Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1936, Page 2

T A2 #% WENDEL BEGINS KIDNAPING STORY To Explain to Grand Jury False Confession of Lindbergh Crime. BACKGROUND— Bruno Hauptmann’s electrocution for the kidnap-murder of the Lind~ hergh baby was delayed three days by a “confession” exacted from Paul Wendel, attorney, just as Hauptmann was about to die. As public opinion boiled at further de- lay in the execution, Wendel re- pudiated his confession; charged he had been kidnaped and forced to sign it. Wendel's story involved Ellis Parker, sr., famous detective, and Parker’s son. Both have been indicted in New York. Py the Assoclated Press. NEWARK, N. J,, July 24—Paul H. ‘Wendel, former Trenton attorney, went before the Federal grand jury today to tell his bizarre story of abduction and torture by which he said he was forced to make a false confession to the Lindbergh kidnaping Carrying a cane and wearing a gray | the house caught on fire as they were | business suit, he wos the first witness as the grand jury opened its investiga- | tion of the strange sequel to the Lindbergh-Hauptmann case. The Newark News said Wendel was prepared to tell “a sensational story” of a conference involving disclosures by Bruno Richard Hauptmann which was held in a Brooklyn hotel. Wendel also had with him, the News said, a copy of an elleged letter which he claims was sent by Gov. Hoffman to Ellis H Parker on February 28, while Wendel was being held at the New Lisbon Colony for Feeble- Minded Males Parker Extradition Sought. Gov. Hofflman has said he was not aware of Wendel's detention or con- fession until the week end of March 28, when Wendel was turned over to Mercer County authorities by Parker. The Broc¥ yn hotel conference, the News quoted Wendel as saying, was a meeting of & number of men, several of whom were friendly to Hauptmann. During the conference, Wendel said, according to the News, disclosures were made which were never revealed before by Hauptmann regarding his guilt in the Lindbergh case. As Wendel was taken before the fury word was received from Albany Random Observations woman, famous among her happened. !a new baby, or something. They probably were disappointed THE EXECUTIVE SPIES IRK WHITE HOUSE “Mind Your Own Business” Policy Indicated for Cap- ital Snoopers. BY REX COLLIER. White House consternation over revelations of “snooping” among some rival Federal investigative agencies will result in enforcement of a “mind your own business” policy henceforth, it was indicated today in administra- tion circles. President Roosevelt is understood to have been distressed by frequent re- ports of friction among various of the governmental detective units, cul- | minating in disclosure of “spying” by | Secret Service men on activities of | Justice Department agents. The Treasury Department has been | EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO Fatally Shot CHARLES FITZHUGH TALMAN. conducting an inquiry into activities by Secret Service men in St. Paul and | Chicago in connection with an under- cover investigation of the Dillinger Washington Wayside of Interesting Events and Things. ‘TO THE END. CARROLL COUNTY (Md) | A neighbors for being the kind of person who “makes things | happen,” was burled the other day— and, of course, something unusual ‘Those who knew her say she should ave been in the newspaper business, | for - wherever she went there was |always a fire, or an auto accident or They attended her funeral with a | feeling of anticipation. Perhaps some | expected too much—a ghost or pere | haps an earthquake. at what actually happened, as being too commonplace for such an unusual person. It wasn’t much. Only the back of | carrying the casket out the front door. * ¥ ¥ % GOING DOWN. | A panhandling kitten appeared | ma mysterious manner on the sec- | ond floor of The Star Building re- cently and was fed a bowl of milk by the girl stemographers. Some one from another part of the building came in as the kitten was lapping up the milk in a rather | lackadaisical manner jor such @ hungry-looking wai. “Why,” he said, “that’s the same cat I saw today on the ninth, sixth and third floors. They sent out for milk on every floor.” * x & x SHORE LEAVE. B/IARINES are always good spenders when at “liberty” in a strange port and those who attended the re- cent 2d Division reunion in Washing- ton were no exceptions to the rule. One ex-Marine, it is believed, broke | all records for the reunion. He car- | ried a bulky wallet stuffed with about $8,000 in bills of large denomination and always kept several hundred dol- lars in a convenient pocket for “small change.” Spending with a lavish hand, it is needless to say he always {had a large attendance in tow. that Gov. Herbert H. Lehman had| signed a request for the extradition of Ellis H. Parker, jr., son of the chief | of Burlington County detectives, who. | with his father and three others, was | indicted in the county courts in| Brooklyn in connection with the Wen- ‘ del case. The younger Parker is lm‘ under bail in Mount Holly, N. J. Gov. Hoffman, who previously re- | fused to extradite the senior Parker, | had no comment on this development, ! pending arrival of the extradition papers. Couldn’t Find Wendel. As today’s hearing started, a hereto- fore undisclosed account was revealed, relating how State police. learning of | Wendel's “confession” of the Lind-| bergh baby kidnaping a few days be- * % % fore Hauptmann's scheduled death | WICKED NOTE. date, sought in vain to locate and iMEMBERS of the Potomac Ap- It speaks well for the men of the | Marine was never in danger of losing his “roll.” Whenever he was tucked made special care that his wallet was “present and accounted for.” 2d Division, however, that the moneyed | into bed at night some buddy always | case. Secretary Morgenthau or one | of his assistants is expected to an- | | nounce result of the findings shortly. i Wire-Tapping Uncovered. { Secretary Ickes of the Interfor De- | partment announced yesterday re- organization and curtailment of opera- | tions of his public works investigating division, following transfer of Louis R. Glavis, former head of the division, to the Senate Campaign Investigating | Committee. Glavis had been a storm | center of rumors about wire-tapping and spying on Government officials. 1In appointing Angelo P. Clas as chief | of the new investigating unit of P. W. | A.. Ickes told reporters Clas is “not a | detective” and explained that his job will be “largely one requiring engineer- ing knowledge.” Glavis had built up an organization of more than 400 investigators—one of | the largest forces of its kind in the Government service. His men were accused privately of listening in on telephone conversations of officials, not | only in the Interior Department, but in other Federal branches. | Charges in Campbell Case. Allegations, emanating from the De- | partment of Justice, to the effect that | postal inspectors failed to co-operate | with agents of the Federal Bureau of | Investigation in the hunt for Harry | Campbell, comrade of Alvin Karpis, also disturbed the White House, it is | reported. Campbell eventually was | captured by the F. B. I. agents in an | apartment house in Toledo, Ohio. It has been no secret that Treasury and Justice investigators had a falling out over jurisdiction in the Lindbergh i kidnaping case. Priction between Jus- | tice and Post Office investigators de- | veloped over handling of mailed ex- | tortion threats under the “Lindbergh | e merican Nortli A (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) | | judicial discretion to control its own | Processes so as to promote the orderlv and economical administration of Justice. i —Harris-Ewing Photo. to fail, and for the past month he had been on sick leave from his post. Dur- | ing this time, however, he had attempt- ed to carry on his writing, particularly ; the dictionary work and the prepara- tion of a weekly syndicated article en- titled “Why the Weather.” | Talman was a fellow in the Amer- | ican Meteorological Soclety, A. A. A. | 5. and a member of the American | Geophysical Union and the District of Columbia Library Association. BLUM AIDS SPAI, * RENCH FOS SAY Nationalists Charge Regime Supplies Planes, Muni- tions to Madrid. Ev the Assoc.ated Press. | { | ists flatly charged today that Premier n Blum's Leftist government, anxious to combat Spanish fascism, had given secret—but official—orders (Continued From First Page) | PARIS, July 24.—French National- | N, D. C, FRIDAY, NICE SEES LANDON MARYLAND VIGTOR Governor Says Republican Majority in State Will Be Big. Special Dispateh to The Star. TOPEKA, Kans, July 24—Confi- dentially predicting that Gov. Alf M. Landon will carry Maryland in No- vember by 50,000 votes, Gov. Harry Nice arrived here yesterday with a large delegation for the Republican presidential notification ceremonies. “I have no hesitancy in saying,” the Governor told reporters, “that my State will be in the Landon column this year. I believe a conservative estimate of this majority in Mary- land would be 50,000 or more.” Gov. Nice carried the State by only | 7.000 votes but he was bucking the powerful organization headed by for- | mer Gov. Albert Ritchie. 3 ! “The fight this time,” he declared, | “will be easier.” | Charges Relief Pelitics. The Governor made & bitter attack |on the Federal Relief Administration !in his State, which he described as riddled with politics. “Use of relief money in Maryland, as well as in other sections of the country,” he said, “constitutes the most vicious prostitution of the pur- poses for which public money has been appropriated in our history. “Applicants for relief jobs are first | questioned concerning their political affiliations. If they are Republicans, | nothing is sald—they just don’t get | the jobs. | Beltsville, the workers are waylaid |as they come up for their pay en- | velopes by Democratic party workers | selling campaign buttons. If they don't buy, they lose their jobs. “These factors make for s hard fight, but I am confident the Landon sentiment at home is strong enough to override the votes the opposition ! will be able to get through the misuse of public funds.” Cites Three Issues. The Governor said there are three | | clearly defined issues in Maryland. 1. The stabilization of the monetary | system. { 2. Protection of the Federai Con- stitution. 3. The elimination of waste and ex- | travagance in Government. | “This fight,” he said, “must not be primarily a fight between Repubn-‘ cans and Democrats. It is, and must “Over at the Tugwell project “l be waged as an American fight. We must conduct our campaign to bring home to the voters the realization | that continuation of, the present gov- licies will spell national If we fail in this, our to French airplane and munitions | plants to make supplies available to the Spanish government. Virtually all the Nationalist news- papers reported Spanish ships were | ernmental pol | calling at Marseille and Bordeaux, ex- | bankruptey. | pect | pecting to load bombing planes, bombs | have to foot the bill.” | and machine guns to help the Spanish | government's fight. | £ campaign in Maryland will be con- The newspaper Echo de Paris, lead- | y,cteq by the Republican organiza- ing Rightist organ, said Premier m“m:uon, but said they are counting on | | had told the Spanish government that | (ne help of the independents. ! he did not, dare to comply openly | Governor Nice was accompanied by | with the request for aid, but certain |35 Maryland Republicans, including aviation and munitions plants were | cnaries Ruzicka of Baltimore, Wil- | secretly given official orders to furnish | jjam P. Lawson of the State Central | the Red government (in Spain) with Committee, J. Wilson Ryon of Prince | | the arms and fuel needed.” | Georges County, State Senator Harry ‘The paper said the premier had | Legore, Charles Stewart of Prince | reached the decision in London, where | Georges and Elmer Jarboe of St. children and our grandchildren will | The Governor emphasized that the | question him. The “confession,” subsequently re- canted, had been given to the Court of Pardons as evidence in Haupt- mann’s second futile appeal to the court for mercy, it was said. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair and rlightly cooler tonight; tomorrow fair, with moderate temperatures; gentle to moderate north and northwest ‘winds. Maryland—Fair and slightly cooler tonight; tomorrow fair, with mod- erate temperature. Virginia—Fair tonight and tomor- row, southeast portion this afternoon or early tonight; slightly cooler tonight &nd in southeast portion tomorrow. West Virginia—Fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler tomorrow. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers elear today. Obligates Procedure. “The decision of the Court of Ap- palachian Trail Club are chuck- ling over a mimeographed bulletin | which gave a supposititious interview | peals obliges a lower court to proceed, | {with M. H. Avery, president of the either simultaneusly or in succession, ' | club, concerning “the light that failed” | with the trial of a multitude of similar |at the Pine Grove Furnace Shelter. | suits brought for a common purpose,4 This literary effort was inspired by a ' without permitting the lower court to | report that some of the lanterns in await the outcome of an appeal to this the shelter were without wicks and, | court in one suit which promises to | while not signed by the writer, the | eliminate the need of any further liti- | ‘lchnirmln of the Shelters Committee | gation or at least obviate the necessity | does not deny the authorship. | of long and protracted trials and suc- Mr. Avery is quoted as saying: cessive appeals. It prevents the trial ‘Those who sit in darkness await | court from adopting a procedure which more light which it is hoped will not | will conserve much time, labor and ex- | | reflect to the discredit of the Shelter | pense, even though such procedure is | | Committee. It's up to the committee | attended by appropriate safeguards | |to supply the illuminating details. | calculated to protect the substantive | | Recalling the impeccable reputation, | rights of all litigants. The decision of | he attended the Locarno powers meet- ing yesterday. Nationalists asserted Fernando de Los Rios, former Socialist minister of foreign affairs of Spain, who arrived in Paris from Bern yesterday, was' negotiating for Spain. Government sources, although not denying such talks were taking place, sald France would not give up any air | corps planes or material belonging to ! its own defense reserve for use by the Spanish government. $5.000 SWINDLE preceded by thundershowers in | | the exemplary character and the zeal- ous righteousness of the chairman of that committee and his solicitude for the moral as well as the material welfare of the shelters, it is not im- probable that the apparent shortcom- | ing regarding this lantern wick is part {of a deliberate plan to banish even | lanterns that are wicked because of | their probably vicious and contami~ the Court of Appeals makes it im- possible for the Government, or any other defendant against whom sub- stantially similar actions have been brought by different plaintiffs, to ATTEMPT CHARGED Chicago Labor Official Held Here on Complaint of His avoid preparing and trying a multi- plicity ef almost identical suits, al- | though the trial of one fairly repre- | sentative suit followed by an appeal | Union. Joseph A. Schuessler, 30, employe Marys County. | g DISTRICT AIRPORT ~ PROBLEM WEIGHED | ” Commission Will Discuss Inspec- tion of Sites at Session i Today. | Plans for general consideration of the local airport problem were under discussion today at the first business | meeting of the Airport Commission created during the last session of Con- gress. | After a two-hour discussion behind | closed doors, the commission recessed at noon, to meet later this afternoon, when it was expected to complete a | policy governing its activities during the Summer, Commission members, all but one !of whom are present, said no decision | was reached at the morning session as to an inspection of local airpoii sites. This was to be considered this | nating influence. However, if the lan- terns must need be wicked, then wicked let them become, and may they | burn long for their wickedness.” - * k% x Report for Last 21 Hours. Yesterday-— Today—, Temp. Baro. Tem| Dee. Ins 4pm.__ R6 4 am Rpmi__ Midnizght - Record for Last 21 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon toda, o HliEhest, 93, aU'3 p.m. yesterday. 50, 9 Lowest, 67. at 10 p.m. yesterday. ago. K. Year Year Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 105. on July 10, Lowest, 0. on January 2i Humidity for Last 21 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon t Highest. terday. Lowest. 29 per cent. at 1 p.m. yesterd Tide Tables (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Surves.) ay.) 98 per cent. at 10 p.m. ves- ay. BLOODHOUND PILOTS. AVAL aviation pilots on duty in the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics | are piqued by accounts of the latest | method of aerial navigation—by smell. Navigation by smell is carried on, probably at only one place on the | globe—Chefoo. “At a thousand feet or less,” the | bureau explained, “the lush aroma of | | Rose and Queques Fleurs Creeks, bi- ! sected by the incredible odor of garlic lat the dock, gives an instantaneous olfactory fix.” Tomorrow. | 8un, today : Sun. tomorrow ____ Moon. today 11:03am. 10:i3pm Automobile lights must be turned on ene-half hour after sunset. Precivitation. Monthlv_precipitation Capital (current month te Month 1936. Ave January Pebruary March Aoril May une uly August September __ October ovember cember 3 Weather in Various Cities. Temp. Rain- Baro. H'h Low.fall. Weath'r 299210072 lear tations Tex. Charleston. S. C. Chicago. Til Cincinnati 70 Clear 2 86 74 0.08 Cloudy 0 92 68 0.12 Clear 0 98 78 loudy 2 0.08 RE 92 7 Cloudy 06 90 7 Cloudy 410268 __ Clear 5 88 &2 o> Eloudy Cloudy . oudy joudy -- Clear Huron.' 8. Indianapolis Jacksonville in_inches in the o d | The acting aviation surgeon, Lieut. Herman Seal, of the U. S. S. Pecos, was taken on a familiarization flight % |and, upon contact with this small- scale phenomenon, immediately be- gan working on a new set of physical qualifications for Chefoo pilots, it is reported. L g, College professors designate as “Brown Derby” those answers to ezamination questions which qual~ ify better for the joke columns than for passing grades. The best known “Brown Derby” answer & den and expense to the courts and to | the litigants of a score of suits. It limits the ocontrol of the trial court over its own process by a fixed and | arbitrary rule bearing no relation to | the orderly and economical adminis- tration of justice.” The petition then went on to cite other decisions in conflict with that of the Appeals Court. No action on the petition can be taken until the October term of the Supreme Court. REGISTER PLANS MADE on Trains to New York. New Yorkers living in Washington will have an opportunity to return home and register for the November elections, under plans announced today by the National Capital Republican | Club, Inc. | Special fares on trains leaving Wash- | ington August 7 have been arranged. Special busses will meet the trains in New York and transport the voters to their destinations in the city. The re- duced fare tickets will be good for 10 days, it was announced. Additional information may be ob- tained from the National Capital Re- publican Club, Sixteenth street and o this court would eliminate the bur- | Of & Chicago uaion, was being held here for Illinois authorities today on a charge of attempting to swindle his organization out of $5,000. He has a long police record here, it was said at headuarters. afternoon, Members of the commission are Senators King of Utah, chairmen: Copeland of New York and Austin of |G. 0. P. Announces Special Fares | | Nearly $4,000, which police said | was obtained from the Riggs National | Bank here, was found on Schuessler | when he was arrested yesterday in & | downtown hotel. Another $1,000, ac- cording to police, had been deposited. | Schuessier who was employed in | the Chicago office of the Interna- | tional Union of Operating Engineers, { was taken into custody after the { union got in touch with its office | here. A warrant, charging Schuess- | ler with transporting stolen property, was issued. | Inspector Bernard W. Thompson, | chief of detectives, was notified that Schuessler had a position of trust with his union and frequently did business with the Mid-City National Bank of Chicago. A few days ago, according to police, he wrote a check for $5,000 and told the Chicago bank to send the money on to the Riggs Bank. His next step, police said, was to write a letter of identification to Riggs officials, to which he signed the name of a union official. The letter stated Schuessler would present the original copy of the letter when he appeared. When Schuessler arrived here Wed- Scott Circle! Representative Hollister, spell for business. in such a sane certain English professor at George write: iambic feet.” HAT color will the hybrid bear mother or white like their Polar bear Zoo just now, and one that is hard ever born. are developing on at least two of 30.08 74 29.86 92 A 7 83 6 R Tampa, ~30.08 8 WASH., 2072 7 1.98 Cloudy Washington University has ever received was from a& youth, who “Chaucer stanza is called royal meter because King James had * ¥ x % QUESTION. W cubs be when they grow up— brown like their Alaskan brown bear father? This is a popular question at the to answer, since the Alaskan-Polar bear cubs are perhaps the only ones The cubs now are light brown like the mother, but patches of white fur them. How far this change may go is uncertain. A nesday, police said, he presented the letter and got thé money. Tth National Scene BY ALICE LONGWORTH OV. LANDON, discussing banking and currency problems with makes no mention of a breathing Rather, he talks of these momentous problems and sensible manner as to give the country confidence in his ability to handle mone- tary matters in a constructive way. The Governor would name s non-partisan committee of experts to study the situation. The word non-partisan is reassuring. The new Republican leadership would purge the banking problem of politics. It would aban- don the arbitrary and punitive methods used by the Roosevelt administration during the last three years. Here is recognition that business comfidence is essential to sald so often 20 to act as to hamper, discourage Alice Longworth, real recovery. The New Deal has enough, and has then proceeded and territy business at every turn. (Copyright, 1938.) | Vermont; Representatives Norton of New Jersey, Nichols of Oklahoma and Cole of New York; Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover, chief of the Army Air Corps; Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and Engineer- Commissioner Sultan. All but Cole were present. Hornet Routing Costly. MILWAUKEE (#).—Nick Jager ad- mitted his 12-year-old son Eddie ef- fectively exterminated & nest of hor- Dets from haystacks on his farm, but was reluctant to figure the cost. Returning from a picnic after leav- ing Eddie in charge of the farm, Jager was amazed by the scores of automo- biles parked near his land. Then he saw firemen pouring water on what had been three stacks or 22 tons of choice timothy. Nine Begin Work InD.C.Too Early And Are Arrested Labored in Residential Area Before 7 AM. Fines Suspended. The fact they got on the job too early resulted in Police Court con- victions yesterday for nine construc- tion workmen who were using ham- mers and saws in & residential section before 7 am. Police of No. 6 precinct made the arrests Tuesday and Wednesday un- der a new regulation prohibiting con- struction work in reidential areas be- tvm'lp:;‘.m'lum A number of Judge Robert B. Mattingly fined the men $10, but suspénded the sentence. ¢ JULY 24, 1936. Loses Olympic Place COUNTIES TO SEEK Reassessment and Road Control to Be Advocated Again in 1937. BY JACK ALLEN, Staff Correspondent of The Star FREDERICK, Md., July 24—A de- mand for immediate reimbursement of funds they have advanced for direst relief work in their respective com- munities is to be made upon the State by the counties as soon as a conference with Centroller William S. Gordy, jr., can be arranged. ELEANOR HOLM JARRETT, Who was officially discharged from the United States Olympic | for breach of training. | swimming team jor violation of the training rules. first time in history that an American athlete has been dismissed It was believed Mrs, Jarrett was expelled It was the jor keeping late hours on the Manhattan between New York and year. Jarrett P _'Continued Prom PFirst Page.) i 2 Hamburg, but I feel they are unwill- ing to change their minds unless ad- ditional pressure is brought to bear.” Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft of Prince- ton, after hearing the swimmer's frantic appeal for reinstatement, said the decision which dropped her from the team must stand. “I't delighted to hear that my team are willing to back me up and 1 the petition they circulated should nave some eflect with the authorities,” Mrs, Jarrett said. ‘The general tendency among coaches, managers and athletes is that they feel she has been punished severely enough now and deserves a chance to show she can come back. Lawson Robertson, head coach of the track and field team. was the most outspoken as the athletes left to take up their quarters in the Olvmpic Village. “Mrs. Jarrett is getting & rough deal,” he said. Dr. Graeme Hammond of New York. president emeritus of the American | Olympic Association. interviewed Mrs. Jarrett and thereafter made a per- | sonal appeal that her case be recon- | | sidered. | Dr. Hammond expressed the belief | she now is willing to behave. | The members of the subcommittee, | who with Dr. Raycroft conducted the | hearing on the train, were Fred Steers of Chicago, Bill Bingham, Harvard | University gr | letics; Maj. Patrick Walsh of New York and Frederick Rubien, secretary | of the American Olympic Committee. (Earlier Story on Sports Page) . FOR WIDER SPAN Sends New Chain Bridge Traffic Census to Com- missioner Sultan. tall Correspondent o1 7 ne Star. | | July 24.—Report of a new traffic census on Chain Bridge, which District of Columbia highway officials propose to replace with a two-lane span, has been | submitted to D. I Sultan, Engineer Commissioner of the District, by Sen- ator Carter Glass of Virginia. rection of District Traffic ‘Willian A. Van Duzer, shows that 4,184 60 Per Cent Bore D. C. Tags. per cent, bore District of Columbia license tags, Senator Glass pointed out. “Obviously, this bridge, running along the boundary line between Maryland and the District of Columbia and touching Arlington County, Va. crossing Federal waters exclusively, is of importance to thousands of people on both sides of the Potomac,” the ranking member of the Senate Com- mittee on the District of Columbia said in referring the census report to Engineer Commissioner Sultan. Congress Allocated $350,000. Senator Glass also referred to the Engineer Commissioner two communi- cations from officials of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Washington Board of Trade, which urge & wider bridge to accommodate more than the present two lanes of traffic. recently allocated $35,000 to the District of Columbia for mod- ernizing Chain Bridge. Maj. George Oakley Totien, jr., ‘Washington architect and member of | gratula Hamburg, and dismissal came shortly after the liner docked. She is shown as she appeared during training in Washington last —Star Staff Photo. 1. STEELTOPAY The decision to ask for pavment was first reached by the County Com- missioners’ Association for the Wesi- ern Shore of Maryland yesterday af ernoon and received the prompt in- dorsement of Eastern Shore associa- tion officials in attendance at the local meeting. A letter from Gordy in which the controller declared it might require until October for State officials to ob= tain a definite idea of the amount that will be raised by means of the new relief tax program now in operation :n Maryland incited the movement. Gross Receipts Levy Supplanted. Since the new program supplanted the gross receipts levy on April 1 ail direct relief work in the counties has been carried on by means of finances advanced by the commissioner boards, who have borrowed upon their con- tingent funds or from other sources. The money was to be repaid as | quickly as possible, but no assurances | have been received that the tax pro- | gram would raise the money estimated | to be needed in Maryland, the basis | on which the counties have made their expenditures. | Secretary R. Mason Hill of Allegany County finally wrote Gordy and re- quested him to appear and inform the association the amount that will be forthcoming &nd when the money would be available to the counties It was explained by the controlier that returns from collection of the | relief taxes in April and May “lead us to believe that there will be ap- proximately and safely $850,000 for distribution to Baitimore and the counties.” | Many members felt that sum will not be adequate to meet relief needs and it was decided to send a committee before Gordy at once to demand pay- ment of the funds that have been advanced by the Western Maryland counties. OVERTIME WAGES Uniform Basis of Compen- sation for All Extra Labor Is Announced. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, July 24 —Th ed States Steel Corp. and its su aries yesterday announced a plan to com- pensate employes on a uniform basis for overtime work The agreement was reached, the corporation said in a statement, after consideration for a considerable pe- riod. The decision was arrived at fol- lowing a conference with employe rep- U It was pointed out that many coun- ! ties have had difficulty raising relief moneys and cannot afford to experd more than they will receive from tie State. D. A. Wolfinger, counsel to the Washington County commissioners said his county would not be able to advance funds beyond October 1 President A. Charles Stewart of Cumberiand named Frank H. Kar, Thomas J. Cullimore and A. H. Derr. presidents of the commissioners of Montgomery, Anne Arundel and Fred- erick Counties, respectively, to repre- sent the association in the conference with the controller. — MRS. MATTHEWS' aduate manager of ath- | resentatives, the announcement said. A representative of the Steel CornA} RlTEs ToMoRRO“’ said that the company and its sub- | | sidiaries did not at present compensate | employes for overtime work The corporation’s statement said, in part: “After conferences with employe rep- resentatives a uniform arrangement for Heart Attack. the payment of overtime. effective Au- _ Funeral services for Mrs. Morah gust 1, 1936, has been approved by the Denby Maithews, 56. who died Tues- United States Steel Corp. and its sub- | day at her home, 2006 Columbia road. sidiary companies. will be held at noon tomorrow in “The regular schedule of daily and Epiphany Episcopal Church. Rev weekly hours is established on a basis | Richard A. Cartmell, assistant rector not to exceed eight hours a day, or | Will officiate. assisted by Rev. E. Ruf- more than six regular turns, without | fin Jones of St. Andrew’s Episcopal at least a 24-hour intermission, thus Church. Norfolk, Va. Burial will be | providing for one day of rest in N Prospect Hill Cemetery. GLASS JOINS PLEA ' e Wife of Resettlement Officer | Found Dead in Bed of | bed. Death was attributed to a heart en. “When employes are requested by the company to work beyond the €tiack. above schedule to meet emergeneies _ She was the wife of Wesley Schuy- the following basis of payment for ler Matthews. land acquisition officer for the Resettlement Administration, overtime shall apply: “Time and one-half time will be paid for time worked in excess of eight hours per day. This provision any one day exceeds 15 minutes.” | will only apply when the overtime in st 8 who was on a business trip in Michi- gan when notified of her death. She had lived the greater part of her life n Norfolk, coming here 10 months Besides her husband. she leaves a Bethlehem Follows Suit. daughter, Mrs. Prancis L. Chadwick NEW YORK. July 24 (®.—Bethle- | j; "of Detroit: two sons, Denby and el s t‘:""’»l today _established | popert Matthews, both of this city: a A system of weekly over-time Wages| grongdaughter, a brother, Roland K ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., | The census, made July 12 under di- | Director vehicles crossed between 7 am. and 7| pan., an average of one every 10 sec- | onds. | Of the total, 2,588 vehicles, or 60 for mill workers similar to that an- | nounced yesterday by U. S. Steel | Corp., and Republic Steel Corp. Some form of daily overtime pay- ments has been in effect at various Bethlehem plants for a number of | years, Eugene Grace, president, said, but the new arrangement provides | for time-and-a-half for overtime on | & weekly basis for workers putting is more than the regular eight-hour day and six-day week. BOYS’ BAND TO PLAY Will Give Concert Tonight Vaughan Estate. The Police Boys' Club Band, con- ducted by Clinton W. Brown, jr., is | to play at 8 o'clock tonight at the es- tate of Mrs. Marie Louise Vaughan, 1851 Wyoming avenue. The concert is in honor of Representative Oliver of Alabama. Among those invited are Maj. Er- nest W. Brown, James A. Councilor, James E. Colliflower, Robert V. Flem- ing, L. Gordon Leech, John A. Remon, William Montgomery, William Shel- ton, and all police inspectors. at Allen Returns After a tour of his home State, Mississippi, Commissioner George E. Allen returned to his desk at the Dis- | trict Building today, breathing impre- cations against Senator Theodore G. Bilbo, also of Mississippi. It appears that while Senator Bilbo was campaigning downy South against the renomination of Senator Pat Har- rison he called Allen a “Hooverite.” Now it must be remembered that lection of Allen as a Commissioner here. Allen has been an ardent Demo- crat as a Commissioner. To make a point against Harrison, Bilbo is said to have denounced Allen, a Harrison protege, as one who once “subscribed” to the Republican war chest. Allen’s reply goes like this: He was in New York in the hotel business after Hoover had defeated former Gov. Al Smith. A Republican spokesman. ap- proached & Wardman Park executive stating that if the hotel subscribed to » == ‘Laying Ghost of ‘G. 0. P. Gift’ Harrison had s lot to do with the se- | & young Hcpublllun Club publication | Denby. Norfolk, and a half sister, Miss Mary Denby. also of Norfolk. TRADE PLAN MAPPED Brazil's Program Held Likely to Benefit U. S RIO DE JANEIRO, July 24 (# - Presiderit Getulio Vargas last night | signed into law a decree designed to | guarantee free-trade nations an | equitable share of Brazlian pur- chases and steady the nation’s foreign trade relations. Government officials said they con- sidered the United States among the nations to benefit by the decree, | which sets up a new bureau under | the ministry of finance to control ex- | ecution of all trade agreements and | empowered to license desired import | nations. Germany was named by officials as one of those nations considered as having a “directed economy” policy |in foreign trade which the decres seeks to offset. The decree was not published. | the hotel would be furnished a list of persons coming to attend the Hoover | acceptance ceremonials here. A contribution of $30 was made and | the hotel executive, Thomas D. Car- | son, asked that the lists be sent to | Allen, in New York, and to one other hotel official. Later, Allen’s picture was published in the Republican pub- lication as a “charter member” of the Republican Club. When Allen became a candidate for the commissionership, he was asked by Postmaster General Farley about the Republican payment. Carson made affidavit of the circumstances. “It is & very silly thing to bring up,” said Allen. “Particularly, since I have in Senator Bilbo's written statement that he thinks I am the best District Commissioner in 150 years.” He produced an autographed picture of the Senator to prove the point. Incidentally, Allen predicted that | Harrison would win the primary elees tion next month by a three-to-one vote over Sennett Conner. ?