Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, with lowest temperature about 35 degrees tonight; tomorrow, mostly cloudy and slightly warmer; light, variable winds. Temperatures—Highest, 50, at 4:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 39, at 7:10 a.m. today. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 85th YEAR. No. Full report on page A-12. 33,90. Entered as second class matter port office, Washington, D. C. FORMER D.C. MAN SOUGHT IN PROBE ah WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1937—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES.*%%x* ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Willful Traffic Law Violators | y To Be Prosecuted Vigorously, PRUTEE"[]N EUSI Commissioners Warn Public UF GlRUS DEATH Pedestrians Are Urged to Join Motor- ists in Observing D. C. Safety Regulations. Warning that willful ‘traffic violations will be “vigorously handled by police and the courts,” the District Commissioners issued a formal proclama- tion today calling attention to the mounting death toll from accidents and re- questing pedestrians, as well as motorists, to observe safey regulations. Frequently Took Cleo Sprouse, Killed by Chloro- form, Out in Car. DEATH VICTIM SEEN IN “BROWN SEDAN” | Young Woman Friend Refused Invitation for Ride on | Fatal Night. | | (Pictures on Page A-4.) BY IRVING F. LASH, Staff Correspondent of Che Star. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, March 8—A former Washington man was hunted today for questioning in the | mysterious chloroform death of 18- year-old Cleo Sprouse, pretty high | school student, whose body was dis- covered yesterday in a strip of woods | near the University of Virginia ceme- tery Identity of the man remained a | police secret after it was learned he | had frequently taken the Sprouse | girl riding and had given up his job | as a taxi driver here a short time before the crime came to light. Possibility that Washington police may enter the case was expressed when it was thought the man might return to the Capital. Chloroform Saturated Pad. The man sought is believed to be | the same one who allegedly was seen | with Cleo several hours before she was found in the lonely trysting place, her mouth and nose covered by a chloroform-saturated cotton pad, which was kept in place by a towel. New evidence was added to the | gcanty clues by Ethel Sealock, 18, a | woolen mill worker, who said she had seen Cleo in a “big brown sedan” the | night she was slain. A man whom Ethel was unable to gee clearly was in the car, she told police. The sedan drew alongside Ethel's home on the outskirts of town about 7 p.m. Monday, approximately five hours before the murder took place. When the driver blew the horn, Ethel said she leaned from a window and heard Cleo ask if she wanted to go riding. After she declined the invitation, Ethel said the car turned around and | headed toward town. GUNS MAY COVER Meanwhile, Traffic John P. McMahon refused clemency to several convicted speeders, and de- clared from the bench that “the way the death rate is going up in this town, any speed over tke limit can contribute toward serious acci- dents.” Only a few in- juries were re- ported, however, as the enforce- ment campaign got under way. Four - year - old Shirley May Mc- Cormack, 1401 East Capitol street, was cut about the face and legs and received a severe head injury yesterday when | Shirley McCormack. Court Judge hit by an automobile near her home. Another child had her foot crushed under the wheels of a car. The Commissioners’ proclamation stated that 23 pedestrians died of in- juries received in accidents in the first two months of this year, and that 19 of the 23 disregarded rules established for their personal safety. Order Given D. C. Employes. Copies of the proclamation were sent to all departments of the municipal government with orders that all Dis- | trict employes were expected to ob- serve rigidly all traffic safety rules. “Every employe of the District is ex- pected to co-operate and to set an ex- ample by observing all regulations, both as a pedestrian and a motor ve- | hicle driver, and especially, when cross- ing streets as a pedestrian, to cross on (See TRAFFIC, Page A-6.) MADRID RETREAT Defenders Move Artillery and Troops to Keep Valencia Road. BULLETIN. MADRID, March 3 (#).—The newspaper Claridad reported to- | day government troops had en- | tered the City of Toledo, held by the insurgents since September 27, when they relieved their comrades in the Alcazar fortress. The newspaper said the govern- ment soldiers advanced to posi- | tions near the Alcazar itself. The | objective was not so much to oc- cupy the city as to prevent the in- surgents from sending reinforce- ments to Talavera de la Reina, practically surrounded by govern- ment forces. 1 | more City.” COV. NICE DENIES POLICE CHARGES Urges Probers to Enlarge Force and Give More Power to Chief. BY the Assoctatert Press. ANNAPOLIS, March 3.—Gov. Harry W. Nice today told members of the Senate Police Investigating Commit- tee that any charges made before it “in so far as they apply to me are absolutely and utterly unfounded.” The Governor made his formal blanket denial of all charges at a hear- ing held in the reception room of his executive offices in the State House. In a prepared statement, the Gov- ernor recommended that the State police superintendent be “given au- thority comparable to that now vested in the police commissioner of Balti- He also recommended an | increase in the personnel of the force. BY the Associated Press. | NAVALCARNERO, Spain, March | 3.—Reports from Insurgent lines on Last Conference. The conference with the Governor, held in the reception room of his State Investigators said the cotton used t0 | {ne Madrid front indicated today the | House office, is scheduled to be the administer the chloroiorm was of the type used in cheap mattresses and overstuffed furmiture. The towel, defense high command had moved all its heavy artillery and most of its last of a series in which charges have been made that politics interferred with management of the police de- which had been placed carefully over | troops to positions along the Valencia partment. the face, is the kind some times used in physicians’ offices. Commonwealth’s Attorney W. O. Fife prepared this morning to call a | coroner’s jury to weigh the case. the same time, Deputy W. Abbott Smith, son of the sheriff, examined the can for fingerprints. | Autopsy Performed. It was pointed out, however, that this procedure was complicated by the fact that the can was handled by the two engineering students who found the body. They were Jesse J. Stocker of Hampton, Va., university foot ball player, and Morris Clarke of Char- Jottesville. An autopsy performed last night at | the University Hospital disclosed that the girl had not been criminally at- tacked, as was supposed by police who found parts of her underclothing had been removed. Dr. W. N. Weaver, pathologist who performed the autopsy, said the body of the comely brunette showed no signs | of violence. The only marks were | burns of the nose and mouth, caused by the chloroform or by ether. ! Commonwealth’s Attorney Fife later | today sent the empty chloroform con- | tainer, the girl's clothing and the bits | of cotton to the Federal Bureau of In- | vestigation at Washington. He said he would “leave no possible clue un- | turned” in his effort to get the quickest solution of the young girl's death. 125 T0 BE DISMISSED BY DISTRICT W. P. A. New Order Reducing Non-Relief Workers Will Be in Effect by April 15. Approximately 125 persons holding “non-relief” job assignments on the | District W. P. A. will have to be dropped before April 15, in keeping with a national program ordered by ‘W. P. A. Administrator Harry L. Hop- | Kins, it was announced today at the District Building. | The prospective reduction is caused | by the new order which reduces from | 10 per cent to 5 per cent the amount | of non-relief workers who may be placed on the W. P. A. project rolls. These non-relief workers are as- signed to “supervisory and technical” places in the W. P. A. set-up here and in the States. The order, it was stated by Com- missioner George E. Allen, who heads the District W. P, A, was issued to provide a maximum number of jobs on the W. P. A. for persons who have been certified as eligible for relief. In effect, the order will mean that 95 instead of 90 per cent of the per- sons giver. jobs under the W. P. A. must have been certified as relief cases. ‘While the new order provides that no person under the age of 18 years shall be employed on local W. P. A. projects, Allen said it does not apoly to the student aid program or to those youths employed on the National Youth Administration work projects. Mexican Leader Slain. MEXICO CITY, March 3 (#).— Ramon Ramos, former governor of BSonora, was reported today to have been killed accidentally yesterday when a rifle in his automobile dis- S v [ | from figures forwarded to field head- | southeast of Madrid. highway, apparently to protect a mass retreat to the Mediterranean Coast. ~Although the reports still lacked of- | the government forces were building a strong wall between insurgent con- centrations on the Jarama River front, southeast of Madrid, and the highway connecting the beleaguered | city with the temporary seat of gov- | ernment, Valencia, 190 miles away. | Insurgent headquarters estimated 2,000 government soldiers had been | killed on the Jarama River front in | | the Insurgent drive which has been | under way there for three weeks. The | estimate of fatalities was compiled quarters from various sectors. Insurgent officers asserted that, even discounting the accounts of cap- | tured government militiamen whom | they described as eager to please by exaggerating government losses, Ma- drid’s hospitals were crowded with at least 11,000 wounded. The Insurgent press carried many | accounts described as evidence the Madrid defenses were .crumbling. | The slow inroads of Gen. Francisco | Franco's troops in nearly four months | of siege were viewed as having driven | defense Commander in Chief Jose Miaja to consider mass evacuation. STRIKE AT TWO POINTS. All-Night Battle Proceeds on Road Near Madrid. MADRID, March 3 (#).—Insurgent besiegers battered at government lines guarding the Valencia highway at two points today With new and heavy ar- tillery, repeated tank charges and masses of shock troops. The fighting continued without a pause after a night-long battle along the Jarama-Valencia road front, The Insurgents rolled up their heaviest guns in the assault on the network of government trenches and hill positions which lie between them and the highway to Valencia, tempo- ‘ rary seat of government. The assault centered on Perales Del Rio and Morata de Tajuna. Powerful Defense Built Up. Foreseeing such tactics, the govern- ment had built a powerful defense system, which officers declared was holding fast. Heavy Insurgent casual- ties were reported—some estimates (See SPAIN, Page A-4.) The meeting was open only to mem- bers of the Legislature and the press. The Governor's statement was: “You have asked me to give you my At | ficial confirmation, observers declared | views concerning what should be done to bring about order and re-establish- discipline in the Maryland State police My answer is that I have se- | force. lected as superintendent a gentleman of outstanding reputation and unques- tioned ability. That selection has met with spontaneous and widespread ap- proval. “That you gentlemen of the Senate have the most implicit confidence in Maj. Munshower is evidenced by the fact that you have unanimously con- firmed his appointment. Therefore, it follows, in my opinion, that if you give him authority comparable to that now vested in the police commissioner for Baltimore City and an increase in the personnel sufficient to properly patrol the highways of Maryland, Maj. Mun- shower will work out his own destiny and bring the Maryland State con- stabulary to the highest degree of ef- ficiency it has ever known.” Quizzed on Increase. Senator John G Callan of second Baltimore questioned the Governor on his recommendation for an increase in police personnel. “My impression is that the increase is necessary because of the road mile- age in the State and the curtailed personnel we now have,” the Governor replied “I feel an increase in person- nel would be a move in the right di- rection—toward safety.” “Then you feel that under Col. Elmer F. Munshower, new police su- perintendent, dissention in the de- partment will end and harmony will be restored?” Callan asked. “Unquestionaably so,” the Governor replied. TO TEACH CI:!ILDREN WAR Soviet Group Plans Lessons in Military Tactics. MOSCOW, March 3 (#).—The Vol- | unteer Society for Air and Chemical Defense announced today it would provide instruction in military tactics and strategy for all children in the Soviet Union between 8 and 18. ‘War experts will teach the children in a vast network of clubs, camps and shooting stations, where miniature guns, gas masks, tanks, autgmobiles, :g ydlnna and parachutes will be pro- led. $100,000 Bail Is Set for Father In Assault-Murder of Girl, 4 BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 3—Bail of $100,000, highest in the history of Queens County for a charge of assault with intent to kill, was set today in Felony Court for George Morvan, 24, father of 4-year-old Joan Morvan, who died Monday after a criminal attack. Mrs. Norma Gatto, Morvan's house- keeper, was held in the same amount on a similar charge as police took her 26-year-old brother, Howard Mag- nussen, confessed attacker of the child, to Huntington, Long Island, for arraignment on a charge of murder. Assistant District Attorneys James J. Conroy and James P. McGratten of Queens County said today that Magnussen admitted the criminal as- 14 | sault on the child Sunday afternoon. The crime was committed, police said, at the home of Magnussen’s parencs, George and Hariet Magnussen, at 96 Columbia avenue, Huntington Station. Long Island. Reconstructing a tale of savagery and horror, police detectives said the story of little Joan’s death, the dis- covery of the crime, the conditions surtounding those involved, “made “Tobacco Road’ look like Park ave- nue.” Suspicious that the child had not died from injuries supposed to have been suffered falling downstairs, Chjef of Queens Detectives John J. Ryan started an investigation yesterday that let to an autopsy by Chief Assistant (See GIRILs Page A-5.) " INLABOR DISPUTE PUT AT 289 462 Bridge Firm Official Tells Probers Wage Row Caused Difficulties. “OPEN SHOP” GUARD LAID TO “POLITICS” Garner Tells of Beer and Lunches Purchased by Company for Police. BY JOHN C. HENRY. The American Bridge Co., a sub- sidiary of United States Steel Corp., spent $289,462 for “protection” from labor troubles during the $2,000,000 Pulaski Skyway construction job in New Jersey, it was brought out be- fore the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee today, although the threat of difficulties arose from the concern’s determination to pay 25 cents an hour less than the union scale for skilled workmen. The disputed wage difference would have amounted to only $52,000, it was estimated, but Curtis S. Garner, gene- eral manager of the company, empha- sized that allowing union “racketeers” on the job would have meant more than the $52,000 increase. The concern hired large guard forces and finally obtained public police protection “on account of pol- | itics” in Jersey City, it was disclosed. Better co-operation of local police forces was obtained in some other communities on the bridge job, it was shown, a particularly happy condition prevailing in Kearney, where the chief was a “good sport.” Soda pop, near beer and lunches ledgers and memoranda showed, al- | though there was a movement to get the officers on a diet of “good, cold water.” General Manager Testifies. ‘The practices of the company. known ! in the trade as Ambridge. were brought out through Garner's testimony and considerable documentary evidence. The concern formed a “united front™” with two competitors in some of the anti-labor policies, it was shown, al- though Ambridge correspondence re- ected some measure of company pride in being able to obtain policemen “without paying for them.” | A climax of these “protective” prac- tices was a riot on November 14, 1931, in which one of the union pickets, Edward P. ergin, was seriously wound- | ed by gunfire. Ralph Golden, a com- |pany guard. was indicted for the shooting. | Ambridge paid legal fees for Golden’s defense, finally resulting in acquittal, and paid him $50 per week during dis- | position of his case, Although denying he approved Golden's use of firearms, Garner wrote on one occasion that he believed Golden did “the best he could under the circumstances.” Continued on Pay Roll. Although the acquittal came in March, 1934, the company continued Golden on the pay roll until No- vember, 1935, in order to “keep him around where he would be accessible.” | Bergin, in that period. was pressing a civil suit for $100,000 against Am- bridge. Senator La Follette announced the committee had great difficulty serv- ing a subpoena on Golden and since serving it had been unable to relocate him. Garner, first on the stand, told the committee he has never done any policy, which he defined as “giving every man the right to work at a we need him.” This policy, he continued. is estab- lished by the Steel Corp. for its sub- | sidiaries, being applied most directly to Ambridge by S. A. Paddock, presi- dent: president, and G. M. Hunter, another vice president. Paddock and Heald both are directors of U. S. Steel, Garner said. Ambridge was one of the charter (See LA FOLLETTE, Page A-2) Summary of Page. Amusements B-18 | Radio Comics --...B-13| Short Editorial A-10 | Society ... Financial ___A-17 | Sports ___A-14-16 Lost & Found A-3| Woman's Pg. B-11 Obituary -_-A-12 FOREIGN. Catholics threaten Nazi break over land proposal. NATIONAL. Observers link court reform and wage- hour legislation. Page A-1 Labor trouble “protection” cost $289,- 462, committee hears. Page A-1 Pay increases seal peace in steel in- dustry. Page A-1 R. V. Ageton, mining englneer, dies in Albuquerque. Page A-12 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Commissioners warn of prosecution in new traffic drive. Page 2-1 Nice urges more power for State police superintendent. Page A-1 Former District man sought in probe of girl's death. Page A-1 Farnsworth sent to Atlanta; “Warring gang” to Leavenworth. Page A-3 Training camp trip “worth it,” Brady boy decides. Page A-1 Mystery around death of Alexandria boy still unsolved. Page A-4 Bus “hold-up” Sunday declared hoax by police. Page B-1 Plans made for Boy Scout Jam- boree. B-1 Navy to open bids for 25,000,000 pounds of steel. Page B-1 Extra job data aimed at taxi drivers, Collins asserts. Page B-1 D. C. race track bill hearing set for March 22. Page B-1 United States Savings Bank stockhold- ers assessed $100,000. Page B-1 ! were items in the protection expense, | work under other than an open-shop | fair day’s pay for a good day's work if | E. H. Heald, contracting vice ! . District grand jury returns murder Page A-4| ¢ Foening Star CoME GO THROUGH ! THEN THE WILL BE REMAINDER EASY. THE HOLDOUT! STEEL STOCKS HIT HCHSONRECOVERY Gains of $1 to $7 Chalked | Up as Wall Street Fears of Strike Fade. BY the Associated Press. ‘Base Ball’s Pil The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. (F) Means Associated Pr Yesterday’s Circulation, 143,158 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. grim Decides Florida Invasion Was Worth It (Pictures on Page B-1.) BY FRANCIS E. STAN, NEW YORK, March 3.—Steel stocks crashed through to new recovery | | ground in today's market with gains | of $1 to around $7 at the best, as | strike fears displayed further fading tendencies in Wall Street. Heavy overnight buying orders fol- | lowed announcement the United States Steel Corp. had joined the ranks of companies effecting a truce with labor through raising wages and shortening hours. | | The trading rush at the start put the ticker tape as much as 4 minutes | behind dealings on the floor of the | :sxock Exchange. The volume dwindled | | later as profit selling appeared and | extreme advances were reduced in numerous instances. United States Steel opened with a | block of 10,000 shares and climbed to | | above $121, up nearly $3. Bethlehem | | reached $100 a share, a new mark since the depression. Others well ahead were Youngstown Sheet & Tube, $7 higher at one time; Ludlum Steel. Republic | Steel, American Rolling Mill, Crucible | Steel, Westinghouse, Chrysler, Amer- |ican Can, Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Du Pont. | General Motors was off a few cents | and the utilities were about at a stand- | still. Bonds and commodities improved. | After absorbing early selling the list | again swept forward around noon at a fast pace, with United States Steel | | crossing $122 and Bethlehem $101. | | Near the fourth period trading once | more slowed somewhat, but prices of | the leaders held around the tops. SATO RECEIVES POST IN JAPANESE CABINET BY the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, March 3.—Premier Senjurc Hayashi today designated Naotake | Sato, Ambassador to France, to be minister of foreign affairs in his re- cently formed cabinet. Sato, 55. has represented Japan in | Russia and Poland. He headed the | Japanese delegation to the League of Nations during the tense period be- |lore Japan withdrew, and has been a delegate to most of the world naval disarmament conferences. Today’s Star indictments. Page B-1 Will of Dr. E. G. Fischer ruled in- valid. Page B-4 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Page Answers to Questions. Page Washington Observations. Page David Lawrence. Page Paul Mallon. Page Dorothy Thompson. Page Constantine Brown. Page Lemuel Parton. Page SPORTS. Lanahan, Weaver may land two open jobs on Nats’ slab staff. Page A-14 Quint to be picked from Montgomery County for Star tourney. Page A-14 Louis, Pompoon, Yanks, Cards, Cooper A-10 A-10 A-10 A-10 A-11 A-11 | A-11 A-11 A-11 | 8taff Correspondent of The Star. ORLANDO, Fla., March 3.—Chubby- faced, 12-year-old Jimmy Brady, jr., a slip of an Irish kid. with gypsy in his soul and an innate love of Ameri- ca's natignal pastime, figures that, | after all, it was worth it. He met one of the most famous base ball club owners in the game and chat- ted with him in his hotel room at a real. honest-to-goodness big-league training camp. He barged in on a salary conference between Clark Grif- fith, owner of the Washington team. and a “holdout” player. He was promised a brand-new ball with the signatures of all Washington players on it and the privilege of mixing with Jimmy Brady Wrests Spotlight From ‘ Players—Father Decides to Let Him Watch Training. his heroes in the dugout. He had a cartoon of himself drawn by Jim | Berryman of The Star, and there were flashlights galore popping when he made an appearance. Finally. he said good-by to a big league ball player and called him by his first name. Thus was Jimmy's arrival in Or- lando, training camp of the Wash ton Nationals. It probably was queerest jaunt to a base ball cam record. Headlines had screamed gestions that the son of Brady, Veterans' Ad ion so- licitor, was kidnaped. Police all along the Southern portion of the Atlantic Seaboard were put on the trail. and the Justice Department agreed to co- operate in the search. | Investigators learned he had cashed | (See BRADY, Page A-2) James T WAGE-HOUR PLAN SEEN COURT LINK President Expresses Hope Standards Will Be Set Up at This Session. BY the Associatel Press. Some supporters of Roosevelt viewed today his expressed desire for new wage and hour legisla- tion as closely related to his efforts to reorganize the Supreme Court, which invalidated the national recovery act. The President said late yesterday at a press conference that he hoped such labor standards would be set up at this session of Congress. Wage and hour legislation, he de- clared, “ought” to be enacted. He added, however, he has placed no legislation of any type in the “must” | classification, and asked reporters to discard that term. In former sessions it has been used to refer to major administration measures. Mr. Roosevelt's statement followed by a few hours his transmission to Congress of a report by a presidential successes and failures, and diverted some attention from the court issue. Many, however, speculated on the effect of the call for labor legislation on the proposed judiciary reorganiza- tion. Several organized labor groups have been working in behalf of both. One group, the Government Busi- ness Advisory Council, considered . to- day possible methods of improving wages and working conditions. There were informed reports that the council, beginning a two-day ses- sion, might take up suggestions for a new industrial program drafted by administration advisers. Friends recalled Mr. Roosevelt’s President | committee which reviewed N. R. A's | BRITAINTOBULD ~ BONEW WARSHIPS 1937 Naval Construction to | Cost 525 Million—112,000 to Be Total Personnel. | BACKGROUND— Washington treaty of 1922 and | London treaty of 1930 limited navies “quantitatively.” London tri-power pact of 1936 limited “qualitatively” only the tonnage and armament of individual ships: Capital ships (sur- face vessels with guns above 8-inch caliber), 17,500 to 35,000 tons, with 14-inch gun limit; aircraft carriers, 23,000 tons; light vessels, 8,000 to 10,000 tons, with 6.1-inch guns: submarine, 10,0000 tons, with 5.1 | inch guns. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 3.—The British Navy announced to Parliament today |its share of Britain's huge rearma- | ment program for 1937 would cost | £105,065.000 ($525.325,000) and include | construction of 80 warships. At the top of the list detailed by | Sir Samuel Hoare, first lord of the | admiralty, were placed three addi- | tional battleships of the type of the King George V and the Prince of Wales, now building, with a displace- ment of 35,000 tons and carrying 14- inch guns. Sir Samuel told the House of Com- mons the stepped-up naval and naval air programs would add 11,000 officers and men to bring the total naval personnel to 112,000 | of the “standard” 8,000-ton class, two cruisers of about 5,300 tons, 16 de- stroyers, 7 patrol-type submarines and (See JUDICIARY, Page A-5) (See NAVAL, Page A-4.) BY JOSEPH A. FOX. The trials and tribulations of “just a gal from the Middle West” trying picked to win 1937 titles. Page A-15 Mrs. Walter Stokes playing amazing golf after 2 years on links. Page A-16 FINANCIAL. Convertible Bond Rise (table) Page A-17 Steel Price Boost Planned, Page A-17 United Carbon Raises Dividend, Page A-17 Steels Lead Stocks Up (table) Page A-18 Curb List Higher (table) Page A-19 MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside. Young Washington. City News in Brief. Service Orders. Vital Statistics. Traffic Convictions. Nature’s Children. Bedtime Story. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Cross-word Puzzle. Letter-Out. A-2 A-6 A-9 A-8 Page Page Page Page Page A-9 Page B-9 Page B-12 Page B-12 Page B-11 Page B-11 Page B-13 Page B-14 to make good in the European amuse- ment world were outlined today at a House hearing on a bill to require Labor Department permits for foreign artists confing here and then only on a basis of reciprocity for domestic talent. Testifying before an Immigration Subcommittee headed by Chairman Diekstein, Democrat, of New York, author of the bill, Miss Fern Andra, who hailed originally from Watseka, 111, said her own motion picture com- pany had been forced to suspend in Germany and that it was only with difficulty that she had been able to go throught with a contract to star in a picture in England. A vivacious brunette, who laugh- ingly parried questions that would give an inkling as to her age, Miss Andra, foymer wife of Ian Keith, the actor, sall she left Watseka when only 3 and was a “child actress,” first in France and later in Germany and throughout Central Europe. Page B-12 Page B-12 Men'’s Fashions. Winning Contract. Attaining stardom, she said, she was engaged for a screen production in Trials of Actress in Europe | Revealed at House Hearing England and at the outset there was required to register and be photo- graphed. “About once a week I had to go to the Bow street station (London),” she said, adding she had been constantly harassed, and finally only allowed to work in the picture when an English actress, who did nothing, also was engaged. : Miss Andra, who has never given up her American citizenship, although at one time she was made an “honorary baroness” in Germany, ascribed the trouble, which took place in 1930, to her nationality. She explained that the barriers now have gone up against foreigners in Germany and that she duce. “ spent all my years trying to be- come a star in Europe, and about the time I became one, I couldn't work,” she said. Miss Andra added that she favored the Dickstein bill as a retalia- tory measure. The witness, who made a picture in this eountry in 1931, was questioned at length by Representative Kramer, Democrat, of California, an opponent Two aircraft carriers, five cruisers | 45 smaller vessels of all type, the | can no longer appear there nor pro- | PAY, HOUR GRANTS GUARANTEE PEACE IN STEEL INDUSTRY 1$100,000,000 More Income for Workers Hailed by Labor Leaders. MOVEMENT SPREADS AMONG CORPORATIONS U. A. W. A. Seeks Chrysler Recog- nition, Wage Raise, 30-Hour Week in Detroit Talks. | By the Assoctated Press. The vast steel industry’s momentous move toward better relations with ore ganized labor overshadowed the dis- cord wrought by strikes in scatteged sections of the Nation today. One after another, the big steel corporations announced wage boosts, shorter hours and other concessions, probably forestalling labor disputes in the entire industry. A contract between Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. and the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, an offshoot of the Lewis Committee for Industrial Organization, signed last ni Pittsburgh, was hailed by cials as labor’s greatest §5 Mimmum Daily Wage. The contract, considered { antee of peace the i | tablished a 40: eek and a $5 day minimum and recognized gaining age who are members of tl Association of Iran, | Workers, | Other companies w ! nounced wage ments and the number of men in- volved were 85.000 wn She 000; , 9.000: Pittsburg 7.000: Sharon Steel. 3.500; Otis St 3,000; Whee Steel. 16.000: Al S 6.000; Col 1 Steel 25,000. Organ pay boosts books by $100 sler C €l at nterence with motor officials to- day. Other demands included a 10 | per cent wage increase, 30-hour week. niform pay rates and a boost in mini- mum wage scales. Two Strikes Settled. Settlement of two strikes involving an estimated 2,500 men further brightened the industrial picture Some 2,000 sit-down strikers evacuated the Detroit plant of the Motor Prod- ucts Corp.. after an agreement be- | tween the management and the United Automobile Workers of America. A 5-cent-an-hour pay increase ended a sit-down strike of 500 at the Tex- tileather Corp., at Toledo Numerous other strikes remained unsettled, however. Waitresses, cooks and kitchen hands at a large Detroit restaurant ended their sit-down strike (See S 44-HOUR WORK WEEK SET FOR CHAIN GANG | Convicts in Georgia County Unit { [ TEEL, Page A-3.) to Labor on Time-Clock Basis. BY the Associated Press MACON, Ga., March 3—The 44- hour work week was established today for the Bibb County chain gang. Convicts who formerly wor: highways from sunup to sundown six days a week went on a time clock basis. J. B. Neighbors, member of the County Board of Commissioners and a railway claim agent, sponsorad the program for the 125 inmates of the stockade. The gang is one of many details in Georgia to which State and county prisoners are assigned. . MISSING FLYER FOUND GEORGETOWN, British Guinea, March 3 (#).—Art Williams, the fiyer, reported today he had located Joseph G. Le Van, missing United States explorer-psychologist. in an Indian settlement 300 miles from George- town. Le Van, Williams said, was in good health and expected to reach George- town this week end. Old Inaugural '| Day Tomorrow | Due to Be Fair ‘ Opponents of Change to Have Inning, Bu- i reau Predicts. The “I told you so's” who were against changing inauguration day from March 4 to January 20 will have their inning tomorrow, if Weather Bureau predictions hold. “Fair and warmer” is the forecast which many will hold up as proof that | established custom cannot be suc- cessfully tampered with. The chill rain which beat down throughout the entire inaugural ceremonies will be in contrast to a clear sky and rising mercury tomorrow, according to the forecast. A A maximum of 50 degrees is predict- ed for today, with a low of 35 for to- night. Temperate weather conditions prevail in nearly all sections of the country except in the Northeast, where the mercury dropped sharply last night,