Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Light rain this afternoon; fair and colder tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 30 degrees. Temperatures—ighest, 56, at 6:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 38, at 2:30 a.m. today. Full report on page B-6. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. ATURDAY'S SUNDAY'S freataiion, © 136,282 2LERNGA. (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. PROSECUTOR BANS BROADCASTS FRON RACE NEWS FIRM |Garnett Presses War on 150,328 @h WASHINGTON, ¢ Foening Star Closing New York Markets, Page 16 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. » M D. C., MONDAY, ook ke s Associated Press. U AW SREIEGTED[17 Americans Hurt ar Sea 1L ABOR UNT HEARS DY CHRVSLER A5, o s e, LA FOLLETTE REE STRIKE SPREADS CHANCES IN COURT MARCH 8, 1937T—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. 85th YEAR. No. 33914 WONDER IF THAT'S INTENDED By the Associated Press. GENOA, Italy, March 8 —Two Amer- | Wave, Suffers Thigh Fracture. TU HUBSUN PI_ANI Non-Partisan League Plans Two Dead. Paul Debrey, Alden Dreyfors, Fer- nando Poncelet, Joseph Goodman, Auto Manufacturer Refuses to Recognize Union as Sole Bargaining Agency for 67,000 Employes. NEW SIT-DOWN PROTEST AFFECTS OVER 5,000 Demand Wages Equal to Those of Other Workers—Chevrolet Co. Closes Four of Its Units as Grievances Continue. By the Associated Press The Chrysler Corp., one of the automobile industry’s “big three,” re- jected a demand that the United Autotomobile Workers of America be recognized as sole bargaining agency for its 67.000 employes today. The refusal was announced shortly | after a new mass sit-down strike | affecting from 5,000 to 9.000 employes | closed several departments of the Hudson Motor Car Co., an independ- ent producer, at Detroit. Men to Leave Plant. A. N. Doll, president of the U. A. W. A. local at the Hudson factory, said mere of the sit-downers would leave at 3 pm, but that selected members would occupy the plant until a settle- ment of demands on wages and work- ing conditions is reached. Doll headed a union group which has negotiated for several days with A. E. Barit, com- pany’ president. Lester L. Colbert, resident attorney of the Chrysler Corporation and one of 1ts conferees in negotiations with the union, announced the refusal of sole bargaining demands. Both he and Richard T. Franken- steen, U. A. W. A. organizational di- rector, said their conferences would eontinue this afternoon, however. A Hudson company spokesman said that departments in which strikes were not called would continue to operate. The first indication that the strike had been called came when men in the affected departments refused to leave at the lunch hour. Conferences for discussing working conditions have been in progress for several days between the Hudson pres- ident and representatives of the United Automobile Workers of Amer- ica Local Union. The union’s demands, Doll said, are: Recognition of local 154, U. A. ‘W. A, as sole bargaining agency; straight seniority, minimum wages of | 85 cents an hour for men and 75 cents for women, and a blanket in- crease “to make Hudson wages equal to those in other automobile plants.” Chevrolet Units Shut Down. A strike in the motor assembly di- vision of the Chevrolet Motor Co. at Flint, Mich., closed four plants this morning, affecting 6.400 men. Eight thousand men continued at work. The company said the strike was confined to Plant No. 4. where motors are assembled, but that Plants Nos. 5, 8 and 9 were closed because their | operations are dependent upon pro- duction in No. 4. A conference between representa- tives of the United Automobile Work- ers of America and Arnold Lenz, Flint area manager for Chevrolet, was ar- ranged tw discuss grievances which caused a brief strike Saturday night. Between 400 and 600 men still were in Plant No. 4 at 10 am. They did | not barricade the plant, the usual | procedure in a sit-down strike. after the company announced no attempt would be made to eject them or to | resume production pending the out- | come of negotiations. | Harry Coen, assistant manufacturing manager, said the strike was a continu- | ation of a dispute which started Sat-| urday over the company's refusal to| discharge or transfer a workman in | plant No. 4 who was regarded by union ican passengers were injured seriously when the Italian liner Rex was thrown “off balance” last Thursday in moun- tainous seas near St. Vincent, Azores Islands, the Italian line announced officially today. At least 15 other Americans suffered closed. Two persons were killed. Those seriously hurt are Joseph James Crowley of Washington, D. C., who was taken to Ruech Hospital in Naples with a broken thigh, and Alfred Sirio from Brooklyn, taken to the same hospital suffering kidney hemorrhages. Doctors said he was out of danger. Line ~officials said Sirio was “found |in a condition with his injuries not | yet diagnosed clearly.” | Informed sources | these additional Americans whose ad- | dresses were not given also were in- jured: © less severe injuries, Genoa sources dis- | in Genoa said | Nicolo Raffolovitch, Margaret Brant- ing, Helen Woodrath and Rose Loch. Besides these, three Americans in tourist cabins and four in third class were also hurt. Their names were not disclosed. ‘The official report of the Italian Line on the ship accident said: “During 12 hours of navigation in most tempestuous seas near St. Vin- cent in the Azores Islands, a gigantic wave threw the ship off balance., “Twenty tourists were injured. and a member of the crew was killed.” Other sources agreed that two per- sons—a seaman and an Italian pas- senger—were killed and that as many as 70 persons were hurt during the steamer’s voyage. American passengers told in graphic | detail how a monstrous wave sent the | ship reeling. They described the wild | 77 "(See SHIP, Page A-4.) FITTS COMMANDS HUNT FOR GUNMAN |Wounded Prosecutor Holds Parley With Aides in Hospital. B the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 8.—District Attorney Buron Fitts, from his hos- pital bed, today took command of the | search for an assailant who wounded him in the arm from ambush last night. He held a conference at dawn with assistants and with Clyde I. Plummer, his chief investigator. Physicians said it might be several | days before the full effect of the wound |is known. The bullet caromed off | Fitts' left elbow and went through his | forearm muscles as the 42-year-old | Texas-born prosecutor drove from his | home. | | “Mr. Fitts has recalled an incident in connection with the shooting that !may be important in our search for | “to improve our present unfavorable P% his assailants,” said Assistant Chief Deputy Edwin Myers after the bedside | conference. | Police Chief Cites Warning. be careful. “I received a telephone call from a man yesterday who said ‘It would be | much better for you to lay off the Douglas plant strikers,’ and then hung | | up.” Dice said. | “T telephoned Fitts yesterday after- noon and told him of the threats. I also suggested that he be careful, | for many of the strikers blamed him | personally for their indictments and | arrests.” Fitts directed the issuance of in- | dictments under which nearly 350 sit- down strikers in the Douglas aircraft factory were arrested two weeks ago. | ‘We intend to question every person trict Attorney Fitts—we will do every- | thing within our power to find his assailants,” said Plummer. Absolves “Professionals.” “If professional gunmen, resentful against the district attorney because ot his campaign against vice, gam- bling and graft, had been in the black sedan (that crowded close to Fitts’ car at the time of the shooting), they would have fired a fusillade of shots or might have used a machine gun. They would have remained until they finished the job.” Jack Cushman, Fitts’ personal body- guard, who attended a dinner party which the district attorney left to visit his father’s home 200 yards away, told of strange happenings at the ranch preceding the shooting. Cushman sdid Fitts’ pet scottie, Rumpus, growled and barked fre- quently during the meal and leaped at the open window. “I don’t like the feel of things | (See LABOR, Page A-3.) GOLD PURCHASES MADE BY FRANCE Buying Begins at Rate of 21.80 Francs to U. S. Dollar. BY the Assoclated Press. PARIS, March 8—The Bank of Prance began buying gold today at the rate of 21.80 francs to the United States dollar or approximately 4.58 ecents per franc. The official quotation at the opening of transactions under the domestic gold market was 24,509.527 francs for one kilogram of gold. No selling price ‘was quoted. ‘The price paid today was based on the world price of gold and future prices will be dependent on fluctua- tions in the world price. The buying quotations was equivalent to approxi- mately 106.35 francs to the pound sterling. (Before the national financial policy was revised last week, the franc quo- tations were approximately 105.13 francs to the pound and 21.50 to the dollar.) Early foreign exchange quotations in Paris today set the france at 107.75 to the pound and between 2192 and 22 francs to the dollar. The bank began buying operations in accordance with the open market policy announced Friday by Premier Leon Blum at the same time the country was informed a huge national defense loan would be floated in the near future. . The defense offering was postponed until Wednesday to allow Parliament to pass necessary guarantees for the loan. The bank’s operations today were under existing financial statutes. Of- ferings to the bank included ingo nd gold coins. 3 (See FITTS, Page A-4) FORCE MAY RETURN STUDENTS TO SCHOOL School Board Member Says Com- pulsion May Be Used to End High School Strike. By the Associated Press BRIDGEPORT, Ohio, March 8.— Several hundred high school students | refused to attend classes today for the | second time within a week, and E. H Rutledge. school board member, said they would be returned by the use of force if necessary. School officials did not announce the exact number, but said several hundred were absent. Last week 500 students conducted a one-day strike, seeking assurance that Supt. Howard Ely and Principal Harry Waldorf will be re- tained next year. Student representatives will meet CHINESE EGUALITY clares Present Conditions Are Unfavorable. BY the Associated Press. TOKIO. March 8. —Foreign Minis- ter Naotake Sato launched Japan on a new policy of “equality” for China | today to the cheers of a Parliament | except Arkansas and Arizona. stirred by his announcement His conduct in office. the newly named minister declared in his maiden speech before the Diet, would be based on a readjustment of the long-strained relations with China through consider- ing the continental neighbor on an equal footing. Japan, he said. might as well recog- nize China’s demands for equality with Japan. Relations Unfavorable. “We must do something definite,” he told the House of Representatives, relations with China which are highly disadvantageous to both countries.” Sato, who resigned as Ambassador | 10 France to accept the foreign affairs Supreme Court had “nullified thy In Santa Monica, Chief of Police Post in the compromise cabinet_of , Of Charles Dice sald he-warned Fitts to | Senjuro Hayashi, fndicated the new policy was dictated by economic ne- cessity. Aside from the fact that Japans former policy of infiltration in China has not worked out, Sato said Japan's attitude has caused unsatisfactory re- lations with other world powers. “Recently,” he declared. for example, “Japan has clashed with British eco- nomic and trade interests in China. “It is unwise for, Japan to cause | anxiety to other powers with interests | in China and it will be best for Japan to follow a peaceful course of co- operating with other nations.” Soviet Policy Touched. ‘The foreign minister touched but Soviet Union. The present lack of cordiality be- tween Japan and Russia, Sato de- the Komintern—the Communist In- ternational with headquarters in Moscow—could be eliminated. After hearing the foreign minister’s declaration of policy the House of Representatives formally passed Jap- | an’s revised budget, allotting the army of Congress. | and navy miore than half of the $788,- | 300,000 total, and sent it to the House | of Peers without modification. EARTHQUAKE FELT IN SAN FRANCISCO Residents of Bay Region Shaken From Sleep—Many Flee Affected Area. By the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO, March 8.—Resi- dents of the San Francisco Bay region were shaken from sleep by an earth- quake at 2:32 am. today. which knocked articles from shelves in Eastbay cities. Police at Albany and the sheriff’s office in Martinez said the movement there was the sharpest they had felt since the 1906 San Francisco disaster. The quake started an Albany bur- glar alarm ringing. Thousands were awakened by the shock, which the Coast Guard station at Fort Funston described at “sharp.” Telephones in newspaper offices rang almost continuously for an hour after the quake. The shock was less severe in San Francisco, where the telephone com- pany reported hundreds of calls by alarmed residents. Telephone ex- changes were so badly swamped it sometimes took 15 minutes. to get through a call. ‘Toll collectors on the San Francisco- Oakland Bridge reported a marked pick-up in traffic shortly after the with board members tonight. shock. BY the Associated Press. | ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 8.— This ancient city—founded only 73 years after Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, is in the midst of a restoration program by which it plans to become a “laboratory of history.” A national committee, including officials of the Carnegie Institution, the National Park Service and Smith- sonian Institution, is working on the | project. | No particular phase of the city's| long past has been selected for de- velopment, but buildings of the early Spanish, the British and territorial Restoration of Old Buildings Is Planned for St. Augustine A number of buildings dating back through the centuries escaped a fire which swept St. Augustine years ago, and these may be restored if required. Excavations on the sites of ancient edifices are going on, and some de- stroyed buildings will be replaced. “Obnoxious” signs are to be removed and a system of small, parklike areas developed. The huge old Spanish stronghold, Fort Marion, is a Govern- ment-projected national monument in excellent condition. Dr. John C. Merriam, president of the Carnegie Institution, is temporary chairman of the committee. The sur- vey is under direction of Verne periods will be restored. E. Chatelain. PLEA WINS TOKIO Foreign Minister Sato De- | Drive to Win Support of Congressmen. |DELEGATES ARRANGE TO VISIT AT CAPITOL | 16 Representatives of Farm Or- ganizations'to Talk With President. BULLETIN. A committee speaking for the convention of Labor’s Non-Partisan League told President Roosevelt at the White House today that the working people were “with him to a man in his fight to reform the Federal judiciary.” £y the Associated Press. Senator La Follette, Progressive, of Wisconsin, today urged Labor's NoN- Partisan League to campaign aggres- sively in behalf of President Roose- velt's court reorganization proposal. “In this coming legislative struggle,” La Follette told cheering delegates to | the league’s convention at the Willard | Hotel, “the strength of popular demo- cratic government in America will once | more be pitted against the organized force of reaction.” La Follette spoke after George L. | Berry, league president, had told the | delegates the President’s proposal must |be enacted by Congress to “save| America.” About 600 labor leaders assembled | for the convention from every Staie The | | league was formed last year to cam- | paign for the President’s re-election. | Will Visit Capitol Hill. | The delegates planned to visit Cap- itol Hill this afternoon to urge Senators and Representatives to support the President Berry and a committee from the league arranged to visit Mr. Roosevelt at the White House shortly after noon. Just before their visit, 10 minutes were set aside for 16 representatives of | | farm organizations to discuss the court an with the Chief Executive. Another speaker at the league’s con- vention—Assistant. Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady—asserted that the e will the people.” | 1f the country is to advance, he said. | “something must be done about this | small group of men on the court who | seized greater power than the President | and Congress.” “ McGrady, just before the delezates | left to visit their Congressmen. advised | them to write down “yes” or “&a" be- | hind each legislator’s name to show | the position he stated to them on the | issue. l Will Decide Next Steps. H “When you bring that report back,” | he said, “your Executive Committee will decide what steps to take next.” | In his address La Fallette asserted | ! that the same groups which fought | Mr. Roosevelt for re-election were who might have a grudge against Dis- | lightly on his policy toward the against him now. although “repudiated by an overwhelming majority last November.” “They seek to frustrate the popular | }clnred, would be greatly improved if = will by raising false issues designed to | rally support behind the majority of | the Supreme Court dominated by the | outworn economic beliefs of a past | generation. This majority by a | tortured construction of the constitu- | tion has impaired the legislative power i | LONDON, March 8 (#) —Great | Britain is talking trade with repre- | Berry said he doubted that the sentatives of the Spanish insurgent " (See JUDICIARY, Page A-2) British Talk Trade. | | generalissimo, Francisco Franco, it| was learned today. | Summary of | | Amusements B-16 | Radio ... B-13 Comics .. --B-13 | Short Story B-8 Editorials -_-A-8 Society B-3 Financial A-16 | Sports A- 13-14 | Lost & Found A-3 = Woman's Pg. B-10 | Obituary .. A-10 | FOREIGN. Insurgents open new drive to encircle Madrid. Page A-1 Two Americans among injured on ship struck by wave. Page A-1 Japanese cheer Sato in plea for Chi- nese equality. Page A-1 | NATIONAL. Supreme Court refuses to review Judge Ritter dismissal. Page A-2 La Follette urges Lapor League to back court plan. Page A-1 C. I O. and A. F. of L. open show- down fight here. Page A-1 Los Angeles prosecutor is wounded by “novice” gunman. Page A-1 Geneva raw material parley com- mences today. Page A-7 German Enfbassy to “snub” La Guardia talk in lecture series. Page A-5 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Witness says Rhodes ferged Fidelity withdrawal slip. Page A-1 Burns agency sold industrial service to two D. C. clients, Page A-1 Garnett bans broadcasts of “bookie” news service. Page A-1 Dr. White, noted psychiatrist, dies after brief illness. Page A-2 Maxwell counse] claims jurymen ex- pressed opinions. Page A-2 House passes 7 of 12 pending District bills. Page A-2 District Court upheld in denial of memorial injunction. Page A-2 Nice to submit supplemental budget this week. Page A-4 Five-State dental clinic opens annual three-day session. Page A-7 | ing labor spies and factory guards Miller's lawyers consider i’-mty plea in girl's death. “Page A-11| STILL THEY COME! Group Accused of Serv- ing “Bookies.” {TEN MEN HELD IN RAID FACE TURNAGE TODAY | Senate Probe Is Seen Possible as King Plans Parley With Commissioners. United States Attorney Garnett's war on the transmission of racing in- formation service here went ahead to- day with the prosecuting official de- | claring he would not allow National Telecast, Inc., to broadcast any pro- grams whatever—lawful or unlawful Garnett's assertion followed reported statements by proprietors of the serv- ice uncovered in Saturday night's raid TWOD.C.CLIENTS OF BURNS BARED Call Carl, Inc., and Automo- | tive Council Hired Guards During Strike. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Industrial service was rendered two | Washington clients by the William J. Burns International Detective Agency in 1936, it was disclosed today before the La Follette Civil Liberties Com- mittee. ! The clients, according to & list com- | piled from Burns’' records. were “Call Carl. Inc.” and the Washington Au- tomotive Trades Council. Carl was supplied with an undisclosed number | of guards from June 12 to June 14, | 1936, while the council was furnished | undercover service from May 26 to | August 7, 1936. During this period a strike was in | progress by automobile mechanics, af- | filiated with the International Associ- ation of Machinists, asking for recog- | nition of the union and an increased wage scale. Other Industrial Work. Through their Washington office, the agency also handled the following industrial work: | Tubize Chatillon Corp., Rome. Ga, undercover: Tubize Chatillion Corp., Hopewell, Va. undercover; Kent- Coffey Manufacturing Co., Lenoir. N. C., undercover; Tuzibe Chatillion Corp., Hopewell, guards; Kent-Coffey Manufacturing Co., Lenoir, under- cover. The committee’s examination of Burns’' Industrial Operations was car- | ried on today through questioning of | Raymond J. and W. Sherman Burns, president and secretary-treasurer of the agency. Both admitted furnishing of strike guards and informants, bus | insisted they did not supply strike- breakers. Methods of solicitation and opera- | tion. it was shown, are similar to | those brought out in scrutiny of | practices of the Pinkerton and other | agencies. Firm Profits on Trouble. Sherman Burns, told the committee his firm thrives on labor trouble “just | like a doctor profits from sickness,™ Asserting “we get business wher- ever we can,” he testified that furnish- as “(See LA FOLLETTE, Page A- Today’s Star House subcommittee begins study of Jacobs plan. Page B-1 House group begins study of Jacobs fiscal formula. Page B-1 Negligent homicide act hit as “un- constitutional.” Page B-1 Suspect to be arraigned In Montgom- ery assault cases. Page B-1 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 Headline Folk. Page SPORTS. Harris touts Lewis as stick ace of Na- tionals. Page A-12 Giants’ chances hinge on whether ‘Terry plays. Page A-12 Suburban school title at stake in Star tourney. Page A-13 College coaches name own best basket players. Page A-13 Foes of St. John’s, Western named for S. A. tourney. Page A-13 Steele bout Williams' target in bout tonight. Page A-14 Forest Hills picked for U. 8. zone tennis finals. Page A-14 FINANGIAL. Rail bonds improve (table). Lead price boosted. & PEEEEEERR oo b Page A-15 Page A-15 Rail stocks rise (table). Curb utilities gain (table). Ohio Standard raises pay. Earnings favorable. MISCELLANY. Dorothy Dix. Caswell City News in Brief. Young Washington. Crossword Puzzle. Nature’s Children. Bedtime Story. Letter-Out. Winning Contract. Vital Statistics. Page A-16 Page A-17 Page A-17 Page A-17 1,500,000 Fans Public Gift of Japanese Bride Kyoto Poor Also to Receive $427,500 From Bridegroom. BY the Associateq Press. KYOTO. Japan. March 8.—Miss Yoshiko Tokudaiji reversed the usual custom of presents for the bride and planried today to distribute 1,500,000 classical Japanese fans as her wedding present to the people of Kyoto. Printed on the fans will be a 17 syllable Japanese poem written by the bride-elect, who will marry Count Kocho Otani, heredijary abbot of 13,000,000 Buddhists. April 19. The young abbot will distribute 1,500,000 yen ($427,500) among the poor. INSURGENTS OPEN NEWMADRID DRIVE Launch Sharp Attack in Ef- . fort to Encircle Be- sieged Capital. B the Associated Press. MADRID, March 8 —Insurgents launched a sharp attack today on Almadrones, in the upper Guadalajara sector northeast of Madrid, apparently in an effort to encircle this besieged city from a new direction. Gen. Jose Miaja, supreme com- mander of the government forces in the Madrid area, said his troops were “resisting magnificently.” (An insurgent attack in force to batter down the city’s five-month stand against the siege had been predicted | imminent | by defense officers as an probability.) Gen. Miaja said he believed the in- surgent thrust at Almadrones was only the first of several that would be | launched by Gen. Francisco Franco's | insurgent forces in an effort to sever another Madrid communication line and draw the siege cordon tighter. Government forces, he said. were prepared to meet the attack throughout the province northeast of Madrid. Charge Starts Furiously. The charge against Almadrones— the fifth of considerable intensity in recent weeks—broke furiously early today. Its object, apparently, was to drive southward through the town to the highway which traverses Guada- lajara Province; city of Guadalajara, about 32 miles northeast of the beleaguered capital. Should such a strategy succeed, the insurgent besiegers would move closer around Madrid on its northeast side than they have been at any time dur- ing the civil war. The Guadalajara road potentially is a most vital outlet for Madrid, vir- tually its last link with the outside world if the insurgents cut the Valen- (See SPAIN, Page A-4) REPORTED MISSING Friends Say Baltimore Child Asked if Wife Must Live With Husband. BY the Associated Press BALTIMORE, March 8.—Police searched today for a 13-year-old child bride, who was quoted by friends as asking before she disappeared if any- thing could “force a wife to live with her husband.” Joseph Falice, 22-year-old quarry worker, reported last night his bride of less than a month, Mrs. Eleanor Falice, 13, had not been seen since Saturday. Falice said his wife left their home Saturday with friends, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Battaglia, and did not return. The Battaglias said they had no idea where Mrs. Falice went after leaving them. Mrs. Battaglia said, however, that the girl had asked her if the law could “force a wife to live with her husband.” Falice was arrested on a perjury charge shortly after the couple were married. He was accused of falsify- ing the bride's age on the marriage license. A grand jury refused to hold him on the ehlr‘ however, and he was released. then strike at the | WITHDRAWAL SLIP - LINKEDTO RHODES {Handwriting Is Identified by Employe in Trial on Forgery Count. | A $1,500 withdrawal slip on which |the Government bases a forgery | charge against Pred B. Rhodes, former | president of the closed Fidelity Build- |ing & Loan Association. was in the handwriting of the accused, accord- ing to testimony at the opening of Rhodes’ trial in Criminal Division 1 | of District Court today. Mrs. Ruth §. Hormer, 5502 Ninth street, who still is employed in Rhodes’ law office and was assistant secretary ‘nnd assistant treasurer of Fidelity | when it suspended last July, made the | identification as the first Government | witness. | _Under questioning by Assistant United States Attorney John J. Wil- son, Mrs. Horner said Rhodes had an | overdraft for $1.799.74 at Fidelity on February 14, 1936, and that she called his attention to it. He promised to care for the matter, she continued. | and later cleared the account with the | withdrawal slip which was made against the account of a depositor— ernment Printing Office, residing at 65 K street—and some other items. Familiar With Handwriting. “You are familiar with Mr. Rhodes’ handwriting?” Wilson asked the wit- ness. | “Yesr | Wilson then showed her the with- | drawal slip and asked her in whose handwriting Irr's name appeared. She said it was Rhodes’. The defendant, leaning back in his chair, did not change expression | Wilson then showed Mrs. Horner | Irr’s pass book and asked if the bal- ance shown there on February 14 was |1 81,500 in excess of the balance that | was actually to the depositor’s account at Fidelity, and she agreed it was. Rhodes’ connection with Fidelity | terminated by resignation about a week after that date, it was brought out. Of eight forgery counts pending against Rhodes five alleged withdraw- als from Irr's account. which it was brought out was running around $12,000. Indicted on 20 Counts. Although Rhodes was indicted on 20 counts alleging larceny and eight charging forgery. for a total of ap- | proximately $45,000, the Government | went to trial on only one forgery count Justice Peyton Gordon is presiding at the trial. Selection of a jury took more than an hout, the defense particularly pro- ceeding carefully and challenging a number of prospective jurors. An odd twist was given the routine | impaneling , of the jury when J. Vander Sys, 230 Tuckerman street, was called. Under questioning by Justice Gordon, Sys said he had lost a “small amount” by the closing of the Fidelity, but this would not influ- ence his judgment if he was chosen to sit in the case. He was challenged by the prosecution, however. Rhodes, a middle-aged attorney, conferred frequently with his counsel, jury panel proceeded. Wilson is being aided in the prose- cution by Howard Royd, also an as- sistant United State attorney. Conviction for forgery is subject to | a maximum prison term of 10 years. STEEL PAY RAISED Youngstown Sheet & Tube Gives 10 Cents an Hour Boost. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March 8 (). —Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. be given an increase of 10 cents an hour, the same as was granted by Carnegie-Illinals Steel Corp. to nem- bers of its employe representative plan, President Frank Purnell announced today. Purnell said the increase was nego- tiated late Saturday with employe rep- resentatives. All salaried employes getting less than $5,000 will receive “adjustments commensurate with the advance granted the wage earners.” Navy Planes Fly North. MIAMI, Fla,, March 8 (P).—Twelve Navy patrol planes which arrived here yesterday from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after Caribbean maneuvers, took off at 8 a.m. taday for their base at Hampton : Va. Desire A. Irr, an engraver at the Gov- | William E. Leahy and William J.| Hughes, jr., as the questioning of the | skilled and semi-skilled workers will| at the Albee Building that they would | be back in business today. He was | emphatic in saying they would not be allowed to operate under any circums= stances, National Telecast, Inc., is the name vbehind which William (Jew Boy) Dietz and his aides allegedly operated Meanwhile, the 10 men arrested in or following Saturday's raid were to be arraigned before United States | Commissioner Needham C. Turnage this afternoon on charges of conspir- ing to violate the gambling laws. Seek Search Warrant. Police also planned to obtain search warrant this afternoon from Commissioner Turnage to enable them to seize the elaborate telephone equip- | ment found at the Albee Building headquarters. The raid Saturday night was exe- cuted with such swiftness as to pre- clude first obtaining authorization t search the premises Co-operating in the investigation the case were the Intelligence Division of the Bureau of Internal Revenur the Treasury Department’s Alcohol:r Tax Unit. Garnett and his aides and Supt. of Police Er V.. Brown. Among the policemen taking active part in the case were Detective Lieut. Floyd Truscott and Detect: Sergt. Earl Hartmann. Senate Inquiry Possible. Possibility that the bringing into tiic open of the racing informatio; might result in a Senate investigat also developed from a statement Chairman King of the Senate Districy Committee. “I will communicate with the Dis- trict Commissioners,” Senator King said, “and, 1f circumstances warrant it, an investigation will be launched if | they deem it advisable.” Chairman Norton of the House Dis- trict Committee vigorously opposed proposals for any congressional in- | vestigation of the zambling situation here. “The people of the District have gotten into the habit of runming to | Congress for everything,” she de- | clared. “We have enough agencies here already and enough laws to con- trol nearly every ation. | _“In the case of gambling, the Police Department is the responsible agency. I think the gambling situation could | be handled if the captains of the police precincts do as they do in my | home in Jersey City and make the officers on the beat directly responsi- ble for uncovering gambling houses.” Behind the screen of supplying legiti- mate establishments with musical and news programs over telephone wires, | the Dietz organization is accused of supplying some 100 gambling estab- lishments with race track information. Because of the close tie-up between the two services. both will be kept out | of operation, Garnett promised. The raid Saturday was made by local police and Federal men interested in suspected income tax evasions. Since October, the Albee Building headquarters has been under sur- veillance and secret agents listening in on tapped wires had accumulated volumes of reported conversations. War Reports Minimized. Reports of a war between Dietz and | Teleflash, a subsidiary of Nation Wide | News Service, formerly General News | Service. were minimized today by | Garnett, who pictured Dietz as hold- ! ing the trade of most of Washington’s | gambling establishments. Teleflash has not been accused of any illicit activities. Assistant United States Attorney Roger Robb, who has immediate charge of the case, said evidence in the case indicated Dietz and his so- called partner, William Cahill, were interested in a large proportion of the | gambling establishments into which | their service flowed. New details of the intricate net- (See RACING, Page A-2.) ' FREEZE FORECAST FOR CITY TONIGHT Skies Due to Clear as Tempera- ture Drops to About 30 Degrees. Freezing temperatures are due to- night, with a minimum of about 30 degrees expected. Light rain will precede the mercury’s descent this afternoon, but the skies are scheduled to clear tonight and stay fair tomorrow. The forecast of a rather sudden change comes on the heels of an announcement by the weather man that Spring officially began March 1 and has pushed Winter clear off the Nation’s weather maps. Astronomers say, however, that the country still is fast in the grip of Winter and it won't be Spring for them until March 21, when the sun comes over the equator on its annual swing northward. The difference of opinion is due to the fact that the Weather Bureau goes by the calendar and the astronomers by the sun. Anyhow, the temperature climbed to 54 degrees yesterday afternoon and then fell to 3@ his morning.