Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain or snow today, snow and slightly colder tonight; tomorrow probably fair; moderate northeast and north winds Temperatures—Highest, 37, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 34, at 3 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page A-12. Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos Sunday Morning and Every Afternoon. (/) Means Associate d Press. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION wndny Star No. 1,669—No. 33,920. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTO! y D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1937 —136 PAGES. * * FIVE CENTS —IN_WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS | TEN CENTS | FLSEWHERE " ASHURST PREDICTS DELAY ON COURT OTE UNTIL JuLY Judiciary Committee Chair- man Expects Hearings to Run Into April. " ARIZONAN SEES TIDE RISING FOR PRESIDENT “I Am for Bill as It Is—Even to Split Infinitives,” He Declares. BACKGROUND— Democratic hopes of smooth leg- islative sailing with an overwhelm- ing Senate majority began to fade immediately ajter February 5, when President Roosevelt asked congres- sional authority to name siz new justices to the Supreme Court un- less present incumbents over 70 retire. Although administration leaders forecast early passage. some Demo- cratic Senators balked at the pro- posal and mapped plans to dejeat it if possible. As a result, regular Senate business has dwindled to the vanishing point, with little like- lihood of returning to normalcy until court controversy has been settled. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Predicting the Senate will not vote on President Roosevelt's court hill until Ju Chairman Ashurst of the Sen- ate Judiciary Committee said last night the gs on the measure by his con: pr until the n of Opponents the mel to a maxi confidence t} proposal, but is in the Pr believed the bill Deaf to alte: pona legislator said “I am for the President is—even to split infinitives.” The committee held no meeting yes: terday and postponed its sess scheduled for tomorrow until " uesday. It had been expected thc oppone: of the bill would beg:n presentation of their case tomorrow, but Chairman Ashurst acceded to a request for ad- ditional time for preparation of their case reiterated their v can defeat the . declaring delay favor, said he will be passed. it Proponents to Continue. Consequently, the proponents of the measure, who presented witnesses last week. will continue their Tuesday. James M. Landi of the Securities and Exchan- Com- mission, who is resigning to become dean of the Harvard Law ! chool, may be called in support of the bil The opponents now plan to begin testimony March 22, and will pre- rent a long list of witnesses, includ- Ing many Democrats and liberals. Senator Ashurst based his predic- tion that the bill will hot be voted on in the Senate before July, on the expectation that debate on the floor | may run through May and June and Into July. Asserting the hearings of his com- mittee would be continued “as long as possible,” he added “When the bill came up we were at the bottom of the well, but the bill s now moving upward. I may be licked, but I have been licked before. We want this whole thing buckled up, and we ought to get rid of it one way or the other before we go. It is like & hangnail and nobody likes to handle & blanket with a hangnail. If neces- sary we should remain until July for 1 vote.” Committee Split Even. Chairman Ashurst admitted he might have trouble getting the bill favorably reported out of his com- mittee at time. The commit- tee, he said, seems to be divided, 9 to ®. on the measure. He hopes time will cure this division and give him & majority in the committee. “The support of the President's court bill is at its peak today, in my opinion, and if a vote were taken now in the Senate that part affecting the Supreme Court would fail,” Senator ‘Wheeler of Montana, liberal Demo- crat and one of the leaders of the op- position, declared. “There are from 42 to 46 Senators | opposed to granting any increase in the membership of the court,” con- tinued Wheeler, “and a majority of the Senate against granting an in- crease of six, or even an increase of four. Some of the Senators included 1in this group might support a straight- out proposal to increase the court by two. I am opposed to any increase under the present circumstances.” Ashurst said he does not take much stock in the proposal of Senator Pitt- man of Nevada, who wants to amend the court bill so as to make the addi- tion of six members of the Supreme Court mandatory instead of condi- tional upon the failure of justices who have reached 70'2 years of age to retire. The Arizona Senator said that whereas his mail from his own State had at first been strongly in opposition to the bill, he is now receiving more letters in support of it than against. The mail from all parts of the country is still running more against the measure, he admitted. But, he said, whereas at first the letters ran 50 to 1 against, now the letters are very much more evenly divided. Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, 7 (See JUDICIARY, Page A-3.) Mexican Politician Slain. MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, March 13 (#).—Roberto F. Garcia, former Mayor of Matamoros and can- didate for the House of Deputies, was shot and killed in a restaurant here last night. A man identified as Manuel Morales, who had been sentenced to prison at Matamoros during Garcia’s term as Mayor, was arrested. Radio Progrt;ms, Page F-3. ‘ Complete Index, Page A-2. native plans, the A:‘l-‘ ion | in Final BACKGROUND— Amelia Earhart has prepared in recent months for 'round-the-world fiight of 27,000 miles to follow equator as nearly as possible. Pur- pose of flight to test human en- durance and reveal effect of fatigue on human body in long flights Much of trip will be over un- charted air routes, and she will cross equator four times. Starting from California, flight will take her over Howland Island in Pacific Australia, Philippine Islands, India, Africa, South America and Mexico. BY C. B. Special Dispatch to The Star OAKLAND, Calif, March 13—A shift in Amelia Earhart’s take-off | plans whereby she will start her 27,000~ mile round-the-world flight from Mills Field, San Francisco’s new municipal airport, instead of from Oakland’s older and larger flying field, was announced today lowed final test flights of her | and a careful examination of runways has been her technical adviser in \Take-Off 1Is Planned at San Franc Airport—Radio and Compass Checked This decision fol- | ship | at both airports by Paul Mantz, who | Miss Earhart to Start Today With 3 Aides on Hawaii Lap Of Globe-Girdling Air Jaunt sSCo Te | preparation for the globe-circling ad- | venture and will accompany her as relief pilot as far as Honolulu. She is | now scheduled to start this 2,410-mile leg on the world trip between 4 and 5 p.m. tomorrow. Mantz and Miss Earhart, when they took her Wasp-motored Lockheed Elec- tra “flying laboratory” up today for a two-hour radio and compass check, on which they went nearly 100 miles out to sea, discovered that two days of almost continuous rain had softened the Oakland municipal airport run- ways to a point where they believed them hazardous for a heavy-load take-off such as will be necessary on the trip to Hawaii. Mantz later drove his car at high speed up and down the hard-surface “apron” in front of the hangar line on the big fleld with a view to its possible use tomorrow, but | found it rough and less to his liking than the shorter but table-like run- ways at Mills Field. The longest take-off strip avail- able at the latter airport is 2,000 feet as compared to the 3.696-foot “apron’ | (See EARHART., Page A-6.) Trip. MADRIDPROTESTS UNDECLARED WAR FORW.P.AINT32E Tells Geneva Rebels Plan Italo-German Drive on Capital and Coast. BACKGROUND— Charges and counter-accusations made by loyalists and rebels in the Spanish civil war have insisted soldiers and supplies of foreign powers are participating in the struggle. Indignation among na- tions named as friendly and active gave place to international moves to avoid spread of war by forcing neutrality upon all allegedly im- | plicated. Sea coast patrols have | been allotted BY the Associated Press GENEVA, March 13—The Spanish | government, in a new protest to the League of Nations, today set forth de- tails of a purported insurgent plan for Italian troops to capture Madrid while Italo-German squadrons ad- vanced against the costal cities of Barcelona and Valencia The protest formally accused Ger- many and Italy of waging undeclared war in Spain with regular land and sea forces. A telegraphed statement declared warships of both nations in the new ! European neutrality patrol “will at- | tack Barcelona and Valencia under ipmex( of guarding the coast” while Madrid is under fire by land forces. | the same | charges, was presented to British | Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden in London with the Spanish govern- | ment's request that the Neutrality | Committee investigate “with the least | possible delas | German troops in Spain, the pro- | test to the League asserted, include | tank and machine gun corps and | flame projector companies, all mo- | torized divisions. Italy, it said, has landed four di- visions of her regular arm, three di- visi of blackshirts and a regular army commander in Spain, all under | the leadership of a “Gen. Mangini” | with headquarters at Algora. The Spanish government charged the presence of foreign troops was a “scandalous violation” of interna- tional law and the covenant of the (See SPAIN, Page A-10) VENEZUELA ORDERS 48 EXILED AS REDS | Student Leader Jovita Villalba Among Group Told to Leave Within Eight Days. BY the Associated Press. CARACAS, Venezuela, March 13.— | | Forty-eight persons considered by the | government to be Communists, includ- | | ing Student Leader Jovito Villalba, Deputy-elect, were ordered into exile | from Venezuela in a decree pubhshed‘ | tonight in the Official Gazette. | | The decree ordered the 48 to leave | | the country ‘within eight days. | Besides Villalba in the list, among leading figures, were Romulo Betan- | court and Senator-elect Dr. Gonzalo | Barrios. | Villalba, president of the Federation of Students, is 29. During the dic- tatorship of the late Juan Vicente Go- mez, he spent six years in prison and later was exiled to Trinidad for crit- icizing Gomez. The student leader returned to Caracas, after Gomez’ death in 1935, to resume his study of law and leader- ship of the federation. Another note, making ASK 2200000000 | Se Eastern Mayors Parley Says 2,800,000 Employables Will Require Aid. | BY the Assc ted Press | PHILADELPHIA. March 13—The Eastern Regional Conference of May- | ors adopted a resolution today asking ! the Federal Government {0 appropri- ate a minimum of $2,200,000,000 for | | Works Progress Administration proj- | ects in the fiscal year 1938 The resolution. passed unanimously, requested that the appropriations be | made on an annual instead of a i monthly basis. It held that an average yof 2,800,000 employables would re- | quire aid during 1938 | Formula Is Indorsed. ‘The 30 municipal heads also in- dorsed the formula of Federal respon- | sibility for employable relief cases and State or local responsibility for unem- | ployables. They asked the Govern- ment to make additional appropria- tions for unemploved persons who do not qualify technically for W. P. A. jobs. The mayors. discussing the need for low-cost housing, passed a separate resolution approving the housing bill The conference named Mayor S. Davis Wilson of Philadelphia as chair- man of a new permanent emergency committee to serve as a clearing house between cities in time of floods and other emergencies. Wilson earlier presented two checks | of $5,000 each to Mayor Neville Mil- ! lern of Louisville, Ky, as the balance of relief funds gathered in Phila- delphia. Decentralized W. P. A. Urged. Frank De Bubna, commissioner of | ap- | Federal relations of Cleveland, pealed for decentralization of the W. P. A. administration. He said red tape made it “almost impossible to rush through W. P. A. projects.” Mayor Daniel J. Shields of Johns- town said his city would not be “on the map” if it were not for W. P. A. funds. He said the Government pro- vided $800.000 to help clean up the city after the 1936 floods Mayor Cornelius D. Scully of Pitt. burgh, Pa., said relief rolls are increa | ing in his city despite an improvement | in business. Mayor Daniel W. Hoan of Milwau- kee, who presided at the praised efforts toward low-cost hous- | ing and said the solution of this prob- lem had saved “several European | countries from revolution.” Lanier Gets New Portfolio. HAVANA, March 13 ().—Manuel terior, today took over the additional post of secretary of the treasury, succeeding Eduardo Montoulieu, whose resighation was accepted b, Presi- dent Frederi~» Laredo Bru. Treasury officials said Montoulieu, Harvard classmate of Presideat Roosevelt, would return to his former post as director of the special public works fund of the treasury department. Farmer, Plowing, Strikes 0il. SHERIDAN, Ind., March 13 (#).— G. R. Ballard, plowing on his farm near here, struck oil, but discovered today it came from a broken pipe line that leads from the Texas fields to Detroit. Fire that started in a pool of oil from the broken line swept Ballard’s corn field. The oil caused consider- able damage to the land. BY the Assoclated Press | OAXACA, Mexico, March 13.—Three | tombs of ancient Mixtec and Zapotec‘ rulers, found in nearby Monte Alban | and believed likely to yield famous jewels, awaited opening today by President Lazaro Cardenas. Alfonso Caso, in charge of excava- tions and archeological work in that region for the past three years, an- | nounced discovery of the tombs but deferred opening them pending ar- rival of the chief executive, now en route to Monte Alban on a tour of southern states. For three years Caso, on behalf of the department of education, has pushed ahead with his excavation Cardenas Will Open Old Tombs Believed Holding Famed Gems ago that yielded many treasures and valuable jewels. Alfonso Tore, chief of the archeo- logical division of the department of education. said in Mexico City that codex-worked stone had been found at the entrance of one of the new tombs, indicating the contents likely would be important. Caso on January 17, 1932, announced discovery of an ancient tomb in Monte Alban which yielded valuable t eas- ures in pearls, gold beads and paint- ings and subsequently discovered more than 22 other tombs. A million dollars’ worth of jewels taken from the tombs were exhibited at the Century of Progress Exposition work. He uncovered tombs a few ye:; in Chicago, @ Wagner | session, | Gimenez Lanier, secretary of the in- | U.5. CRUISER SAVES D.C. WOMAN AND T ON"BURNING SHIP | Mrs. Katherine Grenfell Ra- dioes She Is Safe in Pacific Rescue. BRITISH FREIGHTER CREW STAYS ABOARD Will Try to Take Vessel, Ablaze Three Days, Into Honolulu, Destroyer Near. BY the Associateq Press. HONOLULU, March 13.—The cruiser Louisville raced more than 350 miles |in less than 12 hours to rescue eight | Passengers adrift in lifeboats from the flaming British ship Silverlarch today The Louisville took aboard four ‘women and four men passengers in the | mid-Pacific maritime drama | The Silverlarch’s crew of 40 chose to battle on against the flames in her hold, risking getting their ship to Honolulu, 400 miles away. The Louisville radioed the Associated Press it had transferred the pas- | sengers “without mishap” and listed them as follows: Mrs. Katherine Grenfell, Washing- ton, D. C.; Miss Helen A. Weller and Mrs. Michael Weller, Stroudsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Gladvs Nor New York I C. Lewis, Barrington, R Harry Dobert, New York; M Camp, New York, and Dr Wilson, Cincinnati The message said the passengers | were on a world cruise and had ex- pressed a desire to return to Honolulu The Louisville wiil place them aboard the destroyer Waters, with Honolulu | as her destination the weather moderates ficiently,” the radio- gram read. The message said the transferred the passengers Eastern standard time. The Louisville arrived at the scene at 4:46 pm., | Eastern standard time. The passen- | gers had been adrift less than three hours Louisville at 5:01 | Captain Thanks Rescuers. I | Freighter Capt. F. H. Henderson | wirelessed congratulation to Capt. W. | | 8. Farber of the Louisville on his sea- | manship and speed and thanked hi for rescuing the passengers. Neither | ship reported details of the transfer. | The Silverlarch announced her in- tention of proceeding to meet the Coast Guard cutter Roger P. Taney “and with Taney in attendance hope to take vessel to Honolulu.” Persistence of the flames, which alternately had flared and receded for three days, caused the Silverlarch to stop her engines shortly before noon as she was heading with all possible speed toward Honolulu and the on- coming Louisville Sensing new danger, Capt. Hender- son then sent out a call saying the flames were “‘creeping again” and that he would stand by pending the cruiser’s arrival. | Destroyers Race to Scene. | ‘That call, at 2:31 pwm. (Eastern standard time), brought the destroyers | Rathburne, Talbot, Waters and Dent | lalso racing to the scene from near | Pear] Harbor, toward which they were bound. The steamer Memphis City, which found herself within 69 miles of the Silverlarch, also volunteered aid, but Capt. Henderson advised her she could continue on her course Capt. Anderson asked the Louisville for instructions on the*handling ot lifeboats as the T approached and soon the passengers were being rowed to the war vessel The oil-laden 5,122-ton ship de- veloped a fire in her hold early Thurs- day. She reported the blaze, but | shortly thereafter advised it ap- parently was under control The flames leaped up again vester- day. Several commercial ships were in | the general area. but not near enough | for a quick rescue. D. C. WOMAN SAFE. | Escapes With Shock and Cold, She Radios Relatives. Mrs. Katherine Grenfell, a native | of the District, one of the eight pas- | sengers rescued from the burning | British ship Silverlarch, radioed to a (See SHIP, Page A-21) WOMAN, AGED OVER 100, EXPIRES AT D. C. HOME | Mrs. Fannie Stolar Believed to Be 102—Was Native of Poland. Rites Tomorrow. Mrs. Fannie Stolar, centenarian, who, until her final illness, could see to read and sew without eyeglasses, and who took a daily walk until a few weeks ago, died yesterday at her home, 734 Third street southwest. Although her exact age is unknown to relatives, Mrs. Stolar was believed to be 102. Her sister died -several | months ago in Poland at the age of 110. A native of Poland, she came to this country 13 years ago with her husband, the late Max Stolar, to be with their three daughters and two | sons in Detroit. Mr. Stolar died in | January, 1927, and six years ago Mrs. | Stolar came to Washington to be with | two daughters who had moved here. Besides her five children now in this country, she leaves a son, living in | Poland; 25 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. | The sons and daughters are Mrs. | Edna Bindes, this city, and Mrs. Anna | Goldman, with whom she lived here; Mrs. Tillie Sugarman, Detroit; Abra- ham and Joseph Stolar, both of De- troit, and Benjamin Stolar, living in Poland. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at the residence. | sin | her — — A i 7 e 2302 T s EITHER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S THE SAME! ‘THIN MAN" HELD FOR 25 ROBBERIES Colored Man Arrested Last Wednesday Admits He Took $10.000 Loot. Residence by more than $10,€00 in jewelry and cloth dur- ing the past year are believed solved by police following the arrest of Vin- cent H. Samuels, colored, 20. known to Washington's underworld as “the thin man.” laries of The man, described by police as Washington's No. 1 burglar, was ar- rested Wednesday by headquarters detectives on F street between Ninth and Tenth. He was identified yes- terday by Mrs. Josephine Sholl, sec- retary to Senator Duffy of Wiscon- as the man she saw flee from apartment a short time ago Later she discovered that $3,000 in jewels were T ng Inspeccor Bernard W. Thompson, chief of detectives, said Samuels con- fessed to 25 robberies in the last vear which totaled more than $10.000. Thompson added that Samuels ex- pressed his wiHingness’ to point out at least 15 more homes which he had robbed in the last 12 months Thompson said Samuels had 22 uhsei diamonds in his pocket when he was arrested He entered and escaped from the homes he robbed by fire escapes and windows, police said patrol of the second precinct, where four Sanitary Grocery stores have been robbed within the last 10 days. two men under suspicion in the thefts were arrested yesterday when they | | QL | 2 | Ex-Mule Driver To Apply Whip To Wife-Beater jij Has Technique for 10 Lashes. By the & ed Press CUMBERLAND, Md. diarch 13 Sherifft George E. Kemp said today s experience in the coal mines may give him the technique for ap| 4 10 lashes to Gilbert Crabtree, con- victed in a magistrate’s court of wife-beating The sheriff, a former coal miner at Frostburg, said he had ‘used a whip on the mine mules” and knew the proper method of “laying the lash.” He prepared to carry out the sentence Monday. although Crabtree has 10 days in which to file an ap- peal Crebtree worker, Magistrate Cumberland Sher a 45-vear-old W. was convicted vesterday by M. Fletcher of a 2 his wife, who was magistrate sentenced him 0 HASTEN : A 3 Following a “double-auty” police Hitler Aide Believed to Have Fled Rather Than Go to Spain. stopped their car at Twenty-sixth and BACKGROUND— P streets front of a store. Both men later were identified by the managers of the four stores as the bandits wiko had robbed their places of business. Charles C. Williamson, 43, of 626 L street southwest, and Edward Griner, 36, of 1108 L street. were the men arrested Precinct Det Frank Ashley and Pvt. F. R. G ) took the men into custody, said they found a pistol in their car Samuel Rosenberg, proprietor of a liquor store at 1 Columbia road, was robbed of more than $350 last night by an armed bandit who took the money while three customers stood by, unaware that the store manager was being held up. Rosen- berg said the man escaped in an automobile, after announcing: “I don't want to hurt anybody, so keep still.” in 2 SISTERS FOUND DEAD IN CISTERN | | cret orders by Hitler (with whom he Bodies Bound Together and Sui- | cide Note in Bottle at Illinois Home. B the Associated Press Ernst S. Hanfstaengl. ir, came into prominence in the news shortly after Hitler's rise by his frank, often termed ofensive, ad- vocacy of Nazi doctrines. His alma mater, Harvard, twice rejused $1,000 scholarships he offered, a fact blamed on his Nazi connec- tions. He once was close to Hitler and played Vagnerian concerts for the chancelor, BY the Associated Press BERL March 13.—Ernst Sedg- wick Hanfstaengl, jr., Harvard grad- uate and once prominent Nazi worker, some of his friends guessed tonight, is hiding out in the Alps rather than carry out a supposed secret mission to Spain. One former associate of the 50- vear-old pianist asserted Hanfstaengl remarked upon his departure Febru- ary 11; “I am afraid there is something phoney about that special mission of mine.” He departed, friends said, on se- i~ believed to have bee for some time). No Word From “Put; They haven’t heard from “Putzi” since he left, several intimates said, but they were confident he never " (See HANFSTAENGL, Page A-9) out of favor NGOV TAX VLD NEARS S0L0000 ‘Washington Office Will Be | Kept Open to Midnight Tomorrow. Revenue f , announced 1 that 1,500.000 persons filed their tu yesterd: ed out, however, less than half the 6,000,000 ret expected have been turned in If the $840,000,000 March re- ceipts is borne out, it will more than double last year's collections. Officials said they expected the returns would show the largest number of $1,000.000 incomes since 1931, when they were of Local Office Open in Evening. To help out belated Weshingtonians the local office at Room 1002, Revenue Building, Twelfth street and Consti- tution avenue, will be kept open until idnight. The filing of returns, how- | ver, is expected to reach a peak be- tween 9:30 and 10 a.m. tomorrow Corporations, which are expected to file between 600.000 and 800.000 returns, customarily wait until the last day to save interest on their money. Many individuals with large incomes also wait for the same reason. the al trend is m s most lower-bracket income be paid line, while many upper-bracket indi- ained, taxes will in full by tomorrow's dead- | viduals and | advantage “installment them to | payments. Lower Brackets Pay in Full. In recent years, about 73 per cent of taxpayers with incomes of less than $5,000 have paid in full by March 15, while only 58 per cent of those with incomes in excess of $5.000 have paid in one lump sum Sever recent corporations will take of the Government's plan.” This permits remit in four quarterly changes in the income tax laws apply for the first | time to this year's returns. They | include a new undistributed profits tax. an increase from 59 to 75 per cent in maximum surtax rates on individ- uals, and a requirement that dividend receipts be subjected to normal income taxes Official estimated the revisions would account for at least $150,000,000 ' of the March collections and would " (See INCOME TAXES, Page A-5.) Mrs. Roosevelt Hour Behind l Schedule on Tour. | OKLAHOMA CITY, March 13 (®). | | —Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt traveled | | an hour behind schedule today as her | | entourage battled a winiry storm from | Alva to El Reno She spoke briefly at El Reno, where she dedicated a National Youth Ad- | ministration center, then came here. | PRINCETON, Ill, March 13 scribbled note in a milk bottle today led to discovery of the bodies of two elderly spinsters at the bottom of a deep cistern. The sisters, Bess and Agnes Dann, aged 53 and 56, respectively, were locked in each other’s arms and bound | together in death by a rope tied loosely about their waists. On a table in their comfortable home, investigators found a message informing their ‘“dear friends” they had been plagued for “weeks and weeks” by “constant pain in head and heart.” A milkman found a note in a bottle on the Dann doorstep Friday asking him to send police. Officers found no trace of them then, but Assistant Police Chief Mandus Fred- erickson located the bodies in 10 feet of water today. The farewell letter said in part: “We have been taking our medi- cines religiously but I get no relief and it is the same with us both. We have wanted so terribly much to | get well, but as long as that is im- possible there is left but one al- ternative now. “Peace is all we ask and perhaps | mercy will be granted us, too. “P. 8.—Won't some one please see that our cat is put to sleep. I couldn't manage that, too. “(Signed) BESS.” Deputy County Clerk T. A. Senoglio said he learned from {riends the sisters had spurned advice that they Burial will be in the cemetery of the | Har-Zion Congregation. ‘ apply for relief. Both had been ill for some time. ‘ Al Won;an Slayer Rouses Slightly From Self-Imposed Lethargy BY the Assoctated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 13.—Mrs. Helen Wills Love, 31, convicted jeal- ousy slayer, who said she could will her own death, roused somewhat today from the apparently self-inflicted lethargy which has held her to her county jail cell cot since Thursday night. Asked if she would die, jail physi- cian, Benjaman Blank, said: “Not a chance.” Dr. Blank and Dr. Harlan Shoe- maker of the county hospital ex- pressed belief Mrs. Love willed herself into a coma to avert sentencing yes- terday on a second-degree murder conviction in the New Year shooting of Harry Love, 45, broker to whom she said she was married secretly. Pronouncement of sentence, which may be from seven years to life im- prisonment, was postponed until Mon- day. Mrs. Love, who had shown few signs of animation, aroused slightly today and muttered: ‘“‘Harry, Harry, Harry. Don't go. Don't go. She lapsed into the trance like condition about 9:30 p.m. Thursday after she told jail matron, Vada Sul- livan: “I can sit in this chair or lie on this bed and kill myself by will power. eve | I can make myself die whenever I | want to.” Since then Mrs. Love had taken no nourishment or drink except a few spoons of water. This morning, Dr. Blank injected into her right arm a glucose and saline solution. He said this was to “sustain vitality and pre- vent dehydration.” Until she spoke today she had been silent and motionless most of the time and had responded only slightly | to pin pricks and a powerful stimu- lant. She turned over occasionally, arms folded acress her chest, and | sometimes extended or drew up her legs. Her color, pulse, respiration and temperature have remained in normal range, physicians reported. Mrs. Love's brother, Henry Wills, | called at the jail this morning and said she had been roused from a pre- | vious similar condition by the playing of soft, classical music. He suggested this be tried again. For the time, Dr. Blank turned a deaf ear to the suggestion. A jury convicted her of slaying Love at a Santa Monica beach club | last New Year eve. She said he | broke a holiday date with her to dine with his mother, Mrs. Cora Love, club woman, and accused the latter of | trying to wreck the marriage. | | m threatened labor MOVE T0 UNIONIZE ELEGTRIC WORKERS OPENED BY C. 1. 0. |Leaders Confer With Gen- eral Electric Officials on Bargaining Tomorrow. AGREEMENT SIGNED BY G. M. C. WORKERS 'Parleys Sought With A. T. & T. and Westinghouse—Meet With Steel Head Tomorrow. BACKGROUND- Present intensified drive for uni ed labor dates back to split last year between American Fed- eration of Labor officials and John L. Lewis over cra industrial organization. Lewis’ unions were suspended from A. F. of L., pursued active organizing. First big offen- sive was automobile industry, uhere series of sit-down strikes halted work in General Motors plants early in this year. Finally G. M agreed to meet Lewis’ Committee for Industrial Organization in ne- gotiations. These talks now are being held Or- on into the blazing labor fir terday—al, ing at unionizati e coune Presses Huge Drives. The C. L O. is concurrent ves in the h ustries; di for 450.000 soft igh officials of the U. A, W. affixed signatures at 12:25 o'clock this 2 (Sunday) to an agreement on the issues that precipitated wide= spread strikes in General Motors plants in Januar General Motors officials, who al ready have signified their approval of the document, will sign it either today or Monday Del tes from locals in Motors plants in six States he agreement shortly befo r a 13-hour meet du objections were some of the te General ratified midnight g which raised to Majority “Substantial.” N spokesman majority viva voce vote take of the prol said was at ged ses- sion scattering of oppos! Subsequen to make the rat The pact delegates voted ification unanimous did not include the 30« hour week and national minimum hourly wage clauses requested by the union, but did provide seniority rights and machinery for settlement of grievances designed to prevent future walkouts. While Michigan strikes kept nearly 70,000 idle in Chrysler, Hudson and Reo automobile plants and left other thousands on the jobless sideiines in other industries, Gov. Frank Murphy took a long stride in the direction of peace He called representatives of the general public, empl rs and employes to a meeting next Wednesday to evoive a program for dealing with pending or controversies Indications of an early understand- ing on wages and hours betwe (See LABOR, Page A-4.) FARM HAND, 17, IS HELD AS BEATING KILLS BOY, 7 Lad Found Unconscious Beneath Straw Pile by Brother. Hammer Nearby. By the Associated Press. SARNIA, Ontario, Marchk 13.— Seven-year-old John Luckins died this afternoon from the effects of a savage beating, shortly after William La- badie, 17-year-old farm laborer. had appeared in court on a charge of assault to occasion great bodily harm. Provincial police said the charge against Labadie undoubtedly would be changed Monday to murder. They indicated that the young farm hand had made a statement, but declined to disclose what he had said. The uth, who formerly lived at Monroe, Mich.,, was employed on the farm of Thomas C. Luckins, father of thes slain child A brother found him of the Luckins unconscious beneath a straw pile at his farm home yester~ day. He was bound with rope and a blood stained rock and hammer lay nearby. Labadie had disappeared. found several hours later at the home of his grandfather, James Campbell, near Brigden, Ontario. boy He was