Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; gentle, variable winds. Temperatures—Highest, 77, at noon today; lowest, 64, at 4:30 a.m. today. Full report on page B-T7. Closing New York Markets, Page 16 No. 33,746. Entered as second class mstter post office. Washington, D. C. @ ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION q Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1936 —THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. LOYALIST TROQPS |3 W omen Seized for Picketing, \RTINY QF PLAN - Maj. Franco’s Auction Sale POISED T0 REPEAT Infantry to Rush Ruins in Effort to Clean Out Caverns. MINES AND SHELLS FAIL TO DESTROY FASCISTS Four Columns of Insurgents Are Converging on Maqueda, Key to Madrid Drive. & BACKGROUND— More than two manths old, Spanish civil war has settled down to slow advance by Fascist insur- gents against Madrid from three directions—north, west and south. Capture of Irun and San Sebas- tian in morth permitted Gen. Emilio Mola, northern commander, to concentrate jorces on Madrid. One of most dramatic elements of revolution has been the more than 60-day siege of the ancient Alcazar fortress at Toledo, west of Madrid, where 1,700 Fascists have defied repeated government artil- lery and infantry attacks, as well s recent blasting of tons of TNT in mines below the ancient towers. BY JAMES C. OLDFIELD. (Copyright, 1930, by the Associated Press.) TOLEDO, Spain, September 21.— Thousands of government soldiers, or- !;nlud into bombing squads, sur- unded the razed Alcazar today for & decisive “no quarter” assault on be- sieged Fascists. Government commanders decided on an infantry attack on the crushed ‘ortress, in whose caverns the self- imprisoned insurgents were concealed after dynamite and gasoline failed to drive the Fascists from the ruins. Death Toll Alarming. A steady stream of machine gun ‘bullets and hand grenades flowed from “ihe insurgent positions behind shat- tered columns and in debris-strewn balls of the ancient fortress. Socialist commanders, alarmed over the increasing death toll in the gov- ernment ranks, issued stern orders against unauthorized forays into the gmoking Alcazar. Government gunners continued to blast shells into the shattered Fascist haven and fighting planes, alert against insurgent air . attacks, sig- Jaled range directions to the artil- lery batteries. The government bombers concen- trated their'forces in the Holy Cross Hospital, about 50 yards from the Alcazar at a point which afforded the easiest approach to the fortress’ patio. Led to Assault Exit. An anarchist militiaman conducted this correspondent to the exit through which the assault was ordered. “Look where they are,” he said to me—then suddenly crumpled with blood pouring down from a temple, 'younded. He died, anothwr victim of insurgent snipers. Nearby two groups of militia engaged in a bitter quarrel inside their own ranks. The argument centered around & red and yellow striped banner which a group of Catalan soldiers carried in one of their automobiles. Armed workers from Madrid voiced foud objections to the flag, which they gaid contained the same colors as the monarchist emblem the Fascists have adopted. The workers wrenched the banner from the car and trampled on it. A genuine fight was only prevented by T (See SPAIN, Page A-5) 'SMALL’ HURRICANE MOVES UP ATLANTIC ropical Storm in Shipping Lanes | East of Florida, Bureau Reports. Bv the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., September 21.—The Weather Bureau warned to- day that a tropical storm of “rather small diameter,” but “about hurricane force” is moving northwestward through the Atlantic Ocean about §75 miles east of Florida. Meteorologists here said the new storm “is small compared to the one last week,” but picked up near hurri- eane intensity almost overnight. It is moving forward much more rapidly 4han last week’s hurricane, the fore- casters said, and this usually indi- cates & moderately bad disturbance at the worst. ., The Weather Bureau said it had celved reports from a number of #ips near the storm, but the highest wind velocity reported was 60 miles sn hour and the lowest barometric feading 29.60 inches. ‘The storm at present is about in the lane traveled by ships en route between New York and South Amer- lca. If the disturbance continues a northwestward movement about 12 jmiles an hour, the weather men said, t would reach the lane used by coast- vessels late tomorrow. Last week’s storm delayed many hips and this accounts for the un- number of vessels near the present storm’s path. = A continued northwest course ould cause the storm to reach the ko ne about 200 miles north of omewhere along the Caro- nas. However, forecasters said jtorms of this nature seldom travel n a straight line and their movement o the right or the left cannot be ted very far in advance. Signs Asking Boycott Because Proceed. ALCAZAR ATTACK! Were to 4id Spanish Rebels Bring Police Intervention Here. Three women, who attempted to picket the Maj. Raymon Franco auc- tion sale today, were arrested almost at the first wave of their anti-Franco placards and hustled off to the Wom- an’s Bureau by police, who had been waiting since early morning for their arrival. Miss Mildred Egan, Mrs. Marie Weinstein and Mrs. Cecelia Roe, the three taken into custody, were charged with parading without a permit and enticing people away from a sale. They were released under $50 bond. The American Civil Liberties Union, it was said, will make the bond. “‘Americans, don't patronize this sale!” read one of the placards. Their use was inspired by, the announce- ment that proceeds from the Franco auction wold be used to support the rebel cause, which is led by Maj. Franco's brother. One sergeant, three patrolmen and two detectives had been waiting most of the morning before the Washington Art Gallery, 722 Thirteenth street, for the demonstration. With movie cam- eramen, the officers had become rest- less by 1 p.m. at the non-arrival of the picketers. The proprietor of an E street restaurant, who ordered the painting of the placards, however, said posi- tively that the signs would be put in use some time during the after- noon, and shortly the three picketers arrived. Without any flourish, they pulled up to the curb in an automobile, stepped to the street, removed the signs from the car, flung them over their shoulders and began their march of protest back and forth before the auction, which was already under way. The police had strolled down the sidewalk and missed the arrival. They learned of it almost immediately, however, and hurried back to the auc- tion and took the women into custody. They all crossed the street and waited the arrival of the patrol wagon. After the women had gone, the po- lice remained on guard. Franco himself was absent from the proceedings. He decided on the sale 10 days ago as a prelude to his return to Spain, where he expects to join forces with Gen. Francisco Franco, his brother. UNVERSALPEAE SHURPHYSPLE Retiring Legion Commander Makes Appeal at Con- vention Opening. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, September 21.—Na- plea for universal peace today, as | thousands of uniformed World War veterans cheered him at the opening session of the Eighteenth National Convention of the American Legion. “America will never start a war,” Murphy said, “but America cannot disarm in the light of exsting condi- tions. “It is a tragic thought that the ‘war | to end war,’ which we fought in 1917 and 1918, was in truth the awful be- ginning of a series of conflicts that may end wars only because there is no longer resource to carry them on, no longer men to fight, no longer the will to live.” The military blare of trumpets and the lively beat of drums echoed through Cleveland’s Public Hall as the assembly gathered. Convention officials predicted a peak attendance of 200,000. Every hotel in the city reported all available rooms occupied. Auxiliary 420,000 Strong. Mrs, Melville Mucklestone, national president of the American Legion Aux- iliary, reported the membership of the auxiliary at “over 420,000, tne largest membership in the auxiliary’s nistory.” Reiterating the theme of world peace, United States Senator Bennett C. Clark, Missouri, past national com- mander, said in an address, *"I'ne next session of Congress will enact legis- lation for taking the pront out oI war.” Clark, claiming 1936 the Legion's greatest year, said: *“The great cumax of this year were the efforts of Comar. Murphy for legislation sponsorea by the Legion to the end that the United States may be kept out of future wars.” Urged to Guard Against War. In his speech Comdr. Murray said: “What a pity that the fine and fleet- ing vision of world peace so nobly conceived by our war President could not have been captured and molded into actuality. It was not. Today we look out upon & world of men and of nations gone mad. “Guard against war through defense that will discourage attack, that will T (See LEGION, Page A-3) SAILOR’S WOUND CLAIM REPUDIATED BY NAVY Bv the Associated Press. The Navy Department today offi. cially denied the statement of Seaman Kenneth Fitch, a member of the crew of the destroyer Kane, that he was wounded when an unidentified air- plane attempted to bomb the ship off the Spanish coast on August 30. Fitch wrote his mother in El Paso, Tex., that he was injured in the lez by a fragment of shrapnel from one of six bombs dropped by the plane none of which struck the destroyer. Responding to a radio inquiry by the chief of naval operations, the com- manding- officer of the heavy cruiser Quincy, who is in temporary com- mand of the squadron of American ships near the Spanish waters, wire- tatement ‘untrue.” By the Zssociated Press. CHINCOTEAGUE, Va, September 21.—Chincoteague Island counted one was fatally injured during the height of the storm when the house they |island. were occupying was lifted up and slammed against the side of another. The Brasure family was rescued, but tional Comdr. Ray Murphy voiced & | 100,000 Chincoteague. Chickens Perish Under Hurricane’s Lash NEW ARESTMALE NTYPTS LG Man Once Employed by Mrs. Goodwin Held for Po- lice Quiz. New impetus was given the in- vestigation of the murder of Mrs. Florence Goodwin, 43-year-old Gov- ernment typist, with the arrest early today of a long-sought colored man who worked temporarily for her as a Janitor. Police said this man gave his name as John Williams, alias Norman Rob- erson. Immediately after his arrest, Wil- liams was taken to the twelfth pre- cinct for questioning. Anxious to Talk to Williams. “We have been anxious to talk to Williams,” said Capt. Ira Keck, as- sistant chief of detectives, “and we believe important developments may follow our questioning of him.” Willlams had been sought since Mrs. Goodwin's body was found in ber_bed room in the fashionable boarding house she operated at 1102 Sixteenth street. Carl D. Chase, 25, colored, the reg- ular janitor, is still being held at the sixth precinct, but persistent ques- tioning has failed to shake his story that he knows nothing of the murder. Two small stains on his trousers have been identified as human blood, but it was pointed out he may have gotten the stains on his clothing when he went into Mrs. Goodwin's bed room after discovery of her body Priday morning. . Harry Tipton, 37, colored, 1400 block of Fourteenth street, was arrested yes- terday, but police said ne was not im- plicated in the murder. He was taken into custody after police had been told he had made inquiries at a colored re- sort for the missing janitor. Funeral services for Mrs. Goodwin, who was employed in the Procurement | Division of the Treasury Department, were held yesterday at the W. W. Chamber’s funeral home. A coroner’s jury will be sworn in over the body today and the remains then will be taken to Lansing, Mich, her former home, for burial. Will Filed in District Court. Mrs. Goodwin's will, dated July 1, 1935, was filed in District Court today by the Police Department. She left the proceeds of a $2,000 in- surance policy to her father, Frank F. Dougherty of Los Angeles; another insurance policy for the same amount to her brother, Walter, of Detroit, and | the money she had accumulated in the Government retirement fund to her husband, Benton G. Goodwin. Al- though friends here said she and her husband had been estranged. for about eight years, the will stated he was “traveling around the world at the present time.” The furnishings of her home were left to an aunt, Julia Findley Kalok of Upper Darby, Pa. . EX-SENATOR APPOINTED Johnson N. Camden Chairman of Kentucky Race Commission. FRANKFORT, Ky. September 21 (#)—Gov. A. B. Chandler appointed Former United States Senator John- son N. Camden chairman of the Ken- tucky Racing Commission today. More than 100,000 chickens were 10 INSURE: CROPS "|URGED BY LANDON| & Question Should Receive “Fullest Attention,” G.0.P. Nominee Says. PRESIDENT REQUESTS STUDY BE EXPEDITED Orders Wallace Committee to Push “Ever Normal Granary” Proposal. Text of President Roosevelt's letters on crop insurance, page B-8, Bv the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans, September 21.— Gov. Alf M. Landon said today that “the question of crop insurance should be given the fullest attention.” The Republican presidential candi- date took this position in & two-para- graph statement which he said was an excerpt from tomorrow’s Des Moines farm speech. It was given to newsmen when they asked comment on President Roosevelt’s announce- ment of the appointment of commit- tees to work out a crop insurance plan leading to “better permanent protec- tion against drought.” Landon said the speech excerpt would remain in his gddress tomor- row night. It follows: “I am going to mention a subject tmat is in neither platform—crop in- surance. It is & question in which we have long been interested in Kansas. In fact, some of our Republican leaders in farm legislation have been in the forefront in working on it. Urges Fullest Attention. “We realize that there are difficul- ties; but insurance companies are writing policies today covering risks that they didn’t consider feasible a few years ago. I believe that the question of crop insurance should be given the fullest attention.” In giving out the paragraphs at his regular morning press conference, the Governor told reporters: “This is what I had written in my farm speech days ago and what I haddiscussed with farm leaders for many months. “I am glad to see any well-consid- ered approach to crop insurance.” Landon aides recalled that two months ago Loui8 J. Taber, master of the National Grange, discussed crop insurance ‘with the nmominee. Taber also took the same program to Mr. Roosevelt at Hyde Park. Dodges Hearst Question. Landon also was asked for com- ment on the attack of William Ran- dolph Hearst, publisher, on President Roosevelt. “I didn't hear it,* Landon smiled. PLANS TO BE PUSHED Roosevelt Names Committees to Map Crop Insurance. 8v the Associated Press. Acting under a mandate from Presi- dent Roosevelt, officials speeded plans today for an “ever normal granary” system of crop insurance and a long- time program designed to combat drought on the Great Plains. Before departing from Washingtan last night to attend his mother’s 82nd birthday party at Hyde Park, N. Y, the President announced appointment of two committees to work out & per- manent “drought and land use pro- gram” for submission to the next Congress. Secretary Wallace heads the new five-man committee to work out & plan of “all risk” crop insurance in co-operation with national farm or- ganizations. Morris L. Cooke, rural electrifica- tion administrator, was named chair- man of a special committee of eight to report by January 1 on a “long- term program for the efficient utiliza- tion of the resources of the Great Plains area.” President Urges Speed. In a letter to Wallace and the other members of his committee— Dr. A. G« Black, chief of the Bu- reau of Agricultursl Economics; H. R. Tolley, agricultural adjustment ad- ministrator; Wayne C. Taylor, As- sistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Ernest G. Draper, Assistant Secretary of Commerce—the President said: “The Government’s long-time drought and land use program should be completed and put into opera- tion at the earliest possible moment, and imemdiate steps are to be taken with this objective. * * * “The time has come to work out permanent measures guarding farmers and consumers against disasters of both kinds (price collapses resulting from surpluses and disappearance of foreign markets, and failure of crops due to drought). Crop insurance and a system of storage reserves should (See GRANARY, Page A-3) Readers’ Guide Sports _A-13-13-14 Washington Wayside ‘| “Women's Features. . 72\ /' y d SCHOOLS CROWDED AS CLASSES START Most of 95,000 Pupils Are Expected to Enrdil Dur- ing Day. (Pictures on Page B-1.) ‘With school authorities prepared to care for the greatest crowding in the history of the Washington public schools, class rooms opened today without a hitch. Approximately 95,- week, most of them coming in today. The statistical office of the Board of Education expected to tabulate the first day's enrollment after the class Ixooms close this afternoon. At the office of John F. Brougher, statistician, it was said comparative figures on this and last year's opening enrollment probably would be announced late to- day or tomorrow. _ Robert L. Haycock, first assistant superintendent of schools, wAS pleased: at noon that none of the schools was faced with an emergency requiring im- mediate transfers of pupils. He said, watch the enrollment throughout the week. They are ready to make trans- fers, not only of pupils, but also of teachers, if the overcrowding warrants such changes. Some Delay Encountered. Some delay was encountered by | failure of a large number of pupils, entering the gystem for the first time, to obtain certificates of admission last week. The same was true of a num- ber of kindergarten and first-grade pupils who failed to present their birth certificates. Admission certi- ficates were available through the last three days of last week. Although making no comment, au- thorities were apparently pleased that the opening of schools was timed with the resumption of hearings on the 1938 school budget by the Commis- sioners. The congestion in the many buildings, they believe, is itself an answer to whether new building items included in the budget are necessary. Two circumstances conflicted in making advance predictions of just how large today's enrollment will be. An increase was expected because the opening is a week later than usual, but it was feared some parents would keep their children out until after the holiday Wednesday, declared be- cause of the Grand Army of the Re- public’s parade. Among the first children to turn out for the opening today were mem- bers of the Schoolboy Patrol, who took up their posts at street intersec- tions and crossings half an hour or more before the school rooms opened at 9 am. 7,700 Beginners Expected. ‘There was more than the usual quota of beginners, many of them accompanied by their mothers or older brothers or sisters, Brougher estimated 7,700 kindergarten and first grade pupils would enroll for the first time. ‘Tonight the Americanization and public night schools will be ready for enrollment. Because congestion this year will (See SCHOOLS, Page A-2) Mary Pickford Will Wed Soon, Hollywood Says Marriage to Rogers Is Expected in October. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, September 21— “Yes, I sald that to & very old ey 4 & s o tht- a3 a result of that con- e 000 pupils were expected to enroll this | however, authorities would continue to | Robert H. Ickes Loses Right to Drive in State ROBERT H. ICKES. By the Associated Press. _BOSTON, September 21.—Prank A. Goodwin, registrar of motor vehicles, today suspended the right of Robert H. Ickes, adopted son of the Secre- tary of the Interior, to operate motor vehicles in Massachusetts. Goodwin said the report of his in- spectors held Ickes “entirely to blame” for an accident September 12 in which five persons claimed injuries. Goodwin said he also had called a hearing to determine whether Ickes should be deprived of the right to bave his car, registered in Illinois, operated in Massachusetts. “Ickes has been working in Massa- chusetts for some three months,” ex- plained Goodwin, “but he has not taken out his non-residence permit as required.” A month ago, Ickes, who has been | employed in nearby Winchester on a Federal relief project, was cleared of a charge of driving while under the influence of liquor. Apprised of Goodwin’s action, Ickes said: “I have no intention of driving my car in Massachusetts any longer. I have put it up at a garage and it will stay there.” TEMPORARY SEAT WONBY SELASSIE Ethiopia Recognized as Na- tion Pending Decision on Credentials. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 21. — Haile Selassie won a preliminary skirmisia today in his fight to save the lost king- dom of Ethiopia a seat on the League of Nations Assembly. Carlos S. La- mas, Argentine foreign minister, was elected president of the League As- sembly. The League Credentials Committee notified the Assembly it had approved the credentials of all delegations ex- cept Ethiopia, on which a special re- port would be submitted later. How- ever, members of the committee an- nounced that under the rules the Ethiopians might sit on the Assembiy until that body decides otherwise. Some members of the credentials group said the question of seating or unseating Ethiopia was so complicated it might require an opinion from the World Court. “The Ethiopian decision will consti- tute a historic precedent,” said one member. teenth assembly heard from Manuel (See SELASSIE, Page A-2.) TURFMAN DIES AT 62 The only evening paper in Washington vgit gfie Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. SRR 127,433 SUNDAY'S Circulation. 141,611 (Some returns not et received.) *deokk SESSIONS BEGUN BY000F G.A.R Wednesday Parade High Spot of Encampment Which May Be Last. Approximately 900 of the “Boys in Blue” formally opened today what may be the last encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, the soldieys of Sherman, Grant, McClellan‘and other Union generals of the War Between the States, Looking forward to Wednesday’s parade down Pennsylvania avenue, over the same route many of them tramped in review before President Andrew Johnson in 1865, the veterans planned to close today’s series of exec- utive sessions with a semi-official meeting of the whole convention in Constitution Hall. Their Executive Committee and their National Council planned to meet this afternoon, while aides de camp and State.commanders reportéd 0 National Comdr. Oley Nelson. Address by Bishop. A group of the veterans, whose average age is 92, heard Bishop James E. Freeman declare in the Washington Cathedral yesterday that “we have lived into a day when the men in blue and the men in gray have found a common interest”—a sentiment echoed in an exchange of drum salutes be- tween Confederate and Union vet- erans in a downtown hotel. Acting Secretary of War Woodring warned another meeting that the United States must avoid “entangling political collaborations with nations whose problems, desires and ambitions differ greatly from our own” if it s to achieve domestic tranquility, He spoke in the Government Auditorium. Addressing several hundred veterans, as well as delegates to conventions of five organizations allied with the G. A. R, all of which are meeting here this week, Woodring declared the military policy of the United States to be one of adequate preparedness to guarantee the blessings of peace. He pointed out that although on other continents there is turmoil and bloodshed, “our own foreign relations (See G. A. R, Page A-2) D. C. MOTORIST VICTIM OF MYSTERIOUS ATTACK Two Colored Men Beat C. W. Car- ney at Brookmont, Md.—Con- dition Improved. B7 a Staff Correspondent of Lhe Star. BROOKMONT, Md., September 21. —Chester Wayne Carney, 36, of 1615 B atreet southeast, Washington, was reported improving at town University Hospital today following a mysterious attack upon him by two colored men early yesterday. Carney, an employe in the archi- tect’s office at the United States Cap- itol, suffered a possible fracture of the skull in the brutal beating, which oc- curred as he sat in his car on Potomac avenue after driving some friends to their home in Brookmont. Neighbors saw the colored men flee in an automobile bearing District of Columbia license plates and notified Montgomery County police, who found Carney slumped over in his seat in a daze muttering: “Don’t hit me any more. Please don’t hit me any more.” MIAMI TO INCREASE WINTER POLICE UNIT “Flying Squadron” to Protect Wealthy Visitors to Im- port Assistants. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, September 21. — Safety Director Andrew J. Kavanaugh announced yesterday his “flying police squadron,” organized annually to pro- tect wealthy Winter visitors in this area, will be strengthened during the coming season by specially trained men from Northern cities. Declining to ssy how many special UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. RAILWAY AUDIT HEADS INDICTED IN'LABOR PROBE Six Charged With Failure to Appear Before La Follette Committee. PROBE OF ESPIONAGE RESUMES TOMORROW Suit to Restrain Telegraph Com- panies From Giving Messages Is Dismissed. BACKGROUND— Persistent complaints that civil liberties were being violated in con- nection with industrial labor rela~ tions resulted last Spring in Sen- ate authorization of investigation. Senator La Follette of Wiscon- was made chairman and $15,000 was provided for inquiry. One of first companies to come under scrutiny was Railway Audit & Inspection Co., engaged in pri- vate detective work in industry. Officials of concern refused to make records available and then jfailed to appear when summoned before committee on August 21. Legal action was instituted against officials and part of desired records were salvaged from waste Ppaper baskets. Acting at the request of the Senate, the District grand jury today indicted six officials of the Railway Audit & Inspection Co., Inc., for failure to appear August 21 before the La Fol- lette Committee investigating civil liberties violations in industrial dis- putes. Shortly before the jury reported, Chief Justice Wheat of District Court, acting on motion of Railway Audit, dismissed its injunction suit to re- strain the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies from complying with subpoenas to produce from their files the concern’s messages. Attorney Alvin L. Newmyer, representing Rail- way Audit, informed the court the sub- poenas had been withdrawn. Hearings to Be Resumed. Pressure on the company will be continued tomorrow as the committee resumes open hearings for the first time since August 21, and directs its attention again to the mutilated rec- ords of the railway company, rescued from their waste paper baskets. Agents of the committee and employes of the company expected to testify. Those indicted were W. W. Groves, president of the concern; W. Boone Groves, vice president; James E. Blair, secretary-treasurer, and J. C. Boy all of Pittsburgh; L. Douglas Rice, vice president and general manager of the Philadelphia office, and Robert S. Judge of New York. They had been cited to United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett for “contumacy.” Each was charged in a separate in- dictment of two counts. The first ale leged that they “willfully, knowingly and unlawfully” failed to appear at the scheduled hearing in response to subpdenas, and the second that they did net produce the records called for in the summonses. Carries Jail Term. The offense charged is a misde- meanor punishable by a fine of from $100 to $1,000 and imprisonment of from 1 to 12 months. Thus, convic- tion carries a jail sentence, which may be suspended, however, in the discretion of the judge. Officials said they expected that attorneys for the industrial service firm officials would make arrange- ments shortly for their surrender and release on bail. The injunction suit dropped today was brought last week by Railway Audit, the Central Industrial Service Co., and 12 of their officers and em- ployes. Justice Joseph W. Cox or=- dered the telegraph companies to show cause why a’ preliminary injunction should not be issued. ‘This morning, however, Western Union and Postal answered, saying that they were notified Saturday by the La Follette Committee that the subpoenas had been canceled. John J. Abt, committee counsel, agreed to dismissal of the suit. Committee policy in this instance is consistent with their action when subpoenas were withdrawn for certain company books after company officials had sought an injunction. At that time committee representatives made it plain that they would concentrate upon efforts to obtain jail sentences for the recalcitrant officials rather than become involved in court battles over obtaining records. ‘With about 300 subpoenas out for records or individuals, the committee plans to continue public hearings from tomorrow until a basis for their ree port to the Senate is established. . To this end, officials of the Na- tional Corporations Service have been summoned to appear Wednesday. On ‘Thursday the committee will hear wit~ nesses for the Lake Erie Chemical Co, and the Manville Manufacturing Co. On Priday appearances are scheduled for officials of the Pinkerton Detec« tive Agency. The determination by the La Fol- lette Committee to investigate Railway Audit followed charges by labor lead- ers at preliminary hearings last Spring (See ESPIONAGE, Page A-3.) CABINET TO RESIGN Swedish Premier Makes Ane nouncement Following Elections. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September 21 (#)—Axel Pehrsson, agrarian pre- mier of Sweden for three months, an« nounced today his cabinet would re- sign Wednesday following social-dem- Depart- | crat victories in Sunday’s Chamber: election. Pehrsson took office after the Social- ist government of Premier Peralbin ‘Hansson resigned on June 15, following its defeat on an old-aged pension bill’ muumndn! <)