Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Fair and colder with lowest temperature shout 30 degrees tonight; tomorrow in- creasing cloudiness, followed by rain and Temperatures—Highest, 60, at noon yesterday; lowest, 39, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page A-12, ‘warmer. Closing New York Mavkets, Page 13 85th YEAR. No. 6. M.C. AND UNION " OFFICIALS CONFER: TROOPS REMAIN Wationa! Guard Stays in T lint—Demodilization Order Rescinded. KNUDSEN AND MARTIN DISCUSS PEACE PLAN Farley Held to Map Strategy for Monday Meeting for Perma- nent Pact. BACKGROUND— The United Automobile Workers of America, afiliated with John L. Lewis’ Committee for Industrial Organization, presented workers’ grievances and demands to the General Motors Corp. in December. Among the demands was the rec- ognition of the U. A. W. A. as sole rollective bargaining agency. Gen- eral Motors refused to meet the wunion in conference and declined o recognize the U. A. W. A. on its own terms. Sit-down strikes which closed many G. M. C. plants began and about 100,000 workers were afected. Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan began trying to bring the opposing perties together jor peace parley and finally early terday lte was obis to obtain ih egreement to mest ionday io @ <uss the issues. BY the Associated Press. DETROIT, January 16.—Michle gan's Natlonal Guard troops re- mained on duty in the automotive strike zone at Flint today as plans went forward for the opening of peace negotiations between General Motors and union representatives rnd the evacuation of sit-down strikers in company plants. Orders for partial demobilization of troops were rescinded suddenly; more than 600 of them were about to board & train for home when instruc- tions to remain were received. The 2,300 troops, Mayor Harold E. Brad- shaw said, will remain during Sunday and Monday. ‘The Mayor, who conferred with Gov. Frank Murphy before the new orders were issued, insisted that nel- ther he nor the Governor anticipated = renewal of last Monday night's vio- lence, but that he recommended re- tention of the soldiers over the week end, during which the “sit-down” strikers in the two Fisher body plants at Flint are to vacate. To Speed Negotiations. To speed formal negotiations for permanent settlement of the strike, representatives of General Motors and the United Automobile Workers of America met at the corporation offices here today. The conference brought together again Willam S. Knudsen, executive vice president of the corporation, and Homer S. Mar- $in, union president. ‘They planned to draft rules of procedure for the negotiations that will start Monday. ‘The purpose of the meeting was fo draft rules governing consideration of the union’s eight demands. The demands follow: A “national conference” beiween company officials and U. A. W. Jeaders “to discuss and bargain collectively between General Mo- tors and its employes.” . Abolition of all “piece-work sys- tems of pay.” . A 30-hour week, six-hour work day and pay and & half for overtime. Establishment of & “minimum rate of pay commensurate with an American standard of living.” . Reinstatement of all employes “un- Jjustly discharged.” 3! righ!s ka.>d uoco l:ngln 1. . Pecognlion of ihe U. A, W, 5y toe ~0i¢ bargalniug agency” be.ween General Motors and its employes. 9. Mutual agreement on speed of production “by the management and & union committee in all Gen- cral Motors plants.” Agree to Negotiate. Only two days ago the corporation executive and the union chief met at Zansing in the office of Gov. Mwrphy, ‘where they signed an agreement early (See STRIKE, Page A-6.) Fight Over Land Kills §. MEXICO CITY, January 16 (#).— Five persons were reported killed and two wounded today in a battle over the division of communal lands, A dispatch from Puexla said the fighting broke out among residents of ‘Tepeyando and Xoxotla (C. Q) vil- lages when agrarian department sur- veyors started marking off the lands yesterday. Notice to Subscribers Inaugural Editions Mailed January 19, 20 and 21 The Star carrier will call upon you within the next few days to take your order for mailing of The Star’s three Inaugural issues io members of your family and friends living out of town. The cost of the three issues, January 19, 20 and 21, is 15c mailed anywhere in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Foreign, 45c. For the single issue January 20, Inauguration day, includ- ing a 24-page tabloid and 16- page tabloid rotogravure sec- tion, the price is 5c. Foreign, 15¢. Star carrier will collect for each order placed. 33,863. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ROSS COLLINS. COLLINS CHAIRMAN OF SUBCOMMITTEE Mississippi Representative Heads Group to Handle District Budget. Representative Ross Colline of Mississippi loday was named chalr- man of ibe subcommliiee handling tne Dixtrict of Columbia spprovria« tion bill. He succeeds former Repre- sentative Blanion of Texas. Chairman Buchanan of the Ap- propriations Committee, who made the appointment, also named these others to serve on the District sub- committee with Collins: Represente atives Caldwell, Florida; Higgins, Massachusetts, and Starnes, Alabama, 2ll Democrats, and Engel, Michigan, Republican. Collins, whose selection was forecast some time ago, has steadfastly insisted he has not sought the job, which he de- scribes as being “worse than the itch.” tive Johnson, Democrat, of West Virginia, who was eligible for appointment as the subcommittee chairman by virtue of seniority, is known to have requested Buchanan to relieve him of the job. He and Repre- sentative Ditter, Republican, of Penn- sylvania, are the only members of the subcommittee who were returned to the Seventy-fifth Congress, Mississippi Native. Collins was born at Collinsville, Miss., April 25, 1830. He received his preliminary education in the ecity schools of Meridian and attended the Mississippl Agricultural and Mechan- ical College. He received his A. B. degree from Transylvania University, his LL. B. from the University of Mississippi and his LL. D. from Tran- sylvania. After serving as attorney general of Mississippi, he was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress, serving con- tinuously through the Seventy-third Congress, when he ran for the Senate. He was again elected to the Seventy- fifth Congress. As 2 member of the important sub- committee handling the War Depart- ment bill, Collins attracted attention by his vigorous and successful fight to hold down the size of this appropria- tion. He was chairman of this group before he left the House fo run for the Senate in 1934, Some years ago, Collins was & mem- ber of a subcommittee handling the Distriet appropriation bill and thus has some knowledge of District needs. Roster of Committees. The roster of other subcommittees announced today by Chairman Bu- chanan is as follows: Deficiencies — Buchanan, ‘Taylor, Woodrum, Boylan, Cannon, Ludlow, McMillan, Taber, Bacon and Wiggles- worth. Inierior—Taylor, Johnson (OFlse roma>, Scrugham, O 'Nzal, Eilapeicy, Ruci sno Tsmberison. Azricllwe—Cannon, Tarver, Um- stead, 'Liom, Leavy, Lanoerion aud Dirksen. Independent Offices — Woodrum, Johnson (Oklahoms), Pitzpatrick, Johnson (West Virginia), Houston, ‘Wigglesworth and Dirksen. Treasury and Post Office—Ludlow, Boylan, O'Neal, Higgins, Daly, Talber and Ditter. State, Justice, Commerce and ZLahor —MecMillan, Tarver, McAndrews, Ra- baut, Caldwell, Bacon and Carter. War—Snyder, Dockweiller, Terry, Starmes, Collins, Powers and Engel. Navy—Umstead, Thom, Johnson Permanent Appropristions — Me- Andrews, Terry, Houston, Daly and Plumley. e KILLER SUSPECT FREE PEIPING, Chins, January 16 (P). —Search for the killer of 17-year-old maniacal tendencies. They found no definite evidence to link him with the crime, however. @ ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, REIGH SETS LIMIT OF 25,000 TROOPS INAIDTOFRANCO $5 2 Day Held Required to Supnort Eaci Mzn Now in Spain. SCHACHT CITES NEED OF MONEY AT HOME Fascist Demonstrators Demaud, “Revenge Execution” of Im- prisoned Loyalists. BACKGROUND— Spanish. civil war, which broke out in Morocco last July, rages on as Europe argues over meutrality measures. Tens of thousands of “volun= teers” have joined in Spanish fighting, until now there are Ger- mans, Iialians, French, British, Russians, Poles, Americans, Portu- guese, Belgians and others on either side. Once major powers officially denied charges they helped Spanish loyalists or insurgents. Now none make secret of fact their citizens have gone into the war. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, January 1€.—Mililary 206 financlal expers sald todsy the Nazl limit sn voluntects o Spain was 23, 000 men. They disclosed each man already sent to fight with the Fascists is costing Germany $5 a day, and that both military men and the prudent economic leadership of the third Reich have sought to impress party zealots with the fact that the money is needed at home. Germany, these experts said, would not dare send more than 25,000 men to help Fascist Gen. Francisco Franco —and they doubled that anywhere near that figure had been yet ap- proached. At the same time it was semi-offi- claily stated that Germany would answer the last British plea for non- intervention probably early next week, following the current Italo-German conversations in Rome. Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, minister of ec- onomics, who has to find the money to pay the bills, is understood to have joined military men in opposing open aid of Gen. Franco with a large ex- peditionary force. Army Supplies Threatened. He was sald to have pointed out that it he pays for soldiers in Spain he cannot buy raw materials for the munitions constantly demanded for the German Army. Military experts pointed to the far- flung lines of communication and sup~ ply between Spain and Germany and said that under no circumstances could the Navy protect the Army that far from home. “If the expedition got inio trouble,” they said, “it would be lost as far as Germany's being able to save it is concerned. “A force strong enough io make = big noise in Spain would seriously risk wider international complications in big way.” Deep silence has been observed here regarding the real purpose of Air Minister Hermann Wilhelm Goering’s visit to Rome, Stressing the cordislity of Goering'’s reception in the Italian capital, where he is reported conferring with Premier Mussolini on the future Italo-German course in Spain, the press referred to political implications only through quotations from Italian newspapers. Emphasizing the Italian reports by the use of bold face type, they quoted the “deep theological solidarity” of Italy and Germany. ““The political fight in Spain is turn- ing on radicel changes in the intev- national order,” cne 1200t Aaid. MAN IS FOUND DEAD OF GAS IN KITCHEN Frank M. Yager, Paper Salesman, Discovered by Wife at ergency Hospital ambulance responded, but were unable to revive Yager, who Was ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION NATIONAL POWER BOARD IS PLANNED Roosevelt Believed Aiming to Place Unit Under New Department. B the Assoclated Press. New fuel for the governmental re- organization debate developed today in authoritative reports that the admin- istration is contemplating & body to fix national electric power policy, pos= sibly under the proposed Department of Public Works. President Rooseveli was represented as desiring some method of reaching & clear-cut natfonal policy in the power field, but is understood to have an open mind on the manner in which this should be done. Significance was atiached, however, to the grouping of “public works” in the permanent divisions of the execu- tive budget for the fiscal year 1938, headed by the Tennessee Valley Au- thority. Previously the suthority has appeared as & separate budget item. ‘Evidence developed also that & show- down on policy and leadership in the ‘Tennessee Valley project is swiftly coming to 2 head between Chairman Arthur E. Morgan and Director David Lilienthal. ‘The two long have been at odds on | policy. Coniract Expires February 3. A decision on policy in the valley— a step toward a deeper crystallization of the administration’s policy on power —is necessary soon because the con- tract whereby the Authority supplies electricity to Commonwealth & South- ern Power Co. expires on February 3. Before that time the administration may have to decide in effect whether the court injunctions obtained by pri- vate power interests to stop T. V. A. expansion shall be regarded as & men- ace to the T. V. A. Some elements of the administra- tion are known to feel that & specific national board or group should head the policies of all the various Fed- eral power profects, such as Boulder Dam, Bonneville and Grand Coulee in the Far West, and the T. V. A. in the South. The projected convention with Caneds. in the St. Tawrence area 8 discussion with {(hat nation of pos- sio’e inclusion of Nlagsr & power fresty 2.0 a8 incol 20 Lilieninai Sees Moossvelt, Polnting up the whole issue is the struggle between Lillenthal and his chalrmsn at Knoxville, Lilienthal called on President Roosevelt yester- day and expressed himself as “satis- fled” with the results of his con- ference. Within & few hours, Chairman (See POWER, Page A-12.) Summary of Page. | Jacobs’ report to be week. Editorial A-3 Pinanclal .._A-12| Sports Lost & Found A-3 Reich sets limit of 25,000 men in aid to Franco. Page A-1 NATIONAL. . | Strike of workers threatens gas service failing for s number of months and had been under treatment for & nervous ailment, Ann Harding Engaged to Wed New York Symphony Leader Bv the Associatea Press. LONDON, January 16.—Ann Hard- blond American motion in Toledo. Page A-1 Police records of degenerates checked Ann Harding to marry New York Symphony conductor. Page A-1 John Barrymore sued for divorce by Page A-2 Josses. Page Jewelry found in N. Y. identified a5 sioicr ‘aere. = JIMAFTER m'.?c THIS, DONT FIGURE THAT THE GOP 0R PO.D. HAYE DERCITS AT ALL! | Infant Mortality Rate Here Second Highesi Among 86 Cities ¢ Foening Sfar SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1937—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. #*» The only in ) Msans Associated Press. Washington wit Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. evening paper the Yesterday's Circulation, 141,875 (Some returns not_yet_received.) TWO CENTS. 18.7 Per Cent Last Year Represents - crease Over 1935 Figu re—Total of 9,217 Babies Died Here. ‘Washingion, with one exception, has | the highest infant mortality rate among 86 American citles for which detafled figures are available, it was announced today by the Census Bureau. The Washingion rate rose from 17.1 infant deaths per 1,000 of population in 1935 to 18.7 last year. Only Nash- ville, Tenn., with s rate of 19.2, ex- ceeded fit. The rate in the 86 major cities cov- ered in the report increased slightly during the year, but the average was only 12.3 as compared with the more than 18 per cent here. ‘The highest infant death rates in the United States occurred in cities having & high proportion of colored populstion, the Census Bureau point- ed out. 9,217 Tufants Died Here. ‘The figures for 1938 show = total of 9,217 infants died in Washingwon during the year and that of this number 848 were less than 1 year old. During 1935 the toial deaihs were 8483 and 642 of this number were bables under 1 year. On the basis of each 1,000 live births, the infant mortality rate for children under 1 year of age increased in Washington from 59 during 1935 to 72 last year. Increase in Heat Wave. ‘The mortality figures for 1938 are described by the Census Bureau as “unusual” in several respects. Deaths reporied during February, March and April were considerably greater than during the same months of 1935. The greatest increase, however, occurred in mid-July, when the widespread heat wave sent the national infant death rate up to 17 per 1,000, ‘There also was a sharp increase during the last week of 1936 as & re- sult of the general increase in pneu- monia and influenza. ‘There are almost no cities in the country which show an appreciable re- duction in local infant mortality rates, it was explained. AMERICANS IN SIANFU ARE REPORTED SAFE State Department Gets Message ¥rom Envoy to China—Peck Returns to Post. B the Associated Press. The State Deparimeni learned offi- clally today that Americans in il yevolt-threatened Chinese City of Sianfu were safe. Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson iele- graphed that Counsellor Willis R. Peck had returned to Nanking from Sianfv, where he went to urge evacuation of the 21 Americans there. Late yester- day there was some fear Peck might have been detained by Communist forces in the vicinity of Sianfu. Johnson reported the airplane on which Peck returned did not bring out sny of the Americans. He sald it was filled with officials. DR, NORACK DIES sormeriy Wae Inspeciol ‘or Bu- 2eat of Animal Indusiry: NEW YORK, January 16 (#)—Dr. Charles Victor Noback, 47, former veterinary inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry at Washington, for- mer bacteriologist in the State De- partment of Health and since 1926 veterinarian in charge at the New York Zoological Park, died today. Today’s Star considered next 3 Page A-18 Baltimore gets irans-Atlantic air- port. Page A-16 Seamen’s Jeaders predict 5,000 to join in demonstration here. Page A-16 Observance of Civil Service week to be concluded tonight. Page A-16 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. A-8 Stars, Men and Atoms. A-S David Lawrence. Paul Mallon. Mark Sullivan. Jay PFranklin. Headline Folk. SPORTS. Duke boxers face C. U.; basketers play Maryland tonight. Page A-10 Reaping Reward iostalled as favorite in Kentucky Derby. Page A-10 Polo gains in United States as an all- year game. Page A-1¢ Elsworth Vines conquers cold and then beats Perry. Page A-10 Four nations conceded Davis Cup ten- nis chance. . A. Page A6 Doy, Db _ STRIE IS STARTED BY GAS ENPLOYES |Service in Toledo Imperiled as 300 Workers Leave lobs, By the Associated Press. TOLEDO, Ohio, January 16.—A score of workers from other Ccities rushed here today to maintain gas service to this industrial city’s 250,000 residents. Nearly 300 members of the Gas Em- ployes Union, failing to reach agree= ment with the Ohio Fuel Gas Co., and Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas Co., went on strike at midnight. l Skeleton crews were left af three i vlints snd one booster plant until 7 it oreslasnt, §2i6 *hey would b ara®n sad picsel nee formed. Boud:ie sald tne uulon, seeling s signed contract, wege increases and other concessions, egreed to allow the company to place & maximum of 25 men in the plants to maintain service. See No Immediate Danger, Company officials said they feared the small replacement crew might not be able to continue operations for any extended period. They said, however, they believed there was no immediate danger that the gps supply would be cut off, Y. A. Ludwig, company manager for Ohio Fuel, said at least 20 men would e on hand today to replace the strik- ing employes of the affillated concerns, ‘which supply 70,000 Toledo domestic and 300 industrial consumers, “In view of Ludwig's assurances that 20 men sre to be on the job, I am (Ses TOLEDO, Page A-2) e $10,045,000 for Fair. TOKIO, January 16 (A'),—le.n‘l‘ world fair, to be held here at the time of the 1940 Olympics, will cost 35,000,000 yen (approximately $10,- 045,000), the Organization Committee announced today. Words Written OnSand Lead to Body in River Man Who Slew Broth- er Found Drowned in Shellow W ater. assoctated Biess, ZFICESBURG, Va., Januar 18~1ae body of Willlam 8. Cla:. 59, wno shot and kiiled his brother, 8. | Judd Clark, 58, et their farm home i Spotsylvania County yesterday morn= ing, was found in a creek not far from the home about 10 oclock this morn- ing. Death was due to drowning in the shallow water of 2 small stream known as the Nye River. Clark’s shotgun and his overcoal were found beside the bridge abutment under which the body was located by & Negro. ‘Written in the sand nearby were the ‘words: “W. 8. Clark in river.” Officers had no difficulty in recover- 24-hour search for Clark, who disap- peared from his home yesterday morn- ing after firing two shots from his gun into the body of his younger brother | in the bed room of their home where | their 86-year-old mother witnessed | the killing. ‘The body was brought to an under- faking esiablishment here io await ; burial. It is probable that a double | Tuneral wil be held for the two broth- 'S, ers. Mrs. Bettie Clark, mother of the de- | ceased, is under the care of physicians at the home of neighbors. RECORDS CHECAED N XDNAP HONT Evidence in Mattson Case Said to Lead Toward Known Degenerates. RBULLETIN. FORT WILLIAMS, Me., January 16 (#)—Col. Wilson Burt, com- mandant at Fort Willlams, said today he was holding a 30-year-old self-styled Army deserter, who, he said, had characteristics similar to some attributed to the kidnap- slayer of Charles Matison of Ta- coma, Wash. By the Associated Press. ‘TACOMA, Wash., January 16.—Rec- ords of Tacoma degenerates were studied in detail today as search for the killer of 10-year-old Charles Matt- son swung back toward the kidnaping scene. Federsl agents, a reliable source said, requested and received records of Tacoma criminal trials, including sev- eral perversion cases. The disclosure strengthened = fre- quently expressed theory the Matison kidnaping and slaying was the work of a demented person who possibly knew the Mattson family personally, rather than a well-planned abduction by an organized gang or & “big-time” criminal. Supporting points included: The odd ransom demand—$28,000 instead of a rounded figure such as $200,000 jn the kidnaping of another Tacoma boy, little George Weyerhaeuser. The manner of the kidnaping— seizure of little Charles December 27 at his home while his brother and sister looked on, rather than abduction from street or playground. (George Weyerhaeuser was kidnaped on a street.) The Mattson kidnaper’s search of the four children (a visiting girl also 'was present) for money. The brutality of the slaying—Charles was stabbed in the back, beaten on the head and his unclothed body left to freeze in snow-covered brushland near Everett where it was found Monday. Reports of the father, Dr. W. W. Moetison, that the kidnen | HEARING IS CALLED O COMMISSIONERS Senate District Body Will Consider Nominations of Hazen and Allen. The Senate District Commitiee will be called by Chairman King to meet some time next week to consider the nominations of Commissioners Hazen and Allen, who were reappointed for another three-year term by President Roosevelt yesterday. As soon as the nominations reached the Capitol they were referred to the District Committee for report before being taken up for confirmation. ‘This will be the first meeting of the session for the District Committee and any bills that have been introduced may be taken up also at that time. Manufacturer Dies. HARTFORD, Conn., January 16 (#). ~—Richard H. Noble, 65, East Hartford manufacturer and national commander in 1936 of the Sons of Union Veterans, died last night. Eddie Foster Dies of Injuries, Remaining in F¥ailing o regain consciousness long Coma Until End was walking fowerd Washington when he was struck by a driver who failed TRAFFIC MISHAPS LEAD 05 DEATHS INCAPITAL AREA Ban Re fits Truck. INJURIES ARE FATAL TO EX-BASE BALL STAR Woman Dies in Hospiial From Injuries Received When Ma- chine Struck Tree. Traffic accidents in and near the District resulted in five deaths last night, one fatality in the city limits bringing that total for the year to seven, Two of the deaths occurred at Laurel, Md., where Carroll Harrison, 33, Washington Navy Yard mechanic, and Brent Kaiser, 22, truck driver, both of Laurel, were killed instantly when an automobile in which they were returning from & dance crashed into the rear of a trailer truck. ‘The local victim was Miss Gladys Redman, 36, of 4529 New Hampshire avenue, who died in Casualty Hos- pital of a fractured skull received Thursday when 2 machine in which she was riding crashed into a tree on Florida avenue near Sixth street northeast, Eddle Foster, Jor years tulid baseman oa the Washington Base Ball Ciub, was the fourth victim, dying in Casualty Hospital of injuries recelved January 7. Police sald they believed he was struck by a hit-and- run driver while walking along the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard for aid after his own car had skidded from the road and crashed into a bill- board. Fairfax Man Dies. ‘The fifth death was that of Albert Griffith, 26, of Fairfax, Va., who was brought to Garfield Hospital after he had been injured near his home De- cember 14. Local officials did not know any details of the accident. The Laurel accident occurred at 2:45 2.m. a3 the pair was going home after a dance in the National Guard Armory here. About 100 yards north of the Bowie road turnoff they struck the rear of the trailer-truck, which had been stopped by its driver, B. I. Hod- fx? of Richmond, Va., to repair a flat e, Police said they believed the pase senger car was driven by Harrison. According to Chief of Police E. J. Huber, the automobile left skid marks 40 feet behind the trailer. Hodges sald that he was climbing into the truck’s cab when the crash Jarred the huge vehicle. According to Hodges, he had left flares burning, & statement corroborated by other wit~ nesses. The passenger car, a small sedan, was demolished by the impact. Inquest Is Scheduled. Harrison, according to friends, is survived by a wife and two children, Kaiser, an employe at the Greenbelt project, was unmarried. The bodies were taken to Lloyd Kaiser's funeral establishment. An inquest was o be held in the local Police Court at 6 p.m. today. Hodges was held without a charge by police for the inquest. O'Neal McGinn, 12-year-old Pope School student, remained unconscious in Emergency Hospital from injuries received Thursday when he skated, ac~ cording to police, into the rear of an automobile at Constitution avenue and Third street. He is the son of Frank McGinn, 418 Second street. ‘The driver of the car in which Miss Redman was riding, said by police to be Edward L. Bennett, 39, of 322 ‘Tenth street, is confined to the hos- pital with a fractured ankle. He was ordered held for a coroner’s inquest. Sybil Webber of Sanford, Me., visii~ ing st 1629 Montague street, veceived nose and face culs lach Q% Car i alch sne was omg F.ulk 5 pa wacaine »¢ kuleenin and R sweels. ar condi- ion wes reported “fair” today. Polics (Bee TRUCK, Page A-12.) ——— HIT-RUN BOAT SOUGHT 9 d Fishing Vessel Hits Water Taxi and Flees With Lights Out. SAN PEDRO, Calif, January 16 () —Harbor police looked today for an ocean hit-and-run driver. A fishing boat last night struck a water taxi operated by William White, The fishing boat then rushed out to sea with darkened lights, White said, leaving him to reach shore in his damaged craft, Ideal Weather Is Expected on Inauguration Day Ideal inauguration weather— blue skies and low temperatures —are expected to prevail next Wednesday if the elements be- have as they should. Although refusing to make this prediction in the form of a, forecast, Charles L. Mitchell, principal forecaster at the Weather Bureau, made this ob- servation today under the head- ing of “outlook.” Monday and Tuesday are ex- pected to be mild with occasional showers, but Wednesday, if com- plications, not shown now on the weather map, do not develop, should be clear and cold.