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WEATHER (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy cooler; tomight; est, 76, at 1:30 p.m. yeste at 5:30 am. today. Full report on Page A. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 No. 33,648. tomorrow gentle shifting winds becoming moderate northerly Temperatures—High- fair and rday; lowest, 63, -13. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. EX-CONVICT HELD IN' CHILD-SLAYING THREAT FOR $2,000 Bon of Justice Official Is Menaced—Confession by Suspect Reported. NQTE RECEIVED JUNE 9 TURNED OVER TO G-MEN Writer Had Demanded Sum Be Sent—Followed Publication of Picture Here. BY REX COLLIER. Jesse Miller, 22-year-old ex-con- vict, of Thurmont, Md.. is in custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a charge of threatening to kill the | 14-month-old son of Mr. and M Stephen McKevett Farrand, 3011 Gates road, Chevy Chase, in a $5,000 extortion plot, Farrand is an attorney in the of- fice of Solicitor General Stanley Reed of the Justice Department, Miller, arrested Saturday at Thur- mont. has admitted writing to Mrs Farrand a letter demanding $5.000 to save her son’s life, it was distlosed here today by J. Edgar Hoover, Tector of the F. B. 1. Hoover said the case has been turned over to United States Attorney Leslie C. Gar- nett for prosccution. Miller is being held in jail in Baltimore Received Letter June 9. Hoover said Mrs. Farrand received through the mail on June 9 a letter which experts in the technical labora- tory of the F. B. L declare was written by Miller. The letter. signed “R. B. G. Killer.” Instructed her to send $5.000 within one week’s time to Miller's older brother, Orville, at Blue Mountain, Md., unless she preferred to have her gon killed. The letter had been mailed at Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. The note was turned over to the bureau and an investigation was be- gun to determine Orville Miller’s status in the case. The latter was questioned last Thursday after he had been taken into custody by Frederick County officers, acting on request of Federal agents. “The laboratory examination of*the extortion letter.” Hoover said today. “indieated conclusively that Orviile Miller had not prepared the letter. Oollateral investigation supported the fact that Orville was not implicated | in the sending of the letter.” | Parrand said today he thought the | plleged extortionist “used poor judg- | ment” in picking a Justice Depart- | ment man as his intended victim. He | said as soon as Mrs. Farrand re- ceived the letter, he took it to the | Federal Bureau of Investigation. Special agents of the F. B, I, Far- rand said, immediately began guard duty at the Farrand home, while other sgents began their investigation in Maryland. Farrand said the guard was withdrawn last Friday when he was advised by the agents that the ease had been cleared up. He said he 1= now trying to find a watch dog “just ‘s a precaution” against future trouble. The attorney said he had never heard of fhe Millers nor of Thurmont, Md., prior to the investigation of the Tetter di- | He expressed the opinion that | | Upper: *Mrs. Stephen McKevett Farrand and her son, Peter. Lower left: Stephen McKevett Farrand. Lower right: Jesse Miller, held in connection with alleged extortion plot and threats te kill Farrand child. The WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JUNE 15 1936 -FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. #+% ° l Figures in Extortion Case Foem ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION BLANTON INITIATES NEW MOVE T0 END D.C.BILL DEADLOCK Unexpectedly Asks House Reinstruct Conferees in Final Effort. 49 SENATE CHANGES ARE VOTED QUICKLY Texan Requests Separate Ballots on Federal Lump Sum and Character Education. Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, unexpectedly asked the House today to reinstruct its conferees on the 1937 District appropriation bill in & final move to break the prolonged conference deadlock which has threat- ened to place the municipal govern- ment on a bare subsistance budget in the coming fiscal year under a con- tinuing resolution. Blanton, chairman of the House Conference Committee, said he would rather make another move to compro- mise with the Senate on the points in ny Stae The only in Washington wit (#) Means Associated Press. evening paper the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. SATURDAY'S SUNDAY'S vt 127,534 gInDAYS 139,423 (Some returcs not yet received ) TWO CENTS. dispute, rather than deprive the Dis- trict of a number of badly needed im- provements. Court Building Mentioned, Blanton mentioned specifically an addition to Eastern High School, new Police Court Bullding and re- construction of Chain Bridge. The house agreed to follow his rec- ommendation and immediately ap- proved 489 Senate amendments pro- viding a total of $484907 for sundry new projects. About a dozen Senate amendments were rejected, however. Separate Votes Asked. INSURANCE “PLOT” | “Victim’s” Body to Be Ex- humed in Search for Blanton asked for separate votes Poison. on the main issues in contfoversy— the Federal lump sum payment for BACKGROUND— PROBE IS PUSHED District expenses and appropriation for continuation of character education in the public schools and a legislative provision forbidding District employ- ees who receive $2,400 a vear or more from engaging in “outside” employ- ment, An immediate vote on these three items was delaved by a roll call which | Chairman Morton of the House Dis- Evidence of extemsive insurance frauds in Massachusetts mill towns was claimed by authorities when traces of poison were discovered in bodies of three men whose deaths at first did not attract suspicion. The alleged racket was said to be. based om “prozy” insurance, whereby a person takes a policy on the life of some one little known to him, pays the premiums and takes trict Legisiative Committee forced on a | his ehance of outliving the insured —Hessler Studio Photo. —Star Staff Photo. MERIT MEASURE PASSES SENATE 48-18 Action to Protect Civil Services Follows G. 0. P. Plank Adoption. BY J. A. O'LEARY, With the merit system in Govern- ment service lnoming as one of the | the plot was conceived after publica- | platform issues in the coming cam- tion In a Washington newspaper June | # of & picture of Mrs, Farrand and her boy, Peter, who recently celebrated his first birth anniversary, He said the Jetter re.erred to the previous resi- Genee of the Farrands in Los Angeles, mention of which was made in the | caption under the picture. Fugitive Proceedings Asked. United States Attorney Garnett has | been asked to institute fugitive pro- ceedings for the removal from Balti- more to the District of Jesse Miller. Records of the Fingerprint Division of the F. B. I. show Jesse Miller served | & month in fail in 1933 at Hagerstown | for carrying concealed weapons, five | days i Millgrove, N. Y., on a State | charge, and six months last year in the House of Correction at Jessups, Md., for larceny. | Farrand, a graduate of Leland Stan- | ford University, came here March 15 to become a legal aide in the solicitor | general’s office. He had practiced law | in Los Angeles prior to entering the | Federal service. 3 BELIEVED DEAD IN PLANE CRASH Wreckage of Coast Guard Air-| ship Found in Tampa Bay. B the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 15— Divers found the body of Lieut. Charles | Martin Perrott, Coast Guard pilot, Jammed in the wreckage of his plane, which plunged into Tampa Bay near 8t. Petersburg today while on storm patrol. No trace of Radioman Walter O. Morris and Aviation Mechanic Wil- liam D. Eubanks was seen, the divers reported. It was believed they may have been thrown clear of the craft when it struck the choppy bay. Coast Guard vessels found grappling equipment insufficient to raise the plane, which lay in about 14 feet of water, and awaited the arrival of a Marine crane. The Coast Guard craft Nemenis, one of the boats sent to search for the plane, reported the wreckage was sighted by plane at 9:20 am. (East- ern standard time). Officers aboard the Nemenis said the plane apparently dove into the bay about 3:15 am. “All hands believed lost,” ended the terse message. Three Die in Plunge By the Associated Press. HARRISONBURG, Va., June 15— Three Pendleton County, W. Va., men were killed when their automobile plunged over a 75-foot declivity on a Ppaign, the Senate today passed a bill to prohibit. civil service employes from seeking political support to obtain promotions. It does not affect ap- pointments. Sponsored by Senator Bilack, Dem- ocrat, of Alabama, the measure has been on the Senate calendar more than a year, but was sidetracked when- ever it was reached in the past on the unanimous consent calendar. Today the Alabama Senator was able to ob- fain a roll call, and it went through, 46 to 18. It still requires House ap- proval, however, Plank on Merit System. Senate action on the bill came a few days after adoption by the Republican National Convention of a party plank | on the merit system, followed by an even stronger declaration by Gov. Landon, the Republican nominee, in favor of the merit system. Just before the vote, Senator Vau- denberg, Republican, of Michigan, pointed out that while the bill would prohibit an employe from seeking the support of any “political committee,” it was questionable whether that would | be broad enougn to apply the restric- tion to the chairman of such a com- mittee. Although Postmaster General Farley was not mentioned by name, the Michigan Senator was believed to have in mind the fact that Farley is also chairman of the Democratic Na- tional Committee. Vandenberg Change. Senator Black said he thought the term “political committee” was broad enough to include the officers, but he did not object to a Vandenberg amendment adding the words, “offi- cer or member” of such a committee. Black., however, objected to a fur- (See SENATE, Page A-2) point of no quorum. She said she wanted all members of the House pres- ent to hear the debate on the fiscal | relations policy between the Federal and District Governments. .- AMENDED GUFFEY ) BILL IS APPROVED |Change in Compliance Tax Is Principal Alteration by Senators. By the Associated Press. The Senate Interstate Commerce | Committee voted, 9 to 5. teday to approve an amended version of the| new Guffey-Vinson bill designed to | stabilize the vast soft coal industry | by price-fixing. | The measure would re-enact the price-fixing provisions of the original Guffey coal control act, which was invalidated by the Supreme Court. It omits labor provisions of the orig- inal statute. Chairman Wheeler said the most important change his committee made in the bill was revision of the so- called “compliance tax” feature to provide for an outright excise tax of 113 per cent on all soft coal, plus a 1315 per cent tax on all coal in inter- state commerce or directly affecting Interstate commerce. Producers who comply with the act would be entitled to a rebate of the 13'; per cent levy. WOMAN FOUND SHOT AFTER FLEEING TRAIN | Wounded in Eye While in Room at Farm House—Left Suicide Note, B the Associated Press. MIFFLINTOWN, Pa., June 15 Mary Gelmar, 24-year-old “mystery woman, who has maintained stubborn silence regarding her past since she stole from an express train one night two weeks ago, was found wounded by & shot through the head in her room at the Scott Dolin farm Saturday night. Lewistown Hospital attendants said today the bullet lodged back of her eye and, though she might lose the sight of the eye, there “was no rea- son why she would not recover.” Members of the Dolin family said the woman, who left a suicide note in her berth on a Chicago-New York express, shot herself with a rifle. They said they were sitting on the porch as the shot rang out. IMPERIAL PARLEY PLANNED BY BRITAIN Leaders From Canada and Other Dominions to Gather After As Ar;K(AdArlvl‘n tl’lf_flll‘pfovldtd (See GUFFEY, Page A-2) PLANE HIT BY BOLT Flyer in Hospital After Crash Caused by Lightning. NOME.. Alaska, June 15 (#).—Pilot Prank Whaley was in a hospital here today recovering from an airplane crash which he said was caused by hghtning. ‘Whaley said lightning struck the plane in which he was carrying three passengers Friday evening. Four feet of the right wing was torn off. He landed the spinning ship in 7 feet of water in Mud Lake, north of | Nome. e 'The passengers, Ed and Jack Burke, both of Poulsbo, Wash, and Leo Suhonen, Astoria, Oreg., escaped with minor injuries, Teking cognizance that Joseph H. Fields, real estate salesman, will re- ceive his bonus bonds through the mails today, Justice Oscar R. Luhring of District Supreme Court .ordered him to pay his former wife by Satur- day the $1,306.50 he allegedly is in arrears in maintenance for their young son. This was the first domestic rela- tions case before the District courts involving the bonus, which is exempt by law from attachment. A similar ruling came from a judge in Augusta, Ga,, last week. Justice Luhring did not specifically mention the bonus in his order, but before he agreed to sign it, John T. Graves, attorney for Mrs. Elizabeth Fields, asked him to take judicial no- tice that Fields would receive the ountain road 30 miles west of hex &u Brandywine, W. Va. bonds “T admit that the bonus cenngffpe Judge Orders Veteran to Pay Ex-Wife as He Gets Bonus Cash attached,” said Graves, “but I think Coronation. B the Associated Press. LONDON, June 15.—Prime Minister Baldwin announced today an imperial conference will be held in London next May, immediately following the coronation of. King Edward. ‘The coronation will be May 12. A great gathering of political leaders from Canada, the other dominions and all parts of the empire is expected in London for the oc- casion. Baldwin made his announcement in the House of Commons, where Anthony Eden, foreign secretary, had Just indicated the government was not ready to state its position con- cerning the sanctions against Italy. Eden told the members he would let them know the latest ruling on the matter in a foreign affairs de- bate at a date yet to be fixed. Hugh Dalton, Laborite, asked whether his statement would be along the lines of that made by Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the Exchequer, who recently advocated the discontinuance of the League of Na- tions’ punishment of Italy. Eden replied: “Exercise your customary patience.” the court should kunow that Fields is about to receive this money.” “Yes,” Justice Luhring Teplied, reaching for his pen, “this man has -m:an.l obligation to “support his L e He directed :Fields. t¢ come inio eourt again next Monday and report whether he has paid the money. ‘What will happen should Pields re- fuse: to cash his bonus.was widely discussed today. Graves refused to venture an opinion as to what the judge might or could do in such a contingency. ‘The Fields have been divorced for a number of years, and on February 4, 1925, the court ordered thes hus- band to pay $20 monthly for the support of their son, now 13. Mrs. Pields and the boy live al 07 Sta- ples street northeast. Readers’ Guide Amusements ___ Washington Wayside.... A-2 Women's Features. ..C-4-5 individual. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Mass, June 15— District Attorney Thomas F. Moriarty today obtained an order for the ex- humation of the body of Frank Hal- gas, 50, of Ludlow, with & view to determining the kind and quantity of poison in the body prior to his death on April 4 in an automobile accident. Halgas is believed by State and local authorities to be one of a number of victims of a widespread “insurance racket.” Dr. William Boos of Boston, State toxicologist, will examine the organs of the deceased man. Quantities of a poison easily obtained in drug and other stores have been found in the bodies of at least three persons known to have died under suspicious circum- stances in recent months and in an inquest report made by Trial Justice George B. Haas it was indicated that Halgas’ death appeared to be a “mur- derous act.” Ludlow officials believe that over a period of 15 years a large number of deaths in that and other nearby towns may be attributed to what they call an “insurance racket.” Information Requested. Another development in the State police investigation of the deaths to- day was a demand made on Judge Haas by District Attorney Moriarty for all information he may have con- cerning the alleged racket. Ludlow police reported several for- eign-born residents, apparently fright- ened, had reported “outsiders” were carrying insurance upon them and sought information concerning how they might get rid of that insurance. Moriarty sent State Police Sergts. Raymond Foley and Theodore John- son to Hartford, Conn., to check the insurance records of three victims of poison. Termed Gigantic Racket. From those records, Detective Lieut. Richard Cotter said, police hoped to find some trace of the person or per- sons behind what Judge Haas has previously called “a gigantic insurance racket.” Cotter indicated he expected an ar- rest in the inquiry, but said this would not come for “several days, anyhow.” Charles W. King, secretary of the State Board of Registration in Phar- macy, dispatched inspectors into this area in an effort to uncover the source of poisons found in the bodies of three victims and to enforce restrictions on poison sales generally. Demanding stringent curbs on sales of poison, Moriarty said Dr, Boos pur- chased an ounce of the poison at a drug store where he was unknown “without even being asked to sign the book which is kept for such purposes.” Insurance Companies Act At least two insurance companies began an independent investigation, reviewing polices issued in Ludlow, Chicopee and Indian Orchard. Meanwhile, Judge Haas offered to help Moriarty. He said he would be glad to give Moriarty “any informa- tion which I have concerning the mat- ter and give him the source of my information.” “While we may not be able to get legal evidence sufficient to warrant prosecution and eonviction,” he said, “I think that the exposure thus far made will be sufficient to cause those who I think have been engaged in this business to get out of the racket. “Purthermore, 1 am confident that the insurance companies themselves are bound to be more careful in the future of the risks they insure in this section. And that will also be bene- fiicial in its resuits.” “My whole concern, of course, is to see the companies clean house in this matter, and cease ins of risks in Ludlow.” ugumml Insurance Fraud Is Suspected in SelfsMutilation Five Held on Coast on Charge of *“Stag- ing” Accident. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, June 15 —Sensa- tional charges of self-multilation to collect damages for traffic accidents | were made by District Attorney Buron | Fitts today after investigation of an alleged accident racket, which he said | cost insurance companies of the Nation $1,000,000 a year. Assembling evidence with a secretly installed short wave radio, detectives | arrested five Long Beach residents in | connection with a local insurance case. | Harold Jenkins, 45; his wife, Alta, 42, on suspicion of grand theft. William (See INSURANCE, Page A-9.) NOTED INVENTOR 1S SLAIN AT HOME Mysterious Dispute on Lawn Preceding Shooting, Neighbor Says. B> the Assoclated Press. EAST ORANGE, N. J, June 15— D. McFarlan Moore, 67, noted inven- | tor and engineer, was slain today by & single bullet after a mysterious dis- pute in the early morning rain on the lawn of his home at 592 Park avenue. A neighbor, Mrs. Mary W. Taber, | heard the argument, Moore's voice and that of another man rising in | heated tones, she told police. ‘Then two shots rang out, and she looked from her window to see the retired in- ventor’s figure sprawled on the wet grass near the Moore garage. Terming Moore’s death “murder” after investigation, homicide squad detectives found themselves baffled by the absence of immediate leads or mo- tives. Robbery was nof, the motive, detectives were agreed, for Moore's wallet with $21 in it was untouched. Initial inquiries, they said, failed to disclose he had any enemies. Daughter Tells of Caller. Moore’s unmarried daughter, Be- atrice, 25, with whom he lived, pro- vided detectives with what they con- sidered a promising lead in the case. She said a man she did not know came to the house last night about 9 pm. and asked to see her father. When told the inventor had retired for the: night, he left without dis- closing his identity or mission. The detectives theorized that the slayer was a person who knew Moore well and was acquainted with his habits’ of early rising and walks in his garden about daybreak. The most important clue discovered in the search of the Moore property was a sharply defined footprint in the garden and detectives said they thought it had been made by the fleeing slayer. As detectives reconstructed the crime, Moore left his house shortly before 6 a.m. to go to his garage, plan- ning to drive to Bethlehem, Pa., to attend a funeral. That he did not (See SLAYING, Page A-3.) nd Elton Miner, 45, were booked | HAMILTON TO OPEN CAMPAIGN JUNE 22 |New York Unity Banquet to Intensify Drive for Funds. By the Astociated Press. NEW YORK, June 15.—The Repub- lican campaign in the New York area will be opened by National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton at a unity ban- quet June 22, designed also to inten- sify the drive for raising campaign funds. Representative Joseph W. Martin, jr., of Massachusetts, who was floor leader for Gov. Landon at the Cleve- land convention, will also address the | banquet, which is being arranged by three groups—the Republican National Finance Committee, the New York State and (Manhattan) Republican committees. Success Encouragifg. Robert H. Thayer, chairman of the Finance Committee’s New York group, | ments today, said the “success of the has been greatly encouraging.” Through last week, Thayer said, the New York City finance group had re- ceived 11,200 contributions. Pointing to the efforts of the fund- raisers to reach the voters with limited means, Thayer said around 8400 of these contributions were of $1 each. He did not give out the total of the 11,200 conmtributions, however, saying they had been filed with the clerk of the House of Representatives by the national committee. Hamilton Due Thursday. Thayer, comparatively young in pol- itics, was associated with Hamilton in the Landon preconvention campaign. He is & son-in-law of Mrs. Ruth Pratt, national committeewoman from New York. Chairman Hamilton, he said, would arrive in New York in time for the Louis-Schmeling fight Thursday night and then would take a few days’ rest before the June 22 rally. LANDON PLANS EASTERN ATTACK Definite Program Still Embryonic Pending Topeka Talks, By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans, June 15.—Gov. Alf M. Landon turned his thoughts (See LANDON, Page A-2.) e SWEDISH SOCIALISTIC GOVERNMENT RESIGNS Resignation of Hansson Cabinet Follows Rejection of Old-Age Pensions Boost. By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 15— The Socialist government of Premier Per-Albin Hansson resigned today. The resignation followed rejection last week by the Riksdag (Parliament) of a government bill to increase old- age pensions to meet increased cost of living. Political circles predicted a new cabinet would be formed by the farm- ers’ and people’s parties to hold office until the September elections. Mental Report Nearly Ready, Zioncheck Due to Be Released Representative Marion A. Zioncheck probably will be released today or tomorrow from Gallinger Hospital, where he has undergone an enforced rest and mental tests for the last two weeks. It was two weeks ago today that Zioncheck’s visit to the White House with empty beer bottles and a request for military assistance in the search for his runaway wife resulted in his fncarceration in & psychopathic ward. Zioncheck’s bride later visited him at the hospital and declared her loyalty. A report was expected today from the psychiatrists and physicians who have attended Zioncheck during his stay at the hospital. Except for onz brief interlude, the Representative has enjoyed a complete rest. About a week ago, he kicked a heavy screen from a psychopathic ward win- dow, leaped to the ground and led attendants a chase about the hospital reserv: On regaining his freedom, Zioncheck will have to face an assault warrant sworn out by his landlady, Mrs. Ben- jamin Scott (Pamela Schuyler) Young, who had sublet her Harvard Hall apartment to the Representative from Washington State. ‘The warrant, along Wwith one for Mrs. Zioncheck, was issued by Judge John P. McMahon in Police i«rt. The alleged assault oc: as the Zionchecks sought to evict Mys. Young from their apartment, the/ rent on which was said to have been paid in advance, Mrs. Young, claiming Zioncheck had damaged the furnishings in the apartment, remained there for hours, despite the protests of the newly mar- ried couple. Zioncheck and his wife resorted to physical force to evict their landiady on two occasions, she de- clared in obtaining the warrants. ‘The report on Zioncheck’s mental condition was ‘¢ complete” to- day, hospital sald. the New York OCounty | in announcing the banquet arrange- | pre-convention fund-raising campaign | IBONUS PAYMENTS START WITH D. €. 10 GET §15,000000 |Veteran in Walter Reed Is First to Receive Bonds and Check. $1,900,000,000 TO GO TO 3,518,000 PERSONS Main Distribution Scheduled to Begin Here at 5:30 0°Clock. With the “big push” scheduled to begin at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon, distribution of bonus bonds and checks at hospitals and military establish- ments was well under way today. The ceremonial beginning of this gigantic task of paying off a war-time obligation took place at 9 am. at Walter Reed Hospital where Patrick J. Luby of Elizabeth, N. J., received bonds and a check totaling $768.07. The bonds, which he immediately had certified for redemption, amounted to $750, with the balance in a check First nurse to receive her packet of bonds was Miss Jeannette Blech, on duty at the hospital. Within a few days it is estimate ed that approximately $1,900,000 000 in checks and bonds will haie been transferred to some 3,518,000 vet erans. About 38,000000 bonds h: been printed. In the District, near 30,000 veterans are expected to share approximately $15,000,000. Distribution Under Way. | Pollowing the ceremony attendant {on paying Luby, 10 men from the City Post Office started the task of distributing and certifying the bonds for other patients and members of the personnel at the hospital. Similar de- tachments are on duty at other inst | tutions in the District. Regular postal delivery men are not authorized to | certify the bonds in cases of home | delivery. | Luby enlisted in the Army in Mav, | 1917, and served until the close of the | war. He was wounded br shrapnel | and later suffered an ankle injury in an airplane crash. He is being treated at Walter Reed Hospital for complica- tions. He received his bonds and check from Postmaster Vincent C. Burk after being identified by a war-time friend, Maj. J. M. Huddleston, Medi- cal Corps, now on duty at the hose pital. Luby, calling the bonus settlement | a “pretty good thing.” said he expects | to buy some clothes with part of the money, put most of it in the bank and finance a trip to Elizabeth to see his brother with the rest. He i§ unmare ried. Premature Delivery Cited. Meanwhile, instances of premature delivery of the bonds were reported in various places throughout the country. At the City Post Office it was said that no deliveries had been made here until after Postmaster Burke's appearance at Walter Reed | Hospital. Several persons working in Washington, however, received their bonds at suburban post offices on Saturday. At the Post Office Department the superintendent of registered mails said a few cases of this kind were | expected, although specific instruce | tions had been given that no bond envelopes were to be delivered before today. In any event, he pointed out, certification was impossible before to- day and proper identification must have been proved to obtain the regis- tered letter anyway, so no actual loss of funds was likely. ‘The bonds may be cashed within a few days or held until their maturity date, June 15, 1945. In the latter choice, interest at 3 per cent yearly is allowed. Such interest, starting at once, is forfeited if the bonds are cashed before June 15, 1937. With the expectation that a major- ity of the veterans will seek cash im= mediately for their bonds, business enterprise throughout the country is anticipating a marked upswing in trade figures. Virtually all important lines of trade have exvended special appeals to bonus recipients. Roosevelt Asks Co-operation. Even two of the Federal agencies have invited veterans' expenditures, the Home Owners' Loan Corp. calling attention to loans outstanding to many ex-service men and the Federal Housing Administration pointing out that the average bonus payment would represent about 40 per cent “dowm payment on a new home.” President. Roosevelt, over whose veto (See BONUS, Page A-2.) STRIKE HALTS WORK ON FLOOD CONTROL Hundreds Idle as 30 Hoisting Engineers Quit Posts on Government Dam. By the Associated Press. GRAFTON, W. Va, June 15—A strike of skilled workers stopped cone struction work today on the Governe ment’s $12,000,000 Tygart Valley Flood Control Dam in the hills of Northern ‘West Virginia. Officials of the FPrederick Snare Corp., contractors in charge of the project, said about 30 hoisting engi- neers left their posts. The walkout threw several hundred other laborers | out. of work. Strike leaders said they were de- manding a general 15 per cent wage increase and a 42-hour instead of the present 30-hour week, but corporation officials said the only demand made to them was the reinstatement of a dis- missed operator of the mixing plant. ‘The officials said they expected to hire new hoisting engineers and re= sume work “in a day or two.” Capt. Benjamin Fowkes, U. S. A. engineer, said about 600 of the men on the day shift were made idle by the walkout, but 200 carpenters were able to work Approximately 1,600 men are em- ployed in th' shifts on the project. |