Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight, temorrow cloudy: not much change in temperature, lowest tem- perature tonight about 40 degrees. Tem- peratures—Highes . at 1 p.m. yes day; lowest, 36, at 4 am. today. ch ¢ Foening Star The only in Washington with Associated Press and Wirephoto Services evening paper the News Closing New York Markets, Page 16 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION il 137426 TN 150,011 &5th YEAR. Dost ofmce. Washinsion. B 0. WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1937 —THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. sk UP) Means Associated Press. '|'\\'() (! HUGHES DENIES LARGER COURT MORE EFFICIENT; BRANDEIS SHARES VIEW Ny e i Letter of Chief Justice Cited e e In response to your inquiries, I have the honor to present the I'\ \‘ Il(.\(\lt\l‘. { l'.ll'\\‘lll!‘ \!.Ifi: ‘ment with respect to the work of the Supreme Court: 1. The Supreme Court is fully abreast of its work. When we Chief Justice’s Letter v 77777 rose on March 15 (for the present recess) we had heard argument ‘in cases | . in which certiorari had been granted only four weeks before—February 15. | TRIBUN. \I HELD During the present term, which began last | October and which we call October term, 1 we have heard argument on the merits in le UP WITH \\()RI\ cases (180 numbers) and we have 28 cases (30 | S numbers) awaiting argument. We shall be | able to hear all these cases, and such others Van l)c ~vanter Also as may come up for argument, before our | . e adjournment for the term. There is no con- | in Opposition gestion of cases upon our calendar | his gratifying condition has obtained for fo lll('l'('il several years, We have been able for several | terms to adjourn after osing of all cases | R which are ready to be hee BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Classification of Cases C J Hug | T ed k S: 2 €ases on ol docket are classified as ¥ Ana S original and a 1 jurisdiction O ! is defined by « ; cases to which S i 7 E € not m of these . number 13 and a i o e ) to submission for de i G eque isdiction covers those peal is allowed Wheele eated A s as A matter of right and cases wh is on writs of | 4 8 wir a comparative statement of cases on the dockets ‘v 24 T See HUGHES' TEXT, Page A-2) ! ; —_— — < { g YUUIH GIVES GLUE Cherry Blossom ’\ Opening ;ll)l‘ll 4 ) Seen by Finnan . i % Best ’)np[m Predict- 3 ecitions Shaw Takes Responsibility ed for April 11 If ; wons o for Order for Gas Line W eather Stays Good. A ! °" BACKGROUND ot d e : ¢ A a nt predication may be radi- 5 : court | CBLIY altered 1 ¢ f iquiry order Gov. Allred e de id e L = aled change jrom dry to wet ik menba = ting system of school DWINE $.0 s x 1ch a plan sl 4. If the ele i e the display on the foll « ¢ n- s to |Sunday should be the best ¥ ¢ of ke the double-blossom variety will be seen 1 i in East Potomac Park Finnan's prediction was made in end Van D connectior a meeting of his O Committee on 2 angements for the t Cherrv Blossor | 3 Y Rtate 1 ROUT OF SPANISH - 1 % he connec J )¢ is be B I 1 the A el aster which t i teacher Letter Dated Yesterday. Shaw, who lost a son in t ex- C Just weakened that re- H ial i Witness sand 10 8 Main Army of Gen. Miaja Ll biood proseuss, & Suerer fom — Moves Near Insurgent i n of the ex: . S Dt Base at Siguenza. t : ACK D= > ht Switch Pulled. i .\'zrfifi?.\lu i, last remain | g ded me.” Dial gronghold of Spanish Loyalists, | Same:instant by insurgent troops has been an switch in the precsed jor months, with 1 ek e headway gained. Recent offens: is connection of which Shaw | paye been repuised, and sew ), peotied with a line of the Parade pqpe been turned into rout. bt Gasoline Co D. L. CI . field fore- — | v m r al company, testified the BY the Associated Press, 1 tapped” the line for heat- MADRID, March 22.—The govern- ut his knowledge or con- ment's northeastern army reported to- d day it had pressed the insurgent re Shaw said he had talked with Earl Clover superintendent, ob- serving the school was purchasing gas while oil field gas was going to waste Mr Clover did not give us specific permission.” Shaw said, “and warned that we were liable to be cut loose at any time, but I concluded that he did treat into a rout town in a capturing town after rapid advance on the in- surgent stronghold of Siguenza The main column of Gen. Jose Miaja, commander of Madrid’s armies, | was reported to be approaching Alma- | | Parade’s aid Presiden 0 me memb drones, only 12 miles south of the in- surgent base of operations at Siguenza, afte from Guada- ‘ lajara At no point, dispatches from the vanguard commanders outside of Almadrones reported, had the pursuing column been able to contact the fleeing not particularly object.’ Janitors ran pipe from the school to the a 28-mile advance company’s line, Shaw ‘partly responsible” the order At one point Shaw testified said, and for giving Y but by men “I tell you, I really couldn’t see insurgents, routed in their fifth at- n everything that was going on. We had | tempt to smash Madrid's defenses. I voung men that | a janitor who was recommended to us.| Launching the drive on Siguenza the s wron, n principle We were told he could make connec- | itself, government bombers dropped and American people will | tions. etc 26,000 pounds of explosives on insurg- ne t “We thought he would be worth ent concentrations and supply dumps. I ot give the names | something to us. He supervised that Munition trains were said to have of to whom he re- | really more than I could. I wasn't an been destroyed and one bomb found its | (See BLAST Page A- 4) ! (See SPAIN PagF A- 4’ ked and surprised,” said when I picked up a n»\'\;(- D wd el v Kormer Member of Star Staff ey General. I was not vis- | oyalists in New Yorl h I was over there to investi- Describes Madrid Air Raic e e of them. I had not always been in agree- (Unscathed by a shower of bombs | town, where I saw an insurgent air ment with decisions of the Supreme | he could sce diving toward him | raid. Court. However, T have tried many | from the skies, an Associated Press I arrived in Brihuega Saturday in a war correspondent and a former | 1 was (See JUDICIARY, Page A-2.) | government bus, before dawn. i 5 B | copy editor of The Washington | with another American newspaper- FOUND DEA Star. tells of the sudden change |man, two English correspondents, a WOMAN |S D D 5 jrom tranquility to horror in an air Spanish woman reporter and a photog- raid. Brihuega, where he experi- | rapher. DAUGHTER IS INJURED enced the raid and watched the We were strolling across the central | | aerwal dog fight that ended it, is |plaza when five tri-motored bombers By the Assoctated Press. near the front lines of the Spanish | roared over the mountains which en. PLAINFIELD, N. J. March 22— | government’s retreat northeast of |tirely surround the village M Kadesh, 60, was found | Madrid.) “Follow me!” suddenly exclaimed a de nd her daughter unconscious | = Spanish officer who was our guide. | BY GEORGE C. | JORDAN. MADRID, March 21 (#) (delayed).— cond-floor apartment tod v had been beaten and We ran for the open country, but | there was no time. As we reached stabbed by an unknown assailant Government ambulances, trucks and | the first street of the plaza we looked The older woman's body was lying 'automobiles still bring back refugees |uP. Two batches of bombs were in a pool of blood in her bed room 'and victims of the fierce land and air | SIoping toward us from under the | and the daughter, Bessie, 23, was on |fighting in upper Guadalajara Prov- | bianes. a bed in the adjoining room. Both |ince The planes were about 2.000 feet were dressed in night clothes and | The insurgent dead, left by the road- | high in a clear sky. In each batch we estimated there were a dozen or 15 bombs. We dropped where we were, buried | our heads in our arms * * * and| ~(Sec AIR RAID, Page 2 apparently had been attacked during 'side as their columns flee in retreat, are buried where they fall. Most of the fugitives from the smoke and thunder of the battle come | from Brihuega, the little mountain ' husband and ns a furr re store here € .id by authonit [ANDTHIS IS |DEMOCRACY? " IDETROIT SIT-INS OUSTED DESPITE C. L 0. THREATS SHADE OF GROVER CLEVELAND! RECH MAY END ROMIE ‘Pope's Encyclical Accuses Nazis of Encouraging Anti- Christian Movements. BA( K(,P()L ND m and the Third t of d wrchmen to speak politi- ! pledged uniform ed- cational laws and granted the rch the right to mai b fessional schools, were forbi sport, soc was hinted tos ter to Catt used the e Ger encou the conclusion of tate could not h would later aid the ne \\\)Lmu even an ag (See CONCORDAT. P the conc know how the T its pro- declar- ment with A-5) VOLCANO THREATENING HAKODATE, Japan, March 22 () —The ominous rumblings of volcanic Mount Komogadate drove the populace | of Southern Hokkaido to refuge in the open air today in fear the fatal erup- tion and tidal wave of 1925 might be repeated. For five days the volcano on Hok- kaido Island has been throwing out black clouds of ashes, smoke and boil- ing mud. CNORDAT | Helpless Firemen Listen In to Concert While House Burns BY tre A Pres PERRY PLANE FACTORIES SEIZEDBY FRANCE New Steps Taken in Rush to Nationalize Country’s War Industries. Mar Byt PARIS ca 45 Believed Drowned. TOKIO, March 22 (#).—The Domei (Japanese) News Agency reported 45 | persons were believed drowr | near Fusan. Korea. when a ferry capsized. Twenty-five passengers w rescued Lindberghs Are Guests. NEW DELHI, India, March 22 Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, on an aerial jaunt over India, were luncheon guests today of the viceroy, | the Marquess of Linlithgow insurgents. Reich may cancel concordat due to criticism of Pope. Page A-1 France continues drive to nationalize war industries. Page A-1 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Opponents of memorial site carry case to President. Page A-1| Beauty salon and cement plant scenes | of three-alarm fires Page B-1 U. S. Commerce Department probes | Earhart crash. Page A-7T Nursemaid, 16, seriously injured in leap from window. Page B-1| Two die in week end traffic accidents in D. C. area. Page B-1 Washingtonians throng churches and parks as Spring begins Page B-1 Appeals Court overrules TypC. judge in sentence mix-up. Page B-1| Page A-1| Braddock spurns new $350,000 Berlin | fight bid. Page A-14 | FINANCIAL. | U. 8. bonds improve (table). Page A-15 | Stocks go down (table). Page A-16 D. C. power output gains. Page A-16 Curb list lower (table) Page A-1 W T. Grant profits rise. Page A-17 Steel orders pile up. Page A-17 | MISCELLANY. ‘Washington Wayside. City News in Brief Young Washington. Letter-Out Dorothy Dix Page B-10 Nature's Children. Page B-11 Bedtime Story. Page B-11 Winning Contract. Page B-13 Crossword Puzzle. Page B-12 IEFFERSON FIGHT GOFS TOPRESIDENT Foes of Memorial Site and Design Appeal to Roosevelt. point s badly s now Potg free of | chosen s | duce the Tidal B destroying the cherry J | dation ¢ could rmal pond, the foun- hardly be nditions worse; t e Will be culty at the Highway 2. We submit that the architecture of Imperial Rome it the archit Dy c- [ ture of Jefferson or the New Deal ) | Jeflerson was himself a yery great Summar) Of Toda:y S Star architect, fully appreciative of the use | of site and topography, as the campus | of the University of Virginia proves Page Page | Annapolis appointment bill intro | s kot XB‘HI"X‘I(IX'I?.‘? uaed \h,; Amusements B-16 | Radio duced. Page B-1 | (]aq¢ was the natural mm-wfm Comics B-12 Short Story Fidelity equipment examined prelim- | of the architecture, there was no ot her Editorials - A-8 | Society inary to new set-up Page B-1|\oreover, there must be made the Financial - A-15 | Sports A-12-13-14 | Levee system pushed at Naval Air | great istinction between (b free and | [x;]sl & Found 4.3 Woman's Pg. B-10 Station and Bolling Page B-1 living use of classic elements and the Obituary = A-1 A R pedantic adaptation of them. The e ;:"Ul;g:‘]f“ AND ‘“’“‘“";‘L A.g | ‘classic’ of Monticel' and the campus D " L oz is without pedantry, it is alive today President Roosevelt plans trip to| This and That Page A-8 | yhereas the ‘classic’ of the proposed Philippine Islands Page A-6 Answers to Questions Page A-8 | 1\omorial is dead before it is I‘)m'll 3 Hull trying fo inkpire Europe to avoid | Washington Observations. Page A-8| ".yoy o course, know the tomb of war, Page B-6 David Lawrence Page A-9 | jofrerson at Monticello, with his own Youth gives clue to ignition of school | Paul Mallon Page A-9 | iimple epitaph. What possible rela- blast Page A-1 | Dorothy Thompson. Fage tion is there between that man and | Wheeler leads off for opponents at | Constaintine Brown Page this proposed monument? What re- court hearing today Page A-1| Headline Folk. Eage lation is there between the marble pile Hughes letter opposes increase in | SPORTS. with 1ts burdensome terraces and steps, court justices. _Page A-1] Nats' sudden punch bears out Harris’ | its endless columns, and the living | Sha;\-L ml]ap.w(s in blast 1r}1,mur_\"‘bi'K prophecy. Page A-12 | spirit of Jefferson? And we do not military court. age A-1| rates his best club. Traynor | ~ Townsend scorns Congressman’s offer C::fi:r{e:”a( Page A-12 | et ,“,E,“OR}?,L S to suspend jail sentence. Page A-2 | Bolton again missing, but Griff is un- roREIGN. worried Page A-13 | MINER FATALLY INJURED | Turf odds, oddities unmatched, says | | Sben et soyernmeny reports route of | Sande. PageA-13 | BY POWDER EXPLOSION Sparks From Electric Cable Set Oft Sticks Man Was Carrying in Maryland Shaft. BY the Assoclated Press CUMBERLAND, Md., March 22 | —Allen C. Butler, Vindex miner, died in Memorial Hospital here injuries suffered in a powder explo- sion at the Manor Coal Co. mine Butler was carrying a bag of powder sticks, other miners said, and sparks from an electric cable set off the | powder. Several other miners about 75 feet ahead of Butler in the shaft escaped injury. Butler, an employe of the company about eight years. is survived by his widow and four rndren. i | i | | ! | advices | | of | \lzu'lin Ready to Call 175.000 From Auto Factories. ( ENER. \l \m'mm MAY ISI HIT AGAIN A. W, “Minute Men™ Organized ln Protect W (n‘l\( s’ Rights. BACKGROU \D Wa A-3.) ELOPING FILM DIRECTOR AND BRIDE SUMMONED unk-in-Auto Face Dr Cha While on Way to Weddi matrimon Mrs Shelby Mary The row ove: Flyr due to make a Los ourt appearance because he @ | violated the probati 4 he pleaded g driving. He pos charge Saturday PLAN HELD DOOMED London Hears Tokio Will Reject Gun Limitation. LONDON, March 22 (#) —The B; ish government, informed sources closed today, has received inform. from Tokio that Japan will not accept the 14-inch gun lim on new battleships provided London naval treaty. in “They were digging a history class out of the ground, from under the bricks. * * * Children blown to bits. It was an accident, pe; haps an accident plus careless- ness, plus human error. But an accident. Nobody did it on pur- pose. In Spain they are blowing children to bits, day in, day out, not carelessness. On pose.” from pur- Read Dorothy Thompson’s “Children and Tragedies” Pige A9 . Al Stores Facing hutdown in Providence. 8 000 \\OI\I\I RS GO OUT TODAY Big Department Firms Closed in Citvwide |)|~plll¢~ 4 ¥ - PROVII 1 2 F " Indu C Gov. E. Q C. 1o d o Union Claims 30 Per Cent C k€O a - : ginal a Employers’ Terms. En : s ¢ 2 G and 0 a A s f a larg o . SOVIET MAY SEVER FAR EAST RAIL LINK 11 Suspend Traffic Betweer beria and Manchuria, Tokio Wi n Si- Paper Hears By (e A ' TOKIO. Mar Vladivost ukv m was when the d Jay authoritie at the persecuted junction point 2,150 GET PAY RAISE Two Utica Textile Mills nounce Increases, UTICA, N. Y.. March r cent wage incr 150 employes were an: Utica textile mills, the Utica and Mohav Cotton Mills and the local plar the American Wool- en Co. An- ounced today of