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WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness and warmer to- night; occasional rain tomorrow; tem- perature about 48 degrees tonight; colder tomorrow night. Temperatures—Highest, 58, at noon today; lowest, 38, at 7:10 a.m. today. Full report on page A-21. Closing New York Markets, Page 20 85th YEAR. No. DENTIST PLEADS FOR QUICK TRIAL INDEATH OF GIRL Officials Dissatisfied With Miller’s Statement in Chloroform Case. WILL SEEK INDICTMENT ON CHARGE OF MURDER - Commonwealth Attorney to Fight Any Move for Bond as He Continues Probe. BY IRVING F. LASH, Staff Correspondent ot The Star. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 4 —Dissatisfied with the statement of Dr. Richard G. Miller, that Cleo Sprouse was an accidental victim of chloroform, Commonwealth Attorney W. O. Fife announced this afternoon he would seek a murder indictment for the 53-year-old dentist. Fife disclosed Dr. Miller, arrested last night on a murder warrant, had expressed the hope on arrival in the Richmond jail for “a quick trial.” ‘The case may be presented to a spe- eial grand jury here this month, Fife declared, but it is probable it will not be considered before the April session. Any attempt on the part of Dr. Mil- ler to seek bond at this time will be vigorously opposed by the Common- wealth attorney's office, it was re- vealed. Declines to Reveal Statement. Declining to make known the full contents of a “very brief” statement he said Dr. Miller made today, after he was taken to the Henrico jail, in Richmond, Fife said “We're not even sure it will be used as evidence against him.” “We are not putting much stock in Miller’s story at this time,” Fife added. “We are still checking his movements on the night in question, in the hope something new will de- velop.” Cleo, pretty 18-year-old high school student, was found dead Tuesday im a strip of woods adjacent to the Uni- versity of Virginia Cemetery. In the statement Dr. Miller, 53- year-old local dentist, was quoted as having confessed he administered chloroform to Miss Sprouse as he pre- pared to perform an illegal operation on_her in an automobile. Dr. Miller, first in a verbal state- ment en route to Richmond and then in written form after questioning st the jail, is alleged to have said he kept the girl's body in the car until dark, when he deposited the lifeless form alongside the University of Virginia Cemetery. Students Find Body. ‘The dentist—married and widely known here—denied he was responsible for the 18-year-old girl's condition. He was quoted as declaring Cleo, a dental patient, informed him she was to become a mother and appealed to him to aid her. The girl's body was found Tuesday by two college students, Cotton was wedged in her mouth, a towel was stretched across her face and an empty chloroform can was balanced so that the opening would drain the contents onto the cotton. Nearby were the girl's undergarments. Dr. Miller, according to the authori- ties, said he became frantic when he found the girl had stopped breathing as he made ready to perform an opera- tion, waited on a lonely road until night, drove to the cemetery and at- tempted to leave the body in a posi- tion that would indicate suicide. He also left the undergarments, which the girl had removed in preparation for the operation, it was alleged. The alleged incriminating statement was in the hands of Commonwealth’s Attorney W. O. Fife, who directed the questioning of the dentist following his arrest late yesterday in his office here. Detective B. A. Shipp waited for Dr. (See CHLOROFORM, Page A-5.) STEEL PRICE BOOST IS EXPECTED SOON New Rates May Be Announced Tomorrow to Meet Wage Increases. . BY the Assoclatea Press. PITTSBURGH, March 4—Steel ob- servers looked to an expected steel price rise tomorrow to provide the ad- ditional revenues for the industry's latest wage increases, amounting to more than $100,000,000 a year. The United States Steel Corp.’s largest subsidiary, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., will announce its prices for the second quarter of the year. Iron Age, journal of the industry, has predicted a hike in the cost of steel between $2 and $6 a ton. The wage increases announced this week are but one factor considered in the speculations of a price gain. The growing demand for steel, putting the industry near peak operation, and ad- vances in the cost of raw materials are considered by observers as im- portant supports for their forecasts of higher steel prices. Heavy melting scrap at Pittsburgh has gone up $3 a ton since *he previous boost in wages and steel prices an- nounced last November. Coke advanced 25 cents a ton at Connellsville recently, and the price of pig iron moved up $1 a ton. CHILD SAVED FROM ICE Aviation Field Lieutenant Hero in Human Chain Feat. MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, March 4 (#).—Second Lieut. Marion Malcolm of Selfridge Field swam through slush ice yesterday to rescue the 4-year-old daughter of Capt. Leo H. Dawson. The child, Joanne, had broken through the ice while playing 80 feet off shore in Anchor Bay. Other Selfridge Field men formed a human chain to assist the girl and her rescuer in reaching shore. ‘ 33,910. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. O. District Court Proctor Says ‘Little Fel- lows’ Take Punish- ment for Leaders. The “big fellows” behind Washing- ton’s $100,000-a-day numbers racket “obviously are being screened,” while the “little fellows” are punished, Jus- tice James M. Proctor charged from the bench in District Court today. ‘While not specifically laying re- sponsibility of the situation on the Police Department, the jurist said he | did not think the district attorney’s office was to blame. In pointed language he said he did not see why the men behind the huge illicit business could not be brought into court as well as their relatively insignificant henchmen. His remarks were occasioned by & plea of guilty entered by Hulon Jones, | colored, who was charged with ac- | cepting a 10-cent numbers bet. The judge has heard a dozen similar pleas | during the past few days. Obviously indignant but speaking with deliberation, he turned to As- sistant United States Attorney Samuel F. Beach and said he did not “liKe to ch WASHINGTON, D. C, < Numbers “Big Guns Screened,” Judge Charges JUSTICE PROCTOR. have a small numbers gambler such as this man brought in while the men be- hind the scenes keep out of trouble.” Beach replied that he was “a little T (See NUMBERS, Page A-3) PARS EXPEETD TOEND GOLD B Reopening of Free Market and Further Cut in Franc Forecast. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 4.—Definite pegging | of the French franc at about 22 to the dollar and creation of a free gold | market were forecast for this week end by informed financial quarters today. This is a further devaluation of about 21; per cent. Premier Leon Blum is prepared to set a definite value on the national currency in a new effort to extricate his government from current financial | | difficulties, these sources said. Official financial circles maintained silence on the predictions but acknowl- edged the Socialist premier “has a strong trump up his sleeve which he expects to pull out at the right moment.” (The franc is currently quoted at 4.65 cents, about 21!, to the dollar. At the rate of 22 to the dollar, the | franc’s value would approximate 4.54 | cents.) Labeyrie May Go. Among a series of new financial measures, financiers predicted, would be one to remove Emile Labeyrie, gov- ernor ot the reorganized Bank of France. The new franc rate would be within | the three-power currency stabilization | agreement among France, the United | States apd Great Britain. This ac- | cord, concluded shortly before the franc’s devaluation last October, per- mitted the French currency to fluc- tuate between 20.15 and 22.96 to the dollar That devaluation law reduced the gold content of the franc from 65.5 milligrams to between 49 and 43 milli- grams. The exact content in milli- grams was not specified in the law. Other Currencies Purchased. Reports of the imminent financial action by the Blum government caused | heavy purchases of sterling, dollars | and other foreign exchange at today’s | market opening. The projected measures were in- terpreted in financial circles as “ex- tremely conservative” and a departure from the present financial policy which some money experts have de- clared has driven Frenchnien to in- vesting abroad rather than subscribing to government loans. Setting a definite value on the franc and throwing the gold market open to business at the government-prescribed price is intended to entice capital back to France, the interpreters said. If such a move were successful, they declared, the government might be able to borrow fresh funds at home. The national treasury is believed to be almost empty again and the London loan of last January of -£40,000,000 ($200,000.000) is about exhausted. By pegging the franc, Blum hopes to eliminate the necessity of the cur- rency stabilization fund set up under the tri-power accord, it was asserted. RADIO STORY REAL Mother and Daughter Who Won $50 Prize Found Dead. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 4.—Mrs. Mar- garet Aerill Ramsey, 55, and her daughter, Alice Dean, 20, won a $50 prize on a radio program for telling “the most heart-rending personal ex- perience of the week.” ‘They told how they had gone down to the East River, overcome by poverty and loneliness, with the intent of “end- ing it all,” but had been encouraged to go on living by a policeman. On Monday their bodies were found in a gas-filled attic room, for which they had-paid their last $3. A penny was found in the girl's purse. (Picture on Page B-1.) Sunbeams danced before the desk of Senator Norris today and made him wonder what the weather man was thinking of. . Senator Norris was the eloquent ahd successful advocate of changing the inaugural date from March 4 to Jan- uary 20. He said he had it from the Weather Bureau that the average Jan- uary 20 was a much more pleasant day than the average March 4. Today, however, the sun shone brightly and the temperature was due to climb to 60. The season is still Winter, but it felt like Spring on Penusylvania avenue, where inaugural parades are held. Forty-three days ago, Jam 20, o | proposal itself, beyond the fact that | Board examiner co-operated with the IRGES FOELTY REORGANZATION U.S. Home Loan Bank Board Proposes Change to Fed- eral Association. Reorganization of the closed Fidelity Building and Loan Association into & Federal savings and loan association was proposed to the Treasury De- partment today by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. The proposal, in the form of a comprehensive report, was presented in the office of the controller of the currency this morning, but no details of its contents were divulged. The action today follows an ex- amination of the FPidelity by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board ex- perts which was officially announced first by Controller of the Currency J. F. T. O’Connor January 7. Controller O'Connor was out of the | city, so the report was taken in charge by his aides. No comment was forthcoming from the controller's office concerning the it had been received and taken into consideration. Controller Indicates Course. An indication of what shareholders might expect in a reorganization was forecast, however, by the controller himself in his statement of January. “Such a reorganization,” O’Connor explained at that time, “would con- template the creation of an insured Federal savings and loan association through which, if consummated, there would be made available to the share- holders of Fidelity their respective proportionate share of the sound value of the assets of the association.” A considerable period of time is ex- pected by those familiar with the situ- ation to be used by the controller's office in going over the official report. While it is known that the Bank receiver, who is under direction of the controller, the entire plan as evolved by the board for reorganization has & new problem for the controller’s office. Never before in its history has the office of the controller been called upon to reorganize a building and loan association. It has handled numerous closed banks. Could Have Money or Stock. If the Fidelity should be reorganized as a Federal savings and loan asso- ciation, a new institution would he set up which would offer the members the opportunity of taking out their money or reinvesting it in the insured institution. Each depositor would re- ceive his proportionate amount, what- ever that proportion was. In this connection an interesting development in the local courts has set up the principle that offsets can- not be allowed 100 per cent, but must take whatever cut is made for all members alike. In other words, under a court decision, those who are in the double position of both owing the association and having the association owe them, will get only their propor- tionate share and cannot have the debt offset against the credit 100 per cent. The sound assets of the Fidelity, as predicted by the controller himself in his earlier statement, would be used as a basis for the new organization. The examination by the bank board, the controller explained, consisted primarily of a “classification of the assets of Fidelity in order to deter- mine which of such assets would be acceptable to the bank board as assets of a new insured Federal savings and loan association, and whether a suffi- cient amount of acceptable assets are available to justify the reorganization of the Fidelity.” ‘The proposal now rests with the (See FIDELITY, Page A-9) Sunshine Contrasts January Inaugural, Puzzling Norris there was rainfall of 1.77 inches mixed with sleet and snow. The temperature hovered between 33 and 41, and the Army, Navy and Coast Guard in the inaugural parade :"oshed for two hours along wet, comfortigss sireets. President Roosevelt was drenched and thousands of spectators looked on bleakly. Hundreds more huddled in Union Station, not caring to go out to see the perade. Raincoats were the l:ndl.rd garb, but now its the Spring suit. The day of the first Franklin Roose- velt inaugural was raw and windy, \nd the parade moved up Pennsylvania avenue under cloudy skies. Today's balmy weather is due to end soon, how- even. Rain and colder is the predic- tion for tomorrow. - ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION $3.973.329 SPENT ONLAST CAMPAIGN SHATTERS RECORD Senate Committee Recom- mends Drastic Tightening of Election Laws. TREMENDOUS MONEY VOLUME NOT COUNTED Republican Expenditures Hit $14,198,202—Roosevelt's Sup- porters Paid $9,228,406. By the Associated Press. The Senate Campaign Expenditures Committe disclosed today that politi- cal parties, their major candidates and a host of independent organizations spent $23,973,329 in the 1936 presi- dential campaign. It was by far the most costly in American history. The committee’s final report, recom- mending drastic tightening of election laws, said the total cost of the elec- tion might approach $48,000,000 if the “tremendous volume” of money spent by individuals and local organi- zations could be counted. The Republican National Committee and allied organizations spent $14,- 198,202, while similar groups support- ing President Roosevelt paid out $9,- 228,406. ‘The total campaign expenditure averaged 52 cents for every ballot cast. The investigators urged new legis- lation to halt coercion of voters, clarify reporting of expenditures and forbid political contributions by labor unions. The report, which committee mem- bers termed “the most thorough study ever made of political spending,” said labor organizations contributed the “unprecedented” total of $770,324 to the Democratic cause. Noting that corporations already are forbidden to give money to campaign funds, the committee recommended the corrupt practices act be amended “to prohibit contributions of like kind and character from all organizations ¢ * * whose aims or purposes are the furtherance of group, class or special interest.” The committee termed the corrupt practices act “a sound law,” the im- partial enforcement of which would “insure honest elections,” but added: “In view of cases * * * in the last campaign, it might be well to add an act with respect to influencing voters through fear, intimidation or eo- ercion.” Other recommendations by the com- mittee included: A uniform method of accounting for all national political organizations and national campaigns. Decodification of varying laws on use of the mails, including franking privileges. More than one-third of all contri- butions were collected from 3,240 per- sons who gave $500 or more each, the committee said. Corporation Affiliations. Questionnaires answered by 2,000 of these big contributors showed that 63 per cent “were in some way affiliated with corporations,” while 4 per cent (See CAMPAIGN, Page A-4.) MRS. ROOSEVELT SIGNS Will Begin 13-Week Radio Talks on Commercial Program. White House sources said today Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will begin in mid-April a 13-week series of talks on a commercial radio program. Her compensation, these sources said, will be paid directly to the Ameri- can Friends’ Service Committee, a charitable organization with head- quarters at Philadelphia. The re- muneration was not announced. Summary of Page. Amusements B-14 Comics ... C-7 Editorial A-10 Financial -_A-19 Lost & Found A-3 Obituary ..-A-12 FOREIGN. Blockade against arms and men to Spain delayed. Page A-3 Fascist council acts to boost birth rate in Italy. Page A-17 British labor seizes rearming program to press demands. Pagc A-17 NATIONAL. President plans to leave for South next Thursday. Page A-1 1936 political campaigns cost $23,973,- 329, report shows. Page A-1 Judiciary implications expected in Roosevelt talk tonight. + Page A-1 C. L O. fights on, ignoring A. F. of L. threat. Page A-2 Sloan outlines General Motors labor policy. Page A-2 McReynolas sees House disagreement with neutrality bill. Page A-2 Two lives were lost and 11 persons hurt in New York fire. Page A-2 Leo J. Flynn, former I. C. C. examiner, dies in West. Page A-12 Coroner’s inquest into Mrs. Trader’s death postponed. Page A-15 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Justice says “big fellows” in numbers racket are “screened.” .Page A-1 Huge U. S. park planned in nearby area. ‘Maryland Page A-1 Committees cut $780,050 from Mary- land budget. Page A-3 Oantrel would place Montgomery em- ployes on merit system. Page A-4 Negotiations under way in Arlington school land mix-up. Page A-§ him ‘n police inquiry. Page A-6 Clarendon man sentenced to peniten- tiary in fatal traffic case. Page A-14 Alexandria police say death of boy will §0 unsolved. Page A-18 Ballou indicates settlement of marriage Short Story_. C-5 Society -. B-3 Sports . Woman’s Pg.. C-4 THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1937—FIFTY PAGES. GTENS APPEA FOR RELE FUND Tell House Committee Budget Sum Is Not Suffi- cient for Needy. BY JAMES E. CHINN. Urgent pleas for an increase of $1,000,000 over the $1,465,000 budget recommendation for emergency re- lief mn the coming fiscal year were made to the House District Subcom- mittee on Apprporiations today by a delegation representing various organ- izations affiliated with the Council of Social Agencies. Although Chairman Collins repeat- edly has expressed belief $1,465,000 would be sufficient if the cost of ad- ministration of relief funds is reduced, the delegation insisted at least $1,000,- 000 sdditional would be needed to aid employables on relief and prevent a repetition of existing conditions. 2,500 Families Would Suffer. Mrs. W. 8. Roberts, executive secre- tary of the council, who headed the delegation, pointed out that latest estimates disclose there will be ape proximately 2,500 families who will be deprived of assistance in the coming fiscal year unless the additional $1,- 000,000 is appropriated. Her argument was supported by Rev. Lawrence J. Shehan, representing the | Catholic Charities, who declared the | Catholic charities in Washington “are being pushed harder* now for aid than they were at the depth of the depres- sion. He said the parishes last month were forced to turn down 146 deserv- * 1 ing cases. The delegation also included Walter H. Ufford of the Monday Evening Club, and Mrs. William Kittle, vice | president of the council. Plea for Public Improvements. Aside from the pleas for adequate relief appropriations, the subcommit- tee listened to requests from a score of civic leaders for public improve- ments ignored in the budget estimates. Mrs. William H. Seaquist, president of the West School Parent-teacher As- sociation, and Ernest H. Pullman urged funds for construction of an audi- torium at the West School. Pullman also indorsed an item of $350,000 in the budget for beginning construction of a new senior high school at Fifth and Sheridan streets. ‘The procession of civic leaders start- ed yesterday afternoon with represen- (See RELIEF, Page A-3) Today’s Star School Board seeks overpass riear Deanwood School. Page B-1 Safety drive gets setback as veteran is killed. Page B-1 President to decide Police Court judge- ship soon. Page B-1 Representative Mapes attacks reor- ganization bill Page B-1 FINANCIAL. Bond trends indefinite (table). Page A-19 Bank clearings jump. Page A-19 Ohio Bell profits up. Page A-19 Seiling checks stock rise (table). Page A-20 | Page A-21 Page A-21 Curb list mixed (table). Other earnings favorable. EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-10 This and That. Page A-10 Answers to Questions. Page A-10 Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 Paul Mallon. Page A-11 Mark Sullivan. Page A-11 Jay Franklin, Page A-11 Delia Pynchon. Page A-11 SPORTS. Millies may land regular catching job with Nationals. Page C-1 Eastern High after ninth basket title in Star tourney. Page C-2 Capital high schools contest in meet in Baltimore Saturday. Page C-2 Youngsters to play big roles in golf competition here. Page C-3 MISCELLANY. ‘Washington Wi . City News in Brief. Young W: After Dark. Nature’s Children. Sérvice Orders. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Bedtime Story. Vital Statistics. Cross-word Pussle. Page A-2 ¢ Toening Star seakekok Pardon and $10 Davey Gift to Ohio Fugitive Governor Talks With Escaped Convict Two Hours. B) the Assoclateg Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 4—A | full pardon and $10 from Gov. Martin L. Davey sent Terrance J. Cannon back to Pittsburgh today, free of the shadow of prison walls for the first time in 19 years. ‘The Governor talked with the big, | 38-year-old steel mill foreman for two hours last night, then granted the pardon and gave him $10 to pay his railroad fare home. “Good luck to you, sir,” the Gov- ernor said as he shook the steel- worker's hand and gave him the money. “I don't know how to thank you, Governor,” Cannon replied, almost tearfully. “I don’t think you'll ever regret this.” Pittsburgh became his home during his wanderings as a fugitive from the London, Ohio, prison farm from which he escaped 16 years ago. He married a year ago and police intervention in a family quarrel led to his identifica- tion last week. PRESIDENT GOES SOUTH MARCH 11 Abandons Plan for Several Stops on Way to Warm Springs, Ga. DY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt has selected Thursday as the day of his departure from Washington for Warm Springs, Ga., where he has planned to take a brief vacation. He plans to be back at his desk about March 25. The President has abandoned his original pian to make several stops en route to Warm Springs, which would afford him an opportunity to visit the Governors of South Carolina and Georgia, as well as some of the his- torical spots in Georgia. He has de- cided to put off these visits until some other time. Mr. Roosevelt will take along with him Marvin H. McIntyre of his secre- tarial staff, and several stenographers and clerks of the executive office, but it is his purpose to devote less than half of his time to work. He expects to have few business callers, but will be in direct telephone communication with the White House and Capitol Hill. No date has been set by Mr. Roose- velt for the fishing trip he is.planning to take late in April in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It is thought he will embark on this expedition about the last week in April and re- turn to Washington some time during the first week in May. Meantime, the President is being swamped with letters and telegramp from city offi- cials, civic leaders and others to visit various places along :the Gulf. During the fishing ‘cruise, the Pres- ident will set up a temporary execu- tive office, probably in New Orleans, where Secretary. McIntyre and his as- sistants will be in constant touch with the President, and with affairs back in Washington. The President made few engage- ments today, so as to have as much (See PRESIDENT, Page A-4.) The only evening paper in Washington with_the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. (P) Means Associated Press. BUT,UNCLE, I DIONT TINK THEY 1COULD DO A THING LIKE THAT WITHOUT PRESIDENTS TALK MAY TOUCH COURT Conference Held With Con- gress Leaders on “Victory Dinners” Tonight. BY the Associated Press. Administration officials emphasized today that President Roosevelt’s speeeh this evening to Democratic “victory dinners” would be of major importance and would refer indirectly to his court reorganization program. It will lay the groundwork, these officials said, for a more detailed state- ment of his judiciary and other ob- jectives in the “fireside chat” from the White House next Tuesday. Mr. Roosevelt was understood to have given a rough outline of his din- ner speech at a conference late yester- Speaker Bankhead, Senator Robinson, | Democrat, of Arkansas, and Repre- sentative Rayburn, Democrat, of Texas, Democratic congressional leaders. Democrats conversant with the President’s intentions said he would talk in terms of problems more than remedies, much as he did in his in- augural address, delivered under chill, clouded skies to a solemn crowd at the Capitol four years ago today. He was represented by them as still believing, as he said then, that “our greatest primary task is to put people to work.” Estimates of that day showed about 15,000,000 were unemployed. The American Federation of Labor recent- ly numbered the idle at about 10.- 000,000. To Raise Party Fund. ‘The speech this evening will be casion will be one of frank Democratic celebration, designed to raise money to pay off the $430,000 party deficit. More than 1,300 persons have paid $100 each for tickets to the dinner Mr. Roosevelt will attend at the May- flower Hotel. All but $5 will go to the party. Some 1,400 more will sit down to a $10-a-plate dinner of “Young Democrats” several blocks away, the Willard Hotel, where Mrs. Roose- velt will be the guest of honor. ‘W. Forbes Morgan, party treasurer, said 1,162 dinners were scheduled in 43 States. Vice President Garner will be the honor guest at the $50-a-plate dinner in New York. There was speculation whether he would reiterate in effect his view that labor and agricultural problems can be met within the Constitution as it stands. “Our Constitution is so simple and practical,” he said at the first in- auguration, “that it is possible to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form.” Some supporters of the President oa the judiciary issue have argued that the real dispute is over the Roosevelt (See JUDICIARY, Page A-4) _— BATHING BEAUTY KILLED Miss Los Angeles of 1926 Dies in Movie Stunt Crash. BY the Associated Press. PASADENA, Qalif., March 4—Mar- cella Arnold, “Miss Los Angeles” of 1926, was killed instantly in a movie automobile accident here last night. Gordon Carveth, ace stunt driver, and Loretta Rush, third occupant of the car, were injured slightly. Two hundred spectators, attracted to Oak Grove Eark by the sight of movie lights, saw the car lurch from the road and turn completely over, snapping Miss Arnold’s neck U. S. May Buy Huge Acreage For Park in Nearby Maryland Special Dispatch to The Star ANNAPOLIS, March 4—The Fed- eral Government is seriously consider- ing the purchase of huge acreage of 1and in Anne Arundel, Prince Georges and Montgomery Counties for the pur- pose of establishing a national forest and park, it was disclosed here today from an unimpeachable source. ‘The park would be part of the United States Government’s plan to beautify the area adjacent to the Na- tional Capital, according to plans hich will be recommended today at a meeting of engineering officials to be held in the Municipal Building in Baltimore. 4 It is proposed that the park would mmmu‘-atmmm'u - near Annapolis and extend through three counties in the direction of Washington. Alongside the park and through it would be a dual scenic high- way running from Annapolis to Wash- ington. Earl Draper, who was one of the leading engineers in the Tennessee Valley Authority program, has spent meonths here making a survey with Clarence P. Taylor, New England road expert. They state that most of the land to be purchased would be sub- marginal land on which persons can barely eke out an existence. The sur- vey allegedly shows that the taxes the counties would lose because of farms being taken over by the Government (See PARK, Page A-¢.) day with Vice President Garner, | broadcast at 10:30 o'clock. ‘The oc- | at | Yesterday’s Circulation, 143,579 (SBome returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. ARMS FIRM HEAD AGCUSES PROBER OF RECORD THEFT Nye Committee Investigator Used Data in Books, Inquiry Told. OFFICIALS DESCRIBE STRIPPING OWN FILES Committee Agents’ Action Led to Removal of Papers, They Assert. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Charges that an investigator of the Senate Munitions Committee stole records of Federal Laboratories, Inc., for use in books, magazines and pro- Communist speeches were made be- fore the La Follette Committee today by John W. Young, president of the concern. Young's accusation, in which he named Prof. Nathan Mille? of the University of Pittsburgh as the Nye Committee agent, was made as partial explanation of the firm's failure to al- low the La Follette Civil Liberties Comnmittee investigator to examine all records under subpoena in the present inquiry. Young said the “stolen” data ap- peared in publications and in Miller's speeches before its presentation be- fore the Nye Committee and consti- tuted “malicious misuse” of evidence requested by the Senate. Tell of Stripping Files. Young and several other officials called to the stand with him told of considerable stripping of the com- pany’s files in January, 1936. while the Nye Committee was attempting to serve a second subpoena. Federa! Laboratories, one of the larg- est manufacturers of ‘“protective” gus | equipment and machine guns, includ- ing the Thompson submachine gun, did a gross business ranging from $400,000 to $1,315,000 yearly during | the past five years. Enthusiastic support of all strikes and labor disorders inspired the con- | cern’s sales force, letters brought before | the committee showed. The salesmen | even reached the point of suggesting | that President Roosevelt be restrained | from cramping their business. | Salesman D. J. Wright wrote hig chief as follows: { “I think some one should get out | a restraining order on the President of the United States to prevent him from stopipng all of these strikes. It seems to me that his actions are abso- lutely in restraint of trade—that is, as | far as we are concerned.” J. M. Roush, another salesman, lo- | cated in California, sent the following | message to his boss in Pittsburgh in 1934: | “Good news, I hope. The milk strike is supposed to break today. The strik« ers presented their demands this morning, and we are standing by to await results. I was in touch wita Capt. Hastings of the sheriff’'s Com- munist squad this morning, and he 1s up in the air as to what will take place. I forgot to mention in my letter of January 4 that the sheriff’s office sent out a broadcast to keep all sheriffs off the range the day we trained the | Department of Justice men, but Capt. Hastings came anyway, because he has been trying to get tear-gas equip- ment for his division for about two years, and he wanted the training. Additional Gas Orders. “We have a pretty good size order | pending from the district attorney's | office for additional gas and two D M masks. If we are going into the strike | areas and lend a hand to the Depart- ment of Justice, we feel that two D M &@s masks for ourselves are a neces- sity. We would also like to stock about six No. 204 long-range DM-CN gas projectiles, in case o. emergency. “I will let you know as soon as pos- sible the outcome of the milk strike. Here's hoping it is a good one.” Young told the eommittee the gas is (See LA FOLLETTE, Page A-3.) GERMANY PROTESTS LA GUARDIA SPEECH Suggestion That Hitler Be Chief Exhibit of “Chamber of Hor- rors” Called Insult. | By the Assoctated Press. The German Embassy protested to the State Department today against a speech made in New York yester- day by Mayor F. H. La Guardia in which he was quotad as referring to Adolph Hitler. Dr. Hans Thompson, counselor of the Embassy, filed the protest with James Clement Dunn, chief of the State Department’s Western European Division, on direct instructions from Berlin. German sources here said the Mayor's speech was regarded as an insult to the German nation. La Guardia was quoted as having suggested at a luncheon of the Wom- en’s Division of the American Jewish Congress that the 1939 New York ‘World Fair have a “chamber of hor- rors” in which Hitler would be the chief exhibit. Dunn promised the Embassy attache that the whole matter would be brought immediately to the attention of Secretary Hull. PARENTS STORM SCHOOL Beat Teachers Who Refused to Prepare Pupils’ Meals. GALWAY, Irish Free State, March 4 (7). —Fifty parents stormed a school house on the island of Achill today as the upshot of a pupils’ strike, beat- ing the teachers and two constables who tried to stop them. Police reinforcements finally scat- tered the parents. The children have been striking off and on for 10 weeks because the teachers refused to pre- pare their ,mdly meals.