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DSHISSLDENED TLAAUTHORTY Tennessee Judge Upholds Right of Utilities to At- * tack Program. B the Assoclated Press. COOKEVILLE, Tenn., November 7. —The disputed right of 19 Southern power companies to make & mass attack on the whole Tennessee Vluey Authority power program. won &p- proval of Federal District Court to< day. Xctmg in a case brought by the utilities to test the constitutionality of the program, Judge John J. Gore overruled a motion by T. V. A. counsel for dismissal of the suit. The T. V. A. claimed, among other grounds for dismissal, that some of the 19 power companies have not been affected by the authority’s vast hydro- electric developments on the Tennes- see River. Those companies which have been affected, attorneys for the Govern- ment agency argued in a hearing yesterday, have been affected differ- ently and should file separate suits. Same Relief Held Sought. Judge Gore, however, held that while the utilities may be interested in the outcome of the case “in vary- ing degrees,” all are seeking the same relief—a court order holding some or all of the T. V. A.'s power activities to be either unconstitutional or in excess of the T. V. A, act. Counsel for the power companies have asked a temporary injunction to halt any expansion of the authority's power program pending a final de- cision in the suit, which will be car- ried to the Supreme Court. No date for a hearing has been set, but the temporary injunction plea probably will be argued comparatively zoon. The court indicated the case would “hg, brought to a hearing on its merits promptly. In holding all phases of the vast power program could be brought under the scrutiny of the court in a single suit, Judge Gore said the pleadings of the power companies are supported by charges the companies make against the authority. Constitutional Question. Their claim, he said, is that the T. V. A, act, the power progrgm it authorized and the power program which is actually being developed “are not authorized by the Constitution.” The utilities also properly contend, he held, that the directors of the T. V. A. are “engaged in carrying out & single program, plan or conspiracy, the execution of which will irrepar- ably injure, if it does not totally de- stroy, the property and business of each of the complainants.” Contrary to the arguments by T. V. A. counsel, he held that the bill filed by the utilities charged “many spe- cific acts, done and threatened to-be done,” which had caused oruwould cause injury. ¢ MSGR. JOHN CURRAN, WILKES-BARRE, DIES] Rector of St. Mary’s Church Aided in Settlement of Mining Disputes. By the Assoclated Press. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., November 7. ~Msgr. John J. Curran, 77, rector of St. Mary's Church here and widely known for his activities to bring peace in labor troubles, died today. He had been in poor health for some time and in the last three weeks was operated on twice. During tr last 35 years Msgr. Cur- ran was active in the frequent labor | troubles in the anthracite fields. When the mine workers and the coal com- panies came to grips, the priest was in the forefront to bring about a set- tlement. His reputation was such he was often called upon to help settle labor troubles .n other industries. During the six-month coal strike of 1902, led ty John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, Father Curran suggested peace plans to both sides and was called upon by Presi- dent Theodore Roosevelt to assist in ending the strike. Nuring that time the President and Father Cu-ran formed a lasting friendship. The strike ended when the President ap- pointed & commission which, after hearings, awarded the mine workers en increase. In 1906 and in subsequent negotia- tions and suspensions Father Curran gave his service to bring about speedy Ppeace. The monsignor was ordained & priest 49 years ago. Prior to study- ing for the priesthood he was em- ployed in the mines. He was born in Wayne County, Pa. Virginia i)eclared Facing Shortage Of Apprentices E5 the Assoclated Press. RICHMOND, November 7.—Dr. B. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, 4HELD FOR QUIZ 75 Per Cent of Town Ufiemployed NOVEMBER 8, INFATAL SHOOTING One Robber Slain in Pistol Two hundred jobless steel workers of various political beliefs from Jarrow, England, wearing khaki rain capes and preceeded by their harmonica players, as they neared Bedford on their 300-mile march to London to petition parliament. Jarrow, one of England’s oldest ship- building centers, has a population of 35,000, with about 75 per cent of the men unemployed. Many of them have been jobless since the 1921 depression. ABATTOIR PLANS UNDER NEW FIRE P. W. A. Renders Unfavor- able Report on New York Plant of Firm. Renewed attacks were made yes- terday on the projected Gobel abat- toir operations adjacent to new park developments in the Anacostia dis- ct, as Secretary Ickes awaited & chance to plead the opposition of park and housing officials before Pres- ident Roosevelt. A new development was the ren- dering of an unfavorable report by a P. W. A. engineer on Gobel packing house operations in New York City | as indicating what might be expected from the resumption of their activi- ties in Washington on a large scale if the company is permitted to re-| build its plant. A suit is pending | in District Court to compel the Com- | missioners to issue the packing house firm a permit. ‘The report, which was brought to the attention of Secretary Ickes, was made by H. R. Stocker, who was sent to. New York by Director Howard Gray -of the Housing Division to in- spect the Gobel plant in that city. Permit Opposition Urged. He found the Gobel equipment was not as satisfactory as that of other packing: ts which he also in- spécted :-:nnpomd: “If the operations of the Gobel plant (in New York) are claimed by its owners to be a model of cleanti- ness and to be entirely inoffensive, and if the operations at the Anacos- tia plant (in Washington) are to be conducted in the same manner, then I cannot recommend too strongly that the Gobel company be prevented from securing & permit for the operation of the proposed plant at Anacostia.” The opposition of park and city planning officials in Washington was united on a wide front yesterday against the proposed resumption of slaughtering operations at Benning road and Kenilworth avenue, regard- less of the fact that it was established that the slaughter of animals on a smaller scale is conducted by various plants in the city limits. Determined to stand by its suit in | the United States District Court to compel the Commissioners to issue a permit, Adolf Gobel, Inc, struck back yesterday at Secretary Ickes. Through W. Gwynn Gardner the packing firm pointed out that the operating plans submitted to the District government “were stamped with the approval of the Department of Agriculture.” Other Firms Mentioned. Gardner protested further that there are at least eight packing firms in ‘Washington that slaughter animals on their premises and that all are lo- cated within the city. The Gobel plant has operated at the Benning site since 1887, he said, except since 1934, when the buildings were burned down. “We are doing nothing more than asking for a permit to rebuild a plant that was in operation for over 40 years,” he said. “The new plant will be the same size and duplicate the earlier operations on the same scale, and furthermore, the plant will be conducted under Federal inspection.” Dr. John E. Mohler, chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Depart- ment of Agriculture, stated last night that he had “approved” the plans for the Gobel plant as “meeting all Fed- eral requirements and regulations.” Permit Is Something Else. He added, however, that approval of plans by the Federal bureau has Pregent and future park developments contrasted with the —Wide World Photo. site of the proposed abbatoir near Anacostia —Star Staff Artist. —_— the offensiveness of such operations to users of nearby park areas. charge that a great amount of “slime” will be dumped into the river, an amount which Gardner said in reply would be “negligible.” Government officials also are con- cerned with the problem of blood “dust” which will be carried from the casing plant, they claimed, to be wafted over the neighborhood. Gard- ner claimed that the equipment was sufficient to qualm these fears. The blood from the animals during the processing is “cooked” and dried into cakes to be sold for fertilizing. Officials claitned that the Gobel plans do not call for enough cookers and that a quantity of blood will seep into the river as it runs off into the cookers. Dust from the dried cakes, | they claim, would settle on window frames in the neighborhood. Water Sports Planned for River. The Anacostia area, as indicated in an accompanying map, is being highly developed as a park and recreational district. It also is planned to utilize the Anacostia River below the pack- ing plant for water sports. Secretary Ickes' aides protest also that future housing developments in close prox- imity to the packing plant would suf- fer immeasurably from the odors is- suing not only from the processing operations but from the penned animals. At some future time, Park Service officials expect & municipal stadium for Washington will be erected in the east end of East Capitol street near the Anacostia River. They declared that excursion trains running into Washington for stadium events would be side-tracked in the area, which eventually will be occupied by cattle cars if District officials permit the slaughter house operations at Benning. The Gobel plant in New York City, Stocker reported back from his in- ‘They | operation of plants of that nature general sentiment was that in the odors were bound to arise—but what could be done about it? Flies were said to be quite prevalent. “Five persons definitely stated that at times conditions were very unpleas- | ant and they ascribed them as due to the Gobel plant, especially when cook- ing vats were opened. They stated | that odors at times were so nauseat- | ing that people would have to breathe through their handkerchiefs or hold their coats over their heads.” i At a recent meeting with the com- | mittee appointed by Dr. George C.| Ruhland, District health officer, to investigate the proposed packing | house operations, the Gobel Co. had | invited the committee to inspect its New York plant as a model of clean- liness. Director Gray of the Housing Division decided to send his engineer to New York for that purpose. Equipment Is Criticized, Stocker reported that the equip- ment of the Gobel plant was not as modern as other packing plants op- erating in New York City. He stated that there was not comparable pro- vision for ventilaticn or for condens- ing of offensive gases, and burning at Fight at Roadhouse Following Hold-Up. BY the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 7.—Four men hold-up at the Pow Wow roadhouse early today were held for questioning tonight. At least four men fled in two auto- mobiles, believed to have been driven by women, after a flurry of shooting in which four patrons, a waiter and one hold-up man were shot, The bandit was found dead in a stolen au- tomobile an hour after the shooting. His companions escaped with $450 taken from the roadhouse till. None of the 125 patrons reported any losses, Police Capt. Harry O’'Connell said. ‘The slain man, shot down by Po- liceman Wilfred Woodmaster, 28, was identified as Pasquale (Patsy) de Chi- ara. An inquest, at which his father and sisters were present, Was con= tinued to November 13. The four men seized gave their names as Edward Koziol, 18; Frank Guardino, 26; Frank Urgo, 23, and James Mazzie, 23. They denied par- ticipation in the robbery. Police said they would have patrons of the road- house view the prisoners after owne ers of the establishment were unable to identify them with certainty. The robber band swept into the roadhouse in suburban Franklin Park about 2:30 am., ordered the band to continue playing and told patrons at tables to empty their pockets and lie on the floor. Dancers, most of them unaware of the robbers, con- tinued undisturbed until Policeman ‘Woodmaster drew his pistol and fired at De Chiara. At the sound of the shot, the rob- ber standing near the orchestra fired twice into the crowd, hitting five per- sons with slugs from his shotgun. Those wounded were Morton Rum- sey, 19, Hesperia, Mich., shot in the abdomen; Arvid Moberg, 30, and his wife, Esther, 28, both wounded in the ankle; Mrs. Adeline Shefer, 24, shot in both legs, and Nicholas Diotis, 40, a waiter, shot in the right leg and hip. | | iy LONG ILLNESS IS FATAL TO MRS. ANNIE BOHRER | Funeral Services Set Tomorrow for Resident of City Since Infancy. Mrs. Annie M. Bohrer, a resident here since infancy, died Friday night after a long illness at her home, 101 U street. Born in Alexandria, Va., December 3, 1873, Mrs. Bohrer a few months later was brought to Washington by her parents, the late Jesse R. and Mrs. Mary Sherwood. Until her illness she was active In the Order of the Eastern Star, having served as first worthy matron of Mir- iam Chapter, No. 23, and later as matron of Good Will Chapter, No. 36. She also had taken an active interest in the Young Women's Christian As- sociation, was a member of the Wom- en’s Political Study Club, the Ruth Rebekah Lodge, No. 2, I. 0. O. F,, and the Brookland Baptist Church. She is survived by a son, Jesse E. Porter, and two brothers, James L. and Jesse R. Sherwood. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at her late resi- dence. Rev. Dr. O. O. Dietz, pastor of Brookland Baptist Church, will offi- ciate. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. a high temperature the non-con= densible gasses. Tankage, he said, was handled in the open areas, where its odors could spread over the neighborhood. Dried blood, he reported, was in storage, bagged, and | was odorous. The only reason why more com- | plaints were not heard against the| Gobel plant in New York, Stocker stated, was because it is in an indus- trial area where many smells issue from manufacturing plants of all kinds. The nearby residential sec- tion is a tenement area. ‘The Gobel company claimed it will employ about 400 persons at its Washington plant and will bring in only about four skilled workers. All other labor will be hired in Washing- ton, it was stated. | tonight he had definitely established 1936—PART ONE. Shot in Cafe Battle Mrs. Adeline Sheffer, left, and Mrs. Esther Moberg shown in Pow Wow road house at Chicago yesterday shortly after they had been wounded by four gunmen. The men, accompanied by two women, staged a sensational raid on the cafe. bandits was fatally wounded. One of the —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. TRAGEDY CALLE MURDER SUGDE Multi-Millionaire Ballard Believed Slain by Alex- ander in Hotel. By the Associated Press. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., November 7. —Detective Chief Herbert Akers said as murder and suicide the slaying of Ed Ballard, 63, multi-millionaire sportsman of French Lick, Ind., and Robert Alexander, 65, of Detroit, Mich. P He reported his inquiry developed that Alexander shot Ballard and then himself last night in the privacy of a fashionable hotel apartment. There were no witnesses. Coroner J. P. Randolph said he had not completed his investigation to- night, but that he “wasn’t so sure” it was murder and suicide, expressing the possibility the two men shot each other. Alexander’s Gun. “I don't know which started the shooting,” sald Randolph. “The gun | belonged to Alexander. I don't see| how he could have shot himself the | way he was shot. | “He was wounded in the center of the chest, the bullet coming out 8 or 9 inches below in the back. He would have had to bave the gun awfully high to shoot himself that way.” Ballard at one tlme was king of the American circus lots. Alexander was a former business associate. Akers said he was convinced a recent $250,000 breach of contract suit filed by Alexander against Ballard in Miami, Fla., caused the fatal affair. Discovery of Bodies. Hotel employes forced their way into Alexander’s apartment to find Ballard dead and Alexander dying. Five shots were fired in the encounter. Hot-Water Heat Any 'ayments start 3 installation; 5-year guarantee. Acquaintances said the two men had met for & business conference. French Lick sources estimated Bale lard’s wealth at “from $20,000,000 to $100,000,000.” He came here six weeks ago from New York, where he had been a hospital patient. Alex- ander arrived Wednesday. Baliard’s body was sent to West Baden, Ind, tonight. Alexander's body remained here pending arrival tomorrow noon of Mrs. Alexander from Detroit. MRS. SIMPSON AGAIN APPEARING IN PUBLIC Attends Opera, Sitting Next to Royal Box, in Company With Society Leaders. BY the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 7.—Mrs. Wal- lis Simpson, newly divorced from her British husband, has begun going out again to dinner and the opera. Awaiting the end of the six-month period, when she may remarry if she chooses, King Edward’s American friend last night attended the opera in Covent Garden, sitting next to the royal box. She wore & tunic suit of black satin with green and gold brocade. Lord and Lady Cromer occupied the royal box. Mrs. Simpson was one of a party which included Lady Diana Cooper, wife of the war minister, Alfred Duff Cooper; Lady Honor Channon and her American husband, Henry “Chips” Channon, and Sir Victor Warrender, former vice chame berlain. 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