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WEATHER. (0.8 Weather Bureau Forecast) Mostly cloudy tonight: probably show- ers tomorrow; not much change in tem- pverature, Temperatures—Highest, 77, at 5 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 64, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on Page B- Closing New York Markets, Page 18 Entered as sect No. — 33,643. 2. ond class matter post office, Washington, D. C ah WASHINGTON, D. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1936 —THIRTY-EIGHT ¢ Foening Star PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. FH ¥ Yesterday’s Circulation, 135,096 (Bome returns not vet recelved ) (/) Means Associated P TWO CENTS. ress. ALL EYES CENTERED ON HOOVER. CROWD GIVES WILD WELCOME; LANDONITES TALK WITH BORAH Meeting Seen With Borah, Brown. ANTI-LANDON FORCES BUSY Chairman Snell Bit- terly Attacks New Deal. BULLETIN. CLEVELAND. June 10 (4.—The Republican Convention recessed at 1:55 pm. (E. . T.) until 8 o'clock tonight, when former President Hoover will make his addres BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 10.— Herbert Hoover came to town today. In fact. this promises to be Hoover's day at the Republican National Con- | vention. He is. to address the con- vention tonight. address will be a stem-winder. The former President more persons. The crowd swept the police and to the four corners. They cheered and yelled “Herbert Hoover, Hoover Hoover. we want four more years of Hoover.” Pr dent Hoover's son Allan. who gtepped off the train with the former President. was lost in the crowd Lawrence Richey, his former secre- tary, alone was able to keep close to the “chief.” Ben Allen, who has been deing research work for Hoover. was in the party. said that the former President would make no public state- ment today: that he did not propose to take the edge off his speech to- | night May Confer With Borah. Hoover and Borah. with Walter F. Brown, the recently defeated Re- publican National Committeeman for ©Ohio, as a cementing medium. may get together today for a conference If they do, it will bode no good for Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kansas, it is said. The anti-Landonites are planning, | 4 is said, to stall the convention along until next Monday if possible, | hoping that something may turn up. They think they have a chance in the | platform, which they say will take considerable time both in committee | and on the floor. | Every one of the Landon opponents | for the presidential nomination, in-| cluding Borah, Knox and Vanden- berg, who have come to Cleveland, | have issued statements they are not going into an alliance to' defeat the Kansas Governor for the nomination. | However, the campaign managers for the anti-Landon candidates are very Active and their activities give more color to the suggested alliance. Snell Flays New Deal. Representative Snell of New York. | elected permanent chairman by the | eonvention, assailed the Roosevelt New Deal in scorching language. “For nearly four years America has | floundered in the grotesque failures of the New Deal,” he said. “The insti- tutions of our Government have been debauched by a partisanship.” Snell four years ago served as per- | manent chairman of the Republican | National Convention. The chairman did not confine his attack to the policies of the Roosevelt administration. He attacked the Presi- dent himself. He said: | “Overshadowing all these grave | #ssaults upon the liberties of the people is the President’s personal affection for a Government-dictated collectivist order. “He runs the true course of the dictator. Having seduced the legisla- tive branch by billions in pork barrel patronage, he now casts a calculating | eye upon the judiciary, and by advice to Congress and sneer and jibe seeks to usurp the last bulwark of the citizen | egainst it.” Report on Credentials. ‘The report of Credentials Commit- | tee was submitted by Walter Hallahan, chairman, national committeeman from West Virginia. It recommended that the delegates placed on the tem- | porary roll of the convention by the Republican National Committee be geated in the permanent roster of the convention, except in the case of Bouth Carolina. Without opposition the report was adopted. This brings to an end the contest over the District of Columbia dele- | gation. The Rover-Prescott-Evans faction gave up the idea, apparently, of taking the contest to the floor of (See CONVENTION, Page 9.) AMERICANS TAKE 10-9 POLO VICTORY Pedley Scores Nine Goals in In- ternational Cup Opener Wit- nessed by 10,000. By the Assoclated Press. HURLINGHAM CLUB, London, June 10.—America opened defense of the international polo cup today with a 10-to-9 victory over England before fashionable crowd of 10,000. Eric Pedley, California star and No. 1 on the American team, scored B of the 10 goals. This equaled Pedley’s own record for cup competition, made in the second match of the 1930 series at Meadowbrook. ‘The Americans met unexpected strong opposition from the patched-up British team. H. Hesketh Hughes, England’s No. 1, shot seven goals. but the all- around play of Gerald Balding, nine- goal Irish ace. was the high spot of e challengers’ play. ‘. His friends say his | was greeted | et the station by a crowd of 6,000 or | the Reception Committee | | cludes former Secretary of War LANDON GETS 50 KEYSTONE VOTES Borah Given 13 at Caucus of Pennsylvania’s 75 Delegation. Ey the Assoctated Press CLEVELAND, June 10—Alf M./ Landon of Kansas garnered 50 votes for the presidential nomination on the first ballot today at a caucus of the powerful Pennsylvania State | delegation. | Senator William E. Borah was | given 13 votes. | Former Senator David A. Reed| voted for Senator Stelwer on the| first ballot. Senator James J. Davis | cast his ballot for Senator Borah. | Other candidates received the fol- lowing votes from the 75-member delegation: Steiwer, 4; Knox, 3;| Dickinson, 3; Vandenberg, 1. Either others indicated they would vote for Landon on the second ballot, or there were a few absentees. Balante of Power Tactics. Leaders of three big State delega- | tions with a total of 209 votes, carefully watched the convention scene in the apparent hope that their States would be pivotal factors in swinging the Presidential nomination tide. The delegations in which the bal- ance of power tactics evidently were being contemplated were New York, with 90 votes; Pennsylvania, 75, and California, 44. It was conceivable that a swing of a major portion of the delegates from the three States to Landon might precipitate such a landslide as would give him the nomination on the first ballot. But leaders of some delegations were in no hurry to an- nounce definite intentions, although other members were reported to be impatient to decide. Pennsylvania withheld a decision at a caucus yesterday. Chairman J. Russell Sprague of the New York delegation said the dele- gates were impatient for a decision. | Some of them predicted as many as 70 Empire State votes would go to Lan- don on the first ballot. A committee of 10 California dele- gates yesterday scouted the prospects of the leading candidates so a report could be made at today's caucus. Other caucuses of the day were called to decide where to send Ala- |bama’s 13 delegates and Arizona's six. Caucuses yesterday sent 10 of Arkansas’ delegates to Landon, one remaining doubtful; united Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana in a request for planks promising benefit to the Pacific Northwest; and formally put Vermont’s nine votes and New Mexico's six in the Landon column. Arizona’s six votes in the Repub- lican convention will be cast for Lan- don. The delegation's decision was made today at a caucus. The Puerto Rican delegation an- nounced simultaneously that the island’s two votes would go to Landon. MORE SILVER FOR U. S. SHANGHALI, June 10 (#).—The liner President McKinley sailed for Seattle today carrying $24,000,000 (Mexican) in silver. ‘The new shipment brings the total |amount of silver sent to the United | States since the signing of the Sino- American silver agreement to $69,000,- 000 (Mexican). Ey the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans,, June 10.—Gov. Alf M. Landon said definitely today he would not go to Cleveland, “regardless of developments” at the Republican National Convention. Landon announced his decision at a preses conference after he had de- clined an offer by Col. Clarence D. Chamberlin, trans-Atlantic fiyer, to convey the Governor to the convention city. Former President Hoover being greeted today in Cleveland as he arrived to address the convention tonight. The group in- Patrick Hurley, behind Hoover, at left, and, at the right, Mayor H. H. Burton of Cleveland and Chairman Henry P. Fletcher. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. COLLADAY CINCHES DELEGATE VICTORY G. 0. P. Credentials Group Decides Against Rover Faction. BULLETIN. CONVENTION HALL. CLEVE- land, June 10 (#).—The Repub- lican Convention overruled its Rules Committee today and reject- ed a proposal to increase the con- vention representation of Hawaii, Alaska and the District of Colum- bia from three to six delegates each. BY J. A. O'LEARY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 10.—The contest between opposing delegations from the District of Columbia was de- cided in favor of the Colladay group early this morning by the Credentials Committee of the Republican National Convention. Although the controversy could be carried to the floor of the convention it supporters of the defeated Rover- Evans delegation on the committee de- cided to file a minority report, there were no definite indications this would be done, The decision came at 5:30 a.m., the last of a series of State contests the committee had been hearing since yes- terday afternoon, except for a short recess to attend the keynote speech of Senator Steiwer of Oregon. Ratification of the committee report by the convention, which may come late today, would place the Colladay contingent on the permanent roll of delegates. It also will mean selection of Edward F. Colladay, leader of the group, to continue as national com- mitteeman for the District and re- election of Mrs. Virginia White Speel as national committeewoman. Mrs. Speel had been nominated by both factions in Washington last month to retain her post. Leo A. Rover, former District at- torney, was the choice of the other (See COLLADAY, Page 4) GIRL SERIOUSLY HURT IN TAKOMA PARK CRASH Pennsylvanian Held Under $500 Bond, Accused of Passing Stop Sign. Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., June 10.— Miss Eunice Gill, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gill, Clifton Park, was seriously injured late yesterday when two automobiles collided at the inter- section of Sligo and Flower streets. She was admitted to Washington Sanitarium, Takoma Park, suffering with head and chest injuries. X-ray pictures were taken this morning, when the girl regained consciousness, to de- termine the extent of her injuries. Miss Gill, a senior student at the Montgomery-Blair Senior High School, was returning from school with her brother, Douglas Gill, at the time of accident. Her brother was unhurt. Police arrested Frank Gregory, 18 of Schickshinny, Pa., as driver of the other machine. He is being held in the Rockville Jail, under $500 bond, on charge of reckless driving by failing to observe a stop sign. Lamion Declines to Attend, “Regardless of Developments” Gov. Landon had a busy morning receiving visitors, many of them not active in politics, but anxious to see the man mentioned for the presidency. After his press conference Landon cleared his desk of mail and kept a 10 o'clock appointment with his dentist. Because of the many out-of-town correspondentayand increasing routine of other business, the Governor an- nounced two press conferences would be held dally hereafter, at 9 a.m. and 2 pm. ”7 i ek gy 'WhitePromises Hearing on Program. IDAHOAN MAY REACH FLOOR Declares Position on Proposals Is Unchanged. BY the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, June 10.— Landon forces today assured Senator Borah & hearing on his platform proposals and promised him an opportunity to address the convention if they are rejected by the Resolutions Commit- tee While members of the Resolutions Subcommittee waited William Allen | | White, platform spokesman for Gov. | Landon of Kansas, consulted Borah. | He then went to the subcommittee meeting room and called out former | | Senator John Thomas of Idaho and, | turning to reporters, said { “The play is from Borah to White to Thomas.” “I have just seen Senator Borah. | I took him a copy of the platform as it stands now. Senator Thomas has gone to see him and will bring his suggestions to the committee. “If he 5o desires, the Landon forces will move that he be heard in the committee, and if the committee re- jects his proposals we will move that he be permitted to place his views be- fore the convention. Position Is Unchanged. Thomas went immediately to Borah's hotel room. a few floors above. After a brief conference he emerged | declining to comment A few minutes later, Borah himself came to the door to beckon in his secretary. “My position is unchanged.” he said “If my proposals are rejected. I want an opportunity to defend them from the floor of the convention.” He and White, he said. had gone | into that situation. He added that he now had a copy of the Landon plat- form. He had not yet examined it, the document in detail In the meantime, he said, there was no comment he could make. | White Favors Gold Plank. there was no idea in the Landon camp of a plank urging a return to the gold standard as asserted by Senator Borah. After declining to discuss what the Landon gold plank might be he was asked what was his own idea of a good money plank. “Well,” he said, “I fancy that when we get a gold plank it will be the Lan- don plank.” He added that he didn't necessarily have to approve of it in its entirety and said he was “an old-fashioned man in favor of a straight gold stand- ard.” My idea of a good gold plank.” he said, “would be the plank of 1896, drafted by Mark Hanna.” “What was that?” “That was a straight gold standard plank, the first time the gold stand- ard came into politics.” Speaking again of the Landon plank he said: “I'm not expressing my views be- (See PLATFORM, Page 6.) COUGHLIN LOSES FIGHT Borah added, and planned to study | White very strongly indicated that | /D LIKE To TAKE \ANOTHER LOOK AT Your ROAD MAP ~\, \ BEFORE GOING o i Sy | ) TERRORISTS FIRED SUSPECTS' HOMES Black Legion Riders Admit Burning Residence in Detroit Area. BACKGROUND— Offshoots of the now discredited Ku Kluz Klan, Black Legion mem- bers banded together in the Middle West to pursue a policy of Tough justice through terrorist methods The secret, military organization is anti-Catholic and anti-Negro, en- forcing its “moral” edicts by lash- ings, night rides and murder, ac- cording to facts being uncovered by a four-sided investigation. By the Associated Press. DETROIT. June 10—The Black Legion had an “intelligence squad” under orders to burn the homes of | men they suspected of being Com- | munist leaders in the Detroit area. Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea said today after a night of intensive ques- tioning of four men held here. McCrea said the four admitted set- | ting fre to the home of William F.| Mollenhauer, in Oakland County, in August, 1934, and that other cases of incendiarism are under scrutiny. The four men held are Frank Rice and Clarence Frye, automobile factory employes; Albert Swanson, a meter reader for the Detroit City Gas Co., and Roy Hepner, painter and deco- rator. The four were confronted by Dayton Dean, the Black Legion “trigger man” in the slaying of Charles A. Poole. | Dean accused Hepner of directing a | legion meeting at which Dean was given 15 lashes for lax attendance. Carried Supplies in Car. The Black Legion “Intelligence Squad” was under orders to carry a loaded revolver & can of naphtha and a quantity of rags in the cars at all times so they could be ready to ocarry out at once ordeds to burn homes of communist leaders, the four told the prosecutor, Another Black Legion squad, re- cruited from the “Intelligence Squad,” was the “shock troops,” McCrea said, who were organized to see that the members did not waver in their at- tendance. ‘The special squads re- ceived their orders in code, either by note or telegram. Because the Mollenhauer fire was ROOSEVELT TRAIN Ickes’ Son Is Hired AsP.W.A.Clerk in‘ Bay State Pro jecl‘ Youth Newly Graduated From Lake Forest University. Py the Assoclated Press. MEDFORD. Mass, June 10 —The new inspection clerk on the £3,000,000 Aberjona sewer construction job, a Public Works Administration project is Robert H. Ickes, son of Secretary | of Interior Ickes Ickes, who was graduated last Sat- urday from Lake Forest University. presented himself to P. W. A. authori- ties Monday with a letter from his father, national P. W. A. head. re- questing that his son be given some hard work to do. J. Arthur Garrod. State engineer in- spector for the P. W. A., immediately | assigned him to the Aberjona project | in the inspection division and he started work yesterday. Garrod said he would follow his chief’s instructions and give the young college graduate plenty of hard work. Last Summer young Ickes spent his vacation working in the West for the National Parks Service, NEARSLITTLEROCK Round of Tours, Culminated | by Speech This Afternoon, | Arranged. Py the Associated Press. ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN EN | ROUTE TO LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 10.—President Roosevelt came | to Arkansas today to help its 2.000,000 | inkabitants celebrate 100 years of | statehood. A round of tours was arranged to culminate late this afternoon in a 20-minute speech at Centennial Sta- dium in Little Rock. The speech, to be broadcast na- tionally by both of the larger radio companies, was the first of three scheduled on a 4.000-mile trip to the | SPANISH LEFTISTS WIN ON 2 FRONTS Waiters Go Back' to Work, Enabling Cafes to Open Again. Y the Associatea Press MADRID. June 10 marked up two significant victories today in four-month struggle against strikes and disorders Syndicalist waiters, out for a mon went back to work. Numerous cafe along Madrid's main avenues. which had closed their doors. reopened The return of the syndicalists rep- resented an important victory for both the government and the Socialists. who have opposed syndicalist strikes Shopkeepers Rescind Threat. Shopkeepers. who had threatened to close up throughout Madrid. rescinded the threat under warnings they would face prosecution by the government There were scattered rders as Government and business combined in an attempt to halt the disputes Political circles acknowledged the gravity of the situation which has removed almost 1000000 workers from their jobs. The government announced action to force operators of elevator factories to pay fines amounting to 400.000 pe- setas (approximately $52.000) for re- fusal to accept compromises offered by the labor ministry. Grocery Owners Warned. Authorities also urged Madrid grocery store owners to disregard orders from the employers' federa- tion for a lock-out in protest against raids by women workers. Many towns in Badajoz Province were threatened by & renewed general strike in sympathy for workers at Almendralejo who began their walk- out last month. Five persons were seriously wounded in a clash between Rightists and Leftists at Barganes Devalverde in Zamora Province. At Oviedo & bomb exploded in the offices of the Socialist newspaper La Tarde, wrecking the plant. Premier Santiago Cabares Quiroga began & study of the quickest methods -Official Spain its to end the strike of farmers in An- | dalusia. Urge Ban on Strikes. Economic societies in Catalonia is- | sued a declaration urging termina- out of the jurisdiction of Wayne County authorities, the four men and their statements will be turned over TO USE SOLDIER FIELD Southwest and Middle West. tion of all strikes until the assembly | LENKE MAY PUSH TOWNSEND'S AIMS BEFORE CONGRESS Rev. Gerald Smith Reveals Intent of Coalition to Pass on Candidates. M’GROARTY, PENSIONS GHAMPION, WILL RUN Elderly Californian Says Senti ment Compels Him to See Legislation Through. BACKGROUND— Since a special House committee 90 days ago began its investigation of the workings of Old-Age Revoly- ing Penstons, Ltd., Dr. Francis E Tounsend’s organization has been in constant turmoil. The set-up was reorganized : headquar moved from Washington to Balti- more; Dr. Townsend and some of his followers put the committee in a diiemma by refusing to testify Townsend himself was cited for contempt: Rev. Gerald K. Smith former Huey Long aide. ioined the Townsend bandwagon. C question is the Townsend influence on the campaign ters were rrent BY JOHN C. HENRY. Possibility that the age pension organization is try line up Representative Lemke P! “liberal,” bassador Gerald L self an ington Townsen The the former developed K. Smi Town mouthpiece their strive for plan and sin Meanw} Groarty. Den closed he is pu preference re-election trict to C His decision expressed of many mess from his home aist r the N ‘I have 71 grams,” he said desert the old-age pension cause Congress. Consequen I thi it to these friends to retu tinue the figh Saying he wor ton until the pre. elderly 1 king me not vote on his pension bi he said. he will r next session. McGroarty said there was absolutels no possibility of a reconciliation bt tween himself Francis Townsend Worked Out at Conference. The Townsend-Lemke-Smith c tion program was worked out, Sm said, at a conference between himse. and Dr. Townsend in Baltimore ye: terday. Earlier, Smith said. he con- ferred with the North Dakotan Con- gressman Lemke also agreed. according Smith, that he would appear at po- litical rallies with Dr. Townsend and may—if Congress adjourns in time— attend the New York State Convention of Townsend Clubs in Syracuse on | June 20. Questioned about his version of this | campaign strategy, Representati Lemke declined to confirm in detail T (See TOWNSEND, Page 9.) a e- and Dr. E to NEW STRIKE CURBS Illinois Supreme Court Reverses Cook County Bench Ruling. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 10.—The Illinois Supreme Court today ruled against Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, De- troit radio priest, in his fight for a permit to speak in Soldier Field, Chicago. The court reversed the judgment of the Cook County Superior Court, which had issued a writ of mandamus ordering the Chicago Park District to permit Father Coughlin to hold a mass meeting in the stadium on Chi- cago's lake front. More than a year ago the priest was denied permission to use Soldier Field, although he said the scheduled meeting was not to be political. Park officials contended the right of free speech was not involved. QUEEN MARY NEARS CHERBOURG ON RETURN Time Announcement Expected to Be Given for Homeward Speed. Py the Assoclated Press. LONDON, June 10.—The 8. 8. Queen Mary, giant British liner, passed Bishop Rock at 1:30 a.m., ship time, early today homeward bound from its maiden voyage to New York. Calculations to determine whether the Queen Mary breaks the Eastward crossing record will be based on her arrival at Cherbourg Breakwater, offi- cial of the Cunard line announced upon the ship's departure Friday. Bishop Rock is approximately 23880 miles from Ambrose Light, and the Queen Mary had approximately 193 more miles to cover in reaching Cherbourg early Wednesday morning before announcement of her east- ‘ward time. E ] to State Attorney General David H. Crowley. Coughlin “Plot” Aired, A supposed suicide was under scrutiny as a possible act of Black Legion discipline today, while a woman who claimed the hooded terrorists plotted to kill Father Charles E. Coughlin was detained as a grand jury witness. ‘The woman witness is Mrs. Margaret O'Rourke Dean, 33, who said she was the estranged wife of Dean, confessed slayer of Poole. She told of overhear- ing Dean and other Black Legion- naires discuss plans for slaying Father Coughlin. Dean, she said, joined the Royal Oak priest's National Union for Social Justice as a Black Legion spy, but in his jail cell, Dean said he was an admirer of Father Coughlin and de- rllded the woman's story of & death plot. “Just because we wanted only Prot- estants to hold office we didn't have to hate Catholics,” he said. 1 Parted Eight Years Ago. He said he was not married to his accuser, who told of living with him for nearly eight years, leaving him 13 months ago, she said, because of Dean's attentions to her 14-year-old daughter. Police expressed skepticism of the woman’s accusation, but said she would be called before Circuit Judge James E. Chenot, who is conducting & one-man grand jury investigation of the Black Legion. State police reopened an investiga- tion of the drowning of Alexander Murdy, 47-year-old street car con- ductor, after discovering his name on a Black Legion membership roster. Murdy disappeared last January 9. His body was taken from the Detroit River, near Pighting Island, on May 25, 20 Dead in Naples Wreck. NAPLES, Italy, June 10 P).— Twenty persons were killed and 100 injured today when a work train went off the track a few miles from the Naples station, Friday morning the President will speak before a Texas Centennial throng at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. (See ROOSEVELT, Page 3.) MURDER PLOT HINTED IN MYSTERY IN PARK Police Seek to Identify Man Found Dying—Suspect Flees Under Fire. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, ‘June 10.—Uncertain whether he was the principal in a murder mystery or & suicide, the po- lice attempted today to learn the identity of a man about 30 years old, found dying soon after midnight in & West Side park. Policeman Maurice Begner, hearing a shot, found the victim in a clump of bushes with another man bending | over him. The second man fled. | Begner fired four shots at him. The victim, well dressed, had a| bullet hole in the right side. of employers, financiers, technicians | and workers meets to study the labor | situation. The ministry of justice hurried work on a proposal to make possession of | arms and explosives a serious offense. The bill will be submitted to Parlia- ment soon, Minister of Justice Blasco Garzan said. Terrorism which has swept country since the February elections | has resulted in 175 deaths, an unof- ficial check showed, with 749 persons injured. FREIGHTERS COLLIDE NEW YORK, Junc 10 (#).—The freighter San Simeon which collided with another freighter, the Dakotan, off Sea Girt, N. J., docked today with a hole about 6 by 8 feet in her port | | bow. The Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Co. freighter came into the harbor under her own power. The Dakotan was only slightly damaged and continued to Norfolk, | Va. Tunney Loses Round in Court Fighting Traffic Fine of $5 By the Associated Press. WOODBURY, Conn., June 10— James J. “Gene” Tunney entered the second round today in his fight against a Justice Court conviction on charges of violating rules of the road. The former world heavyweight champion boxer filed notice of appeal to Common Pleas Court from a fine of $5 and costs of the same amount imposed by Justice of the Peace Ed- ward S. Boyd on a constable’s com= plaint he had failed to heed a high- way “stop” sign. Conducting his own defense in a 215-hour court battle here last night, Tunney received the plaudits of spec- tators with the announcement: “I will see this case through to the Supreme ioun of the United States.” Tunney, resident of Stamford and a major on the staff of Gov. Wilbur L. Cross, and friend of Michael A. Connor, State motor vehicle com- missioner, was arrested by Constable Robert Reichenbach May 31. He told the court he was the victim of & “road trap” and that “the of- ficers of this town are lurking in the shadows to catch unsuspecting motorists.” Special Prosecutor Albert Aston, insisted the former pugilist was “not victimized” and that “not one iota of evidence” had been produced in support of his contention. All Woodbury turned out for the trial, between 150 and 200 persons, many of them women and children, erowding into the community house. which held 11! 45 seats, the | 2 GOODYEAR PLANTS 4,000 Workers Stand Idle in Pro- test Against Beating of Union President. By the Assoctated Press AKRON, Ohio, June 10.—Union em- | ployes started a new sit-down strike at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. early today Workers coming on at midnight when the shifts changed remained idle at their posts, bringing operations in both plants No. 1 and 2 to a virtual standstill. Approximately 4,000 work- {ers were affected. | The new sit-down was considered a | protest against the beating of S. H. Dalrymple, president of the United Rubber Workers International Union, |at Gadsden, Ala., Saturday night Dalrymple returned here vesterday with a black eye and a bruised face and said he had been attacked fol- lowing a meeting of Goodyear workers in Gadsden which he attended Dalrymple entered a hospital last night for observation and his con- dition was reported as “fair.” Readers’ Guide Amusements Answers to Questions Comics 2 Cross-word Puzzle Death Notices ___ Editorial Finance . x --A-17 Lost and Found ....._____A-3 News Comment Features A-11 Serial Story.__ Short Story.. Society Sports = . Washington Wayside Women’s Features. - B-3-4 A-14-15-16 -.A-2 -11