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A2 HUGE STOCK SALE PROFITS DETALED Securities Commission Told 11 Firms and Individuals Made $6,243,388. £7 the Associated Press. Testimony that a group of 15 firms Wnd individuals, including Arthur W. Cutten and Harry F. Sinclair. made a net profit of $6,243,388 on stock sales | kW Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. UNWANTED. OUNG Mr. William Girvan, technical director of the ‘Washington Civic Theater and to an investment trust was received yesterday by the Securities Commis- | sion. | Hunter 8. Marston of New York, who | gave this testimony, sald Blair & Co.. | investment bank which sponsored the | trust. headed the group. Cutten. the | Chicago grain operator, who died not | long ago:; Sinclair, the oil magnate, | and Blair & Co. were listed as each | having had a 21.75 per cent interest, | with the Chase Securities Corp. hav- a man of distinction in his profession, is a bit worried about his respectability these days. Until recently he had just gone along assuming that he was an ac- ceptable sort of person. but his confi- dence has been shaken. Soon after he arrived in town to work on designing sets and building them for eight productions, he went house hunting. He found just about what he wanted and had practically "THE EVENING “STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. PROMOTION PLAN OFFERED BY NAVY New System May Result From Report Turned Over to Swanson. A new system for promoting officers of the Navy and Marine Corps may come as the result of a report turned over to Secretary Swanson today by the General Board of the Navy. The report was not made public, but bring proposals to the coming Con- gress which would radically alter the method of advancement now in force. ‘The Navy's senior officers have been studying the problem for months. The board has in its membership a former commander in chief of the United | States Fleet. Rear Admiral Joseph M. | Reeves, and a former commander in i chief of the Asiatic Fleet, Rear Ad- ing 14.50 per cent and other members reached an agreement with his pros- | yira) Prank B. Upham, who is chair- smaller shares. $13.000,000 to buy the stocks. which it €old two months later to the trust, the Petroleum Corp. of America. John D. Rockefeller. jr.. lent it an additional $25.000.000 necessary to finance the transaction, he testified. i Both Marston and Elisha Walker, former president of Blair & Co. and | Tnow a partner in Kuhn. Loeb & Co., | eaid in response to questioning by | commission counsel that the trust paid gross commissions of $9,750,000 an stock transactions to Blair & Co. | and affiliates from the time it was established in 1929 through December 81, 1935. . The Petroleum Corp. of America, Marston said, soid to the pubdlic an Initial offerirg of $110,500.000 of stock, which he described as the largest first offering in the investment trust fleld. Its assets now are $35.000,000. he said. due partly to repurchases of its own capital stock. The securities which the group of 15 was said to have sold the trust were listed as 247.796 shares of Prairie Oil & Gas common and 115,650 shares ©f Prairie Pipe Line common. _ELisbon (Continued From First Page.) | "ALKING home with a sailboat was the experience of two un- | A1l in the Alcazar were allowed to see | them and pray for their future: also to swear to die before handing them up to the brutes outside.” Other dispatches to the Diario Lis- boa said a Moorish Legionnaire, Maj. El Mizzian, was the first Fascist sol- dier to reach the Alcazar, ‘The cadet continued: “Thank God the Alcazar builders in ancient days provided such large and protective subcellars for us.” | He tossed feverisnly in his bed, stub- | bornly refusing to give his name | “Seventy days of terror!” he mut- tered. “Seventy days!" theater. The landlady looked at him with horror. “Well,” she said, “I guess we had just better forget all about your renting the apartment.” And she stuck to it. * * ¥ % DEVIL DOGS. Added to the list of automobile licenses with a purpose apart from marking the vehicle for traffic tickets is that of John H. Russell, major general commandant of the United States Marine Corps. His license number is 1775, the year of the establishment of the or- ganization out of which the Marine Corps grew. The first Marines were rifiemen sent into the forest tc protect lum- bermen who were cutting trees for the beginnings of a navy. Indians at that time were definitely crazy about scadping foresters, it seems. The devil dogs, who claim to be first at any sceme of action, man- aged to arrive before the United States itself, their commander's license number proudiy shows. * ¥ ¥ x NAUTICAL. identified Washingtonians Sunday. A District police officer reports that some one in the Naval Reserve knows verv little about sailboats. regatta was going on he says that he could scarcely attend to his duties watching U. S. N. R. No. 1, center- board sailing boat out of Anacostia, being rowed along in one of the nicest breezes he’s seen in a long time. The craft contained two young men and two young women, none of whom seemed to be having a good time, Again he turned to attendants. | P “Just say I am a cadet whose one | embition, one hope, was to die for the | redemption of Spain.” | Published Humorous Paper. ) He disclosed, then. that “We even published a humorous paper during the quieter days of the siege, writing on blank pages of old books and docu- ments which we found in the Alcazar “When thé paper became more arce, our commander gave orders to save the scraps for official use. “One doctor with us worked cease- lessly, night and day. & “We had water, but food was scarce. We killed one horse every day. “Supplies dropped from our com- rades' planes were insufficient. But | ammunition was plentiful, since we | kept perfect discipline underground. “Every morning we attended mass: every night we listened to the radio mews, which was encouraging. “The women were brave. Some of them insisted in accompanying the men on patrol duty. “When the dynamite exploded (from underground mines laid by the gov- ernment) we thought it was the end of the world. ‘But we were not panicky under the firm orders of our gallant commander, who not only organized the defense, but pluckily led us to attack the enmy. | Didn't Mention Dead. | “Many were killed that day, but it was not mentioned in our conversa- tion. i “No one spoke of the dead. and even the women hid their tears to avoid breaking down our courage. “But they were praying, praying. praying. “Explosions destroyed parts of the | building every day, but the Alcazar | resisted, as if protected by the will of | God. “At dawn last Sunday we heard the first shells of the national (insurgent) artillery and saw in the distance our’ red and gold flag hoisted at different places about Toledo.” “Col. Moscardo had received in- structions, dropped from a nationalist plane. to co-operate with our rescuers. “Every man paraded and saluted the flag: then the last battle started, while dynamite continued to explode on all sides of the Alcazar. Enemy Between Crossfire. “Charging across the bridge, our comrades helped us put the enemy between a crossfire. “The government militia had placed time bombs at the gates of the Alca- gar, which started exploding every five minutes, preventing us from charging them. “But we were able to reach them with our machine guns. “The militia tried to cross the Al- cantara Bridge and flee, but our ma- chine guns cut them down. “As our troops entered the town the militia forced their way to the gate of San Martin. “We could see them running like rabbits across the felds in the direc- tion of Madrid. “Our enthusiasm was unbounded. “But suddenly I felt a strange wrench. “A bullet had got me.” EXONERATED IN DEATH > Taxi Driver Cleared in Fatal Dispute Over Cab Stand. A coroner's jury exonerated James E. Burbage, 1215 F street northeast, taxicab driver, after hearing evi- dence yesterday in the death of Essa M. Katteb, 41, an Egyptian, 2116 First street, another cabman, who died Saturday from injuries result- ing from an altercation with Bur- bage on September 11. Witnesses testified Burbage fought “in defense of his own life” after an exchange of words between the two drivers over possession of a cab stand at Dupont Circle. Katteb sustained broken jaw when Burbage hit him, d his skull was fractured when he struck the sidewalk, The would-be sailors had taken their sail down and were rowing along against the wind when the law spotted | them. Losing the party for a time, the officer picked them up again at the seawall, where the young men were | dragging their sailboat by | the painter, while other sailboats flew walking, along the Potomac in a spanking wind. Queryfng the perspiring youths the officer discovered that they had set off from Anacostia in good spirits, but that “the wind was blowing the wrong way” when they tried to return. The | officer was too busy, he says, to ex- plain to them about tacking. The girls had gone home. * Xk ¥ % TIMID. NAMES about the District Traffic Bureau suggest that the gentlemen running it are a great deal more tractable than they are, especially in light of the recent announcement an- nouncement that there will be no more ticket fixing. In charge of traffic is Inspector B. A. Lamb, and the sergeant in charge of records is J. J. Agnew, the last name being the Anglicized spelling of the French word meaning veal or sheep. o ¥ % CIGAR. THE young around the Nation's Cap- {tal get the hang of politics at an early age, one of our oplratives re Elections are held in schools, it seems, for the captains of schoolboy patrols—those youngsters who assist | with trafic around school buildings at noon and closing hours. Our operative saw a smooth-talking lad handing out lollypops in a school playground, passing out with each sweet the remark: “Vote for me for captain of the schoolboy patrol.” * % x HALLOWEEN. Even those planning the celebra- tion of an ancient medieval festival have gone stratopshere-minded. A new feature of the Washington Halloween parade this year will de a series of huge and spectacular comic figures made of rubber and inflated with helium gas. The fig- ures will be similar to those used in the famous Mummers’ parade in Philadelphia. Twelve men will be detailed to each of the figures, not so much to carry them as to hold them down. * % % % CHEAP-SKATE. A LOCAL golfer is concerned about what will happen to a very small boy’s pride when he learns more about coins. ‘While hunting in the rough for an elusive golf ball the other day, the golfer was approached by a child no taller than 2 feet, who inquired if he would like to buy a goif ball for “two dimes.” Admiring the business acumen of the tot, who had picked the psycho- logical moment for a sale, the golfer said that indeed he would and, search- ing in his pockets found that he had nothing smaller than a quarter. “Will a quarter do?” he asked, prof- fering the coin. “No, sir,” announced the boy stout- ly. “This is a brand-new ball and it's worth two dimes!” He departed with dignity in the direction of an- other customer. i ) While the | pective landlady, when he happened p..n Marston said the group put up to mention he was connected with the | Secretary Swanson will examine the findings carefully and probably will | send the report to the Bureau of Navi- ygation, of which Rear | Adolphus Andrews is chief. The bu- i reau has jurisdiction over naval per- sonnel. The present selection system for ad- { vancement has been in effect for the { higher ranks in the Navy since 1916, and has recently been extended by : Congress to apply to junior officers of ! the Navy and the entire Marine Corps. Officers throughout the service were invited by the General Board to sub- mit ideas on the present system. The Navy's selection system has been under fire for some time. Many have felt that the requirement which | forces a certain percentage of 2ach | grade, except rear admirals and en- | signs, into retirement each year 1s too | rigorous and that many good men are thus lost to the service. Selection boards, comprised of rear | admirals for senior officers and cap- | tains for junior officers, conduct their delibertions in secret, going over each officer’s record thoroughly. These boards are not required to give rea- sons for decisions on advancement. | They report directly to the Seeretary of the Navy. proved board findings for transmis- |sion to the President, who usually | inations. Spain | (Continued From Pirst Page.) | death from exhaustion, hunger and fear, the survivor related. He said his the Alcazar’s dungeons. “We would never have given in," the Fascist forces inside the Alcaszar, ! who arrived at Talavera with a group of his rescued supporters. “But it was becoming difficult,” the gaunt commander declared. “We had only one bottle of chloroform left for | | operations on the wounded. Food was {80 scarce I do not like to think | died in the advance. “ about it. | Spirit Indomitable. of sacrifice. “When the Socialists were tunnel- ing underneath to explode us, our engineers calculated in advance every | possible effect of such an explosion. { One man lost his life as he crawled directly over a planted explosive.” All the occupants of the Alcazar | have a peculiar waxen color resulting from spending many days in the deep underground cellars. | radio provided the self-imprisoned | Fascists with their sole amusement | and kept them in touch with the out- side world. | The dead were buried in buildings | of the training school riding academy. | Many were trapped in wreckage and the smell of decaying bodies permeated into the dark and gloomy underground | passages. | Doctors and nurses cared for the E wounded, performing amputations un- der primitive conditions, but without | & single case of infection. Centinue to Live in Fort. | Some of the occupants of the bat- tered fortress continued to live in their prison home even after Gen. Franco's forces had taken control of the city. | Extreme difficulty was encountered in igemnl some of the wounded out be- cause of wreckage and fallen masonry. Col. Moscardo, the bearded com- mander, was regarded by his followers as the real hero of the Alcazar siege for his calm, patient direction of the strange isolated community. Although food supplies ran short, the Fascists in the underground chambers had supplies of munitions remaining when they were liberated. “We took with us a million rounds of rifle cartridges from the army mu- nitions factory and used up only about half,” explained the officers. “Trench mortars were also used to beat off the government attacks.” “The most terrible thing we saw during our imprisonment,” explained a young Fascist soidier with s band- aged head, “was to look out and see women from Madrid pulling the wires to fire guns so they could send shells crashing in among us.” The Fascists ate 97 horses and 27 mules, survivors reported. The live stock supplies inside the bombarded fortress had been reduced to one horse and five mules when in- surgent rescuers arrived. Other survivors declared they were only able to hold out because they crept during the night to a nearby building, where wheat was stored. 8everal of the Fascist sympathizers were shot during these excursions, they related. One man said one charge of dyna- mite, planted by the government forces, caused “comparatively little in- jury” to the besieged. An insurgent mining engineer in the will start at once. Admiral | The Secretary invariably has ap- | comrades, after they were freed. found | a large unexploded mine under the | last refuge of the Fascists in one of | | it was believed that its findings may |. { asserted Col. Jose Moscardo, leader of | | Maqueda. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1936.. Where Once a Mighty Fortress Stood A view showing all that remains of the famous Alcazar, Spain’s “West Point,” at Toledo. the air, bombarded on all sides and dynamited as loyalist forces strove to wipe out its Fascist insurgent garrison. -y 4 MARITIME BOARD AGTS FOR PEACE Urges Ship Owers and Union to Extend Con- tracts 60 Days, By the Associated Press. The newly-created Maritime Come mission today asked shipowners and members of the Pacific Coast Longe shoremen's Union “to make every effort” to reach an agreement to ex- tend working contracts which expire tomorrow and avert labor trouble. The request that the contracts ba extended “by mutual agreement” for a period of 60 days was contained in identical telegrams sent to eight or- ganizations of employers and workers, The extension was asked, the teles grams said, “in order that this com- mission may have an opportunity to confer with other Government depart- ments concerned and to make an in= | vestigation in the sincere hope that as an interested party it may aid in the reaching of an amicable settiee ment.” The texts of the communications: “The Maritime Commission just cre= | ated has been advised that the con- tracts governing working conditions on the West Coast are about to ex= pire. It is requested that you and your organization make every effort to arrange by mutual agreement that these contracts be extended for 2 | period of 60 days in order that this | commission may have an opporturity | to confer with other Government de- | partments concerned and to make an For weeks it was bombed from Relief came to the thinned ranks of the defenders when the rebels captured Toledo, Alcazar, he related, heard the tunml-] ing to place the mine and was able to | tell his comrades what parts of the fortress would be destroyed in the! blast. | The Fascists fled to other sections | and escaped injury, he said. | After a solemn celebration of the | e th o ihe encte e | capture of Toledo, insurgent forces to- | sends them to enate as his nom- | day began a fresh drive toward Madrid, | major objective of their relentless ad- ' vance. | Fascist headquarters reported the! “maneuver is developing” toward the capital while insurgent troops pushed an encircling movement around gov- ernment militiamen between Avila and Retreating Socialists were unable tol | flee from Toledo over Tagus River bridges, which were destroved during | the Pascist advance on the provincial capital. | Insurgent commanders reported the government columns scattering in disorder south of Toledo. (Official reports from Burgos, seat | of the Fascist provisional government, “But the spirit of the Alcazar was found among the government dead, indomitable. Always there was a spirit | which were estimated between 700 | | ! One battered | | I =T e Night Final Delivered by Carrier Anywhere in the City Full Sports Base Ball Scores, Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World. What- ever it 1s, you'll find it in The Night Final Sports Edition. THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered by carrier—70c a month. Call National 5000 and service declared divisional headquarters had | been established in Toledo. Troops were being billeted for occupation duty | and labor corps were disposing of the bodies of fighters and residents who | (Burgos officials reported 23 Rus- | sians, including eight captains, were and 900, (The Fascist troops in the city seized 1,000 rifles, four armored trucks, | two anti-aircraft guns, 25 motor cycles | and an ambulance.) MADRID TIGHTENS DEFENSE. | Cabinet Seeks to Stremgthen Army. New Victory Claimed. BY JAMES C. OLDFIELD (Copyright. 1936, by the Associated Oress.) | WITH THE GOVERNMENT | PORCES RETREATING FROM TO- | LEDO NEAR MOCEJON. Spain, Sep- | tember 29.—The rush of Socialist re- | nforcements to the Toledo sector slowed down today as the government built a gigantic defense system for the capital. | The Spanish cabinet zounded a call | to arms to add manpower to its de- | fenses against an expected Fascist | assault. Bedraggled militiamen, fleeing from | the fury of insurgent artillery and | aerial attacks, rushed northward as frenzied officers attempted to form s new blockade across roads from the Pascist-dominated Toledo. Socialist commanders labored to co-ordinate their scattered forces near here and at Bargas to unify the gov- ernment’s efforts in the capital. The weakened lines were established at two points: Bargas, just west of the main highway between Madrid and Toledo, where Socialists launched a counter- attack against insurgents who hold the town. Withstand Bembardment. At Madrid the war ministry, in an official bulletin, announced that gov- ernment forces had withstood a bom- bardment by 15 airplanes near Olias Del Rey, about 7 miles northeast of | Toledo on the Madrid highway. Government troops also were re- ported to have seized a village called | Villamiel, near the highway junction of Maqueda. Government planes, reports to the Madrid high command said, “com- pletely demoralized the civilians” at Oviedo, Northern Fascist stronghold, dropping exactly 2,000 bombs. Socialist leaders sent out a call for 5,000 brave and daring men,” adding: “Pive thousand such men can win victories, whereas 25,000 cowards and deserters will bring about, defe: “Madrid has these brave men, but they should be placed on a war foot- ing immediately. “If we cannot summon all our courage now it will be too late manana (tomorrow).” Madrid was plastered with posters boosting the recruiting efforts. Many construction workers obtained leaves | poured shells into Bargas. of absence and joined their cmrlde!! in the militia divisions. | Staffs of officers and stores were reduced to skeleton proportions. This correspondent was able to con- firm that insurgent columns under Col. Juan Yague had not been able to occupy an important railroad junc- tion east of Toledo. 1 traveled over roads virtually de- serted as the Fascists delayed their expected advance and Socialist troops tramped northward to join in pro- tecting the capital. | Strong Socialist forces held posi- | tions at Villaluenga, 30 miles south of Madrid, while artillery batteries The war ministry reported “suc- cessful” maneuvers against Fascist warriors in other southern front bat- tles. Eight insurgent sympathizers were sentenced to death at Alicante and four others condemned at Bar- celona after trials by popular tri- bunals. “Merciless” air raids by Fascist fly- ers on the Santa Cruz Hospital in | Toledo forced the Socialist militia- men to retreat from the city, the militia captain asserted. He declared the insurgent bombers made the hospital the key point of their attack and with dynamite and machine guns “made it terrible for three days.” Rhodes (Continued From First Page) according to the Government, was| used as a down payment on the puy-} chase of some of the Virginia land, to which title was taken in the name of a straw party, Mrs. Gladys Thompson. | sister of Rhodes’ daughter-in-law and an employe of the General Accounting Office. | In still another count. Rhodes is charged with larceny of $700, repre-‘ sented, Wilson said, by a. check in that amount payable to the Warfield | Motor Co. for a second-hand truck. | | title to which allegedly was registered in the name of the contractor on the | Virginia construction job. l All the checks were signed by Ruth | S. Horner, assistant treasurer of the | Fidelity, and countersigned by Rhodes, | Wilson said. < Other Withdrawals Charged. In another class of alleged lar- cenies were two withdrawals from Rhodes’ account in the Fidelity, one for $900 and the other for $770.65. These are said to have increased an already existing overdraft. | By November 12, four days after! Rhodes had obtained ten $3.000 con-| struction loans in the name of Gladys | Thompson, his account stood $12,634.47 | overdrawn, the Government claims. On that day, it is charged, he switched $13.000 from the construction loans | to clear the overdraft. | A few days later, Rhodes is alleged to have drawn $1,800 on two of his| construction loans and used that money as down payment on the pur- chase of additional land. A check for $326.41 is said to have | gone to the District tax collector as | payment of taxes on Rhodes’ home, and a check for $569.43 to the tax col- lector for taxes on building occupied | by the Georgetown branch of the association, which was owned by Rhodes. There was another check for $2,000, sald by Wilson to have increased the overdraft in Rhodes’ account in the Fidelity. When the overdraft grew to $4,000 he is alleged to have taken $3,000 from the construction loans and used $2,870 to reduce it. Each of the two final counts of the indictment charges Rhodes with lar- ceny of $6,000. This $12,000 allegedly was taken from a second set of con- struction loans, authorized December 6 by the Pidelity Board of Trustees, and $7,100 used to reduce a $7,600 overdraft in Rhodes' account, and the remaining $4,900 deposited to the “loans payable” account of David T. Maloney, 3820 Cathedral avenue, vice president and treasurer of the Green Line Sightseeing Co. It was from Maloney's account that Rhodes is alleged in three of the forgery counts to have drawn $7,000. According to the Government's theory of the case, the $4,900 deposit by Rhodes was to make up this al- Maloney's account figures charges that Rhodes forged Maloney’s indorse- ment on three Fidelity checks drawn on the Second National Bank. The checks were regularly signed by Miss Horner, as assistant treasurer, and countersigned by Rhodes. The other forgery indictment al- leged that Rhodes forged a $1,500 withdrawal slip in the name of Desire A. Irr, 65 K street, an engraver at the Government Printing Office, who was s substantial depositor in the building association. ASKS RELEASE FROM LORTON N WOMEN'S GOLF 'James F. “Bugs” Donovan Misses Bauer and Hemphill Cites Lack of Spesific Of- fense in Court Plea. Claiming he was not accused of any specific offense when rearrested last vear for allegedly violating his parole. James F. “Bugs Donovan today asked District Court to order his release from Lorton Reformatory In May, 1932, Donovan was sen- tenced to a 10-year term following his conviction on robbery charges. He was | paroled November 14, 1934, and ar- rested as & parole violator January 25, 1935. Following this arrest he was sent back to Lorton to serve the rest of his original sentence. Employes of the Parole Board said the records did not disclose in what particular the man violated his parole, merely showing he was arrested for “failure of parole.” Donovan was released on the recom- mendation of Capt. M. M. Barnard. superintendent of District penal insti- tutions, and sent to a farm operated by friends of Barnard in Indiana. His release provoked a storm of pro- | test when it was disclosed he had been paroled previously from Leavenworth ! Penitentiary after serving four years of & 10-year sentence for grand lar- ceny in the District Donovan sought his release today through a habeas corpus petition filed by Attorneys Richard L. Tedrow and Carlton Sard. Chief Justice Alfred A Wheat set the case for hearing Octo- ber 6. His Liule Boy:, 68, Helps Father, 101, Observe Birthday | Soldiers’ Home Veteran Says He'll Live to Be 109. Veterans of Soldiers' Home Hospital today showered congratulations on the oldest member of their ranks— Joseph R. Jones—in celebration of his 101st birthday anniversary. A birthday cake | with a little champagne for Jones was served at noon, and “open house” was observed in his ward. Visi- tors included Jones’ boy,” Thomas A. Jones of Phila- deiphia, who at | 68 is still a young- ster in the eyes of his father. The problem of having the correct number of candles for the cake was solved by the use of red ones for every 10 years of the veteran's age. A single white candle signified that the century mark had been passed by one year. Jones expects to live to be 109. “I made that prediction when I was 9 years old,” he tells his visitors. Josenh R. Jones. “lttle | QUALIFYING ENDS Gain Places in Play-off. By the Associated Press. SUMMIT, N. J. September The 18-hole qualifying round of the United States golf cham- pionship, nipped just at the close ves- terday nt of darkness, was 20— women's on accou completed this morning with Bette | Waterhouse of Providence shooting the last four holes in par to gain one of the 64 qualifying berths with 45-45—80 Nineteen plavers were halted late yesterday afternoon, but only eight completed their rounds this morning As the result of Miss Waterhouse's strong finish. 56 plavers had scores of 90 or less and 16 were bracketed at 91, necessitating a sudden death play- off for the remaining eight places The two who carded 9is are Vir- ginia Paddock of Detroit. 45—46. and Mrs. John J. Meenan of Glen Cove, N. Y, 47—44. Others who finished, but failed to make the grade, were Mrs. E. G. Peterson, Port Washington, | investigation in the sincere hope that, | as an interested party it may aid in | the reaching of an amicable settiee | ment.” | The action taken by the commit« sion, members said, is designed to | bolster efforts of Labor Department officials who are now on the Pacific | Coast attempting to avert a strike or | lockout, | Maritime unions on the Pacific ! Coast now are operating under agree- | ments signed after a strike in 1934 | Several weeks ago, both employers and employes expressed a desire to modify provisions of the contracts. When negotiations broke down be- tween longshoremen and shippers last month, shippers announced they would consider the agreement with longshoremen ended on September 30. With the announcement, shippers listed new working conditions which they said would become effective Oc- tober 1 in the absence of a new agree- ment. These included elimination of hiring halls, and an increase in the working day from six to eight hours. The longshoremen took exception and asked that existing agreements be con- tinued until satisfactory terms had been reached Meanwhile, the Sailors' Union of the Pacific likewise was unable to reach a satisfactory arrangement with shippers. A tie-up of Stevedore labor would result in a walk-out of seamen pending settlement of the difficulties, the Sailors’ Union said. ; Labor department officials estimated 37.000 maritime workers would be af- fected directly if a truce were not ar- ranged by October 1. and as many as 300,000 workers might be affected in- directly President Roosevelt is expected to confer with members of the Maritime Commission here tomorrow. It was understood the Pacific Coast situation would be discussed. seme oo ARMED DEPUTIES " ARREST YOUTH N. Y., 48—44—92; Mrs. Joseph Lawlor, | White Plains. N. Y., 49—48—97; Mrs, Robert Beard of Wallingford, Pa., 54— 49—103; Mrs. L. G. Pray, Norbeck. Md.. 45—49—94. and Mrs. John S ess, North Hempstead, N. Y., 49—81—100 Those deadlocked at 91 were Lillian Zeck. Aurora, Ill: Betty Buechner, | Glen Cove, N. Y.. Mrs. Dan Weiss. Flint. Mich.: Kathryn Hemphill, Co- lumbia. S. C.; Mrs. Henry Dietrich, | New York: Jean Bauer, Providence: | Helen Buck. Abbington. Pa.; Mrs. Leon Solomon. Kansas City: Peggy Graham, Culver City. Calif.: Eva Shorb. Canton Ohio: Dorothy Foster, Springfield, IIl.; | Edith Kierland. Minneapolis: Bernice | Wall, Chicago: Mary B. Clark. Bloo- field, N. J.; Mrs. Meenan and Miss Paddock ‘The Misses Clark, Bauer and Hemp- hill and Mrs. Solomon and Mrs Dietrich qualified on the first hole with 5s, while Miss Shorb and Miss Foster made the grade on the third with a par 3 on the short fourth. PALESTINE PLACED | Great Britain Acts to End Arab and Jewish Clashes in | Holy Land. By the Associated Press. LONDON. September 29.—Great Britain today clamped down martial law on Palestine to end the terrorism which Arabs have waged in the Holy | Land for months against Jewish im- migration. Military rule actually will be put in force by a proclamation to be issued by the Palestine high commissioner. The step was announced officially in the London Gazette. . Japan is trying to take China's soap trade from Britain. The National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. INCINNATIL, September 29.—It is greatly to be hoped that Prance has not too long result will taken. delayed devaluation, and that the not be a raise in prices, which would leave the situation just where it was before the step was So far as the United States is concerned, one thing is evident. That is, that Mr. Roosevelt has responded with remarkable alacrity to Mr. Landon’s speech at Portland, Me., in which he sald that the President’s action in junking the 1933 Economic Conference was responsible for halting world recovery. Now we ha: ve Mr. Morgenthau's statement ex- tolling the desirability ul.intemlt!onnl agree- ments to achieve currency stabilization. tones a very It in- different tune from the one Mr. Roosevelt piped so merrily three years ago when Alies Longworth. tainly been a noteworthy change he dilated upon the futility of an agreement be- tween two or three powers to stabilize exchange. There has cer- of heart. (Copyright, 1936.) hole with 4s. and Mrs. Meenan got in | UNDER MARTIALLAW Take Up Position, Indicating | Union, S. C.,, Mill Will | Be Reopened. By the Associated Press. ON. §. C., September 29 —Ap- proximately 75 special deputies. armed with pump and shot guns, descended upon the strike-torn Monarch Textile Mill this morning They arrested a vouth on & dis- orderly conduct charge and took up positions before and behind a similar number of pickets thrown across the road leading to the entrance The presence of the deputies, coupled with the opening of the gate, indicated that the mill might open today, but there was no official states ment. There was no disorder on the part of the pickets who merely watched the maneuvers with interest. Sherift J. G. Faucett of Union County, who deputized the group, said the youth, Onree Croker, was are rested because he interfered with the | approach of the deputies. His brother, | Dew who said Onree was not em- | ployed at the mill, said the young man at the time was only reaching for a bag he had placed in the bushes. George Kamenow of Washingt | D. C., a Federal labor conciliator, was released under bond of $100 to answer to a disorderly conduct charge today after spending most of last night o | the Union County Jail 'MEETINGS RENEWED " BY CITIZENS' BODY North Capitol Association Hears Addresses by Proctor and Daniels. The North Capitol Citizens' Asso- | ciation opened this season's activities last night with a program which in- cluded as speakers John Clagett Proc- tor, who traced the historical develop- ment of the section, and Frank C. Daniels, principal of McKinley High School, who expressed appreciation of the co-operation of the association with the school during the 26 years that he has been principal there and pledged the support of the school to the group. The association met in the McKinley High School. A resolution was adopted authorize ing the Committee on Police Protec- tion to take whatever action it deemed necessary to prevent children from playing in alleys. This action fol lowed complaints that children were destroying property and making un- necessary noise. Secretary James A. Crooks urged members to take a more active part in stirring up civic interest among residents of the area. He suggested that members remind their neighbors of the meetings. Crooks gave a gen- eral outline of the program for the season begun last night. Mrs. Ada Mills Payne, chairman of the Committee on Playgrounds, re- ported that attempts to interview Commissioner Allen in regard to ob- taining W. P. A, funds designated for improvements and developing play- grounds had not been successful. She explained that the City-wide Play~ ground Committee had been refused interviews, ‘