct and attitude “in his quest for promotion” as well as attitude toward subordinates and his “lack of duty” as a district inspector. After Blanton's conference with the Commissioners and the promotion of Headley was announced. the Texan issued a statement to newspaper men explaining he believed the officer would have been promoted without his intercession. Blanton's Statement. Blanton's statement to llows: “It is my judgment that if I had the press fol bank receiver of deposits made by |agree on the questions of wages, hours | not been a Congresman and had not the controller of the currency, the alien property custodian, the Mer- | chant Fleet Corp. and several other‘ quasi-governmental agencies. Motions to dismiss the suit were filed on behalf of the controller, the property custodian and the fleet cor- poration, with the result that the Court of Appeals passed directly on | the deposits paid these agencies. Payment in full of the deposit by the controller. consisting of $327.799 of funds ot various insolvent banks, was upheld by the appellate court, ! which pointed out there is a special (See BANK, Page 3) TWO KILLED IN BLAST Engineer and Brakeman Victims as Boiler of Locomotive Bursts. BRASWELL, Ga., June 29 (#).—Two men were killed and a third njured near here early today in the explesion of the boiler of sn engine havling a Northbound Southern Railway freight train. The dead are W O. Alexander of Alexander, the cngineer and Jasper Parks of Atlanta, coiored brakeman. The fireman, Lucious Chapman. col- | disorders in such varied industries as | Business Looks Ahead In the future come accumulated results of past events. What happened in the first six months of 1935 has an important bearing on prospects for the remainder of the year. The Star will publish its midyear re- view of business and industry Sunday. The summary of trade trends will be illustrated by authoritative charts and will include the range of trans- actions on the New York Stock Exchange and the Wash- ington Exchange. Well known commentators of the Associated Press and other services will review the significant events of an historic period for American business. man. Two runk and differentials.” | Motions for the conference to recess | and for the miners to furnish mainte- being flooded during a strike were pro- | posed immediately and adopted within | five minutes. The miners had asked a 30-hour | week instead of their present 35-hour | week and pay increases averaging | about 10 per cent. The operators of- | fered to renew present wages and | hours. Other Strikes Waged. Meanwhile. scattered violence marked public utilities, lead and zinc mining and potato farming. | Farmers of Virginia's Eastern | Shore, striking to raise the price of potatoes from $1.25 to $2 a barrel, | after patrolling roads to prevent ship- | ment of potatces, named a five-man | council with absolute power over all potatoes, dug, stored or ready for | shipment, in the area. | Overt acts, which, however, did not | reach the stage of personal injury, | were instituted by roving bands of determined potato pickets who pa- trolled roads in the counties to halt shipments in attempt to raise potato prices. The embargo was agreed to at a meeting here. Kansas National Guardsmen poured into the plant of the Eagle-Pitcher Mining & Smelting Co. at Galena today to rescue 28 strike-besieged (See STRIKES, Page 2. THREE DIE IN CRASH Two Others Injured as Car Hits Side of Freight Train. REED CITY, Mich., June 29 (P)— | Three persons were killed and two others seriously injured today when their automobile crashed into the side of a freight train near here. The dead: Randolph Johnson, 23, a dental student at Northwestern University; Lahn Wolff, 19, and Miss Florence Berger, 25, a newspaper reporter. - Jac A. Cooper, 23, manag- ing editor of the Osceola County Herald, who was engaged to be mar- ried to Miss Berger, suffered a pos- sible skull fracture, as did Jack Han- been in Washington, the Commission- ers of the District. who in my judg- ment_are absolutely just and fair. | nance men to keep the mines from | “(Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) NEW CANCER DIAGNOSIS MEANS REPORTED FOUND California Doctor Tells Scientists Better Treatment Should Be Facilitated. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, June 29.—Discov- ery of a means of diagnosis wiich he hopes will improve chances of suc- cessful treatment of cancer was re- ported today v Dr. Lloyd Kennell, San Diego, Calif. “Cancer is a ‘general’ or sysiematic disease and, as such blood rhanges should be expectei,” he told the Pa- cific Division Couvention of the Amer- ican Association for the Advancement of Science. He described spectromicroscopic methods for detecting more constant variations between no:mal and can- cerous blood “in the hope that accu- | rate diagnostic cciteria may be avail- strictions now entailed by the neces- sity of personal demonstration. (#) Means Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 124,266 ns Not Yet Received T™WO € TWO DEAD, 3 HURT IN TERRIFIC BLAST AT PEPCO OFFICES Fire Lieutenant Is Injured Also in Saving Trio Trapped Inside. CROWD JAMS STREET | AS FLAMES LEAP HIGH ENTS. i Blast Occurs as Traffic Is at Peak. 13.000 Volts Add to Peril of Rescuers. Two men are dead and two others near death as the result of a terrific explosion shortly after 8 o'clock this morning in the basement of the Po- tomac Electric Power Co. Office Build- | ing. Tenth and E streets. A fifth man is expected to survive | Flames shot out of shattered win- | dows as high as the second-floor fire escape on the old Ford Theater Build- ing. next door on Tenth street. | The dead | Thomas B. Sheppard, 35. 3054 V place, an electrician Fred L. Davis, 30. of Edmonston road. East Riverdale, Md The injured Willlam H. Wright. 3124 North Pershing drive. Lyon Park. Va., ecrit- ical condition from burns to the face. | arms and body. Floyd Bennett. colored. 31. 4226 Dix street northeast, critically burned about the body John William Foxwell Thirty-fourth street. Mount Md.. burns, not serious Lieut. J. C. Stein of No. 6 Engine Company suffered an injury to the | knee while rescuing three men trapped in the basement Victimis Brought Out. The first firemen to arrive donning gas masks. brought out the three injured and the body of Davis, one of the dead men. All were rushed to Emergency Hospital, where Davis was pronounced dead. The firemen also found three other men groping through the smoke and led them to a grating where they escaped. Sheppard. one of the men who lost their lives, had been employed by the Potomac Electric Power Co. for many vears, his widow said. He is survived by three children Mrs. Wright, wife of William W. Wright. one of the injured. said that her husband had a premonition of disaster today and almost decided not 10 g0 to work. Woikers Escape. John Roy and Hunter Ragland, both colored. said they were cleaning | the basemen! when the explosion oc- | curred. They left their work so quick- !1v that they were able to escape by way of the ailey into E street before smoke filled ire basement. John Lomax colored, 485 Locusi court southwest, one of the men res- cued by Stein. said he was standing in the basement level of an areaway in the building. while Joseph Smith. colored, 321 O street southwest, was letting mortar down to him. They were employes of the Plyrite Water- proofing Co.. working on & construc- tion job in the basement. Both escaped. Walter Holman, 5504 Eighth street, also an employe of the Plyrite Co. | was working on a section of the sec- | ond floor of the building. He said the 52 3940 Rainier, 'SENATE BANK GROUP | DISTURBED BY LEAK | Publication of Action on Bill Termed Inaccurate—Members | Had Pledged Secrecy. | By the Associated Press Members of the Glass Banking Subcommittee of the Senate were disturbed today over an apparent “leak” to New York bankers on their action on the administration’s bank bill and indicated there might be an | investigation. The leak was made evident by publication that the subcommittee had adopted an amendment partially restoring the right to banks to under- write security issues. Committee members had entered an agreement not to disclose their actions. The Senators on the committee neither affirmed nor denied the story, but described it as “inaccurate.” This description of the report came | from Senator Glass. Democrat, of | virginia, chairman of the subcom- | mittee, who said: “It is to be de- plored that anybody having access to the proceedings of the subcommittee should have been, if anybody has been, guilty of disclosing information thus surreptiously gained.” He said he would call the matter to | the attention of the committee. | | | Mexico City Feels Quake. MEXICO. D. F., June 29 (#).—An earthquake was felt here early today. | able to any worker without the re- | No casualties were reported, although | walls of several houses in the out- | skirts were cracked. | By the Associated Press. Millions of the Government's gold will be buried in the middle of Fort Knox, Ky., where 1,300 soldiers are on duty. Treasury draftsmen, it was dis- closed today, have been ordered to rush construction of a huge under- ground vault at the Army post—31 miles from Louisville—as part of the Government’s policy of removing monetary stocks from vulnerable coast cities. Much of the gold now stored in New York and Philadelphia will be transferred to Fort Knox. Not long ago nearly three billion dollars were non, 23. All of the dead and in- Jured lived here, = sent from San Francisco to Depver, The Rocky uu'mun and the Appa- oA Big Store of Federal Gold To Be Buried in Kentucky |lachians thus will guard the precious | bullion from any possible enemy inva- | sion or mobs. Regular Treasury guards will be on duty at the new vault, but Army troops could be called if necessary. W. C. Cram, jr, a Treasury teche nical adviser, recently told a House | appropriations subcommittee: “We have concentrated in the | mints more gold than we ever had |before. We can't tell what sort of attacks will be made. We might be attacked by a mob.” The Government's gold stocks total | more than $9,000,000,000. The new | vault will be located in an area 10.000 | feet square and will cost not more {than $450,000.